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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 want to miss!
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A Non-Profit Arts Organization
DAVID B. BYRD Managing Director
Book & Lyrics by ROBERT SCHENKKAN
Music & Lyrics by NEIL BERG
With
ETAI BENSON MATT CAPLAN BRANDON J. ELLIS DION SIMMONS GRIER F. MICHAEL HAYNIE MEL JOHNSON JR. WONZA JOHNSON KELVIN MOON LOH ROB MORRISON KYLE SCATLIFFE WESLEY TAYLOR GREGORY TRECO ADRIENNE WALKER AKRON LANIER WATSON REMA WEBB AURELIA WILLIAMS
Costume Design by ANN HOULD-WARD
Associate Music Director BEN COVELLO
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE CRAIG BURNS, CSA
Lighting Design by JAPHY WEIDMAN
Director of Production ENDLA BURROWS
Line Producer STEPHEN AGOSTO
Music Direction by ADAM SOUZA
Music Supervision and Orchestrations by GREG JARRETT
Direction & Scenic Design by JOHN DOYLE
Sound Design by JAY HILTON
Production Stage Manager CHRIS ZACCARDI
General Manager GRETCHEN WRIGHT
First Performance: September 8, 2023 at The Goodspeed
Produced by Special Arrangement with JOE GRANO
World Premiere Production presented by Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company
Founding Director MICHAEL P. PRICE
Season Sponors
In-Kind Season Sponors
Marquee Producing Partners: RADM. LOUISE C. WILMOT USN (RET.) and JAMES E. WILMOT
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DONNA LYNN HILTON Artistic Director presents
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Jimmy ............................................................................................................................ ETAI BENSON
Phil ....................................................................................................................... BRANDON J. ELLIS
Matt .................................................................................................................... F. MICHAEL HAYNIE
Tee .........................................................................................................................MEL JOHNSON JR.
Andrew .................................................................................................................. WONZA JOHNSON
James .................................................................................................................. KELVIN MOON LOH
Bart .......................................................................................................................... ROB MORRISON
John ......................................................................................................................... KYLE SCATLIFFE
Tom.......................................................................................................................... WESLEY TAYLOR
Simon ..................................................................................................................... GREGORY TRECO
Mags ................................................................................................................. ADRIENNE WALKER
Pete ........................................................................................................... AKRON LANIER WATSON
Mother Mary ................................................................................................................. REMA WEBB
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
CAROLINE DUFFIN
DANCE CAPTAIN
KELVIN MOON LOH
UNDERSTUDIES
MATT CAPLAN Andrew, Tom, Jimmy, Phil, Bart, Matt
DION SIMMONS GRIER Pete, Simon, John, James, Tee
AURELIA WILLIAMS Mags, Mother Mary
MUSICIANS
Keyboard I/Conductor ADAM SOUZA; Violin/Viola LU SUN; Cello CELESTE CUMMING;
Guitar NICK DiFABBIO; Bass JOE MESSINA; Drums ELLIOTT WALLACE
ALTERNATES
Keyboard I/Conductor BEN COVELLO; Violin/Viola DIANE ORSON, SARA WASHBURN; Guitar JEFF CARLSON; Bass DAVID UHL; Drums ALEX GIOSA
MUSIC ASSISTANT MASON FRASHER
Covid Safety Officer KRISTAN McLAUGHLIN
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MUSICAL NUMBERS
The 12 will be performed without intermission
Songs subject to change
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.
9 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2023 SEASON Walk Away Full Company Sons of Thunder ................................................................................... Tom, James, Andrew & John Anyone But Me ................................. Jimmy, Phil, Andrew, James, Bart, John, Tom, Simon & Pete Do You Remember? ......................... Jimmy, Phil, Andrew, James, Bart, John, Tom, Simon & Pete Pick Up the Knife .......................................................................................................... Simon & Pete Three Times .Pete What Kind of Friends ................................................................................................................. Mags Magdalene................................................................................................................... Mags & Jimmy I Did Mags Give Up. ......................................................................................................................................... Tom Rain Mother Sweet Dream ..................................................................................................................... Bart & Phil Empty .......................................................................................................................................... Mags What If Mags & Pete The Path........................................................................ Bart, Phil, Pete, Mags, Simon, John, Jimmy I Am Not Alone Full Company Your Own Way ............................................................................................................................... Tom Lazarus .......................................................................................................................... Full Company Ordinary Full Company Why?............................................................................................................................... Full Company Rise Up Full Company Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep ....................................................................................... Full Company Our Love ......................................................................................................................... Full Company
WHO’S WHO
ETAI BENSON* (Jimmy) is an Israeli-American actor based in NYC. Most recently, Etai appeared as Paul in the gender-bent Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Company. On Broadway, he originated the role of Papi in the Tony Award-winning musical The Band’s Visit (Grammy Award, Principal Soloist). Broadway/ National Tour: Wicked, An American in Paris. TV: God Friended Me. Regional: The Old Globe, Dallas Theatre Center, Weston Playhouse, and more. Workshops: The Band’s Visit, The Devil Wears Prada, Little Miss Sunshine. Training: University of Michigan and the Moscow Art Theatre. Along with Rabbi Samantha Frank and the 92nd Street Y, Etai created The Torah of Sondheim—a lecture series exploring the composer’s work through a Jewish lens. @etaibenson
BRANDON J. ELLIS* (Phil) Broadway/1st National Tour: Bandstand, The Play That Goes Wrong, Once, Company. West End: Once Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, 7 Deadly Sins (Dir. Moises Kaufman), Balls…The Musical (Writer). TV: 30 Rock, FBI Most Wanted, Dietland, Iron Fist, The Crew, Vinyl. Film: Herd (Spring 2023 release), Monochrome (HBO Original). Avid steak consumer and lover of boots. Endless thanks to Jenn for her patience and love. Agent: CGF, Manager: Dave Brenner. @machetethunderpants
F. MICHAEL HAYNIE* (Matt) [they/ them] most recently starred as Olaf in the Frozen North American Tour. Broadway: Wicked, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Holler If Ya Hear Me. Off-Broadway: Carrie (MCC), Dogfight (Second Stage) and others. Regional: Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Ogunquit), Heart of Rock n’ Roll (Old Globe), and others. TV/Film: Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (NBC), Peter Pan LIVE! (NBC), Not Fade Away (Paramount). Thanks to my moms, JP, Grace, FF & FA, the (M)orons, and Nicolosi & Co.
GUESA @fmichaelhaynie
MEL JOHNSON JR.* (Tee) Broadway: Kiss Me, Kate; Jekyll and Hyde; Hot Feet; The Lion King; Big Deal; The Rink; Eubie!; On The 20th Century; The Boys From Syracuse (Encore Series). National Tours: Frederick Douglass/In The Shadow of Slavery, Jelly’s Last Jam Off-Broadway: Road Show, Road to Damascus, Two Gentleman of Verona: The Musical, Venus, Hamlet, Spell #7, Shakespeare’s Cabaret. Film: Total Recall, American Bluenote, Hedious, In The Shadow of The
Cobra. Television: Jessica Jones, The Blacklist, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Plus numerous Theatre productions, most recently The Nutty Professor at The Ogunquit Playhouse.
WONZA JOHNSON* (Andrew) is thrilled to be making his Goodspeed Debut! Previous Credits
- Broadway: MJ The Musical. Tours: Hamilton (1st and 2nd National). Kennedy Center, MUNY, TUTS, MTW. TV: Blue Bloods, HBO’s Masterclass. U of M Alumni, GO Blue! All the love to his family, Buchwald, John Doyle, and the entire team at Goodspeed for this opportunity! Insta: @wonza1.
KELVIN MOON LOH* (James)
Broadway: Otho in Beetlejuice The Musical, SpongeBob SquarePants (dir. Tina Landau), The King and I (dir. Bartlett Sher, Lincoln Center 2014), Side Show (dir. Bill Condon, 2013 Revival). Select Theater: Here Lies Love (dir. Alex Timbers, Public Theater), Pacific Overtures (dir. John Doyle, Classic Stage Co.), American Idiot (dir. Michael Mayer, 1st National). Television: Only Murders in the Building Kelvin can be heard as a vocalist in the movies
Spirited; Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and The Greatest Showman. He appears as Perch Perkins in the movie version of SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical. NYU Steinhardt. Follow @kelvinmoonloh
ROB MORRISON* (Bart)
Off-Broadway: Assassins directed by John Doyle, Frankenstein (CSC), Avenue Q, Nevermore, Pinkalicious (New World Stages). Regional: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Cincinnati Playhouse); Working (Berkshire Theater Group); Wild Fire (Denver Center); Nerds (Philadelphia Theater Company); Jesus Christ Superstar (North Carolina Theatre); Big River (Goodspeed). Rob voices Doodle on Nickelodeon’s Sunny Day, and many characters on PBS’ Emmy-winning Peg + Cat. TV/Film: Unforgettable, Alpha House, Freedom. As composer: Frankenstein (stage score), Sun Belt Express (film score). A multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Rob is a member of the Booklights and the Hollows. BFA, Emerson College. Thanks, Ann. Love to Lauren. www.therobmorrison.com
KYLE SCATLIFFE* (John) is a graduate of AMDA. Broadway: Hamilton, The Color Purple, Les Miz. West End: The Scottsboro Boys (Olivier Award nomination). Off Broadway: As You Like It, Encores! Big River. Regional: Ragtime (ZACH Theatre), Oklahoma!
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(5th Avenue Theatre). TV credits include CBS’s Bull, NBC’s Chicago P.D., and Marley in A Christmas Carol: The Concert (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/PBS).
WESLEY TAYLOR* (Tom) can be seen this fall as Cliff in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building. Broadway: Spongebob (original Plankton); The Addams Family (original Lucas); Rock of Ages (original Franz) - Theatre World Award, OCC nom. Recent Off-B’way: Assassins, Alice by Heart (Chita Rivera Award). Select Regional: The Who’s Tommy (Kennedy Center), An Act of God (Denver Center), Cabaret (Signature Theatre), Tales of the City (ACT). TV includes Bobby on Smash, The Good Wife, The Tomorrow People, One Life to Live, Looking, I’m Dying up Here, Difficult People, and The Spongebob Musical, Live on Stage!. As a creator: It Could Be Worse (Hulu), the Emmy-nominated Indoor Boys, the film Summoning Sylvia (Amazon Prime). BFA: UNCSA.
gregory TRECO* (Simon) is an actor, writer and teacher from Nassau, Bahamas. He is excited to be back at Goodspeed again having been a part of The Roar of the Greasepaint… TRECO comes directly from the Broadway company of Hamilton where he has been for the past 7 years. Other credits include: Boy George’s Taboo on Broadway; Maroto in Miracle Brothers at the Vineyard and Zanna in Zanna Don’t, he created the title role. Everything you see tonight in Simon is inspired by Richie; most notably his courage, fight and bravery. Find me… @treco27 Do Good, Be Kind.
ADRIENNE WALKER* (Mags), proud graduate of Spelman College, is a stage and TV/film actor based in New York. Broadway & Regional theatre credits: The Lion King; Kiss Me, Kate; Porgy and Bess; Rent; Hair; Dreamgirls; Agamemnon; Iphigenia in Aulis and The Color Purple. TV credits: Power Book IV: Force, Law & Order: Organized Crime and FBI Between gigs, Adrienne sells her handmade soaps & shea butters @tembospa. www.adriennemwalker.com
AKRON LANIER WATSON* (Pete) Notable works - Broadway: The Color Purple musical revival as Bobby, The Play That Goes Wrong as Trevor, Hamilton: An American Musical as Aaron Burr. Off-Broadway: Fortress of Solitude (The Public Theater), Black No More (The New Group/Signature Theater). Regional: Guys & Dolls,
The Play That Goes Wrong (The Kennedy Center), Hang Time (The Flea Theater), Mr. Holland’s Opus (Ogunquit Playhouse), Sister Act (Papermill Playhouse). Film: Spilt Milk, Seasons of Gray, Miss Juneteenth. TV: Empire (FOX), Chicago Med (NBC). Voice-over: One Piece: Heart of Gold, Borderlands Pre-sequel, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct. American Idol season 7.
REMA WEBB* (Mother Mary), is excited to be at Goodspeed. Broadway Credits: Fat Ham, The Music Man, Escape to Margaritaville, The Color Purple, Violet, The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, and Ragtime. Off-B’way/Regional credits: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Unmasked, The Cradle Will Rock, The Colored Museum, A New Brain, and Being Alive. Film/TV: Central Park, Murphy Brown (reboot), Beloved, First Born, Sudden Death. She is the Founder/Ex Dir. of the nonprofit organization, “On Broadway Performing Arts Training Program.” On Broadway provides acting, singing, and dance classes to young people ages 6 to 16.
MATT CAPLAN* (Understudy)
Broadway: Rent, High Fidelity, South Pacific, Spider-Man. National Tour: Rent, School of Rock
Regional: American Idiot (Berkeley Rep), The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Barrington Stage Co.), 4000 Miles (South Coast Rep).
Film: Across the Universe. TV: NCIS. Thanks to The Zachary Company, Mavrick Artists Agency, Creative Talent Company, and The Telsey Office. Special thanks to Kathi-Lee, Rebecca, Leeloo, and Michael.
DION SIMMONS GRIER*
(Understudy) is a lifelong Jersey boy and earned his BFA from Montclair State University. He recently performed in the Off-Broadway production of Stardust Road with The York Theater. He also performed at Paper Mill Playhouse in Sister Act, Songs for a New World and Disney’s: A Jolly Holiday. His other professional credits also include Nicely-Nicely in Guys & Dolls and Audrey II (the voice) in Little Shop of Horrors at Theatre Aspen. He is so excited to be here at Goodspeed! To God be the glory! Instagram: @DionSimmons_
AURELIA WILLIAMS*
(Understudy) just finished a run of the Tony award-winning revival, Parade. Other Broadway credits include the Tony Awarded revival of Once On This Island and Broadway’s first all acapella show, In Transit. Recently, Off Broadway
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she was featured in SUFFS at The Public Theater. She was also featured on this final season of NBC’s The Blacklist. Just last summer, she had the pleasure of making her Goodspeed debut playing “Rachel Lynde” in the fabulous production of Anne of Green Gables. Aurelia is thrilled to return with this exciting new piece! She would like to thank her family for their never-ending love and support!
ROBERT SCHENKKAN (Book & Lyrics) Pulitzer Prize, Tony, WGA, and Humanitas Award winner, three-time Emmy-nominated writer. Author of eighteen plays including All The Way, The Great Society, Building the Wall, and The Kentucky Cycle. Films: Hacksaw Ridge, The Quiet American. TV: All the Way, The Pacific, The Andromeda Strain, Crazy Horse, Spartacus. He is President of the Orchard Project, a member of the Dramatists Guild National Council, a board member of The Lillys, NTC, and a New Dramatists Alumnus. Currently commissioned by the NY Public Theater and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
NEIL BERG (Music & Lyrics) won the Henry Award in Denver for The 12, written with Robert Schenkkan. Currently in development: My Cousin Vinny: The Musical, Charlie Hustle (about controversial baseball legend Pete Rose), The Sabbath Girl at Penguin Rep 2024 and How I Met My Grandparents at NJ Rep 2024 (both commissioned musicals with playwright Carry Gitter). Other work: Grumpy Old Men: The Musical (currently playing across the country), Tim and Scrooge (Broadway.com’s Regional “Best New Musical” Award), The Man Who Would Be King (NYMF), Never Grimm, Heidi (Walden Media) and A Witch’s Tale (Zipper Theater NYC). Movie Scores: Searching For Bobby D, Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn. Neil created the long-running #1 Broadway touring concert Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway and 50 Years of Rock & Roll. Represented by The Gurman Agency. Love to Rita and Lucas. www.neilberg.com
JOHN DOYLE (Director & Scenic Designer) has been Artistic Director of four prestigious Regional theatres in the UK. He has an extensive career in theatre, film and opera. Credits in the US include Sweeney Todd (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Director of a Musical); Company (Tony Award for Revival of a Musical, Tony Nomination for Director of a Musical); The Visit (Tony Nomination for Best Musical, Drama Desk Nomination Director of a Musical); The Color Purple (Tony Award for Revival of a Musical, Tony Nomination Director of a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Director of a Musical, Grammy Award); Mahagonny (Los Angeles Opera, two Grammy Awards); Passion (Classic Stage Company, Drama Desk Nomination); Carmen Jones (Lortel Award for Best Revival); Assassins (Drama Desk Nomination); Road Show (Public Theatre); Caucasian Chalk Circle (American Conservatory Theatre); Kiss, Me Kate (Stratford Festival Theatre). As well as numerous credits in London’s West End, John has also directed at Sydney Opera House,
the Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, La Fenice in Venice, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Second Stage Theatre, Princeton McCarter Theatre and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Until recently John was Artistic Director of Classic Stage Company in New York City.
GREG JARRETT (Music Supervisor/Orchestrator) Broadway: Gigi, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Dames at Sea, Side Show, Fun Home, The Nance Off-Broadway: Assassins (MD & Orchestrations, Drama Desk & OCC noms), Anything Can Happen…: The Musical World of Maury Yeston, The Cradle Will Rock, Pacific Overtures, The Beast In The Jungle, Passion, Red Eye Of Love, Death Takes A Holiday. Encores! Off-Center: Promenade and others. Regional: August Rush (Paramount), Waterfall (Dance Arrangements for Pasadena, 5th Ave, and Bangkok), Timon Of Athens (TFANA & Shakespeare Theatre Company). Albums: Assassins, Anything Can Happen…, December Songs, Beast In The Jungle, Gigi, Red Eye Of Love, Side Show: Added Attractions and others. Education: University of Michigan.
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.
ANN HOULD-WARD (Costume Designer) Broadway: The Color Purple, The Visit, The People in the Picture, A Free Man of Color, A Catered Affair, Company, Dance of the Vampires, Little Me, More to Love, Dream, On the Waterfront, The Molière Comedies, Beauty and the Beast (Tony Award), Timon of Athen, In the Summer House, Three Men on a Horse, Saint Joan, Falsettos, Into the Woods (Tony nom.), Harrigan ‘n Hart, Sunday in the Park with George (Tony nom.). West End: Beauty and the Beast (Original & Revival), Prince of Egypt, Notes from the Field, Dear World, Imagine This. Dance: Mikhailovsky Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, ABT, San Francisco Ballet, Lar Lubovitch Company, Alvin Alley Dance Theater. Circus: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey (2001, 2003).
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JAPHY WEIDMAN (Lighting Designer) Broadway: Shucked!, Summer 1976, The Piano Lesson, Dear Evan Hansen, The Visit, The Nance, Of Mice and Men, Airline Highway, Lobby Hero, Bright Star, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sylvia, The Snow Geese, Old Times, Macbeth, Cyrano de Bergerac, Significant Other, and Marvin’s Room. Off Broadway: Lincoln Center Theatre, The Public-NYSF, NYTW, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, MTC, MCC, LAByrinth, The Vineyard, Ma-Yi, and others. West End: Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward), A Nice Fish (Harold Pinter Theatre), and Blackbird (Albery Theatre). Japhy has received 5 Tony nominations for Lighting Design.
JAY HILTON (Sound Designer) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals and to be working with this extraordinary creative team. 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. Jay is grateful for his staff and would like to thank them for their hard work and dedication. Their inestimable talents contribute greatly to Goodspeed’s success.
BEN COVELLO (Associate Music Director)
Broadway: Wicked (keyboard 1 sub). Tours: RENT (associate music director/keyboard 2/guitar 2), Jesus Christ Superstar (keyboard 2 sub). International Productions: Unpathed Waters Undreamed Shores (Athens, Greece; music director/piano/ guitar). New/developmental works: Presencia (BAM residency, performed at Lincoln Center), The Case of The Stranger (BAM), Tomorrow (Lincoln Center), Hay Fever (Lincoln Center). Other fun things: 24 Hour Musicals 2023 (guitar), RENT (again but at Papermill Playhouse; keyboard 2/guitar 2 sub), playing at 54 below often, falling off skateboards, having no smell or taste. Ben believes in using music to build community and love. He is excited to be joining Goodspeed Musicals with The 12
CHRIS ZACCARDI* (Production Stage Manager) is living a dream, being back to stage manage a show on The Goodspeed stage. Goodspeed: Double Trouble; They All Laughed; A Little Night Music; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; All Shook Up; Pippin; The 60’s Project; Radio Girl; Band Geeks; Snapshots; My Paris; A Sign of the Times and Hi, My Name is Ben. Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; Noises Off; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; The Anarchist; One Man, Two Guvnors; Hair; In the Heights; 9 to 5; Wicked; Lestat; All Shook Up. Many Regional/ Off Broadway, Former Marine, Head of the Stage
Management program at Pace University. Much love to Niall and Monty.
CAROLINE DUFFIN* (Assistant Stage Manager) is so excited to be making her Goodspeed debut! Broadway: Clyde’s. Off-Broadway: Good Enemy (Minetta Lane), HEART (Minetta Lane), ¡Americano! (New World Stages), My Mother’s Severed Head (Theatre Row), Whisper House (59E59). Regional: Cambodian Rock Band (Alley Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Arena Stage). Concerts: SuperYou Musical Concert (Carnegie Hall), Bridesmaids: A Dance Narrative (Symphony Space).
THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting) With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy. www.thetelseyoffice.com
ENDLA BURROWS (Director of Production) has 25 years of creative management experience with a focus on balancing artistic vision with logistic needs. She was an integral part of the Industrial Light and Magic team that managed dozens of films including the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Twister, Mission Impossible, and Pirates of the Caribbean As Executive Director of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, she oversaw bidding, production and client management for a diverse slate of television, film, commercial and theater productions including Sesame Street, Where the Wild Things Are, and Goodspeed’s production of Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas. At Digital Domain Endla supervised the Editorial, Tech services and Training departments for I, Robot and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Ever looking for new challenges, Endla has worked as an assistant director, technical consultant and graphics producer.
STEPHEN AGOSTO (Line Producer) is in his second season at Goodspeed Musicals. For nearly 14 years he served as Associate Director of Education and Senior Director of Artistic Engagement at Tony Award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse as part of the team that shepherded such productions as The Sting (starring Harry Connick Jr.), Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (World Premiere), and Half Time (directed by Jerry Mitchell). He has taught theatre at both Fordham University and Rutgers University. He is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer across the country in the area of equitable college admissions practices in the arts. Stephen began his professional career at 8 years old as a dancer for Disneyland and went on to perform, choreograph, and direct over 70 productions around the world.
MICHAEL P. PRICE (Founding Director) Under the direction of Michael Price for 47 years commencing
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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 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.
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WRITERS’ NOTES BY ROBERT SCHENKKAN & NEIL BERG
A group of fugitives huddles terrified in a room in an abandoned building. Outside, the searching police grow nearer. Inside, there is fear, anger, and despair. We could be in NYC today, or Jerusalem two thousand years ago. One of the group begins to tell a story, an amazing story, a story of miracles and betrayals and hope. The 12.
Neil and I met years ago, introduced by mutual friends. I love musical theater and had been eager to work in that arena. Neil had an interesting idea. Musicals have a famously difficult birth, but from that day to our residency at Goodspeed, it has been a much longer journey than either of us imagined! What was originally a rock song cycle in concert is now a full book musical with a much more natural and nuanced approach to the story.
An early version had a very successful production at the Denver Theater Center where it won the Henry Award for Best Musical, but we were still unsatisfied. And so, we turned to John Doyle, the multiple Tony Award-winning Director, to join us. Early in his life, John was considering the priesthood; then he discovered the Theater. As someone intimately familiar with miracles, religious and secular, there could hardly be a better match of director and material. So, where we were once two, now we were three. Despite Covid, a challenging but very satisfying development process ensued in which the central conceit was again revised, and half a dozen new songs written, followed by two workshops in NYC. And now, at last, here we are at Goodspeed!
The 12 takes a small, rarely dramatized part of the Passion story. The main characters are now off-stage―Jesus and Judas are dead― and in the terror and chaos that followed, the remaining followers have fled to the Upper Room. These were blue collar men
and women and what little they had, each had given it all up to follow this movement. Only days before, they arrived in Jerusalem as heroes! And now, their leader is dead, betrayed by one of their own, and they all expect to die next. Two days later they will leave the room and go out prepared to preach and die for a revolutionary idea. What happened in the room?
It’s hard not to look at this event with the weight of 2,000 years of bitterly contested theology. We are trying to strip all of that away and focus on the human story. Imagine if you were one of these ordinary people and this charismatic individual came to you and said, “Follow me.”
And for reasons that are still not clear, you put down what you’re doing, and you follow. Even now, it is almost unfathomable.
Oftentimes when modern dramatists have dealt with issues of faith, it’s hard not to feel some condescension. Here, we have tried very seriously to get at this fundamental question of Belief, and a commitment to something which cannot be proved in rational, scientific terms. To us, that is an incredibly exciting, dramatic proposition. How do we get there? And when that dies, when that belief falters or is betrayed, how do we go on? We have all experienced a dark night of the soul. That terrible moment where our foundational belief, whether it is a religion, a marriage, a political party, etc. fails us. In that moment, how do we find a way to go forward? That’s the heart of our exploration. And it’s why we hope that our audience―members of all faith-based communities and nonbelievers alike―will find this story not only accessible and respectful, but also profoundly moving.
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Robert Schenkkan (Book & Lyrics) & Neil Berg (Music & Lyrics)
For some unknown reason, I’ve been fortunate enough to explore the story at the centre of this musical many times during my career. The York Passion Plays in 1996, the same plays in Coventry Cathedral in 1998, a 1,000-strong cast in London as part of the Millennium celebrations. I’ve explored the stories in a UK prison, in a church in Oregon, in a theatre in Liverpool and at the Royal Albert Hall in London. All very different experiences and all a privilege.
So when renowned playwright Robert Schenkkan approached me about working with him and his composer Neil Berg on The 12, I looked back on all those previous experiences and wondered if I was ready for a new exploration. And a new exploration is certainly what it is. What excites me is that this story, told daily in churches throughout the world, is somehow different. Fresh. A new angle.
Between the moment when Robert invited me and the reality of a production, much happened. Our world was rocked by a cataclysmic event that touched us all. A pandemic. Plenty of time to contemplate. As I’m sure happened for many of us, that difficult time gave me the gift of considering how I wanted, if fortunate, to use the creative time left to me. It focused me on only telling stories that mattered to me. Stories that remind us of what we are here to do.
I come from the highlands of Scotland. When I was growing up, you went to church whether you wanted to or not. I heard those great stories every Sunday. They became a focus for why I went into the theatre. The relationship between religion and theatre has always interested me. The rituals and explorations have always felt closely linked. As I’ve grown older and life has offered unexpected opportunities, I’ve seen that ritual and storytelling are at the root of all explorations.
At one part of my life I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time living in a small town just outside Rome, Italy. There, church
and community are entwined. Indeed, one of the characters in our musical founded a big old church there! The art that is so readily available in Rome has most certainly influenced my work. Visual art always does influence me, as I hope you will see in our production. What has been wonderful is working with trusted collaborators like Ann Hould-Ward our costume designer to create a visual world that is contemporary but reflects the artists of long ago.
One is always happy when any artistic director of a theatre offers an opportunity to work in their space. Donna Lynn leads a beautiful and welcoming space. However, it’s a risk to invite artists that you haven’t worked with before into your home. I know―I’ve led five theatre organizations during a long working life. Making change is hard. Challenging audiences and artists is hard. However, it’s important to remember that without the “new,” there is no future for our art form. The musical is a powerful form. Music has been used to communicate important stories for as long as we have walked this earth. All the stories we love, all the musicals we listen to again and again, were once “new.”
The 12 aims to tell this perhaps familiar story “anew.” It’s told by contemporary people, now. It’s told for you. Not to evangelize. Not to put any one religion, faith or belief above another. Rather it asks us to see and hear afresh. I can’t legislate for that to happen. My job is to tell it in a way that honors the writers and makes theatrical sense to me. The core message of the story, surely central to all religions and philosophies, is as important now as it ever was. As I approach the winter of my life I think it ever more important. We have a responsibility to each other. To love one another. When I think back to the boy in the highlands of Scotland who sometimes had to be dragged kicking and screaming to those endless church services, I feel lucky that I did in fact hear words then that I’m still lucky enough to be exploring today.
DIRECTOR’S NOTES
BY JOHN DOYLE
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
GOODSPEED GUILD BOARD OF
Amy Campbell, President
Jay McAnally, Vice President
Francis G. Adams, Jr.
Frank Campbell
Carolyn Rossi Copeland
Christopher Dodd
Jim Duncan
Anne Evans
Marlene Ferreira
Muriel Fleischmann
Sue Frost
Jean Selden Greene
Susan Link
Gavin Lodge
Mark Masselli
Michael G. Polo
Kristen Roberts
Blair Russell
Joseph Smith
Leonardo H. Suzio
John Voege
Julie Godbout LeBlanc
Lawrence McHugh
Robert F. Neal*
Michael P. Price
DIRECTORS
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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Ally Charter Bus
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American Bridge Company Anonymous
Art Lab
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Community Health Center
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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
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation Chelsea Groton Foundation Inc.
Community Foundation of Middlesex County
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth Carse Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Hebron Lions Charities, Inc.
Howard Gilman Foundation
Ion Bank Foundation
Jana Foundation, Inc.
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.
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
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
NAMED FUNDS AND ENDOWMENTS
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
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 July 12, 2022 and August 12, 2023.
MARQUEE MEMBERS
($25,000+)
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
($7,500 - $9,999)
Francis G. Adams, Jr.
Beverly Buckner Baker
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello
Bill and Sean Higginson-Pierce
Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman
Mable and Richard Seymour
Ms. Jean Selden Greene
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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Barbara & William Abbate
Inta & Taggart Adams+
Mr. Daniel Adams
Mr. Shawn Amdur and Mr. Dale Woods
Tim & Gayle Anderson
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Andrien
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Antaya
Daniella Aparo
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Archambault
Fran Armstrong
Bette & Bruce Avery
Elizabeth and Michael Bacon
Sherri and Scott Baggett
Amy Bailas
Dr. and Mrs. John V. Banta+
Michael & Eileen Barbaro
Shelley & Michael Barker+
Ray and Lorraine Barker+
Faith Wilcox Barrington
Mr. and Mrs. David N. Barry
Jean L. Bartlett
Glenn Batter and Donna Kay
Dee & Ed Baum+
Robert Bausmith & Jill Peters-Gee MD
Chris & Abby Beale
David and Bonnie Beaulieu
Bruce and Claudia Belden
Mrs. Alice C. Belden+
Benanav Family+
Caryl and Edward Bengelsdorf
Harold & Nicole Benson
Pamela and Charles Benson
Jan C. Berlage
Randee & Martin Berliner
Dr. and Mrs. Ellison Berns
Merle Bernstein+
Kim and Mark Biglow
Tim Bishop
Ann & Alan Blanchard
Barbara and Michael Boday
Gustaf and Virginia Bodin+
Mr. Mike Bonadies
Nick & Liza Bonadies
Jordan & Becky Boss
Terry & Julie Boucher*
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Bousquet
Don and Frank Bowen-Homets
Laurie & Wallis Boyd
Desolie and John Boys
Drs. Michael and Nancy Bragulla
Liliane T. Braman+
Dr. Irwin M. Braverman+
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bravo
Community Foundation of Middlesex County Alison and Stephen Brinkmann Family Fund
Nadine and Robert Britton, III
Andy and Maureen Brouillard+
Alice and Michael Brown*
William & Janet Brownstein
James and Victoria Bruni
Richard Bruno
Richard Buel
Bert & Laura Bunnell
Peter and Sally Burgess
Ned and Christine Burt
Helen Babcock and Tom Buttacavoli
James S. and Heidi L. Bzdyra
Anne Sullivan Calanquin
Bud & Katy Canaday
Richard and Lisa Caporaso
Robert & Melissa Carlson
Patricia B. and Paul C. Carlson Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Lois Carpenter
Anne and Jim Carroll
Shelley and Alan Cetel
Michael Chaiklin
Donald and Joan Chamberlin*
Scott and Robin Chasse
The Chayes family
Richard Chiaramonte & Sally Eberhardt
Samuel H. Chorches+
Robert Chuong and Elaine G. Wong
Kathleen and Mark Ciliano
Peter and Marcie Clarke
Stacy Cohen
Elizabeth Comcowich
Maureen R. Connolly
Kevin & Katherine Conway
Terri and Cosmo Corigliano
Carol Corliss+
Michael and Karen Cormier
Eric Cornell
Mr. and Mrs. Sean Cottrell
Ms. Robin Cournoyer and Mr. Anthony Cournoyer
Terri and Don Coustan
Mrs. J. Noyes Crary+
Sally and Tom Crawford
Creative Transportation & Tours
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Crocker
Ted & Rebecca Crosby
Carol Curland
Mr. and Mrs. Dean P. Cyr
Maureen E. Dalton
Steven & Debra Daren
Joseph D’Ascanio
Rochelle Dauenheimer
Mr. Robert N. Davie and Ms. Anne E. MacLeod
Ruth Ann C. Davis+
Kevin & Corrie Dean
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. DeGraff, Jr.
Joseph and Susan DeLaurentis
Barbara and George Delmhorst
Catherine & Jeff Denmeade*
Dave and Roberta Denya
Valerie F. DeQuattro+
Sherrie L. Deveau
Senator Chris Dodd and Jackie Clegg Dodd
Thomas & Carolyn Doherty
Ms. Marialina Dominguez & Ms. Janice Poloso
Robert Donahue
Wilma C. Donaldson
William and Christine Donohue
Jim and Joyce Dowling
Bonnie and Friends
David and Susanna Dressler
Gary McManus and Teresa Drew
Dr. Jon Driscoll
Mrs. Nathan L. Dubin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Duffek
Emily and Sam Duncan
Mary Jane Dunn
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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
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Gretchen Wright General Manager
Kristan McLaughlin Artistic Administrator
Ashley Sweet.................................................. Executive Assistant
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Theatre Manager
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Withum, Karen Kowgios........................................... Accountants
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HOUSE MANAGEMENT
Kathy Raczka ..................................Supervising House Manager
Beryl W. Thorpe House Manager
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Dan McMahon
Director of Marketing
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Diane Sobolewski ....................................... Official Photographer
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PRODUCTION
Endla Burrows .......................................... Director of Production
Wesley Schroeder Assistant Production Manager
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
John Riccucci .............................................. Wardrobe Supervisor
Cortnei Edwards, Rachel Pantangan Dressers
Lydia Chamberlain The Terris Wardrobe Supervisor
LIGHTING
Will Johnson Lighting Supervisor
Jordan Bliese Head Electrician
Karan Gosai, Margaret Leupold Electricians
Sam O’Dea The Terris Head Electrician
Andrew Spencer, Audrey Visscher The Terris 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 The Terris Props Run Crew Head
SCENERY
Dominick Pinto Technical Director
Brendon Figueras Assistant Technical Director
Kevin Bolt, Nick Jones, Ryleigh Rivas, Callum McCabe Staff Carpenters
Ethan Arcaroli, Angelina Savelli Carpenters/Stagehand Swings
Aaron Frongillo.................................................. Stage Supervisor
Ann Aldrich, Ian Borowik, Ashlin Penn Stagehands
Lydia Joy ........................................... The Terris Stage Supervisor
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
Katie Paris Production Audio Engineer
Nicholas Peretti Assistant Audio Engineer
Elijah Wilson Audio Assistant
Taylor Bartoski The Terris Production Audio Engineer
Alena Milos The Terris Assistant Audio Engineer
FOR THIS PRODUCTION
David Arsenault Associate Scenic Designer
Jeanna DiPaolo Assistant Costume Designer
Colleen Doherty ...............................Associate Lighting Designer
Lara Sato Production Assistant
Alex Bonoff............................ Music Copyist/NY Music Assistant
Randy Cohen Keyboard Programmer
THE TELSEY OFFICE
Craig Burns, CSA; Priya Ghosh Casting James Carter Pianos Piano Technician
AKA .................................................................. Show Logo Design
Katie Desjardins Program Editor/Designer
Ariel Kregel ...................................................... Costume Shopper
Aaron Frongillo
The Elaine McKirdy Production Technician
Special Thanks: Etai Benson, Costume Rental Volunteer
Lenore McLean
Rehearsed at the NEW 42ND STREET Studios Program printed by Essex Printing
COMING NEXT
to Goodspeed’s Terris Theatre in Chester
Oct 13 - Nov 5
Private Jones is inspired by the true story of a deaf soldier in World War I who displays remarkable skill as a sniper while hiding his profound hearing loss. Driven by an ensemble of deaf, hearing and hard-of-hearing actors and a dynamic Celtic score, witness how one man’s journey through war becomes all the more treacherous because he—and we—can’t hear what’s coming next.
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