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n my role as Chairman of the Board of the Palace Theater, I I have the pleasure of presiding over this beautiful and valued performing arts center and watching it grow each year. This year is particularly exciting, as it is our 15th Anniversary year!

Fifteen years ago, a group of dedicated local and state leaders organized to restore and reopen this historic facility. After an extensive renovation, we welcomed our first audience to take in the visual splendors of the theater—and the mellifluous tones of Tony Bennett’s voice.

Over the past fifteen years, we have welcomed close to two million people, held over 1900 events and presentations and served as the premier arts and cultural destination for the Greater Waterbury community and its surrounding towns.

We have achieved a great deal in fifteen years, with still so much opportunity for growth ahead. In addition to serving as a performance venue, a cultural center, a reception facility for special events and a community gathering place, we also serve as the performance home for the Waterbury Arts Magnet School. It is a pleasure to watch the evolution of young performers as they work to hone their craft both on and off stage. And it is gratifying to see their names appear in our playbills, as they pursue careers in theater, and return to their home stage while on tour.

The Palace is still growing, and we are so grateful to have the support of you, our valued patrons. Each time you attend a performance, or provide financial support, you help us further our mission of supporting the cultural and educational needs of our community.

On behalf of the Board and the staff, I thank you, whether you are a 15-year supporter, or a first-time visitor. Welcome to the Palace!

Sincerely,

Peter J. Jacoby, MD, FACEP Chairman of the Board

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elcome to the Palace Theater, and our first presentations Wof the 2019-2020 Webster Broadway Series! We have built a seven-show season, including the heralded new touring production of Les Misérables, coming in December for eight performances, and the much-anticipated return of Chicago!

This fall, we are honored to be the first stop on the new tour of A Bronx Tale. We were delighted to host American Idol winner Nick Fradiani here in September for our 15th Anniversary Celebration and Season Kick-Off Event, and we are pleased to welcome him back for his Broadway touring debut.

We are also thrilled to present our first non-musical Broadway offering, bringing the madcap mayhem of The Play That Goes Wrong to the Palace! We trust you will enjoy this hysterical play that goes wrong in all the right ways!

Speaking of things going right, last spring we partnered with a market research company and reached out to many of you, asking you to complete a survey about our products and services. The results are in—and we are pleased that they show we are bringing you programming you like and want more of! We will continue to listen and learn from you, our patrons, as we develop future Broadway seasons and book other performers and presenters. We thank each of you who took the time to fill out the survey.

In response to concerns raised in the survey responses, we are also implementing a new Palace Greeter program, hiring new team members to greet patrons as they exit the parking garage, and guide guests towards the theater. They are clearly identified as Palace Theater staff and serve as an important communication link between the patrons and the theater, should someone need assistance, directions, or other information. We hope that you will like seeing these greeters before and after the performance.

Thank you for supporting the arts, and I hope that you enjoy the show!

Sincerely,

Frank Tavera CEO

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Book by Music by Lyrics by CHAZZ PALMINTERI ALAN MENKEN GLENN SLATER Based on the Play by CHAZZ PALMINTERI with JEFF BROOKS NICK FRADIANI KAYLA JENERSON ALEC NEVIN STEFANIE LONDINO GEORGE VICKERS V ANTHONY GIANNI TREY MURPHY MARTIN BONVENTRE HALLIE BREVETTI LAUREN CELENTANO TYLER DEMA BRYAN DOUGHERTY ADAM GRABAU MAIRYS JOAQUIN BREIA KELLEY CHRISTOPHER MILES BRETT PEDERSON DANIEL ROSENBAUM RHYS WILLIAMS BENJAMIN SEARS MARK SIPPEL JOHANNA TAYLOR SHAUN LESLIE THOMAS JOEY TROMBINO DARIUS VINES NATHAN WRIGHT

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design BEOWULF BORITT WILLIAM IVEY LONG HOWELL BINKLEY GARETH OWEN

Hair and Wig Design Makeup Design Fight Coordinator PAUL HUNTLEY ANNE FORD-COATES ROBERT WESTLEY

Orchestrations Music Direction Period Music Consultant Music Coordinator DOUG BESTERMAN DAVID AARON BROWN JOHNNY GALE JOHN MEZZIO

Casting Company Manager Production Stage Manager Tour Booking, Marketing & Press STEWART/WHITLEY BRAD HARDER MARIAH YOUNG BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC PAUL HARDT

Production Manager Executive Producer General Management NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS CHARLIE STONE GENTRY & ASSOCIATES WALKER WHITE STEVE VARON

Music Supervision and Arrangements by RON MELROSE Choreography Recreated by BRITTANY CONIGATTI Original Choreography by SERGIO TRUJILLO Tour Direction by STEPHEN EDLUND Original Direction by ROBERT DE NIRO AND JERRY ZAKS

World Premiere, Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn, New Jersey on February 14, 2016 Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director

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(in order of appearance)

DOO-WOP GUYS ...... TYLER DEMA , BRETT PEDERSON, RHYS WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN SEARS CALOGERO ...... ALEC NEVIN SONNY...... JEFF BROOKS YOUNG CALOGERO ...... TREY MURPHY YOUNG CALOGERO (at some performances)...... ANTHONY GIANNI MAN WITH BAT ...... RHYS WILLIAMS ROSINA ...... STEFANIE LONDINO LORENZO...... NICK FRADIANI POLICE OFFICER ...... ADAM GRABAU RUDY THE VOICE...... JOEY TROMBINO EDDIE MUSH ...... MARTIN BONVENTRE JOJO THE WHALE...... NATHAN WRIGHT FRANKIE COFFEECAKE...... MARK SIPPEL TONY 10 TO 2...... DANIEL ROSENBAUM SALLY SLICK ...... RHYS WILLIAMS HANDSOME NICK ...... BENJAMIN SEARS CRAZY MARIO...... TYLER DEMA JESSE...... DARIUS VINES DENISE ...... MAIRYS JOAQUIN TYRONE...... GEORGE VICKERS V JANE ...... KAYLA JENERSON FRIEDA ...... BREIA KELLEY GANG LEADER ...... ADAM GRABAU YOUNG LORENZO ...... BRETT PEDERSON ENSEMBLE ...... MARTIN BONVENTRE, HALLIE BREVETTI, LAUREN CELENTANO, TYLER DEMA, ADAM GRABAU, MAIRYS JOAQUIN, BREIA KELLEY, CHRISTOPHER MILES, BRETT PEDERSON, DANIEL ROSENBAUM, BENJAMIN SEARS, MARK SIPPEL, JOEY TROMBINO, DARIUS VINES, RHYS WILLIAMS, NATHAN WRIGHT

SWINGS BRYAN DOUGHERTY, JOHANNA TAYLOR, SHAUN LESLIE THOMAS

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitue for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Calogero: TYLER DEMA, BENJAMIN SEARS; for Sonny: ADAM GRABAU, DANIEL ROSENBAUM; for Lorenzo: DANIEL ROSENBAUM, MARK SIPPEL; for Jane: MAIRYS JOAQUIN, BREIA KELLEY; for Rosina: HALLIE BREVETTI, LAUREN CELENTANO; for Tyrone: CHRISTOPHER MILES, DARIUS VINES

DANCE CAPTAIN: Bryan Dougherty ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN: Lauren Celentano FIGHT CAPTAIN: Brett Pederson

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

PLACE: The Bronx, New York THE TIME: 1960 and 1968

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JEFF NICK ALEC KAYLA STEPHANIE GEORGE BROOKS FRADIANI NEVIN JENERSON LONDINO VICKERS V

ANTHONY TREY MARTIN HALLIE LAUREN GIANNI MURPHY BONVENTRRE BREVETTI CELENTANO

TYLER BRYAN ADAM MAIRYS BREIA DEMA DOUGHERTY GRABAU JOAQUIN KELLEY

CHRISTOPHER BRETT DANIEL RHYS BENJAMIN MILES PEDERSON ROSENBAUM WILLIAMS SEARS

MARK JOHANNA SHAUN LESLIE JOEY DARIUS NATHAN SIPPEL TAYLOR THOMAS TROMBINO VINES WRIGHT

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Act One

“Belmont Avenue”...... Calogero and Ensemble “Look to Your Heart”...... Lorenzo and Young Calogero “Roll ’Em”...... Sonny, Young Calogero and Ensemble “I Like It” ...... Young Calogero and Ensemble “Giving Back the Money”...... Lorenzo, Young Calogero, Rosina and Sonny “I Like It” (Reprise) ...... Calogero, Young Calogero, Sonny and Ensemble “Ain’t It the Truth” ...... Calogero, Handsome Nick, Crazy Mario and Sally Slick “Out of Your Head” ...... Calogero, Jane and Ensemble “Nicky Machiavelli” ...... Sonny, Rudy the Voice, Eddie Mush, Frankie Coffeecake, JoJo the Whale and Tony-Ten-To-Two “These Streets”...... Lorenzo, Sonny, Rosina, and Ensemble

Act Two “Webster Avenue” ...... Jane, Calogero, Tyrone, Jesse, Denise and Frieda “Out of Your Head” (Reprise) ...... Jane “One of the Great Ones” ...... Sonny “Ain’t It the Truth” (Reprise) ...... Tyrone and Jesse “Look to Your Heart” (Reprise)...... Rosina “One of the Great Ones” (Reprise) ...... Calogero “Hurt Someone” ...... The Company “In a World Like This”...... Calogero, Jane and Ensemble “The Choices We Make” ...... The Company

ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboards: David Aaron Brown Associate Conductor/Keyboards: Gianfranco Tio Assistant Conductor/Keyboards: Jason Bell Woodwinds: Todd Barnhart, Andrew Spencer-Bell; Trumpet/Flugel: Jesse Klirsfeld; Trombone: Brian Mogan; Guitar: Peter Serravalle; Drums: Andrew Gillum; Acoustic and Electric Bass: Michael Beeck

Keyboard Programmer: Randy Cohen Music Coordinator: John Mezzio

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular pones, beepers and watches.

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JEFF BROOKS (Sonny). National tours: Bullets GEORGE VICKERS V (Tyrone) is pumped to be over Broadway (Cheech), Disney’s Beauty and the joining the cast of A Bronx Tale! Select Regional: Beast (Gaston), Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music Shrek the Musical (Donkey), The Little Mermaid (Admiral), Fiddler on the Roof (Constable). Other (Sebastian), Hairspray (Seaweed). A Pebblebrook credits include: Carousel (Billy), Into the Woods Star Clapper and a Penn State Nittany Lion! (Cinderella’s Prince), Chicago (Billy Flynn). Jeff He most recently spent a year performing at is a proud graduate of SUNY Cortland and Universal Studios in Osaka, Japan. George would wouldn’t be here without the support of his like to thank his family and friends for their family and everyone at ATB. unconditional love and support.

NICK FRADIANI (Lorenzo). Fans fell for Nick TREY MURPHY (Young Calogero) had his as he soared through American Idol, claiming the professional debut in 2018 at the Alhambra champion title in 2015, followed by his debut Theatre as Jeremy Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang solo project, Hurricane, EP Where We Left Off Bang and Michael Hobbs in Elf The Musical. and his most recent single, “Empire.” Now Nick He played Colin Craven in The Virginia Stage begins a new journey into musical theater, with Company’s 30th Anniversary production of The his national tour debut. Thanks to his father, Secret Garden and made his first feature film debut mother, sister, family and friends for their never this year. Love and thanks to God, family, friends ending love and support. @nickfradiani and Providence School for all their support!

ALEC NEVIN (Calogero). NY/Regional: Mamma ANTHONY GIANNI (Young Calogero) has been Mia! (New Bedford Festival Theatre), Two Tickets singing, dancing and acting since he was 5 years to Paradise: The Eddie Money Musical (Eddie old and is thrilled to be making his national tour Money Productions), Gaybraham Lincoln the debut in A Bronx Tale. Special thanks to the ABT musical (NYTF), RENT (Clear Space Theatre), family, Take 3 Talent, Karen Lampiasi/LTM, Peter and the Starcatcher (Cider Mill Playhouse). Mom, Dad, grandparents and to all my coaches/ Thank you to my reps, family, friends and this teachers. @anthonygiannicipolla amazing cast and crew for their unconditional love and support. @alecnevin MARTIN BONVENTRE (Ensemble, Eddie Mush). Credits: A Streetcar Named Desire, Annie, KAYLA JENERSON (Jane) is thrilled to join Sister Act, Ragtime, Zorba the Musical, A Chorus A Bronx Tale! National tours: Motown The Musical Line, Grease, The Music Man. Essential Voices (Diana Ross cover/Mary Wells), Legally Blonde USA. Graduate of the American Musical and (Pilar). Selected regional: West Side Story, JC Dramatic Academy (AMDA). Superstar, A Chorus Line, Violet. Proud graduate of UW-Madison. Thank you to Stewart/ HALLIE BREVETTI (Ensemble). Off-Broadway: Whitley Casting and NETworks for believing Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas! Regional: in me. Infinite love and thanks to my three ever The Drowsy Chaperone, Goodspeed Opera House; supportive parents. @kaylajenerson The Winter’s Tale, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse; Oklahoma!, The Who’s Tommy, Berkshire Theatre STEFANIE LONDINO (Rosina). Off- Group; State Fair, Legally Blonde, Shout!, Chicago, Broadway: The Mayor of Williamsburg (HERE Annie Get Your Gun. Emerson College, B.F.A. Arts Center), What Do Critics Know? (The York Musical Theatre. Thanks to The Roster. For Theater), Flak House (Actors Temple Theater), Nana. halliebrevetti.com. Red Wine in Paper Cups (TheaterNOW). Select regional credits: Pioneer Theater Company LAUREN CELENTANO (Ensemble, Assistant (Romeo & Juliet), Playhouse On Park (My Name Dance Captain). National tour debut! Lauren Is Asher Lev), Salt Lake Acting Company (Master won the dance category and Critics Choice Class), Cortland Repertory Company (Women In award on Italy’s national talent competition TV Jeopardy, S.A.L.T. nominee). BFA University of show, Amici. Thanks to the Bronx Tale team, Utah. westsidewaltz.com her family, Vocal Productions, Janet and the DU crew and Movement Talent Agency. Evviva! laurencelentanoofficial.com @laurenncelentano

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TYLER DEMA (Ensemble, Crazy Mario). BRETT PEDERSON (Ensemble) is very excited National tour debut! Select credits: A Chorus Line to join A Bronx Tale! Recent credits: Beauty (Paul), Newsies (Davey), Twelfth Night (Duke and the Beast (Paper Mill Playhouse), Newsies, Orsino), West Side Story (Action), Legally Blonde Saturday Night Fever (Theatre by the Sea), NOËL (Carlos, u/s Emmett). B.F.A. Elon University. the Musical (tour). Many thanks to family and Love and thanks to family, MT’19, HCKR, friends. @bspdance17 Stewart-Whitley, and the A Bronx Tale team! For Grandma Carol. tylerdema.com @tyler_dema DANIEL ROSENBAUM (Ensemble, Tony 10 to 2). Tours: Rent (Roger), Aida (Radames & Zoser BRYAN DOUGHERTY (Swing, Dance Captain). standby), Miss Saigon (Ensemble). Off-Broadway: Regional: Newsies, Mamma Mia! (TBTS); Forever Medicine The Musical (Prof. Crutch), Baby Fat: Plaid (Palace Theater); West Side Story (Mill A Punk-Rock Opera (Stompanato). All thanks to Mountain, STONC). Bryan is originally from God, Mom, friends, fam and GBM! <3 Connecticut. B.A. Muhlenberg College. Thanks to Ron, Steve and Marc! @Bry.do BENJAMIN SEARS (Ensemble, Handsome Nick). Goodspeed: The Music Man (Ensemble, Tommy ADAM GRABAU (Ensemble, Carmine). National u/s). Forestburgh Playhouse: Kiss Me, Kate! (Bill Tours: Camelot (Arthur), Spamalot (Lancelot). Calhoun), Newsies (Race, Jack Kelly u/s), Crazy Regional: Oklahoma (Jud), The Producers (Franz), for You (Sam). The Lex: West Side Story (Snowboy, Les Miz (Grantaire), Wizard (Tin Man), Little Action u/s). Love to Dad, Brian, May, Kate, Shop (Orin), Noises Off (Lloyd), Beauty & the Emily, & Abigail. @benjamin_sears Beast (Gaston). Love to God, family, friends and wife Katherine. adamgrabau.com MARK SIPPEL (Ensemble, Frankie Coffeecake) moved to New York from Sydney, Australia MAIRYS JOAQUIN (Ensemble, Denise). in 2019. National tour debut! Credits include National tour debut. Credits: Aida, The Mercy Saturday Night Fever, Into the Woods, A New Brain, Seat, Barcode, Hairspray, The Schoolhouse Rock The Farnsworth Invention, The Tempest, Titus and Joseph…Dreamcoat. BA in Journalism, Penn Andronicus. Thanks to Stewart/Whitley and the State University and MS in Special Education, Bronx Tale team for this opportunity! @marksippel CUNY Hunter College. Love and gratitude to her husband Nick, her parents, her friends + JOHANNA TAYLOR (Swing). National Tour Robert Graham at Baker Management! @mairys debut! Regional: Annie, The Wiz. BFA Dance, University at Buffalo. Thanks to the creative BREIA KELLEY (Ensemble, Freida). National team and Stewart/Whitley for this opportunity tour debut! Breia is from Durham, NC, and is and to my family and friends for your love a recent graduate of Elon University where she and encouragement. For Mom and Harrison. received a B.F.A. in Music Theatre. Thanks to @johannaktaylor God, her family and friends, Elon Faculty and staff, Stewart/Whitley and HCKR. @breia.joelle SHAUN LESLIE THOMAS (Swing). Credits: Rock of Ages, Shiprocked tour. Off-Broadway in CHRISTOPHER MILES (Ensemble, Partial Shame of Thrones: the Musical Parody, national/ Swing). National tour debut. Graduate from international tour of Sister Act. Shaun used to The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, wrestle alligators for a living. Special thanks to the NY. Recent credit: Spring Awakening (Ernst), Ruths, WolfKlains, Rylan, Pebbles and Melissa! Boundless Theater. Television: Thou Shalt Not. @therealshaunanagans Many thanks to the entire team of A Bronx Tale, and my friends and family. JOEY TROMBINO (Ensemble, Rudy the Voice). National tour debut! Infinite Hotel, Tenors of Rock, Rock of Ages (NCL), The Voice. Recorded with bands such as The Great Apes and Urban Sun, appeared on SNL, iPOD campaigns and worked with artists like Beyoncé and Ricky Martin. Thanks to his amazing family! @joetrombino

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DARIUS VINES (Ensemble, Jesse). National tour Leap of Faith. Mr. Menken’s film musicals also debut! Previous credits: In the Heights (Cohoes include Life With Mikey, Pocahontas, Hercules, Music Hall), Big River (The Barnstormers The Shaggy Dog, Enchanted, Tangled and Mirror, Theatre) and I Write the Songs (Boynton Beach Mirror. Some of Mr. Menken’s television credits Theatre). B.F.A.: Howard University. Thank you, include Galavant, The Neighbors, Lincoln, Sesame creative team, Stewart/Whitley and Gregg Baker Street and more. Mr. Menken won eight Oscar Mgmt for the opportunity! @mrdvines2u Awards, 11 Grammy Awards (including Song of the Year), seven Golden Globe Awards, a Tony RHYS WILLIAMS (Ensemble, Sally Slick). Award, an Olivier Award, a New York Drama National tour debut! Regional: West Side Story Critics Award, a London Evening Standard (Tony), Joseph... Dreamcoat, Tibbits Opera Theatre Award, induction into the Songwriters House; The Sound of Music, Alabama Shakespeare Hall of Fame and a star on the Hollywood Walk Festival; Million Dollar Quartet, Infinity Theatre of Fame. He has performed internationally, live in Co. TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Power. concert at Budokan, Hollywood Bowl, Tuacahn, Education: Emerson College. @rhyswilliamsnyc the Segerstrom Center, Osaka-Jo, Anaheim Convention Center, Brigham Young University, NATHAN WRIGHT (Ensemble, Jojo the Whale). Chicago Auditorium, etc. Some of Mr. Menken’s Favorite credits: Man in Chair (The Drowsy other awards and honors include Billboard’s #1 Chaperone), Lippo Fiorentino (Street Scene), single and album, Disney Legend, and honorary Archibald Craven (The Secret Garden). Nathan doctorates from NYU and the North Carolina also serves as the tenor section leader at St. School of the Arts. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC. Thank you Abby, and Mom and Dad, for everything. GLENN SLATER (Lyrics) is a three-time Tony nominee for the international hit musicals CHAZZ PALMINTERI (Book) wrote and The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, School of Rock, performed his one-man show A Bronx Tale and a co-creator of Disney’s worldwide smash for the first time in 1989 before moving it off- Tangled (Grammy Winner, Oscar and Golden Broadway. Mr. Palminteri went on to write the Globe noms). With frequent collaborator Alan screenplay and co-star in the screen adaptation Menken, he wrote the songs for ABC-TV’s cult of A Bronx Tale alongside Robert De Niro. Mr. series Galavant (Emmy nominee) and the Disney Palminteri has more than 55 movies to his credit Channel’s Tangled: The Series; as well as the as an actor, writer and director, including The animated comedy Sausage Party, Disney’s Home Usual Suspects, Bullets Over Broadway (Academy On The Range, and Broadway musicals Leap of Award nomination), Analyze This, Hurlyburly, Faith and A Bronx Tale. Glenn also provided Mullholland Falls, Faithful (also written by Mr. the book and lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Palminteri), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Love Never Dies, the sequel to The Phantom of Yonkers Joe, Jolene and most recently Legend the Opera, which is currently touring the globe starring Tom Hardy. Mr. Palminteri had a after its West End premiere. Most recently, Glenn recurring role on the hit show Modern Family penned the book for Beatsville (with composer/ and has starred in Blue Bloods. Mr. Palminteri lyricist/wife Wendy Wilf), which debuted at directed the HBO series Oz (episode “Unnatural Sarasota’s Asolo Rep. Glenn lives in NYC, and is Disasters”), Showtime’s Women vs. Men, and the a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild. feature film Noel starring Susan Sarandon, Paul Walker and Robin Williams. ROBERT DE NIRO (Original Director), considered one of America’s greatest actors, won ALAN MENKEN (Music) composed the stage the 1974 Academy Award for Best Supporting and film musicals Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty Actor for The Godfather: Part II and the 1980 and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Newsies, Academy Award for Best Actor for Raging Bull. Aladdin and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He received Academy Award nominations for Mr. Menken’s other stage musicals include God Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Awakenings, Cape Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; The Apprenticeship of Fear and Silver Linings Playbook. De Niro is a Duddy Kravitz; A Christmas Carol; Sister Act and four-time New York Film Critics Circle Award

palace theater 17 who’s who winner in addition to winning the 1981 Golden SERGIO TRUJILLO (Choreographer) is the Globe Award for Raging Bull. A recipient of the recipient of a Tony Award for Ain’t Too Proud 2011 Cecil B. DeMille Award and the 2009 – The Life and Times of The Temptations and Kennedy Center Honors, he was nominated an Olivier award for Memphis the Musical. for seven Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud (Tony Award/Outer Awards. De Niro made his film directorial debut Critics Circle/Chita Rivera nominations), On in 1993 with A Bronx Tale and in 2006 directed Your Feet (Tony Award nominee, Outer Critics The Good Shepherd. Circle/Astaire Awards), Memphis (Olivier/ OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award JERRY ZAKS (Original Director) was most nominations), Jersey Boys (Olivier/Drama Desk/ recently represented on Broadway by Hello, OCC/Greenroom/Dora nominations) Summer: Dolly!, A Bronx Tale: The Musical, and Steve The Donna Summer Musical (Chita Rivera Martin’s Meteor Shower. Mr. Zaks has directed Award), A Bronx Tale (Chita Rivera Award more than 30 productions in New York. He has nomination) The Addams Family, Next to Normal, received four Tony Awards and been nominated Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination), eight times. He’s also received four Drama Desks, Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination), Guys two Outer Critics Circle Awards, and an Obie. and Dolls (Astaire Awards nomination) and His credits include Nantucket Sleigh Ride, Shows All Shook Up. Director/choreographer: Cirque For Days, Sister Act, The Addams Family, Guys De Soleil’s Paramour (Stage Entertainment), and Dolls, Six Degrees of Separation, Lend Me a Arrabal (ART—Elliot Norton Award), Gloria Tenor, House of Blue Leaves, The Front Page, A Estefan on Broadway (Minskoff Theatre), Funny Thing…Forum, Smokey Joe’s Café, Anything Flashdance: The Musical (National tour). Other Goes, La Cage aux Folles, Little Shop of Horrors, Theatre: Invisible Thread (Second Stage – Astaire The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Foreigner, Award nomination), Carmen: An Afro-Cuban A Bronx Tale, Laughter on the 23rd Floor and Musical (Olney Theatre—Helen Hayes Award the original production of Assassins. He began nomination), Freaky Friday (Signature Theatre) his career directing the extraordinary plays of and The Wiz (La Jolla Playhouse). International Christopher Durang including Sister Mary credits: Disney’s Tarzan (Stage Entertainment), Ignatius..., Beyond Therapy, Baby with the Bath Peggy Sue Got Married (West End), West Side Story Water and The Marriage of Bette and Boo. He (Stratford Festival). directed the award-winning film Marvin’s Room, starring Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton; and Who BRITTANY CONIGGATI (Tour Choreographer). Do You Love, which was featured in the Toronto Broadway: The Prom, A Bronx Tale (OBC, Dance Film Festival. Mr. Zaks is a founding member, Captain). Tours: A Bronx Tale (First National, and serves on the board, of the Ensemble Studio Assistant Choreographer), Matilda (First Theater. He received the SDC’s George Abbott National, Original Cast), Matilda (Toronto), Rock Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. of Ages (NCL, Dance Captain); Beauty and the He graduated from Dartmouth in 1967, received Beast (Silly Girl). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, an MFA from Smith College in 1969, and was Cape Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Proud awarded an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts graduate of LaGuardia Arts HS (Dance Major), from Dartmouth in 1999. He is a 2013 inductee AMDA (Integrated Major), and The New School to the Theatre Hall of Fame. (BFA Musical Theatre). Thanks to Sergio, Bloc and family! For you Dad. @brittconigatti STEPHEN EDLUND (Tour Director). Credits: Hello, Dolly! (Broadway, National Tour), Meteor RON MELROSE (Music Supervisor/ Shower (Broadway), A Bronx Tale (Broadway, Paper Arrangements). Forty three years of arranging, Mill Playhouse), Sister Act (Broadway, National music direction and supervision, including 18 Tour), Nantucket Sleigh Ride (Lincoln Center Broadway shows and productions spanning the Theater) Shows for Days (Lincoln Center Theater), world. Winner of a Helpmann Award (Australia’s Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels (Center Tony) for music direction on Jersey Boys, music Theatre Group) and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Center supervisor of Jersey Boys film, associate producer Theatre Group). Love to Mom, Dad and David. of Jersey Boys cast and Christmas albums. As

18 palace theater who’s who a composer: Fourtune (Off-Broadway), The nomination). Also the Joffrey Ballet’s Billboards, Silver Swan (NEA Fellowship), The Missing co-founder and resident lighting designer for Peace (Washington’s Capitol Fringe), Early One Parsons Dance. Proud recipient of the 1993 Sir Morning (liturgical one-woman musical), two Laurence Olivier and Canadian Dora Awards for Harvard Hasty Pudding shows, a gospel-based Kiss of The Spider Woman; 2006 Henry Hewes Requiem, songs for Saturday Night Live and the Design Award and Outer Critics Circle Award novelty single “Disco Clone.” Education: Harvard for Jersey Boys; 2016 Henry Hewes Design Award (Philosophy), Westminster (Choral Conducting). for Hamilton. Now Californian. Thanks and love to Alexandra and Jake. GARETH OWEN (Sound Design) received Olivier Awards for Memphis and Merrily We Roll BEOWULF BORITT (Scenic Design). Broadway: Along, nominations for Top Hat and End of the Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Rainbow. Tony nominations for A Little Night nomination), Thérèse Raquin (Tony nomination), Music and End of the Rainbow. Currently: Come Hand to God, On the Town, Sondheim on From Away on Broadway; Disney’s Little Mermaid; Sondheim, … Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock of Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame; Sister Ages, Chaplin, Bronx Bombers, Grace, The Two Act; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Cinderella; and Only. Off-Broadway: One hundred shows Schikaneder; Mrs. Henderson Presents and Singin’ including The Toxic Avenger, The Last Five Years, in the Rain worldwide; Bat Out of Hell, 42nd Miss Julie and many shows at the Belmont Street, Strictly Ballroom, Wind in the Willows, Italian American Playhouse in the Bronx. Other In the Heights and Impossible, all in London’s West designs: The Seven Deadly Sins (New York City End. More than 250 other commercial musicals Ballet) and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & around the world. Bailey Circus. He received a 2007 Obie Award for sustained excellence. PAUL HUNTLEY (Hair & Wig Design). London- born Paul Huntley has worked on hundreds of WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Design). Broadway shows since his 1972 arrival in New Current Broadway: Chicago, now in its twentieth York, most memorably the original productions year! Other Broadway credits include On the of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Les Misérables, Sweeney Twentieth Century, Cabaret (2014 and 1998 Todd, The Producers and Hairspray. A recipient revivals), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The of Drama Desk and Tony Awards, he has also Mystery of Edwin Drood, Hugh Jackman: Back on worked with some of the most legendary leading Broadway, Pal Joey, Grey Gardens, The Producers, ladies of the cinema, ranging from Bette Davis, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Boy From Oz, Marlene Dietrich and Vivien Leigh to Jane Hairspray, Contact, The Music Man, Crazy for Fonda, Glenn Close, Jessica Lange and Scarlett You, Guys and Dolls, Nine. Mr. Long has been Johansson. Current Broadway shows include nominated for 15 Tony Awards, winning six The Cherry Orchard. times. He was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 2005, and recently served a four-year ANNE FORD-COATES (Makeup Design). term as chairman of the American Theatre Wing. Broadway: On the Twentieth Century, On Your www.williamiveylong.com Feet!, Disaster!, It Shoulda Been You. Hair and makeup design: The Wolves (Playwrights); The HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). Sandbox, Drowning and Funnyhouse of a Negro Broadway: Hamilton (2016 Tony winner), (Signature Theatre); Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Little After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How Dancer (Kennedy Center); Dog Days (Prototype to Succeed… starring Daniel Radcliffe (2011 Festival); Silent Night (Atlanta Opera); new Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony productions of La Bohème, Norma, The Force nomination), Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In the of Destiny, Nabucco and Phillip Glass’s premiere Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys of Appomattox (Washington National Opera); (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Orpheé, Lost in the Stars, Carmen, A Blizzard Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony on Marblehead Neck (Glimmerglass Festival);

palace theater 19 who’s who co-director of Elsen Associates, designers for many JOHNNY GALE (Period Music Consultant) opera and theater companies. Upcoming: Dead is a four-time Grammy-nominated producer, Man Walking, Madama Butterfly (Washington composer, arranger and vocalist who has scored National Opera); Kát’a Kabanová (Juilliard). numerous feature films, acted as musical director for the hit series Boardwalk Empire and Vinyl, ROBERT WESTLEY (Fight Coordinator) scored national TV commercials and performed has choreographed movement and crafted as a virtuosic guitarist in more than 1,000 shows violence for award-winning theatre productions, with a Who’s Who of the music industry. Musical internationally acclaimed opera houses and films, Director and Guitarist on 7 songs for Martin developing unique and exciting performances Scorsese’s film The Irishman. of dance, clowning, aerial acrobatics, puppetry and martial art. Broadway: Hand to God. Off- JOHN MEZZIO (Music Coordinator) has Broadway: Important Hats of the Twentieth conducted national tours including State Fair Century (MTC), Verité (LCT3), Teenage Dick starring John Davidson, Victor Victoria starring (The Public), Hand to God (MCC/EST), Things Toni Tennille, Seussical The Musical starring of Dry Hours (New York Theatre Workshop), Cathy Rigby, Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Butcher of Baraboo (Second Stage Theatre). Deborah Gibson, the Royal National Theatre’s Regional: A Bronx Tale: The Musical (Paper Mill revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Playhouse), Julius Caesar (Utah Shakespeare and The Wedding Singer. Additionally, Mr. Festival), Bedroom Farce (Westport County Mezzio was Associate Conductor for Andrew Playhouse), The Game’s Afoot (Asolo Rep). Opera: Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Tosca (NYC Opera). Film: Victoriana, The Key Hilton. John was Music Coordinator for national Man, Fall Down Dead. and international tours including Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald, Annie starring John DOUG BESTERMAN (Orchestrations). Schuck and Mackenzie Phillips, Hairspray, The Three-time Tony Award winner. Broadway: It Producers, A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening, Shoulda Been You, Bullets Over Broadway (Tony A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The nomination), Rocky, On a Clear Day…, Sister Act, Drowsy Chaperone, Elf The Musical, Memphis, How to Succeed… (Tony nomination), Elf, Young Bullets Over Broadway, Disney’s Beauty and the Frankenstein (Drama Desk nomination), Tarzan, Beast and Shrek The Musical. Dracula, Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony, Drama Desk Awards), The Producers (2001 Tony, STEWART/WHITLEY (Casting). Duncan Drama Desk Awards), Seussical, The Music Man Stewart CSA & Benton Whitley CSA. Broadway/ (Drama Desk, Tony nominations), Fosse (1999 NY: Hadestown, The Lightning Thief, Chicago Tony), Big (Drama Desk nomination), Damn The Musical, Rock of Ages, Great Comet of 1812, Yankees (Drama Desk nomination). International: Elf, On The Town, Pippin, La Cage Aux Folles, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Guys and Dolls. Radio City Christmas Spectacular; TV/film: Off-Broadway: Carrie, Weird Romance. Regional: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Little Dancer, Anastasia. Film/television: Beauty Disney Channel; West End/UK: Hadestown, and the Beast, Peter Pan Live!, The Sound of Music Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory; Tours: Live!, Frozen, Mulan, Chicago. The Lightning Thief, Waitress, SpongeBob, Finding Neverland, The Sound of Music, DAVID AARON BROWN (Music Conductor). Into the Woods, We Will Rock You; Regional: National tours: The King and I, Elf. NYC: Piaf American Repertory Theater, LaJolla Playhouse, Lives, Neurosis, Here First!: Let the Ladies Sing, Berkeley Rep, Alley Theatre, Bay Street, For The Mistakes that Made Me. Regional: Prince of The Record, TUTS, Hollywood Bowl, RCCL. Egypt, The Life of the Party (TheatreWorks Silicon @stewartwhitley & stewartwhitley.com Valley), Monsoon Wedding (Berkeley Rep), The Wild Party (ROLT), Seussical (BAM). Awards: SF Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Circle Award (Best Music Direction: She Loves Me; Best Actor: Grey Gardens), Weston Award in Piano Performance. Education: Brown University.

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november 5-7, 2019

24 palace theater THE CORNLEY UNIVERSITY DRAMA SOCIETY PRESENTS

CAST INSPECTOR CARTER – CHRIS BEAN CHARLES HAVERSHAM – JONATHAN HARRIS THOMAS COLLEYMOORE – ROBERT GROVE PERKINS – DENNIS TYDE FLORENCE COLLEYMOORE – SANDRA WILKINSON CECIL HAVERSHAM – MAX BENNETT ARTHUR THE GARDENER – MAX BENNETT CREATIVE WRITER – SUSIE H.K. BRIDESWELL PRODUCER – WAYNE BLEXT DIRECTOR – CHRIS BEAN DESIGNER – CHRIS BEAN COSTUME DESIGNER – CHRIS BEAN PROP MAKER – CHRIS BEAN BOX OFFICE MANAGER – CHRIS BEAN PRESS & PR – CHRIS BEAN DRAMATURGY – CHRIS BEAN VOICE COACH – CHRIS BEAN DIALECT COACH – CHRIS BEAN FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER – CHRIS BEAN REHEARSAL ROLE ‘MR FITZROY’ – CHRIS BEAN STAGE MANAGER – ANNIE TWILLOIL LIGHTING & SOUND OPERATOR – TREVOR WATSON

THIS PRODUCTION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE BRITISH-AMERICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM

palace theater 25 A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Hello and welcome to The Murder at Haversham Manor.

We are thrilled that the Cornley University Drama Society is performing in the USA. We can only apologise to those involved in the production of Equus originally scheduled for this week, which due to a clerical error, is now being performed in the Cornley University Gymnasium. We hope there are no hard feelings and we’ve left the vaulting horse out for you. The question everyone at Cornley has been asking is: are we ready for a venue of this size? The answer is “yes.” The cast and I rehearsed for weeks using only the best acting teachings to inspire us. We read that Sanford Meisner once said, “Acting is behaving truthfully,” so we immediately changed all the names in the play to our own names and cut the murder, the manor house setting and any other element that we hadn’t personally experienced. We then found the piece rather flat, and it only ran at 17 minutes. So we went back to the Meisner book and we realized the full quote was in fact: “Acting is behaving truthfully... under imaginary circumstances,” so we reinstated the cuts and we were then quickly back on track.

We found the teachings of Michael Chekhov less confusing. He says, “An actor has to burn inside with an outer ease.” So that evening it was vindaloos all round at the Sunam Balti House on Cornley High Street. However, try as we did to not react to our burning insides, it was certainly noticeable that we were all in significant discomfort, which just goes to show how tough acting can be. At the end of the evening, Dennis was actually sick in the restaurant bathrooms. We always knew he was one of the weaker actors.

All this hard work and preparation has left us with an ensemble piece that has achieved such critical acclaim as “VERY INTERESTING” from Mr. Harwood, esteemed head of Design Technology at Cornley University, and “RATHER UNSETTLING” from real-life police chief Mr. Greaves of the Cornley Volunteer Police Force. I’m sure that with a full audience, the piece will truly bring down the house.

CHRIS BEAN President of the Cornley University Drama Society & Director of The Murder at Haversham Manor

26 palace theater CHRIS BEAN MAX BENNETT INSPECTOR CARTER & CECIL HAVERSHAM DIRECTOR Touring debut! Max is in Touring debut! Chris is his first year at Cornley the newly elected head University where he is of the Drama Society. studying human geography For tonight’s show, he served as the voice and crime. He is an avid fan of films, and his coach, dialect coach, fight choreographer, favourite is The Legend of Bagger Vance, which casting director and costume designer. he’s seen 27 times. This is Max’s first production He also plays the lead role and, of course, with the Drama Society, and he is very glad to have directed. The Society would like to thank Chris donated a large portion of his recent inheritance for his remarkable passion and efforts. Credits to help the show reach Broadway. within the University: Hamlet in Hamlet, Macbeth in Macbeth and Othello in Othello. DENNIS TYDE PERKINS ROBERT GROVE Touring debut! After failing THOMAS COLLEYMOORE the tryouts for the football, Touring debut! A member of cricket, volleyball and the Cornley Drama Society for basketball teams, Dennis three years, Robert uses the decided to join the Drama Society. Dennis does Stanislavsky method. Credits not live in the Cornley halls of residence and include Lame Horse in Black Beauty, Victorian commutes in daily from his parents’ house. He Policeman in Madame Tussauds Chamber of hopes the Society will give him the chance to Horror – Live!, Dopey in Snow White and The meet like-minded people. Dennis’ only stage Tall Broad Gentlemen and Augustus Gloop in credit dates back to 1995 when he appeared in Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Robert’s next his primary school nativity. Credit: Shepherd. performance will be as Godot in a newly self- written sequel to Beckett’s classic. ANNIE TWILLOIL STAGE MANAGER JONATHAN HARRIS Touring debut! The unsung CHARLES HAVERSHAM hero of the Society, Annie has Touring debut! Jonathan designed, built, painted, stage works as a model and is managed and costumed every therefore excited to learn single Society show in the last three years. Her hard transferrable skills by work and dogged determination behind-the-scenes appearing in The Murder at Haversham Manor. lies behind so much of the Society’s success. After He is no stranger to acting and appeared in The Murder at Haversham Manor, Annie will begin Casualty when he was just 5 years old. Jonathan an internship at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. also performed with Emote, another local theater company, in A Midsummer Night’s Stamina, which TREVOR WATSON featured a cast of 14 pedalling exercise bikes for LIGHTING & SOUND the full two-hour performance. OPERATOR

SANDRA WILKINSON Touring debut! Trevor is only participating in The Murder FLORENCE COLLEYMOORE at Haversham Manor to earn Touring debut! This is much needed extra credit for his electronics Sandra’s 11th season with module in order to pass his engineering course the Cornley University Drama at Cornley University. Once he has passed the Society, during which she has course, he will not continue to work with the proudly performed roles such as Snow White in Drama Society. Trevor credits his success to his Snow White and The Tall Broad Gentlemen, Virginia sunny disposition and his positive outlook on life. Woolf in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Cow in Jack and the Bean. Sandra has been performing from a very young age, since her mother appeared in A Winter’s Tale pregnant.

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KEVIN McCOLLUM J.J. ABRAMS KENNY WAX STAGE PRESENCE LTD. CATHERINE SCHREIBER KEN DAVENPORT DOUBLE GEMINI PRODUCTIONS/deROY BRUNISH DAMIAN ARNOLD/TC BEECH GREENLEAF PRODUCTIONS/BARD ROTH MARTIAN ENTERTAINMENT/JACK LANE/JOHN YONOVER LUCAS McMAHON

PRESENT A MISCHIEF THEATRE PRODUCTION OF

BY HENRY LEWIS, JONATHAN SAYER AND HENRY SHIELDS

STARRING JASON BOWEN TODD BUONOPANE CHRIS FRENCH BIANCA HORN JACQUELINE JARROLD CHRIS LANCELEY ADAM PETHERBRIDGE MICHAEL THATCHER BROCK BIVENS SHELLEY FORT JEMMA JANE CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY

SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN NIGEL HOOK ROBERTO SURACE RIC MOUNTJOY

SOUND DESIGN ORIGINAL MUSIC ANDREW JOHNSON ROB FALCONER

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT UK PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT MICHAEL DANEK JOHN EDKINS DIGBY ROBINSON

GENERAL MANAGEMENT MARKETING SERVICES THEATER MATTERS BD PRODUCTIONS JOHN E. GENDRON

TOUR MARKETING & PRESS TOUR BOOKING AGENCY ALLIED TOURING THE BOOKING GROUP

TOUR DIRECTED BY MATT DiCARLO

ORIGINAL BROADWAY DIRECTION BY MARK BELL

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED BY MISCHIEF THEATRE AT THE OLD RED LION THEATRE, LONDON. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DAMIEN DEVINE, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR NICK THOMPSON

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(in order of appearance) Trevor...... JASON BOWEN Chris...... CHRIS LANCELEY Jonathan...... CHRIS FRENCH Robert...... MICHAEL THATCHER Dennis...... TODD BUONOPANE Sandra...... JACQUELINE JARROLD Max...... ADAM PETHERBRIDGE Annie...... BIANCA HORN

UNDERSTUDIES Swings and understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

for Trevor—BROCK BIVENS, CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY for Chris—BROCK BIVENS, CHRIS FRENCH for Jonathan—BROCK BIVENS, CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY for Robert—CHRIS FRENCH, CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY for Dennis and Max—BROCK BIVENS, CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY for Sandra and Annie—SHELLEY FORT, JEMMA JANE

THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

JASON TODD CHRIS BIANCA BOWEN BUONOPANE FRENCH HORN

JACQUELINE CHRIS ADAM MICHAEL JARROLD LANCELEY PETHERBRIDGE THATCHER

BROCK SHELLEY JEMMA CONOR SEAMUS BIVENS FORT JANE MORONEY

The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device or such photographing or sound recording inside this theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for money damages.

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JASON BOWEN (Trevor). Broadway: in New York, Jacqui makes her artistic home with The Play That Goes Wrong. Off-Broadway: AmiosNYC. Proud AEA. JacquelineJarrold.com. If Pretty Hurts…, Alternating Currents, Instagram: @JacquiJarrold. My Mañana Comes. Regional: Native Son, Skeleton Crew, Jazz, As You Like It, Black CHRIS LANCELEY (Chris). Born in Liverpool, Odyssey, June Moon, Ruined, A Raisin in the England. Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Sun, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (IRNE Award Wrong, The Bad and the Better. Off-West End: for Best Actor, Drama). TV/film: “Blue Bloods,” Henry V, The Band. TV: “FBI,” “Blue Bloods.” “Madam Secretary,” “Elementary,” “Braindead,” Training: AADA, National Youth Theatre (UK). “Law & Order: SVU,” The Upsideand What’s Chris would like to extend much love and Your Number?. gratitude to his Dad, Nan, Kim, Jenny and his late Mum for always supporting him. Instagram TODD BUONOPANE (Dennis). Broadway: and Twitter: @LanceleyOnStage. Cinderella, Grease, Chicago, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway: ADAM PETHERBRIDGE ( Max) . The Butter and Egg Man, Henry and Mudge, Off-Broadway: Irish Repertory Theatre The New Yorkers at Encores! TV credits include (4 productions, Lortel nom. Best Revival), “Kimmy Schmidt,” “Braindead,” “Law & In the Secret Sea, The Enlightenment of Mr. Order: CI,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “30 Rock” Mole. Regional: Palm Beach Dramaworks, St. (as Weinerslav). Todd is a Michigan grad Michael’s, Depot Theatre. Graduate of the Actors and a councillor of Actors’ Equity. More at Studio Drama School and Kenyon College. ToddBuonopane.com. Endless thanks and love to the wife, friends, family, and teachers. AdamPetherbridge.com. CHRIS FRENCH (Jonathan). NYC: The Greenwich Village Follies, Dawn, Simon Dawes MICHAEL THATCHER (Robert). Broadway: Becomes a Planet. Select regional: Assassins TPTGW. Off-Broadway: Julius Caesar (NYSF), (Booth), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hedwig), The Time Machine (NYMF), Titan Theatre The Three Musketeers(Porthos), Romeo and Juliet Company. National tours: TPTGW (first (Nurse/Tybalt/Benvolio). Training: UNCSA. national), Guys and Dolls. Select regional: Thanks to this incredible team, and to his family Utah Shakespeare, Texas Shakespeare, Virginia and friends for their undying support. Instagram: Shakespeare, Sacramento Music Circus. TV: @papafrench. “Quantico” (ABC). M.F.A. University of Houston. “Constantly grateful for the love and BIANCA HORN (Annie). SMU graduate. support of my family!” Instagram: @thatched44. Favorite credits, Off-Broadway: TPTGW, national tour: The Color Purple, Hairspray. BROCK BIVENS (Understudy). New York/ Regional: Big Band Beat (Tokyo Disney), H2$B Regional: Bubble Boy (N.Y. premiere), (TBTS), Sister Act, Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Fireside Williamstown Theatre Festival, SITI Company, Theatre), A Rats Mass, Reeling (Hangar Theatre), American Songbook at Lincoln Center, A Christmas Carol (Dallas Theater Center), Broadway Rose Theatre Co. Training: Emerson Lover’s Land (Horn Theatre). “I’m excited to hit College, UCB. Endless gratitude to The Roster, the road with the Mischief family! Special thanks Stephen Kopel and Mike Miller, the Wrong to the creative team and my supportive family team and my incredible family. For Jesse. and friends. All things are possible.” Instagram: BrockBivens.com. @BrockBiv. @biancahorn14. SHELLEY FORT (Understudy) New York: JACQUELINE JARROLD (Sandra). Broadway: La MaMa. Regional: The Mountaintop (Camae), The Cherry Orchard. First national tour: Intimate Apparel (Mayme), Pride and Prejudice The Play That Goes Wrong. Regional: Shakespeare (Jane), A Christmas Carol (Lucy). TV/film: “Dear Theatre Company of DC (Measure for Measure, Sister” @fortsisters, “Unicornland.” Writing: Coriolanus, Wallenstein, A Midsummer Night’s “miss america,” Auburn Avenue 2018 issue; Dream). Training: Northwestern University. Back National Black Theatre (Reading Series); Quick

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Silver Summit; The Fire This Time Festival. B.A. Theatre working as a writer, actor and producer. Kenyon College. M.F.A. Brown/Trinity Rep. Theater includes Mischief Movie Night (Arts ShelleyFort.com. @shelleyfort. Theatre), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (Criterion Theatre), The Play That Goes Wrong JEMMA JANE (Understudy). Born in England, (Lyceum Theatre, Broadway run Duchess raised in Australia and based in New York. Theatre, West End run, U.K. and international U.S. theater credits: Bullets Over Broadway first tour—writer/actor, Olivier Awards and Whats national tour (Olive) and Bullets Over Broadway On Stage Awards Best New Comedy), Peter Pan at Ogunquit Playhouse (Olive). Overseas credits: Goes Wrong (U.K. tour and West End—writer/ Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Cabaret (Texas), actor), The Nativity Goes Wrong (writer, Mischief Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Theatre and Reading Rep co-production), (Narrator), Miss Saigon and Rent. Jemma can’t Lights! Camera! Improvise! (various venues, wait to spend a year making sure things go right actor, improviser, producer, Spirit of the Fringe on the road. Award 2013, Best Improv Show Award 2012) and Happy Birthday Simon (Orange Tree, actor). CONOR SEAMUS MORONEY (Understudy). Television includes “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” Regional credits: Love’s Labours Lost, Henry IV, (BBC One, writer/actor/associate producer), I Hate Hamlet (Advice to the Players); God “The Royal Variety Performance: The Play That of Carnage (Newton Nomadic Theater); Goes Wrong” (ITV, writer and actor), “Keep It Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Tartuffe in the Family” (writer, ITV), “A Christmas Carol (Shakespeare & Company). Education: B.A. Goes Wrong” (BBC One, writer/actor). Radio Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Training: includes The Christmas Show That Goes Wrong Shakespeare & Company, The Barrow Group. (BBC radio two). ConorMoroney.com. Instagram: @csmoroney. HENRY SHIELDS (Co-Author) trained at HENRY LEWIS (Co-Author) is an Olivier LAMDA. He is an award-winning writer and Award-winning writer, actor and is the artistic has been a member of Mischief Theatre since director of Mischief Theatre. Henry trained at 2009. Theater includes The Play That Goes Wrong LAMDA. His recent credits include writer and (writer/actor, winner 2015 Olivier Award and actor for The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway, WhatsOnStage Award for Best New Comedy), West End and U.K./international tour—winner Peter Pan Goes Wrong (writer/actor, 2016 of Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards Olivier Award nominee for Best New Comedy), 2015 and What’s On Stage Awards 2014), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (actor/ Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC1, West End/U.K. writer, 2017 Olivier Award nominee Best New tour/Pleasance London—nominated for Best Comedy), Mischief Movie Night (actor, 2018 New Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2016), Olivier Award nominee for Best New Comedy), The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (West End— The Nativity Goes Wrong (writer), The Comedy nominated for Best New Comedy at the Olivier About a Bank Robbery (writer/actor) and The Busy Awards 2017). Christmas Carol Goes Wrong Body (Southwark Playhouse). Television includes (BBC1), Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Keep “The Royal Variety Performance 2016: The Play It in the Family (ITV), Mischief Movie Night That Goes Wrong,” “Holby City” (BBC), “Keep (West End/ U.K. tour—nominated for Best New It in the Family” (ITV), “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” Comedy at the Olivier Awards 2018), actor and (BBC) and “A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong” producer for Mercury Fur (Trafalgar Studios— (BBC). Henry is currently working on, and nominated for Best Production Off-West End developing, a number of new projects. Awards), actor for Beasts & Beauties (Hampstead Theatre) and producer of Tracy Letts’ Superior MATT DiCARLO (Tour Director) is overjoyed Donuts (Southwark Playhouse—winner of Peter that things are going Wrong all over North Brook Empty Space Award). America! As the Production Stage Manager, Matt helmed the Broadway production of JONATHAN SAYER (Co-Author). Training: The Play That Goes Wrongfor the first year and LAMDA. Jonathan is an Olivier Award-winning a half of its run. He served as the Associate writer and the company director of Mischief

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Director for the 2017–2018 national tour of the productions include the musical A Gentleman’s Tony Award-winning revival of The Color Purple, Guide to Love & Murder at Oscarsteatrn, which he also stage managed on Broadway. Stockholm 2018. Other Broadway credits include Honeymoon in Vegas and Rock of Ages. Regional theater work ROBERTO SURACE (Costume Design) includes world premieres at La Jolla Playhouse originates from Melbourne, Australia, where and American Conservatory Theater, and 12 he trained at the Victorian College of the Arts productions at Paper Mill Playhouse. Matt has (VCA), now based in London. The Play That Goes his B.F.A. from Rutgers University and is on the Wrong marks his Broadway debut. West End: faculty at SUNY Purchase. He has supervised The Comedy About a Bank Robbery(Criterion), dozens of events with Broadway Cares/Equity Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo) and The Play Fights AIDS, Target and David Stark Design. That Goes Wrong (Duchess). U.K. national tours: Matt is endlessly grateful to the producers of The Play That Goes Wrong, Agatha Christie’s The Play That Goes Wrong and to Mischief And Then There Were None and Peter Pan Goes Theatre, for giving us the outlet and opportunity Wrong. Off-West End: The Trial of Jane Fonda to make people laugh. Love to Joey. (Park). International: The Play That Goes Wrong (Budapest, Rome and Australian tour). TV: MARK BELL (Original Broadway Director). “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” (BBC One). Trained at École Internationale de Théâtre, Jacques Lecoq and was co-Artistic Director of RIC MOUNTJOY (Lighting Design). Selected Liquid Theatre. Liquid shows include If You Were designs include The Play that Goes Wrong Mine (ACW), Feeding Time (BAC), Endgame (Broadway, national U.S. tour, West End, also (BAC) and Crave (BAC and touring). Directing South Korea, Australia, Hong Kong), Uncle includes Che Disastro di Commedia (Theatro Vanya (Theatre Clwyd and Sheffield theaters), Greco, Rome); Waiting for Waiting for Godot Emancipation of Expressionism (Barbican Theatre (St. James Theatre, Off-West End); The Comedy and BBC TV), Mr. Popper’s Penguins (New About a Bank Robbery (West End); Ma Este Victory, NYC, Seattle, Minneapolis and West Megbukunk (Central Szinhaz, Budapest); End), world premiere of Karagula by Philip The Play That Goes Wrong(West End); Blue Blood Ridley (Soho Theatre London), What the by Anna Jordan (Riverside); The Revenger’s Tragedy Ladybird Heard (international touring), Pandemic (RCSSD, London); A Servant of Two Masters, (Singapore International Festival), The White Scapino (CMU, Pittsburgh); The Snowfall Whale (an outdoor Moby Dick, Leeds). Relights (Etcetera). Mark has taught and directed at include The Magic Flute (London Coliseum, LAMDA, Royal Central School of Speech English National Opera). ricmountjoy.com. and Drama, UEA and East 15 acting schools. markbell.info. ANDREW JOHNSON (Sound Design). The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon NIGEL HOOK (Scenic Design) has designed Skin (European premiere), Death Takes a an enormous range of drama, musical and opera Holiday (U.K. premiere), Ragtime, Titanic, productions throughout the U.K., Europe and TPTGW (West End, Australia and U.K. tours), the Brits Off-Broadway (Unsuspecting Susan) Dogfight (European premiere), Catch Me If season in New York. West End credits: Spread a You Can (European premiere), Girlfriends, Little Happiness (Whitehall); Philadelphia, Here The Stripper, The Toxic Avenger, U.K. Off-West I Come! (Wyndhams); Elegies for Angels Punks End nominations for Best Sound Design for and Raging Queens (Criterion); Ferry Across the Mack and Mabel, Titanic and Grand Hotel Mersey (Lyric); The Boys in the Band (Aldwych); (Southwark Playhouse). Andrew is currently a Party and When Pigs Fly (Arts); Forbidden regular sound designer for Charing Cross Theatre Broadway (Albery); Pageant (Vaudeville); Steptoe and Theatre Royal Stratford East, London. 2017 and Son (Pinter); and the 2015 Olivier Award- shows: The Braille Legacy, Tommy U.K. tour and winner for Best New Comedy, The Play That Goes How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Wrong (Duchess…still going wrong!). Future

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STEPHEN KOPEL, CSA (U.S. Casting). SUZANNE APICELLA (Stage Manager). Broadway: Amélie, Sunday in the Park…, Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Burn the She Loves Me, Noises Off, On the Twentieth Floor. National tours: Jersey Boys, Rock of Ages, Century, Violet, Beautiful: The Carole King Sweeney Todd. NYC: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Musical, The Winslow Boy, The Glass Menagerie, Stole Christmas (MSG). Regional: Ogunquit, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Harvey, Once, Goodspeed, Engeman, FST, Gateway. For Joseph Anything Goes, Brief Encounter, The Scottsboro and Jacob. Boys, Sondheim on Sondheim, Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway: Kingdom Come, The Robber JESSICA TROY (Assistant Stage Manager) has Bridegroom, Invisible Thread, Indian Ink, worked with Alchemation on The Play That The Common Pursuit. Kopel currently serves Goes Wrong, Motown: The Musical, Something as casting director for Roundabout Theatre Rotten!, Hand to God, and many regional Company and Encores! Off-Center. and developmental productions. B.A. from Fordham University. ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency JOHN EDKINS (Production Manager) 30 representing Broadway tours and other live years with Pittsburgh CLO building scenery touring events across North America. Current: and Production Supervisor for 25 years. Owner Bandstand; The Book of Mormon; Roald Dahl’s of JE Scenic Technologies, Inc., a theatrical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Harry Potter scenic production services and storage company and the Cursed Child (San Francisco); Hello, specializing in Broadway traveling productions Dolly!; Mean Girls; Mystery Science Theater exhibit and scenic elements. Involved with the 3000 Live; Rent; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Diocese of Pittsburgh for 21 years in development Upcoming: Ain’t Too Proud; The Cher Show; and construction of the Millennium Crèche. Hadestown; The Hip Hop Nutcracker; Pretty The Play that Goes Wrong, An American in Paris Woman; To Kill a Mockingbird; Tootsie; You’re a “Paris,” West Side Story, Annie, The Sound of Music, Good Man, Charlie Brown. My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, and Disney’s A Little Mermaid. Heads the annual Junior Theatre event THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking). in Atlanta. Indiana University graduate. Resides Since its inception in 1996, The Booking Group in Pittsburgh with his wife and 4 sons. has represented 25 Tony Award-winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current touring productions JOSE SOLIVAN (Company Manager). include: Hamilton; Anastasia; The Book of Broadway tours managed: The Color Purple, Mormon; Come From Away; Dear Evan Hansen; Finding Neverland, Cabaret, R&H Cinderella, Fiddler on the Roof; Hello, Dolly!; Irving Berlin’s The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Anything Goes, White Christmas; Mean Girls; My Fair Lady; Hairspray, The Drowsy Chaperone, Rent, Rent: The 25th Anniversary Tour and Waitress. The Producers, Grease and Spamalot. Broadway Future productions include: Hadestown, 1776, tours performed: Oklahoma! “Turn your The Cher Show, Pretty Woman, To Kill a wounds into wisdom.”—Oprah. Instagram: Mockingbird and Tootsie. cmjosesolivan.

MICHAEL DANEK(Production Stage Manager) DIGBY ROBINSON (U.K. Production is thrilled to be joining The Play That Goes Management) has over 30 years’ experience of Wrong tour. Broadway: Chicago, Pippin, Wicked. production management in both the commercial National tours: Love Never Dies, School of Rock, and subsidized sectors. Recent productions in Chicago, Rock of Ages, Dr. Dolittle, Little House London’s West End include Peter Pan Goes Wrong on the Prairie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Disney’s (Apollo), The Play That Goes Wrong (Duchess), High School Musical. Off Broadway: A Christmas The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (Criterion) Carol, The Fantasticks, How the Grinch Stole and Matilda for the Royal Shakespeare Company Christmas, Master Class. European and Asian (Cambridge). Current projects include Death of a tours: Grease (performed in German), Evita, Salesman (U.K. tour) and Fat Friends The Musical West Side Story. The Tokyo, Taiwan and Korean (U.K. tour). companies of Chicago.

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KEVIN McCOLLUM (Producer) has received Broadway, where it won a Tony Award for best the Tony Award for Best Musical for In the set design. Peter Pan Goes Wrong was nominated Heights (2008), Avenue Q (2004) and Rent for an Olivier in 2016 and The Comedy About (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize. He a Bank Robbery is now into its third year at the is currently represented on Broadway with the Criterion Theatre in London. Kenny has just Olivier Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong. opened a new musical, Six, about Henry VIII’s He produced Something Rotten! (Broadway, wives, transferring from the Edinburgh Festival national tour); Hand to God (Broadway, West into the West End. Later this year he will present End); Motown: The Musical (Broadway, West the first staged production of The Worst Witch, End and national tour); The Drowsy Chaperone based on the books by Jill Murphy. In the in 2006, which won five Tony Awards; Baz U.S. in 2018/19 Kenny will present Peter Pan Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La bohème Goes Wrong, Around the World in 80 Days and in 2002; [title of show] in 2008; the touring Mr Popper’s Penguins. and Broadway productions of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; the Off-Broadway hit De La STAGE PRESENCE LTD. (Producer) is Guarda; the recent hit revival of West Side Story; delighted to be part of the team presenting and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. In 1995, Mischief Comedy shows on Broadway and all Mr. McCollum co-founded the Producing across the United States. Office, and has since created Alchemation, a theatrical and media producing company CATHERINE SCHREIBER (Producer) is a committed to new work. Mr. McCollum two-time Tony-winning and Oliver-winning was trained at the University of Cincinnati international producer; Broadway Global College-Conservatory of Music, and earned his Producer of the Year, 2017. Productions: master’s degree in film producing from the Peter Broadway: Network, Pretty Woman; Off- Stark Program at the University of Southern Broadway: Lead Producer The Play That California. In 1995, he received the Robert Goes Wrong. Recent (U.K.) Lead Producer: Whitehead Award for Outstanding Commercial Company; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Theatre Producing. Heisenberg. Catherine is most proud of bringing The Scottsboro Boys to London. Winner: London J.J. ABRAMS (Producer) is the founder of Bad Critics’ Circle Award, Evening Standard Award. Robot Productions. A writer, director and/or Nominated for seven Olivier Awards, including producer of television series such as “Felicity,” Best Musical. Tony winner: Clybourne Park, “Alias,” “Lost,” “Castle Rock” and “Westworld” Angels in America. Olivier Award: Company and films such as Super 8, Star Wars: The Force (2019). Six Tony nominations include Fiddler on Awakens and the Mission: Impossible, Star Trek the Roof, The Scottsboro Boys, Next Fall, Peter and and Cloverfield franchises. Abrams is currently the Starcatcher. Five Olivier nominations include directing, producing and co-writing (with Chris Dreamgirls, Show Boat, The Scottsboro Boys, Terrio) Star Wars: Episode IX. Abrams and his People Places and Things. Upcoming: The King’s wife, Katie McGrath, co-CEO of Bad Robot, live Speech, The Scottsboro Boys (Alabama), Executive in Los Angeles and have three children. Producer: Made in Kent, Documentary.

KENNY WAX (Producer) is a triple Olivier KEN DAVENPORT (Co-Producer). Once on Award-winning London-based producer, This Island(Tony Award), Gettin’ the Band Back currently serving a three-year term as the Together, Groundhog Day, Spring Awakening President of the Society of London Theatre. (Tony nomination), It’s Only a Play, Macbeth, His musical Top Hat won three Olivier Awards Godspell, Altar Boyz, The Awesome ’80s Prom, including Best New Musical from its seven Daddy Long Legs and more. Executive Producer nominations. His production of Once on This for North America of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Island won Best New Musical in 1995 from its Really Useful Group. Created “Be a Broadway four nominations and The Play That Goes Wrong Star” board game (available on Amazon), won Best New Comedy at the Olivier Awards DidHeLikeIt.com and author of the blog in 2015 and is still playing in the West End, TheProducersPerspective.com. on a UK tour and has just been extended on

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LUCAS McMAHON (Producer) is thrilled to Investor: Matilda (Broadway), Blithe Spirit help spread Mischief’s brand of mayhem across with Angela Lansbury (West End and U.S. America! He has worked with Kevin McCollum tour), Labour of Love (with Martin Freeman), at Alchemation since 2012. Other credits The Lieutenant of Inishmore (West End), include The Play That Goes Wrongon Broadway, The Moderate Sopranoby David Hare, The Girl Something Rotten! (Broadway and national tour) from the North Country (West End). and Hand to God (Broadway and West End). He is a proud alumnus of Northwestern GREENLEAF PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is University. He would like to thank his family and a Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier award-winning friends for letting him believe he is right when is company whose recent productions include often so wrong. Dreamgirls West End, Groundhog Day, Matilda The Musical, Fiddler on the Roof and Menopause MARTIAN ENTERTAINMENT (Co-Producer) The Musical, both currently on tour throughout is Gregory Rae, Carl D. White and Tyrus Emory. the United States. They are very proud to be a Credits: The Normal Heart (Tony Award), part of the Wrong family. For more information Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award) and visit greenleafproductions.com. many others. Upcoming: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Loch Ness, Home Street BARD-ROTH (Co-Producer). Bard Theatricals Home. MartianEntertainment.com. (Annette Jolles, Jim van Bergen, Laurence Holzman, Lara Holzman, David Stern, Linda JACK LANE (Co-Producer). Broadway: Peter Hamil): Broadway: Jagged Little Pill (upcoming), and the Starcatcher (Tony nomination), Fun The Play That Goes Wrong, Fiddler… 2015 (and Home (Tony Award), The Humans (Tony Award), tour), China Doll, The Scottsboro Boys(and London), The Play That Goes Wrongand The Prom. Off- The Anarchist, Looped. Dean Roth: Puffs, Be More Broadway: Shear Madness. Jack is the Executive Chill, Jagged Little Pill, Macbeth (Alan Cumming), Producer and co-founder of Stages St. Louis, a Clinton The Musical and 27 other productions on- 32-year-old regional theater. and Off-Broadway and in the U.K.

DOUBLE GEMINI PRODUCTIONS JOHN YONOVER (Co-Producer) supported and (Co-Producer). Wendy Federman and Carl invested in more than 35 productions on Broadway, Moellenberg have collectively garnered 18 Oscars in Chicago and London, including Memphis, Dee (that is what they call them, right?). Career Snider’s Rock and Roll Christmas (Toronto and highlights: Wendy doing the 100-yard dash in a Chicago), First Date and the currently running long red dress at Radio City on national TV, Carl Dear Evan Hansen and Come from Away. searching in Thailand for the missing star who ate too much sushi. deROY-BRUNISH (Co-Producer). Jamie STAFF FOR THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG deRoy: three Tony Awards, three Drama Desk, GENERAL MANAGEMENT six Outer Critics, two Drama League awards; 41 THEATER MATTERS Broadway and 33 Off-Broadway shows. TV: 11 John E. Gendron Reeve Pierson Telly Awards. Film: Broadway: The Golden Age Trilogy. Corey Brunish has garnered eight Tony COMPANY MANAGER nominations, two Tony Awards. Currently: Come Jose Solivan from Away. Beautiful is now in its fourth year. Assistant Company Manager...... Jessica Troy For Jessica. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT DAMIAN ARNOLD (Co-Producer) trained John Edkins at LAMDA for three years. Producing credits: U.K. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Don’t Dress for Dinner (Chicago and Broadway, Digby Robinson two Tony nominations), Gypsy with Imelda Staunton (West End, Olivier Award), Thark by Ben Travers, Brief Encounter (dir. Emma Rice).

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U.K. Marketing...... JHI Marketing TOUR MARKETING & PRESS U.K. Press...... Jo Allan PR ALLIED TOURING U.K. Tour Press & Marketing...... Helen Snell Marya K. Peters Andrew Damer Ltd Accountant...... WithumSmith+Brown PC/ Jennifer Gallagher Anne Waisanen Robert Fried, CPA, Karen Kowgios, CPA, Anne Dailey Meyer Scott Praefke Anthony Moore, CPA Jacqueline Smith Janie Dickerson U.K. Accountants...... Michael Collins, Hayden Anderson Jessica Cary Lois Hargreaves Controller...... Galbraith & Co./LeeAnn Kelley TOUR BOOKING AGENCY Banking...... Signature Bank/Margaret Monigan THE BOOKING GROUP Insurance....AON/Albert G. Ruben/Claudia Kaufman Meredith Blair Legal Counsel for Rich Rundle and Brian Brooks Goes Rights Ltd...... Brooks and Distler/ www.thebookinggroup.com Marsha Brooks Physical Therapy...... NEURO TOUR, U.S. CASTING Physical Therapy Inc. Stephen Kopel, CSA Payroll Services...... Checks and Balances/ Anthony Walker LEGAL COUNSEL Visa Consultants...... Wiskoff Law, PLLC/ LEVINE PLOTKIN & MENIN, LLP David King Loren Plotkin, Conrad Rippy, Susan Mindell Travel Agent ...... Tzell Travel/ Daniel Watkins, Emily Erstling The “A“ Team, Andi Henig Housing Services...... ABA IDEAL/Elizabeth Helke Production Stage Manager...... Michael Danek Merchandising...... Creative Goods/ Stage Manager...... Suzanne Apicella Pete Milano Assistant Stage Manager...... Jessica Troy Creative Services...... Allied Global Marketing/ Associate Director...... Mark Evans Debbie Allamong, Mark DeSalvo, Eric Stormoen Fight Captain...... Michael Thatcher Associate Costume Designer ...... Amanda Jenks ALCHEMATION Assistant Costume Designer...... Courtney Irizarry Kevin McCollum Associate Lighting Designer....Jeremy Cunningham Lucas McMahon Associate Lighting Designer...... Wilburn Bonnell Jack Eidson Madison Knox Associate Sound Designer...... Beth Lake Assistant Sound Designer...... Stephen Dee KENNY WAX LTD. U.K. Technical Design Consultant...... Alan Bartlett Kenny Wax U.K. Production Consultant...... Sacha Brooks Kezia Lock Production Carpenter...... Jeff Zink Sarah Ryan Oriel Bathurst Head Carpenter...... Jerry VanOrden Amanda Sutton Assistant Carpenter...... Shawn McGinnis Production Sound Supervisor...... Dillon Cody BroadwayGoesWrong.com Head Sound...... Christopher Mark Walters Production Props...... Emiliano Pares Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: Head Props...... Dean Burchett @BwayGoesWrong U.K. Props Buyer...... Jasper Fox Production Electrician...... Brendan Quigley CREDITS Head Electrician...... Dirk Van Pernis Scenery & automation built by Bay Scenery Ltd. Assistant Electrician...... Rose Nuchims Chandelier by Gothic Gates Ltd. Trick props by Moving Light Programmer...... Chelsea Zalikowski PMB Theatre Services Ltd, Russell Beck Studios Wardrobe & Hair Supervisor...... Kearney Starr Ltd, Breakaway Effect Ltd, Karl Evans & Terry Tiffin. Hair & Wig Stylist...... Kaylan Paisley Drapes by Chris Claydon Ltd. Upholstery by Vocal Coach...... Kate Wilson Claire Sanderson. Portrait artwork by Jane Gibson. Production Supervisor...... Whitney Keeter Lighting & sound equipment from PRG. Bra*Tenders U.S. Production Photography...... Jeremy Daniel for hosiery and undergarments. Makeup provided U.K. Production Photography...... Simon Turtle by M·A·C. GM Intern...... Ben Fleischer U.S. Advertising & Marketing...... SPOTCO Marketing Services...... bd productions/ Betsy Dollinger

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by Duran Duran. Published by Gloucester Place SPECIAL THANKS Music Ltd and used by permission of Sony/ATV Nica Burns, Laurence Miller and all at Nimax Theatres. Music Publishing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Appears Rachel Williams and the stage management team courtesy of Warner Music Group. at the Duchess Theatre, London. Strike Digital, N9 Design, Dragonfly Design, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Production travel & housing by The Umbrella Rooms, Jonathan Waller, Judith Phillips, ROAD REBEL ENTERTAINMENT TOURING, Bryony Myers, Charlie Longstaff, Thomas San Diego, CA Platt, Martin Thomas, Adam Meggido, Harriet Parsonage, Jenny Wilson, Carla Batten, Mike Hagan, Niall Ransome, Mike Bodie, Harry Kershaw, The actors and stage managers employed in this Joshua Elliott, Julie Jordan, Dylan Emery, production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in Raz Shaw, Janet & David Burke, Suzie Zamit, the United States. Lucy Danser, Caroline Jenkins, Julia Worms, Dawn Farrow, Jonathan Maydew, Rodney Cottier, The The Director is a member of the Stage Directors Old Red Lion, Questors Theatre & LAMDA, Hailey and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical Ferber, Darren DeVerna, Manny and Lani Azenberg, labor union. Anton Media Group, Chubb Group United Scenic Artists represents the designers and MUSIC CREDITS scenic painters for the American Theatre. “Girls on Film” Written by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, RogerTaylor and John Taylor and per-formed by Duran Duran. Published by The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Gloucester Place Music Ltd and used by permission Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Appears courtesy of Warner Music Group. All stage work performed by employees represented “Rio” Written by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy by IATSE. Taylor, RogerTaylor and John Taylor and performed

38 palace theater palace theater staff directory

board of directors Dr. Peter Jacoby, Chairman Craig Porter, Marketing Committee Chair Paul Pernerewski, Vice Chairman Mary Rosengrant Chiappalone, Development Jack Senich, Secretary Committee Chair Martin G. Morgado, Treasurer Joyce DeCesare, MS, LPC, BCPC, Member At Large

Shae Apland Joseph Foti Peggy Lawlor Felix Rodriguez Mary Grace Cavallo John Hopkins Dave Martin Dr. Verna Ruffin Vincent Farisello Doug Johnson James Murphy Jason Van Stone David Ferraro Dr. Scott Kurtzmann Michael O’Connor board of advisors Carolyn F. Cicchetti James C. Smith Timothy Moynahan Sandra Vigliotti-Senich chief executive officer Frank Tavera administrative staff Ana Dec, Programs & Ticketing Officer Katie Ellis, Special Events Associate Marilyn Failla, Special Events Associate Dave Flowers, Chief Production Officer Debbie Forchielli, Volunteer Coordinator Susan Gordan, Special Events Associate Denise Hinkelman, Box Office & Administrative Assistant Brian Kimmey, Digital & Design Manager Natalie Lawlor, Development Officer Meg Luddy, Operational Events Manager Sheree Marcucci, Marketing & Public Relations Officer Michael Migaldi, Bar Manager Deirdre Patterson, Box Office Manager Audra Petrucelli, Director of Hospitality & Special Events Sandra Rosa, Finance Officer Courtney Santoro, Special Events Associate Joanne Sivilla, Finance Associate Justin Stanziale, Director of Facilities Lisa Suzio, Development Associate Peggy Terhune, Communications & Governance Associate technical staff Dave Barata, Head Sound Engineer Dawn Makay, Head Props Andrew Bynum, Head Electrician Ken Owens, Head Flyman Gardner Friscia, Head Carpenter Jay Scott, Production Assistant Karin Lopez, Wardrobe Mistress house managers Nancy DiLorenzo Bruce Hirsch Carol Merola

palace theater 39 2019-2020 corporate partners

he generosity of our corporate partners has made it possible for us to improve our theater and present exciting programming this season. We sincerely thank all of them and are proud to Tshowcase their support. corporate sponsors

corporate members Albert Brothers Metallon, Inc. Bunker Hill Pharmacy Moore, O’Brien & Foti Carpin Manufacturing Opticare Coil Pro Machinery, Inc. Tom & Janine Pettinicchi The Corbo Group Republican-American Demsey Manufacturing Company Savings Bank of Danbury Gaffney Bennett & Associates, Inc. Secor, Cassidy & McPartland, PC Don Gamsjager Security First Insurance Group Hubbard-Hall Inc Sterling Security Systems Jaci Carroll Staffing Services Tomasso Group L.F. Powers Co., Inc. TORRCO Marion Manufacturing Tracy Driscoll Insurance & Financial Services institutional supporters Accurate Mailing Services Felix Manuel Rodriguez Photography Pepsi Cola of Bristol Adam Broderick Salon & Spa Frankies of Reidville Drive Perry’s Cleaners AFR Furnishings George A. & Grace L. Long Prospect Printing American Savings Foundation Foundation Republican-American Aqua Turf Graham’s Florist Sweet Maria’s Better Business Unlimited Hearing Aid Specialist of CT Theater Development Fund Bourassa Catering & Events iHeart Media Communications Thomaston Savings Bank Buckaplan.com L & R Productions, Inc. Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Central CT Chamber of Commerce LaBonne’s Epicure Market TOWER Design & Print LLC City of Waterbury, Arts & Louis Belloisy Photography Universal Copy Tourism Commission Main Street Community Verbena Catering Connecticut Community Foundation Foundation Village at East Farms Corporate Display Specialties Michael’s Greenhouses Watertown Foundation Inc. David, Helen & The Next Street Waterbury Regional Chamber Marian Woodward Fund Osher Lifelong Learning Institute WATR Radio 1320 AM Emily’s Catering Group O’Rourke & Birch Florists Worx Fascia’s Chocolates Onyx II WTNH News Channel 8 Peak Physical Therapy Wyndham Southbury 40 palace theater palace theater 41 42 palace theater palace theater 43 44 palace theater palace theater 45 46 palace theater palace theater 47 48 palace theater