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BY JANICE SINDEN

HHello and welcome to our summer engagements of the Colorado debut of & Juliet, the 25th anniversary tour of MAMMA MIA!, an all-new tour of Some Like it Hot, and the return of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. We’re delighted you’re here and hope you will return for our 2025/26 Broadway season, which kicks oﬀ this fall with Shucked. The full season line-up can be seen on page 24.

With an all-Broadway audience for this issue of Applause, I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to another of our ﬁve theatre divisions — the Denver Center Theatre Company. Performing in three intimate theatres just down the galleria in the Bonﬁls Theatre Complex, the Theatre Company produces a season of eight productions hand-crafted on site.

The upcoming Theatre Company season features our original take on some of the hottest plays on the stage including The Happiest Man on Earth, which originally debuted in 2023.

Broadway fans will want to see the Tony- and Pulitzer Prizewinning pop rock musical Next to Normal and the Pulitzer Prizewinning English, which was just nominated for the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play (winners will be announced June 8).

These recent New York hits will be accompanied by Somewhere by Tony Award-winning playwright Matthew Lopez, Tennessee Williams’ American classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the perennial favorite A Christmas Carol, and our own world premieres — Cowboys and East Indians and Godspeed

If you can’t wait until September to try the Theatre Company, head over to the Garner Galleria Theatre to try some of our Cabaret hits: Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song, Dixie’s Tupperware Party, and Dixie’s Never Wear a Tube Top.

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APPLAUSE MAGAZINE

VOLUME XXXV • NUMBER 8 • JUN - AUG 2025

EDITOR: Suzanne Yoe

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IN THIS ISSUE

Moulin Rouge! The Musical pg 8

Some Like it Hot pg 12

MAMMA MIA! pg 18 & Juliet .............................................. pg 22

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF UPCOMING SHOWS:

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Dr. Reginald L. Washington

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HONORARY TRUSTEES

Navin Dimond

Margot Gilbert Frank

Jeannie Fuller

Robert C. Newman

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Judi Wolf

HELEN G. BONFILS FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Dr. Reginald L. Washington, Secretary/Treasurer

Nicole Ament

Marco D. Chayet

David Jacques Farahi

Kevin Kilstrom

Ruth Krebs

Susan Fox Pinkowitz

Hassan Salem

Robert Slosky

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DESIGNING THE SPECTACULAR WORLD OF Moulin Rouge! The Musical

EEntering Moulin Rouge! The Musical, you encounter a world like no other: sensual, mysterious, decadent. A hypnotic dance loop plays as aristocratic men in top hats circle seductive women in lace and bustiers. You take your seat and gaze at rich, red fabric on the walls, the neon sign, details in lamps on each table. The music feels like it’s coming from 360 degrees. Lights rake over bodies promenading back and forth. It’s hard not to notice the elephant perched beyond the proscenium, and the red windmill on the other side. An exquisite tension hangs in the air, before the show has even begun. Welcome to the club.

You’ve never seen a Broadway show as wildly immersive as the Tony-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The revolutionary design started on Broadway and goes around the country.

“I began by amassing huge amounts of research,” scenic designer Derek McLane explains. “There were many period photos of Montmartre and the Moulin Rouge, of Parisian courtesans’ apartments.” The walls of the theater, McLane adds, are draped in no fewer than nine diﬀerent types of red fabric, each its own hue and pattern. The heart-shaped portals you see upon entering are loosely inspired by Baz Luhrmann’s ﬁlm. “I worked hard to create a structure both densely patterned and lacy so that you see through one set of patterns into another,” McLane says.

Costume designer Catherine Zuber poured the cast into a series of bespoke costumes, mixing Parisian silhouettes

and edgy, contemporary couture. “Since the music is contemporary, the challenge is to introduce a modern interpretation,” Zuber notes. “The choreography is highenergy, requiring costumes that are not restrictive.” She notes that director Alex Timbers “kept us on track by insisting that the design should occur now and in the past simultaneously.”

We combine images and sounds that shouldn’t work together but have a deeper truth, a deeper beauty, when placed next to one another.

— JUSTIN TOWNSEND, LIGHTING DESIGNER

“I had a vision that we’re inside a spinning crystal chandelier,” says lighting designer Justin Townsend. Shifting rapidly from spotlighting actors to bathing them in romantic reds, purples and blues, Townsend tucks tiny

Robert Petkoﬀ and the Company of the 2025 touring production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade

lights around the set to allow the stage and house to sparkle. Every reliable surface holds a lightbulb that can pulse and animate. “My hope is to create the same quality of the movie,” the designer says, “being on a ride with the camera pulled and pushed into and out of the scenes with wonder and joy.”

Peter Hylenski fuses dialogue and a score woven from dozens of song fragments into a seamless sonic whole.

“From the very first bass notes and finger snaps, we should understand the flavor and attitude of the evening ahead,” the sound designer says. “Ultimately, it’s my responsibility to shape and sculpt the inputs from the cast, band, and sound effects to weave a sonic tapestry.”

Hylenski shares his secret weapon: concealed in and around the set are some 200 various-sized speakers. Even in the table lampshades of the front seating area.

As Townsend sums up: “We combine images and sounds that shouldn’t work together but have a deeper truth, a deeper beauty, when placed next to one another.”

The theater community certainly agrees. In 2021, Moulin Rouge! The Musical came away with a staggering ten Tony Awards, including top prizes for scenic design, lighting, costumes, sound, and orchestrations.

David Cote is the author of Moulin Rouge! The Musical: The Story of the Broadway Spectacular (Rizzoli). David is a New York-based theater and TV critic who writes for The A.V. Club, Observer, and 4 Columns. He’s also a playwright and opera librettist, and author of books about the making of Spring Awakening, Jersey Boys, and Wicked Reprinted with permission of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. MOULIN

ASL Interpreted, Audio Described and Open Captioned performance: Aug 9 at 2pm

LIFE MIRRORS ART: TAVIS KORDELL EMBODIES JERRY/DAPHNE IN SOME LIKE IT HOT

IIn 1959, the acclaimed Billy Wilder directed Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in the raucous caper of two men who, having witnessed a mob hit, take cover by posing as women in a traveling Jazz Age band. (Curtis came to Denver in 2002, starring in a different musical adaptation of the movie.) Sixty-three years later, an all-star crew collaborated to develop a new approach: Director Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Mean Girls, and Aladdin); composer/lyricist team of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray), and book writers Tony winner Matthew López (The Inheritance) and Amber Ruffin (“The Amber Ruffin Show,” THE WIZ ). Their fresh approach brought new meaning to the classic tale.

For recent college graduate Tavis Kordell, performing in their ﬁrst national tour brought them an Equity card and the opportunity to express themself fully onstage. Kordell plays Jerry/Daphne, the role originated in ﬁlm by Lemmon, who even then embraced the opportunity to live a female life as Daphne. As a non-binary and Black performer, Kordell found a depth and richness to the role, and one that went beyond historical depictions of drag as comedy.

“My character goes on a journey of self-discovery and self-identity,” Kordell says. “Rather than lying in the trope of men in dresses, we rely on the circumstances to get our comedy from. We do take more of an empathetic path

BY LISA BORNSTEIN

toward what we would consider drag or cross dressing. The original ﬁlm, typically that was all of the humor, but we ﬁnd that my character begins to become comfortable as Daphne. It’s bringing to the forefront non-binary and trans identities and letting people know that this is who I love to be. Rather than sing it as a joke, just pursue it with love and respect.”

It’s also opened up new possibilities for the stories of those who don’t conform to traditional gender roles. “There are some people, they have the mindset of what a gender non-conforming person is, and they tend to write the same stories all the time, about the struggle,” Kordell says. “I believe that we should just write those characters in without having to give them some sort of struggle or trauma to heal from. Roles like Jerry/Daphne have come a long way. To play this role today, to be able to express this story and not have it be trauma-based, it’s so beautiful and cathartic.”

And while Joe and Jerry are non-blood “brothers,” their journeys are very diﬀerent, as one pushes back against the dresses and the other ﬁnds a home in them.

“We get to see the nuances as Daphne begins to up the look,” Kordell says. “As we get through, the costumes begin to get more intricate for Daphne. The makeup ups a little bit, the mannerisms change. For Joe, the costumes

Edward Juvier (Osgood), Tavis Kordell (Daphne) and the First National Touring Company of Some Like It Hot .

Photo by Matthew Murphy.

don’t beneﬁt the character. For Joe/Josephine’s character, their age is also a butt of the joke. That is a way that we have gotten away from the men-in-dresses trope.”

The creators of this adaptation pushed farther, by making Jerry/ Daphne a Black character and having Sugar, famously portrayed by Marilyn Monroe in the movie, and the bandleader Sweet Sue, Black as well.

“Due to its world being versed in jazz music and tap dance, we cannot acknowledge tap dance and jazz music without acknowledging the contributions of African Americans,” Kordell says. “With our show speciﬁcally, they are written African American to where they could not be cast as any other race. Their race is put to the forefront in this show, where I (as Jerry/Daphne) can’t go to some of the same places where my best friend/brother Joe can go. Sugar has not been able to pursue the opportunities she wants to pursue because of the world around her.”

Even without the plot points of segregation in 1930s America, Kordell says that the very casting of Black actors imbues the story with that experience.

“As African Americans, we’re going to deliver the lines a bit differently than someone of a different culture,” they say. “It brings to the forefront the talent that is within the communities and just how suppressed it was. The talent is clear, you can see that in the performer. No matter how talented an individual was, they were suppressed, and they weren’t allowed to pursue the same opportunities as their non-Black, specifically white, counterparts.”

…we ﬁnd that my character begins to become comfortable as Daphne. It’s bringing to the forefront non-binary and trans identities and letting people know that this is who I love to be.

— TAVIS KORDELL PLAYS JERRY/DAPHNE

The company was wondering how the show and its themes of inclusion and diversity would be received. They have been pleasantly surprised so far.

“Right now, just considering the political climate and the attack against queer rights, especially trans rights, we’re wondering about the reception in each city we go to,” Kordell says. “We’re currently in the Midwest: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa. We were nervous, but we have been greeted with so much love and so much acceptance to this message.”

SOME LIKE IT HOT

JUL 8 – 20 • BUELL THEATRE

ASL Interpreted, Audio Described, and Open Captioned performance: July 20 at 2pm

COMING UP FROM BROADWAY SHUCKED

Denver is getting corny. Shucked, the farm-to-fable musical, tells the story of a small-town community desperate to save their failing corn crop. Come for the story and stay for the hilarity and copious corn puns. The Wall Street Journal called Shucked “ﬂat out hilarious!” And no one knows comedy like economists.

Shucked boasts a talented team behind its creation. The book is penned by Robert Horn (Tootsie) while the score is a collaboration between Grammywinning duo Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally. All were nominated in their respective categories at the 2023 Tony Awards, and Shucked itself received a nomination for Best Musical.

When the show opened on Broadway, audiences weren’t sure what to expect. With its vibrant yellow banners, ears of corn, and air of general mystery, no one anticipated Shucked would become the viral sensation of the season. But this corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy your appetite for great musical theater.

The New York Post raved about the musical’s tuneful country score and superb book, describing it as “just so damn funny that the audience sits in a state of perpetual giggle.” Like Vulture says, “the proof is in the (corn) pudding.”

Don’t miss your chance to see Broadway’s corniest new hit while it’s stalkin’ Denver this fall. Shucked will be at the Buell Theatre October 7 - 19. See for yourself: what the shuck is Shucked ?

Jake Odmark as Beau and Danielle Wade as Maizy in The North American Tour of Shucked

Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman.

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OOn Saturday April 6, 1974, in the English coastal town of Brighton, a group known in their native Sweden but unknown to the rest of the world, won the Eurovision Song Contest with a song entitled “Waterloo.”

For Napoleon, Waterloo was big trouble. For this upstart singing group it was the start of something bigger than they could ever have anticipated.

And so begins the improbable saga of ABBA. And why not? The phenomenal success of the decade-long association of Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad (the initials of their ﬁrst names were to form the name ABBA) is of mythical proportions.

Over the next eight years, they would achieve countless hit singles, platinum albums, sell-out concert tours and even a movie.

And by 1982 it was all over.

Yet despite the fact that ABBA ceased to record or tour, the music refused to die.

MAMMA

M A MA I A — Success Is Spelled ABBA

a reporter. People “were literally out of their seats and singing and dancing in the aisles — and they still are. Every night.”

Phyllida Lloyd, MAMMA MIA! ’s original director, says she was oﬀered the job only after “some wonderful person” (who must be very, very sorry now) dropped out. More than a year of workshops followed.

MIA! is the

musical Benny and

Björn

wrote years ago. They just decided to release the songs ﬁrst.

A life-changing anecdote Lloyd likes to tell is that, if the show is such a hit today, it is thanks to the relative of a company member who sent an unsolicited letter telling her how to ﬁx a problem she had been struggling to identify. This gentleman explained that the show’s ﬁrst two scenes were, in his words, “the wrong way around.”

— PHYLLIA LLOYD, ORIGINAL DIRECTOR OF MAMMA MIA!

It was on March 23, 1999 that MAMMA MIA! — a show constructed from 22 of ABBA’s most memorable songs — was put in front of a paying audience at London’s Prince Edward Theatre. Let’s be clear: musicals are not supposed to be created this way. Usually, someone has a story to tell and someone else creates a series of songs that punctuate that story. Taking a bunch of songs that were previously conceived as singles, and ﬁnding a unifying thread was as heretical as it sounds.

“We really had no idea how it was going to be received,” reﬂected producer Judy Craymer, whose initial concept it had been to use existing ABBA songs to construct an original musical. “The audience went wild,” she told

“I handed the letter to [choreographer] Anthony van Laast,” Lloyd said. “We looked at each other and knew we had to change it. The new opening was immediately right. It makes it clear that this is a domestic, intimate show.”

Ultimately, however, the success of MAMMA MIA! rests in equal measure with all of its creators, whose tenacity and imagination persevered.

To quote Lloyd: “MAMMA MIA! is the musical Benny and Björn wrote years ago. They just decided to release the songs ﬁrst.”

MAMMA MIA!

JUNE 25 – 29 • BUELL THEATRE

ASL, Audio-described & Open Captioned performance: June 28 at 2pm

(L to R) Jalynn Steele (Tanya), Christine Sherrill (Donna Sheridan), and Carly Sakolove (Rosie). Photo by Joan Marcus.

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ROY FURMAN ROBERT GREENBLATT JAMES L. NEDERLANDER KENNY LEON

THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION NEIL MERON

SEASON SPONSOR

HUNTER ARNOLD JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION THE DALGLEISH LIBRARY COMPANY GROUP

HUNTER ARNOLD ROY FURMAN JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION JAMES L. NEDERLANDER

THE DALGLEISH LIBRARY COMPANY GROUP CUE TO CUE PRODUCTIONS ROBERT GREENBLATT SHEBOYGAN CONSERVATORY PARTNERS ATG PRODUCTIONS BOB BOYETT

THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION NEIL MERON

SHEBOYGAN CONSERVATORY PARTNERS AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP PRODUCTIONS BOB BOYETT CUE TO CUE PRODUCTIONS JANET AND MARVIN ROSEN THE ARACA GROUP CONCORD THEATRICALS MARC HOWARD INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK JUANITA JORDAN JUJAMCYN THEATERS HENRY R. MUÑOZ III OSTAR MARIAH CAREY

MGM ON STAGE

THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION NEIL MERON

JANET AND MARVIN ROSEN THE ARACA GROUP CONCORD THEATRICALS INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK

MGM ON STAGE

ROY FURMAN ROBERT GREENBLATT JAMES L. NEDERLANDER KENNY LEON

HUNTER ARNOLD JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION THE DALGLEISH LIBRARY COMPANY GROUP

SHEBOYGAN CONSERVATORY PARTNERS AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP PRODUCTIONS

Executive Producer JENNIFER COSTELLO

Executive Producer D.S. MOYNIHAN

THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION NEIL MERON HUNTER ARNOLD ROY FURMAN JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION JAMES L. NEDERLANDER

HUNTER ARNOLD JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION THE DALGLEISH LIBRARY COMPANY GROUP

SHEBOYGAN CONSERVATORY PARTNERS AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP PRODUCTIONS

BOB BOYETT CUE TO CUE PRODUCTIONS JANET AND MARVIN ROSEN THE ARACA GROUP CONCORD THEATRICALS MARC HOWARD INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK JUANITA JORDAN JUJAMCYN THEATERS HENRY R. MUÑOZ III OSTAR MARIAH CAREY

THE DALGLEISH LIBRARY COMPANY GROUP CUE TO CUE PRODUCTIONS ROBERT GREENBLATT

BOB BOYETT CUE TO CUE PRODUCTIONS JANET AND MARVIN ROSEN THE ARACA GROUP

THE DALGLEISH LIBRARY COMPANY GROUP CUE TO CUE PRODUCTIONS ROBERT GREENBLATT SHEBOYGAN CONSERVATORY PARTNERS ATG PRODUCTIONS BOB BOYETT

THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION NEIL MERON

CONCORD THEATRICALS MARC HOWARD INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK JUANITA JORDAN

SHEBOYGAN CONSERVATORY PARTNERS ATG PRODUCTIONS BOB BOYETT

JUJAMCYN THEATERS HENRY R. MUÑOZ III OSTAR MARIAH CAREY

JANET AND MARVIN ROSEN THE ARACA GROUP CONCORD THEATRICALS INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK

MGM ON STAGE

JANET AND MARVIN ROSEN THE ARACA GROUP CONCORD THEATRICALS INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK

ROY FURMAN ROBERT GREENBLATT JAMES L. NEDERLANDER KENNY LEON

Book by MATTHEW LÓPEZ and AMBER RUFFIN

Executive Producer

HUNTER ARNOLD JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION THE DALGLEISH LIBRARY COMPANY GROUP

D.S. MOYNIHAN

Music by

Executive Producer JENNIFER COSTELLO

D.S. MOYNIHAN

Lyrics by

SHEBOYGAN CONSERVATORY PARTNERS AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP PRODUCTIONS

BOB BOYETT CUE TO CUE PRODUCTIONS JANET AND MARVIN ROSEN THE ARACA GROUP

CONCORD THEATRICALS MARC HOWARD INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK JUANITA JORDAN

MARC SHAIMAN

JUJAMCYN THEATERS HENRY R. MUÑOZ III OSTAR MARIAH CAREY

Book by Music by Lyrics by MATTHEW LÓPEZ and MARC SHAIMAN SCOTT WITTMAN and AMBER RUFFIN MARC SHAIMAN

Book by MATTHEW LÓPEZ and AMBER RUFFIN

SCOTT WITTMAN and MARC SHAIMAN

Executive Producer D.S. MOYNIHAN

Book by MATTHEW LÓPEZ and AMBER RUFFIN

BASED ON THE METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MOTION PICTURE “SOME LIKE IT HOT“

“SOME LIKE IT HOT”

Music by MARC SHAIMAN

BASED ON THE METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MOTION PICTURE

Starring

Lyrics by SCOTT WITTMAN and MARC SHAIMAN

CHRISTIAN BORLE J. HARRISON GHEE ADRIANNA HICKS KEVIN DEL AGUILA N aTASHA YVETTE WILLIAMS ADAM HELLER MARK LOTITO ANGIE SCHWORER

Starring

Book by MATTHEW LÓPEZ and AMBER RUFFIN

Lyrics by SCOTT WITTMAN and MARC SHAIMAN

Book by Music by Lyrics by MATTHEW LÓPEZ and MARC SHAIMAN SCOTT WITTMAN and AMBER RUFFIN MARC SHAIMAN

BASED ON THE METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MOTION PICTURE “SOME LIKE IT HOT“

MATT LOEHR TAVIS KORDELL LEANDRA ELLIS-GASTON EDWARD JUVIER TARRA CONNER JONES JAMIE LAVERDIERE DEVON GOFFMAN DEVON HADSELL

BASED ON THE METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MOTION PICTURE “SOME LIKE IT HOT“

BASED ON THE METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MOTION PICTURE “SOME LIKE IT HOT”

Music by MARC SHAIMAN

BASED ON THE METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MOTION PICTURE “SOME LIKE IT HOT”

Starring

CHRISTIAN BORLE J. HARRISON GHEE ADRIANNA HICKS

With

Starring

Lyrics by SCOTT WITTMAN and MARC SHAIMAN

Starring

KEVIN DEL AGUILA N aTASHA YVETTE WILLIAMS

TY NIA RENÉ BRANDON IAN CAMPAYNO GABI CAMPO D e MARIUS R. COPES CASEY GARVIN DEVON HADSELL ASHLEY ELIZABETH HALE JENNY HILL K.J. HIPPENSTEEL JARVIS B. MANNING JR. BRIAN MARTIN

MATT LOEHR TAVIS KORDELL LEANDRA ELLIS-GASTON

CHRISTIAN BORLE J. HARRISON GHEE ADRIANNA HICKS

ADAM HELLER MARK LOTITO ANGIE SCHWORER

With

KEVIN DEL AGUILA N aTASHA YVETTE WILLIAMS

MATT LOEHR TAVIS KORDELL LEANDRA ELLIS-GASTON EDWARD JUVIER TARRA CONNER JONES

EDWARD JUVIER TARRA CONNER JONES

AYLA ALLEN ASHLEY MARIE ARNOLD KELLY BERMAN IAN CAMPAYNO DARIEN CRAGO AUSTIN DUNN

BASED ON THE METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER MOTION PICTURE “SOME LIKE IT HOT“

ABBY MATSUSAKA AMBER OWENS KAYLA PECCHIONI CHARLES SOUTH BRENDON STIMSON RAENA WHITE

JAMIE LAVERDIERE DEVON GOFFMAN DEVON HADSELL

ADAM HELLER MARK LOTITO ANGIE SCHWORER

JAMIE LAVERDIERE DEVON GOFFMAN DEVON HADSELL

ADENA ERSHOW DREW FRANKLIN TIM FUCHS RACHAEL BRITTON HART DEVIN HOLLOWAY BRYAN THOMAS HUNT

JULIUS WILLIAMS RICHARD RIAZ YODER

With

Starring

TY NIA RENÉ BRANDON IAN CAMPAYNO GABI CAMPO D e MARIUS R. COPES CASEY GARVIN

Scenic Design SCOTT PASK

CHRISTIAN BORLE J. HARRISON GHEE ADRIANNA HICKS

EMILY KELLY BRIANNA KIM STEPHEN MICHAEL LANGTON JAY OWENS RANEASE RYANN NISSI SHALOME

With

MICHAEL SKRZEK TOMMY SUTTER

DEVON HADSELL ASHLEY ELIZABETH HALE JENNY HILL K.J. HIPPENSTEEL JARVIS B. MANNING JR. BRIAN MARTIN

Costume Design GREGG BARNES

Lighting Design NATASHA KATZ

Sound Design BRIAN RONAN

ABBY MATSUSAKA AMBER OWENS KAYLA PECCHIONI CHARLES SOUTH BRENDON STIMSON RAENA WHITE

AYLA ALLEN ASHLEY MARIE ARNOLD KELLY BERMAN IAN CAMPAYNO DARIEN CRAGO AUSTIN DUNN

TY NIA RENÉ BRANDON IAN CAMPAYNO GABI CAMPO D e MARIUS R. COPES CASEY GARVIN DEVON HADSELL ASHLEY ELIZABETH HALE JENNY HILL K.J. HIPPENSTEEL JARVIS B. MANNING JR. BRIAN MARTIN

Scenic Design

KEVIN DEL AGUILA N aTASHA YVETTE WILLIAMS ADAM HELLER MARK LOTITO ANGIE SCHWORER

JULIUS WILLIAMS RICHARD RIAZ YODER

Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design SCOTT PASK GREGG BARNES NATASHA KATZ BRIAN RONAN

ADENA ERSHOW DREW FRANKLIN TIM FUCHS RACHAEL BRITTON HART DEVIN HOLLOWAY BRYAN THOMAS HUNT

EMILY KELLY BRIANNA KIM STEPHEN MICHAEL LANGTON JAY OWENS RANEASE RYANN NISSI SHALOME

Hair Design JOSH MARQUETTE

Orchestrations

Scenic Design SCOTT PASK

Hair Design

With

ABBY MATSUSAKA AMBER OWENS KAYLA PECCHIONI CHARLES SOUTH BRENDON STIMSON RAENA WHITE

Costume Design GREGG BARNES

Makeup Design MILAGROS MEDINA-CERDEIRA

MICHAEL SKRZEK TOMMY SUTTER

JULIUS WILLIAMS RICHARD RIAZ YODER

Lighting Design NATASHA KATZ

Additional Material by CHRISTIAN BORLE and JOE FARRELL

Sound Design BRIAN RONAN

TY NIA RENÉ BRANDON IAN CAMPAYNO GABI CAMPO D e MARIUS R. COPES CASEY GARVIN

Scenic Design

Makeup Design

Scenic Design

Scenic Design SCOTT PASK

Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design SCOTT PASK GREGG BARNES NATASHA KATZ BRIAN RONAN

CHARLIE ROSEN and BRYAN CARTER

Orchestrations

Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design SCOTT PASK GREGG BARNES NATASHA KATZ BRIAN RONAN

DEVON HADSELL ASHLEY ELIZABETH HALE JENNY HILL K.J. HIPPENSTEEL JARVIS B. MANNING JR. BRIAN MARTIN

Additional Material by JOSH MARQUETTE MILAGROS CHRISTIAN BORLE and MEDINA-CERDEIRA JOE FARRELL

Vocal Arrangements MARC SHAIMAN

Hair Design JOSH MARQUETTE

Costume Design GREGG BARNES

Orchestrations

Hair Design

Scenic Design SCOTT PASK

CHARLIE ROSEN and BRYAN CARTER

JOSH MARQUETTE

Dance & Incidental Music Arrangements GLEN KELLY

Makeup Design MILAGROS MEDINA-CERDEIRA

Lighting Design NATASHA KATZ

Music Director DARRYL ARCHIBALD

Additional Material by CHRISTIAN BORLE and JOE FARRELL

Sound Design BRIAN RONAN

ABBY MATSUSAKA AMBER OWENS KAYLA PECCHIONI CHARLES SOUTH BRENDON STIMSON RAENA WHITE JULIUS WILLIAMS RICHARD RIAZ YODER

Music Coordinator KRISTY NORTER

Makeup Design Additional Material by JOSH MARQUETTE MILAGROS CHRISTIAN BORLE and MEDINA-CERDEIRA JOE FARRELL

Production Stage Manager KAREN MOORE

Makeup Design Additional Material by JOSH MARQUETTE MILAGROS CHRISTIAN BORLE and MEDINA-CERDEIRA JOE FARRELL

Vocal Arrangements MARC SHAIMAN

Costume Design GREGG BARNES

Dance & Incidental

Makeup Design MILAGROS MEDINA-CERDEIRA

Music Arrangements GLEN KELLY

Lighting Design NATASHA KATZ

Music Director DARRYL ARCHIBALD

Sound Design BRIAN RONAN

Orchestrations

Associate Director STEVE BEBOUT

Hair Design JOSH MARQUETTE

Associate Choreographer JOHN M ac INNIS

Additional Material by CHRISTIAN BORLE and JOE FARRELL

Music Coordinator KRISTY NORTER

CHARLIE ROSEN Vocal Arrangements Music Arrangements Music Director Music Coordinator and BRYAN CARTER MARC SHAIMAN GLEN KELLY MARK BINNS KRISTY NORTER

CHARLIE ROSEN and BRYAN CARTER

Dance & Incidental

Production Management JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS

Production Stage Manager KAREN MOORE

Orchestrations

Makeup Design MILAGROS MEDINA-CERDEIRA

Advertising & Marketing SERINO COYNE

Vocal Arrangements MARC SHAIMAN

Associate Director STEVE BEBOUT

Dance & Incidental Music Arrangements GLEN KELLY

Additional Material by CHRISTIAN BORLE and JOE FARRELL

Casting THE TELSEY OFFICE BETHANY KNOX, C.S.A.

Associate Choreographer JOHN M ac INNIS

CHARLIE ROSEN and BRYAN CARTER

Digital Marketing SITUATION INTERACTIVE

Vocal Arrangements MARC SHAIMAN

Music Director DARRYL ARCHIBALD

Dance & Incidental Music Arrangements GLEN KELLY

Marketing Director ANNA PITERA D eVITO

Production Management JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS

Music Coordinator KRISTY NORTER

Casting

CHARLIE ROSEN Vocal Arrangements Music Arrangements Music Director Music Coordinator and BRYAN CARTER MARC SHAIMAN GLEN KELLY MARK BINNS KRISTY NORTER

Press Representative POLK & CO.

Casting THE TELSEY OFFICE BETHANY KNOX, C.S.A.

Production Stage Manager Associate Director Associate Choreographer Technical Supervisor THE TELSEY OFFICE

Music Director DARRYL ARCHIBALD

Music Coordinator KRISTY NORTER

Casting

Production Stage Manager KAREN MOORE

Advertising & Marketing SERINO COYNE

Associate Director STEVE BEBOUT

Company Manager JENNY PEEK

Casting

DONAVAN DOLAN STEVE BEBOUT JOHN MACINNIS JUNIPER STREET BETHANY KNOX, PRODUCTIONS C.S.A

Marketing Director ANNA PITERA D eVITO

Associate Choreographer JOHN M ac INNIS

Digital Marketing SITUATION INTERACTIVE

Production Stage Manager KAREN MOORE

Advertising & Marketing SERINO COYNE

Associate Director STEVE BEBOUT

General Management 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD.

Press Representative POLK & CO.

Company Manager JENNY PEEK

Associate Choreographer JOHN M ac INNIS

Production Management JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS

Tour Marketing and Press Tour Booking Agency Company Manager General Management ALLIED GLOBAL THE BOOKING GROUP DeANN L. BOISE 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. MARKETING MEREDITH BLAIR JEFF KLEIN KARA GEBHART

Production Stage Manager Associate Director Associate Choreographer Technical Supervisor THE TELSEY OFFICE DONAVAN DOLAN STEVE BEBOUT JOHN MACINNIS JUNIPER STREET BETHANY KNOX, PRODUCTIONS C.S.A

General Management 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD.

Casting THE TELSEY OFFICE BETHANY KNOX, C.S.A.

Advertising & Marketing SERINO COYNE

Digital Marketing SITUATION INTERACTIVE

Production Management JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS

Music Supervision by MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL

Digital Marketing SITUATION INTERACTIVE

Music Supervision by MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL

Marketing Director ANNA PITERA D eVITO

Press Representative POLK & CO.

Tour Marketing and Press Tour Booking Agency Company Manager General Management

Casting THE TELSEY OFFICE BETHANY KNOX, C.S.A.

ALLIED GLOBAL THE BOOKING GROUP DeANN L. BOISE 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. MARKETING MEREDITH BLAIR JEFF KLEIN KARA GEBHART

Press Representative POLK & CO.

ALLIED GLOBAL THE BOOKING GROUP DeANN L. BOISE 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. MARKETING MEREDITH BLAIR JEFF KLEIN KARA GEBHART

Company Manager JENNY PEEK

Directed and Choreographed by CASEY NICHOLAW

Company Manager JENNY PEEK

General Management 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD.

Directed and Choreographed by CASEY NICHOLAW

General Management 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD.

Music Supervision by MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL and DARRYL ARCHIBALD

Music Supervision by MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL

This production is dedicated to the memory of Craig Zadan.

Directed and Choreographed by CASEY NICHOLAW

Music Supervision by MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL

This production is dedicated to the memory of Craig Zadan.

Directed and Choreographed by CASEY NICHOLAW

Grammy Award®-winning Original Cast Recording on Concord Theatricals Recordings

This production is dedicated to the memory of Craig Zadan.

CAST

(in order of appearance)

Sweet Sue TARRA CONNER JONES

Joe/Josephine MATT LOEHR

Jerry/Daphne TAVIS KORDELL

Nellie............................................................................................................................................DARIEN CRAGO

Mack TOMMY SUTTER

Sonny JAY OWENS

Spats DEVON GOFFMAN

Mulligan JAMIE LAVERDIERE

Toothpick Charlie MICHAEL SKRZEK

Minnie DEVON HADSELL

Dolores ....................................................................................................................................... NISSI SHALOME

Ginger ASHLEY MARIE ARNOLD

Vivian EMILY KELLY

Sugar LEANDRA ELLIS-GASTON

Bar Manager MICHAEL SKRZEK

Osgood EDWARD JUVIER

Man with Suitcase

Society Syncopators

STEPHEN MICHAEL LANGTON

ASHLEY MARIE ARNOLD, KELLY BERMAN, DARIEN CRAGO, EMILY KELLY, BRIANNA KIM, RANEASE RYANN, NISSI SHALOME

Gangsters, Porters, Bellhops, et al ........................... DREW FRANKLIN, DEVIN HOLLOWAY, STEPHEN MICHAEL LANGTON, JAY OWENS, MICHAEL SKRZEK, TOMMY SUTTER

UNDERSTUDIES

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

For Joe/Josephine— BRYAN THOMAS HUNT, MICHAEL SKRZEK; for Jerry/Daphne— DEVIN HOLLOWAY, JAY OWENS; for Sugar— RANEASE RYANN, NISSI SHALOME; for Sweet Sue—ASHLEY MARIE ARNOLD, NISSI SHALOME; for Osgood— DREW FRANKLIN, STEPHEN MICHAEL LANGTON; for Mulligan—TIM FUCHS, STEPHEN MICHAEL LANGTON; for Spats— BRYAN THOMAS HUNT, TOMMY SUTTER; for Minnie— DARIEN CRAGO, RACHAEL BRITTON HART

SWINGS

AYLA ALLEN, AUSTIN DUNN, TIM FUCHS, RACHAEL BRITTON HART, BRYAN THOMAS HUNT

VACATION SWINGS

IAN CAMPAYNO, ADENA ERSHOW

Dance Captain—TIM FUCHS

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

CAST

AYLA ALLEN

ASHLEY MARIE ARNOLD

KELLY BERMAN

IAN CAMPAYNO

DARIEN CRAGO

DEVIN HOLLOWAY

BRYAN THOMAS HUNT

EMILY KELLY

BRIANNA KIM

STEPHEN MICHAEL LANGTON JAY OWENS

RYANN

MICHAEL SKRZEK

TOMMY SUTTER

AUSTIN DUNN

ADENA ERSHOW

DREW FRANKLIN TIM FUCHS

RACHAEL BRITTON HART

MATT LOEHR

TAVIS KORDELL

LEANDRA ELLIS-GASTON

EDWARD JUVIER

TARRA CONNER JONES

JAMIE LaVERDIERE

DEVON GOFFMAN

DEVON HADSELL

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I

“What Are You Thirsty For?” Sue and Ensemble

“You Can’t Have Me (If You Don’t Have Him)” Joe and Jerry

“Vamp!” Joe and Jerry

“I’m California Bound”

Sue, Joe, Jerry, Sugar and Ensemble

“A Darker Shade of Blue” Sugar

“Take It up a Step”

“Zee Bap”

Sugar, Josephine, Daphne and Ensemble

Sue, Josephine, Daphne and Ensemble

“At the Old Majestic Nickel Matinee” ................................................................................................. Sugar

“Poor Little Millionaire”

“Some Like It Hot”

“Let’s Be Bad”

ACT II

Osgood and Ensemble

Sue, Sugar, Daphne and Ensemble

Osgood, Daphne and Ensemble

“Dance the World Away” Joe, Sugar and Ensemble

“Fly, Mariposa, Fly”

Osgood and Ensemble

“You Coulda Knocked Me Over With a Feather” Daphne

“He Lied When He Said Hello” ................................................................................... Joe and Ensemble

“Ride Out the Storm” Sugar

“Tip Tap Trouble” Company

“Baby, Let’s Get Good” Company

SETTING: 1933, Chicago and San Diego

THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

Music Coordinator—KRISTY NORTER Score Supervisor—SAMUEL HOAD

Keyboard Programmer—RANDY COHEN Associate Keyboard Programmers—SAM STAROBIN, TIM CROOK, NICHOLAS SCHENKEL, JUAN MATOS; Drum Pad Programming—SEAN McDANIEL; Playback Engineer—JULIANNE MERRILL; PATCHMASTER PRODUCTIONS LLC; Music Preparation—RUSSELL BARTMUS, CHARLIE SAVAGE and NATHAN SEROT for 7TH AVENUE MUSIC SERVICE; Music Assistant—LEXI VOLLERO; Additional Music Production—LARRY SALTZMAN, MIKE MORRIS, RYAN O’CONNELL, SAMUEL HOAD

ORCHESTRA

Conductor/Keys 1—MARK BINNS Associate Conductor/Keys 2—TINA FAYE

Trumpet 1—MATT GALLAGHER Drums— CHRIS SUTHERLAND

LOCAL ORCHESTRA

Reed 1—ART BOUTON

Reed 2—JARED CATHEY

Reed 3—ALEX BURSE

Reed 4—ALLISON YOUNG

*Trumpet 1/Flugel Horn—(JAKE BOLDMAN IS SUBBING JUNE 19 AND 20)

Trumpet 2/Flugel Horn—DAWN KRAMER

Trombone 1—ZACH RICH

Trombone/Bass Trombone—JIM GRAY

Acoustic Bass—ERIK HITT Keyboard Sub—BOKO SUZUKI

Music Contractor—JIM HARVEY

MATT LOEHR (Joe/Josephine). Recent tours: Dave in MJ the Musical, Don Kirshner in Beautiful the Carole King Musical. Broadway: Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon . Original Broadway casts: Elf the Musical; Promises, Promises (2010 revival); Mary Poppins; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; and Mel Brooks’ The Producers Other Broadway: Evita, Movin’ Out and Fosse

TAVIS KORDELL ( Jerry/Daphne) is a Raeford, North Carolina native excited to be making their national tour debut! Regional/collegiate: In the Heights (Benny u/s), The Color Purple (Ensemble), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical x4 (Drifter), Elf (Ensemble), The Wild Party (Mr. Black), Company (Robert), SpongeBob (Ensemble) and “America’s Got Talent,” Season 16. Proud graduate of UNC-Greensboro! @taviskordell.

LEANDRA ELLIS-GASTON (Sugar). Broadway: Six (Anne Boleyn), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (original Broadway company). Off-Broadway: Pal Joey (City Center), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (nat’l tour), Hair (international tour). Inspiring Black women to shine in the spotlight. To every melanin-rich queen: your beauty radiates. Ephesians 2:8–9. @leandraellisgaston.

EDWARD JUVIER (Osgood ). Seen on Broadway in Les Misérables and tours of Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera, he has performed with many theaters, including Goodspeed, Pioneer, Stages St. Louis (Theater Circle Award), Alabama Shakespeare, Tuachan, Engeman, Riverside, Meadow Brook, Gulf Coast Symphony, Transcendence and more. Boston Conservatory graduate. Visit edwardjuvier.com.

TARRA CONNER JONES (Sweet Sue). A dynamic performer based in NYC. She wowed audiences in A Strange Loop (West Coast debut) and made her Off-Broadway debut in White Girl in Danger, earning Drama Desk and Drama League nominations, and an Audelco Award. She dedicates every performance to her mother, Chonita Conner, and thanks Dave Secor/Daniel Hoff Agency.

JAMIE LaVERDIERE ( Mulligan). Broadway: The Producers (St. James), Pirate Queen (Hilton) and Motown (Lunt-Fontanne). Tours: Urinetown (first national), Motown (first national)

WHO’S WHO

and A Chorus Line (Europe). Other NYC credits include Grand Hotel (Encores!); Closer Than Ever and Rothschild and Sons (York); I Love You, You’re Perfect…(Westside); and Dogman, The Musical! (New World Stages).

DEVON GOFFMAN (Spats). Tours: Jersey Boys (Tommy DeVito), On Your Feet! (Phil), Motown, Grease (Vince Fontaine), Titanic (Barrett), Buddy. Recent: 9 to 5 (Franklin Hart). TV: “Law & Order: O.C.” (Det. Greg Florial), “Lincoln Rhyme” (Amelia’s Dad). “Love u, Katie—my heart! Thank u, fam: Mom and Dena, BWA.” @DevonBulldog. @theDevonGoffmanStudio. devongoffmanofficial.com. Go Bills!

DEVON HADSELL (Minnie). Broadway: Some Like It Hot (Ensemble, u/s Minnie), Mean Girls (Ensemble, u/s Gretchen, Karen, Adult Woman). Tour: The Little Mermaid. Regional: West Side Story, Something Rotten!, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Sunset Blvd, Ragtime, Lysistrata Jones. TV: “SNL,” “American Horror Story,” “The Tony Awards.” Love to family, friends, Colette, MSA and hubby Paul. @devonhadsell.

AYLA ALLEN (Swing) likes it hot! Regional favorites: 42nd Street (Broadway at Music Circus); Singin’ in the Rain (McCarter Theatre); The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mary Poppins (Tuacahn). Sending love to Mama Allen, family, friends and FSE! @aylamae119.

ASHLEY MARIE ARNOLD (Ensemble, u/s Sweet Sue) is thrilled to join this company! Recent: David (AMT Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (West Side Theatre), Beautiful (Maltz Jupiter), Joy (George Street Playhouse). “Thanks to my family, DGRW team, ZOOM Talent and Telsey!” B.M. OCU.

KELLY BERMAN (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Broadway national tour debut. Regional: Goodspeed, Muny, Paper Mill, Ogunquit, The Rev, York Theatre. Off-Broadway: The Death of Desert Rose. Thanks to SLIH team and Telsey! Boston Conservatory. CTG. @kbermanator.

IAN CAMPAYNO (Vacation Swing). Thrilled to be a Hottie again! Broadway: Some Like It Hot, Mary Poppins. Off-Broadway: Trip of Love Tours: Something Rotten!, Chicago, Mary Poppins. TV/ film and regional theater as well! @icampayno.

DARIEN CRAGO ( Ensemble, u/s Minnie). Broadway: Holiday Inn (and PBS recording). New York: City Center Encores!, York Theatre. National tour: White Christmas. TV: “Fosse/Verdon,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” “Thank you to The Mine, Jimmy and the creative team. Love to my fam and D.”

AUSTIN DUNN (Swing). NYC based, but originally from Austin, Texas. Chicago (natl’ tour). Regional: PCLO. LTOK. Proud Point Park alum. “Endlessly grateful to my family, friends and mentors. For Nana and Papa. Thank you to CTG and Telsey.” @austintdunn.

ADENA ERSHOW (Vacation Swing). National tour debut! Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Signature Theatre, Broadway at Music Circus, The Fulton and many more. Endless thank you to The Mine, Telsey and the entire SLIH team! “Love to my family. For SLB and KJS.” @aershow.

DREW FRANKLIN ( Ensemble, u/s Osgood ) has performed in many shows in many places. Previous appearances in your city may have included Something Rotten!, Elf, White Christmas and Cats . For Mom and Grandma, who both loved tap dancing. Be kind!

TIM FUCHS (Swing, Dance Captain, u/s Mulligan). Nat’l tours: Something Rotten! (Ensemble, u/s Nigel), 42nd Street (Swing), Cats (Mungojerrie RCCL), numerous regional theaters across the U.S. Thanks Dave at Daniel Hoff, Jimmy at Telsey. Love to family, friends and his fiancée Sierra. timfuchs282.com. @givesnofuchs.

RACHAEL BRITTON HART (Swing, u/s Minnie). Tour: Pippin. Regional: Broadway at Music Circus, Walnut Street Theatre, Fulton Theatre. TV: “SNL,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” “My gratitude to the SLIH team, LDC Artist Rep and my loving family and friends.” @ihart_dancing.

DEVIN HOLLOWAY (Ensemble, u/s Jerry/Daphne) is grateful. Tours: Ain’t Too Proud, After Midnight, Something Rotten, Motown, Hair, 42nd Street, Sesame Street LIVE: MNF Much love to family and friends, 101 Productions, The Telsey Office, FSE and SLIH creatives. devinholloway.net. @thedevinholloway.

BRYAN THOMAS HUNT (Swing, u/s Joe/Josephine, u/s Spats). Tours: White Christmas and Billy Elliot . Regional: Alliance, Ahmanson, Asolo,

Goodspeed, Muny, North Shore, Ogunquit, Paper Mill and Riverside. “Love to my beautiful wife Kelly, and to my endlessly supportive family. For my Dad.”

EMILY KELLY (Ensemble). National tour debut! Favorite credits: Grand Hotel (Encores!), Summerstock (Goodspeed), Cabaret (Sally u/s; Asolo), Muny. Sacramento native; IU grad—go Hoosiers! “Love to TCT, SLIH team, Alex and support system—for my parents, thank you!” @emckelly.

BRIANNA KIM ( Ensemble). Proud Asian-American! Theater: The Great Gatsby (premiere), Cats (national tour), Mr. Abbott Awards (Al Blackstone). TV: “SNL,” “Away We Go” (Sam Mendes), “Super Wings” (Nickelodeon). Gratitude to this team, Telsey, CESD and Devin Ilaw! @bri.kimm.

STEPHEN MICHAEL LANGTON (Ensemble, u/s Osgood, u/s Mulligan). Previously seen in the first national tour of Newsies (Davey). “Love and gratitude to Jill, the Ussies and my incomparable family. For my first costars, my beautiful sisters.”

JAY OWENS (Ensemble, u/s Jerry/ Daphne) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with such an important and heartwarming piece. Endless thanks to his family, teachers, agents and best friends for their unwavering support, love and guidance.

RANEASE RYANN ( Ensemble, u/s Sugar) is honored to make her national tour debut! Recently: Dreamgirls (Muny), Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Music Theatre Wichita). Sending love to her family, friends and CCM MT ’25! 1 Corinthians 16:14. @ranease.

NISSI SHALOME (Ensemble, u/s Sugar, u/s Sweet Sue). Chicago-land native with her B.F.A. from WIU. Credits: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical, The Factotum. She sends glory to God, and love to her family and Gray Talent Group. @nissishalome.

MICHAEL SKRZEK ( Ensemble, u/s Joe/Josephine ). Originally from Worcester, Mass., making his Broadway national tour debut. Michael grew up enamored with MGM musicals, making this show extraordinarily special. “Endless gratitude for my people—MDAJSSPNTRJ. Peace, love and happiness.” @michaelskrzek. michaelskrzek.com.

TOMMY SUTTER ( Ensemble, u/s Spats). Ailey School alum. Regional: Lyric Opera of Chicago, Kennedy Center, The Rev, Weston Theater Company. TV: “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon), “Broadway’s Brightest Lights” (PBS), “Lady in the Lake” (Apple TV). Love to Hannah and Mom. @tommysutter.

MARC SHAIMAN ( Composer, Co-Lyricist, Vocal Arranger). Seven Oscar nominations: Mary Poppins Returns, Sleepless in Seattle, Patch Adams, The First Wives Club, The American President, South Park Other films: Beaches, When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, The Addams Family, Sister Act, A Few Good Men, The Bucket List. Broadway (three Tony noms): Hairspray (Tony win), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Catch Me If You Can, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. TV (thirteen Emmy noms.): “SNL,” “Smash,” “The Oscars” (Emmy win), “Only Murders in the Building.” Recordings (six Grammy noms.): Bette Midler, Harry Connick Jr., Mariah Carey, two Grammy wins for Hairspray and Some Like It Hot cast albums.

SCOTT WITTMAN (Co-Lyricist) is a Tony, two- time Grammy and Olivier award-winning lyricist and director. Broadway: Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Upcoming: Smash. Television: “Smash” (Golden Globe, Grammy and Emmynominated) and Emmy-nominated “Pickwick Triplets” from “Only Murders in the Building.” Film: Oscar nominee for “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from Mary Poppins Returns. Concerts: Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, Nathan Lane and Bette Midler. His ’80s Downtown shows are in the permanent collection of MOMA.

MATTHEW LÓPEZ (Book) was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk for his work on Some Like It Hot. He is the author of The Inheritance , which won the Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, Outer Critics Circle, London Critics Circle and GLAAD Media awards for Best Play. He wrote and directed the Amazon Prime feature “Red, White and Royal Blue,” for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.

AMBER RUFFIN (Book) is an Emmy and WGA award-nominated writer and performer for NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and “The Amber Ruffin Show.” She wrote and performed on Comedy Central’s “Detroiters” and was a regular narrator on “Drunk

History.” She also wrote on “A Black Lady Sketch Show.” Ruffin is a New York Times bestselling author, along with her sister Lacey Lamar, of You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories of Racism. She wrote the most recent Broadway production of The Wiz

CASEY NICHOLAW ( Director and Choreographer ). Two-time Tony Award winning director-choreographer, Casey Nicholaw, is represented on Broadway as director/ choreographer of Disney’s Aladdin (Tony and Drama Desk nominations Best Choreography), and co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (Tony and Drama Desk awards Best Co-Director, nominations in the same categories Best Choreography); Olivier Award winner Best Choreography. Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: Some Like It Hot (Tony and Drama Desk awards Best Choreography, Tony nomination Best Direction), The Prom (Tony nomination Best Direction), Mean Girls (Tony nominations Best Direction and Choreography), Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten! (Tony and Drama Desk nominations Best Direction and Choreography), Elf: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony and Drama Desk nominations Best Direction and Choreography), Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (Tony and Drama Desk nominations Best Choreography). Represented on London’s West End as director/choreographer of Mean Girls, and co-director/choreographer of The Book of Mormon. Next spring he will direct and choreograph Disney’s Hercules on the West End.

MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL (Co-Music Supervisor ). Broadway: Water for Elephants, Some Like It Hot, Mean Girls, The Prom, Finding Neverland, Company, Sweeney Todd She serves as music director for New York City Center’s Encores! She is the founder and president of ArtsIgnite (artsignite.org), which helps young people develop agency through the arts. She is a Founding Member of MUSE—museonline.org and Maestra— maestramusic.org.

DARRYL ARCHIBALD (Co-Music Supervisor). Broadway: Some Like It Hot, Motown the Musical. Tours: Memphis, The Color Purple. Television: “Encore!” on Disney+, “A Hollywood Holiday Christmas.” Regional: Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Little Shop of Horrors with M.J. Rodriguez, Dear World with Tyne Daly, Two by Two with Jason

Alexander, Innocence (Banff Centre). Full bio at darrylarchibald.com.

SCOTT PASK (Scenic Design) has received Tony Awards for The Book of Mormon, The Coast of Utopia and The Pillowman . Select Broadway: Gutenberg!, Grey House, Shucked, Some Like It Hot, Aint No Mo’, American Buffalo, The Prom, The Band’s Visit, Mean Girls, Waitress, Pippin, I’ll Eat You Last, Hair, Pal Joey, Urinetown. Netflix: “Oh, Hello,” “John Mulaney—Kid Gorgeous,” “John Mulaney—Baby J.,” “Hasan Minhaj— The Kings Jester,” “Cirque du Soliel’s Amaluna.” @scottpaskstudio.

GREGG BARNES (Costume Design). Broadway: Some Like It Hot (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Award), Pretty Woman, Mean Girls, Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Kinky Boots (Olivier Award), Follies (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Henry Hewes Award), Elf, Legally Blonde, The Drowsy Chaperone (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Award, Olivier nom.), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flower Drum Song, Side Show. Other: Dreamgirls (Olivier nomination).

NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) has designed for theater, opera and dance around the world. Recent Broadway and Off-Broadway: Hell’s Kitchen; Sweeney Todd; Here We Are; Grey House; MJ; Some Like It Hot; Springsteen on Broadway; Aladdin; The Prom; Hello, Dolly! (starring Bette Midler). She is a TDF Wendy Wasserstein Project Mentor and was recently inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.

BRIAN RONAN (Sound Designer ) has designed the sound for over 45 Broadway shows. They include The Great Gatsby, Funny Girl, Mean Girls, Springsteen on Broadway, Beautiful, The Book of Mormon, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening and Cabaret (’98). Brian is the recipient of the Obie, Lucille Lortel, two Drama Desks, London’s Olivier and two Tony awards.

JOSH MARQUETTE ( Hair Design). Selected NY/London: Some Like It Hot, The Prom, Pretty Woman, Mean Girls, Present Laughter, Dreamgirls, Paramour, Tuck Everlasting, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, Trip of Love, First Date, Elf, Dogfight, The Best Man, Vanities, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pig Farm, …Trailer Park Musical, Altar Boyz. @josh_marquette.

MILAGROS MEDINA-CERDEIRA (Makeup Design). Makeup design for

Some Like It Hot, Prom, Mean Girls, Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten!, Aladdin, The Rocky Horror Show and makeup design consultant for Present Laughter and Sister Act. Film and television makeup design for “Godfather of Harlem” S4 MGM, “Evil” CBS Paramount+ (Season1–4),“American Horror Story” S11: “NYC,” “American Horror Story” S12: “Delicate.”

CHRISTIAN BORLE & JOE FARRELL ( Additional Material ) met in a musical theater acting class in 1998. That turned out great for Christian. Joe went on to become a film and TV producer and is the chief creative officer of Funny Or Die. Christian has more Tonys, Joe has more Emmys. Thank you, Casey!

BRYAN CARTER (Orchestrations) is a Grammy and Tony award-winning drummer, vocalist, bandleader, composer and orchestrator. Select Broadway: Some Like It Hot (Tony Award), A Strange Loop (additional orchestrations). TV: “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (drums), “Sesame Street” (drums, percussion), NBC’s “Maya & Marty” (drums). @bryancartermusic.

CHARLIE ROSEN (Orchestrations) is a Tony and Grammy award-winning composer and orchestrator. Select Broadway: Some Like It Hot (Tony Award); A Strange Loop (Tony nom.); Be More Chill; Moulin Rouge! (Tony Award); Prince of Broadway; American Psycho; The Visit; Honeymoon in Vegas; One Man, Two Guv’nors; 13; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

GLEN KELLY (Dance and Incidental Music Arranger) was the music supervisor and arranger of The Producers, Young Frankenstein and Bullets Over Broadway. He arranged the music for Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Book of Mormon, Mean Girls, Beauty and the Beast, Something Rotten!, A Christmas Story, The Prom, The Scottsboro Boys and Aladdin. Drama Desk Award for The Nance

KRISTY NORTER (Music Coordinator) is a music coordinator and freelance musician specializing in woodwind instruments. Coordinator credits include The Outsiders, Merrily We Roll Along, Some Like It Hot, Cabaret, Hell’s Kitchen, Suffs, Water For Elephants, Lempicka, Six, New York New York, Back to the Future and Mr. Saturday Night

MARK BINNS (Music Director). Past tours: Mrs. Doubtfire, Jesus Christ Superstar, An Officer and a Gentleman, Rent and Motown . Selected past MD credits include Les Misérables,

Hairspray, Jersey Boys, Sister Act, West Side Story and the regional premieres of Memphis and The Bridges of Madison County, both at Arkansas Repertory Theatre. For Mom, always.

STEVE BEBOUT (Associate Director) continues his association with Casey Nicholaw after working on the Broadway production of Some Like It Hot, as well as The Book of Mormon and Something Rotten! With Jerry Zaks, he was the Associate Director on The Addams Family and Sister Act, among others. He’s directed a bunch of his own stuff too.

JOHN MacINNIS ( Associate Choreographer ). Choreography credits: The European productions of Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. He was the director/choreographer of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular from 1998–2001, director/choreographer Winter Olympics Medals Ceremonies 2002 and 2010. He is associate of Broadway’s The Book of Mormon, Aladdin, Something Rotten!, Mean Girls and The Prom BUIST BICKLEY ( Production Properties Supervisor). Select credits: Death Becomes Her, The Outsiders, Moulin Rouge!, MJ, Shucked, & Juliet, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Tina, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Color Purple, Act One, The Nance, The Last Ship and Other Desert Cities.

RANDY COHEN ( Keyboard Programmer). Broadway: Over 100 shows, including Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, Hell’s Kitchen, The Outsiders, Suffs, Kinky Boots, Dear Evan Hansen, In the Heights, Frozen . TV: “Sesame Street,” “Electric Company” (Keyboardist/ Programmer). Thanks to the entire RCK team—Tim, Sam and Nick.

KAREN MOORE ( Production Supervisor). Production stage manager for the Broadway productions of Some Like It Hot, The Book of Mormon, Elf and The Drowsy Chaperone Other credits include Ragtime, Good Vibrations, Wonderful Town, Taboo, Man of La Mancha, The Graduate, Follies , 16 Encores! and many OffBroadway productions.

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Management) is thrilled to bring Some Like It Hot to audiences across America. Formed in 1998, JSP has managed more than 100 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national tours. Currently: & Juliet, Harry Potter, The Great Gatsby, Hell’s Kitchen,

Kimberly Akimbo, MJ The Musical, Moulin Rouge!, Shucked, Stereophonic, The Outsiders, The Roommate, Water for Elephants. juniperstreet.com.

DONAVAN DOLAN (Production Stage Manager) has worked in stage management for national tours including My Fair Lady, Cats, Love Never Dies, An American in Paris, 42nd Street, Annie, Ghost, Catch Me If You Can, Grease, Peter Pan 360, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rent, Oklahoma!, A Chorus Line, Mame and Copacabana. International tours include An American in Paris (Australia tour and China tour), 42nd Street (Asia tour), The Sound of Music (China tour) and Thomas & Friends (Australia/ New Zealand tour). Love and thanks to Justin. And dedicating this show to Dad!

WHITNEY M. KEETER ( Stage Manager ) she/her. Broadway: The Cottage . National tours: The Play That Goes Wrong, Something Rotten! NYC: The Play That Goes Wrong OffBroadway and national tours (production supervisor/production stage manager), Orwell in America, Trick or Treat, Brits Off-Broadway. To Drew, Spaghetti. For Nicholas.

JALON PAYTON ( Assistant Stage Manager ) is jazzed to be making his national tour debut with the company of Some Like It Hot Regional: Arena Stage, Everyman Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, American Players Theatre. Recipient of the Charlie Blackwell Symposium Scholarship. UMBC B.A.

KELLEY LYNNE MONCRIEF (Sub Assistant Stage Manager). She/her/ hers. Broadway: Some Like It Hot, An Enemy of the People, Doubt, Moulin Rouge! Off-Broadway: Our Class, The Christine Jorgensen Show. TV/ film: “Gossip Girl,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” M.F.A. from Columbia University and B.A. from Goldsmiths, University of London. Touring debut! @kelleylynnem.

EMILY WHITE-WINTER (Sub Assistant Stage Manager). National tours: To Kill A Mockingbird, Aladdin, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The SpongeBob Musical, The King and I, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Beauty and the Beast. Kansas State University graduate. Many thanks to Andrew. emilywhitewinter.com.

DeANN L. BOISE (Company Manager) has been managing tours in the U.S., Canada, Japan and Brazil since 1997 and continues to enjoy the adventure. Some favorites are Dear Evan Hansen,

An American in Paris, Fiddler on the Roof and Chita Rivera in Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life , to name a few. Proud member of ATPAM.

101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. (General Management ). Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson founded their company in 1994. General Managers include Jeff Klein, Ron Gubin, Chris Morey, Marshall Purdy and Chris Taggart and Associate General Manager Kathy Kim. Broadway: Cabaret, Sunset Blvd., Othello, Smash National tour: Suffs. Upcoming: Dolly: An Original Musical, Waiting for Godot

THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) has represented 28 Tony Award-winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include Hamilton, Funny Girl, Mamma Mia!, MJ, Parade, Six, The Wiz, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Hadestown and Tina

ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service, integrated marketing agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, consumer and lifestyle brands, including 80+ Broadway shows over three decades. Current tours: Ain’t Too Proud, Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Hadestown, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire, Riverdance. Upcoming tours: Elf The Musical, The Great Gatsby, Kinky Boots, The Notebook, The Outsiders, Suffs

THINK TANK (Social Media), based in Louisville, Kentucky, is a marketing, advertising and social media agency rooted in social storytelling. We work with local businesses and national touring productions to create compelling, genuine, engaging content. thinktanklou.com.

THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy. thetelseyoffice.com.

MGM ON STAGE, a division of Amazon MGM Studios, licenses a wide variety of film titles for adaptation on stage. In addition to Some Like It Hot, titles that have appeared on stage around the world, include Legally Blonde, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mystic Pizza, Rain Man, The Apartment, Rocky and New York, New York.

THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION

(Producer). America’s oldest professional theater company, The Shubert Organization has been at the forefront of the American theater for over 120 years. Under the leadership of Robert E. Wankel, Chairman and CEO, Shubert owns and operates 17 Broadway theaters, six Off-Broadway venues and the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia. The company has produced and co-produced hundreds of plays and musicals over the years. The tradition continues with several new productions this season.

NEIL MERON (Producer) Neil’s productions have earned six Oscars, 25 Emmys and six Tonys. Select productions include Broadway: Promises, Promises and How to Succeed…; film: Oscar-winning Chicago, Hairspray, The Bucket List, Footloose, 13: The Musical; TV: “Smash,” “Drop Dead Diva,” NBC live musicals, including “The Sound of Music”, “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Annie”, 2013–15 Oscars; TV movies: Whitney Houston/Brandy “Cinderella,” Bette Midler “Gypsy,” “A Raisin in the Sun,” “Life With Judy Garland,” “Patsy and Loretta.” Upcoming Broadway: Smash, based on the TV series. Insta: @neilmeron.

JENNIFER COSTELLO ( Executive Producer) previously served as the EVP of Production for the John Gore Organization and acted as Executive Producer on dozens of Broadway and touring productions. Most recently, under her independent banner Big Red Barn Productions, she produced Water for Elephants on Broadway.

HUNTER ARNOLD (Co-Producer ). Select Broadway: Maybe Happy Ending, Hadestown (Tony), Moulin Rouge! (Tony), The Inheritance (Tony), Cabaret, The Notebook, Back to the Future, Mrs. Doubtfire, Company, Dear Evan Hansen (Tony), Kinky Boots (Tony). Select Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. @huntercarnold.

ROY FURMAN (Co-Producer). 17 Tony Award-winning Best Musicals and Plays. Currently on Broadway: Suffs, MJ, The Notebook, Moulin Rouge! (Tony), The Book of Mormon (Tony). Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors Forthcoming Broadway productions: Gypsy, Smash, Buena Vista Social Club Vice Chairman Jefferies Group, former Vice Chairman Lincoln Center.

JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Co-Producer) is the leading presenter, distributor and marketer of Broadway theater worldwide. Under the supervision of 22-time Tony-winning pro -

ducer John Gore, JGO’s companies include Broadway Across America and Broadway.com. Productions include MJ, Moulin Rouge!, The Outsiders, Stereophonic

JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Co-Producer ). President of the Nederlander Organization. Credits: Kimberly Akimbo, Enemy of the People, The Outsiders, Titanique, Tommy, MJ The Musical, Some Like It Hot, Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, The Lehman Trilogy, On Your Feet. Plus many more.

THE DAGLEISH LIBRARY COMPANY GROUP (Co-Producer ). Jack M. Dalgleish is a Tony and Olivier awardwinning producer of theater and film. Based in Seoul, Korea, Library Company is a worldwide entertainment company that produces concerts, film, series and theater, including productions on Broadway and the West End.

CUE TO CUE PRODUCTIONS

(Co-Producer) is a theater production company led by Jeff Vinik, the former hedge fund manager and owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, and Joshua Vinik, a stage manager. Credits: MJ, Sweeney Todd, Stranger Things, Suffs and Funny Girl. @cuetocueproductions. @joshua.vinik.broadway.

ROBERT GREENBLATT

(Co-Producer) ran Fox, Showtime, NBC and HBO; oversaw the launch of HBO/Max; brought live musicals back to television; won four Tonys, two Oliviers and a Golden Globe (“Six Feet Under”); currently produces “The Gilded Age” (HBO), and Smash for Broadway with partners Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg.

SHEBOYGAN CONSERVATORY PARTNERS (Co-Producer ). Tony Award-winning producers Ken Fakler, Dan Stone, WitzEnd and Arlene Scanlan. Company, Beautiful, Dear Evan Hansen, The Inheritance, How to Succeed…, A Beautiful Noise, Once on This Island, Funny Girl, 1660 Vine, La Cage…, Tuck…, E2M, Diana, Sing Street, Smash

ATG PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer) is the award-winning producing and general management arm of the world’s largest live theater company, ATG Entertainment. Current: seventime Olivier Award-winning musicals Cabaret and Sunset Boulevard (West End/Broadway), Barcelona (West End), Pretty Woman, Dear Evan Hansen (U.K. tour).

BOB BOYETT ( Co-Producer ). Broadway (partial): The Notebook, Days of Wine and Roses, Spamalot, Purple Victorious, Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Doubtfire, Some Like It Hot, Company, Dear Evan Hansen, The Drowsy Chaperone, War Horse, South Pacific, The Coast of Utopia and The History Boys . Named Commander of the British Empire for services to drama by Queen Elizabeth II.

JANET AND MARVIN ROSEN (Co-Producer) were the lead producers of In Transit, Broadway’s first a cappella musical. Janet is on the board of Primary Stages and Marvin is on the board of the Roundabout Theatre Company and the Howard Gilman Foundation.

THE ARACA GROUP (Co-Producer) is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producing and merchandising company founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger. araca.com.

CONCORD THEATRICALS

(Co-Producer) is the world’s most significant theatrical company, comprising R&H, Tams-Witmark, Samuel French, ALW Collection and more in licensing, publishing, recording and producing. Hadestown (Tony), Company (Tony), Stereophonic (Tony), Six, Into the Woods (Grammy), Some Like It Hot (Grammy).

INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS

NETWORK ( Co-Producer ). Consortium of over 30 leading presenters of touring Broadway in the U.S., U.K. and Asia. Recent/upcoming: Spamalot, The Notebook, & Juliet, Hell’s Kitchen, The Devil Wears Prada, Moulin Rouge!, Hadestown, The Outsiders, The Wiz.

D.S. MOYNIHAN (Original Executive Producer) was formerly the VP of Creative Projects at the Shubert Organization, served as the Executive Producer of Some Like It Hot from its inception through January 2025.

STAFF

FOR SOME LIKE IT HOT

THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION, INC.

Production Staff for SOME LIKE IT HOT

Robert E. Wankel Jennifer Costello

Gilbert C. Hoover IV Jeff Daniel

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD.

Wendy Orshan Jeffrey M. Wilson

Jeff Klein Chris Morey Ron Gubin

Christopher Taggart Jessica Fried

Beth Blitzer Kathy Kim

Steve Supeck Christine Stump

Adam First James Winer

Jonathan Hogue Michael Leon Thomas

Abigail Rosen David O’Brien Abby Svelan

COMPANY MANAGER

DeAnn L. Boise

Assistant Company Manager .......................... Jordan McKey

ORIGINAL EXECUTIVE PRODUCER D. S. Moynihan

TOUR BOOKING AGENCY

THE BOOKING GROUP

Meredith Blair Kara Gebhart

Laura Kolarik Stephanie Ditman Sophie Tiesler

TOUR MARKETING & PRESS

ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING

Andrew Damer

Jennifer Gallagher Scott Praefke

Jessica Cary Davis Adina Hsu Amenkha Sembenu

Jessica Steans-Gail Emily Toppen

Anne Waisanen Kate Wyman

CASTING THE TELSEY OFFICE

Bethany Knox, CSA

Jimmy Larkin

LEGAL COUNSEL

LEVINE PLOTKIN LLP

Loren Plotkin Conrad Rippy Susan Mindell

Daniel Watkins Emily Erstling

Kevin Hess Cris Criswell

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS

Hillary Blanken Ana Rose Greene Sadie Alisa Burkett Horrigan

Guy Kwan Victoria Bullard Ross Leonard

Hannah Wilson Abby Filiaggi

Carolyn Bonaccorsi Chris Childs Laura Zamsky

General Manager ............................................ Jeff Klein

Engagement Manager Ron Gubin

Associate General Manager Kathy Kim

Production Stage Manager Donavan Dolan

Stage Manager Whitney M. Keeter

Assistant Stage Manager Jalon Payton

Sub Assistant Stage Manager Kelley Lynne Moncrief

Sub Assistant Stage Manager Emily White-Winter

Dance Captain Tim Fuchs

Associate Scenic Designer Frank McCullough

Associate Costume Designers James Nguyen, Martin Lara Avila

Assistant Costume Designer Michael Zecker

DMC Costume Coordinator Maia Kahn

Associate Lighting Designer Timothy Reed

Assistant Lighting Designer Samuel Biondolillo

Associate Sound Designer Caecilia Armstrong

Associate Hair Designer Sarah Levine

Hair & Skin Consultant Cheryl Thomas

Production Supervisor Karen Moore

Production Carpenter Erik E. Hansen

Production Electrician Dan Coey

Moving Light Programmer Sean Beach

Production Sound Chad Parsley

Associate Production Sound Thomas Ford

Keyboard Programmer Randy Cohen, Randy Cohen Keyboards LLC

Production Properties Buist Bickley

Production Properties Associate Zack Tomilo

Production Properties Assistant Avara Hebert

Head Carpenter Austin Phillips

Assistant Carpenter—Rail Jason Edens

Assistant Carpenter—Deck Owen Ray Witzeman

Advance Carpenter/Props Swing Blake Shepard

Head Electrician Jacob Grebber

Assistant Electrician—Lead Spot Meghan Hong

Head Sound Tanner Elker

Assistant Sound Nicolas Kunkel

Advance LX/Sound Swing Kyle Musson

Sound Vacation Cover.................................. Mark Dulac

Head Props Michael Donovan

Assistant Props Jody Bogner

Wardrobe Supervisor Jeremy Davis-Towle

Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Payton Slaughter

Star Dresser Cait Durrance

Wardrobe Vacation Cover Dakota Blankenship

Hair & Makeup Supervisor Bee Essen

Assistant Hair & Makeup Supervisor Lisha Michel

Hair/Wardrobe Swing Marcia Baird

Hair/Makeup Vacation Cover Bridget Rzymski

Physical Therapist NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc.

Production Assistants Kelley Lynne Moncrief, Bianca Mercado-Boller

DEI/HR Consulting

K&K Reset/

Kiah Jones, Karen Robinson

Accountant WithumSmith+Brown/ Robert Fried, CPA, Karen Kowgios, CPA, Anthony W. Moore, CPA, and Scott Bartolf, CPA

Controller Galbraith & Co/LeeAnn Kelley

Marketing Consultant Anna Pitera DeVito

Tour Marketing & Press Allied Global Marketing/ Andrew Damer, Jennifer Gallagher, Jessica Davis

Social Media Think Tank Marketing/Jerry R. Blevins, Jr., Courtney Hayden, Karoline Prestigiacomo

Banking City National Bank/Roberto Larrinaga-Yocom

Insurance DeWitt Stern/Peter Shoemaker

Merchandising

The Araca Group

Production Photographer ......................Matthew Murphy Payroll Services Checks and Balances

101 Productions Staff

Operations Manager

Head of Business Affairs

Beth Blitzer

Kathy Kim

Assistant to the General Managers Christine Stump

Management Associates Adam First, Steve Supeck, James Winer

Management Assistants Abigail Rosen, Michael Leon Thomas

To learn more about the production, please visit: somelikeithotmusical.com

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CREDITS

Scenery and scenic effects built, painted and electriﬁed by PRG Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG Broadway L.L.C., New Windsor, NY and Scenic Arts Studios. Additional scenery built, painted and electriﬁed by Global Scenic Services, Bridgeport, CT; Show Motion, Inc., Milford, CT; Rosebrand; I. Weiss, Enhance a Color, and Big Image Systems. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting. Sound equipment from Sound Associates, Inc. Additional Props & Scenic Elements provided by Bad Monkey Props, Brenbri Props, Daedalus Design and Production, Danielle Landry, Joe Cairo, Prop & Paint, Susan Barras, Christopher Sakamoto Kavanah, Ramos Upholstery, Tanya Seeman and Rob McFayden. Rigging provided by Black Paint Productions. Trucking provided by Clark Transfer and Rossi Delivery Service.

SPECIAL THANKS

Matt Polk and the team at Polk & Co, Matt Upshaw and the team at Serino Coyne, Jeremy Kraus and the team at Situation Interactive, Charlie Flateman, Thomas Kane, Trevor Moppin and Kyle Wright, and Nolan Boggess.

SOME LIKE IT HOT TOUR rehearsed at the New 42nd Street Studios.

The use of cell phones during the performance is prohibited by law

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

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

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

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Leslie Alexander and Sophia Dotson in A Little Night Music

Photo by Amanda Tipton Photography

JUNE 7 SEPTEMBER 14

Immerse yourself in a celebration of American Impressionism. Explore the gallery exhibition, enjoy stunning garden views and visit the exclusive pop-up shop.

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Granville Redmond, California Poppy Field (detail), oil on canvas, ca. 1926. 40¼”H x 60¼”W. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of Raymond Griffith.

HOW MAX MARTIN SHAPED & JULIET ON ITS ROAD TO BROADWAY

BY GILLIAN RUSSO

TThink you haven’t heard of Max Martin? Think again. You’re more familiar with the Swedish music executive than you know if you’ve heard Britney Spears’s “...Baby One More Time,” Bon Jovi’s “It’s My Life,” The Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way,” or dozens of other chart-toppers the ﬁve-time Grammy Award winner wrote and/or produced over the past three decades. He is, to be fair, a famously private person. And unless they also perform their tunes, songwriters don’t often get public attention for their work. Or, for that matter, dedicated Broadway musicals a la Carole King, ABBA, or Neil Diamond.

But Martin, with an extensive catalog of 250plus songs, has made just as seismic an impact on popular music as any performer. He had the idea to fashion his songs into a musical years ago — and in 2019, that thought became a reality with the world premiere of & Juliet in London. The pop musical has now earned nine Tony nominations, including Best Musical, for its 2022 Broadway transfer.

The & Juliet team has called him the “Shakespeare of pop,” so it ’s fitting that 30 of his songs score a show inspired by a Shakespeare play: Romeo & Juliet. The musical picks up just before that play’s end, when Juliet suddenly decides not to die and instead ditches Verona in search of new life, new friends, and new loves.

Shakespeare’s play has been around centuries longer than Martin’s songs, but those were the true genesis of & Juliet. He remained closely and enthusiastically involved every subsequent step of the way — Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe, who plays Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway, described him as “a kid in a candy store during this whole process.”

The cast and creatives’ excitement to work with Martin, in turn, was mutual, and they shared how Martin’s inﬂuence lives in everything the audience hears. The journey begins in fair Canada, where we lay our scene...

TWO WRITERS, ALIKE IN DIGNITY

Technically, it begins in the Martin family home, where Jenny Petersson, Martin’s wife, said, “We should make a musical,” Martin recalled. “And a long journey ahead started.”

But Martin is an expert songwriter, not a scriptwriter.

“I was insecure about how this is going to [be],” Martin admitted. “I really wanted it to be a great story, not just a bunch of songs — to have a purpose, so to speak.”

One would expect someone with as proliﬁc a career as Martin to take on the job. But it was Canadian writer David West Read — a relatively unknown name who hadn’t won his Emmy Award for “Schitt’s Creek” yet — who came up with the winning idea at the unlikeliest of times.

“I suﬀered a concussion, which worked out well because I couldn’t look at screens or anything, so I was lying in a dark room listening to the playlist [of Martin’s songs],” Read said. “There’s so many songs about heartbreak and young love, and I thought, ‘How do you put a brand to this?’

Because Max Martin wasn’t really known by

anyone, even though he’s the most successful songwriter [after] the Beatles.” (That’s statistically true — only Paul McCartney and John Lennon notched more Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles.)

“So I came up with the idea of Juliet from Romeo & Juliet,” Read continued. “We’re going to repurpose and reinvent these pop songs and it’ll be great, but also reinvent a classic love story.”

His idea won over the production team and Martin. “When he created this story and gave me an example of how the songs could actually work to tell this story, that’s really when it started to come to life,” Martin said.

ARISE, FAIR SOUND

In & Juliet, Juliet ﬁrst enlists her nurse, Angelique, to hit the road with her, but it takes a crew of friends old and new to enliven her adventure. Similarly, West and Martin couldn’t refashion pop songs for the stage alone. Their crew included sound designer Gareth Owen, music director/orchestrator Dominic Fallacaro, and orchestrator/arranger Bill Sherman. (All three are Tony-nominated.)

When asked what convinced them to work on & Juliet, they all had the same answer: Martin. “The possibility of collaborating with the greatest songwriter of the last 25 years on songs that deﬁne your life is impossible to pass up,” Sherman said. Fallacaro similarly called the opportunity a “no-brainer.”

The possibility of collaborating with the greatest songwriter of the last 25 years on songs that deﬁne your life is impossible to pass up.

“I’d never met the guy [before & Juliet], but everyone behind the scenes in the music industry knows he’s a genius,” Owen said. “Then I met him and realised he was nice as well as talented — frankly, between Max, Bill Sherman, and I? Well, it was a bit of a bromance!”

Sherman recalled a different kind of nervousness — not the bromantic kind — defining his and Martin’s first meeting. “Max said two things: ‘If a song is going to be a departure from the original version, go all the way. Don’t half-ass it,’” Sherman remembered.

“The second thing that Max said was, “If it’s not perfect, it goes in the trash.” You can imagine me eight years ago, having no idea what the hell is going on in the world, and the greatest songwriter of our time looks at you dead in the eye in a very humbly Swedish way and goes, ‘If it’s not perfect, it goes in the trash.’ I can safely say that was one of the most terrifying days of my life.”

Having Martin on hand during London and Broadway rehearsals, though, helped ensure the sound of & Juliet was to his liking. “One of the coolest parts about getting this was getting access to the vault of Max,” Fallacaro said. “ We’re not approximating what the synth sounds like. We’re running it past someone who knows exactly what it ’s supposed to sound like.”

“It’s been so fun and rewarding reimagining and bringing some of the greatest songs of our generation onto a theatre stage, and to put a narrative force behind them,” he added in a separate interview. “The challenge of fusing the traditional orchestral and band components of Broadway with the studio ‘pixie dust’ of synthesizers and drum machines was a tremendously rewarding experience.”

“It might not be perfect,” Sherman said of the ﬁnal result, “but it’s pretty damn close.”

— BILL SHERMAN, ORCHESTRATOR/ARRANGER

& JULIET

JUNE 4 – 15

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This article was originally published in 2023 and reprinted with permission from New York Theatre Guide.

(TOP) Rachel Simone Webb and the company of the North American Tour of & JULIET

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FirstBank is focused on elevating those around us — businesses, communities, and employees. If we do an outstanding job of taking care of these key stakeholders, our future growth and success will take care of itself.

— KEVIN CLASSEN, CEO OF FIRSTBANK

PROUD SPONSOR OF DCPA’S WOMEN’S VOICES FUND

FFirstBank began providing banking services in 1963, and is committed to doing what’s right for its customers, communities, and employees — or what it refer to as “banking for good.” As a result, the company has been consistently recognized as one of the nation’s best performing banks, the state’s top workplaces, a top corporate philanthropist, and the highestranked bank for customer satisfaction in the southwest region.

“FirstBank is focused on elevating those around us – businesses, communities, and employees. If we do an outstanding job of taking care of these key stakeholders, our future growth and success will take care of itself,” said Kevin Classen, CEO of FirstBank.

Through its partnership with Colorado Gives Day, the bank helped raise more than $54 million for thousands of local charities in 2023 alone, and it directly contributed another $6.1 million to area nonproﬁts as part of its annual giving.

Beyond strengthening the communities it serves, the company’s longterm plan also puts a large emphasis on “Include All,” or ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion are prioritized within and outside of the organization. That’s one of the many reasons FirstBank is proud to partner with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), one of the nation’s largest nonproﬁt theater organizations, for its vision of creating a more connected and inclusive community in Colorado through the arts and theatrical storytelling.

For instance, DCPA’s Women’s Voices Fund, which elevates opportunities for female artists and leaders in theater, aligns perfectly with FirstBank’s mission to drive equity and inclusion for underrepresented groups. The bank’s Women in Leadership and Women in Technology initiatives, for example, are dedicated to developing future women leaders and encouraging interest and advancement in technology careers. Thanks in part to these eﬀorts, more than 50% of FirstBank’s management positions (from supervisor to C-Suite) are held by women.

In addition, the company contributes countless volunteer hours and millions in ﬁnancial support each year to many organizations aimed at closing racial and gender gaps. The bank also deploys multiple business grants to entrepreneurs representing underserved communities, including women-owned, veteran-owned and businesses of color.

FirstBank’s collaboration with the DCPA represents its dedication to fostering a vibrant, creative, and inclusive community. By supporting the arts, FirstBank strengthens the collective identity of Denver, making it a more dynamic place to live and work. Learn more about FirstBank at eﬁrstbank.com. Member FDIC.

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TTurner Morris Commercial Rooﬁng is invested in Denver’s rich cultural identity. Stemming from a commitment to the diversity of its employees and the community, TMI appreciates the opportunity to partner in support of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA). As an institution that elevates culture in our city, the DCPA’s unique perspectives and experiences represent values Turner Morris naturally aligns with as a company. Denver distinguishes itself as a city that values creativity and diversity by fostering a vibrant arts scene. TMI has been a business in the Denver community for over 30 years and is thankful to have partnered with the DCPA for the last decade.

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Brown & Brown recognizes that supporting the arts is not just a philanthropic endeavor; it is an investment in the cultural fabric of our communities. The arts enrich our lives, foster creativity, and provide economic beneﬁts, and Brown & Brown is committed to playing a role in this vital sector. By partnering with establishments like the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), Brown & Brown aims to amplify its positive impact through strategic eﬀorts that resonate deeply with its corporate values.

As a proud Corporate Member of the DCPA, Brown & Brown beneﬁts from an engagement that goes beyond mere ﬁnancial support. This membership provides unique opportunities to connect with the arts, fostering a culture of creativity and collaboration within the company. By actively participating in DCPA events and initiatives, Brown & Brown can experience the transformative power of live performances and educational programs, enriching professional lives and enhancing team cohesion.

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(ABOVE) Taha Mandviwala as ‘Pi’ and puppeteers Anna Leigh Gortner, Shiloh Goodin and Toussaint Jeanlouis as ‘Richard Parker’ in the National Tour of LIFE OF PI Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade 2024.

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FFor more than 40 years, Great American Insurance Group has provided insurance solutions to the human and social service marketplace. It was one of the ﬁrst insurance companies to recognize the special needs of these organizations.

The company’s Arts & Cultural program oﬀers speciﬁc coverages to organizations such as museums, theaters, dance studios, and art galleries, which are focused on the creative and cultural aspects that enrich lives and lift spirits. Over the years, Great American Insurance Group has expanded its coverage and services to ensure that its experts can meet the evolving needs of this marketplace.

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DCPA

Janice Sinden President & CEO

Donna Hendricks Executive Assistant, President & CEO

Julie Schumaker Manager, Board Relations

ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

Jane Williams CFAO

Sara Brandenburg Director, Accounting Services

Jennifer Jeﬀrey Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Kristina Monge Associate Accountant

Rachel Rodriguez Manager, Treasury & Reconciliations

Jennifer Siemers Director, Accounting

BROADWAY & CABARET

John Ekeberg Executive Director

Administration

Ashley Brown Business Manager

Alicia Bruce General Manager

Lisa Prater Operations Manager

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Abel Becerra Technical Director

Jason Begin+,

Anna Hookana+ Core Stagehands

DEVELOPMENT

Jamie Clements Vice President

Connor Carlin Associate Director, Major & Planned Gifts

Sarah Darlene Manager, Grants & Reports

Caroline Eppers Manager, Auctions & Partnerships

Kara Erickson-Stiemke Coordinator

Emily Kettlewell Associate Director, Annual Giving

Caitie Maxwell Senior Director, Major Gifts

Marc Ravenhill Director, Donor Relations

Megan Stewart Associate Director, Special Events

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Allison Watrous Executive Director

Stuart Barr Technical Director

Leslie Channell Director, Business Operations

Lyndsay Corbett Teaching Artist & Manager, Bobby G

María Corral Director, Community Engagement

Heather Curran Teaching Artist & Manager, Playwriting

Elliot Davis Evening Registrar & Oﬃce Coordinator

Rachel Ducat Executive Assistant & Business Manager

Rya Dyes Registrar & On-Site Class Manager

Gavin Juckette Teaching Artist & Manager, TYA Engagement & Music

Timothy McCracken Head of Acting

Rick Mireles Manager, Community Engagement

David Saphier Teaching Artist & Manager, In-School Programming

Charlotte Talbert Librarian

Rachel Taylor Teaching Artist & Manager, Literary Engagement & Resiliency

Justin WalvoordTeaching Artist & Manager, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot

Samuel Wood Director, Education & Curriculum Development

EVENT SERVICES

Cody Gocio Senior Sales & Event Managers

Stori Heleen-O’Foley Event Technical Manager

Shane Hotle Audio Engineer

David Mandlowitz Video Engineer

Natalia Marroquin, Phil Rohrbach Sales & Event Managers

DCPA TEAM

Tara Miller Event Sales & Operations Director

Brook Nichols Event Technical Director

Kate Olsen Event Sales Coordinator

Benjamin Peitzer Event Technical Lead

Michael Harris, Alex Taylor Lighting Designers

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Lisa Roebuck Vice President For security purposes, the IT team has been omitted.

MARKETING & SALES

Angela Lakin Vice President

Whitney Testa Executive Assistant, Marketing & Broadway

Marketing

Heidi Bosk Associate Director, Press & Promotions, Broadway & Cabaret

Erin Bunyard Senior Digital Strategist

Soﬁa Contreras, Lucas Kreitler Graphic Designers

Brenda Elliott, Paul Koob Senior Graphic Designers

Harper Anne Finch Manager, Social Marketing

TJ Forlenza Copywriter

Claire Graves Director, Produced Programs

Brittany Gutierrez Associate Director, Communications

Linda Horan Program Manager

Jeﬀ Hovorka Director, Sales & Marketing, Broadway & Cabaret

Emma Holst Associate, Content & Communications

Emily Kent Director, Insights & Strategy

Michael Ryan Leuthner Director, Digital Marketing

Emily Lozow Associate Director, Sales & Marketing, Broadway & Cabaret

Kyle Malone Director, Design

Dan McNulty Analyst

Todd Metcalf Media Producer

Hannah Selwyn Manager, Email Marketing

Sergio von Kretschmann Manager, Website

Julie Whelan Manager, Produced Programs

Mikayla Woods Coordinator, Produced Programs

Suzanne Yoe Director, Content & Communications

Ticketing & Audience Services

Jennifer Lopez Director

Jessica Alverson*, Zeah Edmonds*,

Lauren Estes*, Jen Gray*,

Noah Jungferman*, Max McCord*,

Noelle Norris*, Alexander Roy*,

Holly Stigen*, Asheala Tasker, Lily Valdez*,

Bronwen VanOrdstrand*,

Rob Warner* Ticket Agents

Kirsten Anderson*, Scott Lix*, Liz Sieroslawski*,

Greg Swan* Subscription Agents

Jon Collins Manager, Subscription

Katie Davis Manager, VIP Ticketing

D.J. Dennis*, Luke Fish*, Edmund Gurule*,

Lane Randall*, Hayley Solano*,

Sam Stump*, Andrew Sullivan*,

Alfonso Vazquez* Counter/Show Leads

Billy Dutton Associate Director, Operations

Danielle Freeman Manager, Customer Service

Claire Hayes,

Ella Mann Managers, Box Oﬃce

Chris Leech Coordinator, VIP Ticketing

Katie Spanos Associate Director, Subscriber Services

Group Sales

Jessica Bergin Associate Director

Tucker Kamin Manager, Audience Development

Elias Lopez Coordinator

Maddie Young Associate, Education & Group Sales

OFF-CENTER

Charlie Miller Executive Director & Curator

Cat Huck Assistant Operations Manager

Courtney Ozaki Creative Producer

Mike Pingel Operations Manager

OPERATIONS

Sarah Arzberger Administrator

Vincent Bridgers Manager

Adam Busch Analyst

Aaron Chavez Lead

Ruben Cruz, Jordan Latouche Engineers

Simone Gordon Associate Director

Kyle Greufe Senior Analyst

Maria Herwagen Junior Analyst

Brandon LeMarr Manager

Alison Orthel, Tara Perticone Analysts

Joseph Reecher Senior Engineer

Cordelia Taylor Coordinator

PEOPLE & CULTURE

Laura Maresca CPCO

Equity & Organization Culture

Seán Kroll Coordinator

Human Resources

Brian Carter Senior Business Partner

Andrew Guilder HR & Recruiting Specialist

Michaela Johnson Interim Mailroom Assistant

Paul Johnson Manager, Payroll & Compliance

Jocelyn Martinez Business Partner

Kinsey Scholl Manager, Operations

THEATRE COMPANY

Administration

Charles Varin Managing Director

Emily Diaz Business Admin./ Asst. Company Manager

Alex Koszewski Company Manager

Ann Marshall General Manager

Artistic

Chris Coleman Artistic Director

Jessica Eckenrod Artistic Associate

Grady Soapes Artistic Producer & Casting Director

Leean Kim Torske Director, Literary Programs

Madison Cook-Hines Literary Assistant

Costume Crafts

Kevin Copenhaver Director

Chris Campbell Assistant

Costume Shop

Janet MacLeod Director/Design Associate

Meghan Anderson Doyle Design Associate

Katarina Kosmopoulos First Hand

Ingrid Ludeke,

Carolyn Plemitscher Drapers

House Crew

Douglas Taylor+ Supervisor

James Berman+, Forest Fowler+, Dave Mazzeno+, Kyle Moore+, Piper Stormes+, Matt Wagner+ Stagehands

Joseph Price+, Kelley Reznik+ Assistants

Lighting Design

Charles MacLeod Director

Connor Baker+ Production Electrician

Lily Bradford Assistant

Paint Shop

Kristin Hamer MacFarlane Charge Scenic Artist

Melanie Rentschler, Sasha Seaman Scenic Artists

Production

Jeﬀ Giﬀord Director

Julie Brou Administrative Assistant/ Oﬃce Manager

Matthew Campbell Production Manager

Peggy Carey Associate Production Manager

Prop Shop

Meghan Markiewicz Supervisor

Sara Pugh Associate Supervisor

Bennet Goldberg, Georgina Kayes, Ashley Lawler Artisans

Andrew McGlothen Prop Carpenter

Scene Shop

Eric Moore Technical Director

Albert “Stub” Allison, Robert L. Orzolek, Josh Prues Associate Technical Directors

Jeremy Banthoﬀ, Tyler D. Clark, Amy Wynn Pastor, Kyle Scoggins Scenic Technicians

Louis Fernandez III Lead Scenic Technician

Brian “Marco” Markiewicz Lead Carpenter

Scenic Design

Lisa Orzolek Director

Kevin Nelson, Nicholas Renaud Assistants

Sound Design & Technology

Alex Billman Supervisor

Meagan Holdeman+, Timothy Schoeberl+, Dimitri Soto+ Technicians

Elena Martin Associate Supervisor

Stage Management

Anne Jude Supervisor

Corin Davidson, Harper Hadley, Brandon T. Holmes, Kristen O’Connor, Malia Stoner Stage Managers

Anna Cordova, Sam Forrest, Megan Franco Apprentices

Wardrobe

Heidi Echtenkamp Supervisor

Robin Appleton^, Amber Krimbel^, Lauren LaCasse^, Lisa Parsons Wagner^, Nicole Watts^, Kami Williams^ Dressers

Wigs

Diana Ben-Kiki Supervisor

Abby Schmidt^, Marisa Sorce^ Wig Assistants

VENUE OPERATIONS

Glen Lucero Vice President

Merry Davis Financial Manager

Jane Deegan Administrator

Samantha Egle Operations Manager

Kristi Horvath Director of Venue Operations

Facilities

Craig Smith Director

Dwight Barela, Mark Dill, Bryan Faciane, John Howard, Iver Johnson Engineers

Abraham Cervantes, Carmen Molina, Judith Primero Molina, Juan Loya Molina, Blanca Primero Custodians

Michael Kimbrough Manager, Engineering

Brian McClain Manager, Custodial

Patron Experience

Evan Gendreau Associate Director

Kaylyn Kriaski, Leilani Lynch, Aaron McMullen, Stacy Norwood, Wendy Quintana, Valerie Schaefer Assistant Managers

Kelly Breuer, Nora Caley, Amy Howard, Robin Lander, Barbara Pooler, Ayden Smith House Managers

Safety & Security

Quentin Crump Director

Jacquelyne Schmidt Manager, Health & Safety

Timothy Allen, Jodi Benavides Lead Security Oﬃcers

Samara Attridge, David Bright, Erika Carter, Ariana Cuevas, Ethan Kemberlin, Jack Leatherwood, Ian Nelson, Jason Porquis, Zach Stemley, Pamela Winston, Tori Witherspoon Security Specialists

Judy Briggs Front Desk