LETTER FROM OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT
DAVID LAWRENCE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David Lawrence | President
Vannessia Klinsky | Vice President
Ryan Buresh | Treasurer
Jim Miller | Secretary
It has been an incredible journey for Revival Theatre Company over the past decade. An idea was hatched in a few living rooms around Cedar Rapids that a professional theatre company using local talent and professional actors from around the country was not only possible but would fill an artistic need in our community. Now, ten years later, RTC has emerged through both economic struggles and personal tragedy to be stronger than ever and ready to start its next decade of professional musical theatre.
We have seen tremendous growth in the past year, with an administrative office and performance auditorium at CSPS Hall, new rehearsal spaces, and expanded props and costume storage at the Cherry Building. None of this would be possible without YOU and the generous support of countless individual donors. I would encourage everyone who enjoys their experience to consider investing in RTC’s future.
Finally, I invite you to consider becoming a season subscriber for the 2025-26 season and enjoy the courtesies we have to offer you as a patron. Thank you for your enthusiastic support of RTC, a jewel of our community and region.
See you at the theatre!
Nina Brundell
Julie Kraft
Lorelle Lindo
Janet Shepherd-Meier
Susie Streit
Jill Wilkins
Abby Scheitlin Victor/Victoria
Photography by Tint
LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
BRIAN GLICK
For ten years it’s been an honor to bring many wonderful and inspiring musicals to the stage. The people I’ve come to know as RTC advocates have cemented the idea that RTC is meant to be here at this time. RTC was founded on being the premiere place to see exceptional musical theatre. A place where excellence in art was key to what we do, every day. Some of the greatest composers and lyricists of the American musical have graced our stages, and this season will be no different.
Our tenth season is eclectic and glorious. We began the fall with the funny and endearing musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee . Now we are bringing to stage Next to Normal , with a surging score that tells the story a family coming to terms through the struggle of mental illness. This show won the Pulitzer Prize and three Tony awards. Be sure to join us in May/ June for the hilarious, poignant, and flamboyant musical love story La Cage aux Folles starring ZaZa and featuring the fabulous Cagelles.
We have much to be thankful for, a vibrant and growing company, spectacular creative teams and gifted artists. Relationships are the bedrock of the arts and we couldn’t do it without you. Cheers to year ten, and a transcending experience with one of the greatest artforms there is, the American Musical Theatre.
On with the show!
FOUNDING BOARD
Nina Brundell
Steve Ginsberg
IN MEMORIAM
Carma Lou Beck
Brian Glick
Vannessia Klinsky
Cameron Sullenberger
Tiffany O’Donnell
Matt Stoner
CREATIVE TEAM
HARRIET BUTLER
{ Stage Manager }
Harriet Butler is thrilled to make her RTC debut! Recent regional credits include Split with the New London Barn Playhouse and Transport Group (ASM), Child of Aphrodite with The VORTEX (SM), Richard III with Austin Shakespeare (SM), the 2024 Pre-Professional Company Showcase with ZACH Theatre, The Girl Who Became Legend with ZACH Theatre and The Kennedy Center (Takeover SM), and Sweeney Todd with Theatre Under the Stars (ASM). She would like to thank her family, friends, and Joey for their unending support! @harriet.butler
SARAH FRIED
{ Hair & Makeup Designer }
This is Sarah Fried’s thirteenth show as Wig and Makeup Designer for Revival Theatre Company. She also designs for Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre and is on
call for wigs at Theatre Cedar Rapids. For 15 years, Sarah was Wig and Makeup Designer for Arizona Opera before moving back to Mount Vernon, Iowa. Sarah also has worked for several Midwest theatre and opera festivals.
BRIAN GLICK
{ Executive and Artistic Director }
Brian is the Executive and Artistic Director of Revival Theatre Company. During the past 10 years he has directed more than 30 stage productions, earning him high praise for his dynamic and richly layered productions. The Gazette wrote, "Artistic Director Brian Glick has a knack for his wonderful elite talent for his productions on stage and behind the scenes..." In recent seasons, Brian has directed the Midwest premiere of Dogfight and staged the Iowa premieres of White Christmas and Grey Gardens
Brian has developed musical pieces in non-traditional spaces, creating intimate and contemporary experiences for actors and audiences.
As a freelance director, Brian has worked on operas, musicals, and plays. Brian produced and directed Side Show as a fundraiser for Families Helping Families and Baby for The Young Parents Network. Most recent credits include: Jim McDonough's Holiday Grande tour; Victor/Victoria , Parade In Concert , Evita , and Funny Girl with RTC; Amy at the Opus ; A Sondheim Cabaret and Brucemorchestra with Orchestra Iowa; and La Boehme , Carmen , Don Giovanni , and La Traviata with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre.
Brian spent nine seasons with Starlighters Theatre as resident director – Forever Plaid , Oliver , Some Enchanted Evening , Last Five Years , My Way , Scrooge , Anything Goe s and Honk! His work with Theatre Cedar Rapids and
Orchestra Iowa on The Music Man won a collaboration award, and he’s directed multiple concerts and fundraisers. Brian has also worked with the Cedar Rapids Follies as a designer and stage manager.
Brian was honored to work with The New York Drama League and Tony-nominated director Marcia Milgrom Dodge. He also collaborated on Opal with Broadway composer and lyricist Robert LindseyNassif and served as an Academy and First Stage teacher with the Omaha Playhouse.
Brian's strong leadership and vision has caught the attention of industry professionals across the region. In 2019 Brian staged a world premiere of the musical Chaplin before its London debut.
In 2020, Brian was the recipient of the Corridor Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 of most influential leaders.
Brian is the founder, creator, and producer of Iowa Concert of Hope, a relief concert to benefit those who suffered loss from the 2020 derecho that hit Cedar Rapids and the state of Iowa. Concert performers included, most notably, Ron Livingston, Tim Shew, Linda Eder, Betty Buckley, Edwin McCain, Kim Scharnberg, Elena Shaddow, and Chris Brubeck.
MEGAN HELMERS
{ Musical Staging }
Megan Helmers is a Minneapolis-based choreographer whose work has been featured across the Midwest. Megan’s recent choreography includes Beauty and the Beast, Carrie the Musical, Something Rotten!, Cabaret, The SpongeBob Musical, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Sound of Music and Hello, Dolly! for Theatre Cedar Rapids; Spelling Bee, Titanic, Brucemorchestra XIV, Oklahoma! and Chaplin for Revival Theatre Company; Little Shop of Horrors, Kinky Boots, Cabaret, Godspell, A Christmas Story, Disney’s Newsies, Elf the Musical, and Billy Elliot at the Des Moines Playhouse; and Adore Us! Line, Fun Home, and Company at Iowa Stage Theatre Company. In addition to her work with area theaters, she has choreographed productions for the University of Central Missouri, Simpson College, Iowa State University, Grandview University, and many more.
Megan’s most recent work as a Director/ Choreographer includes Theatre Cedar Rapids’ School of Rock; Des Moines Young Artists’ Theatre’s Heathers: The Musical and Bring it On; The Des Moines Playhouse’s A Chorus Line and Disney’s Freaky Friday; Noce’s Tick, Tick . . . Boom! and Murder Ballad; Tallgrass Theatre’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, The Revolutionists, The Bridges of Madison County, and Ordinary Days.
Megan works in digital marketing for the arts at Capacity Interactive and has taught various dance styles for the Drake University Theatre Department, The School of Classical Ballet and Dance, and more. meganhelmers.com
ROBERT KURT
{ Technical Director }
This is Robert Kurt’s first season at Revival Theatre Company; he also served as Technical Director for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He has spent many years in local community theater companies, designing and building theatrical sets and spending time on stage acting. In 2018 his set for She Loves Me won “Best Scenic Design” from the ICTA. He has had other sets nominated for the same award.
He and his wife, Erin, have four adult children, a dog, and two cats. They reside in Coggon.
MATTHEW MECKES
{ Music Directon & Conductor }
Recent credits include Broadway: MJ The Musical. Regional: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Revival Theatre Company), Passing Through, Cyrano (Goodspeed), 42nd Street (Riverside), Knoxville (Asolo Rep), In The Heights, Man Of La Mancha ( PCPA), Sweeney Todd (Ensemble Theatre Company). Most recently he published his first volume of poetry titled “A Smile Remembers.”
AMANDA NIRENBERG
{ ASM & Props Manager }
Amanda Nirenberg is excited to be part of another production team for Revival Theatre Company. Since graduating from University at Buffalo, her recent projects have included The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at RTC, Three Decembers at Buffalo Opera Unlimited, The 39 Steps and Renascence at UB Center For the Arts, and Titanic with Starring Buffalo at Shea's 710. Amanda would like to thank the cast and crew for their talent and dedication, as well as her friends and family for their support. Enjoy the show!
SCOTT OLINGER
{ Lighting & Projection Designer }
Scott Olinger serves as the Head of Design and Production for the Cornell College Department of Theatre and Dance where he has worked since 2000. Recent designs include 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee , Parade in Concert and Over the Rainbow for Revival Theatre Company,
Christmas with Wartburg on IPTV , Ordinary Days at UNI , Cendrillon , Tosca and Cosi Fan Tutte for Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Rock of Ages and Sponegebob: The Musical for TCR, The Wild Party and Sondheim on Sondheim at City Circle, and Macbeth and The Moors at Cornell . Upcoming designs include Head Over Heels at Cornell College, We'll Get Back To You with Crooked Path Theatre (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), and The Mystery of Edwin Drood at City Circle. He holds an MFA in Design from Penn State University and a BA in Theatre from the University of Northern Iowa. Scott also serves as lighting designer for the midwest band The Pork Tornadoes, and is the director of lighting for RGS Productions.
MELONIE STOLL
{ Costu me Des igner }
Melonie Stoll is in her fifth season as costume designer for Revival Theatre Company. She is a freelance designer who has worked with many area theatres, including TCR, RHCR, and Riverside Theatre. Favorite shows include Honk! (RTC), Chaplin (RTC), Mamma Mia (TCR), A Doll’s House (TCR), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHCR) The Wizard of Oz Jr. (RHCR), and Comedy of Errors (Riverside Theatre).
ROB SUNDERMAN
{ Scenic Designer }
Rob Sunderman graduated from the University of Iowa with a BFA, MA, and MFA degrees. He is a fine artist, scenic designer, scenic artist, and Associate Professor Emeritus of Theatre at Iowa State University. He was the Resident Scenic Designer/Scenic Artist and Associate Professor of Theatre Design at ISU for 21 years. Prior to that, he was the Scenic Designer at Iowa Public Television for 16 years. Rob continues to teach metal art classes at the Des Moines Art Center, where he has taught for 44 years. He has scenic designed more than 294 productions of theatre, opera, and TV during his career. He received Iowa Film, National Broadcasting Designers, Kennedy Center, and American College Theatre Festival awards for his scenic designs and many fine art awards. He has been a fine artist throughout his life and has exhibited his work in more than 315 exhibitions nationally and internationally. He recently has been working on art pieces dealing with renewal, fleeting moments, and human
intervention of natural cycles. Most of his artwork deals with nature, humanities, intrusive nature, and climate issues. His sculpture work was recently published in the book, Chunghi Choo and Her Students . Rob recently exhibited his work in national and international online and in-person exhibitions at the The Holy Art Galleries, Athens, Greece; Cedar Rapids Art Museum; The Boomer Gallery, London, England; Artist League of Denver; Gallery Metalmorphasis, Denver; and KBM Art Gallery, California. This past year Rob designed sets for Theatre Cedar Rapids’ School of Rock , Iowa PBS’s Studio 3 Live , Iowa PBS’s Texas Tenors , ISU Music Theatre’s opera Die Fledermaus , and ISU Theatre’s Fairly Tales of Anthropocene.
DARIN ULMER
{ Sound Designer }
This is Darin’s eighth season with Revival Theatre Company. Previous sound design work has been with Theatre Cedar Rapids, City Circle, and Jim McDonough‘s Holiday Grande tour.
Ragtime
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Photo by Seth Walters
Our operations are partially supported by a Hotel Motel Tax grant from the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Revival Theatre Company presents
NEXT TO NORMAL
MUSIC by Tom Kitt
BOOK & LYRICS by Brian Yorkey
ORCHESTRATIONS by Michael Starobin & Tom Kitt
VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS by AnnMarie Milazzo
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Originally directed on Broadway by David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo and Second Stage Theatre
New York Premiere Produced by Second Stage Theatre, New York, February 2008
Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Ellen Richards, Executive Director
Next to Normal was subsequently produced by Arena Stage in November 2008
Developed at Village Theatre, Issaquah, WA (Robb Hunt, Executive Producer, Steve Tomkins, Artistic Director).
An earlier version was presented in the 2005 New York Theatre Festival.
Support for the development of Next to Normal was provided by the Jonathan Larson Foundation.
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Robert Kurt
CREATIVE TEAM
HAIR & MAKEUP DESIGN by Sarah Fried SOUND DESIGN by Darin Ulmer
COSTUME DESIGN by Melonie Stoll
LIGHTING & PROJECTIONS by Scott Olinger
SCENIC DESIGN by Rob Sunderman STAGE MANAGER Harriet Butler
MUSIC DIRECTION & CONDUCTED by Matthew Meckes
DIRECTED by Brian Glick
MUSICAL STAGING by Megan Helmers
{ THIS SHOW CONTAINS STROBE LIGHTS, ADULT HUMOR, AND THEMES } Produced with special agreement through Music Theatre International (MTI) • www.mtishows.com
FULL BLEED ARTWORK
FULL BLEED ARTWORK
CA ST
DIANA GOODMAN / Amy Friedl
DAN GOODMAN / Trevor Martin*
GABE GOODMAN / Antonio Porciello
NATALIE GOODMAN / Katelyn Halverson
DOCTOR MADDEN AND DOCTOR FINE / Anthony Hendricks
HENRY / Levane Harrington
*This actor appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, and the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
BAND
PIANO / Matthew Meckes
ACOUSTIC BASS, ELECTRIC BASS / Ken Dekeyser
CELLO / Madison Brady
PRODUCTION TEAM
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT / Elizabeth Kimmel
MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR / Carrie Pozdol
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER & PROPS MANAGER / Amanda Nirenberg
MASTER ELECTRICIANS / Jim Vogt and Britin Robinson
SCENIC CHARGE / Leslie Delavan
ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTORS / Seth Walters & Ann Newhouse
CARPENTERS / Jon Day, Seth Walters & Kennedy High School students
STAFF
EXECUTIVE & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / Brian Glick
DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR / Hilery Livengood
BOOKKEEPER / Janna Murra with ESG
EXECUTIVE & ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATOR / June Schumacher
FRIENDS OF RTC
GUILD CO-CHAIRS
Amy Blades and Tina March
GUILD MEMBERS
Karen Delaney
Sara Hofer
David Maier
Janelle Miller
Tracie Van Pelt
ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR / Riley Thurm
VIOLIN/SYNTHESIZER / Emma Campbell
DRUMS/PERCUSSION / Christopher Jensen
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR / Grace Black
LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR / Will Hancock
VOCAL AUDITION CONSULTANT / Bradly Barrett
AUDIO VISUAL SUPERVISOR / David Medin
PRODUCTION & PUBLICITY PHOTOS / Alisabeth Von Presley, Tint
SEASON & NEXT TO NORMAL ARTWORK / James Lacey, Dennard Lacey & Associates
STUDIO RECORDING PRODUCER / North Forty
HOST FAMILIES
Roger and Colleen Cassill
Matt and Jen Ford
Gayle Glick
Dick Haynes and Julie Kraft
Dave and Vannessia Klinsky
FRONT OF HOUSE / Barb Colehour
HEAD USHER / Jim Miller
ADVERTISING & PROMOTIONS / KZIA Inc.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER / James Lacey, Dennard Lacey & Associates
IN MEMORIAM
CO-FOUNDER AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR / Cameron Sullenberger
FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER / Carma Lou Beck
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT 1
"PRELUDE"
"JUST ANOTHER DAY"
"EVERYTHING ELSE"
"WHO'S CRAZY" / "MY PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIST AND I"
"PERFECT FOR YOU"
"I MISS THE MOUNTAINS"
"IT'S GONNA BE GOOD"
"HE'S NOT HERE"
"YOU DON'T KNOW"
"I AM THE ONE"
"SUPERBOY AND THE INVISIBLE GIRL"
"I'M ALIVE" – GABE
"MAKE UP YOUR MIND" / "CATCH ME I'M FALLING" "I DREAMED A DANCE" – DIANA, GABE
"THERE'S A WORLD"
"I'VE BEEN" – DAN
"DIDN'T I SEE THIS MOVIE?"
"A LIGHT IN THE DARK"
THERE WILL BE A 15 MINUTE INTERMISSION.
ACT 2
"WISH I WERE HERE"
"SONG OF FORGETTING"
"HEY #1"
"SECONDS AND YEARS"
"BETTER THAN BEFORE"
"AFTERSHOCKS"
"HEY #2"
"YOU DON'T KNOW" (REPRISE)
"HOW COULD I EVER FORGET?"
"IT'S GONNA BE GOOD" (REPRISE)
"WHY STAY?" / "A PROMISE"
"I'M ALIVE" (REPRISE)
"THE BREAK"
"MAKE UP YOUR MIND" / "CATCH ME I'M FALLING" (REPRISE)
"MAYBE (NEXT TO NORMAL)"
"HEY #3" / "PERFECT FOR YOU" (REPRISE)
"SO ANYWAY"
"I AM THE ONE" (REPRISE)
"LIGHT"
* PLEASE BE ADVISED THERE WILL BE STROBE LIGHTING AND STRONG MATURE THEMES DURING THIS PERFORMANCE.
CAST
AMY FRIEDL
{ Diana Goodman }
Amy Friedl is an accomplished and versatile cabaret/jazz singer born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In the past 10 years, Amy has produced numerous sold-out cabaret shows in Eastern Iowa, and in several major cities across the US, catapulting her cabaret career. Amy made her Carnegie Hall debut in May 2018 as a featured performer in All the Way: The Music of Jimmy Van Heusen , which was produced by the Mabel Mercer Foundation. Amy has been warmly received in notable venues such as the famous Birdland Jazz Club (NYC), Don’t Tell Mama (NYC), Davenport’s (Chicago), Gaslight Theatre (St. Louis), Blue Strawberry (St. Louis), and Noce (Des Moines). In March 2017, she debuted her show Dreamchaser to rave reviews at the famed Metropolitan Room in NYC.
Locally, you may have seen Amy performing at Brucemore’s Cabaret in the Courtyard, CSPS, Opus Concert Café, Theatre Cedar Rapids, and Revival Theatre Company. No stranger to the stage, she has been a frequent leading lady in many theatre productions over the last 14 years. Favorite roles include: Maria in Sound of Music , Eva Perón in Evita , Mother in Ragtime , Lizzie in Baby , and Cathy in The Last 5 Years
During most weekdays, you can find Amy working as a master stylist, a career she’s loved for over 19 years.
For booking inquiries or questions, please visit amystonermusic.com or find Amy on Facebook or Instagram @amyfriedlmusic.
Big thanks and love to Paul, my parents and sister, and my sweet Weston.
TREVOR MARTIN *
{Dan Goodman }
Trevor Martin is a versatile actor, singer, and musician currently based in NYC. Described as a “classically-trained baritone, perfect for the Golden Age of musical theater,” Trevor has made a comfortable home both in the operatic and musical theater genres. He was winner of the prestigious Lotte Lenya Competition sponsored by the Kurt Weill Foundation in 2019, and was selected as a quarterfinalist for the American Traditions Competition for 2021.
Trevor just finished performing in two back-toback productions of Carousel as Billy Bigelow, one with Intermountain Opera Bozeman, and the other at The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton, FL. He opened the Global Tour of Jack O’Brien’s production of The Sound of Music as Captain Von Trapp in 2022 and 2023. He will be making his Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra debut as Commander Harbison in their concert performance of South Pacific , as well as covering Nathan Gunn as Emile and Nick Adams as Lt. Cable.
He has performed at many regional theaters in a variety of musical theater and operetta roles. Some of these highlights include: Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd), Sunset Boulevard (Joe Gillis), Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Guys & Dolls (Sky Masterson), White Christmas (Bob Wallace), West Side Story (Riff), See What I Wanna See (Man #1), HMS Pinafore (Ralph Rackstraw/the Rainbow (Anthony); at theaters such as: ZACH Theatre, Jennie T. Anderson Theatre, Sharon Playhouse, Revival Theatre Company, WaterTower Theatre, City Springs Theatre Company, Wolfbane
Productions, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and Seagle Music Colony.
He is a staunch advocate for new works, having been a part of many world and regional premiere operas such as: When Adonis Calls (Muse), TESLA (Mark Twain), Crude Capital (Coal and Cattle Club Member), Service Provider (John), Buried Alive (Victor cover), JFK (JFK cover), Amelia (Paul), and Voir Dire (Baritone Roles). The original cast recording for Voir Dire was released in the Summer of 2020. Other opera companies he has sung with are: Beth Morrison Projects, Fort Worth Opera, Opera San Jose, Virginia Opera, Madison Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Janiec Opera Company, SoBe Arts, Center for Contemporary Opera, Modern Opera Company, and Des Moines Metro Opera.
He also enjoys being a part of the creative process, by participating in workshops and readings of new works, both in opera and musical theater. Namely creating the role of John in a new opera entitled House of Legendary , which has been workshopped with the American Opera Project. Other notable workshops include: Goin’ Hollywood (A.J.), The Sorrows of Frederick (Frederick/Hans Katte), The Night Falls (Python Hunter/Male Ensemble), Gilgamesh (Enkidu), and Pure Country (Earl). Trevor has made a name for himself as a concert and cabaret soloist. He has performed masterworks, chamber music and pops concerts around the U.S. with ensembles such as Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Échappé, Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, Barry University Chorale, Southern Crescent Chorale, and Opera North.
Trevor also has made a career in commercial/print modeling and and is a budding voice-over artist. He is an avid pianist and guitarist, and is proud to support many social justice reform organizations. He currently serves on the board of multiple Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committees for different theaters, and is committed to these ideals in all aspects of the theater and academic worlds.
*This actor appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, and the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
KATELYN HALVERSON
{ Natalie Goodman }
Katelyn is honored to be making her debut with Revival Theatre Company in this incredible show. Natalie has been a dream role of hers for as long as she can remember, and she cannot wait to share this character and her story with the audience. Katelyn has worked with various theatre companies in the corridor such as TCR, City Circle Theatre Company, Willowcreek Theatre Company, and ICCT. Past roles include Carrie White (Carrie) , ensemble (Waitress) , Wenda (Spring Awakening) , Portia (Something Rotten!) , Luisa (The Fantasticks) , Ali (Mamma Mia!) , Elle Woods (Legally Blonde) , and Belle (Beauty and the Beast) When not on the stage, Katelyn enjoys singing in local gigs, working in childcare, and spending time with her friends and family. She would like to extend her gratitude to everyone who has supported her along this journey, especially her fellow castmates and production team.
ANTHONY HENDRICKS
{ Doctor Madden & Doctor Fine }
Anthony is thrilled to be in Next to Normal ! A resident of the area for six years, Anthony has been performing in community and regional theatre across the Midwest for the past 30 years. After earning a Bachelor’s in Theatre Performance from Western Illinois University, he made Iowa City home, participating in productions with various local theatres. Some favorite roles include Leading Player in Pippin (ICCT), Che in Evita (City Circle), JoAnn in Company (ICCT), Man #2 in Songs for a New World (City Circle), Frank in Rocky Horror Picture Show (Circa 21), Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop (Mockingbird on Main) , Balaga in Natasha , Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Riverside), and most recently, Jim Conley in Parade in Concert (Revival). Anthony thanks the cast and crew for their hard work and hopes you enjoy the show!
LEVANE HARRINGTON
{ Henry }
LeVane is an NYC-based performer and hip hop artist (Syte), originally from Cape Cod, MA. He is so excited to bring Henry to life with this incredible group. Other credits: In The Heights (Winnipesaukee Playhouse), Sherwood (The Ghostlight Stage Company), Julius: Harlem’s Caesar (Tier 5 Theatre Company), Bandstand (Playhouse on Park), World Premiere of For Colored Boyz (Fulton), Torn Asunder (Luna Stage), White Christmas (Fulton), The Color Purple (Plaza Theatrical), Cabaret (Argyle), The Glass Menagerie (Provincetown Theatre). Find Syte’s music on all streaming platforms. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Mimi, Maggie, and the rest of his fam. Peace. IG: @levane_harrington195
ANTONIO PORCIELLO
{ Gabe Goodman }
Antonio Porciello is thrilled to be making his Revival Theatre Company debut! He recently graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a BFA in Musical Theatre! Previous credits include: Bright Star (Billy Cane), Next To Normal (Gabe), Allegro (Joseph Taylor Jr.), Angels In America (Joe Pitt), Bat Boy (Lorraine, u/s Bat Boy), Head Over Heels , and Sweeney Todd . Many thanks to the entire cast, production, and creative team for their talent and hard work and to my friends, family, and Jack for being my biggest supporters. antonioporciello.com @antoniop022
The Actors and Stage Manager appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association (“Equity”). Founded in 1913, Equity is the U.S. labo r union that represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of so ciety and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including hea lth and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks
Funny Girl
Photo by Greg Billman
SPONSORS
TECHNICAL SPONSOR
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust
ACTOR SPONSOR
Mark & Tracy Zimmerman
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
SPONSOR
GreatAmerica Financial Services
VENUE SPONSOR
In Tolerance Contract Manufacturing
PAY WHAT YOU CAN SPONSOR
Ben Fashimpaur & Hilery Livengood
TRANSPORTATION SPONSOR
Cassill Motors
FRONT OF HOUSE SPONSOR
Hills Bank
WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM
TrueNorth Companies
Cedar Dental
Michael C. March, PhD
Christopher G. Okiishi, MD
We strive for accuracy. Our apologies for any errors or omissions in this listing. We applaud the many individuals on this page who have invested in RTC with generous donations and sponsorships. Space limitations do not allow us to recognize the many donors of $50 or less. Please know that all gifts are appreciated!
RTC’s productions and educational programs would not be possible without private contributions. If you’d like to join this list of donors, you may make a tax-deductible contribution by scanning the QR code below, by visiting RevivalTheatreCompany.com, or by mailing a check.
Revival Theatre Company
329 10th Ave SE, Suite 005
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Office: 319-200-4849
Box Office: 319-364-1580
DONORS
Donations received between March 1, 2024, and March 10, 2025
FOUNDER $20,000+
Patrick McGrath
FOUNDER $15,000+
Cassill Motors
FOUNDER $10,000+
Terry & Johanna Abernathy
Aegon Transamerica Foundation
City of Cedar Rapids Hotel-Motel Tax Grant
Dennard Lacey & Associates
Giacoletto Foundation
Ann Lawrence
David Lawrence, MD
Mark & Tracy Zimmerman
FOUNDER, $5,000+
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust
Mike & Karen Delaney
Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman
Susan & Gary Streit
Wiles Design Group
PACESETTER, $2,500+
Cedar Memorial
Ben Fashimpaur & Hilery Livengood
GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation
In Tolerance Contract Manufacturing
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Wilma McGrane
Midwest Athletic Club
TrueNorth Companies
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ARTIST, $500+
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Bernie & Susan Friedl
Gayle Glick
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Kieck’s Career Apparel
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Skogman Realty
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Cyndie & Lee Birchansky
Catherine Blades
Marjorie Bode
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TALES FROM THE BIPOLAR COASTER
by Jake Stigers
After a year of unemployment in Chicago where I half-assedly looked for new jobs and aimlessly shuffled back and forth from Cedar Rapids, I more or less officially moved home in December 2014.
My bipolar disorder was escalating and I was seeing what I now understand was a hack psychiatrist (because how can you know what to look for and who’s competent when you’re new at finding mental health professionals and you’re crippled by a mental illness?) who kept prescribing medication after medication (including the anticonvulsant Depakote that
I had NO business being on due to its highly problematic interactions with my Lamictal mood stabilizer) without following up or even letting me know what catastrophic side effects to look for. And my unmanaged Depakote cocktail was a living nightmare of day-long blackouts, terrifying hallucinations, and sleepwalking through what was thankfully benign but could have been fatal odd behavior.
Every psychotropic drug gives you temporary— sometimes awful—side effects as you ramp up on a new prescription and wean off of it when
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you find out it doesn’t work. And thanks to this doctor’s random changes of drugs and cocktails, I was in a constant state of up-and-down side effects that left me miserable and confused and unable to function in a multitude of ways. On top of all that, I was newly single and living alone for the first time in seven years, which meant I didn’t have an extra brain in the house to remind me to take that litany of changing meds on their prescribed schedules.
So by the time I decided I was moving home, I was a mess. A catastrophic, dissociative, emotional-train-crash mess. And as Christmas drew nearer and nearer, I found myself more and more overcome with panic and dread about holding myself together through our family activities, worrying that I’d ruin them for everyone and inevitably escalating even more. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t think. I couldn’t comprehend. I didn’t want to live.
And so ten years ago last December, my parents— my terrified, confused, helpless parents— and I together made the heart-wrenching decision that I needed to be hospitalized. Two days before Christmas. The ensuing details are still hazy to me, but from what I can remember: I sobbed on
our couch in Greek-tragedy emotional pain as I slowly wrapped my muddled brain around what I was about to do. Mom and Dad came with me to the emergency room. I was evaluated by a doctor. We were put in an empty holding room for four hours while they looked for an open bed, which they eventually—thankfully—found right there instead of in a hospital 200 miles away.
We were taken to the mental ward where we first had to go through a room where Mom and Dad had to leave their coats and Mom had to leave her purse. When we got in, I had to forfeit my coat and clothes and phone and basically everything but my glasses. I was given scrubs and hospital socks. I met privately with a doctor, who took me off every drug I was on and prescribed yet another new cocktail of drugs. Which meant more simultaneous ramping-up-and-down side effects.
And when I was finally done being triaged, I was given an opportunity to say goodbye to my parents and then I was escorted to my room. I made one last look back as I was halfway down the hallway, and the looks on my parents’ faces— their anguish, fear and inconsolable sadness— will be forever seared in my memory. And so will my feeling of complete, comforting relief from accepting the fact that all of this was bigger than I was, I could finally release the demons fighting inside me, and I was in the protective, hopefully healing care of people who could manage whatever it was that was tearing me apart.
Ten years ago last December I launched into an unknown of what ended up being a full week in a locked mental ward in a hospital. Ten years ago last December I started yet another roller coaster of the disorienting, miserable side effects of changing medicines. Ten years ago last December
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I finally knew I was safe from myself, I was being cared for by experts, and for some reason what I found to be the most important: I wouldn’t ruin my family’s Christmas. I knew that not being there would be disruptive. But I also knew that being there would have been even worse.
Ten years ago last December, I started what would still be a long, bumpy road to healing, but I knew I was at least on the road to healing.
IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS I’VE BEEN THROUGH AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I’VE EVER DONE.
If you’re struggling with the out-of-control pain and confusion of mental illness, please know there’s no shame in asking for help—even to the point of being hospitalized—and putting yourself in the focused care of others. There most likely won’t be immediate healing. But there will be hope. For you, your family and your support network. There will be calming, restorative, essential hope.
Jake Stigers is a Cedar Rapids writer, performer and mental-health advocate. This piece and many more tales of his adventures on the bipolar coaster will eventually appear in a book he hopes to finish someday soon if his meds keep working. In the meantime, you can find all his essays and stories of his bipolar journey archived at TMIpolar. blogspot.com.
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REVIVAL THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
A DECADE OF
EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS
SEPTEMBER 2014 / Children of Eden
OCTOBER 2014 / Dogfight
JUNE 2015 / Pippin
NOVEMBER 2015 / Parade in Concert
FEBRUARY 2016 / Violet
JUNE 2016 / Funny Girl
NOVEMBER 2016 / Evita
FEBRUARY 2017 / Grey Gardens
JUNE 2017 / Victor/Victoria
MARCH 2018 / Ragtime in Concert
JUNE 2018 / The Bridges of Madison County
NOVEMBER 2018 / Sunday in the Park with George
MARCH 2019 / Nine to Five
JUNE 2019 / Chaplin
NOVEMBER 2019 / Oklahoma!
SEPTEMBER 2021 / Brucemorchestra XIV: The Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
OCTOBER 2021 / End of the Rainbow
JUNE 2022 / T he Color Purple
SEPTEMBER 2022 / Titanic: The Musical
MARCH 2023 / Million Dollar Quartet
JUNE 2023 / Honk!
APRIL 2024 / Parade in Concert
OCTOBER 2024 / The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
MARCH 2025 / Next to Normal
MAY/JUNE 2025 / La Cage aux Folles
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
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UPCOMING SHOWS
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Winner of the 1984 & 2010 Tony Award La Cage aux Folles remains one of musical theatre’s all-time biggest hits, adding a new dimension to the boulevard comedy. After 20 years of partnered bliss, Georges and Albin, two men partnered for better or worse, get a bit of both when Georges’ son announces his impending marriage to a daughter of conservative parents. Further complicating the situation is the “family business” – Albin and Georges run a drag nightclub in St. Tropez, where Albin is the star performer, “Zaza.” Georges reluctantly agrees to masquerade as “normal” when he meets the family of the bride-to-be. But Albin has other plans, with hilarious results.
PERFORMED AT CSPS HALL
DATES: May 30, 31 & June 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2025
TIMES: 7:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
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UPCOMING SHOWS
ELIOT NESS IN CLEVELAND
Eliot Ness in Cleveland tells the bizarre story of Ness vs. the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, American’s first serial killer. It is 1933. Ness is already famous, having been credited with bringing in notorious gangster Al Capone back in Chicago, where Ness headed an elite group of police called the Untouchables. Ness is brought to Cleveland with much fanfare and the lofty expectation that he will clean up rampant crime and corruption in the city and stop the Mad Butcher’s murderous spree. Haunted by the specter of Al Capone, Ness spirals into madness as he tries to capture the Butcher and salvage his own reputation. [Book by Peter Ullian – Music and Lyrics by Cedar Rapids' own Robert Lindsey Nassif – Based on the play In the Shadow of the Terminal Tower by Peter Ullian ]
PERFORMED AT CSPS HALL
DATES: June 20 & 21, 2025
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
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