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Beyond the Performance
At TPA, we believe in the unique power of live performance to uplift, connect, and create community and we ensure that our engagement with the arts reaches far beyond the stage. Each year, thousands of students and Central Texas residents participate in TPA’s educational and outreach programs, including pre- and post-show talks, workshops, masterclasses, and youth performances. By offering an array of transformative experiences, we aim to inspire people of all ages and enhance the role of the performing arts in Austin.
Our 25/26 season is underway with a spectacular lineup of 17 not-to-miss live performances and a number of ways to interact with and learn from our visiting artists. Here are just a few highlights from this past season:
Company members of the Broadway smash hit Moulin Rouge The Musical! led a dance class for UT students and the community during its two-week run.
TPA held its first-ever free school day performance of a Broadway musical, Peter Pan, welcoming 3,000 students from across the Austin area to Bass Concert Hall for an unforgettable experience. Photo by Robert Silver.
TPA and Impact Arts Austin teamed up to host a workshop for local musical theatre students, featuring a mock audition and dance call led by Hamilton cast member Jorge Guerra.
Following the performance of the critically acclaimed Broadway play Come From Away, audience members stayed for a post-show Q&A and discussion with the cast.
Students from Austin’s Evenground Dance Studio came together for a hip-hop foundations workshop, where they learned moves from the Versa-Style Street Dance Company.
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The Heller Awards for Young Artists—Austin’s Tony Awards® for High School Musical Theatre—are moving to TPA in 2026!
The Heller Awards for Young Artists (HAYAs) are moving to TPA, the home of Broadway in Austin, and will become a permanent program beginning this season. The HAYAs ceremony will take place at Bass Concert Hall in the spring of 2026.
This highly anticipated annual event celebrates the exceptional talents of high school musical theatre students and educators across the Greater Austin area, while also fostering the next generation of Broadway performers. What began with 19 participating schools in its inaugural year at the Long Center for the Performing Arts has since expanded to include 37 schools— and continues to grow.
Modeled after the Tony Awards®, the HAYAs honor the entire high school musical experience, on and
off the stage. Awards are presented in 19 categories such as best production, lead and supporting performers, and technical design. Through TPA’s membership in the Broadway League, the winners of lead actor and actress at the HAYAs go on to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards. These students join top students from other U.S. regional programs to perform on a Broadway stage in New York City and participate in a week-long training intensive with notable theatre professionals.
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A gift from longtime Texas Performing Arts members Bill and Anita Cochran enriches the lives of thousands of Austin-area children.
The William and Anita Cochran Endowment for Performing Arts Access and Education supports performances by nationally recognized artists for students from elementary through high school. With their gift, the Cochrans are helping Texas Performing Arts continue to be one of the nation’s highest-impact live arts organizations.
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ART BEYOND THE STAGE
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Koren Der Harootian Prometheus and Vulture, 1948
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TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS welcomes
DAVID STONE ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY
JAMES L. NEDERLANDER LACHANZE JOHN GORE PATRICK CATULLO AARON GLICK
present
Book & Lyrics by Music by DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE JEANINE TESORI
Based on the play by DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE
Starring ANN MORRISON
MIGUEL JIM EMILY LAURA GIL HOGAN KOCH WOYASZ
GABBY SKYE ALYSSA DARRON PIERCE BEREDO FRIEDMAN HAYES WHEELER
JANET SARAH LYNN REGENE SEVEN MARCUS BAILEY BRANDON DICKINSON MARION ODON PHILLIPS RYON SPRINGMAN
Scenic Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design DAVID ZINN SARAH LAUX JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW KAI HARADA
Hair, Wig & Makeup Design
Casting by J. JARED JANAS LUCY MACKINNON THE TELSEY OFFICE CRAIG BURNS, CSA
Orchestrations
Video Design
Additional Orchestrations
Music Coordinator JOHN CLANCY MACY SCHMIDT ANTOINE SILVERMAN
Production Stage Manager
General Management SHAWN PENNINGTON JUSTIN T. SCHOLL 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT
Marketing & Press Tour Booking
Company Manager
Production Management Producing Associate PHILLIP ALEMAN THE ROAD COMPANY JUNIPER STREET TIMOTHY BLOOM PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Music Supervisor CHRIS FENWICK
Choreographed by DANNY MEFFORD
Directed by JESSICA STONE
Kimberly Akimbo was developed, in part, at the 2017 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort. World premiere produced by Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2021.
Ann Morrison
Miguel Gil
Gabby Beredo
Emily Koch
Darron Hayes
Sarah Lynn Marion
Bailey Ryon
Jim Hogan
Skye Alyssa Friedman
Janet Dickinson
Marcus Phillips
Laura Woyasz
Pierce Wheeler
Regene Seven Odon
Brandon Springman
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Kimberly ...................................................................................................... ANN MORRISON
Seth MIGUEL GIL
Delia .............................................................................................................GABBY BEREDO
Martin .......................................................................................................... DARRON HAYES
Teresa .........................................................................................SKYE ALYSSA FRIEDMAN
Aaron PIERCE WHEELER
Buddy .................................................................................................................... JIM HOGAN
Pattie ........................................................................................................... LAURA WOYASZ
Debra EMILY KOCH
STANDBYS AND UNDERSTUDIES
Standbys and understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. Standby for Kimberly—JANET DICKINSON. Understudy for Buddy—BRANDON SPRINGMAN; Understudy for Pattie/Debra—SARAH LYNN MARION; Understudy for Delia/Teresa—BAILEY RYON; Understudies for Seth/Aaron/Martin—REGENE SEVEN ODON, MARCUS PHILLIPS.
Dance Captain ..................................................................................................BAILEY RYON
SETTING
1999. Before kids had cell phones. Somewhere in Bergen County, NJ
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MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
“Skater Planet” ...................................................Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa, Seth, Kimberly
“Hello, Darling” .................................................................................................................Pattie
“Make a Wish” ........................................................................................................... Kimberly
“Skater Planet” (reprise #1) Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa
“Anagram” .........................................................Kimberly, Seth, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa
“Better” ............................................................................ Debra, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa
“Hello, Darling” (reprise)/“Father Time” Pattie
“Happy for Her” Buddy
“Anagram” (reprise) ................................................................................................... Kimberly
“This Time” ................................................................................................................ Company
ACT II
“How to Wash a Check”........................ Debra, Kimberly, Seth, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa
“Good Kid” ..........................................................................................................................Seth
“Hello, Baby” Buddy
“Skater Planet” (reprise #2) ................................................ Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa, Seth
“Our Disease” ....................................................Kimberly, Seth, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa
“The Inevitable Turn” ..............................
Pattie, Buddy, Debra, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa
“Now” Seth, Kimberly
“How to Wash a Check” (reprise) ................................... Debra, Aaron, Delia, Martin, Teresa
“Before I Go” ...................................................................................... Kimberly, Buddy, Pattie
“Hello, Sister” Kimberly, Seth
“Great Adventure” Company
ORCHESTRA
Music Director (Conductor/Keyboard 1)—LEIGH DELANO Associate Music Director (Keyboard 2)—RYAN EDWARD WISE Reed 1—BEN SCHONHORN; Reed 2—ALEX LEMMA; Drums—FRANK ZAMBRANO; Bass—LINDSAY ROSENBERG; Guitar—NICK RIMANIC; Cello—KEVIN IRVING
Associate Music Supervisor: Brian Ge Orchestra Contractor: Antoine Silverman
Electronic Music Design: Billy Jay Stein and Hiro Iida for Strange Cranium Music Preparation: JoAnn Kane Music (Kyle Brenn, Russell Bartmus, Jessie Rosso)
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ANN MORRISON (Kimberly). Broadway: Mary Flynn in the legendary original Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical, Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Hal Prince (1982 Theatre World Award), Hal Prince’s LoveMusik, Children and Art. London’s West End: Peg in the original musical Peg. Off-Broadway: Lizzie in the original Goblin Market (Drama Desk Nom.) Ann has starred in dozens of musicals and plays, concerts, and cabaret performances throughout the country and the U.K. Select recordings: Merrily We Roll Along, Lady be Good, Goblin Market, and many more. Recent honors: NY Bistro Award for her solo musical Merrily From Center Stage, and United Solo Best Actress for her Linda Lovely Goes to Broadway.
MIGUEL GIL, he/him (Seth) is making his National Tour debut! Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo. Regional: Bye Bye Birdie (The Kennedy Center), In the Heights (The Muny). NYC: Follies (Carnegie Hall), The Jimmy Awards (2021). Shoutout to his friends, family, CESD, Luber Roklin and The Telsey Office. Miguel holds a lot of gratitude for this opportunity (and for you being here). Venezuela is in the house! IG @Miguelito.Gil
JIM HOGAN ( Buddy ). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo (OBC). National Tours: Waitress, The Phantom of the Opera, Spring Awakening. TV: “America’s Got Talent” with vocal group, T.3 (@t.3official). Their debut album, Option Up, is available on all streaming platforms and they’re currently touring a city near you! Many thanks to 321, the Kimberly Akimbo creative team, CGF Talent, Telsey, family and Emily, who’s playing Debra. Despite what she does on stage, she’s actually pretty cool in real life. @jimhogan220
EMILY KOCH ( Debra ). Broadway/ National Tours: Elphaba in Wicked, Waitress, Kimberly Akimbo. Regional: The Full Monty (North Shore), The Secret Garden (Broadway Sacramento), Godspell (Berkshire Theatre Group), Little Women (Palo Alto TheatreWorks), Violet (FPAC),
In the Bones (APAC). Proud Interlochen Arts Academy, Carnegie Mellon alum. Many thanks to 321, BRS/Gage, the Kimberly creative team, Telsey, Matt Farnsworth, Sarah Brown, her parents, and Jim Hogan who plays “Buddy” in this show, Emily’s boyfriend of seven years. @embkoch
LAURA WOYASZ (Pattie) If this is a dream, please don’t wake me, because this is a dream role! Broadway: Wicked (Glinda), For The Girls. She has done 5 Off-Broadway shows, 3 National Tours, 4 TV appearances, and many regional shows. She is an advocate for senior dogs and is a Reiki healer. Laura is obsessed with Dolly Parton, tiny homes, and Doritos. Thank you to HCKR, the creative team, Telsey, Matt Farnsworth for this opportunity. As always, for my niece & sister. www.laura-woyasz.com
GABBY BEREDO (Delia) is overjoyed to be part of this production! National Tour: Matilda. Regional: Annie (Papermill Playhouse). Media: Global Girls Alliance launch video with Michelle Obama (Featured Soloist). She is a proud Filipina and New Jersey native! Sending love and gratitude to her family, friends, Carson-Adler Agency, and CCM MT. @gabbyberedo
SKYE ALYSSA FRIEDMAN (Teresa). National Tour Debut! Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Annie . Off-Broadway: The Lucky Star (59E59), Kimberly Akimbo (ATC). Regional: The Audience (MJT). Film: Lemonade Blessing (upcoming), Busybody, Mute. TV: “I Am Frankie” (Nickelodeon). Pace University BFA Acting graduate. Eternally grateful for this “great adventure” and everyone in it. www.skyealyssafriedman.com IG: @skyealyssafriedman
DARRON HAYES (Martin). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo. Australian Theatre: Pharus in the Australian Premiere of Choir Boy with The National Theatre of Parramatta. Off-Broadway/New York: I Can Get It for You Wholesale, The Gospel According to Heather, Notes From Now, Love Around the Block. TV/Film: “FBI: Most Wanted” and
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“American Idol.” All the love! Instagram: @darronhayes_
PIERCE WHEELER (Aaron) recently finished his junior year at New York University after traveling with the National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen. Pierce is overjoyed to collaborate with such generous creatives and a beautiful cast, especially with this story. Gargantuan thanks to his family, friends, mentors, and The Telsey Team for their support! @pierce_wheeler
JANET DICKINSON ( Kimberly Standby). Broadway: Anastasia, Bullets Over Broadway, How The Grinch…, Happiness at Lincoln Center. Little Dancer (Mary Cassatt) - The Kennedy Center/ World Premiere. Chasing Rainbows - Flat Rock/World Premiere. Tours: Billy Elliot (Mrs. Wilkinson), 9 To 5: The Musical. Off-Broadway: Fat Camp , Forbidden Broadway’s Rude Awakening. TV: “High Maintenance,” “Billions,” “Feud: Capote vs the Swans.” Janet is originally from Bemidji, MN. Love to Doug and the team at Carson/ Kolker. Something funny is happening on Instagram @Anticstasia.
SARAH LYNN MARION (u/s Pattie, Debra). First National Tour! Off-Broadway: Ordinary Days. Regional: Kinky Boots, Beehive, All Shook Up. TV: “Law & Order SVU,” “High Maintenance.” BFA University of Michigan. Jimmy Award winner. Don’t take yourself too seriously. @sarahlynnmarion
REGENE SEVEN ODON (u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin). National Tour Debut! This is for Mommy Rose. Eternally grateful for Take3Talent, Rebel, and The Prep. Thanks to Michelle, Natasha, Shannon, Jimmy, Nicky, and Theresa. Endless love to Mama, Papa, Jilian, Jillaine, and my friends. @regeneodon
MARCUS PHILLIPS (u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin). Recent/favorite credits: Spring Awakening (East West Players), The Prom (First National Tour), Dog Man: The Musical (National Tour). BFA in Theatre & Film, #longliveL7! Love, hold, and listen to one another. @who.is.marcus
BAILEY RYON (Dance Captain, u/s Delia, Teresa). Broadway/National Tour: OBC Matilda The Musical ( Matilda - Tony recipient). How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Cindy-Lou Who). James Madison University BA: Musical Theatre. Thanks to my friends and family! Representation: Evolve Talent Management. www.bailey-ryon.com
BRANDON SPRINGMAN (u/s Buddy). An Anagram for Thankful is “Flunk Hat.” First National Tour of Come From Away. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, Paramount Theatre, Marriott, Chicago Shakespeare, Drury Lane. Thanks to Stewart Talent. For my Family & Michelle.
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE (Book, Lyrics, Original Play) is a playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. He received Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical for his work on Kimberly Akimbo. Other Broadway credits include Rabbit Hole (MTC, Pulitzer Prize); Good People (MTC, NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Horton Foote Prize); Shrek with Jeanine Tesori (Kleban Award for Lyrics); High Fidelity with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green. Off-Broadway: at ATC, Kimberly Akimbo (Lortel, NYDCC, OCC and Drama Desk awards for Best Musical); at MTC, Ripcord, Kimberly Akimbo (the play), Wonder of the World, Fuddy Meers ; at Soho Rep, A Devil Inside . Film: The Family Fang, Rise of the Guardians, Rabbit Hole, Oz the Great and Powerful, Poltergeist, Inkheart, Robots . Member: Dramatists Guild, WGA, ASCAP. David is also, along with Tanya Barfield, co-director of the playwriting program at The Juilliard School.
JEANINE TESORI (Music) is a composer of musical theatre, opera and film. She is a two-time Tony Award winner for Best Score, for Kimberly Akimbo with David LindsayAbaire and for Fun Home with Lisa Kron. Her other musicals include Caroline, or Change (with Tony Kushner); Shrek (David LindsayAbaire); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dick Scanlan); Violet (Brian Crawley); and Soft Power (David Henry Hwang), which was her
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second work after Fun Home to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Her operas include A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (Tony Kushner); The Lion, The Unicorn and Me (J.D. McClatchy); and Blue (Tazewell Thompson). Her latest opera, Grounded (George Brant), marks Tesori as one of the first women, along with Missy Mazzoli, to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and opened the 2024-2025 season. In addition to her work as a composer, Tesori is the founding artistic director of New York City Center’s Encores! Off-Center series, the supervising vocal producer of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and a lecturer in music at Yale University. Proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
JESSICA STONE (Director) worked as an actress on and off Broadway, in television and film before transitioning to directing. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been nominated for two Tony awards for her work on Broadway in Kimberly Akimbo (2023) and Water for Elephants (2024). In addition, both productions garnered nominations for Best Musical, with Kimberly Akimbo taking home the prize. She has directed all over the country at such theatres as The Old Globe, A.C.T., Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theater and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill’s Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood! (world premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte’s Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Absurd Person Singular. As a performer her Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease.
DANNY MEFFORD (Choreographer) choreographed three Tony Award winners for
Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen (also Olivier, Best Musical) and Fun Home. Direction: a national tour of Shrek and three upcoming projects: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Kennedy Center, The Gorgeous Nothings and The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul. Choreography highlights: Titanic, Love’s Labour’s Lost, February House, Miss You Like Hell, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Sound of Music and Good Person of Szechwan. TV: theatrical sequences for “Rise” on NBC, “Dickinson” on AppleTV+, and “Fleishman is in Trouble” FX. MFA in Acting from Brown University/ Trinity Rep.
DAVID ZINN (Scenic Design). Broadway: scenic design for Stereophonic, The Notebook, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Funny Girl, The Minutes, Diana, Torch Song, The Humans; scenic/costume design for Choir Boy, The Boys in the Band, SpongeBob SquarePants, Amélie, Fun Home, The Last Ship; costume design for Enemy of the People, Almost Famous; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Airline Highway; …the vibrator play; Xanadu. Also: Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater, The Public Theater, NYTW; National Theatre and Young Vic (U.K.); Theater Basel; and the Berlin Staatsoper. Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Hewes awards.
SARAH LAUX ( Costume Design ). Broadway: Prayer for the French Republic, The Band’s Visit, Fully Committed, The Humans. Selected Off-Broadway: Dead Outlaw (Audible); Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons); The Wanderer (Paper Mill Playhouse); Prayer for the French Republic (MTC); Kimberly Akimbo, This Ain’t No Disco, The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater Company); Jerry Springer: The Opera (New Group, Obie Award); A Play Is a Poem (Taper Theatre); Before the Meeting (WTF). Film: Not Okay, The Sixth Reel, Freakshow. Television: “High Fidelity,” “Godfather of Harlem” S2-4
JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW (Lighting Design). Award-winning designer for theatre, dance, opera, musicals, music performances and large-scale immersive installation.
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The NY Times described her designs as “clever” and “inventive.” Credits include: The Thanksgiving Play (Broadway), The Connector (MCC), King Lear (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Manahatta (The Public), Gloria: A Life (Daryl Roth Theatre), Cullud Wattah (The Public), Golden Shield (MTC), The Nosebleed (LCT3), American (Tele) visions (NYTW), Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Snow in Midsummer (CSC), Suicide Forest (Ma-Yi), KPOP (Ars Nova), WILD: A Musical Becoming (A.R.T.), Walden (Theaterworks), Blue (Detroit Opera), Theatre of the Mind (with David Byrne). www.jeanetteyew.com
KAI HARADA (Sound Design). Broadway: Once Upon a Mattress; The Days of Wine and Roses; Merrily We Roll Along (Tony Nomination); Spamalot (co-design); New York, New York (Tony Nomination); Kimberly Akimbo; The Old Man and the Pool; Mister Saturday Night; Head Over Heels; The Band’s Visit (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award); Amélie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony, Drama Desk Nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet. West End: Crazy For You; Million Dollar Quartet. Many other musicals worldwide.
J. JARED JANAS (Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design). Broadway: Our Town, Once Upon a Mattress, Mary Jane, Prayer for the French Republic, Purlie Victorious, Good Night, Oscar, Sweeney Todd…, Ohio State Murders, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, How I Learned to Drive, American Buffalo, Jagged Little Pill, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.
LUCY MACKINNON (Video Design) is a projection designer and video artist who lives in Brooklyn. She is a two-time Tony Award nominee whose Broadway design credits include The Notebook, Kimberly Akimbo, A
Christmas Carol, How I Learned to Drive, Jagged Little Pill, The Rose Tattoo, Lifespan of a Fact, Six Degrees of Separation, and Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening. THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy. Please visit thetelseyoffice.com for our credits.
JOHN CLANCY ( Orchestrations ).
Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo (Tony nom.), Mean Girls (Tony nom.), 1776 (2022 revival), Fun Home (Tony/Drama Desk noms.), Diana, The Prom, Tuck Everlasting, Shrek (Tony/Drama Desk noms.), Cats 2016 (dance arr.). Off-Broadway/regional: The Karate Kid, The Notebook, The Secret Life of Bees, Gun & Powder, Becoming Nancy, Soft Power (dance arr.), The Fortress of Solitude, Jasper in Deadland, Just So.
MACY SCHMIDT ( Additional Orchestrations ) is an honoree of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for her work as founder/CEO of The Broadway Sinfonietta, an all-women and majority women-of-color orchestra. Broadway: Tina . U.K./international: RIDE, Monsoon Wedding, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. macyschmidtmusic.com | CAA
CHRIS FENWICK (Music Supervisor). Music director: Soft Power (Pulitzer finalist), Sunday in the Park With George (2017 Broadway revival), Fun Home (Tony Award, Best Musical; Pulitzer finalist), the original productions of Michael John LaChiusa’s Giant, Los Otros, Queen of the Mist and See What I Wanna See. Music supervisor: Once on This Island (Tony Award, Best Revival); Good Night, Oscar (Goodman Theatre). Founding music director, City Center Encores! Off-Center. Music director for Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall and more.
ANTOINE SILVERMAN ( Music Coordinator ). Thrilled to be involved in
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his eighth production with Jeanine Tesori including Fun Home and Caroline, or Change Other shows include The Secret Life of Bees, Spider-Man, Tuck Everlasting, Paradise Square, Assassins (CSC) and many more.
LEIGH DELANO (Music Director) . Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Some Like It Hot, Spamalot, Once Upon A One More Time. Regional: Gun & Powder (Paper Mill Playhouse), American Prophet (Arena Stage), Grace (Ford’s Theatre), Catch Me If You Can (Arena Stage), Gun & PowderPremiere (Signature Theatre), Once Upon A One More Time (Shakespeare Theatre).
STRANGE CRANIUM (Electronic Music Design). Billy Jay Stein, CEO and founder. Hiro Iida, lead designer. Credits: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Grammy Award); The Radio City Rockettes NY Spectacular; MJ; Kimberly Akimbo; 1776; Paradise Square; Caroline, or Change; Diana; Tootsie; Mean Girls; The Band’s Visit; Fun Home; Spider-Man; Hairspray; Amélie; Tuck Everlasting; The Rocky Horror Show; Jekyll & Hyde. www.strangecranium.com
RYAN EMMONS (Associate Director). Broadway: Water for Elephants, Kimberly Akimbo, Groundhog Day, Matilda, Ghost. National Tours: Matilda and Miss Saigon. Ryan is co-artistic director of the indie theatre ensemble No.11 Productions and teaches at IAMT. Gratitude to Jane, Brandon and Beckett! www.ryanemmonsdirects.com
BRITTNEY GRIFFIN ( Associate Choreographer). Credits include Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway, Dreamgirls International Tour (Associate Choreographer/ Director). Film: Bolden, A Jazzmans Blues (Netflix). Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Danny, and Lucille. Love you Darius.
ARABELLA POWELL ( Production Supervisor). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, The Lion King; What the Constitution Means to Me; The Rose Tattoo; John Leguizamo’s Latin History…, Ghetto Klown and Sexaholix; Eve Ensler’s The Good Body; Kat and the Kings. Select Off-Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Richard II. WNYC/
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Public; Théâtre de Complicité’s Mnemonic; Trumbo; Tap Dogs West End & international tour. Program member, Open Stage Project.
SHAWN PENNINGTON ( Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Wicked, Next to Normal, Sondheim on Sondheim. First National Tours: MJ, Come From Away, Bright Star, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages. Regional: Gypsy (The Muny), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse). Love to Mom & Mark.
ABBY L. POWERS (Stage Manager, she/ her). Touring: Hamilton, Summer, School of Rock, Cinderella, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Cats, West Side Story, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof and more. “Unending love to my family and my suitcases!”
OLIVIA GORDON ( Assistant Stage Manager). National Tours: Annie. Regional: Anastasia, Tootsie, Titanic, 9 to 5, Something Rotten! (Maine State Music Theatre), Frozen (Fulton Theatre). Training: Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil, Shenandoah University. Sending love and thanks to her family, friends, and mentors.
JUSTIN T. SCHOLL (Company Manager). Tour: MJ the Musical, Beetlejuice, The Band’s Visit, Miss Saigon. International: Shrek, Beauty & the Beast. Broadway: Lady Day…. Board Certified member of ATPAM. Love to Mom, Dad, Sydney, Hops Alexis and Cookie.
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Management) formed in 1998, JSP has managed more than 100 Broadway, Off-Broadway and National Tours. Currently: & Juliet, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Good Night, and Good Luck, Harry Potter, Hell’s Kitchen, John Proctor is the Villain, MJ: The Musical, Moulin Rouge, Picture of Dorian Gray, Romeo & Juliet, Shucked, Some Like It Hot, Stereophonic, The Great Gatsby, The Outsiders. www.juniperstreet.com.
321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management). Credits include Wicked (worldwide); Purpose (Tony Award for Best Play); Death Becomes Her; The
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Outsiders (Tony Award for Best Musical); Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award for Best Musical); Gutenberg! The Musical!; SuzanLori Parks’ Topdog/ Underdog (Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play); A Strange Loop (Tony Award for Best Musical); Is This a Room; Dana H.; What the Constitution Means to Me; The SpongeBob Musical; War Paint; Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed (Broadway revival and original Off-Broadway); Fun Home (Tony Award for Best Musical); If/ Then; Peter and the Starcatcher; Bring It On: The Musical; Sister Act; Traces; Next to Normal; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Vagina Monologues; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You, You’re Perfect; and Bat Boy
DAVID STONE ( Producer ) is currently represented around the world (on stage and screen) by Wicked . He has also produced Purpose , Kimberly Akimbo , Topdog/ Underdog, The Boys in the Band, War Paint, If/Then , Next to Normal , The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee , Three Days of Rain , Man of La Mancha , The Vagina Monologues , Fully Committed , Lifegame , The Diary of Anne Frank , Full Gallop , The Santaland Diaries and Family Secrets David serves on the boards of The Broadway League and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the advisory board of Second Stage Theater. David has lectured on theatre at Yale, Princeton, Columbia and his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.
ATLANTIC
THEATER COMPANY
( Producer ). Neil Pepe, artistic director; Jeffory Lawson, managing director. Our aim is singular: to empower simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater understanding of our shared world. Founded as an ensemble of impassioned students in 1985, we have grown into a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Off-Broadway company and worldrenowned Acting School. As a producer of compelling new works from emerging and established artists, we are committed to uncovering and celebrating all storytellers. www.atlantictheater.org.
JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer)
Credits: Purpose ; Tammy Faye ; The Outsiders ; Kimberly Akimbo ; An Enemy of the People; Some Like It Hot; Titanique; MJ; Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal; Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; The Lehman Trilogy; My Fair Lady; The Band’s Visit; On Your Feet!; The Elephant Man; I’ll Eat You Last; Next to Normal; The Color Purple; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ; Movin’ Out and many others..
LACHANZE (Producer) is thrilled to continue to serve on the producing team for Kimberly Akimbo. LaChanze has also served as producer on the lauded Purpose (Tony Award), Topdog/Underdog (Tony Award), Here Lies Love, and Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Tony Award nomination) and is currently a producer on The Outsiders (Tony Award). As an actor, LaChanze has starred in The Color Purple (Tony Award), Once on This Island (Tony Award nomination), Trouble in Mind (Tony Award nomination), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Tony Award nomination), If/Then, A Christmas Carol and many others. With over 38 years of experience on Broadway, LaChanze is committed to producing theatre that transforms, transcends and inspires. She is the proud president of Black Theatre United, an advocacy organization dedicated to protecting Black bodies, Black talent, and Black lives on and off our stages.
JOHN GORE ( Producer ) has won 25 Tonys, an Olivier, and two Emmy Awards. He is a British producer who is Chairman, C.E.O., and sole owner of the John Gore Organization family of companies, including Broadway Across America, Broadway.com, The Broadway Channel, BroadwayBox.com, Broadway Brands, and Group Sales Box Office. The company has produced and invested in shows on Broadway, in London’s West End, Japan, China and presents in over 45 cities across North America. Presentations include The Phantom of the Opera, Disney’s The Lion King, Wicked, The Book of Mormon and Hamilton. Recent Broadway credits include
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The Outsiders, Purpose, Buena Vista Social Club, MJ, and Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
PATRICK CATULLO (Producer) is a multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer. Recent credits include; Sunset Blvd.; Merrily We Roll Along; An Enemy of the People; Here Lies Love; Illinoise; Gutenberg! The Musical; Kimberly Akimbo; Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool; David Byrne’s American Utopia (Special Tony Award and Emmy nomination); Girl From the North Country; Fleabag; Network; The Boys in the Band; 1984; Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed; Gypsy (West End); The Elephant Man; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; If/Then; Next to Normal; and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee . Upcoming: Oedipus ; Dog Day Afternoon starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach and West End premiere of Sam Hunter’s Clarkston starring Joe Locke.
AARON GLICK (Producer) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer. Broadway, Touring and West End Credits include: Spelling Bee (Off Broadway), Purpose (Tony Award), A Wrinkle in Time (Arena Stage), Next to Normal (West End), Hello, Dolly! (West End), Sweeney Todd (Tony Nomination), Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award), What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony Nomination), & Juliet (West End only), The Boys in the Band (Tony Award), Fully Committed, Gypsy (Olivier Award), and The Old Man and the Old Moon. Aaron is also a producer with David Stone and has worked on such shows as: Three Days of Rain, Wicked, Next to Normal, If/Then, War Paint, and the Tony-Winning Topdog/ Underdog. Aaron is a Full Member of the Broadway League, a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, and the recipient of Hal Prince’s T Fellowship.
STAFF FOR KIMBERLY AKIMBO
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT
Nina Essman Rachel Kaufman
Amy Merlino Coey Marcia Goldberg
DIRECTOR OF TOURING
Ken Silverman
COMPANY MANAGER
Justin T. Scholl
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Ryan Emmons
ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER
Brittney Griffin
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS
Hillary Blanken Hannah Wilson Z Zurovitch
Guy Kwan Ana Rose Greene Victoria Bullard
Ross Leonard Sadie Alisa Abby Filiaggi
Carolyn Bonaccorsi Chris Childs
Laura Zamsky Burkett Horrigan
MARKETING & PRESS REPRESENTATIVE ALEMAN PR
Phillip Aleman Justin O’Neill
LEGAL COUNSEL
KLARIS
Doug Nevin Edward Klaris
Brandon Taylor
TOUR BOOKING
THE ROAD COMPANY
Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota
Shawn Willett Natalie Rine
Gracie Lewis Quinn Wasson
AnaBella Kalish Jacob Hoffman Shane Parksmith trc.nyc
CASTING
THE TELSEY OFFICE
Craig Burns, CSA
Jimmy Larkin
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER .. SHAWN PENNINGTON
Stage Manager ..................................... Abby L. Powers
Assistant Stage Manager ......................... Olivia Gordon
Assistant Company Manager J. Kenneth Anthony
Stone Productions Assistant Grant Albright
Associate Scenic Designer Teresa L. Williams
Associate Lighting Designers
Alex deNevers, Kirk Fitzgerald
Lighting Assistant .............................. Zijun (Neil) Wang
Associate Sound Designer Isabella Curry
Associate Video Designer Dylan Uremovich
Associate Costume Designer Jessica Worsnop
Costume Shopper
Michelle Ridley
Associate Hair and Makeup Designer ......... Eric Miralles
Production Assistants .... Olivia Gordon, Olivia McQuerry
Production Carpenter
Advance Carpenter
Chad Woerner
Jack Anderson
Production Electrician Eric Norris
Production Sound Mike Wojchik
Advance Sound .................................... Douglas Graves
Production Props Supervisors . JR Goodman, Ray Wetmore
Assistant Production Props Jennifer A. Kramer
Production Video Supervisor Chelsea Zalikowski
Moving Light Programmer Bridget Chervenka
Advance Video Supervisor Alexandra Lenihan
Video Programmer ........................................ Ido Levran
Head Carpenter .................................... Chad Fenimore
Assistant Carpenter Flyman Sam Vettrus
Assistant Carpenter Deck Chase Dietrich
Head Electrician
Kathleen Cole
Assistant Electrician Followspot Gabrielle Blackburn
Assistant Electrician Video .................... Javier Calderon
Head Sound........................................... Matt McShane
Assistant Sound Kayla Chen
Head Props
Assistant Props
Crew Swing
Kendall Barbera
Ashley Clark
Keefe Kennedy
Wardrobe Supervisor ........................... Katherine Kraus
Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor ............. Teacora Sherrill
Hair & Makeup Supervisor
Jakey Hicks
Advertising Serino Coyne
Online Marketing Situation Interactive
Broadway Publicist Tom D’Ambrosio
Community Engagement &
Culture Strategist .............. Alexander Consulting Group/ Christina Alexander
321 Theatrical Founding Partner Nancy Gibbs
321 Theatrical Finance Director KeriAnne Murphy
321 Theatrical Business Manager Rebecca Peterson
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Michael Altbaum, Kendall Booher, Yang-Yang Chen, Maddy Cohen, Theresa Cooper, Katherine Engel, Madison Goldberg, Marissa Gonzales, Jason Haft, Jen Harris, Jaide Malone, Logan Craig McDonald, Liam Millward, Marjorie Murillo, Esmé Maria Ng, Erica Norgaard, Emily Powell, Steve Quinn, Jenelle Russell, Roseanna Sharrow, Viraj Shriwardhankar, Spencer Smith, John Tupy, Emily Witham, Jasmine Zang
Accountant ................................. WithumSmith+Brown/ Robert Fried, Karen Kowgios, Scott Bartolf, Anthony Moore, Lara Waldner, CPAs
Banking
City National Bank
Payroll Service Checks & Balances
Insurance ........................ Claudia Kaufman/Elena Sleys AON Insurance Services, Inc.
Production Photographer Joan Marcus
Video Footage............................................. HMS Media
Physical Therapy Neurosport
Merchandise The Araca Group
Housing ............................................ Debco Travel, Inc. Travel Premier Travel
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SPECIAL THANKS
Annie MacRae, Pamela Adams, Camron Parker, Stephanie Hernandez, Alejandra Izquierdo, Tyler Siems, Ken Benson
CREDITS
Scenery built and painted by Global Scenic Services and PRG Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG Broadway LLC. Lighting equipment provided by PRG Broadway. Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound. Video equipment provided by 4Wall Entertainment. Props provided by More Good Productions, R.Ramos Upholstery, and BrenBri Properties. Custom pregnancy padding by Sarah M. Reever. Kimberly costumes built by Colin Davis Jones Studios.
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair Olaf Olafsson
Vice Chair Carol Auerbach
Treasurer ....................................................Kevin R. Lyle
Secretary Betsy Pitts
Chris Boneau, Joy Bunson, Jennifer Danielson, Suzanne Friend, Clark Gregg*. Wolf Hengst, Hilary Hinckle*, Blair Husain, Roger E. Kass, Jane King, Scott Korf, Katie Leede, Monique Long, Mary McCann*, Ilona Nemeth Quasha, Hilary Edson Polk, Mahlet Seyoum, Michael Slosberg, Mary Turner Minard, Claudia Wagner, Manny Weintraub, Joanne R. Wenig, Susi Wunsch
*Atlantic Theater Company Ensemble members
Kimberly Akimbo was rehearsed at Baryshnikov Arts Center.
Kimberly Akimbo is dedicated to the memory of Darius Barnes, our friend and collaborator.
THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE MEMBERS OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
The designers at this theatre are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers represents the Press Agents and Company Managers employed on this production.
DRAMATISTS GUILD
The writer/s of this production are members of the national trade association of professional playwrights, composers, lyricists, and liberettists.
This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees. The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.
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Twilight in Concert
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iLuminate
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Iliza Shlesinger ILIZA! LIVE
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George Janko MAN ON WATER Tour
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MasterChef AllStars Live! Featuring Past Contestants
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ATXplained Live
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Avatar: The Last Airbender In Concert The 20th Anniversary Tour
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Jacob Collier
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World Ballet Company: Cinderella NOV 4
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John Mulaney Mister Whatever NOV 13–15
Queens Of The Stone Age The Catacombs Tour NOV 19
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Carrie Rodriguez’s Laboratorio NOV 2
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Miró Quartet and Isidore String Quartet
Mendelssohn’s Octet at 200: A Legacy In Sound NOV 7
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis NOV 15
Broadway in Austin The Outsiders OCT 21–26
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Cottom and Dickerson Families
Augustine Park and Eun Eoh
The Pate Family
Cindy and Kelly Payne
Keitha Peacock
Ellen Pelletier
Robert Pender
Sally Pendergras
Karen and Wes Peoples
Adele and Brian Peterman
Katherine Petersen
Heather Petkovsek
Nancy and Frank Petrone
Tami Pharr
Suzanne Pickens and Douglas Hoitenga
Carla and Steve Portnoy
John Potthoff
Kate and Scott Powers
Liza, Ed and Hannah Prendergast
Ryan Putman
Eric Rabbanian
Meghan Railey
Randy Ramirez
Dawn and Thomas Rich
Lynda Rife
Sandra and James Robinson
Laura Robinson
Tracy Romano
Patricia Rotunda
Jerry Roudebush
Summer Rydel
Susan E. Salch
Keely Schaefer
Julie and Richard Schechter
Christopher Schmitt
Amy and Rob Rose
Austin Seal Co.
Ella Segura
Christine and Anthony Sementelli
Linda Simonson
Steven Smith
Mariah Smith
Chuck Smith
Kimberly and David Solomon
Toni and Ted Spalding
Randy Sparks
Lisa and Rick Stipe
Stephanie and Paul Stone
Carolyn Stone Productions, LLC
Pamela Stryker
Studer Family
Matthew and Katherine Sturich
Geeta and David Suggs
Anna and Suresh Sundarababu
Kathy and Tom Sweet
Molly and Jeremy Sylestine
Dona and Ali Tabrizi
Daniel Tarrillion
Dwight Tejano
Donna Thomas
Mackenzie and Burwell Thompson
Michelle Thornburg
Letty Tomlinson
Stacy and Michael Toomey
Alice Toungate
Claudia and Luis Trejo
Dale Truitt
Kaylie Tully
Kevin Vanderlaan
Saradee and Melvin Waxler
Chrissie Welty
Marie and Phil Wendell
Leslie and Dana West
Michael White
Kathleen White
Marc Whitten
Nancy Whitworth Spong
Michael and KeriLyn Wick
Michael Wilen
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Williams
Dyanne and Stan Williams
Ann and Eric Wilson
Mike Wilson
Thomas Wilson
Kevin Wood
Mark Wood
Catherine and Scott Worley
Jeff Yedlin
Lena Yoo and Gerry Cardinal III
Jeannette and Mitch Young
Timothy Young
Nicholas Young
Micka and Richard Ziehr
Jose Zubia
Texas Performing Arts Staff
LEADERSHIP
Bob Bursey, Executive & Artistic Director
Bianca Hooi, Executive & Artistic Project Manager
Priscilla Perales, Assistant to the Executive & Artistic Director
PROGRAMMING
Bobby Asher, Director of Programming
Brendan Burke, Programming Manager
OPERATIONS
Sean Thorne, Managing Director
Cameron Weed, Human Resources Manager
Nathan Harper, Facilities Manager
Kristi Lampi, Director of Business Operations
Leigh Remeny, Business Operations Manager
Basil Montemayor, Business Operations Associate
Kat Carson, Senior Event Manager
Talia Graves, Event Manager
Alexander Reindl, Event Manager
Mia Spidel, Emerging Arts Professional, Programming & Events
MARKETING & SALES
Dane Munson, Director of Marketing & Sales
Romina Jara, Associate Director, Marketing
Brady Dyer, Associate Director, Communications
Lizzie Choffel Cantu, Design Manager
Erica De Leon, Digital Marketing Manager
Lindsey Sageser, Marketing Associate
Madison Tran, Design & Media Associate
Tara Vela, Director of Ticketing
Dianne Whitehair, Ticketing Systems Manager
Elizabeth Requenez, Ticketing Manager
Meredith Delay, Texas Inner Circle Ticket Concierge
Sereniti Patterson, Emerging Arts Professional, Ticketing
DEVELOPMENT
Anna Langdell, Director of Development
Jeannette Thomas, Director of Major Gifts
Amy Burgar, Associate Director, Development
Chelsea Casner, Development Specialist, Major Gifts
Miguel Robles, Development Specialist, Operations
Sara Morales, Development Specialist, Membership and Sponsorship
EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT
Tim Rogers, Director of Education & Engagement
Eric Vera, Education Program Manager
Aubrey Felty, Education & Engagement Program Coordinator
Insha Iqbal, Emerging Arts Professional, Education & Engagement
PRODUCTION
Blake Addyson, Director of Production
John Lewis, Production Supervisor
Mika O’Dwyer, Assistant
Production Supervisor
Drew Millay, Audio/Video Supervisor
Bryce Riggle, Assistant
Audio/Video Supervisor
John “Hutch” Hutchinson, Assistant Audio/Video Supervisor
Camryn Senioris, Lighting Supervisor
Tracy Abercrombie, Assistant Lighting Supervisor
Brooke Dickerson, Assistant
Lighting Supervisor
Travis Perrin, Staging & Rigging Supervisor
Audrey McGovern, Assistant
Staging & Rigging Supervisor
Jessie Mikolaichik, Assistant
Staging & Rigging Supervisor
GUEST EXPERIENCE
Blake McDonald, Director of Guest Experience
Amanda Adams, Associate Director, Guest Services
Kourtney Johnson, Guest Services Manager
FABRICATION & ACADEMIC PRODUCTION
Jeff Grapko, Director of Fabrication & Academic Production
Karen Maness, Associate Director, Fabrication
David Tolin, Project Manager, Fabrication
Jason Huerta, Operations Manager, Fabrication
Scott Bussey, Senior Technical Director
Earnest Mazique, Academic Production Technology Manager
Ashton Bennett Murphy, Properties Manager
Hank Schwemmer, Lead Fabricator
Eliot Haynes, Assistant
Audio/Video Supervisor, Academic Production
Michael Shanks, Assistant Lighting Supervisor, Academic Production
Leah Austin, Emerging
Arts Professional, Stage Properties
Julia Yelvington, Emerging Arts Professional, Scenic Art
Texas Performing Arts is also proud to acknowledge the hundreds of part-time and volunteer staff who play a critical role in presenting our annual season of world-class performing arts events to the Austin community.
House Managers
Dina Black
Megan Born
Virginia Bosman
Margaret Byron
Nancy Carrales
Sally Deweber
Sheri Dildy
Janine Dos Remedios
Amy Fuchs
Tony C Garcia
Joshua Hale
Leslie Hawkins
Carlos Hernandez-Heine
Olga Kasma-Carnes
Tamara Klindt
Sharon Kojzarek
Eric Lee
Lara Miller
Adrian Pena
Kimberly Reaves
Student Employees
Juno Adair
Joe Adkins
Daniela Albert
Nahla Beltran
Madhav Bhat
Juliana Brandao
Jose Calvillo
Hayley Carbajal
Jacob Cardenas
Sophia Carter
Eugenio Chapa
Lilly Cheesar
Rebecca Couch
Marie Jolie Day
Ava Deviney
Ally Dolley
Griffin Drake
Amanda Earp
Mariah Espocito
Sarah Jayne Ewing
Carla Garcia Leija
Ravleen Kaur Gill
Erin Glasscock
Dariela Gonzalez
Mia Guerra
Sarah Hartley
Catherine Heeman
Gabriela Hernandez
Alisa Irvin
Madison Jackson
Joe Jaxson
PJ Jetton
Bindi Kaplan
Dylan Lebensfeld
Codie Lightfoot
Jacqueline Mai
Anapaula MartinezBorrell
Regina Mendiola
Joe Morales
Mirabai Munton
Rachel Norris
Jessica Reed
Lee Rodgers
Mary Ruiz
Gracie Sanders
Andrea R Stanfill Castro
Debra Thomas
Leah Waheed
Marty Watson
Tonya Woods
Valeria Nunez Estrada
Michael Okooti
Lily Orozco
Zoya Patel
Valeria Blanco Perez
Blake Persyn
Haley Prince
Breanna Pruitt
Kenneth Qu
Caroline Ramsey
Frederick Richardson
Jose Salcido
Zoe Saldana
Robin Schuler
Ethan Sebree
Erin Simpson
Rain Snyder
Laura Soares
Nguyen Tang
Tara Tran
Jaden West
