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Mainstage Richard Hopkins, Producing Artistic Director

written by John Markus and Mark St. Germain, original by Randy Courts, original lyrics by Mark St. Germain

Levin Valayil, Joel Blum, D.C. Anderson, Scott Wakefield. Photo by Matthew Holler.

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. THE FABULOUS LIPITONES written by John Markus and Mark St. Germain, original music by Randy Courts, original lyrics by Mark St. Germain CAST (in alphabetical order) Howard Dunphy...... D.C. Anderson* Wally Smith...... Joel Blum* Baba Mati Singh (Bob)...... Levin Valayil* Phil Rizzardi...... Scott Wakefield* Scenic Designers Costume Designer Isabel & Moriah Curley-Clay April Soroko

Lighting Designer Sound Designer Musical Staging Christopher Bailey Jason Romney Joel Blum Stage Manager Roy Johns* Musical Director Steven Freeman Director John Markus Season Underwriters Georgia Court, Dennis & Graci McGillicuddy, Anne Nethercott

Please Note: There is a strobe light effect used in this production.

Originally produced for by Michael P. Price, Executive Director Goodspeed Musicals has achieved international acclaim for its dedication to the preservation and advancement of . Under the direction of Michael P. Price since 1968, Goodspeech produced three musicals each season at the Goodspeed House in East Haddam, and specialized in producing and developing new musicals at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut. For the Goodspeed stages, 19 musicals have gone to Broadway (including Man of La Mancha, Shenandoah, ) and over 75 new musicals have been launched. Also integral to its mission, Goodspeed houses the Scherer Library of Musical Theatre and has established the Max Showalter Center for Education in the Musical Theater to educate and train future generations of theatergoers and theatrical professionals. Goodspeed has received two special , for its outstanding achievements. To learn more visit www.goodspeed.org. Special Note: Sheet music is required for production and is available through the Play Service for $25.00, plus shipping and handling. The Fabulous Lipitones is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

* Denotes member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ARTIST PROFILES D.C. ANDERSON (Howard received his MFA in Musical Theater from Boston Dunphy) returns to FST Conservatory and his Bachelors in Voice/Piano having been ‘Wilbur’ in Hair- Performance and Music Therapy from Berklee spray last season. Broadway: College of Music. He is a licensed Music Therapist Phantom of the Opera. Na- along with being a performer. tional Tours: , SCOTT WAKEFIELD (Phil Nicholas Nickleby, Pippin, Rizzardi) Broadway: It Ain’t Phantom. Regional: Guthrie, Goodspeed, Rep Nothin’ But The Blues; Ring Of Theatre of SL, Steppenwolf. Three films in 2016: Fire; Hands On A Hardbody. Oppenheimer Strategies, Miles, Fair Market Value. Off-Broadway: Texas In Paris TV: The Mysteries of Laura, Lady Blue. Over 100 (York Theater); Paint Your songs (many original), 9 CD’s on iTunes. Video: Wagon (City Center); Going YouTube. Website: dcanderson.net Somewhere Definite (Atlantic Theater) and others. JOEL BLUM (Wally Smith) Scott runs a cattle ranch, vacations at Civil War Broadway: Show Boat (Tony battlefield sites, and plays Martin guitars. He has nomination), Steel Pier (Tony recorded two CDs of original music, Older Than nomination), , Dirt and Vegetarian Nightmare, which have each Music Man, Christmas Carol, sold tens of copies. ScottWakefield.com. After the Night and the Mu- JOHN MARKUS (Direc- sic. Off Broadway/On Tour: tor/Playwright) Emmy Golf-The Musical (2004 Drama Desk nomination Award-winning writer John for Best Supporting Actor), World Goes ‘Round, Markus began his career Dr. Doolittle (w/Tommy Tune, Co-Choreographer), in high school, supplying numerous regional theater including Tin Pan Ally jokes about his rural Ohio Rag, (Barrymore award). TV: Law and Order twice, hometown to Broadway Sopranos, Ed, The Tonight Show, Sonny and Cher, columnist Earl Wilson. After graduating from Bob Hope, and Liberace. Stanford University he moved to Los Angeles LEVIN VALAYIL (Baba Mati where he landed a job writing a revival of the Singh (Bob) hails from Sugar animated Mighty Mouse. After an assignment on Land, Texas and is thrilled to Paramount’s Emmy-winning Taxi, Markus joined make his Florida Studio The- the original writing staff ofThe Cosby Show, mov- atre debut with The Fabulous ing to New York where the show was produced. Lipitones. Levin recently Promoted to Supervising Producer after the first starred in Poster Boy at the six episodes, he returned for the show’s second Williamstown Theater Festival directed by Broad- season as co-executive producer and show run- way director Stafford Arima. Levin also previously ner. He remained headwriter with the acclaimed starred in Bollywood and Vine as Bhuvan, a new series until 1991. During his tenure, he wrote or musical off Broadway in New York City. Levin has co-wrote 67 episodes, earning an Emmy, ARTIST PROFILES a Peabody, back-to-back Humanitas prizes, The Kansas City Barbecue Society awarded him and a People’s Choice award for “The Greatest a PhB-an honorary status bestowed upon only a of All Time.” He co-created the handful of proven pitmasters. Cosby spin-offA Different World, which ran for STEVEN FREEMAN (Musical Director) is cur- six seasons on NBC. Markus next co-created the rently part of the musical team of Matilda, the critically-acclaimed Lateline with Al Franken Musical on Broadway. A veteran of The Fabulous for Paramount Network Television and NBC. He Lipitones, he is pleased to return to Howard’s was consulting producer on The Larry Sanders basement for this production at FST. Other New Show, co-writing the Emmy-nominated Ellen York credits include Billy Elliot, Irving Berlin’s Degeneres episode, Ellen: Is She Or Isn’t She? A White Christmas, Damn Yankees, Chicago, and play, The Sons of Liberty, his first collaboration Grease (with Rosie O’Donnell). He has musically with Mark St. Germain, was staged as a proto- supervised international companies of Chicago type for an NBC television series at the American in Buenos Aires, Moscow, Montreal, Seoul and Place Theater and directed by Jerry Zaks. He Tokyo. He conducted the New York premiere of became theater-struck. The Fabulous Lipitones, ’s Saturday Night. After joining the story of a barbershop quartet that loses its the original of Forever Plaid Off-Broad- lead singer to a strenuously high B-flat, debuted way, he traveled to the west coast to open the at Goodspeed in Connecticut. This play with show in LA where he received the LA Drama Crit- music, co-authored with Mark St. Germain, has ics Award for Best Musical Direction.In 1993, he had several productions, including George Street supervised the West End premiere of Plaid at the Playhouse in New Jersey and Taproot Theatre Apollo Theatre in London. He made his Carnegie Company in Seattle, with Markus directing the Hall debut as a guest vocalist for A Celebration show at The Julie Harris Theater in Wellfleet, The of MGM Musicals. Regional theaters include the Colony in Burbank and Rep. Markus just George Street Playhouse, the Berkshire Theater finished The Kings of BBQ Barbecue Kuwait, an Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, , award-winning documentary film chronicling Old Globe Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, North the mission of cooking authentic-style BBQ for Shore Music Theater and the Cape Playhouse. our troops stationed in The Mideast. He created the Destination America television series, BBQ ROY JOHNS (Stage Manager) is pleased to be Pitmasters, which takes the first in-depth look back for another season at FST. He has had an at the world of competition barbecue. Back in exciting and varied career both on stage and ‘99, Markus was served some bad ribs grilled behind the scenes from Tokyo Disneyland to the by now-Senator Al Franken, which set him on a White House. Past credits at FST include Alabama quest: what is true low-and-slow Southern-style Story; Outside Mullingar; One Man, Two Guvnors; BBQ, and how does one make it? In the course of The Hound of the Baskervilles; Chapatti; ; his culinary journey, he apprenticed under world and Taking Shakespeare. champion pitmasters Paul Kirk of Kansas City, ISABEL & MORIAH CURLEY-CLAY (Scenic aka The Baron of Barbecue, and Chris Lilly of Big Designers) are award winning scenic designers Bob Gibson in Decatur, Alabama. Just last year, who’s theatrical work can be seen on regional ARTIST PROFILES industrial design work with groups including The Opera Festival, , Westport World of Coke, Orange, and West Quoddy Head Country Playhouse, , Jacob’s National Park Visitors Center. They were recently Pillow, and more. featured in American Theater Magazine’s Roll JASON ROMNEY (Sound Designer) has designed Call, 7 theatrical people to watch. Past designs sound for Alliance Theatre, Children’s Theatre of at FST include Alabama Story, Butler, Taking Charlotte, Piedmont Opera, No Rules Theatre, Shakespeare, Chapatti, Inspired Lunacy, Dancing Imagination Stage, Weston Playhouse, Utah Lessons, Hairspray and One Man, Two Guvnors. Festival Opera, Elon University, Ravinia Festival, Isabel and Moriah are resident scenic designers at and others. He is an Associate Professor of Sound Horizon Theatre in , GA, Artistic Associates Design at the University of North Carolina School at Theatrical Outfit and members of United Scenic of the Arts. His book: Digital Sound and Music: Artists Local 829. Concepts, Application, and Science will be available APRIL SOROKO (Costume Designer) FST Credits: this year from Franklin Beedle Inc. Scenic and Costume Design for Talley’s Folly, The MARK ST. GERMAIN (Playwright) Mark St. Ger- World Goes ‘Round, The 39 Steps, Androcles and main’s play Freud’s Last Session ran for two years the Lion, Race, The Savannah Disputation, Costume Off-Broadway, closing July 24th, 2012. The play Design for Beehive: The ‘60’s Musical and Scenic has been open in Argentina since January 2012 Design for . Other notable and in repertory in Sweden, Australia, Denmark. credits: Costume Designer – The Cure at Troy at His play Becoming Dr. Ruth premiered in July 2012 the Yale Repertory Theatre, Resident Costume and at the Barrington Stage Company in the Berk- Scenic Designer at NCShakes 2003-2005, Scenic shires, played at Hartford Theaterworks, and was Designer – Napoleon – A Musical at New York brought to NYC to the Westside Theatre. Scott and Musical Festival, Resident Designer – Triad Stage Hem in the Garden of Allah co-premiered in the 2001-2005. Member: USA Local 829. Education: summer of 2013 at the Contemporary American MFA- Yale School of Drama (’98). Assistant Pro- Theater Festival and Barrington Stage Company. fessor- Scenic Design – Florida Atlantic University. His play The Best of Enemies, first produced by Website: www.aprilsoroko.com the Barrington Stage Company, is now being CHRISTOPHER BAILEY (Lighting Designer) produced throughout the country. The Fabulous is the Production Manager at George Street Lipitones, a musical comedy co-written with John Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ where his design Markus, premiered at the Theatrical Outfit in work includes 6 scenic designs and 9 sound Atlanta in summer, 2013, and then at Goodspeed designs for GSPs’ Educational Touring productions, Playhouse. Mark’s other plays include Camping 24 lighting designs and 39 sound designs for With Henry and Tom ( and Outer GSP’s mainstage productions. He was recently Critics Circle Awards), Ears on a Beatle, The God Lighting Designer for the Off-Broadway produc- Committee, Out of Gas on Lover’s Leap, and Danc- tion of Clever Little Lies at the Westside Theatre. ing Lessons (premiered at the Barrington Stage He has also designed for: The Pearl Theatre, Festival). Mark wrote the Tammy Wynette Musical Philadelphia Theatre Company, Delaware Theatre Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Ashlawn Highland ARTIST PROFILES Stand By Your Man, which began at the Ryman and the Writer’s Guild East. He is an alumnus of Theater in Nashville. With composer Charles New Dramatists. Strouse he co-wrote the book for his adaption RANDY COURTS (Composer) has collaborated of Dreiser’s American Tragedy. With composer with playwright/lyricist Mark St. Germain on the Randy Courts, Mark has written the perennial musicals The Gifts of the Magi, Johnny Pye and musical The Gifts of the Magi as well as Johnny the Foolkiller (AT&T New Plays of The Nineties Pye and the Foolkiller (AT&T Award Grant) and Award), and Jack’s Holiday (three Outer Critics Cir- Jack’s Holiday (). Television cle Award nominations, including Best Musical). work includes Writer/Creative Consultant for Courts and St. Germain contributed material to and Dick Wolf’s Crime and Pun- the hit revue A... My Name Is Still Alice and their ishment. He co-wrote director Carroll Ballard’s musical Joseph and Mary was performed at the filmDuma and produced and directed the doc- National Alliance of Musical Theaters festival, umentary My Dog, An Unconditional Love Story, starring Kris Kristofferson. They received a with Richard Gere, Glenn Close, commission for a new musical from Dreamworks and others. Mark also wrote the award winning through Playwrights Horizons and they adapted children’s book Three Cups. Mark is an Associate Walt Wangerin’s The Book of the Dun Cow for the Artist of the Barrington Stage Company, a re- tenth anniversary of The New Harmony Project, cipient of the William Inge Festival’s New Voices where they are regular participants. Courts is a Award, and a member of the Dramatists Guild member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild. SEASON UNDERWRITERS GEORGIA COURT I love great theater and FST The values of the theater and its leadership, as delivers that. FST is among the best theater reflected in its mission, and as manifested in its companies I have seen, but it is more than a work, whether it be on the main stage, in the theater company. It is an organization that cabaret, and in its education and community recognizes it is part of the greater community-- outreach programs, are values that we so and it reaches out to that community in positive, strongly believe in. As a consequence, it is a productive ways. Having FST so accessible privilege for us to be a part of, and supportive of adds to the joy of living in the fabulous arts this great theater. community that is Sarasota. ANNE NETHERCOTT When asked to define DENNIS & GRACI MCGILLICUDDY FST is giving, Anne said: “My mother used to say, important to us because we believe so strongly ‘The best way to find you is to lose yourself, by in the transformative power of the arts. For close focusing on the needs of others rather than to 30 years now, we have been so fortunate to on oneself.’” So, giving has always been an experience first-hand how that transformative important family value, which in childhood power works its magic in the hands of an was reinforced by the community experience of organization that is not only experienced and surviving The Depression. Anne is proud to be a dedicated but so highly skilled in their craft. supporter of FST. FST FORUMS Barbershop Music History Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era (1930s–present), is a style of a cappella close harmony, or unaccompanied vocal music, characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic . Each of the four parts has its own role: generally, the lead sings the melody, the tenor harmonizes above the melody, the bass sings the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone completes the chord, usually below the lead. The melody is not usually sung by the tenor or baritone. Occasional passages may be sung by fewer than four voice parts. Except for the bass, the voice parts in barbershop singing do not correspond closely to their classi- cal music counterparts; the tenor range and are similar to those of the classical counter- tenor, the baritone resembles the Heldentenor or lyric baritone in range and a tenor in tessitura, and the lead generally corresponds to the tenor of classical repertoire, with some singers possess- ing a tessitura more similar to that of a high baritone. Barbershop singing is performed both by men’s and women’s groups; the elements of the barbershop style and the names of the voice parts are the same for both (although women’s groups generally have a different standing arrangement than their male counterparts). About Sikhism A way of life and philosophy well ahead of its time when it was founded over 500 years ago, The Sikh religion today has a following of over 20 million people worldwide. Sikhism preaches a message of devotion and remembrance of God at all times, truthful living, equality of mankind, social justice and denounces superstitions and blind rituals. Sikhism is open to all through the teachings of its 10 Gurus enshrined in the Sikh Holy Book and Living Guru, Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Who and What is a Sikh? The word ‘Sikh’ in the Punjabi language means ‘disciple’, Sikhs are the disciples of God who follow the writings and teachings of the Ten Sikh Gurus. The wisdom of these teachings in Sri Guru Granth Sahib are practical and universal in their appeal to all mankind. Sikhism preaches that people of different races, religions, or sex are all equal in the eyes of God. It also teaches the full equality of men and women. FST COMPANY BOARD OF TRUSTEES WRITE A PLAY Coordinator...... Patrick President...... Dennis McGillicuddy Gaele Barthold A. Jackson Dick Nimtz Vice-President...... Richard Hopkins Dale BerkowitzCOMMUNITY RESOURCE GROUP Betty Nimtz Secretary/Treasurer...... Tom Hayes Howard Doss Gene Noble Trustee...... Kate Alexander Sy Goldblatt Sheila Rose Trustee...... Carol Poteat Buchanan Alfred Goldstein Ina Schnell Trustee...... Georgia Court Trustee...... Patricia Courtois Bob Israeloff Alan Schottenstein Trustee...... Harold Joels Bonny Israeloff Lois Schottenstein Trustee...... Barbara Lupoff Valerie Joels Ann Wurlitzer Trustee...... Jennifer Michell­ Daniel Mandelker Fred Wurlitzer Trustee...... Jim Roque­ EXECUTIVE STAFF Producing Artistic Director……...... Richard Hopkins Associate Director...... Kate Alexander Managing Director...... Rebecca Hopkins AUDIENCE ENRICHMENT GROUP ARTISTIC STAFF Hon. Larry L. Eger Mr. Trevor Harvey Casting/Hiring Coordinator...... James Ashford Commissioner Carolyn Mason Dr. Lisa Merritt Resident Pianist...... Jim Prosser Dr. Eddy Regnier Mayor Willie Charles Shaw Associate Artist...... Jason Cannon Rabbi Howard Simon Mr. Howard Tevlowitz Associate Artist...... Catherine Randazzo Mr. Tom Tryon Mr. Paul White, LC Assistant to the Artistic Director...... Doris Iemolo SW Chief Judge Charles Director of Improvisation...... Will Luera E. Williams

PRODUCTION STAFF OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE Production Manager…...... ….Bruce Price House Counsel...... John Patterson Production Office Manager...... Joseph Goepfrich Facility Custodian...... Carlos De Oliveira Mainstage Stage Manager...... Roy Johns Stage III Stage Manager...... Stephen Ray, Jr...... Confidence Cleaning Company Technical Director...... Tom Hansen Caretaker...... Doctor Nik Scene Shop Supervisor...... Dan Yerman Stitchers...... Nancy Brown, Kaori Torralva, Costume Shop Manager…...... Susan Angermann Marina Shavelzon, Barbara Wechsler Props/Paint Supervisor...... Kristine Kreutzer INTERN COMPANY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Acting Apprentice...... Carter Conaway IT Manager...... Lee Schlosser Acting Apprentice...... Alexa Eldridge Business Manager...... Carmen Gonzalez Bookeeper...... Kim Smith Acting Apprentice...... Jacob Perkel Asst. to the Managing Dir...... Phyllis Silverman Acting Apprentice...... Kihresha Redmond Operations Manager...... Mark Quackenbush Acting Apprentice...... Tanner Sands General Manager...... Jill Zakrzewski Artistic Intern...... Dana Ernest Company Manager...... Luke Johnson Costume Intern...... Antonio Torrez Marketing Director...... Audra Lange Education Intern...... Shannon Formas Public Relations Associate...... Nicole Clayton Education Intern...... Jennifer Fuller Marketing Assistant...... Mackenzie Nilsen Education Intern...... Tyler Hastings Director of Audience Services...... Kaylene Torregrossa Development Associate...... Steve Turrisi Education Intern...... Savanah Knechel Development Associate...... Corriane Oster Education Intern...... Kourtney Paige Ticket Operations Manager...... Kathleen Smith Literary Intern...... Morgan Green Asst. Box Office Manager...... Gigi Delpero Literary Intern...... Thomas McPhee Asst. Box Office Manager...... Kelsey Wehde Literary Intern...... Jordan Nickels Asst. Box Office Manager...... David Wallace Literary Intern...... Grace Zischkau Restaurant Manager...... Tom Curry Marketing Intern...... Sabrina Bowen Restaurant Manager...... Karen Kraster Prod./Lighting Intern...... David Cook Restaurant Manager...... Josh Rodoski Prod./Sound Intern...... Melissa Santoro Restaurant Manager...... Kalin Delfino Stage Management Intern...... Samantha Castle Receptionist...... Joan O’Dowd Stage Management Intern...... Mary Caitlyn Deffely Stage Management Intern...... Jennifer London EDUCATION & TOURS Stage Management Intern...... Matt Neier Director of Children’s Theatre...... Caroline Kaiser Director of Education...... Christine Hopkins Education Administrator...... Pamela Smith Teaching Artist/YPF Coordinator...... Adam Ratner 366.9000 1241 North Palm Avenue • Downtown Sarasota, FL 34236 www.floridastudiotheatre.org • [email protected]