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Greetings and welcome to The Buell Theatre! Thank you for joining us for one or more of our fall Broadway shows. This season includes Come From Away, the true story of how the town of Gander, Newfoundland welcomed passengers stranded in the wake of 9/11. Also, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies — the long awaited sequel to The Phantom of the Opera.

And we are kicking off our season with the Noth American touring premiere of Dear Evan Hansen, winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical and the 2018 Grammy Award.

You may ask, “What’s so unique about launching a Broadway tour?”

Dear Evan Hansen is the 12th Broadway tour to originate in Denver. It’s the story about finding your chance to finally fit in.

In the vernacular of today’s youth, it’s a #SuperBigDeal.

When a show has had a successful run on Broadway, producers contemplate taking it out on the road. That’s not only a sizeable investment of money, it also entails a creative approach to the sets, costumes, lighting, sound, props and more so they can move easily from market to market.

Not to mention a second cast.

Among many considerations is selecting a city to launch the tour, which will help inform producers about a show’s trajectory as it moves across the nation. That launch market has to have a track record of strong sales paired with community support — that means you! Denver is well known nationally for having a strong appetite for theatre. Just look at the recent pre-Broadway debut of Frozen. Disney Theatricals chose Denver as the destination to develop its “next big thing.”

And that’s what you receive from a national tour launch.

You get to be an important part of the next big thing. Apart from its pre-Broadway and New York engagements, no one else has ever seen Dear Evan Hansen. That makes you first and, well, most important!

Since 1979, our Broadway division has welcomed nearly 15 million guests to 500 productions. Much of that lineup was overseen by our late President and Broadway Executive Director Randy Weeks. In honor of his tremendous impact on Denver’s entertainment scene, DCPA Trustee Bob Newman and his wife Judi have made a donation to our Capital Campaign to rename The Conservatory Theatre in his honor.

We hope you enjoy this season. We have many more hits and unexpected treats in store.

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Janice Sinden, President & CEO Denver Center for the Performing Arts

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1. DCPA EDUCATION took its Shakespeare in the Parking Lot program beyond high schools this summer. The troupe, which performs brief, adaptations of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed at Riverfront Park and the Denver Public Library. 2. OFF-CENTER and MCA Denver brought back the wildly popular Mixed Taste — a pairing of experts who discuss vastly unrelated topics but team up for an audience Q&A. 3. DCPA THEATRE COMPANY’s new Artistic Director Chris Coleman (l) provided the cast of Oklahoma! with insight into his take on an all-AfricanAmerican production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. 4. DCPA THEATRE COMPANY’s Costume Design Assistant Meghan Anderson Doyle (l) with her mom Katie and Director of Wardrobe Brenda Lawson (r) attended the 2017/18 Henry Awards, at which Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap and 5280 Artist Co-op’s Colorism: Breaking the Chains of Complexion were jointly recognized for Outstanding New Play or Musical. 5. DCPA BROADWAY & DEVELOPMENT welcomed the cast of On Your Feet! (shown here with several Denver Broncos cheerleaders) and Best of Broadway Society members for the show’s opening night party.

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On one of the most horrible days in human history, pilot Beverley Bass landed her Boeing 777 in what she calls “the most peaceful place on the earth.” It was not at her intended destination of Dallas. It was on the tiny island of Newfoundland.

For Bass, September 11, 2001, began “as an extraordinarily beautiful morning” in Paris. She was uneventfully carrying 158 passengers 35,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean with her feet propped up on the dash when she got the call that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center in New York. Concern turned to alarm 20 minutes later when the second tower was hit and with that came the word “terrorism.” “Things became very different at that time, obviously, in our cockpit,” Bass said on a recent visit to Denver.

US airspace was immediately closed and 38 in-bound commercial pilots were ordered to land in the small Canadian town of Gander to wait out the confusion. Most

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pilots go their entire careers without ever landing in Gander. But they all know an order to divert there means one thing, Bass said: An emergency is unfolding somewhere.

Within three hours, this remote aviation town of 9,000 was joined by nearly 7,000 involuntary visitors who would need to be clothed, housed and fed for the next five days.

What happened next became the basis for the Denverbound, Tony Award-winning Come From Away, a musical Bass emphatically says is not the story of 9/11. “It is the story of 9/12.

“It is a celebration of the best in humankind,” she said.

Bass was the 36th of 38 pilots to land at Gander. Little did she know when she landed after eight hours in the air that no one would be allowed off the plane for another 19 hours because there was simply no place for them to go.

And because cell phones were not yet prevalent no one knew the full extent of what was happening in New York.

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Some, Bass commented, must have assumed World War III had broken out. “It was just a very, very hard night,” she said.

But when they finally got off the plane at 7:30 the next morning, Gander revealed itself to be a kind of Brigadoon.

“I can still remember walking into the terminal and just seeing it lined with tables and tables of food,” Bass said.

“The people of Gander had stayed up literally all night cooking. It was incredible.”

The spontaneous relief effort was called Operation Yellow Ribbon. Because passengers were not allowed to access their luggage, Gander residents brought diapers and baby formula to the airport. They filled 2,000 prescriptions. They brought inhalers and insulin needles and anything else they thought might be needed. Local merchants cleared their shelves without taking inventory.

Gander is a town with only 500 motel rooms, so residents took strangers back to their homes to shower. One local veterinarian took charge of feeding the hundreds of animals that were locked away in airplane cargo holds.

Bass does not consider herself a specifically religious person, but she considers Gander to be a holy place.

time when women put applications in to the airlines, they were simply rejected,” she said. Until 1976, when Bass became the third female pilot ever hired by American Airlines. “They had 10,000 applications for pilots that year, and they hired 87,” she said. “You had to be qualified, or you weren’t going to be part of the group.”

In the five days Bass was grounded in Gander, her Boeing 777 and others began to sink into runway asphalt that was never intended to bear so much weight. A hurricane was approaching. Bass was eager to return to the skies. “I never once thought about not flying again,” she said. “I was not going to let that event ruin what I have loved so much for my whole life. And it never, ever affected me on any of my flights afterward.”

She did not have lingering anger issues that the terrorists had used the planes she loves as killing machines. “But what did happen to me is for 90 nights I woke up in the middle of every night, hoping it wasn’t true,” she said.

“Thinking: ‘Please. This did not happen.’ And then, after three months…I was OK. I don’t know why.”

What has helped since, she says like the proud groupie she is, has been Come From Away, which as of May, Bass

“It’s a story that… was really written about the kindness and generosity that was bestowed upon us when we descended into the beautiful town of Gander.”

— BEVERLEY BASS, American Airlines pilot

She and her husband, Tom, have been back five times, and they seriously considered moving there after they attended a massive 10-year reunion in 2011.

Bass, now 66 and retired, made history as the first female captain at American Airlines in October 1986, when she was 34. The next month, she led the first all-female crew in the history of commercial jet aviation on a flight from Washington, DC to Dallas. But she does not consider herself a pioneer. She considers herself a pilot. She has ever since she was four, when she saw a statue of Icarus in her hometown of Fort Meyers, Florida. At eight, Bass’ aunt would take the girl out to the airport at night just to watch the landing lights. At 16, she begged her father to let her take flying lessons, but he wanted her to focus on the family horse trade. So when she turned 18, she signed up for flying lessons herself. “When I came home from my first lesson, I walked into the house and told my parents I’ll fly for the rest of my life,” she said. And she has.

At the time, Bass didn’t even know what a glass ceiling was.

“I wasn’t part of the women’s movement,” she said. “I wasn’t part of the Gloria Steinem crowd. I wasn’t trying to break barriers. I was just following my passion. And my passion was to fly the biggest airplanes I could fly.”

But at the time, Bass had few role models. “Most of the

had seen in performance 101 times.

“It is such a happy show,” she said. “It’s a story that wouldn’t exist without the events of 9/11, but it was really written about the kindness and generosity that was bestowed upon us when we descended into the beautiful town of Gander.

“One of my favorite lines from the show is when one of the passengers — his name is Bob — has come back from Gander. And his father asks, ‘How were you when you were stranded?’ And Bob says, ‘How do I tell him? Not only was I OK. I was so much better.’”

To read more of John Moore’s interview with Beverley Bass, specifically how she responded to seeing her life put on the stage in Come From Away, visit denvercenter.org/news-center.

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In making the groundbreaking Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, its creators found an unlikely young protagonist. Or rather, Evan Hansen found them. And in this identifiable and universal lost soul, they discovered a gripping and uplifting new way to connect disconnected families.

Dear Evan Hansen, which won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical and is now launching its first national tour in Denver, is a very different kind of musical. One that has become a potent nightly reminder of the power of live theatre to change and even save lives.

The show is a must-see event for families having been described as “the rare musical that appeals equally to adults and teens” (BroadwayDirect). Before Broadway performances, it has not been uncommon to see teenagers rushing up to snap smiling stageside selfies — alongside their parents.

“It’s really unbelievable what we are hearing from kids and from parents and from families in crisis,” Director Michael Greif told Applause. “They are telling us that they are seen. They are telling us that things they didn’t feel they could talk about — yes, they can talk about them. They are telling us that the redemption and the forgiveness in Dear Evan Hansen is helping them to get through whatever they are going through, and to forgive and to accept themselves.”

Dear Evan Hansen, as its title implies, is about a letter. It’s also about a lie that snowballs out of control and earns one invisible teenager popularity and Internet fame. Perhaps most provocatively: It’s about what happens when a lie actually makes everyone’s lives better. At least for a time.

Greif, who also helmed the groundbreaking musicals Rent and Next to Normal, knew early on that this newest project was something unique.

“As soon as I got to talk to these three brilliant writers, I knew that this was a very special project. It’s so smart and beautifully crafted,” Greif said. “I love it because the real theme of the play is not lying or fabrication — it’s actually generosity.” Dear Evan Hansen went on to sweep the 2017 Tony Awards, winning 6 including Best Musical.

The musical is the invention of red-hot co-composers Justin Paul and Benj Pasek, who met at the University of Michigan and have since written the Oscar-winning music for La La Land and The Greatest Showman.

The themes they set out to explore were grief, loneliness and the growing power of social media in the digital age.

Their premise is based loosely on an incident from Pasek’s high school days, when a fellow student willfully faked a connection to a dead classmate to make himself sound more interesting in his college application essays. That

“Dear Evan Hansen is the story of the unintended consequences of following your heart.”

— TONY AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT STEVEN LEVENSON

In Evan, and in a mysterious boy in their story named Connor, the writers found the ultimate mantra of their musical: “No one deserves to disappear.” The original score includes the powerful anthem “You Will Be Found.” That message already has struck a chord with listeners of all ages and around the world — even though Dear Evan Hansen is leaving New York for the first time only now, with the launch of the touring production in Denver.

And Greif could not be happier that the show is now going out into the heartland, starting at the Buell Theatre.

“This show has such a beautiful and generous and important message,” Greif said. “I am thrilled that the universal appeal of this story is going to continue to touch and move people throughout the country. It’s going to give people the opportunity to talk about some really important and healing things, and I can’t wait to share that with as many people as possible.”

Ultimately, Paul said, “I don’t think Dear Evan Hansen offers a cure for loneliness — but I think there is some kind of cure in knowing that we’re not alone in that loneliness. We want kids to know that the sense of isolation is a temporary thing and whatever pain you feel, you can use it to make something that can help save yourself.”

Read John Moore’s complete interview with Director Michael Greif at denvercenter.org/news-center.

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musical might have turned out in the dark vein of, say, the films Heathers or Election. But that’s not Dear Evan Hansen. The writers instead chose the more difficult, interesting and, they believe, hopeful path. That’s because by then, they had found Evan Hansen — a teenager who longs to connect with other people but has one powerful obstacle in his way: His own crippling anxiety.

“You want to feel that you are loved and heard and seen and valued when you don’t feel that way behind closed doors,” said Pasek. “That’s very much how I felt at 17 — waiting to like myself and wondering if other people would ever think I was worth liking.”

To write their musical’s book, the composers turned to Tony Awardwinning playwright Steven Levenson. “We live in a world today where we find ourselves as close to one another as the click of a button, and as remote and distant as galaxies,” Levenson said. “To me, Dear Evan Hansen is the story of the unintended consequences of following your heart.”

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PRESENTING OUR BROADWAY

2018/ 19 SEASON XANADU NOV 3, 2018 - APR 28, 2019 GARNER GALLERIA THEATRE

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG MAR 5 – 17, 2019 BUELL THEATRE

COME FROM AWAY NOV 13 – 25, 2018 BUELL THEATRE

HELLO, DOLLY! MAR 27 – APR 7, 2019 BUELL THEATRE

A BRONX TALE JAN 8 – 20, 2019 BUELL THEATRE

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La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre Present

Book, Music and Lyrics by

IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN Featuring

KEVIN CAROLAN HARTER CLINGMAN NICK DUCKART CHAMBLEE FERGUSON BECKY GULSVIG JULIE JOHNSON CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON JAMES EARL JONES II MEGAN McGINNIS ANDREW SAMONSKY DANIELLE K. THOMAS EMILY WALTON MARIKA AUBREY JANE BUNTING MICHAEL BRIAN DUNN JULIE GARNYÉ ADAM HALPIN AARON MICHAEL RAY Scenic Design

BEOWULF BORITT

Costume Design

HOWELL BINKLEY

Arrangements

Music Coordinator

Orchestrations

AUGUST ERIKSMOEN Casting

TELSEY + COMPANY Rachel Hoffman, C.S.A.

Lighting Design

TONI-LESLIE JAMES IAN EISENDRATH Dialect Coach

JOEL GOLDES

Hair Design

DAVID LAI

Tour Booking Agency

THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart

Sound Design

GARETH OWEN DAVID BRIAN BROWN

Marketing Strategy and Direction

ON THE RIALTO

Tour Press and Marketing

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General Management

Production Management

Company Manager

Production Stage Manager

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JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS, INC.

ERIK BIRKELAND

SHAWN PENNINGTON

Music Supervision

IAN EISENDRATH Musical Staging

KELLY DEVINE Directed by

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY Come From Away was originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre Come From Away (NAMT Festival 2013) was originally developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Michael Rubinoff—Producer, Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam, Connecticut.

The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington, also provided development support.

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CAST Bonnie and others.......................................................................................................MEGAN McGINNIS Oz and others.......................................................................................................... HARTER CLINGMAN Beverley/Annette and others....................................................................................BECKY GULSVIG Janice and others............................................................................................................. EMILY WALTON Bob and others.................................................................................................... JAMES EARL JONES II Claude and others........................................................................................................ KEVIN CAROLAN Kevin T./Garth and others................................................................................ANDREW SAMONSKY Nick/Doug and others..................................................................................CHAMBLEE FERGUSON Kevin J./Ali and others...................................................................................................NICK DUCKART Hannah and others............................................................................................DANIELLE K. THOMAS Beulah and others..........................................................................................................JULIE JOHNSON Diane and others.......................................................................................CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON STANDBYS Standbys never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

Hannah, Beulah, Diane, Bonnie, Janice—JULIE GARNYÉ; Beverley, Diane, Hannah, Janice, Beulah—MARIKA AUBREY; Bonnie, Janice, Beulah, Beverley, Diane—JANE BUNTING; Kevin T., Oz, Kevin J., Nick, Claude—ADAM HALPIN; Nick, Claude, Bob, Oz, Kevin T.—MICHAEL BRIAN DUNN; Bob, Kevin J., Kevin T., Oz, Claude—AARON MICHAEL RAY DANCE CAPTAIN JANE BUNTING

The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device or such photographing or sound recording inside this theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for money damages.

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CAST

KEVIN CAROLAN

HARTER CLINGMAN

NICK DUCKART

CHAMBLEE FERGUSON

BECKY GULSVIG

JULIE JOHNSON

CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON

JAMES EARL JONES II

MEGAN McGINNIS

ANDREW SAMONSKY

DANIELLE K. THOMAS

EMILY WALTON

MARIKA AUBREY

JANE BUNTING

MICHAEL BRIAN DUNN

JULIE GARNYÉ

ADAM HALPIN

AARON MICHAEL RAY

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MUSICAL NUMBERS “Welcome to the Rock”.............................................................................................................Company “38 Planes .......................................................................................................................................Company “Blankets and Bedding”............................................................................................................Company “28 Hours/Wherever We Are”*..............................................................................................Company “Darkness and Trees”..................................................................................................................Company “Costume Party”..................................................... Diane, Hannah, Kevin T., Kevin J., Company “I Am Here”.......................................................................................................................................... Hannah “Prayer”**...................................................................................................................... Kevin T., Company “On the Edge..................................................................................................................................Company “Screech In”*..................................................................................................................Claude, Company “Me and the Sky”.....................................................................................Beverley, Female Company “Stop the World”.................................................................................................Nick, Diane, Company “Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere.............................................................................Company “Something’s Missing”................................................................................................................Company “Finale”..............................................................................................................................................Company COME FROM AWAY WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. THE BAND Conductor/Keyboard/Accordion/Harmonium—CYNTHIA KORTMAN WESTPHAL Whistles/Irish Flute/Uilleann Pipes—ISAAC ALDERSON Fiddle—KIANA JUNE WEBER Electric/Acoustic Guitars—ADAM STOLER Acoustic Guitar/Mandolins/Bouzouki—MATT WONG Electric/Acoustic Bass—MAX CALKIN Bodhran/Percussion—STEVE HOLLOWAY Drums/Percussion—BEN MORROW Associate Music Director—CAMERON MONCUR Music Coordinator—DAVID LAI Electronic Music Design—ANDREW BARRETT for LIONELLA MUSIC, LLC Music Preparation—ZACH REDLER, RYAN DRISCOLL *“My Heart Will Go On” words and music by Will Jennings and James Horner. ©IRVING MUSIC, INC. on behalf of BLUE SKY RIDER SONGS (BMI). Used by permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. **“Prayer of St. Francis” dedicated to Mrs. Frances Tracy. ©1967, OCP, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved.

Please be aware that a camera flash effect will be in use at this performance.

KEVIN CAROLAN (Claude and Others).

Broadway: Disney’s Newsies (Gov. Roosevelt—original cast, national tour and feature film). Tours: Chicago (North America, Japan, Dubai). Regional: Goodman/Huntington (The Jungle Book, Baloo, dir. Mary Zimmerman). Movies: Bear with Us, Can You Ever Forgive Me. TV: “OITNB” (Netflix), “Gotham,” “The Middle,” “The Good Wife,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” kevincarolan.com.

HARTER CLINGMAN (Oz and Others) is very grateful to be joining the CFA family!

National tours: Peter and The Starcatcher (director, Roger Rees). Proud Chicago collaborations: The Paramount, Chicago Shakespeare, Drury Lane, The Gift, Mercury Theater. Regional: Peninsula Players, Wis. (Company Member). Love and thanks to Ashley, family, CFA team and Stewart Talent!

NICK DUCKART (Kevin J../Ali and Others). Thrilled to join the Come From Away family! Favorite credits include Evita, In the Heights (Carbonell Award), Carmen, Man of La Mancha, Zorba!, A View from the Bridge and more. TV: “The Blacklist,” “The Arrangement,” “Burn Notice.” Love to Mariand, Lucy and his family. nickduckart.com.

CHAMBLEE FERGUSON (Nick and Others) is thrilled to be a part of the CFA family! Regional: 23 seasons at Dallas Theater Center (2017 Tony Award), The Alley, Trinity Rep. and others. Select TV/film: American Crime, Friday Night Lights, Prison Break, A Scanner Darkly, Parkland. 2011 Lunt/Fontanne Fellow.

M.F.A. acting, SMU. Thanks to Telsey, HCKR, Lynnie and the three.

BECKY GULSVIG (Beverley and Others) is honored beyond words to help tell this story. Broadway: School of Rock (Patty), Legally Blonde The Musical (original cast), Hairspray (Amber). First national tours: Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), Beautiful (Cynthia Weil). OffBroadway: Disenchanted (Cinderella). beckygulsvig.com. “So much love to my two favorite Canadians, Tyler and Hazel.” @beckygulsvig.

JULIE JOHNSON (Beulah and Others).

Broadway: Candide.

Off-Broadway: Das Barbecu (Drama Desk nominee, Theater World Award), Roadside, first national tour of Memphis The Musical.

Regional: Chasing the Song; Ragtime; Les Misérables; Mame; Hello, Dolly!; Cabaret; Rocky Horror Show; Sense and Sensibility; The Best Little Whorehouse…; Paper Moon; Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops; voice of Baby Bop on “Barney and Friends.”

CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON (Diane and Others) is an award-winning actor, playwright, director and advocate for inclusion. Season 2 of Netflix/Marvel’s “Iron Fist.” Broadway/Off-Broadway/ national tours: The Music Man, Merrily We Roll Along, Pacific Overtures, Cats, Flower Drum Song, Bombay Dreams.

100 other TV/film appearances.

2013 Rosetta LeNoire Award from AEA. Details: christinetoyjohnson.com.

Twitter/Insta: @CToyJ. Grateful.

JAMES EARL JONES II (Bob and Others).

National tour: Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess.

Regional: Porchlight Music, Goodman, Marriott, Court, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers, Lookingglass, Lyric Opera Chicago, SF Opera, Ravinia, Broadway in Chicago. TV/film credits: Pokerhouse, Half-Bad, “Chicago Med.” Download “Sunday Morning” from the movie Breaking In. Thanks to friends, family, Stewart Talent, Telsey and Chris Ashley.

“For my daughter, Semaje.”

MEGAN McGINNIS (Bonnie and Others).

Broadway: Side Show, Les Misérables, Little Women, Beauty and the Beast, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Parade, The Diary of Anne Frank. London and OffBroadway: Daddy Long Legs. TV/film: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Daddy Long Legs (BroadwayHD), A Goofy Movie. Recordings: Daddy Long Legs, Little Women, Parade, duets on Sutton Foster’s Wish and Take Me to the World.

Love to A and B. ANDREW SAMONSKY (Kevin T. and Others). Broadway/NYC: South Pacific (Cable, PBS broadcast), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Scandalous, Queen of the Mist (Drama Desk nomination), Fiorello!, Merrily We Roll Along. Tour/ regional: Lempicka (WTF), The Bridges of Madison County (first national), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (OCR), Benny & Joon, Tales of the City. TV: “Madame Secretary,” “Elementary.” @samonsky.

DANIELLE K. THOMAS (Hannah and Others).

Broadway/Off-Broadway: Avenue Q. Tour/regional: Avenue Q, Hair, Cinderella, Little Shop of Horrors, Jesus Christ Superstar, “Mary Poppins,” “Crowns,” “Caroline, or Change,” “Seussical,” “Big River.”

Film/TV: Crooklyn, “Rescue Me,” “Smash” “The Michael J. Fox Show,” “The Affair,” “Deadbeat,” “Benders,” “Jessica Jones,” “The Last O.G.” BIV soprano. For Mommy and Daddy (R.I.P.).

EMILY WALTON (Janice). Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher, August: Osage County. Off-Broadway: Ride the Cyclone (MCC), Women Without

Men (Mint Theatre), Eager to Lose (Ars Nova). Regional: Meet Me in St. Louis (Muny), Darling Grenadine (Goodspeed).

Film/TV: Submission, 5 Doctors, “Hack My Life” (TruTV), “Search Party” (TBS). Solo Album: Little Longings. ladyemilywalton.com.

MARIKA AUBREY (Standby). Originally from Australia, Marika’s career spans stage and screen. Musicals include I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Songs for a New World; The Last Five Years; Lincoln Center production of South Pacific; Man of La Mancha; and Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda (RSC).

Her EP, cast recordings and more on marikaaubrey.com.

JANE BUNTING (Dance Captain, Standby). Broadway: Come From Away.

Select regional: Come From Away (Ford’s); Lost in the Stars (Kennedy Center); Oliver! (Arena Stage); Les Misérables, Evita (Flat Rock Playhouse).

B.M. music theater, Oklahoma City University. “Endless thanks to the CFA team, CTA, my family and my girls.

For HHR.” @janerbunting.

MICHAEL BRIAN DUNN (Standby).

Broadway: Doctor Zhivago, Amazing Grace, Cats, The Life, Guys and Dolls, Big River, Baby, Sweeney Todd. Off-B’way: Death of Von Richthofen, Lenny & the Heartbreakers, (N.Y.S.F.) Perfect Crime, Kennedy’s Children, etc. Tours: Amadeus, HMS Pinafore, (Stratford Festival), etc.

Regional: All over the country. Film/TV: “S.V.U,” “C.I.,” “Trial by Jury,” Julie & Julia.

JULIE GARNYÉ (Standby). National tour: Cats. Regional: Titanic, Les Misérables, Man of La Mancha, Frozen Live. TV/film: “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The Closer,” Disney’s Tinker Bell, The Oscars. “Special thanks to KMR Talent, Nyle, Eddie, Rachel, my amazing friends and the entire CFA family for your constant support! Love you Mom, Dad and Pepper.” juliegarnye.com.

Instagram/Twitter: @juliegarnye.

ADAM HALPIN (Standby). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Glory Days. OffBroadway: Daddy Long Legs, Rent, Dogfight. Tours: Kinky Boots, Rent.

Regional: Kennedy Center, Long Wharf, The Muny, Signature Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO. Film/TV: The Greatest Showman, “Quantico,” the 90th Academy Awards.

Original cast recordings: Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman, Dogfight, Glory Days. Love to M and B. AARON MICHAEL RAY (Standby) is overjoyed to be in the company of Come From Away! Off-Broadway: The Low Road (The Public Theater) and Spamilton.

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Berklee College of Music grad and M.F.A. from The Boston Conservatory. Thanks to Hudson Artists and love to Mom, Dad, David and AJ. IG: @aaronraystagram.

Twitter: @AaronMRay. ERIK BIRKELAND (Company Manager).

Recipient of the 2014 Broadway League’s George MacPherson Road Award. Tours: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Finding Neverland, The Sound of Music, Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury, The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, Memphis, Chicago, Jelly’s Last Jam and live stage tours of Rugrats, Blue’s Clues, ScoobyDoo and Dora the Explorer.

SHAWN PENNINGTON (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Wicked, Next to Normal, Sondheim on Sondheim.

National tours: Bright Star, Fun Home, If/ Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages. Regional: Gypsy (The Muny), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse). Special shout out to all the Newfoundlanders whose generosity of spirit inspired this incredible story. Love to Mom, Mark and Beth. “For my Dad.” GEOFF MAUS (Stage Manager). First national tours: Bright Star, Fun Home, Matilda The Musical. Broadway: Matilda The Musical.

Off-Broadway: The Woodsman, Austin, Bare. Regional: Bright Star (Center Theatre Group). Others: Argyle Theatre Company, The Juilliard School. Training: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Juilliard School (Professional Internship Program). Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and Fair Wage OnStage.

MARGOT WHITNEY (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Sweat. Tours: Bright Star, The King and I, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, War Horse.

Others: Public Theatre, Signature Theatre, NY Stage and Film, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, La Jolla Playhouse, Virginia Opera, Cincinnati Opera and Cincinnati Ballet. University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. Love to family and friends!

AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Orchestrations).

Broadway orchestrations: Bright Star (Tony nom.), Gigi, First Date; Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway (additional orchestrations); The Addams Family (dance arrangements, additional orchestrations); Memphis (dance arrangements); Million Dollar Quartet (assoc. music supervisor); Ring of Fire (assoc. MD); All Shook Up (MD), Rent (assoc. conductor); Off-Broadway: Bare, Romantic Poetry, Walmartopia, Imperfect Chemistry. Other: Disney’s “Descendants” (Andrew Lippa’s “Evil Like Me”), 2011 Billboard Music Awards, I Am Harvey Milk, I Am Anne Hutchinson, James and the Giant Peach.

IAN EISENDRATH (Music Supervisor, Arrangements). Come From Away (Broadway/Toronto), A Christmas Story (Broadway, national tours). Music Supervisor and Director of New Work at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre (2003– 2016). 5th Avenue Theatre: Paint Your Wagon, Carousel, A Room with a View, Secondhand Lions, Aladdin, Vanities, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Sunday in the Park…, Cabaret, Into the Woods, West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd and Miss Saigon. Other regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Symphony, ACT, TUTS, Ordway, Casa Mañana, Banff Centre for the Arts.

University of Michigan graduate.

DAVID LAI (Music Coordinator).

Broadway music coordinator: Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, Evita, Mary Poppins, South Pacific, Jesus Christ Superstar, Riverdance.

Music director/conductor: The Phantom of the Opera. Grammy winner (six-time Grammy nominee) and Emmy Award.

Recordings: Joshua Bell; Itzhak Perlman; Lang Lang; Placido Domingo; Renée Fleming; Eldar; West Side Story; Fiddler on the Roof; The King and I; Promises, Promises; South Pacific; Elf. CYNTHIA KORTMAN WESTPHAL (Music Director). Broadway: A Christmas Story, The Lion King (original company), The Gershwin’s Fascinating Rhythm, Miss Saigon. Regional: Man of La Mancha (5th Avenue Theatre), Randy Newman’s Faust (Goodman Theatre).

National tours: A Christmas Story; pianist, Andrea Bocelli Romanza tour.

National tours in Detroit include Wicked, Spamalot, Les Misérables, Peter Pan. TV: “Good Morning America,” “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” “Great Performances” (PBS). Albums: The Lion King (original company), Celluloid Copland. Faculty, musical theater, University of Michigan.

CAMERON MONCUR (Associate Music Director). Previous Broadway/national tours: Finding Neverland, Jersey Boys.

Regional: Frozen (DCL), Carrie, In the Heights (SpeakEasy Stage), Amelia (Great Canadian Theatre/Thousand Island Playhouse). His arrangements and orchestrations can be heard on numerous recordings, including Jessica Vosk: Wild and Free, Wish, Broadway for Orlando and Carols for a Cure (Come From Away).

JOEL GOLDES (Dialect Coach). Come From Away (Broadway, Toronto), Soft Power, Sweat (Ahmanson/Taper). Film/ TV: Revs, “Escape at Dannamora,” Fifty Shades of Grey, Fury, After Earth, “Hatfields & McCoys,” “True Blood,” “24,” The Hangover, etc. thedialectcoach.com.

Joel has removed over 30,000 invasive crayfish from his local SoCal creek.

IRENE SANKOFF & DAVID HEIN (Book, Music & Lyrics) are a Canadian married writing team. Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (based on David’s mother’s true story) was the hit of the Toronto Fringe Festival, and then picked up for a commercial run by Mirvish Productions.

It has now played and won best musical awards in the New York Musical Theatre Festival and across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in most productions. Come From Away was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Goodspeed Musicals and Seattle Repertory/5th Avenue Theatre. It was showcased at the NAMT Festival and enjoyed a record-setting world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory, followed by Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto and the Gander Community Centre Hockey Rink. Come From Away won three 2017 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, four Helen Hayes Awards, five Outer Critics Circle Awards and three Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical. David and Irene were nominated for Tony Awards for Best Book and Score and won the 2017 Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards for Best Book. Irene and David are proud members of the Dramatists Guild and ASCAP. “Immeasurable thanks to all of Molly’s People, to everyone who helped us on this journey and to our extraordinary friends from Away and in Newfoundland for inspiring and trusting us to tell your story. @sankoffandhein.

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (Director).

Artistic Director, La Jolla Playhouse.

Recipient of 2017 Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Helen Hayes and Craig Noel awards; Drama Desk and Dora Award nominations for Come From Away. Other Broadway credits include Memphis (Tony Award nomination), Xanadu, Leap of Faith, All Shook Up, The Rocky Horror Show (Tony Award nomination).

West End: Memphis. New York: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award).

Kennedy Center: Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lisbon Traviata.

La Jolla Playhouse selected credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Darrell Hammond Project, Hollywood, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, Restoration.

TV/film: Lucky Stiff, Jeffrey; American Playhouse, PBS: “Blown Sideways Through Life.”

BEOWULF BORITT (Scenic Design).

Broadway: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony nomination),Come From Away, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince of Broadway, Hand to God, Sondheim on Sondheim, …Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock of Ages, Chaplin, Bronx Bombers, Grace, The Two and Only. Broadway revivals: On the Town, Sunday in the Park…. Off-Broadway: 100 shows, including The Last Five Years, Sleepwalk with Me and Miss Julie. He has designed for The NYC Ballet and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and around the world in England, Russia, China, Australia and Japan. 2007 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

TONI-LESLIE JAMES (Costume Design).

Broadway: Jitney; Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The Scottsboro Boys; Finian’s Rainbow; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Angels in America; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last Jam. Ms. James is the Head of Design at the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Theatre.

HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design).

Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Tempations, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Come From Away (2017 Tony nom.), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony-winner/2018 Olivier Award-winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nom.), How to Succeed… (2011 Tony nom.), West Side Story (2009 Tony nom.), In the Heights (2008 Tony nom.), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony-winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nom./Olivier and Dora

award-winner). Co-Founder/Resident Lighting Designer, Parsons Dance. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and Hamilton.

GARETH OWEN (Sound Design). Olivier Awards for Memphis and Merrily We Roll Along, nominations for Top Hat and End of the Rainbow. Tony nominations for A Little Night Music and End of the Rainbow. Outer Critics Circle Award for Come From Away. Pro Sound Award for Sound Engineer of the Year.

Currently: Summer and Come From Away on Broadway; Bat Out of Hell and 42nd Street in London’s West End; Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Bronx Tale, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Bat Out of Hell worldwide. More than 280 other commercial musicals around the world.

DAVID BRIAN BROWN (Hair Design).

Broadway highlights: Moulin Rouge, Travesties, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, War Paint (Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me (Drama Desk nomination), The Curious Incident…, Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, Shrek, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Sideshow, Steel Pier. Film credits: “Peter Pan Live” (NBC), “The Sound of Music Live” (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy-nominated), Too Wong Foo….

DANIEL GOLDSTEIN (Associate Director). Broadway: Godspell. OffBroadway: Tamar of the River, Lower Ninth, Indoor/Outdoor.

Regional: Huntington, Williamstown, Goodspeed, O’Neill, among others. Japan: A New Brain, Gekido, Wizard World of Harry Potter (Universal Studios Japan).

Writing: Unknown Soldier, Row, Orange Crush. 2016 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Librettist. Children: Grace and Ezra. danielgoldsteincreative.com.

RICHARD J. HINDS (Associate Choreo­ grapher). Broadway: Newsies, Jekyll & Hyde, Il Divo: A Musical Affair. OffBroadway: Here Lies Love. National/ U.K. tour: 9 to 5, High School Musical.

Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, 5th Avenue, Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse. TV: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, “America’s Got Talent,” “The Bethenny Show” and “Good Afternoon America.” Thank you, Kelly! richardjhinds.com.

TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting).

Broadway: Network, The Cher Show, The Prom, Torch Song, Pretty Woman, My Fair Lady, Mean Girls, Frozen, Once

on This Island, Anastasia, Waitress, Hamilton, Kinky Boots, Wicked. Film: Mary Poppins Returns, The Greatest Showman, Into the Woods, Rachel Getting Married. TV: “Murphy Brown,” “This Is Us,” “House of Cards,” “Divorce,” “One Day at a Time.”telseyandco.com.

MICHAEL RUBINOFF (Creative Consultant). A Toronto based producer who conceived this compelling story as a musical. In 2011 he established the Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP), an international incubator for the development of new musicals at Sheridan College, where he produced and developed the first workshops of Come From Away. He is the Producing Artistic Director of the CMTP and is currently developing new musicals in Canada and China. In 2018 he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor General of Canada for his role in creating Come From Away. A proud graduate of Western Law. @mrubinoff JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Manager) is Hillary Blanken, Guy Kwan, Ana Rose Greene, Joseph DeLuise, Victoria Bullard, Ross Leonard, Sadie Alisa and Christopher Batstone. Over the last 20 years, JSP has helped create over 60 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, over 20 national tours and numerous Las Vegas productions. Current productions: King Kong, The Prom, The Band’s Visit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once on this Island, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Waitress, Beautiful and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tour.

ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP (General Management). Current/prior Broadway: Come From Away, The Illusionists – Magic Of The Holidays, Rocktopia, In Transit, The Illusionists (2014–2018), Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science, Doctor Zhivago, First Date, Memphis (Broadway, West End and national tour), Donny & Marie—A Broadway Christmas, A Christmas Story, Guys and Dolls. Come From Away in Toronto and Rockin’ Road to Dublin on tour. Upcoming: The Pianist, The True, Marie, A Sign of the Times. alchemyproductiongroup.com.

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JUNKYARD DOG PRODUCTIONS (Executive Producer) is a Tony Award-winning company dedicated to developing and producing original musicals. Broadway, Toronto, North American tour and U.K. productions of Come From Away. Broadway, national tour and West End productions of 2010 Tony Award best musical Memphis, and

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KELLY DEVINE (Musical Staging). 2017 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Chita Rivera Award nominee for Come From Away. Choreographer: Broadway: Doctor Zhivago, Rocky (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations), Rock of Ages. International: Rocky (Germany), Rock of Ages (West End, U.K. tour, Toronto, Australia; Helpmann and Green Room awards). Opera: Faust (Met and ENO), Wozzeck (San Diego Opera). Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages, Fat Camp, Frankenstein, Ann E. Wrecksick. Regional: Come From Away (La Jolla, Seattle Rep), The Toxic Avenger, A Christmas Story, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Peter and the Starcatcher, Doctor Zhivago, Private Fittings (La Jolla). Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet.

Film and television: “Mozart in the Jungle,” Wormword, Dear Dumb Diary, Naomi, Ely’s No Kiss List and Detroit.

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Broadway production of First Date. In development: Chasing the Song, Fly High. Founding Partners: Randy Adams, Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff, Sue Frost.

LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Producer).

The Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse (Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director; Debby Buchholz, Managing Director) is internationally renowned for creating some of the most exciting and adventurous work in American theater through its new play development programs, Without Walls (WOW) series, artist residencies and commissions.

SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE (Producer) is a Tony Award-winning regional not-for-profit theater founded in 1963. Today, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops and special presentations.

FORD’S THEATRE produces nationally acclaimed classic and world premiere plays and musicals exploring the American experience and celebrating Lincoln’s legacy. Recipient of the National Medal of Arts. More at fords.org.

STAFF FOR COME FROM AWAY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS JUNKYARD DOG PRODUCTIONS Randy Adams Marleen & Kenny Alhadeff Sue Frost Lauren Fischetti Natalie Gershtein Benjamin Nissen GENERAL MANAGEMENT ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP Carl Pasbjerg Marshall B. Purdy Abbie M. Strassler Lauren Tucker Heather Cloud PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS Hillary Blanken Guy Kwan Ana Rose Greene Joseph DeLuise Victoria Bullard Ross Leonard NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE POLK & CO. Matt Polk Wayne Wolfe Colgan McNeil Molly Wyatt MARKETING STRATEGY AND DIRECTION ON THE RIALTO Clint Bond Jr. Meghan Dixon Michelle Scott TOUR MARKETING AND PRESS REPRESENTATIVE ANITA DLONIAK & ASSOCIATES, INC Anita Dloniak Melissa A. Hazek CASTING TELSEY + COMPANY Telsey + Company: Bernard Telsey CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Rachel Minow, Rebecca Scholl CSA, Lauren Harris, Laura Wade, Ally Kiley, Kristian Charbonier, Lily Schneider, Meghan Ryan TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart Laura Kolarik, Stehanie Ditman Sophie Tiesler thebookinggroup.com

COMPANY MANAGEMENT COMPANY MANAGER Erik Birkeland ASSISTANT COMPANY MANAGER Dominic Barbaro Production Stage Manager............ Shawn Pennington Stage Manager................................................... Geoff Maus Assistant Stage Manager......................Margot Whitney Dance Captain.................................................Jane Bunting Associate Director.................................. Daniel Goldstein Associate Choreographer.....................Richard J. Hinds Associate Scenic Designer.........................Jenna Carino Associate Costume Designer...........Devario Simmons Associate Lighting Designers....................Ryan O’Gara, Amanda Zieve Assistant to Mr. Binkley........................................Joel Britt Associate Sound Designer.................... Russell Godwin Creative Consultant............................... Michael Rubinoff General Management Associate................... Alex Stone Marketing/Promotions Consultant..... Beth Rohlmeier Promotions................................................. Catherine Major Newfoundland Music Consultant................ Bob Hallett Dramaturg................................................... Shirley Fishman Technical Director............................................... Fred Gallo Production Carpenter............................................ T.J. King Head Carpenter................................................Joe Bogdan Assistant Carpenter......................................Jason Fehlen Assistant Carpenter...........................................Tara Gaige Production Electrician....................................... Eric Norris Head Electrician............................. Conner VandeVenter Assistant Electrician....................................Jessica Clarke Assistant Electrician............................................Jamie Bell Moving Lights Programmer......................Alyssa Eilbott Production Sound Engineer...................Jim VanBergen Sound Mixer.....................................................Nate Putnam R.F. Technician..................................... Demetrius Grandel Production Props.............................................Mike Pilipski Head Props..................................................Andrew Iverson Wardrobe Supervisor....................... Sarah Jarrell Wade Hair Supervisor............................................Patty LaRocco Production Assistant........................... Mackenzie Blade, Berrit Keller Production Photographer................... Matthew Murphy Accountant....................................WithumSmith+Brown/ Robert Fried, CPA and Karen Kowgios, CPA Payroll Services................................... Checks & Balances Comptroller...............................Galbraith and Company/ Kenny Noth Banking......................Signature Bank/Mary Ann Fanelli Insurance............................................................Dewitt Stern Legal Counsel......................................... Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo PC/ Daniel Wasser, Esq. Travel Arrangements................ Tzell Travel/Andi Henig Accommodation Arrangements.......Road Concierge/ Lisa Morris Customs Broker..............................................................IMEX Souvenir Merchandise Design & Creation.....................The Araca Group/Hans Kriefall CREDITS Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC. Show control and scenic motion control featuring Stage Command Systems© by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC. Sound equipment from Sound Associates. Lighting equipment from PRG. Cod by Gerard Studios. Additional props by BB Props. Special thanks to Bra*Tenders for hosiery and undergarments. Selected costumes by John Kristiansen New York Inc. Millinery by Arnold Levine. Leather wear by David Samuel Menkes.

Official rum partner: Newfoundland Screech Rum. Piano courtesy of Yamaha.

This production was rehearsed at The Pershing Square Signature Theatre Center 480 West 42nd Street, NY, NY 10036 signaturetheatre.org SPECIAL THANKS Jack Gianino, Tony Meola, Amy McCoy, Sarah Nashman, Ellen Pilipski, Joshua Pilipski, Tony Pliska, Eric Reynolds.

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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 musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

All stage work performed by employees represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

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 members of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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After seven productions of The Phantom of the Opera in Denver, Love Never Dies comes as a welcome sequel for those fans who were left with questions about what happened next. Where did the Phantom go after escaping from the mob? Was he ever able to get over Christine or did he spend the rest of his life pining for her? And did Christine and Raoul go on to have a happy marriage or was she always plagued with thoughts of “what if” she had chosen a darker, riskier and more uncertain path? This dramatic sequel provides the long-awaited answers.

Andrew Lloyd Webber initially got the idea to write a sequel to Phantom simply because he missed the characters of the Phantom and Christine. He thought long and hard about how the characters’ lives would have continued following the fall of that fateful chandelier and knew immediately that the Phantom would have left France. But where would he have gone? Given the era and his disfigurement there was only one logical conclusion — Coney Island.

Love Never Dies takes place at the turn of the century, ten years after the events at the Paris Opera House.

Christine Daaé accepts an offer to come to America and perform at a Coney Island amusement park called Phantasma. After arriving in New York with her husband and son, she quickly discovers the identity of the mysterious impresario who invited her to come from France to sing.

Love Never Dies has certainly had an unconventional journey to becoming the show that it is today. It was

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not well received when it first opened on the West End in March 2010. While the original cast was said to be extremely talented, many critics said the script felt convoluted and accused Lloyd Webber of trying to cash in on the success of Phantom. David Benedict, a critic for Variety wrote in 2010, “Only a radical rewrite will give [Love Never Dies] even the remotest chance of emulating its predecessor.” In an unprecedented turn of events, Lloyd Webber did exactly that.

For six weeks, he worked along with original co-writer Ben Elton to rewrite the script, giving it some much needed coherence. Charles Hart, the original lyricist for Phantom, also was brought in to change the cadences of some lines, making the lyrics clearer for the audience.

Hart also added more melodic callbacks to the show’s predecessor, giving it more tonal consistency with Phantom. The musical went through extensive overhaul until Lloyd Webber, a known perfectionist, was finally satisfied. The show was then shut down for three weeks to rehearse the new material and create a new set.

Love Never Dies reopened in November 2010, garnering more enthusiastic reviews. In truth, the show’s “rewrite” was more of a successful reordering. Those who saw both renditions of the show agreed that just by changing the order of some songs and altering the staging in a few scenes, the story was easier to follow and the characters became more sympathetic. Love Never Dies began receiving standing ovations and its negative reputation was gradually replaced. Critic Mark Shenton wrote in his review for The Stage newspaper, “The show I saw last night is the one that they should have opened with.”

On its way to the US, Lloyd Webber took the musical to Australia where it was re-worked again, this time by an Australian creative team. The new tour was an even bigger

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“The best thing Lloyd Webber has written in the quarter century since The Phantom of the Opera.”

IRVING BERLIN’S COSTUME COLUMN WHITE CHRISTMAS

Irving Berlin, one of the most prolific songwriters in musical theatre history, penned the song “White Christmas,” which inspired a film-turned-Broadway musical (Dec 5 – 15). Here are some fun facts about Berlin and his famous song:

success and was described by Chris Boyd in The Australian as “The best thing Lloyd Webber has written in the quarter century since The Phantom of the Opera.” It has gone on tour internationally nearly every year since then, including productions in Copenhagen, Vienna, Tokyo and Hamburg.

The US touring production of Love Never Dies is truly a spectacle to behold. Nick Schlieper creates dazzling light displays, using more than 4,000 lightbulbs to impersonate the carnivalesque lighting at Coney Island. The elaborate sets designed by Gabriela Tylesova are highly inventive. Throughout the show she recreates the appearance of a rollercoaster with pieces of scaffolding and curved sculptures. Sometimes, the action is framed by a stylized archway that invokes the Phantom’s mask. And Graeme Murphy’s choreography becomes mesmerizing as performers interact with moving set pieces. Dancers sit atop a revolving carousel, which appears in the song “Are You Ready to Begin?,” and materialize inside the mirrors in “The Beauty Underneath.”

One of the most iconic images from this show though, is the peacock dress worn by Christine in the title song “Love Never Dies.” This 23-pound dress took an impressive 250 hours to create. It has more than 150 blue fabric feathers and hidden handles in the skirt that the actress uses to pick it up when she runs. It’s a dazzling sight to see Christine wear this costume while standing in front of a backdrop of peacock tail feathers.

While Love Never Dies is intended to be a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, those who haven’t seen its predecessor can still enjoy it. But those who have seen Phantom will recognize returning musical motifs including “Angel of Music” and “Masquerade.” Ultimately though, Love Never Dies is meant to be a gift to those whose curiosity soared as high as Christine’s highest, lilting note.

LOVE NEVER DIES OCT 23 – 28 • BUELL THEATRE ASL, Audio-described & Open Captioned performance: Oct 27, 2pm

IBWC National Tour Company. Jeremy Daniel Photography, 2016.

— CHRIS BOYD, THE AUSTRALIAN

1. Berlin wrote “White Christmas” in the late 1930s sitting by the pool at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa. 2. He played piano only by ear, living his entire life with an astonishing absence of performance skills.

3. As an unsupervised kid on New York’s Lower East Side, Berlin hustled for pennies, sold papers, joined gangs and eventually left home after his father’s death to try to make it as a singer.

4. His first hit, “Marie of Sunny Italy,” earned him a whopping 37 cents.

5. He changed his name from Israel Baline to Irving Berlin. Some say it was a printer’s error that Berlin chose not to correct.

6. As one of the most patriotic of American composers, he gave away the proceeds of “God Bless America” to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America in perpetuity.

7. The first public performance of the song, “White Christmas,” was reportedly by Bing Crosby in 1941.

Its appeal was immediate, spending 11 weeks at the top of the charts.

8. The Guinness Book of World Records lists Crosby’s recording of “White Christmas” as the biggest hit single of all time.

9. More than 100 million copies of “White Christmas” have been sold.

10. In 1954, the song inspired the film White Christmas starring Bing Crosby, Dany Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.

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The arts are a significant part of making Denver an amazing place to live and work. U.S. Bank believes in the power of play, which includes the arts. Play brings joy, helps problem-solving skills, creativity and relationships, and builds social and emotional learning. That’s why U.S. Bank is a long-time supporter of the magnificent programs and spectacular performances at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA).

The arts educate, promote understanding, broaden our perspectives and enable communities to share rich cultural experiences. Denver is fortunate to have a thriving arts community, which is home to some of the nation’s finest theatres, museums and artists.

“At U.S. Bank, our commitment to corporate social responsibility comes to life through Community Possible, our corporate giving and engagement platform that closes the gap between people and possibility in the areas of Work, Home and Play,” said Hassan Salem, President of U.S. Bank in Colorado and DCPA Trustee. “The DCPA is an organization that is dedicated to bringing play to everyone in our community. DCPA is an outstanding organization, providing amazing performances, programs and outstanding arts education.”

In 2017, U.S. Bank contributed more than $58.4 million to nonprofit organizations through Community Possible, with an emphasis on community development, diversity and inclusion, financial education and the environment. Additionally, its employees volunteered more than 188,000 hours, demonstrating that employee engagement is a major component of its community success.

U.S. Bank also is committed to providing consumers and businesses with a comprehensive range of financial tools and services to help them work toward their goals. For clients with more complex financial needs, U.S. Bank offers wealth management strategies and services. From investment management services to trust and estate administration, U.S. Bank offers clients sophisticated plans, sound advice, and customized service.

“One of the key attributes of the growth in Denver is the rich investment in arts and culture made over many years,” said Salem.

“The DCPA is a perfect example of what a first-class theatre that draws some of Broadway’s biggest hits has added to our community. We are privileged to host a variety of client events at DCPA and we always leave feeling very proud of our arts and culture community in Denver. Let’s all continue to celebrate DCPA, which is a shining example of why Denver is a leader in providing arts and culture opportunities.”

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Anadarko has a strong commitment to giving back to the communities in which we live and operate. We are proud to support more than 100 nonprofit organizations across Colorado, but with a shared passion for bringing arts education to students, we have found a natural partner in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA).

“We are proud to support DCPA’s Shakespeare in the Parking Lot for a fourth consecutive year,” said Carrie Horton, Anadarko’s Vice President of DJ Basin Development. “Our future leaders deserve the opportunity to have direct access to this amazing event on their own campus. The arts allow our youth an avenue to express themselves, problem-solve and explore creativity – a roadmap to leadership.”

Anadarko supports a variety of organizations in the communities where we operate, focusing on STEAM Education, Conservation, Preserving our Western Heritage and Building Strong Communities. Our investments provide more than just funding to local organizations; they help create lasting change in our communities.

Anadarko is among the largest producers of oil and cleanburning natural gas in Colorado, with a strong commitment to safely and responsibly develop these energy resources, which fundamentally support Colorado’s economy and modern life.

Colorado has world-class natural resources, holding almost 10 percent of the nation’s natural gas reserves and almost 2 percent of its oil reserves. Anadarko continues to demonstrate its commitment to working collaboratively with all stakeholders, including communities, landowners, governments and regulatory agencies, to develop the energy we need, support the economy and protect the environment. We are proud to be a part of enhancing America’s energy security, while contributing to the $30 billion economic benefit of the oil and natural gas industry in Colorado.

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Theatre Arts and Dance A Conservatory Atmosphere Without the Attitude

At Red Rocks Community College, we provide students with expert hands-on training paired with in-depth scholarly study. We offer courses in multiple areas of performing arts, award-winning productions, and jobskill training opportunities. Our program is great for personal enrichment and for those interested in pursuing a professional career in theatre arts and dance! Below are our degrees and certificates we offer:

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PROUD SPONSOR OF SATURDAY NIGHT ALIVE, THE DCPA’S ANNUAL BENEFIT FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION

C Teaching kids to be creative through arts education is crucial, so that they grow up to be enterprising business owners, innovating employees and contributors to our state.”

Colorado State Bank and Trust (CSBT) and its parent company, BOK Financial, are proud to be a part of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) community. The actors’ passionate performances, the carefully crafted stages, the moods set by sound and lighting — these are DCPA’s special gifts to Coloradoans.

Unfortunately, not everyone gets to experience the magic you feel sitting here in this theatre. That’s why CSBT is an annual sponsor of the DCPA’s Saturday Night Alive fundraising event. Proceeds benefit DCPA Education, which goes beyond the theatre and out into classrooms. DCPA Education works with nearly 106,000 students throughout Colorado to bring academic curriculum to life through creativity and imagination.

“A creative and educated workforce is important to the Colorado economy and our clients’ success,” said Bill Sullivan, CSBT Chief Executive Officer. “While technology is helping us all do our

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jobs faster and more efficiently, creatively solving problems is a truly human experience. Teaching kids to be creative through arts education is crucial, so that they grow up to be enterprising business owners, innovating employees and contributors to our state.”

CSBT’s history of banking and community giving dates back 110 years. Today, as part of BOK Financial, a $33 billion regional financial services company, CSBT continues its commitment to Colorado by bringing significant resources to help local businesses and families grow and protect their wealth.

“Our goal is to help grow Colorado’s economy through our banking and financial services, but also by investing in students to prepare for their future,” said Bill. “We applaud the DCPA and its efforts to bring education and creativity to our community.”

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For nearly five years, CIBC has been investing in the U.S. and enabling the company to build its private wealth business and add commercial banking expertise locally, as well. Coming together under a unified name communicates the greater access to deeper resources now available to clients.

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This season marks the 15th consecutive year that CIBC Private Wealth Management has sponsored DCPA’s Best of Broadway Society. In addition to this important milestone, the firm has committed an increased donation toward Saturday Night Alive, benefiting DCPA arts and education programs. CIBC believes in the power of arts education to help the leaders of tomorrow build confidence, critical thinking, and social and emotional intelligence. Managing Directors Richard Havey and Wanda Colburn are proud to serve as Corporate Co-Chairs for Saturday Night Alive, hosting the event’s kickoff party and inviting other leaders in the business community to join in support of this worthy effort.

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