Nice Work
If You Can Get It
MUSIC AND LYRICS
BY
George and Ira Gershwin
BOOK BY Joe DiPietro
INSPIRED BY MATERIAL BY
Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse
DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
Robin Lewis
MUSIC DIRECTOR Louis F. Goldberg
Friday, May 2nd at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 3rd at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 4th at 2:00 p.m.
The Yvonne Theater
Rider University 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, N.J.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com
The worldwide copyright in the music of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for this presentation are licensed by the Gershwin Family.
Originally produced on Broadway by Scott Landis, Roger Berlind, Sonia Friedman Productions, Roy Furman, Standing CO Vation, Candy Spelling, Freddy DeMann, Ronald Frankel, Harold Newman, Jon B. Platt, Raise the Roof 8, Takonkiet Viravan, William Berlind/Ed Burke, Carole L.Haber/Susan Carusi, Buddy and Barbara Freitag/Sanford Robertson, Jim Herbert/Under the Wire, Emanuel Azenberg and The Shubert Organization.
The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author's rights and actionable under united states copyright law.
Please note that this production utilizes prop guns and simulated gunshot noises.
Scenes/Musical Numbers
Time: July 1927
Place: Long Island, New York
THERE WILL BE A TEN-MINUTE INTERMISSION
ACT ONE
Overture Orchestra
SCENE 1: A Speakeasy
Sweet and Lowdown
Jimmy, Jeannie, Chorus Girls, Society Guys Tap Choreography by Lucas Marinetto
SCENE 2: Outside the Speakeasy, a Dimly Lit Dock
Nice Work If You Can Get It Jimmy, Billie
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Reprise) Billie
Demon Rum Duchess, Chief Berry, Senator, Vice Squad
SCENE 3: The Ritzy Front Lawn of Jimmy’s Beach House
Someone to Watch Over Me Billie
SCENE 4: The Ritzy Bathroom
Delishious
SCENE 5: The Ritzy Living Room
Eileen, Bubble Girls and Boys
I’ve Got to Be There Jimmy, Jeannie, Chorus Girls
I’ve Got to Be There (Reprise) Jeannie, Chorus Girls
SCENE 6: Jimmy’s Ritzy Bedroom
Treat Me Rough Billie
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off Jimmy, Billie, Chief Berry
SCENE 7: The Ritzy Front Lawn
Do It Again Jeannie, Duke
SCENE 8: The Ritzy Living Room
‘S Wonderful Billie, Jimmy
Fascinating Rhythm Jimmy, Cookie, & Company
~ INTERMISSION ~
ACT TWO
SCENE 1: The Ritzy Veranda
Lady Be Good Orchestra
Choreography inspired by: “New Money", Dominique Kelley
But Not For Me Billie
By Strauss Duchess
Sweet and Lowdown (Reprise) Cookie
SCENE 2: The Ritzy Dining Room
Do, Do, Do Jimmy, Link, Jeb, Elliott
Hangin’ Around With You Billie
Looking for A Boy Duchess, Cookie
Blah, Blah, Blah Duke, Jeannie
SCENE 3: Jimmy’s Ritzy Bedroom
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (Reprise) Billie, Jimmy Will You Remember Me Billie, Jimmy
SCENE 4: The Ritzy Living Room
We’ve Got to Be There (Reprise) Chorus Girls, Vice Squad
I’ve Got a Crush on You Eileen, Chorus Girls, Vice Squad
Blah, Blah, Blah (Reprise) Jeannie, Duke
Looking for a Boy (Reprise) Duchess, Cookie
Delishious (Reprise) Chief Berry, Eileen
SCENE 5: The Boat House
Someone to Watch Over Me (Reprise) Jimmy, Billie
SCENE 6: The Ritzy Veranda
Bows Full Company
The Cast
Jeannie Muldoon Eleni Segerblom
Jimmy Winter Lucas Marinetto
Billie Bendix Ellee Jo Trowbridge
Duke Mahoney Gray Stephen Davidock
Cookie McGee Aidan Michael Kelly
Chief Berry Dominic Trivigno
Senator Max Evergreen Gavin Wright
Duchess Estonia Dutworth Breanna Lemerise
Eileen Evergreen Hannah Bonnette
Millicent Winter Shae Duggan
The Chorus Girls
Olive Brooke Birbilis
Dottie Megan Lozito
Midge Kate Bilenko
Alice
Abigail Westers
Rosie Juliette Maners
Flo Christina Brown
Lucy Charlotte Caldejon
Gladys Jillian Lee
The Vice Squad
Elliot Rafael Ferreira
Slim Adam Andrews
Fletcher Landon Winslow
Edgar Blaine Stabe
Floyd Cole Russell
Vic Garrett Currier
Link Simon Clissold
Jeb Mitchell Wiley
Understudies
Jeannie Muldoon Christina Brown
Jimmy Winter Rafael Ferreira
Billie Bendix Juliette Maners
Duke Mahoney Simon Clissold
Cookie McGee Dominic Trivigno
Chief Berry Landon Winslow
Senator Max Evergreen Mitchell Wiley
Duchess Estonia Dutworth Leah Rose Crossan
Eileen Evergreen Jillian Lee
Millicent Winter Emily Hutchings
The Chorus Girls Jayden Hollister, Maddie Quigley
The Vice Squad Sterling Hart, Jonathan Banks
Artistic Staff and Crew
Director and Choreographer Robin Lewis
Assistant Director Angelis Gonzalez
Music Director Louis F. Goldberg
Orchestra Supervisor William Coffey
Assistant Choreographer Maddie McKenna
Dramaturgs Alain Brutus and Hannah Bonnette
Production Stage Manager Avery Hubert
Stage Manager Nick Ammon
Assistant Stage Managers Caroline Quinn, Claira Williams, and Jaide Fisher
Technical Director Brandon Rush
Scenic Designer Yoshinori Tanokura
Assistant Scenic Designer Simon Clissold
Lighting Designer Todd Loyd
Assistant Lighting Designer Olivia Dostal
Light Board Operator Alyssa Gil-Pujols
Follow Spot Operator(s) Noah Bantle and Sawyer Boyle
Costume Designer Robin Shane
Assistant Costume Designer Oli Hartdegen and Natalie Pace
Wardrobe Supervisor Grace Mandel
Wardrobe Runners Charley Bazzle and Ava Puentes
Makeup Designer Dominic Trivigno
Hair and Makeup Supervisor Ahnna Marie Tate
Sound Designer Hailey Tedesco
Sound Engineer Craig Pincus
Sound Operator Camila Gagliano
Sound Mixer Mickey Durkin
Sound Runners Jack DeWeese and Chloe Kelly
Props Supervisor Henry Breit
Props Designer Clare Hanrahan
Props Runners Arianna Cardillo and Jessica Lewis
Projection/Video Designer Nat Kapustin
Production Documentarian Regan Wright
Stage Management Mentor Jamel Baker
Script Supervisor Nathan Jackson
Stage Carpenter Blaine Stabe
Lead Stagehand Jacob Ebert
Stagehands
Julian Warner-Hebert, Lucas Vitale, and Evelyn Engels
Fly Operator Finnegan Alexander
Orchestra
Conductor Louis F. Goldberg
Keyboard I Michael Gilch
Keyboard II Seth Trumbore
Bass Lance Sulton
Drums Jon Ball
Percussion William Mills
Violin Sendi Vartanovi
Reeds Kaj Hansen, John Anastasio
Trumpets
David Sendef, Nataly Lukonin
Trombone Peter Reichlin
Administrative Staff
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Kelly Bidle
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Jason Vodicka
Director of Production Management Buck Linton
Director of Performance Management Kristen Rodgers
Associate Director of Performance Management Leandra Acosta
Coordinator of Performance Management Samuel Stephenson
Artistic Producer C. Ryanne Domingues
FOR BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON OUR CAST, CREW, AND STAFF VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
Rider University gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: The Herbert B. Mayo Performance Endowment
The Martinson Family Foundation for its support of theater technology equipment. Richard and Heather Frye-Ginsberg & Michael T. '89 and Susana Santaguida '89 Gummel for their support of our Rider Friend of the Arts patron program.
About Rider University and The Department of Performing Arts
Located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Rider University is a private co-educational, student-centered university that emphasizes purposeful connections between academic study and real-world learning experience. Rider prepares graduates to thrive professionally, to be lifelong independent learners, and to be responsible citizens who embrace diversity, support the common good, and contribute meaningfully to the changing world in which they live and work.
The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to educating students for engaged citizenship, career success, and personal growth in a diverse and complex world. The college cultivates intellectual reflection, artistic creativity, and academic maturity by promoting both broad academic inquiry and in-depth disciplinary study, while nurturing effective and ethical applications of transferable critical skills. The College consists of four schools: the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication, Media, and Performing Arts, the School of Science, Technology, and Mathematics, and Westminster Choir College.
Through its dynamic mix of academic programs, The Department of Performing Arts helps aspiring professional performers, producers, managers, designers, technicians and entrepreneurs find their unique path in an ever-evolving industry. Acknowledged as innovative and contemporary, the Department of Performing Arts aspires to build a more equitable, engaging and sustainable future for the performing arts while exploring the many diverse historical, cultural, social and creative threads that add to our rich tapestry.
