The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Program

STREET

From the Artistic Director

Dear Theatregoers,

Years ago I was directing a new play at Barrington Stage while in the smaller theatre there a new musical set during a spelling bee was being shaped and developed. I knew the minute I saw this funny, touching piece that it would have a long future.

By coincidence, my new friend, the star of our Tick, Tick...Boom! , Colin Hanlon, was up visiting, and we saw the show together.

Now, years later, after winning Tony Awards on Broadway and being produced around the country, we are thrilled to present The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin with additional material by Jay Weiss in a newly imagined production directed by Colin Hanlon!

Colin and his creative team have assembled a wildly talented and funny ensemble of actors who are sure to delight you playing this group of misfits who all come to find themselves and each other in this heartwarming musical ride.

Get ready to embrace this diverse group of lovable “weirdos” who will thrill you with their singing and give you the much needed gift of laughter.

Enjoy!

David Saint Artistic Director

David Saint, Artistic Director

Board of Trustees

Chairman: James N. Heston*

President: Penelope Lattimer, Ph.D.*

Vice President: Philip L. Kirstein*

Secretary: Sharon Karmazin*

Treasurer: Ronald L. Bleich, CPA*

Wanda J. Blanchett, Ph.D.

Camara Epps

Lucy Hughes

Adele T. Macula, Ed.D.

Dina M. Mastellone, Esq.

C. Sharon Parker

Kimberlee S. Phelan, CPA

Norman Politziner

David Saint*

Jocelyn Schwartzman

Nonny Stahlin

Janice G. Stolar

Lora Tremayne

*Denotes Members of the Executive Committee

Al D’Augusta

Cody P. Eckert

Kenneth M. Fisher

Trustees Emeritus

Peter Goldberg

William Hagaman

Clarence E. Lockett

Honorary Board of Trustees

Anthony L. Marchetta

Alan W. Voorhees

George Wolansky

James Cahill Thomas H. Kean Eric Krebs, Founder

Honorary Memoriam

Maurice Aaron∆

Dr. Edward Bloustein∆

Robert L. Bramson∆∆

Dora Center∆∆

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.∆

Milton Goldman∆

John Hila

Betty Wold Johnson∆

Arthur Laurents∆

Richard Sellars∆

Barbara Voorhees∆∆

Edward K. Zuckerman∆

Adelaide M. Zagoren

∆∆ – Denotes Trustee Emeritus

∆ – Denotes Honorary Trustee

George Street Playhouse is pleased to spotlight three members of our Board of Trustees, Lucy Hughes, Sharon Karmazin, and Norman J. Politziner. Their leadership and the leadership of the entire board enable us to remain committed to our mission of enriching lives through world-class theater.

Lucy Hughes (Trustee) has been a proud member of the George Street Playhouse Board of Trustees for the past ten years and a loyal season subscriber for over twenty. As a Human Resources executive, Lucy has worked for companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 multinationals across various industries as well as consulting. She is currently the Senior Vice President, Head Global Human Resource Operations & Service Delivery at PepsiCo. Lucy is a graduate of the University of Aston in the UK (BSc) and Seton Hall University, NJ (MPA). She resides in Basking Ridge where she shares her love of theater with her husband Sean and their two teenage children who are especially drawn to Spelling Bee and its winning combination of music, comedy, and quirky sixth-graders.

Sharon Karmazin (Secretary) has been a George Street Playhouse board member for 25+ years, having been recruited to the position by her mentor the late Adelaide Zagoren. She also serves on several other boards including The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly Actor’s Fund). Sharon is the retired Director of the East Brunswick Public Library and the President of the Karma Foundation. Since 2000, she has been a co-producer of numerous plays and musicals on and off-Broadway, on tour and in the West End and has won 5 Tony Awards. She was a happy investor in the original Broadway production of Spelling Bee and loves the show.

Norman J. Politziner (Trustee) is a 30+ year board member currently serving on the Finance Committee. A Certified Financial Planner (CFP ® ), he is a graduate of NYU (BS) and Rutgers (MBA). Norm is the founder of NJP Assoc., partner in Kingsview Wealth Partners, and specializes in Estate Planning, Benefits Packages, Investments, and Insurance for business owners, professionals, and retirees. A published author, he has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s, and the Gannet papers. Norm has had a lifelong love of theater, has performed in over 80 productions, and has appeared in Old Jews Telling Jokes. He is past president of his synagogue, founding chairman of the North Brunswick Parents for the Advancement of Creative Education, and teaches harmonica at the Monroe Twp Senior Center. Norm is married (54 yrs.) to Dorothy, a playwright, and has 2 married children and 2 grandchildren.

GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION VALUES STATEMENT

The values of George Street Playhouse embody and celebrate the identities, backgrounds and diverse experiences of our communities.

We are an organization fully committed to:

• Being open to and receptive of new ideas

• Being an advocate of diverse populations within our communities

• Being collaborative within our organization by giving everyone a voice

• Being authentic in our curiosity and seeking opportunities to develop our own lives through learning and celebrating others

THE BLANCHE & IRVING LAURIE FOUNDATION

David Saint, Artistic Director

Jamie Grant, Interim Managing Director

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Music and Lyrics by WILLIAM FINN

Book by RACHEL SHEINKIN

Conceived by REBECCA FELDMAN

Additional Materials by Jay Reiss

Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine

Scenic Design by Jason Simms

Costume Design by Lisa Zinni

Lighting Design by Joe Saint

Sound Design by Cody Spencer

Hair and Wig Designer Tommy Kurzman

Assistant Director Lindsay Nicole Chambers

Production Stage Manager Samantha Flint*

Production Manager Christopher J. Bailey

Casting by McCorkle Casting, Pat McCorkle, CSA, Rebecca Weiss, CSA

Music Director Mat Eisenstein

Choreography by Nancy Renee Braun

Directed by Colin Hanlon

Originally produced on Broadway by David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre

Based upon C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, an original play by The Farm.

The Barrington Stage Company workshop of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE was originally co-directed by Michael Barakiva and Rebecca Feldman.

Presented by special arrangement with Music Theater International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Sponsored by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation

In accordance with Actors’ Equity Association regulations, we remind you that all electronic devices, including cellular phones, watches, and anything else that lights up or makes noise must be turned off during the performance.

Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.

Made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

George Street Playhouse is a constituent of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and a member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. The theatre operates under an agreement between LORT and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States, and is a member of the New Brunswick Cultural Center.

CAST in order of appearance

Rona Lisa Perretti......................... ................................................... Ally Bonino*

Chip Tolentino............ ....................................................... Coleman Cummings*

Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre ................................................... Angel Lin*

Leaf Coneybear.................... ................................................. Sammy Pignalosa*

William Barfée ............................................................. Jordan Matthew Brown*

Marcy Park ............................................................................................. Sumi Yu*

Olive Ostrovsky .............................................................................. Lila Coogan*

Vice Principal Douglas Panch ......................................................... Kilty Reidy*

Mitch Mahoney.......................................... ......................... Aaron Michael Ray*

Standbys never substitute for performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance:

For Rona, Marcy, Olive, Logainne: Gillian Hassert*

For Leaf, Chip, Barfee, Mitch: Izzy Figueroa*

Dance Captain: Sumi Yu*

SETTING

A middle school cafetorium, Putnam County, NY Present Day

Production Stage Manager .................................................... Samantha Flin t*

Stage Manager................................................. Christina M. Woolard*

*- denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association

The director is a member of The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Inc., an independent national labor union.

The stage technicians of George Street Playhouse are proud members of IATSE Local 21.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, Projection and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

The actors and stage manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.............................. COMPANY

The Rules/My Favorite Moment of the Bee..... PANCH, RONA, AND SPELLERS

My Friend the Dictionary.............................................. OLIVE and COMPANY

Pandemonium.......................................................................... COMPANY

I’m Not That Smart....................................................................................... LEAF

The Second Goodbye.......................................................................... COMPANY

Magic Foot..................................................................... BARFEE and COMPANY

Pandemonium (Reprise)..................................................................... COMPANY

My Favorite Moment of the Bee #2............................... RONA AND SPELLERS

Prayer of the Comfort Counselor................................ MITCH and COMPANY

ACT I ACT II

Chip’s Lament................................................................................................. CHIP

Woe Is Me................................................................ LOGAINNE and COMPANY

I’m Not That Smart (Reprise)....................................................................... LEAF

I Speak Six Languages................................................ MARCY and COMPANY

The I Love You Song......................................... OLIVE and OLIVE’S PARENTS

Woe Is Me (Reprise)............................ LOGAINNE, MITCH, and COMPANY

My Favorite Moment of the Bee #3......................................................... RONA

Finale........................................................................................... COMPANY

The Last Goodbye................................................................................ COMPANY

ORCHESTRA

Music Director/Conductor/Keyboard 1.................................... Mat Eisenstein

Keyboard 2/Conductor Cover........................................................ Nate Patten

Percussion................................................................................................ Jay Mack

Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Oboe............................................... Jason May

Cellist............................................................................................ Carlo Pellettieri

Ally Bonino (Rona Lisa Peretti) (she/her) Last spring, Ally originated the role of Lucy Burns in the world premiere production of Suffs at The Public Theater. Since then, she has appeared in the 50th-anniversary production of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at The Kennedy Center and spent two incredible weeks at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center workshopping The Jordan And Avery Show, where she played the role of Jordan. Past credits include Myths&Hymns, Dogfight, Merrily We Roll Along, and vocals for John Mulaney & The SackLunch Bunch on Netflix. Follow @allybo123 on Instagram and at allybonino.com. Much Love. Let’s have some fun.

Jordan Matthew Brown (William Barfée) (he/ him) is overjoyed to be a part of the Bee with this remarkable company! Up until the pandemic, Jordan was starring as Elder Cunningham in the National Tour of The Book of Mormon. He has also appeared in The Book of Mormon on Broadway, and as Jack in Into the Woods alongside Betsy Wolfe and Tony Yazbeck. Other favorite credits include Parade (Leo Frank), Columbinus (AP), but most importantly playing Barfée in high school! Proud graduate of Boston University BFA Acting and the National Music Theatre Institute. Endless thanks to the remarkable team at George Street, DBA, and his unbelievable family and friends. For Grandma, who made everyone feel like a winner. @jordanmatthewbrown

Lila Coogan (Olive Ostrovsky) (she/her)

Broadway: Mary Poppins (Jane Banks) National Tour: Anastasia (Anya) Regional: Hairspray (Penny Pingleton) Catch Me If You Can (Brenda). Other credits: Pamela’s First Musical (Pamela), Play It By Heart (young Jeanine). Love and thanks to the Spelling Bee team, The Collective, all my teachers, family, friends, and Rob. @lilcoogs on Instagram and TikTok.

Coleman Cummings (Chip Tolentino) (they/he) is overjoyed to be making their George Street Playhouse Debut in Spelling Bee!

Coleman played this role in high school and is so excited to be revisiting Chip! Last seen as Taylor Trent in the NYC premiere of Shooting Star! Recent credits include Roger - Rent National Tour, Gabe - Next to Normal and Harry - Kinky Boots. They would love to thank their incredible family and friends for continuing to believe in their dreams!

@colemanscummings

Izzy Figueroa (Standby Leaf, Chip, Barfée, Mitch) (he/ him) GSP debut! Broadway: The Lightning Thief (OBC).

Tours/Regional: The Lightning Thief (1st National tour), Guys & Dolls (ACT of CT), NJ Premiere of James...Peach, Peter and the Starcatcher (TGS), Carded (Feinstein’s/54 Below). Love to the cast, creatives, my teams at MSA, and LG Management! For my Bern.

@izzyyfig

Gillian Hassert (Standby

Rona, Marcy, Olive, Logainne)

(she/her) is thrilled to make her GSP debut! She recently finished the national tour of the 2019 Broadway Revival of Oklahoma! (U/S Eller/Gertie). Regionally she has performed in Hunchback, Kinky Boots (Fulton Theatre); Grease (MSMT); Young Frankenstein (Wolfbane) among others. You may have seen her on TV in New Amsterdam and Younger. Last year, she won a Grammy with Women Warriors: The Voices of Change. In her off-time, she enjoys crafting while drinking craft beers. She received her BFA in Vocal Performance from Carnegie Mellon. Big thanks to Brian and love to my little bears. Insta/ tiktok: @gillynotjam | gillianhassert.com

Angel Lin (Logainne

Schwartzandgrubenierre)

(she/they) is an actor, musician, and anything synonymous to the word geek. Recently: OffBroadway world premiere in Memorial as Maya Lin (A.R.T/NY, Pan Asian Rep). Select theatre: Once (Bway National Tour), Mr. Holland’s Opus (Ogunquit, World Premiere), Godspell (PCLO), Cinderella (Paper Mill Playhouse), workshops/concerts at The Public Theater, Atlantic Theater, Playwrights

Realm, NAMT, 54 Below and more. Select VO: Nari in Guillermo Del Toro’s Wizards: TOA (Dreamworks/Netflix), Pinkalicious (PBS), Sesame Workshop, Nickelodeon and more.

Gratitude to DGRW, George Street, the Bee Team and the fam. @its_AngelLin // www.angeldoesthings.com

Sammy Pignalosa (Leaf Coneybear) (he/him) is an NYC based actor and graduate of The Institute for American Musical Theatre. Recently he performed in Simon and His Shoes at The Tank, An Infinite Ache at the Little Red Light Theater, and The End of All Flesh by Tony award winning writer Greg Kotis. Film/TV: Law and Order (season 22), Like Sunday Like Rain (2014), The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015). Sammy is working tirelessly to learn how to crack an egg with one hand. He can almost kind of do it. Thank you to my parents for their constant encouragement and love!

Aaron Michael Ray (Mitch Mahoney) (he/him) GSP debut! Was recently seen on the 1st National Tour of Come From Away. OffBroadway: The Low Road (The Public Theater), and Spamilton. Regional: Speakeasy Stage Company, Lyric Stage Company, Moonbox Productions, and more. BM in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music and MFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory. Host of Conversations From Away Podcast Season 1 on the Broadway Podcast Network. Thanks to HAA. IG: @aaronmichaelray All Black Lives Matter. www.aaronmichaelray.com

Kilty Reidy (Vice Principal Panch) (he/him) spent the past few years as a standby with Come From Away, splitting his time between the North American tour and the Australian Company. Broadway: The Drowsy Chaperone and In My Life. Tour and Regional credits: Mr. Braithwaite in Billy Elliot: The Musical (National Tour), Mike Nulty in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Original Cast/ Tour), The Last Ship (Pioneer Theatre), Roger De Bris in The Producers (Kansas City Starlight), Crazy For You (PBS Great Performances), King of Hearts (Goodspeed Opera House), and Alfie Byrne in A Man of No Importance (B-Side). Uckle Duckle. www.kiltyreidy.com

Sumi Yu (Marcy Park, Dance Captain) (she/her) is excited to spell at the Bee for the 4th time! Off-Broadway: Greater Clements at Lincoln Center Theater, Call Me Madam at Encores! Regional: Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey) at Theatreworks

Silicon Valley, The 25th...Spelling Bee (Marcy) at Bucks County Playhouse and ACT of CT, Freaky Friday (Hannah) at La Jolla Playhouse and Alley Theatre, Oklahoma! (Laurey) at Theatreworks

Colorado Springs, House of Joy (Hamida) at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. TV: Heels (Recurring Guest) on STARZ, Rise (Recurring Co-Star) on NBC. Education: Elon University. Representation: SAKS& and The Mine. Sumi sends her love to her family, Gabe, and Kona!

also written and composed In Trousers, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland (Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, two Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, the Lucille Lortel Award, and Guggenheim Fellowship in Musical Composition). Mr. Finn wrote the lyrics to Graciela Daniele’s Tango Apasionado (music by the great Astor Piazzolla) and, with Michael Starobin, the music to Lapine’s version of The Winter’s Tale. His musical, Romance in Hard Times, was presented at the Public Theater. Recently, he wrote Painting

You for Love’s Fire, a piece commissioned and performed bye the Acting Company, based on Shakepeare’s sonnets. For television, Mr. Finn provided the music and lyrics for the Ace Award-winning HBO cartoon Ira Sleeps Over, Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, Pokey Little Puppy’s First Christmas, and, with Ellen Fitzhugh, two Brave Little Toaster cartoons. Mr. Finn has written for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and The New Yorker. A graduate of Williams College where he was awarded the Hutchinson Fellowship for Musical Composition, Finn now teaches a weekly master class at the NYU Tisch Graduate Program in Musical Theatre Writing. His most recent projects include Elegies, A Song Cycle (Lincoln Center) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee which ran on Broadway and has been produced nationally and internationally, as well.

William Finn (Music and Lyrics) is the writer and composer of Falsettos, for which he received two Tony Awards, Best Book of a Musical (with James Lapine) and Best Original Score. He has

Rachel Sheinkin (Book) Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Tony, Drama Desk awards); Off Broadway: Striking 12 (Lucille Lortel nomination), Off-Off: Serenade. Regional: Guthrie, Little House on the Prairie; Center Theater Group, Sleeping Beauty Wakes (Los Angeles Ovation Award); London: Blood Drive. Residencies, fellowships, commissions include: Eugene O’Neill National Theater Center,

Baryshnikov Dance Foundation, MacDowell Colony, Manhattan Theatre Club, Deaf West, McCarter Theatre, Playwrights Horizons. Rachel is a volunteer mentor for TDF’s Open Doors program, a visiting instructor at Yale School of Drama, and adjunct faculty member of NYU’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program.

Rebecca Feldman (Conceiver) is the conceiver of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for which she won a Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk and Tony Nomination for Best Musical. She directed its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company in the summer of 2004. Rebecca is Associate Producer on Transparent, the Musical Finale and served as Staff Writer on the finale as well. She is currently developing an episodic drama with Big Kid Pictures, called La Coyote, which has been selected to the WeForShe’s 2019 Writeher List. She is an alumna of the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab as well as the AFI Directing Workshop for Women where she won the Jean Firstenburg Award for Best Short. Her short films include, My First Time Driving AFI Jean Firstenburg Award, Best Short at Lake Arrowhead Film Fest, Best of Shorts at Outfest), A/V CLUB (TV Pilot, NYTVF), Uber Alice (Woodstock Film Fest), Dead Cat (Producer, Tribeca Film Fest) and Irving (Official Selection Rhode Island Film Fest, Official Selection USA Film Fest, Ft. Lauderdale Film Fest, Atlanta Jewish Film Fest).

Jay Reiss (Additional Materials) is a playwright. He is a Julliard graduate and provided additional material to the book for THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. Reiss appeared in the original workshops, Off-Broadway cast, and Broadway cast of the musical as Vice Principal Douglas Panch.

Colin Hanlon (Director) co-directed It’s Only a Play last season at George Street. Broadway: Falsettos, Rent, Wicked (First National Tour) and In Transit. Off-Broadway: NYC premier of Dot by Colman Domingo (Vineyard Theater, dir. Susan Stroman) and A.R. Gurney’s last play Final Follies (Cherry Lane, dir. David Saint) and I Love You Because (original cast). Regional: George Street Playhouse (Tick Tick Boom, The Last Five Years, Falsettos, The Nerd ), Four Seasons at NYS&F, The O’Neill and Next Fall (regional premier Repertory Theatre of St. Louis). TV/Film: Submissions Only (Producer and star), Modern Family, Difficult People, The Sinner, The Good Fight and currently Uncoupled on Netflix. He’s the head of Tv/Film at IAMT in New York City and is an Adjunct Professor at NYU Drama. @ColinHanlon.

Nancy Renee Braun (Choreographer) is thrilled to return to GSP where she performed as a child in Twist and Opal, many years ago! Favorites: Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Broadway Resident Choreographer), Beetlejuice (Broadway Associate Choreographer), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Beauty and the Beast, Tangled (Disney), Elf (MSG, Broadway National Tour). Favorite Film/TV: Only Murders In The Building, The Gilded Age, Westworld, Maniac, Blue Bloods, Succession, and the upcoming feature film Spinning Gold. Performer: Broadway Gypsy. Northwestern University. Best credit: Mommy to Max (who is currently making his Broadway debut at age 7 in Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt) & Shaina! Love to hubby Todd, our rock. IG: @nancyreneebraun

Mat Einstein (Music Director) is a NYC based Music Director, Pianist, Composer, & Vocal Coach. Broadway (Conductor, Keyboards): Spelling Bee, Frozen, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Something Rotten, Newsies, Book of

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JULIE DIANA HENCH, Executive Director

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Mormon, Elf, Promises Promises, Next to Normal, Bye Bye Birdie, 13, Fiddler, Ave. Q, 42nd St. & Les Miserables and played keyboards in 45+ Broadway pit orchestras. Off-Broadway: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Little Miss Sunshine Performances: Today Show, Jimmy Fallon, The View, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Birdland, 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, Town Hall. Recordings: 6 Cast albums & an original solo piano album, SURROUNDINGS. Check out: www. mateisenstein.com.

Jason Simms (Set Designer) is an awardwinning and multiple award nominated scenographer for Theater, Opera, Musicals, and Film & Media. Productions at GSP include: The Immigrant, Trying, American Son, American Hero, Sex With Strangers, Venus in Fur and The Whipping Man. He has designed for New York stages and companies including The Public Theater, Second Stage, Partial Comfort Productions,13P, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Soho Playhouse, The Ohio and New Ohio, The Metropolitan Playhouse, Third Rail Projects, Waterwell, The Sheen Center, The Cherry Lane, The Bushwick Starr, The Juilliard School, and more. Regional venues include Pioneer Theatre Co., Salt Lake City; Bristol Riverside Theatre, Bucks County; Denver Center Theatre Company; The Old Globe, San Diego; Philadelphia Theatre Company; Berkshire Theatre Group (MA); Weston Playhouse (VT), and others. Jason currently teaches as an Assistant Professor of Design at Cornell University’s Department for Performing & Media Arts. Learn more at www.jasonsimmsdesign.com.

Lisa also worked with Artistic Director David Saint designing the groundbreaking production of West Side Story at the IHI Stage Around in Tokyo. Broadway credits include: Freestyle Love Supreme, Associate Costume Designer for School of Rock, CATS, An American in Paris, The Play that Goes Wrong, The Glass Menagerie, RENT and HAIR, and the upcoming Peter Pan Goes Wrong. Additional design credits include: two new Ballets for the Tulsa Ballet and over 20 seasons with The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and The Orlando Shakespeare Theatre. Regional and Off Broadway: Round About, 59 E 59th, TUTS, Walnut Street Theatre, Riverside Theatre in Vero, Two River Shakespeare, Bristol Riverside Theatre, The Arden Theatre company. The web series Submissions Only. LISAZINNI.com

Joe Saint (Lighting Designer) Recent GSP designs include: Dear Jack, Dear Louise; Conscience; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; The Nutcracker and I; New Year’s Eve, The Seafarer, and many more. Joe is the founder and President of IMCD Lighting, a lighting design company providing lighting design and production services to the private and corporate event markets. Since incorporating in 2006, IMCD has provided the lighting for over 500 events for such clients as Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Cartier, Gucci, Hermes, IMG Fashion, Calvin Klein, the Guggenheim, MasterCard, and many more.

Lisa Zinni (Costume Designer) is happy to return to George Street where she has previously designed Dear Jack, Dear Louise, Bad Dates, Tiny Beautiful Things and Midwives

Cody Spencer (Sound Designer) work as Sound Designer includes Broadway: Bounty Hunter, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire, Here Lies Love (Lortel Award) and The Pee Wee Herman Show. Some of his work as Associate Sound Designer includes Mean Girls, Lazarus, Beautiful, Book of Mormon, Bring It On: The

Musical, and Annie. In addition to theatre, Cody has co-designed some of New York’s biggest concert venues including Brooklyn Steel, Terminal 5 and Webster Hall.

Tommy Kurzman (Hair & Wig Designer)

Broadway: Pictures From Home, The Collaboration, Macbeth, Mrs. Doubtfire, All My Sons, True West, St. Joan, My Fair Lady, Little

Foxes, Long Day’s Journey, Bright Star, The King I and Fiddler on the Roof. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors - Westside Theatre, The Roundabout, MCC, The Atlantic, The New Group, The Public, MTC, NWS. Regional: The Huntington, The MUNY, Geva Theatre, Arena Stage, MSM. Associate Hair Designer on over 15 Broadway Productions.

IG: @TommyKurzmanWigs

Lindsay Nicole Chambers (Assistant Director) is thrilled to assist Colin in bringing this beautiful show to life. Listen to her album This is the Chord, This is the Note wherever you stream music. As an actress Lindsay has been on Broadway (Lysistrata Jones, Legally Blonde, Hairspray); on National Tours (Kinky Boots, Elf); and on your preferred streaming device (Submissions Only, Fosse/Verdon, Dickenson). You may have seen her onstage here at George Street in It’s Only A Play and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Many thanks to Colin and David. www.LindsayNicoleChambers.com

Samantha Flint (Production Stage Manager) (she/her) Previously at George Street Playhouse: Her Portmanteau, A Walk on the Moon, It’s Only A Play, Bad Dates, Conscience, Midwives, The Immigrant. Broadway: Venus in Fur (MTC). Off Broadway: Final Follies, HIM (Primary Stages); Measure for Measure, In the Wake, The Winter’s Tale, The Brother/Sister

Plays (The Public). Selected Regional: Murder on the Orient Express, Disgraced, The Winter’s Tale, The Brother/Sister Plays, Herringbone (McCarter Theatre Center); Murder on the Orient Express, Somewhere (Hartford Stage); Camelot (Two River Theater); June Moon, The Visit (Williamstown); Kinky Boots, …Spelling Bee, Barefoot in the Park (Bucks County Playhouse); Chicken & Biscuits (Crossroads Theatre Company); And A Nightingale Sang (Westport Country Playhouse). Education: The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Christina M. Woolard (Stage Manager) (she/ her) stage manages for theatre, circus, and live events. A childhood spelling bee champion, she is thrilled to be joining the company of Spelling Bee! George Street Playhouse: Clyde’s, American Hero and A Doll’s House, Part 2. Other previous credits include: Dead + Alive (One Year Lease), Space Dogs (MCC), Kinky Boots (Bucks County Playhouse), Preparedness (The Bushwick Starr), Passing Through (Goodspeed Musicals), Will You Come With Me? and Notes on My Mother’s Decline (The Play Company), Wilder Gone (Clubbed Thumb), Sunset Circus (Parallel Exit) and An American In Paris (The Argyle Theatre). Pandemic activities included stitching PPE with the Broadway Relief Project. Proud AEA member and alumna of Rutgers University. For Mom — your song is in my heart.

Pat McCorkle, CSA and Rebecca Weiss, CSA; McCorkle Casting LTD (Casting) Pat McCorkle, Rebecca Weiss, and McCorkle Casting continue to strive for inclusivity and social awareness during its 35 year history in casting. They have cast for George Street Playhouse for over 25 years. Broadway: Over 50 productions including, On The Town, Amazing Grace, End of the Rainbow, A Few Good Men. etc. Off-Broadway: Over 60 productions:

Highlights; Tribes, Our Town, Driving Miss Daisy. Regional Theatre: Guthrie, Barrington Stage, CATF and hundreds of regional theatres throughout the country. Feature films: Currently casting six films for theatrical release. Previous projects: Premium Rush, Ghost Town, The Thomas Crown Affair, Die Hard with a Vengeance, etc. Television: 2 new films for Hallmark, Twisted, Humans for Sesame Street, Californication(Emmy Nomination) (mccorklecasting.com)

The Farm (Original Play) was founded in 2000 by Rebecca Feldman, Artistic Director. It is a collective of writers and performers, including Jay Reiss, Dan Fogler, and Sarah Saltzberg. The Farm’s interest is in the role of improvisation in creating new work for the theatre. The Farm initially designates a two-week intensive period in which to discover, develop, and rehearse a play from the impulses borne mainly out of the pressure of a deadline. Previous projects include “Super” (at Atlantic Theatre Studios), “Why I Hate Florida” (workshop at White Wave in DUMBO) and “C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E” (at the Present Company Theatorium in October 2002), on which “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is based. The character and original dialogue of “Beth Marguiles,” “Vice President Douglas Panch,” “Mr. Barfee,” and “Logan Schwarzengrubenierre” were created by Rebecca Feldman, Jay Reiss, Dan Fogler, and Sarah Saltzberg, respectively.

The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation (Production Sponsor) was established in 1983 by New Brunswick philanthropist Irving Laurie. The Foundation supports a variety of projects across broad issue areas. The 2022/2023 program of cultural support currently includes the Lincoln Center Theatre presentation of Camelot; the public television series American Masters; NJPAC’s 2022/2023

American Song series; the Manhattan Theatre Club presentation of Summer, 1976 ; the Roundabout Theatre Company’s presentation of The Wanderers and the Kennedy Center’s 2022/2023 Broadway Center Stage series. The Foundation was gratified to have been selected as the Outstanding Foundation of 2016 by the New Jersey Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. It is proud to report that the Foundation has provided approximately $100,000,000 in grants to philanthropic endeavors, addressing the Foundation’s interest in the arts, education, health care and social services.

Christopher J. Bailey (GSP Production Manager) This season marks Mr. Bailey’s 24th at George Street Playhouse and 18th as its Production Manager, having previously served the Playhouse as Technical Coordinator and Sound and Lighting Manager. Recently for GSP he was Lighting Designer for The Immigrant. Also Lighting Designer for GSP’s production of Clever Little Lies, which moved to the Guild Hall Theatre in East Hampton and then off-Broadway to the Westside Theatre. His other designs for GSP includes 6 scenic designs and 9 sound designs for GSP’s Educational Touring productions, 28 lighting designs and 40 sound designs for GSP’s mainstage productions. Also, has designed for: Pearl Theatre, Barrington Stage, Premiere Stages, Bickford Theatre, Abingdon Theatre, Strand Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Two River Theater, Ashlawn Highland Opera, LKB Dance, Randy James Dance, Rand Theater, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Long Wharf, Delaware Theatre Company, Jacob’s Pillow, and more. Mr. Bailey also teaches Stagecraft and Play Production at Middlesex County College.

David Saint (Artistic Director) is in his 25th season as Artistic Director of George Street Playhouse. He has directed 43 mainstage productions at GSP, having most recently helmed Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise. Additional productions include Fully Committed and Tiny Beautiful Things for the GSP virtual season, Midwives, and Conscience, in addition to The Trial of Donna Caine, American Hero, American Son, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and An Act of God starring the legendary Kathleen Turner in the 2017-18 season. His time here has been marked by collaborations with such artists as Keith Carradine, Tyne Daly, Rachel Dratch, Sandy Duncan, Boyd Gaines, A.R. Gurney, Uta Hagen, Harriet Harris, Jack Klugman, Dan Lauria, Kathleen Marshall, Elaine May, Anne Meara, David Hyde Pierce, Chita Rivera, Paul Rudd, Stephen Sondheim, Marlo Thomas, Eli Wallach, and many others including a remarkable partnership with Arthur Laurents. In addition, many new award-winning works have begun their life here during his tenure such as The Toxic Avenger, Proof, The Spitfire Grill, Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies, and It Shoulda Been You. He has directed Final Follies at Primary Stages, Clever Little Lies at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY and off-Broadway at West Side Theatre, as well as the National tour of West Side Story. In July 2016, he directed West Side Story at the legendary Hollywood Bowl starring Jeremy Jordan and Solea Pfeiffer. In Summer 2019, he directed a revolutionary new production of West Side Story for IHI Stage Around in Tokyo and served as Associate Producer for the Academy Award-nominated film version of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg. He also has directed on Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, McCarter, Williamstown, Seattle Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Pittsburg

Public, Long Wharf and many others by such writers as Aaron Sorkin, Wendy Wasserstein, Peter Parnell, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Joe DiPietro and Jonathan Larson. He is the recipient of the Alan Schneider Award, Helen Hayes Award, L.A., Drama Critics Award, several Drama-Logue Awards and is the President of The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation.

Jamie Grant (Interim Managing Director) has been a leader and innovator in performing arts for more than three decades. The former President and CEO of the Ordway Center (Saint Paul, MN), Long Center (Austin, TX) and McCallum Theatre (Palm Springs, CA) has worked in both the United States and Canada. Under Jamie’s leadership, for the first time ever a production went directly from the Ordway to Broadway when SIX opened. For 13 years Jamie was the general manager of the Centre in the Square in Kitchener, Ontario, an award-winning multipurpose performing arts center with a main hall of 2000 seats, plus an art gallery and studio theatre. Jamie has accomplished the rare feat of opening many new performing arts centers: Imperial Theatre in Saint John, New Brunswick, Heritage Theatre in Brampton, Ontario, Skylight Theatre Amphitheatre in Toronto and was the founder and Producer of Theatre Malton. An adjunct lecturer at the University of Waterloo, Jamie taught for almost a decade for the Centre for Cultural Management and is a regular lecturer, panelist and guest speaker for other universities, colleges, and professional conferences. A soughtafter part-time consultant for many years, Jamie has done strategic planning work for dozens of arts, entertainment and non-profit organizations in the United States and Canada for over 25 years. He has recently decided to grow Grant Management Group and currently serving as Interim Managing Director at George Street Playhouse.

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Scott Goldman

Laiona Michelle

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Business Assistant

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Crystal Harris

Shakera Blakney

Lynne Holton

Jacqueline Brendel

Haley Kisly

Nadiyah S. Dorsey

Daniella Saldaña

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Company Manager

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SETS

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Corinne Antonelli

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Jeanette Mieses

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FOR THIS PRODUCTION

Assistant Costume Designer Meridith Prouty-Due

Assistant Lighting Designer

Vittoria Orlando

Assistant Sound Designer Caecillia Armstrong

Assistant Stage Manager

Production Assistant

Lighting Supervisor

Assistant Lighting Supervisor

Lighting Console Programmer

Sound Supervisor

Assistant Sound Supervisor

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Sarah P. Hazuka

Markus Johnson

Ryan Fisher

Max Lagonia

Ted Crimy

Chiara DeSantis

Joelle Zazz

Hanna Allison

Ariana Papin

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Merissa Buczny

Mark Sharp

Victoria Muscio

Debra L. Lemeshow

Gary Frangione

Rose Curran

Allen Neuner

Susan Blumert

Marlene Zyontz

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Sal Fabio

Amir Lembrick

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Jake Blanchette

Nimon Ibranimaj

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Lighting Supervisor

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A1

A2

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/Operator

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Emani Simpson

Eric Greenberg

Jessica Jasionowski

Joy Lynn Pringle-Bato

Thomas Williamson

Aiden Mitchell

Joshua Maywood

Andre Penn

Christopher Nielson

Curtis Anderson

Tom Ullman

Jason Jackson

Chiara DeSantis

Aiden Mitchel

Special thanks to Alyssa Scott, Nia Abdullah, Vanessa Nieves, & Jonathan Bulava

David Saint, Artistic Director • Jamie Grant, Interim Managing Director

For Your Information

George Street Playhouse is located at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center

11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

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AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES

We offer audio-described performances for patrons with visual impairment.

Please call the Patron Services, 732-246-7717, for further information. Large print and Braille programs are available upon request. Audiodescribed performances are made possible by support from Fund for the New Jersey Blind, Inc.

CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES

We offer captioned performances for patrons with hearing impairment.

George Street Playhouse’s accessible programming is made possible in part by Fund for the New Jersey Blind, Inc.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING SYSTEM

For patrons who have a hearing impairment, light-weight, comfortable receivers are available from the NBPAC Concierge desk. If any individual requires special assistance or assistive technology, please contact the Patron Services Manager at 732-246-7717 as far in advance of the program as possible.

COVID-19 SAFETY

All patrons are welcome and highly encouraged to wear masks at all times while inside the venue.

• Patron Services: 732-246-7717

FIRE NOTICE

The exit indicated by the red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of a fire or other emergency, please do not run, WALK TO THE EXIT.

INCLEMENT WEATHER

George Street Playhouse maintains a policy of not cancelling performances due to inclement weather. Please call Patron Services, 732-246-7717, if you have any questions.

LATE SEATING POLICY

The theatre is open to the public one halfhour prior to the performance. In consideration of all patrons, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of House Management.

RECORDING EQUIPMENT

Due to copyright and union regulations and restrictions, still cameras, video cameras or any type of recording equipment is not permitted at any time in the theatre and will be confiscated.

SMOKING

The NBPAC is a smoke-free environment. There is no smoking or vaping in the building.