The Addams Family

A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa based on characters created by Charles Addams

WELCOME! “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” - Albert Einstein Imagination is a critical component of child development, but very rarely will you find it on any class syllabus, report card, or academic standard.

Creative thinkers and trailblazers fill the pages of history textbooks yet we don’t provide our youth with the artistic curriculum necessary to foster the creativity that will help them grow into leaders and trailblazers themselves. The benefits are well known - education not only cultivates the imagination, it also helps students perform better in school, boost confidence, and foster empathy and tolerance.

Students who participate in theatre arts education benefit significantly in vocabulary, language, and creative development. Starting in eighth grade, students with high involvement in the arts were 9% more likely to have a high reading proficiency than students without the arts. This difference grows to 20% by the time they reach twelfth grade.

Theatre arts provide a safe environment where students develop the confidence needed to thrive in a complex world. By the time students arrive at twelfth grade, statistics show there is a significant increase in positive self-concept and confidence for students with exposure to theatre arts compared to students without this exposure.

The arts don't only help students connect with themselves, they help students connect with one another. In one study, students were asked if it was “OK” to make a racist remark. Forty percent more students without an arts education said this would be “OK” than their artist counterparts. An arts education provides the foundation for the future leaders, innovators, and socially aware individuals who will create the world we hope to one-day see.

These are some of the reasons why our conservatory program is central to the Berkeley Playhouse mission. The more Bay Area students we reach, the more we contribute to the creativity, empathy, and potential of our future trailblazers.

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book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa based on characters created by Charles Addams

CAST

Gomez Addams.......................................................... Alex Rodriguez Morticia Addams..................................................... Taylor Bartolucci Wednesday Addams...............................................Chelsea Holifield Pugsley Addams............................... Jonah Rotenberg, Ezra Gaskin Lucas Beineke......................................................... Samuel Leeper ♦ Alice Beineke.................................................................. Tielle Baker Mal Beineke..................................................................Brian Watson Uncle Fester.................................................................. Nick Quintell Grandma...................................................................... Sandi Weldon Lurch......................................................................... David Murphy ♦ Ancestors.................................................................Patrick Brewer ♦ Danila Burshteyn ♦ Elizabeth Cox ♦ Aubri No'Eau Kahalekulu Cameron Adrien La Brie ♦ Melissa Martinez Allison Paraiso Samantha Pistoresi Daniel Quezada Daniel Barrington Rubio Maurice André San-Chez [ UNDERSTUDIES ]

Mal Beineke, Uncle Fester.......................................Patrick Brewer ♦ Alice Beineke............................................................ Elizabeth Cox ♦ Wednesday Addams.................................. Aubri No'Eau Kahalekulu Lucas Beineke...........................................Cameron Adrien La Brie ♦ Morticia Addams, Grandma ............................... Samantha Pistoresi Lurch........................................................... Daniel Barrington Rubio Gomez Addams.......................................... Maurice André San-Chez ♦ Berkeley Playhouse debut

CREATIVE TEAM Director............................................................................Kimberly Dooley Music Director......................................................... Michael Patrick Wiles Choreographer................................................................Kimberly Dooley Assistant Directors...........................................Andy Alabran, Kate Miller Scenic Designer................................................................ Kirsten Royston Scenic Artist...........................................................................Brian Watson Costume Designer....................................................................... Lisa Danz Lighting Designer............................................................. Nick Kumamoto Sound Designer........................................................ Brittany Mellerson ♦ Props Designer................................................................. Kirsten Royston Wig Master..............................................................................Lexie Lazear

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PRODUCTION TEAM Stage Manager........................................................................Jeff Bristow Assistant Stage Manager.................................................. Theo Mongeau Master Electrician........................................................ Brittany Mellerson Sound Assistant...................................................................Logan Vincent Stage Crew................................................................................Daniel Hall Spot Light Operator.............................................................Logan Vincent Dance Captain....................................................................Allsion Paraiso Wardrobe Coordinator............................................ Leona Schrader-Dee graphic design + publishing

ORCHESTRA Conductor, Keyboard 1........................................... Michael Patrick Wiles Keyboard 2 ............................................................................... Nick Perez Trumpet............................................................................... Justin J. Smith Reeds................................................................................. Antonio Juarez Bass.............................................................................................. Tony Frye Drums...................................................................... Taylor Joshua Rankin Thank you to all the volunteers who help with the front of house.

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STAFF Founding Artistic Director......................................... Elizabeth McKoy Producing Artistic Director..................................... Daren A.C. Carollo Director of Education...................................................Rachel Eisner Business Manager............................................Christina Shonkwiler Production Manager.................................................. Brandon Davis Patron Services Manager................................................ Sean Griffin Conservatory Program Director................................Brittany Danielle Conservatory Producer............................................. Nayia Kuvetakis Facility Maintenance Manager....................................... Kathy Brown Marketing + Design Associate............................................ Nikki Johl Technical Director......................................................... Stewart Lyle Finance Manager............................................................. Tara Vargo Casting Director, Resident Music Director...........Michael Patrick Wiles Front of House Manager...................................... Maryanna Alderete Front of House ...............................Maryanna Alderete, Katie Basu, Jordan Battle, Kristina D’Amico, Louise Fisher, Torrey Hart, Jasmine Malone, Kiera Peacock, Allison Pemerl, Jamie Temple

Performances:

March 24 to April 17, 2016

san francisco playhouse broadway by the bay custom made theatre co. san francisco pride castro street fair sonoma county pride s.f. gay men’s chorus golden gate business association silicon valley shakespeare and the merchants associations of San Francisco’s

mission, noe valley, castro, bayview, potrero/dogpatch, north beach, soma/ south beach-mission bay and inner sunset neighborhoods

Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

The performance runs approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes.

There will be one intermission.

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MUSICAL DIRECTOR'S NOTE R E C O M M E N D S

THE ESSENTIAL STEPHEN SONDHEIM

These 30 cast album tracks make a great introduction. (masterworksbroadway.com)

Nominated in 2010 for the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Outer Critic's Circle Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics, Andrew Lippa's rendition of The Addams Family is full of style, wit and depth. His musical palette is all encompassing in its purview. From his romantic, Latin-inspired “When You're an Addams,” “Wednesday's Growing Up” and “Not Today,” the vaudevillian “Let's Not Talk About Anything Else But Love” and “Full Disclosure,” the contemporary pop sounds of “Pulled” and “Crazier Than You,” to the almost operatic finale, “Move Toward the Darkness,” Lippa's score is ambitious and his melodies seek to define character and advance plot development. He paints with softer, more melodic colors in “What If” and “Happy/Sad” and, in a tour de force, masterfully blends the variant styles in the epic “One Normal Night” to great effect. He strikes all the right chords in his score, often finding poignant nuance in key points of underscoring. In the end what you have is a brilliant score with contagious tunes that will leave you humming out the door. Enjoy!

Michael Patrick Wiles Musical Director

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME The Oscar-nominated Menken-Schwartz score re-imagined for the stage. (sh-k-boom.com)

“When You're an Addams”.................................................. Company “Fester's Manifesto”................................................................ Fester “Wednesday's Growing Up”.................................................... Gomez “Trapped”................................................................ Gomez, Morticia “Honor Roll”...........................................................................Pugsley “Pulled”..............................................................Wednesday, Pugsley “Four Things”........................................................... Gomez, Morticia “One Normal Night”............................................................ Company “But Love”............................................................... Fester, Ancestors “Secrets”....................................... Morticia, Alice, Female Ancestors “What If”...................................................Gomez, Pugsley, Grandma “Full Disclosure - Part 1”..................................................... Company “Waiting”..................................... Alice, Mal, Lucas, Lurch, Ancestors “Full Disclosure - Part 2”..................................................... Company ACT TWO

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Star of The King and I makes his U.S. solo recording debut. (yellowsoundlabel.com)

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DAUGHTER

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John Michael LaChiusa's score with Alison Fraser and the Off-Broadway cast. (sh-k-boom.com)

“Just Around the Corner”.....................................Morticia, Ancestors “The Moon and Me”................................... Fester, Female Ancestors “Happy/Sad”....................................................... Gomez, Wednesday “Crazier Than You”..............................Wednesday, Lucas, Mal, Alice “Not Today”......................................................Gomez, Lurch, Fester “Live Before We Die”............................................... Gomez, Morticia “Tango De Amor”..................................................... Gomez, Morticia “Move Towards the Darkness”............................................ Company

Originally produced on Broadway by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leaviti, Five Cent Productions, Stephen Schuler, Decca Theatricals, Scott M. Delman, Stuart Ditsky, Terry Allen Kramer, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Eva Price, Jam Theatricals/Mary Lu Roffe, Pittsburgh CLO/Gutterman-Swinsky, Vivek Tiwary/Gary Kaplan, The Weinstein Company/ Clarence, LLC, Adam Zotovich/Tribe Theatricals by special arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical. The Addams Family is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW), 570 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2100, New York, NY 10018 • 866.378.9758 • www.theatricalrights.com 4

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES TIELLE BAKER (Alice Beineke) has been singing and dancing on stage for the past 29 years. She has worked with numerous theatre companies around the Bay Area including TheatreWorks, Center REPertory Company, Diablo Theatre Company, Playhouse West, 42nd Street Moon and Belasco Theatre Company. Tielle has hit high notes in The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and in international music festivals in Italy and Germany. She graduated in 2003 from the University of the Pacific with a bachelor of music degree. She is a busy mother of two energetic boys and works with young performers as a private vocal instructor. She finds teaching rewarding and enjoys helping others find their own voice. tiellebaker.com TAYLOR BARTOLUCCI (Morticia

Addams) is ecstatic to be back at Berkeley Playhouse after playing Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray!

Recent credits include The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical (Darlene), a concert of Bottle Shock The Musical (Jo), The Full Monty (Vicki), The Secret Garden (Martha), Cowgirls (Mickey), Bonnie & Clyde (Bonnie), Funny Girl (Fanny Brice), Monty Python's Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Gypsy (Rose) and Becky Shaw (Becky). She is the proud co-founder of Lucky Penny Productions with Barry Martin and serves as the artistic and casting director. She also works for her family winery, Madonna Estate. taylorbartolucci.com

♦ PATRICK BREWER (Ancestor) is devilishly delighted to be making his Berkeley Playhouse debut in The Addams Family. Credits include West Side Story (Mouthpiece) with Broadway By the Bay, Bare: A Pop Opera (Lucas and Peter), A Chorus Line (Bobby) with Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre, Rocky Horror Live (Rocky) with Boxcar, La Cage aux Folles (as Mercedes with Contra Costa Civic Theatre and as Chantal/ Pheadra with SDG). Patrick would like to thank John for all his love and support ♦ DANILA BURSHTEYN (Ancestor) most recently appeared in West Side Story (Mikey) with Broadway By the Bay (seven TBA Award nominations),

Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter/ Tormentor) with Stage 1 Theatre (five TBA Award nominations) and Catch Me If You Can with Woodminster Summer Musicals. He has been dancing for six years and hopes that you will enjoy the show. He would like to thank his friends and family for their never ending love and support! ♦ ELIZABETH COX (Ancestor) received her BA in drama from the University of California, Irvine.

Upon graduating she moved to the Netherlands to be a nanny for over a year. Favorite roles include The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet), 9 to 5 (Judy) both with West Valley Light Opera, Anything Goes with Broadway By the Bay and, most recently, as the tap dancing Soupy Sue in Urinetown with Los Altos Stage Company. She has been the choreographer of Stage 1 Theatre’s children’s musical for the last four years and just completed choreography for Los Altos Stage Company’s production of Man of La Mancha.

EZRA GASKIN (Pugsley Addams)

is delighted to perform this role. He previously appeared in Lucky Duck at Berkeley Playhouse in addition to a number of Conservatory productions.

Ezra enjoys playing the drums and bass, especially funk music. He is in the 8th grade at EBSB and enjoys carpentry, sailing and cooking.

BAKER

BARTOLUCCI

BREWER

BURSHTEYN

COX

GASKIN

HOLIFIELD

KAHALEKULU

ADRIEN LA BRIE

LEEPER

CHELSEA HOLIFIELD (Wednesday

Addams) is excited to return to the Playhouse after portraying Amber in Hairspray last season. Most recently she was in The Rocky Horror Show (Janet) with Ray of Light Theatre.

Chelsea has appeared in several shows and concerts, playing roles like a transgender dinosaur and a weekend-long stint as high-flying nanny, Mary Poppins. Chelsea studied theatre at Emerson College in Boston, graduating magna cum laude in 2013. chelseaholifield.com

AUBRI NO’EAU KAHALEKULU

(Ancestor) is thrilled to be back with Berkeley Playhouse for The Addams Family! Credits include The Wedding Singer (Linda) and Into the Woods (Florinda) with Diablo Valley College and Pippin (Leading Player), Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal) and Into 2016.03 • BAYSTAGES.COM

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the Woods (The Witch) with Berkeley Playhouse. She welcomes everyone to this kooky family and hopes everyone enjoys the show! ♦ CAMERON ADRIEN LA BRIE (Ancestor) is a political science major at UC Berkeley. He was most recently in a production of The Rocky Horror Show. Other credits include Rent (Angel), All Shook Up (Chad), Beauty and the Beast, Romeo and Juliet (Romeo) and Les Misérables (Enjolras). ♦ SAMUEL LEEPER (Lucas Beineke) has been performing for two years. He's worked in the Bay Area with Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Woodminster Summer Musicals, Awesome Theater, Masquers Playhouse, Tri-Valley Repertory, Stage 1, ATC and Las Positas Performing Arts. He hopes to continue performing through college.

MELISSA MARTINEZ (Ancestor) is

thrilled to be back at the Playhouse in another Kimberly Dooley show!

She was last seen right here in the world premiere of Bridges. Melissa has her BFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her favorite roles include Hermia in Midsummer, Jon Tracy's adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Solano Repertory Company, Diana Morales in A Chorus Line with Solano College Theater and one-fifth of the Yellow Brick Road in The Wiz with Berkeley Playhouse. She would like to thank her wonderful, crazy, supportive family and friends.

♦ DAVID MURPHY (Lurch) previously groaned his way through this role at Palo Alto Players. Credits include Forever Plaid (Smudge) with South Bay Musical Theatre, the regional premiere of Big Fish (Karl the Giant) with Palo Alto Players, Oklahoma! (Jud Fry, ERMA Award for Best Character Actor), Jesus Christ Superstar (Caiaphas) with West Valley Light Opera and The Music Man (Olin Britt) with Broadway By the Bay. David is a member of South Bay Musical Theatre’s board of directors and is the production manager at Palo Alto Players.

ALLISON PARAISO (Ancestor) is thrilled to be returning to Berkeley Playhouse!

Performance credits include Peter Pan (Berkeley Playhouse), Oklahoma!, Meet Me in St. Louis and Hairspray (MTW), the world premiere of Hello! My Baby (Rubicon Theater Company), Carousel (Reprise Theatre Company), Long Beach 6

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Orchestra Holiday Celebration, Kiss Me, Kate and Smokey Joe’s Cafe (CCPA). She has also performed for many great causes like Help Is on the Way and S.T.A.G.E. (AIDS benefit concerts), Broadway in the Park (MTW), Broadway Under the Stars (Reprise Theatre Company), Children’s Hospital of Orange County and St Jude’s.

SAMANTHA PISTORESI (Ancestor)

is honored to be back at the Playhouse for The Addams Family. She is a graduate of Santa Clara University where she received her BA in theatre and dance. During the day, she is the program coordinator for the Arts for Social Justice program at Santa Clara University, and the artistic director for the non-profit theatre company The Audacity Performing Arts Project, Inc. Past credits include A Chorus Line (Bebe), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Hay Fever (Judith Bliss) and Mary Poppins (Mrs. Corry). samanthapistoresi.com

DANIEL QUEZADA (Ancestor) is very excited to be back at Berkeley Playhouse to dance away as an Ancestor in The Addams Family. He is honored to be working with such a talented cast. Other theatre credits include Mary Poppins (Missouri Street Theatre), Hairspray, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Mary Poppins (Berkeley Playhouse), The Addams Family, La Cage aux Folles, Lost in Yonkers and West Side Story (Contra Costa Civic Theatre), The Drowsy Chaperone, Forever Plaid, The Full Monty and The Pirates of Penzance (Tri-Valley Repertory) and the West Coast premiere of Carrie (Ray of Light Theatre).

NICK QUINTELL (Uncle Fester) is thrilled to be returning to the Playhouse, having portrayed William Barfee in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Nick was most recently seen as Ram Sweeney in the regional premiere of Heathers: The Musical with Ray of Light Theatre. Other credits include Forever Plaid (Frankie) with Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre, Pasek and Paul's James and the Giant Peach (Centipede) with Bay Area Children’s Theatre and Shanghai Children's Theatre, Zombie (Lt. Campbell) with Awesome Theatre, Les Misérables (Lesgles) with Woodminster Summer Musicals, Guys and Dolls (Nicely-Nicely Johnson) with Diablo Theatre Company and Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth) with TriValley Repertory.

ALEX RODRIGUEZ (Gomez Addams) is honored to return in this iconic role after previously being seen in Mary Poppins (Bert) and You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Snoopy). Alex is a three-­time TBA Award winner for his roles in Evita (Che) with Broadway By the Bay and Triassic Parq (Morgan Freeman, Velociraptor of Science) and Heathers: The Musical (choreographer) with Ray of Light Theatre. Additional credits include Miss Saigon (national tour) and Bay Area productions of Cabaret (The Emcee), Guys and Dolls (Nicely-Nicely Johnson) and West Side Story (Bernardo) at Broadway By the Bay, Rent (Angel) and A Chorus Line (Paul) at Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Bat Boy: The Musical (Bat Boy) at Altarena Playhouse and Tri-­Valley Repertory and Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap (Mr. Paravicini) with Shotgun Players. Next up is choreography for The Wild Party with Ray of Light Theatre. For Bam, Tu, and his PIC. JONAH ROTENBERG (Pugsley Addams) is thrilled to be reprising the role of Pugsley after appearing recently in Contra Costa Civic Theatre's production. Jonah was also seen in The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck (Sasha Herzen) with Shotgun Players and has performed in many Berkeley Playhouse Conservatory Imagination Players' productions including 13 (Evan), Zombie Prom (Eddie Flagrante) and Starmites (Trinkulus). Jonah is 13 years old and is in the 7th grade at Oakland School for the Arts.

DANIEL BARRINGTON RUBIO

(Ancestor) is excited to be back at Berkeley Playhouse after performing in Shrek The Musical. Recent credits include Ring of Fire (Man 2), Urinetown (Officer Lockstock), West Side Story (Diesel) and Les Misérables (Ensemble).

Other credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Constable), The Wizard of Oz (Ensemble), Chicago (Ensemble) and Once on This Island (Ensemble). He would like to thank his family and friends for their undying love and support.

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." ­Marianne Williamson

MAURICE ANDRÉ SAN- CHEZ

(Ancestor) is thrilled to be returning in this kooky classic after completing Bridges. André has earned his BFA in music theatre from the University

of Texas, El Paso. Credits include Pasek and Paul’s James and the Giant Peach (Earthworm) on the China tour, Five Little Monkeys and Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical with Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Yellow (Kendall Parker) with New Conservatory Theatre Center, Carrie with Ray of Light Theatre and the Youth Aware Educational Theatre program at New Conservatory Theatre Center. Andre is a teaching artist, director and stage manager with Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Berkeley Playhouse and New Conservatory Theatre Center.

BRIAN WATSON (Mal Beineke,

Scenic Artist) is thrilled to return to Berkeley Playhouse after playing Brian in Avenue Q. He holds a BA in theatre arts from CSU Sacramento and works in the Bay Area as an actor, vocalist, set designer and vocal instructor. Notable credits include Mary Poppins (Bert), Les Misérables (Enjolras), Inventing van Gogh (Vincent van Gogh), Lend Me a Tenor (Max), Legally Blonde (Emmett), Passion (Colonel Ricci) and Chess in Concert (Molokov).

He would like to thank his friends, family and husband Scottie for all of their love and support. brianwatson.weebly.com

SANDI WELDON (Grandma) is delighted to be back at Berkeley Playhouse, where she played Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man. Her favorite roles include Rose in Gypsy, Widow Douglas/Sally Phelps in Big River, Anita in West Side Story, the Streetsinger in The Threepenny Opera (College of Marin), Golde in Fiddler on the Roof (Marin Civic Light Opera), Mrs. Brill in Mary Poppins and Eulalie in The Music Man (Woodminster Summer Musicals), Sarah in Quilters (Ross Valley Players) and the Witch in Into the Woods (Diablo Valley College).

Sandi has taught performing arts at the College of Marin for 41 years and holds four BAs and two MAs in theater and dance. She has directed or choreographed over 250 musicals.

TONY FRYE (Bass) has been a professional musician in the Bay Area for over a decade appearing in nearly 100 theatrical productions as well as gigging in rock, blues,

reggae and jazz bands. He has released two full length albums, including a kids album for parents, and is an active writer online.

ANTONIO JUAREZ (Reeds) is a

musician who plays various genres for live performances and recordings in the Bay Area. He is excited to be returning to the Berkeley Playhouse where his past credits include Hairspray and Avenue Q.

MURPHY

PARAISO

PISTORESI

QUEZADA

QUINTELL

RODRIGUEZ

ROTENBERG

RUBIO

SAN-CHEZ

WATSON

NICK PEREZ (Keyboard 2) is a

freshman at St. Mary's College in Moraga pursuing a bachelor's degree in music. He has been an active freelance musician in the Bay Area and Stockton for four years, playing in pit orchestras, serving as a church accompanist and as a choir accompanist. He is also a jazz musician and jazz piano teacher. Recent credits include The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins, both with Missouri Street Theater.

TAYLOR JOSHUA RANKIN (Drums)

is very excited to return to Berkeley Playhouse. A Bay Area drummer and percussionist, Taylor has played with many different bands and theater companies. His most recent work includes playing for Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, Ray of Light Theatre, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, Berkeley Playhouse and Cal State East Bay. Taylor is currently earning his master's degree in music composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

JUSTIN J. SMITH (Trumpet) is a

trumpet player, composer and music educator in the Bay Area, returning to Berkeley Playhouse. Justin has also performed in pit orchestras across the area with Broadway By the Bay, Ray of Light Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse, Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre, Youth Musical Theatre Company, Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Palo Alto Players, Foothill Music Theatre, Stage 1 Theatre, Aaaahz Youth Theatre and others. In 2014, he performed in the TBA Award-winning ensemble Old Hats (American Conservatory Theater) starring Bill Irwin and David Shiner. In 2013, he performed as an onstage musician in One Night With Janis Joplin (San Jose Repertory Theatre). Justin has recorded with the Awesöme Orchestra Collective, 2016.03 • BAYSTAGES.COM

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Beats Antique, The Deer Hunter, Mason Razavi's Quartet Plus, Jazz Horizons with Stephen Herrick and the Steve McQuarry Group. Up next is Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party (Ray of Light Theatre) and West Side Story (Mountain Play).

MARSHALL BRICKMAN (Book). is author or co-author of the films Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery, For the Boys and Intersection. He is the writer-director of Simon, Lovesick, The Manhattan Project and Sister Mary Explains It All. Television credits include The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (head writer) and The Dick Cavett Show (head writer/co-producer).

He has published in the New York Times, the New Yorker, Playboy and other periodicals and was the 2006 recipient of the Writers Guild of America’s Ian McClellan Hunter Lifetime Achievement Award. Jersey Boys, his first venture into musical theatre, won four Tonys including Best Musical. The Addams Family, his second Broadway venture (with co-author Rick Elice) was nominated for two Tony Awards and eight Drama Desk Awards. He lives in New York City and hopes to die in his sleep, surrounded by his loved ones and their attorneys.

RICK ELICE (Book) co-wrote Jersey

Boys (2006 Tony Award, 2007 Grammy Award and 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical) with Marshall Brickman. His play Peter and the Starcatcher received nine 2012 Tony Award nominations (including two for Rick) and won five, more than any play of the season. Elice also wrote The Addams Family (with Marshall Brickman, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa). In 2014, the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego presented the world premiere of his new musical Dog and Pony (music and lyrics by Michael Patrick Walker). Rick is currently writing a musical for Disney Theatricals with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul based on the film Make Believe, and Super Fly (co-written with Seth Zvi Rosenfeld) and directed and choreographed by modern dance legend, Bill T. Jones. Heartfelt thanks to those whose work in the theatre makes him grateful for the day he

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was born: Sondheim, Stoppard, Bennett, Prince, Fosse, Robbins, Nichols, Tune, Nunn, Laurents, Stone, Kushner, Taymor, Papp, Schumacher, Schneider, Coyne, Brickman, Timbers and Rees. Rick thinks about them a lot. He never thought about Jersey much. He does now.

ANDREW LIPPA (Music, Lyrics)

was Tony-nominated for the music and lyrics The Addams Family. He wrote the music and lyrics for Big Fish and the words and music to the original theatrical oratorio I Am Harvey Milk, which received its world premiere in 2013 with the San Francisco Gay Mens’ Chorus, starring Mr. Lippa (as Harvey Milk) and Laura Benanti. He also wrote the music for the Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin’s play The Farnsworth Invention. Other musicals include the Drama Desk Award-winning musical The Wild Party (book, music and lyrics), A Little Princess (music), john & jen (music, book co-author), Asphalt Beach (music and lyrics) and You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (additional music and lyrics and arrangements). Mr. Lippa was music director for Kristin Chenoweth's sold-out shows at the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall and other venues. Accolades include a Tony and Grammy nomination, the Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theater Foundation Award, ASCAP’s Richard Rodgers/New Horizons Award, the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Mr. Lippa serves on the council of The Dramatists Guild and is a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Music.

KIMBERLY DOOLEY (Director, Choreographer) has been directing, choreographing and teaching theater in the Bay Area for 15 years. She is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. At the Berkeley Playhouse, she has directed and choreographed Once on This Island, Seussical, Mary Poppins, The Wiz, Lucky Duck, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and several Youthstage and Teenstage productions. She's grateful to call this her creative home.

MICHAEL PATRICK WILES (Music

Director) is the casting director and resident music director for Berkeley Playhouse. Past Playhouse credits include Avenue Q and Hairspray.

He has also music directed for Bay Area Children's Theatre, Capital Stage Company, Center REPertory Company, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, Cornish College of the Arts, Pacific Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Opera Guild and San Francisco Shakespeare Festival.

He is the co-­founder, co-­director and music director for Center REPertory Company's Young REP Musical Theater Conservatory. He holds a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle. ♦ LISA DANZ (Costume Designer) is very excited to be working with director Kim and the cast and crew of The Addams Family. She is the resident costumer for Contra Costa Civic Theatre and Role Players Ensemble.

Wearing many hats, she is the resident prop master and set dresser for Role Players Ensemble and Woodminster Summer Musicals. Lisa has a degree in design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. In her spare time, she teaches safety in schools with Safe Moves.

NICK KUMAMOTO (Lighting Designer)

is a lighting and video designer based in San Jose where he is the lighting and video designer in residence at City Lights Theater Company. Other companies where Nick designs lights and video include Children's Musical Theatre of San Jose, West Bay Opera and Palo Alto Players. Nick is also the master electrician for Opera San Jose and Palo Alto Players. He is a recipient of the Leigh Weimers Emerging Artist Award for his work as a lighting designer and a recent graduate of Santa Clara University.

BRITTANY MELLERSON (Sound

Designer, Audio Engineer) is an East Coast native and recent graduate of Point Park University’s conservatory program earning a BFA in theatrical lighting and sound design. This is Brittany’s first Berkeley Playhouse design. She has been the master electrician at the Julia Morgan Theater since 2015 and recently served as the audio engineer for Bridges. Recent credits include lighting design for

U.S. Drag at Dragon Productions and Absolutely Fabulous! with the Royal British Comedy Theatre, and sound design for Sunlight and Or, (Dragon Theatre) and StopKiss (TheatreFIRST). Up next are The Mikado with Lamplighters Music Theatre and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Tri-School Productions.

KIRSTEN ROYSTON (Scenic Designer,

Props Designer) is a set and props designer and the resident props artisan at California Shakespeare Theater. She is thrilled to be returning to Berkeley Playhouse after doing props for Hairspray last season. She’s been looking forward to and obsessing over this show since last Halloween and she truly hopes you enjoy watching it all come to life! kirstenroyston.com

ELIZABETH MCKOY (Founding Artistic

Director) founded and has led Berkeley Playhouse since its inception. She directed Peter Pan (2009), Cinderella: Enchanted, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Sound of Music and A Little Princess. Favorite Conservatory Imagination Players shows include Mulan Jr., Once on This Island, Into The Woods, Starmites, Zombie Prom and 13. She has also commissioned and developed new musical theatre works for the Berkeley Playhouse including Born And Raised, Bravado, Just So Stories and Bridges.

She helped start the Bay Area affiliate of New York’s Lincoln Center Institute for Arts Education in the Schools. As education director, she brought arts education to thousands of school children and teachers in the Bay Area. Now, in addition to producing, directing and teaching for Berkeley Playhouse, she is working to develop and sustain the Playhouse’s unique vision for musical theatre and theatre education.

DAREN A.C. CAROLLO (Producing Artistic Director) joined the Berkeley Playhouse family in 2014 and directed Hairspray and this season’s Peter Pan. He recently served as the executive director of Broadway By the Bay and the artistic director for Diablo Theatre

Company. Daren was the production manager for Marin Theatre Company and Willows Theatre Company. His production company, Carollo & Palumbo, LLC, recently produced the musical Bare: A Pop Opera Off-Broadway and A Time to Kill on Broadway. He is an award-winning director with over 50 credits in the last decade. Daren’s directing highlights include Rabbit Hole, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, Jekyll & Hyde, Forever Plaid, Noises Off (twice), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Trip to Bountiful, Dracula (twice), Peter Pan, Miss Saigon, The Drowsy Chaperone (twice), A Grand Night for Singing, Curtains, The Wizard of Oz and a sold-out production of Brigadoon in Concert. Daren has directed for Diablo Theatre Company, Solano College Theatre, Napa Valley Opera House, Ohlone College, Town Hall Theatre Company, DRAA’s On Broadway, El Campanil Theatre and Contra Costa Civic Theatre. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre Services Committee.

RACHEL EISNER (Director of Education) is thrilled to be returning to the Berkeley Playhouse family after her education fellowship at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

She has worked as a teaching artist for the past four years in LA and the Bay Area, as well as the program director and drama specialist at Phoenix Ranch School & Camp. Before Rachel focused her passion on theatre and education, she worked in various aspects of theatre arts including directing, acting, choreographing and stage management.

Some of her favorite credits include directing in Cal Performance’s Zellerbach Hall, acting as the external affairs director for BareStage Productions and producing Berkeley Rep’s 13th annual Teen One-Acts Festival. Some of her favorite stage roles include Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress and Ethel Savage in The Curious Savage. Rachel has a bachelor’s degree in sociology with a minor in education from UC Berkeley. ♦ Berkeley Playhouse debut

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DONORS A heartfelt thank you to all the donors who have contributed to Berkeley Playhouse in the past year!

The lists below includes gifts received between March 1, 2015 and March 1, 2016.

[$15,000]

Fleishhacker Foundation [$10,000+]

Imagination Foundation [$2,500+]

American Eagle Outfitters Foundation • The Dev Family Gail Simpson + David Roberts [$1,000+] The Walt Disney Company Foundation • Daren A.C. Carollo • Kenneth Caruana • The van Lynde Family John McCarthy + Susie Fazlollahi • Ken Cerniglia + Adrien Lanusse • Lanette McClure • Judith McKoy Richard Meyers • George + Mary Oram • Heather Kuiper + Loren Rauch • Joel Rubenzahl Len Schneiderman • Helga Ying

[$500+] Center For Cultural Innovation • The Wade/Breidenbach Family • Tim Choate • Sharon Djemal Pat Friday • Thomas Friedland • Lisa Fuller + Dirk ten Grotenhuis • Julie Drassinower + Eddie Kwong Esther Rogers • Susan Sattler • The Schroeder Family • The Shepard Family • Helga Ying + Jonah Levy

[$250+] In honor of Elizabeth McKoy + The Cast of 13: A New Musical • American Eagle Outfitters Foundation Charitable Adult Rides & Services Inc. • In Honor of The Narnia Team from the Parents • Dina Wolkoff • James Carriere Russell Vance + Sarah McWhirter • Larry Abel + Suzanne Grishman • Ali Taylor Lange

[$100+] In Honor of the Narnia Team • Kamroon + Mustapha Baksh • David Beatty • Laura Berryman • M.J. Bogatin • Carol Brosgart Dan Cawthon + Penny Washbourn • E. Chan • Drassinower-Kwong Family • Ken Sorey + Ashley Dunning • Jeffery Eckber Jennifer Ekman • Dennis + Lori Erokan • Ellen Frankel • Robin Kaer • Claire Kingsbry • Terry Liebowitz • Margaret Merzenich Robert Minetz • Benjamin Pither + Joseph Greaves • Debra Schifrin • Charles Stephenson • Elizabeth Swan • Kathleen Taylor Tara Vargo • Rick Wallace • Richard + Shirley Weber

[$50+] Keira Armstrong • Jason Bellet • Marian Berges • Terri Bimes • Donny Carollo • Douglas J. Cohen • Robert Cook • Jodie Cruz • Cheryl Davis Ashley Dunning • Ellie Ehrenhaft • Michelle Freschi • Tali Levy • Kai Martin • Yasi Massih • Emily Newmann • Dakota + Naomi Pawek Robert Blackburn + Ann Smulka • Lee Strawn • Stacey Street • Ian Swinson • Jinee Tao + Charlie Baxter • Fanshen Thompson • Madelyn Weiss Rebekah Wood

THANK YOU!

PARTNERS IN ART AND EDUCATION Actors’ Equity Association, Aurora School, Berkeley Ballet Theater, Berkeley Repertory, Claremont Middle School, Contra Costa Civic Theatre, Crowden School, Jefferson Elementary School, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Oakland Youth Chorus, Oakland Youth Orchestra, Park Day School, Peralta Elementary, Shotgun Players, Theatre Bay Area, Theatre Communication Guild, Town Hall Theater and Woodminster Summer Musicals

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