Applause -- Jagged Little Pill, August 16-27, 2023

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SIGHTLINE

BY HASSAN SALEM

AAs you join us today, it is clear that theatre builds community. It uplifts and illuminates, educates and entertains. And after the applause fades, it lasts in our collective memory.

During the pandemic, we were among the first to close and the last to reopen. Many of our national peers have scaled back, cut programs, or shut down. But there is something special happening here, something fundamental to what our patrons value — a vibrant region rich with opportunities.

With audiences totaling 850,000 this past season, it is clear that the DCPA is more than a night on the town; rather, it is a treasured part of our community’s rich cultural fabric.

As we enter our 45th season, we have announced an ambitious five-year strategic plan with six goals, the first of which is to create one million engagements annually

The plan will require us to increase participation in existing programs, engage in meaningful ways, and explore new approaches to our work. It will require partnerships with colleagues and schools; investment by donors; and collaboration within our team. Most importantly, it will need your active participation.

As Chair, I am delighted to share my own appreciation of theatre and arts education. It is through hard work and communitybuilding that, by our 50th anniversary, we will be a place where everyone feels welcome…a place where everyone has a story to tell and an audience with which to share it.

Warm regards,

Hassan Salem Head of Commercial Banking, U.S. Bank Chair, Denver Center for the Performing Arts

HONORING OUR ELDERS

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EDITOR: Suzanne Yoe

DESIGN DIRECTOR: Kyle Malone

DESIGNER THIS ISSUE: Brenda Elliott

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:

Lisa Bornstein, Emma Hunt, Joanne Ostrow

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Hassan Salem, Chair

Ruth Krebs, Vice Chair

Robert C. Newman, Secretary/Treasurer

Nicole Ament

Dr. Patricia Baca

Brisa Carleton

Fred Churbuck

Jerome Davis

Navin Dimond

David Jacques Farahi

Kevin Kilstrom

Susan Fox Pinkowitz

Manny Rodriguez

Alan Salazar

Richard M. Sapkin

Martin Semple

William Dean Singleton

Robert Slosky

Ken Tuchman

Tina Walls

Dr. Reginald L. Washington

Judi Wolf

Sylvia Young

HONORARY TRUSTEES

Margot Gilbert Frank

Jeannie Fuller

Daniel L. Ritchie

Cleo Parker Robinson

HELEN G. BONFILS FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Martin Semple President

William Dean Singleton, Vice President

Dr. Reginald L. Washington

Secretar y/Treasurer

Kevin Kilstrom

Ruth Krebs

Robert C. Newman

Susan Fox Pinkowitz

Hassan Salem

Robert Slosky

Judi Wolf

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Janice Sinden, President & CEO

Jamie Clements, Vice President, Development

Chris Coleman, Artistic Director, Theatre Company

John Ekeberg, Executive Director, Broadway & Cabaret

Lydia Garcia, Executive Director, Equity & Organization Culture

Gretchen Hollrah, Chief Operating Officer

Angela Lakin, Vice President, Marketing & Sales

Laura Maresca, Vice President, Human Resources

Charlie Miller, Executive Director & Curator, Off-Center

Lisa Roebuck, Vice President, Information Technology

Charles Varin, Managing Director, Theatre Company

Allison Watrous, Executive Director, Education & Community Engagement

Jane Williams, Chief Financial Officer

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LIFE IS SWEET

LEGACY MONTH

HONORING OUR HISTORY AND THE LEGACIES THAT ENSURE OUR FUTURE

What has the legacy of the DCPA meant to your life?

“From regrettably asking my parents to see Spring Awakening with me as a kid, to convincing my husband to buy me season tickets for every birthday, DCPA has given me the opportunity over the past two decades to share what I love with the people I love.”

– Laura Leonard & Danny Anderson

“As a little girl in Minnesota, I grew up performing in backyard plays. Moving to Denver over 30 years ago, I found the DCPA and immediately made it a priority. It has been a big part of my family’s life. Joining the Encore Society is our way of continuing our legacy and support. For us, it was the next logical step.”

– Ruth Krebs

“We’ve been going to the DCPA since it opened! We support the DCPA as a way to make certain that live theater is always around. It is important to leave a legacy for future generations, for there is nothing better or more immediate than live performance.”

– Jenene & Jim Stookesberry

The DCPA is pleased to announce our inaugural Legacy Month, September 2023! All month long, we’ll be taking time to share DCPA stories, honor our history, and thank patrons who have made the pledge to include the DCPA in their estate plans. These individuals have chosen to make a long-term impact on the theatre — and we couldn’t be more grateful for their support.

By making the pledge to include us in your estate plan, you can make your legacy part of ours. And, as an Encore Society member, you'll receive special event invitation, ticket offers and members-only perks.

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28 YEARS AFTER ITS RELEASE, REMAINS RELEVANT

BY LISA BORNSTEIN

TThe call is coming from inside the closet.

It’s where Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody has sought some privacy in a house currently filled with her parents, her husband’s parents, her three kids and their dogs. This scene of abundant domesticity isn’t one often found in her work, which has included Juno, the story of an outspoken teen confronting an unwanted pregnancy; Young Adult, in which Charlize Theron plays an unhappy 30-something who hasn’t left her irresponsible youth behind, and now the musical Jagged Little Pill, in which Cody has married her own iconoclastic sensibility to that of another boundary-breaker, Alanis Morissette.

Morissette was not the only woman in the 1990s shattering the expectations for feminine behavior with her music. So what made her music so indelible? Cody says it lies in Morissette’s very essence.

“There was an embarrassment of riches in the ’90s with confessional female singer-songwriters — you had Liz Phair, you had Courtney Love. The thing that set her apart is she had this extreme vulnerability and sincerity. She was not afraid to howl and bear her soul and just show her pain to the world. And then she could be so gentle and sincere in other songs. And she’s still like that. She’s still just such an angelic person. She’s a true empath, and she was so suited to this medium of theater. No one understands feelings like Alanis.”

Jagged Little Pill was Morissette’s third album, and its combination of sensitivity and rage spoke to an entire generation of young women who helped it become one of

the best-selling albums of all time. Cody was one of those young women, still a teen in the Chicago suburbs when the album came out.

“I’m sure that when her label released that album, they were like, OK, a 16-year-old Catholic girl in Middle America is going to go bonkers for this,” Cody says. Cody, then known as Brook Busey, related to the pressures of trying to be the “golden child,” she says, “which I was – until I went o the rails. To hear a song like ‘Forgiven,’ I was like, this woman understands what I was going through.”

”Forgiven” is now the Act I closer of a show that began when Cody was approached to write the book for an original musical using Morissette’s songs. The only requirement Morissette imposed was that the show not be her own life story.

“It was actually a very unusual process,” Cody says. “Usually when you’re approached to develop something like this, as the writer, you’re one of the first people to be summoned. There was already a producing team, a director, there was an opening date in Massachusetts. I was the last piece of the puzzle, and it was kind of a high pressure situation. There was a ticking clock. We were about a year away from opening, and there was no story to speak of.”

The story Cody developed was one of a family muddling its way through the 21st century: a mother, Mary Jane, addicted to opioids and trying to present a perfect family to the world; a father addicted to pornography; a son expected to excel at all times, and a daughter

Dillon Klena and company of the North American Tour of Jagged Little Pill

Photo by Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade,

struggling with love and sexuality that do not conform to her mother’s expectations. For Cody, the story and the characters sprung from the songs themselves.

“I obviously was a big fan of the album to begin with, otherwise I don’t think I would have said yes. I was an old school Alanis superfan, and I had to reacquaint myself with the album. I very quickly realized that the story was right there in the song. Alanis had created these characters.”

Their stories were written nearly a decade ago, but the issues they face feel breathtakingly of the moment. “I thought, there are some voices that are not being heard in modern theater, and there are some issues that are not being heard. I don’t think all of us predicted that the world would lunge into chaos, but we had a show that didn’t shy away from racism and environmental destruction, and those problems are only getting bigger,” Cody says. “I wish I could say our show wasn’t relevant, that everything was perfect now, but sadly, that’s not the case.”

COMING UP FROM BROADWAY

TINA – The Tina Turner Musical

Tina Turner’s story is currently rolling across North America and TINA – The Tina Turner Musical will be stopping in Denver at the Buell Theatre on October 18 – 29. The musical and powerful comeback story feature’s Tina’s most beloved hits and chronicles her journey as she becomes the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll.

Tina Turner’s contribution as an iconic music artists and performer, her influence on fellow artists and her inspiration to generations who followed her, is legendary. Through her life story and her music, Tina Turner inspired and taught so many people around the world to find the strength from within.

Tina was deeply involved in the crafting of this musical, and TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is a true celebration of this exceptional woman. At every performance, we celebrate her life, her talent and her joy, and bring every ounce of energy, enthusiasm and artistry that she shared with us. Her legacy lives on in so many beautiful ways.

Jagged Little Pill opened on Broadway on December 5, 2019. It was inauspicious timing, with all of Broadway shuttered just three months later due to COVID. “It had been a multi-year, grueling development and rehearsal process. There was a brief moment of triumph. The show was on Broadway, the show was doing well, our company hit their stride, and then suddenly everything comes to a screeching halt,” Cody recalls.

The musical received 15 nominations for the 2020 Tony Awards with Cody winning the Tony for Best Book of a Musical. The next month, Jagged Little Pill reopened on Broadway, but by December, the cast was hammered by COVID, ultimately forcing the show to close.

“Financially, it would have been irresponsible to continue…. It was sudden, it was traumatic. That’s why I think this tour has been so healing for us.”

For Cody, becoming a Broadway creator was a surprising, but fulfilling, twist in her career. “I always loved the theater, and I always specifically loved musical theater,” she says. “I was the kid who would watch Frank Oz’s Little Shop of Horrors every single day. I never thought I would write the book of a musical, and it has been one of the most delightful surprises of my career, because I never saw it coming and I didn’t see where it would go.”

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall and directed by the internationally acclaimed Phyllida Lloyd, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical delivers with powerhouse vocals, glittering sets, and show-stopping choreography. Beyond the electrifying music, listen to Tina’s triumphant story as she overcomes obstacles – against all odds.

The thing that set [Alanis Morissette] apart is she had this extreme vulnerability and sincerity. She was not afraid to howl and bear her soul and just show her pain to the world.

— DIABLO CODY, BOOK WRITER

Naomi Rodgers as ‘Tina Turner’ in the North American touring production of TINA –The Tina Turner Musical.

Photo by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade, 2022.

ROMANCE IS RICH IN SONDHEIM’S A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

BY JOANNE OSTROW

SStephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, a musical adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night, was nominated for a dozen Tony Awards, winning six including Best Musical, when it debuted a half-century ago. Set in 1900 Sweden, it remains a sharp commentary on romantic relationships — part witty rom-com, part melancholy sex farce, all framed in angst about the passage of time.

Angst is a Sondheim trademark. The composer’s theme in Company is the loneliness of modern urban living; he contrasted illusion and reality in Follies, and revealed a dark view of an eat-or-be-eaten world in Sweeney Todd. A Little Night Music may be his most obviously romantic show, yet his focus is the ways in which age and social position test and skew romantic relationships. A Little Night Music is a beautiful operetta with a tough undercurrent. The musical’s first producer, Hal Prince in 1973, characterized it as “whipped cream with knives.”

With music and lyrics by Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler, it remains a delicious if challenging concoction, as melodically complex as it is emotionally ambivalent. As the song says, “Isn’t it rich?”

“The push-me, pull-you that is always present in Sondheim is very present here,” the Denver Center’s Artistic Director Chris Coleman said. “The joy is always right next to the anguish.”

Coleman finds it interesting that Sondheim’s first mentor was Oscar Hammerstein, who famously brought “an inherent sense of possibility and hope” to his classic musicals. (Think Oklahoma! and South Pacific.) By contrast, he said, “Sondheim doesn’t live there.”

As Coleman explained to the design team of A Little Night Music, this play is about “the relief of authenticity.” That is, “the characters spend much of the action doing what they think they’re supposed to do, when the thing that would bring them happiness is different and sitting next to them the whole time.”

Nothing goes right, yet everyone ends up getting what they want.

“I should never have flirted with rescue when I had no intention of being saved,” the character Fredrik Egerman says sadly, toward the play’s climax. He’s the widowed middle-aged lawyer whose 18-year-old trophy wife is repulsed by his touch. Their marriage remains unconsummated.

Fredrik recalls his past with Desiree Armfeldt, the formerly glamorous actress now living in rather shabby circumstances. Fredrik had wanted to marry Desiree when they were younger but she refused. She still yearns for the romantic connection they shared some 14 years ago, and they sneak a reunion in Act I. She rejected him all those years ago, but now Fredrik is the one who rejects Desiree’s invitation to marriage, saying he is dedicated to his young wife.

The contradictions in this tale of seductions and poignant remembrances beam through in the lyrics. “Sondheim is like Chekov,” Coleman said, “It’s never one thing; it’s this and that.”

by Kyle Malone

“Send in the Clowns,” the ballad that became a pop hit — covered by Judy Collins and endless others — is a mournful expression of regret sung by Desiree. She longs for what she and Fredrik might have had and is angry at her own misspent years.

In Coleman’s view, the song must be seen as helping Desiree hold it together. “The drama of the scene is being fulfilled by this song. It’s [Sondheim] at his very best.”

In his view, the beauty of such moments requires less, not more from the cast.

“In auditions, I found myself often asking actors to simplify, let the words and music do more of the work,” Coleman said. “The lyrics have intensity but what you need to do is lean back away from it. It’s tricky! So tricky, but so fun.”

The trickiness of the emotions is mirrored in the melodies, a sophisticated operetta in waltz-time. There’s a way Sondheim almost dares the vocalists to find their first notes, Coleman said. “The accompaniment often has nothing to do with the melody. It’s deliciously satisfying when it finally resolves.”

While A Little Night Music is in some ways about propriety, it’s also brimming with sexiness.

“There is more sexiness here than in any musical I’ve worked on except Cabaret,” Coleman said.

Where Cabaret offers in-your-face sexiness, A Little Night Music is all repressed lust befitting the period and the clothes. Still, the undercurrent of desire in this weekend in the Swedish country is as apparent as the nightclub raunch of Cabaret ’s 1930 Berlin.

“There’s a reason it’s set in Sweden in the middle of the summer when the sun won’t set,” Coleman said. “People go crazy, drink too much, fall in love with the wrong people…. Everybody’s libido is working at full steam.”

It’s a “grown-up” musical with a “grown-up” cast, Coleman said. “For it to resonate at all it has to be played by people with some miles on them, seasoned, mature folks who still have the musculature to sing it.”

So, did he cast singers who can act, or actors who can sing?

“Yes,” Coleman said, “a combination thereof.”

Some members of the cast have opera on their resumes, notably Zachary James in the role of Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, who sings with The Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera, and Annie Sherman in the role of Mrs. Nordstrom.

This is difficult material with special requirements, Coleman said. “It’s a unique beast.” A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

SEP 1 – OCT 8

• WOLF THEATRE

ASL interpreted, Audio-described and Open Captioned performance: Sep 24 at 1:30pm

Performances take place throughout the community Sep – Oct.

…the characters spend much of the action doing what they think they’re supposed to do, when the thing that would bring them happiness is di erent and sitting next to them the whole time.

— CHRIS COLEMAN, DIRECTOR

Photo by McLeod9 Creative

TALKBACKS: An Insider’s Look at a Play

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Since the mid-1980s, the DCPA Theatre Company has offered a series of free post-show discussions called “Talkbacks.” In fact, nearly 320,000 students and patrons have participated in these conversations…yet they remain relatively unknown to our audiences.

As we work to engage our community in a variety of ways, we feel it’s time to draw Talkbacks out of the wings and into the spotlight. These efforts will also contribute to the DCPA’s recently announced goal to have 1 million engagements per year.

Each season as the Theatre Company is considering its lineup of locally produced plays and musicals, the DCPA’s Community Engagement team develops a schedule of Community Talkback discussions. While there are generally one or two scheduled Talkbacks for each show, there are some productions that address thought-provoking topics and themes prompting organizers to offer additional community discussions.

EXTEND YOUR STAY AFTER THE PLAY

DCPA Theatre Company invites ticketholder to enjoy a free post-show discussion with the cast. Talkbacks immediately follow these evening performances:

Talkbacks are always professionally moderated and generally include members of the cast and/or artistic team, so audiences can ask questions about their performance, the staging, costumes, plot, etc.

Those Talkbacks that are planned for plays that warrant a deeper conversation may also include area subject matter experts who can delve into topics such as race, religion, gender identification or the environment.

Discussions are just that — a two-way dialogue in which the audience poses questions and offers opinions as they engage with the Company and experts. These conversations often last 30 minutes and are an excellent opportunity to explore a play firsthand.

We invite you to join us for a Talkback following select DCPA Theatre Company discussions. A full schedule is found in the ad below.

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THE CAST

Lee H. Alexander Delaney Brown

Justin Scott Brown

Maya J. Christian

Claire Crause Chelle Denton

Shelby Finnie Rishi Golani

Liesie Kelly Cydney Kutcipal

Sophie Lee Morris Sergio Pasquariello

Jordan Quisno

Carmella Taitt Alexander Tan Daniel Thimm Jena VanElslander

Heidi Blickenstaff

Lauren Chanel

Chris Hoch

Dillon Klena Jade McLeod

Allison Sheppard

George Vickers V Elaine Watson

The Chorus LEE H. ALEXANDER, DELANEY BROWN, JUSTIN SCOTT BROWN, SHELBY FINNIE, RISHI GOLANI, LIESIE KELLY, CYDNEY KUTCIPAL, JORDAN QUISNO, CARMELLA TAITT, ALEXANDER TAN, DANIEL THIMM, JENA VanELSLANDER, ELAINE WATSON

Mary Jane Healy HEIDI BLICKENSTAFF

Steve Healy CHRIS HOCH

Nick Healy DILLON KLENA

Frankie Healy ................................................................................................................. LAUREN CHANEL

Jo JADE McLEOD

Bella ALLISON SHEPPARD

Andrew JORDAN QUISNO

Phoenix RISHI GOLANI

Pharmacist/Therapist ELAINE WATSON

Barista CARMELLA TAITT

Jill/Teacher CHELLE DENTON

Denise DELANEY BROWN

Courtney ............................................................................................................................... SHELBY FINNIE

Drug Dealer DANIEL THIMM

Doctor LEE H. ALEXANDER

SWINGS

MAYA J. CHRISTIAN, CLAIRE CRAUSE, SOPHIE LEE MORRIS, SERGIO PASQUARIELLO, GEORGE VICKERS V

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of appearance. For Mary Jane—DELANEY BROWN, CHELLE DENTON; for Steve—JUSTIN SCOTT BROWN, SERGIO PASQUARIELLO; for Frankie—MAYA J. CHRISTIAN, ELAINE WATSON; for Nick—JORDAN QUISNO, DANIEL THIMM; for Jo— LIESIE KELLY, CYDNEY KUTCIPAL; for Bella—DELANEY BROWN, LIESIE KELLY; for Phoenix— JORDAN QUISNO, DANIEL THIMM; for Andrew—SERGIO PASQUARIELLO, DANIEL THIMM

DANCE CAPTAIN CLAIRE CRAUSE

ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN GEORGE VICKERS V

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers, and watches.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I

Overture/“Right Through You” ............................................................................................... Company

“All I Really Want” Frankie, Mary Jane, Steve, Nick and Company

“Hand in My Pocket” Jo, Frankie and Company

“Smiling” Mary Jane and Company

“Ironic” Frankie and Phoenix

“So Unsexy” Steve, Mary Jane and Company

“Perfect” Nick

“So Pure” Company

“That I Would Be Good” Phoenix, Frankie and Jo

“Wake Up”................................................................................................... Frankie, Nick and Company

“Forgiven” Mary Jane and Company

ACT II

Entr’acte/“Hands Clean” Company

“Not the Doctor”.....................................................................................................Mary Jane and Steve

“Head Over Feet” Steve, Mary Jane, Phoenix and Frankie

“Your House” Jo

“Unprodigal Daughter” Frankie and Company

“Predator” Bella and Company

“You Oughta Know”...................................................................................................... Jo and Company

“Uninvited” Mary Jane and Company

“Mary Jane” Steve and Company

“No” Bella and Company

“Thank U” Company

“You Learn” Company

BAND

Conductor/Keyboard: MATT DOEBLER; Guitar 1: CLAUDIO RAINÓ; Guitar 2: DAVID KORNFELD; Bass: JENNIFER GIAMMANCO; Drums and Percussion: LUCY RITTER; Concertmaster/Violin: DWAYNE BEACH; Viola: CAROLINA DIAZ CHAN; Cello: CALVIN CHAN

Assistant Conductor: David Kornfeld; Music Coordinator: Michael Aarons; Music Preparation: Emily Grishman

Keyboard Programmer: Randy Cohen

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

This show contains strong language, adult themes, drug use and moments of sexual violence that some may find upsetting.

HEIDI BLICKENSTAFF (Mary Jane Healy). She/her. Last fall, Heidi reopened Jagged Little Pill on Broadway as Mary Jane Healy. Heidi created the role of Katherine in Disney’s Freaky Friday for Disney Channel and Disney On Broadway, Other Broadway: Something Rotten! (Bea, Grammy nomination), Addams Family (Alice), Little Mermaid (Ursula) and The Full Monty. Other New York: New York City Center’s Encores!: Most Happy Fella (Cleo), Vineyard Theatre: Now. Here. This. Favorite Regional: Weston Playhouse: Next to Normal (Diana), Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre and PBS: First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb, and Ford’s Theatre: Meet John Doe (Ann Mitchell, Helen Hayes Award). Duke University graduate.

LAUREN CHANEL (Frankie Healy) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut! Chanel is a graduate of Pebblebrook High School Center of Excellence in Performing Arts. She is an Alumni of AGI Entertainment. Her credits include TV series “All American: Homecoming” (Margo), Once On This Island (Ti Moune), Hairspray (Little Inez), Waitress (Dawn). For more information, follow @The.LaurenChanel

CHRIS HOCH (Steve Healy). Broadway: A Christmas Carol, War Paint, Amazing Grace, Matilda, La Cage…, Shrek, Spamalot, Dracula, and Beauty and the Beast. Off-Broadway: Clueless, Far From Heaven, Die Mommie Die!, Nantucket Sleigh Ride. National Tour: Mary Poppins. Regional: Kiss Me Kate (Sacramento Music Circus), Drowsy Chaperone (PCLO), Guys and Dolls (Asolo Rep), Blackbeard (Signature), A Christmas Story (Paper Mill); Zhivago, Palm Beach, Private Fittings (La Jolla).

Television: “30 Rock,” “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “The Good Wife,” “Gossip Girl.” BFA: Carnegie Mellon University.

DILLON KLENA (Nick Healy). He/him. Dillon is honored to be joining this JLP Family! Regional: Newsies (3D Theatricals), Mamma Mia (McCoy Rigby Entertainment), Story of My Life (Chance Theater), Spring Awakening (Malibu Playhouse). NY Readings/Workshops: Starry. Much love and thanks to the JLP team, C12 Casting, LA Talent and my friends and family. Instagram: @dillon_scott_klena

WHO’S WHO

JADE MCLEOD (Jo). They/them. Hello audience, I am so glad we are both here. Selected Regional: Mamma Mia!, Priscilla Queen of the Desert & Feelin’ Groovy (Stage West Calgary). Big love from this Canadian to the entire Jagged team, Talent House, my family (both chosen and otherwise) and every non-binary & trans person that’s ever existed. @jadeemcleod

ALLISON SHEPPARD (Bella). She/her. Allison is so excited to be making her National Tour debut! She is a proud AMDA alumni. Favorite roles include Katherine in Newsies, Jo March in Little Women, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Christine in Phantom of the Opera and Laurey in Oklahoma!. She would like to thank her incredible family and friends as well as her team at KMR and her manager Desiree for their constant love and support.

LEE H. ALEXANDER (Ensemble) is thrilled to make his National Tour debut! Regional: Gershwin Tribute (guest artist, The Toledo Symphony). Sweeney Todd (The Muny). International: Cabaret (Emcee, The Trentino Music Festival). Hello Dolly (Ambrose Kemper, Freiberg Opera Company). Training: BFA in Musical Theatre from The University of Michigan. Endless Love to Mom, Dad, and Tay Tay. @leehalexander; Spotify: @Le$Lie

DELANEY BROWN (Ensemble). She/they. Delaney is a Dallas Texas native and is so honored to be making her Broadway national tour debut. Delaney is currently in the process of getting a BFA in musical theatre at Pace University. Love and Graditude to my Mom, Dad, Makena, and the friends and family that got me here. @d3laneybrown

JUSTIN SCOTT BROWN (Ensemble). He/him. Broadway: Anastasia. National Tours: Les Misérables 25th Anniversary (Marius), Spring Awakening 1st National. Off-Broadway: A Man of No Importance (CSC), Far From Heaven (Playwrights). Capital Rep, The MUNY, The 85th Academy Awards. BFA from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). @justin_scott_brown

MAYA J. CHRISTIAN (Swing). She/her. Maya is so excited to be joining her first national tour! Regional Credits: SIX (Cleves, Norwegian Cruise Lines), The Wolves (#13, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), The Color Purple (Doris, Phoenix Theatre Company). BFA Musical

Theatre 2020, Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. Shout out to my loved ones!

CLAIRE CRAUSE (Swing/Dance Captain). She/her. National tour debut! Regional: Drag: The Musical, The Bourbon Room (associate choreographer, ensemble); Footloose (ensemble, The Kennedy Center). Music videos: Only Human, The Jonas Brothers; Gone Forgotten Year, Justin Anthony Long. Special thanks to Spencer Liff and to my incredible agents at CESD. Blessed to be here!

CHELLE DENTON (Ensemble). She/ her. Chelle is thrilled to be making her Broadway National Tour debut! Select Regional: Parade (Lucille Frank), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Something Rotten (Bea Bottom), 9 to 5 (Roz Keith). BFA: Cal State Fullerton. Thank you to C12 Casting and the team at KMR. Endless love to mom and dad.

SHELBY FINNIE (MJ Avatar/Courtney/ Phoebe). She/her. Thrilled to be joining the JLP family! Select credits include Broadway: The Prom (OBC), Jesus Christ Superstar LIVE on NBC, Cabaret (Goodspeed), The Prom (Alliance Theater), Radio City Rockettes. Love to Noah and LDC Artist Rep. Will never not thank my Mom. @shelbyfinnie

RISHI GOLANI (Phoenix/Ensemble). He/him. Rishi is thrilled to be making his national tour debut! So much love to his family, teachers, and friends. Thank you Mom, Dad, & Angeli for everything. West Coast best coast. Jazz nerd. Mario Kart prodigy. @rishigolani_ LIESIE KELLY (Ensemble). They/them. Liesie is ecstatic to be making their National tour debut! A current Junior at The Boston Conservatory, their favorite credits include Emma (The Prom), Jacques (As You Like It), and Jo (Little Women). Endless gratitude for the army of people that it took to get here.

@liesiekelly

CYDNEY KUTCIPAL (Ensemble). They/ them. Cydney is very excited to be making their professional debut. Current student at Shenandoah University. Thank you to family, friends, teachers, and the ShenCo class of ‘23. Much love! Instagram: @_cydney_grace_

SOPHIE LEE MORRIS (Swing) She/ her. AEA, SAG-AFTRA. Select credits include: “Gossip Girl” (Co-Star), “Law & Order: SVU” (Supporting), “Gotham” (Co-Star), Slanted! Enchanted!: A

Pavement Musical directed by Alex Ross Perry, National Touring Company of Chicago (Mona), National Touring Company of Dirty Dancing (u/s Baby, Lisa; Swing) and The Sound of Music (Liesl, Asolo Rep.)

SERGIO PASQUARIELLO (Swing). He/ him. US tour debut! West End: Heathers (Original Cast) UK Tour: Ghost. Proud graduate of NYU Tisch: New Studio on Broadway. Thanks to his friends, family, and the team at Unified Management. @sergiopasquariello

JORDAN QUISNO (Ensemble). He/him. National Tour debut! Recent Credits: Calvin Berger (Matt), Company (Bobby), Urinetown (Bobby Strong). Jordan created the role of Andy Baker in “Ghost Force” on Disney Channel. The Hartt School BFA. So much love to his family, friends, and managers at CLA Partners. @jordanquisno

CARMELLA TAITT (Ensemble). She/ her. Carmella, from Brooklyn, NY, is honored to make her Broadway national tour debut. Training: The Alvin Ailey School, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Earl Mosley institute of the Arts. George Mason University BFA in Dance (2022). Recent credits: Vogue NYFW, Carolyn Dorfman Dance, The DynamitExperience. Thank you to my loved ones! @c.melllaa

ALEXANDER TAN (Ensemble). He/ she/they. National Tour debut! Born in Australia, raised in Singapore, a BFA from BoCo, jet setting chose them. Favorite past productions: Seussical, Cabaret, The Frogs, where they were indeed, a frog. Shoutout to family, the JLP team, and Hanaya Yohei, the inventor of sushi. @alexbyalexforalex

DANIEL THIMM (Ensemble). He/him. Recent graduate of The New Studio on Broadway at NYU Tisch School of The Arts. Daniel is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with Jagged Little Pill. Endless gratitude to family, friends, and CESD! Extra love to my Mom, wouldn’t be here without you. @dbthimm

JENA VanELSLANDER (MJ Avatar/ Courtney/Ensemble) is a multifaceted artist from Ontario, Canada. Broadway: Life of Pi, King Kong. TV/Film: ‘West World’, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’, Bollywood/Hollywood. Regional favorites: A Chorus Line, Rock of Ages, The Jack Cole Project. Endless love to my partner Dominique, my family, friends, team at CESD, and to this incredible Jagged Little Pill team! @jenavanel

GEORGE VICKERS V (Swing/Assistant Dance Captain). He/him. George is pumped to hit the road with JLP! He most recently played Seaweed in Royal Caribbean’s production of Hairspray Tour: A Bronx Tale (Tyrone), Hairspray (Swing & DC). Regional: Footloose (Rev), Shrek (New London Barn), A Bronx Tale (Broadway Palm). “Huge thank you to HKA, and to anyone reading this!” @gvickers5

ELAINE WATSON (Ensemble). She/ her. Elaine is overjoyed to join the Jagged family. Double major: Vocal Music Education and Musical Theatre at Wichita State University. Previous credits include Sister Act (Deloris Van Cartier), Half Time - Gotta Dance! (Kendra), and Heathers (Heather Duke). Massive thanks to Stewart, Mama, and family. Instagram: @elaine.watsonnn

ALANIS MORISSETTE (Music & Lyrics). Since 1995, Alanis Morissette has been one of the most influential singersongwriter-musicians in contemporary music. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned vast critical praise and seven Grammy awards. Morissette’s 1995 debut, “JAGGED LITTLE PILL,” was followed by nine more eclectic and acclaimed albums. She has contributed musically to theatrical releases and has acted on the big and small screen. Outside of entertainment, she is an avid supporter of female empowerment, as well as spiritual, psychological and physical wellness. In 2001, Alanis was awarded the Global Tolerance Award by the Friends of the United Nations for her contributions to promoting tolerance through the arts. In 2016, Alanis launched Conversation with Alanis Morissette, a monthly podcast that features conversations with a variety of revered authors, doctors, educators, and therapists, covering a wide range of psychosocial topics extending from spirituality to developmentalism to art. On December 5, 2019, “JAGGED LITTLE PILL” the musical made its Broadway debut at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City. The show was nominated for fifteen Tony Awards and won 2 Tony Awards at the 2021 ceremony. In July of 2020, Alanis released her ninth studio album, Such Pretty Forks In The Road, to rave reviews. In August of 2021, Alanis kicked off her sold out world tour celebrating 25 years of Jagged Little Pill. The tour became the #1 female-fronted tour from 2021 and also one of the Top Worldwide Tours of 2021 selling over 500,000 tickets. Alanis also stars in Fox’s sitcom, “The Great North,” which

will return for season 3 in 2022. For more information see www.alanis.com

GLEN BALLARD (Music). Six-time Grammy award-winning producer and songwriter whose records have sold more than 150 million copies. Produced and co-wrote Jagged Little Pill. Theatre: Ghost the Musical, Back to the Future the Musical (West End, UK).

Film: Believe for Polar Express (Oscar and Golden Globe noms), Charlotte’s Web, Beowulf, A Christmas Carol, The Croods, The Mummy Returns, Valentine’s Day and Disney’s Pinocchio. Television: executive producer/songwriter of The Eddy (Netflix).

DIABLO CODY (Book). Diablo Cody’s work on Jagged Little Pill earned her the 2021 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. Born Brook Busey in Chicagoland, she has since written films such as Tully, Young Adult, Jennifer’s Body and Juno, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. She also created the Showtime series “United States of Tara” and co-created “One Mississippi” for Amazon. Endless love and gratitude to Dan, Marcello, Rocco, Nico, many wonderful friends, the JLP creative team and of course, Pam and Greg Busey. Thank you, God.

DIANE PAULUS (Director). Diane is the Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. Select Broadway: 1776, Jagged Little Pill, Waitress; Tony Award-winning revivals of Pippin (also Tony Award, Best Direction), The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (NAACP Award, Best Direction), and Hair. Over 20 productions at the A.R.T. and Off-Broadway. Also Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna, the complete Monteverdi cycle, and the trio of Mozart-Da Ponte operas. Paulus is a Professor of the Practice of Theater at Harvard University. She was selected for the 2014 Time 100, Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI (Choreography & Movement). Winner of two Olivier Awards, a Fred & Adele Astaire Award, a UK Music Video Award — and a Tony Awards-nomination, choreographer and director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s work spans contemporary dance, ballet, opera, theatre, circus, musical and cinema. He alternates between productions for his Antwerp-based company, Eastman, and commissions for companies and artists including Beyoncé, Sigur Rós, Cirque du Soleil,

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Martha Graham Dance company, Paris Opera Ballet and The Royal Ballet. After seven years helming Royal Ballet Flanders, Cherkaoui begins a new chapter this fall as artistic director of the Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Genève (Switzerland).

TOM KITT (Music Supervision, Arrangements, Orchestrations) is a Pulitzer Prize, Tony, Emmy and Grammy award-winning artist whose credits as a composer include Next to Normal, If/ Then, Flying Over Sunset, The Visitor, Almost Famous and Superhero; and as orchestrator/arranger/music supervisor include American Idiot, The SpongeBob Musical and “Grease Live!” He is a founding member of Musicians United for Social Equity (MUSE) and NYCNext, with whom he co-produced the Emmy-nominated “New York State of Mind” music video. His debut album, Reflect, is available now on Sony Masterworks. @TomKittMusic

RICCARDO HERNÁNDEZ (Scenic Design). Broadway: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Indecent, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, Topdog/ Underdog, Bells Are Ringing, Parade (Tony, Drama Desk nominee), Noise/ Funk, The Tempest. The Public Theater: Macbeth, Blade to the Heat, One Flea Spare, many others. MTC, Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard, BAM, A.R.T., Goodman, Geffen, Arena Stage, Center Stage, Taper, La Jolla, Seattle Rep, Yale Rep, Houston Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, L.A. Opera, Hong Kong Opera. Princess Grace Award recipient, 2000. Yale School of Drama, 1992.

EMILY REBHOLZ (Costume Design).

Broadway: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Gettin’ the Band Back Together; Indecent; Dear Evan Hansen; Oh, Hello on Broadway; If/ Then; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Recent: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T.), The Low Road (The Public), The Winter’s Tale (TFANA), Marry Jane (NYTW), Twelfth Night (CSC), Brigadoon (Encores!), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Lucia di Lammermoor (Santa Fe Opera), Orfeo ed Euridice (Opera Theatre of St. Louis). MFA: Yale University.

JUSTIN TOWNSEND (Lighting Design).

He/him. Broadway: Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Tony), The Humans (Tony nom.), American Pyscho (Tony nom.), St. Joan, Present Laughter, The Little Foxes, Fool for Love, Casa Valentina, A Night with Janis Joplin, Vanya and

Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Other Place, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Creative Director Drake’s Boy Meets World European tour and OVO Fest 2017. Hewes, Lortel, Drama Desk Awards. Obie Sustained Excellence Lighting Design 2014. Chair of Department of Design for Stage and Film NYU Tisch. justintownsenddesign.com

JONATHAN DEANS (Sound Design). Bhangin It, Anything Goes (UK) Jagged Little Pill, PY1-Lune Rouge, The Tempest, Waitress, Red Velvet, Invisible Thread, Finding Neverland, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles, Young Frankenstein, Carrie, Parade, Fosse, Ragtime. Sixteen productions of Cirque du Soleil Drawn to Life, MJ ONE, LOVE, KA, O, Mystere, Ovo, Corteo for more, designingsound.com

LUCY MACKINNON (Video Design) is a projection designer and video artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Broadway credits include Kimberly Akimbo, How I Learned to Drive, A Christmas Carol, Jagged Little Pill, The Rose Tattoo, Lifespan of a Fact, Six Degrees of Separation, and Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening. Lucy teaches projection design at Fordham University and Brooklyn College.

J. JARED JANAS (Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design). Broadway: How I Learned to Drive, American Buffalo, Jagged Little Pill, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, All about Me. Recent Off Broadway: Between the Lines, Prayer for the French Republic, The Tap Dance Kid, Kimberly Akimbo. MATT DOEBLER (Music Director/ Conductor). He/him. Matt was Associate Music Director for the Broadway and Australian companies of Jagged Little Pill, and he is thrilled to be joining the National Tour. Matt was the AMD and Accordion-meister for Broadway’s Great Comet of 1812. Other Broadway: Mean Girls, The Prom, She Loves Me, Les Misérables, Kinky Boots, Book of Mormon

MICHAEL AARONS (Music Coordinator). Broadway: & Juliet, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen. Upcoming Broadway: Devil Wears Prada. Off-Broadway: Kinky Boots, Little Shop Of Horrors, A Man of No Importance. Current tours: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Jagged Little Pill, Pretty

Woman, Frozen. Aarons is a partner of M² Music with Michael Keller. www.m2music.nyc/

PASCALE FLORESTAL ( Associate Director). Pascale is an Elliot Norton Nominated Director, Educator, Dramaturg, Writer and Collaborator based in Boston, MA. Recent directing Credits: The Colored Museum and Once On This Island. Pascale is the Education Director and Associate Producer for Front Porch Arts Collective and an Assistant Professor of Theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

MARC KIMELMAN (Associate Choreographer). Broadway: Jagged Little Pill (associate), A Bronx Tale (associate), Jesus Christ Superstar (assistant). Marc choreographed Saturday Night Fever (national tour), The Apple Boys, Play It Cool (Off-Broadway), Billy Elliot (GoodSpeed), Man of La Mancha (Stratford), Once on This Island (Dora Award), Songbird, The Ballad of Little Jo (Two River), “Degrassi,” Don’t Talk to Irene (feature film). marckimelman.com @kimelman

YEMAN BROWN (Assistant Choreographer). He/they. Vessel of Love and Light. Broadway: Jagged Little Pill (Swing/ Dance Captain) Regional Theater: Bob Fosse’s Dancin (Old Globe) Alien / Nation (Williamstown Theatre) Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T) Off Broadway: As Much I Can -Movement Direction (Public Theatre) Music Video: Mumford And Sons (Woman) Jonas Brothers (Only Human) Amanda Palmer (Drowning)

Concert Dance: Reggie Wilson, Raja Feather Kelly, Stefanie Batten Bland, Kristin Sudeikis, and Ralph Lemon. Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch”. Bessie Award Nominee. Education: BFA Dance Florida State University. Gratitude to God, Family and Friends. @brownyeman

IRA MONT (Production Supervising Stage Manager). Production Stage Manager of Jagged Little Pill on Broadway and supervised the Australian production. 20 Broadway shows also include Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, CATS (revival), R&H’s Cinderella, Ghost the Musical, revivals of La Bête, A Little Night Music and The Norman Conquests, Young Frankenstein, The Producers (entire run), revival of The Sound of Music (also in Australia), Love! Valour! Compassion!. Ira is a VP of BC/EFA and is married to stage manager Jill Cordle.

VERONICA AGLOW (Production Stage Manager). She/her. Veronica is excited to help share this impor-

tant story. Broadway: The Lightning Thief, A Strange Loop, The Last Ship Off-Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, and shows for the Public Theater, Prospect Theatre Company, York Theatre, 59E59 Theaters. Tour: Jersey Boys, The Lightning Thief. Love to my supersupportive family.

JENN GALLO (Stage Manager). She/ her. Jenn is head over feet to be on the road with this jagged little team. Proud Penn State alum. Supporter of the important work done by @trevorproject and @hrc - check them out! @jenngallo_

MELISSA RICHTER (Assistant Stage Manager). She/her. NYC: The Three Musketeers and Romeo and Juliet (The Acting Company National Tour), Attempts on Her Life (The New School), Fiddler on the Roof (NYTF). Regional favorites: The Mountaintop (Weston Playhouse), Native Gardens (Gloucester Stage), The Full Monty and The Royale (Capital Rep). Love to her family, friends, and Sriracha. @melissa_richter

C12 CASTING (Casting) is Stephen Kopel, Carrie Gardner, Jillian Cimini, Neal Buckley, Sujotta Pace and Rayshaun Sandlin. Broadway: & Juliet, Jagged Little Pill, The Book of Mormon, Moulin Rouge!, Caroline, or Change, Trouble in Mind, The Play That Goes Wrong, Kiss Me, Kate, She Loves Me, The Lifespan of a Fact, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Violet, The Glass Menagerie, Noises Off, The Humans, Bad Jews, Sunday in the Park with George, Significant Other

HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES (Technical Supervisor). Over 100 Broadway productions and tours. Recent: Mrs. Doubtfire, American Buffalo, The Minutes, Hangmen, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, American Utopia, Girl From The North Country, Hadestown, Hamilton, Aladdin. HTA is a member of Neil A. Mazzella’s Hudson family includes Hudson Scenic Studio, Sean Gorski, Sam Ellis, Brianna Stankiewicz, Brianne Tabak, and Irene Wang.

BOND THEATRICAL (Tour Marketing and Publicity) is an independentlyowned theatrical touring agency representing award-winning Broadway shows and live entertainment, connecting artists with venues and audiences around the country. BOND forms strategic, authentic, lasting and profitable partnerships between producers and presenters across

North America. For a complete list of current clients, please visit BondTheatrical.com

RCI THEATRICALS (General Manager). Productions include & Juliet, Hadestown (Broadway and Tour), American Buffalo, The Minutes, Ain’t Too Proud, Jagged Little Pill (Broadway and Tour), A Soldier’s Play (Tour), Chicken & Biscuits, The Inheritance, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! (Broadway and Tour). rcitheatricals.com.

THE ROAD COMPANY (Tour Booking).

Founded in 1997 by Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota. In addition to Jagged Little Pill, current representation includes Wicked, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Back to the Future, Kimberly Akimbo, Shrek The Musical, Ain’t Too Proud, Beetlejuice and more.

AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER at Harvard University is a leading force in the American theater, producing groundbreaking work that is driven by risk-taking and passionate inquiry to catalyze dialogue and transformation. Led by Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Kelvin Dinkins, Jr.

VIVEK J. TIWARY (Producer). Vivek is the founder of TEG+ where he works with high profile music to create narrative entertainment across all mediums.

As a Broadway producer, Tiwary’s productions have garnered 25 Tony Award wins and 59 nominations. Tiwary is also a Grammy Award-winning record producer and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Tiwary was recently elected a Governor of the New York Chapter Board of The Recording Academy / GRAMMYs. TiwaryEnt.com. @VivekJTiwary.

ARVIND ETHAN DAVID (Producer) is the principal of Prodigal, a Production Company that operates out of the US and UK that makes stories across Theater, TV, Film, Publishing and Audio. In television, Arvind recently wrote on Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys which is currently in post-production for Amazon and Executive Produced Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Arvind has produced eight feature films, including the Asian Academy Award-winning The Garden of Evening Mists Jagged was Arvind’s Broadway debut and he’s delighted to see it go on the road.

EVA PRICE (Producer). She/her. Eva is an Olivier, Emmy, Tony award-winner and ACLU Honoree. Broadway: & Juliet; Jagged Little Pill (2 Tony Awards); Oklahoma! (Best Musical Revival); Mr.

Saturday Night; Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; What the Constitution Means to Me; Angels in America (Best Play Revival); Dear Evan Hansen (Best Musical).

CAIOLA PRODUCTIONS (Producer).

Seven-time Tony Award Winning partners Luigi and Rose Caiola - includes productions: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, All the Way, The Color Purple, Once on This Island, Dear Evan Hansen, The Inheritance, Company. Upcoming: Into the Woods, Piano Lesson, A Beautiful Noise.

JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer). President of Nederlander Organization.

Credits: Mr. Saturday Night; Tina -The Tina Turner Musical; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Band’s Visit; On Your Feet!; My Fair Lady; Titanique; The Elephant Man; Next to Normal; Movin’ Out, and many others.

GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE-TENENBAUMFEINBERG (Producer). Geffen Playhouse based in L.A. Executive Director Gil Cates, Jr., Artistic Director Matt Shakman. Entrepreneur Howard Tenenbaum is a member of the Geffen Playhouse board and producer on JLP, and most recently Mr. Saturday Night on Broadway. Stacey Feinberg (33Capital): Jagged combines her love of theatre and passion for empowering women.

DEAN BORELL MORAVIS SILVER (Producer) consists of Van Dean (1 Tony, 1 Grammy, 15 Broadway/UK productions, 300+ albums), Martin Borell (1 Tony, 15 Broadway/OffBroadway/touring productions), Mia Moravis (Tony nominee, 17 Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring, UK productions) and Yael Silver (Tony Award; Producing partner Chase Thomas).

STEVE JOHNSON (Co-Producer). Steve has been a technologist, entrepreneur, private investor, and philanthropist for more than thirty years, specializing in building innovative technologies into successful enterprises, with a philanthropic focus on education, climate change awareness, the arts, and gay rights equality. Born and raised in Los Angeles. He earned degrees at the University of Southern California and Harvard University.

LEVEL FORWARD (Producer) is an ecosystem of storytellers, entrepreneurs, and social change-makers dedicated to balancing artistic vision, social impact, and stakeholder return. We work on project and industry levels to expand the access and opportunity of creative excellence in pursuit of

equity and economic transformation by developing, producing, financing, and distributing unexpected, purposeful, and resonant entertainment for stage and screen.

ABIGAIL DISNEY (Producer) advocates for real changes to the way capitalism operates in today’s world. As a philanthropist, she has worked with organizations supporting peacebuilding, gender justice, and systems and culture change. She is an EmmyWinning Documentary Filmmaker, activist, creator of the podcast “All Ears,” and most recently released her documentary, The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, which she codirected with Kathleen Hughes.

BARD THEATRICALS (Producer). Annette Jolles, Jim van Bergen, Laurence Holzman, Lara Holzman, David Stern, Linda Hamil. Broadway: Jagged Little Pill, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Play That Goes Wrong, Fiddler on the Roof, China Doll, The Scottsboro Boys (London, too),The Anarchist, Looped. Peru: El Chico de Oz. Also The Museum of Broadway.

PATTY BAKER (Producer) is the President of Good Productions. Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Tony Award winner. Credits include: Beautiful, Memphis, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff, Mr. Saturday Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the upcoming A Beautiful Noise— The Life and Music of Neil Diamond, 11/2/22 , and Harmony, spring of 2023.

M. KILBURG REEDY (Producer) is an award-winning producer and playwright. As co-producer: Come From Away (Olivier Award), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award), Peter and the Starcatcher. As lead producer: Nevermore, Romantics Anonymous. As playwright: Second Lady (LA Drama-Logue Award), Spin, The Daughter of Time, The House of Mirth.

KAREN DEVERNA & JEREMIAH J. HARRIS (Producer). Producing credits include the 2017 Tony Award® winning Dear Evan Hansen, Beetlejuice, American Buffalo, and Diana The Musical. Karen & Jeremiah are also partners in Grove Entertainment. Jeremiah J. Harris: Executive Chairman, PRG.

BETSY DOLLINGER / BD

PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Producing credits: The Devil Wears Prada, Jagged Little Pill, Diana, Waitress, Small Mouth Sounds, The Outsiders (upcoming), The Notebook (upcoming). Marketing credits: The Devil Wears Prada, Mrs.

Doubtfire, The Play That Goes Wrong, The New One, Wicked, If/Then, Penn & Teller, Annie, Oleanna

SUNDOWNERS (Producer) group is a diverse set of friends reaching back to London Business School. While spreading out around the globe, we have remained close and joined together to support the perfectly imperfect vision of our classmate Arvind Ethan David and the Jagged producing team.

42ND.CLUB (Producer). A Tony Awardwinning club for Broadway investors and producers. Productions include Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Hadestown and Waitress. Principals include Tom McGrath (seven-time Tony winner; chairman, Crossroads Live), Phil and Claire Kenny (two-time Tony winners) and Dan Miller (Crossroads Live). www.42nd.club

SPENCER B. ROSS (Producer).

Broadway: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Sound Inside, The Lifespan of a Fact, Angels in America (2018, Tony Award), Amélie, Come From Away, Significant Other, An American in Paris

MELISSA M. JONES & BARBARA H. FREITAG (Producer). Investor/producer

Broadway: Come From Away, Allegiance. Co-founder All Awesome LLC, producing upcoming SuperYou Musical Barbara H. Freitag and late husband Buddy formed the Tony and Olivier award-winning B Square + 4 Productions. Broadway: Come From Away.

CHRISTINA ISALY LICEAGA

(Producer) is a born-and-raised New Yorker, real estate professional and restaurateur, and the mother of five. An avid lover and supporter of the arts, this is her first musical production credit.

FOURTHWALL THEATRICAL

(Co-Producer). Founded by Jana Bezdek & Jen Hoguet. Previous productions include This American Wife (recognized by The New Yorker and Los Angeles Times as a top theatrical event of 2021). Upcoming: The Band’s Visit (Donmar Warehouse, UK premiere) and world premiere musicals, The Lonely Few (Geffen) and Water for Elephants (Alliance).

IRIS SMITH (Producer). Tony winner. Broadway: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Band’s Visit, Tina–The Tina Turner Musical, The Sound Inside, Beetlejuice, Tootsie, The Prom, On Your Feet! Upcoming: Devil Wears Prada. Films: The God Committee, Wakefield, People You May Know.

JASON TAYLOR & SYDNEY SUITER (Producer). Jason Taylor is a producer of film/television including “X-Men”, “Legion,” 2067 and festival favorite award-winning Sissy. Sydney Suiter is truly passionate about the theater and has enjoyed seeing Jagged launch worldwide. As a mental health advocate, she has a true joy for sharing Jagged Little Pill ’s message with the world.

JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Producer) is the leading presenter, producer, distributor and marketer of Broadway theatre worldwide. Under the supervision of 18-time Tony-winning producer John Gore (Chairman and CEO), the family of companies includes BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com and Broadway.com. Productions include: A Strange Loop, Beetlejuice, Dear Evan Hansen, MJ, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, and Tina.

LEN BLAVATNIK (Producer) is founder and chairman of Access Industries, a privately held industrial group with global strategic investments. An active philanthropist, Mr. Blavatnik supports the arts and leading educational, cultural and scientific institutions and has co-produced numerous Broadway and film productions.

SUSAN EDELSTEIN (Producer).

Thrilled to be part of Jagged Little Pill Broadway: Les Liaisons Dangereuses Lead producing the original new musical Bliss, which had its successful world premiere at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle in February 2020 and is en route to its Broadway debut. She is a trustee of The Public Theater.

W.I.T. PRODUCTIONS & WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (Producer). W.I.T. Productions is an Entertainment company founded by Marla McNally Phillips to create and produce new works and to support and enhance those projects, shows, and artists that want nothing less than to change the world. Jagged Little Pill, Under My Skin. Work Light Productions, formed in 2005 for purposes of developing new work for young audiences, WLP has since grown into a full service producing, investment, general management and technical supervision company.

FG PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Wendy

Federman: Thirteen Tony, two Olivier Awards, Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipient. Boards served: Foundation for Gender Equality, Kennedy Center’s NCPA. Candy Kosow Gold: Tony Award (Hadestown). Involved with more than 30 shows and tours. C, D, M.

TAMAR CLIMAN (Consulting Producer) is a Tony Award®-winning theatre producer also developing a number of new works. Currently, Tamar is producing A Soldier’s Play (tour), and on the producing team of 1776 (A.R.T.), and Advisor to Roundabout Theatre Company. Previous Broadway producing credits include: Jagged Little Pill, Oklahoma!, Children of a Lesser God. Co-producer: Waitress (West End), Anastasia (tour). As a founder of Richards/Climan, Inc. (RCI), she managed over 80 plays and musicals.

Information in “Who’s Who in the Cast” is provided by the production. Where opinions are expressed, they are those of the players, not necessarily those of PLAYBILL Magazine

STAFF FOR JAGGED LITTLE PILL

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

RCI THEATRICALS

David R. Richards Kevin Greene

Joe Christopher Beverly Edwards Danielle Karliner Naish

Floyd Sklaver Georgina Ratnatunga

Justin Black Brandon Brooks Allison Lehman

Alexander Parra Siani Woods

Kendall Booher Tatiana Chew Denny Daniello

Luca Fontes David Haines Andrew Hartman

Kimberly Kelley Carson Lambert Tiffany Lau

Jordan Lingreen Frank Lott J. Anthony Magner

Annie Schroeder Abi Steinberg Kevvin Taylor

Claire Trempe Brian Tucker

COMPANY MANAGER

Jim Harrison

Assistant Company Manager Anna Cortabitarte

EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION THE ROAD COMPANY

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DJ Martin Temah Higgins Mollie Mann

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CASTING

C12 CASTING

Stephen Kopel, CSA

Carrie Garnder Jillian Cimini

Neal Buckley Sujotta Pace Rayshaun Sandlin

TECHNICAL SUPERVISION

Hudson Theatrical Associates

Neil Mazzella Sean Gorski Irene Wang

Production Stage Manager Veronica Aglow

Stage Manager Jenn Gallo

Assistant Stage Manager Melissa Richter

Sub Stage Manager

Hollace Jeffords

Associate Director Pascale Florestal

Assistant Director

Kaycee Sweirc

Dramaturgs Martine Kei Green-Rogers, MJ Kaufman, Lauren Whitehead

Script Supervisor/Dramaturgical Research Elizabeth Amos

Director of People and Culture Colette Luckie, Cornerstone Consulting HR LLC

Production Supervising Stage Manager Ira Mont

Associate Choreographer Marc Kimelman

Associate Choreographer Ebony Williams

Assistant Choreographer Yeman Brown

Dance Captain Claire Crause

Assistant Dance Captain George Vickers V

Associate Scenic Designer

Han

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MUSIC CREDITS

“All I Really Want,” “Forgiven,” “Hand in My Pocket,” “Ironic,” “Mary Jane,” “Not the Doctor,” “Perfect,” “Right Through You,” “Wake Up,” “You Learn,” “You Oughta Know”: written by Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard; Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) on behalf of itself and Vanhurst Place Music, Arlovol Music (ASCAP) administered by Penny Farthing Music (ASCAP) c/o Concord Music Publishing. “Hands Clean,” “So Unsexy,” “Uninvited,” “Unprodigal Daughter”: written by Alanis Morissette; Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP) on behalf of itself and 1974 Music. “Head Over Feet,” written by Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard, contains elements of “Your House” written by Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard; Songs Of Universal, Inc. (BMI) on behalf of itself and Vanhurst Place Music, Arlovol Music (ASCAP) administered by Penny FarthingMusic (ASCAP) c/o Concord Music Publishing.

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Assistant Electrician/Video Engineer

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Wardrobe Supervisor

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Woolf

Rye

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O’Neal

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Ebeling

Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Albert A Paez, Jr

Hair Supervisor

Sanders

Production Assistants Katie Girardot, Brillian Qi-Bell, Christian Rodriquez

Costume PA Elena Knitel

Intimacy Director

Fight Director

Dialect Coach

Music Director

Assistant Music Director

Music Coordinator

Music Preparation

Keyboard Programmer

Banking

Watson

Schall

Elin Fraser

Doebler

David Manning

Michael Aarons

Emily Grishman

Randy Cohen

Signature Bank

Payroll Checks and Balances Payroll, Inc.

Legal Counsel Loeb & Loeb LLP - Scott Wilcox & Stefan Schick

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Tour Marketing & Publicity Office BOND Theatrical/ Jenny Bates, Phillip Aleman, Melissa Cohen, Bailey Ford, Janiya Wade, Hannah Wallace, Jacob Stuckelman

Tour Social Media BOND Theatrical

Digital, Interactive & Content Marketing Situation Interactive Damian Bazadona, Jeremy Kraus, Mollie Shapiro, Brett Strasser, Ellen Mullen, Mara Winkler, Amanda Friedman, Carly Michaels, Arlene Ulibas, Ann Zhu

Physical Therapy NeuroTour

Merchandising Creative Goods/Pete Milano

Merchandising Tour Manager Brooklyn Cliche

Tour Housing Debbie Greenfield & Lindsay Olson-Swink/ DebCo Travel

Travel Andi Henig, A Team Tours

Video HMS Media

Production Photography Matthew Murphy

TIWARY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP

Vivek J. Tiwary

Jack Leslie Elie Landau Elisa G. Schneider

Lenora Sumerling

PRODIGAL ENTERTAINMENT

Arvind Ethan David

Tarquin Pack Brittany Chapman Abby Schwartz

MAXIMUM ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTIONS

Eva Price Carl Flanigan

Josh Altman Katherine Daugherty

Avram Freedberg Mary Beth Dale

THANKS

Rob Bevenger, Skyler Cooper, Dyanna Hallick, Caity Mulkerns, Mitchell Nalos, Ebony Williams.

CREDITS

Scenery and automation by Hudson Scenic Studio. Lighting equipment from Christie Lites. Sound equipment from Sound Associates. Video Projection System Engineered and Provided by Sound Associates. Make Up Provided by M·A·C. Prop Construction by Brenbri Properties LLC. Pearl Drums/Serge Kolomiets. Sweetwater Sound Inc/Judd Goldrich.

Jagged Little Pill rehearsed at the NEW 42nd STREET Studios

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“That I Would Be Good,” “So Pure”: written by Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard; Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP) on behalf of itself and 1974 Music, Arlovol Music (ASCAP) administered by Penny Farthing Music (ASCAP) c/o Concord Music Publishing. “No” written by Alanis Morissette & Guy Sigsworth; Szeretlek (ASCAP), Concord Sounds (ASCAP) c/o Concord Music Publishing. “Smiling,” “Predator”: written by Alanis Morissette & Michael Farrell; Szeretlek (ASCAP), Cat Minority Music (ASCAP). “Thank U” written by Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard, Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP) on behalf of itself and 1974 Music, Arlovol Music (ASCAP) administered by Penny Farthing Music (ASCAP) c/o Concord Music Publishing; contains elements of “Torch” written by Alanis Morissette & Guy Sigsworth, Szeretlek (ASCAP), Universal PolyGram Int. Publishing, Inc. on behalf of Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (ASCAP).

ADVISORY

This show contains strong language, adult themes, drug use and moments of sexual violence that some might find upsetting.

RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS

RAINN: If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call the free, confidential, RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline 24/7 at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or chat online at www.rainn.org/. A CALL TO MEN is a violence prevention organization that works to promote a healthy and respectful manhood and shift attitudes and behaviors that devalue women, girls and marginalized groups: www.acalltomen.org/. SAMHSA: If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, call the free, confidential, SAMHSA National Helpline 24/7 at 1-800-662-HELP (4357). LEARN TO COPE is a non-profit support network that offers education, resources, peer support and hope for parents and family members coping with a loved one addicted to opiates or other drugs: www.learn2cope.org/.

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

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

PLEASE BE ADVISED

• LATECOMERS and those exiting the theatre are seated at predetermined breaks in designated areas.

• PHOTOS, RECORDING & CELL PHONE USE are prohibited.

• CHILDREN 6+ are welcome in our theatres and must be ticketed.

• DRINKS are allowed in provided containers.

• ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES, LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS & BOOSTER SEATS are available in most theatres. Ask an usher to direct you.

• BRAILLE PROGRAMS are available with 2 weeks’ notice to amcmullen@dcpa.org or 303.446.4836

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BEETLEJUICE ILLUSIONIST MICHAEL WEBER

PUTS THE “SUPER” IN SUPERNATURAL

BY LISA BORNSTEIN

BBringing Beetlejuice to the stage was never going to be a simple task. Fans of Tim Burton’s 1988 comedy-horror film are legion and devoted to the work of the visionary artist and director. So when director Alex Timbers assembled his design team for the Broadway musical, he brought in some heavy hitters, including six-time Tony Award-winner William Ivey Long for costume design; Michael Curry, who had created the puppets for The Lion King with Julie Taymor, and Jeremy Chernick, who had created special effects for Frozen and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Beetlejuice, however, was going to take more than the usual visual splendor of a Broadway stage. It was going to require magic. For that, Timbers turned to Michael Weber, an illusionist with deep roots in the magic community. It would fall to Weber to make characters appear and disappear, bringing to the stage the transitions between life and death, real and unreal.

“One of the things I tried to do was that the illusion components would always have some kind of Tim Burton hat tip without mirroring anything that happened in the film,” Weber says. “The show is full of illusions top to bottom. There are remarkable projection effects and those create amazing visual illusions. The lighting also has illusory components.”

Weber came to magic early. As a teen in Southern California, he joined the Long Beach Mystics, a club created

by young magicians. “Most of the magic clubs were run by adults, so there were lots of politics and people with money or power or control, or who wanted power or control,” he says. “But the great thing about the Long Beach Mystics was it was by young people who were serious about magic by and for us. We would meet every other Thursday at a high school auditorium, and the rule was, you had to perform at every meeting. There were people who performed the same thing over and over again and people who weren’t as smart, like me, who tried something different every time.”

By the time he was 14, Weber had auditioned and been accepted by the Junior Society of the Magic Castle, the famed and exclusive Los Angeles magicians’ clubhouse. There, he honed his craft and was taken under the mentorship of the great sleight-of-hand artist, Charlie Miller. Miller introduced Weber to another of his proteges, Ricky Jay. Together, the two formed a business, Deceptive Practice, and Weber by his twenties was making Gary Sinise’s legs disappear in Forrest Gump and creating a ladder of light for the original Broadway production of Angels in America.” That mentorship relationship, shared by Weber and Jay with Miller, is one of the many traditions that the world of magic still maintains.

“I think [it works] when both parties are very fortunate and open to that vulnerability, because the mentor has to

Justin Collette (Beetlejuice) and Tour Company of Beetlejuice

Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2022.

be willing to share, and the mentee, the apprentice, has to be willing to listen,” Weber says. “The internet gives you access to everything. Now that you have access to everything, what are you going to do with it? When you had to earn a secret, you had to think about what you were willing to do to gain access to those secrets.”

The secrets to Beetlejuice, however, cannot be found on the internet, Weber emphasizes. “I’m one of those kind of old-school, hard-and-fast rule magicians who think secrets still work. I think the only magic is what appears live in the room. It’s filled with illusion not to fool you, but to create a convincing alternative reality.”

Going from film to stage required a number of fresh creations, all retaining Burton’s original aesthetic. “When incorporating illusions into a show, all the departments kind of have the same job: to drive the story. Maybe there’s a puff of smoke, or a bolt of lightning, or something that catches on fire. That magic serves a story purpose. So one of the really interesting things about designing bigger illusions — and lots of people appear and disappear onstage in Beetlejuice — is that there’s no stopping the traffic there.”

It’s a bit different from working as a solo magician with an audience. “What makes an illusion for a Broadway show different from a show with one person on stage who is the titular magician, is the person onstage is an actor playing the part of someone who has these powers. There’s ordinarily not a bigger story around it,” Weber says.

For example, the Maitlands, who have died at the beginning of the action, are living in the attic, trying to figure out how to survive as the dead, and how to preserve their beloved home. “Part of their journey is discovering what their powers are in this new state,” Weber says. “How can they use them to get what they want? And it takes them a little while to figure out what they want.

“So what one has to do in terms of the design elements is [determine], where is this character coming from? What are their powers, what is the magic of their character? Can it be quick? Do we have to do it in the middle of nothing? There are one or two moments where characters have to levitate, and that just happens in the middle of everything, there’s no room for wires or anything.”

At its core, though, Beetlejuice is about more than sleight of hand and flash pots. “It’s a show about family,” Weber explains. “It’s a show about the families that we have, the families that we get, the families we wish we had and the secondary families that we build.”

One of the things I tried to do was that the illusion components would always have some kind of Tim Burton hat tip without mirroring anything that happened in the film.

— MICHAEL WEBER, ILLUSIONIST

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A beloved musical from the writing team behind Sweeney Todd

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

What if the path to redemption starts with a sandwich?

CLYDE’S CEBOLLAS

Three sisters, one dead body, and a 10-hour road trip

by Kyle Malone

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DOUBLE THE PLEASURE

For the first time, the DCPA’s Saturday Night Alive gala offered an insider’s look at how its Theatre Company productions are created. Held on March 11, the 42nd annual fundraiser welcomed more than 500 guests and netted $642,000 benefiting theatre and education programs, now totaling $23 million since its inception.

The impact of the community’s investment in the DCPA was on display with costumes, sets, and props from past productions. Following dinner, guests chose between two Theatre Company productions: Hotter Than Egypt and Laughs in Spanish followed by a silent disco afterparty.

During the celebration, former Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock was honored with the Daniel L. Ritchie Spotlight Award for his administration’s support of arts and culture, which allowed the DCPA to renovate its theatres.

Saturday Night Alive was led by Trustee Co-Chairs

Ruth Krebs & Peter Mannetti, and Community Co-Chairs

Elaine Torres & Phil Workman.

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A TIP OF THE HAT TO

The DCPA’s 16th annual Women with Hattitude welcomed 500 ladies and gentlemen to a delightful luncheon and networking event in the Seawell Ballroom on May 4.

With entertainment by Ne’Lashee’ of Theatre Company’s The Color Purple and the audience-favorite fashion show of spectacular hats, the gross proceeds were $65,000 in support of the Women’s Voices Fund.

The Women’s Voices Fund, an endowment fund established in 2005 by the DCPA, creates dedicated opportunities for women artists and leaders in theatre, enabling our Theatre Company to commission, workshop and produce new plays by women.

Special thanks to Jennifer Dechtman and the Denver Center Alliance Hattitude Committee, as well as the event partners: Event Rents, Serendipity Catering, Kendra Scott and Janice Sinden, DCPA President & CEO.

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PPNC aims to strengthen and enrich the lives of our neighbors in the communities where we live and work, and, with funding from PNC Foundation, we are pleased to once again support the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) in this season’s Book Stars program. Since 2004, PNC Grow Up Great, our $500 million, bilingual early childhood education initiative, has helped prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life by supporting programs, resources and experiences that plant the seeds for a lifetime of opportunities. DCPA Book Stars likewise supports early childhood educators to enhance early literacy in pre-K by working with Title I schools throughout metro Denver.

This innovative program encourages children to become characters and solve problems through creative play and theater-based learning, with teaching artists building relationships with students and teachers over time. By offering Book Stars to schools at no cost, in English and Spanish, we can increase accessibility and help eliminate achievement gaps before they start.

By focusing our support on high-quality early childhood education, we aim to positively impact school readiness, setting children on a path for success. We’re proud to help DCPA continue to grow this program and build more relationships with teachers, students, and families in our region.

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BROADWAY & CABARET

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Administration

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Alicia Bruce General Manager

Lisa Prater Operations Manager

Garner Galleria Theatre

Abel Becerra Technical Director

Jason Begin+, Anna Hookana+ Core Stagehands

DEVELOPMENT

Jamie Clements Vice President

Connor Carlin Associate Director, Major & Planned Gifts

Caroline Eppers Manager, Corporate Partnerships

Kara Erickson-Stiemke Coordinator

Amanda Gomez Manager, Annual Fund

Kaylie Gro Manager, Grants & Reports

Marc Ravenhill Associate Director, Donor Relations

Megan Stewart Manager, Events

Erin Walker Senior Director

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Allison Watrous Executive Director

Stuart Barr Technical Director

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David Saphier Teaching Artist & Manager, In-School Programming

Charlotte Talbert Librarian

Rachel Taylor Teaching Artist & Manager, Literary Engagement & Resiliency

Justin Walvoord Teaching Artist & Manager, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot

Samuel Wood Teaching Artist & District Liaison

FACILITIES

Glen Lucero Director

Dwight Barela, Mark Dill, John Howard, Zak Merten, Bryon Willingham Engineers

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Bryan Faciane Lead Security O cers

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Judy Briggs Front Desk

Quentin Crump Manager, Security & Guest Relations

Merry Davis Financial Manager

Jane Deegan Administrator

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EVENT SERVICES

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Stori Heleen-O’Foley Lighting, Team Lead

Shane Hotle Audio Engineer

David Mandlowitz, Benjamin Peitzer, Will Stowe, Ian Wells Video Engineers

Tara Miller Event Sales & Operations Director

Brook Nichols Event Technical Director

Kate Olsen Event Sales Coordinator

Viktoria Padilla Lighting

Phil Rohrbach, Alex Skaar Event Managers

Brooke Wyatt Event Logistics Manager

MARKETING, SALES & PATRON SERVICES

Angela Lakin Vice President

Marketing

Giorgio Ausenda Media Producer

Heidi Bosk Associate Director, Press & Promotions, Broadway & Cabaret

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Brenda Elliott, Paul Koob Senior Graphic Designers

TJ Forlenza Copywriter

Michael Garcia Manager, Web Content

Claire Graves Director, Produced Programs

Brittany Gutierrez Manager, Communications

Linda Horan Project Manager

Je Hovorka Director, Sales & Marketing, Broadway & Cabaret

Emma Hunt Coordinator, Communications & PR

Emily Kent Director, Insights & Strategy

Lucas Kreitler Junior Graphic Designer

Michael Ryan Leuthner Director, Digital Marketing

Emily Lozow Assoc. Director, Sales & Marketing, Broadway & Cabaret

Kyle Malone Director, Design

Dan McNulty Marketing Analyst

Hannah Selwyn Manager, Email Marketing

Whitney Testa Executive Assistant, Marketing & Broadway

Kong Vang Coordinator, Social Media

Julie Whelan Associate, Produced Programs

Mikayla Woods Coordinator, Produced Programs

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Group Sales

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Brad Steinmeyer Coordinator

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Theatre Services

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Elliot Shields Manager

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Laura Maresca Vice President

Brian Carter Director

Paul Johnson Payroll Specialist

Monica Robles Supervisor, Mailroom

Kinsey Scholl Operations Specialist

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Lisa Roebuck Vice President

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OPERATIONS

Vincent Bridgers Senior Analyst

Adam Busch Junior Analyst

Aaron Chavez Lead

Ruben Cruz, Jordan Latouche Engineers

Simone Gordon Associate Director

Kyle Greufe, Tara Perticone Analysts

Brandon LeMarr Manager

Sarah Martinez Administrator

Jacob Parker Associate Director

Joseph Reecher Senior Engineer

Cordelia Taylor Coordinator

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Charlie Miller Executive Director & Curator

THEATRE COMPANY

Administration

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Alex Koszewski Company Manager

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Artistic

Chris Coleman Artistic Director

Grady Soapes Artistic Producer & Casting Director

Jessica Eckenrod Artistic Associate

Leean Kim Torske Director, Literary Programs

Production Je Gi ord Director

Julie Brou Administrative Assistant/ O ce Manager

Matthew Campbell Production Manager

Peggy Carey Associate Production Manager

Scenic Design

Lisa Orzolek Director

Kevin Nelson, Nicholas Renaud Assistants

Lighting Design

Charles MacLeod Director

Lily Bradford Assistant

Joseph Price+ Production Electrician

Sound Design

Alex Billman Sound & Technology Supervisor

Meagan Holdeman+, Timothy Schoeberl+, Dimitri Soto+ Technicians

Stage Management

Michael Morales Production Stage Manager

Corin Davidson, Wendy Blackburn

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Claire Dommert, Nia Pitts, Georgia Wood, Rain Young Stage Management Apprentices

Scene Shop

Eric Moore Technical Director

Albert “Stub” Allison, Robert L. Orzolek, Josh Prues Associate Technical Directors

Jeremy Altho , Tyler D. Clark, Amy Wynn Pastor, Kyle Scoggins Scenic Technicians

Louis Fernandez III Lead Scenic Technician

Brian “Marco” Markiewicz Lead Carpenter

Prop Shop

Meghan Markiewicz Supervisor

Sara Puch Associate Supervisor

Georgina Kayes,

Ashley Lawler Artisans

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Paint Shop

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Costume Crafts

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Wigs

Diana Ben-Kiki Supervisor

Abby Schmidt, Marisa Sorce^ Wig Assistants

House Crew

Douglas Taylor+ Supervisor

James Berman+, Forest Fowler+, William Loving+, Dave Mazzeno+, Kyle Moore+, Matt Wagner+ Stagehands Calli Lavarnway+, Kelley Reznik+ Assistants

Wardrobe

Heidi Echtenkamp Supervisor

Robin Appleton^, Amber Krimbel^, David La Beaux^, Lauren LaCasse^, Lisa Parsons Wagner^, Kami Williams^ Dressers