Kimberly Akimbo

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT & CEO Welcome to the wonderful world of Kimberly Akimbo.

I love this musical and its message of living life to the fullest regardless of the obstacles encountered on the journey.

As you may be aware, the Orpheum Theatre Group invests in Broadway productions. We also invest in the touring versions of some of the musicals we invested in on Broadway. Kimberly Akimbo is such a musical. We are proud to have been instrumental in bringing this story to life both in New York and on tour.

This show also marks the fifth time one of the shows we participated in has won the Tony Award for Best Musical; the second since my arrival in 2016. The other was The Band’s Visit in 2018.

Maybe you wonder how I chose to invest in these two musicals. Did I know they would snatch a Tony victory?

While no production is ever guaranteed, I knew they had a chance to win the Best Musical nod. Because I paid attention to how they did in their pre-Broadway try outs. Both shows were staged at the Atlantic Theatre Company prior to their transfer to Broadway. Both shows received rave reviews in these runs. And both shows won many awards at the ceremonies that honor off-Broadway theatre.

My decision to invest in the shows carried high hopes for their success.

Often what works in a small theatre downtown falls flat under the glare of Broadway’s bright lights, however. I am glad neither The Band’s Visit nor Kimberly Akimbo suffered this fate. If anything, their Broadway productions exceeded their pre-Broadway trials.

I could not be happier about our involvement in Kimberly Akimbo. You will feel the same after watching this performance and experiencing the joy it conveys in its sweet storytelling.

So, sit back and prepare to laugh. You may even shed a small tear. Join the Orpheum Theatre Group in the uplifting experience that is Kimberly Akimbo.

I am glad you are here!

Brett Batterson President & CEO Orpheum Theatre Group

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DAVID STONE ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY JAMES L. NEDERLANDER LACHANZE JOHN GORE PATRICK CATULLO AARON GLICK present

Book & Lyrics by

Music by

DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE

JEANINE TESORI

Based on the play by DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE

Starring

CAROLEE CARMELLO

JANET DICKINSON

MIGUEL GIL

JIM HOGAN

EMILY KOCH

LAURA WOYASZ

GRACE CAPELESS

SKYE ALYSSA FRIEDMAN

DARRON HAYES

PIERCE WHEELER

SARAH LYNN MARION

REGENE SEVEN ODON

Scenic Design DAVID ZINN

Costume Design SARAH LAUX

MARCUS PHILLIPS

BAILEY RYON

Lighting Design JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW

BRANDON SPRINGMAN

Sound Design KAI HARADA

Hair, Wig & Makeup Design J. JARED JANAS

Video Design LUCY MACKINNON

Casting THE TELSEY OFFICE CRAIG BURNS, CSA

Orchestrations JOHN CLANCY

Additional Orchestrations MACY SCHMIDT

Music Coordinator ANTOINE SILVERMAN

Production Stage Manager SHAWN PENNINGTON

Company Manager JUSTIN T. SCHOLL

General Management 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT

Marketing & Press PHILLIP ALEMAN

Tour Booking THE ROAD COMPANY

Production Management JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS, INC.

Producing Associate TIMOTHY BLOOM

Music Supervisor

CHRIS FENWICK Choreographed by

DANNY MEFFORD Directed by

JESSICA STONE Kimberly Akimbo was developed, in part, at the 2017 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort.

World premiere produced by Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2021.

Carolee Carmello

Miguel Gil

Jim Hogan

Emily Koch

Laura Woyasz

Grace Capeless

Skye Alyssa Friedman

Darron Hayes

Pierce Wheeler

Janet Dickinson

Sarah Lynn Marion

Regene Seven Odon

Marcus Phillips

Bailey Ryon

Brandon Springman

CAST

(in order of appearance) Kimberly ........................................................................................... CAROLEE CARMELLO Seth ......................................................................................................................MIGUEL GIL Delia ..........................................................................................................GRACE CAPELESS Martin...........................................................................................................DARRON HAYES Teresa ..........................................................................................SKYE ALYSSA FRIEDMAN Aaron.........................................................................................................PIERCE WHEELER Buddy ....................................................................................................................JIM HOGAN Pattie ............................................................................................................LAURA WOYASZ Debra .................................................................................................................. EMILY KOCH STANDBYS AND UNDERSTUDIES Standbys and understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

Standby for Kimberly—JANET DICKINSON. Understudy for Buddy—BRANDON SPRINGMAN; Understudy for Pattie/Debra—SARAH LYNN MARION; Understudy for Delia/Teresa—BAILEY RYON; Understudies for Seth/Aaron/Martin—REGENE SEVEN ODON, MARCUS PHILLIPS. Dance Captain .................................................................................................. BAILEY RYON

SETTING 1999. Before kids had cell phones.

Somewhere in Bergen County, NJ

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MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I “Skater Planet” ................................................... Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa, Seth, Kimberly “Hello, Darling” .................................................................................................................Pattie “Make a Wish” ............................................................................................................ Kimberly “Skater Planet” (reprise #1) ..........................................................Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa “Anagram” ..........................................................Kimberly, Seth, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa “Better” ............................................................................. Debra, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa “Hello, Darling” (reprise)/“Father Time” ..........................................................................Pattie “Happy for Her” ............................................................................................................... Buddy “Anagram” (reprise).................................................................................................... Kimberly “This Time”................................................................................................................. Company ACT II “How to Wash a Check” ......................... Debra, Kimberly, Seth, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa “Good Kid” ..........................................................................................................................Seth “Hello, Baby”................................................................................................................... Buddy “Skater Planet” (reprise #2) .................................................Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa, Seth “Our Disease” .....................................................Kimberly, Seth, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa “The Inevitable Turn” ................................Pattie, Buddy, Debra, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa “Now” ................................................................................................................ Seth, Kimberly “How to Wash a Check” (reprise) ..................................... Debra, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa “Before I Go” ....................................................................................... Kimberly, Buddy, Pattie “Hello, Sister” .................................................................................................... Kimberly, Seth “Great Adventure” ...................................................................................................... Company ORCHESTRA Music Director (Conductor/Keyboard 1)—LEIGH DELANO Associate Music Director (Keyboard 2)—RYAN EDWARD WISE Reed 1—BEN SCHONHORN; Reed 2—ALEX LEMMA; Drums—FRANK ZAMBRANO; Bass—DOMINIC LAMORTE; Guitar—AZANA HIGHTOWER; Cello—KEVIN IRVING Associate Music Supervisor: Brian Ge Orchestra Contractor: Antoine Silverman Electronic Music Design: Billy Jay Stein and Hiro Iida for Strange Cranium Music Preparation: JoAnn Kane Music (Kyle Brenn, Russell Bartmus, Jessie Rosso)

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

CAROLEE CARMELLO (Kimberly) is a 3-time Tony nominee and has appeared in 16 Broadway musicals: Mamma Mia!, Kiss Me, Kate, The Addams Family (Drama Desk nomination and Outer Critics Circle nomination), Parade (Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award), Lestat (Tony nomination and Drama Desk nomination), Tuck Everlasting, Finding Neverland, City of Angels, Falsettos, Scandalous (Tony nomination and Drama Desk nomination), The Scarlet Pimpernel, Urinetown, Sister Act, two revivals of 1776, and most recently the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Bad Cinderella. Off-Broadway: john & jen, Das Barbecü, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Hello Again (Obie Award), A Class Act, The Vagina Monologues, Elegies and the critically-acclaimed, immersive Sweeney Todd. Her screen credits include: “Dopesick,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Madam Secretary,” “Blue Bloods,” “Evil,” “The Good Fight,” “The Deuce,” “Smash,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Frasier” and “Remember W.E.N.N.” (SAG Award nomination). Ms. Carmello has toured with Les Misérables, Big River, Falsettos and Hello, Dolly! and her concert appearances have taken her across America and Europe, including engagements at Lincoln Center, Town Hall and Carnegie Hall.

MIGUEL GIL, he/him (Seth) is making his National Tour debut! Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo. Regional: Bye Bye Birdie (The Kennedy Center), In the Heights (The Muny). NYC: Follies (Carnegie Hall), The Jimmy Awards (2021). Shoutout to his friends, family, CESD, Luber Roklin and The Telsey Office. Miguel holds a lot of gratitude for this opportunity (and for you being here). Venezuela is in the house! IG @Miguelito.Gil

JIM HOGAN (Buddy). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo (OBC). National Tours: Waitress, The Phantom of the Opera, Spring Awakening. TV: “America’s Got Talent” with vocal group, T.3 (@t.3official). Their debut album, Option Up, is available on all streaming platforms and they’re currently touring a city near you! Many thanks to 321, the Kimberly Akimbo creative team,

CGF Talent, Telsey, family and Emily, who’s playing Debra. Despite what she does on stage, she’s actually pretty cool in real life. @jimhogan220

EMILY KOCH (Debra). Broadway/National Tours: Elphaba in Wicked, Waitress, Kimberly Akimbo. Regional: The Full Monty (North Shore), The Secret Garden (Broadway Sacramento), Godspell (Berkshire Theatre Group), Little Women (Palo Alto TheatreWorks), Violet (FPAC), In the Bones (APAC). Proud Interlochen Arts Academy, Carnegie Mellon alum. Many thanks to 321, BRS/Gage, the Kimberly creative team, Telsey, Matt Farnsworth, Sarah Brown, her parents, and Jim Hogan who plays “Buddy” in this show, Emily’s boyfriend of seven years. @embkoch

LAURA WOYASZ (Pattie). If this is a dream, please don’t wake me, because this is a dream role! Broadway: Wicked (Glinda), For The Girls. She has done 5 Off-Broadway shows, 3 National Tours, 4 TV appearances, and many regional shows. She is an advocate for senior dogs and is a Reiki healer. Laura is obsessed with Dolly Parton, tiny homes, and Doritos. Thank you to HCKR, the creative team, Telsey, Matt Farnsworth for this opportunity. As always, for my niece & sister. www.laura-woyasz.com GRACE CAPELESS (Delia). Broadway/ New York: Disney’s The Lion King, Matilda, A Christmas Story (OBC), Radio City Christmas Spectacular, 30 Years of Stephen Flaherty Carnegie Hall. Film/TV: Beaches, Landing Up, Frozen Fever, “Lost Girls,” “The 67th Annual Tony Awards.” Current MT major at CCM. Love and thanks to my family, the Akimbo team, Mara Entertainment, CESD, and Telsey. @gracecapeless

SKYE ALYSSA FRIEDMAN (Teresa). National Tour Debut! Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Annie. Off-Broadway: The Lucky Star (59E59), Kimberly Akimbo (ATC). Regional: The Audience (MJT). Film: Lemonade Blessing (upcoming), Busybody, Mute. TV: “I Am Frankie” (Nickelodeon). Pace University BFA Acting graduate. Eternally grateful for this “great adventure” and everyone in it.

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DARRON HAYES (Martin). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo. Australian Theatre: Pharus in the Australian Premiere of Choir Boy with The National Theatre of Parramatta.

Off-Broadway/New York: I Can Get It for You Wholesale, The Gospel According to Heather, Notes From Now, Love Around the Block. TV/Film: “FBI: Most Wanted” and “American Idol.” All the love! Instagram: @darronhayes_

PIERCE WHEELER (Aaron) recently finished his junior year at New York University after traveling with the National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen. Pierce is overjoyed to collaborate with such generous creatives and a beautiful cast, especially with this story.

Gargantuan thanks to his family, friends, mentors, and The Telsey Team for their support! @pierce_wheeler JANET DICKINSON (Kimberly Standby). Broadway: Anastasia, Bullets Over Broadway, How The Grinch…, Happiness at Lincoln Center. Little Dancer (Mary Cassatt) - The Kennedy Center/World Premiere.

Chasing Rainbows - Flat Rock/World Premiere. Tours: Billy Elliot (Mrs. Wilkinson), 9 To 5: The Musical. Off-Broadway: Fat Camp, Forbidden Broadway’s Rude Awakening. TV: “High Maintenance,” “Billions,” “Feud: Capote vs the Swans.” Janet is originally from Bemidji, MN. Love to Doug and the team at Carson/Kolker. Something funny is happening on Instagram @Anticstasia.

SARAH LYNN MARION (u/s Pattie, Debra). First National Tour! Off-Broadway: Ordinary Days. Regional: Kinky Boots, Beehive, All Shook Up. TV: “Law & Order SVU,” “High Maintenance.” BFA University of Michigan. Jimmy Award winner. Don’t take yourself too seriously. @sarahlynnmarion REGENE SEVEN ODON (u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin). National Tour Debut!

This is for Mommy Rose. Eternally grateful for Take3Talent, Rebel, and The Prep.

Thanks to Michelle, Natasha, Shannon, Jimmy, Nicky, and Theresa. Endless love to Mama, Papa, Jilian, Jillaine, and my friends.

@regeneodon

MARCUS PHILLIPS (u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin). Recent/favorite credits: Spring Awakening (East West Players), The Prom (First National Tour), Dog Man: The Musical (National Tour). BFA in Theatre & Film, #longliveL7! Love, hold, and listen to one another. @who.is.marcus

BAILEY RYON (Dance Captain, u/s Delia, Teresa). Broadway/National Tour: OBC Matilda The Musical (Matilda - Tony recipient). How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Cindy-Lou Who). James Madison University BA: Musical Theatre.

Thanks to my friends and family! Representation: Evolve Talent Management. www.bailey-ryon.com BRANDON SPRINGMAN (u/s Buddy).

An Anagram for Thankful is “Flunk Hat.” First National Tour of Come From Away.

Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, Paramount Theatre, Marriott, Chicago Shakespeare, Drury Lane. Thanks to Stewart Talent. For my Family & Michelle.

DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE (Book, Lyrics, Original Play) is a playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. He received Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical for his work on Kimberly Akimbo.

Other Broadway credits include Rabbit Hole (MTC, Pulitzer Prize); Good People (MTC, NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Horton Foote Prize); Shrek with Jeanine Tesori (Kleban Award for Lyrics); High Fidelity with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green. Off-Broadway: at ATC, Kimberly Akimbo (Lortel, NYDCC, OCC and Drama Desk awards for Best Musical); at MTC, Ripcord, Kimberly Akimbo (the play), Wonder of the World, Fuddy Meers; at Soho Rep, A Devil Inside. Film: The Family Fang, Rise of the Guardians, Rabbit Hole, Oz the Great and Powerful, Poltergeist, Inkheart, Robots. Member: Dramatists Guild, WGA, ASCAP. David is also, along with Tanya Barfield, co-director of the playwriting program at The Juilliard School.

JEANINE TESORI (Music) is a composer of musical theatre, opera and film. She is a two-time Tony Award winner for Best Score, for Kimberly Akimbo with David Lindsay-

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Abaire and for Fun Home with Lisa Kron. Her other musicals include Caroline, or Change (with Tony Kushner); Shrek (David LindsayAbaire); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dick Scanlan); Violet (Brian Crawley); and Soft Power (David Henry Hwang), which was her second work after Fun Home to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Her operas include A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (Tony Kushner); The Lion, The Unicorn and Me (J.D. McClatchy); and Blue (Tazewell Thompson).

Her latest opera, Grounded (George Brant), marks Tesori as one of the first women, along with Missy Mazzoli, to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and opened the 2024-2025 season. In addition to her work as a composer, Tesori is the founding artistic director of New York City Center’s Encores!

Off-Center series, the supervising vocal producer of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and a lecturer in music at Yale University.

Proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

JESSICA STONE (Director) worked as an actress on and off Broadway, in television and film before transitioning to directing. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been nominated for two Tony awards for her work on Broadway in Kimberly Akimbo (2023) and Water for Elephants (2024). In addition, both productions garnered nominations for Best Musical, with Kimberly Akimbo taking home the prize. She has directed all over the country at such theatres as The Old Globe, A.C.T., Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theater and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill’s Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood! (world premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte’s Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Absurd Person Singular. As a performer her Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the

Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease.

DANNY MEFFORD (Choreographer) choreographed three Tony Award winners for Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen (also Olivier, Best Musical) and Fun Home. Direction: a national tour of Shrek and three upcoming projects: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Kennedy Center, The Gorgeous Nothings and The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul. Choreography highlights: Titanic, Love’s Labour’s Lost, February House, Miss You Like Hell, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Sound of Music and Good Person of Szechwan. TV: theatrical sequences for “Rise” on NBC, “Dickinson” on AppleTV+, and “Fleishman is in Trouble” FX. MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.

DAVID ZINN (Scenic Design). Broadway: scenic design for Stereophonic, The Notebook, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Funny Girl, The Minutes, Diana, Torch Song, The Humans; scenic/costume design for Choir Boy, The Boys in the Band, SpongeBob SquarePants, Amélie, Fun Home, The Last Ship; costume design for Enemy of the People, Almost Famous; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Airline Highway; …the vibrator play; Xanadu. Also: Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater, The Public Theater, NYTW; National Theatre and Young Vic (U.K.); Theater Basel; and the Berlin Staatsoper.

Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Hewes awards.

SARAH LAUX (Costume Design). Broadway: Prayer for the French Republic, The Band’s Visit, Fully Committed, The Humans.

Selected Off-Broadway: Dead Outlaw (Audible); Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons); The Wanderer (Paper Mill Playhouse); Prayer for the French Republic (MTC); Kimberly Akimbo, This Ain’t No Disco, The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater Company); Jerry Springer: The Opera (New Group, Obie Award); A Play Is a Poem (Taper Theatre); Before the Meeting (WTF).

Film: Not Okay, The Sixth Reel, Freakshow.

Television: “High Fidelity,” “Godfather of Harlem” S2-4

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JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW (Lighting Design). Award-winning designer for theatre, dance, opera, musicals, music performances and large-scale immersive installation. The NY Times described her designs as “clever” and “inventive.” Credits include: The Thanksgiving Play (Broadway), The Connector (MCC), King Lear (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Manahatta (The Public), Gloria: A Life (Daryl Roth Theatre), Cullud Wattah (The Public), Golden Shield (MTC), The Nosebleed (LCT3), American (Tele)visions (NYTW), Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Snow in Midsummer (CSC), Suicide Forest (Ma-Yi), KPOP (Ars Nova), WILD: A Musical Becoming (A.R.T.), Walden (Theaterworks), Blue (Detroit Opera), Theatre of the Mind (with David Byrne). www.jeanetteyew.com

KAI HARADA (Sound Design). Broadway: Once Upon a Mattress; The Days of Wine and Roses; Merrily We Roll Along (Tony Nomination); Spamalot (co-design); New York, New York (Tony Nomination); Kimberly Akimbo; The Old Man and the Pool; Mister Saturday Night; Head Over Heels; The Band’s Visit (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award); Amélie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony, Drama Desk Nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet. West End: Crazy For You; Million Dollar Quartet. Many other musicals worldwide.

J. JARED JANAS (Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design). Broadway: Our Town, Once Upon a Mattress, Mary Jane, Prayer for the French Republic, Purlie Victorious, Good Night, Oscar, Sweeney Todd…, Ohio State Murders, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, How I Learned to Drive, American Buffalo, Jagged Little Pill, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.

LUCY MACKINNON (Video Design) is a projection designer and video artist who lives in Brooklyn. She is a two-time Tony

Award nominee whose Broadway design credits include The Notebook, Kimberly Akimbo, A Christmas Carol, How I Learned to Drive, Jagged Little Pill, The Rose Tattoo, Lifespan of a Fact, Six Degrees of Separation, and Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening.

THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy. thetelseyoffice.com

J O H N C L A N C Y ( O rc h e s t r a t i o n s ) .

Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo (Tony nom.), Mean Girls (Tony nom.), 1776 (2022 revival), Fun Home (Tony/Drama Desk noms.), Diana, The Prom, Tuck Everlasting, Shrek (Tony/ Drama Desk noms.), Cats 2016 (dance arr.).

Off-Broadway/regional: The Karate Kid, The Notebook, The Secret Life of Bees, Gun & Powder, Becoming Nancy, Soft Power (dance arr.), The Fortress of Solitude, Jasper in Deadland, Just So.

MACY SCHMIDT (Additional Orchestrations) is an honoree of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for her work as founder/CEO of The Broadway Sinfonietta, an all-women and majority women-of-color orchestra.

Broadway: Tina. U.K./international: RIDE, Monsoon Wedding, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. macyschmidtmusic.com | CAA

CHRIS FENWICK (Music Supervisor).

Music director: Soft Power (Pulitzer finalist), Sunday in the Park With George (2017 Broadway revival), Fun Home (Tony Award, Best Musical; Pulitzer finalist), the original productions of Michael John LaChiusa’s Giant, Los Otros, Queen of the Mist and See What I Wanna See. Music supervisor: Once on This Island (Tony Award, Best Revival); Good Night, Oscar (Goodman Theatre). Founding music director, City Center Encores! Off-Center. Music director for Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall and more.

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A N T O I N E S I LV E R M A N ( M u s i c Coordinator). Thrilled to be involved in his eighth production with Jeanine Tesori including Fun Home and Caroline, or Change.

Other shows include The Secret Life of Bees, Spider-Man, Tuck Everlasting, Paradise Square, Assassins (CSC) and many more.

LEIGH DELANO (Music Director).

Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Some Like It Hot, Spamalot, Once Upon A One More Time. Regional: Gun & Powder (Paper Mill Playhouse), American Prophet (Arena Stage), Grace (Ford’s Theatre), Catch Me If You Can (Arena Stage), Gun & Powder Premiere (Signature Theatre), Once Upon A One More Time (Shakespeare Theatre).

STRANGE CRANIUM (Electronic Music Design). Billy Jay Stein, CEO and founder.

Hiro Iida, lead designer. Credits: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Grammy Award); The Radio City Rockettes NY Spectacular; MJ; Kimberly Akimbo; 1776; Paradise Square; Caroline, or Change; Diana; Tootsie; Mean Girls; The Band’s Visit; Fun Home; Spider-Man; Hairspray; Amélie; Tuck Everlasting; The Rocky Horror Show; Jekyll & Hyde. www.strangecranium.com RYAN EMMONS (Associate Director).

Broadway: Water for Elephants, Kimberly Akimbo, Groundhog Day, Matilda, Ghost.

National Tours: Matilda and Miss Saigon.

Ryan is co-artistic director of the indie theatre ensemble No.11 Productions and teaches at IAMT. Gratitude to Jane, Brandon and Beckett! www.ryanemmonsdirects.com

BRITTNEY GRIFFIN (Associate Choreographer). Credits include Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway, Dreamgirls International Tour (Associate Choreographer/Director). Film: Bolden, A Jazzmans Blues (Netflix). Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Danny, and Lucille.

Love you Darius.

ARABELLA POWELL (Production Supervisor). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, The Lion King; What the Constitution Means to Me; The Rose Tattoo; John Leguizamo’s Latin History…, Ghetto Klown and Sexaholix; Eve Ensler’s The Good Body; Kat and the Kings. Select Off-Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Richard II. WNYC/Pub-

lic; Théâtre de Complicité’s Mnemonic; Trumbo; Tap Dogs West End & international tour. Program member, Open Stage Project.

SHAWN PENNINGTON (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Wicked, Next to Normal, Sondheim on Sondheim. First National Tours: MJ, Come From Away, Bright Star, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages. Regional: Gypsy (The Muny), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse). Love to Mom & Mark.

GEOFF MAUS (Stage Manager). First National Tours: MJ, Come From Away, Bright Star, Fun Home, Matilda. Other (selected): The Woodsman, Come From Away-Lincoln Memorial. Training: Juilliard, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Proud AEA member.

MAYA BHATNAGAR (Assistant Stage Manager). Tour: MJ. Broadway: Almost Famous, Dancin’, Prima Facie. Off-Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along (NYTW).

Graduate of Shenandoah University. Love & thanks to family, friends, mentors, educators – especially Shawn, Geoff, & the full company.

JUSTIN T. SCHOLL (Company Manager). Tour: MJ the Musical, Beetlejuice, The Band’s Visit, Miss Saigon. International: Shrek, Beauty & the Beast. Broadway: Lady Day…. Board Certified member of ATPAM. Love to Mom, Dad, Sydney, Hops Alexis and Cookie.

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Management) formed in 1998, JSP has managed more than 100 Broadway, Off-Broadway and National Tours. Currently: & Juliet, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Good Night, and Good Luck, Harry Potter, Hell’s Kitchen, John Proctor is the Villain, MJ: The Musical, Moulin Rouge, Picture of Dorian Gray, Romeo & Juliet, Shucked, Some Like It Hot, Stereophonic, The Great Gatsby, The Outsiders. www.juniperstreet.com.

321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management). Credits include Wicked (worldwide); Purpose; Death Becomes Her; The Outsiders (Tony Award

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for Best Musical); Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award for Best Musi cal); Gutenberg!

The Musical!; Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/ Underdog (Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play); A Strange Loop (Tony Award for Best Musical); Is This a Room; Dana H.; What the Constitution Means to Me; The SpongeBob Musical; War Paint; Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed (Broadway revival and original Off-Broadway); Fun Home (Tony Award for Best Musical); If/ Then; Peter and the Starcatcher; Bring It On: The Musical; Sister Act; Traces; Next to Normal; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Vagina Monologues; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You, You’re Perfect; and Bat Boy.

DAVID STONE (Producer) is currently represented on Broadway by Purpose and around the world (on stage and screen) by Wicked. He has also produced Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, The Boys in the Band, War Paint, If/Then, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Three Days of Rain, Man of La Mancha, The Vagina Monologues, Fully Committed, Lifegame, The Diary of Anne Frank, Full Gallop, The Santaland Diaries and Family Secrets. David serves on the boards of The Broadway League and Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS and the advisory board of Second Stage Theatre. David has lectured on theatre at Yale, Princeton, Columbia and his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.

ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY (Producer). Neil Pepe, artistic director; Jeffory Lawson, managing director. Our aim is singular: to empower simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater understanding of our shared world. Founded as an ensemble of impassioned students in 1985, we have grown into a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prizewinning Off-Broadway company and worldrenowned Acting School. As a producer of compelling new works from emerging and established artists, we are committed to uncovering and celebrating all storytellers.

JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer).

Credits: Tammy Faye; The Outsiders; Kimberly Akimbo; An Enemy of the People; Some Like It Hot; Titanique; MJ; Mr.

Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal; Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; The Lehman Trilogy; My Fair Lady; The Band’s Visit; On Your Feet!; The Elephant Man; I’ll Eat You Last; Next to Normal; The Color Purple; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Movin’ Out and many others.

LACHANZE (Producer) is thrilled to continue to serve on the producing team for Kimberly Akimbo. LaChanze has also served as producer on the lauded Topdog/Underdog (Tony Award), Here Lies Love, and Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Tony Award nomination) and is currently a producer on The Outsiders (Tony Award). As an actor, LaChanze has starred in The Color Purple (Tony Award), Once on This Island (Tony Award nomination), Trouble in Mind (Tony Award nomination), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Tony Award nomination), If/Then, A Christmas Carol and many others. With over 38 years of experience on Broadway, LaChanze is committed to producing theatre that transforms, transcends and inspires.

She is the proud president of Black Theatre United, an advocacy organization dedicated to protecting Black bodies, Black talent, and Black lives on and off our stages.

JOHN GORE (Producer) has won 20 Tonys, an Olivier, and an Emmy Award.

He is a British producer who is Chairman, C.E.O., and sole owner of the John Gore Organization family of companies, including Broadway Across America, Broadway.com, The Broadway Channel, BroadwayBox.com, Broadway Brands, and Group Sales Box Office. The company has produced shows on Broadway, in London’s West End, Japan, China and presents in 48 cities across North America. Presentations include The Phantom of the Opera, Disney’s The Lion King, Wicked, The Book of Mormon and Hamilton. Recent U.S. productions include Hell’s Kitchen, Stereophonic, Kimberly Akimbo, MJ, and Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

PATRICK CATULLO (Producer) is a Tony and Olivier-award winning producer.

His recent credits include Merrily We Roll Along, An Enemy of the People; Here Lies Love, Illinoise and Gutenberg! The Musical.

Patrick has also produced Kimberly Akimbo;

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool; David Byrne’s American Utopia (for which he received a Special Tony Award as well an Emmy nomination); Girl From the North Country; Fleabag; Network; The Boys in the Band; War Paint; 1984; Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed; Gypsy (West End revival); The Elephant Man; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; If/Then; Next to Normal; and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Education: Yale.

AARON GLICK (Producer) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer. Broadway, Touring and West End Credits include: A Wrinkle in Time (Arena Stage, Upcoming), Next to Normal (West End), Hello, Dolly!

(West End), Sweeney Todd (Tony Nomination), Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award), What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony Nomination), & Juliet (West End only), The Boys in the Band (Tony Award), Fully Committed, Gypsy (Olivier Award), and The Old Man and the Old Moon. Aaron is also a producer with David Stone and has worked on such shows as: Three Days of Rain, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked, Next to Normal, If/Then, War Paint, and the Tony-Winning Topdog/Underdog.

Aaron is a Full Member of the Broadway League, a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, and the recipient of Hal Prince’s T Fellowship.

STAFF FOR KIMBERLY AKIMBO GENERAL MANAGEMENT 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT Nina Essman Rachel Kaufman Amy Merlino Coey Marcia Goldberg DIRECTOR OF TOURING Ken Silverman COMPANY MANAGER Justin T. Scholl ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Ryan Emmons

ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Brittney Griffin

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS Hillary Blanken Hannah Wilson Z Zurovitch Guy Kwan Ana Rose Greene Victoria Bullard Ross Leonard Sadie Alisa Abby Filiaggi Carolyn Bonaccorsi Chris Childs Laura Zamsky Burkett Horrigan MARKETING & PRESS REPRESENTATIVE ALEMAN PR Phillip Aleman Justin O’Neill LEGAL COUNSEL KLARIS Doug Nevin Edward Klaris Brandon Taylor TOUR BOOKING THE ROAD COMPANY Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota Shawn Willett Natalie Rine Gracie Lewis Quinn Wasson AnaBella Kalish Jacob Hoffman Shane Parksmith trc.nyc CASTING THE TELSEY OFFICE Craig Burns, CSA Jimmy Larkin PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER... SHAWN PENNINGTON Stage Manager ........................................... Geoff Maus Assistant Stage Manager......................Maya Bhatnagar Assistant Company Manager ........... J. Kenneth Anthony Stone Productions Assistant ................... Grant Albright Associate Scenic Designer .................Teresa L. Williams Associate Lighting Designers.................. Alex deNevers, Kirk Fitzgerald Lighting Assistant ...............................Zijun (Neil) Wang Associate Sound Designer ........................ Isabella Curry Associate Video Designer ....................Dylan Uremovich Associate Costume Designer ................Jessica Worsnop Costume Shopper ..................................Michelle Ridley Associate Hair and Makeup Designer ......... Eric Miralles Production Assistants .... Olivia Gordon, Olivia McQuerry Production Carpenter ............................. Chad Woerner Advance Carpenter ................................ Jack Anderson Production Electrician...................................Eric Norris Production Sound .....................................Mike Wojchik Advance Sound..................................... Douglas Graves Production Props Supervisors . JR Goodman, Ray Wetmore Assistant Production Props ...............Jennifer A. Kramer Production Video Supervisor ............ Chelsea Zalikowski Moving Light Programmer ................ Bridget Chervenka Advance Video Supervisor................. Alexandra Lenihan

Video Programmer ........................................ Ido Levran Head Carpenter ..........................................Blair Carper Assistant Carpenter Flyman .......... Chris “Lucky” Haugh Assistant Carpenter Deck .......................Chad Fenimore Head Electrician ......................................Kathleen Cole Assistant Electrician Followspot ......Gabrielle Blackburn Assistant Electrician Video .................... Javier Calderon Head Sound............................................... Joy Cheever Assistant Sound ...........................................Kayla Chen Head Props.......................................... Kendall Barbera Assistant Props ............................................Serena Slie Crew Swing ............................................Keefe Kennedy Wardrobe Supervisor............................ Katherine Kraus Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor ............... Meredith Scott Hair & Makeup Supervisor ..........................Jakey Hicks Advertising ...............................................Serino Coyne Online Marketing ........................... Situation Interactive Broadway Publicist ..............................Tom D’Ambrosio Community Engagement & Culture Strategist .............. Alexander Consulting Group/ Christina Alexander 321 Theatrical Founding Partner ............... Nancy Gibbs 321 Theatrical Finance Director ......... KeriAnne Murphy 321 Theatrical Business Manager ..... Rebecca Peterson

Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound. Video equipment provided by 4Wall Entertainment. Props provided by More Good Productions, R.Ramos Upholstery, and BrenBri Properties. Custom pregnancy padding by Sarah M. Reever. Kimberly costumes built by Colin Davis Jones Studios.

321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT Michael Altbaum, Kendall Booher, Yang-Yang Chen, Maddy Cohen, Theresa Cooper, Katherine Engel, Madison Goldberg, Marissa Gonzales, Jason Haft, Jen Harris, Logan Craig McDonald, Mike McLinden, Esmé Maria Ng, Emily Powell, Steve Quinn, Jenelle Russell, Roseanna Sharrow, Viraj Shriwardhankar, Spencer Smith, John Tupy, Emily Witham, Michelle Yard, Jasmine Zang

Kimberly Akimbo is dedicated to the memory of Darius Barnes, our friend and collaborator.

Accountant ................................. WithumSmith+Brown/ Robert Fried, CPA; Karen Kowgios, CPA Banking ............................................City National Bank Payroll Service .................................Checks & Balances Insurance ........................ Claudia Kaufman/Elena Sleys AON Insurance Services, Inc. Production Photographer .......................... Joan Marcus Video Footage ............................................. HMS Media Physical Therapy .........................................Neurosport Merchandise....................................... The Araca Group Housing .............................................Debco Travel, Inc. Travel .....................................................Premier Travel kimberlyakimbothemusical.com

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SPECIAL THANKS Annie MacRae, Pamela Adams, Camron Parker, Stephanie Hernandez, Alejandra Izquierdo, Tyler Siems, Ken Benson CREDITS Scenery built and painted by Global Scenic Services and PRG Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG Broadway LLC. Lighting equipment provided by PRG Broadway.

ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair ......................................................... Olaf Olafsson Vice Chair ...............................................Carol Auerbach Treasurer ....................................................Kevin R. Lyle Secretary ....................................................... Betsy Pitts Chris Boneau, Joy Bunson, Jennifer Danielson, Suzanne Friend, Clark Gregg*. Wolf Hengst, Hilary Hinckle*, Blair Husain, Roger E. Kass, Jane King, Scott Korf, Katie Leede, Monique Long, Mary McCann*, Ilona Nemeth Quasha, Hilary Edson Polk, Mahlet Seyoum, Michael Slosberg, Mary Turner Minard, Claudia Wagner, Manny Weintraub, Joanne R. Wenig, Susi Wunsch *Atlantic Theater Company Ensemble members Kimberly Akimbo was rehearsed at Baryshnikov Arts Center.

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. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

The designers at this theatre are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers represents the Press Agents and Company Managers employed on this production.

DRAMATISTS GUILD The writer/s of this production are members of the national trade association of professional playwrights, composers, lyricists, and liberettists.

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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