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THEATRE UNDER THE STARS HOUSTON, TEXAS PLAYBILL.COM PB PROGRAM LOGOS_Layout 1 4/11/13 10:33 AM Page 1 FROM THE THEATRE UNDER THE STARS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 2014/15 PRESIDENT AND CEO C. Gregory Harper, Chairperson Amy G. Pierce, Chairperson-Elect/Committee Co-Chairperson John C. Breckenridge, President and CEO Robert G. Gwin, Vice Chairperson Julie Baumgarten Pradel, Vice Chairperson Bruce H. Vincent, Vice Chairperson Larry E. Whaley, Vice Chairperson Franklin D.R. Jones, Jr., Secretary Sigmund L. Cornelius, Treasurer Daniel R. D’Armond, Committee Chairperson Daryl Grieger, Committee Chairperson Angela D. Gildea, Committee Co-Chairperson Bart McAndrews, Committee Chairperson Meredith Philipp-Tcholakian, Committee Chairperson Randall D. Stilley, Committee Chairperson Philip A. Morabito, Member-At-Large Trent D. Tellepsen, Member-At-Large Arden L. Walker, Jr., Member-At-Large Steven L. Burkett, Immediate Past Chairperson Thomas O. Moore III, General Counsel Joel M. Androphy Daniel E. Klaes Linda Bertman Curtis J. Klement Robert Jay Binstock E. Sheldon Kramer Stephanie D. Buchanan Jorge R. Leis Welcome to TUTS’ production of Smokey Joe’s Cafe – we are Michael J. Casey, Jr. Beth Brock Looser thrilled you joined us this evening! Featuring the greatest David R. Clonts Penny Requa Loyd songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, this Rock & Roll musical Joan Cohen Jeffery K. Malonson revue is a guaranteed good time. Paige M. Cokinos Paige May Joffre J. Cross, II Patrice McKinney Since our beginning here at Miller Outdoor Theatre in 1968, Molly Crownover Daryl Morey TUTS has had the privilege of presenting free musicals each Connie Dalton Roxann S. Neumann summer on the stage where it all began. Students from TUTS’ Douglas A. Dawson David P. Oelman Humphreys School of Musical Theatre received rave reviews for June Deadrick Chris Phillips Dee Dee Dochen Louis A. Raspino their recent production of Hairspray, and we know audiences Daniel D. Domeracki Alan Ratliff will love this show as well. Marcela Donadio James F. Reilly, Jr. Ursula C. Edwards Sean Roark We hope you will join us downtown at The Hobby Center for Robert Jacob Egly Geoffrey D. Roberts, Jr. more great musical theatre throughout the year. Our 48th W. Don Ellis David Romero season kicks off in October with Matlida The Musical followed Greg Engel Curt A. Ross by A Christmas Story, The Bridges of Madison County, Mary Elisabeth K. Evans Brandon L. Sear Poppins, Oliver and 2014 Tony Award ® winner for Best Henry Florsheim James A. Shaffer Musical A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder. Be sure not to William H. Floyd Jeffrey W. Sheets Diedra Fontaine Michael Sonnier miss our special season add-on production of Disney’s The Monica Fulton Gerald M. Spedale Little Mermaid for a limited engagement this September. Peter D. Gaw Jeffrey T. Stadler J. Wiley George Joshua James Stanka For those who enjoy their theatre “shaken, not stirred,” I Kerry Gerachis Stephanie H. Swingle encourage you to check out our 2015/16 TUTS Underground Robert L. Hargrave Hugh E.Tanner series – TUTS’ newest venture dedicated to bringing the Reginald D. Hedgebeth David F. Taylor freshest and most exciting new works to Houston audiences. Hon. Bonnie Crane Hellums William Aaron Thielhorn Season 3 includes Frank Wildhorn’s Bonnie & Clyde, Striking Shelly Smith Hendry Lynda Transier 12, the world premiere of Sweet Potato Queens and Heathers James W. Hickey Stephen M. Trauber Kendall D. Hollrah Paul-David Van Atta Season tickets are available now for both series, The Musical. R. Maynard Holt, III Hector Villarreal so please visit our staff at the TUTS table to learn more. Stanley C. Horton Margaret Alkek Williams Samuel M. Jacobson John F. Williamson Because of the generous support of our season sponsor CHI Edward L. Jaroski Dennis M. Wittry St. Luke’s, media partners ABC-13 and Houston Chronicle and our official airline United Airlines, TUTS is able to continue ADVISORY BOARD, 2014/15 bringing you the highest quality entertainment. For 48 years, TUTS donors have made it possible for us to bring great Sofia Adrogué G. Kent Kahle Patrick Blossom James G. McGrath musicals to Houston audiences for free! I would like to Jenée Jongebloed Bobbora Paula Anita Mott personally thank all of those donors and give a special salute to Carol Brace Anthony Petrello Wells Fargo, The Brown Foundation, Inc., the George & Mary Adrienne Brown-Franklin Rebecca Schwinger Josephine Hamman Foundation, The Wortham Foundation, Nancy Brownlee Amy Shaper Inc., and the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre John D. Burns Gavin H. Smith Advisory Board and the Texas Commission on the Arts for their Wayne L. Caldwell Shelley P. Smith many years of support! Matthew D. Cavenaugh Nancy Stow Anne Clutterbuck Leticia F. Trauber It is such an exciting time here at TUTS, and we are so glad you Brett Cullen James L. Tribble Wanda S. Dalton Charles L. Watson are here to celebrate another great summer “on the hill.” We Gary W. Edwards Carrie Woliver are committed to presenting incomparable musical theatre Morris E. Foster Reed Wood experiences for Houston audiences to enjoy all year long. Neal Guidry Aimee Woodall Greg Hopper Sit back and enjoy Smokey Joe’s Cafe! PAST CHAIRMEN & PRESIDENTS R. Gerald Bennett, James G. Bertman, Linda Bertman, Preston Bolton, Kent Bowden, Steven L. Burkett, Keith E. Eastin, Sandy Fitzgerald, Dennis L. Frost, Cameron Hightower, Dennis Irvine, G. Kent Kahle, Ronald C. Lassiter, Gerald A. Maley, Cissy Segall, Gerald L. Sewell, Stewart P. Smith, Janet Stavely, Shirley Stein, John C. Breckenridge David F. Taylor, Cheryl Thompson-Draper, Stephen M. Trauber, Reed Wood, Lyndall Finley Wortham, Frank M. Young President and CEO 2 PLAYBILL PLAYBILLVAULT.COM P PB PROGRAM LOGOS_Layout 1 4/11/13 10:33 AM Page 1 FROM THE Center for the Performing Arts where ARTISTIC DIRECTOR we produce sixteen musicals per year through our main-stage season, TUTS Underground, and the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre. At Theatre Under the Stars, we strive to produce, to create, and to cultivate important musical theatre of the highest caliber which reaches people cross-culturally and cross-generationally in the city of Houston and beyond. I hope that you will join us again downtown at the Hobby Center for our exciting 2015/2016 season which includes Matilda, A Christmas Story, Photo by Anthony Rathbun Photo by Anthony Rathbun The Bridges of Madison County, Mary Poppins, Oliver!, and A Gentleman’s Welcome to Theatre Under the Stars’ Guide to Love and Murder. production of Smokey Joe’s Cafe at the Additionally, please join us for the beautiful Miller Outdoor Theatre where third season of our cutting-edge we end our 2014/2015 season. series, TUTS Underground—A Theatre Revolution. The 2015/2016 season Featuring music and lyrics by songwriters includes Bonnie & Clyde, Striking 12, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Smokey The Sweet Potato Queens, and Joe’s Cafe is a musical revue with no Heathers. spoken dialogue which showcases thirty- nine pop standards, including selections Enjoy the show! from rhythm and blues to rock and roll. In 1995, the show opened on Broadway and became the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history, running for 2,036 performances. This summer, we are pleased to offer this musical to the Bruce Lumpkin Houston community. Artistic Director We enjoy returning to Miller Outdoor Theatre each summer to produce a free- to-the-public musical, for this is the very place that Theatre Under the Stars was founded in 1968 by Frank M. Young who produced a single, free performance of Bells Are Ringing for a crowd of 4,500. Since then, TUTS has grown extensively and continues to grow, and our downtown Houston home is at the Hobby PLAYBILLVAULT.COM THEATRE UNDER THE STARS 3 P PB PROGRAM LOGOS_Layout 1 4/11/13 10:33 AM Page 1 CORPORATE/ INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS $100,000+ Ballard Exploration Company, Inc. ConocoPhillips Miller Theatre Advisory Board, Inc. The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Hamill Foundation Phillips 66 CHI St. Luke's Health Houston Endowment Inc. 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