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DONNA LYNN HILTON

VANESSA LOGAN

Artistic Director

Managing Director

presents

Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by

MICHAEL BENNETT Book by

JAMES KIRKWOOD and NICHOLAS DANTE Music by

MARVIN HAMLISCH Lyrics by

EDWARD KLEBAN Co-Choreographed by

BOB AVIAN With

TRAVANTE S. BAKER MAGGIE BERGMAN HALEY BJORN AARON PATRICK CRAVEN KARLI DINARDO ALEX DROST CHRISTIAN FELICIANO LISA FINEGOLD DIEGO GUEVARA PATRICK HIGGINS BEATRICE HOWELL CAROLINE KANE CHLOE RAE KEHM LIESIE KELLY RYAN MULVANEY JONAH NASH EMMA X. O’LOUGHLIN ERICA PERÉZ-GOTAY MATTHEW QUINTERO MARIO RIZZI CLIFTON SAMUELS SAMMY SCHECHTER MIKAELA SECADA SCARLETT WALKER ANN BEYERSDORFER

Scenic Design by

JOSEPH SHROPE

Costume Design by

Original Finale Costume Design by

Lighting Design by

Sound Design by

Associate Music Director

DAVID KIDWELL

Casting by

HARDT CASTING

Production Stage Manager

Director of Production

Production Manager/ Technical Director

Associate Artistic Director

JAY HILTON

ENDLA BURROWS

THEONI ALDREDGE

DOMINICK J. PINTO

JOHN LASITER

MICHAEL FLING

CHRIS ZACCARDI General Manager

GRETCHEN WRIGHT

Music Direction by

ADAM SOUZA

Additional Choreography by

BAAYORK LEE

Choreographed by

PARKER ESSE Directed by

ROB RUGGIERO First Performance: September 5, 2025 at The Goodspeed Founding Director

MICHAEL P. PRICE Original Broadway production produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp, Producer, in association with Plum Productions, Inc. Season Sponsors MAKE IT HERE

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HILA & SAUL ROSEN • DR. ANNE ROTHSTEIN & MS. JANE HELLMAN A Chorus Line is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com

CAST OF CHARACTERS Bobby...................................................................................................................... RYAN MULVANEY Don............................................................................................................AARON PATRICK CRAVEN Zach.....................................................................................................................CLIFTON SAMUELS Diana..................................................................................................................... MIKAELA SECADA Cassie.......................................................................................................................KARLI DINARDO Maggie........................................................................................................................... LIESIE KELLY Val........................................................................................................................BEATRICE HOWELL Sheila..................................................................................................................SCARLETT WALKER Larry.................................................................................................................. TRAVANTE S. BAKER Richie..............................................................................................................................JONAH NASH Mark....................................................................................................................... PATRICK HIGGINS Judy.......................................................................................................................... CAROLINE KANE Greg...................................................................................................................SAMMY SCHECHTER Bebe........................................................................................................................... LISA FINEGOLD Mike............................................................................................................................... MARIO RIZZI Connie.............................................................................................................EMMA X. O’LOUGHLIN Paul.......................................................................................................................... DIEGO GUEVARA Kristine.........................................................................................................................HALEY BJORN Al..................................................................................................................................... ALEX DROST ENSEMBLE

CHRISTIAN FELICIANO, CHLOE RAE KEHM, ERICA PERÉZ-GOTAY SWINGS

MAGGIE BERGMAN, MATTHEW QUINTERO ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

WILLY KINCH, ABIGAIL ZACCARI DANCE CAPTAIN

ERICA PERÉZ-GOTAY UNDERSTUDIES

TRAVANTE S. BAKER Richie; MAGGIE BERGMAN Judy, Kristine, Sheila; AARON PATRICK CRAVEN Zach; CHRISTIAN FELICIANO Al, Paul, Bobby, Greg; CAROLINE KANE Cassie; CHLOE RAE KEHM Val, Maggie; ERICA PERÉZ-GOTAY Bebe, Connie McKenzie, Diana; MATTHEW QUINTERO Larry, Don, Mark, Mike MUSICIANS

Conductor ADAM SOUZA; Keyboard I DAVID KIDWELL; Keyboard II WILLIAM J. THOMAS; Reed I LIZ BAKER SMITH; Reed II ANDREW STUDENSKI; Reed III SAM MOFFETT; Reed IV MICHAEL PAGLIONE; Trumpet I GARRETT GIANTONIO; Trumpet II LAUREN HOLTSHOUSER; Trombone I MATTHEW RUSSO; Trombone II ANDREW JANES; Guitar NICK DiFABBIO; Drums SAL RANNIELLO; Bass SEAN RUBIN; Percussion ELLIOT WALLACE MUSICIAN ALTERNATES

Keyboard II ANTHONY PANDOLFE; Reed I RICK SADLON; Reed II MALLORY KOKUS; Reed IV MARK THORNTON; Trumpet I RENEE McGEE, DON CLOUGH; Trumpet II PHAELON KOSKI; Trombone I JOHN TZETZO; Trombone II WILLIAM WHITAKER; Guitar JEFF CARLSON; Drums TYLER CAMPBELL; Bass STEVE GILEWSKI MUSIC ASSISTANT

GIDEON TEMPLE

MUSICAL NUMBERS An audition. Time: 1975. Place: Here.

I Hope I Get It....................................................................................................... Company I Can Do That................................................................................................................Mike And................................................................................................ Bobby, Richie, Val, Judy At the Ballet...................................................................................... Sheila, Bebe, Maggie Sing!....................................................................................................................Kristine, Al Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love............................................................. Company Nothing.......................................................................................................................Diana Dance: Ten; Looks: Three...............................................................................................Val The Music and the Mirror.........................................................................................Cassie One........................................................................................................................ Company The Tap Combination........................................................................................... Company What I Did For Love............................................................................Diana and Company One: Reprise......................................................................................................... Company

A Chorus Line is performed without an intermission.

WHERE’S THE ORCHESTRA? Since A Chorus Line’s stage is extended out to accommodate our ‘line’, we’ve moved our orchestra from their usual spot in the pit to our Members’ Lounge at the top of the grand staircase. The music you’re hearing is being played live and projected into the theatre.

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WHO’S WHO TRAVANTE S. BAKER* (Larry) is honored to join the esteemed legacy of A Chorus Line, celebrating its 50th anniversary at the iconic Goodspeed Opera House. Over the last five years, he’s captivated audiences nationwide on the National Tours of Wicked as Chistery and as a Swing in the groundbreaking musical Hamilton. He appeared last summer in Dreamgirls at The Muny which was the 2025 Tony Award Recipient for Best Regional Theater.

Other credits: International Tour: West Side Story.

Regional: Stax (Baltimore Center Stage), Mamma Mia! (Flatrock Playhouse), West Side Story (Asolo Repertory Theatre). Gratitude to my circle. “—we dance because we can’t speak anymore.” Eat nails, shall we?

ALEX DROST* (Al) [he/him] is a NYC-based artist who is extremely honored and proud to be a part of Goodspeed’s production of A Chorus Line in its 50th anniversary!

Favorite credits include: Jesus Christ Superstar (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Fireside Theatre’s Saturday Night Fever (Tony Manero), The Fulton Theatre’s Billy Elliot: The Musical (Tony Elliot), 42nd Street (Ogunquit Playhouse), Royal Caribbean International’s Mamma Mia! (Eddie), amongst other productions. TV: 1923 (CBS/Paramount+). Western Carolina University alum.

Endless love to my chosen family and to our queer ancestors who paved the way. For my Nini. @heyitsalexdrost

HALEY BJORN (Kristine) is honored to be making her Goodspeed debut!

Off-Broadway: Hypnotique (The McKittrick Hotel). Other credits: Norwegian Cruise Line, Dublin Worldwide Productions. University at Buffalo alum. For Mom and Dad! @haleybjorn

LISA FINEGOLD* (Bebe) is honored to be making her Goodspeed debut in A Chorus Line! She’s been seen on Broadway, in National Tours, Regional Theatre and TV/Film. Some of her favorite credits include: Wicked, Hamilton, Head Over Heels (OBC), and Rock of Ages. She’s so grateful this musical exists to pay tribute to generations of dancers. This one’s for Mom, whose support made this dancer’s dream a reality.

AARON PATRICK CRAVEN* (Don) is very happy to be returning to Goodspeed! Last seen here in Oklahoma!.

New York credits include A Chorus Line (Encores!) and Broadway Backwards. National Tours: Dirty Dancing (Johnny), A Chorus Line (Zach), and West Side Story (Tony u/s). Select regional credits include The Kennedy Center, Music Theatre Wichita, Maltz Jupiter, Fulton, NSMT, Theatre Aspen, Paramount, Westchester Broadway, and Flat Rock Playhouse. Aaron holds his BFA and is a graduate of the Maggie Flanigan Conservatory. Love and thanks to my family, Rob and Parker! @aaronpatrickcraven KARLI DINARDO* (Cassie) Broadway: Hamilton, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (OBC), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (OBC/ Nini u/s). National Tours: Hamilton (OTC/Peggy Maria U/S), Flashdance The Musical (Alex Owens). Off B’way: Revolution In the Elbow.... Regional: A Chorus Line at the REV (Cassie), multiple productions of West Side Story including Carnegie Hall and Opera Australia (Anita), Children of Eden at David Geffen Hall (Aysha), 42nd Street (Phyllis), The Music Man, The Pajama Game. Film/ TV: Up Here (Hulu), IF (Paramount), Kiss of the Spider Woman, 75th/76th/77th Annual Tony Awards Opening Number (CBS). Biggest thank you to my loved ones, my team at CESD and Deric. @karlidinardo

DIEGO GUEVARA* (Paul) is elated to join the company of Goodspeed’s A Chorus Line for its 50th anniversary staging! Select theatre credits: West Side Story (Bernardo), Spring Awakening (Melchior Gabor), In the Heights (Sonny), As You Like It (Celia).

TV/Film: Daytime Emmy Award-Winning Dash & Lily, Younger, FBI: Most Wanted, The Diner Anthologies. Thank you to Michele, Natasha, Rob, Parker, Simón y mi familia adorada! @diego.guev PATRICK HIGGINS* (Mark) is a recent graduate of Montclair State University, where he received his BFA in Musical Theatre! Some of his favorite credits include: Baby John (Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story), Bert (Mary Poppins, Grandstreet Theatre), and Mark Anthony (A Chorus Line, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). Patrick is so excited to celebrate A Chorus Line’s 50th anniversary with this wonderfully talented cast and creative team! @patrickshiggins BEATRICE HOWELL* (Val) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut!

Favorite credits include Sondheim’s The Frogs (Jazz at Lincoln Center), Broadway At Music Circus (West Side Story; Hello, Dolly!; 42nd Street; Elf The Musical; Footloose; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), The Little Dancer (Off-Broadway) and Mamma Mia! (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina). All the love in the world to her family, mentors and God! @beabeahowell

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

WHO’S WHO CAROLINE KANE* (Judy) [she/they] Absolutely jazzed to be back at Goodspeed after appearing in Cabaret.

Broadway: Water for Elephants (OBC).

Regional: Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Sacramento Music Circus, Walnut Street Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, The REV, Rattlestick Theatre.

TV/ Film: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Étoile, I am Wrath, Better With You (Music Video). Aspiring yogi, home chef, and mediocre ceramicist. Thanks to the teams at Daniel Hoff and Paul Hardt casting! All the love to Mom, Dad, mooks, Mike, Rose, and my love Keaton. Otterbein BFA. @carolinekane7 LIESIE KELLY* (Maggie) [they/them] is ecstatic to be making their Goodspeed debut in this iconic show, playing their dream role!

Recently graduated from Boston Conservatory. Credits include: Jagged Little Pill (National Tour) and playing Emma in the regional debut of The Prom (Speakeasy Stage). Liesie would like to thank all of their incredible mentors that have shaped them into the performer they are today, their parents for their continued support, and their amazing team over at CTG! #clearishere @liesiekelly RYAN MULVANEY* (Bobby) Goodspeed debut! Annie (Madison Square Garden). Nat’l Tours: Annie, Elf. NYC: Maddie (NYTF). International/Regional: Priscilla: Queen of the Desert and Footloose with Norwegian Cruise Line, A Chorus Line (Bobby), West Side Story (Big Deal), Xanadu (Terpsichore). CAP21/Molloy University Alum. Endless love to Trent, dad, mom, Dori and Piper. IG: @r_mulvaney JONAH NASH* (Richie) is excited to make his Goodspeed debut as well as continue his journey within the A Chorus Line legacy for the 3rd time!

Tours: The Cher Show, Mean Girls, A Chorus Line (Japan). Regional: Beautiful (Asolo Rep), The Bodyguard (Theatre By The Sea). Huge thanks to God, Team Nash and The Collective Talent for their love & support! @jonahrnash EMMA X. O’LOUGHLIN (Connie) is thrilled to make her Goodspeed debut in A Chorus Line! Previous credits: Mean Girls (National Tour), A Chorus Line (Japan Tour), and Descendants: The Rise of Red (Disney+). BFA Boston Conservatory.

Thank you to PM the Agency and the ACL creative team for their hard work, and to my friends, family, teachers, and my wonderful partner Brandon for all the love and support! Special thanks to my dear friend and mentor Baayork Lee for being the first Connie Wong and for giving representation to the short Asian baddies! @emmaxoloughlin

MARIO RIZZI* (Mike) is beyond thrilled to be making his Goodspeed Opera House debut in A Chorus Line.

Recent credits include the Elf the Musical National Tour, A Chorus Line (Mike Costa), 42nd Street (Ensemble), Tootsie (Swing) at Theatre By The Sea, A Chorus Line (Mike Costa) at The Argyle Theatre, and White Christmas (Swing) at Tuacahn Amphitheatre. He has also performed onstage at Walt Disney World and appeared on Season 16 of So You Think You Can Dance. Endless thanks to his family, partner, and friends for their unwavering love and support.

CLIFTON SAMUELS* (Zach) BROADWAY/TOURS: Elf (Revival), Mrs. Doubtfire, Amazing Grace (OBC), Follies (w/Bernadette Peters), A Chorus Line (1st Nat. Orig Rev.). OFF-BWAY PLAYS: Beast in the Jungle (Vineyard, Dir: Susan Stroman), The Crusade of Connor Stephens (Jerry Orbach Theatre), STIFF (Barrow Group). Regional: Kennedy Center, Ahmanson, Goodspeed, Paper Mill, TUTS, Casa Mañana, Alley, North Shore, Signature. TV/FILM: Ryan Murphy’s FEUD-Capote… (opp Demi Moore), FBI: Most Wanted, The Blacklist, Younger, Boardwalk Empire, WORTH (Netflix), Coen Bros. Hail, Caesar!; The Unborn (Amazon). Thank you Michael Bennett, Baayork, Bob & Nikole Vallins for the continued gifts… which include my girls, Regina & Liza. HAPPY 50TH ACL!!! @CliftonSamuels01 SAMMY SCHECHTER* (Greg) is thrilled to be making his Goodspeed debut. National Tour: Disney’s Frozen (Swing). Regional: 42nd Street (Billy) at Music Theatre Wichita, A Chorus Line (Swing) at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, All Shook Up (Ensemble) at The Muny, Fiddler on the Roof (Ensemble) at ACT of CT. Special thanks to his family, The Collective, CCM, LINK, and everyone at Goodspeed! @ sammyschechter MIKAELA SECADA* (Diana) Born and raised in Miami, FL, Mikaela Secada is an Afro-Cuban singer, dancer, and actor. She is so excited to be making her Goodspeed debut!

Credits include: Jennifer Parker in Back to the Future (Broadway), Nicola in Kinky Boots (Bucks County Playhouse), Elle Woods in Legally Blonde (UofM), Carla in In The Heights (MTWichita), Beastgirl (Kennedy Center), and Consuela in West Side Story (The Lex.) TV: The Endgame (NBC Universal), Lioness (Paramount+), Blue Bloods (CBS). Proud alum of University of Michigan! Love and gratitude to all family and friends!

Thank you to my agents at HCKR! Xoxo! @mikasecada

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

WHO’S WHO SCARLETT WALKER* (Sheila) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! Broadway: Carrie u/s-Ensemble in Carousel. Favorite Regional credits include: Marian Paroo in The Music Man & Judy Haynes in White Christmas (City Springs Theatre Company), Lauren in Kinky Boots (Bucks County Playhouse), Oklahoma! & The Little Mermaid (The Muny), Holiday Inn (Paper Mill Playhouse), Bliss (5th Ave), Mame (Riverside Theatre). Film: Jet Dancer in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. Thank you to my family, friends, and cats for your undying love and belief in me. T1D proud. The arts are essential!

Insta: @scarlettsuzannewalker CORY BETTS* (Ensemble) is from Sacramento, California. He began his professional career with Alaska Dance Theatre before joining Eugene Ballet, where he was featured in roles such as Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby. He’s performed at Jacob’s Pillow Summer Festival and Fire Island Dance Festival. Recent credits include the An American in Paris National Tour and the 50th Anniversary Celebration of A Chorus Line at the Shubert Theatre.

CHRISTIAN FELICIANO* (Ensemble) [he/him] Originally from Puerto Rico, Christian is an actor based out of NYC. Proud graduate CCM with a BFA in Musical Theatre (GO BEARCATS). Favorite credits: George in Sunday in the Park with George (Cohen Studio Theatre), Magaldi in Evita (Skylight Music Theatre), A Chorus Line (Stages), Man of La Mancha (Porthouse Theatre).

Love to the creative team, Clear Talent Group and his family. @christian.felic CHLOE RAE KEHM* (Ensemble) 1st National Tours: Moulin Rouge!

The Musical, The Prom. Broadway At Music Circus: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Elf the Musical. Pittsburgh CLO: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Grease, Oklahoma!, Brigadoon. Infinite thanks to CESD and Goodspeed. Love to my family and those who make this dream possible. @chloeraekehm ERICA PERÉZ-GOTAY* (Ensemble) is thrilled to make her Goodspeed debut! National Tours: Elf The Musical. Favorite credits: A Chorus Line (Diana Morales), Saturday Night Fever (Stephanie Mangano), 42nd Street (Anytime Annie), Young Frankenstein (Ogunquit), Pippin (STONC).

Proud New Yorker and OCU alumna. Thank you to the creative team, Dave Secor (Daniel Hoff Agency), and The Barton Bunch. To my husband, Daniel—I love you forever! Phillippians 4:13 @ericabgotay

LAUREN BARKMAN (Swing) is so excited to be making her regional debut at Goodspeed! A proud Boston Conservatory Alum, Lauren was most recently seen performing onboard Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Magic.

A huge thank you to Hudson Artist Agency, her family, and friends for their constant support. @lauren.barkman MAGGIE BERGMAN (Swing) [she/her] loves A Chorus Line! This is her sixth production, and in July she was honored to perform in the show’s 50th anniversary concert at the Shubert Theatre. Cassie in A Chorus Line (Tokyo), Roxie in Chicago (IST), Lorraine in Jersey Boys (New Theatre), Ordway, NSMT, Gateway, CSTC, and more!

BoCo alum. My love to family, friends, and gratitude to Goodspeed for having me in such an iconic show at this historic theatre! maggiebergman.org MATTHEW QUINTERO (Swing) is excited to be joining the cast of A Chorus Line at Goodspeed! This is his 3rd time on the line, and he’s grateful to be working with this killer team. Previous credits: A Chorus Line (Palace Theatre); Newsies, Mary Poppins, Footloose, Honeymoon in Vegas (Slowburn Theatre); A Chorus Line (Broadway Palm); Evita (PPTOPA); Disney Cruise Line [Dance Captain/ Swing]. He’d like to thank his family and friends for supporting him. Psalms 149:3 @matthew_musical_q ROB RUGGIERO (Director) is thrilled to be returning to Goodspeed after directing past productions of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Oliver!, Rags, La Cage aux Folles, Fiddler on the Roof, The Most Happy Fella, Carousel, Show Boat, Annie Get Your Gun, Camelot, Big River, and 1776. Rob has won multiple Connecticut Critic’s Circle Awards for Best Direction, including a highly-celebrated production of Next to Normal at TheaterWorks Hartford, where he is the Artistic Director. His Broadway credits include High (starring Kathleen Turner) and Looped (starring Valerie Harper in a Tony-nominated performance). Off-Broadway, he conceived and directed the original musical revue Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn. The production received nominations for both the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Rob has earned national recognition for his work on both plays and musicals, and his shows have been seen on many major regional theaters around the country. He recently returned from directing a production of Dear Evan Hansen at The Muny in St. Louis.

PARKER ESSE (Choreographer) After performing on Broadway in the Tony-winning Fosse, Parker was associate choreographer for Broadway’s Finian’s Rainbow, A Tale of Two Cities, Follies (Pre-Broadway) and 5 Encores! (City Center). Choreographer: Oklahoma! 50th Anniversary (Arena Stage), Sondheim and Marsalis’ A Bed and a Chair (City Center Encores!), Ed Mirvish (Toronto), Arena Stage (18 productions), Goodspeed Musicals (9 productions), Kennedy Center, Washing-

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

WHO’S WHO ton National Opera, Omaha Symphony/NBC Holiday Televised Specials, Shaw Festival Canada, Lyrics and Lyricists 92nd St Y, York Theatre, Signature, Ogunquit, Buck’s County, The Rev, and Casa Mañana. Recently: Light in the Piazza (City Center Encores!), West Side Story (Muny), Fiddler on the Roof (Muny & Paper Mill Playhouse), South Pacific (Goodspeed Musicals), Beautiful (Fulton Theatre), Million Dollar Quartet & CATS (Casa Mañana). Upcoming: West Side Story (Casa Mañana). Proud SDC and AEA Member. When Parker is not in rehearsals, he can be found gardening in the backyard with his wife Maria.

BAAYORK LEE (Additional Choreography) has performed in a dozen Broadway shows and created the role of Connie in A Chorus Line. As Michael Bennett’s assistant choreographer on A Chorus Line, she has directed many national and international companies, including as choreographer at the most recent Broadway and West End productions and as Director/ Choreographer the Teatro Del Soho production starring Antonio Banderas. She conceived, directed, and choreographed the recent 50th anniversary celebration of A Chorus Line on Broadway as a benefit for The Entertainment Community Fund. Her additional directing credits include: The King and I, Bombay Dreams (National tours), R&H’s Cinderella (NYC Opera), Barnum (Australia), Carmen Jones (Kennedy Center), Porgy and Bess, Jesus Christ Superstar (European tours), Gypsy and A New Brain. She has choreographed shows including Mack and Mabel (Shaw Festival); Cocoanuts, Camelot, Damn Yankees, Helen Hayes nomination for Animal Crackers and South Pacific (all at Arena Stage); Goya, Sly and The Merry Widow (Kennedy Center). Honors include the 2003 Asian Woman Warrior Award for Lifetime Achievement from Columbia College, the Asian/Pacific American Heritage Association Achievement in Arts Award, and the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her substantial philanthropic contribution to theatre. Her company, National Asian Artists Project (NAAP), naaproject.org, creates essential opportunities and training for artists of Asian heritage working in theatre.

ADAM SOUZA (Music Director) Broadway credits include Wicked, Kinky Boots. National Tours: Wicked (2nd National, original MD/Conductor), Kinky Boots (1st National original MD/ Conductor), Spamalot (1st National, MD/Conductor), The Midtown Men, and Les Misérables. Adam also served as Associate Music Supervisor for the international mountings of Wicked in São Paolo, Brazil (in Portuguese) and Mexico City (in Spanish). His regional credits include Next to Normal (TheaterWorks Hartford), North Shore Music Theatre, and over 20 productions with Goodspeed, including 42nd Street, Cabaret, Because of Winn Dixie, The Great American Mousical with Julie Andrews, Snapshots by Stephen Schwartz, George M!, Brigadoon, Maggie, Edwin Drood, South Pacific, The 12, Gypsy, Summer Stock, and Rags. Adam has served as Music Supervisor for Destination Broadway (destinationbroadway.org) and has served on faculty for the Boston Conservatory at Berklee as an Associate Professor of Musical Theatre, of which he is also an alumnus.

ANN BEYERSDORFER (Scenic Designer) is a New York City-based set designer who is thrilled to return to Goodspeed after designing The Mystery of Edwin

Drood. Broadway Associate Design: Company, Tammy Faye, How to Dance in Ohio, Ink, Jitney, The Children, and Anastasia (National Tour and international productions). Select Regional Design: The Muny (Bring it On, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story, and Camelot), Stages St. Louis (Murder for Two, Newsies), Southwark Playhouse in London (Afterglow), Maltz Jupiter Theatre (Beautiful), Syracuse Stage (Primary Trust, Yoga Play, What the Constitution Means to Me), Lincoln Center (Carmen), The Alliance Theatre (Knead). TV Design: Saturday Night Live (art director of the Film Unit, NBC), Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas (production designer, Showtime), Vir Das: Landing (production designer, Netflix). Ann is a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award Winner, and is a Live Design/LDI 30 Under 30 recipient (2018). www.annbeyersdorfer.com JOSEPH SHROPE (Costume Designer) is a New Yorkbased costume designer. Off-Broadway: Romeo & Bernadette, The Rules of Desire. Regional: Dear Evan Hansen (The Muny), Peter and the Starcatcher (Theatre Raleigh), The Legend of Georgia McBride (Florida Repertory Theatre), The Garbologists and Fever Dreams (Theatre Works). As associate: Smash (Broadway), Annie (National Tour), Evita (A.R.T.), Bull Durham (Theatre Raleigh and Paper Mill Playhouse), West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof (The Muny), Little Shop of Horrors and Shout Sister Shout (Ford’s Theatre), as well as productions with 2nd Stage, New York Theatre Workshop, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arizona Ballet Company, Martha Graham Dance Company and New York City Ballet. www.josephshrope.com JOHN LASITER (Lighting Designer) returns to Goodspeed to design his 16th show for the company. Other regional credits include: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, Arizona Repertory Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Dallas Theater Center, Florida Stage, George Street Playhouse, Geva Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage Company, Long Wharf Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The Muny, New Mexico Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public Theater, South Coast Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Theaterworks Harford, Virginia Stage Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Alarm Dog Repertory Company, Blue Light Theater Company. Numerous dance companies and regional opera productions.

JAY HILTON (Sound Designer) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals and is happy to once again be working with director and friend Rob Ruggiero. Other Goodspeed productions with Mr. Ruggiero include 1776, Big River, Camelot, Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, Carousel, The Most Happy Fella, Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, Rags, Oliver!, A Grand Night for Singing and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Jay has designed countless productions at both The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre in Chester. In addition to being Goodspeed’s Resident Sound Designer, Jay serves as their Audio Supervisor and also spends some of his time recording, mixing and mastering musical theatre content for streaming platforms. He and his wife, Goodspeed Artistic Director Donna Lynn Hilton, make their home

WHO’S WHO (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut with Cookie and Macy.

DAVID KIDWELL (Associate Music Director) has performed as a keyboardist at Goodspeed Musicals since 2012. He is conductor of the Holyoke Civic Symphony, principal accompanist at Enfield United Church of Christ, principal keyboard for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, and a music director, vocal coach, and collaborative pianist at The Hartt School Theatre Division. Recent Hartt productions include The Drowsy Chaperone, Pippin, Sister Act, Something Rotten!, and Guys and Dolls. David is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington and The Hartt School and has studied conducting at Tanglewood and the South Carolina Conductor’s Institute. All my love to Mary. In memory of Mark Auerbach. davidkidwell.net HARDT CASTING (Casting) is happy to continue working with Goodspeed Musicals for over 21 years.

Broadway/National Tours include West Side Story, Come Fly Away, August: Osage County, Hot Feet, On Golden Pond, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Sly Fox, Legends!, Whistle Down the Wind, A Bronx Tale, Dirty Dancing, Cats, The Bodyguard, Once Upon a One More Time, Annie and the current Global Tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

CHRIS ZACCARDI* (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to bring the line to the Goodspeed stage after having the good fortune to be a member of the Stage Management team on the 2006 Broadway Revival.

Select Broadway Shows: All Shook Up; Wicked; One Man, Two Guvnors; Hello, Dolly! (with Bette Midler & Bernadette Peters). Select Goodspeed Shows: All Shook Up; They All Laughed; The 12; Hi, My Name is Ben; A Sign of the Times; Maggie; My Paris. Love to Niall.

WILLY KINCH* (Assistant Stage Manager) Broadway: Angels in America. National Tour: Mean Girls.

Off-Broadway: ¡Americano!, Turtle on a Fence Post, Is Anyone Alive Out There, Motherland. Connecticut: A Christmas Story and Ragtime at The Goodspeed, Native Gardens at the Westport Country Playhouse.

Other New York credits: The Scarlet Pimpernel at Lincoln Center, Laramie: A Legacy. Love to Abigail, Mom and Dad. Thanks for all your love and support!

ABIGAIL ZACCARI* (Assistant Stage Manager) Broadway credits include Paradise Square. Off-Broadway credits include A Sign of the Times, ¡Americano!.

Regional credits include Native Gardens at Westport Country Playhouse, All Shook Up, Maggie and A Christmas Story at The Goodspeed Opera House, Here You Come Again and A Complicated Woman at The Terris Theatre, The Nutty Professor at Ogunquit Playhouse, Chicago at The Muny. Thank you to Willy, Mom, Dad, Anthony, Anna and Chris for everything. abigailzaccari. com MICHAEL BENNETT (Conceiver and Original Director and Choreographer) [1943–1987] was an American musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven.

Bennett’s choreography credits include Henry, Sweet Henry; Promises, Promises; Coco; and Company. He directed and choreographed Follies, Seesaw and Ballroom, among several others. In 1976, he won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Choreography for A Chorus Line. Under the aegis of producer Joseph Papp, Bennett created A Chorus Line based on a workshop process which he pioneered. In 1982, Bennett directed and, with Michael Peters, co-choreographed Dreamgirls, winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Choreography.

JAMES KIRKWOOD (Book) [1924–1989] was an American playwright, author and actor. In 1976 he received the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his work on A Chorus Line.

Born in Los Angeles, Kirkwood began his career as an actor, appearing on television in Valiant Lady and Perry Mason and on Broadway in Small Wonder and Dance Me A Song, among others. As an author, he penned the semi-autobiographical novel There Must Be a Pony, along with P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, Good Times/Bad Times, Some Kind of Hero, and Hit Me with a Rainbow. In 1970, he wrote the non-fiction American Grotesque, about the trial of Clay Shaw.

His comedic play Legends! toured the United States starring Mary Martin and Carol Channing. He later wrote an account of the experience, titled Diary of a Mad Playwright: Perilous Adventures on the Road with Mary Martin and Carol Channing. Kirkwood died of AIDS-related complications in 1989. In his memory, friends and admirers established the James Kirkwood Literary Prize to honor new generations of fiction writers for their literary achievements.

NICHOLAS DANTE (Book) [1941–1991] was an American dancer and writer, best known for having co-written the book of the musical A Chorus Line. Born Conrado Morales in New York City, Dante began his career as a dancer and performer, appearing on Broadway in Applause, Ambassador and Smith, among others.

In 1974, Michael Bennett invited Dante to participate in interview sessions with Broadway dancers who, almost anonymously, serve as a backdrop behind star performers. Those sessions provided ample material for a Broadway musical. Collaborating with Bennett and James Kirkwood Jr., Dante created A Chorus Line, which earned him the 1976 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Book of a Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The character of Paul, a gay Puerto Rican dancer whose early career consisted of working in a drag show, was based primarily on Dante.

Sammy Williams, who originated the role, won the 1976 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Dante later assumed the role himself.

In 1991, at age 49, Dante died in New York City from AIDS-related complications.

MARVIN HAMLISCH (Music) [1944–2012] As composer, Marvin Hamlisch won virtually every major award that exists: three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony, three Golden Globe awards and the Pulitzer Prize (won by A Chorus Line). Only Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers have won a “PEGOT” (P.E.G.O.T. = Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony awards).

For Broadway, Hamlisch wrote the music for his

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WHO’S WHO groundbreaking show A Chorus Line as well as They’re Playing Our Song, The Goodbye Girl and Sweet Smell of Success. Additional theatrical scores include Jean Seberg (1983) and The Nutty Professor (2012). He was the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores, including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s music for The Sting, for which he received a third Oscar. His prolific output of scores for films include original compositions and/or musical adaptations for Sophie’s Choice, Ordinary People, The Swimmer, Three Men and a Baby, Ice Castles, Take the Money and Run, Bananas, Save the Tiger and The Informant!, starring Matt Damon and directed by Steven Soderbergh. At the time of his passing, he had just finished his last musical score for film, Liberace—Behind the Candelabra. It went on to win several Emmys.

Hamlisch held the position of principal pops conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Pops, Seattle Symphony, San Diego Symphony, The Buffalo Philharmonic and The National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. At the time of his death he was preparing to assume responsibilities as Principal Pops Conductor for The Philadelphia Orchestra. Hamlisch was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and Queens College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. He believed in the power of music to bring people together.

EDWARD KLEBAN (Lyrics) [1939–1987] was the lyricist of A Chorus Line, for which he won the 1975 Tony Award, the Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Desk and Olivier Awards. His score for the musical A Class Act, produced posthumously, was nominated for the 2001 Tony and Drama Desk Awards and won an Obie Award. A Class Act is a musical biography of Kleban, with a score comprised of his own music and lyrics.

Mr. Kleban was a graduate of the High School of Music and Art and of Columbia College, where he wrote the music for the Varsity Show of 1960 with a book

by Terrance McNally. Upon graduation from Columbia, Kleban was hired as a record producer by Columbia Records. Throughout the sixties, he produced original cast albums while developing his own musicals in Lehman Engel’s BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. Every song that he wrote for A Chorus Line was tested in the BMI Workshop. During the 1980s he carried on Mr. Engel’s tradition and taught songwriting in the workshop.

Mr. Kleban died in December 1987 at the age of 48, after a two-year bout with a cigarette-related cancer.

In his will, he created and endowed The Kleban Prize, a unique grant that is bestowed not for a writer’s previous achievements, but for the promise of creativity to come, chosen by a panel of Broadway’s most respected artists. Recipients have gone on to garner 4 Tony Awards, 30 Tony nominations, 10 Drama Desk Awards and 4 Obies.

ENDLA BURROWS (Director of Production) brings more than 25 years of creative management experience to her third season as Director of Production at Goodspeed. Previously, Endla was an integral part of the Industrial Light and Magic management team that created visual effects for dozens of films, including the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Men in Black, and Saving Private Ryan. As Director of the Jim Henson Creature

Shop, she oversaw bidding, production and client management for a diverse slate of television, film, commercial and theater productions, including puppets for Sesame Street productions in 120 countries and, of course, Goodspeed’s production of Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas. Ever on the lookout for new challenges, Endla has also worked as an assistant director, technical consultant and graphics producer.

DOMINICK J. PINTO (Production Manager/Technical Director) [he/him] is in his second season as Production Manager and fourth season as Technical Director. Previously: Technical Director for Choir Boy and Assistant Technical Director on Cadillac Crew at Yale Rep. At the Yale School of Drama, he was the Technical Director for Fun Home and Assistant Technical for Othello. Dominick worked as a Draftsperson at blackwalnut and Montclair State University. He has worked with companies including: McCarter Theatre Company, HERE! Arts Center, MSNBC and MLB. He holds a M.F.A. in Technical Design and Production from the Yale School of Drama and a B.F.A from Montclair State University.

MICHAEL FLING (Associate Artistic Director) has directed at theatres across the country, but is proud to call Goodspeed his home—where in addition to producing, he oversees Goodspeed’s extensive New Works initiatives. His directing credits include The Great Emu War, Shakin’ the Blues Away (Goodspeed); To Free A Mockingbird (Edinburgh Fringe/Soho Playhouse); Shrek the Musical, Mary Poppins (Craft Productions of Oklahoma); My Fair Lady, Legally Blonde the Musical, Spring Awakening, Assassins (Hartt); West Side Story (Abilene Opera); Honk!

(Webster); Michael also hosts the popular musical theatre podcast Know the Show and holds a degree in Directing from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University.

GRETCHEN WRIGHT (General Manager) is in her second full season here at Goodspeed. Previously she held management and fundraising positions at Alliance Theater (Atlanta), Yale Repertory Theatre, and Westport Country Playhouse. She obtained an MFA in Theater Management and an MBA from Yale University, and a BA in English and Theater Studies from Duke University. When she’s not contracting artists and managing HR, she is spending time with her husband raising their two young boys at their nearby home in Higganum.

MICHAEL P. PRICE (Founding Director) Under the direction of Michael Price for 47 years commencing in 1968, Goodspeed Musicals became internationally recognized for its dedication to the advancement and preservation of the American Musical. For Goodspeed, Mr. Price produced over 250 classic and forgotten musicals, 100 new musicals, and transferred 19 shows to Broadway, earning 13 Tony Awards. Goodspeed itself was honored with two special Tony Awards.

This year, Mr. Price was presented with a 2025 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre. He was recently inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, which honors lifetime achievement in the American theater. Mr. Price is the founder of the League of Historic American Theatres and a founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. He serves on the Exec-

WHO’S WHO utive Committee of the American Theatre Wing and as a member the Tony Administration Committee. His board memberships include the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Johnny Mercer Foundation, the ASCAP Foundation, and numerous charitable and non-profit organizations. He received his BA from Michigan State University, MA from Minnesota, MFA from Yale, and holds honorary doctorates from Wesleyan University, Connecticut College, and The University of Hartford. He is married to Jo-Ann Nevas Price; they are the proud grandparents of Ezra and Ari. VANESSA LOGAN (Managing Director) is an accomplished arts administration leader with over 25 years of experience advancing arts organizations through strategic leadership, community engagement, and educational initiatives. Most recently, she served as Executive Director of Texas Ballet Theater (TBT), where she oversaw all administrative functions and played a pivotal role in the organization’s growth and expansion. During her 9-year tenure with TBT, Logan collaborated closely with Artistic Director Tim O’Keefe, guiding the organization through significant transitions, including O’Keefe’s appointment as Artistic Director in 2023, following Ben Stevenson’s O.B.E two-decade tenure as Artistic Director Laureate. Logan was instrumental in the development and launch of TBT’s first all-female choreographed production, International Woman, and led the organization through a successful post-pandemic recovery, highlighted by record-breaking attendance for The Nutcracker in 2023. Logan’s impact extended to TBT’s educational and infrastructural initiatives. She was integral in the establishment of TBT’s Richardson School, followed by the new Dallas School at Preston Center, the company’s first school facility in Dallas proper, both of which expanded access to classical ballet education and pre-professional training for young dancers. Additionally, she oversaw the launch of a 65,000 square-foot renovation of TBT’s Fort Worth headquarters to accommodate the expanding staff, professional company, and dance school, positioning the organization for sustained growth and artistic excellence. Prior to her role at TBT, Logan held senior leadership positions with renowned arts organizations, including serving as Executive Director of American Repertory Ballet in New Jersey, Chief of Staff at Boston Ballet, Director of Education and Community at The Palace Theater in Connecticut, and Administrative Director at Connecticut Dance Theatre. Earlier in her career, she was a resident teaching artist for the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, where she authored and implemented several dance and academic syllabi. A passionate advocate for arts education, Logan has presented arts administration workshops and guest lectures at institutions such as the University of Connecticut, Simmons College, Southern Methodist University, and The Juilliard School. She served as the Chair of the Manager’s Council ($3-14.9 Million) for Dance/USA. Logan attended The Juilliard School and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Movement Therapy from Goucher College in Maryland.

DONNA LYNN HILTON (Artistic Director) [she/her] with Goodspeed since 1988 and in her 5th season as Artistic Director, Donna Lynn is a highly-effective

creative producer with a significant record of leading, developing and producing new musical theatre works as well as inspiring a re-envisioning of the canon.

She led the creation of many of Goodspeed’s most acclaimed productions including Summer Stock, The 12, Anne of Green Gables and last season’s Maggie.

An advocate for creators and the creative process, she is committed to prioritizing new work development at Goodspeed. At The Terris Theatre, she has led the early development of many new musicals, among them Passing Through, Private Jones and last year’s A Complicated Woman. Donna Lynn led the creation of The Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove, the partnership with The Johnny Mercer Foundation which has welcomed over 400 musical theatre composers, lyricists and librettists to Goodspeed’s campus for one of the premiere development opportunities available to emerging musical theatre writers. She launched Goodspeed’s first formal commissioning program – GoodWorks – which brought to life Joriah Kwamé’s Little Miss Perfect and will welcome the world premiere of the new musical The Snow Goose to a Goodspeed stage soon. With the development of Hi, My Name Is Ben and No Love Songs, she led Goodspeed’s ongoing international collaboration with Scotland’s Dundee Rep Theatre and helped re-envision The Writers Grove for Scottish, UK and Indian writers on the campus at Cove Park, Scotland. Donna Lynn was invited to represent US musical theatre producers at the 2024 K-Musical Market in Seoul, South Korea.

A past-president of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, she currently serves as a Trustee for Dundee Rep Theatre/Scottish Dance Ensemble and, closer to home, CT Landmarks. Donna Lynn is proud to have begun her career 40 years ago as a respected stage manager of Musical Theatre and Opera. She and her husband, Sound Designer Jay Hilton, make their home in Hadlyme with Cookie and Macy. “I am grateful to the entire Goodspeed team for their unending commitment to excellence.”

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers in the US. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society.

Sets, costumes, and props are designed especially for The Goodspeed and are built in Goodspeed Musicals’ shops.

Goodspeed Musicals is a professional theatre operating under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Orchestra members are represented by The Connecticut Valley Federation of Musicians, AFM Local 400.

Goodspeed Musicals is a member of The League of Resident Theatres.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

PROGRAM NOTES BY MICHAEL FLING | ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR The story of how A Chorus Line came to be is one of the most famous creation stories in the history of musical theatre. Though, depending on who you ask, you get a different version of events… ironic for a show that is all about people telling their stories!

It’s a subtle and brilliant framework that subconsciously puts the audience at ease. While seemingly narrative-less, it relies on the most universal of stories: the life cycle. It underscores the message that these performers have dedicated their entire lives to their art—mirroring that they are baring their souls to us through their stories.

Broadway was in a precarious place in the early 1970s. Having firmly exited the ‘Golden Age of Musicals’ A lot of people say that this during a turbulent time in illustration of a collective the nation, musicals hadn’t devotion to dancing makes quite found their footing in the show a love letter to perthis new era. Amidst this forming. It is often directed turmoil, Michael Bennett, and remounted as such, in Michael Bennett working with the original cast at a prominent director and my opinion, to the detriment the Public Theater (1975). Photo by Martha Swope. choreographer, gathered a of Bennett’s original vision group of dancers late on a Saturday night. They for the piece. When the cast re-enters for the talked about their lives as dancers in New York, iconic finale performance of “One,” they are hoping to create a show that would put dancers indistinguishable from each other in their gold center stage. Armed with a reel-to-reel tape outfits and hats. After spending nearly two machine, the assembled performers talked well hours getting to know them as individuals, they into Sunday morning sharing stories from their become, well…one. Their ability to not stand childhoods, experiences auditioning for shows, out, gets them the job. The opposite of almost and their fears and anxieties about their future every classic backstage musical. In many ways, in the business. it’s a condemnation of show business—that we relegate these phenomenal talents to the backWhile everyone involved in the tape sessions ground. In most shows, they support the main knew they had been a part of a special evening, character’s story…but in A Chorus Line they get Bennett knew then and there that it could to tell their story to the world. They get to be the be shared beyond just the small group. After main attraction. bringing together a writing team, Bennett and the dancers pioneered ‘workshopping’ a show— It’s no wonder that the show resonated with the which has now become the standard method public in a way that other show business stories of developing a new musical. With a wealth of didn’t. Don’t believe me? Believe my mom who material from the tape sessions to draw on, the is an accountant—it’s her favorite show. In her challenge became how to transform the percollege years, she stood and watched the origisonal stories into an engaging stage production nal production multiple times when she lived in without a plot or source material to guide the New York. When I was growing up, I asked her process. why she liked it so much. She replied, “Because normal people don’t want to be the star. I work As a former Goodspeed staff member and one hard every day, and put myself on the line, and of my best friends Anika Chapin always says, no one knows how hard it is. I know what it while A Chorus Line doesn’t have a plot, it does is like to fight just to be anonymous. Just like have what she calls a ‘superstructure’, which them.” gives a thematic shape to the proceedings. (You can hear me and Anika nerd out about musicals As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of in our brilliant musical theatre podcast Know this landmark piece of musical theatre with this the Show—available wherever you listen to production, I hope that the work of our incredible podcasts!) Beyond just telling the story of this company of actors and creative team resonates very unique audition, the way we move through with audiences as it did when it first premiered, the stories of the dancers is literally from birth/ and that we have reconnected the show with its childhood (“I Can Do That” & “At the Ballet”) all roots and Bennett’s original intention to celethe way to death. The prompt for “What I Did For brate the individuality of the seventeen singular Love” is “But if today were the day you had to sensations who stand on the line. stop dancing, how would you feel?” And after the song, Zach casts his ensemble.

THE GOODSPEEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION 2025 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Officers Hila Rosen, President Jef Wolter, Chairman (Past President) Leonardo H. Suzio, First Vice President Anthony Cacace, Vice President Meg Sakellarides, Treasurer Jennifer Brown, Secretary Gov. Ned Lamont, Ex Officio Honorary Chairman

Emeritus Trustees Kay Knight Clarke Chandler Howard Lynde Karin

Francis G. Adams, Jr. Michael Arseneault Kris Burbank Carolyn Rossi Copeland Christopher Dodd Jim Duncan Anne Evans Sue Frost Jean Selden Greene Steven Hernandez Jeffrey Hoffman

Ann Houston Sue Link Gavin Lodge Mark Masselli Kristen Roberts Dr. Anne Rothstein Blair Russell Karen Sherry Joseph Smith John Voege

Mary Ellen Klinck Julie Godbout LeBlanc Lawrence McHugh

Michael P. Price Dona D. Young

CORPORATE SUPPORT The 1892 Club, Inc. Broadway Licensing Global Brushmill by the Waterfall Comcast Concord Theatricals Connecticut Rental Center, Inc. The Fish Tale Hoffman Auto Group Meyer Sound

Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union Pfizer, Inc. Renato Sewing Sennheiser Electronic Corporation The Shops at Mohegan Sun Smith Farm Gardens United Airlines Webster Bank

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT The Aeroflex Foundation The Aldo DeDominicis Foundation The Burry Fredrik Foundation Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Chelsea Groton Foundation Inc. Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Community Foundation of Middlesex County Alison and Stephen Brinkmann Family Fund Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Division of Emergency Services and Public Protection Dominion Energy – Millstone Ensworth Charitable Foundation The Frank Young Fund for New Musicals, a Program of National Alliance for Musical The Granoff Fund The Harry E. Goldfarb Family Foundation Hebron Lions Charities, Inc. The Howard and Katherine Aibel Foundation, Inc. Jana Foundation Inc. The Johnny Mercer Foundation

Katharine S. Winter Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving The Lambs Foundation Lucille Lortel Foundation The Maury and Sonia Cohn Foundation McClure Family Charitable Fund The Michael Stewart Foundation The Noël Coward Foundation The Norma Terris/Albert D. Firestone Foundation Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts The Shubert Foundation The Sorenson-Pearson Family Foundation, Inc. State of Connecticut, Department of Economic and Community Development The TAG Fund of the Miramar Charitable Foundation

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE—LEAVING A LEGACY Since its inception, Goodspeed Musicals has particularly benefited from the unique advantages of planned gifts and bequests. Because such gifts provide financial support over time, they have been essential to Goodspeed Musicals’ ability to consistently move from strength to strength, plan for the future with confidence, and ensure millions more will enjoy award-winning productions for generations to come.

WILLIAM H. GOODSPEED LEGACY SOCIETY Goodspeed Musicals thanks the members of the William H. Goodspeed Society who have included a future bequest to Goodspeed Musicals in their wills or estate plans.

Anonymous (12) Dolores L. Andrew Fran Armstrong Mrs. Alice C. Belden Susan Brinkman Maureen Brouillard Anne Sullivan Calanquin Frank and Amy Campbell Bertie Chuong Don Church and Tony Schillaci Dr. Amy L. Crockett Rochelle Dauenheimer Elizabeth M. Davidson-Wright Ruth Ann C. Davis Mary Jane Dunn Charles and Ellen Ericson Anne S. Evans Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Lea and Richard Goodman

Mrs. Harry J. Gray A. Nicholas Groth, Ph.D. Mr. Andrew Isen Dr. and Mrs. David B. Kalayjian Lynde and Michael Karin Ms. Susan Kelly Nancy Kline and James Trail Nancy Kobylarz Dick and Hazel Koszyca Karl Henry Kulisch Sonya M. Mangan Mrs. Salvatore Marzano Andrew and Bonnie McKirdy Mary Miko Lynne Nathan Robert Nelson Jane E. Ondovcsik Barbara A. Petersen Barbara Pomarico

Michael and Jo-Ann Price James Pyne and Marlene Tompkins Mary Jane Richilson Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman Charlotte Sandler Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sevitch The Seymour Family Fund David Shimchick Ms. Carol Sirot Dr. and Mrs. David Snyderman C. William Stamm Frederick S. Strickhart Carl Thompson Sheila Tomlinson Mark and Roberta Velez Linda Wanosky

BEQUESTS Goodspeed Musicals fondly remembers those who left a bequest or in whose honor a memorial fund was established. Their love of musical theatre and our institution is an example to us all.

Anonymous (2) Carol H. Adams The Adrienne I. Koch Revocable Trust Cynthia Kellogg Barrington Michele Trudel Baumann David A. Belden William C. Blatchley Virginia Bodin Julie Ann Buchanan Leon Hugh Calanquin Edward and Ruth Cape Edward and Sally Carrier Dr. Jack Chuong Timothy J. Clutter Gordon Cobleigh Stephen B. Crowley, III The Edith O. Haynes Trust Patricia Emons The Estate of Miriam Williams Ragsdale Fellner Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Brendan Fox Dr. David F. Frankel and Mrs. Linda Frankel

Norwick and Elizabeth Goodspeed Henry Sage Goodwin Memorial Fund Judith Halevi Martha C. Hinkel Christine N. Hunihan Marjorie W. Jolidon Robert D. Jones Harvey and Ruth Katz Richard and Elizabeth Kehoe Helen Krieble Dolores F. Lammers-Padwater Angela Lepore Dorothy Liepertz Joanne M. MacDonald Evan S. McCord Constance Wolcott Mason Alice Hammerstein Mathias Henry “Buzz” Merritt The Milon Barnes Memorial Fund Peter J. Musto Robert F. Neal Carolyn G. Nelson Muriel Selden Paris

Miriam Perrin Rochelle Richilson Sali G. Riege Barbara V. Ross Edward Rousseau Dr. Gerald Sandler Marco S. Savona Susan Scherer Richard Schneller Joan H. Scranton Martha Shattuck Jerome and Marian Silverstein John F. Single, III Natalie Tenney Jessica Waldman Thompson Mark A. Wainger Jerold Wanosky Christopher Weed William J. Kotchen Memorial Fund Katherine S. Winter Symond Yavener

NAMED FUNDS AND ENDOWMENTS These funds and endowments listed below were established during lifetime, by bequest, or in memoriam with an outright gift to Goodspeed Musicals.* The Dr. & Mrs. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Memorial The Salvatore Marzano, Jr. Endowment in Support Fund of the Music Department The Dr. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Memorial The Elaine McKirdy Endowment for Career Fund Development in Theatre The Frederick A. & Justine Millspaugh Catlin Family The Michael P. Price Endowment Fund at Fund Goodspeed Musicals The Kay Logan Clark Charitable Gift Annuity The Charlotte & Gerald Sandler Educational The Rochelle Dauenheimer Charitable Gift Annuity* Endowment The Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Fund for the The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre Fund Support of the Music Department The Max Showalter Center for Education in The George S. & Charmian A. Goodspeed Memorial Musical Theatre Fund The Jerome & Marian Silverstein Endowment Fund The A. Nicholas Groth, Ph.D. Charitable Gift The Carol L. Sirot Family Endowment Fund Annuity* The C. William Stamm Charitable Gift Annuity* The Nancy Kline and James Trail Charitable Gift The Ashton M. Tenney, Jr. Memorial Fund Annuities* The Jessica Waldman Thompson Endowment in The Charles R. Lindberg Family Fund Support of The Festival of New Musicals The Lucille Lortel Fund The Zachs Family Endowment The Maryann & Jane E. Ondovcsik Fund for the Preservation of the Victorian Goodspeed Opera House *The donors receive a tax advantaged income stream during their lives and a named fund or endowment will be created when the annuity reverts to Goodspeed Musicals.

GOODSPEED MEMBERS & DONORS Thank you, Goodspeed Members! Goodspeed is over 4,000 members strong—for a complete listing, please visit goodspeed.org or scan the QR code with your phone. +With special thanks to our members who have been with us 45+ years *Members whose gifts have been matched by their employer Donors listed here have given direct membership gifts as well as additional donations for the 2025 season as of July 28, 2025.

MARQUEE MEMBERS ($25,000+)

Frank and Amy Campbell+ Sue Frost and Dan Renn The Granoff Fund Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman

($10,000 - $24,999)

Francis G. Adams, Jr. Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis Susan and Bruce Baiter Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace Richard T. Cersosimo and Valerie J. Koif+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello Lance and Rebecca Darcy Laura and Jim Duncan

($7,500 - $9,999)

Anonymous Mr. Michael Arseneault Ruth Ann C. Davis+

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The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts Mable and Richard Seymour John Voege and Geoffrey Paul

Susan F. Gonsalves Ms. Jean Selden Greene Hoffman Auto Group Ann and John Houston Lucille Lortel Foundation Ms. Dorothy Millen Thomas M. Neff and Dr. Lyndon Haviland Jeff Riley and Mary M. Wilson

Hila and Saul Rosen Megan Shake Ms. Sally Speer Russell Tait and Lee Anderson Jef and Kate Wolter

Fiona A. Egan Chuck and Elena Foster Meg Sakellarides and Scott Mokoski

Jo Trotta Poliner Millie and Marty Shapiro+ James and Penelope Sherrard

GOODSPEED MEMBERS & DONORS DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE MEMBERS ($2,500 - $7,499)

Anonymous (9) Judith W. Adams Dolores L. Andrew+ Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Arborio Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bartner Philip Benoit Denise Bernardo and Edwin Muentes Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns Jordan and Rebecca Boss Kenneth and Judith Boudreau Maureen Brouillard+ Jennifer Brown and Ian Ayres Brushmill by the Waterfall Ruth and Stearns Bryant Kris and John Burbank Bud and Katy Canaday Anne and Jim Carroll Mrs. T. W. Chabot* Bertie Chuong Kay Knight Clarke Maury and Sonia Cohn Foundation+ Community Foundation of Middlesex County Barbara and George Delmhorst Betsy and Rich Didan Mary Jane Dunn Judith Duran Eileen and Helen Ede Bill and Denice Feeley Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Feldman David and Patricia Fisher+ Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Lynne and Richard Fletcher Victor Vroom and Julia Francis David and Liz Frankel Ms. Mary Gaskell Cobleigh+

Walter Gillette and Saundra Cope Maureen and Bernie Gillis Bill Gilman William J. Ginnetti, Sr. Karen and Ron Goodspeed William Gratz and James Bruno Ron and Nina Harris The Harry E. Goldfarb Family Foundation Sylvia and Dennis Heffley Jeffrey and Nancy Hoffman Patricia A. Holmes Thirza D. Hyatt Penfield and Teresa Jarvis Sue Joffray Peter and Linda Jokl and Elisabeth D’Albero Elizabeth Gianesello Judd Lynde and Michael Karin Mersini Keller Sallie Kemp Robbie and Albert Kestnbaum Catherine Ladnier and Mickey Robinson Nicole Lafountaine Julie and Peter LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Harry Link Peter Luchini Irene Makiaris Sonya Morton Mangan Jennifer Alexander and Mark Masselli Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mathews Judith and Lawrence McClure Tony, Chelsea and Amanda Michaud Marjorie E. Morrissey Regina M. Neal

Jane E. Ondovcsik Eric Ort and Duff Ashmead Jane Porterfield and Gerry Pastor Rolf C. Peterson Diane and Guido Petra Dr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Pilarczyk Michael and Jo-Ann Price+ Pete Pringle James Pyne and Marlene Tompkins Nancy J. Ramseyer Mitchell P and Lorraine Rochefort Michael Rubinoff Linda R. Savitsky and Alvin G. Wolfgram+ Jennifer Serra and Wayne Schulz Fred and Barbara Sette+ Alicia and Thomas Settle Mrs. Frances Seymour+ David Shimchick Roz and Peter Shoemaker Ms. Carol Sirot Donna and Bill Stamm Brenda J. Sullivan+ Maureen Sullivan and Jack Siggins Leonardo H. Suzio Judy B. Taylor Donald and Sharyn Timmerman Carol A. Wiggins+ RADM. Louise C. Wilmot USN (Ret.) and James E. Wilmot John N. Wilmot Mr. Richard Winkler Jean M. Wiseman Suzanne E. Zajac and Cliff A. Birdsey Arthur Zieky and Bill Witkowsky

Michael and Joan Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Gossner Pamela and John Griffin Mr. Andrew S. Groher Robert and Catharine Haff Barbara and Gerald Hess William and Mary Hilliker James and Isabel Jackson+ Michael and Linda Jainchill Sharon and David Jepson Shea and Scott Jezek Dick and Hazel Koszyca Abbey Miller Kreinik Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kuziak Barb and Cliff Libby* Peter and Rosemary Lombardo Sharon Malone Andrew and Bonnie McKirdy+ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Millard Richard Minton Joe Molder Mr. and Mrs. Leamon E. Moore, Jr. Tom and Pam Moriarty Ann B. Mulcahy John and Pat Nyikos

Robert and Virginia Olson Ivan Otterness Ms. Nancy Pedersen Perakis Family Theodore and Catherine Perrill Stefan Petrella Steve Rabb and Rena Citron Pamela and Dean Richlin Robert A. Ridlehoover Mr. William Riley and Dr. Susan Forster Toni Robinson and Michael Plouf Joan and Dennis Rusconi Dr. Craig and Pietrina Saxton Alison V. Scherer Mr. and Mrs. William E. Selski Jon and Cleo Sonneborn Eugene Swain and Catherine Sarni Maria Mason and William Sybalsky Gerald and Katherine Tullai Richard and Meryl Waldman James and Ann Marie Ward Arthur E. Webster, Esq.

David and Bonnie Beaulieu Claudia and Bruce Belden Bruce Betancourt and Steven Hernandez* Don and Frank Bowen-Homets Laurie and Wallis Boyd

Community Foundation of Middlesex County Alison and Stephen Brinkmann Family Fund Nadine and Robert Britton, III Virginia Brown Peter and Sally Burgess James S. and Heidi L. Bzdyra Angela and Dan Chase

SUPPORTING MEMBERS ($1,500 - $2,499)

Anonymous (3) Billie and Peter Anker Sherri and Scott Baggett Joyce and Greg Barabas Mrs. Alice C. Belden+ Craig and Annette Bolt Alice C. Brennan William and Janet Brownstein Richard Bruno Robert and Melissa Carlson Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation Scott and Robin Chasse Terri and Don Coustan Steven and Debra Daren Mr. Robert N. Davie and Ms. Anne E. MacLeod Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin Betsy Eichholz and Karen Scopino Victoria Engelhardt Elyse and Steven Feltman in memory of Fran and Phil Feltman Amanda Finnerty and Alex Levere David and Karen Gagnon Lorelei and Neal Goldstein

($1,000 - $1,499)

Anonymous (9) Fran Armstrong Bette and Bruce Avery Pat Bailey Mr. and Mrs. David N. Barry Jean L. Bartlett Robert Bausmith and Jill Peters-Gee MD

GOODSPEED MEMBERS & DONORS Anne Sullivan Calanquin Kathleen and Mark Ciliano Stacy Cohen Catherine Coleman Maureen R. Connolly Craig and Donna Kydes Mr. and Mrs. Dean P. Cyr Kevin and Corrie Dean* Catherine and Jeff Denmeade* Senator Chris Dodd and Jackie Clegg Dodd Thomas and Carolyn Doherty Jim and Joyce Dowling Lisa Durland and Jonathan Cowles Vera J. Ehnen Mr. and Mrs. Mark Evans* Mr. Anthony Falcetti Lynn Farrell Marlene and Paulo Ferreira Barbara Flynn Michael E. Foley Jennifer and Ken Geisler Karen Gersten and Scott Birrell Gloria and Bob Gery Richard and Monika Gibbons Charitable Account Tracey Gionta Dr. and Mrs. Donald Gonci Dr. Lawrence Goodman and Ms. Denise Cologne Laura and Roger Goodspeed+ William Gorton* Ray Grasso Walter and Kathryn Gregory Anita Griffith and Robert Parrott Mr. Alexander J. Grodski and Susan Everett Bart and Kathryn Guthrie Karen and Chuck Hastings* Constance Henshaw Sue Hessel and Karen Dahle Bart and Jacqueline Hessler Prudence Hoffman+

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Nancy and Nicholas Robert Ms. Kristen Roberts* Robert and Marguerite Rose Anja Rosenberg Mr. Neil Ruenzel Jan and Bill Salvatore Mary T. Sargent Kathleen M. Sauer Leslye Schaefer Mr. Marc Schnitzer Thomas Schwenke Mrs. Carol Seeman+ Thomas and Rose Selnau Edward and Sandra Sharr Stan Shaw and Barbara Rhein Karen Sherry and Jack Dolan Anthony and Lorraine Shetensky Susan and Steven Sigal Helen Sly Stuart and Arline Small+ Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Spencer Peter and Margery Stehman Frank Stilwagner and Kurt Dery Lisa and Mike Stilwagner Margaret Strange and Rich Croce Dr. and Mrs. S. Russell Sylvester, Jr.+ Charleen D. Taylor Mr. William E. Thiele Carl Thompson Gay and Kerry John Tomasevich* Theresa Tuthill and Dave Eder Leslie and Richard Weinstein June Willson Rory Wilson+ Victoria Winterer+ Penny and William Young Pat and Frank Zak Dr. Robert and Heather Zavod+ Martha Zornow

PHASE 1 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONORS The following individuals, foundations, and institutional donors have contributed to the Phase 1 Campaign in support of the ADA Ramp, Porch, Plaza, and Front Entrance, as well as the reconstruction of the Goodspeed Parking Area.

As of July 28, 2025

($500,000+) Herb Chambers State of Connecticut, Department of Economic and Community Development

($100,000–$499,000) Jennifer Brown and Ian Ayres Jeffrey and Nancy Hoffman Hila and Saul Rosen

($50,000–$99,999) Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis Frank and Amy Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello Laura and Jim Duncan Ms. Jean Selden Greene The John G. Martin Foundation

Marjorie E. Morrissey Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman Mrs. Frances Seymour Mable and Richard Seymour Mrs. Ashton M. Tenney, Jr. Luke and Stephanie Williams

PHASE 1 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONORS ($10,000–$49,999) Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace John Voege, Trustee, Case Graber Foundation Kay Knight Clarke Mary Jane Dunn Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Sue Frost and Dan Renn Michael and Donna Lee Gennaro Ann and John Houston

($2,500–$9,999)

Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns Mr. and Mrs. Burbank Mr. Alvin Deutsch, Esq. and Mrs. Davida Deutsch Marlene and Paulo Ferreira Ms. Mary Gaskell Cobleigh

($1,000–$2,499)

Anonymous (4) Francis G. Adams, Jr. Fran Armstrong Kathryn Aron Mr. Michael Arseneault Susan and Bruce Baiter Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Barter Denise Bernardo and Edwin Muentes Gustaf Bodin The Bottaro Family Mr. Douglas Matthew Boughton The Bozrah Girls Rob and P. J. Brewer Maureen Brouillard Ruth and Stearns Bryant David B. Byrd and Jeff Stanley James S. and Heidi L. Bzdyra Centerbrook Architects & Planners, LLP Mrs. Marilyn Colvin John Conway Steven and Debra Daren Ruth Ann C. Davis Catherine and Jeff Denmeade Senator Chris Dodd and Jackie Clegg Dodd Ms. Marialina Dominguez and Ms. Janice Poloso Wilma C. Donaldson Victoria Engelhardt Anne S. Evans David and Patricia Fisher Julia Francis Ms. Lynn Gerr Gloria and Bob Gery Bill Gilman Karen and Ron Goodspeed Goodspeed Guild Ron and Nina Harris Rosemary Harry

Catherine Ladnier and Mickey Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Harry Link Sonya Morton Mangan Betsy Russell Meg Sakellarides and Scott Mokoski Donna and Bill Stamm Leonardo H. Suzio Jef and Kate Wolter

William J. Ginnetti, Sr. Lynde and Michael Karin Ms. Linda Morasutti and Mr. Robert M. Lee Jo Trotta Poliner Michael and Jo-Ann Price Blair Russell and Nicolo Nisbett

Karen and Chuck Hastings Donna Lynn and Jay Hilton Ms. Diane Ifkovic Michael and Linda Jainchill Shea and Scott Jezek Sue Joffray Jim Johnson Burton and Sharon Johnson Marie Joyner Elizabeth and William Keister Nancy Kline and James Trail Dr. and Mrs. Steven Korn Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kuziak Rita Landino and Norman Glover Robert and Robin Laudette Sid and Donna Levine Stacey Logan Lewis Dr. Robert A. Linden Gavin Lodge Terry and Bette Lomme Lynn Lynch Dana McFadden Larson Mary Miko and Joseph Migliaro Ms. Dorothy Millen Mr. Jonathan Mitchell and Ms. Jenny D. Doak Ms. Karen Murphy Regina M. Neal Joanne Nesti Mrs. Carole Otto Jayn Paardenkooper Mr. Michael Parkinson Rolf C. Peterson Diane and Guido Petra Joseph Petrone Philip and Geri Piccola Dr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Pilarczyk Amy Pinette Jo Trotta Poliner Michael G. Polo Laura Raccagni

Anthony J. Raucci Edward C. Raymond Ms. Gail Reiner Jeff Riley and Mary M. Wilson Joseph Riley Richard Roberts Wayne Rollins and Kent Berwick Ms. Charlise Roper Carolyn Rossi-Copeland Ellen S. Ryczek Anne D. Ryder Charlotte Sandler Linda R. Savitsky and Alvin G. Wolfgram Henry and Marsha Fried Scherer Edward and Sandra Sharr Karen Sherry and Jack Dolan David Shimchick Marsha Silva Caroline F. Sloat Larry Starr Robin Stegner and Scott Larson Robert C. Stewart Paul Stuehrenberg Steven Sudigala Frederick Tedford and Leslee Weiss Timothy and Katherine Throckmorton Peter Tolisano Mrs. Karen Trojanowski Abbie Van Nostrand John Voege and Geoffrey Paul Thomas Wadas Sybil Williams Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Yerxa Dona Young, Trustee Emeritus, and Roland F. Young III Dr. Robert and Heather Zavod Bob and Cindy Zettergren

PHASE 1 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONORS (Up to $999)

Anonymous Jonathan Brielle Anne Sullivan Calanquin Lori and Michael Cartwright Effie Chang Mr. John Costa Mr. Charles Davidson Elizabeth M. DavidsonWright Lola Elliott-Hugh

In-Kind Support

Richard Fountain John and Joanna Hamby Prudence Hoffman Danielle Howard Joe and Betsy Kaminski Steven Kelley Tracy Knofla and Karen Anderson Mark and Tina Loomis Ms. Judith S. Loukides Cindy Maher

Centerbrook Architects & Planners Connecticut Lighting LaRosa Construction Company, Inc. Mercer Monument Works

Frances and Gina Mastrocco Dan McMahon and Joe Rhodes Janet Parkosewich Maribeth Pennoni Dominick Pinto Ms. Kristen Roberts Adam Schumacher Rachel Schumacher Tina Sheing

Matthew Sonnenfeld Frank Stilwagner and Kurt Dery Christopher Stone Patricia Sullivan Henry and Beryl Thorpe Carey Van Hollen

Paul’s & Sandy’s Too Petra Construction Corporation Suzio-York Hill

VOLUNTEER AT GOODSPEED The Goodspeed Guild is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting Goodspeed Musicals’ operations and productions. Since 1975 it has provided services to artists, patrons, and staff on a year-round basis, while offering its members the opportunity to become part of the behind-the scenes activities at Goodspeed. To find out about volunteer opportunities that fit your interests and schedule, visit our website at goodspeed.org or contact goodspeedguild@goodspeed.org.

DEDICATE A PERFORMANCE Goodspeed Musicals is pleased to offer members and friends an extraordinary opporunity to support the finest musical theatre while providing a once-in-a-lifetime tribute to a friend or loved one.

If you are interested in dedicating a performance to honor someone, please contact Sophia Voglino at 860-615-0389 or svoglino@goodspeed.org.

GOODSPEED’S MISSION STATEMENT Goodspeed Musicals’ mission is to share the joy of musical theatre; to delight, inspire, and challenge audiences; to nurture creators; and to build and support a broad, diverse, and inclusive community.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The land on which Goodspeed Musicals is located in East Haddam and Chester, CT is the ancestral land of at least three tribes of Native Americans—the Wangunk, the Mohegan and the Nehantic tribes. We understand that the land which is now Haddam and East Haddam was purchased from the native people in 1662 for thirty coats—worth about $100. We acknowledge those Native Americans and the loss of their homeland—land on which we thrive today.

GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFF LEADERSHIP

PRODUCTION

Donna Lynn Hilton..................................................Artistic Director Vanessa Logan..................................................Managing Director

Endla Burrows............................................. Director of Production Dominick J. Pinto............................................Production Manager Myjoycia Cezar............................... Assistant Production Manager Shamus Bonner.....................Production Management Assistant

ARTISTIC Michael Fling.........................................Associate Artistic Director Adam Souza..............................................Resident Music Director Chris Zaccardi......................Resident Production Stage Manager Jakob Harding..................................................Producing Assistant

ADMINISTRATION Gretchen Wright................................................. General Manager Kristan McLaughlin.......................................Artistic Administrator Angel Welter.....................................................Executive Assistant

BUILDING SERVICES Tim Garland.................................................... Director of Facilities Cheryl Aresco..........................................................Office Assistant Robert Cubeta, Jeffrey Gosselin, Niall McGovern....................................................Building Services East Coast Cleaning.......................................... Custodial Services COMPANY MANAGEMENT Tyler Garstka..................................................... Company Manager Sara Gorelkin....................................Assistant Company Manager Rachel Benz............................. Company Management Associate DEVELOPMENT Frank Stilwagner..................................... Director of Development Mary Miko................................................. Individual Giving Officer Will Kenny....................Individual Giving & Civic Relations Officer Sophia Voglino.................. Event & Corporate Relations Manager Rebekah Moses............... Membership & Annual Fund Manager Lori A. Cartwright......................................Database Administrator Mattie E. Hinckley.................................... Development Associate Diana Silver Grant Strategies, LLC............... Grants Management EDUCATION Nick Palazzo..........................Education & Engagement Manager FINANCE Tracey Krasniewski...........................................Director of Finance Stacy Booth........................................Accounts Payable Manager Sandy Hall...................................... Payroll & Benefits Coordinator Jessica Diaz.......................................................Senior Accountant Withum, Karen Kowgios ............................................Accountants

HOUSE MANAGEMENT Kathy Raczka.................................... Supervising House Manager Kathryn Lees, Beryl W. Thorpe........................... House Managers Rachel Crockett, Allison Harris, Kathryn Lees, Tammie Sinibaldo.......Assistant House Managers Bob Bennett, Joe Kaminski, Paula Moriarty, Erik Palen, Sydney Smirnow............... Bartenders Linda Camden, Judy O’Mara........................................... Gift Shop

COSTUME RENTALS Stephanie Turner............................ Costume Rentals Coordinator Cassandra Greeley, Raechel Johnsky...............................Costume Rentals Assistants COSTUMES Tiffany Delligatti..................................... Costume Shop Manager Jessica Griffin......................... Assistant Costume Shop Manager Aimee Schmale, Erin Stumm............................................. Drapers Olivya DeLuca, Jaysen Engel, Mary Rogers.................First Hands Danielle Robinson...............................................................Stitcher John Riccucci................................................ Wardrobe Supervisor Aneesa Aviles, Sofia Dietze................................... Wardrobe Crew Mia Thomas................................................Lead Wig & Hair Stylist Danny Dominguez.......................................Wigs/Wardrobe Swing Holly McMullen..................... Terris Theatre Wardrobe Supervisor LIGHTING Marissa Michaels............................................ Lighting Supervisor Karan Gosai.......................................................... Head Electrician Hannah Brown, Margaret Leupold.............................. Electricians Luciel Sanchez.............................Terris Theatre Head Electrician Dylan Sepulveda.................................. Terris Theatre Electricians PROPS Ryann D. Lee.......................................................... Props Manager Troy A. Junker....................................................Lead Props Artisan Katie Owen................................................................ Props Artisan Emma Graydon......................................................Props Carpenter Ashlin Penn.................................................. Props Run Crew Head Madilyn Keller........................................................ Props Run Crew SCENERY Dominick J. Pinto................................................Technical Director Matteo Lanzarotta............................ Associate Technical Director Camden Keech.................................. Assistant Technical Director Emily Guercia..............................................................Draftsperson Dennis J. Riley......................................................... Shop Foreman Kyle Carson, Joshua Murphy............................... Staff Carpenters Casey Burke-Ruhl, Nathaniel Kerr................................ Carpenter/Stagehand Swings Ann Aldrich........................................................... Stage Supervisor Jacob Bubeck, Jakob Sanchez....................................Stagehands Shawna Martine..........................Terris Theatre Stage Supervisor SCENIC ARTISTS Carla Tiezzi.....................................................Charge Scenic Artist Miranda Harkins................................................ Lead Scenic Artist April Chateauneuf..................................Senior Staff Scenic Artist Rachel Carlson, Ashley Donnert......................Staff Scenic Artists

MARKETING Dan McMahon.............................................. Director of Marketing Katherine Desjardins...................... Associate Marketing Director Ian Galligan.....................................................Marketing Associate Carol Giroux...........................................Public Relations Manager Sarah Kayser..................................Marketing/Graphics Assistant Diane Sobolewski......................................... Official Photographer

SOUND Jay Hilton............................................................. Audio Supervisor Nicholas Peretti................................... Production Audio Engineer Tesla Lowrey...........................................Assistant Audio Engineer Theo Ashmore........................................................ Audio Assistant Nick Moran..................................... Terris Theatre Audio Engineer Jennifer Barrios-Gomez........ Terris Theatre Asst. Audio Engineer

TECHNOLOGY JKS Systems............................................... Systems Administrator

FOR THIS PRODUCTION

TICKETING Lauren Blankenship........................................Box Office Manager Catherine Ematrudo.................................... Group Sales Manager Morgan Dumark-McNamee..................... Box Office Performance Supervisor Hannah Stein................................................Box Office Supervisor Photini Constantinou, Wayne Rollins............................... Box Office Supervisors on Duty Liam Welsh........................................ Member Services Associate Naomi Corso, Nicki Cuneo, Lori Inferrera, Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger, Destiny Mea, Oscar Sanchez, Sydney Sioch...............................Box Office Reps Smart, Strategic Marketing for the Arts......................Direct Sales

Ricky Oliver......................................................... Assistant Director Nick Nazzaro.......................................... Associate Choreographer David Grindrod.......................................Associate to Baayork Lee Andrew Winans....................................... Assistant to Baayork Lee Gabriela Nuñez..................................... Assistant Scenic Designer Shelby Loera...................................... Associate Lighting Designer Fiona McIntyre Sucher....................................... Casting Associate Evan Johnson..............................................................Scenic Artist James Carter Pianos........................................... Piano Technician Billy Mitchell......................................................Show Logo Design Sarah Kayser..........................................Program Editor/Designer Myjoycia Cezar.................... 2025 Honoree of the Elaine McKirdy Endowment for Career Development in Theatre

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