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• Opera Tampa Singers A December to Remember

• China Soul The Martial Artists and Acrobats of Tianjin, People’s Republic of China

• The Book of Mormon • Love Never Dies • The Grahams • Nutcracker Next Generation Ballet

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THE STRAZ CELEBRATES 30 YEARS The Man Behind the Mission Gov. and former Tampa mayor

Bob Martinez on growing up Tampanian, the creation of The Straz and what it meant for the growth of Tampa This season, we celebrate 30 years of The Straz. As part of this celebration, we are gathering our stories, and we decided that we might as well start at the beginning – with Bob Martinez.

Martinez’s grandparents came to Tampa from Spain, mingling with the other immigrant cultures of Ybor City and West Tampa – Italians, Cubans and Germans – and, like those new Americans, Martinez’s grandparents joined the mutual aid societies of the area.

As worker-centered social clubs, the mutual aid societies came to represent the hard-working and community-centered ethos that would dominate Tampa until the abrupt socio-economic changes of the mid-20th century. Part of the vital fabric of the mutual aid societies was culture.

“I grew up here, so I went to live productions all the time,” Martinez says. “We had live talent [at the mutual aid societies], and I was taken to all the shows at five and six years old even though I probably fidgeted through most of them.”

Dirt roads led in and out of his neighborhood, near where Raymond James Stadium sits today. To get to any excitement, Tampanians boarded a streetcar that would click and clack to the action: downtown. “In the ‘40s and ‘50s, the entertainment center was downtown Tampa,” he recalls.

I probably got it in my mind that anything that would happen for Tampa would happen downtown.”

By the 1970s, Martinez, who had been a much-loved high school teacher, bought Café Sevilla, a Spanish restaurant with a reputation for attracting a who’s-who from business, politics and entertainment. “If any famous actors were in town filming a movie, somebody would bring them

by Café Sevilla,” Martinez says. “We had Ricardo Montalban, Vikki Carr, Fernando Lamas.” People knew Bob Martinez, and a month after he took over the restaurant, then-Governor Reubin Askew called Martinez to serve on the board of Southwest Water Management District.

The call jump-started Martinez’s political life, and, in 1979, he announced his mayoral bid. The major focus of his platform?

“I announced I wanted to build a performing arts center. Downtown.”

Martinez, who would later advance to Governor of Florida and eventually serve as Drug Czar under President George H.W. Bush, saw that the downtown Tampa of his youth had stagnated, mired in random industrialization and unable to revitalize after the cigar industry collapsed.

“In July of ’79, I released three white papers, the first one explaining how job creation and economic development were tied to the performing arts center. You see, in order to attract new

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Straz Snags Star Dancers for NGB’s Nutcracker Next Generation Ballet’s Artistic Director and former New York City Ballet principal dancer Philip Neal calls in some famous friends to dance Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.

It’s no secret that Next Generation Ballet (NGB) nets top notch talents for the iconic roles in Nutcracker. The name of the ballet itself is synonymous with those nine twinkling notes of Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.” Although many delightful moments exist in the ballet, the most anticipated arrives when the Sugar Plum Fairy takes the stage, whisking the audience into a tour de force of classical ballet that culminates in the grand pas de deux of the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.

The most trendy, well-known and social media savvy ballerina out there is Sara Mearns. Hailed as the American ballerina of this age, Mearns is the face of Guerlain, Cole Hann and the star of a new ad campaign by Hewlett Packard.

Mearns’ pointe shoes are part of the Instruments of American Excellence exhibit at the Kentucky Museum. Most recently, Vanity Fair profiled Mearns before her leading role on Broadway in The Red Shoes, the stage adaptation of the infamous 1948 film.

“She’s the perfect hybrid of the Balanchine legacy – that wildness, the

recklessness – with classicism. She’s the perfect bridge between Balanchine and what’s next,” says Philip Neal, artistic director of Next Generation Ballet, who convinced Mearns to perform the Sugar Plum Fairy for the Friday and Saturday shows of NGB’s Nutcracker.

Her Cavalier, performed by NYCB principal Amar Ramasar, almost immediately leaves the Morsani stage to leap into his role as Jigger Craigin in the Broadway revival of Carousel.

“Amar is outgoing, gregarious,” says Neal.

“He talks to everyone. He’ll talk to all the students, and I love that about him.

Everyone wants to work with Amar and choreographers gravitate to him because of how he moves. It’s incredible to be able to bring both Sara and Amar here, especially to dance the Balanchine version of the pas de deux.”

Two other mentees and friends of Neal’s, Patricia Delgado and Gonzalo Garcia, perform the roles for the Thursday night Nutcracker. Yes, Patricia Delgado, the Patricia Delgado of Miami City Ballet and renowned protégé of Edward Villella.

“Patricia is – in life – the essence of the Sugar Plum Fairy. She’s charming, sweet,

One behind-the-scenes benefit for the NGB preprofessional dancers performing in Nutcracker with these superstars is the exposure our Patel Conservatory students get to industry professionals. “Sara, Amar, Patricia, Gonzalo … they’re going to be investing in this Nutcracker with our NGB students. It’s really important to have gracious people here to be involved with the students and set a good example for them. It’s amazing to see how much our students’ dancing improves by working with these guest artists. Do you know what it’s like for a young dancer to be in the wings with someone like Sara Mearns? To be hugged by her before they take the stage? It’s huge. It’s a defining moment for a young dancer.”

To see these ballet superstars’ differing interpretations of Balanchine’s legendary choreography, your best bet is to see each set of partners, according to Neal. Remember that groups of 10 or more can receive a group discount, so if you have family, friends or dancers in your life, get together and see NGB’s Nutcracker for less than the single ticket price. For assistance booking your group, call our Group Sales office at 813.222.1016 or 1047 or email groups@strazcenter.org.

Photo by Erin Baiano Photo by Paul Kolnik

“So, if you were to go to Lincoln Center on a Saturday night to see Nutcracker, you’d see the same pas de deux onstage here. It’s a big deal.”

SARA MEARNS

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PATRICIA DELGADO

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enthusiastic,” says Neal. “I will consistently ask her to come back here to teach and perform.”

Delgado’s Cavalier, the handsome Gonzalo Garcia, performed in Morsani Hall for the Youth American Grand Prix gala, so some audience members may recognize him from that performance. “He’s a perfect match to Patricia.

Gallant, good-looking, a mix of west coast and east coast ballet styles from his work with San Francisco Ballet and New York City Ballet. It’s very exciting to bring this level of talent to The Straz.”

What elevates NGB’s Nutcracker above the slew of Nutcrackers staged for the holiday season is not only this level of dance talent but the appearance of George Balanchine’s extraordinary, challenging grand pas de deux on these dancers. “As a repetiteur of the Balanchine Trust, I’m licensed to show his choreography,” says Neal.

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On the far side of the indoor basketball court, a line of wobbly-kneed elementary school kids stomps through a sequence of shuffle-step, shuffle-step with their dance teacher clapping time. Their shiny, tiny tap shoes clobber the gymnasium with sounds, their faces an endearing mix of intense concentration and unadulterated joy.

Out of context, this line of adorable grade schoolers looks like any other kids’ dance class, but there is a stark difference: these children are in the temporary safety of Metropolitan Ministries’ shelter, their lives upended by homelessness, domestic violence and other horrors beyond their control and not of their making.

Facing an uncertain future and abrupt changes, these children have this dance class in which to feel their joy, to be kids among kids, to have a normal, kind, loving thing happen to them at a predictable time every week. This one dance class helps hold their worlds together. This one dance class works its small, tireless magic to calm the beast of trauma ravaging their lives.

“These kids, so many of them, have a history that should happen to no one,” says Janet Pantaleo, vice president – major gifts officer of Metropolitan Ministries (Met Min). “The transformational power of the arts, it’s tremendous. There’s no question about it.

Yes, people have needs like food, shelter, rest … but humans need a creative outlet, too, to be alive.

These children love their dance class, their music class, their theater class.”

Quietly and tenaciously, the Straz Center has offered performing arts classes for the children of Met Min since 2007. Today, we offer in-school and afterschool programs. We are there for hip-hop class, tap class, ballet class, music and theater. We are there when homeless children need hope, need a way to communicate without violence, need to feel confident and hear a roomful of people applauding their achievement.

“The kids have been blessed, very, very blessed to have been given this opportunity to have performing arts classes. How intimidating is it to stand up in front of people and do a tap dance or speak your part of a play? But they do it,” Pantaleo says, “and they gain confidence. Then they think, ‘if I can do that, what else can I do?’ Our relationship with The Straz makes us able to give wellrounded support. It’s mind, body and spirit.”

Some of those elementary-aged kids clomping through shuffle-step at the end of the basketball court? They will utilize full scholarships to train at the Patel Conservatory – and who knows where they’ll be able to go after that.

Every one of our classes for Met Min children happen 100% through donor support. When you give to The Straz this holiday season, you’re also giving to Met Min and every one of our other 44 community partners.

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Frank L. Morsani Vera Muzzillo Rick Nafe Erika Noonburg-Morgan Robert Norman Adam Palmer Pallavi K. Patel Royce W. Reed Dennis R. Rogero, Jr. Alfred Rogers, Jr. Ann McKeel Ross Gary Sasso, Chairman David Scher Hinks Shimberg Jeff Sikorske Martin L. Silbiger Lisa Simington Rick Simonetti Sharon Stein Catherine Lowry Straz Cindy Stuart Chuck Sykes Susan Sykes Ronald Vaughn David B. Weinstein Bill West Todd Wickner PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL Helen Kerr Helen Torres

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From the President/CEO and Chairman of the Board Holiday Greetings!

One of the aspects of this season that we love most is how many families include the performing arts as part of their holiday traditions – JUDITH LISI especially trips to see President/CEO Nutcracker. Our exquisite production has become a Tampa highlight, and this year, we welcome four incredible talents from New York City Ballet and Miami City Ballet to dance the roles of the Sugar Plum Fairy and GARY SASSO Chairman her Cavalier in alternating performances. To learn more about these dancers, see the special feature article on pp. 6-7. Next Generation Ballet’s Nutcracker runs in Morsani Hall Dec. 21-23.

Tampanians with a flair for the irreverent will be delighted to know irreverence incarnate returns as The Book of Mormon recruits more fans Dec. 5-10 in Morsani Hall. This Broadway blockbuster lampoons and lambasts everything from religion to Orlando in a feel-good musical formula that is both offensive and howlingly funny.

Phantom fans get a special treat this month as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to the famed opera-house drama plays out on Coney Island in the fantastical tale Love Never Dies. What happens when The Phantom and Christine find each other 10 years later? Find out in Morsani Hall Dec. 12-17.

No matter what time of year, our Club Jaeb artists rock the night away. This month, The Grahams, a roots-country power duo, show up on their jingle horse on Dec. 18 bringing a sound that blends Taj Mahal with Ry Cooder.

From all of us at The Straz, may you and yours enjoy a peaceful, sparkling holiday season.

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Executive Administrator to COO CJ Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Operations Patel Conservatory and Education Department Suzanne Livesay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President of Education Matthew Belopavlovich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Theater Teacher Sarah Berland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theater Department Instructor Garrett Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Technical Director Heather Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Programs Coordinator Shameka Conwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Admissions Supervisor Susan Downey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Musical Theater Teacher Claire Florio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dance Department Assistant Director Kavanaugh Gillespie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Voice Specialist Samantha Hayford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager of Conservatory Finance and Administration Austin Helms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education Administrative Assistant

Brittany Horwitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Assistant Laurie Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Principal, PCYB Steven Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theater Administrator Kelly King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Contemporary Dance Teacher Ivonne Lemus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ballet Mistress, Next Generation Ballet Gil Livesay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student Affairs Coordinator Dr. Catherine Michelsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . String Specialist Dr. Lauren Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Department Chair Philip Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dance Department Chair/Artistic Director, Next Generation Ballet Aubrey Paffenroth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dance Administrative Coordinator Nichole Pockrus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Production Coordinator Alice Santana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Programs Manager Karen Senior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Admissions Administrator Audrey Siegler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theater Department Managing Director Timothy Wilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Department Manager Joshua Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Technical Supervisor Guest Services Bonniejean Paulish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Guest Services Deborah Ferree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager of Guest Services Cynthia Montayre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Guest Services Coordinator Production Gerard Siegler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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SUNDAY, DEC 3, 3:00 and 7:30PM JAEB THEATER Straz Center for the Performing Arts and Opera Tampa present The Opera Tampa Singers in

A December to Remember A Holiday Extravaganza

Written by Alix Faulhaber and Melissa Misener Musical Director: Robin Stamper Stage Director: Melissa Misener Vocal Arts and Homeschool Director: Kavanaugh Gillespie

Cast (in order of appearance) Opera Tampa’s Department Store Manager ....................................... JORDAN CAMPBELL Assistant Manager............................................................................... KRISTI BEINHAUER Janitor..................................................................................................................... TIM WILT Head of Menswear .................................................................JEAN CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Menswear Salesman..................................................................................... SAMUEL HALL Head of Women’s Wear.................................................................. VANESSA RODRIGUEZ Women’s Wear Saleswoman .................................................................. ALIX FAULHABER Customer #1 ............................................................................................ASHLEY THOMAS Customer #2 .......................................................................................MELODY JOY RUBIN Customer #3 ................................................................................................JACLYN CLARK Customer #4 .................................................................................. RAPHAEL FLEURISTAL Customer #5 ....................................................................................................CODY BARTH Department Store Piano Player .................................................................ROBIN STAMPER

Patel Conservatory Vocal Arts: Youth Choir

Soprano Madison Decker, Emma Elkins, Katharine Young, Penelope Young Alto Taylor Gunnin, Sofia Pickford, Ryan Pope, Sophia Rojas, Lilly Ross, Antony Simonetti, Gian Simonetti, Stefan Simonetti, Genevieve Young

Patel Conservatory Homeschool Chorus

Soprano Mira Balzano, Lucy Borunda, Pilar Borunda, Hannah Carey, Anna DeThomas, Emma Dyer-Melhado, Rachel George, Jocelyn Ivey, Evi Juszczak, Mary Renaud, Alejandro Ruiz, Petal Thrasher Alto Scarlett Burleson, Nalani Drayton, Sofia Pickford, Izzy Plaza, Antonio Ruiz, Arianna Ruiz, Hudson Trussell

Patel Conservatory Vocal Arts: Men’s Ensemble Tenor Mitchell Broadwater, Aaron Graham Bass Jeremy Frostman, Guillermo Madriz, Peyton Manzer

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ACT 1

“We Need a Little Christmas”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan and Opera Tampa Singers “Christmas Island” . . . . . . . . . . . . Opera Tampa Singers women, Tim, Sam and Jean Carlos “What are you doing New Year’s Eve?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean Carlos “Santa Baby”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alix “Nessun Dorma” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam and Company “Rejoice Greatly” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanessa “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody “A La Nanita Nana” . . . . . . . . . . .Patel Conservatory Youth Choir and Homeschool Chorus “Up on the Housetop” . . . . . . . . . .Patel Conservatory Youth Choir and Homeschool Chorus “O Little Town of Bethlehem” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patel Conservatory Men’s Ensemble, Youth Choir and Homeschool Chorus “Let it Snow” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan “Sleigh Ride” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opera Tampa Singers

ACT 2

“My Favorite Things” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Arranged by Stephen Hough), Robin “Blue Christmas” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melody “Al Hanisim” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opera Tampa Singers “O Holy Night” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ashley and Opera Tampa Singers “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristi “The Christmas Song” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patel Conservatory Men’s Ensemble “Hanerot Halalu” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaclyn and Patel Conservatory Men’s Ensemble “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raphael “All I Want for Xmas is You” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanessa “Let There be Peace on Earth” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Company The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited.

Program information and artist biographies provided by the cast and/or production company.

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Managing Director and Choral Master Robin Stamper and production directors provide insights about each of Opera Tampa’s upcoming performances and share entertaining anecdotes that will delight those who embrace this glorious art form. Joining them will be principals from upcoming operas and members of the stage and production staffs.

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The Barber of Seville

The Marriage of Figaro

Macbeth

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SUNDAY, DEC 3, 2:00PM FERGUSON HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts and COLUMBIA ARTISTS MANAGEMENT LLC present

Direct from Tianjin, the People’s Republic of China The Martial Artists and Acrobats of Tianjin, the People’s Republic of China perform

China Soul Director: Mrs. Guo Qingli Program is subject to change.

Lasso The acrobats jump and tumble though a rope lasso showcasing acrobatic skills and flexibility.

Water Meteors The acrobats tumble and roll on the floor while juggling a two-meter long rope with a bowl on each end. It is a fast act and the spinning bowls create the illusion of shining stars in the sky.

Contortion Duo Hand Juggling The acrobats juggle up to nine balls at a time while performing incredible tricks, such as throwing the balls to the ground and catching them at the same time on a stair platform.

Hoop Diving Ballet Adagio The artists infuse ballet, acrobatics and skillful gymnastics into a wonderful act. The acrobats work together, using each other’s own weight and momentum to perform the act softly with harmonious continuity of movements.

Soul of Martial Arts Martial Arts are a sacred Chinese tradition, which has evolved through many generations of disciplines, philosophies and practices. The martial artists and acrobats perform many acrobatic stunts as well as featuring an exhibition of different martial arts weapons and boxing in the traditional Shaolin style.

20-minute intermission Straw Hats Juggling and Juggling with Umbrellas The acrobats juggle straw hats in various formations while performing highly skilled stunts, becoming a fun, humorous game for the audience.

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a full 360°, catching it with their feet. The acrobats finish by juggling five umbrellas with their feet and balance the umbrellas by stacking them, one on top of the other.

Diabolo Girls Diabolo is a tradition based out of North China and widely celebrated in Tianjin. It is regularly performed by women where they must balance two bowls held together by an axel on a slack string. Performing expert level tricks, the girls give a warm and joyful portrayal of the Chinese people.

Martial Arts Aerial Silk Great Icarian Acrobats Known as the Great Icarian Acrobatic Performance, the Tianjin acrobats, wearing ancient martial artist costumes, perform the act depicting ancient soldiers who fought against the enemy at the border. They tumble on each other’s feet and land safely onto the ground.

These acrobatics are highly difficult. The company’s performance of this act won gold at the 12th Moscow International Youth Circus Festival, the 15th Italian Latina International Circus Festival, the 2nd China International Circus Festival, as well as the Silver Clown award at Monte Carlo International Circus Festival in 2015.

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View From Above with Terry Virts astronaut

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Straz Center for the Performing Arts ANNE GAREFINO SCOTT RUDIN ROGER BERLIND SCOTT M. DELMAN JEAN DOUMANIAN ROY FURMAN IMPORTANT MUSICALS STEPHANIE P. M C CLELLAND KEVIN MORRIS JON B. PLATT SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STUART THOMPSON

PRESENT

BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

TREY PARKER, ROBERT LOPEZ AND MATT STONE WITH

KEVIN CLAY CONNER PEIRSON PJ ADZIMA KAYLA PECCHIONI STERLING JARVIS RON BOHMER OGE AGULUÉ JARON BARNEY JACOB BEN-SHMUEL CHRISTOPHER BRASFIELD JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN ROBERT COLVIN JAKE EMMERLING ZACH ERHARDT KENNY FRANCOEUR JOHN GARRY ERIC GEIL KEISHA GILLES ANDRÉ-CHANCE GODDARD DARYN WHITNEY HARRELL ERIC HUFFMAN KRISTEN JETER KOLBY KINDLE TYLER LEAHY WILL LEE-WILLIAMS STONEY B. MOOTOO MONICA L. PATTON JOHN PINTO JR. JAMARD RICHARDSON TYRONE L. ROBINSON LEONARD E. SULLIVAN BRINIE WALLACE SCENIC DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

SOUND DESIGN

SCOTT PASK

ANN ROTH

BRIAN M AC DEVITT

BRIAN RONAN

HAIR DESIGN

ORCHESTRATIONS

JOSH MARQUETTE LARRY HOCHMAN & STEPHEN OREMUS DANCE MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS

CASTING

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

CARRIE GARDNER

JOYCE DAVIDSON

MUSIC DIRECTOR

MUSIC COORDINATOR

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

GLEN KELLY

ALAN BUKOWIECKI

MICHAEL KELLER

ELI BUSH

TOUR BOOKING AGENCY

TOUR PRESS AND MARKETING

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

THE BOOKING GROUP/ MEREDITH BLAIR

ALLIED TOURING

AURORA PRODUCTIONS

THOMPSON TURNER PRODUCTIONS/ ADAM J. MILLER

MUSIC SUPERVISION AND VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

STEPHEN OREMUS CHOREOGRAPHED BY

CASEY NICHOLAW DIRECTED BY

CASEY NICHOLAW AND TREY PARKER

CAST

(in order of appearance) Mormon......................................................................................................................TYLER LEAHY Moroni...............................................................................................................................PJ ADZIMA Elder Price..................................................................................................................... KEVIN CLAY Elder Cunningham ..............................................................................................CONNER PEIRSON Missionary Voice ....................................................................................................... RON BOHMER Price’s Dad ................................................................................................................. RON BOHMER Cunningham’s Dad .................................................................................................JARON BARNEY Mrs. Brown .......................................................................................................MONICA L. PATTON Guards ............................................................... WILL LEE-WILLIAMS, TYRONE L. ROBINSON Mafala ................................................................................................................. STERLING JARVIS Nabulungi.......................................................................................................... KAYLA PECCHIONI Doctor .............................................................................................. ANDRÉ-CHANCE GODDARD Elder McKinley.................................................................................................................PJ ADZIMA Joseph Smith .............................................................................................................. RON BOHMER General .........................................................................................................................OGE AGULUÉ Mission President ....................................................................................................... RON BOHMER Ensemble ............................................................ JARON BARNEY, CHRISTOPHER BRASFIELD, JAKE EMMERLING, ZACH ERHARDT, JOHN GARRY, ERIC GEIL, KEISHA GILLES, ANDRÉ-CHANCE GODDARD, DARYN WHITNEY HARRELL, KOLBY KINDLE, TYLER LEAHY, STONEY B. MOOTOO, WILL LEE-WILLIAMS, MONICA L. PATTON, JOHN PINTO JR., TYRONE L. ROBINSON UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Elder Price—ZACH ERHARDT For Elder Cunningham—KENNY FRANCOEUR For Mafala Hatimbi—KOLBY KINDLE, TYRONE L. ROBINSON For Nabulungi—KRISTEN JETER, BRINIE WALLACE For McKinley/Moroni—JAKE EMMERLING, ERIC HUFFMAN For Price’s Dad/Joseph Smith/Missionary President/et al—JARON BARNEY, JAKE EMMERLING For General—KOLBY KINDLE, TYRONE L. ROBINSON Standby for Elder Price—ROBERT COLVIN Standby for Elder Cunningham— JACOB BEN-SHMUEL, JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN Robert Colvin is appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity.

SWINGS KENNY FRANCOEUR, ERIC HUFFMAN, KRISTEN JETER, JAMARD RICHARDSON, LEONARD E. SULLIVAN, BRINIE WALLACE DANCE CAPTAIN KENNY FRANCOEUR ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN KRISTEN JETER THE BOOK OF MORMON ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard 1—ALAN BUKOWIECKI; Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2—DANIEL KLINTWORTH; Guitar—JOE PARKER; Bass—MARC HOGAN; Drums—JEFF MacPHERSON; Keyboard Programmer—RANDY COHEN

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CAST

Conner Peirson

Kevin Clay

PJ Adzima

Kayla Pecchioni

Sterling Jarvis

Ron Bohmer

Oge Agulué

Jaron Barney

Jacob Ben-Shmuel

Christopher Brasfield

Jordan Matthew Brown

Robert Colvin

Jake Emmerling

Zach Erhardt

Kenny Francoeur

John Garry

Eric Geil

Keisha Gilles

André-Chance Goddard

Daryn Whitney Harrell

Eric Huffman

Kristen Jeter

Kolby Kindle

Tyler Leahy

Stoney B. Mootoo

Will Lee-Williams

Monica L. Patton

John Pinto Jr.

Jamard Richardson

Tyrone L. Robinson

Leonard E. Sullivan

Brinie Wallace

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST KEVIN CLAY (Elder Price). National tour debut! Regional: Pittsburgh CLO, Music Theatre Wichita and Wagon Wheel Theatre. Proud graduate of Penn State with a B.F.A. in musical theatre. He would like to thank his family and, of course, Crew 15.

CONNER PEIRSON (Elder Cunningham) is excited to jump into the Book of Mormon family.

Favorite roles include Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Rent (Mark), Seussical (Horton) and Commedia in the Park. Thanks to my supportive family, friends and mentors. “Curtis G. this is all your fault.”

PJ ADZIMA (Elder McKinley). National tour debut! Selected credits: 1001 Nights (Atlantic), Volleygirls and The Cobalteans (NYMF), The Bacchae (La Mama) and Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Ivoryton Playhouse). TV: “Madam Secretary.” Story Pirate and Founder/Artistic Director of Madcap Rep in NYC. MMC grad!

Thanks to his incredible family, Bobby, the Knitels and always, Julia.

KAYLA PECCHIONI (Nabulungi) National Tour Debut! New York: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, International Tour: Dreamgirls (Ensemble, u/s Lorrell). Kayla is so humbled to be joining this incredible family! Endless thanks to her family, friends, the BOM team, Avalon Artists Group, and to Eddie for always being there.

STERLING JARVIS (Mafala Hatimbi). Credits include Helen Lawrence (BAM, European/CND tours), Driving Miss Daisy; CND premieres of The Whipping Man; Ruined, The Wild Party; Caroline or Change; (Dora Award) Clybourne Park. We Will Rock You – 2 years; Lion King – 3 years.

Awards/Nominations: 4 Doras; 2Junos. Film/TV: “Degrassi,” “Aaliyah,” “Rookie Blue,” “Suits,” “Nikita,” “Lost Girl,” “Covert Affairs,” “The Sentinel,” “The West Wing.”

RON BOHMER (Price’s Dad and others). Select Broadway/tour: Ragtime (Father), The Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel), The Woman in White (Sir Percival Glyde), The Phantom of the Opera (Phantom), Sunset Boulevard (Joe Gillis), Aspects of Love (Alex—Robby Award, Best Actor). Regional: The Fantasticks (El Gallo— Acclaim Award, Best Actor), Sunday in the Park with George (Critics Circle Award, Best Actor).

OGE AGULUÉ (General). National tour debut! Regional: Chautauqua Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, B Street 24

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Theatre, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Counter-Balance Theater. MFA: University of California, Irvine. Huge thanks to the BoM casting and creative team.

JARON BARNEY (Ensemble). National tour debut! Regional: Elf: the Musical, Something’s Afoot (Pioneer Theatre Company). “Special thanks to my incredibly supportive family, Mike, the University of Utah MTP and The Book of Mormon team!”

JACOB BEN-SHMUEL (Standby Elder Cunningham) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with this brilliant show! He recently graduated from UCIrvine with his B.F.A. in music theater. Thanks to his incredible family, friends and mentors!

CHRISTOPHER BRASFIELD (Ensemble).

National tours: Hairspray, Smokey Joe’s Cafe ft.

The Coasters. Off-Broadway: Choir Boy, Dear Edwina, The Columbine Project. TV: “The Chica Show” (NBC and Sprout). “Thanks to my amazing family and friends! xo.”

JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN (Standby Elder Cunningham) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with The Book of Mormon! Recent Boston University B.F.A. acting graduate. Endless thanks to the incredible BoM casting and creative teams, DBA and his unbelievable family.

ROBERT COLVIN (Standby Elder Price) is thrilled to making his American debut in The Book of Mormon! Originally from just outside London, U.K. Previous credits include Legally Blonde (Warner, international), Dirty Dancing (Standby Johnny, West End and international tour), Grease (Danny, Sweden).

JAKE EMMERLING (Ensemble). National tour debut! Regional: South Pacific (Cable), West Side Story (Snowboy) and Much Ado About Nothing (Claudio). Thanks to his friends, family, educators and the BoM creative team. Proud Shenandoah Conservatory grad and Derry, Pa. native.

ZACH ERHARDT (Ensemble). Recent CCM graduate. Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar (The Muny), Chuck Cranston in Footloose (Thunder Bay Theatre), Doody in Grease (John W. Engeman). “Thanks Nicolosi & Co., The Mindocks, Phil, Grace, the BoM team and my family.”

WHO’S WHO in the CAST KENNY FRANCOEUR (Dance Captain, Swing). Broadway: Book of Mormon. Tours: Anything Goes (Purser). Regional: Spamalot, The Little Mermaid, The Music Man, Spelling Bee. BM Vocal Performance from NYU Steinhardt.

“Thanks to the Book of Mormon family, SW Artists, and my family!”

KOLBY KINDLE (Ensemble). Tours: Sister Act (Curtis Jackson), Dreamgirls (Marty), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth u/s). Regional: Music Theatre of Wichita, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Westchester Broadway Theatre.

Special thanks to family, friends and CTG. B.F.A.: Otterbein University.

JOHN GARRY (Ensemble) is so excited to be here! Some favorites: Spamalot (nat’l tour), Bunnicula (Off-B’way), …Spelling Bee (Alabama Shakes) and clowning around with the physical comedy company Parallel Exit. “For Ben, my family, and friends—LOVE!!!”

TYLER LEAHY (Ensemble). National tour debut! Regional: Farmer’s Alley Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita. Proud graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.F.A. for musical theater.

“Thanks to my family, KMR and my MT16ers!”

ERIC GEIL (Ensemble). Recently earned a B.F.A. from CCM and has performed at KC Starlight. He would like to thank his incredible family for their unending support, CYT, faculty at CCM, AEA and MT15 “you know what’s.”

KEISHA GILLES (Ensemble) is thrilled to be joining this cast! National tour: Dreamgirls. OffBroadway: Sistas The Musical. Regional: The Little Mermaid, Smokey Joe’s Café, The Drowsy Chaperone. Graduate of The Hartt School. Thanks to The Boys at Hoff!

ANDRÉ-CHANCE GODDARD (Ensemble) is elated to be joining The Book of Mormon Family in his national tour debut! Recent credits include Swing!, Fugitive Songs, and Shining City.

Tremendous thanks to my supportive family.

New York University ’16.

DARYN WHITNEY HARRELL (Ensemble).

Nat’l tour: Elf (Jovie). Credits: Queenie Pie (Chicago Opera Theater, Royal Caribbean), All Shook Up (Fireside Theatre). B.A. North Central College. Special thanks to Carrie Gardner, BOM creatives, Mom, Dad, Friends, Carin and Paonessa Talent.

ERIC HUFFMAN (Swing). National tour debut!

Select credits: Dames at Sea (Dick) with Randy Skinner, Oklahoma! (Will Parker), Out of this World (Mercury), Hello Again (Young Thing).

CCM grad, Cincinnati Acclaim Award recipient.

Love to Debbie and Jeff for their support.

KRISTEN JETER (Assistant Dance Captain, u/s Nabulungi, Swing). Credits: Hair (Dionne), Smokey Joe’s Café (Brenda), All Shook Up (Lorraine), Nuncrackers. Raised in Smyrna, GA; attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. “Love and thanks to the Jeters for their never-ending support!”

STONEY B. MOOTOO (Ensemble). Native of the Bronx, New York, Stoney B. Mootoo is a recent graduate of UNCG’s Acting & Musical Theatre program, including intensive training from Tony Award-winning musical director Dominick Amendum.

WILL LEE-WILLIAMS (Ensemble). OffBroadway: Seussical. National tour: Miss Saigon.

NYC/regional: Philly in From My Hometown (Wilde Award-winner), Aida, Tommy, Rent. Film/ web: Losing Lester, Passed Over. Recordings: Seussical: Original Off-Broadway Cast. “For my Roxana. Love to Dad, Mom and TIC.” MONICA L. PATTON (Ensemble) has worked with such notables as Eartha Kitt and Diahann Carroll. Broadway: Abby’s Song, Ragtime, Finian’s Rainbow. Tour: The Lion King, Annie, Joseph…Dreamcoat. Her novel and single, Beautiful Carnage is available on Amazon.

JOHN PINTO JR. (Ensemble) would like to thank Anne, Scott and Casey for giving him this amazing job… again! Love and thanks to his incredibly supportive family and boyfriend. Dass it!

JAMARD RICHARDSON (Swing). Broadway/ Off-Broadway: Book of Mormon, Waitress (reading), Invisible Thread. Proud OU alumni.

“BOOMER!! Thanks and love to “G,” The Mine, BOM casting/creatives and my amazing family.

MLMR this is for you!” #ShareLove. #GiveLove. #SpreadLove.

TYRONE L. ROBINSON (Ensemble) worked with writing teams at “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.” TV: “Law & Order: SVU.” Tour: Disney’s The Lion King, Ragtime (Best Actor nominee— Denver Henry Awards). Thanks family, friends, creatives! M.F.A.: NYU Tisch.

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST A Chorus Line, Smokey Joe’s Café, And The World Goes Round. Regional theaters: Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed, Atlanta TUTS, San Jose Music Theatre. Thanks to Mom, Dad and Lenore.

BRINIE WALLACE (Swing) is honored to be back in the states after premiering The Book of Mormon in Australia! Thanks to the Tombros’, Jen Waldman, the YoungArts Foundation, the Broadway Dreams Foundation and her PSU Misfits! Recent grad, Penn State.

TREY PARKER (Co-Director, Book, Music, Lyrics) wrote and directed his first feature film, Cannibal! The Musical, while attending the University of Colorado in Boulder. A few years later, he co-created the hit animated series South Park with Matt Stone (his college friend and Cannibal! producer). Debuting on Comedy Central in 1997 and currently in its 16th season, South Park has won four Emmy Awards as well as the coveted Peabody Award. The same year South Park debuted, Mr. Parker wrote, directed, and starred in the film Orgazmo. Two years later he and Stone released the critically acclaimed feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. The musical, which Mr. Parker directed and co-wrote, earned an Oscar nomination for Best Song and the first ever New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film. In 2004 the pair returned to movies with Team America: World Police, an action movie co-written and directed by Parker, starring a cast of marionettes. It has been a long-time dream of his to write a musical for Broadway. Mr. Parker is originally from Conifer, Colorado.

ROBERT LOPEZ (Book, Music, Lyrics) is the Tony, Grammy, and Emmy-winning co-creator of the smash hit musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon. With wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, he wrote the songs for Disney’s blockbuster movie Frozen, their hit song “Let It Go” nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe Award. They also wrote songs for Winnie the Pooh (Disney Animation, 2011) and Finding Nemo: The Musical (playing at Walt Disney World since 2006). They are currently writing an original stage musical called Up Here, directed by Alex Timbers. Mr. Lopez shared two Emmy Awards for his music for The Wonder Pets and an Emmy nomination for the Scrubs musical episode. His work has been seen on South Park, The Simpsons, and Phineas and Ferb. He is a member of BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild Council, WGA, and AEA. He is a Yale grad and native New Yorker. Thanks Buzzetti, Mom, Dad, Billy, Katie, Annie, and especially, Kristen for all the love and support.

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MATT STONE (Book, Music, Lyrics) met Trey Parker at the University of Colorado, and together they made a short animated piece called The Spirit of Christmas. This launched their most recognized work, the critically acclaimed and award-winning television show, South Park. The animated series is in its 16th season on Comedy Central and has won Mr. Stone four Emmy Awards and the coveted Peabody Award. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which he produced and co-wrote, earned an Oscar nomination and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film. In addition to South Park, he has partnered with Parker on the low-budget Cannibal! The Musical, the superhero comedy Orgazmo, and the marionette action thriller Team America: World Police. Mr. Stone is originally from Littleton, Colo.

CASEY NICHOLAW (Co-Director, Choreographer) won 2011 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards for his work as co-director of The Book of Mormon. Other Broadway credits: Elf: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations) and Monty Python’s Spamalot, directed by Mike Nichols (2005 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Choreography). Additional New York credits: for City Center Encores!, the highly acclaimed productions of Anyone Can Whistle and Follies (direction and choreography), Bye Bye Birdie (choreography), and Can-Can (musical staging); and for NY Philharmonic Candide; South Pacific at Carnegie Hall (also on PBS Great Performances), and Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way at Radio City Music Hall starring the world-famous Rockettes. He directed and choreographed the world premieres of Minsky’s at Center Theatre Group, Robin and the 7 Hoods at the Old Globe, and Disney’s Aladdin at the 5th Avenue in Seattle.

SCOTT PASK (Scenic Design). Selected Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Tony); The Pillowman (Tony); Waitress; Oh Hello; Pippin (Tony nom.); Something Rotten!; The Father, The Visit; An Act of God; It’s Only a Play; Airline Highway; I’ll Eat You Last; A Steady Rain; Promises, Promises; Hair; The Coast of Utopia (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Hewes awards); Pal Joey (Tony nom.); Les Liaisons Dangereuses – first revival (Tony nom., Drama Desk Award); Nine; The Lieutenant of Inishmore; Speed-the-Plow; November; Take Me Out; Martin Short…; The Vertical Hour; Sweet Charity; Urinetown. London: The Book of Mormon, The Playboy of the Western World, The Country Girl, Love Song, On an Average Day (all West End);

WHO’S WHO in the CAST Tales from Hollywood, The Same Deep Water as Me (Donmar). Also, Peter Grimes (Met Opera), Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna.

ANN ROTH (Costume Design). Theater credits include Hurlyburly, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Singin’ in the Rain, Purlie, The Odd Couple, and Waiting for Godot. Tony nominations: The Crucifer of Blood, The Royal Family, Present Laughter, and The House of Blue Leaves. Films include: Midnight Cowboy, Klute, The Day of the Locust (BAFTA), The Goodbye Girl, Coming Home, Hair, Working Girl, Sabrina, Silkwood, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Mambo Kings, The Birdcage, The English Patient (Oscar), The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Hours, Cold Mountain, Angels in America, The Way Way Back, The Stepford Wives, The Village, Closer, and Evening. She won an Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.

BRIAN MacDEVITT (Lighting Design). The Book of Mormon (Tony Award). Recent New York City: Death of a Salesman directed by Mike Nichols, The Mountaintop with Samuel L. Jackson, Chinglish on Broadway, and The Enchanted Island at the Metropolitan Opera.

Last season he designed Le Compte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera. Dance: American Ballet Theater, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, and Nancy Bannon, among others. Director: Proof at Theater Three.

Awards: five Tonys, Obie, Bessie, Outer Critics’, Hewes, and Drama Desk, among others. He is a member of Naked Angels and faculty at University of Maryland. He is a father to Jake and Georgie.

BRIAN RONAN (Sound Design) has designed sound for more than 30 Broadway musicals and plays. Some recent designs include Tuck Everlasting; The Last Ship; Beautiful; Annie; Bring It On; Nice Work…; The Book of Mormon; Anything Goes; American Idiot; Promises, Promises; Next to Normal; Grease; Curtains; Grey Gardens; and The Pajama Game. Off-Broadway designs include Lazarus, Giant, Rent, Everyday Rapture, Saved, 10 Million Miles and Bug. His career has spanned 30 years and taken him across America, Europe and Asia. Brian is the recipient of Obie, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Olivier and Tony awards.

STEPHEN OREMUS (Music Director, Vocal Arranger, Co-Orchestrator). Broadway: Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and 2013 Grammy Award), The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony and Drama Desk awards for Best Orchestrations and 2012 Grammy Award).

Worldwide music supervisor/arranger of Wicked; music supervisor/vocal arranger/orchestrator of Broadway productions/tours of The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5: The Musical. Other credits: music supervisor, vocal arranger and orchestrator: Tick, Tick… Boom!; music director: Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party; conductor and contributing orchestrator for the Oscar-winning Disney film Frozen; music director of the 87th Academy Awards telecast and “The Wiz Live!” on NBC TV. ALAN BUKOWIECKI (Music Director/ Conductor) National tour: Hair. Off-Broadway: Dr. Sex. Chicago: Music Director of Dee Snider’s Rock and Roll Christmas Tale, Altar Boyz and I Love Lucy Live on Stage. Regional: Drury Lane Oakbrook, Chicago Shakespeare. M.A. from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

JOSH MARQUETTE (Hair Design). N.Y./ London: Dreamgirls, Paramour, Tuck Everlasting, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, Trip of Love, First Date, Elf, Dogfight, The Best Man, Look Back in Anger, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pig Farm, Trailer Park Musical, Altar Boyz, Show Boat at Carnegie Hall. Encores! Most Happy Fella; No, No, Nanette; Follies; Mamma Mia! West Coast: Robin & the 7 Hoods, Peep Show, Minsky’s, Vanities. Television: “The Slap,” “30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live.”

CARRIE GARDNER, C.S.A. (Casting) also serves as casting director for the Roundabout.

Broadway: Cyrano De Bergerac, Importance of Being Earnest, The Pee-Wee Herman Show, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Off-Broadway: Sons of the Prophet, Look Back in Anger, Suicide Incorporated, Dream of the Burning Boy, Tigers Be Still, Ordinary Days, The Understudy, The Language of Trees, Distracted, Speech & Debate, and Marriage of Bette & Boo. GLEN KELLY (Dance Arrangements). Music supervisor and arranger for The Producers and Young Frankenstein. Other Broadway credits include Death of a Salesman, Scottsboro Boys, Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, Beauty and the Beast, Death of a Salesman, The Frogs, High Society, Steel Pier, Dance a Little Closer, and A Christmas Carol. For NYCB he arranged the music and co-wrote the libretto for Double Feature.

Other ballet credits: Thou Swell (for NYCB) and But Not for Me for the Martha Graham Company.

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator).

Current Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, The Color Purple, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, Wicked, The Lion King. Upcoming Broadway: War Paint, Anastasia, The SpongeBob Musical, Half Time. Tours: Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King, Wicked.

STEVE BEBOUT (Associate Director) also served as associate director of The Addams Family (Broadway, tour, Brazil, and Australia), Sister Act (Broadway), 101 Dalmatians (tour), and Girl Crazy (Encores!). Directing credits include I Got Fired and Two Rooms in New York City.

Regional: The Full Monty, The Buddy Holly Story, and Little Shop of Horrors. NYU: Urinetown and Bye Bye Birdie. Thanks to Casey, Trey, Jen, and the entire BOM team.

JENNIFER WERNER (Broadway Associate Director). Associate director: Follies (Encores!), Robin and the 7 Hoods (Old Globe), and Winnie the Pooh (international tour). Choreography: ABC’s Upfronts, As Long As (Roundabout), NFL national commercials, and Drama League Awards.

Regional: Ogunquit, TriArts, Engeman, and NC Theaters. Off-Broadway choreography: Bloodsong of Love, (ArsNova), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Lortel/TheatreworksUSA), ReWrite (Urban Stages), Things to Ruin (Second Stage), and The Black Suits (The Public Theatre/SPF).

JOHN MacINNIS (Associate Choreographer).

Credits include: director and choreographer of medal ceremonies at the Olympic Winter Games (2002 and 2010) and Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Mexico City, Mexico.

He choreographed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, currently running in Europe. He also choreographed at Shaw Festival, Goodspeed, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh CLO, TUTS, MTW, Sacramento Music Circus, and North Shore Music Theatre. He has performed in eight Broadway shows.

AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). Current projects: Matilda (Broadway and national tour); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway and national tour); School of Rock; The Humans; An Act of God; Cats; Holiday Inn; A View from the Bridge (L.A. and D.C.); The Cherry Orchard; The Front Page; Love, Love, Love; Hedwig and the Angry Inch (national tour); Kingdom Come; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Anastasia; The Present; If I Forget; and Hello, Dolly! Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989. auroraprod.com.

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JOYCE DAVIDSON (Production Stage Manager) is happy to be a part of The Book of Mormon. National tours: Billy Elliot and Mamma Mia! Commercial: Blue Man Group (Live at Luxor). Regional: productions for Theatreworks in Northern California, workshops for Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, and eight seasons with La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego.

JASON J. CARROLL (Stage Manager).

Broadway: Les Misérables 25th anniversary production, In My Life, Cabaret, Thou Shalt Not. National tours: Les Misérables 25th anniversary production, The Phantom of the Opera, The Full Monty, Million Dollar Quartet, The Producers, Jolson. Off-Broadway: Hair and Bloomer Girl (Encores!), Mr. Goldwyn, Blue Window. Regional: Goodspeed and Paper Mill. B.F.A. University of Michigan.

DERRIC NOLTE (Assistant Stage Manager).

Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway, Annie, Evita.

Off-Broadway: Rent, Avenue Q. New York: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Cotton Club Parade (Encores!), Carousel (N.Y. Philharmonic).

Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Porthouse Theatre. Education: University of Cincinnati’s College—Conservatory of Music.

LARRY HOCHMAN (Co-Orchestrator). Tony Award (The Book of Mormon). Tony nominations: Fiddler on the Roof, A Class Act, Spamalot, The Scottsboro Boys, Something Rotten!, She Loves Me. Five Emmy Awards as composer of “The Wonder Pets” (Nickelodeon). Other Broadway: The Addams Family, Jane Eyre, On the Twentieth Century. Twenty-eight regional and Off-Broadway shows. Films: multiple Disney films and The Informant! (Marvin Hamlisch). Composer: The Little Mermaid II, Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories,” In Memoriam (symphonic poem). Recordings, concerts: Sir Paul McCartney, Not the Messiah (Eric Idle), Mandy Patinkin, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Barry Manilow, Boston Pops, San Francisco Symphony.

BRIAN USIFER (Associate Music Supervisor).

Music Director of Kinky Boots on Broadway.

Associate Music Supervisor of the Kinky Boots North American tour, as well as the Toronto and London productions. B’way/Off-B’way orchestras include …Spelling Bee, Avenue Q and Altar Boyz.

DAVID TURNER (General Manager) is a partner in Thompson Turner Productions. Previous credits with Stuart Thompson include Boeing-Boeing, The Seagull, You’re Welcome America, God of

WHO’S WHO in the CAST Carnage, Fences, Jerusalem, King Charles III, The Present and worldwide companies of The Book of Mormon. Previous management credits include …Spelling Bee, Show Boat and Barrymore on Broadway and numerous Off-Broadway plays and musicals. From 1994 to 2007 he founded and ran the Adirondack Theatre Festival, where he produced more than 60 plays and musicals and led the construction of a new theater in a vacant Woolworths store in Glens Falls, N.Y. ADAM J. MILLER (Associate General Manager).

With Stuart Thompson Productions: The Seagull, Boeing-Boeing, Exit the King, Lend Me a Tenor and Elling. Other Broadway/tour management: Burn the Floor, A Chorus Line, Ring of Fire, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bombay Dreams, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Urinetown the Musical.

ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency representing Broadway tours and other live touring events across North America. Current tours: An American in Paris, The Book of Mormon, Bright Star, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf The Musical, The Humans, Kinky Boots, Motown The Musical, Rent, School of Rock, Something Rotten! and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

Upcoming tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Groundhog Day and The Scenario.

ANNE GAREFINO (Producer) has been the executive producer for the Emmy and Peabody award-winning television series “South Park” since the show began. This year, the show celebrated its 20th season. She has produced two critically-acclaimed films with Trey Parker and Matt Stone: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Team America: World Police. Before moving to Los Angeles, she lived in Washington, D.C., and worked for the public television station WETA-TV. During her tenure at WETA, she co-produced the “In Performance at the White House” series. The Tony-winning production of The Book of Mormon marks Anne’s Broadway debut. She began her career in entertainment at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre on Capitol Hill and is thrilled and honored to be working in theater again. Anne attended Boston College and the American Film Institute and is originally from Lambertville, N.J. SCOTT RUDIN (Producer). Films include Fences; Ex Machina; De Palma; Steve Jobs; Top Five; While We’re Young; The Grand Budapest Hotel; Captain Phillips; Inside Llewyn Davis; Frances Ha; Moonrise Kingdom; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; Margaret; Moneyball;

True Grit; The Social Network; Greenberg; It’s Complicated; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Julie & Julia; Doubt; There Will Be Blood; Margot at the Wedding; The Darjeeling Limited; No Country for Old Men; Notes on a Scandal; The Queen; Closer; The Life Aquatic; Team America: World Police; The Village; School of Rock; The Hours; Iris; The Royal Tenenbaums; Wonder Boys; Sleepy Hollow; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; A Civil Action; The Truman Show; In & Out; The First Wives Club; Mother; Clueless; Nobody’s Fool; Addams Family Values; Searching for Bobby Fischer; The Firm; Sister Act; The Addams Family; and Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. Theater includes Passion; Seven Guitars; A Funny Thing…; The Chairs; The Blue Room; Closer; Amy’s View; Copenhagen; The Goat; Medea; Caroline, or Change; The Normal Heart; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Doubt; The History Boys; Faith Healer; Stuff Happens; The Year of Magical Thinking; Gypsy; God of Carnage; Fences; The Motherf**ker with the Hat; Jerusalem; Death of a Salesman; One Man, Two Guvnors; Betrayal; A Raisin in the Sun; This Is Our Youth; The Curious Incident…; A Delicate Balance; The Iceman Cometh; Between Riverside and Crazy; Fish in the Dark; The Audience; Skylight; The Flick; King Charles III; A View from the Bridge; The Humans; The Crucible; Blackbird; Shuffle Along; The Front Page; and The Wolves. Television includes “The Newsroom,” “Silicon Valley,” “The Night Of.” ROGER BERLIND (Producer). Recent productions include Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Proof; Medea; Anna in the Tropics; Caroline, or Change; Wonderful Town; Doubt; The History Boys; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Faith Healer; Deuce; The Year of Magical Thinking; Curtains; Rock ’n’ Roll; Is He Dead?; Gypsy; 13; Equus; Ragtime; A Little Night Music; A Behanding in Spokane; Driving Miss Daisy; La Bête; Arcadia; and Jerusalem.

SCOTT M. DELMAN (Producer). Theater producer and investor. Sixty Broadway plays and musicals. Thirty-one Tony nominations. Twelve Tony Awards.

JEAN DOUMANIAN (Producer). Tribes (Drama Desk Award); Cock; The Mountaintop (Olivier Award); Death of a Salesman (Tony Award); The Motherf**ker with the Hat; The House of Blue Leaves; August: Osage County (Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize); and Our Town (Lortel and Obie Awards); as well as film adaptations of August: Osage County, Blackbird, and Galveston.

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS (Producer) has initiated and produced more than 160 new productions in the West End and on Broadway. 2016 prods. incl. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Dreamgirls, Funny Girl, King Charles III, Sunny Afternoon.

ROY FURMAN (Producer). Currently on Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Cats, On Your Feet.

Upcoming: Hello, Dolly!; Sunday in the Park with George. Other: The Humans (Tony), A View from the Bridge (Tony), Spamalot (Tony), The Color Purple (Tony), The History Boys (Tony). Cofounded investment firm Furman Selz, now vice chairman of Jefferies & Company and chairman of Jefferies Capital Partners, its private equity arm.

Vice chairman of Lincoln Center and chairman emeritus of Film Society of Lincoln Center.

STEPHANIE P. McCLELLAND (Producer) is a multi-award-winning producer (12 Tony, 11 Drama Desk, nine Drama League, nine Outer Critics Circle, one Olivier). Credits include more than 80 theatrical productions worldwide.

Represented on Broadway this season by The Front Page; Present Laughter; Hello, Dolly!; Groundhog Day; A Doll’s House, Part 2.

STAFF FOR THE BOOK OF MORMON GENERAL MANAGEMENT THOMPSON TURNER PRODUCTIONS Alexa Bishop Micah Frank Rebecca Habel Garrett Holtz Carrie Jablansky Adam Jackson Kira Jones James Lawson Sammie Liebman Brittany Weber COMPANY MANAGER Shaun Moorman ASSOCIATE COMPANY MANAGER Spencer Smith PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AURORA PRODUCTIONS Steven Dalton, Cori Gardner, Ben Heller, Anthony Jusino, Isaac Katzanek, Liza Luxenberg, Chris Minnick, Serena Montsma, Ryan Murphy, Gene O’Donovan, Geoff Quart, Luke Ricca, Mackenzie Whiting TOUR BOOKING AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, President Kara Gebhart, Vice President Operations

KEVIN MORRIS (Producer) is proudly Trey and Matt’s lawyer and friend since they slept on his couch. He is producer of the documentary Hands on a Hardbody and author of op-eds for the Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times. In addition to running his law practice, he now writes fiction.

Thanks to Gaby and their beautiful kids Rocky and Dulcie, who won’t be allowed to see this production for a long time.

TOUR PRESS & MARKETING ALLIED TOURING Marya Peters Andrew Damer Meghan Kastenholz Sarah Dahlberg Jen Gallagher Anne Dailey Meyer Scott Praefke Jacqueline Smith Anne Waisanen

JON B. PLATT (Producer). Productions include Angels in America, Copenhagen, God of Carnage, The Humans, The Book of Mormon, Death of a Salesman, Clybourne Park, A Raisin in the Sun, Wicked, A View from the Bridge, Venus in Fur, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Front Page, The Crucible, The Audience, Fish in the Dark, Skylight. 2012 Robert Whitehead Award for Distinguished Producing on Broadway.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Steve Bebout

STUART THOMPSON (Executive Producer).

Select Broadway credits: Sweat (2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), Six Degrees of Separation, The Present, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, King Charles III, No Man’s Land/ Waiting for Godot, The Testament of Mary, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Death of a Salesman, Jerusalem, The Motherf*cker with the Hat, A View from the Bridge, God of Carnage, Exit the King.

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BROADWAY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Jennifer Werner ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER John MacInnis SCOTT RUDIN PRODUCTIONS Garrett Basch Matt Berger Helena Budnik Brendan Connell Whitney Dibo Charles Hayes IV Cameron Jewell Kyrha Lever Charlotte Manning Nick Raffanello Jason Sack Adam Wagner Production Stage Manager .......Joyce Davidson Stage Manager ................................Jason J. Carroll Assistant Stage Manager......................... Derric Nolte Dance Captain ...............................Kenny Francoeur Assistant Dance Captain .......................Kristen Jeter Associate Scenic Designer ............ Frank McCullough Assistant Scenic Designers ...............Lauren Alvarez, Christine Peters

Associate Costume Designer ...... Matthew Pachtman Assistant Costume Designer ............... Irma Brainard Costume Shoppers......................Summer Lee Jack, Isabelle Simone Associate Lighting Designers ...... Benjamin C. Travis, Jennifer Schriever Assistant Lighting Designer ......................Carl Faber Associate Sound Designer ................. Cody Spencer Production Carpenter .........................Mike Martinez Production Electrician ............................... Dan Coey Production Sound Engineer .......Christopher C. Sloan Production Props ................................ Peter Sarafin Moving Light Programmer ................David John Arch Keyboard Programmer ........................Randy Cohen Drum Programmer ............................Sean McDaniel Head Carpenter.............................. LaVoid McKibbin Advance Carpenter .......................... Tom Bertino Jr. Deck Carpenter .................................... Steve Ruelle Automation ............................................Steven Ball Flyman ................................Brent “Squatch” Jahnke Head Props.......................................Ryan Marquart Assistant Props ................................. Jill B. Gounder Head Electrician ......................................Bob Jarvis Deck Electrician ..................................Mike Novosel Advance Electrician ............................. Jody Durham Followspot .......................................... Mike Holmes Head Sound ..................................... Jason DeJardin Assistant Sound .................................. Sean Luckey Wardrobe Supervisor ....................... Gerbie Connolly Assistant Wardrobe ....................................Joe Reid Stitcher ........................................... Michael Harrell Hair Supervisor ............................... Sonya Reynolds Assistant Hair Supervisor .................... Jimmy Goode Associate Musical Supervisor ................. Brian Usifer Assistant to Anne Garefino ...................Carly J. Price Production Assistants ........................Alan D. Knight, Katrina Olson, Lori Byars Engagement Manager.......................... Garrett Holtz Casting Associate ............................... Kate S. Boka Casting Consultant ............................... Jeremy Rich Rehearsal Pianist .............................Kathryn Sherrell Rehearsal Drummer............................Gary Seligson Banking ..................................... City National Bank/ Erik Piecuch, Michele Gibbons Payroll ............................... Castellana Services, Inc. Accountant ...................... WithumSmith+Brown, PC/ Robert Fried, CPA, Karen Kowgios, CPA Controller ..............................................J.S. Kubala Insurance...................................DeWitt Stern Group Legal Counsel ........................Lazarus & Harris LLP/ Scott Lazarus, Esq., Robbert C. Harris, Esq. Marketing Consultant ...................... Crispin Ollington Advertising ................................................SpotCo/ Digital Outreach .................BLT Communications, Inc. Logo and Artwork Design .. BLT Communications, Inc.

Website Deisgn ................ BLT Communications, Inc. Vocal Consultant ..................................... Liz Caplan Production Photographer ......................Joan Marcus Travel Agent .................... Tzell Travel/The “A” Team Company Housing ..............Chris Renzulli/Tourwerks Transportation ....................... Executive Car Service Rental Cars ......... Hertz Entertainment/Shauna Neeld Physical Therapy .......... Neuro Tour Physical Therapy CREDITS Scenery fabrication by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Groups, LLC, New Windsor, NY. Lighting equipment provided by PRG Lighting, Secaucus, NJ. Sound equipment provided

by Masque Sound. Costumes by Eric Winterling, Inc; Gilberto Designs, Inc.; Katrina Patterns; Izquierdo Studios, Ltd; Studio Rouge, Inc. Millinery by Rodney Gordon, Inc. Custom fabric printing by First 2 Print LLC.; Jeff Fender Studios; Eyewear provided by Dr. Wayne Goldberg. Custom footwear by LaDuca Shoes, Inc., Props executed by Cigar Box Studios, Tom Carroll Scenery, Jerard Studios, Deadalus Design and Production, Joe Cairo, J&M Special Effects, Jeremy Lydic, Josh Yoccom, Anna Light. Wigs made by Hudson Wigs. Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics. Keyboards from Yamaha Corporation of America. Drums by Pearl Drums. Cymbals provided by Zildjian Cymbals.

SPECIAL THANKS John Barlow, Lisa Gajda, Angela Howard, Bruce Howell, Beth Johnson-Nicely, Sarah Kooperkamp, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Katie Lopez, Annie Lopez, Kathy Lopez, Frank Lopez, Billy Lopez, Brian Shepherd, Eric Stough, Boogie Tillmon, The Vineyard Theatre, Darlene Wilson.

Souvenir merchandise designed and created by The Araca Group.

Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios.

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

The musicians, conductors, music preparation personnel and librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The press agents and company managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

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KATRINA KEMP RICHARD KOONS CASEY LYONS JAKE HESTON MILLER MARY MICHAEL PATTERSON STEPHEN PETROVICH SEAN THOMPSON and

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CAST (In Order of Appearance)

The Phantom ..................................................................................... GARDAR THOR CORTES Fleck ................................................................................................................... KATRINA KEMP Gangle ....................................................................................................STEPHEN PETROVICH Squelch ............................................................................................................RICHARD KOONS Meg Giry .................................................................................. MARY MICHAEL PATTERSON Madame Giry ..................................................................................................... KAREN MASON Christine Daaé ........................................................................................... MEGHAN PICERNO Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny ..........................................................................SEAN THOMPSON Gustave....................................................................................................................CASEY LYONS JAKE MILLER Ensemble ...................................................................... CHELSEY ARCE, DIANA DiMARZIO, TYLER DONAHUE, YESY GARCIA, TAMAR GREENE, NATALIA LEPORE HAGAN, LAUREN LUKACEK, ALYSSA McANANY, RACHEL ANNE MOORE, BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY, DAVE SCHOONOVER, JOHN SWAPSHIRE IV, KELLY SWINT, LUCAS THOMPSON, ARTHUR WISE

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific notice is posted at the time of performance

For The Phantom: MICHAEL GILLIS, BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY; for Christine: ALYSSA GIANNETTI, RACHEL ANNE MOORE; for Madame Giry: DIANA DiMARZIO, LAUREN LUKACEK; for Raoul: MICHAEL GILLIS, DAVE SCHOONOVER; for Meg: ALYSSA McANANY, KELLY SWINT; for Fleck: YESY GARCIA, KELLY SWINT; for Squelch: LUCAS JOHN THOMPSON, ARTHUR WISE; for Gangle: TYLER DONAHUE, DAVE SCHOONOVER

SWINGS ERIN CHUPINSKY, ALYSSA GIANNETTI, ADAM SONIAK, CORREY WEST Dance Captain: ERIN CHUPINSKY Assistant Dance Captain: CHELSEY ARCE

MUSICIANS Music Director/Conductor – Dale Rieling Assistant Conductor/Keys 3 – Eric Kang; Keys 1 – Dominic Raffa; Keys 2 – David Robison; Concertmaster – Dmitriy Melkumov; Viola – Alex Wong; Cello – Nick Donatelle; Reed 1 – Jessica Lipstone; Reed 2 – Garrett Hack; Reed 3 – Nathaniel Hoshal French Horn – Hector J. Rodriquez; Trumpet – Gary Cordell; Bass Trombone/Tuba – Ric Becker Contra Bass – Lisa Stokes; Percussion – Aaron Nix Keyboard Programmer – Stuart Andrews Gardar Thor Cortes is appearing with the permission of Actors' Equity Association pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity 34

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CAST

SEAN THOMPSON

GARDAR THOR CORTES

MEGHAN PICERNO

MARY MICHAEL PATTERSON

CASEY LYONS

KATRINA KEMP

RICHARD KOONS

JAKE HESTON MILLER

STEPHEN PETROVICH

KAREN MASON

CHELSEY ARCE

ERIN CHUPINSKI

DIANA DiMARZIO

TYLER DONAHUE

YESY GARCIA

ALYSSA GIANNETTI

MICHAEL GILLIS

TAMAR GREENE

NATALIA LEPORE HAGAN

LAUREN LUKACEK

ALYSSA McANANY

RACHEL ANNE MOORE

BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY

DAVE SCHOONOVER

ADAM SONIAK

JOHN SWAPSHIRE IV

KELLY SWINT

LUCAS THOMPSON

CORREY WEST

ARTHUR WISE

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I

Prologue ‘Til I Hear You Sing ....................................................................................................................... The Phantom Scene 1 – Coney Island 1907 The Coney Island Waltz ............................................................................. Gangle, Squelch, Fleck, Ensemble Scene 2 – Onstage at Phantasma Only For You ...............................................................................................................................Meg, Ensemble Scene 3 – Madame Giry’s Office Mother Did You See? .......................................................................................................... Meg, Madame Giry Christine Disembarks Scene 4 – Pier 69 Arrival of the Trio ................................................................Gustave, Gangle, Squelch, Fleck, The Phantom The Journey to Coney Island Scene 5 – The Hotel What a Dreadful Town!...........................................................................................Raoul, Gustave, Christine Look With Your Heart.......................................................................................................... Christine, Gustave Beneath a Moonless Sky ..............................................................................................The Phantom, Christine Once Upon Another Time ...........................................................................................Christine, The Phantom Mother Please, I’m Scared...........................................................................Gustave, Christine, The Phantom Scene 6 – Backstage Bathing Beauty Rehearsal ...................................................................................................... Meg, Ensemble Dear Old Friend ...................................................................................Meg, Christine, Madame Giry, Raoul Scene 7 – The Lair Beautiful ................................................................................Gangle, Fleck, Squelch, Gustave, The Phantom The Beauty Underneath .............................................................................The Phantom, Gustave, Ensemble The Phantom Confronts Christine .............................................................................The Phantom, Christine Ten Long Years .............................................................................................................................. Madame Giry

ACT II

Entr’acte Scene 1 – The Bar Why Does She Love Me? ...................................................................................................................Raoul, Meg Devil Take The Hindmost .................................................................................................The Phantom, Raoul Scene 2 – The Invitation Invitation to the Concert .............................................................................................. Gangle, Squelch, Fleck Scene 3 – Bathing Beauty Bathing Beauty ...........................................................................................................................Meg, Ensemble Scene 4 – Madame Giry’s Office Mother Did You Watch?..................................................................................................... Meg, Madame Giry Scene 5 – The Dressing Room Before the Performance .................................................................. Gustave, Christine, Raoul, The Phantom Scene 6 – Backstage Devil Take the Hindmost (Quartet) ....................................................Gustave, Raoul, Phantom, Giry, Meg Scene 7 – Love Never Dies Love Never Dies .................................................................................................................................... Christine Scene 8 – The Dressing Room Ah, Christine! .............................................The Phantom, Christine, Raoul, Squelch, Fleck, Madame Giry Scene 9 – Streets of Coney Island Streets of Coney Island ...............................................................................................Meg, Gustave, Ensemble Scene 10 – The Pier Please, Miss Giry.................................................................................................. Gustave, Meg, The Phantom Conclusion ...................................................................................................................Christine, The Phantom 36

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST GARDAR THOR CORTES (The Phantom) Opera: Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte), Fenton (Falstaff ), Alfredo (La Traviata), Rinucchio (Gianni Schicchi), Italian singer (Der Rosenkavalier), Vakula (Cherevichki), Chanfalla (Das Wundertheater), Il duca (Rigoletto), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Rodolfo (La Boheme) and Don Jose (Carmen). Theatre: Curly (Oklahoma), Tony (West Side Story), Raoul (Phantom of the Opera) Phantom (Lover Never Dies) TV: Nonni in the internationally acclaimed television series Nonni and Manni. CD: Cortes (2007) - nominated for Classical Brit Album of the Year, When You Say You Love Me (2008), Island (2011), Phantom Of the Opera Live (2011), I’m Still Here (with Elaine Paige) (2015.) Gardar is thrilled to be making his U.S. debut with Love Never Dies.

SEAN THOMPSON (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny) Broadway: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard opposite Glenn Close (as Joe Gillis understudy, also: ensemble, original revival cast).

Select regional: Kiss Me, Kate (Fred/Petruchio, Barrymore Award nomination); Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson, Henry Award nomination); The Last Romance (Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, Theater Colorado); August: Osage County (Steve); Rumors (Glenn); several shows at the Walnut Street Theatre; two prior productions of Sunset Boulevard (Media Theatre, Signature Theatre). Concerts from New York City to San Francisco, where he performed live on PBS from the famous Castro Theatre. Proud graduate of Temple University, Philadelphia. For the dreamers. For Patty. @oneseanthompson

MEGHAN PICERNO (Christine Daaé) Opera: Cunegonde (Candide/New York City Opera); Olympia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Marie (La fille du régiment), La Fée (Cendrillon), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor). Off-Broadway: The Dreyfus Affair (Ensemble of the Romantic Century), Musicals in Mufti: From Berlin to Broadway (York Theatre Company). Concerts: San Francisco Symphony, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Birdland, Appel Room. Competitions: Plácido Domingo’s Operalia International Vocal Competition (London’s Royal Opera House). So much love and gratitude to my family, creatives, fairy godmothers, wonderful team, Uzan International Artists, Tara Rubin Casting, and Hal Prince for introducing me to the wonderful world of musical theater! meghanpicerno.com Instagram: @meghanpicerno

MARY MICHAEL PATTERSON (Meg Giry) Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway), Anything Goes (Broadway), Liesl in The Sound of Music (Carnegie Hall), Marianne in Sense and Sensibility (Denver Center), Judy in White Christmas (Syracuse Stage), Kathy in Singin’ in the Rain (PCLO, MTW, Marriott Theatre), Cosette in Les Miserables (Casa Manana), and Young Woman in Luck Be a Lady (Asolo Rep). Numerous shows at the St. Louis MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, and appearances with the American Pops Orchestra.

Mary Michael is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan. Love to Cary, Massimo, Jacque, and Katelyn. For Michael. marymichaelpatterson.com

KAREN MASON (Madame Giry) Broadway: Wonderland (The Queen of Hearts), Hairspray (Velma), Mamma Mia (Tanya) (2002 Drama Desk nomination as Best Actress), Sunset Boulevard (Norma Desmond), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Torch Song Trilogy. Off-Broadway/ Regional: Chasing Rainbows/Goodspeed Opera House, CT (Kay Koverman), A Christmas Story (Miss Shields), And The World Goes ‘Round (Westside Theatre, NYC), Carnival/The York Theatre (Drama Desk Nomination for Best Supporting Actress).

Concert/Cabaret: Carnegie Hall, Teatro Liceu, Lincoln Center, Feinstein’s, The Kennedy Center, etc. A 12-time MAC Award winner, she has 7 solo CDs, including Better Days, which has the Emmy® Award-winning song, Hold Me. Ms. Mason’s CDs sold in lobby. karenmason.com

KATRINA KEMP (Fleck) made her acting/ stuntwoman professional debut embodying Chucky the Killer Doll at Universal Studios Hollywood. She’s a Los Angeles native starring in the circus, Cirque Berzerk, several music videos (Rihanna), and guest star roles on television (RuPaul’s Drag Race, Man Seeking Woman, Faking It, The Eric Andre Show, American Horror Story, Fameless.) Katrina graduated in TV Production from Cal State University Northridge before twerking her way across South America with Miley Cyrus on the BANGERZ International Tour in 2014. She dedicates her performances to: “Beals/ Kemp fam, R.A.I.D. and the freaks I call my friends. #OneOfUs.” (KMR Talent Agency) RICHARD KOONS (Squelch) is beyond thrilled to be a part of Love Never Dies. He is a graduate of The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (MM in Vocal Performance). Credits include: Hairspray (Edna), Les Miserables (Valjean), Cats (Old Deuteronomy), The Secret Garden (Archibald), TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye), A Christmas Carol (Christmas Present), Seussical (Horton), Titanic the Musical (Etches). Special thanks: Kathy Olsen at Encompass Arts, Tara Rubin Casting, and my ever supportive friends and family Joyce, Ed, Rhys, and Russell. For you Mom! richardkoons.net STEPHEN PETROVICH (Gangle) Dream come true! Tour: Beauty and the Beast (u/s Lumiere).

Regional: North Shore, Theatre by the Sea, MGR Playhouse, Moonlight Amphitheatre, WV Public Theatre, Arrow Rock Lyceum. Favorites: The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow & Tin Man), The Drowsy Chaperone (Robert), Spamalot, La Cage, Hairspray (3x), 42nd Street. BFA Musical Theatre: The Boston Conservatory. Thank you Kristen Blodgette and Tara Rubin Casting! Love to Mom, Dad, NM & Harry. @stephenpetrovich CASEY J. LYONS (Gustave) is thrilled to play Gustave in Love Never Dies. Previous credits: Michael in Mary Poppins (Mercury Theater Chicago), First Genie in The Magic Flute (Lyric Opera Chicago), Harold Baxter in Hazel: A Musical Maid in America (Drury Lane), Hero Boy in The Polar Express Train Ride Chicago (Union Station), Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane). Casey would like to thank Roberta Duchak and Scott Calcagno for vocal and acting training, as well as Stewart Talent and his family and friends for their love and support. “Blessed be God in all of his designs.” caseylyons.me JAKE HESTON MILLER (Gustav) is thrilled to make his National Tour debut! Most recently seen as Fletcher Blake in the co-production tour of Disney’s Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse and Alley Theatre). New York: Radio City Music Hall Rockette’s Summer Spectacular, Soloist USTA U.S. Open, School of Rock Promo tour. Regional: Oliver in Oliver! (Arena Stage), Tiny Tim in Scrooge No More! (Busch Gardens). Voice Over: Eep the mouse in Mother Goose Club, Mighty I.T., Kobe Bryant’s MuseCage. Love to J4 and my village.

Thank you Eddie at Take3, Elysabeth, Joe, Tara Rubin Casting and this amazing creative team.

Follow @jakesings05 CHELSEY ARCE (Ensemble, Assistant Dance Captain) Broadway: Cirque Du Soleil’s Paramour.

Tours: Memphis, Evita (First Nationals). Daniel Ezralow’s OPEN. Regional: Guys & Dolls at The Old Globe and BSC’s, STC’s Forum. Film/TV Credits: Kennedy Center Honors, Ted 2, AMICI, Sochi 38

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Olympics. Graduate of The Boston Conservatory. *Helen Hayes Nominee. Special thanks to BlocNYC, Tara Rubin, Scouch, as well as her family and friends for all their continued love and support. @ChelseyArce ERIN CHUPINSKY (Dance Captain/Swing) Off Broadway: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. Tours: Hello, Dolly!, CATS, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wonderful Town (First National). Regional Favorites: The Tempest (Ariel), Beauty and the Beast (Babette), Chicago, Victor Victoria.

Training: BFA, Western Michigan University.

LAMDA (London). Erin has run 24 marathons and is an ironman triathlete. Endless gratitude to Kristen, and the LND team! erinchupinsky.com @erinchupinsky DIANA DiMARZIO (Ensemble, u/s Madame Giry) Broadway: The Visit/Annie Dummermut (cast recording), Sweeney Todd/Beggar Woman (cast recording); National tours: Light in the Piazza, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Man of La Mancha; Regional: Williamstown Theater Festival: June Moon, The Visit, Ten Cents a Dance, McCarter, American Conservatory Theater, Sweeney Todd w/Münchner Rundfunkorchester (cast recording) and Virginia Opera. Oklahoma w/Charlottesville Opera.

Soprano soloist w/various symphonies. Graduate Carnegie Mellon University. dianadimarzio.com TYLER DONAHUE (Ensemble, u/s Gangle) National tour debut! Originally from Texas, Tyler has performed both in his home state and abroad. International: Love Never Dies in Hamburg, Germany; Sing-Along in Madrid, Spain. Regional: The Most Happy Fella (Pasquale), Oklahoma!, Sweeney Todd, Hair (Margaret Meade), Cabaret, Rocky Horror Show.

Love to Jorge, Mom, Dad and Jed. YESY GARCIA (Ensemble, u/s Fleck) is thrilled to be making her tour debut with Love Never Dies!

Credits include: Mamma Mia! (RCCL) and In The Heights (TUTS). Thanks to my family, friends, Ash and CTG for the endless love and support!

Instagram: @_yesygarcia ALYSSA GIANNETTI (Swing, u/s Christine Daaé) is beyond thrilled to be making her professional debut with Love Never Dies! Originally from Detroit, Mich., Alyssa recently graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Opera Performance. Grazie mille to my incredible family, friends, mentors, and the Professional Artists team for their endless support. @agiannetti22 alyssagiannetti.com

WHO’S WHO in the CAST MICHAEL GILLIS (Ensemble, u/s Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, The Phantom) is overjoyed to be part of the Love Never Dies tour. He was recently Harry Bright in Mamma Mia. Other credits: Raoul in Phantom of the Opera, Tony in West Side Story, and Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. All my love to the family and je t’aime Boop. michaelgillis.net TAMAR GREENE (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of the LND Company! Broadway National Tour/NYC: The Golden Apple (NY City Center, Ensemble), After Midnight (NCL, Quartet Leader), The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Fisherman), Show Boat (Lincoln Center PBS, Charlie). Regional: Sister Act (Curtis), Ragtime (Booker T Washington), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey II). Much Love!

TamarGreene.com NATALIA LEPORE HAGAN (Ensemble) is overjoyed to be a part of this production. She recently appeared as Anytime Annie in the 42nd Street National Tour. She has performed in regional theaters across the country, Off-Broadway, and on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. She would like to lovingly thank her family, mentors and Hudson Artists Agency!

LAUREN LUKACEK (Ensemble, u/s Madame Giry) Tours: R+H’s Cinderella (First National u/s Marie, u/s Madame), My Fair Lady (Int’l - u/s Eliza). Regional: The Sound of Music (Maria), White Christmas (Betty), Beauty and the Beast (Babette), Carousel (Carrie); plus NSMT, Ogunquit, Engeman. B.F.A. Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory. Proud member of Actor’s Equity.

For my family. laurenlukacek.com ALYSSA McANANY (Ensemble, u/s Meg Giry) National/ International Tour: Joseph… Technicolor Dreamcoat (u/s Narrator). Favorite Credits: Guys and Dolls (Adelaide), Miss Saigon (Gigi), Mamma Mia! (Ali). Love and gratitude to my incredible family, friends, and everyone at Tara Rubin Casting!

Psalm 23. alyssamcanany.com @alyssamcanany RACHEL ANNE MOORE (Ensemble, u/s Christine Daaé) Opera: Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Abigail Williams (The Crucible), Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Kathie (The Student Prince) and Frasquita (Carmen). Musical Theater: Carlotta Giudicelli (Das Phantom der Oper) and Christine Daaé (Liebe Stirbt Nie). BM Indiana University. MM University of Tennessee – 2008 Spivey Humanities Fellowship recipient.

BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY (Ensemble, u/s The Phantom) comes directly from The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway where he has been seen as Raoul (and nine other roles!) Nat’l Tour: Cats (30th Anniversary); Regional: 40+ roles at some really fun places! Endless gratitude to KB and our inspiring creative team. For my family. Follow me @BronsonBiz! DAVE SCHOONOVER (Ensemble, u/s Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, u/s Gangle) National Tours: Young Frankenstein, White Christmas, Cats. Off Broadway: The Fantasticks. Regional: The Muny, TUTS, Goodspeed, Huntington Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Pennsylvania Shakes, Finger Lakes MTF, Westchester Broadway, The Hippodrome Theatre, Arrow Rock Lyceum, Forestburgh Playhouse. Thanks to The Mine. BFA UWSP. Proud AEA member. LtoR. @schoonyman ADAM SONIAK (Swing) is thrilled to be a part of the American premiere of this beautiful show.

Tours: West Side Story (international.) Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, Westchester Broadway, Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival. Love and thanks to his amazing family for their continued support. @ajsoniak JOHN SWAPSHIRE IV (Ensemble) St. Louis, Missouri native. He graduated from CVPA HS. He trained under the direction of Lee Nolting and Alicia Graf Mac at C.O.C.A. B.F.A in Dance from the UMKC. He’s performed with St. Louis Black Repertory Theater, Wylliams Henry Contemporary Dance Company, Dirty Dancing National Tour.

He’s also performed internationally in China.

KELLY SWINT (Ensemble, u/s Meg, u/s Fleck) is overjoyed to be a part of this beautiful show!

She is originally from Albany, N.Y. and a recent Wagner College graduate. Kelly was last seen in the workshop for Austen’s Pride as Lydia Bennet.

Special thanks to my family and Nicolosi & Co. for their constant support! For more info visit kellyswint.com LUCAS THOMPSON (Ensemble, u/s Squelch) Broadway: Cats (Neil Simon Theatre). Regional: Hello Dolly! (Riverside), The Music Man (TUTS), La Cage aux Folles (North Shore), Good News!

(Goodspeed). BM/MM Jacobs School of Music.

Infinite thanks to the LND team, DHA, and Tara Rubin Casting. Endless love to my family and Andy. @lucasjohnthompson

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST CORREY WEST (Swing) Broadway: Nice Work If You Can Get It, South Pacific; National Tours: Anything Goes (1st National), 42nd Street; N.Y. Theatre: Showboat (Lincoln Center), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular; Regional Theatres Include: Virginia Stage Company, North Shore Music Theatre, Capital Rep, Cape Playhouse, Barrington Stage Company, Riverside Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company.

ARTHUR WISE (Ensemble) Nat’l tour of My Fair Lady. Regionally: The Unfortunates, Ah, Wilderness! (ACT) Guys and Dolls (GLTF), August Osage County (White Plains PAC), White Christmas (Arkansas Rep). Graduated Baldwin Wallace MT program and recent grad of ACT’s MFA program. See him in the current reboot of The Tick on Amazon.

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Producer, Composer, Book and Orchestrations) When Sunset Boulevard joined School Of Rock, Cats and The Phantom Of The Opera on Broadway in February 2017, Andrew Lloyd Webber became the only person to equal the record set in 1953 by Rodgers and Hammerstein with four Broadway shows running concurrently. Other musicals he has composed include Aspects Of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and Love Never Dies. His production of School Of Rock is the first British musical to have world premiered on Broadway. He has co-produced his own shows including Cats and The Phantom Of The Opera and as a solo producer, he presented the groundbreaking Bombay Dreams which introduced the double Oscar®-winning Bollywood composer AR Rahman to the Western stage. He owns seven West End Theatres including the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the Palladium, and most recently, the St James which reopened this year as The Other Palace to provide a unique London home for new musicals in development.

He is passionate about the importance of music in education and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has become one of Britain’s leading charities supporting the arts and in 2016, the foundation funded a major new national initiative which endowed the American Theatre Wing with a $1.3 million, three-year grant to support theatre education opportunities for underserved young people and public schools across the U.S. His awards, both as composer and producer, include seven Tonys®, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe®, an Oscar, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, 40

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a BASCA Fellowship, the Kennedy Center Honor and a Grammy® for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, his setting of the Latin Requiem mass which contains one of his best known compositions, Pie Jesu. He was knighted

by Her Majesty The Queen in 1992 and created an honorary member of the House of Lords in 1997.

BEN ELTON (Book) Prolific author of numerous No. 1 hit novels (including Stark, Gridlock, Popcorn and Dead Famous) and award-winning television comedy series (including The Young Ones, The Thin Blue Line and Blackadder), Ben Elton is also one of the U.K.’s most successful and influential stand-up comics. He has also achieved success in television and film as an actor, writer and director. He wrote and directed the film Maybe Baby which starred Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson. He supplied the book for and also directed We Will Rock You, the colossal hit musical based on the songs of Queen, which has played to millions of people worldwide.

With Andrew Lloyd Webber, he wrote book and lyrics for The Beautiful Game which won the London Critics’ Circle Award for Best Musical and which they have recently re-worked as The Boys in the Photograph, a production of which Ben has directed himself in Canada.

GLENN SLATER (Book) is a three-time Tony® nominee for the international hit musicals The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, and School of Rock, and a co-creator of Disney’s worldwide smash Tangled (Grammy® Winner, Oscar® and Golden Globe® noms). With frequent collaborator Alan Menken, he wrote the songs for the current Broadway hit A Bronx Tale, as well as the animated comedy Sausage Party, Disney’s Home On The Range, and Broadway’s Leap of Faith; for TV, the team penned the ABC cult series Galavant (Emmy® nominee) and the Disney Channel’s Tangled: The Series.

Most recently, Glenn wrote the book for Beatsville (with composer/lyricist/wife Wendy Wilf), which debuted at Sarasota’s Asolo Rep. FREDERICK FORSYTH (Book) Having been the youngest pilot in the Royal Air Force at the age of 19, Frederick Forsyth went on to a career in journalism which saw him working for The Eastern Daily Press and, during the 1960s, for Reuters and the BBC in Paris, East and West Germany and Czechoslovakia. As a freelancer, he reported from the Nigeria-Biafran conflict. He is best known as the author of highly successful thrillers including The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Dogs

WHO’S WHO in the CAST of War and The Fourth Protocol, all of which were subsequently filmed.

CHARLES HART (Additional Lyrics) was born in London and educated in Maidenhead and Cambridge. He has written words for musicals, (The Phantom of the Opera and Aspects of Love), opera (The Vampyr, BBC 2) and miscellaneous songs, as well as both words and music for television (Watching, Split Ends, Granda TV) and radio (Love Songs, BBC Radio 2). Other work includes radio presenting, vocal coaching, accompanying, musical direction and musical arrangement and translation. From 1990-1993, he served as a council member for the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. He is the recipient of two Ivor Novello Awards and has been twice nominated for a Tony Award®.

SIMON PHILLIPS (Director) began his career in New Zealand before emigrating to Australia in 1984. He was appointed Artistic Director of the State Theatre Company of South Australia from 1990-94 and Artistic Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company from 2000-11. His directing credits range from contemporary and Shakespearean classics to musicals to opera. He has also directed the premieres of many new works by leading Australian writers. Apart from Love Never Dies, Simon’s musical credits include Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Oliver!, Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cabaret, High Society, Company, The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Urinetown the Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

He has received eight Australian Green Room Awards and five Helpmann Awards, the most recent being Best New Australian Work, for Ladies in Black, a new musical he created with Tim Finn and his wife, Carolyn Burns.

GABRIELA TYLESOVA (Scenic and Costume Designer) is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed designer. Gabriela was born in former Czechoslovakia and studied art in both Europe and Australia, graduating in Design at NIDA in 2000.

Gabriela has won multiple awards including: seven Helpmann Awards, five Green Room Awards, four Australian Production Design Guild Awards and three Sydney Theatre Awards. Some career highlights include designing Love Never Dies, Cosi Fan Tutte, Sweeney Todd, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Pillowman, Urinetown and the Broadway musical adaptation of First Wives Club (USA). Gabriela has currently completed design for A Flea in her

Ear for Sydney Theatre Company, illustrated The Sleeping Beautify book and is designing sets and costumes for the new musical Muriel’s Wedding. gabrielatylesova.com GRAEME MURPHY AO (Choreographer) was born in Melbourne and studied at The Australian Ballet School. He has danced with The Australian Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Ballet (London) and Ballets Félix Blaska (France). During his 31-year tenure as the artistic director of Sydney Dance Company, he created more than 50 works, including 30 fulllength productions. He was named Cultural Leader of the Year (2004) by the Australian Business Arts Foundation; listed among Australia’s 50 Most Glamorous Exports at a special celebration hosted by the Australian Government and Austrade (2005) and received the Award for Contribution to Cultural Exchange by the Ministry of Culture, the People’s Republic of China (2008). Select directing and choreographic credits include Metamorphosis, Turandot, Salome, The Trojans, Aida (Opera Australia), Swan Lake, Firebird, The Torvill and Dean World Tour Company and more. He also choreographed Death in Venice (Canadian Opera Company); Samson et Dalila (The Metropolitan Opera, New York) and the movie Mao’s Last Dancer.

NICK SCHLIEPER (Lighting Designer) designs for all of the major Australian theatre and opera companies, and works regularly in Europe and the USA. One of Australia’s most highly awarded designers, he has received six Melbourne Green Room Awards, five Sydney Critics Awards, and five national Helpmann Awards. International work includes productions in London (West End, The Barbican and the Royal Shakespeare Company) Tokyo, Toronto, the Kennedy Center Washington and on Broadway, The Lincoln Center and BAM in N.Y. In Europe, he has designed for the State Theatre companies of Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Norway, as well as the Hamburg State Opera and the Salzburg Festival. Nick is a regular guest with Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company and Opera Australia.

MICK POTTER (Sound Designer) has designed the sound for over 100 musicals worldwide including Broadway and West End productions of School Of Rock (Drama Desk Award nominee), Les Misérables (Tony Award® nominee, Helpmann Award, Broadway World Audience Award Canada), The Phantom of the Opera (Parnelii Award), Miss Saigon (Broadway World Audience TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST Award, London), Love Never Dies (Green Room Award, Helpmann Award nominee), The Woman in White (Olivier Award), Cats (Drama Desk Award nominee), Evita, Bombay Dreams, Saturday Night Fever, Sunset Boulevard (starring Glenn Close), From Here To Eternity, Betty Blue Eyes, The Wizard Of Oz, Sister Act, Joseph, Zorro The Musical, The Sound Of Music, Half A Sixpence, Carousel.

DAVID CULLEN (Orchestrations) has worked mainly as an orchestrator of musicals, most notably those of Andrew Lloyd Webber – Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, By Jeeves, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game and The Woman in White. Other select musicals which he has orchestrated include Abbacadabra, Jeeves, Children of Eden and three London revivals – CanCan, The Baker’s Wife and Carmen Jones. He both arranged and produced the albums Music of the Night for Cantabile and Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber for Julian Lloyd Webber. Film and TV: Jesus Christ Superstar (Really Useful Films). David has orchestrated much film and television and provided the orchestrations for the Disney productions of Cinderella and Geppetto. He won the New York Drama Desk Award for his orchestrations of The Phantom of the Opera and was nominated again the following year for Aspects of Love.

KRISTEN BLODGETTE (Music Supervisor) recently served as Musical Director and Conductor of the Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close. Kristen has been the Associate Musical Supervisor for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway since 1988 and supervised 17 subsequent companies of Phantom worldwide. She is the Musical Supervisor of the Broadway revival of Cats and was the Associate Musical Supervisor for Cats (original Broadway, tours, Copenhagen).

Kristen supervised the production of Love Never Dies in Hamburg. Additional Broadway: Evita, Mary Poppins, Love Musik, The Woman in White, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Little Night Music, original Sunset Boulevard and rehearsal pianist for Carrie with Betty Buckley.

GAVIN MITFORD (Associate Director) Gavin is a London-based theatre director. He has a long standing association with the Really Useful Group, as an original member of the creative team on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s productions of The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz and Love Never Dies.

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developed as Associate Director to Jeremy Sams (U.K.), Simon Phillips (Aust.) and John Stephenson (U.K. film director). He also directed the Australian premiere of Vernon God Little, by Tanya Ronder at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney in 2012. Gavin has choreographed for dance companies, film and the theatre industry, including his productions E-Motor, The Local Stigmatic and The Secret Garden.

In film, Gavin was an Assistant Choreographer on Tim Burton’s production of Sweeney Todd and The Duchess. Gavin was also a member of the Mass Choreographic team for the Opening Ceremonies of the London Olympics 2012 and the Winter Olympics, Sochi Russia 2014.

SIMONE SAULT (Associate Choreographer) trained at National Theatre Ballet, Australia.

Film/TV: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, Kath N Kimderella, Baby Ballroom (Ch. 5 UK TV), Eric Idle’s Entire Universe (BBC), Galavant, NINE “Take it All” demo (Rob Marshall), 50th Anniversary Coronation Street, Sadie Jones, Royal Variety Performance, Strictly Come Dancing (BBC) and more. Theatre/ Creative: Liebe Stirbt Nie, Helene Fischer Show, Fings Aint Wot They Used to Be, Most Incredible Thing, London Olympics/Sochi Games/Glasgow, Will Tuckett’s Immersive Nutcracker, Chicago the Musical (London, Australia), On The Town (Eno/Paris), Sinatra at the London Palladium, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Sadlers Wells) and The Phantom of the Opera. Dance Company: Sydney Dance Company.

EDWARD PIERCE (Design Supervisor) operates a NYC-based design studio specializing in the production design of Broadway, touring and international live stage productions.

Select Broadway designs: Wicked [including all international productions]; Bright Star, Amazing Grace, Holler If Ya Hear Me, The Other Place; A Streetcar Named Desire; Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It. Notable Broadway collaborations include Billy Elliot; Pippin; 9 to 5; The Pirate Queen; Chaplin; Aida; the original Ragtime; Cabaret. TV production design for NBC’s variety show Maya & Marty and NBC Universal Kids Sprout House.

Edward represents designers as a trustee on the Executive Board of the United Scenic Artists Local 829 Union and supports the industry as a member on the Advisory Board of the American Theatre Wing and the Tony Award® Administration Committee. edwardpierce.com CHRIS TWYMAN (Associate Lighting Designer) works extensively in theatre, dance, opera, concerts

WHO’S WHO in the CAST and events in the field of Lighting Design and Multimedia. As an Associate Lighting Designer, Chris has worked on Speed to Plow, Face to Face, Uncle Vanya, Elling, The Wonderful World of Dissocia, War of the Roses…and more for Sydney Theatre Company. Other credits include: Six Breaths for Sydney Dance Company, Patygarang for Bangarra Dance Theatre, Love Never Dies (Australia, Japan, Germany), Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Australia, Italy, Brazil), and Dirty Dancing.

Chris’s work in the multimedia field includes Love Never Dies, Fame the Musical and Die Tote Stadt & Bliss for Opera Australia.

TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting) Selected Broadway: Prince of Broadway, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Gigi, Bullets Over Broadway, Aladdin, Les Misérables, The Heiress, How to Succeed.., Billy Elliot, Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera. Off-Broadway: The Band’s Visit; Here Lies Love; Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional: Yale Repertory Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, The Old Globe, Asolo Rep. TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT (Tour Management) has been an innovator in touring musical theater productions for over two decades, producing shows throughout North, Central, and South America, Europe and Asia. Additionally, the company is experienced in casino and leisure markets. Current and upcoming productions include An American in Paris, The Bodyguard, Love Never Dies, On Your Feet!, School of Rock and The Color Purple. With strong ties to the Broadway community, TROIKA prides itself on delivering top quality productions to audiences worldwide.

Please visit us at troika.com.

RANDALL A. BUCK (Executive Producer) has produced over 50 productions across the globe for TROIKA Entertainment. Before joining TROIKA in 1999, Mr. Buck was vice president and general manager for Livent in Toronto. While working for Livent, he managed productions such as Fosse, Ragtime, Show Boat, Music of the Night, and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Mr. Buck was a stage manager for more than 20 years, surviving a year with Mary Martin and Carol Channing in Jimmy Kirkwood’s Legends!, a year in Japan with Siegfried & Roy, opening The Phantom of the Opera

Music Box Company and opening Show Boat! on Broadway. Since beginning as an apprentice with The Kenley Players in the late ’60s, he has had the privilege of working closely with visionaries such as Twyla Tharp, Susan Stroman, Hal Prince, Joe Layton and Josh Logan, plus hundreds of stars. Mr. Buck had the privilege of recently serving on the board for the National Alliance of Music Theater.

Randy is currently living happily-ever-after in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife, Angela, and their daughter, Sierra Ashley Buck.

MICHAEL ORSINO (Producer) has enjoyed over a decade working around the world with TROIKA Entertainment, touring several years as a stage manager and company manager before landing in the office. A Philadelphia native and a graduate of DeSales University, Mr. Orsino is pleased to have settled down in Maryland with his wife Anissa, a fellow tour veteran and their sons Cameron and Carson.

MICHELLE JONES (Producer) joined TROIKA in 2017 as the company’s CFO. In this role, she is responsible for the financial, administrative, and human resources aspects of the company. She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from University of Baltimore and a joint M.S. in Accounting and Business Advisory Services from Towson University and University of Baltimore. Ms. Jones is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a parttime adjunct professor at University of Maryland Baltimore County.

KAREN BERRY (General Manager) Currently: An American in Paris, On Your Feet. Project Manager: Christopher Wheeldon’s Nutcracker. Selected Chicago GM credits: Old Jews Telling Jokes, Million Dollar Quartet, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Bleacher Bums, Driving Miss Daisy, Shirley Valentine, Steel Magnolias, and Pump Boys and Dinettes. Broadway management credits include Carrie, Quilters, Asinamali and Showboat.

DAVID LAI (Music Coordinator) Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Come From Away, Sunset Boulevard, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, Mary Poppins, and Riverdance, Grammy® and Emmy® winner (six-time nominee) Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming, Lang Lang.

TALITHA FEHR (Music Coordinator) dedicates her work on Love Never Dies to her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya. Career highlights include Broadway: A Christmas Story, 2010 Vancouver Olympics TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST Ceremonies. National tours: Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Come Fly Away, Evita, Wizard of Oz, Catch Me If You Can, Movin’Out. International: West Side Story, Swing!, Cinderella, The King and I. DALE RIELING (Musical Director). Broadway: Les Misérables (Musical Supervisor/Director, 1997- 2003), Miss Saigon (Musical Director), Mary Poppins, Sunset Boulevard (Associate Conductor). National tour: Les Misérables (Musical Supervisor/ Director), The Phantom of the Opera, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Musical Director), Concerts: Kansas City Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Syracuse Symphony, Boublil and Schönberg’s Do You Hear The People Sing with the Colorado Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and in Mazatlan, Mexico. Northwestern University: Master degree. Wife: Victoria Bussert.

DANIEL S. ROSOKOFF (Production Stage Manager) Broadway: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas, By Jeeves, Swinging On A Star. Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Once, Sister Act, The Addams Family, 9 to 5: The Musical, Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Barry Manilow’s Copacabana, Jolson: The Musical, Joseph. Regional: Many.

ERIC H. MAYER (Stage Manager) Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Sister Act, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat. OffBroadway: 39 Steps, Strawberry and Chocolate, North. Regional highlights: Deathless (Goodspeed), The Tempest (RSC), Five Guys Named Moe, The Story of My Life (CATCO), The Secret Garden (CAPA). Graduate of The Ohio State University.

Love to John, Zoey and Emma.

LAUREN CAVANAUGH (Assistant Stage Manager) National/International Tours: Some of 1000 Words with Wendy Whelan; Elf: The Musical; Mamma Mia!; Ailey II. Off-Broadway: Thank God For Jokes; 3 Mics with Neal Brennan; Queen of the Night, NYC. Regional: Heartless; A Discourse…

World; Swing!; The Sound of Music. B.F.A., Stage Management: Western Michigan University. Love and thanks to Adam.

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AARON QUINTANA (Company Manager) is honored to be part of Love Never Dies. Broadway credits include: Shuffle Along, The Addams Family, Next to Normal. National Tours include: The Lion King, Once the Musical, Dirty Dancing. A Colorado native, would love to thank his family and friends for their ongoing love and support!

JUSTIN COFFMAN (Assistant Company Manager) is ecstatic to join Lover Never Dies!

National Tours include: The Lion King and Dirty Dancing. In NYC, he worked with 101 Productions on shows such as Big Fish, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Of Mice and Men and more. Lots of love to his family and friends!

BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC (Tour Booking, Press and Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company representing award-winning musicals and plays. Currently: Jersey Boys, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, A Bronx Tale, Falsettos, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, Fun Home, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, Bright Star and Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes. bbonyc.com ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (“Equity”), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 actors and stage managers. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an es-sential component of society and advances the ca-reers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health 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

STAFF LOVE NEVER DIES TOUR STAFF GENERAL MANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT GENERAL MANAGER KAREN BERRY Assistant General Manager ..............................Jay Krause PRODUCTION MANAGER Senior Production Manager ............................Laura Dieli Production Manager ......................................... Anna Bate Assistant Production Manager ................ Ártemis López TECHNICAL DIRECTOR RANDY MORELAND COMPANY MANAGER AARON QUINTANA Assistant Company Manager ...................Justin Coffman TOUR BOOKING, ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT, PRESS AND MARKETING BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC Steven Schnepp Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, David Freeland Zach Stevenson, Sean Mackey, Stacey Burns Danny Knaub, Rachel Peterson, Phil Della Noce CASTING TARA RUBIN CASTING Tara Rubin CSA, Lindsay Levine CSA, Eric Woodall CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Kaitlin Shaw CSA, Claire Burke CSA, Felicia Rudolph CSA, Xavier Rubiano PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER .......DANIEL S. ROSOKOFF Stage Manager ................................................................Eric H. Mayer Assistant Stage Manager ...................................... Lauren Cavanaugh Associate Director ........................................................ Gavin Mitford Associate Choreographer ...............................................Simone Sault Dance Captain. ...........................................................Erin Chupinsky Assistant Dance Captain.................................................Chelsey Arce Music Supervisor .....................................................Kristen Blodgette Assistant to Kristen Blodgette......................................David Sawicki Rehearsal Pianist............................................Michael Patrick Walker Sound Designer .................................................................Mick Potter Associate Sound Designer ..............................................Emma James Production Sound ........................................................Colle T. Bustin Head Audio ....................................................................Marc Rongere Assistant Audio ............................................................Zachary Ireson Scenic and Costume Designer .............................. Gabriela Tylesova Design Supervisor ............................................................Eddie Pierce Assistant Scenic Designer......................................................Jen Price Head Carpenter .................................................................Jamie Kurtz Assistant Carpenter - Automation ...........................Justin D’Apolito Assistant Carpenter - Deck ........................................ Chris Belanger Assistant Carpenter - Flyman ................................... Leon Lobsinger Swing Tech................................................................ Jason Sokolowski Production Properties...........................................BrenBri Properties Head of Props............................................................. Andrew Iverson Assistant Props...................................................................Kelly Lasley Associate Costume Designer ...................................Whitney Locher Assistant Costume Designer ...............................................Jess Gersz Head of Wardrobe ......................................................Matty Kelbaugh Assistant Wardrobe ...........................................................Curtis Kelly

Hair, Wigs, & Make-up Designer .......................JJ Janas, Dave Bova Associate Hair, Wigs, & Make-up Designer Kate Casalino Head of Hair ....................................................................Taylor Thiede Assistant Hair ...............................................................Sierra Peterson Lighting Designer .........................................................Nick Schlieper Associate Lighting Designer .......................................Chris Twyman Assistant Lighting Designer ........................................ Adam Honoré Moving Light Programmer ...............................................Joe Allegro Production Electrician .......................................Adam T. Cavanaugh Head Electrician .................................................Adam T. Cavanaugh Assistant Electrician - Deck ...................................Quentin Mariano Assistant Electrician - Spots ......................................... Mark Mallory CM Production Assistant ..............................................Jennifer Scott SM Production Assistant ..................................................... Jack Rhea Tutor & Child Wrangler ...............................................Brandy Heron Merchandising ........................... Creative Goods Merchandise, LLC Physical Therapy .........................................................NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc Production Photography .................................................Joan Marcus Travel Agent ..............................Road Rebel Entertainment Touring Housing Coordinator .........................................................Road Rebel Entertainment Touring For TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT Chief Executive Officer ............................................Randall A. Buck Chief Operating Officer ..........................................Michael J. Orsino Chief Financial Officer. ................................................Michelle Jones Chief Financial Officer Emeritus................................. Donald Kindl General Managers....................................Karen Berry, Jim Lanahan, Mark Johnson Assistant General Managers.............Jay Krause, Arnie VandeBrake Senior Production Manager ..............................................Laura Dieli Production Manager .......................................................Anna E. Bate Assistant Production Manager ...................................Ártemis López Marketing Consultant .......................................................... Amy Katz Booking Manager ....................................................... Doria Montfort Budgeting & Forecasting Manager........................George Lamberty Senior Accountants .........................Lourdes Castillo, Jessica Moore Accounting Clerks ........................ Marite Espinoza, Electra Walker Costume Shop Administrator ..................................Alison M. Smith Warehouse Manager....................................................... Scott Garrish Operations Manager ........................................................James Carey Office Assistant ........................................................ Shaquille Stewart Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios and Lyric Rehearsal Studios.

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

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

Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

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

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

The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited.

Program information provided by the cast and/or production company.

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The Grahams as part of Club Jaeb Alyssa and Doug Graham have spent nearly their entire lives exploring music together. Friends since she was seven and he was nine, they became a couple in their teens, then husband and wife. Somewhere along the way, they also became The Grahams, a dynamic Americana duo who’ve married their love of adventure with a desire to build on foundations laid by their musical predecessors. Their first song-crafting expedition, along the Mississippi’s Great River Road, became their 2013 debut, Riverman’s Daughter. For its follow-up, they rode the rails – and wound up recording not only a studio album, but a documentary and live album on the move and in venues from Sun Studio to Amtrak’s famed City of New Orleans train.

The explosive and aptly named Glory Bound, released in May 2015, was helmed by Grammy®nominated producer Wes Sharon at his recording studio in Norman, Oklahoma. Recording in Oklahoma holds special significance for a couple raised as Dylan-loving New York City suburban kids who spent weekends strumming campfire songs in the Adirondacks. Like many Dylan fans, they traced their way back to his greatest inspiration.

Simultaneously, the band released Rattle the Hocks, a musical documentary focusing on the live recording, and the relationship between the railroad and American roots music. Both film and album were directed and produced by Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars. The Grahams debuted the film at the Folk Alliance International conference in Kansas City.

“After we recorded Riverman’s Daughter, we were listening to a lot of Woody Guthrie,” Alyssa explains. “The song ‘Farmer Labor Train’ kept sticking in our minds, so we wanted to write a song about trains. We wrote ‘Glory Bound,’ then decided that we really wanted to ride the trains in honor of Guthrie, Lead Belly and other old folk legends who used the train system to bring voices together. We had to go to Oklahoma, obviously, because Woody was our mentor or guide.” Adds Doug, “The river was the original way that people got around and moved through the country. And moved music around the country. The rivers are the veins. And now, here we are on trains, the next means of motion, the arteries of America that brought people and music and cultures together. So that had to be the next progression for us.”

The Grahams’ songs for these projects, often co-written with collaborator-since-childhood Bryan McCann, capture the rhythms and energies of that transport system and the momentum of its time, with Doug’s masterful resonator slide-work and harmonies fueling Alyssa’s locomotive voice and acoustic guitar chords. “We’re still our own artists; we’re still living in the modern era,” Doug explains. “We say in the film, and it’s really true, we’re not trying to recreate anything, we’re trying to let the echoes ring in our ears.” “The modern echoes,” Alyssa adds. As the film conveys, they’re still best friends and they love nothing more than making new friends via the communal bond of music.

“The dream,” Doug says, “is to play with as many great people as we can, and share the music as much as we can.” Alyssa explains, “Our songs are pretty simple. Just feel something. Have a good time. Enjoy the music and listen to the echoes.” thegrahamsmusic.net • facebook.com/TheGrahamsMusic • @The GrahamsMusic The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited.

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Nutcracker is presented by Chick-fil-A Tampa Bay. Choreography by Peter Stark, after Marius Petipa

Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Original Set and Costume Design Thom J. Peterson Lighting Design by David Williams and Beau Edwardson

Additional choreography by Philip Neal with Susan Downey, Laurie Jones, Ivonne Lemus, Melissa Stafford

Production Stage Manager Clareann Despain

Costume Coordinator Camille McClellan

Special Guest Artists Patricia Delgado*, Gonzalo Garcia** Sara Mearns**, Amar Ramasar** *courtesy of Miami City Ballet

**courtesy of New York City Ballet

The Performance of Grand Pas de Deux from George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with the George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and the Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the trust.

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The story

It is Christmas Eve in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1893, and the Silberhaus family is hosting a grand party. The festivities are interrupted by Clara’s godfather Uncle Drosselmeyer, a magician who gives Clara a Nutcracker doll. Late at night, Uncle Drosselmeyer returns and calls forth gigantic mice. Before Clara’s eyes, the Nutcracker grows to life size and successfully battles the mice. The Snow King and Queen arrive to bring a cleansing snow TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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storm. The Nutcracker transforms into a charming Prince who takes Clara away in a magic sleigh to the St. Petersburg Square where they are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy, her Cavalier and court of dancers. Slowly, everyone begins to fade away. Clara awakes back in her home to realize it was just a dream – or was it?

The cast KEY: I=Imperial Cast (Thu. 7:00PM), Z=Czarist Cast (Fri. 7:00PM), F=Fabergé Cast (Sat. 2:00PM), M=Mariinsky (Sat 7:00PM) ACT I

Clara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dominika Afanasenkov (F), Olivia Colbert (Z), Abigail White (I, M) Uncle Drosselmeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Belopavlovich Pyotr, Apprentice to Drosselmeyer/Nutcracker Prince . . . . . . . . . Kenny Allen (Z), Avery Jarrard (I, M), Stephen Myer (F) Fritz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Luke Gutierrez (I, M), Ethan Kroll (Z, F) Mrs. Silberhaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron Acree (I, M), Morgan Johns (Z, F) Mr. Silberhaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kavanaugh Gillespie Harlequin Doll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devin Hammond (I, M), Julius Taiber (Z), Tyler Wright (F) Ballerina Doll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Baker (I, M), Sasha Silverman (Z), Daniela Bennetti (F) Toy Soldier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avery Jarrard (Z, F), Stephen Myers (I, M) Grandmother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daryn Diaz (Z, M), Emilie Leyva (I, F) Father Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Beach Maids. . . . . . . . . . . . . Maisee Anderson, Isabella Anderson, Rachel Bai, Arianna Conti, Anna Datseva, Noelle Ganichot, Paulina Keim, Ericca Leyva, Emilie Leyva, Angela Lynch, Alanys Mercado, Emily Claire Pope, Joslyn Smith, Charitssa Stone Mummers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Suzanne Livesay, Elizabeth Smedley, Karen Senior Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kenny Allen, Grace Apfel, Audra Cockrell, Daryn Diaz, Timothy Dobbins, Annie Freeman, Devin Hammond, Colin Jeffress, Paulina Keim, Maia Montgomery, Casey Noble, River Stenz, Julius Taiber, Roxanne Vermette, Amy Wilson, Tyler Wright, Luke Yee Clara’s Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabella Archer, Tenley Connors, Vivian Furlano, Hana Konno, Sydney Mitchell, Jody Palmer, Lauren Rubio, Frances Ryan, Halle Samerson, Tatiana Tipton, Jonnee-Morgan Ward, Caroline Wehrell Fritz’s Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vivian Furlano, Ava Grayson Miller, Lisa Mohabir, Jody Palmer, Angelica Reyes, Lauren Rubio, Lacey Simon Party Children . . . . . . Jackson Babanats, Hope Brillhart, Isabella Buga, Toren Cragun, Reese Denman, Rafael Evsikov, Lucas George, Tenzin Hollon-Coleman, Ella Isacksen, Liam Jacobs, Christine Johnson, Rachel Jones, Ava Keech, Alex Laurinaitis, Noelle Lecain, Alexandra Leinweber, Akiya Martineau, Sloane Osterweil, Fiona Paszko, Shannon Ratliff, Ella Reed, Ellie Rohleder, Kendall Rubio, Presley Test, Ashton Tyner, Mikayla Valdes, Chloe Waite, Sarah Wilson-Guillen King Mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timothy Dobbins (Z, F), Casey Noble I, M) Mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenny Allen, Arianna Conti, Devin Hammond, Avery Jarrard, Ethan Kroll, Angela Lynch, Trae Mikus, Stephen Myers, Casey Noble, Emily Claire Pope, Joslyn Smith, Julius Taiber, Tyler Wright Soldiers . . . . . . . . . . .Emma Bolton. Samantha Cogburn, Cristal Corpas, Summer Davies, Emily Dean, Esperanza Evsikova, Luke Gutierrez, Sophia Jacobs, Christine Johnson, Rachel Jones, Soraya Keaton-Baldwin, Ainsley Keaveny, Ava Keech, Dahlia Kolaxazov, Giselle Kriitberg-Leon, Noelle Lecain, Lisa Mohabir, Kalynne O’Brien, Natalia Parsons, Ella Reed, Lacey Simon, Presley Test, Nathalie Yencle-Torres, Katherine Yencle-Torres 48

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Snow Queen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audra Cockrell (M), Morgan Johns (I), Gillian Yoder (Z, F) Snow King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Colin Jeffress (I, M), Luke Yee (Z, F) Snow Maidens. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cameron Acree, Dominika Afanasenkov, Grace Apfel, Virginia Archer, Kendall Baker, Daniela Bennetti, Audra Cockrell, Angelina Curatelli, Daryn Diaz, Regan Forster, Annie Freeman, Zoe Gallagher, Morgan Johns, Autumn Kilby, Kiyo Miyazato, Maia Montgomery, Savannah Payne, Sasha Silverman, River Stenz, Roxanne Vermette, Abigail White, Amy Wilson, Gillian Yoder Snow Maiden Attendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabella Anderson, Maisee Anderson, Daniela Bennetti, Olivia Colbert, Anna Datseva, Emilie Leyva, Ericca Leyva Snowflakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madeleine Berg, Arielle Black Diamond, Alyssa Black Diamond, Lucy Borunda, Pilar Borunda, Hope Brillhart, Isabella Buga, Andrea Cebic, Savannah Curry, Reese Denman, Noa Finklestein, Katerina Gerlak, Daria Grabar, Stella Griggs, Tenzin Hollon-Coleman, Ella Isacksen, Mira Khushalani, Olivia Larosa, Angelina Leinweber, Camilla McArthur, Emily Meng, Sasha Montanus, Libby O’Connor, Mary Pope, Olivia Prahl, Shannon Ratliff, Ellie Rohleder, Kendall Rubio, Mikayla Valdes, Chloe Waite, Sarah Wilson-Guillen, Zoe Zoppi Snow Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caroline Baird, Hannah Carey, Amelia Catania, Madison Decker, Emma Elkins, Isabella Falber, Sophia Falber, Isabella Ferber, Mara Gamson, Carla Garrett, Aydrian Gregg, Taylor Gunnin, Alessandra Hollyfield, Emma Iannuzzi, Leigh Ives, Wren Livesay, Miranda Moore, Sofia Pickford, Tabitha Pockrus, Ryan Pope, Kaeden Quillian, Korban Quillian, Sophia Rojas, Lilly Ross, Michael Ross, Madelyn Ruyle, Kate Shamblin, Ava Shimmel, Antony Simonetti, Gian Simonetti, Stefan Simonetti, Dawson Snyder, Naomi Sullins, Mackenzie Taylor, McKayla Whiteside, Genevieve Young, Katharine Young, Penelope Young ACT II Fabergé Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chanyrah Adams, Kareena Chanti, Hallie Cone, Isabella Forsyth, Cadence Groves, Ella Isacksen, Rachel Jones, Ava Keech, Noelle Lecain, Sasha Montanus, Olivia Prahl, Ellie Rohleder, Kendall Rubio, Mikayla Valdes, Saelee Walsh-Hoffman Palace Demi-Soloists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabella Anderson, Maisee Anderson, Daniela Bennetti, Angelina Curatelli, Anna Datseva, Regan Forster, Emilie Leyva, Ericca Leyva Palace Attendants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Bai, Olivia Colbert, Arianna Conti, Hannah Eng, Noelle Ganichot, Paulina Keim, Angela Lynch, Alanys Mercado, Emily Patrick, Emily Claire Pope, Joslyn Smith, Charitssa Stone Lead Spanish Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Daryn Diaz (I), Morgan Johns (Z, F), Amy Wilson (M) Lead Spanish Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenny Allen (M), Devin Hammond (I, Z), Julius Taiber (F) Spanish corps de ballet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabella Anderson, Maisee Anderson, Isabella Anderson, Rachel Bai, Arianna Conti, Noelle Ganichot, Paulina Keim, Emilie Leyva, Ericca Leyva, Angela Lynch, Alanys Mercado, Emily Claire Pope, Joslyn Smith, Charitssa Stone Arabian Leopards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dominika Afanasenkov (I), Grace Apfel (I, M), Virginia Archer (Z, F), Regan Forster (Z, F), Autumn Kilby (M) Leopard Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colin Jeffress (Z, F), Casey Noble (I, M) Lead Female Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendall Baker (Z), Kiyo Miyazato (I, M) Abigail White (F) Lead Male Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avery Jarrard (F), Julius Taiber (Z), Tyler Wright (I, M) Teacups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mariana Gordon, Mariana Griesmeyer, Sofiya Idiyatullina, Nitya Katwala, Cali Lambridis, Mya Ludwig, Anaya Mayo, Sydney Mitchell, Lisa Mohabir, Emma Oros, Sofia Oros, Natalia Parsons, Lauren Rubio, Frances Ryan, Halle Samerson, Caroline Wehrell, Francesca Werner, Leila Wilson Shepherdess. . . . . . . . Cameron Acree (I), Annie Freeman (M), Maia Montgomery (F), River Stenz (Z)

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Caterpillars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marissa Acotto, Chanyrah Adams, Jackson Babanats, Kareena Chatani, Hallie Cone, Toren Cragun, Ashley Dennis, Ashley Dennis, Isabella Forsyth, Cadence Groves, Sienna Italiano, Liam Jacobs, Katherine Oliverio, Virginia Risch, Ashton Tyner, Saelee Walsh-Hoffman Butterflies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Isabella Archer, Rachel Bai, Marabelle Coggins, Tenley Connors, Arianna Conti, Vivian Furlano, Lydia Furlano, Noelle Ganichot, Paulina Keim, Angela Lynch, Alanys Mercado, Jody Palmer, Emily Patrick, Emily Claire Pope, Angelica Reyes, Joslyn Smith, Charitssa Stone, Tatiana Tipton, Jonnee-Morgan Ward Lead Cossack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenny Allen (F), Stephen Myers (I, Z), Luke Yee (M) Russian Cossacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenny Allen, Devin Hammond, Ethan Kroll, Trae Mikus, Casey Noble, Julius Taiber, Tyler Wright Dew Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Archer (M), Savannah Payne (I, Z), Roxanne Vermette (F) Demi-Soloists Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron Acree, Grace Apfel, Kendall Baker, Daryn Diaz, Autumn Kilby, Maia Montgomery, Amy Wilson Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron Acree, Kendall Baker, Audra Cockrell, Angelina Curatelli, Daryn Diaz, Annie Freeman, Zoe Gallagher, Morgan Johns, Maia Montgomery, Sasha Silverman, River Stenz, Roxanne Vermette Mother Matryoshka Nesting Dolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Bolton, Emily Dean, Mariana Griesmeyer, Luke Gutierrez, Alexandra Leinweber, Suzanne Livesay, Emma Oros, Leila Wilson Lead Acrobats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zakar Nathaniel* Sydney Rhoads* Polichinelles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arielle Black-Diamond, Alyssa Black-Diamond, Hope Brillhart, Isabella Buga, Cristal Corpas, Reese Denman, Vivian Furlano, Tenzin Hollon-Coleman, Christine Johnson, Soraya Keaton-Baldwin, Ava Grayson Miller, Kalynne O’Brien, Jody Palmer, Shannon Ratliff, Angelica Reyes, Lauren Rubio, Frances Ryan, Tatiana Tipton, Jonnee-Morgan Ward, Caroline Wehrell, Sarah Wilson-Guillen, Katherine Yencle-Torres, Nathalie Yencle-Torres, Zoe Zoppi Sugar Plum Fairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patricia Delgado* (I) Sara Mearns* ( Z, F, M) Cavalier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gonzalo Garcia* (I), Amar Ramasar* (Z, F, M) *Special Guest Artists

Next Generation Ballet – The Future is Here Message from Artistic Director, Philip Neal It is a great honor to mentor this remarkable cast of Next Generation Ballet dancers in our holiday classic, Nutcracker. Today’s audience members are witnessing burgeoning ballet stars right here at the Straz Center! Some of our former cast members are currently dancing with the world’s best ballet companies including Stuttgart Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and Boston Ballet.

Please join us on Saturday, January 13, 2018 for the spectacular dance gala Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow, featuring renowned principal dancers from around the globe.

Who’s Who PHILIP NEAL (Artistic Director, Next Generation Ballet) After a 23-year tenure with New York City Ballet, former principal dancer Philip Neal is currently the Artistic Director of Next Generation Ballet and Dance Department Chair for the Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center for the 50

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Performing Arts in Tampa, Fla. Neal is also a repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust and the Jerome Robbins Rights Trust, staging the ballets of both legendary choreographers throughout the world.

Additionally, he has successfully embarked on choreographic ventures, having created five original works for Richmond Ballet and participated in the New York Choreographic Institute and the National

Choreographers Initiative. Neal is a guest instructor for numerous international dance companies and schools, including Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the School of American Ballet. From 2010-2013, Neal directed developmental efforts, fundraising of major gifts, Board Trustee recruitment and special events in Palm Beach County on behalf of Miami City Ballet. Neal began his dance training at age 11 at the School of Richmond Ballet, where he was recognized

by Edward Villella and offered a summer scholarship to the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet. In 1985, Neal won a silver medal in the International Prix de Lausanne ballet competition. Neal graduated magna cum laude from St. Paul’s School in 1986 and was named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts by Young Arts, and as part of that honor he performed at the Kennedy Center.

In addition to his training in New York and Richmond, Neal studied at the Royal Danish Ballet School in Copenhagen, Denmark. Neal joined New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet in 1987. In 1991, he was promoted to soloist, and to principal dancer during the 1992-1993 season. Neal performed with New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center, at their summer venue at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and on tour in Athens, Melbourne, Copenhagen, London, Paris and Tokyo. He was honored to have been an invited guest performer with the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the Famed Mariinsky Theater, as well as with the Paris Opera Ballet.

PATRICIA DELGADO (Sugar Plum Fairy, Imperial Cast) Born and raised in Miami, Fla., Delgado began her dance training at the age of five with Cuban teachers, Liana Navarro, Vivian Tobio and Maria Victoria Gutierrez. When she was 12 years old, Patricia had her first exposure to Company life when she was accepted to study at the Miami City Ballet School, a program which had just opened its doors with the intention of becoming a feeder school for

the Company. While Patricia worked and trained in Miami during the year, she spent her summers in New York City, at both the School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Delgado was named a Princess Grace Nominee in 2000, the same year that MCB Artistic Director Edward Villella invited her to join the Company as an apprentice. She was promoted to principal in 2007.Patricia’s career and performances have been well documented in international newspapers, print magazines and on many online forums.

GONZALO GARCIA (Cavalier, Imperial Cast) is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet.

Born in Zaragoza, Spain, Mr. Garcia began studying ballet at the age of eight at Maria Avila’s school. In 1995, he attended the summer session at San Francisco Ballet School. Following this session, Mr. Garcia participated in the Prix de Lausanne, becoming the youngest dancer to receive a gold medal. He then returned to the School to resume his studies and was selected by Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet, to perform in a world premiere ballet created especially for the 1996 Spring Student Showcase. Mr. Garcia joined San Francisco Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in March 1998. In 2000, he was promoted to soloist, and in 2002 to principal dancer. Mr. Garcia was invited to perform Balanchine’s Ballo della Regina with New York City Ballet as part of the Company’s Balanchine Centennial Celebration in 2004. Mr. Garcia joined New York City Ballet in October of 2007 as a principal dancer.

SARA MEARNS (Sugar Plum Fairy, Czarist, Fabergé, Mariinsky Casts) was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and began her dance training at the age of three with Ann Brodie at the Calvert-Brodie School of Dance, also in Columbia. At the age of 13, Mearns trained with Patricia McBride at Dance Place, the TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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School of North Carolina Dance Theatre, in Charlotte. She continued her studies at age 14 with Stanislav Issaev at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville. Mearns entered the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, full time in the fall of 2001. In the fall of 2003, she became an apprentice with New York City Ballet. As an apprentice, Mearns danced a featured role in Michel Fokine’s Chopiniana, performed by SAB as part of New York City Ballet’s 2004 winter season.

In June 2004, Mearns joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. In March 2006, she was promoted to soloist and in June 2008, Mearns was promoted to principal dancer.

AMAR RAMASAR (Cavalier, Czarist, Fabergé, Mariinsky Casts) was born in the Bronx, New York.

He began his studies at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in 1993. In addition, he studied at the American Ballet Theatre Summer Program and The Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet. In July 2000, Mr. Ramasar was invited to become an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and in July 2001 he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. In March of 2006 he was promoted to soloist and in October 2009 was promoted to Principal Dancer.

Artistic and Administrative Staff 2017

Philip Neal . . . . Artistic Director, Next Generation Ballet, Dance Department Chair Ivonne Lemus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Next Generation Ballet Mistress Laurie Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patel Conservatory Youth Ballet Principal Kelly King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lead Contemporary Dance Teacher Susan Downey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Tap and Jazz Dance Teacher Claire Florio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Director of the Dance Department Aubrey Paffenroth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dance Department Coordinator

Additional Dance Faculty

Curra Alba, Hannah Box, Tatiana Cater, Baxter Cheek, Svetlana Datseva, Nestor Garcia, Giselle Guillen, Maria Konrad, Bradley McCaskill, Julio Montano, Elizabeth Smedley, Sherrice Rose, Gabriella Yudenich

Next Generation Ballet

New Artists Avery Jarrard, Colin Jeffress, Stephen Myers, Savannah Payne Apprentices Morgan Johns, Gillian Yoder Trainees Cameron Acree, Dominika Afanasenkov, Kenny Allen, Isabella Anderson, Maisee Anderson, Grace Apfel, Virginia Archer, Kendall Baker, Daniella Bennetti, Jayden Capella, Audra Cockrell, Olivia Colbert, Angelina Curatelli, Anna Datseva, Daryn Diaz, Timothy Dobbins, Hannah Eng, Regan Forster, Annie Freeman, Zoe Gallagher, Devin Hammond, Autumn Kilby, Ethan Kroll, Emilie Leyva, Ericca Leyva, Trae Mikus, Kiyo Miyazato, Maia Montgomery, Casey Noble, Sasha Silverman, River Stenz, Julius Taiber, Roxanne Vermette, Abigail White, Amy Wilson, Tyler Wright, Luke Yee Program information and artist biographies provided by the cast and/or production company.

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The Straz Center Endowment Fund

The Straz Center’s Endowment was established during the construction phase of the Center in the 1980s. The second phase of endowment growth occurred between 1999 and 2004, when The Campaign for The Center, a comprehensive effort combining endowment and building needs, increased the endowment to $30 million. Increased investment income realized from a permanent and growing endowment is critical to the success and future of the Straz Center. We continue to build the endowment to ensure our financial stability and secure the Center’s programming for the 21st century and beyond. For more information on how you can participate, please call the development department at 813.222.1035.

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The Tim Guzzle Memorial Fund Judy & Ernie Lisi The Martin Schaffel Family

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Interested donors may contribute to any fund listed below or create new restricted endowment funds for Straz Center priorities. Our thanks to those who have contributed to the funds over the past 12 months.

Artistic Excellence / Program Development Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Fund Building / Maintenance Fund Joy McCann Foundation Fund Arts Education Frank E. Duckwall Foundation Endowment for the Education Program at the Patel Conservatory Timothy L. Guzzle Education Endowment Fund Don Jones & David Alfano Fund Junior League of Tampa Bay Fund Opera Tampa Dr. Zena Lansky Endowed Principal Artist Fund Outreach and Community Education Saunders Foundation Fund

Arts Education Scholarships Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund Bailey Family Foundation Scholarship Fund Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Patricia H. Linton Scholarship Fund Lesley Rudolph Philipson & Jon Philipson The MacKinnon Family Foundation Richard A. Rudolph Scholarship Fund Straz Center Restricted Funds at Monsignor Joseph F. X. McCahon Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Scholarship Fund Arts Education Fund for Children in Ed and Linda Oelschlaegar Need at CFTB Scholarship Fund David A. & Mary Irene Falk Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund Memorial Fund James H. & Amy G. Shimberg Foundation Beverly Lauring Fund for the Patel Scholarship Fund Conservatory Youth Orchestra Rachel Lisi Ticket Subsidy Fund Leave A Legacy Fund Broadway Booking Office, Ltd. Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artist Fund Economic Club of Tampa Carol & Frank Morsani TBPAC Fund Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Raymond E. & Nancy Murray Fund for the Ms. Sarah Richardson Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra Karen & Gary Sasso Charles & Faith Simmons

S T R A Z C E N T E R O VAT I O N S O C I E T Y

The Straz Center Ovation Society recognizes individuals who have chosen to support the endowment by including the Center in their wills or other estate gifts that will benefit us later. For confidential gift planning information, please call Julie Britton, vice president of development, at 813.222.1035.

Barry & Judith Alpert Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey O. Baucom Monroe & Suzette Berkman Robert H. Berlin Mr.& Mrs. Bruce S. Bialor Joseph Brancucci & William Carley Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brantner Dr. & Mrs. Ray Brooker Armand P. Brunet Gloria Bruns Joann Buchanan Joy McCann Culverhouse George & Doris Dalack Lea Lavoie Davis Richard & Mary Duveneck Lt. Col. H. Spencer Faircloth Ms. Cynthia C. Finnk

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Margaret Word Burnside & Aaron Fodiman Mabel W. Galbreath Elizabeth Gedge Dr. & Mrs. Roger J. Geronimo Charlene & Mardy Gordon Pat Grubb Jim Haws Geraldine Hynes Don E. Jones, Jr. & David M. Alfano William & Carol Jones Joyce Hartmann Karpay Mr. & Mrs. William A. Krusen Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Lynn L. Long & William G. Long, Jr. Mrs. Mary B. Lysaught

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Frank L. & Carol Morsani Dr. Lawrence R. & Carol S. Muroff Ray & Nancy Murray Leslie L. Neumeister Mr. & Mrs. Adam H. Palmer Mrs. Marian Palmer Helene A. Pepper & Martin F. Lebouitz Ed & Nora Lea Reefe Karen R. Roberts Mr. Bill Rogers Dr. Jack F. Ross Jack & Patricia Rudy Dr. & Mrs. Allen L. Sheer Roger Carlton Sherman & Roger Alan Kenny Hinks & Elaine Shimberg

Luther Lewren & Sharon Dunbar Sibert Dr. Martin & Ruth Silbiger Charles A. Simmons Faith S. Simmons Burton Slotnick Norman & Mirella Smith Shirley Solomon Bonnie Sonnenfeld Cinday Spahn William & Barbara Starkey Helen Torres Foundation Ann & Jim Urbanski Michael & Karen Urette David A. & Loriann Wheeler Jane & Jerry Williams Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Youngerman Anonymous (4)

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Annual Donors

The Straz Center thanks the following individuals, corporations, foundations and public partners whose philanthropic gifts over the last 12 months provide essential on-going support for the Straz Center’s performances, programs and general operations. Annual donors receive benefits designed to enhance their theater experience. For information on how you can participate, please call the development department at 813.222.1036. *StarBright: Recognizes donors who have increased their annual gift by 10% or more.

P U B L I C PA R T N E R S

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs

City of Tampa Hillborough County Tourist Development Council

C O R P O R AT E A N D F O U N D AT I O N G I F T S DIAMOND PLUS

$50,000+ Tampa Bay Times TECO Energy

Anonymous The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk

*The Saunders Foundation The Spurlino Foundation

DIAMOND

$25,000 - $49,999

Anonymous Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Lightning Foundation Community Heroes Gene & Patsy McNichols & McNichols Company Tampa Bay Magazine

P L AT I N U M

$15,000 - $24,999

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Cherry Bekaert LLP Community Foundation of Tampa Bay

*The Joy McCann Foundation MetLife Foundation

GOLD Amscot Financial Bank of America Carlton Fields Barbara & Franklin Carson Family Foundation Couch Family Foundation Deaver Phoenix Foundation

Publix Super Markets Charities Savills Studley

$10,000 - $14,999 The David & Mary Irene Falk Memorial Fund Gin Joint Gonzmart Family Foundation Homes By WestBay The Joy McCann Foundation Helen & Richard Minck Memorial Fund

S I LV E R The Bank of Tampa BNY Mellon Wealth Management Caspers Company McDonald’s Restaurants Charles Schwab & Co., Inc Tampa Bay ConceptBait

Raymond E. & Nancy C. Murray Fund for the Tampa Bay Youth Orchestra within the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay The New York Yankees Foundation, Inc. Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Foundation, Inc.

Suncoast Credit Union Foundation L.V. Thompson Family Foundation *T. Rowe Price Foundation The USAA Foundation Wells Fargo The Walter Foundation Yerrid Foundation

$5,500 - $9,999 Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown Ferman Motor Car Company Florida Blue Hold On America, Inc. The Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artist Fund Neiman Marcus

BRONZE *A-1 Contract Staffing/ Mel Klinghoffer A-AAmerican Container Leasing *Air Animal, Inc. ALIS L.L.C. *Alltrust Insurance Aloft Tampa Downtown Hotel Austin Roe Basquill P.A.

*Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Townson Foundation Triad Foundation

Nitro Solutions OAI, Inc. PNC Bank Proforma Regenerative Orthopedic Institute Regions Bank Reitzel Cook Foundation RockWall Advisors, Inc.

Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Family Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick Time Customer Service, Inc. Transamerica - St. Pete JS Turner Family Foundation US Foods

$2,500 - $5,499 Barker/Cook Bay Harbor Hotel BCI Communications Cleveland Foundation Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Drywell Group LLC, Masonic Business Center *Ernst & Young

*Exeter International FCS Incorporated Hampton Inn & Suites Ybor Tampa Downtown Harbourside Animal Hospital Dr. Timothy Hodge & Mr. Edwin Martinz *Health Aid Company

*Hill Ward & Henderson, P.A. Hillsborough River Realty Corp.

Le Meridien Tampa *Lucy C. Love, M.D. *Martial Arts Advantage Mr. Anthony Kuntz Lawrence E. McHale & Lisa Rawlinson

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Annual Donors BRONZE *MDCI Florida, Inc. The Mitchell & Rushing Foundation *Monroe & Giordano Mortgage Bankers NELCO Realty Holdings, Inc.

$2,500 - $5,499 Office Furniture Depot *Palm Pavilion Pediatric Dentisty of New Tampa Rinaldi Printing Company

*Ryan Companies US, Inc./ Doug Dieck *Jack & Ann Sahlman/ Sahlman Seafoods, Inc. Tampa Bay Times Fund, Inc.

Construction Services / Fred & Laura Lay FACTS Engineering Flagship Building LLC Ms. Laida E. Garcia Just Add Power

Lane Family Foundation John & Lana Lum List Developers Bob & Jean Markley Omni Services *Deborah & Roger Rodriguez

C R Y S TA L *David Altman Foundation *Gail Baird Foundation Brighton Foundation Trust Bill Currie Ford Calton Nutrition Clearwater Cardiovascular & Interventional Consultants

$1,500 - $2,499

AMBASSADOR DeBartolo Family Foundation

Silver Queen Stolberg & Townsend, P.A. Talbots West Central Florida Pathology Associates, P.A. Yob Family Foundation

$1,000 - $1,499 Mad Theatre of Tampa

Fitlife Foods

S U S TA I N E R 249Labs Allegra Design Print Mail Bott-Anderson Partners, Inc. *Creative Yacht Solutions Inc.

*Ronald & Renee Vaughn, The University of Tampa Vology Stan Weaver & Company Whitney Charitable Foundation

National Building Maintenance

$500 - $999 *James W. & Jeraldine Crews, Jr. *Gents’ Barber of Oldsmar *Italiano Insurance LTL Construction, Inc.

McGuinness & Company, Inc. Frank Perez, Jr. C.P.A. *Skipper & Skipper, P.A.

Spalitto Company The Noble Society of Celts, Inc. Urban E Recycling

INDIVIDUAL DONORS DIAMOND

$25,000 - $49,999 *Diane & Rob Klingel Sandy & Sandy MacKinnon

*Mrs. Ellie Fishman

GOLD Suzette & Monroe Berkman Thomas A. & Mary S. James Gary & Karen Sasso

$10,000 - $24,999 Harvey & Cherie Schonbrun *J. Micheal & Jacki Smith Chris & Sandi Sullivan

Patricia Sullivan Chuck & Becky Sykes Susan & John Sykes

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Duveneck Rose V. Ferlita Mr. Steven Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Franke *Steve & Sandra Gardner *Bob & Abby Gatenby *Gary & Phyllis Gould Dr. Jeffrey Grove Glenn & Carole Hooper Karen & Matthew Johnston Joseph & Teresa Kadow The Kessler Family: Lawrence & Elizabeth Kessler, Susan Kessler & Jeffrey Berger, Robert & Robyn Kessler Doris L. Killian

Tony & Heidi Land Mr. & Mrs. Geoff Lecain The LeFloch Family Patricia Hall Linton Mr. Mark Mahaffey *Kimberly & Paul Malcolm *Mr. Tim Manka-Clemons Eleanor & Buck McInnis *Tracy & Kathy McMurray *Karen & Steven H. Mezer Ms. Lynn C. Moscinski Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Muroff Dr. Robert & Carol Norman *Thomas & Sally Petcoff Ms. Jacqueline Preis *Nadine & Robert Pressner

S I LV E R Allison & Robby Adams Todd Alley & Cynthia Holloway Dr. & Mrs. Ignacio Armas Anonymous (2) Cathy J. Beveridge Joseph Brancucci & William Carley *Frank & Lorraine Brantner *Ms. Dorothy A. Brink *Ms. Beryl Byles Thomas Carlisle & Darren Sharp Calvin & Pat Carter *Janis Guzzle Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Cooper, III Mr. Edward Dreyer

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*Michael & Karen Urette Rita & Todd Wickner *Gregory C. & K. Anne Yadley

$5,500 - $9,999

BRONZE Cynthia C. Alessi *Bill & Lisa Alexander *Mr. & Mrs. Barry M. Alpert & Family *Dr. & Mrs. James E. Alver

Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Dr. Barbara Cook Reitzel Bill Rogers *Mr. Jack Ross Dr. Jay & Ann McKeel Ross *Walter Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Martin Schaffel David & Sara Scher *Todd & Carol Schweitzer Dr. & Mrs. Martin Silbiger Cathy & Bob Smith *Norman & Mirella Smith *William & Barbara Starkey Roger & Amy Swinford *Melanie & John Toppe Paul & Gail Whiting Dr. & Mrs. Todd Yonteck

$2,500 - $5,499 Denise Alveranga & Eugene Ward *William Anderson & Gary Satterfield Anonymous (5)

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Charles & Holly Baab *Jennifer & Roger Bates Scott Besley *Dave Best & Dean Holland-Best

*Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Bialor Michael & Robin Blinder Mr. & Mrs. George C. Bluze *Tonnie & Bryan Bognar Bentley & Beau Boh

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Annual Donors BRONZE *Michael & Dawn Booth Kerry & Jose Borrego Roger & Angela Borthwick *Dr. & Mrs. Victor Bowers Rosemary & Les Brewer *Julie & Charlie Britton Helen Brown Tracy & Nick Brown Rachel Burke *Aida & Bob Calafell *Dustin Cann & Tim Owen Pete & Tina Carlino Phil & Betty Casey *Deborah M. Clanton *Dr. & Mrs. RIchard Clapp David & Carol Cox Mrs. Marcia Coxhead Paulette DiGiannantonio Esther Dillenbeck *Dinsmore Family Dr. Nancy Dinwoodie & Dr. William R. Dinwoodie Richard & Francine Dobkin *Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Dowdle Dr. & Mrs. Richard Eatroff Carol Eldredge *James & Eileen Enyart *James & Helen Erb Mr. & Mrs. J. Rex Farrior, III *Mr. Ira and Dr. Denise Federer *Steven & Kelly Feinerman Marvin & Linda Feldman Norman & Darlene Ferenz *Kim & Ray Ferrara *Gary & Sandy Feuerstein *Ms. Cynthia C. Finnk Florida Executive Realty, Douglas & Camellia Loyd M. Elizabeth Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Skip Francies P. Douglas & Michelle Freedle Rob & Sheri Freedman *Cris & Lisa Fucci Charles & Carol Funk *Sid & Stacy Funk *Lisa Gamell M.D. & Rory Weiner, Esq. *The Gannon Family *Dr. & Mrs. S. Jeffrey Garfield

$2,500 - $5,499 *Joseph & Molly Gaylord *Dennis & Gayle Geagan Dr. John Gelin & Granada Gelin *Mr. & Mrs. L. Thomas Giblin Shanna & Bryan Glazer Bill & Lori Goede *Allen & Bonnie Goins Drs. Sandy Goodman & Howard Heidenberg *Mr. & Mrs. J.P. Greene Pat Grubb Glen & Katherine Gullo Lee & Tracy Gunn *Ed Halleran & Stephen Sika Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Harris *James & Deborah Harris Kevin & Angela Hawkins *Harlan & Kathy Heshelow *Kathy J. Hockemeyer *Leslie & Michael Hudock Mr. Michael Hunter *Terry & Janet Lea Hutchinson *Mr & Mrs. Joseph Incorvia Mr. Stephen J. & Donna M. Inguanta *Mr. James H. Irwin & Tracy D. Huffman *William & Carol Jones John & Diane Juve Greg C. Kaiser, M.D. *Barry & Jackie Kanner *John & Pat Kavula *Ed Kelly J. R. & Jan Kennedy Mrs. Helen Kerr Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Kirkland *Kenise & Randy Knight *Josephine & Susan Konczal *Michael & Kimberley Kraft Dr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Krist *Kenneth & Jeanne Lally Ms. Marty Lanahan *Mr. & Mrs. Norman Lancaster, Jr. Dr. Alcide & Beth LaNoue Larry & Claudette Lansrud Denise Lasher LCDR John R. Lehmann (Ret.) & Mrs. Chyrl A. Lehmann

Drs. Michael & Tania Lozano Holly & Thomas Malouf *Marc & Debra Mandt Ms. Marsha Martin *Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Mastorides *Keith & Judith Maurer *Dr. & Mrs. David E. Mayhew *Ike & Sally McCloskey *Mary Ann McCoy *Anne L. R. McDaniel Edmund J. McKenna *Tony & Peggy McKenna Mary & Clayton McNeel *Michael & Elaine Moorman *Theresa Mulroney & Joyce Richardson Brad & Melissa Murray *Georgeann Nikolich Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Nissen Art & Miriam Nordlinger Adam & Elizabeth Palmer Joseph & Robin Pastore *Tom & Carol Patterson Thomas & Cheryl Pawlowski Tannia Peeples Dr. & Mrs. J. Andrew Peterson George & Linda Pinkerton/ Leah Wooten *Debbie & John Porreca *Dr. Dini Rada *Susie & Mitchell Rice *Dr. Gerald & Colette Robbins Ms. Karen Roberts *Frank & Eileen Romps *Warren & Amy Ross Rotella Legal Group, P.A. Mr. Richard Rudolph *Mrs. John F. Rudy, II Richard & Angela Salezze Andrew & Beatrice Schultz *Dr. & Mrs. Steven Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Michael Shahnasarian Sharon & Lew Sibert Caroline & Jeff Sikorske *Bruce & VIctoria Silverman & Golda Brunhild *Rick & Sherri Simonetti *Al & Elsa Sinicrope Dr. Earl & Mrs. Jan Smith

C R Y S TA L Frank Agliano Marion C. Albanese Ms. Stephanie Alpaugh Dorothy Ammerman Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Angel Anonymous (3) Laura & Sandra Baldwin *Steve & Schezy Barbas Mr. Philip Beauchamp *Tomica Beauchene *Dr. & Mrs. William K. Belton, Jr. *Michael & Adriana Benito Charles “Joey” Bennett, MD Mr. & Mrs. Todd Berger Leah Bergoffen Mr. Joseph Besnard

John W. Snead, M.D. *Jaime S. Solana, M.D. *Cindy Spahn *Mr. & Mrs. Ralph M. Stair, Jr. *Anton J. Stankowski, Jr. *David & Carol Stefany Dr. & Mrs. Bernie Stein *Don & Ellen Stichter John & Will Stokes Mike Sugar & Pegia Van Calcar-Sugar Roy & Cathy Sweatman Dr. Walter Szydlowski & Michelle Perez *David Tapley & John Baker *John T. Taylor *Catherine & John Teti Rick & Sandy Thomas Alan H. Towne & Stephen R. Belejack *Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Truex *Sandy & Dick Turkel *Michael & Candace Valdes *Bill Wagner & Nese Metin Jeff & Susan Warren Alison H. Watkins *David & Lorraine Watson Regina & Richard H. Webb, Jr. *Sally & Brad Welch *Ms. Marie S. Wertz Bill & Tish West Douglas & Cindy White *Carl & Karen Wikoff Mr. & Mrs. J. Hulon Williams, III Dr. & Mrs. J.K. Williams *Maria & Steven Wilson Bernard & Lynn Winkler Christopher Wittmann & Eduardo Rios *Kenneth & Pamela Wolf *Larry & Denise Wooten *Marina & Maurice Youakim *Stanley Zielinski *Frederic & Carolyn Zinber *Jim & Lynnette Zink Cynthia & Peter Zinober *Laura & Jeff Zupan

$1,500 - $2,499 Bob & Linda Blanchard Andrew Bratspis Jason & Stathie Broussard Dr. & Mrs. Irwin Browarsky Sharon Brown Emerson & Lynn Brumback Tony & Paula Buffa Mr. John Burket Joe & Turtle Burton Ms. Elvia Cacciatore Mr. David Calverley *Mrs. Carole Cherry Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Clarke, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Doug Cohn Ted & Carol Conner Myra & Dug Cooley

Joyce Courtright Dr. & Mrs. Michael Cromer *Andrew & Christine Curtis Mary Louise Cutolo Margaret E. Davis Jen Dawson Jeannie DeAngelis Dr. Susan Dellinger Jerry & Alice Dingle Kim & Phil Dingle Maggie & Danny DiPietra *Brett & Pam Divers Joe & Theresa DiVito Mr. Mike Donahue Robert & Lynn Donaldson Mrs. Edith Dressler

Drew & Tara Eckhoff Mayer Eisenfeld *Drs. Kevin & Stephanie Elder Vernon & Deborah Ellinger Barbara & Jeff Emil Amy & Bruce Epstein Barbara A. Epstein Dr. & Mrs. W. Hunter Eubanks Ray Ann Favata Adrienne Federico *Mary E. Felitti Carolyn Fink Sandy & Mike Freedman Michael & Michelle Froning Mr. Michael Furr *Thomas & Carol Gaputis

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Annual Donors C R Y S TA L Bonnie Gariglio & Ian Grant Allen L. & Carol E. Garrett James Garrett Dr. Judy Genshaft & Mr. Steven Greenbaum Jim & Ann Giles Marvin D. & Melissa U. Gill Family Foundation, Inc. *David Gonzalez & Adam Orban Drew & Betsy Graham Mr. Timothy Grimes Gronemeyer Family Geoffrey & Elaine Gross Dr. Lee & Shelley Grossbard Greg & Lisa Hahn Patricia Hancock Michael & Audrey Haynes Susan Heyman & Michael White Steve & Linda Hicks Sue Hindman, in memory of Sylvia Richardson, MD Janet & Hannah Hockman Michael A. Holmes Mr. Timothy Hurlstone Barbara & Scott Hurst Kelly Huss Susan & Henry Hyatt Mr. Chandler Irvin Marc & Lisa Jacobson The Jacobson/Thompson Family *Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Jankowski *Mr. H. Herman Jensen & Sara Good Charles P. & Susan E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Johnson

$1,500 - $2,499 Jane Johnson Dr. Vipul Joshi & Nina Joshi *Bob & Lillan Joyce Howard & Kristy Kahen Karen & Craig Kampel Mike Kasberg Mr. & Mrs. Vincent L Kegel Robert & Kasey Shimberg Kelly *Mr. John E. Kern Joseph King Scott Kistler Dr. & Mrs. William C. Klein Mr. Mark Krauth Diane Krouse Michael & Mary Lawless Lawton Information Services LLC Sam & Nilla Leto Rick Levin Ms. Linda Lindgren David & Nancy Linksy Mark A. Linsky *LJM & Associates, Inc. *Deborah & James Llewellyn Dr. Loretta Loftus Katherine Loh Orlando Lopez-Isa Joey & Ellen Lynn Bob & Jean Markley *Pat & Ray Martinez *Dr. Robert J. & Kay S. McDermott Omar & Becky Medina Mr. & Mrs. Don Meister *Inge Michaels *Cynthia Reges Miller Elizabeth Molloy *Victoria & Robert Monroe

Drs. Vince & Natalie Monticciolo Dr. David & Renee Nicker Alan & Kay Nissalke Dan & Deborah Nockels Bob & Donna Orf *Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Osypka Stephen & Janice Overton Bonnie Peavy Carmen & David Pelletz Ray & Lynn Pike Mark & Anna Pinera Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Potter Mr. Robert Powell Dr. & Mrs. Antonio Prado Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Price Dr. Lori Ransohoff & Judge V. Covington Angela Reece & AJ Sarria Calvin & Neva Reed Laurie & Royce Reed Mo & Jennifer Rendahl Alex & Pam Rodriguez *Dr. & Mrs. Allen W. Root Janet K. Rosenquist *Erin & Perry Ross Mike & Leann Rowe *Karlyn & Marc Sachs Mrs. Sharlene Sakol Richard & Pamela Scheffer Jerome A. Schine Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Schonwetter Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Schwartz Phil & Kay Schwartz Roger & Carol Schwenke *Ed & Betty Shamas *The Shaw Family Lorrin & Leslie Shepard

*Ms. Kristine Herrera Mr. & Mrs. Lewis H. Hill, III Lolita & Jeff Hoffman Mrs. Marie Hyman Kimberly Jirsa & John Salvatore Ms. Karen E. Johnson *Peter & Gloria Kares *Hagar Kopesky Daniel & Roslyn Kulik *Tom & Inez Leto *Daniel & Sara Letsch Dr. & Mrs. Robert Maddalon Gene & Aldyth Marshall

Pat & Ray Martinez *Diane & Steve Martinez Margaret M. McCormick Mr. David Montalvo Shawn Morgan Maryann Nelson & Keith Petitt Mrs. Fagl Oxman *Dana & Jeff Parker *Anthony & Kelly Prieto *Gwendolyn Prill *Mr. & Mrs. John Rains *Lamar & Cindy Roberts *Drs. Eli & Janet Marley Rose

AMBASSADOR *Aguila Family Gus & Agnes Alfieri *Christopher C. Combie, PhD. *Ms. Lisa DeBartolo & Mr. Don Miggs Henry & Shantha Diaz *Ed & Marsha Droste Dr. & Mrs. Richard Dutton *Capt. Richard Erwin Arthur & Jennifer Faggion *Mrs. Christine Gagnon *Kathie J. Geartz Martin Hanratty

$1,000 - $1,499

S U S TA I N E R Mr. Chad Adams Mr. Jeffrey Abeles Jeanie & David Abelson Anonymous Connie Armstrong Rosemary Armstrong & Sandy Weinberg Stephen & Maria (Mazie) Armstrong *Mrs. Beverly Austin *Lynn Barnhardt

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Betsy Shimberg & Scott Zipse Jeannie Shorts Bob & Marcy Shuck *Daniel & Holly Singer *Dr. Michael D. & Sandy Slomka Lori Smart *Dr. & Mrs. Alan R. Smith Robert & Karen Smith Walter & Melissa Smith Mr. Stephen Straske Mr. & Mrs. Ted J. Sugarman Mr. Ken & Dr. Vera Swade Clark Swalm Jennifer S. Swindal Karen & Todd Tanberg David & Sandy Tapper Dr. & Mrs. Donald F. Temple Vincent & Lisa Terrana Charles Thompson Anita Kendall Trosky Victoria Vail Charlotte Waller Jerry Warner E. Watts & Jill J. Stevens Dr. Mark S. Weissman & Michele Ancora *Dr. Karen Wells & Dr. Michael Albrink Mr. & Mrs. David Wheeler *Ms. Susan Wilcox Chris & Elizabeth Wilhelm Beth Wilson *Tane Wilson Ms. Carrie Wirgau Verna L. Worthington Gia Yee-Lozicki Robert & Alyson Zamore

*The Rothschild Family Colleen & Mike Scott Mr. Brad Settle Paul & Elise Sierra *Deena & Larry Silver *Mr. John Terril *Sue & Tony Teti *Robert & Barbara Thacker Jane & Jerry Williams *Anne & Glenn Winograd Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wolfson *Kira Zwygart & Samuel Saporta

$500 - $999 Bay Area Infectious Disease Associates Mr. & Mrs. Burton Bernstein Diane M. Biddinger *Dr. & Mrs. Peter Blumencranz *Ken & Laurie Borick Mr. & Mrs. Steven (Rodi) Bowen *Sally Bromfield *Mr. Randy Browning Don & Renee Buck *Richard & Charlotte Burton Dimity & Mark Carlson

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Mr. & Mrs. Ken Carson Mary Chebuhar *Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Chiappori Douglas Clery Ms. Barbara Commesso James & Sally Cooksey John Crawford Dr. Sharon Dabrow *Susan J. Davis Nicole DeBartolo & Chad Chronister *Susan Depass

*Cindy Donovan & Lynn Wilson *Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Doyle, Jr. Dee Dubendorff Dr. Peter & Faith Dunne *Mr. & Mrs. Rick Edens *Johanna Edwards James Enyart Susan & David Erbaugh *Charles Evans Lt. Colonel & Mrs. Fred Fallman Mr. Doug Fisher *John J. Fisher

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Annual Donors S U S TA I N E R Betty Floro Robert & Kimberly Floyd Steven & Lori Frazier Dr. & Mrs. H. James Free *Christopher & Naomi Gargano Mrs. Ann Geuther Dr. Derald R. Gingerich Col. (ret) & Mrs. Dave Glogowski *Mrs. Diane Goldfeder *Dr. & Mrs. Warren Goldstein Mr. Luis Gonzalez *Luis & Teresa Gonzalez Ken & Shirley Gould Andrea Graham & Geoff Simon *Bill & Judy Graham *Sy & Ninette Hader Thomas Hall Mr. Richard A. Harrison *Misha & Violet Hart John & Mary Lou Hayes Susan Heath *Mary Jo Heger Mr. Joseph L. Himes Gail R. Hirsch Nancy Horton, DMD Robert M. Host David & Fran Huey In Memory of John Henges Kurt & Amy Hull

$500 - $999 Annette Hutcherson *Jill Johnson *Mr. & Mrs. T. Michael Kaney Barbara Keithly *Bill & Kathy Klettke *The Klos Family Patricia & Joseph Krzanowski Alan Levitz George Levy & Rosemary Graf Mr & Mrs. J. F. Lima *Jerry & Julie Little *Bill & Michele Mann Mr. & Mrs. Timothy M. Mann *Michael K. Markus *Rob & Cynthia Martin Drs. Mary & Dushan Martinasek Joe & Jenny Matastic Mr. Michael Mattingly *Thomas & Kathryn Meachum *Joseph & Sadye Melchiorre *Ed & Aline Miezejewski Mr. & Mrs. Jan Miller *Debra A. Mitchell Mark & Jo-Ellen Mooney Gail & Thomas Morrow *Mr. & Mrs. Martin Moskowitz Mr. & Mrs. RIchard S. Myers *Mrs. Carol D. Nichols

P R O M OT E R Ellen & Joe Albrecht Alan & Stacy Alcuaz James & Julie Aldrich Bud & Cleta Alexander *David & Rebecca Alexander Mary C. Alvarez *Cathy Amato Ms. Jennifer Apgar Scott A. Arndt *Ask The Dom.Com Paul & Gail Auerbach Judy & Charles L. Bagby *Olga Margarita Bailin *Doug & Mary Baker *Keith Balot Herb & Shelly Baumann Greg & Shereena Beaver Jon & Sandi Beckman Craig Behrenfeld & Lisa Rohatiner *Ms. Nancy Beightol *The Benfanti Family *Alan & Linda Berg *Andrew P. Bernd David & Sheila Beyer *Mr. & Mrs. Roy Bloomquist Rachel Bond Myrna Bouchard *Alice H. Boylston William & Susan Bracken *Mr. Joseph Brady *Kristen Brauer *In Memory of Beverly “BeeBee” Brewer Michael & Robin Brodsky

Mary & Bill Nipper Dr. & Mrs. H. Juergen Nord Vivian A. Olivia Dennis Olden Rose Paskay & Family Bill & Vicki Paul *Richard Pearson *Ms. Derrie Perez *Wilma & James Price Priolo Associates, LLC Dr. Miguel Pro *Donna & Richard Puleo Mr. Richard Rappaport *Ed & Nora Lea Reefe Clark & Pat Ricke Dr. & Mrs. James A. Roberts *Bob & Jacqui Rogers Ann & Ronald Rudolph *Nancy J. Sackett *Robert & Bernice Saxon Alfred & Rose Schiff Stacey Schott Nancy & Dale Sells Mr. & Mrs. Frank Sharpe Ann & John Sheppard *The Shimmel Family David & Ellie Sikes *Kelly Smith

*Jim & Judy Stefan Al & Sandee Steinberg *Carolyn & Leo Sterger Sarah & Scott Stichter David & Veronica Stidham *Randy Strutz & Heather Smith StillPoint Capital *Jack & Nancy Suarez Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Szabo Christopher Tarpley *Saul & Phoebe Tave Gary & Lisa Teblum Dr. Denisse Thompson *Martha H. Thorn *Jeff & Kelly Thorson *Col. & Mrs. Roland Tiso Brenda Trayner *Margaret E. Tribble *Dr. & Mrs. Barry S. VerKauf *Jon & Naomi Vichich *Dr. Alan Walker *Mr. & Mrs. James L. Webb *Kent & Kathy Whittemore Elizabeth C. Williams Josceline & Lily Wilmoth *Kay A. Wilson *Tony & Jenny Wilson Drs. Carl & Paula Zielonka

$250 - $499 Craig & Ann Brotchie Mr. Timothy C. Brown Ms. Cindie Buchanan Ms. Cheryl Buetzow *Robert J. Burke *John & Cathy Bushman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Callahan Buddy & Cynthia Campbell David N. Campbell *Barbara & Greg Campbell Manuel & Loretta Campo *Anne Carney Monty Chancey & Larry Fischer Teresa Cheesman Frantz G. Christensen Mark Clancy Ms. Lora Clements Karen Clifford Gary & Patricia Cohen Marcia & Jack Cohen *Mr. Edward Colletti *Ms. Catriona Comb *Caroline Conlon *Carol A. Conry *Julianne Corlew *Carol Cornell Alfred Corrado *Mei Crain Stephen & Patricia Cribb Brian Czerniecki Dr. Sharon Dabrow *Ms. Susan Dangelmaier *Richard & Paula Denmon *Peter & Rosemarie Desmond Dr. Robert E. Detweiler

*Dr. & Mrs. William DeWeese *Martha & Donald Dixon Kay M. & Leroy C. Doughty *Mr. & Mrs. Robert Draper Cindy Eisnor *John & Patty Emmanuel Thomas & Ilusion Ernst Scott & Marlene Eskine Trinia E. Espinola, M.D. *Dr. & Mrs. Robert (Janet) Ettleman Mr. & Mrs. Neil H. Fabricant *Ms. Pamela Fay *Donna Feldman & Mo Krausman Mr. Bob Fielder Mr. Jason B. Fields Linda Fish Myron & Marsha Fisher Florida Pool Finishers LLC Ms. Kim Foley Jeff Boone & Michael Folkman *Elena Fournier *Mr. Robert Foust & Mr. Brian Hoover Mary Rusyn John & Linda Garrity *Mr. Jeffery Gerew Barry Gerth & Lori Bowers *Amy & Jack Gillis *Gilco Spring Of Florida *Dr. & Mrs. J.L. Glick Roger & Windi Glogowski *Lester Gold & Christine McDowell

Dr. Richard & Denise Goldberger *Anonymous *Mr. and Mrs. Jesse, Sr. & Jennifer Gonzalez Ronnie Goodheart Tom & Jean Greenawalt *Bryan & Robyn Greenberg *Ms. Marguarite Greenspan Ron & Ann Guiberson *Dr. Arthur M. Guilford *Mr. Bob E. Hallman *Gina Harber Mr. & Mrs. George E.W. Hardy, IV *Gary & Susan Harmatz Cy Hart Karen Harwell Mr. Joseph Hastings Ramona G. Hatch *Mike & Lien Henderson Diane L. Hnidan *Sabrina Hodges David Hoffman *Mr. Louis Hollinshead Dr. W.G. & Wendy Hollyfield *John & Amanda Horne *William & Mary Hughes Phil & Glenda Hunter *Dr. & Mrs. Gary L. Huskey *Vince & Jill Iacopelli Elaine C. Illes Marcia Israeloff & Paul Jacobsen *Diane & Peter Jacobson

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Annual Donors P R O M OT E R Thomas W. Jacobson Scott & Laureen Jaffe *Raja & Sharm Jaghab *Andy Johnson Dan & Cindy Johnson *Mr. & Mrs. Ernal P. Jones Ms. Kristi Jones *Larry & Elizabeth Jordan Jessica Kaplan *Joyce Hartmann Karpay Robin Katchuk Cristin & Michael Keane *Kathleen Kingsland *Mr. David Kirschman & Ms. Jennifer Grebenschikoff *Carol Kochman & Alan Wasser John Krause Sharon E. Krick *Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Laffer Ken Lancaster *Alexandra & James Lange *Dr. Janet Langford Ms. Penny H. Parks *Mr. Richard B. Lee Jim & Karen Lehrburger Dr. & Mrs. Federico E. Lenz *Nicole Leontsinis Ms. Inez Levin Alicia & Michael LeVine *Merle Libby *Dr. Larry & Debbie Lieberman *Valerie M. Llewellyn *Joe Lombardo & Dr. Terri Readdy *Wendy Long *Mr. Marc Lubowiecki Dr. Kaivon & Crystal Madani Mark C. Madden Dr. Andrew S. Malbin *Mr. John Malone *Dr. Rita Manarino Thomas Mantz Melissa Manuel Mr. Michael Mattingly

$250 - $499 Crystal May Mr. & Mrs. Larry Mayo Bob & Nora McClure Steve & Terri McCormick Donna L. McGrew *Dr. & Mrs. Timothy McGuirk *Anne McIntosh *Mrs. F. Graham McKeel Gina McNellis *Suzanna & Wade Meadows *Carlos Menendez Suzan Mercer Radm. & Mrs. W. F. Merlin *Mr. & Mrs. Greg A. Merritt Mr. & Mrs. John Messina, Jr Maureen & Bob Metz Gail & Bill Meyer Ed & Aline Mierzejewski *Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Militello *Mr. & Mrs. Sam Militello *Ms. Michelle Miller *Byron & Amy Moger Melissa Moon *Anthony & Patricia Munafo *Lt. Col. Joseph & Stacy Myrda *Joe Nemo *Donna Nettestad - ReMax Realtec Mr. Leslie L. Neumeister Richard & Pamela Nist Kyle Norberg *Kathi & Mark Norstein Annamarie & Nicole O’Dell *William & Vicki O’Donnell *David & Barbara Orban Charles Osborne Mr. & Mrs. Burton Osiason Lawrence Oswain *Frank & Maria Papa *James & Bonnie Pappas Sandra L. Payne, CPA *Ms. Carolyn Perry *Julie Peterson Dr. & Mrs. J. Wayne Phillips

Jo Anne Pinaud Jay & Loren Pollack Mr. Glenn Presser *Christos Psanis & Enid Psanis *Pamela S. Putnam *Mr. Jim Ragsdale *Jeff & Lee Ralph Mark S. Ramey Drs. Chris Reiner & Kathleen Kilbride *Mr. & Mrs. Tom Renne Rick Richards *Vega Ritenour Family John & Ann Robinson Al & Agnes-Marie Rodriguez Rene & Phyllis Rodriguez *Mr. Greg Romba *John & Teresa Roy Lisa Ryland Sandberg Paape Foundation *Dr. Royce & Melanie Sanders Ms. Kay Sannella Bill & Sandra Sassano Mark Sawyer *Bernice Saxon *Mr. Steven Scherb Dr. & Mrs. Richard Schwab *Jasper S. Scott, Jr. *Joyce & Harold Seder *Edward & Natalie Sharpe Dr. & Mrs. Michael Shevach Ms. Linda Sims Norm & Penny Sippel David & Bonnie Solomon *Mr. Steven Soroka The Spadaccia Family *Barbara Sparks-McGlinchy Joey & Kaira Speyrer M S Spigner Ms. Mildred Stansky Gloria Sterling Greg & Linda Stevens Ms. Deborah Hummer Stevenson *Marcia & Joel Sussman

*John & Cindi Sutton John & Jennifer Swanson *Daniel & Beth Sweeney Bev & Annie Tannenbaum *Dr. Donald Taylor, Jr. & Dr. Diana Vann Terry & Ellen Taylor Scott & FranTeza *Ms. Katherine Todd Tom & Lee Touchton *Amber R. Trombley Patricia Dalton Tullman Dr. & Mrs. Ty Tvedten Lauren & Bryan Tye *Ms. Kristine Veneski Mrs. Ferdinando Vizzi *Donna Kennedy Waechter *Mr. John Waechter *Gayle L. Washburn Drs. Chris & Stan Watkins Lyle & Carol Watson Mr. & Mrs. Irving Weiner *Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Weiner Bill Weller & Cynthia Smoot Weller Kelly Wenderfer Dr. Donald Wexler & Dr. Miriam Zicht *Charlie & Beth White Mr. James White *Dr. Arthur R. Williams / Aimee Rivera Kathleen Williams Dr. Robert Williams Anonymous *Mrs. Harold Wilson Jacob Wilson Christopher Winters *Dr. & Mrs. Herbert E. Wollowick Carolyn & Robert Yelverton Phillip & Ellen Zee

Elizabeth L. Colton Andy & Betty Corty Margaret E. Davis The Gordon & Llura Gund Foundation Mr. & Mrs. George Hutchens Carla Dee Kelly, Ph.D. Jessie & Andy Krusen Judy P. Lawson Lykes Insurance Sandy & Sandy MacKinnon Mr. & Mrs. James S. McDonnell, III Janet Goldberg McEnery Mrs. Julianne McKeel Eric & Lyris Newman Ohara South East Chapter Jeanne & Olivia Piazza Mr. Frank J. Rief, III

Bruce & Adajean Samson Ms. Alex Sink Mr. & Mrs. William E. Starkey Susan & John Sykes Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Taub Jane & Jerry Williams Gregory C. & K. Anne Yadley

MEMORIAL GIFTS All Veterans Eugene Maul Judy Applebaum Anastasia Cobb Fred T. Arnold Mandi Arnold Capt. Guy R. Campbell, III Dennis & Carole Hilliard Jim & Joan Jennewein Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Louise Reynolds Cantrell Rita Cantrell James Carroll Ann & Troy Atlas

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Matthew Downey Lynn Barnhardt Joyce Richardson Katy Statt Stacey Jenkins & Jennifer Alfonso Gail & Emily Schultz Carol Cohen Valerie Hirvela Carol McGowan Karen Heinemann Patty Taddei-Allen Suzanne Cook Louise Lykes Ferguson Heather Barrow Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Beall, Jr. John & Lynda Boyet Mr. Robert Clark

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Lorena Jaeb Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Jim & Carol Lankton Steve & LeeAnn Lankton Richard Roberson John Terril Barbara Williams Joan Jarrett

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Annual Donors HONOR GIFTS Mr. R. Troy Atlas Andrea Graham & Geoff Simon

Zena Lansky Birthday Mr. Frank J. Rief, III

Artists Hospitality for Opera Tampa Opera Tampa League Board

Dr. Zena Lansky & Warren Rodgers Mrs. Marcia Coxhead Ms. Karen Crown Ray & Kay Dillinger Fred & Aleta Fisher Dolores Gooding Bonny Heet & Martin Martel Dr. Earl A. Kendall Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Sue Levitt Ms. Martha Margolis Claudia S. McCorkle Leonard & Barbara McCue Steven & Karen Mezer

John Franklin Debra Perricone In Honor of Mardy & Charlene Gordon 15th Wedding Anniversary Alfred & Rose Schiff Sarah Haun Aunt Linda & Uncle Howie

Barbara & Gordon Moses Kerry & Linda Kay O’Reilly A. Mason Rascher Mr. Frank J. Rief, III Karen Roberts Dr. & Mrs. Richard Rotella Matthew & Suzanne Ruley Alfred & Rose Schiff Dennis & Joanne Schoch of the Humane Society of the Nature Coast Elizabeth Schweitzer Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Sam Stieglitz Ms. Cathy Unruh & Mr. Tom Sansone Don & Rachael Worthington

Steve & Karen Mezer Mr. Dominick Scannavino Ruth Silbiger Birthday Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Robert & Diane Smeed Metta Dwyer Tatiana Weston Vivian Benci Ron Wilder Mr. John Terril

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CHARITABLE GIVING TO THE STRAZ CENTER, VISIT STRAZCENTER.ORG/SUPPORTUS OR CALL THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT 813.222.1036.

UNWIND. RELAX. WE’VE GOT DINNER TONIGHT. Maestro’s • Premier tableside service with event-themed menu; full bar • Opens at 5:00PM • Reservations required

The Café • Upscale buffet dining with tableside beverage service; full bar • Opens at 5:30PM daily and at 12:00PM on Saturday and Sunday • Reservations required

On The River • Light fare, al fresco dining along Tampa’s beautiful Riverwalk • Opens at 5:30PM daily and 12:00PM on Saturday and Sunday • No reservations needed For reservations, call 813.229.STAR (7827).

Maestro’s restaurants are open before Broadway and Opera Tampa performances and other select shows.

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Opera Tampa League

The Straz Center acknowledges the following donors whose designated gifts to Opera Tampa over the last 12 months provide vital funding to sustain Opera Tampa’s artistic standards and education programs. Opera Tampa League donors receive annual benefits and special opera-related opportunities in recognition for their support. For information on how you can participate, please call the development department at 813.222.1036.

DIAMOND

$25,000 - $49,999

Dr. Zena Lansky & Mr. Warren Rodgers

*Dr. Yi-Hwa Sung Outerbridge, M.D. & Felix Cannella, Jr.

The Helen Torres Foundation

GOLD

$10,000 - $24,999 Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo *Charlene & Mardy Gordon Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Ignacio A. Ferras III Aaron Fodiman & Margaret Word Burnside

Ms. Judith McLeod Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr.

S I LV E R Brad & Mary Ann Morse *Nadine & Robert Pressner

$5,500 - $9,999 Regenerative Orthopedic Institute/ Dr. Erick Grana & Katherine Grana Knoll

Dennis & Christel Ryan Michael & Karen Urette

BRONZE *Irene & Del Acosta Anne & Troy Atlas Lodovico & Claudia Balducci Black Swan Productions ConceptBait Mrs. Lea Lavoie Davis

$2,500 - $5,499 Charlotte & Jim Edmiston *Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Greenfield Bonny F. Heet & Martin Martel *Mr. William Hein Fraser Himes *David & Min Jodice

*Don E. Jones, Jr. Judy & Ernie Lisi *Jonathan Lowe & Michelle Stencel *Catherine G. Novack Bill Rogers Alfred & Rose Schiff

Allison Preston Goodheart Fund Joan & Jim Jennewein Mrs. Thomas Lysaught Keith & Judith Maurer

*Mr. James Piot Ms. Karen Roberts Ralph & Kathleen Rydell *Walter Sanders

C R Y S TA L Mr. Ronald Davies & Mrs. Annette McMurray *Emily & Greg Dey Maureen Fromm

$1,000 - $1,499 Mr. & Mrs. Michael LeVine

*Sgt. Maj. Rafael & Mrs. Laura Candelario, USMC (Ret) *Dr. & Mrs. Mario Canedo *Mr. Merritt Gardner *Dr. & Mrs. R. G. Geerken

Dr. & Mrs. Americo A. Gonzalvo Mary Lou Harden *Jeff, Melissa, Mark & Howard Kornbluth *Dr. & Mrs. Julio Lautersztain

*Ms. Geraldine Hynes Ms. Kathryn Judy Sylvia & Alyssa Katz Dr. & Mrs. Ismail Kazem Mrs. Helen Kerr Len Kizner & Jeff Tucker *Anne W. Laffan Mr. Michael Mattingly John, Rose & Daisey Marek Dr. & Mrs. James McIlwain

Ms. Janet Muscarella *Candy Olson *Mrs. Paulette Peters Ray & Lynn Pike Frances & Cheri Raimondi Francis Ramirez Ryan Companies US, Inc./ Doug Dieck Elizabeth Shalett *Ms. Marcy Shepherd

$500 - $999

P R O M OT E R *Ms. Dolores Barton Mr. Stephen Bechdolt *Richard Campbell *Dr. Bahaa Elhadidy *Barbara A. Epstein *Dr. & Mrs. Alvin Felman Thomas Ferraro Ian S. Giovinco Alicia Slater-Haase & Barry Haase Carole & Glenn Hooper

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Dr. Robert Simon Norman & Mirella Smith Mr. Anthony Varas

*Drs. Felipe & Lilia Ladia Mr. Roger Henry LaGreca

S U S TA I N E R Scott Armstrong & Adrian Pritchard Tomica Beauchene Andre Callen

*Kathleen Casey-Shannon & David J. Shannon *Gregory C. & K. Anne Yadley Diana Young Kenneth F. Winter

$1,500 - $2,499

AMBASSADOR Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. John Calfee

*Rita & Todd Wickner

Karen & Steven H. Mezer Calvin & Neya Reed Dr. & Mrs. Paul Runge Mr. Dominick Schannavino

$250 - $499

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Norm & Penny Sippel *Burt Slotnick Ms. Karen Solomon Paul & Cindy Sper *Ann & Jim Urbanski Carolyn K. Warren *Dr. Joan M. Watkins Ms. Elizabeth C. Williams

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Sponsors & Designated Funders

The Straz Center is deeply grateful to the generous contributors who have sponsored or underwritten, in whole or in part, our current performances and programs. The Straz Center offers sponsors and underwriters benefits tailored to their needs. For information on how you can participate, please call the development department at 813.222.1036.

I N S T I T U T I O N A L A N D P E R F O R M A N C E SPONSORS Official Media Sponsor Tampa Bay Times Beverage Sponsor Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Marquee Tampa Bay Times Wi-Fi Portal Tech Data Official Hotel Sponsor Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown Hotel Partners Aloft Tampa Downtown The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk Bay Harbor Hotel Tampa Hampton Inn & Suites Ybor Tampa Downtown Le Méridien Tampa Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk

Restaurant Partners 717 South Anise Global Gastrobar Ava Restaurant Bavaro’s Pizza Napoletana and Pastaria Boca Kitchen Bar & Market BurgerFi - SoHo Maestro’s Restaurant & Café Si-am Thaimerican Restaurant The Tampa Club Timpano Italian Chophouse WaterWorks Bar & Grill Institutional Automobile Sponsor Reeves Maserati Tampa Art of Science Performances Funded in part by The Joy McCann Foundation

Broadway Opening Night Cast & Company Parties CDW Club Jaeb Series Rock Brothers Brewing

Next Generation Ballet’s Nutcracker Chick-fil-A Pershings Own United States Army Field Band Calhoun International

Family Fun Series GTE Financial

Sound System Renovation State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs Military & First Responders Hillsborough County Board of Operation Tickets County Commissioners Calhoun International Sound of Music Music With a Twist Series Chick-fil-A Publix Super Markets Charities Straz LIVE! in the Park Publix Super Markets Charities National Geographic LIVE! PurePoint Financial Series The Great Courses Straz LIVE! on the River Funded in part by The Joy Secret Walls McCann Foundation Tampa Downtown Partnership

Broadway at the Straz Bank of America

SPECIAL EVENTS Best of Tampa Bay 2017 Raymond James The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk Bush Ross Ceridian FirstService Residential The Glenlivet Jackson Lewis, P.C. JPMorgan Chase Melitta Coffee Tampa Bay Times That’s the Spirit Dinner 2017 Northern Trust Broadway Ball 2017 The MacKinnon Family Foundation The Bank of Tampa

BNY Mellon Wealth Management Carlton Fields Caspers Company McDonald’s Restaurants Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Jan and Don DeFosset Florida Blue Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Michele & P. Douglas Freedle Greenberg Traurig, P.A. JPMorgan Chase Lightning Foundation & Vinik Family Foundation Patsy & Gene McNichols and McNichols Co. Karen & Steven Mezer Nederlander Producing Company of America

Drs. Kiran & Pallavi Patel Proforma Raymond James Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Family Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay Rays TECO TomCat USAmeriBank Rita & Todd Wickner Opera Gala 2017 Dr. Yi-Hwa Outerbridge, M.D. & Mr. Felix Cannella, Jr. Anonymous Bank of America Capt. Guy R. Campbell, III & Ms. Janet Marlow

Dr. & Mrs. Ignacio A. Ferras, III Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Francis Ford Coppola Winery The Himes Family Judith McLeod Kenneth P. Pages, M.D. & Ryne Gallien Raymond James The Tampa By Trust Company President’s Luncheon 2017 Thomas Financial Group 30th Anniversary Launch 2017 Sculpture Exhibit DEX Imaging, Inc. Corporate Partners Luncheon 2017 CenterState Bank

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Sponsors & Designated Funders E D U C AT I O N P R O G R A M S Arts Education Programs Bloomin’ Brands Barbara and Franklin Carson Family Foundation Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo The Saunders Foundation Arts Education Outreach Partnerships Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Couch Family Foundation MetLife Foundation T. Rowe Price Foundation Cy and Joanne Spurlino The Spurlino Foundation Suncoast Credit Union Foundation Tampa Bay Times Fund Triad Foundation Next Generation Ballet Joseph & Teresa Kadow

Patel Conservatory Music Program Beverly Lauring Fund within the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Raymond E. and Nancy C. Murray Fund for the Tampa Bay Youth Orchestra within the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Patel Conservatory Summer Camps & Classes The DeBartolo Family Foundation Patel Conservatory Youth Performances USAmeriBank Triad Foundation School Field Trip Series LV Thompson Family Foundation Power Design, Inc.

End of Year Celebration Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Beyond Beautiful Broadway Education Project Broadway League Metropolitan Ministries Partnership Tampa Bay Times Fund Metropolitan Ministries End of Year Showcase Calhoun International St. Peter Claver School Partnership JS Turner Family Foundation Operation Tickets New York Yankees Foundation Scholarships American Dance Institute Bailey Family Foundation Scholarship Fund

Broadway Ball Stars Deaver Phoenix Foundation DeBartolo Family Foundation Ellie Fishman and the Fishman Family Foundation Patricia H. Linton Scholarship Fund MacKinnon Family Foundation Scholarship Fund Monsignor Joseph F.X. McCahon Scholarship Fund Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artists Fund Ed and Linda Oelschlaeger Scholarship Fund Tim Redovian Memorial Fund Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Charitable Lead Unitrust James H. & Amy G. Shimberg Foundation Scholarship Fund

O P E R A TA M PA 2017-2018 Opera Tampa Season Helen Torres Foundation Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Neiman Marcus

Anton Coppola Award Official Magazine of The Barber of Seville Dr. Yi-Hwa Outerbridge, M.D. & Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Opera Tampa Tampa Bay Magazine Mr. Felix Cannella, Jr. Opera Tampa Singers Greenberg Traurig, P.A. The Marriage of Figaro Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Charlene & Mardy Gordon Judith McLeod Opera Tampa Singers Outreach Program Macbeth Anonymous Dr. Zena Lansky & Mr. Warren Rodgers

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SPONSORSHIP AND OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE STRAZ CENTER, VISIT STRAZCENTER.ORG/SUPPORTUS OR CALL THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT 813.222.1036.

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Campaign For The Center

The Straz Center gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following donors who, through their special philanthropic investment, have provided funding for our capital project initiatives. Projects include the construction of the Patel Conservatory and on-going efforts to sustain the Center’s state-of-the-art facility. For more information on how you can participate, please call Julie Britton, vice president of development, at 813.222.1035.

P R I N C I PA L B E N E FA C T O R S

$1,000,000 or more

State of Florida TECO Energy Foundation, Inc.

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners

City of Tampa

M A J O R B E N E FA C T O R S The Joy McCann Foundation

$500,000 - $999,999

Don and Erika Wallace

B E N E FA C T O R S Bank of America

$250,000 - $499,999 The Saunders Foundation

John H. Sykes Foundation, Inc.

P R I N C I PA L C O N T R I B U T O R S

$100,000 - $249,999

AmSouth Bank Monroe and Suzette Berkman and Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Corbett

Anonymous Patricia C. Sullivan Michael and Karen Urette Josephine A. Vitale

Ted and Marty Couch Fowler White Boggs P.A. J.O. DeLotto & Sons, Inc. George and Bobbe Karpay

M A J O R C O N T R I B U TO R S

$50,000 - $99,999

Dr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Hooper Gene and Patsy McNichols

David and Sara Scher and Roberta M. Golding

Helen Torres Foundation Wachovia Insurance Services

Estate of C. Robert and Myrtle Ilsley Passantino Susie and Mitchell Rice The James and Amy Shimberg Charitable Trusts

Sharon and Bernie Stein 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee J. Thomas and Lavinia Witt Touchton The Wachovia Foundation

C O N T R I B U TO R S Tino and Pat Antinori in memory of Michael P. Antinori Florida Health Care News Barry P. Levine, PhD

$25,000 - $49,999

Founders

The Straz Center honors the following donors whose leadership gifts of $50,000 or more to the Founding Campaign from 1982 to 1986 helped build the facility and establish its endowment. We are proud to recognize their extraordinary vision and generosity.

Arthur Andersen Arthur Young & Company B & R Foods, Inc. Beverly A. & Alfred S. Austin Barnett of Tampa, N.A. Judy & Bob Blanchard, Kathleen Rozier, Jeanne & Jack Winter Burdines Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A. The Chase Manhattan Bank of Florida, N.A. Citicorp/Citibank Conn Memorial Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Corbett Ted Couch Critikon, Inc. Glen E. & Sandy Cross Crown Industries, Inc./A Florida Progress Company Mr. & Mrs. H.L. Culbreath Mr. & Mrs. Hugh F. Culverhouse & the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Davis Mary & Edwin A. Dunn, Jr. & Family Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Falk Chester & Louise Ferguson & Family The Ferman Family First Florida Bank, N.A. First Union National Bank of Florida The W. S. Farish Fund Julia M. Flom State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs Fowler White Boggs Banker Robert & Jo Franzblau GTE Mr. & Mrs. Ghioto, Jr./Century Buick/Izusu The Marvin D. Gill Family Great Southwest Corporation Mr. John H. Hater Heidt & Associates, Inc. Hillsborough County Mr. Harold Holder Holland & Knight Dr. & Mrs. Glenn S. Hooper

In Honor of Alonzo Charles & Amelia Munro Clewis & George Blaine & Mary Trice Clewis Howell David & Marie Hyman IBM Corporation Robert & Lorena Jaeb George W. Jenkins The Junior League of Tampa, Inc. George & Bobbe Karpay Diane G. & John W. Kercher, III Walter H. & Leonore R. Kessler The Kidder Peabody Foundation Girlie & Peter O. Knight, Jr. Louise & Arnold C. Kotler Elmer J. Krauss Mr. & Mrs. William A. Krusen The Lacerte & McKenna Family The Landmarks Group Lincoln Property Company of Florida, Inc. Lykes Bros., Inc. Maas Brothers/Jordan Marsh MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly

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Mr. & Mrs. William C. MacInnes Samuel J. Mack, by the Mack Family & Phillip & Aida Dressler Peter & Carol Mathews Van & Diane McNeel Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Mendez, Jr. & Mrs. Charles E. Mendez Metropolitan Life Foundation Metropolitan Life Insurance Company & Paragon Group Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Morsani & Precision Enterprises, Inc. NCNB National Bank Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur K. Neuman John & Leslie Osterweil Mr. & Mrs. J. Ross Parker Peat Marwick Peoples Gas System, Inc. Price Waterhouse

Publix Super Markets Charities Raybro Electric Supplies, Inc. Reeves Southeastern Corporation Joe D. & Lillian Rosenthal Jack & Ann Sahlman & Sahlman Seafoods, Inc. St. Petersburg Times The Saunders Foundation Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans - Attorneys at Law Casey & L. David Shear Jim & Amy Shimberg Mandell “Hinks” & Elaine Shimberg J. Robert & Mary Sierra Southeast Banking Corporation Foundation Mr. & Mrs. George Steinbrenner & The American Ship Building Company Sun Bank City of Tampa Tampa Cable Television Trust

Tampa Palms Development Corp. & Mr. Kenneth M. Good Mr. & Mrs. Theodore C. Taub TECO Energy, Inc. J. Thomas & Lavinia Witt Touchton The Trammell Crow Company Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O’Neill & Mullis The Tribune Company The James Arthur Turner Family Vantage Companies Bill & Ruth Wagner The Walter Foundation/Walter Industries, Inc. Waste Management, Inc. Francis M. & Marie K. Williams Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Williams, Jr. & Family The Wilson Company Roslyn K. & Richard K. Wittcoff Anonymous

2017-18 Straz Recommends Preferred Restaurant Partners

The following restaurants support the Straz and extend a variety of offers to our Annual Donors and Best of Broadway season ticket holders throughout the 2017-18 season.

Simply show your current donor or season ticket holder card for great savings. Valid Oct. 1, 2017 to Sept. 30, 2018.

717 South 717 S. Howard Ave. – S. Tampa Anise Global Gastrobar 777 N. Ashley Dr. Unit D1 – Tampa Ava Restaurant 718 S. Howard Ave. – S. Tampa Bavaro’s Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria 514 N. Franklin St. #101 – Tampa

Boca Kitchen Bar & Market 901 W. Platt St. – Hyde Park BurgerFi – SoHo 714 S. Howard Ave. – S. Tampa Maestro’s Restaurant and Café 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Pl. – Tampa Si-am Thaimerican Restaurant 713 N. Franklin St. – Tampa

The Tampa Club 101 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 4200 – Tampa Timpano Italian Chophouse 1610 W. Swann Ave. – Hyde Park WaterWorks Bar & Grill 111 W. Fortune St. – Tampa

Support Groups THE PRODUCERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dustin Applebaum Michelle Dy Jillian Feltham Ryan Freking, Chair Holly Gershow Justin Gray Ashley Johnson Karen Johnson

OPERA TAMPA LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sarah Kieny Tiffany Love McElheran Jenny Matasic Steve Mezer Michael Muroff Cameron O’Neill Debbie Viveiros

Gina d’Angelo, Chair Delphin Acosta Troy Atlas Kathleen Casey-Shannon Lea Lavoie Davis Dr. Ignacio A. Ferras, III Bonny Heet Fraser Himes Joan Jennewein Don E. Jones, Jr. Katherine Grana Knoll

Dr. Zena Lansky Scott Lilly Mary Lysaught Judith McLeod Karen Mezer Catherine G. Novack Nadine Pressner Faith Simmons Helen Torres Anthony Varas

Volunteer Recognition

The Straz Center would like to recognize and thank all the volunteers who provide support through their service both in front and in back of house. Without the countless hours put in by our ushers, lounge hosts, retail volunteers, office volunteers and Patel Conservatory volunteers, we could not provide the world class service our patrons have come to expect.

As we celebrate our 2017-18 season, the Straz Center would like to extend an extra special thank you to those volunteers who have been with us since the first season in 1987-88.

Judy Bales Judy Beauchamp Marion Brodarick Norma Caltagirone Gladys Castillo

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Leeann Hunt Robert Jacobson Elena Kornatz Roger Martz Dottie Marvel

Leslie Moore Carmen Morales Eleanor Nesbit Elaine Richard Karen Schmidt

Marianne Turman Ray Turman Donna Van Name Diana Weinel

BECOME AN ANNUAL DONOR And change a child’s life . . .

When you give to The Straz, you’re also giving to Metropolitan Ministries and every one of our other 44 community partners.

That’s why we call it playing it forward.

Read our story on page 8.

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