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17 THE CAST Sid Sorokin ...... JASON WINFIELD Babe Williams ...... CRYSTAL KELLOGG Hines ...... THOMAS DEMARCUS Gladys ...... LORIANN FREDA Prez ...... JASON ELLIOTT BROWN Mabel ...... KATHY HALENDA Mr. Hassler ...... MARTIN C. HURT Max/Pop ...... ERIK CHESKI Mae ...... TAPRENA AUGUSTINE Poopsie ...... DIONYSIA WILLIAMS Brenda...... JESSICA BALL Joe ...... JAKE ODMARK Charley ...... SHAVEY BROWN Charlene ...... JENNIFER ELISE DAVIS Ralph ...... RODERICK KENNEDY Lewie ...... YOAV LEVIN Virginia ...... SABRA MICHELLE Mara ...... MOTIQUE KORMAN Cyrus ...... CHRIS SUCHAN Frank ...... RICHARD GATTA Understudies never substitute for a listed player unless a specifi c announcement is made at the time of the performance. Sid Sorokin – JAKE ODMARK; Babe Williams – JESSICA BALL; Hines/Max –SHAVEY BROWN; Gladys/Mae– JENNIFER ELISE DAVIS; Prez/Pop/Ralph– RICHARD GATTA; Mr. Hassler– ERIK CHESKI; Mabel – TAPRENA AUGUSTINE; Poopsie – MOTIQUE KORMAN; Charlene/Brenda – SABRA MICHELLE; Joe/Charley/Frank – CHRIS SUCHAN

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE “Th e Pajama Game” ...... Company “Racing with the Clock” ...... Factory Workers “A New Town is a Blue Town” ...... Sid “I’m Not at All in Love” ...... Babe, Factory Women “I’ll Never Be Jealous Again” ...... Mabel, Hines “Hey Th ere” ...... Sid “Her Is” ...... Prez, Gladys “Sleep Tite” ...... actory Workers “ a Year Day” ...... Sid, Babe, Company “Her Is” (reprise) ...... Prez, Mae “Small Talk”...... Sid, Babe “Th ere Once Was a Man” ...... Sid, Babe “Hey Th ere” (reprise) ...... Sid ACT TWO “” ...... Charlene, Lewie, Ralph “Hey Th ere” (reprise) ...... Babe “Th ink of the Time I Save” ...... Hines, Factory Women “Hernando’s Hideaway” ...... Gladys, Sid, Company “Seven and a Half Cents” ...... Prez, Babe, Factory Workers “Th ere Once Was a Man” (reprise) ...... Babe, Sid “Th e Pajama Game” (reprise) ...... Company

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TAPRENA AUGUSTINE (Mae) Theatre credits: , West productions, including 14 national tours and last year starred Side Story, Swing!, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, A as Mama Rose in the national tour of Gypsy. Her extensive Christmas Carol, and Little Shop of Horrors. She has performed regional credits include the title roles in Mame, Hello, Dolly!, at Carnegie Hall and New Orlean’s Congo Square, toured the , and Get Your Gun, as well as Mae West /Jo in country with the I.U. Soul Revue, African American Dance Dirty Blonde, Miss Mona in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Ensembles, and various R&B recording artists. Her voice can Miss Hannigan in Annie and Vern in the new show Bingo. be heard on television commercials overseas. Each performance She was the first female “Singmaster” of the Big Apple is dedicated to Ahuacan and her New Orleans family. Circus at the Lincoln Center. Her one-woman tour de The Brassy Broads of Broadway JESSICA BALL (Brenda) is excited to be on her first national force, (which premiered in Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot tour. Her recent credits include Martha Jefferson in 1776 at New York City), and Mamas the Olney Theatre Center, Maria inThe Sound of Music, Maria have both been critically acclaimed in Florida, Atlanta, in West Side Story, Kate McGowan in , and Sandy in upstate New York and cabarets nationwide. Grease at Toby’s Dinner Theatre. She is a graduate of Catholic MARTIN C. HURT (Hasler) Native of Richmond, VA. University with a degree in Musical Theatre. North American Tours: Cats (Old Deuteronomy), Strike Up The Band Phantom JASON ELLIOTT BROWN (Prez) Regional credits: Hangar (Horace J. Fletcher), (Leading Tenor). , The Wizard of Oz, Titanic, Theatre, West Virginia Public Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Favorite regional credits: , Kiss Me Kate Carousel Dinner Theatre, Porthouse Theatre, Actors Summit, . Education: Manhattan School Mt. Washington Valley Theatre. BFA Musical Theatre – of Music – M.M. Currently teaches individual voice at the Wright State University. Thanks to family and friends for American Musical and Dramatic Academy and private voice continued support. AMDG in New York City. CRYSTAL KELLOGG (Babe) SHAVEY BROWN (Charley) is thrilled to be making his Favorite credits include: Girl’s Night, The Musical national tour debut with . Shavey has National Tours: (2008). Regional West Side Story performed regionally with MSMT, The Human Race Theatre Theatre: (New Mexico Symphony Orchestra), Cinderella The Crucible Co., and Galveston Island Musicals. Training: Wright State (Musical Theatre Southwest), The University. Love to family and friends. Enjoy the show! (Albuquerque Little Theatre); Co-creator and star of Jitter Critters, Live! (New World Stages, NYC); Headliner for ERIK CHESKI (Max/Pop) Erik Cheski is happy to be back Princess Cruiselines. Much love to my family and friends! on the road with Phoenix again after touring with last season’s RODERICK “RODDY” KENNEDY (Ralph) Gypsy. Erik graduated with a BFA from Point Park University Roddy The Pajama Game last spring, where he was seen in The Rover (Willmore) and Kennedy is honored to be a part of tour! King of Hearts (Genevieve) among others. This proud 2005 PCPA grad from Cali just finished a tour of Arthur Live! as Buster and has held numerous Dance and JENNIFER ELISE DAVIS (Charlene) Jen is very happy to Fight Captain positions. Favorite credits include: West Side be back on the tour bus, having last toured with the Japan Story at 5th Ave., Guys and Dolls in San Diego, and Borachio and North American tours of (ensemble, Maggie in Much Ado…at PCPA. He thanks loved ones for support US). Other regional credits include (Velma), A and God for unconditional love! Chorus Line (Cassie, Sheila), On The Town (Claire), Crazy MOTIQUE KORMAN (Mara) for You (Irene, Tess), 42nd Street (Anytime Annie), La Cage Motique, a native of Au Faux (Angelique/Cagelle), All Shook Up, West Side Story Hanover, PA, is thrilled to be joining Phoenix Entertainment (Graziella). Thanks to family, friends, and banyan leaves for for her first national tour. Credits include the Fulton Opera their love and support! House, lead singer-dancer on Holland America Cruise Lines and Prather Productions. Thanks to my family for their THOMAS DEMARCUS (Hines) Recently performed in constant love and encouragement. the premiere of Eggs (Provincetown Playhouse). Other NYC YOAV LEVIN (Lewie) credits: Iowa ’08 (Vineyard Theatre), Wind Beneath My Wings is originally from Israel and is thrilled A Kid’s (). Regional: The Glass Menagerie, How to to be part of this amazing company. Off Broadway: Life Roadkill and Other Love Songs Succeed…, . Many thanks to Mom & Dad! (York), (TRIAD). Other credits include: , Evita, All Shook Up, A Chorus LORIANN FREDA (Gladys) LA is so excited to be a part Line, West Side Story, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Love to the of The Pajama Game. She recently completed the 2007-2008 family. Follow your dreams! National Tour of Gypsy playing Tessie Tura and Miss Cratchitt. SABRA MICHELLE (Virginia) Some of her favorite regional credits include Adelaide in Guys Favorite roles include: Showboat nominated Robert Cuccioli), & Dolls (Little Theatre on the Square and Broadway Palm Ellie ( , starring Tony® Gladys Bumps (Pal Joey), Mayzie (Seussical), Jean (Brigadoon), West ), Norma in Victor/Victoria and Hedy in How To Succeed. Cassandra (Cats), Graziella (West Side Story). George Faison’s . . (Naples Dinner Theatre), Kost inCabaret (Little Theatre on KING! A Musical Testimony with Maya Angelou, Bear in the the Square), Swingtime Canteen and Rumors (Show Palace). Big Blue House LIVE! DVD, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of Much love and thanks to M&D, family, and friends!!! America, former soloist with Motion Mania Dance Theatre and RICHARD GATTA (Frank) Richard is delighted to be Dancin’ Unlimited. BFA Dance (Shenandoah Conservatory). joining The Pajama Game. Tours: Grease (International & Grateful to be reunited with Mark and Chris! Macau Music Festival in China). Recent works include: West JAKE ODMARK (Joe) Jake just completed four years as a Side Story with New Orleans Opera. Dance: Northeast Ballet musical theatre major at James Madison University. Recent Co. (Principal Dancer). Love and gratitude to family and credits include Kenickie in Grease (Phoenix Entertainment), friends. www.richardgatta.com Danny in Grease, Riff in West Side Story (Toby’s Dinner KATHY HALENDA (Mabel) An actor and singer for Theatre), and Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (JMU). 28 years, Ms. Halenda has performed in more than 180 Love to God, family, and friends.

20 CHRIS SUCHAN (Cyrus/Dance Captain) National Tours: degree by Wagner College. He also received the first Lifetime The Producers (Swing, Dance Captain), (Billy, Achievement Award from the University of North Carolina. 42nd Street Cowboy Trio), Moscow Company (Ensemble). JERRY ROSS (Music & Lyrics) Jerry Ross’ Broadway musicals Chris is originally from the Washington DC area where he include The Pajama Game (Tony® Award, Donaldson Award, has performed in numerous stage productions and several Variety Drama Critics Award), (Tony® Award, dance companies. Enjoy the show! Donaldson Award, Variety Drama Critics Award) and John DIONYSIA WILLIAMS (Poopsie) Regional credits: PEG’s Murray Anderson’s Almanac. The songs “Hernando’s Hideaway” (Hope), WVPT’s (Bebe), West and “” (from The Pajama Game) also topped the Side Story (Conseula), Urban Cowboy, Funny Girl, Sweet Hit Parade, simultaneously capturing the top two spots and Charity, The Full Monty, La Comedia’s Fiddler... (Chava). setting a precedent in music business history. Jerry also wrote Other: Annie Get Your Gun (Annie), Ragtime (Evelyn). BFA more than 250 pop songs, with multiple top-selling records, in Musical Theatre from Wright State University. Thanks including the long-standing hit “Rags to Riches.” At the Phoenix! Love to MDJ! time of his death, he had the number-one and number-two shows running on Broadway. He was 29. In 1982, Jerry Ross JASON WINFIELD (Sid Sorokin) NY credits: Side was admitted posthumously to the Hall of Fame. Man (Gallery Players), The Fantasticks (GPT), CoMotion For more info and photos, please visit www.jerryross.net. (Blessed Unrest), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (APAC), Complete Works of William Shakespeare – Abridged (Arts JIM KRONZER (Scenic Design) Broadway: Glory Days. Off- Trust), Didi, Why Cucu? (RLH). Regional: Damn Yankees Broadway: Primary Stages: Opus, Zipper Theatre: Under (CCMT), (Willows), Li’l Abner (42nd the Bridge. REGIONAL: Arden Theatre Co, Florida Stage, St. Moon), 4 Guys Named Jose (OCT), Coming to America Pioneer Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Co., The Wilma. (Kalliope Stage). BA, Geography (MWC). CRUISE LINES: Disney Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line. WASHINGTON, D.C.: Shakespeare Theatre, GEORGE ABBOTT (Book) was an actor, writer, producer, Signature Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, The Studio Theatre, director, and noted “show doctor” who first appeared on The Kennedy Center. NATIONAL TOURS: Clear Channel: Broadway in 1913. He wrote or co-wrote the books for plays Backyardigans, Barbie™ Live! in Fairytopia™, NETworks: such as The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, The Boys from Seussical the Musical Syracuse, Where’s Charley?, New Girl in Town, Three Men on . AWARDS: Helen Hayes Award, (8), Barrymore Award (1). a Horse, On Your Toes, Fiorello!, Tenderloin, and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. He directed or produced dozens of Broadway CHRIS LEE (Lighting Design) Broadway/West End: Fame productions, including A Funny Thing Happened on the Becomes Me, Linda Eder Live At The Gershwin, Shakespeare’s Way to the Forum, On the Town, Call Me Madam, Wonderful R&J (Tokyo & London). Off-Broadway: Floyd And Clea Town, Once Upon a Mattress, Take Her, She’s Mine, Pal Joey, Under The Western Sky, Saving Aimee!, The Mistress Cycle, High Button Shoes, and Flora, The Red Menace. He won six Under The Bridge, Boy, Broadway Bares VI – XIV, …in the Tony® Awards and numerous other theatre accolades. Abbott absence of spring…, The Notebook, Sarah Plain And Tall, The died at the age of 107 in 1995. The lifetime achievement Summer of the Swans, Skyscraper, Cloud , Linda Eder Live award given yearly by the Society of Stage Directors and at Carnegie Hall, Once In A Lifetime. Regional: The Mysteries Choreographers Foundation is known as the “Mr. Abbott Of Harris Burdick, The Kiss Of The Spider Woman, The Glass Award” in his honor. Menagerie, M. Butterfly, Merrily We Roll Along, The Word Begins, Witches Of Eastwick, , , Urinetown, RICHARD BISSELL (Book) Richard Bissell was born in Elegies: A Song Cycle, Burnt Part Boys, The Last Five Years, Dubuque, Iowa, in 1913 and graduated from Phillips Exeter One Red Flower, Follies, Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Grand Academy and Harvard College. He went from Exeter and Hotel, …in the absence of spring…, Sideshow, Sammy And Me, Harvard to become and ordinary seaman, then secured Rosemary And I, The Tin Pan Alley Rag, I Am My Own Wife, a mate’s and pilot’s license for tonnage on the Mississippi Of Mice And Men, , Dames At Sea, Four Dogs and Monongahela rivers, the first author so distinguished and a Bone, and Three Viewings. Other: The Backyardigans since Mark Twain. His first novelA Stretch on the River, won (National Tour), Barbietm Live In Fairytopia (National Tour), immediate critical acclaim. His second, 7 ½ Cents, was a Jesus Christ Superstar (European Tour), Twice Charmed and Book-of-the-Month selection which Bissell and George Remember The Magic for Disney Creative Entertainment, and Abbott adapted for the Broadway musical The Pajama the feature film Camp. Upcoming: Peep Show Las Vegas. Game. With his wife and Abe Burrows he wrote Say, Darling, another Broadway success based on one of his novels. Mr. CRAIG CASSIDY (Sound Design) has been providing sound Bissell’s other writings include High Water, Goodbye Ava, You reinforcement for the theater for 25 years, having designed Can Always Tell a Harvard Man, How Many Miles to Galena?, sound for productions here in the USA and around the world. and My Life on the Mississippi… Recent productions include Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, Ring Of Fire, Gypsy, , Grease, The Will RICHARD ADLER (Music & Lyrics), the co-composer/ Rogers Follies, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Fame and Phantom. Regional lyricist of the Tony® Award winning The Pajama Game Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor and Damn Yankees, also received a Tony® nomination for productions include: Dreamcoat Crazy For You, Wuthering Heights, Jekyll & Hyde, Kwamina, his musical about Africa. He is the recipient of , Up, Up and Away, Follies two Donaldsons, two Variety Critics, the London Evening and . When he is not behind a sound Standard, as well as the coveted Honorary Ranger Award console you can find him sailing the Long Island Sound with for his symphonic work, Wilderness Suite. His songs his wife Dina & daughter Kealy. include, “You Gotta Have Heart,” “Hey There,” “Hernando’s STEVEN M. BISHOP (Musical Supervisor/Director) Hideaway,” “,” “Rags to Riches,” “Steam has composed three musicals and written more than 50 Heat,” “Everybody Loves a Lover,” which have sold more revues. He was conductor for the first national touring than 35 million records. During the Kennedy and Johnson company of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Conductor/Musical years, Richard Adler was appointed White House Consultant Director for the Off-Broadway run of Bingo!, which he also for the Arts and staged many “Presidenticals.” In recent years, orchestrated, produced, and mixed the original cast CD. he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music and Theatre Other theatrical credits include orchestrating and arranging

22 Riverview (Goodman Theatre in Chicago), Arthur (Marriott MICHAEL MCFADDEN (Director/Artistic Producer) is the Lincolnshire), and the national tours of Fiddler on the co-founder and Artistic Director of Phoenix Entertainment. Roof, Ziegfeld: A Night at the Follies, Grease starring Frankie Michael has guided over 70 major productions as Producer Avalon, Gypsy, and the US premiere of Jolson: The Musical. and/or Director in both the national and international His arrangements have been heard on the AMC Channel, touring entertainment industry. After completing his MA Discovery Channel, TNN’s Nashville Now, and Bobby Jones from Montclair University, he quickly became an award Gospel Hour. Mr. Bishop has conducted the new Barry winning director for Used Carlotta, and Three Tits in the Manilow musical, Copacabana, co-produced the Phillip Washington D.C. area. In 1999, he and partner Stephen Hernandez CD, and provided orchestrations for the 2002 Kane started Phoenix Entertainment with a mission to Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. As the musical supervisor produce new and established musical theatre projects. for the Prince William Theatre in Philadelphia, he won Productions have included Godspell, Buddy, The Will Rogers acclaim for his compositional and orchestral contributions to Follies, Grease, Man of La Mancha, Gypsy, Ring of Fire and The Green Violin, a new musical which won several Barrymore The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Michael has Awards, including Best New Score. A recipient of the Bravo directed many musicals on many continents including the Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of musical Samsung production of 42nd Street in Seoul, the North theatre, Mr. Bishop has musically directed more than 100 American tour of The Pajama Game, Grease in Singapore productions, works as a vocal and audition coach, and, as an and Macau and the International premier of the new holiday educator, he has developed arts curriculum at the high school musical Sing Along Santa. He is currently developing a new and collegiate levels, and has served as special guest artist in international touring production of Fame launching in musical theatre for the Interlochen Arts Academy. Beijing, BASSic Rhythm, an original musical that explores MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (www.mtishows.com) the organic sound of the bass and an all new production All Shook Up is one of the world’s leading dramatic license agencies, protecting of featuring the hit songs of Elvis Presley. the rights and legacy of composers, lyricists, and book writers STEPHEN B. KANE (Managing Producer) holds degrees and supplying scripts and musical materials to theatres around in Business and Arts Management and has now spent close the world. With over 275 titles in its catalog, MTI has been the to three decades supervising every aspect of touring show driving force in perpetuating such great musicals as Guys and business. Mr. Kane has been directly involved in mounting Dolls, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Damn Yankees, and more than 60 Broadway touring musicals in North America The Pajama Game. Additionally, MTI is home of the Broadway and has produced and/or managed major productions Junior Collection™, 70-minute adaptations of Broadway musicals in Europe, South America and Asia. Founding Phoenix designed for middle school-aged children to perform [Annie, Jr., Entertainment with partner Michael McFadden in 1999 has , Jr., Disney’s Aladdin, Jr. and many others] and allowed Mr. Kane to extend his international show business the Kids Collection, 30-minute musicals for performance by experience with first class performing arts organizations elementary school children [Disney’s Cinderella and The Jungle and venues around the globe. He is a member of ISPA, the Book among others]. National Alliance for Musical Theatre and a co-founder of the THE ROAD COMPANY (Tour Direction) The Road Company Phoenix Asia Group. is an independent theatrical booking agency, distributing award- OD MUSICAL COMPANY KOREA (Producing Partner) winning musicals, plays and special attractions internationally. OD Musical Company was founded in 2001 by Producer Co-founders Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota formed the Chunsoo Shin to popularize musicals in the Far East and to company in 1997 in response to their desire to deliver the produce both adult and youth driven entertainment throughout highest quality shows on the road, while providing exceptional the region. OD stands proudly as one of the leading production service to producers and presenters in the field. The Road companies in Korea and specializes in the development and Company has expanded significantly in recent years to become presentation of localized Broadway and West End musicals. one of the leading theatrical booking agencies in the industry. Representative OD productions in the Far East include Jekyll Still independently owned, the Road Company continues to & Hyde, Man of La Mancha, Crazy for You, The King & I, grow and become internationally recognized by representing the Grease, Nine, and their highly anticipated 2009 production most exciting shows and attractions from North America and of Dreamgirls. This upcoming pre-Broadway co-production of around the globe, from Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, to Tony® Dreamgirls will enhance the company’s growth and further the Award-winning musicals, to popular revivals and children’s OD mission of producing musicals worldwide. shows, to the hottest imports. PHOENIX ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) is an established MARK MINNICK (Choreographer/Associate Producer) international theatrical producing and management enterprise Originally from South Jersey, Mark launched his career as a founded by long time colleagues Stephen Kane and Michael performer in National Tours of My One and Only and Anything McFadden. Its mission is to develop, produce and present the very Goes before relocating to the D.C. metro area where he worked on finest in touring Broadway musicals and family entertainment. everything from industrials to TV commercials to student Throughout their nearly three decades of theatrical success programs. Main stage work has earned him five Helen and industry partnership, the Phoenix team has delivered Hayes Award nominations for Outstanding Choreography thousands of performances of over 75 live productions on four for his work on productions of Godspell, West Side Story, continents. Having recently completed the critically acclaimed Joseph…Dreamcoat, Crazy For You and Bandstand 2000, an tours of Gypsy and Ring of Fire, the Phoenix brand is currently original musical revue he co-created. He also directed and/ represented on the American road with all new productions of or choreographed productions of My Fair Lady, Hello, Dolly!, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Pajama Game Brigadoon, Singin’ in the Rain and Fiddler on the Roof to name and All Shook Up, and with local language productions of both a few. Mark had the great pleasure of mounting productions Grease and Fame in Korea and China respectively. Under the of Grease for a South Korean tour and in Macau, China for direction of colleague Ellie Chung, their affiliate Phoenix Asia the 21st Annual International Musical Festival. 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41 Charitable Donations: The Tennessee Performing Arts Center gratefully acknowledges the following organizations and individuals for gifts and pledges to the center from January 30, 2008 to January 30, 2009. These gifts support TPAC Education, performing arts programs, and special projects. For more information about donor benefits and sponsorship opportunities, or to notify us of any errors or omissions, please contact the TPAC Development Department at 615-687-4315. *A fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

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AT VANDERBILT Specially designed life FACILITY INFORMATION enrichment & activities Location The Ingram Center for Performing Arts is located at the corner of exclusively for persons with 24th Avenue and Capers Avenue. Alzheimer's and dementia Late Arrivals Late arrivals will be seated BOESFXDIBEXJDLT only at times designated by the artists Individualized approach and/or company. Please consult ushers BU3VUMFEHF)JMM stationed at the entrances of the orchestra level. Only 20 residents, Discounted Parking Discounted parking for Ingram events is allowing a 5 to 1 available in the Capers Avenue Garage at staff to patient ratio the corner of 24th Avenue and Capers Avenue. Please show ticket stubs when exiting. PVUEPPSTFBUJOHBWBJMBCMF Private home-like No Smoking There is no smoking allowed living spaces in any building on University campus. QFO5VFTEBZUISPVHI4BUVSEBZ Restrooms In the Ingram Center, restrooms are located in the rear of the EJOOFSPOMZ Secure environment lobby area. Accessibility Wheelchair accessible 24 Hour Staff seating, restroom and radio frequency 3VUMFEHF)JMM/BTIWJMMF assistive hearing devices are available in 5FOOFTTFF Ingram Hall. Please call 322-2471 at least \BQQSPYJNBUFMZNJMFTFBTUPGEPXOUPXO^ 6961us highway 70 south three days in advance of the performance date to make arrangements for all special  nashville, tn 37221 needs. (615) 673-6922 Lost and Found Please call University BOESFXDIBEXJDLTDPN Security at 322-2745.

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