"Here You Come Again" Program - Goodspeed Musicals

2023 Season

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By Matthew Lopez

APRIL 6 – APRIL 30, 2023

ON GOLDEN POND

By Ernest Thompson

MAY 18 – JUNE 11, 2023

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse

JUNE 29 – JULY 30, 2023

JERSEY BOYS

Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Music by Bob Gaudio Lyrics by: Bob Crewe

AUGUST 10 – SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

THE COLOR PURPLE

Book by Marsha Norman Music & Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray

SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 22, 2023

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COMING NEXT to The Terris Theatre Oct 13 - Nov 5

Private Jones is inspired by the true story of a deaf soldier in World War I who displays remarkable skill as a sniper while hiding his profound hearing loss. Driven by an ensemble of deaf, hearing and hard-of-hearing actors and a dynamic Celtic score, 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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YOU

A Non-Profit Arts Organization

DONNA LYNN HILTON Artistic Director

presents

YOU

YOU

DAVID B. BYRD

Managing Director

YOU

By BRUCE VILANCH, GABRIEL BARRE and TRICIA PAOLUCCIO

Featuring Songs Written or Recorded by DOLLY PARTON (AND OTHERS) With

TRICIA PAOLUCCIO MATTHEW RISCH Lighting Design by

Scenic Design by

Costume Design by

Original Sound Design by

Hair & Wig Design by

MARK VALENZUELA

BOBBY ZLOTNIK

BRIAN STRUMWASSER

Magic Consultant

Associate Music Director

Director of Production

Production Supervisor

Production Stage Manager

ANNA LOUIZOS

BOBBY PEARCE

MICHAEL MISKO CHRIS ZACCARDI

ALYSSANDRA DOCHERTY Make-Up Design by

MASON FRASHER

ENDLA BURROWS Line Producer

ABIGAIL ZACCARI

STEPHEN AGOSTO

Music Direction and Orchestrations by

EUGENE GWOZDZ

Directed & Choreographed by

GABRIEL BARRE

First Performance: July 26, 2023 at The Terris Theatre Here You Come Again was originally commissioned by FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE Richard Hopkins, Artistic Director Founding Director

MICHAEL P. PRICE Season Sponsors

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

Support provided by CLEAR DAY PRODUCTIONS Marquee Producing Partners:

RICH CERSOSIMO & VALERIE KOIF • ANNE ROTHSTEIN & JANE HELLMAN DICK & MABLE SEYMOUR • MARY M. WILSON & JEFF RILEY

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CAST OF CHARACTERS Dolly Parton................................................................................ TRICIA PAOLUCCIO Kevin.............................................................................................. MATTHEW RISCH MUSICIANS Keyboard I/Conductor EUGENE GWOZDZ; Percussion MARTY WIRT; Guitar JEFF CARLSON; Bass SEAN RUBIN ALTERNATE Bass JAMES BETTINCOURT Covid Safety Officer KRISTAN McLAUGHLIN

MUSICAL NUMBERS Setting: May, 2020; Longview, Texas

ACT ONE Here You Come Again......................................................................................... Dolly Hush-A-Bye Hard Times...................................................................................... Dolly Just Someone I Used To Know............................................................. Kevin & Dolly The Seeker............................................................................................. Dolly & Kevin Two Doors Down.................................................................................... Kevin & Dolly Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That....................................................... Dolly Love Is Like A Butterfly........................................................................................ Dolly ACT TWO 9 To 5..................................................................................................... Dolly & Kevin God’s Coloring Book........................................................................................... Dolly Me And Little Andy.............................................................................................. Dolly Sing For The Common Man.................................................................. Dolly & Kevin Jolene..................................................................................................... Dolly & Kevin Islands In The Stream........................................................................... Kevin & Dolly I Will Always Love You......................................................................................... Dolly Light of A Clear Blue Morning.............................................................. Kevin & Dolly (Songs subject to change)

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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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WHO’S WHO TRICIA PAOLUCCIO* (Dolly Parton) Born and raised on a beautiful almond farm in Modesto, CA, Tricia Paoluccio had dreams of following in the musical footsteps of her lifelong inspiration, Dolly Parton.

Her NY Broadway credits include: Fiddler on the Roof, The Green Bird and A View from the Bridge. A sampling of her varied Off-B’way credits include: Edward Albee’s The Lady From Dubuque, Cressida in Troilus and Cressida directed by Sir Peter Hall with Theatre for a New Audience and the comedy Debbie Does Dallas. Television includes a recurring role on the tv series Saint X, currently streaming on Hulu, Homeland, Bull, Chicago Med, The Affair, L&O, SVU, Blue Bloods and numerous others. Film includes the upcoming Portrait of a Young Man. Tricia (@triciapaoluccio) is also a celebrated visual artist who has elevated the art of pressed flowers into high design. You can learn more about her art and brand on Instagram through @domainoftheflowerings.

MATTHEW RISCH* (Kevin) has most recently been seen in Hulu’s Saint X. Other recurring television credits include Modern Family, How To Get Away with Murder, Bonding, Looking, Switched at Birth, Tales of The City, and Younger, among others. He co-starred in the independent film Test and was featured in Sex and the City 2. His Broadway credits include Joey Evans in the last revival of Pal Joey, Carlos in the original company of Legally Blonde, Trip Wyeth in Other Desert Cities, and he was featured in Chicago the Musical.

Other theatre credits include Sky in Barrington Stage’s Guys and Dolls and Zach in Signature Theatre’s A Chorus Line. Love to JR. BRUCE VILANCH (Book) is delighted to be back working at The Terris Theatre. He was last here as the writer of A Sign of the Times, also directed by Gabriel Barre. Bruce is a multiple Emmy winner, some of them for a couple of the 25 Oscar telecasts he has written. He was a Hollywood Square for six years, just to the left of Whoopi, if that’s possible. And, he toured America and played Broadway as Edna Turnblad, Baltimore housewife, in Hairspray. Among his non-Emmy winning TV shows was Dolly, a big Sunday night variety show in the 80s that just didn’t’ make it. Somehow he, and Dolly, survived. And here they come again.

GABRIEL BARRE (Director, Choreographer & Co-Author) is an internationally-acclaimed director who directed Amazing Grace, on Broadway, on National Tour and here at Goodspeed. Gabe also recently directed a new version of Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland, which he is now a co-author of, at the Tuacahn Theatre in St. George, Utah. Off-Broadway credits include the original productions of The Wild

Party (by Andrew Lippa); Summer of ’42; john & jen and Almost, Maine. National Tours include Amazing Grace, Pippin and Cinderella. Regional theater credits include A Sign of the Times at The Delaware Theatre Company and here at Goodspeed, the original productions of Memphis, as well as revivals of Billy Elliot, Sweeney Todd, Finian’s Rainbow and many new musicals at Goodspeed Musicals in CT. Among the many countries he has directed productions in are: China (recent production Sound of the Silk Road), Mexico (Mexican premiere of Billy Elliot), Japan (Japanese co-ed premiere of The Scarlet Pimpernel), Korea (world premiere of the new musical, Tears of Heaven), Germany, and numerous shows in the Czech Republic (including Carmen; Jesus Christ Superstar and the new Czech musical Holmes, The Legend and where he will be directing the Czech premiere of Beetlejuice next year). As an actor, he has been nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical. Gabe is also busy preparing to direct the world premiere of the exciting new musical, Reunion, by Frank Wildhorn and Rinne Groff about the reunion of a fictitious band from the Laurel Canyon era.

EUGENE GWOZDZ (Music Director & Orchestrator) is from Fort Worth, Texas. Eugene is Music Director/Arranger for the American Dance Machine 21. Musical Director/Arranger/Orchestrator: Chita Rivera Dance Awards; the Jerome Robbins’ Broadway 30th Anniversary Concert at the Guggenheim; Our Guy, CY, with Tony Award winners Randy Graff, Cady Huffman, and Lillias White; The Jerome Robbins Awards honoring Chita Rivera, Harold Prince, and Stephen Sondheim. Broadway: The Full Monty, Oklahoma!. Off-Broadway: Spamilton. National tours: Sunset Boulevard, Swing. Music Director/ Pianist for Anika Noni Rose, Donna McKechnie, Cady Huffman, Will Chase, Mandy Gonzalez, Major Attaway, Rachel York, Anthony Nunziata, and Nicole Vanessa Ortiz. He has worked with many Broadway stars including Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Chita Rivera, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renee Goldsberry, Leslie Odom Jr., Billy Porter, Tituss Burgess, Shirley Jones, Betty Buckley, Kelli O’Hara, Norm Lewis, Megan Hilty, Kristin Chenoweth, Laura Benanti, Melissa Errico, Karen Ziemba, LaChanze… to name a few.

ANNA LOUIZOS (Scenic Designer) A 3-time Tony Award nominee, set designs for Broadway include School of Rock (sets and costumes), In the Heights, Avenue Q, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Holiday Inn, Honeymoon in Vegas, Dames at Sea, It Shoulda Been You, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, High Fidelity, Curtains, The Performers, among others. Previous Goodspeed productions: Me and My Girl, Holiday Inn, Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas, Radio Girl, LMNOP. Many productions across the US, internationally and off-Broadway including Roundabout, Second Stage, MTC, Public Theatre, Guthrie, Asolo

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

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WHO’S WHO Rep, Alliance, Papermill Playhouse, TUTS, Alley among others; West Side Story for Tokyo’s unique 360 Stage Around in 2019, a space in which the audience is completely surrounded by scenery, as well as a new world tour of West Side Story.

Founder of Broadway Design Exchange, an online marketplace for theatrical treasures. broadwaydesignexchange.com BOBBY PEARCE (Costume Designer) Stage: Broadway’s Taboo (Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations); Children of Eden (Kennedy Center); Really Rosie (Bucks County); Ritual Cyclical (Lincoln Center); Summer Of Love (Ogunquit); Falling For Eve (York Theatre); The Marvelous Wonderettes (NYC, Albany, Cincinnati, Long Beach, San Jose, and Sacramento); Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Las Vegas); The Syringa Tree (New York/London); Red Dog Howls (El Portal/LA); L’incoronazione de Poppea (Wolf Trap Opera); and Chita Rivera’s Tour Chita & All That Jazz. Television: The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Rosie Live, The Rosie Show and The Big Gay Sketch Show. Film: Let It Snow starring Bernadette Peters. He’s designed for Liza Minnelli, Gwen Verdon, Madeline Kahn, Elizabeth Ashley, Glenn Close, Marla Maples, and International Skating Champions Maia and Alex Shibutani and Evan Bates (2014 Olympics). www.bobbypearce.com ALYSSANDRA DOCHERTY (Lighting Designer) [she/her] is a Philadelphia-based lighting designer originally from Vernon, NJ. After graduating from DeSales University, she continued her training as an apprentice at Goodspeed Musicals in the 2010 season. She went on to spend five seasons as the Lighting Supervisor at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Aly has toured internationally with Koresh Dance Company and BalletX to stages in Belarus, Mexico, Bermuda, Serbia, Italy, and all across the USA. Recent credits include: Man of La Mancha (Delaware Theatre Company), The Play That Goes Wrong (1812 Productions), Carmen Suite (Philadelphia Orchestra with Brian Sanders’ JUNK), Winter Series at The Wilma (BalletX), Plaid Tidings (Delaware Theatre Company), The 39 Steps (Virginia Stage Company). She has also designed for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Hattiloo Theatre, and Florida Repertory Theatre, among others. Her designs have been recognized with Barrymore and Ostrander Award nominations in Philadelphia and Memphis respectively. www.alyssandradocherty.com MARK VALENZUELA (Sound Designer) is a freelance sound designer and audio engineer for the performing arts, based in Philadelphia since 2005.

Regional theatre credits, in Philly and beyond, include: Theatre Exile, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Lantern Theatre Company, 11th Hour Theatre Company, Theatre Horizon, 1812 Productions, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Act II Playhouse, Playmaker’s Repertory Company

(Chapel Hill, NC), Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (Milwaukee WI), Vail Dance Festival (Vail, CO), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), University of the Arts, and Villanova, Temple, Drexel and Arcadia Universities. Mark grew up in Louisville, KY, and has a BA in English and Theatre from Georgetown University.

BOBBY ZLOTNIK (Hair & Wig Design) Off-Broadway: Emojiland (Drama Desk Nom.), Fairycakes, Mornings At Seven, The Book of Merman, Drop Dead Perfect, Disenchanted, Forbidden Broadway, Bed Bugs!!!, and many more. National Tours: On Your Feet, Emojiland, Cocomelon LIVE. PCPA: Pride and Prejudice, Hairspray, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, My Fairytale, Caroline or Change. The Lex: The Little Mermaid, Newsies, The Music Man. Gulfshore Playhouse: Barefoot In The Park, Steel Magnolias, The 39 Steps. Park Playhouse: Matilda, Ain’t Misbehavin’. Penguin Rep: The Virtuous Life of Joseph Andrews, Souvenir. Syracuse Stage: Tender Rain, Our Town. Tuacahn: Wonderland. Bucks County Playhouse: Evita. PCLO: Godspell. Hangar Theatre: Kinky Boots. Theatre By The Sea: Love And Other Fables.

BRIAN STRUMWASSER (Make-Up Designer) is a New York-based visual artist who also works in film, print, and Broadway as makeup artist and hair stylist. He has worked with some of the most celebrated people in the entertainment industry.

Previous Shows: Once Upon A One More Time, Ain’t No Mo, Tootsie, The Lehman Trilogy, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and many more. www.BrianStrumwasser.com @BrianStrumwasser MICHAEL MISKO (Magic Consultant) With nearly 30 years of experience in magic and theatre, Michael is glad to put his two areas of expertise to good use. Chosen as the original magician to create the role of the “Magic Maker” in the World Premiere of Stephen Schwartz’s Magic to Do, under the direction of Gabriel Barre, Michael is happy to once again collaborate with Gabe on this production. Michael currently performs magic for large corporations and private functions, as well as on cruise ships. Other consulting and design credits: Godspell (dir. Gabriel Barre), Cabaret, Pippin, The Apple Tree, Shrek, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Disney’s Mary Poppins, The Pillowman. miskomagic.com CHRIS ZACCARDI* (Production Supervisor) [he/ him] is thrilled to reopen The Terris Theatre after our brief intermission. Goodspeed: Double Trouble; They All Laughed; A Little Night Music; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; All Shook Up; Pippin; The 60’s Project; Radio Girl; Band Geeks; Snapshots; My Paris; A Sign of the Times and Hi, My Name Is Ben. Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; Noises Off; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; The Anarchist; One Man, Two Guvnors; Hair; In the Heights; 9 to 5; Wicked;

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

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WHO’S WHO Lestat; All Shook Up. Many Regional/Off Broadway, former Marine, head of the Stage Management program at Pace University. Much love to Niall and Monty.

ABIGAIL ZACCARI* (Production Stage Manager) is so thrilled to be making her debut at Goodspeed.

Most recently, she was working as the Production Manager for The Twenty-Sided Tavern at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago, IL. Broadway Credits include Paradise Square. Off-Broadway Credits include ¡Americano!, A Turtle On A Fencepost.

Regional Credits include The Nutty Professor at Ogunquit Playhouse; A Christmas Carol: The Musical at WPPAC; Chicago at The Muny in St. Louis, MO. Thank you to Willy, Mom, Dad, and Chris for everything over the years. abigailzaccari.com MASON FRASHER (Associate Music Director) is a music director currently in his second season of residency at Goodspeed Musicals. His work is featured in the scores and keyboard programming of shows and events throughout the season, as well as at the keyboard for various live performances. His Goodspeed highlights include Cabaret, 42nd Street, and Gypsy. As a freelancer, he has performed with The Marriot Theatre in Lincolnshire, TheatreWorks USA, The Hartt School, The Chicago Workshop of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, and the National Tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. BS in Vocal Performance at Northwestern University. masonfrasher.com 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.

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

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

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WHO’S WHO 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 canon. She has led the creation of many of Goodspeed’s most successful productions of recent years, including the 2014 World Premiere of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn and last season’s 42nd Street. She inspired the creation of Goodspeed’s critically-acclaimed production of Show Boat and brought to Goodspeed the new musicals Because of Winn Dixie, Chasing Rainbows, Amazing Grace, Anne of Green Gables and this season’s Summer Stock and The 12. At The Terris Theatre, she led the early development of many new musicals, among them, The Circus In Winter, Passing Through and Band Geeks!. 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, 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 international hit Come From Away. Donna Lynn is a past-president of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. She serves as a Trustee for Dundee Rep Theatre/Scottish Dance Ensemble and, closer to home, CT Landmarks. Donna Lynn began her career as a stage manager of Musical Theatre and Opera and remains a proud member of Actors Equity Association. She and her husband, Sound Designer Jay Hilton, make their home in Hadlyme with Cookie and Macy.

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.

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.

Terris Theatre Reopening Donors

Goodspeed is grateful to the donors listed below who raised their paddle to make a contribution at our 2022 Gala in support of the reopening of The Terris Theatre.

Anonymous • Carol Adams • Mr. Daniel Adams • Gail Baker • Denise Bernardo & Edwin Muentes • Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace • Frank & Amy Campbell • Lisa & Tom Casasanta • Lance & Rebecca Darcy • Sue Frost & Dan Renn • Jon & Carrie Hammond • Jeffrey Hoffman • Shea & Scott Jezek • Michael Joseph • Terry & Bette Lomme • Mr. Michael G. Polo • Mr. Paul S. Polo • Charles Robertson • Hila & Saul Rosen • Dr. Anne L. Rothstein & Ms. Jane Hellman • Kate & Steve Sigmon • Carl Thompson • Sherri & Cliff Voege • Vicki & Alan Wasserman • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Yerxa GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON 13

WRITER’S NOTES BY BRUCE VILANCH You probably know all about Norma Terris because you probably live in the neighborhood. If you don’t, and you thought Norma Terris was a street in town, let me tell you one or two things.

Norma was a big Broadway star, first of The Ziegfeld Follies, then as the romantic lead in the original production of one of the greatest musicals of all time, Show Boat. She later became a noted philanthropist and steward of the arts, endowing the land we’re sitting on as well as other parcels nearby for theatrical and pastoral causes. In Florida, where she wintered, she created a ballet company.

I mention all this because our show is about a woman not unlike Norma, Dolly Parton.

Dolly has become a significant philanthropist, donating to various projects that she doesn’t like to talk about, but she gives them money anyway. More than that, she reaches everyone who sees or hears her through her music and the strength of her personality. The sun never sets on Dolly Parton. It is always there and it is always shining.

One of the people it has been shining on since she was a little girl is our star, Tricia Paoluccio, who, with her husband, our director Gabriel Barre invited me to collaborate with them on an idea Tricia had been noodling over for some time but just couldn’t figure out how to realize. Then a not-so-funny thing happened....Covid-19. And we were all sitting at home wondering what to do with ourselves. And the idea exploded in her head and onto the page.

To tell you too much more would require a giant spoiler alert, but you might be interested in knowing how it got from that page, ok screen, to what you are about to see.

As part of the rescue plan for Covid-affected businesses, the government gave nonprofit arts organizations grants to make up for the audiences that weren’t there.

Part of the grants went to developing new shows. We got one, we wrote one, and we did what everybody else did―a Zoom. Then we had to go to Dolly who let us use her songs and gave us her blessing, provided we cut one joke that I said I would cut and that was my final offer. She saw it my way.

Our show takes place in May of 2020, when the world had been shut down for about six weeks and a certain stir craziness was setting in. You may remember this yourself.

The pandemic, especially in the early stages before vaccines, was a profound global event, probably the only one since World War II, and people are still talking about that, as they will talk about this.

Just for tonight, take one small step for mankind back to those weird, out-of-body days that we all experienced. This time, you will have an unforgettable companion.

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SONG CREDITS HERE YOU COME AGAIN

Words and Music by BARRY MANN AND CYNTHIA WEIL (c) SCREEN GEMS-EMI MUSIC, INC. AND SUMMERHIL SONGS (BMI) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

HUSH-A-BYE HARD TIMES

JUST SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW

Words and Music by JACK H. CLEMENT (c) UNIVERSAL SONGS OF POLYGRAM INT., INC. (BMI) / 75% interest (c) GLAD MUSIC CO OBO GLAD MUSIC PUBLISHING AND RECORDING LP AND PAPPY DAILY MUSIC LP (BMI) / 25% interest ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

THE SEEKER

GOD’S COLORING BOOK

ME AND LITTLE ANDY

Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

SING FOR THE COMMON MAN

Words and Music by MARK ANDERSEN AND FREIDA PARTON (c) SONG YARD MUSIC (ASCAP) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

JOLENE

Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

TWO DOORS DOWN

ISLANDS IN THE STREAM

Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

WHY’D YOU COME IN HERE LOOKIN’ LIKE THAT Words and Music by ROBERT CARLISLE AND RANDY THOMAS (c) SONY/ATV CROSS KEYS PUBLISHING (ASCAP) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY

9 TO 5

Words and Music by ROBIN HUGH GIBB, BARRY ALAN GIBB, MAURICE ERNEST GIBB (c) UNIVERSAL MUSIC - CAREERS ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING INT. MGB LTD. AND REDBREAST PUBLISHING LTD., SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. ON BEHALF OF CROMPTON SONGS (BMI) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

LIGHT OF A CLEAR BLUE MORNING Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON (c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Sept 8 - Oct 29 | The Goodspeed

Jerusalem. The disciples are in disarray. Torn apart by the unthinkable death of their leader, see how twelve ordinary individuals come together to create one of the most powerful movements ever known. A universal story of love that you will never forget!

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

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

H. William Shure Dona D. Young *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. American Bridge Company Anonymous Art Lab Ashlawn Farm Store, LLC Brushmill by the Waterfall Centerbrook Architects & Planners, LLP Community Health Center Concord Theatricals ConnectiCare Connecticut Public Broadcasting Connecticut Water Service Creative Transportation & Tours Durham Manufacturing Essex Savings Bank Eversource Energy Hartford Business Journal

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Sky Investment Group Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, Inc. Straighten Your Crown Swingbridge Fine Wine & Spirits The McBride Mariani Group, Merrill Lynch The Russell Hall Company, Inc. The Shops at Mohegan Sun The Suzio York Hill Companies Theatrical Rights Worldwide United Airlines United Mechanical Resources, Inc. Updike, Kelly& Spellacy, P.C. USI Insurance VenuWorks Theatricals Webster Bank Young’s Printing/FASTSIGNS

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Acorn Alcinda Foundation Actors’ Equity Foundation Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. Burry Fredrik Foundation Case Graber Foundation Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Chelsea Groton Foundation Inc. Community Foundation of Middlesex County 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 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

The Frank Young Fund for New Musicals, a Program of National Alliance for Musical Theatre

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 Fran Armstrong 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 Karl H. Kucisch Mrs. Carmela Marzano Andrew C. McKirdy Mary P. Miko Leslie & Lynne Nathan Robert W. & Carolyn G. Nelson Jane E. Ondovcsik Barbara A. Petersen B. A. Pomarico

Michael & Jo-Ann Price 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 Angela Lepore Dorothy Liepertz Joanne M. MacDonald Evan S. McCord Constance Wolcott Mason Alice Hammerstein Mathias Henry “Buzz” Merritt Peter J. Musto Robert F. Neal Edith L. Nyman

Muriel Selden Paris Miriam Perrin Rochelle Richilson Salli G. Riege Barbara V. Ross Bertha L. Rottmann Edward Rousseau Marco S. Savona Susan Scherer Richard Schneller Lucille Lortel Schweitzer Joan H. Scranton Martha Shattuck Jerome and Marian Silverstein John F. Single, III Edward and Mary Sargent Swift Mark A. Wainger Natalie Tenney Jessica Waldman Thompson Jerold Wanosky Christopher Weed Katherine S. Winter Symond Yavener

NAMED FUNDS AND ENDOWMENTS These funds and endowments listed below were established during lifetime, by bequest, or in memoriam with an outright gift to Goodspeed Musicals.* The Dr. & Mrs. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Memorial Fund The Dr. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Memorial Fund The Frederick A. & Justine Millspaugh Catlin Family Fund The Rochelle Dauenheimer Charitable Gift Annuity* The Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Fund for the Support of the Music Department The George S. & Charmian A. Goodspeed Memorial Fund The A. Nicholas Groth, Ph.D. Charitable Gift Annuity* The Nancy Kline and James Trail Charitable Gift Annuities* The Charles R. Lindberg Family Fund The Lucille Lortel Fund The Maryann & Jane E. Ondovcsik Fund for the Preservation of the Victorian Goodspeed Opera House

The Salvatore Marzano, Jr. Endowment in Support of the Music Department The Elaine McKirdy 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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GOODSPEED MARQUEE & DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE MEMBERS Thank you, Goodspeed Members! Goodspeed is over 4,000 members strong—for a complete listing, please visit goodspeed.org or scan the QR code with your phone. +With special thanks to our members who have been with us 40+ years *Members whose gifts have been matched by their employer Donors listed here have given direct membership gifts as well as additional donations between May 15, 2022 and July 10, 2023.

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MARQUEE MEMBERS ($25,000+)

Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman Mable and Richard Seymour

Frank and Amy Campbell+ Hila and Saul Rosen

($10,000 - $24,999)

Anonymous (2) Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace Richard T. Cersosimo and Valerie J. Koif+ Herb Chambers Day Family Foundation Laura and Jim Duncan Sue Frost and Dan Renn Susan F. Gonsalves Ms. Jean Selden Greene

($7,500 - $9,999)

Beverly Buckner Baker Jennifer Brown and Ian Ayres Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello Peter and Linda Jokl & Elisabeth D’Albero

Ann and John Houston Sue Joffray Julie and Peter LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Harry Link Mr. Michael G. Polo Mary M. Wilson and Jeff Riley Benjamin Tschudin RADM. Louise C. Wilmot USN (Ret.) and James E. Wilmot+

Ian G. MacDonald Michael and Jo-Ann Price+ Leonardo H. Suzio Russell Tait and Lee Anderson

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE MEMBERS ($2,500 - $7,499)

Anonymous (3) Carol Adams Francis G. Adams, Jr. Judith W. Adams Dolores L. Andrew+ Billie and Peter Anker Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Arborio Mrs. Muriel S. Badgley Susan and Bruce Baiter Joyce and Greg Barabas Louise and John Beard Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Benedict Kenneth and Judith Boudreau Steven C. Callahan Bertie Chuong Ms. Mary Gaskell Maury and Sonia Cohn Foundation+ Lance and Rebecca Darcy* Ruth Ann C. Davis+ Betsy and Rich Didan* Mary Jane Dunn Fiona A. Egan Bill and Denice Feeley Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Feldman Marlene and Paulo Ferreira* David and Patricia Fisher+ Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Lynne and Richard Fletcher Chuck & 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 Mr. Mark Greenwald and Mr. Anthony Coppola Ron & Nina Harris Bill and Sean Higginson-Pierce Patricia A. Holmes Christine N. Hunihan Thirza D. Hyatt+ Penfield & Teresa Jarvis Lynde and Michael Karin Dr. Sheldon Kaufman Frank and Diane Kelly Ted and Kiki Kennedy 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 Tony Meola Bob and Ami Montstream Regina M. Neal Eric Ort and Duff Ashmead Jane Porterfield Myron J. and Jo Trotta Poliner+ Annella C. Preble

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 Jennifer Serra & Wayne Schulz Allyn & Karen Seymour Millie and Marty Shapiro+ James and Penelope Sherrard Roz and Peter Shoemaker Todd Sloan 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 Jean M. Wiseman 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 MUSICALS STAFF LEADERSHIP

PRODUCTION

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

Endla Burrows........................................... Director of Production Wesley Schroeder........................ Assistant Production Manager

ARTISTIC

COSTUME RENTALS Stephanie Turner...........................Costume Rentals Coordinator

Stephen Agosto.......................................................Line Producer Adam Souza............................................Resident Music Director Michael Fling..................................................... Artistic Associate ADMINISTRATION Kristan McLaughlin.....................................Artistic Administrator BUILDING SERVICES Edward C. Blaschik........................................... Theatre Manager Hayden Schwarm..............................Building Services Assistant Jeffrey Gosselin, Paul Zajac............................. Building Services CleanChoiceCleaning.com.............................. Custodial Services COMPANY MANAGEMENT Tyler Garstka................................................... Company Manager Lauren Wentz................................. Assistant Company Manager DEVELOPMENT Frank Stilwagner................................... Director of Development Gloria Gorton............................................. Director of Major Gifts Mary Miko.....................Special Events and Corporate Relations David Mai................................................ Database Administrator Rebekah Moses..............Membership & Annual Fund Manager Laura Hook.....................Development & Membership Assistant WordGirl, LLC; Marjorie Rode....................................Grant Writer EDUCATION Nick Palazzo....... Arts Education Collaboration Program Coordinator FINANCE Josh Borenstein................................. Interim Director of Finance Stacy Booth...................................... Accounts Payable Manager Sandy Hall.....................................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 Cara Habicht.................................Marketing/Graphics Assistant 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 Photini Constantinou, Laura Cote, Lori Inferrera, Jenna LeMontagne, Carie McPherson, Dean Paglino, Wayne Rollins, Sydney Sioch, Barbara Wilkinson, Deborah Winchell................Box Office Reps Smart, Strategic Marketing for the Arts.................... Direct Sales

COSTUMES Pamela Prior...........................................Costume Shop Manager Grace Petersen...................... Assistant Costume Shop Manager Ka’ihe Fisher.................................................................First Hand Byron Batista, Olivya Deluca, Cassandra Greeley, Delaney Johnston.......................... Stitchers Lydia Chamberlain......................................Wardrobe Supervisor Pat Marcus.......................................................... Wigs Supervisor Avant Johnston.........The Terris Hair Supervisor & Maintenance and The Goodspeed Lead Hair & Wigs Stylist Delaiah Harris...................................................Hair & Wigs Stylist John Riccucci................... The Goodspeed Wardrobe Supervisor Cortnei Edwards, Rachel Pantangan, Tyler Warren.........The Goodspeed Dressers LIGHTING Will Johnson...................................................Lighting Supervisor Sam O’Dea......................................... The Terris Head Electrician Andrew Spencer, Audrey Visscher............ The Terris Electricians Jordan Bliese........................... The Goodspeed Head Electrician Karan Gosai, Margaret Leupold..... The Goodspeed Electricians PROPS Ryann D. Lee.........................................................Props Manager Troy A. Junker.................................................. Lead Props Artisan Gideon Rowland.......................................................Props Artisan Timothy Henderson.............................................Props Carpenter Jordan Cowan........................... The Terris Props Run Crew Head Miranda Thompson........ The Goodspeed Props Run Crew Head Samantha Bruce...................... The Goodspeed Props Run Crew SCENERY Dominick Pinto................................................. Technical Director Brendon Figueras.............................Assistant Technical Director Mike Cummings........................ Lead Carpenter/Shop Foreman Kevin Bolt, Callum McCabe................................Staff Carpenters Ethan Arcaroli, Angelina Savelli.......................... Carpenters/Stagehand Swings Lydia Joy............................................ The Terris Stage Supervisor Aaron Frongillo........................ The Goodspeed Stage Supervisor Ian Borowik, Ashlin Penn................The Goodspeed Stagehands SCENIC ARTISTS Carla Tiezzi................................................... Charge Scenic Artist Miranda Harkins...............................................Lead Scenic Artist April Chateauneuf................................ Senior Staff Scenic Artist Ashley Donnert, Grace Linzner...................... Staff Scenic Artists SOUND Jay Hilton............................................................Audio Supervisor Jinnifer Lee.......................The Terris Assistant Audio Supervisor Nicholas Peretti................ The Terris Production Audio Engineer Katie Paris.............. The Goodspeed Production Audio Engineer Taylor Bartoski...........The Goodspeed Assistant Audio Engineer Je’Breanne Morgan...................The Goodspeed Audio Assistant FOR THIS PRODUCTION Brad Willcuts........................ Associate Director/Choreographer Max Evans..............................................Assistant to the Director D. Craig M. Napoliello.........................Assistant Scenic Designer Isabella Gill-Gomez.......................... Assistant Lighting Designer Sammy Port........ Why’d You Come In Here Lookin’ Like That Remix Tom Spahn..................... Synth Programming & Vocal Producer Recording Studio.................................................... Spahn Music James Carter Pianos..........................................Piano Technician Katie Desjardins................................... Program Editor/Designer Program printed by Essex Printing

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