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A Musical Adaptation of the Charles Dickens Classic BOOK by
JOHN J FANELLI
Original Music & Lyrics by
GEORGE PUELLO
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David Edwards as SCROOGE ALSO STARRING
EMMA BARISHMAN SARAH COLT JOSEPH CULLINANE COURTNEY CURRY JACKSON FANELLI RACHEL GIFFORD ALEX JOHN JOHNSON ALEXANDRA MILBRATH JOEY SANZARO BRANDON SHOCKEY EDWARD SIMON DANIEL WALSTAD WITH
LIANA BROWN SUMMER CAMPO KAITLIN DOHERTY JACK EIFF CIELA ELLIOTT GRACE FANELLI ALEXANDRA HABERMAN SYDNEY LEARY JOLIE LEIBNER SENNA LIEBER MICHAEL MCKIERNAN HANNAH MOORE SASHA MURRAY DANIELLA PICERNI HARRY ROSENTHAL SARAH SHAPIRO Musical Direction by
Julianne B. Merrill Set BY
costumEs by LIGHTING BY
STEVE LOFTUS Keith Nielsen andrew gmoser sound by HAIR/WIGS BY PROPERTIES BY mark zuckerman SHANNON HARRINGTON GRUMPY’S PROPS PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
VICTOR LUKAS TIM STOUT CHOREOGRAPHED BY
JOSEPH CULLINANE Directed by
JOHN J. FANELLI Costumes rented through TDF COSTUME COLLECTION OPENING: 11/29/18 CLOSING: 12/23/18
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cast – Adult Cast in alphabetical order – EMMA BARISHMAN..................................................................................... Mrs. Fezziwig; Charlotte SARAH COLT................................................................................................... Ghost of Christmas Past JOSEPH CULLINANE*...................................................................................Young Scrooge; Old Joe COURTNEY CURRY...................................................................................................................Old Sally DAVID EDWARDS*........................................................................................................................ Scrooge JACKSON FANELLI..........................................................................................................................Lance RACHEL GIFFORD............................................................................................... Mrs. Cratchit, Leslie ALEX JOHN JOHNSON..........................................................................Charity Gentleman; Henry ALEXANDRA MILBRATH................................................................................................. Belle; Linda JOEY SANZARO.................................................Charity Gentleman; Ghost of Christmas Present BRANDON SHOCKEY...............................................................................................................Fred, Bill EDWARD SIMON...............................................................................................Narrator; Bob Cratchit TIM STOUT..................................... Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Assistant Stage Manager DANIEL WALSTAD................ Marley; Mr. Fezziwig, Non-Performing Swing / Dance Captain – Carolers; Party Guests; Ensemble – EMMA BARISHMAN SARAH COLT JOSEPH CULLINANE* JACKSON FANELLI RACHEL GIFFORD ALEX JOHN JOHNSON ALEXANDRA MILBRATH JOEY SANZARO BRANDON SHOCKEY DANIEL WALSTAD – Children’s Cast in alphabetical order – LIANA BROWN†.....................................................................................................Tiny Tim; Ensemble SUMMER CAMPO†...................................................................Boy Scrooge; Turkey Boy; Ensemble KAITLIN DOHERTY†...............................................................................................................Ensemble JACK EIFF†........................................................................................................Peter Cratchit; Ensemble CIELA ELLIOTT†.......................................................................................................................Ensemble GRACE FANELLI†.......................................................................................................................Ensemble ALEXANDRA HABERMAN†...................................................................... Ann Cratchit; Ensemble SYDNEY LEARY†............................................................................................ Ann Cratchit; Ensemble JOLIE LEIBNER†....................................................................................................Little Fan; Ensemble SENNA LIEBER†.....................................................................................................Tiny Tim; Ensemble MICHAEL MCKIERNAN†.....................................................Boy Scrooge; Turkey Boy; Ensemble HANNAH MOORE†................................................................................. Martha Cratchit; Ensemble SASHA MURRAY†..................................................................................................Little Fan; Ensemble DANIELLA PICERNI†...............................................................................................................Ensemble HARRY ROSENTHAL†................................................................................Peter Cratchit; Ensemble SARAH SHAPIRO†.................................................................................... Martha Cratchit; Ensemble Victor Lukas*........................................................................Production Stage Manager Joseph Cullinane*.....................................................Choreographer/Dance Captain Diane Bradsell..................................................................... Rehearsal Stage Manager * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the only professional union for Actors and Stage Managers. † Children alternate performances.
SCENES & Musical numbers – ACT ONE – Overture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orchestra PROLOGUE: TOWN SQUARE God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full Company Masters In This Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolers SCENE ONE: SCROOGE COUNTING HOUSE Joy to the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolers SCENE TWO: THE STREET What Child Is This. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiny Tim & Carolers SCENE THREE: A SIDE STREET SCENE FOUR: SCROOGE’S BEDROOM Welcome to the Chain Gang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marley & Spectres SCENE FIVE: A SCHOOL ROOM Carol of the Bells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolers Going Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Little Fan & Young Scrooge SCENE SIX: THE FEZZIWIGS’ HOUSE Gloucestershire Wassail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolers The Fezziwig Jig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. & Mrs. Fezziwig & Party Guests Young Old Friend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belle. Gloria / Take Me Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full Company
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SCENES & Musical numbers – ACT TWO – Entr’acte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Orchestra SCENE ONE: SCROOGE’S BEDROOM Angels We Have Heard On High. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolers SCENE TWO: THE CRATCHIT HOUSE The Conventry Carol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolers SCENE THREE: THE CRATCHIT HOUSE Evening Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiny Tim & Cratchit Family SCENE FOUR: FRED’S HOUSE The Wassail Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lance, Charlotte, Linda, Fred Raise A Glass/Wassail Song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lance, Charlotte, Linda, Fred SCENE FIVE: A ROOFTOP You Can’t Take It With You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old Joe, Old Sally & Company SCENE SIX: THE CRATCHIT HOUSE Evening Prayer (reprise). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiny Tim SCENE SEVEN: A GRAVEYARD SCENE EIGHT: SCROOGE’S BEDROOM Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carolers SCENE NINE: TOWN SQUARE SCENE TEN: SCROOGE’S COUNTING HOUSE Gloria / I’m Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scrooge & Company
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Julianne B. Merrill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conductor/Keyboards Wendy Feaver. . . . . . Assistant Musical Director/Keyboards James Mack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percussion David Dunaway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bass
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WHO’S WHO DAVID EDWARDS (Scrooge) returns to the stage at the Westchester BroadwayTheatre having appeared in 12 productions including as Albin in La Cage Aux Folles, Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, and as Scrooge in several versions of A Christmas Carol. He also directed The Producers and Home for the Holidays at WBT. Broadway and National Tour credits include The Rothschilds, The Producers, and By Jeeves. Off-Broadway : Room Service, Bittersuite, Ionescopade, among others, and was the final “El Gallo” in the original run of The Fantasticks. Regionally: everything from Moliere to Stoppard, Porter to Sondheim. Film and TV: Belly, The Fantasticks: Try to Remember, Meshuggah-Nuns. David is also an award-winning theatre director and can be heard on many cast albums and a solo CD “David Edwards Giving Voice…” available on ITunes and Amazon. EMMA BARISHMAN is delighted to be making her Westchester Broadway Theatre debut with such a jolly group of people! Some recent favorite credits include Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie at College Light Opera Company and Emma Goldman in Ragtime at Columbia University. She’d like to thank her CLOC2018 family, her parents, and her team of coaches for all of their guidance and support. Follow her on Instagram @ebarishman or learn more at www.emmabarishman.com SARAH COLT is thrilled to be making her Westchester Broadway Theatre debut! She is a proud 2018 graduate of Marymount Manhattan College (BFA in Acting/Musical Theatre minor.) Favorite credits include Parade (MMC), The Play of Robin and Marion (MMC), Charlie and Algernon (The York), and Spring Awakening (Hudson LA). Many thanks to all involved for this wonderful opportunity! JOSEPH CULLINANE loves WBT (The Sound of Music, Annie, A Chorus Line, Anything Goes and more!) Off-Broadway: York Theatre, Theatre Row, New World Stages. Tours: Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Hello Dolly with Sally Struthers. Regional: Riverside Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, TUTS. Namaste to Lisa, John, Victor and Corey. COURTNEY CURRY Merry Christmas! A Columbia State graduate from TN, some of Courtney’s favorite credits include Anything Goes at WBT; West Side Story, Mamma Mia, All Shook Up at the Fireside; The Addams Family at Cortland Rep; La Cage aux Folles, Young Frankenstein at Red Mountain Theatre. Thank you John, Lisa and Joey! All gratitude to God, husband Mitchell, family and friends for constant love and support. Colossians 3:17 JACKSON FANELLI is thrilled to be back at WBT. He was a part of Lighthouse Youth Theatre (LYT) until he graduated in 2016. Jackson was awarded the Junior Beacon Award by LYT for his outstanding commitment, dedication and perseverance to the program. He attends Manhattanville College studying Theatre. Favorites; Spring Awakening (Moritz), Shrek (Donkey), Millie (Bun Foo), Fiddler (Motel), Spelling Bee (Leaf Coneybear) and A Midsummer Nights Dream (Lysander). Jackson thanks his family for their love and support. RACHEL GIFFORD is excited to be celebrating the Christmas season with Westchester Broadway Theatre! Favorite credits include Shelby in Steel Magnolias (Hunterdon Hills Playhouse), Richard III and Measure for Measure (Trinity Shakespeare Festival), A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch (Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra), and The Secret Garden (PlazaCo). BFA Texas Christian University. www. rachel-gifford.com. ALEX JOHN JOHNSON is thrilled to be spending the holidays up in Westchester spreading some joy and cheer! Alex is originally from Kansas City and graduated with a degree in Dance Performance from Oklahoma City University. His favorite credits include 42nd Street (National Tour), Singin’ in the Rain (Fireside), Hairspray (Paramount), and Spamalot (Palace). He would like to thank his family, friends, and Nick for their endless love and support. @AlexJohnJohnson ALEXANDRA MILBRATH Currently resides in NYC and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Point Park University. She recently finished traveling the seas as a lead vocalist on the Viking Sky. National Tour: Burlesque to Broadway. Favorite Regional Credits: Nine (Carla), Saturday Night Fever (Stephanie), Cabaret (Fraulein Kost), The Odd Couple (Cecily). www.alexandramilbrath.com / @alexandramilbrath WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE
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WHO’S WHO JOEY SANZARO is excited to return to Westchester Broadway Theatre for this very special production. Previous Westchester Broadway Theatre credits Ragtime (Tateh), In the Heights (Piragua Guy) and Big River (The Duke). Other credits includes The Wizard of Oz (The Lion), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Neville), Shrek the Musical (Shrek), and the national tour of Sister Act the Musical (Ernie/ Ensemble). Big thanks to the cast and crew for sharing their talents and passion. BRANDON SHOCKEY is thrilled to join this amazing team. A recent graduate of the University of the Arts, Brandon’s credits include: The Wrong Box (Theatre for a New City), 25th Annual Putnum Co. Spelling Bee, Shenandoah, (Wayside Theatre), Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Comedy of Errors (REV Theatre Co.) Brandon would like to thank his friends and family, and give a very special thank you to the Laino-Stout Family EDWARD SIMON (Bob Cratchit) is excited to be making his Westchester Broadway Theatre debut! A recent graduate of The Boston Conservatory (MT ’18), his favorite credits from school include Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Freddy Benson), Catch Me if You Can (Carl Hanratty) and the world premiere of Alice in War (Father Soldier). Outside of school he’s recently performed at Speakeasy Stage Company and Wheelock Family Theatre in Boston. Thank you LBJ, Tag Sierra Tamara. Tim Stout is an actor and musician, as well the assistant stage manager for this great production. Past credits at Westchester Broadway Theatre include Phantom (Young Erik), Seussical (Wickersham #1), and Peter Pan (Pirate). DANIEL WALSTAD TOUR: At the Stroke of Midnight. NYC: This Life! the Musical, Going Up?! the Elevator Musical; Freedom’s Song. REGIONAL: The Music Man (Jacey Squires) Sharon Playhouse, The Producers (Roger DeBris); Ghost, the Musical, A Man of No Importance (Alfie Byrne); The Secret Garden (Dickon and Dr. Craven); Fiddler on the Roof (Lazar Wolf). Sending love to my Dad, my Guardian Angel. This is for my Mother who has always made Christmas so special. John J. Fanelli (Producer/Director) holds a degree in Theatre Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Mr. Fanelli has been directing, teaching and creating programs for thousands of young people in theatre arts for more than two decades. In 1995 he began working for The Metropolitan Educational Theatre Network (MET2) as an assistant director. Under the tutelage of acclaimed international children’s theatre director Alex H. Urban, John helped to establish a network of theatre programs for young people that spanned the coast of California from San Diego to San Francisco. For nearly 10 years John worked for MET2 and developed his own unique teaching methodology. John returned to New York in 2004 and developed Westchester Broadway Theatre’s Young Artists of the WBT. At WBT John quickly established himself as one of the foremost theatre educators in the area. He expanded his reach and scope of programming by taking over as Artistic Director for the Times Square Group, NYC, where he developed and implemented educational theatre programs for the public schools of New York City. In 2006, Mr. Fanelli and his wife Nannette Fanelli founded their own non-profit educational theatre company called Lighthouse Youth Theatre 4
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WHO’S WHO Education, Inc. LYT quickly became the benchmark for educational theatre winning both regional and national acclaim. In 2013 John and Nannette built a State-of-the-art musical theatre complex called Standing Ovation Studios. The result is a 6000 square foot studio that hundreds of local kids call their second home. Always one to push the educational envelope John has now taken on preschool theatre education. The inspiration is to prove that educational theatre is the lynch pin to a child’s early development as a student and as a person. The program has been so well received that DramaBee has partnered with Music Theatre International (The world’s largest dramatic licensing agency, specializing in Broadway Musicals) and is in the process of rolling out a national pre-school educational theatre campaign. John has taught more than 15,000 students and has created programs that have reached more than 30,000. What John is most proud of is that he has had students in almost every major musical theatre university in the United States and beyond and that he is able to share his life’s work with his amazing wife and three beautiful children. His goal is to inspire the next generation of theatre educators, actors, musicians and most importantly lovers of the arts John is thrilled to be returning to the WBT stage for his ninth production. He would like to thank Bob Funking, Bill Stutler and Lisa Tiso for the opportunity and for their continued support over many years. Julianne B. Merrill (Musical Director/Arrangements) is grateful to be making her WBT debut! Recent projects include Man of La Mancha at The John W. Engeman and The Hunchback of Notre Dame at The Argyle. She spent the summer in Montana working on AEA productions of Smokey Joe’s Café and Matilda, and then in Nova Scotia to work on Into the Woods. She is a regular MD at venues such at 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, Green Room 42, etc. Much love to her fiancé, Meg! www.juliannemerrill.com STEVE LOFTUS (Set) has been one of our resident designers since Kiss Me, Kate in 2002. Some of his favorites at WBT include Gypsy, Phantom, Aida, Miss Saigon and In the Heights. As a set designer, Steve has provided scenery for many regional theaters, colleges and high schools around the Tri-state area. As well as a few tours and special events at Lincoln Center. Steve is also the owner of Scene Works Inc., a fully serviced scene shop providing all aspects of scenic design and fabrication based out of Ossining, NY. He is most proud to be a father to Elias and Aubrey. Keith Nielsen (Costumes) is excited to be working on A Christmas Carol at the WBT, where he is currently designing his third show this season, Phantom include A Chorus Line & Anything Goes. Keith has assisted on several WBT productions (Man of La Mancha, Happy Days) including the 200th production; Mamma Mia. Keith’s credits extend beyond the stage and onto the screen, film and television credits include the Golden Globe and Emmy winning series Mozart in the Jungle, Quantico (S3), Spider-Man: Homecoming & First Reformed. Within the film sector he has designed several short films as well as the Funny or Die series, “The Real Stephen Blatt” starring actor Justin Long, now streaming on Funny or Die and Amazon Prime. To learn more about Keith and his work please visit: www. kkeithh.net Enjoy the show! ANDREW GMOSER (Lighting) has lit all of our mainstage productions since 1990. Over the years he has created the sets and/or lighting for a multitude of productions throughout Westchester and beyond, and is a proud recipient of the Cab Calloway Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Performing Arts in Westchester. Andrew loves his job designing lighting for all levels of theatre, from high school programs through professional Broadway-caliber productions. For over thirty years he was set and lighting designer (and from time to time, director) for Asbury Summer Theatre, and is beginning his 25th season with the MacHaydn Theatre in upstate New York. Through his company, Silent G Productions, Andrew provides theatrical lighting design, equipment, and consultation for live theatre, dance, and concerts. Andrew’s best and most important production is with his lovely wife, Catherine: their nineteen year old twins, Thomas and Elizabeth!
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WHO’S WHO MARK ZUCKERMAN (Sound) has been involved with every main stage production at the WBT since 2005 including over 40 Sound Design credits. He has worked throughout the tri state area designing and running sound for theatres and concert venues. A few of his favorite shows include: Jekyll & Hyde, Titanic, and Hairspray. Mark would like to thank his family and Erin for their support. MarkSZuckerman.com VICTOR LUKAS (Production Stage Manager/ Properties) is happy to be home after spending many years touring the country and having played in every state. Broadway and Equity National Tours include: Bring Back Birdie, Oh Brother, Joe’s...Coat, Cats, Teddy And Alice, One Night Stand, Woman Of The Year w/ Lauren Bacall, the Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical Movin’ Out, Cy Coleman’s Welcome To The Club and Barnum, Star of Indiana’s Blast!, Blood Brothers with Petula Clark, Carole King and Shaun & David Cassidy, and Disney’s Aida. For the WBT he has stage managed many shows including the acclaimed Aida and Little Shop of Horrors, both directed by Patricia Wilcox; Richard Stafford’s Gypsy with Karen Mason; and Jonathan Stahl’s Nine. OffBroadway shows include Annie Warbucks, Travels With My Aunt, Tuesday’s With Morrie, and Joan Of Arc with Glenn Close. Favorite gig – Touring with Petula Clark on her 2008 concert tour of England and Wales. Victor also runs “Grumpy’s Props,” a prop rental shop in Carmel NY. Grumpy’s Props also specializes in home & commercial decorating for holidays & theme parties. Visit us online at www.grumpysprops.com. BOB FUNKING AND BILL STUTLER (WBT Owners) On July 9, 2018, the Westchester Broadway Theatre celebrated its 44 th Anniversary, as well as the 29th Anniversary in this specifically designed, state of the art theatre. Bill and Bob, 2004 inductees into the “Westchester County Business Hall of Fame,” pioneered the Dinner Theatre concept in Westchester when they opened An Evening Dinner Theatre on July 9, 1974. Having designed and built An Evening from the ground up as a theatre that serves dinner and lunch, they established their operation as a cultural mainstay in the tri-state area. The Westchester Broadway Theatre is the only year round theatre in Westchester where Broadway performers, directors and designers gather to create the best in Musical Theatre. (They have produced more shows than most Broadway producers. Their current production of Phantom, we are proud to say, is their 207th Production!) The Westchester Broadway Theatre is the longest running, 52 week a year Equity theatre in the State of New York. Each show is produced exclusively for the
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