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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson (coincidentally, the central character of our upcoming Theatre Company production of All the Way), the NEA supports the arts in all 50 states through grants and fellowships. Since its inception, the NEA has awarded $5 billion to American creativity. It’s a huge accomplishment that you can celebrate at www.arts.gov/50th. But it’s not nearly enough.

The NEA’s 2015 budget was $146 million — a mere 0.004% of the federal budget. That equates to each American paying 46 cents per year to support the NEA. Contrast that with the metro Denver area, where we’ve been investing in arts, science and culture for more than 27 years, through the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) and its one-cent sales tax on every $10 spent in a seven-county region. The SCFD distributes nearly $52 million per year throughout the taxing district.

This means that just seven counties in a state that barely cracks the nation’s Top 25 by population contribute the equivalent of 1/3 the amount the federal government allocates to the arts in the entire country. It bears repeating: seven Colorado counties fund the arts at a third of the strength of a national arts organization. Amazing and enviable. Be sure to show your support of our nationally recognized arts district at www.

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So, what can our Congressional representatives learn from the citizens of the Denver metro community? First and foremost, we value arts and culture in ways many other states can’t begin to understand. Colorado ranks #1 in per-capita trips to theatres, concert halls and museums.

Additionally, the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts reports that our cultural sector generates more than $1.85 billion in economic activity, entertains 14.2 million people (of which more than 1/3 attend for free), employs 10,200 residents and educates 4.25 million students.

Truly admirable.

This is not to say that the NEA has not done wonderful things. To see a great example, watch A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House scheduled this January on PBS. Some national funding is better than none, but Colorado has created an arts ecosystem that supports large regional cultural institutions like the DCPA; mid-size arts organizations like the Colorado Ballet, and more than 200 small neighborhood art makers. We have every reason to be proud — and every reason to expect that this level of cultural investment should be the rule, not the exception.

Imagine what our National Arts Scene would look like if every major metropolitan area had its own version of the SCFD. What advice would you give to other cities and government officials about the effectiveness of the SCFD? Should funding the arts be left solely to regional districts, or should the Federal Government allocate more to the NEA to bolster the national arts landscape? Let us know at denvercenter.org/sightline.

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Love at first sight — literally — when he sees actress Eugenia Rawls.

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Represents the US on its international debate team, facing off against Winston Churchill.

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Begins producing on Broadway — The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Sail Away, The Affair, A Thurber Carnival, On Your Toes and many others

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Meets Denver philanthropist and occasional actress Helen Bonfils with whom he produces on Broadway

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A Christmas Story, The Musical chronicles young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker as he schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams, an official Red Ryder® Carbine–Action 200–Shot Range Model Air Rifle. Dylan Boyd, who plays Ralphie Parker on the 2015 National Tour, talks about his experience with the show.

Ralphie Parker is a truly iconic character. What is it like taking on this role?

It is the most amazing feeling! I also feel responsible to play the role well so that the audiences get to the heart of Ralphie and learn what makes the character tick.

Going off of that, since the character you play is so well known, are you able to also make it your own?

I hope so! I actually have not watched the original movie or watched videos of former Ralphie’s because I want my choices to be something that came to me personally in rehearsal and from reading the script.

Many people are familiar with the 1983 movie. How do you think the show translates as a Broadway musical?

OMG! The musical has the whole story with the same characters with musical numbers that will blow the audience away! There isn’t a split second that there isn’t something exciting going on. You will laugh hysterically and you may just cry too. It is heartwarming! And there are live dogs in the show!!

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The movie is the epitome of a classic that is beloved by so many people around the world, from ages 6 to 106. What do you think it is about the show that transcends generations and makes it relevant to so many different people?

Everyone has had the feeling of wanting something so, so much and feeling like your whole life will change if you get it. Then you find out what is really important in your life, things like family. I also find people relate to the bullying theme in this show — bullies have always been around, so people relate to the underdog coming out on top storyline.

For a young kid, this has to be a pretty amazing opportunity.

What is it like living on the road and traveling with a Broadway show?

Well, it is definitely a dream come true! Some people don’t realize that all of the kids in the show still have to go to school every day.

That, on top of rehearsals, makes for a pretty busy schedule. But this has been the most amazing opportunity to see new places I have never been and meet new, interesting people along the way.

Did you do anything in particular to prepare for this role?

Absolutely. I took a weekly voice lesson and took a lot of dance lessons. And I admit, for inspiration I look at my Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun…. Oh yes, I have one that I got last Christmas! So far it’s only been for show. I haven’t even had the chance to use it, but it does help me get into character.

What advice do you have for young people like you who dream to be on the Broadway stage?

Keep working at it! Don’t give up just because you try out and don’t get chosen. I have gone to audition after audition for so many shows! While I have been lucky enough to be chosen for a few, there were many I didn’t get. I actually auditioned for this show when I was eight and only made it to one callback. Now I just turned 11 and I got the dream part of Ralphie!

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What’s your personal favorite moment in the show?

Without a doubt, my favorite is performing Ralphie to the Rescue.

The song is a daydream come to life where I’m in my class daydreaming about getting the infamous BB gun and all the amazing things I’ll do when, and if, my dream comes true. There are lots of people on stage singing and dancing…so much fun!

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PHILIP PLEASANTS REPRISES A 40-YEAR ROLE ONE LAST TIME

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CNN may have James Earl Jones, but since 2005, Philip Pleasants has been “the voice” of the DCPA Theatre Company. And anyone who has heard Pleasants revel in the skinflint Scrooge’s dripping, delicious humbuggery knows just what we mean by “the voice” – it’s that deep, distinctive Southern baritone that makes you feel as if you’re in the presence of an American Gielgud.

“If they would rather die, they had better do it…and decrease the surplus population!”

You can hear it just by reading it.

Of course just a short time later, the same Pleasants is onstage kicking up his heels in the utter joy of the miser’s seasonal redemption: “Spirit, I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year!”

It is Pleasants’ unique ability to pull off both extremes of Scrooge – the grinch and the unleashed inner child – that has made the actor himself an indelible part of the Denver holiday season over the past decade. By the time the Theatre Company’s 23rd staging of A Christmas Carol passes this season, more than 235,000 will have seen Pleasants playing his signature role in Denver alone.

“I have worked with many Scrooges over the years,” said actor Leslie O’Carroll, who plays the festive Mrs. Fezziwig, “and Phil is the only one who can play both sides with equal aplomb.”

But just as all seasons must change, Pleasants is now a spry 78, and he has decided this will be his last run as Scrooge, a role he has played all over the country for four decades.

“I want to go back home and just enjoy my life,” he said of his quiet life in Alabama.

But this is far from the solstice of Pleasants’ acting career. To the contrary, Pleasants is enjoying a prolific run actors half his age would envy. He just played three distinct and delicious roles in As You Like It – which included being suspended from a flying chair 22 feet above the stage – and he will follow A Christmas Carol with an integral role in Robert Schenkkan’s LBJ drama, All the Way. Pleasants arrived in Denver in 2005 after having worked with Producing Artistic Director Kent Thompson at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He was already at an age when contemporaries typically retire. But for Pleasants, Denver was the start of a fertile new professional

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chapter. He has produced a steady string of remarkable performances, notably his two “roles of a lifetime” – as one of the crusty old Colorado ranchers in the 2008 world premiere of Eventide and raging against the madness of King Lear.

“Coming to Denver has been a godsend. I won’t be shy about saying it,” Pleasants said. “Kent has been wonderful to me.”

Since he was a boy growing up in Virginia, Shakespeare has been the ongoing joy of Pleasants’ life. “I had the good fortune of having a mother who happened to love Shakespeare,” he said. “When I was very small, she used to read scenes to me. She would explain them in a way that would make sense to an idiot child like me. She helped me to understand these Elizabethan turns of phrases that are hideously difficult for a modern audience to understand.”

Pleasants recently spotted a bumper sticker he adored. It was an engraving of Shakespeare with the note: “Providing employment for over 400 years.”

He’s been providing Pleasants employment for more than 60. One of his favorites was playing an obviously pregnant female witch in a 1997 Macbeth.

“Her doom was she could never give birth,” he said.

Pleasants’ other constant companion has been Scrooge, a role he first played in 1978 in the wilds of Alaska. He was not yet 40 and far too young for the role back then. But he says with a wry grin: “Not with this character face.

It’s a real antique!”

Pleasants played Scrooge in dozens of productions since, and each year he finds the story’s meaning to be poignantly colored by the news of the day. His second time as Scrooge coincided with the mass murder—suicides of 900 under the spell of cult leader Jim Jones in Jonestown, Guyana. “I will never forget that because I was so horrified,” he said. “All those people taking poison and dropping dead.”

That horror incident solidified Pleasants’ great and ongoing belief that the true meaning of A Christmas Carol lies less in any specific religious doctrine but rather in a universal belief in the power of renewal. “You find new truths every time you do it,” Pleasants said. “But there’s always that core reality and prudent beauty of the great Dickens fable.”

If Pleasants has been a successful and believable Scrooge, he says it’s because he so strongly believes the words that are coming out of his mouth.

“I do believe in the redemption of people,” he said. “And I believe that old curmudgeons can be restored to some degree of civility.”

Fellow actor Sam Gregory, who has more than 40 Theatre Company credits to his name — including playing Bob Cratchit and six other Christmas Carol roles — says Pleasants is the quintessential Scrooge in part because he approaches Dickens the same way he approaches Shakespeare.

“Phil has this ability to replicate elements of a 19th—century acting style which is a little bit florid and a bit little [ornate],” he said. “And it works so well because when Phil adopts a non—naturalistic style, it has great natural heart behind it. Nothing he does looks fake. Only Phil can do that successfully because Phil is not replicable.”

And yet, it is Gregory who attempts to replicate Pleasants as his understudy in 2015, before trying to make the role his own in 2016 and moving forward.

“Oh, who am I kidding?” Gregory said. “Phil Pleasants is the Peyton Manning of Scrooges. How does anyone follow him?”

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Charles Dickens ADAPTED BY Richard Hellesen MUSIC BY David de Berry BY

With Colin Alexander*, Leslie Alexander*, Benjamin Bonenfant*, Courtney Capek*, Stephanie Cozart*, Allen Dorsey, Napoleon M. Douglas, Mehry Eslaminia, Michael Fitzpatrick*, Ella Galaty, Sam Gregory*, Edwin Harris, Ben W. Heil, Charlie Korman, Robert Andrew Koutras*, Daniel Langhoff, Avi Levin, Kyra Lindsay, Brody Lineaweaver, Rodney Lizcano*, Emma C. Martin, M. Scott McLean*, Leslie O’Carroll*, Philip Pleasants*, Max Raabe, Augie Reichert, Helen Reichert, James Michael Reilly*, Jeffrey Roark*, Christine Rowan*, Nate Patrick Siebert, Shannan Steele*, Olivia Sullivent, Jake Williamson, Erin Willis*, Owen Zitek

SET DESIGN BY Vicki Smith

COSTUME DESIGN BY Kevin Copenhaver

MUSIC DIRECTION & ORCHESTRATIONS BY Gregg Coffin

LIGHTING DESIGN BY Don Darnutzer

CHOREOGRAPHY BY Christine Rowan

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Jeff Gifford

SOUND DESIGN BY Craig Breitenbach

VOICE AND DIALECT COACHING BY Kathryn G. Maes Ph.D

STAGE MANAGER Christopher C. Ewing*

DIRECTED BY Bruce K. Sevy

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.

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CAST

(in order of appearance) Ebenezer Scrooge............................................................................................................................................PHILIP PLEASANTS* Bob Cratchit.............................................................................................................................................JAMES MICHAEL REILLY* Fred, Scrooge’s Nephew.............................................................................................................................. M. SCOTT MCLEAN* Subscription Gentlemen...............................................................................COLIN ALEXANDER*, RODNEY LIZCANO* A Beggar Child...........................................................................................................................................BRODY LINEAWEAVER Tailor................................................................................................................................................. ROBERT ANDREW KOUTRAS* Tailor’s Wife...............................................................................................................................................................EMMA C. MARTIN Ghost of Jacob Marley........................................................................................................................................JEFFREY ROARK* Ghost of Christmas Past........................................................................................................................... STEPHANIE COZART* Schoolmaster...................................................................................................................................................... DANIEL LANGHOFF Schoolboys...............................................................EDWIN HARRIS, BEN W. HEIL, CHARLIE KORMAN, AVI LEVIN, BRODY LINEAWEAVER, MAX RAABE, NATE PATRICK SIEBERT, OWEN ZITEK Their Parents.................................................................................................. COLIN ALEXANDER*, LESLIE ALEXANDER*, MEHRY ESLAMINIA, SHANNAN STEELE*, JAKE WILLIAMSON, ERIN WILLIS* Ebenezer the Child.............................................................................................................................................CHARLIE KORMAN Fan, Scrooge’s Sister...................................................................................................................................................ELLA GALATY Ebenezer the Young Man............................................................................................................................. M. SCOTT MCLEAN* Dick Wilkins..................................................................................................................................................................ALLEN DORSEY. Fezziwig....................................................................................................................................................... MICHAEL FITZPATRICK* Mrs. Fezziwig......................................................................................................................................................LESLIE O’CARROLL* Fezziwig Daughters.............................................................MEHRY ESLAMINIA, KYRA LINDSAY, EMMA C. MARTIN Their Suitors....................... BENJAMIN BONENFANT*, DANIEL LANGHOFF, ROBERT ANDREW KOUTRAS* A Fiddler....................................................................................................................................................JAMES MICHAEL REILLY* Belle.........................................................................................................................................................................COURTNEY CAPEK* Belle’s Husband.................................................................................................................................................. JAKE WILLIAMSON Ghost of Christmas Present...................................................................................................................... COLIN ALEXANDER* Mrs. Cratchit.....................................................................................................................................................LESLIE ALEXANDER* Martha.............................................................................................................................................................................. KYRA LINDSAY Peter.........................................................................................................................................................................................BEN W. HEIL Belinda........................................................................................................................................................................ HELEN REICHERT Edward....................................................................................................................................................................................MAX RAABE Tiny Tim....................................................................................................................................................................... AUGIE REICHERT Fred’s Wife............................................................................................................................................................SHANNAN STEELE* Topper.........................................................................................................................................................................JEFFREY ROARK* The Wife’s Sister............................................................................................................................................ STEPHANIE COZART* Fred’s Party Guests........ LESLIE O’CARROLL*, ERIN WILLIS*, DANIEL LANGHOFF, BENJAMIN BONENFANT* Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come......................................................................................................................ALLEN DORSEY Want.......................................................................................................................................................................... OLIVIA SULLIVENT Ignorance..............................................................................................................................................................................OWEN ZITEK Old Joe....................................................................................................................................................................RODNEY LIZCANO* The Undertaker’s Man........................................................................................................................ BENJAMIN BONENFANT* The Laundress....................................................................................................................................................LESLIE O’CARROLL* The Charwoman............................................................................................................................................ STEPHANIE COZART* Merchants from the Exchange......ROBERT ANDREW KOUTRAS*, DANIEL LANGHOFF, JAKE WILLIAMSON Street Singer......................................................................................................................................................CHRISTINE ROWAN* Boy in the Street......................................................................................................................................................... EDWIN HARRIS ENSEMBLE Londoners, Carolers, Fezziwig Party Guests and Phantoms COLIN ALEXANDER*, LESLIE ALEXANDER*, BENJAMIN BONENFANT*, COURTNEY CAPEK*, STEPHANIE COZART*, ALLEN DORSEY, NAPOLEON M. DOUGLAS, MEHRY ESLAMINIA, MICHAEL FITZPATRICK*, ELLA GALATY, EDWIN HARRIS, BEN W. HEIL, CHARLIE KORMAN, ROBERT ANDREW KOUTRAS*, DANIEL LANGHOFF, AVI LEVIN, KYRA LINDSAY, BRODY LINEAWEAVER, RODNEY LIZCANO*, EMMA C. MARTIN, M. SCOTT MCLEAN*, LESLIE O’CARROLL*, MAX RAABE, AUGIE REICHERT, HELEN REICHERT, JAMES MICHAEL REILLY*, JEFFREY ROARK*, CHRISTINE ROWAN*, NATE PATRICK SIEBERT, SHANNAN STEELE*, OLIVIA SULLIVENT, JAKE WILLIAMSON, ERIN WILLIS*, OWEN ZITEK

COLIN ALEXANDER* (Fezziwig, A Fiddler), LESLIE ALEXANDER* (Mrs. Fezziwig), BENJAMIN BONENFANT* (Ebenezer the Young Man, Topper), MICHAEL FITZPATRICK* (Bob Cratchit), NAPOLEON M. DOUGLAS (Schoolmaster, Dick Wilkins, Merchant from the Exchange), MEHRY ESLAMINIA (Martha Cratchit), ELLA GALATY (Belinda Crachit, Want), SAM GREGORY* (Ebenezer Scrooge), CHARLIE KORMAN (Ignorance, Edward, Tiny Tim, Boy in the Street), ROBERT ANDREW KOUTRAS* (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, Old Joe), DANIEL LANGHOFF (Fred, Subscription Gentleman, Belle’s Husband), BRODY LINEAWEAVER (Ebenezer the Child), RODNEY LIZCANO* (Ghost of Jacob Marley), EMMA C. MARTIN (Belle, Fred’s Wife), CHRISTINE ROWAN* (Fezziwig Daughter), NATE PATRICK SIEBERT (Beggar Child, Peter Cratchit), SHANNAN STEELE* (Ghost of Christmas Past The Laundress), OLIVIA SULLIVENT (Fan), JAKE WILLIAMSON (Suitor, The Undertaker’s Man), ERIN WILLIS* (Mrs. Cratchit, Street Singer, Hortense) Place & Time: London, 1840s There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Assistant Director............................................................................................................................................CHRISTINE ROWAN* Dance Captain...................................................................................................................................................CHRISTINE ROWAN* Production Stage Manager............................................................................................................CHRISTOPHER C. EWING* Assistant Stage Manager...............................................................JONATHAN D. ALLSUP*, MATTHEW CAMPBELL* Stage Management Apprentices...................................................................... CORIN FERRIS, KRISTEN LITTLEPAGE Children’s Supervisor.........................................................................................................................................LAUREN LACASSE *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

WHO’S WHO ACTING COMPANY COLIN ALEXANDER (Ghost of Christmas Present/Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: Tarzan, Curtains, Miracle on 34th Street, Chess, The Mousetrap, Importance of Being Earnest, A Christmas Carol (Arvada Center); Guys & Dolls (Lonetree Arts Center); Scarlett Letter (PACE Theater), 1776 the Musical (Fine Arts Center), Sweet River County (National Tour). Marriage of Figaro, Merry Widow, Elijah (London). TV/Film: Emmynominated “The Hiding Place.” Special/ Awards/Training: Henry Award, True West Award, Marlow Award and Silver Angel Trophy Winner. Training: Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, UK. LESLIE ALEXANDER (Mrs. Cratchit/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: The Taming of the Shrew, Sense & Sensibility, A Christmas Carol.

Broadway: The Boy From Oz, Mamma Mia!.

National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof (with Harvey Fierstein, Theodore Bikel, and Topol). Off-Broadway: The Audience (Ruth – The Transport Group), The Travels (Mrs. More – NYMF) Intolerant Vaudeville

(Bag Lady-UNFringed). Other Theatres: Nice Work… (Millicent-Ogunquit/ Gateway); Steel Magnolias (Ouiser); A Murder Is Announced (Leticia Blacklock) (both at Arrow Rock Lyceum); Hello Dolly! (Dolly – Gateway Playhouse); Gypsy (Rose – Forestburgh Playhouse).

TV/Film: HBO’s “The Leftovers,” “One Life To Live,” “Grand Theft Auto V,” “Momsters,” “The One O’Clock.”

Concerts: “The Music of Jerry Herman”. www.leslie-alexander.com BENJAMIN BONENFANT (Undertaker’s Man/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Benediction, Hamlet, A Christmas Carol, When We Are Married.

Other Theatres: Regional credits include Henry V, Wittenberg, Henry IV pt I, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); The Lion In Winter (Arvada Center); Ambition Facing West, And The Sun Stood Still (Boulder Ensemble Theatre); Red (Curious Theatre); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Salome, The Seagull, The Bacchae, Our Town, Cyrano de Bergerac (TheatreWorks); 4000 Miles (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); Elijah: An Adventure (LOCAL Theater Company).

Special Awards/Training: Henry Award, Best Supporting Actor, Red. BA, UCCS.

COURTNEY CAPEK (Belle/Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

DCPA Cabaret: Five Course Love. Other Theatres: OffBroadway: Hereafter (The Snapple Theatre).

Other New York Credits: Dirty Hippie Jam Band Project (Jerry Orbach Theatre).

Special Awards/Training: Ovation Award nomination for The Spitfire Grill. BFA, Metropolitan State University of Denver.

STEPHANIE COZART (Ghost of Christmas Past/Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: 20 productions, including Hamlet, Shadowlands, Sylvia, Arcadia, Plainsong, Amadeus, A Flea in Her Ear, The Skin of Our Teeth, King Lear, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway: Lost in Yonkers (TACT), Seven Rabbits on a Pole (Urban Stages). Regional: The Syringa Tree (Portland Stage, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, Capitol Rep, Lizard Head Theatre). Other Theatres: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage, Paper Mill Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Adirondack Theatre Festival. TV/Film: “The Good Wife,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “Reflection.” Training: MFA, National Theatre Conservatory.

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UNDERSTUDIES

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

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ALLEN DORSEY (Dick Wilkens/Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Lord of the Flies. New York: Molly Bloom-Lately (Awaken Productions), Almira Von Castille (Operamission), and the first staged reading of the musical The Better Part. Other Theatres: Into the Woods (Jack), Spamalot (Historian/Not Dead Fred), White Christmas (Mike Nulty).

NAPOLEON M. DOUGLAS (Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Debut.

Regional: Oklahoma (Jud Fry/Dream Jud); Memphis, Sweeney Todd (Beadle Bamford); White Christmas (Mike), Miss Saigon (u/s John); Hairspray! (Seaweed Stubbs). Training: MBA, SNHU. BA Theatre, Drake University.

MEHRY ESLAMINIA (Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Appoggiatura (Kate/ Ensemble) and the Colorado New Play Summit (Holy Laughter, Appoggiatura). Other Theatres: Creede Repertory Theatre: Guys and Dolls (Adelaide), August: Osage County (Johnna), Our Town (Mrs. Soames), Good on Paper (Sandy), youth outreach tours ¡Viva Agua!, MATH-stronaut .

MICHAEL FITZPATRICK (Fezziwig/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol, Animal Crackers.

Other Theatres: 42nd Street (national tour); Beauty and the Beast (Atlanta TOTS); Gross Indecency (OffBroadway and Theatre in the Square in S.F.); Richard III, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night (Great River Shakespeare); A Christmas Carol (Geva); Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Tempest, Forever Plaid, The Compleat Wks of Wm Shkspr (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Willamette Rep); Tommy, The Lion in Winter, Henry II (PCPA). TV/Film: “Nash Bridges,” “Six Degrees,” Remission. Training: Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, American Conservatory Theatre Masters Program. Michael lives in New York City.

ELLA GALATY (Belinda Cratchit/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol (Belinda). Other Theatres: Nancy’s Girl in Oliver! (DSA Mainstage), Annie in Annie (BVC Actors Company), Chip in Beauty and the Beast (DSA Mainstage), Gingy in Shrek The Musical (Northglenn Youth Theatre), Mushu in Mulan (Kids Theatre West), Fleance in Macbeth (Three Leaches). Training: Shawn Hann (Acting), Brandon Becker (Acting), Megan Kelley (Vocal). Awards: National Youth Arts, National Thespian Festival, Colorado State Thespian Conference, DPS Shakespeare Festival. Education: 8th Grade Theatre major at Denver School of the Arts (DSA).

SAM GREGORY (Understudy, Ebenezer Scrooge). At the Theatre Company: Over 40 productions.

World Premieres: The Most Deserving, Plainsong, Eventide, Two Things You Don’t Talk About At Dinner. Other Favorites: Shadowlands, Hamlet, The 39 Steps, Doubt, The Voysey Inheritance, Ruined, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Noises Off, A Flea in Her Ear, Hotel on Marvin Gardens, You Can Never Tell, Tartuffe.

Other theatres: Seattle Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Milwaukee Rep, Cleveland Play House, San Jose Rep, American Players Theatre, Eureka Theatre, George Street Playhouse, O’Neill Theatre National Playwrights Conference, Alabama/California/ Colorado Shakespeare Festivals, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Paragon.

TV/Film: “NY Undercover,” “One Life to Live,” “As the World Turns.”

EDWIN HARRIS (Boy in Street/Ensemble).

At Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: School plays and liberty bells choir. Colorado Middle All-State Men’s Choir 2015. Training: Singing, dancing, piano training with DCPA Education.

BEN W. HEIL (Peter/ Ensemble) At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol, As You Like It. Other Theatres: Peter Pan, Shrek The Musical (Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre).

Training: Jazz at Elevation Dance, vocal training with Stephanie Blake, and Denver School of the Arts vocal intensive with Brian Stinar. Ben is a student at Steamboat Springs Middle School.

CHARLIE KORMAN (Ebenezer the Child/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Lord of the Flies, Shadowlands, A Christmas Carol (five seasons), and Ed, Downloaded. Other Theatres: Oliver! (Denver School of the Arts); Bye Bye Birdie (StageDoor Manor); Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan (Kids Theatre West); Annie Jr. (Catchpenny Theatre) I Am Alive.

Training: Sweatshop Dance, Vocal Training with Bob Downard, Denver School of the Arts Theatre Major.

ROBERT ANDREW KOUTRAS (Tailor/ Ensemble) At the Theatre Company: Debut. Other Theatres: Sessions (OffBroadway), The Full Monty (National Tour), Grease (International Tour). Regional Credits include Parade (Carbonell Award nomination), Annie Get Your Gun (New Hampshire Theatre Award nomination), as well as many other plays and musicals in theaters across the United States. TV/Film: “Team Umizoomi.” Training: BFA, Ithaca College.

DANIEL LANGHOFF (Schoolmaster/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol. At DCPA Cabaret: Five Course Love; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Other Theatres: A Man of No Importance, Ragtime, A Man For All Seasons, It’s A Wonderful Life, Les Misérables (Arvada Center); Next to Normal, Annie, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Batboy! The Musical (Town Hall Arts Center). He has been seen in numerous local plays and musicals since 1999.

Training: Bachelor of Music (Vocal Performance), University of Northern Colorado.

AVI LEVIN (Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Debut.

Other Theatres: Les Misérables, Oliver, Shrek The Musical (American Academy of Dramatic Arts); Annie (Colorado Children’s

KYRA LINDSAY (Martha Cratchit/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Death of a Salesman, A Christmas Carol, Shadowlands. Other Theatres: She Kills Monsters (Aurora Fox); Harry the Great, The Drowsy Chaperone (Creede Repertory Theatre); Charlotte’s Web (Arvada Center); Annie Warbucks (Candlelight Dinner Playhouse); The Taming of the Shrew, Love, Sex, and the I.R.S., Little Shop of Horrors (Shuler Theatre); Tomato Plant Girl (Denver Children’s Theatre); Nunsense, Baby (Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre); The Tempest, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Colorado Shakespeare Festival).

BRODY LINEAWEAVER (Beggar Child/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: Pugsley in The Addams Family, Gavroche in Les Misérables (Rocky Mountain Repertory); Mowgli in The Jungle Book, Jojo in Seussical Jr., Randy in A Christmas Story, Shrek The Musical, Beauty and the Beast and Backstage to Hollywood (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre); Young Hatcho in I Am Alive (Newman Center at DU). Training/Awards: Breck’s Got Talent 2015 – 1st place. Brody is a 5th grader at Summit Cove Elementary who loves to ski and play soccer.

RODNEY LIZCANO (Subscription Gentleman/Old Joe/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Hamlet, Just Like Us, American Night, The Merchant of Venice, Spinning Into Butter, Inna Beginning, The Tempest, Gross Indecency, The Rivals, Kingdom, Picasso at the Lapine Agile, A Winter’s Tale, A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Henry V, The Tempest, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2); Arvada Center (Archbishop’s Ceiling, The Crucible, A Man For All Seasons); Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Stories on Stage, Theatre Aspen and OffBroadway with Actors Ensemble Theater and DreamScape Theatre Company. TV/ Film: Silver City and “Stage Struck.”

Training: Southern Methodist University; National Theatre Conservatory.

EMMA C. MARTIN (Tailor’s Wife/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Saturday Night Fever, The Archbishop’s Ceiling, Tarzan, Lyle the Crocodile, Dividing the Estate (Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities); Barefoot in the Park, Grease!, West Side Story, Spamalot, The Rocky Horror Show (Forestburgh Playhouse); Swing! (Town Hall Arts Center). Education: Belmont University, BFA Musical Theatre, minor in Music Business.

M. SCOTT MCLEAN (Fred/Ebenezer the Young Man/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: As You Like It, Death of a Salesman, A Christmas Carol, Dracula, When Tang Met Laika, A Prayer for Owen Meany, and Grace, or The Art of Climbing. Other Theatres: Sense and Sensibility (TheaterWorks), The Unexpected Guest (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), The Rover (New York Classical Theatre).

Training: Graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the National Theatre Conservatory.

LESLIE O’CARROLL (Mrs. Fezziwig/ Laundress/Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: 19 seasons, including Benediction, When We Are Married, Reckless, Eventide, Plainsong, The Diary of Anne Frank, All My Sons, Wit, Life is a Dream. Other Theatres: The Odd Couple (Senior Housing Options); Good People (Curious Theatre); Blithe Spirit, The Crucible, Moonlight and Magnolias, The Heiress (Arvada Center); Noises Off, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Comedy of Errors (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Grapes of Wrath, Our Town (Theatreworks). Regionally: Northern Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, San Diego Rep, Missouri Rep. TV/Film; “Breaking Bad,” Footloose. Awards/ Training: Best of Westword, Denver Post Ovation Award; MFA, National Theatre Conservatory.

PHILIP PLEASANTS (Ebenezer Scrooge). At the Theatre Company: As You Like It, Romeo & Juliet, The Giver, Heartbreak House, The Taming of the Shrew, To Kill a Mockingbird, Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Christmas Carol, Othello, Plainsong, The Voysey Inheritance, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Richard III, Noises Off, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Diary of Anne Frank, Third, A Funny Thing…Forum, Pure Confidence, King Lear.

Other Theatres: Alabama Shakespeare Festival (20 seasons), Amadeus (Broadway, national tour), Treason (OffBroadway), Seattle Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Huntington, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Cleveland Play House. TV/Film: “Another World,” “All My Children,” “Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys.”

MAX RAABE (Edward/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol (3rd Season); Shadowlands (Douglas understudy).

Other Theatres: Mary Poppins at BDT Stage (Michael Banks), A Christmas Carol at Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Tiny Tim). Theater and music training: DCPA Education. Max is in the fifth grade at Christ the King Roman Catholic School and enjoys lacrosse and skiing.

AUGIE REICHERT (Tiny Tim/Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: He has performed in youth theatre production of Robin Hood and Seussical. Training: DCPA Education, Breckenridge Backstage Theatre (improv), and piano. Augie is a second grader at University Park Elementary who enjoys lacrosse, skiing, and soccer.

HELEN REICHERT (Belinda Cratchit/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Other Theatres: She has performed in many youth theatre productions, including Les Misérables, Peter Pan, Aladdin, The Aristocats and Snow White. Training: DCPA Education, Rocky Mountain Conservatory Theatre, Rocky Mountain Theatre for Kids, voice (Camille Jasensky), piano (Mallory Bernstein).

Helen is in the fourth grade at University Park Elementary and loves gymnastics and skiing.

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Theatre). Avi is a sixth grade Theatre Major at the Denver School of the Arts.

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JAMES MICHAEL REILLY (Bob Cratchit/ Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Prayer for Owen Meany, Glengarry Glen Ross, You Can’t Take It With You, All My Sons. Other Theatres: West Side Story (International Tour), Comedy of Errors (Off-Broadway), Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Geva Theatre, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Human Race Theatre Company. TV/Film: “Unforgettable,” “Elementary,” “Person of Interest,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “The Blacklist,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU.” Commercials: Macaroni Grill, Coke, McDonald’s, NY Lotto, Lays (Europe).

Training: Cornell, Indiana University. Jim and his wife Nancy are building a greenroof house.

JEFFREY ROARK (Ghost of Jacob Marley/Topper/ Ensemble) At the Theatre Company: To Kill A Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, Trip to Bountiful, King Lear, White Christmas, Gross Indecency, Hamlet, The Tempest, Dracula.

Other Theatres: The Crucible, Evita, Harvey, Man of No Importance (Arvada Center); An Ideal Husband (Papermill); My Fair Lady, HMS Pinafore (Berkshire); Sorrows of Stephen (Blue Heron); Drood, Life is a Dream (Creede); My Way, The Doyle and Debbie Show (DCPA Cabaret); The Last Five Years (Modern Muse). TV/Film: “Rainman,” “Little Man Tate.” Training: BFA (Miami University), MFA (National Theatre Conservatory).

CHRISTINE ROWAN (Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Ensemble in Quilters; Fezziwig’s Daughter, Wife’s Sister, Street Singer in A Christmas Carol; Tessie in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Essie in You Can’t Take It With You; Philia in A Funny Thing Happened…

Forum. Other Theatres: Reluctant Pilgrim – the Lesser Known Songs of Stephen Schwartz (New York Musical Theater Festival), FLOPZ (Joe’s Pub), Embrace!

(Westside Theatre), Interborough Repertory Theatre, The Duplex, Don’t Tell Mama, Sacramento Music Circus, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Barter Theatre, Sierra Rep, Seaside Music Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, Ryman Auditorium, toured nationally.

Training: New York University. 2014 Henry Award Recipient for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for Animal Crackers.

NATE PATRICK SIEBERT (Ensemble).

At the Theatre Company: Debut. Other Theatres: Michael Banks in Mary Poppins (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); Camelot, A Christmas Carol the Musical (Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities); Big Fish (Aurora Fox Arts Center); South Pacific (Starkey Theatrix/ Lone Tree Arts Center); Winthrop in The Music Man (Colorado Christian University).

Training: Sweatshop Dance (ballet, tap, jazz), vocal instruction from Amy Champion, piano/music theory. Nate Patrick is a home-schooled 5th grader.

SHANNAN STEELE (Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Animal Crackers (understudy). At DCPA Cabaret: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Colorado Theater Guild Henry Award nomination), The Last Five Years, My Way. Other Theatres: Tarzan (Kala); The 1940s Radio Hour (Ginger Brooks – CTG Henry Award nomination), Cabaret, Nine, Les Misérables, Violet, and others all at the Arvada Center; Baby the Musical (Pam, True West Award nom) at Cherry Creek Theater; Church (Theaterworks).

Film: Ink. OLIVIA SULLIVENT (Want/Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatres: Oliver!

(DSA mainstage), Annie (Colorado Children’s Theatre), Oliver! (The Avenue Theatre), Shrek The Musical (CCA Theatre), The Hobbit (Su Teatro Theatre), Once Upon A Mattress (Su Teatrro Theatre), Narnia (King PAC), The Little Mermaid (Colorado Heights Theatre), The Jungle Book (DU Byron Theatre). Film (Shorts): “The Flamingo Lounge,” “The Perfect Lemonade,” and “Princess.”

Commercial: Lenovo Computers and Noodles & Company. Training/Awards: DPS Shakespeare Festival Spirit Award.

Olivia is a Theatre Major at Denver School of the Arts and studies voice, piano and dance.

JAKE WILLIAMSON (Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Other Theatres: New York credits include Deployed (Gene Frankel Theatre), Dysfunctional Love (Producers Club), A Knock At the Door (Abingdon Theatre).

Other credits include Ring of Fire (Palace Theatre), Escanaba in Love (Aurora Fox), Lend Me A Tenor (Southern Co. Rep. Theatre). BFA, MSU. ERIN WILLIS (Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: The 12, A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre), My Fair Lady (Cameron Mackintosh 1st National Tour), Ragtime (Cohoes Music Hall); Dreamgirls (Asbury Park). NY Workshops: Amazing Grace and My Heart is the Drum. TV: “Celebrity Ghost Stories.”

Erin also provides vocals and keyboards for the Indie Rock Band Kenji Urada.

Graduate of The Boston Conservatory.

Thanks to Denver Center, family and friends, Radical, and John!

OWEN ZITEK (Ensemble). At the Theatre Company: Debut. Other Theatres: The Hobbit – Ori (Aurora Fox Theatre), Neverland – John (Colorado School of Acting), Seven Challenge School performances. Owen is a member of the Colorado School of Acting.

PLAYWRIGHT RICHARD HELLESEN (Playwright/ Adaptor). Richard Hellesen is pleased to be returning to the DCPA Theatre Company, where his play Kingdom premiered in 1999. His other plays include Moonshadow, Once in Arden, the book for David de Berry’s musical A Cappella, and two recent works for Ford’s Theatre in Washington, One Destiny and The Road From Appomattox. Among his two dozen shorter plays are five finalists in Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Ten-Minute Play Contest; his one-act Dos Corazones appears in the collection of Best TenMinute Plays for Two Actors by Smith & Kraus. His work for young audiences includes adaptations of The Emperor’s New Clothes and the novel Johnny Tremain, both for B Street Theatre in Sacramento, and (with composer Michael Silversher) musical versions of The Wind in the Willows and Lois Lowry’s young adult novel Gathering Blue, as well as 11 school tour productions, for South Coast Repertory in Southern California.

Nationally, his work has been seen at such theatres as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Sundance Children’s Theatre, City Theatre in Miami, Sacramento Theatre Company, and HERE in New York City, as well as The Shakespeare Company in Calgary, Canada. A member of the

COMPOSER DAVID DE BERRY (Composer/Lyricist).

At the Theatre Company: A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: Composer/lyricist – A Cappella, Sisters: A Legend, original scores for Twelfth Night, The Good Person of Setzuan, All My Sons, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, ’Night Mother, The Time of Your Life (Sacramento Theatre Company).Composer: The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Comedy of Errors, The Glass Menagerie, King Lear, Betrayal, Our Country’s Good, The Recruiting Officer, Terra Nova, The Miser (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Romeo and Juliet (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival); M. Butterfly (Arizona Theatre Company).

Actor:Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Arizona Theatre Company, PCPA, Pennsylvania State Theatre, Charles Playhouse, Sacramento Theatre Company.

DIRECTOR BRUCE K. SEVY (Director) has directed such memorable Theatre Company productions as Animal Crackers, When We Are Married, Heartbreak House, Mariela in the Desert, The Voysey Inheritance, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Doubt, All My Sons, Master Class, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Christmas Carol, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Foxes, Molly Sweeney, Amy’s View, Valley Song, Pierre, Dinner With Friends and The Cripple of Inishmaan.

As Director of New Play Development, he oversees both the artistic and practical components of the Theatre Company’s successful Colorado New Play Summit, including commissions from outstanding American playwrights.

He has directed for Arizona Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Lark Play Development Center, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Northlight Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Empty Space and Intiman Theatre in Seattle, the Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque, and Utah Shakespearean Festival. His popular production of 2 Pianos, 4 Hands has been seen at more than 20 theatres nationally, including the Theatre Company’s successful 2003 production.

ARTISTIC STAFF CRAIG BREITENBACH (Sound Designer).

At the Theatre Company: Just Like Us, Sense & Sensibility The Musical, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Ring of Fire:

The Music of Johnny Cash, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, A Raisin in the Sun, Quilters, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Noises Off, Third, A Funny Thing…Forum, King Lear, Amadeus, Crowns, The Clean House, Measure for Measure, A Flea in Her Ear, Fire on the Mountain, The Misanthrope, The Three Sisters, Love’s Labor’s Lost, The Skin of Our Teeth, Betrayal, Spinning Into Butter, Dinner With Friends, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, The Laramie Project, The Little Foxes. Awards: 2008 Henry Award for Plainsong.

GREGG COFFIN (Music Director and Orchestrator). At the Theatre Company: Composer – Heartbreak House, The Taming of the Shrew, The Liar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mariela in the Desert, Othello, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pride and Prejudice, King Lear, Measure for Measure.

Musical Director/Orchestrator – Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, A Funny Thing…

Forum, A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: Stratford Festival of Canada, CanStage, Tarragon Theatre, National Arts Centre (Canada); Arena Stage, Alley Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Indiana Rep, PCPA TheatreFest, Shakespeare Santa Cruz and the Utah, California, Alabama, Great River and Georgia Shakespeare Festivals.

KEVIN COPENHAVER (Costume Designer). At the Theatre Company: (24 seasons) Just Like Us, Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, The Whale, Dracula, Mama Hated Diesels, A Christmas Carol, Noises Off, A Funny Thing…Forum, Living Out, Crowns, Fire on the Mountain, Boston Marriage, Oedipus Rex, Dirty Story, Blithe Spirit, Lobby Hero, Blue/Orange, Almost Heaven, Scapin, The Miser, Jesus Hates Me, Bernice/Butterfly, Pierre, Inna Beginning, Elevation of Thieves, Servant of Two Masters, Tantalus. Other Theatres: Smokey Joe’s Café; Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Dream a Little Dream; Love, Janis; regional premiere Peter and the Starcatcher (USF). Training: BA in Theatre Design, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Centro Maschere e Strutture Gestuali, Padua, Italy.

DON DARNUTZER (Lighting Designer).

At the Theatre Company: When We Are Married, Heartbreak House, Mariela in the Desert, Fences, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, Quilters, Richard III, The Trip to Bountiful, Plainsong, Dracula, You Can’t Take It With You, A Funny Thing…Forum, A Christmas Carol and 40 others. Other Theatres: Broadway: It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues. Off-Broadway: Hank Williams: Lost Highway, The Immigrant, Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America.

Lighting designs for: Portland Opera, Guthrie Theatre, Arizona Theatre

Company, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Alley Theater, Cleveland Play House, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

KATHRYN G. MAES Ph.D (Voice and Dialect Coach). At the Theatre Company: Tribes, As You Like It, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Animal Crackers, Shadowlands, Hamlet, black odyssey, A Christmas Carol, Jackie & Me, The Most Deserving, Just Like Us, Death of a Salesman, When We Are Married, Fences, The Three Musketeers, Heartbreak House, Great Wall Story. Other Theatres: Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre (Arthur Miller’s American Clock). Special/Training: Voice and Dialect Coach for numerous professional theatre companies in the United States, Head of Voice at DCPA Theatre Company and the National Theatre Conservatory 1989 to 1992. Ph.D. in Theatre Arts, University of Pittsburgh; Advanced Diploma in Voice Studies, Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England.

CHRISTINE ROWAN (Assistant Director/ Choreographer). See bio under Acting Company.

VICKI SMITH (Set Designer). At the Theatre Company: When We Are Married, Fences, Heartbreak House, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Dracula, Mariela in the Desert, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, Plainsong, Christmas Carol, 29 others.

Other Theatres: Children’s Theatre Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Penumbra Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre Louisville, Repertory Theatre St. Louis, Geva Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and others. Awards: Bay Area Critics Awards – Kite Runner, Execution of Justice; Dramalogue Award – Cyrano; Colorado Theatre Guild Award – Mariela in the Desert; Ovation Awards – Pierre, I’m Not Rappaport; Prague Exposition 2007.

STAGE MANAGEMENT JONATHAN D. ALLSUP (Assistant Stage Manager). Jonathan served as production stage manager and managing director for Creede Repertory Theatre from 20072014 where he stage managed over 500 performances of over 30 productions (including The Last Romance & Harry the Great). He was recently on the stage management team for the Arvada Center (Archbishop’s Ceiling, Harvey, She Loves Me, & Memphis), Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Much Ado About Nothing & Othello), and Slingshot Productions

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(BookFace: The Musical). Upcoming productions include, Cyrano with Boulder Ensemble Theatre. Jonathan teaches theatre workshops and classes for the Colorado Theatre Guild, Metro State University of Denver, and at theatre festivals across the nation.

MATTHEW CAMPBELL (Assistant Stage Manager). At the Theatre Company: As You Like It, The 12, Lord of the Flies, Hamlet, Just Like Us, Other Desert Cities, Romeo & Juliet, When We Are Married, The Three Musketeers, Heartbreak House, The Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dracula.

Other Theatres: Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Arvada Center, Cleveland Play House, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, Michigan; Colorado Festival of World Theatre, Country Dinner Playhouse, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, Omaha Symphony. Served as Assistant Professor of Technical Theater at Brooklyn College. Training: MFA, University of Iowa; BA, University of Northern Colorado.

CHRISTOPHER C. EWING (Production Stage Manager). At the Theatre Company: (28 seasons) Animal Crackers, Death of a Salesman, Sense & Sensibility The Musical, When We Are Married, Fences, Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dracula, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, A Raisin in the Sun, Quilters, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Noises Off, Plainsong, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Funny Thing…

Forum, The Clean House, Gem of the Ocean, A Flea in Her Ear, Crowns, Fire on the Mountain, John Brown’s Body, The Skin of Our Teeth, Almost Heaven and 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. Other Theatres: Colorado Ballet, DCPA Broadway, Bonfils Theatre. Training: BFA in Theatre Design/Technology from Loretto Heights College.

EXECUTIVE STAFF KENT THOMPSON (Producing Artistic Director) is in his eleventh season as Producing Artistic Director of the Theatre Company. In Denver he directed productions of Hamlet, Just Like Us, Other Desert Cities, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Plainsong, Eventide, Benediction, Amadeus, The Liar and Measure for Measure, among others.

Two of Kent’s major accomplishments since moving to Denver have been the establishment of the Colorado New Play Summit, a premier national festival for new American plays, and the Women’s Voices Fund, an endowment that supports the development of new plays by women.

Prior to moving to Denver he was

Producing Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival for 16 years. In 1991 Kent created the Southern Writers’ Project (SWP), designed to commission and develop new plays that presented 16 world premieres during his tenure.

He served for eight years on the Board of Directors for Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and as its president for three years. He has served on peer review panels for the NEA (also chair), TCG, The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Fulbright Scholars Program, The Wallace Funds, The Doris Duke Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, among others.

CHARLES VARIN (Managing Director) and his team are responsible for administrative, financial and business operations related to producing the Theatre Company’s season of productions and other artistic and educational initiatives. Prior to DCPA, Charles was General Manager for Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY and also has worked at Glimmerglass Opera, Asolo Repertory Theatre and Florida Studio Theatre.

BRUCE K. SEVY (Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Development). See Bio under Director.

JEFF GIFFORD (Director of Production) is in his third season at the DCPA and oversees every­thing you see on stage except the actors. Guiding world premieres to their first opening night is especially gratifying and Jeff has worked on more than 35 of them. Among his favorites are Dinner with Friends, The Violet Hour, The Beard of Avon, Mr. Marmalade, and the new musical FLY. Jeff holds an MFA from California Institute of the Arts.

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

The actors and stage managers employed in these productions are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Backstage and Ticket Services Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada. (or I.A.T.S.E.) Scenic, Costume and Lighting designers are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE Member of the Colorado Theatre Guild

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

• PHOTOS, RECORDING & CELL PHONE USE are prohibited during the performance.

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

• DRINKS are allowed in provided containers.

• ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES, LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS & BOOSTER SEATS are available in most theatres.

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The Theatre Company is grateful for the funds provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.

Special thanks also to grants from Arts & Venues Denver; the Helen G. Bonfils Foundation; and contributions from corporations, foundations and individuals.

The Theatre Company is a division of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, a not-for-profit organization serving the public through the performing arts.

The Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States; and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. The Theatre Company also operates under an agreement with Denver Theatrical Stage Employees Union, Local No. 7 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada.

The Theatre Company is constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for not-forprofit resident theatre companies.

The costumes, wigs, lighting, props, furniture, scenic construction, scenic painting, sound and special effects used in connection with this production were constructed and coordinated by the Theatre Company’s Production Staff.

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DCPA TEAM DCPA Scott Shiller..............................................................President/CEO Eve Gordon...........................Executive Assistant to the CEO

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

DEVELOPMENT David Zupancic.................................Director of Development Shawn Bayer.................................................... Associate Director Chelley Canales...................................Development Associate Megan Fevurly.....................................Development Associate Melissa Olson........................................Development Assistant Marc Ravenhill................................................. Associate Director Valerie Taron.................................................... Associate Director

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

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

MARKETING & SALES Jennifer Nealson..................................Chief Marketing Officer Heidi Bosk......................... Senior PR & Promotions Manager Nathan Brunetti...................................................Digital Manager Kim Conner.........................................................Graphic Designer Flora DiRienzo........................................ Strategic Partnerships Brenda Elliott......................................Senior Graphic Designer Brianna Firestone....................................Director of Marketing Simone Gordon...................................................Project Manager Hope Grandon..........................................PR & Events Manager Jeff Hovorka............................. Director of Sales & Marketing Jennifer Kemps........................................Group Sales Manager Emily Kent...................................................... Marketing Manager David Lenk............................................................. Video Producer Emily Lozow........................................... Marketing Coordinator Adam Lundeen..................................... Website Administrator

Kyle Malone.................................................................... Art Director Carolyn Michaels...........................................................Copywriter John Moore................................................Senior Arts Journalist Adam Obendorf........................................... Senior Art Director Beth Osolin......................Group Sales Business Coordinator Allison Barber Pasternak..... Executive Assistant to the CMO Donna Rossi............................Customer Experience Director Joseph Schurwonn......................................... Financial Analyst Jill Schwager...............Education Group Sales Coordinator Rob Silk................................................................. Creative Director Suzanne Yoe...........................Director of Marketing Services & Cultural Affairs THEATRE SERVICES Carol Krueger.................................. Theatre Services Manager Adam Alberti, Ethan Aumann, Nora Caley, Hadley Kamminga-Peck, LeiLani Lynch, Gregory Melton, Douglas Murphey, Joyce Murphey, Margaret Ohlander, Dylan Phibbs, Valerie Schaefer, Mica Ward..................... Theatre Company House Managers TICKETING SERVICES Jennifer Lopez.........................Director of Ticketing Services Kirk Petersen...........................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing Services – Patron Relations David Smith.............................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing Services – Subscription Services Jessica Bergin, Katie Clow-Pollard, Tristan Jungferman, Laura Kirby, Alec Sydlow.....................Box Office Managers Micah White..............................................Subscription Manager Malcolm Brown, William Dutton III, Kevin Dykstra, Elisabeth Link, Molly McDonough......................Show Leads Kirsten Anderson, Ashley Brown, Scott Lix, Gregory Swan.............................................Subscription Agents Maggie Blumer, Rena Bugg, DJ Dennis, Patye Gibbons, Nicole Giordano, Jennifer Gray, Edmund Gurule, Rebecca Hibbert, Joel Innes, Alex Jannen, Noah Jungferman, Megan Kelly, Alia Kempton, Michael Lang, Daniel Lindsey, Brett Martinez, Shane Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Sánchez, Hayley Solano, Ereece Thomas, Tomas Waples....................... Ticket Agents

SHARED SERVICES Vicky Miles................................................ Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Jeffrey...................................Senior Financial Analyst ACCOUNTING Jennifer Siemers........................................ Director Accounting Sara Brandenburg.........................................Senior Accountant Michaele Davidson.......................................Senior Accountant Georgette Maddox...........................................Payroll Specialist Kim Stewart........................................................ Staff Accountant HUMAN RESOURCES Regina Matthews......................... Director Human Resources Brian Carter...................................Human Resources Manager Donald Gabenski.............................................................Reception Jamie Hawkins...................................................... HR Coordinator Monica Robles............................................Mailroom Supervisor INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Rick Bennett.................................................... Network Architect Chris Calenzo...................................................Help Desk Analyst Jayson Cowley......................................Network Administrator Jim Hipp................................................. Associate Director of IT Christopher Hoge.......................VoIP/System Administrator Bobby Jiminez......................... Senior Audienceview Analyst John H. Voorheis............................ Manager of Infrastructure

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

PRODUCTION Jeff Gifford...............................................Director of Production Melissa Cashion....................Associate Production Manager Julie Brou...................Production & Artistic Office Manager Scenic Design Lisa M. Orzolek................................ Director of Scenic Design Matthew Plamp, Nicholas Renaud..............................Scenic Design Assistants Lighting Design Charles R. MacLeod...................................Director of Lighting Lily Bradford.....................................Lighting Design Assistant Reid Tennis............................................... Production Electrician Multimedia Charlie I. Miller...................... Resident Multimedia Specialist Topher Blair............................Multimedia Assistant/Operator Sound Design Craig Breitenbach...........................................Director of Sound Tyler Nelson.......................................................... Sound Designer Alex Billman, Frank Haas..............................Sound Operators Stage Management Christopher C. Ewing................ Production Stage Manager Jonathan D. Allsup, Matthew Campbell, Rachel Ducat, Aja M. Jackson, Randall Lum, Lyle Raper, Kurt Van Raden..........................Stage Managers D. Lynn Reiland......................................... Production Assistant Corin Ferris, Lexi Holtzer, Kristen Littlepage........... Stage Management Apprentices Scene Shop Eric Rouse.......................................................... Technical Director Robert L. Orzolek..................... Associate Technical Director Josh Prues.................................... Assistant Technical Director Albert “Stub” Allison, Louis Fernandez III.......................................... Lead Technicians Justin Hicks, Brian “Marco” Markiewicz, Keli Sequoia, Mike Van Aartsen, Ross Wick.........................................................Scenic Technicians Prop Shop Robin Lu Payne.............................................Properties Director Eileen S. Garcia......................... Assistant Properties Director Jamie Stewart Curl, Charles Dallas, David Hoth, Georgina Kayes, Katie Webster......................Props Artisans Paint Shop Jana L. Mitchell...........................................Charge Scenic Artist Melanie Rentschler........................................Lead Scenic Artist Brian Proud...................................................................Scenic Artist Rachael Gibson.............................................................Paint Intern Costume Shop Janet S. MacLeod..........................................Costume Director/ Costume Design Associate Meghan Anderson Doyle........ Costume Design Associate Carolyn Plemitscher, Louise Powers, Jackie Scott............................................................................Drapers Cathie Gagnon, Belinda Haaland............................First Hand Sheila P. Morris........................................................................... Tailor Kelly Jones, Jenny Milne-Wright, Beth Walker...... Stitchers Costume Crafts Kevin Copenhaver............................Costume Crafts Director Shirleen DiFonzo.................................Costume Crafts Artisan Wigs Diana Ben-Kiki............................................................... Wig Master House Crew Doug Taylor*..........................................Supervising Stagehand Mariah Becerra*, Jim Berman*, Jennifer Guethlein*, Stephen D. Mazzeno*, Miles Stasica*, Tyler Stauffer, Matt Wagner* (*IATSE Local 7 Stagehands)................................ Stagehands Wardrobe Brenda Lawson........................................Director of Wardrobe Maria Y. Davis, Taylor Malott............................Wig Assistants Robin Appleton, Amber Donner, Kelly Jones, Anthony Mattivi, Tim Nelson, Lisa Parsons, Alan Richards....................................................................... Dressers ADMINISTRATION Charles Varin...................................................Managing Director Ryan Meisheid...........................Associate Managing Director Allison Taylor..................................................Company Manager Kerri Mirtsching.................................... Business Administrator Alie Quistberg...........................Assistant Company Manager

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