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Palace Theatre Staff Michael E. Moran, Jr. Robert Andrea, Peter Byrne, President & CEO Wally DelVecchio, Pete Duhaime, Tim Folster, Max Rado Cathy Nonnenmacher 2019–2020 SEASON Palace Theatre Production Chief Financial Officer Local 74 IATSE Lisa Colangelo Palace Theatre Staff| 3 Victoria Rinkerman, Tina Repp Director of Development Senior House Managers Palace Theatre Carol Bryan Barbara Foutes, Sonja Hennessy, Board of Directors | 3 Director of Education Melanie Keiffer, Roy Kertelitz, Welcome to The Palace Theatre | 5 Randy Thomas Steven Marchese, Pearline Moore, Director of Production & Facilities Nora Pelaez, Paul Thury Season at a Glance | 7 House Managers Walter Lemekha Laughtrax: Wellie Jackson | 9 Theatre Manager Victoria Rinkerman Volunteer Coordinator Voces De America | 10 Judy Ferri Administrative Assistant Lenore Heller A-List Awards | 11 Box Office Manager Kristen Levinson Skillet Development Coordinator Angela Altamura with Special Guest: Ledger | 11 Assistant Box Office Manager Callie Thomas Malta House Presents: Marketing Coordinator Sonja Hennessy, Dona Lessow, The Midtown Men | 12 Allen Louis, Yency Molina, Allen Louis Paul Thury, Matt Freitas Three Dog Night | 12 Marketing Associate Box Office Staff Music City Sessions: George Pansy Brandon Lay Event Operations with Opening Act Alex Shillo | 13 Palace Theatre Board of Directors Frank Warren: Post Secret | 14 OFFICERS DIRECTORS Laughtrax: Bob DiBuono | 15 Laughtrax: Vincent James David Martin Sheryl Y. Battles* | 16 Chairman Ex-Officio Pitney Bowes Inc. City of Stamford Dead on Live | 16 Greg Caggainello* Zach Williams Michael L. Widland* SL Green Realty Corp. Chairman with Special Guest Margaret M. Carlson* Shipman & Goodwin, LLP Josh Baldwin | 17 RFR Realty LLC Sandra Goldstein* Peter Gabriel Switchfoot | 17 Vice Chairman Webster Bank Tony Bennett | 18 Stamford Downtown Special Services District Salvatore G. Gangemi Music City Sessions: Moira K. Lyons* Murtha Cullina LLP Cale Dodds | 18 Vice President Zachary A. Hummel Haunted Illusions | 19 Governmental Affairs Shipman & Goodwin LLP Norwalk Community College Circle of Friends | 23 Scott Laughinghouse Michael P. Byrne* Patriot Bank Vice President Strategic Planning Tina Mazzullo Day Pitney LLP Courtyard & Residence Inn Stamford Downtown Peter C. Rugen* ADVERTISING Vice President Michael Pollard Onstage Publications Special Affairs City of Stamford Advertising Department First County 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 Tracie Wilson e-mail: [email protected] Jonathan Lipschutz* NBC Universal www.onstagepublications.com Treasurer Andrew Whittingham Ernst & Young LLP This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, C.A.W.L Developments, Inc. 1612 Prosser Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the Diana Lenkowsky* Barbara Zichichi publisher. Onstage Publications is a division of Just Business!, Inc. Secretary Contents © 2019. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Purdue, Pharma, L.P. *Member of the Executive Committee THE PALACE Theatre for the Performing Arts 3 4 www.PalaceStamford.org Letter from the Executive Director Welcome! We are delighted to have you join us at The Palace during our 2019–2020 season! This Fall we’re pleased to bring you some exciting entertainment! Arts and Culture make good cities great and we are proud to have a facility like The Palace to present premier entertainment so close to home. While most people know The Palace for our outstanding shows, they may not know that The Palace is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization and we need your assistance to realize our mission. Become a member and support the arts! Your donation is 100% tax deductible. Memberships come with valuable benefits such as access to ticket presales, priority seating, and a concierge phone line, as well as invitations to exclusive and exciting member receptions. We’d like to extend our gratitude to our season sponsors: Co-Communications, SL Green, the Whittingham Family, and Harman—the “official sound of The Palace Theatre.” Our sponsors are the backbone of our theatre. Without their financial commitment and partnership we would not have the ability to bring sensational comedians, musicians, and children’s entertainment to our backyard that makes The Palace so unique. We greatly appreciate the continued support from these wonderful sponsors. This Fall we have a jam packed schedule with entertainment for everyone. From music, comedy and family entertainment, we’ve got everything covered. Laugh out loud with our LaughTrax series starting on September 6th with Orange is the New Black’s Wellie Jackson. LaughTrax alum Bob DiBuono brings his great impressions back to our Upstage venue on October 4th followed by Port Chester native Vincent James on October 5th. You won’t want to miss it when the iconic and legendary music group Three Dog Night hits The Palace stage on September 20th! Grammy Award-winning Zach Williams brings his “Rescue Story” tour to Stamford on October 13th. On October 17th Switchfoot will perform not one, but two sets back-to-back on the same night! Get in the mood for Halloween with David Caserta’s Haunted Illusions on October 25th. There will be tons of tricks and more than a few treats. You and your entire family will be captivated with dazzling spells, uproarious comedy and audience participation. Visit www.palacestamford.org for a full list of shows and more information. Create your online account to join our mailing list and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The Palace thanks you for your patronage and support. Enjoy your show today. We look forward to seeing you again soon! Michael E. Moran, Jr. President & CEO THE PALACE Theatre for the Performing Arts 5 6 www.PalaceStamford.org Season at a Glance September 2019 December 2019 Sept. 6 LaughTrax: Wellie Jackson Dec. 6 Alec Baldwin Sept. 7 Voces de America Dec. 13 A Christmas Carol Sept. 11 A-List Awards Dec. 21 & 22 Connecticut Ballet’s The Nutcracker Sept. 12 Skillet with Ledger Dec. 25, Shen Yun Sept. 14 The Midtown Men 26 & 27 Sept. 20 Three Dog Night Dec. 29 Casey Carle’s Bubblmania Sept. 27 Music City Sessions: Brandon Lay with Alex Shillo January 2020 Sept. 28 Stamford Symphony Orchestra Jan. 3 Kool & The Gang Jan. 26 Playtime at The Palace: October 2019 The Amazing Max Oct. 3 Frank Warren Post Secret Oct. 4 LaughTrax: Bob DiBuono February 2020 Oct. 5 LaughTrax: Vincent James Feb. 7 BB King Blues Band Oct. 11 Dead on Live Feb. 8 Little River Band Oct. 13 Zach Williams with Feb. 9 Playtime at The Palace: Josh Baldwin Flip Flop Circus Oct. 17 Switchfoot Feb. 22 & 23 Stamford Symphony Orchestra Oct. 19 & 20 Stamford Symphony Orchestra Feb. 28 Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Oct. 22 Tony Bennett Feb. 29 The Spinning Tales of Cinderella & Peter Pan on Ice Oct. 23 Music City Sessions: Cale Dodds March 2020 Oct. 25 Haunted Illusions Mar. 1 Playtime at The Palace: November 2019 Bossy Frog Mar. 15 Playtime at The Palace: Nov. 1 The Marshall Tucker Band with Magic Beyond with The Outlaws David Garrity Nov. 9 & 10 PAW Patrol Live Mar. 21 & 22 Stamford Symphony Orchestra Nov. 13 Very Hungry Caterpillar Mar. 28 MJ Live Nov. 16 & 17 Stamford Symphony Orchestra Mar. 29 Playtime at The Palace: Nov. 15 Music City Sessions: Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers Levi Hummon April 2020 Nov. 20 The Temptations and The Four Tops Apr. 3 Neil Berg’s 50 Years of Rock-&-Roll Nov. 22 Warren Miller Apr. 4 An Evening with CS Lewis Nov. 29 Carpenters Christmas Apr. 18 & 19 Stamford Symphony Orchestra Nov. 30 Twas The Night Before Christmas Apr. 23 Wild Kratts Live May 2020 May 8 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood THE PALACE Theatre for the Performing Arts 7 8 www.PalaceStamford.org Show Information LaughTrax: Wellie Jackson Friday, Sept. 6 | 8:00pm Anything worth having demands hard work and sacrifice. Just ask New York City’s newest superstar-in-the-making Wellie Jackson. Being a stand-up comedian might have been the last thing on his mind growing up the former college basketball standout turned to comedy after a season ending injury. Wellie found comedy while attending college encouraged by friends and family he turned to a friend who was an established National Comedian who help him get his 1st show on the New York Comedy circuit. After his 1st show he was booked for another show at another New York City comedy club which is where he learned his style of telling his life story through comedy is what makes him unique. After making appearances on The Wendy Williams Show, MTV’s “Totally Clueless”, Sirius XM radio and various other media outlets with only being in comedy for a short time Wellie is recognized as one of the brightest up and coming stars in the comedy world. Wellie has traveled the country with both Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish. Wellie who has toured with Tracy Morgan since 2011 was apart of Tracy’s come back tour entitled “Picking up the Pieces” doing over 65 dates throughout the United States and Canada which included New York’s prestigious Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Civic opera house , and The Novo Theater in Los Angeles with the 30 Rock star. He also wrote for Tracy’s comedy special “Staying Alive” currently on Netflix as well as the TBS comedy series “The Last O.G.” which is currently the highest rated comedy series on the network. In 2017 Jackson also did dates on Tiffany Haddish’s “She Ready Tour” as well, not to mention he also headlined The Apollo in May of 2018. Wellie will Co-Star on Orange is the New Black on the hit shows final Season. THE PALACE Theatre for the Performing Arts 9 Show Information Voces De America — Voices Of America Saturday, Sept. 7 | 8:00pm Celebremos el Mes de la Herencia Hispana con un festival multicultural para reconocer la historia, la cultura y las contribuciones de los estadounidenses cuya ascendencia se remonta a México, América Central, América del Sur, el Caribe y España.