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For the first time in our 40-year history, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts has launched a public Capital Campaign to fund the most ambitious project in our facility master plan — the renovation of the Stage and Ricketson theatres, overhaul of backstage and support areas, and the redesign of the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex lobby.

Many of you sitting in The Buell Theatre today may be unfamiliar with our Bonfils Theatre Complex. It is situated on the northwest corner of the Arts Complex campus and houses four intimate theatres that serve as the home of our Tony Award-winning Theatre Company. Produced locally, these plays and musicals welcome more than 150,000 patrons each year to ground-breaking new works, timeless classics and breathtaking musicals.

Called “A Grander Opening,” this extensive renovation project will enable our artists’ imaginations to soar, inspire students’ creativity and welcome guests to stories that reflect their lives. By preserving these facilities, exceeding accessibility standards and equipping the spaces with new technological advances, we will continue to provide worldclass theatre experiences in world-class facilities.

In describing the $36 million project, DCPA Chairman Martin Semple announced 100% participation by the Board of Trustees valued at $8 million, including a lead gift from Marvin and Judi Wolf. Additionally, $19 million will be allocated from the General Obligation Bond funds, placing the DCPA at 75% to the total project goal.

We are grateful for the support of Mayor Michael Hancock, Denver City Council, area voters, our Trustees and, you, our valued patrons who believe in the power of live theatre.

For more information on “A Grander Opening,” please visit denvercenter.org/GranderOpening.

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On June 5, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) launched its first-ever public Capital Campaign. Called “A Grander Opening,” the effort will finance the $36 million overhaul of the Stage and Ricketson theatres, their backstage areas and the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex lobby. In kicking off the campaign, DCPA Chairman Martin Semple announced 100% board participation including a lead gift from Marvin and Judi Wolf. With $19 million allocated from Denver’s General Obligation Bonds and $8 million from the Board of Trustees, the DCPA is 75% of the way toward its goal. “By preserving these facilities, exceeding accessibility standards and equipping the spaces with new technological advances,” said DCPA President & CEO Janice Sinden, “we will continue to provide world-class theatre experiences in world-class facilities.” To learn more, please visit denvercenter.org/GranderOpening.

1: The DCPA’s Board of Trustees collectively pledged $8 million toward A Grander Opening.

2: DCPA President & CEO Janice Sinden (l) and DCPA Chairman Martin Semple (r) present Marvin & Judi Wolf with a proclamation from Mayor Michael Hancock, who named June 5 “Marvin & Judi Wolf Day,” in honor of their significant contribution to renovate The Stage Theatre. 3: Marvin & Judi Wolf along with the DCPA’s Board of Trustees revealed the future home of The Marvin & Judi Wolf Theatre. Once renovated, the current Stage Theatre will be renamed in their honor. 4: While still currently in design, The Stage Theatre will receive a complete overhaul, including new seating, improved sightlines, enhanced acoustics, upgraded accessibility services and state-of-the-art technology 5: The Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex will be remade to connect The Ricketson Theatre entrance to the main lobby, including a mid-level lobby, central staircase and two elevators.

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After its theatrical debut nearly 40 years ago, one has to ask: Why? Why does this show never seem to lose its luster?

Is it the pathos? The action? The drama? The deep well of sentiment (as opposed to sentimentality) on which it draws?

The pervasive heroics and genuine heroism of the piece?

The answer is all of the above, as well as producers — chiefly Cameron Mackintosh — who are good at keeping the production strong and fresh.

But hang on to that word heroism.

In this second decade of the 21st century there is a hunger within for genuine heroes or, as Maya Angelou so wisely put it, she-roes. Les Miz has more than one of each, whereas our modern world is pretty much devoid of larger-than-life characters. It is a world where the late Joseph Campbell found “every last vestige of the ancient human heritage of ritual, morality and art…in full decay.”

Strong condemnation, but it is true that we have lost our dragon-slayers. We re-invent them in comic strips, on YouTube, film and television — or substitute a cult of celebrity in their steads. Thin gruel by comparison.

The English language classifies hero as masculine, but Angelou was more than half-right. The word is in fact derived from a woman’s name: Hero, the legendary Aphrodite who threw herself into the sea when her lover Leander drowned swimming the Hellespont just to be with her. Granted, that was more of an emotional than a moral response, and not all of Webster’s definitions of heroism are particularly exalted. The one that comes closest to paydirt is this: “Bravery, nobility, fearlessness, valor.”

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Apply these words to Les Miz and you feel the richness — in Jean Valjean’s innate nobility and valor; in that half-pint Gavroche’s fearlessness; in Fantine’s bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, or Eponine’s readiness to take a bullet if it can save Marius for whom she has an unrequited love. It’s even evidenced in the final act of Inspector Javert who can no longer bear to live with what he has become.

In the end, it is the totality of author Victor Hugo’s massive canvas that works — the contradictions of its operatic scope and its intimate humanity in a marriage of social, political and emotional upheaval with intensely personal stories of private pain and struggle.

And what stories they are. Not content to spin strictly subjective tales, Hugo wanted his entire world to reverberate through his writing. He said he wanted to be the écho sonore or “loud echo” of his day. Although he ostensibly belonged to no church, a religious thread frequently ran through his work. He claimed Les Miz as “religious.” But it is an eloquent compassion, wedded to innate wisdom and a sense of balance that are at the core of the grandeur of his prose.

Les Misérables was a very long book, full of plots and subplots, and took years to complete, but it was only following the accidental death by drowning of his grown daughter Léopoldine — a terrible blow — that he immersed himself in earnest into the writing of it. Memories of his daughter probably informed the character of Cosette, just as memories of his own student days informed that of Marius.

Aside from his phenomenal agility with language, Hugo’s

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“[The book is] a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood to truth…from hell to heaven, from nothingness to God.” — VICTOR HUGO, author

an ambience of mystery, his operatic characters, the quest for justice where none exists, the depiction of a people in revolt, all contribute to this modern attraction. Jean Valjean may have all the earmarks of a hero but he goes them one better: he is a flawed, deeply injured and profoundly moral man who, in his vulnerability and compassion, becomes the idealized model of a person with whom we all want to identify.

French playwright Paul Claudel called Hugo’s vision his “panic contemplation” of the universe. Writer Léon Fargue called him “un poéte d’avenir” or a poet of the future. That future is now and Hugo’s masterwork remains as fresh, provocative and rousing as ever.

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BEAUTIFUL — THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL In 1959, 16-year-old songwriter Carole King stepped across the threshold of 1650 Broadway and a legend was born. Beautiful (playing The Ellie Caulkins Opera House Sep 4–9) tells the story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Highlights from her career include: At James Madison High School, Carol Klein changed her name to Carole King and made demo records with her thenfriend Paul Simon (of future Simon and Garfunkel fame).

At Queens College, King met Goffin, who became her songwriting partner.

Their hits included: • “Take Good Care of My Baby” for Bobby Vee • “Chains” covered by the Beatles • “Pleasant Valley Sunday” for the Monkees • “The Loco-Motion” for Little Eva • “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” for Aretha Franklin King recorded “It Might As Well Rain Until September” herself. This was her only hit during the 1960s.

King collaborated with James Taylor on “You’ve Got a Friend” — a #1 hit when Taylor performed it.

In 1971, Carole King released Tapestry. The album was #1 on the Billboard Charts for 15 weeks and remained on the list for more than six years.

Later in her career, King collaborated with music legends such as Joni Mitchell, B.B. King, Eric Clapton and Branford Marsalis.

King is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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(left) The company of LES MISÉRABLES performs “Master of the House” with J Anthony Crane as ‘Thénardier’ and Allison Guinn as ‘Madame Thénardier.’ (bottom right) Emily Bautista as ‘Éponine’ in the new national tour of Les Misérables. Photos by Matthew Murphy

genius was a transcending talent for getting to the universal through the particular, weaving the smaller human tales into the sociopolitical fabric of his day.

Les Misérables was published in 1862 and took France and all Europe by storm. It was immediately translated into several languages. The author was astounded by the novel’s success. Even if people rarely plough through its almost 2,000 pages anymore, it remains his bestknown work, largely because its popularity has been re-ignited by the musical’s charismatic appeal.

Toward the end of the novel, Hugo writes this: “The book which the reader has before him at this moment is, from one end to the other, in its entirety and details...a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood to truth, from night to day, from appetite to conscience, from corruption to life, from bestiality to duty, from hell to heaven, from nothingness to God…” So much for the lofty ambitions of the book. But one cannot discount the contributions of the team that created the musical, from bookwriter Alain Boublil’s ability to condense and adapt such a massive epic for the stage, to Herbert Kretzmer’s superlative English translation of the original French, to the stirring anthems by Claude-Michel Schönberg who created a score that seems drawn from the novel’s rib.

More than 150 years after the novel’s publication, we still thrill to this account of an escaped convict’s struggle for a chance at redemption because its sensibility is true to any age. Hugo’s gift for evoking

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Summer fashion and form were on display at two DCPA fundraisers. Nearly 650 guests attended Women with Hattitude on May 3 to benefit the work of female playwrights and directors, while the Randy Weeks Memorial Golf Tournament hosted 96 players on June 15. Collectively, the two events netted more than $175,000.

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1. Diana Vanderbilt poses in a hat she made herself. 2. Four stylish ladies drew a bevy of photographers as they arrived. 3. (l-r) DCPA CEO Janice Sinden, Event Co-chair Terri Fisher, DCPA Chairman Martin Semple, DCPA Trustee Patty Baca, Event Co-chair Murri Bishop. 4. Platinum Sponsor Adrienne Ruston Fitzgibbons shows off her hat from Gold Sponsor Mariel.

5. (top l-r) Nathalia Faribault, Cyndy Marsh, Diane Foster, Ruby Houston and Terri Fisher. (bottom l-r) Toni Glynon, Deborah Mueller Hruza, Regan Linton and Murri Bishop.

6. Guests explore the display by Platinum Sponsor Macy’s during the networking hour.

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There’s much more to the title of Emilio and Gloria Estefan’s hit Broadway bio-musical than meets the feet. Yes, On Your Feet! features one of the most infectious catalogues in popmusic history. There are few audience members the rhythm isn’t going to get…out of their seats.

But On Your Feet! is not just an invitation to get up and dance, producer and husband Emilio Estefan says. It is a call to action.

“The reason we called it On Your Feet! is because you can be rich, and you can be famous, but you have to get back on your feet many times throughout your lifetime,” Estefan told Applause. Fans of the couple who have been so abundantly blessed might not realize the harrowing obstacles the Estefans have faced over the past six decades as they have risen from penniless Cuban immigrants to proud realizers of the American Dream.

In 1990, Gloria broke a vertebra in her back when the bus carrying her husband and band collided with a tractor-trailer on a snowy mountain highway in Pennsylvania. After a four-hour surgery to implant rods in her spine, doctors told Gloria she would never walk properly again. But a year and a miraculous recovery later, she embarked on a world tour. Soon after came the birth of her second child.

And that’s why the Estefans’ musical takes its title from one of Gloria’s biggest hits.

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“That was a time when we were on top of the world. But then Gloria had to start all over again,” Emilio said. “Instead of complaining, we got back on our feet. Our attitude about life is that when everything is going negative we convert it to positive — and I think that’s a great mindset for all people to have.”

That might sound easy coming from Estefan in 2018. After all, he has produced hits for Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Jon Secada, Ricky Martin, Shakira and many more. He’s been nominated for 42 Grammy Awards and won 19. He’s made hit movies such as Madonna’s Evita and Three Men and a Baby.

He owns restaurants, a hotel and piece of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins. He’s won the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Next month, he and his wife will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary.

“You definitely have to be 100 percent in love to stay married for 40 years,” Estefan said. “If you want to spend your life with a person, you have to respect that person and admire that person. I consult with Gloria on everything. She’s been my best friend, and the best mother. I think with time, you just love the person even more.”

On the surface, the Estefans appear to have it all — and they would agree. But none of it has come easy.

Gloria Fajardo was just a toddler when her parents fled Havana in 1957 to escape Communist dictator Fidel Castro.

Her father, who had been a bodyguard for President Fulgencio

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COSTUME COLUMN OKLAHOMA! Making his Theatre Company directorial debut, incoming Artistic Director Chris Coleman is giving a fresh take on the classic musical Oklahoma! (Sep 7-Oct 14) by Rodgers and Hammerstein by casting an all-black ensemble.

“When I first started thinking about doing this show, I came across a piece of information that blew me away: In 1907, the year before Oklahoma became a state, there were 50 all-black towns in the state, and a third of all cowboys were black,” said Coleman. “And that fact began to work its way into my imagination.”

From 1855 to 1920, African Americans pioneered Oklahoma and many settled together in all-black communities. Because of this, Oklahoma garnered a reputation as a kind of “promised land” among African Americans, providing refuge from the racism and brutality of other racially mixed towns in the U.S. Set against the backdrop of a rivalry between local farmers and cowboys, audiences will enjoy Rodgers and Hammerstein’s quintessential American musical about a cowboy named Curly and his love for a farm girl named Laurey. From the title song and “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” to “People Will Say We’re in Love” and “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top,” this local production will include all of the traditional trappings that have allowed Oklahoma! to stand the test of time while presenting an overlooked piece of American history.

“...this is not a story about fame. It’s a real story about a family going through a lot of hard times and then paying back.”

When Estefan first visited Sony, in fact, “they would never even let me go upstairs,” he said. Eight years later, he was the company’s president. “And that’s when I signed Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony and everybody else,” Estefan said with a laugh.

The Estefans set out to tell their story on Broadway in 2015, he said, “as a way of thanking this county for all of the opportunities it has given to Gloria and me.” The score includes all the songs Gloria made popular, including “Get on Your Feet,” “Conga,” “1-2-3” and “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You.” But it also includes lesser-known songs that enhance the telling of the onstage story, such as “Famous” and an original song called “If I Never Got to Tell You” that Gloria wrote with daughter Emily Estefan.

“When the show opened in New York, I would say most of the people in the audience were minorities,” Estefan said. “But you know something? When we opened in Holland, I saw people dancing and crying at the same places in the play.

“I think that’s because this is not a story about fame. It’s a real story about a family going through a lot of hard times and then paying back. We made a promise many years ago that everything we do, we do to pay back this country. And I think that’s a great message for everybody right now.”

To read an expanded version of this interview, visit the DCPA NewsCenter at denvercenter.org/news-center.

ON YOUR FEET! AUG 8 – 19 • BUELL THEATRE ASL, Audio-described & Open-captioned performance: Aug 19 at 2pm

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— EMILIO ESTEFAN Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Photo courtesy of Estefan Enterprises, Inc. On Your Feet! is the story of Gloria and Emilio Estefan of Miami Sound Machine.

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Christie Prades as Gloria Estefan, Adriel Flete and Company, On Your Feet! Photo © Matthew Murphy.

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Batista, fought for the U.S. at the Bay of Pigs and in Vietnam, but upon his return was diagnosed with a paralyzing form of multiple sclerosis — possibly as a result of exposure to Agent Orange. Gloria spent much of her teenage years as his primary caregiver while her mother worked. “Childhood was such a bad time for Gloria, and her father died so young,” said Emilio, who himself fled Havana for Spain at age 14. “When you leave Cuba, the only thing you’re allowed to take is what you have on. But the only thing I wanted was to live in freedom.”

The two met in Miami in 1975, and their rise in the pop-music world is the stuff of legend. Emilio was a sales manager for the rum dealer Bacardi and the percussionist for a band called the Miami Latin Boys. He met Gloria at a wedding the band was playing, and a few weeks later Emilio asked her to be the lead singer. By 1980, they formed Miami Sound Machine, which five years later would become Latin music’s first enormous crossover hit, not only in the U.S. but throughout the world.

And again — it wasn’t easy. Those running the music industry thought Estefan’s brand of fusion-pop was too Cuban for Americans and too American for Cubans.

“When I went to Sony with our first crossover album, they told me to take all the horns and percussion out,” Emilio said. “But I said, ‘I don’t want to copy what is on the radio,’ and the guy told me, ‘Go back to your country.’ I said, ‘This is my country. I am an American!’ ”

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CAMERON MACKINTOSH presents BOUBLIL & SCHÖNBERG’S

A musical based on the novel by VICTOR HUGO Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG Lyrics by HERBERT KRETZMER Original French text by ALAIN BOUBLIL and JEAN-MARC NATEL Additional material by JAMES FENTON Adaptation by TREVOR NUNN and JOHN CAIRD Original Orchestrations by JOHN CAMERON New Orchestrations by CHRISTOPHER JAHNKE STEPHEN METCALFE and STEPHEN BROOKER Musical Staging by MICHAEL ASHCROFT and GEOFFREY GARRATT Projections realized by FIFTY-NINE PRODUCTIONS Sound by MICK POTTER Lighting by PAULE CONSTABLE Costume Design by ANDREANE NEOFITOU and CHRISTINE ROWLAND Set and Image Design by MATT KINLEY inspired by the paintings of VICTOR HUGO Directed by LAURENCE CONNOR and

JAMES POWELL For LES MISÉRABLES National Tour Casting by TARA RUBIN CASTING/ KAITLIN SHAW, CSA

General Management GREGORY VANDER PLOEG for Gentry & Associates

Executive Producers NICHOLAS ALLOTT & SETH SKLAR-HEYN for Cameron Mackintosh Inc.

Executive Producers SETH WENIG & TRINITY WHEELER for NETworks Presentations

Associate Sound Designer Associate Costume Designer Associate Lighting Designer NIC GRAY LAURA HUNT RICHARD PACHOLSKI Resident Director LIAM McILWAIN

Musical Director BRIAN EADS

Associate Set Designers DAVID HARRIS & CHRISTINE PETERS Associate Director Musical Supervision COREY AGNEW STEPHEN BROOKER & JAMES MOORE

A CAMERON MACKINTOSH and NETWORKS Presentation

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CAST

(in order of appearance)

Jean Valjean .................................................................................................................................................................................... NICK CARTELL Javert ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ JOSH DAVIS Farmer..............................................................................................................................................................FELIPE BARBOSA BOMBONATO Laborer.......................................................................................................................................................................................... MIKE SCHWITTER Innkeeper’s Wife.......................................................................................................................................................................OLIVIA DEI CICCHI Innkeeper.................................................................................................................................................................................. MONTÉ J. HOWELL The Bishop of Digne .........................................................................................................................................................ANDREW MAUGHAN Constables.........................................................................................................................................ROBERT ARIZA, NICHOLAS EDWARDS Factory Foreman .................................................................................................................................................................. STEVE CZARNECKI Fantine .................................................................................................................................................................................... MARY KATE MOORE Factory Girl ......................................................................................................................................................... ASHLEY DAWN MORTENSEN Old Woman..................................................................................................................................................................MAGGIE ELIZABETH MAY Wigmaker ...........................................................................................................................................................................................JULIE CARDIA Bamatabois ..............................................................................................................................................................................JOHN AMBROSINO Fauchelevent.................................................................................................................................................................................... ROBERT ARIZA Champmathieu........................................................................................................................................................................ STEVE CZARNECKI Little Cosette .......................................................................................................................................ELSA AVERY DEES / SOPHIE KNAPP Madame Thénardier ............................. ALLISON GUINN (7/31-8/5), JULIE CARDIA (7/25-7/27), BREE MURPHY (7/28-7/29) Young Éponine ....................................................................................................................................ELSA AVERY DEES / SOPHIE KNAPP Thénardier ..............................................................................................................................................................................J ANTHONY CRANE Petit Gervais / Gavroche...........................................................................................................SAM MIDDLETON / JONAH MUSSOLINO Éponine ...........................................................................................................................................................................................EMILY BAUTISTA Cosette ............................................................................................................................................................................................ JILLIAN BUTLER Thénardier’s Gang Montparnasse .................................................................................................................................................................... NICHOLAS EDWARDS Babet ...............................................................................................................................................................FELIPE BARBOSA BOMBONATO Brujon ........................................................................................................................................................................................ STEVE CZARNECKI Claquesous ...............................................................................................................................................................................JOHN AMBROSINO Students Enjolras ............................................................................................................................................................................ MATT SHINGLEDECKER Marius ........................................................................................................................................................................................... JOSHUA GROSSO Combeferre.............................................................................................................................................................................. MONTÉ J. HOWELL Feuilly............................................................................................................................................................................................ MIKE SCHWITTER Courfeyrac.....................................................................................................................................................................................RICHARD BARTH Joly................................................................................................................................................................................ GABRIEL SIDNEY BROWN Grantaire .............................................................................................................................................................................................. MATT MOISEY Lesgles....................................................................................................................................................................................ANDREW MAUGHAN Jean Prouvaire................................................................................................................................................................................. ROBERT ARIZA Loud Hailer............................................................................................................................................................................ANDREW MAUGHAN Major Domo......................................................................................................................................................................................... MATT MOISEY Ensemble ........................................................................................................................CAITLIN FINNIE, DALYA KNAPP, BREE MURPHY, TALIA SIMONE ROBINSON, DANIELLE J. SUMMONS Swings ...................................................................................................RICHARD BARTH, MICHELLE BETH HERMAN, TIM QUARTIER LIZ SHIVENER, BRETT STOELKER, KYLE TIMSON Dance Captain.................................................................................................................................................................................... LIZ SHIVENER Fight Captain .......................................................................................................................................................................... STEVE CZARNECKI

UNDERSTUDIES For Jean Valjean–STEVE CZARNECKI, ANDREW MAUGHAN; for Javert–STEVE CZARNECKI, MONTÉ J. HOWELL; for Cosette–OLIVIA DEI CICCHI, CAITLIN FINNIE; for Fantine–TALIA SIMONE ROBINSON, LIZ SHIVENER; for Thénardier– JOHN AMBROSINO, MATT MOISEY; for Madame Thénardier–JULIE CARDIA, BREE MURPHY; for Éponine–TALIA SIMONE ROBINSON, DANIELLE J. SUMMONS; for Marius–ROBERT ARIZA, GABRIEL SIDNEY BROWN, MIKE SCHWITTER; for Enjolras– NICHOLAS EDWARDS, MIKE SCHWITTER; for Little Cosette/Young Éponine–DALYA KNAPP; for the Bishop of Digne–FELIPE BARBOSA BOMBONATO, MONTÉ J. HOWELL; for the Factory Foreman–FELIPE BARBOSA BOMBONATO, KYLE TIMSON; for the Factory Girl–MICHELLE BETH HERMAN; for Bamatabois–MATT MOISEY, MIKE SCHWITTER; for Grantaire–JOHN AMBROSINO, FELIPE BARBOSA BOMBONATO.

MUSICAL NUMBERS PROLOGUE: 1815, DIGNE Prologue................................................................................................................................................................................................ The Company “Soliloquy”..........................................................................................................................................................................................................Valjean 1823, MONTREUIL-SUR-MER “At The End of the Day”......................................................................................................................... Unemployed and Factory Workers “I Dreamed a Dream”..................................................................................................................................................................................... Fantine “Lovely Ladies”..................................................................................................................................................................................................Clients “Who Am I?”......................................................................................................................................................................................................Valjean “Fantine’s Death”....................................................................................................................................................................Fantine and Valjean “Castle on a Cloud”........................................................................................................................................................................................Cosette 1823, MONTFERMEIL “Master of the House”...........................................................................................................................Thénardier, his Wife and Customers “The Bargain”.......................................................................................................................................... M. and Mme. Thénardier and Valjean 1832, PARIS “Paris”........................................................................................................................................................................... Gavroche and the Beggars “Stars”.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................Javert “ABC Café”..................................................................................................................................................... Enjolras, Marius and the Students “The People’s Song”.........................................................................................................................Enjolras, the Students and the Citizens “In My Life”.............................................................................................................................................Cosette, Valjean, Marius and Éponine “A Heart Full of Love”..........................................................................................................................................Cosette, Marius and Éponine “One Day More”.................................................................................................................................................................................. The Company INTERMISSION “On My Own”...................................................................................................................................................................................................Éponine “A Little Fall of Rain”..............................................................................................................................................................Éponine and Marius “Drink with Me to Days Gone By”......................................................................................... Feuilly, Grantaire, Students and “Women” “Bring Him Home” ..........................................................................................................................................................................................Valjean “Dog Eats Dog”..........................................................................................................................................................................................Thénardier “Soliloquy”............................................................................................................................................................................................................Javert “Turning”.............................................................................................................................................................................................................Women “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables”................................................................................................................................................................. Marius “Wedding Chorale”...........................................................................................................................................................................................Guests “Beggars at the Feast”................................................................................................................................................. M. and Mme. Thénardier Finale...................................................................................................................................................................................................... The Company The Orchestra Music Director/Conductor – BRIAN EADS; Associate Conductor/Keyboards – ERIC EBBENGA; Assistant Conductor/Keyboards – EVAN ROIDER; Violin/ Concertmaster – DANIELLE GIULINI; Viola – DREW GRIFFIN; Cello – JEANETTE STENSON; Bass – BRAD LOVELACE; Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute / Recorder – HILARY JONES; Oboe / Cor Anglais – KATHY HALVORSON; Clarinet in Bb / Clarinet in Eb / Bass Clarinet / Recorder – PETER SCUDERI; Horn 1 – MEREDITH MOORE; Horn 2 – TODD LEIGHTON; Trumpet in Bb / Flugel Horn / Piccolo Trumpet – JOSH NORTON; Bass Trombone / Tuba – JACK NOBLE; Drums / Percussion / Mallets / Timpani – JARED SOLDIVIERO; Music Coordinator – JOHN MILLER.

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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SYNOPSIS ACT ONE

ACT TWO

PROLOGUE: 1815, DIGNE After 19 years on the chain gang, Jean Valjean finds that the ticket-of-leave he must display condemns him to be an outcast. Only the Bishop of Digne treats him kindly and Valjean, embittered by years of hardship, repays him by stealing some silver. Valjean is caught and brought back by the police and is astonished when the Bishop lies to the police to save him. Valjean decides to start his life anew.

The students prepare to build the barricade. Marius, noticing that Éponine has joined the insurrection, sends her away with a letter to Cosette, which is intercepted by Valjean. Éponine decides to rejoin her love at the barricade.

The barricade is built and the revolutionaries defy an army warning to give up or die. Javert is exposed as a police spy.

In trying to return to the barricade, Éponine is killed.

Valjean arrives at the barricade in search of Marius. He is given the chance to kill Javert but instead lets him go. The students settle down for a night on the barricade and, in the quiet of the night, Valjean prays to God to save Marius. The next day the rebels are all killed.

Valjean escapes into the sewers with the unconscious Marius. After meeting Thénardier, who is robbing the corpses of the rebels, he comes across Javert once more. He pleads for time to deliver the young man to the hospital. Javert lets Valjean go and, his unbending principles of justice having been shattered by Valjean’s own mercy, he kills himself.

Unaware of the identity of his rescuer, Marius recovers in Cosette’s care. Valjean confesses the truth of his past to Marius and insists he must go away.

At Marius and Cosette’s wedding, the Thénardiers try to blackmail Marius. Thénardier says Cosette’s ‘father’ is a murderer and as proof produces a ring which he stole from the corpse the night the barricade fell. It is Marius’s own ring and he realizes it was Valjean who rescued him that night. He and Cosette go to Valjean where Cosette learns for the first time of her own history before the old man dies.

1823, MONTREUIL-SUR-MER Eight years have passed and Valjean, having broken his parole and changed his name to Monsieur Madeleine, has become a factory owner and Mayor. One of his workers, Fantine, has a secret illegitimate child. When the other women discover this, they demand her dismissal.

Desperate for money to pay for medicines for her daughter, Fantine sells her locket, her hair, and then joins the whores in selling herself. Utterly degraded, she gets into a fight with a prospective customer and is about to be taken to prison by Javert when the ‘Mayor’ arrives and demands she be taken to the hospital instead.

The Mayor then rescues a man pinned beneath a cart.

Javert is reminded of the abnormal strength of convict 24601 Jean Valjean, who, he says, has just been recaptured. Valjean, unable to see an innocent man go to prison, confesses that he is prisoner 24601. At the hospital, Valjean promises the dying Fantine to find and look after her daughter Cosette.

Javert arrives to arrest him, but Valjean escapes.

1823, MONTFERMEIL Cosette has been lodged with the Thénardiers, who horribly abuse her while indulging their own daughter, Éponine.

Valjean pays the Thénardiers to let him take her away to Paris.

1832, PARIS Nine years later, there is unrest in the city because of the likely demise of the popular leader General Lamarque, the only man left in the government who shows any feeling for the poor. A street gang led by Thénardier and his wife sets upon Jean Valjean and Cosette. They are rescued by Javert, who does not recognise Valjean until he has gone.

The Thénardiers’ daughter Éponine, who is secretly in love with the student Marius, reluctantly agrees to help him find Cosette, with whom he has fallen in love.

News of General Lamarque’s death circulates in the city and a group of politically-minded students stream out into the streets to whip up support for a revolution.

Cosette is consumed by thoughts of Marius, with whom she has fallen in love. Éponine brings Marius to Cosette and then prevents an attempt by her father’s gang to rob Valjean’s house. Valjean, convinced it was Javert lurking outside his house, tells Cosette they must prepare to flee the country.

John Ambrosino

Robert Ariza

Richard Barth

Emily Bautista

Felipe Barbosa Bombato

Gabriel Sidney Brown

Jillian Butler

Julie Cardia

Nick Cartell

J Anthony Crane

Steve Czarnecki

Josh Davis

Elsa Avery Dees

Olivia Dei Cicchi

Nicholas Edwards

Caitlin Finnie

Joshua Grosso

Allison Guinn

Michelle Beth Herman

MontĂŠ J. Howell

Dalya Knapp

Sophie Knapp

Andrew Maughan

Maggie Elizabeth May

Sam Middleton

Matt Moisey

Mary Kate Moore

Ashley Dawn Mortensen

Bree Murphy

Jonah Mussolino

Tim Quartier

Talia Simone Robinson

Mike Schwitter

Matt Shingledecker

Liz Shivener

Brett Stoelker

Danielle J. Summons

Kyle Timson

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST JOHN AMBROSINO (Bamatabois, Claquesous, u/s Thénardier, u/s Grantaire). Las Vegas: Jersey Boys (Billy Dixon & Bob Crewe). Nat’l Tour: The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley (Stanley). Off Broadway: When Midnight Strikes (Bradley). Regional: Company (Bobby), Into the Woods (Baker), On The Town (Gabey), Avenue Q (Princeton/Rod), Rent (Mark).

ROBERT ARIZA (Constable, Fauchelevent, Jean Prouvaire, u/s Marius) is a proud alum of The University of Michigan Musical Theatre program and LaGuardia Arts High School. Broadway: Spring Awakening (revival). NYC: Spamilton, I Am Harvey Milk, soot and spit. Regional: Olney Theatre Center, Hangar Theatre, Goodspeed, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita. Featured on the OCR of Neil Bartram & Brian Hill’s The Theory of Relativity. robertariza.com RICHARD BARTH (Courfeyrac, Swing).

Currently residing in Colorado, Richard climbed two 14ers and hiked a lot of lovely trails last year. He’s performed on Broadway and Off-Broadway, toured North America in Miss Saigon (20034) and Les Misérables (2010-13) and worked in many regional theatres.

Training: The Hartt School.

EMILY BAUTISTA (Éponine) is so honored to be joining the Les Miz family! Broadway: Miss Saigon (Original Cast Revival) Ensemble, u/s Kim. Many thanks to Tara Rubin Casting, the entire Les Miz team, Avalon Artists, and to my family and friends who have always supported me. Much love.

FELIPE BARBOSA BOMBONATO (Farmer, Babet, u/s Factory Foreman, u/s Bishop, u/s Grantaire) is ecstatic to be in his dream show! BFA UF 2011. Huge thanks to James Powell, Laurence Connor, Stephen Brooker, Corey Agnew, Liam McIlwain, James Dodgson, Kaitlin Shaw/Tara Rubin Casting and Meg at Katie/Meg Pantera agency. Love and beijos to family and incredible fiancé, Sherwin and the Mackintosh family. For resume and credits, visit felipebombonato.com. @febrasil10. All glory to God 1 Corinthians 13:13.

GABRIEL SIDNEY BROWN (Joly, u/s Marius) is thrilled to be making his National Tour debut with Les Miz!

Recent credits: The Secret Garden and King Lear (Idaho Shakespeare Festival), Dogfight (The Beck Center).

Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Madison and all my ride-or-dies for their endless love and support. Baldwin Wallace University ’16. IG: @gabrielbrown03 JILLIAN BUTLER (Cosette) is thrilled to be part of Les Misérables. National Tours: Wicked, R+H Cinderella. Regional Theatre: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore. Training: Boston Conservatory ’15. Much love and thanks to my family, Tara Rubin Casting, DGRW and the entire creative team. For my incredible parents.

JULIE CARDIA (Wigmaker, u/s Madame Thénardier). Tours: Annie (Lily St. Regis), The Music Man: In Concert starring Shirley Jones, Wizard of Oz (u/s Wicked Witch). Regional: Disney’s FROZEN at Disneyland (original cast). Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, Ogunquit Playhouse, Stages St. Louis, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Musical Theatre West.

Masters in Acting, Cal State, Fullerton. juliecardia.com NICK CARTELL (Jean Valjean).

Broadway: Cirque Du Soleil’s Paramour, Scandalous: The Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar (2012 revival). National Tour: The Phantom of the Opera. OffBroadway: Frankenstein. Regional: The Light in the Piazza (AriZoni Award— Best Actor, Musical), My Fair Lady, Les Misérables and many more! Concerts: South Coast Symphony, Phoenix Symphony and The Broadway Boys.

Thank you to this amazing company, Tara Rubin Casting and Cynthia Katz.

To my family, friends and Christine, thank you for your undying support.

For MOM. nickcartell.com @nickcartell J ANTHONY CRANE (Thénardier).

Broadway: The Country House, Sight Unseen, Butley and The Winslow Boy. Off-Broadway/Regional: Cyrano (Theatre Works), Ragtime (Barrington Stage Co.) and Scar in The Lion King (First National Tour). Arena, Goodman, Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, Mark Taper Forum, The Old Globe, Pittsburgh CLO, Cleveland Playhouse, Paper Mill and others. TV/Film: “Chicago PD,” “Madam Secretary,” “Elementary,” “Ugly Betty,” “CSI” and USA’s “The Big Easy.” Northwestern

University graduate. For Susan Ellen. tckerouac.wixsite.com/janthonycrane STEVE CZARNECKI (Factory Foreman, Champmatheu, Brujon, u/s Jean Valjean, u/s Javert, Fight Captain) is elated to join the Les Misérables National Tour. NYC/Tours: The Phantom of the Opera (Swing), Paint Your Wagon (Ensemble). Regional: MUNY, Paper Mill, Fulton, North Shore. BFA MT Otterbein University. Love to The Circus, David Price, The Mine, Tara Rubin Casting and all of his heart to Liz with whom he shares this amazing adventure!

JOSH DAVIS (Javert). Broadway: Beautiful - The Carole King Musical (Nick, Bill Medley). Off-Broadway: White’s Lies, My First Time. Regional: Bella: An American Tall Tale (Dallas Theater Center), Les Misérables (Pioneer Theatre, Flatrock); Guys and Dolls (J. Engeman Theater), Beauty and the Beast (Gateway Playhouse, Oklahoma Lyric), The Last 5 Years (Everyman Theater), One Red Flower (Signature Theater).

TV/Film: “Law & Order,” “The Graduates,” “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “As the World Turns.”

Instagram @joshdnyc ELSA AVERY DEES (Little Cosette/ Young Éponine). National tour debut!

Youth productions include Addams Family and Guys & Dolls. Thank you John Mara Jr, Tara Rubin Casting, Broadway Workshop, Random Farms, Steps on Broadway, The Brearley School and the Les Miz Family for this incredible opportunity! Love to Juliana, Momma, Daddy, Crissy, Macaroon, my teachers and friends.

OLIVIA DEI CICCHI (Innkeeper’s Wife, u/s Cosette) is living out her dreams on this National Tour debut! Previous credits include: Violet (Violet), Bonnie (Bonnie & Clyde). Film/TV include: Backup singer for Lorde, SNL. Young Arts Theatre Finalist 2014. Endless gratitude to everyone at DGRW, Tara Rubin Casting, Alchemy, Michael, Skylar and my incredible parents.

NICHOLAS EDWARDS (Constable, Montparnasse, u/s Enjolras). OffBroadway: Spamilton. National Tour: Sister Act (Pablo). DC Area: Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus - Signature Theatre).

Regional: Kiss of the Spider Woman

CAITLIN FINNIE (Ensemble, u/s Cosette) is a recent graduate of Northwestern University and thrilled to be embarking on her first national tour.

She has previously performed in The King and I at the Chicago Lyric Opera.

Much love and thanks to mom, dad, Kaleigh, Bobby, Amera, family, teachers/ mentors and friends! @caitlinfinnie16 JOSHUA GROSSO (Marius) is thrilled to be joining the touring company of Les Misérables. His recent credits include In the Heights (Usnavi) with PCLO and The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio) with Front Porch Theatricals. He was the winner of the 2012 Jimmy Awards and he recently graduated with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University ALLISON GUINN (Madame Thénardier). Broadway: On The Town (2014), Hair (2009). Off Broadway/ Regional: A Taste of Things to Come (York Theater), Noises Off (Alley Theater), Hair (Public Theater and West End). TV/Film: “Divorce” (HBO), “Inside Amy Schumer” (Comedy Central), “The Knick” (Cinemax), “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO). Love and thanks to Bear.

MICHELLE BETH HERMAN (Swing, u/s Factory Girl). Credits: In The Heights (Nina), TUTS; A Little Night Music (Petra), Barnstormers; Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), NLBP; For Tonight (Mirela), Goodspeed; Les Misérables (Ensemble), CRT; Carner & Gregor Songbook, Lincoln Center. The Hartt School, BFA. Proud member of AEA. Huge thanks to DGRW, Tara Rubin Casting & the Les Miz team! ILYTTMATSATCF. Follow: @michellebethhh MONTÉ J. HOWELL (Innkeeper, Combeferre, u/s Javert, u/s Bishop).

Select Credits: The Golden Apple (City Center Encores!), Les Misérables (The MUNY), Shrek (Alliance Theatre), Sister Act (Arkansas Rep), The Music Man (Flat Rock Playhouse), Porgy and Bess (Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh), Little Shop of Horrors (Stages St. Louis).

Praise to God. Love to Ma, Brown and Alyssa. Psalms 28:7.

DALYA KNAPP (Ensemble, u/s Little Cosette/Young Éponine) is thrilled to join sister Sophie and make her National Tour debut in Les Miz. Favorite roles: Peter Rabbit the Musical (Flopsy), Annie (Molly), Nutcracker. Film: Gracie’s

Keeper. Numerous voiceovers/commercials. Love and gratitude to family, Amelia, Glenn, Leorah, Laura, Zoom Talent, Leslie and Pam at DBA, Tara Rubin Casting. @dalyaknapp SOPHIE KNAPP (Little Cosette/Young Éponine). Broadway/1st National Tour: Once the Musical (Ivanka).

NYC: Chasing Rainbows (Young Judy Garland), Madeline’s Christmas (Madeline), A Little Princess (Little Girl), Annie (Molly). TV, film, commercials. Soloist: “BYE,” “Lyrics for Life,” “Broadway Sessions.” Love and gratitude to my family, friends, CESD, Zoom Talent, Amelia, Laura, Janine, Leorah, Bess, Tina-Marie, David and Tara Rubin Casting for this incredible opportunity. sophieknapp.actor

MARY KATE MOORE (Fantine) is honored to be a part of this timeless production. Previous credits include Fiasco Theater’s Into The Woods, Cats (Grizabella), The Rocky Horror Show (Magenta) and Spring Awakening (Anna). Mary Kate is a proud graduate of Oklahoma City University. mary-kate-moore.com ASHLEY DAWN MORTENSEN (Factory Girl) is excited to be joining Les Misérables on the road. Broadway: Les Misérables (Swing). National Tour/Regional: Wicked (u/s Elphaba), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), White Christmas (Betty Haynes), The Sound of Music (Maria). BFA, NYU CAP21.

Endless thanks to Davin, Nicolosi, Seth and Trinity.

ANDREW MAUGHAN (Bishop of Digne, Lesgles, Loud Hailer, u/s Jean Valjean) is excited to join his first National Tour! Opera credits: Candide (Candide), Eugene Onegin (Lenski), Die Fledermaus (Eisenstein), La bohéme (Rodolfo), La traviata (Alfredo), Magic Flute (Tamino), Pirates of Penzance (Fredric), The Merry Widow (Camille).

Musical Theater: My Fair Lady (Freddy). andrewmaughantenor.com

BREE MURPHY (Ensemble, u/s Madame Thénardier) is grateful for her Broadway national tour debut!

Regional: Utah Shakespeare Festival, MTWest, PCPA, Kentucky Shakespeare, Okoboji Summer Theatre. VO: World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. MFA: UC Irvine. Thank you for supporting theatre and thank you to my incredibly supportive family, especially Chuck. breemurphy.com

MAGGIE ELIZABETH MAY (Old Woman). West End: Sister Act w/ Whoopi Goldberg (1st u/s Mary Robert), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Wizard of Oz w/ Michael Crawford (1st u/s Glinda).

Proud graduate of London’s Royal Academy of Music. Endless thanks to teachers, creatives-cast-crew, Kaitlin, yoga & Ron Cisneros. Love you Mom & Dad! For Minow. Desiderata! @maggiemayfromca

JONAH MUSSOLINO (Petit Gervais, Gavroche) is excited to make his national tour debut! Broadway: A Bronx Tale (Young Calogero). Credits: Gypsy (Newsboy-Gallery Players and LaGuardia), Ragtime (Edgar-Gallery Players). Champion ballroom dancer.

Thanks to Mom, Dad, Talia, Mema, Barry Kolker, Bill Perlman, Tara Rubin Casting, creative team, Amelia DeMayo, Acting Out!, Mark Schneider, family & friends.

SAM MIDDLETON (Petit Gervais, Gavroche) is thrilled to join this incredible cast. The youngest of four children, Sam has been watching his siblings perform all over the country and is thrilled that it is finally his turn. Special thanks to his family, friends, HHPrep teachers, Mara Entertainment, Deborah Abramson and Peggy Trecker-White for believing in him.

TIM QUARTIER (Swing) is thrilled to make his National Tour debut with Les Miz! Regional: Newsies (Jack Kelly), The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio), West Side Story (Tony), Les Misérables (Marius), Hairspray (Link Larkin) and Forever Plaid (Frankie). Ithaca College BFA Musical Theatre. TimQuartier.com

MATT MOISEY (Grantaire, Major Domo, u/s Thénardier, u/s Bamatabois) was last seen in the latest Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. A big thank you to the wonderful team at Henderson Hogan, Tara Rubin Casting and the entire Les Miz team. Eastman ‘14. For friends, family, mentors and those who are all three!

TALIA SIMONE ROBINSON (Ensemble, u/s Fantine, u/s Éponine) is a graduate of Emerson College, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. Most recently she had the honor of playing Grace in Grace for President at the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. Favorite roles include: Les Misérables (Éponine), Once on This Island (Ti Moune). taliarobinson.com MIKE SCHWITTER (Laborer, Feuilly, u/s Marius, u/s Enjolras, u/s Bamatabois).

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(Valentin - Triangle Productions). Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises (Vocalist). BFA Musical Theatre, Montclair State Univ. thenicholasedwards.com

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Broadway: Pippin (Lewis, u/s Pippin).

National Tour: The Book of Mormon (Swing, u/s Elder Price). Regional: Next to Normal (Regional Premier, Gabe), Jesus Christ Superstar, Love Changes Everything, Unsinkable Molly Brown, Chamberlain. He has performed with symphonies across the country in shows such as Cirque Musica, “The Spy Who Loved Me” with Sheena Easton, West Side Story (Hollywood Bowl). mikeschwitter.com MATT SHINGLEDECKER (Enjolras).

Broadway: Wicked (Fiyero), West Side Story (Tony - Featured in Arthur Laurent’s Memoir “The Rest of the Story: A Life Completed”), Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: Rent (Roger – Orig. Revival), Standby (Jonathan). Tour: Wicked (Fiyero), Spring Awakening (Georg). London: Homemade Fusion. Immersive: Dani Girl (Marty), Michael Arden’s Adaptation of La Ronde. TV/Film: “Blue Bloods,” “Regis & Kelly” (Regis’s Farewell Episode), Seaside, Future 38.

BFA: Elon University. Twitter/Instagram: @m_shingledecker LIZ SHIVENER (Swing, Dance Captain, u/s Fantine) is honored to be joining the Les Misérables family and her third NETworks Tour. Off Broadway: The Underclassman, Hell’s Belles. National Tours: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Shrek The Musical (Fiona).

World Premieres: Mann…and Wife at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Ghost (Molly) at Fulton Theatre Chamber Version. BFA Otterbein University. Love to her family, Steve and Teddy.

BRETT STOELKER (Swing). Nat’l Tour: Rock of Ages - Las Vegas (Stacee Jaxx), Joseph and the...Dreamcoat, Tenors of Rock, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Regional: Les Misérables (Enjolras), Next To Normal (Gabe), Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon.

Workshop: Carrie: The Musical.

Awards: “Outstanding Featured Actor” Next To Normal (Gabe). Instagram: @brettstoelker DANIELLE J. SUMMONS (Ensemble, u/s Éponine) is overjoyed to not only be a part of such a beautiful body of work as Les Misérables, but a group of wonderfully talented artists. Regional: Memphis (Felicia Farrell), Dreamgirls (Deena Jones). Many thanks to God, the cast and creatives of Les Miz, Shug, Irene and family/friends.

KYLE TIMSON (Swing, u/s Factory Foreman) is thrilled to be joining the

cast of Les Miz! Previously seen in the title role of Shrek the Musical on the International Tour. Training: BFA University of Michigan. Thanks to the creatives, Kaitlin Shaw and The Price Group! Love to my friends, family and BROHO. For Baba. kyletimson.com ALAIN BOUBLIL (Book & Original French Text). Librettist/original lyricist: La Révolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen with ClaudeMichel Schönberg and Marguerite with Michel Legrand. Co-wrote the screenplay and co-produced the movie soundtrack of Golden Globewinning Les Misérables (AcademyAward nomination, best song). Author: plays The Diary of Adam and Eve and Manhattan Parisienne, prize-winning novel, Les Dessous de Soi. Awards: two Tony, Grammy, Victoires de la Musique Awards; Molière, Evening Standard and Olivier Award; special Grammy honor; honoree of NY Pops at Carnegie Hall (2016). Producer: Boublil/Schönberg Do You Hear the People Sing worldwide symphonic concerts. Member Board of Directors, NY Pops.

CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG (Book & Music). Co-book writer and composer of La Revolution Française, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen. Co-wrote Marguerite in collaboration with Alain Boublil, Michel Legrand, Herbert Kretzmer. Supervised overseas productions and co-produced international cast albums of his shows. Composed the ballet scores for Wuthering Heights and Cleopatra for Northern Ballet.

Co-wrote the screenplay and reconceived the music for the Les Misérables musical movie. Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee, 2016 honoree of the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall with Alain Boublil. Appointed visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University.

CAMERON MACKINTOSH (Producer).

For over 50 years, Cameron has been producing more musicals than anyone else in history, including the three longest-running musicals of all time: Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Cats. His co-production with Disney of Mary Poppins continues to sprinkle its magic worldwide. He, with Working Title, enjoyed huge success with the film of Les Misérables. He owns eight London theatres, including the Victoria Palace, which after a major rebuild and refurbishment, has re-

opened with the award-winning musical Hamilton, co-produced with Jeffrey Seller. This year, Cameron will have 22 productions running around the world, including 5 in London’s West End. Les Misérables is currently touring the U.S. to great acclaim and a new North American tour of Miss Saigon begins in the Fall of this year. Cats will also launch a U.S. tour in early 2019. Cameron was knighted in 1996 and is the first British producer to be elected to the Theater Hall of Fame; and the recipient of the 2017 Stephen Sondheim Award.

HERBERT KRETZMER (Lyrics) was a London journalist when Cameron Mackintosh invited him to write the lyrics for Les Misérables epochal West End production in 1985. Combining twin careers as a journalist/lyricist, he contributed regular lyrics for the BBC’s famous satire series “That Was the Week That Was” and had also written lyrics for the French singer Charles Aznavour (“Yesterday When I Was Young,” “She,” etc.). It was Kretzmer’s work with Aznavour which led to Cameron’s invitation. Herbert Kretzmer was born in South Africa to immigrant parents from Lithuania. He now lives in London with his (American) wife Sybil.

JAMES FENTON (Additional Material) has worked as a political and literary journalist, drama critic and war correspondent. He won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry, was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1983, Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1994 to 1999 and awarded the Queen’s Medal for Poetry in 2007. Libretti include Haroun and the Sea Stories (New York City Opera). Plays include Pictures at an Exhibiton (Young Vic) and Orphan of Zhao (RSC, ACT).

TREVOR NUNN & JOHN CAIRD (Adaptors). Trevor Nunn joined the RSC in 1964, and in 1968, was made the company’s youngest ever Artistic Director. He was responsible for running it until retiring from the post in 1986. From 1997-2003, he was director of the National Theatre. Trevor has worked extensively in theatre, opera and musical theatre. John Caird is a freelance director, librettist and writer working worldwide in theatre, opera and musical theatre – at the National Theatre, the RSC (Honorary Associate Director) and at the Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm (Principal Guest Director). Theatre Craft, his encyclopedic book about directing, is published

by Faber. Together, John and Trevor directed Nicholas Nickleby (five Tony

LAURENCE CONNOR (Director).

Theatre: School of Rock (Broadway, West End, U.S. tour), Les Misérables (Broadway, West End, worldwide), Miss Saigon (Broadway, West End, U.K. tour, worldwide), Jesus Christ Superstar (U.K. arena tour, Australia), the entirely new stage production of The Phantom of the Opera (U.S., U.K. tours), Oliver!

(U.K. tour). Concerts: The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary (Royal Albert Hall, worldwide cinema streaming, DVD), Les Misérables 25th anniversary (O2 Arena, worldwide cinema streaming, DVD), Miss Saigon 25th anniversary (cinema release, DVD).

Awards: Miss Saigon West End (Best Direction – WhatsOnStage, Broadway World awards), Miss Saigon Australia (Best Director of a Musical – Green Room Awards), Les Misérables Korea (Best Director of a Musical).

JAMES POWELL (Director) was in Les Misérables in London when he took over as resident director in 1996 and then associate director a few years later. He has since directed it in Scandinavia and Berlin, joint directed the anniversary production as a U.K. tour, Japan, Australia, Toronto and the O2 arena concert in London, Broadway, Sao Paolo, Dubai. Other work: Singin’ in the Rain (West Yorkshire Playhouse, RNT), The Witches of Eastwick (London, Australia), Mary Poppins (Bristol, London, Australia, Holland, New Zealand, Zurich, Germany), Dirty Dancing (London, Utrecht, Chicago, Toronto, Berlin, Oberhausen, U.S. Tour).

He co-directed Batman Live (U.K., South America, U.S.). This is the 2nd U.S. tour James has directed and he is about to direct Mary Poppins (Japan).

MATT KINLEY (Set & Image Designer) graduated from the Motley course in 1994 and spent the next decade in production and design at the National Theatre and the West End in London.

As part of a long-working partnership with Cameron Mackintosh, he has designed and adapted productions of My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, Phantom and Miss Saigon all over the world amongst the design of numerous other independent productions. In 2009 he was asked to redesign Les Misérables for its 25th Anniversary, the success of this re-imagining has seen many international productions and he is delighted to present the latest version of this legendary show on this new U.S. tour.

ANDREANE NEOFITOU (Costume Designer). Theatre includes Les Misérables (Tony nomination) and Miss Saigon (worldwide); Once in a Lifetime, Nicholas Nickleby, Hedda Gabler, The Merchant of Venice, Fair Maid of the West, The Changeling (all Royal Shakespeare Company); Peter Pan (National Theatre); Grease (West End); Miss Julie (Athens); Carmen (Royal Albert Hall); Timon of Athens with David Suchet (Old Vic); Martin Guerre (Guthrie); Nabucco (the Met); Jane Eyre (Broadway, Outer Critics Circle nomination). Film include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (dir. Tom Stoppard).

CHRISTINE ROWLAND (Costume Designer) was head of costume for the Royal Shakespeare Company and resident costume supervisor at the National Theatre. For Cameron Mackintosh: Carousel (London, NY, Tokyo), Oliver! (London, U.S. tour, Australia), The Witches of Eastwick (London, Australia), My Fair Lady (London, U.S. tour), Mary Poppins (London, NY, U.S. tour, Australia, Holland), Betty Blue Eyes (London), The Phantom of the Opera (U.K. tour, U.S. tour), Les Miz (Japan, South Korea, Australia, Brazil, Broadway, U.K. tour, U.S. tour, Spain, Canada). Other musicals: Gypsy (NY), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London, NY).

PAU L E CO N STA B L E ( L i g h t i n g Designer) has designed productions for all the major U.K. companies including Follies, Angels in America and The Red Barn for the National Theatre and the 25th anniversary concert of Les Miz at the O2. Awards: Tony Awards for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, War Horse, four Olivier Awards, L.A. Critics Circle Awards, New York Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award and Helpmann Award. Opera includes Cav and Pag and Roberto Devereux at the Met; dance includes The Red Shoes and Sleeping Beauty for Matthew Bourne.

MICK POTTER (Sound Designer) has designed the sound for over 100 musicals worldwide including Broadway and West End productions of School Of Rock (Drama Desk Award nominee), Les Misérables (Tony Award nominee, Helpmann Award, Broadway World Audience Award Canada), The Phantom of the Opera (Parnelii Award), Miss Saigon (Broadway World Audience Award, London), Love Never Dies (Green Room Award, Helpmann Award nominee), The Woman in

White (Olivier Award), Cats (Drama Desk Award nominee), Evita, Bombay Dreams, Saturday Night Fever, Sunset Boulevard (Starring Glenn Close), From Here To Eternity, Betty Blue Eyes, The Wizard Of Oz, Sister Act, Joseph, Zorro The Musical, The Sound Of Music, Half A Sixpence, Carousel.

MICHAEL ASHCROFT (Musical Staging). Movement director: Henry V (MGC), Dirty Dancing (Playful Productions), The Power of Yes (RNT), Resurrection Blues (Old Vic), Life Is a Dream (Donmar), The Blue Room (West End). RSC (associate artist): Hamlet, Richard III, Othello, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, Merry Wives the Musical, Macbeth, Richard II. Film: Hamlet, Richard II, Henry IV. GEOFFREY GARRATT (Musical Staging). Trained at Bird Theatre College in London. Associate choreographer on Mary Poppins (London); Miss Saigon (Broadway, U.K. tour, Korea, Australia); Oliver! (London, Australia, Holland, Toronto, U.K., U.S. tours); Witches of Eastwick (London, Australia); South Pacific (National Theatre); Hey, Mr. Producer! (London, U.S.). Choreographic credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Blues in the Night and A Doll’s House for West Yorkshire Playhouse; Jack and the Beanstalk (Barbican); and Fascinating Aida (U.K. tour and West End).

Performed in Cats, Martin Guerre, Fiddler on the Roof, Matador, West Side Tory, Mister Cinders and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

59 PRODUCTIONS (Projections Realization). Led by Leo Warner, Mark Grimmer and Lysander Aston along with director of animation, Peter Stenhouse, 59 productions is a film and anew media production company with specialized in film-making and integrating the moving image into live performance. The company’s team plays both a creative and technical role in realization of film, theater, opera, music, ballet and fine art projects. Theater projects include Waves (National Theatre/Schauspiel Holn), and Les Misérables (Cameron Mackintosh/ world tour). Opera include 125th Anniversary Gala, Doctor Atomic (Met Opera/ENO), Satyagraha (ENO/Met Opera), Al Gran Sole Carico d’Amore (Salzburg Festival). Dance includes Invitus Invitam and The Goldberg Project (Royal Ballet), and Dorian Gray (Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures).

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Live Music includes the set and video design for Icelandic singer Jónsi (Sigur Rós). Short film includes the multiaward-winning A Family Portrait and The Half-Light. fiftynineproductions. co.uk BRIAN EADS (Musical Director, Conductor) is a doctoral candidate in Orchestral Conducting, Indiana University. Guest conducting credits: Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Festival Orchestra, Lima Symphony Orchestra. His orchestral arrangements have been performed by: Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Madison Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting, Florida State University; Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, Delta State University.

Unending love and thanks to all of my family, friends and teachers. Soli Deo Gloria!

JAMES MOORE (Musical Supervisor).

Broadway: Miss Saigon, On the Town, Gigi, Follies, South Pacific, Ragtime, Steel Pier, Company. National tours: The Producers; Kiss Me, Kate; Crazy for You; And the World Goes ‘Round – The Songs of Kander and Ebb. Regional: Signature Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Paper Mill, The Muny. Symphonic: National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, The Santa Barbara Symphony. Recordings: On the Town, Follies. Education: Master and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

STEPHEN BROOKER (New Orchestrations, Musical Supervisor).

Conductor/musical director: Les Misérables film. Supervisor: Les Misérables (NY, London, Tokyo), Half a Sixpence, Barnum, Oliver!, Mary Poppins, Miss Saigon, Cats, My Fair Lady, The Secret Garden, South Pacific, Chess, The Woman in White, Saturday Night Fever, The Phantom of the Opera. Conductor: symphonies and choirs worldwide including Royal Choral Society for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Composer: Walt Disney, Coca-Cola, Ford Motors, BMW cars, Jaguar Cars. Produced recordings of Les Misérables, Oliver!, Mary Poppins, South Pacific. Conducted the 85th Academy Awards.

JOHN CAMERON (Original O r c h e st rat i o n s ) a r ra n g e d t h e Orchestral Score for all the original productions of Les Misérables, Paris, London, Broadway, the Symphonic recordings, Concert, 10th Anniversary and 2006 Queen’s Theatre versions.

As a composer his extensive film and television film score credits include the Academy Award-nominated A Touch of Class and the Emmy-nominated “Path to 9-11.” John co-composed Zorro the Musical, nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Musical 2009. Other arranging credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

C H R I STO P H E R JA H N K E ( N ew Orchestrations). Orchestrations: Porgy and Bess (2012 Tony nom.), Heart And Lights (2014 Radio City), Legally Blonde, Cry Baby, Grease (2007 Revival), Do You Hear the People Sing?

(Symphonic arena tour of Boublil/ Schönberg), Dessa Rose, A Man of No Importance, Tom Jones (Stiles/ Leigh), Chasing Nicolette, Not Wanted on the Voyage (Bartram/Hill), Just So (Stiles/Drewe). Music Producer/Music Supervisor of Memphis. Assistant to William David Brohn: Ragtime, Sweet Smell of Success, The Witches of Eastwick, Mary Poppins, Wicked.

STEPHEN METCALFE (New Orchestrations). For the past 17 years, Stephen has been Head Of Music at Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. Productions include Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Avenue Q, Hair, Betty Blue Eyes, Barnum and Half A Sixpence. Stephen produced the cast albums of Les Misérables (25th anniversary), Oliver! (London), Mary Poppins (Australia), Miss Saigon (London, Holland), Betty Blue Eyes (London) and Half A Sixpence. He orchestrated and produced the soundtrack albums for the Universal Pictures film of Les Misérables, for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award.

JEAN-MARC NATEL (Original French Text) was born in 1942. He studied art at the Beaux Arts in Toulon before turning to poetry and has published two volumes of his poems. In 1968 he moved to Paris where he met Alain Boublil, who introduced him to songwriting with the daunting task of cowriting the lyrics for Les Misérables.

Since then, he has written songs for a variety of artists and, recently, some of his poetry has been set to music by Franck Pourcel.

COREY AGNEW (Associate Director) is happy to be back with the team here at Les Misérables. Most recently, Corey worked as the Resident Director of the U.S. Tour and Toronto productions of Matilda. Prior to that, he was the Resident Director of Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Misérables in Toronto, Australia and on the U.S. National Tour.

Favorite credits include Mary Poppins (Broadway, Australian Premier, 1st and 2nd U.S. National Tours), The Sunshine Boys (Soulpepper Theatre), Robin Hood (Ross Petty).

LIAM McILWAIN (Resident Director) is thrilled to be working on this new U.S. Tour of Les Misérables. He began as a cast member with the Australian production, then became Resident Director for international tours in Manila, Singapore and Dubai.

Liam worked as Assistant Director/ Choreographer on local language productions in São Paulo and Tokyo.

Performer and creative theatrical credits include Out From Under, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, High School Musical, Shout, Cats, Dusty, Grease, The Pirates of Penzance, Gypsy, Sunset Boulevard and Bye Bye Birdie.

CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES (Hair & Wig Designer) and his team design hair and wigs for many opera, theatre, film and television companies in the U.K. and abroad. Credits include Tristan and Isolde (La Scala, Milan), From the House of the Dead (Vienna Festival), Un Ballo in Maschera and La Bohème (Bregenz Festival), The Ring Cycle (Tokyo), Lord of the Rings the Musical (Toronto and London), Rock ‘n’ Roll (London and Broadway) and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting).

Selected Broadway: The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Aladdin, Les Misérables, The Heiress, How to Succeed.., Billy Elliot, Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera. Off-Broadway: The Band’s Visit; Here Lies Love; Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional: Yale Repertory Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, The Old Globe, Asolo Rep.

RYA N PA R L I M E N T ( C o m p a ny Manager) is excited to be a part of Les Misérables! National tours include The Sound of Music, Dirty Dancing, The Bridges of Madison County, NETworks presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Riverdance. He earned his M.B.A from the University of North Florida, completed undergraduate studies at the University of Central Florida, is proud to be ATPAM Board Certified and will always be a Florida Gator at heart. CHOMP CHOMP. JACK McLEOD (Production Stage Manager). Broadway & Touring credits including The Sound of Music, Dirty Dancing, Kinky Boots, Jersey Boys, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, An American In Paris, Cabaret, Avenue Q, White Christmas, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Boeing-Boeing, Grease, Porgy & Bess, The King & I, Smokey Joe’s Café and Cats. Love to Frederick and Oliver. jack-mcleod.com JESS GOUKER (Stage Manager).

National Tours: The Sound of Music (PSM), Once (PSM), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (PSM, ASM).

International: Beauty and the Beast at the Walt Disney Grand: Shanghai, China. New York: Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, NY International Theatre Festival. Regional: Weston Playhouse. Graduate of Ramapo College of New Jersey.

STEPHANIE HALBEDEL (Stage Manager) Credits include NETworks Tours of The Phantom of the Opera, Dirty Dancing, Beauty and the Beast, Blue Man Group and Shrek, as well as shows throughout the Northeast and New York. This one’s for the wonderful & greathearted Caitlin Fahey!

JOSEPH HEATON (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Miss Saigon, In Transit, Fully Committed, Machinal. Off-Broadway: Bright Colors & Bold Patterns; Bad Jews, Ugly Lies The Bone (Roundabout Theatre Company); Verite, brownsville song: (b-side for tray), A Kid Like Jake

(Lincoln Center, LCT3); Our Lady of 121st Street (Signature Theatre Company).

Regional: A Bronx Tale: The Musical (Paper Mill Playhouse).

directed Ragtime at the Ogunquit Playhouse. Seth serves as Executive Producer for Cameron Mackintosh Inc. in N.Y. Graduate of Vassar College.

CAROLINE WALKER (Assistant Stage Manager). International & National Tour credits include The Bodyguard, Dirty Dancing, We Will Rock You, and Shrek The Musical. Regional & Opera credits include performances at The Dallas Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Dallas Children’s Theater and Lyric Stage Inc. God is faithful. Isaiah 26:3

SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall.

Seth has produced the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and the National Theatre production of War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as Executive Producer for both the U.S. and U.K. tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, the 25th Anniversary U.S. Tour of Les Misérables and the new The Phantom of the Opera tour. He is most proud of his greatest productions – Marlo and Camden.

BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press and Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company representing award-winning musicals and plays. Currently: Jersey Boys, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, A Bronx Tale, Falsettos, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, Fun Home, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, Bright Star and Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes. www.bbonyc.com NICHOLAS ALLOTT (Executive Producer) joined Cameron Mackintosh in 1981 as executive producer for Cats and subsequently Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, Oliver! and Mary Poppins, amongst others. Since 2000, Managing Director of Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. Chairman of the Soho Theatre, Trustee of the Roundhouse, Patron of Shakespeare Schools Festival and U.K. Business Ambassador for the Prime Minister’s Office. Awarded an OBE for services to theatre and charity by the Queen in the 2014.

SETH SKLAR-HEYN (Executive Producer). Broadway: Miss Saigon, Les Misérables (Executive Producer); The Phantom of the Opera (Production Supervisor); Miss Saigon, Evita, A Little Night Music, Finian’s Rainbow, Good Vibrations (Associate Director); Mary Stuart, Rock’n’Roll, Frost/Nixon (Assistant Director); The Coast of Utopia (Assistant to the Director).

National tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Associate Director) and Billy Elliot (Resident Director). Seth directed the national tours of Frost/Nixon and Evita (2012 revival) and recently

TRINITY WHEELER (Executive Producer). Broadway: Les Misérables (Production Stage Manager). National Tours: Bullets Over Broadway (Executive Producer), Elf the Musical (Executive Producer), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Executive Producer), The Phantom of the Opera (Supervisory Production Stage Manager), Les M i s é ra b l e s ( P ro d u c t i o n St a g e Manager), Mary Poppins (Production Stage Manager), Young Frankenstein starring Roger Bart and Rent starring Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp. Trinity currently works on the national tours of Les Misérables, Finding Neverland, Dirty Dancing and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Instagram: @trinityonbroadway N E T WO R K S P R E S E N TAT I O N S (Producer), from its inception over 20 years ago, has been an industry leading producer and manager of touring musical theatre productions and remains committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide. Having toured over 70 productions internationally, NETworks current touring productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Elf the Musical, Finding Neverland, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Dirty Dancing, The Sound of Music and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I.

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JOHN MILLER (Musical Coordinator).

Over 100 Broadway shows. Recent: Once On This Island; Hello, Dolly!; Indecent; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; A Bronx Tale; The Great Comet of 1812; Waitress; Something Rotten!; Beautiful; Jersey Boys. Musician (bass): Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bette Midler, Peter, Paul and Mary, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra. johnmillerbass.com

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OPENING NIGHT SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 STAFF FOR LES MISÉRABLES EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Nicholas Allott Seth Sklar-Heyn Seth Wenig Trinity Wheeler GENERAL MANAGEMENT Gentry & Associates Gregory Vander Ploeg Nicole Gehring Jamey Jennings Steve Varon PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT NETworks Presentations Jason Juenker Hector Guivas Emma Downey Evan Rooney Walker White COMPANY MANAGER Ryan Parliment Associate Company Manager James Yandoli TOUR BOOKING, ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT PRESS AND MARKETING Broadway Booking Office NYC Steven Schnepp Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, David Freeland, Zach Stevenson, Sean Mackey, Stacey Burns, Danny Knaub, Rachel Peterson, Phil Della Noce BBONYC.com CASTING Tara Rubin Casting Tara Rubin CSA, Eric Woodall CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Laura Schutzel CSA, Kaitlin Shaw CSA, Lindsay Levine CSA, Claire Burke CSA, Felicia Rudolph CSA, Xavier Rubiano, Lila Stallone U.S. ASSOC. DIRECTOR................................ COREY AGNEW RESIDENT DIRECTOR................................... LIAM McILWAIN PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER...............JACK McLEOD Stage Manager..........................................................Jess Gouker Stage Manager...........................................Stephanie Halbedel Assistant Stage Manager................................Joseph Heaton Assistant Stage Manager.............................. Caroline Walker Fight Director.............................................................Joe Bostick Dance Captain...........................................................Liz Shivener Fight Captain.....................................................Steve Czarnecki Voice Consultant.........................................................Liz Caplan U.K. Assoc. Scenic Designer............................... David Harris U.S. Assoc. Scenic Designer......................... Christine Peters U.K. Assoc. Costume Supervisor..........................Laura Hunt U.S. Costume Supervisor.....................................Sam Fleming Costume Assistants........................................Joseph D. Sibley Hair & Wig Designer..............Campbell Young Associates/ Luc Verschueren U.K. Assoc. Lighting Designer................. Richard Pacholski U.S. Assoc. Lighting Designer..............................Gina Scherr Lighting Programmer........................................Tommy Hague Production Electrician............................................ Rob Virzera U.K. Assoc. Sound Designer........................................Nic Gray Production Sound..............................................David Stollings Projection Realization..................................... 59 Productions Ben Pearcy, Brad Peterson Projections Programmer...................................Marc Polimeni U.S. Musical Supervisor....................................... James Moore U.K. Musical Supervisor............................... Stephen Brooker Music Coordinator..................................................... John Miller Assistant to John Miller......................... Jennifer Coolbaugh Keyboard Programming.................................Stuart Andrews Asst. Keyboard Programming.................... Jean Bellefeuille Production Carpenter.......................................... George Munz Head Carpenter................................................. Louis Riquelme Automation Carpenter................................. Spencer Yeoman Assistant Carpenter.................................... Joshua Townsend Flyman................................................................... Garrett Holmes Head Electrician................................................... David George Assistant Electricians..................... Mary Anderson, John Stinson Head Sound Engineer.............................. Heather Augustine Assistant Audio............................................................Mark Rivet Head Properties.........................................................Kurt Oostra Assistant Properties........................... Anna Katharine Mantz Advance Rigger/Crew Swing................................. Tim Buzza Head Wardrobe...................................................Kaitlyn Barrett Assisant Wardrobe...............................................Emily Staloch Wig/Hair Supervisor............................................ Jennifer Chin Assistant Wigs.........................................Stephen Riegel-Myer Casting Associate.............................................Felicia Rudolph Production Assistants.............Claire Carden, Willie Porter, Annie Schroeder Rehearsal Pianist....................................................... Sinai Tabak Tutoring Services............................ On Location Eduacation Child Wrangler/Teacher...................................... Jessica Balun Physical Therapy Consultant......................Carolyn Lawson, NEURO Tour Print/Advertising Design........... Cameron Mackintosh LTD Radio and Television Spot Production............... Steam U.K. Website...........................................................................Dewynters

Social Media............................ Marathon Live Entertainment Production Photography............................. Matthew Murphy Merchandising..............................Platypus Productions, LLC Merchandising Manager...................................Jelani Peterkin Legal Services................................................Rick Pappas, Esq. Accounting...............................NETworks Presentations LLC Technical Production Accounting.......................Colin Byrne HR & Payroll Services..........................Human Resources inc Housing.................. Road Concierge, an ALTOUR Company Travel Agency.......................................................Janice Kessler, Carlson Wagonlit Travel Trucking................................................................... Clark Transfer For Cameron Mackintosh LTD Directors............................Cameron Mackintosh (Chairman) Nicholas Allott Alan Finch Richard Johnston Deputy Managing Director................................Robert Noble Financial Controller............................................ Richard Knibb Executive Producer & Casting Director............Trevor Jackson Executive Producer..................................Thomas Schönberg Technical Director...........................................Jerry Donaldson Head of Sales and Marketing...........................David Dolman Ass’t. to Cameron Mackintosh............................ Jane Austin Ass’t. to Nicholas Allott........................................ Claire Mistry Ass’t. to Robert Noble........................................Zory Mishchiy Technical Coordinator........................................ Charlie Lester

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

All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE. UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

The Musicians 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, an independent national labor union.

The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

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

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT IN ITS 2017/18 BROADWAY SEASON

For Cameron Mackintosh, Inc. Managing Director............................................. Nicholas Allott Executive Producer.........................................Seth Sklar-Heyn Production Associate.......................................... Shidan Majidi For NETworks Presentations Chief Executive Officer........................................... Ken Gentry Chief Financial Officer................................. Scott W. Jackson Chief Operating Officer....................... Jeni Ardizzone-West President..........................................................................Orin Wolf Executive Vice President........................................Seth Wenig Executive Assistant/Associate General Manager.... Curt Owens Senior Director of Finance......................................John Kinna Controller............................................................ Jennifer Gifford Director of Tour Accounting........................... Laura S. Carey Executive Producer.......................................... Trinity Wheeler Senior Director, Booking & Engagements............. Mary K. Witte Director, Booking & Engagements...........................Colin Byrne Engagement Manager......................... Esther Schwarzbauer Director of Marketing/PR................................... Heather Hess Senior Director, General Management.. Gregory Vander Ploeg General Managers................. Jamey Jennings, Steve Varon General Manager Associate........................... Nicole Gehring Senior Director, Production Management... Jason Juenker Senior Production Manager..............................Hector Guivas Production Managers................Evan Rooney, Walker White Assistant Production Manager......................Emma Downey Music Coordinator..................................................John Mezzio IT Manager.......................................................................Tim Pizza Warehouse Manager.................................................. Brad Korff Warehouse Costume Manager............. Bobby Maglaughlin Office Manager................................................ Buddy Piccolino Office Assistant.........................................................Carol Jewell Credits Rigging and Lighting Equipment supplied by Christie Lites; Video Projection and Sound Equipment supplied by Sound Associates; Set, Show control and scenic motion control featuring stage command systems ® by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, L.L.C., New Windsor, NY; Scenic Construction by Global Scenic; Costumes constructed by Eric Winterling, John Schneeman Studio; Weapons and Torhces by J&M Special Effects.

Rehearsed at Ripley Grier and New 42nd Street Studios Special Thanks to Providence Performing Arts Center; Norbert Mongeon, J. L. “Lynn” Singleton.

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

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

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• BRAILLE PROGRAMS are available with 2 weeks’ notice to ckrueger@dcpa.org or 303.893.4836.

Members of Denver Theatrical Wardrobe, Wigs, Hair and Make-up, Union 719 Linda Ackerschott Carrie Breidenbach Vonnie Clough Janel Clough Craig Cory Cyndie Cory Laura Cotugno Steve Davies Anne Davis Carolyn Dore Deborah Guess

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More than 42 schools representing nearly 100 students were nominated, spreading the love from Greeley to Parker to all sorts of towns named Springs: Glenwood Springs, Steamboat Springs and Colorado Springs.

In all, a record 13 schools won at least one award. Denver School of the Arts was awarded Outstanding Musical for its production of In the Heights, Elisha Horne of Vista PEAK Preparatory School in Aurora received the Outstanding Leading Actor award for his performance as The Baker in Into the Woods and Abby Lehrer was named Outstanding Leading Actress for her work as Eponine in Castle View’s production of Les Misérables.

The Outstanding Actor and Actress went on to represent Colorado in the national Jimmy Awards in New York on June 25, which celebrates the best of high school musical talent across America.

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ten nominees for Outstanding Actor and Actress performed a medley. 5. CRAZY FOR YOU: Mountain View High School was nominated for Outstanding Musical Overall Production.

6. IN THE HEIGHTS: Denver School of the Arts’ production of In the Heights was nominated for six Bobby G Awards and won Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical, Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Vanesa Gomez) and Outstanding Achievement in Direction (Brandon Becker and Aleksandra Kay).

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This fall, audiences will be treated to one of the most beloved children’s books of all time as Corduroy springs to life on the stage. Based on the books Corduroy and A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman, Corduroy is a heartwarming comedy about a teddy bear patiently waiting on a department store shelf to find a home, and Lisa who thinks he’s just the teddy bear for her.

Follow Corduroy’s delightfully rollicking chase in this tender, enduring story about true friendship and the lengths we go to find it this fall in The Conservatory Theatre (Oct 5 – Dec 9) including a sensoryfriendly performance on Oct 22.

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7 “I Dreamed a __________” 8 Before fleeing to Belgium in 1852, the Les Misérables author urged the populace to rise up against this emperor 11 On Your Feet! is the real-life story of __________ and Gloria Estefan 12 When the Les Misérables author died, these many million mourners attended his funeral 13 Miami Sound __________ 14 Seeing this artful musical inspired Alain Boublil to write Les Misérables 18 The Estefans bought a small ownership stake in this football team in 2009 20 Gloria Estefan’s husband also helped develop the career of Colombian-Lebanese singer __________ Isabel Mebarak Ripoll 21 Jean Valjean is sentenced to 19 years of hard labor for stealing __________

DOWN 2 Gloria Estefan has performed at three __________ Games 3 “Empty Chairs at Empty __________” 4 Film for which On Your Feet! book writer Alexander Dinelaris won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay 5 Les Misérables has been performed in 22 of these 6 It’s spelled this, but it’s pronounced “On-jer-ras” 9 Gloria Estefan’s husband also helped develop the career of actor/singer Jennifer __________ 10 This production of Les Misérables features original artwork by author Victor __________ 15 “Won’t you help me, Doctor __________?”

16 Dance derived from this Cuban carnival dance of the same name 17 Artist who drew the iconic Cosette face Émile __________ 19 The very first performance of Les Misérables was in this city in 1980

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