Performances Magazine | Pasadena Playhouse, February 2023

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P1 Program

Cast, performances, who’s who, director’s notes and donors

6 In the Wings

Mandolinist Avi Avital at the BroadStage in Santa Monica; Coded at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Frozen at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.

12 A Sondheim Celebration

The tribute to the late composer-lyricist at the Pasadena Playhouse was created with both longtime Stephen Sondheim fans and new audiences in mind.

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A BROAD ARRAY

AN ECLECTIC MIX of music and musicians is on tap at the BroadStage. March 11, acclaimed chamber orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields returns with “explosively charismatic” (The New York Times) mandolinist Avi Avital; program highlights include Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 1, arranged for solo mandolin by Avital. March 3, composer, NEA Jazz Master and seventime Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider leads her eponymous 18-piece orchestra in arrangements from her 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist album Data Lord, in which she explores the polar extremes of the digital and organic world. Trumpeter/vocalist Bria Skonberg, one of the “most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” (The Wall Street Journal), makes her BroadStage debut on March 10. Skonberg presents inventive arrangements of traditional jazz repertory, reinterpretations of contemporary classics and original compositions. 1310 11th St., Santa Monica, 310.434.3200, broadstage.org

Mandolinist Avi Avital. Opposite: Maria Schneider and her orchestra

The Advent of Digital Art

INTERNATIONAL AND interdisciplinary in scope, Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952–1982 explores how the emergence of computer technology impacted art in the age of the mainframe. Coded, opening Feb. 12 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, examines the origins of digital art; it features artists, writers, musicians, choreographers and filmmakers working directly with computers or using algorithms and other systems. The

artworks reflect the simultaneous wonder and alienation of the 1960s and ’70s—and the utopian and dystopian possibilities of the new machines. Coded’s examination of the advent of the personal computer, and the integration of digital technology in our lives, enriches our appreciation of art and culture in the age of the computer—then and now. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 323.857.6000, lacma.org

Early digital works at Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Angelo Testa, IBM Disks textile, 1952–56; (top) Rebecca Allen, preparatory drawing for Girl Lifts Skirt, 1974; and (opposite) Eduardo Paolozzi, Universal Electronic Vacuum: Computer-Epoch, 1967.

Can’t Hold It Back

FROM THE PRODUCER of The Lion King and Aladdin, Frozen stops at Segerstrom Center for the Arts through Feb. 19 as part of its North America tour. “Thrilling” and “genuinely moving,” writes The New Yorker, “simply magical!” says the L.A. Daily News. Many

know the songs from the Academy Award-winning 2013 film, but the stage production, which was Tony Award-nominated for Best Musical, expands the score and adds a dozen new numbers by the film’s songwriters: Oscar winner Kristen AndersonLopez and EGOT (Emmy, Grammy,

Oscar and Tony awards) winner Robert Lopez. Book is by Jennifer Lee. The story centers on the relationship between sibling princesses Elsa and Anna. Expect stunning sets, costumes and special effects. 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, 714.556.2787, scfta.org

Will Savarese and Lauren Nicole Chapman in Frozen

MAR 3 & MAR 4

Shamel Pitts TRIBE

Touch of Red

Freud Playhouse

MAR 11

DakhaBrakha

The Theatre at Ace Hotel

MAR 25

Sam Green

32 Sounds

The Theatre at Ace Hotel

APR 29

Perla Batalla & Quetzal

Royce Hall

APR 30

Dream House Quartet

Katia & Marielle Làbeque, Bryce Dessner & David Chalmin

Royce Hall

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MAY 12

The Small Glories

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MAY 21

Matthew Whitaker

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JUN 22

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Rehearsal Room

A SONDHEIM

Sondheim muse Bernadette Peters caps the Pasadena Playhouse tribute June 10-11.

CELEBRATION

The Pasadena Playhouse’s tribute to the late composer-lyricist was created with both Sondheim fans and brand-new audiences in mind. / BY LIBBY

IF STEPHEN SONDHEIM had done nothing other than write the lyrics for West Side Story, his place in entertainment and cultural history would have been cemented.

But when the musical theater titan died in November 2021 at age 91, he left a legacy of so much more: the music and lyrics for 13 Broadway musicals including Company, Follies and Sweeney Todd; the lyrics for Gypsy and Do I Hear a Waltz?; nine Tony Awards; and the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Sunday in the Park with George

It’s not surprising, then, that Pasadena Playhouse is producing a nearly five-month Sondheim festival of full-scale musical productions, solo and choral concerts, shows by student performers, even an improv revue.

As it turns out, A Sondheim Celebration, which runs through June 11, was conceived by Playhouse producing artistic director Danny Feldman prior to Sondheim’s death, during the dark days of Covid-19 lockdown when he was trying to find hope and to look forward to a time when theaters would resume performances.

Sondheim himself signed off on the idea.

Though Sondheim’s death was “pretty devastating,” Feldman says, he decided to move forward. He had chosen to showcase the composer-lyricist because, he says, “Sondheim changed musical theater forever. Before, there was a darkness and a nuance to a lot of shows, but it was mostly kept offstage.

“Sondheim was about bringing all of that onstage. He was writing about the complexities of human beings, and in a way that didn’t sound as commercial or square as a Rodgers and Hart song. The New York Times obituary [said], ‘He taught us how to hear differently.’ His level of artistry was at such an unparalleled level.”

The celebration roster was designed, through varying styles and approaches, to engage both diehard fans and people unfamiliar with Sondheim’s work.

The “anchor marquee” offerings, as Feldman calls them, are Sunday in the Park with George (Feb. 14-March 19) and A Little Night Music (April 25-May 21) on the Playhouse mainstage. Larry Owens, pre-Broadway lead of A Strange Loop, performs his Sondheimia concert (Feb. 27 and March 6), followed by indie folk singermusician Eleri Ward’s Acoustic Sondheim (April 14-15).

Impro Theatre’s Sondheim UnScripted (May 5-6) runs at the Playhouse’s Carrie Hamilton Theater. A free concert by community choral groups, Song by Song by

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muse Bernadette Peters (June 10-11) on the Playhouse mainstage.

Sunday in the Park with George, an exploration of what it means to be an artist inspired by Impressionist pointillist painter Georges Seurat, is directed by Sarna Lapine, who helmed the 2017 Broadway revival and is the niece of longtime Sondheim collaborator/ book author James Lapine. The production retains many of the same designers as the revival and scenically, the director says, is still “very simple. It’s very stripped down, and the orchestra will still be on stage.”

Lapine brings her experience working with Sondheim to the production. “He was always a very generous communicator, and always incredibly joyful and supportive,” she says. “His notes are always so precise. He is looking at the balance and the color of the score in a very detailed way. I often found that his notes were so actor friendly, as opposed to very technical singing notes—they were about the spirit and the tone and the way that the actor would approach something.

“His writing is so character driven,” Lapine adds. “And he’s such a detailed and clever storyteller. His compositions are about the complex inner workings of characters. I consider him to be the master of ambivalence, which means he’s constantly creating dramatic tension.

“People are always at odds with themselves—the human condition is very paradoxical and contradictory. This is such a brilliant dramatist. He is not just a composer.”

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Sondheim (April 22), takes place at the First United Methodist Church in Pasadena. Students from the USC School of Dramatic Arts perform

Sondheim on Sondheim (April 20-26) at the university’s Bing Theatre downtown. The celebration concludes with concerts by Sondheim

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Opening Night: FEB 19, 2023

SUNDAY GEORGE PARK IN THE WITH

Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Choreographed by ALISON SOLOMON

Directed by SARNA LAPINE

Starring

GRAHAM PHILLIPS KRYSTINA ALABADO

Book by JAMES LAPINE

Music Directed by ANDY EINHORN

Scenic Design BEOWULF BORITT

Costume Design CLINT RAMOS

Lighting Design KEN BILLINGTON

Sound Design DANNY ERDBERG & URSULA KWONG-BROWN

Projection Design TAL YARDEN

Casting THE TELSEY OFFICE RYAN BERNARD TYMENSKY, CSA ROSE BOCHNER, CSA

Wig Design CHRISTOPHER ENLOW

Stage Manager LISA ANN CHERNOFF

Associate Producer JENNY SLATTERY

Press Representative DAVIDSON & CHOY PUBLICITY

Technical Director/ Production Supervisor BRAD ENLOW

This production is partially underwritten by the very generous members of The Brad & Pamela King Honorary Producers Circle who include:

Harvey & Ellen Knell

Jerry & Terri Kohl Bill Resnick & Michael J. Stubbs

Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Michael Starobin

Originally Produced on Broadway by The Shubert Organization and Emanuel Azenberg By arrangement with Playwrights Horizons, Inc. New York City which produced the original production of Sunday in The Park with George in 1983.

Pasadena Playhouse sits on the land of the Gabrielino-Tongva and Kizh people, who historically inhabited the area around present-day Pasadena. We honor their contribution to this region and give thanks for the opportunity to live, work, and perform on their unceded ancestral lands.

CAST

GRAHAM PHILLIPS George

KRYSTINA ALABADO Dot/Marie

LIZ LARSEN Old Lady/Blair

ARMAND AKBARI Soldier #2/Ensemble

JENNI BARBER Celeste #2/Elaine

ALLISON BELINKOFF Swing

ALEXANDRA MELROSE Mrs./Harriet

MATTHEW McCOY Swing

DEBORAH LEW Frieda/Betty

ROBERT KNIGHT Louis/Charles

BRIAN CALÌ Boatman/Lee

ERICA GONZALEZ Louise

MARC GINSBURG Ensemble

JENNIE GREENBERRY Nurse

SAVANNAH L. JACKSON Ensemble

TREVOR JAMES Soldier/Alex

JASON MICHAEL SNOW Franz/Dennis

JIMMY SMAGULA Mr./Billy

JULIANA SLOAN Celeste #1/Waitress

BRIANNA PEMBER Ensemble

MICHAEL MANUEL Jules/Bob

EMILY TYRA Yvonne/Naomi

CAST

(in alphabetical order)

Soldier #2 ARMAND AKBARI

Dot/Marie KRYSTINA ALABADO*

Celeste #2/Elaine JENNI BARBER*

Boatman/Lee BRIAN CALÌ*

Louise ERICA GONZALEZ

Nurse JENNIE GREENBERRY*

Soldier/Alex TREVOR JAMES*

Louis/Charles ROBERT KNIGHT*

Old Lady/Blair LIZ LARSEN*

Frieda/Betty DEBORAH LEW*

Jules/Bob MICHAEL MANUEL*

Mrs./Harriet ALEXANDRA MELROSE*

George GRAHAM PHILLIPS*

Celeste #1/Waitress JULIANA SLOAN*

Mr./Billy JIMMY SMAGULA*

Franz/Dennis JASON MICHAEL SNOW*

Yvonne/Naomi EMILY TYRA*

Ensemble MARC GINSBURG*, SAVANNAH L. JACKSON*, BRIANNA PEMBER

UNDERSTUDIES

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

For George Seurat – MARC GINSBURG, JASON MICHAEL SNOW; for Dot/Marie – JENNI BARBER; for Jules/Bob – MARC GINSBURG; for Yvonne/Naomi – JULIANA SLOAN; for Nurse – ALEXANDRA MELROSE, BRIANNA PEMBER; for Boatman/Lee – ROBERT KNIGHT; for Frieda/Betty – SAVANNAH L. JACKSON; for Franz/Dennis – MARC GINSBURG; for Old Lady/Blair Daniels – ALEXANDRA MELROSE; for Mrs./Harriet – JENNIE GREENBERRY; for Mr./Billy – MATTHEW McCOY; for Louis/Charles – MATTHEW McCOY; for Soldier/Alex – ARMAND AKBARI, MATTHEW McCOY; for Celeste #1/Waitress – BRIANNA PEMBER; for Celeste #2/Elaine – ALLISON BELINKOFF; for Louise – BRIANNA PEMBER

SWINGS

ALLISON BELINKOFF, MATTHEW M c COY

STAGE MANAGEMENT

CAST / CREATIVE

DANCE CAPTAIN

EMILY TYRA

Stage Manager LISA ANN CHERNOFF*

Assistant Stage Manager KALEIGH BERNIER*, MIKAYLA BETTNER*

MUSICIANS

Music Director/Conductor ANDY EINHORN

Associate Conductor/Keyboard 1 ALBY POTTS

Violin JEN CHOI FISCHER ( Concertmaster ) , GRACE OH

Viola LINNEA POWELL

Cello IRA GLANSBEEK

Bass IAN WALKER

Bass Clarinet/Clarinet/Flute JEFF DRISKILL

Clarinet/Flute/Piccolo

BRETT MCDONALD

Alto Sax/Clarinet/Oboe/English Horn SEAN FRANZ

French Horn LAURA BRENES

Harp AMY WILKINS

Keyboard 2 ANDRE CERULLO

Percussion NICK STONE

Orchestra Contractor ERIC HEINLY

Synthesizer Programmer

RANDY COHEN, COHEN KEYBOARDS

Associate Synthesizer Programmer JUAN MATOS

Chromolume #7 Music NAOMI EISEN

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MUSICAL

NUMBERS

SETTING

ACT I takes place on a series of Sundays from 1884 to 1886 and alternates between a park on an island in the Seine just outside of Paris, and George’s studio.

ACT II takes place in 1984 at an American art museum and on the island.

ACT I

“Sunday in the Park with George” Dot

“No Life” Jules, Yvonne

“Color and Light” Dot, George

“Gossip” Celeste #1, Celeste #2, Boatman, Nurse, Old Lady, Jules, Yvonne

“The Day Off” George, Nurse, Franz, Frieda, Boatman, Soldier, Celeste #1, Celeste #2, Yvonne, Louise, Jules,Louis

“Everybody Loves Louis” Dot

“Finishing the Hat” George

“We Do Not Belong Together” Dot, George

“Beautiful” Old Lady, George

“Sunday” Company

ACT II

“It’s Hot Up Here” Company

“Chromolume #7” George, Marie

“Putting It Together” George, Company

“Children and Art” Marie

“Lesson #8” George

“Move On” George, Marie

“Sunday” Company

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE

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GRAHAM PHILLIPS

George Seurat

Graham began his career as a soloist at the New York City and Metropolitan Operas before starring in Jason Robert Brown’s 13: The Musical. He was a series regular on The Good Wife before writing and directing his first feature, The Bygone, a neowestern thriller, with his brother. Their second feature, Rumble Through the Dark, based on the novel The Fighter by Michael Farris Smith, will be released in April. He has performed in a variety of roles on film and television, including leads in the films Goats, Evan Almighty, XOXO, Staten Island Summer, and Blockers. He has also appeared in Riverdale and Atypical, and starred in ABC’s The Little Mermaid Live. Most recently, Graham played Nick in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Geffen Playhouse.

KRYSTINA ALABADO

Dot/Marie

Broadway: Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls, American Psycho, Green Day’s American Idiot National Tours: Evita, American Idiot, Spring Awakening. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones (Samantha Brown), Ain’t No Disco (Atlantic Theatre Company), David Bowie’s Lazarus (New York Theatre Workshop), Camp Wanatachi (La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club). Select Regional: Kiss My Aztec (Hartford Stage), Miss You Like Hell (La Jolla Playhouse), Mystic Pizza (Ogunquit Playhouse), Burn All Night (American Repertory Theater), Songs For A New World (North Carolina Theatre). TV/Film: The Zombie Wedding (coming 2023), Better Nate Than Ever (Disney+), First Reformed (A24), God Friended Me (CBS), Mecha Builders (HBOMax), Tyrant (FX), Voltron (Netflix). Instagram/TikTok @krystinaalabado

ARMAND AKBARI

Soldier #2/Ensemble, u/s Soldier/Alex

Armand is thrilled to be making his debut with Pasadena Playhouse! Recent Credits include: Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods, Al in A Chorus Line, and Melchior in Spring Awakening at USC Dramatic Arts, as well as Monty Navarro in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Quasimodo in Hunchback of Notre Dame at Children’s Musical Theater San Jose. He is the winner of the Beach Blanket Babylon Scholarship for the Arts Competition and was recently featured in BroadwayWorld’s First Next on Stage Competition and AmericanPops Orchestra’s NextGen National Competition. Armand will be a graduating member of the inaugural class of BFA Musical Theatre at USC in May 2023. Instagram: @armand.akbari

JENNI BARBER

Celeste #2/Elaine, u/s Dot/Marie

Broadway: All My Sons, Sunday in the Park with George, Annie, The Nance, The Performers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked (Glinda). Select Off-Broadway/Regional: By The Way, Meet Vera Stark (Signature Theatre), From Up Here (Manhattan Theatre Club), A New Brain (New York City Center Encores!), As You Like It & The Tempest (Sam Mendes’ The Bridge Project, Brooklyn Academy of Music/The Old Vic), Private Lives (Hartford Stage), Sunday in the Park with George (Huntington Theatre: 2017 Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Actress). TV: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Master of None, Elementary, Smash, Law & Order: SVU, The Electric Company. Adjunct Professor, USC School of Dramatic Arts. Graduate of the University of Michigan Musical Theatre Department.

ALLISON BELINKOFF

Swing, u/s Ensemble, Celeste #2/Elaine

Allison is thrilled to be making her professional debut here at Pasadena Playhouse. She will be graduating with her BFA in Musical Theatre in May from the University of Southern California. Highlights include performing at Carnegie Hall, playing Little Red in Into The Woods, Sheila in A Chorus Line, and Ilse in Spring Awakening. She won a Ventura County Theater Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for Paulette in Legally Blonde: The Musical. She would like to thank her family and all her teachers for their love and support. Instagram: @alli_bellinkoff

BRIAN CALÌ

Boatman/Lee

Brian is happy to be back in Los Angeles, making his Pasadena Playhouse debut as the Boatman/ Lee. Broadway: Pretty Woman, Paradise Square, Master Class. NYC: City Center’s Encores! The Most Happy Fella and The Golden Apple; Live from Lincoln Center’s Show Boat. LA: Hollywood Bowl/ LA Phil’s Kinky Boots. TV/Film: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Law & Order: SVU, Blacklist, Fosse/Verdon, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, FBI: Most Wanted, Vinyl, Manifest, and the upcoming season of The Gilded Age. Instagram: @caliano. This one’s for my LA fam!

MARC GINSBURG

Ensemble, u/s George, Jules/Bob, Franz/Dennis

Marc was last seen at Pasadena Playhouse as Tateh in the Ovation Award-winning production of Ragtime, for which he was also personally nominated. Since then, Marc has performed over 500 times as Sammy in the First National Tour of the Tony Award winning production of The Band’s Visit. Other credits include George (Sunday in the Park with George), Aaron (First Date – Ovation Nomination), Che (Evita – Ovation Nomination), Lord

Farquaad (Shrek The Musical – San Diego Critics Circle Nomination), Sir Lancelot (Spamalot), Leo Bloom (The Producers), and many others. Thank you to Sarna, Danny, Andy, Rose, Steven, and everyone at Pasadena Playhouse. All my love to Liza, Phoenix, and Seneca!

ERICA GONZALEZ

Louise

Erica is so excited to make her Pasadena Playhouse debut! Erica’s favorite roles have been Baby June in Gypsy and Jojo in Seussical. She has also appeared in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Beauty and the Beast, Bugsy Malone, and Peter Pan. Erica’s dream is to perform on Broadway one day and would like to thank her parents and grandparents for always supporting that dream. She would also like to thank her vocal coach Becky for her guidance and support throughout the years, and also Damien, Alexander, her manager Eileen, her agents at KMR, and everyone at Pasadena Playhouse. Instagram: @erica.rose.gonzalez

JENNIE GREENBERRY

Nurse, u/s Mrs./Harriet

Jennie is thrilled to be making her Pasadena Playhouse debut! Off-Broadway: Lucky Duck (New Victory Theater) Select Regional: The Tempest; Twelfth Night (Ariel; Olivia, Santa Cruz Shakespeare), Into the Woods (Witch, PCPA Conservatory Theatre), Kate Hamill’s Little Women (Meg, Dallas Theater Center/Old Globe), Cyrano de Bergerac (Roxane, Guthrie Theater). In five years as a company member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Jennie appeared as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Marina in the tour of Pericles (Folger Theatre/Guthrie Theater) among many other roles. Film: Cry Baby Hill. Catch her being a giant nerd on TikTok and Instagram @berriesofgreen.

SAVANNAH L. JACKSON

Ensemble, u/s Frieda/Betty

Savannah (she/her) is an actor, singer, producer, and writer from Norman, OK. She is an MFA Acting graduate from Temple University and a BFA Acting alumni from Oklahoma City University. Recent credits include: Rosalind in As You like It (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), Marianna in Passing Strange (Wilma Theater), Celia in As You Like It (Saratoga Shakespeare Company), Katherine in Henry VI and Luciana in Comedy of Errors (Delaware Shakespeare), Reggie in the world premier of Kristoffer Diaz’s Reggie Hoops (Temple University), Kenny Ortega’s HAIR pitch for Netflix. For my family & Geo III <3 Instagram: @savannah.l.jackson.

TREVOR JAMES

Soldier/Alex

Trevor couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of this dream of a show. Select theater credits: West Side Story (International Tour), The Karate Kid the

Musical (Pre-Broadway), Jersey Boys (Theatre Aspen), Newsies (Red Mountain Theatre Company), Merrily We Roll Along (4Leaf Productions). Trevor has appeared on screen in Prodigal Son (FOX) and WeCrashed (AppleTV+). He is a graduate of Texas State University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Special thanks to the entire cast and creative team, CLA Partners Management, and HCKR Agency. @trevorberger13, trevorjamesberger.com.

ROBERT KNIGHT

Louis/Charles, u/s Boatman/Lee

Robert is excited to be making his Pasadena Playhouse debut in Sunday in the Park with George! He was recently seen in the ensemble of She Loves Me at South Coast Repertory as well as performing in his two sold out solo shows at Sterling’s Upstairs at The Federal. Other credits include: Jim in Big River (Hale Theater Arizona) and Jim Conley in the Ovation nominated and the LA Times Critic’s Choice, Parade (The Chance Theatre). He is grateful to be back in the theater after a long hiatus and he couldn’t do it without the love and support from his wife and daughter. #LiveLikeLance&Juanito.

LIZ LARSEN

Old Lady/Blair Daniels

Broadway: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Hairspray, Damn Yankees, Most Happy Fella (nominated for the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, won the LA Drama-Logue Award), Rocky Horror Show, A Little Night Music, Smell of the Kill, Starmites, Fiddler on the Roof. A New Brain (Lincoln Center) TV Recurring roles: Madoff (w/Richard Dreyfuss) Mr. Robot, Law and Order (10 years), SVU, (4 years), Criminal Intent, Sopranos, Raising Kanan, The Breaks. This Spring: A Transparent Musical (Mark Taper Forum).

DEBORAH LEW

Frieda/Betty

Broadway: Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Vixen in The Threepenny Opera, South Pacific. Off-Broadway: Candide and Cinderella at New York City Opera; No, No, Nanette (City Center Encores); Cupid and Psyche. Regional: Sujata in Up In The Air (Kennedy Center), Maria in West Side Story (Joseph Jefferson Award nomination), Cosette in Les Miserables (Atlanta TOTS, Wolf Trap Theatre), Isabelle in Amour (Goodspeed’s Norma Terris Theatre), title role in Cinderella (North Shore), Kim in Miss Saigon (Westchester Broadway Theatre), Elizabeth in Myth (O’Neill Theatre Center), Tuptim in The King And I (Westin Playhouse). For Violet and Charlie.

MICHAEL MANUEL

Jules/Bob

Michael is delighted to return to Pasadena Playhouse, where he was last seen with Alfred Molina in The Father (LA Drama Critics). Other recent theater credits include A Christmas Carol

and Our Town at South Coast Repertory, Buried Child, Frankenstein (LA Drama Critics, Ovation Awards among others), and Othello at A Noise Within. Other regional theaters include: Alley Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Mark Taper Forum, Yale Repertory Theatre, Seattle Rep, The Empty Space, NJ Shakespeare Festival, Theatre for a New Audience, Cornerstone Theater Company, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Geffen Playhouse, Upright Citizens Brigade, Interact Theatre Company, and Impro Theatre where he is member of the Main Company (which will be performing Sondheim UnScripted at the Playhouse in May). Other credits include NCIS: LA, Wonderland, National Treasure, and the upcoming Doug Out. Michael is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

MATTHEW MCCOY

Swing, u/s Mr./Billy, Louis/Charles, Soldier/Alex, Ensemble

Matthew is thrilled to be joining the company of Sunday in the Park with George! He is currently a senior at the University of Southern California, finishing his BFA in Musical Theatre and was most recently seen in Into the Woods (Jack), A Chorus Line (Don), and Spring Awakening (Moritz) at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts. He wants to thank the creative team for this opportunity, his faculty at USC, his dogs at home, and his friends and family for their constant love and support.

Instagram: @matthewmccoy_

ALEXANDRA MELROSE

Mrs./Harriet, u/s Old Lady/Blair Daniels, Nurse

Pasadena Playhouse debut! National Tour: Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary (Factory Girl/Mme. Thénardier cover) Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts) Tuacahn Center for the Arts & La Mirada Theatre; School of Rock (Rosalie Mullins), Wonderland (Mad Hatter), and Mary Poppins (Mrs. Brill) Tuacahn Center for the Arts; Passion (Fosca’s Mother) Boston Court Pasadena; Mamma Mia! (Rosie) Totem Pole Playhouse; Master Class (Sharon Graham) Northern Stage; Caraboo (Jenny) Goodspeed Opera House; Sinatra (Singer) Radio City Music Hall. Workshops: Prelude to a Kiss (South Coast Repertory) and Woodstock (Pre-Broadway).

Training: Samuel Beckett Theatre (Dublin, Ireland), NYU/Tisch (BFA), Groundlings. Thanks to Sarna and KMR. Love to Ron and my family. Twitter/Instagram: @lexmelrose. Website: AlexandraMelrose.com.

BRIANNA PEMBER

Ensemble, u/s Celeste#1/Waitress , Nurse, Louise

Brianna (she/her) is elated to be making her debut with Pasadena Playhouse! She is currently pursuing her BFA in Musical Theatre at the University of Southern California and will be graduating in the spring. She was last seen in USC’s productions of Into the Woods (The Baker’s Wife), and A Chorus Line (Maggie).

JULIANA SLOAN

Celeste #1/Waitress, u/s Yvonne/Naomi

Juliana is overjoyed to be in this special show. Theater credits include: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie, 1st National Tour); Sweeney Todd (Johanna, South Coast Repertory); M. Butterfly (Rene/pin-up girl, South Coast Repertory); Les Miserables (Eponine, Sacramento Music Circus); Saved (Lana, Playwrights Horizons); and Grammynominated West Side Story (Rosalia, San Francisco Symphony). Juliana voiced Ms. Wendy in Pixar’s Oscar-winning Toy Story 4, recurs on Star vs. The Forces of Evil (Disney XD), Unikitty (Cartoon Network), and sings as Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins - Legacy album, Disney). Television credits include Every Other Holiday (Lifetime) and Songs of a Lifetime (PBS). Love to John!

JIMMY SMAGULA

Mr./Billy

Jimmy most recently completed filming a confidential Warner Bros. feature as well as The Kennedy Center’s production of Guys and Dolls Broadway: Billy Elliot, The Little Mermaid, To Be Or Not To Be, Damn Yankees (Encores), Phantom of the Opera, Man of La Mancha and The Full Monty National tours: Les Misérables and Phantom of the Opera. Television: Recurring roles on HBO Max’s Doom Patrol and Showtime’s Black Monday. Also, Oh Jerome No, Better Things, The Sopranos, Grey’s Anatomy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks & Recreation, Erase, Corporate, Bones, Community, Hot in Cleveland, and many more. Film: Rebel in the Rye, The Island, Step up 3, and The Producers Movie Musical. Instagram: @JimmySmagula

JASON MICHAEL SNOW

Franz/Dennis, u/s George

Film/TV: Black Monday (Showtime), The Big Leap (Fox), Special (Netflix), This Is Us (NBC), One Day At A Time (Netflix). NYC/Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast), The Spongebob Musical! (Original Cast Recording), South Pacific (Lincoln Center PBS Broadcast), Xanadu (1st National Tour). Voice Over: Frozen (Troll in “Fixer Upper”), South Park, Emmy Nominated Episode“You’re Not Yelping” (Vocalist). YouTube: “Gaston” (Broadway Villains Party), “You’re Nothing Without Me” (Mostly Musicals: Crime Scene).

EMILY TYRA

Yvonne/Naomi

Emily can most recently be seen starring in the independent film Harpoon by Ron Grant, which premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2019. Classically trained as a ballerina, Emily got her start dancing for the Boston Ballet company at the age of 17. On stage, she most recently starred as Cassie in the Signature Theatre’s production of A Chorus Line. She is a consummate triple threat and has already earned herself three Broadway credits for her work in Chaplin, Nice Work If You Can Get It, and Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway. On

screen, Emily was first cast in a recurring role on the acclaimed series Boardwalk Empire and went on to star in the Starz mini-series Flesh and Bone, created by Moira Walley-Beckett, and in the CBS medical drama Code Black

JAMES LAPINE Book

James Lapine is a playwright and director. On Broadway he has worked with Stephen Sondheim on Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Passion. He also conceived and directed the musical review Sondheim on Sondheim. With William Finn he created Falsettos, recently revived by Lincoln Center Theater; Little Miss Sunshine; Muscle; and directed Finn’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other Broadway credits include his play based on Moss Hart’s memoir, Act One (also Lincoln Center Theater), Amour, The Diary of Anne Frank, Golden Child, and Dirty Blonde. He has written the plays Table Settings, Twelve Dreams, The Moment When, Fran’s Bed, and Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing. Lapine has been nominated for eleven Tony Awards, winning on three occasions. He has also been the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Stage Directors Choreographers Foundation’s Mr. Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater, and inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM Music and Lyrics

Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for Saturday Night (1954), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into The Woods (1987), Assassins (1991), Passion (1994) and Road Show (2008) as well as lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959) and Do I Hear A Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Anthologies of his work include Side By Side By Sondheim (1976), Marry Me A Little (1981), You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983), Putting It Together (1993/99) and Sondheim On Sondheim (2010). He composed the scores of the films Stavisky (1974) and Reds (1981) and songs for Dick Tracy (1990) and the television production Evening Primrose (1966). His collected lyrics with attendant essays have been published in two volumes: Finishing the Hat (2010) and Look, I Made A Hat (2011). In 2010 Broadway’s Henry Miller’s Theatre was renamed The Stephen Sondheim Theatre in his honor; in 2019, London’s Queens Theatre was also renamed the Sondheim.

SARNA LAPINE Director

Sarna is a New York-based director of musicals, operas, and plays. She is currently focused on developing new work as well as radically reimagined revivals.

Recent credits include: Fiddler on the Roof performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra; Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine (Spotlight on Plays); the world premiere of Kate Hamill’s Dracula (Classic Stage Company); the New York premiere of Kate Hamill’s Little Women (Primary Stages); as well as The Rape of Lucretia (Boston Lyric Opera), named Best Opera of 2019 by the Boston Globe.

Sarna directed the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford, which reopened the Hudson Theatre on Broadway.

In addition to working on Broadway, Sarna has worked regionally, Off-Broadway and internationally, including the Japanese premiere of Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51. Touring productions include: the North American tour and Japanese premiere of The National Theatre’s WarHorse; Dirty Dancing North American tour; and the second national tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony Award winning revival, South Pacific. Concerts include: 4-Stars in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan; two Sondheim concerts with the Boston Pops starring Ruthie Ann Miles, Carmen Cusack and Phillip Boykin; as well as Sondheim on Sondheim at The Hollywood Bowl, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jonathan Groff and Vanessa Williams.

Sarna has been a guest artist at Juilliard, Fordham University, the Hartt School at University of Hartford, and BMI. She has been a guest speaker at Rutgers University, CalArts, and Mountview Academy, and has taught at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. She holds an MFA in film from Columbia University.

Her first documentary short film My Saraab, about a political refugee from Iraq, won best short film at the Northwest Film Forum in 2005 and was accepted at the Big Sky Documentary film festival, Beverly Hills Shorts Festival, Arab & Iranian Film Festival, and Northwest Folklife.

Sarna served as Bartlett Sher’s assistant and associate director on Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway productions of The Light in the Piazza; South Pacific; Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown; and Awake and Sing!.

Before a career in theater, Sarna worked in arts and outdoor education in Seattle, WA. She was a mountaineering and rock-climbing guide for the Pacific Northwest Outward Bound School, as well as Program Director for a nonprofit called Powerful Voices, designed to teach sex education to girls in the juvenile justice system. Sarna transformed the latter program through a new curriculum promoting self-expression through the arts. In conjunction with a researcher at the University of Washington, she helped address teen motherhood, addiction, and sexual assault issues.

ANDY EINHORN Music Director

Broadway (Music Director/Conductor): Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Holiday Inn, Bullets Over Broadway, Cinderella, Brief Encounter, Sondheim on Sondheim

Tours: Sound of Music; Hello, Dolly;, Sweeney Todd; The Light in the Piazza; The Lion King. Music director and conductor for Audra McDonald, including two albums. Concert appearances include New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Boston Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra. Pasadena Playhouse/92Y: You, I Like. TV: The Oscars, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Six by Sondheim Honors Graduate: Rice University. Upcoming: Extrapolations (Apple Plus) and Cabrini (Jonathan Sanger).

ALISON SOLOMON Choreographer

Recent/Upcoming Credits: Fiddler on the Roof (featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2nd National Tour, Swing!, Sweeney Todd (Signature Theater), Into the Woods (Guthrie Theater). Associate Choreography Credits include: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Broadway, Australia, 1st National Tour); Gigi; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; I Married an Angel (City Center); Sweet Charity with Sutton Foster; The Honeymooners; In the Heights (The Kennedy Center). She had the honor of choreographing a spot for Acer Electronics featuring Lauren Froderman (So You Think You Can Dance), Gillian Murphy (American Ballet Theatre), and Ashley Bouder (New York City Ballet). She also assisted on the NFL Super Bowl LII “Dirty Dancing” commercial featuring Odell Beckham Jr. Eli Manning, and the NY Giants. Visit alisolomon.com for more.

BEOWULF BORITT Scenic Design

29 Broadway designs include: the Tony Awardwinning set for Act One, the Tony nominated sets for The Scottsboro Boys, Therese Raquin, Potus, and Flying Over Sunset. Also on Broadway, Sarna Lapine’s production of Sunday in the Park with George, The Piano Lesson, Come From Away, Freestyle Love Supreme, Be More Chill, The New One, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince Of Broadway, Hand To God, Sondheim On Sondheim, The 25th Annual Putnam County

Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock Of Ages, Chaplin, On The Town, Bronx Bombers, Grace, and The Two And Only. His book about Broadway set design, Transforming Space Over Time, is available wherever books are sold.

CLINT RAMOS

Costume Design

Clint is a designer, advocate, and creative producer. He has designed over two hundred theater, opera, and dance productions. Recent designs for the stage include: KPOP, Slave Play, The Rose Tattoo,

Eclipsed, Once On This Island, Sunday in the Park with George, Torch Song, Here Lies Love. Film credits include: Production Design for Lingua Franca by Isabel Sandoval for Netflix; and costume design for RESPECT, the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson for MGM. Clint’s lifelong advocacy is for an equitable landscape in theater and film for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and for the rights of immigrants. @clintramos

KEN BILLINGTON Lighting Design

Ken has over 100 Broadway shows to his credit, including the original Sweeney Todd, Waitress, Sunday in the Park with George (2008 & 2017) Act One, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Footloose. His Tony-Award lighting for Chicago has been seen in 36 countries. This winter season includes: The Secret Garden at the Ahmanson Theatre; the new Broadway musical New York, New York; and the West End Production of Crazy for You. Other Projects: Hugh Jackman in Concert, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Fantasmic! at Disneyland, and award winning architectural lighting for work NYC’s Tavern on the Green. Ken is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame.

DANNY ERDBERG

Sound Design

Danny is thrilled to return to Pasadena Playhouse where he designed Head over Heels. New York: The Public Theater, New York City Opera, 92Y, Roundabout Theatre Company, City Center, Atlantic Theater Company, and 59E59 Theaters. Regional: Arena Stage, Arizona Theater Company, Geva Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Geffen Playhouse, ACT Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Saratoga Opera, Virginia Stage, and Long Wharf, as well as productions in Korea, Japan, China, Canada, and Cuba. Broadway Associate: The Iceman Cometh (Tony Nom), Significant Other, Violet, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Heiress, and The Nance (Tony Win). Danny is a member of IATSE, USA829, SDC and the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. Graduate of Northwestern University.

URSULA KWONG-BROWN

Sound Design

Ursula is excited to return to Pasadena Playhouse following last year’s production of Head Over Heels. Previous designs include: Holiday at Arena Stage, King Lear at the Wallis Annenberg, The Wickhams at Arizona Theatre Company, Native Gardens at Merrimack Repertory Theatre, and the world premiere of Stonewall with NYC Opera. As a composer, her work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Miller Theatre, Le Poisson Rouge, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery in London, as well as by festivals and ensembles across the country and around the world. Ursula received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and her B.A. from Columbia University. More info at www.ursulakwongbrown.com.

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TAL YARDEN Projection Design

Broadway: Network, The Waverly Gallery, Indecent, Sunday in the Park with George, The Crucible. OffBroadway: Becky Nurse of Salem, Hamlet, Enemy of the People, Antigone, The Damned, Kings of War, The Fountainhead, Roman Tragedies, King Lear, Distracted, Lazarus, Liberty City, The Misanthrope Regional: A Walk on the Moon, Ocean Filibuster, Passing Strange, Frost/Nixon. London: Get Up, Stand Up, Anna X, My Brilliant Friend. Opera: Exterminating Angel, Between Worlds, Mahagonny, Salome, Brokeback Mountain, Macbeth. Video: Pat McGrath, Rick Owens, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, James Brown, Patti Smith. Awards: Molière Award, Lucille Lortel Award. Nominations: Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award.

CHRISTOPHER ENLOW

Wig Design

Christopher is an IATSE hairstylist with Local’s 706, and 798. Before returning to Los Angeles in 2020, Christopher was in New York City refining his skills as a production hairstylist. He worked with incredible Broadway designers such as David Brian Brown, Charles Lapointe, and Josh Marquette to name a few. With 14 Broadway credits and several in film/tv,  he returned to the west coast to be closer to family. Christopher happily returns to Pasadena Playhouse after his Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Award nomination for the design of last season’s production of Head Over Heels. Broadway Credits: Mama Mia, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots, Lion King, Gigi, On Your Feet, War Paint, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Waitress, Anastasia, The Prom, The Inheritance, and Diana: The Musical

LISA ANN CHERNOFF

Stage Manager

Most recently worked on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in San Francisco. Broadway: The Great Society, My Fair Lady, Oslo, The King & I, The Bridges of Madison County, Golden Boy, Catch Me If You Can, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Ragtime, Shrek. Off-Broadway: Unknown Soldier; Pocatello; Detroit; Rapture, Blister, Burn, Prayer for My Enemy (Playwrights Horizons), Mary Jane (New York Theatre Workshop), Kingdom Come (Roundabout Theatre Company), The Model Apartment (Primary Stages), King Lear (The Public Theater). Regional: Once Upon a One More Time (Shakespeare Theatre Company). National Tour: Spamalot. UK: My Fair Lady

KALEIGH BERNIER

Assistant Stage Manager

Broadway: True Crime Obsessed on Broadway, A Christmas Carol, Mrs. Doubtfire, Be More Chill

Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center, Atlantic Theater Company, Irish Repertory Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Regional: The Notebook (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Soft Power (Center Theatre Group), Title of Show (Warren Miller Performing Arts Center) and various shows at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Fordham University Graduate. All my love to my parents, Nick and Granny! @blockislandcharcuterie

MIKAYLA BETTNER

Assistant Stage Manager

Mikayla is excited to be at Pasadena Playhouse for the first time. Recent credits include Metamorphoses (ASM) at A Noise Within, A Christmas Carol 2022, Animal Farm (Deck Crew/ Carpenter) at A Noise Within. She would like to thank her family and friends, and Lisa for everything.

THE TELSEY OFFICE Casting

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

MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL

Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theaters from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theater as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theaters in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theater, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.

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Jane Stiglitz

Holly Streem

David & Keppie Sullivan

Valerie Sussman

Pamela Tartaglio

Vicki Thompson

Marion Tropper

John Tuite

Melanie R. Vesey

Timothy Vient

Margaret Villarreal

Justin Wagner

Eric Warren

Lynda Jenner & J. Patrick Whaley

Stephen Wheeler

Laurie Whitcomb

Stephen R. Wilson

Joseph and Alison Winter

Roxanne Wong

Amber & Paul Zeidler

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

Ahmanson Foundation

Ann Peppers Foundation

California Arts Council

California Community Foundation

City of Pasadena

The David Lee Foundation

Fitzberg Foundation

The Green Foundation

The Helen & Will Webster Foundation

Jess & Palma Morgan Foundation

The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Foundation

L.L. Foundation for Youth

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Los Angeles County Supervisor

Kathryn Barger, 5th District

Milo W. Bekins Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Pasadena Community Foundation

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

Perenchio Foundation

The Rose Hills Foundation

San Marino Rotary Club

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Benny Boy Brewery

East West Bank

Friends of the Pasadena Playhouse

Haute Picnic

Hudson Pacific Properties

Kaiser Permanente

SPACES

US Bank

Vroman’s Bookstore

Contributions received after January 6, 2023 will be acknowledged in the next program

GILMOR BROWN SOCIETY

The Gilmor Brown Society recognizes legacy givers who have honored the Playhouse by including the theater in their own will or trust. We are grateful for the legacy of the following individuals whose generosity allows this organization to continue serving our community

Anonymous

Lenore Almanzar

Ellen Bailey*

In Memory of Judie Bartell

Estate of Evelyn Bray

Darrell Brooke

Marjorie Cates

Ross Clark

Gary Dahle & Derek Whitefield

Estate of Agnes Duncan

Peggy Ebright

Estate of Harriet L. Freeman

Estate of Ada Gory

Linda & Jay Griffey

Virginia Hawkins

Sue Haynie-Horn & John Horn*

Sheila Grether-Marion & Mark Marion

Doug Jones & John Sanger*

Annelies Kischkel

Estate of Pauline Ledeen*

The Joanie Marx Trust

Adele Morse

William & Adele Nevins

Shirli Nielson*

Estate of Charles Pierce

Shirley Reed Trust*

Frederick Ricci*

Estate of Constance Ropolo

A. Jerald Saldana

Estate of Margaret H. Sedenquist*

Sandra Shaw*

Lyn Spector

Lilah & Roger* Stangeland

Estate of Bill Watters

Jim Watterson

Barbara Jean Wolpert

*Gift Realized

Producing Artistic Director

Danny Feldman

ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE

Chief Financial Officer

Lisa Whitney

Controller

Czarina Luna

Business Manager

Kristen Hammack-Eaton

Facilities Manager

Terry Battocchio

Lead Custodian

Rosa Salcedo

Custodian

Maria Lupe Flores

PRODUCTION/ARTISTIC

Associate Producer

Jenny Slattery

Technical Director / Production Supervisor

Brad Enlow

Company Manager

Bonnie McHeffey

Producing Assistant

Amanda Tralle

Production Assistant

David Kahawaii IV

EDUCATION

Education Manager

Arie Levine

DEVELOPMENT

Chief Development Officer

Alex Wang

Major Gifts Officer

Becky Birdsong

Assistant Director of Events

Sam Palmer

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer

Kory P. Kelly

Director of Marketing & Communications

Herb Agner

Communications Manager

Omar Avedanke

Marketing Manager

Nelly Mueller

Communications Coordinator

Brandon Karrer

Marketing Coordinator

Abby Green

Graphic Designer

Spencer Berry

Videographer

Nathaniel Peterson

Press Representative

Davidson & Choy Publicity

PATRON SERVICES

Director of Patron Services & Sales

Rachyl Spacca

Patron Services Manager

Kevin Lauver

Patron Services Supervisor

Shelby Amses

Patron Services Associates

Rafael Goldstein, Amanda Kochey, Hannah Tamkin, Theresa WegherThompson, Kyndal Zakarian

Audience Engagement

Carol Osborn

House Managers

Emily Minnotte, Tammi Steren, Mark Walter, Steven Garry

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

PRODUCTION STAFF

Stage Manager

Lisa Ann Chernoff

Assistant Stage Manager

Kaleigh Bernier, Mikayla Bettner

Assistant Director

Brian Eckert

Associate Scenic Designer

Romello Huins

Associate Costume Designer

Camille Benda

Assistant Costume Designer

Edurne Fernandez

Associate Lighting Designer

Jared A. Sayeg, Ed McCarthy

Wig Design

Christopher Enlow

Associate Projection Designer

Elizabeth Barrett

Production Assistant

Mikayla Bettner

Deck Chief

Matt Petosa

Production Electrician

Chris Osborne

Head Electrician

Vsev Krawczeniuk, Keannak Parvaz

Lead Audio

Christian Lee

Lead Audio Engineer

Corey Charness

A2

Marcos Friedman

Video Supervisor

David Patrick

Video Programmer

Jason Thompson

LX Programmer

Chris Osborne

Light Board Operator

Keannak Parvaz

Follow Spot Operators

Kyle Gundlach, Charity Lindsay

Wardrobe Supervisor

Liz Rose

Stitcher

Michele Young

Wigs Supervisor

Jenni Gilbert

Props Head

Douglas Puskas

Lead Scenic Painter

Johnny LeBlanc

Head Carpenter

Sean Lewellyn

Carpenters

Dwight Ortiz, Isa Mistuharu, Marcos

Friedman, Nicolas Chamberlin, Jason

Maradiaga, Charity Lindsay, Nelson

Aranda

Electricians

Matt Petosa, Charity Lindsay, Kyle

Gundlach, Keanu Ross-Cabrera, Evan

Drane, Charles Millican, John Povilaiti, Vanessa Rodriguez

FRIENDS OF THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Beth Fernandez

1st Vice President

Barbara Cruse

2nd Vice President

Nancy Ashcraft

Treasurer

Lawrence Yu Secretary

Sharon Zaslaw

Directors

Doris Arima, Raquel Burgess, Maggie Chatman, Ross Clark, Charles Hay, Karie Henley, Barbara Jacoby, Lillias Krezel, Patti La Marr, Art Leos, Beverly Meissner, Shirley Miller, Emily Minnotte, Patrick Oliva, Fran Olson, Betty Parnell, Natalya Pashkova, Sienna Salce, Tammi Steren, Valerie Vallas, Lawrence Yu

Advisory

Lenore Bond Almanzar, Nancy Ashcraft, Sue HaynieHorn, Carolyn Di Pane

The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

This theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The technical employees of the Pasadena Playhouse are represented by the INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES, MOVING PICTURE TECHNICIANS, ARTISTS AND ALLIED CRAFTS, OF THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND CANADA, AFL-CIO,CLC: Local 33 Stagehands, Local 706 Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Local 768 Theatrical Wardrobe Local 800 Art Director’s Guild. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

The musicians in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians Local 47.

Scenic materials and lumber provided by A&G Lumber. Scenic Materials printed and supplied by Rosebrand. Lighting equipment provided by PRG. Projection equipment provided by PXT Studios. Rigging supplies and materials provided by Jack Rubin & Sons. Props package designed and supplied by Kathy Fabian and Propstar. Costumes constructed by John Kristiansen.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

IN THE THEATER

FOR EVERYONE’S SAFETY

We take your health very seriously and want to ensure you have a safe, as well as fun visit to the Playhouse. We strongly encourage all patrons to wear a mask during performances, but it is not required at this time. For more details on our COVID-19 policy, and for our most up-to-date guidelines, visit pasadenaplayhouse.org/covid-19.

FOR EVERYONE’S ENJOYMENT

As a courtesy to the artists and patrons, we ask you to please turn off cell phones, all electronic devices and anything that may light up the area around you prior to the performance. Please refrain from talking and any disruptive noise-making during the performance. Neither photography nor the use of electronic recording devices are allowed during performances.

LATE ARRIVALS

In consideration of our artists and patrons, late seating will take place during the first appropriate break in the performance at the discretion of Management. House Management may need to direct late arrivals to alternate seats. For the convenience of latecomers, the performance in progress may be viewed and heard on the monitors in the lobby.

RESTROOMS

Restrooms, including accessible facilities, are available in the lobby 45 minutes before each performance. We invite you to use whichever restroom you are comfortable using. We offer all-gender restrooms upstairs in the Carrie Hamilton lobby. Please see House Management if you would like to be directed to these restrooms at any time during your visit.

AGE RESTRICTIONS

Children under age 6 will not be admitted into the theater. We ask that everyone in your party, regardless of age, be able to sit quietly through a performance without disrupting other patrons or the artists. Patrons of all ages must have a ticket to enter the theater and must sit in the seat indicated on the ticket.

ACCESSIBILITY

We are committed to making theater accessible to all patrons. Assisted-listening devices can be checked out in the lobby before the performance using a photo ID. The third Sunday matinee performance for every Mainstage production offers Open Captioning. For more information regarding accommodations and services, please contact Patron Services or ask the House Manager.

PRODUCTION ADVISORY

We do not offer advisories about the subject matter for each production, as sensitivities vary from patron to patron. If you have any inquiries regarding the content, age-appropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that may affect patron comfort, please contact Patron Services or a House Manager before the performance begins.

CONTACT PATRON SERVICES

Email boxoffice@pasadenaplayhouse.org

Phone 626-356-7529

PHONE HOURS

Tuesday - Saturday 12 PM - 6 PM Sunday 12 PM - 4 PM

BOX OFFICE HOURS

Tuesday - Saturday 12 PM - 6 PM Sunday 12 PM - 4 PM

On performance days, the Box Office windows will remain open 15 minutes after the show begins.

Please note hours are subject to change due to observed holidays.

SOCIAL HANDLES

Distinctive Details

aesthetics and the company’s commitment to craftsmanship. Will Zhang, Emtek’s director of design and product innovation, is passionate about reimagining the role hardware plays in residential design.

“Hardware has traditionally been an afterthought,” says Zhang, who believes it should be considered early in the design process. “We position hardware at the forefront of projects and believe that it’s an extension of your personal style … the ‘jewelry’ of the home.

“I consider trends while designing, but more important are adaptability and versatility.“

More critical than styles, Zhang suggests, are products crafted with a well-proportioned hand feel and weight, products as artistic as they are functional.

SOPHISTICATED DESIGNERS recognize that details can greatly enhance living spaces, and that hardware—items such as door handles, switch plates, even hinges or door stoppers—can have a disproportionate impact on a room’s

aesthetics. In the right hands, those seemingly pedestrian products can be downright glamorous.

Hardware products from Emtek, manufactured-to-order locally, are favored by architects and interior designers because of their refined

“There’s a new shift towards making a big statement with your hardware,” the designer continues, noting current preferences for longer door and cabinet pulls as well as pivot doors.

“In recent years, people have been more willing to take risks with their hardware choices,” says Zhang. He insists that not everything needs to match and that traditional and modern styles can

Emtek designers and craftsmen transform utilitarian hardware into miniature masterpieces. / by roger grody /

Rustic-modern door handle in rich, blackened finish.

Opposite: Limitededition Galapagos Project, made using 3D printing technology.

Kitchen cabinetry enhanced by Emtek hardware

artistically coexist. “People want more unique options, more dimension and personality in their homes.“

Particularly compelling is Emtek’s Spoke series of door handles, contemporary wheel-shaped knobs with a single rung connected to a central rod. Though their minimalist, paredback presence is a natural for modern architectural environments, they also work well in vintage homes.

“I consider the Spoke knob to be sort of a deconstruction of the concept of hardware,” Zhang confides. A passionate cyclist, he sought a new way to apply the ancient wheel concept to contemporary design. Choice of finishes can transform Spoke products, Zhang explains. “A more traditional choice such as unlacquered brass, with a classic-

style rosette like our new Watford, can warm up a modern design.”

The Galapagos Project, a limitededition series of handles with elegantly organic lines, represents Emtek’s foray into 3D printing technology. By creating its own algorithms, the company’s designers were able to produce a seemingly infinite number of patterns reflecting nature's random variations.

The experiment suggests that cutting-edge technology is not necessarily an anathema to artisanal craftsmanship.

“Customization is at the core of what we do and our design philosophy adheres to that principle,” says Zhang. Emtek allows clients to tailor hardware selections to other design elements, from lighting to wallpaper.

Local interior designers and architects, such as Silver Lake-based Swike Design, have discovered that Emtek provides an excellent way to express their visions.

“Emtek’s products are designed for the homeowner with a keen eye," Swike founder Sarah Weichel says, "yet built with quality materials you can depend on long term.”

“I actually like to think of the way I design to be very ‘L.A.,’” states Zhang, a native Angeleno who says he draws creative energy from his hometown.

“I’m constantly inspired by the city, and by all its unique details that come together to form a patchwork of amazing, cohesive diversity.”

Emtek 800.356.2741, emtek.com

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SPIRIT FORWARD

Paso Robles is not just for wine anymore.

/ by benjamin epstein /

Wine not your thing?

Consider

… Paso Robles!

Though the enological stature of the town, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, has skyrocketed, what’s also exploded of late are venues and activities for the most part unrelated to wine.

An obvious example: Bruce Munro: Light at Sensorio, a massive outdoor exhibit “infusing culture in valleys of viticulture,” wrote The New York Times.

The otherworldly walk-through experience features 58,000 illuminated stemmed spheres; Munro’s Light Towers—69 towers made of 17,000 wine bottles and ethereally morphing optic fibers—was added in 2021.

Otherworldy outdoor exhibit Bruce Munro: Light at Sensorio

Bar next door. Pizzas made with 72-hour coldfermented dough include chef Cory Bidwell’s Smoke Show with smoked short rib, pickled pineapple and roasted jalapeño.

But first, design your own gin and tonic: Choose among 60 gins, choose your premium tonic, choose your aromatic garnishes.

Cane Tiki Room, from the owners of nearby FishGaucho and Eleven Twenty Two Speakeasy, is filled with tiki and nautical artifacts; it presents one of the state’s largest rum collections as well as pupu plates. A system of skull-and-crossbones suggest the drinks’ strength; ”watch out”

Build-your-own gin and tonics at Della's

THE STORY THAT DEFINED A GENERATION. AN UNMISSABLE WORLD PREMIERE.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1967, the hardened hearts and aching souls of Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and their chosen family of ‘outsiders’ are in a fight for survival and a quest for purpose in a world that may never accept them. A story of the bonds that brothers share and the hopes we all hold on to, this gripping new musical reinvigorates the timeless tale of ‘haves and have nots’, of protecting what’s yours and fighting for what could be.

BEGINS FEB 19

TICKETS WILL SELL OUT!

TRAVEL

ESMAIL / FAURÉ

Open since 2020, The Alchemists’ Garden is known for its highly original cocktails, organized by the classics that inspired them, plus upwards of 150 sipping spirits and a globally inspired menu.

New at the Garden: The Remedy, a higherend-spirits lounge within the lounge offering cocktails using techniques of molecular gastronomy.

There’s also news in fine dining: In Bloom, now marking one year, earned Michelin recognition after a mere six months.

Abdiel Gonzalez,

*Commissioned through a generous gift from Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting.

COURTESY IN BLOOM 26 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

for the Zombie-inspired 28 Ingredients Later.

For 50 years, California Institute of the Arts has been a place where creative individuals come together to experiment, practice, teach, and learn as a community of artists. Their impact and influence have transformed the cultural landscape of Los Angeles and beyond.

As we celebrate this milestone anniversary, we look to our artists to challenge what has come before and show us what could be for generations to come.

Celebrating California Institute of the Arts’ 50th Anniversary

Top right: Fall 2022 photoshoot for The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts. Photo: Josh Rose.

Bottom right: From The School of Theater’s production of The Glass Mountain

At left: From a CalArts School of Art Practicum course titled, Waste Not

Lovers of the performing arts might head for the new subterranean jazz club Libretto

Center stage is a historic Steinway grand, owner Corey Jordan's personal piano, one of several he has tucked away about town; Jordan creates riffs for film soundtracks by day.

Upcoming acts at Libretto include the Melissa Morgan Quartet on Feb. 18 and the John Proulx Trio Feb. 25.

Performing-arts lovers might stay at new Piccolo, just off the treelined square. It shares ownership with adjacent Paso Robles Inn, which opened in 1891; details such as exposed brick walls are a nod to the inn’s rich history. Custom pieces by local artisans— a blacksmith’s chandeliers, a 76-foot mural—fill the boutique property.

Piccolo hits a high note with Tetto, the city’s only rooftop bar.

Piccolo is not the city’s first musically themed hotel. The Allegretto Vineyard Resort, filled with art and artifacts, was the area’s most significant new destination since the Paso Robles Inn when it opened in 2015; Cello Ristorante & Bar is its fine dining room.

It’s minutes from Sensorio

Saturday, March 4, 2023 7:30 pm

Vibrant opera star Angela Gheorghiu returns with an unmatched repertoire, including Handel, Strauss, Tosti, Massenet, and more.

Celebrity Opera Recitals at BroadStage are supported by a generous gift from the Lloyd E. Rigler — Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation. broadstage.org

GLYNDEBOURNE, GARSINGTON & LONDON FESTIVALS

June 18 – 30, 2023

GLYNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL: L’ELISIR D’AMORE; & DON GIOVANNI (New Production).

LONDON (Royal Opera– Covent Garden): WERTHER (Kaufmann); IL TROVATORE.

GARSINGTON FESTIVAL: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS; & Mozart’s MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO. HOLLAND PARK FESTIVAL: RIGOLETTO. PLUS - A West End Musical (TBA). – 5-Star Hotels –Grand Hotel – Eastbourne Sussex; The May Fair – London

MILAN & VERONA

June 29 – July 10, 2023

MILAN (La Scala): MACBETH (Netrebko); & Prokofiev’s ROMEO & JULIET BALLET. VERONA (Arena): CARMEN; RIGOLETTO; LA TRAVIATA; & AIDA (New Production).

– 5-Star Hotels –Grand Hotel– Milan; Due Torri– Verona

–Orchestra Tickets to Performances––Selected Gourmet Meals & Wine––Customized Sightseeing and Excursions–

“alluring and expressive”

–The New York Times

Celebrity Opera is back!

Angela Gheorghiu

Photo by Cosmin Gogu

FEATURE

SYMPHONY SERIES AT AMBASSADOR AUDITORIUM

SCHEHERAZADE

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

BEETHOVEN & RACHMANINOFF

MARCH 18, 2023

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS

APRIL 29, 2023

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strong actors for that very reason, affirms Darryl Archibald, the show’s musical director.

“There’s so much exposition, information where the audience gets to find out about each character and how they feel, through their songs,” he says of the story of mismatched lovers; the book is by Hugh Wheeler. “There are not a lot of songs that sit there, that simply are just fun songs.”

This 50th anniversary production will use Jonathan Tunick’s original orchestrations, but with an expanded string section. “There’s this wonderful grandness to the music,” says Archibald, who was musical director for the Playhouse’s 2019 production of Ragtime and is musical director for Broadway’s Some Like It Hot. “We want to hear the music to its fullest—it’s

UNSUK CHIN Subito con forza ELGAR Cello Concerto RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

HUANG RUO Folk Songs for Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 “Erotica”

GERSHWIN An American in Paris BARBER Violin Concerto CARLOS SIMON The Block RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

important that we go all out to help support what we’re going to see onstage.”

And what we’re going to hear, of course; with the show not yet cast at press time, Archibald hopes to have operatic voices for the Greek chorus-like group of singers known as the Quintet.

Feldman believes that the celebration may well be cathartic for audience members still mourning Sondheim’s loss, no matter which event.

“There are many ways people can grieve,” Feldman says. “I think one of the most beautiful is to have an audience full of folks who felt so connected to this work—giving them an opportunity to come together and experience it as a community in an act of honoring.

“I’m humbled by the opportunity that we have to do it.”

Stephen Sondheim

reprogrammed !

Performances Magazine unveils a digital program platform for shows and concerts

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NO RUSTLING PAGES, no killing trees . . . Of all the innovations to have come out of the pandemic, the new Performances program platform, accessed on any digital device, may be least likely to disappear in the foreseeable future. Not only had its time come—it had been long overdue.

Performances provides the programs for 20 SoCal performingarts organizations, from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Ahmanson to San Diego Opera, where the app made its debut.

The touchless platform provides cast and player bios, donor and season updates and arts-centric features. Audiences receive a link and code word that instantly activate the app; QR codes are posted, too.

Screens go dark when curtains rise and return with the house lights. Updates—repertory changes, understudy substitutions, significant donations—can be made right up to showtime, no inserts necessary.

Other features include video and audio streams, translations and expanded biographies.

For those who consider printed programs keepsakes, a limited number, as well as commemorative issues for special events, continue to be produced. Collectibles!

Meanwhile, there is less deforestation, consumption of petroleum inks and programs headed for landfills. For the ecologically minded, the platform gets a standing ovation.

Theaters and concert halls reopened after a long intermission. Stages are live, the excitement is back. Activate your link and enjoy the shows. —CALEB WACHS

REGISTER Stay arts-engaged, access past programs.

THE ESSENTIALS Acts, scenes, synopses, repertory and notes.

Donors and sponsors who make it all possible—you!

THE PLAYERS Bios and background for cast, crew and creators.

DROP DOWN MENU Table of app contents.

Wed Feb 15 | 8pm

Filharmonie Brno: Janáček, Martinů and Dvořák

Dennis Russell Davies, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director

Sat Feb 18 | 8pm

Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham

Thu Feb 23 | 8pm

Treelogy: A Musical Portrait of California’s Redwood, Sequoia and Joshua Trees

Sat Mar 4 | 3pm

Yamato – The Drummers of Japan

Hinotori: The Wings of Phoenix

Renowned composers Billy Childs, Steven Mackey, and Gabriella Smith — all with deep California roots of their own — have each composed original music for this three-part concert. Commissioned, produced, and presented by The Soraya, Treelogy is a celebration and a call to action to save California’s beloved and iconic trees.

Yamato

Filharmonie Brno

A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham