A Show Must Go On: A Cabaret

Funded in part by Visit Gainesville, Alachua County, FL This program/event is funded in part by a grant from the City of Gainesville, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department

PROUDLY PRESENTS

Director Stephanie Lynge

Musical Director Bryan Mercer

Production Manager Robert P. Robins

Wardrobe Manager/ Shop Supervisor Clara Jean Kelly

Stage Manager Amber Wilkerson Technical Director/ Scenic & Properties Designer Warren Goodwin

Sound Designer/Video Designer Amanda Nipper Lead Electrician/ Video Designer/ Lighting Designer Bill Boothman

Actors’ Equity Association Actors’ Equity Association (“Equity”), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 actors and stage managers. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks Hippodrome programs are sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts & Culture; Visit Gainesville Alachua County, and by the City of Gainesville, Dept. of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs. Playbill by Deanna Natour.

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The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

THE CAST Laura Hodos & Bryan Mercer

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WHO’S WHO AT THE HIPP THEATRE Stephanie Lynge (Artistic Director) is an

accomplished actor, director, producer, teacher and coach. Stephanie has enjoyed a career of more than 27 years in professional theater and education. Since 2013 she has worked on more than 40 productions at the Hippodrome either as an actor, director, choreographer, or dramaturg. She was previously seen in The Wolves and Let The Right One In. Her other acting credits include performances in New York City on Broadway and Off Broadway at Lincoln Center, BAM, Jean Cocteau Rep, and the York Theater Workshop. Regional theaters include Freefall, Goodspeed Opera House, Sacramento Music Circus, Pasadena Playhouse, Rep Theater of St. Louis, Flat Rock Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Seaside Music Theater, as well as several National Tours. Directing credits include the Hippodrome’s Every Christmas Story Ever Told, The Legend of Georgia McBride, and The Ultimate Christmas Show as well as plays at the 45th Street Theater (NYC), New York Musical Theater Festival, and the University of Florida. Stephanie has served as a Visiting professor at Indiana University, and an Adjunct professor at New Jersey City University and University of Florida. After receiving her BA in Musical Theater from Indiana University, Stephanie lived and worked as an actor in New York City for over 20 years. Stephanie holds a Master of Fine Arts in acting from University of Florida and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association since 1996.

WHO’S WHO IN A SHOW MUST GO ON

Laura Hodos: Laura Hodos is ecstatic to be joining the fantastic crew at The Hipp for A Show Must Go On: The Hipp! Hipp-Beret!

Laura is a multi-award winning singer, actor, improv artist, and cabarista. As a NYC native who now makes her home in Orlando, Laura has performed from Maine to Florida to Los Angeles to Tokyo! She’s been a soloist with the Orlando Philharmonic, the Jacksonville Symphony, the Sarasota Orchestra, and the Klezmer Company Jazz Orchestra, and is delighted to have shared the stage with Tituss Burgess, Laura Osnes, Jeremy Jordan, Faith Prince, Davis Gaines, Andrea McArdle, Jason Robert Brown, and Donna Murphy. She’s performed at The Duplex and Don’t Tell Mama in NYC, as well as Radio City Music Hall and Lincoln Center, and all over Florida with Orlando Shakes, Asolo Rep, Mad Cow Theatre, Alhambra Theatre, Winter Park Playhouse, Orlando Rep, Orlando Theatre Project, Riverside Theatre, The Citrus Club, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Slow Burn Theatre, MNM at the Kravis, Actors’ Playhouse, The Wick, GableStage, Florida Repertory Theatre, TheatreZone, and Island City Stage. She’s delighted to have shared the stage with Tituss Burgess, Laura Osnes, Jeremy Jordan, Faith Prince, Davis Gaines, Maureen McGovern, Shelly Burch, Andrea McArdle, Jason Robert Brown, and Donna Murphy (to name a few of her idols!). Laura was a Cabaret Fellow at the O’Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, CT, working alongside Emmy and Grammy winner, John McDaniel. She has written and performed over ten solo cabarets, the latest of which, The Bard Takes Broadway, (created for Orlando Shakespeare Theater and UCF Celebrates The Arts), sold out its debut at Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Her favorite, entitled Julie and Mary and Ethel and Babs, has sold out every venue it has played, from Maine to North Carolina to Florida! Laura was also thrilled to be first performer to create a solo cabaret show for Walt Disney World as a part of the Disney Event Group and Disney Institute. Her voiceover work is familiar to ears throughout the years for the Walt Disney World Resort. She’s a fierce amateur baker, an aspiring photographer, mom to three cats, a Dickinson College and AMDA grad, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity. www.LauraHodos.com

WHO’S WHO IN A SHOW MUST GO ON

Bryan Mercer: Bryan Mercer returns to the HIPP since playing Walter in Lone Star Spirits, the piano in Scrooge in Rouge, the candyman in Let the Right One In, Horatio in Hamlet, Steve in Becky’s New Car, Jane in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Mrs. Bumbrake in Peter and the Starcatcher, Gibson in MR. BURNS, a Post-Electric Play. He has been the musical director at the HIPP for the past 12 years with such hits as Million Dollar Quartet, Toxic Avenger, Trailer Park, Wonderettes, Shout, Forever Plaid and more. He has been known to Atlanta audiences for over thirty five years as an actor, singer, director, designer, painter, and served as puppeteer, composer, musician and musical director for 15 years at the internationally acclaimed CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS. Bryan has danced with Ru Paul, acted with Neal Patrick Harris, Faye Dunaway, Peter Ustinov partied with Eartha Kitt and backed up Divine and Grace Jones. Bryan is currently preparing to perform a one person show of Quentin Crisp.

WHO’S WHO IN A SHOW MUST GO ON Amanda Nipper (Sound & Video Designer) Amanda is thrilled to be in her seventh season at the Hippodrome. Other regional credits include Cape Fear Regional Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar, Legally Blonde: The Musical, and The Parchman Hour: Songs and Stories of the ’61 Freedom Riders as the mix engineer in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Dorset Theatre Festival: Good People, The Whore and Mr. Moore, Boeing Boeing, and Deathtrap. Keep moving forward.

Warren Goodwin (Technical Director, Scenic & Properties Designer) Warren joined the Hippodrome in 2004 as a carpenter in the scene shop, and assumed the role of Master Carpenter in 2006. In addition to helping build over a hundred of Hippodrome sets, Warren served as co-scenic designer on The Christians and The Wolves. He is thrilled to be currently serving as Technical Director. In his free time, Warren enjoys painting, and is an accomplished local artist. You can often find his work on display next door at Maude’s Cafe.

Bill Boothman (Lead Electrician/ Video Designer/Lighting Designer) Bill is in his first year at The Hippodrome. Prior to joining the Hipp Bill worked with the stagehand’s union IATSE local 115 in Jacksonville, FL. Souvenir marks the first occasion in which Bill has served in a design position for the Hipp. Prior design credits for Bill include lighting design for Peter and the Wolf, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and The Music Man and as props designer for a production of Young Frankenstein. Bill would like to thank Liz and Johnny for all of the guidance and opportunities they have given.

WHO’S WHO IN A SHOW MUST GO ON Robert P. Robins (Production Manager) Bob is enjoying his 35th season at the Hippodrome. During his tenure here at the Hippodrome, Bob has provided lighting designs for over 300 Main Stage productions. Over the course of his time at the Hippodrome, Bob has held many titles such as lighting designer, sound engineer, live audio mixer, stage manager for Hippodrome Mainstage; touring productions and Theatre For Young Audiences tours, pyrotechnician, lightboard operator, and bartender.

Today, in addition to lighting designer and production manager, Bob is also the facility manager of the 110 year old building that the Hippodrome calls home. Bob also provides freelance lighting designs around the country when he can. He is also an Actors’ Equity Association stage manager, and proudly holds a BFA in Theatre Production from the University of Florida. See more of Bob’s work at www.robertrobins.com Amber Wilkerson (Stage Manager) Amber spent two full seasons at the Hippodrome, first as Properties Intern, then as Assistant Stage Manager before moving to New York City to pursue a career in theatre. She returned to the Hipp as the AEA Stage Manager of A Christmas Carol in 2005 & 2006. She has worked professionally for The Metropolitan Opera (NYC), The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Madison, NJ), North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, MA), and Times Square New Year’s Eve 2006-2010 (NYC). In 2006, Amber served as a Production Assistant on the Broadway musical, Grey Gardens. More recently, Amber spent five years working with Manhattan Theatre Club as a Subscriber Services Representative and two years as a House Manager at Playwrights Horizons, both in New York City. Originally from Maryland, she holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Salisbury University. Amber is a proud member of the Hippodrome Company and the Actors’ Equity Association.

Clara Jean Kelly (Wardrobe Manager / Costume Shop Supervisor) Clara Jean Kelly is a Costume Designer originally from Cullowhee, NC, and is currently working as the Residential Costume Designer and Costume Shop Manager at The Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville, FL. She has her MFA in Costume Design from Florida State University and does freelance costume design all over the United States. Clara Jean has previously designed such shows as “Twelfth Night”, “Pride and Prejudice” and “Miss Holmes” at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, “Moon Over Buffalo”, “Henry V” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, PA, as well as “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “Seascape” at Theatre at Monmoth in Monmoth, ME.

OUR GENEROUS DONORS The Hippodrome thanks its many donors for their generous contributions to support our productions and programs! For more information on how your gift supports the Hippodrome, please contact Matt Dibble at (352) 373-5968 ext. 243. Donations listed are from 11/24/20- 01-27-2021.

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OUR GENEROUS DONORS Ed & Marcia Ellett Mark S. Elliot Robert D. Emerson & Maria DeOliveira Jane Emmeree & Erick Smith Ken Duffield Jean Epling Lynda Melissa Ernest Carol Faas Mark Fenster Griselda Forbes Paul & Mary Ellen Funderburk Barbara Gamble Paul & Reisa George Ryan George Andrew & Ally Gill Danny & Karen Gilliland Marsha Gittinger Harvey Goldstein Timothy Gonzales Jim & Sibet Grantham Warren & Barbara Graves Alice Gridley Robert Gwin Fred & Patricia harden Karelisa Hartigan Darrell Hartman Anne Hastings Kathy Hendrickson Edward Hennis Elizabeth Hicks Catherine Hill (anonymous) Robert & Lynne Holt Sharon Huey Betty Hunt Mary Job & Jim Stewart Ed & Carole Johnson Karen & Jodie Johnson Lea Johnston Anonymous Jolaine Jones-Pokorney Barbara Keener Anna & Loren Keldsen Irene Kellner Gerald & Kathryn Kidder Erin King Reggie Kramel Jack Kulas & Shelby Havens Joanne Laframenta Linda & Randy Lane Joanne Licht Mark & Kaye Linden

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The Hippodrome would like to thank the City of Gainesville and Alachua County for years of generous support.

FOUNDATION SUPPORT Allstate Foundation Amazon Smile Foundation Bryson Foundation Community Foundation of North Central Florida Dharma Endowment Foundation

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GRANDE DAMES A women’s philanthropy group, the Hippodrome Grande Dames is a group for women who love and support the arts. To learn more about the Grande Dames and how to join, send an inquiry to Matt Dibble at mdibble@thehipp.org.

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As of 2/19/20

HIPPODROME STAFF STEPHANIE LYNGE Artistic Director ROBERT P. ROBINS Lighting Designer/ Production Manager BILL BOOTHMAN Lead Electrician AMANDA NIPPER Sound Designer CLARA JEAN KELLY Costume Designer/ Costume Shop Supervisor AMBER WILKERSON Stage Manager WARREN GOODWIN Technical Director KEN BROWN Scenic Artist* LUCIAN ROBINSON Master Carpenter* JAMES CIEPLY Shop Foreman*

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J. MOLIER MFA intern JOSHUA OSBORN Graphics Intern COSTUME CONSULTANTS DORIS EDWARDS LESLIE KLEIN

*Hippodrome Staff on hiatus

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AUDIENCE SERVICES PLEASE NOTE: Infants are not permitted in the theater. Food is not permitted in the theater. Please turn off all cellular phones, watch alarms, and all other noise-making equipment when in the theater.Photographing and/or sound recording any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording in this theater is prohibited. Violators may be subject to confiscation of equipment and ejection.

Violations may render the offender liable to financial charges.The Hippodrome reserves the right to ask any patron causing a disturbance to leave the premises without refund.

In an emergency, evacuate through the external exits on either side of the lobby.

RUSTY SALLING MEMORIAL FUND The Hippodrome Theatre was Rusty’s home for over forty years. Contributions to the Rusty Salling Fund will support his ongoing legacy of artistic achievement and community service according to his family’s wishes. To contribute to the Rusty Salling Memorial Fund, please visit thehipp.org/rustyfund Tim Altmeyer Wayne & Penny Archer Rod & Beverly Bartlett Mrs. Roxane Bleiweis Miss Marsha Boyd Ms. Libby Brateman Cecilia Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Homer O. Bryant Lauren Warhol Caldwell David & Jean Chalmers Wendy Chambers Linda Cirulli-Burton Mr. Leon Clark Candace Clift and Mark Woollett Debbie & Michael Conlon Mrs. Dorothy A. Conway Comeau Phylis & James Craig Nicole Daenzer Sadie Darnell & Norma Darnell Leah Deese Barbara Devoe Matthew Dibble Cheryl & Paul Doering Michael Hill & Ellie Donovan Clyde Ellis Cheris Garrison Dick & Caren Gorenberg Benjamin & Joyce Gorman Mary & Joe Haldeman Carole Harpe Catherine Hill Ira & Amanda Holmes Jessica Hurov Dan Jesse & Irene Gurri John & Kathleeen Kish Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Leslie Klein Ms. Ellen Lau Anonymous Gary McGill Gary and Suzy Miller Jeff Montgomery Ms. Chris M. Morris Ms. Sara Morsey

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