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Directors’ Welcome Dear Friends, It is with great joy and hope that we welcome you back to Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma! This time has been difficult for all of us, and what has kept everyone at Lyric going each day has been the planning and creation of this special production. We knew it was our mission to bring back live theatre to Oklahoma, and it has required extra creativity, planning, guidance, and a focus on a new future for theatre where our city becomes the backdrop. We approached tonight’s production with safety in mind first. This did put new limits on what we normally could do, but it also opened up even more possibilities as to the where, how, and why we do theatre. Part of our mission is to partner with other civic organizations, and the Lyric Theatre/Harn Homestead collaboration has been nothing short of inspiring. I think we didn’t realize how much working together has brought renewed life to both A Christmas Carol and the Harn Homestead during this difficult time. We wanted the audience to take the journey of Scrooge safely which meant performing outside in the fresh air with socially-distanced performers, crew, and audience in a way where the story is more important and necessary, at least for a moment, than the pandemic. I want to thank everyone for making this moment possible, including our loyal and generous sponsors, Lyric patrons, civic leaders, nonprofits, volunteers, and especially the staff, artists, crew, and board of Lyric Theatre. The commitment from the entire city and state that Lyric would not only survive this time, but thrive in new ways, has been nothing short of a holiday miracle. We ask that you remember the message of A Christmas Carol. Scrooge learns that his “business” here on earth is not to make money but to take care of his fellow man through charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence. We will get through this time, but on the way there, we can still share music, laughter, hope, and love. Thank you for your support of live Oklahoma-produced theatre, and in the words of Tiny Tim, “God Bless Us, Everyone!
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COSTUME DESIGNER JEFFREY MEEK
LIGHTING DESIGNER FABIAN J. GARCIA
ORIGINAL MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN JOSH SCHMIDT
SOUND DESIGNER COREY RAY
PROPERTIES DESIGNER COURTNEY STRONG
DIALECT COACH KRIS KUSS
PUPPET DESIGNER PENNY BENSON
MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN T. HAMILTON
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The Cast HOLLY CAST W. JEROME STEVENSON (Ebenezer Scrooge) - AT LYRIC: Newsies, Dreamgirls, Ragtime, The Rocky Horror Show. REGIONAL THEATRE: Passing Strange, Fences, RENT, Company, Pollard Theatre Company; Laramie Project, The Mountaintop, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre; The Tempest, Othello, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Reduxion Theatre Company FILM: Making Arrangements, The Grey Man ANDI DEMA (Narrator, Fred) – AT LYRIC: Frost/Nixon, Disney’s Newsies, Singin’ in the Rain, Billy Elliot, Oklahoma! REGIONAL THEATRE: Peter and the Starcatcher, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre; Cymbeline, Noises Off, The Winter’s Tale, A Comedy of Errors, Complete Works of Wlm Shkspr (Abridged), My Fair Lady, Camelot, 1776, Texas Shakespeare Festival; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, You Never Can Tell, Misalliance, Julius Caesar, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park; FILM: Reagan; ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.F.A. in Acting, Oklahoma City University LEXI WINDSOR (Narrator, Mrs. Fezziwig, Mrs. Fred’s Aunt, Mrs. Dilbert) - AT LYRIC: Singin’ In The Rain, The Cat In The Hat, Bright Star, Rock Of Ages, James & The Giant Peach, The Drowsy Chaperone, Big Fish, A Little Night Music, The Odd Couple, Xanadu, Ragtime, Boeing Boeing, The Rocky Horror Show, A Chorus Line, Grease, The Will Rogers Follies, Gypsy, The Who’s Tommy, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oklahoma! INTERNATIONAL: American Bombshells, USO. NEW YORK: The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Subways Are For Sleeping, Fade
Out Fade In, Nab-A-Date, Anastasia Trials, View From Here, Off Off Broadway. REGIONAL: Company, Pollard; The 39 Steps, Frog & Toad, Godspell, CityRep; A Christmas Carol, Casa Mañana; 42nd Street, Footloose, Bucks County Playhouse; The Rocky Horror Show, AntiGravity Orlando. SUSAN RILEY (Mrs. Cratchit, Fezziwig Guest) - AT LYRIC: Bye Bye, Birdie, The Producers, The Rocky Horror Show. REGIONAL: Hope and Gravity, Circle Theatre; How I Became a Pirate, Casa Mañana; Sweeney Todd, Uptown Players/Turtle Creek Chorale; Commencing, Uptown Players. LOCAL: Lyric’s Musicals Interactive – Wild West Interactive, Oklahoma! Interactive, 1776 Interactive, Will Rogers Interactive; Beehive, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Last Five Years, Beauty and the Beast, Lucky Stiff, Legally Blonde, The Pollard Theatre; The Music Man, Nunsense, Poteet Theatre; Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park. FILM: The Adventures of Jurassic Pet, Backbone of the Army, Evangelion 3.0. TELEVISION: The Steve Harvey Show, The Price is Right, Date A Live. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: 405 Magazine’s favorite local actor 2016-18, Oklahoma Streetcar Voice. ANASTASIA PELLAR (Belle) is making her Lyric Theatre debut. REGIONAL THEATRE: Those Who Lie Beyond, Factory Obscura; It’s About You, Oklahoma Contemporary. OTHER THEATRE: Four, Straightening Up: A Gay Farce, Anton in Show Business (u/s), No Time!, Oklahoma City University. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Youth and Teen Ensemble, The Second City. Theatre and Performance, B.A. from Oklahoma City University. KRISTIN KÜNS (Ghost of Christmas Past, Fred’s Wife) – AT LYRIC: Junie B. Jones. RE-
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GIONAL THEATRE: Private Lives, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park; Hairspray, Pollard Theatre Company. OTHER THEATRE: It’s A Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play!, Killer Joe, Talking Pictures, The House of Atreus, The Skriker, The Trojan Women, Oklahoma City University; Bad Shakespeare, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.F.A. in Acting from Oklahoma City University. MAT GOVICH (Solicitor, Ghost of Christmas Present) - AT LYRIC: Lyric’s A Christmas Carol, Disney’s Freaky Friday, Fun Home, Assassins, Disney’s When You Wish, The Fantasticks, Oklahoma!, A Little Night Music, Les Misérables, Call Me Madam, Ragtime, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. BROADWAY: Cabaret, Roundabout Theatre Company. LOCAL: Kiss Me, Kate, Edmond Summerstock; Man of La Mancha, Hello, Dolly!, Sooner Theatre; Oklahoma City Community College Arts Festival, OKC Philharmonic. CHARLIE MONNOT (Mr. Cratchit) - AT LYRIC: Titanic, Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, Call Me Madam, Ragtime. LOCAL: Disaster!, Ghost, The Full Monty, Shrek, Lucky Stiff, Pollard Theatre; Hair, Sweeney Todd, Reduxion Theatre; Ragtime, Poteet Theatre; Parade, Upstage Theatre; Little Shop of Horrors, Into the Woods, Sweet Charity, Shawnee Little Theatre. CHRIS SHEPARD (Young Scrooge, Topper) is making his Lyric Theatre debut. REGIONAL THEATRE: In The Heights, Color Purple, Hairspray, Shrek The Musical, Bring It On, American Idiot, Fences, The Pollard Theatre. FILM: Full Out 2. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Bad In Bed Live, Community Engagement Director of Race Dance Collective. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Performance from The University of Central Oklahoma. STEPHEN HILTON (Marley, Fezziwig, Old
Joe) - AT LYRIC: Titanic, Bright Star, Ragtime, Hairspray. LOCAL: Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Little Mermaid, Love Letters, The Pollard Theatre; Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Oklahoma Shakespeare. OKC PHILHARMONIC & SEASONAL: Santa KINLEY SHARP (Martha) is making her Lyric Theatre debut. The Realm, Marvel Spotlight, Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Oklahoma Children’s Theatre. SAMANTHA ROTHER (Fan, Fezziwig Daughter, Belinda, Girl) is making her Lyric Theatre debut! LOCAL: Honk!! Jr, Mary Poppins, Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy; Miracle on 34th St, The Miracle Worker, South Pacific, Annie, Southwest Playhouse SAXON NEAL (Peter, Young Scrooge)- AT LYRIC: The Wizard of Oz. REGIONAL THEATER: Seussical, Upstage Theater; Peter & The Wolf, OKC Philharmonic; 13 The Musical, Kismet Theater. FILM: Wild Indian, Joey & Ella. TELEVISION: Reservation Dogs. THELMA GAYLORD ACADEMY: Once Upon Mattress, Marvel One Act Plays, James & the Giant Peach, Junie B. Jones, Urinetown, Music Man, The Addams Family, Madagascar Jr., Seussical Jr., I Wish, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie Jr., Shrek Jr. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Rodeo Opry, Pianist/Performer CARTER HANEY (Audience Host) is making his Lyric Theatre debut. REGIONAL THEATRE: The Grapes of Wrath, OCU/ Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre. OTHER THEATRE: Newsies, Fiddler on the Roof, KidsAlive!; Ragtime, Poteet Theatre; The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley Online Edition, World Premiere - iTheatrics; Patience, H.M.S. Pinafore, Cimarron Opera; Matilda Jr, Oliver Jr, The Drowsy Chaperone Jr, iTheatrics. Choreography Videos; Once on this Island, JTF Europe. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Pianist, Guitarist.
CRAYTON HANEY (Audience Host) is making his Lyric Theatre debut. REGIONAL THEATRE: The Grapes of Wrath, OCU/ Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre. OTHER THEATRE: Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, Fiddler on the Roof, KidsAlive!; H.M.S. Pinafore, Cimarron Opera; Newsies, Deer Creek High School; Uni the Unicorn Online Edition, World Premiere — iTheatrics; Matilda Jr, Oliver! Jr, The Drowsy Chaperone Jr Choreography Videos, iTheatrics; Once On This Island, JTF Europe. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Pianist, Guitarist MAURICE QUINTEL SIMMONS (Audience Host) – AT LYRIC: Les Misérables. LOCAL: Hair, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre/ University of Central Oklahoma; My Fair Lady, Summerstock/UCO; Hairspray, The Producers, Ghost the Musical, Pollard Theatre; A Raisin In the Sun, Jewel Box Theatre; Beauty and the Beast, RENT, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Upstage Theatre HANNAH DEDMON (Audience Host) is making her Lyric Theatre debut. LOCAL: The Wedding Singer, Into the Woods, Sooner Theatre; Rent, Legally Blonde, Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy; Carrie: The Musical, Shrek the Musical, Children of Eden, Upstage Theatre. IVY CAST JONATHAN BECK REED (Ebenezer Scrooge) - AT LYRIC: The Music Man, Fiddler on the Roof, Frost/Nixon, Guys and Dolls, An Inspector Calls, Bright Star, The Odd Couple. REGIONAL: The Greater Tuna Series, Casa Manana; The Normal Heart, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre; Oliver!, Lyric Stage; The Fantasticks, Stage One; 110 in the Shade, Omaha Playhouse; Big River, Gateway Playhouse; Me and My Girl, Pittsburgh Playhouse; Damn Yankees, Birmingham Theater. BROADWAY: Forum (1st National), 42nd Street (3rd National/ Israeli Tour). OFF BROADWAY: Roadside
(Original Cast), Little Me (‘93 Revival). FILM: Crazy Enough, Charge of the Model T’s, Finding Carlos. TV: Law and Order, Good Morning America, Oklahoma Passage, Back in Time, Some Powerful Dream. MATTHEW ALVIN BROWN (Narrator, Fred, Fezziwig Guest) - AT LYRIC: The Rocky Horror Show, Frost/Nixon, When We’re Gone, Hello, Dolly!, I Am My Own Wife, Assassins, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fiddler on the Roof, An Inspector Calls, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The Odd Couple, Ragtime, Boeing Boeing, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Little Shop of Horrors, The Producers. NEW YORK: Rainbow Around the Sun, New York Musical Theatre Festival. REGIONAL THEATRE: Rocky Horror Picture Show, AntiGravity Orlando. LOCAL: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot, Company, Passing Strange, Pollard Theatre; The Normal Heart, The 39 Steps, Next To Normal, Peter and the Star Catcher, CityRep; Jesus Christ Superstar and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, OKC Theatre Company; and Peter Pan. Mr. Brown serves as instructor/director for Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy Rokademy Experiment. BRENDA WILLIAMS (Narrator, Mrs. Fezziwig, Mrs. Fred’s Aunt, Mrs. Dilbert) - AT LYRIC: Fiddler on the Roof, Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, Always, Patsy Cline, Hairspray. LOCAL: A Trip to Bountiful, The Full Monty, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, An Act of God, The Pollard Theatre; Disaster!, And Then They Came for Me, The Diary of Anne Frank, Oklahoma Children’s Theatre; The Grapes of Wrath, Romeo and Juliet, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park; Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre; Sordid Lives, Enchanted April, Carpenter Square Theatre; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Reduxion Theatre. She teaches at University of Central Oklahoma in the Mass Communication Department.
JENNIFER LYNN TEEL (Mrs. Cratchit, Fezziwig Guest) - AT LYRIC: Disney’s Freaky Friday, James and the Giant Peach, Big Fish, Les Misérables, Triangle: A New Musical, The Odd Couple, Sweet Charity, Spring Awakening. LOCAL: Lyric’s Musicals Interactive – Call Me Madam Interactive, Oklahoma! Interactive, Shakespeare Sings; Next to Normal, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre; American Idiot, Company, In the Heights, Passing Strange, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Beehive, The ‘60s Musical, The Pollard Theatre; Cabaret, Reduxion Theatre; 8, Oklahoma Theatre Guild; Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver!, Into the Woods, Little Shop of Horrors, John & Jen, Poteet Theatre; Into the Woods, Upstage Theatre; Lend Me a Tenor, Jewel Box Theatre; Side by Side by Sondheim, Sooner Theatre. KAYLILA PASHA (Belle) – AT LYRIC: Frost/ Nixon. INTERNATIONAL THEATRE: Clowns, Lovers, and Women in Pants (World Premiere), Edinburgh Fringe Festival. REGIONAL THEATRE: A Doll’s House, Part 2, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime (U.S. Regional Premiere), The Music Man in Concert, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Music Man, Summer Stock Austin; Guys and Dolls, Repertory Company Theatre. EDUCATIONAL THEATRE: The Laramie Project, Woe Is Me, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Oklahoma City University. TRAINING: B.F.A. in Acting, Minor in Directing from Oklahoma City University EMILY J. PACE (Ghost of Christmas Past, Fred’s Wife) - AT LYRIC: The Rocky Horror Show, Frost/Nixon, Titanic, Junie B. Jones The Musical, Rock of Ages. Regional Theatre: Matilda, Grease, Jack Frost, Twas the Night Before Christmas, Casa Mañana; The Producers, Heathers: The Musical, American Idiot, The Pollard Theatre Company; Little Shop of Horrors, Avenue Q, Tommy, Rent, Tulsa Project Theatre; Chicago, Jewel Box Theatre; Guy and Dolls, Summerstock
Productions; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre; Jesus Christ Superstar, Oklahoma City Theatre Company. Other Theatre: Floyd Collins, The Grass Harp, Side Show, A Chorus Line, Sunset Boulevard, Godspell, the University of Central Oklahoma. JESSICA TATE (Solicitor, Ghost of Christmas Present) - AT LYRIC: Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof, Bright Star, Titanic. FILM: The Turkey Bowl, Gosnell. TELEVISION: The Last Defense. OTHER THEATRE: Bye Bye, Birdie, Circle Players. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.M.E. Vocal/Choral from Harding University JASON BIAS (Mr. Cratchit) - AT LYRIC: Sweeney Todd, Titanic. REGIONAL THEATRE: The Golden Apple, Annie Get Your Gun. OTHER THEATRE: Company, Legally Blonde, Anything Goes, Little Shop of Horrors, The Light in the Piazza, Guys & Dolls. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.M. from Oklahoma City University. JACKSON WEST (Young Scrooge, Topper) is making his Lyric Theatre debut. COLLEGIATE CREDITS: Small Mouth Sounds, Poor Murderer, On to Victory, Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, Oklahoma City University. Jackson is currently pursuing a BFA in Acting with a minor in Directing at Oklahoma City University. RODNEY BRAZIL (Marley, Fezziwig, Old Joe) - AT LYRIC: Frost/Nixon, Disney’s Newsies, The Odd Couple, The Rocky Horror Show. REGIONAL THEATRE: Little Me, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre. FILM: Emerald, Texas. OTHER THEATRE: The Divine Sister, Arsenic & Old Lace, Psycho Beach Party, The Boom; Texas: A Music Drama, Palo Duro Canyon; Schoolhouse Rock, Live!, Oklahoma Children’s Theatre; Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, OKCTC. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Naked Brunch; Worthy Causes, Playwright.
SARAH TEEL (Martha, Fezziwig Daughter) is making her Lyric Theatre debut! OTHER: The Music Man, Urinetown, Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy. EMMA I.X. WELLS (Fan, Belinda) - AT LYRIC: The Wizard of Oz and The King and I. FILM: Breaking Them Up, The Sneak Over, The Mustard Seed, The Adventures of Rufus the Fantastic Pet, Oklahoma City University Showcase Film. TELEVISION: Hasbro Mall Madness Commercial, Feed the Children PSA, Devon Energy Commercial, Thomas and Friends You Tube Channel. THELMA GAYLORD ACADEMY: Honk Jr., Willy Wonka Jr., Wizard of Oz, Seussical Jr., School House Rock Live Jr., I Wish, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie Jr., Shrek Jr., Cats. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Percussionist, Tap Dancer, Archer. BRODY OFFEL (Young Scrooge, Peter Cratchit, Turkey Boy) – AT LYRIC: Lyric’s A Christmas Carol (2019). OTHER THEATRE: Frozen Jr., Shrek, The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Heritage Hall School; Hairspray, Jr, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr., The Enchanted Bookshop, Edmond Fine Arts Institute; James and the Giant Peach, Jr., Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy. REECE MCABEE (Audience Host) is making his Lyric Theatre debut. FILM: I Can Only Imagine. THEATRE: Marvel: Hammered: A Thor & Loki Play & Squirrel Girl Goes to College, Once Upon A Mattress (Covid),
Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy; Shrek the Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Annie, 9 to 5, The Lion King, The Prince and the Pauper, Southwest Playhouse. Orphan Train, The Entire American Revolution in 40 Minutes or Less, Great Plains Theatre. Junior Theater Festival West 2020 New Works Showcase: Elephant and Piggie’s We are in a Play!, KidsAlive!. JAYLYNN NASH (Audience Host) is making her Lyric Theatre debut. Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy: Mary Poppins, The Music Man, The Wizard of Oz, Not So Grimm Tales. DUSTIN BOATRIGHT (Audience Host) is making his Lyric Theatre debut. LYRIC’S THELMA GAYLORD ACADEMY: The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof. OTHER THEATRE: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Spotlight Acting Academy; Oklahoma!, She Loves Me, The Pirates of Penzance, Oklahoma State University Theatre. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.M. Education from Oklahoma State University. MAKENZIE BOATRIGHT (Audience Host) is making her Lyric Theatre debut. CREDITS: Merrily We Roll Along, Grease, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Most Happy Fella, The University of Central Oklahoma. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.M. in Musical Theatre from The University of Central Oklahoma.
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Artistic Staff ASHLEY WELLS (Associate Artistic Director) celebrates 18 years with Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. AT LYRIC: 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), Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Co-choreographer), Pump Boys and Dinettes (Choreographer), Urinetown: The Musical (Co-choreographer), Jesus Christ Superstar (Choreographer), Oklahoma! (Co-Choreographer), Hello, Dolly! (Co-choreographer), Cabaret (Choreographer/Ensemble), Chicago (Choreographer/Merry Murderess). BROADWAY AND NATIONAL TOUR: Hello, Dolly! with Carol Channing. REGIONAL: Phantom of the Opera, North Shore Music Theatre; Evita, Brigadoon, The Music Man, Music Theatre of Wichita; La Cage Aux Folles, Casa Mañana. PENNY BENSON (Puppet Designer) - 4th year with Lyric’s A Christmas Carol. REGIONAL: Over 50 productions in New England, including Underground Railway Theatre, MIT, Connecticut Repertory Theater, O’Neill Theatre Center, Peabody Essex Museum, Puppet Showplace Theatre and Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry. NATIONAL TOURS: A Christmas Carol, How Do You Spell Hope? and Are You Ready My SIster? Her co-production of StarSisters premiered at Puppets Up! in Canada. She has also performed
her work in Italy and China. Commercial / Video / Film include The Smithsonian Channel, Volvo/Mack Trucks, Sally Smart; The Pedagogical Puppet, and Overdue Films’ Poor Glenna. Recently relocated to the Denver area where she is currently collaborating on a production with Red Rocks Community College. www.pennybenson.com FABIAN J. GARCIA (Resident Lighting Designer) – Two years with Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. AT LYRIC: Lyric Kids’ Clubhouse, Lyric’s Moonlight Cabaret, Having Our Say, The Cat in the Hat, The Rocky Horror Show, Frost/Nixon, Curious George: The Golden Meatball. THELMA GAYLORD ACADEMY: Mary Poppins, Marvel One Acts, Honk Jr., Urinetown: The Musical, The Music Man, The Realm, Rokademy Experiment, Seussical Jr., The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. LOCAL: Megan Hilty Live!, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in Concert, The Sound of Simon and Garfunkel, The Hot Sardines, Revolution: The Beatles Symphonic Experience, Melinda Doolittle, OKC Philharmonic; She Loves Me, Oklahoma State University. BRIAN T. HAMILTON (Music Director) - 20 years with Lyric Theatre. LYRIC: Singin’ in the Rain, Bright Star, Rock of Ages, The Rocky Horror Show, The Fantasticks, Spring Awakening, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Cabaret, The Who’s Tommy. REGIONAL: Nunsense A-Men!, StrawHat Theatre. LOCAL: The Normal Heart, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre. ADAM KOCH (Set Designer) returns to Lyric Theatre where he previously designed Disney’s When You Wish, Bye Bye Birdie, Big Fish, Dreamgirls, Tarzan, and Sweet Charity. INTERNATIONAL: Dreamgirls (Seoul). In Atlanta, Adam won the Suzi Bass award for Outstanding Scenic design for the immersive outdoor production of Titanic (Serenbe Playhouse),
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as well Helen Hayes Award nominations for both Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Signature Theatre), and Bat Boy (1st Stage) in Washington D.C. Credits across the United States include productions at The Old Globe, Ford’s Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Paper Mill Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Great Lakes Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Music Theatre Wichita, and Portland Stage. EDUCATION: Carnegie Mellon University. For the past seven years Mr. Koch along with Steven Royal have worked jointly as Adam Koch Associates, see more at adamkochassociates.com and on Instagram @instadamkoch. JEFFREY MEEK (Resident Costume Designer) 21st season and over 100 productions with Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. REGIONAL: Ohio Light Opera: Over 50 productions, including Lady Kate - World Premier, Regrets Only - World Premier, The Arcadians - U.S. Premier, The Grande Duke - U.S. Premier; Tulsa Opera: 2003/2004 Seasons; Casa Mañana Playhouse: Annie, Disney’s High School Musical, A Christmas Carol - The Musical; Stage One: I Do, I Do, Are We There Yet? - World Premier, Swing; Eastman School of Music: 3 Seasons; Triad Theatre: Kids in America; Colossal Studios: Family Pirate Adventure; Adventure Theatre; James and the Giant Peach - Helen Hayes Nomination. LOCAL: OKC Philharmonic: 13 years of A Very Merry Pops; Reduxion Theatre: 7 Seasons, Hair, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, Romeo and Juliette; Carpenter Square Theatre: Importance of Being Earnest, Maritius; Oklahoma Children’s Theatre: To Kill a Mockingbird; Jewel Box Theatre: Bus Stop, Leading Ladies, 37 Postcards, Nunsense II - The Second Coming, Suite Surrender, South Pacific. FILM: Fingerprints, Pearl, Agenda. CAROLINE MUELLER (Production Stage Manager) has been with Lyric for about 4 years. AT LYRIC: Lyric’s Moonlight Cab-
aret, Titanic (ASM), Disney’s Newsies (ASM), Singin’ in the Rain (ASM), Lyric’s A Christmas Carol 2018 (ASM), World Premiere When We’re Gone (ASM), Fun Home (ASM). REGIONAL THEATRE: Dracula (ASM), Romeo and Juliet (ASM), Visionaries: A Triple Bill (ASM) Oklahoma City Ballet. She is expected to graduate from Oklahoma City University with a BFA in stage and production management this fall. LAURENA SHERRILL (Production Stage Manager) — Laurena has been with Lyric for 6 years in various positions. AT LYRIC: The Rocky Horror Show, Frost/Nixon, Titanic, Disney’s Newsies, Bright Star, Girlfriend, Curious George: The Golden Meatball, Lyric’s A Christmas Carol, Singin’ in the Rain (ASM), The Fantasticks (ASM), Dreamgirls (ASM), The Wizard of Oz (ASM), Fiddler on the Roof (ASM), The Drowsy Chaperone (ASM), Development Intern (2017), Freaky Friday (ASM), Hello, Dolly! (ASM), Mamma Mia! (ASM), World Premiere When We’re Gone (PSM). REGIONAL THEATRE: The Little Mermaid (ASM), Rodeo: A Triple Bill (ASM), Oklahoma City Ballet; The Grapes of Wrath (ASM), Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre; Into the Woods (PSM), James and the Giant Peach (PSM), Oklahoma Children’s Theatre. She also served as the assistant production manager at Oklahoma City University where she received her BFA in stage and production management. COURTNEY STRONG (Props Designer) - 14 years with Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. LYRIC: Rock of Ages, Disney’s When You Wish, Million Dollar Quartet, Billy Elliot, Big Fish, Mary Poppins, Oklahoma!, A Little Night Music, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Tarzan, Big River, The Glass Menagerie, Call Me Madam, Sweet Charity, Ragtime, Oliver!, Steel Magnolias, The Rocky Horror Show, Urinetown: The Musical. LOCAL: The Christmas Show, OKC Philharmonic; The Secret Garden, Myriad Botanical Gardens.
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Lyric Leadership MICHAEL BARON (Producing Artistic Director) At Lyric, he directed 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 and 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 Tonywinner 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). He has directed over 95 productions at theaters across the country including 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 and 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: 2010-2018 Poetry Out Loud National Competition Finals with hosts, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington and Anna Deavere Smith. Teaching: American University, Brown University, Holy Cross College 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; MFA in Directing, Trinity Repertory Conservatory. Michael served as the Associate Director of Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginiawinner 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, and a special award from Oklahoma City Mayor’s Committee on Disabilities Concerns. He is a board member for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. JIM REYNOLDS (Managing Director) joined Lyric Theatre as Managing Director in 2017. He has an extensive background in arts management, marketing, public relations, project management, strategic planning and customer service. He comes to Lyric from Austin, Texas, where he was ZACH Theatre’s marketing and public relations director for 25 years. It was a time of unprecedented growth for ZACH, which is now firmly positioned as one of Texas’s leading professional theatres. During his tenure, Jim was an integral part of ZACH’s success, responsible for all aspects of marketing, branding, press relations and ticket sales. Jim’s tenure there helped the theatre grow from an annual operating budget of $550,000 to $8,000,000. He created and executed ZACH’s annual subscription and single ticket campaigns, which remain the highest grossing in the organization’s history. Prior to that, he was the sales director at Dallas Theater Center, Dallas, Texas, and production business manager at the Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Sarah Fisher........................................................................................................................... President Monica Wittrock........................................................................................................... President-Elect Brad Ferguson............................................................................................. Immediate Past President Sarah Moore.......................................................................................................................... Secretary Carrie Leonard..................................................................................... Vice President of Development Mollie McCurdy.........................................................................................Vice President of Education Richard Riggs............................................................................................... Vice President of Facilities Meredith Wolfe............................................................................................ Vice President of Finance Eric Friedman, M.D................................................................................ Vice President of Governance Kurt Carter................................................................................................ Vice President of Marketing Ellen Fleming.............................................................................................................Member-at-Large David Flesher, M.D.....................................................................................................Member-at-Large Jim Grant...................................................................................................................Member-at-Large
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Carol Ringrose Alexander Sharlene S. Branham Terrance Cason Ed Clements David H. Dobson P. Kay Floyd Brenda Hernandez Janet Hudson Lou C. Kerr JJ Kuhn Randy Lewis Paula Love Lori Mathena Robert S. McKown Scott McLaws Judy Reyes-Henderson Gary Rosenhamer Lesley St. John Carl Shortt Ellen Spiropoulos Mary Deane Streich Mary Ann Tomlinson Jon Trudgeon
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Lyric Staff Michael Baron......................................................................... Producing Artistic Director Jim Reynolds........................................................................................ Managing Director Ashley Wells............................................................................. Associate Artistic Director Kerrie Brinkman-White.............................................................. Director of Development Michael Bratcher-Magallanez............................Director of Marketing & Public Relations Rozz Grigsby.................................................................................... Director of Education Jeffrey Meek.......................................................................... Resident Costume Designer Leia J. VanLue........................................................................................ Finance Manager Mark Walker.......................................................................................Box Office Manager Matthew Sipress............................................... Company Manager/Production Manager Adam Brand.......................................................................................... Technical Director Katherine McLemore...........................................Payroll & Business Office Administrator Fabian J. Garcia......................................... Resident Lighting Designer/Master Electrician Corey Ray...................................................................................................Audio Engineer Glen Toney.................................................................................................... IT Consultant
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