A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

and DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

present

Book and Lyrics by ROBERT L. FREEDMAN

Music and Lyrics by STEVEN LUTVAK

Based on a novel by ROY HORNIMAN

Original Broadway Production Produced by Joan Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, 50 Church Street Productions, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Catherine & Fred Adler, Rhoda Herrick, Kathleen K. Johnson, Megan Savage, ShadowCatcher Entertainment, Ron Simons, True Love Productions, Jamie deRoy, Four Ladies & One Gent, John Arthur Pinckard, Gerg Nobile, Stewart Lane & Bonnie Comley, Exeter Capital/Ted Snowdon, Ryan Hugh Mackey, Cricket-CTM MEdia/Mano-Horn Productions, Dennis Grimaldi/Margot Astrachan, Hello Entertainment/Jamie Bendell Michael T. Cohen/Joe Sirola, Joseph & Carson Gleberman/William Megevick and Green State Productions In association with The Hartford Stage and The Old Globe

Directed by THOM CHRISTOPHER WARREN

Scenic Design by EDITH D. WADKINS ‘02

Lighting Design by T.J. GERCKENS* ‘88

Projections Design by ROB JOHNSON

Music Direction by LORI KAY HARVEY

Costume Design by REBECCA WHITE Sound Design by DOC DAVIS Stage Managed by ALLISON GAMMONS ‘22

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER was developed, in part, at the 2006 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort with continuing Post-Lab Support through its initiative with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

Vocal Arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell & Steven Lutvak

September 16-19, 23-25, 2021

Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall 30 S. Grove St., Westerville

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

*The Designer is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

Montague “Monty” Navarro ............................................................... Will Anthony Saygers

Miss Shingle, an unexpected visitor Nijah Dent Sibella Hallward, the girl he loves Brooke Pamela Nagel Phoebe D’Ysquith, a cousin..................................................................................Amelia Elias* The D’Ysquith Family ......................................................................................... Ryan Esparza

Asquith D’Ysquith, Jr., a dandy

Lord Adlabert D’Ysquith, Eighth Earl of Highhurst

Reverend Lord Ezekiel D’Ysquith, a clergyman

Lord Adlabert D’Ysquith, Sr., an elderly banker Henry D’Ysquith, a country squire

Lady Hyacinth D’Ysquith, a benefactress

Major Lord Bartholomew D’Ysquith, a bodybuilder

Tour Guide ............................................................................................................

Julia Murphy

Miss Evangeline Barley, a chorus girl ..................................................... Shelby Zimmerman Tom Copley, a farmer Stephen Blauch Lady Eugenia D’Ysquith, Countess of Highhurst........................................... Sarah Simmons Inspector (Chief Inspector Pinckney), of Scotland Yard .................................Jacob Schilling

Magistrate.......................................................................................................... Stephen Blauch

Sibella’s Maid ........................................................................................... Emma Rose Johnson 1st Clerk Carson Zoch** 2nd Clerk .............................................................................................................Jacob Schilling Pub Owner .......................................................................................................... Daniel Keener Pub Owner’s Wife ........................................................................................... Logan Reeder*^ 1st Newsboy Daniel Keener 2nd Newsboy Jacob Schilling Phoebe’s Maid .......................................................................................... Shelby Zimmerman 3rd Newsboy ......................................................................................................... Julia Murphy

4th Newsboy ........................................................................................................ Logan Reeder

1st Actor Daniel Keener 2nd Actor Stephen Blauch 3rd Actor ..............................................................................................................Jacob Schilling

Physician

Carson Zoch Ancestral Portrait #1

Stephen Blauch Ancestral Portrait #2 Daniel Keener Mr. Gorby

Stephen Blauch Dr. Pettibone, Medical Examiner

Carson Zoch Hilda ......................................................................................................... Emma Rose Johnson Selina Chard

ENSEMBLE

Stephen Blauch, Emma Rose Johnson, Daniel Keener, Julia Murphy, Logan Reeder, Jacob Schilling, Sarah Simmons, Shelby Zimmerman, Carson Zoch UNDERSTUDIES

Montague “Monty” Navarro

Logan Reeder

Carson Zoch D’Ysquith Family................................................................................................Jacob Schilling Phoebe D’Ysquith & Sibella Hallward

Emma Rose Johnson Miss Shingle

Logan Reeder Miss Evangeline Barley & Lady Eugenia D’Ysquith

Lady Salome D’Ysquith Pumphrey, an actress Chauncey D’Ysquith, a janitor *denotes Dance Captain **denotes Fight Captain ^ denotes Dialect Captain

Julia Murphy

ORCHESTRA

Conductor/Piano Lori Kay Harvey* Clarinet

Tom Regouski (Sub: Lucas Snader, 9/25) Oboe/English Horn

David Robertson Bassoon

Kelsey Brown Trumpet

Ben Huntoon Horn Kim McCann* Percussion....................................................................................................... Helena Savolaine Violin I

Lane Champa Violin II

Matthew Boles Viola

Smith Cello Jane VanVoorhis Bass

Eric Stratton *denotes Department of Music Faculty

SPECIAL THANKS

Jessica Culligan

Otterbein University Protect the Nest Committee

Otterbein University Covid Protocol: Theatre & Dance Performances

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Otterbein University has followed the advice of public health officials to develop protocols in the best interest of the health and safety of our community.

This season, Otterbein Theatre & Dance will require all audience, crew, and staff members to be masked regardless of vaccination status. Our fully vaccinated cast of actors, as well as the wind players in the orchestra, will play their roles unmasked, allowing you to enjoy their performances to the fullest extent. This protocol aligns with the athletic season protocols of the Ohio Athletic Conference and NCAA.

Additionally, we will socially distance our audience throughout the fall semester by providing one seat of distance between each ticketed party.

Otterbein has taken great efforts to ensure that the fresh air exchange and circulation in our theatre spac es meets or exceeds COVID recommendations and has installed MERV filtration and Ion purification in our HVAC system to provide maximum safety.

Otterbein’s COVID-19 protocols are developed in consultation with Franklin County Public Health and OhioHealth (Otterbein’s campus healthcare provider) and adhere to the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Ohio Department of Health.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I

Overture Orchestra

Prologue ......................................................................................... Ensemble, Sibella, Phoebe

“You’re a D’Ysquith”........................................................................... Miss Shingle & Monty

“I Don’t Know What I’d Do Without You”.................................................................. Sibella “Foolish to Think” ........................................................................................................... Monty

“A Warning to Monty” .............................................................................................. Ensemble

“I Don’t Understand the Poor” Lord Adlabert & Ensemble “Foolish to Think” (Reprise) Monty

“Poison in My Pocket” .................................................... Monty, Asquith, Jr & Miss Barley

“Poor Monty .............................................................................................. Sibella & Ensemble “Better With a Man” ....................................................................................... Henry & Monty “Inside Out” ................................................................................................... Phoebe & Monty “Lady Hyacinth Abroad” .......................................................... Lady Hyacinth & Ensemble “The Last One You’d Expect” Lord Asquith, Sibella, Monty, Phoebe, & Company

15-Minute Intermission

ACT II

Entr’acte ....................................................................................................................... Orchestra

“Why Are All the D’Ysquiths Dying?” ................................... Ensemble, Sibella & Phoebe “Why Are All the D’Ysquiths Dying?” (Encore)....................... Lord Asquith & Ensemble “Sibella” ............................................................................................................................ Monty “I’ve Decided to Marry You” Phoebe, Sibella & Monty Original Choreography by Peggy Hickey

“Final Warning” ....................................................................... Monty, Eugenia & Ensemble “Poison in My Pocket” (Reprise) .................................................................................. Monty “Barrel of a Gun”......................................................................... Lord Adlabert & Ensemble

“Stop! Wait! What?!” Monty “You’re a D’Ysquith”....................................................................................................... Monty “That Horrible Woman” ........................ Sibella, Phoebe, Inspector, Magistrate, & Guard “Look at Phoebe” ............................................................................................................ Monty Finale ........................................................................................................................... Company Bows Orchestra

PRODUCTION STAFF

Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance T.J. Gerckens Chair, Department of Music

Nicholas Ross Managing Director Elizabeth Saltzgiver Production Manager

Sekinger Staff Technical Director

A. Miller

Costume Shop Supervisor Anna Grywalski Lighting & Sound Supervisor

Doc Davis Intimacy Coordinator Aviva Neff Fight Director

Mark Mineart Dialects Coach

Melissa Lusher Movement Coach/Voice Coach Melinda Murphy Assistant Costume Designer

Morgan Joyner Assistant Sound Designer

Gooch Assistant Stage Managers

Izzie Lindsey & Josie Rocca Technical Director

Matthew Knerr Assistant Technical Director Olivia Rossi Charge Artist

Gerckens Properties Lead...................................................................................................... Olivia Rossi Scenery & Props Run Crew

Emylie Winesette & Paige Vick Scenic & Paints Build Crew

Katie Debolt, Ryan Lewis, & Emylie Winesette Wardrobe Lead Kate Larson Wardrobe Run Crew

Libby Carroll, Roberto Silva-Neto, Claire Stancy Costume Shop Build Crew

Carlos Grunewald & Nicole Hunter Lead Electrician Anna Wehrmann Light Board Operator

Ryan Lewis Follow Spot Operators Kateri Condon & Katie Debolt Projections Programmer................................................................................. Isaac Steinhour Electrics Shop Hang Crew

Libby Carroll, Kateri Condon, Luca Fragiotta, Ethan Kuchta, Ava Meyer, Josh Monteleone, Charles Scaglione, & Paige Vick Sound A1

Gooch Sound A2s Nicole Hunter & Ian Peloza Sound & Projectors Board Operator

Elizabeth Foster Box Office Manager/House Manager

LIGHT & SOUND ASSISTANTS

Julia Kelley

Luca Fragiotta Drew Heck Matt Knerr Baylee Roberson

Sophie Rodriguez Olivia Rossi Reilly J. Ryan

Addison Chapman Kate Larson Anna Kate Reynolds Tiffany Stone

Zoya Bokhari Allison Gammons Jacob Gooch Kitty Mader Anna Wehrmann Sage Wuertzer

BOX OFFICE ASSISTANTS

Carlos Grunewald Aaron Manzer Abby Messina Logan Reeder Anna Kate Reynolds Anna Walker

DIRECTOR’S NOTE

In the fall of 2018, we the faculty and staff chose to include the brilliantly funny “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” in our 2019/2020 season, and by March of 2020 our company had designed, built and rehearsed a true love letter to the piece, with copious laughter and sumptuous music filling the rehearsal room throughout the process. In the time since our production shut down that fateful March day, we have all been forced to navigate a world newly defined by a global pandemic and necessary national conversations focusing on social change that have been centuries in the making. What we are just now beginning to experience - and will continue to navigate in the coming years - is a renaissance of sorts as we emerge from the darkness of 2019/2020 into the light of so much potential for change and greatness!

Every day I see with my own eyes the extraordinary nature of a young generation of artists fighting and demanding to be heard. Department faculty and staff have been privileged to witness the unbridled joy of our students as they go back to what they love most; creating spectacular, dynamic, heartbreaking, and in the case of tonight’s production - hilarious art; but doing so through the lens of the artist who has for 18 months been stripped of their voice and is now allowed to REJOICE in their art!!

Where our spring musical “Into a Lamplit Room” chose to examine the human experience through the often-sober lens of the current social conversations, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” is pure delight from beginning to endgleefully reveling in the exploits of young Montague Navarro, as he scales the trunk of the family tree, walking nimbly along the branches of each absurdly hateful member of the noble family. I often describe the piece as the love child of Oscar Wilde and Gilbert & Sullivan; by turns comedy of manners and topsy-turvy operetta (gorgeously sung by the actors, stunningly conducted by Lori Kay Harvey and magnificently played by our fabulous orchestra).

Speaking of our orchestra, you may notice that tonight’s performance might look a bit different from other musicals seen on the Cowan stage. We have chosen to present GGLAM in what are calling “staged concert” format, which allows us (coming out of the fiscal challenges of last year) to STILL offer our audiences a full season of dynamic, rich, and thrilling theatre. We have elected to highlight our orchestra by placing them front and center and allowing the audience to experience this gorgeous score in a new and exciting way. While the staging is singularly unique (in most cases) to this particular production, you will see much inspiration from our extraordinary choreographer from the 2020 Otterbein production, Edward Carignan, and in the case of one iconic song, we have retained permission from the show’s original choreographer to present her work as she set it on the original cast, simply because there is no better way to honor particular moment of the story.

While by no means idle during the pandemic, tonight, Otterbein Department of Theatre and Dance is thrilled to pick up where we left off in the middle of March of 2020! I hope that tonight you will allow yourself the privilege of laughter, and the immense joy of returning to theatre as it was always meant to be - LIVE and in the grand company of an audience!! I humbly dedicate tonight’s performance to the extraordinary talents of those students (cast, designers, technical crew, and musicians) from our 2020 production….they, along with tonight’s company, worked tirelessly for months, and without their talents and vision, we would not be here this evening.

Now…..sit back, pull your mask over your nose because...well, you know…. and please enjoy the show. Oh, and if you’re a member of the D’Ysquith family, I wouldn’t mention it to Monty.

- Thom Christopher Warren

BIOGRAPHIES

T.J. Gerckens (Chair, Producing Artistic Director, Lighting Designer) is the lighting design faculty member at Otterbein University, a USA829 Union Lighting Designer, and proud Otterbein alumnus. At Otterbein, he has designed the lighting for The Tempest, Into a Lamplit Room, Dance Concert 2020: The Wild Within (with John Diver), Chicago, Oklahoma!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Diary of Anne Frank, Adding Machine: A Musical, Damn Yankees, Dance 2016: The Goddess, The Crucible, Fiddler on the Roof, Dance 2015: Famously Yours...Forever, Dance 2014: Tell-Tale Poe, and Into the Woods. As a freelance lighting designer, T.J. has been part of the design team for the Tony Award winner and MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Mary Zimmerman for the last 28 years. Most recently, he designed lighting for the world premiere of the opera Eurydice, by Sarah Ruhl and Matthew Aucoin at the L.A. Opera in co-production with the Metropolitan Opera, The Music Man at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Mary Zimmerman’s world premiere of The Steadfast Tin Soldier at Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre, Metamorphoses at the Guthrie Theatre and Berkeley Rep, and Rusalka at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC. Other notable designs include The Odyssey at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Wonderful Town at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Guys & Dolls in L.A., and Treasure Island at the Lookingglass Theatre and Berkeley Rep. His lighting designs have been seen at regional theatres across the United States, on and off Broadway, and at the Metropolitan Opera. Internationally, he has designed in England, Australia, and at the LaScala Opera House in Milan, Italy. He has received numerous awards for his designs including New York’s Drama Desk Award and Lortel Awards for his lighting of Metamorphoses on and off Broadway, Jefferson Awards for The Odyssey and Metamorphoses in Chicago, and an award for “Exemplifying the Art of Collaboration” given to the Zimmerman design team by Entertainment Design Magazine. You can see his designs for Lucia di Lammermoor and La Sonnambula on DVDs released by the Metropolitan Opera. T.J. holds a BFA from Otterbein University and an MFA from Boston University. He is married to set designer, scenic artist, and Otterbein adjunct instructor Stephanie R. Gerckens.

Thom Warren (Director) is delighted to be launching into his fifth academic year with our “reboot” of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Previous Otterbein Directing credits include Into A Lamplit Room; A Kurt Weill Song Cycle, Big Fish, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and he will be directing Short North Stage’s upcoming production of Little Shop of Horrors in the spring. Performing credits include 15 years spent in the Broadway and national touring companies of Disney’s The Lion King (which he will return for a brief period this fall, in the role of Scar), the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress, and recent regional productions of La Cage Aux Folles (Albin) and Pippin (Charles/Bertha) at Short North Stage, Ragtime (Tateh) at Shenandoah Summer Theatre, Next to Normal (Dan) and The Music Man (Harold Hill) at The Porthouse Theatre. Many thanks to Lori Kay Harvey, Edward Carignan, and of course, not only the extraordinary cast you see this evening, but also our remarkable company of students in 2020.

Lori Kay Harvey (Music Director) is in her 15th year as a member of the musical theatre faculty at Otterbein. She has music directed over 35 shows in central Ohio and throughout the US and has performed extensively as an actor/ singer/ dancer on both national and international tours and in numerous regional theatres. Recent Otterbein credits include Into A Lamplit Room, The Theory of Relativity, Chicago, Singin’ in the Rain, Big Fish, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Adding Machine. Tour credits: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat, Grease. Regional: Next to Normal, Beauty and the Beast, Jekyll and Hyde, The Taffetas, Camelot, The Who’s Tommy, Damn Yankees, Brigadoon, Carousel, The Desert Song and The Good War. Concert credits: Soprano soloist with Westerville Symphony, Springfield Symphony and Newark-Granville Symphony, Columbus Dance Theatre - Claudel - CDT @ 20, Mozart “Requiem” with The National Chorale (Avery Fisher Hall), Puttin’ On the Ritz with Erich

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Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Carnegie Hall and recorded on TELARC label), and The Magical Music of Disney (Cincinnati Music Hall and Circle Theatre, IN, recorded on TELARC label and GRAMMY- nominated). Television credits: Sex in the City, Guiding Light, Mel Torme’s Christmas Special, and various commercials and industrials. Education: BS in Voice Performance and Theatre from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Member of Actor’s Equity Association. Lori Kay and her husband, TJ, live in Galena with their 2 children, Macrae (9) and Clara (6). Many thanks to the cast, crew, orchestra and creative team for your fantastic work!

Edith D. Wadkins (Scenic Designer) is thankful for the opportunity to work with Otterbein. Edith has worked as a freelance scenic artist and set designer around Central Ohio at many professional and educational institutions. Her most recent designs include The Tempest last spring for Otterbein, Mamma Mia for the Butterfly Guild of Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Radium Girls for New Albany High School. She has spent the last 18 months renovating her basement as an artist studio. Her fine art paintings can be found at edithdingerwadkins. com.

Rebecca White (Costume Designer) is the Director of Design & Technology and the resident Professor of Costume Design for Otterbein’s Department of Theatre & Dance. Having designed over 40 Otterbein productions, a few of Rebecca’s favorites include Dance 2020: The Wild Within, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and The Importance of Being Earnest. Outside of Otterbein, Rebecca has worked with Short North Stage, The Santa Fe Opera, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Penumbra Theatre Company, The Minnesota Centennial Showboat, and Theatre L’Homme Dieu. With a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Rebecca specializes in Costume Design, Costume History, and Crafts including millinery and leatherwork. When not in the theatre, Rebecca is an avid equestrian, competing with her horse, Kevin, in Ranch Horse shows, dabbling in western dressage, and mounted archery.

Doc Davis (Sound Designer/Lighting and Sound Supervisor) was born and raised in Pearl, MS and caught the performance bug early, taking both choir and band classes through junior high and high school. While earning a BA in Theatre (emphasis in Production) from Belhaven University in Jackson, MS, he worked as a local Sound Engineer, Monitor Mixer, and Systems Technician for acts such as Robert Randolph, Breaking Benjamin, and The Temptations. After graduation, he continued his education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a goal of teaching. While completing his MFA in Sound Design and Technology, he worked as a sound engineer at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, assisting such acts as Mark Morris Dance Company, The National, Derek Trucks Band, Keb’ Mo’, Ralph Lemon Dance Company, and more. After receiving his MFA, he returned to Jackson, MS where he honed his talents as a mix engineer, location recordist, and rerecording mixer. While in Jackson, Davis also acted as the Director of Dance Production for Belhaven University’s prestigious Dance BA program, and explored various aspects of video production, and produced or assisted in producing several short films and music videos selected for exhibition at film festivals throughout the South. Since moving to Columbus, OH, Davis has worked at Otterbein University as Sound Designer, Sound Design and Technology professor, Lighting and Sound Supervisor, and Events Coordinator for Cowan Hall. In 2021, Davis presented a paper to the US Institute of Theatre Technology regarding a method of safely producing theatrical productions during a global pandemic, which was utilized in 2020’s production of The Theory of Relativity. Doc is the CEO of Sound Audio Productions in Blacklick, OH, sits on the board of the Mississippi Shakespeare Festival and is a founding member of Hapax Creative Solutions and Gearbox Camera and Lighting. Davis has two beautiful twin daughters (Emma and Grace), an amazing wife (Kristen), and two very fluffy cats (Maggie and Microphone) who he’d like to thank for their support!

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Allison Gammons (Stage Manager) is a senior Design/Technology major and History minor from Columbus, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include An Enemy of the People (Assistant Stage Manager), Into a Lamplit Room (Lead Electrician) and Chicago (Associate Lead Electrician). Allison would like to thank Josie and Izzie for being incredible to work with. She hopes you enjoy the show!

Melissa Lusher (Dialects Coach) is a tenured Professor of acting, speech, and dialects in the Department of Theatre and Dance, where she also serves as the Associate Chair, the Director of the BFA Acting Program, and the Resident Speech/Dialects Coach for all productions. She was deeply honored to receive Otterbein’s 2018 Teacher of the Year award. Melissa holds an M.F.A. in Acting from the combined program of Carnegie Mellon University and the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia, and a B.F.A. in Acting from Carnegie Mellon. She is a certified teacher of the Michael Chekhov acting technique through the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium. She has served as a dialect coach for many area universities and theatre companies, including CATCO, Short North Stage, and Actors’ Theatre of Columbus. Favorite Otterbein directing credits include Chicago (named one of the Best 10 Productions of 2019 by the Columbus Dispatch), “Master Harold”... and the Boys, Rumors, The Crucible, RENT, The Greeks: The Murders, No Exit, and Spring Awakening (named one of the Best 10 Productions of 2012 by the Columbus Dispatch). Favorite roles include Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Otterbein), Barbara in August: Osage County (Otterbein), Goneril in King Lear (Actors’ Theatre), Clytemnestra in The Greeks (Moscow Art Theatre), Marina in Volodya (LaMaMa E.T.C.), Margaret in Richard III (AST), and the title role in Miss Julie (CMU).

Justin A. Miller (Technical Director/Scene Shop Supervisor) is honored to be joining the team at Otterbein University this semester! He will be overseeing the scene shop and tech directing Pajama Game. Justin received his MFA in Scene Design at The Ohio State University in 2018 and has been actively involved in productions across the US. Some of his favorite shows that he has designed include: Bonnie and Clyde, Urinetown: The Musical, All Shook Up!, Stupid F***ing Bird, and The Diviners. He would like to thank all cast and crew for their hard work on this production.

Mark “Coach” Mineart (Fight Director) is a tenured Associate Professor at Otterbein and has been a successful member of the professional theatre community for over 30 years, working as an actor, director, fight director, and coach. He has appeared on and off Broadway with such stars as Denzel Washington and Kelsey Grammer as well as worked at many of the nation’s most well respected and award-winning regional theatres. Classically trained, he has portrayed many of the great characters of world theatre, among them Cyrano de Bergerac, Macbeth, Long John Silver, Lennie in Of Mice & Men, and George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf here at Otterbein with colleague Professor Melissa Lusher. He has created roles in almost a dozen world premiere productions by such playwrights as Jane Martin and Eric Cobble, and even had roles written for him by multiple Tony and Drama Desk Award-winner Arthur Kopit. In 2009 he relocated to Frankfurt, Germany, and appeared in such films as What A Man and Iron Sky in addition to working as a performance capture artist for the blockbuster video games Crysis II, Bullet Storm, and NCIS: The Game. In 2011, he shifted the primary focus of his career to teaching, serving as Associate Professor and Head of the Acting Curriculum at The American University in Cairo. Mark joined the Otterbein Department of Theatre and Dance in the fall 2015. Most recently, he directed Shakespeare’s Tempest in 2021.

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Melinda Murphy (Movement Coach) teaches Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais Method® in the Otterbein Theatre and Dance Department, with application to movement, voice, characterization, singing, and dance. Melinda is one of the few teachers trained in both methods; she combines them in her private practice in Columbus, and in classes and seminars for performing artists at other Ohio colleges. Since coming to Otterbein, she also trained to teach Fitzmaurice Voice work for its specialized tools for improving the voice and breath. Melinda has coached Otterbein productions since the turn of the century. She has also coached equestrians, figure skaters, musicians, and competitive barbershop quartets and choruses including the two-time international gold medalist Southern Gateway Chorus.

Dr. Aviva Neff (Intimacy Coordinator) is a rustbelt artist-scholar-educator with an expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts. Dr. Neff is an experienced director who enjoys working in devised theatre and theatre for social change. She is an ensemble member with Teatro Travieso, with whom she recently premiered her solo performance, “Blood, Earth, Water.” Dr. Neff is the Director of Youth and Community Learning at Columbus College of Art and Design and an adjunct faculty member with Otterbein University Department of Theatre and Dance.

Elizabeth Saltzgiver (Managing Director) has been a member of the Department of Theatre & Dance since 2000. Her experience in Arts Administration includes work for dhc produc tions, the Westerville Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ohio Light Opera, Ashland University College of Arts and Sciences, the 2013 Westerville Year of the Arts celebration, and the Ashland Balloon Fest. Elizabeth holds a B.A. in Music and Business from Otterbein University and, in 2012, she was named a fellow for the Next Generation Leader of the Arts program here in central Ohio. She is currently Treasurer for the Columbus Arts Marketing Association.

Brian Sekinger (Production Manager) joins the Otterbein team this year with experience as an AEA Stage Manager, Line Producer, Consultant, and Educator in the performing arts industry. Brian has a BA in Educational Theatre & English from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and an MFA in Production Technology & Management with a concentration in Stage Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Most recently, he was the Resident Production Stage Manager at Northern Stage and the Production Stage Manager at the New London Barn Playhouse. His passion for new musical development and working with early career Stage Managers has had him jet setting around the country with companies including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center Education, Davenport Theatricals, DreamWorks Theatricals, RKO Stage, Musical Theatre Factory, Prospect Theatre, Playwrights Realm, Folger Shakespeare, and many others.

Stephen Blauch (Tom Copley, Ensemble) is a senior BFA Musical Theatre and BA Sociology major from Chardon, OH. Previous credits include Columbus Immersive Theatre’s Carrie (Freddy, U/S Tommy), Otterbein’s The Theory of Relativity (Mike), An Enemy of the People (Composer) and The Tempest (Composer). Stephen would like to thank his friends and family for supporting him throughout the years.

Matthew Boles (Violin II) is a junior Music Performance Major at Otterbein University, studying under the instruction of David Edge with concentrations in Violin Performance and History, as well as a minor in French Studies. His ensembles include The Otterbein String Orchestra, The Westerville Symphony Orchestra, Otterbein Early Music Ensemble, Chamber Ensemble, and Otterbein Pit Orchestra. He teaches violin locally and assists with coaching String Solo and Ensemble groups at the middle and high school levels. His string

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quartet (name TBD) plays gigs and events locally in the surrounding area. A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder will be Matthew’s debut performance playing for the Otterbein Theater Department.

Kelsey Brown (Bassoon) is a recent alumna of Otterbein’s English and Music departments, and is currently a student and graduate assistant in Otterbein’s MBA program. Kelsey has performed as a bassoonist and contrabassoonist with a number of Otterbein’s ensembles, as well as with local orchestras like the Westerville Symphony Orchestra and the New Albany Symphony Orchestra. In addition to performing, Kelsey works in arts administration with a focus in programing and youth education.

Lane Champa (Violin I) is a violinist and violist from Delaware, Ohio. He is an active performer in the New Albany Symphony Orchestra, McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra, and Westerville Symphony Orchestra. Champa is the Outreach Coordinator of Christian Howes’ Creative Strings Workshop in Delaware, Ohio. He was the Onsite Manager of the Chamber Music Connection from 2015-2018 and is currently an Associated Faculty Member of the organization. He served as Marketing Director of the New Albany Symphony Orchestra from 2017-2021. Champa performs regularly across the state, managing his own special events ensemble network. He performs bimonthly as a soloist on the Heather Pick Music Series at the Ohio State University’s James Cancer Hospital. Champa is a 2016 graduate of Otterbein University. He was a featured performer in the Otterbein University Humor in Music Festival, violinist of Red Noise New Music Ensemble and is a violinist in the university’s Musical Theater Pit Orchestra. Champa enjoys contemporary music collaborations and has performed in premieres of works by Aiv Rubino, Kyle Price, Zachary Koors, Charlie Wilmoth, Rachel Epperly, Max Vinetz and Brian Riordan. Champa is a director and guest artist at the annual Olentangy Summer Strings Camp at Otterbein University. He also manages a private string studio teaching violin, viola, cello, improvisation and composition to students across central Ohio.

Nijah Dent (Miss Shingle) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major from Monroe, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include the 2020 production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Ensemble, U/S Miss Shingle, U/S Lady Eugenia D’Ysquith), An Enemy of the People (Billing) and Into a Lamplit Room (Company)

Amelia Elias (Phoebe D’ysquith) is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major with a dance minor from Culpeper, VA. Previous Otterbein credits include The Theory of Relativity (Mira), Chicago (Liz/Ensemble), Singin’ In the Rain (U/S Kathy Selden, Ensemble). Amelia would like to thank the department for making this show possible after all the craziness of the pandemic. She would also like to thank her family, teachers, and friends from the class of ‘22 for all of their support over the years.

Ryan Esparza (The D’ysquith Family) is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major from Houston, TX. Previous Otterbein credits include The Theory of Relativity (Adam), The Tempest (Sebastian) and Chicago (U/S Mary Sunshine). Ryan would like to dedicate this show to his twin brother, Aaron, in the marines.

Jacob Gooch (Sound A1) is a junior BFA Design/Technology major from Wooster, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include The Launch 2020 (Lighting Designer) and Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Assistant Lead Electrician), as well as Video Head at the Lincoln Theatre. Thank you to the amazing faculty and staff of the department for your support!

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Ben Huntoon (Trumpet) recently retired after 30 years as the Jazz Education Consultant at Stanton’s Sheet Music in Columbus. He also served on the music faculty at Otterbein University for 15 years. Ben received degrees in music from Capital University and The Ohio State University. He is contributing author for Teaching Through Performance in Jazz from GIA Publications. As a professional musician, Ben has performed on many stages throughout the country for over 40 years.

Emma Rose Johnson (U/S Sibella, U/S Pheobe, Ensemble) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Sarastoa, FL. Previous credits include Columbus Immersive Theatre’s Carrie (Frieda, U/S Sue Snell). I would like to thank my incredible family for their endless support, my friends for bringing so much joy into my life, my teachers for always sparking my imagination, and the spectacular cast, crew, and creative team of GGLAM for making my first Main Stage at Otterbein truly unforgettable!! Mary…. you better watch your back as you sweep those floors. Love, Hilda.

Julia Kelley (House Manager) is a senior BFA Design/Technology major with a minor in Arts Administration, from Hilliard, OH. Previous credits include Otterbein’s The Theory of Relativity (Assistant Stage Manager), The Tempest (Assistant Stage Manager) and she recently completed a production internship with CATCO! Julia would like to thank Elizabeth Saltzgiver for her guidance and this opportunity! She also could not have done this without emotional support from her bestie, Anna Kate Reynolds, the everlasting sarcasm of her sister, or the unending support of her parents.

Daniel Keener (Ensemble) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major and Creative Writing minor from Wakeman, OH. Previous credits include Renaissance Theatre’s Hairspray (Link Larkin). He is very thankful to the cast and crew for a great show!

Matt Knerr (Technical Director) is a sophomore BFA Design/Technology major from Ashburn, VA. Previous Otterbein credits include Into a Lamplit Room (Assistant Scenic Designer). After graduation, Matt hopes to work for a local company and then head to graduate school.

Kate Larson (Wardrobe Lead) is a sophomore Design/Technology major from Cambridge, MN. Previous credits include The Tempest (Stitcher/Draper and Assistant Wardrobe Lead). Kate is simply happy to be here and to take things on as they come.

Isabelle Lindsey (Assistant Stage Manager) is s junior BA Theatre and BA Music major from Gahanna, OH. Previous credits include Into a Lamplit Room (Props Master).

Kimberly McCann (Horn) holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, and a Master’s Degree in Horn Performance from Northwestern University, where she studied with Dale Clevenger. Kim is the horn instructor at Ohio Wesleyan University, Otterbein University, and Capital University. Kim is principal horn in the Newark Granville Symphony Orchestra and the Westerville Symphony. She is an associate musician with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and has made numerous solo appearances with area orchestras in recent years. Kim also plays in the pit orchestra for many traveling Broadway productions, as well as other touring artists like Frank Sinatra Jr., Andrea Bocelli, Chris Botti, and Johnny Mathis. In addition, Kim is an experienced chamber musician. Currently, she is a member of the Capital Faculty Brass Quintet, the QuintEssential Winds, and St. Joseph’s Cathedral Brass.

Julia Murphy (Ensemble, U/S Barley, U/S Eugenia) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Indianapolis, IN. Previous credits include Otterbein’s class production of Graceland (Bev), Summer Stock Eclipse’s Godspell (George) and Summer Stock Stage’s Into the Woods (Witch). Julia is so excited to be in this show during this time. She believes Theatre can heal the community and world, and has loved getting the chance to do so with this cast!

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Brooke Pamela Nagel (Sibella) is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major from Montville, NJ. Previous Otterbein credits include The Theory of Relativity (Julie), the Advanced Directing Project production of Fun Home (Little Allison), and Singin’ in the Rain (Swing). I would like to thank everyone who made GGLAM 2.0 possible after the “tragic demise” of GGLAM 1.0 in the spring of 2020. This has been a rollercoaster of a time and I am so glad that I got to spend that time with the astonishing people in the cast and crew of this amazing production!

Logan Reeder (Dance Captain, Dialect Captain, U/S Miss Shingle, Ensemble) is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance minor from Pensacola, FL. Previous Otterbein credits include The Tempest (Antonia), Radium Girls (U/S Performance Grace Fryer, Mrs. Roeder, Madame Curie) and The School for Scandal (Maria). Logan would like to thank Thom and the hilarious cast and crew of Gentleman’s Guide for making her last mainstage performance so enjoyable. As she prepares to leave Otterbein, she would also like to thank her family at home and the family that she has made here for always supporting her.

Tom Regouski (Reed I) is a freelance woodwind specialist and educator based in Columbus. This is his fourth production at Otterbein, having played for Singin’ in the Rain, Thoroughly Modern Millie and A Grand Night for Singing. He has also played productions at Short North Stage, Columbus Children’s Theater, and the Weston Playhouse. Tom was the reed player on the premiere performance and original cast recording of Andrew Lippa’s latest musical, Unbreakable.

David Robertson (Oboe/English Horn) is Professor of Physics and a past Chair of the Physics Department at Otterbein. He studied oboe with Allan Vogel and Lothar Koch, and is currently Principal English Horn of the Westerville Symphony. He has performed with numerous orchestras and chamber groups in the US and Germany.

Josie Rocca (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freshman Design/Technology major from Columbus, OH. Previous credits include Otterbein’s Into a Lamplit Room (Assistant Stage Manager), Westerville Civic Theater’s Mary Poppins (Calling Stage Manager) and Ohio University’s Effective Magic (Assistant Stage Manager).

Helena Savolaine (Percussion) is a current senior at Otterbein studying Music and Psychology. This is her first Otterbein show and she is so excited to be a part of this musical!

Will Anthony Saygers (Monty) is a senior BFA Musical Theatre major from Grand Rapids, MI. Previous credits include the Otterbein productions of The Theory of Relativity (Ryan) and Into a Lamplit Room (Company), and Porthouse Theater’s BKLYN (Taylor). Will wants to express his gratitude and love to all of those friends who became family over the past four years. Love to my mom and my aunt.

Jacob Schilling (Ensemble) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Fishers, IN. Thank you to my cast and directors.

Sarah Simmons (Lady Eugenia, Ensemble) is a senior BFA Acting Major from Portsmouth, OH. Previous credits include Cedar Summerstock’s The Addams Family (Morticia), and Otterbein’s The Tempest (Ariel) and An Enemy of the People (Captain Horster). Sarah would like to thank her parents for their endless love and support!

Preston Smith (Viola) is a senior Zoo and Conservation Science and Biology double major originally from Pittsburgh, PA. He has been playing the viola about 12 years now, and continues to play in Otterbein’s String Orchestra and also with a campus student string quartet.

BIOGRAPHIES

Isaac Steinhour (Projections Programmer) is a graduate of Ohio Northern University with his bachelor’s degree in International Theatre Production, Musical Theatre, and French. While in the theatre department, he focused in Technical Direction studying under the former TD of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He worked as the resident lighting and sound designer at Findlay High School for ten years and the resident technical director and scenic designer at The Findlay YouTheatre for four years. He moved to Columbus with the love of his life, Michelle, five years ago and started as the Technical Director at Columbus Children’s Theatre in August of 2018. He and his wife just recently had their first child, a daughter. At CCT, in addition to running the scene shop Isaac also frequently serves as sound and projection designer and teaches production classes. Isaac is honored to be working with the amazing team at Otterbein on this fantastic production.

Eric Stratton (Bass) graduated from Otterbein University in the spring of 2019 with degrees in Bass Performance and Jazz Studies. He actively performs around central Ohio, playing both upright and electric bass in many genres including jazz, rock, pop, metal and classical. Eric also works in the instrumental music department at Stanton’s Sheet Music in Columbus. Musicals are one of his favorite performance opportunities, and credits include Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Singin’ in the Rain, Big Fish, Next to Normal, Little Shop of Horrors, Rock of Ages, The View Upstairs, and many more.

Jane Van Voorhis (Cello) resides in Columbus where she holds a private studio and is an avid freelance cellist. Ms. Van Voorhis performs regularly with groups such as the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic, West Virginia Symphony, New Albany Symphony, Newark Granville Symphony and others. She has also been a member of the Classical Music Festival in Austria, both as an orchestra and chamber musician. Ms. Van Voorhis earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Ohio State University under the tutelage of Prof. William Conable. Jane has also been a participant in the master classes of Janos Starker, Charles Pickler and others, and received supplementary studies from Erling Blondal Bengtsson.

Anna Wehrmann (Lead Electrician) is a junior BFA Design/Technology major and Philosophy minor from Dallas, TX. Previous Otterbein credits include Into a Lamplit Room (Assistant Lead Electrician) and The Tempest (Assistant Charge Artist).

Shelby Zimmerman (Miss Barley, Ensemble) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Tampa, FL. This summer she was a performance intern at Cortland Repertory Theatre. So grateful to do this show with the people I love most. And if you see Hilda on stage, tell her Mary is on to her.

Carson Zoch (Ensemble, U/S Monty) is a junior BFA Acting major from Houston, TX. Previous credits include Otterbein’s The Tempest (Prince Ferdinand), as well as Cortland Repertory Theatre’s Goin’ to the Chapel (Eddie) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Demetrius). Thank you to everyone, especially his family and the direction team, for supporting him. Carson is excited to be back for round 2 of Gentlemen’s Guide!

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES

Robert L. Freedman (Book & Lyrics) and Steven Lutvak (Music & Lyrics) won a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Book of a Musical for the Tony-winning Best Musical of 2014, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. They were also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Score.

Among his television career highlights, Robert won the Writers Guild Award for HBO’s A Deadly Secret, and was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Writers Guild award for the miniseries Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. Other teleplays include Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, for which he received a third Writers Guild nomination; What Makes A Family, which received a GLAAD Award and for which Robert was a Humanitas finalist; What Love Sees, winner of the Silver Plaque at the Chicago International Television Festival; as well as the highly-rated true crime dramas Murder In The Hamptons, The Pastor’s Wife, Honor Thy Mother, and Bitter Blood In 2006, Freedman and Lutvak received both the Fred Ebb Award for songwriting and the Kleban Award for lyric writing for their work on the musicals A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Campaign of the Century. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Robert has B.A. in Theatre from UCLA and an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing and Musical Theatre from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Robert is currently at work on a film for HBO and Sundance Films. He is married to actress Jean Kauffman, and they are the proud parents of Max Freedman, a writer and community activist living in Brooklyn.

Lutvak’s other musicals include Almost September, which premiered on the mainstage of the Repertory Theater of St. Louis, and was subsequently produced at Missouri Repertory Theater, and won eight Bay Area Critics’ Circle Awards for its run at Theater Works in Palo Alto, California. The Wayside Motor Inn, his adaptation of a play by A. R. Gurney, began as a commission by the Harmony Project of the National Alliance for Musical Theater, for which Lutvak was named Artist-in-Residence at the Eugene O’Neill Opera Music/Theater Conference. His Esmeralda premiered at the Studio Theater of the St. Louis Rep, and was awarded a New American Work grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Lutvak scored Off-Broadway’s Hannah Senesh, which was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, and was later produced at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles, the Philadelphia Theatre Company, the Baltimore Center Stage, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and more recently at Penguin Repertory Theatre. Lutvak wrote the title track to Paramount’s hit film, Mad Hot Ballroom, and, the score to Anything But Love, which starred Eartha Kitt and Andrew McCarthy, and was released by the Samuel Goldwyn Company. As a singer/songwriter, Lutvak has performed his songs around the country, including such prestigious New York venues as Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, Rainbow and Stars and the Russian Tea Room. His two CD’s are called The Time It Takes and Ahead of My Heart. He is also the winner of the Johnny Mercer Emerging American Songwriting Award, the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, and is the only two-time recipient of the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Grant. And now that several of his songs are discussed in David Jenness and Don Velsey’s “Classic American Popular Song”, the follow-up to Alec Wilder’s classic book, “American Popular Song”, Steven Lutvak’s place in the American Popular Songbook is even more firmly planted. Steven is proud to now be an Adjunct Professor at his alma mater, the NYU Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program. He lives in New York City with his husband, choreographer Michael McGowan, and their daughter, Eliot Rose Lutvak-McGowan.

HONORARY CAST LIST

Many have generously supported our call for help to keep our production program moving forward, despite the continued obstacles imposed by the ongoing pandemic. Members who give annually at the Director and Producer level are included in the Joanne Van Sant Society. Thank you for contributing to the education of our students!

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When Otterbein University was forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic last March, we were devastated to have to cancel our spring production, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder just as we were beginning final tech and dress rehearsals. The actors had rehearsed for more than five weeks and we had already invested thousands of dollars in scenery, costumes, lights, licensing, advertising, and more. We weren’t sure how we could possibly pay our bills and prepare for a fall season given the loss of ticket revenue. Many ticket holders stepped up, donating their ticket fees and providing addditional financial support. It is because of the generosity of those you see here, our sponsors, and many more who prefer to remain anonymous, that we are able to fully produce this fall 2020 season. Thank you for your trust in us and for being a part of the Otterbein Theatre & Dance Family. We look forward to entertaining you in person again very soon.

- Elizabeth Saltzgiver, Managing Director

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