by Mike Reiss MARCH 26TH – APRIL 19TH
by Lanie Robertson MAY 7TH – 31ST
Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards; Book by Peter Stone JUNE 25TH – JULY 26TH
Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein AUGUST 6TH – SEPTEMBER 6TH
OF MY HEART By Shirley Lauro OCTOBER 1ST – 25TH PLAYHOUSE HOLIDAY JAMBOREE
Created by Katie Barton and Ben Hope NOVEMBER 19TH – DECEMBER 20TH
On the windswept coast of England an unlikely bond forms between Philip, a reclusive artist shunned by society, and Frith, a resilient young woman, when they rescue a wounded snow goose. With World War II looming, their friendship allows her to imagine a life beyond her village, and him to confront his own humanity as he sets sail on a daring journey to save soldiers trapped at Dunkirk. Discover an unforgettable new musical with a soaring score that will fill your heart.
The Snow Goose is a sweeping tale of love, purpose and the value of life featuring a character who is... well... a snow goose. To bring this character to life, we are creating an immersive world of Ensemble-driven puppetry. She will fly above the stage, around the balcony, and directly over your head—she will bring you joy and tears, but never will you lose sight of what truly brings her life: a community of artists.
— Marshall Pailet Director
Design by Nicholas Mahon
Costume Design by Mallory
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico has been a favorite of mine for over 40 years. In 2022, Goodspeed optioned the book and commissioned Claire McKenzie and Scott Gilmour to adapt it into a musical. We have lovingly developed the show over the past 4 years through multiple readings and workshops as well as a very popular appearance in our 2024 Festival of New Musicals. With this World Premiere, we bring the beloved story to new life on The Goodspeed stage. Thank you for being an audience that embraces new work. Now you will be able to say: “I saw it first at Goodspeed.” Thrilling, isn’t it?
— Donna Lynn Hilton Artistic Director
OCT 30 – DEC 27
Leapin’ Lizards! The musical that stole America’s heart comes home to celebrate its 50th anniversary on the stage where it all began! With pluck and positivity, Annie escapes Miss Hannigan’s orphanage in search of her parents and finds a new family with her lovable mutt Sandy and billionaire Oliver Warbucks. This dazzling new production bursts with joy and timeless songs like “Tomorrow,” “It’s the Hard Knock Life,” and “Maybe.” You can bet your bottom dollar—it’s the can’t-miss event of the season!
DONNA LYNN HILTON
Artistic Director
A Non-Profit Arts Organization
presents VANESSA LOGAN
Managing Director
Music & Lyrics by GEORGE GERSHWIN & IRA GERSHWIN Book by KEN LUDWIG
Co-conception by KEN LUDWIG & MIKE OCKRENT
Originally produced on Broadway by ROGER HORCHOW & ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
With
Inspired by Material by GUY BOLTON & JOHN McGOWAN
Original Broadway Choreography by SUSAN STROMAN
CLAIRE AVAKIAN LEXI BALDACHINO WILLIE CLYDE BEATON II COLIN BRADBURY COURTNEY BRADY KAILEE REGAN BRANDT KATIE SCARLETT BRUNSON WILL BURTON SAMUEL COLINA JEREMY DAVIS BRADLEY GIBBINS-KLEIN KELLY GLEASON EDWARD JUVIER TAYLOR LANE BRIAN SHIMASAKI LIEBSON BRANDON J. MORRIS DAVID ANDREW MORTON MICHELE RAGUSA HAILEY THOMAS GRIFFIN WILKINS BRITTANY ZEINSTRA
Scenic Design by ANN BEYERSDORFER
Costume Design by JOSEPH SHROPE
Sound Design by JAY HILTON Wig, Hair & Makeup Design by MARY LEE
Casting by HARDT CASTING
Production Manager DOMINICK J. PINTO
Orchestrator RYAN O’CONNELL
Production Stage Manager CHRIS ZACCARDI
Associate Artistic Director MICHAEL FLING
Music Direction by ADAM SOUZA
Choreographed by KELLI BARCLAY
Directed by MICHAEL FLING
First Performance: June 19, 2026 at The Goodspeed
Founding Director MICHAEL P. PRICE
Support for this Production’s Director made possible by: DR. ANNE ROTHSTEIN & JANE HELLMAN
Season Sponsors
In-Kind Season Sponsor
Lighting Design by PAIGE SEBER
Associate Music Director DAVID KIDWELL
Director of Production ENDLA BURROWS
General Manager GRETCHEN WRIGHT
(in order of appearance)
Tess TAYLOR LANE
Patsy ....................................................................................................
KATIE SCARLETT BRUNSON
Bobby Child .................................................................................................................. WILL BURTON
Bela Zangler EDWARD JUVIER
Mitzi.......................................................................................................................... KELLY GLEASON
Louise CLAIRE AVAKIAN
Betsy .......................................................................................................... KAILEE REGAN BRANDT
Vera ....................................................................................................................... COURTNEY BRADY
Irene Roth HAILEY THOMAS
Mother .................................................................................................................. MICHELE RAGUSA
Perkins WILLIE CLYDE BEATON II
Moose ....................................................................................................... BRADLEY GIBBINS-KLEIN
Pete ........................................................................................................................ GRIFFIN WILKINS
Sam BRIAN SHIMASAKI LIEBSON
Custus ...................................................................................................................... SAMUEL COLINA
Jimmy ......................................................................................................... WILLIE CLYDE BEATON II
Harry COLIN BRADBURY
Polly Baker ........................................................................................................ BRITTANY ZEINSTRA
Everett Baker JEREMY DAVIS
Lank Hawkins ...........................................................................................DAVID ANDREW MORTON
Eugene .................................................................................................................. COLIN BRADBURY
Patricia MICHELE RAGUSA
ENSEMBLE
CLAIRE AVAKIAN, WILLIE CLYDE BEATON II, COLIN BRADBURY, COURTNEY BRADY, KAILEE REGAN BRANDT, KATIE SCARLETT BRUNSON, SAMUEL COLINA, BRADLEY GIBBINS-KLEIN, KELLY GLEASON, TAYLOR LANE, BRIAN SHIMASAKI LIEBSON, GRIFFIN WILKINS
SWINGS
LEXI BALDACHINO, BRANDON J. MORRIS
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS
WILLY KINCH, THERESA STARK
DANCE CAPTAIN
KELLY GLEASON
FIGHT CAPTAIN
BRADLEY GIBBINS-KLEIN UNDERSTUDIES
CLAIRE AVAKIAN Polly Baker; LEXI BALDACHINO Patsy; COLIN BRADBURY Bobby Child, Everett Baker; BRADLEY GIBBINS-KLEIN Lank Hawkins; KELLY GLEASON Tess; BRIAN SHIMASAKI LIEBSON Bela Zangler; BRANDON J. MORRIS Eugune, Harry, Perkins, Jimmy, Moose, Sam, Custus, Pete
MUSICIANS
Keyboard I/Conductor DAVID KIDWELL; Assistant Conductor DANIEL MOLLETT; Reed I LIZ BAKER SMITH; Reed II ANDREW STUDENSKI; Violin LU SUN; Trombone MATT RUSSO; Trumpet DUSTIN CIANO; Bass DAVID UHL; Percussion ELLIOT WALLACE
MUSICIAN ALTERNATES
Reed MIKE PAGLIONE, RICK SADLON; Trombone JOHN TZETZO; Trumpet DON CLOUGH, RENEE McGEE, KURT ZEMAITAITIS; Violin ARTEMIS SIMERSON; Bass SCOTT CHURETTE; Percussion TYLER CAMPBELL
MUSIC ASSISTANT JACK RICHMAN
Scene 1: Backstage at the Zangler Theatre, New York City, in the 1930s
K-ra-zy for You......................................................................................................... Bobby
Scene 2: 42nd Street, outside the theatre
I Can’t Be Bothered Now ................................................................ Bobby and the Girls
Scene 3: Main Street, Deadrock, Nevada
Bidin’ My Time
Pete, Moose, Sam and Company
Things Are Looking Up ........................................................................................... Bobby
Scene 4: Lank’s Saloon
Could You Use Me?
Scene 5: Main Street and in the Desert
Shall We Dance? ...................................................................................
Scene 6: The Gaiety Theatre
Scene 7: Main Street, Deadrock, three days later
Bobby and Polly
Bobby and Polly
Girls Enter Nevada .................................................................................... The Company
Someone to Watch Over Me Polly
Scene 8: The Lobby of the Gaiety Theatre, two weeks later
Scene 9: The Stage of the Gaiety Theatre
Slap That Bass ............................................. Bobby, Moose, Tess, Patsy and Company
Embraceable You .................................................................................. Polly and Bobby
Scene 10: The Gaiety Theatre Dressing Rooms, opening night
Tonight’s the Night .................................................................................... The Company
Scene 11: Main Street, Deadrock
I Got Rhythm Polly, Bobby, and Company
Scene 1: Lank’s Saloon, later that evening
The Real American Folk Song (Is a Rag) ................................... Pete, Moose and Sam What Causes That?
Scene 2: Lank’s Saloon, the next morning
Bobby and Bela
Naughty Baby ..........................................................................................Irene and Lank
Scene 3: The Stage of the Gaiety Theatre
Stiff Upper Lip ........................................ Bobby, Polly, Eugene, Patricia and Company
They Can’t Take That Away from Me ..................................................................... Bobby But Not for Me Polly
But Not for Me (Reprise) .......................................................................................... Polly
Scene 4: New York, six weeks later
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Scene 5: Main Street, Deadrock, six days later
Bobby and Girls
Bidin’ My Time (Reprise)....................................................................Pete, Moose, Sam
Things Are Looking Up (Reprise) Everett Finale ......................................................................................................... The Company
WILL BURTON* (Bobby Child) is delighted to be back at Goodspeed! Previous credits include Hello, Dolly! and Fiddler on the Roof over 13 years ago. Broadway: Beetlejuice (Adam); Hello, Dolly! (Ambrose); Kiss Me, Kate (Gremio); Holiday Inn and An American in Paris. Off Broadway: Between the Lines (Frump/ Ryan). Regional favorites include Young Frankenstein (Igor) at Ogunquit, Last Days of Summer (Stuke) at George Street, The Music Man (Tommy) at Arena Stage, Holiday Inn (Ted) at Marriott Lincolnshire. TV: NBC’s The Blacklist. He’d like to thank his incredible parents, Callen, Haley, Teddy, all of his teachers, and his reps at CGF for their support. @willburtonum
WILL BURTON* (Bobby Child) is delighted to be back at Goodspeed! Previous credits include Hello, Dolly! and Fiddler on the Roof over 13 years ago. Broadway: Beetlejuice (Adam); Hello, Dolly! (Ambrose); Kiss Me, Kate (Gremio); Holiday Inn and An American in Paris. Off Broadway: Between the Lines (Frump/ Ryan). Regional favorites include Young Frankenstein (Igor) at Ogunquit, Last Days of Summer (Stuke) at George Street, The Music Man (Tommy) at Arena Stage, Holiday Inn (Ted) at Marriott Lincolnshire. TV: NBC’s The Blacklist. He’d like to thank his incredible parents, Callen, Haley, Teddy, all of his teachers, and his reps at CGF for their support. @willburtonum
JEREMY DAVIS* (Everett Baker) is happy to be back at Goodspeed! Previous productions here include The Great Emu War at The Terris Theatre and George M! and Babes in Arms at The Goodspeed. Broadway shows include Floyd Collins, Cats, Frozen, South Pacific, Annie, The Last Ship, 9 to 5, Billy Elliot, The People in the Picture, Ghost, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He’s been seen on tour in Frozen (Olaf, Helen Hayes nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie, South Pacific, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Thanks to mom, dad, Sarah, and the love of his life, Kristen. Proud member of Actor’s Equity.
JEREMY DAVIS* (Everett Baker) is happy to be back at Goodspeed! Previous productions here include The Great Emu War at The Terris Theatre and George M! and Babes in Arms at The Goodspeed. Broadway shows include Floyd Collins, Cats, Frozen, South Pacific, Annie, The Last Ship, 9 to 5, Billy Elliot, The People in the Picture, Ghost, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He’s been seen on tour in Frozen (Olaf, Helen Hayes nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie, South Pacific, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Thanks to mom, dad, Sarah, and the love of his life, Kristen. Proud member of Actor’s Equity.
EDWARD JUVIER* (Bela Zangler) returns to Goodspeed after appearing in Gypsy and 42nd Street. Most recently, he toured nationally as Osgood in Some Like It Hot, earning Helen Hayes and LA Drama Critics nominations. He was seen on Broadway in Les Misérables and on national tours of Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera. Regional credits include: Pioneer, STAGES St. Louis (Theater Circle Award), Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Tuacahn, Engeman, Riverside, Meadow Brook, Gulf Coast Symphony, and Transcendence. A Boston Conservatory graduate, he is grateful to return to East Haddam. Follow @edwardjuvier on Instagram. Visit www.edwardjuvier.com
four, David appeared on America’s Funniest Home Videos.
four, David appeared on America’s Funniest Home Videos.
MICHELE RAGUSA* (Mother/Patricia) Last seen on Broadway in Flying Over Sunset at Lincoln Center, written/directed by James Lapine. Broadway: Young Frankenstein (Elizabeth, succeeding Megan Mullally), Urinetown, Ragtime, Titanic, A Class Act, Cyrano. Other NY: Austen’s Pride (Carnegie Hall), Butcher Boy (Irish Rep), Adrift In Macao (Corinna, Lortel/Drama League nom/Barrymore Award), Titanic 20th Anniversary Concert (Alice Beane, Alice Tully Hall). Regional Credits Include: Come From Away; Noises Off; The King and I; Gypsy; Mame; The Boy from Oz; Bullets Over Broadway; Hello, Dolly; Annie; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Spamalot; Into the Woods; Kiss Me, Kate; Full Monty; Drowsy Chaperone; Memphis. Film/TV: Happyish (Showtime), Law and Order: SVU (NBC). www.micheleragusa.com | IG: @mmmragu
MICHELE RAGUSA* (Mother/Patricia) Last seen on Broadway in Flying Over Sunset at Lincoln Center, written/directed by James Lapine. Broadway: Young Frankenstein (Elizabeth, succeeding Megan Mullally), Urinetown, Ragtime, Titanic, A Class Act, Cyrano. Other NY: Austen’s Pride (Carnegie Hall), Butcher Boy (Irish Rep), Adrift In Macao (Corinna, Lortel/Drama League nom/Barrymore Award), Titanic 20th Anniversary Concert (Alice Beane, Alice Tully Hall). Regional Credits Include: Come From Away; Noises Off; The King and I; Gypsy; Mame; The Boy from Oz; Bullets Over Broadway; Hello, Dolly; Annie; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Spamalot; Into the Woods; Kiss Me, Kate; Full Monty; Drowsy Chaperone; Memphis. Film/TV: Happyish (Showtime), Law and Order: SVU (NBC). www.micheleragusa.com | IG: @mmmragu
EDWARD JUVIER* (Bela Zangler) returns to Goodspeed after appearing in Gypsy and 42nd Street. Most recently, he toured nationally as Osgood in Some Like It Hot, earning Helen Hayes and LA Drama Critics nominations. He was seen on Broadway in Les Misérables and on national tours of Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera. Regional credits include: Pioneer, STAGES St. Louis (Theater Circle Award), Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Tuacahn, Engeman, Riverside, Meadow Brook, Gulf Coast Symphony, and Transcendence. A Boston Conservatory graduate, he is grateful to return to East Haddam. Follow @edwardjuvier on Instagram. Visit www.edwardjuvier.com
DAVID ANDREW MORTON* (Lank Hawkins) Goodspeed debut! David has appeared in the Broadway National Tours of To Kill a Mockingbird and Jersey Boys. On screen, he can be seen as Graham on FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) and as Brian in the feature film Gothic Slayers. David is also a comedian who wrote for The Onion and performs/writes with his sketch team at The Upright Citizens Brigade. Most notably, at age
DAVID ANDREW MORTON* (Lank Hawkins) Goodspeed debut! David has appeared in the Broadway National Tours of To Kill a Mockingbird and Jersey Boys. On screen, he can be seen as Graham on FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) and as Brian in the feature film Gothic Slayers. David is also a comedian who wrote for The Onion and performs/writes with his sketch team at The Upright Citizens Brigade. Most notably, at age
HAILEY THOMAS* (Irene Roth) Goodspeed debut! Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, The Baker’s Wife. Select Regional: Once on This Island (Pittsburgh CLO), Grease (Casa Mañana), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Wagon Wheel). Texas State Musical Theatre Class of ‘24. Sending all of her love to this incredible cast and creative team, her momma, friends, CGF Talent & Rochel Saks. @haileyolivvia
HAILEY THOMAS* (Irene Roth) Goodspeed debut! Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, The Baker’s Wife. Select Regional: Once on This Island (Pittsburgh CLO), Grease (Casa Mañana), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Wagon Wheel). Texas State Musical Theatre Class of ‘24. Sending all of her love to this incredible cast and creative team, her momma, friends, CGF Talent & Rochel Saks. @haileyolivvia
BRITTANY ZEINSTRA* (Polly Baker) [she/her] is elated to make her Goodspeed debut! Theatre includes: Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Prom (OBC). National Tours: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco), The Little Mermaid. Regional: Mamma Mia! (The MUNY), Grease (North Shore Music Theatre), How to Succeed… (TUTS). Big thanks to my family and friends for traveling in and to DGRW agency. BFA from The Boston Conservatory. For Mom. @BrittanyZein
BRITTANY ZEINSTRA* (Polly Baker) [she/her] is elated to make her Goodspeed debut! Theatre includes: Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Prom (OBC). National Tours: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco), The Little Mermaid. Regional: Mamma Mia! (The MUNY), Grease (North Shore Music Theatre), How to Succeed… (TUTS). Big thanks to my family and friends for traveling in and to DGRW agency. BFA from The Boston Conservatory. For Mom. @BrittanyZein
CLAIRE AVAKIAN* (Ensemble) is pleased to make her Goodspeed debut! Regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie, Broadway Rose Theatre), White Christmas (Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse), Young Frankenstein (The Muny), All Shook Up (The Muny). Endless love and gratitude to Cass, Nathan, Mom, and Dad. And a huge thank you to Paul Hardt and everyone at Goodspeed! www.claireavakian.com @letsbeclaire
CLAIRE AVAKIAN* (Ensemble) is pleased to make her Goodspeed debut! Regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie, Broadway Rose Theatre), White Christmas (Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse), Young Frankenstein (The Muny), All Shook Up (The Muny). Endless love and gratitude to Cass, Nathan, Mom, and Dad. And a huge thank you to Paul Hardt and everyone at Goodspeed! www.claireavakian.com @letsbeclaire
WILLIE CLYDE BEATON II*
(Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Goodspeed! Broadway: A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical. International: The Great Gatsby (Korea). Regional: White Christmas, Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway At Music Circus). 42nd Street (Goodspeed Musicals), Last of the Red Hot Mamas (Bucks County Playhouse), Beautiful - The Carole King Musical (Walnut Street Theatre), Holiday Inn (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), The Color Purple (Maine State Music Theatre), Sh-Boom! Life Could Be a Dream, Gypsy (The Wick Theatre). @williebeatonii
COLIN BRADBURY* (Ensemble)
Goodspeed debut! Broadway: BOOP!, Elf, Funny Girl, Carousel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Come Fly Away. National Tours: Hello, Dolly!; The Book of Mormon; A Chorus Line; White Christmas; 42nd Street. Other Favs: BOOP! (Pre-Broadway), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Bombshell: In Concert, The Jack Cole Project (World Premiere). Regional Theater: Gulfshore Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Houston TUTS, Pittsburgh CLO, Gateway Playhouse, McCarter Theater. TV/Film: Isn’t It Romantic?; Fosse/Verdon; Hail, Caesar!. Longest Running Production: Crazy For Brian
COURTNEY BRADY* (Ensemble)
Goodspeed Debut! Grateful to do C4U a third time (favorite show)! NYC Credits: Funny Girl (National Tour), Crazy For You (Broadway Revival Lab with Susan Stroman), The Producers (National Tour). Regional Credits at Paper Mill, North Shore, Riverside, Maltz Jupiter, and Fireside theatres. Dream roles played: Laurey in Oklahoma!, Mary in Mary Poppins, and Judy in White Christmas. Glory to God! Deepest gratitude to Paul Hardt, our incredible creative team, and my loving family and friends. @cocobrady
KAILEE
(Ensemble) is excited to make her Goodspeed debut! She is originally from Honolulu, HI, and is a graduate of Syracuse University’s BFA Musical Theatre program. Credits: White Christmas (Ogunquit Playhouse), Top Hat, Barnum, Jesus Christ Superstar (REV Theatre), Little Mermaid, Cinderella (Syracuse Stage), Candide, Pirates of Penzance (Glimmerglass Festival), Hawaii Five-0 (CBS). She is so grateful for the Goodspeed company, her agents, and her friends and family for their constant love and support. @kaileerbrandt
KATIE SCARLETT BRUNSON* (Ensemble) is over the moon to be making her Goodspeed debut! National Tours: Something Rotten! (Swing). Regional: Marriott Theatre, Weston Theatre Company, Riverside Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Reagle Music Theatre. TV: Law & Order: Organized Crimes (NBC). BFA from The Boston Conservatory. Gratitude to Kelli Barclay and the Crazy For You team. All my love to my family and friends!
SAMUEL COLINA* (Ensemble) Goodspeed debut! Selected credits: Broadway Backwards (Gerswhin Theatre), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC/50th Anniversary: A Chorus Line), Tales of Moana (World Premiere!/Disney Live Entertainment). Tours: An American in Paris (2nd National), A Chorus Line (Tokyo Tour), and South Pacific. Other Regional credits include: Neleus in Mary Poppins, Paul in A Chorus Line, and Pepper in Mamma Mia!. Other projects include singing backup vocals for Barry Manilow and Kristen Chenoweth. Learn more at: www.samuelcolina.com | @sammicolina
BRADLEY GIBBINS-KLEIN* (Ensemble) Credits include: Tootsie (Ensemble, u/s Max), Footloose (Ensemble), West Side Story (Diesel, Maine State Music Theatre), Young Frankenstein (Bay Street Theatre/Geva Theatre), The Little Mermaid (Ensemble, u/s Jetsam), When You Wish (Ensemble), The Sound of Music (Ensemble, Tuacahn Centre for the Arts), Grease (Ensemble, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line), Mary Poppins (Ensemble, International Tour), Mickey’s Christmas Big Band (Featured Tapper, Disneyland Paris), The Nutcracker (Young Ensemble, English National Ballet), The Snowman (The boy, West End).
KELLY GLEASON* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Goodspeed after serving as the Assistant Choreographer for White Christmas! National Tour: My Fair Lady, Chicago (Hunyak, u/s Roxie), 42nd Street. Favorite Regional: Holiday Inn, White Christmas (Paper Mill Playhouse), Catch Me If You Can (The REV), 42nd Street, Cinderella (North Shore Music Theatre), Singin’ in the Rain (Riverside & Theatre by the Sea). Pace U grad, Auburn MBA student. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Connor and Kelli B!
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
TAYLOR LANE* (Ensemble) is beyond grateful to return to Goodspeed after appearing in Randy Skinner’s 42nd Street! National Tours: Chicago (Velma Kelly), Jesus Christ Superstar. Select Regional: White Christmas (Rita, Ogunquit Playhouse), West Side Story (Velma, Marriott Theatre), A Chorus Line (Judy Turner, Porchlight Music Theatre), Paramount Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Main State Music Theatre. Infinite love and thanks to my family, friends, Take 3 Talent Agency, and everyone at Goodspeed—I’m crazy for you! @taylorroses www.taylorroselane.com
BRIAN SHIMASAKI LIEBSON* (Ensemble) Excited to be back! Goodspeed: 42nd Street. National Tours: Hamilton (& Peggy, Toronto), Miss Saigon (Swing), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (The Fox). Select Regional: Bull Durham (Paper Mill Playhouse), Flower Drum Song (East West Players), La Cage aux Folles, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (The Muny). Additional Credits: Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour Prom, 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, Radio City Music Hall, Kennedy Center, Philadelphia Orchestra. Proud BS in Robotic Engineering. IG: @LiebsonBounds
GRIFFIN WILKINS (Ensemble) is thrilled and honored to be making his Goodspeed debut! Regional: 42nd Street (Gateway Playhouse, The Lex), White Christmas (Ogunquit Playhouse), West Side Story (Mac Haydn Theatre), Bandstand, Top Hat (The Rev Theatre Co). Florida State University MT ‘23. Huge shoutout to the entire Avalon Artists Group team! Thank you so much to his amazing and supportive family, his beautiful girlfriend, and the Boston Celtics.
LEXI BALDACHINO (Swing) is so grateful to be making her Goodspeed debut! She was last seen as the swing/dance captain in the 1st National tour of Tootsie and then went on to be the associate choreographer of Tootsie in Tokyo, Japan. Other credits include Sister Act (The Muny), Tootsie (Ogunquit Playhouse), A Chorus Line, 42nd Street and West Side Story (Surflight Theatre). All my love to BWA, my family and amazing support system! @lexichino www.lexibaldachino.com
BRANDON J. MORRIS (Swing) is delighted to be returning to Goodspeed! He was last seen in Goodspeed’s production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Originally from North Kingstown, Rhode Island, he earned his BFA from George Mason University. White Christmas (Goodspeed Musicals), 42nd Street (The Gateway & Riverside Center), Mary Poppins (Broadway Palm), Xanadu (Workhouse Arts Center), The Perfect Christmas List (ETAP). brandonjmorris.com.
MICHAEL FLING (Director & Associate Artistic Director) is very humbled to be the Dr. Anne Rothstein & Jane Hellman Director for this production. His directing credits include Shakin’ the Blues Away (Goodspeed); The Great Emu War (Goodspeed Festival); My Friends (Theaterworks Hartford); To Free A Mockingbird (Edinburgh Fringe/ Soho Playhouse); Shrek the Musical and Mary Poppins (Craft Productions of Oklahoma); Kiss Me, Kate; My Fair Lady; Legally Blonde the Musical; Spring Awakening; Assassins (Hartt); West Side Story (Abilene Opera); Honk! (Webster). While he has directed at theatres across the country, he is proud to call Goodspeed his home—where in addition to producing, he oversees Goodspeed’s extensive New Works initiatives. Michael also hosts the popular musical theatre podcast Know the Show, holds a degree in Directing from The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, and is a proud member of SDC. For Grandma.
KELLI BARCLAY (Choreographer) is a celebrated NYC director and choreographer whose work spans Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, and international stages. Goodspeed: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; My One and Only; Hello, Dolly!; Damn Yankees; Anything Goes; The Will Rogers Follies; White Christmas. NYC: Jonathan Brielle’s Himself and Nora, Encores’ Pipe Dream, 20 Years of Encores, Camelot in Concert starring Jeremy Irons, The Oscar Hammerstein Awards featuring Carol Channing. Four Tony-nominated Broadway productions, including Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. International: 42nd Street (UK West End, getting to work with HRH Catherine, Princess of Wales), she was featured in the PBS Great Performances documentary 42nd Street: The Musical. Film: Made for Each Other. Original Work: Angels Among Us (featuring Reverend Alma Daniel, co-author of Ask Your Angels), Jonathan Brielle’s Monkey and Me starring Tovah Feldshuh. Teaching worldwide, including American Ballet Theatre’s NYC Dance Intensive. She has trained with the Mark Morris Dance Group to teach dance to people living with Parkinson’s Disease. Thank you for all for supporting Goodspeed and live theatre!
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
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, Ragtime, and A Chorus Line. Adam has served as Music Supervisor for Destination Broadway 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 A Chorus Line and 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 (Relentless, Primary Trust,Yoga Play, What the Constitution Means to Me), Lincoln Center (Carmen), The Alliance Theatre (Knead). TV Design: Saturday Night Live (production designer of the Film Unit, NBC), Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas (production designer, Showtime), Vir Das: Landing (production designer, Netflix). Ann was named as one of the 2026 Women to Watch on Broadway, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award recipient, and a Live Design/LDI 30 Under 30 award winner (2018). www.annbeyersdorfer.com
JOSEPH SHROPE (Costume Designer) is thrilled to return to Goodspeed after designing the costumes for A Chorus Line last season. 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 (TheatreWorks). 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 Com-
pany, Arizona Ballet Company, Martha Graham Dance Company and New York City Ballet. Love to Suman, Cherry and his parents for all the love and support. www.josephshrope.com
PAIGE SEBER (Lighting Designer) is a New York City-based lighting designer for live performance and is thrilled to be returning to Goodspeed after designing All Shook Up last season. Other credits include: Titanique (Broadway, West End, Off-Broadway, International), Starstruck (Bucks County Playhouse), Come From Away, Jersey Boys (Paper Mill Playhouse), Evita (The Muny), Dilaria (DR2), Fowl Play (AMT Theater), Is Anyone Alive Out There? (Minetta Lane), Blackbirding (WP Theater), Ready. Set. Play! (Virgin Voyages), Road Kills, Cunnicularii, Cityscrape (Good Apples Collective). Paige is a Corps member of the Good Apples Collective and a proud member of USA-829. You can also watch Paige and her wife Izzy compete on The Amazing Race season 38 on Paramount+. seberlighting.com.
JAY HILTON (Sound Designer) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals. Jay has designed countless productions at both The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre. In addition to being Goodspeed’s Resident Sound Designer, Jay serves as their Audio Supervisor and 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 (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut with Cookie and Macy.
MARY LEE (Wig, Hair, & Makeup Designer) is a New York-based hair, makeup, and wig designer and the 2025 recipient of the 1/52 Project Designer Grant. Trained in the UK for wig making and design and in New York and Los Angeles for hair design and makeup, she aims to redefine the beauty industry across TV/film, editorial, and theater—not only through her work, but through community, education, and mentorship. Her most recent credits include: Associate Wig Designer: Cats: The Jellicle Ball (Broadway). Associate Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer: Liberation (Broadway & Off-Broadway), Lights Out (NYTW), Bull Durham (Paper Mill Playhouse). She is thrilled to make her designer debut at Goodspeed!
RYAN O’CONNELL (Orchestrator) Goodspeed: A Christmas Story, Private Jones. Favorite credits: Loch Ness: A New Musical (The Rev, Adirondack Theatre Festival), Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Second Stage, Broadway HD), “Randy Rainbow for President” (by Marc Shaiman/Randy Rainbow), Housebroken (Fox), Sinatra 100 (CBS), Michael Bublé’s Christmas in Hollywood (NBC), The Elf on the Shelf’s Magical Holiday Journey (with Curtis Moore), Claudio Quest (Chance Theater). As composer/arranger/producer: Oga’s Cantina @ Galaxy’s Edge (Disneyland/Disney World), Dragons
(Dreamworks), Calgary Stampede, The Haunting of the Queen Mary (Vertical Ent.), Miss Foxhole 1975 (with Val Vigoda and Joe DiPietro), choral arrangements for Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard and Alfred. Ryan currently works as a music director and teaching artist at the Disneyland Resort. www.ryanomusic.com
DAVID KIDWELL (Associate Music Director) has been a keyboardist at Goodspeed Musicals since 2012 and was Associate Music Director for A Chorus Line in 2025. 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. davidkidwell.net
HARDT CASTING (Casting) is happy to continue working with Goodspeed Musicals for over 22 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) has dusted off the sand of Jerusalem (literally) and traded it for the calm winds of Deadrock. Happy to continue as we head into the beautiful CT summertime with this amazing show. Thank you all: Michael, Adam, Willy, Theresa and especially Niall. Who could ask for anything more.
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, Ragtime, and A Chorus Line 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!
THERESA STARK* (Assistant Stage Manager) Previously at Goodspeed: The Great Emu War and Jack. A resident of CT since 2001, some of her past credits include: Long Wharf Theatre, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Summer Theatre of New Canaan, TheaterWorks Hartford, The Ivoryton Playhouse, The New Paradigm Theatre, Hartford Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, Music Theatre of CT, Stamford Theatre Works, HartBeat Ensemble, Elm Shakespeare, Barrington Stage,
Fairfield Theatre Company, The Eugene O’Neill, Berkshire Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Yale Opera, The Quick Center and The Stamford Symphony. Theresa also works as a dog handler for William Berloni Theatrical Animals, Inc.
GEORGE GERSHWIN (Music & Lyrics) was born in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898, and began his musical training when he was 13. At 16, he quit high school to work as a “song plugger” for a music publisher, and soon he was writing songs himself. “Swanee,” as introduced by Al Jolson, brought George his first real fame and led to his writing a succession of 22 musical comedies, most with his older brother, Ira. The Gershwins’ shows include Lady, Be Good!; Oh, Kay!; Strike Up The Band; Girl Crazy; and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Of Thee I Sing. From his early career George had ambitions to compose serious music. These ambitions were realized in some of his masterpieces, among them “Rhapsody In Blue,” “Concerto In F,” “An American In Paris” and “Second Rhapsody.” In the late ‘20s George became fascinated by the DuBose Heyward novel Porgy, recognizing it as a perfect vehicle for opera using jazz and blues idioms. George’s folk opera Porgy and Bess opened in Boston on September 30, 1935, and had its Broadway premiere two weeks later. In 1937, George was at the height of his career. In Hollywood, working on the score of The Goldwyn Follies, he collapsed and on July 11 died of a brain tumor. He was not quite 39 years old.
IRA GERSHWIN (Music & Lyrics) Gershwin, the first songwriter to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize, was born in New York City on December 6, 1896. In 1917 The Evening Sun published his first song (“You May Throw All The Rice You Desire But Please, Friends, Throw No Shoes”). Four years later, Ira enjoyed his first major stage success, Two Little Girls in Blue, written with another Broadway newcomer, Vincent Youmans. In 1924 Ira and his brother George created the smash hit Lady, Be Good! and went on to continue their remarkable collaboration through a dozen major stage scores, producing such standards as “Fascinating Rhythm,” “The Man I Love,” “‘S Wonderful,” “Embraceable You,” “I Got Rhythm,” “But Not For Me” and others far too numerous to mention. During his long career, Ira also enjoyed productive collaborations with such songwriters as Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Kurt Weill, Burton Lane and Jerome Kern, with whom he created his greatest song hit of any one year, “Long Ago And Far Away.” Ira Gershwin died on August 17, 1983, in Beverly Hills, California.
KEN LUDWIG (Book) may well be the most performed playwright of his generation. He has had six productions on Broadway and eight in London’s West End. His 34 plays and musicals are staged around the world and throughout the United States every night of the year. They have been produced in over 20 languages in more than
30 countries, and many have become standards of the American repertoire. His first play, Lend Me a Tenor, won two Tony Awards and was called “one of the classic comedies of the 20th Century” by The Washington Post. Crazy For You was on Broadway for five years, on the West End for three, and won the Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Musical. It has been revived twice in London, most recently in 2023. His play Death on the Nile is currently on a 26-city tour of the UK and Ireland. His other plays include Moon Over Buffalo; Leading Ladies; Baskerville; Sherwood; Twentieth Century; Dear Jack, Dear Louise; A Fox on the Fairway; A Comedy of Tenors; The Game’s Afoot and Shakespeare in Hollywood. They have starred, among others, Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Tony Shalhoub, Joan Collins, Kristen Bell and Henry Goodman. For more information visit www.KenLudwig.com.
ENDLA BURROWS (Director of Production) brings three decades of creative management experience to her 4th season as Director of Production at Goodspeed. Previously, Endla was part of the Industrial Light and Magic leadership team that created visual effects for dozens of films, including Dragonheart, Mission Impossible, Magnolia, The Mummy, The Perfect Storm, and Pirates Of the Caribbean. As Director of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, she oversaw production for a diverse slate of projects, including The Producers, Where the WIld Things Are, Sid the Science Kid, Sesame Street 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, management consultant and writer.
DOMINICK J. PINTO (Production Manager) [he/ him] is in his third season as Production Manager. 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 MFA in Technical Design and Production from the Yale School of Drama and a BFA from Montclair State University.
GRETCHEN WRIGHT (General Manager) is in her third full season here at Goodspeed. Originally from San Diego, she previously held management and fundraising positions at Alliance Theater (Atlanta), Yale Repertory Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, and Court Theatre (Chicago). She obtained an MFA in Theater Management and an MBA from Yale University, and a BA in English and Theater Studies from Duke University. She lives “over the bridge” in Higganum with her husband, minister at Preston City Congregational Church, where they are raising their two young and energetic boys.
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 Executive 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. She is a lifelong advocate for community and education arts programs and is especially committed to building youth engagement in the arts. Most recently, Logan served as the Executive Director of Texas Ballet Theater (TBT). There, 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. As a former resident teaching artist for the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Vanessa authored and implemented several dance and academic syllabi serving 80 schools per year and 15,000 students. She has also served as the Executive Director of American Repertory Ballet, NJ; Chief of Staff of Boston Ballet, MA; Director of Education and Community of The Palace Theater, CT; and Administrative Director of CT Dance Theatre, CT. Vanessa has presented arts administration workshops and guest lectures at the University of Connecticut, Simmons College, Southern Methodist University, and The Juilliard
School. Vanessa attended The Juilliard School and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Movement Therapy from Goucher College, Maryland.
DONNA LYNN HILTON (Artistic Director)[she/ her] with Goodspeed since 1988 and in her 6th 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 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, A Complicated Woman, and last year’s The Great Emu War. 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 the Goodspeed stage this fall. 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 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.”
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MICHAEL FLING | DIRECTOR/ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Musical theatre and pure escapism have always gone hand in hand. With roots in operetta (a lighter form of opera), early musical comedies gained a reputation as being a medium for light, fun, frothy entertainment—AKA, escapism. This naturally boomed during the Great Depression, as people were willing to spend their hardearned money on the top premium ticket price of $3.00 to be distracted from the woes of the world.
Though he claims it is the hardest score he’s ever had to play, we’re in the best hands with Adam Souza as music director. The lush Gershwin melodies and remarkable dance arrangements (created by an unsung hero of the original production, Peter Howard) are right in Adam’s wheelhouse, and with a brand-new orchestration by Ryan O’Connell, your ears are in for a treat.
Arguably, the king of Broadway melodies at the time was George Gershwin. Renowned from his Tin Pan Alley days and earlier Broadway successes, Gershwin had his first hit of the decade with Girl Crazy—a show that featured Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman in their stage debuts.
Nearly 60 years later, Ken Ludwig, Mike Ockrent, Susan Stroman, and Paul Gemignani decided to revamp the title under the name Crazy For You. As a good-old-fashioned musical comedy, it was natural to keep its setting in the Depression era and give audiences a dose of the spectacle that the big British musicals of the 80s had nearly co-opted. But instead of a helicopter, a chandelier, a barricade, or a levitating tire being the main event, they decided to make dance the spectacle. They ditched most of the original plot and interpolated a plethora of other hits from the Gershwin catalogue, making a smash hit and earning a spot as one of the 20 longest-running musicals in Broadway history by the end of its run.
Ever since I arrived at Goodspeed, every season planning conversation starts with “Is this the year for Crazy For You?” Before I even knew I was going to direct our production, the first words out of my mouth were Kelli Barclay. I think it is safe to say that no choreographer has staged more show-stopping moments at the Opera House than Kelli. From shows like Anything Goes and Hello, Dolly! to “I Love A Piano” in last season’s White Christmas, no one creates a production number like Miss Tap-Ball-Change Barclay. Her imagination and creativity know no bounds and there is no one better to be crafting original choreography for this tap dance extravaganza.
We’ve assembled a cast that brings a fresh perspective and heart to what can easily become over-stylized, with some returning stars and a few first-timers who are sure to become new favorites.
At its heart, Crazy For You is a love letter to musicals—the power theatre has to bring people together and breathe life back into a community. As the design team and I created the world of the show, we agreed it was essential that we capture both the specificity and reality of the Depression and celebrate the great tradition of musicals. We took much inspiration from movie musicals—Broadway Melody of 1938 and 1940, Ziegfeld Follies, The Band Wagon, the film adaptation of Girl Crazy, even La La Land, to name a select few—and leaned into a color journey. New York is dominated by starker neutral tones, while Deadrock has a warmth and vibrancy to its entire palette. There are many Easter eggs throughout the production that pay tribute to the moments that made us all fall in love with musicals. I challenge you to see how many you can spot.
It does feel like the stars have aligned for the perfect time to do Crazy For You. At a moment when the world can feel heavy, this show reminds us why musical theatre endures. We all need some escapism. We all need a love letter to musical theatre. We all need Crazy For You at Goodspeed. And with this company of artists built specifically for our stage…I know I couldn’t ask for anything more in making my Opera House directorial debut. So put on your dancing shoes and watch your spirits climb!
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Francis G. Adams, Jr.
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Bruce Bentley
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John Holt
Mary Ellen Klinck
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Lawrence McHugh
Brushmill by the Waterfall (In-Kind)
Cohen’s Bagel Company (In-Kind)
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Hoffman Enterprises
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Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union
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Ann Houston
Susan Link
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Kristen Roberts
Dr. Anne Rothstein
Blair Russell
Karen Sherry
Joseph Smith
John Voege
Jef Wolter
Michael P. Price
Dona D. Young
Penco Corporation (As part of the Neighborhood Assistance Act)
Pfizer, Inc.
Sennheiser (In-Kind)
Stonington Vineyards
The Suzio-York Hill Companies (As part of the Neighborhood Assistance Act)
United Airlines (In-Kind)
The Albert B Glassenberg Fund
The Burry Fredrik Foundation
Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
Elizabeth Carse Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
David A. Fechtor and Kendra J. Dowd
The Frank Young Fund for New Musicals, a Program of National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Ion Bank Foundation
The Johnny Mercer Foundation
The Max Showalter Foundation
The Norma Terris/Albert D. Firestone Foundation
The Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation
SBM Charitable Foundation
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
Virtus Investment Partners
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.
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.
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Dolores L. Andrew
Fran Armstrong
Mrs. Alice C. Belden
Susan Brinkman
Maureen Brouillard
Anne Sullivan Calanquin
Frank and Amy Campbell
Bertie Chuong
Don Church
Dr. Amy L. Crockett
Rochelle Dauenheimer
Elizabeth M. Davidson-Wright
Ruth Ann C. Davis
Mary Jane Dunn
The Trudi Epstein Charitable Gift Annuity
Charles and Ellen Ericson
Anne S. Evans
Muriel and Karl Fleischmann
Lea and Richard Goodman
William F. Gratz
Mrs. Harry J. Gray
A. Nicholas Groth, Ph.D.
Mr. Andrew Isen
Dr. David and Mrs. Marcia
Kalayjian
Lynde and Michael Karin
Ms. Susan Kelly
Mr. Will Kenny
Nancy Kline and James Trail
Nancy Kobylarz
Dick and Hazel Koszyca
Karl Henry Kulisch
Sonya M. Mangan
Andrew and Bonnie McKirdy
Mary Miko
Lynne Nathan
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 Strickhart
Carl Thompson
Mark and Roberta Velez
Victoria Wagner
Linda Wanosky
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.
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Carol H. Adams
The Adrienne I. Koch Revocable Trust
Cynthia Kellogg Barrington
Michele Trudel Baumann
David A. Belden
Leonard N. Blake
William C. Blatchley
Virginia Bodin
Julie Ann Buchanan
Leon Hugh Calanquin
Edward and Ruth Cape
Sally D. Carrier
Dr. Jack Chuong
Timothy J. Clutter
Stephen B. Crowley, III
Sheila Tomlinson
The Edith O. Haynes Memorial Fund
Fellner Family Foundation
Dr. and Mrs. Brendan Fox
Dr David F. Frankel and Mrs.
Linda Frankel
Gordon Cobleigh
Norwick and Elizabeth Goodspeed
Judith Halevi
Henry Sage Goodwin Memorial Fund
Martha C. Hinkel
Christine N. Hunihan
Marjorie W. Jolidon
Robert D. Jones
Harvey and Ruth Katz
Richard and Elizabeth Kehoe
William J. Kotchen Memorial Fund
Helen Krieble
Dolores F. Lammers-Padwater
Angela Lepore
Dorothy A. Liepertz
Joanne M. MacDonald
Carmela Marzano
Constance Wolcott Mason
Alice Hammerstein Mathias
Evan S. McCord, Jr.
Henry “Buzz” Merritt
The Milon Barnes Memorial Fund
Peter Johnson Musto
Robert F. Neal
Carolyn G. Nelson
The Patricia Emons Revocable Trust
Miriam “Lyn” Perrin
The Estate of Miriam Ragsdale
Rochelle Richilson
Sali G. Riege
Barbara V. Ross
Edward A. Rousseau
Dr. Gerald Sandler
Marco S. Savona
Susan Scherer
Richard Schneller
Joan H. Scranton
Martha Shattuck
John F. Single, III
Natalie Tenney
Jessica Waldman Thompson
Mark A. Wainger
Jerold Wanosky
Christopher Weed
Katharine S. Winter
Symond Yavener
These funds and endowments listed below were established during lifetime, by bequest, or in memoriam with an outright gift to Goodspeed Musicals.*
The A. Nicholas Groth, Ph.D. Charitable Gift Annuity*
The Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Fund for the Support of the Music Department
The Ashton M. Tenney, Jr. Memorial Fund
The C. William Stamm Charitable Gift Annuity*
The Carol L. Sirot Family Endowment Fund
The Charles R. Lindberg Family Fund
The Charlotte & Gerald Sandler Educational Endowment
The Dr. & Mrs. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Memorial Fund
The Dr. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Memorial Fund
The Elaine McKirdy Endowment for Career Development in Theatre
The Frederick A. & Justine Millspaugh Catlin Family Fund
The George S. & Charmian A. Goodspeed Memorial Fund
The Jerome & Marian Silverstein Endowment Fund
The Jessica Waldman Thompson Endowment in Support of The Festival of New Musicals
The Lucille Lortel Fund
The Maryann & Jane E. Ondovcsik Fund for the Preservation of the Victorian Goodspeed Opera House
The Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre
The Michael P. Price Endowment Fund at Goodspeed Musicals
The Nancy Kline and James Trail Charitable Gift Annuities*
The Richard V. Proffitt and Grace B. Proffitt Fund for the Development of New Musicals
The Rochelle Dauenheimer Charitable Gift Annuity*
The Salvatore Marzano, Jr. Endowment in Support of the Music Department
The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre Fund
The Seymour Family Fund
The Trudi Epstein Charitable Gift Annuity
The Zachs Family Endowment
*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.
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+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 2026 season as of May 7, 2026. View full Member List
($50,000+)
Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman
($25,000 - $49,999)
Frank and Amy Campbell+
Hila and Saul Rosen
Mable and Richard Seymour
($10,000 - $24,999)
Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello
Sue Frost and Dan Renn
Ms. Mary Gaskell Cobleigh+
Susan F. Gonsalves
($7,500 - $9,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Feldman
Chuck and Elena Foster
Ann and John Houston
Ms. Jean Selden Greene
Ted and Kiki Kennedy
Frank and Elisabet Landrey
Marjorie E. Morrissey
Pfizer, Inc.+
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Pilarczyk
Jennifer and Wayne Schulz
Millie and Marty Shapiro+
James and Penelope Sherrard
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE MEMBERS
($2,500 - $7,499)
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Francis G. Adams, Jr.
Judith W. Adams
Dolores L. Andrew+
Billie Anker
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Arborio
Sherri and Scott Baggett
Susan and Bruce Baiter
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bartner
David and Bonnie Beaulieu
Jeff Riley and Mary M. Wilson
Ms. Sally Speer
Leonardo H. Suzio
John Voege and Geoffrey Paul
Russell Tait and Lee Anderson
Ms. Virginia Wydler
Philip and Phyllis Benoit
Mr. Bruce Bentley
Denise Bernardo and Edwin Muentes
Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns
Ron Blaylock and Petra Pope
Jordan and Rebecca Boss
Kenneth and Judith Boudreau
Maureen Brouillard+
Jennifer Brown and Ian Ayres
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+
Lance and Rebecca Darcy
Barbara and George Delmhorst
Betsy and Rich Didan
Judith Duran
Eileen and Helen Ede
Fiona A. Egan
Betsy Eichholz and Karen Scopino
Bill and Denice Feeley
Amanda Finnerty and Alex Levere*
David and Patricia Fisher+
Lynne and Richard Fletcher
Victor Vroom and Julia Ann Francis
Maureen and Bernie Gillis
Bill Gilman
William J. Ginnetti, Sr.
Robert and Francine Goldfarb+
Karen and Ron Goodspeed
Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Gossner
Pamela and John Griffin
Ron and Nina Harris
Karen and Chuck Hastings*
($1,500 - $2,499)
Anonymous (5)
Beverly Buckner Baker
Bart and Kathyrn Guthrie
Jean L. Bartlett
Claudia and Bruce Belden
Mrs. Alice C. Belden+
Bruce Betancourt and Steven Hernandez*
Craig and Annette Bolt
William and Janet Brownstein
Richard Bruno
Anne Sullivan Calanquin
Robert and Melissa Carlson
Robin Chasse
Maureen R. Connolly
Terri and Don Coustan
Mr. and Mrs. Dean P. Cyr
Joseph D’Ascanio
Mr. Robert N. Davie and Ms. Anne E. MacLeod
Ruth Ann C. Davis+
Catherine and Jeff Denmeade*
Jim and Joyce Dowling
Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin
($1,000 - $1,499)
Anonymous (4)
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Antaya
Mr. Michael Arseneault
Mr. and Mrs. David N. Barry
Robert Bausmith and Jill Peters-Gee
MD
Charles Bennett
Don and Frank Bowen-Homets
Laurie and Wallis Boyd
Community Foundation of Middlesex County Alison and Stephen Brinkmann Family Fund
Sylvia and Dennis Heffley
Claudette and Ned Hickey
Jeffrey and Nancy Hoffman
Patricia A. Holmes
Mr. John Holt
Thirza D. Hyatt
Penfield and Teresa Jarvis
Shea and Scott Jezek
Peter and Linda Jokl and Elisabeth D’Albero
Elizabeth Gianesello Judd
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Link
Vanessa Logan
Peter Luchini
Jon Lukomnik and Lynn Davidson
Emanuel and Irene Makiaris
Jennifer Alexander and Mark Masselli
Tony, Chelsea and Amanda Michaud
Ms. Dorothy Millen
Ami Montstream
Randall and Bonnie Murphy
Regina M. Neal
Jane E. Ondovcsik
Eric Ort and Duff Ashmead
Ivan Otterness
Jane Porterfield and Gerry Pastor
Rolf C. Peterson
Diane and Guido Petra
Michael G. Polo
Wallace Pringle and Lucinda Kindred
James Pyne and Marlene Tompkins
Mary Jane Dunn
Elyse and Steven Feltman
Gloria and Bob Gery
Richard and Monika Gibbons
Charitable Account
Walter Gillette and Saundra Cope
Mrs. Sara Goldfarb
Lorelei and Neal Goldstein
Michael and Joan Gordon
Ray Grasso
William Gratz and James Bruno
Robert and Catharine Haff
Constance Henshaw
Barbara and Gerald Hess
Prudence Hoffman+
Sharon and David Jepson
Robert Kessler
Dick and Hazel Koszyca
Abbey Miller Kreinik
Linda Lianos in memory of Jim Lianos
Barb and Cliff Libby
Peter and Rosemary Lombardo
Sonya Morton Mangan
Andrew and Bonnie McKirdy+
Nadine and Robert Britton, III
Ruth and Stearns Bryant
Frank and Shari Bugaj*
Peter and Sally Burgess
James S. and Heidi L. Bzdyra
Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Kathleen and Mark Ciliano
Stacy Cohen
James Conner
Terri and Cosmo Corigliano
Steven and Debra Daren
Nancy J. Ramseyer and Shayla Ramseyer Adams
Toni Robinson and Michael Plouf
Mitchell P and Lorraine Rochefort
Mr. Neil Ruenzel
Meg Sakellarides and Scott Mokoski
Linda R. Savitsky and Alvin G. Wolfgram+
Debbie and Bill Selski
Alicia and Thomas Settle
Mrs. Frances Seymour+
Karen Sherry and Jack Dolan
David Shimchick
Roz and Peter Shoemaker
Donna and Bill Stamm
Larry Starr
Brenda J. Sullivan+
Maureen Sullivan and Jack Siggins
Maria Mason and William Sybalsky
Judy B. Taylor
Donald and Sharyn Timmerman
Theresa Tuthill and Dave Eder*
Meryl and Rick Waldman
Carol A. Wiggins+
Sybil Williams
RADM. Louise C. Wilmot USN (Ret.) and James E. Wilmot
Jean M. Wiseman
Jef and Kate Wolter
Suzanne E. Zajac and Cliff A. Birdsey
Arthur Zieky and Bill Witkowsky
The Michael Stewart Foundation
Richard Minton
Joe Molder
Mr. and Mrs. Leamon E. Moore, Jr.
David and Janice Ogden
Bill and Barbara Pattison
Joan and Craig Phillips
Judith Puchalski
Steve Rabb and Rena Citron
Pamela and Dean Richlin
Mr. William Riley and Dr. Susan Forster
Dr. Craig and Pietrina Saxton
Thomas Schwenke
The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts
Fred and Barbara Sette+
Edward and Sandra Sharr
Stan Shaw and Barbara Rhein
Jon and Cleo Sonneborn
Gerald and Katherine Tullai
Arthur E. Webster, Esq.
Leslie and Richard Weinstein
Thomas and Carolyn Doherty
Ms. Marialina Dominguez and Ms. Janice Poloso
Wilma C. Donaldson
Lisa Durland and Jonathan Cowles
Theodore Earl
Susan S. Egan
Vera J. Ehnen
Victoria Engelhardt
Mr and Mrs Mark Evans*
Richard B and Amy D Fechtor
Lauralee and Searle Field+
Debra and Bruce Fischman
Michael E. Foley
Michael and Shirley Freda, In memory of Jim Lianos)
Sandra Gardinier
Jennifer and Ken Geisler
Karen Gersten and Scott Birrell
Serena Gillespie*
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Gonci
Dr. Lawrence Goodman and Ms. Denise Cologne
Laura and Roger Goodspeed+
William Gorton*
Bill and Sandie Greene
Kathryn Gregory
Anne and Allen Greiner+
Anita Griffith and Robert Parrott
Margaret Haggerty in memory of John Haggerty
Sue Hessel and Karen Dahle
Donna Lynn and Jay Hilton
Leslie Hyatt
James and Isabel Jackson+
Barbara Jacobsen+
Eric M. Janney
Dudley and Carole Johnson
Lynde and Michael Karin
Louise Kelly
Ms. Susan Kelly
Sallie Kemp
Michael J. Klingensmith and Ruth A. Shields
Kathleen Kruger
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kuziak
Catherine Ladnier and Mickey
($500 - $999)
Anonymous (14)
Ms. Pamela Aey Adams
Inta and Taggart Adams+
Marilyn M. Alfeld
Tim and Gayle Anderson
Bette and Bruce Avery
Dee Bailey
Marianne and David Baril
Shelley and Michael Barker+
Cynthia Bates and Jonathan Russell
Chris and Abby Beale
Benanav Family Foundation+
Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Bennett
Mr. Frank Bent
Randee and Martin Berliner
Merle Bernstein+
Jon and Kaycee Blancaflor
Gustaf Bodin+
Timothy and Doreen Bottone
Shaun Boughton
George Bouthet
Steve Braciak
Liliane T. Braman+
Dr. Irwin M. Braverman+
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bravo
Alice C. Brennan
Steve and Joanna Brooks
James and Victoria Bruni
Bert and Laura Bunnell
Paul H. Burnham and Karen A. Birck
Ned and Christine Burt
Helen Babcock and Tom Buttacavoli
Mark Cabaniss
Anne E. Caluori
Jean Capano
John T. Cardone, MD and Kimberly A.
Cardone
Dr Lee Carpenter
Don and Kathy Carten
Lori and Michael Cartwright
Kim and Kevin Castleberry
Robinson
Rita A. Landino, Ph.D.
Jonathan Lewis
Koen and Pat Loeven
Thomas Lombardi
David MacLelland and Sharon Curran
Dave and Judith Macri
Sharon Malone
Nancy Walton Marikar
John Markel
John and Amy McCauley
Patrick and Sharon McHale
Mary Miko and Joseph Migliaro
Regina and Don Miller
Wayne and Susan Mountz
Kevin Murphy and Laura Galgowski
Matthew and Alexandra Murray*
Norman Needleman and Jacqueline
Hubbard
Ms. Robyn Newhouse
John and Pat Nyikos
Mary O’Brien
Jeffrey Ogilvie in memory of Lisa Ann Ogilvie
Nancy and Peter Olsen
Elpiniki Papalambros
Edwin and Claire Payne
Laurie and Wayne Pipke
Dr. Mary Lee Porterfield
Laurie West Prichard and Paul Prichard
Ms. Kristen Roberts*
Anja Rosenberg
Joan and Dennis Rusconi
Jan and Bill Salvatore
Samuel H. Chorches+
Emily Williams and Leeland Cole-Chu
Carol Corliss
Michael and Karen Cormier
Ms. Robin Cournoyer and Mr. Anthony Cournoyer
Sally and Tom Crawford
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Crocker
Ted and Rebecca Crosby
Joel T. Curmeal
Maureen E. Dalton
Donald and Michele D’Amour
F. Mitchell Dana
Joyce Davis
Michelle and Harcourt Davis
Day Family Foundation
Kevin and Corrie Dean
Joseph and Susan DeLaurentis
Cathleen and John Denault
Caryn Neff and Mark Dickinson
William and Kathryn DiCristofaro
Jonathan and Michelle Doty
Tom and Nancy Downie
Bonnie and Friends
Germaine and Raymond Drennen
Jon and Jenna Driscoll
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Duffek
Nancy and Dr. Spencer Erman
Anne S. Evans
Mrs. Rose-Marie Evans
David A. Fechtor and Kendra J. Dowd
Korine and Ronald Ferraro
Nancy Fitzgibbon and Tony Mastroianni
Stephen and Susan Forbes
Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Fridkin+
Carole Fromer+
Helen Gallivan
Ray and Barbara Galloway
John and Sherri Gamm
Brenda and Joe Garrison+
Mary T. Sargent
Kathleen Sauer
Alison V. Scherer
Mark and Kathy Schiller
Mr. Marc Schnitzer
Andrew Seddon and Kathy Smith
Bill and Ellen Seeman
Paul Serenbetz
Anthony and Lorraine Shetensky
Bert Silverberg
Helen Sly
Stuart and Arline Small+
Mr. Harold S. Spitzer and Mr. Thomas A. Martin+
Mrs. Stacy Stanton
Peter and Margery Stehman
Margaret Strange and Rich Croce
Dr. and Mrs. S. Russell Sylvester, Jr.+
The Szafarek family
Charleen and James Taylor
Mr. William E. Thiele
Carl Thompson
Gay and Kerry John Tomasevich*
Pam Townsend Lucien Lefevre
Diane Wahlberg
Jim and Lois Wills
Rory Wilson+
Mr. Richard Winkler
Victoria Winterer+
Lauren Yarger
Penny and William Young
Pat and Frank Zak
Heather and Robert Zavod+
Martha Zornow
Joe and Cindy Goldberg
Robert and Lyndle Gradoville+
William and Luanne Griswold
Alexander J. Grodski and Susan Everett
Mark and Julie Haight
John and Joanna Hamby+
Martha and Chris Henney
Ms. Margaret Howard
Dick and Beverly Hughes
Michael and Joanne Humen
Timothy Hunter
Margie and Richard Huoppi
Michaele D. Imbrogno
Louis Blumenfeld and Jacqueline Isaacson
The Jacobson Family
Norm and Kathy Jacques
Susan Jobson
Alexandra Johnson
Mark and Jill Johnson
Burton and Sharon Johnson
Ms. Linda Jones
Michael and Yvonne Joy
Marie Joyner
David and H. B. Kaplan
Frank and Brenda Karsmarski
James and Mary Kelley
Steven Kelley
Will Kenny and Jacob Schmalz
Charles and Gretchen Kingsley
Chet and Suzanne Kitchings+
Ian and Jennifer Kleinhen
Pam and Gary Knowles
Stuart and Sheryl Kopel
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kosto
James Kovacs
John A. Krawski
Scott and Jennifer Kreamer*
Diane and Stanley Krieg
W. Jay and Paula Krompinger
Karl Henry Kulisch
Tad and Vicki Kuziak
Lisa Labenski
Tom and Dr. Donna Brandeis LaGanga
Mr. Joseph Lang
Norine Lescoe+
Donna and Sid Levine
Peter and Susan Licht
Mike and Joan Litwinski
Ray and Bobbi Lombra
Don and Judy Lorusso
Alberto Lozano
Nancy and Merrill Mack
Mary Anne Maher
Tom and Kelly Maher
Stephen A. Marcarelli
Richard and Joyce Mason
Mari Mazzotta
Beverly and Barry McCabe
Andrew Mccown*
Dan McMahon and Joe Rhodes
Arthur and Jacquie Mocabee
Patricia and John Mooney
Mr. John F. Moore and Christine Schell
Michael and Marie Moore
Michael Moses
Mr. Daniel J. Moulton and Ms. Barbara Joyce+
Joanne and Andrew Myer
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Nahorney
Marianne Neill
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Nelson
Ken and Susie Ng
Dr. and Mrs. G. C. O’Connell
Joan and Dennis Overfield
Tom and Mary Palilonis
Ron and Carla Pariser
Jim and Arlene Parsons
Frances and William Patsiga
Amanda and Kirk Pekrul*
Theodore and Catherine Perrill
Wendy Peterson
William J. Petzold, Jr.
John Phelan and Cibel Castillo
Mrs. Samuel D. Pierson
Ms. Joann Pillar
Mrs. Lynn Pollack
Rev. and Mrs. Marston Price
Jim and Karin Pyskaty
Daniel S. Hansen and David D. J. Rau
Anthony J. Raucci
Bruce Raulukaitis and Denyse
Reynolds
Edward C. Raymond
Lonnie Reed
David M. and Jeanne J.Reed
John and Jennifer Reeve
Jeff Reynholds
Nancy and Nicholas Robert
Alix Rokita+
Thomas and Anne Roy CPA
Barbara Rubin
Sheila Connors Rubitz
Stephen Russo
Jane Safer
Robert and Susan Satterlee
Starr Sayres+
Mike Sbado and John Myung
Shirley F. Scholder
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schwartz+
Kate and Steve Sigmon
Susan and Parker Simonds
Robert Gallucci and Jennifer Sims
Barbara Sivigny
Caroline F. Sloat
Brian T. and H. Jean Smith
Laurie Smith
Rob R. Smith
Susanna Smith
Ms. Penny Smyth
Dr. and Mrs. David Snyderman
Dieter and Veronica Soell
Larry and Mary Ellen St. John
William Stack
Mr. and Mrs. Chris M. Steele
Mr. Eric Steinmetz
Deborah Zeffiro Stevens
Susan Stone and Roger Levine
Lisa and J Bruce Sussman
Kathy and Jerry Swope
Valerie Taff
Dr. Priya Tandon and Dr. Michael Rajkumar
Mrs. Amanda Taylor
David and Joanne Tellerico
Karin Thelin
Brian and Anne Thibeault
Lida Tingley
Ms. Rachel J. Tischler and Mr. Owen Freeman-Daniels*
Russ and Sandi Tolles
Raymond Tracy*
Patricia Trimble
Karen and Mark Trojanowski
Richard and Jessica Tyrol
Peter A. Van Hagen
Margaret Saxe
Robert and Virginia Vocelli+
Sherri and Clifford Voege
Dr. William and Melinda Walsh
Carol and Gary Warner
Michael and Ellen Wasyl
Bob and Roz Weinstein
Dennis and Joan Welch, The Wheatmarket
Walter and Elizabeth Welsh
Carlisle Wildeman
Lynn Wilkinson and Jim Heym
E. Marie Wilson
Mary Lynn Windsor
Helen Wu Wong and David Kravet
Ken Woodward and Melissa Woodward
Bill and Heidi Wrang
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yudkin
Rob Rimmer and Joann Zamparo*
Eric and Ann Zipkin
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.
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 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 Rebekah Moses at 860-615-0365 or rmoses@goodspeed.org.
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 info@goodspeed.org.
LEADERSHIP
Donna Lynn Hilton Artistic Director
Vanessa Logan Managing Director
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
Angel Welter Executive Assistant
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Tyler Garstka Company Manager
Sara Gorelkin Assistant Company Manager
Darylin LaCroix Company Management Associate
DEVELOPMENT
Frank Stilwagner Director of Development
Will Kenny Individual Giving & Civic Relations Officer
Rebekah Moses Membership & Annual Fund Manager
Amanda Stern Events & Corporate Relations Manager
Lori A. Cartwright Database Administrator
Mattie E. Hinckley .......................... Development Associate
Diana Silver Grant Strategies, LLC Grants Management
EDUCATION
Nick Palazzo ................Education & Engagement Manager
FACILITIES
Tim Garland Director of Facilities
Dana Gibson ................................................. Office Assistant
Robert Cubeta, Niall McGovern Facilities
Jani-King .................................................. Custodial Services
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
Rachel Crockett, Kathryn Lees, Beryl W. Thorpe House Managers
Susan Arnold, Allison Harris, Mary Murphy Assistant House Managers
Bob Bennett, Joe Kaminski, Paula Moriarty, Erik Palen, Sydney Smirnow ..... Bartenders
Linda Camden, Judy O’Mara Gift Shop
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
TECHNOLOGY
JKS Systems Systems Administrator
TICKETING
Lauren Camden Box Office Manager
Catherine Ematrudo Group Sales Manager
Morgan Dumark-McNamee ........... Box Office Performance Supervisor
Hannah Stein ...................................... Box Office Supervisor
Wayne Rollins Box Office Supervisor on Duty
Liam Welsh Member Services Associate
Jill Britton, Naomi Corso, Nicki Cuneo, Destiny Mea, Alice Pond, Sydney Sioch Box Office Reps
Smart, Strategic Marketing for the Arts ........... Direct Sales
Endla Burrows Director of Production
Dominick J. Pinto ................................. Production Manager
Myjoycia Cezar Assistant Production Manager
Shamus Bonner ...........Production Management Assistant
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
Danny Dominguez Costume Assistant/Swing
Erin Stumm, Matthew Torbett, Alexander Zeek Drapers
Olivya DeLuca, Courtney Skeens First Hands
Danielle Robinson ..................................................... Stitcher
Tabitha Thompson Stitcher/Swing
John Riccucci ...................................... Wardrobe Supervisor
Aneesa Aviles, Holly McMullen Dressers
Mia Thomas Lead Wig & Hair Stylist
Michael Byrd Wig & Hair Stylist
LIGHTING
Christopher Lubik Interim Lighting Supervisor
Mia Moore Lighting Supervisor
Karan Gosai Head Electrician
Hannah Elise Brown, Margaret Leupold Electricians
PROPS
Ryann D. Lee Props Manager
Troy A. Junker Lead Props Artisan
Katie Owen Props Artisan
Ann Aldrich Props Carpenter
Ashlin Penn Props Run Crew Head
Shawna Martine Props Run Crew
SCENERY
Matteo Lanzarotta Technical Director
Cian Jaspar Freeman Assistant Technical Director
Emily Guercia Draftsperson
Alec Westmoreland Shop Foreman
Kyle Carson, Emily Gulley
Josh Murphy Staff Carpenters
Casey Burke-Ruhl, Nate Kerr Carpenter/Stagehand Swings
Daniel Haussler ......................................... Stage Supervisor
Mackenzie Saverance, Olivia Tortorella, Mary Zaengle Stagehands
SCENIC ARTISTS
Carla Tiezzi Charge Scenic Artist
Miranda Harkins Lead Scenic Artist
April Chateauneuf Senior Scenic Artist
Rachel Carlson, Ashley Donnert Staff Scenic Artists
SOUND
Jay Hilton Audio Supervisor
Nicholas Peretti Production Audio Engineer
Tesla Lowrey ................................. Assistant Audio Engineer
Kenzie Uptergrove Audio Assistant
FOR THIS PRODUCTION
Kelly Gleason Assistant Choreographer
Gabriela Nuñez .......................... Associate Scenic Designer
Samantha Weiser Assistant Lighting Designer
Abbey Maruyama.................. Assistant Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer
Kevin Bolt, Casey Vaughan Carpenters
Carole D’Agostino, Sam Martin Stitchers
Julia Thelen, Julia Janssen, Mix Rudolph Electricians
Jacob Boisvert, Nick Moran Audio Technicians
Anna Brewster, Evan Johnson, Grace Linzner, Sarah Busick .......................... Scenic Artists
Charismatico, Siam Costumes, John Cowles, Hakky’s Shoe Repair, Juliann Kroboth, Anna Light, Christopher M. Schramm Costume Fabrication
Matthew Meckes Copyist
James Carter Pianos Piano Technician
Billy Mitchell Show Logo Design
Sarah Kayser ................................Program Editor/Designer
Riverhouse
OCT 10 – 21
Join us abroad for an exciting trip to London and Paris this fall! Goodspeed’s Artistic Director Donna Lynn Hilton, Managing Director Vanessa Logan, and staff will lead you on a journey to see some of Europe’s most famous sites and best theatrical experiences. This 12-day fundraising tour includes:
• Tickets to the West End’s most sought-after shows
• A tour of and performance at the opulent Paris Opera House
• Stay at the 5-star Kimpton Fitzroy (London) and 4-star Hotel Indigo (Paris)
• See shows, go on group tours, and enjoy free time to explore on your own
Help support Goodspeed and spend time with your fellow theatregoers!
