Murder for Two Program

PRESENTS

MURDER

FOR TWO

PRODUCTIONS

SUMMER IN RESIDENCE

A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY

Book and Music by Joe Kinosian

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Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair

JULY 1 - JULY 18

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Note From The Director

Welcome Back! “

We are delighted and honored to be one of the first theatres in the country to reopen inthe midst of this challenging time!

And we are especially grateful to YOU, our patrons, for your passion and support for live entertainment!

Tonight, we are excited to bring you MURDER FOR TWO an amazing blend of classic musical comedy and classic murder mystery, served up by two extraordinary performers in a hilarious virtuoso duet.

I can absolutely assure you that you have never seen anything like what you will experience tonight. For all of us, we are thrilled to be back in the Theatre, doing what we love for the best audience in the world.

It feels as if it was never more important than now to bring live performance back to The Villages. I hope that you will take advantage of all of our productions in this brief but unique season.

We are here for you, and we hope to be a part of your lives for many years to come. Enjoy!

And once again -

”Alan Bruun

THANK YOU!

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR VICTORY THEATRICALS

PRESENTS

PRODUCTIONS

SUMMER IN RESIDENCE

JULY 4—JULY 30 3PM and 7PM

STARRING CHASE PADGETT

“Laugh Out Loud Funny” Orlando Weekly “A Marvel of Storytelling” Calgary Herald

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MURDER FOR TWO

CAST OF CHARACTERS Marcus

&DAVID CORLEW Suspects

KEVIN KELLY

july: 1, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18

Marcus

& TREVOR DORNER Suspects

MARK SCHENFISCH

july: 2, 8, 11, 14, 15

Production/Creative Team Executive Producer .................................. Fernando Varela Artistic Director ................................................ ALAN BRUUN Marketing & Programming Director....................KEITH HINSON Technical Director ........................................ PETER LUTRINGER Entertainment Manager ..........................MARINA CALDARELLA Production Manager ..................................... BRIAN MINYARD Production Stage Manager ......................SARAH McQUIGGAN Artist Relations ..............................................SANDY DUNLAP Lighting Programming ...................................LINDSEY YOUNG Lighting Operator ....................................... CHAD PAVLOVICH Sound Operator .................................................. LUKE BEZIO Wardrobe Mistress .......................................... DIANE SADLER

MURDER FOR TWO

was originally produced in New York by Jason Raitt, Barbara Whitman, Steven Chaikelson and Second Stage Theatre.

“Murder for Two” World Premiere was presented on May 12, 2011 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago, IL; Barbara Gaines, Artistic Director, Criss Henderson, Executive Director.

“Murder for Two” was developed for Chicago Shakespeare Theater by Rick Boynton, Creative Producer “Video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.”

“Steppin’ Out” Track by Ethan Deppe Murder for Two is presented through special arrangement with Murder for Two Musical LLC. For more information, please visit www.MurderForTwoMusical.com.

For licensing inquiries, please call (212) 354-6510 or email MurderForTwoMusical@gmail.com

PRESENTS

PRODUCTIONS

SUMMER IN RESIDENCE

JULY 20—AUGUST 4 3PM and 7PM

ID !ID !

A Musical About Marriage

Book & Lyics By Tom Jones

Music By Harvey Schmidt

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MURDER FOR TWO

THE CAST KEVIN KELLY

Central Florida’s local treasure has captivated audiences in numerous shows and cabarets across the globe. Show credits include the Andrews Brothers, Murder for Two, My Way, Ruthless, Forever Plaid, Musical of Musicals and the Florida premiere of Murder For Two just to name a few! Kevin has also been a featured soloist with the Orlando Philharmonic and Sarasota Symphony. You frequently find him crooning in a cabaret setting, his favorite form of entertaining. In addition to being a working actor, Kevin has students and professionals vocal technique, audition strategy and piano for over 20 years. For more information about where to see Kevin or how to become part of his studio, please visit KevinKellySings.com KevinKellyTeachesYou.com & the ConnectedPerformer.com, an ONLINE studio

DAVID CORLEW

David is excited to be making his Victory Productions debut with MURDER FOR TWO. Typically based in Chicago, he has worked with Writers Theatre (THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON – Mi west Premiere), the HouseTheatre (PINOCCHIO – World Premiere), First Folio (THE RAINMAKER), American Music Theatre Project (THE VERONA PROJECT), Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee(PIPPIN), and the Lyric Opera. He is a core member of the teaching staff at the Actors Gymnasium, where he teaches aerial arts and has collaborated on the creation of six original circus-theatre productions.

He is a graduate of Northwestern University and the New England Center for Circus Arts. www.david-corlew.com.

MARK SCHENFISCH

Mark is a pianist, accordionist, actor, writer and a Casper, Wyoming native. He is in the Advanced BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop and voices Lightning in the second season of Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. BFA Acting, BMUS Music Composition from Michigan State University.

NYC: Associate Music Director (The Bad Years), Music Assistant (The Mad Ones, Off-Bway) Regional: Murder for Two (Coral Gables, FL; Williamston, MI; Fort Worth, TX; Kalamazoo, MI), Billy Elliot (Media, PA), Sirens (Williamston, MI) Insta: @schenfisch, Twitter: @MarkSchenfisch

TREVOR DORNER

Favorite credits include: National Tour: Jerry Lee Lewis MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET; Gretna Theatre: The Suspects MURDER FOR TWO; Engeman Theatre: Malcolm u/s THE FULL MONTY; Holland America Line: Piano/Singer BILLBOARD ONBOARD; PacRep Playhouse: Jerry Lee Lewis MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET; Arts Center of Coastal Carolina: Ensemble SISTER ACT; Ohio Northern University: Bobby COMPANY, Guido Contini NINE, Aldolpho THE DROWSY CHAPERONE. www.trevordorner.com IG: @trevordorner

MURDER FOR TWO

ALAN BRUUN — DIRECTOR

Alan Bruun has directed over 60 professional productions of opera, musical theatre, and drama, including Sweeney Todd, Madama Butterfly, The Fantasticks, Oklahoma!, Master Harold and The Boys, Assassins, Galileo, My Fair Lady, Romeo and Juliet, Arcadia, Urinetown and The Constant Wife. Alan was also the director of The Fantasticks, Something Wonderful, Fully Committed, and The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter at Victory Productions’ Season in Residence at The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol.

He is founding member of Orlando’s award-winning Mad Cow Theatre and was its Artistic Director

for 14 years. For Disney, his projects have included major press events, and numerous shows and spectaculars. He has directed, staged and written for Julie Andrews, George Lucas, General Colin Powell, The Phillip Glass Ensemble, Aerosmith, Cirque du Soleil, Hayley Mills, eight American Idols, three cruise ships, six astronauts and two thousand exceptional children. Alan graduated from Occidental College, Phi Beta Kappa and also attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and New York University. Thank you to Fernando and the Victory Team, as well as my wonderful and patient wife and son.

SARAH McQUIGGAN — STAGE MANAGER Sarah is thrilled to be back working with Victory Productions this summer! She was Stage Manager for “Always...Patsy Cline” and Assistant Stage Manager for “The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter” at The Studio Theatre last summer. Other stage management credits include, “The Little Mermaid”, “Antigone”, and “Urinetown” at The University of West Florida.

Sarah is currently a Junior at UWF earning her BFA in Musical Theatre and BA in Stage Management.

She would like to thank her family, friends and, professors for all their love and support, as well as Grace Zottig, for being the best mentor this gal could ask for!

JOE KINOSIAN — AUTHOR AND COMPOSER Joe is the composer and co-bookwriter (with lyricist Kellen Blair) of Murder for Two, which he’s also performed in over 700 times. Murder for Two had its world premiere at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, receiving the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical and earning Joe a nomination for Best Leading Actor, before going on to an acclaimed off-Broadway run, where it earned Drama Desk,Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. A two year national tour and well-received productions in Japan, China, Korea, England, Chile, and Argentina followed. Joe’s work with Kellen has been showcased at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and on Broadway at the Theatre World Awards, and their new backstage musical/ farce is currently in development at Second Stage Theater. In addition, Joe (with Marcus Stevens) adapted the children’s book Dragons Love Tacos into a successful touring musical. Joe is the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Mary Rodgers/Lorenz Hart Award, selected and presented by Stephen Schwartz, and the Harrington Award from the BMI Workshop. His acting credits include Dear Edwina (off-Broadway), as well as regional productions of Dirty Blonde with Emily Skinner, An Act of God, and the title role in The Nerd. kinosianandblair.com

KELLEN BLAIR — AUTHOR AND LYRICIST Kellen is the Drama Desk nominated co-creator of Murder for Two, the murder mystery musical comedy that ran for a year off-Broadway and has been continuously produced across the United States and internationally since 2014.The show earned Kellen (and co-writer Joe Kinosian) the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical Work in Chicago and the ASCAP Foundation Mary Rodgers / Lorenz Hart Award for their contribution to musical theatre. Kellen’s lyrics have been heard on Broadway stages (at the Theatre World Awards), at the Kennedy Center, and in theatres across the country. His other musical works include Scrooge In Love (available to license through Tams-Witmark), Just Between the All of Us (an immersive musical comedy commissioned by Pittsburgh CLO), and Diane Steals the Show (being developed with Second Stage Theatre).

In addition to writing for the theater, Kellen enjoys writing fiction and poetry. He teaches film and playwriting in New York City, where he lives with his wife and young son. www.kinosianandblair.com

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