Artistic Director Nathaniel Shaw Managing Director Phil Whiteway PREMIER SPONSOR PRODUCTION SPONSOR MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BOOK BY LIN-MANUEL QUIARA MIRANDA ALEGRÍA HUDES CONCEIVED BY SEASON SPONSORS LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Development of In The Heights was supported by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center during a residency at the Music Theater Conference of 2005. Initially developed by Back House Productions. Originally Produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman Willis,Sander Jacobs, Goodman/Grossman, Peter Fine, Everett/Skipper E. Rhodes and Leona B. IN THE HEIGHTS is presented through special arrangement Carpenter Foundation with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com STAGE MANAGEMENT SOUND DESIGN Christi B. Spann* Derek Dumais COSTUME DESIGN LIGHT DESIGN SET DESIGN Sarah Grady Joe Doran+ Anna Louizos+ MUSIC DIRECTION CHOREOGRAPHY Ben Miller Karla Garcia DIRECTION Nathaniel Shaw^ SARA BELLE AND NEIL NOVEMBER THEATRE | MARJORIE ARENSTEIN STAGE CAST MUSICAL NUMBERS AND SCENES Usnavi ...............................................................JJ Caruncho* ACT I Vanessa ............................................................ Arielle Jacobs* In The Heights ................................................... Usnavi, Company Nina ................................................................. Shea Gomez Breathe ........................................................... Nina, Company Benny ................................................................. Josh Marin* Benny’s Dispatch ...................................................... Benny, Nina Kevin Rosario .................................................... Joseph Rodriguez It Won’t Be Long Now .......................................Vanessa, Usnavi, Sonny Camila Rosario ............................................................Vilma Gil Inutil ....................................................................... Kevin Carla ................................................................. Kita Grayson No Me Diga ........................................... Daniela, Carla, Vanessa, Nina Daniela ................................................. Melissa Vazquez Cartwright 96,000 ......... Usnavi, Benny, Sonny, Graffiti Pete, Vanessa, Daniela, Carla, Company Abuela ......................................................... Yvonne Strumecki* Paciencia y Fe ................................................... Abuela, Company Sonny, U/S Usnavi .................................................. James Schoppe When You’re Home .......................................... Nina, Benny, Company Piragua Guy ................................................. Fernando Rivadeneira Piragua............................................................... Piragua Guy Graffiti Pete ...................................................... Roberto Whitaker The Club ................................... Usnavi, Vanessa, Nina, Benny, Company Ensemble, U/S Nina ................................................... Gabi Campo Blackout ................................................................Company Ensemble, U/S Carla & Vanessa ............................... Makenzie Mercer Pusey Ensemble, U/S Piragua Guy ..................................Joshua James Crawford . Ensemble, U/S Sonny ................................................ Edgar Cavazos There will be one 15-minute intermission between acts Ensemble.............................. Dia Davis, Savannah George, Diontey Michael, LaWanda Raines, Alana Thomas, Ira White ACT II Sunrise ..................................................... Nina, Benny, Company Hundreds of Stories .................................................Abuela, Usnavi ^ The Director is a member of +Member of USA, United *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a Scenic Artists’, local 829 the union of professional actors and Enough ...................................................................Camilla national theatrical labor union. stage managers in the U.S.A. Carnaval del Barrio ..... Daniela, Carla, Vanessa, Usnavi, Sonny, Piragua Guy, Company Atencion ................................................................... Kevin Alabanza ................................................Usnavi, Nina and Company MUSICIANS Everything I Know ............................................................ Nina No Me Diga (Reprise) .................................. Carla, Nina, Vanessa, Daniela Reeds ....................... John Winn Guitar ......................Derek Tuttle Piragua (Reprise)...................................................... Piragua Guy or Jonathan Gibson Bass ... Derrick Englert, Tom Tucciarone* Champagne .......................................................Vanessa, Usnavi Trumpet .................... Craig Taylor Percussion ....... Mike Boyd, Kevin Estes* When The Sun Goes Down ............................................. Nina, Benny Trombone .... Chris Leitch, Dean Englert* Drums........... Scott Clark, Mike Boyd* Finale ........................................................... Usnavi, Company Keyboard ............ Marlysse Simmons, *At select performances Carson Eubank* DEDICATION FOR THIS PRODUCTION With great respect and affection, we dedicate this Associate Director .......... Kikau Alvaro Wardrobe ........ Tyler Carlton Williams, production of In the Heights to the memory of Associate Music Director .. Carson Eubank Geoffrey Morgan Clarence L. Townes Jr. As a co-founder and Executive Asst. Stage Manager ......Luke Robinson* Spot Op ..... Matt Lehtola, David Monroy Director of Richmond Renaissance, Chairman of Asst. Stage Manager ......... Lydia Crush Emily Steed the Richmond Public School Board, and a lifelong Dance Captain ..............Gabi Campo Asst. Lighting Designer .... Margaret York advocate for his alma mater, Virginia Union University, Fight Captain .............. JJ Caruncho* Light Board Programmer ....... Amy Ariel Mr. Townes was one of RVA’s pioneer bridge builders. Live Sound Engineer ....... Derek Dumais He came to know and respect our theatre when his The video and/or audio recording of this Light Board Op .........Linwood Guyton daughter June was among the stars of our production performance by any means whatsoever are of . He viewed us as a vital player in strictly prohibited. Ain’t Misbehavin’ downtown redevelopment, and assisted our efforts SPECIAL THANKS time and time again. His intelligence and can-do generosity are greatly missed. Walter “Bobby” McCoy Sarah Nails and Spa Oscar Contreras University of Richmond Radio Poder COMPANY BIOS COMPANY BIOS JJ Caruncho (Usnavi) This is a story about love. Dreams. Family. The Josh Marin (Benny) Josh is over the moon with excitement to be a part meaning of “home”. About the incredible beauty and heroism there is of this incredible cast, crew and production team! He currently lives in in every life. It’s about all of us. It’s about you. And it’s for you. I’m New York. Credits include: local commercials, Spielberg’s “Lincoln”, glad you’re here. Past roles include: Hamlet, The Baker in Into the Georg in Spring Awakening, Tamino in The Magic Flute (adaptation), Woods, and more Off-Broadway, regionally and internationally. As a Tommy Djilas in The Music Man, Mr. Black in The Wild Party, Chad Deity singer/musician, JJ has sung/played at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Harpo in The Color Purple and, and the Kennedy Center, from LA to New Orleans and everywhere in most recently, Flick in Violet. He would like to thank his family for their between. JJ has performed and recorded albums with Wynton Marsalis and Tituss prayers and support, his friends for their encouragement and God for blessing us with such Burgess. Dedicated to his people. Especially Sexy Grandma and Abuelita Antonia. a vital art form in theatre, that we get to enjoy! Stay in touch by finding him @JJCaruncho. Kita Grayson (Carla) Kita, a Los Angeles native, holds a BFA in Musical Arielle Jacobs (Vanessa) Broadway: Wicked (Nessarose), In the Theatre from Howard University where she performed on the Ira Heights (Nina Rosario in the closing cast, opposite creator Lin-Manuel Aldridge stage in Anything Goes as Erma and Trojan Women as Helen. Miranda). Original tour casts: Disney’s Australian production of Credits include: Black Side of the Moon (Woolly Mammoth), brownsville Aladdin (Princess Jasmine), In the Heights (Nina), Disney’s High song: b-side for tray (Theatre Alliance), Three Little Birds (Adventure School Musical (Gabriella). Off-Broadway, she has starred in two Theatre), The Color Purple (ArtsCentric), Blood Quilt (Arena Stage, world-premiere plays by Pulitzer-winning playwright and director workshop), Annie (Potomac Theatre Company), Four Little Girls Nilo Cruz: Farhad or the Secret of Being (Farhad) and Sotto Voce (Kennedy Center), and A Frontier As Told by the Frontier (Source Theatre Festival). Kita is (Lucila). Regional: Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife, opposite Tituss Burgess as the Witch eager to make her Virginia Rep debut this summer, and thanks her family for their love and and JJ Caruncho as the Baker), Rent (Mimi), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Julia), and The support. @KitaGrayson. Rose of Corazon (Rosa). Debut solo album “A Leap in the Dark” coming soon! More at Melissa Vázquez Cartwright (Daniela) This is Melissa’s debut with www.ariellejacobs.com and @ArielleJacobs Virginia Rep in one of her dream roles! Originally from Puerto Rico and Shea Gomez (Nina) is thrilled to be making her Virginia Rep debut! growing up