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Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre

Chester, CT

2023 SEASON

JULY 26 - AUG 27

This rollicking new musical tells the story of a diehard fan whose imaginary version of Dolly Parton gets him through a trying time. Packed with hits like “Jolene,” “9 to 5,” “Islands in the Stream” and more, it's sure to make you smile!

OCT 13 - NOV 5

Private Jones is inspired by the true story of a deaf soldier in World War I, witness how one man’s journey through war becomes all the more treacherous because he—and we— can’t hear what’s coming next.

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A Non-Profit Arts Organization

DONNA LYNN HILTON

DAVID B. BYRD

Artistic Director

Managing Director

presents

Book by ARTHUR LAURENTS Music by JULE STYNE Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Suggested by memoirs of GYPSY ROSE LEE Original Production by DAVID MERRICK and LELAND HAYWARD Entire production originally directed and choreographed by JEROME ROBBINS With

GABE AMATO BRIANNA ASCIONE ROMELDA TERON BENJAMIN KELLY BERMAN ANTHONY DaSILVA AMAHRI EDWARDS-JONES THOMAS GOLDBACH V LAURA SKY HERMAN PHILIP HERNANDEZ EMILY JEWEL HODER SUNNY LAUREN HODER VICTORIA HUSTON-ELEM EDWARD JUVIER JUDY McLANE CAMERON BLAKE MILLER MEADOW NGUY BIANCA BELLE PALANA MADDIE ROBERT BEN SEARS MICHAEL STARR TALIA SUSKAUER CARLOS VELASQUEZ ESCAMILLA GEOFFREY WADE DAVID COCHISE WILLIAMS VALERIE WRIGHT Scenic Design by

Costume Design by

ALEXANDER DODGE

EDUARDO SICANGCO

Lighting Design by

Sound Design by

PAUL MILLER

JAY HILTON

Hair, Wig & Make-up Design by

Orchestrations by

Associate Music Director

Animal Director and Trainer

Director of Production

Production Manager

CARISSA THORLAKSON WILLIAM BERLONI

Production Stage Manager

BRADLEY G. SPACHMAN

DAN DeLANGE

ENDLA BURROWS Casting by

PAUL HARDT

TREVOR PIERCE ERICA GILROY Line Producer

STEPHEN AGOSTO

Music Direction by

ADAM SOUZA

Choreographed by

PATRICIA WILCOX Directed by

JENN THOMPSON First Performance: April 28, 2023 at The Goodspeed GYPSY is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com Founding Director

MICHAEL P. PRICE Sponsored by:

Marquee Producing Partners:

FRANK & AMY CAMPBELL

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CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)

Uncle Jocko .............................................................................................................EDWARD JUVIER Georgie...................................................................................................................GEOFFREY WADE Clarence ........................................................................................................THOMAS GOLDBACH V Balloon Girl .................................................................................................SUNNY LAUREN HODER Baby June ....................................................................................................... EMILY JEWEL HODER Baby Louise ........................................................................................... CAMERON BLAKE MILLER Rose .............................................................................................................................JUDY McLANE Chowsie................................................................................................................................ CHA CHA Pop .........................................................................................................................GEOFFREY WADE Rich Man..........................................................................................................................BEN SEARS Rich Boy ..................................................................................... CARLOS VELASQUEZ ESCAMILLA Tap Dancer ................................................................................................. BIANCA BELLE PALANA Boy Scout ......................................................................................................THOMAS GOLDBACH V Weber ......................................................................................................................EDWARD JUVIER Herbie ............................................................................................................... PHILIP HERNANDEZ Dainty June ..................................................................................................... LAURA SKY HERMAN Louise ....................................................................................................................TALIA SUSKAUER Yonkers ................................................................................................. DAVID COCHISE WILLIAMS L.A. ...................................................................................................................................BEN SEARS Tulsa ........................................................................................................................ MICHAEL STARR Kansas ..........................................................................................................................GABE AMATO Mr. Goldstone ........................................................................................................GEOFFREY WADE Waitress ....................................................................................................................MEADOW NGUY Miss Cratchitt ........................................................................................................VALERIE WRIGHT Agnes ........................................................................................................................KELLY BERMAN Marjorie May.............................................................................................................MEADOW NGUY Geraldine ............................................................................................... AMAHRI EDWARDS-JONES Edna Mae .............................................................................................................. MADDIE ROBERT Cigar .......................................................................................................................GEOFFREY WADE Pastey......................................................................................................................EDWARD JUVIER Tessie Tura .............................................................................................................VALERIE WRIGHT Mazeppa ............................................................................................ROMELDA TERON BENJAMIN Electra .......................................................................................................VICTORIA HUSTON-ELEM Renée ..................................................................................................................... MADDIE ROBERT Phil ..........................................................................................................................EDWARD JUVIER Bougeron-Couchon................................................................................................GEOFFREY WADE ENSEMBLE GABE AMATO, ROMELDA TERON BENJAMIN, KELLY BERMAN, AMAHRI EDWARDS-JONES, THOMAS GOLDBACH V, SUNNY LAUREN HODER, VICTORIA HUSTON-ELEM, EDWARD JUVIER, MEADOW NGUY, BIANCA BELLE PALANA, MADDIE ROBERT, BEN SEARS, MICHAEL STARR, CARLOS VELASQUEZ ESCAMILLA, GEOFFREY WADE, DAVID COCHISE WILLIAMS, VALERIE WRIGHT SWINGS BRIANNA ASCIONE, ANTHONY DaSILVA DANCE CAPTAIN KELLY BERMAN ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER NAOMI ANHORN 8 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON

CAST OF CHARACTERS UNDERSTUDIES Dainty June/Agnes/Renée BRIANNA ASCIONE; Cratchitt/Tessie Tura/Mazzepa/Electra KELLY BERMAN; Yonkers/L.A./Kansas/Pastey/Bougeron-Couchon/Phil ANTHONY DaSILVA; Vladimir/Kid Specials THOMAS GOLDBACH V; Baby Louise SUNNY LAUREN HODER; Rose VICTORIA HUSTON-ELEM; Pop/Goldstone/Cigar EDWARD JUVIER; Baby June BIANCA BELLE PALANA; Louise MEADOW NGUY; Tulsa BEN SEARS; Herbie/Weber/Uncle Jocko GEOFFREY WADE MUSICIANS Keyboard I/Conductor ADAM SOUZA; Percussion SAL RANNIELLO; Reed I LIZ BAKER SMITH; Reed II ANDREW STUDENSKI; Trumpet I PETE ROE; Trumpet II TUCKER BARNEY; Trombone MATTHEW RUSSO; Bass DAVID UHL ALTERNATES Keyboard I/Conductor TREVOR PIERCE; Percussion ELLIOT WALLACE; Reed I MICHAEL SCHUSTER; Reed II HARRY KLIEWE; Trumpet I TRAVIS HIGGINS III; Trumpet II SETH BAILEY; Trombone ANDREW JANES; Bass STEVE GILEWSKI MUSIC ASSISTANT MASON FRASHER Covid Safety Officer KRISTAN McLAUGHLIN

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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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SYNOPSIS OF SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS Setting: Early 1920s-1930s; throughout the U.S.A.

ACT ONE Overture ............................................................................................................Orchestra Scene 1, Seattle, WA — Uncle Jocko’s Kiddie Show Let Me Entertain You .............................................................Baby June & Baby Louise Scene 2, “Home Sweet Home,” that night Some People ............................................................................................................Rose Scene 3, On the Road Some People (Reprise) ........................................................................... Rose & Scouts Scene 4, Los Angeles, CA — Backstage of a Vaudeville Theater Small World ..............................................................................................Rose & Herbie Scene 5, Los Angeles, CA — Onstage Baby June and her Newsies .............................................................................. Newsies Let Me Entertain You ......................................................................................Baby June Scene 6, Akron, OH — A Hotel Mr. Goldstone .................................................................................... Rose, Herbie, Kids Little Lamb............................................................................................................. Louise Scene 7, New York, NY — A Chinese Restaurant You’ll Never Get Away From Me ..............................................................Rose & Herbie Scene 8, New York, NY — Grantziger’s Palace Farm Sequence ............................................................................... June, Farmers, Cow Broadway ................................................................................. June & Broadway Swells Scene 9, Outside Grantziger’s Office If Mama Was Married .............................................................................. June & Louise Scene 10, Buffalo, NY — A Theatre Alley All I Need Is A Girl.................................................................................................... Tulsa Scene 11, Omaha, NE — A Railroad Platform Everything’s Coming Up Roses ...............................................................................Rose

ACT TWO Entr’acte ...........................................................................................................Orchestra Scene 1, Desert Country, TX — A Yard Toreadorables .......................................................................................................... Girls Together Wherever We Go ............................................................ Rose, Herbie, Louise Scene 2, Wichita, KS — Dressing Room of a Burlesque House You Gotta Get A Gimmick ...................................................... Mazeppa, Electra, Tessie Scene 3, A Corridor Backstage Scene 4, The Dressing Room, Onstage, and Stages Across the Country Gypsy Strip Routine.......................................................................... Louise & Showgirls Scene 5, New York, NY — Louise’s Dressing Room Scene 6, The Stage Rose’s Turn ...............................................................................................................Rose 10 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON

WHO’S WHO LAURA SKY HERMAN* (Dainty June) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! First National Tour: Hello, Dolly! (Ermengarde).

Off-Broadway/NYC: Life Boat (The Shed), Muriel’s Wedding (Playwrights Horizons), Rock and Roll Man (Caiola Productions), The Little Dancer (Theater 71). Regional: American Repertory Theater, Sacramento Music Circus, Maltz Jupiter Theater, North Shore Music Theater, New London Barn Playhouse. She is a recent Harvard graduate, where she made history as one of the first women to perform with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theater group in the country. Endless love and gratitude to her family! For my “Lorelai”--love you, Mommy! @lauraskyherman PHILIP HERNANDEZ* (Herbie) is the only actor in Broadway history to star as both Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert in Les Misérables.

Other Broadway: Paul Simon’s The Capeman and Kiss Of The Spiderwoman. He won the 2019 Connecticut Critics Circle ‘Best Actor in a Musical’ Award for his portrayal of Quixote in Man of La Mancha. Television: Bull, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, The Path, Gotham, Nurse Jackie, Elementary, Hostages, Damages, Person of Interest, Law & Order and others. Philip is also a 2023 Audie-Award finalist and Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. Find him at www.PhilipHernandez.net or on Twitter & Instagram @philip24601.

EMILY JEWEL HODER* (Baby June) is thrilled to “Entertain You” at the beautiful Goodspeed with this incredible cast! She began her professional career at the age of 7 and has since traveled the country performing and having a blast! Broadway: The Music Man (Amaryllis). Broadway National Tour: Les Misérables (Little Cosette). Regional: The Secret Garden at the Ahmanson in LA (Mary Lennox), Annie (Molly), The Jungle Book (Mowgli). Voiceover: Schmigadoon Apple TV, Panda Corner App for kids. Thank you to my family and friends for their constant support! Special thanks to Nancy Carson, Kim Pedell and Jenn Thompson for believing in me! Insta @emilyjewel7 JUDY McLANE* (Rose) Broadway credits include starring in Mamma Mia! as Donna and Tanya (over 4,000 performances), Kiss of the Spider Woman with Chita Rivera, Aspects of Love, Chess. Off-Broadway: Romeo and Bernadette (Outer Critics Circle Award), Johnny Guitar (Drama Desk Nomination and Drama League Honor). Tours: Into the Woods, Joseph…Dreamcoat with

Donny Osmond, Big, Side By Side By Sondheim (dir. Rob Marshall). Select Regional: LaChuisa’s Los Otros (Everyman); Follies (Signature, Helen Hayes Nomination); Sunset Boulevard (Engeman); Next to Normal (Pioneer & Syracuse Stage, SALT Award); Master Class, Light in the Piazza (Theatre Raleigh); Evita, Victor/Victoria, Man of LaMancha (Papermill Playhouse). Film: Were the World Mine, Hiding in Daylight (Cannes Film Festival, Southampton International Film Festival Nomination). TV: Madame Secretary, Elementary, The Blacklist, The Loudest Voice. [Instagram: @judy.mclane] Judy is not wearing real fur.

CAMERON BLAKE MILLER (Baby Louise) age 11, is delighted to be making her Goodspeed debut!

Credits include: A Christmas Carol (Trinity Repertory Company); Frozen Jr. (Theatre By The Sea); Shrek, Alice in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol (Granite Theatre); Wizard of Oz Jr., Aristocats Kids (East Lyme Regional Theater); Mary Poppins (Stonington High School Drama); Aladdin Kids (Theatre Scrapbook). Many thanks to Goodspeed Musicals for this opportunity and to her family, friends and teachers for their love and support!

TALIA SUSKAUER* (Louise) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut in Gypsy. Talia comes to The Goodspeed straight from NYC, where she recently completed her tenure as Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway. Other credits include: Be More Chill (Broadway and Off-Broadway), Wicked (National Tour). Regional: Shrek (Fiona), Little Women (Jo), The Secret Garden (Lily). Talia has performed at Carnegie Hall, and recently made her solo debut at 54 Below. BFA: Penn State University. Thank you to Jenn Thompson, Patti Wilcox, Adam Souza, HCKR, Sherry Kayne, and my family. This one’s for you, Mama. @taliasuskauer CHA CHA (Chowsie) was adopted

by Goodspeed’s own trainer William Berloni in 2021 from PetResQ Inc., after being rescued from a hoarding situation. She has been playing “Bruiser” in Legally Blonde in addition to extra work on numerous TV shows. She is excited to expand her resume with the role of Chowsie.

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

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WHO’S WHO GABE AMATO* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be performing at The Goodspeed this season. Tours/ Regional Theatre: Cabaret (Asolo Rep ’22), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (The Muny ’22), R&H Cinderella (‘17’18 Tour). Training: BFA Musical Theater from LIU Post. All the love to my Mom, Grandmother, family back home, and my girls back in the city. I wouldn’t be here without you guys. AEA Member.

ROMELDA TERON BENJAMIN* (Ensemble) is a Pittsburgh native making her Goodspeed Debut!

Broadway: Brooklyn The Musical.

Off-Broadway: Sistas The Musical, The Secret Life of Bees, Bare A Pop Opera (Original Sister Chantelle). Tour: Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Yo’ Alice, Ain’t Misbehavin’. Select Regional: Catch Me If You Can (Pre-Broadway), Chicago.

Film/TV: Law & Order: SVU, Broadway Inspirational Voices, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Pope Francis US Visit, Last Week Tonight: John Oliver Show. Blessed By The Best! Love You Mommy, Family, My Circle, & THE WAM FAM! Follow @ theromeldateronbenjamin KELLY BERMAN* (Ensemble) is beyond ecstatic to return to the beautiful Goodspeed. She was last seen here in The Music Man, directed and choreographed by the incomparable Jenn Thompson and Patti Wilcox! She was also directed by Jenn in Goodspeed’s 2017 production of Oklahoma!. Other theatre credits include: Camelot (The Muny), Cinderella (Papermill Playhouse), Holiday Inn (The Rev), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Ogunquit Playhouse), and The Music Man (The Muny). Special thanks to her theatre heroes, Jenn and Patti. HUGE thanks to the magnificent Adam, Paul, Brad, Naomi, Donna, Stephen, company management, and the stupendous cast & crew. AEA member and represented by Clear Talent Group. @kbermanator AMAHRI EDWARDS-JONES (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be making her Goodspeed debut!

She was most recently seen in the Australian Tour of Hairspray and as Duckling Donna in the U.S. National tour of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Regional credits include: Virginia Musical Theatre (Freaky Friday, Mamma Mia, Chicago), Virginia Stage Company (Matilda). All thanks to God, her lovely parents, Bloc, family and friends for their unconditional support! @amahri_e_j

THOMAS GOLDBACH V (Ensemble) is 12 years old from Meriden, CT. Since the age of 2, Thomas has danced tap and hip hop. With the Whitney Players Theater Company, he has performed in: Shrek Jr., The Little Mermaid Jr., Hairspray Jr., High School Musical Jr., Help I’m Trapped in a Musical, Wizard of Oz, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and served lead roles in Matilda, The Wiz, Into the Woods Jr., The Trial of the Wicked Witch, and Newsies.

SUNNY LAUREN HODER (Ensemble) is SO excited to be making her professional theatre debut at Goodspeed in Gypsy!!

She is a singer, voiceover artist, competitive dancer, actress and animal lover. She recently recorded the theme song for a new animated show “My Friend Bada” from creator Josh Selig in NYC. Thank you to my family and friends for all their support! Special thanks to Kim at Zoom Talent, Bonnie at Stewart Talent and Jenn Thompson for believing in me! @sunnylauren5 VICTORIA HUSTON-ELEM* (Ensemble) is overjoyed to be back at Goodspeed! Previously: The Music Man, The Circus in Winter and Meet John Doe. National Tours: The Addams Family, Finding Neverland. Other favorites: Ragtime (Bay Street), Sunset Boulevard (NSMT), Golden Boy Of The Blue Ridge (Prospect), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Recordings: Golden Boy Of The Blue Ridge, Artists In Residence, Future Demons. www.victoriahustonelem.com. This one is for Momma Huston (who would be playing Mazeppa if she had her way).

EDWARD JUVIER* (Ensemble) Grateful to return to Goodspeed after appearing last fall in 42nd Street. Broadway/Tour: Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera. Regional/Stock: STAGES St Louis (Theater Circle award), Engeman, Tuacahn, Riverside, Meadow Brook, Theatreworks Palo Alto, Allenberry, Ivoryton, Forestburgh, Gulf Coast Symphony, Transcendence.

Graduate of Boston Conservatory.

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

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WHO’S WHO MEADOW NGUY* (Ensemble) Interstellar Cinderella at NYCCT, Ella (Cinderella) at North Shore Music Theatre, Hope Harcourt (Anything Goes) at City Springs Theatre Company, Betty Haynes (White Christmas) at The John W. Engeman Theater, Ariel (The Little Mermaid) at Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, Shelby (Steel Magnolias) at North Carolina Theatre; Awarded the 2012 High School Musical Theatre Jimmy Award Winner in Chicago. Film/TV: The Blacklist, The Artist’s Wife, Law and Order SVU, Madam Secretary, and Hunters. BFA-Indiana University. www.meadownguy.com BIANCA BELLE PALANA (Ensemble) is elated to make her Goodspeed debut! Bianca has ten years of technical training with Dance Unlimited, an elite performing company in Hamden, CT. She holds over twenty regional and national competitive dance titles.

Off stage, Bianca loves to draw, cook, and spend time with family. She would like to thank her family and mentors for their endless support!

MADDIE ROBERT (Ensemble) [she/her] is thrilled to make her Goodspeed debut! Her most recent credits include Zag Zurka in Hip Hop Cinderella (Off Broadway at The New Victory); Maggie in A Chorus Line (Weathervane Theatre NH), A Christmas Story (The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), and Singin’ in the Rain (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). She graduated with a BFA from the University of Oklahoma in 2021.

BEN SEARS* (Ensemble) is an NYC-based actor & pizza enthusiast & is thrilled to be back at Goodspeed! National Tours: CATS (1st Nat’l), A Bronx Tale. Regional: The Music Man (Goodspeed); Catch Me If You Can (REV); West Side Story, Newsies! (The LEX); Funny Girl, Crazy for You (Forestburgh Playhouse).

Shoutout to The A Squad, gratitude to my superb reader Emily, huge thanks to Patti, Jenn, & Paul.

Love to Dad, Brian, May, Kate, Emily, Abby, Anna, & Lily. As always, this is for Dad. MICHAEL STARR* (Ensemble) Goodspeed debut! Currently can be seen in episodes of Disney+ Encore! and Eric Andre’s Bad Trip on Netflix. National Tour: Bright Star.

Select past credits include Come Fall In Love (Old Globe), Romy & Michele (5th Ave), Mamma Mia!

and A Chorus Line (Hollywood Bowl), and shows with Phoenix Theater Company, Berkshire Theatre Group, San Francisco Symphony, Disneyland, Hartford Stage, LA Opera, MTW, La Mirada Theater and more. Love to the Starrs, and his beautiful fiancée Lauren. @itsmikestarr CARLOS VELASQUEZ ESCAMILLA (Ensemble), age 8, was most recently seen on stage in the New Canaan HS production of The Music Man (Winthrop); and at Sacred Heart U. production of A Christmas Carol (Henri Cratchit).

His education credits include Random Farms KT productions of HS Musical Jr. and Newsies Jr.. On screen, Carlos played himself in an episode on season 54 of Sesame Street. Special thanks to Becky Randazzo at Kreativ Artists, and his vocal, acting, and dance instructors.

GEOFFREY WADE* (Ensemble) most recently played Snape in Harry Potter and The Cursed Child.

National Tours of Crazy For You and Curious Incident…Regional: Old Globe, La Jolla, South Coast Rep, Center Stage, Guthrie, Denver Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Rep of St. Louis, and Weston Playhouse. TV: NCIS, Mad Men, Numb3rs, ER, Law & Order. Film: City Hall, The Divide, and Steven Spielberg’s The BFG. Teaches at the Antaeus Academy. Trained at Central, London.

DAVID COCHISE WILLIAMS (Ensemble) is making his debut at this beautiful theatre! Goodspeed is brand new territory and David is so happy to be a part of this project, after just ending two back-to-back tours―swinging in A Chorus Line (Baayork Lee) and playing Ritchie Valens in Buddy Holly (GFour productions). David is so excited and can’t wait to bring some joy and entertainment to the beautiful people out there!

VALERIE WRIGHT* (Ensemble) BROADWAY: Kimberly Akimbo, Tuck Everlasting, Elf, Annie Get Your Gun, Damn Yankees, Steel Pier, Sally Marr and Her Escorts, Song & Dance, CATS. OFF BROADWAY: Showing Off!, The World Goes ‘Round, Wanda’s World. NATIONAL TOURS: Hello, Dolly!; Song & Dance; The World Goes ‘Round (Helen Hayes nomination, Jeff Award); Damn Yankees (Helen Hayes nomination). FILM: Sleepless In Seattle, Ordinary Heroes, Second Glance. Valerie is also a director/choreographer.

She has two sons and is married to actor Mark Lotito.

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

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WHO’S WHO BRIANNA ASCIONE (Swing) is absolutely thrilled to be in Gypsy making her Goodspeed debut!

Off-Broadway: The Little Match Girl: The Concert (Goose Two/ Ensemble). Regional: Dames At Sea (u/s Ruby & Joan), Carousel (Louise), Grease (Sandy), West Side Story (Anybodys). TV/Film: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Marry Me. Marymount Manhattan College 2022 (BFA Dance). All the love to the entire company, LDC, Marianne Wells, Mom & Dad, family, & friends! @briannajascione ANTHONY DaSILVA (Swing) National Tours: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Regional: The Cher Show, Elf (Ogunquit Playhouse); The Wedding Singer, Newsies (The Gateway); A Chorus Line (Weathervane Theatre); Mamma Mia!, Altar Boyz, World Goes ‘Round (Forestburgh Playhouse); Grease, Camelot, Oklahoma!, Sunset Boulevard (Mac-Haydn Theatre).

Infinite thanks to Jenn Thompson, Patti Wilcox, The Collective, Family, Friends, and Chaz. @antthology JENN THOMPSON (Director) is thrilled to return to Goodspeed after directing last summer’s world-premiere Anne of Green Gables on this stage. Other Goodspeed productions include The Music Man (winner of the 2019 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Musical), Oklahoma! (nominated for 7 CCC Awards) and Bye Bye Birdie (nominated for 5 CCC Awards). Recent productions include the current National Tour of Annie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Musical at CTC and Chains for Off-Broadway’s celebrated Mint Theatre where her 2016 production of Women Without Men garnered Lortel and Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominations for Outstanding Revival as well as 5 Drama Desk Award nominations, including Outstanding Director and Revival. Regional highlights include The Secret Garden (Denver Center Theatre), Mary Stuart (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), as well as productions at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, St. Louis Rep, Barrington Stage Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, City Theatre, Portland Stage Company, Dorset Theatre Festival and The Rev Theatre Company. Connecticut credits include A Doll’s House, Part 2 and The Call at TheaterWorks Hartford as well as Abundance at Hartford Stage (CCC nomination: Outstanding Director/Revival).

Jenn served as a founding member of Connecticut’s award-winning River Rep at the Ivoryton Playhouse, where she appeared in and/or directed over 50 productions, over 19 seasons and as Co-Artistic Director of Off-Broadway’s award-winning TACT/The Actors Company Theatre. Jenn is married to actor Stephen Kunken. They live in Brooklyn, NY and Ivoryton, CT with their daughter, Naomi. This one’s for Mama. jennthompsondirector.com

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PATRICIA WILCOX (Choreographer) is thrilled to return to Goodspeed after choreographing The Music Man (Connecticut Critics Circle Award) and Bye Bye Birdie (Connecticut Critics Circle nomination). Other credits include: Broadway: Motown the Musical (Astaire Award and NAACP Award/ Choreography), and A Night with Janis Joplin. Off-Broadway/ National Tours: Little Shop of Horrors (NY City Center Encores!), Annie, An Officer and a Gentleman, Children’s Letters to God, Bowfire, Blues in the Night (NAACP Nomination), Seussical. Regional: A Swell Party (Kennedy Center), The Secret Garden (DCPA), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (CTC), Peter and the Starcatcher (Pioneer), Aida and Camelot (NSMT), Jesus Christ Superstar (Sacramento Music), Hair (ATC), Guys and Dolls (Paper Mill), Houston Symphony, Minnesota Pops, Phoenix Symphony.

Choreographer for 3 Winter Olympics/Ice Dancing.

Guest Artist: Jacob’s Pillow. Pattiwilcox.com ADAM SOUZA (Music Director) Broadway credits include Wicked, Kinky Boots. National Tours: Wicked (2nd National, original MD/Conductor), Kinky Boots (1st National original MD/ Conductor), Spamalot (1st National, MD/Conductor), The Midtown Men, and Les Misérables. Adam also served as Associate Music Supervisor for the international mountings of Wicked in São Paolo, Brazil (in Portuguese) and Mexico City (in Spanish). His regional credits include Next to Normal (Hartford TheaterWorks), North Shore Music Theatre, and over 20 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, George M!, Brigadoon, Very Good Eddie, and Rags. Adam serves as Music Supervisor for Destination Broadway (destinationbroadway.org) and has served on faculty for the Boston Conservatory at Berklee as an Associate Professor of Musical Theatre, of which he is also an alumnus.

ALEXANDER DODGE (Scenic Designer) BROADWAY: Anastasia (Outer Critics Nomination), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Nominations), Present Laughter (Tony Nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, Hedda Gabler. OFF-BROADWAY: The Whisper House: 59E59 Theatres; Harry Clarke: Vineyard / Minetta Lane; Ripcord: MTC; Rapture Blister Burn: Playwrights Horizons; The Understudy: Roundabout; Measure for Pleasure, Paris Commune: Public; Observe the Sons of Ulster (Lortel Award), Chaucer in Rome: LCT. INTERNATIONAL: Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Japan / Germany / Austria; All New People: London-West End. OPERA: Samson et Dalila: Metropolitan Opera; The Thirteenth Child: Santa Fe; The Ghosts of Versailles: L.A. Opera; Il trittico: Deutsche Oper Berlin. RECENT: Noir: Alley Theatre; Russian Troll Farm: Geva Theatre.

UPCOMING: I Need That: Broadway/American Airlines-Roundabout. MFA: Yale.

WHO’S WHO EDUARDO SICANGCO (Costume Designer) lives in New York and continues to enjoy a prolific 40-year career as a set and costume designer. He has designed for a wide range of entertainment forms including plays, musicals, opera, classical ballet, modern dance, film, television, cruise ship revues, theme parks and circus and ice shows. His work has been seen on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in major regional theaters and opera houses across the USA, Radio City Music Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Madison Square Garden, Las Vegas showrooms and international productions. He is very happy to be back at Goodspeed where he designed the sets and costumes for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Mack and Mabel, Ankles Aweigh and the scenery for Redhead, Lady Be Good, Madame Sherry, Lucky in the Rain and Das Barbecu. Website: eduardosicangco.com PAUL MILLER (Lighting Designer) Previously at Goodspeed: My One and Only, How To Succeed…, Music Man; Broadway: Rube & Clay’s Christmas, Amazing Grace, The Illusionists, Legally Blonde, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only; Off-Broadway: Desperate Measures, Clinton!, Pageant, Vanities - the Musical, Waiting for Godot, Addicted, Nunsense, Balancing Act, City Center Encores! (9 shows); National Tours; Hairspray, Elf, Wizard of Oz, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Rent, Shrek – The Musical!; Regional: The Old Globe, Dallas Theatre Center, Chicago Shakespeare, Idaho Shakespeare, Asolo Repertory, American Conservatory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Westport Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre and others; Television: Evil (Paramount), Live from Lincoln Center, 26 Netflix specials, New Year’s Eve telecast from Time’s Square (24 years and over 100 musical performances); International: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, London’s West End, Vienna, Milan (Teatro alla Scala), Brazil, The Philippines, South Africa, Iceland and China.

JAY HILTON (Sound Designer) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals and is thrilled to once again be working with director Jenn Thompson. Other productions with Ms. Thompson include Bye Bye Birdie, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man and last season’s Anne of Green Gables. Jay has designed countless productions at both The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre in Chester. In addition to being Goodspeed’s Resident Sound Designer, Jay serves as their Audio Supervisor and also spends some of his time recording, mixing and mastering musical theatre content for streaming platforms. He and his wife, Goodspeed Artistic Director Donna Lynn Hilton, make their home (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut with Cookie and Macy.

CARISSA THORLAKSON (Wig, Hair, & Make-Up Designer) is a New Jersey-based wig and makeup designer. Off-Broadway: Grand Hotel and Little

Rock. She has also designed for Walnut Street Theatre, The Old Globe, A.R.T., McCarter Theatre Center, Hartford Stage, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Two River Theatre, Bay Street Theater, Delaware Theatre Company, Hudson Stage Company, Temple University, Olney Theatre Center, the University of Delaware Resident Ensemble Players, The Princeton Festival, and American Repertory Ballet. She has served as a wig and makeup artist at operas and theaters across the country. Carissa also creates custom medical wigs, cosplay wigs, and teaches classes in wigs and makeup. You can find her at CThorwigs.com and @wigician.

DAN DeLANGE (Orchestrator) Dan DeLange’s orchestrations have been heard on Broadway, Carnegie Hall, London’s West End, national and European tours, and at regional theaters around the world―including over 50 productions at Goodspeed Musicals. He has orchestrated for The Jim Henson Company, Julie Andrews, Rosie O’Donnell, Live Theatricals at Universal Studios, Manhattan Concert Productions, iTheatrics, Troika Entertainment, as well as for composers Jerry Herman, Harvey Schmitt, Paul Williams, Charles Strouse, and Stephen Schwartz. He is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

For more information, visit DanDeLangeOrchestrations.com TREVOR PIERCE (Associate Music Director) is thrilled to join the Goodspeed family. Off-Broadway / NYC: Whiskey Pants (HERE Arts), Once Upon A Mattress (St Jean’s Theater), Green Gables (DR2), Fire Island (TheatreRow). Tours/Int’l: Elf Nat’l Tour, Anything Goes Nat’l Tour, Celebrity Cruises. Regional: Barrington Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, Hartford Stage, The Gateway, Argyle Theater, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, and others. Thanks to Adam for bringing me onboard. BA in Theater/Music, University of Pennsylvania. Love to Mom, Dad, and John. www.trevormpierce.com WILLIAM BERLONI (Animal Director and Trainer) 2011 Tony® Honoree for Excellence in Theatre; 1977 and 2013 Outer Critics Awards and 2017 Drama League Award for Unique Contribution to the Theater. BROADWAY: Annie (1977) to The Ferryman (2018) and 25 shows in between. Animal Director for the new musical Because of Winn Dixie.

Credits include hundreds of off-Broadway, regional and national tours. Television: producer and star of From Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni, Annie, Peter Pan and The Wiz Live, And Just Like That and Kaleidoscope. Author of Broadway Tails 3rd Edition. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter and www. theatricalanimals.com. Bill is happy to be home where it all started.

KELSEY RAINWATER (Intimacy Consultant) is a Fight and Intimacy Director, and actress based out of the ancestral lands of the Quinnipiac people. Kelsey’s most recent work was seen in the premiere of Sally and Tom at The Guthrie. Some of GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON 15

WHO’S WHO her other credits include In the Southern Breeze at Rattlestick; The Public Theater’s Measure for Measure and White Noise by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed

by Oskar Eustis; Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, A Raisin in the Sun, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Yale Rep; Blues for An Alabama Sky with the Keen Company; and Bess Wohl’s film Baby Ruby. She is a Lecturer in Acting at David Geffen School of Drama, co-teaching stage combat and intimacy, and is a Resident Fight and Intimacy Director for Yale Rep. BRADLEY G. SPACHMAN* (Production Stage Manager) Originally from Chicago, Brad has enjoyed working at both the Opera House and Terris Theaters for some time now. Some of his favorite productions include Redhead, King of Hearts, and Singin’ in the Rain. He sends a heartfelt “Thank You!” to everyone who makes our productions (as well as those who make them happen). Finally, a very special thanks to Kim, without whose patience none of this would be possible. [87/29] NAOMI ANHORN* (Assistant Stage Manager) Goodspeed: 42nd Street, Cabaret, A Grand Night for Singing, Little Girl Blue, Billy Elliot, Passing Through, The Music Man, The Will Rogers Follies, The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Rags, Anything Goes, Chasing Rainbows, Guys and Dolls, La Cage aux Folles, and A Wonderful Life, Goodspeed’s Festival of New Musicals and The Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove. NYC: VocaPeople (Off-Broadway); The Gig, Crossing Swords, Swing State, The Diary of a Teenage Girl (The Essentials); Sunfish (ASCAP); Snapshots (Prospect Theater); Reborning (The Public); Zombie (Fringe & Off-Broadway). Regional: A Christmas Story, Evita, The Music Man (John W. Engeman Theater); Ella (Long Wharf/National Tour). Naomi also spent five seasons with the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Works presented each fall in NYC. PAUL HARDT (Casting Director) is happy to continue this 19-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. 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 managed dozens of films

including the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Twister, Mission Impossible, and Pirates of the Caribbean.

As Executive 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.

ERICA GILROY (Production Manager) is now in her sixth 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.

STEPHEN AGOSTO (Line Producer) is in his second season 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 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 as a dancer for Disneyland and went on to perform, choreograph, and direct over 70 productions around the world.

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

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

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WHO’S WHO 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. David has a passion for placemaking, thoughtful community engagement, arts advocacy and coalition-building. His commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and access 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. David has 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 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), 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 nearby Portland, CT and enjoy hiking throughout the gorgeous CT woods when not taking in a live performance.

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.

ARTHUR LAURENTS (Book) (1917-2011) was the author of musical plays such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Anyone Can Whistle, Do I Hear A Waltz?, Hallelujah Baby! (1967 Tony Award For Best Musical) and Nick & Nora; and the screenplays The Snake Pit, Rope, Caught, Anastasia, Bonjour Tristesse, The Way We Were, and The Turning Point (Golden Globe Award, Screenwriters Guild Award, Writers Guild of America Award, National Board of Review Best Picture Award). The last two screenplays were novels as well. His plays included Claudia Lazlo, Home Of The Brave, The Time Of The Cuckoo, A Clearing In The Woods, Invitation To The March, The Enclave, Scream, Two Lives, The Radical Mystique, My Good Name, and Jolson Sings Again.

Laurents also directed plays and musicals for the theatre, among them I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Invitation To A March, Anyone Can Whistle, The Enclave, The Madwoman Of Central Park West, Birds Of Paradise, three revivals of Gypsy (with Angela Lansbury in 1974, with Tyne Daly in 1989, with Patti LuPone in 2007), La Cage aux Folles (1984 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical, 1985 Sydney Drama Critics Award for Directing) and the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story.

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WHO’S WHO He wrote three memoirs: Original Story By Arthur Laurents: A Memoir Of Broadway And Hollywood; Mainly On Directing: Gypsy, West Side Story And Other Musicals; and The Rest Of The Story.

JULE STYNE (Music) (1905-1994) made Broadway sing for 50 years with shows including High Button Shoes; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Hazel Flagg; Gypsy; Peter Pan; Bells Are Ringing; Do Re Mi; Subways Are For Sleeping; Funny Girl; Fade Out-Fade In; Hallelujah, Baby!; The Red Shoes; and Darling of the Day. His film work includes Anchors Aweigh and the Oscar-winning title song for Three Coins in the Fountain. His songbook includes “I Don’t Want to Walk Without You,” “Just in Time,” “People,” “Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry,” “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “I Fall in Love Too Easily,” “Make Someone Happy,” “Small World” and “Time After Time.” Mr. Styne was a 1990 Kennedy Center Honoree and was the recipient of an Oscar, a Tony, two Grammys, an Emmy, a Donaldson Award and a Drama Critics Award. The following lyricists collaborated with Mr. Styne: Frank Loesser, Sammy Cahn, Leo Robin, E.Y. Harburg, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Birkenhead, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Bob Merrill. Mr. Styne served on the Dramatists Guild Council and was a member of ASCAP for more than 50 years.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM (Lyrics) (1930-2021) wrote the music and lyrics for Saturday Night (1954), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), Assassins (1991), Passion (1994) and Road Show (2008) as well as lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959) and Do I Hear A Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Anthologies of his work include Side by Side by Sondheim (1976), Marry Me A Little (1981), You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983), Putting It Together (1993/99) and Sondheim on Sondheim (2010). He composed the scores of the films

Stavisky (1974) and Reds (1981) and songs for Dick Tracy (1990) and the television production Evening Primrose (1966). His collected lyrics with attendant essays have been published in two volumes: Finishing the Hat (2010) and Look, I Made A Hat (2011). In 2010 the Broadway theater formerly known as Henry Miller’s Theatre was renamed in his honor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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PROGRAM NOTES BY MICHAEL FLING | ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE What do a cow, lamb, dog, and goat have in common?

A lot. Obviously. And if you’re thinking to yourself, “but there isn’t a goat in Gypsy, where is he going with this?”—BEAR with me (I promise the animal jokes will conclude in a moment).

be tied for the most nominated musical role in the history of the awards. (The other two roles are Fiddler’s Tevye and, coincidentally, Louise—Gypsy herself).

When it came time to make the film, the production team (and Natalie Wood, who played Louise) wished for Judy Garland to play Mamma—which would have As far as golden age musibeen a remarkable performance cals go, Gypsy is often cited given her childhood experias the greatest of all-time— ence. Instead, the role went to AKA the G.O.A.T. Alongside Rosalind Russell, and the film, titles like West Side Story, though moderately successful, Guys and Dolls, A Chorus is largely forgotten. Bette Midler Line, South Pacific, My Fair played the role to acclaim in Lady and Carousel, Gypsy a made-for-television version, is frequently pulled out as and Imelda Staunton’s lauded the best of the bunch.

Ethel Merman and Sandra Church in the rendition on the West End was original Broadway production of Gypsy captured for PBS. More recently, What sets Gypsy apart in (1959). Photo by Friedman-Abeles Barbra Streisand was rumored this list of shows is that to be starring in a film remake. it manages to go toe-to-toe with each of the astonishing accomplishments of the other And for Goodspeed, we are thrilled that shows. And of course, there’s Mamma Rose, Broadway veteran Judy McLane will render an the King Lear of Musical Theatre. unforgettable performance for our audience.

Though the character of Rose is one of the Originally conceived as a star vehicle for most complex roles in the entire canon and Ethel Merman, Gypsy didn’t even win the monopolizes much of the discussion surTony for Best Musical when it premiered rounding the musical, the show that suron Broadway in 1959. In a shocking turn of rounds her is equally impressive. The book by events, two musicals tied for the top award: Arthur Laurents is a near perfect combination the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello! (produced of drama, dialogue, structure, and character

by Goodspeed in 1985), and a little chestnut development. Jule Styne’s score is as invigwritten by Rodgers and Hammerstein that orating and emotional as it is tuneful. And in you’ve probably never heard of—The Sound of his sophomore outing, lyricist Stephen SondMusic. And though Merman received the best heim’s creation of “Rose’s Turn” previews reviews of her career for her performance genius to come in his storied career. of Rose, Mary Martin won the Best Actress statue for her portrayal of Maria, the young And while the most recognizable song is likely Austrian governess, at the tender age of 47. the simplest in the score (“Let Me Entertain You”), the story that Gypsy tells is as rich The prestige of the show has grown over and compelling as anything Shakespeare the years, particularly as an opportunity for or Chekov ever put on the boards. So the some of the greatest stars to play Rose. Its next time people try to tell you that musicals first major revival starred Angela Lansbury are simply one-dimensional entertainment, in a performance that solidified her status introduce them to Rose, Louise, Herbie, and as a musical theatre legend. Subsequent Gypsy…and they’ll have a real good time.

Broadway revivals have starred Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters, and most recently, Patti LuPone. Each of these performances received a Tony nomination, causing the role Rose to GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON 19

THE GOODSPEEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION 2023 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

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

Susan Link Gavin Lodge Mark Masselli Michael G. Polo Kristen Roberts Blair Russell Joseph Smith Nicole Stanton Leonardo H. Suzio John Voege

Julie Godbout LeBlanc Lawrence McHugh Robert F. Neal* Michael P. Price

H. William Shure Dona D. Young

Emeritus Trustees Kay Knight Clarke Chandler Howard Lynde Selden Karin Mary Ellen Klinck

*Deceased

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 203-443-3338.

CORPORATE SUPPORT Ally Charter Bus Altek Electronics, Inc. Anonymous Art Lab Ashlawn Farm Store, LLC Centerbrook Architects & Planners, LLP Community Health Center Concord Theatricals ConnectiCare Connecticut Water Service Creative Transportation & Tours Durham Manufacturing Essex Savings Bank Eversource Energy GHP Media Hartford Business Journal

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HB Live Hoffman Audi Kainen, Escalera + McHale, P.C. LAZ Parking Masonicare Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Nathan L. Jacobson & Associates, Inc. Option A Group Petra Construction Corporation PrintCraft, Inc. Red Hanger Productions Reynolds’ Subaru & Reynolds’ Boats RisCassi and Davis, P.C. Sennheiser Electronic

Corporation Sky Investment Group Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc. Straighten Your Crown Swingbridge Fine Wine & Spirits 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 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 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 Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Robert F. Schumann Foundation Rodgers and Hammerstein 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 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 (12) Dolores L. Andrew Alice Belden 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 Mary Miko 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 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 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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MARQUEE MEMBERS ($7,500+) Anonymous (2) Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis Susan and Bruce Baiter Beverly Buckner Baker Jennifer Brown and Ian Ayres Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace Frank and Amy Campbell+ Richard T. Cersosimo and Valerie J. Koif+ Herb Chambers Maury and Sonia Cohn Foundation+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello Day Family Foundation Laura and Jim Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Feldman Sue Frost and Dan Renn Susan F. Gonsalves

Ms. Jean Selden Greene Jeffrey and Nancy Hoffman Julie and Peter LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Harry Link Ian G. MacDonald Mr. Michael G. Polo Mary M. Wilson and Jeff Riley Hila and Saul Rosen Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman Mable and Richard Seymour Leonardo H. Suzio Russell Tait and Lee Anderson RADM. Louise C. Wilmot USN (Ret.) and James E. Wilmot+ Jean M. Wiseman

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE MEMBERS ($2,500+) Anonymous (3) Francis G. Adams, Jr. Judith W. Adams Dolores L. Andrew+ Billie and Peter Anker Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Arborio Mrs. Muriel S. Badgley Joyce and Greg Barabas Louise and John Beard Kenneth and Judith Boudreau Bertie Chuong Kay Knight Clarke Ms. Mary Gaskell+ Terri and Don Coustan Ruth Ann C. Davis+ Betsy and Rich Didan* Mary Jane Dunn Fiona A. Egan Betsy Eichholz and Karen Scopino Bill and Denice Feeley Marlene and Paulo Ferreira* David and Patricia Fisher+ Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Lynne and Richard Fletcher Chuck & Elena Foster Dr. Brendan Fox Bill Gilman William J. Ginnetti, Sr. The Harry E. Goldfarb Family Foundation+ Laura & Roger Goodspeed+ Karen & Ron Goodspeed Deb and Ken Grass William Gratz and James Bruno

Mr. Mark Greenwald and Mr. Anthony Coppola Ron & Nina Harris Bill and Sean Higginson-Pierce Patricia A. Holmes Christine N. Hunihan Thirza D. Hyatt+ Mr. Andrew Isen Penfield & Teresa Jarvis Sue Joffray Peter and Linda Jokl & Elisabeth D’Albero Lynde and Michael Karin Dr. Sheldon Kaufman Robbie and Albert Kestnbaum Nancy Kline and Jim Trail Catherine Ladnier and Mickey Robinson Linda Lianos Peter Luchini Emanuel and Irene Makiaris Jennifer Alexander and Mark Masselli Stephen Selden Mathews Bob and Ami Montstream Regina M. Neal Dr. and Mrs. Jerry and Naomi Neuwirth John and Pat Nyikos Eric Ort and Duff Ashmead Jane Porterfield Trotta Poliner in Memory of Myron Poliner+ Annella C. Preble Michael and Jo-Ann Price+

Mr. Richard V. Proffitt and Ms. Carol Sirot Dianne and Chuck Ramsey Nancy J. Ramseyer Robert A. Ridlehoover Mitchell P and Lorraine Rochefort Meg Sakellarides and Scott Mokoski Linda R. Savitsky and Alvin G. Wolfgram+ Jennifer Serra & Wayne Schulz Allyn & Karen Seymour Millie and Marty Shapiro+ James and Penelope Sherrard Roz and Peter Shoemaker Jon and Cleo Sonneborn Sorenson-Pearson Family Foundation, Inc. Ms. Sally Speer Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Spencer Donna and Bill Stamm Nicole Stanton Brenda J. Sullivan+ Judy B. Taylor Donald and Sharyn Timmerman John Voege and Geoffrey Paul Carol A. Wiggins+ June Willson Jef and Kate Wolter Dona Young, Trustee Emeritus, and Roland F. Young III Suzanne E. Zajac and Cliff A. Birdsey Alexandria Zeytoonjian Arthur Zieky and Bill Witkowsky

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GOODSPEED MEMBERS SUPPORTING MEMBERS ($500+) Anonymous (25) Barbara & William Abbate Inta & Taggart Adams+ Carol Adams Mr. Daniel Adams Nancy and David Altschuler Mr. Shawn Amdur and Mr. Dale Woods Tim & Gayle Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Andrien Mr. & Mrs. Paul Antaya Daniella Aparo Fran Armstrong Mr. Michael Arseneault* The Assante Family Bette & Bruce Avery The Bach Family Elizabeth and Michael Bacon Sherri and Scott Baggett Amy Bailas Mr. Michael Baldi Dr. and Mrs. John V. Banta+ Michael & Eileen Barbaro Shelley & Michael Barker+ Ray and Lorraine Barker+ Mr. and Mrs. David N. Barry Jean L. Bartlett Glenn Batter and Donna Kay Dee & Ed Baum+ Robert Bausmith & Jill Peters-Gee MD Chris & Abby Beale David and Bonnie Beaulieu Mrs. Alice C. Belden+ Benanav Family+ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Benedict Caryl and Edward Bengelsdorf Harold & Nicole Benson Pamela and Charles Benson Jan C. Berlage Denise Bernardo and Edwin Muentes Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns Merle Bernstein+ Mrs. Jerome Bernstein Kim and Mark Biglow Tim Bishop Ann & Alan Blanchard Barbara and Michael Boday Gustaf and Virginia Bodin+ Craig and Annette Bolt Nick & Liza Bonadies Jordan & Becky Boss Terry & Julie Boucher* Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Bousquet Don and Frank Bowen-Homets Laurie & Wallis Boyd Desolie and John Boys Drs. Michael and Nancy Bragulla Liliane T. Braman+ Dr. Irwin M. Braverman+ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bravo Community Foundation of Middlesex County Alison and Stephen Brinkmann Family Fund Nadine and Robert Britton, III Andy and Maureen Brouillard+ Alice and Michael Brown* William & Janet Brownstein James and Victoria Bruni Richard Bruno Richard Buel Bert & Laura Bunnell Peter and Sally Burgess Paul H. Burnham and Karen A. Birck

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Ned and Christine Burt Helen Babcock and Tom Buttacavoli David B. Byrd and Jeff Stanley Anne Sullivan Calanquin Steven C. Callahan Bud & Katy Canaday Richard and Lisa Caporaso Robert & Melissa Carlson Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation Lois Carpenter Anne and Jim Carroll Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Chabot* Michael Chaiklin Donald and Joan Chamberlin* Scott and Robin Chasse The Chayes family Richard Chiaramonte & Sally Eberhardt Rob & Erin Choquette Samuel H. Chorches+ Robert Chuong and Elaine G. Wong Kathleen and Mark Ciliano Peter and Marcie Clarke Stacy Cohen Elizabeth Comcowich Kevin & Bonnie Condrin Maureen R. Connolly Kevin & Katherine Conway Terri and Cosmo Corigliano Carol Corliss+ Michael and Karen Cormier Paul Corneilson and Beth Frasso Ms. Robin Cournoyer and Mr. Anthony Cournoyer Mrs. J. Noyes Crary+ Sally and Tom Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Crocker Ted & Rebecca Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Dean P. Cyr Maureen E. Dalton David W. Dangremond Lance and Rebecca Darcy Steven & Debra Daren Joseph D’Ascanio Mr. Robert N. Davie and Ms. Anne E. MacLeod Joyce Davis Michelle and Harcourt Davis Kevin & Corrie Dean Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. DeGraff, Jr. Joseph and Susan DeLaurentis Barbara and George Delmhorst Catherine & Jeff Denmeade* Dave and Roberta Denya Valerie F. DeQuattro+ Sherrie L. Deveau John & Nancy Dillaway Senator Chris Dodd and Jackie Clegg Dodd Thomas & Carolyn Doherty Ms. Marialina Dominguez & Ms. Janice Poloso Wilma C. Donaldson William and Christine Donohue Jim and Joyce Dowling Bonnie and Friends David and Susanna Dressler Gary McManus and Teresa Drew Dr. Jon Driscoll Robert & Theresa Dryfoos Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Duffek

Ms. Shawn Marie Dumond Emily and Sam Duncan Lisa Durland and Jonathan Cowles Mr. Colin Eastland & Mr. Joe Landry Eileen and Helen Ede Vera J. Ehnen Kenneth and Laurie Eilen Vincent K Eng Victoria Engelhardt David and Cheryl Epstein Andy and Polly Erickson Dr. Spencer and Nancy Erman Gus Esselstyn Rob & Heidi Esteve* Anne S. Evans Marilyn Fall Lynn Farrell Mr. Fenmore Feigenbaum+ Richard Feldman+ Elyse and Steven Feltman in memory of Fran and Phil Feltman Korine and Ronald Ferraro Carol and Carl Ficks Ann I. Field Debra & Bruce Fischman James and Donna FitzGerald Barbara Flynn Michael E. Foley Stephen and Susan Forbes Charles Fortune Julia Francis and Victor Vroom Mr. and Mrs. Jay G. Fromer+ William Fuller+ Mark J. Gabriel Helen Gallivan Jennifer and Ken Geisler Gloria and Bob Gery Mr. Greg Giangrande Richard and Monika Gibbons Charitable Account, a Donor Advised Fund of U.S. Charitable Gift Trust Maureen and Bernie Gillis Dr. Morton G. Glickman+ Joe Goldberg Lorelei and Neal Goldstein Dr. and Mrs. Donald Gonci Dr. Lawrence Goodman & Ms. Denise Cologne Michael and Joan Gordon Gloria J. Gorton William Gorton* Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Gossner Ray Grasso Peter and Judy Green Arnold Greenberg Bill & Sandie Greene Walter and Kathryn Gregory Anne & Allen Greiner+ Pamela and John Griffin Anita Griffith and Robert Parrott William and Luanne Griswold Milo Guisti Robert & Catharine Haff In memory of John Haggerty Mark and Julie Haight Newell and Betty Hale Fund of Greater Worcester Community Foundation John and Joanna Hamby+ Jon and Carrie Hammond Bill & Sue Harrelson Sue Hart+

GOODSPEED MEMBERS Rick & Mary Healey Michael Heath & James Mancini Heath Sylvia and Dennis Heffley Angie & David Hein Constance Henshaw Mr. Robert Herdt Barbara and Gerald Hess Sue Hessel and Karen Dahle Bart and Jacqueline Hessler Claudette & Ned Hickey* Donna Lynn and Jay Hilton Prudence Hoffman+ Bill and Nancy Horowitz Ann and John Houston Professor Peter Hoyle John D Hughes Dick and Beverly Hughes Michael and Joanne Humen Leslie Hyatt Louis Blumenfeld and Jacqueline Isaacson James & Isabel Jackson+ Barbara and Raymond Jacobsen+ The Jacobson Family Kathy and Norm Jacques Michael and Linda Jainchill Sharon and David Jepson Shea and Scott Jezek Brian & Susan Jobson Emily and John Johl Theodore H. and Nancy L. Johnson Ray Jordan Dr. Christopher Joy and Ms. Cathy Velenchik Michael and Yvonne Joy Marie Joyner Elizabeth Gianesello Judd Dr. and Mrs. David B. Kalayjian Kurt and Ines Kallmeyer David and H. B. Kaplan Frank and Brenda Karsmarski Dick Katz+ Ms. Emily Kaufman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas E. Kehl James and Mary Kelley Sallie Kemp Ted and Kiki Kennedy Chet and Suzanne Kitchings+ Ronald Klimas Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kosto Dick and Hazel Koszyca Deborah Kotchen John A. Krawski Abbey Kreinik Ruth and David Krugman+ Mr. Karl H. Kulisch Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kuziak Nicole Lafountaine Rita A. Landino, Ph.D.+ Frank and Elisabet Landrey Robin A. Laudette Dr. and Mrs. Walter J. Lentz Captain Frank A. Lerose Ira A. Levin+ David Lewis and Francisco Ribas Barb and Cliff Libby* Mike and Joan Litwinski Peter and Rosemary Lombardo Ed and Nancy Lonergan Barbara Long and Roxann Walters Tom and Carol Lorenzo Don & Judy Lorusso J Richard Ludgin Jon Lukomnik and Lynn Davidson Carl and Nora Lund

Nancy and Merrill Mack David MacLelland and Sharon Curran Dave and Judith Macri Douglas R. Magee, Jr. Ms. Mary Makowka Sharon Malone Sonya Morton Mangan Ann L. Marino John Markel Mason Global Dr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Mathews Jay McAnally John and Amy McCauley Judith and Lawrence McClure Sarah McGinty Andrew & Bonnie McKirdy+ Dan McMahon and Joe Rhodes Kerry and Donna Meehan Josie Merck Senator and Mrs. Edward Meyer Tony, Chelsea and Amanda Michaud Mary Miko and Joseph Migliaro Margie and Lance Minor Joe and Beth Molder Patricia & John Mooney Mr. and Mrs. Leamon E. Moore, Jr. Mr. John F. Moore and Christine Schell Michael and Marie Moore Thomas and Pamela Moriarty Mary S. Mormile Marjorie E. Morrissey Jan and Harold Moskowitz Wayne and Susan Mountz Ann B. Mulcahy Joan Munger Laura Galgowski & Kevin Murphy Jack & Ginny Murphy Rob & Ana Musterer Norman Needleman and Jacqueline Hubbard Stephen & Catherine Negri Marianne Neill Robert and Carolyn Nelson+ David W Nicol Pam and Lee Nordstrom Liz Norris G. Robert & Mary O’Brien David & Janice Ogden Jane E. Ondovcsik Roy O’Neil Mrs. Elaine V. Otter+ Ivan and Naomi Otterness Mr. and Mrs. Richard Otto Joan and Dennis Overfield Jerry and Nancy Owen Tom & Mary Palilonis Krystal and Chip Paris Francine Pascal Frances and William Patsiga Bill & Barbara Pattison Edwin & Claire Payne Virginia J. Perruccio+ Matt Peterson* Rolf C. Peterson Joan and Craig Phillips+ Dr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Pilarczyk Mr. and Mrs. Willard F. Pinney, Jr.+ Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pipke Tom and Rosanne Pipoli Mark Planner Ann Polanski Dr. Mary Lee Porterfield Mrs. Howard Potter Rev. and Mrs. Marston Price James Pyne & Marlene Tompkins

Steve Rabb and Rena Citron Joan and George Racine Miriam W. Ragsdale Daniel S. Hansen & David D. J. Rau Edward C. Raymond Lonnie Reed John & Jennifer Reeve Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reising* Mr. Wayne Rennie Susan & Gene Renz Will Rhys and Nancy Kluck Dr. and Mrs. Charles Rich Pamela and Dean Richlin Mr. William Riley and Dr. Susan Forster Ms. Kristen Roberts* Mr. Richard J. Robin Toni Robinson and Michael Plouf Christine S. Robinson Alix Rokita+ Robert and Marguerite Rose Katherine Rosen Anja Rosenberg The Bellock-Rouen Family Fund Barbara Rubin Sheila Connors Rubitz* Jeffrey Rudikoff and Edee Tenser Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ruenzel Joan & Dennis Rusconi Blair Russell & Nicolo Nisbett Jane and Morley Safer Bob & Lynn Salen Jan and Bill Salvatore Rita Salzman+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Sampieri+ Mary T. Sargent Kathleen M. Sauer Matthew Saunders Dr. Craig and Pietrina Saxton Starr and Phil Sayres+ Alison V. Scherer Peter Schneider Shirley F. Scholder Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schwartz+ Andrew Seddon & Kathy Smith Mrs. Carol Seeman+ Bill & Ellen Seeman Thomas and Rose Selnau Fred and Barbara Sette+ Alicia & Thomas Settle Mrs. Frances Seymour+ The Edward J. Sharr Jr. Foundation Stan Shaw and Barbara Rhein Anthony & Lorraine Shetensky David Shimchick Herb Siegel Kate and Steve Sigmon Bert Silverberg Helen and Nelson Sly Stuart and Arline Small+ Brian T. and H. Jean Smith Timothy and Susan Smith Lorraine R. Smith Rob R. Smith Mabel & Andrea Sorg John & Ann Souza Mr. Harold S. Spitzer and Mr. Thomas A. Martin Cynthia G. Stannard Larry Starr and family Mr. and Mrs. Chris M. Steele Peter and Margery Stehman Deborah Zeffiro Stevens Margaret Strange & Rich Croce Maureen Sullivan & Jack Siggins Carol Z. Sundlin

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GOODSPEED MEMBERS J. Bruce and Lisa Sussman Maria Mason & William Sybalsky Dr. and Mrs. S. Russell Sylvester, Jr.+ Szafarek Dental Melanie Chia-Yu Sze Fred Szufnarowski Mr. & Mrs. Todd and Hillary Talmadge Dr. Priya Tandon and Dr. Michael Rajkumar Charleen D. Taylor Janilyn Taylor Michael S. Taylor The Howard and Katherine Aibel Foundation, Inc. Dennis and Joan Welch, The Wheatmarket Loren and Bobbie Theodore Brian & Anne Thibeault* Bob & Debbi Thomas Arthur & Dorothy Thompson Carl Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thornton JoAnn and Robert Thulin Lida Tingley Mrs. Gay Tomasevich*

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Sheila L. Tomlinson & Theodore R. Earl Pam Townsend Lucien Lefevre Gerald and Katherine Tullai John and Judy Turpin Mr. Edwin B. Tuthill, Jr. Theresa Tuthill and Dave Eder* Richard & Jessica Tyrol Kara Unterberg Frank and Farilyn Van Cleef Americus S. Vicari+ Margaret Saxe and George Vinick Robert and Virginia Vocelli+ Victoria Wagner Russ & Alma Waldo+ Thomas J. Walsh Burton Warner Vicki & Alan Wasserman Michael and Ellen Wasyl+ Arthur E. Webster, Esq. Tracy Weed Patti and Howard Weiner Adam Stuart Weinreb Bob and Roz Weinstein Leslie and Richard Weinstein Pat & Mike Werle

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Weybright Jerry Wheelock and Elizabeth Wood Carlisle Wildeman Mimi Wildeman Lynn Wilkinson & Jim Heym Luke and Stephanie Williams John N. Wilmot E. Marie Wilson Mary Lynn Windsor Victoria Winterer+ Bill and Heidi Wrang William & Dorothy Wurts Penny and William Young PJ Younglove Hovey and Doug Long Paul Yuhasz and Cindy Pope Robert and Anne Yurch Pat & Frank Zak Dr. Robert and Heather Zavod+ Stephen Zebrowski Pete & Judy Zucco Carol A. Wiggins+ Penny and William Young PJ Younglove Hovey and Doug Long Dr. and Mrs. Robert Zavod+

GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFF LEADERSHIP Donna Lynn Hilton ............................................... Artistic Director David B. Byrd .................................................. Managing Director ARTISTIC Stephen Agosto ......................................................Line Producer Adam Souza...........................................Resident Music Director Michael Fling .................................................... Artistic Associate ADMINISTRATION Kristan McLaughlin ....................................Artistic Administrator Kendra Garnett..............................................Executive Assistant BUILDING SERVICES Edward C. Blaschik........................................... Theatre Manager Hayden Schwarm .............................Building Services Assistant Jeffrey Gosselin, Paul Zajac............................. Building Services CleanChoiceCleaning.com ............................. Custodial Services COMPANY MANAGEMENT Robert John Ford ........................................... Company Manager DEVELOPMENT Frank Stilwagner .................................. Director of Development Gloria Gorton ............................................ Director of Major Gifts Mary Miko ....................Special Events and Corporate Relations David Mai ......................Development & Membership Associate WordGirl, LLC; Marjorie Rode ...................................Grant Writer EDUCATION Christina DeCarlo .............Arts Education Collaboration Program Coordinator FINANCE Josh Borenstein ................................ Interim Director of Finance Stacy Booth ..................................... Accounts Payable Manager Corina Estell.................................Payroll & Benefits Coordinator Withum, Karen Kowgios........................................... Accountants CLA (CliftonLarsonAllenLLP), Jodie Jacaruso Add’l 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 Lauren Blankenship, Morgan Dumark-McNamee .................... Box Office Supervisors Lori Inferrera, Jenna LeMontagne, Wayne Rollins, Em Squatrito, Barbara Wilkinson, Deborah Winchell ...............Box Office Reps Smart, Strategic Marketing for the Arts ................... Direct Sales PRODUCTION Endla Burrows .......................................... Director of Production Erica Gilroy ...................................................Production Manager Wesley Schroeder....................... Assistant Production Manager

COSTUME RENTALS Stephanie Wooley.........................Costume Rentals Coordinator COSTUMES Pamela Prior ..........................................Costume Shop Manager Grace Petersen..................... Assistant Costume Shop Manager Jaysen Engel, Ka’ihe Fisher ....................................... First Hands Olivya Deluca, Cassandra Greeley ................................ Stitchers John Riccucci ..............................................Wardrobe Supervisor Courtnei Edwards, Rachel Pantangan .......................... Dressers Avant Johnston ...................................... Lead Hair & Wigs Stylist Byron Batista ...................................................Hair & Wigs Stylist Lydia Chamberlain .............Terris Theatre Wardrobe Supervisor LIGHTING Will Johnson...................................................Lighting Supervisor Jordan Bliese ......................................................Head Electrician Karan Gosai, Margaret Leupold ................................Electricians Sam O’Dea................................. Terris Theatre Head Electrician Andrew Spencer, Audrey Visscher .... Terris Theatre Electricians PROPS Ryann D. Lee ........................................................Props Manager Troy A. Junker................................................. Lead Props Artisan Gideon Rowland ......................................................Props Artisan Timothy Henderson ............................................Props Carpenter Miranda Thompson ...................................Props Run Crew Head Samantha Bruce .................................................Props Run Crew Jordan Cowan ................... Terris Theatre Props Run Crew Head SCENERY Dominick Pinto ................................................ Technical Director Brendon Figueras ............................Assistant Technical Director Mike Cummings........................ Lead Carpenter/Shop Foreman Kevin Bolt, Callum McCabe ...............................Staff Carpenters Ethan Arcaroli ................................ Carpenter/Stagehand Swing Aaron Frongillo.................................................. Stage Supervisor Lydia Joy, Ashlin Penn, Angelina Savelli ................... 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 Katie Paris ........................................ Production Audio Engineer Taylor Bartoski ..................................... Assistant Audio Engineer Je’Breanne Morgan ............................................. Audio Assistant Jonathan Lee ............ Terris Theatre Production Audio Engineer FOR THIS PRODUCTION Katie Birenboim .............................................. Assistant Director Jessica Blair .........................................Associate Choreographer Emma Antenen ...................................Assistant Scenic Designer David Mitsch .................................. Associate Costume Designer Kelsey Rainwater ..........................................Intimacy Consultant Elaina Z. Kaehler .........................................Production Assistant Amanda Wingo ...................................................Child Supervisor Matthew R. Meckes ............................................... Music Copyist Anna Brewster .......................................................... Scenic Artist Jordan Cowan .................................Gypsy Props Run Crew Head Angelina Savelli ................................................... Staff Carpenter Bill Fenner, Kathleen Gephart, Stephanie Taff, Sarah Timberlake Studios, Alexander Zeek ....................... Additional Costume Construction Billy Mitchell ................................................... Show Logo Design James Carter Pianos .........................................Piano Technician Schuyler Beeman ................................................ Animal Handler Special Thanks: Costume Rental Volunteer Lenore McLean

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