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OCT 21–23, 2026 | BASS CONCERT HALL


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Welcome to Texas Performing Arts! We’re happy you’re here to enjoy your 2026/27 Huntington Bank Broadway in Austin season. It’s the biggest yet, with eleven shows including a mix of acclaimed new productions and the return of unforgettable favorites. This year marks TPA’s 45th anniversary, and reflects our enduring commitment to bring the very best of the arts to Austin. Your support makes that possible, and we’re sincerely grateful. With a lineup that offers something for everyone, we can’t wait for you to create new memories while experiencing the best of Broadway with us.

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Beyond Broadway, TPA’s 26/27 Performing Arts Season offers a global journey through theatre, dance, and music featuring celebrated artists from around the world. Our Texas Welcomes series presents the best of touring concerts, comedy, and family entertainment throughout the year. I hope you’ll join us often throughout this milestone year. Here’s to 45 years of great performances and many more to come. Enjoy the show!

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Beyond the Performance

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At TPA, we believe live performance has the power to inspire, connect, and strengthen our community. Beyond the stage, we create opportunities for audiences of all ages to engage more deeply with the performing arts through School Day Performances, workshops, masterclasses, and pre- and postshow conversations. These experiences foster creativity, spark curiosity, and build meaningful connections between audiences and artists, ensuring the impact of every performance continues long after the curtain falls.

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Our 26/27 season is underway, bringing a spectacular lineup of performances and a number of ways to interact with our visiting artists. Here are a few highlights from this past season:

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater hosted a community workshop where participants learned movements from its iconic masterpiece Revelations, led by Ailey teaching artists Nasha Thomas and Jerijah West.

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The cast of the high-flying Cirque Mechanics: TILT! snapped a selfie following their School Day Performance, capturing the energy of Austin-area students in a packed Bass Concert Hall.

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Following a performance of her new theatre work Shopping Center of the Universe, visionary artist Robin Frohardt invited audience members onstage for a closer look at the intricately hand-built cardboard set.

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Ahead of The Look of Love, dancers from the legendary Mark Morris Dance Group led a workshop for Pflugerville High School students before their January performance at Bass Concert Hall.

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In March, TPA welcomed more than 900 attendees to Bass Concert Hall to unveil its 26/27 Broadway in Austin Season, the biggest yet with 11 incredible shows. The festive evening featured guest appearances by Broadway stars such as Nasia Thomas from Death Becomes Her.

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The Heller Awards for Young Artists Take the Stage at Bass Concert Hall

This highly anticipated event celebrates the exceptional talents of 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 has since expanded to include 40 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

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production, lead and supporting performers, and technical design. Through TPA’s partnership with the Broadway League, two HAYA participants are selected each year to represent Central Texas at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, known as the Jimmy Awards, in New York City. Students participate in a ten-day professional training intensive with notable Broadway professionals. This year, London Mays of Weiss High School and Isaiah Barafwala of Rouse High School earned that honor, representing Austin on the national stage. Mark your calendars! The 2027 HAYAs will take place on May 12 at Bass Concert Hall. Want to make a difference in the lives of students at TPA? Contact support@texasperformingarts.org or call 512.232.8567.

Major support is provided by the Heller Awards for Young Artists Endowment, the Cipione Family Foundation, Sangeeta Kaur & Hai Nguyen, the Marc and Carolyn Seriff Endowment for High School Musical Theater, and the Heller Awards for Young Artists Executive Producers: Andrew & Mary Ann Heller, Bettye Nowlin, Heather Petkovsek, Carolyn & Marc Seriff, and an anonymous donor. Additional support is provided by Texas Women texasperformingarts.org for the Arts.

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High school musical theatre’s biggest night, the 13th annual Heller Awards for Young Artists (HAYAs) took center stage on May 6, 2026, at Bass Concert Hall for the first time. This year’s ceremony marked an exciting new chapter as the program moved to TPA, the home of Broadway in Austin.


An Evening with Audra McDonald Photo by Allison TK Michael Orenstein

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Broadway icon and six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald performs an intimate evening of music featuring her signature mix of songs from Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and beyond.

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Texas Performing Arts Welcomes

WAITRESS B&T TOURING LLC PRESENTS

BOOK

MUSIC & LYRICS

Jessie Nelson

Sara Bareilles

Based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly Starring

Samantha Lane Scruggs Hannah-Kathryn Wall Becky Alex Connor Lewis Davey Fried Anthony Cataldo Jason Whitton Patrick Cogan Kyle Channell Tamara Daly Hannah Ellowitz Makaira Fisk Amanda Handegan J’Khalil Evan Kupersmith Mikey Marmann Angelina Nazario Sabin Shrestha Ana Viveros SET DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

Scott Pask

LIGHTING DESIGN

Ken Billington

Suttirat Anne Larlarb WIG DESIGNER

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER

PRESS AND MARKETING

INTERACTIVE MARKETING

Bernie Ardia

Julia Rippon

Allied Global Marketing

Caitlyn Gallip

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

COMPANY MANAGER

Michelle Shea

GENERAL MANAGER

Ryan Parliment

TOUR BOOKING AGENCY

The Booking Group Meredith Blair Russell Thompson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

APEX Touring

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Jáyla McLennan

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

Ariel Lopez

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

SOUND DESIGN

Brian Walters

William T. Prather

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Lauren L. Sobon

ORCHESTRATIONS

Sara Bareilles & The Waitress Band ORIGINAL MUSIC SUPERVISION & ARRANGEMENTS

Nadia DiGiallonardo

TOUR DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY RECREATED BY

Abbey O’Brien ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHER

Lorin Latarro ORIGINAL DIRECTOR

Diane Paulus

Original motion picture produced by Michael Roiff / Night & Day Pictures World premiere produced by the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, August 2, 2015 Diane Paulus, Artistic Director and Diane Borger, Producer. Originally produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, Norton and Elayne Herrick, David I. Berley, Independent Presenters Network, A.C. Orange International, Peter May, Michael Roiff, Ken Schur, Marisa Sechrest, Jam Theatricals, 42nd.club/Square 1 Theatrics, Benjamin Simpson & Joseph Longthorne/Shira Friedman, and The American Repertory Theater

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CAST

(in order of appearance)

Jenna........................................................................................SAMANTHA LANE SCRUGGS Cal................................................................................................................. JASON WHITTON Dawn.................................................................................................................... BECKY ALEX Becky...........................................................................................HANNAH-KATHRYN WALL Joe..................................................................................................................PATRICK COGAN Earl......................................................................................................... ANTHONY CATALDO Mother...............................................................................................................MAKAIRA FISK Father........................................................................................................... KYLE CHANNELL Nurse Norma.....................................................................................................TAMARA DALY Dr. Pomatter.................................................................................................... CONNOR LEWIS Ogie..................................................................................................................... DAVEY FRIED Francine................................................................................................AMANDA HANDEGAN Ensemble...................... KYLE CHANNELL, TAMARA DALY, MAKAIRA FISK, AMANDA HANDEGAN, J’KHALIL, EVAN KUPERSMITH, ANGELINA NAZARIO, SABIN SHRESTHA SWINGS HANNAH ELLOWITZ, EVAN KUPERSMITH, MIKEY MARMANN, ANA VIVEROS DANCE CAPTAIN ANA VIVEROS ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN and FIGHT CAPTAIN J’KHALIL UNDERSTUDIES

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

For Jenna—HANNAH ELLOWITZ, MAKAIRA FISK; for Cal— J’KHALIL, MIKEY MARMANN; for Dawn—MAKAIRA FISK, ANA VIVEROS; for Becky—TAMARA DALY, ANGELINA NAZARIO; for Joe—KYLE CHANNELL, JASON WHITTON; for Earl—KYLE CHANNELL, MIKEY MARMANN; for Nurse Norma—ANGELINA NAZARIO, ANA VIVEROS; for Dr. Pomatter—EVAN KUPERSMITH, SABIN SHRESTHA; for Ogie—EVAN KUPERSMITH, SABIN SHRESTHA

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches prior to the beginning of the performance.

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE

“What’s Inside”.............................................................................................Jenna and Company “Opening Up”...............................................................Jenna, Becky, Dawn, Cal, and Company “The Negative”.............................................................................................Jenna, Becky, Dawn “What Baking Can Do”....................................................................................................... Jenna “Club Knocked Up”..........................................................................................................Women “When He Sees Me”.................................................................................... Dawn and Company “It Only Takes a Taste”............................................................................Dr. Pomatter and Jenna “You Will Still Be Mine”.......................................................................................Earl and Jenna “A Soft Place to Land”..................................................................................Jenna, Becky, Dawn “Never Ever Getting Rid of Me”................................................................... Ogie and Company “Bad Idea”............................................................................. Jenna, Dr. Pomatter, and Company ACT TWO “I Didn’t Plan It”................................................................................................................. Becky “Bad Idea” (Reprise)......................................................................................................Company “You Matter to Me”.................................................................................Dr. Pomatter and Jenna “I Love You Like a Table”.................................................................Ogie, Dawn, and Company “Take It From an Old Man”..............................................................................Joe and Company “She Used to Be Mine”........................................................................................................ Jenna “Everything Changes”..................................................................................Jenna and Company “Opening Up” (Finale)...................................................................................................Company MUSICIANS Conductor/Piano—JÁYLA McLENNAN; Associate Conductor/Keyboard—AJ YI; Drums—MITCH LEE; Bass—JOSHUA BARTKOWSKI; Cello/Guitar—ANNABELLE FUERST; Guitar—JASON GRAY Music Coordinator— JP MEYER Music Programmer—TAYLOR J. WILLIAMS WAITRESS WILL BE PERFORMED WITH ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

This musical is dedicated with love and gratitude to the memory of Adrienne Shelly. Adrienneshellyfoundation.org

Production credits and information in these program notes are provided by the touring production. Where opinions are expressed, they are those of the performers or the production, and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Texas Performing Arts, its sponsors and affiliates, or The University of Texas at Austin.

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CAST

SAMANTHA LANE SCRUGGS

HANNAH-KATHRYN WALL

CONNOR LEWIS

DAVEY FRIED

BECKY ALEX

ANTHONY CATALDO

JASON WHITTON

PATRICK COGAN

KYLE CHANNELL

TAMARA DALY

HANNAH ELLOWITZ

MAKAIRA FISK

AMANDA HANDEGAN

J’KHALIL

EVAN KUPERSMITH

MIKEY MARMANN

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SABIN SHRESTHA

ANA VIVEROS

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST SAMANTHA LANE SCRUGGS (Jenna). Tour: Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol (Fanny). World premiere: Mean Girls Jr. (Cady, JTF New Works). Regional: Menken’s A Christmas Carol (Emily), Jersey Boys (Francine). The Norwalk Conservatory ‘25. Thank you God, my family, my Thomas, my friends, my mentors. May we all be so lucky. HANNAH-KATHRYN WALL (Becky). National Tours: Come From Away (Hannah); Buddy Holly Story (Marlena); Greatest Hits (OffBroadway). Huge thank you to my agent, Mikey. Mama, Chantal, Man, Dooda, PB: I love y’all! Shout-out to my Mini Corn Dog Nuggets/ Campers, Dr. Harley, & Matthews Library! To God be ALL the glory, Amen! @hannahkwall | hannahkwall.com BECKY ALEX (Dawn). National Tour debut! Favorite credits: Into the Woods (Lucinda, The Cape Playhouse), Spring Awakening (Wendla, Ray of Light Theatre), Mean Girls (Gretchen, NYU). TV/Film: Best of the Best (Dimple), out now on Netflix! NYU Tisch NSB ‘26. Rep: Stewart Talent, ME Talent Management. For her family <3 @becky.alex CONNOR LEWIS (Dr. Pomatter) is excited and grateful to be part of the iconic Waitress family on his first national tour! A proud 2022 graduate of Texas State, Connor wants to thank the creative team, his teachers and his friends and family for preparing and supporting him on this life journey. JASON WHITTON (Cal, u/s Joe) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with Waitress! Regional: Desperate Measures (ICT), The Sound of Music (5 Star Theatricals) TV: “Gilmore Girls.” Alt. Country singer. Find his music on Spotify. He would like to thank his wife, family and friends for their support. I love you, Peanut! PATRICK COGAN (Joe) is pleased to be on the road again. Touring since 1980, his credits include the Asia tour of The Sound of Music (Baron Elberfeld), the first national tours of Escape to Margaritaville (J.D.) and The Full Monty (Harold), and the national/international tour of Annie (Daddy Warbucks). DAVEY FRIED (Ogie) is thrilled to make his national tour debut! He is a recent graduate from NYU Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway. Credits: Hello Dolly! (Barnaby, Ogunquit Playhouse), Damn Yankees (Applegate, NYU Tisch). Thank you to ARC, his family and friends for their constant love and support. @davey_fried. ANTHONY CATALDO (Earl) (he/him). Tour: How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (Grinch), Escape to Margaritaville (1st National). Regional: Beautiful (Low Righteous – Ogunquit, Taucahn, Saugatuck), Matilda (Mr. Wormwood, Slowburn), Honeymoon in Vegas (Buddy/Roy, 22

Slowburn), Oklahoma! (Curly), Peter and the Starcatcher (Black Stache). @ttonycat KYLE CHANNELL (Ensemble, u/s Joe, u/s Earl). Columbus, Ohio native and Wright State alum. National Tours: TINA: The Tina Turner Musical, Venardos Circus. Regional: Capital City Theatre, Mountain Theatre Company, Short North Stage, Tent Theatre. Thank you to RAA and RCG. @kyle.channell / kylechannell.com TAMARA DALY (Nurse Norma, Ensemble, u/s Becky). Credits: Bat Out Of Hell Nat’l Tour, Pretty Woman National Tour, The Book of Mormon (Golden Plates National Tour), Sistas The Musical (Off-Broadway/Swing), Beehive the 60s Musical, The Secret Garden, etc. IG: @tammi3_babii HANNAH ELLOWITZ (Swing, u/s Jenna). Tour debut! Elon University BFA and LAMDA alum. Endless gratitude to Waitress creatives, ARC Casting, APEX Touring, and her amazing agents at PMA. Extra love to family, chosen family, and her real-life sugar, Nathan. @hannahellowitz MAKAIRA FISK (Ensemble, u/s Jenna, u/s Dawn). Professional debut! Originally from Valrico, FL. FSU alum. Lover of books, pasta, coffee ice cream, and karaoke bars. Mom, Dad, Zan, Emer, and Kalz: there’s no me without you. Always for Pa. @makairafisk MakairaFisk.com AMANDA HANDEGAN (Ensemble) (she/ her). Waitress Tour debut! Chicago: Diana: The Musical (Ensemble, u/s Sarah, Dance Captain) at THEO; Legally Blonde (Brooke Wyndham) at MTW; Jersey Boys (Mary Delgado), Big River (Mary Jane) at Mercury Theater. National: Whitney Queen of the Night (BV/Dancer). J’KHALIL (Ensemble, u/s Cal, Asst. Dance Captain, Fight Captain). St. Louis, MO! Credits: Hairspray! (The Muny 2026), Escape to Margaritaville (2026), Ain’t Too Proud 2nd National Tour (2025). Thanks to family and Brian at Hell’s Kitchen Agency, for their undying support and love. @iamj.khalil. EVAN KUPERSMITH (Ensemble, Swing, u/s Dr. Pomatter, u/s Ogie). National Tour debut! Regional: Girl from the North Country (Actor’s Express). BFA Acting from CCM. Evan thanks his parents and sisters, for everything. REP: Resolute Artists/Privilege Talent. @evankupersmith MIKEY MARMANN (Swing, u/s Cal, u/s Earl). National Tour: Pretty Woman (Philip Stuckey). Actor and composer whose folkfantasy musical, Terestea, has been developed through multiple New York readings, concerts, and productions. Thanks to Mom, Dad, and my four-legged son, Finnick! MikeyMarmann.com/ @MikeyMarmann. texasperformingarts.org


WHO’S WHO in the CAST ANGELINA NAZARIO (Ensemble, u/s Becky, u/s Nurse Norma). Angelina is stoked to be apart of the 10 year anniversary of Waitress (National Tour debut). She is extremely grateful for her family and friends who have supported her along the way and wouldn’t be here without them. @imangelinanazario SABIN SHRESTHA (Ensemble, u/s Dr. Pomatter, u/s Ogie) is thrilled to return to the stage! Credits: Nickelodeon’s Blues Clues & You! Live On Stage (Josh); Holland America Line (lead vocalist). Gratitude to his beloved partner, mom, dad and sister for their constant love and support. @its.sabinshrestha ANA VIVEROS (Swing, u/s Dawn, u/s Nurse Norma, Dance Captain) works in London and NYC, and most recently appeared as Miss Argentina in NCL’s original choreography production of Beetlejuice. Credits include Rent and West Side Story. Endless love to her husband and community! JESSIE NELSON (Book) wrote, directed, and produced I Am Sam starring Sean Penn, who received an Academy Award nomination for his performance and Corrina Corrina (which she developed at the Sundance labs). Jessie cocreated and directed the series Little Voice with Sara Bareilles for Bad Robot and Apple TV. Among her other directing credits are “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and Love, the Coopers with Diane Keaton. Her writing credits include Step Mom, Because I Said So and The Story of Us directed by Rob Reiner. She wrote the musical Waitress with Sara Bareilles. It was the first Broadway musical created by an all-female team and ran for four years. Jessie directed Alice by Heart, which she co-wrote with Steven Sater with music by Duncan Sheik at the National Theater Connections Program in London and again at MCC in NYC. This year she will direct the premiere of Chadwick Stokes Folk Rock Opera 1972 and the film Norma with June Squib and Jessica Gunning. She began her career as an actress at the Public Theater working with the experimental theater Mabou Mines and acting with the New York Shakespeare Festival. She also co wrote the children’s book Labracadabra. She is producing Brown Baby written by Nikesh Shukula and Himesh Patel. She has been the artistic director of the Sundance Labs Writers Lab. SARA BAREILLES (Music & Lyrics) is an award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, producer, activist, and New York Times best-selling author whose accolades to date include two Grammy Awards, three Tony Award nominations, and three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. As a recording artist and songwriter, she has sold more than 3 million albums and 15 million singles in the U.S., and her songs have been streamed more than 3.5 billion times worldwide. On Broadway, she composed music and lyrics for Waitress, stepping into the lead role both on texasperformingarts.org

Broadway and in the West End. Other musical theater credits include her Tony-nominated performance as The Baker’s Wife in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, a song on the Tony Award-nominated score for SpongeBob SquarePants, and an Emmy Awardnominated appearance as Mary Magdalene in NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live.” She plays Dawn Solano on the Emmy-nominated musical comedy series “Girls5eva”, the third season of which is streaming now on Netflix, and is currently at work on a musical theater adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s best-selling novel The Interestings. DIANE PAULUS (Original Director) is the Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater and a Professor of the Practice of Theater at Harvard University. Broadway: A.R.T.- originated productions of 1776; Jagged Little Pill; Waitress; Pippin (Tony Awards for Best Revival and Best Director); Finding Neverland; The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Tony Award for Best Revival, NAACP Award for Best Direction); and The Public Theater’s HAIR (Tony Award for Best Revival). Other work includes: N/A (Lincoln Center); Carmen (Glyndebourne Opera Festival); Gloria: A Life; In the Body of the World (Off Broadway); Romeo and Juliet; Becoming a Man; The White Card (A.R.T.); Crossing (A.R.T./ Brooklyn Academy of Music); The Donkey Show; and Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna. She was selected for Boston magazine’s 2023, 2022, 2020, and 2018 lists of Boston’s most influential people, the 2014 Time 100, Time magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and as one of Variety’s “Trailblazing Women in Entertainment for 2014”. Recent productions include THE MONKEY KING (美 猴王), by composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang at the San Francisco Opera in 2025. LORIN LATARRO (Original Choreographer). Choreography includes Broadway’s Chess, Once Upon A Mattress, Into The Woods, Tommy, Heart of Rock and Roll, Waitress and many others. Lorin is a Drama Desk, Lortel, and Chita Rivera nominee. ADRIENNE SHELLY (Film). We celebrate Adrienne Shelly as the writer of the 2007 film Waitress. An actor (Trust) and director (Waitress, I’ll Take You There, Sudden Manhattan) for almost 20 years, she conceived the film while pregnant with her daughter Sophie (Lulu in the film), for whom she wrote it as a “love letter” in just two weeks. Adrienne’s legacy includes The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, created after she died in 2006 to support Women Filmmakers. It’s awarded 65+ production grants to talented women all over the world. Please visit www. adrienneshellyfoundation.org to honor Adrienne’s memory and support ASF’s critical artistic mission. 23


WHO’S WHO in the CAST ABBEY O’BRIEN (Tour Director and Choreographer) is currently the Global Associate Director & Choreographer of Waitress the musical. She was also the Resident Director on the hit musical Moulin Rouge and as the Associate Choreographer on the acclaimed Broadway show, Jagged Little Pill. Directing: Putting it Together, Sylvia, Waitress, Never Be King, The Art of Life, The Rocky Horror Show, Meet Me in St. Louis, Goodbye New York, 13 the musical, A Quarantine Cabaret. Choreography: Titanic, Escape to Margaritaville, Extraordinary, SUGARLAND (music video), “The Late Show with Letterman,” “Jimmy Fallon,” Dreamgirls, Smokey Joe’s, Big Fish, Rock of Ages (Theatre Aspen), Mamma Mia!, American Idiot. Associate: Is There Still Sex in the City, Odyssey (Public Theatre), Elf (Paper Mill), Ragtime (Lincoln Center), Company, National Pastime (Bucks County), A Taste of Things to Come (Broadway Playhouse). Some of her favorite Performing credits: Spamalot (Broadway), Pal Joey (Broadway), Radio City Rockettes, “SMASH” (NBC). She also concluded her time as the Director of Theatre at Perry-Mansfield. You can see some of her work at abbeyo.com NADIA DIGIALLONARDO (Original Music Supervision & Arrangements) supervises companies of Waitress worldwide. Previous Broadway credits include Real Women Have Curves, and revivals of Hair and Pippin. Upcoming projects include Wanted on Broadway, Sara Bareilles’s new musical, The Interestings, at Berkeley Rep, and New York Theatre Workshop’s Wild Rose. Nadia graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar with a degree in Urban Planning. SARA BAREILLES and THE WAITRESS BAND (Orchestrations). Sara Bareilles, Nadia DiGiallonardo, Rich Mercurio, Lee Nadel, Yair Evnine, Rich Hinman and Jamie Edwards. With Sara Bareilles, the band engaged in a deeply collaborative process to create the arrangements for the Waitress score. A group that includes singers, multi-instrumentalists, writers, and producers from all different corners of the pop and theatre world, they’ve each contributed their own unique ingredients to the pie. SCOTT PASK (Scenic Design) has designed over 50 Broadway productions, receiving three Tony Awards for The Book of Mormon, The Coast of Utopia, and The Pillowman. Recent: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Prom, The Band’s Visit (Tony nom.), Mean Girls (Tony nom.), Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna. John Mulaney’s Emmy Award-winning Kid Gorgeous at Radio City for Netflix and, Oh, Hello! Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Bessie, Lortel, Broadway World, Hewes, Garland Awards. SUTTIRAT ANNE LARLARB (Costume Design). Screen: Obi Wan Kenobi, No Time 24

to Die, Trust, American Gods, “London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony” (Emmy), Slumdog Millionaire (CDG Award), 127 Hours, Sunshine, The Extra Man, Cinema Verite (Emmy nom.), The American, The Good Lie. Theatre: Straight White Men, Of Mice and Men, Hold on to Me Darling, Frankenstein, Macbeth, The Killer, Finding Neverland. KEN BILLINGTON (Lighting Design). Over 100 Broadway shows including Chicago (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys, Title of Show, White Christmas, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park… (2008, 2017), Annie (1997), Hello, Dolly! (1995), Fiddler on the Roof (1976, 1981, 1990). Other: Radio City Christmas Spectacular (1979-2006), Disneyland Fantasmic!. Architecture: Tavern on the Green (2014), Feinstein’s 54 Below. 2015 inductee Theatre Hall of Fame. BRIAN WALTERS (Sound Design) is a New York based Sound Designer and Sound Engineer working on Broadway, at Lincoln Center, and more. BERNIE ARDIA (Wig & Hair Design) is still enjoying a 50-year career, starting in television. Mr. Ardia has designed and coordinated well over 100 productions. He is very happy to be a part of this tour of Waitress. Other credits: Ragtime, The Kennedy Center; Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Misérables; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express in Las Vegas; and Cinderella with Eartha Kitt. Mr. Ardia is proud to have had his name mentioned recently on TCM for his contribution to the John Waters exhibit and others at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles. He has worked with many talented performers, including Ramin Karimloo, Jeanne Cooper, George Wendt, Mary Wilson, Lynda Carter, Melody Thomas-Scott, Makenzie Philips and many others. He is also the author of “Barbra Streisand in New York City”, and currently presents a new book, “At Sea With Patrick Dennis: My Madcap Mexican Adventure with the Author of Auntie Mame”, published by Rattling Good Yarns. #atseawithpatrickdennis JULIA RIPPON (Assistant Director/Choreographer). Hershey, PA native turned New Yorker. Assoc. Choreographer: Footloose (Engeman Theater), Annie (Arrow Rock), Memphis (Schaeberle Studio). Select Performing: Waitress (National Tour), Waitress (Ogunquit Playhouse), Meet Me in St. Louis (Theater Aspen), Rock of Ages (ACT). Pace University ’21. Thanks to Abbey! Love to Act One, Mom, Dad, PJ, and Eric. To the moon and stars! @juliarippon JÁYLA McLENNAN (Music Director) is a New York City-based Music Director from Melbourne, Australia. Recent theatre credits include Water for Elephants First National Tour and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. She texasperformingarts.org


WHO’S WHO in the CAST is a proud member of the Maestra community. Forever thankful for the love and support from Mum, Dad, Jaxson, & Taylor. ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour Marketing & Press) is an integrated agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, consumer, and lifestyle brands, including 90+ Broadway shows over three decades. Current tours: Beetlejuice; Dirty Dancing: The Musical; The Great Gatsby; Hadestown; Kinky Boots; Mamma Mia!; Mrs. Doubtfire; The Notebook; Oh, Mary!; Operation Mincemeat; The Outsiders; Waitress. Upcoming tours: R&H’s Cinderella, Elf, The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Just in Time, Ragtime, Riverdance, Schmigadoon!, Two Strangers…. THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) has represented 30 Tony Award® winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current and upcoming tours include Boop!, Buena Vista Social Club, Every Brilliant Thing, Hamilton, Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, Just In Time, Mamma Mia!, Oh, Mary!, Operation Mincemeat, Ragtime, Schmigadoon!, Six, The Devil Wears Prada, The Lost Boys, The Notebook, and Two Strangers Carry a Cake Across New York, among many others. ARIEL LOPEZ (Company Manager) has spent nearly a decade working in live entertainment, with the last several years on the road. Previous touring credits include RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles and Mannheim Steamroller. She is excited to join the Waitress family and continue doing what she loves, bringing live shows to audiences across the country. MICHELLE SHEA (Production Stage Manager) is excited to be making her National Tour debut! Most recently served as install Production Stage Manager for Disney Cruise Line aboard the Disney Adventure for Disney’s Remember; Production Assistant for Disney Live Entertainment, Production Stage Managed for various theaters and Cruise Lines such as Orlando Family Stage, Virgin Voyages, Theater West End, Encore, and many more. Michelle thanks her family, dog Sasha, friends, and parents for their endless support. ANNALEE CROSSER (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working on her first National Tour! Previous credits include: Walnut Street Theatre, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute, and Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre. Annalee holds a BFA in Stage Management from the University of Cincinnati CCM. Thanks to her parents for everything. @annaleecrosser RUSSELL A. THOMPSON (Production Manager) has been the Production Manager for multiple national touring productions and the international tours of Chicago, Cabaret, texasperformingarts.org

Hairspray and Blast. Mr. Thompson was the Lighting Designer & Production Manager for the international tour of The Wizard of Oz, and national tours of Chicago, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Finding Neverland, Once, Pippin, Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Hair, Fiddler on the Roof, All Shook Up, Footloose, The Wedding Singer and Beehive: The 60’s Musical. Thompson’s other designs include Waitress, Beautiful, Jesus Christ Superstar, On Your Feet, Joseph... Dreamcoat, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, A Bronx Tale and CATS. He also designed the world premiere of Around the World in 80 Days and the regional premiere of The Civil War. APEX TOURING, LLC (General Management) is the producer of the current tour of Waitress, being presented by Waitress B&T Touring LLC. Now in its tenth tour season, APEX has produced recent national tours which include Chicago, Hairspray, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Once and Finding Neverland. APEX was honored to be the first company to bring a live production to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Middle East with the international tour of The Wizard of Oz, which also performed across China. APEX produced the 2018 tour of Cabaret and 2017 tour of Pippin. APEX has been created to serve the ever-expanding need for high quality, Broadway-caliber touring productions around the world. APEX looks forward to many years of producing Broadway’s brightest new shows. WILLIAM T. PRATHER (CEO) is the CEO and founder of APEX Touring. He is a secondgeneration theatre producer following in the footsteps of his parents, Tom and Debbie Prather, who produced live theatre for over 60 years. A graduate of the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, he returned to the family business in 1993 after spending a couple of years in the corporate world. As an Executive Producer, Prather has worked on successful tours including Footloose, The Wedding Singer, BLAST, Fiddler on the Roof, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Memphis and Million Dollar Quartet. LAUREN L. SOBON (Executive Producer) Other credits: Associate Producer of Chicago National Tour. Associate Producer/Casting for Hairspray, Director for the 2021 tour of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Artistic Producer/Casting Director for the 2020 national tour of Finding Neverland, 2019 international and 2018/2019 national tours of The Wizard of Oz as well as the 2017 national tour of Pippin. She was the Director and Artistic Producer for the 2016 national tour of Million Dollar Quartet. Choreographer and Associate Producer for the 2014 national tour of Fiddler on the Roof.

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WHO’S WHO in the CAST STAFF FOR WAITRESS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Lauren L. Sobon GENERAL MANAGEMENT APEX Touring Ryan Parliment PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Prather Touring Russell A. Thompson CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER William T. Prather CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Rachelle Winesett TOUR MARKETING & PRESS ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING Andrew Damer Jennifer Gallagher Scott Praefke Jessica Cary Davis Anne Waisanen Jake Glassman Emily Toppen Maria Bonucchi Lin DeGraaf Kate Wyman TOUR DIRECTION THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair Rich Rundle and Brian Brooks thebookinggroup.com Company Manager............................................ Ariel Lopez Production Stage Manager............................. Michelle Shea Asst. Stage Manager........................................Annalee Crosser Costume Coordinator.........................................John White Associate Lighting Designer.....................Benjamin C. Travis Moving Light Programmer..............................Jackson Miller Associate Sound Designer.............................. Jason O’Neal Associate Hair Designer................................Cheyenne Hart Electronic Instrument Programmer...................Taylor Williams Production Sound........................................... Jason O’Neal Production Lighting.......................................... Wayne Ogle Production Props..............................................Megan Kraft Head Carpenter.............................................. Aaron Collins Rig/Deck Carpenter................................... Starrett Pattison Carpenter............................................................. Kyle Vail Head Electrician...........................................Michael Castro Assistant Electrician.................................... Avery Cranston Head Sound....................................................Breanna Fais Assistant Sound.................................................Katie Paris Head Props...................................................... Tori Powers Assistant Props..................................................Daisy Luna Head Wardrobe/Wigs.......................... Uvenka Jean-Baptiste Stage Management Intern............................ Emerson Black Physical Therapy............NEURO TOUR Physical Thearapy, Inc. Advertising...........................................KellyAnne Hanrahan Social Media Manager.....................................Caitlyn Gallip Production Videographer...............................................HMS Media Production Photography................................. Jeremy Daniel Merchandising............................................. Creative Goods Payroll Services.................................. Paycom Payroll, LLC Legal Council....................................Littler Mendelson, P.C. Concierge.................................................. Road Concierge Busing.................................................. On the Road Coach Trucking............................................................ Stage Call INSURANCE BROKER SERVICES Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc. FINANCIAL SERVICES AND BANKING ARRANGEMENTS BY Customers Bank Rehearsed at RWS Global Studios, NYC

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SPECIAL THANKS RiverPark Center, Owensboro, KY This production was teched in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and brought to you in part by The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. International Bookings: Alecia Parker aleciap@namcousa.com CREDITS Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC, New Windsor, NY. and Cigar Box Studio Inc. New Windsor, NY. Neon Signs by NE Neon. Drops by Scenic Arts Studios, Show Floor Printing by Enhance A Color. Lighting equipment from Christie Lites, Nashville. Audio equipment from PRG Audio. Props and certain scenery by Tom Carroll Scenery, BenBri Properties, Bad Monkey props LLC. Prop pies by KSM Creations. Automated Window Shades by Gary Jarvis at Decorating with Fabric Inc. Certain costumes executed by Bethany Joy Costumes and John Kristiansen New York, Inc. The custom flag design braided rug was provided by Donna Noblitt and Colonial Braided Rug Company Shelby, NC. www.braided. com. Special thanks to Tyler Carlton Williams, Melissa Hicks, and Bra*tenders. International Shipping by Shockwave Cargo / Jon Nevins. Pride Flag by: FLAGSFORGOOD.COM. Onstage Baby Grand Piano Shell by Earl Lynn. CONNECT WITH WAITRESS

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Behind The Scream A Live Conversation with David Arquette Following a 30th Anniversary Screening of SCREAM OCT 28 Ali Wong OCT 29 Nurse John Against Medical Advice Tour NOV 14 On Cinema Live! The Certified “Five Bags of Popcorn” Tour NOV 16 Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol NOV 27 Outlander in Concert Echoes Through The Highlands NOV 28 ATXplained Live DEC 9 The Basement Yard Live DEC 10 Blue October Foiled 20th Anniversary World Tour DEC 11

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Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY Celebrating FINAL FANTASY XIV and XVI DEC 12

Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw and Ringdown Who Turns Out The Light JAN 15

Austin Chamber Music Center A Charlie Brown Christmas DEC 13

An Evening with Audra McDonald JAN 17

Glenn Miller In the Christmas Mood DEC 20 Disney's The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert LiveTo-Film DEC 22 Professor Brian Cox - Emergence FEB 3 Wicked: Part One in Concert FEB 6 The Legend of Korra in Concert FEB 13

Terrence McNally Festival JAN 29–31 KODO Luminance FEB 18

Broadway in Austin A Beautiful Noise NOV 3–8 Buena Vista Social ClubTM DEC 1–6 Phantom of the Opera JAN 20–31 Hell's Kitchen FEB 23–MAR 3

45th Season

Motherhood, An Artist Lecture By Suzanne Bocanegra NOV 6 & 7 Actors From The London Stage Much Ado About Nothing NOV 19 & 20

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The Texas Performing Arts Leadership Board is a group of volunteer leaders in the arts, business, and philanthropy. The Board is dedicated to expanding Texas Performing Arts’ world-class programming, positioning the organization as an international leader in the performing arts, and strengthening the bond between the performing arts and the communities we serve.

Kristin Alexander, Chair Brian Haley, Chair Emeritus Tamara Dorrance, Vice Chair Mike Herman, Vice Chair Lisa Cartwright Carly Christopher A. Mechele Dickerson Lisa Duchon and Dennis Andrulis Debbie Dupré Dennis Eakin Aubrey and Bobby Epstein Deborah Green

Milton J. Guiberteau MD and Daniel W. Jackson III Sheri Clark Henriksen Steve Houston Nancy and Angus Littlejohn Kathleen Irvin Loughlin Chris Mattsson Robyn Metcalfe Robert Morse Eric Natinsky Heidi Post Lauren Reid Sue Zamkow

Major Donors Texas Performing Arts is a nonprofit supported by generous patrons and donors. We extend a special thank you to the following major supporters:

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Kristin and Josh Alexander Sheri Clark Henriksen Marcia and Gary Nelson Heather Petkovsek Carolyn and Marc Seriff

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Anonymous (3) Jim Caballero and Josie Galindo Caballero Lisa Cartwright Cipione Family Foundation Carly and Clayton Christopher Anita and William Cochran Lisa Duchon and Dennis Andrulis Debbie Dupré Kandace and Dennis Eakin Aubrey and Bobby Epstein Deborah Green

Milton J. Guiberteau MD and Daniel W. Jackson III Caroline and Brian Haley Mary Ann and Andrew Heller Stacy Hock Mimi and Steve Houston Sangeeta Kaur and Hai Nguyen Kristen and Robert Lewis Nancy and Angus Littlejohn Kathleen Irvin Loughlin Julia Marsden Chris Mattsson Robyn Metcalfe The Montgomery Family Fund Susan and Robert Morse Michelle and Eric Natinsky Bettye Nowlin Stephen and Marcelle Spilker Tejemos Foundation, Lynne Dobson and Greg Wooldridge

Michael J. Zamkow and Sue E. Berman Charitable Foundation

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Anonymous Christie and Jason Barany Jamie Barshop Holly Ann Berent and Marvin Brittman Suzanne and Bill Childs Brian Hencey and Chuck Ross Rob Ignatowski and Daniel Pacheco Dr. Shirley Hammond, Ph. D Lauren Moorman Mr. and Mrs. Jon Newton Terri and Chris Pascoe Schmalbach Family Texas Commission on the Arts

We extend our ongoing gratitude to donors who have established endowments at Texas Performing Arts to support our programs in perpetuity: Arts Education Endowment Phillip Auth Endowed Dance Fund for Texas Performing Arts Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Concert Hall Endowment Jason R. Caballero Endowment for Theater Production Education* William & Anita Cochran Endowment for Performing Arts Access & Education Milton J. Guiberteau MD and Daniel W. Jackson III Arts Education Endowment* Heller Awards for Young Artists Endowment Texas Performing Arts Educator Excellence Endowment Established by Sheri Clark Henriksen* Joann and Gaylord Jentz Endowment for Student Engagement Alex and Dee Massad Endowment Fund

Marcia L. Nelson Endowment for High School Musical Theater Awards* PAC Fund for the Creation of New American Art Kathy Panoff Texas Performing Arts Student Engagement Endowment Performing Arts Center Endowment for Performing Excellence Z. T. Scott Family Endowment for the Performing Arts Marc and Carolyn Seriff Endowment for High School Musical Theater Stephen and Marcelle Spilker Texas Performing Arts Student Engagement Endowment Robert L. Tocker Endowed Excellence Fund for Student Volunteerism Topfer Endowment for Performing Arts Production

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Texas Encore Society The Texas Encore Society recognizes individuals who have made a planned gift commitment to Texas Performing Arts. We extend a special thank you to the following supporters: Anonymous (3) Edwina Carrington Kevin Espenlaub and John Hampton Milton J. Guiberteau MD and Daniel W. Jackson III Michael D. Jansen Lorri Stevenson Dale and Roy Truitt

Texas Inner Circle Members Texas Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the financial support of our members. Each year, members help fund robust education and engagement initiatives, affordable student tickets, and critical student employment opportunities that make Texas Performing Arts so much more than what you see on our stages.

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Producer’s Circle $5,000–9,999 Anonymous (3) Grizelda and Tim Black Renee’ Butler and Kay Stowell Kelli and John Carlton Suzanne and Bill Childs Kathleen Clark Sue and Kevin Cloud Cindy Cook Ronda and John Cullen Elizabeth Curtis Rita and Chip Dart Kathleen Dignan Jane and James Flieller The Francis Family Frost Bank Joanne Guariglia Brian and Radena Hampton Jeremy Harrell Lisa Harris Chuck Jenkins and Gay Heavilin Stacy and Joel Hock Mellie Hogan Sean and Jeanine Hudson Rob Ignatowski and Daniel Pacheco Frank N Ikard Jr Aditya Jagirdar

Donations made as of Aug 2026 We regret that limited space does not allow us to list every member. For information on ways to give, please visit texasperformingarts.org/membership, call the membership office at 512.232.8567, or email us at support@texasperformingarts.org.

Kathleen Johnson Gretchen and Lance Kroesch Cheryl and Ted Lachowicz Casey Blass and Lee Manford Miriam and Jim Mulva Jacqueline and Shawn O’Farrell Wayne Orchid Janis and Joe Pinnelli Samantha Porter Debbie and Jim Ramsey Tahira and Atta Sahibzada Sanchez Law Susan Schaffer Colby Simpson Lorri Stevenson Robert Stiles Louann and Larry Temple Jill and Stephen Wilkinson Bill and Claudia Wilson Annie Zucker and Michael Regester

Director’s Circle $2,500–4,999 Anonymous (6) Sara Alexander Heather and Mandy Andress Jeri and Michael Archuleta Larry Audette Bonnie L. Bain Carolyn R. Bartlett

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Cynthia and Jim Bast Becky Beaver Kaitlin Bernell Brian and Jennifer Bierman Carolyn and Andrew Birge David and Nancy Bourell Tom Bowen and Keith Niesner Brian and Michelle Brocklesby Kim and Thomas Reed Brown Gary and Peggy Brown Jason Brown Jim Caballero and Josie Galindo Caballero Kenneth and Mandy Cardenas Peggy Wang and Chih-Hao Chang Mary and Michelle Cheng Christopher and Claudia Christensen Anita and William Cochran Joseph Collins Bill and Karen Cox George Burg and Tracy Dahl-Burg Brenda and John DeHart Joan Grigassy Dentler Mechele Dickerson Ken and Dana Dockser Nancy and Jim Edsel Barbara Ellis Kevin Espenlaub and John Hampton The Castillo-Espinosa Family Laura L. Estes and Joyce A. Lauck Ken and Kim Fess Nanci L. Fisher Clint and Carol Fletcher Clay Francis and Andrew Haver Karen A. Friese Susan Gaddis Moneesha and John Garcia Shannon and Rob Gardner Nyer Family Laura and John Gill Lorri Michel and Michael Ginsberg Karen and Rowland Greenwade Juan M Guerrero MD Milton J. Guiberteau MD and Daniel W. Jackson III Drs. Lynn Azuma and Brian Hall Andrea Hamilton Rand and Jennifer Harris The Heerlein Family Mike and Sarah Heidler Mary Ann and Andrew Heller Brian Hencey and Chuck Ross Anne Hilbert Michael and Meredith Hostick Jeffrey and Amy Hubert Kathleen Hull Shannon and Mark Hutcheson Alexandre Jasserme Sidhya Jayakumar and Maneesh Amancharla Richard and Christina Johnsen Michael and Mary Johnson Helen Johnston Maxx Judd and Donn Gauger David and Jennifer Kaufman Carolyn Kavanagh William and Yang Kellogg Finn Kennedy and Catherine Osborne Angela and Arun Khurana Betsy and Chris Kirksey Margaret Denena and Cliff Knowles Jan Houston Knox Sheila G Kothmann

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Burney and Loree LaChance Matt and Carly Lara Carl Lauryssen Carly and Lance LeBouef Calvin, Donna and Callie Lee Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Loftus Peggy Manning Blanks Charles and Leslie Martinez Jose Agustin and Catherine Theresa Martinez Ted McCarthy and Michele Gore Rick and Meredith McCathron Jim and Katie McClarty Linda and Howard McCollum William and Katharine McCormick Molly McDonald Ford and Barbara McTee Christine Messina John and Brenda Mosher Jennifer, Glenn, Waylon and Wyatt Muniz Thanhhao and Scott Neuendorf Jeff and Stephanie Neumann Mr. and Mrs. Jon Newton Troy and Jacqui Nissen OroSolutions Terri and Chris Pascoe Connie and Samuel Pate Chip and Heather Pate The Peeples Family Robert, Faith, and Scout Perez Ben and Michelle Peterson Shari and John Pflueger Machelle Pharr Tom and Linda Potter Wanda Potts Javier Prado and Family Roger and Katarzyna Priebe Erin Vander Leest and Tom Pyle David and Lia Rensin Richie & Gueringer P.C Kristin and Bob Roberts Susan and Cesar Rodriguez Ali Saidi and Karen Smid Joel and Carl Walsh Nancy W. Scanlan Teresa and Dave Schaffer Schmalbach Family Nina and Frank Seely Simpson Family Vijay Sitaram Chuck Smith Kimberly and David Solomon Cynthia and Logan Spence Mike Springer and Stephanie Grayson Richard Stanford Lori and Bryce Steeg Rick and Michelle Stott Bruce Stuckman, Ph.D. and Kelly Christianson Peter and Joan Swartz Caroline Tang and Brandon Ress Olivia, Caroline and John Taylor Heather and Jeffrey Tramonte Gregory Tran and Monica Wu Tran Anna and Michael Truchard Rebecca Vandenberg Daniel and Sara-Jane Watson Angie Watson Mark Weiss and Janet Bray Leslie and Bryan Weston Mark and Maureen Wheeler Marilyn and Max White Dr. Lucas Wong and Dr. Lisa Go

Center Stage $1,000–2,499 Anonymous (23) Cynthia Abel Mark Aitala Sujata Ajmera Lauren Aldredge Jake and Linda Aleman Kristin and Josh Alexander Emily Allen and Ron Altizer Page and Neal Amador Wind Andre Joe Annis The Aparicio Family Armstrong Family David and Patricia Asbra Evan and Kristin Atkinson Dr. Tony and Paula Aventa Donna and Manuel Ayala Cathy and Rich Bachik Addison, Sydney, Kori and David Baker Ballon Family Billy and Amanda Bamzier Bandera Family Naomi Banks Miller and Loyal Miller Joe Batson June and Jim Baumoel Debra Bawcom The Bawden Family Joshua Becker Steven and Susan Beebe April Berman Ashley Bias Carolyn and Jon Bible Robert and Kim Birdwell Chris and Suzanne Blackburn Denis Blake Stephanie and Michael Blanck Michael Boggan and Jeanette Monsegur Megan Boulette Robert G Bracewell Gayle Braecklein Marvin Brittman Christy and William K. Browning Carolyn Bryant Danielle and John Atkinson Nate Bunge Esther Ray Burns Annie Burridge and Paul Richichi Drs. Kathleen and Michael Bybel Kelly Canavan Sabrina Wycoff and Martin Cano Delia Cantu Ms. Susie Capozza Tracey Carillo and Sheila Franz Matt and Tami Carlton Case Family Chelle Cereo Spenser Chen Betty Chen Ali and Sam Clare Marshall Clark Mark Clarke and Amy Clemmons Jan Cleveland Sharon Cohan Eric Cohan Jeffrey and Jennifer Cohen A. Elizabeth Colvin Sarah Compton Cathy Coneway Shea and Crystal Cordial Jeanette Cortinas

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Shelby Crownover Elaine Daigle Mark and Gail Dankis Wilma Dankovich Gilbert Davila and Daniel Ferran Lorraine and John Davis Clay and Meredith Davis David Deaton and Wes Hansen Paul and Lisa Delacruz Courtney and Ed Dickey DiLeo Family Lucy Ditmore Jennifer Dixon Kristin Doles Beth and Mark Domel Susan and David Donaldson Jp and Brigid Donelson The Doughtys Bethany Dudley Maria Dwyer Jeffrey Dwyer Brian Dziuk Susan and David Eckelkamp Iredia Ekhato Peter and Jen Emerson Aubrey and Bobby Epstein Evans Family Rebecca D. Ewing AH HA, LLC Christopher Faurief Aaron and June Fetzer John and Christie Fisher Flowers Family Tony LaBove and Mike Floyd Jane W. Fountain Julie and Chris Frampton Tom and Ann Francese Khloe and Papa Michael and Andra Gardner Michael Garza and Roger Kahbau Jon and Joanna Geld William and Keri Gerber James and Breanna Giannoules Sharon and Richard Gibbons Sean and Wendi Gibbons Patricia Gilbert Don Gladden Angel and Melissa Gonzalez Steven M. Gorman Michelle and Chris Graf Craig and Rebecca Griffin Families of James and Henry Jana and John Grimes David Gross Dr. Suchitra Gururaj and Joe Carey Maria Gutierrez and Peter Nutson Liane Hajduch and John Tassone Caroline and Brian Haley Mike Hall and Jack Landers The Hamil Family Shirley Hammond Peter and Amy Hannan Darcy and Rick Hardy Family Lillian and Tanner Hartman Jane Hatter and Debbie Houser Sara S Healey and William T Healey Christie and Trey Hebert John Hernandez James Hester Kristy and Jordan Hetzel Kevin and Liz Hight Michael and Rhonda Hissey The Hokansons Jay and Laura Howard Mike and Beth Howell Carol Isbell

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John C. Jackson Kathleen and Jim Jardine The Jarrett Family Kelli Johnson Anita and Ralph Jones Matt Jones The Joshua Family Katie and Mario Kauachi Keller Family Rita Kemner Salyer Michael and Susanna Khazhinsky Ashley and John Klebs Peter and Teresa Koplyay Kathryn J Kotrla MD Aileen Krassner John and Carrie Kroll Harvey Kronberg John Kump and Cynthia McPherson Amy Lambert Camilia Lellis Chuck and Kristin Lemons Gary and Monica LeRoy Kristen and Robert Lewis Jenny and Luis Lidsky Jason Mann and Suzanne Lima Jennifer and Christian Loew Alison and Reid Long Victor and Tricia Lopez Robert Lowrey and Allyson Murphy Jon and Michelle Lux Johnny Ly Gayle and Scott Madole Richard N Maier Dr. Judith Maples Joyce Martin T. Ryan Martinez and Tommy J. Gilbert Drs. Victor Martinez and Christopher Rose Eugene Martir Steven and Jennifer May Jenny and Justin May Robert and Kelly McCabe John McCaffrey and Christine Ruiz Nan and Bruce McCann Sara McClelland Chris and Amy McClung Denise McCullough Courtney McDonald Mario, Laura and Marcus Mendoza Lynn Meyer and Rick Clemens Pauline and Alfred Meyerson Lori and Rob Miller Janet Mitchell Bri Thatcher and Andy Modrovich James W. Moritz Sarah Morris Niki and Kent Morrison Motal Family Shannon and Glen Murdoch Bill and Emilia Murphy Scott Murphy and Brandon Wollerson The Nair Family Rachel Naugle Edgar Noe Navarro Garza Brian Neidig Kevin and Kimberly Nesmith Milam Newby Amanda and Grant Nichols Margaret and Brian Nilson Caleb North John Shaw and Lori Nunan Shaw The Nuss Family David and Debbie Olander Eric and Allison Olson

Deborah and Dan O’Neil Aaron Ong Cottom and Dickerson Families Augustine Park and Eun Eoh Thierry and Alexandra Pellegrino Ellen Gambrell and Jonathan Scarborough Robert Pender Sally Pendergras Karen and Wes Peoples Cynthia Perez Adele and Brian Peterman Scott and Katie Petersen DWS Property Group Heather Petkovsek Nancy Petrone Tami and Brad Pharr Carla and Steve Portnoy Liza, Ed and Hannah Prendergast Elizabeth Kalamaha-Wynn and Michael Wynn Jim and Marcia Pritchard Ryan Putman Eric Rabbanian OPTAS Capital Scott Rainey and Martha Bowles Team Ramirez Karen Raulie Mike and Shelley Reed Cindy and Timothy Reynolds Dawn and Thomas Rich Lynda and Wally Rife-Vog Victor and Diana Riley Sandra and James Robinson Eagle and Laura Robinson Christabel and Josh Ketchersid Tracy Romano Dr. Amy Schorr and Rob Rose Jerry Roudebush Mr. and Mrs. Corey and Veronica Ryan Summer Rydel and Michael Coffey Susan and Ty Sanders Leslie Saucedo Keely, Rustan, Lincoln and Lennon Schaefer Julie and Richard Schechter Kurt Scherer Chad and Sara Seely Ella Segura Greg Self Anthony and Christine Sementelli Bradley Sheldon Linda Simonson Steven Smith Mariah Smith Andrew and Kristen Solomon Toni and Ted Spalding Randy Sparks Suki Adams Sporer Rick and Lisa Stipe Stephanie and Paul Stone Pamela and Roger Stryker Studer Family Matthew and Katherine Sturich Geeta and David Suggs Anna and Suresh Sundarababu Jeff and Sarah Surprise Kathy and Tom Sweet Molly and Jeremy Sylestine Ali and Dona Tabrizi The Talarcek Family Daniel Tarrillion Dwight Tejano Donna Thomas Mackenzie and Burwell Thompson

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Michelle Thornburg Tomlinson Family Stacy and Michael Toomey Alice Toungate Claudia and Luis Trejo Dale and Roy Truitt Kaylie Tully and Family Kevin Vanderlaan The Waelchli Family Teddy Warner Chrissie Welty Marie and Phil Wendell

Leslie and Dana West Kathleen White Marc and Christi Whitten Nancy Whitworth Spong Michael and KeriLyn Wick Michael Wilen Linda and Mark Williams Dyanne and Stan Williams Alex and Bethany Williams Mike, Lindsey, and Henry Wilson Tom and Annette Wilson Michael Wolfe

Vicki and Kevin Wood Mark and Prescilla Wood Dusty and Leah Woodard Catherine and Scott Worley Jonathan Yarmis Lena Yoo and Gerry Cardinal III Jeannette and Mitch Young Timothy Young Nicholas Young and Andrew Popp Susan Zane Micka and Richard Ziehr Joe Zubia and Scott Dinger

Texas Performing Arts is also proud to acknowledge the hundreds of parttime 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

Isaiah Jones, UT Student Olga Kasma-Carnes Tamara Klindt Sharon Kojzarek Eric Lee Anapaula Martinez-Borrell, UT Student Sabrina Martinez, UT Student Lara Miller Tori Olivas Adrian Pena Andy Perry Jessica Reed

Lee Rodgers Mary Ruiz Micah Sall Gracie Sanders Mackenzie Schomburg, UT Student Andrea R Stanfill Castro Debra Thomas Leah Waheed Marty Watson Tonya Woods

Student Employees Charlotte Adair Juno Adair Justin Aguilar Abelardo Aguilar Ever Aguilera Rachel Alexander Kaleb Aziz Jeremy Boorum Kaitlyn Boykin Audrey Buckley Tex Cantu Benware Sophia Carter Heavyn Carter Eugenio Chapa Miya Chavis Domenica Collaro Alyssa Conchas Edgardo Cruz Marie Jolie Day Ava Deviney Griffin Drake Amanda Earp Rebecca Flores texasperformingarts.org

Erin Glasscock Dariela Gonzalez Sarah Hartley Catherine Heemann Andrew Heitmeyer Gabriela Hernandez Emmeline Hurter Alisa Irvin Madison Jackson Claire Janda PJ Jetton Brooks Johnson Isaiah Jones Carly Klein Ariel Lagunas Dylan Lebensfeld Jacqueline Mai Sabrina Martinez Anapaula Martinez-Borrell Regina Mendiola Mirabai Munton Valeria Nunez Estrada Mason Ousley

Jocelyn Parks Valeria Blanco Perez Mackenzie Price Haley Prince Eric Ramirez Abigale Reyna Frederick Richardson Olivia Ring Alajandro Rodriguez Zoe Saldana Valeria Sandoval-Lopez Mackenzie Schomburg Robin Schuler Erin Simpson Laura Soares AnaLee Tinajero Ana “Daniela” Trevino Natalie Watkins Rylie Wilson Hengyu Zhou Penelope Zimmerman

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Texas Performing Arts Staff LEADERSHIP Bob Bursey, Vice Provost for the Arts, UT and Executive & Artistic Director, TPA Priscilla Perales, Executive Assistant PROGRAMMING Christian Lyhus, Director of Programming Brendan Burke, Senior Programming Manager Bianca Hooi, Programming Manager OPERATIONS 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 Anna Southern, Emerging Arts Professional, Event Management MARKETING & SALES Dane Munson, Director of Marketing & Sales Romina Jara, Associate Director, Marketing Brady Dyer, Associate Director, Communications Lizzie Choffel Cantu, Senior Design Manager Erica De Leon, Digital Marketing Manager Lindsey Sageser, Marketing Associate Madison Tran, Design & Media Associate Josh Klotzbach, Group & Student Sales Manager Laura Baker, Emerging Arts Professional, Digital Marketing

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Twyla Mitchell, Director of Ticketing Dianne Whitehair, Ticketing Systems Manager Elizabeth Requenez, Ticketing Services Manager Alex Baylor, Ticketing Manager Meredith Delay, Texas Inner Circle Ticket Concierge DEVELOPMENT Anna Langdell, Chief Development Officer Jeannette Thomas, Director of Major Gifts Amy Burgar, Senior Associate Director, Development Chelsea Casner, Assistant Director, Development Sara Morales, Development Specialist, Membership and Sponsorship EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT Tim Rogers, Director of Education & Engagement Dr. Eric Vera, Senior Education and Engagement Manager Aubrey Felty, Education & Engagement Manager Jaimee Harmon-Taboni, Emerging Arts Professional, Education & Engagement PRODUCTION Blake Addyson, Director of Production John Lewis, Production Supervisor Mika O’Dwyer, Production Supervisor Gianna Woods, 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 Experience Jared Pike, Guest Experience Manager FABRICATION & ACADEMIC PRODUCTION Jeff Grapko, Director of Fabrication & Academic Production Karen Maness, Associate Director, Scenic Art Scott Bussey, Senior Technical Director Jason Huerta, Technical Director Earnest Mazique, Academic Production Technology Manager Ashton Bennett Murphy, Properties Manager Leah Austin, Assistant Properties Manager Hank Schwemmer, Lead Fabricator Bridgette Clifford, Scenic Charge Artist K. Eliot Haynes, Assistant Audio/Video Supervisor, Academic Production Michael Shanks, Assistant Lighting Supervisor, Academic Production Grace Mondy, Emerging Arts Professional, Technical Direction

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