The Little Mermaid by VIA MEDIA / BAYSTAGES

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Music by ALAN MENKEN Lyrics by HOWARD ASHMAN & GLENN SLATER Book by DOUG WRIGHT Based on the HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON story and the Disney ﬁlms

WELCOME TO THE PLAYHOUSE! Welcome to the Berkeley Playhouse and The Little Mermaid! This is the last production of our 15/16 season and our first Professional Season show as an artistic director team. As friends and collaborators for over fifteen years, we are thrilled for the future and delighted to bring this joyous production to you today. The powerful question that this beautiful and beloved story asks us is this: When is loving someone different than what may be expected of you a courageous act? Whether it's a different gender, race or background, it can take extreme bravery to love who you love. Ariel's journey toward Eric, even amidst her father's and community's disapproval, ultimately brings two very different worlds together and celebrates that love has the power to unite. We hope you are filled with joy and hope as you watch.

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Elizabeth McKoy, Founding Artistic Director Kimberly Dooley, Associate Artistic Director

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Gretchen Feyer

Kimberly Dooley Rachel Eisner

director of education

FROM THE DIRECTOR With a story by Hans Christian Anderson, a beautiful animated film written by John Musker and Ron Clements and an incredible score written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken you have a recipe for magic. Disney’s The Little Mermaid is the film that inspired and launched what is now referred to as the Disney Renaissance. It also won two Academy Awards, for Best Score and Best Song. “Under the Sea” actually won the Grammy, Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Song that year. The Little Mermaid was considered by some as "the film that brought Broadway into cartoons.” The Little Mermaid has had quite an amazing journey. She began her life in 1836 as a story published by Hans Christian Anderson and then was adapted into a classic Disney animated film in 1989 which then lead to the Broadway production in 2008. Along the way, The Little Mermaid has inspired many artists, even Disney himself, who had considered a film version as early as 1940 and even had some storyboards drawn up which directly inspired the film makers of the movie we know and love. The Broadway production is not where the story ends though. After the production closed on Broadway early 2009, the creators saw that the show didn’t quite work the way they intended. So in 2012, with the help from teams at both Sacramento’s Music Circus and New Jersey’s Papermill Playhouse, a new script emerged. New songs were added, some songs were let go, and the script was restructured to flow more closely to the 1989 movie. I am so excited to be directing this show at Berkeley Playhouse. It is my all-time favorite Disney movie, and I was lucky enough to get to see both the pre-Broadway run in Denver and the rewritten production at Music Circus in Sacramento. The story of Disney’s The Little Mermaid is filled with magic, romance, adventure, humor and an Oscar-winning score from one of my very favorite composers. I couldn’t be happier or more proud of the cast, crew and team we’ve assembled for this production and I hope you enjoy your journey “Under the Sea” as we proudly present Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tim Choate president

Judith McKoy

vice-president

David Roberts treasurer

Thomas Edwards Dennis Erokan Joel Rubenzahl Gail Simpson Stephanie Wade

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Ariel............................................................Andrea Dennison-Laufer King Triton.......................................................................Matt Davis ♦ Flotsam............................................................. Vida Mae Fernandez Prince Eric................................................William Thomas Hodgson ● Sebastian................................................................Branden Thomas Chef Louis, Pilot............................................................John Brown ♦ Flounder.................................................... Aubri No'eau Kahalekulu Ursula....................................................................... Jessica Coker ♦ Jetsam.......................................................................Brian Conway ♦ Grimsby...............................................................Jonathan Spencer ♦ Scuttle...........................................................................Brian Watson Aquata ..................................................................Krista Joy Serpa ♦ Andrina ................................................................. Kirstin Pieschke ♦ Arista......................................................................Kaylamay Suarez Atina.................................................................................. Miko Ison Adella.................................................................................. Kat Ray ♦ Allana.......................................................................... Jenny Angell ♦ Alluvia.................................................................... Nikki Nickerson ♦ Wayward ........................................................................... Malia Lee Leeward ................................Xathanael Zephaniah Amancio Todd ♦ Male Ensemble.................................................. Dominic Dagdagan, Matthew Haupert ♦, Jeffrey May Hyche, Cameron Adrian La Brie, Neal Pascua Youth Ensemble ...........................................................Jude Bennett Sammi Kane, Pippa Kennedy Leela Kiyawat, Piper Sperske [ UNDERSTUDIES ]

Ariel....................................................................... Kirstin Pieschke ♦ Ursula....................................................................Krista Joy Serpa ♦ Prince Eric........................................................... Matthew Haupert ♦ Sebastian............................................................. Jeffrey May Hyche Flotsam, Jetsam............................................................. Neal Pascua Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

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based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen and the Disney film

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The performance runs approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. There will be one intermission. Please note the location of all exits. Please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices. Photography, videotaping or other recording of this production is strictly prohibited. You may bring your concessions purchases into the theater. 2

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CREATIVE TEAM

Director............................................................................Scottie Woodard Music Director................................................................. Rachel Robinson Choreographer...................................................................... Staci Arriaga Costume Designer.......................................................................Liz Martin Lighting Designer............................................................. Nick Kumamoto Sound Designer, Audio Engineer................................ Brittany Mellerson Scenic Designer, Scenic Artist...............................................Brian Watson Prop Master....................................................................... Debbie Shelley Wig & Make-Up Designer.......................................................Lexie Lazear

PRODUCTION TEAM Production Stage Manager.....................................................Jeff Bristow Assistant Stage Manager................................................. Bradley Hopper Master Electrician........................................................ Brittany Mellerson Spotlight Operator...................................................................Jody Arnold Sound Assistant................................................................. Theo Mongeau Dance Captain.................................................................................Kat Ray Wardrobe Coordinator............................................ Leona Schrader-Dee Set Crew....................................................................................Daniel Hall Thank you to all the volunteers who help with the front of house. Thank you to Extreme Pizza, Peet’s Coffee and Tea, Madonna Estate, Beneficial State Bank, Sweet Adeline Bakeshop and Grand Bakery. Thank you, the audience, for supporting live theatre and our mission.

STAFF

Founding Artistic Director......................................... Elizabeth McKoy Managing Director....................................................Gretchen Feyer Associate Artistic Director........................................ Kimberly Dooley Director of Education...................................................Rachel Eisner Production Manager.................................................. Brandon Davis Patron Services Manager................................................ Sean Griffin Conservatory Producer............................................. Nayia Kuvetakis Marketing & Design Associate............................................ Nikki Johl Facility Maintenance Manager....................................... Kathy Brown Technical Director......................................................... Stewart Lyle Casting Director, Resident Music Director...........Michael Patrick Wiles Concessions & Volunteer Manager....................... Maryanna Alderete Front of House ....................................... Katie Basu, Jordan Battle, Alexis Chamberlin, Lana Cosic, Kristina D'Amico, Jasmine Malone, Ely Orquiza, Kiera Peacock, Allison Pemerl, Jamie Temple

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A NOTE FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR When I was asked to music direct The Little Mermaid last year, I jumped at the opportunity. I had the great fortune of growing up during the Disney Renaissance. That period from 1989-1999 when they had an amazing string of animated musical hits including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan and Tarzan. When The Little Mermaid was released in 1989, it won the Academy Award for Best Score and Best Song (“Under the Sea”). It’s not hard to see why. One only has to hear the opening few notes of marimba and steel drum to recognize Sebastian’s underwater dance party. To truly understand what is special about the music of The Little Mermaid, we have to look to its composer - Alan Menken. Menken has had a formidable career, composing music for over twenty films, including six of the musicals in the Disney Renaissance. The songs from The Little Mermaid are part of the cultural landscape of their era, and will continue to inspire for years to come! Rachel Robinson

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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE “The World Above”......................................................................Ariel “Fathoms Below”.........................Pilot, Prince Eric, Grimsby, Sailors “Daughters of Triton”........................................................ Mersisters “If Only (Triton’s Lament)”.................................................King Triton “Daddy’s Little Angel”................................. Ursula, Flotsam, Jetsam “Part of Your World”....................................................................Ariel “She’s in Love”..................................................Mersisters, Flounder “Her Voice”....................................................................... Prince Eric “Under the Sea”............................................... Sebastian, Ensemble “If Only (Ariel’s Lament)”.............................................................Ariel “Sweet Child”...........................................................Flotsam, Jetsam “Poor Unfortunate Souls”.........................................................Ursula “Finale - Act I”............................................................... Ursula, Ariel ACT TWO “Positoovity”................................................................. Scuttle, Gulls “Beyond My Wildest Dreams”.......................... Ariel, Maids, Grimsby “Les Poissons”........................................... Chef Louis, Chefs, Maids “One Step Closer”............................................................. Prince Eric “Daddy’s Little Angel” (Reprise).................. Ursula, Flotsam, Jetsam “Kiss the Girl”...................................... Sebastian, Scuttle, Ensemble “If Only”............................. Ariel, Prince Eric, Sebastian, King Triton “The Contest”....................................................Grimsby, Princesses “Poor Unfortunate Souls” (Reprise)...................... Ursula, King Triton “Ursula’s Demise”.......................................................... Ariel, Ursula “Ariel’s Transformation”.........................................Female Ensemble “Finale Ultimo”.................. Ariel, King Triton, Prince Eric, Ensemble

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Keyboard 1, Conductor........................................... Rachel Robinson Keyboard 2......................................................... David Aaron Brown Violin........................................................................Christina Owens French Horn........................................................................ Jon Betts Reeds..............................................................................Phil Halseth Trumpet .............................................................Deborah Del Mastro Drums, Percussion............................................................ Lily Sevier 4

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES ♦ JENNY ANGELL (Allana) recently graduated from Marymount Manhattan College’s musical theatre program and is very excited to be joining Berkeley Playhouse for this production. NYC credits include Once Upon a Mattress (Lady Larken) and NEO 11 at The York Theatre. Regional credits include Cabaret (Sally Bowles,Oldcastle Theatre Company) and Bay Area credits are Guys and Dolls (Hot Box Dancer, Jewel Theatre Company), The Who’s Tommy (Sally Simpson, OMG, I Love That Show! Productions) and Gypsy (Hollywood Blonde and U/S: June and Louise, Contra Costa Musical Theatre). jennyangell.com

Playhouse), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Trevor Graydon, Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Nicely Nicely, Foothill Music Theatre) and Sing You a Merry Christmas (The Prince, Grace Cathedral).

thrilled to be in the Professional Season stage again. Jude last performed in the Berkeley Playhouse Professional Season in Shrek The Musical. Jude has performed in ten KidStage productions at Berkeley Playhouse and has loved every minute of it. In the fall, Jude will be a high school freshman at Oakland School for the Arts.

♦ JESSICA COKER (Ursula) is thrilled to make her Berkeley Playhouse debut with this iconic character. Jessica is a two-time TBA Award winner for her performances in In the Heights (Abuela, Broadway By the Bay) and The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Betty, OMG, I Love That Show! Productions). Most recent credits include Lizzie (Emma Borden) and Carrie (Miss Gardner) at Ray of Light Theatre, Kiss Me, Kate (Hattie, Broadway By the Bay), Mr. Irresistible (Alcazar Theatre) and Godspell (OMG, I Love That Show! Productions). Jessica was named 2015 Best New Cabaret Artist of San Francisco and is a founding member of the cabaret trio B.O.O.B.S. Thanks Rob for handling eleven years of this theatre addiction!

♦ JOHN BROWN (Chef Louis, Pilot) is making his Berkeley Playhouse debut. John often performs with Lamplighters Music Theatre, including their productions of The Mikado (Nanki Poo), The Gondoliers (Duke of PlazaToro), Iolanthe (Lord Tolloller), Trial By Jury (The Defendant), Candide (Maximillian) and Carousel (Enoch Snow). He has also appeared at Contra Costa Civic Theatre in El Cerrito in their productions of The Drowsy Chaperone (Man in Chair), Lucky Stiff (Harry), Noises Off (Freddy) and Forever Plaid (Jinx). Other credits include The Full Monty (Malcolm, Contra Costa Musical Theatre), Falsettos (Whizzer, Pinole Community Players), She Loves Me (Georg, Altarena

♦ BRIAN CONWAY (Jetsam) appears in commercials, television and films. Stage credits include Paul in A Chorus Line (Plan B Entertainment, Cabrillo Stage, Broadway By the Bay), Carlos and dance captain for the national tour of The Magic School Bus: Live! (Maximum Entertainment/Bay Area Children's Theatre), Colossal (San Francisco Playhouse), Tino in The Best Me (Kaiser Permanente), Sonny in In the Heights (Palo Alto Players), Thalia, U/S: Sonny in Xanadu (Retro Dome), Chino in West Side Story (Moonlight, PCPA), Angel in Rent (VH1, Palo Alto Players), Tommy in Annie Get Your Gun (Moonlight), Damn Yankees (Reprise!), Tackaberry and U/S: Bud in How to Succeed... (Bay Area Musicals), Judah in Joseph

JUDE BENNETT (Youth Ensemble) is

and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Sierra Repertory Theatre), Linus in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Grove), Lyle in Footloose (Tuacahn), All Shook Up (Musical Theatre West), Flower Drum Song (American Music Theatre) and Great America. Thank you to my parents, family, Josh, Angelica and Jeremy!

DOMINIC DAGDAGAN ( M a l e

Ensemble) is very thrilled to be in The Little Mermaid, his second production with Berkeley Playhouse! He was last in Peter Pan (Lost Boy Nibs) last December. His most recent credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chip), In the Heights (Usnavi), West Side Story (Pepe) and Shrek The Musical (Gingy). Dominic thanks all of his loved ones for the love and support they constantly give him! None of this would be possible without them. Enjoy the show and live your dreams! dominicdagdagan.net ♦ MATT DAVIS (King Triton) is thrilled to be making his on-stage debut with Berkeley Playhouse. Matt was last here as the drummer for the youth production of Pippin. A lead carpenter for Kern's Construction by day, Matt loves to tread the boards in the evenings. Favorite Bay Area credits include Harold in The Full Monty (Contra Costa Musical Theatre), the Narrator in Blood Brothers, (Altarena Playhouse), Orin Scrivello DDS in Little Shop of Horrors (Contra Costa Musical Theatre and Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre) and Macbeth in Macbeth (Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre). Matt would like to thank the production staff for bringing him onboard for this wonderful project! Much love and thanks to Becky Doyle for her love and support. Enjoy the show! 2016.06 • BAYSTAGES.COM

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VIDA MAE FERNANDEZ (Flotsam)

was last seen at Berkeley Playhouse as a pirate and warrior in Peter Pan and understudied and performed the of a member of the Dynamites in Hairspray. Originally from Hawaii, Vida holds a degree in communications and music from the University of San Francisco and has pursued her passion for vocal and performing arts since the age of twelve. Other favorite roles include Gigi in Miss Saigon (Broadway By the Bay), Rosie in Cabaret (Experimental Theatre Company), Queenie in The Wild Party (University of San Francisco College Players), Rizzo in Grease (Army Community Theatre, HI) and Jasmine in Aladdin (Diamond Head Community Theatre). ♦ MATT HAUPERT (Male Ensemble, U/S: Prince Eric) is an actor, singer and educator originally from La Crosse, WI. He holds a BFA in acting and BA in English from Drake University, an MA in urban education from Loyola Marymount University, and is a graduate of the Upright Citizens Brigade Improvisational Comedy Training Center in Los Angeles. Favorite acting credits include Mary Sunshine in Chicago, Ernst in Spring Awakening and Juliet and others in The Compleat Wks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged). Matt currently teaches high school English at Envision Academy in Oakland. He made his Bay Area debut in TheatreFirst’s Much Ado About Nothing last fall and is excited to make his Berkeley Playhouse debut in The Little Mermaid! Thanks to Elizabeth, George and Hamlet!

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(Prince Eric) is so excited to return to the Berkeley Playhouse stage! William trained at Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts, Santa Fe University of Art and Design and recently received his MFA from University of California, San Diego. He is co-artistic director 6

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of the Ubuntu Theater Project in Oakland, CA. He has appeared with Shotgun Players, PCPA Theatrefest, San Diego Repertory Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse and Mixed Blood Theatre. Berkeley Playhouse credits include Singin' in the Rain, Oliver!, Aladdin, Seussical and Lucky Duck. Favorites include Angels in America (Louis), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Gypsy), Les Misérables (Brujon), Dance of the Holy Ghosts (Marcus) and An Octaroon (BJJ). Many thanks to his family and friends. XOXO

JEFFREY MAY HYCHE (M a l e

Ensemble, U/S: Sebastian) is honored to perform for the second time with Berkeley Playhouse, being last seen here in Hairspray (Stooie). He returns from a mini "vacation" in Chicago, where he performed as Angel Dumott Schunard in a one-night-only World AIDS Day benefit production of Rent with Artists Giving Back. He was last seen locally as Benny in Marin Summer Theater's production of In the Heights. See him next as Mr. Mayor and other wacky characters in Seussical at Bay Area Children’s Theatre.

MIKO ISON (Atina) is excited to be

back for her second show at Berkeley Playhouse after performing in Peter Pan earlier this season! Past credits include Estella in West Side Story (Broadway by the Bay), Bebe in A Chorus Line and Under Milkwood (San Francisco State University) and 9 to 5 (West Valley Light Opera). Miko has trained in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop and Polynesian dance. In 2014, she trained with Sylvia Waters and Ana Marie Forsythe from the Alvin Ailey School and also performed the iconic dance repertoire Escapades and Revelations. Miko graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in dance. Love to my family and friends!

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(Flounder) is overjoyed to be in The Little Mermaid! She was last seen on the Julia Morgan stage as an ancestor of that kooky Addams Family. Past Berkeley Playhouse shows include Shrek The Musical, The Wiz, Lucky Duck, Pippin and Little Shop of Horrors. She's also been in Into the Woods (Florinda), The Wedding Singer (Linda) and Richard III (Duchess of York). She'd like to thank her mother for always believing in her, her BP family for always being the best extended family a fish could ask for, and her best friend Noah for his constant support.

SAMMI KANE (Youth Ensemble) is

proud to have performed in numerous Berkeley Playhouse shows including A Little Princess, 13, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Pirates of Penzance and others. This year, Sammi had a starring role in School of Rock at the Curran Theatre, played the lead child in Shotgun Players' Champagne Reading of The Children's Hour and a supporting lead in Once Upon a Mattress at Oakland School for the Arts. Sammi is a theatre major at OSA with ongoing vocal training and dance lessons through Lee Kane's TheaterDance program. She would like to thank Berkeley Playhouse for many wonderful years of musical theatre experience!

PIPPA KENNEDY (Youth Ensemble)

previously appeared in Berkeley Playhouse mainstage productions of The Sound of Music, The Wiz, The Music Man, Shrek The Musical and Mary Poppins, and in the Imagination Players productions of Alice in Wonderland and Zombie Prom. Most recently, she understudied the part of Young Amelie in the world premiere musical, Amelie, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Pippa is entering seventh grade at Oakland

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School for the Arts where she studies vocal music. She also studies voice privately with Scarlett Hepworth. She would like to thank her family and friends for supporting her and her love of pandas, dogs and unicorns.

Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice (Milwaukee Repertory Theater). Special thanks to her amazing family and her Fairy Godmother. Andrea earned a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts.

LEELA KIYAWAT (Youth Ensemble)

in The Sound of Music (Marta von Trapp), The Music Man (Amaryllis) and four other mainstage productions with Berkeley Playhouse. She started taking theatre classes when she was seven and over the past five years has performed in eight youth productions with Berkeley Playhouse and Youth Musical Theater Company. Her favorite roles include Mulan in Mulan, Jr., Milady in Starmites and Jerome in South Pacific. She’s a seventh-grader who enjoys hugging her dogs, singing and dancing and eating yummy pasta. Berkeley Playhouse is her home away from home, and she’s proud to be a part of this special family.

is thrilled to have the opportunity to perform in her fifth Berkeley Playhouse show! She has been working with the Playhouse family since she was eight, performing in The Sound of Music, The Wiz and Fiddler on the Roof (Sphrintze) in the Professional Season. Leela is a rising eighth grader at Oakland School for the Arts, where she was just in Once Upon a Mattress as a Lady in Waiting and a featured dancer. Leela enjoys Broadway dancing, goldfish crackers and cotton candy. She would like to thank Berkeley Playhouse for helping her find her love of theatre!

CAMERON ADRIAN LA BRIE (Male

Ensemble) is a political science major at University of California, Berkeley. He made his first appearance with Berkeley Playhouse in the recent production of The Addams Family. Other credits include The Rocky Horror Show, Rent (Angel), All Shook Up (Chad), Romeo and Juliet (Romeo) and Les Misérables (Enjolras).

ANDREA DENNISON-LAUFER (Ariel)

appeared previously at Berkeley Playhouse as Kate and Lucy in Avenue Q. She was also part of the artistic intern ensemble at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Her more notable roles have been Peggy Jones in The Andrews Brothers (Lucky Penny Productions), Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime, Laurie in Oklahoma!, Janet Weiss in The Rocky Horror Show, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Queenie in Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party, Kate in Zanna, Don’t!, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors and

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♦ NIKKI NICKERSON (Alluvia) is thrilled to be making her Berkeley Playhouse debut! Recent credits include Andrina in The Little Mermaid and Ethel Toffelmier in The Music Man (Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre), Myrtle Mae Simmons in Harvey (Town Hall Theatre Company), Deborah Sue in Bye Bye Birdie and as a featured ensemble member and dance captain in The Full Monty (Contra Costa Musical Theatre), Meg Kincaid in Merrily We Roll Along (Pinole Community Players), Zelda Zanders in Singin' in the Rain (Diablo Theatre Company) and Renee in The Odd Couple - Female Version (Altarena Playhouse). Nikki earned a BFA in musical theatre from the University of the Arts. Immense love to Mom!

NEAL PASCUA (Male Ensemble,

U/S: Flotsam, Jetsam) is honored to return to his BP family after previously performing in Mary Poppins (Park

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Keeper), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chip Tolentino) and The Wiz (Lord High Underling and Yellow Brick Road). Additional credits include Boris in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Bay Area Children's Theatre), Miss Saigon, West Side Story, Dreamgirls, In the Heights and Hairspray (Broadway By the Bay), John in Anything Goes (Center REPertory Company) and Asher in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Disney’s Tarzan (Contra Costa Musical Theatre). All my love, light and a hint of shade to my family and friends! Now let’s party under the sea! ♦ KIRSTIN PIESCHKE (Andrina, U/S: Ariel) is beyond excited to be making her Berkeley Playhouse debut with her favorite Disney story! She would like to thank the incredible team behind the show for this opportunity! Past shows have included Disney's The Little Mermaid (Ariel), Godspell, Once Upon a Mattress (Princess #12), Disney's High School Musical (Taylor), Footloose (Ariel), Cinderella (Portia) and Grease (Sandy). She would like to thank her family for their constant love and support! ♦ KAT RAY (Adella) is thrilled to be making her Berkeley Playhouse debut in The Little Mermaid. She is a graduate of Solano College’s actor training program and studied musical theatre at the American Musical Dramatic Academy, NY. Kat was last seen as a Phantom in 6th Street Playhouse’s The Rocky Horror Show. Other credits include Songs for a New World (Woman 2), How to Succeed... (Rosemary), Batboy: The Musical (Shelley), Legally Blonde (Serena), Rent (Maureen), The Secret Garden (Lily), Man of La Mancha (Antonia), Cabaret (Rosie), The Producers (Lick-me Bite-me). Kat would like 2016.06 • BAYSTAGES.COM

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to thank her husband Ben and her mother Barbara for all of their love and support. ♦ KRISTA JOY SERPA (Aquata, U/S: Ursula) is overjoyed to make her Berkeley Playhouse debut! A Modesto native and performer since age seven, she made her Bay Area debut last year, and has been delighted to perform from Los Altos Stage Company to Spreckels Performing Arts Center, and many places in between. Favorites include Prudie in Pump Boys and Dinettes (Central Missouri Rep,) Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire (Stage 3 Theatre,) Little Red in Into the Woods (Theatre-at-Large, SFBATCC nominee) and Maria in The Sound of Music (Modesto Performing Arts.) Catch her next as Emily in Our Town at Altarena Playhouse! Love to Adam. Philippians 4:4! ♦ JONATHAN SPENCER (Grimsby) most recently appeared as George in Bay Area Stage’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and La Rocca in Pocket Opera’s King for a Day. In twenty-five years with Lamplighters Music Theatre, he has enjoyed playing the Major General and Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, PoohBah in The Mikado, the Judge in Trial by Jury and the Playwright in Enter the Guardsman. You can see him every Christmas as Squire Bracebridge in The Bracebridge Dinners at Yosemite. Other favorites include Gutman in The Maltese Falcon (Butterfield 8 Theatre Company, Shellie Award nominee), Signor Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza (Willows Theatre Company, Shellie Award nominee) and Father in Ragtime (Alameda County Light Opera). He is also a Jeopardy champion.

PIPER SPERSKE (Youth Ensemble)

is entering the fourth grade at Valley 8

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Montessori School in Livermore and is thrilled to be making her Berkeley Playhouse debut. She most recently played Bielke in Fiddler on the Roof at Hillbarn Theatre. Piper has performed with Stage 1 Theatre (Young Cosette in Les Misérables) and Crosslight Theatre (a Who in Seussical). At San Francisco Opera, Piper humbly shared the stage with some of the world’s most talented performers when she appeared in Show Boat and Two Women. When she grows up Piper dreams of owning a juice truck and performing on Broadway.

KAYLAMAY SUAREZ (Arista) is a

Bay Area native who is excited to be returning to Berkeley Playhouse for her third time! You might recognize her from the ensemble in the world premiere of Bridges and Peter Pan, where she played one of the twin Lost Boys. Kaylamay is a recent graduate of PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre. Some of her favorite journeys include Anne in the world premiere musical Christmas is Here Again, Shakespeare's As You Like It (Celia) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (Silvia). She would like to thank her mentors, friends and family, and Mike Fiore for their unconditional love and support. kaylamaysuarez. wix.com/actor

BRANDEN THOMAS (Sebastian)

started training in ballet and African dance. He began singing in the eleventh grade after he was admitted into Oakland School for the Arts and its award-winning concert choir and bass singer/award-winning choreographer of vocal rush; there he received vocal training in a choral setting. He progressed as a vocalist in high school and started to perform in musical theatre. Credits include Seussical (Sour Kangaroo), Wish Upon a Star (Ursula) and Hairspray (Motormouth Maybelle). Branden desires and hopes

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to become someone who touches people through his work, hopefully with a career in musical theatre. ♦ X AT H A N A E L Z E P H A N I A H AMANCIO TODD (Leeward) has only recently begun his career in theatre, and The Little Mermaid is his Berkeley Playhouse debut. In 2014, he appeared as the Messenger in The Wiz. He played Aladdin in Aladdin, Michael Banks in Mary Poppins, General Genghis Khan Schmitz (while understudying Horton the Elephant and The Cat in the Hat) in Seussical and the Mayor of Munchkin Land in The Wizard of Oz, all in 2015 at Missouri Street Theater.

BRIAN WATSON (Scuttle, Scenic

Designer, Scenic Artist) is thrilled to return to Berkeley Playhouse after playing Brian in Avenue Q and Mal Beineke in The Addams Family earlier this season. He holds a BA in theatre arts from California State University, Sacramento, and works in the Bay Area as an actor, vocalist, set designer and vocal instructor. Notable roles include Bert in Mary Poppins, Enjolras in Les Misérables, Vincent van Gogh in Inventing van Gogh, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Emmett in Legally Blonde, Colonel Ricci in Passion and Molokov in Chess in Concert. He would like to thank his friends, family and husband Scottie for all of their love and support. brianwatson.weebly.com

JOHN BETTS (French Horn) is a

Horn player who is always looking to have fun by making music. Looking for new musical experiences has led him to play with a number of musical companies including Youth Musical Theatre Company, Broadway By the Bay, Berkeley Playhouse and San Francisco Playhouse, as well as record on a few rock albums with

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groups like Beats Antique and The Dear Hunter. He regularly plays with the Cal Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Wind Ensemble, and acts as a horn ambassador for the Awesome Orchestra. John also loves raucous chamber music of both brass and woodwind varieties.

DAVID AARON BROWN (Keyboard

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West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Guys and Dolls and many many others. In addition to performing in show orchestras, Phil has performed extensively with cover bands playing classic rock and soul tunes from the '60s and '70s and with jazz quartets and big bands playing the standards from the jazz literature.

2) is pleased to be returning to Berkeley Playhouse with this exuberant production! He previously music directed Bridges here last February. A Bay Area native, his past music directing credits include The Wild Party, The Rocky Horror Show (SFBATCC Award nominee), Grey Gardens (TBA Award and SFBATCC Aw a r d n o m i n e e ) a n d B l o o d Wedding (TBA Award nominee). He is the resident music director at Menlo School and a graduate of Brown University, where he received the Weston Award for Piano Performance. Next up is The Little Mermaid at Throckmorton Theatre.

CHRISTINA OWENS (Violin) is

DEBORAH DEL MASTRO (Trumpet)

Originally hails from Western Massachusetts and finished her postgraduate work in timpani performance at San Francisco Conservatory in 2011. She has been playing in countless orchestras and theater pits ever since. Most recent performances include work with the Monterey Symphony and Berkeley Symphony, West Side Story with the Mountain Play and Peter Pan with the Anchorage Concert Association in Anchorage, AK.

started her career in the US Navy Band at Treasure Island as a trumpet player and singer, and she has remained a musician and performer to this day. She is best known as an AEA musical theatre actress in the Nunsense series, originating the role of Sr. Robert Anne in the last six Nunsense shows. Bay Area audiences have seen her in lead roles at Willows Theatre Company, Woodminster Summer Musicals and 42nd St Moon, among others. She currently teaches voice in the East Bay, sings and plays trumpet in two funk/ rock dance bands and does theatre onstage and in the pit. Thanks, Berkeley Playhouse! deborahdelmastro.com

PHIL HALSETH (Reeds) has been

performing in musical theater pits for over ten years. He has played

originally from Greenville, SC. She began studying music at ten years of age, participating in intensive youth programs throughout her middle and high school years. She later went on to pursue acting, earning an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater. Her passion for music and love of musical theatre keeps her busy performing for various productions around the Bay Area. She recently played in the band for Berkeley Playhouse's productions of Fiddler on the Roof and Peter Pan and is very happy to be back for The Little Mermaid.

LILY SEVIEW (Drums, Percussion)

ALAN MENKEN (Composer) wrote

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Little Shop of Horrors, Real Life Funnies, Atina: Evil Queen of the Galaxy, Kicks, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, Der Glöckner von Notre

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Dame, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap of Faith, Aladdin and Newsies for theatre, and scored Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Life with Mikey, Lincoln, Home on the Range, Noel, Enchanted, The Shaggy Dog, Tangled and Mirror Mirror for film. He is the recipient of eight Oscars (with nineteen nominations), eleven Grammys (including Song of the Year), seven Golden Globes, a Tony Award (plus four nominations) and the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, Olivier and London's Evening Standard Theatre Awards. He has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and holds doctorates from New York University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

HOWARD ASHMAN (Lyricist) is best

known as a pivotal creative mind behind the renaissance of Disney animation and his work on The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast (which is dedicated to, "Our friend, Howard Ashman, who gave a Mermaid her voice and a Beast his soul..."). Ashman's first love was theatre. Ashman was a founder of Off Off Broadway's renowned WPA Theatre, where he conceived, wrote and directed God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, as well as the classic musical, Little Shop of Horrors (both with music by Alan Menken). In 1986, he wrote and directed the Broadway musical Smile (music by Marvin Hamlisch). Lamented as a lost treasure of the 1980s theatre scene, Smile remains popular on high school and college campuses throughout the country. Ashman died in 1991 from complications of AIDS. howardashman.com 2016.06 • BAYSTAGES.COM

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GLENN SLATER (Lyricist) co-created

Disney's 2010 worldwide smash Tangled (2011 Grammy winner, 2010 Oscar and Golden Globe nominee), as well as the Broadway and international hit musicals Sister Act (2011 Tony nominee, Best Score) and The Little Mermaid (2008 Tony nominee, Best Score, Grammy nominee, Best Cast Album) and, most recently School of Rock (2015). With longtime collaborator Alan Menken, he is executive producer and lyricist for the ABC-TV musical comedy series Galavant and has also written songs for the Disney animated film Home on the Range (2004) and the Broadway musical Leap of Faith (Tony nominee, Best Musical, 2012). On the West End, Glenn provided both book and lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies (2010 Olivier nominee, Best Musical), the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. Other work includes an Emmy-nominated song for the ABCTV comedy The Neighbors (2013), and the stage revue Newyorkers at The Manhattan Theatre Club (Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations). Glenn is the recipient of the prestigious Kleban Award for Lyrics, the ASCAP/Richard Rogers New Horizons Award and the Jonathan Larson Award. He is an alumnus of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and a member of both ASCAP and the Dramatists' Guild.

DOUG WRIGHT (Book) earned the

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for his play I Am My Own Wife. Other stage works include Grey Gardens (Tony nomination), The Little Mermaid and Hands on a Hardbody. Film credits include Quills, based on his Obie Award-winning play and nominated for three Academy Awards. Television credits include Tony Bennett: An American Classic, directed by Rob Marshall. Honors include the Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the European Tolerance Award from KulturForum Europa and the Paul Selvin Award, Writers Guild of America. He is the president of the Dramatists Guild, a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and on the board of the New York Theatre Workshop.

SCOTTIE WOODARD (Director) is honored to be back at Berkeley

Playhouse but in a new role as director of his all-time favorite Disney movie come to life on stage. Scottie was last seen at Berkeley Playhouse in Bridges (Barry) and Hairspray (Corny Collins). Scottie has had the honor of directing many productions all over the Bay Area and Sacramento area including The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins and Godspell (recipient of eleven Arty Awards). He directed and choreographed Les Misérables: School Edition, Into the Woods: School Edition and The Marvelous Wonderettes (recipient of two Arty Awards). He assistant directed and choreographed Footloose, and choreographed It's A Wonderful Life: The Musical, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Gypsy and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Special thanks to his wonderful husband Brian for his support and his Positoovity!

RACHEL ROBINSON (Music Director,

Conductor, Keyboard 1) has previous Playhouse music directing credits for Fiddler on the Roof, Shrek The Musical, the TeenStage production of Legally Blonde and the Imagination Players production of Peter Pan Jr. Rachel directed the Imagination Players productions of Anything Goes and Alice in Wonderland Jr. She recently directed O'Neill: The Rhythms of His Soul for the Eugene O'Neill Foundation. Other professional music directing credits include South Pacific (Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre), Ring of Fire (Altarena Playhouse), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Boxcar Theatre), Chicago (Willows Theatre, Shellie Award nomination) and Cabaret (Sonoma Theatre Alliance). Rachel is the founder of Rachel Robinson Music, a studio offering private voice and piano lessons to students of all ages. rachelrobinsonmusic.com

STACI ARRIAGA (Choreographer)

is so happy to be back at Berkeley Playhouse! You may remember seeing her work here in The Sound of Music or The Little Princess. She has been teaching dance for over twenty-five years. After spending ten years dancing with the Lisa Clark Dance Company, she became a part of their faculty teaching tap and jazz. She is currently teaching tap and jazz for the Woodland

Opera House dance program. Ms. Arriaga’s choreography has been seen in and around the Bay Area for the last twenty years. Her next project takes her to Virginia where she was asked to return after spending last summer assistant directing and choreographing Ash Lawn Opera’s My Fair Lady. She is excited to do the same for their summer production of South Pacific. She has earned two Dean Goodman Awards, Elly Awards and several Arty Awards, as well as two San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award nominations for her work. She has enjoyed working with numerous theatre companies including Center REPertory Company, OMG, I Love That Show! Productions, Lucky Penny Productions, Napa Valley Playhouse, the Woodland Opera House, Diablo Theatre Company, the Willows Theatre Company, Starbound Youth Theatre, 6th Street Playhouse and Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre.

NICK KUMAMOTO ( L i g h t i n g

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.

LIZ MARTIN (Costume Designer) is

an award-winning costumer who has been passionately costuming for over twenty-five years. This is her fifth show for Berkeley Playhouse. Previous shows here include Bridges, Mary Poppins, Hairspray and Fiddler on the Roof. She has worked with numerous other theatre companies around the Bay Area including Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, Altarena Playhouse and Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre. Thank you to all of the people listed below for your help, support and assistance on this show. I couldn't have done it without you. Really. Liesl Seitz Buchbinder (shop manager), Cathryn Reynolds (unitard wrangler and special projects), Alea Gonzales (head stitcher), Cheyenne 2016.06 • BAYSTAGES.COM

Clark (costume props and crafts), Sarah Goodman (special projects), Heather Mabley (electrics), Rebecca Valentino (head pieces) and interns Nic Lamb, Mari Nagao and Sarah James.

BRITTANY MELLERSON (Sound

Designer, Audio Engineer) is an East Coast native and recent graduate of Point Park University’s Conservatory Program with a BFA in theatrical lighting and sound design. This is Brittany’s first Berkeley Playhouse design although she has been the master electrician at the Julia Morgan since 2015. She recently served as the audio engineer for Bridges. Some of her recent credits include lighting design for U.S. Drag at Dragon Productions and Absolutely Fabulous with the Royal British Comedy Theatre. Sound design credits include Sunlight and Or, (Dragon Productions) and StopKiss (TheatreFIRST). Up next is The Mikado with Lamplighters Music Theatre and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Tri-School Productions.

DEBBIE SHELLEY (Prop Master) is

especially proud to be part of the Berkeley Playhouse production team for The Little Mermaid. She previously worked on To Kill a Mockingbird, Avenue Q and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She has also designed properties for Diablo Theatre Company, Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Stars 2000, Saint Mary’s College, Center Stage Theatre Company, Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre, New Conservatory Theatre Center and Central Works. She was awarded Contra Costa Musical Theatre Company’s The Clay and Miriam Englar Award and is the recipient of an honorary Shellie Award for special contribution to the performing arts.

ELIZABETH M C KOY (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 children and teachers in the Bay Area. Now, she is working to develop and sustain the Playhouse’s unique vision for musical theatre and theatre education.

GRETCHEN FEYER (Managing

Director) is delighted to be joining the Berkeley Playhouse. She was most recently associate general manager at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater. Gretchen spent six years in New York City, where she was company manager for over a dozen plays and musicals at the Public Theater, including Love’s Labour’s Lost at Shakespeare in the Park and Richard Nelson’s Apple Family plays. Before joining the Public, she held various management and producing positions at Encores! New York City Center, New York Musical Festival, Prospect Theater Company, the Acting Company, La Vie Productions and Cesa Entertainment. Gretchen spent two summers as company manager for the Weston Playhouse Theater Company in Vermont (where she met her husband, music director Dan Feyer), and helped

reopen the Napa Valley Opera House as artist services manager and house manager. Gretchen was born in Oakland and raised there and in St. Helena, California. She holds a BA in theatre from the University of Vermont and an MFA in theatre management from Florida State University.

KIMBERLY DOOLEY (Associate

Artistic Director) has been directing, choreographing and teaching theatre in the Bay Area for fifteen 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.

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. 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 OneActs 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+] David Bogdonoff + Susan Weeks • Daren A.C. Carollo • Kenneth Caruana • Ken Cerniglia + Adrien Lanusse • The Choate Family • Heather Kuiper + Loren Rauch • Laura Marlin • John McCarthy + Susie Fazlollahi • Lanette McClure • Judith McKoy • Richard Meyers • George + Mary Oram • David Roberts Joel Rubenzahl • Len Schneiderman • The van Lynde Family • The Walt Disney Company Foundation Mudd + Rena Wilson • Helga Ying + Jonah Levy

[$500+] Jeff Breidenbach • Center for Cultural Innovation • Sharon Djemal • Julie Drassinower + Eddie Kwong Pat Friday • Thomas Friedland • Lisa Fuller + Dirk ten Grotenhuis • Esther Rogers • Susan Sattler The Schroeder Family • The Shepard Family • Ian Swinson • The Wade/Breidenbach Family

[$250+] In honor of Elizabeth McKoy and the cast of 13: A New Musical • Larry Abel + Suzanne Grishman American Eagle Outfitters Foundation • Megan Atchley • Kelli Brown • Liza Brughera • James Carriere Charitable Adult Rides & Services Inc. • Ali Taylor Lange • In honor of the Narnia team • Dina Wolkoff Russell Vance + Sarah McWhirter

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

[$50+] Keira Armstrong • Adina Bailey • David Beiser • Jason Bellet • Marian Berges • Terri Bimes Robert Blackburn + Ann Smulka • Donny Carollo • Douglas J. Cohen • Robert Cook • Jodie Cruz Cheryl Davis • John Dooley • Michelle Drexler • Ashley Dunning • Ellie Ehrenhaft • Susanna Falk Michelle Freschi • Tali Levy • Michael Lonzano • Kai Martin • Yasi Massih • Emily Newmann Dakota + Naomi Pawek • Maurice San-Chez • Margaret Schultz • Lee Strawn • Stacey Street Jinee Tao + Charlie Baxter • Matthew E. Thomas • Fanshen Thompson • Madelyn Weiss • Rebekah Wood

THANK YOU!

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