BOOK BY MICHAEL MITNICK
MUSIC & LYRICS BY ADAM GWON
BASED ON A FILM WRITTEN BY BILLY MORRISSETTE
PRODUCED BY RICHARD SHEPARD, JON STERN, ABANDON PICTURES
DIRECTED BY LONNY PRICE & MATT COWART
CHOREOGRAPHED BY LORIN LATARRO & TRAVIS WALDSCHMIDT
MUSIC DIRECTION BY JOSHUA ZECHER-ROSS
Artistic Director JUSTIN LUCERO
Managing Director ELISA SPENCER-KAPLAN
PRESENTS the Regional Premiere of
Book by MICHAEL MITNICK
Music & Lyrics by ADAM GWON
Directed by LONNY PRICE** & MATT COWART**
Choreography by LORIN LATARRO** & TRAVIS WALDSCHMIDT**
Music Direction by JOSHUA ZECHER-ROSS
Scenic Designer MINA KINUKAWA^
Costume Designer & Supervisor ZAMORA SIMMONS-STILES
Hair, Wigs & Makeup Designer EMMA GUSTAFSON
Conductor/Keyboard SANFORD MOORE†
Lighting Designer GRANT E. MERGES
Props Designer/ Supervisor MADELAINE FOSTER
Original Orchestrations MATT CASTLE FRANK GALGANO
Director of New Work ELISSA ADAMS
Sound Designer KEVIN SPRINGER
Fight & Intimacy Director ANNIE ENNEKING
Additional Orchestrations JOSHUA ZECHER-ROSS
Director of Production ALLEN WEEKS
Assistant Director ZACH CHRISTENSEN
Technical Director BETHANY REINFELD
With gratitude to our Production Partners CARA SJODIN & SCOTT STENSRUD
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Commissioned and Originally Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, NY
Stoner Jessie & Understudy Brenda Stoner Stacey & Brenda Mac Pat Peg McDuff Mrs. Lenox Banko
Stoner Hector Malcolm & Bert
Doug, Andy, Gary & Understudy Duncan Duncan & Ray Crump
UNDERSTUDIES
for Mac & Stoner Stacey
ERIC MORRIS*
for Banko, Doug, Malcolm & Stoner Hector
TOM REED
for Mrs. Lenox & Peg McDuff
LISA VOGEL
TARA BORMAN
DEIDRE COCHRAN+
WILL DUSEK
KATHERINE FRIED*
EMILY GUNYOU HALAAS*
KIM KIVENS*
RILEY McNUTT
MATT RIEHLE*
JOSHUA ROW
CARL SWANSON*
TIMOTHY THOMAS*
STAGE MANAGEMENT Stage Manager
JOELLE COUTU*
Assistant Stage Manager
AUSTIN SCHOENFELDER*
Guitar Guitar Drums
Conductor/Keyboard Bass Bass Sub Drums Sub
Kyle Baker† Riley Gulotta† Steve Jennings† Sanford Moore†
Chris Smith†
Joan Griffith†
Steve Grisdale†
Associate Technical Director Production Stage Manager
Casting Supervisor
Associate Production & Company Manager
Lighting Supervisor & Light Board Operator
Audio Supervisor & Sound Board Operator
Lead Carpenter
Scenic Charge Carpenters
Scenic Artists
Props Artisan Electricians
Stitchers Dresser
Wardrobe Maintenance & Dresser Swing
Stage Management Swing Light & Sound Board Operator Swing
Eric Charlton
Shelby Reddig
Sheena Janson Kelley
Christian Erben
Andrew Norfolk
Nicholas Tranby
Whitley Cobb
Sara Herman
Calvin Friedman, Angie Gagliano, Kris Schmidt
Katie Cornish, Mac Meza, Abbey Ortiz
Kris Schmidt
Lane Bode, Sasha Blinnikova, Wesley Cone
Shannon Elliott, Richard Graham,
Vivian Santana, Corinne Steffens
Hannah Fiedler, Laura Jones, Ash Kaun,
Rane Oganowski
Ash Kaun
Laura Jones
Rachael Rhoades
Corinne Steffens
SETTING: Fall 1975, Scotland, Pennsylvania
RUN TIME: 2 hours including one 15-minute intermission
MUSICAL NUMBERS (subject to change)
ACT ONE
Destiny, Part One – Stoners
Everybody’s Hungry – Mac, Banko, Mrs. Lenox, Doug, Pat
What Are We Waitin’ For – Pat
Somebody – Mac, Stoners
Reason to Believe – Mac, Stoners, Pat, Banko, Mrs. Lenox, Malcolm, Duncan
Reason to Believe (Reprise) – Pat, Banko, Malcolm, Mrs. Lenox, Stoners
Break Something – Pat, Mac, Stoners
Kick-Ass Party – Banko
Somebody (Reprise) – Stoners
Heaven – Stoners, Mac, Pat
Open for Business – Mac, Pat, Banko, Mrs. Lenox, Stoners
ACT TWO
Destiny, Part Two – Stoners
Peg McDuff Is on the Case – McDuff, Mac, Pat, Banko, Mrs. Lenox, Doug, Malcolm
Open for Business (Reprise) – Stoners, Mac
Why I Love Football – Malcolm
Clairvoyant – Mac, Pat, Company
Destiny (Reprise) – Stoners
What Are We Waitin’ For (Reprise) – Mac
More – Mac, Pat, Mrs. Lenox, Gary, Bert, Ray, Banko
Soliloquy – Mac
Finale: Everybody’s Hungry – Company
Thank you for joining us for the first show of the new—my first!—season... a season that I am eager will both reflect a continuation of a storied theatrical legacy as well as an introduction of some of my own artistic aspirations.
I’m so proud that we’re opening by championing the talents of Adam Gwon and Michael Mitnick with this devilishly delectable Regional Premiere production and this rock-star creative team led by Matt Cowart and Lonny Price. Paying witness to the late-stage evolution of the piece—which has transformed in significant ways since its 2019 New York premiere and its 2022 NEXT Festival residency—has been astonishing and inspiring. I believe so deeply in our commitment to shaping the future of the American musical theater, and I believe that this piece will reverberate powerfully in reflection of that commitment.
I’m also thrilled that the rest of our 24/25 season includes the company’s inaugural staging of a Rodgers and Hammerstein work, a fresh and innovative solo showcase, and two contemporary, piercing “Best Musical” Tony Award winners, including Latté Da’s 99th staging.
Finally, the tremendous collective contributions of everyone at Latté Da is the only reason I get to celebrate with you the accomplishment that is this season launch and this Regional Premiere. Gearing up for this new season with this team and for this community has brought out a next-level sense of honor and service in me. I hope you’re as proud as I am of the art and growth you’re supporting.
My introduction to Scotland, PA was reading a glowing review in the New York Times The Times’ review of its premiere production in October 2019 at the Roundabout Theater Company called it both “laugh out loud funny” and “quietly insightful” and crowned it a “Critics Pick.”
Six months later, a colleague reached out. The Scotland, PA writers were interested in doing further work on it and might we program it in our upcoming NEXT Festival? It was an easy “yes!” I was already an admirer of composer/lyricist, Adam Gwon, and director, Lonny Price, but I was also….impressed. A team who’d received a glowing reception for a New York production was not resting on their laurels but wanted to continue to refine and perfect their creation? Well, that’s exactly the kind of artists we love to support at Latté Da!
The work of creating a new musical doesn’t always stop on opening night of its world premiere. In fact, sometimes it takes being able to see the fully mounted production and assess the responses of the audience for the artists to know what’s working and what isn’t. We believe in the power of further development and second productions for new musicals and couldn’t be more proud to provide this opportunity to the extraordinary artists of Scotland, PA.
My thanks to this incredible team and a special thanks to producer Hal Luftig and Kevin Connor, whose support of and belief in Scotland, PA and Theater Latte Da has made this possible.
Finally, thank you for being here! Your presence is the BEST part of Theater Latté Da’s commitment to supporting new work and the future of the American musical.
Stay hungry,
Elissa Adams
Associate Artistic Director/Director of New Work
Theater Latté Da is in our 27th season of presenting original and reimagined musical theater.
Theater Latté Da is the leading nonprofit professional theater in the Twin Cities that exclusively produces musical theater. Since our inception, TLD has presented 94 Mainstage productions, including 17 world premieres and 14 area premieres. Each has garnered critical acclaim and earned its artists and TLD a host of awards, including: seven IVEY Awards for overall excellence, National Endowment for the Arts, the Gabriel Award for Broadcast Excellence, the American Theater Wing National Theater Company Award, and the 2019 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.
Mission
Theater Latté Da creates new and impactful connections between story, music, artist, and audience—exploring and expanding the art of musical theater.
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We believe in work that is bold, inclusive and collaborative; we act with integrity and gratitude.
BOLD We make bold choices in support of our mission and vision, both on and off stage. By illuminating the unseen, giving voice to the unheard, and empathizing with the unknown, we open eyes, ears and hearts.
INCLUSIVE We believe in creating an environment where a diverse group of voices are welcomed to fully participate. We are inspired and strengthened through equitable partnerships. We actively work to make musical theater accessible to everyone.
COLLABORATIVE We believe musical theater to be the most collaborative of art forms, incorporating music, drama, poetry, dance and design. We are inspired and strengthened through inclusive partnerships with artists, organizations and our diverse community, and embody a collaborative spirit in all we do.
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Michael Mitnick (Book writer) and Adam Gwon (Music and Lyrics) sat down with Director of New Work, Elissa Adams, to share the origin story behind their partnership.
How did the two of you come together to work on Scotland, PA?
Adam: We were introduced to each other by Roundabout Theatre Company. I was looking for a playwright to write a musical with (they had commissioned me to write a musical). They set me up on a blind date with Mr. Mitnick. We met at a coffee shop in the East Village and at that meeting, we hit it off and Michael pitched a couple of ideas. He was like “Oh, go watch this movie. Go watch that movie. “ And one of those movies was Scotland, PA, which Michael had loved since he saw it in high school. And we both said, “Yeah, let‘s do it.”
What about the film, Scotland, PA struck you as juicy source material for a musical?
Michael: I first came across it randomly when I was in high school. I was delighted by the ingenuity of twisting McDonald’s and the Scottish Play together, the fictional invention of the drive-through window. And it struck me as having elements of Sweeney Todd, of Little Shop of Horrors. I thought this is very clearly fodder for a great musical. Now, no one was going to give the rights to the movie to a high schooler, so I had to wait a bit.
Adam: Michael talked about loving plot. Plot is so hard to pull off, but, for an audience, it’s one of the most satisfying things you can do.
Michael: Adam is rare among songwriters. He’s part of both the old tradition and the new tradition. He still cares about perfect rhymes and writes what I call genuine melodies and songs that start in one place and end in another and while those seem like basics, not many people seem to practice it anymore. It was exciting to work with someone who writes so quickly and yet at such a high level.
What’s your working process? How do you work together as a team?
Adam: Michael is a pretty accomplished song writer in his own right, so I think he understands instinctually how story can happen in song, and that’s part of the way he constructs the book for a musical. So, we always had a pretty strong, shared sense of what the songs in the scenes were doing. Once we had that, I’d go off and write a song and then we’d check back in to see how the song and the scene were integrating.
And then, we were very fortunate that [directors] Lonny Price and Matt Cowart came aboard so early in the process. They would look at a scene and a song and make suggestions about scene transitions and where the set could change. The story really becomes three dimensional at that stage because you’re starting to think about how things move onstage and how every second of stage time can be used to support the storytelling.
“This is a story where two young people are disenfranchised and feel like the American Dream that had been promised to them...Young people were promised a better life than their parents and it’s not possible now for so many people.
Do different things resonate for you than when you first start writing this piece?
Adam: It’s always been a show that the younger generation connects to. That’s partly because it’s rock music and it’s a little edgy. But, you know, when we were here during the NEXT Festival, and we had that talkback, we asked the audience who they thought the real villain was in the story and they gave this amazing answer... capitalism. We loved that!
This is a story where two young people are disenfranchised and feel like the American Dream that had been promised to them–they don’t have access to it. And that’s what this election is about. Young people were promised a better life than their parents and it’s not possible now for so many people. And I think that element of it resonates for me now in a way that it didn’t when I first watched Scotland, PA, the film, back in 2015 when we first started this. The story is no longer about kings and thanes (like the Shakespeare play) but about regular people just trying to live their lives.
I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent but only Vaulting ambition which o’erleaps itself And falls on the other
- Macbeth
Gotta light up your ambition
Turn the flame up nice and hot
Give it everything you’re made of I mean everything you’ve got
- Mac
Scotland, PA follows the plot of Shakespeare’s Macbeth quite closely. Below is a quick synopsis of Macbeth–give it a glance if you’d like to refresh your memory of its plot points and see how many of them appear in the show!
Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches who predict that he will become Thane of Cawdor and "king hereafter." His wife, Lady Macbeth, urges him to seize the opportunity and take the throne. One night, Macbeth murders King Duncan in his sleep, then frames the guards for the crime.
Macbeth's best friend, Banquo, was present for the witches' prophecy and realizes that Macbeth is responsible for King Duncan's murder. To protect himself, Macbeth has Banquo killed. Fleance, Banquo's son, escapes and is prophesied to become king.
Duncan's sons Malcolm and Donalbain flee Scotland, where they begin plotting against Macbeth. One of their allies, Macduff, poses a serious threat to Macbeth, so the new king has Macduff crowned king. Malcolm and Macduff join forces and prepare for war. Overcome with remorse over the murder of King Duncan, Lady Macbeth commits suicide. Her death barely affects Macbeth, who has received three new prophecies: to beware Macduff, that "none of woman born" shall harm him, and that he won't bedefeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill. Naturally, Macbeth assumes that he's invincible.
Macduff's forces camouflage themselves with foliage from Birnam Wood as they march on Dunsinane. Macduff, the product of a gruesome c-section, was not "of woman born" and thus has the power to defeat Macbeth, who realizes too late that the witches' prophecies foretold his death and not his success.
Monday, October 7, 2024
PARK TAVERN 3401 Louisiana Ave S, St Louis Park, MN 55426
Be part of a new Latté Da tradition! Join us for a fundraising evening of food and drink, laughter, light-hearted competition, and lanes led by Latté Da's most beloved legends as we raise funds to supporta new season of new and reimagined music theater!
Each team will be captained by a Local Legend Latté Da artist, with the high scorer from each team advancing to a final bowl-off for bragging rights, prizes, and glory!
SCHEDULE
6PM /// GUEST ARRIVAL & BUFFET DINNER
6:30PM /// BOWLING BEGINS!
8:00PM /// FINAL BOWL OFF! 9:00PM /// AWARDS CEREMONY
Learn more about ticket levels and sponsorship opportunities at latteda.org/bowling-classic or call 612-746-1379
TARA BORMAN (STONER JESSIE & UNDERSTUDY BRENDA) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Debut, NEXT Festival: She’s Come Undone. THEATER: Yellow Tree Theatre: Steel Magnolias (upcoming), The Rats & The Wasps Nest, Death of a Salesman, Circle Mirror Transformation, Our Town, Fair Game, A Gone Fishin’ Christmas; Troupe American Inc: Church Basement Ladies, A Second Helping; Away in the Basement, A Mighty Fortress,The Last Potluck Supper (Original MN cast & National Tours for all); Sidekick Theatre: Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (regional premiere), Baskerville, Cinderella; Bryant Lake Bowl Theatre: A Very Die Hard Christmas; Ripped Nylon Productions: Endometriosis The Musical (MN Fringe Festival audience pick). Silver Sea Cruise Lines: Silver Wind & Silver Spirit Lead Vocalist. TaraBorman.com @ owlbungalow
DEIDRE COCHRAN (STONER STACEY & BRENDA) THEATER LATTÉ DA: The Color Purple, Hello, Dolly!, Jelly’s Last Jam. THEATER: Artistry: Some Enchanted Evening, Shrek the Musical, Songs for a New World, The Music Man, Legally Blonde, Mary Poppins; Children’s Theatre Company: Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress, An American Tail; Theatre Elision: In the Green, Islander, Ruthless; The Hive Collaborative: First Lady of Song: Ella Sings; Ordway: Ordway Cabaret: Rise Up; Old Log Theatre: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. TRAINING: B.A in Acting, Brenau University.
WILL DUSEK (MAC) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Debut, NEXT Festival 2024: My Ántonía. THEATER: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli); Artistry Theatre: Disney’s Newsies (Jack Kelly); The Lost Colony Theater: The Lost Colony (John Borden). Thank you to the whole team for believing in me and having me on this project, you’re in for a treat. TRAINING: B.F.A in Music Theatre, Illinois Wesleyan University, Class of 2023.
KATHERINE FRIED (PAT) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Debut. THEATER: Ten
Thousand Things: The Spitfire Grill, Iphigenia at Aulis, Ten Thousand Voices; Guthrie Theater: The Parchman Hour, A Christmas Carol, King Lear; Illinois Shakespeare Festival: Shakespeare in Love, Henry V; Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Henry IV, Part 1, The Merry Wives of Windsor; The Playwrights’ Center, The Jungle Theater, Theatre L’Homme Dieu, Virginia Repertory Theatre Company, Kansas Repertory Theater, Fulton Opera, and Opera Montana among others. Katherine is happy to call both Minnesota and the East Coast her artistic homes. She most recently composed music for The Hatmaker’s Wife with Ten Thousand Things Theater. TRAINING: University of Minnesota / Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program.
EMILY GUNYOU HALAAS (PEG MCDUFF) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Passage of Dreams, Steerage Song Tour, NEXT Festival. THEATER: Guthrie Theater: Third, A Christmas Carol, The Master Butchers Singing Club, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale, Clybourne Park, Uncle Vanya, Bad News (I was there); Theatre de la Jeune Lune/La Jolla Playhouse: The Deception; Actor’s Theater of Louisville Humana Festival: Fissures (lost and found); Hartford Stage: Cloud 9; Jungle Theater: Shipwrecked, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), Le Switch; Park Square
Theatre: Trying, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Opus, Or, Cyrano, The Snow Queen, The Agitators; Emigrant Theatre: My Name is Rachel Corrie; Frank Theatre: Vinegar Tom; Mixed Blood Theatre: 1001; Illusion Theater: My Ántonia. Emily received the 2009 Emerging Artist IVEY Award, as well as an IVEY for the ensemble’s work in Clybourne Park. Emily occasionally sings traditional folks songs with various folks, and knits. My babies, I love you, I’m proud of you, I’ll see you in the morning for toast.
KIM KIVENS (MRS. LENOX) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Merrily We Roll Along, Bernarda Alba, C., Oliver!, Company, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, NEXT Festival THEATER: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Guthrie Theater: Into the Woods; Six Points Theater: 25
Questions for a Jewish Mother, The Chanukkah Guest, What I Thought I Knew, Natasha and the Coat, Church & State; Children’s Theatre Company: Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches: The Musical, Cinderella; Hennepin Arts: (in partnership with Second City) The Realish Housewives of Edina, The Doyle and Debbie Show. Also works in the voiceover/oncamera industry. Kim’s favorite roles are wife to Joe and mom to Lily.
RILEY MCNUTT (BANKO) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Falsettos, Next to Normal, All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Hello, Dolly!, Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical, A Little Night Music, Six Degrees of Separation, Ragtime. Children’s Theater Company: Alice In Wonderland; Asolo Repertory Theatre: Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical; Flying Foot Forum: Heaven; Trademark Theater: The Boy and Robin Hood; Artistry: A New Brain, Noises Off, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Cabaret, La Cage Aux Folles, Cabaret. Minnesota Orchestra: Carousel. Skylark Opera: Wonderful Town, The Vagabond King, Candide. Ordway Theater: Beauty and the Beast.
MATT RIEHLE (STONER HECTOR) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Next to Normal, Christmas at the Local, Twelve Angry Men, Once, Assassins, Five Points, Man of La Mancha, C., NEXT Festival. THEATER: Theatre L’Homme Dieu: Tick, Tick... Boom!; Asolo Repertory Theatre: Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical; Artistry: Memphis; Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Jesus Christ Superstar; History Theatre: Sweet Land; 7th House Theater: Hair, Jonah and the Whale; Torch Theater: Dangerous Liaisons; Yellow Tree Theater: Flowers for the Room. MUSIC: Jonny James and the Hall of Fames (Zeppelin, Queen, Beatles, and Pink Floyd Tributes).
JOSHUA ROW (MALCOLM & BERT) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Debut. THEATER: Guthrie Theater: A Christmas Carol, Into The Woods; Open Window Theatre: Our Town. TRAINING: B.S. in Theatre, University of Northwestern, St. Paul. www.JoshuaRow.com @Joshuarowyourboat. Ephesians 1:3
CARL SWANSON (DOUG, ANDY, GARY & UNDERSTUDY DUNCAN) THEATER
LATTÉ DA: Debut. THEATER: Guthrie: Little Shop of Horrors; National Tour: NOEL the Musical; Children’s Theatre: Cinderella; The Ordway: Beauty and the Beast; History Theater: Boy Wonder; Theatre Mu: Blended Harmony; Old Log Theater: The Play That Goes Wrong; Artistry: Crazy for You, The Pajama
Game, Memphis, Wit, The Drowsy Chaperone; Lyric Arts: Something Rotten!, Bright Star, If/ Then; Theatre Pro Rata: Silent Sky. FILM: Sanctified, Road to Damascus (Both on Amazon) TRAINING: B.A. in Drama, Univ. of WI - Stevens Point
TIMOTHY THOMAS (DUNCAN & RAY CRUMP) THEATER LATTÉ DA: The Measures, The NEXT Festival. Tim started his career on Twin City stages in 1983-84 at The History Theatre, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Theater in the Round, and others. FILM: Mike Nichols’Wolf; Cameron Bossert’s The Female Genius. BROADWAY TOUR: Sondheim & Lapine’s Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Prince/The Wolf). COMPANY MEMBER: Irish Repertory Theatre, The Actors Center. OPERA: Minnesota Opera Company, the Opera Company of Philadelphia, NY Opera Forum and others. THEATER: Shakespeare Theater Company, Syracuse Stage, The Hangar Theater, Indiana Repertory Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, Actor’s Theater of Louisville, and others. MFA: NYU Graduate Acting; Proud member of Actors Equity Association since 1983.
ERIC MORRIS (UNDERSTUDY FOR MAC & STONER STACEY) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Falsettos, Assassins. PERFORMING: Guthrie Theater: Guys & Dolls; Artistry: The Pajama Game, The Bridges of Madison County; History Theatre: A Servant’s Christmas, Runestone, Lord Gordon Gordon; Nautilus Music-Theater: Twisted Apples; The Barn Theatre: Million Dollar Quartet, Seven Brides, The Wedding Singer, 9 to 5, The Who’s Tommy, Big River. DIRECTING/DESIGN: Old Log Theatre: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Ghost, Tenderly, The Play That Goes Wrong, Escape to Margaritaville; Theatre L’Homme Dieu: Once, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; The Barn Theatre: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical; Lakeshore Players: I Am My Own Wife, The Three Musketeers. TRAINING: B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College. Come buzz with me at my new performance space, The Hive Collaborative in St. Paul. We’ve got Musical Theater Bingo every month! www.eric-morris.com & www.thehivecollaborativemn.com.
TOM REED (UNDERSTUDY FOR BANKO, DOUG, MALCOLM & STONER HECTOR)
THEATER LATTÉ DA: Stones In His Pockets. THEATER: Guthrie Theater: Little Shop of Horrors; Ten Thousand Things: The Spitfire Grill; Artistry: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Jungle Theater: Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley; Mixed Blood Theatre: Interstate, Autonomy, Hooded; or Being Black for Dummies, Gloria, Curious Incident, Next to Normal, Avenue Q; Brave New Workshop: 18 mainstage sketch comedy productions; Open Eye Theatre: Loch Mess!, Hairball!, Log Jam!; History Theatre: Christmas of Swing; HUGE Improv Theater: Creature Feature, Lounge-asaurus Rex; TV/FILM: Lady Dynamite (Netflix), America Unearthed (History Channel), The Public Domain, Locally Grown Comedy. Visit tombreed.com for more.
LISA VOGEL (UNDERSTUDY FOR MRS. LENOX & PEG MCDUFF) THEATER LATTÉ DA: NEXT Festival 2023:The Tears of La Llorona: A Border Zarzuela.
THEATER: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Jersey Boys, Footloose; Artistry: The Sound of Music; Yellow Tree Theatre: Another Miracle on Christmas Lake; Lyric Arts: Steel Magnolias, Sense and Sensibility; Gilbert & Sullivan VLOC: H.M.S Pinafore; New London Barn Playhouse: The Fantasticks, Camelot; Lakeshore
Players: Beehive: The 60’s Musical. Lisa feels so blessed to be a part of this amazing project and in the room with such an incredible group of people – sit back and ENJOY! TRAINING: BFA in Musical Theater, Emerson College and M.Ed. in Special Education, University of Minnesota.
JOELLE COUTU (STAGE MANAGER) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Stage Manager: Johnny Skeeky, NEXT Festival 2023 & 2024, Stage Manager Swing: Next to Normal, Christmas at The Local, Stones in His Pockets, The Color Purple. THEATER: Lyric Opera of the North: Cavalleria Rusticana; Skylark Opera Company: Three Decembers, Eugene Onegin, Amahl and the Night Visitors; Illusion Theater: We Take Care of Our Own, Present; History Theatre: Runestone! A Rock Musical, Not in Our Neighborhood; Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera Company: Pirates of Penzance. TRAINING: B.A in Theater and Television Design, Valparaiso University. UPCOMING: Theater Latté Da: Cinderella.
AUSTIN SCHOENFELDER (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Johnny Skeeky, The Color Purple, Falsettos, Hello, Dolly!, Christmas At The Local, Merrily We Roll Along, Jelly’s Last Jam. THEATER: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: (Spotlight Operator) Jersey Boys, The Prom, Footloose, The Music Man; Park Square Theatre: (Asst. Stage Manager) Holmes and Watson, (Run Crew) The Rocky Horror Show
KYLE BAKER (GUITAR) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Next to Normal, NEXT Festival: She’s Come Undone, Macbeth and the Weïrd Sisters, The Tears of La Llorona. THEATER (As Music Director): Theatre L’Homme Dieu: Once, Old Log Theatre: Million Dollar Quartet, Once Upon a Mattress, Escape to Margaritaville. THEATER (Pit Musician): History Theatre: Blended Harmony, I Am Betty, Boy Wonder; Artistry: Pajama Game; Children’s Theatre Company: The Garden. TRAINING: Master’s of Music, McNally Smith College of Music, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Denison University UPCOMING: History Theatre: I Am Betty.
RILEY GULOTTA (GUITAR) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Debut. THEATER: Penumbra Theatre: Black Nativity. Also guitarist for various bands/artists throughout the Twin Cities and broader midwest. TRAINING: McNally Smith College of Music.
STEVE JENNINGS (DRUMS/PERCUSSION) THEATER LATTÉ DA: The Color Purple, Hello, Dolly!, Jelly’s Last Jam,Twelve Angry Men; THEATER: Guthrie Theater: The Parchman Hour; Children’s Theatre Company: The Wiz, Last Stop on Market Street; Penumbra Theatre: Black Nativity, Girl Shakes Loose, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Dinah Was; Northfield Arts Guild: Castastrophe. Steve has decades of experience playing rock, funk, jazz, gospel, country, and blues music. He works with Starchild - The Level 42 tribute, vocal jazz artists Moore by Four, blues funk group Left Wing Bourbon, the Simon and Garfunkel tribute - Feeling Groovy, the Over & Back Band, and co-leads the Little Feat plus southern fried blues bbq funk Tribute group Jambalaya.
SANFORD MOORE (CONDUCTOR/KEYBOARD) THEATER LATTÉ DA: The Color Purple, Hello, Dolly!, Jelly’s Last Jam, NEXT FESTIVAL, Ghostlight Series. THEATER: Children’s Theatre Company: Three Little Birds, Last Stop on Market Street, The Wiz; Penumbra Theatre: Girl Shakes Loose, Ballad of Emmet Till, I Wish You Love, Black Nativity, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Dinah Was; Guthrie Theater: Parchman Hour, To Kill a Mockingbird, Disgraced (composer), Choir Boy, Crowns; History Theatre: Handprints; Ten Thousand Things: Thunder Knocking at the Door; Ordway: Ordway Cabaret, Smokey Joe’s Café, 42nd Street; Park Square Theatre: Nina Simone: Four Women; Director/Arranger for vocal jazz group, Moore by Four. Music Director at Kingdom Life Church, Mpls.
CHRIS SMITH (BASS) THEATER LATTÉ DA: The Color Purple, Jelly’s Last Jam. THEATER: History Theatre: I Am Betty, Snapshots; Actor’s Temple Theatre: Fried Chicken & Latkes. TRAINING: Masters Degree in Music Performance, Rutgers University, Undergraduate Degree in Jazz, New School University. Socials: Instagram: @cee.smith
JOAN GRIFFITH (BASS SUB) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Johnny Skeeky, Merrily We Roll Along. THEATER: Guthrie: Twelfth Night; Park Square Theatre: Pacific Overtures, Jacques Brel; Bloomington Civic Theater: Light in the Piazza, Follies, The Baker’s Wife; Children’s Theatre Company: Frog and Toad; Theater Mu: Walleye Kid; Artistry: Bridges of Madison County, Songs for a New World, Shrek. TRAINING: University of Missouri at Kansas City
MICHAEL MITNICK (BOOK) THEATER: Playwrights Horizons: Fly By Night; The Roundabout: Scotland, PA; Second Stage: Sex Lives of our Parents; The Geffen Playhouse: Mysterious Circumstances; South Coast Repertory: The Siegel. FILM: The Giver and The Current War. TV: Vinyl. Joke writer for President Barack Obama’s 2014 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Speech. TRAINING: M.F.A. in Playwriting, The Yale School of Drama.
ADAM GWON (MUSIC & LYRICS) THEATER: OFF-BROADWAY: Scotland, PA (Roundabout, NYT Critic’s Pick, Drama Desk nomination), Old Jews Telling Jokes (Westside Theatre, NYT Critic’s Pick); Ordinary Days (Roundabout; Keen Company revival, Drama League nomination). REGIONAL: Witnesses (California Center for the Arts, Craig Noel Award winner); String (Village Theatre);Cake Off (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes nomination; Bucks County Playhouse); Cloudlands (South Coast Repertory);The Boy Detective Fails (Signature Theatre); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma). WEST END: Ordinary Days (Trafalgar Studios). FILM: Really Happy Someday (Toronto International Film Festival). WEBSERIES: Submissions Only. ALBUMS: Ordinary Days (Ghostlight Records), String (Brainstorm Records), Audra McDonald’s Go Back Home (Nonesuch), The Essential Liz Callaway (Working Girl Records), Artists in Residence (Broadway Records), Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project (Entertainment One).
LONNY PRICE (CO-DIRECTOR) BROADWAY: Gabriel Byrne’s Walking With Ghosts, Sunset Boulevard (Glenn Close), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill and 110 in the Shade (Audra McDonald), ‘Master Harold’... and the Boys (Danny Glover), Sally Marr and Her Escorts (Joan Rivers), Urban Cowboy and A Class Act. WEST END: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill. ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA: Man of La Mancha, Carousel, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd. OFF-BROADWAY: Scotland, PA (Roundabout). FILM/TV: New York Philharmonic’s Sweeney Todd, (Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel) Company, (Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, PattiLuPone) Camelot, Candide, Passion (Emmy Award), Sondheim: The Birthday Concert! (Emmy Award). ADDITIONAL TELEVISION: Sweeney Todd (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Emmy Award), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (HBO). DOCUMENTARIES: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, Hal Prince: The Director’s Life. This one is for M.M. and A.G., with love.
MATT COWART (CO-DIRECTOR) BROADWAY (Associate Director): Walking with Ghosts, Sunset Boulevard, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, 110 in the Shade. WEST END (Associate Director): Man of La Mancha, Carousel, Sweeney Todd, Sunset Boulevard. FILM/TELEVISION (Producer): Hal Prince: The Director’s Life, Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (HBO), SINATRA: Voice for a Century, Sweeney Todd (PBS), Company. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: Beaches (Theatre Calgary), National Tour of Peter Pan, and the International Tour of West Side Story. TRAINING: UNC School of the Arts. Love to his mom and LRH.
LORIN LATARRO (CO-CHOREOGRAPHER) Two Drama Desk Awards, Lortel Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and three Chita Rivera Award nominations. THEATER: Broadway: Once Upon A Mattress, Tommy, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Into the Woods, Waitress, Mrs. Doubtfire, Liaisons Dangereuses with Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, Waiting for Godot with lan McKellen and Patrick Stewart, Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), La Traviata (Metropolitan Opera). As a director: Candace Bushnell’s Is There Still Sex in the City? (Daryl Roth Theatre), #DateMe (Westside Theatre). Additional choreography: Chess (Kennedy Center), Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 21 Chump Street (BAM), Peter Pan, Twelfth Night (Public), Queen of the Night (Drama Desk Award), Once Upon a Mattress; Oliver! (Encores!). Lorin performed in 14 Broadway shows and danced with Twyla Tharp, Fosse, Graham, Momix. BFA -Juilliard. MANYU. Love to Brian & Arden.
TRAVIS WALDSCHMIDT (CO-CHOREOGRAPHER) Broadway credits including Mrs. Doubtfire (OBC), Kiss Me Kate, Hello,Dolly!, Groundhog Day (OBC), Matilda and Wicked. Other NYC performing credits: The Metropolitan Opera’s La Traviata and Carnegie Hall. Tours: 9 to 5, High School Musical, A Chorus Line and West Side Story. Additional associate choreography credits: Beaches at Theatre Calgary, Tale As Old As Time, The Last Supper, Matilda at The MUNY, Assistant Choreographer for Heart Of Rock and Roll on Broadway, James Taylor’s River for Carnegie Hall, and the film Frances Ha. Travis is currently the Associate Choreographer for the National Tour of Peter Pan. Special thanks to Lorin, Lonny and Matt, I truly love you guys. For updates, visit Twald1.com or follow @Waldschmidt__ on socials.
JOSHUA ZECHER-ROSS (MUSIC DIRECTOR & ADDITIONAL ORCHESTRATIONS)
THEATER LATTÉ DA: Debut! RECENT: Queen of Versailles World Premiere, Colonial Theatre, Boston; BROADWAY: Be More Chill, Once Upon a One More Time, Some Like It Hot; SELECT REGIONAL: The Marvelous Wonderettes (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), A Christmas Carol (Denver Center), The Louder We Get (Theatre Calgary); Other regional: Barrington Stage Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, George Street Playhouse, Sharon Playhouse, and The Little Theatre on the Square (Sullivan, Illinois) where he also served as artistic director. Also music supervisor for the BFA musical theatre program at the NY Film Academy. joshuazr.com @ joshuazr1311
MINA KINUKAWA (SCENIC DESIGNER) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Falsettos.
THEATER: MN Opera: The Song Poet; Theater Mu: Blended (Harmony): The Kim Loo Sisters, The Kung Fu Zombies Saga, Cambodian Rock Band, Today is My Birthday, Flower Drum Song; Penumbra Theatre: RE-MEMORI, Sugar in Our Wounds; Jungle Theater: Every Brilliant Thing, Small Mouth Sounds; Pillsbury House and Theatre: Passage, bull-jean stories. TRAINING: MFA in Set Design, University of California, San Diego. Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN.
ZAMORA SIMMONS-STILES (COSTUME DESIGNER) THEATER LATTÉ DA: debut. THEATER: Pillsbury House + Theatre : A Walless Church: The Black Woman’s Guide To Creating God; Mixed Blood:The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington; Theater Cedar Rapids: Fairview. Also Makeup and Wig designer in the Midwest. TRAINING: MFA Theater Design, University of Iowa, BFA Performing Arts, University of Trinidad and Tobago.
GRANT E. MERGES (LIGHTING DESIGNER) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Falsettos, Merrily We Roll Along, La bohème, Once. THEATER (selected): Jungle Theater: Hand to God; Penumbra Theatre: Black Nativity; Chenango River Theatre: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Lend Me a Tenor, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Stages Theatre Company: The North Star, James and the Giant Peach, The Hobbit; Artistry: The Music Man, Noises Off, The Drowsy Chaperone; Minneapolis Musical Theatre: Night of the Living Dead, The Story of My Life, Big River; Paul Bunyan Playhouse: Young Frankenstein, Footloose, Little Shop of Horrors; GREAT Theatre: Descendants, Grease, Newsies; River Valley Dance Academy: The Snow Queen, The Nutcracker; University of Northwestern: The Lightning Thief, Peter Pan, Into the Woods; Century College: Rent, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Macbeth; Concordia University: Die Fledermaus. EDUCATION: MFAMinnesota State University, Mankato.
KEVIN SPRINGER (SOUND DESIGNER) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Johnny Skeeky, Bernarda Alba, Hello, Dolly!, Man of La Mancha, Once, To Let Go And Fall. OPERA: Minnesota Opera: Dead Man Walking, Dinner at Eight. THEATER: Daleko Arts: The Thin Place; In the Heart of the Beast: Make Believe Neighborhood; New Native Theater: 2012 The Musical, The Unplugging;
Penumbra Theater: Dutchman, The Owl Answers, This Bitter Earth; Red Eye Theater: Sounds Inside; Theater Mu: peerless; Trademark Theater: The Hollow; zAmya: A Prairie Homeless Companion. TRAINING: MFA in Theatre Design and Technology, University of MinnesotaTwin Cities.
EMMA GUSTAFSON (HAIR, WIGS & MAKEUP DESIGNER) THEATER LATTÉ
DA: Johnny Skeeky, The Color Purple, Next to Normal, Hello, Dolly!, Merrily We Roll Along. THEATER: Minnesota Opera: Elixir of Love, Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, Song Poet, Daughter of the Regiment, Rinaldo, Anonymous Lover; Lakes Area Music Festival: The Rake’s Progress, Theater Mu/History Theatre: Blended (Harmony): The Kim Loo Sisters; Jungle Theater: Cambodian Rock Band; Open Eye Figure Theatre: Chinese Lady; Ten Thousand Things: Emilia, Thunder Knocking On The Door; Children’s Theatre Company: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Bina’s Six Apples, Annie, Mixed Blood: Roe. TRAINING: B.A. in Theatrical Design, Augsburg University; Wigs Apprentice, Santa Fe Opera; Cosmetology License, Aveda Institute Minneapolis.
MADELAINE FOSTER (PROPS DESIGNER/SUPERVISOR) THEATER LATTÉ DA:
Debut. THEATER: Peninsula Players: I Oughta Be In Pictures, The Angel Next Door, Million Dollar Quartet, Mary’s Wedding, The Stranger; Indiana Repertory Theatre (Assistant Prop Supervisor and Carpenter): Little Shop of Horrors, The Folks at Home, Fannie, A Christmas Carol, Frankenstein, Clue, Shakespeare’s Will, Oedipus, Flyin’ West, Sense and Sensibility, The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin, The Reclamation of Madison Hemings, Fahrenheit 451, The Book Club Play, The House That Jack Built, Mrs. Harrison, Cyrano, No. 6, Tuesdays with Morrie, This Wonderful Life, Murder on the Orient Express, The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, Morning After Grace, And So We Walked, The Little Choo-Choo That Thinks She Can; Theater at Monmouth: The Story of My Life, An Iliad, Richard II, The Importance of Being Earnest, As You Like It. TRAINING: B.A. in Theatre, William & Mary.
ANNIE ENNEKING (FIGHT & INTIMACY DIRECTOR) THEATER LATTÉ DA: The Color Purple, Cyrano, Aida, Man of La Mancha; THEATER: Jungle Theater: Noises Off, Hand to God; Theater Mu: Man of God, Hell’s Canyon; Full Circle Theater: Antigonick, Anon(ymous); Guthrie Theater: To Kill a Mockingbird, Stage Kiss, A Raisin in the Sun; Dark and Stormy Productions: Extremities, Fool for Love; University of Minnesota BFA/Guthrie: Boudica, Troilus and Cressida; Park Square Theatre: Cardboard Piano, Cyrano, Of Mice and Men; Shakespearean Youth Theater: Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar. TEACHING ARTIST: University of Minnesota in the BFA and BA Program. Also former actor, and currently front woman and founder of rock band Annie and the Bang Bang.
ZACH CHRISTENSEN (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Falsettos. THEATER: Guthrie Theater: Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V; Jackdonkey Productions: The Dumb Waiter (MN Fringe Audience Choice Award), A Drug Play (STL Fringe Artistic Innovation Award), Far Away, Assassination of Ferdinand, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Zoo Story, Dock Work, Working Act; Flying Foot Forum: Shuffle Off to Split Rock; Theatre in The Round: Perfect Arrangement, A Murder is Announced, It Wasn’t Murder. TRAINING: B.F.A. Acting, North Dakota State University. www.zachchristensen.com @zach_christensen_
ELISSA ADAMS (DIRECTOR OF NEW WORK) THEATER LATTÉ DA: C., Lullaby, Assassins, Five Points, Underneath the Lintel, Once, A Little Night Music, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, To Let Go And Fall, Chicago, Bernarda Alba, Jelly’s Last Jam, Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical, Merrily We Roll Along, Christmas At The Local, Hello Dolly!, Next to Normal, Falsettos, Stones in His Pockets, The Color Purple, Johnny Skeeky, NEXT Up & NEXT Festival (Producer). THEATER: Director of New Play Development at Children’s Theatre Company (1998- 2017); Sundance Theatre Lab; Playwrights’ Center; TRAINING: MFA in Dramaturgy, UC San Diego.
BETHANY REINFELD (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR) describes Technical Direction as “Building worlds for characters to come to life in”. She has done 30 plus productions and 5 NEXT Festivals with Latte Da. She holds a M.F.A in Theater and Drama with a specialization in Technical Direction from UWMadison. She also has a B.F.A. in Design Tech with an emphasis in Technical Direction and Scenic Design from UMD. She has worked with Mixed Blood Theatre, Normandale Community College, Yellow Tree Theatre, Jungle Theater and Sesame Street Live/VEE Corporation to list a few.
SHEENA JANSON KELLEY (CASTING SUPERVISOR) THEATER LATTÉ DA: 2023-2024 Season (The Color Purple, Stones in His Pockets), 2024-2025 Season (Cinderella, Fun Home) THEATER CASTING: Artistry: Godspell, Shrek: The Musical; Children’s Theatre Company: Casting Director 2014-2018; Ordway Center for Performing Arts: 42nd Street, Smokey Joe’s Café, Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol (staged reading); OTHER: A Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience (Netflix, Shondaland).
NICHOLAS TRANBY (AUDIO SUPERVISOR & SOUND BOARD OPERATOR) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Johnny Skeeky, The Color Purple, Stones in His Pockets, Christmas at the Local, Falsettos, Next to Normal, Hello, Dolly!, Merrily We Roll Along, Twelve Angry Men, Jelly’s Last Jam, La Bohème, All is Calm, Once, Chicago, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Candide, A Little Night Music, Man of la Mancha, Peter and the Starcatcher, Ragtime, Gypsy, Assassins, Five Points. THEATER: Sound, Video and Lighting Associate at Children’s Theatre Company for 4 years including Shrek the Musical, Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland and Robin Hood; Head Audio Engineer for international tours of The Wedding Singer and Wizard of Oz; Other venues have included Guthrie Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
TRAINING: The College-Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati.
ANDREW NORFOLK (LIGHTING SUPERVISOR & LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Johnny Skeeky, The Color Purple, Stones in His Pockets, Christmas at the Local, Falsettos, Next to Normal, We Shall Someday, Hello, Dolly!. OPERA: The Santa Fe Opera: Carmen, The Barber of Seville, Falstaff, Tristan und Isolde, M. Butterfly. LIGHTING DESIGN: Lyric Arts: The Pavilion, 9 to 5 - The Musical; UMD Theatre: MAXA - The Maddest Woman In The World, The Little Prince; Stage 2 Theatre Company: Firebringer, The Spoon River Project, The Trail to Oregon. TRAINING: B.F.A. in Theatre, Lighting Design Emphasis, University of Minnesota - Duluth.
ASH KAUN (DRESSER) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Johnny Skeeky, The Color Purple, Stones in His Pockets, Christmas at the Local, Falsettos, Next to Normal, We Shall Someday, Hello, Dolly!, Merrily We Roll Along, Twelve Angry Men, La Bohème, To Let Go and Fall. THEATER: Guthrie: Shakespeare’s History Plays; Exposed Brick Theatre: Muyehpen; Jungle Theater: 5, Christmas at Pemberley (series); Mill City Summer Opera: Carmen; North Hennepin Community College: She Kills Monsters; Park Square Theatre: Airness, Jefferson Township Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant, Romeo and Juliet, The Agitators; Penumbra Theatre: Benevolence, This Bitter Earth; Ten Thousand Things Theater: Thunder Knocking on the Door; Theater Mu: Fast Company. TRAINING: B.F.A. in Directing/Design/Playwriting, Augsburg University.
SARA HERMAN (SCENIC CHARGE) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Johnny Skeeky, The Color Purple, Stones in His Pockets, Christmas at the Local, Falsettos, Next to Normal, We Shall Someday, Hello, Dolly!, Merrily We Roll Along, Twelve Angry Men, La bohème, Jelly’s Last Jam, Chicago, Peter and the Starcatcher. THEATER: Minnesota Opera: Dinner At 8; Mill City Opera: Così fan tutte; Jungle Theater: Fly By Night; Circus Juventas: Twisted, Hugge, Steam, Nordrsaga, Alice in Wonderland, 1001 Nights. TRAINING: B.A. University of MN Morris, Colbalt Studios.
CORINNE STEFFENS (TECH SWING) THEATER LATTÉ DA: Johnny Skeeky, The Color Purple, Stones in His Pockets, Christmas at the Local, Falsettos, We Shall Someday, Hello, Dolly!, Merrily We Roll Along, NEXT Festival, Twelve Angry Men, Jelly’s Last Jam, La bohème. THEATER: US National Tour: All is Calm 2022, Emojiland; Guthrie Theater: Shane, Into the Woods, Vietgone; Jungle Theater: Cambodian Rock Band; Lyric Arts: The Last 5 Years, A Chorus Line; as well as Twin Cities Fringe, Twin Cities Horror Fest, and teaching & designing for school theater programs across the cities. TRAINING: Bachelors of Music and Bachelors of Arts in Sound Physics, Ithaca College.
Theater Latté Da is one of only a few theaters in the country dedicated solely to producing and presenting new and adventurous musical theater that speaks to contemporary audiences and advances the art of musical theater. We truly could not do this without the generosity of our many individual and institutional donors. Thank you for your commitment to our 24/25 season.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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Theater Latté Da’s mission is to create new and impactful connections among story, music, artist, and audience by exploring and expanding the art of musical theater. We are guided by our values that our work be bold, inclusive and collaborative, and strive to act with integrity and gratitude both on and off the stage. By illuminating the unseen, giving voice to the unheard, and empathizing with the unknown, Theater Latté Da strives to open eyes, ears, and hearts.
Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to Theater Latté Da today and join us in bringing great musical theater to life.
Learn more about support opportunities at latteda.org/ways-to-give or email Director of Development Sara Huelle sarahuelle@latteda.org for more information.
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Nicole Demario
Holly Denis
Sunny Didier
Dennis and Nickie Dillon
Larry Espel and Cyndi Hasselbusch
John J. Feigal
Dr. Patricia Ferrieri
Sara and Karl Fiegenschuh
Brad and Kathy Fisher
Gerald Foley
Ron and Barb Fraboni Family Fund
Heather and Bill Froehlich
David Gardner and Ronda Willsher
Robin Gillette
John and Joanne Gordon
Mark and Mary Jo Hallberg
Dr. Shannon Harris
Robb Heckmann
Martha P. Hoffman
Jim and Mary Holland
Mark and Jeanne Jacobson
Suzanne Jebe
Paul Amann and Cory Johnson
Scott and Julie Kammer
Jeremiah and Pamela Kearney
Dr. Thomas Kelly
Matt Kiser and Chris Nichol
Dodie and John Kostishack
Bert Kritzer
John Kruse
Pat Laulainen
Marcia C. Leatham
Judy and Steve Lewis
Beth and Mike MacDonald
Bob and Deb Mans
Connie Manske
Ruth B. Markowitz
Peg McKee and Dean Adams
Lisa McLean
Alice Medley
Dan and Mary Miesle
Laura Migliorino
David Miller
David and Leni Moore Family Foundation
Bonnie Mulligan and Charlie Greenman
Katie Nelsen
Joan Nelson
Steve Passeri
Sandra, Andrew, and Rick Penning
Carol Peterson
Tina Ham Peterson and Ric Peterson
Pike Willett Family Fund
David Pote and Linda Tapsak
Anne Pudas
Debra and Lawrence Que
John and Elizabeth Quinn
Fred Quirsfeld and Linda Campbell
Robert S. Ragoonanan
John F. Riehle
Marilyn and Jim Rosenbaum
James Roth
Sandra Ryan
Sue Salmela and Paul Burnett
Carol B. Schirmers
Gale Sharpe
Rosemary Soltis
Howard and Tillie Stacker
Lisa Stevens and Jeffrey Hatcher
Sulasalmi Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Craig and Janet Swan
Julie A. Sweitzer
Jean Taylor
Tammy Taylor
Jennifer, Daniel, Raina, and Zoey Tenenbaum
Teresa and Mike Tennis
John and Jennifer Urbanski
Katherine and Martijn van de Ruijtenbeek
Jennifer Van Wyk
Wendell Vandersluis and Cynthia Marsh
Tammi Veale
Daniel Vogel
Lynn and Chuck Wallin
Daniel Weninger
Elisabeth Wierum
Travis Wilson
Sally Wingert and Tim Danz
Jeanette Woessner
Carol A Woodbury
David Young and Edward Williams, Jr.
Jane Zilch
In honor of Sandy Hey
Mary Freeman
In honor of Fremajane Wolfson
The Dean Greenberg Family Fund
In honor of Bridget Morehead
Medtronic
In honor of Peter Rothstein
Tom and Molly Rothstein Family
In honor of Bernadette and Jeffrey Janisch
Andrea Tichy and Dan Muck
In honor of Jean Hartman
Kevin Winge and Kevin Shores
In memory of Patricia Faunce
Pamela and Frederick Lott
In memory of Ogden Confer
Renee Matejcek
In memory of Peter Rothstein’s mother, Jean Elizabeth Ryan Rothstein
Gretchen Albert Mellies
In memory of Mary Dew
David Miller
In memory of Gay and Carl Prosek
Charlene Washburn
On behalf of Steven Bergerson Anonymous
On behalf of Elizabeth Hobbs Anonymous
We gratefully recognize the following individuals who have chosen to include Theater Latté Da in their estate plans. These estate gifts will sustain our artistic excellence and fiscal health for years to come:
Kent Allin and Dr. Tom Knabel
Mary Ebert and Paul Stembler
Stephen Fischer
Joyce Gordon*
John Hemann*
Bill Venne and Doug Kline
Carol Lichterman
Patti Pinkerton
Kevin Winge and Kevin Shores
Dr. Jo-Ida Hansen
If you have included Theater Latté Da in your estate plans but are not listed here, or if you would like to learn more about legacy giving to Theater Latté Da, please contact Development Director Sara Huelle at sarahuelle@latteda.org.
Theater Latté Da was envisioned by Co-Founder Peter Rothstein as a home for the future of the American musical. Latté Da has lived this vision since our beginning, with 15 of our 26 mainstage seasons including world premieres.
Theater Latté Da is embarking on an ambitious milestone: supporting the development of 25 new musicals or plays with music by 2025. Through NEXT 25x25, we will invest in the future of the great American Musical and its playwrights, composers, and lyricists through world premieres, the annual NEXT Festival, our NEXT Up development program, and NEXT Generation commissions.
To make a gift in support of NEXT 25x25, please contact sarahuelle@latteda.org
Elissa Adams and Michael Margulies
Addicks Hoch Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Nancy Agneberg
Theresa Alewine
Jan and Greg Aplin
John Arechar
Abby Areshenko
Peter Bachman
John Bale
Oby Ballinger
Les Bendtsen and Rick Buchholz
Ray DeSpiegler and Michael Birch
David Bjork and Jeff Bengtson
Betsy Bonestroo
Chris Boppre
Jeffrey D. Bores and Michael Hawkins
Andrea Brennan
Dawn Brintnell and Andrew Wattenhofer
Jeffrey Brockman and Shane Swanson
Cynthia Brown
Jimmy Burnett
Suzanne Butzow
William and Andrew Collis-Prath-
er
Margie Commerford
Anita Cook
Tiffany Cooper-Allen and Torrie
Allen
Carol and Kim Culp
Ingrid and Chris Culp
Pam and Tim Dagoberg
Audrey Dammer and Jim Boyer
Fran and Barb Davis
Michael DiMucci
Gerald Dove
Charla and Jeffrey Eccles
Matt Erickson
Kittie Fahey
David Ferris
Stephen and Lynn Filipas
Gloria Freeman
Mary Freeman
Ron Frey and Steven Thompson
Matt Fulton
Patrick Gage
Jim and Sonja Gindorff
Bradley Greenwald and John
Novak
Nancy Guldberg
Roger and Pam Hamilton
Kath Hammerseng and Mo
Kennedy
Ryan Hanson
Jay Harkness and Jean Storlie
Marlys and Norman Harris
Jean and Jim Hartman
James Haskins
Peter and Emily Hebig
Kim Heckmann
John Hering and Matt Vonk
Sandy and John Hey
Lisa and Dan Hoene
Wyn Huynh and Bob Zehrer
Birdie Jackson
Mary Jacobson
Sandi and Jim Jensen
Martin Johansen
Jim Johnson
Bill Jones
Kathryn Culp Kerfoot and Mike Kerfoot
Paul Kluge
Dr. Tom Knabel and Kent Allin
Allison Knigge
Jonna Kosalko and Dan Rabin
Mark Kraus
Rebecca and Andrew Lahl
Christine Larsen and Scott
Peterson
Kate and Greg Lawson
Ariane Laxo
Roger J. and Yvonne E. Leick
Jeff Lin and Sarah Bronson
Elisabeth Loeffler
Mary Lundberg-Johnson
Pat and Sara Mack
Mary and Mark Maher
Kristin and Jim Matejcek
Kevin Mayo
Penny Meier
Jennifer Melin Miller and David Miller
Gretchen Alberts Mellies
Douglas and Cindy Merrigan
Barb and Kevin Minnerath
Beth Mitchell
Laurie Mount
Mark Nelson
Nancy Nelson
Glyn Northington and Stan
Kolden
Sharon O’Connor
Rita and Ben* Olk
Ben Olk, III and Kris Berggren
Cindy Olk
Mary Olk
Michael Ostrem
Jim Payne
Daniel Peterson
Shannon Pierce and Rachael
Kroog
Maria and David Reamer
Jaime A. Roman and Jim Bernier
Peter Rothstein and Omar Guevara Soto
Kristin and Harps Singh
Mary Rothstein
David and Liz Rudrud
Jean Ryan
Sheryl Saterstrom
Rachel Schachter
Bradley Schmeling
Judy Schwartau
Gayle Severson
Daniel and Emily Shapiro
Wendy Short Hays
Jacob Sirek
Cara Sjodin and Scott Stensrud
Hilary and Peter Smith
Jim Smith
Susan Snyder and Tom Westlund
George and Mary Kay Fortier Spalding
Russell Kaplan and Elisa Spencer-Kaplan
Neil Neumann and Sandy Spidel Neumann
Ann and Tom Stanley
Lorri Steffen and Paul Zenner
Cheryl Stever
Tim Strand
John L Sullivan Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation
Brian and Carrie Svendahl
Kari Groth Swan
Dennis Tkach
Christine Tommerdahl
Ameriprise Financial Medtronic
Microsoft NewRez
UnitedHealth Group
US Bank
Voya Financial
Wells Fargo
Chris Van Klei
Kathryn Vann
Erin and Mark Vannelli
Carolyn Vanous
Jennifer VanWyk
Bill Venne and Douglas Kline
The LTC Janis Verruso Charitable Fund
Carol Wahl
Daniel Weninger
Beth Wiggins
Frank and Frances Wilkinson
Jim and Martha Williams
Laurie Windisch
Kevin Winge and Kevin Shores
Gayle Woodbury
David Young and Edward Williams, Jr.
Adam Yust
Josh Zenner
Peter Zenner
Cornerstone Copy Center Stagetime Productions
Listings reflect donations made between between August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024. Please accept our apologies for any errors or omissions.
*In remembrance
Glyn Northington, Chair
Les Bendtsen, Secretary
Bridget Morehead, Treasurer
Theresa Alewine
Tiffany Cooper-Allen
John Arechar
Marcia Aubineau
Ethan Berke
Stephen Bubul
Jimmy Burnett
Tanner Curl
Carol Chomsky
Toya Stewart Downey
Keith Ford
Judy Jossi
Tom Knabel
Jeff Lin
Justin Lucero, ex-officio
Elisa Spencer-Kaplan, ex-officio
Lezlie Taylor
Ka Vang
Fremajane Wolfson
Adam Yust
Justin Lucero Artistic Director
Elissa Adams Associate Artistic Director & Director of New Work
Allen Weeks Director of Production & Operations
Production
Amber Brown
Costume Supervisor
Eric Charlton Associate Technical Director
Whitley Cobb Carpenter
Christian Erben Associate Production & Company Manager
Sara Herman Scenic Charge
Andrew Norfolk
Lighting Supervisor
Shelby Reddig Production Stage Manager
Bethany Reinfeld Technical Director
Nicholas Tranby
Audio Supervisor
Accounting
Chris Hagen
Legal Counsel
Michael Sinder
Co-Founders
Peter Rothstein
Denise Prosek
Elisa Spencer-Kaplan
Managing Director
Brittany Wallman Director of Marketing
Sara Huelle Director of Development
Marketing & Guest Services
Connor Berkompas Box Office Associate
Naomi Brecht
Box Office Manager
Morgan Gray
Marketing Associate
Tre’ Miller Front-Of-House Associate
Allison Nahr
Box Office Associate
Madeline Schulz House Manager
Jeremiah Stich Guest Services Manager
Kathleen Sullivan Concessions Lead
Connor Berkompas, Casey Haeg, Jennica Kruse, Janet Lewis and Courtney Rust Concessionaires
Development
Gillian Constable
Development Associate & Access Coordinator
We have fully remodeled our lobby restrooms to make them All Gender restrooms. Each contains five fully private stalls with ADA accessible facilities.
Accessible Seating: Accessible seating is available at the Ritz Theater in Row E, Sidebar P, and Sidebar Q. All other seating requires stairs for access.
Courtesy Wheelchairs: Courtesy wheelchairs are available for use for patrons who may have mobility challenges. Please see our House Manager or Box Office Manager for use.
Bariatric Chairs: Bariatric chairs are available at the Ritz Theater in Sidebars P and Q.
ASL Interpreted Performances: We offer ASL-interpreted performances for every production during our season. These performances are usually offered the second Thursday in each production.
Audio Described Performances: Professional audio describers provide narration of on-stage action, costumes, and scenery during the performance. Listening devices are available for patrons to use during the AD scheduled performances.
Open Caption Performances: We offer open captioning for select weekend performances. Captions of the text are displayed on a screen near the stage, more easily read from our sidebar seats. Check the performance calendar for the open captioning dates or call the Box Office at 612.339.3003 for details.
Assistive Listening Devices: We offer assistive listening devices for all performances. Please stop at the Box Office to check one out for use during the performance.
Braille Programs: Please see an usher or our Guest Services Manager to request a braille program for any performance.
Large Print Programs: Large print programs are available upon request. Please see the Box Office or request a copy from an usher.
COVID-19 Policy: As of the start of this season at the Ritz Theater, we are no longer requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result. Masks are welcome but optional, EXCEPT for select Sunday matinee performances when they are required. This policy is subject to change.
Photos & Video: Photos of the set are allowed before or after the show and during intermission, but not when artists are onstage. Video or audio recording of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Phones: The ringing of cellular phones or texting is highly disruptive during a performance. These devices should be turned off during the performance.
Theater Latté Da’s Scenic Studio was established with a vision of a shared scene shop, in which not only Latté Da’s set construction could occur, but other Twin Cities theater companies and individuals could utilize the space for productions and projects big and small.
Rent the shop or rent our build or paint areas. Daily and weekly rental rates are available to support projects ranging from woodworking, welding (Mig), painting, and carpentry. The Scenic Studio rental includes the space to work and use of tools.
TLD Scenic Studio has worked on projects for Mixed Blood Theater, Lucent Blue Events and has rented out the Scenic Studio to Jungle Theater and S.O.A.R.
If you are interested in knowing more, please review our rental price guide and please contact TLD Technical Director Bethany Reinfeld at bethany@latteda.org about your project goals.
MUSIC BY RICHARD RODGERS
LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
NEW BOOK BY DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE
BOOK BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
DIRECTED BY JUSTIN LUCERO
CHOREOGRAPHED BY KYLE WEILER
MUSIC DIRECTION BY WESLEY FRYE
NOV 20, 2024 - JAN 5, 2025 • THE RITZ THEATER
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