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Fall 10-30-2015

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Paying for college shouldn’t be like pulling teeth.

Send your donation in any amount to: Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Providence College One Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918 Help us reach our goal of making all scholarships full-tuition scholarships. Blackfriars Guild Scholarship John Bowab Scholarship John Patrick Garrity Jr. ‘73 Scholarship John F. Leonard Scholarship Donations to scholarship funds are fully tax deductible. Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Paying for college Angell Blackfriars Theatre, Smith Center for the Arts shouldn’t be like pulling teeth. THE ADDAMS FAMILY: A MUSICAL COMEDY

Music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice

directed by JIMMY CALITRI

Scenic Design Costume Design TREVOR ELLIOTT david costa-cabral Lighting Design Wig Design jen rock michael dates Choreographer Vocal and Dialect Coach CHELSEA COOK megan chang

Music Director LILA KANE Send your donation in any amount to: Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Providence College One Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918

Help us reach our goal of making all scholarships full-tuition scholarships. The Addams Family: A Musical Comedy is presented by special arrangement with Blackfriars Guild Scholarship Theatrical Rights John Bowab Scholarship 570 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2100, New York, New York 10018 John Patrick Garrity Jr. ‘73 Scholarship (866) 378-9758 www.theatricalrights.com John F. Leonard Scholarship Donations to scholarship funds are fully tax deductible. the cast

ACT ONE GOMEZ ADDAMS Brian Kozak MORTICIA ADDAMS Courteney Olenzak WEDNESDAY ADDAMS Katrina Z. Pavao PUGSLEY ADDAMS Josh Hanby FESTER ADDAMS Patrick Rogers GRANDMA Elizabeth Jancsy LURCH Veronica Murphy COUSIN IT Rosie Turner MAL BEINEKE Logan Serabian ALICE BEINEKE Jennifer Dorn LUCAS BEINEKE Billy O’Brien

THE ADDAMS FAMILY Rachel Benz, Catie Capolongo, ANCESTORS Emily Clark, There will be one ten minute intermission Julia DiBari, Sabrina Guilbeault, ACT TWO Rebecca Jost, Teddy Kiritsy, Edy Just Around the Corner Morticia & Ancestors Macera, Joey Macari, The Moon and Me Fester and Female Ancestors William Oser, Brittany Price, Jack Happy Sad Gomez & Wednesday Ruscetta, Aisling Sheahan Crazier Than You Wednesday, Lucas, Mal & Alice Not Today Gomez Musicians Let’s Live Before We Die Gomez Morticia Tango De Amor Morticia Gomez & Ancestors Piano/Conductior Lila Kane Finale: Move Toward the Darkness Full Cast Reeds Joyce Harrington, Greg Washburn Bows Full Cast Trumpet Bill Brown Trombone Kevin Kane Bass Jim DeLillo Percussion Dan Hann Pit Singers Sarah Kane, Neil Jeronimo, Andy McLeavey &Ashley Prickel THE MUSIC

ACT ONE Overture/ Prelude Addams Family & Ancestors One Normal Night Full Cast When You’re An Addams Full Cast But Love Reprise 1 Fester & Ancestors (We Have) A Problem Wednesday and Lucas But Love Reprise 2 Fester & Ancestors Fester’s Manifesto Fester & Ancestors Secrets Morticia, Alice & Ancestors Two Things Gomez Gomez’s What If Gomez Wednesday’s Growing Up Gomez What If Pugsley Trapped Gomez, Morticia, & Wednesday Full Disclosure Part 1 Full Cast Honor Roll Wednesday & Pugsley Waiting Alice & Full Cast Pulled Wednesday & Pugsley Full Disclosure Part 2 Full Cast

Rachel Benz, Catie Capolongo, Emily Clark, There will be one ten minute intermission Julia DiBari, Sabrina Guilbeault, ACT TWO Rebecca Jost, Teddy Kiritsy, Edy Just Around the Corner Morticia & Ancestors Macera, Joey Macari, The Moon and Me Fester and Female Ancestors William Oser, Brittany Price, Jack Happy Sad Gomez & Wednesday Ruscetta, Aisling Sheahan Crazier Than You Wednesday, Lucas, Mal & Alice Not Today Gomez Musicians Let’s Live Before We Die Gomez Morticia Tango De Amor Morticia Gomez & Ancestors Piano/Conductior Lila Kane Finale: Move Toward the Darkness Full Cast Reeds Joyce Harrington, Greg Washburn Bows Full Cast Trumpet Bill Brown Trombone Kevin Kane Bass Jim DeLillo special thanks Percussion Dan Hann Susan and Bill Newkirk Pit Singers Sarah Kane, Paula McGlasson at URI Theater Department Neil Jeronimo, Trevor and Erin Elliot Andy McLeavey &Ashley Prickel Ed Shea at Second Story Theatre TDF Costume Collection Christine Britton Susan Werner production staff

STAGE MANAGER BOX OFFICE MANAGER Alison R. Simone Joanna McDonough

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BOX OFFICE & PUBLICITY Gaby DeParis Emily Clark Gabi Dess ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS Olivia Ferri Diane LaMattina Haley Grant Honey Perez Joanna McDonough

LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR HOUSE MANAGERS Maguire Bowie Gabi Dess

SOUND BOARD OPERATOR Jonathon Coppe COSTUME SHOP CREW Lauren Kuhn PROPERTIES PROCUREMENT Ashley Lewis Tray Gearing Mavis Osei Rebecca Petrocelli WARDROBE RUNNING CREW Rosie Turner Christina Correse SCENE SHOP CREW Isabel Espinal Jake Denton Gabby Pisano Seh Pinches Lis Sammaro Benita Kalala Rosie Turner Mark Folan Erin Lasher Sophia Clarkin FOLLOW SPOTS Maria Munar Mireya Lopez Isabella Christilles POSTER AND PHOTOGRAPHY Dan Munoz Amanda Talbot Gate Design: Trevor Eliott ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHY Gabrielle Marks USHERS The Friars Club PRESS PHOTOGRAPHY Gabi Dess resident & guest artists

JIMMY CALITRI form this January at an International (Director): Jimmy holds the position Fundraiser honoring Helen Keller and of Managing Director of Theater/ The Wiz at The Narragansett Pier Middle Assistant Professor of Theater at School which was awarded the ’Moss Providence College. In past seasons at Hart’ award for ’Best Youth Production’ Providence College Jimmy directed The in New England. For the past three years Sweetest Swing in Baseball, Lend Me a Jimmy has served as an artistic associate, Tenor (which was recently nominated and director at The Dreamland Center for for two Motif Magazine awards for Performing Arts and Film of Nantucket Best Director and Best Production for where he directed Beauty and the Beast, 2012), Curtains: The Musical, and What Seussical the Musical, and Shrek: The Dreams May Come: A Musical Revue. Musical. Jimmy would like to thank the Jimmy also directed A Lie of the Mind amazing cast, crew, production team and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? at and actor for their dedication to “The Perishable Theater the latter was named Addams Family!” ‘Best of Theater in 2010’ by The Phoenix Newspaper and ‘Best Professional MEGAN CHANG (Voice & Accent Production of 2010‘ by Motif Magazine. Coach) teaches Voice & Diction, Oral Favorite past directing jobs include A Interpretation, and Public Speaking at Midsummer Night’s Dream, Assassins Providence Colelge. Previously, she was the Musical, Miss Julie, The Taming vocal coach for Marie Antoinette: the of the Shrew, and A-MIRROR-CA: A Color of Flesh, and Imaginary Invalid at Critical Burlesque on America’s Media- Providence College. Off-campus, she has Driven Culture which was recently worked with Triad Stage in North Carolina revived at RIC and received multiple on a variety of productions including The awards at the KCACTF National acting 39 Steps, A Christmas Carol, and Dial M competition in Washington DC including for Murder. She also teaches a variety Best Conception of an Original Work, of workshops to local professionals, Best Playwriting, and Best Ensemble. such as a workshop series with BB&T In past summer seasons at ‘Festival 56’ Bank’s training facilitators that looked at (outside of Chicago in Princeton Illinois) communication and presentational skills. Jimmy directed Songs for a New World, She received her MFA in Vocal Pedagogy Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, and from Virginia Commonwealth University Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor with a certification in Oxyrhythms, a dream-coat, White Christmas and The breath, body, and voice warm-up and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling conditioning system designed for actors. Bee. Jimmy directed The Miracle Worker Previous coaching credits include: at Rhode Island College which was The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, revived in Plymouth MA in condensed Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, Deadly Sins, La Dispute, The Dragon, The Hill School in Natick. David has created Cherry Orchard, Hoodoo Love, The costume designs for everything from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Blood Miss America Pageant, The International Knot, August: Osage County, Rodgers Fringe Festival , The Lyric Stage to The & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, 1776 Publick Theatre. (University of North Carolina School of the Arts);The Glass Menagerie, Cabaret, CHELSEA COOK Dracula, Psycho Beach Party (Virginia (Choreographer): Chelsea has been Commonwealth University); The choreographing professionally for Mystery of Edwin Drood (Appomattox five years. Chelsea serves as resident Regional Governors School). choreographer and director for the Narragansett public school system. DAVID COSTA CABRAL Professionally, Chelsea recently (Costume Design): David is a tenured choreographed Assassins: The Full Professor of Theatre, Dance and Musical with the Contemporary Film here at Providence College where he Theater Company. Chelsea’s work as began designing in 1984. David is thrilled choreographer was recognized by the to be working with Jimmy Calitri on this New England Theater Council when her production of “The Addams Family” production of The Wiz won “Best Youth .David spends his summers as Costume Production in New England.” Chelsea Director and Costume Designer at will choreograph the original musical Bill Hanney’s Theatre By The Sea in Who Lives Forever this spring before Matunuck RI. where he has designed heading to Nantucket Dreamland Center “Grease” and “Annie”. David has a BA for Film and Performing Arts where she in Theatre from Rhode Island College will choreograph Shrek: The Musical. and an MFA in Costume Design from Chelsea would like to thank Jimmy, the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, cast and crew and her family for their love Texas. Among his vast design credits and support. during the past few seasons are “The Sound of Music”, “How to Succeed in MICHAEL DATES Business...” and “The King and I” for (Wig Design): Michael is a costume, wig, Ocean State Theatre Company, “The and makeup designer from providence, Three Penny Opera”, “Follies” , “West ri. Recent work includes costume design Side Story”, “Oklahoma”, “Curtains” for …Always, Patsy Cline (Ocean State and “Machinal” at The Boston Theater Company), Arsenic and Old Lace Conservatory , “Avenue Q”, “Adrift in (Rhode Island College), The Mountain Macao”, “Noises Off ”, “Souvenir”, and Top (Central Square Theater), 44 Plays “A Little Night Music” at the Lyric Stage for 44 Presidents (Elemental Theater of Boston, “Damn Yankees”, “Grease”, Collective), Vacancy (Elemental Theater “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Big River” and Collective), Hedwig and the Angry Inch “Loves Labors Lost” at La Salle Academy (Perishable/Trinity). Recent wig design and “The Learned Ladies” at The Walnut credits include Ivanov, (Trinity Rep) Intimate Apparel (Trinity Rep), Vanya addition, she is a Special Guest Artist and Sonia and Masha, and Spike (Trinity in the Theatre Department at URI, Rep), Annie (Theatre By the Sea), La an adjunct theatre faculty member at Cage Aux Folles (Theatre by the Sea), RIC, and Staff Accompanist and Piano Winter Wonderettes (OSTC), Blithe Spirit Instructor at RIC. She freelances as an (Providence College), and Thoroughly accompanist and music director and also Modern Millie( Boston Conservatory). maintains a private piano studio. Michael is a graduate from Miami’s New World School of the Arts and holds a B.A. JEN ROCK in Theatre from Rhode Island College. (Lighting Design): Jen is thrilled to be joining providence college once TREVOR ELLIOTT again. Previously at pc: Blithe Spirit, (Scenic Design): Trevor is the designer in The Imaginary Invalid, These Shining residence at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren, Lives, Lend Me a Tenor, The Illusion. RI. He is also a member of IATSE 481 Elsewhere, Jen has designed lighting where he builds scenery for the booming for companies and schools across film industry in New England. Trevor New England, including Speakeasy is thrilled to be working on his first set Stage Company, Company One, The design with Jimmy Calitri and the terrific Gamm Theatre, Actors Shakespeare production team at Providence College. Project, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, The University of Rhode Island, and LILA KANE Connecticut College. Jen is the recipient (Musical Director): Lila is originally from of the 2013 & 2014 Eliot Norton Award new york city and received her bachelor’s for Outstanding Design for a Midstage, degree in music from brooklyn college Small, or Fringe Theatre. Jen holds conservatory. Since then, she has worked an M.F.A. in lighting design from the at Bel Canto Opera of New York, dinner University of Connecticut and serves theatre in Virginia, national educational as Production Coordinator for High touring theatre and various summer stock Output, Inc. theatres including Theatre-By-The-Sea in Matunuck, where she also directed the Cabaret. Lila has worked at many of the local venues including Newport Playhouse, City Nights Dinner Theatre, the Community Players in Pawtucket, Barker Playhouse, Academy Players, Fantasy Works and the Courthouse Center for the Arts. On the local educational scene, Lila has directed and played at Rhode Island College, the University of Rhode Island, Providence College and at the Community College of Rhode Island. She has well over one hundred productions to her credit. In DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, DANCE & FILM

Professor / Chair, Dept. of Theatre, Dance & Film ...... Wendy Oliver Assistant Professor/Managing Director, Theatre ...... James M. Calitri Professors...... David Costa-Cabral, Mary G. Farrell Rev. Kenneth Gumbert, O.P. Associate Professor /Acting Chair ...... John Garrity Assistant Professor...... Megan Chang, Ben Sweeney Special Lecturers-Theatre ...... Kate Ambrosini, Jennifer Madden Special Lecturer-Dance...... Betsy Miller Special Lecturer -Oral Communication ...... Kate Lohman Administrative Assistant...... Ali Boyd Technical Director ...... George Marks Assistant Technical Director/Master Electrician...... Spencer Crockett Costume Shop Supervisor...... Maxine Wheelock Production Office Assistant...... Amanda Talbot

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