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Visit the Box Office for tickets Stars rise and fall… but dreams live forever! A 1960s Motown girl group catches its big break during an amateur competition. But will their friendship—and their music—survive the rapid rise from obscurity to pop super stardom? With dazzling costumes and powerhouse vocal performances, this Tony and Grammy Awardwinning musical sizzles with sparkling spirit and dance. Featuring the unforgettable hits “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” and “One Night Only,” this is one Goodspeed production you won’t Visit the Box Office for tickets want to miss! 6 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON
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DONNA LYNN HILTON
DAVID B. BYRD
Artistic Director
Managing Director
presents
Private Jones Written & Directed by
MARSHALL PAILET With
LEANNE ANTONIO DAVID ARON DAMANE ALEX DE BARD BRANDON ESPINOZA DICKIE HEARTS AMELIA HENSLEY VINCENT KEMPSKI JOHNNY LINK CLAIRE NEUMANN GEORGE PSOMAS JON-MICHAEL REESE EMILY STEINHARDT Scenic Design by
Costume Design by
CHRISTOPHER & JUSTIN SWADER Sound Design by
Puppets by
JAY HILTON
NICHOLAS MAHON
Associate Music Director
MASON FRASHER
Additional Casting by
JZ CASTING GEOFF JOSSELSON, CSA & KATJA ZAROLINSKI, CSA
Lighting Design by
PHUONG NGUYEN
JEN SCHRIEVER Dialects by
JENNIFER SCAPETIS-TYCER
Director of Production
ENDLA BURROWS Line Producer
STEPHEN AGOSTO
Orchestrations by
RYAN O’CONNELL
Production Stage Manager
MYSTI STAY
General Manager
GRETCHEN WRIGHT
Director of Artistic Sign Language
ALEXANDRIA WAILES Music Direction by
MYRNA CONN
Choreographed by
MISHA SHIELDS First Performance: October 13, 2023 at The Terris Theatre Produced in association with SIGNATURE THEATRE and by special arrangement with HUGO SIX, LLC Founding Director
MICHAEL P. PRICE Production Sponors
Season Sponors
The Norma Terris/Albert D. Firestone Foundation In-Kind Season Sponors Marquee Producing Partners:
HILA & SAUL ROSEN and RUSSELL TAIT & LEE ANDERSON
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CAST OF CHARACTERS Gwenolyn/Evans .................................................................................................. LEANNE ANTONIO Father/Drill Sergeant/Major ........................................................................DAVID ARON DAMANE Ensemble ................................................................................................................... ALEX DE BARD Redvers ........................................................................................................... BRANDON ESPINOZA Henry.........................................................................................................................DICKIE HEARTS Ensemble .............................................................................................................. AMELIA HENSLEY Edmund .............................................................................................................. VINCENT KEMPSKI Gomer Jones................................................................................................................. JOHNNY LINK King ......................................................................................................................CLAIRE NEUMANN Ensemble ..............................................................................................................GEORGE PSOMAS Bailey .............................................................................................................. JON-MICHAEL REESE Ensemble ........................................................................................................... EMILY STEINHARDT ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER AMANDA STAR HOLTZMAN DANCE CAPTAIN EMILY STEINHARDT AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CAPTAIN AMELIA HENSLEY MUSICIANS Keyboard I/Conductor MYRNA CONN; Percussion TYLER CAMBELL; Guitar BEN COVELLO; Violin MARTHA KAYSER ALTERNATES Keyboard I/Conductor MARIKA COUNTOURIS, MASON FRASHER; Percussion DAVE EDRICKS Covid Safety Officer KRISTAN McLAUGHLIN
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SONGS & SCENES WHEN: 1914 - 1918 WHERE: Brecon, Wales; Training Camp; The Western Front ACT 1 Breconshire Snuff Out All the Noise ....................................................Father, Gomer and Company The South Wales Borderers ............................................................................ Company Fitness Evaluation............................................................................................ Company Part of the Sound ..........................................................................Gomer and Company Every Soul’s A Soul ..................................................................Gwenolyn and Company The Munitions Factory .................................................Henry, Gwenolyn and Company Training Camp Bastards ........................................................................................... King and Company The Raid....................................................................................................... King, Gomer The Footpath .........................................................................................................Gomer Specialty ........................................................................................................... Company The Western Front Silence .............................................................................................................. Company Didn’t Even Flinch ......................................................................Edmund and Company Can’t Believe You’re Here .......................................................... Redvers and Company For the Boys................................................................................Edmund and Company Pressure............................................................................... Gomer, King and Company ACT 2 The Calm Don’t Go Talkin’ to the Sniper ......................................................................... Company Cleaning a Gun ..............................................................................Gomer and Company It’s Easy........................................................................................................ King, Gomer Every Soldier..................................................................................................... Company The Final Raid .................................................................. Evans, Gomer and Company The Storm Hangin’ on the Old Barbed Wire ..................................................................... Company Fantasy .......................................................................................Edmund and Company Breconshire ...................................................................................................... Company
GOODSPEED’S MISSION STATEMENT Goodspeed Musicals’ mission is to share the joy of musical theatre; to delight, inspire, and challenge audiences; to nurture creators; and to build and support a broad, diverse, and inclusive community.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The land on which Goodspeed Musicals is located in East Haddam and Chester, CT is the ancestral land of at least three tribes of Native Americans—the Wangunk, the Mohegan and the Nehantic tribes. We understand that the land which is now Haddam and East Haddam, was purchased from the native people in 1662 for thirty coats—worth about $100. We acknowledge those native Americans and the loss of their homeland—land on which we thrive today. GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON 9
WHO’S WHO LEANNE ANTONIO* (Gwenolyn/ Evans) Broadway credit: The Lion King; Off-Broadway credit: Black No More (Choreo: Bill T. Jones, music: Black Thought); TV: The Equalizer (Nia, Ep.7 dir: Christine Moore); Other Credits Include: Murder on the Orient Express (Mary Debnham, dir. Casey Hushion, Paper Mill), Muriel’s Wedding (Rhonda, dir: Simon Phillips, writer: PJ Hogan), Lempicka (La Jolla Playhouse, dir: Rachel Chavkin, Choreo: Raja Feather Kelly), Disaster (Levora, starring/writer: Seth Rudetsky, dir./writer: Jack Plotnick). All Gratitude and love to her awesome team at HCKR and Stagecoach management, God, and her beautiful support system of friends and family. GO BLUE! VINCENT KEMPSKI* (Edmund) REGIONAL: St. Louis MUNY: RENT; Signature Theatre: Assassins (Helen Hayes nomination), Into The Woods, RENT, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, Grand Hotel, Billy Elliot, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon; Ford’s Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Round House Theatre: The Nutcracker; Olney Theatre Center: Kinky Boots, Grease, Joseph...Dreamcoat; Keegan Theatre: Spring Awakening; Capital Fringe Festival: Gilded. TV: A Capitol Fourth. MUSIC: Sinderella. Education: CUA; @vincentmichael.k JOHNNY LINK* (Gomer Jones) Select theatre: Baby (Off-Broadway, cast recording), R&H’s Cinderella (Broadway national tour), and various developments with The Rev Theatre, Queens Theatre, and NAMT. TV: My Life with the Walter Boys coming soon to Netflix, Dear Edward, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. CLAIRE NEUMANN* (King) is honored to be a part of this incredible ensemble and Goodspeed community, bringing the magic of Private Jones to the stage! Her favorite credits include: Broadway: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1st National tour); Off-Broadway: Who’s Your Baghdaddy? * (NYTimes Critic’s Pick), Triassic Parq* (TimeOut Critic’s Pick); Regional: Bliss* (5th Ave Theatre), Mystery of Edwin Drood (Riverside Theatre), Annie Get your Gun**, Floyd Collins** (Weathervane Theatre), How to Succeed… (Stages St. Louis), Boston Marriage (Hudson Stage Company); TV/Film: Law & Order: SVU, Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show. *Original Cast Recording. **Best Actress Nomination. www.ClaireNeumann.com
DAVID ARON DAMANE* (Father/Drill Sergeant/Major/ Ensemble) BROADWAY: The Book of Mormon, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Big River, Riverdance, The Life. NATIONAL TOURS: The Book of Mormon, The Color Purple, Big River, Riverdance, Tommy. OFF-BROADWAY: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Drama Desk nomination, Best Actor in a Musical), Carmen Jones, Dinah Was. REGIONAL: Show Boat (Goodspeed), Porgy & Bess (NYC Opera), Macbeth, Ragtime, Othello, Titus Andronicus, The Color Purple, To Kill a Mockingbird... etc. TELEVISION: Dynasty, Jett, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, The Good Fight, Instinct, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order...etc. ALEX De BARD* (Ensemble) DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Passing Strange, Into the Woods, RENT, Gun & Powder. Monumental Theatre Company: tick, tick…BOOM! (Helen Hayes Nominated- Outstanding Supporting Performer); Olney Theatre Center: Kinky Boots, A.D. 16; NextStop Theatre: Little Women, First Date; Bay Star Theatricals: The Condition of Ellen Mitchell; Museum of the Bible: Amazing Grace; Adventure Theatre: Velveteen Rabbit, Elephant & Piggie, Fancy Nancy, Blueberries for Sal. Upcoming - Signature Theatre: Hair. EDUCATION: The Catholic University of America, BM. IG: @alexdebardmusic BRANDON ESPINOZA* (Redvers/ Ensemble) Broadway: SpongeBob SquarePants, Tuck Everlasting, Big, Les Misérables, Will Rogers Follies. Off-Broadway: Substitution (Playwrights Realm), Scarcity (Atlantic Theater Company), Tea and Sympathy (Keen Company). Select Regional: Anna in the Tropics (Miami New Drama; Director/Playwright: Nilo Cruz), Way of the World (Director/Playwright: Theresa Rebeck; Folger Theater), A View from the Bridge (Director: Ivo van Hove; Goodman Theater). Current TV: Raising Kanan (Detective Garcia; Starz). Other TV: Blacklist (NBC), Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC), The Equalizer (CBS), FBI (CBS), The Leftovers (HBO), The Mysteries of Laura (NBC), The Carrie Diaries (CW). DICKIE HEARTS* (Henry/Ensemble) is Deaf, and his TV credits include Netflix’s Tales of the City (2019), HBO’s High Maintenance (2020), and Netflix’s Grace & Frankie (2017). Stage credits include his Off-Broadway debut in Dark Disabled Stories (2023) at Public Theater—for which he received his first Lucille Lortel nomination. He pushes for more Deaf,
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
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WHO’S WHO LGBTQ+, and BIPOC representation onstage and onscreen. Hearts is a Disability Futures Fellowship ‘22 recipient and is repped by Nicolosi & Co. AMELIA HENSLEY* (Ensemble) is a Deaf artist, and actor, widely well-known for her role as Thea in Deaf West’s Spring Awakening on Broadway. She recently made appearances on Station 19 (ABC/Hulu) and Sesame Street (YouTube). Her selected credits: I Was Most Alive with You (Playwrights Horizons), Beethoven’s Fidelio (LA Philharmonic), Meredith Willson’s The Music Man (Olney Theatre Center), Oedipus (Getty Villa / Deaf West), and Into the Woods (Lincoln Center). She’s also currently writing a new musical with Kailyn Aaron-Lozano, Soldiers Without Guns. GEORGE PSOMAS* (Ensemble) Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific. Broadway National Tour: My Fair Lady. Regional: 6 World Premiere plays and musicals including, Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy (Old Globe/ McCarter Theatre) and Errol and Fidel (NYMF, Best Supporting Actor Award). Voiceover: Transitions (40th Anniversary Audiobook), Pizza Hut, Animated pilot for the Cartoon Network. George was also the 2016-2019 Host of Broadway Under The Stars in NYC, and the season 2 winner of Broadway Idol. Instagram @George_Psomas JON-MICHAEL REESE* (Bailey/ Ensemble) Favorite Credits: Broadway: A Strange Loop. Off-Broadway: White Girl in Danger (Second Stage). Regional: James Baldwin, Jimmy and Lorraine (Pillsbury); This Bitter Earth (Penumbra); Theo (Two River); Marry Me a Little (New Ohio Theatre); Nikola Tesla Drops The Beat (ATF); Man of la Mancha, To Let Go and Fall (Theatre Latté Da); Lear (Exit Pursued By Bear); My Heart is the Drum (Village Theatre, Gregory Award: Outstanding Actor). Rep: SAKS&. @theJMRavatar EMILY STEINHARDT* (Ensemble) [she/her] International Tour: A Chorus Line (Shelia). Emily is a proud graduate of Shenandoah University for Musical Theatre. Many thanks to Marshall and the incredible creative team, and to Goodspeed, for the opportunity to be a part of this story. Endless gratitude to Mom, Richard, and Shannon for their constant love and support. @_esteinhardt
MARSHALL PAILET (Book, Music, Lyrics & Director) The story of this musical is the story of musical development at Goodspeed: it was written here, had its first public reading here, and now this, its first staging. If you like this show, please consider donating to Goodspeed so they can continue to develop new work like this. If you hate this show, please consider donating to Goodspeed so they can do better next time. Ok fine here’s my bio: Who’s Your Baghdaddy? (two NYT Critics’ Picks), Triassic Parq (Ovation Award, Best Musical); Claudio Quest (six NYMF Awards); Shrek the Halls (DreamWorks Theatricals), Loch Ness (Best Musical/Best Director BWW Awards), Magic School Bus, Hershey’s Unwrapped (Brass Ring Winner), director of A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet, Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat. Thank you to Misha, Myrna, Alexandria and Ashley for being smarter than me; Kellie and Finnegan for being stronger than me; and Donna Lynn for believing in this. Graduate Yale University. marshallpailet.com MISHA SHIELDS (Choreographer) is a theater choreographer working in the New York and Boston areas. She is a Chita Rivera Award Nominee for Best Choreography for her work in the Off-Broadway production of Baghdaddy, and has won both an Elliot Norton Award for Best Choreography (K-I-S-S-IN-G/Huntington Theatre) and a BroadwayWorldCNY Award for Best Choreography for A Professional Production (Lochness/The Rev). Credit highlights include: The Lehman Trilogy, Witch, I Was Most Alive with You, Yerma, Ripcord, A Doll’s House, and Milk Like Sugar (Huntington Theatre), The Winter’s Tale (Hartford Stage), Once (Bucks County Playhouse), The Lehman Trilogy (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Baghdaddy (St. Luke’s Theater), and Wonderland (Atlantic Theater Company). Misha has taught and choreographed at various colleges and universities including Yale, MIT, The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Fordham and Christopher Newport University. Upcoming: Private Jones (Signature Theatre in D.C./Winter 2024). mishashields.com MYRNA CONN (Music Director) is a music director and composer based in New York City. Broadway: Pretty Woman (Key 1/Conductor & Key 2 sub). National Tour: Come From Away (Associate Conductor). Film: Spirited (Music Associate), Come From Away (Music Associate). Music directing credits include The Lonely Few (Geffen Playhouse), Fountain (National Music Theater Conference at the O’Neill & New Victory LabWorks), Bagels from Benny (92nd Street Y), and SHIZ: Broadway Meets Sketch Comedy (Feinstein’s/54 Below & UCB Theatre). Writing: Finding Nemo JR & KIDS with Disney Theatrical Group (Music & Orchestration Adapter), The Story Pirates Podcast (Gimlet Media/Spotify). Proud graduate of Northwestern University.
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
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WHO’S WHO ALEXANDRIA WAILES (Director of Artistic Sign Language) [she/her] is a multi-hyphenated award-winning artist who has worked on stage, TV, and film as a member of creative teams and as a performer. Associate choreographer on Deaf West’s Broadway revival of Spring Awakening. Director of Artistic Sign Language: Broadway’s Children of a Lesser God revival and King Lear; Television: This Close seasons 1 & 2, Quantico season 3; Film: A Quiet Place 1 & 2, Wonderstruck, and CODA (2022 multiple Academy Award winner). Co-founder of BHo5.org. Proud member of SDC, SAG-AFTRA and AEA unions. www.alexandriawailes.com CHRISTOPHER & JUSTIN SWADER (Scenic Designers) Previous designs with: Dallas Theater Center, Two River Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Everyman Theatre, Miami New Drama, Resident Ensemble Players at UD, Dorset Theatre Festival, Weston Theater, Primary Stages, Red Bull Theater, Fiasco Theater, Tectonic Theater Project, The New Victory Theatre, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Lincoln Center Education, York Theatre Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Kitchen Theatre Company, Penguin Rep, Shadowland Stages, IBEX Puppetry, Trusty Sidekick, A$AP Rocky, Sotheby’s, 2020 Summer Olympics, Big Apple Circus, National Geographic. www.cjswaderdesign.com PHUONG NGUYEN (Costume Designer) (loosely pronounced fu-ONG win) is a costume designer with backgrounds in East Asian studies and Vietnamese history. Their work dissects different aspects of her and other marginalized groups’ heritage and identities, and tells stories absent from the “victors’” history books. Recent theatre credits include The Good John Proctor (Bedlam), Once Upon a Korean Time (Ma-Yi), Mr. Oatmeal (Fresh Fruit Festival), Queen (NAATCO & Long Wharf Theatre). Film: Grandma Nai by Chheangkea Leng, Crystal Mountain by Louise Zhang. Dance: Return, My Mirrored Sister by Antonius Bui. They hold an MFA in Costume Design from Yale School of Drama. Phuongtlnguyen.com. JEN SCHRIEVER (Lighting Designer) Broadway: A Strange Loop (Tony Nomination), Death of a Salesman (Tony Nomination), 1776, Birthday Candles, Lackawanna Blues, Grand Horizons, What the Constitution Means to Me (also on Amazon), The Lifespan of a Fact, Eclipsed, John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown. Off-Broadway includes: White Girl In Danger (2ST/Vineyard), To My Girls, SuperHero (2ST), Shhhh (Atlantic), A Bright New Boise, My Broken Language, Thom Pain, Night is a Room (Signature); Strange Interlude (Transport Group); The Moors (Playwrights Realm). Currently on Tour: 1776. Regional: The Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical (ACT), A Transparent Musical (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles). Opera: A Thousand Splendid Suns (World Premiere, Seattle Opera), Die Fledermaus, Pearl Fishers (Metropolitan); Faust, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Traviata (Mariinsky, Russia); and The Pearl Fishers (ENO). Obie Award for sustained 12 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON
excellence in design. Adjunct: Purchase. Mom: Henry. jenschriever.com JAY HILTON (Sound Designer) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals. Jay has designed countless productions at both The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre in Chester and is so glad to have The Terris open once again. 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. RYAN O’CONNELL (Orchestrator) is thrilled to be working with Marshall Pailet again, after collaborating on Loch Ness and Claudio Quest. Selected orchestrating credits: Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Second Stage, Broadway HD), Randy Rainbow for President (by Marc Shaiman/Randy Rainbow), Housebroken (Fox), Sinatra 100 (CBS), Michael Bublé’s Christmas in Hollywood (NBC). As composer/arranger: Oga’s Cantina @ Galaxy’s Edge (Disneyland/Disney World), Dragons (Dreamworks), Calgary Stampede, The Haunting of the Queen Mary (Vertical Ent.), Miss Foxhole 1975 (with Val Vigoda and Joe DiPietro), choral arrangements for Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard and Alfred. www.ryanomusic.com NICHOLAS MAHON (Puppets) is an Emmy-nominated puppet and theatrical designer specializing in performer interactive pieces and character creation. Since 2004 he has worked on projects for Michael Curry Design, Walt Disney Entertainment, Broadway, The Jim Henson Company, Blue Man Group and many more. Most recent projects include 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony (Pyeonchang), Little Shop of Horrors (NYC 2019), Sesame Street Television (2013-present), Islamic Solidarity Games Opening Ceremony (Baku 2017). His work on the Baku 2015 European Games Opening Ceremony as Scenic Designer was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. JENNIFER SCAPETIS-TYCER (Dialects) Jennifer’s coaching credits for Goodspeed include Cabaret; Christmas in Connecticut; Billy Elliot; Passing Through and Hi, My Name is Ben. Other coaching credits include work for Hartford Stage, Berkshire Theatre Group, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Bated Breath Theatre at 59E59 NYC, Bay Street Theater, Playhouse on Park West Hartford, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, The Know Theatre of Cincinnati, Saratoga Shakespeare Company, Dirty Pretty Theatre at 45 Downstairs (Melbourne, Australia), The Rose Theatre Bankside (London), Oval Theatre (London) and the short film: Crime Wave. Jennifer teaches on the MFA and BFA Acting programs at University of Connecticut and coaches for the Connecticut
WHO’S WHO Repertory Theatre. She holds an MFA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and trained as an Actor at ArtsEd, London. Jennifer has performed in theatre, film, TV and audiobook narration. www.jenniferscapetis.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 Here You Come Again, Cabaret, 42nd St., and Gypsy. As a freelancer, he has performed with The Marriot Theatre in Lincolnshire, TheatreWorks USA, The Hartt School, and the National Tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. BS in Vocal Performance at Northwestern University. mason-frasher.com MYSTI STAY* (Stage Manager) Pippin (National Tour, Goodspeed Musicals); Cyrano (The New Group); Mac Beth (Hunter Theatre Project); Oklahoma!, Cyrano, The Bikinis, Lil’ Abner, The Boy Friend, Camille Claudel, Me and My Girl (Goodspeed Musicals); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (The Old Globe); The Scottish Play (La Jolla Playhouse); Blithe Spirit, Mousetrap, Always…Patsy Cline (Old Lyric Rep). Mysti is currently Program Coordinator and Head of Stage Management at Montclair State University. Much love to Randy and my crew. AMANDA STAR HOLTZMAN* (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be at Goodspeed with Private Jones! Previous credits include Broadway: Wicked (Stage Management Intern). Off-Broadway: The Book of Merman (Assistant Stage Manager). National Tour: Wicked (Miami Covid Compliance Assistant). Workshops/ Presentations: Private Jones (Signature Theatre, NAMT), Fallout (ADH Theatricals). She is so grateful to be a part of this wonderful team. She thanks her friends and family for their love and support! JZ CASTING: GEOFF JOSSELSON, CSA AND KATJA ZAROLINSKI, CSA (Additional Casting) CURRENT/ UPCOMING NEW YORK: Spamalot (Broadway), Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (New World Stages), Translations (Irish Repertory Theatre). SELECT NEW YORK: The Civilians, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Irish Repertory Theatre. SELECT REGIONAL: Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, Cape Playhouse, City Theatre Company, Goodspeed Musicals, Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, People’s Light, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Round House Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theaterworks Hartford, Weston Theater, Woolly Mammoth. www.jz-casting.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. GRETCHEN WRIGHT (General Manager) has held management and leadership positions at the Alliance Theater (Atlanta), Yale Repertory Theatre, and Westport Country Playhouse. She obtained an MFA in Theater Management along with an MBA from Yale University, and a BA in English and Theater Studies from Duke University. Originally from San Diego, she began her arts career as a modern dancer, choreographer, and freelance director. MICHAEL P. PRICE (Founding Director) Under the direction of Michael Price for 47 years commencing in 1968, Goodspeed Musicals became internationally recognized for its dedication to the advancement and preservation of the American Musical. For Goodspeed, Mr. Price produced over 250 classic and forgotten musicals, 100 new musicals, and transferred 19 shows to Broadway, earning 13 Tony Awards. Goodspeed itself was honored with two special Tony Awards. Mr. Price was recently inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, which honors lifetime achievement in the American theater. Mr. Price is the founder of the League of Historic American Theatres and a founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. He serves on
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WHO’S WHO 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 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 14 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON
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. 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.
PROGRAM NOTES BY MARSHALL PAILET, Writer & Director | ALEXANDRIA WAILES, Director of Artistic Sign Language Hi! We’re a company of hearing, deaf and hardof-hearing artists who’ve come to tell you a story we think is cool. The show is inspired by the (probably) true story of a deaf Welsh sniper in WWI, and it tells the story mostly from his perspective. He’s recently lost his hearing, so he speaks and reads lips, allowing him to navigate a Marshall Pailet hearing environment. To illustrate his emotional life we use live, onstage, actor-driven sound foley. Everyone plays Welsh soldiers, everyone plays nurses, everyone plays deaf factory workers. In our world, everyone is everything. Like the real world, ours is funny at times. And heart-warming at others. And at other times, brutal in its indifference. What we’re interested in exploring is what happens to the mind and spirit when it’s asked to commit violence, and how that relates to how we value each other—how we do and don’t empathize with people we don’t understand. Which is a fun challenge for a hearing and deaf company creating a show for both a hearing and deaf audience. Let’s talk about music. Music does a lot in a musical—it gives energy, it creates characterization, it conveys emotion. This show is basically 90% music, but not all of our audience will hear it—so we are consciously making the show look like it sounds, so that every
audience member gets the same emotional experience. We think about that in choreography, design, but especially in our use of the sound foley—how we use it, where we use it, what it represents, all of it has to be so carefully calibrated to be both beautiful and clear. Now let’s talk sign language. Our goal is to authentically reflect lived experiences through different cultures and signed languages, to let that authenticity inform our story but also allow ourselves creative license. Ultimately our goal is to have every performance be fully accessible, all the while honoring the integrity that this story is told through Gomer Jones’ eyes—a boy who doesn’t know sign language until he’s confronted with it. With this in mind, we note that the centuries of histories of deaf people around the world vary. Signed languages differ—even across the pond. In the world of this musical, we are creating space for both American Sign Language and British Sign Language. Alexandria Wailes
Though our story is specific in its perspective, our goal is to make it feel absolutely universal: where everyone in the audience, hearing and deaf, all of us empathize with Gomer—his dreams are ours, his shame is ours, and so too his triumph over cynicism and dehumanization. Everyone is everything.
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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 Ann Houston
Susan Link Gavin Lodge Mark Masselli Michael G. Polo Kristen Roberts Blair Russell Karen Sherry Joseph Smith 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.
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The Frank Young Fund for New Musicals, a Program of National Alliance for Musical Theatre The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee The Johnny Mercer Foundation The Kitchings Family Foundation The Lambs Foundation The Max Showalter Foundation, Inc. The Norma Terris/Albert D. Firestone Foundation The Richard Sims Winkler Foundation The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts The Shubert Foundation Vernon K Krieble Foundation William & Alice Mortensen Foundation
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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 (13) 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 Andrew Isen Lynde Selden Karin Nancy Kline & James Trail Karl H. Kulisch Mrs. Carmela Marzano Andrew C. McKirdy Mary P. Miko Leslie & Lynne Nathan Robert W. & Carolyn G. Nelson Jane E. Ondovcsik Barbara A. Petersen B. A. Pomarico Michael & Jo-Ann Price
James Pyne & Marlene Tompkins Mary Jane Richilson Dr. Anne L. Rothstein & Ms. Jane Hellman 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 Endowment for Career Development in Theatre The Michael P. Price Endowment Fund at Goodspeed Musicals The Charlotte & Gerald Sandler Educational Endowment The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre Fund The Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre The Jerome & Marian Silverstein Endowment Fund The Carol L. Sirot Family Endowment Fund The C. William Stamm Charitable Gift Annuity* The Ashton M. Tenney, Jr. Memorial Fund The Jessica Waldman Thompson Endowment in Support of The Festival of New Musicals The Zachs Family Endowment
*The donors receive a tax advantaged income stream during their lives and a named fund or endowment will be created when the annuity reverts to Goodspeed Musicals.
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GOODSPEED MEMBERS Thank you, Goodspeed Members! Goodspeed is over 4,000 members strong—for a complete listing, please visit goodspeed.org or scan the QR code with your phone. +With special thanks to our members who have been with us 40+ years *Members whose gifts have been matched by their employer Donors listed here have given direct membership gifts as well as additional donations between August 29, 2022 and September 29, 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+ Jeffrey Hoffman Hila and Saul Rosen
($10,000 - $24,999)
Anonymous (2) Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis Jennifer Brown and Ian Ayres 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)
Francis G. Adams, Jr. Beverly Buckner Baker Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello Bill and Sean Higginson-Pierce
Anne and John Houston Sue Joffray Julie and Peter LeBlanc Marjorie E. Morrissey Mr. Michael G. Polo Mary M. Wilson and Jeff Riley Benjamin Tschudin John Voege and Geoffrey Paul RADM. Louise C. Wilmot USN (Ret.) and James E. Wilmot+
Peter and Linda Jokl & Elisabeth D’Albero Michael and Jo-Ann Price+ Russell Tait and Lee Anderson
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE MEMBERS ($2,500 - $7,499) Anonymous (2) Carol Adams Judith W. Adams Dolores L. Andrew+ Billie and Peter Anker Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Arborio Mr. Michael Arseneault* Mrs. Muriel S. Badgley Susan and Bruce Baiter Joyce and Greg Barabas Louise and John Beard Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Benedict Denise Bernardo and Edwin Muentes Kenneth and Judith Boudreau David B. Byrd and Jeff Stanley Steven C. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Chabot* Bertie Chuong Kay Knight Clarke Ms. Mary Gaskell+ Maury and Sonia Cohn Foundation+ Lance and Rebecca Darcy* Betsy and Rich Didan* 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 David and Liz Frankel 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 Patricia A. Holmes Ann and John Houston Christine N. Hunihan Thirza D. Hyatt+ Mr. Andrew Isen 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 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Link Peter Luchini Ian G. MacDonald 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 Stefan Petrella Myron J. and Jo Trotta Poliner+
Jane Porterfield and Gerry Pastor 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 Sorenson-Pearson Family Foundation, Inc. Ms. Sally Speer Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Spencer Donna and Bill Stamm Nicole Stanton Brenda J. Sullivan+ Leonardo H. Suzio Judy B. Taylor Donald and Sharyn Timmerman 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 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 Gretchen Wright ...............................................General Manager Kristan McLaughlin ....................................Artistic Administrator Ashley Sweet..................................................Executive Assistant Odyssey Associates, LLC/Josh Borenstei ......... Special Projects 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 Lily Miller ................................Company Management Associate DEVELOPMENT Frank Stilwagner .................................. Director of Development Gloria Gorton ............................................ Director of Major Gifts Mary Miko ....................... Special Events & Corporate Relations David Mai ............................................... Database Administrator Rebekah Moses..............Membership & Annual Fund Manager Yz Jasa ...........................Development & Membership Assistant WordGirl, LLC; Marjorie Rode ...................................Grant Writer EDUCATION Nick Palazzo .........................Education & Engagement Manager FINANCE Tracey Krasniewski........................................ Director of Finance Stacy Booth ..................................... Accounts Payable Manager Sandy Hall....................................Payroll & Benefits Coordinator Withum, Karen Kowgios........................................... Accountants 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 Alexis Dascher .............................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 Greg Wojcik.................................. Box Office Supervisor on Duty Photini Constantinou, Lori Inferrera, Kathryn Lees, Jenna LeMontagne, Chelsea Lyman, Wayne Rollins, Sydney Sioch, Barbara Wilkinson, Deborah Winchell ...............Box Office Reps Smart, Strategic Marketing for the Arts ................... Direct Sales
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PRODUCTION Endla Burrows .......................................... Director of Production COSTUME RENTALS Stephanie Turner ..........................Costume Rentals Coordinator Cassandra Greeley ........................... Costume Rentals Assistant COSTUMES Pamela Prior ..........................................Costume Shop Manager Grace Petersen..................... Assistant Costume Shop Manager Molly Klemm .......................................................................Draper Ka’ihe Fisher ................................................................First Hand Olivya Deluca, Cassandra Greeley, Delaney Johnston ......................... Stitchers Lydia Chamberlain ................... The Terris Wardrobe Supervisor John Riccucci .................. The Goodspeed Wardrobe Supervisor Cortnei Edwards, Rachel Pantangan ...............................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 Kevin Bolt, Nick Jones, Callum McCabe, Ryleigh Rivas ..........................Staff Carpenters Ethan Arcaroli, Angelina Savelli ......................... Carpenters/Stagehand Swings Lydia Joy ........................................... The Terris Stage Supervisor Aaron Frongillo....................... The Goodspeed Stage Supervisor Ann Aldrich, Ian Borowik, Ashlin Penn .....................................The Goodspeed Stagehands SCENIC ARTISTS Carla Tiezzi................................................... Charge Scenic Artist Miranda Harkins..............................................Lead Scenic Artist April Chateauneuf ............................... Senior Staff Scenic Artist Ashley Donnert, Grace Linzner ..................... Staff Scenic Artists SOUND Jay Hilton............................ Sound Designer & Audio Supervisor Alena Milos ...................... The Terris Production Audio Engineer E. Wilson .............................The Terris Assistant Audio Engineer Katie Paris ............. The Goodspeed Production Audio Engineer Nicholas Peretti ........The Goodspeed Assistant Audio Engineer Taylor Bartoski ..........................The Goodspeed Audio Assistant FOR THIS PRODUCTION Ashley Mapley-Brittle....................................... Assistant Director Amber Gebert-Goldsmith ............................Production Assistant Mason Frasher ............... Music Copyist/Keyboard Programmer Gemma Josephine ........................................... Casting Assistant Jorge Acevedo ................................... Signature Theatre Casting Rorri Burton, Maria Cardoza, Nick Dionne, Stephanie Feyne, Emily Hart, Linda Lamitola, Christopher Matthews, Amy McDonald, Mary Sue Owens, Justine Rivera ....................... ASL Interpreters James Carter Pianos .........................................Piano Technician Katie Desjardins ..............Show Logo, Program Editor/Designer Aaron Frongillo.........The Elaine McKirdy Production Technician Special Thanks: Paul Hardt, Linda Lamitola, The Signature Theatre, Anika Chapin, The American School for the Deaf, John McGinty, Miriam Rochford, Costume Rental Volunteer Lenore McLean
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