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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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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 ALEXANDER DODGE
Costume Design by EDUARDO SICANGCO
Hair, Wig & Make-up Design by CARISSA THORLAKSON
Animal Director and Trainer WILLIAM BERLONI
Production Stage Manager BRADLEY G. SPACHMAN
Lighting Design by PAUL MILLER
Orchestrations by DAN DeLANGE
Director of Production ENDLA BURROWS
Casting by PAUL HARDT
Music Direction by ADAM SOUZA
Choreographed by PATRICIA WILCOX
Directed by JENN THOMPSON
Sound Design by JAY HILTON
Associate Music Director TREVOR PIERCE
Production Manager ERICA GILROY
Line Producer STEPHEN AGOSTO
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
(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
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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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.
Setting: Early 1920s-1930s; throughout the U.S.A.
Overture
Scene 1, Seattle, WA — Uncle Jocko’s Kiddie Show
Orchestra
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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).
As far as golden age musicals go, Gypsy is often cited as the greatest of all-time— AKA the G.O.A.T. Alongside titles like West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, South Pacific, My Fair Lady and Carousel, Gypsy is frequently pulled out as the best of the bunch.
What sets Gypsy apart in this list of shows is that it manages to go toe-to-toe with each of the astonishing accomplishments of the other shows. And of course, there’s Mamma Rose, the King Lear of Musical Theatre.
Originally conceived as a star vehicle for Ethel Merman, Gypsy didn’t even win the Tony for Best Musical when it premiered on Broadway in 1959. In a shocking turn of events, two musicals tied for the top award: the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello! (produced by Goodspeed in 1985), and a little chestnut written by Rodgers and Hammerstein that you’ve probably never heard of—The Sound of Music. And though Merman received the best reviews of her career for her performance of Rose, Mary Martin won the Best Actress statue for her portrayal of Maria, the young Austrian governess, at the tender age of 47.
The prestige of the show has grown over the years, particularly as an opportunity for some of the greatest stars to play Rose. Its first major revival starred Angela Lansbury in a performance that solidified her status as a musical theatre legend. Subsequent 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
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 been a remarkable performance given her childhood experience. Instead, the role went to Rosalind Russell, and the film, though moderately successful, is largely forgotten. Bette Midler played the role to acclaim in a made-for-television version, and Imelda Staunton’s lauded rendition on the West End was captured for PBS. More recently, Barbra Streisand was rumored to be starring in a film remake.
And for Goodspeed, we are thrilled that Broadway veteran Judy McLane will render an unforgettable performance for our audience. Though the character of Rose is one of the most complex roles in the entire canon and monopolizes much of the discussion surrounding the musical, the show that surrounds her is equally impressive. The book by Arthur Laurents is a near perfect combination of drama, dialogue, structure, and character development. Jule Styne’s score is as invigorating and emotional as it is tuneful. And in his sophomore outing, lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s creation of “Rose’s Turn” previews genius to come in his storied career.
And while the most recognizable song is likely the simplest in the score (“Let Me Entertain You”), the story that Gypsy tells is as rich and compelling as anything Shakespeare or Chekov ever put on the boards. So the next time people try to tell you that musicals are simply one-dimensional entertainment, introduce them to Rose, Louise, Herbie, and Gypsy…and they’ll have a real good time.
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
Emeritus Trustees
Kay Knight Clarke
Chandler Howard
Lynde Selden Karin
Mary Ellen Klinck
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
GOODSPEED GUILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Amy Campbell, President
Jay McAnally, Vice President
H. William Shure
Dona D. Young
*Deceased
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.
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The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
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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.
Goodspeed Musicals thanks the members of the William H. Goodspeed Society who have included a future bequest to Goodspeed Musicals in their wills or estate plans.
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Michael & Jo-Ann Price
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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
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
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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
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.
Thank you, Goodspeed Members! Goodspeed is over 4,000 members strong—for a complete listing, please visit goodspeed.org or scan the QR code with your phone.
+With special thanks to our members who have been with us 40+ years
*Members whose gifts have been matched by their employer
Donors listed here have given direct membership gifts as well as additional donations between March 23, 2022 and April 4, 2023.
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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
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Anonymous (3)
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Maureen and Bernie Gillis
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In memory of John Haggerty
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Hubbard
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Roy O’Neil
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Virginia J. Perruccio+
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Rolf C. Peterson
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Mark Planner
Ann Polanski
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Christine S. Robinson
Alix Rokita+
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The Bellock-Rouen Family Fund
Barbara Rubin
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Jane and Morley Safer
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Jan and Bill Salvatore
Rita Salzman+
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Mary T. Sargent
Kathleen M. Sauer
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Starr and Phil Sayres+
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The Edward J. Sharr Jr. Foundation
Stan Shaw and Barbara Rhein
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David Shimchick
Herb Siegel
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Bert Silverberg
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Rob R. Smith
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Maria Mason & William Sybalsky
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Szafarek Dental
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Charleen D. Taylor
Janilyn Taylor
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The Howard and Katherine Aibel Foundation, Inc.
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Bob & Debbi Thomas
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Carl Thompson
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Lida Tingley
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Sheila L. Tomlinson & Theodore R. Earl
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Richard & Jessica Tyrol
Kara Unterberg
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Victoria Wagner
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Thomas J. Walsh
Burton Warner
Vicki & Alan Wasserman
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Arthur E. Webster, Esq.
Tracy Weed
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Adam Stuart Weinreb
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Mimi Wildeman
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Victoria Winterer+
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Paul Yuhasz and Cindy Pope
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Pat & Frank Zak
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Stephen Zebrowski
Pete & Judy Zucco
Carol A. Wiggins+
Penny and William Young
PJ Younglove Hovey and Doug Long
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Zavod+
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
Stephanie Wooley Costume Rentals Coordinator
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
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
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
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
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
APRIL 6 – APRIL 30, 2023
By Ernest ThompsonMAY 18 – JUNE 11, 2023
Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
JUNE 29 – JULY 30, 2023
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Music by Bob Gaudio Lyrics by: Bob Crewe
AUGUST 10 – SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Book by Marsha Norman
Music & Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 22, 2023
Book by Colin Escott
NOVEMBER 16 – DECEMBER 17, 2023
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