Route 66 Program

VICTORY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

A Rock ‘n’ Road Trip

Written & Created

by Roger Bean Musical Arrangements Brian Brian Baker

VICTORY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

MAY 9 - JULY 20 EXPERIENCE VAN GOGH

AND MANY OTHER ICONIC IMPRESSIONISTS

I M P R E S S I O N S Bringing Impressionist Masterpieces to life in three dimensions!

HOSTED BY SOPHIE RENOIR

Great-Granddaughter of World-Famous Painter

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR “It’s truly magical” - TimeOut Miami

“Lasting Impressions is where world class art meets technology at its finest” - CBS “Fully Immersive Experience” - Broadway World

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Cast

Harrison Brousseau — Scot Micah Weese — Michael Russell Stephens — Andy Sean Birkett — Brandon

Musicians

Gary Powell — Piano/Musical Director Bass: Pat Gallo Bass: Jerry Bravo Drums: Trey Cross Drums (Sub): Don Sanderson

Production/Creative

Director — Steven Flaa Executive Producer — Fernando Varela Artistic Director — Alan Bruun Marketing & Programming Director — Keith Hinson Technical Director — Peter Lutringer Music Director — Gary Powell Entertainment Manager — Marina Caldarella Production Manager — Brian Minyard Stage Manager — Linda Romanello Assistant Stage Manager — Rami Amm Choreographer — Amber Nadelkov FOH Manager/Artist Relations — Sandy Dunlap Sound Operator — Nick Erickson Lighting Programmer — Mason Shell Lighting Operator — Jayden Diaz Video Design — Michael Montgomery Costume Design/Wardrobe — Diane Sandler __________________________

Route 66 premiered at Milwaukee Repertory Theater.

Joseph Hanreddy, Artistic Director and Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director.

Presented by special arrangement with Stage Rights (www.stagerights.com)

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited

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The Music

Music Clearance by Rubicon II Music Clearance, Burbank, CA. All Songs Used By Permission. All Rights Reserved.

Beep Beep by Donald Claps & Carl Cicchetti © EMI Longitude Music Co. (BMI) Bring My Cadillac Back by Thomas Knight © Random Music, Inc. Dead Man’s Curve by Jan Berry, Roger Val Christian, Brian Douglas Wilson & Art Kornfeld © Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI) Diesel On My Tail by Jim Fagan © Hank’s Music, Inc. (BMI) & Francis and Marvin (BMI).

All rights on behalf of Hank’s Music, Inc. (BMI) & Francis and Marvin (BMI) administered by Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) Every Woman I Know by William Emerson © Used through the courtesy of Conrad Music, a division of Arc Music Corp.

Fun Fun Fun by Brian Wilson & Mike Love © Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) G.T.O. by John Buck Wilkin © Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) Gallop To Gallup by David Sanger & Dale Watson © Fat Manor Publishing/Dale Watson Music (BMI) Girl On The Billboard by Walter Haynes & Hank Mills © Used by arrangement with Johnny Bienstock Music (BMI) Hey Little Cobra by Marshall Connors & Carol Connors © Marshall K Music and Vadim Music.

All rights administered by Songs of Windswept Pacific (BMI) I Get Around by Brian Wilson & Mike Love © Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) King Of The Road by Roger Miller © Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI) Let’s Go For A Ride by Harlan Jackson © Used through the courtesy of Regent Music Corp.

The Little Old Lady From Pasadena by Don Altfeld, Roger Christian & Brian Wilson © Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc. (BMI)/Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI) The Long Red Line by Mary Cutrufello © Cutrufello Music (BMI) Long Tall Texan by Henry Strzelecki © courtesy of Copper Music Co. (ASCAP) Move Out Little Mustang by Don Altfeld, Roger Christian & Brian Wilson © Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI)/Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc. (BMI) Oklahoma Hills by Leon Guthrie & Woody Guthrie © courtesy of Michael H. Goldsen, Inc. (ASCAP) On The Road Again by Willie Nelson © EMI Longitude Music Co. (BMI) Route 66 by Bob Troup © courtesy of Troup London Music (ASCAP) Six Days On The Road by Earl Greene & Carl Montgomery © Southern Arts Music SS 396 by Louis Adessa & Vince Benay © Jepalana Music/Print Music (BMI) Texaco Star Theme by W. A. Fredericks © Texaco, Inc. Truck Drivin’ Man by Terry Fell © Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) & Elvis Presley Music (BMI).

All rights on behalf of Elvis Presley Music (BMI) administered by Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) Truck Stop Cutie by Lee Emerson © Used by arrangement with Fort Knox Music, Inc./Trio Music Co, Inc. (BMI) Tulsa Straight Ahead by Jimmy Hall © Used by permission of Cherio Corp. (BMI) Used To Be by Thomas Skinner & Robert Wiles © Cimarron Soul Publishing

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VICTORY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

JUNE 10 - JULY 3

STARRING CHASE PADGETT The Star of Returns!

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Meet The Cast Harrison Brousseau — Scot

Harrison Brousseau is a recent Film, Television, and Theatre grad of the University of Notre Dame, where he served as Producer for the Pasquerilla East Musical Company (PEMCo). If you happened to be on campus during his time there, you would have seen him in Guys&Dolls (Nathan Detroit), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Miles Gloriosus), Something Rotten! (Brother Jeremiah), Heathers (Ram’s Dad), or The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert Martin). He also toured with the Notre Dame Glee Club, even making a stop in TheVillages back in 2018. He is originally from Walnut, Illinois, a small town of about 1,300 peoplejust a few miles away from Route 66, but now he is spending his time in Atlanta, Georgia, unfortunately quite far from the iconic route.

Micah Weese — Michael

Micah Weese is an actor and musician originally from Tulsa, OK. He now travels around the country performing in a wide variety of productions. Favorite credits include Ring of Fire (Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre); It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Florida Repertory Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, My Fair Lady (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre); and Richard III (Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park). BFA in Acting from the University of Oklahoma. www.micahweese.com

Russell Stephens — Andy

Russell Stephens is excited to perform in The Villages for the first time!

Recent credits: “Gerald Ford” in Assassins (Florida Theatrical Assn.); “Man 2” in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and “Frankie” in Plaid Tidings (Athens Theatre); Christmas My Way and Crazy for Gershwin (Winter Park Playhouse); “Frog” in A Year with Frog and Toad (Mad Cow Theatre); “Charley” in A Class Act, “Cornelius Hackl” in Hello, Dolly!, “Preacher” in Violet, and “Younger Brother” in Ragtime (Garden Theatre); and Sondheim on Sondheim (Celebration Theatre Co.), which he also directed. As a cabaret artist, he has performed at Winter Park Playhouse, The Abbey, Blue Bamboo, Aloft Hotel, with The Impulse Project and Celebration Theatre Co., and for PerformerStuff.com.

A native of Huntsville, AL, Russell is a graduate of the University of Alabama’s Musical Theatre program and proudly serves as the Board Chair for Celebration Theatre Company.

Instagram: @BrazenOvertures

Sean Birkett— Brandon

Sean Birkett is an M.F.A Acting graduate at the University of Georgia.

He makes art to domesticate the unknown through humor, honesty, and humility. This struggle is a necessary part of the human experience and one that he feels privileged to teach others how to accomplish in their own lives. Sean recently performed in Full Monty, Glass Menagerie, and Brightline’s production of The Polar Express.

Sean has also performed as Treat in A.C.T’s production of Orphan’s. Sean is thrilled to be working with a cast of talented individuals and that he can share his craft with others.

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Steven Flaa — Director

Steven is very happy to be directing his second show for Victory Productions, having directed FOREVER PLAID for them in 2017. Steven has been directing professionally for over twenty years all across the country, including MAN OF LA MANCHA at the Arkansas Shakespeare Company in Conway, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Ozark Actors Theatre in Rolla, MO, THE MUSIC MAN and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the Des Moines Playhouse in Iowa, GUYS & DOLLS and CRAZY FOR YOU at the Show Palace in Hudson, FL, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, SOUVENIR, THE BIG BANG and ALTAR BOYZ at American Stage in St. Petersburg, FL--and seventeen other productions of FOREVER PLAID all across Florida.

Gary Powell — Music Director

Gary has been musically directing and staging shows for over 30 years in Texas, Chicago, New York City and now Central Florida. Gary Currently serves as the Resident Music Director for both The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center and The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol. Gary is proud to have been the Music Director since the inaugural season of The Studio Theatre and has worked with such talented actors and musicians for Next to Normal, The Last Five Years, and Songs For a New World. Selects standouts of Gary’s career include Into The Woods, Sound of Music, Godspell, Brigadoon, South Pacific and Next to Normal. While directing in Chicago, Gary was nominated for Jeff Awards to the following productions: American Premier of Jerry Springer-The Opera, Thrill Me, Adam’s Family, Opus 1861, The Baker’s Wife, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Evolution/Creation and Cats among several others. He has recently been nominated for Best Music Direction by BroadwayWorld for Next to Normal, The Last Five Years, and Songs for a New World. Gary has had the pleasure of work with Victory Production on Forever Plaid, The Fantasticks, Life Could Be A Dream, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Always…Patsy Cline, and now with this fun cast of Route 66.

Linda Romanello — Stage Manager

Linda has worked for Garden Theatre, The Orlando Repertory Theatre, and Mad Cow in various Stage Management roles. Her previous Stage Management credits include A Christmas Story, 1984, and Flashdance (Garden Theatre), Rock The Presidents (Orlando Repertory Theatre), This Is Our Youth (Jeremy Seghers Productions), Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings, South Pacific, and Guys and Dolls (The Savannah Center). Furthermore, Linda was Assistant Director, as well as Stage Manager for Always…Patsy Cline (The Savannah Center). Additional Credits Billy Elliott, Gypsy, Annie, Into The Woods and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame as Assistant Stage Manager. Linda is honored to be a part of the Victory Productions’ Team as their Resident Production Stage Manager. She thanks her husband, Joe and son, Joseph for their continuous love and support!

Rami Amm — Assistant Stage Manager

Rami Amm is a second-year student in the BFA Stage Management program at UCF. His previous TheatreUCF credits include Fabulation (Assistant Stage Manager), The Wolves (Assistant Stage Manager) and The Grumpiest Boy In The World (Production Assistant.).

Amber Nadelkov — Choreographer

Amber Nadelkov is a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and creator in the Central Florida area. She has spent many years developing her creative knowledge, vocabulary, and experience in cities such as Tampa, New York City, and Nashville. And she maintains an active performing career at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL, where she is an AEA dancer on Cinderella’s Castle Stage at the Magic Kingdom. Amber has also performed alongside artists such as Disney’s Descendants and Meghan Trainor for nationally televised Christmas specials and LeAnn Rimes, Deborah Cox, and Debbie Gibson for different live event productions. She is a teacher, choreographer, staging specialist, and manager for multiple production companies across the country. Amber choreographs and teaches for the Stars Youth Dance Program workshops at Universal Studios Orlando.

When she’s not working in the professional entertainment world, she travels the nation as a judge for multiple regional and national dance competitions, sharing her love and knowledge of dance with future generations.

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AND MANY OTHER ICONIC IMPRESSIONISTS

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I MLIFE.PART. MUSIC. R E S S I O N S Bringing Impressionist Masterpieces to life in three dimensions!

“Lasting Impressions is where world class art meets technology at its finest” - CBS

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