SMALL Playbill

The Penguin Rep Theatre production of

S M A L L

Written & Performed by ROBERT MONTANO

Directed by JESSI D. HILL

Stage Managed by “CURLY” KAREN SCHLEIFER

FEBRUARY 15 - 25

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Artistic Director’s Welcome

Welcome to the beginning of Lyric’s 2024 Season! We are so fortunate to welcome the return of acclaimed performer Robert Montano after his sold-out, Off-Broadway run this past fall! Championed by a former Broadway dancer herself, Lyric’s Executive Producer Ashley Wells, this show is surprising, hysterical and heartfelt. Robert was last seen at Lyric playing the dynamic and driven director, Zach, in A CHORUS LINE. In fact, audiences worldwide know him from his many appearances on Broadway, Film and TV, but few know that he started his career as a horse jockey at the famed Belmont Park. In SMALL, Robert tells his heart-pounding story as only he can. His journey is only the first of many compelling stories we have to share with you this season. From the new musical, KING OF PANGAEA, to everyone’s favorite nanny, MARY POPPINS, to the Lyric premiere production of JERSEY BOYS, to a new musical production of the classic CINDERELLA in partnership with Deaf Austin Theatre – we have something for everyone! We hope you join us all year long as we create theatre right here at Lyric ... The Official State Theatre of Oklahoma!

See you in the lobby,

Michael Baron

Lyric Staff

Michael Baron Producing Artistic Director

Jim Reynolds..................................................... Managing Director

Ashley Wells....................................................... ................................................................................................ .....Executive Producer

Michael Bratcher-Magallanez................... Director of Marketing & Public Relations

Miki Galloway................................................. ......................................................................................................Marketing Manager

Charlie Ludden........... ........................................................................................ ...Director of Development/Capital Campaign

Mia Sherlock.................. Special Programs & Events Associate

Emily Trnka............................................................................................................................................................Development Intern

Jeffrey Meek................ ............................................................................................... .............................................Costume Designer

Dayna Brown............ Costume Shop Associate & Academy Designer

Matthew Sipress......... ............................................................................................... ...................Production/Company Manager

Lauren Hathcoat........ ................................................................................................ ...............Guest Services/Facilities Manager

Fabian J. Garcia.. Resident Lighting Designer/Master Electrician

Corey Ray......... .................................................................................................. ...........Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer

Josiah Brooks... .............................................................................................. ........................................................Technicial Director

Josie Walley...... Scene Shop Manager

James Tabor...... .............................................................................................. .........................................................................Carpenter

Pate Spencer.... Carpenter

Emorie Mansur....... ..Scenic Artist

Matthew Alvin Brown........... ............................................................................................... .........Production & Rental Associate

Derek Kenney................. Box Office Manager

Dillon Bertholf......... Box Office Associate

Rozz Grigsby........... ............................................................................................... ............................................Director of Education

Lauren Leppke...... Education Associate/Interactive Coordinator

Leia J. VanLue........ Finance Manager

Angela G. Dambold........ ..........................................................................................Payroll & Accounts Payable Administrator

MICHAEL BARON, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

JIM REYNOLDS, MANAGING DIRECTOR

ASHLEY WELLS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

PRESENT

The Penguin Rep Theatre Production of S

M A L L

SET DESIGNERS CHRISTOPHER & JUSTIN SWADER

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PROPERTIES DESIGNER BUFFY CARDOZA

PRODUCTION MANAGER MATTHEW SIPRESS

WARDROBE SUPERVISOR CHLOE MULLIN

Written & Performed by ROBERT MONTANO* +

LIGHTING DESIGNER JAMIE RODERICK

RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER FABIAN J. GARCIA

PROPERTIES COORDINATOR MATTHEW ALVIN BROWN

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

LIGHT/SOUND BOARD OPERATOR “CURLY” KAREN SCHLEIFER *

DIRECTED BY JESSI D. HILL

SOUND DESIGNER BRIAN RONAN

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RESIDENT SOUND DESIGNER COREY RAY

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR JOSIAH BROOKS

SCENIC ARTIST EMORIE MANSUR

SMALL had its world premiere at Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, NY (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director and Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director)

SMALL was produced Off-Broadway by Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, Artistic Director and Andrew M. Horn, Executive Director) in association with Ted Snowdon, Anthony Melfi & The Flying Carpet Theatre Company, at 59E59 Theaters, New York, NY

Developed by The Flying Carpet Theatre Company

^ Member of United Scenic Artists (USA)

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)

+Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)

Play wright & Performer

ROBERT MONTANO* (Playwright & Performer) was raised in Hempstead, LI, close enough to Belmont Park Racetrack where he had his first career as a professional racehorse jockey. For reasons, things took a turn on him as he traded in his jockey boots for ballet shoes. Showbiz was at his door. Robert has worked with great directors and choreographers such as Hal Prince, Rob Marshall, and Jerome Robbins. He had the pleasure of working with the legendary Chita Rivera in Kiss of the Spiderwoman, as well as her act, Chita Plus Two. He sang and danced with Peter Allen in Legs Diamond and starred as Ozzie in On the Town, directed by the innovative George C. Wolfe. But he couldn’t contain his creative scope to only musical theater, so he ventured into plays, film, and television. He created roles for the Academy Award-nominated writer Jose Rivera in Cloud Tectonics and References to Salvador Dali Makes Me Hot, Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation, Bess Wohl’s Barcelona, Tira Palmquist’s Two Degrees, Ken Lin’s Fallow, Richard Vetere’s One Shot One Kill, and Edwin Sanchez’s Diosa. At Actors Theatre of Louisville, Robert was given the honor to portray Cal in the epic East of Eden, directed by Jon Jory, later to be invited back to exercise his Shakespeare in The Comedy of Errors. He has also played Ralph opposite John C. Reilly in Marty. In television, he’s guest starred on: City on A Hill, Evil, Bull, Prodigal Son, Blue Bloods, NCIS: New Orleans, Elementary, Search Party, Sex and the City, CSI: Miami, Law & Order, and HBO’s film Undefeated, directed by John Leguizamo. Film: he appeared in Shame with Michael Fassbender; played opposite Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix in The Yards; partnered with Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago, among other notable work in Center Stage.

Robert dedicates all his performances to Gloria and Salvatore Montano.

*Member Actors’ Equity Association

In Memory of the Legend, Chita Rivera

“It is very difficult to sum up the life of one as, Ms. Chita Rivera, or as I know her as... Cheet. She was my mentor, teacher, and above all else, friend. She was a true gypsy of the theatre and wouldn’t have it any other way; never considering herself a star… but to me and so many she is… a Star. She exuded all the elements of a “real star”… she carried herself with grace, warmth, intelligence, love, humor, curiosity; she was humble to the core, approachable, and generous. There is no greater example of a star, and who Chita Rivera was and what she is to The Great White Way… the “Queen of Broadway.” She is sorely missed already… especially by this very grateful friend. Thank you, Cheet… Love you. Always...”

– Robert Montano

SMALL Artistic Staff

JESSI D. HILL+ (Director) New York Theatre includes: New York Theatre Workshop, Public Theater/Joe’s Pub, Playwrights Horizons, Primary Stages, LAByrinth Theater Company, The Women’s Project, 59E59 Theaters, P73, The New Group, Keen Company, Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Musical Theatre Factory, The Acting Company, The Barrow Group, New Dramatists, Playwrights Realm, New Georges. Regional Theatre includes: A.R.T, People’s Light, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Diversionary, TheatreSquared, Florida Studio Theatre. Her work has been seen internationally in Edinburgh, London, New Zealand, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels, Ukraine and Rome. She is Artistic Director for The Flying Carpet Theatre Co. and teaches directing at Fordham University. M.F.A. in Directing from Yale School of Drama.

“CURLY” KAREN SCHLEIFER* (Production Stage Manager/Light Board Operator/Sound Board Operator) Selected theatre credits include (*denotes world premiere): OFF BROADWAY: Small (@59E59, Penguin Rep & Chita Rivera in assn. w/ Ted Snowdon & Flying Carpet Theatre Co.), The Panic of ’29* (LessThanRent / 59E59). REGIONAL: Small (People’s Light Theatre), The Shot* (NJ Rep), Secret Hour* (Capital Rep Theatre), Small* (Penguin Rep Theatre), To The Moon* (Creede Rep Theatre), King Lear, Pericles, As You Like It* (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival), Scrooge In Love (42nd Street Moon), Hello Again (The Drama League’s Directorfest), Driving Miss Daisy (The Laguna Playhouse), Jews, Christians & Screwing Stalin* (The Matrix Theatre). Awards Shows: (Annual) Drama League Awards & (Annual) Drama League Gala (The Drama League). An accomplished singer-songwriter (@shotguncurly), Karen played “Kate/Molly” for 2 years in the original Broadway production of Annie! B.A. (SUNY Purchase). Proud member AEA/SAG-AFTRA. She dedicates her theatrical career to her mentor, Jennifer Straniere.

CHRISTOPHER & JUSTIN SWADER^ (Original Set Designers) REGIONAL THEATRE: Private Jones, Goodspeed & Signature Theatre; Our Town, Dallas Theater Center; Dial M for Murder, Dallas Theater Center & Geva Theatre Center; A Raisin in the Sun, Two River Theatre; The Tempest, Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Radio Golf, Everyman Theatre; Small, People’s Light; Two Sisters & A Piano, Miami New Drama. OFF BROADWAY: Dig, Primary Stages; Arden of Faversham, Red Bull Theater; The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Fiasco Theater & Red Bull; Seven Deadly Sins, Tectonic Theater Project; Malvolio, Seize the King, The Bacchae, Antigone, The Three Musketeers, Macbeth, The Tempest, Dutchman, Classical Theatre of Harlem; Ajijaak on Turtle Island, The New Victory Theatre; Midnight at the Never Get, York Theatre. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Designs for A$AP Rocky, National Geographic, Big Apple Circus, Sotheby’s, 2020 Summer Olympics.

BUFFY CARDOZA (Original Prop Designer) Buffy is a freelance Props Designer. Theatre Includes: OFFBROADWAY: Small, After, Small World, Sabbath Girl (59E59); The Good John Proctor, Fall River Fishing, Arcadia (Bedlam); Daniel’s Husband (Westside Theatre). Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival - Love’s Labors Lost, Henry V, Penelope, Much Ado About Nothing. Recent work for Penguin Rep Theatre - Gene and Gilda, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Mr Parker, You and I, Let There Be Love and many more. With Phoenix Theatre Ensemble - Crime and Punishment, Drinks With Dead Poets, Wind In The Willows. Buffy is the Festival Production Manager and Props Designer for the 2022, 2023, 2024 Phoenix Live Arts Festival in Nyack, NY.

JAMIE RODERICK^ (Original Lighting Designer) OFFBROADWAY: Make Me Gorgeous, Small, ¡Americano!, Disney’s Winnie The Pooh, Emjiland, Stranger Sings, Midnight at the Never Get (Drama Desk Nomination), Arms and The Man, Candida, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Caesar & Cleopatra, Safeword., Accidentally Brave, We Are The Tigers, Red Roses, Green Gold, The Woodsman, Afterglow, A Dog Story. LONDON: It Happened in Key West. REGIONAL: Super You, Denis DeYoung’s Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Bikinis!, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Midsummer, Macbeth, Hamlet. JamieRoderick.com

BRIAN RONAN^ (Original Sound Designer) Brian has designed the sound for over 45 Broadway shows ,including: Some Like It Hot, Funny Girl, Mean Girls, Springsteen on Broadway, The Last Ship, Beautiful, The Book of Mormon, Anything Goes, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening, and Cabaret. His International, Regional and Off-Broadway credits are extensive. Brian is the recipient of the Obie, Lucille Lortel, two Drama Desks, London’s Olivier and two Tony awards.

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Lyric Leadership

MICHAEL BARON (Producing Artistic Director) – At Lyric, he directed The Prom, Big River, Carousel, Head Over Heels, Master Class, Grease, Lyric Kids’ Clubhouse, Frost/ Nixon, Titanic, Singin’ in the Rain, Bright Star, When We’re Gone (world premiere), Disney’s Freaky Friday, Fun Home, Disney’s When You Wish, James & the Giant Peach, I Am My Own Wife, Assassins, Fiddler on the Roof, Dreamgirls, Mann...And Wife (world premiere), Bernice Bobs Her Hair (world premiere), Big Fish with David Elder and Tony-nominee Emily Skinner, Oklahoma!, An Inspector Calls, A Little Night Music with Tony-nominee Dee Hoty, Les Misérables, Triangle, Big River, Tarzan, The Glass Menagerie, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Call Me Madam with Tony-winner Beth Leavel, Spring Awakening, Ragtime, Oliver!, Boeing Boeing, Always...Patsy Cline, December Divas, The Rocky Horror Show and the annual production of Lyric’s A Christmas Carol (also adapted).

Baron has directed over 100 productions at theaters across the country, including co-directing with Sandra Mae Frank an ASL/Spoken English production of The Music Man at The Olney Theatre in Washington, D.C., co-directing with Brian Cheslik an ASL/Spoken English production of Cinderella at ZACH Theatre/Deaf Austin Theatre, and the current production of A Christmas Carol at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Other regional directing highlights include ZACH Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher, Spring Awakening; Signature Theatre: The Little Dog Laughed, Songs for a New World starring Tony-winner Alice Ripley, Tony-nominee Brian D’Arcy James, Emmy-nominee Titus Burgess, and music direction by Jason Robert Brown; Adventure Theatre: James & the Giant Peach, the world premiere musical Big Nate; Goodspeed Musicals: Meet John Doe, Trinity Repertory Company: The School for Scandal. La Mama: The Whore of Sheridan Square (wrote and directed, published in anthology Plays and Playwrights 2006). NEA and Poetry Foundation 2010-2023: Poetry Out Loud National Competition Finals with hosts Joy Sunday, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington and Anna Deavere Smith. Teaching: American University, Brown University, Holy Cross College, Oklahoma City University, and Rhode Island College. Michael has been a theatre grant panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.

Training: B.A. in Theatre Arts, Wake Forest University; M.F.A. in Directing, Trinity Repertory Conservatory. Michael served as the Associate Director of Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia-winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award. Michael received the 2012 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction of a Resident Musical in Washington, D.C. for Adventure Theatre’s production of A Year with Frog and Toad, the 2016 Oklahoma Governor’s Arts Award, a 2016 special award from Oklahoma City Mayor’s Committee on Disabilities Concerns, the 2021 Yad B’Yad, Hand in Hand Award from the Jewish Federation of OKC and the 2022 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical for Olney Theatre’s production of The Music Man. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City and an emeritus board member for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.

JIM REYNOLDS (Managing Director) is now in his seventh year at Lyric Theatre. As a life-long professional in theatre management, he has an extensive background in marketing, public relations, sales, project management, strategic planning, fundraising, and patron loyalty strategies. Prior to Oklahoma City, he was the Director of Marketing and Public Relations at ZACH Theatre – the leading regional theatre in Austin, TX. During his 25-year tenure he played an integral role in growing ZACH’s annual budget from $550,000 to $8,000,000 and opening two state-of-the-art theatre facilities. Prior to that, he was the Sales Director at Dallas Theater Center, helmed by Adrian Hall and Peter Donnelly – both acclaimed leaders in the first and second generation of the American regional theater movement. Fresh from the University of South Carolina, he served as Patron Manager and Production Business Manager at the Alliance Theatre/Atlanta Children’s Theatre, the Southeast’s leading regional theatre and Tony Award-Winner. Jim has served as a civic volunteer with several non-profit organizations and served as the Board President of the Plaza District Business Association in 2021.

ASHLEY WELLS (Executive Producer) celebrates 22 years with Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and recently was honored as recipient of the Arts in Education Governor’s Arts Award. She is on the board of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and Chairs the Membership Commitee.

AT LYRIC: The Play That Goes Wrong, Kinky Boots (Director), Matilda (Director), Nunsense, Disney’s Newsies (Director), Hello, Dolly! (Director), Junie B. Jones (Director), Rock of Ages (Director), The Wizard of Oz (Director), The Fantasticks (Director/Choreographer), Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Choreographer), Billy Elliot (Director), Pageant (Director), Monty Python’s Spamalot (Director), Les Misérables (Choreographer), Triangle: A New Musical (Associate Director), The Odd Couple (Director), Big River (Choreographer), Tarzan (Choreographer), Some Enchanted Evening (Director), Sweet Charity (Director) with Tony Award-winner Billy Porter, Spring Awakening (Choreographer), Lyric’s A Christmas Carol (Choreographer), Oliver! (Choreographer), The Rocky Horror Show (Choreographer), Urinetown: The Musical (Co-choreographer), Jesus Christ Superstar (Choreographer), Oklahoma! (CoChoreographer), Hello, Dolly! (Co-choreographer), Cabaret (Choreographer/Ensemble), Chicago (Choreographer/Merry Murderess). REGIONAL

THEATRE: The Play That Goes Wrong, Oklahoma City University (Director); Phantom of the Opera, North Shore Music Theatre (Ensemble); Evita (Ensemble), Brigadoon (Jean), The Music Man, Music Theatre of Wichita (Zaneeta Shin); La Cage Aux Folles, Casa Mañana (Anne). BROADWAY AND NATIONAL TOUR: Hello, Dolly!

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And, to the following organizations who match the gifts of their employees: AT&T, Bank of America, Boeing, The Coca-Cola Company, Dell, E.L. & Thelma Gaylord Foundation, Inasmuch Foundation, and Kimray.

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To join Lyric’s family of supporters, please contact Mia Sherlock, at (405) 524-9310 ext. 220 or email Mia@LyricTheatreOKC.org for more information.

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Judy Reyes-Henderson

Richard Riggs

Gary Rosenhamer

Pam Shanklin

Carl Shortt

Pooja Singhal

Lesley St.John

Blaine Stansel

Mary Streich

Britta Thrift

Jon Trudgeon

Patricia Williams

Meredith Wolfe

Tonya York

Emily Yowell

LAPS Co-Chairs

Kristin Goodale

Cassie Alexander

Emeritus Board Members

J. Angela Ables

Patricia Austin

Gail K. Beals

Randy Compton

Dr. David Flesher, M.D.

Linda Garrett

Dee Hessel

L. Win Holbrook

Richard R. Horton

Barbara Jett

Ginny Lawrence

Robin Lister

Keith Long

Paula Stover

Mike Turpen, Esq.

Don T. Zachritz

Daniel May Amanda Le Nguyen Jenelle Chu Zion Jang Ashley J.

2024 Touring Attractions Season

Jerry Herman

The Broadway Legacy Concert

Tuesday, Jan. 23 7:30 PM

Tickets on-sale Nov. 27

Joshua

Thursday, Feb. 22 7.30 PM

Tickets

Dec. 18

Tuesday, Mar. 5 7.30 PM

Tickets

Jan. 8

The Silhouettes: Love Happens

Thursday, Apr. 18 7.30 PM

Tickets

Feb. 19

The Immortal Jellyfish Girl A

Thursday, Feb. 8 7:30 PM

Friday, Feb. 9 8:00 PM

Saturday, Feb. 10 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM

Tickets on-sale Dec. 11

Raul Midón Singer, Guitarist, Eclectic Adventurist

Thursday, Mar. 28 7:30 PM

Friday, Mar. 29 8:00 PM

Tickets on-sale Jan. 29