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2 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2018 SEASON 4 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2018 SEASON A Connecticut Christmas Carol | 11 Cast of Characters | 12 Synopsis of Scenes and Musical Numbers | 13 Who’s Who | 14 Author’s Notes | 19 About Goodspeed Musicals | 21 History of The Terris Theatre | 22 Our Mission | 22 The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation | 23 Corporate Support | 24 Foundation & Government Support | 24 Looking to the Future | 25 Memorial and Tribute Gifts | 27 Goodspeed Musicals Staff | 29 For Your Information | 30 Editor: Lori A. Cartwright ADVERTISING Onstage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or inpart without written permission from the publisher. JBI Publishing is a division of Onstage Publications, Inc. Contents © 2018. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2018 SEASON 7 A Non-Profit Arts Organization MICHAEL GENNARO Executive Director presents Book by L J FECHO Music & Lyrics by MICHAEL O’FLAHERTY With ROBBIE BERSON JIMMY BREWER SAMANTHA BRUCE ROBERT CUCCIOLI MATT GIBSON LEE HARRINGTON MICHAEL THOMAS HOLMES NOAH PLOMGREN CELESTE ROSE ALEX STEWART JEFF WILLIAMS DAISY WRIGHT Scenic Design by Costume Design by Lighting Design by Sound Design by ADAM KOCH NICOLE V. MOODY JENNIFER SCHRIEVER JAY HILTON Wig & Hair Design by Orchestrations by Production Stage Manager Production Manager MARK ADAM DAN DeLANGE BRADLEY G. ERICA GILROY RAMPMEYER SPACHMAN Casting by General Manager Producer PAUL HARDT RACHEL J. TISCHLER DONNA LYNN COOPER STEWART/WHITLEY HILTON CASTING Music Direction by DAN PARDO Choreographed by LISA SCHRIVER Directed by HUNTER FOSTER First Performance: November 30, 2018 at The Terris Theatre Founding Director MICHAEL P. PRICE Sponsored by: GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2018 SEASON 11 CAST OF CHARACTERS William Gillette/Scrooge ...................................................................... ROBERT CUCCIOLI The Ghosts ........................................................................MICHAEL THOMAS HOLMES Bob Cratchit ................................................................................................MATT GIBSON Martha Cratchit .................................................................................... LEE HARRINGTON Kathy Cratchit............................................................................................ DAISY WRIGHT Tiny Tim .................................................................................................ROBBIE BERSON Mary Muldoon .......................................................................................... CELESTE ROSE Harry ................................................................................................... NOAH PLOMGREN Mr. Wadsworth ......................................................................................... ALEX STEWART Mr. Sikorsky ............................................................................................. JEFF WILLIAMS Young Ebenezer/Young Scrooge ..............................................................JIMMY BREWER Jen .......................................................................................................... CELESTE ROSE Schoolmaster Katcher .............................................................................. JEFF WILLIAMS Cora ......................................................................................................... DAISY WRIGHT Mr. William Goodspeed ............................................................................ JEFF WILLIAMS Mrs. Louisa Goodspeed ...................................................................... LEE HARRINGTON Isabel ................................................................................................ SAMANTHA BRUCE Young J.P. Morgan ................................................................................... ALEX STEWART Helen ................................................................................................ SAMANTHA BRUCE Tiffy .......................................................................................................... CELESTE ROSE ENSEMBLE JIMMY BREWER SAMANTHA BRUCE LEE HARRINGTON NOAH PLOMGREN CELESTE ROSE ALEX STEWART JEFF WILLIAMS DAISY WRIGHT DANCE CAPTAIN DAISY WRIGHT ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER HILARY SURFACE MUSICIANS Conductor/Piano DAN PARDO; Bass DAVID UHL; Reeds ANDREW STUDENSKI; Percussion MARTY WIRT; Harp SUSAN KNAPP-THOMAS ALTERNATES Bass SEAN RUBIN; Reeds MIKE PAGLIONE; Percussion DAVID EDRICKS; Harp KATE SLOAN, ANNELISE ELLARS, SENA HORNBY 12 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2018 SEASON SYNOPSIS OF SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE Prologue, The Stage Of The Goodspeed Opera House, December 1925 Scene 1, Christmas Eve Morning, 1925, East Haddam, Connecticut It’s the Season .......................................................................................................Ensemble, Tim, Kathy Scene 2, Scrooge’s Office, Later That Day How Can You Resist the Irresistible? ........................................................ Harry, Cratchit, Philanthropists Krampus .................................................................................................................................... Scrooge Carry On ................................................................................................................... Cratchit, Kathy, Tim Scene 3, The Street/Scrooge’s House & Bedroom Krampus (Reprise) ................................................................................................................. Street Kids Scene 4, Scrooge’s Bedroom Scene 5, The Schoolhouse, 1867 Forgive and Forget .................................................................................................. Young Ebenezer, Jen Scene 6, A Party In Goodspeeds’ Feed-House, Christmas Eve, 1878 Stars in the Sky ............................................................................................................... Young Scrooge Forgive and Forget (Reprise) ............................................................................................................. Jen Scene 7, Scrooge’s Bedroom Everyone But You .................................................................................. P.T. Barnum, Scrooge, Ensemble Scene 8, A Field In East Haddam/The Cratchit Home, Christmas Eve, 1925 It’s the Season (Reprise) .....................................................................................................The Cratchits God Bless Us, Every One ......................................................................................................... Kathy, Tim Scene 9, Harry’s Hartford Townhouse Scene 10, Scrooge’s Bedroom It Nearly Worked ........................................................................................................................ Scrooge Scene 11, The Griswold Inn, Essex, Connecticut, The Not-Too-Distant Future Eulogies/Let Us Now Give Thanks ............................................................................................Ensemble Scene 12, The Cemetary God Bless Us, Every One (Reprise) ................................................................................................. Kathy Scene 13, Christmas Morning Behold! .............................................................................................................Scrooge & The Company Epilogue: The Stage Of The Goodspeed Opera House Subject to change. A Connecticut Christmas Carol will be performed without an intermission. Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm, or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the performance. Out of respect for our actors and your fellow theatergoers, we ask that you remain seated until the curtain calls are over and the house lights have come up. We appreciate your cooperation. Audio and video recording and photography are prohibited during the performance. GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2018 SEASON 13 WHO’S WHO ROBBIE BERSON* (Tiny Tim) is from MICHAEL THOMAS HOLMES* (The Branford, Connecticut and is thrilled Ghosts) originated these fantastic to be returning to Goodspeed. He just roles last season. He also appeared finished an industry reading of the in Amour at Goodspeed’s Terris updated Rags at Central Presbyterian Theatre. On Broadway, he played Church, NYC and performed at the Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!, toured with Stephen Schwartz benefit for The The Producers (with Jason Alexander Orphaned Starfish Foundation. This and Martin Short) and with the 25th past summer, he performed at Kansas City Repertory Anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera. Theatre as Joey in the world premiere of Last Days of Regional: Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof (Pioneer); Nathan, Summer, directed by Jeff Calhoun. Robbie comes from Guys and Dolls (Barrington); John Adams, 1776 a musical Dad and a Mom who teaches. He has been (Guthrie); Tateh, Ragtime (Bristol Riverside, Barrymore singing since the day he was born and studies voice nomination); and most recently, The Narrator in Rocky and acting with Neil Fuentes at New Haven Academy of Horror Show (Bucks County). MFA in Acting, UC Irvine. Performing Arts. He also plays the piano. Robbie thanks He appeared on Smash, The Blacklist: Redemption, and his sister Cassidy, as well as his parents, for supporting Law & Order, and is the immortal Stormtrooper Rolf his passion! Special thanks to the ACCC production in The Producers: