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Hello and happy holidays! Thank you for making us a part of your holiday tradition. As Charles Dickens wrote in A Christmas Carol: “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” After enjoying Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Cirque Éloize - Hotel and our own version of Tiny Tim’s heart-warming tale, we sincerely hope that your good humor is, indeed, contagious.

At this time of year it is important to be thankful. First and foremost, we are grateful for our artists and our audiences.

We recognize that one is made better by the other. Our artists — on and off stage — thrive on the live exchange at each performance. Likewise, our audiences are rewarded by plays and musicals that provide memories to last a lifetime. Thank you for your continued patronage.

We also appreciate our Board of Trustees who give generously of their time, talents and resources. I am especially proud to recognize our Chairman Martin Semple, his wife, Jo, and longtime Trustee Isabelle Clark, who have invested significantly in the future of theatre through the capital campaign (see page 20).

Additionally, the DCPA is fortunate to have a remarkable team. Each and every individual demonstrates a deepseated passion for the tremendous work on our stages, in our classrooms, at our events and throughout our community.

Recent successes include the Theatre Company’s incredibly well-received production of Oklahoma!, Broadway’s North American tour launch of Dear Evan Hansen and the sold-out run of Corduroy, our Theatre for Young Audiences production that welcomed more than 25,000 children.

Much like Scrooge, who looks to the past, present and future, so too must we look forward. We’ve just announced five titles that will be featured in our Colorado New Play Summit (see page 24), which features playwrights who are shaping the future of the American theatre. We invite you join us at the Summit in February.

The exciting new works that will be read as well as the productions currently featured on our stages are made possible through your generosity. As you consider your end-of-year giving, we hope that the memories you make today will inspire you to give toward our future. Gifts of any amount are greatly appreciated.

Now, we encourage you to remember those words of Dickens.

Go be contagious, infectious and perhaps even a bit frivolous.

From our family to yours, happy holidays!

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Little-known item: The Irving Berlin song that comes closest to epitomizing Christmas, the song that evokes glistening tree-tops, children listening for sleigh bells in the snow — that song — was written by Irving Berlin in the late 1930s sitting by the pool at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa under a full, hot sun. The first verse was a tongue-in-cheek barb at a wealthy Los Angeleno pining for a traditional Christmas under palm trees in 80-degree heat.

Berlin smartly dropped the joke, the verse and the irony — a good thing or “White Christmas” might never have made it to the top of the nation’s emotional chart — as it did. But then this immigrant son of impoverished immigrant Jews from Siberia was nothing if not shrewd.

Talented, too. He may have acquired his love of music from his father — a cantor forced to work in a grocery store to keep his wife and six children alive. And yet the son played piano only by ear (lessons were not on the financial radar), living his entire life with an astonishing absence of musical skills.

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“I heard Berlin play the piano back in vaudeville days and found his harmony notably inept,” wrote Alec Wilder in his 1972 book, American Popular Song. What Berlin had instead is what Wilder calls “some mastery of his inner ear” that enabled him to compose melodies “with his natural, intuitive harmonic sense at work in his head, but not in his hands.”

Other things he had were an innate doggedness and a nose for opportunity that rarely steered him wrong.

As an unsupervised kid on New York’s Lower East Side, this young scrapper hustled junk for pennies, sold newspapers, joined gangs briefly and eventually left home after his father’s death to try to make it as a singer on the streets of New York.

Berlin got himself hired at various cafés around the Bowery, including the Pelham, doing parodies of popular hits. A rivalry among establishments triggered the writing of his first hit: “Marie of Sunny Italy,” earning him the grand sum of 37 cents — and prompting a name change from

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Israel Baline, the name he was born with, to Irving Berlin. (Some say it was printer’s error that Berlin chose not to correct.)

But in 1911, he wrote “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and the country jumped. More than a million copies were sold in a matter of months.

Irving Berlin was off and running, branching out, writing musicals that are still on Broadway lexicon (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Madam), movies (the incomparable Top Hat among them) and a host of songs now forever woven into the American psyche: “Easter Parade,” “Supper Time,” “A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody,” “Always,” “Blue Skies,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “How Deep Is The Ocean,” “Puttin’ On The Ritz,” “Let’s Face The Music And Dance,” “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better,” “You Can’t Get A Man With A Gun,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business.”

In the end, it was poverty that proved to be Berlin’s best teacher.

He learned the value of money early and to the point of stinginess.

In an article for the City Journal, Stefan Kanafer related that as Berlin hawked newspapers on a downtown pier in 1902, he was accidentally knocked into the East River by a loading crane, rescued “and packed off to Gouverneur Hospital for further ministrations. An hour later, as the young newsie slept, a nurse pried open his clenched hand. In it: five copper coins. He remained tightfisted for the rest of his 101 years.”

That judgment may be a bit harsh. As one of the most patriotic of American composers — which Berlin turned out to be — he refused to profit from his patriotism and gave away the proceeds of “God Bless America” (surely the most patriotic — and profitable — song of all time) to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America in perpetuity, while contributing royalties from other wartime compositions to the Navy Relief, Red Cross, March of Dimes and various bond drives.

The first public performance of the song “White Christmas,” was reportedly by Bing Crosby, who sang it in the movie Holiday Inn. “White Christmas” spent 11 weeks at the top of the charts and the Guinness Book of Records lists Crosby’s recording as the biggest hit single of all time, with an estimated 100 million copies sold.

The song re-emerged in 1954 in the immensely popular movie that bore its name again featuring Crosby, this time with Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.

In adapting the movie into a large-scale musical, some adjustments had to be made. Enter David Ives and Paul Blake as the writers who expanded the storyline and incorporated big, large-scale musical dance numbers imbued with exciting tap and jazz.

Given that Berlin conceived of the song poolside, it might seem fitting that the stage world premiere took place at the St. Louis Muny… an outdoor summer theatre festival that regularly tops 100 degrees with comparable humidity. So when the snow fell on stage, the audience experienced a subliminal, if not literal, cooldown.

And that snow is a crowd-pleaser. The White Christmas team decided that pure stagecraft best served the scene, using an old-fashioned method for making snow — tissue paper cut into a mixture of ½-inch and ¾-inch squares. The confetti is then packed into a long tube of fabric cut with slits and affixed with two ropes on either end, which are tugged back and forth by stagehands to create evenly falling snow.

The result is a Broadway musical that is mesmerizing and memorable.

A perfect complement to every holiday season whether you’re at the Arizona Biltmore, a Vermont inn or The Buell Theatre.

This reprint of a 2012 story has been updated to reflect information about the current production which is making its first Broadway touring appearance in Denver.

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Playing Tiny Tim can be Fezziwigs of fun for any kid actor.

You get to miss school and perform in a play with a bunch of cool people who become your second family during the holidays.

Then again: You have to miss school, you work a grueling schedule and you are largely apart from your real family for much of the season. Bah, humbug.

Still, three actors who have played the iconic child in ghosts of A Christmas Carols past wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. Charlie Korman, who holds the record for having played Tiny Tim in four of the DCPA Theatre Company’s 27 seasonal stagings, hasn’t missed a production as an actor or audience member since 2009.

“It’s fun to see the cast that I worked with over the years grow with the show,” said Korman, now a freshman at Denver East High School. “After seven years in the show [including playing other roles], I know every line of dialogue. So it’s fun to point out any changes each year.”

As all children age into adults, the impact of Charles Dickens’ timeless 1843 cautionary tale of seasonal spiritual renewal deepens. Some perspective: As a boy, Dickens himself was indentured into a poorhouse when his father went bankrupt and was imprisoned for debt.

The kids who lived during the time of A Christmas Carol entered the workforce as early as age three and typically worked 16-hour days alongside their parents. Only 20 percent ever had any schooling. And through the bully pulpit of his stories, Dickens shamed the wealthy for their unwillingness to set up what we would call employee welfare programs.

Tiny Tim is, of course, the sickly boy whose lifeor-death fate Dickens places squarely in the hands and heart of his father’s skinflint boss, Ebenezer Scrooge. Simply put, the three ghosts tell Scrooge to give his accountant a health-care plan, or the death of his son will be on Scrooge’s drooping shoulders. Instead, Tim’s chronic illness ultimately fuels Scrooge’s transformation into a better man.

“I believe Tiny Tim represents hope and the purity that lives in all of us,” said third-year A Christmas Carol director Melissa Rain Anderson. “Tim is a true hero. Despite his illness, he believes in the goodness the world has to offer.”

Ben Larned, one of only three actors who have played Tim over multiple years (200203), is now a 24-year-old artist living in Los Angeles. When he was eight, he was asked by The Denver Post to take a shot at summarizing the story’s ultimate message.

“I play a role where I don’t complain,” young Larned said then. “And now I think I might try not to complain so much.”

Sixteen years later, he was asked the same question.

“It’s incredible that this centuries-old story still feels relevant,” Larned said.

“The message is timeless, even if its

truth isn’t as simple as it seemed to me at that age. It’s important to remember that there’s always time to change.”

Korman, still only 14, grew up in and around the Denver Center. He attended his first DCPA summer theatre camp as a toddler. “It was mostly playing games, but it made me a theatre-lover for life,” he said. When Korman was five, he was encouraged to audition to play Tiny Tim, and he soon owned the role. At nine, he summed up the experience by saying, “It’s a good way to spend the holiday season because I am in the Christmas spirit for two months.”

Korman would later play featured roles in intense Theatre Company stagings of Lord of the Flies, Frankenstein and The Who’s Tommy.

“I’ve been in a number of dark shows since A Christmas Carol,” said Korman, “and so I always look forward to the feeling of hope the story brings me. It has such an important message. That is to care for other people, and to love and be kind.”

Like Larned, many of the 20 actors who have played Tiny Tim in Denver have grown into adult artists. Boulder native Luke Eberl (1995) is an actor and filmmaker best known for playing Birn in the 2001 film Planet of the Apes and making his own film called Choose Connor, after which he was described by MovieMaker Magazine as “One of the 10 Young Americans to Watch.”

Elias Harger, who played Tim in 2015, was soon after cast to play Max on the 2016 Netflix series “Fuller House,” the sequel to “Full House.” For three seasons, he has played the grandson of Danny, played by Bob Saget.

Last year, Anderson cast nine-year-old Peyton Goossen as the first female actor to play Tiny Tim for the Denver Center. “I was a little unsure what to make of that at first because I didn’t know it was that big of a deal,” Goossen says now.

This year’s staging features Lucas Turner in the role. As the Denver Center’s third African American to be cast as Tiny Tim, Lucas will be playing in this holiday tradition for the last time before the play goes on hiatus for the renovation of The Stage Theatre.

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TINY TIM THROUGH THE YEARS 1990 Jonathan Winstead

2004 Harry Feder Pruett

1991 Alex Wyatt

2005 Harrison Steele

1992 Ben Kimbal

2006 Ian Farmer

1993 Colin Smith

2007 (No production)

1994 Brendan Horton

2008 Alec Farmer

1995 Luke Eberl

2009-11 Charlie Korman

1996 Cameron Teitelman

2012 (No production)

1997 Bobby Frause

2013 Charlie Korman

1998 Winston Sanks

2014 Elias Harger

1999 Donovan Fountain

2015-16 Augie Reichert

2000 (No production)

2017 Peyton Goossen

2001 David Strouse

2018 Lucas Turner

• Age today: 14 • Age(s) when you played Tiny Tim: 5-9 • Where do you live now? Denver • Favorite memory? One of my favorites was in my first year.

Since Tiny Tim was not in the first act after the opening, I had a lot of free time to spend backstage helping the crew. They would let me open curtains and help set props. I got to learn about theatre magic from not just the actor’s perspective, but from the many people who made it possible.

Having the freedom to explore backstage is one of my most vivid and joyful memories from A Christmas Carol.

Ben Larned

Age today: 10 Age when you played Tiny Tim: 9 Where do you live now? Frisco Favorite memory? The excitement of opening night.

There was a fire alarm during the show, and afterward there was a party with an awesome cast and crew.

• What did you learn from the experience? Being Tiny Tim taught me to take chances on things even if I think I might not fit in.

• Age today: 24 • Age(s) when you played Tiny Tim: 8 and 9 • Where do you live now?

Los Angeles • Where do you work? eOne, TV Development • Profession: Writer and freelancer in the film industry • Favorite memory: The whole experience: The intricate props and costumes, the lengthy rehearsal process — it was all magical to me. The cast built such a strong sense of community as well. That’s something that sticks with you.

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This winter, Artistic Director Chris Coleman will direct one of the most timeless pieces of literature when he brings Anna Karenina to life on stage.

Adapted by Kevin McKeon from the novel

by Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina tells the story of Countess Anna Karenina as a noblewoman and socialite in an unhappy marriage. Anna’s life changes when she meets army officer Count Vronsky and she decides to risk her social status, marriage, friends and family for the excitement of forbidden love.

“I’m thrilled to direct this beautiful adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel about a woman who risks everything for love,” said Artistic Director Chris Coleman. “Kevin McKeon’s highly theatrical adaptation provides us with gorgeous language that engages the imagination of the audience in a really vivid way, sweeping us alongside the strong female character across aristocratic Tsarist Russia through ballrooms, ice skating rinks and horse races.”

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Last Night and the Night Before Jan 18 – Feb 24, 2019 Rock of Ages Jan 25 – 27, 2019 Anna Karenina Jan 25 – Feb 24, 2019 The Whistleblower Feb 8 – Mar 10, 2019 Powered by Off-Center Mar – Apr 2019 The Play That Goes Wrong Mar 5 – 17, 2019

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(in order of appearance) Ralph Sheldrake ...............................................................................................................................................BRAD FRENETTE Bob Wallace...............................................................................................................................................SEAN MONTGOMERY Phil Davis............................................................................................................................................................. JEREMY BENTON General Henry Waverly..................................................................................................................CONRAD JOHN SCHUCK Ed Sullivan Announcer...........................................................................................................AARON GALLIGAN-STIERLE Rita..................................................................................................................................................................................KELLY BLACK Rhoda..........................................................................................................................................................................SARAH FAGAN Tessie...............................................................................................................................................................CHELSEA WILLIAMS Betty Haynes............................................................................................................................................................KERRY CONTE Judy Haynes........................................................................................................................................................KELLY SHEEHAN Jimmy.....................................................................................................................................................................DANNY McHUGH Quintet........................................................................................................ CHELSEA WILLIAMS, ANN-NGAIRE MARTIN, AARON GALLIGAN-STIERLE, CLIFF BEMIS, DREW HUMPHREY Mr. Snoring Man........................................................................................................................................................... CLIFF BEMIS Mrs. Snoring Man....................................................................................................................................ANN-NGAIRE MARTIN Train Conductor .......................................................................................................................AARON GALLIGAN-STIERLE Martha Watson..................................................................................................................................................... KAREN ZIEMBA Susan Waverly.......................................................................................... EMMA GRACE BERARDELLI, KYLA CARTER Ezekiel Foster............................................................................................................................................................... CLIFF BEMIS Mike Nulty (Stage Manager)...............................................................................................AARON GALLIGAN-STIERLE “Let Me Sing and I’m Happy” Specialty.......................................... DREW HUMPHREY, RICHARD RIAZ YODER Sheldrake’s Secretary...........................................................................................................................ANN-NGAIRE MARTIN Regency Room Announcer.................................................................................................AARON GALLIGAN-STIERLE Regency Room Dancers........................................... DREW HUMPHREY, DREW KING, RICHARD RIAZ YODER THE ENSEMBLE KELLY BLACK, STEPHANIE BROOKS, DARIEN CRAGO, SARAH FAGAN, DREW HUMPHREY, DREW KING, BRIANNA LATRASH, ANN-NGAIRE MARTIN, DANNY McHUGH, CHRIS McNIFF, DANIEL PLIMPTON, KARILYN ASHLEY SURRATT, CHELSEA WILLIAMS, RICHARD RIAZ YODER UNDERSTUDIES AND SWINGS

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance

For Bob Wallace—BRAD FRENETTE; For Betty Haynes—CHELSEA WILLIAMS; For Phil Davis—DREW HUMPHREY; For Judy Haynes—DARIEN CRAGO, SARAH FAGAN; For Martha Watson—ANN-NGAIRE MARTIN; For General Waverly—CLIFF BEMIS; For Ralph Sheldrake—AARON GALLIGAN-STIERLE; For Mr. Snoring Man—DANNY McHUGH; For Mrs. Snoring Man—CHELSEA WILLIAMS; For Ezekiel—DANNY McHUGH; For Mike Nulty—SEAN QUINN; For Rita, Tessie—LAURIE DiFILIPPO; For Rhoda—BRIANNA LATRASH ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER MARY GIATTINO SWINGS/DANCE CAPTAIN/STAGE MANAGERS Dance Captain............................................................................................................................................................ SEAN QUINN Assistant Dance Captain............................................................................................................................. LAURIE DiFILIPPO Production Stage Manager....................................................................................................................................... TOM KOSIS Stage Manager.........................................................................................................................................................A.J. SULLIVAN Assistant Stage Manager.................................................................................................................................ABIGAIL MATEY Assistant Stage Manager................................................................................................................CAITLIN KELLERMEYER TOURING MUSICIANS Musical Director/Keyboards—MICHAEL HORSLEY Assistant Musical Director/Keyboards—MICHAEL HOPEWELL Drums—LOUIS B. CROCCO DENVER MUSICIANS Reeds—ART BOUTON, TOM MYER, ERIC ERHARD, SAM WILLIAMS; French Horn—CHANDLER SPOON; Trumpets—JAKE BOLDMAN, DAWN KRAMER, SAM OATTS; Trombones—ROB OLDS, SCOTT BEAN; Bass — MICHAEL FITZMAURICE; Percussion—SEAN CASE; Keyboard 2—JORDAN ORTMAN; Local Musician Contractor—JAMES HARVEY

ACT I Scene 1: Somewhere on the Western Front of World War II—Christmas Eve, 1944 “Happy Holiday/White Christmas”.................................................................................................Bob, Phil & Sheldrake Scene 2: The Ed Sullivan Show—1954 “Happy Holiday/Let Yourself Go”..................................................................................................Bob, Phil & the Chorus Scene 3: Backstage at the Ed Sullivan Show—After the Show; Backstage at Jimmy’s “Love and the Weather”.........................................................................................................................................Bob & Betty Scene 4: Jimmy’s Back Room, Later That Evening “Sisters”......................................................................................................................................................................... Betty & Judy “The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing”...................................................................... Phil, Judy & Quintet Scene 5: A Train Car—Later That Night “Snow”..................................................... Phil, Judy, Bob, Betty, Mr. Snoring Man, Mrs. Snoring Man, Passengers Scene 6: The Lobby of the Columbia Inn in Vermont—The Next Morning “What Can You Do with a General?”....................................................................................................Martha, Bob & Phil Scene 7: The Barn Rehearsal Hall—Several Days Later “Let Me Sing and I’m Happy”........................................................................................................................................... Martha Scene 8: The Lobby of the Columbia Inn—That Night “Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep”.......................................................................................................Bob & Betty Scene 9: Ralph Sheldrake’s Office, New York/Martha’s Switchboard—The Next Morning Scene 10: The Barn Rehearsal Hall—Later That Day “Blue Skies”....................................................................................................................................................... Bob & the Chorus ACT II Scene 1: Onstage in the Barn Theater—The Next Day “I Love a Piano”....................................................................................................................................Phil, Judy & the Chorus Scene 2: The Lobby of the Columbia Inn—Immediately Following “Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun”.................................................................................................... Martha, Betty & Judy Scene 3: The Barn Rehearsal Hall—Shortly Thereafter “Sisters” (Reprise)..........................................................................................................................................................Bob & Phil Scene 4: The Regency Room, New York—The Next Evening “Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me/How Deep Is the Ocean”....................................................................Betty, Bob Scene 5: The Ed Sullivan Show—The Following Evening “The Old Man”....................................................................................................................................................................Bob, Men Scene 6: The Lobby of the Columbia Inn—Christmas Eve Day “Let Me Sing and I’m Happy” (Reprise)........................................................................................................................ Susan “How Deep Is the Ocean” (Reprise)..................................................................................................................Betty & Bob Scene 7: The Stage of the Barn Theater—That Evening, Christmas Eve “The Old Man” (Reprise)..............................................................................................................Bob, Phil, Sheldrake, Men “White Christmas”.................................................................................................................................................. The Company Scene 8: Curtain Call “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”.......................................................................................................... The Company

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SEAN MONTGOMERY

KERRY CONTE

JEREMY BENTON

KAREN ZIEMBA

CLIFF BEMIS

EMMA GRACE BERARDELLI

AARON GALLIGAN-STIERLE

KELLY BLACK

STEPHANIE BROOKS

KELLY SHEEHAN

CONRAD JOHN SCHUCK

KYLA CARTER 

BRAD FRENETTE

DARIEN CRAGO

LAURIE DiFILIPPO

SARAH FAGAN

DREW HUMPHREY

DREW KING

BRIANNA LATRASH

ANN-NGAIRE MARTIN

DANNY McHUGH

CHRIS McNIFF

DANIEL PLIMPTON

SEAN QUINN

KARILYN ASHLEY SURRAT

CHELSEA WILLIAMS

RICHARD RIAZ YODER

SEAN MONTGOMERY (Bob Wallace).

Recently: Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill (ART) directed by Diane Paulus, and Crazy for You (NYC Lab) directed by Susan Stroman. Broadway: Groundhog Day (original Broadway cast/recording), Matilda (u/s Miss Trunchbull, Mr. Wormwood). National tours: Mary Poppins, 9 to 5, White Christmas (’15, ’16, ’17). Regional theater: Muny, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Baltimore Center Stage, Atlanta TOTS. Member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Training: University of CincinnatiCCM. Thank you to CGF Talent, Randy Skinner and Work Light. Follow: @seandmontgomery.

KERRY CONTE (Betty Haynes).

National tour: Mary Poppins (Winifred Banks). San Francisco: Roman Holiday.

Off-Broadway: Hey, Look Me Over! and Lady, Be Good! (City Center Encores); Meet Me in St. Louis, Ernest in Love, The Irish… and How They Got That Way (Irish Rep); also worked at York Theatre and 92nd St. Y. Regional: My Fair Lady (Eliza), Mary Poppins (Mary) at Theatre

By The Sea/North Shore; Hello, Dolly!

(Irene) Carousel (Julie), Guys and Dolls (Sarah) at MT Wichita/Wichita Symphony; Muny, New London Barn, Surflight. Love to this wonderful company of people, family (Ma, Joe) and always for Dad. Kerryconte.com.

JEREMY BENTON (Phil Davis). Most recently: Perfect Picture (opposite Lillias White), Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain, Bob Hope in the L.A. premiere of Cagney The Musical (Astaire Award nomination for his OffBroadway performance of the same role). Favorite performances include Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street (Broadway— opposite Shirley Jones), Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (national tour—opposite Rachel York), Springtime Tapper in the film The Producers, Wally Winston in Animal Crackers (Denver Center), Kenneth Gibson in Call Me Madam (opposite Beth Leavel) and Fred Astaire in Backwards in High Heels: The Ginger Musical (original cast). Check out jeremybenton.net. @jeremywbenton.

KELLY SHEEHAN (Judy Haynes). is thrilled to once again be touring across the country with White Christmas.

Broadway: 42nd Street, Irving Berlin’s

White Christmas (Ensemble ’08 and ’09). Other credits include The Will Rogers Follies; Oklahoma!; A Chorus Line; Singin’ in the Rain; On the Town; Anything Goes; No, No, Nanette; and Lady Be Good. Thanks to Nancy, Randy, Jay, Michael and Mary! “Love to my supportive parents and the most handsome fella I know, Bryan Hunt! Happy Holidays!”

CONRAD JOHN SCHUCK (General Waverly). Broadway: Annie with Sarah Jessica Parker, Annie Get Your Gun with Reba and Nice Work If You Can Get It with Matthew Broderick. London: The Caine Mutiny with Charleton Heston. Film: M*A*S*H (Painless), Star Trek IV and VI (Klingon Ambassador), Outrageous Fortune with Bette Midler and Woody Allen’s Curse of the Jade Scorpion. TV: Sgt. Enright in “McMillan & Wife” with Rock Hudson and recent guest roles in “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: SVU.” KAREN ZIEMBA (Martha Watson) received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for her performance in Contact at Lincoln Center Theatre. For some of her other Broadway, Off-Broadway and national appearances she’s garnered three Tony Award nominations, the Drama Desk, the Outer Critics Circle and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award. Select theater credits: Prince of Broadway; Steel Pier; Curtains; Sweeney Todd; Bullets Over Broadway; Crazy for You; Hello, Dolly!; A Little Night Music; Much Ado About Nothing; Heartbreak House; and Six Degrees of Separation. TV: “Elementary,” “The Good Wife,” “Madam Secretary,” “Law & Order,” “C.I/ S.V.U.,” “The Kennedy Center Honors,” and PBS’ “Great Performances.”

CLIFF BEMIS (Ezekiel, Mr. Snoring Man, u/s General Waverly) originated the role of Ezekiel Foster in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas on Broadway. First national tour: The Drowsy Chaperone. Regional theaters include LaJolla Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Pasadena Playhouse. Films: Billy, Nancy Drew, World Trade Center, Au Pair II. TV: “White Collar,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Dallas” and “Cheers.”

He established the Cliff Bemis Music Theatre Scholarship at his alma mater,

Baldwin Wallace University. Actors’ Equity since 1968.

EMMA GRACE BERARDELLI (Susan Waverly) is honored to debut in the Broadway national tour of White Christmas! Credits: Off-Broadway: Annie (Annie), Seussical (JoJo), Gypsy (Baby Louise), Ragtime, Show & Tell, The Addams Family and High School Musical. Member: KOTA, Broadway Youth Ensemble and NYC Tap Crew. Many thanks to Lisa Calli, Barry Kolker, Amelia DeMayo, Janine Molinari, TEDS and Acting Out! Grateful to Binder Casting and creative team for this dream opportunity! Love to Mom, Dad, Alexandra, Ava, family, friends, Sparky and God. Insta: @officialemmaberardelli. emmagraceberardelli.com.

KYLA CARTER (Susan Waverly) SAG/ AFTRA/Equity actress. National tour: The Sound of Music (Gretl/Marta Von Trapp—original cast). Regional: Gypsy (Baby June), A Christmas Story (Mary Beth). Pre-Broadway: Diana (Young Diana), The Bedwetter (Amy).

Television: ABC, Bravo, DreamWorks, H B O, N B C U n i v e r s a l , N e t f l i x , Nickelodeon, PBS. Recipient of the 2017 Encore Award for Excellence in Long Island Theater—Best Child Actor.

“Warm thanks and sincere gratitude to the entire White Christmas creative team, my amazing coaches and my loving family!” @KylaDCarter.

BRAD FRENETTE (Ralph Sheldrake, u/s Bob Wallace). National tour: Hello, Dolly! European tour: Madagascar.

Regional credits include Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse, Stages St. Louis and Pennsylvania Centre Stage. B.F.A. Penn State. “Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!” @bjfrenette.

AARON GALLIGAN-STIERLE (Mike Nulty, u/s Ralph Sheldrake). White Christmas (third year). Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera (Monsieur Andre), Ragtime (Henry Ford) and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Papa Who). Regional: Utah Shakespeare (seven seasons), Kennedy Center (Ragtime), Finger Lakes (Parade), Paper Mill Playhouse, TUTS, MSMT and more. Executive Producer for “Ruin Me,” now available

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on AMC’s Shudder. Freelance director and professional audition coach. B.F.A. Shenandoah (musical theater) M.F.A. Penn State (acting). Love to Shannon, Devin and Zoe. aarongs.com.

Lyric Opera of Chicago, Paper Mill, Goodspeed, Kennedy Center, Cape Playhouse, Ogunquit. Film/TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Instagram: @ drewkingnyc. “For my mom.”

KELLY BLACK (Rita, Ensemble). Tours: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, 42nd Street (Asia tour). Favorite regional: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Paper Mill Playhouse), The Addams Family (Ogunquit Playhouse), Anything Goes, Annie, Spamalot and Backwards in High Heels (Ginger Rogers).

BRIANNA LATRASH (Ensemble, u/s Rhoda). National tour: White Christmas; Bucks County Playhouse: 42nd Street (Lorraine); NOLA SLT: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie Dillmount); The Lexington Theatre Company: Legally Blonde (Brooke Wyndham), 42nd Street; Cincinnati Pop Orchestra: The Music Man. B.F.A.: CCM. “Love and thanks to Randy, CTG and my awesome family!”

STEPHANIE BROOKS (Ensemble) is overjoyed to be back with White Christmas! Theater: Swing!, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Chicago.

National tours: 42nd Street, Mamma Mia!, Ad Deum Dance Company, the equestrian show Apassionata.

Stephanie is the Co-Founder/ Outreach Director of ALMA NYC. B.F.A., University of Arizona. @sebrooks09. stephaniebrooks.org.

DARIEN CRAGO (Ensemble, u/s Judy Haynes) is delighted to be back with her White Christmas fam­ily for a fourth season. Select credits: Holiday Inn (Broadway); Lady, Be Good; Paint Your Wagon (NYC Encores!). “Thank you to Randy, Michael, Nancy and Steve and love to my family and D.” LAURIE DiFILIPPO (Ensemble, u/s Rita, Assistant Dance Captain) is thrilled and beyond grateful to be touring with this incredible cast and crew of IBWC. Favorite credits: IBWC, Beauty and the Beast (nat’l tour), 42nd Street, Crazy for You, Sweet Charity.

SARAH FAGAN (Rhoda, Ensemble, u/s Judy Haynes). Happy for year three with her IBWC family! Tour: 42nd Street, IBWC. Regional: Goodspeed, Muny, Riverside, NSMT, Palace, Music Theatre Wichita. “Thanks to Randy, Mary, Binder, family and my husband Layne!” OKCU. sarahfagandance.com.

DREW HUMPHREY (Ensemble, u/s Phil Davis) is excited to return to his IBWC family! Broadway: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (cast recording). New York/tours: Lady, Be Good (Encores!); Of Thee I Sing (Encores!); 42nd Street (first national).

DREW KING (Ensemble) Broadway/ Encores!: On the Twentieth Century (Porter), On Your Toes. Regional:

ANN-NGAIRE MARTIN (Mrs. Snoring Man, Ensemble, u/s Martha Watson).

Regional: The Bridges of Madison County (Marge), Memphis (Gladys), White Christmas (Martha Watson), Noises Off (Dotty), Gypsy (Tessie).

Broadway: Grease. National tours: White Christmas, Grease (Sandy), Annie. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey u/s).

DANNY McHUGH (Ensemble, u/s Mr. Snoring Man, Ezekiel) is grateful to be back for his third year on tour with IBWC! National tour: Rock of Ages (Drew). Off-Broadway: Blue Man Group. Las Vegas: Baz (Christian). Love to family, friends and Jess!

CHRIS McNIFF (Ensemble) is “snow” excited to be back for his third year!

Recent: Bert in Mary Poppins (Arizona Broadway Theater). Tours: Memphis.

Thank you Randy, The Mine, family and friends! B.F.A.: Elon. chrismcniff.com.

“Happy Holiday!”

DANIEL PLIMPTON (Ensemble) previously toured with The Book of Mormon and Spring Awakening. Regional: Denver Center, Eugene O’Neill Theatre, Maltz Jupiter, NCT, Goodspeed and Paper Mill. Thanks to Randy and Mary, agents at BRS/GAGE and love to Darien!

SEAN QUINN (Swing, Dance Captain) is thrilled to return to White Christmas.

Tours: Cinderella, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Regional: Paper Mill, North Shore, Stage St. Louis, Gateway. Thanks to Randy, Mary and Worklight. S’agapo ANM. Always for family.

K A R I LY N A S H L E Y S U R R AT T (Ensemble). Ecstatic to join IBWC! Int’l tour: West Side Story. Regional: Goodspeed, Milwaukee Rep, Stages St. Louis, Muny. TV: “Gotham,” “SNL.” Mvto to Randy, Binder, Kelli, Kristyn, CKO, NP and DC! OKCU grad. @ksurrattsurratt.

C H E L S E A W I L L I A M S ( Te s s i e , Ensemble, u/s Betty Haynes).

Broadway: In Transit, Mamma Mia! National tours: Mamma Mia! Regional: Casa Mañana, Maine State Music Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Gloucester Stage. B.F.A. Emerson College. “Much love to Nancy, Jay and my family for letting me miss pretty much every holiday to sing for a bunch of strangers.” For more: @chelseawillyums.

RICHARD RIAZ YODER (Ensemble).

Broadway: White Christmas; On the Twentieth Century; Shuffle Along; and Hello, Dolly! TV: Two Tony Telecasts, “Maya and Marty,” “James Corden Show,” “Good Morning America.”

TOM KOSIS (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Mary Poppins, A Chorus Line, My Fair Lady, Side Show, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Flower Drum Song, Bye Bye Birdie, Nice Work…. Tours: Disney’s On the Record, Dreamgirls, West Side Story. tomkosis.com.

A.J. SULLIVAN (Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to White Christmas.

Previous credits include Broadway: Annie, Legally Blonde, The Wizard of Oz. Touring/regional: Radio City Rockettes, American Idiot, Crazy for You and Tuacahn. For Shari and the boys.

ABIGAIL MATEY (Assistant Stage Manager) is so excited to be back on the road with White Christmas! Credits include work at Lincoln Center Theater, Atlantic Theatre Company, New York City Center, Paper Mill Playhouse and Triad Stage.

CAITLIN A. KELLERMEYER (Assistant Company Manager/Assistant Stage Manager). B.F.A. SHSU! Post college worked for various companies including The Walt Disney Company, La Jolla Playhouse and Forestburgh Playhouse.

Most recent tours: Pete the Cat, Skippyjon Jones, Snow What!? Love to the #kellermeyerkids and TL3!

DAVID IVES (Book) is the author of All in the Timing, Time Flies, Is He Dead? (adapted from Mark Twain) and New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, among other titles. Also expected in New York is his recent hit at the Shakespeare Theatre of Washington, The Liar, translated and adapted from the comedy by Corneille.

PAUL BLAKE (Book), along with his producing partner Mike Bosner, produced the Tony, Olivier and Grammywinning show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Broadway, West End, U.S. national tour, Australia, Japan, U.K. tour), as well as the hit Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard starring Glenn Close. Previously, Mr. Blake served as the Executive Producer of the legendary St. Louis Muny for 22 seasons, where he produced and/or directed more than 150 shows. With Mr. Bosner, he most recently presented the pre-Broadway tryout of their newest musical, Roman Holiday (Co-Writer and Producer), featuring songs by Cole Porter.

R A N DY S K I NNER (Dire c tor & Choreographer). Broadway: Dames at Sea (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Astaire nominations), 42nd Street (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Olivier, Astaire nominations), Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Tony, Drama

Desk nominations), Ain’t Broadway Grand (Tony, Outer Critics nominations), State Fair (Outer Critics nomination), After the Night and the Music (MTC/Friedman Theatre). Select credits: Show Boat (NY Philharmonic and PBS); Do Re Mi; Of Thee I Sing; Face the Music; No No Nanette; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Lady Be Good (the last six at City Center Encores); Lone Star Love (Lucille Lortel nomination).

Broadway: Three Generations (Kennedy Center), Stormy Weather (with Leslie Uggams/Pasadena Playhouse). Los Angeles: Garry Marshall’s Happy Days; Hello, Dolly! (with Nell Carter); Pal Joey (with Dixie Carter and Elaine Stritch); Strike Up the Band (with Tom Bosley).

West End: Lend Me a Tenor the Musical, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, 42nd Street. He played Phil Dolan in On Your Toes for City Center Encores. He has received the L.A. Drama Critics, L.A. Dramalogue, Bay Area Theatre Critics, Connecticut Critics Circle and Cleveland Times Theatre Awards. Mr. Skinner is a graduate of Ohio State University and teaches master classes at universities throughout the country.

MICHAEL HORSLEY (Musical Director) is music supervisor for the St. Louis Muny, America’s largest outdoor theater. He is on staff as music director for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Broadway: Chicago, Seussical.

National tours: White Christmas, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Chicago with Chita Rivera and Ben Vereen, 42nd Street, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Cinderella. Solo concerts for Lee Roy Reams, Judy Kaye, Luci Arnaz, Shirley Jones, Karen Mason and Tovah Feldshuh. Vocal direction: Christmas Concert Series for the Detroit Symphony, National Symphony and Birmingham symphony orchestras. Regional: TheatreZone, Pioneer Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita, North Carolina Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse and Guthrie Theatre.

KENNETH FOY (Scenic Design and Adaptation). Houston Grand Opera: Carmen, Madama Butterfly, Pagliacci and A Little Night Music. Porgy and Bess for Milan’s La Scala Opera, national tours of The Sound of Music, The King and I, My Fair Lady, Bombay Dreams, Doctor Doolittle and Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. The American Opera Center: Xerxes and Regina. Broadway: Candida starring Joanne Woodward, Macbeth with Nicol Williamson, David

Merrick’s production of Oh, Kay!, Annie, An Evening with Jerry Herman, the Tony Award-winning productions of Gypsy directed by Arthur Laurents and Dame Edna: The Royal Tour. West End: Annie and the English National Theatre production of The Syringa Tree, which he also designed in New York.

Art direction for the Emmy-winning Pulitzer Prize documentary, Moment of Impact, Annie in Australia, sets for Radio City.

ANNA LOUIZOS (Original Set Designer) is a three-time Tony Award nominee for In the Heights, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and High Fidelity. Other Broadway designs: School of Rock (sets and costumes), Holiday Inn, Dames at Sea, Honeymoon in Vegas, It Shoulda Been You, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Avenue Q, The Performers, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Curtains, Baby It’s You, All About Me, Steel Magnolias, Golda’s Balcony.

Regional/tours: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Avenue Q, Cinderella, and In the Heights; Old Globe; Shakespeare Theatre, D.C.; Dallas Theater Center; 5th Avenue Theatre. Also founder of Broadway Design Exchange, an online market for theatrical treasures. broadwaydesignexchange.com.

CARRIE ROBBINS (Costume Designer).

30+ Broadway shows, Class Act, Grease (Travolta), Agnes of God (Page/Plummer), Yentl (Feldshuh), Sweet Bird… (Bacall), Happy End (Streep), Cyrano (Langella). Awards: 2012 Lifetime Achievement/CostumeDesign, two Tony noms., five Drama Desk Awards, Maharam, three USITT/ Prague, Hughes, more. Designed at ArenaStage and Glimmerglass for dir.

Tazewell Thompson, Gershwin musical An American in Paris (AlleyThea), Samson et Dalila (S.F. Opera), many others. Known for her drawing skill, Robbins’ work appears in “TimeLife’s Collectibles” and “Costume Design, Techniques of Modern Masters”. Monograph on Robbins’ designs (USITT/B’way Press) available (Amazon.com/DramaBookshop). See her “New Nutcracker” at Cinn. Ballet.

As a playwright, Robbins’ work was a Semi-Finalist this year at the Theatre of the 14th St. Y for its 2018/19 season “War+Peace.” Her play The Dragon Griswynd was chosen as part of Theater for the New City’s Dream-Up Festival this September. Her work has also appeared at LaMaMa and

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IRVING BERLIN (Music & Lyrics). Born Israel Beilin in a Russian Jewish shtetl in 1888, he died as Irving Berlin in his adopted hometown of New York City in 1989. Songwriter, performer, theater owner, music publisher and soldier, he wrote scores to more than a dozen Broadway musicals (including Annie Get Your Gun) and dozens of Hollywood movie musicals. His more than 1,200 songs include “White Christmas,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “Easter Parade,” “Always,” “Blue Skies,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and “God Bless America.” Irving Berlin’s love and generosity to his country is legendary, and through several ongoing foundations, including the God Bless America Fund, he donated millions of dollars in royalties to Army emergency relief and the Boy and Girl Scouts. Numerous awards and accolades include an Academy Award for White Christmas, a Congressional Gold Medal, a special Tony Award and commemoration on a U.S. postage stamp.

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TACT—The Actors Company Theatre, NYC. Her Sawbones & The Diamond Eater appeared at HERE Arts/NYC and received six nominations from NYInnovative Theatre Awards. Le Wedding Dress was a semi-finalist in 2015’s NY New Works Theatre Festival competition. The Actress was a finalist in NY Summerfest’s 2016 competition. Her design for Bock/Harnick’s Rothschild & Sons is transferring from NYC to London, 2018.

of Ballyhoo, Chicago, The King and I, Damn Yankees, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, The Goodbye Girl.

Film/TV: Dreamgirls, Chicago, Nine, Hairspray, Carousel (PBS/NY Phil), “Six

by Sondheim” (HBO), “So You Think You Can Dance.” Regional/other: NY City Center Encores! series, Hartford Stage, West Side Story (San Francisco Symphony), Lyric Opera of Chicago, TUTS. Twelve–time Artios Awardwinner. An RWS & Associates company.

KEN BILLINGTON (Lighting Designer) works in theater, television and architecture. 100 Broadway designs include the original production of Sweeney Todd and the current Chicago, the longest running American musical in history. Chicago has also been seen in over 22 countries all with the original lighting. Other projects The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Show for 27 years.

100 opera productions, including Porgy and Bess for Milan’s La Scalla, Madrid’s Theatro Real and Paris Opera Bastillle.

Recent architectural work: New York’s Tavern on the Green and 54 Below.

Awards include Tony, Luman (architecture), Ace (television). Ken was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2015.

LARRY BLANK (Orchestrations). Tony and Drama Desk nominated orchestrations for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Catch Me If You Can and The Drowsy Chaperone, plus a further Drama Desk nomination for A Christmas Story The Musical and Honeymoon in Las Vegas.

Most recently, Larry was one of the orchestrators on Broadway for Prince of Broadway. Other shows include Mrs Henderson Presents, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Holiday Inn, City of Angels, Guys and Dolls, Singin’ in the Rain, The Nance, Carousel, Fame Becomes Me, La Cage aux Folles, The Producers, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, The Black and White Ball, An American in Paris, Cinderella, Roman Holiday, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Beautiful and the Damned, Seussical and White Tie and Tails. Film work includes Chicago, The Producers and many for composer Marc Shaiman (including South Park). He has provided concert and recording orchestrations for Barbara Streisand, Barbara Cook, Liza Minnelli, Michael Crawford, John Barrowman, Michael Feinstein, Barry Manilow, Bernadette Peters and Nathan Lane. He served as music director for the acclaimed Sweeney Todd at the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Festival and many Broadway shows.

KEITH CAGGIANO (Sound Design).

Select credits: Holiday Inn—The New Irving Berlin Musical, The Radio City Spring Spectacular, Himself and Nora, Disenchanted, Bare. Tours: Cabaret, Rent, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes. Regional: The Most Beautiful Room in New York, Austen’s Pride, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Little Shop of Horrors, Guys and Dolls. Keith also designs and engineers live events and consults on sound system installations. He is a graduate of Duquesne University.

BINDER CASTING (Casting).

Broadway: In Transit (December 2016), Dames at Sea, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, The Lion King, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Born Yesterday, The Miracle Worker, Finian’s Rainbow, Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, The 39 Steps, White Christmas, Is He Dead?, Inherit the Wind, Journey’s End, Butley, …Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Movin’ Out, 42nd Street, The Music Man, The Iceman Cometh, …

Charlie Brown, The Sound of Music, Beauty and the Beast, The Last Night

BRUCE POMAHAC (Dance and Vocal Arrangements). Broadway: musical direction and (with composer Hugh Martin) vocal arrangements for Meet Me in St. Louis, dance and vocal arrangements for White Christmas and Holiday Inn (Irving Berlin) and orchestrations for State Fair (Rodgers & Hammerstein). As Director of Music for The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, he supervised the musical restorations of Oklahoma!, Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Pipe Dream, Cinderella, The Sound of Music, Music in the Air and Carmen Jones.

MARY GIATTINO (Associate Director & Choreographer) is grateful to have worked on this beautiful show for a total of 12 holiday seasons (including both Broadway productions) as a Swing, Dance Captain, Assistant and now as an Associate to Mr. Skinner (for the last seven years). Associate Choreographer TV/theater credits: “Dickinson” (upcoming on Apple Network), “Rise” (NBC), first national tours of Fun Home and Billy Elliot.

Assistant Choreographer credits: Dear Evan Hansen (N.Y. workshop); NY City Center Encores! productions of Lady, Be Good; No, No, Nanette; Of Thee I Sing; and All Singing, All Dancing (92nd St. Y). Other Credits: Radio City Rockette (Rockette), Broadway revival tour of 42nd Street (Swing), Tap Coach for Billy Elliot on i ts: Broadway. Choreography cred­ White Christmas, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 42nd Street at the Gateway Playhouse; and 42nd Street at The Lex. As a tap teacher, Mary served on faculty at Steps on Broadway and teaches master classes all over the U.S. Mary is the proud owner of Stage Door School of Dance in N.Y. Sincerest gratitude and love to the Gabriels, Team Dance and Randy. MaryGiattino.com.

ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency representing Broadway tours and other live touring events across North America.

Current tours: The Book of Mormon; Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella; Hello, Dolly!; Kinky Boots; The Play That Goes Wrong; RENT; Rock of Ages; School of Rock; Something Rotten!; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

Upcoming tours: Ain’t Too Proud, Clue – Live on Stage, The Lightning Thief, Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas, Mean Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants.

AMY WHITE (Company Manager) started her theater career with the national tour of Master Class, staring Faye Dunaway. After surviving that the rest has been a breeze. Recent national tours: August: Osage County (Estelle Parsons), 42nd Street, Twelve Angry Men (Richard Thomas), Disney’s High School Musical, Beauty and the Beast, Bombay Dreams, The King and I (Sandy Duncan/Stefanie Powers), My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls and The Sound of Music, Hal Prince’s Parade, the

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (General Management). Dedicated to creating and producing live entertainment. Current productions: Something Rotten!, Rent 20th anniversary tour, Cinderella, White Christmas. Currently developing Clue, a new stage play based on the Paramount movie.

Upcoming: 2016 Olivier Awardwinning production of Jesus Christ Superstar, Bandstand and Ain’t Too Proud. Produced Julie Andrews, The Gift of Music at The Hollywood Bowl and London’s O2 Arena. Other recent touring productions include Motown, American Idiot, In the Heights, Avenue Q, Vocalosity and Mamma Mia! WLP is led by founding partner and President Stephen Gabriel and Vice President Nancy Gabriel. worklightproductions.com.

PORT CITY TECHNICAL (Production Management) is a production management company based in Charleston, S.C. Also referred to as “Work Light South,” PCT was initially started in 1993 as Technical Theater Solutions by Rhys Williams. TTS worked with WLP on many shows, including American Idiot, Nice Work If You Can Get It, In the Heights and Avenue Q. Since the conception of PCT, tours with WLP have included Mamma Mia!, Vocalosity, and Motown: The Musical. Current tours include Rent, Cinderella, Something Rotten!, White Christmas and the pre-broadway Ain’t Too Proud: The Temptations Musical.

LOUIS B. CROCCO (Drummer).

Involved in over 20 national tours as a drummer/conductor. Louis is also an accomplished NYC stage manager and is currently the production stage manager for the long running OffBroadway play Perfect Crime.

STAFF FOR IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS Company Manager....................................... Amy White Production Stage Manager......................... Tom Kosis Stage Manager............................................... A. J. Sullivan Assistant Stage Manager...................... Abigail Matey Assistant Stage Manager.............. Caitlin Kellermeyer Musical Director.................................... Michael Horsley Associate Music Director...............Michael Hopewell Drummer................................................. Louis B. Crocco Associate Director & Choreographer...............................Mary Giattino Associate Lighting Designer....... Jonathan Spencer Moving Light Programmer...................Dustin Adams Production Manager........................Mackenzie Foster Production Associate.................................. Ilana Olken

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GENERAL MANAGEMENT WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS Stephen Gabriel Nancy Gabriel Scott Seay Aniele Fortin Kevin Greene Carolyn Clark Smith Victoria Buczynski Courtney King Noelle Hedgcock TECHNICAL SUPERVISION PORT CITY TECHNICAL Rhys Williams, Mackenzie Foster, Susie Prueter, Tom Klonowski, Rossella Human, Ilana Olken CASTING BINDER CASTING Jay Binder, CSA, Mark Brandon, CSA, Justin Bohon Katie Zanca Part of RWS Entertainment Group Ryan Stana CEO, Bruston Manuel COO TOUR MARKETING DIRECTION ALLIED TOURING Marya Peters Andrew Damer Anne Dailey Meyer Mary Alyce Blum Sarah Dahlberg Jen Gallagher Meghan Kastenholz Jacqueline Smith Anne Waisanen Shae Woodward Debbie Allamong Eric Stormoen TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Mollie Mann Rich Rundle, Brian Brooks tbgtours.broadway SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks to Kevin McCollum, John Corker and the Producers of the Broadway productions of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas for their support and assistance in making this tour possible.

Stock and amateur rights for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas are represented by R&H Theatricals, an Imagem Company.

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 Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

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

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

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

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

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

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Cirque Éloize welcomes you into this timeless art deco hotel, a place where strangers of all walks of life meet.

HOTEL is the story of a place…but it is mainly a place full of stories. This is the place where we mingle with strangers for a brief moment. From the Maître d’hôtel, overwhelmed by the events to the mischievous maid, to the devoted handyman and his inseparable dog, Carpette, the hotel’s staff is like each of us, the privileged witnesses to the lives of colorful individuals.

Carried by the voice of a guest on the top floor who narrates and comments on the story as it unfolds, we meet lovers who do not know they are meant to be, improbable travelers and a celebrity who goes out of her way to win her place.

Enter the lobby doors of this grandiose place and discover with us the intricately woven story of these travelers!

Cirque Eloize - Hotel © Pierre Manning - Shoot Studio.

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Cory Marsh is a DJ who uses the cry wheel, Chinese pole and hula hoop to change the ambience, modify time and trigger events.

A guest of the hotel for decades, Sabrina Halde still waits for her lover to come.

Through song, she comments on events around her.

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Tuedon Ariri plays the star to the hilt but, when alone, we discover her inner strength displayed through aerial straps and contortion.

Julius Bitterling and César Mispelon display absurd, acrobatic humor, as expressed in their twisted hand-to-hand tandem.

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ACOSTUME BRONX COLUMN TALE

A clown, stuntman and acrobat, Antonin Wicky stirs up deep emotions on the Chinese pole, hula hoop and cascade.

THE LOVERS Emma Rogers and Andrei Anissimov each seek their missing half until they unite in a spectacular hand-tohand number.

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Jérémy Vitupier takes care of your every need while displaying his mad skills with the slack wire, hula hoop and saxophone.

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Enjoy the sights, sounds and stories of these improbable guests as their paths cross and intertwine.

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United is pleased to serve as the official airline of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) and proudly supports its remarkable contributions to the performing arts community in Denver and beyond. United provides valuable travel support that allows the DCPA to bring in artists for its productions and sponsors Student Matinee performances for thousands of local students to expand their view of themselves and the world through a targeted theatrical experience and educational talkback.

United employees have donated thousands of hours of service to various local non-profit organizations and have tirelessly conducted drives, mentored interns, hosted Aviation Days both at Denver International Airport and United’s flight training center, among many other efforts. As part of United’s relationship with Warren Village transitional housing center, employee volunteers enjoy actively participating with resident families at community events. United’s Volunteer Impact Grants program allows employees to earn grants for nonprofits where they volunteer frequently and has provided thousands of dollars to local organizations. United employees especially love bringing smiles to hundreds of deserving children through the annual holiday Fantasy Flight trip to the “North Pole” and teddy bear deliveries to local hospitals.

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It wouldn’t be A Christmas Carol without the lush costumes that make up the world of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. Costume Designer and DCPA Costume Crafts director Kevin Copenhaver creates each look from sketch to stage, including the production’s sumptuous hats.

Every hat on stage has been handcrafted (a trade known in the industry as millinery) by Copenhaver and the DCPA’s Costume Crafts staff. If you look closely, the hats can give you a clue to a character’s social class or station. “Characters of a certain strata will be a bit more polished and blown out in all of their looks, including their hats,” shared Copenhaver.

“Someone from a higher class like Scrooge might have a top hat that’s made out of a fabric to simulate crushed fur. Fred’s wife’s bonnet is incredibly decked out, so that tells you something about her.

In contrast, the bonnets worn by the Cratchit women are extremely humble.”

The condition of a hat also can be a key clue.

In the market scenes, sneak a look at the laborers.

Their hats are still meticulously constructed, but the costume shop then distresses the newly minted hats to give you an idea of the hardship of their lives.

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Dawn Williams................................Director, Event Sales & Marketing Janice Sinden.............................President & CEO Juan Loya, Carmen Molina, Maggie Lamb.......................Executive Assistant Blanca Primero, Judith Primero, to the CEO Angeles Reyes Soto............................Custodians BROADWAY & CABARET

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John Ekeberg......................... Executive Director Alicia Bruce ................................ General Manager Lisa Mallory........................................Vice President Ashley Brown..........................Business Manager Heidi Bosk ................................Associate Director, PR & Integrated Marketing Abel Becerra........Technical Director, Cabaret Nathan Brunetti....Email Marketing Manager Casey Eickhoff, DEVELOPMENT Brenda Elliott .........Senior Graphic Designers Brianna Firestone .........Director of Marketing, Shelley Thompson ........................Vice President Insights & Strategy Shawn Bayer .........................Director, Corporate Rachel Garn .............. Junior Web Developer & Partnerships Administrator Rebecca Clark ......................................Coordinator Brittany Gutierrez................... Communications Megan Fevurly.......................Associate Director, Coordinator Individual Philanthropy Donna Hendricks...............Executive Assistant Alicia Higginbotham..............Manager, Special Jeff Hovorka ........ Director, Sales & Marketing Events Emily Kent...............................Director, Marketing Ariel Keener ........Coordinator, Special Events David Lenk......................................Video Producer Marc Ravenhill ...................Director, Individual & Institutional Philanthropy Emily Lozow .....Marketing & Digital Manager Adam Lundeen..........Marketing Technologist Kyle Malone............................................Art Director EDUCATION Carolyn Michaels...................................Copywriter Allison Watrous .................... Executive Director Cheyenne Michaels ...Marketing Coordinator Patrick Elkins-Zeglarski....Associate Director, John Moore ...................... Senior Arts Journalist Education & Curriculum Management Adam Obendorf..................Senior Art Director Stuart Barr .................................Technical Director Joseph Schurwonn ................Financial Analyst Claudia Carson....Teaching Artist & Program Austin Walker...................... Marketing Assistant Manager – Playwriting & Bobby G Suzanne Yoe..........Director, Communications & Cultural Affairs Leslie Channell ..Senior Business Operations Manager Melissa Sumner...........................................Registrar TICKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES Linda Eller........................................................Librarian Jennifer Lopez ...................Director, Ticketing & Audience Services Tim McCracken .............................Head of Acting Andre Rodriguez .....................Teaching Artist & Ticketing Services Program Manager – Shakespeare Kirk Petersen ..........................Associate Director, Patron Relations David Saphier ......Teaching Artist & Program Manager – In School Programming Micah White............................Associate Director, Subscription Services Elizabeth Schmit.........................Office Manager Rachel Taylor..............................Teaching Artist & Billy Dutton...Associate Director, Operations Program Manager – Literacy Engagement Katie Clow........................Subscription Manager and Resiliency Programming Amanda Gomez..........VIP Ticketing Manager Meagan Traver.........................Evening Registrar Román Anaya, Malcolm Brown, Justin Walvoord .......................Teaching Artist & Christina Gesford, Program Manager – Teacher Tristan Jungferman ......Box Office Managers Professional Development D.J. Dennis, Edmund Gurule, Roger Haak, Chloe McLeod, Maggy Stacy, Rebecca Hibbert, Hayley Solano, Robyn Yamada ...........................Teaching Artists Mariah Thompson.............................Show Leads Kirsten Anderson, Keenan Coke, Scott Lix, Brad Steinmeyer, FACILITIES & EVENT SERVICES Gregory Swan....................Subscription Agents Clay Courter......................................Vice President Rena Bugg, Adam Busch, Kelcee Covert, Keone Gonzales, Dwight Barela, Zachary Brent, Jennifer Gray, Kristina Guarriello, John Buxton, Clint Flinchpaugh, Michael Kimbrough............................... Engineers Noah Jungferman, Cecillia Kim, Jasmin Lozano, Gustavo Márquez, Timothy Courson....................Director, Facilities Frank Millington III, Clayton Nickell, Management Hayley Obremski, Gunnar Reinig, Quentin Crump......................Security Specialist Becca Saunders, Liz Sieroslawski, Jane Deegan ............................... 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