Sunday, April 8, 2018
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Based on characters created from the PBS KIDS television show, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood “Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person. One kind word has a wonderful way of turning into many.” - Fred Rogers Tour Produced by MILLS ENTERTAINMENT in cooperation with The Fred Rogers Company Book by JEREMY DOBRISH
Music by VOODOO HIGHWAY MUSIC AND POST
TERRENCE J. BENNETT MICHAEL JONES "MJ" AMY ROMERO
Starring ALETHEA BAKOGEORGE CHELSEA MARGAUX SMITH MELISSA SOUTHMAYD
LAURA DIESTLER PARK NORA MOUTRANE ERIC GOSNELL
Puppet Designer PUPPET KITCHEN PRODUCTIONS
Prop Designer NATHAN CROSBY
Lighting Designer JOHN E. D. BASS
Scenic Designer JIM SANDEFUR
Sound Designer DANIEL LUNDBERG
Music Director TOM HELM
Costume Director ISABEL RUBIO
Casting Director WOJCIK|SEAY CASTING
Assistant Technical Director JOHN IRIZARRY
Wardrobe Supervisor ANIE SMITH-IRIZARRY
Technical Director SAM STATHAM
Marketing & Publicity JUSTIN LEVY
Master Carpenter COREY MCINTYRE
Stage Manager BECCA SMITH
Company Manager RYAN HARRIS
Associate Director NATALIE MOLOTYKE
General Manager STEVE LISCIANI
Production Manager PAIGE SELENE LUKE
Producer RYAN AMSTAD
Director JENN RAPP
Executive Producer SIMONE GIANFRANCESCO
Tour Booking by The Brad Simon Organization. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood is created for television by Angela C. Santomero and brought to life by 9 Story Media Group. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood © 2016 The Fred Rogers Company. All rights reserved. In cooperation with
SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018 CAST (in alphabetical order) Chrissie..................................................................................................................................ALETHEA BAKOGEORGE O the Owl/Music Man Stan/King Friday/BakerAker..................................................TERRENCE J. BENNETT Dad Tiger/Prince Wednesday/Prince Tuesday/Mr. McFeely..................................................ERIC GOSNELL Male Swing............................................................................................................................... MICHAEL JONES "MJ" Daniel Tiger.....................................................................................................................................NORA MOUTRANE Katerina Kittycat...................................................................................................................LAURA DIESTLER PARK Miss Elaina/Teacher Harriet.............................................................................................................. AMY ROMERO Mom Tiger/ u/s Miss Elaina/Teacher Harriet..................................................... CHELSEA MARGAUX SMITH Female Swing.........................................................................................................................MELISSA SOUTHMAYD Special thanks to Devon Cohen, voice of Daniel Tiger
CAST BIOS Alethea Bakogeorge (Chrissie) is elated to be making her national tour debut! Most recently, Alethea was seen at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Piper (Celia) and Are You Listening?. Alethea is currently pursuing a BFA in Music theatre at Viterbo University, where some of her favorite credits have included Romeo and Juliet and Mrs. Packard. Additionally, she is an alumna of the Theatre Aspen Apprentice Program. A huge thank you to Mom, Dad, Alex, MaryAlice, and Jessy—none of this would be possible without you. Terrence J. Bennett (O the Owl/Music Man Stan/ King Friday/Baker Aker) Regional: Smithsonian Institute’s Discovery Theater, Kennedy Center, Compass Rose Theater, Toby’s Dinner Theater. Theme Parks: Six Flags America/Discovery Kingdom, Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Concerts: The Yojo Show!, Chessie Jam Children’s Music Festival. TV: The 700 Club. Selected credits: Rum Tum Tugger (CATS), Hud (Hair), Ensemble (Ragtime), Bill Powell (Bessie & Bill: Black Wings in Flight). Marymount Manhattan College Alum! Thanks to Mills Entertainment, Wojcik/Seay Casting, Jenn Rapp for the opportunity and to my angels above and among me! terrjbennett.web.com
with a BFA in Musical Theatre/Directing, Erik now resides in New York City! Some past credits include: A Charlie Brown Christmas (Jenny Wiley Theatre), Alexander Who’s Not Not Not…Going to Move! (Two Beans Productions/Theatreworks USA!), Rap-Punzel (Florida Studio Theatre), SHREK (Pinewood Bowl, INC.), Monty Python’s SPAMalot (LCP). Thanks to my family, friends, RVC for the love and support and to Viewers Like You! “Theatre is a work of he(ART).” Michael Jones “MJ” (Male Swing) Selected Credits: Memphis (Delray), Curtains (Harv), Cabaret (Herman), Into the Woods (Wolf ), Songs For A New World (Man 1), Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow), RENT! (Angel), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Eglamour), A Chorus Line (Richie), Your Name on my Lips (Phil). Readings: Gary the Invincible (Crimson Chemist), Through the Smoke (Cole), Strike the Musical! (Hodges Brown). Thanking God, family and friends for all their love and support. www.mjactor.com
Nora Moutrane (Daniel Tiger) is stoked to be joining the Mills Entertainment family with Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. Previous credits: Bright Star’s Spring National Tour (2017), NYC: Dog Sees God (The Barrow Group); Honestly Abe the Musical (Actor’s Temple Theatre); and Erik Gosnell (Dad Tiger/Prince Wednesday/ various readings/workshops. Regional: BuddyPrince Tuesday/Mr. McFeely) is excited that you’re The Buddy Holly Story and Agatha Christie visiting the neighborhood – it’s his first time Made Me Do It (Northern Lights Playhouse), here too! Originally from Nebraska, where he North Pole Express Christmas Show (Valley graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University Railroad Company). Thanks to family and
DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE: KING FOR A DAY friends for their constant support, and Mills Entertainment for this amazing opportunity. www.noramoutrane.com Laura Diestler Park (Katerina Kittycat) Thrilled to be making her national tour debut with Mills Entertainment. New York Performance: Making BKJKT (BKJKT), Community Dance Project (Guest Artist). Other Performance: Mary Poppins - Journey Theatre Arts Group, Traditions - Kariamu & Company. Love and thanks to Travis, family, and friends for their unwavering support and encouragement. Amy Romero (Miss Elaina/Teacher Harriet) Theater/Stage credits: Thoughts of a Colored Man…, Rose Gold, Que Sera Sera. Television/ Video credits: Team UmiZoomi (Nick, Jr.), Person of Interest (CBS), Mysteries of Laura (NBC), The Today Show w/Channing Tatum, Rob Thomas’s “Trust You” music video, MTV’s Real World’s Nick Brown’s “Take You Home” music video.
Chelsea Margaux Smith (Mom Tiger/ u/s Miss Elaina/Teacher Harriet) is elated to be making her National Tour debut! Training: MM Vocal Performance in Music Theatre NYU Steinhardt, BM Vocal Performance The Boston Conservatory. Favorite University Credits: Helena Landless (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Ayah (The Secret Garden), First Lady (The Magic Flute). Many thanks to WS Casting and my supportive friends and family! Melissa Southmayd (Female Swing) is elated to be making her National Tour debut. She is originally from St. Louis, MO but now calls NYC home. Credits include Curtains (Bambi), Spring Awakening (Wendla) and The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy). She would like to thank Dad and KBNBE for all their support and encouragement, as well as her friends and family near and far. xxox.
CREATIVE TEAM/CREW Jeremy Dobrish (Writer) Jeremy wrote the original stage adaptation for Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, and Clifford The Big Red Dog for Mills Entertainment. His adaptation of Curious George, and his productions of The Teacher from the Black Lagoon, Virtually Me and Paul Revere tour the country with Theatreworks USA. He is a seven-time published playwright, and has directed across the country at some of the top regional theatres, as well as all over NYC where his productions have received several Lortel and Drama Desk nominations, He founded adobe theatre company, and is the co-founder of Midtown Direct Rep, in Maplewood, NJ. He has taught theatre at several schools including NYU, and is a Creative Director with Proscenium. Voodoo Highway Music & Post (Music Composer) is a full-service audio postproduction house, composing music and designing audio for animation, films, video games, advertising, and a number of liveaction television series for some of North America's largest networks. Founded in 1999, Voodoo Highway Music & Post is a collective of composers based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with additional studios in Seattle, Washington
and Hollywood, California. The writing team consists of Gemini-nominated composers, Brian Pickett, Graeme Cornies, David Kelly, and James Chapple. What began as strictly a musichouse eventually expanded to include a whole team of audio-post professionals. Geppetto Studios (Original Puppet Designer) Select Film Credits: Fabricated costumes, puppets, and props for Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, Universal Studios, Dreamworks SKG, Greg Stump Films, Heaven with Diane Keaton, the kangaroo in Big Daddy co-starring Adam Sandler. Television: “Moonman” costume rocked the white carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards Show, Comedy Central, The View, Nickelodeon, HBO, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, SONY Music, Celebrity Apprentice, and MTV's Wonder Showzen. Stage: Geppetto is endlessly thankful to Gregg Barnes, Tony Award Winning Costume Designer, for pulling them in on several projects including touring productions of Dora the Explorer and Mattel’s Barbie Fairytopia. Geppetto's highly skilled artisans crafted many costumes for Pokémon Live, Beauty and The Beast (Baci Entertainment), Nickelodeon/Broadway Across
SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018 America’s Storytime Live!, Cirque du Soleil’s he has been assisting with the visual aspects Zarkana and Broadway’s Porgy and Bess. of their concert seasons. Mr. Sandefur is a Puppet Kitchen Productions (Puppet graduate of the SMU and Yale School of Drama Designer) has been designing, building, design programs.
John E. D. Bass (Lighting Designer) has toured as a lighting designer and stage manager with Diavolo Architecture in Motion and most recently for Mills Entertainment with YouTube’s Lilly Singh's A Trip to Unicorn Island. Previous national tours designs include Peter Pan and Camelot for McCoy Rigby Entertainment as Tom Ruzika’s associate. Past design highlights: The Soze Project at the The Apollo NYC and Azure, an underwater fantasy show at the Silverton Las David Miller (Original Scenic Designer) Tours: Vegas. Architectural credits include design team Tyler Oakley’s Slumber Party, Cake Boss: Bakin’ for the Eastern Columbia building in downtown with the Boss Tour, Cake Boss Homemade for the Los Angeles and Spring, a Claes Oldenburg Holidays Tour, Clifford the Big Red Dog Live!, Last sculpture in Seoul, Korea. John is a graduate of Comic Standing Live. Awards Shows: Fox Reality UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. Awards, Movie Guide Awards for seven straight Daniel Lundberg (Sound Designer) Designs years; Assistant to Set Designer Keith Gonzales include Fireface (The Brick), Freaks: A Legend on Jane Eyre, Broadway. Regional: An Infinite About Growing Up (FringeNYC), and The Ache, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia. Ballad of Beckett Kruszynski (Kraine Theatre). Jim Sandefur (Scenic Designer) Primarily Assistant design work includes Amazing Grace known for his scenic design for the landmark (Broadway), The Tallest Tree in the Forest (BAM ’87 Broadway production of August Wilson’s Harvey), On the Twentieth Century (Broadway), FENCES for which he received the American and You Can’t Take It With You (Broadway). Theater Wing Heyes Award for Excellence Daniel has consulted on sound systems for in Design, Jim prefers working in the many Cirque du Soleil, Franco Dragone Entertainment regional theater “families” across the country. Group, and Universal Studios, among others, Highlights of those regional productions and toured the US as head of audio with An include Citizen Thom Paine at the Kennedy American in Paris and 42nd Street. BFA Carnegie Center Theater, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at Mellon. It’s grr-ific to be here! performing, directing, and teaching puppetry since 2008. Recent projects include: The Little Mermaid (MUNY), The San Diego Zoo's Centennial Celebration, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (AUS, NYC, UK) The King and I and The Wiz (Maltz Jupiter Theater), and Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (TWUSA). PKP also has workshops for the public, and creates original programming for all ages. More info at puppetkitchen.com.
the Missouri Rep, Two Trains Running at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, and the American premier of Rough Crossings at the New Theater of Brooklyn. After a 20 year hiatus while using his skills designing corporate showrooms and special events for Barbie and other toy favorites at Mattel Toys, Jim is back at work in the theater once more, reestablishing his long time association with The Weston Playhouse Theater Company Vermont where he recently designed productions of Bad Dates, A Chorus Line, and Man of La Mancha. Having recently moved back to his home town of St. Louis, Jim has most recently been working with St. Louis STAGES where he designed Alice in Wonderland for the their Theater for Young Audiences and the Gateway Men’s Chorus of St. Louis for which
Isabel Rubio (Costume Designer) is a Mexican Costume Designer who resides in Brooklyn NY. Isabel is honored to be part of the FRC & Mills Entertainment Families. Mills Entertainment projects includes Clifford The Big Red Dog National Tour and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood National Tour. Theatre projects include King Stag, Syracuse University. Theatre includes Superior Donuts, director Mark Fleisher; Peer Gynt, director Andrei Serban; Filming O’Keefe, directed by Martha Banta; Tick Tick Boom and Love Song, both directed by Gabriel Barre. Ballet Designs for Prima Ballerina Diana Vishneva, The Kirov Ballet as well as The Bolshoi Ballet. Film Designs: Mattie Fresno; Mexican Ariel Nominated Film NOMADAS with Lucy Liu. TV credits: Madam Secretary; Law & Order; Late
DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE: KING FOR A DAY Night With David Letterman as an Assistant Designer. Isabel teaches Costume Design at SUNY FIT. Honors: juried exhibitor Prague Scenofest Quadrennial / USA National Exhibit 2007 and the recipient Virginia Museum Costume Design Fellowship. Thanks as always to my sons Alex and David.
has included stints with House of Blues Concerts, Comedy Works Entertainment, SFX Entertainment & Fey Concerts.
Samantha Statham (Technical Director) is excited to be returning once more to the Neighborhood as Technical Director and Lighting Director! Originally from Ashland, Nathan Crosby (Prop Designer) Nathan is a OH, she previously worked on the premiere scenic and properties designer from Portland, tour of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood in the same Oregon. He has designed for several companies position, HGTV presents The Scotts Brother including Portland Center Stage, Theatre House Party as Assistant Tour Manager and Vertigo, Nesting House, Broadway Rose Theater, Lighting Director, Bring It Live! as the Assistant and Portland Actors Conservatory which also Production Manager, and The Dolan Twins 4OU happens to be his Alma Mater. Nathan is excited Tour as Stage Manager and Technical Director. to be joining the Daniel Tiger Tour! Thanks to family and friends for dealing with Wojcik|Seay Casting is the partnership of our constant travel and to Corey for being my Scott Wojcik & Gayle Seay, and with Holly person! Ding Ding! Buczek they cast all mediums. National & Corey McIntyre (Master Carpenter) is a touring International Tours: RENT, Kinky Boots, Motown, audio engineer and video operator; recent Vocalosity, Flashdance, Dreamgirls, Nice Work favorites include The Scott Brothers House Party If You Can Get It, Jekyll & Hyde, Joseph…. and The Dolan Twins. Dreamcoat, A Chorus Line and Odd Squad, Live with Mills Entertainment. Off Broadway current Ryan Harris (Company Manager) most recently /past: Othello: The Remix, Church & State, The toured with VStar Entertainment as Assistant Portal, Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Company Manager for Sesame Street Live. He Play, Handle With Care, Triassic Parq and more! also served as Associate Production Manager Regional: Multiple seasons/ shows for Riverside & Event Coordinator for Ringling Bros. Barnum & Theatre-FL, The Engeman Theatre - NY, Theatre Bailey Circus, Stage Manager for Busch Gardens Raleigh-NC, Stages St Louis-MO, Theatre Williamsburg, and Production Stage Manager Aspen-CO, Gretna Theatre-PA, The Arvada for Chalk Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles, Center-CO and Tuacahn PAC-UT. For more: CA. Ryan also has many years of experience as a performer, including 6 years as a Puppeteer www.wscasting.com and Puppet Specialist at the Disneyland Resort Tom Helm (Music Director) On Broadway, in Anaheim, CA. Tom has music directed/conducted Souvenir (Florence Foster Jenkins), Les Misérables, Me Becca Smith (Stage Manager) is an NYC-based and My Girl, Cats and Brigadoon (revival), and Stage Manager and technician originally national tours of Cats and Me and My Girl. He has from Pittsburgh, PA. Previously, she was the been the resident musical director of Pittsburgh Stage Manager and Lighting Director for Odd CLO for 21 seasons (@65 productions) and Squad: Live! Most recently she has worked Offthe Paper Mill Playhouse for 17 seasons (@55 Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company productions). He has musically supervised (Derren Brown: Secret) and with Lesser America various national tour productions of Dora the at Cherry Lane (in a word). Other selected credits Explorer, Diego, Rugrats and Madagascar, and include assisting with the 2017 Drama Desk was music director of the PBS production of Awards, APM / SM for the Pittsburgh JazzLive Crazy For You, and the Showtime presentation International Festival 2017, The Radium Girls Radioactive Festival, and Flight: A Crane's Story of Mornings at Seven. with Heather Henson's Ibex Puppetry. Justin Levy (Marketing & Publicity) has been with Mills Entertainment for eight years. Jonathan Irizarry (Audio Engineer/Assistant His twenty-four years of experience in the Technical Director) comes back to Daniel Tiger's entertainment industry (marketing & publicity) Neighborhood from his home town of Lajas,
SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018 Joshua Bergasse), Little Dancer (NYC Workshop with Susan Stroman), and Assistant Director on Really Rosie at City Center (dir. Leigh Silverman). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Music Theatre Wichita, Pioneer Theatre Company, TexARTS, Wagon Wheel, and Jenny Wiley. TV: PBS’ A Capitol Fourth (Assistant Choreographer). Industrial creative projects for Target, The Robin Hood Foundation and Nickelodeon on board NCL. Natalie is on faculty at Broadway Dance Anie Smith-Irizarry (Wardrobe and Puppet Center and is on the Artist Board of Off-Center Supervisor) is glad to return to Daniel Tiger's at City Center. Proud graduate: The University Neighborhood! Anie is the winner of several of Michigan. www.nataliemalotke.com costume design awards from regional and Jenn Rapp (Director) Jenn Rapp is the current academic associations. She holds an MFA in associate for The Illusionists with runs on Costume Design from The University of Oregon Broadway for the past three years. Director/ and a BFA in theater design from The University Choreographer for Norwegian Cruise Line's Le at Buffalo. Previous touring credits include Cirque Bijou and Prison Dancer at NYMF. She Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Neighbor Day, choreographed Community Works and Song and Disney On Ice: 100 Years of Magic. Costume for a Future Generation at Williamstown Theatre design credits include: Silent Sky, Rapture Blister Festival. As an associate director to Stafford Burn, Stupid F*#%ing Bird, Shrimp and Grits Arima, she worked on the MCP Lincoln Center (Oregon Contemporary Theater); Bat Boy: The concert productions of The Secret Garden and Musical, bobrauschenbergamerica, and I Ain't Ragtime. Off-Broadway credits include Bare, Yo' Uncle (U of O). All my love to my husband, Lucky Guy, Carrie and Indian Ink. For companies Jonathan, and our ridiculous puppy, Digby. such as Dreamworks, Nickelodeon and Disney Steve Lisciani (General Manager) Select General Creative, she has traveled to numerous Manager credits for Mills Entertainment: countries, directing original musicals from Theresa Caputo LIVE: The Experience, Bring It! many popular cartoons. www.jennrapp.com Puerto Rico. After graduating from Full Sail University, Jonathan went on to be the Front of House Mixing Engineer and stage technician for various bands in Puerto Rico, including the Hip-Hop/Jazz Funk Fusion band Misa E' Gallo. Jonathan runs his own recording studio in Puerto Rico called Haze Valley Recordings. Previous touring credits include: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Neighbor Day. I am thrilled to be touring with the love of my life, my wife Anie.
LIVE, and Odd Squad LIVE; Select Tour Manager credits for Mills Entertainment: Mel Brooks Live: Back in the Saddle Again, The Scott Brothers House Party, and Christopher Lloyd Goes Back to the Future.
Paige Selene Luke (Production Manager) Selected P/SM credits include: The Kids in the Hall Tour (KITH), John Cleese & Eric Idle Together Again at Last... for the Very First Time (Mills Entertainment), Jennifer Aniston Stole My Life (Hollywood Fringe) Resurreccion Mexican Folk (Ford Theatres). Selected LD credits include: Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody, Tyler Oakley’s Slumber Party (Mills Entertainment), Safe, 2nd Saturdays, Andy Dick’s Christmas Extravaganza (Six01 Studio), Ballet Folklorico Ollin (Ford Theatres), Tennessee in the Summer, Perennial (Sidewalk Studio Theatre), Angels in America (Stella Adler LA), and Dirty (Zephyr Theatre). Natalie Malotke (Associate Director) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, (Choreography Assistant/
Ryan Amstad (Producer) Selected Credits For Mills Entertainment: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live, Odd Squad Live, Let’s Play Live, #IMOMSOHARD Moms Night Out, Camp17, Kian & JC’s Don’t Try This At Home World Tour, Mel Brooks: Back in the Saddle Again!, Ricky & Trevor’s Gold Alive Tour, The Dolan Twins 4OU World Tour. With Silent House Productions: Katy Perry’s Prismatic World Tour, Britney Spears’ Piece of Me Las Vegas Residency, American Idol XIII, Katy Perry 56th Grammy Awards and BRIT Awards, P!nk 56th Grammy Awards. Proud Graduate of Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London. Simone Gianfrancesco (Executive Producer) is a Producer and Development Executive with Mills Entertainment. Select Mills credits: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live, Clifford the Big Red Dog Live, Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train, Tyler Oakley’s Slumber Party, Lilly Singh’s A Trip to Unicorn Island World Tour, John Cleese
DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD LIVE: KING FOR A DAY entertainment in the United States. Mills brings a wide variety of entertainment to live audiences, from top stars of television and film, to children’s theatricals, and beyond. Select current tours include Mel Brooks Back in the Saddle Again!, TLC’s Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo: The Live Experience, John Cleese and Eric Idle: Together Again At Last…For the Very First Time, Jungle Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live, Cesar Millan Live, and Colin Mochrie & Mills Entertainment (Producer) is the leading Brad Sherwood from ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?” producer and promoter of branded live www.millsentertainment.com & Eric Idle Together Again At Last…For the Very First Time, Lifetime’s Bring It! Live, and SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody. Select LA and Chicago credits: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Universal Studios, About Face Theatre. Proud graduate of Smith College. “There are three ways to ultimate success: the first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” – Fred Rogers
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