Into a Lamplit Room: the Songs of Kurt Weill Program

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE

2020-2021 Season

O T T E R B E I N T H E AT R E & D A N C E and

D E PA RT M E N T O F M U S I C present

Devised by AUBREY BERG

Musical Arrangements by JULIE SPANGLER

Into a Lamplit Room was first performed at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as part of A Kurt Weill Celebration, March 2013.

Directed by THOM CHRISTOPHER WARREN Music Direction by Choreography by LORI KAY HARVEY STELLA HIATT KANE Scenic Design by ROB JOHNSON

Costume Design by REBECCA WHITE

Lighting Design by T.J. GERCKENS* ‘88

Sound Design by KAILEY MILLER ‘21 DOC DAVIS

Videography by STEPHEN ROSSMAN KATIE FRAME ‘22 DELANEY LOMBARDI ‘22 HANNAH WIEDELBACHER ‘23

Video Editing by KAELIN HAGLER

Stage Managed by AVERY BARRETT ‘22 Streaming Online March 18-21, 2021

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

The production is presented under license from European American Music Corporation, on behalf of The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc. *The Designer is represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

COMPANY Emily Baggarly Lucy Breedlove Nijah Dent Ashton Lambert Kate Maniuszko

Max Pinson as Kurt Weill with

Victoria Mesa William Anthony Porter Hannah Schmidt Tru Stites Dean Yurecka

Understudies: Sam Hoyer, Brittany Koscinski Lori Kay Harvey*, piano *denotes Department of Music Faculty

ACT I OPENING “Johnny’s Song” (from Johnny Johnson)................................................... Max as Kurt Weill SONGS OF PEACE AND WAR “Over in Europe” (Johnny Johnson)...................................................Tru , William, & Company “The Army Song” (The Threepenny Opera)......................... Tru, William, Dean, & Ashton “Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife”................Emily, Lucy, Nijah, Kate, Victoria, & Hannah “Inventory” (Lunchtime Follies)...............................................................................Company “Schicklgruber” (Songs for the War Effort)................................................ Max as Kurt Weill WEILL, WOMEN AND SONG “Oh, Fabulous One” (Lady in the Dark).............................. Tru, William, Dean, & Ashton “One Life to Live” (Lady in the Dark)........................................................................ Victoria “The Saga of Jenny” (One Touch of Venus).. Emily, Lucy, Nijah, Kate, Victoria, & Hannah “Pirate Jenny” (The Threepenny Opera)..........................................................................Emily “I Wait for a Ship” (Marie Galante)/”My Ship” (Lady in the Dark).................. Kate/Hannah HOW CAN YOU TELL AN AMERICAN “Hosannah Rockefeller” (Happy End)...................................................................Company “One Indispensable Man” (Knickerbocker Holiday)........................................................Dean “Economics” (Love Life)..................................................... Ashton, Kate, Lucy, & Victoria “Progress” (Love Life).................................................Tru, Dean, Emily, Hannah, & Nijah “Song of the Big Shot” (Happy End)......................................................................... William “Wouldn’t You Like to Be on Broadway” (Street Scene)..................... Max as Kurt Weill “Tschaikowsky” (Lady in the Dark).................................................................................Dean “Mack the Knife” (The Threepenny Opera)........................ Ashton, William, Victoria, Kate

5-Minute Intermission

ACT II VIVE LA DIFFERENCE “Speak Low” (from One Touch of Venus).........................................William, Emily, & Lucy Featuring Ashton & Hannah, Dancers “Vive la Difference” (One Touch of Venus)................................................. William & Nijah Medley: “All at Once” (Where Do We Go From Here?).................................................... Tru & Dean “Bats About You” (Lady in the Dark)............................................................Lucy & Emily “It Could Have Happened to Anyone” (Where Do We Go From Here?).................. Nijah “It’s Never Too Late to Mendelssohn” (Lady in the Dark)................ Ashton & Victoria “Wooden Wedding” (One Touch of Venus)................................................ Tru & Hannah “If Love Remains” (Where Do We Go From Here?)................................ Max as Kurt Weill “There’s Nothing Left For Daddy (But the Rumba)” (Love Life).............................Tru “Je ne t’aime pas”........................................................................................................ Kate “Surabaya Johnny” (Happy End)........................................................................... Victoria “Mr. Right” (Love Life)/That’s Him (One Touch of Venus)................................Lucy/Emily “Moon Faced, Starry Eyed” (Street Scene).........................................Ashton & Hannah INTO A LAMPLIT ROOM “The Little Tin God” (Lost in the Stars).............................................................................Tru “The Little Grey House” (Lost in the Stars).................................................................. Nijah “Cry, The Beloved Country” (Lost in the Stars).....................................Nijah & Company “Heavenly Salvation” (The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny).........................Company “There’s Nowhere to Go But Up” (Knickerbocker Holiday).................... Max as Kurt Weill Finale: “Lost in the Stars” (from Lost in the Stars).................................................Company

PRODUCTION NOTE While performers will appear both masked and unmasked, all COVID-19 precautions as set forth by the CDC and local authorities were met and/or exceeded in the making of this production.

PRODUCTION STAFF

Chair, Dept of Theatre & Dance/Producing Artistic Director................T. J. Gerckens Chair, Dept of Music............................................................................ Dennis Davenport Managing Director............................................................................. Elizabeth Saltzgiver Faculty Technical Director............................................................................Patrick Stone Costume Shop Supervisor....................................................................... Haley Williams Lighting & Sound Supervisor...........................................................................Doc Davis Dialect Coach.............................................................................................. Melissa Lusher Movement Coach................................................................................... Melinda Murphy Administrative Assistant.................................................................................. Eryn Kane Creative Consultant/Storyboard Dir (for “Cry, The Beloved Country”)......Blaine Alden Krauss Assistant Directors...................................................................... Jake Ronk, Carly Salyer Assistant Scenic Designers................ Gabriela Ahumada Mier y Concha, Matt Knerr Assistant Sound Designer...............................................................................Tori Perdue Assistant Stage Managers....................................... Anna Kate Reynonlds, Josie Rocca Production Assistant................................................................................ Aaron Mendoza Script Supervisor............................................................................................. Carly Salyer Dance Captain..........................................................................................Ashton Lambert Technical Director.........................................................................................Ellie Iannucci Assistant Technical Director................................................................ Sophie Rodriguez Charge Scenic Artist........................................................................................ Kitty Mader Paint Assistant.......................................................... Gabriela Ahumada Mier y Concha Properties Master.......................................................................................... Izzie Lindsey Assistant Properties Master............................................................................Olivia Rossi Wardrobe Master........................................................................................ Morgan Joyner Wardrobe Assistant...................................................................................... Cassie Perlatti Junior Drapers.....Addison Chapman, Morgan Joyner, Addie Richmond, Tiffany Stone Master Electrician..................................................................................Allison Gammons Assistant Master Electrician................................................................. Anna Wehrmann Light Board Operator................................................................................. Luca Fragiotta Spot Light Operators.................Ian Kerber, Kate Larson, Alex Munzke, Olivia Rossi Deck Electrician.....................................................................................Ava Reid Gregory Assistant Camera 2........................................................................................... Josie Rocca Digital Imaging Technician......................................................................... Ashley Bright Sound Board Operator..................................................................................Jenna Davies RUN CREW Drew Heck Benjamin Hoover WARDROBE CREW Christian Arias Emma Johnson

Aaron Mendoza

SCENIC STUDIO ASSISTANTS Luca Fragiotta Ellie Iannucci Drew Heck Sophie Rodriguez Matt Knerr Reilly J. Ryan

Luke Maynus Shelby Zimmerman

COSTUME SHOP ASSISTANTS Addison Chapman Kate Larson Valerie Frizzell Anna Kate Reynolds Morgan Joyner Carly Salyer

BOX OFFICE ASSISTANTS Julia Kelley Michelle Silva Abby Messina Anna Walker Logan Reeder

LIGHT & SOUND ASSISTANTS Zoya Bokhari Kitty Mader Allison Gammons Kailey Miller Jacob Gooch Sage Wuertzer

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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 Dance Concert 2020: The Wild Within (with John Diver), Chicago, Snoopy!!!, 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 27 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, last year’s revival of 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 currently in his fourth academic year at Otterbein, having come directly from the Broadway production of Disney’s The Lion King. During his short time at Otterbein, Thom has directed Thoroughly Modern Millie, Big Fish, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and classroom projects of Sweeney Todd, The Toxic Avenger, Title of Show, and the past three seasons’ Launch performances. Broadway/ Regional favorites include: the Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress, Peter and the Starcatcher at Theatre Aspen, the world premieres of Bruce Sussman and Barry Manilow’s Harmony at La Jolla, Babes in Arms at the Guthrie, and more recently Dan in Next to Normal and Harold Hill in The Music Man at the Porthouse Theatre, Tateh in Ragtime at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre and, more locally, Albin/Zaza in La Cage Aux Folles and Charles/Berthe in Pippin at the Short North Stage. As always, enormous gratitude to Lori Kay and Stella for their consistently beautiful work. A very special thank you to Aubrey Berg and Julie Spangler for their truly extraordinary work in devising the original production of Into a Lamplit Room and to Blaine Alden Krauss for his remarkable artistry and care in helping to bring this production to life.

Love to Adam and Hamilton (the dog, not the musical).

Lori Kay Harvey (Music Director) is in her 14th 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 The Theory of Relativity, Chicago, Singin’ in the Rain, Big Fish, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Adding Machine: A Musical, Damn Yankees and The Addams

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Family. Tour credits: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 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 - Bernstein’s West Side Story with Maestro Peter Stafford Wilson and the Springfield and Westerville Symphonies, Soprano soloist - Weathervane Playhouse New Year’s Eve Gala with Maestro Russ Mikkelson and the Newark-Granville Symphony, Soprano soloist - Excerpts from Claudel - CDT @ 20, Mozart “Requiem” with The National Chorale (Avery Fisher Hall), Puttin’ On the Ritz with Erich 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 (8) and Clara (5). Many thanks to the cast, crew and creative team for your hard work and ingenuity. Extra special thanks to Doc Davis and Kailey Miller for your sound expertise!

Stella Hiatt Kane (Choreographer) is the Director of Musical Theatre and Director of Dance at Otterbein University and the founding Artistic Director of JazzMet. Ms. Kane has been a member of the national companies of Sugar and Bob Fosses’ Dancin’ and a member of the national and international companies of The American Dance Machine.

She has made television appearances in productions such as PBS’ Dance in America and The Ann Reinking Special with Ann Reinking, Chita Rivera and Ben Vereen. Ms. Kane has taught for New York’s American Dance Machine/Harkness House and the Actors’ and Directors’ Lab. She has been a visiting guest artist/teacher at several universities including The Ohio State University and New York University and has been a master teacher in residence at the Northern Ballet Theatre in Leeds, England. She has also been a guest choreographer for BalletMet and Columbus Dance Theatre, including the world premiere of Women Leading. Her most current Otterbein collaborations have included Chicago, Singin’ In the Rain, Big Fish, Damn Yankees, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Oklahoma!. Additionally, she has directed and choreographed the recent Otterbein University productions of The Wild Within, Move Me, Gloriously Grimm and Together Again. Note: Many thanks to Ashton Lambert for his incredible assistance and contributions on this production.

Rob Johnson (Faculty Scenic Designer) is a full professor with the Department of Theatre & Dance at Otterbein University. With Otterbein since 1987, Rob teaches scenic design, scenic rendering, model-making, computer-aided drafting and several specialty courses in computer graphics. Past design work at Otterbein includes the settings for Chicago, Singin’ In the Rain, Radium Girls, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Big Fish, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and many others in the 33 years he has designed for Otterbein Theatre & Dance. Rob has designed scenery and/or lighting for hundreds of productions throughout his career including musicals, drama, dance concerts, and opera. He has won numerous Ezekiel Awards for his design work. In addition to an undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University, he holds two graduate degrees: a Master of Arts from West Virginia University and a Master of Fine Arts from the Ohio State University. This is Rob’s last official scenic design as the department’s resident scenic designer since he is retiring from Otterbein at the end of this semester. He would like to thank his students and colleagues for all the years of great theatre, and as always, praises Jesus Christ for a life full of many personal blessings and a wonderful career.

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Rebecca White (Costume Designer) is the Director of Design & Technology and resident Costume Designer at Otterbein University. A native of Minnesota, Rebecca holds a Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design & Technology from the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor’s degree in Design and Performance from the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse. Some favorite past designs at Otterbein include Gloriously Grimm, The School for Scandal, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Importance of Being Earnest and Into the Woods. Her professional design and technical credits include The Santa Fe Opera, Park Square Theatre, Penumbra, The Milwaukee Rep, Theatre l’Homme Dieu, and Short North Stage.

Kailey Miller (Sound Designer) is a senior BFA Design/Technology and Spanish/Latin American Studies double major from Snohomish, WA. Highlights of her time as an Otterbein theatre major include designing the set for The School for Scandal, mixing audio as the A1 for various shows and events, assistant teaching, working as an LSA, and spending the summer prior to her junior year in NYC as a CAD intern for Rose Brand. Kailey would like to thank all her professors for supporting her through these four years, with a special shout out to Rob Johnson and Doc Davis for all they’ve taught her about working in scenic and sound design. Enjoy the show!

Doc Davis (Sound Designer/Lighting and Sound Supervisor) was born and raised in Pearl, MS. After receiving a BA in Theatre from Belhaven University, he continued his education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While completing his MFA in Sound Design, 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 acted as a Mastering Engineer, Sound Designer, A1, Location Recordist, Video Designer, and Re-Recording Mixer for various theaters, companies, and films. Since moving to Columbus, OH, Davis has worked at Otterbein University as Lighting and Sound Supervisor and Events Coordinator. He continues to design and mix shows many times a year and especially loves sharing his approach to Audio Engineering and Sound Design with students of all ages!

Avery Lynn Barrett (Production Stage Manager) is a junior BFA Theatre Design/ Technology major with a minor in Studio Art. Avery absolutely loved working on this incredibly unique production and with such an amazing cast and crew. She would like to thank her family and her loving boyfriend Kaleb Baldwin for always being there for her. Avery would also like to dedicate this production to her Nanny Bea who will forever be a light in her life.

Melissa Lusher (Dialect 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

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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).

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.

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 productions, 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.

Patrick Stone (Faculty Technical Director) began his tenure as the Technical Director at Otterbein in the fall of 2014. He spent the previous seven years at the University of Arkansas as the Technical Director. He holds an MFA from the University of South Dakota and a Bachelors of Arts from Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. He teaches classes in stagecraft, properties, metal working, technical direction, wood working, and motion scenery. Patrick also enjoys consulting with local and regional theatres ranging from professional through junior high school. In light of the success of his newfound commitment to being a ray of sunshine, Patrick Stone is considering evangelizing the process. Would you like to hear more?

Haley Williams (Costume Shop Manager) is incredibly excited to be with the Otterbein Theatre and Dance family for a second year as Costume Shop Manager. Haley graduated from the University of Nebraska Lincoln with an MFA in Costume Design and has worked with the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film as a designer and technician. Her previous credits include The Tender Land, Mother Courage, An Act of God, Avenue Q, The Serpent, Hamlet, Blythe Spirit, and the short film The Healing of Harmen.

Emily Baggarly (Company) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Claremont, CA. Previous Otterbein credits include Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Avabelle), Dance 2019: Together Again (Ensemble), The Odd Couple Advanced Directing Project (Florence). Emily is ecstatic to be in her first musical at Otterbein! She wants to thank her parents, brother, Tru, and all of the faculty of the Otterbein Theatre department for their support!

Lucy Breedlove (Company) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Vienna, VA. Previous Otterbein credits include An Enemy of the People (Ensemble), The How and the Why (Rachel), and a class production of Little Women (Meg March). Regional: Watch On The Rhine at the Arena Stage in Washington DC (Babette Muller, Broadway

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World winner “Best Actress in a Large Professional Production”), Michael Feinstein’s Great American Songbook, Academy two-time national finalist and invited soloist for Michael Feinstein’s “Twelve Songs of the Season.” Love and thanks to Mom and Dad, Kappa, and Victoria for buying matching pants with me.

Ashley Bright (Digital Imaging Technician) is a BA Theatre and Psychology double major, from Dublin, OH. Previous credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Production Assistant), Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Assistant Stage Manager), and 11th Hour Theatre Co.’s Carry On (Stage Manager). Thank you to the cast and crew of this wonderful production for all of their hard work and dedication. Enjoy!

Addison Chapman (Junior Draper) is a sophomore BFA Design/Technology major from Mount Gilead, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include Chicago (Stitcher), The School for Scandal (Stitcher) and Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Crafts Artisan). Addison is so thankful to have the opportunity to work with such amazing and hardworking individuals, and looks forward to the day we can make live theatre together again.

Nijah Dent (Company) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Cincinnati, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Ensemble, u/s Miss Shingle, u/s Lady Eugenia D’Ysquith) and An Enemy of the People (Billing).

Allison Gammons (Master Electrician) is a junior Design/Technology major and History minor from Columbus, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include Guys & Dolls (Master Electrician), Chicago (Assistant Master Electrician) and An Enemy of the People (Assistant Stage Manager). As a strong believer of the Buddy System, Allison would like to thank Anna Wehrmann for all of her hard work and support as Assistant Master Electrician for Into a Lamplit Room.

Sam Hoyer (Understudy) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Cincinnati, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Inspector/Ensemble) - Cancelled due to COVID-19, The Theory of Relativity (Swing), and the workshop of Seminar (Martin) Ellie Iannucci (Technical Director) is a senior BFA Design/Technology major with a Psychology minor, from Dublin, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include The Theory of Relativity (Master Electrician), Radium Girls (Technical Director) and The School for Scandal (Master Electrician). Ellie is proud to be completing her senior year working on both shows for the spring semester. She has enjoyed her time at Otterbein, and she’d like to thank the faculty and staff of the department for their support and encouragement, and her friends for the never ending laughs and all the memories.

Morgan Joyner (Wardrobe Master) is a sophomore BFA Design/Technology major from Dallas, TX. Previous Otterbein credits include Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Crafts Artisan), The School for Scandal (Stitcher) and Dance 2019: Together Again (Stitcher).

Morgan would like to thank her parents, Rebecca, Haley and Anna Kate for all their support and help on this show.

Brittany Koscinski (Understudy) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Orlando, FL. This is her first mainstage production. Previously she was in the workshops Rapture, Blister, Burn (Gwen) and Death of a Salesman (Linda). Later in the semester she will be in the Advanced Directing Project, Art, as Marc.

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Kitty Mader (Charge Artist) is a junior Design/Technology major from Avon, OH. Previous credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Paints Assistant), Chicago (Assistant Charge Artist), and Guys & Dolls (Paints Assistant). Kitty would like to thank her family for their resilience and compassion, and especially her sister Elizabeth for her incredible strength and good humor despite battling cancer for the past six months. She would also like to thank Allison Gammons, Anna Walker, Greta Kremer, Michelle Silva, Reilly Cox, and Zoya Bokhari for their immense love and undying support.

Ashton Lambert (Company/Dance Captain) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major with a Dance minor from Houston, TX. Previous Otterbein credits include The School for Scandal (Joseph Surface), Chicago (Ensemble/Aaron), and Singin’ In the Rain (Ensemble). Other credits include Reagle Music Theatre’s A Chorus Line (Mike), and Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre’s West Side Story (Baby John) and Newsies (Henry). Ashton was recently named 2nd runner up in the BroadwayWorld’s Next On Stage Competition - Dance Edition. He would like to thank Thom, Stella, and LK for all the trust they put in him, and also his family and Maggie for all their constant love and support.

Kate Maniuszko (Company) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major with minors in Dance and Exercise Science and Health Promotion from Scottsdale, AZ. Previous Otterbein credit includes The Theory of Relativity (Swing). When she’s not singing and dancing, you can find Kate at Trader Joe’s or Orangetheory! She would like to thank her family and friends for all their love and care.

Victoria Mesa (Company) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major with a Dance minor, from Miami, FL. Previous Otterbein credits include Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Sage) and the workshop Rapture, Blister, Burn (Avery). Endless amounts of gratitude to the insanely talented and committed company of this production for letting me in on something so rewarding. Also, a huge thank you to Hannah Schmidt and Lucy Breedlove for always being nice to me!

Aaron Mendoza (Production Assistant) is a freshman BFA Design/Technology major from Commerce City, CO. Previous Otterbein credit includes The Theory of Relativity (Light Board Op). “This has been a very exciting and wonderful opportunity, I have learned so much and am excited to see what happens in the next few years here at Otterbein.”

Tori Perdue (Assistant Sound Designer) is a sophomore Design/Technology major, with a minor in Criminology and Justice Studies, from Westerville, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include An Enemy of the People (Assistant Sound Design).

Cassie Perlatti (Wardrobe Assistant) is a sophomore BA Theatre major from Cleveland, OH. Previous Otterbein Credits include The School for Scandal (Wig Supervisor), The Theory of Relativity (Wardrobe Master) and The How and The Why (Assistant Director).

She would like to thank her family, her cats, her teachers, and her bubble for their love and support! TPWK. Max Pinson (Company: Kurt Weill) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major with a Math minor, from Kansas City, MO. Previous Otterbein credits include The Aliens (Jasper), The School for Scandal (Trip) and An Enemy of the People (Ensemble). He would like to thank his friends and family for all the support as well as the rest of the cast and creative team for bringing this piece to life!

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William Anthony Porter (Company) is a junior BFA Musical Theatre major from Grand Rapids, MI, now proud to be in Columbus, OH. Previous credits include The Theory of Relativity (Ryan), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Featured Ensemble/Monty US), and Guys & Dolls (Ensemble).

Anna Kate Reynolds (Assistant Stage Manager) is a junior BFA Design/Technology major from Houston, TX. Previous Otterbein credits include Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Draper), Dance 2019: Together Again (Assistant Stage Manager), and Chicago (Wardrobe Master). She will be spending her summer working as a costume intern at the Central City Opera house in Colorado! She would also like to thank her roommate Julia Kelley for all her advice and always going to get coffee!

Sophie Rodriguez (Assistant Technical Director) is a junior BFA Design/Technology major from Houston, TX. Previous Otterbein credits include An Enemy of the People (Technical Director) and The Theory of Relativity (Scenic Carpenter), and previous Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre credits include West Side Story (Scenic Carpenter) and Newsies (Scenic Carpenter). Sophie would like to thank her family, friends, and professors for their support.

Addie Richmond (Junior Draper) is a sophomore BFA Design/Technology major from Tampa, FL. Previous Otterbein credits include The School for Scandal (Wardrobe Assistant) and Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Crafts Artisan).

Josie Rocca (Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant Camera 2) is a freshman Design/ Technology major from Columbus, OH. Previous credits include Westerville Civic Theater’s Mary Poppins (Calling Stage Manager) and Ohio University’s Effective Magic (Assistant Stage Manager).

Carly Salyer (Assistant Director/Script Supervisor) is a senior BA Theatre major with minors in Film Studies and Studio Art, from Columbus, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include An Enemy of the People (Stage Manager), The School for Scandal (Assistant Director) and Radium Girls (Assistant Stage Manager). Carly is excited to finish out her time at Otterbein working on this production. She wants to thank all of her class of 2021 for their love and support throughout her 4 years here!

Hannah Schmidt (Company) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major and Dance minor from Bainbridge, OH. Previous Otterbein credits include Dance 2020: The Wild Within (Thorn) and Dance 2019: Together Again (Ensemble). She wants to thank her family, friends, and dog, Blue, for all their love!

Tru Stites (Company) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Richland, WA. Previous Otterbein credits include The Theory of Relativity (Anthony) and The School for Scandal (Ensemble). “I’m here to do what I love for as long as I can!”

Dean Yurecka (Company) is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre major from Clearwater, FL. Previous Otterbein credits include The Aliens (Evan Shelmerdine) and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Male Swing). Huge thanks to Thom Christopher Warren, Stella Kane, Lori Kay Harvey, and the rest of the Lamplit team for creating an amazing experience this Spring. And all my love to my family back in Florida for their constant love and support.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Kurt Weill (1900-1950) began his career in the early 1920’s, after a musical childhood and several years of study in Berlin. By the time his first opera, The Protagonist (Georg Kaiser), was performed in April 1926, he was an established young German composer. But he had already decided to devote himself to the musical theater, and his works with Bertolt Brecht soon made him famous all over Europe. He fled the new Nazi leadership in March 1933 and continued his indefatigable efforts, first in Paris (1933-35), then in the U.S. until his death.

Certain common threads tie together his career: a concern for social justice, an aggressive pursuit of highly-regarded playwrights and lyricists as collaborators, and the ability to adapt to audience tastes no matter where he found himself. His most important works: the “Violin Concerto” (1925), The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann, 1928), Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Brecht and Hauptmann, 1930), The Pledge (Caspar Neher, 1932), The Seven Deadly Sins (Brecht, 1933), Lady in the Dark (Moss Hart and Ira Gershwin, 1941), Street Scene (Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes, 1947), Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson, 1949). He died of heart failure in 1950, shortly after he and Anderson began work on a musical adaptation of Huckleberry Finn, leaving behind a large catalogue of works and a reputation that continues to grow as more of his music is performed. Weill was raised in a religious Jewish family in Dessau, Germany. Although he was not observant, he composed a number of “Jewish” works, from a vast score to The Eternal Road (1937, Franz Werfel) to a setting of the Kiddush. He married actress Lotte Lenya in 1926; they maintained a close relationship throughout his life despite their divorce in 1933 (they remarried in 1937).

Aubrey Berg served as head of the Musical Theatre program at CCM for thirtytwo years, guiding it to national prominence. He has directed extensively for both professional and educational theatres, with productions ranging from the classics to new plays, from musical theatre to dramatic works. He holds a PhD in Theatre Arts from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and has studied at the Bristol Old Vic, the British Drama League and the British Council at Stratford-upon-Avon. He was the first holder of the Patricia A. Corbett Distinguished Chair of Musical Theatre at CCM and served as Artistic Director of its award-winning summer repertory, Hot Summer Nights, for seven years. In 2010, he received the League of Cincinnati Theatres’ Continuing Achievement Award and was inducted into the CEA Hall of Fame. His graduates can be seen on Broadway, Off- Broadway, on television and in national and international touring productions.

Julie Spangler has been the keyboardist for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra since 1991, under Maestro Erich Kunzel and currently with John Morris Russell. With the Pops, she has had the honor to work with many iconic artists, including Henry Mancini, Rosemary Clooney, Idina Menzel, and Kristin Chenoweth. Julie is a long-time faculty member of the prestigious CCM Musical Theater program, serving as a music director, accompanist, and arranger. She collaborated often with Aubrey Berg, one of her favorite pieces being Into A Lamplit Room. She also enjoys arranging and playing for many diverse ensembles: chamber groups, singer/songwriters, vocal jazz ensembles, and liturgical choirs in Cincinnati and elsewhere.

Special Thanks Very special thanks to the original Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM) cast and creative team of Into a Lamplit Room: Aubrey Berg, Julie Spangler, Joey Dippel, Emily Shexnaydre Bourgeois, Josh Daniel, Matt Hill, Greg Kamp, Collin Kessler, Blaine Alden Krauss, Stephanie J. Cain, Hannah Freeman, Catherine Helm, and Stephanie Jae Park Thanks to Desmond Fernandez, Sarah Simmons, Lloyd Hawthorne, Sanni Robinson, Nia Themelaras, Gabi Ahumada Mier y Concha, and James Prysock for donating their time and talents in the filming of “Cry the Beloved Country.”

Thanks to Asterisk Supper Club, Westerville Grill, Troy Bonte, Steve Crawford and Tracy Rush for their generosity in lending us their spaces for filming.

Thanks to Lt. Marc Dobb, Columbus Division of Police Thanks to David Hemsley Caldwell Thanks to Steve Rossman and his extraordinary film crew, Katie Frame, Delaney Lombardi, and Hannah Wiedelbacher.

Thanks to Caroline Kane at the Kurt Weill Foundation.

Thanks to Solich Piano.

Thanks to our season sponsors Oakland Nursery & Overbrook Clinical Associates.

HONORARY CAST LIST

In addition to those who donated ticket fees during the spring 2020 closure, many of you 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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Director ($1,000-$4,999) Kent D. Stuckey

Designer ($500-$999) Brian Day Tom & Mary Alice Dillman Petie Dodrill David C. & Nancy E. Smith Evans John & Terry Geary

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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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