Goodspeed SUMMER STOCK Program

2023 Season

By Matthew Lopez

APRIL 6 – APRIL 30, 2023

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

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET CHRISTMAS

Book by Colin Escott

NOVEMBER 16 – DECEMBER 17, 2023

COMING NEXT

to 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!

When I first read this new musical, I was inspired as I rarely am by a piece of theatre. The 12 is the story of what may have happened in the two days after Jesus’ death. It begins with the disciples in fear for their lives and ends with them willing to risk everything to share their teacher’s story of love and hope.

The 12 is dramatic. The stakes are high. Not unlike 1776, which many of you enjoyed here at Goodspeed, although we know how the story ends we are on the edge of our seats waiting to learn what happens. The music ranges from gospel to rock to ballad and reflects an ancient story told in a contemporary way.

I hope you’ll give this new work a try—I believe it has the potential to be an international hit launched from the Goodspeed stage.

Donna Lynn Hilton, Goodspeed Artistic Director Questions? Reach

out to us

at artisticdirector@goodspeed.org

Sept 8 - Oct 29

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A Non-Profit Arts Organization

DONNA LYNN HILTON Artistic Director

presents

Book & Additional Lyrics by CHERI STEINKELLNER

DAVID B. BYRD Managing Director

Based on the classic MGM film; Produced by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatrical Ventures

With

ERIKA AMATO STEPHEN LEE ANDERSON GILBERT L. BAILEY II HANNAH BALAGOT CORBIN BLEU DeSHAWN BOWENS RONNIE S. BOWMAN JR. VEANNE COX J. ANTHONY CRANE NICHOLAS CUNHA EMILY KELLY FRANCESCA MANCUSO TOMMY MARTINEZ CORINNE MUNSCH GREGORY NORTH KAYLEE OLSON KENNEDY PEREZ WILL ROLAND ARIANNA ROSARIO JACK SIPPEL CAYEL TREGEAGLE DANIELLE WADE

Scenic Design by WILSON CHIN

Sound Design by JAY HILTON

Assistant Music Director MICHAEL GRIBBIN

Casting by TARA RUBIN CASTING: PETER VAN DAM, CSA

Costume Design by TINA McCARTNEY

Hair, Wig & Make-up Design by LIZ PRINTZ

Director of Production ENDLA BURROWS

Lighting Design by JEFF CROITER

EDI Consultant KIRA TROILO

Production Stage Manager BRADLEY G. SPACHMAN

Line Producer STEPHEN AGOSTO

Music Direction by ADAM SOUZA

Music Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations by DOUG BESTERMAN

Directed & Choreographed by DONNA FEORE

First Performance: July 7, 2023 at The Goodspeed

Summer Stock is produced by special arrangement with VenuWorks Theatricals: STEVEN PETERS and MICHAEL LONDRA, Principals; CAROLYN ROSSI COPELAND, Executive Producer Creative Consultant to VenuWorks Sam Scalamoni

Founding Director MICHAEL P. PRICE

Season Sponors

In-Kind Season Sponors

This production is underwritten in part by: The Michael P. Price Endowment Fund at Goodspeed Musicals

Marquee Producing Partners:

& MABLE SEYMOUR and HILA & SAUL ROSEN

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Jane Falbury DANIELLE WADE

Lt. Henry (Pop) Falbury .......................................................................... STEPHEN LEE ANDERSON

Joe Ross ....................................................................................................................... CORBIN BLEU

Phil Filmore GILBERT L. BAILEY II

Gloria Falbury ..................................................................................................... ARIANNA ROSARIO

Margaret Wingate ........................................................................................................ VEANNE COX

Orville Wingate II WILL ROLAND

Montgomery Leach ........................................................................................... J. ANTHONY CRANE

ENSEMBLE

Nan ...............................................................................................................................ERIKA AMATO

Hazel HANNAH BALAGOT

TJ DeSHAWN BOWENS

Matty .......................................................................................................... RONNIE S. BOWMAN JR.

Carole EMILY KELLY

Coco FRANCESCA MANCUSO

Willy ..................................................................................................................... TOMMY MARTINEZ

Trudy CORINNE MUNSCH

River GREGORY NORTH

Kay ............................................................................................................................. KAYLEE OLSON

Baxter JACK SIPPEL

Howie CAYEL TREGEAGLE

SWINGS

NICHOLAS CUNHA, KENNEDY PEREZ

DANCE CAPTAINS

CORINNE MUNSCH, JACK SIPPEL

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

CHIRSTINA M. WOOLARD, ALEXANDRA KOSTIS

UNDERSTUDIES

Margaret Wingate ERIKA AMATO; Phil Filmore DeSHAWN BOWENS; Joe Ross RONNIE S. BOWMAN JR.; Jane Falbury EMILY KELLY; Gloria Falbury FRANCESCA MANCUSO; Lt. Henry (Pop) Falbury, Montgomery Leach GREGORY NORTH; Orville Wingate II CAYEL TREGEAGLE

VOICE OF YOUNG JANE CAMERON BLAKE MILLER

VOICE OF YOUNG GLORIA SUNNY LAUREN HODER

MUSICIANS

Keyboard I/Conductor ADAM SOUZA; Percussion SAL RANNIELLO; Reed I LIZ BAKER SMITH; Reed II ANDREW STUDENSKI; Trumpet I TRAVIS HIGGINS III; Trumpet II PETE ROE; Trombone MATTHEW RUSSO; Bass DAVID UHL

ALTERNATES

Keyboard I/Conductor MICHAEL GRIBBIN; Percussion ELLIOT WALLACE; Reed I MICHAEL SCHUSTER; Reed II HARRY KLIEWE; Trumpet I TUCKER BARNEY; Trombone JOHN TZETZO; Bass CHRISTIE ECHOLS

MUSIC ASSISTANT MASON FRASHER

Covid Safety Officer KRISTAN McLAUGHLIN

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS

Setting: A Technicolor New England farm-turned-theater

“MGM Times” — Mid-20th Century

ACT ONE

Scene 1, The Barn at Falbury Farm

Get Happy ................................................................................................................. Jane

Scene 2, Metro Rehearsal Studio

Happy Days Are Here Again/I Want to Be Happy Ensemble

Scene 3, The Yard, the next day

Accentuate the Positive ...................................................... Gloria, Joe, Phil, Ensemble

Scene 4, The Cherry Orchard

I’m Always Chasing Rainbows Jane, Joe

Scene 5, The Drawing Room at Wingate Manor

Always ............................................................................................ Mrs. Wingate, Orville

Always (Reprise) Jane

Scene 6, The Barn

It’s Only a Paper Moon ............................................................................ Joe, Ensemble

Scene 7, The Kitchen, a short time later

The Best Things in Life are Free ................................................................... Pop, Gloria

Dig For Your Dinner Jane, Joe, Phil, Ensemble

Scene 8, Jane’s Bedroom, that evening

Me and My Shadow ..................................................................................... Jane, Gloria

Scene 9, The Yard, the next morning

Howdy Neighbor, Happy Harvest Joe, Ensemble

Scene 10, The Drawing Room at Wingate Manor, that night

Red Hot Mamma ................................................................. Montgomery, Mrs. Wingate

Scene 11, The Barn, the next day

‘Til We Meet Again Gloria, Montgomery, Phil, Orville, Ensemble

You Wonderful You ............................................................................................Joe, Jane

ACT TWO

Scene 1, The Front Porch, twilight

June Night Pop, Ensemble

Scene 2, Jane’s Bedroom / The Drawing Room / The Barn

Some of These Days ..................................... Gloria, Montgomery, Mrs. Wingate, Jane

Joe’s Dance Joe

Scene 3, The Kitchen, that night

I’m Always Chasing Rainbows (Reprise)................................................................. Jane

It All Depends on You ................................................................................... Jane, Gloria

Scene 4, The Drawing Room at Wingate Manor, the next day

Always (Reprise) ......................................................................................... Mrs. Wingate

Scene 5, The Barn

Everybody Step ........................................................................................... TJ, Ensemble

Lucky Day Phil, Orville

SYNOPSIS OF SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS

Scene 6, The Barn, the next morning

Scene 7, The Barn

How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm Jane, Ensemble

Hinky-Dinky Parlez Vouz ....................................................................... Jane, Ensemble

Scene 8, The Front Porch, in the wee hours, two days later

It Had to Be You .......................................................................................................... Joe

Scene 9, The Barn, Opening Night

Scene 10, The Barn, Onstage

Get Happy (Reprise) .............................................................................. Jane, Ensemble

Scene 11, The Barn, Backstage

You Wonderful You (Finale) ...................................................................... The Company

Songs and scenes are subject to change

Audio/video recording and photography are strictly prohibited during the performance. Please turn off your cell phone and any other device that might make noise during the performance. Photos may be taken before the show and during intermission, when no actor is present.

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.

WHO’S WHO

STEPHEN LEE ANDERSON* (Lt. Henry (Pop) Falbury) has appeared in numerous Broadway productions including: (most recently) Bright Star, Spiderman, Wicked, Fiddler on the Roof, Julius Caesar, The Crucible, Footloose, The Capeman, and The Kentucky Cycle. Off-Broadway: The Iceman Cometh (BAM), Violet, Floyd Collins (Playwrights Horizons). He was a member of The Bridge Project, performing in Richard III at The Old Vic in London and BAM (dir: Sam Mendes). Regional: The Kennedy Center, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington Theatre (IRNE Award Best Supporting Actor, Bus Stop). Film/TV: The Last Thing Mary Saw, Intrusion, Law and Order, Daredevil, Public Morals, Orange Is The New Black, Elementary, Madam Secretary.

GILBERT L. BAILEY II* (Phil Filmore) Broadway: The Book of Mormon, A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Beetlejuice: The Musical; New York and Regional Theatre: Murray in Clueless The Musical (The New Group), Ozie Powell in The Scottsboro Boys (CTG’s The Ahmanson, The Philadelphia Theatre Company), Harpo in The Color Purple (Milwaukee Rep). Thanks to HCKR, my reps. Love most of all, and always, to My Jessie and Jade, my Heart and Home. @GLBaileyii to follow.

CORBIN BLEU* (Joe Ross) is an accomplished actor, singer/songwriter, dancer, voiceover/recording artist, host/television personality and producer. Bleu is best known for his role as Chad Danforth in the Emmy Award-winning High School Musical franchise. Bleu recently starred in TV movies Love, For Real and A Christmas Dance Reunion. In 2022, Bleu special guest-starred in the third and fourth season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on Disney+. Broadway credits include Godspell; In the Heights; the Tony Award-nominated revival of Kiss, Me Kate; and Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, which garnered Bleu the Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Show.

VEANNE COX* (Margaret Wingate)

Broadway: An American in Paris, A Free Man of Color, La Cage Aux Folles, Caroline or Change, The Dinner Party, Company, Smile. Off Broadway shows at Vineyard, TFANA, Signature, NYTW, The Public, MTC, MCC, Playwright’s Horizons, Women’s Project, Rattlestick. Shakespeare Theatre Company: Twelfth Night, Comedy of Errors, Merry Wives of Windsor, Way Of The World, The Beaux Stratagem. TV/FILM include: Summoning Sylvia,

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Mandolorian, New Amsterdam, NCIS New Orleans, Seinfeld, Cinderella, Erin Brockovich, You’ve Got Mail. Web Series: Indoor Boys and Cady Did. She has been nominated for Tony, Emmy, Outer Critics and Helen Hayes Awards and has received special Drama Desk and Obie Awards for excellence in the Theatre.

J. ANTHONY CRANE* (Montgomery

Leach) Broadway: Between Riverside and Crazy (Second Stage), Sight Unseen (MTC), Butley (Booth), The Winslow Boy (Roundabout). Tours, Regional: Cyrano in Cyrano (TheatreWorks, BATCC Nom.); Watch on the Rhine (Arena, Helen Hayes Nom.); Scar in The Lion King (First National); Les Misérables (N. America); Spamalot (Wynn); Modern Orthodox, Disgraced (Goodman, Berkeley Rep, SRT, Mark Taper); Barrington Stage; The Old Globe; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Cleveland Playhouse; Paper Mill; & more. TV/Film: Succession (HBO), Dead Ringers (Amazon), Billions, Blue Bloods, FBI, Chicago PD, Madam Secretary, The Big Easy, etc. B.S. from Northwestern University. For Susan Ellen. IG: @janthonycrane

WILL ROLAND* (Orville Wingate) [he/him] is a Brooklyn-based actor. Broadway: original casts of Be More Chill (Jeremy Heere), and Dear Evan Hansen (Jared Kleinman). Other Stages: The Black Suits at Center Theatre Group and Barrington Stage; LoserSongs; The Panic of ‘29 and The Bus at 59E59. TV/Web: Billions (Seasons 3-7), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Foul Play, Broadway Jackbox. Proud longtime member of Joe Iconis & Family. Passionate about new work: new plays & musicals developed with Ars Nova, Second Stage, Hartford Stage, La Jolla, Arena, NYMF, NAMT, & more. Thanks Steph, Mom, Dad, Val, James, Sam, Jessica, Ira, and my many teachers for their enduring support.

ARIANNA ROSARIO* (Gloria Falbury) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! Broadway: Moulin Rouge, CATS, On Your Feet!. Tour: Cinderella, West Side Story, CATS, OYF!. Select regional credits: MUNY: On Your Feet! (Gloria Estefan), Signature Theatre: RENT (Mimi), Bay Street Theater: Evita (Eva Peron), Kennedy Center: In The Heights (Carla). FILM/TV: West Side Story (Spielberg); Devotion; tick, tick... BOOM!; Vivo; CW: The Waltons; FX: Fosse/Verdon; OWN: Queen Sugar; NETFLIX: Girls5Eva. www.ariannarosario.com @ariannarosario

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

DANIELLE WADE* (Jane Falbury) is a proud Canadian working in New York City. She will next be introduced on the HBO Max series, JULIA, this upcoming season. Most recently, she starred as Cady Heron in the First National tour of Mean Girls: The Musical after appearing in the Broadway company. You may recognize her as Dorothy from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Wizard of Oz. She has played many houses around North America including a turn as Marian Paroo in The Stratford Festival’s The Music Man. Select Credits: NBC’s One Night Only –Broadway Special, Lorene in Tim Rice’s From Here to Eternity (Ogunquit Playhouse), Belle in Beauty and The Beast (DE) and Anne in Anne of Green Gables (DE). So much love to the entire Summer Stock team, my family, and my husband Will.

ERIKA AMATO* (Ensemble) Goodspeed debut! Favorite credits include - National Tour: Flashdance the Musical (Miss Wilde); Off-Broadway: Signs of Life (Berta), Triumph of Love (Hesione); Regional: An American in Paris (Madame Baurel), R+H’s Cinderella (Madame), Biography (Marion), Into the Woods (Witch), Hairspray (Velma Von Tussle), Sleeping Beauty Wakes (Bad Fairy). TV/Film credits include: Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Quantum Leap, and Enchanted. Erika is also the lead singer of Velvet Chain (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). www.erikaamato.com

HANNAH BALAGOT* (Ensemble) [she/her] has admired Goodspeed for a long time and is thrilled to be joining this season. Select credits include Hello, Dolly! (Pioneer Theater); West Side Story (International Tour, Barrington Stage, North Shore Music Theater); Dr. Suess: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Grand Ole Opry); Anything Goes (Moonlight Stage) and various new collaborative works for stage and film. With special thanks to her family and Jeff for their endless love and support.

DeSHAWN BOWENS* (Ensemble) credits include - Off Broadway: Dog Man (George); National Tour: Mean Girls; Regional: Chicago, Mamma Mia! (Fulton), Guys and Dolls (Asolo Repertory Theatre), Newsies, (Marriott); TV/Film: Madame (Dawg Paw Productions). Elon BFA MT alumni! Much love and thanks to God, family, Bloc agency, Goodspeed and the cast and creative team of Summer Stock! For mom! @deshawnbowens

RONNIE S. BOWMAN JR.* (Ensemble), Connecticut native, is ecstatic to be making his Goodspeed debut! A dream becoming a reality. Broadway/Tours: The Music Man (Original 2022 Revival Cast), Anastasia (Original First National Tour Cast), A Chorus Line set by Baayork Lee. Selected Credits: West Side Story (Bernardo), A Chorus Line (Richie), 25th Annual.... Spelling Bee (Mitch). Television/Film: Sugar Plum Twist (Hallmark), Rustin (Netflix). All glory to God!! Thanks to my incredible support team of family, friends and the greatest team at DGRW. Proud graduate of The Hartt School. Proverbs 3:5-6. Love you forever, Dad.

EMILY KELLY* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Goodspeed! Previous shows include: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Ensemble) and Roar of the Greasepaint… (Associate Choreographer). Favorite credits: Grand Hotel (Encores! City Center), Cabaret (Rosie/Sally US; Asolo Rep), Jersey Boys (Francine; The Fulton), A Chorus Line (Maggie), and the Muny. Originally from Sacramento, CA; proud Indiana University grad! Big thanks to the Summer Stock team and The Collective Talent. Love to Alex and my amazing friends and family! @emckelly

FRANCESCA MANCUSO*

(Ensemble) Francesca (Frenchie) Mancuso is thrilled to be in Summer Stock! From Bucks County, PA, Frenchie was trained as a professional dancer under Terri-Garcia Lee at Pennsylvania School of the Performing Arts. Graduate Elon University, BFA in Music Theatre. Theatre credits: Drury Lane Theatre, New London Barn Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse. TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! Special thanks to DGRW, her parents, sisters, and Daniel. Without all of you, none of this would be possible.

TOMMY MARTINEZ* (Ensemble)

is thrilled to be spending the summer at Goodspeed! TV: Hairspray Live!; B’way: Newsies; Off B’way/ Tour: Kinky Boots; Regional: Old Globe, Muny, PCLO, Ogunquit, Met Gala, Fireside, Tuacahn, Arkansas Rep. Endless love to Nimmy and Gigi. Love to Mom, Nana, and Dad. Insta: @atleastimfunny, TikTok: @Iwasbornperfect

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

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CORINNE MUNSCH* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut in this glorious show! Previous credits include Cheek to Cheek Off-Broadway with Randy Skinner, Cabaret (Asolo Repertory), The Nutty Professor (Ogunquit Playhouse), Judy in A Chorus Line (Signature Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (Paper Mill Playhouse). Nat’l Tours: Bullets Over Broadway, Elf, Seven Brides.... TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Mountains of gratitude to this incredible Summer Stock team, to Sofia and Rebecca at CESD, and to Avery and their pup Pearl at home.

GREGORY NORTH* (Ensemble) BROADWAY: Into the Woods, Secret Garden, Grand Hotel opposite Cyd Charisse. NY: A Christmas Carol with Tony Randall.

TOUR: Phantom, Show Boat, Les Misérables. PREMIERES: Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Last Ship REGIONAL: Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Actors Theatre Louisville, Sacramento Music Circus, Mark Taper, Pioneer Theatre Co., Laguna Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Pasadena Playhouse. FILM/TV: 11.22.63, Elizabethtown, In Good Company, ER, HTGAW Murder, Criminal Minds, Astroboy, Feud: Capote’s Women. Thanks CAM & ATB. gregorynorthactor.com

KAYLEE OLSON* (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be performing in Summer Stock! Some of Ms. Olson’s favorite credits include; Spamalot at the Kennedy Center, Crazy for You at Lincoln Center, as well as the First National Tours of Pretty Woman: The Musical, Bullets Over Broadway and the National Tour of Anything Goes Kaylee would like to congratulate Molly and her dance studio back home, Innovative Dance (@innovativednc), for celebrating their 25th anniversary! Love you fam! @kaylee.is.the.olson www.kayleeolson.com

JACK SIPPEL* (Ensemble) Broadway: The Prom (Dance Captain). National Tours: Memphis, Disney’s Newsies (Mush/Bill). Film: The Prom (Assistant Choreographer/ Performer), Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical (Kenny/Darcy). Regional: Resident Choreographer and 10+ seasons performing at The Muny; Come Fall in Love (Old Globe); Mary Poppins, West Side Story (Paper Mill Playhouse); Chasing Rainbows (Flat Rock Playhouse); The Met Gala; The Tony Awards; Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Dance Moms. Coach/Mentor for the Open Jar Institute. Social: @jackjsippel or jack-sippel.com

CAYEL TREGEAGLE* (Ensemble)

National Tour: Hello, Dolly!. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, The Muny, MTWichita, Riverside Theater, Engeman Theater, and Walt Disney World. He holds a BFA in Musical Theater. He would like to thank his parents for teaching him the performing arts, and his husband, Noah, for his love and support.

NICHOLAS CUNHA (Swing)

Goodspeed Debut! Credits – New York: Cherubini’s Requiem (Lincoln Center), Macbeth (Circle in the Square). Regional: On Your Feet! (Paper Mill Playhouse), White Christmas (Shaw Festival), Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame (Quasimodo, Toronto Premiere). Film/TV: PJ Masks (Disney Junior). Concerts: The Rolling Stones (50 & Counting Tour), Cirque du Soleil (Luzia). Thank you to my family, friends, and agents at CESD!

KENNEDY PEREZ (Swing), is overjoyed to be a part of the premiere of Summer Stock and to be making her Goodspeed debut! Favorite previous credits include swinging A Chorus Line (Tokyo tour and Cincinnati Playhouse), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Engeman Theatre), Cinderella (North Shore Music Theatre), and The Prom (Pioneer Theatre). Much gratitude to the cast and crew, her family, and The Collective Talent!

CHERI STEINKELLNER (Book & Additional Lyrics) 4 Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, Writer’s Guild, People’s Choice, World Animation, and British Academy (BAFTA) awards for writing and producing Cheers and writing and creating Disney’s Teacher’s Pet and Teacher’s Pet The Movie. A Tony nominee for writing Sister Act: The Musical, Indy Award and Ovation nominee for writing Hello! My Baby (Goodspeed and Rubicon Theatres), and UC Santa Barbara Inspiration Award winner for Outstanding Teaching in Film and Media Studies. Additional TV writing: The Jeffersons, Who’s the Boss?, Bob (Newhart) Additional Stage writing: Princesses, Dreamland, Prima Materia, and Instaplay, Los Angeles’ original and longest-running improvised musical. Currently at work on: Rom-com feature Betwixtmas, and debut middle grade historical-fantasy novel: 4D - The Room That Time Forgot. Cheri lives in Santa Barbara, California where she and husband/writing partner Bill raised their three favorite writers, artists, and humans, Kit, Teddy, and Emma Steinkellner.

DONNA FEORE (Director & Choreographer) is one of Canada’s most versatile and in-demand creative talents, highly praised for her work at the Stratford Festival where she directed and choreographed:

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

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Chicago, Billy Elliot, Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Madwoman of Chaillot. Recently, she directed and choreographed the world premiere of Broadway Vacation at the 5th Avenue Theatre. Other directing credits include: Bernhardt/Hamlet (Goodman Theatre), Rock & Rock and It’s a Wonderful Life (Canadian Stage), Life Reflected (National Arts Centre), and a stage adaption of The Hockey Sweater. She has also staged numerous operas including: Red Emma, Tosca, and Oedipus Rex (Canadian Opera Company). Selected film and television credits include Mean Girls, Eloise, Martin and Lewis, and Stormy Weather

DOUG BESTERMAN (Music Supervisor, Arranger, Orchestrator) Composer - The Big One Oh, Breathe: Swelling and Irritation, and Little Did I Know. Orchestrator (select credits) - Broadway: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Anastasia, A Bronx Tale, It Shoulda Been You, Bullets Over Broadway (Tony nomination), Rocky, How To Succeed… (Tony nomination), Elf, Young Frankenstein (Drama Desk nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony/Drama Desk Awards), The Producers (2001 Tony/Drama Desk Awards), Seussical, The Music Man (Drama Desk/Tony nominations), Fosse (1999 Tony), Big (Drama Desk nomination), Damn Yankees (Drama Desk nomination). Regional/International: Crazy For You (UK 2023), Little Dancer, Ever After. Film/television: Schmigadoon, The Little Mermaid (2023), Mary Poppins Returns, Aladdin (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Frozen, the Oscars, Tonys, Emmys, and Kennedy Center Honors.

ADAM SOUZA (Music Director) Broadway credits include Wicked, Kinky Boots. National Tours: Wicked (2nd National, original MD/Conductor), Kinky Boots (1st National original MD/ Conductor), Spamalot (1st National, MD/Conductor), The Midtown Men, and Les Misérables. Adam also served as Associate Music Supervisor for the international mountings of Wicked in São Paolo, Brazil (in Portuguese) and Mexico City (in Spanish). His regional credits include Next to Normal (Hartford TheaterWorks), North Shore Music Theatre, and over 20 productions with Goodspeed, including 42nd Street, Cabaret, A Grand Night for Singing, Because of Winn Dixie, The Great American Mousical with Julie Andrews, Snapshots by Stephen Schwartz, George M!, Brigadoon, Very Good Eddie, and Rags. Adam has served on faculty for the Boston Conservatory at Berklee as an Associate Professor of Musical Theatre, of which he is also an alumnus.

WILSON CHIN (Scenic Designer) Previously at Goodspeed Musicals: Anne of Green Gables, Oklahoma! and Anything Goes. Broadway: Cost of Living, Pass Over (Drama Desk and Lortel Award nominations), Next Fall. National Tour: Annie. Off-Broadway: A Bright New Boise (Signature The-

atre), The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons), Space Dogs (MCC, Lortel Award nomination), Teenage Dick (Ma-Yi/Public), Sakina’s Restaurant (Audible), the bandaged place (Roundabout Underground). Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Eine Florentinische Tragödie/Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera, Dora Award winner). Film/television: Pass Over (dir. Spike Lee), Game Theory with Bomani Jones (HBO), Blindspot (NBC). Eastern Region Board member of Local USA 829. Instagram: @wilsonchindesign

TINA McCARTNEY (Costume Designer) is a Trinidadian-American costume designer based in New York City. Tina’s recent theatrical designs include Pru Payne (Arizona Theatre Co.), Joy (George Street Playhouse), The Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation (Seattle 5th Avenue Theatre), Bruce (Seattle Repertory Theatre), The Goree All-Girl String Band (NYMF), and Julius Caesar (Classic Stage Company). She codesigned this year’s 76th Annual Tony Awards hosted by Ariana DeBose on CBS. Tina is a proud member of the selection committee for The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship Program and is a graduate of The Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. You can see more of Tina’s work on tinamccartney.com.

JEFF CROITER (Lighting Designer) Over a dozen shows at Goodspeed including Holiday Inn, Because of Winn Dixie, Happy Days, The Bakers Wife, and Pirates. Broadway credits include: Cost of Living, Freestyle Love Supreme, Bandstand, Falsettos, Holiday Inn, Something Rotten!, Penn & Teller, Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Jekyll and Hyde, Next Fall, Mothers and Sons, among others. Off-Broadway includes Only Gold, Black No More, Beyond Babel, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Tiny Beautiful Things. Received Tony, Hewes, Bass awards, and Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lortel, NAACP, Ovation and AUDELCO nominations. Jeff is a producer of the 4Wall Roundtable and the animated series Light Humor. Recent and current projects include Disney’s Hercules, Broadway Vacation, Bruce, and The Great Gatsby Interactive

JAY HILTON (Sound Designer) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals and is looking forward to the rest of the 2023 season. Jay has designed countless productions at both The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre in Chester and looks forward to re-opening the Terris this season. 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. Jay is grateful for his audio team and would like to thank them for their hard work and dedication. Their talents

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contributed to the success of Goodspeed’s 2022 season and to what he knows will be a successful 2023.

LIZ PRINTZ (Wig, Hair, & Make-Up Designer) TV/ Film: Emmy-nominated hair stylist for The Wiz Live! Producer: short film SunShine, Birdhouse; feature film Thorp (streaming on Amazon Prime). Head of Hair Dept. for Diana (new musical on Netflix). Wig Designer Credits: The Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation (5th Ave Theatre), Bruce (Seattle Rep), Legally Blonde (The Muny); JOY (George Street Playhouse). Off B’Way: Oil of Olay Presents Olay Live!; Company (Barrington Stage); Annie Get Your Gun (Bay Street Theatre); Spamalot, Gypsy, Beauty and the Beast, Annie (North Carolina Theatre); Big Fish, Beehive (Theatre Raleigh); Evita, WORKING (American Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut); Raisin in the Sun (Williamstown Theatre Festival). B’Way Associate Wig Designer: Diana: The Musical, Jersey Boys, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hamilton, On Your Feet, Beautiful the Carol King Musical Graduate of University of North Carolina School of the Arts ‘09 and Local 798 Member. Website lizprintzdesigns.com

MICHAEL GRIBBIN (Assistant Music Director) has conducted shows across the country including national tours of The Lion King, Wicked, and Shrek as well as regional productions of Into the Woods, The Who’s Tommy, and Man of La Mancha. Currently he teaches at Coastal Carolina University, where he has been musical director for such productions as Violet, A New Brain, and 35mm. Michael holds a masters degree in vocal coaching from the University of Illinois.

KIRA TROILO (EDI Consultant) [she/her], is a Boston-based creative and the owner of Art & Soul Consulting, a new company that offers Equity, Diversity & Inclusion consulting services for theater and the arts. She is thrilled to be working with Goodspeed in this exciting new capacity. Kira’s groundbreaking work in EDI consulting was recently featured in American Theater Magazine. She also maintains a blog (biracialmom.com), writing frequently about her experiences as a Black, biracial woman, creative professional and mother. Kira regularly consults for SpeakEasy Stage Company, Umbrella Stage Company, Greater Boston Stage Company, and many other arts organizations. Kira shares her own fully-tailored EDI training and development sessions with adjudicators, arts educators, theater ushers, and boards of directors. Love to Jared, Levi, Mom & Dad. artandsoulconsulting.com

BRADLEY G. SPACHMAN* (Production Stage Manager) Originally from Chicago, Brad has enjoyed working at both the Opera House and Terris Theaters for some time now. Some of his favorite productions include Redhead, King of Hearts, and Singin’ in the Rain. He sends a heartfelt “Thank

You!” to everyone who makes our productions (as well as those who make them happen). Finally, a very special thanks to Kim, without whose patience none of this would be possible. [88/29]

ALEXANDRA KOSTIS* (Assistant Stage Manager) Alex is thrilled to return to Goodspeed Opera House, this time as an ASM! Credits include: Off Broadway: HEADS, An Iliad, Hold These Truths. Select Regional: Billy Elliot (Goodspeed Opera House); Grand Horizons (Williamstown Theatre Festival); The Age of Innocence, The Niceties, Skylight (McCarter Theatre); Blind Date, Having Our Say (Goodman Theatre); Eye of the Storm, OK Trenton Project (Passage Theatre Company). Love to Mom, Dad, Minas, CJ, and family—blood and chosen. BA, Sacred Heart University | IG: @alxndra.kostis

CHRISTINA M. WOOLARD* (Assistant Stage Manager) stage manages for theatre, circus, and live events. Previous credits include Passing Through (Goodspeed Musicals); Clyde’s, American Hero and A Doll’s House, Part 2 (George Street Playhouse); Will You Come With Me? and Notes on My Mother’s Decline (The Play Company); Dead + Alive (One Year Lease); Space Dogs (MCC); Kinky Boots (Bucks County Playhouse); Preparedness (The Bushwick Starr); and Sunset Circus (Parallel Exit). Proud AEA member and alumna of Rutgers University. For Mom—your song is in my heart.

TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting) Selected Broadway and National Tours: Back To The Future, Here Lies Love, Bad Cinderella, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, KPOP, Mr. Saturday Night, SIX, Ain’t Too Proud, King Kong, The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, Cats, Falsettos, School of Rock, Bullets Over Broadway, Aladdin, Big Fish, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera. Selected Off-Broadway: Sing Street, Trevor, Between the Lines, Clueless, Gloria: A Life, Smokey Joe’s Café, Here Lies Love. Film: Here Today.

VENUWORKS THEATRICALS was founded in 2014. Partners Steven Peters and Michael Londra bring together a wealth of experience, including Tony and Grammy nominations, to produce unique theatrical events in the US and Europe. B’way: You Can’t Take It With You; National Opera House of Ireland: Noel the Musical; US tours: Noel the Musical; Jekyll and Hyde; Flashdance; PBS: Ireland with Michael. www.venuworks.com

CAROLYN ROSSI COPELAND (Executive Producer, VenuWorks) Executive Producer: Founded Lambs Theatre NYC- VP Creative Affairs Radio City Entertainment/Madison Square Garden. Producer: Broadway, Off Broadway, National Tours, award-winning Freud’s Last Session in NYC Chicago and LA, soon to be a major motion picture starring Anthony

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

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Hopkins. Executive Producer of Strouse IP. www.crcproductions.org

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 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

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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.

SONG CREDITS

Accentuate the Positive (Ac Cent Tchu Ate The Positive) Music by Harold Arlen, Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Published by Warner Bros Inc (Warner Bros Music Division).

Always Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin

Dig-Dig-Dig For Your Dinner Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Mack Gordon. Published by Anthem Grand Film and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc.

Everybody Dance Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin

Everybody Step Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin

Get Happy Music by Harold Arlen, Lyrics by Ted Koehler. Published by S A Music Co and Warner Bros Inc (Warner Bros Music Division)

Happy Days Are Here Again Music by Milton Ager, Lyrics by Jack Yellen. Published by Warner Bros Inc (Warner Bros Music Division)

Howdy Neighbor (Happy Harvest)* Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Mack Gordon. Published by Four Jays Music Co

Hinky-Dinky Parlay-vous Disputed authorship

How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm Music by Walter Donaldson, Lyrics by Joe Young & Sam M. Lewis

I Want To Be Happy Music by Vincent Youmans, Lyrics by Irving Caesar

I’m Always Chasing Rainbows* Music by Harry Carroll, Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy

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.

It All Depends on You* Music by Ray Henderson, Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva & Lew Brown

It Had to be You* Music by Isham Jones, Lyrics by Gus Kahn

It’s Only A Paper Moon Music by Harold Arlen, Lyrics by Yip Harburg & Billy Rose. Published by Glocca Morra Music Corp, S A Music Co and WC Music Corp.

June Night* Music by Abel Baer, Lyrics by Cliff Friend

Lucky Day* Music by Ray Henderson, Lyrics by Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown

Me and My Shadow by Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer

Red Hot Mama* by Bud Cooper, Gilbert Wells, Fred Rose

Some of These Days* Music & Lyrics by Shelton Brooks

The Best Things in Life are Free* Music by Ray Henderson, Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown

‘Til We Meet Again* Music by Richard A. Whiting, Lyrics by Raymond B. Egan

You, Wonderful You Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Jack Brooks & Saul Chaplin. Published by Four Jays Music Co

*Additional lyrics by Cheri Steinkellner

WRITER’S NOTES BY CHERI STEINKELLNER | BOOK & ADDITIONAL LYRICS

How do you begin to adapt a film like Summer Stock into a stage musical?

1. Close my eyes and remember what I loved about it when I was a little girl, watching it with my cousin Cathy on the Million Dollar Movie every night for a week and twice on the weekend so we could reenact it beatfor-beat at Sunday family dinner. Key memories include: Singing on a tractor, dancing on a newspaper, and a pink painted sky.

2. Open my eyes, dig out my Judy Garland boxed-set and watch the DVD.

3. Close my eyes and re-watch the story on an imagined stage, with a diverse cast, contemporary social values, and a fresh storyline to match.

4. Open my eyes and write that. Then rewrite it. Then re-re-write, until I hit my deadline and can re-re-re-rewrite no more.

About that deadline: I first got the call in October. They needed a designer draft by January, a workshop draft by March, and a rehearsal draft by June for a July opening. That’s fast, even for me, and I started my career in TV where you write and produce a new episode every week. But Summer Stock is all about putting on a show in a barn—so we roll up our sleeves, get up early, stay up late, and get the work—and the play—done!

What has changed from the original and what are the challenges of updating a 1950 film for a modern audience?

That feel-good feeling of the original movie is still intact, but story, songs, and characters have all changed to be here now.

STORY: When I first signed on, I was given one mandate: No tractor. Heavy farm machinery wouldn’t fit on the Goodspeed stage, so there went the film’s whole buy-a-tractor/wrecka-tractor/fix-a-tractor plotline. This opened up space to answer some of my more burning questions:

• Why is Falbury farm at risk?

• Why can’t Joe get his show to Broadway?

• How does a farmgirl like Jane suddenly morph into a triple-threat superstar?

• And why is she wearing nothing but a tux jacket and fedora in that pink-sky finale?

As I wrote, more questions popped up: What do you do with a wanna-be actress who doesn’t wanna rehearse? Why is a Shakespearean matinee idol starring in a musical in a barn? And what happens when you make show-people wake up at sunrise to muck out the stalls? All of these questions are asked—and I hope answered—in song and dance.

SONGS: The film features nine songs. Most contemporary stage musicals have twenty or more. So building out the score was a task. Some of the film’s original songs like “Howdy Neighbor” and “Dig for Your Dinner” are repositioned and repurposed to tell our story. “You Wonderful You” and “Get Happy” have gained back-stories. To fill out the rest of the score, I turned to the Public Domain, where old favorites like “The Best Things in Life are Free,” “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows,” “Some of These Days,” “It Had to Be You,” and more, could be tailored to sing in our character’s voices. Production numbers like “Paper Moon,” “Everybody Step,” and “June Night” are newly built on tunes that are nearly a century old, but with Doug Besterman’s jazzy, brassy, Woody Herman-inspired arrangements, and Donna Feore’s dynamic direction and thrilling choreography, they sing and dance like never before.

CHARACTERS: Looking at 1950s characters through a contemporary lens meant making crucial changes, not only in motivation—but in the people we want to see onstage. One challenge was crafting a story to support a diverse cast of characters with intention,

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authenticity, and care. I found my way in through the U.S. military. Special Services began in WWII and was one of the few army units to be racially integrated. I could imagine an ace director/choreographer like Joe Ross working with a gifted writer like Phil Filmore, pulling together a talented troupe of marginalized soldiers, and putting on a show for the troops. But what happens after the war, when they come home and their show can’t get a break on Broadway? Hit musicals in 1950—Brigadoon, Guys and Dolls, Call Me Madam—were distinctly homogenous—i.e., white. Historically, it would be nearly a decade before a Black director would helm a Broadway play (Lloyd Richards, A Raisin in the Sun). So now we know what Joe and Phil are up against, and why they need this barn in Connecticut to put on their show. The Falbury family—Jane, Gloria, and Pop—need this show—and these show people—just as much to save their beloved farm from being acquired by a rich and powerful land owner bent on creating her own family legacy. I won’t give away how song-and-dance save the day—but in the end, everyone does Get Happy.

What has been your favorite part of writing this musical and what are you most excited about seeing come to life on stage?

If I could spend the rest of my writing life putting old songs into new musicals, I’d be one happy writer. Summer Stock is the second musical I’ve crafted “with” legendary composers like Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, and Shelton Brooks (the first was Hello! My Baby, Goodspeed 2011). Bringing in these songs my mom taught me and her mom taught her, so my kids and theirs can sing them again, is my dream job—and I can’t wait to see this dream cast hit the notes, find the laughs, and take flight like I can’t even begin to dream.

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

Susan Link

Gavin Lodge

Mark Masselli

Michael G. Polo

Kristen Roberts

Blair Russell

Joseph Smith

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Muriel Fleischmann

Sue Frost

Jean Selden Greene

Nicole Stanton

Leonardo H. Suzio

John Voege

Julie Godbout LeBlanc

Lawrence McHugh

Robert F. Neal*

Michael P. Price

GOODSPEED GUILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Amy Campbell, President

Jay McAnally, Vice President

H. William Shure

Dona D. Young

*Deceased

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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USI Insurance

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FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Acorn Alcinda Foundation

Actors’ Equity Foundation

Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.

Burry Fredrik Foundation

Case Graber Foundation

Chelsea Groton Foundation Inc.

Community Foundation of Middlesex County/Guilford

Savings Bank Charitable Fund, Sherry and Herb Clark Family Fund and Kalayjian Family Fund

Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation

Elizabeth Carse Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

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Howard Gilman Foundation

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Government Support

Katharine S. Winter Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Lucille Lortel Foundation

Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation

Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Robert F. Schumann Foundation Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation

SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.

The Aeroflex Foundation

The Aldo DeDominicis Foundation

The Christine E. Moser Foundation

The Elizabeth M. Landon and Harriette M. Landon Charitable Foundation

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

The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee

The Johnny Mercer Foundation

The Kitchings Family Foundation

The Lambs Foundation

The Max Showalter Foundation, Inc.

The Norma Terris/Albert D. Firestone Foundation

The Richard Sims Winkler Foundation

The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts

The Shubert Foundation

Vernon K Krieble Foundation

William & Alice Mortensen Foundation

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.

GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFF

LEADERSHIP

Donna Lynn Hilton Artistic Director

David B. Byrd Managing Director

ARTISTIC

Stephen Agosto Line Producer

Adam Souza Resident Music Director

Michael Fling Artistic Associate

ADMINISTRATION

Kristan McLaughlin Artistic Administrator

Kendra Garnett Executive Assistant

BUILDING SERVICES

Edward C. Blaschik Theatre Manager

Hayden Schwarm Building Services Assistant

Jeffrey Gosselin, Paul Zajac............................. Building Services CleanChoiceCleaning.com Custodial Services

COMPANY MANAGEMENT

Robert John Ford ........................................... Company Manager

Tyler Garstka Assistant Company Manager

Lauren Wentz Company Management Assistant

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

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PRODUCTION

Endla Burrows .......................................... Director of Production

Wesley Schroeder Assistant Production Manager

COSTUME RENTALS

Stephanie Turner Costume Rentals Coordinator

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

John Riccucci Wardrobe Supervisor

Courtnei Edwards, Rachel Pantangan, Tyler Warren ................................... Dressers

Pat Marcus Wigs Supervisor

Avant Johnston Lead Hair & Wigs Stylist

Delaiah Harris Hair & Wigs Stylist

LIGHTING

Will Johnson Lighting Supervisor

Jordan Bliese Head Electrician

Karan Gosai, Margaret Leupold Electricians

Sam O’Dea Terris Theatre Head Electrician

Andrew Spencer, Audrey Visscher Terris Theatre Electricians

PROPS

Ryann D. Lee Props Manager

Troy A. Junker Lead Props Artisan

Gideon Rowland Props Artisan

Timothy Henderson Props Carpenter

Miranda Thompson ...................................Props Run Crew Head

Samantha Bruce Props Run Crew

Jordan Cowan Terris Theatre Props Run Crew Head

SCENERY

Dominick Pinto Technical Director

Brendon Figueras Assistant Technical Director

Mike Cummings Lead Carpenter/Shop Foreman

Kevin Bolt, Callum McCabe Staff Carpenters

Ethan Arcaroli, Angelina Savelli Carpenters/Stagehand Swings

Aaron Frongillo Stage Supervisor

Ian Borowik, Lydia Joy, Ashlin Penn Stagehands

SCENIC ARTISTS

Carla Tiezzi Charge Scenic Artist

Miranda Harkins Lead Scenic Artist

April Chateauneuf ............................... Senior Staff Scenic Artist

Ashley Donnert, Grace Linzner Staff Scenic Artists

SOUND

Jay Hilton............................................................ Audio Supervisor

Katie Paris Production Audio Engineer

Taylor Bartoski Assistant Audio Engineer

Je’Breanne Morgan Audio Assistant

Jonathan Lee Terris Theatre Assistant Audio Supervisor

Nicholas Peretti Terris Theatre Production Audio Engineer

FOR THIS PRODUCTION

Stephan Dickson Associate Choreographer

Additional Tap Corbin Bleu

Victoria Casillo Assistant Director/Choreographer

Jimmy Stubbs .....................................Assistant Scenic Designer

Amanda Roberge Associate Costume Designer

Machaela Brock ...................................... Costume Design Intern

Riva Fairhall Assistant Lighting Designer

Amber Gebert-Goldsmith Production Assistant

Jacob Fjeldheim Music Copyist

Dave Edricks, Sal Ranniello, Elliot Wallace Rehearsal Percussionists

Anna Brewster, Mikaela Kelarek Scenic Artists

Naomi Anhorn................................................ Overhire Carpenter

James Carter Pianos Piano Technician

Billy Mitchell Show Logo Design

Katie Desjardins Program Editor/Designer

Special Thanks: Costume Rental Volunteer Lenore McLean, Palmer-Warner House, Connecticut Landmarks, Erin Farley

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