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Edition 1 | 2019-2020 11 ONCE ON THIS ISLAND 12 Cast Information 13 Musical Numbers 15 Artist Biographies 33 MARGARET ATWOOD’S ALIAS GRACE 34 Cast Information 35 Playwright’s Notes by Jennifer Blackmer 36 Artist Biographies ALSO INSIDE 30 Coming Next 58 Patron Information Photo (right) of the cast of A Christmas Carol 2018 by Mikki Schaffner. Universes photo (right) of Steven Sapp by Arthur Cohen; Mildred Ruiz-Sapp by Mildred Ruiz-Sapp; Gamal Abdel Chasten by Lawrence Turner. Photo (right) of Naomi Jacobson as Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Becoming Dr. Ruth by Teresa Wood. All other marketing visuals by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates. Box Office: 513-421-3888 ∙ OH, IN, KY Toll-Free: 800-582-3208 Telecommunications Device for the Deaf: 513-345-2248 www.cincyplay.com Program Advertising Sales: 866-503-1966 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is a proud member of the League of Cincinnati Theatres. ADVERTISING Onstage Publications Advertising Department 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 Email: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher and the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Onstage Publications is a division of Just Business, Inc. Contents ©2019. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 5 • IN THIS ISSUE NOTES FROM BLAKE & BUZZ HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! It’s the 60th season for your beloved Playhouse in the Park. And we’re celebrating with a stellar collection of entertaining plays and musicals, the re-opening of the Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre and the public unveiling of the final design for our new mainstage theatre. First things first: This season opens with a big Broadway musical. Once on This Island is a charming, Calypso-infused romance featuring rich characters, a magical story and a beautiful score from the great musical theatre team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. The love story of Ti Moune and Daniel, guided by the gods of a mystical Caribbean island, will enchant theatre-goers of all ages. Across the plaza, we are thrilled to introduce the newly renovated and re-named Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre. You’ve come to know our historic, original stage as the place for new plays and challenging work. Nobody has been more supportive of new work at the Playhouse than the Rosenthal family. We are grateful for their support and proud to name the updated space in their honor. It’s got a new stage, comfortable seats, increased accessibility and best of all… more leg room! If you tend to favor the Marx in your play-going, now is the time to come back to the Rosenthal Shelterhouse. We’ve put together an eclectic season of works that are diverse, highly theatrical, occasionally challenging and always thought-provoking. Case in point: Begin your journey with a story by the great Margaret Atwood. Alias Grace is a psychological mystery inspired by real-life events about Grace Marks, who was imprisoned for life in 1843 for committing one of the most notorious murders in history. Is Grace an innocent victim? Or is she the scheming murderess everyone believes her to be? Atwood’s story — recently seen as a Netflix mini- series — will keep you on your toes until the very end. Finally, you’ve got just a few months to wait for the unveiling of our grand vision. We’ve been working with BHDP Architecture on a transformational design that will take the Playhouse into the future. Our new mainstage theatre complex will feature a state-of-the-art flexible theatre named for Moe and Jack Rouse, improved sightlines and acoustics, and almost 100 seats that won’t require a single step up or down from the parking lot to the seat! A new lobby will embrace our unique setting with towering glass windows that look out on our park. Backstage, our artists will enjoy new rehearsal and dressing rooms, and a state-of-the-art facility which will allow us to continue producing the world class theatre you’ve come to love and expect from the Playhouse. We are on track to begin construction next summer, so stay tuned for all the details later this season! Thanks for your support, your loyalty and your eternal curiosity. Theatre still has the power to reflect the human condition and bring us together like no other art form. Let’s go there together. Blake and Buzz Blake Robison Buzz Ward Artistic Director Managing Director 7 • EXECUTIVE NOTES CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK Blake Robison Buzz Ward Artistic Director Managing Director ONCE ON THIS ISLAND A Musical Book and Lyrics by LYNN AHRENS Music by STEPHEN FLAHERTY Based Upon The Novel “My Love, My Love” by ROSA GUY Director and Choreographer Robert Barry Fleming Music Director Brandon Adams Set Designer Jason Ardizzone-West Costume Designer Lex Liang Lighting Designer Alan Edwards Sound Designer Daniel Perelstein Dialect Coach Michael Morgan Casting Director Stephanie Klapper, CSA Sept. 7 – Oct. 6, 2019 Robert S. Marx Theatre Sponsored by Design Sponsor: Artist Sponsor: Artist Sponsor: Orchestra Sponsor: Barbara Weyand Robert S. Marx Theatre Season presented by: Season Sponsor of New Work: The Rosenthal Family Foundation Additional support provided by: Originally Directed and Choreographed on Broadway by Graciela Daniele Playwrights Horizons, Inc. Produced ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Off-Broadway in 1990 Originally Produced on Broadway by The Shubert Organization, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Suntory International Corporation and James Walsh, in Association with Playwrights Horizons ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com CAST (in speaking order) Mama Euralie Rheaume Crenshaw* Tonton Julian Kenneth Robinson* Ti Moune Lauren Chanel Daniel Beauxhomme Colin Carswell* Armand Ken Early* Andrea Alexis Louise Young* Papa Ge Sharon Catherine Brown* Storyteller Christina Booker Storyteller Alfie Dale Jones, Jr. Asaka Bre Jackson* Agwe Allan K. Washington* Erzulie Christina Acosta Robinson* Little Girl/Little Ti Moune Asada Austin, Morgan O. Reynolds Stage Manager Brooke Redler* Second Stage Manager Jenifer Morrow* Stage Management Intern Micah Akilah Time: Now Location: The Jewel of the Antilles in the Caribbean Once on This Island will be performed without an intermission. Musicians Conductor/Piano Brandon Adams Synthesizer 2/Rehearsal Pianist Jennifer Radisch Percussion/Musician Contractor Brian Malone Reeds Brent Gallaher Bass Terrell Montgomery Guitars Joel Greenberg Additional Production Staff Set Designer Assistant Anna Driftmier Associate Costume Designer Margaret Goldrainer Associate Lighting Designer Erin Smith Movement Associate/Dance Captain Alfie Dale Jones, Jr. Scenic Artist Thomas Condon Additional First Hand Joy Galbraith The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ONCE ON THIS ISLAND • 12 MUSICAL NUMBERS “Prologue/We Dance” — Storytellers “One Small Girl” — Asaka, Erzulie, Pape Ge, Tonton, Mama, Storytellers “Waiting For Life” — Ti Moune, Storytellers “And The Gods Heard Her Prayer” — Asaka, Agwe, Erzulie, Papa Ge, Storytellers “Rain” — Agwe, Asaka, Erzulie, Papa Ge, Storytellers “Discovering Daniel” — Storytellers, Ti Moune “Pray” — Ti Moune, Tonton, Mama, Gatekeeper, Peasants “Forever Yours” — Ti Moune, Daniel, Papa Ge, Storytellers “The Sad Tale of The Beauxhommes” — Armand, Madame Armand, Peasant Girl, Beauxhommes, Storytellers “Ti Moune” — Mama, Tonton, Ti Moune “Mama Will Provide” — Asaka, Storytellers “Waiting For Life – Reprise” — Ti Moune “Some Say” — Storytellers, Little Girl “The Human Heart” — Erzulie, Storytellers “Pray – Reprise” — Gossipers, Father “Some Girls” — Daniel “The Ball” — Storytellers, Andrea, Daniel “Ti Moune’s Dance” — Mama, Tonton, Little Ti Moune “Andrea Sequence” — Andrea, Ti Moune “Promises/Forever Yours – Reprise” — Papa Ge, Ti Moune, Erzulie, Storytellers “Wedding Sequence” — Storyteller (Asaka) “A Part Of Us” — Mama, Little Ti Moune, Tonton, Storytellers “Why We Tell The Story” — Company This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States and with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees-Local No. 5. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park receives partial funding from the Ohio Arts Council, a state agency created to foster and encourage the development of the arts and to preserve Ohio’s cultural heritage. Funding from the Ohio Arts Council is an investment of state tax dollars that promotes economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. 13 • ONCE ON THIS ISLAND ASADA AUSTIN Loyola University in Maryland and a Bachelor (Little Girl/Little Ti Moune) of Arts in Music Education from Jacksonville Asada is excited to be State University in Jacksonville, Alabama. Little Ti Moune in Once on This Island at Cincinnati SHARON CATHERINE BROWN Playhouse in the Park. She (Papa Ge) has been at the School for Sharon makes her Cincinnati Creative and Performing Playhouse in the Park debut Arts since kindergarten and, fresh from her Broadway since that time, has been cast in every school run in the GoGos musical play she auditioned for! In addition to her Head Over Heels. She acting, Asada is also a dancer and model for the toured as The Blues Singer Heyman Talent Agency. Her commercial credits in A Night with Janis Joplin include Highlights magazine and Coney Island and recently played Karen in the off-Broadway amusement park. In addition to her commercial comedy Chick Flick. The native New Yorker work, Asada dances with Cincinnati’s own was the first African American to play Lucy in Q-Kidz Dance Team and has opened for Kidz Frank Wildhorn’s Jekyll & Hyde. Sharon was the Bop. She has been dancing, acting and singing Seasons of Love soloist in Rent with Neil Patrick since she was 3 years old, and she dedicates Harris.
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