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Musical Numbers Act I Act II Opening Number – Company Hard Candy Christmas – Girls Happy Holidays I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas – Andee The Christmas Waltz All I Ask of You – Jenny & Wallace We Need a Little Christmas I Love a Piano – Joy Let It Snow The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing Snow The Best Things… – Wallace Sleigh Ride Won’t You Charleston – Shyra & Wallace Happy Holidays Reprise America – Jasmine & Wallace – Joy Lot of Livin’ to Do – Gaby & Wallace Christmas Time is Here – Girls The Best Things (Dance) – Adriana & Wallace Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Jenny Tag – Wallace & Girls Mele Kalikimaka – Andee & Girls Let Me Sing and I’m Happy – Andee It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – Wallace I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Jenny Both Sides Now – Joy Jingle Bells? – Joy The Happy Time – Jenny The Christmas – Wallace The Grass is Always Greener – Andee & Jenny Finale: Fiddler on Tribute Toyland – Company Tradition – Wallace & Company I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Jenny If I Were a Rich Man – Wallace Silver Bells – Joy & Girls Sunrise, Sunset – Andee & Company Winter Wonderland – Company Matchmaker – Girls White Christmas – Company Far From the Home I Love – Jenny Sabbath Prayer – Joy & Company There will be a 15-minute intermission between acts. Set list is subject to change without notice. Music licensing and permissions arranged by Jade Productions and SST with ASCAP HOLIDAY “Happy Holiday(s)”, “Snow”, “I Love a Piano”, “The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing”, “Let Me Sing and I’m Happy”, “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”, “White Christmas” – . “The Christ- mas Waltz”, “Let it Snow” – & . “We Need a Little Christmas” – . “Sleigh Ride” – & . “Santa Baby” – JOAN JAVITS & PHILIP SPRINGER. “Christmas Time is Here” – VINCE GUARALDI & LEE MENDELSON. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – HUGH MARTIN & RALPH BLANE. “Mele Kalikimaka” – ROBERT ALEX ANDERSON. “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” – MEREDITH WILLSON. “Both Sides Now” – JONI MITCHELL. “The Happy Time”, “The Grass is Always Greener” – & . The score of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – JERRY BOCK & SHELDON HARNICK. “Hard Candy Christmas” – CAROL HALL. “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” – JOHN ROX. “All I Ask of You” – , CHARLES HART, & RICHARD STILGOE. “Won’t You Charleston With Me” – SANDY WILSON. “America” – & LEONARD BERNSTEIN. “A Lot of Livin’ to Do” – & LEE ADAMS. “Jin- gle Bells?” – JAMES PIERPONT; arrangement by PAICH & JACK GOLD. “The Christmas Song” – ROBERT WELLS & MEL TORME. “Toyland” – VICTOR HERBERT & GLEN MACDONOUGH. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” – KIM GANNON & WALTER KENT. “Silver Bells” – & RAY EVANS. “Winter Wonderland” – FELIX BERNARD & RICHARD B SMITH.

In City Studio Series Trunk Never Too Late “Any Body For Tea?” SST & Atom & More Entertainment SST & Raw Productions & “The Omelet Murder Case” JAN 10-13 & 17-20 FEB 14-17 & 21-24 Directed by Rusty Meyers SST & Speeding Theatre Directed by Jay Joseph MAR 7-10 & 14-17

SUPER SUMMER THEATRE PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO TAKE A PIC ON YOUR PHONE HERE is excited to provide you, our community, with an indoor, to go to our website for tickets to up- more intimate theatre experience; coming shows! opening our space to the continued growth of our theatrical community. “WHO’S WHO” IN HOLIDAY FOLLIES JOY DEMAIN Joy Demain is thrilled to produce HOLIDAY FOLLIES with SST. Most recently seen in RUTHLESS at Little Theatre and A BABY BOOMER’S TOAST TO BROADWAY here at SST and other venues. Joy has entertained Vegas audiences since 1991 with Jade and and other companies, including 5 Star Pro- ductions, A Touch of Mystery, Desert Productions, Bill Fayne Productions, Super Summer Theatre, Signature Productions and others. Favorite roles include (Fraulein Schneider) Cabaret, (Fanny Brice) Funny Girl, (Dolly Levi) Hello Dolly, (Velma Kelly) , (Golde) Fiddler on the Roof, and (Joy) Showtune and A Baby Boomers’ Toast to Broadway. JENNY GIOCOMO Jenny’s singing has taken her to Europe, Mexico, and all over America. Career highlights include 8 seasons at the Bird Cage Theater at Knott’s Berry Farm, 2 years in Donn Arden’s Hello Hollywood Hello at the MGM Grand in Reno, and a year at the Flamingo hotel performing in Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus. Thanks to all of you for supporting live theatre, and Happy Holidays! ANDEE GIBBS Andee has been very active in theatre communities in LA, Hawaii, and Las Vegas, portraying numerous characters including Mrs. Brice in Funny Girl, Mrs. Mushnick in Little Shop of Horrors, Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Aunt Abby in Arsenic and Old Lace, Mrs. Tottendale in The Drowsy Chaperone, Princess Puffer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and a myriad of others. Her passion is performing and making people laugh! WALLACE BROADNAX Wallace “Wallie” Broadnax is a native of Las Vegas. His musical career reaches from gospel to jazz r&b to recording artist to to classical. Wallie has been the choir director, pianist, soloist for various churches and gospel ensembles in the Las Vegas area and is currently performing at the House of Blues Gospel Brunch at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. Wallie toured with the National Tour of the Broadway show “Grease” starring as the “Teen Angel” and also spent almost ten years with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as a featured production singer, opening headliner and vocal director. Theatrical credits include “Godspell” “Ain’t Misbehavin’ “ “Working” “Sweet Charity” “Zuit Suit Strut” Jeffrey”. Most recently Wallie was honored to be a part of the ensemble chorus i the opera “La Cerentola” with Opera Las Vegas. He has also recorded with Imagine Dragons on the song “ I Bet My Life”. Wallie is honored to be a part of the awesome cast of Holliday Follies reuniting with Joy and Pat Demain. “I am having SO MUCH FUN!!!!” JASMINE L. DONG You can usually find Jasmine performing in the CSN Chamber Chorale, where she met and fell in love with her husband Adam Schaefer. Together they continue to sing sporadically throughout the semesters for sentimental reasons, making the CSN choir a special 2nd family of theirs. She danced her way through college cheerleading, dramatically sang Game of Thrones at MGM Grand, occasionally portrays an apple thief in the traditional CSN Madrigal dinners, and flash mobbed for Hugh Jackman’s Greatest Showman CinemaCon surprise. She would especially like to thank her mom, husband, Dr. Wherry, Voltaire Verzosa, the CSN Chamber Chorale, her beloved gondolier famiglia, and her family for giving her the courage to share her talents outside of school. She is extremely excited to make her debut in community theatre with Holiday Follies!!! ADRIANA FORMISANO Some of Adriana’s favorite past roles include Snow White in Into the Woods, Rosie in , and Clarissa in Little Women. Her last project with Super Summer Theatre was as the wig technician for Hynes-Sight Entertainment’s The Wedding Singer. When not onstage, Adriana is an eyelash extension artist with The Bare Republic. She is absolutely thrilled to be a part of Holiday Follies with her friends and to have made such talented friends along the way. She wants to thank her family and friends for their constant love and support. GABRIELLA GIOCOMO Gabriella kicked off 2018 at SST Studios backstage at A Baby Boomer’s Toast to Broadway, and she’s so happy to be ending the year onstage with friends and family. Her most recent project was a turn in the director’s chair for Broadway in Blue: A Musical Revue at Valhalla on Lake Tahoe’s south shore. Gaby is also a playwright whose work has been seen in Vegas, Tahoe, and Chicago; she is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. SHYRA HARTLEY Shyra is excited to be singing and dancing onstage for Holiday Follies. With this being her very first show, it is a completely new experience that has allowed her to learn and grow as a performer. She would like to thank Joy Demain for believing in her and encouraging her to audition, and Pat Demain for taking the time to prepare her for the audition. She also thanks the Giocomos for allowing her to be part of the show! GARY GIOCOMO, Director Gary was a Principal Singer in Donn Arden’s Jubilee for 7 years, as well as Hello Hollywood Hello in Reno for 4 years. He has been a professional Director/Cho- reographer, Singer, Dancer, & Actor for the past 50+ years, starting his career on Broadway at 16 years old in Bye Bye Birdie. DOLLY COULTER, Pianist A lifelong love for the arts has allowed Dolly to work with stars such as , Jennifer Hudson, Juliet Prowse, Lola Falana, and . Thanks to Tommy DeVito, Dolly’s original song “Long, Long Time” was a Billboard Pick of the Week. She was a member of the band “Killians Angels”, co-created and co-hosted the KLAC radio show “Bixby’s Tails”, was a music/vocal director for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines, co-wrote and directed Back-Up: The Legendary Musical, and co-wrote, co-produced, and acted in Death is a Drag! Performance credits also include numerous voice-overs, musical theatre roles, and Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding. Dolly is currently the Music Minister at MCC Church. LEE SANPEI, Percussionist Besides touring with Mandarins Drum & Bugle Corps, Lee has played with various artists including The Dirty Martinis, Lara Ash, , Double Wyde, The Krush, Joi, The Tommy Thompson Project, and Marlene Ricci. He also played the Blues Schoolhouse show at the House of Blues for over 10 years. HOLIDAY FOLLIES PRODUCTION STAFF

JADE PRODUCTIONS Team The HOLIDAY FOLLIES Band Director...... GARY GIOCOMO Piano...... PAT DEMAIN Producer...... JOY DEMAIN & JADE PRODUCTIONS Piano II...... DOLLY COULTER Stage Manager...... MEGAN PINK Drums...... LEE SANPEI Musical Director...... PAT DEMAIN Choral Director & Wardrobe Supervisor...JENNY GIOCOMO SST Staff Production Manager ...... Camren Wakefield Studio Admin ...... Brittani Snook Head of Audio ...... Morgan Lin Technicians...... Gina Manago, Sydney May, Dimitri Agnos, Taley Tran, Darrin Simmons, Anthony Ward

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