Dear friends,
From the MANAGING DIRECTOR BILL KERLIN
Thank you for joining us for our journey to the enchanted world of Camelot. This classic musical from Broadway’s Golden Age has been beloved by so many of us for decades. We were thrilled to find this version which is specially adapted for intimate theaters like the Playhouse. It preserves the soaring music and the charm of the story while trimming the cast, allowing us to bring this epic musical to our audience.
We encourage you to come back for more! There are seven more incredible mainstage shows coming up and as a full season subscriber, you’ll save 30% plus get exclusive benefits like unlimited no-fee exchanges, and discounts on special performances. We’ve got a terrific lineup of shows ahead and you’ll get a great seat for all of them! If you’d prefer a smaller package, you can Design Your Own package with just three or more shows. For more information, you can visit our website or connect with our Box Office staff.
We know that summer is a busy time for everyone, with so many great options for you to choose from. We are so grateful that you’ve chosen to spend some of your time here with Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot, and all of us at your Laguna Playhouse. We hope you enjoy the show
Bill Kerlin Managing Director
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAIR
Lisa Hale
VICE CHAIR
Justin Myers
SECRETARY
Jeff Winston
Heather Anne Chalmers
Torin J. Cunningham, MD
James Hale
TREASURER
Harley Bassman
GOVERNANCE & NOMINATIONS
Jared K. Mathis
Dr. Gary Jenkins
Barbara MacGillivray
Heidi Miller
Xiaohong Rose
Emeritus Trustees
Glenn E. Gray
Otis Healy
Ilona Martin
Melinda Masson
Jim Mellor
Artistic Director
David Ellenstein
Ryan Smith
Jordy Spiegel
Richard Thomas
Managing Director
Bill Kerlin
by Alan Jay Lerner presents
Lerner and Loewe’s
book
and
lyrics
Camelot music by Frederick Loewe
original production directed and staged by Moss Hart
based on “The Once and Future King” by T.H. White
new orchestrations by Steve Orich
directed by Jeffrey B. Moss
starring Nick Apostolina*, Jacob Caltrider*, Jason Heil*, Scott Hurst, Jr.*, Brian Krinsky*, Jered McLenigan*, Eben Rosenzweig, Noah Weibel, Lauren Weinberg*, Elias Wygodny, Cole Fletcher
scenic designer Marty Burnett costume designer Elisa Benzoni
properties designer Audrey Casteris
choreography by Jill Gorrie
lighting designer Matt Novotny sound designer Ian Scot
hair/wig designer Peter Herman
production stage manager Phil Gold*
musical direction by Daniel Lincoln
* Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
LERNER AND LOEWE’S CAMELOT Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
A NOTE ON CAMELOT FROM DIRECTOR JEFFREY B. MOSS
For sure, Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot sits proudly on all the lists of “GOLDEN AGE MUSICALS.” Along with many others, including their My Fair Lady and Brigadoon, these works hold an esteemed place in the history of the American musical. For these were more than just the operettas and vaudeville-style entertainments that had preceded the first of this “age,” Oklahoma! These new musicals combined the art of music, lyric and book into moving, dramatic and compelling storytelling. Widely regarded as the greatest period of growth for musical theatre as an art form, the artists of the Golden Age are to thank for the creation and development of musicals as we know them today. And like the great classics they are, these Golden Age musicals are still playing in schools and in theatres across the country and around the world. And often on the street where they had lived: Broadway, where new directors and actors bring contemporary viewpoints to these now famous musical masterpieces.
Golden indeed. As my dad, a world-class jeweler, used to say “gold is forever ... “
And Camelot certainly has a sheen about it that has not only made its music enduring but its story of King Arthur’s quest for equality and justice for the common man has touched the minds and hearts of audiences across these many years since it premiered in 1960.
Indeed, many of us remember how Camelot and its tragic tale of unfilled promises became the byword of President John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy years.
So many years later in 2024, our Camelot actors are finding that the show is “speaking” to them; especially when King Arthur is forced to choose between his newly created civility and his own personal needs. And then having to decide if anyone, even he, is above the law. Sound familiar? Sound topical? Golden indeed.
And the Director hopes this golden musical will speak to you tonight as well. Even if for just “one brief shining moment...”
Welcome to Camelot.
Jeffrey B. Moss Director
THE COMPANY
Squire Dap, Mordred .......................................................................................................................................... Nick Apostolina*
Sir Dinadan ............................................................................................................................................................ Jacob Caltrider*
Merlyn, Sir Gareth.........................................................................................................................................................
Sir Lionel, Understudy (Arthur & Lancelot) ..................................................................................................... Scott Hurst, Jr.*
Lancelot...................................................................................................................................................................... Brian Krinsky*
Arthur ................................................................................................................................................................. Jered McLenigan*
Tom of Warwick, from August 2 - 11 ..............................................................................................................Eben Rosenzweig
Tom of Warwick, from July 24 - August 1.............................................................................................................
Guenevere
MUSICIANS
Musical Director/Piano .................................................
Daniel Lincoln*
Violin ............................................................................................................................ Steve Chiu*
Trombone Wendell Kelly*
Cello ..................................................................................................................... Karen Linkletter*
Flute/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet ............................................................................. Mark Margolies*
THE MUSIC OF CAMELOT
book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
ACT ONE
I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight ....................................................................................................................... Arthur The Simple Joys of Maidenhood .............................................................................................................................. Guenevere Camelot ................................................................................................................................................................................ Arthur Camelot (Reprise) ....................................................................................................................................................... Guenevere C’est Moi............................................................................................................................................................................ Lancelot
The Lusty Month of May............................................................................................................................. Guenevere, Knights Take Me to the Fair ................................................................................... Guenevere, Sir Dinadan, Sir Sagramore, Sir Lionel How to Handle a Woman ................................................................................................................................................... Arthur The Jousts ...............................................................................................................................................................The Company Before I Gaze at You Again ....................................................................................................................... Guenevere, Lancelot
ACT TWO
If Ever I Would Leave You ............................................................................................................................................... Lancelot The Seven Deadly Virtues ...............................................................................................................................................Mordred Fie on Goodness ............................................................................................................................................... Mordred, Knights What do the Simple Folk Do? ....................................................................................................................... Arthur, Guenevere I Loved You Once in Silence ..................................................................................................................... Guenevere, Lancelot Guenevere ...............................................................................................................................................................The Company Camelot (Reprise) ............................................................................................................................................................... Arthur
* Denotes a member of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 7. music by Frederick Loewe
INTERMISSION
There will be a 15 minute intermission.
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WHO’S WHO
NICK APOSTOLINA (Squire Dap, Mordred) is thrilled to be a part of Camelot. Theatre: Master Harold… and the Boys [Syracuse Stage], The Solid Life of Sugar Water [Deaf West], Tiny Little Town [Theatre Movement Bazaar], The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard [SPTW]. Film/TV: “I Think You Should Leave,” “Minx,” and “Grown-Ish.” Thanks to Mom, Dad, Diane, Alan, Taylor, and Big Tex.
JACOB CALTRIDER (Sir Dinadan) is thrilled to be performing at Laguna Playhouse as a part of Camelot! Regional credits include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and A Christmas Carol, North Coast Rep; House of Dreams, Manifest Destinitis and Violet, San Diego Rep; Rocky Horror, Spring Awakening, Assassins, Parade, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol and The History Boys, Cygnet Theatre; West Side Story, San Diego Musical Theatre; Homos or Everyone in America, Marry Me A Little, Harmony, Kansas, Twist, Yank! and The Daddy Machine, Diversionary Theatre; Alice, An American Christmas, Les Misérables, Twelfth Night, and The Festival of Christmas, Lamb’s Players; Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas and Rocky Horror, The Old Globe.
JASON HEIL (Merlyn, Sir Gareth) Off-Broadway: Sea of Souls. Regional: Bhangin’ It, Zhivago (La Jolla Playhouse), Plaid Tidings, Twelfth Night (Old Globe), Cabaret (Arkansas Rep), The Taming of the Shrew, Dracula (Tennessee Rep), Maple & Vine (Capital Stage), The Winter’s Tale, The Learned Ladies (A Noise Within), & nine seasons with the Utah, Lake Tahoe, Marin, & Texas Shakespeare Festivals (roles included Christian, Orlando, Bassanio, Bolingbroke, Thomas Jefferson, Freddy Hill). Other San Diego Theatre: Camelot, School for Lies, Dracula (North Coast Rep), Mother Road, Sweat, Beachtown, Hand to God, Violet, Clybourne Park, A Christmas Carol (SD Rep), The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, Babette’s Feast, Into the Woods, Wit, The Glass Menagerie (Lamb’s Players), Noises Off, Cabaret (Cygnet), Passion, Angels in America (ion theatre company), Art (Intrepid), The Lion in Winter (Moonlight), Slowgirl (Onstage). MFA: UC Irvine. www.jasonheil.com
SCOTT HURST, JR. (Sir Lionel, Understudy (Arthur & Lancelot)) is a classically trained crossover Baritone who hails from Los Angeles. He has performed music theatre and operatic repertoire on stages across the western region of the United States, and currently calls Colorado his home. Denver theatre audiences have seen him in more than 20 productions at The Candlelight, also at The Lincoln Center, Vintage Theatre, Opera Fort Collins, The Spark, and The Aurora Fox. Favorite regional credits include: Jekyll & Hyde (Jekyll/Hyde), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Chauvelin), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Phoebus), Kiss Me Kate (Fred/Petruchio), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney), Les Misérables (Javert), Brigadoon (Tommy), Big Fish (Edward Bloom), The Sound of Music (Captain von Trapp), Curtains! (Aaron Fox), Little Women (Prof. Bhaer), Shrek: The Musical (Shrek), Camelot (Lancelot), and Anastasia (Gleb). He wishes to thank you for supporting live theatre and for keeping the arts alive!
BRIAN KRINSKY (Lancelot) is so grateful to work with all the extremely dedicated artists and wonderful team at Laguna Playhouse. National Tours: Anything Goes (Billy Crocker), Beauty and the Beast (Beast/Gaston). Recently Brian finished a run of Titanic (Jim Farrell) at Milwaukee Rep. Prior to that he has acted all over the country in both regional and developmental theater, along with writing and producing films, “Meet Mom” and “Mister Dharma.” Thanks to Lohne/Graham Management, Adriana, my family and Tater tot @BKrinsk
JERED MCLENIGAN (Arthur) is a Philadelphia-based performing artist and founding member of the HotHouse Acting Company at the Wilma Theater, winner of the 2024 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater. His Wilma appearances include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Guildenstern), Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Sam/Mr. Burns), Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), Blood Wedding (The Groom), Constellations (Roland, Barrymore Award, Outstanding Leading Actor/Play) and the digital Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Justin, Drama League Award nominee and The Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Year 2020). Other recent/favorite roles include Tartuffe (Tartuffe) with Lantern Theater, The Little Prince, The Musical (The Aviator), The Winter’s Tale (Autolycus) and The Alchemist (Subtle) with Quintessence Theatre, Dublin by Lamplight (Willy) with Inis Nua Theatre/59E59 (First Irish Award) and Waiting for Godot (Estragon) with the Colonial Theater in Westerly, RI, among others. Jered is a 3-time Barrymore Award recipient and most recently appeared in the ensemble of Brecht’s Good Person of Setzuan with the Wilma.
EBEN ROSENZWEIG (Tom of Warwick, from August 2 - 11) is honored to be making his debut with Laguna Playhouse. Eben’s recent credits include Peter in Peter and The Starcatcher (Moonlight Youth Theatre), Bert in All My Sons (CSUSM Theatre), Bobby Nelson in gUnTOPIA (The Roustabouts Theatre) and reading of Bodo Muller in Watch on the Rhine (The Roustabouts Theatre). Eben is 11 years old and lives in Carlsbad with his parents, two older siblings and his beloved dog Louie.
NOAH WEIBEL (Tom of Warwick, from July 24 - August 1) is proud to be making his Laguna Playhouse debut, after a successful run at North Coast Rep in Solana Beach. Other credits include: Prince Dauntless in Once Upon A Mattress and Ensemble in Matilda at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, as well as Thomas Cobb in Grace For President, Sardine/Security Guard in The Spongebob Musical, and Archie in The Snowy Day and Other Stories by Ezra Jack Keats at San Diego Junior Theatre. Noah is an award-winning singer/songwriter and plays guitar. @noah.k.weibel
LAUREN WEINBERG (Guenevere) is grateful to help share this timeless classic. Nat’l Tour: Guys and Dolls (Adelaide). Regional favorites: Guys and Dolls (Adelaide) at Olney Theatre Center- Helen Hayes Nomination, Beauty and the Beast (Belle) at Theatre By The Sea, Brigadoon (Fiona) & Damn Yankees (Lola) at The Wick Theatre, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Christine) at Colorado Springs FAC. New York: International Fringe Festival, The Jewish Museum, NYTF winner. Episodic: “HUSTLING, The Series.” Lauren appears in national commercial & voiceover spots for brands such as BudLight, Zicam, & JBL. BFA Penn State, NYC based. Huge thanks to Jeff and love to Dru & the THPs! www.laurenweinbergofficial. com. Insta: @ellemdoubleu
ELIAS WYGODNY (Sir Sagramore) is ecstatic to be making this debut at Laguna Playhouse! Theatre Credits include: Sunday In The Park With George (CCAE Theatricals), Assassins (Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatricum Botanicum), Les Miserables, Shrek (Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre), In A Sea of Faces (Cloud City/Barn Arts Collective), Les Miserables (The Encore Music Theatre Company), Oliver (Marriott Theatre). Elias is on faculty at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre in Los Angeles. Training: BFA Musical Theatre (UMich), Movement/Acting (Michael Chekhov Acting Studio & Lucid Body Institute). Thankful for their students and teachers, for family, and Toni.
COLE FLETCHER (Male Swing) is grateful to return to Laguna Playhouse after making his professional debut here in 2016 as Dean in All Shook Up! International: Lead Soloist in Addicted to Love, Let’s Get Loud, Stars (AIDA Cruises). California: Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q (Costa Mesa Playhouse), Tony in West Side Story (North Star Theatre), Georg in Spring Awakening (Hudson Theatres), Robin in Something Rotten! & LeFou u/s in Beauty & the Beast (Moonlight), Emmett u/s in Legally Blonde (SDMT), Lucas u/s in The Addams Family (5-Star), Enoch u/s in Carousel (Opera SLO). New York: Stanley in Holes the Musical (Clarion Theatre), Frankie in Parade & Cosmo in Singin’ in the Rain (NYU). NYU & OCSA alum! Many thanks to his agents at DDO Artists and endless love to his family & friends!! @thecolefletcher
STEVE CHIU (Violin) is a violinist & erhu player & composer who graduated from Berklee College of Music. Steve’s work scope includes music composition, performance, and coordination. In 2021, Steve and friends were nominated for the Los Angeles New Filmmaker Award for “Best Film Score.” In the same year, Steve performed on the same stage with the world-renowned British singer, Adele, as the violinist for the program “Adele One Night Only.” In 2022, Steve performed for the world-renowned American singer and 28-time Grammy Award winner, Beyonce, the song “Be Alive” at the opening of the 94th Academy Awards. In recent years, he has actively participated in various types of music performances, including Hollywood film and television recordings, video game concerts, pop music concerts, classical concerts, and even music video shooting. Cooperatives include Disney, Warner Bros., Sony, Fox Studios, Capitol Studios, East West Studios, Netflix, Apple TV, and more.
WENDELL KELLY (Trombone) played on over 300 recordings from CD’s, Film, TV and Radio including the house band on “The Howie Mandel Show”. He’s played with Whitney Houston, Andrea Bocelli, The Temptations, The Count Basie Orchestra, The Four Tops, Clint Black, Quincy Jones, Luther Vandross, Barry Manilow and many others. He recorded on Platinum recordings of Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Fiona Apple and Justin Timberlake (Grammy nom). With MONK’estra, he played on 8 Grammynominated and award winning CD’S. Emmy-winning composer with the Fab Four. Has done over 100 tours, 40 musicals. He has also been an educator for over 40 years.
KAREN LINKLETTER (Cello) performs regularly in Southern California as a freelance musician. She has performed with numerous chamber groups and symphony orchestras, including many concert tours in Asia and Europe. She has played with the Long Beach Ballet, Pacific Symphony, Millennial Choir and Orchestra, Berkeley Symphony, South Coast Symphony, and other regional ensembles. She has performed with several shows at the Laguna Playhouse, including productions of Side by Side by Sondheim, The Spitfire Grill, and The Last Five Years. She has a studio of private students and is an avid equestrian, spending time with her horse, Chance.
MARK MARGOLIES (Flute/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet) worked for more than 20 years as a freelance musician in Boston, playing clarinet in orchestras and chamber ensembles, as well as saxophones, flute, oboe, and bassoon in theater pits, klezmer ensembles and other groups. He has been a participant in every Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival since 1991, where he worked with composers Martin Boykan, Milton Babbitt, Marjorie Merryman, Andrew Imbrie, Bernard Rands, Sara Doncaster, and many others. He taught clarinet at Boston College and woodwinds at Brookline Music School. In 2008, Mark moved to San Diego where he performs at The Old Globe Theatre, The San Diego Civic Theater, The Lawrence Welk Theater, San Diego Musical Theatre, The La Jolla Playhouse and other venues. He is a member of The San Diego Clarinet Quintet; The WindSong Consort, a mixed chamber music group; and JAMB, a bass Clarinet quartet. He holds degrees in music and communication from Boston University.
ALAN JAY LERNER (bookwriter and lyricist) and FREDERICK LOEWE (composer) wrote some of the American theater’s most memorable musicals, including My Fair Lady, Camelot, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon and Gigi. Among their most famous songs are ‘’Almost Like Being in Love,’’ ‘’I Could Have Danced All Night’’ and ‘’Thank Heaven for Little Girls.’’ Lerner was born in New York City in 1918 and attended Choate and Harvard. Loewe was born in Berlin in 1901 to Viennese parents, made his piano debut with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra at the age of 13 and came to the United States in 1924. The two met in 1942 at the Lambs Club in New York City when Loewe approached Lerner about collaborating on a show. In 1947, they had their first Broadway hit, Brigadoon, followed in 1951 by a second success with Paint Your Wagon which included such songs as “They Call The Wind Maria,” “I Talk to the Trees” and “Wand’rin’ Star.” In 1956, My Fair Lady, with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, opened on Broadway. Often called the “perfect musical,” the show ran for 2,717 performances and the cast album sold more than five million copies. Their 1958 film musical, Gigi, won nine Academy awards and, in 1960, came the last great success of their partnership, Camelot, starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews. In 1974, Lerner lured Loewe out of retirement to work on their last venture together: a film version of Antoine de St Exupéry’s “The Little Prince”. Lerner went on to collaborate with other composers including Burton Lane, Leonard Bernstein and Andre Previn. He died in 1986 at the age of 67. Loewe died two years later at the age of 86
JEFFREY B. MOSS (Director) has staged more than 35 national and international tours including Guys And Dolls, Hello, Dolly!, Man Of La Mancha, The Sound Of Music, Peter Pan, On The 20th Century, The Music Man, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Music Of The Night, Annie, West Side Story, 42nd Street, Annie Get Your Gun, Mame, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Damn Yankees, Saturday Night Fever, An American In Paris, South Pacific, Legally Blonde and Little Women/The Musical, and his acclaimed productions of My Fair Lady have played in the United States, Singapore and China. He is the award-winning director of the critically acclaimed New York and London productions of Bock and Harnick’s new Rothschild & Sons. In New York, he directed the hit musical Mayor and the Cy Coleman/Neil Simon’s Little Me and was the director of the New York and Kennedy Center productions of Some Enchanted Evening, now part of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Library. He has created newly imagined stagings of classic musicals such as Golden Boy (collaborating with Charles Strouse, Lee Adams and Leslie Lee), Rags (collaborating with Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz and Joe Stein) and has developed new plays and musicals such as Before the Dream, Passin’ It On, The Jazz Club, Mermaids (based on the MGM film) and Charles Strouse’s Real Men.
JILL GORRIE (Choreographer) North Coast Rep (Romance Romance, Desperate Measures, The Remarkable Mister Holmes), SDMT (Fiddler on the Roof, Singin’ in the Rain, 42nd Street, Damn Yankees, Crazy for You, A Christmas Story, Hairspray (Craig Noel Award)), California Center for the Arts (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Big Band Christmas), Moonlight Amphitheatre (Cinderella), SDSU (Pal Joey, A Little Night Music, I Love a Piano), San Diego’s School for Creative and Performing Arts, Mesa College, City College, Grossmont College, Southwestern College. Other
credits: Oklahoma!, Hello Dolly, Mambo Italiano (Westchester Broadway Theatre, NY), The People Vs. Mona (Abington Theatre, NYC), Aida, Hairspray, Singin’ in the Rain (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), Grease (International and European Tours-Resident Director/Choreographer). Jill has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The St. James Theatre, on Broadway national tours, international and European tours, numerous regional theatres and in film and television. Education: NYU Tisch School of the Arts (BFA-Dance), SDSU (MFA- Musical Theatre)
DANIEL LINCOLN (Music Director, Piano) As pianist/conductor/pit musician (keyboards): Broadway - Wicked, On Your Feet!, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, and The Cher Show; OffBroadway - Avenue Q, tick tick BOOM!, Under the Bodhi Tree (American Premiere production), Stephen Sondheim’s Follies (NY City Center Encores!); Tours - Matilda, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz, and The Midtown Men (starring the four original leads from Broadway’s Jersey Boys); Broadway Casting - Binder Casting, Tara Rubin CSA, Telsey + Co. Former faculty at NYU Tisch and New York Film Academy; current faculty at USC, AMDA, and SMC. As part of the writing team of Lincoln & Schein, original productions include Making Melrose, Fintastic Finn, Grecian Burns, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, and The Remarkable Mister Holmes. Proud AFM Local 802 and Dramatist Guild Member, ASCAP composer. www.DanielMLincoln.com
MARTY BURNETT (Scenic Designer) Resident Designer at North Coast Rep since 1992. Scenic designed over 250 productions at the theatre. Resident Designer at Coronado Playhouse 1981-84 and Fiesta Dinner Theater 1984-87. Co-owner Props and Drops 1987-91, Designing for Union Plaza, Hacienda and Sahara Hotels and Casinos, Las Vegas; Harrah’s, South Lake Tahoe and Claridge Hotel, Atlantic City; Drury Lane Theater, Chicago. At Laguna Playhouse designed Chapatti, Alexandros, and transfer designed Murder on the Links from North Coast Rep. Marty has a B.A. from Creighton University, Omaha, NE.
ELISA BENZONI (Costume Designer) is thrilled to be working again with the Laguna Playhouse. Her work was previously seen in A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, Murder on the Links and Chapatti Elisa has also worked on over a hundred productions across Southern California with theatres such as The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre and New Village Arts. Elisa is also the Resident Costume Designer at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Elisa holds a costume design M.F.A. from UCSD where she is currently an adjunct professor.
MATT NOVOTNY (Lighting Designer) is pleased to be bringing this show to Laguna Playhouse after previously designing it for North Coast Rep, where he has designed over 100 shows over the past 18 years. This is Matthew’s sixth show at Laguna, having previously designed Chapatti, Murder on the Links, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, The Angel Next Door, and Tartuffe. Matthew is currently the Lighting Designer in Residence for North Coast and San Diego Junior Theatre, and frequently designs for Palomar College, CSUSM, Pacific Ridge School, Ovation Theatre Company, along with several others. Matthew currently works for Thermo Fisher Scientific, as well as teaching Theatre Design at Cal State San Marcos. Matthew holds a B.A. in Technical Theatre from San Diego State and a master’s degree in Lighting Design from Boston University. Matthew is married to his beautiful wife Amanda, with five AMAZING children: Ragan, Harper, Heston, Maddex, and Harrison.
IAN SCOT (Sound Designer) is a composer and sound designer specializing in the development of new works and installations. His music and designs have been heard at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Actors Shakespeare Project, Dorset Theatre Festival, Ars Nova, Heartbeat Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, Space Wing. In addition to his artistic endeavors, Ian has made an extensive career as an A1 for productions with Audible Theatre, The New Group, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, Rattlestick Theatre, Tuacahn Amphitheater, Classic Stage Company, Theatre for the New City, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and others. Ian received his MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama.
AUDREY CASTERIS (Properties Designer) is a San Diego based set designer/fabricator. Recent set design credits include All Bark, No Bite at Coronado Playhouse, We Begin in a Tavern at the 2023 Orlando Fringe Festival, and The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui and The Interference at Theatre UCF. She is also the Resident Scenic Design Assistant at The Old Globe. @audreycasterisdesigns
PETER HERMAN (Hair/Wig Designer) is honored to be part of the creative team for Camelot. He has designed wigs for past productions of Holmes and Watson, Tartuffe, A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, and Murder on the Links. Peter has designed wigs for many theatres across southern California as well as some design works for theme parks, television and film. Peter currently teaches wig and makeup design at San Diego State.
PHIL GOLD (Production Stage Manager) ) is pleased to return to the Laguna Playhouse with Camelot after its run at North Coast Rep. Other shows at the Laguna Playhouse: The Realistic Joneses and Dirty Blonde. Tours: Sisterella (European) and Soul Doctor (San Diego run); Off Broadway: Miss America’s Ugly Daughter; and post-pandemic regional productions: Million Dollar Quartet (Musical Theatre West & 5 Star Theatricals), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (CCAE Theatricals), Richard III (The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles), Love Among the Ruins (El Portal Theatre), The Wizard of Oz, A Grand Night For Singing (Musical Theatre West), Dr. Arthur Goldman’s Birthday Party (Durango PlayFest), Dark of the Moon: A New Musical (Rubicon Theatre Company), All Things Equal (Bay Street Theater & freeFall Theatre), A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill (Geffen Playhouse), and Tevye in New York! (The Wallis).
MUSICAL THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (Rightsholder) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior® shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.
DAVID ELLENSTEIN (Artistic Director) Born into a theatrical family, David has been working in professional theatre for the better part of five decades - from San Diego to Portland, Maine and from Miami to Anchorage, Alaska - and most places in between. Now, he serves as the Artistic Director for both Laguna Playhouse and North Coast Rep. At Laguna Playhouse, credits include directing Holmes and Watson, A Shayna Maidel, The Angel Next Door, Chapatti, Alexandros and playing “Einstein” in Picasso at The Lapin Agile. Other directorial credits include The Chosen at Paper Mill Playhouse; Halpern and Johnson and Sonia Flew at Coconut Grove Playhouse; The Glass Menagerie, Rocket City and Honky Tonk Angels at Alabama Shakespeare Festival; His Royal Hipness at 59E59 in NYC; and Long Day’s Journey into Night at Renaissance Theatre. As Artistic Director at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach since 2003, over 60 directorial credits including Way Down River, The Tempest, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Outsider and The Homecoming. David’s career includes acting credits of playing the title roles in Hamlet at LA Theatre Center and LA Rep; Richard III at California Shakespeare Festival; Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at Moonlight Stage; Jonathan in Sight Unseen, Max in Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Matt in Talley’s Folly at North Coast Rep as well as over three dozen film and television episodes.
BILL KERLIN (Managing Director) Originally from Valparaiso, Indiana, Mr. Kerlin brings over 30 years of finance, marketing, and sales experience to the Laguna Playhouse, including 12 years as Managing Director for North Coast Repertory Theatre and 16 seasons as the Director of Administration at the legendary Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami. During the time that Bill served at Coconut Grove, it was the largest professional not-for-profit producing theatre in the State of Florida. Mr. Kerlin graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the University of Miami in 1984. While he completed his Master of Science from Florida International University, he concurrently taught classes at Miami-Dade College. He was also the Chief Financial Officer for Professionals’ Retirement Strategy, a national insurance and retirement planning service firm in Irvine, CA. He has also served as a Board Member for Camposition, a performing arts company whose mission was to push the boundary between contemporary performance and activism through live performance, interactive outreach programs, and professional development trainings.
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AT THE THEATRE
BOX OFFICE HOURS
The box office is open TuesSun from 12pm - 4pm (or until show time) and Monday 2 hours before show time for all your ticketing needs. Please be sure to check the website for any updates to our new hours, or any holiday hours or closures.
GROUPS HAVE MORE FUN
Groups of 10 or more enjoy discounts on tickets. Group tickets can be purchased by calling 949-497-2787x1 or by sending us an email at groups@LagunaPlayhouse.com. Or just add 10 or more tickets online and your order will automatically be updated!
WARNING
Flashing and/or strobing lights and non-toxic synthetic fog, smoke and haze may be used during this production.
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We at Laguna Playhouse acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral lands of the Tongva people. We recognize the enduring presence of the Tongva and are committed to showing respect to the past, present and future caretakers of this land.
WE SALUTE OUR LIFETIME SUPPORTERS
Heartfelt thanks from your Laguna Playhouse
DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS
Lisa Hale
Suzanne and James Mellor
The Moulton Company
Laguna Beach Tourism Marketing District
BENEFACTORS CIRCLE
Barbara Steele Williams Foundation
Harry & Grace Steele Foundation
Maggie R. Murdy Trust
The Miki F. Young Charitable Trust
Laguna Playhouse gratefully acknowledges our many donors, within the last year, May 1, 2023 – July 1, 2024 included here at Advocates and above.
CENTER STAGE CIRCLE
Orange County Community Foundation
California Small Business
COVID-19 Relief Grant
Judi Gorski
Lisa Hale
Haskell & White, LLP
Otis & Joann Healy
Hans & Valerie Imhof
Gary & Betsy Jenkins
Laguna Beach Business
Improvement District
Anonymous
Jared & Kate Mathis
O.L. Halsell Foundation
Louis & Laura Rohl
The Capital Group Companies
Charitable Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Jeffrey & Caron Winston
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE
Harley & Lori Bassman
Heather Anne Chalmers
John & Ann Clark
Bobbi Cox
Torin & Carol Cunningham
Milli Fredricks
Joe & Jane Hanauer
Jay Herron & Dana Klein
Gerald & Jackie Kehle
Greg & Barbara MacGillivray
James & Suzanne Mellor
Sheila Sale
The Daniel & Francine Scinto
Foundation
U.S. Bank
WHH Foundation
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
Trudi Bonnet
Jon Cobain^ & Judy Flynn
Cody & Deborah Engle
Patty Georges
James & Gretchen Gorman
George & Diane Keplinger^
Peter & Diane Lannon
Justin Myers
Richard & Maureen
Schweickert
Jordy Spiegel
Richard & Adrienne Thomas
Ueberroth Family Foundation
Ray & Sandra Wirta
Jennifer Yelland
Arn & Nancy Youngman
PATRON’S CIRCLE
Jill Adams
Chimo & Diane Arnold
Assistance League of Laguna Beach
Carolyn Brown
Jamie Carr
Joan Riach-Gayner
Timothy Kippen & Ileana
Frometa Grillo
Laguna Beach Festival of Arts Foundation
Brent & Diane Liljestrom
Rick & Kitty Malcolm
Ilona Martin
Masson Family Foundation
Karen Magnuson Mauro
Heidi Miller
Anthony & Melinda Moiso
Mike & Linda Mussallem
Newport Beach Arts Commission
Boyd & Carol Plowman
Penny Pralle
Barbara Roberts
Steve & Kim Rodosky
Schlinger Family Foundation
Charles & Mildred
Schnurmacher Foundation
Claudia Silverman
Harvey & Lisa Triebwasser
CIRCLE OF STARS
Dorothy Bendetti
Mary Ann Brown & Rick Reiff
Nancy Bushnell
Jack & Barbara Goffman
Kathryn Burton Gray & Glenn Gray
Jerry Harrington^ & Maralou
Harrington
Patricia Romero
Richard & Laurie Sandfer
Diane Silber
Ronald & June Stein
Toni Tartamella & John Castelli
Susan Wunderlich
ARTIST’S CIRCLE
Eric Alcouloumre & Annee
Della Donna
Theresa Allen
Anonymous
Peter Balsells
Rick Balzer & Lyn Burke Balzer^
Andrew Barnicle
Jim & Judy Bergman
Steven and Herma Brenneis
Ivan Calderon
Ron Cambron & Nancy
Cambron^
Valerie Cantwell
Caplin Foundation, ^Ruth & Mortimer Caplin
Steve Chapman
Ed Colson III
GM (Jim) & Nora Cunningham
Janet Curci
Robert & Julie Davey
Alison Davis
Gregg & Mary DeNicola
Azeem Dhalla
Maura Doyle
William Doyle
Michael & Sherie Dunbar
Carol Eastman
Paul & Donna Eckles
Fiel Foundation
Arthur & Shirley Forcier
Alison & Bill Gregg
Pramila Gupta
Hoag Hospital Foundation
Ara & Sandra Hovanesian
Larry Hunter
Rita Hunter
Lois Jacobs
Steve & Judi Johnson
Jorgensen Family Charitable
Gift Fund
Dennis & Joanne Keith
Bill Kerlin
Jenny Klein
Robert Krause
Jarrett & Tommye Kuske
Paul & June Lange
Kathy Leclair
Lori Livacich
John & Bonnie Livingston
Terry McDonald & Toni
McDonald^
Jim Mears^
Joan Moe
William Kasper & Leslie Anne
Mogul
Alexander & Pamela Munro
George Nakai
Carol Nilsen
John & Caren Nootbaar
Frank & Arlene O’Donnell
Kevin & Nella O’Grady
Madeleine Peterson
Therese Poitevin
Helene Reiner
Michelle Reinglass
Sharon & Jonathan Rose
John Scher
Susan Schrepper^
Alison Smith
Nancy Smith
Ryan & Alison Smith
Anonymous
Diane Stovall
Scott Swenson
Virginia Templeton
The Covington
Richard & Monica Thompson
Belle Tuckerman
John & Gail Ueberroth
Oakley Van Slyke
Jean Vivrette
Robert & Mary Ward
Virginia Wetterau
Bob & Kirsten Whalen
ADVOCATE’S CIRCLE
Alex Alessandrini
Jerry Allman
Nancy Anderson
Terry & Diana Beeman
Gary & Nancy Beverage
Mark & Gloria Bird
Suzanne Boras
Bayard Bosserman
Laurie Bowers
Vanessa Brand
Brien Amspoker & Ellen
Breitman
Ellen Bryant
Wayne Clark
Cathliene Cole
Trina Cole
Ed Crook Family
Joseph Davis
Paula Davis
Kathryn Desmond
Ellen Dupuy
David Ellenstein
Mohsen Fahmi
Fidelity Investments
Charles & Marianne Finch
Nancy Fries
Jennifer Furst
Jerrold Gonce
Jeff & Holly Hahn
Warren & Tina Haines
Clayton Hale
Pauliana Hall & Fariborz Milani
Terry Hanna
Jill Harmon
Jeffrey Hess & Sheila Williams
Telitha Holewski
Jonna Hoppes
Thomas Hylton
Jaime Jacobs-Rossfeld
Sara Jeffs
James & Stephanie Johnson
J. Stanley & Mary W. Johnson
Family Foundation
Ken & Janis Kaplan
Cliff & Darlene Kiener
Zee King
David Kristjanson
Kim & Mark Krouse
Kathy Lee
Eric & Eleanor Lemke
Clark & Lockie Leonard
Nina Lozano
Shelley Lundborg
Greg & Patricia Lundeen
David M Gray
Breffny Madden
Duane & Kathleen Mauzey
Alissa McCanta
Kristen & Tom McCormick
Karen Mcculley
Susan Mears
Susan D. Morrison
Dianna Nichols
Tricia Nichols
Rey O’Day
Harold Olson
Michael O’Neil
Eugene O’Rourke
Richard & Lauren Packard
Phyllis Parkhurst
Daniel & Diana Parr
Dori Patterson
Amy Peninger & Jim Pisa
Teri Penniston
Robert Pflomm
Marjorie Adams & Michael Philipps
Johni Pittenger
Playhouse Women
Keith Polakoff
Jan Pollara
Paul & Lucinda Prewitt
Jack & Barbara Price
Hilary Davis & Sandy Ratner
Win Rhodes
Phil Rodas
Charles & Kathy Rosenberger
James & Barbara Rotondo
Richard & Sandra Sanders
Irene Schapiro
Loren Seidl
Glenn Sels
Danny Skura
James Smith
David & Mary Sonksen
Mary Steele
Clay Stevens
Robert & Janne Stollar
Edie Tonkon
Jerald & Patricia Waldman
Lee Warden
Christopher Whitesell
Vernon Willet
Robert & Janet Zaugg
^ gift in memory of
LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE STAFF
David Ellenstein
Artistic Director
MANAGEMENT
General Manager .................................................................. Denys Baker
Assistant General Manager/Company Manager Rachel Garlington
PRODUCTION
Production Manager.......................................................... Jordan Muller
Technical Director Paul Rossi
Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer ............................... Ian Scot
Lighting Supervisor.............................................................. Jeremy Plant
Wardrobe Supervisor .......................................................... Stacey Nezda
Production Management Assistant ................................. Cameron Wall
EDUCATION
Director of Youth Theatre, Education Joe Alanes
Education and Outreach Coordinator ........................ Nakisa Aschtiani
Teaching Artists Jack Clark, Cynthia Hamidi, Sabrina Harper, Anthony Kairouz, Mary Sherg Kaye, Toni Redman, Keya Vance
FACILITIES OPERATIONS
Facilities Manager ................................................................ David Bryant
Facilities Maintenance Technician Brandon Sandoval
FRONT OF HOUSE
Artistic & Audience Services Manager ............................. Wally Ziegler
House Manager Clara Bush
Assistant House Manager ................................................... Jane Sabarre
Parking Supervisor Curtis Pebley
Bartender ............................................................................ Leanne Nolan
The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Please check house boards for any program changes.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
Bill Kerlin
Managing Director
FINANCE & TICKETING
Chief Financial Officer/Chief Technology Officer ......... Veltria Roman
Accounting, Payroll, and HR Manager Larry Stotz
Associate Director of Ticketing and Customer Service.............Chelsea Morgan
Assistant Ticketing Services Manager ................................. Morgan Leal
Ticketing Services Lead Nikki Johnson
Ticketing Services Representatives..................... Marlon Gomez-Smith, Peter Knick, Olivia Mancillas, Robert Phipps
Website Consultant ...................................................... Andrew Lombardi IT Services ............................................................... Method Technologies
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Advancement Michael G. Murphy
Development Manager ........................................................... Mary Grant Grants Writer Annamarie Maricle
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Interim Director of Marketing ................................................ Kate Brandt
Marketing Manager Mackenzee Osborne
Graphic Designer.................................................................... Teresa Meza
Press Consultant David Elzer, Demand PR Broadcast Consultant ........................ Nancy Pank, Nancy’s Media Buys Season Ticket Sales Theatre Direct
CONSULTANTS
Legal Services....................................................................... Stephen Berry
Medical Provider Caduceus Medical Group, Dr. Gregg deNicola
The Costume Designer is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829, IATSE
The musicians in this production are represented by the Orange County Musicians union, Local 7 of the American Federation of Musicians.
Laguna Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres.
PRODUCTION CREW
Fight Coordinator .............................................. Ben Cole
Spot Operators ..................... Josh Collins, Murph Elyria Child Supervisor............. Alexis Karol, Mary Sherg Kaye
Backstage Crew ..................................... Devon Rieckhof
Wig/Costume Maintenance............................. Kat Scott
SPECIAL THANKS
Abdul Hamid Royal Leila Knox
Edmund Velasco
YOUTH THEATRE & EDUCATION
ACTING INTENSIVES
Fall conservatory registration and audition information is coming soon!
Laguna Playhouse is proud to offer youth acting and theatre classes in conjunction with our fall and spring Youth Theatre productions.
Conservatory classes at the Laguna Playhouse nurture students ages 9 - 18 in learning professional skills that will guide them to success in theatre and life. In Conservatory, students learn important acting techniques and methods that are later utilized in full-scale youth productions. With five levels, this program is for passionate individuals who have a desire to learn professional skills, have fun, and explore their creative voices with other committed students.
We are thrilled to also be offering Junior Conservatory Classes for students ages 6 to 9 on Saturday mornings. Each Junior Conservatory session is based on a fun and exciting theme!
FALL YOUTH THEATRE PRODUCTION
We are excited to announce This Murder Was Staged by Patrick Greene and Jason Pizzarello as our fall Youth Theatre production! This exciting murder mystery will be performing November 22nd to 23rd.
Audition information for this show will be coming soon!
VISIT LAGUNAPLAYHOUSE.COM/EDUCATION-COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT for more information on Conservatory Classes, Young Adult Workshops and more!
THE JESSICA HERRON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Laguna Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dana Klein and Jay Herron who have established the Jessica Herron Memorial Scholarship Fund in loving memory of their daughter, a former student of the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre.
This designated gift to the theatre’s permanent Endowment will help provide scholarship assistance to talented young people seeking to expand their knowledge and skills though our youth conservatory. For more information call 949.497.2787 x202
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