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Join us for two more new musicals!

THE GOODSPEED • AUG 23 - OCT 20

A Scottish mother’s unbreakable love for her sons is tested in the U.S. premiere of a soul-stirring new musical about family bonds, changing times and music of the heart.

THE TERRIS THEATRE • SEPT 27 - OCT 20 Through a powerful blend of humor, heart and indie rock music, you’ll be taken on a journey that captures the essence of love and realities of early parenthood.

Tickets at goodspeed.org

A Non-Profit Arts Organization

DONNA LYNN HILTON

DAVID B. BYRD

Artistic Director

Managing Director

presents

Book & Lyrics by

DARKO TRESNJAK Music by

ORAN ELDOR With

ALEX DRESCHKE ALI EWOLDT LUBA MASON JAMISON STERN Costume Design by

Scenic Design by

Sound Design by

JAY HILTON

Casting by

Hair, Wig & Makeup Design by

Director of Production

ENDLA BURROWS

PHILIP ROSENBERG

Fight Choreographer

TOM WATSON

HARDT CASTING

Lighting Design by

JEN CAPRIO

ALEXANDER DODGE

Puppet Design and Fabrication

SIMPLE MISCHIEF STUDIO

Production Manager

DOMINICK PINTO

Orchestrations by

ROCÍO MENDEZ

DOUG BESTERMAN

Production Stage Manager

PAMELA REMLER

Line Producer

STEPHEN AGOSTO

General Manager

GRETCHEN WRIGHT

Music Direction by

IAN AXNESS

Choreographed by

KARLA PUNO GARCIA Directed by

DARKO TRESNJAK First Performance: July 19, 2024 at The Terris Theatre Founding Director

MICHAEL P. PRICE Season Sponsors

The Norma Terris/Albert D. Firestone Foundation In-Kind Season Sponsors

Marquee Producing Partners:

DR. ANNE ROTHSTEIN & MS. JANE HELLMAN • FIONA EGAN • RICH CERSOSIMO & VALERIE KOIF

CAST OF CHARACTERS Helene Huber .............................................................................................................. LUBA MASON Charlotte St. Clair ...........................................................................................................ALI EWOLDT Schroeder Studebaker, Persimmon De Vol, Misha, Grisha ................................. JAMISON STERN Helene II, Body Double ......................................................................................... ALEX DRESCHKE ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER MIKAYLA BETTNER DANCE & FIGHT CAPTAIN ALEX DRESCHKE MUSICIANS Keyboard/Conductor IAN AXNESS; Cello JACOB NORDLINGER; Reed ANDREW STUDENSKI; Violin MARTHA KAYSER MUSICIAN ALTERNATE Reed HARRY KLIEWE; Cello SANGA YOON MUSIC ASSISTANT GIDEON TEMPLE Covid Safety Officer KRISTAN McLAUGHLIN

SCENES & SONGS Time: Recentish.

Place: The Huber Family Mansion, Rome & “The Jewel of the Sea” Ocean Liner.

ACT ONE Scene 1, The Huber Family Mansion, Rome The Widow’s Lament............................................................................................ Helene Das Puppenspiel ...........................................................................................Studebaker The Willow Song ................................................................................................Charlotte Dear Charlotte .....................................................................................Helene, Charlotte Scene 2, The Moonlight Lounge on “The Jewel of the Sea” The Skankey Meringue ........................................................................ Misha, Charlotte Scene 3, The Sunset Lounge on “The Jewel of the Sea” The Skankey Meringue (Reprise) ......................................................................... Grisha A Piece of Cake ..................................................Helene, Charlotte, Persimmon De Vol

ACT TWO Scene 1, The Poseidon Suite on “The Jewel of the Sea” Peekaboo Polka.............................................................................................Studebaker March Militaire ............................................................................ Charlotte, Studebaker The Pleasure of Your Company ........................................................................... Helene Grisha’s Lullaby ..................................................................................................... Grisha Ask for the Moon ........................................................... Studebaker, Charlotte, Helene Carpathian Idol .......................................................................................................Misha Scene 2, The Huber Family Mansion, Rome Finale ..................................................................Helene, Charlotte, Persimmon De Vol

WHO’S WHO ALI EWOLDT* (Charlotte St. Clair) has appeared on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera (Christine), Les Misérables (Cosette), and The King and I. Other credits include: The Fantasticks Off-Broadway (Luisa), She Loves Me (Amalia, Signature, Helen Hayes nomination), Great Comet… (Natasha, PTC), Gold Mountain (Mei, Utah Shakes), Secret Garden (Rose, CTG), Chicago (Mary Sunshine, The Muny), Guys and Dolls (Sarah, Sacramento Music Circus). Concert work includes: NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kaohsiung Symphony and The Boston Pops. Ali has a BA in psychology from Yale University and is a proud Filipina American. Love to her parents and husband Mat. @aliewoldt LUBA MASON* (Helene Huber) has starred in 9 Broadway shows: Girl from the North Country (Lucille Lortel nomination), Chicago, Jekyll & Hyde, How to Succeed… (first revival), The Capeman, Sid Caesar & Company, Sunset Blvd., The Will Rogers Follies and Late Nite Comic.

Off Broadway: Los Otros, Pretty Filthy (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominations), Unexpected Joy. Film: Tonya Pinkins’ Red Pill. TV Guest-stars: The Walking Dead/The Ones Who Live, Person of Interest, Forever and Law & Order. Luba has released 4 critically-acclaimed solo albums : Triangle (2020), Mixtura (2016), Krazy Love (2009), and Collage (2006). Graduate of NYU’s Tisch SOA (Drama)/Circle In the Square. Lubamason.com IG: luba_mason JAMISON STERN* (Schroeder Studebaker, Persimmon De Vol, Misha, Grisha) appeared as Zaza in Goodspeed’s La Cage Aux Folles and is thrilled to be back. He currently stars as Paul in AFTER FOREVER The Series - Amazon Prime. Broadway/National Tours:

By Jeeves, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Little Shop of Horrors, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

Regional: Torch Song (Arnold - 1812 Productions); Into the Woods (Baker - NC Theatre); Fully Committed (Sam - Hartford Theaterworks); The Legend of Georgia McBride (Tracy Mills - Hartford Theatreworks); Young Frankenstein (Frederic Frankenstein-Fulton), Black Comedy, Invention of Love (Alley Theatre). Film & TV: Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket, Day Zero, Hightown, Law & Order. Follow on all platforms: @jamisonstern

ALEX DRESCHKE* (Body Double) is thrilled to be back at Goodspeed almost 10 years after being a part of the musical A Wonderful Life at the Opera House. Alex has been seen on Broadway in A Bronx Tale and all across the US, Canada and Japan in the National Tours of Hamilton, Kinky Boots, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He is originally from Northern California and a proud University of California, Irvine alum.

Represented by BLOC. Thanks to family, friends and Swift for your endless support.

DARKO TRESNJAK (Book & Lyrics, Director) won the Tony Award, the Drama Desk, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for his direction of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. He won an Obie Award for his direction of The Killer. From 2004 to 2009, Darko was the Artistic Director of the Old Globe Shakespeare Festival. From 2011 to 2019, he was the Artistic Director of Hartford Stage. He received the Connecticut Critics Circle Awards for his direction of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Hamlet, Anastasia, The Engagement Party and for his set design for The Comedy of Errors. As a director of plays, musicals, and operas, Darko has worked at Joseph Papp Public Theater, Theater for a New Audience, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Royal Shakespeare Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Geffen Playhouse, Vineyard Theatre Company, Atlantic Theater Company, Alley Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, Long Wharf Theatre Company, Goodspeed Musicals, Geva Theatre Center, Westport Country Playhouse, Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Santa Fe Opera. After a two year-run on Broadway, Darko’s production of Anastasia has been seen in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Japan. He is thrilled to be back at Goodspeed and is grateful that Michael Price and Donna Lynn Hilton took a chance on him a quarter of a century ago.

ORAN ELDOR (Music) is thrilled to return to Goodspeed as a composer for the hilarious Ask for the Moon. As a composer: Mythic - sold out, extended run in both London and Montreal. Oran’s TV credits include writing music for Peg+Cat (PBS) and Sesame Street – Israel as well as orchestrating Kristin Chenoweth’s TV special Coming Home.

Oran wrote new dance arrangements for the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. For the concert stage, Oran penned orchestrations for John Legend, Andrea Bocelli, Kristin Chenoweth, New York Philharmonic, L.A. Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, New York Pops, Alan Menken, and Disney Parks. Oran is a Composition Fellow at the Royal Opera House, London; a member of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop, and holds a B.Mus from Berklee College of Music. For Mythic, Oran

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WHO’S WHO was nominated for The Stage Debut Awards: “Best Composer” in London and for a META Award: “Best Composer” in Montreal. In the classical music field, Oran is a sought-after orchestrator and conductor and is a composer-in-residence with the Salome Chamber Orchestra in New York.

KARLA PUNO GARCIA (Choreographer) is a proud Filipina-American artist based in NYC. Karla was the first woman of color to choreograph the Tony Awards. Her work is seen in the opening number and the tribute to Joel Grey and John Kander (2023). Other theatre choreography credits include Days of Wine and Roses (The Atlantic/Broadway 2024, co-choreographer), The Connector (MCC), Rent (Theatre Aspen), Gone Missing (Encores!

Off-Center), Other World (Delaware Theatre Company, world premiere), Somewhere (Geva Theatre), Noir (The Alley Theatre), and In the Heights (VA Rep, Artsie Award for Best Choreography). Film and television choreography include Power Book III: Raising Kanaan (Starz Network, lead choreographer) and additional scenes in the Netflix film Tick, Tick ... BOOM! (dir. Lin Manuel Miranda).

Performance credits include FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, NBC’s Smash, and four Broadway shows including Hamilton. BFA in Dance/minor in journalism at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Love to Mommy, Rocky, Jitter, Daddy above, and my David.

IG @KarlaPunoGarcia

JEN CAPRIO (Costume Designer) Broadway: Heart of Rock and Roll, Spamalot, Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. National/ International: Falsettos, Joseph…, The Lion (West End/US Tour), …Spelling Bee (US Tours). Over 250 designs for Off Broadway, Regional Theater and Opera. TV: The Pigeon Explains (YouTube), Tiny Time Travel (PBS Kids) Sesame Street (seasons 47-54), The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo (Seasons 1-2), Manhunt (Apple TV+). 2019 & 2021 Nomination, 2020 Daytime Emmy Winner for Sesame Street.

Instagram: @jencapriocostumedesign www.jencaprio.com PHILIP ROSENBERG (Lighting Designer) Broadway and West End: Mrs. Doubtfire, Pretty Woman, The Elephant Man, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and It’s Only a Play. Regional: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, TheatreWorks, Hartford Stage, Alliance, Huntington Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Center Theatre, The Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, The McCarter Theatre, Manhattan School of Music, Portland Stage Company, TACT, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Two River Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, and Westport Country Playhouse.

IAN AXNESS (Music Director) is a conductor and collaborative pianist based in Cincinnati, where he is an Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at the UC College-Conservatory of Music. Selected credits: A Little Night Music, The Tender Land, Orphée aux enfers (Opera in the Ozarks); Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street Theatre); Sweet Charity, Cinderella, She Loves Me (CCM); I Married an Angel (NY City Center), Pericles (Two River Theater); and the New York premiere of Beardo by Dave Malloy and Jason Craig (Pipeline Theatre - Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Music). Mr. Axness is a proud alumnus of CCM and Oberlin College.

JAY HILTON (Sound Designer) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals and to be part of Ask for the Moon with Director Darko Tresnjak. 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 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 (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut with Cookie and Macy.

ALEXANDER DODGE (Scenic Designer) Goodspeed: Gypsy, South Pacific, Ask for the Moon. Broadway: I Need That, Anastasia (Outer Critics Nomination), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Nominations), Present Laughter (Tony nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway: Russian Troll Farm, Harry Clarke, The Whisper House, The Understudy, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Lucille Lortel Winner). London West End: Harry Clarke, All New People. Other: Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame La Jolla and Paper Mill Playhouses/Japan/Germany/Austria.

Opera: Samson et Dalila, Metropolitan Opera; The Thirteenth Child, Santa Fe; Ghosts of Versailles, L.A. Opera; Ukiyo-E, Grand Théâtre de Genève; Dinner at Eight, Minnesota Opera/ Wexford; Il trittico, Deutsche Oper Berlin; Lohengrin, Budapest.

Training: MFA-Yale.

TOM WATSON (Hair, Wig & Makeup Designer) Originally from N. Ireland, Tom headed the wig/makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera for 17 years. He has designed more than 100 Broadway productions, including Harmony, Spamalot (2023), Wicked, Rock of Ages, The King & I , Fiddler on the Roof, Oslo, Falsettos, The Little Foxes, Junk, My Fair Lady, King Kong, All My Sons, Great Society and Plaza Suite.

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DOUG BESTERMAN (Orchestrator) Three-time Tony Award winner. Broadway: Death Becomes Her (upcoming), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Anastasia, A Bronx Tale, It Shoulda Been You, Bullets Over Broadway (Tony nomination), Rocky, On a Clear Day, Sister Act, How To Succeed… (Tony nomination), Elf, Young Frankenstein (Drama Desk nomination), Tarzan, Dracula, Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony/Drama Desk Awards), The Producers

WHO’S WHO (2001 Tony/Drama Desk Awards), Seussical, Music Man (Drama Desk/Tony nominations), Fosse (1999 Tony), Big (Drama Desk nomination), Damn Yankees (Drama Desk nomination). International: Crazy For You, Me and My Girl, Guys and Dolls. Off-Broadway: Carrie, Weird Romance. Regional: Midnight In the Garden Of Good and Evil (Goodman), Summer Stock, A.D. 16, Little Dancer, Ever After. Film/Television: Schmigadoon, The Little Mermaid (2023), Mary Poppins Returns, Aladdin (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Frozen, Mulan, Chicago. Also awards shows including the Oscars, Tonys, Emmys and Kennedy Center Honors.

ROCÍO MENDEZ (Fight Choreographer) was recently nominated for two Drama Desk Awards and is the resident Intimacy Director at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Credits include: Broadway: POTUS, Ain’t No Mo, Merrily We Roll Along, The Great Gatsby.

Off-Broadway / Regional Theater: Gatsby (A.R.T); How To Defend Yourself, On Sugarland (NYTW); The Bandaged Place (Roundabout); The Harder They Come, Merry Wives, Romeo y Julieta (Public Theater); NIOR (The Alley Theater); Vietgone, The Royale (Geva Theater Center). www.rociomendez.com SIMPLE MISCHIEF STUDIO (Puppet Design and Fabrication) Founded by Sesame Street puppeteer Spencer Lott and social worker Grace Townley, Simple Mischief Studio is a creative studio with a soft spot for puppets. Known for their original stories as well as their work designing and creating puppets for film and TV, their credits include John Krasinkski’s Imaginary Friends and the film A Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood (starring Tom Hanks). They’ve worked for clients including Nickelodeon, Paramount, Tristar, HBOMax, and even the band Phish.

PAMELA REMLER* (Production Stage Manager) is a NYC stage manager with credits including: Broadway: Hell’s Kitchen; The Lion King; Kiss Me, Kate; Hello, Dolly!; Jersey Boys; Groundhog Day; 13; Is He Dead; Cry Baby; Spamalot (OC); Gypsy; The Music Man (2000 revival); A Christmas Carol. NYC: Brigadoon, Where’s Charlie, Little Shop of Horrors (Kennedy Center). Pamela also has a 15 year past career of performing on Broadway. She has also assisted and maintained shows for many choreographers and directors including Jerry Mitchell, Chris Gattelli, Casey Nicholaw and Mike Nichols. Pamela also had the great privilege of collaborating with Michael Blakemore on the Broadway play Is He Dead, the Mark Twain play, at The Lyceum theatre in 2007. She is thrilled to return to Goodspeed to production stage manage Ask for the Moon!

Thank you to Chris Zaccardi for bringing me back to Goodspeed!

MIKAYLA BETTNER* (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be making her debut at Goodspeed!

Recent credits include Ghost Waltz (Latino Theatre

Company); Love Actually Live (The Wallis); The Engagement Party (Geffen Playhouse); Stew, Sunday in the Park with George (Pasadena Playhouse); On This Side of the World (East West Players); Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Animal Farm, Metamorphoses (A Noise Within).

PAUL HARDT (Casting) Broadway/National Tours of: 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 and the current tour of Annie.

ENDLA BURROWS (Director of Production) has 25 years of creative management experience with a focus on balancing artistic vision with logistic needs. She was an integral part of the Industrial Light and Magic team that created visual effects for dozens of films including the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Twister, Mission Impossible, and Pirates of the Caribbean. 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 Sesame Street, Where the Wild Things Are, and Goodspeed’s production of Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas. At Digital Domain, Endla supervised the Editorial, Tech services and Training departments for I, Robot and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Ever looking for new challenges, Endla has worked as an assistant director, technical consultant and graphics producer.

STEPHEN AGOSTO (Line Producer) is in his third season at Goodspeed Musicals. For nearly 14 years he served as Associate Director of Education and Senior Director of Artistic Engagement at the Tony Award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse as part of the team that shepherded such productions as The Sting (starring Harry Connick Jr.), Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (World Premiere), and Half Time (directed by Jerry Mitchell). He has taught theatre at both Fordham University and Rutgers University. He is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer across the country in the area of equitable college admissions practices in the arts.

Stephen began his professional career at 8 years old dancing for Disneyland and went on to perform in, choreograph, and direct over 70 productions around the world.

DOMINICK PINTO (Production Manager) [he/him] is excited about his expanded position at Goodspeed Musicals as the Production Manager and third season as the Technical Director. Previously Technical Director for Choir Boy and an assistant Technical Director on Cadillac Crew at Yale Rep. At the Yale School of Drama he was the Technical Director for Fun Home. Dominick worked as a

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WHO’S WHO 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.

GRETCHEN WRIGHT (General Manager) has held management and leadership positions at Alliance Theater (Atlanta), Yale Repertory Theatre, and Westport Country Playhouse. She obtained an MFA in Theater Management along with an MBA from Yale University, and a BA in English and Theater Studies from Duke University. Originally from San Diego, she began her arts career as a modern dancer, choreographer, and freelance director.

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. Mr. Price 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. DAVID B. BYRD (Managing Director) [he/him] was named Goodspeed Musicals’ first Managing Director in early 2021 and has held leadership positions at Connecticut’s Yale Repertory Theater, Westport Country Playhouse, and the Dwight/Edgewood Project in New Haven. With a career in the professional regional theatre spanning 20 years, he previously served as the Managing Director of Virginia Stage Company, Southeastern Virginia’s largest producing theatre. Prior to his work in Norfolk, David was Managing Director of the Clarence Brown Theatre (CBT) at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where he also served as Adjunct Professor in the UT-Knoxville Department of Theatre. David served on the McClung Museum Academic Programs Advisory Board and the Great Schools Partnership Advisory Council, in addition to grants panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee 14 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2024 SEASON

Arts Commission, Virginia Commission for the Arts and the United Way. He is proud to currently collaborate with fellow business leaders on the Swing Bridge Taskforce, and will soon engage with the Middlesex County/RoverCOG Regional Economic Development Committee. David enjoys connecting with his alma mater by serving as a mentor in the Yale Cross Campus Mentorship Program. David has guest lectured at Greensboro College, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia Wesleyan University, Christopher Newport University, Skidmore College and Texas Tech, among others. He received an MFA degree in Theater Management from Yale University School of Drama and a BA degree in Drama from UNC-Greensboro in his native North Carolina. David and his husband Jeff reside in Portland, CT and enjoy hiking throughout the gorgeous CT woods when not taking in a live performance.

DONNA LYNN HILTON (Artistic Director) [she/ her] with Goodspeed since 1988 and in her 4th season as Artistic Director, is thrilled to welcome her old friend Darko Tresnjak back to Goodspeed along with Oran Eldor. 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 successful productions of recent years, including last season’s Summer Stock, 2022’s 42nd Street and the 2014 world premiere of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn. She inspired the creation of Goodspeed’s critically-acclaimed production of Show Boat and brought to The Goodspeed the new musicals The 12, Anne of Green Gables, Because of Winn Dixie, and this season’s Maggie. At The Terris Theatre, she has led the early development of many new musicals, among them Private Jones and Passing Through. 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 in winter for one of the premiere development opportunities available to emerging musical theatre writers. With the development of Hi, My Name Is Ben, she led Goodspeed’s first collaboration with a resident theatre outside the US—Scotland’s Dundee Rep Theatre—and recently helped re-envision The Writers Grove for Scottish, UK and Indian writers on the campus at Cove Park, in Scotland. Through Goodspeed’s Festival of New Musicals she hosted the first US development of the international hit Come From Away. Donna Lynn is a past-president of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre; serves as a Trustee for Dundee Rep Theatre/Scottish Dance Ensemble and, closer to home, CT Landmarks. Donna Lynn began her career as a stage manager of Musical Theatre and Opera and remains a proud member of Actors Equity Association. She and her husband, Sound Designer Jay Hilton, make their home in Hadlyme with Cookie and Macy.

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

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

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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.

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WRITERS’ NOTES BY DARKO TRESNJAK Franklin D. Roosevelt said: “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”

In our musical comedy, Ask for the Moon, we decided to make the sea as choppy as possible DARKO TRESNJAK and then throw every other impediment in the way of our skilled heroines, Helene and Charlotte.

We started working on the piece towards the end of the pandemic at Darko’s home in the Connecticut woods. Darko wrote the scenes and the lyrics in the morning and passed them on to Oran around lunchtime. And then Oran wrote the music in the afternoon, while Darko made dinner. We celebrated the day’s work over martinis and Chicken Provençal.

After two years of isolation, it was a truly joyous experience.

(BOOK & LYRICS, DIRECTOR) & ORAN ELDOR (MUSIC)

In Ask for the Moon, Charlotte dreams of becoming an opera singer. We had a great deal of fun referencing Verdi, Mozart, and Rossini for her solos. For the brassy Helene, we channeled Peggy ORAN ELDOR Lee, Vikki Carr, and Shirley Bassey. And for the multiple track of Studebaker/Persimmon/Misha/Grisha, there are naughty references to some of our favorite musicals, to Friedrich Hollander, and to some rather lugubrious Slavic songs.

We are happy and honored to set sail at The Terris Theatre and be a part of the celebratory 40th season.

Cin! Cin! Darko and Oran

Coming Next to The Terris Theatre SEPT 27 - OCT 20

From an Original Idea by Kyle Falconer & Laura Wilde Songs by Kyle Falconer Book by Laura Wilde & Johnny McKnight Musical Direction & Arrangements by Gavin Whitworth Directed by Andrew Panton & Tashi Gore

In a hopeful and empowering tale of modern romance, No Love Songs tells the story of Jessie and Lana -- young and in love one second and pregnant the very next. When Jessie is called away to tour with his band in America and post-partum depression sets in for Lana, they must learn to navigate the unique challenges of their new lives as parents. Through a powerful blend of humor, heart and indie rock music, you’ll be taken on a journey that captures the essence of love and realities of early parenthood. After sold-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in London, see it here first before it heads to New York!

Age Rating: 15+

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THE GOODSPEEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION 2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Officers Hila Rosen, President Jef Wolter, Chairman (Past President) Jeffrey Hoffman, First Vice President Anthony Cacace, Vice President Meg Sakellarides, Treasurer Jennifer Brown, Secretary Gov. Ned Lamont, Ex Officio Honorary Chairman

Emeritus Trustees J. Robert Buchanan Kay Knight Clarke Chandler Howard Lynde Selden Karin

Francis G. Adams, Jr. Frank Campbell Carolyn Rossi Copeland Christopher Dodd Jim Duncan Anne Evans Marlene Ferreira Muriel Fleischmann Sue Frost Jean Selden Greene Steven Hernandez

Ann Houston Susan Link Gavin Lodge Mark Masselli Kristen Roberts Blair Russell Karen Sherry Joseph Smith Leonardo H. Suzio John Voege

Mary Ellen Klinck Julie Godbout LeBlanc Lawrence McHugh

Michael P. Price H. William Shure Dona D. Young

GOODSPEED GUILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Amy Campbell, President Meg Wright, Vice President

Alan Wasserman, Corresponding & Recording Secretary C. William Stamm, Treasurer

GOODSPEED GUILD: 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 Amy Campbell at 203-443-3338.

CORPORATE SUPPORT Ally Charter Bus American Association of University Women Anonymous Ashlawn Farm Store, LLC Broadway Licensing Global Chesthelm Health and Rehabilitation Concord Theatricals ConnectiCare Creative Transportation & Tours Essex Savings Bank

Eversource Energy F & F Distributors, Inc. Hoffman Auto Group Jezek, Barbi, & Antone, PLLC Liberty Bank Lynch Toyota Masonicare Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union R.A. Parady & Sons, Inc.

Sky Investment Group Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc. Straighten Your Crown The Shops at Mohegan Sun The Suzio York Hill Companies United Airlines Webster Bank

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FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Actors’ Equity Foundation Anonymous Burry Fredrik Foundation Case Graber Foundation Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Chelsea Groton Foundation Inc. Community Foundation of Middlesex County Community Foundation of Middlesex County - Marilyn C. Fall Fund Dominion Energy - Millstone Elizabeth Carse Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee Hebron Lions Charities, Inc.

Howard Gilman Foundation Ion Bank Foundation Jana Foundation, Inc. Katharine S. Winter Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Laurence S. Weiss & Edith G. Weiss Foundation Lucille Lortel Foundation Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc. Sorenson-Pearson Family Foundation, Inc. The Aeroflex Foundation The Aldo DeDominicis Foundation The Christine E. Moser Foundation The Elizabeth M. Landon and Harriette M. Landon Charitable Foundation

The Howard and Katherine Aibel Foundation, Inc. The Johnny Mercer Foundation The Kitchings Family Foundation The Lambs Foundation The Max Showalter Foundation, Inc. The Norma Terris/Albert D. Firestone Foundation The Richard Sims Winkler Foundation The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts The Shubert Foundation

Government Support MAKE IT HERE

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 (14) Dolores L. Andrew Fran Armstrong Alice Belden Anne Sullivan Calanquin Frank & Amy Campbell Bertie Chuong Donald Yale Church & Anthony O’Grady Schillaci Amy Lee Crockett, DVM Rochelle Dauenheimer Charles M. Ericson Anne Evans Muriel Fleischmann Richard Goodman Mrs. Harry J. Gray

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Nicholas Groth Andrew Isen Lynde Selden Karin Nancy Kline & James Trail Karl H. Kulisch Mrs. Carmela Marzano Andrew C. McKirdy Mary P. Miko Leslie & Lynne Nathan Robert W. & Carolyn G. Nelson Jane E. Ondovcsik Barbara A. Petersen B. A. Pomarico Michael & Jo-Ann Price James Pyne & Marlene Tompkins

Mary Jane Richilson Dr. Anne L. Rothstein & Ms. Jane Hellman Mrs. Gerald Sandler Dr. Benjamin Sevitch David Shimchick Carol L. Sirot Dr. & Mrs. David Snyderman C. William Stamm Carl Thompson Sheila L. Tomlinson Mark & Roberta Velez Linda Wanosky

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE—LEAVING A LEGACY 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.

Carol H. Adams The Milon Barnes Memorial Fund Cynthia Kellogg Barrington Michele Trudel Baumann David A. Belden Leonard N. Blake William C. Blatchley Julie Ann Buchanan Paul Campagna Edward and Ruth Cape Edward and Sally Carrier Dr. Jack Chuong Timothy J. Clutter Gordon Cobleigh Stephen B. Crowley, III Ralph Davidson Fellner Family Foundation Albert D. Firestone Dr. and Mrs. Brendan Fox Burry Fredrik Norwick and Elizabeth Goodspeed Henry Sage Goodwin Memorial Fund

Judith Halevi The Edith O. Haynes Trust Martha C. Hinkel Thomas W. Holton Memorial Fund Marjorie W. Jolidon Robert D. Jones Harvey and Ruth Katz The Adrienne I. Koch Revocable Trust William J. Kotchen Memorial Fund 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 Peter J. Musto Robert F. Neal Edith L. Nyman

Muriel Selden Paris Miriam Perrin Rochelle Richilson Salli G. Riege Barbara V. Ross Bertha L. Rottmann Edward Rousseau Marco S. Savona Susan Scherer Richard Schneller Lucille Lortel Schweitzer Joan H. Scranton Martha Shattuck Jerome and Marian Silverstein John F. Single, III Edward and Mary Sargent Swift Mark A. Wainger Natalie Tenney Jessica Waldman Thompson Jerold Wanosky Christopher Weed 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 Fund The Dr. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Memorial Fund The Frederick A. & Justine Millspaugh Catlin Family Fund The Rochelle Dauenheimer Charitable Gift Annuity* The Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Fund for the Support of the Music Department The George S. & Charmian A. Goodspeed Memorial Fund The A. Nicholas Groth, Ph.D. Charitable Gift Annuity* The Nancy Kline and James Trail Charitable Gift Annuities* The Charles R. Lindberg Family Fund The Lucille Lortel Fund The Maryann & Jane E. Ondovcsik Fund for the Preservation of the Victorian Goodspeed Opera House

The Salvatore Marzano, Jr. Endowment in Support of the Music Department The Elaine McKirdy Endowment for Career Development in Theatre The Michael P. Price Endowment Fund at Goodspeed Musicals The Charlotte & Gerald Sandler Educational Endowment The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre Fund The Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre The Jerome & Marian Silverstein Endowment Fund The Carol L. Sirot Family Endowment Fund The C. William Stamm Charitable Gift Annuity* The Ashton M. Tenney, Jr. Memorial Fund The Jessica Waldman Thompson Endowment in Support of The Festival of New Musicals 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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GOODSPEED MEMBERS 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 40+ years *Members whose gifts have been matched by their employer Donors listed here have given direct membership gifts as well as additional donations between May 28, 2023 and June 28, 2024.

MARQUEE MEMBERS

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($25,000+)

Anonymous (2) Frank and Amy Campbell+ Hila and Saul Rosen Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman Mrs. Frances Seymour Mable and Richard Seymour John Voege and Geoffrey Paul

($10,000 - $24,999)

Anonymous Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis Beverly Buckner Baker Jennifer Brown and Ian Ayres Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace Richard T. Cersosimo and Valerie J. Koif+ Herb Chambers

Lance and Rebecca Darcy* Day Family Foundation Laura and Jim Duncan Fiona A. Egan Jennifer Friedland Sue Frost and Dan Renn Susan F. Gonsalves Ms. Jean Selden Greene

Ann and John Houston Julie and Peter LeBlanc Marjorie E. Morrissey Jeff Riley and Mary M. Wilson Ms. Carol Sirot Leonardo H. Suzio RADM. Louise C. Wilmot USN (Ret.) and James E. Wilmot+

($7,500 - $9,999) Joyce and Greg Barabas Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello Peter and Linda Jokl & Elisabeth D’Albero

Meg Sakellarides and Scott Mokoski Russell Tait and Lee Anderson

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE MEMBERS ($2,500 - $7,499) Anonymous (8) Francis G. Adams, Jr. Judith W. Adams Marleen and Kenneth Alhadeff Dolores L. Andrew+ Billie and Peter Anker Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Arborio Fran Armstrong Mr. Michael Arseneault* Susan and Bruce Baiter Dr. and Mrs. John V. Banta+ Bruce Betancourt and Steven Hernandez Kenneth and Judith Boudreau Andre and Maureen Brouillard+ James S. and Heidi L. Bzdyra Scott and Robin Chasse Kay Knight Clarke Maury and Sonia Cohn Foundation+ Ruth Ann C. Davis+ Betsy and Rich Didan Wilma C. Donaldson Mary Jane Dunn Judith Duran+ Eileen and Helen Ede Bill and Denice Feeley Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Feldman Marlene and Paulo Ferreira* David and Patricia Fisher Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Lynne and Richard Fletcher Chuck and Elena Foster David and Liz Frankel

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Maureen and Bernie Gillis Bill Gilman William J. Ginnetti, Sr. The Harry E. Goldfarb Family Foundation+ Laura and Roger Goodspeed+ Karen and Ron Goodspeed Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Gossner Pamela and John Griffin Ron and Nina Harris Sylvia and Dennis Heffley Constance Henshaw Bill and Sean Higginson-Pierce Jeffrey Hoffman Patricia A. Holmes Thirza D. Hyatt+ Michael and Linda Jainchill Penfield and Teresa Jarvis Elizabeth Gianesello Judd Frank and Diane Kelly Robbie and Albert Kestnbaum Nancy Kline and James Trail Catherine Ladnier and Mickey Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Harry Link Peter and Rosemary Lombardo Peter Luchini Emanuel and Irene Makiaris Jennifer Alexander and Mark Masselli Stephen Selden Mathews Tony Meola Tony, Chelsea and Amanda Michaud Ami Montstream

Regina M. Neal Eric Ort and Duff Ashmead Jane Porterfield and Gerry Pastor Sandra R. Pereira Matt Peterson* Rolf C. Peterson Annella C. Preble+ Michael and Jo-Ann Price+ James Pyne and Marlene Tompkins Nancy J. Ramseyer Pamela and Dean Richlin Mitchell P and Lorraine Rochefort Jennifer Serra and Wayne Schulz Thomas Schwenke/Schwenke Auctioneers Alicia and Thomas Settle Millie and Marty Shapiro+ James and Penelope Sherrard David Shimchick Roz and Peter Shoemaker Ms. Sally Speer Donna and Bill Stamm Brenda J. Sullivan+ Judy B. Taylor Donald and Sharyn Timmerman Carol A. Wiggins+ Carlisle Wildeman Jean M. Wiseman Jef and Kate Wolter Suzanne E. Zajac and Cliff A. Birdsey Arthur Zieky and Bill Witkowsky

GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFF LEADERSHIP

PRODUCTION

Donna Lynn Hilton .................................................Artistic Director David B. Byrd ....................................................Managing Director

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

ARTISTIC Stephen Agosto ....................................................... Line Producer Adam Souza.............................................Resident Music Director Michael Fling ...................................................... Artistic Associate Chris Zaccardi.....................Resident Production Stage Manager

ADMINISTRATION Gretchen Wright ................................................ General Manager Matthew Sonnenfeld ............................ Interim General Manager Kristan McLaughlin ......................................Artistic Administrator Ashley Sweet....................................................Executive Assistant

BUILDING SERVICES Edward C. Blaschik.............................................Theatre Manager Hayden Schwarm .............................. Building Services Assistant Jeffrey Gosselin, Paul Zajac...............................Building Services East Coast Cleaning ......................................... Custodial Services COMPANY MANAGEMENT Tyler Garstka.................................................... Company Manager Lauren Wentz ..................................Assistant Company Manager Hannah Stein.......................... Company Management Associate DEVELOPMENT Frank Stilwagner .................................... Director of Development Mary Miko ................................................ Individual Giving Officer Rebekah Moses............... Membership & Annual Fund Manager Yz Jasa ............................ Development & Membership Assistant/ Friends Coordinator Sophia Voglino ................. Event & Corporate Relations Manager Lori A. Cartwright .....................................Database Administrator 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 Withum, Karen Kowgios ............................................Accountants Jodie Jacaruso .................................................... Add’l Accountant

HOUSE MANAGEMENT Kathy Raczka ................................... Supervising House Manager Beryl W. Thorpe, Kathleen Sedgwick ................ House Managers Leigh Beatty, Allison Harris, Kathryn Lees ......................................Assistant House Managers Janet Beer, Bob Bennett, Joe Kaminski, Paula Moriarty, Leah Smirnow, Sydney Smirnow ....... Bartenders Judy O’Mara .................................................. Gift Shop Supervisor 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 Blankenship .......................................Box Office Manager Catherine Ematrudo................................... Group Sales Manager Morgan Dumark-McNamee .................... Box Office Performance Supervisor Wayne Rollins, Greg Wojcik ........ Box Office Supervisors on Duty Liam Welsh ....................................... Member Services Associate Smart, Strategic Marketing for the Arts .....................Direct Sales Photini Constantinou, Nicki Cuneo, Lori Inferrera, Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger, Kathryn Lees, Jenna LeMontagne, Sydney Sioch, Deborah Winchell, Destiny Whitten, Cecilia Zvonkovic ......................Box Office Reps

COSTUME RENTALS Stephanie Turner ........................... Costume Rentals Coordinator Cassandra Greeley, Raechel Johnsky ..............................Costume Rentals Assistants COSTUMES Grace Petersen...................................... Costume Shop Manager Michelle Sesco ......................... Interim Costume Shop Manager Belle Sargent ......................... Assistant Costume Shop Manager Molly Klemm, Erin Stumm ................................................ Drapers Ella Moffly ...................................................................... First Hand Olivya DeLuca .....................................................................Stitcher Sydney Hughes .........................................Stitcher/Dresser Swing Lydia Chamberlain .............. Terris Theatre Wardrobe Supervisor Adriaen Shi ............Overhire Dresser/Wig Stylist (Terris Theatre) John Riccucci .................... The Goodspeed Wardrobe Supervisor Bailey Donavan, Rachel Pantangan .... The Goodspeed Dressers Chris Mermon ..........................The Goodspeed Wig & Hair Stylist Christine Holt ......... Overhire Wig & Hair Stylist (The Goodspeed) LIGHTING Will Johnson.................................................... Lighting Supervisor Sam O’Dea...................................Terris Theatre Head Electrician Alex Benos, Isaiah Gray ........................Terris Theatre Electrician Karan Gosai ..............................The Goodspeed Head Electrician Margaret Leupold, Audrey Visscher ................................The Goodspeed Electricians PROPS Ryann D. Lee ......................................................... Props Manager Troy A. Junker...................................................Lead Props Artisan Gideon Rowland ....................................................... Props Artisan Timothy Henderson, Jr. ........................................Props Carpenter Jordan Cowan .....................Terris Theatre Props Run Crew Head Miranda Thompson .........The Goodspeed Props Run Crew Head Samantha Bruce .......................The Goodspeed Props Run Crew SCENERY Dominick Pinto ..................................................Technical Director Brendon Figueras ............................. Assistant Technical Director Dennis J. Riley ........................................................ Shop Foreman Kevin Bolt, Aaron Frongillo, Gabby Galvan, Nicholas Jones .................................................... Staff Carpenters Ethan Arcaroli, Nathaniel Kerr...... Carpenter/Stagehand Swings Shawna Martine .........................Terris Theatre Stage Supervisor Lydia Joy ...................................The Goodspeed Stage Supervisor Ann Aldrich, Ian Borowik, Ashlin Penn ...................................... The Goodspeed Stagehands SCENIC ARTISTS Carla Tiezzi.....................................................Charge Scenic Artist Miranda Harkins............................................... Lead Scenic Artist April Chateauneuf .................................Senior Staff Scenic Artist Ashley Donnert, Grace Linzner .......................Staff Scenic Artists SOUND Jay Hilton............................................................. Audio Supervisor Nicholas Peretti ..........Terris Theatre Production Audio Engineer Tesla M. Lowrey .............Terris Theatre Assistant Audio Engineer Katie Paris ...............The Goodspeed Production Audio Engineer Nick Moran .................The Goodspeed Assistant Audio Engineer E. Wilson .....................................The Goodspeed Audio Assistant FOR THIS PRODUCTION Connor Schwantes ................ Associate Director/Choreographer Clayton Dombach ............................... Associate Scenic Designer Paul Vaillancourt ...............................Assistant Lighting Designer Madison Moxey ............................................ Production Assistant Russ Bartmus, Jacob Fjeldheim............................Music Copyists Anna Brewster, Rachel Carlson ...............................Scenic Artists Michaela Leib, Tim Scalzo ............................ Overhire Carpenters James Carter Pianos .......................................... Piano Technician Katie Desjardins ...............................................Show Logo Design Sarah Kayser .........................................Program Editor/Designer Grace Linzner ........... The Elaine McKirdy Production Technician Special Thanks: Costume Rental Volunteer Lenore McLean, Joshua Pearson, Elizabeth Williamson, Geva Theatre Program printed by Essex Printing

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