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Songwriter Robert Lopez doesn’t mind that The Book of Mormon, the Broadway juggernaut he co-authored with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, is popularly thought of as the “South Park” musical because of Stone and Parker’s involvement. He knows full well, having co-authored the puppet sensation Avenue Q some years back, what it’s like to introduce a form-breaking original show that’s not a jukebox musical or an adaptation of a movie.

“When we did Avenue Q, it was really hard to convey to people what it was supposed to be, and why people should go see it,” said Lopez in a recent interview from his home in Brooklyn.

“So I understand why the producers used the ‘South Park’ hook to promote this show. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to see a show called The Book of Mormon if it wasn’t by them.”

But Lopez isn’t shy about setting the record straight.

“It was a show that was my idea,” he said, adding crucially, “and when we met I discovered they happened to have the same idea.”

Indeed, the initial Lopez/Stone/ Parker summit is by now the stuff of musical theatre legend, on a par with the night Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins stitched together “Rose’s Turn” out of bits and pieces of Gypsy’s score. When Stone and Parker went to see Avenue Q on Broadway

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in 2003, while in the midst of working on their own puppet-centered project (the film Team America), they were flattered, if a little puzzled, to see themselves thanked in Lopez’s Playbill bio, since they didn’t know him. That in turn led to an informal post-show meeting and eventually to a collaboration around their shared fascination with Mormonism.

The Playbill tribute was there, Lopez recalled, because Parker and Stone’s 1999 musical film—South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut—had been an inspiration for Lopez and his Avenue Q co-writer, Jeff Marx. In fact, Sondheim himself has gone on record to call that profane but tuneful film the best musical of its decade.

“Well, it was a pretty barren 10 years,” Lopez joked, before explaining his own admiration for the film. “It shows an understanding not only of how musicals are structured and how they work but of the meaning of the form. It used the optimism of musicals as a metaphor for the optimism of childhood, against the backdrop of the satire. It was really about the eyes of a child.” It’s important, Lopez continued, that a musical not be simply a play with songs as garnish; form and content should harmonize.

“When you’re writing one of these shows, you have to figure out what the music means to the story,” said Lopez,

who met Marx in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and continues to moderate sessions there.

“In Avenue Q, it was about education, about learning life lessons—it was a musical children’s show for grownups.

With Book of Mormon it’s a) the naïveté of the missionaries, and b) their beliefs.

And music embodies those feelings.”

The Mormon-missionaries-abroad premise that gives the musical its shape wasn’t among the initial ideas of any of the authors, said Lopez. “My idea was to read the Book of Mormon and find the epic story that, in telling it, would make fun of itself,” said Lopez.

“Their idea was to do the story of Joseph Smith as a musical. Then they suggested we all do it together, which I thought was a great idea.”

But in October of that year, that notion seemed to be moot when “South Park” aired the episode “All About Mormons,” which irreverently recounted the story of Smith, Mormonism’s founding prophet, in parallel flashbacks with the story of a present-day Mormon family newly arrived in South Park. Lopez wasn’t crestfallen, exactly, but he figured that Parker and Stone had taken the idea and run with it. So he and Marx were pleasantly surprised to get an email from the “South Park” provocateurs, revisiting the idea of their collaboration. “We were like, ‘Oh,

“We discovered that we all had the same feelings about religion and God—that God doesn’t exist and yet somehow he does, and that even though the stories are made up, the leap of faith that people make makes them better people.”

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we thought you had done that idea already,’ ” Lopez said.

The writers found that not only was there much more to say about Mormons than could be conveyed in a 22-minute TV episode, but that the story of this relatively new religion was an ideal way to treat larger satirical themes.

“We discovered that we all had the same feelings about religion and God— that God doesn’t exist and yet somehow he does,” said Lopez. “And that even though the stories are made up, the leap of faith that people make makes them better people.”

While Parker and Stone knew Mormons from their Colorado upbringing, New York native Lopez’s fascination was more literary (Avenue Q’s Marx left the project fairly early in its development). In scholar Harold Bloom’s comparative-literature class at Yale, Lopez recalled, Bloom favorably

compared Smith’s fantastical Mormon scriptures to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

“The thing about the Mormonism that I’ve always been interested in,” Lopez explained, “is the way you can talk about all religion through it. You don’t even have to make fun of it. You just tell an audience what Mormons believe and people get the idea: This is a fully functioning religion, it’s real, it does change people’s lives—and they believe all these stories that sound ridiculous. Since it’s so recent, it doesn’t have all the respect that we give the Judeo-Christian traditions; with those, since our mind can’t stretch back that far, we can almost believe that somehow God walked the earth back then. With Mormonism, you can see, ‘Oh, this is how religions start.’ ” If Lopez’s interest in Mormonism in particular was secondhand, his own interest in religion is more personal.

“I went through my own crisis of faith,” he said. “I went to church; I grew up Catholic-ish. I did believe when I was young.” His beliefs faded in college, as they do for many, though not quite for the usual reasons. While many drift away from religion as they explore their sexual identity or are confronted with radically different points of view, it was in fact up-close exposure to religious practice that soured Lopez.

“In college I sang in choirs and I started to see the mechanics behind the Mass,” he said. “There is quite literally a backstage, and the Mass is quite literally stagecraft. Where I went they had incense, and there was an organ that had something called a zimbalstern—a wheel that tinkles when you push the key and makes it feel like there are angels in the church. There are stories, there’s a throughline, there’s a snack.

It’s everything that theatre does; it’s basically a proto-musical.”

He even recalled one priest saying to another, with a knowing sigh worthy of a Broadway hoofer, “Two shows today.”

For a while, like many freshly minted non-believers, Lopez said, his attitude was, “Forget about that stuff. It wasn’t until later that I started to think: What is real about it? I started to look at the way people behave when they do think there’s a God versus the way people behave when they think they’re forsaken, in a cold, empty universe with only science. Science is a kind of religion itself; we don’t all check out every experiment for ourselves. We take a lot on faith.”

Though he now stops short of fully re-upping on his childhood faith, Lopez

clearly feels, as The Book of Mormon demonstrates, that religion is a part of human experience and that, on balance, it may be a net good.

“God, whether he does or doesn’t actually exist, does exist as part of the human experience,” said Lopez. “That’s undeniable.”

And if his glimpses behind the curtain of the Catholic Mass first made him question the objective truth of the narrative behind the ritual, Lopez harbors no doubts about the value of stage storytelling.

“Any kind of literature, any kind of art that tells a story is a form of religious experience—it’s a consciousness-changing endeavor,” said Lopez.

“It transmits spirit through it. In musical theatre, we’re lifting people up, giving them stories and arming them for experiences they encounter in life.”

He almost makes it sound like a mission.

Rob Weinert-Kendt is associate editor at American Theatre and has written about theatre and the arts for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Guardian and The San Francisco Chronicle.

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CAST (in order of appearance) Mormon.............................................................................................................................................. TYLER JONES Moroni.................................................................................................................................................BRIAN BEACH Elder Price....................................................................................................................BILLY HARRIGAN TIGHE Elder Cunningham............................................................................................................................A.J. HOLMES Missionary Training Center Voice............................................................................................RON BOHMER Price’s Dad........................................................................................................................................RON BOHMER Cunningham’s Dad.............................................................................................................................. ADAM RAY Mrs. Brown.........................................................................................................................................KELECHI EZIE Guards................. CHRISTOPHER FAISON, MELVIN BRANDON LOGAN, TYRONE L. ROBINSON Mafala Hatimbi...................................................................................................... STANLEY WAYNE MATHIS Nabulungi............................................................................................................................ ALEXANDRA NCUBE Elder McKinley................................................................................................................................BRIAN BEACH Joseph Smith...................................................................................................................................RON BOHMER General..............................................................................................................................................COREY JONES Doctor...............................................................................................................................JOSH BRECKENRIDGE Mission President...........................................................................................................................RON BOHMER Ensemble........................................ EBONY BLAKE, JOSH BRECKENRIDGE, MICHAEL BUCHANAN, KELECHI EZIE, CHRISTOPHER FAISON, LOGAN HART, TYLER JONES, BEN LAXTON, MELVIN BRANDON LOGAN, LACRETTA NICOLE, DANIEL PLIMPTON, ADAM RAY, STEVE RAYMOND, TYRONE L. ROBINSON, KRISTOPHER THOMPSON-BOLDEN, ZURIN VILLANUEVA UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Elder Cunningham: MICHAEL BUCHANAN For Elder Price: ADAM RAY For Mafala Hatimbi: JOSH BRECKENRIDGE, JAMAAL WILSON For Nabulungi: DAYNA JARAE DANTZLER, KEZIAH JOHN-PAUL For Missionary Training Center Voice/Price’s Dad/Joseph Smith/Mission President: IAN LIBERTO, ADAM RAY For Elder McKinley: IAN LIBERTO, DANIEL PLIMPTON For the General: JOSH BRECKENRIDGE, JAMAAL WILSON Standby for Elder Cunningham: COBY GETZUG, DANA JOEL NICHOLSON Standby for Elder Price: GABE GIBBS, MILES JACOBY SWINGS JR BRUNO, DAYNA JARAE DANTZLER, KENNY FRANCOEUR, KEZIAH JOHN-PAUL, TREVOR LEADERBRAND, ANTYON LE MONTE, IAN LIBERTO, JAMARD RICHARDSON, JAMAAL WILSON DANCE CAPTAIN IAN LIBERTO ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN JR BRUNO THE BOOK OF MORMON ORCHESTRA Conductor—Justin Mendoza; Keys 2/Associate Conductor—Jon Balcourt; Keyboards—Jon Balcourt, Justin Mendoza; Bass—Mike Preen; Drums—Phil Martin; Guitar—Lou Garrett; Keyboard Programmer—Randy Cohen DENVER LOCAL ORCHESTRA Reeds—Lucas Munce; Trombone/Bass Trombone—James Gray; Trumpets/Flugel Horn—Terry Sawchuk; Violin/Viola—Brit Swenson Keyboard Sub—Boko Suzuki; Musician Contractor—James Harvey THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

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CAST

A.J. Holmes

Billy Harrigan Tighe

Alexandra Ncube

Brian Beach

Stanley Wayne Mathis

Ron Bohmer

Corey Jones

Ebony Blake

Josh Breckenridge

JR Bruno

Michael Buchanan

Dayna Jarae Dantzler

Kelechi Ezie

Christopher Faison

Kenny Francoeur

Coby Getzug

Gabe Gibbs

Logan Hart

Miles Jacoby

Keziah John-Paul

Tyler Jones

Ben Laxton

Trevor Leaderbrand

Antyon Le Monte

Ian Liberto

Melvin Brandon Logan

Dana Joel Nicholson

Lacretta Nicole

Daniel Plimpton

Adam Ray

Steve Raymond

Jamard Richardson

Tyrone L. Robinson

Kristopher Thompson-Bolden

Zurin Villanueva

Jamaal Wilson

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST A.J. HOLMES (Elder Cunningham).

Theater credits include Arnold Cunningham in The Book of Mormon (West End, national tour), Frederick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein (national tour), Henry in Next to Normal (Arizona Theatre Co. & SJ Rep.). A.J. also composes for StarKid Productions (Twisted, A Very Potter Musical, Me and My Dick). Proud University of Michigan graduate.

“Thanks to BRS/GAGE. Love to Mom, Dad, Kellyn and the rest of my incredibly supportive family.”

BILLY HARRIGAN TIGHE (Elder Price) joins the first national tour after playing Elder Price in the West End. Other theater credits include Pippin (Broadway), Fiyero in Wicked (U.S. national tour), Jean-Michel in La Cage aux Folles (U.S. national tour), Dirty Dancing (U.S. national tour). Regional credits: The MUNY, North Carolina Theater, Goodspeed Opera House, La Comedia, Marriott Lincolnshire.

Proud graduate of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM). He would like to thank his family and friends, CCCEPA, BRS/ GAGE, ’06 and his wife Kristine for their continuous support.

ALEXANDRA NCUBE (Nabulungi) is delighted to make her national tour debut with The Book of Mormon.

She holds her B.A. in Theatre from Arizona State University. Favorite credits include Spring Awakening (Martha) and Rent (Mimi). “A huge thank you to friends, family and dear Sean for all of the love and support!”

BRIAN BEACH (Elder McKinley).

O-M-GOSH! I’m honored to join the BOM family. National tours: 9 to 5, Disney’s High School Musical.

Regional: The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert), White Christmas (Phil), West Side Story, Tommy, 42nd Street. “Thank you to everyone who gave me this awesome opportunity!

Love to my family and friends, especially Alec. Follow your dreams!”

STANLEY WAYNE MATHIS (Mafala Hatimbi). Broadway: The Book of Mormon; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Wonderful Town; Kiss Me, Kate; You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown; The Lion King; Jelly’s Last Jam; Oh

Kay! Off-Broadway: ResurGents, Real Black Men Don’t. Regionals: Ruined, Radio Golf, Gem of the Ocean, Fences, Master Harold and the Boys.

TV: “2-2,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Gossip Girls.” Film: Brother To Brother, Family On Board, Steve McQueen’s Shame.

RON BOHMER (Price’s Dad and others). Broadway/tour roles include Father in revival of Ragtime, title role in The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sir Percival Glyde in The Woman in White, Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard (Jefferson Award nom.), Alex in Aspects of Love (Robby Award, best actor). Regional: El Gallo in The Fantasticks (Acclaim Award, best actor), George in Sunday in the Park with George (Critics Circle Award, best actor).

COREY JONES (General). Regional: Othello (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); King John, Aaron in Titus Andronicus, Caliban in The Tempest (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Chad Deity in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Dallas Theater Center); The Color Purple (Celebration Theater); Gee’s Bend (Arkansas Repertory); Macbeth, Ragtime (PCPA Theaterfest); Williamstown Theater Festival; Illinois Shakespeare Festival. “Much love to my family!”

EBONY BLAKE (Ensemble). Tour: Aida (u/s Aida). Regional: Classical Theatre of Harlem, Music Theatre of Wichita, The Human Race Theatre.

Proud Wright State University alumna and AEA member. Huge hugs and thanks to family, friends and the BOM creative team!

JOSH BRECKENRIDGE (Ensemble).

Broadway: The Scottsboro Boys (Olen), The Ritz. Off-Broadway: The Scottsboro Boys (Vineyard), Saved!

(Shane, Playwrights Horizons).

Regional: The Whipping Man (John, KC Rep), Tales of the City (Jon, ACT/O’Neill Theatre Ctr.), Scottsboro Boys (Guthrie), Hairspray (Seaweed, Marriot Lincolnshire), Smokey Joe’s Café (Cape Playhouse), Dreamgirls (C.C., NCT), Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse, 5th Avenue). Film: Finding Me: Truth. B.F.A.: CCM.

JR BRUNO (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing). First national tour! Broadway: West Side Story. Favorite Regional/ European: [title of show], Avenue Q, …Spelling Bee, Into the Woods.

Graduate of the B-W Conservatory of Music. “Thank you to my friends, family, colleagues and teachers. Thank you Book of Mormon team for being amazing! Special thank you to Mom, Dad, Jade and T.J.” MICHAEL BUCHANAN (Ensemble).

Broadway: The Addams Family, CryBaby. Off-Broadway: Fat Camp, Play It Cool. National Tour: The Addams Family. Other credits: White Noise (Chicago), The Addams Family (Chicago), Hair—Woof (Arizona Theatre Co.), Urinetown—Bobby (2006 Joseph Jefferson Award Winner: Best Actor in a Musical), Mame (Kennedy Center), Pirates of Penzance (Guthrie), West Side Story (Tony), The Fantasticks (Matt).

DAYNA JARAE DANTZLER (Swing).

Previous credits include national tours: The Color Purple (Celie), James and the Giant Peach (Spider); regional theater: Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II), Frankenstein (Ensemble) and most recently opened Disney’s newest ship, the Disney Fantasy. Dantzler gives thanks to her mother for her everlasting love and support.

KELECHI EZIE (Ensemble).

“Buffalove” N.Y. native, Princeton University. Recent credits: Celie in The Color Purple (White Plains Performing Arts Center), Seven Sicknesses and Restoration Comedy (Flea Theater). Writer/star of The Truth About Beauty and Blogs, official selection of Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. Special thanks to Carrie Gardner, BOM creatives, Shelli at RKS and family and friends. Kelechi is thrilled to join BOM! CHRISTOPHER FAISON (Ensemble).

N.Y.: Finian’s Rainbow (Irish Repertory Theatre), Mine Eyes Have Seen (The Duplex Cabaret Theater).

Regional: Songs for a New World (Man One), Dreamgirls (J.T. Early), Smokey Joe’s Café (Ken). “Much love and thanks to family and friends across the globe. Forever thankful for

KENNY FRANCOEUR (Swing).

Broadway: The Book of Mormon.

Tours: Anything Goes (Purser).

Regional: Spamalot, The Little Mermaid, The Music Man, …Spelling Bee. BM Vocal Performance from NYU Steinhardt. “Thanks to the Book of Mormon family, SW Artists and my family!”

COBY GETZUG (Standby Elder Cunningham). Thrilled to be part of BOM! Broadway: Brighton Beach Memoirs. National tour: Spring Awakening. Regional: The Black Suits, The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Center Theatre Group); Our Town. UCLA graduate. “Endless thanks to my family and BBR.” GABE GIBBS (Standby Elder Price) is so thankful to be making his national tour debut with BOM. He’s a proud metro-Detroiter, and lover of all things Michigan. Thanks to my Mom and Dad. Emerson College, B.A.: Acting ’14.

LOGAN HART (Ensemble) ecstatically joins this production! Regional: Gabe—Next to Normal (MTC); Ryan— High School Musical (Paper Mill Playhouse, Casa Mañana); Mark— Altar Boyz (Zach Scott). Broadway Bares XXII and XXIII. “Love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Jess, Shalaina, Jake, Jen, About Artists, Carrie Gardner and the BOM team!”

MILES JACOBY (Standby Elder Price). Broadway: The Book of Mormon. Miles recently played Bob Gaudio in the first national tour of Jersey Boys. New York: These Seven Sicknesses (Flea Theater), Woyzeck (Aporia). Regional: Streetcar (Barrington); Zombies Actually (New Orleans Fringe); Rent, Floyd Collins, Arcadia (Yale Dramat). Special thanks: Carrie Gardner, Brian Usifer, Vicki Shaghoian, Craig Holzberg/ Avalon, Mom, Dad, Grant and RJ. KEZIAH JOHN-PAUL (Swing).

Touring debut! Recent graduate of NYU Tisch’s New Studio.

Favorite roles: The Wild Party (Kate), Broadway Celebration at the White House (Ensemble), The Seven (The DJ). Love to Mom, family, friends, teachers and gratitude to BOM.

TYLER JONES (Ensemble). Theatre: Last Smoker In America, Parade, All’s Well That Ends Well. Television: “Boardwalk Empire.” Thanks to Carrie, the Mormon team, TKO and Candace Goetz. “Love to Mom, Dad and Jordan. Michigan grad.”

TREVOR LEADERBRAND (Swing) couldn’t be happier to travel with the Mormon family! Broadway: The Book of Mormon. National tour: Catch Me If You Can. Regional: Maples Repertory, Timber Lake Playhouse, VADco. Many, many thanks to Kate and Carrie Gardner. Trevor couldn’t be here without his family, friends and Ms. D. Proud Florida State graduate!

BEN LAXTON (Ensemble) is thrilled to join this cast! Tours: Catch Me… (u/s Frank Jr.), Ghost (u/s Sam).

Regional: Riverside, POTS. “Love to my wife Andrea, Mom, Dad, Tori, Mrs. Halbert, Todd, Carrie and friends.

Proud Belmont grad!”

ANTYON LE MONTE (Swing) is thrilled to join The Book of Mormon.

Credits include Hairspray (national tour, 2007); “American Idol” (Fox, 2009); La Cage (The Arts Center Hilton Head); Aida (Gateway Playhouse); Mama, I Want to Sing!

(New World Stages NYC). He sends his love and thanks to his family and friends for their continuous love and support.

IAN LIBERTO (Dance Captain, Swing). Broadway: Promises, Promises; How to Succeed…; Chaplin; Billy Elliot. Tours: Evita, A Chorus Line, Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Graduate of Millikin University.

Thanks to Carrie, Casey, TKO and all who helped make this happen. Love to Kasey.

MELVIN BRANDON LOGAN (Ensemble). National tour debut.

Melvin is overjoyed to be joining the BOM family! Regional: Marriott Theatre, MUNY, Arvada Center, Olney Theatre Center. B.F.A.: CCM. Much gratitude to the BOM team, 9MUSE and my incredibly supportive family!

DANA JOEL NICHOLSON (Standby Elder Cunningham) is ecstatically grateful to be joining the BOM family! Regional: Carousel (KC Rep/The Living Room), Shrek: The Musical

(Coterie Theatre), Evil Dead: The Musical (Egads! Theatre), The Last 5 Years and Elegies (Riverbend Theatre Collective). “Enormous amounts of love to my fiancé Emma and my incredible family/friends.”

LACRETTA NICOLE (Ensemble).

Select credits: National tours: Buddy.

Regional: Legally Blonde, All Shook Up, Ragtime, Avenue Q, Hairspray.

Guest soloist: The Amanda McBroom Project. Workshops: Brooklyn Super Hero Supply Company, Disaster! The Musical, Harlem Ladies…. Television: “Law & Order: SVU,” “30 Rock.” “I love you mommy 5 and 7.”

DANIEL PLIMPTON (Ensemble) is ecstatic to join BOM. National Tour: Spring Awakening. Regional: Paper Mill, Goodspeed, North Shore, Engeman, Weston. The most thanks to Boston Conservatory, BRS/GAGE, Carrie Gardner and the creative team.

Love you Mom and Dad! ADAM RAY (Ensemble). Debut album The Clown Parade available on iTunes now. “Special thanks to The Boston Conservatory and Karl Bury, as well as Carrie Gardner and the creative team. Love to my family, friends and Matthew.”

STEVE RAYMOND (Ensemble). As an avid “South Park” fan since age ten, Steve is overjoyed to be joining the BOM family! Tremendous thanks to Carrie Gardner, the BOM Team, Judy Boals, MSU, friends and his astoundingly supportive family.

JAMARD RICHARDSON (Swing) is overjoyed to join the cast of BoM. Regional: Witness Uganda, The Little Mermaid and Tarzan. Proud alum of The University of Oklahoma. “Thanks to The Mine, OU13, my family and to G.!” @jamardrich.

TYRONE L. ROBINSON (Ensemble) worked with writing teams at “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.” His musical Show Way ran to critical acclaim in N.Y.C. (iTunes). Tour: The Lion King. “Thank you friends and family, especially Gordon.” M.F.A. NYU Tisch.

KRISTOPHER THOMPSON-BOLDEN (Ensemble) is beyond elated to join this amazing production! You may remember him from the Broadway

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national tours of The Color Purple, Billy Elliot, Anything Goes, or as CJ in the world premiere of the musical The Nutty Professor, directed

by Jerry Lewis. “Many thanks to JC, Mama, the gang at TalentWorks, Carrie and this amazing creative team!”

ZURIN VILLANUEVA (Ensemble) is thrilled to join the funniest tour around! Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y. her credits include Good News (Goodspeed), Witness Uganda (NYC workshop), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Crossroads Theatre) and Crowns (Arena Stage). She recently played the iconic Josephine Baker in the new musical Josephine Tonight!

B.F.A. Howard University. “Love and respect to all people above all else!

Thank you Mommy!”

JAMAAL WILSON (Swing). Tours/ regional: Dreamgirls; The All Night Strut; Sundiata, The Lion King of Mali (Sundiata); Olympic Spirit: The Jesse Owens Story (Jesse Owens); Junie B. Jones. Other: POPart, The Musical; For the Love of Christ, etc. Multiple concerts throughout U.S., Germany and London. “Much love to Mom and family for your support.”

TREY PARKER (Co-Director, Book, Music, Lyrics) wrote and directed his first feature film, Cannibal!

The Musical, while attending the University of Colorado in Boulder. A few years later, Trey co-created the hit animated series “South Park” with Matt Stone (his college friend and Cannibal! producer). Debuting on Comedy Central in 1997 and currently in its 15th season, “South Park” has won four Emmy Awards as well as the coveted Peabody Award. The same year “South Park” debuted, Parker wrote, directed and starred in the film Orgazmo. Two years later, Parker and Stone released the critically acclaimed feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The musical, which Parker directed and co-wrote, earned an Oscar nomination for Best Song and the first-ever New York Film Critics Circle Award for an animated film. In 2004, the pair returned to theaters with Team America: World Police, an action movie cowritten and directed by Parker that starred a cast of marionettes. It has been a long-time dream of Parker’s to write a musical for Broadway. Trey Parker is

originally from Conifer, Colorado.

ROBERT LOPEZ (Book, Music, Lyrics) is the Tony, Grammy and Emmy-winning co-creator of the smash hit musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon. With wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, he wrote the songs for Disney’s blockbuster movie Frozen, including its hit song “Let It Go,” nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe Award. They also wrote songs for Winnie the Pooh (Disney Animation, 2011) and Finding Nemo: The Musical (playing at Walt Disney World since 2006). They are currently writing an original stage musical called Up Here, directed by Alex Timbers. Bobby shared two Emmy Awards for his music for “The Wonder Pets” and an Emmy nomination for the “Scrubs” musical episode.

His work has been seen on “South Park,” “The Simpsons” and “Phineas and Ferb.” Member BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild Council, WGA, AEA, Yale grad, native NY’er. Thanks Buzzetti, Mom, Dad, Billy, Katie, Annie and especially Kristen for all the love and support.

MATT STONE (Book, Music and Lyrics) met Trey Parker at the University of Colorado, and together they made a short animated piece called The Spirit of Christmas. This launched their most recognized work, the critically acclaimed and awardwinning television show, “South Park.”

The animated series is in its 15th season on Comedy Central and has won Stone four Emmy Awards and the coveted Peabody Award. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which Stone produced and cowrote, earned an Oscar nomination and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film. In addition to “South Park,” Stone has partnered with Parker on the low-budget Cannibal!

The Musical, the superhero comedy Orgazmo and the marionette action thriller Team America: World Police.

Matt Stone is originally from Littleton, Colorado.

CASEY NICHOLAW (Co-Director and Choreographer) won 2011 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his work as co-director of The Book of Mormon. Other Broadway credits: Elf: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle

nominations) and Monty Python’s Spamalot, directed by Mike Nichols (2005 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Choreography). Additional New York credits: for City Center Encores!— the highly acclaimed productions of Anyone Can Whistle and Follies (direction and choreography), Bye Bye Birdie (choreography) and Can-Can (musical staging); for NY Philharmonic—Candide; South Pacific at Carnegie Hall (also on PBS “Great Performances”), Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way at Radio City Music Hall starring the world-famous Rockettes. He directed and choreographed the world premieres of Minsky’s at Center Theatre Group, Robin and the 7 Hoods at the Old Globe and Disney’s Aladdin at the 5th Avenue in Seattle.

SCOTT PASK (Scenic Design).

Selected Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Tony); The Pillowman (Tony); The House of Blue Leaves; A Steady Rain; A Behanding in Spokane; Promises, Promises; Hair; The Coast of Utopia (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Hewes awards); Pal Joey (Tony nom.); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Tony nom., Drama Desk Award); Nine; The Lieutenant of Inishmore; Speed-thePlow; November; Cry-Baby; Take Me Out; Martin Short…; The Vertical Hour; Sweet Charity; Urinetown. London: The Playboy of the Western World, The Country Girl, Love Song, On an Average Day (all West End); Tales From Hollywood (Donmar); Bash (Almeida); Albert Herring (Opera North). Also Peter Grimes (Met).

Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna.

ANN ROTH (Costume Design).

Theater includes: Hurlyburly, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Singin’ in the Rain, Purlie, The Odd Couple, Waiting for Godot. Tony nominations: The Crucifer of Blood, The Royal Family, Present Laughter, The House of Blue Leaves. Films include: Midnight Cowboy, Klute, The Day of the Locust (BAFTA), The Goodbye Girl, Coming Home, Hair, Working Girl, Sabrina, Silkwood, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Mambo Kings, The Birdcage, The English Patient (Oscar), The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Hours, Cold Mountain, Angels in America, The Stepford Wives, The Village, Closer, Evening.

BRIAN MacDEVITT (Lighting Design). The Book of Mormon (Tony award). Recent NYC: Death of a Salesman directed by Mike Nichols, Mountaintop with Samuel L. Jackson, Chinglish on Broadway and The Enchanted Island at the MET Opera.

Last season he designed Le Compte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Dance: American Ballet Theater, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Nancy Bannon Etal.

Director: Proof Theater. Three awards: five Tonys, OBIE, Bessie, Outer Critics’, Hewes awards, Drama Desk, et al. Member: Naked Angels Faculty: University of Maryland. Father: Jake and Georgie.

BRIAN RONAN (Sound Design). More than 20 Broadway shows including Bring It On; Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tony nomination); The Book of Mormon (Tony Award); Anything Goes (Drama Desk, Tony nomination); American Idiot; Promises, Promises; Next to Normal (Tony nomination); Grease; Curtains; Spring Awakening; Grey Gardens; and The Pajama Game. His career has spanned North America, Europe and Asia and has allowed him to work with the most talented composers, directors, designers, actors, musicians and stagehands in the world for which he is eternally grateful.

STEPHEN OREMUS (Music Supervisor/ Vocal Arranger/Co-Orchestrator).

Broadway: Tony and Drama Desk awards for co-orchestrating The Book of Mormon and Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.

Worldwide music supervisor/arranger of Wicked; music supervisor/vocal arranger/orchestrator: Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5; co-producer with Dolly Parton of the Grammynominated 9 to 5 Broadway cast recording. Music supervisor/arranger of Kinky Boots. Other credits: Music supervisor, vocal arranger and orchestrator; tick, tick…BOOM!; music director: Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party. Music director: Jerry Springer— The Opera at Carnegie Hall; music director: Rufus Wainwright’s concerts at London’s Royal Opera House and his re-creation of Judy Garland’s legendary concert at Carnegie Hall.

LARRY HOCHMAN (Co-Orchestrator).

Tony Award for The Book of Mormon.

Four other Tony nominations incl. The Scottsboro Boys and Spamalot. Five Emmy Awards as composer of “The Wonder Pets!” (Nickelodeon). Other Broadway incl. The Addams Family, Jane Eyre. Twenty-five regional and Off-Broadway shows incl. Death Takes a Holiday. Seventeen films incl.

Marvin Hamlisch’s The Informant!

Composer: Little Mermaid II (add’l music), Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, In Memoriam (symphonic, publ. E.B. Marks). Recordings, concerts: Sir Paul McCartney, Eric Idle, Mandy Patinkin, Audra McDonald, Barry Manilow, Boston Pops, San Francisco Symphony, New York Philharmonic.

BRIAN USIFER (Associate Music Supervisor). Broadway/Off-Broadway orchestras: The Book of Mormon, Sister Act, Wicked, …Spelling Bee, Avenue Q, Altar Boyz, Burnt Part Boys. Five years of regional theater, including Follies (Barrington Stage Co.). Concerts: Clay Aiken “Tried and True DVD,” Arranger/orchestrator for many readings/workshops of new musicals, Music Director for upcoming Kinky Boots. B.Mus., SUNY Fredonia; M.A., NYU Steinhardt.

JUSTIN MENDOZA (Music Director).

Broadway: In the Heights. Tours: In the Heights first national (Conductor), Wicked first national (Associate Conductor). OffBroadway: Fugitive Songs. Regional: She Loves Me, Falsettos, Jesus Christ Superstar, three years as Associate Music Director of San Francisco’s Beach Blanket Babylon. “Much love and gratitude to my family and all who helped me on this journey!”

JOSH MARQUETTE (Hair Design).

Broadway/Off-Broadway: Dogfight, The Best Man, The Book of Mormon, Elf, The Drowsy Chaperone (and West End), To Be Or Not To Be, Pig Farm, The…Trailer Park Musical, Altar Boyz, Mamma Mia! West Coast: Aladdin, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Peep Show, Minsky’s, Vanities. Other N.Y.: Show Boat at Carnegie Hall, Encores!

No, No, Nanette and Follies, numerous productions at Juilliard. National tours: Drowsy, Barbie Live! Television: “30 Rock.”

RANDY HOUSTON MERCER (Makeup Design). Broadway designs include

Cry-Baby, Hairspray, Fiddler on the Roof, La Bohème, Flower Drum Song, Cabaret, The Producers, Follies, Sunset Boulevard, Smokey Joe’s Café, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, Crazy for You, A Christmas Carol, Titanic, Big, Major Barbara. Films: The Crazies, Little Children, Spider-Man 2, Company Man, Runaway Bride, Meet Joe Black, Hearts in Atlantis, The Mirror Has Two Faces. Client list includes Tina Fey, Glenn Close, Barbra Streisand, Sigourney Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Binoche, Lauren Bacall and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

CARRIE GARDNER, C.S.A. (Casting) also serves as casting director for the Roundabout. Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Pee-Wee Herman Show; Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson; American Idiot; Spring Awakening; Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Off-Broadway: Sons of The Prophet; Look Back In Anger; Suicide Incorporated; Dream of the Burning Boy; Tigers Be Still; Ordinary Days; The Understudy; The Language of Trees; Distracted; Speech & Debate; Marriage of Bette & Boo. GLEN KELLY (Dance Arrangements).

Music supervisor and arranger for The Producers and Young Frankenstein. Other Broadway credits include The Scottsboro Boys, Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, Beauty and the Beast, Death of a Salesman, The Frogs, High Society, Steel Pier, Dance a Little Closer and A Christmas Carol.

For NYCB, he arranged the music and co-wrote the libretto for Double Feature. Other ballet credits: Thou Swell (for NYCB) and But Not for Me for the Martha Graham Company.

MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator). Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Memphis, Wicked, Mamma Mia!, The Lion King. Television: “The Celebrity Apprentice,” “Smash.”

Concert: Barbra Streisand (1994– 2012). “Pamela, Zachary and Alexis make it all worthwhile.”

MARC BRUNI (Associate Director).

Director: Old Jews Telling Jokes (Westside), Pipe Dream (Encores!), Fanny (Encores!), Ordinary Days (Roundabout), In the Mood (Berkshires), …Spelling Bee (Paper Mill/PTC), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Paper Mill), Such Good

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Friends (NYMF Directing Award), six shows at St. Louis MUNY including Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Music Man, The Sound of Music (both Kevin Kline nominations). Associate: 15 Broadway shows.

STEPHEN SPOSITO (Associate Director). Resident Director: Wicked.

Associate Director on Broadway: Cat…; How to Succeed…; Promises, Promises; Shrek. Director: Shrek (national tour), American Theatre Wing Gala, The Obie Awards.

Member: Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Graduate: The University of Michigan.

STEVE BEBOUT (Broadway Associate Director) also served as Associate Director of The Addams Family (Broadway, tour, Brazil, Australia), Sister Act (Broadway), 101 Dalmatians (tour), Girl Crazy (Encores!). Directing credits include NYC: I Got Fired, Two Rooms; Regional: The Full Monty, The Buddy Holly Story, Little Shop of Horrors; and for NYU: Urinetown, Bye Bye Birdie. “Thanks to Casey, Trey, Jen and the entire BoM team.”

JENNIFER WERNER (Broadway Associate Director). Associate Director: Follies (Encores!), Robin and the 7 Hoods (Old Globe), Winnie the Pooh int’l tour. Choreography: ABC’s Upfronts; As Long As (Roundabout), NFL national commercials; Drama League Awards. Regional: Ogunquit, TriArts, Engeman and NC Theaters.

O f f - B ro a d way c h o re o g ra p h y : Bloodsong of Love (ArsNova), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Lortel/ TheatreworksUSA), ReWrite (Urban Stages), Things to Ruin (Second Stage) and The Black Suits (The Public Theatre/SPF).

JOHN MacINNIS (Associate Choreographer). Credits include Director/Choreographer of Medals Ce re m o n i e s a t Th e O l y m p i c Winter Games (2002 and 2010).

Choreographed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, currently running in Europe. Director/Choreographer: Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Mexico City, Mexico. Choreographed at Shaw Festival, Goodspeed, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh CLO, TUTS, MTW, Sacramento Music Circus and North Shore Music Theatre. John has performed in eight Broadway shows.

AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). Current projects: Once national tour, Matilda, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Blithe Spirit national tour, Honeymoon in Vegas, Into the Woods, On the Twentieth Century, Fish in the Dark, Skylight, Wolf Hall, Living on Love, The Flick and The 39 Steps. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989. auroraprod.com.

KIMBERLY FISK (Production Stage Manager). National tours include Wicked, Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hairspray, The Full Monty (both national tours), Ragtime, Titanic, Victor/Victoria and How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Broadway credits include How To Succeed…, Titanic, Chicago and Disney’s Aida. Favorite credits include Bubba and Jezebel.

MICHAEL PULE (Stage Manager).

Broadway: Mamma Mia!, The Addams Family, La Cage aux Folles, The Lion King, A Funny Thing…, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Les Misérables, Shogun: The Musical, 42nd Street.

National tours: Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables. “Thank you and love to Yvonne.”

JASON J. CARROLL (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Les Misérables 25th anniversary production, In My Life, Cabaret, Thou Shalt Not. National tours: Les Misérables 25th anniversary production, The Phantom of the Opera, The Full Monty, Million Dollar Quartet, The Producers, Jolson.

Off-Broadway: Hair and Bloomer Girl (Encores!), Mr. Goldwyn, Blue Window. Regional: Goodspeed and Paper Mill. B.F.A. University of Michigan.

DAVID TURNER (General Manager).

Since joining Stuart Thompson Productions in 2008, David has managed 12 Broadway productions and tours including The Book of Mormon and Jerusalem. Previously, David managed numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows including …Spelling Bee, Show Boat and Barrymore. From 1994 to 2007 he founded and ran the Adirondack Theatre Festival where he produced more than 60 plays and musicals and

led the construction of a new theater in a vacant Woolworths store in Glens Falls, N.Y. ALLIED LIVE (Press and Marketing) is a full-service marketing and advertising agency representing Broadway shows, national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities. Clients include Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia!, Catch Me if You Can, West Side Story, Hair, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Ghost, A Christmas Story, Elf, Traces, Blue Man Group and Stomp.

ANNE GAREFINO (Producer) is the executive producer for the Emmy and Peabody award-winning television series “South Park.” She has produced two critically acclaimed films with Trey Parker and Matt Stone: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Team America: World Police.

Before moving to Los Angeles, she lived in Washington, D.C., and worked for the public television station WETA-TV. During her tenure at WETA, she co-produced the “In Performance at the White House” series. The Tony and Grammy awardwinning production of The Book of Mormon marks Anne’s Broadway debut. She began her career in entertainment at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre on Capitol Hill and is thrilled and honored to be working in theater once again! Anne attended Boston College and the American Film Institute and is originally from Lambertville, New Jersey.

SCOTT RUDIN (Producer). Films include Moonrise Kingdom; The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; Moneyball; Margaret; The Social Network; True Grit; Greenberg; It’s Complicated; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Julie & Julia; Doubt; No Country for Old Men; There Will Be Blood; Reprise; The Queen; Margot at the Wedding; Notes on a Scandal; Venus; Closer; Team America: World Police; I Heart Huckabees; School of Rock; The Hours; Iris; The Royal Tenenbaums; Zoolander; Sleepy Hollow; Wonder Boys; Bringing Out the Dead; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; The Truman Show; In & Out; Ransom; The First Wives Club; Clueless; Nobody’s Fool; The Firm; Searching for Bobby Fischer; Sister Act; The Addams Family. Theatre includes Passion;

ROGER BERLIND (Producer). Recent productions include Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Proof; Medea; Anna in the Tropics; Caroline, or Change; Wonderful Town; Doubt; The History Boys; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Faith Healer; Deuce; The Year of Magical Thinking; Curtains; Rock ’n’ Roll; Is He Dead?; Gypsy; 13; Equus; Ragtime; A Little Night Music; A Behanding in Spokane; Driving Miss Daisy; La Bête; Arcadia; Jerusalem.

SCOTT M. DELMAN (Producer) has co-produced 25 Broadway and London West End plays and musicals including Tony nominees such as Ragtime, American Idiot, Reasons to Be Pretty, Mary Stuart and Arcadia.

More recently, Scott has won Tony awards for co-producing Death of a Salesman and The Book of Mormon.

JEAN DOUMANIAN (Producer).

Cock, Tribes, Death of a Salesman, The Mountaintop, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, The House of Blue Leaves, August: Osage County (2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play), Tom Stoppard’s Jumpers and Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, dir. David Cromer (Obie and Lortel awards).

SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS (Producer). West End/Broadway shows include Twelfth Night and Richard III; A Chorus of Disapproval; The Sunshine Boys; La Cage aux Folles; Clybourne Park; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Jerusalem; The Mountaintop; Betrayal; Much Ado About Nothing; The Children’s Hour; Arcadia; A View From the Bridge; A Little Night Music; The Norman Conquests; Boeing-Boeing; The Seagull; Rock ’n’ Roll; Faith Healer. SFP is a subsidiary

of The Ambassador Theatre Group.

ROY FURMAN (Producer). Currently on Broadway: The Book of Mormon, War Horse, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Evita. Upcoming: Annie, The Heiress, Cinderella. Recent productions include The Addams Family, West Side Story, The History Boys, Spamalot. Co-founded investment firm Furman Selz. Currently Vice Chairman at Jefferies and Co. Vice Chairman at Lincoln Center. Chairman Emeritus, Film Society of Lincoln Center.

ST E P H A N I E P. M CC L E L L A N D (Producer). Founder, Green Curtain Productions (GCP). Ms. McClelland has six Tony and Drama Desk awards and more than 50 theatrical productions worldwide. Broadway credits include The Cripple of Inishman; All The Way; A Raisin in the Sun; After Midnight; Betrayal; Twelfth Night/ Richard III; The Testament of Mary; I’ll Eat You Last; The Heiress; One Man, Two Guvnors; Jerusalem; Arcadia; La Bête; Red; The Addams Family; A Behanding in Spokane; Ragtime; Hamlet; All My Sons; Sunday in the Park With George; Cyrano de Bergerac; Journey’s End; The History Boys; The Drowsy Chaperone; Th e Co l o r P u r p l e ; S p a m a l o t ; Glengarry Glen Ross; The Pillowman; Democracy; Jumpers; Flower Drum Song. Boards: The Juilliard School and American Associates of the National Theatre. “Love and gratitude to my family.”

KEVIN MORRIS (Producer). Proudly Trey and Matt’s lawyer and friend since they slept on couches. Producer of the classic documentary film Hands on a Hardbody. In addition to his law practice, he now devotes much of his time to writing. He thanks Gaby and their beautiful kids, Rocky and Dulcie, who won’t be allowed to see this show for a long time.

JON B. PLATT (Producer). Tony Awards: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Pulitzer Prize)/Perestroika, Clybourne Park (Pulitzer Prize), Copenhagen, God of Carnage, The Book of Mormon, Death of a Salesman. Nominations: Wicked, A View From the Bridge, The Motherf**cker with the Hat, Jerusalem, Venus in Fur, Nice Work If You Can Get It. Off-Broadway: Cock.

STUART THOMPSON (Executive Producer). This season on Broadway: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime and The River. Of his numerous producing credits, recent ones include No Man’s Land/ Waiting for Godot, The Testament of Mary, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2012–2013), Death of a Salesman (2012), Jerusalem, The Motherf**ker With the Hat, A View From the Bridge (2010), God of Carnage, Exit the King. Having produced Mike Bartlett’s play, Cock, Off-Broadway, he is now co-producing the same author’s new play King Charles III in London’s West End. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States.

Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org.

THE BOOK OF MORMON

Hamlet; Seven Guitars; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Skylight; The Chairs; The Blue Room; Closer; Amy’s View; Copenhagen; The Designated Mourner; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?; Caroline, or Change; The Normal Heart; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Doubt; Faith Healer; The History Boys; Shining City; Stuff Happens; The Vertical Hour; The Year of Magical Thinking; Gypsy; God of Carnage; Fences; The House of Blue Leaves; Jerusalem; The Motherf**ker with the Hat; One Man, Two Guvnors; Death of a Salesman. Television includes “The Newsroom.”

THE BOOK OF MORMON

STAFF FOR THE BOOK OF MORMON GENERAL MANAGEMENT STUART THOMPSON PRODUCTIONS Brad Broman Susan Brumley Kevin Emrick Micah Frank Hannah Rae Goldstein Rebecca Habel Carrie Jablansky Adam Jackson Zak Jacobs James Lawson Nick Lugo Adam J. Miller Shaun Moorman Julie Schneider Spencer Smith Brittany Weber ASSOCIATE GENERAL MANAGER Nick Lugo COMPANY MANAGER Susan Brumley PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AURORA PRODUCTIONS Ben Heller, Chris Minnick, Liza Luxenberg, Anthony Jusino, Isaac Katzanek, Geoff Quart, Kelly Levy, Katie Hesketh, Andrew McCarthy, Helen Jones, Melissa Mazdra, Rob Ward, Gene O’Donovan TOUR BOOKING AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, President Kara Gebhart, Vice President Operations TOUR PRESS & MARKETING ALLIED LIVE Laura Matalon Marya Peters John Gilmour Meghan McDonald Doug Blemker, Mary Alyce Blum, Sarah Dahlberg, Andrew Damer, Jen Gallagher, Anne Dailey Meyer, Jacqueline Smith BROADWAY PRESS OFFICE BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Chris Boneau Jim Byk Kelly Guiod MAKEUP DESIGNER Randy Houston Mercer ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Marc Bruni Stephen Sposito BROADWAY ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Steve Bebout Jennifer Werner ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER John MacInnis SCOTT RUDIN PRODUCTIONS Colin Greten Robert Moya Melody Ramnath Jason Sack Jeff Schwartz Production Stage Manager................... Kimberly Fisk Stage Manager....................................................Michael Pule Assistant Stage Manager..........................Jason J. Carroll Assistant Company Manager..................... Brad Broman Dance Captain........................................................ Ian Liberto Assistant Dance Captain........................................JR Bruno Associate Scenic Designer................Frank McCullough Assistant Scenic Designers..................... Lauren Alvarez, Christine Peters, Orit Carroll Associate Costume Designer........Matthew Pachtman Assistant Costume Designer...................... Irma Brainard Costume Shopper........................Brenda Abbandandolo Associate Lighting Designer............ Benjamin C. Travis Assistant Lighting Designer...........................Rob Denton Associate Sound Designer......................... Cody Spencer Production Carpenter...................................Mike Martinez Production Electrician........................................... Dan Coey Production Sound Engineer.........Christopher C. Sloan Production Props..............................................Peter Sarafin Moving Light Programmer...................David John Arch Head Carpenter....................................................Keith Reese Advance Carpenter..................................................Cris Cory Flyman................................................................Ronnie Sukinik Automation.................................................... Forrest Hinman Assistant Carpenter.....................................John Croissant Head Props........................................................ Vera Pizzarelli Assistant Props..................................................Scott Gibson Head Electrician................................................. Steve Deidel Advance Electrician............................................Shaun Sites Deck/Moving Lights..................................... Sean Hamilton Followspot..................................................... Steve Ramondo

Head Sound......................................................... Mike Farfalla Assistant Sound............................................. Nate Flanagan Wardrobe Supervisor....................................... Elmo Struck Assistant Wardrobe.......................................Renee Gomila Stitcher...............................................................Michael Harrell Hair Supervisor....................................................... Debra Parr Assistant Hair................................Rosemary Lucius-Louis Associate Musical Supervisor.........................Brian Usifer Assistants to the Producers......................Jack Zegarski, Carly Price Production Assistants.................................Alan D. Knight, Michelle Heller, Katrina Stevens Casting Associate............................................. Kate S. Boka Banking....................................................City National Bank/ Erik Piecuch, Michele Gibbons Payroll..............................................Castellana Services, Inc. Accountant...........................Fried & Kowgios CPAs LLP/ Robert Fried, CPA Controller.................................................................. J.S. Kubala Insurance................................................DeWitt Stern Group Legal Counsel................................... Lazarus & Harris LLP/ Scott Lazarus, Esq., Robbert C. Harris, Esq. Marketing Consultant..............................Crispin Ollington Advertising.......................................................Serino/Coyne/ Nancy Coyne, Greg Corradetti, Scott Johnson, Sarah Marcus, Ryan Murphy, Brian DeVito Digital Outreach.....................BLT Communications, Inc. Logo and Artwork Design.....BLT Communications, Inc. Website Design......................BLT Communications, Inc. Travel Agent...........................................................Tzell Travel Company Housing............Lisa Morris, Road Concierge Physical Therapy.............Neuro Tour Physical Therapy CREDITS Scenery fabrication by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Groups, LLC, New Windsor, N.Y. Lighting equipment provided by PRG Lighting, Secaucus, N.J. Sound equipment provided

by Masque Sound. Costumes by Eric Winterling, Inc.; Gilberto Designs, Inc.; Katrina Patterns; Izquierdo Studios, Ltd.; Studio Rouge, Inc. Millinery by Rodney Gordon, Inc. Custom fabric printing by First 2 Print LLC.; Jeff Fender Studios. Eyewear provided by Dr. Wayne Goldberg. Custom footwear by LaDuca Shoes, Inc. Props executed by Cigar Box Studios, Tom Carroll Scenery, Jerard Studios, Deadalus Design and Production, Joe Cairo, J&M Special Effects, Jeremy Lydic, Josh Yoccom. Wigs made by Hudson Wigs. Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics.

Keyboards from Yamaha Corporation of America.

SPECIAL THANKS John Barlow, Lisa Gajda, Angela Howard, Bruce Howell, Beth Johnson-Nicely, Sarah Kooperkamp, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Katie Lopez, Annie Lopez, Kathy Lopez, Frank Lopez, Billy Lopez, Brian Shepherd, Eric Stough, Boogie Tillmon, The Vineyard Theatre, Darlene Wilson.

Souvenir merchandise designed and created by The Araca Group.

Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios.

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

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

The musicians, conductors, music preparation personnel and librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The press agents and company managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT IN ITS 2014/15 BROADWAY SEASON

THE ELLIE CAULKINS OPERA HOUSE is part of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, owned and operated by the City and County of Denver, Arts and Venues.

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Arts and Venues Kent Rice, Director

For information call: 720.865.4220

Scott Shiller..............................................................President/CEO John Ekeberg...........................Executive Director Broadway Kent Thompson..............................................Theatre Company Producing Artistic Director

BOX OFFICE Jennifer Lopez........................ Director of Ticketing Services Kirk Petersen.......................................... Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing Services – Patron Relations David Smith............................................ Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing Services – Subscription Services Jessica Bergin, Katie Clow-Pollard, Tristan Jungferman, Laura Kirby, Alec Sydlow................................................Box Office Managers Micah White..............................................Subscription Manager Malcolm Brown, William Dutton III, Kevin Dykstra, Elisabeth Link, Molly McDonough......................................................Show Leads Kirsten Anderson, Ashley Brown, Scott Lix, Gregory Swan.......................Subscription Agents Maggie Blumer, Rena Bugg, Shandi Chavez, DJ Dennis, Marianne Geyer, Patye Gibbons, Nicole Giordano, Jennifer Gray, Edmund Gurule, Rebecca Hibbert, Joel Innes, Noah Jungferman, Megan Kelly, Michael Lang, Brett Martinez, Zach Page, Shane Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Sánchez, Ereece Thomas, LC Tribit, Angela Sanders, Tomas Waples..........................................................Ticket Agents

BROADWAY & CABARET Alicia Giersch.....................................................General Manager Abel Becerra.................................Technical Director, Cabaret Kevin Replinger...........Operations Business Administrator Anson Nicholson............................. Sound Engineer, Cabaret

DEVELOPMENT David Zupancic................................ Director of Development Shawn Bayer...................................................Associate Director Chelley Canales...................................Development Associate Megan Fevurly.....................................Development Associate Valerie Taron....................................................Associate Director

EDUCATION Allison Watrous....................................... Director of Education Jessica Austgen................................................Teaching Artist & Shakespeare Coordinator Stuart Barr..................................Education Technical Director Claudia Carson........................................ Bobby G Coordinator Leslie Channell............................................ Education Registrar Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski................................................Education Curriculum Manager Linda Eller..............................................................................Librarian Tim McCracken.....................................................Head of Acting Jannett Matusiak............................................Business Manager Michelle Patrick.................. Corporate Training Coordinator David Saphier.............School Coordinator/Teaching Artist Mackenzie Sherburne, Justin Walvoord, Robyn Yamada.................................................... Teaching Artists

EXECUTIVE Daniel L. Ritchie................................................................Chairman Donald R. Seawell........................................Chairman Emeritus Kim Schouten......................... Assistant Secretary/Treasurer

FACILITIES & EVENT SERVICES Clay Courter.... Vice President, Facilities & Event Services James Babcock..................................................................Engineer Dwight Barela......................................................................Engineer Leah Brinks............................................................. Event Manager Devon Chandler......Assistant Director, Event Technology Clint Flinchpaugh...............................................................Engineer Stori Heleen................................ Event Technology Specialist Heather Kaufman.....................................Facility Operations & Business Manager Michael Kimbrough...........................................................Engineer Jaymes Kimbrough................. Event Technology Specialist Clint King.......................................................... Security Specialist Terry Koch...................................................Director, Engineering

John Lower..............................................................Chief Engineer Brian McClain............................................. Custodial Supervisor Tara Miller................................................................. Event Manager Brook Nichols...............................Director, Event Technology Danielle Porter....................................................... Event Manager Kassie Sanders.......................... Event Technology Specialist Alyssa Stock................................... Assistant Project Manager Dawn Williams.....................................Director, Event Services Juan Loya, Carmen Molina, Blanca Primero, Judith Primero, Angeles Reyes Soto, Francisco Trujillo...........................................................Custodians

MARKETING & SALES Jennifer Nealson..................................Chief Marketing Officer Heidi Bosk.............................................Senior PR & Promotions Manager, Broadway & Cabaret Nathan Brunetti............................Digital Marketing Manager Kim Conner.........................................................Graphic Designer Flora DiRienzo........................................ Strategic Partnerships Anita Edwards...................................... Web Services Manager Brenda Elliott..................................... Senior Graphic Designer Brianna Firestone...................................Director of Marketing, Theatre Company Simone Gordon.................................................. Project Manager Hope Grandon.........................................PR & Events Manager, Theatre Company Jeff Hovorka.............................Director of Sales & Marketing Jennifer Kemps........................................Group Sales Manager Emily Kent..............Marketing Manager, Theatre Company Carol Krueger.................................Theatre Services Manager David Lenk.............................................................Video Producer Emily Lozow...........................................Marketing Coordinator, Broadway & Cabaret Kyle Malone...................................................................Art Director Carolyn Michaels...........................................................Copywriter John Moore............................................... Senior Arts Journalist Donna Rossi............................Customer Experience Director Joseph Schurwonn...................Marketing Financial Analyst Jill Schwager.............. Education Group Sales Coordinator Rob Silk................................................................. Creative Director Suzanne Yoe...........................Director of Marketing Services & Cultural Affairs Ethan Aumann, Nora Caley, Gregory Melton, Douglas Murphey, Joyce Murphey, Margaret Ohlander, Valerie Schaefer, Mica Ward.....................Theatre Company House Managers

SHARED SERVICES Vicky Miles................................................ Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Jeffrey.................................. Senior Financial Analyst ACCOUNTING Jennifer Siemers........................................ Director Accounting Jessica Beers...................................................... Staff Accountant Sara Brandenburg........................................Senior Accountant Michaele Davidson.......................................Senior Accountant Georgette Maddox...........................................Payroll Specialist HUMAN RESOURCES Regina Matthews........................Director Human Resources Brian Carter..................................Human Resources Manager Donald Gabenski.............................................................Reception Jamie Hawkins.....................................................HR Coordinator Monica Robles........................................... Mailroom Supervisor IT Bruce Montgomery........Director Information Technology Rick Bennett....................................................Network Architect Jayson Cowley..................................... Network Administrator Jim Hipp.................................................Associate Director of IT Christopher Hoge...................... VoIP/System Administrator Bobby Jiminez........................Senior Audienceview Analyst John H. Voorheis............................Manager of Infrastructure

THEATRE COMPANY ARTISTIC Bruce K. Sevy...............Director of New Play Development Douglas Langworthy ...........Literary Manager/Dramaturg Chad Henry.......................................................Literary Associate Emily Tarquin..................................................Artistic Associate/ New Play Coordinator Grady Soapes.............................................. Artistic Coordinator

PRODUCTION Jeff Gifford.............................................. Director of Production Melissa Cashion....................Associate Production Manager Julie Brou.................. Production & Artistic Office Manager Scenic Design Lisa M. Orzolek................................Director of Scenic Design Matthew Plamp, Nicholas Renaud............................. Scenic Design Assistants Lighting Design Charles R. MacLeod.................................. Director of Lighting Lily Bradford.....................................Lighting Design Assistant Reid Tennis............................................... Production Electrician Multimedia Charlie I. Miller......................Resident Multimedia Specialist Topher Blair............................Multimedia Assistant/Operator Sound Design Craig Breitenbach.......................................... Director of Sound Tyler Nelson.......................................................... Sound Designer Frank Haas............................................................Sound Operator Stage Management Christopher C. Ewing................Production Stage Manager Matthew Campbell, Rachel Ducat, Aja M. Jackson, Kurt Van Raden................Stage Managers D. Lynn Reiland.........................................Production Assistant Corin Ferris, Lexi Holtzer, Kristen Littlepage.......................Stage Management Interns Scene Shop Eric Rouse..........................................................Technical Director Robert L. Orzolek....................Associate Technical Director Josh Prues.................................... Assistant Technical Director Albert “Stub” Allison, Louis Fernandez III..........................................Lead Technicians Justin Hicks, Brian “Marco” Markiewicz, Keli Sequoia, Mike Van Aartsen, Ross Wick.................Scenic Technicians Prop Shop Robin Lu Payne.............................................Properties Director Eileen S. Garcia........................Assistant Properties Director Jamie Stewart Curl, Charles Dallas, David Hoth, Georgina Kayes, Katie Webster..................... Props Artisans Paint Shop Jana L. Mitchell..........................................Charge Scenic Artist Melanie Rentschler....................................... Lead Scenic Artist Brian Proud...................................................................Scenic Artist Rachael Gibson.............................................................Paint Intern Costume Shop Janet S. MacLeod.........................................Costume Director/ Costume Design Associate Meghan Anderson Doyle........Costume Design Associate Carolyn Plemitscher, Louise Powers, Jackie Scott............................................................................Drapers Cathie Gagnon, Belinda Haaland........................... First Hand Sheila P. Morris........................................................................... Tailor Kelly Jones, Jenny Milne, Beth Walker....................Stitchers Costume Crafts Kevin Copenhaver........................... Costume Crafts Director Shirleen DiFonzo.................................Costume Crafts Artisan Wigs Diana Ben-Kiki............................................................... Wig Master House Crew Doug Taylor*.........................................Supervising Stagehand Mariah Becerra*, Jim Berman*, Jennifer Guethlein*, Stephen D. Mazzeno*, Miles Stasica*, Matt Wagner* (*IATSE Local 7 Stagehands)................................ Stagehands Wardrobe Brenda Lawson........................................Director of Wardrobe Maria Y. Davis, Taylor Malott...........................Wig Assistants Robin Appleton, Amber Donner, Anthony Mattivi, Tim Nelson, Lisa Parson, Alan Richards................. Dressers ADMINISTRATION Charles Varin...................................................Managing Director Ryan Meisheid..........................Associate Managing Director Allison Taylor..................................................Company Manager Kerri Mirtsching.................................... Business Administrator

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GOLF TOURNAMENT

The DCPA’s 12th annual fundraising golf tournament, held June 29 at the Lakewood Country Club, was renamed this year in honor of the late DCPA President Randy Weeks.

The 2015 Randy Weeks Memorial Golf Tournament raised $45,000 for the Bobby G Awards, an annual celebration of achievement in Colorado high school theatre founded by Weeks in 2013.

Just before the shotgun start, students from Westminster High School’s Rent serenaded the golfers with that show’s signature song, “Seasons of Love.” Rent was one of five nominated outstanding musicals at the 2015 Bobby G Awards ceremony.

New DCPA President and CEO Scott Shiller thanked the golfers for supporting both Weeks’ dream and the DCPA’s mission.

“Randy really wanted to celebrate the craft of theatre for high school students and to celebrate the arts and culture in schools in the same way that sports are celebrated,” Shiller said.

The golfers were afforded several fun opportunities to win show-related prizes. A closest-to-the-pin par-3 hole was designated the Sweeney Todd “Closest Shave” hole. And in honor of DCPA Broadway’s upcoming launch of the If/Then national tour, each foursome designated one player to select a fortune card. It contained either contained good news (“Subtract one shot from your score”) or bad news (“Proceed to the nearest bunker.”)

As the day drew to a close, the participants all celebrated good news indeed — over its 12-year history, the tournament has raised $1 million for DCPA programming.

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“At United, we take our role as a community partner and corporate citizen seriously, and we are proud to support the DCPA. With more than 75 years of service to the Mile High City, we are also proud of our long-standing commitment to the Denver community that thousands of co-workers and customers call home,” said Michelle Baden, Managing Director of Corporate and Government Affairs.

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