ABOUT DIGITAL PROGRAMS
The Gallo Center has adopted the use of digital programs meant to be viewed on cell phones or other computer devices. This change has important public health, environmental and economic benefits: reducing close contacts between patrons and ushers, cutting our use of paper, and eliminating substantial printing costs. View the program only before shows begin or during intermissions. Please be considerate of other patrons and artists on stage by not viewing it during performances. Patrons who do not observe this courtesy and create distractions may be asked to leave. Thank you!
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The Gallo Center for the Arts is a non-profit performing arts center with a deep commitment to enriching the people and communities of California’s vast San Joaquin Valley. From the scintillating performances of its wonderful resident companies, to the great variety of world-class entertainment presented by the Center each season, to robust arts education programs for the region’s youth, this is where the magic happens.
From the beginning, the Center’s mission has been clearly defined: to provide an inspirational civic gathering place where regional, national, and international cultural activities illuminate, educate, and entertain. Since revenue from ticket sales and facility rentals only covers a portion of the costs associated with fulfilling this mission, the Center is dependent on the generous annual financial support from donors and program sponsors within our community.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
The mission of the Gallo Center for the Arts is to enrich the quality of life in the San Joaquin Valley by providing an inspirational civic gathering place where regional, national and international cultural activities illuminate, educate and entertain. The Gallo Center for the Arts celebrates the diversity of the San Joaquin Valley by offering an array of affordable cultural opportunities designed to appeal, and be accessible, to all.
The Center opened in September, 2007 and consists of the 440-seat Foster Family Theater, the 1,248-seat Mary Stuart Rogers Theater, the Marie Damrell Gallo Grand Lobby and a plaza serving both theaters, and the Modesto Rotary Music Garden.
As a regional non-profit performing arts center, the Gallo Center for the Arts presents internationally recognized touring artists in all disciplines, and also is home to four resident companies: Central West Ballet, Modesto Performing Arts, Modesto Symphony Orchestra and Opera Modesto. The Gallo Center for the Arts is a unique public/private partnership. Construction was funded jointly by the County of Stanislaus, which owns the facility, and contributions from more than 4,000 individuals and businesses given to a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization which today operates the Center.
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• Emergency exits are indicated by green exit signs located above each exit. For your safety, please check for the location of the exit nearest to your seat.
• The Gallo Center for the Arts is accessible to disabled patrons. Wheelchair seating is available in both theaters. Portable wireless listening devices are available at the Coat Check room at no charge. Please inform the Ticket Office of any special needs when ordering tickets.
• Food and beverages are not allowed in the theaters. (with the exception of bottled water and beverages served in theater cups.)
• Smoking is prohibited inside the building and within 20 feet of all entrances.
• Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the Gallo Center for the Arts’ house managers.
• The use of recording equipment and the taking of photographs in Gallo Center for the Arts theaters is strictly forbidden. The Gallo Center for the Arts reserves the right to confiscate any such equipment and/or require offending customers to exit the premises.
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Casey Abrams Bio
From his youngest days, Casey Abrams’ musical imagination became focused on trying to play every one of the music teacher Mrs. Purdy’s collection of exotic world instruments at elementary school, McKenzie School in Wilmette, Illinois had in their collection.
While in Wilmette, he took piano lessons, and while he couldn’t read or write music very well, he composed a song called Jamaican Beach. His piano teacher Gloria Yun, was so impressed by his music that she wrote it down and had it published in a publication for piano teachers and played it at his first recital. Casey’s first public singing performance was at a karaoke café in Wilmette, where he bravely got up to sing the Bee Gees hit Stayin’ Alive to a packed audience of college students, many of whom got up to dance and to raucously accompany him on stage. Casey was elated, and a star was born!
Later, when he was in the 5th Grade, Casey and his family moved to Idyllwild, California, a small mountain town full of artists and a renowned High School for the arts, the Idyllwild Arts Academy, where his father Ira taught Film and Spanish, and his mother Pam organized screenwriting workshops and retreats. In Idyllwild, Casey adopted his first puppy, Rockee, a Golden Retriever mix without a tail, and began to Photoshop himself into his own pop/rock garage band, DOGSTUBB — all the while, absorbing healthy doses of his parents’ eclectic library of cassette tapes and vinyl, including folk, roots, baroque,, classic rock, and especially classical jazz. Like any active middle schooler, Casey hated to practice piano for his piano teacher Robin Rabins, but when he saw her big upright bass in the room, he accepted her inspired bribe: a successful hour- long piano lesson in exchange for a ten-minute lesson on the bass.
After a few months, she felt there wasn’t much more she could teach Casey, and that he needed to meet up with Marshall Hawkins, the jazz bass maestro of Idyllwild, who had toured with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, and who taught at the Idyllwild Arts Academy.
At 13, Casey began a fruitful mentorship with professional bassist Hawkins, and was accepted at the acclaimed jazz program to study with Hawkins at Idyllwild Arts Academy for his high school years. Besides studying his beloved double bass, he also became adept at keyboard, electric bass, guitar, drums, accordion, sitar and again diving into a diverse selection of world instruments.
Casey also composed, orchestrated and arranged film scores and helped create original musical films during his four years at Idyllwild Arts. As a teen, his score for Thoughts of a
Dying Atheist was chosen Best Short score at the Bosporus International Film Festival, in Turkey. and a student film he was featured in, 18 Minutes, was chosen to be in the Short Film Showcase in Cannes. In his senior year, an original film musical that he co-composed and arranged, and was a lead actor in, Loaf of Love, was screened at the Palm Springs Short Film Festival and received an Audience Award at the Universal Film Festival at Universal Studios.
After being diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in his Freshman year in the jazz program at University of Colorado at Boulder, Casey had to leave school, but out of the blue he set his sights on singing after watching American Idol with his mother while recovering in Boulder, and promptly auditioned for the show back in Austin TX where he was born.
With his trusty stand-up bass and a melodica just for fun, he moved quickly through the ranks, finding himself completely at home on the TV broadcast stage at 19, being an entertainer as well as “the best musician we’ve ever had on Idol,” according to Idol Judge Randy Jackson. He made it to the Finals at number 6 for Season 10 of Idol before he was voted off, but left as a memorable fan favorite, loving performing Queen’s Fat Bottomed Girls with one of his idols, Jack Black. at the Season 10 Finale. Most importantly, he left an indelible stamp on the show, by announcing his commitment to be a bridge to jazz for his huge American TV audiences.
Following the Season 10 American Idol Tour, Casey recorded a now-classic rendition of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” with best Idol buddy and musical soul- mate, Haley Reinhart, and then was signed to Concord Records, where Randy Jackson produced his first album, “Casey Abrams,” recorded in London at the Kensaltown Studios, and was voted the #1 Billboard Heat Seekers Album.
Since then, he’s written, arranged, performed, and at times produced, four other albums:
• “Tales from the Gingerbread House” (2014) with his 8-piece Ginger Bread Band.
• “Casey Abrams Live” (2015) with his rollicking jazz-steeped Funkhaus Band. And most recently, for audiophile label Chesky Records:
• “Put A Spell On You” (2018) an eclectic mix of Casey’s new music with some favorites from Idol days.
• “JAZZ” (2019), a veritable set list of Casey’s choice of jazz standards, recorded in binaural sound in an old church, with New York jazz world pros.
• And, now, “Uncovered,” an EP of additional songs from his two previous albums.
In 2015, Casey joined Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, which re-invents current pop hits into 1920’s-1950s jazz/blues genres, as one of its leading performers and emcees &
the online star of many of PMJ’s most popular viral videos. To date, Casey has tallied over 150,000,000 views for his video performances on PMJ alone. He has completed dozens of national and International PMJ Tours in the past 5 years on 5 continents, playing to packed audiences at the Sydney Opera House, Denver’s Red Rock Amphitheater, Paris’ L’Olympia, London’s O2 Arena, Radio City Music Hall and heading up a residency at The Mirage, Las Vegas.
Casey has also performed solo, and/or with his mates and ensembles throughout the world in front of crowds of all ages and cultures, in such places as Malaysia, Ethiopia, The Dominican Republic, and Mexico; and has Headlined for 5 years at the 20year-old Idyllwild Jazz Festival, which was created and directed so long ago by his original mentor, teacher and friend, Marshall Hawkins.
Casey’s own jazz and funk-based solo career has landed him at Carnegie Hall with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, at LA’s Catalina Jazz Club to perform with Jack Black and Tenacious D, Basel, Switzerland, and at the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. He has performed often for charities and special events, and was an Official Spokesperson for the national Crones Colitis Foundation.
And as a solo performer, and with his own rotating band of jazz/funk/rock/pop musicians, Casey has for years been hugely popular on social media, scoring almost 400,000,000 views of his own music videos and appearances throughout the internet and on his own YouTube channel.
In 2019 alone, Casey was a featured actor in the feature film Love and Debt, and shared the screen with such well-known actors as Tom Cavanaugh, Yeardley Smith, and Bailee Madison, and a featured performer in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas in Las Vegas. He was a featured musician and singer floating and frolicking around Australia with the famous Dave Koz Jazz Cruise in the Spring of 2019, And in the Fall, he was back again in Australia , this time on land, heading up the Postmodern Jukebox 6-week tour around all of Australia and New Zealand.
Casey Abrams is a member in good standing of SAG/AFTRA, the International Bassists Association, and is the Owner and President of Dogstubb Productions. Inc., Los Angeles, California. Casey’s music career has been filled with both joy and constant innovation, resulting in inventive digital music productions and special stage performance moments that are free-spirited, loving and authentic. He is in love with his job: the delivery of his own unique personalized music experience, for each individual digital fan and for each individual audience in intimate clubs up to vast theaters and stages all around the world.
Hailey Reinhart
A timeless voice outlasts eras. It feels just as at home in the sixties as it does in the TikTok age. It also resounds louder as time goes on. Haley Reinhart brandishes such a voice. The expansive scope of her range comes into full focus on her 4th album, LoFi Soul. In many ways, Haley began working towards this album and her artistry as a child. Mom and dad share a “Midnight Band,” and unsurprisingly, their daughter would sing before she could talk. She spent countless hours engaged in rhyming games with her mother or locked into a call-and-response as a baby with her father.
In 2009, Haley was the first songstress ever to join her high school jazz band where they performed at both Montreux and Umbria jazz festivals. Her fascination with all things classic continued as she became a fan of The Beatles and Janis Joplin, to Ella Fitzgerald and Sly & The Family Stone. These influences also led her to record a full album at Sunset Sound, paying homage to classic rock and pop hits from the late sixties titled, What’s That Sound. Haley plays regularly with Robby Krieger of The Doors among other rock legends; she continues to keep her rock ‘n’ roll roots intact.
The double platinum-certified Chicago-born/Los Angelesbased singer and songwriter exudes an empowering level of charisma and confidence earned by a quiet, decade-long grind. Haley landed third place and became a fan favorite on season 10 of American Idol. She recently returned to AI, this time as a mentor, coaching contestants singing in the Soul Genre. Her dynamic presence powered four solo albums— Listen Up! [2012] Interscope Records, Better [2016] Red Dot, What’s That Sound? [2017] Concord Records, and Lo- Fi Soul [2019] on her selfowned label, Reinhart Records. Haley has been known to leave her mark on countless films and commercials singing in the new Mazda ad, Chase Bank, as well as shows including Love Island, Gossip Girl, Nashville, Riverdale, The Wilds, America’s Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, and the list goes on...
Meanwhile, her take on the Elvis Presley classic, Can’t Help Falling In Love generated over 325 million Spotify streams and 100 million YouTube views within a few years of its release. What started off as a version sung for an Extra Gum Commercial, turned out to be a chart topping-radio hit and touring sensation. Haley’s remake of the song peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 31 on the Billboard Adult Pop Airplay chart.
Haley embraces collaboration. She is featured on Postmodern Jukebox’s highest viewed videos (hitting 300 million views). More recently, Haley has dueted with icon Jeff Goldblum on four tracks from his two albums with Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. Haley joined Jeff for an incredible performance on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!. She has also explored EDM. Haley is featured on Vicetone’s 2019 dance hit, Something Strange. In 2022, Haley partnered with DJ Naeleck on a version of Radiohead’s Creep.
Expanding her oeuvre, Haley voiced a young boy named Bill Murphy on all five seasons of Netflix’s hit animated series based on comedian Bill Burr’s childhood - F Is For Family. In 2020, Haley made her acting debut in the #1 hit Robert Rodriguez film We Can Be Heroes. In the family film, Haley plays a superhero whose voice is her power.
Both 2022 and 2023 were banner years for Haley. In September 2022, Haley’s newest EP - “Off The Ground” - released worldwide. The extended play features seven original songs all either written or co-written by Haley. From Fall 2022 to Fall 2023, Haley headlined her “Off The Ground Tour”. She played to raved reviews in over 100 theaters and rock rooms throughout North America.
In 2024, Haley has taken her career to another level. After spending the first half of the year writing and recording a new album, Haley now embarks on her headline tour, which will hit over seventy-five cities from May to November 2024. The show is just beginning.
Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who leads a life few can imagine. Born in South Africa under the shadow of apartheid and raised in poverty, Butler was the first non-white artist to be played on South African radio and appear on national television. Though his musical abilities would take him away from the world he grew up in, Jonathan would neither forget the plight of his fellow South Africans, nor the man that led them to freedom. It is for this reason Nelson Mandela credits Butler’s music as having inspired him during his imprisonment. In more ways than one, Jonathan Butler is representative of South Africa.
Jonathan’s story begins at a very young age when his father presented him with a homemade one-string guitar. Little did his father realize that he was giving way to a musical phenomenon. From then on, Jonathan’s musical gifts grew by leaps and bounds. In his early teens Butler won a local talent contest, affording him the opportunity to perform with a touring musical company throughout South Africa. On occasion he would perform at lavish concert halls for whites only, where he would not be allowed to use the bathroom, and the very next night he would perform in a dilapidated local township. Ultimately, his ticket to a new life was music.
At thirteen, Jonathan’s talents caught the eyes and ears of the British record producer Clive Caulder. He was signed to Caulder’s Jive Records and the rest is history. Jonathan’s first single broke down racial barriers becoming the first song by a black artist played by white radio stations in South Africa and won the South African equivalent to a GRAMMY®.
His commitment to his craft came to fruition with his selftitled debut album, which received a GRAMMY® nomination for the pop hit “Lies.” An instrumental “Going Home” earned
him another GRAMMY® nomination and the mid-tempo ballad “Sarah, Sarah” confirmed Butler’s place in popular music. In 2025, Butler received an Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy from the prestigious Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
A religious and spiritual man, Butler dedicates his life to being a devoted father and grandfather, and a caring citizen to his homeland, South Africa. And in spite of all the hardships, Jonathan Butler has an air of playfulness and quiet resilience that is easily visible in his passionate performances.
Kayla Waters
Artistically poised pianist, Kayla V. Waters-Medley, is a charttopping recording artist, composer, producer and film-scorer. After signing a new record deal with Shanachie Records, Kayla victoriously released her brand new musical offering Presence, a life-giving creative work alluding to the beauty of the ocean and God’s abundant love. Beautifully composed and eloquently written, Presence is a stunning addition to her repertoire following albums Coevolve and Apogee. As a five time Billboard and Mediabase number one artist {I Am, Zephyr, Full Bloom, Open Portals and Undulation}, Kayla made history by becoming the first female pianist to reign atop the charts for six consecutive weeks. Recently, Kayla’s musical achievements have been extolled on prestigious platforms, as she was honored with the Rising Star in Jazz Award {Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Foundation of Atlanta} and the Best Jazz Artist Award {The Wammies & The Musicianship} in Washington, DC where she is based. The spotlight has humbly created opportunities for Kayla to play and perform with music legends and prominent recording artists including Stevie Wonder, Patrice Rushen, Avery*Sunshine, Maysa Leak, Sheila E., and Dave Koz to name a few. Passionately alluring, Kayla gracefully flourishes on stage, having played exhilarating and exuberant concerts at intimate venues, illustrious theaters and acclaimed festivals worldwide. Laced with purpose, the luminous artist shined brightly on national television at BET’s acclaimed “Black Girls Rock” awards show, revealing her tenacity and musical diversity by performing with legend Gladys Knight, Marsha Ambrosius, Corinne Bailey Rae and Imani Uzuri. Kayla was also graciously invited to be a featured keyboardist at the inaugural Fender Rhodes Fest in Los Angeles alongside a host of music contemporaries.
A classically trained pianist who grew up in a jazz household, Kayla’s parents observed her innate passion for music when as early as 10-months old, “baby Kayla” frequently made her way into the living room and began “playing” the family’s Brentwood piano. Enrolling in piano lessons at the age of six, she instantly fell in love with music and fervently began mastering her gifts. As the daughter of iconic jazz saxophonist Kim Waters, Kayla closely examined the inner workings of the music industry by studying and admiring his successful career. Kayla’s musically plush observations naturally inspired her to pursue her calling and passion-purpose as a pianist. In addition to being featured on several of her father’s albums, she tours and performs with him
at a myriad of concerts and jazz festivals internationally. These rich experiences nurtured her creative artistry, serving as fertile ground for Kayla’s evolution as an emerging pianist, composer and producer.
With aplomb, Kayla is elated to be an official Yamaha Artist and a voting member of the Grammy’s Recording Academy. As a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Howard University where she earned her degree in Piano Performance, Kayla credits the institution for her pianistic success. Spiritually grounded, she revels in the opportunity to share her God-given gifts of music in ministry on each and every stage she graces. Firm in her faith and wholesomely aware of her unique purpose, Kayla never loses sight of God divinely orchestrating her every move.
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