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CAST OF CHARACTERS (In Alphabetical Order)

Perón ...... ENRIQUE ACEVEDO

Che ...... JASON GOTAY

Magaldi ...... PHILIP HERNÁNDEZ

Eva ...... SOLEA PFEIFFER

Young Eva ...... MAIA REFICCO

Mistress ...... MARIA CRISTINA SLYE

THE ENSEMBLE SERGIO MARTÍN ALMIRÓN FABIO ANGELO ISA ANTONETTI LEAH BARSKY KRISTINA BERMUDEZ EDGAR CAVAZOS ALEXANDER GIL CRUZ COLIN CUNLIFFE EICHENBERGER JENNIFER FLORENTINO

TESSA NOELLE FRASCOGNA DAVID MICHAEL GARRY REBECCA L. HARGROVE

MARIANO LOGIUDICE ROBIN MASELLA BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY PHOEBE GARCIA PEARL GUILLERMINA QUIROGA LUCAS THOMPSON DANIEL TORRES RICARDO A. ZAYAS

This production is being presented as a in which the may be performing with their scripts in hand.

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Music Director and Conductor Kristen Blodgette

Associate Director William Waldrop

Assistant Josh Clayton

Violins Bryan Herandez-Luch James de la Garza Katherine Livolsi-Landau Dylan Schwab, Flügelhorn Suzy Perelman Sebu Sirnian Trombone Svetlana Tsoneva Nate Mayland Elizabeth Nielsen French Horn Shelagh Abate Violas David Blinn Guitar Jen Herman Andrew Zinsmeister

Cellos Drums Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf Bill Lanham Katherine Cherbas Percussion Bass/Electric Bass Dave Roth Ray Kilday Keyboard Flute/Piccolo/Alto Flute Brian Taylor Jessica Kelly Ann Gerschefski David Sawicki, Accordian Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/ Sax Steve Kenyon

New York City Center dedicates this performance to the memory of Harold , director of the original 1978 West End and 1979 productions of Evita EVITA SYNOPSIS OF MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I

Requiem Oh What A On This Night of a Thousand Stars Eva, Beware of the City Goodnight and Thank You The of the Possible Charity Concert I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You Another Suitcase in Another Hall Perón’s Latest Flame A New

ACT II

On The Balcony Of the Casa Rosada Don’t Cry for Argentina High Flying, Adored Rainbow High Rainbow Tour The Chorus Girl Hasn’t Learned the Lines (You’d Like to Hear) And the Money Kept Rolling In Santa Evita Waltz for Eva and Che She is a Diamond Dice Are Rolling Eva’s Final Broadcast Montage Lament Enrique Acevedo Jason Gotay Philip Hernández

Solea Pfeiffer Maia Reficco Maria Cristina Slye

Sergio Martín Almirón Fabio Angelo Isa Antonetti Leah Barsky

Kristina Bermudez Edgar Cavazos Alexander Gil Cruz Colin Cunliffe Rebecca Eichenberger Jennifer Florentino Tessa Noelle Frascogna David Michael Garry

Rebecca L. Hargrove Mariano Logiudice Robin Masella Bronson Norris Murphy

Phoebe Garcia Pearl Guillermina Quiroga Lucas Thompson

Daniel Torres Ricardo A. Zayas MEET THE ARTISTS ENRIQUE ACEVEDO (Perón) : Giant MAIA REFICCO (Young Eva) is an American- (The Public ), (Encores! City Cen- Argentinian singer; trained player, - ter), The Countess of Storyville (Antonio, oppo- writer, and actress. In 2016, she joined Berklee site ), Zapata! (Emiliano Zapata). College of Music’s Young Performers Program. European Tours: (Danny), Christ She also performed the leading role in Nickel- Superstar (Judas). Asian Tour: odeon’s TV series Kally’s Mashup (2017–2019) (Lun Tha). National Tours: Bombay Dreams created by Adam Anders (Glee), and won “Best (Vikram u/s), (Bernardo). Re- Actress” and “Favorite TV Artist” at the Kids gional: (Kevin), (John), Choice Awards. She is currently on her (Zoser), (Pedro), debut solo . (Papermill Playhouse), Paint Your Wagon (Julio), Hatuey! (Cortez), Carmen La Cubana (). MARIA CRISTINA SLYE (Mistress) is hon- ored to be making her City Center debut! JASON GOTAY (Che) last seen on the City National Tours: Hello, Dolly!, The Body- Center in Encores! ear- guard Musical, Ghost the Musical, and the lier this year. His other New York work includes Musical. Regional: West Side Story (Anita, Virginia Bring It On: The Musical (OBC), Spider-Man: Turn Repertory ), (The Off the Dark (Peter Parker/Spider-Man), and Muny), Musical (Papermill - Renascence (Transport Group). On television he house), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Dorcas, was seen on NBC’S Live!, and he has ap- ), A (Diana, peared in world premieres of Stephen Schwartz’s John W. Engeman Theatre), West Side Story The Prince of Egypt, Disney’s (Rosalia/Maria u/s, John W. Engeman Theatre), (Original ), and . He In the Heights (Carla, ). B.A. in has also performed with the LA Philharmonic, from James Madison Univer- St. Louis MUNY, Signature Theatre, and Paper sity. Honor to God and thanks to the most sup- Mill Playhouse. portive family imaginable! Proud AEA member. mariacslye.com @slyemc PHILIP HERNÁNDEZ (Magaldi) is the only in Broadway history to play both Jean SERGIO MARTÍN ALMIRÓN (Ensemble) Valjean and Inspector Javert in Les Misérables. , folklore and contemporary dancer and Other Broadway: ’s and choreographer educated at the National Univer- Kiss of The Spiderwoman. Television guest star tele- sity of the Arts in Argentina. He is a finalist of vision roles include Bull, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist Tango World Cup and Metropolitan Tango and recurring roles on The Path and Gotham among Dance Championship and has danced around others. Love to his wonderful wife, Heidi Dean and the world in the best theaters, such as John F. beautiful daughters, Mariah and Tallulah. Find him Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The at philiphernandez.net or @philip24601. Julliard School, Théâtre du Châtelet, Cervantes National Theater, and National Theatre of Pan- SOLEA PFEIFFER (Eva) is thrilled to return to ama. In 2014, Almiron produced and directed “El Center after appearing in Encores! Argentino, El Espectáculo” on Corrientes Avenue Off-Center’s production of ’s in Argentina. for a New World. Most recently, she starred as Penny Lane in the musical adaptation of the hit FABIO ANGELO (Ensemble) Live Perfor- filmAlmost Famous at The Old Globe. Solea starred mance/Theater: West Side Story (Guthrie The- as Eliza in the West Coast of ater); On Your Feet (WBT); Breaking Surface; and as Maria in West Side Story at the Fever, Starwater (Royal Ca- Bowl and the Kennedy Center. Solea’s television ribbean); International Salsa Con- credits include The Good Fight and Scandal. gress 2018; Circo Orlando Orfei; I Am Pulse (Hostos Center); La Revista De Mar Del Plata, MEET THE ARTISTS Hernan Piquín Es Freddie, El Planeta De Los at The Metropolitan production of Aida. Juguetes, Zooilógico, Brillantísima (Argentina) Off-Broadway: Comfort Women, A new musical; Film/Television: In The Heights (Upcoming 2020); National Tour: Jesus Christ Superstar; Regional: Bailando Por Un Sueño (Argentina); Jeo, Tu Quieres Evita, In The Heights, West Side Story, (). Thank you to my Love Javier Jesus Christ Superstar. Gratitude to my Amaya, and Family! @fabioangelo23 family and friends but specially to my husband Rolando Leal for all of his support. This one ISA ANTONETTI (Ensemble) is thrilled to be is for you, Renata, and Alison. Instagram making her debut in Evita at City Center all the @eddycavazos way from Upstate NY. Antonetti is a senior at Pittsford Mendon High School. Most recently ALEXANDER GIL CRUZ (Ensemble) previous Antonetti starred as Velma and Roxie in Chicago: credits include Bernardo in West Side Story (5th The High School Edition and Deloris Van Cartier Avenue, NSMT, Lyric Theatre OK, Ordway), Paul in : The Musical. This dream come would in (National Tour, North Carolina not be possible without the love and support Theatre), In The Heights (Portland Rep, from her mom, friends, family, Sammi and Nick. Rep, Rep, Playhouse), La @isa_antonetti Cage Aux Folles (Goodspeed), Peter Pan (NSMT), West Side Story National Tour. TV credits include LEAH BARSKY (Ensemble) was born in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, , and grew up in NY. She trained at The Julliard Vinyl, and The Get Down. Thanks to friends and School, New York State Summer School of The family for their endless support. Arts, American Dance Festival and California In- stitute of the Arts. She has performed throughout COLIN CUNLIFFE (Ensemble) returns to City the US, Asia, , Europe, , and Argen- Center after being seen in last season’s High tina. She has lived in Buenos Aires for the past five Button Shoes. Broadway credits include years dancing in the most prestigious tango shows (revival) and the original companies of Finding and historic milongas. For the past five years she Neverland, (revival), Evita (revival), The has danced as one of the finalists in the Mundial Addams Family and Cry-. National Tours in- Tango Championships in Buenos Aires. clude and The Boyfriend (dir. ). Other favorites: West Side Story (Philly KRISTINA BERMUDEZ (Ensemble) is a Nomination), I Am Milk at Queens-based freelance performance artist and Hall, and the recent world premiere of Paradise choreographer. Current projects in- Square at Berkeley Rep. clude Green Match Works, Spaces of Fontana, Hannah Q Dance, and Lauren Beirne Dance REBECCA EICHENBERGER (Ensemble) En- Works. Recent credits: Broadway’s Develop- cores: Boys From Syracuse, , and . mental Lab of West Side Story with Anne Teresa Broadway Credits include An American in Paris, De Keersmaeker, “Transmissions” at Whitney of the Opera (Carlotta, Madame Giry), Museum, The Opera House with Evita, 1776, A Grand Night For , as well Director Bill T. Jones, and Lazer Eyes produced as , , and My Fair by Amanda + James. Bermudez graduated from Lady at . National Tours: the Conservatory at Berklee School of (Mother/ nomination) and Carousel Music in 2014 with her BFA. She is very excited (Nettie) Regional favorites: (Little to be making her debut at Edie/Portland Center Stage), The Light in the in Evita! Piazza (Margaret/Theater Works) TV: Madam Secretary, Blue Bloods and The Good Wife. EDGAR CAVAZOS (Ensemble) is a Mexican actor thrilled to be making his New York City Center JENNIFER FLORENTINO (Ensemble) National debut! Recently he was seen in On Your Feet! and Tours: On Your Feet! (1st National) Regional: MEET THE ARTISTS Moulin Rouge: The Musical (Boston) Television/ MARIANO LOGIUDICE (Ensemble) studied Film: ’s West Side Story, Starling, with prominent teachers in the tango world such Modern Love, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Isn’t It as Raul Bravo, Juan Pablo Barbutti, Guillermina Romantic, (Gloria Este- Quiroga, Andres Cejas, Olga Besio, Demian fan), SNL. Concert Dance: Deeply Rooted Dance Garcia and Julio Balmaceda, among others. He Theater and Sonya Tayeh’s You’ll Still Call Me By has worked as a tango teacher in Tanzba, Bue- Name. Peace and Joy! @jenniferflorentino nos Aires, Escuela de Tango de Buenos Aires, Club Gricel and Salon Canning. For the last four TESSA NOELLE FRASCOGNA (Ensemble) is years Loguidice has been teaching and perform- from Long Island and is extremely grateful to be ing around the world with Guillermina Quiroga, performing at NY City Center. Theatrical credits including at the Tango Festival in Napoli, ; include: (Molly) at . TV/ International Tango Festival in , ; Film/Commercials: Blacklist, Okko’s Inn, Sesame and Tangofest NYC 2016. Street, Impractical Jokers, Hasbro, Nickelodeon. : National and God Bless ROBIN MASELLA (Ensemble) Encores!: High America at CitiField (Mets) and currently Brook- Button Shoes, I Married an Angel. Broadway: , lyn Nets kid dance team. Much gratitude to her Cats, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Off Broad- amazing team: Victoria, Jamie, Sarah, Marcelle, way: Trip of Love, West Side Story (Carnegie Hall) Zoe, Sam, , Ruobing, Kelly and Sammi (NYCO) National Tours: Evita, Chicago. Cannold and the Evita creative team for this op- Robin recently was the associate director/chore- portunity. Love to Dad, Mom, Bianca, and family. ographer for the off broadway production of Chick Flick the Musical, and has served as Choreographer DAVID MICHAEL GARRY (Ensemble) is hon- for with Jimmy Fallon. Thank ored to be part of New York City Center’s Gala you Eddie and Team at Take 3 Talent! Love to production of Evita! Broadway/National Tour: Mom, Dad, Benji, and Marc. @robinmasella Carousel, A Bronx Tale, , , and Company. Other BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY (Ensemble) NYC Theater: Barrow Street’s Sweeney Todd, happily makes his City Center debut with Evita. Roadshow at and The Irish Murphy became best known to American audi- Repertory Theater. Regional houses include The ences for premiering the role of The Phantom Kennedy Center, Paper Mill Playhouse, Cincin- in the first North American touring production nati Playhouse in the Park. Television credits: of Love Never Dies: The Phantom Returns. Broad- Jessica Jones, Elementary, Person of Interest, Flesh way: The Phantom of the Opera. National Tour: and Bone, Unforgettable. Cats, Love Never Dies. Many thanks to Kristen Blodgette, our creative team and the wonderful REBECCA L. HARGROVE (Ensemble) made folks at DGRW and UIA. “In a world where you her City Center debut in Cabin in the Sky. Theater: can be anything, be kind!”@BronsonBiz for up- Acquanetta in Aquanetta (Bard Summerscape); dates and some laughs! Nellie Quander in In the Parlour (National Black Theater). Opera: (The Metropol- PHOEBE GARCIA PEARL (Ensemble) is an itan Opera); Peep-Bo in (National actor and former Radio City Rockette. Most re- Tour); The Mother in The Grey Land (Roulette cently, she appeared as a recurring character in Intermedium); Afram in Afram ou La Belle Swita HBO’s The Deuce, multiple independent films and (Spoleto Festival USA). Concert: Carnegie Hall, she also wrote/directed her own movie, which is John F. Kennedy Center, David Geffen Hall, playing the film festival circuit now. A huge thank and 54 Below. TV: “House of Cards” (Netflix); you to casting and the creative team for giving her “Random Acts of Flyness” (HBO); “My Asian this opportunity! Proudly represented by Ste- Auntie” ( Prime); “Single Record” fanie Talent & . For Mama, Owen, (Revry). RebeccaLHargrove.com and @rhargrov and Dad. MEET THE ARTISTS GUILLERMINA QUIROGA (Ensemble) has in- (Book and Lyrics) has worked in music, fluenced the role of the woman in tango in a way theatre and films since 1965. His collaborations that very few women have done. She has been a with include Joseph and soloist with the Julio Iglesias World Tour and has the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ performed alongside the Luis Bacalov, Mariano Superstar and Evita. Tim has since worked with Mores, and Color Tango , and taken other distinguished popular such as part in critically acclaimed shows like Tango x 2, , , Bjorn Ulvaeus and Tango Argentino, Forever Tango on Broadway, and , and Stuart Brayson. He also her self-produced work Tango, Historias Breves. wrote two songs with the late , Quiroga has also been featured in many films, in- featured on Freddie’s album with Mont- cluding Naked Tango, Marie Galant, Assassination serrat Caballé. He is also a member of an elite Tango, and Valentina’s Tango. group of artists to have achieved EGOT status.

LUCAS THOMPSON (Ensemble) Broadway: ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Music) is the CATS. (National tour: Love Never Dies (North of some of the world’s best-known American premiere) Regional favorites: Austen’s musicals including Cats, Evita, Joseph and the Pride (), Hello, Dolly! (River- Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ side), (TUTS), La Cage aux Folles Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera, and Sunset (North Shore), ! (Goodspeed). BM/ Boulevard. Lloyd Webber is one of an elite group MM IU Jacobs School of Music. Infinite thanks to of artists to have achieved EGOT status by receiv- the Evita team, DHA, my family, and Andy. ing an Emmy, four Grammys, an Oscar and eight including the 2018 Special Tony for DANIEL TORRES (Ensemble) Evita was the first Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He has been musical Torres saw as a kid and the show that honored with seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, the would later give him his Equity card. He’s thrilled Praemium Imperiale, the Award to be back in Buenos Aires making his City Center for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fel- Debut! Broadway: Beautiful (Barry Mann), Evita lowship, and the Kennedy Center Honors Award. (Che Alternate) , The Woman in White, (National Tour) Other NYC: Altar SAMMI CANNOLD (Director) is one of Forbes Boyz (Juan), A Christmas Carol, Madison Square Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Enter- Garden (Young Scrooge). Proud tainment. This winter, she’ll be directing Celine native! Dedicated to his mother, Nitza, for taking Song’s Endlings at New York Theatre Workshop him to the theatre. @danieltweardytorres as well as Carmen for MasterVoices at Lincoln Center. Prior credits include Ragtime on Ellis Is- RICARDO A. ZAYAS (Ensemble) is from Brook- land, the world premiere of Endlings at the A.R.T., lyn, New York. He graduated with honors from and on a bus also at the A.R.T. Additionally, the Ailey/Fordham BFA program in 2005. Sammi has served as the associate director on the named him “25 to Watch” Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre... (dir. in 2009. Ricky has danced with Ailey II, Lar Rachel Chavkin), an Artistic Fellow at the A.R.T., Lubovitch, LINES , and Shen Wei Dance a member of ’s Creative Cogno- Arts. His theater credits include (Kennedy scenti, and a Fellow. B.A., Center), Motown (national tour), and Broadway’s Stanford University; M.A., Harvard University. Head Over Heels, and Hamilton. His television sammicannold.com @sammi.cannold. credits include Alternatino, Saturday Night Live, At With Amy Sedaris, and The Marvelous KRISTEN BLODGETTE (Music Director) has Mrs. Maisel. He recently filmed Steven Spielberg’s been associated with Andrew Lloyd Webber West Side Story, to be released in 2020. for 35 years. Associate Musical Supervisor: The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway). Supervised 18 additional companies of Phantom worldwide over MEET THE ARTISTS 30 years. Musical director of the 2017 revival ertory Theater, and , among many production of Sunset Boulevard featuring Glenn others. @JasonSherwoodDesign. Close, Broadway revival of Cats and the Broad- way revival of Evita with . Other ALEJO VIETTI ( Designer) designed Broadway productions include; A Little Night the for the Broadway productions of Music, , LoveMusik, The Woman in Beautiful: The Musical (also West White, , Cats, Sunset End —Olivier nomination), , and Boulevard (‘94), Jesus Christ Superstar. ; as well as the New York City Center Encores! productions of I Married an Angel, Hey, EMILY MALTBY (Co-Choreographer) City Look Me Over!, ’s , Center debut. NYC-based director and Paint Your Wagon. Select Off-Broadway: Night- choreographer. As director: Allegory (La Jolla ingale (MTC); Grace (MCC); John Patrick Shan- WOW Festival, co-director) and Lolita, My Love ley’s Storefront Church, Old Telling . (York Theatre Company). As director/choreogra- Regional credits include Disney’s The Hunchback pher: in , West Side of Notre Dame ( and Paper Mill Story (Priscilla Beach Theater), and Toast (world Playhouse); the U.S. premiere of The Witches of premiere, Bloomington Playwrights Project). As Eastwick; and productions at , choreographer: Ragtime on Ellis Island. As associate/ , St. Louis Rep, Guthrie Theatre, assistant choreographer: First Daughter Suite (The Hartford Stage, The Old Globe, Williamstown, Public Theater), The Lion ( Theater NY Stage and Film, , and Ford’s Club). Dramaturg for NYMF and script supervisor Theatre in D.C. for . Northwestern University graduate. emilymaltby.com BRADLEY KING (Lighting Designer) Broad- way: (Tony, Desk), The VALERIA SOLOMONOFF (Co-Choreographer) Great Comet (Tony, Drama Desk), Bernhardt/ is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer origi- Hamlet. Recent Off Broadway: Little Shop of nally from Argentina, now based in New York Horrors (West Side), Alice by Heart (MCC), City. An innovator with firm roots in traditional Apologia, The Last Match (Roundabout), The tango, Solomonoff has an extensive background Treasurer (), many others. in and theater, and an appetite for Regional: The Alley, ART, The Guthrie, Long interdisciplinary projects that emphasize partner- Wharf, The McCarter, The Old Globe, TUTS, Yale ing. Solomonoff was awarded Best Soloist (1990) Rep, and many others. International: UK, Canada, and Best Modern Dance Choreography (1997) at China. Two-time Tony, Drama Desk, and OCC dance festivals in Rosario, Argentina. In the US, Award winner; three-time Lortel nominee. she founded, co-directed, choreographed, and bradleykingld.com @bradleykingld danced for the first all-woman tango company in the world, TangoMujer, which toured the US, and KAI HARADA (Sound Designer) Broadway: performed internationally. Head Over Heels; The Band’s Visit (Tony, Drama Desk Awards); Amelie; Sunday in the Park With JASON SHERWOOD (Scenic Designer) is a George; Allegiance; ; ; ; Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Henry Hewes First Date; (Tony, Drama Desk Nomina- Design Award nominee. Sherwood received an tions); and Million Dollar Quarter Quartet. Other: Emmy Award for his design of , Live. Other A Chorus Line, (City Center); designs: ’s world tour, ’s Candide (LA Opera) Marie (5th Avenue); world tour, the world tour; and “The The Black (ART); Tommy, Little Shop of People’s Choice Awards” on E! He has also Horrors, Chess, (Kennedy Center); Silent Night designed world premiere productions for New (WNO); Hinterm Horizont (); York Theatre Workshop, The Playwright’s Realm, (Public). Education: Yale. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, American Rep- MEET THE ARTISTS NICHOLAS PETROVICH (Casting) Casting BroaderWay Foundation, an arts-centered lead- Associate for Cindy Tolan. Film/Television: Steven ership program for middle school girls. Vocal Spielberg’s West Side Story (upcoming), Disney’s Assistant: West Side Story film, dir. Stephen Live Action , If Beale Street Could Talk, Spielberg. Director: ’s World Tour The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Immortal Life of (2017). Director/choreographer: Pace Univer- Henrietta Lacks & Odd Mom Out. Broadway/ sity & State University. Co-founder: National Tour: Marianne Elliott’s Company (up- tall , inc, an artist-led social enterprise coming) & The Curious Incident... Other theatre that develops new work, educational & advocacy includes: Broadway’s Side Show, After Midnight, programs (Spoleto Arts Festival, Harvard Univer- and A Night With Janis Joplin. sity, YoungArts, SDC). BFA: University of Mich- igan. darrenbiggart.com CODY RENARD RICHARD (Production Stage Manager) Broadway: , ARLENE SHULER (President & CEO) has had Hamilton, Paramour, , Motown, After a long and distinguished career in the arts. After Midnight, Ghost, Cyrano de Bergerac, Lysistrata dancing with the Joffrey Ballet, she attended Co- Jones, , If/Then, . lumbia University, where she received her B.A. and TV: Jesus Christ Superstar Live!, Live!, J.D. degrees. Her arts administration career began Live!. Cirque du Soleil: OVO, Wintuk. Off in , D.C., where she served as program Broadway/NY: Porgy and Bess (The Met), Car- administrator of the dance program at the National negie Hall, Public, Atlantic, 2ndStage. Selected Endowment for the Arts, among other positions. Regional: Williamstown, , TUTS, Kan- Ms. Shuler returned to New York as executive di- sas City Rep, Alley Theatre, STL Rep. Webster rector of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and then Conservatory. @codyrenard continued in the field of philanthropy in leadership positions with the Wallace Funds, General Atlan- LARRY SMIGLEWSKI (Stage Manager) City tic Partners Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropic Center Debut! Broadway: Kiss Me, Kate. Na- Service Company, and the Howard Gilman Foun- tional Tours: , White Christmas. dation. For 11 years Ms. Shuler worked at Lincoln Off Broadway: Cagney, Tips... Select Re- Center for the Performing Arts, where she was gional: Matilda, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia, vice president for planning and development and etc. (The Muny), A Chorus Line (TUTS), The King then senior vice president of planning and exter- and I (Dallas Summer Musicals), Ragtime on Ellis nal affairs. In June 2003 she was named president Island. BA: Marymount Manhattan College. Thanks and CEO of New York City Center, where she to Sammi and Cody. Love to Nettie and Smigs. had performed as a member of the Joffrey Ballet @LarrySmigs at the start of her career. Her accomplishments at City Center include her conception of the WILLIE PORTER (Assistant Stage Manager) Re- acclaimed Fall for Dance Festival, which premiered gional: Becoming Nancy at , The in September 2004. In recognition of her signifi- Music Man at The Kennedy Center. The Muny: cant contributions to dance, she was awarded the Cinderella, Kinky Boots, , Jerome 2009 Capezio Dance Award. Ms. Shuler serves on Robbins’ Broadway and Jesus Christ Superstar. Willie the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the also has served as a Production Assistant for Foundation, and on the advi- , Pretty Woman, SpongeBob SquarePants, sory board of the Trust for Mutual Understand- and the national tour of Les Misérables. thanks ing. She is also a member of the New York State to Cody for his incredible opportunity. Bar Association.

DARREN BIGGART (Line Producer) Producer: NEW YORK CITY CENTER has played a de- four seasons of Encores! Off-Center at City Cen- fining role in the cultural life of the city since ter, where he co-founded an internship for ear- 1943 when it was founded by Fiorello La ly-career artists. Director of Programming: A Guardia with the mission to make the best in the MEET THE ARTISTS performing arts accessible to all. The distinctive neo-Moorish theater welcomes 300,000 vis- SPECIAL STAFF FOR EVITA itors annually to experience internationally ac- claimed artists on the same stage where legends Artistic Consultants...... , Jack Viertel Manager, Musical Theater Programs...... Meg Brown like George Balanchine, , and made their mark. For over 25 years, Casting...... Petrovich Casting the treasured, Tony-honored Encores! series has Nicholas Petrovich, CSA given new life to the American musical theater Technical Supervisor...... Mark Mongold canon, complemented in recent years by the En- Production Stage Manager...... Cody Renard Richard cores! Off-Center series, which brings today’s in- Stage Manager...... Larry Smiglewski novative artists into with groundbreaking Assistant Stage Manager...... Willie Porter musicals from the more recent past. Dance con- Associate Director...... Rebecca Aparicio tinues to be an integral part of the institution’s Associate Choreographer...... Rodney Hamilton Intimacy Director...... Alicia Rodis mission through programs like the annual Fall for Line Producer...... Darren Biggart Dance Festival, which exposes a new to Associate Scenic Designer...... Connor Munion an international array of artists by offering sub- Assistant ...... Gail Baldoni sidized tickets for the price of a movie ticket. Assistant ...... Katy Atwell Through its robust education and community Assistant Sound Designer...... Haley Parcher programs, City Center brings the performing arts ...... Gina Loiodice-Montes to over 11,000 New York City students, teachers, Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor...... Alison Valcarel and families each year and activates all areas of the Wardrobe Assistants...... Philip Rolfe, building with talks, master classes, art exhibitions, Janet Anderson Wig & Design...... Ashley Rae Callahan and intimate performances that provide Assistant Wig Designer...... Ellyn Marsh an up-close look at the work of the great theater Wig Maintenance...... Rena Most and dance artists of our time. Pianists...... , Brian Taylor Keyboard Programmer...... Stuart Andrews Associate Keyboard Programmer...... Dave Weiser Production Sound Mixer...... Elizabeth Coleman Moving Light Programmer...... Bridget Chervenka Props Coordinator...... Rachel Kenner Props Stitcher...... Evan Prizant Child Guardian...... Shayna Penn General Management Associate...... Maggie Snyder Production Assistant...... Plato Seto Casting Assistant...... Miranda Schumacher Photographer...... Joan Marcus CREDITS The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors Show art by Ben Wiseman and stage managers in the . wish to thank Goodspeed Musicals The House Manager employed in Costume Collection & Rental for its assistance this production is represented by in this production. the Association of Theatrical Press Eva costumes made by Marianne Krostine, Agents and Managers. Ingrid Helton, Victoria Haitoglou, and Gail Baldoni. Backstage and Front of House Employ- Additional lighting equipment provided by ees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or 4Wall Lighting. I.A.T.S.E.). Additional audio equipment provided by PRG Audio. The musicians employed in this produc- tion are members of the Associated Mu- Patron provided by MYZEL’S CHOCOLATES sicians of Greater New York, Local 802, 140 West 55th Street, across from City Center of the American Federation of Musicians. www.myzels.com The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., SPECIAL THANKS TO an independent national labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the Adriana Salgado, Jennifer Wesnousky, designers and scenic painters for the Rebecca Shulman, Orlando Reyes, Emily Kelly, American Theatre. María Eugenia Álvarez and family, Valentina Berger, , Ignacia Delgado, Hal Luftig, The Professional Association of Playwrights, Lyricists, and Composers Dany Mañas, Santiago Regolo and Museo Evita, , Michelle Tewksbury, Cindy Tolan, Stanford TAPS, Kelly Gregg, Mady Weiss, Amy DuBose, and the company of Evita at Stanford University in 2015, Arena Stage, Joe Salasovich, Cierra Coan, and Kitt Crescenzo and Deborah Nash at Arena Stage, The Consulate General of Argentina in New York, Doug Middlebrook, Marci Franklin and Sheila Lenkman at the of Saint Louis, Hessen Antique, Ines Rosselli, Garth Dunbar, Worldtone Dance, The Costume Collection, Piort Candelario, Pace University School of Performing Arts Musical Theatre Program and Amy Rogers Schwartzreich.