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Department of Theatre, Dance & Film presents

CURTAINS a musical comedy book by RUPERT HOLMES original book and concept by PETER STONE music by JOHN KANDER lyrics by FRED EBB additional lyrics by JOHN KANDER & RUPERT HOLMES

directed by JIMMY CALITRI

Musical Director Scenic Designer LILA KANE PATRICK LYNCH Costume Designer Choreographer AMANDA DANTE A. SCIARRA DOWNING CARNEY Lighting Designer Speech & Dialect Coach TIM CRYAN RENINA FLORES

Angell Blackfriars Theatre 12-14 April and 19-21 April 2013

The filming, digital recording, or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

CURTAINS is presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide 570 Seventh Avenue Suite 2100 New York NY 10018 www.TheatricalRights.com TAINS cast

Lieutenant Frank Cioffi daniel caplin Niki Harris aubrey dion Georgia Hendricks stacie krawiecki Carmen Bernstein katrina pavao Aaron Fox patrick mark saunders Sidney Bernstein jeff desisto Christopher Belling ben williams Bambi Bernet becky sawicki Daryl Grady ryan fink Joanie Harmon grace curley Oscar Shapiro chris cacciavillani Bobby Pepper jake goldsmith Jessica Cranshaw/Miracle St. Clair erin fusco Randy Dexter tanner henry Mona Page jenn cyr (dance captain) Harb Fremont peter salhaney Roberta Wooster mary reagan Detective O’Farrell sean carney Marjorie Cook victoria long Arlene Barruca rosie turner Roy Stetson logan serabian Jane Setler marisa urgo Connie Subbotin lindsay gilbert Peg Prentice katcy stephan Ronni Driscoll janelle vultaggio

Act One: The Colonial Theater in Boston 1959, during the out-of-town tryout of the new musical Robbin’ Hood! Act Two: The same, much later that night There will be one brief ten minute intermission. musical C TAINS numbers

Act One overture The Orchestra wide open spaces Randy Dexter, Niki Harris, Jessica Cranshaw, Bobby Pepper and Ensemble what kind of man? Carmen Bernstein, Oscar Shapiro, Aaron Fox and Georgia Hendricks thinking of him Georgia, Aaron and Bobby the woman's dead Entire Company show people Carmen, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi and Company coffee shop nights Cioffi in the same boat 1 Georgia, Niki and Bambi Bernét i miss the music Aaron thataway! Georgia and Ensemble Act Two entr’acte The Orchestra the man is dead (reprise) Jane Setler he did it Company in the same boat 2 Bobby, Randy and Harv Fremont it's a business Carmen and Stagehands kansasland Randy, Harv, Bambi and Ensemble she did it (reprise) Company thinking of him/i miss the music (reprise) Aaron and Georgia a tough act to follow Cioffi, Niki and Ensemble in the same boat 3, 4, and 5 Company in the same boat complete Cioffi and Ensemble show people (reprise) Cioffi and Carmen wide open spaces (finale) Ensemble a tough act to follow (reprise) Company curtain Company

C AINS orchestra

musical director & keyboard Lila Kane

woodwinds Joyce Harrington

trumpet Ed Mudrak

trombone Kevin Kane

guitar David Riley

bass Niall Sullivan

percussion Randy Cloutier

CU INS special thanks Trinity Rep John Smith & PCTV Theatre Department University of Rhode Island Maria Day-Hyde Paul Bienvenue Providence College Academic Media Services CUR NS production staff

assistant director box office manager Kevin Lynch Casey Gilmond

stage manager box office & publicity Alison Simone Logan Bruneau Claire Chambers assistant stage managers Casey Gilmond Emily Zalis Hayley McGuirl AJ Zoellner Amanda Talbot

properties procurement costume shop crew Katrina Pavao Erin Fusco Patrick Mark Saunders Abigail Henry Becky Sawicki Monica Kinsella Logan Serabian Marie-Florence Koikou Stacie Krawiecki sound consultant Lauren Spagnuolo Mike Day scene shop crew light board operator Michael Cirrotti Cara Oleasz Garvin Gabelus Nicholas Iannarone sound board operator Kevin Markus Kevin Lynch Irene Miles Ben Remillard follow spot operator Emily Sawicki Lindsay Gilbert Irio Schiano

wardrobe running crew archive photography Natalie Andreach Gabrielle Marks Photography Ariel Cormier Jessica Di Pietro press & properties photography Abigail Henry Logan Bruneau

stage hands poster Konner Jebb Logan Bruneau John Paul Odle Claire Chambers Mollie Stackhouse ushers House Managers The Friars Club Production Office Staff CURT S visiting & resident artists

JIMMY CALITRI (Director/ Actor) holds an AD in Studio Art and Design, a BA in Theater Performance, a BA in Art History and Design, and an MFA in Performance in Society from Rhode Island College. He is an adjunct faculty member and director in the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College Theatre Departments. His recent acting credits include appearances in Miss Pixie’s Local Cable Access Holiday Extravaganza at the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, URI’s musical productions, Into the Woods, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Company by Stephen Sondheim, and Mambo Italiano an alumni production at RIC. At URI Jimmy directed Boy Gets Girl and also served as Associate Director for Singing in the Rain, Oklahoma, Little Women, and The Rocky Horror Show. In past seasons here at Providence College Jimmy directed The Sweetest Swing in Baseball and Lend Me a Tenor which was recently nominated for two Motif Magazine awards for Best Director and Best Production for 2012. Jimmy also directed A Lie of the Mind and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Perishable Theater; the latter was named ‘Best of Theater in 2010’ by The Phoenix Newspaper and ‘Best Professional Production of 2010’ by Motif Magazine. In past summer seasons at Festival 56 (outside of Chicago in Princeton Illinois) Jimmy directed Songs for a New World and Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. Jimmy recently directed The Miracle Worker at RIC which was revived in Plymouth MA in condensed form this January at an International Fundraiser honoring Helen Keller. Other recent directing includes The Wiz at The Narragansett Pier Middle School. Up next Jimmy will direct Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat at Festival 56, Beauty and the Beast at Dreamland Theater in Nantucket, and Assas- sins: The Musical at The Contemporary Theater.

TIM CRYAN (Lighting Designer) is a New York based lighting designer whose work has been seen in the United States and Europe. Specializing in Dance and Theatre, Tim has had the oppor- tunity to collaborate with a variety of artists including: Circus Smirkus; Fiasco Theater Company Cymbeline (dir. Noah Brody & Ben Steinfeld); Fusionworks Dance Company (dir. Deb Meuiner), Nature Theatre of Oklahoma Poetics-a Ballet Brut (dir. Pavol Liska); Workhorse Theatre Ensem- ble (dir. Stephen Buescher). Previous lighting designs for Providence College include: The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Gypsy, Hedda Gabler, Little Women, Poor Murderer, Twelfth Night, Urinetown, Waiting for Lefty, and the 2009, 2010, 2011, & 2012 Blackfriars Dance Concerts. In addition to his work as a designer Tim is also an adjunct faculty member of the dance department at Long Island University & the theatre program of Bard College at Simon’s Rock. http://timcryan.net

AMANDA DOWNING-CARNEY (Costume Designer) holds a BFA in Technical Theatre with a Concentration in Costume Design from the University of Rhode Island. After graduation she toured nationally and internationally as Wardrobe Supervisor with Phoenix Entertainment’s FAME: the Musical (US, Canada and Korea), Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and Will Rogers Follies. Now off the road, she has worked at such local theatres as Trinity Repertory Co. (Costume Director 09- 12), the Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre (The Real Thing, After the Revolution, boom, A Child’s Christmas in Wales), Theatre-by-the-Sea (Costume Shop Manager 07-08), Perishable Theatre (A Lie of the Mind), and the Wilbury Group (Body Awareness, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). She has also designed at URI (Company, Boy Gets Girl) and Providence College (Lend Me A Tenor). She is currently a freelance costume designer and full-time mom to her two young boys. RENINA FLORES (Speech and Dialect Coach) is an Assistant Professor and Resident Vocal Coach in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Film at Providence College. A graduate of Guild- ford School of Acting in Surrey, England, she has worked in theatre, voiceovers and television. Her voice work includes projects for Discovery and the Learning Channel, Reflexive Entertainment and George Washington University Television. Her vocal and dialect coaching credits include The Illusion, and Twelfth Night for Providence College, Lord of the Flies for Henley Street Theatre, My Fair Lady for Barksdale Theatre (co-dialect coach), Suddenly Last Summer for Richmond Triangle Players, Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed and Troy Women for Shafer Street Playhouse, and assistant vocal coaching for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Virginia Commonwealth University Mainstage in Richmond, VA.

LILA KANE (Musical Director) Originally from New York City, Lila received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Brooklyn College Conservatory. Since then, she has worked at Bel Canto Opera of New York, dinner theatre in Virginia, national educational touring theatre and various summer stock 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, Fan- tasy Works and the Courthouse Center for the Arts. On the local educational scene, Lila has direct- ed 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 addition to her theatre work, Lila is a Special Guest Artist in the Theatre Department of the URI and Staff Accompanist and Piano Instructor at RIC. She freelances as an accompanist and music director and also maintains a private piano studio.

PATRICK LYNCH (Scenic Design) previously designed Providence College’s 2007 production of Charley’s Aunt. He has designed Boeing Boeing, A Christmas Carol, and Shooting Star at Trin- ity Rep. At the Sandra Feinstein Gamm theatre, designs include The Real Thing, After the Rev- olution, boom, Hamlet (2011), A Doll’s House, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Glass Menagerie and Mother Courage. As a resident designer for the Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Program: Marisol, Rhinoceros, Waiting For Godot, Venus, Uncle Vanya, The Duchess of Malfi, Woyzeck, Much Ado About Nothing, The Learned Ladies, Figaro, The Cure At Troy, and Elektra. Other recent projects include The Family (G&V/Trinity Rep), American Buffalo (Seattle Rep), Othello (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.), Not Wanted on the Voyage (American Music Theatre Project, Chicago), Mister Roberts and Exits and Entrances (New Rep, Boston). NYC associate/assistant design credits: Wicked, A Streetcar Named Desire, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Other Place. Up- coming projects include the world premiere musical Secondhand Lions (The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle) and Warrior Class (The Alley Theatre, Houston). Patrick is a member of USA829 and has an MFA from Carnegie-Mellon. patricklynch.carbonmade.com

DANTE A. SCIARRA’S (Choreographer) professional work as a performer has been seen on Broadway and in national and international tours such as Chicago, Hello Dolly and Sunset Bou- levard. A dance teacher/mentor/advisor/choreographer for 30 years, he’s worked with choreo- graphic legends at prestigious schools, such as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Broad- way Dance Center, and Steps on Broadway in New York City, where he was on staff for 2 years. Other choreographic credits include works and teachings at Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, Dean College adjunct faculty member, Walnut Street Theatre as well as numerous studios throughout the United States and New England. He served as the Jazz Head for Stephens College Summer Intensive 2007, and has given master classes for NYSSSA in Saratoga Springs, NY. Currently, he’s pursuing his ADN/RN in Nursing at the Community College of Rhode Island and continues to follow his creative and artistic passion of teaching dance, performing and choreo- graphing all over the country. CURTA

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theatre, dance & film faculty & staff

Professor / Chair, Dept. of Theatre, Dance & Film...... Wendy Oliver Associate Professor/Managing Director, Theatre...... John Garrity Professors...... David Costa-Cabral Mary G. Farrell Rev. Kenneth Gumbert, O.P. Associate Professor...... Rev. Matthew Powell, O.P. Assistant Professor...... Renina Flores Special Lecturers-Theatre ...... Kate Ambrosini Claudia Traub Special Lecturer-Dance...... Betsy Miller Bill Wilson Special Lecturer-Film...... Ben Sweeney Technical Director...... George Marks Assistant Technical Director/Master Electrician ...... Spencer Crockett Costume Shop Supervisor...... Maxine Wheelock Senior Office Assistant...... Ali Boyd Production Office Assistant...... Susan Werner patron & box office CURTAI information

PHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO RECORDING of any kind is strictly prohibited during perfor- mances in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre.

PLEASE TURN OFF CELLULAR PHONES AND PAGERS before the performance begins.

TEXT MESSAGING IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE THEATRE during the performance out of respect to the performers and as a courtesy to those seated next to you.

ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS are located at either end of the main lobby. THE MAIN RESTROOMS are located down the stairs in the lower lobby. An announcement will be made at the end of Intermission, audible in all restrooms and lobbies.

Tickets for events in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre and Bowab Studio Theatre may be purchased online or over the telephone by Visa or Mastercard. If you are on our mailing list, information will be sent to you prior to all mainstage events. To be placed on our mailing list or to purchase tickets, call 401-865-2218 or visit www.providence.edu/theatre.

The Box Office at the Smith Center for the Arts is open for walk-up sales 1:30-5:00 PM Monday through Friday, and one hour prior to curtain on all performance days. Cash, check, or credit cards are accepted for walk-up sales.

All ticket sales are final and cannot be refunded. You may exchange tickets for a different perfor- mance of the same production by returning your tickets to the Box Office up to 24 hours prior to curtain, subject to seat availablity.

BOX OFFICE: 401-865-2218 www.providence.edu/theatre 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 Department of Theatre, Dan ce & Film Performance Schedule

Auditions: Twel h Night TDF ACADEMIC OFFICE: 401.865.2327 Wednesday 12 September SMITH CENTER BOX OFFICE: 401.865.2218

Auditions: Twel h Night by William Shakespeare Providence College Dance Company ursday 13 September Performances: October 26-28 November 2-4

Auditions: e Illusion Tuesday 6 November

e Illusion by Pierre Corneille Blackfriars Dance Concert adapted by Tony Kushner Performances: February 1-3 and 8-10 Performances: November 16 & 17

Auditions: Curtains Curtains, a musical Tuesday 5 February Book by Rupert Holmes Original book & concept by Peter Stone Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb Additional lyrics by John Kander and Rupert Holmes Spring Dance Concert Performances: Performances: April 12-14 and 19-21 April 27 & 28

Student Film Festival ursday 2 May

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE photography: Chris Cacciavillani ‘14: Spring Dance Concert 2012; Gabrielle Marks: Gypsy 2011 e Cripple of Inishmaan 2011, e Sweetest Swing in Baseball 2011, Lend Me a Tenor 2012 www.providence.edu/theatre Poor Murderer, 2012; Meghan Sepe: Blackfriars Dance Concert 2010, 2011 screen shot: A Silent Epidemic, Emily Croke ‘12;  lm still: Humonculove, Jorge Lucas ‘12 Like us on acebook! graphic structure: Claire Chambers ‘15