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STAR OF FREEDOM

WORLD PREMIERE OF A NEW MUSICAL

Based on the concept album “Exodus” by Jeff Blaney Conceived by Jacqueline Hubbard Music & Lyrics by Jeff Blaney; Book by Lawrence Thelen

APRIL 7 – MAY 1, 2022

NATIVE GARDENS

By Karen Zacarias

MAY 19 – JUNE 12, 2022

SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ

THE SONGS OF LEIBER AND STOLLER

Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

JUNE 30 – JULY 31, 2022

RING OF FIRE

THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH

Created by Richard Maltby, Jr. Conceived by William Meade

AUGUST 11 – SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

THE GREAT GATSBY

Adapted for the Stage by Simon Levy

SEPTEMBER 29 – OCTOBER 23, 2022

WINTER WONDERETTES Created By Roger Bean

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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Growing up in North Carolina, New England was a fantasy land of lobster bakes, beautiful fall color and wintery wonderlands brought to life in old movies my friends and I would enjoy during ‘pajama parties’ — as we called sleepovers. It was there that I first experienced the perfect lighthearted Barbara Stanwyck film Christmas In Connecticut. It has long been one of my favorite holiday films.

Right after we produced Holiday Inn here at Goodspeed in 2014, I began to dream of adapting Christmas in Connecticut for the stage. Early in 2021 a call came from our friends at Broadway Licensing sharing that they were involved with an adaptation of the film…would I “be interested in taking a look at the material?”

WOULD I?! I showed all my cards on a subsequent call when I said “It will be a personal failure if Christmas In Connecticut doesn’t premiere at Goodspeed.” And here we are. I am grateful to the authors for entrusting their work to us. And I am thrilled to share this heartfelt romp with you and your family this holiday season. Everyone at Goodspeed joins me in wishing you a Christmas in Connecticut filled with all the wonder of the season…and a little bit of nog.

Happy Holidays, and peace to all.

Donna Lynn Hilton Artistic Director

A NOTE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR Here we are at the end of our 2022 season — our first full season since 2019 — and what a season it has been! Just under a year ago we were still uncertain how 2022 might play out. Would we be able to safely gather in one place and would audiences return were two very important questions at the top of our list. The quick answer to both has been a resounding YES and YES. To say it has been an incredible joy for our artists, artisans, staff and Trustees to have you back with us is a huge understatement. As an art form, we are meant to be together and throughout our 2022 season, we have welcomed audiences from nearly every town in Connecticut and from three dozen states. Thanks so very much for your belief in us and for being such

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an important part of Goodspeed’s bright future.

How fitting that we are together now to share in a wonderful, World Premiere holiday musical at The Goodspeed. She dresses up pretty well for the holidays, no? Enjoy today’s performance!

From each of us at Goodspeed, we wish you and yours the very best this season and always. We’re here because of you.

Warm wishes,

David B. Byrd Managing Director

A Non-Profit Arts Organization

DONNA LYNN HILTON

DAVID B. BYRD

Artistic Director

Managing Director presents

Book by

PATRICK PACHECO & ERIK FORREST JACKSON Music by JASON HOWLAND Lyrics by AMANDA YESNOWITZ Based upon the Warner Bros. Picture With

MATT BOGART JOSH BRECKENRIDGE AUDREY CARDWELL MATTHEW CURIANO ED DIXON RACHEL LYN FOBBS TY-GABRIEL JONES JAMES JUDY JULIE KAVANAGH EMILY LARGER RAYMOND J. LEE BRENDAN McGRADY RASHIDRA SCOTT TINA STAFFORD MELVIN TUNSTALL III JAMIE ZEIDMAN Scenic Design by

LAWRENCE E. MOTEN III

Costume Design by

HERIN KAPUTKIN

Hair, Wig & Make-up Design by

KIM SCHARNBERG

Associate Music Director

Casting by

PAUL HARDT

RUI RITA

Orchestrations by

JASON P. HAYES

ADAM J. RINEER

Lighting Design by

Production Manager

ERICA GILROY

Sound Design by

JAY HILTON

Additional Arrangements/Incidental Music

ADAM SOUZA & ADAM J. RINEER

Production Stage Manager

BRADLEY G. SPACHMAN

General Manager

RACHEL J. TISCHLER

Line Producer

STEPHEN AGOSTO

Music Direction by

ADAM SOUZA

Choreographed by

MARJORIE FAILONI Directed by

AMY ANDERS CORCORAN First Performance: November 18, 2022 at The Goodspeed Christmas in Connecticut was originally commissioned by Broadway Licensing and Peter Schneider Productions and produced by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing (www.broadwaylicensing.com) Founding Director

MICHAEL P. PRICE Sponsored by:

Marquee Producing Partners:

RICH CERSOSIMO & VALERIE KOIF

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CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)

Liz Sandor .........................................................................................................AUDREY CARDWELL Dudley Beecham .................................................................................................... RAYMOND J. LEE Felix Bassenak ...............................................................................................................JAMES JUDY Alexander Yardley ............................................................................................................... ED DIXON Jefferson Jones .............................................................................................JOSH BRECKENRIDGE Gonzalez ...........................................................................................................MATTHEW CURIANO Burke................................................................................................................BRENDAN McGRADY Sinkowitz ..........................................................................................................MELVIN TUNSTALL III Gladys Higgenbottom........................................................................................... RASHIDRA SCOTT Mary Lee ........................................................................................................... RACHEL LYN FOBBS Norah O’Connor....................................................................................................... TINA STAFFORD Rosa ....................................................................................................................... JULIE KAVANAGH Victor Beecham ..........................................................................................................MATT BOGART Mario De Luca ..................................................................................................MATTHEW CURIANO Colleen ....................................................................................................................... EMILY LARGER ENSEMBLE MATTHEW CURIANO, RACHEL LYN FOBBS, JULIE KAVANAGH, EMILY LARGER, BRENDAN McGRADY, MELVIN TUNSTALL III SWINGS TY-GABRIEL JONES, JAMIE ZEIDMAN DANCE CAPTAIN EMILY LARGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER NICOLE WIEGERT UNDERSTUDIES Felix Bassenak, Dudley Beecham MATTHEW CURIANO; Gladys Higgenbottom RACHEL LYN FOBBS; Jefferson Jones TY-GABRIEL JONES; Liz Sandor JULIE KAVANAGH; Norah O’Connor EMILY LARGER; Victor Beecham BRENDAN McGRADY; Alexander Yardley MELVIN TUNSTALL III MUSICIANS Keyboard I/Conductor ADAM SOUZA; Keyboard II ADAM J. RINEER; Drums SAL RANNIELLO; Reed I LIZ BAKER SMITH; Reed II ANDREW STUDENSKI; Trumpet PETE ROE; Trombone MATTHEW RUSSO; Bass DAVE UHL ALTERNATES Keyboard I/Conductor ADAM J. RINEER; Drums DAVE EDRICKS, MARTY WIRT; Reed I MICHAEL SCHUSTER; Reed II HARRY KLIEWE; Trumpet TUCKER BARNEY, DON CLOUGH; Trombone ANDREW JANES; Bass STEVE GILEWSKI Covid Safety Officer KRISTAN McLAUGHLIN

Audio/video recording and photography are strictly prohibited during the performance.

Please turn off your cell phone and any other device that might make noise during the performance.

Photos may be taken before the show and during intermission, when no actor is present.

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SYNOPSIS OF SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS Setting: New York City & A Farm in Connecticut, 1943-44

ACT ONE Scene 1, New York City, June 1943 Tomorrow’s Woman / No! .........................................................................Liz, Ensemble Scene 2, Dudley Beecham’s Office, November 1943 Scene 3, A Nice Restaurant No! (Reprise)...................................................................................................Liz, Dudley Scene 4, On the Home Front & At the Front, 1944 The World of Liz Lane ...................................................... Dudley, Jefferson, Ensemble Scene 5, Liz’s Apartment, December 1944 Recipe for Success ..................................................................................................... Liz Scene 6, Alexander Yardley’s Office A Capital Idea ......................................................................Yardley, Gladys, Dudley, Liz Scene 7, Staten Island Hospital Christmas in Connecticut ......................................................................... The Company Scene 8, The Beecham Farm House in Connecticut, Christmas Eve, 1944 Home for the Holidays ........................................................... Victor, Dudley, Norah, Liz American Dream .............................................................................................. Jefferson The World of Liz Lane (Reprise) ................................................................................. Liz Catch The Ornament..................................Felix, Liz, Dudley, Yardley, Victor, Jefferson Something’s Fishy .................................................................................................Gladys Christmas in Connecticut (Reprise) ........... Norah, Liz, Dudley, Felix, Jefferson, Victor

ACT TWO Scene 1, The Living Room The Most Famous Jefferson .......... Yardley, Liz, Gladys, Dudley, Jefferson, Ensemble Blame It On the Old Magoo ......................................................................... Felix, Norah Scene 2, The Kitchen, Christmas Day, 1944 Morning Chores ................................................................................................ Victor, Liz Scene 3, The Barn Morning Chores (Reprise) / Before I Met Her ................................................ Liz, Victor Scene 4, The Living Room I’m Not Eleanor ........................................................................................................... Liz Tomorrow’s Woman (Reprise) .................................................................................... Liz May You Inherit.......................................................................................... The Company Subject to change

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WHO’S WHO MATT BOGART* (Victor Beecham) Broadway: Paradise Square, Jersey Boys, Aida, Miss Saigon, The Civil War, Smokey Joe’s Café and Camelot (National Tour). TV/ Film: HBO’s Vinyl as Robert Goulet, Jersey Boys (Starring Nick Jonas for streaming), Smokey Joe’s Café (streaming), Smash, L&O and L&O: SVU, Stargazer (feature), Livin’ On A Prairie (Tribeca Fest). Appearances at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center and World Premieres at Goodspeed, Long Wharf, Arena Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe and MUNY. U. Cincinnati, CCM. Recordings on iTunes, Simple Song and Sky Above Manhattan.

Love to BRS/Gage, friends, family, Jessica and their boys. www.MattBogart.com.

JOSH BRECKENRIDGE* (Jefferson Jones) Goodspeed Debut! Broadway: Come From Away, The Scottsboro Boys, The Ritz. Off-Broadway: The Scottsboro Boys, Saved. Nat’l Tour: The Book of Mormon. Reg’l includes: Dave (Arena Stage), Sunday…George (Huntington), The Whipping Man (KC Rep), Tales of the City (A.C.T.), Memphis (La Jolla/5th Ave). Film: Spirited, Finding Me: Truth. TV: American Rust, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, FBI, Finding Me: The Series. BFA: CCM. Recording artist: J. Breckenridge/Debut album: Monotony. www.j-breckenridge.com AUDREY CARDWELL* (Liz Sandor) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! Audrey made her Broadway debut this year in The Music Man, appearing in the ensemble and understudying the role of Marian Paroo. National Tours: Falsettos (Cordelia), Bright Star (Alice Murphy), Cinderella (Ella), Anything Goes, Elf. Regional: The Old Globe, Asolo Repertory Theatre, The MUNY, North Shore Music Theatre, Houston TUTS. BFA from Penn State University. Endless love to my family (biological and chosen) and DGRW. Happy holidays, y’all! @akatcard ED DIXON* (Alexander Yardley) won the Drama Desk Award and received an Outer Circle Critics Nomination for Georgie: My Adventures With George Rose, which he wrote and in which he starred. Ed has been featured on Broadway in Anything Goes; Mary Poppins; Sunday In The Park With George; How The Grinch Stole Christmas; Gore Vidal’s The Best Man; The Iceman Cometh; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Les Misérables; Cyrano; The Three Musketeers; King Of Schnorrers; No, No, Nanette and Leonard Bernstein’s Mass. He also has a Helen Hayes Award, a Leon Rabin Award,

the NYMF Festival and Audience Prize and a Steinberg Grant. https://ednewyork.wixsite.com/website JAMES JUDY* (Felix Bassenak) Broadway: Into the Woods, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jekyll & Hyde.

National Tours: Newsies, Deaf West’s Big River, South Pacific.

Off-Broadway: Tin Pan Alley Rag (Roundabout Theatre Company), La Boheme (NY Shakespeare Festival), Fiorello (City Center Encores), 1-2-3-4-5 (Manhattan Theatre Club), Catch Me If I Fall (The Promenade Theatre). Goodspeed: The Gig, Finian’s Rainbow, Half A Sixpence, Damn Yankees, Drowsy Chaperone. Film/TV: Disney’s Newsies, Boardwalk Empire, Cosby. James would like thank Kathy and Audrey for endless love and support.

RAYMOND J. LEE* (Dudley Beecham) is excited to make his Goodspeed debut! Ray was most recently in the company of Aladdin on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Groundhog Day, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Mamma Mia!. NY credits include Soft Power (The Public), Mack & Mabel (Encores!), The Wild Party (Encores!), Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Public). Regional credits include the world premieres of Trading Places and Once Upon A One More Time. Film/TV credits include Marriage Story, Fire Island, The Greatest Showman, Succession, Billions, and Smash. Thanks Nicolosi, STG, and this incredible cast & team. Love to Robbi & Ella. Go U Northwestern! Follow @raymondjlee and visit www.raymondjlee.com RASHIDRA SCOTT* (Gladys Higgenbottom) is thrilled to be returning to the Opera House stage after being under the tent last summer debuting Ambassador of Love and starring as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. Broadway: Company (Susan), Ain’t Too Proud... (Josephine, OBC), Beautiful - the Carole King Musical (Janelle, OBC), Sister Act (OBC & 1st National Tour), Hair, Finian’s Rainbow, and Avenue Q. Television: Helpsters (AppleTV), Rescue Me (Sony/FX). Rashidra travels to various symphony orchestras across the country singing lead for Winborne Music’s The Music of Whitney Houston concerts. She holds a BM in Music Business/Management from Berklee College of Music.

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

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WHO’S WHO TINA STAFFORD* (Norah O’Connor) is a New York-based actress, so happy to be back with the Goodspeed family where she was seen in Can-Can, Sweeney Todd, Dorian, and Lizzie Borden. Tours: Once (2 years First National); Jolson, the Musical (First National); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

New York: The Mint, The York, New York Classical (artistic associate), 59 E. 59th, Prospect Theater Company, Soho Rep. Regional: Arena Stage; Paper Mill, Cleveland, the Cincinnati, Westport, Buck’s County, and La Jolla Playhouses; Barrington Stage Company; Asolo Rep; Milwaukee Rep; Kansas City Rep; Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Geva Theatre Center; Denver Center; Hangar Theatre; CATF. Proud AEA Member.

MATTHEW CURIANO* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to the beautiful Goodspeed where last he was last seen playing Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!. Other favorite credits: Nostradamus in Something Rotten!, Thénardier in Les Misérables, and Lady Enid in The Mystery of Irma Vep. Matthew is also the co-creator of The HomoSapien Experience, a queer-themed sketch comedy platform that operates on Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok @thehomosapienexperience_ All of my love to Dad, Mom, and Jen! RACHEL LYN FOBBS* (Ensemble) is blessed to join the Goodspeed family! Inaugural Broadway Guest Artist of the Disney Wish 2022; Marley in Escape to Margaritaville (Broadway 1st Nat’I Tour), World Premiere Actor-Musician production of Godspell (St. Michael’s Playhouse), Jane in Pride & Prejudice (VA Stage Co).

Follow her adventures on IG: fobbsy JULIE KAVANAGH* (Ensemble) Goodspeed Debut! National Tours: Hello, Dolly!; La Cage Aux Folles.

Selected Regional: Dames at Sea (Bucks County Playhouse); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Maltz Jupiter Theatre); Chicago, Guys and Dolls and Little Shop of Horrors (Theatre Aspen); The Drowsy Chaperone (The Cape Playhouse); Holiday Inn (The Rev/Paper Mill Playhouse); and Guys and Dolls (Asolo Rep/The Old Globe).

CCM Grad. Special thanks to Amy, Marjorie, and everyone at Goodspeed! Love to DGRW, Mom, Dad, and Bryan! @julzkavs

EMILY LARGER* (Ensemble) is overjoyed to be back in East Haddam so soon after being a part of both Cabaret and Billy Elliot here at Goodspeed. She has also been seen in the National Tours of Elf (Kennedy Center, Madison Square Garden), The 39 Steps, and Cabaret. Other recent credits include: A Chorus Line (Cassie, BCCPA), State Fair (The REV), A Merry Little Christmas Concert (Bucks County Playhouse), and Calamity Jane (NY Premier). Love to Danny and her family, and Happy Holidays to all! emilylarger. com TikTok: @emilyndannylivetogether BRENDAN McGRADY* (Ensemble) Regional: Red, Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Oldcastle Theatre); Tranquil (Luna Stage); Orphans (Lake Dillion Theatre); Love’s Labour’s Lost (DTLA Shakespeare). Voiceover: Marvel Comics Declassified, Eternals #1, and You Don’t Know Daredevil?. Brendan is also a UCB trained improviser, and master impressionist.

Thank you to my brilliant coach Deborah Abramson, to my mother for being the best role model, and to my wife Amanda, to whom I owe everything. www.brendanmcgrady.com MELVIN TUNSTALL III* (Ensemble) is thrilled to make his Goodspeed debut under the direction of his favorite director and singing the score of his Beautiful: the Carole King Musical musical director Jason Howland! Special thanks to my agents at TKO for their never ending support.

TY-GABRIEL JONES (Swing) [he/ she/they] is an actor/playwright represented by Gray Talent Group with recent appearances as Prince Eric and Sebastian in Disney Cruise Line’s The Little Mermaid, and Westcoast Black Theatre’s production of EUBIE!. Ty-Gabriel’s LGBTQ+ themed play, Down With The Most Beautiful of The Flock premieres at Theatre Latea October 2022. Ty is grateful to make their Goodspeed debut as the Jefferson Understudy and swing for Christmas In Connecticut.

JAMIE ZEIDMAN (Swing) [she/ her] is a New York City-based singer, actor, and nerd. Previous credits include Kristin Chenoweth: For The Girls (Tour), Josh Groban (NY Vocalist), Hunchback of Notre Dame (WPPAC), Christmas Carol (NSMT), and countless shows

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

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WHO’S WHO and cabarets across the US and abroad. She is so grateful to Goodspeed for the opportunity to make some new theater and join “Swing Nation”! Love to the most supportive family, friends, and her Nature Boy, James. @jamiezeidman PATRICK PACHECO (Book) is an Emmy-winning commentator and journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The LA Times, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire.com, and other periodicals. He wrote the 2009 Disney documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty, produced

by Peter Schneider and Don Hahn. In 2010, he co-wrote, with Maria Cassi, My Life with Men… and other animals, directed by Schneider, which premiered at the Spoleto Arts Festival, Umbria. In 2013, his revisal of Rodgers and Hart’s Pal Joey premiered at the Arkansas Rep. He is the writer of American Theatre Wing, An Oral History: 100 Years, 100 Voices, 100 Million Miracles and has collaborated with Chita Rivera on Chita, A Memoir, to be published by HarperCollins this spring. He now hosts CUNY-TV’s THEATER: All the Moving Parts, which features in-depth interviews with theater artists.

ERIK FORREST JACKSON (Book) is the author of the award-winning Like a Billion Likes and its upcoming musical adaptation, Misty Makes It Better (lyrics by Jill Abramovitz, music by Brad Alexander).

He adapted the beloved TV comedy Cheers for a live stage event, and his musical Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (co-written with Ben Winters, featuring the songs of Neil Sedaka arranged by Tom Kitt) has been performed worldwide. For Theatre Couture, Erik wrote four Off-Broadway premieres, including a comic adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie and the thriller Tell-Tale (GLAAD Best Play nominee).

His novels include the Muppets Meet the Classics series for Disney, which cast the iconic characters in great works of literature. Erik is the grateful recipient of fellowships from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Monson Arts, Chulitna Lodge, and the Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals.

JASON HOWLAND (Music) is an honors graduate of Williams College, is a Grammy Award-winning producer, Emmy Award-winning arranger, and Tony-nominated producer. Composer: the Tony-nominated Little Women – The Musical, Paradise Square (world premiere, Berkeley Rep), Ikiru for Horipro Productions (world premiere, Tokyo), Last Days of Summer (Kansas City Rep, George St. Playhouse) and the streaming hit, A Killer Party. Upcoming: Captain Nemo in Seoul, Tokyo Love Story in Tokyo. Howland won an Emmy in 2007 for “Handel’s Messiah Rocks” for PBS. He was nominated for a Tony in 1999 for co-producing The Lonesome West

by Martin McDonagh. He won a Grammy in 2015 for producing the Original Cast Album of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. He is the Arranger and Music Supervisor for Beautiful (Broadway, West End, US National Tour, Tokyo, Australian National 14 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2022 SEASON

Tour, UK National Tour). As musical supervisor/ director/conductor and arranger: Broadway’s Bonnie and Clyde, Wonderland, Jekyll & Hyde, Les Miserables, The Civil War, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Boy George’s Taboo and guest conductor for Bono and The Edge’s Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. He has worked around the world as Music Supervisor, Orchestrator and Arranger for Death Note (Horipro/ Tokyo), Mata Hari and The Man Who Laughs for EMK in Seoul, Your Lie in April for Toho Japan, Fist of the North Star (Horipro) and Casanova for Vienna’s VBW. Recording projects also include: Japanese star May’n’s latest album, Megumi Hamada’s solo CD Attitude (Producer, arranger, conductor); the Grammy-nominated cast album of Jekyll & Hyde (Musical Director/Conductor/Vocal Arranger); The Dreams in You for the September 11th Fund (Producer, Composer); The Scarlet Pimpernel (OBC; Associate Producer/Additional Arrangements); Atlantic Records’ release of The Civil War (Choral Conductor, Arranger); Jekyll & Hyde: The Complete Work (Vocal Arranger); the solo album for acclaimed international harpist Jung Kwak (Conductor); and Linda Eder’s albums Christmas Stays the Same and It’s Time (Arranger/Pianist/Vocal Arranger).

AMANDA YESNOWITZ (Lyrics) Winner of the Kleban Prize, Jonathan Larson Award, Dottie Burman Award, Jamie deRoy Award, Dramatists Guild Fellowship, Berklee Outstanding Alumni Award, and 8 MAC nominations, all for excellence in lyric writing. Selected musicals: Christmas in Connecticut (Broadway Licensing commission), Somewhere in Time (Portland Center Stage world premiere), Do No Harm (Davenport Theatrical Enterprises, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat), May/December (Oldcastle Theatre), By The Numbers (Goodspeed Mercer Grove, ASCAP workshop), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Hangar Theatre), The History of War (NYMF invited selection). Featured lyricist: Notes From Now (59e59), ASCAP Centennial at the Kennedy Center, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall, NAMT Songwriter Showcase, “Gotta Start Small” (Stephanie J. Block; PS Classics, PBS/ Live from Lincoln Center). Amanda is also a writing professor at NYU, a professional parodist, and a NY Times crossword puzzle constructor.

AMY ANDERS CORCORAN (Director) currently has a brand new adaptation of Disney’s The Little Mermaid on the Disney Wish. She was the associate director of Escape to Margaritaville for Christopher Ashley on Broadway and she directed the national tour. She also directed versions of Mr. Ashley’s Freaky Friday for the Alley and Cleveland Playhouse.

Amy helmed the NYC off-Broadway and London premieres of Unexpected Joy and received the SDC Noël Coward Fellowship for Comedic Direction. New projects include Edinburgh 7 and Senior Class. A proud member of SDC, Amy has worked at Asolo Rep, ACT in San Francisco, The Guthrie, Goodspeed, Cal Shakes, many projects for NAMT, and often with Aria Entertainment in London. Amy holds a B.A. in Psychology with Honors from the University

WHO’S WHO of Kansas and an M.F.A. in Directing from Penn State. Love to Lucy, Scott, and the village.

MARJORIE FAILONI (Choreographer) is a New Yorkbased choreographer, performer, and educator.

She is thrilled to make her Goodspeed Debut!

Choreographer: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Disney Wish), The MUNY Variety Hour Ep. 3 “Bach To The Future” (The MUNY). Associate Choreographer: 9 to 5 (US tour), UK tour of Disney’s High School Musical 2, PBS A Capitol Fourth 2019, A Christmas Story (Tuacahn), Gettin’ the Band Back Together (George Street Playhouse), Jesus Christ Superstar (Music Theatre of Wichita), Godspell (the MUNY).

Associate Dir/Chor: Guys and Dolls (Axelrod Performing Arts Center), Christmas with the Symphony (Omaha Symphony). As a performer: Broadway: Escape to Margaritaville (Dance Captain). Tours: 9 to 5, Disney’s High School Musical. Favorite credits include The MUNY, La Jolla Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Tuacahn, Pioneer Theatre. Faculty at Broadway Dance Center. BFA University of Michigan. Thanks to everyone at Goodspeed, Amy, CTG, and my family! marjoriefailoni. com @mfailoni ADAM SOUZA (Music Director) Broadway credits include Wicked, Kinky Boots. National Tours: Wicked (2nd National, Original MD/Conductor), Kinky Boots (Original MD/Conductor), Spamalot (1st National as 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 15 productions with Goodspeed, including 42nd Street, Cabaret, A Grand Night for Singing, Because of Winn Dixie, The Great American Mousical with Julie Andrews, Snapshots

by Stephen Schwartz, Roar of the Greasepaint..., George M!, Brigadoon, Very Good Eddie, Rags, Great Expectations, and The Road to Hollywood.

Adam serves as Associate Artistic Director and Music Supervisor for Destination Broadway (destinationbroadway.org) and has served on faculty for the Boston Conservatory at Berklee as an Associate Professor of Musical Theatre, of which he is also an alumn.

LAWRENCE E. MOTEN III (Scenic Designer) [he/ him/his] Broadway: Chicken & Biscuits (Circle In The Square), What The Constitution Means to Me (Broadway & Tour Associate). Regional: Patience (2ST Uptown); The Last Supper (SOPAC); Much Ado About Nothing (Commonwealth Shakespeare); The Brothers Size (American Players); How I Learned What I Learned (Playmakers Rep); it’s not a trip, it’s a journey (Round House); We Declare You A Terrorist… (Round House); Gem of The Ocean (Portland Center Stage); Trouble In Mind (The Old Globe); The Sound Inside (TheaterWorks Hartford); Hype Man (ART & Company One); Gloria (ACT); STEW (Page 73); Hi, Are You Single? (Woolly Mammoth); Native

Son (Playmakers Rep); House of Joy (CalShakes); Behind The Sheet (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Lecturer: Princeton & Queens College. Member: USA 829. www.motendesigns.com; IG: @motendesigns HERIN KAPUTKIN (Costume Designer) is excited to work on her first production at The Goodspeed.

Her credits include: Fun Home (Theater Works Hartford); LaCocina (Fordham University); The Cherry Orchard (The New School); The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) ((Revised)) (Shakespeare on the Vine); RAGE! A Play with Music (Quinnipiac University); American Son (TheaterWorks Hartford); El Huracán (Yale Repertory Theater); Othello, The Girl is Chained, This Sweet Affliction and Pentecost (Yale School of Drama); Marvellous (NYC Fringe Festival); The Shakes: Romeo and Juliet (The Flea Theater); Cendrillon (Purchase Opera Company). Herin holds an MFA in Costume Design from Yale University, and a BFA in Costume Design and Construction from Purchase College.

RUI RITA (Lighting Designer) Selected Broadway: Skeleton Crew, Velocity of Autumn, Trip to Bountiful, Present Laughter, Dividing the Estate. Off-Broadway premieres: A Sherlock Carol (New World Stages), Paradise Blue (Signature), Horton Foote’s Old Friends & Orphans’ Home Cycle (Hewes Award, Signature), Happiest Song Plays Last (Second Stage), Just Jim Dale (Roundabout), Carpetbagger’s Children, Far East (Lincoln Center Theater). Off Broadway revivals: The Piano Lesson (Signature), Talley’s Folly (Roundabout), and Engaged (Obie Award, TFANA). Recent regional credits include Alley, Center Theatre Group, Dallas Theater Center, Ford’s, Guthrie, Huntington, Oregon Shakespeare, Old Globe. www.designbyrui.com JAY HILTON (Sound Design) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals, happy to be back in this beautiful theatre for the first full season since the nearly two years of pandemic shutdown and thrilled to finish this tremendous season with Christmas in Connecticut and director Amy Corcoran. Jay has designed countless productions at both The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre in Chester and recently created sound design for Goodspeed’s successful re-entry programming Goodspeed by the River and A Grand Night for Singing. In addition to being Goodspeed’s Resident Sound Designer, Jay serves as their Audio Supervisor and has spent much of his time during the pandemic recording, mixing and mastering musical theatre content for streaming platforms including Goodspeed’s 2020 Gala Shakin’ the Blues Away. He and his wife, Goodspeed Artistic Director Donna Lynn Hilton, make their home (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut with Cookie and Macy.

KIM SCHARNBERG (Orchestrator) Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde, Scarlet Pimpernel, Civil War, Little Women (Drama Desk Award nomination), Wonderland, Jekyll & Hyde revival. International: Carmen, Rudolf, Monte Cristo, Phantom (Yeston/Kopit), Ragtime GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2022 SEASON 15

WHO’S WHO (MTI 9-piece orchestration), Ragtime (symphonic concert version), Rocktopia (music supervisor).

Film: A River Runs Through It, Quiz Show, Fly Away Home, The Net. Television: Dallas, Knot’s Landing, Party of Five. Other: Handel’s Messiah Rocks, Linda Eder, Boston Pops, Atlanta Symphony. From Broadway with Love (Sandy Hook, Orlando, Parkland), Associate Artist at Ford’s Theatre (Washington, DC), Composer/Arranger for the Pageant of the Masters (Laguna Beach, CA). Much more at www.KimScharnberg.com JASON P. HAYES (Hair, Wig & Make-Up Designer) is a 2016 & 2017 Drama Desk Award Nominee for Outstanding Wig & Hair Design for his work on The Legend of Georgia McBride & The View Upstairs.

Hayes was the Hair Supervisor for The Present, starring Cate Blanchett. His Broadway theatrical design credits include Casa Valentina, The Realistic Jones’s, Spring Awakening, Blithe Spirit, 13 The Musical & The Radio City Christmas Spectacular for 10 years. His Film & TV credits include Imordecai, The Rise of Hollywood, The Mysteries of Laura, Smash, Hostages, 30 Rock, Mercy, Gossip Girl, SNL and his film credits include Transamerica, Camp, The Savages, and Party Monster to name only a few. His celebrity clients include Cate Blanchett, RuPaul, Angelica Huston, Debra Messing, Toni Colette, Dylan McDermott, Felicity Huffman, Jennifer Hudson, Liza Minelli, Sean Hayes, Josh Lucas, Megan Fox, Antonio Banderas, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cherry Jones, Angela Lansbury, Laura Linney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Macauley Culkin, Marilyn Manson, Harvey Fierstein, Paul Rudd, Patrick Stewart, T.R Knight.

ADAM J. RINEER (Associate Music Director) is an NYC-based composer, writer, music director, and artistic leader. Composer/Writer: The Naked Truth (O’Neill Semi-Finalist), Obscene...Filthy! (NAMT 15-minute Musical Winner), B*tchfest: LIVE! (commissioned by Prima Theatre). MD: FTR: The Brat Pack (Norwegian Cruise Lines), The Lightning Thief (TheaterWorks USA). Assoc. MD: Cabaret (Goodspeed), Monstersongs (TheaterWorks Hartford).

Founding Co-Artistic Director UNTITLED Musical Project. Education: D.M.A. Candidate in Composition (The Hartt School); M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Collaboration (Temple University). adamjrineer.com BRADLEY G. SPACHMAN* (Production Stage Manager) After our “Pandemic Pause,” Brad is very happy to be back in our beloved Opera House—his artistic home for over 25 years! Some of his favorite productions include Redhead, George M!, Show Boat, and A Connecticut Christmas Carol. He sends a heartfelt “Thank You!” to everyone who made our productions this season (and who make them happen every night). Although his time away from the Opera House was productively spent baking and building, he has yet to appear on any flavor of Law & Order. Finally, a very special thanks to

Kim, without whose patience none of this would be possible.

NICOLE WIEGERT* (Assistant Stage Manager) Goodspeed: Anne of Green Gables, Passing Through. Regional: Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks Hartford, Long Wharf, CT Rep, Mountain Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, Theater by the Sea, First Stage Milwaukee, Renaissance Theatreworks, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Public Theater, Milwaukee Chamber Theater. Television: House Hunters, Extreme Cheapskates, Biggest Loser. Other: Love to LC, WW and CW. PAUL HARDT (Casting) is happy to continue this 18-year relationship with Goodspeed. Broadway/ National Tours of West Side Story, Come Fly Away, August: Osage County, Hot Feet, On Golden Pond, Legends, Whistle Down The Wind, A Bronx Tale, Dirty Dancing, The Bodyguard, the current tours of Cats and Annie plus the upcoming Broadway musical Once Upon A One More Time. Other Regional theatre credits include Delaware Theatre Company, Bucks County Playhouse, TUTS, Pasadena Playhouse, Alley Theatre, Arena Stage and Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington, DC. ERICA GILROY (Production Manager) is now in her fifth season as Production Manager. She has been part of the Goodspeed Production Management team since 2005, where she has assisted on two National Tours, several world premieres, and transfers to Broadway. Prior to Goodspeed, she worked in the field of stage management up and down the East Coast. A proud mom of two, she enjoys exploring Connecticut playgrounds with her kids and husband Mike.

RACHEL J. TISCHLER (General Manager) [she/her] joined Goodspeed Musicals in 2016, after practicing as an attorney in NYC. Rachel started her career in theatre at Trinity Rep (Providence, RI), where she worked her way up from intern to General Manager.

Rachel combined her love of art and passion for detail while at Amherst College, where she received her Special Studies B.A. in Performance Art. She earned her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. Rachel and her partner Owen live with their daughters in Rocky Hill.

STEPHEN AGOSTO (Line Producer) begins his first season as Line Producer at Goodspeed Musicals.

For nearly 14 years he served as Associate Director of Education and Senior Director of Artistic Engagement at Tony Award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse shepherding 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

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

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WHO’S WHO practices in the arts and drafted the Musical Theater Common Prescreen which now boasts almost 90 participating institutions geared toward inclusive guidelines for college applicants.

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. No stranger to Connecticut, David has held leadership positions at 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 most recently served as the Managing Director of Virginia Stage Company, Southeastern Virginia’s largest producing theatre. A passion for placemaking, thoughtful community engagement, arts advocacy and coalition-building have made him a sought-after collaborator. His commitment to equity, diversity, access, and inclusion is steadfast, with appointments to anti-racism working groups and other related posts in academia and the non-profit sector. 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 and on the Chancellor’s Commission for LGBT People. While at CBT, David introduced a new play program and produced fruitful collaborations with other non-profits, including the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Great Schools Partnership and McClung Museum of Natural History, among others. Additionally, he was named a 40 Under 40 honoree by the Knoxville Business Journal. Throughout his career, he has held a passion for musicals, beginning with his work as General Manager at Triad Stage in Greens-

boro, NC where he shepherded many new works.

Selections include Beautiful Star, Brother Wolf, and Bloody Blackbeard. David has served as a grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission, Virginia Commission for the Arts and the United Way, in addition to participating in union negotiations with the League of Resident Theatres (LORT). He has guest lectured at Greensboro College, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia Wesleyan University, Christopher Newport University, Skidmore College, Point Park University and Texas Tech. 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 enjoy Connecticut’s natural beauty, counting walks through the woods with their rescue pups Maddie & Queenie as a favorite hobby.

DONNA LYNN HILTON (Artistic Director) [she/ her] 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 classic musical theater canon. She has led the creation of many of Goodspeed’s most successful productions of the last 15 years, including the 2014 World Premiere of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, developed with Universal Theatrical Group. She inspired the creation of Goodspeed’s critically acclaimed 2012 production of Show Boat which was subsequently licensed by Rodgers and Hammerstein and has been produced across the US and in the West End. Donna Lynn brought to Goodspeed the new musicals Because of Winn Dixie, Chasing Rainbows, Amazing Grace and Anne of Green Gables. At The Terris Theatre, she led the development of many new musicals to successful production, among them The Circus In Winter, Passing Through, Band Geeks! and A Sign of the Times. 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. Donna Lynn led the creation of the Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed, the partnership with the Johnny Mercer Foundation which welcomes nearly 50 musical theatre composers, lyricists and librettists to Goodspeed’s campus each winter and has become one of the premiere development opportunities available to emerging musical theatre writers. She led an expansion of Goodspeed’s Festival of New Musicals and through the Festival brought to Goodspeed the first US development of the now international hit Come From Away. Donna Lynn is a past-president of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.

She currently serves as a Trustee of Dundee Rep Theatre/Scottish Dance Ensemble in Dundee, Scotland and on the Advisory Panel for the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat. 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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WHO’S WHO ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers in the US. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans.

Equity seeks to foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society.

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

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

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

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

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

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NOTES FROM AMANDA YESNOWITZ (LYRICS)

As a musical theatre lyricist, writing proWe fell in love with savvy schemer Liz Lane fessor, and professional crossword puzzle from the moment we first watched Christconstructor, the threads of mas in Connecticut, the my livelihood intersect at 1945 holiday classic. the nexus of language. I’ve She’s a happily single always believed that words big-city sophisticate who matter, but now the impact makes hay pretending of what we say, and how in print to be a homewe say it, feels more timely spun country housewife than ever. What does any of and mother. When Liz’s this have to do with a frothy publisher asks her to holiday farce? entertain a war hero at her mythical farm in the Yes, the packaging of ChristNutmeg State, the story’s mas in Connecticut and the screwball hijinks shift fabulous world of Liz Lane into giddy high gear. It’s is indeed light on its face. an irresistible set up, Comedic antics and jaunty and the time period sure songs abound. And yet, doesn’t hurt: Christmasthere’s a gravitas bubbling time during World War under the surface, one that II, when America was I hopw will reach across the united by a common purproscenium and across the pose, optimistic about Erik Forrest Jackson, Amanda Yesnowitz and Patrick Pacheco aisles. the future, and willing to sacrifice for cherished Liz Lane—immortalized by the saucy Barbara ideals.

Stanwyck on film—hungers to use her words to make some serious feminist waves during For our adaptation, we embraced Liz as a a time when that was unthinkable. The idea force of nature ahead of her time—imagine to center on such a progressive female proSex and the City’s boundary-pushing Carrie tagonist back in the 1940s (and also in the Bradshaw pretending to be lifestyle tradition21st century!) is not de rigueur in Hollywood alist Martha Stewart. We discovered along or on Broadway. And that right there is why I the way many contemporary resonances, am so drawn to this story. Narratives which including the persistence of that unbreakable allow, nay empower, women to push socioglass ceiling, the ongoing tensions between cultural boundaries in beautifully subversive clashing points of view, and the perils of ways are in woefully short supply. invented personas (hello, social media!).

We’ve also added two new characters—a Regarding the score of the show, we’ve tried hunky socialist farmhand and a fact-checker to imbue both the music and lyrics with who yearns to be a gumshoe—to give Liz even flavors of the delicious big band era as well as more challenges as she navigates her rural contemporary resonances to remind audienctrial by fire. es, ever so subtly, that Christmas in Connecticut is not only a musical of its time, but of our When news came that the musical’s inaugutime, too. ral voyage would be at the Goodspeed Opera House—Christmas in Connecticut playing at Christmas in the actual Connecticut—it was as if Santa himself had slid down the chimney with the thrilling news. After all, what’s Christmas without a Christmas miracle?

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THE GOODSPEEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION 2022 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Officers Hila Rosen, President Jef Wolter, Chairman (Past President) Jeffrey Hoffman, First Vice President Anthony Cacace, Vice President Mark Masselli, Vice President Sue Link, Treasurer Jennifer Brown, Secretary Gov. Ned Lamont, Ex Officio Honorary Chairman

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

Michael G. Polo Jeffrey Richards Kristen Roberts Blair Russell Meg Sakellarides Joseph Smith Nicole Stanton Leonardo H. Suzio John Voege

Julie Godbout LeBlanc Lawrence McHugh Michael P. Price

H. William Shure Dona D. Young

Emeritus Trustees J. Robert Buchanan Chandler Howard Mary Ellen Klinck

GOODSPEED GUILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS Amy Campbell, President Jay McAnally, 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 203.494.7328.

CORPORATE SUPPORT Ally Charter Bus Altek Electronics, Inc. AmazonSmile Art Lab Ashlawn Farm Store, LLC Community Health Center ConnectiCare Connecticut Water Service Creative Transportation & Tours Essex Savings Bank Falcetti Pianos GHP Media Hartford Business Journal HB Live Hoffman Audi Kainen, Escalera + McHale, P.C.

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LAZ Parking Liberty Bank Masonicare Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Nathan L. Jacobson & Associates, Inc. Option A Group Petra Construction Corporation PrintCraft, Inc. Reynolds’ Subaru & Reynolds’ Boats RisCassi and Davis, P.C. Sennheiser Electronic Corporation Southern Connecticut Gas

Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc. Straighten Your Crown Theatrical Rights Worldwide The Russell Hall Company, Inc. The Shops at Mohegan Sun The Suzio York Hill Companies United Airlines United Mechanical Resources, Inc. Webster Bank Webster Private Bank WithumSmith+Brown, PC Young’s Printing

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Acorn Alcinda Foundation Actors’ Equity Foundation Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. Burry Fredrik Foundation Case Graber Foundation Chelsea Groton Foundation Inc. Community Foundation of Middlesex County/Guilford Savings Bank Charitable Fund, Sherry and Herb Clark Family Fund and Kalayjian Family Fund Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation EIS Foundation Elizabeth Carse Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, N.A., 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 Lucille Lortel Foundation Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Robert F. Schumann Foundation SBM Charitable 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 Frank Young Fund for New Musicals, a Program of National Alliance for Musical Theatre

The Frederic R. Coudert Foundation The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee 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 Vernon K Krieble Foundation William & Alice Mortensen Foundation

Government Support

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 (11) Dolores L. Andrew Alice Belden Gustaf & Virginia Bodin Leon Hugh & Anne Sullivan Calanquin Frank & Amy Campbell Jack & Bertie Chuong Donald Yale Church & Anthony O’Grady Schillaci Amy Lee Crockett, DVM Rochelle Dauenheimer Charles M. Ericson Anne Evans Muriel Fleischmann

David F. Frankel Richard Goodman Mrs. Harry J. Gray Nicholas Groth Lynde Selden Karin Nancy Kline & James Trail Angela Lepore Mrs. Carmela Marzano Andrew C. McKirdy Leslie & Lynne Nathan Robert W. & Carolyn G. Nelson Jane E. Ondovcsik Barbara A. Petersen B. A. Pomarico Michael & Jo-Ann Price

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

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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 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 David Cobliegh 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 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 Intern/Apprentice Endowment 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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WHO’S WHO GOODSPEED MEMBERS Thank you, Goodspeed Members! Goodspeed is over 5,000 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 View full Member List

As of October 21, 2022

MARQUEE PARTNERS FOUNDING PARTNERS ($25,000+)

Frank and Amy Campbell+ Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman Mable and Richard Seymour

INVESTING PARTNER ($10,000+)

Sandra Anagnostakis Richard T. Cersosimo and Valerie J. Koif+ Herb Chambers Day Family Foundation

ASSOCIATE PARTNER ($5,000+) Anonymous (2) Mr. Francis G. Adams, Jr. Susan and Bruce Baiter Louise and John Beard William & Janet Brownstein Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace Kay Knight Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello Ms. Danielle Danese Ruth Ann C. Davis+ Laura and Jim Duncan Fiona A. Egan Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Feldman Chuck & Elena Foster Ron and Karen Goodspeed

Ms. Jean Selden Greene Hila and Saul Rosen RADM. Louise C. Wilmot USN (Ret.) and James E. Wilmot Suzanne Joffray Dr. Christopher Joy and Ms. Cathy Velenchik Julie and Peter LeBlanc Jennifer Alexander and Mark Masselli Myron J. and Jo Trotta Poliner+ Mr. Michael G. Polo Michael and Jo-Ann Price+ Mary M. Wilson and Jeff Riley James and Penelope Sherrard Roz and Peter Shoemaker Ms. Sally Speer Brenda J. Sullivan+ Russell Tait and Lee Anderson Jef and Kate Wolter Suzanne Zajac and Cliff Birdsey

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE INVESTING DIRECTOR ($2,500+) Anonymous Judith W. Adams Dolores L. Andrew+ Billie and Peter Anker Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Arborio Beverly Buckner Baker Greg and Joyce Barabas Louise and John Beard Jennifer Brown and Ian Ayres Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Chabot* Maury and Sonia Cohn Foundation+ Betsy and Richard Didan* Bill and Denice Feeley Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Lynne and Richard Fletcher Sue Frost and Dan Renn Mr. William Gilman William J. Ginnetti, Sr. The Harry E. Goldfarb Family Foundation+

Laura and Roger Goodspeed+ Deb and Ken Grass Ronald & Nina Harris Nancy and Jeffrey Hoffman Penfield & Teresa Jarvis Peter and Linda Jokl & Elisabeth D’Albero Drs. Sheldon and Judith Kaufman Frank and Diane Kelly Catherine Ladnier and J.M. Robinson Linda and Jim Lianos Mr. and Mrs. Harry Link Mr. Peter Luchini Ian G. MacDonald Stephen Selden Mathews Anthony and Chelsea Michaud Bob and Ami Montstream Regina Neal Robert and Carolyn Nelson+ Eric Ort and Duff Ashmead

Jane Porterfield Dianne and Chuck Ramsey Robert A. Ridlehoover Betsy Russell+ Scott Mokoski and Meg Sakellarides Mr. & Mrs. Henry S. Scherer, Jr.+ Jennifer T. Serra and Wayne Schulz Sorenson-Pearson Family Foundation, Inc. Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Spencer Donna and Bill Stamm Suzio/York Hill Judy B. Taylor Mrs. Ashton M. Tenney, Jr. Donald and Sharyn Timmerman John Voege and Geoffrey Paul June Willson Jean M. Wiseman Arthur Zieky and Bill Witkowsky

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GOODSPEED MEMBERS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ($1,000+) Anonymous (3) Barbara & William Abbate Mr. Michael Arseneault* The Assante Family Sherri and Scott Baggett Christine Bassett David and Bonnie Beaulieu Alice C. Belden+ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Benedict Caryl and Edward Bengelsdorf Denise Bernardo and Edwin Muentes Ann & Alan Blanchard Gus and Virginia Bodin+ Craig and Annette Bolt Jordan & Rebecca Boss Kenneth and Judith Boudreau Wallis and Laurie Boyd Desolie and John Boys Drs. Michael and Nancy Bragulla Suzy and Jack Brinegar Nadine and Robert Britton, III Andre and Maureen Brouillard+ Alice and Michael Brown* Richard Buel Martha Bunker and David VerMeulen Peter & Sally Burgess David B. Byrd and Jeff Stanley Steven C. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Siesel E. Canaday, Jr. Melissa and Robert Carlson Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson Fund Scott and Robin Chasse Bertie Chuong Kathleen and Mark Ciliano Ms. Mary Gaskell+ Terri and Cosmo Corigliano Terri and Don Coustan Mrs. J. Noyes Crary+ Mr. and Mrs. Dean P. Cyr Carolyn D’Alessandro Mr. David W. Dangremond Steven & Debra Daren Mr. Robert N. Davie and Ms. Anne E. MacLeod Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. DeGraff, Jr. Barbara and George Delmhorst Senator Chris Dodd and Jackie Clegg Dodd Tom & Carol Doherty David and Susanna Dressler Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin Mary Jane Dunn Lisa Durland and Jonathan Cowles Eileen and Helen Ede Betsy Eichholz and Karen Scopino Mr. Fenmore Feigenbaum+ Steven and Elyse Feltman in memory of Fran and Phil Feltman Ann I. Field David and Patricia Fisher+ James and Donna FitzGerald Charles Fortune Dr. Brendan Fox Julia Francis and Victor Vroom David and Liz Frankel

William Fuller+ Gloria and Bob Gery Richard and Monika Gibbons Charitable Account, a Donor Advised Fund of U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Maureen and Bernie Gillis Dr. Morton G. Glickman+ Lorelei and Neal Goldstein Susan F. Gonsalves Michael and Joan Gordon Rachel Syrek and William Gorton* Tina and Mark Gossner Ray and Judy Grasso Bill Gratz and Jay Bruno Arnold Greenberg John and Pamela Griffin Anita Griffith and Robert Parrott Milo Guisti David and Patricia Hadlow* Robert & Catharine Haff* Bill & Sue Harrelson Sue Hart+ Sylvia & Dennis Heffley Barbara and Gerald Hess Claudette & Ned Hickey* Prudence Hoffman+ Patricia A. Holmes John D Hughes Christine N. Hunihan Rich & Diane Hyman James and Isabel Jackson+ Barbara and Raymond Jacobsen+ Shea and Scott Jezek Emily and John Johl Elizabeth Gianesello Judd Lynde and Michael Karin Ms. Emily Kaufman Sallie L. Kemp Ted and Kiki Kennedy Robbie and Albert Kestnbaum Nancy Kline and Jim Trail Dick and Hazel Koszyca Abbey Kreinik Frank and Elisabet Landrey Ira A. Levin+ Barb and Cliff Libby* Mrs. Charles Lindberg+ Peter and Rosemary Lombardo Jon Lukomnik and Lynn Davidson David MacClelland and Sharon Curran Douglas R. Magee, Jr. Emanuel and Irene Makiaris Sharon Malone John Markel Joseph & Nancy Mazza Jay McAnally John and Amy McCauley Sarah McGinty Larry and Patty McHugh Andrew and Bonnie Lee McKirdy+ Senator and Mrs. Edward Meyer Joe and Beth Molder Thomas and Pamela Moriarty

Jack & Ginny Murphy Dr. and Mrs. Jerry and Naomi Neuwirth Jane E. Ondovcsik Ivan and Naomi Otterness Krystal and Chip Paris Bill & Barbara Pattison Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Payne Perakis Family Virginia J. Perruccio+ Rolf C. Peterson Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Pilarczyk Annella C. Preble Rev. and Mrs. Marston Price Mr. Richard V. Proffitt and Ms. Carol Sirot James Pyne & Marlene Tompkins Steve Rabb and Rena Citron Nancy J. Ramseyer Pamela and Dean Richlin Mr. William Riley and Dr. Susan Forster Ms. Kristen Roberts* Mitchell and Lorraine Rochefort Anja Rosenberg Gary R. Rounseville Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ruenzel Bob & Lynn Salen Mary T. Sargent Linda R. Savitsky and Alvin G. Wolfgram+ Dr. Craig and Pietrina Saxton Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Scherer Thomas Schwenke/Schwenke Auctioneers Fred and Barbara Sette+ Alicia and Tom Settle Karen and Allyn Seymour Millie and Martin Shapiro+ Edward & Sandra Sharr Stan Shaw and Barbara Rhein Anthony & Lorraine Shetensky Jon and Cleo Sonneborn Nicole Stanton Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Sturman Maureen Sullivan & Jack Siggins Dr. and Mrs. S. Russell Sylvester, Jr.+ Charleen D. Taylor Bill & Michele Rosa Mr. Brian Thibeault* Carl Thompson Mrs. Gay Tomasevich* Sheila L. Tomlinson & Ted R. Earl Theresa Tuthill and Dave Eder* Margaret Saxe and George Vinick James and Gail Viola Arthur E. Webster, Esq. Leslie and Richard Weinstein Carol A. Wiggins+ Penny and William Young PJ Younglove Hovey and Doug Long Dr. and Mrs. Robert Zavod+

Dee & Ed Baum+ Robert Bausmith & Jill Peters-Gee MD Christopher and Abby Beale Benanav Family+ Harold & Nicole Benson Pamela and Charles Benson Jan Coxe Berlage Martin and Randee Berliner Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns

Bernadette M. Blake Mr. and Mrs. Nick Bonadies Mr. Don Bowen Liliane T. Braman+ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bravo Alison and Stephen Brinkmann Harold Buckingham+ Laura Bunnell Ned and Christine Burt

PATRON ($500+) Anonymous (11) Inta & Taggart Adams+ Nancy and David Altschuler Christine and Lou Auletta Bette and Bruce Avery Dr. and Mrs. John V. Banta+ Shelley and Michael Barker+ Mr. and Mrs. David N. Barry Jean L. Bartlett

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GOODSPEED MEMBERS Helen Babcock and Tom Buttacavoli James S. and Heidi L. Bzdyra Anne Sullivan Calanquin Richard and Lisa Caporaso Anne and Jim Carroll Shelley and Alan Cetel Donald and Joan Chamberlin* Richard Chiaramonte & Sally Eberhardt Samuel H. Chorches+ Ruth E. Clark Peter and Marcie Clarke Stacy Cohen Elizabeth Comcowich Kevin & Katherine Conway Carol Corliss Michael and Karen Cormier Ms. Robin Cournoyer and Mr. Anthony Cournoyer Sally and Tom Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Crocker Mr. Antonio D’Addeo Maureen E. Dalton Dr. Joseph D’Ascanio Dave and Roberta Denya Valerie F. DeQuattro+ Mr. and Mrs. Francis DeRobertis Brian and Linda Dewhirst Ms. M. Dominguez & Ms. J. Poloso Wilma C. Donaldson William and Christine Donohue Gary McManus and Teresa Drew Dr. Jon C. Driscoll Donna & J.T. Dunn Mr. Colin Eastland & Mr. Joe Landry Vera J. Ehnen Vicki Engelhardt David and Cheryl Epstein Dr. Spencer and Nancy Erman Sheldon Erwine Gus Esselstyn Rob & Heidi Esteve Anne S. Evans Marilyn Fall Lynn Farrell James Ferrara* Korine and Ronald Ferraro Bruce and Debra Fischman Dr. and Mrs. William Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Foley+ Stephen and Susan Forbes Bradford W. Galiette and The Galiette Family* Helen Gallivan Jennifer and Ken Geisler Mr. Greg Giangrande Wil and Mary Ellen Gladue+ Dr. and Mrs. Donald Gonci Dr. Lawrence H. Goodman Gloria J. Gorton Walter and Kathryn Gregory Anne & Allen Greiner+ In memory of John Haggerty Newell and Betty Hale Fund of Greater Worcester Community Foundation

John and Joanna Hamby+ Jon and Carrie Hammond Angie & David Hein Constance Henshaw Sue Hessel and Karen Dahle Barton and Jacqueline Hessler Donna Lynn and Jay Hilton John and Ann Houston The Jacobson Family Michael and Linda Jainchill Susan and Brian Jobson Frank and Brenda Karsmarski Dick Katz+ Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Kehl Chet and Suzanne Kitchings+ Debbie and Steve Kleinman+ Ronald Klimas David W. Knapp Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kosto Deborah Kotchen Dr. Rita A. Landino Robin A. Laudette Captain Frank A. Lerose Roger and Carla Levien David Lewis and Francisco Ribas Mike and Joan Litwinski Ed and Nancy Lonergan Barbara Long and Roxann Walters Don & Judy Lorusso Phyllis and Ray Losnes Carl and Nora Lund Dave and Judith Macri Sonya Morton Mangan Dan McMahon and Joe Rhodes Kerry and Donna Meehan Josie Merck Mary Miko and Joseph Migliaro Margie and Lance Minor Mr. John F. Moore and Christine Schell Jan and Harold Moskowitz Wayne and Susan Mountz Ken and Paula Munson Kevin H Murphy Norman Needleman and Jacqueline Hubbard Stephen and Catherine Negri Marianne Neill G. Robert & Mary O’Brien David and Janice Ogden Mrs. Elaine V. Otter+ Jerry and Nancy Owen Francine Pascal Frances and William Patsiga Lyn Mathews Perrin Joan and Craig Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Willard F. Pinney, Jr. Ann Polanski Michael and Robin Poulos Joan and George Racine Daniel S. Hansen & David D. J. Rau Ms. Lonnie Reed John & Jennifer Reeve Mr. Wayne Rennie Dr. and Mrs. Charles Rich

Toni Robinson and Michael Plouf Alix Rokita+ Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rose Mr. and Mrs. Roger Rubitz* Joan & Dennis Rusconi Mr. and Mrs. William J. Salvatore Rita Salzman+ Kathleen M. Sauer Katie and Daniel Connolly Starr and Phil Sayres+ Kristin L. Schaer Beth and Jim Scully Andrew Seddon & Kathy Smith Mrs. Carol Seeman+ Mr. and Mrs. Bill Seeman Thomas and Rose Selnau J. Shackles Kate and Steve Sigmon Stuart and Arline Small+ Brian T. and H. Jean Smith Lorraine R. Smith Rob R. Smith Cynthia Stannard Mr. and Mrs. Chris M. Steele Margaret Strange & Richard Croce Carol Z. Sundlin Family Szafarek Fred Szufnarowski Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Tagliatela, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Todd and Hillary Talmadge Melanie G. Tenney The Howard and Katherine Aibel Foundation, Inc. Dennis and Joan Welch, The Wheatmarket Loren and Bobbie Theodore Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas Robert and JoAnn Thulin Lida Tingley David & Patricia Havens-Tolly Pam Townsend Lucien Lefevre Gerald and Katherine Tullai John and Judy Turpin Richard & Jessica Tyrol Frank and Farilyn J. Van Cleef Americus S. Vicari+ Victoria Wagner Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Waldo+ Dr. William & Melinda Walsh Thomas J. Walsh Burton Warner Michael and Ellen Wasyl Patti and Howard Weiner Adam Stuart Weinreb Bob and Roz Weinstein Carlisle Wildeman Mimi Wildeman Mary Lynn Windsor Victoria Winterer+ Michael and Kimberly Wolchesky J.V.E. Woodward Pat & Frank Zak

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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GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFF LEADERSHIP

PRODUCTION

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

Erica Gilroy ...................................................Production Manager Wesley Schroeder.............Assistant to the Production Manager

ARTISTIC

COSTUME RENTALS Stephanie Wooley............................. Costume Rentals Assistant

Stephen Agosto ......................................................Line Producer Adam Souza...........................................Resident Music Director Michael Fling .................................................... Artistic Associate ADMINISTRATION Rachel J. Tischler .............................................General Manager Kristan McLaughlin ....................................Artistic Administrator Kendra Garnett..............................................Executive Assistant BUILDING SERVICES Edward C. Blaschik........................................... Theatre Manager Karin Nickel ......................................Building Services Assistant Paul Zajac, Randall Garland ............................ Building Services CleanChoiceCleaning.com ............................. Custodial Services COMPANY MANAGEMENT Paul Sieveking ............................................... Company Manager Tony Beck, Caitlin Fahey ............. Assistant Company Managers DEVELOPMENT Gloria Gorton ............................................ Director of Major Gifts Michele R. Baumann .................................Membership Director Mary Miko ....................Special Events and Corporate Relations Katie Wasserman .................................. Database Administrator Marjorie Rode ............................................................Grant Writer David Mai ................................................Development Associate FINANCE Stacy Booth ..................................... Accounts Payable Manager WithumSmith+Brown, PC; Karen Kowgios ............. Accountants HOUSE MANAGEMENT Kathy Raczka ..................................Supervising House Manager Beryl W. Thorpe .................................................. House Manager Leigh Beatty, Allison Harris, Kathleen Sedgwick .......................... Assistant House Managers Bob Bennett, Joe Kaminski, Paula Moriarty ............................................................ 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 Diane Sobolewski .......................................Official Photographer TECHNOLOGY Jeffrey Mays ............................................. Systems Administrator TICKETING Roger-Paul Snell ........................................ Ticket Sales Manager Catherine Ematrudo..................................Group Sales Manager Morgan Dumark-McNamee ...................... Box Office Supervisor Em Squatrito, Barbara Wilkinson ..................... Box Office Supervisors on Duty Emily Alderman, Lauren Blankenship, Lori Inferrera, Jenna LeMontagne, Katherine Scott ...................................................Box Office Reps Smart, Strategic Marketing for the Arts ................... Direct Sales

COSTUMES Pam Prior ...............................................Costume Shop Manager Jaysen Engel .................................................................First Hand Cassandra Greeley ........................................................... Stitcher Grace Petersen.................................................. Stitcher/Dresser John Riccucci ..............................................Wardrobe Supervisor Lydia Chamberlain ......................................................... Dressers LIGHTING Will Johnson...................................................Lighting Supervisor Jordan Bliese ......................................................Head Electrician Margaret Leupold, Sam O’Dea ..................................Electricians PROPS Ryann D. Lee ........................................................Props Manager Troy A. Junker................................................. Lead Props Artisan Bee Decker, Lora McIntosh ..................................Props Artisans Cindy Davis ................................................Props Run Crew Head Samantha Bruce .................................................Props Run Crew SCENERY Dominick Pinto ................................................ Technical Director Brendon Figueras ............................Assistant Technical Director Mike Cummings........................ Lead Carpenter/Shop Foreman Phillip Bird, Kevin Bolt, Angelina Savelli ...........Staff Carpenters Ethan Arcaroli ................................................................Carpenter Aaron Frongillo.................................................. Stage Supervisor Clayton Cushing, Frankie Gawronski, Kailee Goodine .......................................................... Stagehands James Viall ........................................................Swing Stagehand SCENIC ARTISTS Carla Tiezzi................................................... Charge Scenic Artist Miranda Harkins..............................................Lead Scenic Artist April Chateauneuf ........................................... Staff Scenic Artist Grace Linzner ........................................................... Scenic Artist SOUND Jay Hilton............................................................Audio Supervisor Katie Paris ............................................................Audio Engineer Taylor Bartoski ..................................... Assistant Audio Engineer FOR THIS PRODUCTION Nikki Mirza ....................................................... Assistant Director Ty-Gabriel Jones ...................Research Assistant to the Director Daniel Allen.........................................Assistant Scenic Designer Olivia Rivera ....................................Assistant Costume Designer Jon Ontiveros ................................... Assistant Lighting Designer Jennifer Scapetis-Tycer .......................................... Dialect Coach Amber Gebert-Goldsmith ............................Production Assistant Russ Bartmus ......................................................... Music Copyist Mason Frasher ....................................................Music Assistant Billy Mitchell ................................................... Show Logo Design Rosana Iarusso ........................................ Show Logo Illustration James Carter Pianos .........................................Piano Technician Noah LaPlante ..........................................Technician/Electrician Alexander Zeek, Judi Wallace ..........................................Drapers Anna Brewster, Keeley Grossman ......................... Scenic Artists Taylor Bartoski ................Elaine McKirdy Production Technician Additional costumes provided by Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre.

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