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IN THIS ISSUE: • Forbidden Broadway 35th Anniversary Tour • Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Revue • Celtic Woman: Voices of Angels • An Evening With Carl Hiaasen • Something Rotten!

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• Tiempo Libre • A Skull in Connemara • MOMIX: Opus Cactus • it gets better • Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus LIVE! • DRUMLine Live • Seth Glier

• Rhinos, Rickshaws and Revolutions: My Search For Truth - Ami Vitale National Geographic LIVE!

• Home Free • Il Volo: Una Notte Magica – A Tribute to the Three Tenors

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Il Magnifico Maestro Anton Coppola celebrates his 100th birthday.

We are throwing one heck of a party.

1917 was a big year.

The firstt woman was elected Th l t d tto C Congress and d the U.S. Navy appointed its first female petty officer that year as well. President Wilson declared war on Germany and Congress agreed, thus entering the United States into World War I. In France, Giacomo Puccini premiered La Rondine in Monte Carlo on March 27, 1917.

Little did Puccini know that just six days prior a little boy had been born in the Italian ghetto of East Harlem who would, as of right now, be the oldest working Puccini master in the world.

On March 21, 1917, Anton Coppola arrived to Italian-American parents in a country that was not yet a superpower. He grew up in East Harlem with six brothers, a clan of men who made the Coppola name (and its spinoff names) as indelible to America’s artistic history as the Great War was to the history books. The line of Coppola descendants has been nominated 23 times for Academy® Awards, and Anton, our beloved first artistic director of Opera Tampa and international

l i l music i iicon, survives i ld t classical as th the oldest living conductor who still composes religiously and devotes his life to opera.

A Puccini master, Maestro Coppola was taught by one of Puccini’s own students, so he embodies a direct lineage to the great composer. “He knows everything, has everything in his head. So he doesn’t need to reference the score – he knows Puccini better than any score,” says Straz Center President and CEO Judy Lisi, who began her professional relationship with Maestro Coppola early in her career at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Conn. Lisi, herself an operaphile, launched an opera company at the Shubert that partnered with Yale’s opera master’s program. There she met Maestro.

“We were doing a production with Yale students, so I met Maestro and said ‘why don’t you help me start an opera company?’

He said yes, and that’s how it all started,” Lisi says.

In their eight years in Connecticut, Lisi and Maestro Coppola produced 48 operas

together, their creative power ending when she took the helm here. However, it wouldn’t be long before Lisi heard opera’s siren song wafting from the pristine concert hall stage in Morsani Hall. “When I stood on the stage, I thought ‘oh my gosh, they built an opera house.’ There was no formal professional company at The Straz, and I just knew what I wanted to do. It had been ten years since I’d worked with Maestro, but I called him and said I wanted to start an opera company in Tampa, and I couldn’t do it without him.”

Coppola, affectionately known as ‘the little general’ for his tough demands in rehearsal and no-nonsense communication style, barked at her, “Judith! I was waiting for this call!”

In 1995, Opera Tampa premiered with Puccini’s masterpiece, Madama Butterfly, under Maestro Coppola’s baton and the beaming, tear-filled eyes of a packed house at Morsani Hall.

The ensuing years brought triumph, glory, honor and exaltation to the opera season, growing an ardent following for Opera Tampa and an ongoing infatuation with Maestro Coppola’s brilliant gift at culling the best from performers and serving up one dazzling opera production after another. A crown jewel of Coppola’s tenure at The Straz was the world premiere of his heartfelt, contemporary, original opera, Sacco and Vanzetti.

Just a lad when the two Italian-American anarchists were tried for a murder-robbery that occurred in South Braintree, Mass., Coppola carried the seed of his opera about the case for decades before it began to take form. The case, considered a gross miscarriage of justice toward immigrants that resulted in the electrocution of both men in 1927, landed in the trial-of-the-century category and certainly embedded itself in the collective conscious of Italian-Americans in

particular. Coppola’s opera, an examination of the men’s humanity and a closer look at themes of justice, opened to rave reviews in 2001. “I told him we would do the opera, and we did,” Lisi says. “It was a huge hit. It got great reviews. To this day, I remain very, very proud of that opera and of the fact that the Straz Center produced it from scratch.”

This past summer, The New York Times caught up with Maestro Coppola in his Central Park West apartment, where he has lived since 1956, for a spotlight in their charming “Character Study” feature. In the article, writer Corey Kilgannon draws a deft portrait of the diminutive, silver-haired composer working in longhand at an old, green folding cardboard table at a window overlooking the park.

Coppola is, Kilgannon notes, penning an original work for an upcoming event for Opera Tampa. Coppola has already completed one work for the event, an ode to a tree, titled “The Tree and Me.” The event, of course, is our ever-popular Opera Tampa Gala, this year spectacularly themed in honor of Maestro Coppola’s 100th birthday.

Maestro will conduct a concert of some of his favorite works as well as originals – including “The Tree and Me” and the workin-progress captured in the Times. Selections from Maestro’s masterwork, Sacco and Vanzetti, round out the program.

Of course, you can expect a fair showing of Puccini.

“In all this time working together,” Lisi says, “we have become dear, dear friends. People come into your life and enhance it and enrich it in ways that you couldn’t dream. I’ve been fortunate to have this friendship with Maestro.

He knows Puccini, he knows Verdi, he knows opera unlike anyone else. He made Puccini real for me. It’s not just notes on a page or an emotion captured by an orchestra or singer. He is among the greatest of the great transmitters of what it is all about.”

Coppola Conducts: 100 Years Young is Saturday, March 25, in Ferguson Hall. Call the Straz Center Ticket Sales Office at 813.229.7827 or visit strazcenter.org for tickets.

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Each spring, the great migration of Florida State Thespians arrives at the Straz Center. Who are these strange creatures?

What are they doing here?

Buses arrive like salmon to a spawning ground. Young people travel in herds of uniformly colored t-shirts, lanyards a-bounce, clutching their satchels, swag bags, backpacks and armloads of scripts. They look bright-eyed and hyped on nervous energy, often spouting a well-enunciated line from said armload of scripts or singing songs from Hamilton.

These are the throngs of Florida Thespians, high school kids who descend on downtown Tampa every spring for their annual Florida Thespian Festival, which is held this year from March 13-18 and unfolding in Ferguson Hall, Morsani Hall, TECO Theater and other downtown venues.

In truth, we love the annual migration of the Thespians to our stages, where they perform scenes, one-acts and full-length productions to be judged for a series of prizes. The festival celebrates excellence in theater education, and each year’s bumper p budding directors, crop ooff bu budd ddiing actors, di dire rect c ors, sett aand nd sound playwrights, so ound designers, costumers, playwr wrig ighhts, and serves living pproducers roducers se serv rves as lilivi ving ng proof that theater bright, bubbly, has a br brig ight ht, bu ubb bbly ly,, en eenthusiastic thus th u iaast s ic future.

A chapter of the Educational Theatre Association, Florida State Thespians are one arm of the organization that sponsors the International Thespian Society, whose International Thespian Festival is held at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. All Thespian festivals seek to enrich the professional and creative life of young people interested in all-things-theater. As multi-day creative immersions, the Thespian festivals provide stellar opportunities for young people to meet each other, hone their crafts, work with professionals, receive critiques and feedback and celebrate the singular joy that accompanies a life in the performing arts.

The Straz Center has hosted the Florida Thespians for more than 20 years, and as each mild winter sighs, becoming spring, we look forward to their arrival. Their brief but glorious explosion of color and energy reminds us of the new life ahead for American theater, and we smile, knowingg it is in very, y, hands. very ve ry ggood oodd ha oo hand n s.

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From the President/CEO and Chairman of the Board Slàinte!

Gaelic for “health,” slàinte is a small Irish toast with great meaning, and what is better for your health in St. Patrick’s season than a stiff dram of performing arts? We have an impressive selection of multicultural offerings to keep you happy and in good spirits all month long.

JUDITH LISI President/CEO

Start with a jubilant celebration of Bollywood song and dance with Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Revue in Ferguson Hall on March 3-4, and continue with Celtic Woman: Voices GARY SASSO of Angels in Morsani Hall on Chairman March 5. Jobsite Theater’s homage to the Irish, famed playwright Martin McDonagh’s A Skull in Connemara, runs in the Shimberg Playhouse, March 15-April 9. From a bit nearer the equator, Tiempo Libre, a Miamibased band of Cuban powerhouse players who wowed Straz audiences in 2015, returns to Ferguson Hall on March 10. The ‘round-the-world journey concludes with Italian superstars Il Volo performing Una Notte Magica – A Tribute to the Three Tenors on March 30 in Morsani Hall.

Our other Ferguson Hall performances this month include An Evening with Carl Hiaasen on March 5 when the high priest of Florida eccentricities holds court for a night, and dazzling dance company MOMIX appears with their Southwesterninspired show Opus Cactus on March 23. Catch the heartwarming show, it gets better, on March 24 and Nashville a cappella quintet Home Free on March 29.

In Morsani Hall, the high-octane marching band extravaganza DRUMLine Live explodes March 26 and Broadway’s wildly hilarious Victorian-era telling of how the musical was born, Something Rotten!, dances its way into audiences’ hearts March 7-12.

We welcome the return of fan favorite Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus LIVE! March 23-26 in the Jaeb Theater and folk sensation Seth Glier performs March 27.

Thank you so much for spending your time with us. We hope you enjoy these shows, and we look forward to seeing you all month long.

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@ STRAZ CENTER 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 Yvonne Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Assistant Marc Brechwald . . . . . . .Director of Corporate Relations and Sponsorships Emily Dey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Individual Giving Maggie DiPietra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Writer Donna McBride. . . . . . .Senior Director of Grants & Government Relations Sharon McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Director of Special Events Bill Rolon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corporate Relations Manager Nicole Stickeler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Development Coordinator Lauren Tye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manager of Individual Giving 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

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 Allison Novak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music Department Manager 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 CJ Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 Gerard Siegler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Manager Joseph Willinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio Engineer Programming and Marketing Programming Georgiana Young . . . . . . . . . Chief Programming and Marketing Officer Chrissy Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Programming Joel Lisi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Administration Manager Jeanne Piazza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Rentals Manager Jason Seguin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programming Administration Manager

Human Resources April Kinchen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HR Director Jeen Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payroll Administrator Carina Gettys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HR Coordinator Janet Krawczyk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HR Specialist

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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

Community Engagement Jennifer Gonzalez-Bohnert . . . . . . . Director of Community Engagement and Audience Development Alessandra McGrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Group Sales Coordinator Spencer Meyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Group Sales Coordinator

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 Lee Hubert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kitchen Supervisor 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 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 Laurie Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Principal, PCYB Steven Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theater Administrator

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NOW – MARCH 12 JAEB THEATER Straz Center for the Performing Arts Forbidden Broadway is part of the Bank of America Best of Broadway Tampa Bay series.

JOHN FREEDSON AND HARRIET YELLIN present

Starring

VAL FAGAN KEVIN B. MCGLYNN

HEATHER KRUEGER EDWARD STAUDENMAYER Musical Director

CATHERINE STORNETTA Choreographer

Stage Manager

PHILLIP GEORGE

CATHERINE BLOCH

Costume Design

Wig Design

ALVIN COLT

CAROL SHERRY

Created, Written and Originally Directed by

GERARD ALESSANDRINI Directed by

PHILLIP GEORGE and GERARD ALESSANDRINI ______________________________________ Cast Albums available on DRG records Tour Direction by AWA Partners 1650 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 (212) 586-7777 TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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Who’s Who VAL FAGAN (Performer) has appeared on Broadway opposite Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth as both Alice and Grandma in The Addams Family (Original Cast Album.) A Forbidden Broadway veteran, Fagan originated its award-winning 25th Anniversary Edition: Rude Awakening (NY Drama Desk Award: Outstanding Revue, Original Cast Album). Rude Awakening’s Original Cast Album debuted on the Billboard Top Cast Album Chart and Elaine Paige chose Fagan’s “On My Phone” as a Broadway Essential for her weekly program on the BBC. In 2012, Fagan received a Los Angeles Ovation Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance in Forbidden Broadway at Musical Theatre West. Fagan’s extensive musical theatre credits include: Aldonza in the National Tour of Man of La Mancha opposite Robert Goulet and Fantine in the First National Tour of Les Miserables.

Recently, Fagan starred at Connecticut’s Long Wharf Theatre and Florida’s Riverside Theatre as Annie in The Bikinis.

Also a writer, Fagan co-wrote the awardwinning musical Six Woman with Brain Death, which became the longest running show in many cities across the U.S. and was critically acclaimed in its U.K. premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Fagan is the author of Goin’ To The Chapel: (published

by Miracle or 2 Theatrical Licensing with orchestrations by the Tony©-nominated arranger of Motown, Bryan Crook.) Fagan’s greatest honor was as soloist for NBC, singing “God Bless America” starting the New York City Marathon. Most recently, Fagan appeared as Pauline in Heathers at the Unicorn Theatre and as Patsy Cline in Always Patsy Cline at the Chestnut Fine Arts Center in Kansas City.

HEATHER KRUEGER (Performer) has spent the last few years touring the country with America’s #1 Frankie Valli review Let’s Hang On. You may also have seen her locally in productions such as Lizzie (Emma 12

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Borden), Silence (Catherine Martin), Bright Lights Big City (Mother), Broadway Bound (Blanche), Rocky Horror Show (Janet), Listen To My Heart with David Friedman (Woman One), Suds (Marge). Krueger is thrilled to be joining the cast of Forbidden Broadway and would like to send much love to her “village” that helps her make it all possible.

KEVIN B. McGLYNN (Performer) is a native of Medford, Mass. and a graduate of The Boston Conservatory. FILM/TV: Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket and “Tycoon.” He was recently named Best Actor by Broadway World for his portrayal of Javert in Les Miserables at The Ocean State Theatre as well as winning The Outstanding Performer Award for his performance in Flambe Dreams at The New York Musical Theatre Festival. McGlynn has crisscrossed these United States on the first national tours of Kiss Me Kate, All Shook Up and Forbidden Broadway. Regional credits include Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls and Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast.

Many thanks to family and friends for their CONSTANT love and support, especially My Guardian Angels Mom and Dad. E D WA R D S TA U D E N M AY E R (Performer) has spent the last couple years touring North America as Monsieur Andre in the new 25th anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera, a role he will be returning to this spring. This past summer, he starred as Emile De Becque in South Pacific at the Guthrie Theater. Staudenmayer starred on Broadway as the White Rabbit in Wonderland and played opposite Martin Short for many performances in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. He starred in Monty Python’s Spamalot (Sir Galahad, et al.) in Las Vegas at the Wynn Resort.

Staudenmayer has had an association for more than 22 years with the Tony Award©winning Forbidden Broadway, taking him

Off-Broadway, around the world, onto three cast recordings, to a stint as director of the Tampa production and most recently, guest starred in Mr. Allessandrini’s latest hit spoof Spamilton. He has toured with The Roundabout Theater Company’s production of Anything Goes (Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, Helen Hayes Award Nomination), Beauty and the Beast (Gaston, National Theater Award Nomination), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Pharaoh), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Santa), and The Scarlet Pimpernel. He later played the title role at the Starlight Theater and Performance Riverside in Southern California (ITL Award, LA Robbie Nominee.) He starred in the world premieres of Cy Coleman’s Exactly Like You (Goodspeed and York Theaters), and The Great Ostrovsky (Prince Music Theater, Barrymore Nomination), Maury Yeston’s In The Beginning (Maine State), I’ll Be Seeing You (Kimmel Center), as the Villain in Disney’s Hercules (New Amsterdam Theater,) Neil Sedaka’s Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Capitol Repertory Theater, The Actor’s Playhouse, Miami and The Ogunquit Playhouse), and The Old Globe’s production of A Room With A View. Other credits include: 9 to 5 (Ogunquit and Gateway Playhouse’s), Newsical (Studio 54), The Nutcracker and I (George Street Playhouse), On The Twentieth Century (American Musical Theater, of San Jose), Noises Off (Paper Mill and Cape Playhouse’s), Bye Bye Birdie and 1776 (Sacramento CLO), Jane Eyre and Gigi (Paper Mill Playhouse,) Children of Eden (Performance Riverside), The Cabaret Girl (42nd St. Moon, Cast Recording), The Producers (Seven Angeles), and many roles with the Music Theater of Wichita. Concerts with Town Halls, Broadway By the Year, the Musicals of 1953, (Live Cast Recording), Musicals of the 70’s and has had the pleasure of singing with the Baltimore, Syracuse, Bartlesville, and Adelaide, Australia Symphonies. Staudenmayer also performed as Rum Tum Tugger/ Munkustrap in Cats Hamburg, performed voices for MTV’s

Celebrity Deathmatch, and is currently Associate Director of Off Broadway’s Sistas. He is a graduate of UCLA and a recipient of the Carol Burnett Award. AEA, SAG, AFTRA, AGVA member.

CATHERINE STORNETTA (Musical Director) has been a musical director for Forbidden Broadway, Forbidden Hollywood, and Forbidden Christmas for many years and has performed all over the country, all around the world, and on cruise ships circumnavigating the globe. She has orchestrated both Forbidden Broadway and Forbidden Christmas and as a result, has conducted the Detroit, Hartford, Winnipeg, North Carolina, Rochester, Syracuse, and Adelaide (Australia) Symphonies. She was the musical director for the threeyear run of Menopause, The Musical in Boston. She composed the score for the Cable ACE-award winning documentary “Christa McAuliffe, Teacher in Space,” produced for the Arts and Entertainment Network “Biography” series, and she has arranged and written music for several shows: “Intriguing People” (for People magazine), “12 Angry Reindeer,” and “All-of-a-Kind Family,” as well as shows with the Union Park Singers, Reindeer Games and Seasons. She is currently a resident musical director at The Lyric Stage in Boston where she has been the musical director for Animal Crackers, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Avenue Q (IRNE & Elliot Norton awards), 33 Variations, and One Man, Two Guvnors, City of Angels, and My Fair Lady. In her salad days, she was a student of Darius Milhaud and Claude Frank, and occasionally, a piano soloist with the Boston Pops.

CATHERINE BLOCH (Stage Manager) is delighted to be with Forbidden Broadway again. Her stage management credits include: Spamilton, Mint Theater Company’s A Day by the Sea, The Civilians’ Gone Missing and Nobody’s Lunch, Signature Theatre Company’s The Late Henry Moss, Sundance Institute Theatre TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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Lab, O’Neill Playwrights Conference and various events including: SAY 14th Annual Benefit Gala, Aubrey Lynch’s Jazzland with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Dodge Poetry Festival, Newark Peace Conference with the Dalai Lama, and Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.

GERARD ALESSANDRINI (Creator, Writer & Director) is best known for writing and directing all the editions of Forbidden Broadway and Forbidden Hollywood in New York, Los Angeles, London and around the world. He was also a member of the original cast of Forbidden Broadway. Alessandrini is from Needham, Mass. and the Boston area, where he graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music. In 1982, he created Forbidden Broadway, which has spawned 15 editions, 8 cast albums and a 25-year-and-counting run in New York. Television credits include writing comedy specials for Bob Hope and Angela Lansbury on NBC, Carol Burnett on CBS and “Masterpiece Tonight,” a satirical revue saluting “Masterpiece Theatre” on PBS. He can be heard on four of the eight FB cast albums and on the soundtracks of Disney’s Aladdin and Pocahontas.

Directing credits include many corporate industrials and regional musicals, including a production of Maury Yeston’s musical In the Beginning. Alessandrini also codirected a revival of Irving Berlin’s last musical Mr. President, which he updated and “politically corrected.” Alessandrini is the recipient of an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, two Lucille Lortel Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Drama League and three Drama Desk Awards for Best Lyrics for Forbidden Broadway. Most recently, Alessandrini received a 2006 Tony© Honor for Excellence in the Theatre.

PHILLIP GEORGE (Director). As director Off-Broadway: Shout!, Forbidden Broadway: SVU, Forbidden Hollywood, Whoop-Dee-Doo (Drama Desk Award, 14

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Best Musical Revue), Forbidden Broadway Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back, Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey (Drama Desk Award, Best Musical Revue), The Remarkable Ruth Fields (1993 Bistro Award, Best Musical Best Director), When Pigs Fly (as Assoc. Director to Mark Waldrop), Blackout (Amas), Bring Me a Dwarf (Wing & Drop Co.), Miss Pretty Hard (Dance Theater Workshop with Katherine Griffith), Forbidden Broadway 1988–93. London: Kean (nominated for Evening Standard Award, Best New Musical); Forbidden Broadway (The Albery, West End); Shout!; Frankly, Scarlet (co-author with Peter Morris); Listen to the Wind; Much Revue About Nothing; Forbidden Broadway; The Famous Five; The Arcadians; Escape from Pterodactyl Island (1999 Michael Steward Award). Regionally: Forum (5th Ave Theatre, Seattle), Best Little Whorehouse, Footloose, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Annie Get Your Gun, The Secret Garden (Paper Mill). Currently Artistic Director: Wing & Drop Co. Club Acts: Ruben Flores, Randall Frizado, Chris DiCristo.

ALVIN COLT’s (Costume Design) costumes have been represented in 88 Broadway shows which include the original productions of On the Town and Guys and Dolls, plus Li’l Abner, Fanny, Destry Rides Again, Sugar, Pipe Dream, Wildcat, Lorelei, Greenwillow and numerous others.

A Tony Award©-winner, he has also been nominated four times for both the Tony Award and television’s Emmy© Award, having designed costumes for over 90 programs on all major networks. Colt is the recipient of TDF’s Irene Sharaff’s Award in costume design, and received a Drama Desk nomination for Forbidden Broadway. He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2001. Recently, The Museum of the City of New York celebrated Colt’s work with “Costumes and Characters: The Designs of Alvin Colt.”

JOHN FREEDSON (Producer) has been associated with Forbidden Broadway for most of its 30-year history and has produced the Special-Tony®-awarded New York company since 1994. Freedson is also producer of the current national tour of the Off-Broadway hit I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. With his partner Harriet Yellin, he produced Forbidden Broadway at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory and subsequent West End production, in LA, San Diego, Detroit, Denver and on tour, as well as Forbidden Hollywood in LA, Japan and Off-Broadway. He has directed both shows to acclaim around the world, winning Jefferson Award for Best Direction for the Chicago production of FH. Freedson co-produced 10 Forbidden Broadway CD’s for DRG records and, long ago, appeared in the Off-Broadway and Boston productions.

As a composer/ lyricist, he wrote three hit children’s musicals: A Swan is Born, Aesop’s Follies and Country Mouse/City Mouse, which toured with the New England Theatre Guild. His voice can be heard on numerous radio and television spots and jingles, two Forbidden Broadway CD’s and Disney’s Aladdin. Originally from Reading Pa, Freedson attended the Boston

Conservatory and is a graduate of Brandeis University.

HARRIET YELLIN (Producer) has been involved with Forbidden Broadway since 1984, when she produced and managed Forbidden Broadway in Boston, which ran for over six years, as well as the Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington, D.C., Detroit, and Denver productions of the show. With John Freedson, she is coproducer of the current run of Forbidden Broadway in New York, as well as previous New York editions since 1995. She was also co-producer of Forbidden Hollywood in Los Angeles, Chicago, Japan and New York. She was co-producer and General Manager of Forever Plaid’s four-year run in Boston, and spent over 15 years with Blue Man Group, first as General Manager of Blue Man’s smash engagement in Boston, later as CFO of what grew to become an international organization with 7 shows and over 700 employees during her tenure. In another long-ago life, she was a high-powered political consultant; she has worked for numerous senatorial and gubernatorial candidates and was National Media Director for the Dukakis and Tsongas Presidential campaigns.

FORBIDDEN BROADWAY AND FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD Forbidden Broadway was first seen at Palsson’s Supper Club on New York’s Upper West Side in January, 1982. What began as a simple cabaret act to give creator/ lyricist Gerard Alessandrini a showcase for his talents and the opportunity to “find an agent” became New York’s longest running musical comedy revue. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, Forbidden Broadway won Drama Desk, Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards and captured the heart of the theatre industry itself. Many of its legendary “victims,” including Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Bernadette Peters, Tommy Tune, Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince and Andrew Lloyd Webber, were among the celebrities who stopped by to applaud first-hand. Updated regularly

for each new theatre season, Forbidden Broadway ran to packed houses at the 75seat Palsson’s through August 1987. In September 1988, the show re-opened at the 125-seat Theatre East, where it ran an additional five and a half years.

The show also became known for talented but as yet unknown actors, many of whom have gone on to stardom in various venues: Jason Alexander (Seinfeld’s George Costanza), Chloe Webb (Twins and the PBS series Tales of the City), Davis Gaines (Phantom), as well as Roxie Lucas (Damn Yankees), Gregg Edelman (City of Angels), Dee Hoty (Will Rogers Follies), Michael McGrath (Spamalot, The Martin Short Show), and Brad Oscar (The Producers).

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Forbidden Broadway’s success was repeated in Boston, where it enjoyed a six and a half year stay at the 250-seat Terrace Room; Chicago and Boca Raton (more than two years each), Toronto and Philadelphia (one year each), Kansas City (nine months and two return engagements), Denver (six months), San Diego (two engagements including Forbidden Christmas), a recordbreaking run in 1994 at the Tiffany Theatre in Los Angeles, Sydney, Tokyo and Singapore among many others. In 1999, after a sell-out engagement at London’s Jermyn Street Theatre, it transferred for the summer to the famed Albery Theatre in the West End. Forbidden Broadway’s return to the Tiffany Theatre in Los Angeles in the spring of 2000 garnered two more Ovation Awards.

Alessandrini’s next spoof, Forbidden Hollywood, first appeared as a section of Forbidden Broadway in Boston in 1989.

After several years of work on the project, the full length version previewed in San Diego, then opened in Los Angeles in March 1995. The run at the Coronet Theatre delighted audiences for nearly a year and was nominated for seven Ovation Awards.

Whoopi Goldberg, Carol Channing and many other luminaries of the “industry” showed up to see themselves and their friends lovingly parodied. The show was subsequently produced in Chicago (which garnered three Jefferson Award nominations), Kansas City (a recordbreaking run), and Toronto. It was updated for New York and ran off-Broadway in 1996, and has had numerous successful runs across America since that time.

In the fall of 1996, the Forbidden crew, including John Freedson and Harriet Yellin (producers), Phill George (Associate

Director), and of course, writer-director Gerard Alessandrini, turned their attention back to their first love: Broadway. A new edition of the show, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back! returned to New York and its original home on West 72nd (now called the Triad and expanded to 135 seats), where it once again delighted audiences with its fast-paced spoofs of current Broadway shows and stars. The return of FB was again greeted with raves from critics (The New York Times called it “triumphant”) and the show won the Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Drama League Awards. Bob Hope, Bea Arthur, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Savion Glover, George C. Wolfe, Elaine Paige, Rosie O’Donnell, Dame Maggie Smith and the casts of Lion King, Aida, and Rent are among the recent attendees. The show moved to the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre on 42nd Street with a brand new edition, Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey, which won the 2001 Drama Desk Award for Best Revue. Forbidden Broadway’s 20th Anniversary Edition was followed by Forbidden Broadway: SVU, which won yet another Drama Desk Award for Best Musical Revue in 2005. In 2006, the show was recognized with a Tony© Honors Award for being an integral part of the theatre community for over twentyfive years. Most recently, after a three-year hiatus, a new edition, Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking, opened in New York garnering rave reviews once again from almost every media outlet (this time, The New York Times called it “a godsend.”) The 2014 London edition had a sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, followed by an extended move to London’s West End. As long as there’s a Broadway, Forbidden Broadway will be there, poking, prodding, teasing, pleasing, jeering and cheering, but always, with love.

THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE MEMBERS OF ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES. The 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 MARCH 3-4, 7:30PM FERGUSON HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Revue THE STORY: A young aspiring Indian composer, Shankar, is given his first big break in the film business, to create the music for a brand new Bollywood movie, Taj Express. Music is the key factor in the success of a Bollywood movie. Shankar dreams of writing a song as successful as A.R. Rahman’s Oscar®-winning smash hit “Jai Ho” in the movie Slumdog Millionaire. “Jai Ho” means “be victorious,” and writing the music for the movie Taj Express is Shankar’s big opportunity to claim his own victory.

Shankar invites the audience into his studio and his creative world, to share the secrets of how this Bollywood movie is made. He takes the audience through the script, page by page, making the music for each character and event in this roller-coaster romance. He must write music for passionate dance numbers, thrilling fight scenes, dramatic car crashes and high-energy celebrity parties in the first act. Then he must create the score for the stunning landscape of a train journey, ritualistic dances, festival celebrations and some dramatic revelations in the second act.

Taj Express is the love story between Kareena, a beautiful actress, and Arjun, a handsome hero of the streets. At first, it seems that they are both from opposite worlds, but their love for dance brings them together. Arjun rescues young people from the streets and offers them training in classical dance. Kareena longs for freedom from the pressures of being a celebrity as well as a showbiz relationship that her producer is forcing her to adopt for publicity.

Deep in her heart, she is searching for fulfillment. The story of Goddess Saraswati is the allegory for her story, the pursuit of knowledge through rejection of material possessions and subsequent escape from the clutches of Lord Brahma. Arjun knows the path she must take to find enlightenment. She must rediscover the essence of dance, poetry and meditation and the meaning of true love. For this discovery, she must leave Bollywood and the world she knows behind.

Traveling on board one of India’s iconic steam engines, Arjun and Kareena escape on a thrilling adventure across this colorful, exotic and magical land. The journey takes them from the film studios of Mumbai, to the southernmost tip of India, from the temples of Varanasi to the fields of Punjab, ending with a fabulous wedding in the royal palaces of Rajasthan.

No Bollywood story is complete without a villain. Shakaal, an underground mob boss, has a vendetta against Arjun and a mission to bring Kareena back to Bollywood or destroy them both. In the final dramatic encounter, Shakaal is defeated and Arjun is revealed to be an undercover prince who marries Kareena in a fabulous, opulent Indian wedding.

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ACT ONE THE SWANS OF GODDESS SARASWATI An invocation of the goddess of knowledge, wisdom and music BOLLYWOOD AT THE OSCARS® A.R. Rahman’s double Oscar®-winning smash hit song “Jai Ho” from the film Slum Dog Millionaire is the inspiration for composers from all over India.

THE BEETHOVEN OF BOLLYWOOD Shankar, a young aspiring film score composer, is given the dream job of writing the music for the new Bollywood Romance, Taj Express.

THE SILVER SCREEN SIREN Shankar writes three sizzling hits for the Bollywood diva. The heroine of the film, Kareena Kaboom, is India’s heartthrob but deep in her heart, she dreams of escaping her celebrity status.

THE KING OF THE STREETS AND THE RHYTHMS OF THE GODS Arjun, hero of the movie, runs a classical dance school for street children, to break the cycle of gangland violence in Mumbai. Here, they dance for Lord Ganesh, to remove all obstacles from their lives.

MONSOON RESCUE Two worlds collide as Arjun saves Kareena from a potential disaster. Shankar and his studio musicians create the music of their meeting.

THE CALL OF ADVENTURE In their first encounter in the refuge of his dance school, Arjun offers Kareena the keys of freedom.

GANGLAND MUMBAI Shakaal, the villain of the underworld, wants to take Arjun’s dance school to be part of his nightclub empire. The conflict between these two gangs erupts in an epic dance battle of the street.

BOLLYWOOD BRAINSTORM Back in the studio, the musicians create the music for Kareena Kaboom’s award night party.

TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT All the Bollywood stars walk the red carpet at Kareena Kaboom’s award night party.

OPPOSITES ATTRACT Kareena can’t stop thinking about Arjun and imagines him there.

BYE BYE BOLLYWOOD Kareena escapes the glare of publicity, but the Bollywood party rages on. The adventure begins.

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ACT TWO DANCE OF CREATION Kareena takes the first step of her journey in the Temple of Lord Shiva, in Varanasi, the world’s oldest city.

FIND KAREENA! Shankar and musicians create music for Kareena and Arjuns’ journey.

WISDOM OF THE POETS Kareena and Arjun journey to Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India.

RHYTHM OF CHANGE Shankar and musicians perform the music of Kareena’s spiritual enlightenment.

THE GARDEN OF LOVE Kareena finds purity in the blooming of the lotus flower as Saraswati blesses their union.

REVELATION Shakaal arrives to confront Arjun and Kareena but an astonishing secret is revealed.

OPEN THE GATES The palace of Ranthambore welcomes home the missing prince of the land.

HANDS BIND HEARTS The rituals of love in an Indian wedding.

LOVE. DANCE. SING. No Bollywood film is complete without a Punjabi number.

THIS IS THE END Taj Express – the film has released and the reviews are out.

ROLL THE CREDITS The cast and crew all join together to dance together at the end of the shoot. Actors, dancers, musicians, camera crew, makeup and costume artists celebrate the making of the great adventure romance, Taj Express.

CREW PRODUCERS / MANAGEMENT CREW Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shruti Merchant Executive Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pranav Merchant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephan Alcaraz Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aruna Poojary Lighting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miguel Fernandez Sound Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alessio Comuzzi On-tour Sound Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riccardo Dondi On-tour Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Birkeland Voice Over Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denzil Smith

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CREATIVES Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shruti Merchant Director of Choreography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vaibhavi Merchant Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toby Gough Chief Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ankush Dhawan Choreographers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shruti Merchant Rajitdev Easwardas, Deepak Singh, Tejaswi Shetty, Pratik Utekar, Rahul Shetty Music Composer Original Title Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salim & Sulaiman Merchant Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abhijit Vaghani Background Score . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monty Sharma Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bipin Tanna Head of Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mohammad Yusuf Shaikh Make-up Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dinesh Suvarna Koraga Tour Direction: Tim Fox and Alison Ahart Williams Columbia Artists Management LLC New York, NY www.cami.com SHRUTI MERCHANT (Producer/ Director) began her career assisting her sister Vaibhavi Merchant in films like Dhoom, Lakshya, Baghban, Kuch Na Kaho, Kal Ho Na Ho, Devdas and Jab Tak Hai Jaan. She made her debut as a choreographer and won the Big Entertainment Award for best choreography for the song “Thug Le” from Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl. Prior to directing Taj Express, she toured with traveling musicals for over five years as a touring choreographer.

She has performed in countries such as Australia, UK, Switzerland, South Africa, Spain, France, Singapore and the United States, experiencing the global theatre scene first-hand. Touring internationally, she has gained experience and knowledge in the field of direction and production of stage shows. With Taj Express, she has created a path-breaking song, dance and drama extravaganza that will entertain and enthrall audiences of all ages, world over.

Shruti hopes to have Taj Express tour every big and small city around the world – to give audiences a true flavor of India.

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VAIBHAVI MERCHANT (Director of Choreography) is one of Bollywood’s leading dance choreographers. The granddaughter of pioneering Indian choreographer Shri B Hiralal, Vaibhavi’s journey with dance began at an early age. During her career, Vaibhavi has choreographed dance numbers in numerous hit Bollywood films. She has been awarded a National Film Award for her choreography in “Dhol Baaje” from Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. Her recent hits include Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Dhoom-3, Fan, Sultan and Befikre. Vaibhavi was also the choreography director for The Merchants of Bollywood, which has been touring globally for the past ten years. With Taj Express, Vaibhavi has worked towards bringing the magic of the story on stage through the expression and grace of various dance forms.

PRANAV MERCHANT (Executive Producer) has spent his life building businesses in varied industries including real estate, entertainment, etc. and guiding them to profitability. His passion for the international musical business brings Pranav on board the Taj Express, where he hopes to

introduce audiences in India and abroad to the true essence of India while creating a global platform to showcase Indian talent.

As the Executive Producer, Pranav has been dedicated to getting some of the Indian entertainment industry’s most gifted talents involved in Taj Express. Pranav’s vision for Taj Express is to have performed in every country around the world and to evolve the show into seasons that will have audiences hungry for more every time Taj Express is back in town.

TOBY GOUGH (Writer) is an awardwinning international music theater writer and director, creating hit musicals such as The Merchants of Bollywood, The Bar at Buena Vista, Lady Salsa, Soy de Cuba, Hemingway’s Havana and Havana Rumba!

He is also currently working on two new musicals: Miami Libre with Cuban artists living in Miami in collaboration with the Grammy®-nominated super group Tiempo Libre and a new hip-hop project in the Dharavi slums of Mumbai. He recently produced the Cuban Gypsy project album with world music guru Damian Draghici and other legends of Cuban and Gypsy music. Toby is director of Brazil!Brazil!, Irish Celtic and Irish Celtic Generations Musical. He has created pioneering community engagement, conflict transformation projects in Sri Lanka, Yugoslavia, Africa and Australia. He directs a world music theatre venue, The World Festival, in collaboration with Brian Cox and Peter Gabriel, which won the Spirit of the Festival lifetime achievement award. He is also the recipient of five Scotsman First Prize awards at The Edinburgh Festival and two Spirit of the Festival awards, two Total Theatre awards, the Guardian International Theatre award and has been nominated for a Grammy® Award for his work with Tanzanian musicians, the Zawose Family.

SALIM & SULAIMAN MERCHANT (Music Composers) are a renowned Indian music composer duo credited with a host of

chart-topping hits. In the past decade, the duo have composed music for blockbuster Bollywood flicks such as Chak De India, Fashion, Neal ‘n’ Nikki and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. With the title track of the Taj Express, which was composed exclusively for the show, Salim and Sulaiman have created a score that features traditional Indian sounds while maintaining a global flavor.

ABHIJIT VAGHANI (Music Director) started his career with fun and spunky jingles, and then made a beeline into mainstream Bollywood, scoring absolutely thrilling and record-breaking backgrounds and tracks in blockbusters. His eccentric sense of style and individuality equipped the scenes with precision and character.

Interpreting visual scenes into matriculate sounds comes naturally to this promising young musician. His productions are greatly appreciated and acknowledged not only within the Bollywood film industry and its audiences, but internationally as well. The national and international acclaim that he has achieved in such a short span of time only proves his dedication and passion for the world of music. His work as a music producer in latest hit movies: Sarabjit, Fan, Ki & Ka, Kapoor & Sons and Bajirao Mastani displays inspirational productions, which reflect his passion, drive and the ability to create unimaginable harmony.

BIPIN TANNA (Costume Designer) Taj Express is Bipin Tanna’s second experience with a musical on stage in addition to various Bollywood movies and television shows. Designing costumes for the show was an extensive and intriguing project for him which resulted in over 1000 costumes and more than 500 accessories featuring exquisite details, colors, glamour and bling.

One of the goals of the show is to put Indian textiles on the international map and the Taj Express is as much a journey through the vast array of Indian textiles as it is through India.

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ACTORS MIKHAIL SEN (Narrator) Mikhail is an actor trained at Drama Centre, London and The Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, Moscow. He has worked across film, television and theater with well-known directors such as Derek Bond, Daniele Bartolini, Mahesh Dattani, Anna - Helena McLean and Kussum Haider, among others.

His body of work also involves collaborative productions with companies like the Royal Court (U.K.) and MoonFool Theatre (U.K.).

Recent credits include: The Stranger, Legend of Lovers, 9 Jakhoo Hill, Flypaper Trap and The Love of the Nightingale.

HITEN SHAH (Arjun) Having been so deeply involved with dance since his childhood, he never realized when dance became the language he spoke. He carved his way to Bollywood being a dancer for the past decade. He has performed meticulously around the world in Bollywood’s leading musicals, movies and stage shows. The experience has not just added to his growth but also gave him the opportunity to lead. He looks forward to entertaining the world with his best performances for years to come.

TANVI PATIL (Kareena Kaboom) Tanvi is a performer trained in jazz, hip-hop, Indian folk and Bollywood. She feels dance is a communication of the body and the soul and to express that is too deep to find in words.

The nuances of stage – the music, the lights, the sweat, the extravagant costumes and, last but not least, the applause by the audience is what it takes to quench her thirst as a performer.

MALE DANCE PERFORMERS ASHISH GAKWAD ASHISH VAKANI DEVENDRA SINGH GAURAV PATHAK HIMANSHU PARIHAR

KIRAN WAGHCHAWRE MOHSIN SHAIKH NIRAJ LAMA RAHUL SONAWANE SAHIL MAYENKAR SURESH CHAVAN FEMALE DANCE PERFORMERS ANKITA SHETH BEENA PATEL HETAL SETA KAVITA KHILLARE KHUSHBU VAKANI PUJA BANARJI PRIYA SHETTY RESHMA BELOSE SADHWI MAJUMDER SHRADDHA DANDGE SNEHA SINGH MUSICIANS CHANDAN RAINA (Guitarist) - has been playing the guitar for the past 15 years and has performed with top Indian bands such as 2Blue, Luke Kenny, Bhaskar Collective, Samved and Gaurav Dagaonkar.

ANISH KALE (Percussionist) - Anish’s element of sound includes Techno House, Minimal Techno, Progressive House, Commercial, Psychedelic, Euro house, Dutch house, Glitch hop and Bollywood.

He has been in the industry for more than twelve years. He started playing the bongos at thirteen, and also plays the Darbuka, Djembe, Rotos, Snare, Duff, Congos, Tom and Tabla. Anish has performed with the stalwarts of Indian music such as Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ghazi Khan and Sukhbir.

AVADOOTH PHADKE (Flautist) Avadooth is a fourth-generation flautist.

He is classically trained under the guidance of Pt. Rupak Kulkarni. Music has been his passion since the childhood. Avadhoot has performed with Ustad Taufik Qureshi and Maestro Louiz Banks.

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@ STRAZ CENTER SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 3:00PM MORSANI HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

Celtic Woman Voices of Angels

Multi-platinum international music sensation and 2017 Grammy® nominee, Celtic Woman, returns with their all-new tour, Voices of Angels. The tour showcases the angelic voices of Susan McFadden, Mairéad Carlin, Éabha McMahon and introduces the breathtaking new Celtic violinist Tara McNeill, accompanied by a group of equally talented musicians and dancers whose exceptional skill and high energy bring a fresh fusion to centuries of musical and cultural tradition.

Featuring many songs from their Voices of Angels album, this inspiring live concert experience features all new stage designs, stunning wardrobes, superb choreography and magnificent arrangements of timeless Irish traditional and contemporary standards in the group’s award-winning signature style.

Following its debut on PBS in 2005, Celtic Woman has achieved massive success encompassing ten chart-topping albums, eight DVDs and nine public television specials leading to sales of over ten million albums, with platinum success in nine countries. Each of its ten CDs – including 2016’s Destiny – has debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s World Albums chart. The group has been named Billboard magazine’s No. 1 World Albums Artist six times.

As a touring powerhouse, the group has performed for more than four million fans across 23 countries and six continents, with an especially devoted following in America. Their shows are renowned as high-quality entertainment with exceptional musical performances and stunning visual productions, enthralling audiences of all ages.

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@ STRAZ CENTER SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 7:30PM FERGUSON HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

An Evening with Carl Hiaasen Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, where he still lives with his family. A graduate of the University of Florida, at age 23, he joined The Miami Herald as a general assignment reporter and went on to work for the newspaper’s weekly magazine and prize-winning investigations team.

Hiaasen has been writing a regular column since 1985. Today his column appears on most Sundays in The Herald’s opinion-and-editorial section or online at www.herald.com.

Hiaasen began writing novels in the 1980s with his good friend and fellow journalist, William D. Montalbano. Together, they wrote three mystery thrillers – Powder Burn, Trap Line and Death in China.

Tourist Season, published in 1986, was Hiaasen’s first solo novel. GQ magazine called it “one of the 10 best destination reads of all time,” though it failed to frighten a single tourist away from Florida. His next effort, Double Whammy, was the first (and possibly only) novel ever written about sex, murder and corruption on the professional bass-fishing tour. Since then, Hiaasen has published Skin Tight, Native Tongue and nine national bestsellers – Strip Tease, Stormy Weather, Lucky You, Sick Puppy, Basket Case, Skinny Dip, Nature Girl, Star Island, Bad Monkey, and most recently, Razor Girl. All the novels are set in Florida, for obvious reasons.

Hiaasen is also the author of several popular novels for young readers: Hoot, which won a Newbery Honor, Flush, Scat and, most recently, Skink – No Surrender, which introduces one of the wildest characters in his adult books to a teen audience. The film version of Hoot came out in 2006. It was directed by Wil Shriner, and produced by Jimmy Buffett and Frank Marshall.

Buffett plays a teacher in the movie, while the author himself makes a forgettable cameo.

Hiaasen has also written two nonfiction books: Team Rodent, about the Disney empire and its grip on American culture and The Downhill Lie, which chronicles Hiaasen’s ill-advised return to the sport of golf after a “much-needed” 32-year hiatus. Together, his books have been published in 34 languages, which is 33 more than he can read or write.

To prove he doesn’t make up all the sick stuff in his books, Hiaasen has also published three collections of his newspaper columns, Kick Ass, Paradise Screwed and Dance of the Reptiles – all were heroically edited by Diane Stevenson.

Hiaasen has received numerous honors, including the Damon Runyon Award from the Denver Press Club and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. His nonfiction work has appeared in many magazines, including Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Time, Esquire and, most improbably, Gourmet.

One of Hiaasen’s most well-known novels, Strip Tease, was turned into a major motion picture starring Demi Moore, and directed by Andrew Bergman.

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@ STRAZ CENTER MARCH 7-12 MORSANI HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts Something Rotten! is part of the Bank of America Best of Broadway Tampa Bay series.

KEVIN McCOLLUM THE SEELIG GROUP ASHLEY DeSIMONE MORRIS BERCHARD WENDY FEDERMAN BARBARA H. FREITAG LAMS PRODUCTIONS RICHARD WINKLER TIMOTHY LACZYNSKI JAM THEATRICALS JOHN YONOVER ROBERT GREENBLATT PRESENT

BOOK BY

KAREY KIRKPATRICK AND JOHN O’FARRELL MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

WAYNE KIRKPATRICK AND KAREY KIRKPATRICK CONCEIVED BY KAREY KIRKPATRICK AND WAYNE KIRKPATRICK STARRING

MAGGIE LAKIS

ROB McCLURE JOSH GRISETTI BLAKE HAMMOND AUTUMN HURLBERT

SCOTT COTE

JEFF BROOKS

LUCY ANDERS KYLE NICHOLAS ANDERSON KATE BAILEY DANIEL BEEMAN BRANDON BIEBER MANDIE BLACK NICK RASHAD BURROUGHS IAN CAMPAYNO PIERCE CASSEDY ERIC COLES DREW FRANKLIN JULIANE GODFREY LEAH HOFMANN KRISTIE KERWIN RALPH MEITZLER PATRICK JOHN MORAN JOEL NEWSOME CON O’SHEA-CREAL TONYA THOMPSON AND

ADAM PASCAL SCENIC DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

SOUND DESIGN

SCOTT PASK

GREGG BARNES

JEFF CROITER

PETER HYLENSKI

CASTING

HAIR DESIGN

MAKEUP DESIGN

PRODUCTION MANAGER

TELSEY + COMPANY BETHANY KNOX, CSA

JOSH MARQUETTE

MILAGROS MEDINA-CERDEIRA

PORT CITY TECHINCAL MIKE EAST

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER

MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR

JEFF NORMAN

STEVE BEBOUT

ERIC GIANCOLA

BRIAN P. KENNEDY

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

TOUR MARKETING & PRESS

TOUR BOOKING AGENCY

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

LUCAS McMAHON

ALLIED LIVE

THE BOOKING GROUP MEREDITH BLAIR

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS

MUSIC SUPERVISOR & VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS

ORCHESTRATIONS

MUSIC COORDINATOR

PHIL RENO

GLEN KELLY

LARRY HOCHMAN

JOHN MILLER

DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY

CASEY NICHOLAW DEVELOPED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE, SEATTLE, WA. DAVID ARMSTRONG, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, BERNADINE GRIFFIN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, AND BILL BERRY, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON BROADWAY BY KEVIN McCOLLUM, BROADWAY GLOBAL VENTURES, CMC, MASTRO/GOODMAN, JERRY & RONALD FRANKEL, MORRIS BERCHARD, KYODO TOKYO INC., WENDY FEDERMAN, BARBARA H. FREITAG, LAMS PRODUCTIONS, WINKLER/DeSIMONE, TIMOTHY LACZYNSKI, DAN MARKLEY, HARRIS/KARMAZIN, JAM THEATRICALS, ROBERT GREENBLATT, JUJAMCYN THEATERS

CAST (in order of appearance) Minstrel .....................................................................................................................Nick Rashad Burroughs Brother Jeremiah ............................................................................................................................ Scott Cote Portia ................................................................................................................................... Autumn Hurlbert Shakespeare................................................................................................................................ Adam Pascal Nick Bottom .............................................................................................................................. Rob McClure Nigel Bottom...............................................................................................................................Josh Grisetti Francis Flute.....................................................................................................................Patrick John Moran Peter Quince ...................................................................................................................... Con O’Shea-Creal Tom Snout ................................................................................................................Kyle Nicholas Anderson Yorick ..................................................................................................................................... Daniel Beeman Robin .......................................................................................................................................Pierce Cassedy Snug ..........................................................................................................................Nick Rashad Burroughs Lord Clapham ..........................................................................................................................Joel Newsome Shylock .........................................................................................................................................Jeff Brooks Bea ............................................................................................................................................Maggie Lakis Eyepatch Man ..........................................................................................................................Joel Newsome Nostradamus ........................................................................................................................Blake Hammond Shakespeare’s Valet ................................................................................................................ Daniel Beeman Will Power Backup Boys .............................................................................Daniel Beeman, Drew Franklin, Ralph Meitzler, Con O’Shea-Creal Chef Trio .................................................................................................................Kyle Nicholas Anderson, Nick Rashad Burrroughs, Con O’Shea-Creal Master of the Justice ........................................................................................................Patrick John Moran Ensemble .......................................................................................... Lucy Anders, Kyle Nicholas Anderson, Daniel Beeman, Mandie Black, Nick Rashad Burroughs, Pierce Cassedy, Drew Franklin, Juliane Godfrey, Leah Hofmann, Kristie Kerwin, Ralph Meitzler, Patrick John Moran, Joel Newsome, Con O’Shea-Creal, Tonya Thompson UNDERSTUDIES Swings and understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. for Brother Jeremiah—PATRICK JOHN MORAN, JOEL NEWSOME for Portia—LUCY ANDERS, KRISTIE KERWIN for Shakespeare—DANIEL BEEMAN, RALPH MEITZLER for Nick Bottom—SCOTT COTE, CON O’SHEA-CREAL for Nigel Bottom—KYLE NICHOLAS ANDERSON, PIERCE CASSEDY for Shylock—PATRICK JOHN MORAN, JOEL NEWSOME for Bea—JULIANE GODFREY, KRISTIE KERWIN for Nostradamus—PATRICK JOHN MORAN, JOEL NEWSOME SWINGS KATE BAILEY, BRANDON BIEBER, IAN CAMPAYNO, ERIC COLES DANCE CAPTAIN BRANDON BIEBER ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN MANDIE BLACK

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CAST

ROB McCLURE

ADAM PASCAL

JOSH GRISETTI

MAGGIE LAKIS

BLAKE HAMMOND

AUTUMN HURLBERT

SCOTT COTE

JEFF BROOKS

LUCY ANDERS

KYLE NICHOLAS ANDERSON

KATE BAILEY

DANIEL BEEMAN

BRANDON BIEBER

MANDIE BLACK

NICK RASHAD BURROUGHS

IAN CAMPAYNO

PIERCE CASSEDY

ERIC COLES

DREW FRANKLIN

JULIANE GODFREY

LEAH HOFMANN

KRISTIE KERWIN

RALPH MEITZLER

PATRICK JOHN MORAN

JOEL NEWSOME

CON O’SHEA-CREAL

TONYA THOMPSON

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SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE SCENE 1: A South London Street “Welcome to the Renaissance” .................................................................................. Minstrel and Company SCENE 2: The Theatre “God, I Hate Shakespeare” ......................................................................................Nick, Nigel, The Troupe SCENE 3: A South London Street/Outside Nick and Bea’s House SCENE 4: Nick and Bea’s House “Right Hand Man” .......................................................................................................................... Bea, Nick “God, I Hate Shakespeare” (Reprise) ..................................................................................................... Nick SCENE 5: Soothsayer Alley “A Musical” ................................................................................................... Nostradamus, Nick, Ensemble SCENE 6: A South London Street/Outside the Theatre SCENE 7: The Theatre “The Black Death” ....................................................................................................................... The Troupe SCENE 8: A South London Street “I Love the Way” ........................................................................................................................Portia, Nigel SCENE 9: The Park “Will Power” ............................................................................................................. Shakespeare, Ensemble SCENE 10: After-Show Party Tent SCENE 11: Soothsayer Alley “Bottom’s Gonna Be on Top” ..........................................................................................Nick and Company ACT TWO SCENE 1: London “Welcome to the Renaissance” (Reprise) ......................................................................................... Minstrel “Hard to Be the Bard” ..........................................................................................Shakespeare and Ensemble SCENE 2: The Theatre “It’s Eggs!”..........................................................................................................................Nick, The Troupe SCENE 3: Under London Bridge “We See the Light” ........................................................... Portia, Nigel, Brother Jeremiah, Nick, Ensemble SCENE 4: The Theatre “To Thine Own Self” ...................................Nigel, Nick, Shakespeare, Shylock, Nostradamus, The Troupe SCENE 5: A South London Street “Right Hand Man” (Reprise) ....................................................................................................................Bea SCENE 6: One Stage at the Theatre “Something Rotten!”.................................................................................................................... The Troupe “Make an Omelette” ........................................................................................................Nick and Company SCENE 7: Courtroom “To Thine Own Self” (Reprise) ................................................................................................... Nick, Nigel SCENE 8: The Settlement “Finale” .................................................................................................................................... The Company ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard 1—BRIAN P. KENNEDY Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2—ERIC EBBENGA Guitar—CAMERON RASMUSSEN Drums/Percussion—BRAD FLICKINGER LOCAL MUSICIANS Reed 1—DAVID TAGLIARINI; Trumpet—RON TURNER Trombone—TOM BRANTLEY; Violin—FRANCISCA MENDOZA Keyboard 3—MICHAEL SEBASTIAN; Guitar 2—BOBBY KOELBLE Bass—TJ GLOWACKI; Contractor—MARK NEUENSCHWANDER Music Coordinator—JOHN MILLER Music Copying—EMILY GRISHMAN Music Preparation—EMILY GRISHMAN, KATHARINE EDMONDS 28

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST ROB McCLURE (Nick Bottom) received Tony®, Drama League, Astaire and Outer Critics Circle nominations and won Theatre World and Clive Barnes awards for the title role in Chaplin: The Musical. Broadway: Something Rotten!, Noises Off, Honeymoon in Vegas, I’m Not Rappaport and Avenue Q. Encores: Where’s Charley? and Irma La Douce. Film: Recursion. TV: “Person of Interest,” “Elementary” and the pilot “Drew.” Love to his “right hand man” of 12 years, Maggie Lakis.

ADAM PASCAL (Shakespeare) starred as the original Roger Davis in the Off-Broadway, Broadway and London productions of Rent.

He was the original Radames in Broadway’s Aida and starred as the Emcee in Roundabout’s Broadway production of Cabaret. Adam played Huey Calhoun in Broadway’s Memphis and Billy Flynn in Broadway’s Chicago. Adam recently played Chad in Broadway’s Disaster! He and his wife Cybele co-own the gluten and allergen-free company Cybele’s Free to Eat. JOSH GRISETTI (Nigel Bottom). Broadway: Something Rotten!, It Shoulda Been You (Derwent Award), Broadway Bound. Off-Broadway: Enter Laughing (Theatre World Award), Rent, Peter & the Starcatcher, Red Eye of Love, Candida, After the Ball. Favorite regional: Prince of Broadway (Tokyo), Diner (Signature Theatre), Camelot (Kennedy Center), How to Succeed…

(L.A., Ovation Award), Spamalot (Vegas). TV: “The Gates,” “Nurse Jackie,” “The Knights of Prosperity.” Film: The Immigrant, The Namesake and others. Twitter/Instagram: @joshgrisetti.

MAGGIE LAKIS (Bea). First national tour and Off-Broadway production of Avenue Q. Off-Broadway: John Doyle’s re-imagined Allegro (CSC). Regional: Because of WinnDixie (Delaware Theatre) and Little Shop of Horrors (11th Hour/Theatre Horizon, Barrymore nomination for Best Actress in a Musical). Other highlights: The Muny, Bucks County Playhouse, Wilma Theater, Arden Theatre, Flat Rock Playhouse. Thanks to Mike at 9MUSE. Thankful for the opportunity play opposite her husband!

BLAKE HAMMOND (Nostradamus).

Broadway: Living on Love (Bruce); First Date (Waiter); Sister Act (Ernie); Elf (Chadwick); Billy Elliot (Braithwaite); Hairspray (Edna); The Lion King (Pumbaa); The Music Man (Quartet); Kiss Me, Kate (Phillip); On the Town (Uperman/MC).

Off-Broadway: six productions. National tours: seven productions, most recently Cinderella (Sebastian), The Addams Family (Fester). Blake has many TV/film credits and has received the L.A. Critics, Carbonell, Chicago After Dark and Indy Soap awards.

AUTUMN HURLBERT (Portia). Broadway: Legally Blonde. First national tour: Little Women.

Off-Broadway/regional highlights: Nobody Loves You (Second Stage), A Taste of Things to Come (York Theatre Company), The Last Five Years (ACT Louisville), Private Lives (Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company), every tongue confess (Arena Stage), Les Misérables and Evita (Pioneer Theatre). Film/TV: The Sound of Music Live!, Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods, Sudden Death!, Research.

SCOTT COTE (Brother Jeremiah, u/s Nick Bottom). National tour: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Regional: The Producers (Paper Mill); Noises Off (Pittsburgh Public); Lend Me a Tenor (Bay Street); Guys and Dolls (Goodspeed); Boeing Boeing, Cabaret, Moon Over Buffalo (Northern Stage); A Funny Thing…Forum, The Music Man (Flat Rock Playhouse). Scott originated the role of Gus Gus in Twice Charmed: An Original Twist on the Cinderella Story for Disney Cruise Line.

JEFF BROOKS (Shylock). Broadway: A History of the American Film, Loose Ends, Lend Me a Tenor, Gypsy, Nick & Nora, Guys and Dolls and Beauty and the Beast. Off-B’way: Durang’s Titanic, Sister Mary Ignatius… and The Actor’s Nightmare; Talk Radio; The Foreigner; and Shlemiel the First. Film: The Secret of My Success, The Lemon Sisters, The Bonfire of the Vanities, IQ, Julie & Julia. TV: “The Good Wife,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Cosby Mysteries.”

LUCY ANDERS (Ensemble, u/s Portia). Favorite credits include Baby! (Lizzie), A Little Night Music (Anne), A Chorus Line (Maggie), Follies (Young Heidi) and Humperdink’s Hansel and Gretel (Gretel). For Poppa and KJB. BWMT15.

KYLE NICHOLAS ANDERSON (Ensemble, u/s Nigel Bottom). National tour debut!

Regional highlights: Paper Mill Playhouse, Muny, DTC, Syracuse Stage, NSMT. “Endless love to my family, MSA, Telsey + Co. and the Rotten team.” B.F.A., Syracuse University. @KyleNicholasAnderson.

KATE BAILEY (Swing) is so excited to be joining the Rotten players! Regional: Oliver!

(Paper Mill Playhouse), Grease (Paper Mill Playhouse), Saturday Night Fever and Xanadu.

Training: BYU. “Love to my friends, family, BLOC NYC and Telsey + Co.” DANIEL BEEMAN (Ensemble, u/s Shakespeare). Touring debut! Regional: KC Rep, KC Starlight, MTWichita, Ogunquit Playhouse, Spinning Tree Theatre. Omaha native. Endless gratitude to family, friends, BRS/Gage, Telsey and the entire Something Rotten! team!

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST BRANDON BIEBER (Dance Captain, Swing).

Broadway/N.Y.: Side Show, Anything Goes, Follies, Mary Poppins, On Your Toes (Encores!), Radio City NY Spectacular. Tours: White Christmas, Mary Poppins, Annie. “Thanks for supporting the arts! Bottom’s up!!”

MANDIE BLACK (Assistant Dance Captain, Ensemble). National tour debut! Select favorites (regional/international): Crazy for You, A Chorus Line, The Naked Truth, Zorro. Thank you Casey, Bloc, Michael and the wonderful players of team Rotten! @mandieblackforreal.

NICK RASHAD BURROUGHS (Minstrel, Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut. Kinky Boots on Broadway (Angel/ Lola understudy), Netflix series “The Get Down” (CJ), Shrek The Musical (Donkey), Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas). Instagram: @nickrburroughs.

IAN CAMPAYNO (Swing). Broadway: Mary Poppins. Off-Broadway: Trip of Love. Tours: Chicago, Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, Cats.

Regional: Saturday Night Fever, Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Chicago, A Christmas Carol. B.F.A. Shenandoah Conservatory.

PIERCE CASSEDY (Ensemble, u/s Nigel Bottom). Broadway: Kinky Boots. Elder McKinley in the original Chicago cast of The Book of Mormon. “Thank you KMR, Cesar, Beth, CCM, SR team and my family.” In memory of Rod Durham. @piercecassedy.

ERIC COLES (Swing). Credits: Mary Poppins, Sweeney Todd (FLMTF), Rock of Ages (Broadway and Toronto), Mary Poppins (Disney), The Wizard of Oz (Mirvish). “Cheers to Telsey, Jess and my love Alison.” ericcoles.net.

DREW FRANKLIN (Ensemble). Broadway: R&H Cinderella. NYC: Radio City Christmas Spectacular; Where’s Charley?; Lady, Be Good (with Tommy Tune); Elf. National tours: Cats, White Christmas, A Chorus Line. Enjoy the show!

JULIANE GODFREY (Ensemble, u/s Bea).

New York: Disney’s Frozen (Lab), Top Hat (Lab), Volleygirls (NYMF). Regional: The SpongeBob Musical (pre-Broadway), Holiday Inn (Muny/ Goodspeed), Paper Mill, Arena Stage, Sacramento Music Circus. UCLA grad.

LEAH HOFMANN (Ensemble). Broadway: Something Rotten!, War Horse (Joey/Topthorn), Big Fish, Met Opera’s The Merry Widow (FrouFrou). International: Salzburg Festival’s The Threepenny Opera, Jedermann. Tours: Young Frankenstein, Radio City Christmas Spectacular.

KRISTIE KERWIN (Ensemble, u/s Bea, Portia). Broadway/national: Spamalot, Dames at Sea (Mona, Joan, Ruby cover), Anything Goes 30

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(performed Reno/Hope), South Pacific (Ensign Yaeger, performed Nellie), White Christmas.

Regional: Nice Work… (Billie, Sacramento Music Circus).

RALPH MEITZLER (Ensemble, u/s Shakespeare). Broadway: Rock of Ages. OffBroadway: Piece of My Heart. National tours: Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Hairspray. Favs: Xanadu, Hazel. Love to Rex, Sis, Kev, VGP Management and “Rock.”

PATRICK JOHN MORAN (Ensemble, u/s Nostradamus, Brother Jeremiah, Shylock).

Education: Greensboro College/M.F.A. UCF. National tour: Joseph… (Asher/Baker). Regional: …Spelling Bee (Barfèe, Chicago), The Music Man (Jacey Squires, Cape Playhouse), Man of La Mancha (Sancho, Flat Rock).

JOEL NEWSOME (Lord Clapham, Ensemble, u/s Nostradamus, Brother Jeremiah, Shylock).

Broadway: The Producers, 42nd Street. OffB’way: Cagney. National tours: Billy Elliot (u/s George), The Producers (Leo Bloom). Regional: everywhere. CCM graduate. Thanks to Mom/Dad. CON O’SHEA-CREAL (Ensemble, u/s Nick Bottom). Broadway: Side Show, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Tours: Bert in Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. TV: “Royal Pains.”

B.F.A. University of Oklahoma.

TONYA THOMPSON (Ensemble). SCAD graduate with a B.F.A. in performing arts. Credits: second national tour of Mary Poppins (Miss Corry, u/s Bird Lady/Ms. Andrews). Psalms 46:10. Love to family and friends.

KAREY KIRKPATRICK (Book, Music and Lyrics) began his career as a screen and songwriter for Disney Animation, where he penned The Rescuers Down Under and James and the Giant Peach. With more than a dozen feature films produced, screenplay credits include Chicken Run (Golden Globe nominee for Outstanding Comedy), Charlotte’s Web, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Flakes and Over the Hedge, which he also co-directed. He directed the Paramount Pictures film Imagine That starring Eddie Murphy and co-produced, wrote and performed on the film’s soundtrack. Broadway theater credits: none (please don’t judge). Regional theater: nope! Awards: first place, Bible verse memorization, Horseshoe Drive Baptist Church.

Other credits: husband of Nada, father of Sami, Maia and Finn.

WAYNE KIRKPATRICK (Music and Lyrics) is the Grammy® Award-winning songwriter of “Change the World” by Eric Clapton (Song of the Year). Top 10 singles include “Every Heartbeat,” “Good for

WHO’S WHO in the CAST Me” (Amy Grant); “Wrapped Up in You” (Garth Brooks); “Boondocks,” “Bring It on Home,” “Little White Church” (Little Big Town); “Place in This World” (Michael W. Smith). He is a multi-formatted songwriter, with songs recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Joe Cocker, Wynonna, Gabe Dixon, Nickel Creek, Trisha Yearwood, Babyface and Peter Frampton, among others. His songs have been featured in films such as Almost Famous and Phenomenon and television shows such as “Grey’s Anatomy,” “True Blood” and “Hart of Dixie.” Wayne lives in Nashville with his wife Fran.

Favorite productions: Kourtney, Shelby and Carson.

JOHN O’FARRELL (Book) is one of the U.K.’s best-known comic authors and script writers. Bestselling novels include The Best a Man Can Get, This Is Your Life, May Contain Nuts and The Man Who Forgot His Wife. Non-fiction includes Things Can Only Get Better, An Utterly Impartial History of Britain and three collections of his satirical columns for The Guardian newspaper. His books have been translated into 25 languages and adapted for BBC radio and television. TV and film credits include “Spitting Image,” “Have I Got News for You,” Chicken Run, “Murder Most Horrid,” “Smith and Jones.” Winner, British Comedy Award. Founded U.K.’s first daily satirical news website, Newsbiscuit.

Currently writing a screenplay for Aardman Animations, having just completed his fifth novel. @mrjohnofarrell.

CASEY NICHOLAW (Director, Choreographer) is currently represented on Broadway as director and choreographer of Disney’s Aladdin (2014 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award nominations, Best Choreography); co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards as co-director with Trey Parker, receiving the same nominations for choreography as well as an Olivier Award). Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: Elf: The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (2005 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations, Best Choreography). Additional New York credits for City Center Encores!: the highly acclaimed productions of Most Happy Fella, Anyone Can Whistle and Follies (Direction/Choreography).

PHIL RENO (Music Supervisor and Vocal Arrangements). Broadway: Elf; Promises, Promises; The Drowsy Chaperone; The Producers; Thou Shalt Not; Dame Edna: The Royal Tour and Back with a Vengeance; Cats. Off-Broadway: The Diva is Dismissed (Public), A New Brain (Lincoln Center).

National tours: Joseph… (with Donny Osmond), original company of Music of the Night, Starlight Express, Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. Television: music director/conductor for “Broadway Under the

Stars” (CBS 2002–2006), “CBS Tree Lighting in Bryant Park” (2006–2011). Film: The Producers.

Grammy® nominee as co-producer of The Drowsy Chaperone cast album.

BRIAN P. KENNEDY (Music Director & Conductor). Los Angeles: Carrie, Oklahoma!, Sweet Smell of Success, William Finn’s Make Me a Song, Randy Newman’s Harps & Angels, Re-Animator, New Hopeville Comics, Silence: The Musical, The Real Love (ask Adam Pascal about it…), Hello!

My Baby (Arrangements/Orchestrations), Silversea Cruises (Music Supervisor), Rockwell Table & Stage (Resident Music Director) and Broadway Stage Door Supper Club on SiriusXM. Broadway: 13 (Music Assistant). Graduate of UNC—Greensboro.

SCOTT PASK (Scenic Designer). His 40 Broadway productions include The Book of Mormon (Tony Award®), It’s Only a Play, Finding Neverland, Airline Highway, The Visit, Pippin (Tony nom.), Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), Take Me Out, Hair, Pal Joey (Tony nom.), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Tony nom.), The Pillowman (Tony Award), Nine and Urinetown. Also Peter Grimes (Met Opera), Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna. Numerous West End credits, Donmar Warehouse, National Theatre, Almeida Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Leicester Curve. Honorary doctorate, University of Arizona. @scottpaskstudio.

GREGG BARNES (Costume Designer). Broadway: Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Kinky Boots (2013 Tony® nomination), Follies (2012 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award), Elf, Legally Blonde (2007 Tony nomination), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards, Olivier nomination), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Flower Drum Song (2003 Tony nom.), Side Show, To Be or Not to Be. New York: Sinatra (Radio City), The Wizard of Oz, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Cinderella and The Merry Widow (New York City Opera), Pageant (the Blue Angel and London’s West End – Olivier nom.), The Kathy and Mo Show.

Regional credits: Robin and the 7 Hoods, Mame, Allegro (Helen Hayes Award). TDF Young Master Award.

JEFF CROITER (Lighting Design). Broadway: Newsies, Mothers and Sons, Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony Award ®), A Time to Kill, Soul Doctor, Jekyll & Hyde, The Anarchist, The Performers, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Next Fall, Kiki and Herb. Other NYC: Parade; A Month in the Country; Fly by Night; The Last Five Years; Old Jews Telling Jokes; Silence; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; Meet Vera Stark; Rapture, Blister, Burn; A Lie of the Mind; Ordinary Days; Family Guy Sings; The Voysey Inheritance; The Internationalist; Jacques Brel…; Almost, Maine; The Dazzle; Jennifer Muller/ The Works. Jeff is a producer of “Submissions Only.”

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST PETER HYLENSKI (Sound Designer). Grammy®, Olivier and four-time Tony Award ® nominee.

Selected Broadway designs: After Midnight, Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Rock of Ages, 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 Rêve at Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London), Rocky das Musical (Hamburg), King Kong (Melbourne), How to Train Your Dragon, Walking with Dinosaurs.

LARRY HOCHMAN (Orchestrations). Broadway: On the Twentieth Century, The Book of Mormon (Tony®, Drama Desk awards), Big Fish, Pippin, Chaplin, The Scottsboro Boys (Tony nom.), Spamalot (Tony nom.), A Class Act (Tony nom.), Fiddler on the Roof (Tony nom.), Jane Eyre.

Television: composer of “The Wonder Pets!” (five Emmys®). Twenty-five regional and Off-Broadway shows, including Death Takes a Holiday (Maury Yeston) and Marvin Hamlisch’s The Nutty Professor.

Seventeen films, including The Informant! (Marvin Hamlisch). Recordings, concerts: Paul McCartney, Eric Idle, Barbra Streisand, Hugh Jackman, Audra McDonald, Barry Manilow, Mandy Patinkin, Boston Pops, New York Philharmonic. LarryHochman.net.

JOSH MARQUETTE (Hair Design). Broadway/ Off-Broadway/West End: Aladdin, First Date, Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, Elf, Dogfight, The Best Man, Look Back in Anger, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pig Farm, The…Trailer Park Musical, Altar Boyz, Mamma Mia! West Coast: Robin and the 7 Hoods, Peep Show, Minsky’s, Vanities. Other N.Y.: Show Boat at Carnegie Hall; Encores! Most Happy Fella, Follies and No, No, Nanette; numerous Juilliard productions. National tours: The Book of Mormon, The Drowsy Chaperone, Barbie Live! Television: “The Slap,” “30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live.”

GLEN KELLY (Music Arranger) arranged music and wrote original lyrics for Bullets Over Broadway.

He supervised and arranged Mel Brooks’ The Producers and Young Frankenstein. Other credits include Beauty and the Beast, Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Book of Mormon, A Christmas Story, The Scottsboro Boys and Aladdin. He won the New York Drama Desk Award for his original score to The Nance.

JEFF NORMAN (Production Stage Manager).

Disney’s Newsies, The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast; Chicago; Mamma Mia!; Cirque du Soleil’s O at the Bellagio; Miss Saigon; Les Misérables. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

MATT SCHREIBER (Stage Manager). Broadway: Motown The Musical, The Performers, Godspell, In the Heights, Avenue Q. National tours: Motown 32

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The Musical, Wicked, Memphis, In the Heights and Mamma Mia! BRAE SINGLETON (Assistant Stage Manager).

Broadway: Allegiance, The Cripple of Inishmaan.

Off-Broadway: The Ruins of Civilization, Tales from Red Vienna (MTC). Tour: Newsies, A Christmas Story. Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Private Lives (Hartford Stage); Crowns (The Goodman). Other: New London Barn Playhouse. B.F.A. in stage management from The Theatre School at DePaul University.

STEVE BEBOUT (Associate Director). Associate credits: The Book of Mormon (Broadway, tour), The Addams Family (Broadway, tour, Brazil, Australia), Sister Act (Broadway), 101 Dalmatians (tour), Girl Crazy (Encores!). Directing credits: NYC: I Got Fired; regional: The Full Monty, The Buddy Holly Story, Little Shop of Horrors; for NYU: Urinetown, Bye Bye Birdie. “Love and gratitude to Casey, John, Holly and my rotten boy Gus.” ERIC GIANCOLA (Associate Choreographer).

Broadway: Something Rotten!, The Book of Mormon, Mamma Mia! Broadway tours: The Book of Mormon, Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia! Regional faves: Goodspeed and MSMT. NYU grad. Thanks to Casey Nicholaw. “I would follow you off a cliff.

Make an omelette!”

JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator). Broadway: more than 100 shows, including Doctor Zhivago, Gigi, It Shoulda Been You, On the Twentieth Century, On the Town, Les Misérables, Beautiful, Jersey Boys, Newsies, Pippin, Rock of Ages. Musician (bass): Leonard Cohen, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Carly Simon, BB King, Bette Midler. His album Stage Door Johnny—John Miller: Takes on Broadway is available on PS Classics Records. johnmillerbass.com.

TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/ tours: Anastasia; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Hello, Dolly!; War Paint; Present Laughter; Come from Away; Paramour; Waitress; On Your Feet!; Hamilton; Kinky Boots; Wicked; The King and I; An American in Paris; The Sound of Music.

Off-Broadway: Atlantic, Classic Stage Company, LAByrinth, MCC, Second Stage, Signature. Regional: A.R.T., La Jolla, McCarter, New York Stage and Film, Paper Mill, Williamstown. Film: Into the Woods, Margin Call, Rachel Getting Married, Across the Universe, Camp, Pieces of April. TV: “Hairspray Live!,” “Conviction,” “This Is Us,” “Grease Live!,” “The Wiz Live!,” “Flesh and Bone,” “Masters of Sex,” “Smash,” “The Big C,” commercials. telseyandco.com.

JIM HARRISON (Company Manager).

Clevelander. National tours: The Lion King, Motown, 50 Shades!, 9 to 5, White Christmas, The Addams Family. Broadway: Something Rotten!, Motown.

Thanks to all who help to keep art live.

WHO’S WHO in the CAST 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. Thrilled to be working with them again on Motown and Something Rotten!

ALLIED LIVE (Marketing and Press) is a fullservice marketing/advertising agency representing national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities throughout North America. Current touring clients: Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, An American in Paris, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Rent 20th anniversary tour, Kinky Boots, 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.

THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Direction) (TBG) has represented more than 20 Tony Award®-winning Best Musicals and Plays since its inception in 1996.

In addition to Something Rotten!, TBG also currently represents the touring productions of An American in Paris, The Book of Mormon, The Bodyguard, Cabaret, The Color Purple, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Finding Neverland, Fun Home, The Humans, Motown The Musical, On Your Feet!, School of Rock, the 20th anniversary tour of Rent, Waitress and Hamilton.

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.

THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE. Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre is one of America’s leading musical theater companies. Under the leadership of executive producer and artistic director David Armstrong, managing director Bernadine C. Griffin and producing artistic director Bill Berry, the 5th has premiered 16 new musicals, nine of which have subsequently moved to Broadway including Hairspray (2003 Best Musical Tony®), The Wedding Singer, Shrek, Memphis (2010 Best Musical Tony Award), Catch Me If You Can, A Christmas Story, Scandalous, First Date and Disney’s Aladdin.

5thavenue.org.

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 Motown The Musical.

Mr. McCollum was trained at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and earned his master’s from the University of Southern California.

THE SEELIG GROUP (Producer) is a private media and entertainment principal investment and advisory firm founded in 2012 by a group of successful and experienced entrepreneurs, executives and investors.

ASHLEY DeSIMONE (Producer) is an executive focused on live entertainment at The Seelig Group and is the managing partner of Fortune Theatrical Ventures, an investment platform dedicated to producing projects with Kevin McCollum. She is delighted to be part of the Something Rotten! tour.

MORRIS BERCHARD (Producer). Broadway credits include The Color Purple (Tony Award – Best Musical Revival), Something Rotten!, Hand to God, It’s Only a Play, The Performers, Ragtime, Desire Under the Elms, Impressionism, The Little Dog Laughed, The Last Sunday in June (Off-Broadway), Master Class, Afraid of the Dark (London), Bat Boy: The Musical (Toronto).

WENDY FEDERMAN (Producer). CEO of Foolish Mortals Productions. Four Tony Awards®, five Drama Desk Awards; involvement with over 50 Broadway, national tour and London productions.

Film: Wakefield starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner. Wendy is thrilled to be a Rotten producer!

BARBARA FREITAG (Producer) and late husband Buddy formed B Square+4 Productions in 2004 with the mission of producing original musicals and plays. 2016–17 Broadway: Come from Away, A Doll’s House Part 2 and Hello, Dolly! Barbara and Buddy always shared a passion for theater...she continues the love.

LAMS PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is a New York-based production company founded by Tony® and Olivier-nominated producers Bradley Reynolds and David Siesko. LAMS produced Something Rotten! on Broadway, Hand to God on Broadway and in London, and It’s Only a Play. Bradley and David also produced the recent revivals of West Side Story and Ragtime as well as [title of show] and Mothers and Sons.

RICHARD WINKLER (Producer). Tony Awards®: Vanya and Sonia…, La Cage…, Memphis, The Norman Conquests. Other Broadway includes TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST Disgraced, You Can’t Take It with You, Cinderella, A Little Night Music, Lend Me a Tenor, Catch Me If You Can, Nice Work…. Upcoming: Come from Away. West End includes Dreamgirls, Betrayal and Long Day’s Journey into Night (Olivier Award).

TIMOTHY LACZYNSKI (Producer). Broadway: Something Rotten!, Hand to God, A Christmas Story The Musical and The Pee-wee Herman Show. Mr. Laczynski serves as the board treasurer for Lincoln Theater in Napa and was formerly the executive producer at Surflight Theatre in N.J. He consults in business development and strategic planning.

JAM THEATRICALS (Producer), under the direction of founders Arny Granat and Steve Traxler, manages subscription series in 30 cities throughout North America and has produced more than 45 shows on Broadway, winning nine Tony Awards® along the way.

JOHN YONOVER (Producer) supported and invested in more than 35 productions on Broadway, Chicago and London, including Memphis, Dee Snider’s Rock & Roll Christmas Tale (Toronto and Chicago), The Mountaintop, First Date, the currently running Dear Evan Hansen and Come from Away. John was a guest judge on an episode of Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” alongside Kristin Chenoweth. John and his wife of 30 years Evonne are beyond excited to bring Something Rotten! to America.

ROBERT GREENBLATT (Producer) is chairman of NBC Entertainment, the #1 18–49 network, and his support for live musicals (“The Sound of Music,” “The Wiz,” “Hairspray”) changed the TV landscape.

He also oversees Universal Stage Productions (Holiday Inn, Wicked) and is a Tony®-winning Broadway producer (A Gentleman’s Guide…). He’s run three networks (NBC, Showtime, Fox), produced several series (“Six Feet Under”) and won some awards.

LUCAS McMAHON (Associate Producer) has worked with Kevin McCollum at Alchemation since 2012. Other credits include Something Rotten! on Broadway, Hand to God (Broadway and West End) and the upcoming Broadway production of The Play That Goes Wrong. He is a proud alumnus of Northwestern University.

STAFF FOR SOMETHING ROTTEN! GENERAL MANAGEMENT WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS Stephen Gabriel Nancy Gabriel Scott Seay Anièle Fortin Kevin Greene Carolyn Smith

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COMPANY MANAGER JIM HARRISON Assistant Company Manager .................. Rosa Taylor CONSULTANT GENERAL MANAGERS BESPOKE THEATRICALS PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PORT CITY TECHNICAL Rhys Williams Mike East Mackenzie Foster Rossella Human Wade Jolly Susie Prueter TOUR PRESS AND MARKETING ALLIED LIVE Laura Matalon Marya Peters Sarah Dahlberg Andrew Damer Doug Blemker Mary Alyce Blum John Gilmour Jennifer Gallagher Meghan Kastenholz Anne Dailey Meyer Jacqueline Smith Anne Waisanen TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart www.thebookinggroup.com CASTING TELSEY + COMPANY Bernard Telsey CSA, William Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Kristina Bramhall, Adam Caldwell CSA, Josh Einsohn CSA, Conrad Woolfe CSA, Rachel Nadler, Rachel Minow, Rikki Gimelstob, Rachel Dill, Ryan Bernard Tymensky, Rebecca Scholl, Scott Galina, Madison Sylvester, Lauren Harris, Laura Wade, Ally Kiley, Rose Bochner, Jaime Jaget, Kristian Charbonier LEGAL COUNSEL LEVINE PLOTKIN & MENIN, LLP Loren Plotkin, Conrad Rippy, Susan Mindell Daniel Watkins, Emily Erstling PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ..............................JEFF NORMAN Stage Manager ..................................Matt Schreiber Assistant Stage Manager....................Brae Singleton Dance Captain ..................................Brandon Bieber Assistant Dance Captain .......................Mandie Black Associate Director ...............................Steve Bebout Associate Choreographer ..................... Eric Giancola Assistant to Choreographer ......... Courtney Iventosch Associate Scenic Designers......... Orit Jacoby Carroll, Gabriel Firestone Assistant Scenic Designer ................. Jerome Martin Associate Costume Designer ........... Tricia Barsamian

Assistant Costume Designers ............... Becky Lasky, Alexander Cole Gottlieb Costume Intern ..................................James Nguyen Associate Lighting Designer.................. Jon Goldman Assistant Lighting Designer..............Brandon Bagwell Associate Sound Designer .................... Justin Stasiw Associate Hair Designer ......................Kevin Maybee Production Carpenter ........................ Tom Klonowski Head Carpenter ...............................Michael Klippert Assistant Carpenter/Flyman................... Chris Weber Assistant Carpenter............................Shawn Watson Head Electrician ................................. Dawn Kenseth Assistant Electrician .............................. Erin Yoshida Head Audio ....................................... Mackenzie Ellis Assistant Audio ...................................... Emery Roth Head Props ..................................... Michael Vergoth Assistant Props................................ Ann Marie Dunn Head Wardrobe ..................................... Elmo Struck Assistant Wardrobe ................................Don Skelton Hair Supervisor .................................... Jason Torres Assistant Hair Supervisor.................... Andrew Ozbun Production Electrician......................... Dawn Kenseth Assistant Production Electrician ..........Chelsea Mylett Moving Light Programmer ........................ Alex Fogel Production Audio.................................Charles Vorce Additional Orchestrations .................. Bruce Coughlin, Phil Reno Music Assistant.................................. Patrick Sulken Assistant to John Miller ................ Jennifer Coolbaugh Production Assistants ....................... Whitney Keeter, Brandon Roak Production Photographer .....................Jeremy Daniel Cover Artwork ................................... Peter de Séve 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 ...........................................Tzell Travel Housing Coordination ..............................Road Rebel Merchandising ............... Creative Goods/Pete Milano ALCHEMATION Kevin McCollum Lucas McMahon Graham Duff Emma Horwitz Darnetha Lincoln M’Baye Thomas Schermerhorn Jessica Troy www.RottenBroadway.com

CREDITS Scenery constructed by Hudson Scenic Studio, PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC, Scenic Arts Studios and TTS Studios. Lighting equipment by PRG Lighting, Inc. Sound equipment by PRG Sound, Inc. Props fabricated by Tom Carol Scenery, Joseph Cairo, Jeremy Lydic Design, Daedalus Design and Production, Jerard Studio, Matt Hodges, Sarah Odam Hodges, Marcus Kean, Atalantia Siegel, Rob McFayden, R. Ramos Upholstery, Raphael Mishler and Peter Sarafin. Hag noses created by Thomas Denier and Vincent Schiccchi. Costumes by Arel Studio Inc.; Artur & Tailors Ltd.; By Barak, LLC; Carelli Costumes Inc.; Costume Armour, Inc.; Cygnet Studio, Inc.; Eric Winterling, Inc.; Ingrid Helton; Jackson Wiederhöeft; Jan Parran LLC; Jennifer Chapman Studios LLC; Jennifer Love Costumes; Katrina Patterns, Inc.; Lynne Baccus; Marian Jean Hose LLC, “Killer”; Pae & Kim’s Custom Tailoring; Redthreaded; Tricorne, Inc.; the Work Room. Costume painting, dyeing and distressing by Jeff Fender Studio and Gene Mignola, Inc. Crafts by David Crittenden; Judith E. Marsh; Miodrag Guberinic. Boots made by T.O. Dey Shoe Company. Custom shoes by LaDuca Shoes. Millinery

by J. Doug James Millinery; Lynne Mackey Studio; Monica Viani; Rodney Gordon Inc. Custom jewelry

by Moans Couture. The official makeup provider for Something Rotten! is Inglot. Hair products provided

by PRAVANA®. Special thanks to Bra*Tenders for hosiery and undergarments.

SPECIAL THANKS/SPONSORS Special thanks to the TDF Costume Collection.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Tiempo Libre Jorge Gomez, piano and musical director Xavier Mili, lead vocal Wilvi Rodriguez, bass Luis Beltran Castillo, saxophone and flute Leandro González, congas Michel Ruiz Garcia, trumpet Israel Morales, drums Works will be announced from the stage.

Oscar Sanchez, sound engineer Three-time Grammy®-nominated Tiempo Libre are living the American Dream, playing their exhilarating, joyful music to packed houses. The members of Tiempo Libre grew up studying together in the classical music conservatories of Havana. Dreaming of freedom and opportunity, the seven musicians moved to the U.S., getting together in their “free time” (tiempo libre in Spanish) to play Cuban timba music - an irresistible and exuberant mix of jazz harmonies, contemporary sonorities and seductive salsa rhythms. Today, with worldwide concert tours and albums released by leading record companies, these world music ambassadors feel lucky to have very little free time.

Ambassadors for Cuban music around the world, Tiempo Libre has gained new audiences through appearances on shows such as The Tonight Show, Live from Lincoln Center and Dancing With the Stars. They made their debut at the Ravinia festival and have returned four times to play there.

In the U.S., they have performed at Tanglewood, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Yoshi’s, and the Kimmel Center. Internationally, the band has played at U.K.’s Latitude Festival, Spain’s Festival de Segovia, Italy’s Tuscan Sun Festival, The Czechoslovak Jazz Festival and Slovakia’s Bratislava Jazz Days, as well as offered standalone concerts in cities including London, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Macao, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, Jakarta and in a tour through Australia.

Tiempo Libre frequently draws on its classical training to play with leading orchestras, including the Cleveland and Minnesota Orchestras and the San Francisco and Houston Symphonies, and they have collaborated with artists such as Joshua Bell, Gloria Estefan, James Galway and Paquito D’Rivera. The band performed its original music onstage every night during the award-winning musical Cuba Libre (Artists Rep, Portland, Ore.) which was based on its members’ collective stories.

Every Tiempo Libre concert is a party, a celebration, and – regardless of whether “guests” choose to enjoy their sophisticated sound from their seats or on the dance floor – all engage all in exhilarating shared experience of community. tiempolibremusic.com The taking of photographs and/or use of other recording equipment is strictly prohibited.

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by Martin McDonagh Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul J. Potenza Set Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Smallheer Light Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Finzelber Costume Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katrina Stevenson Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawn Paonessa Fight Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Granke Prop Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Meyers

Featuring David M. Jenkins, Brandon Mauro, Diana Rogers*, Brian Shea 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 #JobsiteSkull.

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.

Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of *The Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States.

The Cast Mick Dowd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Shea MaryJohnny Rafferty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diana Rogers Mairtin Hanlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Mauro Thomas Hanlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David M. Jenkins

From the Jobsite Producing Artistic Director Do you believe in our work? Would you like to see us continue to grow not just in terms of our work on stage but in the community while continuing to work toward a living wage for our artists? It’s easier than you might think! Please join us for our 2017 Annual Campaign, we have a $60,000 goal for the year and at the time that this note went to press, we are a touch behind at only 9% to goal. However, thanks to a generous grant from the Gobioff Foundation, we only need to raise $30,000 from the general public – they will match the rest! That means for every dollar you give us, they will match it with another, making your gifts twice as meaningful! This campaign is CRITICAL to the future of our company. Please TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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check the brochure in your program for more information and visit us at JobsiteTheater.org to learn more about our new membership levels. You can really make a difference!

Thanks again for being with us tonight. Enjoy the show, and please let us know what you thought: comments@jobsitetheater.org.

Who’s Who DAVID M. JENKINS (Thomas Hanlon) 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. David teaches in both the Theater Department and Honors College at USF as an adjunct instructor.

He has recently directed productions of 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 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 Broadway World Tampa Regional Awards; he also won the 2015 Broadway World 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

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Heights in a neat old house with his rad wife and a mess of critters.

BRANDON MAURO (Mairtin Hanlon) was born and raised right here in good ol’ Tampa, Fla. He graduated from River Ridge High School, where he led productions of Grease, Nuptials, The Man Who Came to Dinner, and Damn Yankees. From River Ridge, Brandon was accepted to the University of South Florida, where he graduated with a BA in Mass Communications, and a minor in Theatre Performance. Throughout high school and post-college, Brandon split his time between his home here in Florida and Los Angeles/NYC. He has appeared on television and film in CSI, Touched by an Angel, Malcolm in the Middle, multiple pilot series, and Broadway workshops of such plays as Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Broadway World recently voted Brandon as Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in fellow cast member Diana Roger’s original production of Coupled. Brandon likes long walks on the beach and writing theatre bios in the third person.

DIANA ROGERS (MaryJohnny Rafferty) is delighted to return to the Jobsite stage and work with this incredible cast. Diana has appreared on the Jobsite stage in Beauty Queen of Leenann and Rabbit Hole. Diana’s credits include Mme. Thenardier National Tour and Broadway. Other productions include Nunsense, Sound of Music, Romeo and Juliet, Steel Magnolias and Always Patsy Cline. Diana was recently declared Best Actress in a Musical by Broadway World.

Diana also enjoys writing and composing.

Her latest Coupled the Musical will be seen in the Orlando Fringe this May. Broadway World called the workshop production “A Must See.” Diana lives on a small farm in beautiful, rural, Hernando County.

BRIAN SHEA (Mick Dowd) previous stage performance was in Lend Me A Tenor with Hat Trick Theater. Jobsite Theater productions include, The Lonesome West, The 39 Steps, Mindgame, Dracula, Titus Andronicus and The Boys Next Door.

Other theater credits include Deathtrap, One Slight Hitch, The Santaland Diaries, God of Carnage, God of Carnage, Around the World in 80 Days, Art, August: Osage County (American Stage). Harvey, The Buffalo Kings, In the Next Room or THE VIBRATOR PLAY (freeFall Theater).

Twelfth Night (Eckerd Theater Company), Waiting for Godot (Stageworks). A Man for All Seasons (Alley Cat Players) Brian is the co-producer and lead actor in the award winning independent feature film, Waiting on Mary. Brian is a recipient of Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay, Best Actor Award and is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a B.A. in Theater Performance.

PAUL J. POTENZA (Director) has worked as an actor and director in the Tampa Bay area for over 30 years. He was the first performer to grace the stage of the Shimberg Playhouse (then called the Off Center Theater) in Eric Bogosian’s one man tour-de-force Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll.

Potenza has worked with many of the Bay area’s finest theater companies including Eckerd Theater Company, The Loft Theater, Tampa Players, Stageworks, freeFall and American Stage. He is happiest about his continued collaboration and artistic association with Jobsite Theater. Favorite roles include Ulysses in Annapurna (which won him the 2015 Best of the Bay award for best actor), Jack in RACE, The Player in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Michal in The Pillowman, Nick the Fire Captain in The Guys, Johnny in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Arnold in The Boys Next Door, and Renfield in Dracula.

Potenza is honored to be able to complete the Leenane trilogy written by Martin McDonagh, having been at the helm of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Lonesome West, and now A Skull In Connemara.

Other directorial productions include Jobsite’s production of the Tony Award® winning Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Rabbit Hole, Topdog/Underdog, and subUrbia. In 2011, Paul was honored to win Best Actor in the first annual Jeff Norton Awards for his portrayal of Felix Unger in The Odd Couple, which also garnered him his first Creative Loafing Best of the Bay Award for the same category. Paul is a goldsmith by trade and has owned and operated Design One Jewelers in Clearwater for 37 years. Potenza shares his life with his wife Roz (the artist in the family), and their dogs Ida and Bean who own all the furniture in the house.

RYAN E. FINZELBER (Lighting Designer) is a Tampa-based lighting designer who also serves as Resident Lighting Designer for both Urbanite Theatre of Sarasota and freeFall Theatre of St. Petersburg. Recent favorites include My Barking Dog, Breadcrumbs, Dry Land, The Drowning Girls, Stupid Fucking Bird, Freak (Urbanite Theatre), Red Velvet, Peter Pan, Peter and the Starcatcher, Assassins, The Light in the Piazza, Mr. Burns, a PostElectric Play (freeFall Theatre), Stalking the Bogeyman (Florida Studio Theatre), Big Fish (Sarasota Players), and The Bridges of Madison County (Manatee Players).

Visit finzelberdesign.com for additional information and production photos!

DAN GRANKE (Fight Direction) is a director, fight director and movement specialist. His work as a fight director has appeared at various theatres in New York City including The Public, Write-Act Rep, and Cena/Cenari. In Central Florida, his work has appeared with Jobsite (As You Like It), Asolo Rep (Hamlet), Florida Studio Theatre (FLY), Tampa Rep (True West), St. Petersburg Opera (Carmen, Il Trovatore), Stageworks (In the Blood), Hat Trick (Unnecessary Farce, Deathtrap), Theatre USF (Tale of Two Cities) and Tampa Shakespeare Festival (Macbeth, Richard TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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the III, and Romeo & Juliet). Dan also teaches at the University of South Florida, and is a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, as well as an instructor of Historical Fencing with Kriegschool Tampa Bay. He also has extensive training in SAMBO and other grappling arts.

He has been with Jobsite five years this production and is so happy to still be here. Since he came on with Jobsite, he has worn many hats and worked on many productions. As always, he would like to thank his family for their constant support through thick and thin. And David for keeping him on board this long.

SPENCER MEYERS (Prop Construction) was most recently seen on stage in As You Like It and prior to that served as Assistant Director for Jobsite’s production of LIZZIE. He has been seen in previous productions such as Jobsite’s SILENCE! The Musical (Buffalo Bill), Almost an Evening, Return to the Forbidden Planet (Cookie), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hedwig), Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (Oatsie/ Salazar/ Danny), Much Ado About Nothing (Dogberry), and Stageworks Theatre’s Broadway Bound (Stanley), Sylvia (Swing) and The Divine Sister (Jeremy/ Brother Venerius). Spencer doubles in this community as both actor and visual artist. For more on his artwork, please check his Instagram: @spencerpm.

He thanks his friends and family for their endless support.

BRIAN M. SMALLHEER (Set Designer) received his education from Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Polk Community College (Visual Arts), and University of South Florida (Theatre Design). He is the Technical Director as well as a resident Scenic and Lighting Designer for Jobsite. As a designer for Jobsite, his work has received two Best of the Bay awards: Best Lighting Design for Einstein’s Dreams (2011) and Best Local Set Designer for Return to the Forbidden Planet (2014) for which he also received Broadway World’s Best Set Design.

Other select design credits include Time Stands Still, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Lebensraum, SILENCE! The Musical, Annapurna, Orlando, Twelfth Night, Return to the Forbidden Planet, MacBeth, Mindgame, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, boom!, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, March of the Kitefliers, Gorey Stories, subUrbia and Dracula. In addition to working for Jobsite, Brian is also the Technical Theatre Instructor and Technical Director for the Tampa Preparatory School.

In what little spare time he has, he also freelances as a designer and technician and has worked with a variety of companies including Home Shopping Network, HCC, Patel Conservatory, Hillsborough County Television, ESPN and Walt Disney Entertainment.

SHAWN PAONESSA (Sound Designer) is thrilled to have his bio in the program.

Since 1999, Shawn has been working with Jobsite both on and offstage, most recently as Jaques in As You Like It. Some of his favorite sound designs include Rabbit Hole and The Lonesome West, which earned a Best Sound Design nomination from Theatre Tampa Bay. Favorite Jobsite performances include Sir Henry Baskerville, et al. (The Hound of the Baskervilles), Oscar (The Odd Couple), CB (Dog Sees God); Guildenstern (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead); Bill (Woman in Mind); and all of Jobsite’s (abridged) productions. He is also a director, video designer, online producer, writer, a Jobsite Artistic Associate and bona fide debunker of Congresspeople. He may be gladly hired for any of these services through one of his favorite websites: ShawnPaonessa.com.

MATTHEW RAY (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back in the room with Paul Potenza doing a Martin McDonagh work.

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KATRINA STEVENSON (Costume Designer) most recently appeared onstage with Stageworks in The Great Gatsby as Myrtle, Psycho Beach Party as Marvel Ann, with 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 of the Shrew (Kate), Dog Sees God (Tricia), Gorey Stories (Lady Celia), Dead Man’s Cellphone (Hermione), Rabbit Hole (Izzy), Boston Marriage (Anna), The Mineola Twins (Myrna/Myra), and HURLYBURLY (Bonnie). Katrina holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida and a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Northern Colorado. Katrina’s costumes

have been seen in everything from Hedwig and the Angry Inch to Gorey Stories. Her fabulous duds have also garnered four Creative Loafing Best of the Bay awards and an Individual Artist Grant from the Hillsborough County Arts Council. When not at the theater, Katrina loves running half marathons and running after her dogs, Tink and Sherlock.

Special Thanks Judy Lisi, Lorrin Shepard, Georgiana Young, Jeanne Piazza and everyone at Straz Center for their belief in our vision and their unyielding support. Jobsite’s board of directors and our mighty ensemble – for keeping this ship afloat. All of our fantastic season sponsors who are helping us realize our dreams. Most importantly, thanks to YOU for joining us here tonight.

Production Staff Jobsite Company Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Ray Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Smallheer Poster Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Newcomb Promotional Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Pritchard, Pritchard Photography Online Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawn Paonessa Jobsite Producing Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David M. Jenkins Check the program insert for additional credits and information.

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

Jobsite Theater Board of Directors Elissa O. Getto Brad Casey, Treasurer Stephanie Gocklin Gregg Perkins, Chair

Elizabeth Fendrick Chris Madalena Desiree Fantal Scott Waltz

David M. Jenkins Neil Gobioff Brendan McLaughlin, Vice-chair Brenda Lovell, Secretary

Jobsite Theater is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit arts organization and all donations made to Jobsite are tax-deductible to the fullest extent provided by law.

Jobsite believes that art is for everybody, and we want to know how we are doing by you.

Email comments@jobsitetheater.org to give us comments, suggestions, brickbats or bouquets, ask to be added to our mailing list or request more information on what we’re all about.

We’d love to hear from you!

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JobsiteTheater.org Facebook.com/JobsiteTheater Twitter.com/JobsiteTheater Instagram.com/JobsiteTheater Check the program insert for additional credits and information.

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

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Anonymous Theater-Lover Shawn Paonessa J. Kevin Poitras, MD Foreman Level Summer Bohnenkamp and David M. Jenkins, PhD Brad Casey Ella’s Americana Folk Art Cafe Elizabeth Fendrick Hal Freedman + Willi Rudowsky Eliss O. Getto Brendan and Sandy McLaughlin Paul and Roz Potenza Sharon and Lew Sibert Dr. and Mrs. Alan Smith Don Wheeler In Memory of Rachel Lisi Contractor Level Bob Appleyard The Barrymore Hotel Nancy and Bob Bolt Charitable Fund Karl Brandes Lodovico and Claudia Balducci Linda Brandt Steven Ciarleglio Dirk & Terry Debbink

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Design One Jewelers Laura Everitt Dona M. Haag and John W. Cramer The Independent Bar and Café, Tampa Johnson & Johnson Foundation Dana Kovar Spencer Meyers Chuck and Sharon Smallheer Chris Stimac and Pam DeWitt Tom and Danielle Sweet Manager Level Rosemary Armstrong and Morris “Sandy” Weinberg, Jr. Armand Brunet Mayra Calo, Esq. Roxanne Fay Noreen L. Germak Dr. + Mrs. J. Leslie Glick Kari Goetz and Crawford Long Richard Gonzmart Gary Gormin Bill and Mary Hughes Dave Huston Intuit Kevin Jay Jason and Rhoda Jorgenson Brenda Lovell LeRoy Mitchell, Jr. Susan + Mark Oliver John and Lori Pate David and Carmen Pelletz

Hinks and Elaine Shimberg Kim Smallheer David and Lorraine Duffy Suarez Rose Tattoli Alison Watkins Don Wheeler Worker Level Anonymous In Honor of Rachel A. Lisi Shannon Annis Henri V. Belrose Jeff and Sue Belvo Pam McCoy Berger Paul Bilyeu and John Dyn Kay Borton Chris Buelhman Karen Buesing Café Hey Jim Carter and Judy Whitson Jon Palmer Claridge Mr. Andrew Cohen and Mr. Thomas Wood Mary and Bill Corbett Erin, David and Sarah Daniels Gwyneth A. Davis, M.D. Dorothy Edwards Joseph Edwards Jason Ferguson Terry Frost GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Sharon Gobioff Alyssa Getzoff + Mike Sutton Amy Gray

Jeremiah and Carolyn Hartnett Beth and David Hood Bruce and Ellen Houghton Paul Jacobsen and Marsha Israeloff Elizabeth Jay Doug Jordan John Keeth Nicole Kibert Mark Klisch, PhD Amparo and Dick Krug Jan Lunsford Nancy and Dick Lyons Tony and Kathy McGlone Lois A. Miller Scott and Martine Morris Laura Mulligan New World Brewery Jenny Lind Olin Gregg Perkins Rachel Phelps Roberta Phillips Jeanne Piazza Marsha Quinn Pat Reid and Blaine Peters Frank Robertson Sandra Roth John Rowe Courtney Schoenfeld Tara K. Sheldon Bob and Catherine Smith John & Jennifer Swanson Sina Vacca In Memory of Lucia Warren Bob Westphal Bob and Anne Wiley Robert E. Williams Maria Wilson

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@ STRAZ CENTER THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 8:00PM FERGUSON HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts and

MOMIX MOSES PENDLETON, Artistic Director present

OPUS CACTUS with ANTHONY BOCCONI, AUTUMN BURNETTE, BEAU CAMPBELL, JENNIFER CHICHPORTICHE, SAMANTHA CHIESA, JOSH CHRISTOPHER, GREGORY DEARMOND, LAUREN JAEGER, MATTHEW ORTNER, and JASON WILLIAMS Associate Director CYNTHIA QUINN

Lighting Design JOSHUA STARBUCK MOSES PENDLETON

Production Manager WOODROW F. DICK III

Production Stage Manager JEFFREY MAIN

Technical Director JAMESON WILLEY

Production Electrician CHRISTOPHER LUBIK

General Manager AMANDA BRAVERMAN

Company Manager PAULA BURNS

Ballet Mistress VICTORIA MAZZARELLI MOMIX PO Box 1035, Washington, Conn. 06793 Tel: 860•868•7454 Fax: 860•868•2317 info@momix.com momix.com Representation: Margaret Selby, President, Selby/Artists Mgmt., New York, N.Y. (212) 663-3144 mselby@selbyartistsmgmt.com OPUS CACTUS Conceived and Directed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moses Pendleton Assisted by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cynthia Quinn, Kori Darling, Brian Sanders, Craig Berman, Amphaymany Keohavong, Nicole Loizides, Jane’l Caropolo, Kara Oculato, Brian Simerson, Michael Holdsworth and the Ballet Arizona.

Lighting Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Starbuck and Moses Pendleton Puppet Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Curry Sculpture Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Boeding Costume Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phoebe Katzin Associate Lighting Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Finen III *Fire Dance choreographed by Brian Sanders* TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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PART I 1. Desert Storm 2. Cactus Wren / Morning Star 3. Pole Dance 4. Desert Blooms 5. Ostrich of the Imagination 6. Prickly Pair 7. Black Mesa 8. Sidewinder 9. Gila Dance 10. Tracking the Earth 11. Caravan

PART II 12. Tuu 13. Menitation 14. Sundance 15. Big Pole Dance 16. Totem 17. Fire Walker 18. First Contact

OPUS CACTUS is performed with one 20 minute intermission.

OPUS CACTUS SOUNDTRACK: 1. Desert Storm: Adam Plack, Johnny (White Ant) Soames, “Willi Willi” from Winds of Warning* 2. Cactus Wren / Morning Star: Peter Buffet, “The Dream” from Spirit Dance, Distribution: Hollywood Records 3. Pole Dance: Produced & Mixed by Adam Plack, “The Hunt” from the album Winds of Warning by Adam Plack & Johnny Sames. (P) & (C) 1993 Australian Music International / Rasa Music, Yalumba Music (ASCAP). Kind permission from Rasa Music www.rasamusic.com tel: 212 253 1567 4. Desert Blooms: Brian Eno, “But If” from The Drop, published by Opal Music 5. Ostrich of the Imagination: TUU, “Migration” from Mesh, Fathom/Hearts of Space 6. Prickly Pair: TUU, “Mesh” from Mesh, Fathom/Hearts of Space 7. Black Mesa: Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors, “Black Mesa” from Ritual, Distribution: Raven Recording 8. Sidewinder: Transglobal Underground, “Ali Mullah” from Rejoice/Rejoice, Distribution: MCA 9. Gila Dance: Brent Lewis & Peter Wood, “Outback Attack” from Thunder Down Under: Tribal Drumming and Didgeridoo 10. Tracking the Earth: Le Duc, “Touareg” from Buddah Bar, published by PST! 11. Caravan: Jose Nieto, Hemza Al-Din, “The Lost City” from Passion in the Desert, music from the motion picture soundtrack 12. Tuu: Tuu “One Thousand Years,” from the album One Thousand Years 13. Menitation: Mickey Hart, “Pigs in Space” from At The Edge. Distribution by Rykodisc 14. Sundance: Joanne Shenandoah & Tom Wasinger, “Prophecy Song” from Orenda – courtesy of Silver Wave Records www.silverwave.com 1-800-SIL-WAVE 15. Big Pole Dance: Adam Plack, Johnny (White Ant) Soames, “Initiation” from Winds of Warning* 16. Totem: Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors, “Stillness” from Tribe, Distribution: Raven Recording 17. Fire Walker: Dead Can Dance, “Mother Tongue” from The Serpent’s Egg, Distribution by Warner Bros.

18. First Contact: Douglass Spotted Eagle, “First Contact” from Pray, Market & Manuf.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton. In addition to stage performances worldwide, MOMIX has worked in film and television, recently appearing in a national commercial for Hanes underwear and a Target ad that premiered during the airing of the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. With performances on PBS’s “Dance in America” series, France’s Antenne II, and Italian RAI television, the company’s repertory has been broadcast to 55 countries. Joining the Montreal Symphony in the Rhombus Media film of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, winner of an International Emmy® for Best Performing Arts Special, the company’s performance was distributed on laser disc by Decca Records. MOMIX was also featured in IMAGINE, one of the first 3-D IMAX films to be released in IMAX theaters worldwide. MOMIX dancers Cynthia Quinn and Karl Baumann, under Moses Pendleton’s direction, played the role of “Bluey” in the feature film FX2; and White Widow, co-choreographed by Moses Pendleton and Cynthia Quinn, was featured in Robert Altman’s movie, The Company. Participating in the Homage a Picasso in Paris, MOMIX was also selected to represent the U.S. at the European Cultural Center at Delphi. With the support of the Scottsdale Cultural Council Scottsdale Center for the Arts in Scottsdale, Arizona, Mr. Pendleton created Bat Habits to celebrate the opening of the San Francisco Giants’ new spring training park in Scottsdale. MOMIX has been commissioned by corporations such as Fiat and Mercedes Benz, performing at Fiat’s month long 100th Anniversary Celebration in Torino, Italy and Mercedes Benz’s International Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany. With nothing more than light, shadow, props, and the human body, MOMIX has astonished audiences on five continents for more than 35 years.

WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY MOSES PENDLETON (Artistic Director) has been one of America’s most innovative and widely performed choreographers and directors for more than 40 years. A cofounder of the ground-breaking Pilobolus Dance Theater in 1971, he formed his own company, MOMIX, in 1980. Pendleton has also worked extensively in film, television and opera and as a choreographer for ballet companies and special events.

of the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid in 1980. In 1981, he created MOMIX, which rapidly established an international reputation for highly inventive and often illusionistic choreography. The troupe has been touring steadily and is currently performing several programs internationally. The company has made numerous special programs for Italian and French television and received the Gold Medal of the Verona Festival in 1994.

Pendleton was born and raised on a dairy farm in northern Vermont. His earliest experiences as a showman came from exhibiting his family’s dairy cows at the Caledonian County Fair. He received his BA in English Literature from Dartmouth College in 1971. Pilobolus began touring immediately and the group shot to fame in the 1970’s, performing on Broadway under the sponsorship of Pierre Cardin, touring internationally, and appearing in PBS’s Dance in America and Great Performances series.

Pendleton has also been active as a performer and choreographer for other companies. He has staged Picabia’s Dadaist ballet Relache for the Joffrey Ballet and Tutuguri, based on the writings of Artaud, for the Deutsch Opera Berlin. He created the role of the Fool for Yuri Lyubimov’s production of Mussorgsky’s Khovanschina at La Scala and choreographed Rameau’s Platee for the U.S. Spoleto Festival in 1987. He contributed choreography to Lina Wertmuller’s production of Carmen at the Munich State Opera in 1993. More recently, he has choreographed new works for the Arizona Ballet and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.

He teamed up with Danny Ezralow and David Parsons to choreograph AEROS with the Romanian National Gymnastics Team.

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His film and television work includes the feature film FX2 with Cynthia Quinn, Moses Pendleton Presents Moses Pendleton for ABC ARTS cable (winner of more than ten international awards including a Cine Golden Eagle award and the U.S. Film and Video Competition – now known as Sundance – Special Jury Award), and Pictures at an Exhibition with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony, which received an International Emmy® for Best Performing Arts Special in 1991. Pendleton has made music videos with Prince, Julian Lennon and Cathy Dennis, among others.

Pendleton is an avid photographer with works presented in Rome, Milan, Florence and Aspen. Images of his sunflower plantings at his home in northwestern Connecticut have been featured in numerous books and articles on gardening. He is the subject of the book Salto di Gravita by Lisavetta Scarbi, published in Italy in 1999. Pendleton was a recipient of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Governor’s Award in 1998. He received the Positano Choreographic Award in 1999 and was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1977. He is a recipient of a 2002 American Choreography Award for his contributions to choreography for film and television. In May 2010, Pendleton received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts (HDFA) and delivered the keynote address to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Most recently, Pendleton choreographed the Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva, for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. His photographs accompany the sixteen cantos of Phil Holland’s The Dance Must Follow (2015), which takes Pendleton’s own creative process as its subject.

CYNTHIA QUINN (Associate Director) grew up in Southern California. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Riverside and continued there as an Associate in Dance for five years. In 1988, she received the University’s Alumni Association’s “Outstanding Young Graduate

Award.” As a member of Pilobolus, she performed on Broadway and throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Israel and Japan. She collaborated on the choreography of Day Two, Elegy for the Moment, Mirage, What Grows in Huygens Window and Stabat Mater. Quinn began performing with MOMIX in 1983 and has since toured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, South America and Japan. She has appeared in numerous television programs and music videos; she has assisted Moses Pendleton in the choreography of Pulcinella for the Ballet Nancy in France, Tutuguri for the Berlin Opera Ballet, Platee for the Spoleto Festival USA, Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel in New York, AccorDION for the Zurich Volksbuhne Theatre and Carmen for the Munich State Opera, as well as Opus Cactus for Arizona Ballet and Noir Blanc for Aspen Sante Fe Ballet. She has also appeared as a guest artist with the Ballet Theatre Francaise de Nancy, the Berlin Opera Ballet and the Munich State Opera, as well as international galas in Italy, France and Japan. Quinn made her film debut as “Bluey” (a role she shared with Karl Baumann) in FX II. She was a featured performer in the Emmy Award®-winning “Pictures at an Exhibition” with the Montreal Symphony and has also appeared in a 3D IMAX film. Quinn is a board member of the Nutmeg Conservatory in Torrington, Conn. and is on the advisory board of the Susan B. Anthony Project, also in Torrington, Conn.

Quinn was featured with Ru Paul and k.d. lang for M.A.C. Cosmetics’ “Fashion Cares” benefits in Toronto and Vancouver. She is cochoreographer of “White Widow,” which is featured prominently in the Robert Altman film, The Company. Quinn was also featured in the film First Born with Elisabeth Shue.

Most recently, Quinn co-choreographed the Doves of Peace, featuring Diana Vishneva, for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. However, her most rewarding and challenging role is as a mother to her daughter, Quinn Elisabeth.

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@ STRAZ CENTER FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 7:30PM FERGUSON HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY LIESEL REINHART MUSIC DIRECTOR GAVIN THRASHER FEATURING GINA YOUNG JASON CURRIE AMBER HURST-MARTIN MARIO MOSLEY BILLY THOMPSON

TYLER HOUSTON TOD MACOFSKY NICK LEY CAITLIN LEOW

ACCOMPANIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BILLY THOMPSON CHOREOGRAPHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARIO MOSLEY COSTUME DESIGNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PHILIP HAYMAN LIGHTING DESIGNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRISTIE ROLDAN INTERVIEWS BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIESEL REINHART, TOD MACOFSKY, STEVE HOLZER, & GARY HAYASHI GMCLA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN WEEDMAN GMCLA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DR. JOE NADEAU ORIGINAL SONG CONTRIBUTORS MERVYN WARREN & JEFF MARX, BRIAN GRADEN, MORTEN KIER TOUR MANAGEMENT & BOOKING DAVID LIEBERMAN/ARTISTS’ REPRESENTATIVES info@dlartists.com / www.dlartists.com

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The Cast (in alphabetical order) Jason Currie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay, Ors, Ensemble Tyler Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler, Ensemble Amber Hurst-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maryann, Julie, Ensemble Tod Macofsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Duran, Ensemble Mario Mosley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason, Ensemble Nick Ley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary, Jared, Ensemble Billy Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Mews Gina Young and/or Caitlin Leow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sara, Anne, Ensemble it gets better is performed without an intermission.

It Gets Better Project Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Wenke Creative Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmy Nguyen Multimedia/Video . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Jehoshua/Image Line, Taylor Hartley & Jordyn Wright Audio Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lucio Maramba Original Piano Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Graden Outreach Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Currie Tour & Outreach Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brianne Cohen Guitar Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Noah Hunt SPECIAL THANKS Eric Himan, Sascha Dupont, Christopher Given Harrison, and Top Shelf Vocal Ensemble Members of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles Dan Savage and the It Gets Better Project Team Video contributors to the It Gets Better Project First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, Dr. R. Scott Colglazier Senior Minister ACKNOWLEDGMENT to all of our KICKSTARTER supporters!

PRODUCERS Matthew Jenner

Daniel Fisher

Jimmy Nguyen

SPEAK THEATER ARTS CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Rafael Agustin Liesel Reinhart Steven T. Seagle Lisa Chiya

Douglas Hutchinson

CONTRIBUTORS Michael Graham

Alan Kenney

Ronald Triche

facebook.com/itgetsbettertour Follow us on Twitter @GMCLA How are you helping to change your community? #makeitbetter We would love to hear from you! #itgetsbettertour www.itgetsbettertour.org

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Story Contributors Special Thanks to all who shared their stories with us: Stephano Park Justin Tindall Rich Meyers Anne Sorrells Wendy Montgomery Maryann Winchester Sara David Julie Tarney John Mews Gary Hayashi Steve Pieters / Greg Thorneycroft John Duran Norm Lynde Peter Johnson Tommy Guastavino Tyler Houston Jay Pryor Gavin Thrasher Steve Holzer

“You Have More Friends Than You Know”

by Mervyn Warren & Jeff Marx Commissioned by Hancher at the University of Iowa

If you are a young person who is in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, call The Trevor Lifeline now at 866-488-7386.

This production is sponsored by USAA. The Straz Center is a NPN Partner of the National Performance Network (NPN). This project is made possible in part by support from the NPN Performance Residency Program. Major contributors include the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org.

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@ STRAZ CENTER MARCH 23-26, 7:30PM JAEB THEATER Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

Starring Amadeo Fusca Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cassie Goldbach Animation and video production by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bazillion Pictures General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie Frey Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Emery, Emery Entertainment Costume Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tristan Raines Adaptation by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Coble Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cindy Underwood Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Silverstein, Emery Entertainment

Directed by Mindy Cooper The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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WHO’S WHO AMADEO FUSCA Originally from Pittsburgh, Pa., Amadeo currently performs on the Upright Citizens Brigade Maude House Sketch Comedy team Hot Bird. In 2013, he won the legendary Friars Club “So You Think You Can Roast? ” competition beating out 55 other comedians, roasting ‘80s child star Ricky Schroeder, and NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman in 52

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the process. As the winner, Amadeo was among the dais to roast comedic actor Jack Black, along with comic legends such as the “Roastmaster” General Jeff Ross, Sarah Silverman, Artie Lange, Bob Saget, Amy Schumer and more. Amadeo’s success at the roast landed him two quotes in Entertainment Weekly’s funniest jokes of the event. In addition to his comedy, Amadeo

also can be seen in various television and film productions. His wide range of dramatic and comedic roles include a costarring role in the final episode of the HBO hit series Boardwalk Empire, a co-starring role in the season finale of the Netflix series Marvel’s Daredevil, a co-starring role in the CBS show As The World Turns and a supporting role in the feature film A New York Heartbeat, starring Eric Roberts and Rachel Brosnahan. His influences in film and comedy include Robert Deniro, Paul Newman, Steve Martin, Don Rickles and Sebastian Maniscalco. Amadeo strives to be the most versatile performer he can possibly be and thanks his family for their everlasting encouragement throughout his journey. Amadeo currently lives in New York City. For more information, please visit amadeofusca.com.

CASSIE GOLDBACH (Stage Manager) is a producer, tour manager and stage manager based in Cleveland, Ohio. Tour credits include: Blue Man Group “How to be a Megastar Tour,” The Full Monty, Donny & Marie, Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra and Jim Brickman’s Platinum Tour. She is also currently the Director of Production for Oberlin in Italy. She is the owner of Late Night Theatrics, which specializes in the production development of new works. Proud graduate of BaldwinWallace Conservatory.

ERIC COBLE Eric Coble’s plays include “The Velocity of Autumn” (Broadway premiere at the Booth Theatre, starring Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella, directed by Molly Smith), “Fairfield,” “Southern Rapture,” “Bright Ideas,” “The Dead Guy,” “My Barking Dog,” “A Girl’s Guide to Coffee” and “The Giver” and have been produced Off-Broadway, in all fifty states of the U.S. and on several continents, including productions at

Manhattan Class Company, The Kennedy Center, Playwrights Horizon, Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Arena Stage, New York and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, Alliance Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, South Coastal Repertory, Asolo Repertory, Indian Repertory, Coterie Theatre, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Stages Repertory, Geva Theatre and the Contemporary American Theatre Festival. Awards include the AATE Distinguished Play Award for Best Adaptation, an Emmy® nomination, the Chorpenning Playwriting Award for Body of Work, the AT&T Onstage Award, National Theatre Conference Playwriting Award, an NEA Playwright in Residence Grant, a TCG Extended Collaboration Grant, the Cleveland Arts Prize, two Cuyahoga Arts and Culture Fellowships, and four Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Grants.

JOHN GRAY is the leading relationship expert in the world. His relationship and health books have sold over 50 million copies in 50 different languages. His groundbreaking book, Men Are From Mars –Women Are From Venus, is the best-selling non-fiction book of all time. It launched his Mars Venus book series that forever changed the way men and women view their relationships. John Gray lives in Northern California with his wife of 30 years, Bonnie. They have three grown daughters and four grandchildren. He is an avid follower of his own health and relationship advice.

EMERY ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) St. Louis-based Emery Entertainment has produced or promoted thousands of events around the globe, including superstar attractions Blue Man Group, David Copperfield and James Taylor.

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@ STRAZ CENTER SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 7:30PM MORSANI HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

DRUMLine Live

DRUMLine Live is an international tour based on the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching band tradition. With riveting rhythms, bold beats and ear-grabbing energy, the stage show is a synchronized musical showcase of the HBCU experience. Incorporating original compositions and soul-infused interpretations of top 40 hits, group performances range from colorful, choreographed routines to heavy doses of drum riffs and cadences.

Program A LOVELY DAY (HBCU Tailgating) When you wake up at a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), “A Lovely Day” typically awaits you, highlighted by beautiful sights and sounds, especially when you are “Tailgating” on game day as you count down to halftime.

SHOUT IT OUT (Pep-Rally) Our drum majors will give you a little razzle and dazzle just to get things started. Be prepared for a big “SHOCK” as the band gives a high-energy rendition of “Shout It Out” from the hit movie, Drumline, during our pre-game Pep Rally.

GENERATIONS (Music History) What artists have influenced today’s marching bands? Be prepared for a lesson in “Music History” as our DRUMLine Live vocalists and dancers take you back in time to the 1950’s through 2000’s, featuring the sounds of some of America’s greatest performers.

THE KING (The Best of Michael Jackson) Michael Jackson brought his amazing talents to the football field through his performance at Super Bowl XXVII and halftimes have never been the same. Be prepared to “Beat It” with DRUMLine Live as we give you a “Thriller” highlight reel from the King of Pop. 54

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“DRUMLine” BLING These drummers are hip and magical. Check out their flashy stick work as they perform drumline cadences to the top tunes of today’s hip-hop music.

Intermission The pageantry of HBCU marching bands has been influenced by the sounds of jazz, ragtime and big band music. Snap your fingers as you watch our old school marching band perform classics popularized by musicians of the early 20th century.

EXPRESS YOURSELF At HBCUs, the best musical moments sometimes occur on the football field before or after band practice. Watch our virtuoso drummers, dancers, and musicians express themselves through music and dance (Inspired by Director, Jean Paul Goode).

IT’S HALFTIME!!

(Salute to Prince Rogers Nelson) Ladies and Gentlemen, you are about to witness the sensational, the astounding, the breathtaking, and “The Greatest Show on Stage!” Nothing can prepare you for what you are about to see. Enjoy “HALFTIME” with a special salute to Prince!

THE BATTLE The drum battle begins with each extraordinary percussionist demonstrating spectacular style and technique. However, there can only be one champion. We’ll let the audience decide!

FUNKY FOOT WORK “From Funk to Hip-Hop” The DRUMLine Live band will climax the “Halftime” dance routine with dazzling choreography and musical selections that highlight the best of the ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000’s Hip-Hop music.

COME JOIN THE PARADE “Post Game Party” As the football game ends, the POST GAME PARTY begins. Most HBCU homecoming parades and post-game parties resemble the huge street celebration in New Orleans, Louisiana called Mardi Gras. It’s time for everybody to join the parade and party in the aisles with the DRUMLine Live Band, HBCU style! Meet us in the Lobby!!

CAST ANTOINE GIBSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Saxophone), Florida A&M University NADERAH MUNAJJ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Dancer / Vocalist), Florida A&M University KAYLA COX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Dancer / Vocalist), Florida A&M University ISAIAH “CROW IKE” ELLIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Drum Set), Benedict College CADRICK SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Euphonium), Florida A&M university PAUL WOODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Percussion), Kentucky State University TEVIN WILLIAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Percussion / Vocalist), Prairie View A&M MARCUS JOYNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Percussion), North Carolina Central University BERNARD SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Percussion) Norfolk State University JEAN VILPIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Trumpet), Florida A&M University KADEEM CHAMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Sousaphone) Kennesaw State University TICKETS: 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG

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LOUBINS RICHARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Sousaphone) Berklee College of Music ELIJAH THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Trumpet), Jackson State University LARRY J. ALLEN . . . (Creative Staff/Percussion Director/Trumpet & Percussion Player), Prairie View A&M University MYCHAL MOSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Trombone), Jackson State University LOMARIO MARCHMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (French Horn) Florida A&M University MATTHEW ASHRAF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Trombone), Alabama A&M University DA’SHON HAYES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (French Horn), Florida A&M University ALICIA DIXON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Dancer / Vocalist), University of Georgia CORMESHA JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Dancer), Clark Atlanta University REUBEN AHUKANNA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Trombone), North Carolina Central University JOSHUA DANDRIDGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Euphonium), Florida A&M University RHANDAL JACKSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Trumpet), Alabama A&M University HONESTY BRENNAN . . . . . . . . (Trumpet / Dancer / Vocalist), Florida A&M University ANTHONY SCOTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Trumpet), Florida A&M University EDWIN BLAKLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Trombone / Clarinet), Florida A&M University JACQUES BELL (Saxophone / Choreographer / Michael Jackson), University of Georgia SHELDON QUICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Trumpet), Florida A & M University BRIAN SNELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Drum Major / Creative Team), Florida A&M University SLATER THORPE . . . . . (Host / Lead Vocalist / Creative Team), Florida A&M University CREATIVE TEAM AND CREDITS DON P. ROBERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creator, Director, and CEO BRIAN SNELL. . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Musical Director, Drum Major and Cast Manager GARY BRUNCLIK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tour/Production Manager JACQUES BELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Show Director and Choreographer LARRY ALLEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percussion Director SLATER THORPE III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Host and Vocal Coach XAVIER PIERCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting Designer JERRY JOHNSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Costume Designer THERYN KNIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lighting Technician KEITH “KD” MORLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sound Technician DE’ANDRA DOMINIQUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Communications and Outreach SAMANTHA TERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator VANITY HILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Artist RAYMOND ROLLE II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arranger KEVEN SHEPHERD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arranger NICHOLAS THOMAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arranger QUENTIN GOINS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arranger LINDSEY SARJEANT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arranger DON P. ROBERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Producer YONA D. ROBERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Producer CHRISTINE L. BARKLEY (President and CEO, Creative Booking Agency) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Booking Agent

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 MONDAY, MARCH 27, 7:30PM JAEB THEATER Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

Seth Glier as part of Club Jaeb Despite his relatively young age, MPress recording artist Seth Glier is a seasoned troubadour. A singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who averages over 250 live performances annually, Glier has gone from opening act to headlining his own shows and playing major festivals. He’s shared the stage with artists as diverse as James Taylor, Ani DiFranco, Edwin McCain, Martin Sexton, Emmylou Harris and Ryan Adams, and has quickly become known for his passionate live sets and powerful command of both piano and guitar. His music has also caught the ears of fans, industry and critics alike, with USA Today stating that his “exquisite tenor echoes Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel.”

Building on the acclaim of his Grammy®-nominated sophomore album The Next Right Thing, Glier’s subsequent record Things I Should Let You Know landed him his first Daytrotter session, was called “a genuine revelation” by Blurt Magazine, and was praised by M Music & Musicians Magazine for its “shimmering, seductive melodies.”

On his fourth album for MPress Records, If I Could Change One Thing, Glier embraces a genuine modern-pop direction, marking a bold departure from his previous, more acoustic recordings and the beginning of an exciting relationship with Los Angeles-based producer/ songwriter Bill Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson, Joshua Radin, Dashboard Confessional).

Says Glier, “Bill’s energy, drive, and experience gave me a safe place to get creative and tap into a deeper part of my inner voice that has yet to be heard on any of my previous albums.” The album includes a gorgeous duet with American Idol’s Crystal Bowersox, as well as musical appearances by Pat Matera (Katy Perry) and Daniel Rhine (Sara Bareilles).

Featuring collaborations with renowned songwriter Trent Dabbs (“Girls Chase Boys” / Ingrid Michaelson), hitmaker Steve Seskin (Tim McGraw, Peter Paul and Mary, Peter Frampton), and Alex Wong (Delta Rae, Vienna Teng), If I Could Change One Thing merges genres seamlessly, with universal songs about falling in and out of love and social action that capture a songwriter and performer at the peak of his young abilities. sethglier.com facebook.com/sethgliermusic Instagram & Twitter: @sethglier

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 TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 7:00PM FERGUSON HALL

and Straz Center for the Performing Arts present

Rhinos, Rickshaws and Revolutions: My Search for Truth

©Sarah Isaacs

with Ami Vitale, photojournalist Nikon Ambassador and National Geographic magazine photographer Ami Vitale has lived in mud huts and war zones, contracted malaria, and donned a panda suit – all in keeping with her philosophy of “living the story.” She has traveled to more than 90 countries, bearing witness not only to violence and conflict, but also to surreal beauty and to the enduring power of the human spirit. Recently, she has turned her lens to compelling wildlife stories, such as returning critically endangered captive born species, like the giant pandas back to the wild and attempts to save the last living northern white rhinos from extinction.

Ami’s work is exhibited worldwide in museums, galleries and private collections. She has garnered prestigious awards including multiple prizes from World Press Photo, the International Photographer of the Year prize, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting and she has been named Magazine Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographer’s Association.

Ami was the subject of a Nat Geo Channel TV series, Mission Covershot, and another documentary series, Over the Islands of Africa, featuring her work in Madagascar. She is a founding member of RippleEffect Images, a collective of scientists, writers, photographers and filmmakers who document challenges facing women and girls in developing countries and donate that media to the organizations to assist in fundraising. She is also a member of the Executive Advisory Committee of the Alexia Foundation’s Photojournalism Advisory Board.

Based in Montana, Vitale is a contract photographer with National Geographic magazine and frequently gives workshops throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.

“I realized that if I wanted to cover anything, I should spend time to understand it.

And to do that, you have to go live the story.”

– Ami Vitale

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 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 7:30PM FERGUSON HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

Home Free

Home Free brings new music, new production and more country favorites to town! The fiveman band has become known for their show-stopping performances that mix their signature no-instrument, all-vocal music with their quick-witted humor. Home Free has become a household name for peppering Nashville country standards with country-dipped pop hits (and having a great time doing so).

In the past three years, Home Free has crashed the world music scene, as they have sold 250,000 albums, racked up more than 100-million YouTube views, and entertained more than 150,000 people live in concert. In 2015, the band celebrated the release of Country Evolution, which debuted No. 4 on the Billboard Country Charts, elevating the band “from auxiliary entertainment to headlining attraction” (Times Leader), and they come to town on the 2016 release of Full of (Even More) Cheer, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Charts.

HomeFreeMusic.com FB: HomeFreeVocalBand Twitter & Instagram: @HomeFreeGuys YouTube: HomeFreeVocalBand including videos: “My Church” and “Thank God I’m A Country Boy” (John Denver cover)

The taking of photographs and non-professional video is permitted at this show.

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

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SAT • APR 29 7-11 PM • STRAZ CENTER SUPPORTING THE ARTS NEVER TASTED SO GOOD

STRAZ CENTER IT’S MORE THAN JUST A SHOW. 813.229.STAR (7827) • STRAZCENTER.ORG Events, days, dates, times, performers and prices are subject to change without notice. Handling fees will apply.

@ STRAZ CENTER THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 8:00PM MORSANI HALL Straz Center for the Performing Arts presents

Il Volo – Una Notte Magica – A Tribute to the Three Tenors

Il Volo kicked off their Una Notte Magica – A Tribute to The Three Tenors tour on March 4th at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. With a 55+-piece orchestra, the powerhouse trio of Il Volo played its second-ever Radio City Music Hall show, its first shows at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theatre, Las Vegas’ Park Theater and Washington, D.C.’s MGM National Harbor, as well as returning to the Straz Center’s Morsani Hall.

“We are looking forward to seeing our U.S. fans once more and honored to perform for them our new music which we are very excited about!” said the trio.

The three members of Il Volo – Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble – are all in their early twenties and have already performed worldwide, released top-selling albums, toured with Barbra Streisand, and have taken the stage for four acclaimed PBS specials.

Il Volo’s voices “transcend well beyond their years” (Hello! Magazine), performing live shows of pop and traditional English, Italian and Spanish songs accompanied by symphony orchestras. The trio has also performed for major television shows, including The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, American Idol, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and more.

The trio’s latest album, Notte Magica - A Tribute To The Three Tenors, pays homage to its biggest inspiration, The Three Tenors, the name for the legendary July 7, 1990 concert in Rome in which three heavyweights of opera – José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti – sang together. This past summer, Il Volo performed a Three Tenors tribute show at Florence, Italy’s famed Piazza di Santa Croce, which aired on PBS this past December.

The show was a massive hit, and this U.S. tour will evoke the same transcending feel of that famed summer night in Florence.

“We wanted to remember that magical [Three Tenors concert] in Rome 26 years ago and let people live that night again,” Barone tells Billboard.

“It’s a quality of their music that’s hard to ignore, and easy to understand: each is under the age of twenty-five, and from where they are currently in their careers, it seems they can only go up from here ... If you don’t have any preconceived notions about the border between opera and pop, or if you’re willing to suspend them, then these concerts are for you.” – Opera News 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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@ STRAZ CENTER 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 Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund Bailey Family Foundation Scholarship Fund Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Patricia H. Linton Scholarship Fund Lesley Rudolph Philipson & Jon Philipson The MacKinnon Family Foundation Richard A. Rudolph Scholarship Fund Straz Center Restricted Funds at Monsignor Joseph F. X. McCahon Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Scholarship Fund Arts Education Fund for Children in Ed and Linda Oelschlaegar Need at CFTB Scholarship Fund David A. & Mary Irene Falk Franci Golman Rudolph Scholarship Fund Memorial Fund James H. & Amy G. Shimberg Foundation Beverly Lauring Fund for the Patel Scholarship Fund Conservatory Youth Orchestra Rachel Lisi Ticket Subsidy Fund Leave A Legacy Fund Broadway Booking Office, Ltd. Herbert G. McKay Emerging Artist Fund Economic Club of Tampa Carol & Frank Morsani TBPAC Fund Dr. Barry Levine & Ms. Gina d’Angelo Raymond E. & Nancy Murray Fund for the Ms. Sarah Richardson Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra Karen & Gary Sasso Charles A. & Faith S. Simmons

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

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

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

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 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 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 State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs National Endowment for the Arts

City of Tampa Tourist Development Council/Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners/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. Lightning Foundation Community Heroes

$25,000 - $49,999

The Joy McCann Foundation 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 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

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Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP Coca-Cola Beverages Florida *Ernst & Young FCS Incorporated *Hill Ward & Henderson, P.A. Hillsborough River Realty Corp.

Le Meridien Tampa *Lucy C. Love, M.D.

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Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Foundation, Inc. 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 Regions Bank

P AT R O N S C I R C L E & B R O N Z E A-AAmerican Container Leasing *Air Animal, Inc. *Alltrust Insurance Aloft Tampa Downtown Hotel Austin, Roe & Patsko, 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

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

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

$2,500 - $5,499 *Monroe & Giordano Mortgage Bankers NELCO Realty, Inc. Nichols Foundation Pepin Distributing Company 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 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 A-1 Contract Staffing/ Mel Klinghoffer David Altman Foundation Bill Currie Ford Calton Nutrition Clearwater Cardiovascular & Interventional Consultants

$1,500 - $2,499 Lane Family Foundation Martial Arts Advantage Mr. Anthony Kuntz MDCI Florida, Inc. *Omni Services Palm Pavilion Jack & Ann Sahlman/ Sahlman Seafoods, Inc.

Construction Services / Fred & Laura Lay Exeter International FACTS Engineering Flagship Building LLC Ms. Laida E. Garcia Health Aid Company, Inc. Just Add Power

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

$800 - $1,599

Kinder Morgan Foundation National Building Maintenance

Power Design, Inc.

H E A D L I N E R & S U S TA I N E R *Allegra Design Print Mail *Creative Yacht Solutions Inc. Gents’ Barber of Oldsmar

The Oaks Club

$400 - $799

Italiano Insurance LTL Construction, Inc. 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 James W. & Jeraldine Crews, Jr. I Diaz Construction Inc.

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

*Spalitto Company The Noble Society of Celts, Inc.

$200 - $399

Mintel Technical Services

Quality Boats

Deb & Roger Rodriguez

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

*Dave Best & Dean Holland-Best Michael & Robin Blinder Mr. & Mrs. George C. Bluze Kerry & Jose Borrego Dr. & Mrs. Victor Bowers Ruth Branson & Kelly Fredrickson *Julie & Charlie Britton *Aida & Bob Calafell

Rita & Todd Wickner *Gregory C. & K. Anne Yadley

$5,500 - $9,999 The LeFloch Family Patricia Hall Linton *Mr. Tim Manka-Clemons Arun & Kavita Marballi Eleanor & Buck McInnis *Tracy & Kathy McMurray Ms. Lynn C. Moscinski Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Muroff Dr. Robert & Carol Norman *Thomas & Sally Petcoff Ms. Jacqueline Preis *Nadine & Robert Pressner Mr. & Mrs. Tom L. Rankin Dr. Barbara Cook Reitzel

*Mr. Edward Dreyer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Duveneck 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 Doris L. Killian Tony & Heidi Land

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. Alner Denise Alveranga & Eugene Ward Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Azzarelli Holly Baab *Scott Besley

$10,000 - $24,999

Chuck & Becky Sykes Susan & John Sykes *Michael & Karen Urette

Harvey & Cherie Schonbrun Chris & Sandi Sullivan Patricia Sullivan

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 Janie & Marty Borell 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

Ambassador & Mrs. David A. Straz, Jr.

Bill Rogers Dr. Jay & Ann McKeel Ross Mr. & Mrs. Martin Schaffel David & Sara Scher *Todd & Carol Schweitzer Dr. & Mrs. Martin Silbiger Cathy & Bob Smith *J. Micheal & Jacki Smith Norman & Mirella Smith *William & Barbara Starkey Roger & Amy Swinford *Melanie & John Toppe Paul & Gail Whiting Dr. & Mrs. Todd Yonteck

$2,500 - $5,499

Pete & Tina Carlino Phil & Betty Casey *Janis Guzzle Chapman *Dr. & Mrs. RIchard Clapp David & Carol Cox Paulette DiGiannantonio *Esther Dillenbeck Dr. Nancy Dinwoodie & Dr. William R. Dinwoodie *Richard & Francine Dobkin

*Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Dowdle Dr. & Mrs. Richard Eatroff Carol Eldredge *James & Eileen Enyart Mr. & Mrs. J. Rex Farrior, III Marvin & Linda Feldman Florida Executive Realty, Douglas & Camellia Loyd M. Elizabeth Fowler Mr. & Mrs. Skip Francies

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Annual Donors P AT R O N S C I R C L E & B R O N Z E P. Douglas & Michelle Freedle *Rob & Sheri Freedman Carol & Charlie Funk *Joseph & Molly Gaylord *Dennis & Gayle Geagan Dr. John Gelin & Granada Gelin Bryan & Shanna Glazer Bill & Lori Goede Drs. Sandy Goodman & Howard Heidenberg *Mr. & Mrs. J.P. Greene Pat Grubb Glen & Katherine Gullo Lee & Tracy Gunn Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Harris Steve & Krista Howard Mr. Michael Hunter *Terry & Janet Lea Hutchinson *Mr & Mrs. Joseph Incorvia *Mr. James H. Irwin & Tracy D. Huffman David & Min Jodice *Karen & Matthew Johnston *William & Carol Jones John & Diane Juve Greg C. Kaiser, M.D. *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 Blossom Leibowitz Drs. Michael & Tania Lozano Holly & Thomas Malouf Bryan & Myriam Marshall Ms. Marsha Martin *Keith & Judith Maurer *Ike & Sally McCloskey *Mary Ann McCoy Edmund J. McKenna *Tony & Peggy McKenna Mary & Clayton McNeel *Michael & Elaine Moorman *Anonymous *Georgeann Nikolich Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Nissen *Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Nordlinger

I N N E R C I R C L E & C R Y S TA L Frank Agliano Gus & Agnes Alfieri Barry & Judith Alpert & Family Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Angel Trudy & Marvin Barkin Roger & Jennifer Bates Ms. Maya Beck Stephen R. Belejack Mr. James Belmont Charles “Joey” Bennett, MD Susan Fleming Bennett Todd & Morgan Berger Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Bialor Bob & Linda Blanchard Tonnie & Bryan Bognar Michael & Dawn Booth Mr. & Mrs. Steven (Rodi) Bowen Rosemary Brewer Jason & Stathie Broussard Dr. & Mrs. Irwin Browarsky Emerson & Lynn Brumback Tony & Paula Buffa Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Burdick Ms. Elvia Cacciatore Dustin Cann & Tim Owen 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 Mary Louise Cutolo Margaret E. Davis Ms. SaJo Davis, Jr. Ron & Linda Decelles

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James & Tonya Delegro Dr. Susan Dellinger Jerry & Alice Dingle Phil & Kim Dingle Dinsmore Family Joe & Theresa DiVito Mr. Mike Donahue Mr. & Mrs. Roger Dow Amy & Bruce Epstein *Barbara A. Epstein James & Helen Erb *Susan & David Erbaugh Denise & Jesus Esparza Dr. & Mrs. W. Hunter Eubanks Ray Ann Favata Mr. Ira & Dr. Denise Federer *Dr. & Mrs. Steven Feinerman Darlene & Norman Ferenz Kim & Ray Ferrara Ms. Susan Ferrentino Gary & Sandy Feuerstein Ms. Cynthia C. Finnk Sandy & Mike Freedman Michael & Michelle Froning Cris Fucci Sid & Stacy Funk Mr. Michael Furr *Dr. Lisa Gamell The Gannon Family Thomas & Carol Gaputis Dr. & Mrs. S. Jeffrey Garfield Allen L. & Carol E. Garrett Dr. Judy Genshaft & Mr. Steven Greenbaum Mr. & Mrs. L. Thomas Giblin Jim & Ann Giles Marvin D. & Melissa U. Gill Family Foundation, Inc.

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$2,500 - $5,499 Adam & Elizabeth Palmer Joseph & Robin Pastore *Tom & Carol Patterson Thomas & Cheryl Pawlowski Tannia Peeples Dr. & Mrs. J. Andrew Peterson George & Linda Pinkerton/ Leah Wooten Susie & Mitchell Rice Ms. Karen Roberts Mr. Jack Ross Bryan & Amy Rotella Mr. Richard Rudolph *Mrs. John F. Rudy, II *Walter Sanders Andrew & Beatrice Schultz Dr. & Mrs. Michael Shahnasarian Mr. & Mrs. Robert Shea Sharon & Lew Sibert Caroline & Jeff Sikorske *Bruce & VIctoria Silverman & Golda Brunhild John W. Snead, M.D. *Bruce & Susie Snyder *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 Anonymous *Bill Wagner & Nese Metin Jeff & Susan Warren Alison H. Watkins Regina & Richard H. Webb, Jr. *Sally & Brad Welch Bill & Tish West *Carl & Karen Wikoff *Mr. & Mrs. J. Hulon Williams, III Dr. & Mrs. J. Kell Williams Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Winkler *Kenneth & Pamela Wolf *Diana Young *Stanley Zielinski Cynthia & Peter Zinober *Laura & Jeff Zupan

$1,500 - $2,499 Allen & Bonnie Goins David Gonzalez & Adam Orban Clint & Candy Gordon Gary & Phyllis Gould Ken & Shirley Gould *Drew & Betsy Graham Mr. Timothy Grimes Gronemeyer Family Dr. Lee & Shelley Grossbard John M. Guard and Tina Repp Ed Halleran & Stephen Sika Heartland Pathology Assoc., P.A. Carlos & Camille Hernandez Harlan & Kathy Heshelow *Susan Heyman & Michael White Steve & Linda Hicks Sue Hindman, in memory of Sylvia Richardson, MD Kathy J. Hockemeyer Janet & Hannah Hockman *Dr. Carol Hodges & Dr. Edward Homan Lolita & Jeff Hoffman Mr. Timothy Hurlstone Susan & Henry Hyatt The Jacobson/Thompson Family Charles P. & Susan E. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Johnson Dr. Vipul Joshi & Nina Joshi Howard & Kristy Kahen Karen & Craig Kampel Mr. & Mrs. Barry Kanner/ Harriett Lieberman John & Pat Kavula Mr. & Mrs. Vincent L Kegel Robert & Kasey Shimberg Kelly Dr. & Mrs. William C. Klein Kenise Knight

Chris Lescher Sam & Nilla Leto Ms. Linda Lindgren David & Nancy Linsky Mark A. Linsky Dr. Loretta Loftus Orlando Lopez-Isa Ken & Barb Lucas Joey & Ellen Lynn Dr. & Mrs. Robert Maddalon Kimberly & Paul Malcolm Marc & Debra Mandt Bob & Jean Markley *Pat & Ray Martinez Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Mastorides Dr. & Mrs. David E. Mayhew Anne L. R. McDaniel *Dr. Robert J. & Kay S. McDermott Dub & Pec McGinnes Omar Medina Mr. Thomas Mercier *Inge Michaels Mr. Mark & Dr. Michele Fleeter Miller Theresa Mulroney & Joyce Richardson 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 Mr. Robert Powell Sandra Palmer & Julie Rochman

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Annual Donors I N N E R C I R C L E & C R Y S TA L Joseph & Marci Perlman Mr. & Mrs. Joe Pippen *John & Kathleen Pope *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 Frank & Eileen Romps Tina & Marc Rosenow Janet Rosenquist

Warren & Amy Ross Mike & Leann Rowe Mrs. Sharlene Sakol Richard & Pamela Scheffer Jerome A. Schine *Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Schonwetter Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Schwartz Dr. & Mrs. Steven Schwartz Roger & Carol Schwenke Lorrin & Leslie Shepard Jeannie Shorts Bob & Marcy Shuck *Rick & Sherri Simonetti *Daniel & Holly Singer Al & Elsa Sinicrope Ron & Lina Sjoblom *Dr. & Mrs. Alan R. Smith Dr. & Mrs. Earl A. Smith J. Harrison Smith & Elisabeth Smith

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 *Steve & Schezy Barbas Tomica Beauchene Dr. & Mrs. William K. Belton, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Curtis Ms. Lisa DeBartolo & Mr. Don Miggs *Ed & Marsha Droste *Dr. Peter & Faith Dunne Dr. & Mrs. Richard Dutton Drs. Kevin & Stephanie Elder Arthur & Jennifer Faggion Mary E. Felitti Steven & Lori Frazier Martin Hanratty Mr. Charles Haynes

*Mr. & Mrs. Lewis H. Hill III Tim Hill, Hill Nissan, Inc. *Mr. Andrew Hilton Mrs. Marie Hyman *Mr. H. Herman Jensen & Sara Good *Kimberly Jirsa & John Salvatore Karen E. Johnson Heather & Clark Jordan-Holmes Peter & Gloria Kares *Hagar Kopesky Daniel & Roslyn Kulik *Tom & Inez Leto Raymond Lipicky *Isabel Loring Gene & Aldyth Marshall Pat & Ray Martinez Steve & Diane Martinez

H E A D L I N E R & S U S TA I N E R Mr. Chad Adams Jeanie & David Abelson Bud & Cleta Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Rodney Anthony Rosemary Armstrong & Sandy Weinberg Mr. Barry Bahr *Lynn Barnhardt Herb & Shelly Baumann Bay Area Infectious Disease Associates Maureen & Sam Beauregard Jon & Sandi Beckman Craig Behrenfeld & Lisa Rohatiner Nina & Burton Bernstein David & Sheila Beyer Diane M. Biddinger *Dr. & Mrs. Peter Blumencranz Kenneth & Laurie Borick *Mr. Randy Browning Don & Renee Buck Richard & Charlotte Burton *Dimity & Mark Carlson

Scott & Carole Carlson *Mr. & Mrs. Ken Carson *Monty Chancey & Larry Fischer *Patricia & William Chastain Kang Chao Mary Chebuhar *Mr. & Mrs. Alberto Chiappori Douglas Clery Gary & Patricia Cohen *Ron & Vanessa Cohn Christopher C. Combie, PhD. *Mr. James Cooksey Peter J. Coppola Louis & Anita Crawford *Mr. George Cressman Dr. Sharon Dabrow Susan J. Davis *Nicole DeBartolo & Chad Chronister *Susan Depass *Cindy K. Donovan Mr. Dennis J. Doyle, Jr. Dee Dubendorff Mr. & Mrs. Rick Edens

$1,500 - $2,499 Robert & Karen Smith Walter & Melissa Smith *Jaime S. Solana, M.D. Travis & Megan Spears Anonymous Robby & Cindy Steinhardt Mr. & Mrs. Ted J. Sugarman Mr. Ken & Dr. Vera Swade Jennifer S. Swindal Karen & Todd Tanberg David & Sandy Tapper Dr. & Mrs. Donald F. Temple Christine & Robert Thomas *Anita Kendall Trosky Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Truex Sandy & Dick Turkel *Chad & Tyler Victoria Vail Michael & Candace Valdes Jerry Warner

*Donna VanName & Larry Belcher David & Lorraine Watson E. Watts & Jill J. Stevens Dr. Mark S. Weissman & Michele Ancora *Ms. Marie S. Wertz Mr. & Mrs. David Wheeler Ms. Elizabeth Wilhelm Maria & Steven Wilson *Ms. Carrie Wirgau Claire & George Wood *Larry & Denise Wooten Verna L. Worthington Marina & Maurice Youakim Fredric & Carolyn Zinober Jim & Lynnette Zink

$800 - $1,599 Joe & Jenny Matasic *Monsignor Joe McCahon Margaret M. McCormick Larry & Carole McGary Cynthia Reges Miller *Mr. David Montalvo Mark & Jo-Ellen Mooney Shawn Morgan Maryann Nelson & Keith Petitt Vivian A. Olivia Mrs. Fagl Oxman Carmen & David Pelletz 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 The Shaw Family Paul & Elise Sierra Deena & Larry Silver Dr. Michael D. & Sandy Slomka *Sue & Tony Teti Ms. Cynthia Tetrick *Robert & Barbara Thacker *Ms. Susan Wilcox Jane & Jerry Williams Tane Wilson *Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wolfson Drs. Carl & Paula Zielonka Kira Zwygart & Samuel Saporta

$400 - $799 *Johanna Edwards Capt. Richard Erwin Dr. Trinia Espinola *Charles Evans *Lt. Colonel & Mrs. Fred Fallman Mr. Steven Falkowitz Florida Pool Finishers, LLC Mr. Doug Fisher *John J. Fisher Robert & Kimberly Floyd Dr. & Mrs. H. James Free Ms. Christine Gagnon Mr. & Mrs. Steve Gardner *Ms Kathryn Garrity Col. & Mrs. Dave Glogowski Mrs. Diane Goldfeder Dr. & Mrs. Warren Goldstein Mr. Luis Gonzalez *Luis & Teresa Gonzalez Shannon Greany Bryan & Robyn Greenberg Steve & Sarah Griffin Mrs. Ann Guether Sy & Ninette Hader

Mr. Mark Hall Thomas Hall *Mr. Michael Hanke Mr. Joseph Hastings Elaine Hare Mr. Richard A. Harrison Susan Heath Katherine Healey Mary Jo Heger *Mr. Gorge Henges Jonathan & Amanda Hensley Ms. Kristine Herrera Mr. Joseph L. Himes Fred & Debbie Hoffman Nancy Horton, DMD Robert M. Host David & Fran Huey Chris Hugues Kurt & Amy Hull Annette Hutcherson Marcia Israeloff & Paul Jacobsen *Daniela Izaguirre Thomas W. Jacobson

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Annual Donors H E A D L I N E R & S U S TA I N E R Scott Jaffe Jill Rosie Johnson *Mr. & Mrs. T. Michael Kaney Cristin & Michael Keane *Mr. & Mrs. William Klettke W. Dennis & Peggy L. Koski *Joseph & Patricia Krzanowski Daniel & Sara Letsch Mr & Mrs. J. F. Lima Mr. David Limberger Jerry & Julie Little *Bill & Michele Mann Michael K. Markus Rob & Cynthia Martin Drs. Mary & Dushan Martinasek Mr. Michael Mattingly Mr. & Mrs. Larry Mayo Donna L. McGrew *Thomas & Kathryn Meachum *Joseph & Sadye Melchiorre Maureen & Bob Metz

*Gail & Bill Meyer *Ed & Aline Miezejewski Mike & Janet Miller *Debra A. Mitchell Victoria & Robert Monroe *Thomas & Gail Morrow Douglas & Carol Mosier *Mr. & Mrs. Martin Moskowitz *Mr. & Mrs. RIchard S. Myers *Mrs. Carol D. Nichols Dr. & Mrs. H. Juergen Nord Kyle Norberg Dennis Olden Dana & Jeff Parker Ms. Penny H. Parks *Kathy & Joel Parrish Mrs. Rose Paskay Jo Anne Pinaud Jay & Loren Pollack *Wilma & James Price Anthony & Kelly Prieto Donna & Richard Puleo

$400 - $799 *Ed & Nora Lea Reefe Drs. Chris Reiner & Kathleen Kilbride Mr. Craig Repchick Dan & Debra Riggs Dr. & Mrs. James A. Roberts Rene & Phyllis Rodriguez Bob & Jacqui Rogers Erin & Perry Ross *Nancy J. Sackett *Bill Sassano *Robert & Bernice Saxon *Mr. & Mrs. Dale Sells Mr. & Mrs. Frank Sharpe *David & Ellie Sikes David & Bonnie Solomon *Jim & Judy Stefan *Al & Sandee Steinberg *Carolyn & Leo Sterger Gena Steward Sarah & Scott Stichter Mr. & Mrs. Ed Strickland

*Randy Strutz & Heather Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jack Suarez Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Szabo *Saul & Phoebe Tave *Gary & Lisa Teblum Roland & Judith Tiso J. Thomas & Lavinia Witt Touchton *Jon & Naomi Vichich *Mrs. Ferdinando Vizzi Dr. Karen Wells & Dr. Michael Albrink Dr. Donald Wexler & Dr. Miriam Zicht *John J. Whalen, Jr. Patti & Tom Wieclaw William & Michelle Wilcox Elizabeth Williams Elizabeth C. Williams Kay Annis Wilson *Tony & Jenny Wilson

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 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

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 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 Lykes Ferguson Heather Barrow Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Beall, Jr.

Richard Roberson John Terril Clayta Ross Judith McLeod Barbara Williams Joan Jarrett

HONOR GIFTS 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

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

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

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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 Dr. Zena Lansky & Mr. Warren Rodgers

$25,000 - $49,999

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

The Helen Torres Foundation

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

MAESTRO CIRCLE & BRONZE

$2,500 - $5,499

Bonny F. Heet & Martin Martel *Fraser Himes *Don E. Jones, Jr. *Cesar Lara, M.D. Scott & Holly Lilly *Catherine G. Novack

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

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

Joan & Jim Jennewein *Arnold & Gail Levine Mrs. Thomas Lysaught Keith & Judith Maurer

*Dr. & Mrs. Americo A. Gonzalvo Dr. Denis & Sylvia Grillo Drs. Felipe & Lilia Ladia

Alicia Slater-Haase & Barry Haase *Mary Lou Harden Carole & Glenn Hooper Ms. Kathryn Judy Sylvia & Alyssa Katz

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 Belinda Dumont Dr. Bahaa Elhadidy *Barbara A. Epstein *Scott & Marlene Eskine Ms. Mary Fadoul

Dr. & Mrs. Alvin Felman Patrick J. Foley *Dr. & Mrs. Reynaldo G. Geerken Daryl Gray & Beth Osiason Gray Ms. Geraldine Hynes David & Min Jodice Mrs. Helen Kerr Len Kizner & Jeff Tucker *Anne W. Laffan Jonathan Lowe & Michelle Stencel

Mr. & Dr. Souchet Mr. Anthony Varas Rita & Todd Wickner

$800 - $1,599

Mr. Roger Henry LaGreca Calvin & Neya Reed Ms. Karen Roberts

P A R T N E R & S U S TA I N E R Tomica Beauchene Andre Callen Dr. & Mrs. Mario Canedo Dr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Freeman Mr. Merritt Gardner

$1,500 - $2,499

Ralph & Kathleen Rydell Dr. Robert Simon Theresa D’Aiuto Sokol & Gerald Sokol

ENTHUSIAST & AMBASSADOR *Sgt. Maj. Rafael A. Candelario, USMC (Ret) Emily & Greg Dey

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

*Dr. & Mrs. Paul Runge *Walter Sanders

$400 - $799 *Ryan Companies US, Inc./ Doug Dieck *Norm & Penny Sippel Ms. Karen Solomon *Carolyn K. Warren

*Jeff, Melissa, Mark & Howard Kornbluth *Dr. & Mrs. Julio Lautersztain Dr. & Mrs. James McIlwain *John & Judith Potter

$200 - $399 Mr. Michael Mattingly John, Rose & Daisey Marek Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Meyers Mr. & Mrs. Gene H. Milas Hon. Candy Olson Cathy Ordiway *Mrs. Paulette Peters Francis Ramirez Clayta Ross Dr. Richard & Mrs. Marita Rotella 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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The Straz Center is deeply grateful to the generous contributors who have sponsored or underwritten, in whole or in part, our current performances and programs. The Straz Center offers sponsors and underwriters benefits tailored to their needs. For information on how you can participate, please call the development department at 813.222.1036.

I N S T I T U T I O N A L A N D P E R F O R M A N C E SPONSORS Official Media Sponsor Tampa Bay Times Beverage Sponsor Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Marquee Tampa Bay Times Wi-Fi Portal Tech Data Official Hotel Sponsor Courtyard by Marriott Tampa Downtown Hotel Partners Aloft Tampa Downtown The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk Bay Harbor Hotel Tampa Le Méridien Tampa Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Restaurant Partners 717 South Anise Global Gastrobar Ava Restaurant Bavaro’s Pizza Napoletana and Pastaria

Boca Kitchen Bar & Market BurgerFi - SoHo Maestro’s Restaurant & Café Piquant Epicure & Cuisine Si-am Thaimerican Restaurant Timpano Italian Chophouse WaterWorks Bar & Grill Institutional Automobile Sponsor Reeves Maserati Tampa

Charities Aaron Tveit AT&T BiRDMAN LiVE with Antonio Sanchez National Endowment for the Arts Capitol Steps Politifact

Best of Broadway Tampa Bay Series Bank of America

An Evening with Carl Hiaasen Tampa Bay Times

Broadway Opening Night Parties CDW

Finding Neverland Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

Straz LIVE! on the River Activation Initiative The Joy McCann Foundation

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble South Arts

Family Fun Series GTE Financial Kids’ Night on Broadway Chick-fil-A Music With a Twist Series Publix Super Markets

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

SPECIAL EVENTS Best of Tampa Bay 2017 Raymond James The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk Ceridian The Glenlivet 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

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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 Hinks & Elaine Shimberg Family

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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/ Opera Gala 2017 Carden & Associates, Inc. Dr. Yi-Hwa Outerbridge, M.D. & Anonymous Mr. Felix Cannella, Jr. Bank of America President’s Luncheon 2016 Capt. Guy R. Campbell, III & The Tampa Bay Trust Company Ms. Janet Marlow

@ STRAZ CENTER Sponsors & Designated Funders E D U C AT I O N P R O G R A M S Arts Education Programs Bloomin’ Brands 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 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

The Exploring Neverland Outreach Project Broadway League

Broadway Ball Stars Deaver Phoenix Foundation DeBartolo Family Foundation Ellie Fishman and Metropolitan Ministries the Fishman Family Partnership Foundation Tampa Bay Times Fund Patricia H. Linton Metropolitan Ministries Scholarship Fund End of Year Showcase MacKinnon Family Foundation Calhoun International Scholarship Fund Monsignor St. Peter Claver School Joseph F.X. McCahon Partnership Scholarship Fund JS Turner Family Foundation Herbert G. McKay Emerging Workshops, Outreaches and Artists Fund Master Classes Ed and Linda Oelschlaeger South Arts Scholarship Fund Franci Golman Rudolph Operation Tickets Scholarship Fund New York Yankees Foundation Hinks & Elaine Shimberg The Noble Society of Celts, Inc. Charitable Lead Unitrust Scholarships James H. & Amy G. Shimberg American Dance Institute Foundation Scholarship Bailey Family Foundation Fund Scholarship Fund

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

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

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@ STRAZ CENTER Campaign For The Center

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

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

$1,000,000 or more

State of Florida TECO Energy Foundation, Inc.

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners

City of Tampa

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

$500,000 - $999,999

Don and Erika Wallace

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

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

John H. Sykes Foundation, Inc.

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

$100,000 - $249,999

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

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

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

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

$50,000 - $99,999

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

David and Sara Scher and Roberta M. Golding

Helen Torres Foundation Wachovia Insurance Services

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

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

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

$25,000 - $49,999

Founders

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

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

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

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

@ STRAZ CENTER Founders 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 Piquant Epicure & Cuisine 1633 W. Snow Ave. – Hyde Park

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 Nadine Pressner Faith Simmons Dr. Robert Simon Helen Torres

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 Mary McGaughy 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

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BECOME AN ANNUAL DONOR

People are always surprised to discover the Straz Center is a not-for-profit organization.

When you make a gift to the Straz Center, you’re ensuring our doors stay open, lights stay on and curtains stay up.

And most importantly, you’re providing an opportunity for people from all walks of life to fall in love with the arts.

Learn more or make your gift at STRAZCENTER.ORG or 813.222.1036.

STRAZ CENTER

PHILANTHROPY MATTERS

OPERATAMPA

Opera Tampa thanks

Helen Torres for 22 years of generous support as presenting sponsor of the

Opera Tampa Season

Celebrating 217 Years in Business

(that’s dog years)

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

www.mcenany.com