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STORY BY Caitlin Hornik
Life of Pi has arrived in Fort Lauderdale. Lolita Chakrabarti’s theatrical retelling of Yann Martel’s novel opened on October 21 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
The play unfolds when a cargo ship sinks in the Pacific Ocean and its lone human survivor, Pi, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The tiger is brought to life each night by a team of onstage puppeteers, under the puppet and movement direction of Finn Caldwell. The production features puppet design by Caldwell and Nick Barnes.
On an episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal, viewers heard from cast members on opening night as they reflected on the role puppetry plays in elevating the emotions of the story.
Hiran Abeysekera, who reprised his Olivier-winning performance as Pi, shared his excitement over bringing the production to Broadway.
“The visuals are amazing. The music is extraordinary,” he said. “People are gonna come to see a show and then they’re suddenly gonna be like, ‘Woah, I feel like I’ve been to church almost.’”
That emotional impact, both from the overall production and the art of the puppetry, was echoed by several of Abeysekera’s castmates.
“People are gonna come to this show thinking that they know what a tiger onstage is gonna look like, and how they’re gonna feel about that tiger,” said Sathya Sridharan, who appeared in the show as Mamaji/Pandit-Ji. “Then when they leave weeping because of Richard Parker, that, I think, is what’s gonna [stay]: the emotional connection they’re gonna feel to these puppets, and to the story — but these puppets in particular.”
Brian Thomas Abraham, who played the roles of Cook and the voice of Richard Parker, agreed. “It’ll blow you away every night,” he said.
Richard Parker isn’t the only puppet to take center stage. In fact, there are several animals that are enlivened by a team of puppeteers, all of whom affect the plot — and the audience.
“There’s these little foreshadowing moments that happen early in the play about the orangutan or the hyena or the zebra,” said Rowan Ian Seamus Magee, one of the Richard Parker puppeteers. “Depending on how much those puppets connect with the audience early on, those characters connect with the audience, these different sounds come out of the audience later on when dramatic stuff happens, when conflict occurs, and we realize that each little whinny, and each little relationship that they have, even just with animal sounds, results in this big booming sound later in the audience.”
“There’s an extra layer of magic when you bring an object to life through breath,” said fellow puppeteer Betsy Rosen. “This show really brings it to the forefront because you see all the animals living and breathing. I’m just excited for everyone to see the magic that is puppetry.”
Abeysekera sang the praises of his puppetwielding castmates. “I see them as musicians, all the puppeteers, because none of them are trying to play better than the other person,” he said. “They’re all doing what they need to so that the piece of music could be heard. So it’s that music I dance with.”
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STORY BY Broadway.com Staff
The idea for Water for Elephants seized Sara Gruen’s imagination before she even realized she was looking for a new story.
She was midway through writing a different book when, on February 7, 2003, she opened the Chicago Tribune and came across a feature on Edward J. Kelty, a photographer who had traveled with America’s most storied circuses in the 1920s and ’30s. His black-and-white images captured clowns, acrobats, bearded ladies, giants and more. They offered a surreal glimpse into circus life at its peak. Gruen was taken with the subject matter.
Kelty had used a massive banquet camera, one that could photograph entire troupes in a single frame. His prints were wide and deep, packed with texture. You could look at them for a long time and still not see everything. Gruen did just that. She was drawn to the detail, the stillness and the sense of mystery in each photo.
“The pictures could show all of the Ringling people—the lineup—at once,” she recalls in an interview with Broadway.com managing editor Beth Stevens for The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal. “You could go and look and find the wrinkles in the stockings, the feather fronds, the detail. I was just staring at the pictures,” she says, still sounding amazed. “I stabbed it and I said, ‘This is what I'm doing next.’”
And she did. Gruen walked away from the novel she had been working on and threw herself into a different world entirely. She began researching circus history and chasing down every thread of inspiration she could find. The result was Water
for Elephants, published in 2006. The novel follows Jacob Jankowski, a veterinary student whose life is upended by tragedy just before he finishes school. Alone and without direction, he winds up on a circus train and joins the Benzini Bros. Most Spectacular Show on Earth.
The story that unfolds is filled with hardship and grit but also moments of beauty and tenderness. It’s a look at life on the margins during the Great Depression, told through the eyes of someone trying to find a place to belong.
“The message that it carries is about loving and caring for each other,” Gruen says. That message came straight from her own life. Gruen has always cared deeply about animals, and her passion for their well-being runs throughout the book. One of its most poignant relationships is between Jacob and an elephant named Rosie. She’s at the center of how the novel examines the challenge of choosing compassion, especially when it doesn’t come easily.
Writing the book was an intense process. Gruen spent months gathering details that would help her get the world right. She wasn’t interested in imagining the circus from a distance. She wanted to step into it fully. That meant understanding the smells of the train cars, the routines of life after the show and the weight of constant movement while trying to feel at home.
As her research continued, Gruen became increasingly drawn to the inner workings of circus life. Behind the performances and animals were people who had either chosen that path or found themselves with nowhere else to go. They learned to survive together and rely on one another. By most definitions, they were outsiders, but within the circus they created something that felt like family.
“It’s about chosen family and looking after each other,” she says.
That idea has helped the story live on in different forms. The novel became a bestseller, then a major motion picture and now a stage musical. Gruen never imagined it would go this far, but she understands why it keeps finding new audiences. There’s something timeless in the story’s emotional center.
Bringing the story to the stage came with a different kind of challenge. The adaptation includes original music and circus-inspired movement, but what mattered most was keeping the heart of the story intact. That meant capturing the atmosphere and emotion that made the book resonate in the first place. The sense of closeness. The quiet relationships. The feeling of struggle and beauty existing side by side.
Seeing it all come together has been a powerful experience for Gruen.
“These people are geniuses,” she says of the creative team. “It just comes out with all the important bits intact.”
Adapting a story always involves making choices. Not everything from the original will make it into the new version, and the creative team brings their own vision to the process. Still, Gruen feels the stage production has captured what matters most. It stays true to the book without trying to replicate it word for word.
“It feels new to me,” she says. “And yet, it retains all of the good things that I wanted it to have. I think that's a pretty magical combination.”
The show echoes the novel in a quieter way. Like the Benzini Bros. circus, the production travels from place to place, setting up, performing, then moving on. Along the way, the cast and crew become their own kind of family, creating something temporary that still manages to leave a mark.
To Gruen, that feels like more than a coincidence. It’s part of why the story still resonates. The golden age of the American circus may be gone, but the themes at the heart of Water for Elephants remain. People still want connection. They want to be seen, to feel safe, to find comfort in uncertain moments.
That’s what has kept the story alive. On the surface, it’s set under the big top. At its core, it’s about people trying to look out for one another. Gruen believes that’s what continues to draw readers in, and now audiences too.
And it all began with a photograph. Or more than one. Gruen can still see the Kelty images that stopped her cold. There was something in the faces. Something quiet and impossible to shake.
“Those pictures just wouldn’t let go,” she says.
And clearly, neither has the story.
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SIMON FRIEND DARYL ROTH HAL LUFTIG MARK GORDON PICTURES NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
42ND.CLUB PLAYING FIELD HARRIET NEWMAN LEVE INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION KUHN DODANI KATE & BILL FISHEL
HANNA OSMOLSKA & SETH WENIG, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER AND SHEFFIELD THEATRES
Present
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY YANN MARTEL ADAPTED BY
OGE AGULUÉ JESSICA ANGLESKHAN ALAN ARIANO PRAGUN BHARDWAJ MAHNAZ DAMANIA BEN DUROCHER
SHILOH GOODIN ANNA LEIGH GORTNER AUSTIN WONG HARPER AARON HASKELL RISHI JAISWAL TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS MI KANG SHARAYU MAHALE SINCLAIR MITCHELL
MAYA RANGULU BETSY ROSEN DAVID SHIH ANNA VOMÁČKA SORAB WADIA & SAVIDU GEEVARATNE
Scenic & Costume Design TIM HATLEY
Puppetry & Movement Direction FINN CALDWELL
Design NICK BARNES & FINN CALDWELL
MARAVILLA
VANDER PLOEG
Pi TAHA MANDVIWALA
Pi (at certain performances) ......................................................................... SAVIDU GEEVARATNE
Cook/Voice of Richard Parker .................................................. OGE AGULUÉ, BEN DUROCHER, TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS
Father ..................................................................................................................................... SORAB WADIA
Admiral Jackson/Russian Sailor/Father Martin ......................................... SINCLAIR MITCHELL
Amma/Nurse/Orange Juice ....................................................................... JESSICA ANGLESKHAN Lulu Chen/Mrs. Biology Kumar/Zaida Khan MI KANG Mamaji/Pandit-Ji RISHI JAISWAL
Mr. Okamoto/Captain/Jai ALAN ARIANO
Rani SHARAYU MAHALE
Richard Parker/Puppeteer BEN DUROCHER, SHILOH GOODIN, ANNA LEIGH GORTNER, AUSTIN WONG HARPER, AARON HASKELL, TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS, BETSY ROSEN, ANNA VOMÁČKA
Ensemble PRAGUN BHARDWAJ, BEN DUROCHER, SAVIDU GEEVARATNE, SHILOH GOODIN, ANNA LEIGH GORTNER, AUSTIN WONG HARPER, AARON HASKELL, TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS, BETSY ROSEN, ANNA VOMÁČKA
1976-78. Pondicherry in India, Tomatlán in Mexico and the middle of the Pacific Ocean
Understudies never substitute for the listed player unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.
For Pi—SAVIDU GEEVARATNE, SHARAYU MAHALE; for Cook/Voice of Richard Parker—DAVID SHIH; for Father—PRAGUN BHARDWAJ, RISHI JAISWAL; for Admiral Jackson/Russian Sailor/Father Martin—PRAGUN BHARDWAJ, DAVID SHIH; for Amma/Nurse/Orange Juice—MAHNAZ DAMANIA, MAYA RANGULU; for Lulu/Leonard Chen/Mrs./Mr. Biology Kumar/Zaida/Mr. Khan— MAYA RANGULU, DAVID SHIH; for Mamaji/Pandit-Ji PRAGUN BHARDWAJ, AUSTIN WONG HARPER; for Mr. Okamoto/Captain/Jai JON HOCHE, DAVID SHIH; for Rani/Ravi—MAHNAZ DAMANIA, SAVIDU GEEVARATNE, MAYA RANGULU; for Richard Parker JON HOCHE.
MAHNAZ DAMANIA, JON HOCHE, MAYA RANGULU, DAVID SHIH
ASSISTANT PUPPETRY & MOVEMENT DIRECTION/ PUPPET CAPTAIN: BETSY ROSEN
FIGHT CAPTAIN: TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS
LIFT CAPTAIN: AUSTIN WONG HARPER
RESIDENT DIRECTOR: JON HOCHE
THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION.
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TAHA MANDVIWALA (Pi) is an actor, athlete, and health coach. Deeply passionate about movement and storytelling, he is grateful for the opportunity to lead the Life of Pi tour as Pi. Taha blends his love for performance and wellness to inspire others toward vibrant, balanced living. @manlykoala
OGE AGULUÉ (Cook/Voice of Richard Parker) Broadway: Life of Pi, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. OffBroadway: Love’s Labour’s Lost. National Tour: The Book of Mormon Select Regional: Bay Street Theater, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. Film/TV includes Past Lives, “Washington Black,” “WeCrashed,” “Little America,” “Bull,” “The Code.” Training: MFA, UC Irvine. @iamoge
JESSICA ANGLESKHAN (Amma/Nurse/ Orange Juice) is an NYC actor of over 20 years, now on her first National Tour. Frequent Met Opera performer, she’s worked internationally as a revival movement director. Other credits include “Law and Order: SVU,” “Blue Bloods,” and more. Training: NYU, Stella Adler. Member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA. For Behr.
ALAN ARIANO (Mr. Okamoto/Captain/ Jai) comes direct from Girl From the North Country (Dr Walker) national tour. Broadway: Miss Saigon (Original 1991), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, The King and I, M. Butterfly, Shogun. OffBroadway: Felix Starro, Good Enemy, Greater Clements. TV: “Law and Order: SVU” (recurring), “L&O,” “FBI: Most Wanted, ” “Gotham,” “Tremé. ” Visit alanariano.com. For MOM.
PRAGUN BHARDWAJ (Ensemble, u/s Father, u/s Admiral Jackson/Russian Sailor/Father Martin, u/s Mamaji/ Pandit-Ji) is an Indian American actor with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Pace University and is thrilled for his tour debut! Recently seen in Sunset Boulevard (Artie Green) at ACT of CT, and In The Heights (Ensemble - u/s Benny, Sonny, Piragua Guy) at the Gateway. Thankful for my beautiful family. @pragun_bhardwaj
MAHNAZ DAMANIA (Swing). Theatre: (U.S.) Life of Pi at A.R.T.; (India) Shikhandi— The Story of the Inbetweens (nominated, Best Actor; winner, Best Ensemble META 2018), 07/07/07 (winner, Best Ensemble META 2016), Naqqaash, Sundays With Chitra and Chaitali, Three Women TV: “New Amsterdam,” “Inside Edge.” Film: The Wandering Earth II, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Tu Hai Mera Sunday
BEN DUROCHER (Cook/Voice of Richard Parker, Richard Parker/ Puppeteer, Ensemble). New York: Avenue Q (Princeton/Rod), Madama Butterfly at Met Opera, TV/Film: “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock,” “Helpsters,” “Pineapple Playhouse,” Dying For Sex, “Mr. Crocket.” Two-time Emmy Award-winning puppet builder/ wrangler for “Sesame Street” and The Jim Henson Company. @bendurocher
SAVIDU GEEVARATNE (Ensemble, u/s Pi, u/s Ravi) is thrilled to be joining Life of Pi! A Sri Lankan-American actor, singer, and musician, he trained at NYU Tisch. Off-Broadway: Your Own Personal Exegesis, Monsoon Wedding. Thanks to ARC+Julia for believing! Love to his teachers, friends, and family for their support. Thank you Amma for everything. @the_savidoodle_
SHILOH GOODIN (Richard Parker/ Puppeteer, Ensemble). Broadway: Life of Pi, Paradise Square. Off-Broadway: Babes in Toyland at Lincoln Center, Love Life at Encores, Screwtape Letters, The Anthem. Other faves: A Chorus Line (Cassie) at Cincinnati Playhouse, Rigoletto (Santa Fe Opera), Twelfth Night (assoc. choreo., The Public).
ANNA LEIGH GORTNER (Richard Parker/Puppeteer, Ensemble). Broadway tour debut! Regional Theatre: label•less (Cincinnati Playhouse), The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati. Proud tumbling instructor at Broadway Dance Center! So much love to Mom, Dad, Beth, Chris, Andrew and all of the teachers who helped me on the way! Jer 31:13.
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AUSTIN WONG HARPER (Richard Parker/Puppeteer, Ensemble, u/s Mamaji/Pandit-ji). National Tour: Tootsie. Regional: Sister Act (The Muny), Tootsie (Ogunquit Playhouse), Guys and Dolls, Newies, Billy Elliot
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AARON HASKELL (Richard Parker/ Puppeteer, Ensemble). Fellowship recipient at Alvin Ailey. Credits: War Horse, Lion King Broadway (Puppetry Specialist), Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk, and Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy. Creator/director of Wake Up, You’re Dead!, and The Pact; designer/builder for Six Flags, Lincoln Center, Acheson/ Walsh Studios, and Nightmare: Haunted House.
RISHI JAISWAL (Mamaji/Pandit-Ji, u/s Father) is an actor, director, screenwriter, and choreographer. He has been featured on the NBC comedy “American Auto,” ABC’s “Johnny Knoxville’s Prank Panel,” NBC’s “Superstars of Dance,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” and “Good Morning America.” Rishi wrote, starred in, and directed the feature film Unmasked in 2022.
TOUSSAINT JEANLOUIS (Cook/Voice of Richard Parker, Richard Parker/ Puppeteer, Ensemble, Fight Captain) Meredith Monk’s Indra’s Net (Chorus), Dr. Bernice Reagan Johnson and Toshi Reagan’s international tour of Parable of the Sower: The Opera (Bankole/ Richard Moss), based on the novel by Octavia E. Butler, Katori Hall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Hot Wing King (Cordell), and SITI Company’s The Bacchae (King Pentheus).
MI KANG (Lulu Chen/Mrs. Biology Kumar/Zaida Khan) is thrilled to be part of the Life of Pi! Selected credits: Inherit the Wind (Goodman); Villette (Lookingglass); The Chinese Lady (TimeLine); Dracula (Cincy Playhouse); Journal of Ben Uchida (Seattle Children’s); Tale for Time Being (Book-It). Mi is a Northwestern MFA Acting graduate and represented by Stewart Talent.
SHARAYU MAHALE (Rani, u/s Pi) is an Indian-American actor and dancer. After completing a BS in Business from NYU she pivoted to a career in the performing arts! Credits include: Monsoon Wedding (Off-Broadway), “Cobra Kai” (Netflix), Footnotes (Amazon), Frankie Meets Jack (Tubi). Thank you Aai and Papa! @sharayu.mahale
SINCLAIR MITCHELL (Admiral Jackson/ Russian Sailor/Father Martin). Broadway: The Lion King. Off-Broadway: The
Emperor Jones, Harlem Song. National Tour: The Prom, School of Rock, The Producers, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Regional: Shout Sister Shout!, The Wiz. CCM Grad, Olympic Torch Bearer (’96 games). Love to fiancé Joey. Thanks to About Artists Agency.
MAYA RANGULU (Swing, u/s Amma/ Nurse, u/s Lulu Chen/Mrs. Biology Kumar/Zaida Khan, u/s Rani) is thrilled to make her national tour debut! Originally from Portland, OR, her training includes American Conservatory Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, AMAW Los Angeles, and a BA from Stanford University. Endless gratitude to family, friends, and mentors. Here’s to the stories we tell and the people we love. @mayarangulu
BETSY ROSEN (Assistant Puppetry and Movement Director/Puppet Captain/Richard Parker/Puppeteer, Ensemble) is a Helen Hayes Awardwinning artist based in NYC. Broadway: Life of Pi (OBC). Selected credits: Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, American Repertory Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Woolly Mammoth. Grateful for all who hold me up, the LOP family, and FSE. @thebetsyrosen
DAVID SHIH (Swing, u/s Cook/Voice of Richard Parker, u/s Admiral Jackson/ Russian Sailor/Father Martin, u/s Leonard Chen/Mr. Biology Kumar/Mr. Khan, Mr. Okamoto/Captain). Previous: Life of Pi (Broadway and A.R.T.) Recent Off-Broadway: SUMO (The Public), Bus Stop (Classic Stage). TV: “Law & Order,” “Billions,” “The Path.” Film: The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Eighth Grade, Saving Face. Voice of Eddie Toh in GTA V.
ANNA VOMÁČKA (Richard Parker/ Puppeteer, Ensemble) is a dancer who has worked with Brennan Gerard & Ryan Kelly, Bebe Miller, & Nami Yamamoto. She also creates her own work, including film Listening Near an Edge (2022) and immersive performance W A S T E in S P A C E (2019). Excited for her national tour debut! Annavomacka.com, @anna.vomacka
SORAB WADIA (Father). From Bombay, India. Tours: Aladdin, Oklahoma!, Kite Runner (solo play). International: Jihad! The Musical (West End, London), Merchant of Venice (Venice, Italy), Bend It Like Beckham (Toronto). Regional: Nathan the Wise (Folger/ Theater J), Much Ado About Nothing (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival),
Monsoon Wedding (Berkeley Rep). Off-Broadway: Babette’s Feast (Theater at St. Clement’s), The Tempest (LaMama), Bunty Berman Presents… (The New Group), Nymph Errant (Prospect Theater). TV: “Blacklist: Redemption,” “Madame Secretary,” “L&O: SVU,” “30 Rock,” “Chapelle’s Show.” @SorabWadia
YANN MARTEL (Novelist) is a Canadian writer. He is the author of a collection of short stories and four novels, most notably Life of Pi, for which he won the 2002 Man Booker Prize. Writing credits include: The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios, Self, Life of Pi, Beatrice and Virgil, The High Mountains of Portugal and the non-fiction collection 101 Letters to a Prime Minister: The Complete Letters to Stephen Harper. Martel is presently at work on Son of Nobody, a novel about the Trojan War. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the writer Alice Kuipers and their four children.
LOLITA CHAKRABARTI (Playwright) is an actress and award-winning playwright. She won an Olivier, WhatsOnStage and UK Theatre Award for Best New Play for Life of Pi. Her adaptation of Hamnet recently opened at The RSC and London’s West End. Her debut play Red Velvet earned her the Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award and The Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright and an Olivier Award nomination. Other writing includes Hymn, Invisible Cities, Calmer, dramaturg on Message In A Bottle and Sylvia. Lolita trained at RADA and has worked as an actress on stage and screen for 35 years.
MAX WEBSTER (Director) is a Tony and Olivier Award-nominated director specializing in new work, opera, and live music events. Theatre credits include: The Importance of Being Earnest (upcoming, National Theatre); Macbeth (Donmar and West End); Henry V (Donmar); Antigone, As You Like It and Twelfth Night (Regent’s Park); Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (Old Vic/ San Diego Old Globe/Minneapolis Children’s Theatre); The Jungle Book (Fiery Angel); Fanny and Alexander, Cover My Tracks (Old Vic); The Twits (Leicester Curve); The Winter’s Tale (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh); The Sea of Fertility, Mary Stuart (Parco Tokyo); Much Ado About Nothing (Globe); Orlando, To Kill a Mockingbird, My
Young and Foolish Heart (Royal Exchange, Manchester); James and the Giant Peach, My Generation (Leeds Playhouse). Opera: La Bohème (Göteborgsoperan, Sweden) and The Merry Widow (ENO).
ASHLEY BROOKE MONROE (Tour Director). Broadway: Life of Pi, Indecent, Fun Home, The Glass Menagerie Broadway National Tour: Hamilton (resident director). Off-Broadway: All of Me (The New Group), Julius Caesar (CSC), Death Cruise (Access Theater), The Goree All-Girl String Band (Theatre Row). Regional: All of Me (Barrington Stage Company), Fun Home (Cape Rep), Indecent (Huntington, Center Theatre Group).
TIM HATLEY (Scenic Design and Costume Design) Broadway/West End: Starlight Express 2024, Back to the Future: The Musical, Life of Pi, Dreamgirls, Travesties, Ghosts, Vincent in Brixton, Temple, Bodyguard, Shrek, Spamalot, Humble Boy, Private Lives, The Crucible, The Pajama Game, Carmen, Don Quixote, My Fair Lady, Singin’ in the Rain. Film credits include Closer, Notes on a Scandal, and Stage Beauty. Winner of three Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards for Best Design. timhatley.com
FINN CALDWELL (Co-Puppet Design, Puppetry/Movement Director) is an Olivier Award-winning director, designer and performer; he is a co-artistic director of Gyre & Gimble, where his co-director/puppet designer credits include The Four Seasons: A Reimagining (Globe), The Hartlepool Monkey (U.K. tour) and The Elephantom (National Theatre/West End). As puppet co-designer/director: The Wicker Husband (Watermill), The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic/West End), Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (Old Vic/ San Diego Old Globe/Minneapolis Children’s Theatre) and Running Wild (Chichester/Regent’s Park/U.K. tour). As director of puppetry/movement: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Angels in America, The Light Princess and War Horse (all National Theatre/ West End). As director, credits include: Ex Machina (NIDA, Australia) and Lardo (Old Red Lion).
NICK BARNES (Co-Puppet Design) began making puppets at university and afterwards at the Slade School of Fine Arts, incorporating puppets into his theatre designs for opera and theatre. He subsequently formed the puppetry company Blind Summit
Theatre, devising and performing in shows which toured internationally from the Edinburgh Fringe to the Metropolitan Opera and co-directed the puppetry for the London Olympic Games opening ceremony. Nick now runs his puppet making studio in Hove. Follow Nick’s work atnickbarnespuppets.co.uk.
ANDRZEJ GOULDING (Video and Animation Design). Video designs include & Juliet, Room, Groundhog Day (Broadway); Starlight Express, Just For One Day, Life of Pi, The Drifters Girl, & Juliet, Message in a Bottle, Sylvia, The Unfriend, Eureka Day, Pressure (West End); People, Places and Things (St Ann’s Warehouse); Henry V, Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse, NT Live); The Da Vinci Code (U.K. tour); Burn (Joyce Theater); The Machine (Park Avenue Armory), Message in a Bottle (tour).
TIM LUTKIN (Lighting Design). Tony and two-time Olivier Award winner. Broadway: Back to the Future: The Musical, Life of Pi. Select West End: The Crucible, Back to the Future, Fiddler on the Roof, Noises Off, Strangers on a Train, Close to You, The Full Monty, Present Laughter, Chimerica, Quiz, Lungs, A Number, Elf, Big. National Theatre: Under Milk Wood, Antony and Cleopatra, LesBlancs, Jack Absolute Flys Again.
TIM DEILING (Lighting Design). West End credits: SIX, Knights of the Rose, American Idiot, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Vanities the Musical. He’s also lit many U.K. tours including Club Tropicana, Our House, HMS Pinafore and Summer Holiday. He’s worked on many plays/musicals at regional U.K. theatres and throughout Europe. He’s also worked for many years as an associate to Ken Billington and The National Theatre in London. Tim is an American living in London.
CAROLYN DOWNING (Sound Design) is an award-winning sound designer working internationally in a variety of fields with creativity and collaboration at the heart of her work. Carolyn’s work includes The Commonwealth Games 2022 Opening Ceremony, Birmingham; Jean Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure exhibition; The Normal Heart for the National Theatre; Downstate at National Theatre, Steppenwolf, Playwrights Horizons; Henry V for Donmar; Summer and Smoke (Olivier nomination 2019)
and Chimerica for Sonia Friedman Productions (Olivier Award 2015).
DAVID BRIAN BROWN (Wig Design). Broadway highlights: Drama Desk Awards for Mrs. Doubtfire and War Paint Moulin Rouge!, Life of Pi, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, She Loves Me (Drama Desk nomination), Shrek, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Nine, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida, Chicago, Side Show. Film credits: Angels in America (Emmy-nominated), Too Wong Foo….
ANDREW T. MACKAY (Original Music) is an Olivier Award-nominated composer and the co-founder of Bombay Dub Orchestra. He studied at the London College of Music. His music often fuses orchestra with traditional elements from the project’s region and has scored many films in India and around the globe. Life of Pi was Andrew’s first theatre score, followed by Henry V (Donmar) with Kit Harington. The soundtrack to Life of Pi is available on all streaming platforms.
JACK BRADLEY (Dramaturgy) is a dramaturg, translator and playwright. As literary manager at the National Theatre (1994-2007) he advised Richard Eyre, Trevor Nunn and Nicholas Hytner on new plays. For Sonia Friedman Productions since 2007 shows include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Mean Girls; and New York, New York For Tricycle Theatre (2007-2012): The Great Game, The Bomb-A Partial History, The Riots. And for Simon Friend, other work: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Jack has conducted writing workshops around the world.
SCARLET WILDERINK (Global Associate Puppetry and Movement Director) (she/her/hers). One of the Olivier Award-winning puppeteers in the original West End cast of Life of Pi; then set up the ART, Broadway and Toronto productions. Regional: Life of Pi, Mirvish Theatre, American Repertory Theatre. West End: War Horse, New London Theatre; Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre (Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor); Pinocchio, National Theatre. Off-West End: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Southwark Playhouse; Putting It Together, The Other Palace. U.K. regional: The Wicker Husband and Watership Down, Watermill Theatre; Treasure Island, Stephen Joseph Theatre. U.K. tour: The Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Running Wild. International: Cabaret, MAC
Theatre. Education: Guildford School of Acting. Actors’ Equity Association member.
JON HOCHE (U.S. Associate Puppetry and Movement Director/Resident Director/ Lift Captain, u/s Mr. Okamoto/ Captain/Jai, u/s Richard Parker). Broadway: Life of Pi (Richard Parker puppeteer), King Kong (Voice of King Kong/Puppeteer). Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey 2 puppeteer); Soft Power (The Public Theater, Grammy-nominated); Vietgone, Poor Yella Rednecks (Manhattan Theatre Club); Soul Samurai, The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G (Ma-Yi Theater/Vampire Cowboys Theater); Hello, From the Children of Planet Earth (Playwrights Realm). National Tour: War Horse (Puppeteer/Puppet Captain). TV: “Hello Tomorrow!” (Apple TV+) @JonHoche ARC (Casting). 150+ productions across the globe and 13 Artios Awards for Casting. Broadway/NY Past and Present Productions include: A Wonderful World, Life of Pi, Chicago the Musical, Disney’s The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, Hadestown, Lost in Yonkers, Great Comet of 1812, Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, 39 Steps, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles. TV/Film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/U.K.: Sister Act, Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: 1776, Girl From The North Country, Hairspray, Waitress, Urinetown, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You Regional: A.R.T., Berkeley Rep, Alley, Bay Street, Goodspeed, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature. ARC, Part of RWS Global. castingbyarc.com, castingbyarc
BOND THEATRICAL (Tour Booking, Marketing and Publicity) is an independently owned theatrical booking, marketing and publicity company representing award-winning Broadway shows and live entertainment properties. BOND connects artists and audiences by forming strategic, authentic and profitable partnerships between producers and presenters across North America. For a complete list of current projects, please visit BondTheatrical.com.
KATIE CORTEZ (Company Manager). National Tours: To Kill a Mockingbird, 1776, Waitress, The Prom, The Phantom of the Opera, Finding Neverland, Bullets
Over Broadway, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
FRANK DEMING II (Associate Company Manager). National Tours: Mean Girls, To Kill a Mockingbird (ACM), Pretty Woman (ACM), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (CSM). Regional: Virginia Theatre Festival (CM), New Harmony Theatre (CM). Graduate of the University of Montevallo. Proudly mentored by Jen and Marcus Lane, Katie Cortez, and Jack Stephens.
KRISTIN NEWHOUSE (Production Stage Manager) is excited to be working on the Life of Pi tour! Recent credits include The Thing About Jellyfish (Berkeley Rep), The Outsiders (La Jolla Playhouse), and The Lion King (North American and International tours). Broadway and additional touring credits include: The Lion King, Kinky Boots, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, RENT, and Mary Poppins. Kristin has stage managed a variety of corporate events, TV shows, and special events. She has also enjoyed directing over 20 shows for Broadway Cares.
MATTHEW BROOKS (Stage Manager) (he/him). National Tours: Company; Jesus Christ Superstar; A Christmas Story; An Officer and a Gentleman; Xanadu; and Rosie Revere, Engineer and Friends. Regional: Asolo Repertory Theatre; New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theatre; Connecticut Repertory Theatre; Colorado Shakespeare Festival; and the Dorset Theatre Festival. Thanks to Kelsey, Heather, my parents, and mi amore Nia most of all. Proud AEA member and graduate of the University of Illinois. matthewibbrooks.com
FOUAD HASSAN (Assistant Stage Manager) (he/him) is a blind Arab stage manager, proud of both. Fouad dedicates his work to beautiful Arabs who rarely see ourselves and our real stories represented. With credits including Broadway’s Hamilton and The Kite Runner, and Off-Broadway’s We Live in Cairo, Fouad strives to foster spaces of community, care, and visibility for all.
SARAH HOLLAND (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be working on her first national tour! Her past credits include: The Little Mermaid (ASM) and Waitress (ASM), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (PA), West Side Story (PA) and Sister Act (PA) at The Municipal Theatre Association of St.
Louis. At the Repertory Theatre St. Louis - Confederates (PA) and Moby Dick (PA) and at Metro Theater Company - Eddie & Vinnie (PSM). She would like to send a special thank you to her family for always supporting her dreams!
GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Manager) has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mark Twain Tonight!, Cameron Mackintosh presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, Water for Elephants and The Wiz.
HANNA OSMOLSKA (Executive Producer) has general managed Life of Pi in London’s West End (Wyndham’s Theatre), on U.K. tour and on international engagements. She is also the executive director of Simon Friend Entertainment whose current and recent productions include Paranormal Activity, Here You Come Again, The Girl on the Train and The Height of the Storm.
SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall. Seth has produced the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and the National Theatre production of War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as Executive Producer for both the U.S. and U.K. tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, the 25th Anniversary U.S. tour of Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera tour, Miss Saigon Currently, Funny Girl, The Book of Mormon, and Life of Pi. He is most proud of his greatest productions – Marlo and Camden.
SIMON FRIEND (Producer) has commissioned, developed, lead-produced many productions in the U.K., including Life of Pi, which arrived on Broadway last year after a long run in London’s West End — the production won three Tonys and five Oliviers. This year has included world premiere productions of Minority Report, based on Philip K. Dick’s story; and Paranormal Activity, based on the Paramount Pictures films; the enormously successful new Dolly Parton musical Here You Come Again across the U.K. and in London; and the forthcoming new play Second Best. Recent West End credits: The Real Thing, Life of Pi, Bad Jews, The Starry Messenger, The Girl on the Train, The Height of the Storm (also Broadway) and Admissions, amongst many others. Simon
also produced the Academy Award-winning film The Father
DARYL ROTH (Producer) holds the singular distinction of producing seven Pulitzer Prizewinning plays: Anna in the Tropics, August: Osage County, Clybourne Park, How I Learned to Drive, Proof, Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women and Wit The proud recipient of 13 Tony Awards and London’s Olivier Award, over 130 productions including Kinky Boots, Into the Woods, Indecent, Left on Tenth and The Normal Heart. Trustee, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Lincoln Center Theater. Honored to have been inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.
HAL LUFTIG (Producer). Winner of five Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards, Hal Luftig has worked on and off Broadway for the past 35 years. Broadway includes Here Lies Love, Plaza Suite, American Utopia, Kinky Boots, Children of a Lesser God, Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Diary of Anne Frank and Angels in America. Off-Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish; Scotland, PA (Roundabout); Here Lies Love (The Public). Upcoming: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Becoming Nancy and Scotland, PA (Broadway).
MARK GORDON PICTURES (Producer). Broadway: Romeo + Juliet, Life of Pi, The Piano Lesson, POTUS. Off-Broadway/ Regional: Teeth, Highway Patrol, Nollywood Dreams, The Buddy System. U.K.: People, Places and Things, Brace Brace, Punch, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play Film: Saving Private Ryan, Speed, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Murder on the Orient Express, Source Code, Molly’s Game, Steve Jobs, The Patriot. Television: “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Criminal Minds,” “Ray Donovan,” “Designated Survivor,” “Quantico,” “Private Practice,” “The Rookie.”
NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, The Great Gatsby, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Mark Twain Tonight!, Cameron Mackintosh presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, Water for Elephants and The Wiz.
42ND.CLUB (Co-Producer) is a seven-time Tony Award-winning network of Broadway producers and investors. Productions include & Juliet, Hadestown and Moulin Rouge!. In development: Alice in Neverland Producers: Phil & Claire Kenny, Winston Hatta
(@buddybroadway) and Miles & Bonnie Romney. 42nd.club
PLAYING FIELD (Co-Producer). Combining our knowledge of theatre and capital, Playing Field is dedicated to accelerating the creation of world class theatre through the early-stage development, late-stage investment and production of a wide variety of projects in London, nationally and internationally. Work includes The Lehman Trilogy, Back to the Future, Life of Pi, War Horse, Starlight Express, Dear England, Stranger Things, The Motive and the Cue, Moulin Rouge!, Merrily We Roll Along, Funny Girl, Patriots and Jerusalem. playingfield.co.uk
HARRIET NEWMAN LEVE (Co-Producer) has won four Tony Awards. Productions include Ain’t Too Proud, Beautiful, An American in Paris, Hedwig, War Horse, The 39 Steps, The Mountaintop, A Little Night Music, La Cage aux Folles, The Norman Conquests, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Crucible and Stomp.
INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK
(Co-Producer). Over 30 presenters of touring Broadway in the U.S., U.K. and Asia. Recent/ Upcoming: & Juliet, The Devil Wears Prada, The Notebook, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Some Like It Hot.
JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION
(Co-Producer) family of companies include Broadway Across America and Broadway.com, under the supervision of 22time Tony-winning producer John Gore. Productions include: MJ, Moulin Rouge!, The Outsiders, Gypsy
KUHN DODANI (Co-Producer). Eric Kuhn is a Tony Award-winning producer between New York and London and co-CEO and cofounder of Folk Media Group. Nik Dodani is an actor, filmmaker, and producer who serves as CEO of Cosmic Pomegranate and co-founder of The Salon.
KATE AND BILL FISHEL (Co-Producer) live in the Pacific Palisades with their three sons Mike, John, and Andy and their own representative of the divine through love, fear, and survival: Wally Washington Fishel.
AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER (Co-Producer) at Harvard University, led by Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., produces groundbreaking work to catalyze dialogue and transformation. The A.R.T. is a Tony Award-winning creative hub, launching acclaimed productions seen on Broadway, across the U.S., and around the world including Jagged Little Pill, Waitress, Great Comet, All the Way, The Glass Menagerie, Pippin, Once, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, 1776, and Real Women Have Curves (upcoming).
SHEFFIELD THEATRES (Co-Producer) is the largest U.K. producing theatre complex outside London, comprising the Crucible, Lyceum and Playhouse. Celebrated for creating bold new work, recent hits include Life of Pi, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and Standing at the Sky’s Edge.
Opening Night: December 10, 2024 STAFF FOR LIFE OF PI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Hanna Osmolska and Seth Wenig
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Gentry & Associates
Gregory Vander Ploeg
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
NETworks Presentations
Jason Juenker
Matthew Reardon
TOUR BOOKING, MARKETING & PUBLICITY
BOND THEATRICAL bondtheatrical.com
TOUR BOOKING
Temah Higgins Mollie Mann
Wendy Roberts
TOUR MARKETING & PUBLICITY
DJ Martin Jenny Bates Marc Viscardi
Tony Joy Harrison Mootoo
CASTING
ARC
Duncan Stewart, CSA Mark Brandon, CSA
Patrick Maravilla, Jarrett Reiche, Kendra Luca Kyle Coker, Devi Peot, Jaron Cole
Ryan Stana, CEO RWS Global
Ryan Saab, SVP RWS Global
Production Stage Manager Kristin Newhouse
Stage Manager .......................................... Matthew Brooks
Assistant Stage Manager Fouad Hassan, Sara Holland
Company Manager Katie Cortez
Associate Company Manager Frank Deming II
Associate Puppet Designer Caroline Bowman
Associate Scenic Designer ............................. Ross Edwards
Associate Costume Designer ....................... Robin L. McGee
Assistant Costume Designer Jeanna DiPaolo
Associate Lighting Designers Timothy Reed, Paul Toben
Moving Light Programmer Paul Toben
U.K. Associate Sound Designers.....................Sam Clarkson, Elliott Williams/Sound Quiet Time
Associate Video and Animation Designer Brad Peterson
Video Associate and Programmer Dan Trenchard
Production Supervisor Sharika Niles
Production Electrician Eric Norris
Production Sound ........................................ Shannon Slaton
Assistant Production Sound Nikki Belenski
Production Props Dan Brown
Production Video Chelsea Zalikowski
Production Puppets Marta Sarrion, Aga Fraczak
Production Carpenter.................................................. pesci
Head Carpenter/Automation Shayne LH
Assistant Carpenter Brit Keyser, Shawn Watson
Head Electrician Lars Stolpe
Assistant Electricians
Jeremy Bolnick, Tim Mack
Head Sound ................................................. Philip Franzone
Assistant Sound ......................................... Jimmy O’Connor
Head Props
Cailin Kucera
Assistant Props Robyn Monkarsh
Puppet Tech Jena Kerr
Wardrobe Supervisor Tyler J. Guse
Assistant Wardrobe .................................. Nichole Marie Hull
Costume Researcher Maariyah Sharjil
Fight Director Rod Kinter
Dialect Coach Luca Fontaine
Production Assistants ........... Sarah Holland, Gabriella Shead, Campbell Tiffin
Merchandising The Araca Group
Merchandise Manager....................................... Kelli Farmer
Marketing Materials AKA NYC
Promotional Video Situation, Spotco, Tour Design
Photography ............................................. Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman
Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity Office BOND Theatrical Nilesha Alexander, Kolten Bell, Melissa Cohen, Jesse Daniels, Alexandra De La Cerda, Caroline Frawley, Bridget Gross, Ayanna Jernigan, Steph Kelleher, Deborah Mann, Scotland Newton, Elisabeth Reyes, Laura Rizzo, Madison St. Amour, Linda Stewart
Physical Therapy Pip Gamble, NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc.
Safety Consultant ....................................... Bryan Huneycutt
Accounting NETworks Presentations LLC
Tax Accountant Jeff Mensch
Legal Services
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HR Support .................................................K+K Reset, LLC
Housing ...................................................... Road Concierge
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Trucking Clark Transfer
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Chief Executive Officer Orin Wolf
President/Chief Production Officer Seth Wenig
Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer ........Margaret Daniel
Business Affairs
Scott W. Jackson
Executive Producers Mimi Intagliata, Hannah Rosenthal, Trinity Wheeler
Vice President of Finance
Scott Levine
Sr. Director/Finance ........................................... John Kinna
Controller Jennifer Gifford
Director of Tour Accounting
Laura S. Carey
Tax Director Pat Guerieri
Tax Assistant Deborah Brown
Accounts Payables & Receivables Clerk ........... Lisa Loveless
Sr. Director, Booking & Engagements
Directors, Booking & Engagements
Amanda Laird
Stacey Burns, Colin Byrne
Booking Assistant Lily Flippin
Director of Sales
Zach Stevenson
Director of Marketing ...................................... Heather Hess
Sr. Director/General Management Gregory Vander Ploeg
General Managers
Madeline McCluskey, Rebecca Shubart Steven Varon-Moore
Associate General Manager Amanda Lenti, Heather Moss, Shira Wolf
Sr. Director/Production Management .............. Jason Juenker
Sr. Production Manager Hector Guivas
Production Managers Matthew Reardon, Alex Williams
Associate Production Manager Aimeé Mangual Pagán
Technical Director ...................................................... pesci
Production Coordinator ................................Gina Boccolucci
NETworks Asset Manager Richard Haug
Director of Operations Pearce Landry-Wegener
Workers Compensation Coordinator Kayla Rooplal
People Operations/Payroll Manager Sara Clayton
Executive Assistant.................................... Isabella Schiavon
Office Manager Michelle Adye
Adminstrative Assistant
Aidan Herman
Music Coordinator John Mezzio
Producer ........................................................ Simon Friend
Executive Director Hanna Osmolska
Associate General Manager Amy Hendry
Associate General Manager Kati Donlon
Associate General Manager Aaron Rogers
Production Coordinator ....................................... Mia Franey
Finance Director ........................................... George Bradley
Payroll Toni Palmer, Francesca Oldnall
Administration Assistant Poppy Maxwell
Associate Producer ......................................... Megan Smith
Executive Assistant..........................................Patton Linder
Producing Assistant Rebecca Salzhauer, Sarah Shapiro
Director of Finance Emily Currie
Bookkeeper Darren Ley
Interim Associate Producer ........................ Victoria Weinberg
HAL LUFTIG PROUDCTIONS
Hal Luftig
Producer Kevin Connor
Associate Producer Eli Cohen
MARK GORDON PICTURES
Producer Mark Gordon President Bibby Dunn
Producers Jessica Chase, Katie Myers, Bonnie-Chance Roberts
Associate Producer .................................. Michela Rodriquez
Executive Assistants Chelsey Dobbins, Andrea Rivera, Taylla Smith
Scenery fabricated by Great Lakes Scenic Studios, Burlington, ON, Show Control and Scenic Motion Control featuring STAGE COMMAND SYSTEMS® by PRG Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG Broadway L.L.C., New Windsor, New York. Sound and Video Systems provided by Sound Associates, Yonkers, NY. Lighting equipment from Christie Lites. Costumes by Eric Winterling Inc., Pintler Costumes. Puppets made by Nick Barnes Puppets: Caroline Bowman, Jodie Dean, Aga Fraczak, Harriet Lansdown , Suzanne Law, Chelsey Lee, Oli Simonon, Georgina Smith, Jessica Taylor, Charlie Tymms, Ash West.
Rehearsed at NEW 42nd Street Studios, 229 W 42nd Street, New York, NY.
SPECIAL THANKS TO Cameron Mackintosh, Mark Lunsford, Emma Watt, Skip Curtiss, Sabrina Cuniberto.
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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States.
The Musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.
The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.
Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre.
This productio n is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.
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Jeffery and Pam Roberts
Shannon and Johnathan Robertson
Cynthia and Ramón Rodríguez
Bruce and Jacquelyn Rogow
Mr. and Mrs. John Roschman
Sharon Roscioli
Marcelle and Andy Rosen
Miriam and David Rush
Dr. and Mrs. Luigi Salvaneschi
Anne and William Scherer
Lois and John Schmatz
Alan M. Schwartz, M.D.
Marjorie and Martin Schwartzberg
Sensormatic Electronics Corporation
Jill Siegel
Drazia and Harvey Simon
Muriel and Don Smith
Susan A. Smith
SouthState Bank
Alex C. Spektor
Mrs. George Sprague
Perry and Sandy Stamos
Roni and Stuart Stein
Theodore R. Stephan
Mr. Jeremy Straub
Kitty and Chuck Tatelbaum
Pamela Tindall
Stephanie Toothaker
Roxanne and Mark Zinn $100,000 and Above
Thomas Family Foundation
Toppel Family Foundation
Joyce Worthington Virga
Mark and Lynda Walter
Beckie and Marshall Weinberg
Barton and Shirley Weisman
Wells Fargo
Wilson Butler Architects
Jorge and Alix Wolf
Richard J. Wolfenden
Kristin and Jake Wurzak
Pam Africk and Shari Africk-Olefson
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allegri and Family
Drs. Neel Amin and Travis Lewis
Peter L. Babinski, M.D. and Alan L. Curtis
Julia Baldwin
Drs. Alvan and Linda Balent
Gloria and Herbert Barker
David and Michael Barnes
Dr. Howard and Mrs. Judee Barron
BB&T
Caryn and Michael Bedzow
Kimberly and Barry Belmont
John and Sandy Benz
Berkson Family
C. Graham Berwind III –Director, Spring Point Partners
Bessemer Trust Company
The Binko Family
The Boca Raton
Ellyn Bogdanoff
David Bowles and Christopher Boswell
Betsy and Robert Bradford
Howard and Rebecca Braverman
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Brizel
Erin and Keith Brown
Nancy Brown – Fritch Foundation
Mrs. Blanche S. Buck
Setnor Byer Family Charitable Fund
Mr. Andrew and Dr. Connie Caldwell
Margaret and Matt Callihan
Luciana Caplan
Kevin and Mary Carroll
James L. Case and Family
Arlo and Robert Casper
George Catzavelos
Flo and Rick Celender
Chance Family
Eleanor Chaney
The Chernov Family
Robin and Steven Chess
Caryn Clayman
Ruchel and Pieter Coetzee
Lisa and James Colen
Nelson and Hollis D’Antonio
Daoud’s Fine Jewelry
John and Elizabeth Deinhardt
Bob DeLizza
Jonathan DeLuca
Tiffany and David DiPietro
Dr. Jim Doherty
Dr. Tony and Jean Dorto
Paige and Whitney Dutton
Gwen and Howard Dvorkin
Najla & Bernie Eastman
Margaret Edwards
Andy Elisburg
Jim Ellis
Mrs. Anne A. Ellman
$50,000 and Above
Waden E. Emery III MD FAAN
Raquel and President Emeritus
Ray Ferrero Jr.
Fifth Third Bank
Mark Finkelstein – Sonny and Linda Finkelstein
Anita and Michael Fischler
Flamingo Road Nursery –Lisa and Jim Dezell
Sharon Florescue
Florida Power & Light
Florida Theatrical Association
Margie and Trevor Fried
Leta and Joe Gardella
Mr. David and Dr. Ellen Gendal
Jason S. Gibson
Sonia and Michael Gleit
Sara and Steven M. Goldberg
Sally Goldman Foundation
Clay B. Goldstein and Marty Silver
Sally and Neil Goldwasser
Golda and Sheldon Golub
Esther Zinn Gordon
The Reuben and Mollie Gordon Foundation, Inc.
Gore Family Memorial Foundation Trust
Andrew Greenfield
Walter and Christina Griffith
Richard Grillo and James Coughlin
Gross Family Trust
Suzanne Gunzburger
Nurit and Steve Haft
Hale Piano and Organ, Inc. –Charles K. Hale
Marie and Leo Hansen
Dr. and Mrs. Jacob J. Harris
Bill and Patty Hawk
Craig and Rachel Hecker
Crockett Herd
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Hift
Mr. and Mrs. Zach Hoffman
Wes and Mercedes Holston
Marci and Ron Holzer
Michael and Yvette Hooley
Carola Hooper
Frank and Donna Horkey
Carmen and Peter Hotchkiss
Daniel Hotte and Vita Gopman Hotte
Karen and David Humble
Hans J. Hvide and J. Erik Hvide
Iberia
IBM
Incapital
Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Ingalls
Joseph and Patricia Jack
Dr. and Mrs. Maury A. Jayson
Helen and Kirnanja Joe
Craig Johnston and James Stellas
Dr. James and Janet Jordan
Robert B. Judd
Lital and Itai Kathein
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman A. Katz
Dr. Albert E. Kaufman and Esther G. Kaufman
Andrée and Harvey Kelly
David Kilmnick and Robert Vitelli
Lisa Kitei
Harold and Deko Klebanoff
William Korey
Jon Kotler, M.D. & Anita Paoli Kotler, Esq.
John O. LaFollette
Gwendolyn and Sydney Landers
Carole Wien Langer
Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Liebeskind
Dr. Fred and Bonnie Lippman
The Livek Family
Mitchell Lombard
Sean Donovan and Lori Macpherson
Ira Maltz and Janis Gallinson
Sandi and John Mann
Karen Mintz Margulies
Mastriana Family
Dr. and Mrs. Wayne and Lianne Maxson
Laura L. McAuliffe
Tom and Vickie McDonald
Andy McNeill and Todd Bludworth
Cindy and Jeff McWaters
Rosalee and Charles Messa
The Miller Family
Fred and Audrey Millsaps
Minto Foundation
Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Marcia Moselle
Moss & Associates
Bernie and Cheri Moyle
Peter S. Mozino Foundation –Ted J. Mozino, Joan Readding, Barbara Mozino Seegul
William and Una Murphy
Melinda Nakaya and Dana Cellucci
Naro Family
Carole Nugent
Betty and Dan O’Connor
James and Laura O’Connor
Paul M. and Patricia E. O’Hara
Old School Hospitality
Jeannie and Michael O’Neill
The Opera Guild, Inc.
Claire and Harold Oshry
Frances Osthoff
Wes and Angie Parker
Ladan and Patrick G. Patel
Forest Patten and Jamie Stafford
Marc and Phyllis Pechter
Sheryl Maher and Blaine Phillips
Caroline Pierce
George and Anne Platt
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Quatrano
$50,000 and Above (cont’d)
Dr. William J. and Deborah Rand
Lindsay Raphael
The Rinker Companies Foundation, Inc.
Robin and Michael Robins
Lisa and Richard Roselli
Durée and Dwayne Ross
Joni and Alan Routman
Runway Growers
Shelly and Phoebe Satlin
Mr. Tim and Dr. Mary Scanlon
Alexandria and John Scherer
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon J. Schlesinger
Sheri Fiske Schultz and Lee Lasris
Joel Schwartz Family
Theresa, Denise & Robin Scogna
Wylie T. Scott, M.D.
Sarah and Kelley Shanley
Ashley and Shea Smith
Wilbur and Jean Snider
Allan C. Sorensen
Carolyne Smith Spataro
Dr. Henry and Elaine Spiro
Susan and Marshall Steirn
Anita Stember
Isobel and Roger Sturgeon
Chuck Sussman
Paul and Jodi Tartell
Ticketmaster
Gale Goldstein Tucker
Katie and Paul Turner
Dr. Brian Udell
Jacqueline Udell
Ultimate Kronos Group - UKG
Steven and Carolyn Valancy
Betsy and David Weisman and Family
Florence and Bob Werner
Gene A. Whiddon, Sr.
Jeremy and Yeva Wilford
Lynne Wines
Dr. and Mrs. Zachariah P. Zachariah
Linda and Scott Zakheim
Judd and Laura Zebersky
Patricia and Lawrence Zuanich
The Ovation Society recognizes friends who support the Broward Center with planned gift arrangements.
John E. Abdo • Beverly Raphael Altman • Stephanie Aoun and Robert Wagner
Beverly S. Bachrach • Bonnie Barnett • Richard A. Berkowitz
Ann M. Burris • Judith Carney • Flo and Rick Celender
Carolyn Davis and Ned Black and Philip Davis • Dr. Lynn Dieter • Robert Esposito
Rana Ghosh • William Glazer and Thomas Smith, Ph.D. • Neil Goldberg
Mrs. Sara Goldberg • Barry H. and Elisa R. Goldman • Jan Goodheart and Ian Ibbetson
Dr. Stanley and Pearl Goodman • Richard A. Grillo • Marie and Leo Hansen
Robert Harrigan and Cindy Lane • Nugene Harvey • Andrew M. Heller
Anne Hotte • Brian Huseman • Alice and Mike Jackson • Carol Harrison Kalagher
Lisa J. Kitei • James and Lynn LaBate • Charles Ladd • Arthur and Christine Lambertus
Ida and Ray Leightman • George S. LeMieux • Michael Lepera • Mrs. Nile Lestrange
Jarett Levan • Robert B. Lochrie III • Laura L. McAuliffe • Dominick Miniaci
Dev Ramesh Motwani • Ann Klingloff Newman • Peggy Olin • Ms. Sharon Oliver
Matthew J. Organ • Charles L. Palmer • Jodi Peck and Les Weil
Sally and Leonard Robbins • Ramon Rodriguez • Allan E. Ross
Mr. Robert Rusinko and Mr. Frank Stumpo • Bernard and Suzanne Scharf
Anne Scherer • Lyneth and Bobby Schroeter
Alan M. Schwartz, M.D. • Drazia S. Simon • Barry E. Somerstein, Esq.
Michelle Howland Sussman • Ty and Polly Sutton
Kenny and Sandy Tate and Family • George Taylor and Heather Geronemus
Joan M. Thornton • Stephanie Toothaker
Gale Goldstein Tucker • Eric Vainder • Joyce Worthington Virga • Bruce A. Voelkel
Linda and Douglas Von Allmen • Richard and Christine Welch • Deborah Wendt Gary Wendt • Ethelind Altman Wiener • Victoria and Joel Wugalter
Jake Wurzak • Patricia and Kurt Zimmerman
Broward Performing Arts Foundation Named Endowed Funds
Beverly and Joel Altman Endowed Fund for Education
Amaturo Performing Arts Endowed Fund
Jane S. Brown Memorial Education Fund
Albert E. and Birdie W. Einstein Endowed Fund
M. Austin and Christine Forman Endowed Fund
William Glazer and Thomas Smith General Endowed Fund
Dr. Stanley and Pearl Goodman Endowed Fund
Doug Gorab and Ron Plotkin Fund for Children’s Education
Barbara and Arnold Grevior Education Endowed Fund
Mary Jane Harlow Charitable Trust Education Endowed Fund
Michelle Howland General Endowed Fund
JM Family - Jim and Jan Moran Endowed Fund
Kapila Family Foundation Endowed Fund
Kapila Family Foundation Endowed Fund for Sensory-Inclusive Pre-School Programs
Rose Miniaci Education Endowed Fund
Anita Perlman Endowed Fund
Art and Sandy Phillips Family Fund
Rumbaugh Care and Maintenance Fund • Rumbaugh Perpetual Care Endowed Fund
Kendall and Gilbert Spencer Endowed Fund • Gotta Dance! Ted Stephan Endowed Fund
Sandy and Kenny Tate Endowed Education Fund
Nancy Bryant and Jerry Taylor Education Endowed Fund
I Lorraine Thomas Endowed Fund for Children
After making cumulative gifts of $100,000 or more, “Buddy’s Club” members carry on the legacy of Broward Center founders through annual contributions of $10,000 and above.
John E. Abdo Family
Heidi and David Alderman
Barbara and Marc Alexander
Beverly and Joel Altman
Toula Amanna
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Amaturo
Amazon
Rachel and Ron Antevy
Stephanie Aoun and Robert Wagner
Artisan Foods – Brad and Stacey Friedman
Madaline and Mark Asofsky
Bank of America
Bonnie Barnett and Dr. Robert L. Kagan
Abbe and Steven Becker
Mrs. Emily Bennett
Diana Bergheim and Shari Robbins
Richard and Sandy Berkowitz
Gene A. Berman
Jonathan and Stacy Berstein
Dianne Bienes
Broadway Across America
Colin W. Brown
Neil Burmeister and Bob Romano
Ann M. Burris
Vivian Cardia
Rita and Rick Case Automotive Group
Amy and Howard Chafetz
Scott Clearwater and Christopher Ambs
Patricia Colbert
Martin and Terri Cole
Melissa Corrado-Harrison
Philip and Anna Cyburt
Carolyn Davis and Ned Black
Patricia Deering
Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation
Jon DeLuca
James and Cathy Donnelly –Castle Group
Jane and Douglas Eagon
Bonnie E. Eletz
Jeannette and Marty Engelmann
Charles and Laurie Ermer
Claire Fair
Ken Fisher and Elizabeth Lender
Christine and M. Austin Forman
Jack and Beverly Fox
Future Tech Enterprise
Mrs. Susan Gaddis
Leslie Gaynor
William Glazer and Thomas Smith, Ph.D.
Dr. Stanley and Pearl Goodman
Leo Goodwin Foundation
Douglas Gorab
Susan and Wil Greaton
Thomas E. Greenbaum
Charitable Foundation
Martin B. Greenberg Foundation –
David and Tracey Greenberg
Greenspoon Marder
Barbara Maunus Grevior
Raymond C. Griffis, Jr. and Mark R. Tews
Gunster Law Firm
Linda Haller
Bert Halprin
Dr. George and Jana Hanbury
Lorie and Gene Harvey
Tanya and Andrew Heller
Richard Herter and Dennis Baney
Alan and Kristen Hooper
Hudson Family Foundation
Chris and Aubrey Hull
The Ingham Family
Alice and Mike Jackson
JM Family Enterprises, Inc.
Robert Wood Johnson
Family Charities
Barbara and Milton Jones
Carol Harrison Kalagher
Kapila Family Foundation
Eleanor & Herbert Katz Family
Kimberly and Dennis Kozlowski
Elaine and Jon Krupnick
Mary Fanizzi Krystoff
The LaBate Family
Charlie Ladd
Michael and Barbara Landry
Liz and Kurt Langsenkamp
Ida and Ray Leightman
Josephine S. Leiser Foundation
Mrs. Nile R. Lestrange
Dara and Jarett Levan
Mrs. Marsha Levy
Ashley and Matt Lindsay
Brooke and Robert Lochrie
Susan Lochrie
Robin and Per Lööf
Marcel and Barbara Maier
Dr. Lee and Brigitte Mandel
Catherine and Matt Mandell
The Mandic Family
The Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation, Inc.
Emmett McTigue
Mr. Ken Meares and Dr. Sharon McQuillan
Jack and Stephanie Melnicoff
The Mercede Family
Lesleen and Donald Mileham
Cheryl and Christian Miller
The Miniaci Family
Barry Minoff
Motwani Family
William and Anita Newman Foundation
Northern Trust
Keith and Deb Oates
Gail O’Brien
The Olefson Family
Peggy Olin
Molly O’Neill and Mary Ginnard
John and Priscilla Oughton
Bruce G. Paddock
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Palmer
Peck Foundation, Milwaukee
Eduardo Pelaez, Gabriella Smith and Family
Elizabeth and Jonathan Peress
Timothy and Suzanne Peterson
Sandy and Art Phillips
Harry L. Posin
Jo Ann and Philip Procacci
Senator Nan and David Rich
Beth and Philip Rielly
Sally Robbins
Shannon & Johnathan
Robertson
Ramón and Cindy Rodríguez
Sharon Roscioli
Marcelle and Andy Rosen
The Salah Foundation
Bernard and Suzanne Scharf
Anne and William Scherer
Lois and John Schmatz
Alan M. Schwartz, M.D.
Marjorie and Martin Schwartzberg
Stu Siegel
Drazia and Harvey Simon
The Sidney, Milton & Leoma Simon Foundation
Chester M. Slonaker and Don Friedman
Susan A. Smith
Barry and Susan Somerstein
SouthState Bank
Alex C. Spektor
Mrs. George R. Sprague
Perry and Sandy Stamos
Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
Roni and Stuart Stein
The Stiles Family
Jeremy Straub
S. Donald and Michelle Howland Sussman
Kenny and Sandy Tate and Family
Kitty and Chuck Tatelbaum
Nancy Bryant and Jerry Taylor
Thomas Family Foundation
Pamela Tindall
Stephanie Toothaker
Toppel Family Foundation
Truist
Joyce Worthington Virga
Linda and Douglas Von Allmen
Mark and Lynda Walter
Mrs. Beckie Weinberg
Wayne and Lucretia Weiner
Shirley Weisman
Richard and Christine Welch
Lillian S. Wells Foundation
Gary Wendt
Mark and Linda Wilford
Jorge and Alix Wolf
Kristin and Jake Wurzak
Patricia and Kurt Zimmerman
Mark and Roxanne Zinn
After making cumulative gifts of $50,000 or more, Patrons’ Circle members continue their Benefactor support with annual gifts of $5,000 and above.
Platinum Benefactors
Pam Africk and Shari Africk-Olefson
Drs. Neel Amin and Travis Lewis
David and Michael Barnes
Caryn and Michael Bedzow
Berkson Family
The Binko Family
Ellyn Bogdanoff
David Bowles and Christopher Boswell
Nancy Brown – Fritch Foundation
Setnor Byer Family Charitable Fund
Mr. Andrew and Dr. Connie Caldwell
Luciana Caplan
Kevin and Mary Carroll
Arlo and Robert Casper
The Chernov Family
Robin and Steven Chess
Caryn Clayman
Lisa and James Colen
Nelson and Hollis D’Antonio
Bob DeLizza
Tiffany and David DiPietro
Dr. Jim Doherty
Gwen and Howard Dvorkin
Najla & Bernie Eastman
Andy Elisburg
Raquel and President Emeritus
Ray Ferrero Jr.
Anita and Michael Fischler
Sharon Florescue
Margie and Trevor Fried
Leta and Joe Gardella
Sally Goldman Foundation
Clay B. Goldstein and Marty Silver
Sally Goldwasser and Daniel Goldwasser
Andrew Greenfield
Gross Family Trust
Suzanne Gunzburger
Nurit and Steve Haft
Marie and Leo Hansen
Craig and Rachel Hecker
Carola Hooper
Daniel Hotte and Vita Gopman Hotte
Helen and Kirnanja Joe
Lital and Itai Kathein
Cheryl and Walter Katz
Andrée and Harvey Kelly
David Kilmnick and Robert Vitelli
Jon Kotler, M.D. & Anita
Paoli Kotler, Esq.
Dr. Fred and Bonnie Lippman
The Livek Family
Ira Maltz and Janis Gallinson
Sandi and John Mann
Mastriana Family
Dr. and Mrs. Wayne and Lianne Maxson
Laura L. McAuliffe
Tom and Vickie McDonald
Cindy and Jeff McWaters
Rosalee and Charles Messa
The Miller Family
Moss & Associates
Naro Family
James and Laura O’Connor
Old School Hospitality
Jeannie and Michael O’Neill
Ladan and Patrick G. Patel
Marc and Phyllis Pechter
Sheryl Maher and Blaine Phillips
Runway Growers
Phoebe Satlin
Mr. Tim and Dr. Mary Scanlon
Sheri Fiske Schultz and Lee Lasris
Kelley and Sarah Shanley
The Boca Raton
Gale Goldstein Tucker
Jeremy and Yeva Wilford
Gold Benefactors
Ron and Kathy Assaf
Dr. Howard and Mrs. Judee Barron
Mimi Bauer and Didi Salvaneschi
Yvette and Bob Birdsong
Nancy Blosser
Betsy Bradford
Howard and Rebecca Braverman
Flo and Rick Celender
Chance Family
Eleanor Chaney
Howard and Loretta Chatoff
Rochelle and Jules Chatoff
Ruchel and Pieter Coetzee
Daoud’s Fine Jewelry
Dr. Tony and Jean Dorto
Paige and Whitney Dutton
Flamingo Road Nursery –Lisa and Jim Dezell
Mr. David and Dr. Ellen Gendal
Jason S. Gibson
Sonia and Michael Gleit
Greenberg Traurig
Richard Grillo
Robert Harrigan and Cindy Lane
Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Harris
Bill and Patty Hawk
Crockett Herd
Marci and Ron Holzer
Michael and Yvette Hooley
Frank and Donna Horkey
Carmen and Peter Hotchkiss
Dr. and Mrs. Maury A. Jayson
Craig Johnston and James Stellas
Robert B. Judd, Esquire
Richard and Mary Kazares
Sam W. Klein Charitable Foundation
Kelly and Keith Koenig –City Furniture
William Korey
Tina Kreysar
Arthur and Christine Lambertus
Gwendolyn and Sydney Landers
Senator George S. LeMieux
Mitchell Lombard
Bruce P. McBean
Andy McNeill and Todd Bludworth
Dr. and Mrs. Edward D. Michaelson
The Peter S. Mozino Foundation–Ted J. Mozino, Joan Readding, Barbara Mozino Seegul
Carole Nugent
Betty and Dan O’Connor
Paul M. and Patricia E. O’Hara
Merle and Michael Orlove
Wes and Angie Parker
Lindsay Raphael
Robin and Michael Robins
Lisa and Richard Roselli
Joni and Alan Routman
Alexandria and John Scherer
Ashley and Shea Smith
Carolyne Smith Spataro
Anita Stember
Jamie Stiles
Jodi and Paul Tartell
Steven and Carolyn Valancy
Seth and Lori Wise
Linda and Scott Zakheim
Anne and Joe Zavernik
After making cumulative gifts of $25,000, members of Parker Producers maintain their benefits with annual contributions of $5,000 and above.
Mary Beth and Jason Albritton
Dr. John Bloom
Shelly Bradshaw and Jim Hammond
Linda and Don Cielewich
Douglas Cutler
Entourage Producer
Joe and Bobbi Kirner
Mary Manifould
Patty and Miles McGrane
Penelope Ann Moore
Abbe and Barry Prevor
Stephen Thayer and Howard Terry
Leonard E. Zedeck Charitable Foundation and Stacey
Hawthorne Zedeck
Jan Goodheart and Ian Ibbetson
Jonathan Hines
Scott Holey
Bernadette and Eric Jaeger
Kim Cardone and David McDonough
Entourage Maestro
Norma Anzalone
Alejandro Araujo
Stephanie Brandon
Sarah and Jon Burns
Mary Busenburg
Allison and Andrew Cagnetta
Harry Casey
Ray H. Casey
Nidia Chediak
Susan and Neal Mehlman
Diane and Chris Pohanka
Gary and Randi Press
Bradford White
Trish and Ron Chiaverini
Jane and Paul Chmielinski
Shari Coltune
Stephen Craig
Shaun and Tanya Davis
Nancy Dzoba
Juliana Farkas
The Galluzzo Family
Caren and Lon Gorman
Entourage Maestro (cont’d)
Alice Kemper
Rose and Michael Koretsky
JoAnn and Roni Laskin
Janes Long
John T. Loos
Michael Mann and John Sedor
Elissa Mogilefsky and Len Weiselberg
Barbara Pizzella
Joseph Roberts and Henry Ng
Donald D. Rogers Foundation, Inc.
Lorraine Shanley
Kenneth Silverstein
Jody Sklar and Dana Fishkin
Stark Family Foundation
Bob Swindell and John Cotter
Benjamin Tobias
Bob Gourlay and Andrew Young
Entourage Celebrity
Judith and Philip Averbuch
Barbi Breimann and J. Frank Barefield
Suzanne and Saul Berkowitz
Jackie Bibliowicz
Frank Biewer
Julie Levi and Richard Blau
Rosemary and Michael Blumberg
Bruce Bolton
Marsha and Michael Brecher
John Bult
Colleen and Michael Burke
John Burton
Gale Butler
Pam Butler
Whitney Bylin
William Campbell III
Kathleen Cannon
Michelle and Frank Catinella
Christine Corrado
Drs. Edward and Joanne Dauer and Family
Kathleen Davenport and Andy Cobble
Christina Demidio
Elizabeth and Sal DeStefano
Tiana Santiago and Joseph DiNoia
Doris and Steven Dolchin
Margaret and Daniel Donoghue
Richard Dotson
Jonathan and Shannon Dudor
Dave and Maria Enlow
Jeff Evans
Houda Samaha and Joel Feingold
Angelica Guckes and Eduardo Fernandez
Debra and Julius Fisher
William and Allison Fleck
John Flood
Randy Forman
Ramona and James Fowler
Amy and Mark Franzblau
David French
Todd H. Frost
Debra Gill
Melanie Ginn
Jonathan Goldstein and Florence Goldberg
Douglas A. Greene
Sheryl Greenwald
Carleen Griffith
Stan Gronwall
St. George and Page Guardabassi
Maggie Gunther
Randy and Betsy Haberman
Mark and Karen Harrison
Laura and Michael Hartstein
Kelsey Hastings
Cindy Herd
Susan Herter
Marcia and Joel Hochberg
Joanna Holbrooke
Steven Jungles and Robert Meyer
Jacquelyn Kaestle
Carol and Anthony Kalliche
Peter and Elizabeth Keenoy
Debra Klein
Madelene Klein
Anthony Krayer
Kristin and Robert LaFleur
Paul M. Lawless
Carol and Noel Leary
Patrick Ledford
Kristina Lucia
Lisa Lyden
Debbie Margolis-Horwitz
Kristin and Henry Martin
Edward McDonough
Mark Mendel
Mary and Dean Middleton
Bob Miller
Allan Mishaan
Bonnie Miskal
Bruce Moldow
Ann Marie and Harry Moon
Shellie Morrison
Ronni Nusbaum
Bob and Lilia Oden
Andrew Okun
Matthew J. Organ
Susan and Michael Pace
Joe Pallant and Sandro Trevisan
Joan and Steven Palmer
Cheryl Pearson and Randy McKinley
Cara Peckens and Katherine Owen
Chris and Abigail Pendrak
John E. Phelan
Michelle and Hap Pomerantz
Jason Portnof
Lynore Reiseck and David Prince
LuAnn and John Prokos
Jordan Rabinowitz
Gerardo Reyes Retana
Jeffrey D. Rubens
Marjorie Rudolph
Lori and Robert Sabo
Ronald Schram
Robert Senatore
Esther and Roger Shacket
Hugh Shafritz
Murray and Lori Shepard
Barbara Shostak
Carol and Fred Showker
Bennett Shuldman
Harry and Gayle Silverman
John Kochanowski and John Squarok
Susan and Robert Stallone
Murry Stegelmann
Emmanuelle Subar Litvinov
Kimberly Taylor and Calvin Hsu
Robert Taylor
Kathleen Thomsen
The Traino Family
Lisa Trevisano
Donna and Eric Uberman
Umberto Veltri
John Verbockel
Fred Walker
Neil Weissman
Michael Wild
Mike and Kathy Worley
Bryan Yale
Kathy and Fred Zanoff
Entourage memberships listed at the Celebrity level and above. Donor listings are based on active memberships as of August 25, 2025.
The programs of the Broward Center and The Parker are sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts, and by:
The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation • Bank of America Charitable Foundation • The Batchelor Foundation Community Foundation of Broward • Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation • Florida Theatrical Association
Charles F. and Esther M. Frye Foundation • Funding Arts Broward, Inc. • Genesis Inspiration Foundation
Gore Family Memorial Foundation Trust • Mary Jane Harlow Charitable Trust • City of Hollywood • JM Family Enterprises
Robert Wood Johnson Family Charities • Kapila Family Foundation • Josephine S. Leiser Foundation • Minto Foundation
Ronald Plotkin Scholarship Fund • City of Pompano Beach • Harold Rosenberg Fund for Children’s Education The Salah Foundation • The Taft Foundation • Jerry Taylor and Nancy Bryant Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward
Encore Magazine is thrilled to announce its new role as the exclusive publisher of all program books for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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Chairman of the Board .......................Peter Schneider
Frank Bolanos .....................................................Chair
Dr. Mary Palmer .........................................Vice Chair
Frank Bolanos .....................................................Chair
Rhoda Levitt. ................................................Secretary
Dr. Mary Palmer .........................................Vice Chair
Andrew Calienes ..........................................Treasurer
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Board Members ................ John Alar (In Memoriam), Joyce Arbucias, Wendy Connor, Susan Euler (In Memoriam), Michael Goodman, Debra Weiss Goodstone, George Hoch, Susie Krajsa, Cristina Pia-Guzman, Edward C. Prange (In Memoriam), Dr. Jeffery Redding, Dr. William Robinson, H. Bryant Sims, Julia Valent, Betty Welch (In Memoriam), Miles Wilkin, Joan Javitz Zeeman Executive Director .............................Larry Watchorn Director of Operations .........................David Atwood Marketing Manager ................Marissa Secades Olson
Chairman and CEO ....................................John Gore Vice Chairman .......................................Miles Wilkin President...................................................Lauren Reid Co-CEO of Interactive Division.............Jerome Kane Co-CEO of Interactive Division and CTO........................................... Matt Kupchin CEO of Theatre Division & CMO.............. Rich Jaffe Chief Financial Officer............................... Paul Dietz Executive Vice President and Head of International Business Development................... Kumiko Yoshii General Counsel........................................Sheila Lavu President, Broadway Across America......Susie Krajsa President, Marketing & Content..................Bob Bucci Director of Regional Marketing.......Camille Labrador Senior Director, Integrated Media....Katherine Theiss Director of Operations....................Rebecca LaGrasta National Director of Sales and Service ......Susie Hart SVP, Sales & Analytics......................Joanna Minerley Regional Sales Operations Manager....Marc Finkbeiner Marketing and PR Manager...............Tiffany Macklin Senior Accountant................................Yvonne Brown Music Coordinator......................................Dana Teboe Sign Language provided by Hands On Broadway, LLC. Amy Leigh Hair CI/CT and Katharine Robertson NIC
Chairman of the Board .......................Peter Schneider
Chairman and CEO ....................................John Gore Vice Chairman .......................................Miles Wilkin President...................................................Lauren Reid Co-CEO of Interactive Division.............Jerome Kane Co-CEO of Interactive Division and CTO........................................... Matt Kupchin CEO of Theatre Division & CMO.............. Rich Jaffe Chief Financial Officer............................... Paul Dietz Executive Vice President and Head of International Business Development................... Kumiko Yoshii General Counsel........................................Sheila Lavu President, Broadway Across America......Susie Krajsa President, Marketing & Content..................Bob Bucci Director of Regional Marketing.......Camille Labrador Senior Director, Integrated Media....Katherine Theiss Director of Operations....................Rebecca LaGrasta National Director of Sales and Service ......Susie Hart SVP, Sales & Analytics......................Joanna Minerley Regional Sales Operations Manager....Marc Finkbeiner Marketing and PR Manager...............Tiffany Macklin Senior Accountant................................Yvonne Brown Music Coordinator......................................Dana Teboe Sign Language provided by Hands On Broadway, LLC. Amy Leigh Hair CI/CT and Katharine Robertson NIC
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