Applause Magazine, Nov.4-29, 2015

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The definition of “news” is changing. That’s no secret, right? It used to be the time-honored Fourth Estate, printing and broadcasting the narrative of our collective experience. Now it can be an anonymous tweet, a viral video, a sound bite or a leaked document, all of which have steadily drawn our eyes away from traditional news sources and toward our personal circles of influence. A new study, conducted by Pew Research Center in association with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, finds that 42% of the entire US population now say Facebook and Twitter serve as a source for news about events and issues outside the realm of friends and family.

One of the biggest changes in news, especially for theatre, is the decline of dedicated arts coverage from the major print and broadcast sources. As established news organizations have struggled to balance modern profitability with journalistic tradition, they’ve had to make tough choices. I understand that’s not easy and never will be. But I also don’t like it. We in the arts invest so much in telling stories that reflect the social issues facing our community that it hurts to know that fewer people are hearing about these plays and musicals from mainstream sources. Once we could rely on a minimum of coverage. Now we have to hope for it.

I’m certainly not blaming the news organizations themselves or the wonderful people who work with us every day to keep us in the news. We have amazing fans in our news partners and appreciate everything they do for us. Truly. This isn’t about blame at all; it’s about behavior. People get their news differently now. So we have to do things differently, too, if we want the same level of attention.

That’s why, in addition to our ongoing use of Twitter and Facebook, we’ve built our own online News Center (denvercenter.org/ news-center) with former Denver Post theatre critic, John Moore, at the helm. Every day, we’re publishing theatre news from across the entire state with no agenda other than the news itself. Obviously, we hope it helps promote our work and Colorado’s theatre community as a whole. Eventually, though, we want it to be a resource for anyone interested in arts reporting, in our talented community and in Denver’s unique place in the national arts scene.

Until then, where do you get your arts and entertainment news?

Which matters more to you — a review by an established theatre critic or a recommendation from a friend or family member?

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LETTERS TO THE CEO In Applause No. 2, DCPA President & CEO Scott Shiller posed a question: How will we, as theatre professionals and audiences, find common ground for mobile devices in theatres? Below are excerpts from your responses. To read all of the comments, please visit denvercenter.org/news-center.

Live theatre is a feast for the eyes and ears, meant to be consumed with relish…. If an audience member is fumbling for his/her phone…they are missing the flavor of their meal...not savoring each bite. More than that, they are interrupting MY enjoyment. — Barb D. No one should take out their device during live theatre performances. It is no different than getting out a book…. — Judi P. To appease those who feel they have to share their excitement, how about having a special photo op of actors in costume after the performance?

— Mandelbrot The director, designers and production team have spent literally weeks creating a believable world.

They wish to present this world to the best of their ability. They cannot do this if the audience is creating distractions with their lighted devices.

— Sheila M. The rules [need to] be enforced more strictly during the performance but relaxed to allow for respectful photographs before the show and during intermission. DCPA does a nice job of setting up photo backdrops outside the theatre for those photographs. — DCPA Subscriber During the performance itself, actors can see and hear the audience. The flash of a camera is very distracting and can also be very dangerous. — Julie Mobile devices need to be “checked,” just like checking your coat. — Anne I tell people to stop with the phones and distractions.… I wish the ushers would take more of a role. — Cindy I don’t see any problem with taking pictures… before the performance starts or during intermission. The stage and curtain are usually wonderful works of art. And yes, I WOULD like to get a picture and post it all over social media.

— Stacey In the past couple of years, I have noticed a growing number of patrons who check their phones during the performance. …there are instances (i.e. EMT, a sick child, etc.) where a cell phone is a lifeline; however, in those instances a patron should be courteous enough to move to a less disruptive area. — DCPA Subscriber

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THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

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It’s the Circle of Life: The Denver-born national touring production of Disney’s The Lion King is coming home a teenager.

More than 220,000 attended the tour’s inaugural 10week run at The Buell Theatre 13 years ago, and studies estimated the visit provided a $58 million jolt to the area economy.

Long before The Lion King’s 18 semi-trailers roared into downtown Denver in the weeks leading up to that historic opening night on April 26, 2002, “you could feel it everywhere you went,” said flutist Kay Ragsdale, one of four members of The Lion King tour who have been with it every step of the way.

More than 25,000 tickets moved the day they went on sale to the public in November 2001, and every available seat was gone less than four days later. By the time the show finally opened, the city was at a fever pitch.

“We had some jackets at the time that only had this little tiny lion’s head insignia, but everyone in the town knew what it was,” Ragsdale said. “It felt like everyone was participating in this event with us. Our opening night was an opening night for the entire city of Denver, and it could not have been more exciting.”

Dance Captain Izell Blunt will never forget the day the cast was invited to sit in the otherwise empty Buell Theatre and watch as the technical crew previewed the show’s iconic sunrise for them.

“This was the first time we had seen it,” said Blunt.

“The sun is coming up. Pride Rock is coming out. The music is playing. Literally, we got chills just watching this phenomenon that we were about to be a part of.”

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franchise in entertainment history. That’s just the stage musical — figures do not include either proceeds from the animated film or merchandising.

And to think, says creator Julie Taymor, The Lion King is a $7 billion fluke, considering that she was charged with turning a beloved animated children’s film into a revolutionary, magical piece of proudly experimental theatre that blends South African chants with ballet, performance art, human puppetry, masks, forced perspectives and shadow imagery.

“I profoundly believe that people want something richer and deeper and will aspire to it,” Taymor said. “It’s a wonderful thing that so many people have seen The Lion King because it has informed many who have never seen theatre as to what theatre can possibly be.”

The Lion King has now played before more than 80 million audience members in 22 productions around the world. The 18-year-old New York production is the thirdlongest running show in Broadway history, and is routinely the No. 1 show on Broadway in any given week. And it is showing no signs of slowing down.

“It’s difficult not to become emotional at the realization of the show’s impact,” said Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions. “The goal back in the formative years was simply to tell the story purely and theatrically so that audiences could feel it in their heart.”

Instead, it changed theatre in every conceivable way, from creative standards to technical demands to audience expectations moving forward. And perhaps its greatest impact on the creative community has been the ongoing explosion of employment opportunities it has provided for hundreds of actors of color.

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“I think really The Lion King ushered in a completely new era of theatre,” said Ragsdale.

Schumacher and Technical Director David Benken, who graduated from Colorado State University, credit famed theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh with setting a new standard for traveling shows that was fully embraced by Taymor.

“ It’s difficult not to become emotional at the realization of the show’s impact. The goal back in the formative years was to tell the story purely and theatrically so that audiences could feel it in their heart.”

— THOMAS SCHUMACHER, PRESIDENT OF DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS “The idea was that if you are going to do a tour, you are going to give people on the road the same show that you gave them on Broadway,” said Benken. “That was fairly radical for its time. Back then, before Disney Theatrical Productions, there were some seriously reduced versions of shows going out on the road.”

Benken began adapting the Broadway show for the road two full years before it opened in Denver. And his great challenge was not solving how to fit what was then a record $15 million Broadway juggernaut into The Buell Theatre. “Denver has a pretty good theatre from a technical standpoint,” he said. His job was to solve how to fit the show into much smaller theatres all across America.

“The biggest change that had to be made was to Pride Rock,” he said. “In New York, Pride Rock rises up out of the deck. That wasn’t practical for the road because basements don’t exist in theatres that are deep enough to accommodate it.” So after several months and several attempts, they hit on the solution: Pride Rock, an 18-foot set piece, slithers onto the stage and slowly rises as Simba and his father climb to its top. “So it still gives you the iconic moment,” Benken said, “and it actually enhanced Julie’s vision that everything should come back to this idea of the Circle of Life. I think the solution we came up with in Denver worked out quite well, and it is used all over the world now.”

Only after Benken got the show up and running in Denver did he get a real sense of what he and his team had accomplished here.

“Once we got the show open,” he said, “you could definitely feel that this was something special for Denver, and something special for us.”

DISNEY’S THE LION KING NOV 4 – 29 BUELL THEATRE ASL interpreted, Audio described, Open Captioned performance: Nov 28, 2pm Tickets: 303.893.4100 denvercenter.org Groups: 303.446.4820

Chris Van Vleet and Colton Maurer in A Christmas Story, The Musical

COMING UP FROM BROADWAY:

A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL Decades before the world got to see the embarrassingly relatable trials of young Ralphie in the beloved movie A Christmas Story, radio host Jean Shepherd was telling his tales over the airwaves. These seminal slices of life would later be compiled into the book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash. Here’s the story behind the stories that led to leg lamps, pink bunny pajamas and flagpole fiascos: • Shepherd never considered himself a writer and was reluctant to put pen to paper to compile his popular radio shows. His friend and fellow author Shel Silverstein recorded him telling his stories, transcribed them and the two edited them down into the final product.

• The first adaptations of his shows were published in the unlikeliest of places — Playboy magazine • Each chapter in In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash covers a different story told by the main character Ralph as he reminisces with a friend about his childhood. “Duel in the Snow,” “The Counterfeit Secret Circle Member Gets the Message,” “My Old Man and the Lascivious Special Award That Heralded the Birth of Pop Art” and “Grover Dill and the Tasmanian Devil” would eventually become the premise of the movie.

• You probably already know what Jean Shepherd sounds like ­— he put his voice talents to good use as the narrator in A Christmas Story.

• A Christmas Story wasn’t the only film adaptation of the novel. The 1994 movie A Summer Story plucks more chapters from the book to pick up where A Christmas Story left off. Though the characters were recast, Shepherd still acted as the nostalgic narrator.

A Christmas Story, The Musical will bring the holiday spirit to The Buell Theatre from Dec 16 – 27. Just remember, no licking frozen light poles at home.

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CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE RAFIKI........................................................................................................................................................Mukelisiwe Goba MUFASA.......................................................................................................................................................Gerald Ramsey SARABI....................................................................................................................................................... Tryphena Wade ZAZU............................................................................................................................................................ Drew Hirshfield SCAR................................................................................................................................................................... Gareth Saxe YOUNG SIMBA....................................................................................................................... BJ Covington, Tré Jones YOUNG NALA..........................................................................................................Mikari Tarpley, Savanna Fleisher SHENZI............................................................................................................................................ Tiffany Denise Hobbs BANZAI...........................................................................................................................................................Keith Bennett ED........................................................................................................................................................................Robbie Swift TIMON......................................................................................................................................................... Nick Cordileone PUMBAA................................................................................................................................................................ Ben Lipitz SIMBA.............................................................................................................................................................. Aaron Nelson NALA.................................................................................................................................................................Nia Holloway ENSEMBLE SINGERS......................................................................Taprena Michelle Augustine, Kyle R. Banks, Russell Joel Brown, Darilyn Castillo, Thembelihle Cele, Yael Pineda-Hall, Roderick Lawrence, Tonoccus McClain, Sihle Ngema, Rob Parks, Mpume Sikakane, Vusi Sondiyazi, Thandazile A. Soni, Tryphena Wade ENSEMBLE DANCERS.........................................................Raymond Baynard, Amyia Burrell, Leroy Church, Erynn Marie Dickerson, J.E. Johnson, Amber Mayberry, Aisha Mitchell, Selena Moshell, Lilli-Anne Parks, Kevin Petite, Derrick Spear STANDBYS..................................................... SCAR: Tony Freeman, Michael Hollick; ZAZU: Tony Freeman; TIMON: Tony Freeman; PUMBAA: Tony Freeman, Michael Hollick UNDERSTUDIES (Understudies never substitute for listed players unless announced at the time of the performance) Rafiki–Thembelihle Cele, Yael Pineda-Hall, Mpume Sikakane, Thandazile A. Soni; Mufasa–Russell Joel Brown, Vusi Sondiyazi, Frank Wright II; Sarabi–Taprena Michelle Augustine, Darilyn Castillo; Zazu–Robbie Swift; Shenzi–Phylicia Pearl, Tryphena Wade; Banzai–Andrew Arrington, Tonoccus McClain; Ed–Andrew Arrington, Leroy Church, Rob Parks; Timon–Robbie Swift; Pumbaa–Robbie Swift; Simba–Roderick Lawrence, Rob Parks; Nala–Darilyn Castillo, Thembelihle Cele SWINGS Andrew Arrington, Mykal Ashlee, Kalilah Black, Izell O. Blunt, Deidrea Halley, Kendra Moore, Phylicia Pearl, Frank Wright II DANCE CAPTAINS Izell O. Blunt, Kendra Moore SPECIALTIES Circle of Life Vocals–Sihle Ngema, Vusi Sondiyazi; Mouse Shadow Puppet–Vusi Sondiyazi; Ant Hill Lady–Erynn Marie Dickerson; Guinea Fowl–Leroy Church; Buzzard Pole– Raymond Baynard; Gazelle Wheel–Lilli-Anne Parks; Gazelles–Leroy Church, Kevin Petite; Lioness Chant Vocal–Sihle Ngema; Acrobatic Trickster–Derrick Spear; Giraffe Shadow Puppets–Russell Joel Brown, Roderick Lawrence; Cheetah–Aisha Mitchell; Stilt Giraffe–Derrick Spear; Scar Shadow Puppet–Russell Joel Brown, Roderick Lawrence, Tonoccus McClain; Simba Shadow Puppet–Kyle R. Banks, Rob Parks, Vusi Sondiyazi; One By One Vocal–Vusi Sondiyazi; One By One Dance–Kyle R. Banks, Sihle Ngema; Fireflies–Erynn Marie Dickerson; Pumbaa Pole Puppet–Tonoccus McClain; Nala Pole Puppet–Amber Mayberry; Lioness/Hyena Shadow Puppets–Taprena Michelle Augustine, Darilyn Castillo, Thembelihle Cele, Yael Pineda-Hall, Roderick Lawrence, Mpume Sikakane, Thandazile A. Soni.

Thembelihle Cele, Mukelisiwe Goba, Sihle Ngema, Mpume Sikakane and Thandazile A. Soni are appearing with the permission of Actors’ Equity Association.

TOURING ORCHESTRA Conductor–Rick Snyder Associate Conductor–Jamie Schmidt/Paul McCaffrey; Keyboard 1–Chris Neville; Keyboard 2–Doug Reed; Keyboard 3–Mark Snedegar; Concert Master/Violin 1–Woonkuo Soon; Guitar–Robert Tye; Drums–Bobby Economou; Bass–Hugh Mason; Marimba–Mike Faue; Percussion–Stefan Monssen, Reuven Weizberg; Flutes–Kay Ragsdale Music Coordinator–Michael Keller DENVER LOCAL ORCHESTRA Tuba and Bass Trombone–Michael Allen; Violin–Phyllis Carlson; Trombone–James Gray Violin and Cello–Cedra Kuehn; French Horn–Susan McCollough; Viola–Summer Rhodes Local Musician Contractor–James Harvey

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ACT ONE Pride Rock “Circle of Life” with “Nants’ Ingonyama” ��������������������������������������������������������������������Rafiki, Ensemble Scar’s Cave Rafiki’s Tree The Pridelands Scar’s Cave The Pridelands “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” ������������������������������������� Young Simba, Young Nala, Zazu, Ensemble Elephant Graveyard “Chow Down” �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Shenzi, Banzai, Ed Under the Stars “They Live in You” ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Mufasa, Ensemble Elephant Graveyard “Be Prepared” ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������Scar, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Ensemble The Gorge Pride Rock “Be Prepared” (Reprise) �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Scar, Ensemble “Nao Tse Tsa” ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Rafiki, Sarabi, Young Nala Rafiki’s Tree The Desert/The Jungle “Hakuna Matata” ��������������������������������������������������� Timon, Pumbaa, Young Simba, Simba, Ensemble ACT TWO

Entr’acte “One by One” �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Ensemble Scene 1 Scar’s Cave

“The Madness of King Scar” ������������������������������������������������������� Scar, Zazu, Banzai, Shenzi, Ed, Nala Scene 2 The Pridelands “Shadowland” ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Nala, Rafiki, Ensemble Scene 3 The Jungle Scene 4 Under the Stars

“Endless Night” �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Simba, Ensemble Scene 5 Rafiki’s Tree Scene 6 The Jungle

“Can You Feel the Love Tonight” ��������������������������������������� Timon, Pumbaa, Simba, Nala, Ensemble

“He Lives in You” (Reprise) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Rafiki, Simba, Ensemble Scene 7 Pride Rock

“King of Pride Rock”/“Circle of Life” (Reprise) �������������������������������������������������������������������� Ensemble

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION SONG CREDITS All songs by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) except as follows: “Circle of Life”: by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) with “Nants’ Ingonyama”: by Hans Zimmer and Lebo M; “He Lives in You” (“They Live in You”): Music and lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, and Lebo M; “Nao Tse Tsa”: Music and lyrics by Jacques Loubelo; “One by One”: Music and lyrics by Lebo M; “Shadowland”: Music by Lebo M and Hans Zimmer, lyrics by Mark Mancina and Lebo M; “Endless Night”: Music by Lebo M, Hans Zimmer, and Jay Rifkin, lyrics by Julie Taymor; “King of Pride Rock”: Music by Hans Zimmer, lyrics by Lebo M ADDITIONAL SCORE Grasslands chant and Lioness chant by Lebo M; Rafiki’s chants by Tsidii Le Loka.

Based on the Disney film

Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff; Produced by Don Hahn Special thanks to all the artists and staff of Walt Disney Feature Animation

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

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST GARETH SAXE (Scar) Broadway: The Lion King, The Homecoming, Heartbreak House. Off Broadway: Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center); Harper Regan (Atlantic); Richard III, The Winters Tale (Public); The Duchess of Malfi (Red Bull). Regional: Hamlet, Dangerous Liasons (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); Sexual Perversity in Chicago (ACT); iWitness (Mark Taper Forum). Film and TV: Michael Mann’s Public Enemies; “SVU;” “Law & Order.” NYU MFA. GERALD RAMSEY (Mufasa) is humbled to join The Lion King. Proud graduate of University of Hawaii at Hilo. Originally from the island of Aunu’u in American Samoa, also raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Credits: Lead Performer “Ha: The Breath of Life,” Lead Dancer “Te Here,” Dancer “Rainbows of Paradise” & “Ali’i Luau,” Lead Role “My Name is Gary Cooper.” All of these blessings are completely credited to the village of family and friends who raised me. Alofa atu MUKELISIWE GOBA (Rafiki) was born in Durban, South Africa. Training: Mbongeni Ngema’s Academy. Credits: K-Cap, Umoja, and Lion King (Madrid). Television: Telethon (France) and 40 Principals (Madrid). She was a back-up vocalist for a South African Gospel star Rebecca Malope. Mukelisiwe thanks her family for their constant support.

NICK CORDILEONE (Timon). Off-Broadway: Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (Mint Theater), Hamlet (Theatre by the Blind). Regional: The Alchemist (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Lobby Hero (The Old Globe); Crime and Punishment (Cincinnati Playhouse and Actors Theatre); Henry VI, Richard III (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Comedy of Errors, Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey). Film: Step Up 2.

LOVE: Amy and Hero.

DREW HIRSHFIELD (Zazu) Regional Credits: Premiere Stages, Geva Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Wilma Theater, Berkeley Rep, Huntington Theatre Co, Alley Theatre, Two River Theater Co, Magic Theatre, Marin, California, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festivals. New York: new plays with Ensemble Studio Theatre, 59E59, Collaboration Town, New York Stage & Film. TV/Film: Gosling, “Blue Bloods,” The inspector, The Lady and the Thief. Member of The__Space. M.F.A. from A.C.T. BEN LIPITZ (Pumbaa) Broadway: The Lion King. Stage: God of Carnage; The Producers (Walnut St. Theatre); Red, Hot and Blue (Goodspeed Opera, Papermill Playhouse); Just So (Goodspeed Opera); ART; Dirty Blonde; Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Forum; Cleveland Play House, Kennedy Center. TV: “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Sopranos,” “Law

& Order,” “100 Centre St.,” “Homicide.” Film: The Giraffe and Find Me Guilty (with Vin Diesel). Member of The Actors’ Studio.

Love and kisses to Rosalie, Matthew, and Mikaela. CalArts Alumni. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.

AARON NELSON (Simba) A proud Chicagoan, Aaron received his BA in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago. His regional theater credits include columbinus 2.0 (ATC), RENT (ATC), and Dreamgirls (Theater 47). He made his television debut as “Kyle” in NBC’s “Chicago Fire.” Love to Ashley and Aaydin, his parents and the rest of his family. He dedicates his performances to his uncle Dr. Larry E. Ross.

NIA HOLLOWAY (Nala) is ecstatic to join the cast of The Lion King. As an actress, vocalist and dancer, Nia has appeared at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, on the Hub Network show “Majors and Minors” and at various other venues as a live performer. She thanks God and her family and friends for all of their love and support. www.niaholloway.com KEITH BENNETT (Banzai). Broadway credits include Richie in A Chorus Line, BJ in OH KAY!, Wonder Boy in The High Rollers, Horace in Olympus On My Mind, Banzai in The Lion King. Tours include: Dancin, The Tap Dance Kid, Sophisticated Ladies, Five Guys Named Moe. Regional: Stand Up Tragedy, Betsey Brown, Kiss Me Kate, Bo Bo’s, A Son Come Home. Show dedicated to wife Deidre and my lovely daughters Tyler and Jordan. Big shout out to my Lord God. TIFFANY DENISE HOBBS (Shenzi) is over the moon to join The Lion King family.

Regional credits: The C. A. Lyons Project, Stagger Lee, Much Ado About Nothing, SPUNK, Race, Clybourne Park, A Raisin in the Sun, Cabaret, A Christmas Carol. Film: Dallas Buyers Club. MFA Acting graduate from SMU. She sends never-ending love and gratitude to her Mom, Dad, April, Reginald, Auntie Earnestine, Russell, and her amazing friends.

ROBBIE SWIFT (Ed/Understudy Pumbaa, Timon and Zazu) is honored and excited to return to The Lion King family. Stage credits include: Snoopy!, Rumbles, The Red Flower, Water Children, Our Town, Godspell, etc. Film/Television: On The Run (Hyperboy), Fastlane (Fox), Urban Graffiti (Fox), Scrubs (NBC), etc. Many thanks to God, Mom, Dad, The Starting Five, family, and friends. Special thanks to Barry, Karen, and Lois Yvonne. Robbie is a proud member of AEA, SAG, and ASCAP. I dedicate this show to my beautiful wife, Lisa. You are my heart, my life, and my inspiration.

Thanks for marrying me.

BJ COVINGTON (Young Simba at certain performances). BJ is thrilled to join the cast of The Lion King in what has become a bit of Lion King history! The brother of former Young Nala, Nya Cymone Carter, he is proud to follow in her footsteps! BJ made his professional acting debut as “Ben” in the 2014 Cast of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rockettes.

TRÉ JONES (Young Simba at certain performances) is happy to be a part of The Lion King as Young Simba! He is a 12 year old actor from Springfield, VA. He is grateful to God for this blessing and thanks his parents, grandparents, teachers and his many relatives and friends for the love and support in making his dream come true. www.iamtrejones.com MIKARI TARPLEY (Young Nala at certain performances) is a triple threat talent, straight A student from Atlanta, born to entertain. Mikari has been dazzling audiences since three. She thanks her parents, family and teachers for giving her the skills to perform. Giving higher thanks to God for allowing her to shine her light for all the world to see! Follow her @mylifeaskari623 on Instagram MikariNichelle on Facebook SAVANNA FLEISHER (Young Nala at certain Performances) is an 8 (9 Aug 1st) year old from Flemington NJ who is excited & honored to be on tour with The Lion King. She would like to thank her family, friends for their love & support, Shirley Grant Management, her coaches and teachers that help her reach her goals every day. This is more than a dream come true!

ANDREW ARRINGTON (Swing/Understudy Banzai and Ed). Regional premiere of Kander & Ebb’s Scottsboro Boys. The Lion King Las Vegas. Nat’l tours: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. New York: Showboat (Carnegie Hall), Godspell (workshop), Disney’s High School Musical 2, Respect (NYSAF). TV: CBS “My Broadway Debut.”

University of Michigan MYKAL ASHLEE (Swing) is honored to be a part of The Lion King national tour. Stage: Philadanco: Aida (China tour), The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway and national tour), Alicia Keys (Girl On Fire tour). TV and Film: Victoria Secret’s Fashion Show, Beyonce, Friends with Benefits and “So You Think You Can Dance.” Thanks to God and my parents for all their Love! Mykallaury.com TAPRENA MICHELLE AUGUSTINE (Ensemble/Understudy Sarabi) Broadway/ National Tours: A Night With Janis Joplin (Original Broadway Cast - Blues Singer/

KYLE R. BANKS (Ensemble) This New Orleans native received his Masters of Music from the University of Oklahoma and has since logged time professionally in several operas including LaBoheme. He made his Broadway debut with The Lion King and has also done voiceovers for Cadillac and Cartoon Network.

RAYMOND BAYNARD (Ensemble) is a SUNY– Purchase graduate debuting with the Lion King Gazelle tour. He has worked and trained under companies Complexions and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. I thank God for always taking care of me, performances dedicated to my angel Karen Williams.

KALILAH BLACK (Swing) is from the Bronx, NY. She holds a B.F.A. from NCA&TSU (AGGIE PRIDE!) and is a proud member of the illustrious Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. She is humbled by her friends’ and family’s unwavering support on her artistic quest. Such gratitude to the most high! www.KalilahBlack.com IZELL O. BLUNT (Swing/Dance Captain) From Jacksonville, Florida, Izell holds a B.F.A. in dance from SMU and has performed in the Broadway, national tour, and Las Vegas productions of The Lion King.

Izell has performed with Cirque du Soleil in their “One Drop” event and also was an associate choreographer for the major motion picture entitled The Thief.

RUSSELL JOEL BROWN (Ensemble/ Understudy Mufasa). Morehouse College graduate. Professional credits: Smokey Joe’s Cafe (first national, Japan), The Scarlet Pimpernel (first national), The Lion King (Cheetah tour, Mexico, Taiwan); Big River (Goodspeed; Best Actor: Connecticut Critics Circle).

AMYIA BURRELL (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of The Lion King cast. She has performed with Disney since 2003 appearing in shows at Tokyo Disney and Disney World. She would like to thank her family (especially Noah and Tally) and friends for their constant love and support. She gives God thanks for continuous blessings and grace. Proud member of AEA. DARILYN CASTILLO (Ensemble/Understudy Nala and Sarabi) is ecstatic to join The Lion King! London West end: Duchess of Malfi (Duchess) and The Taming of The Shrew (Katherina). Regional: Once On This Island (TiMoune). Film and Television: “Boardwalk Empire!” Love to Mom, Dad, “Tweety” and Avalon! www.darilyncastillo.com

THEMBELIHLE CELE (Ensemble/ Understudy Nala & Rafiki) Born in Durban, South Africa. Credits: The Nat & Natalie Show with Colin Penn & The Pennants, Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, The Lion King (U.K. and Ireland Tour). Trained with the Flatfoot Dance Company. TV Appearance: ETV Popstars 2010. Thembelihle is honored to be a part of the national tour. She thanks her family and God for being the center of it all!

LEROY CHURCH (Ensemble/Understudy Ed) is a Baltimore, MD native and UArts B.F.A. graduate. Credits include: Cirque Du Soleil, Jennifer Hudson: Smash, So You Think You Can Dance, L’Oreal Redken, NASCAR Awards, Philadanco, Western Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico, Brandywine Ballet, HX Magazine, Cal Ripken PAL Billboard.

ERYNN MARIE DICKERSON (Ensemble) began her artistic studies at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, where she was cast in various musical theater productions at the Freud and Geffen Playhouse. She then graduated from Fordham University and the Alvin Ailey school with B.F.A. and a minor in communications. Since then she has appeared in various print ads, TV shows, commercials, music videos, and films.

TONY FREEMAN (Standby for Scar, Zazu, Timon and Pumbaa) has played Zazu (and occasionally Scar) on Broadway and across the country more than 3,000 times. Now he loves also getting to play Timon and Pumbaa. He did Tony Kushner’s musical Caroline, or Change in Los Angeles and San Francisco with the original Broadway cast.

Tony performed guest roles on both “Law & Order” (twice) and “Law & Order: SVU.” DEIDREA HALLEY (Swing) is proud to be from Toronto, Canada. Favorite credits include; The Lion King (Broadway, Las Vegas, West End, and Toronto Companies), We Will Rock You (Mirvish), Cabaret (Stratford Festival), and Chicago (Stage West). Many thanks to THouse, my family and William. Continuous gratitude to God always.

MICHAEL HOLLICK (Standby Scar and Pumbaa) Broadway: Tarzan, Jumpers.

National Tour: The Lion King. Off-Broadway: Fuerza Bruta, De La Guarda. TV: Law & Order, Sex and the City, Guiding Light, Hawaii Five-O. Regional: The Wilma, Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh CLO, Great Lakes Theatre Festival. B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon. Michael starred as Niko Bellic in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. Love to my wife Angela and our little cubs Max and Eva. J.E. JOHNSON (Ensemble) trained at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. He’s danced with Forces Of Nature, Creative Outlet, Hubbard Street 2, DanceWorks Chicago,

Cleo Parker Robinson, Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera, Cirque Du Soleil (Beatles LOVE), and the national tour of The Color Purple.

RODERICK LAWRENCE (Ensemble/ Understudy Simba) Gratefully fulfilling a dream joining The Lion King. Credits: Comedy Centrals “Broad City”, and August Rush The Musical. IG: @rodericklaw Love to Mom, Pops, Evan, Shelby, Aunts, Cousins, Wolockos, Cynthia, Vicky, Scott, Dickersens, Nelsens, Gabe, FFAM and Chelsea. Baldwin Wallace AMBER MAYBERRY (Ensemble) is from Washington, DC. B.F.A., SUNY–Purchase.

Regional: On The Town, Oklahoma! (5th Avenue), Measure for Measure (STC).

Company Experience: Elisa Monte, Wideman/Davis Dance, Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater and The Trey McIntyre Project. For my Parents, Papa, Ayana, Matthew and Don. TONOCCUS MCCLAIN (Ensemble/ Understudy Banzai) is proud to be making his touring debut! He could be seen reporting on Channel One News, performing in Los Angeles Opera’s Porgy and Bess, three Academy Awards live telecasts, and heard singing in television’s Glee, The Good Wife, and film soundtracks Avatar, Star Trek, and The Simpsons Movie.

AISHA MITCHELL (Ensemble) from Syracuse, studied at North Carolina Dance Theatre, Lines Ballet School, The Joffrey Ballet School, a graduate of the Ailey/ Fordham B.F.A. program, and a member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 08-13. She can be found in the Best-selling book Dancers Among Us. KENDRA MOORE (Swing/Dance Captain) is Canadian born and trained in Edmonton, Alberta. A member of The Lion King Cheetah tour from 2003–08, Kendra has danced with BalletAustin, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She has traveled extensively with all these companies. Love to my family and friends.

SELENA MOSHELL (Ensemble) is a Rollins College graduate (Environmental Studies) from Orlando, FL, and has performed as a dancer and aerialist with the Pittsburgh CLO, Orlando City Ballet, Royal Caribbean, and Walt Disney World. She is thankful to family and friends for their love and support.

SIHLE NGEMA (Ensemble). Born in Newcastle, South Africa, vocally trained

by Boycie Phokeng and Mbongeni Ngema.

Theater: The Lion King (Australia and Shanghai), Dance Through Me, Mama, Woza My Fohloza, Jika The Musical. Television: X Factor, Nelson Mandela 80th Birthday Celebration. Film: Elephant Tails soundtrack vocals.

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Bessie Smith), The Book of Mormon, The Color Purple (Shug Avery – Best Featured Actress in a Touring Musical), The Pajama Game, Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

Thank you GOD! taprena.com

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LILLI-ANNE PARKS (Ensemble) Born in Queens, New York and a graduate from the Ailey/Fordham BFA progam. Training: Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Ailey School, and Jacob’s Pillow. Former member of Evidence Dance Company (Ronald K. Brown). Special thanks to my husband, Rob, and our incredible family.

ROB PARKS (Ensemble/Understudy Simba & Ed) is thrilled to be touring with The Lion King! He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Michigan State University.

He founded the LA based studio Rob Shots Photography. Contact and connect with him: IG: itsrobparks www.robparks.net.

Much love and respect to my wife, LILLI! PHYLICIA PEARL (Swing/Understudy Shenzi) Beyond ecstatic to join this amazing company! Much love and thanks to God, Elon family (Long Live Elon!), MT15, her agents, and ALL friends, and family who have supported her dreams! Ma Talamaku, this is for you! BetoBayayi! IG/Twitter:@ thatssophylicia #stayPHYerce!

KEVIN PETITE (Ensemble), Fort Worth, TX. Trained at Dian Clough West Studios, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and The Ailey School receiving the prestigious Alvin Ailey Fellowship. Professional credits include Ailey II, and tours of Radio City Christmas Show and Movin’ Out. YAEL PINEDA-HALL (Ensemble/Understudy Rafiki) A Christmas Carol, NC (2013 &14); Ghost, Manila (2014); Adarna, NC (2012); The Lion King (2003–11) in Singapore, London, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney; Festival Of The Lion King (2007–08) Hong Kong Disneyland; Xanadu, Manila (2010).

MPUME SIKAKANE (Ensemble/Understudy Rafiki) has worked with renowned writer, producer, director M’bongeni Ngema since 1989. Toured internationally with The Zulu and released album Babaka Mdudu in 2002.

Love and thanks to God, Simon, Thandekile, and family.

VUSI SONDIYAZI (Ensemble/Understudy Mufasa) Credits include The Lion King on Broadway, national tour, Taipei, and Taiwan. Thanks to Mum, my two sisters, my twin brother, and friends for their love and support.

THANDAZILE A. SONI (Ensemble/ Understudy Rafiki) from Durban, a singer/ actress from South Africa, S.A.M.A nominee 09, Gazelle Tour 02, original Rafiki for the Cheetah Tour 03, BTAA nominee Chicago 03, performed on the Oprah Winfrey Show 2003, The Lion King UK 05-08, Hong Kong Disney Land 2011 and Broadway 2014-15, Qhakaza (shine) movie in 2013, Thank you The Lion King for another chance, Glory to God.

DERRICK SPEAR (Ensemble) is very grateful to be a part of The Lion King National Tour, and performed for the Las Vegas Production. He has performed with Washington Reflection Dance Company and National Ballet of San Domingo. Thanks his Mom, Dad, and Family for their love, Inspiration, and year of support. Thank You Universe for your Love.

TRYPHENA WADE (Ensemble/Sarabi/ Understudy Shenzi) a Columbus, Ohio native and Howard University graduate. Credits: Ragtime, Trojan Women, and The Secret Garden. She has traveled the Mediterranean as a principal singer with Norwegian Cruise Lines, and most recently as a vocalist at The Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Maiori, Italy. “Praises to God for this dream come true!” tryphenawade@gmail.com wedontsitoncouches.com FRANK WRIGHT II (Swing/Understudy Mufasa). Frank joins the Gazelle Company after having been blessed with performing in the Cheetah and Broadway companies of The Lion King. He thanks God for his son Paden. With God all things are possible.

JULIE TAYMOR (Director, Costume Design, Mask/Puppet Co-Design, Additional Lyrics) won the 1998 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and for Best Costumes for The Lion King. In 2008 the musical won three Molière Awards, including Best Musical and Best Costumes. It also garnered Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League awards for Taymor’s direction, and myriad awards for her original costume, mask, and puppet designs. Taymor made her Broadway debut in 1996 with Juan Darién: A Carnival Mask (Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater), nominated for five Tony Awards. Other theater work includes The Green Bird (New Victory Theatre on Broadway); Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, and The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre for a New Audience); Juan Darién (Music- Theatre Group); co-adapter and director of The Transposed Heads (Lincoln Center and American Music Theatre Festival); and Liberty’s Taken (Castle Hill Festival). For her latest Broadway production, SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark, Taymor served as director and co-book writer.

Her recent opera productions include an original opera, Grendel, composed by Elliot Goldenthal (Los Angeles Opera and the Lincoln Center Festival, 2006), which was a finalist for the Pulitzer. Her direction of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 2004 and is now in repertoire there. Taymor’s film Across the Universe received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical/Comedy in 2008.

Her first film, Fool’s Fire, an adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe short story, aired on PBS in 1992. She directed her first feature, Titus, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange, in 1999. Frida, starring Salma Hayek

and Alfred Molina, received five Academy Award nominations and two Oscars in 2002. Taymor’s latest film is The Tempest (December 2010), starring Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, and Ben Whishaw. Taymor has received a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Obie Awards and the first annual Dorothy B. Chandler Award in Theater, among many others. A book spanning her career, Julie Taymor: Playing With Fire, is in its third edition from Abrams.

ELTON JOHN (Music). The monumental career of international singer/songwriter and performer Elton John has spanned more than three decades. He is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, with 35 gold and 25 platinum albums and more than 250 million records sold worldwide.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has awarded Elton multiple Grammys, including the Grammy Legend Award. In the early 1990s Elton collaborated with lyricist Tim Rice on the soundtrack for The Lion King, winning him an Academy Award. The album produced two top-selling, award-winning singles: “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” The Tony Award– winning Broadway productions of The Lion King and Aida both awarded Elton with Grammys for Best Musical Show Album. Billy Elliot was nominated for a record-tying 15 Tony Awards and won ten, including Best Musical. Elton was also one of the producers for Next Fall on Broadway. The Union is his latest CD with Leon Russell, produced by T Bone Burnett.

In 1992 Elton established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which today is one of the leading nonprofit HIV/ AIDS organizations.

In 1998 the Queen of England knighted him Sir Elton John, CBE. In 2004 Elton received the Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime contributions to American culture and excellence through the performing arts.

TIM RICE (Lyrics) has worked in music, theater and films since 1965 when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim’s ambitions to write rock or pop songs they turned their attention to Andrew’s obsession— musical theater. Their first collaboration (lyrics by Tim, music by Andrew) was an unsuccessful show based on the life of Dr. Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist, The Likes Of Us. Their next three works together were much more successful—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita. Tim has also worked with other distinguished popular composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast), and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess). His first new show for ten years, From Here To Eternity, with music by newcomer Stuart Brayson, co-produced with Lee Menzies, directed by Tamara Harvey, and with book

LEBO M (Additional Music and Lyrics, Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements, Choral Director) is known as the “voice and spirit of The Lion King.” Once a teenage singer in Soweto, the Grammy Award winner and Tony nominee’s music brings audiences to tears with hauntingly inspiring African rhythms and melodies. Lebo’s talents have been hailed by the worldwide press in superlatives that might describe the most delightfully poetic of musical deities. Since his arrival in America, Lebo has attracted music industry giants such as Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cliff, and Hans Zimmer as mentors, allies, and collaborators. Lebo has performed and produced four albums, Rhythm of the Pride Lands (Disney), Deeper Meaning (Gallo), and The Lion King (Japanese and Hamburg cast recordings). Other credits include The Power of One, Back on the Block, and Listen Up with Quincy Jones; the feature films Outbreak (Warner Bros.), Congo (Warner Bros.), and Born to Be Wild (Paramount); and the Disney television special People.

He has performed on the Academy Awards and the Essence Awards Show, with Vanessa Redgrave at Kthimi-The Return in Kosovo, and been honored by Artists for a Free South Africa.

MARK MANCINA (Additional Music and Lyrics, Music Produced for the Stage, Additional Score). A Tony nominee and multi-platinum, three-time Grammy Award– winning composer, he was an obvious choice to produce the music for the stage production of The Lion King, having arranged and produced songs for the blockbuster animated feature film, for which he received both Grammy and American Music awards in 1994. The film also spawned the hit album Rhythm of the Pride Lands, for which Mr. Mancina co-wrote, arranged and produced three tracks, including “He Lives in You” and “Shadowland,” which are featured in the stage production. Ranked among the upper echelons of film composers, his credits include mega-hits Training Day, Speed, Twister, Bad Boys, Tarzan, and Brother Bear among many others. Most recent feature films include August Rush and Shooter.

ROGER ALLERS (Book) makes his Broadway debut with co-author Irene Mecchi, with this Tony-nominated book, adapted from the animated feature, which he co-directed.

Mr. Allers has been instrumental in shaping

the structure and dialogue for many Disney animated features since 1988, including Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Oliver and Company, Rescuers Down Under, Prince and the Pauper, and the computer-animated movie, Tron. He directed the Academy Award nominated short The Little Matchgirl for Disney and co-directed the 2006 animated feature Open Season for Sony Studios. Prior to working with Disney, he created animation on children’s programs and features for studios in Boston, Toronto, and Tokyo.

He is currently writing and directing an animated adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.

IRENE MECCHI (Book) began her association with Disney in March 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short, which won the 1994 Environmental Media Award.

Irene is a co-writer of Disney’s animated features The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules. Along with coauthor Roger Allers, she received a 1998 Tony nomination for writing the book for The Lion King. Irene wrote the teleplay for Annie, directed by Rob Marshall. Irene shares a writing credit on Disney Pixar’s Brave and is currently adapting the Warners’ 1954 A Star is Born film as a stage musical, as well as developing a project with Lucasfilm.

GARTH FAGAN (Choreographer) is the recipient of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Choreography and the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer (London, U.K.) as well as the Drama Desk Award, the Astaire Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for his work with The Lion King. Mr. Fagan was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and for more than 33 years has toured the world with Garth Fagan Dance. On television the company has appeared on Great Performances, The Tonight Show, and the Academy Awards.

Mr. Fagan forged his own dance language and technique, drawing from modern dance, Afro-Caribbean, and ballet, and has choreographed for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Jose Limon Company, the New York City Ballet’s 50th Anniversary, and others. In addition, he choreographed Joseph Papp’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Duke Ellington street opera, Queenie Pie at the Kennedy Center. A distinguished university professor at SUNY–Brockport, he has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the 2001 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award, a Bessie Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow. He has also been inducted into the American Academy of Achievement.

RICHARD HUDSON (Scenic Design) was born in Zimbabwe, and educated in Zimbabwe and England. In 1988 he won

a Laurence Olivier Award for designing a season of seven plays at the Old Vic Theatre, London. His set designs for The Lion King have won numerous awards including a Tony in 1998. He is a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI). In 2003 he won the Gold Medal for Set Design at the Prague Quadriennale, and in 2005 he was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Surrey. He has designed sets and costumes for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Young Vic and the Gate, London. In opera he has worked at the Royal Opera, English National Opera, La Scala Milan, Metropolitan Opera New York, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera Chicago, Staatsoper Vienna, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and in Zurich, Munich, Amsterdam, Venice, Florence, Turin, Bregenz, Houston, and Washington.

DONALD HOLDER (Lighting Design) received the 1998 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his work on The Lion King; a 2008 Moliere Award for The Lion King-Paris, 1999 Olivier nomination for The Lion King-London; and the L.A. Drama Critics Circle, NAACP, and Ovation awards for The Lion King-Los Angeles.

Broadway projects include: South Pacific (2008 Tony Award), Movin’ Out (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Thoroughly Modern Millie, A Streetcar Named Desire (Tony nomination), Les Liasons Dangereuses (Tony nomination), The Little Dog Laughed, Gem of The Ocean (Tony nomination), Hughie, Juan Darién (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Eastern Standard, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Boy From Oz, many others. Off-Broadway: Observe the Sons of Ulster… (Lucille Lortel Award), The Marriage of Bette and Boo, A Man of No importance, The Pain and The Itch, Jitney, Tiny Alice, Saturday Night, Everett Beekin, Three Days of Rain, Chaucer in Rome, Sight Unseen, Spunk, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Jeffrey, and many others. He has designed at resident theaters across the United States. Mr. Holder is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

MICHAEL CURRY (Mask and Puppet CoDesign) is one of the world’s leading production designers. He works widely in both conceptual and technical development with the foremost entertainment companies such as Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera, London’s Royal National Theatre, Disney Theatrical Productions, L.A. Opera and Universal Pictures. He collaborates regularly with directors such as Robert Lepage, Nicholas Hytner, Julie Taymor, and William Friedken. Michael has been the recipient of many prestigious awards from his peers, including several awards for his puppet and costume work on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies and his continuing innovations in the fields of visual effects and puppetry design. He owns and operates Michael Curry Design Inc., which designs and creates

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by Bill Oakes, opens in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre in October 2013.

He formed his own cricket team in 1973 and was President of the MCC in 2002.

He recently wrote and presented a 52-part series for BBC Radio 2, American Pie, a trawl through the music and musicians of every American state. He has won several awards, mainly for the wrong thing or for simply turning up.

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live performance-oriented dimensional characters and productions, such as those seen by worldwide audiences in the 1996 and 2002 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, Super Bowl 2000, and New York City’s epoch 2000 millennium event.

MICHAEL WARD (Hair and Makeup Design) designs for opera and theater. For Disney: The Lion King (Broadway and others) and Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (Berlin).

Other work has been seen in Britain, United States, Holland, France, Japan, Israel, and Portugal. Along side his design work in theater he works as a garden and landscape designer.

STEVE CANYON KENNEDY (Sound Design) was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie, and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound design credits include Catch Me if You Can, (Tony nomination) Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel, and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award).

HANS ZIMMER (Additional Music and Lyrics) received the Oscar, Golden Globe, and two Grammy awards for his original film score for the film version of The Lion King. He started his film scoring career with My Beautiful Laundrette in 1985, and his other credits include six Oscar-nominated film scores, among them Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, As Good as it Gets, and Rain Man. Additional credits include the Grammy Award–winning score for Crimson Tide, Driving Miss Daisy, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, and The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise which was his 100th score. In addition to his composing duties Mr. Zimmer also heads the film music division for DreamWorks SKG studios.

JAY RIFKIN (Additional Music and Lyrics).

The GRAMMY Award-winning producer, together with producing and composing partner Hans Zimmer, created Media Ventures, a multi-faceted entertainment group that includes music, new media, film and television. Their partnership has earned them numerous awards and nominations, including Academy Award nominations, for the film scores of Driving Miss Daisy, Rain Man, and The Lion King. Following the success of The Lion King, Jay conceived and produced the gold-selling follow-up album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. Jay is also chairman of Media Revolution, an award-winning new media company and a founder of the film production company Media Ventures Pictures, producing the comedy Waiting.

JOHN STEFANIUK (Associate Director).

A native of Toronto, Canada, John studied theater at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Upon leaving school, John worked as an actor and voice over artist in both Canada and the U.K. He can be heard in many cartoons and commercials as well as being heard as the voice of the Cartoon Network. He has taught, directed and guest lectured for many theater schools and colleges in Toronto, New York, and London including the Royal Academy of Music, Sylvia Young Theatre School, and Duke University. For three years John was the Artistic Director for Stagedoor Manor in New York directing many productions including Side Show, Sweeney Todd and A Midsummer Night’s Dream starring Natalie Portman and Bryce Howard. John has worked as Resident Director for Cameron Mackintosh and JAR Productions on Hey Mr. Producer! and for Disney’s The Lion King at London’s Lyceum Theatre as well as the American National Tour. John is thrilled to be continuing his work with this incredible company.

MAREY GRIFFITH (Associate Choreographer). A native New Yorker, Miss Griffith toured worldwide with the acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as a featured dancer/soloist for eight years. She is most known for her performances in the works of the late, world renowned choreographer Ulysses Dove.

Other guest appearances include Déjà vu Dance Theatre, and the Spoleto festival in Italy. She worked as co-choreographer on the star studded production of The Wizard of Oz in concert at Avery Fisher Hall with Nathan Lane, Joel Grey, Jewel, and Natalie Cole. Miss Griffith has appeared in numerous commercials and voice-overs. Her soap opera credits include As the World Turns and Another World. She has also performed with Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster, PA. Miss Griffith joined the creative team of The Lion King in August of 2000. She feels privileged to work with choreographer Garth Fagan.

CLEMENT ISHMAEL (Music Supervisor). is a conductor, composer, and arranger. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Royal Conservatory of Music, where he specialized in composition and conducting as well as singing with Joyce Britten.

Conducting credits include Abbey Players Opera Company, Ad Astra Chorus, Addison Jazz Ensemble, and West London Gospel Choir. He also conducted the new ballet Awakening at Sadlers Wells. West End credits include: Five Guys Named Moe, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Smokey Joe’s Café, and Soul Train. He has also directed and arranged the music for numerous shows which include: Sweet Lorraine, Up Against the Wall, The Amen Corner, The Grape Vine, The Cavalcaders, and most recently Gem of the Ocean at the Tricycle Theatre. His

classical compositions and arrangements have been performed worldwide as well as being broadcast by BBC Television and Radio. His opera Grazyna was performed at the Royal Opera House’s Lindbury Studio and his most recent commission, for the London Piano Trio, was performed at Cardogan Hall in 2008.

DAVID BENKEN (Technical Director) has supervised the technical aspects of numerous Broadway and touring productions around the world. Broadway credits include: The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, The Seafarer, The History Boys, The Woman in White, The Boy From Oz, Jumpers. National Tours: The Lion King, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast (U.S. and U.K.), Kiss me Kate, Miss Saigon, Peter Pan, Les Misérables (U.S. and U.K.). Las Vegas: The Lion King, Phantom, The Producers, We Will Rock You. International: Dreamgirls Korea ROBERT ELHAI (Associate Music Producer, Orchestrator). Tony and Drama Desk nominee. Robert Elhai has orchestrated many concert, theater, and film scores for composers Elliot Goldenthal (Juan Darién, Final Fantasy) and Michael Kamen (Don Juan de Marco, X-Men) among others.

His arrangements for Metallica’s Grammy Award– winning S&M made good use of his doctorate in composition from Yale University.

DAVID METZGER (Orchestrator) has orchestrated many films, including the Disney animated film Tarzan, Training Day, Domestic Disturbance, Bait, and Return to Paradise.

His television work includes composing episodes of The Magnificent Seven, Disney’s The Legend of Tarzan and five years as an arranger/composer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. David was nominated for a Tony Award and Drama Desk award for The Lion King.

MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator) has been a musician for more than 35 years. He was a conductor/drummer for Marvin Hamlisch. Music Coordination for Taboo, Wicked, The Boy From Oz, Avenue Q, Gypsy, Andrea Bocelli tours; Mamma Mia!, Aida, imaginary Friends, Man of La Mancha, Dance of the Vampires, Sweet Smell of Success, Cinderella, The Wild Party (MTC), Marlene, The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994 and 2001), The Goodbye Girl.

RICK SNYDER (Music Director/Conductor) is thrilled to be music director of the Gazelle company of The Lion King. Prior to this he was music director of the Cheetah company of The Lion King. Over many years he has also played keyboards and/or conducted for the touring productions of Phantom Of The Opera and Miss Saigon, as well as Chicago-based productions of Showboat,

DODD LOOMIS (Resident Director) Broadway: Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (Assistant Director). Off-Broadway: The Rap Guide To Evolution (Director, Drama Desk Nomination), Luck (Director & Writer, Little Gem Award), Mabou Mines Dollhouse (Associate Director & Puppetry Supervisor, Obie Award). International Tour: The Aluminum Show (Co-Director & Co-Writer), The Gospel at Colonus: Athens, Greece (Associate Director, Pulitzer Prize Nomination). NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

GEOFF MYERS (Resident Dance Supervisor) has been on Broadway or on tour with The Lion King since 2003. His titles have included ensemble male dancer, male swing, fight captain, and most recently a twoand-a-half year stint as dance captain for the Las Vegas production. Before joining the Lion King Geoff enjoyed a long and successful career as a concert dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Geoff has worked with some of the dance worlds most renown choreographers Twyla Tharp, Nacho Duato, Ohad Naharin, David Parsons, and Danny Ezralow to name a few. Geoff brings more than 20 years dance performance experience to his position as resident dance director.

M. WILLIAM SHINER (Production Stage Manager): Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Jungle Book.

International: RSC, Franco Dragone’s House of Dancing Water. NY: 39 Steps, Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s The Total Bent and Family Album, Measure for Measure and As You Like It (Shakespeare in the Park), Public Theater. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center. www.stagemanager.nyc BETH BORNSTEIN (Stage Manager).

National Tours: Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk; Cinderella; Jekyll & Hyde; Annie 20th Anniversary Tour. Broadway: Damn Yankees!, Arcadia, The Red Shoes. OffBroadway: Cowgirls. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and IATSE. BRIAN HASAL (Assistant Stage Manager) is proud to be back with The Lion King.

Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular (ASM), JabbaWockeeZ: Prism (PSM), Lion King - Los Angeles & Cheetah (ASM). Love to my family for their support, and thanks to Stan for the lesson in responsibility.

MICHAEL G. MORALES (Assistant Stage Manager) BFA: Theatrical Stage Management. National Tours: The Spectacular New Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Rock of Ages (1st National), Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago and Movin’ Out. Pre-Broadway: Wonderland and Miss Abigail’s Guide…, Regional: My Fair Lady (The Asolo), West Side Story (The Fulton), The Threepenny Opera (Seaside). Special thanks to his family and his beautiful wife for their love and support. Proud AEA Member.

KATRINA STEVENS (Advance Stage Manager) Tours: The Book of Mormon, American Idiot, Billy Elliot, In the Heights, Avenue Q, Camelot, Peter Pan, Contact, Beauty and the Beast, Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria. Broadway: Sunset Boulevard, Lost in Yonkers, Death and the Maiden, Mastergate, A Month of Sundays, Broadway Bound.

AEA since 1987.

BINDER CASTING (Casting) with Jay Binder, CSA, Jack Bowdan, CSA, Mark Brandon, CSA, and Jason Styres, CSA, have cast more than 70 Broadway shows including Dames at Sea (upcoming 2014), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Nice Work if You Can Get it, Born Yesterday, The Miracle Worker, Finian’s Rainbow, Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, 39 Steps, White Christmas, is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey’s End, Butley, Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Movin’ Out, 42nd Street, Music Man, Iceman Cometh, Charlie Brown, Sound of Music, Beauty & the Beast, Last Night of Ballyhoo, Chicago, King & I, Damn Yankees, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, The Goodbye Girl, and every City Center Encores! production since its inception in 1994. Film/ TV/ Other: Carousel (NY Philharmonic/ PBS), Six by Sondheim (HBO), So You Think You Can Dance, West Side Story (San Francisco Symphony), Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Chicago, Nine. Ten–time Artios Award winner.

CHRIS MONTAN (Executive Music Producer) joined Disney in 1984 and is currently president of Walt Disney Music. Under his guidance as head of music, soundtracks from nine theatrical releases (Cocktail, Beaches, The Little Mermaid, Pretty Woman, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, and Tarzan) were certified multiplatinum. Additionally, the Studio received Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award recognition for many of its music entries. Most recently he served as executive producer of the Wonderful World of Disney’s production of Annie, as well as a producer with the television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which was nominated for seven Emmy Awards.

DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, a division of The Walt Disney Studios, was formed in 1994 and operates under the

direction of Thomas Schumacher. Worldwide, its eight Broadway titles have been seen by over 128 million theatergoers and have been nominated for 57 Tony Awards®, winning Broadway’s highest honor 20 times.

With 15 productions currently produced or licensed, a Disney musical is being performed professionally somewhere on the planet virtually every hour of the day. The company’s inaugural production, Beauty and the Beast, opened in 1994. It played a remarkable 13 year run on Broadway and has been produced in 28 countries worldwide. In November 1997, Disney opened The Lion King, which received six 1998 Tony Awards including Best Musical. In its 17th smash year, it has welcomed over 75 million visitors worldwide to date. The Lion King can also currently be seen on tour across North America, the U.K., and Japan, and in London’s West End, Hamburg, Tokyo, Madrid, Sao Paulo, and Brisbane, Australia, a total of ten concurrent productions worldwide. Having played 19 countries on every continent except Antarctica, The Lion King’s worldwide gross exceeds that of any film, Broadway show or other entertainment title in box office history. Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida opened on Broadway next, winning four 2000 Tony Awards, and spawning productions around the world. Mary Poppins, a co-production with Cameron Mackintosh, opened in London in 2004 and established itself as one of the biggest stage musical successes to emerge in recent years, launching seven productions on three continents. Following a six year Tony-winning Broadway run, the title is now being licensed to professional theatres worldwide. Tarzan®, which opened on Broadway in 2006, is now an international hit with an award-winning production in its 6th year in Germany. In January 2008, The Little Mermaid opened on Broadway and was the #1-selling new musical of that year. Its success continues with new productions worldwide. Disney Theatrical Productions opened two critically acclaimed productions on Broadway in 2012, receiving seven Tony Awards between them: Newsies, which played over 1,000 performances on Broadway and is currently on tour throughout North America, and Peter and the Starcatcher, which enjoyed a two year New York run. Other successful stage musical ventures have included King David in concert, the national tour of On The Record, several touring versions of Disney’s High School Musical, and Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame in Berlin. DTP has collaborated with the country’s leading regional theatres to develop new stage titles including Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of The Jungle Book and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Aladdin is its most recent Tony Award-winning Broadway hit; its most recent London production is the critically acclaimed comedy, Shakespeare In Love.

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Beauty and the Beast, Ragtime, Wicked, and Mamma Mia. When not working in theater, Rick has worked as a composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, and player in clubs, concerts and recording sessions; he served as keyboardist for Dennis DeYoung (formerly of Styx) and performed and recorded with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

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DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS President & Producer...................................................Thomas Schumacher EVP & Managing Director......................................................David Schrader

Opening Night - November 6, 2015

Creative & Production Executive Music Producer......................................................... Chris Montan SVP, Production............................................................................... Anne Quart VP, Creative Development.................................................... Ben Famiglietti Director, Production................................................................. Mimi Intagliata Director, Labor Relations.............................................................Scott Kardel Director, Production Development...................................Seth Marquette Associate Director...................................................................................Jeff Lee Production Supervisor........................................................Clifford Schwartz Sr. Manager, Creative Development................................ Jane Abramson Dramaturg & Literary Manager...............................................Ken Cerniglia Sr. Manager, Labor Relations............................................Stephanie Cheek Sr. Manager, Education & Outreach........................................ Lisa Mitchell General Manager............................................................................. Myriah Bash Manager, Physical Production................................................James Garner General Manager........................................................................Michael Height General Manager.....................................................................Thomas Schlenk Associate General Manager................................................... Kerry McGrath Associate General Manager...............................................Caitlyn Thomson Asst. Manager, Creative Development....................Colleen McCormack

Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Quart Production Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doc Zorthian General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Schlenk Associate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlyn Thomson Associate Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Stefaniuk Associate Choreographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marey Griffith Music Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clement Ishmael Dance Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise Hicks Supervising Resident Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Lyn Associate Music Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Kreppel Associate Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Eastman Associate Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Nemecek Peterson Associate Mask & Puppet Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louis Troisi Associate Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Shivers Associate Hair & Makeup Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carole Hancock Associate Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanne Koenig Assistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty Vreeland Assistant Hair & Makeup Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowena Hume Assistant Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugh Sweeney Automated Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aland Henderson Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zachary Baer Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Huschle

Marketing, Sales & Publicity SVP, Marketing, Sales & Publicity........................................... Andrew Flatt VP, Sales, CRM & Partnerships..............................................Bryan Dockett VP, Marketing.................................................................................. Robin Wyatt Director, Worldwide Publicity.............................................. Michael Cohen Director, Sales & Ticketing........................................................... Nick Falzon Director, Licensed Brands...............................................................Gary Kane Director, Partnership Development........................................... Lisa Scotto Sr. Manager, Publicity & Communications.................Lindsay Braverman Sr. Marketing Manager............................................................ Lauren Daghini Sr. Marketing Manager.............................................................. Jason Zammit Sr. Manager, Data Modeling & Consumer Insights....................................................... Craig Trachtenberg Design Manager................................................................................... Eric Emch Sales Manager, Groups & Tourism................................ Nicholas Faranda Manager, Digital Marketing & Social Media..........................Greg Josken Manager, Sales & Ticketing............................................Liz Schwarzwalder Manager, Sales & Ticketing...................................................Jenifer Thomas Manager, Digital Marketing...........................................................Peter Tulba Asst. Design Manager............................................................... Brandon Fake Asst. Manager, Partnership.............................................................Julie Lavin Publicity Associate...............................................................Brendan Padgett Domestic VP, Domestic.......................................................................................Jack Eldon Director, Domestic Touring............................................ Michael Buchanan Director, Regional Engagements................................ Scott A. Hemerling Director, Regional Engagements.................................................. Kelli Palan Sr. Manager, Theatrical Licensing........................................David R. Scott Manager, Domestic Touring & Planning.................................... Liz Botros International SVP, International..............................................................................Ron Kollen VP, International, Australia....................................................... James Thane VP, International, Europe......................................................... Fiona Thomas Director, International Production........................................Felipe Gamba Business & Legal Affairs SVP, Business & Legal Affairs............................................. Jonathan Olson VP, Business & Legal Affairs.......................................................... Seth Stuhl Senior Counsel........................................................................... Naila McKenzie Sr. Paralegal................................................................................... Jessica White Paralegal............................................................................................. Erin Browne Finance & Operations VP, Finance, Operations & Technology.............................Mario Iannetta VP, Operations......................................................................... Dana Amendola Director, Production Accounting & Analysis...........................Matt Craig Director, Financial Planning & Analysis...................................Matt Martin Director, Accounting.............................................................. Brigitte Pascual Manager, Accounting...................................................................Arlene Smith Manager, Finance.....................................................................Jennifer August Manager, Finance........................................................................... Chris Ekizian Manager, Finance.................................................................Mikhail Medvedev Manager, Technical Services & Support..........................Michael Figliulo Senior Business Planner...........................................................Jessica Bilmes Senior Technical Support Engineer............................... Kevin A. McGuire Senior Technical Support Engineer.................................... Noel Moore Jr. Production Accountant...........................................................Angela DiSanti Production Accountant.........................................................Samantha Sorin Assistant Production Accountant..........................................Isander Rojas Strategy and Business Development Director, Strategy & Business Development........................Clive Chang Sr. Manager, Strategy & Business Development.................. Ryan Pears Human Resources Director, Human Resources............................................ Marie-Pierre Varin Manager, Human Resources & Labor Relations............................................................................Valerie Hart Administrative Staff Zachary Baer, Caitlin Baird, Hannah Baker, Caley Beretta, Elizabeth Boulger, Melody Byron, Hunter Chancellor, Lauren Chapman, Amanda Cole, Brian DeCaluwe, Adam Dworkin, Bradley Eckerson, Meghan Flaim, Qadir Forbes, Sarah Funk, Phil Grippe, Matt Hagmeier Curtis, Frankie Harvey, Julie Haverkate, Chad Hornberger, Christina Huschle, Sarah Kenny, Pearl Kermani, Julie Lavin, Chantal Lopez, Jeffrey Metzler, Sunny Ng, Misael Nunez, Kelly Perez, Jessica Petschauer, Matt Quinones, Elizabeth Rublein, Janey Sherlock, Mark Shultz, Bri Silva, Ariel Stein, Lee Taglin, Mark Topley, Jennifer F. Vaughan, Angela Voelker DISNEY THEATRICAL MERCHANDISE, L.L.C. Vice President..........................................................................Steven Downing Director, Merchandise & Sales Operations...................... 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SENIOR PUBLICIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DENNIS CROWLEY NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . . . GREGORY HANOIAN Staff for THE LION KING Gazelle Tour COMPANY MANAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AARON QUINTANA Production Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. William Shiner Resident Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dodd Loomis Resident Dance Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoff Myers Musical Director / Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Snyder Assistant Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Skoglund Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Bornstein Assistant Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . Brian Hasal, Michael G. Morales Advance Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina Stevens Dance Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Izell O. Blunt, Kendra Moore Assistant Choreographers . . . Norwood J. Pennewell, Natalie Rogers Production Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Howard Production Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmy Maloney Production Propman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Amerling Production Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kjeld Andersen Head Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Kimbley Automation Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad W. Rowe, Sean Sullivan Flymen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Bogdan, Kevin Lowther Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Seales Flying Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Hearn Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Detmer Second Assistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lara Dubin Head Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Sample Front Light Operators . . . . . . . . June Abernathy, Harley Whitehurst Vari-Light Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret Sump Head Propman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Hagenbarth Assistant Propmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Colvin, Patrick Lohrer Assistant Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Keister Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Higley Assistant Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul McTernan Advance Sound Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . Brent Bullard, Ben Huggins Costume Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Attridge Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregory Young Move Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Wilson Wardrobe Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debbie Burkman-Margolies, Gretchen Heidenreich, Anthony Padilla Puppet Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Reilly Puppet Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Hennessy, Sue McLaughlin, Bruce Paul Reik Assistant to Associate Make Up & Hair Designer . . . . . . Tiffany Hicks Hair & Make Up Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Ivey Hair & Make Up Assistants . . Valerie Anderson, Tammy Potts-Merritt Crew Swing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Bradford Advance Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Renegar Move Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Gosenski, Dan Sheehan Advance Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Ferree Move Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Hartford, Steve Templeton Music Preparation . . . . . . . Donald Oliver, Chelsea Music Service, Inc. Electronic Music Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Marder Associate Synth Programmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taylor J Williams Personal Assistant to Elton John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Haley Assistant to Tim Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eileen Heinink Assistant to Mark Mancina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlon Espino Production Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Marcus Casting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BINDER CASTING: Jay Binder, CSA;

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Costumes executed by Barbara Matera, Ltd., Parsons-Meares Ltd., Seamless Costumes, Donna Langman, Eric Winterling, Danielle Gisiger. Millinery by Monica Vaianni and Leslie Norgate, Arnold Levine. Shibori dyeing by Joan Morris. Custom dyeing and painting by Joni Johns, Gene Mignola, Chrome Yellow, J. Michelle Hill Campbell, Nicola Kileen, Mary Macy, and Parsons-Meares. Knitwear by Laurie Krempien Hall. Footwear by Montana Leatherworks, Gamba, Pluma, Robert W. Jones, Sara Mullins, Capezio. Costume development by Constance Hoffman. Additional craftwork by Cindy Anita Fain. Puppet construction by Michael Curry Design, Inc. and Paragon. Pumbaa Puppet Construction by Andrew Benepe. Flying by Foy. Trucking by Clark Transfer. Wigs made at by The Wigworkshop by Sam Fletcher.

Cheetah skins and Make-up stamps made by Mike Defeo in the USA. Specialists brushes made by Joseph Begley. Make-up supplied by MAC, Make-up Forever Professional Make-up, Alcone, Skin Care By Kiehls since 1851. Marimbas by Marimba One. Musical instruments provided by: Remo Inc.; Jeff Whittier; Patrick Olwell; Tim Liu; Lark in the Morning; Beverly Pan Flutes; Drummer’s World, Inc.; The Woodshed.

Bass equipment by Eden Electronics. Lozenges provided by Ricola.

Air and Sea Shipments by Rock-It Cargo, Worldwide.

This production is produced in collaboration with our professional, union-represented employees.

The Lion King originally premiered at the Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis, MN Disney’s The Lion King is a registered trademark owned by The Walt Disney Company and used under special license

by Disney Theatrical Productions.

Visit The Lion King website on the World Wide Web at: www.disneyonbroadway.com The Lion King National Tour proudly participates in Touring Green. We transport our theatrical equipment on a carbon neutral basis with Clark Transfer in association with NativeEnergy.com. For more information on this program, please visit www.clarktransfer.com/green.

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.

The Stagehands, Wardrobe, Makeup and Hair employees in this production are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

United Scenic Artists • Local USA 829 of the I.A.T.S.E. represents the Designers & Scenic Artists for the American Theatre The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

The Press Agents and Company 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.

SONG EXCERPTS (used by permission): “Let It Go” written

by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez; “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” written by Sam Lewis, Joe Young, and Ray Henderson; “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” written by Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss, Luigi Creatore and Solomon Linda; “Nao Tse Tsa” written by Jacques Loubelo.

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

AnnSue Gunter Judy Holabird Leslie Lambert Sharon Millikan-Hale Callie Morrow Yolanda Pollock Dave Poole Liz Spadi Amy Tepel Marybeth Tscherpel Barb Wilson

THE BUELL THEATRE is part of the Denver Performing Arts Complex, owned and operated by the City and County of Denver, Arts and Venues.

CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER Michael Hancock, Mayor ARTS AND VENUES Kent Rice, Director For information call: 720.865.4220

PLEASE BE ADVISED that once the show begins: • LATECOMERS and those exiting the theatre are seated at predetermined breaks in designated areas.

• PHOTOS, RECORDING & CELL PHONE USE are prohibited.

• CHILDREN 4+ are welcome in our theatres and must be ticketed.

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

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BROADWAY & CABARET John Ekeberg........................... Executive Director Broadway Alicia Giersch..................................................... General Manager Abel Becerra.................................. Technical Director, Cabaret Anson Nicholson..............................Sound Engineer, Cabaret

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

FACILITIES & EVENT SERVICES Clay Courter.....Vice President, Facilities & Event Services James Babcock...................................................................Engineer Dwight Barela......................................................................Engineer Devon Chandler...... Assistant Director, Event Technology Quentin Crump...............................................Security Specialist Clint Flinchpaugh...............................................................Engineer Stori Heleen.................................Event Technology Specialist Heather Kaufman.....................................Facility Operations & Business Manager Michael Kimbrough...........................................................Engineer Jaymes Kimbrough..................Event Technology Specialist Clint King.........................................................Security Supervisor Terry Koch...................................................Director, Engineering John Lower.............................................................. Chief Engineer Brian McClain............................................. Custodial Supervisor Tara Miller................................................................. Event Manager Brook Nichols................................Director, Event Technology Danielle Porter....................................................... Event Manager Kassie Sanders...........................Event Technology Specialist Brittany Schoede................................................. Event Manager Alyssa Stock....................................Assistant Project Manager Dawn Williams.....................................Director, Event Services Juan Loya, Carmen Molina, Blanca Primero, Judith Primero, Angeles Reyes Soto, Francisco Trujillo............................................................Custodians

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THEATRE COMPANY ARTISTIC Kent Thompson.............................................. Theatre Company Producing Artistic Director Bruce K. Sevy............... Director of New Play Development Douglas Langworthy ........... Literary Manager/Dramaturg Chad Henry....................................................... Literary Associate Emily Tarquin...................................................Artistic Associate/ New Play Coordinator Grady Soapes.............................................. Artistic Coordinator Eli Carpenter...............................................................Artistic Intern

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