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The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Newsletter • Spring 2015 A Celebration of Heroes and Humanity: Les Misérables

By Dennis Razze Les Miz was one of those “sung through” than the musical scores to which musicals that had blazed a new path for the I was accustomed. Over time, I came to hen Les Misérables, produced by back in the 1970s and ’80s. appreciate , its powerful and the Royal Shakespeare , Les Misérables , , , poignant story, and the intricacies and beau- premiered in at the Les Miz Sweeney W Todd, and The of the were all ty of its lyrics and score. Barbican theatre in 1985, the reviews that hugely successful experiments at combin- came the following morning were mostly ing opera form with the popular sound and The inspiration for the musical, Victor negative. , the pro- energy of the musical theatre. Hugo’s novel Les Misérables published in ducer, and Trevor Nunn, the director, were 1862, is considered both a masterpiece of the considering plans to close the show. But a When I saw the Broadway production Romantic Movement and one of the greatest call to the box office revealed that thousands as a young man, I did not immediately suc- novels ever written. An epic work of nearly were lining up to buy tickets. cumb to the power of Les Miz. (The same 1,500 pages, the novel is not romantic in the was true for of Evita.) Like many, I had sense of romantic love, but portrays the pas- Since that historic night, Les Miz, as it grown up in the Rodgers and Hammerstein sionate rebellion of people that have been became popularly known, has been translated school of musical theatre, which was story- repressed by unjust governments and kept into 22 languages, played in 42 countries and driven and had at its core a theatrical play under heel by a callous ruling class. more than 319 cities, and has been seen by enhanced by song and dance. These “sung- 70 million people worldwide. through” musicals were more akin to pop Romantic stories often center on the noble struggles of a romantic hero, usually a It was more than a year ago that and were something entirely differ- I learned that I would be directing ent. They filled the stage with a great many Les continues on page 3 Misérables this summer for PSF. It seemed characters and sub-plots and portrayed a that I had waited a lifetime for the oppor- vast tapestry of political and social upheaval. tunity to direct this now legendary musical. Their scores were often more like pop music

Les Misérables: Another Stellar PSF Cast

Collectively, the cast director Dennis Razze has assembled for Les Misérables has the most Broadway credits, most recording artists, and most national tours of any cast ever on stage at PSF. Mike Eldred: Jean Valjean Jeremiah James: Javert “The sweeping range of the music and the story of Les Miz demands Played Jean Valjean on Played Billy Bigelow in exceptional singer-actors, and this cast has the experience on some of the Broadway and other in the West ; Internationally End and El Gallo in world’s best stages to give our audiences an unforgettable evening of live the- known tenor; recording The Fantasticks in NYC; atre,” says Razze. artist recording artist

Rachel Potter: Eponine Kate Fahrner: Fantine Brad Greer: Marius Delaney Westfall: Cosette Jon Berry: Enjolras Tim Gulan: Thénardier Played Wednesday on Glinda in Riverside Theatre/ Just finished Side Show Co-star in hit TV shows Broadway: The Last Ship, Broadway in The Addams (Broadway, Nat’l Tour, National Tour of Altar on Broadway (multiple Nashville and Drop Dead , others Family; Top 12 Finalist ); Nellie in Boyz; Walnut Street roles); principle roles in Diva National Tours: Les on Fox TV’s The X Factor Lincoln Center’s National (Phila.) production of several full-length HBO Miz (Thénardier, 25th (Season 3); recording Tour of Grease movies Anniversary tour), South artist Pacific (Billis) Notes from the Producing Thank you to our sponsors Artistic Director

Spring is always Season Sponsor exciting at the Festival— Amaranth Foundation we cast all the actors, complete designs with directors and designers, and prepare Prologues, Associate Season Sponsors our gala, and our many enrichment events—we Linda Lapos Dr. James & The Szarko Family Patrick Mulcahy & Paul Wirth Penny Pantano share our visions for a delightful and enriching summer and you make your plans to join us. Sponsors And yet there is something special Steve & about the way this particular season is com- Jane Auvil ing together. There is an energy to it…. The cast for Les Misérables is superb Lee & and includes actors who have played Dolly Butz these and other roles on Broadway and in national tours, actors with recording careers and successful seasons on The X-Factor. Les Miz will be the best-attend- ed theatre production in the history of the Lehigh Valley and it will sell out. Around the World in 80 Days will fea- Brenda & John Kathleen Kund Nolan ture most of the creative team from our McGlade & Timothy E. Nolan sold-out 2005 production, including the terrific director and designers and some of your favorite actors in that cast, along with enough new blood to fuel Fogg and his David B. & Drs. Paul & Patrina L. Rothrock June Schlueter fellow travelers on their journey! Who else would you want to direct one of the greatest American comedies, Festival Host The Foreigner, other than Jim Helsinger, especially on the heels of Lend Me a Tenor last season? That cast is another all-star team that will also cross over in rep to “the brightest heaven of invention” in Shakespeare’s masterful Henry V and the original band of brothers. And again we have packed our actor- driven Shakespeare production—this year the exotic adventure tale Pericles—with our finest, just as Shakespeare would have done. You can see this remarkable collection of plays and players—150 performances in all to choose from—all in an eight-week span, and all right here at PSF. Where else? Come make some life memories with us. We’ll be ready for you.

2 • The Quill, Spring 2015 610.282.will Mike Eldred portrayed John Valjean on Broadway in addition to playing the role last year at Studio Tenn in Nashville. Photo by Anthony Matula.

viewed many more via videos. I spent hours researching the period, Victor Hugo and the novel, and searching for visual research to inspire the look of our production. Steve TenEyck, the scenic designer who I collaborated with on PSF’s , found photographs of from this period taken by Charles Marville showing that Paris was in the process of being torn apart, transforming from its medieval character to the beginning of the Paris of the late 19th century. The poor were certainly miserable at this time, living in squalor in collapsing, One author claimed in 1870 that Paris was in essence two cities “quite crumbling buildings and streets, crammed different and hostile: the city of luxury, surrounded, besieged by the city of too closely together, conditions that cre- misery.” Famed French photographer Charles Marville, 1813-1879, documented the ated a hotbed for yet another revolution in contrast. Photo courtesy of the State Library of Victoria. French history. Steve and I have literally re-designed Les Miz continued demned. If I stay silent, I am damned!” Yet another passage provides the words for the the set for the show three times and with common, ordinary man who fights injustice show’s famous anthem: each new version we improved upon the look and gives voice to those for whom life has and feel of the production. Lisa Zinni, our been unjust and unkind. Cyrano, William Do you hear the people sing talented costume designer, has been scouring Tell, Robin Hood, and yes, Victor Hugo’s Lost in the valley of the night? racks of clothes and creating wonderful new It is the music of a people leading character Jean Valjean, are all great designs to bring each character to life and to Who are climbing to the light. create a world that feels “lived in” and real. examples of a hero who stands up against For the wretched of the earth tyranny and injustice and provides coura- There is a flame that never dies. I hope you will join us this summer geous example to those too miserable and Even the darkest night will end for this epic musical experience. It will downtrodden to fight for themselves. And the sun will rise. be the first professional production of Les Jean Valjean is a particularly poignant Misérables in the Lehigh Valley and we have example as he himself is transformed by roducing and directing Les Miz is an assembled an extraordinary company of faith to cast off the bitter and violent per- epic undertaking in its own right. It actors and singers, orchestra, and artisans son he became after he was imprisoned for Ptook seven years for PSF to receive who will lend their talents to making this stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister’s the rights to produce it. The production is dream a reality. n children. Through God’s compassion, dem- by far the most expensive the company has onstrated to him by an old country bishop, ever done. As the director, my preparation PSF presents a new production of he transforms his life into one of service. began by listening to every recording of Les Boublil and Schönberg’s He learns that through loving others salva- Miz there was, viewing the many concert tion is possible: “To love another person is videos, and traveling as far as Orlando to to see the face of God.” see recent productions and of course, to scout talent. This famous line, like many of the lyrics of the songs in Les Miz, are taken directly I saw a record number of auditions for from passages in Hugo’s novel. Another is this production—more than I ever have for Main Stage • June 10 - June 28 Valjean’s statement, “If I speak, I am con- a single show, easily more than 500, and www.pashakespeare.org The Quill, Spring 2015 • 3 Around the World in 80 Days: BYOB

By Mark Brown Awards. The film had a balloon. It’s what everyone remembers. But there’s no balloon in the book and there’s no balloon in this show. f you walk straight out the front entrance of the Labuda Center So if you’re coming to see the show—and I hope you come many for the Performing Arts and go to where the sidewalk times—you won’t see a balloon. Please don’t be disappointed, get meets the road, you’ll be standing at the very spot I out of your seat in a huff, and demand your money back. If you where my play Around the World in 80 Days was born. must have a balloon, bring your own. BYOB. There should be some sort of plaque there. At least that’s what my mom thinks. I’d rather there be a My first draft of the script was nearly as Starbucks cart. long as Fogg’s journey around the world. (Oh, I should probably note here that it’s Phileas I was working that summer (1999) at the Fogg. Not Phineas. Almost everyone thinks it’s Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival—one of three Phineas. It’s not. It’s Phileas. I don’t know why people actors in The Complete Works of William think that. But they do.) That first draft was so long I Shakespeare (Abridged), directed by Jim was almost forced to put in a dinner break and serve Helsinger. (Which, by the way, was tre- food from around the world. mendously fun to do.) Which brings me to the first bit of histori- I was standing there at the corner cal information. In 1872, the year this play takes of sidewalk and road with Jim and place and the year Verne wrote the novel, the first Michael Carlton. The three of us had diner was started in Providence, Rhode Island. a history of brainstorming what books I note this not only because you can order would make good stage adaptations. almost anything in the world to eat in a And Around the World in 80 Days came diner, but also because I grew up across up. I believe it was Michael who said, the mighty Delaware River in New Jersey. “Mark, you write it. I’ll direct it at Jim’s The Garden State, my eye. It should be theatre (Orlando Shakespeare Theater). renamed the Diner State. New Jersey has I said, “Okay.” And that was it. more diners than any other state in No great story about how it hap- the union (and in the world, for pened. I’m not a lifelong Jules that matter) and is sometimes Verne fanatic. I haven’t referred to as the Diner memorized every one of Capital of the World. his novels…in French. Also, the first baseball I didn’t spend my game was played in Brad DePlanche: childhood trying Passepartout, etc. New Jersey, as was to dig to the cen- the first intercol- ter of the Earth. legiate football game. New Jersey Or go to Jules Anita Vasan: Eric Hissom: Verne conven- Aouda, etc. Detective Fix, etc. also has a Trash tions dressed as Museum, a Spoon . Museum, and Or decorate my the State Shell bedroom to look is the Knobbed- just like Nemo’s Whelk…but I submarine, the digress. Nautilus. If I said Through a anything like that series of read- I’d be lying. Christopher Patrick Richard B. Watson: Mullen: 17 roles! ings and work- Let me tell you shops at Orlando right here and now, Shakespeare Theater, there isn’t a balloon in I was able to get the the show. I’m sorry to script down to two break that news to you. hours. Among the many There isn’t balloon in the scenes I cut, I ended up cut- book. There isn’t a balloon in ting a very funny (at least I my script. It’s the curse of the thought it was funny) scene with movie, really. The first one. The one a Mormon. Although people laughed, with David Niven. It won five Academy the general consensus was that I was pok-

4 • The Quill, Spring 2015 610.282.will ing fun at Mormons. Okay, I was. But wait ’til The 2015 Linny Fowler WillPower Tour you see this play. I poke fun of nearly everyone. I mention this because I’m about to come to the second bit of historical information. In 1872, Brigham Young, Second Prophet of the Julius Mormon Church, was arrested for bigamy. He had 25 wives. I’m undecided as to whether Caesar Young was the luckiest man for having 25 wives Mark Brown: or the dumbest. I have one wife and I can’t playwright Oct. 7 - Nov. 6, 2015 decide which I am. (My wife is reading over my shoulder and has just whispered, “You better say you’re the luckiest or you’re a dead man.”) I’m the luckiest. (FYI: My wife Nicki Genovese used to be the general manager of PSF). Speaking of strong, determined women, here’s my third bit of his- torical information: in 1872, in defiance of the law, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. At the time, it was illegal for women to vote. She was arrested, went to trial, and was fined $100. She never paid it. I also believe she originated the saying, “I’m sticking it to the man,” but don’t quote me on that. Touring to schools I’d like to think that Susan voted for Victoria Woodhull. In in Pennsylvania, 1872, Victoria Woodhull was the first woman nominated for the U.S. New Jersey, Presidency. Victoria, who used to perform a spiritualist act with her and Delaware. sister, Tennessee, advocated an eight-hour workday, graduated income tax, and profit sharing. Scandalous. She was also the first female stock- broker on Wall Street. I hear tell that Susan voted for Horace Greeley. 610.282.9455, ext. 9 pashakespeare.org/willpower And now, in a desperate effort to tie all of this together, let me [email protected] come back to the non-existent balloon. The balloon you won’t see in this production. In 1783, a sheep, a rooster, and a duck (I know, it sounds like “walk into a bar” should follow) became the first hot-air balloon passengers in Versailles, France (France being ’s For Kids This Summer birthplace). About 90 years after that first balloon journey, Verne worked as a stockbroker (like Victoria Woodhull) until he wrote Five Rapunzel • May 29 – August 1 Weeks in a Balloon. (Not to be confused with the 45-day-longer journey The Brothers Grimm classic comes Around the World in Eighty Days). to life in a new adaptation commissioned by PSF—with all the special features that Verne’s inspiration for Around the World in Eighty Days was most make PSF’s children’s shows special: mem- likely George Francis Train (if only his last name was Balloon), who in orable characters, lively music, and rich 1870 traveled around the world in (there are conflicting reports here) costumes and scenic elements. 67 or 80 days. Train was jailed on obscenity charges while defend- ing Victoria Woodhull. The first U.S. manned hot-air balloon flight was by Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a Frenchman, in 1783. He flew from Shakespeare for Kids • July 22 – August 1 Philadelphia to Deptford Township, N.J. Deptford is also home to the A high energy, one- fabulous Five Points Diner. And in a moment of truth-is-stranger- hour production designed than-fiction, I was born in Deptford Township, and their slogan is for children ages 4 to 10 “First Flight in America.” n to actively experience Shakespeare’s vibrant language and characters. S4K activates imaginations and generates Scenic Designer Bob Phillips, who designed the 2005 set for Around the laughs for the whole family. World in 80 Days, pictured left, is part of the creative team for PSF’s 10th anniversary production this summer. A six-time Emmy Award winner for his television work, Phillips has designed more than 40 productions for PSF The Summer Theatre Institute • July 13 – 24 over the past 20 years. Photo by Lee A. Butz. In partnership with PSF, the Summer Theatre Institute at DeSales University offers advanced training and drama camps for high school and college students, as well as a junior program for grades 4 through 8. For more information, Schubert Theatre call 610.282.1100, ext. 1320, e-mail [email protected], or June 17 - July 12 visit www.desales.edu/sti. www.pashakespeare.org The Quill, Spring 2015 • 5 2015 Season Sponsor Amaranth Foundation: a Return Engagement By Jeanne B. Shook recordings of Shakespeare’s works. Before seeing a or Joan Miller Moran, trustee of Shakespeare production, she Amaranth Foundation, “the play’s the and her husband Bill Fenza thing.” Philanthropist, arts supporter, F listen to a recording of the and Shakespeare fan, Joan has been a major play, which “helps a lot with player at PSF for more than a decade, having the language.” Sometimes she sponsored productions for many years and digs out her college book for serving as season sponsor in 2008, through reference and they follow along the generosity of Amaranth Foundation. with the text. again, the foundation will take center stage as PSF’s 2015 Season Sponsor. Her advice to others: “don’t be afraid of Shakespeare.” She Joan’s first encounter with Shakespeare encourages people to attend the was in a class at Mount Holyoke College, Festival (“you really must go,” where she majored in English literature. she tells them). “People think Then, in a master’s program at Lehigh they don’t like Shakespeare, but University, she took another Shakespeare Joan Miller Moran, trustee of Amaranth Foundation, once they see it on stage, the course, and huzzah! The Bard had won her and her husband, Bill Fenza. characters make it believable; over. “How could one person put all those the stories become clearer for the audience.” words together to create so many different the Will Shakespeare Award, given each plays?” she wondered. While Joan is excited about the produc- year to “a person, group, or organization that tion of that will open PSF’s enriches the world by the sharing of gifts, She admits that reading Shakespeare can Les Misérables 2015 summer season, she is equally enthusi- inspires others through luminosity of spirit, be difficult—but seeing it performed live is astic about and , the latter of and engages with society in a way that leaves quite a different experience. And it doesn’t Henry V Pericles which is being performed for the first time an indelible and beautiful impression.” hurt to prepare: Joan has a complete set of in Festival history. “I’m always excited when According to Patrick Mulcahy, produc- they do a new one.” How exciting, then, to ing artistic director, “Joan is a continued be the 2008 season sponsor when PSF per- PSF Staff source of wisdom and encouragement to formed King Lear for the first time, featur- me and to the Board of Directors of PSF. ing Chris Coucill—one of her favorite PSF She has helped PSF bring people together Patrick Mulcahy actors—in the title role. Producing Artistic Director to enrich their lives in a communal experi- While Joan readily admits that it’s the ence of inspiration and beauty through the Dennis Razze Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.” Associate Artistic Director Shakespeare plays that she enjoys most, she also recognizes and appreciates the Festival’s In addition to PSF, the Amaranth Casey William Gallagher evolution since her involvement. PSF has Managing Director Foundation supports the Allentown “blossomed” under Patrick Mulcahy’s ten- Symphony Association, Allentown Art Director of Development Deb Walter ure, with the introduction of repertory the- Museum, Bach Choir of Bethlehem, and the Director of Marketing & Public Relations atre—the same group of actors performing Wildlands Conservancy. She also sits on the Lisa Higgins Pechter in two different productions—and the addi- Board of Overseers of the Curtis Institute of Education Director/Assistant General Manager tion of what some refer to as “Shakespeare Music in Philadelphia. Jill Arington Untamed.” Pericles will be performed this Box Office Manager Dael L. Jackson way: actors arrive with their lines learned, Referring to Shakespeare as “the greatest Business Manager Karen Spano rehearse on their own, wear what they can dramatist and poet of all time,” she believes Assistant Box Office Manager Nicole Moyer find, and open in a matter of days. Joan finds that “people should know about Shakespeare. Marketing/Management Assistant Tina Slak these freestyle versions of Shakespeare “very And that’s why the Festival is so impor- Development Assistant Megan Diehl impressive” and “always fun.” tant. Nobody else in the Valley is produc- ing Shakespeare on a regular basis, and it’s Fr. Gerard J. Schubert, osfs In addition to her many sponsorship roles important for people to be able to see it.” Founder and committee work, Joan donated her time The Quill is published up to three times a year by the and talents as a PSF board member for “Joan’s personal interest and her under- Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, a professional years, serving as secretary from 2008-11. After standing of Shakespeare’s universal appeal company in residence at DeSales University. a one-year absence, she is currently serving the aligns beautifully with PSF’s mission,” says first term of another nine-year commitment. Mulcahy. “She cares deeply about this com- Editor Lisa Higgins Design Laura Zielinski munity and we are eternally grateful to her Her level of dedication and support has and Amaranth Foundation.” n Contributors: Mark Brown and Jeanne B. Shook not gone unnoticed. In 2012 at its annual Luminosity Gala, PSF honored her with

6 • The Quill, Spring 2015 610.282.will Longtime Children’s Show Sponsors to Receive 2015 Will Shakespeare Award

estowed upon individuals and orga- Ben Cameron of the Doris Duke nizations whose contributions to the Foundation cites studies showing students Bcommunity create an indelible and working with the arts are eight times more beautiful impression, PSF’s Will Shakespeare likely to graduate from high school and show Award will be given to Steve and Jane Auvil greater tolerance for ambiguity and greater at PSF’s Luminosity Gala on May 30. interpretive skills, verbal acuity, self-awareness, and self-esteem than their non-arts peers. The Auvils have sponsored the children’s show every year since 2005 and through One 10-year study shows that low- those 10 productions and their generosity, an income students who are highly engaged estimated 104,000 children and family mem- in the arts are more likely to earn a college bers have experienced live theater at PSF. degree, obtain gainful employment, and vol- unteer in their communities. “We support PSF because it provides the Lehigh Valley with outstanding productions PSF’s Board of Directors and members and performances that rival, match, and, of the community that have been inspired, at times, surpass those we’ve attended on engaged, and entertained through the Auvil’s Broadway,” says Steve. “Also, PSF provides a generosity will thank them on Saturday, May venue for members of our community, who Steve and Jane Auvil 30, at the DeSales University Center during may not be able to attend Broadway produc- Luminosity, PSF’s annual gala. tions, to experience the wonders and richness takes them. We think of it as an excellent of first-rate live theater. opportunity to help PSF plant some seeds.” “Since the Festival’s inception, producing quality children’s theatre has been central to “Jane and I direct our financial support And what powerful seeds those are. Study our mission,” says Patrick Mulcahy, produc- to the children’s show. We believe these pro- after study demonstrates a strong correlation ing artistic director. “We are truly grateful for ductions provide a tremendous opportunity between arts education and increased academic Steve and Jane’s generous support and for their for children in the Lehigh Valley to experi- performance and success in life. According to a appreciation of the importance that live the- ence the fun and excitement of live theater Dana Consortium study, neuroscientists found atre holds for children and families today.” n through stories they are familiar with. The strong links between arts education and cogni- hope is that the experience will stay with tive development. Children motivated in the Editor’s Note: For tickets to Luminosity, con- them and they will become avid attendees arts develop attention and memory retrieval tact [email protected] or call 610.282.9455, ext. 6. and supporters of live theater wherever life skills that apply to other areas.

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One night only events Sponsor a Costume The Rape of Lucrece Inspired by costumes? This season, Monday, June 22, 7:30 p.m. patrons can sponsor a specific costume Schubert Theatre • $30 or costume piece. Every princess needs a trusted friend or two, and Rapunzel’s In the dark of night, a violent spider friends come in wild colors crime is committed—and nothing (and a $500 price tag). will ever be the same. Dan Hodge, PSF actor and co-founder of the “Patrons are often sur- Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, won prised that a wig can cost raves in Philadelphia for his one-man $250 or more,” says Deb interpretation of Shakespeare’s epic Walter, director of devel- poem The Rape of Lucrece, a retelling opment, who thought peo- of a classic Roman myth that the Philadelphia press described as ple might like to sponsor something “a bravura ” and “the sum of genius.” they could actually point to on stage.

Choose Love: The many hats of 80 Days? Jeremiah James in Concert $175. Shoes? $50. “We have options Monday, July 27, 7:30 p.m. that fit every budget,” says Walter, Main Stage • $35 “and you never have to worry about it adding clutter to your closet.” From L.A. to Broadway to the West End, Jeremiah James has For more information, e-mail won sensational acclaim in theatre, [email protected] or TV, film, solo recordings, and as call 610.282.9455, ext. 6. a member of the theatre super- group, Teatro. In addition to mak- ing his PSF debut as Javert in Les Misérables, James will perform this special concert, giving audi- Les Misérables costume designer Lisa Zinni created this rendering of Cosette’s day dress, worn as she is wooed. Sponsoring a costume helps ences here an extraordinary musical experience. cover all the costs associated with its design, construction, and maintenance. A single garment can easily exceed $1,000.