Little Women Program

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DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

SCENIC DESIGNER Evan Hoover

WIG DESIGNER

Dylinn Andrew

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY Louisa May Alcott

DIRECTED BY

David Lowenstein

MUSIC DIRECTOR Melissa Yanchak

COSTUME DESIGNER Lillian Benge

STAGE COMBAT Hannah “Rock” Roccisano

CHOREOGRAPHER E.A.Hobbs

LIGHTING DESIGNER Brooklyn Green

DIALECT COACH Blake Segal

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA Ralph Zito

SOUND DESIGNER Jacqueline R. Herter

DRAMATURG Molly Evert

STAGE MANAGER Hope Allen

Little Women is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

SEASON SPONSOR

BOOK BY
Allan Knee
MUSIC BY
Jason Howland
LYRICS BY Mindi Dickstein

CAST

Jo March................................................................................Dani Saril

Professor Bhaer.........................................................Nathan Ayotte

Amy March................................................................Victoria Rivard

Meg March..................................................................Carolyn Burch

Beth March......................................................Hannah Danielowski

Marmee March.................................................Delaney Thompson

Mr. Laurence..........................................................Carsten Kjaerulff

Laurie Laurence....................................................Christian Ellwood

Aunt March........................................................Clarq Benét Bishop

Mr. John Brooke.........................................................Teddy Brendel

Mrs. Kirk.............................................................Clarq Benét Bishop

Clarissa.........................................................................Carolyn Burch

Braxton.........................................................................Teddy Brendel

Rodrigo..................................................................Christian Ellwood

Knight......................................................................Carsten Kjaerulff

Hag.......................................................................Delaney Thompson

Troll..............................................................................Victoria Rivard

UNDERSTUDIES

For Jo March, Amy March, Beth March - Gabby Samuels

For Meg March, Marmee March, Aunt March - Cate Gould

For Mr. John Brooke, Laurie Laurence - Matthew Dodaro

For Mr. Laurence, Professor Bhaer - Evan Leone

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

Dance Captain: Nathan Ayotte

Intimacy Captain: Amelia Mindlin-Leitner

Fight Captain: Victoria Rivard

Orchestra Coordinator: Brian Cimmet

Assistant Director: Mia Font-Lorie

Assistant Scenic Designer: Natalie Steinberg

Assistant Costume Designer: Abby Thurmon

Assistant Lighting Designer: Reyna Sanchez

Assistant Stage Managers: Amelia Dayton, Amelia Mindlin-Leitner

PRODUCTION STAFF & RUN CREW

Faculty Advisor to Student Designers: Carmen Martinez

Faculty Advisor to Stage Managers: Don Buschmann

Light Board Operator: Tess Feldman

Sound Board Operator: Felix Martinez

Spotlight Operators: Mia Spallina, Chase Brown

Deck (Run Crew): Emily Anagnos, Paige Reidy, Emma Henry

Dressers (Run Crew): Ari Jaffe, Chloe Van De Graaf, Kierah Streather, Royal Crosbie

Costume Maintenance: Robbie Mosley, Makaela Meeks

Production Assistants: Reed Grayner

INTERMISSION

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission

LITTLE WOMEN ORCHESTRA

Melissa Yanchak.........................................................................................Conductor/Piano

AC Muench..........................................................................................................................Bass

Josh Dekaney......................................................................................Drums and Percussion

Nancy Boone-Bahr........Reed 1 (Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet)

Jake Gunnar Walsh..............................................................Reed 2 (Oboe, English Horn)

Pat Carney.....................................................................................................................Trumpet

Dave DiGennaro.......................................................................Trombone and Euphonium

Claire Tuxill McKenney....................................................................................................Horn

Meghan O’Keefe..........................................................................................................Violin 1

Ben Mygatt.....................................................................................................................Violin 2

Amy Cirmo..........................................................................................................................Viola

Heidi Hoffman....................................................................................................................Cello

SONGS

ACT ONE

Overture...............................................................................................Orchestra

An Operatic Tragedy…….......................……Jo, Clarissa, Braxton, Rodrigo Better………………………………...................................................................……Jo

Our Finest Dreams……………...............................………Jo, Meg, Beth, Amy Here Alone…………………….................................................……………Marmee

Could You…………………………...................................…………Aunt March, Jo

Delighted……………………………….................………Marmee, Meg, Jo, Beth

Take a Chance On Me……………………….....................................…......Laurie Off to Massachusetts……………………............................Beth, Mr.Laurence Five Forever………………………………….............Jo, Laurie, Meg, Beth, Amy More Than I Am………………………………............................Mr.Brooke, Meg Astonishing……………………………………….....................................................Jo

ACT TWO

Entr’acte...............................................................................................Orchestra

The Weekly Volcano Press......Jo, Clarissa, Braxton, Rodrigo, Hag, Troll, Knight, Rodrigo 2, Prof. Bhaer, Mrs. Kirk Off to Massachusetts - Reprise….................................Mr. Laurence, Beth, Marmee, Meg, Mr. Brooke How I Am……………………………………...........................……Professor Bhaer

Some Things Are Meant To Be……………..….................................…Jo, Beth

The Most Amazing Thing…………………………...........................Amy, Laurie Days of Plenty…………………………………………….............................Marmee

The Fire Within Me…………………………………...........................……...........Jo Small Umbrella In The Rain………………..…….....………Professor Bhaer, Jo Volcano Reprise…………………………………………........................……….......Jo

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

"I am not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship"

– Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts... I like to help women help themselves."

– Louisa May Alcott

"I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy"

– Jo March, Little Women

"He liked Jo, for her odd, blunt ways suited him, and she seemed to understand the boy almost as well as if she had been one herself"

– Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe"

– Louisa May Alcott

"I don't care much for girl's things... People think I am wild and queer"

– Louisa May Alcott, from her childhood journal

"I am more than half persuaded that I am a man's soul put by some freak of nature into a woman's body... Because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man"

– Louisa May Alcott, from an interview done in the 1890s

CAST

Nathan Ayotte (Professor Bhaer, Dance Captain) is a junior musical theater major from Trumbull, CT. Previous credits include John Wilkes Booth in Assassins (Black Box Players), Thomas Dread Rosey in The Droll (Syracuse University Department of Drama), Mary Poppins (Summer Theatre of New Canaan), A Christmas Carol (Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production), and Anything Goes (Black Rock Theatre). You can see him this summer as a company member at Cortland Repertory Theatre. Endless thanks to his friends, mentors, professors, and most importantly, his family, for their constant love and support. @nathan.aron.ayotte

Clarq Benét Bishop (she/her) (Aunt March, Mrs. Kirk) is a junior musical theater major from Houston, TX. This is her second show with the Syracuse University Department of Drama. She previously appeared in Ghost Ship (mainstage) She is so grateful to her family and friends for all their support of her dreams.

Teddy Brendel (he/him) (Mr. John Brooke, Braxton) is a junior musical theater major from Cranbury, NJ. His previous Department of Drama credits include: Swing in Head Over Heels (mainstage) and Balladeer in Assassins (Black Box Players). This summer, he will also be performing at the Cortland Repertory Theatre. He would like to thank his family, friends, professors, and the entire company for their immense and unwavering support. @teddybrendel

Carolyn Burch (she/her) (Meg March, Clarissa) is a junior musical theater major from San Mateo, CA. She is thrilled to be making her Syracuse University Department of Drama mainstage debut! Previous credits include Marcy in The 25th Annual P.C. Spelling Bee (Black Box Players) and Lake in Lighthouse (New Works New Voices). She will be making her professional debut this summer at Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre. Carolyn would like to thank her family, friends, instructors, and the entire cast and crew of Little Women for their constant support!

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Hannah Danielowski (she/her) (Beth March) is a rising senior musical theater major from Scranton, PA. Previous credits include: Prosecutor Solly-Flood in Ghost Ship (mainstage), Molly/Lulu in In Sisters We Trust (studio project), and Alice Murphy in Bright Star. She would like to extend gratitude to her friends, family, peers, and instructors (especially Abel Searor). Check out her art on instagram: @hd_draws!

Matthew Dodaro (u/s: Mr. John Brooke, Laurie Laurence) is excited to be a part of his first production of Little Women! You may have seen him last performing as cover for Prince Christopher in the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama coproduction of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella In addition, Matthew has spent the past year studying new works and musicals as a part of pursuing his BFA in Musical Theatre! Thank you to DLo and the creative team as well as friends, teachers, and family! @mattyd3464

Christian Ellwood (he/him) (Laurie Laurence, Rodrigo) is a sophomore musical theater major from Princeton Junction, NJ. Prior credits include Sir Andrew in Twelfth Night (Department of Drama mainstage), and Charles Clarke in Titanic: The Musical (Surflight Theatre). He is so grateful to work alongside such a brilliant company, and for all the support from his family and friends to make it here.

Cate Gould ( u/s: Meg March, Marmee March, Aunt March) is a sophomore musical theater student at Syracuse University. A Dallas native, she has pursued her passion of theater her whole life and is excited to participate in her second Syracuse University Department of Drama production. Cate would like to thank her professors, friends, and family for their longtime support and love. @cate_gould

Carsten Kjaerulff (he/him) (Mr. Laurence, Knight) is a musical theater major from Palm Beach, FL, and he is delighted to share his first mainstage production with such an amazing cast and crew. Previous credits here include the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Ensemble) and two studio proj-

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ects, Hedda Gabler (George Tesman) and the world is hours (Arlo), with the Department of Drama. Find him anywhere on social media as @carstenkjae.

Evan Leone ( u/s: Mr. Laurence, Professor Bhaer ) is a sophomore musical theater major from New Jersey. Recent credits include Hedda Gabler and Pippin at the Syracuse University Department of Drama, The Sound of Music at Redhouse Arts Center, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Classic Theatre of Maryland. He would like to thank all of his friends, Mom, Dad, Jack, Laura, and Dallas for their love and support.

Victoria Rivard (she/her) (Amy March, Troll, Fight Captain) is a junior musical theater major from Boston, MA. Prior Department of Drama credits include: Judge Hatch in Ghost Ship (mainstage) and u/s Cheese Curd in Lighthouse (New Works, New Voices). Victoria would like to thank her family, friends, teachers, and the entire Little Women team for their love and support. Website: www.victoriarivard.com

Gabby Samuels ( u/s: Jo March, Amy March, Beth March) is a sophomore actor/singer from Houston, TX. She is thrilled to be working in her first Syracuse University Department of Drama production. Most recently she was Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Black Box Players). She is so proud of this cast and crew for their work on this show and would like to thank her professors, family, and friends for their continuous support. @gabriellevsa

Dani Saril (she/her) (Jo March) is a senior musical theater major from New Rochelle, NY, and is honored to close out her chapter as a third-generation Syracuse University student with such an incredible cast and creative team. Previous Department of Drama credits include the mainstage production of Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical (Frances) and Lighthouse: A New Pop-Country Musical (Church) as part of the New Works, New Voices program. Film & TV: The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo, Law and Order: SVU, Saturday Night Live. She extends many thanks to her family, friends, Marina De Ratmiroff, David Lowenstein, and the Syracuse University Department of Drama class of 2025! She dedicates this performance to Rachel, Abby, and Bella, her very own March Sisters. IG: @danisaril

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Delaney Thompson (she/her) (Marmee March, Hag) is a junior musical theater major from Baltimore, MD. Her previous Syracuse University Department of Drama credits include ensemble in The Skriker (small-scale) and Lighthouse (New Works New Voices). She would like to express gratitude to her village and her friends

ARTISTIC STAFF

Evan Hoover (Scenic Designer) is a senior theater design and technology major from Potsdam, NY. Evan had his Department of Drama scenic design depute with Ghost Ship (mainstage). Assistant scenic design credits include Department of Drama mainstage productions of The Droll, Dance Nation, and Failure: A Love Story. Other credits include assistant costume/lighting designer for the Department of Drama production of A Walrus in the Body of a Crocodile (mainstage), and various works in film.

Lillian Benge (she/her) (Costume Designer) is a senior theater design and technology major with a concentration in costume and scenic design from Poulsbo, WA. Other credits include the Syracuse University Department of Drama mainstage production of Head Over Heels (co-costume designer) and studio project, The World is Hours (scenic designer).

Brooklyn Green (she/her) (Lighting Designer) is a senior theater design and technology major with a concentration in costume and lighting from San Diego, CA. Other Syracuse credits include co-costume designer on Head Over Heels (Department of Drama mainstage), costume designer on Walrus in the Body of a Crocodile (Department of Drama mainstage), and scenic/costume design for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Black Box Players).

Jacqueline R. Herter (Sound Designer) has served as resident sound designer at Syracuse Stage and Syracuse University Department of Drama since 1997. She shifted and combined theatrical design with video/film design for the 20/21 season. Herter has designed for Indiana Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena, the Wilma, Geva, Round House, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Virginia Stage, and the Hangar Theater as well as other theatres across the nation. Some favorite designs have been: Annapurna, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Next to Normal, Mary Poppins, Nine, Hairspray, The Overwhelming, Caroline, or Change, The Miracle Worker, The Wolves, The Day Room, The Christians,

ARTISTIC STAFF

Radio Golf, Parade, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Red Noses, The Real Thing, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, M. Butterfly, A Raisin in the Sun, A Lesson Before Dying, Copenhagen, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Inherit the Wind, and Big River.

Dylinn Andrew (Wig Designer) is the resident Wig and Wardrobe Supervisor for Syracuse Stage as well as an adjunct professor for Syracuse University. Drawing on years of experience as a licensed cosmetologist and makeup artist, she has designed shows like Clyde’s (Syracuse Stage), Little Women, What the Moon Saw, Pippin, Guys and Dolls (Syracuse University Department of Drama), Mary Poppins, and 9 to 5 (Jamesville-Dewitt High School). Styling work includes Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, and A Christmas Carol (Syracuse Stage). As a jack of all trades type, she has worked alongside many community, regional, and touring theater companies in a variety of skill areas, including costume design/stitching, directing, choreography, music directing, education and Stars of Tomorrow adjudication. Her experience also extends on the stage through professional opera, acting, and as a multi-instrumentalist.

Hannah “Rock” Roccisano (she/they) (Stage Combat) is a New York City based fight and intimacy director, director, educator and Shakespeare nerd. Her work has been seen off-Broadway including Wolf Play, A Bright New Boise, and Montag. She has intimacy directed Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical (Department of Drama mainstage), Sweet Charity (Department of Drama mainstage), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, and Lungs (studio projects). Rock has choreographed regionally and at universities such as Columbia University, and the Hartt School. She is a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and holds two masters degrees, an M.F.A. and Master of Letters in Shakespeare & Performance from Mary Baldwin University. Hannah is the chair of development for the SAFD and the founder of Expand, Educate, Empower, an initiative bringing free stage combat training to students in underserved communities across the U.S.

Blake Segal (Dialect Coach) is an actor, teacher, and dialect coach. Coaching credits include NYC: Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges, The Araca Project, Fault Line Theatre; Regional: Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre Center, Berkshire Theatre Group, Two River Theater, PlayMakers Rep, Cleveland Musical Theatre, Luna Stage, Passages Theatre, and Walkerspace at SoHo Rep; Educational: Yale, Fordham, Columbia, Syracuse, Kean, and Stella Adler. Blake cur-

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rently serves on the Voice/Verse faculty of Syracuse University’s Department of Drama. As an actor, he has performed on film and television, off-Broadway, in major regional theaters across the country, and on the national tour of Mary Poppins. MFA in Acting: Yale School of Drama.

Molly Evert (she/her) (Dramaturg) is a sophomore theater management major focusing in finance and data analytics from Media, PA. Other Syracuse University Department of Drama credits include dramaturg of Pippin (mainstage) and assistant stage manager of Juliet Letters (studio project).

Hope Allen (she/they) (Stage Manager) is a senior stage management major from York, PA. Other Department of Drama credits include: The Moors (studio project), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Black Box Players), Sender (mainstage), h*llo k*tty syndrome (studio project). Hope is exceptionally grateful for the love and support from their family, friends, peers, and instructors.

DIRECTOR

David Lowenstein is the co-creator/choreographer of Shout!, The Mod Musical, which ran in London, Off-Broadway, on the Norwegian Cruise Lines, and plays in regional theaters across the country. Off-Broadway, David’s choreography has been featured in the Drama Desk award-winning Howard Crabtree’s Whoop-Dee-Doo!, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Anything Cole, and Sing For Your Supper. Regionally David directed Damn Yankees, directed/ choreographed The Great American Trailer Park Musical and My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, for The Rev Theater Company, (formerly FLMTF/Merry-Go-Round Playhouse). He staged The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the Gateway Playhouse, The Merchant of Venice at Syracuse Stage, as well as numerous productions in summer stock. On television he staged Vanessa Williams’ “Christmas Special” for ABC. Last Fall, David conceived, directed, and choreographed The Juliet Letters: A Sad Burlesque, an original review based on the Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet’s album The Juliet Letters for the Syracuse University Department of Drama. Also for the Department of Drama, David directed Sweet Charity, Into The Woods, Berlin to Broadway, Seussical!, Kiss Me Kate, and Oklahoma!, and choreographed Lucky Stiff and I Love You Because. David was the Artist in Residence at Cazenovia College for 17 years where he directed/choreographed The 25Th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Rocky Horror Show, Cabaret, Rent, Sweet Charity, Once Upon A Mattress, Oliver, Seussical, A Christmas Carol, Bye, Bye

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Birdie, Grease, The Laramie Project, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Sound Of Music (SALT Award – Director of the Year), Dead Man Walking, Chicago, Godspell, and Our Town. As a performer he has been part of seven original Broadway casts and several off-Broadway, national touring, and regional productions. He graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theater from Syracuse University.

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Melissa Yanchak (she/her/hers) is currently serving as the Resident Music Director for the Department of Theatre at Binghamton University and pursuing an M.F.A. Theatre Arts at the University of Idaho. Prior to joining faculty at Binghamton, Melissa served as a music director, vocal coach, and pianist for the School of Theatre at The Pennsylvania State University, the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Motion Pictures at Wright State University, and the Conservatory of Performing Arts and Playhouse at Point Park University. National tours: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and the Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey Circus (Blue Unit, Key 1/SFX) on Legends and Out of This World. Regional credits include productions with Music Theatre Wichita, Pittsburgh CLO, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Interlochen Center for the Arts, The Human Race Theatre, and Florida Studio Theatre. Melissa can also be seen on PBS’s Broadway or Bust series as a member of the creative and production team for the Jimmy Awards (NHSMTA) in NYC.

CHOREOGRAPHER

E.A. Hobbs is delighted to have choreographed the Syracuse University Department of Drama production of Little Women. She is very grateful for this opportunity to choreograph a mainstage production and work alongside such talented people. Recent choreography credits include assistant choreographer for Head Over Heels (Department of Drama mainstage) and choreographer for The Addams Family (El Dorado Musical Theater). Hobbs gives a huge thank you to the cast and crew for their endless support and making this dream a reality.

AUTHORS

Allan Knee (Book) is the author of the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan, which was the source for the film Finding Neverland (starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet), which received an Academy Award nomination for best picture, and the subsequent musical, currently touring the US. He wrote the book for the Broadway musical Little Women which premiered in Tokyo, and will had a national tour in England. Among his other works are the four-part adaptation of The Scarlet Letter for the PBS, the dance drama, Syncopation, about the passion of two workers to become ballroom champions in 1914, which was awarded for best regional play, and The Jazz Age, which currently placed at the Playground Theatre in London. His latest work, The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit (music by Andre Catrini) premiered at the Hope Theatre in Manchester, England. Allan is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

Jason Howland (Music) an honors graduate of Williams College (1993), is a Grammy Award winning producer, Emmy Award winning arranger, and Tony nominated producer. He is the composer of Broadway’s 2005 TONY nominated Little Women - The Musical. Howland was nominated for a Tony Award in 1999 for co- producing the The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh, and won an Emmy Award in 2007 for creating and composing the Christmas special Handel’s Messiah Rocks for the Boston Pops. He is the Arranger and Music Supervisor for the smash hit Beautiful - The Carole King Musical (Broadway, West End, US National Tour, Tokyo, Australian National Tour, UK National Tour) for which he won a Grammy Award; Bonnie and Clyde, Wonderland, Jekyll & Hyde,The Civil War, The Scarlet Pimpernel, in addition to music directing the mega-hit Les Miserables, and Boy George’s Taboo. International projects as an arranger and orchestrator include Frank Wildhorn’s stage adaptation of the Japanese Anime sensation Death Note for HoriPro, and two new shows Mata Hari and The Man Who Laughs. Recent theater projects include composing and orchestrating the original score for Ikiru, a new musical based on the Kurosawa film, that premiered in Tokyo, Oct 2018, Last Days of Summer (Kansas City rep), and Paradise Square at Berkeley Repertory Theater.

Mindi Dickstein (Lyrics) is an award-winning lyricist, librettist, and playwright. She wrote lyrics for the Broadway musical Little Women, which has had productions across the USA and around the world including Tokyo, Japan, and Manchester, England. She is the lyricist for Benny and Joon, a new musical based on the MGM film, which had its world premiere at The Old Globe, San Diego, and east coast premiere at The Paper Mill Playhouse. Benny and Joon was developed at NAMT, Transport Group, Running Deer Musical Theater Lab, Goodspeed Johnny Mercer Colony, Theatreworks Silicon

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Valley, and the Rhinebeck Retreat. Among her other works are TRIP (book and lyrics), commissioned by Playwrights Horizons; Toy Story - The Musical (book), Disney Creative Entertainment; Starving to Death in Midtown (a short play), Climate Change Theater Action; Beasts and Saints (book and lyrics), Boston Music Theater Project; The Existential Gourmet, Jane Chambers Award; and Guadeloupe, Westbeth Theater Center. Mindi’s songs have been performed widely, most notably as part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook (“Hear and Now: Contemporary Lyricists”) and at the Kennedy Center. Awards and honors include: a Jonathan Larson Grant, Massachusetts Artists and New York Foundation for the Arts playwriting fellowships, ASCAP Workshop Bernice Cohen Award, Second Stage Constance Klinsky Award, and a PEN International New Playwright Award (selected by Wendy Wasserstein). She received her MFA from New York University’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, where she was an Oscar Hammerstein Fellow.

Louisa May Alcott (Novel) A prolific author of books for American girls, Louisa May Alcott is best remembered for Little Women, one of the 270 published works by the Pennsylvania-born woman. This endearing novel captured forever the period’s ideals and values of middle class domestic life. The book has appeared continuously in print since its first serial publication in 1868-70. The popular novel drew largely upon her personal experiences. The second of four daughters, Alcott began her writing to support her perpetually impoverished family. Her strong and loving mother was a significant force in her life. “I think she is a very brave, good woman,” Alcott wrote of her mother. “And my dream is to have a lovely, quiet home for her, with no debts or troubles to burden her.” Beginning with the publication of the poem Sunlight under a pseudonym in 1851, Alcott poured forth a variety of thrillers, poems, potboilers and an occasional juvenile tale. In 1867, she became editor of a children’s magazine, Merry’s Museum. At the urging of her publisher there, Alcott undertook the writing of Little Women. The novel, like her other works, was formed largely in her mind before she took pen to paper. The entire novel was written in two six-weeks periods. In 1879, Alcott was the first woman to register in Concord when Massachusetts gave women school, tax and bond suffrage. Eventually she persuaded her publisher to publish Harriett Hanson Robinson’s Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement in 1881. In her final novel, Jo’s Boys (1886), Alcott made arguments for women’s rights and other reforms. She said, “I can remember when anti-slavery was in just the same state that suffrage is now, and take more pride in the very small help we Alcotts could give than in all the books I ever wrote…” –National Women’s Hall of Fame

MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL

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

ASSISTANTS AND ASSOCIATES

Amelia Dayton (she/her) (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freshman stage management major from Branchburg, NJ.

Mia Font-Lorié (she/her) (Assistant Director) is a junior theater management major from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Reed Grayner (Production Assistant) is a freshman musical theater major from Parker, CO.

Amelia Mindlin-Leitner (she/her) (Assistant Stage Manager, Intimacy Captain) is a sophomore stage management major from Greenwood Village, CO.

Reyna Sanchez (she/they) (Assistant Lighting Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major with a concentration in lighting design from Salinas, CA.

Natalie Steinberg (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major from Westchester, NY.

Abby Thurmon (she/her) (Assistant Costume Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major from American Canyon, CA.

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Ralph Zito (he, him) is in his fifteenth year as chair of the Department of Drama. He came to Syracuse University from the Juilliard School Drama Division, where he had been a teacher and director from 1992 to 2010 and chair of the Voice and Speech Department since 1999. He was a director and adjunct lecturer in the Barnard College Theater Department from 2006 until 2010 and has been a guest artist at training programs across the country, including the Old Globe in San Diego, The University of Texas at Austin, and the Academy for Classical Acting in Washington, DC. Directing credits for the Department of Drama include: The Spitfire Grill, As You Like It, Gruesome Playground Injuries, and The Aliens. He has served as a voice, text or dialect consultant for numerous professional productions both on and off-Broadway, including: The Light in the Piazza; Awake and Sing!; The Herbal Bed; Mrs. Klein; The Fiery Furnace; The Time of the Cuckoo (Lincoln Center Theatre); Tongue of a Bird; The Merchant of Venice (New York Shakespeare Festival); The Pitchfork Disney (Blue Light Theatre Company); Birdy (The Women’s Project); The Model Apartment (Primary Stages); the New York premiere of Tony Kushner’s SLAVS! (New York Theatre Workshop); and The African Company Presents Richard III (The Acting Company). His regional theater credits include numerous productions at The Shakespeare Theatre and Arena Stage in Washington, DC; Syracuse Stage; Baltimore CENTERSTAGE; Hartford Stage; and the McCarter Theatre, among others. A former touring member of The Acting Company, he served as artistic associate of The Chautauqua Theatre Company for seven years and was a member of the Board of Directors of The American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) for six years. He is a graduate of Harvard University, The Juilliard School, and the American Center for the Alexander Technique. He was recently awarded the prestigious Juilliard President’s Medal in recognition of his contributions to both Juilliard and to the broader performing arts community.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Syracuse University Department of Drama offers degree programs in acting, musical theater, theater design and technology, stage management, and theater management utilizing conservatory-style training in a university setting and in collaboration with Syracuse Stage. With much appreciation, the Department of Drama wishes to acknowledge the valuable contribution of the Syracuse Stage staff.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Chair.......................................................................................................................................Ralph Zito

Business Manager.................................................................................................................Lisa Tucci

Administrative Specialist..................................................................................................Jen Ballard

Director, Tepper Semester in NYC...............................................................................Erica Jensen

Academic Operations Manager, Tepper Semester NYC.....................................Casey O’Neil

Production Manager..............................................................................................Stuart Plymesser

Dean, VPA...................................................................................................................Michael S. Tick

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Christine Albright-Tufts

Robert Andrusko

Kiira Schmidt Carper

Brian Cimmet

James A. Clark

Danyon Davis

Izmir Ickbal

Alec Barbour

Kathleen Baum

Bradley Beckman

Kerry Bereza

Don Buschmann

Matthew Chiorini

Diane Coloton

Gretchen Darrow-Crotty

Marina de Ratmiroff

Whit Emerson

Danita Emma

Kathryn Fathers

Marcus Herndon

Alex Jainchill

Rebecca Karpoff

David Lowenstein

Celia Madeoy

Carmen Martínez

Katherine McGerr

Thom Miller

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Jacqueline R. Herter

Emily Holm

Robert Hupp

Sandra Knapp

Richard Koons

Nicholas Kowerko

Barbara LaNeve

Zizi Majid

Michael McCurdy

Aldo Katton Santiago Mendez

Kathryn Miranda

Amanda Moore

Leslie Noble

Erica Murphy

Ricky Pak

Felipe Panamá

Bradley Stone

Holly Thuma

Kathleen Wrinn

Ralph Zito

Krystal Osborne

Whitney Pak

Stuart Plymesser

Mara Rich

Rebecca Schuetz

Hanni Schwarzlander

Abel Searor

Blake Segal

Randy Steffen

Joseph Whelan

Dan Williams

Matthew Winning

ACCOMPANISTS

Kerry Bereza, Abel Searor, Dan Williams

SYRACUSE STAGE STAFF

Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp

Managing Director.............................................................................................Carly DiFulvio Allen

Associate Artistic Director............................................................................................Melissa Crespo

Resident Playwright..............................................................................................................Kyle Bass

PRODUCTION STAFF

Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann

Associate Director of Production Operations.......................................................Stuart Plymesser

Production Management Intern.............................................................................Kit Verweij†

Company Manager and Production Management Associate......................................Brian Crotty

Assistant Company Manager.....................................................................................Sarai Ford

Technical Director..................................................................................................Randall Steffen

Assistant Technical Director............................................................................Rebecca Schuetz

Scene Shop Foreman...........................................................................................Michael King

Technical Assistant...................................................................................................Liz Daurio

Carpenters...............................................................................John Gamble, Brian McBurney

Student Employee..............................................................................................Emma Thoms†

Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm

Lead Scenic Artist................................................................................................Laurel Arnold

Scenic Painter....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan

Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich

Associate Props Supervisor...................................................................................Andrew Babb

Craftpersons....................................................................................Alexis Frizzell, Nora Galley

Student Employees................................................................Maddy Clark†, Natalie Steinberg†

Costume Shop Manager..........................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty

Assistant Costume Shop Manager.....................................................................Amanda Moore

Cutter-Drapers..............................................................................Emily King, Kathryn Rauch

First Hand.......................................................................................................Katelyn Yonkers

Stitchers.................................................................................Sidney Barmoha, Sophie Shahan

Craftsperson/Shopper.........................................................................................Sandra Knapp

Wardrobe Supervisor.........................................................................................Dylinn Andrew

Electrics and Projection Supervisor...............................................................................Jed Daniels

Associate Electrics and Projection Supervisor......................................................Andy LiDestri

Electricians/Board Operators..............................................................Kat Larrabee, Alex Malli

Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer.....................................................Jacqueline R. Herter

Audio Engineer...............................................................................................Kevin O’Connor

Sound Engineer/Board Operator..........................................................................Garrett Frink

Stage Management Production Assistants.............................................Katie Barnes, Erin C Brett

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

General Manager....................................................................................................Michael McCurdy

Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale

Associate General Manager...................................................................................Jacob G. Ellison

Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Diaz-Wheeler

Director of Development.............................................................................................Ana Díaz-Diez

Development Associate.....................................................................................Candice Bermudez

Development Assistant/Executive Assistant..................................................................Julia Rakus

Development Interns......................................................................Yushan Deng†, Polly Gilmore†

Director of Community Engagement..................................................................Joann Maria Yarrow

Director of Education.......................................................................................................Kate Laissle

Community Engagement and Education Coordinator.....................................................Zizi Majid

Education Interns.........................................................................Phineas Roy†, Lauren Schweers†

Director of Marketing and Communications..............................................................Joanna Penalva

Audience Development Manager..............................................................................Tracey White

Creative Director, Marketing..................................................................................Brenna Merritt

Marketing Content and Publications Manager.....................................................Matthew Nerber

Graphic Designer.................................................................................................Jonathan Hudak

Marketing Associate...............................................................................Talia Gabriel-Shenandoah

Marketing Intern....................................................................................................Amelia Brown†

Box Office Manager.....................................................................................Courtney Richardson

Box Office Show Supervisor.................................................................................Trevor Miller

Box Office Assistants.................Clari Atherlay, Nathan Ayotte†, Molly Evert†, Gracie Whaley†

Audience Services Manager............................................................................Meghan Rose Dillon

House Managers.................Pat Condello, Gabrielle Moran, Alyssa Otoski-Keim, Adam Secor

Front of House Associate.........................Khayman Clancy, Bianca Stevenson, Donna Stuccio

Assistant House Manager.......................................................................................Kevin Sene†

Bartenders...............................Rueban Benedict, Michelle Cannizzo, Meg Pusey, Dani Tanner

Audience Services Interns.....................................................................Ginger Bai†, Youran Li†

Front of House Work Study Staff...........................Hope Allen†, Emilee Asa†, GB Bellamy†, Lilly Colter Berget†, Carolyn Burch†, Olivia Busche†, Josie Diodato†, Sami English†, Skye Faison†, Violet Lanciloti†, Nathaly Juarez Meza†, Annabelle Mistretta†, Lily Nelson†, Reyna Sanchez†, Esme Schaus†, Isbella Tokarz†, Gracie Whaley†, Logan Wilbanks-Davidson†, Maya Zepeda†

Sign Language Interpreters.....................................................................Brenda Brown, Sue Freeman

Open Captioning........................................................................Jacob G. Ellison, Michael McCurdy

Audio Description........................................Kate Laissle, Talia Gabriel-Shenandoah, Joseph Whelan

Community Services Officers...........................................................Stacey Emmons, Martha Farmer

Custodians........................................................................Tony Rogers, Ron Taylor, Candace Velario

†Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama.

Monday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm Syracuse Stage 820 E. Genesee Street Syracuse, NY 13210

BERNARDA ALBA

WORDS AND MUSIC BY MICHAEL JOHN LACHIUSA | BASED ON THE PLAY THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA BY FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA | DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY WILLIAM CARLOS ANGULO | ASSOCIATE DIRECTION BY DIEGO ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ AND FELIPE PANAMÁ

MUSIC DIRECTION BY JACOB KERZNER

OCTOBER 10 - 19 | OPENING NIGHT: OCTOBER 11

ANTIGONICK

BY SOPHOKLES | A NEW VERSION BY ANNE CARSON

DIRECTED BY MATTHEW WINNING AND ERICA MURPHY

NOVEMBER 14 - 22 | OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 15

PICNIC

BY WILLIAM INGE | DIRECTED BY RALPH ZITO

FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 1 | OPENING NIGHT: FEBRUARY 21

A REBEL PRAYER

MUSIC BY ALEKSANDRA WEILL | BOOK AND LYRICS BY ELOISE T. GOVEDARE | DIRECTED BY KATHLEEN WRINN MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET

MARCH 27 - APRIL 5 | OPENING NIGHT: MARCH 28

BALTIMORE

BY KIRSTEN GREENIDGE | DIRECTED BY MICHELLE CHAN

APRIL 24 - MAY 3 | OPENING NIGHT: APRIL 25

DISNEY’S FROZEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY KRISTEN ANDERSON LOPEZ AND ROBERT LOPEZ | BOOK BY JENNIFER LEE | BASED ON THE DISNEY FILM WRITTEN BY JENNIFER LEE | AND DIRECTED BY CHRIS BUCK AND JENNIFER LEE | ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON BROADWAY BY DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS DIRECTED BY AMY ANDERS CORCORAN | MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET | CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARJORIE FAILONI | CO-PRODUCED WITH SYRACUSE STAGE MAY 13 – JUNE 21, 2026 | OPENING NIGHT: MAY 15

* Please Note: Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical is not included in the Department of Drama subscription package. However, discounts are available to Department of Drama subscribers.

* Bernarda Alba is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com Antigonick is presented by special arrangement with Paradigm Talent Agency | Picnic is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com) | Baltimore is produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www. playscripts.com) | Frozen is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

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