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IN THIS ISSUE: • D isney’s The Little Mermaid • Cloud 9 • Motown The Musical

STRAZIT’S CENTER MORE THAN JUST A SHOW.

The Straz Center Stands with

National Endowment for the Arts

The FY2018 federal budget proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Here’s a brief look at the creation of the agency and the reasons why a national investment in the arts makes dollars and sense. “ The Arts Endowment’s mission was clear – to spread this artistic prosperity throughout the land, from the dense neighborhoods of our largest cities to the vast rural spaces, so that every citizen might enjoy America’s great cultural legacy.”

– FROM NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS: A HISTORY 1965-2008

During the desultory years of the Great Depression, 10,000 of the 15 million out of work Americans were artists. Through New Deal programs such as the Federal Arts Project and the Federal Writers’ Project, these artists recorded, documented and produced the bulk of American cultural achievement and historical record of the time. While this social program provided a historical precedent for federal support of artists, the nation’s leaders began to see America’s need to make a commitment to the bountiful creative expression of such a diverse and talented society without a socio-economic agenda. The time had come for America to put its might behind its artists, the very citizens who created the nation’s cultural heritage.

While the NEA more or less weathered the culture wars headed by North Carolina senator Jesse Helms in the ‘80s and house speaker Newt Gingrich in the ‘90s, the NEA’s unfortunate position as an easy target for political posturing continues to undermine the agency’s mission as set forth

by LBJ.

The National Endowment for the Arts, then, emerged as this commitment to the exaltation of the spirit produced by American artists.

In his remarks at the signing of the arts and humanities bill in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson noted that to make America great, the fed needed to support the arts:

Congress ultimately approves or rejects the proposed line items, and Congress gave the NEA a $2 million boost for FY2017 – a smart move considering the NEA helps an industry that generates $742 billion to the national economy.

So, the people have an extraordinary opportunity to respond on behalf of preserving the NEA by contacting their members of Congress. Find your member of Congress at www.govtrack.us/congress.

Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves, and to others, the inner vision which guides us as a Nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish. … What this bill really does is to bring active support to this great national asset, to make fresher the winds of art in this great land of ours.

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On May 23, 2017, only a year and a half after the 50th anniversary of the agency, the current president released his budget proposal which outlines his plans to eliminate funding the NEA altogether. He is the only president in history to propose zeroing out funding to the nation’s cultural agency.

The NEA was a simple solution for the questions of how to preserve the many splendid cultural traditions of this nation and continue to nourish the creative soul

School children love the dynamic duo of Black Violin. When they perform at The Straz as part of our NEA-funded Cultural Intersections initiative, they take their passion for mixing classical and hip hop music to the schools to teach hip-hop where there is no public funding for music programs.

Want more info? Visit Caught in the Act, the official blog of the Straz Center, for links to easy online forms and FAQs from the NEA and Americans for the Arts.

of the country. Creating it demonstrated a stunning act of faith in humanity after the harrowing tumult of the early ‘60s and the American entrance into the Vietnam War.

supported American giants like the Joffrey Ballet and Dizzy Gillespie as well as hometown folk artists like cowboy poet Wallace McRae and programs like the Rural Arts Initiative and Arts Education Partnership.

NEA grants, while supporting high-profile artists and organization, mostly support rural and inner city areas that lack the economic infrastructure to provide arts development for their people. The bulk of the grants go to small and mid-sized organizations. These grants help foster economic growth and community pride.

People understand that arts nourish the greatness of their hometowns as well as their country as a whole.

The NEA’s support helps the Straz Center deliver our Cultural Intersections program, a multi-disciplinary series of artists who use traditional, authentic artistic disciplines to transcend cultural boundaries. The NEA makes our work in this endeavor possible, opening our stages last season to such phenomenal artists as Black Violin, Parsons Dance Company, Celtic Nights, tabla master Zakir Hussein and others. This program includes an outreach arm which also sends our Cultural Intersections artists to the community in master classes, lectures and school visits with subsidized tickets for underserved K-12 students.

As for the controlling-government-wasteby-cutting-arts-spending argument, it doesn’t hold. As of now, the NEA gets $150 million in funding (.003 percent of the total budget) yet supports an industry of nonprofit arts that return $9.6 billion in federal taxes. That’s a massive ROI. In addition to the big business of arts funded partly by NEA grants, the National Endowment for the Arts serves as both repository and springboard for American arts, with some of the nation’s most renowned and gifted artistic geniuses and organizations participating in its development, implementation and execution. Over the years, the NEA

As the NEA says, a great nation deserves great art. A great agency doing good work at a great financial return deserves the nation’s support. In the immortal words of this country’s first president: “ The arts and sciences are essential to the prosperity of the state and to the ornament and happiness of human life. They have a primary claim to the encouragement of every lover of his country and mankind.”

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The Million Little Stories

That Make Up

Who We Are

“I’m Amanda, and my movement is this!” A young woman with long brown hair and a big smile circles her arms.

Their teacher, Patel Conservatory theater education faculty member Sarah Berland, her dark curls bouncing, smiles along with the group, pushing them gently during this theater game to try something new, to express themselves in a different way, to make sure they are following instructions.

“And how do you feel?” she asks Amanda. “You have to put an emotion with it, remember.”

“Um, I pick angry!”

The other adults in the circle with Amanda smile and nod, telling her how good she’s doing. In unison, they circle their arms and say, “AMANDA. ANGRY.” Then the whole group dissolves into peals of laughter.

The next person, Walter, shakes his hips. He’s silly. The next is Patricia, who gives a double thumbs-up, she’s excited. They take turns: sad, shy, joyful, mad. After every person, the group laughs and applauds.

So goes another monthly workshop at the Patel Conservatory for the adults at MacDonald Training Center, a Tampa-based non-profit which serves adults with a wide variety of intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities.

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Through their games and improvisation in this hour, these loving, lovable adults learn emotional cues, positive responses to unexpected change and collaboration – all skills they need to land a job, stay employed and live with independence.

“The participants in this outreach are individuals with intellectual disabilities who may be reluctant to attempt to join the workforce because of past negative experiences or just plain fear of new people and places,” says Rita Hatab, the director of development at MacDonald Training Center (MTC). “Our mission is to enable adults with disabilities to lead the lives they choose,” Hatab says.

MTC offers many excellent services, but they do not have enough funding for a performing arts program. Seeing the invaluable benefit of a performing arts education to MTC’s mission, The Straz welcomed them as a community partner in 2009 to help them meet this need. Funded by annual donors, the Straz Center’s community partnership program places much needed resources – faculty and curriculum – with organizations and people who need them most.

“With the performing arts, they get invaluable training for ‘performing’ in the real world,” Hatab says. “Through the respectful instruction from teachers at the Patel Conservatory, they have acquired the concepts of still and abstract

movements and how to move their bodies to tell a story. But even more importantly, they exhibit increased self-confidence and the ability to think imaginatively that will potentially place some of them on a path to community based employment and, ultimately, a more independent life.”

In fact, Amanda has given herself an extra role to play when the workshop is over. “She returns with a buoyancy and happiness which permeates our facility,” Hatab says. “Amanda seems to be able to recreate the lesson in its entirety, adding to the joy of her peers who were unable to participate. Thank you for making all of this happen – this outreach is really changing lives.”

The happiness runs both ways, says Berland, one of their instructors. “Working with these students is highly rewarding,” she says. “Every

month, I continue to learn from them. And now, this is their conservatory, too. They take classes here, and it is a place that inspires their creativity. The outreach has provided them a greater sense of belonging to the community.”

Every day, far from the footlights and spotlights of our main stages, the Straz Center community partnership programs are hard at work improving the quality of life for an untold number of people throughout the Tampa Bay area. Engaging in the arts saves lives, changes lives and spreads joy from one person to another.

For the adults at MacDonald Training Center, Straz Center annual donors give them the power to write their own stories and affect other lives, so our million little stories become a million more.

Photo: Joseph Brown III

Patel Conservatory theater instructor Sarah Berland works with adults from MacDonald Training Center. Here, they imagine being spies.

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In a certain well-known story playing at The Straz this July, a certain red-headed mermaid desperately wants to become human.

In Florida, however, there are certain humans who desperately want to become mermaids.

And, because this is Florida, they can.

Frogmen Trainer Becomes Prince to Little Mermaids The true tale of a dream that could only happen in Florida.

One hour north of Morsani Hall burbles and gurgles one of the greatest, most famous natural wonders in all of Florida, the glorious Weeki Wachee springs. That’s saying something considering this state also harbors the Everglades, one of the largest wetland ecosystems in the world, as well as supports the motley assortment of wild panthers, bear, boar, alligators, pythons, manatees, crocodiles, sawfish and bison in the same state. Yet, Weeki Wachee resides, funneling 117 million gallons of cool spring water every day from depths so extreme the bottom has never been found.

So, it should feel somewhat appropriate that, in 1949, a former U.S. Navy man who trained Frogmen to swim underwater in World War II looked out across the evocative, blue expanse of Weeki Wachee springs and said something like, “hey, I bet I can build an underwater theater and have a mermaid show.”

This man, Newton Perry, cleared the rusted refrigerators and abandoned cars from the spring, built an 18-seat theater in the lime rock six feet underwater, then launched what would become one of the hottest tourist spots in the nation only a few years later, thanks to the corps of pretty girls in bikini tops and shimmering, half-body tails.

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teenager in a bullet-bra bathing costume eating a banana underwater drew carloads of curious tourists to the underwater marvel.

Perry figured out how to hide slender breathing tubes amid the underwater scenery so the performers could have access to air during the run of their shows and stunts. The mermaids did not (and do not) have an easy job despite appearances and air tubes. In a current sometimes strong enough to knock off a cinched SCUBA mask, holding their own and holding their breath while creating the illusion of gliding and floating gently through enchanting waters requires the strength, stamina and skill of a competitive athlete.

In the sixties, American Broadcast Company (ABC) bought the spring, tipping the scales toward international fame. They upgraded to a 400-seat theater and made the attraction a bonafide springs-and-mermaids theme park.

Whereas the Weeki Wachee mermaids had been local gals, under the ABC banner women from around the world auditioned for the show of a lifetime as a swirling, twirling mermaid performing eight soldout shows a day. During this heyday, Weeki Wachee boasted 35 mermaids on the payroll, with many of them living in special mermaid cottages on site. They were, and some argue still are, Florida royalty.

Today, Weeki Wachee springs exist as a state park, full of family-friendly activities – including the beloved, often sold-out daily mermaid shows.

They have a full roster of mermaids and two princes that you can read about online if you want current information. If you have a little starfish who needs to practice writing and penmanship skills, the mermaids and princes are happy to receive Tail Mail letters from fans and the mer-curious (under 17 years old only, though).

Weeki Wachee holds junior mermaid camps, too, and even a “Sirens of the Deep” adult mermaid camp for those people who want to unleash their inner merperson. That’s the upside.

The downside is that the camps for both little and big humans are sold out through October 2017.

After 70 years, Newton Perry’s post-war Florida mermaid dream still ignites the imagination and affirms a more uplifting, charmingly literal interpretation of “swimming with the fishes.”

Thus, common Jamaican crab wisdom holds: it is better, down where it’s wetter.

Mermaid Taylor image courtesy of Andrew Brusso.

New York-based photographer Andrew Brusso grew up on Florida’s Anna Maria Island. His images have appeared in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Surfer, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, Golf Digest and other notable publications. He joined the 2008 effort to save Weeki Wachee springs by photographing the mermaids pro bono for a fundraising calendar. He’s been photographing them for the annual calendar ever since. To see more of his extraordinary work, visit andrewbrusso.com.

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Vera Muzzillo Rick Nafe 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 Martin L. Silbiger Lisa Simington Rick Simonetti Sharon Stein Catherine Lowry Straz Cindy Stuart Chuck Sykes Susan Sykes Ronald Vaughn Don Wallace David B. Weinstein Bill West Todd Wickner PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL Helen Kerr Helen Torres

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Foundation Board of Directors A.D. “Sandy” MacKinnon, Chairman R. Kent Bailey Don DeFosset John Jaeb Helen Kerr Jack Kirkland Judith Lisi Frank L. Morsani Frank J. Rief, III

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From the President/CEO and Chairman of the Board Dear Friends, Summer is in full swing. The days are long; the nights are hot.

So, the best place to be is right here, in the cool theater enjoying the very best in live entertainment.

We are happy you’ve joined us for this show, and we have a few others for you to enjoy.

JUDITH LISI President/CEO

Our Broadway offerings this summer start with the underthe-sea smash Disney’s The Little Mermaid, running in Morsani Hall, July 11-16. The GARY SASSO Chairman story of a beautiful, young mermaid’s quest for love that costs her the price of her own voice, The Little Mermaid pits the delightful sea-witch Ursula against Ariel’s hopes of life on land with a man she loves. The show brings to life all the great songs and characters (yes, Sebastian) we love from the animated film.

The next Broadway show drives audiences to Motor City when Motown The Musical returns for an encore engagement August 8-13 in Morsani Hall. The story of Barry Gordy’s rise from boxer to music mogul, Motown The Musical features a playlist of greatest hits from Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, the Jackson 5 and more. If you missed the show last season, you get your chance to see it this summer, and for those of you who loved it last year and asked us to bring it back, here’s your opportunity to gather family and friends to enjoy the show again.

Our resident theater company, Jobsite Theater, has produced another award-winning season for 2016-2017. Their final show, Caryl Churchill’s challenging, quixotic and bracingly funny Cloud 9 runs in the Shimberg Playhouse, July 12-August 6. A topsy-turvy turn on colonialism, family, gender, race and the boundaries of theater, Cloud 9 played to packed houses during Jobsite’s first staging of it in 2003 and won three “Best of the Bay” awards that same year.

We hope you enjoy a Straz summer, and we’ll see you at the shows.

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STRAZ CENTER STAFF Executive Judith Lisi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . President/Chief Executive Officer Patricia Griggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Assistant to Judith Lisi Development Julie Britton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President of Development Kimberly Bateman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager of Donor Relations and Development Systems Marc Brechwald. . . . . . . Director of Corporate Relations and Sponsorships Emily Dey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Individual Giving Maggie DiPietra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Writer Emma Dortch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Coordinator Donna McBride. . . . . . . Senior Director of Grants & Government Relations Bill Rolon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Relations Manager Nicole Stickeler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager of Special Events Janice Udogu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Database Coordinator Betsy VanderVoort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donor Services Coordinator Facilities Tom Wright. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Facilities Director Angela Arruda, Joseph Forbes, Ramona Glasgow, Jerry Washington. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Environmental Services Technicians Jamie Gonzalez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance Technician/Electrician John Horn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance/Lead HVAC Tech John Huggins, Alberto Vargas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance Technicians Dino Mercado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance/HVAC Tech Finance Mary Beth Rossi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Administrative and Finance Officer Marisol Adkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant to CFO George Barnard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Financial Analyst Dominick Furlano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controller Kendra Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Controller Kate Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staff Accountant I Jill Prosser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounts Payable Coordinator Debra Shedd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staff Accountant I Human Resources April Kinchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HR Director Jeen Allen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Administrator Carina Gettys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HR Coordinator Janet Krawczyk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HR Specialist Information Technology Jason Combs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Technology Jerry Boutot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Database Administration Manager Michael Daley, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information Support Assistant Samuel Luis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manager of IT Russ (Sidney) McLaurin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IT Support Specialist Peter McQuain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web Developer Maestro’s Restaurants and Food and Beverage Javier Rasmussen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Manager Patricia Bailey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beverage Manager Laura Calvillo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restaurant Manager Lainey Dunn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catering Sales Manager Victor Feliciano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Banquet Manager Ray Haag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Restaurant Manager Rayma Marquiss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant Vincent Paterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Beverage Manager Alicia Rivera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catering Sales Assistant Edward Steinhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Chef Steve Watkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coffee Shop Manager Christine Webb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Catering Sales Manager Opera Tampa Daniel Lipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Artistic Director Robin Stamper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Director Operations Lorrin Shepard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Operating Officer Dionne Christian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations Administrator 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 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

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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 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Production Services Scott Belowsky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Leslie Bindeman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician Scott Cline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Carpenter Shannon Darby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Jesse Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master Electrician David Reynolds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . House Flyman/Rigger Joseph Willinger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio Engineer Programming and Marketing Programming Georgiana Young . . . . . . . . . . Chief Programming and Marketing Officer Joel Lisi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Administration Manager Jeanne Piazza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Rentals Manager Jason Seguin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Administration Manager Communications Paul Bilyeu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Director of Communications Carol Cohen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communications Manager Marlowe Fairbanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Writer Alex Stewart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Media Relations Manager Community Engagement Jennifer Gonzalez-Bohnert. . . . . . . . Director of Community Engagement and Audience Development Alessandra McGrath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Group Sales Coordinator Spencer Meyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Group Sales Coordinator Creative Mei Crain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creative Director Dona Haag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphics Manager Brad Hudson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Video Production Joseph LaCrue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Graphic Designer Roderick Taracatac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer Marketing Summer Bohnenkamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Director of Marketing Stephanie Amberg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Director Edzer Beaucejour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator Maxwell C. Bolton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Manager LeeAnn Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . Digital & Experience Marketing Director Sarah Gecan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Manager Catalina Nieto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital Marketing Coordinator Stephanie Pemberton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Ticket Office Customer Service Manager Jay Manuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Office Supervisor Kari Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticketing Operations Manager Amber Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Office Supervisor Courtney Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Office Administrative Assistant

@ STRAZ CENTER

JULY 11-16 MORSANI HALL

Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

Pittsburgh CLO & Kansas City Starlight’s production of

Book by

Lyrics by

Music by

DOUG WRIGHT

HOWARD ASHMAN & GLENN SLATER

ALAN MENKEN

Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film, produced by Howard Ashman & John Musker and written & directed by John Musker & Ron Clements Starring MELVIN ABSTON JENNIFER ALLEN STEVE BLANCHARD ALLEN FITZPATRICK ERIC KUNZE

FREDERICK HAGREEN

BRANDON ROACH

CONNOR RUSSELL

JAMIE TORCELLINI

and

DIANA HUEY as ARIEL

Scenic Design

Costume Design

KENNETH FOY

AMY CLARK & MARK KOSS

Wig & Hair Design

Original Soundscape Design

LEAH J. LOUKAS Associate Director

GARETH OWEN

MICHAEL HEITZMAN Associate Choreographer

Lighting Design

CHARLIE MORRISON

Associate Choreographer ROBBIE ROBY

Production Stage Manager

New Soundscape Design

RANDY HANSEN

Production Supervisor

JOHN R. EDKINS

ROBBIE ROBY

MICHAEL McEOWEN

Sound Design

ED CHAPMAN

Company Manager

CHRISTOPHER HOLMAN

Flying Sequences Choreographed by

PAUL RUBIN Music Direction by

COLIN R. FREEMAN Choreographed by

JOHN MacINNIS Directed by

GLENN CASALE

Originally Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions Scenery, props and new costumes were created by a partnership with Dallas Summer Musicals, Starlight Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO and Theatre Under The Stars.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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CAST

(in order of appearance) Ariel.......................................................................................................................... DIANA HUEY Pilot ................................................................................................................ DANE STOKINGER Sailors....................... VENNY CARRANZA, MICHAEL McGURK, JAMES SHACKELFORD, BRIAN STEVEN SHAW, SHELDON HENRY Prince Eric ................................................................................................................. ERIC KUNZE Grimsby ..................................................................................................... ALLEN FITZPATRICK Flounder .........................................................................................................CONNOR RUSSELL Scuttle............................................................................................................JAMIE TORCELLINI King Triton ..................................................................................................STEVE BLANCHARD Sebastian ........................................................................................................... MELVIN ABSTON Mersisters Aquata ................................................................................................. MELISSA GLASGOW Andrina ....................................................................................................... KRISTIN BURCH Arista .......................................................................................................BRENNA WAGNER Atina ..................................................................................................................BECCA ORTS Adella .....................................................................................................AMANDA MINANO Alana ..............................................................................................KRISTINE M. BENNETT Flotsam ........................................................................................................... BRANDON ROACH Jetsam ......................................................................................................FREDERICK HAGREEN Ursula ................................................................................................................JENNIFER ALLEN Gulls ...................................... VENNY CARRANZA, MICHAEL McGURK, KC FREDERICKS Maids ..........KRISTIN BURCH, MELISSA GLASGOW, AMANDA MINANO, BECCA ORTS, BETY LE, BRENNA WAGNER Chef Louis ...................................................................................................... DANE STOKINGER Chefs .................................... VENNY CARRANZA, MICHAEL McGURK, KC FREDERICKS, JAMES SHACKELFORD, BRIAN STEVEN SHAW, SHELDON HENRY Princesses ..............................KRISTIN BURCH, MELISSA GLASGOW, AMANDA MINANO, KRISTINE M. BENNETT, BECCA ORTS, BRENNA WAGNER ENSEMBLE

KRISTINE M. BENNETT, KRISTIN BURCH, VENNY CARRANZA, KC FREDERICKS, MELISSA GLASGOW, SHELDON HENRY, BETY LE, MICHAEL McGURK, AMANDA MINANO, BECCA ORTS, JAMES SHACKELFORD, BRIAN STEVEN SHAW, DANE STOKINGER, BRENNA WAGNER

DANCE CAPTAIN ROBBIE ROBY

FLIGHT CAPTAIN

BRITTANY ZEINSTRA

UNDERSTUDIES & SWINGS

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time.

For Ariel: AMANDA MINANO; For Prince Eric: FREDERICK HAGREEN, JAMES SHACKELFORD; For Ursula: BRENNA WAGNER; For King Triton: DANE STOKINGER; For Sebastian: SHELDON HENRY; For Scuttle: VENNY CARRANZA; For Flotsam: BRIAN STEVEN SHAW; For Jetsam: BRIAN STEVEN SHAW; For Grimsby: DANE STOKINGER; For Flounder: KC FREDERICKS; For Chef Louis: VENNY CARRANZA Male Swing: ROBBIE ROBY; Female Swing: BRITTANY ZEINSTRA

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I

“The World Above” ..................................................................................................................Ariel “Fathoms Below” †................................................................... Pilot, Sailors, Prince Eric, Grimsby “Daughters of Triton” ...................................................................................................... Mersisters “If Only (Triton’s Lament)” ........................................................................................... King Triton “Daddy’s Little Angel” .............................................................................. Ursula, Flotsam, Jetsam “Part of Your World” * ..............................................................................................................Ariel “The Storm” ...........................................................................................................................Sailors “Part of Your World (Reprise)” .................................................................................................Ariel “She’s In Love” ................................................................................................Flounder, Mersisters “Her Voice” ..................................................................................................................... Prince Eric “Under the Sea” ........................................................................................ Sebastian, Sea Creatures “If Only (Ariel’s Lament)” ........................................................................................................Ariel “Sweet Child” ......................................................................................................... Flotsam, Jetsam “Poor Unfortunate Souls” ...................................................................................................... Ursula

ACT II

“Positoovity” ............................................................................................................... Scuttle, Gulls “Beyond My Wildest Dreams” .....................................................................Ariel, Maids, Grimsby “Les Poissons” ................................................................................................................ Chef Louis “Les Poissons (Reprise)” .....................................................................................Chef Louis, Chefs “One Step Closer” ........................................................................................................... Prince Eric “Daddy’s Little Angel (Reprise)” ............................................................... Ursula, Flotsam, Jetsam “Kiss the Girl” * ................................................................................................. Sebastian, Animals “If Only (Quartet)” ..........................................................Ariel, Prince Eric, Sebastian, King Triton “The Contest” ................................................................................................... Grimsby, Princesses “Poor Unfortunate Souls (Reprise)” ...................................................................................... Ursula “Finale” †............................................................................................. Prince Eric, Ariel, Ensemble Music by Alan Menken, * Lyrics by Howard Ashman, † Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater All other lyrics by Glenn Slater

DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID TOURING ORCHESTRA Conductor: COLIN R. FREEMAN Associate Music Director / Keyboards: OLIVER TOWNSEND Drummer: ANTHONY DeAUGUSTINE

ADDITIONAL MUSICAL STAFF

Keyboard Programming: JIM HARP, SYNTHLINK LLC

LOCAL MUSICIANS

Woodwind 1: DAVID TAGLIARINI Woodwind 2: AMY COLLINS Woodwind 3: PETER MEIGHAN French Horn: CATHY CALDWELL Trumpet: JAY COBLE Violin 1: FRANCISCA MENDOZA Violin 2: ERIC NORDSTROM Cello: CHRIS PEGIS Percussion: CHUCK RIEHLE Keyboard 1: ROBERT JAROSH Keyboard 2: JUDI GLOVER Bass / Contractor: MARK NEUENSCHWANDER TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG 17

CAST

DIANA HUEY

MELVIN ABSTON

JENNIFER ALLEN

STEVE BLANCHARD

ALLEN FITZPATRICK

FREDERICK HAGREEN

BRANDON ROACH

CONNOR RUSSELL

JAMIE TORCELLINI

ERIC KUNZE

KRISTINE M. BENNETT

KRISTIN BURCH

VENNY CARRANZA

KC FREDERICKS

MELISSA GLASGOW

SHELDON HENRY

BETY LE

MICHAEL McGURK

AMANDA MINANO

BECCA ORTS

ROBBIE ROBY

BRIAN STEVEN DANE JAMES SHAW STOKINGER SHACKELFORD

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BRENNA WAGNER

BRITTANY ZEINSTRA

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST DIANA HUEY (Ariel) couldn’t be more honored or excited to swim across the country and to live out this childhood dream!

Regional: 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, ACT Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Signature Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Flat Rock Playhouse, Prospect Theatre and Playwrights Horizon.

TV: Leverage, The Glee Project and New Day Northwest’s theme-song singer. She is a Helen Hayes Award Winner for Best Leading Actress for Signature Theatre’s Miss Saigon.

Endless thanks to this team for this incredible opportunity and her family and Andrew for their support and love! DianaHuey.com MELVIN ABSTON (Sebastian) Broadway: Sister Act. Nat’l Tour: Lion King, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Sister Act. Regional: ZACH Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, TUTS, The 5th Avenue Theatre and Goodman Theatre.

Film/TV: Chastity Bites, Solace, Gotham, Raising Hope, Chuck, recurred on Grey’s Anatomy, H+: The Digital Series and Weeds.

VO: Verizon Wireless, South Park Studios and The Prince of Peace. Proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA, prouder father to Jaron, Stevie and Krystina!

JENNIFER ALLEN (Ursula) Broadway credits include starring and co-starring roles in The Bridges of Madison County, Sister Act (Mother Superior), Memphis, A Catered Affair, Cats (Grizabella), Little Me, Guys and Dolls (Miss Adelaide) and City of Angels. Allen has been seen in National Tours of Ragtime (Emma Goldman), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (Ma and Tessie Tura) and Cabaret (Sally Bowles). Regionally, she has worked at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodspeed Opera House and Paper Mill Playhouse. Allen makes her home in New York with her loving family, husband Rob and two gorgeous children, Cedric and Frances.

STEVE BLANCHARD (King Triton) Broadway: Beauty and the Beast, Camelot, A Christmas Carol and The Three Musketeers.

National Tours: Newsies, Little House on the Prairie, Camelot and Phantom of the Opera.

Television: The Tap, Law & Order, Third

Watch, Cupid, Ed, Sunset Beat, Police Story and Goody Goody. Film: In Stranger Company, Those Who Wander, When the Moon Was Twice As Big, By the Dashboard Light and Rap Master Ronnie for HBO. Original Recordings: Johnny Guitar, Sundown, Frankenstein and Northbound Train.

ALLEN FITZPATRICK (Grimsby) Allen’s 10 Broadway appearances include Les Misérables, The Scarlet Pimpernel, 42nd Street, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Memphis, Driving Miss Daisy, Sweet Smell of Success, Passion and Damn Yankees. Fitzpatrick was featured in five National Tours including starring as Max in Sunset Boulevard.

Regional: 200 plays. Multiple TV and film roles. allenfitzpatrick.weebly.com ERIC KUNZE (Prince Eric) Recent: Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home with Lea Salonga. “The Man” in Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Whistle Down the Wind (IRNE Award best actor), title character in Jesus Christ Superstar (with Carl Anderson).

Broadway: Marius in Les Misérables, Chris in Miss Saigon, Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees (with Jerry Lewis). Regional: Che in Evita (Los Angeles Ovation Nomination), West Side Story (Tony), Into the Woods (the Prince), title role in Pippin (LA Robbie Award), South Pacific (Lt. Cable), the title role in The Who’s Tommy in Los Angeles.

Symphony appearances: Cincinnati Pops, The Kennedy Center’s The Music of Andrew Lloyd Weber, Carnegie Hall with the New York POPS. For more information visit erickunze.com.

FREDERICK HAGREEN (Jetsam) Previous credits include Assassins as John Hinckley, Jr., Pirates of Penzance and Jasper in Deadland (5th Avenue Theatre); Come From Away (Seattle Rep.); Bad Apples (ACT); Disney’s Mary Poppins and Les Misérables (Village Theatre); American Idiot and Really, Really (ArtsWest). Love to B, Kels, L-Dawg and the family.

BRANDON ROACH (Flotsam) National Tours: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. 5th Avenue: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Regional: Tuacahn (Sister Act, Disney’s When You Wish), Surflight (The Wizard of Oz), Cd’A Summer Theatre (Mary Poppins; TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG 19

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST 9 to 5 and Hello, Dolly!). Thanks to Michael and Ellery at The Roster. Much love to friends and family.

CONNOR RUSSELL (Flounder) Quentin in October Sky (The Old Globe); Premiere of Disney’s Aladdin, Hairspray Anniversary Concert, A Chorus Line (5th Avenue Theatre); Beatsville (Asolo Rep); Idaho!

The Comedy Musical (The Smith Center); A Musical Christmas Carol (Pittsburgh CLO); White Christmas (Arkansas Rep); The Who’s Tommy (Village Theatre) and Gypsy (Capital Rep). Film: Paul in The Hinterlands (IAWTV Award nomination for Best Leading Actor), Brand Upon the Brain (Toronto Film Festival/New York Film Festival), Truth Slash Fiction (SeriesFest 2016 Winner).

Instagram/Twitter: @mrconnorrussell JAMIE TORCELLINI (Scuttle) Broadway: Cats (Mr. Mistoffelees), Little Johnny Jones (standby for Donny Osmond), Me and My Girl (standby for Jim Dale), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Man of La Mancha (Barber), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (LeFou) and the original company of Billy Elliot. Television/Film: “Law & Order,” “ER,” “The Jamie Foxx Show,” “Stuart Little,” Mrs. Santa Claus. Torcellini has also provided character voices for Disney’s Tarzan, Pocahontas and was the character model for the body of Aladdin.

KRISTINE M. BENNETT (Alana, Ensemble) National tours of Disney’s The Little Mermaid and The Music Man. Regional credits: The Fireside, NSMT, TUTS, The Gateway Playhouse, Paper Mill. Commercial credits: Match.com, AdoreMe.com, Citibank, Hood, Farkle, Petro and more. In her off time, Kristine loves spending time with her husband and teaching Pilates. Many thanks to Glenn, Jon, Colin, Michael, the whole Mermaid family and her own family for their constant support! Zeph 3:17 KRISTIN BURCH (Andrina, Ensemble) Overjoyed to return to this magical show!

5th Avenue: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, How to Succeed… International Tour: West Side Story (Anybodies/ Maria u/s). Regional: Legally Blonde (Elle), Chicago (Roxie), Oliver! (Nancy). Love to Mom, Dad and her husband Matthew. SHMILY. 20 CENTERBILL • JULY/AUGUST 2017

VENNY CARRANZA (Gull, Ensemble, Chef Understudy, Scuttle Understudy) is excited to be going “Under The Sea.” B’way: A Chorus Line, Camelot, We Will Rock You, Seussical, HAIR. Regional: Monty Python’s Spamalot, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Señor Discretion Himself and others. TV/ Film: Jack and Jill, Scrubs. Thanks to all the Mermaid team, Mr. Wolfe and God! KC FREDERICKS (Gull, Ensemble, Flounder Understudy) is excited to return to the sea after originating this fantastic production. National Tours: Wicked, Cats.

Regional: Paper Mill, Pittsburgh CLO, KC Starlight, Alliance Theatre, Barrington, NC Theatre, MUNY, Maltz Jupiter, MerryGo-Round. TV/Film: Smash, Disney’s High School Musical 3: Senior Year, The American Mall (MTV). Love and thanks to my wonderful husband, Matt.

MELISSA GLASGOW (Aquata, Ensemble) is thrilled to be under the sea!

Favorite credits: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (TUTS/McCoy Rigby), Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer (Theatre at Madison Square Garden), Catch Me If You Can (Moonlight Amphitheater). BFA Musical Theatre, UCIrvine. Thanks to Glenn, John and Colin and love to my wonderful family.

SHELDON HENRY (Ensemble, Sebastian Understudy) is a native New Yorker with a BFA from The Hartt School of Music.

Some of his recent/favorite credits: South Pacific national tour, 20th Anniversary Riverdance international tour, The Prom, Guys and Dolls, Dreamgirls, Central Ave Breakdown, Five Guys Named Moe, Buddy Holly, Tommy, Parade, A Christmas Carol and Show Boat. Henry is also a proud alum of Boys Choir of Harlem. He would like to thank his family, friends and wonderful agents at CarsonKolker for their continued support.

BETY LE (Ariel Double, Ensemble) is thrilled to share this magical story of Disney’s The Little Mermaid with you. For more info on her training and credits, visit betyle.com.

Instagram: be_ty_le Thank you Universe for this blessing. Om Mani Padme Hum.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST MICHAEL McGURK (Gull, Ensemble) Broadway: The Wedding Singer (original cast), The Music Man (original revival cast).

Off-Broadway: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

National Tour: Dr. Dolittle. McGurk has performed on the Tony Awards® twice. BFA: The Boston Conservatory.

AMANDA MINANO (Adella, Ensemble, Ariel Understudy) Off-Broadway: Let Her Kick (Workshop). Touring: Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, The 5th Avenue Theatre, TUTS, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, IVRT. Love to Anthony Boyer, the Minano clan, and Max. Keep shining, you ARE enough! @amanda.minano #mermanda BECCA ORTS (Atina, Ensemble) is thrilled to be among this magnificent group of artists. Some favorite credits include: The Last Five Years (Cathy), Xanadu (Kira), Rocky Horror Show (Janet), Cabaret (Sally) and Shrek (Princess Fiona). Love to Kody and fam.

DANE STOKINGER (Chef Louis, Pilot, Ensemble, Triton Understudy, Grimsby Understudy) Selected Regional Credits: A Christmas Story (Old Man), Monty Python’s Spamalot (Lancelot), Wizard of Oz (Tin Man), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Caractacus Potts), Full Monty (Jerry), Trails (Mike), No Way To Treat A Lady (Morris Brummell). All my Love to Jess.

BRENNA WAGNER (Arista, Ensemble) is absolutely joyous to return to Disney’s The Little Mermaid! Seattle: 5th Avenue’s Paint Your Wagon; ArtsWest’s Violet (Violet); Village Theatre’s Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady. Regional: Arizona Theatre Company. Love to Mama and Dad. brennawagner.com BRITTANY ZEINSTRA (Swing) Regional: Mamma Mia! (Sophie) at The Muny, How to Succeed… at TUTS, Me and My Girl. BFA from Boston Conservatory. Love to my parents and fearless sisters. BrittanyZeinstra.com

JAMES SHACKELFORD (Ensemble, Understudy Prince Eric) is thrilled to continue with Mermaid! A native of Liberty, MO and a graduate of Oklahoma City University.

Tours: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric u/s, Swing). Regional: Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Sacramento Music Circus and Westchester Broadway Theatre.

A Soloist with the USO Show Troupe. jamesdshackelford.com

ALAN MENKEN (Music) Stage credits: Little Shop of Horrors; Beauty and the Beast; A Christmas Carol; King David; God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; Real Life Funnies; The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravits; Weird Romance and Der Glocker Von Notre Dame.

Film credits: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Newsies, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules and Home on the Range. Other achievements: A Billboard #1 album (Pocahontas) and #1 single (“A Whole New World”). Awards include eight Academy Awards®, seven Golden Globes®, 10 Grammys®, a London Evening Standard Award, an Olivier, a New York Drama Critics Award, a Drama Desk and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. Stage adaptations: A Christmas Carol and The Hunchback of Notre Dame plus the film Noel.

BRIAN STEVEN SHAW (Ensemble, Flotsam/Jetsam Understudy) Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, Pittsburgh CLO, TUTS, 5th Avenue Theatre, McCoy Rigby, 3-D Theatricals, Disneyland. Commercial: “Frozen Fun” (Disneyland Resort). Thanks Glenn, John, Craig and Nick. Instagram: brianshaw_blue

HOWARD ASHMAN (Lyrics) wrote the lyrics for the Disney animated films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (3 songs). He served as producer on The Little Mermaid and executive producer on Beauty and the Beast. With composer Alan Menken, he received two Academy Awards® and two Golden Globes for Best

ROBBIE ROBY (Swing, Dance Captain) Broadway: Billy Elliot, Hairspray, Paint Your Wagon (Encores!, Cast Album).

National Tours: Spamalot, Fiddler on the Roof with Topol, Joseph…Dreamcoat (Cast album), Starlight Express. Baltimore native, BS in Elementary Education from Towson University. Dare to dream!

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Song (“Beauty and the Beast” and “Under the Sea”) and four Grammy® Awards. He received an Academy Award nomination with Menken for “Friend Like Me” from Aladdin. As author, lyricist and director for the stage musical Little Shop of Horrors, which ran for five years in New York and was produced worldwide, Ashman received two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, a London Evening Standard Award and a Drama Desk Award. For his screenplay version of Little Shop of Horrors, Ashman received a nomination from the Screen Writers Guild and “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space” was nominated (with Menken) for an Academy Award for Best Song. He was author, lyricist and director of Smile for which he received a Tony nomination for Best Book. Stage credits include God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and The Confirmation (his only full-length play). Artistic Director: WPA Theatre (1976–1982).

GLENN SLATER (Lyrics) Broadway: Houdini with Danny Elfman (2013). Disney’s The Little Mermaid (2008 Tony Award® nomination for Best Score and Grammy® nomination for Best Cast Album). West End: Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy (2009), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies (2010, Olivier nomination for Best Musical).

Regional: Leap of Faith (Ahmanson Theatre, L.A. 2010). Off-Broadway: newyorkers (Manhattan Theatre Club 2001, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations). Film: Disney’s Home on the Range (2004) and Tangled (2010, Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominations for Best Song). Awards: Kleban Award for Lyrics, ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and the Jonathan Larson award. Slater lives in New York City and has two sons, Benjamin and Daniel.

DOUG WRIGHT (Book) is a Pulitzer Prize winner and has received a Tony Award®, Drama Desk Award, GLAAD Media Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama League Award and a Lucille Lortel Award for I Am My Own Wife, which premiered at Playwrights Horizon in 2003. For Grey Gardens, he was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best 22 CENTERBILL • JULY/AUGUST 2017

Book of a Musical. In 1995, Wright won an Obie Award for his play Quills, his screen adaptation was named Best Picture by the National Board of Review and nominated for three Academy Awards®. Wright was cited by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and awarded the Tolerance Prize from the KulturForum Europa. Plays include The Stonewater Rapture, Interrogating the Nude, Unwrap Your Candy, Grey Gardens, Disney’s The Little Mermaid and The Pavilion. Currently, he serves on the board of the New York Theatre Workshop and is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council.

GLENN CASALE (Director) Broadway: Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby (Tony Award® nomination Best Revival), which was filmed

by A&E and garnered two Emmy® Awards.

Off-Broadway: The Property Known as Garland starring Adrienne Barbeau and Dragapella at Studio 54 (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Best Production). International: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast (Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and Russia), The Wiz. Regional: Hunchback of Notre Dame; The Little Mermaid; Ballroom; Camelot with Rachel York and Lou Diamond Phillips; Wrestlers starring Mark Harmon and George Clooney; Bingo!; From the Top starring Carol Burnett; Los Angeles Ovation Award-winning Best Musical Anything Goes starring Rachel York, Brent Barrett, Sally Struthers and Fred Willard; Camelot starring Michael York; The Prisoner of Second Avenue with Jason Alexander. Television: ABC-TV’s The Faculty starring Meredith Baxter and “The Wayans Brothers.” Casale is the Artistic Director for the California Musical Theater in Sacramento.

JOHN MacINNIS (Choreographer) John choreographed Disney’s The Little Mermaid currently running in Tokyo, along with the new company that just opened in Nagoya, Japan. He also choreographed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, which ran for more than ten years in five European countries. He is the associate choreographer of the new West End production of Dreamgirls and the Broadway productions of Something Rotten!, Disney’s Aladdin and the 2011

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Tony Award® winning musical The Book of Mormon. He directed and choreographed the Olympic Medals Ceremonies at the 2010 Winter Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, B.C., Canada and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. From 19992001, he directed and choreographed The Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Detroit and the first international production in Mexico City. MacInnis has choreographed at The Shaw Festival, Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh CLO, Theater Under The Stars, Music Theater Wichita, Sacramento Music Circus, and North Shore Music Theatre.

COLIN R. FREEMAN (Musical Director/ Conductor) U.S. Regional (partial list): Annie, Annie Get Your Gun, The Andrews Brothers, Assassins, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls (1992 U.S. National Tour), Grease, Gypsy, Harmony, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Wizard of Oz. London/West End: Chess, Cats, Fame, Children of Eden, Matador, Me and My Girl. Freeman has conducted many of the country’s leading symphony orchestras, as well as recorded for the BBC. He has worked with artists such as Michael Feinstein, Barry Manilow, Mitzi Gaynor and Rod Stewart. Freeman has an LA Alliance Ovation Stage Award for Best Musical Direction (2003). He lives happily in Palm Springs with his wife, Lorna Luft.

PAUL RUBIN (Flying Sequence Choreographer) Rubin’s career of choreographing flying sequences spans four decades. Rubin is a member of The Academy of Magical Arts at The Magic Castle. The 5th Avenue: Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan. Broadway: Wicked; Curtains with David Hyde Pierce; Frozen; The Pirate Queen; Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan; Kiss Me, Kate; Doctor Zhivago; The Green Bird; Dance of the Vampires; Fiddler on the Roof and Saturday Night Fever. International/Touring Productions: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Holland, Moscow, Tokyo, U.S.), Tori Amos’ The Light Princess (National Theatre, London), Evolution touring China, Aladdin, West Coast Premiere of Carrie the Musical, 9 to 5 the Musical, Spamalot, Dora the Explorer LIVE, SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical, Seussical the Musical and ScoobyDoo. TheFlyGuy.com. Twitter: @theflyguy

KENNETH FOY (Scenic Designer) Broadway: Candida starring Joanne Woodward, Macbeth with Nicol Williamson, Annie, An Evening with Jerry Herman, Gypsy (dir. Arthur Laurents) and more.

National/International: My Fair Lady, Bombay Dreams, Doctor Dolittle, White Christmas, The Sound of Music, The King and I, Disney’s High School Musical and High School Musical 2. Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, La Scala, Radio City, Six Flags, Busch Gardens, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

AMY CLARK (Costume Designer) Chaplin (Broadway, Barrymore); On Your Toes (City Center Encores!); Other Desert Cities (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Lord of the Flies and The North Pool (Barrington Stage); Show Boat (Goodspeed); Monster at the Door (Alley Theatre). Awarded the 2012 Theater Hall of Fame Emerging Artists Fellowship.

MARK KOSS (Costume Designer) designed at Sacramento Music Circus for La Cage aux Folles in 2014, Chicago in 2013, Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Fiddler on the Roof in 2012, and The Producers and Camelot in 2011.

He was the associate costume designer for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents Circus XTREME and Marvel Universe LIVE! produced by Feld Entertainment. His other credits include Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of The Little Mermaid, directed

by Glenn Casale, co-designed with Amy Clark; San Francisco Playhouse’s Animals Out of Paper and Dead Man’s Cell Phone; Shotgun Players’ The Threepenny Opera; San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s Pericles; Ray of Light Theatre’s The Who’s Tommy (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award).

M.F.A., NYU Tisch.

CHARLIE MORRISON (Lighting Designer) National/International Tours: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (NYC/Tour); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon, Aida (U.S., Taiwan and China); The Producers, Man of La Mancha, Guys and Dolls, Groovaloo (NYC, LA, Foxwoods and U.S. Tour); Hello, Dolly!, My Fair Lady, The King and I (U.S. Tour and Korea); The 25th Annual Putnam TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG 23

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST County Spelling Bee, Gypsy, 42nd Street (U.S. and Japan); Smokey Joe’s Café, The Who’s Tommy (Europe & Japan); Titanic, The Music Man and many others. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle Rep, Theatre Under the Stars, Dallas Summer Musicals, California Music Circus, Kansas City Starlight, Pittsburgh CLO, George Street Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Playmaker’s Rep, Tulsa Opera, many others.

Morrison is the recipient of two Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design and has been nominated for seven Helen Hayes Awards. Website: cmlighting.com.

ED CHAPMAN (Sound Designer) Current/ recent touring productions: A Christmas Story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Guys and Dolls, The Producers, Disney’s The Little Mermaid (co-design with Randy Hansen). Other notable projects: Pirates of Penzance (dir. John Rando at Barrington Stage), The Wizard of Oz (Walnut Street Theatre), over 20 productions at The Weston Playhouse, The Joker’s Game (World Premiere in China), Bedbugs (OffBroadway), Rocky Horror Show (dir. Hunter Foster), American Pops Orchestra in Tokyo.

Chapman sends much love and thanks to his parents, John and Gayle, and family Kate, Mary Ann, Johnny and Eddie.

LEAH J. LOUKAS (Hair & Wig Design) The 5th Avenue Theatre: A Night With Janis Joplin. Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Oh, Hello; The Heidi Chronicles; On The Town; A Night With Janis Joplin; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; American Idiot; Irena’s Vow. Off-Broadway: The Royale (Lincoln Center); The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout); Barbecue, Fortress of Solitude and Plenty (The Public Theater); Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Into the Woods (Shakespeare in the Park); Heathers: The Musical (Signature Theatre); Jelly’s Last Jam (Signature Theatre Company); Butler (59E59). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Barrington Stage Company, McCarter Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre.

Education: University of Cincinnati’s CCM, BFA, Theater Design and Production/ Makeup and Wig Design.

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MICHAEL HEITZMAN (Associate Director) Recent directing credits: Legally Blonde and Big River, Sacramento Music Circus; Shrek and Disney’s The Little Mermaid, North Shore Music Theater (IRNE Best Director nomination); Buyer & Cellar at Mason Street Warehouse; and VICES (Jefferson Award, Best Director nom). Other credits: Associate Director for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Moscow, Paris, Amsterdam) and Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Dallas Summer Musicals). michaelheitzman.com ASHLEY ANDERSON (Assistant Flying Sequence Choreographer) Anderson is thrilled to be behind the scenes on this production. Some of Anderson’s favorite performing credits include the tours of The Wedding Singer and Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and regional productions of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Music Man and Bye Bye Birdie.

MICHAEL McEOWEN (Production Stage Manager) On the road and Broadway.

Luminaries along the way have been Richard Thomas and George Wendt in 12 Angry Men; Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly!; Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan; Fantasia in The Color Purple; Carl Anderson, Ted Neeley and Sebastian Bach in Jesus Christ Superstar; Theodore Bikel in Fiddler On The Roof; Leslie Uggams and Rip Taylor in Anything Goes; Mickey Rooney and Donald O’Connor in The Sunshine Boys; and Norbert Leo Butz and Tom Hewitt in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

JESS MANNING (1st Assistant Stage Manager) is shore you will be hooked on this show and find yourself kraken a smile. S-Pacific credits include Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mary Poppins, Spring Awakening, Carrie: The Musical.

Tours: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Cathy Rigby is Peter Pan, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

MATTHEW MATULEWICZ (2nd Assistant Stage Manager) Broadway: Hello, Dolly!, Dear Evan Hansen, In Transit, Shuffle Along…, School of Rock, Gigi.

National Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide to

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Love and Murder, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical: BFA from University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

production has since launched a National Tour and opened in London’s West End in March 2017. PittsburghCLO.org.

ROBBIE ROBY (Associate Choreographer, 3rd Assistant Stage Manager) has been with Disney’s The Little Mermaid since its remounting at Paper Mill Playhouse in 2013.

Other associate/assistant choreography productions include the world premiere of Beaches (Signature Theatre), The Tempest (Shakespeare in the Park), Idaho! The Comedy Musical (Las Vegas premiere), Hairspray (Paper Mill Playhouse and Royal Caribbean’s “Oasis of the Seas”), Carnegie Hall Family Holiday Concert: The New York Pops and the 2006 National Tour of Joseph...

Dreamcoat. Thank you John, Glenn and, of course, Doug.

KANSAS CITY STARLIGHT THEATRE (Producer) Starlight Theatre, recent winner of the Venue Excellence Award from the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM), is the largest and oldest performing arts organization in Kansas City and the second-largest outdoor producing theatre in the country. Opened as a theatre in 1950 and as a not-for-profit organization in 1951, Starlight presents and produces Broadway musicals and concerts. It also offers extensive community outreach and educational programming, including classes, scholarships and Starlight’s Blue Star Awards, one of the largest high school musical theatre award programs in the nation. Located on 16 acres in Kansas City’s Swope Park, Starlight’s venue includes rehearsal halls, gift store, club area for dining, concessions, gardens, fountains and a 10-story, climate-controlled stage. For more information, visit kcstarlight.com.

PITTSBURGH CLO (Producer) has been a driving force behind the preservation, creation and promotion of live musical theater since 1946. As one of the largest regional musical theater organizations in the country, Pittsburgh CLO is fortunate for the yearly support of nearly 200,000 patrons. In addition to producing fresh new productions of Broadway classics, the not-for-profit’s mission is to develop new works and showcase new talent. The organization’s dedication to musical theater extends beyond its six-show summer season to year-round programming at its 250-seat CLO Cabaret Theater. Ongoing initiatives are the Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical Theater, CLO Mini Stars, the Construction Center for the Arts, The Richard Rodgers Award and the acclaimed Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater, a 27-year-old program and first of its kind in the country. In 2009, Pittsburgh CLO co-founded the National High School Musical Theater Awards with the Nederlander Organization. In 1997, the organization expanded its mission to include developing and producing new musicals for touring and Broadway (22 Broadway shows 29 Tony Awards®), represented by current productions of On Your Feet, Cats, Kinky Boots and Bandstand. Pittsburgh CLO produced the world premiere of An American in Paris both in Paris and on Broadway. The

MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theatres from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these shows to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 60,000 theatrical organizations in the U.S. and in over 60 countries worldwide.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 professional stage actors and stage managers working in theatres across the United States. AEA negotiates wages and working conditions, and provides benefits, including health and pension plans, for members. AEA seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.

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STAFF FOR DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID Producers.................................... Pittsburgh CLO, Kansas City Starlight Theatre Production Supervisor.................. John R. Edkins Production Stage Manager..... Michael McEowen 1st Asst. Stage Manager..................Jess Manning 2nd Asst. Stage Manager.... Matthew Matulewicz 3rd Asst. Stage Manager................. Robbie Roby Head Carpenters.........................Jerry Van Orden, Billy Larimore Foy Flying Director..................... Ryan McAlpine Foy 1/Automation..................... Adrian Gutierrez Foy 2/Automation/Asst. Carpenter.....Sarah Walker Flyman...............................................Terry Behle Production Electrician....................Dustin Adams Head Electrician...............................Mark Vlahos Front Light....................William Charles Lawson Assistant Electrician..................... Kate Raymond Head Sound................................. Brian Canonico A2.....................................................Cory Raynor Head of Props...............................Paige Zaloudek Assistant Props......................... Shawn Riley-Rau Head Wardrobe........................... Rachel Mairena Assistant Wardrobe.....................Karen Larimore Hair and Wig Supervisor......................Robin Lee Hair and Wig Consultant................... Jeff Knaggs Assistant Lighting Designer.......... John Burkland Merchandise Provider..... Encore Merchandising/ Joseph Boyles Merchandise Manager................. Jessica Johnson COMPANY MANAGEMENT Company Manager...............Christopher Holman Assistant Company Manager......... Casey Zelhart CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Producers wish to thank the TDF Costume Collection for its assistance with this production.

Lighting and Equipment by Christie Lights Sound Equipment by adi: audible difference inc. and Sound Associates John Breckenridge 5th Avenue Theatre

GENERAL MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTING BY TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT Chief Executive Officer............ Randall A. Buck Chief Operating Officer........... Michael J. Orsino Chief Financial Officer Emeritus... Donald Kindl Chief Financial Officer................Michelle Jones General Managers..... Karen Berry, Jim Lanahan, Mark Johnson Assistant General Managers..............Jay Krause, Arnie VandeBrake Senior Production Manager...............Laura Dieli Production Managers..................... Anna E. Bate, Dawn Magyar 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 Warehouse Manager........................Scott Garrish Office Assistant........................Shaquille Stewart The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States.

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

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

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

Flying by Foy

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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@ STRAZ CENTER

JULY 12 – AUG 6 SHIMBERG PLAYHOUSE

presents

CLOUD 9

by Caryl Churchill

Direction, Sound Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gavin Hawk Set and Properties Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerid Fox Lighting Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Finzelber Costume Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina Stevenson

Featuring

Tatiana Baccari, Giles Davies*, Amy E. Gray, David M. Jenkins, Spencer Paul Meyers, Katrina Stevenson, Hugh Timoney PLEASE make sure to silence and stow all electronic devices before the performance starts.

The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited during the performance, but you are welcome to snap shots when the house lights are still up. Tag us on Instagram, etc, @JobsiteTheater and/or use #JobsiteRocks #JobsiteCloud9 .

Jobsite is a proud member of Theatre Communications Group, the league for professional American theater and Theatre Tampa Bay, the area’s alliance of professional theaters. Thank you for supporting your local professional artists! If you’d like to see more credits of the people involved in tonight’s production, please visit local-stages.com. * Designates the Actors or Stage Managers employed in this production are

members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors or Stage Managers of the United States.

The Cast Edward/Betty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tatiana Baccari Clive/Cathy/Soldier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giles Davies Maud/Victoria. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy E. Gray Betty/Edward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David M. Jenkins Joshua/Gerry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Paul Meyers Ellen/Mrs. Saunders/Lin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina Stevenson Harry Bagley/Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hugh Timoney

A Note on the Play Act One takes place in a British colony in Africa in 1879. Act Two takes place in London in 1979. But for the characters, it is 25 years later.

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From the Jobsite Producing Artistic Director

WE NEED YOU! Is this your first show with us and you’re enjoying what you’re seeing?

Are you a long-time fan who sees the rapid growth and expansion we’ve been fortunate enough to be experiencing in the past two years? It’s easier than you might think to make a difference in our work and the community we serve! Help us reach over 10,000 students in the 2017-18 season while employing close to 50 artists: give to our 2017 Annual Campaign.

We have a $60,000 goal, and we are currently just over 60% of the way there. Your gift counts twice as much right now thanks to a generous grant from the Gobioff Foundation that matches all donations $1 for $1 up to $30,000. Please check the brochure in your program for more information or visit us at JobsiteTheater.org to learn more about our new membership levels. Every tax-deductible gift is meaningful to us!

Thanks again for being with us tonight. I hope you enjoy the show, and would love to hear what you think about it: comments@jobsitetheater.org.

“Come Gather Sons of England” Lyrics by Anthony Wilken Music arranged by Danny Hamilton Music performed by Stan Collins

“In The Deep Midwinter” Lyrics by Christina Georgiana Rossetti Music arranged by Gustav Holst “Cloud Nine” Lyrics by Caryl Churchill Music arranged and performed by Gavin Hawk

“A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother” Lyrics and music arranged by Joseph D. Skelly Music performed by Mark Warren

Who’s Who TATIANA BACCARI (Edward/Betty) is a Florida born/Brooklynbased feminist actor, writer and director. Acting credits include Measure for Measure (Pompey/ Playroom Theater), Money Lab (HERE Arts Center), One Slight Hitch (u/s American Stage), All’s Well That Ends Well (Helena/ NYU Tisch), Marriage of Figaro (Bazile/ Atlantic Stage 2), Richard II (Harry Percy/ NYU Tisch) and Ghost Player: An Excerpt (Ruth Eckerd Hall). She has assisted directors and writers such as Jo Bonney, Ian Morgan and Darci Picoult. Directing credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Associate Director, Alchemical Theatre Lab) and is co-directing an upcoming intersectional feminist adaptation of Hamlet (2017 Women’s Work Festival, The Connelly Theater). Founding member of Experimental Bitch Presents. 2015 Jeff Norton Dream Grant recipient for playwriting. Love and gratitude to Gavin and Jobsite for the opportunity to work on this daring and timeless play! BADA ‘16.

BFA: NYU Tisch. TatianaBaccari.com.

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GILES DAVIES (Clive/ Cathy/Soldier) is thrilled to be returning to the Jobsite stage after a long hiatus, most recently filled with an annual visit to California to teach 7th graders in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Prior to that, he directed his sweetheart, Nicole Jeannine Smith, in an original piece for the Tampa Fringe, titled Lady Love. Earlier this year, he was working with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in productions of Richard III, Henry VI (pt.3) and The Elephant Man (in which he played the title role). Next up, he will return to Cincinnati to teach at the University of Cincinnati and appear as Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Dracula.

He is excited to be working with Gavin Hawk once more, having been directed by him in A Simple Theatre’s production of Death and the Maiden. Giles received his M.F.A. from The Ohio State University and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity (the union of professional actors). Thank you so much for deciding to spend your evening in the theatre; we couldn’t do this without you.

AMY E. GRAY (Maud/ Victoria) is an Artistic Associate with Jobsite whose previous shows include Silence!

The Musical (Clarice), Return to the Forbidden Planet (Miranda), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Yitzhak), The 39 Steps (Pamela/Annabella/ Margaret), Hay Fever (Myra), Gorey Stories (Ortensia), Pericles (Dion/Diana), The Taming of the Shrew (Biondello), A Dream Play (Kristin) and Embedded (June/Kitten).

Other notable shows include Straz Center productions of Disenchanted! (performed as both the Snow White and Sleeping Beauty understudy) and Boeing, Boeing (Gretchen), Asolo Repertory Theatre’s preBroadway run of A Tale of Two Cities: A Musical, American Stage’s RENT, Gorilla Theater’s Side Show and Stagework’s The Shape of Things. She now splits her time between Denver, Colo. and Tampa Bay and recently made her #DenverDebut in The Edge Theater Company’s production of The Nance (Joan). Amy received her BA in Theater with a Vocal Performance minor at the University of Kentucky. amyegray.com DAVID M. JENKINS (Betty/Edward) is the Producing Artistic Director and a co-founder of Jobsite. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication (Performance Studies) from the University of South Florida, an M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Florida, and a B.A. in Theater Performance, also from USF. He has additionally studied with Moscow State University, the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) and the San Francisco Mime Troupe. In addition to his full-time work for Jobsite, David teaches in the Honors College at USF as an adjunct instructor. He has recently directed productions of Gloucester Blue, As You Like It, LIZZIE, The Maids, Silence!

The Musical, Annapurna (with Summer Bohnenkamp), and Twelfth Night for Jobsite as well as Annie Baker’s The Aliens for Stageworks Theatre. He was honored to be directed by Israel Horovitz in his play Sins of the Mother (Frankie/Philly Verga), and

was also recently in A Skull in Connemara (Tom Hanlon), Time Stands Still (James), The Hound of the Baskervilles (Dr. Watson) and The Lonesome West (Coleman). The latter earned him a Theatre Tampa Bay nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor, recognition as a Top 9 performance of 2013 by Creative Loafing’s Mark Leib, and the Best Actor Award in CL’s Best of the Bay Reader’s Poll. He was the 2014 recipient of the Best Director Award from CL’s Reader’s Poll and Best Director of a Musical in the BroadwayWorld Tampa Regional Awards; he also won the 2015 BroadwayWorld Regional Award for Best Actor (Times Stands Still). Creative Loafing has twice honored him as both Best Artistic Director and Best Actor. David has published articles in the scholarly journals Text & Performance Quarterly, Liminalities, and Departures in Critical Qualitative Research. He lives in Tampa Heights in a neat old house with his rad wife and a mess of critters.

SPENCER MEYERS (Joshua/Gerry) is an Artistic Associate and ensemble member currently in his ninth season with Jobsite Theater. The Tampa native also doubles as a visual artist within the bay area. Follow him on Instagram for more of his work: spencerpm. Previous performances include Jobsite’s: As You Like It, Silence! the Musical, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The 39 Steps, Gorey Stories, and Broadway Bound (Stageworks Theatre). He’s truly grateful for the opportunity to work with this incredible group of performers and also for his family and friends.

HUGH TIMONEY (Harry Bagley/Martin) is excited and grateful for the opportunity to work with Jobsite Theater again. He was last seen in Jobsite’s production of The Underpants. Other Tampa area credits include Tampa Rep’s production of The Iceman Cometh. New York credits TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG 29

include: The Country Wife, An Ideal Husband, Tartuffe, The Winter’s Tale, The Way of The World, Blithe Spirit, Galileo, Pinocchio, A Doll’s House (Franklin Stage Co.); Little Eva (Oracle Theater); Six Degrees of Separation, Art, Talley’s Folly, Our Town (Leatherstocking Theatre Co.); Man of La Mancha, The Real Thing (Orpheus Theatre). He has also appeared in productions at the West Kortright Center, Hartwick College (World Premier of Derek Walcott’s The Ghost Dance) as well as on public television and radio. Hugh holds a BS in Theater from SUNY Brockport.

He has studied acting in NYC and has appeared Off Off Broadway: Provincetown Playhouse (Night Over the Tiber), Ward Nasse Gallery (Antigone).

KATRINA STEVENSON (Ellen/Mrs. Saunders/Lin, Costume Designer) most recently appeared onstage with Stageworks in The Great Gatsby as Myrtle, Psycho Beach Party as Marvel Ann, Jobsite Theater in The Maids as Claire, in the title role of Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando, and as Mrs. Van Buren in Intimate Apparel with American Stage. Other credits include Richard III (Elizabeth), Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Lebensraum (Woman), Twelfth Night (Olivia) Closetland (The Woman), Crimes of the Heart (Meg), The Taming on the Shrew (Kate), Dog Sees God (Tricia), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Hermione), Rabbit Hole (Izzy), Boston Marriage (Anna), and The Mineola Twins (Myrna/Myra). An awardwinning costume designer, her costumes have been seen onstage in Gorey Stories, The Underpants, Return to the Forbidden Planet, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The 39 Steps, and many more. Katrina holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida and a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Northern Colorado. When not at the theatre, Katrina loves running half marathons and running after her dogs Tink and Sherlock.

GAVIN HAWK (Director) is excited to direct his third show for Jobsite Theater Company, where he previously directed 30 CENTERBILL • JULY/AUGUST 2017

The Last Night of Ballyhoo and Closetland.

Other directing credits include: One Slight Hitch (American Stage Theatre Company), Miracle on South Division Street, Good Egg, Congratulations, Joe!, and Death and the Maiden (A Simple Theatre), as well as numerous shows for the Eckerd College Theatre Department, where he is an Professor of Theatre. He holds a diploma in Acting from The Juilliard School Drama Division, and an M.F.A. in Acting/ Directing from California State University, Long Beach. He is a proud member of the Actors Equity Association. Thank you to his wonderful wife and his sweet kids for their love and support.

KEITH LAWRENCE ARSENAULT (Dramaturg) has served on staff of The Joffrey Ballet; Opera Company of Boston; Palm Beach Opera; Ballet Puertorriqueno, San Juan; Tokyo Ballet Group, Ballet de Cali, Moscow Classical Ballet and Nacional Ballet de Colombia. He served as General Manager/ Production Coordinator of the long-running, record-setting San Francisco production of Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9. It ran for over 270 performances and was the only first-class commercial production of the work that was not a clone of the Off Broadway production.

Caryl Churchill participated in the final two weeks of rehearsal. As a director, he is remembered for his recreation of the Marc Blitzstein agitprop opera The Cradle Will Rock; having staged the only live recreation of the historic opening night as produced

by Orson Welles and John Houseman.

Arsenault has also directed his own musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol as well as a number of theme park, corporate and touring productions. His recent bay area lighting and scenic design work has been seen with The Gorilla Theatre, Stageworks and American Stage Company and he is the recipient of the Creative Loafing Best of the Bay award in both lighting and scenic design. Arsenault is also the resident lighting designer for The St. Petersburg Opera, having designed thirty productions including currently, Into the Woods. As a theatre consultant, he has worked on construction projects in North America, South America and Asia. He is a regular participant in NATEAC, the North American Theatre Engineering and

Architecture Conference. Arsenault holds degrees in arts management and music and has taught stage management and lighting design on the university level. In 2015 and 2016, he stage-managed the International Ballet Galas for Youth America Grand Prix at New York City’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ D H Koch Theatre.

RYAN E. FINZELBER (Lighting Designer) is a freelance lighting designer based in Tampa, who also serves as Resident Lighting Designer for Urbanite Theatre of Sarasota. Recent favorites include A Skull in Connemara, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Lebensraum, Silence!

The Musical (Jobsite Theater), Bo-Nita, My Barking Dog, Breadcrumbs, The Drowning Girls (Urbanite Theatre), Red Velvet, Peter and the Starcatcher, Assassins, The Light in the Piazza, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (freeFall Theatre), Grounded, Stalking the Bogeyman (Florida Studio Theatre), Big Fish (Sarasota Players), The Bridges of Madison County (Manatee Players), Pride and Prejudice (TheatreWorks). Visit finzelberdesign.com for more information and production photos!

JERID FOX (Scenic and Properties Designer) is excited to be working with Jobsite Theater Company! After attending Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he studied film production with an emphasis in art direction, Jerid put his knack for imitation and improvisation to use at Disneyland Resort’s Entertainment Department. He then picked up and moved to Florida where he has worked as a scenic designer, properties master, and scenic dresser for many popular Tampa Bay theaters and universities. On occasion, Jerid is also an assistant director or art director for theatrical productions, feature films, short films and television commercials. His most recent scenic design credits include: American Stage Theatre Company’s productions of Informed Consent, Hairspray, Tartuffe, The 39 Steps, Charlotte’s Web, and Spamalot!, and freeFall Theatre Company’s A Tale of Two Cities and john & jen.

KRISTEN KOCHANIK GARZA (Technical Director) is working her second show with Jobsite Theater. Kristen is making her return to the Tampa Bay area after being in Connecticut for the last year and a half working at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and Chestnut Street Playhouse. Kristen has been involved with theaters all over the bay area for years, as a scenic designer, tech director and scenic artist, including Hat Trick Theatre Company (Cash on Delivery, Laughing Stock, Deathtrap), Patel Conservatory (Hairspray, Aladdin Jr., School House Rock Jr.), and Blake High School of the Arts (Dining Room, Lord of the Flies, Tempest). She is a graduate of the University of South Florida (BA; Theatre Design ’09). She would like to thank her parents for their support, her husband, for always pushing her, and her son: the best little helper around.

MATTHEW RAY (Stage Manager) is excited to be working with Gavin again. He graduated from USF in 2009 with a BA in Theater Arts and has been working in the area since 2010. He has stage managed for Jobsite, Stageworks, A Simple Theatre and TampaRep, among others. He has also directed a few shows in the area: Tartuffe (TampaRep), An Evening of Shorts (Jobsite), and Collected Stories (Circle in the Water). He would like to thank his friends and family for all their support.

CARYL CHURCHILL (Playwright) wrote her first play, Downstairs, while at Oxford University. It was staged in 1958 and won the award at the Sunday Times National Union of Students Drama Festival. Her plays have been performed on international stages, on the BBC radio and adapted for BBC television. They include Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Cloud 9, Fen, Three More Sleepless Nights, Top Girls, Serious Money (which won the Laurence Olivier/BBC Award for Best New Play), Mad Forest, The Skriker, Far Away, A Number, and a new version of August Strindberg’s A Dream Play. Her latest play, Drunk Enough to say I Love You?, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, where she served as Resident Dramatist in 1974 and 1975. She lives in London.

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1984

THE TEMPEST

DANCING AT LUGHNASA

BY ANNIE BAKER AUG 30 – SEP 24, 2017

MUSIC BY KURT WEILL; BOOK BY BERTOLT BRECHT OCT 18 – NOV 12, 2017

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Kevin McCollum Doug Morris and Berry Gordy in association with Work Light Productions PRESENT

BOOK BY

MUSIC AND LYRICS FROM

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The Legendary Motown Catalog

Based upon the Book To Be Loved: Music by arrangement with The Music, The Magic, The Memories Sony/ATV Music Publishing Of Motown by Berry Gordy Motown® is used under license from UMG Recordings, Inc.

STARRING

Chester Gregory

Allison Semmes David Kaverman Jarran Muse

Malcolm Armwood Erick Buckley Raymond Davis Jr. Judith Franklin Jeremy Gaston Alyssa V. Gomez Garfield Hammonds LaTrisa Harper Rod Harrelson Jared Howelton Louis James Jackson Elijah Ahmad Lewis Jasmine Maslanova-Brown Ramone Owens Devin L. Price Alana Randall Tavia Riveé Matthew Sims Jr. Kimberly Ann Steele Doug Storm Daniel Robert Sullivan Gabriella Whiting Galen J. Williams CJ Wright Ricardo A. Zayas

Charles G. LaPointe

CASTING

SCENIC DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

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Emilio Sosa

HAIR AND WIG DESIGN

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR & PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

SOUND DESIGN

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Anna R. Kaltenbach

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Work Light Productions

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Christie Burton

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Chester Gregory

Allison Semmes

Jarran Muse

Raymond Davis Jr.

David Kaverman

CJ Wright

Malcolm Armwood

Erick Buckley

Judith Franklin

Jeremy Gaston

Alyssa V. Gomez

Garfield Hammonds

LaTrisa Harper

Rod Harrelson

Jared Howelton

Louis James Jackson

Elijah Ahmad Lewis

Jasmine Maslanova-Brown

Ramone Owens

Devin L. Price

Alana Randall

Tavia Riveé

Matthew Sims Jr.

Kimberly Ann Steele

Doug Storm

Daniel Robert Sullivan

Gabriella Whiting

Galen J. Williams

Ricardo A. Zayas

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CAST Berry Gordy............................................................................................ CHESTER GREGORY Diana Ross..................................................................................................ALLISON SEMMES Smokey Robinson..................................................................................... DAVID KAVERMAN Marvin Gaye......................................................................................................JARRAN MUSE Young Berry Gordy/Stevie Wonder/Michael Jackson........ RAYMOND DAVIS JR., CJ WRIGHT ENSEMBLE Levi Stubbs, Mickey Stevenson, Contour, Jackson 5, Rick James.... MALCOLM ARMWOOD Edna Anderson, Anna Gordy, Martha Reeves, Marvelette........................ JUDITH FRANKLIN Four Top, Contour, Lamont Dozier, Miller London, Commodore...............JEREMY GASTON Four Top, Pop Gordy, David Ruffin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jermaine Jackson, Commodore....................................................GARFIELD HAMMONDS Gwen Gordy, Vandella, Marvelette, Mary Wells, Cindy Birdsong...............LaTRISA HARPER Dennis Edwards, Miracle, Brian Holland, Commodore............................JARED HOWELTON Temptation, Contour, Eddie Holland................................................LOUIS JAMES JACKSON Four Top, Jackie Wilson, Miracle, Jr. Walker Allstar, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder...............................................................ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS Claudette Robinson, Landlady, Marvelette, Billie Jean Brown, Teena Marie.................................... JASMINE MASLANOVA-BROWN Robert Gordy, Melvin Franklin, Miracle, Jackson 5, Commodore..............RAMONE OWENS Temptation, Contour, Jr. Walker, Commodore................................................. DEVIN L. PRICE Mary Wilson, Mother Gordy................................................................................. TAVIA RIVEÉ Esther Gordy, Vandella, Lula Hardaway, Gladys Horton................ KIMBERLY ANN STEELE Ed Sullivan, Harold Noveck, Shelly Berger, Dudley Buell................................ DOUG STORM Roger Campbell, Jackie Wilson’s Manager, Studio Head, Tom Clay, Barney Ales, Pirate DJ....................DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN Suzanne De Passe, Florence Ballard.................................................... GABRIELLA WHITING Temptation, Fuller Gordy, Contour........................................................... RICARDO A. ZAYAS SWINGS ERICK BUCKLEY, ALYSSA V. GOMEZ, ROD HARRELSON, ALANA RANDALL, MATTHEW SIMS JR., GALEN J. WILLIAMS DANCE CAPTAIN: ROD HARRELSON ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: RAMONE OWENS UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance For Berry Gordy—JEREMY GASTON, JARRAN MUSE For Diana Ross—TAVIA RIVEÉ, KIMBERLY ANN STEELE For Smokey Robinson—GARFIELD HAMMONDS, RICARDO A. ZAYAS For Marvin Gaye—MALCOLM ARMWOOD, GARFIELD HAMMONDS

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SCENES ACT 1 1983: 1938: 1957: 1959: 1962: 1963: 1964: 1965:

Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Berry Gordy’s House—Los Angeles The Gordy Family Home—Detroit, Urban Street Flame Show Bar, Gwen’s House, Jackie Wilson’s Manager’s Office, Gordy Home Hitsville House, WJBK Radio Motortown Revue, Hitsville Office/A Payphone in Birmingham Hitsville Studio A Caravan Of Stars, Ed Sullivan Theatre Stage Theater—Manchester, England—Backstage & Onstage, Paris Hotel, The Copacabana 1968: In and Around Hitsville ACT 2 1968: 1968: 1969: 1970: 1971: 1972: 1975: 1981: 1983:

Performance Stage In and Around Hitsville Hollywood Palace Frontier Hotel Stage A Resort in the Bahamas, Smokey’s Hotel Room—Los Angeles, Berry’s Office, Sales Dept./Southern Distributor’s Office Diana’s Dressing Room, Hollywood Movie Set Motown L.A. Offices Diana’s Dressing Room, Onstage Berry Gordy’s House, Pasadena Civic Auditorium

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS Motown music courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

“ABC” “A Breathtaking Guy” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” “Baby I Need Your Lovin’” “Baby Love” “Ball of Confusion” “Brick House” “Buttered Popcorn” “Can I Close the Door”* “Cruisin’” “Dancing in the Street” “Do You Love Me” “Get Ready” “Give It to Me, Baby” “Good Morning, Heartache” “Got a Job” “Happy Birthday” “Hey Joe (Black Like Me)”* “I Can’t Get Next to You” “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” “I Got the Feeling” “I Hear a Symphony” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” “(I Know) I’m Losing You” “It’s What’s in the Grooves That Counts”* “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” “I Want You Back”

“I Wish” “Lonely Teardrops” “Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone” “Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)” “Money (That’s What I Want)” “My Girl” “My Guy” “My Mama Done Told Me” “Please, Mr. Postman” “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” “Reach Out and Touch” “Reet Petite” “Remember Me” “Shop Around” “Shotgun” “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” “Square Biz” “Stop in the Name of Love” “Stubborn Kind of Fellow” “Super Freak” “The Happening” “The Love You Save” “To Be Loved” “War” “What’s Going On” “Where Did Our Love Go” “Who’s Loving You” “You’re All I Need to Get By” “You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You” “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me”

* Songs written for this production by Berry Gordy and Michael Lovesmith THERE WILL BE ONE FIFTEEN-MINUTE INTERMISSION. MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL ORCHESTRA Conductor & Keyboard 1 – JENNIFER OIKAWA Associate Conductor & Keyboard 2 – DWIGHT BECKMYER Drums – TREVOR HOLDER Electric, Acoustic, and 5 String Electric Bass – CHRIS THIGPEN Guitar (Electric & Hollow-Body Electric) – DAVID MATOS Music Preparation – EMILY GRISHMAN MUSIC PREPARATION Keyboard Programming – RANDY COHEN LOCAL MUSICIANS Reed 1 – PETER BARENBREGGE; Reed 2 – DAVID TAGLIARINI Reed 3 – KEVIN FULLER; Trumpet 1 – RON TURNER; Trumpet 2 – JAY COBLE Trombones – TOM BRANTLEY; Guitar 2 – STEVE LUCIANO; Percussion 1 – DAVID COASH; Percussion 2 – CHUCK RIEHLE Contractor – MARK NEUENSCHWANDER TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG 39

A Note from Berry Gordy At Motown, we called ourselves a family and we were – a big family. While it is impossible to list here the many people who helped Motown with their love and passion, I personally want to thank them all.

Their dedication and talent contributed to our success, as well as helped to inspire me to bring our story to Broadway.

Motown was a dream that happened to come true, and it’s all because of you. Thank you.

Berry Gordy Founder, Motown

WHO’S WHO in the CAST

CHESTER GREGORY (Berry Gordy) is thrilled and honored to return in the role of Berry Gordy, after portraying him last summer on Broadway in Motown The Musical! Broadway credits include Hairspray, Tarzan, Cry-Baby and Sister Act. He has toured nationally with several shows including Dreamgirls and his one-man show The Eve of Jackie Wilson. Chester has received many awards, including the NAACP Theatre Award, and has been presented the key to the city of his hometown of Gary, Ind. and East Chicago. He has also been chosen as an Honorary State Representative and has received a Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater Columbia College in Chicago. Chester is also a songwriter and producer. Join the journey @ChesterGregory and chestergregory.com.

ALLISON SEMMES (Diana Ross). Thrilled to be traveling the nation with this show again!

Proud AEA member. Chicago native. B.M. opera at UIUC, M.M. from NYU-Steinhardt.

Broadway credits: Motown The Musical (Florence Ballard) and The Book of Mormon (Nabalungi u/s, Swing). Other credits include The Color Purple national tour, Dreamgirls, Bubbling Brown Sugar, The Wiz, Candide.

BroadwayWorld Chicago award for Best Female Lead and an NAACP Theatre Award nomination for Best Female Lead for Diana Ross in Motown.

“Thanks to Mr. Gordy, Charles, KM and my family.” Follow her journey @ladysemmes and allisonsemmes.com.

DAVID KAVERMAN (Smokey Robinson) is honored to make his Equity and national tour debuts with Motown! Native of Ohio. Favorite credits (regional): Sister Act, Dreamgirls, Carousel, Chicago, Godspell and Disney Cruise Line. Proud graduate of Otterbein University (B.M.) and the Manhattan School of Music (M.M.). Eternal thanks to Mr. Gordy and Wojcik|Seay Casting. Shout out to The Mine, his superMama, Manda and invaluable friends and teachers who have given him the world! Love.

Instagram: @deighvidk. davidkaverman.com.

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JARRAN MUSE (Marvin Gaye), a native Jersey boy, couldn’t be happier living his dream.

“God is good, y’all.” Broadway/N.Y.C.: Motown The Musical, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Dreamgirls. Tours: American Idiot, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, 42nd Street. Check jarranmuse.com for the complete resume. “Thank you to Mr. Gordy, Charles and Telsey for this new opportunity to bring Marvin to stage every night, to the Motown legends that lived the story we are telling, to KMR for representing me and to my family and friends for being there. I love you!

Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Follow me on Instagram: @JaeMuse or Twitter: @JarranMuse.”

RAYMOND DAVIS JR. (Young Berry Gordy/ Young Stevie Wonder/Young Michael Jackson).

A 12-year-old native of Indianapolis, Raymond is humbled and extremely grateful to join the Motown cast. He has appeared in commercials and has won many singing contests in Indianapolis. He would like to thank God, family and friends.

CJ WRIGHT (Young Berry Gordy/Young Stevie Wonder/Young Michael Jackson) is an 11-year-old musician from Upland, Calif. and is beyond excited to join the Motown cast and make his national tour debut. He has appeared in a commercial, print, voice overs and has performed in local theater and venues. He would like to thank his family, friends and teachers who have supported him along this amazing journey.

MALCOLM ARMWOOD (Ensemble). National tour: Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Adrian). Regional: Grease (Teen Angel); Show Boat; Ragtime; Hairspray; Kiss Me, Kate. ECU alum! Praises to God for his continuous blessings! Thanks Dad, Mom, Mckenzie, family and friends for all the love and support.

ERICK BUCKLEY (Swing). Broadway/national tours: Les Misérables (Valjean); The Addams Family (Uncle Fester); The Full Monty (Dave);

WHO’S WHO in the CAST

The Phantom of the Opera (Piangi); Kiss Me, Kate (Gangster #1); Grease (Roger). Favorite roles: husband to Robin, dad to Miranda.

JUDITH FRANKLIN (Ensemble). Houston, Texas native. Regional: Dreamgirls, Memphis The Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Company.

Tours: Todrick Hall’s Straight Outta Oz, Tyler Perry’s Madea on the Run. Grateful! @judithfranklin.

JEREMY GASTON (Ensemble). National/ international tours: Sister Act first national (Eddie u/s, Curtis u/s, TJ u/s), Shrek (Donkey), Smokey Joe’s Café (Victor u/s), We Will Rock You (Britney), Jesus Christ Superstar (Priest u/s), Sunfish (Monk). Jeremiah 29:11. @JeremyAllynGaston.

ALYSSA V. GOMEZ (Swing). A N.Y. native, Alyssa is delighted to join the company of Motown! Regional: In the Heights (Nina), Rent (Mimi), American Idiot (Whatsername). B.A. Emerson College. “Much love to mi familia!”

GARFIELD HAMMONDS (Ensemble) is elated to join the Motown family! Fave credits: Kiss Me, Kate (nat’l tour), Ragtime (Coalhouse), Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Big River. Love to Chris and Mom. Thanks Bobbie!

LaTRISA HARPER (Ensemble): Broadway: The Color Purple, The Lion King. First national tours: The Color Purple, Motown The Musical.

Off-Broadway: Invisible Thread (Second Stage Theater NYC). Regional: The Wiz (Arkansas Repertory), Witness Uganda (American Repertory Theater). Was a member of Ailey II. Proud AEA member. Love to family and Susan Batson Studios.

ROD HARRELSON (Dance Captain, Swing).

Originally from Greensboro, N.C. - schooled at UNC-Chapel Hill. Broadway: The Lion King, The Frogs, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Legally Blonde, Bring It On, Motown. Multiple National Tours! Thanks to God and family for continued support. For Cynthia and Tony.

JARED HOWELTON (Ensemble). Credits include international tour: Shrek The Musical (Donkey); Off-Broadway: Urinetown (Bobby Strong). Otterbein University (B.F.A.). Thanks be to God, family and TPG! LOUIS JAMES JACKSON (Ensemble).

International tour: Shrek The Musical (u/s Donkey and perf’d/Papa Bear). Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble, Ogunquit Playhouse).

Dance: Luna Negra Dance Theater, DanceWorks Chicago. The Ailey School.

ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS (Ensemble) is thrilled to return to Motown! Broadway: Motown. Off-Broadway: Mama I Want to Sing, Sing Harlem Sing. Tours: Motown (first nat.), Mama I Want to Sing (Japan). Music: Mario, Ariana Grande, Mary Mary, Madonna. @eal360. eal360.com.

JASMINE MASLANOVA-BROWN (Ensemble) is thrilled to be working with the cast of Motown! Recent credits include Production Principal Singer for top cruise ship companies.

Film credits include Playin’ for Love and Dora’s Explorer Girls. Thanks to family and friends for their enormous support on her journey!

RAMONE OWENS (Assistant Dance Captain/ Ensemble). Broadway: Motown. Off-Broadway; Finian’s Rainbow (Irish Rep). Regional: Disney’s Aladdin, Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Man of La Mancha. Countless thanks to God, his family and The About Artist Agency. B.F.A., The Boston Conservatory. Psalm 16:8.

DEVIN L. PRICE (Ensemble). Born and raised in Lansing, Mich. Graduated from Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Mich. with B.F.A. musical theater (’15). Special thanks always to God, family and friends.

ALANA RANDALL (Swing). Toronto native thrilled to be joining the Motown family! OffBroadway/tours: The Vagina Monologues (Jerry Orbach), Dirty Dancing, The Wizard of Oz. Theater: West Side Story, Hairspray, Hair, High School Musical. TV: Series regular on Hellcats (CW). Love to family and Bloc NYC. TAVIA RIVEÉ (Ensemble) is thrilled to join the Motown family! Favorite credits include Hairspray, Seussical, All Shook Up. Thanks to Wojcik|Seay, Brian Graziani and my amazing parents. Glory to God! @TaviaRivee.

MATTHEW SIMS JR. (Swing). Graduate of AMDA. International performer for Carnival Cruise Lines. Wailin’ Joe in Memphis, Leroy in Hairspray and The Band Leader in the NAACP Award-winning musical Recorded in Hollywood.

KIMBERLY ANN STEELE (Ensemble).

Favorite credits: Hair (Hollywood Bowl) Kiss Me, Kate! (Pasadena Playhouse); Carrie: The Killer Musical Experience (Los Angeles Theatre); Spring Awakening (UCLA). UCLA alum. electricsteele.com. “Thanks, Mom!” DOUG STORM (Ensemble). Broadway: Motown, Les Misérables, Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Dance of the Vampires, Chess in Concert. Off-Broadway: Bat Boy TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG 41

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(original cast). Other: Disney’s Tarzan, Because of Winn Dixie, Notre Dame de Paris—Vegas (Quasimodo). Trained at HB Studios (N.Y.) and Second City (Chicago).

DANIEL ROBERT SULLIVAN (Ensemble).

Over 1000 performances as Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys. Author of award-winning play Prospect High: Brooklyn, and theatrical memoir Becoming a Jersey Boy. Say hello at DanielRobertSullivan@gmail.com!

GABRIELLA WHITING (Ensemble). Previous credits include the national tour of Saturday Night Fever (Candy). Regional: Sister Act (Michelle/Delores u/s), Sweet Charity (Helene), Rent (Mimi). Big thanks to mom for always being so supportive.

GALEN J. WILLIAMS (Swing). Favorite past credits: Motown The Musical (Broadway), Passing Strange, Three Little Birds. “Huge thanks to my loving family, amazing friends and my stellar team at Apex Talent Group!” B.F.A., Howard University.

RICARDO A. ZAYAS (Ensemble). Brooklyn, N.Y. Honors graduate – Fordham. “25 to Watch” – Dance magazine. Dance: Ailey II, Lar Lubovitch, LINES Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, Shen Wei. Theater: In the Heights, Queen of the Night, West Side Story (Carnegie Hall), Broadway’s Hamilton.

BERRY GORDY (Book, Producer) is the founder of Motown, the hit-making enterprise that reached out across a racially divided, politically and socially charged country to transform popular music. He is also a songwriter, producer, director, innovative entrepreneur, teacher and visionary. Actively involved in the Civil Rights movement, he released the recorded speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His films include Lady Sings the Blues (five Academy Award® nominations) and Mahogany.

Gordy has received four honorary doctorates in philosophy (Occidental College), the humanities (Morehouse College, Michigan State University) and music (Eastern Michigan University). Other awards include the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Award, the Gordon Grand Fellow from Yale University, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, the Rainbow Coalition’s Man of the Millennium Award, the Rhythm and Blues Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the T.J. Martell Foundation’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award and the Grammy® Salute to Industry Icons President’s Merit Award. In 2011, President Obama honored him with a Salute to 42 CENTERBILL • JULY/AUGUST 2017

Motown evening at the White House. He is also the recipient of the 2013 Marian Anderson Award, BET’s Visionary Award, Ebony’s first Lifetime Achievement Award, Major League Baseball’s 2014 Beacon of Change Award and The NAACP 2016 Theatre Award for Best Playwright. In a White House ceremony in September 2015, President Barack Obama presented Gordy with the National Medal of Arts for a lifetime of achievement that “transformed music and American life and still reverberates today.” Berry Gordy’s unparalleled contribution to popular culture is chronicled in his autobiography, To Be Loved: The Music, The Magic, The Memories of Motown.

SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING. Sony/ ATV Music Publishing, established in 1995 as a joint venture between Sony and Michael Jackson, is the world’s leading music publisher. Together with EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV owns or administers more than two million copyrights, including those from such iconic music catalogs like Leiber Stoller, Mijac Music, Motown and Famous Music. Sony/ATV also controls many of the best-known songs ever written, such as “New York, New York,” “All You Need Is Love,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “Moon River,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “The Mission Impossible Theme,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Stand By Me,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “Singin’ in the Rain.” In addition, Sony/ATV represents the copyrights of such legendary artists as the Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Queen, the Rolling Stones, Richie Sambora, Sting, the Supremes, Wyclef Jean, Hank Williams and Stevie Wonder, among others. Its ever-growing list of chart-topping artists, writers and producers includes Akon, Fall Out Boy, Jessie J, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, John Mayer, P!nk, RedOne, Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Stargate, Taylor Swift and Kanye West.

CHARLES RANDOLPH-WRIGHT (Director). Theater directing credits include Motown The Musical (on Broadway, the national tour and London), the new musical Born for This (co-written with BeBe Winans), the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined and Sophisticated Ladies at Arena Stage, the 75th anniversary international tour of Porgy and Bess, Love/Life at Lincoln Center (with Brian Stokes Mitchell), the national tour of Guys and Dolls (starring Maurice Hines) and They’re Playing Our Song (in Brazil in Portuguese). RandolphWright wrote the plays Blue (starring Phylicia Rashad and Diahann Carroll), The Night Is a Child (starring JoBeth Williams), Cuttin’ Up;

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co-wrote Just Between Friends – Bea Arthur on Broadway and the upcoming new play Love in Afghanistan. Charles directed the awardwinning film Preaching to the Choir, and has written screenplays for HBO, Showtime, Disney and Fox. Television credits include directing the series Greenleaf, Lincoln Heights, South of Nowhere, the music special “America America,” the “Freestyle” football commercial for Nike and producing and writing the Showtime series “Linc’s.” randolph-wright.com.

PATRICIA WILCOX (Choreographer).

Broadway: Motown The Musical (Astaire Award and NAACP Awards) and A Night with Janis Joplin. Off-Broadway/national tours: Little Shop of Horrors (Encore/City Center starring Jake Gyllenhaal), Children’s Letters to God, Bowfire (and PBS television special), Blues in the Night (NAACP nomination) and Seussical. West End: Motown The Musical. Selected regional: The Kennedy Center, Pasadena Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Missouri Repertory Theatre, The Alley Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, and Paper Mill Playhouse. She has staged original works for the Houston Symphony, Minnesota Pops, Phoenix Symphony, Norwegian Cruise Line, and she has also created numbers for ice skating gold medalists Viktor Petrenko, Ilia Kulik, Katya Gordeeva, Miki Ando and ice dancing teams for the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

WARREN ADAMS (Choreographer). Motown: Broadway, U.S. tours, West End (Fred Astaire Award, NAACP Theatre Award); Born for This (Alliance and Arena ). Adams is an awardwinning producer director, choreographer and an adjunct professor at NYU and Princeton University in the theater department. He recently directed the film documentary Africa Straight Up and also choreographed the Pulitzer Prizewinning Off-Broadway plays How I Learned to Drive and Ruined. Other notable credits include the opera Magdalena at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Toy Story the Musical for Disney and Nora Ephron’s last film Julie & Julia starring Meryl Streep. His theatrical work has been presented at New York City Center, the Joyce, Second Stage, South Coast Rep, Teatro du Municipal Sao Paulo, Theatre for a New Audience, the Intiman, the Geffen and several dance companies. Upcoming works include directing Michael Ogborn’s Trial of the Century and Gilbert Bailey’s ’Bout to Blow.

Born and raised in South Africa, he won the Nelson Mandela/Sainsbury Scholarship to study at the Rambert Ballet in London. He is a graduate of Brunel University in England and winner of the Rudolf Nureyev Award. warrenadams.me.

ETHAN POPP (Music Supervision, Orchestrations, Arrangements). Awards: 2016 NAACP Theatre Award (Motown The Musical), 2014 Grammy® Award nomination (Motown The Musical Original Cast Recording, Music Producer), 2013 Tony Award® nomination (Motown The Musical, Best Orchestrations). Theater: Jay Chou’s The Secret (Beijing; Orchestrator), School of Rock (Broadway; Music Supervisor), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014 Tony Award-winner, Best Revival of a Musical Broadway; Music Supervisor), Motown The Musical (Broadway, U.S. tour, London; Music Supervisor, Arranger, Orchestrator), Rock of Ages (2009 Tony Award nomination, Best Musical; Broadway, U.S. tour, London, Australia; Music Supervisor, Arranger, Orchestrator), Disney’s Tarzan (Broadway), We Will Rock You (German premiere), Disney’s Aida (European premiere), Mamma Mia! (German premiere), among others. Film: The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron and Zendaya (20th Century Fox, Music Director). Television: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO; Music Director, Composer, Arranger), Smash (NBC/Universal; Music Producer, Arranger, Orchestrator), “A Capitol Fourth” (PBS; Arranger, Orchestrator), “The 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards” (FOX; Conductor), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC; Music Director, Arranger, Orchestrator), Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC; Music Director, Arranger, Orchestrator). Love to Vanessa and Aldrin! ethanpopp.com.

DAVID KORINS (Scenic Design). Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton (Tony® nom.), War Paint, Misery, Motown, Vanya and Sonia…, Annie, Bring It On, Magic/Bird, An Evening with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin, Godspell, Chinglish, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Lombardi, Passing Strange and Bridge and Tunnel. TV: “Grease: Live!” (Emmy® Award).

Concert: Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Sia, Mariah Carey, Andrea Boccelli. Extensive Off-Broadway/regional theater, hospitality, event and experience design. Dad: Stella and Vivian. @davidkorins.

EMILIO SOSA (Costume Design). Radio City Spectacular (2015–2016). Broadway: On Your Feet!, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown: The Musical (West End, first national tour, NAACP Theater Award), Porgy and Bess (Tony® nomination, NAACP Theatre Award), Topdog/Underdog. Off-Broadway: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Lucille Lortell Award, NAACP Theatre Award), Invisible Thread, Sex with Strangers, Crowns, The Invisible Hand, Sunset Baby, Detroit ’67, The Misanthrope. Regional: Twist (L.A. Ovation Award), Immediate Family, TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG 43

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Marley, American Night: The Ballad of Juan José, Ruined, Cutting Up, Señor Discretion Himself (Helen Hayes nomination), Witness Uganda, Fences, Turandot: The Rumble for the Ring, Pippin, Ain’t Misbehavin,’ Sense & Sensibility The Musical. Project Runway finalist; Trustees, American Theatre Wing.

NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) has designed extensively for theater, opera and dance around the world. She is a six-time Tony Award®-winner whose recent Broadway credits include Cats, Long Day’s Journey into Night, School of Rock, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Skylight, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage and Aida.

Opera/dance/other include Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Royal Ballet), Cinderella (Dutch National Ballet), Buried Child (National Theatre, London), Cyrano (the Met), Carnival of the Animals (NYCB), Swan Lake (Edinburgh Festival). Concert acts: Shirley MacLaine, AnnMargret and Tommy Tune. Permanent lighting installations: Niketown NYC and London, and the Big Bang at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. PETER HYLENSKI (Sound Design). Grammy , Olivier and four-time Tony Award®-nominated.

Selected designs include Something Rotten!, Rock of Ages, After Midnight, Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Shrek The Musical, On a Clear Day, Lend Me a Tenor, Elf, Wonderland, Cry Baby, The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Little Women, Brooklyn. Other credits: Le Reve and ShowStoppers at Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London), Rocky Das Musical (Hamburg, Stuttgart), King Kong (Melbourne), Bull Durham, Mame, Gotta Dance, Anastasia. International arena tours of How to Train Your Dragon and Walking with Dinosaurs. ®

DANIEL BRODIE (Projection Design).

Designs include Basil Twist’s Behind the Lid, Arias with a Twist and The Rite of Spring, as well as Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella and The Winter’s Tale. His designs for Broadway include Motown the Musical, Jekyll & Hyde and Disney’s Aladdin. He has also created large-scale video designs for hip-hop artist Kanye West and for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Hair & Wig Design). Broadway: Hamilton, On Your Feet, Allegiance, Color Purple (revival), Holiday Inn, Violet, A Gentleman’s Guide…, After Midnight, Of Mice and Men, Julius Caesar, Fences, Clybourne Park, Newsies, The Columnist, 44 CENTERBILL • JULY/AUGUST 2017

Magic/Bird, Bonnie & Clyde, The Mountaintop, Women on the Verge, The Merchant of Venice, Memphis, Henry IV, The Rivals, Cymbeline, Lombardi, Looped, The Miracle Worker, Superior Donuts, 33 Variations, Guys and Dolls, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Martin Short, Good Vibrations, The Apple Tree, A Raisin in the Sun, Cat…, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Radio Golf, Sight Unseen, High Fidelity, Xanadu and Bring It On. BRYAN CROOK (Orchestrations, Additional Arrangements) is a Tony®-nominated orchestrator, producer, composer, arranger and multiinstrumentalist for Broadway, TV and films. In addition to playing woodwinds for The Book of Mormon on Broadway, his work can be heard in Ice Age 4 (FOX), Smash (NBC), The 2011 Billboard Music Awards and the 2011 Emmy Awards. He has several projects in development, including Mighty Cindy Cypress, a children’s show. His most important credits, however, are as a husband to Hilary and father to Liam, Ethan and Henry.

ZANE MARK (Dance Music Arrangements).

Broadway: Hollar If You Hear Me; Motown The Musical; Pippin; Leap of Faith; All Shook Up; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Never Gonna Dance; The Full Monty; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk (Tony® and Grammy® nominations); Bubblin’ Brown Sugar; The Wiz. Off-Broadway and regional: Smart People, Frog Kiss, Crowns, The Brother/Sister Plays, Ray Charles Live, Imagine Tap, Radiant Baby, George Wolfe’s Harlem Song (AUDELCO Award), Thunder Knocking on the Door, Insurrection, Betsy Brown. Movies: Rosenwald; The Dancer Chronicles, Lackawanna Blues, Frances Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club.

DARRYL ARCHIBALD (Musical Director).

Memphis Broadway tour; Wicked at the Pantages Theater (substitute conductor); Dreamgirls national tour (associate conductor); Disney’s The Lion King tour (vocal coach/assistant conductor); Innocence (Banff Centre and Manhattan Theatre Club); Next to Normal, Swing! (McCoy/Rigby); Carousel, Li’l Abner (Reprise); Camelot, 1776 (Utah Shakespearean Festival); guest conductor for ERASURE (Palm Springs Convention Center).

WOJCIK|SEAY CASTING (Casting) is Scott Wojcik and Gayle Seay. Along with Holly Buczek, they cast all mediums. Tours: Vocalosity, Flashdance, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Jekyll & Hyde (national and Korean), Dreamgirls (Korean tour), Joseph…Dreamcoat, Oklahoma! and A Chorus Line. Off-Broadway current and past: Othello: The Remix, The Portal, Tennessee

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Williams’ The Two Character Play with Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif, Handle with Care with Carol Lawrence, Triassic Parq, National Pastime, 666 and more. Regional: multiple seasons/shows for Riverside Theatre, Fla.; The Engeman Theatre, N.Y.; Theatre Raleigh, N.C.; Stages St. Louis, Mo.; Theatre Aspen, Colo.; and Tuacahn PAC, Utah.

Pilots: “Upstate” and “Stand-In.” Films: Best Man in the Dark, Tommy Battles the Silver Sea Dragon, My Prologue. Webseries: “The Fuzz.” Many commercials. Currently: “The Hunt with John Walsh” on CNN. wscasting.com.

J. JARED JANAS (Make Up Design).

Broadway designs include makeup for The Visit and The Real Thing, wigs and special makeup effects for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, wigs and makeup for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, hair for Peter and the Starcatcher and wigs for All About Me and Next to Normal. TV/film includes 30 Rock, Gotham, Mozart in the Jungle, Master of None, Lola Versus, Angelica and Six

by Sondheim.

DAVID GOLDSMITH (Script Consultant).

Imagine This (lyrics, Theatre Royal, Plymouth and London, West End; a filmed version of the West End production is part of the PBS catalogue); Having It All (book and lyrics, Los Angeles; Ovation nominee, Best Musical, Best Book). Invisible Thread (Story Consultant – Second Stage Theatre, Diane Paulus, dir.) Thanks to BG, DS, CB, BB, NNL, CRW and KM. DICK SCANLAN (Script Consultant) has been involved with many acclaimed shows as a writer (Everyday Rapture, Thoroughly Modern Millie – 2002 Tony Award®, Best Musical) and director (Little Shop of Horrors at Encores! Off-Center, starring Jake Gyllenhaal). He has been a Motown fanatic since his mother bought him a Supremes record in 1967. Thanks, mom. Thanks, Berry Gordy.

SCHELE WILLIAMS (Associate Director) has directed numerous Broadway Concerts at the Gershwin Theatre in New York, including Uprising of Love, Defying Inequality, for which she received a New York City Proclamation, and From Broadway to Bourbon Street. She had directed at numerous regional theaters including The Kennedy Center, The Village Theatre, Human Race Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Ogunquit Theatre, TheaterWorks, NYMTF and NAMT. Schele is an adjunct professor at NYU New Studio on Broadway and is co-founder of Parlor Night, a pop-up entertainment experience and Blink Twice Productions.

BRIAN HARLAN BROOKS (Associate Choreographer) Training at the Dance Theater

of Harlem, and The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The William Esper Studio. Since then performing with Forces of Nature, Philadelphia Dance Company (Philidanco), Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theatre, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, the tour of Vinette Carole’s Your Arms Too Short to Box with God, Donald Byrd/The Group, Williams/Henry Danse Theatre, Earl Moseley’s Diversity of Dance and The Color Purple first national tour (Dance Captain). TV and film: Across the Universe; Lifted, a Fox Searchlight film; and the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. Working as rehearsal director for Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Donald Byrd/The Group, Ailey Camp Missouri Site Director and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet.

ANNA R. KALTENBACH (Production Supervisor & Production Stage Manager).

Broadway/N.Y.: Motown, Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Broadway Inspirational Voices.

Tours: Once, Memphis, Shrek, A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Joseph…

(Tokyo). West End: Motown. Regional: Marriott Lincolnshire, Chicago Shakespeare, Other Theatre Company, Western Stage, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Colorado Ballet, Opera Colorado. Proud AEA member.

RALPH STAN LEE (Stage Manager) is pleased to join Motown. Some of his favorite credits are national tours of Dreamgirls; Hello, Dolly!; Cinderella; and Nice Work If You Can Get It. Regional: Whorl Inside a Loop (Second Stage), Porgy & Bess (Spoletto) and A Christmas Carol (N.C. Shakes). Ralph would like to thank Worklight and Mr. Gordy for this opportunity.

AMBER JOHNSON (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working with Motown again.

Touring credits: The Phantom of the Opera (North American tour), Motown The Musical (first national), The Book of Mormon (Chicago tour) and Jersey Boys (Chicago tour). Chicago credits include West Side Story, Mamma Mia! and Oklahoma! (Paramount Theatre); and Gypsy, Seussical The Musical and Shrek The Musical (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre). Other regional credits include Williamstown Theatre Festival and Antelope Valley Ballet. Amber graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.F.A. in theater. “As always, Boomer Sooner!”

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Kinky Boots, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Mamma Mia!, Motown The Musical, Once, Elf and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming tours include School of Rock and The Humans.

LINDA J. STEWART (Marketing & Press Outreach). It Is Done Communications. Tours/ Off-Broadway: The Color Purple, Fela!, Dreamgirls, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Scottsboro Boys, Porgy and Bess and Motown the Musical.

Broadway: The Color Purple, Fela!, Porgy and Bess, After Midnight, The Gin Game. Urban press: Tyler Perry’s “The Have and The Have Nots,” “Madea’s Big Happy Family,” David E. Talbert’s “The Fabric of a Man,” “What My Husband Doesn’t Know.” Touring: Jamie Foxx, Trey Songz, Mo’Nique. Film: Almost Christmas, Baggage Claim, 12 Years a Slave, Black Nativity, Belle and Beyond the Lights.

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (General Management). Dedicated to creating and producing live entertainment. General management for Something Rotten! and Motown. Producers of Rent 20th anniversary tour, Cinderella, Mamma Mia!, White Christmas.

Currently developing Clue, a new stage play based on the Paramount movie. Produced Julie Andrews, The Gift of Music at The Hollywood Bowl and London’s O2 Arena. Other recent touring productions include the Tony Award®winners American Idiot, In the Heights and Avenue Q. WLP is led by founding partner and President Stephen Gabriel and Vice President Nancy Gabriel. worklightproductions.com.

PORT CITY TECHNICAL (Production Management) is a production management company based in Charleston, S.C. Current tours with Work Light Productions include Mamma Mia!, Rent, Cinderella and White Christmas.

“We are thrilled to be working with them again on Motown and Something Rotten!”

KEVIN McCOLLUM (Producer) has received three Tony Awards® for Best Musical for In the Heights (2008), Avenue Q (2004) and Rent (1996), which was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He also produced The Drowsy Chaperone (2006, winner of five Tonys) and, most recently, Something Rotten!, Hand to God and Motown The Musical on Broadway. He will be represented on Broadway this spring by The Play That Goes Wrong and also on tour by Something Rotten! McCollum was trained at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and earned his master’s from the University of Southern California.

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DOUG MORRIS (Producer) is widely considered the most influential executive in the music industry. Currently CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, he has worked with many of the most popular artists of the past four decades, including the Rolling Stones, Phil Collins, Pete Townshend, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Nicks, Bette Midler, Tori Amos, INXS, Mariah Carey, JayZ, Stevie Wonder and U2. He is on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he has been recognized by numerous organizations for his outstanding contributions to music. Morris is also the founder of VEVO, the top music entertainment destination on the web, and previously spent 15 years as worldwide chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group. He began his career as a songwriter and producer, with credits including the Chiffons’ “Sweet Talkin’ Guy” and Brownsville Station’s “Smokin’ in the Boys Room.”

NANSCI NEIMAN-LEGETTE (Executive Producer). After a noteworthy career as Executive Vice President and Publisher of Warner Books and West Coast Publisher of Penguin Putnam, Nansci became Berry Gordy’s Chief Operating Officer in 2004. She has helped shepherd the show from first pages to this production.

STAFF FOR MOTOWN GENERAL MANAGEMENT WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS Stephen Gabriel Nancy Gabriel Scott Seay Anièle Fortin Kevin Greene Courtney King Emily Miller Carolyn Smith COMPANY MANAGER Arthur Callahan Assistant Company Manager.........................Jasmin Jakobsen CONSULTANT GENERAL MANAGER Nathan Gehan, Bespoke Theatricals PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PORT CITY TECHNICAL Rhys Williams Mike East Mackenzie Foster Rossella Human Tom Klonowski Suzanne Prueter Nicholas Shafer ALCHEMATION Kevin McCollum Lucas McMahon Emma Horwitz Jack Eidson Darnetha M’Baye Thomas Schermerhorn Jessica Troy

TOUR BOOKING AGENCY The Booking Group Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart thebookinggroup.com TOUR PRESS AND MARKETING ALLIED LIVE LAURA MATALON MARYA PETERS Scott Praefke Anne Waisanen Doug Blemker Mary Alyce Blum Sarah Dahlberg Andrew Damer Jennifer Gallagher John Gilmour Meghan Kastenholz Anne Dailey Meyer Jacqueline Smith MARKETING & PRESS OUTREACH IT IS DONE COMMUNICATIONS Linda J. Stewart Charlena Ponders WEST GRAND MEDIA PRODUCTIONS Michael Lovesmith, President Brenda Boyce, Director of Creative Services/ Archivist CASTING WOJCIK | SEAY CASTING Scott Wojcik and Gayle Seay Holly Buczek ORIGINAL CASTING TELSEY + COMPANY telseyandco.com LEGAL COUNSEL LEVINE PLOTKIN & MENIN, LLP Loren Plotkin, Conrad Rippy, Susan Mindell, Daniel Watkins, Emily Erstling Production Stage Manager.Anna R. Kaltenbach Stage Manager....................... Ralph Stan Lee Assistant Stage Manager.........Amber Johnson Dance Captain..........................Rod Harrelson Assistant Dance Captain..........Ramone Owens Associate Scenic Designers........James Burns, Rod Lemmond Associate Costume Designer............................. Heather Stanley Assistant Costume Designers... Tina McCartney, William Mellette Costume Assistant........................Amber Paul Associate Lighting Designer........ Aaron Spivey Assistant Lighting Designer........ Timothy Reed Moving Light Programmer............. Sean Beach Automation Programmer........... Kevin Donnelly Associate Projection Designer... Olivia Sebesky Lead Projections Animation..... Gabriel Aronson Projection Programmer.......Benjamin Keightley Projection Image Researcher... Susan Hormuth Associate Sound Designer..... Simon Matthews

Associate Wig & Hair Designer....Gretchen Androsavich Evans Assistant Wig & Hair Designer............... Michael Dondanville II Makeup Designer..................... J. Jared Janas Assistant Production Manager............................ Suzanne Prueter Production Carpenter....................Paul Hunter Production Automation............... McLane Snow Head Carpenter..........................D. Wade Jolly Automation Carpenter.............Schuyler Woods Flyman............................... Joshua Townsend Production Electricians............. Michael Pitzer, Brendan Quigley Head Electrician............................. Billy Paton Assistant Electrician/Video.......... Dave Salazar Front Light Electrician..........Rachel Juozapaitis Production Sound.......................... Jeff Human Head Sound................................Kevin McCoy Assistant Sound......................... Elyssa Kohen Head Props................................. Art Johnson Production and Touring Wardrobe Supervisor.............. Megan Quinn Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor....................... Jocelyn Seawright Assistant Wardrobe/ Principal Dresser......................Renee Jones Production and Touring Hair/ Wig/Makeup Supervisor....... Tereza Victoriano Assistant Hair/Wig Supervisor......................... Adrienne Maurer Associate Keyboard Programmers......... Tim Crook, Jeremy King Casting Assistant.........................Joe Hetterly Tutoring........................On Location Education Tutor/Child Wrangler............... Amy Freedman Production Assistants............. Anthony CeFala, Randy Donaldson, Emily Pelletier, Meg Whitehurst Assistant to Mr. Gordy.............. Mario Escobar Assistant to Mr. Morris.....................Jane Ellis Associate Producer................Lucas McMahon Production Photographer.............Joan Marcus Web/Social/ Digital Agency............The Marketing Division Bob Bucci, Maris Smith, Danielle Migliaccio Accountant................... WithumSmith+Brown/ Robert Fried, CPA, Karen Kowgios, CPA, Anthony Moore, CPA Comptroller.................. Galbraith & Company/ Sarah Galbraith Insurance............. Maury Donnelly & Parr, Inc./ Bob Middleton, Meghan Shriver Banking...... Signature Bank/Margaret Monigan Payroll......................................... People, Inc. Travel Agent......... Road Rebel and Tzell Travel Merchandising.......Creative Goods/Pete Milano Housing........................................Road Rebel

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CREDITS Automation by TAIT. Video Projection System Engineered and Provided by WorldStage Inc. Scenery constructed by TTS Studios, LLC and Hudson Scenic Design. Scenery and props constructed by Proof Productions, Inc. and Daedalus Design and Production Inc. Props by Paragon Theme and Prop Fabrication, Jerard Studio, Craig Gregg and Zoe Morsette. Onstage guitars compliments of Gibson Guitars USA. Costumes by Artur & Tailors; Beckenstein’s Men’s Fabric Czar; Steppenwolf Costume Shop; Giliberto Designs Inc.; Katrina Patterns; Timberlake Studio; Paul Chang Custom Tailors; Tricorne, Inc.; Ritz Furs NYC, Sharnelle Furs NYC, Arel Studios. Lighting equipment by PRG Lighting, Inc. Sound equipment

by PRG Sound, Inc. Custom shoes by LaDuca Shoes and Worldtone. Dying and distressing by Hochi Asiatico. Custom hats by Arnold S. Levine.

Special thanks to Bra*Tenders, Brooks Brothers and Michael Santulli, Pearl Drums and Zildjian Cymbals. “I Am a Man” iconic image copyrighted

by Richard L. Copley. Keyboards Furnished by Yamaha. Research materials by Portia K. Maultsby and Charles E. Sykes.

Motown® is a trademark of UMG Recordings, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries, and is used under license.

The producers wish to thank The MOTOWN MUSEUM The official home of Hitsville U.S.A. motownmuseum.org

Experience the little house that ROCKED the world!

Visit Motown Museum at Hitsville U.S.A.— the birthplace of Motown…where it all began. motownmuseum.org THE PRODUCERS WISH TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE MARTY BANDIER FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THIS PRODUCTION. motownthemusical.com MUSIC CREDITS “ABC” by Mizell, Alphonso J./Perren, Freddie/ Richards, Deke/Gordy, Berry Jr. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “A Breathtaking Guy” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Simpson, Valerie/ Ashford, Nickolas. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP).

“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by Whitfield, Norman J./Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI).

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Agate Music (BMI). “Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)” by Whitfield, Norman J./Strong, Barrett. Stone Agate Music (BMI).

“Brick House” by Richie, Lionel/Lapread, Ronald/ Orange, Walter/Williams, Milan/MC Clary, Thomas/ King, William. Jobete Music Co. Inc. OBO itself and Cambrae Music/Hanna Music/Libren Music/ Macawrite Music/Old Fashion Publishing/Walter Orange Music (ASCAP). “Buttered Popcorn” by Gordy, Berry Jr./Ales, Barney. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Can I Close the Door” written by Berry Gordy and Michael Lovesmith. “Crusin’” by Robinson, Smokey/Tarplin, Marvin. Jobete Music Co. Inc. OBO Bertam Music Company (ASCAP). “Dancing in the Street” by Gaye, Marvin P./Hunter, Ivy Jo/Stevenson, William Stone Agate Music (BMI)/Jobete Music Co. Inc. OBO itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP). “Do You Love Me” by Gordy, Berry Jr. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Get Ready” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc.(ASCAP).

“Give It to Me Baby” by James, Rick. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Good Morning Heartache” by Drake, Ervin M./Fisher, Dan/Higginbotham, Irene.

Lindabet Music Corporation, Microhits Music Corp., Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC. (ASCAP). “Got a Job” by Robinson, Smokey/Gordy, Berry Jr./Carlo, Tyran.

Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and Taj Mahal Music/Third Above Music Inc. (ASCAP). “Happy Birthday” by Wonder, Stevie. Jobete Music Co. Inc. and Black Bull Music c/o EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP). “Hey Joe (Black Like Me)” written by Berry Gordy and Michael Lovesmith. “I Can’t Get Next to You” by Whitfield, Norman J./Strong, Barrett. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” by Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “I Got the Feelin’”

by James Brown. Bro N Sis Music, Inc. (BMI). “I Hear a Symphony” by Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

by Whitfield, Norman J./Strong, Barrett. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “(I Know) I’m Losing You” by Whitfield, Norman J./Holland, Edward, Jr./Grant, Cornelius. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” by Gaye, Marvin P./Nyx, James. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP).

“It’s What’s in the Grooves That Counts” written

by Berry Gordy and Michael Lovesmith. “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” by Pockriss, Lee J./Vance, Paul. Emily Music Corp, Music Sales Corp (ASCAP). “I Want You Back”

by Perren, Freddie/Mizell, Alphonso J./Gordy, Berry Jr./Richards, Deke. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP).

“I Wish” by Stevie Wonder. Jobete Music Co. Inc. and Black Bull Music c/o EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP). “Lonely Teardrops” by Gordy, Berry Jr./Fuqua, Gwendolyn Gordy/Carlo, Tyran. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo Old Brompton Road Music.

(ASCAP)/Third Above Music Inc. (ASCAP). “Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone” by Holland, Brian/ Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Mama Done Told Me (My)”

by Robinson, Smokey/Gordy, Berry Jr./Carlo, Tyran.

Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” by Gaye, Marvin P. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP). “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Gordy, Berry Jr./Bradford, Janie. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Agate Music (BMI). “My Girl” by White, Ronald/Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “My Guy” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “My World Is Empty Without You” by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” by Whitfield, Norman J./Strong, Barrett.

Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI). “Please, Mr. Postman” by Garrett, William/Dobbins, Georgia/ Holland, Brian/Gorman, Freddie/Bateman, Robert.

Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI)/EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI).

“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” by Ashford, Nickolas/Simpson, Valerie. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Reach Out I’ll Be There” by Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)” by Gordy, Berry Jr./ Carlo, Tyran. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Third Above Music Inc. (ASCAP). “Remember Me” by Ashford, Nickolas/Simpson, Valerie. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Shop Around” by Robinson, Smokey/Gordy, Berry Jr. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Shotgun” by Dewalt, Autry. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” by Wonder, Stevie/Wright, Syreeta/ Garrett, Lee/Hardaway, Lula Mae. Jobete Music Co. Inc. and Black Bull Music c/o EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP)/Swandi Music (BMI) c/o EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI). “Square Biz” by Brockert, Mary C./MC Grier, Allen Henry. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and McNella Music (ASCAP). “Stop in the Name of Love” by Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Stubborn Kind of Fellow” by Gaye, Marvin P./Gordy, George/Stevenson, William.

Stone Agate Music (BMI)/Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP). “Super Freak” by James, Rick/ Miller, Alonzo. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI). “The Happening”

by Dozier, Lamont Herbert/Holland, Edward, Jr./ Holland, Brian/De Vol, Frank. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Agate Music (BMI). “The Love You Save” by Perren, Freddie/Mizell, Alphonso J/Gordy, Berry Jr./Richards, Deke. Jobete Music

Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “Theme From Mahogany ‘Do You Know Where You’re Going To’” by Goffin, Gerry/Masser, Michael. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)/Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI). “To Be Loved” by Gordy, Berry Jr./Fuqua, Gwendolyn Gordy/Carlo, Tyran. Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo Old Brompton Road Music. (ASCAP)/Third Above Music Inc. (ASCAP). “War” by Whitfield, Norman J./Strong, Barrett. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “What’s Going On” by Benson, Renaldo/Cleveland, Alfred W/Gaye, Marvin P. Stone Agate Music (BMI)/Jobete Music Co. Inc. obo itself and MGIII Music, NMG Music and FCG Music (ASCAP). “Where Did Our Love Go” by Holland, Edward, Jr./Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert. Stone Agate Music (BMI). “Who’s Lovin’ You” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” by Wonder, Stevie, Jobete Music Co. Inc. and Black Bull Music c/o EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP). “You Are You” by Gordy, Berry Jr., Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “You Can’t Hurry Love” by Holland, Edward, Jr./Holland, Brian/Dozier, Lamont Herbert.

Stone Agate Music (BMI). “You’re All I Need to Get By” by Ashford, Nickolas/Simpson, Valerie.

Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP). “You’re Nobody ’Til Somebody Loves You” by Cavanaugh, James/Morgan, Russ/Stock, Larry. Larry Stock Music Co.; Shapiro Bernstein & Co., Inc.; Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP). “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” by Robinson, Smokey. Jobete Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP).

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 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 • Local USA 829 of the I.A.T.S.E. represents the Designers and Scenic Artists for the American Theatre.

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

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

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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 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.

ENDOWMENT GIFTS

Gifts to the Straz Center’s endowment begin generating income right away. We gratefully acknowledge the visionary commitments of the following donors.

P R I N C I P A L B E N E FA C T O R S $1,000,000 and above Robert and Lorena Jaeb Stella Ferguson Thayer and Howell L. Ferguson & their families in honor of Louise Lykes Ferguson Dr. Zena Lansky Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Morsani Drs. Kiran and Pallavi Patel Hinks and Elaine Shimberg Dr. Martin and Ruth Silbiger David A. Straz, Jr. Foundation P R I N C I P A L B E N E FA C T O R S $500,000 - $999,999 MacKinnon Family Foundation State of Florida, Anonymous Division of Cultural Affairs The Frank E. Duckwall Foundation Ray and Nancy Murray Helen and David Kerr B E N E FA C T O R S Bailey Family Foundation Sharon and Bob Blanchard Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Tom and Mary James

$250,000 - $499,999 The Joy McCann Foundation Publix Super Markets Charities Saunders Foundation

P R I N C I PA L C O N T R I B U TO R S H. L. and Betty Culbreath David and Mary Irene Falk Memorial Fund Ferman Motor Cars and the Ferman Families The Gonzmart Family Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Hood Don E. Jones, Jr. and David M. Alfano George and Bobbe Karpay Live Nation Joseph F.X. McCahon

$100,000 - $249,999 Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artist Fund McKibbon Hotel Management James H. and Amy G. Shimberg Foundation Ed and Linda Oelschlaeger PACE Theatrical Pradip C. and Naini Patel Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Michael and Karen Urette Anonymous

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The Straz Center Endowment Fund M A J O R C O N T R I B U TO R S Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Joy McCann Culverhouse Charitable Remainder Trust Deloitte

$50,000 - $99,000

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

C O N T R I B U TO R S Virginia Ahrens Trust Mrs. Laura Farrior Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Franke Mr. Carl W. Lindell Jr. The Sumter & Ivilyn Lowry Foundation in memory of H.L. Culbreath

Bonnie Sonnenfeld Walter Industries Jeanne Rozier Winter

$25,000 - $49,999 Gene & Aldyth Marshall Emily Winston Moody Family Trust The William F. Poe Foundation Dr. Jay & Ann McKeel Ross Bob & Cathy Smith

Sharon & Bernie Stein Stonewall Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Janice Straske Ms. Gladys I. Toms

RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS

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 Bailey Family Foundation Scholarship Fund Patricia H. Linton Scholarship Fund The MacKinnon Family Foundation Scholarship Fund Monsignor Joseph F. X. McCahon Scholarship Fund Ed and Linda Oelschlaegar Scholarship Fund Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund James H. & Amy G. Shimberg Foundation Scholarship Fund Rachel Lisi Ticket Subsidy Fund Broadway Booking Office, Ltd. Economic Club of Tampa Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Ms. Sarah Richardson Karen & Gary Sasso Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons

Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Lesley Rudolph Philipson & Jon Philipson Richard A. Rudolph Straz Center Restricted Funds at Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Arts Education Fund for Children in Need at CFTB David A. & Mary Irene Falk Memorial Fund Beverly Lauring Fund for the Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra Leave A Legacy Fund Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artist Fund Carol & Frank Morsani TBPAC Fund Raymond E. & Nancy Murray Fund for the Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra

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

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 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 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

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

City of Tampa Tourist Development Council/Hillsborough County

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

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

$25,000 - $49,999

Lightning Foundation Community Heroes Gene & Patsy McNichols & McNichols Company MetLife Foundation

P L AT I N U M Cherry Bekaert LLP

$15,000 - $24,999 Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

Publix Super Markets Charities

CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL & GOLD Amscot Financial Bank of America Carlton Fields Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Barbara & Franklin Carson Family Foundation Couch Family Foundation

Deaver Phoenix Foundation The David & Mary Irene Falk Memorial Fund Gonzmart Family Foundation Homes By WestBay The Joy McCann Foundation Helen & Richard Minck Memorial Fund

Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown Ferman Motor Car Company Florida Blue Hold On America, Inc. La Palma Natural Cattle Company

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP Coca-Cola Beverages Florida *Ernst & Young *Exeter International FCS Incorporated Harbourside Animal Hospital *Health Aid Company *Hill Ward & Henderson, P.A. Hillsborough River Realty Corp.

Le Meridien Tampa

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L.V. Thompson Family Foundation The USAA Foundation Wells Fargo The Walter Foundation The Wilson Company Yerrid Foundation

$5,500 - $9,999 The Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artist Fund Neiman Marcus Nitro Solutions PNC Bank Proforma Regenerative Orthopedic Institute

P AT R O N S C I R C L E & B R O N Z E *A-1 Contract Staffing/ Mel Klinghoffer A-AAmerican Container Leasing *Air Animal, Inc. *Alltrust Insurance Aloft Tampa Downtown Hotel Austin, Roe & Basquilll, P.A. Barker/Cook Bay Harbor Hotel BCI Communications

Savills Studley

$10,000 - $14,999

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. Sherloq Solutions Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Foundation, Inc.

V I P C I R C L E & 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

Tampa Bay Magazine *Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth C. Townson Foundation Triad Foundation

Regions Bank Reitzel Cook Foundation Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Family Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick Time Customer Service, Inc. Transamerica - St. Pete JS Turner Family Foundation

$2,500 - $5,499

*Lucy C. Love, M.D. *MDCI Florida, Inc. *Monroe & Giordano Mortgage Bankers NELCO Realty, Inc. Nichols Foundation Pediatric Dentisty of New Tampa T. Rowe Price Foundation Rinaldi Printing Company

*Ryan Companies US, Inc./ Doug Dieck Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Tampa Bay Times Fund, Inc. *Ronald & Renee Vaughn, The University of Tampa Vology Stan Weaver & Company Whitney Charitable Foundation

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Annual Donors I N N E R C I R C L E & C R Y S TA L *David Altman Foundation Black Swan Productions Brighton Foundation Trust Bill Currie Ford Calton Nutrition Clearwater Cardiovascular & Interventional Consultants

Construction Services / Fred & Laura Lay FACTS Engineering Flagship Building LLC Ms. Laida E. Garcia Just Add Power Lane Family Foundation Bob & Jean Markley

$1,500 - $2,499 Martial Arts Advantage Mr. Anthony Kuntz *Omni Services Palm Pavilion *Deborah & Roger Rodriguez Jack & Ann Sahlman/ Sahlman Seafoods, Inc. Silver Queen

D I R E C TO R & A M B A S S A D O R DeBartolo Family Foundation Fitlife Foods

Kinder Morgan Foundation Mad Theatre of Tampa

$800 - $1,599 National Building Maintenance Power Design, Inc.

H E A D L I N E R & S U S TA I N E R *Gents’ Barber of Oldsmar *Allegra Design Print Mail Italiano Insurance Bott-Anderson Partners, Inc. LTL Construction, Inc. *Creative Yacht Solutions Inc. *James W. & Jeraldine Crews, Jr.

The Oaks Club

$400 - $799 McGuinness & Company, Inc. Perez & Company, CPA’s, P.A. *Skipper & Skipper, P.A.

A S S O C I AT E & P R O M O T E R I Diaz Construction Inc.

Sol Design Studio LLC Stolberg & Townsend, P.A. Sutton Law Firm Talbots West Central Florida Pathology Associates, P.A. Yob Family Foundation

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

$200 - $399

Mintel Technical Services

INDIVIDUAL DONORS GOLD CIRCLE & DIAMOND *Ellie Fishman & The Fishman Family Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999

*Diane & Rob Klingel Sandy & Sandy MacKinnon

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

Harvey & Cherie Schonbrun *J. Micheal & Jacki Smith Chris & Sandi Sullivan

Dr. Johnathan Ellen & Ms. Margaret de Lisser Rose V. Ferlita Mr. & Mrs. Thomas S. Franke *Bob & Abby Gatenby Glenn & Carole Hooper Drs. Christopher & Akshata Hopkins Patricia & Howard Jenkins Joseph & Teresa Kadow The Kessler Family: Lawrence & Elizabeth Kessler, Susan Kessler, Jeffrey Berger & Robert & Robyn Kessler Doris L. Killian Tony & Heidi Land

*Dave Best & Dean Holland-Best *Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Bialor Michael & Robin Blinder Mr. & Mrs. George C. Bluze *Tonnie & Bryan Bognar Bentley & Beau Boh Kerry & Jose Borrego Roger & Angela Borthwick

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

$5,500 - $9,999 Mr. & Mrs. Geoff Lecain The LeFloch Family Patricia Hall Linton Mr. Mark Mahaffey *Kimberly & Paul Malcolm *Mr. Tim Manka-Clemons Arun & Kavita Marballi 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

P AT R O N S C I R C L E & B R O N Z E Cynthia C. Alessi *Bill & Lisa Alexander *Dr. & Mrs. James E. Alver Denise Alveranga & Eugene Ward Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Azzarelli Charles & Holly Baab *Scott Besley

$10,000 - $24,999

Patricia Sullivan Chuck & Becky Sykes Susan & John Sykes

V I P C I R C L E & 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 Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Cooper, III Mr. Edward Dreyer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Duveneck

Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr.

Dr. & Mrs. Victor Bowers Ruth Branson & Kelly Fredrickson *Julie & Charlie Britton Tracy & Nick Brown Rachel Burke *Aida & Bob Calafell *Dustin Cann & Tim Owen Pete & Tina Carlino

Mr. & Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Dr. Barbara Cook Reitzel Bill Rogers 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 Phil & Betty Casey *Janis Guzzle Chapman *Dr. & Mrs. RIchard Clapp David & Carol Cox Paulette DiGiannantonio *Esther Dillenbeck Dr. Nancy Dinwoodie & Dr. William R. Dinwoodie *Dinsmore Family

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Annual Donors P AT R O N S C I R C L E & B R O N Z E *Richard & Francine Dobkin *Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Dowdle Dr. & Mrs. Richard Eatroff Carol Eldredge *James & Eileen Enyart Mr. & Mrs. J. Rex Farrior, III *Mr. Ira and Dr. Denise Federer *Steven & Kelly Feinerman Marvin & Linda Feldman *Kim & Ray Ferrara *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 *Joseph & Molly Gaylord *Dennis & Gayle Geagan Dr. John Gelin & Granada Gelin *Mr. & Mrs. L. Thomas Giblin Shanna & Bryan Glazer Bill & Lori Goede 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

Steve & Krista Howard *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 *Karen & Matthew Johnston *William & Carol Jones John & Diane Juve Greg C. Kaiser, M.D. *Barry & Jackie Kanner *John & Pat Kavula *J. R. & Jan Kennedy *Ed Kelly *Mrs. Helen Kerr Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Kirkland *Josephine & Susan Konczal *Michael & Kimberley Kraft *Dr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Krist *Kenneth & Jeanne Lally *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 Bryan & Myriam Marshall 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

I N N E R C I R C L E & C R Y S TA L Frank Agliano Marion C. Albanese Gus & Agnes Alfieri Ms. Stephanie Alpaugh Barry & Judith Alpert & Family Dorothy Ammerman Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Angel Laura & Sandra Baldwin Trudy & Marvin Barkin *Steve & Schezy Barbas Roger & Jennifer Bates Mr. Philip Beauchamp *Tomica Beauchene Ms. Maya Beck Mr. James Belmont *Michael & Adriana Benito Charles “Joey” Bennett, MD Susan Fleming Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Todd Berger Leah Bergoffen Mr. Joseph Besnard Bob & Linda Blanchard Michael & Dawn Booth Andrew Bratspis Rosemary Brewer Jason & Stathie Broussard Dr. & Mrs. Irwin Browarsky

Sharon Brown Emerson & Lynn Brumback Tony & Paula Buffa Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Burdick Ms. Elvia Cacciatore Don Cayo, Jr. *Mrs. Carole Cherry Deborah M. Clanton Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Clarke, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cleary Mr. & Mrs. Doug Cohn Myra & Dug Cooley Joyce Courtright Dr. & Mrs. Michael Cromer *Andrew & Christine Curtis Mary Louise Cutolo Margaret E. Davis Ms. SaJo Davis, Jr. Jen Dawson Jeannie DeAngelis Ron & Linda Decelles James & Tonya Delegro Dr. Susan Dellinger Jerry & Alice Dingle Phil & Kim Dingle Joe & Theresa DiVito Mr. Mike Donahue

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$2,500 - $5,499

*Tony & Peggy McKenna Mary & Clayton McNeel *Michael & Elaine Moorman *Theresa Mulroney & Joyce Richardson Brad & Melissa Murray *Anonymous *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 *Dr. Dini Rada *Susie & Mitchell Rice Ms. Karen Roberts *Frank & Eileen Romps Mr. Jack Ross *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 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shea Sharon & Lew Sibert Caroline & Jeff Sikorske *Bruce & VIctoria Silverman & Golda Brunhild *Rick & Sherri Simonetti John W. Snead, M.D. Dr. Earl & Mrs. Jan Smith *Jaime S. Solana, M.D.

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

$1,500 - $2,499 Robert & Lynn Donaldson Mr. & Mrs. Roger Dow Drew & Tara Eckhoff *Drs. Kevin & Stephanie Elder Amy & Bruce Epstein Barbara A. Epstein James & Helen Erb *Susan & David Erbaugh Denise & Jesus Esparza Dr. & Mrs. W. Hunter Eubanks Ray Ann Favata Adrienne Federico *Mary E. Felitti Darlene & Norman Ferenz Ms. Susan Ferrentino Gary & Sandy Feuerstein Carolyn Fink Sandy & Mike Freedman Michael & Michelle Froning Mr. Michael Furr *Thomas & Carol Gaputis Dr. & Mrs. S. Jeffrey Garfield 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 Clint & Candy Gordon Gary & Phyllis Gould Drew & Betsy Graham Gronemeyer Family Geoffrey & Elaine Gross Dr. Lee & Shelley Grossbard *Susan Heyman & Michael White Steve & Linda Hicks Sue Hindman, in memory of Sylvia Richardson, MD Janet & Hannah Hockman *Dr. Carol Hodges & Dr. Edward Homan Mr. Timothy Hurlstone Barbara & Scott Hurst Susan & Henry Hyatt Mr. Chandler Irvin The Jacobson/Thompson Family *Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Jankowski Charles P. & Susan E. Johnson *Mr. H. Herman Jensen & Sara Good Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Johnson

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Annual Donors I N N E R C I R C L E & C R Y S TA L 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 Kenise Knight Diane Krouse Michael & Mary Lawless Chris Lescher Sam & Nilla Leto Rick Levin Ms. Linda Lindgren David & Nancy Linksy *Deborah & James Llewellyn Dr. Loretta Loftus Katherine Loh Orlando Lopez-Isa Joey & Ellen Lynn Dr. & Mrs. Robert Maddalon *Pat & Ray Martinez *Dr. Robert J. & Kay S. McDermott Omar Medina Mr. & Mrs. Don Meister Mr. Thomas Mercier

*Inge Michaels *Cynthia Reges Miller Elizabeth Molloy *Victoria & Robert Monroe Drs. Vince & Natalie Monticciolo D.R. & Carolyn Musselman Michael A. Myers, M.D. & Laveda Longfellow Myers Dr. David & Renee Nicker Alan & Kay Nissalke Dan & Deborah Nockels Bob & Donna Orf *Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Osypka Stephen & Janice Overton Sandra Palmer & Julie Rochman Bonnie Peavy Carmen & David Pelletz Joseph & Marci Perlman *Debbie & John Porreca 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 Brad & Sandy Register Mo & Jennifer Rendahl Dr. Gerald & Colette Robbins Alex & Pam Rodriguez

D I R E C TO R & A M B A S S A D O R *Aguila Family Michael & Linda Anthony *Mrs. Beverly Austin Dr. & Mrs. William K. Belton, Jr. *Christopher C. Combie, PhD. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Curtis Ms. Lisa DeBartolo & Mr. Don Miggs *Ed & Marsha Droste *Dr. Peter & Faith Dunne Dr. & Mrs. Richard Dutton *Capt. Richard Erwin Arthur & Jennifer Faggion Steven & Lori Frazier Martin Hanratty Mr. Charles Haynes

*Ms. Kristine Herrera Mr. & Mrs. Lewis H. Hill, III Tim Hill, Hill Nissan, Inc. Lolita & Jeff Hoffman Mrs. Marie Hyman *Kimberly Jirsa & John Salvatore Ms. Karen E. Johnson Heather & Clark Jordan-Holmes *Peter & Gloria Kares *Hagar Kopesky Daniel & Roslyn Kulik *Tom & Inez Leto *Daniel & Sara Letsch *Isabel Loring Gene & Aldyth Marshall

H E A D L I N E R & S U S TA I N E R Mr. Chad Adams Mr. Jeffrey Abeles Jeanie & David Abelson Bud & Cleta Alexander Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Rodney Anthony Rosemary Armstrong & Sandy Weinberg Stephen Armstrong Mr. Barry Bahr *Lynn Barnhardt Bay Area Infectious Disease Associates Maureen & Sam Beauregard Mr. & Mrs. Burton Bernstein David & Sheila Beyer 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 Scott & Carole Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Ken Carson *Patricia & William Chastain Kang Chao Mary Chebuhar *Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Chiappori Douglas Clery Gary & Patricia Cohen *Mr. James Cooksey Louis & Anita Crawford *Mr. George Cressman

$1,500 - $2,499 *Dr. & Mrs. Allen W. Root Tina & Marc Rosenow Janet Rosenquist 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 Jeannie Shorts Bob & Marcy Shuck *Daniel & Holly Singer Al & Elsa Sinicrope Ron & Lina Sjoblom *Dr. Michael D. & Sandy Slomka Lori Smart *Dr. & Mrs. Alan R. Smith Dr. Earl & Mrs. Jan Smith J. Harrison Smith & Elisabeth Smith Robert & Karen Smith Walter & Melissa Smith Travis & Megan Spears Anonymous Robby & Cindy Steinhardt

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 Christine & Robert Thomas Charles Thompson Anita Kendall Trosky *Chad & Tyler Michael & Candace Valdes Charlotte Waller Jerry Warner *Donna VanName & Larry Belcher David & Lorraine Watson E. Watts & Jill J. Stevens Dr. Mark S. Weissman & Michele Ancora *Dr. Karen Wells & Dr. Michael Albrink *Ms. Marie S. Wertz Mr. & Mrs. David Wheeler *Ms. Susan Wilcox Ms. Elizabeth Wilhelm Beth Wilson *Tane Wilson *Ms. Carrie Wirgau Verna L. Worthington Robert & Alyson Zamore Fredric & Carolyn Zinober

$800 - $1,599 Pat & Ray Martinez Steve & Diane Martinez Joe & Jenny Matasic Margaret M. McCormick Mr. David Montalvo Shawn Morgan Maryann Nelson & Keith Petitt Vivian A. Olivia Mrs. Fagl Oxman *Dana & Jeff Parker *Anthony & Kelly Prieto *Gwendolyn Prill Priolo Associates, LLC *Mr. & Mrs. John Rains Lamar & Cindy Roberts

*Drs. Eli & Janet Marley Rose The Rothschild Family Charitable Fund Mr. Brad Settle Paul & Elise Sierra *Deena & Larry Silver *Sue & Tony Teti Ms. Cynthia Tetrick *Robert & Barbara Thacker Jane & Jerry Williams *Anne & Glenn Winograd *Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wolfson Drs. Carl & Paula Zielonka *Kira Zwygart & Samuel Saporta

$400 - $799 Dr. Sharon Dabrow *Susan J. Davis *Nicole DeBartolo & Chad Chronister *Susan Depass *Cindy K. Donovan *Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Doyle, Jr. Dee Dubendorff Mr. & Mrs. Rick Edens *Johanna Edwards James Enyart Dr. Trinia Espinola *Charles Evans Lt. Colonel & Mrs. Fred Fallman Mr. Doug Fisher *John J. Fisher Robert & Kimberly Floyd Dr. & Mrs. H. James Free

Ms. Christine Gagnon Mr. & Mrs. Steve Gardner *Christopher & Naomi Gargano *Ms Kathryn Garrity Dr. Derald R. Gingerich Col. (ret) & Mrs. Dave Glogowski Dr. Richard & Denise Goldberger *Mrs. Diane Goldfeder Dr. & Mrs. Warren Goldstein Mr. Luis Gonzalez *Luis & Teresa Gonzalez Ken & Shirley Gould *Bill & Judy Graham Shannon Greany *Sy & Ninette Hader

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Annual Donors H E A D L I N E R & S U S TA I N E R Mr. Mark Hall Thomas Hall *Mr. Michael Hanke Mr. Joseph Hastings Mr. Richard A. Harrison Susan Heath Katherine Healey *Mary Jo Heger *Mr. Gorge Henges Mr. Joseph L. Himes Gail R. Hirsch Fred & Debbie Hoffman Nancy Horton, DMD Robert M. Host David & Fran Huey Chris Hugues Kurt & Amy Hull Annette Hutcherson *Daniela Izaguirre Thomas W. Jacobson Jill Rosie Johnson *Mr. & Mrs. T. Michael Kaney Cristin & Michael Keane *Mr. & Mrs. William Klettke *The Klos Family W. Dennis & Peggy L. Koski Patricia & Joseph Krzanowski Alan Levitz

George Levy & Rosemary Fowler 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 Mr. Michael Mattingly Mr. & Mrs. Larry Mayo *Thomas & Kathryn Meachum *Joseph & Sadye Melchiorre Maureen & Bob Metz *Gail & Bill Meyer *Ed & Aline Miezejewski Mr. & Mrs. Jan Miller Mike & Janet Miller *Debra A. Mitchell Mark & Jo-Ellen Mooney Gail & Thomas Morrow *Mr. & Mrs. Martin Moskowitz *Mr. & Mrs. RIchard S. Myers *Mrs. Carol D. Nichols Dr. & Mrs. H. Juergen Nord Dennis Olden *Kathy & Joel Parrish Mrs. Rose Paskay Bill & Vicki Paul

$400 - $799 *Richard Pearson *Ms. Derrie Perez Jo Anne Pinaud *Wilma & James Price Dr. Miguel Pro *Donna & Richard Puleo Mr. Richard Rappaport *Ed & Nora Lea Reefe Drs. Chris Reiner & Kathleen Kilbride Mr. Craig Repchick Clark & Pat Ricke Dr. & Mrs. James A. Roberts Bob & Jacqui Rogers Erin & Perry Ross *Nancy J. Sackett *Bill Sassano *Robert & Bernice Saxon Alfred & Rose Schiff *Mr. & Mrs. Dale Sells Mr. & Mrs. Frank Sharpe Ann & John Sheppard *The Shimmel Family *David & Ellie Sikes *Jim & Judy Stefan Al & Sandee Steinberg *Carolyn & Leo Sterger Gena Steward

Sarah & Scott Stichter David & Veronica Stidham *Randy Strutz & Heather Smith StillPoint Capital *Jack & Nancy Suarez Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Szabo *Saul & Phoebe Tave *Gary & Lisa Teblum Dr. Denisse Thompson *Martha H. Thorn *Col. & Mrs. Roland Tiso J. Thomas & Lavinia Witt Touchton Brenda Trayner Victoria Vail *Jon & Naomi Vichich *Mrs. Ferdinando Vizzi *Mr. & Mrs. James L. Webb Dr. Donald Wexler & Dr. Miriam Zicht *Kent & Kathy Whittemore Elizabeth Williams Elizabeth C. Williams *Kay A. Wilson *Tony & Jenny Wilson

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

Lorena Jaeb Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo

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

Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Lightning Community Heroes Program

MEMORIAL GIFTS All Veterans Eugene Maul Judy Applebaum Anastasia Cobb Fred T. Arnold Mandi Arnold Helen Campbell David N. Campbell Louise Reynolds Cantrell Rita Cantrell

Louise Lykes Ferguson Heather Barrow Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Beall, Jr. John & Lynda Boyet Mr. Robert Clark 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

Jim & Carol Lankton Steve & LeeAnn Lankton Richard Roberson John Terril Clayta Ross Judith McLeod Barbara Williams Joan Jarrett

HONOR GIFTS Artists Hospitality for Opera Tampa Opera Tampa League Board Carlton Fields Savillis Studley John Franklin Debra Perricone Sarah Haun Aunt Linda & Uncle Howie Zena Lansky Birthday Mr. Frank J. Rief, III

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 Barbara & Gordon Moses Kerry & Linda Kay O’Reilly

Steve & Karen Mezer Mr. Dominick Scannavino

Ruth Silbiger Birthday Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Robert & Diane Smeed Metta Dwyer Betsy VanderVoort Barry & Judith Alpert Ron Wilder Mr. John Terril

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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.

GOLD CIRCLE & DIAMOND

$25,000 - $49,999

Dr. Zena Lansky & Mr. Warren Rodgers

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

The Helen Torres Foundation

Felix Cannella, Jr.

GRAND IMPRESARIO CIRCLE & GOLD Anonymous *Dr. & Mrs. Ignacio A. Ferras III Aaron Fodiman & Margaret Word Burnside Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo

Charlene & Mardy Gordon Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Ms. Judith McLeod Brad & Mary Ann Morse

$10,000 - $24,999 Regenerative Orthopedic Institute/ Dr. Erick Grana & Katherine Grana Knoll *Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr.

I M P R E S A R I O C I R C L E & S I LV E R Capt. Guy R. Campbell, III & Ms. Janet Marlow

*Nadine & Robert Pressner Dennis & Christel Ryan

$5,500 - $9,999 *Michael & Karen Urette *Rita & Tod Rickner

MAESTRO CIRCLE & BRONZE Anne & Troy Atlas Lodovico & Claudia Balducci ConceptBait *Mrs. Lea Lavoie Davis Charlotte & Jim Edminston *Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Greenfield

Bonny F. Heet & Martin Martel *Mr. William Hein Fraser Himes * David & Min Jodice *Don E. Jones, Jr.

Cesar Lara, M.D. Scott & Holly Lilly Judy & Ernie Lisi *Catherine G. Novack Bill Rogers

V I R T U O S O C I R C L E & C R Y S TA L Irene & Del Acosta Black Swan Productions Mr. Ronald Davies & Mrs. Annette McMurray

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

*Mr. James Piot Ralph & Kathleen Rydell *Walter Sanders Dr. Robert Simon

ENTHUSIAST & AMBASSADOR Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. John Calfee *Sgt. Maj. Rafael A. Candelario, USMC (Ret)

*Dr. & Mrs. Mario Canedo Emily & Greg Dey Dr. & Mrs. Americo A. Gonzalvo

*Drs. Felipe & Lilia Ladia Mr. Roger Henry LaGreca Mr. & Mrs. Michael LeVine

P A R T N E R & S U S TA I N E R Scott Armstrong & Adrian Pritchard Tomica Beauchene Andre Callen Dr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Freeman *Mr. Merritt Gardner *Dr. & Mrs. R. G. Geerken

Alicia Slater-Haase & Barry Haase Mary Lou Harden Carole & Glenn Hooper Ms. Kathryn Judy Sylvia & Alyssa Katz *Jeff, Melissa, Mark & Howard Kornbluth

Ian S. Giovinco *Ms. Geraldine Hynes Dr. & Mrs. Ismail Kazem Mrs. Helen Kerr Len Kizner & Jeff Tucker *Anne W. Laffan *Jonathan Lowe & Michelle Stencel Mr. Michael Mattingly John, Rose & Daisey Marek Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Meyers

Alfred & Rose Schiff *Kathleen Casey-Shannon & David J. Shannon *Gregory C. & K. Anne Yadley Kenneth F. Winter

$1,500 - $2,499 Norman & Mirella Smith Theresa D’Aiuto Sokol & Gerald Sokol Mr. Anthony Varas

$800 - $1,599 Calvin & Neya Reed Ms. Karen Roberts *Dr. & Mrs. Paul Runge

$400 - $799 *Dr. & Mrs. Julio Lautersztain Dr. & Mrs. James McIlwain Karen & Steven H. Mezer *Candy Olson *John & Judith Potter *Ryan Companies US, Inc./ Doug Dieck

S U P P O R T E R & P R O M OT E R *Ms. Dolores Barton Mr. Stephen Bechdolt *Richard Campbell Michael & Margaret Clarke Mr. William Draeger, Jr. John & Jan Draheim *Dr. Bahaa Elhadidy *Barbara A. Epstein Ms. Mary Fadoul Dr. & Mrs. Alvin Felman Patrick J. Foley

$2,500 - $5,499

Mr. Dominick Schannavino *Norm & Penny Sippel Ms. Karen Solomon Carolyn K. Warren

$200 - $399 Mr. & Mrs. Gene H. Milas Ms. Janet Muscarella Cathy Ordiway *Mrs. Paulette Peters Frances & Cheri Raimondi Francis Ramirez Clayta Ross Elizabeth Shalett *Ms. Marcy Shepherd Paul & Cindy Sper

Melanie & John Toppe *Ann & Jim Urbanski Jean & Tom Valenti Dr. Joan M. Watkins Dr. Karen Wells & Dr. Michael Albrink Paul and Gail Whiting Ms. Elizabeth C. Williams Robert 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

Boca Kitchen Bar & Market BurgerFi - SoHo Maestro’s Restaurant & Café Si-am Thaimerican Restaurant Timpano Italian Chophouse WaterWorks Bar & Grill

Wi-Fi Portal Tech Data

Institutional Automobile Sponsor Reeves Maserati Tampa

Official Hotel Sponsor Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown

Best of Broadway Tampa Bay Series Bank of America

Hotel Partners Aloft Tampa Downtown The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk Bay Harbor Hotel Tampa Le Méridien Tampa Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk

Broadway Opening Night Parties CDW

Restaurant Partners 717 South Anise Global Gastrobar Ava Restaurant Bavaro’s Pizza Napoletana and Pastaria

Family Fun Series GTE Financial Kids’ Night on Broadway Chick-fil-A Music With a Twist Series Publix Super Markets Charities Aaron Tveit AT&T

BiRDMAN LiVE with Antonio Sanchez National Endowment for the Arts Capitol Steps Politifact An Evening with Carl Hiaasen Tampa Bay Times Finding Neverland Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Hypnotic Brass Ensemble South Arts it gets better National Performance Network USAA Joshua Bell Tampa Bay Times Next Generation Ballet’s Nutcracker Chick-fil-A

One Woman Sex and the City tbt* Pablo Sáinz Villegas Centro “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band Tampa Bay Times United Way - Suncoast USAA Ronald & Joyce Wanek Foundation Shanghai Nights: Shanghai Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China GTE Financial Sound System Renovation State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners Straz LIVE! in the Park Publix Super Markets Charities Straz LIVE! on the River Secret Walls Tampa Downtown Partnership

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 2016 The MacKinnon Family Foundation

The Bank of Tampa BNY Mellon Wealth Management Carlton Fields Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Jan and Don DeFosset Florida Blue Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Michele & Douglas Freedle Greenberg Traurig, P.A. JPMorgan Chase The Lightning Foundation Patsy & Gene McNichols and The McNichols Co. Karen & Steven Mezer Drs. Kiran & Pallavi Patel Proforma Raymond James

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Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Family Sharon & Bernie Stein Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr. Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay Rays TomCat Wells Fargo Rita & Todd Wickner

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/ Carden & Associates, Inc.

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

President’s Luncheon 2017 Thomas Financial Group

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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 Community Foundation of Tampa Bay South Shore Council Couch Family Foundation MetLife Foundation T. Rowe Price Foundation Cy and Joanne Spurlino 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 Patel Conservatory Youth Theater Program Kinder Morgan Foundation School Field Trip Series LV Thompson Family Foundation

Academy Prep Partnership Triad Foundation

Scholarships American Dance Institute

End of Year Celebration Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo

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

The Exploring Neverland Outreach 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 Workshops, Outreaches and Master Classes South Arts Operation Tickets New York Yankees Foundation

O P E R A TA M PA 2016-2017 Opera Tampa Season Helen Torres Foundation Florida Health Care News/ Dr. Barry Levine & Gina d’Angelo Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Neiman Marcus

Romeo and Juliet Mary Ann & Brad Morse Regenerative Orthopedic Institute/Dr. Erick Grana & Ms. Katherine Grana Knoll La Cenerentola Charlene & Mardy Gordon Judith McLeod

Tosca Dr. Zena Lansky & Mr. Warren Rodgers

Opera Tampa Singers Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons

Centennial Celebration Opera Tampa Singers Coppola Conducts: Outreach Program 100 Years Young Anonymous Dr. Yi-Hwa Outerbridge, M.D. & Official Magazine of Mr. Felix Cannella, Jr. Opera Tampa Anton Coppola Award Tampa Bay Magazine Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons

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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

$250,000 - $499,999

Bank of America

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

$25,000 - $49,999

Tino and Pat Antinori in memory of Michael P. Antinori Florida Health Care News Barry P. Levine, PhD

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

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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

2016-17 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 2016-17 season.

Simply show your current donor or season ticket holder card for great savings. Valid Oct. 1, 2016 to Sept. 30, 2017.

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

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 Guy R. Campbell, III Kathleen Casey-Shannon Lea Lavoie Davis Charlotte Edminston 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 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 2016-17 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 Donald Clark

Hal Demers Jodi Fagan Madeline Foust Margaret Goodson Leeann Hunt

Robert Jacobson Elena Kornatz Roger Martz Dottie Marvel Leslie Moore

Carmen Morales Eleanor Nesbit Paul O’Byrne Marcia Prather Elaine Richard

Karen Schmidt Marianne Turman Ray Turman Donna Van Name Diana Weinel

TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG 61

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AN ANNUAL DONOR

Through her work using improv games, theater instructor Sarah Berland helps special-needs adults learn to adapt to change so they can hold a job. With a dependable job, they get a shot at an independent life.

Because of annual donors, Sarah gets to realize her dream: to be the best teacher for all her students. She can, because you did.

Annual donations supply teachers the resources they need, whether they’re in our classrooms or in our community, to provide unparalleled instruction and change lives.

WANT TO BE AN ANNUAL DONOR? Make your gift at strazcenter.org/supportus or call 813.222.1036.

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813.229.STAR (7827) • OPERATAMPA.ORG Group Sales (10+ get a discount): 813.222.1016 or 1047 Events, days, dates, times, performers and prices are subject to change without notice. Handling fees will apply.

Thank you to our 2016-2017 Season Sponsors: Helen Torres Foundation; Dr. Zena Lansky and Mr. Warren Rodgers; Dr. Yi-Hwa Outerbridge, M.D. and Mr. Felix Cannella, Jr.; Florida Health Care News/Dr. Barry Levine and Gina d’Angelo; Charlene and Mardy Gordon; Greenberg Traurig, P.A.; Mary Ann and Brad Morse; Anonymous; Judith McLeod; Regenerative Orthopedic Institute/Dr. Erick Grana and Ms. Katherine Grana Knoll; Charles A. and Faith S. Simmons; Neiman Marcus Media Sponsors: Tampa Bay Magazine, WEDU

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All performances are in Ferguson Hall.

Regularly priced single tickets: $12.50*

All performances are in the Rehearsal Hall.

Regularly priced single tickets: $7.50*

TO SUBSCRIBE, CALL 813.229.STAR (7827).

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813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG (10+ get a discount): 813.222.1016 or 1047

Group Sales

Events, days, dates, times, performers and prices are subject to change without notice.

Handling fees will apply.

Celebrating 217 Years in Business

(that’s dog years)

McEnany Roofing, Inc. 813-988-1669 Lic. #CCC037013

Photo by Rob/Harris Productions, Inc.

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MAESTRO’S RESTAURANT • Premier tableside service with a la carte menu and full bar.

• Seating begins at 5:00PM; reservations required

THE CAFÉ

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

ON THE RIVER

•L ight, al fresco dining along Tampa’s beautiful Riverwalk with a full bar •O pens at 5:30PM daily and 12:00PM on Saturday and Sunday; no reservations required

STEAMHEAT CAFÉ

Enjoy Buddy Brew Coffee or a quick bite.

Opens at 9:00AM; closed Mondays.

Maestro’s restaurants are open before Broadway and Opera Tampa performances and other select shows. For reservations, call 813.229.STAR (7827) or visit STRAZCENTER.ORG.