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STAGE ENTERTAINMENT BILL TAYLOR HUNTER ARNOLD 50 CHURCH STREET PRODUCTIONS ELIZABETH DEWBERRY & ALI AHMET KOCABIYIK CARL DAIKELER WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC 42ND.CLUB/PHIL KENNY JUDITH ANN ABRAMS PRODUCTIONS /UMEDA ARTS THEATER PETER MAY DAVID MIRVISH SANDI MORAN SEOUL BROADCASTING SYSTEM LD ENTERTAINMENT/SALLY CADE HOLMES SERIFF PRODUCTIONS VAN DEAN TAMAR CLIMAN in association with HARTFORD STAGE present

Book By Music By Lyrics By TERRENCE McNALLY

Inspired by the TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX MOTION PICTURES

LILA COOGAN STEPHEN BROWER JASON MICHAEL EVANS JOY FRANZ TARI KELLY EDWARD STAUDENMAYER BRIANNA ABRUZZO VICTORIA BINGHAM RONNIE S. BOWMAN, JR. ALISON EWING PETER GARZA JEREMIAH GINN BRETT-MARCO GLAUSER LUCY HORTON MARY ILLES FRED INKLEY KOURTNEY KEITT BETH STAFFORD LAIRD MARK MacKILLOP KENNETH MICHAEL MURRAY TAYLOR QUICK CLAIRE RATHBUN MICHAEL McCORRY ROSE MATT ROSELL SAREEN TCHEKMEDYIAN ADDISON MACKYNZIE VALENTINO

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design ALEXANDER DODGE LINDA CHO DONALD HOLDER PETER HYLENSKI

Projection Design /Wig Design Makeup Design Casting by AARON RHYNE CHARLES G. LaPOINTE JOE DULUDE II TELSEY + CRAIG BURNS, CSA

Orchestrations Vocal Dance Arrangements Music Supervisor DOUG BESTERMAN STEPHEN FLAHERTY DAVID CHASE TOM MURRAY

Music Director Music Coordinator Tour Booking Marketing & Publicity Direction LAWRENCE GOLDBERG MICHAEL AARONS THE BOOKING GROUP BOND THEATRICAL GROUP MEREDITH BLAIR AND KARA GEBHART

Advertising Interactive Marketing National Press Representative Production Stage Manager AKA SITUATION INTERACTIVE POLK & CO. PATRICIA L. GRABB

Company Manager Production Management General Management DENNY DANIELLO AURORA PRODUCTIONS RCI THEATRICALS

Commissioned by DMITRY BOGACHEV

Choreographed by PEGGY HICKEY

Directed by

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Lila Coogan

Stephen Brower Jason Michael Joy Franz Tari Kelly Edward Evans Staudenmayer

Brianna Abruzzo Victoria Bingham Ronnie S. Alison Ewing Peter Garza Bowman, Jr

Jeremiah Ginn Brett-Marco Lucy Horton Mary Illes Fred Inkley Glauser

Kourtney Keitt Beth Stafford Mark MacKillop Kenneth Michael Taylor Quick Laird Murray

Claire Rathbun Michael Matt Rosell Sareen Addison McCorry Rose Tchekmedyian Mackynzie Valentino 14 peace center cast of characters

(in order of appearance) Little Anastasia...... VICTORIA BINGHAM Dowager Empress...... JOY FRANZ Tsarina Alexandra...... LUCY HORTON Tsar Nicholas II...... MICHAEL McCORRY ROSE Young Anastasia...... TAYLOR QUICK Maria Romanov...... BRIANNA ABRUZZO Olga Romanov...... CLAIRE RATHBUN Tatiana Romanov...... KOURTNEY KEITT Alexei Romanov...... VICTORIA BINGHAM Countess Lily...... TARI KELLY Gleb...... JASON MICHAEL EVANS Dmitry...... STEPHEN BROWER Vlad...... EDWARD STAUDENMAYER Anya...... LILA COOGAN Paulina...... TAYLOR QUICK Marfa...... BRIANNA ABRUZZO Dunya...... KOURTNEY KEITT Count Ipolitov...... MICHAEL McCORRY ROSE Gorlinsky...... FRED INKLEY Count Leopold...... FRED INKLEY Doorman...... PETER GARZA Count Gregory...... MICHAEL McCORRY ROSE Countess Gregory...... ALISON EWING Odette in Swan Lake...... CLAIRE RATHBUN Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake ...... MARK MacKILLOP Von Rothbart in Swan Lake ...... RONNIE S. BOWMAN, JR. Suitors, Soldiers, Comrades, Ghosts, Parisians, White Russians, Waiters, Reporters, Cygnets in Swan Lake...... BRIANNA ABRUZZO, RONNIE S. BOWMAN, JR., ALISON EWING, PETER GARZA, BRETT-MARCO GLAUSER, LUCY HORTON, MARY ILLES, FRED INKLEY, KOURTNEY KEITT, MARK MacKILLOP, TAYLOR QUICK, CLAIRE RATHBUN, MICHAEL McCORRY ROSE, MATT ROSELL

SWINGS JEREMIAH GINN, BETH STAFFORD LAIRD, KENNETH MICHAEL MURRAY, SAREEN TCHEKMEDYIAN

UNDERSTUDIES For Anya—BETH STAFFORD LAIRD, TAYLOR QUICK; for Dmitry—BRETT-MARCO GLAUSER, MATT ROSELL; for Vlad—JEREMIAH GINN, FRED INKLEY; for Dowager Empress— ALISON EWING, MARY ILLES; for Countess Lily— ALISON EWING, LUCY HORTON; for Gleb— PETER GARZA, MICHAEL McCORRY ROSE; for Little Anastasia/Alexei— ADDISON MACKYNZIE VALENTINO

Dance Captain: KENNETH MICHAEL MURRAY

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited by law. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches prior to the beginning of the performance.

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ACT I Setting: Saint Petersburg, 1906, 1917 & 1927 Prologue: “”...... Dowager Empress and Little Anastasia “The Last Dance of the Romanovs” ...... Ensemble “A Rumor in St. Petersburg”...... Dmitry, Vlad and Ensemble "In My Dreams”...... Anya “The Rumors Never End”...... Gleb and Ensemble “Learn to Do It”...... Vlad, Anya and Dmitry “The Neva Flows”...... Gleb and Anya “The Neva Flows” (Reprise) ...... Men “My Petersburg” ...... Dmitry and Anya “Once Upon a December"...... Anya and Ensemble “A Secret She Kept”...... Anya “Stay, I Pray You”...... Count Ipolitov, Anya, Dmitry, Vlad and Ensemble “We’ll Go From There”...... Vlad, Anya, Dmitry and Ensemble “Traveling Sequence”...... Gleb, Gorlinsky, Anya, Dmitry and Vlad “Still”...... Gleb “”...... Anya

ACT II Setting: Paris, 1927 “Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)”...... Vlad, Dmitry, Anya and Ensemble “Close the Door”...... Dowager Empress “Land of Yesterday”...... Countess Lily and Ensemble “The Countess and the Common Man”...... Vlad and Countess Lily “Land of Yesterday” (Reprise)...... Gleb “A Nightmare”...... Romanov Children, Tsar and Tsarina “In a Crowd of Thousands”...... Dmitry and Anya “Meant to Be”...... Vlad “Quartet at the Ballet”...... Anya, Dmitry, Dowager Empress, Gleb and Ensemble “Everything to Win”...... Dmitry “Once Upon a December” (Reprise)...... Anya and Dowager Empress “The Press Conference”...... Countess Lily, Vlad and Ensemble “Everything to Win” (Reprise)...... Anya “Still”/“The Neva Flows” (Reprise)...... Gleb, Anya and Ensemble Finale...... Anya, Dmitry and Company

ORCHESTRA Conductor: LAWRENCE GOLDBERG Keyboard 1—JOSH CULLEN; Assistant Conductor/Keyboard 2—VALERIE GEBERT Music Coordinator: MICHAEL AARONS Keyboard Programmer: RANDY COHEN

LOCAL MUSICIANS Violin/Concertmaster—MARY LEE TAYLOR KINOSIAN; Violin/Viola—CAROL ROOSEVELT Cello—LESLIE NASH KILSTOFTE; Bass—IAN BRACCHITTA Reed 1—JACK MURRAY; Reed 2—JAMES NESBIT Trumpet/Flugelhorn—KEVIN LYONS; French Horn—BILL TYLER Trombone—STEPHEN WILSON; Percussion—RICK BLACKWELL

16 peace center who’s who in the cast LILA COOGAN (Anya). Broadway: . VICTORIA BINGHAM (Little Anastasia, Alexei Regional: (Syracuse Stage). Television: ABC’s Romanov) is thrilled to be playing her dream “What Would You Do?”. BFA in Musical , role on tour! Credits include (Molly), The Sound . Love and thanks to the Anastasia of Music (Gretl), The Jungle Book, Christmas Carol, team, Telsey + Co., The Krasny Office, teachers, family and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. especially mom & dad, Adrian, and everyone who has Thanks to mom, dad, nana, Talia, Telsey + Co, Lisa supported me. For Aunt Val. Lilacoogan.com, @lilcoogs Calli, Barry Kolker, Amanda Flynn, Kat Ramsburg, Rick Rea, DMO and UDA. @officialtorib STEPHEN BROWER (Dmitry) is beyond thrilled to take this show on the road. Broadway: Anastasia RONNIE S. BOWMAN, JR. (Ensemble, Von Rothbart). (Ensemble, u/s Dmitry). Tour: An American in Paris National Tour: (directed by Baayork (Adam Hochberg), Pippin (Swing, u/s Pippin). Immense Lee). NY/Regional: Lunt-Fontanne Theater, Delacorte thanks to and creative team for their Theater, MSMT, Ivoryton Playhouse. Thanks to God, trust and open-mindedness; and to Texas State, BRS/ family, friends, Daniel Hoff Agency, and Telsey & Co. Gage, and my chosen family for helping me make this Casting BFA, Hartt ’17. @rsbowman_ dream a reality. @stephenbrower ALISON EWING (Ensemble, u/s Dowager Empress, JASON MICHAEL EVANS (Gleb). : u/s Countess Lily). Broadway: Mamma Mia!, . Sondheim’s at CSC, On Your Toes at Encores!. National Tours: An American in Paris, Cabaret, Regional: PCLO, , Drury Lane Mamma Mia!, Flashdance. Regional: Hand To God , Stages St. Louis. TV: “Madame Secretary”, “The (San Jose Stage), Sweet Charity (Center Rep), Harold Good Cop”. Immeasurable love to my incredible family & Maude, Emma, and River (TheatreWorks). and friends, Kathryn, TalentWorks, Maxime’, Isabelle, PETER GARZA (Ensemble, u/s Gleb). Regional:West Telsey+Co, Yadier Molina and everyone at Anastasia. Side Story (Chino/Dance Captain) at the New London Home. Love. Family. CG4L. @jasonmichaelevans Barn Playhouse, A Chorus Line (Paul) at the Lexington JOY FRANZ (Dowager Empress). Broadway: Les Liaisons Theatre Co., and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (Ensemble) Dangereuses, (Original, Revival, PBS); at The MUNY. IG: peetah_g123 , Company (London), Pippin, JEREMIAH GINN (Swing, u/s Vlad). National Tour: Musical Chairs, Sweet Charity, Lysistrata. Many National A Chorus Line. Off-Broadway/NYC: Anything Goes, Tours, Off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions. Murder for Two. Regional: Goodspeed Opera House, TV/Film: “Royal Pains”, “Allegiance”, “ Diaries”, The MUNY, Stages St. Louis, Gulfshore Playhouse. “Law & Order”, “Central Park West”, “Horrible BFA from BYU. @jeremiahmginn jeremiahginn.com People”, many daytime dramas. She is very grateful. BRETT-MARCO GLAUSER (Ensemble, u/s Dmitry). TARI KELLY (Countess Lily). Broadway: Groundhog National tour debut! Regional credits include Day, Something Rotten, Anything Goes, How The Grinch Goodspeed Opera House, , Stole Christmas, The Boy From Oz, Show Boat. Tours: Riverside Theatre, and Fireside Theatre. Proud Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), Show Boat (Ellie), Beauty graduate of Pace University’s BFA in Commercial and the Beast. Selected Regional: End of The Rainbow Dance. Endless thanks to Craig and everyone on the (–Henry Award), Anything Goes (Reno Anastasia team, Penny, Brian, and the Wham-Bam Sweeney–Carbonell Award), Thoroughly Modern Millie Glauser Fam. @bmcglauser (Millie–Jeff Nomination). TariKelly.com LUCY HORTON (Ensemble, Tsarina Alexandra, EDWARD STAUDENMAYER (Vlad). Broadway: u/s Countess Lily) is thrilled to be joining the Anastasia Wonderland and : Fame Becomes Me. family! Tour: Bridges of Madison County, . Favorite Tours/Regional: Phantom of the Opera, regional: Mary Poppins (FLMTF), Chasing Rainbows (Guthrie), Anything Goes, A Room With A View (Old (Goodspeed), CATS. Thanks team Boals! Love to Globe), , , Beauty and the Beast, Mum, Dad, Jo and Ted. @lfhorton The Scarlet Pimpernel, Joseph…, CATS, Noises Off, Forbidden Broadway. Nominations: Helen MARY ILLES (Ensemble, u/s Dowager Empress). Hayes, Barrymore and National Theater Awards. Broadway: Phantom of the Opera, , UCLA Graduate. The Scarlet Pimpernel, Steel Pier, She Loves Me. Golde: Yiddish Fiddler/NYF. Goodspeed: Where’s Charley?, BRIANNA ABRUZZO (Ensemble, Maria Romanov, Soloist: Vienna Philharmonic. For Max and Caroline. Marfa, u/s Odette in Swan Lake). Credits: An American maryilles.net in Paris (1st National Tour), Carousel (Broadway Revival Lab), West Side Story at Asolo Rep (Graziella), FRED INKLEY (Ensemble, Gorlinsky, Count Leopold, Miami City Ballet, LA Dance Project.Training: The u/s Vlad). Broadway: Les Miserables (Valjean), Annie School of American Ballet. www.maidennminstrel.com (FDR), Addams Family (Lurch). Tour: Beauty and the @briannaabruzzo Beast (Beast), Little Mermaid (King Triton), and more! Fredinkley.com. Love to Mom, Tori, Zach, Kiersten, and Maddie!

peace center 17 who’s who in the cast KOURTNEY KEITT (Ensemble, Tatiana Romanov, SAREEN TCHEKMEDYIAN (Swing, u/s Odette in Dunya). An American in Paris (Ogunquit Playhouse), Swan Lake). National Tour Debut! Previous company: (Asolo Repertory Theater), Oklahoma (Arrow Sarasota Ballet. Thank you to the incredible team of Rock Lyceum Theatre), Broadway Bounty Hunter Anastasia and Telsey for believing in me. Endless love (Barrington Stage). Kourtney thanks LDC Artist to my family, friends, teachers and Derik. @sareentchek Representation and her family. @kourtney_keitt ADDISON MACKYNZIE VALENTINO (u/s Little BETH STAFFORD LAIRD (Swing, u/s Anya). Anastasia/Alexei Romanov) is thrilled to be making her Tours: , Beauty and the Beast (Internat’l), National Tour debut! Special thanks to Telsey + Co., Ghost. Favorite regional: Newsies (Katherine Plumber), the Anastasia family, Shirley Grant Management, Anything Goes (Hope), Mamma Mia (Ali), Nikola Tesla Amelia, Denise, DMO, Yorktown Stage, and my Drops the Beat (Anna), The Little Mermaid (Ariel), amazing family & friends! @AddisonMValentino Sweeney Todd (Johanna). TERRENCE McNALLY (Book) is a recipient of the MARK MacKILLOP (Ensemble, Prince Siegfried). Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. He Originally from Vancouver, Mark danced 3 seasons has won four for his plays Love! Valour! with the Atlanta Ballet before moving to NYC to Compassion! and and his musical books pursue theater. West Side Story Intl Tour (Riff), for Kiss of the Spider Woman and . In 1996 he Dirty Dancing U.S. Tour. Mark is excited to be a part was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, and in of Anastasia. @markmackillop 2018 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a member of The Dramatists KENNETH MICHAEL MURRAY (Swing, Dance Guild, Inc. Captain). Broadway: Anastasia, Paramour. Tours: An American in Paris (First National). Regional: STEPHEN FLAHERTY& LYNN AHRENS (Music The Little Mermaid (The Muny) West Side Story (PSF). & Lyrics) have been collaborators since 1983. They won Recent graduate from Adelphi University (BFA in Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards Dance). Many thanks to Telsey + Co, Bloc NYC, my for Broadway’s Ragtime, and their show Once On This family, & Jessica! @kennethhmichael Island won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. They were nominated for two TAYLOR QUICK (Ensemble, Young Anastasia, and two Golden Globes for the score of Twentieth Paulina, u/s Anya). Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie, Century Fox’s animated feature filmAnastasia and they Goodspeed), Oklahoma! (Laurey, Ogunquit), Hairspray are three-time Grammy nominees. Other Broadway (Penny, Maltz Jupiter), Grand Hotel (Flaemmchen), credits include: , , My Favorite Year, Sound of Music (Liesl). Distinguished Young Woman : The Dancer’s Life, the 2009 revival of AR 2012. TCU Alum. Love to family; thank you Ragtime and the current Anastasia; DGRW and Telsey + Co. Rejoice Always. @taylorlquick Theater’s A Man of No Importance, and CLAIRE RATHBUN (Ensemble, Olga Romanov, ; Off-Broadway: ; Kennedy Odette in Swan Lake). Theatre credits include; Center world premiere of . Individually, Broadway: CATS (Victoria) Off-Broadway/ Workshops: Ms. Ahrens wrote book and lyrics for Madison Square Little Dancer (Chantal, Marie u/s) Regional Theatre: Garden’s A Christmas Carol. She has won the Lilly On the Town (Ivy). Rathbun danced with the Washington Award for Lyrics and the Emmy Award for her extensive Ballet in D.C and performed at the Kennedy Center work in television, including the animated series for two seasons. @clairerathbun “Schoolhouse Rock”. Mr. Flaherty composed the score for the recent dance musical In Your Arms MICHAEL McCORRY ROSE (Ensemble, Tsar (Old Globe), the musical Loving Repeating (Jefferson Nicholas II, Count Ipolitov, u/s Gleb). Broadway: Award, Best New Musical), incidental music for A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, . Neil Simon’s Proposals (Broadway), and has many Tours: Wicked, Grease!, Joseph…Dreamcoat. Regional: film and concert credits. Ahrens and Flaherty Williamstown Theatre Festival, Yale Rep, Capital received the for Lifetime Rep, Project Shaw. Graduate of U.C.L.A. For Nina. Achievement and are members of the Theater Hall www.michaelrose.me of Fame. Council, Dramatists Guild of America. MATT ROSELL (Ensemble, u/s Dmitry) is thrilled to www.ahrensandflaherty.com be part of the Anastasia family. Recent credits include: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX (Inspired by the Les Misérables (Bway/Tour), South Pacific (Cable). TV/ Motion Pictures). One of the world’s largest producers Film: “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Glee” (pilot). Love and distributors of motion pictures, Twentieth Century to the Rosell Clan, friends, & Avalon. This is for you Fox Film includes the component units Twentieth Bubbe. @mattrosell Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International Productions and Twentieth Century Fox Animation. Fox Stage Productions, the live theatre production division of the studio, has offices in New York and Los Angeles and is currently developing numerous legitimate stage properties based 18 peace center who’s who in the cast on iconic motion pictures in the Fox library, including She Loves Me, , , Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Mrs. Doubtfire and The Devil , The Bridges of Madison Wears Prada, among others. County, Golden Boy, Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, Ragtime, Movin’ Out, Bullets Over Broadway, DARKO TRESNJAK (Director) won the 2014 Tony, The Boy From Oz, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for many others. Television: “Smash,” seasons 1 and 2 A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder starring (NBC-Dreamworks). Film: Oceans Eight. Jefferson Mays, and a 2015 for The Killer starring . Favorite PETER HYLENSKI (Sound Design). Grammy, productions include The Ghosts of Versailles with Patti Olivier, five time Tony nominated. Selected Designs LuPone and Patricia Racette at Los Angeles Opera; include: Frozen, Anastasia, , with F. Murray Abraham at Something Rotten!, Rock of Ages, , Motown, TFANA and RSC; Titus Andronicus with John Vickery The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets Over at the Stratford Festival; and The Skin of Our Teeth Broadway, Shrek the Musical, On A Clear Day…, with and Kristine Nielsen at WTF. This Lend Me A Tenor, , Wonderland, Cry Baby, The Times season, he is making his Metropolitan Opera debut with They Are A-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Samson et Dalila. Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Little Women, Brooklyn. Other credits: Moulin Rouge (Boston), Le Reve at PEGGY HICKEY (Choreographer). Broadway: Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London), Rocky Das Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Astaire and (, Stuttgart), King Kong (). Outer Critics Circle nominations, Best Choreography). Lincoln Center: My Fair Lady (NY Philharmonic). AARON RHYNE (Video & Projection Design). Winner Regional: Hartford, Old Globe, Goodspeed, Paper of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards Mill, Music Theatre Wichita, California Music for Outstanding Projection Design for Anastasia. Theatre. Opera: Most major opera houses. Film: Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Woodshock, The Brady Bunch Movie (MTV Award, (), Bonnie & Clyde. Off-Broadway: Best Choreography nomination). Television: “Hansel This Ain’t No Disco, Absolute Brightness…, Bootycandy, and Gretel” (Live from Lincoln Center), “Die Water by the Spoonful, Wild With Happy, Working, Fledermaus” (Live from The Kennedy Center), Beck’s The Lily’s Revenge. Opera: Florencia (Florida Grand), “The New Pollution” (MTV Award, Best Choreography). The Ghosts of Versailles (L.A. Opera), La Traviata www.peggyhickey.com (Wolf Trap). Regional: Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, The Old Globe, , Berkley Rep, ALEXANDER DODGE (Scenic Design). Broadway: Williamstown, Asolo Rep, Huntington Theatre Anastasia (Outer Critics nom.), A Gentleman’s Guide Company, The Geffen Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre, to Love & Murder (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Ford’s Theatre. www.aaronrhyne.com noms.), Present Laughter (Tony nom.), Old Acquaintance, Butley and Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway: Harry Clarke CHARLES G. LaPOINTE (Wig/Hair Design). Over (Vineyard) The Liar (CSC); Ripcord (MTC); Rapture, 85 Broadway shows including: ; The Band’s Blister, Burn (Playwrights); Lips Together, Teeth Apart Visit; Beautiful; Anastasia; SpongeBob SquarePants (Second Stage); Observe the Sons of Ulster… (LCT, (2018 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Wig and Lortel winner). West End: All New People. Opera: Hair Design); Summer: The Donna Summer Musical; Samson et Dalila (Met), Thirteenth Child (Santa Torch Song Trilogy; Amélie; Motown the Musical; Fe), The Ghosts of Versailles (L.A. Opera), Dinner at A Gentleman’s Guide…; The Color Purple; In the Eight (Minnesota & Wexford), Il Trittico (Berlin). Heights. Upcoming Broadway: The Cher Show; Training: Yale. Beetlejuice. Television: “ Live!” (Emmy Award Nomination); “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!” LINDA CHO (Costume Design). Broadway: Lifespan of (Emmy Award Nomination); “Bluebloods”; “American a Fact, Anastasia (Tony Nom), A Gentlemen’s Guide to Crime”; “Maddoff”; “Hairspray”. Love & Murder (Tony Award); The Velocity of Autumn. Over 200 regional and international design credits in JOE DULUDE II (Makeup Design). Broadway/ theatre, dance and opera. Recipient of the Craig Noel West End: Wicked, Beautiful. Broadway: Spongebob Award, Connecticut Critic Circle Award, Irene Sharaff the Musical, Summer: The Musical, Sunday in the Young Master Award, Ruth Morely Design Award. Park with George, Anastasia, Holiday Inn, Allegiance, Nominations from Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, If/Then, , etc. Pre-Broadway: Beetlejuice. Off Lucille Lortel, Henry Hewes, , Bay Area, Broadway: Sweet Charity, Into the Woods, Wild Party, Robby, IRNE and Jeff awards. Linda sits on the Advisory Show Boat. Television: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live”. Committee for the American Theater Wing. MFA, Film: The Discovery, by the Sea, Ghostbusters. Yale School of Drama. lindacho.com Adjunct Faculty: Muhlenberg College, Hartt School. www.joe2design.com DONALD HOLDER (Lighting Design). Broadway: over 50 productions; two Tony Awards ( TOM MURRAY (Music Supervisor). Broadway: and South Pacific) and 13 Tony nominations. Recent Anastasia, Honeymoon In Vegas, The Bridges of Madison projects include My Fair Lady, M Butterfly, , County, Nice Work If You Can Get It, A Little Night

peace center 19 who’s who in the cast Music, Sunday In The Park… London: A Little PATRICIA L. GRABB (Production Stage Manager). Night Music (Chocolate Factory, West End), Broadway: The Cripple of Inishmaan. Film: Newsies. (Donmar), Pacific Overtures (Donmar) Premieres: National Tours: Newsies, A Christmas Story, Mary The Last Five Years (New York, London); The Glorious Ones Poppins, We Will Rock You, Young Frankenstein, (Ahrens/Flaherty), Loving Repeating (Flaherty), Saturday 101 Dalmatians, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, Night (U.S. premiere). Four Joseph Jefferson Awards A Christmas Carol, Miss Saigon. International Tour: (Chicago) and one Barrymore Award () Swing! (Japan) Other credits: Here Lies Love at Seattle for music-direction. Upcoming: The Connector Repertory Theatre, Papermill Playhouse, PA Centre (). Stage. BFA Stage Management, Penn State University. Love to her family. LAWRENCE GOLDBERG (Music Director/ Conductor). Conductor of 8 national tours, including RACHEL E. WINFIELD (Stage Manager). National Gentleman’s Guide, Les Misérables, South Pacific, Tour debut! Off-Broadway: Dido of Idaho, Against The Producers, Sunset Blvd., and Cats. Broadway credits the Hillside (Ensemble Studio Theatre), NY Theatre: include Phantom of the Opera, Cinderella, On the New York Rep, Caborca Theatre Company, 20th Century, Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern , New Victory Theatre, Long Millie, and Carousel. Composer/lyricist of the new Wharf Theatre, Roundabout Theater, The Public. musical Grounded For Life, and the Pittsburgh MFA Stage Management: University of Iowa. Love to children’s television show “Let’s Read a Story”. Proud parents and friends. union member. LawrenceGoldbergMusic.com ELLEN GOLDBERG (Assistant Stage Manager). DOUG BESTERMAN (Orchestrations). Three-time Broadway: She Loves Me, Dames at Sea, . Tony Award winner: (1999), The Producers (2001), Off-Broadway: The Last Match (Roundabout); Sell/Buy/ Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002). Broadway: Charlie Date ( Club); Kings (WP Theater) and the Chocolate Factory, Anastasia, A Bronx Tale, Ghost Stories (Atlantic Theater Company); A Month It Shoulda Been You, Bullets Over Broadway, Rocky, in the Country (Classic Stage Company); Kung Fu On a Clear Day…, , How to Succeed…, (Signature Theatre), (The Public Theater), Elf, Young Frankenstein, , Dracula, Seussical, Irma La Douce (Encores!). Regional: Soft Power (Center The Music Man, Big, . International: Me Theatre Group); Dangerous House, The Closet, Where and My Girl. Regional: Little Dancer, The Honeymooners, Storms Are Born, Poster Boy (Williamstown Theatre The Sting. Film/television: Mary Poppins Returns, Beauty Festival); Cloud 9 (Hartford Stage); Back Home Again and the Beast, Frozen, Mulan, Chicago. (Lesher Center for the Arts); Little Dancer (The Kennedy Center). Graduate of Fordham College at Lincoln DAVID CHASE (Dance Arranger) has been Dance Center. For Grandma Rose. Arranger, Music Director and/or Music Supervisor for 35 original Broadway productions. Also several West DENNY DANIELLO (Company Manager) celebrates End shows, , Lyric Opera of more than 20 years on the road! National Tours: Chicago, Boston Pops. TV: Music Director/Arranger , Cabaret, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s for NBC’s “” and “Peter Pan” Cinderella, Anything Goes, West Side Story, Grease, (Emmy nominations for both). Grammy nod for Nice , Sweet Charity, Little Women, Work album. Music training: Harvard Biology degree. Chicago, The Exonerated, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. For the best nephews—Dylan and Rocco—ever! MICHAEL AARONS (Music Coordinator). Broadway: Head Over Heels, Pretty Woman, Frozen, SpongeBob AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). Squarepants, Hamilton, , Anastasia, Anastasia (Broadway and tour); Beetlejuice; Bernhardt/ School of Rock. Upcoming Broadway: Halftime. Hamlet; Book of Mormon (Broadway and tour); Carousel; Current tours: Hamilton (Chicago), Hamilton (national Frozen; Head Over Heels; Hello, Dolly! (Broadway and tours), Anastasia. Aarons is a partner of M² Music with tour); Mean Girls; Network; Skintight; School of Rock; Michael Keller. Springsteen On Broadway; ; The Waverly Gallery; . Aurora has been providing technical TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Broadway/Tours: supervision and production management to the Network, The Cher Show, , Torch Song, Pretty entertainment industry since 1989. Woman, My Fair Lady, Mean Girls, Frozen, Once on This Island, Come From Away, Waitress, Hamilton, Kinky RCI THEATRICALS (General Manager). Broadway Boots, Wicked, Hello, Dolly!, Charlie and the Chocolate Productions include American Son, Torch Song, Factory, On Your Feet! Film: Mary Poppins Returns, Children of a Lesser God, Fiddler on the Roof, The Greatest Showman, Miss Sloane, Into the Woods, , You Can’t Take It With You, , Margin Call, Rachel Getting Married. TV: “Murphy Bullets Over Broadway, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar Brown,” “This Is Us,” “House of Cards,” “Divorce,” & Grill, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Gershwins’ “NCIS: New Orleans,” “One Day at a Time,” , August: Osage County. Upcoming: commercials. www.telseyandco.com Jagged Little Pill and . Thanks, Tamar. www.rcitheatricals.com

20 peace center who’s who in the cast BOND THEATRICAL GROUP (Marketing & Theatre in London and launching international Publicity Direction) is a fully independent Booking, productions of Anastasia. In 2017, he produced Edward Marketing and Publicity company for live Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? in the West End. entertainment productions. Current tour booking and He was the lead producer of the 2015 Broadway hit marketing projects include Blue Man Group, CATS, It’s Only a Play starring and Matthew Cruel Intentions, Girl from the North Country, Jesus Broderick and The Visit starring Chita Rivera. Christ Superstar, Latin History for Morons, Once on This Off-Broadway he produced the NY Times Critic’s Pick Island, Spamilton and Tap Dogs. Current marketing White Rabbit Rabbit, which has become a global and publicity projects include Anastasia, The Band’s sensation. Additional Tony nominations: Mothers and Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Dr. Seuss’ Grinch..., Escape Sons, After Midnight, Ragtime and Master Class. He is to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the Roof and marketing a founding director of Berwin Lee London New York services for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Playwrights, Inc. Kirdahy studied politics and dramatic literature at and is a graduate of THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency). NYU School of Law. As an attorney, Kirdahy spent Since its inception in 1996, The Booking Group has nearly two decades providing free legal services full time represented 25 Tony Award-winning Best Musicals to people living with HIV/AIDS and served for many and Plays. Current touring productions include: years on the Executive Committee of the NYC LGBT Hamilton; Anastasia; Come From Away; Dear Evan Center. He currently serves as chair of the Broadway Hansen; Hello, Dolly! starring Betty Buckley; The Book League Government Relations Committee. Upcoming of Mormon; School of Rock; Waitress; On Your Feet!; projects include Hadestown and The White Chip. : The 20 th Anniversary Tour; Fiddler on the Roof; The Play That Goes Wrong; The Color Purple and HUNTER ARNOLD (Producer). Broadway: ’s White Christmas. Future productions Pretty Woman, Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Once include: Mean Girls; My Fair Lady; Pretty Woman; On This Island (Tony Award), Dear Evan Hansen The Cher Show; To Kill a Mockingbird and Tootsie. (Tony Award), (Tony Award), Deaf West’s Spring Awakening (Tony nomination), The Visit (Producer). Founded (Tony nomination), and many others. Upcoming: in 1998 by Dutch television and theatre entrepreneur Hadestown, , The Jungle. Joop van den Ende, Stage Entertainment is a first-class theatrical production company focusing on musical 50 CHURCH STREET PRODUCTIONS (Producer) theatre in Europe. It owns and operates a network is led by Rick Costello and Jack Sennott. Broadway of 20 where it mostly produces musicals credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & developed by international partners and its cre- ative Murder (Tony Award), The Trip to Bountiful (Tony teams. With offices in the , Germany, the nomination) and Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. Touring U.K., Spain, Russia, France and Italy, SE produces some productions include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & of the best-known titles in including Murder and Hair. Rick and Jack are also both directors The Lion King, Mamma Mia! and Phantom of the at the Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage Company. Opera. The Management Board consists of Arthur SHUBERT ORGANIZATION (Producer). Since its de Bok (CEO), Marijn de (CFO) and Fleur founding in 1900, The Shubert Organization has been Mooren-la Bastide (COO). Stage Entertainment is in the forefront of the American theatre. Under the widely known for the exceptional quality of its shows leadership of Philip J. Smith, Chairman, and Robert and the warm hospitality extended to its audiences. E. Wankel, President, The Shubert Organization Visit stage-entertainment.com owns and operates 17 Broadway theatres and six BILL TAYLOR (Producer). After five years working Off-Broadway venues. The company has produced in the music business with Iron Maiden, Bill joined and co-produced hundreds of plays and musicals. the Really Useful Group in 1989. As CEO of RUG ELIZABETH DEWBERRY (Producer).Co-producer, (1997–2005), he oversaw productions of over 30 shows The Jungle and The Inheritance. Novelist and around the world including Cats, The Phantom of the playwright. Advanced member, BMI Musical Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph… Dreamcoat and Theatre Workshop. Board member, Dramatists Sunset Boulevard. In 2001, he acquired, for RUG, 13 Guild Foundation. West End theatres including the London Palladium and Theatre Royal Drury Lane. As CEO of Stage ALI AHMET KOCABIYIK (Producer). Co-producer, Entertainment UK/USA (2005–2016), his West End, The Jungle and The Inheritance. Chairman, Borusan Broadway and touring U.K./U.S. productions include Group, Founder, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Hairspray (Olivier Award), Strictly Come Dancing, Orchestra and Borusan Contemporary Museum. Disney’s High School Musical, Sister Act (Olivier, Tony Recipient, Kennedy Center Gold Medal in the Arts. nom.), Rocky, and Anastasia. Love to Will and Sophie. CARL DAIKELER (Producer). Broadway: Once on TOM KIRDAHY (Producer) is currently producing This Island (Tony Award), Anastasia, Gettin’ the Band Anastasia and Head Over Heels on Broadway and Back Together, Disaster!, Deaf West Theatre’s Spring The Jungle in the West End. In the fall of 2018, Tom Awakening (Tony nomination), The Visit (Tony will be producing The Inheritance at the Noel Coward peace center 21 who’s who in the cast nomination), It’s Only a Play, The Bridges of Madison SEOUL BROADCASTING SYSTEM (Producer). County, and Macbeth. Daikeler spent his teens working SBS is Korea’s leading media and entertainment at his family’s Bucks County Playhouse and is CEO/ company which made its Broadway producing Co-Founder of Beachbody.com debut with Anastasia. SBS co-produces musicals, concerts and exhibitions and is credited in almost WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC (Producer) is the every large-scale shows in Korea including Matilda, global music publishing company of Warner Music Seoul Jazz Festival and Kooza. Group and is home to a vast array of legendary songwriters including Lynn Ahrens and Stephen LD ENTERTAINMENT (Producer). Mickey Flaherty. With offices in more than 40 countries, Liddell (CEO) & Robert Ahrens. Film: Jackie, The Warner/Chappell provides deep expertise across a Zookeeper’s Wife, Anthropoid, Risen, The Grey. Theatre: range of creative services and the most innovative Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award), opportunities for its songwriters. (Tony Award), Sunday in the Park with George, Xanadu. 42ND.CLUB (Producer) is a Tony Award-winning SALLY CADE HOLMES (Producer) proudly made club for Broadway investors. Principals include Tom her Broadway producing debut on Anastasia. Other McGrath, Kenneth Kades, Mady Kades and Claire credits include: Puffs (or Seven Increasingly Eventful Kenny. www.42nd.club/join Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic); Associate Producer at Tom Kirdahy Productions; Line PHIL KENNY (Producer) is a technology transactions Producer of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! attorney at Arcus LLC. www.arcuslaw.com initiative; Producing Associate at Williamstown Theatre JUDITH ANN ABRAMS (Producer). Tony & Olivier Festival; WP Theatre 2016-2018 Producing Lab. Award winner dedicates Anastasia to all the Immigrants www.sallycadeholmes.com in my family. And to Cristal Rose, Rio, Irma, Arthur, SERIFF PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Carolyn and Vic, Jon, Adrienne & Fanny–Born in the U.S.A! Marc Seriff both serve as trustees of in www.JudithAnnAbramsProductions.com Austin, Texas. Broadway: Anastasia, Tootsie, Once On BROADWAY ASIA (Producer). Founders Simone This Island (Investor), Angels in America (Investor). Genatt-Haft/, among the largest global Off-Broadway: Beast in the Jungle (Investor), Fire and production/management/distribution companies; 500 Air (Investor). Bringing Texas investors to Broadway. cities, 40 countries, five continents: Select productions: VAN DEAN (Producer) is a Tony–and Grammy- An American in Paris, Amélie, The Producers, Hairspray, winning producer of 12 Broadway shows and 150 The Sound of Music, Cinderella, Great Comet, The albums. Gratitude to Anastasia producing partner, Secret, Ice Age Live, Madagascar Live, Fuerzabruta, Mia Moravis. COOKIN’/NANTA and Peter Pan-Immersive. TAMAR CLIMAN (Producer). Consulting Producer: UMEDA ARTS THEATRE (Producer).Theatrical Jagged Little Pill and Executive Producer: The Heart producing company that owns and operates two Of Rock & Roll, and Children Of A Lesser God. theatres in Osaka. UAT has been successfully providing Having founded Richards/Climan, Inc., a Theatrical live entertainment from the world market, including General Management firm, she has managed over 60 theatre, musicals, etc. to Osaka, Tokyo and many other Broadway shows and National tours including Anastasia, cities around Japan. ’s Cinderella, Fiddler On The PETER MAY (Producer) is President and Founding Roof, Twelve Angry Men, and August: Osage County. Partner of Trian Partners, an investment firm. HARTFORD STAGE (Regional Premiere) is led Co-producer of King Kong, Tootsie, Waitress; An by Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing American in Paris; The Humans (Tony); A View From Director Michael Stotts. In addition to Anastasia, the Bridge (Tony); Hello, Dolly!; ; Hartford Stage has presented the world premieres of Cinderella; ; Sweet Smell of Success; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, winner and many more. He is also a strong supporter of of four 2014 Tony Awards including Best Musical; not-for-profit theatre. Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Water by the Spoonful (Pulitzer DAVID MIRVISH (Producer) is a theatrical producer Prize); over 75 new plays and musicals over its 55 year who operates four theatres in . Mirvish history. hartfordstage.org Productions has produced plays and musicals throughout Canada, on Broadway and in London’s West End, and presented over 800 touring productions in the city of Toronto. SANDI MORAN (Producer) is a founding patron of Opera Naples and trustee for the Naples Winter Wine Festival. Broadway credits include Once On This Island (Tony Award), Allegiance, Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening and The Visit.

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ANASTASIA TOUR STAFF Associate Sound...... Jana L. Hoglund GENERAL MANAGEMENT Production Audio...... Phil Lojo, Simon Matthews RCI THEATRICALS Production Video...... Ian Crawford David R. Richards Music Coordinator...... Michael Aarons Beverly Edwards Katrina Elliott Keyboard Programmer...... Randy Cohen Floyd Sklaver Georgina Ratnatunga Matt Tolbert Assistant Keyboard Programmers...... Jeremy King, Ben Diskant Baily Blanchard Gabby Stuart Sam Starobin, Taylor Williams Copyist...... Russ Bartmus COMPANY MANAGER Denny Daniello Rehearsal Pianists...... Josh Cullen, Valerie Gebert, Steven Malone MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION BOND THEATRICAL GROUP HEAD CARPENTER...... DAVID “PFISH” TERRY DJ Martin Temah Higgins Assistant Carpenter/Flyman...... Christopher Belanger Marc Viscardi Mahaley Jacobs Olivia Simas Assistant Carpenter...... Sarah Walker Nicholas Jaech Matthew Lerner Rada Angelova Head Electrician...... Billy Paton Alison Mazer Wendy Roberts Tammie Ward Assistant Electricians..... Quentin Mariano, Ian Wright Head Audio...... Allison Ebling TOUR BOOKING AGENCY Assistant Audio...... Gaven Wedemeyer THE BOOKING GROUP Head Props...... Nikki Lalonde Meredith Blair Kara Gebhart Assistant Props...... Lucy Briggs Laura Kolarik Wardrobe Supervisor...... Matty Kelbaugh www.thebookinggroup.com Assistant Wardrobe...... Curtis Kelly PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Hair Supervisor...... Kathleen A. Evans AURORA PRODUCTIONS Child Guardian...... Melissa Waters Ben Heller Chris Minnick Ryan Murphy Production Assistants...... Shayna Penn, Isaac Katzanek Steven Dalton David J. Elmer Christopher Kee Anaya-Gorman Liza Luxenberg Geoff Quart Luke Ricca Teaching Services/Tutor...... On Location Tutoring, Andrew Restieri Michael Shannon Melissa Waters Cori Gardner Gene O’Donova Physical Therapy...... NEURO TOUR CASTING Physical Therapy, Inc. TELSEY + COMPANY Medical Director...... Dr. Craig Weil Craig Burns, CSA Lauren Harris Production Photographer...... Matthew Murphy Meghan Ryan Legal Counsel...... Levine, Plotkin & Menin PRODUCTION Accounting...... Withum Smith + Brown, PC STAGE MANAGER...... PATRICIA L. GRABB Payroll...... Checks & Balances Stage Manager...... Rachel E. Winfield Trucking...... Clark Transfer Assistant Stage Manager...... Ellen Goldberg Merchandising...... The Araca Group, Mollie Turner Assistant Company Manager...... Aaron DiFrancia Associate Director...... Sarah Hartmann For TOM KIRDAHY PRODUCTIONS Associate Producer...... Sally Cade Holmes Associate Choreographer...... Bill Burns Creative Associate...... Alexander Crawford Dance Captain...... Kenneth Michael Murray Office Assistants...... Sam Myers, Joshua Gitta Fight Director...... Jeff Barry Fight Captain...... Rachel E. Winfield SPECIAL THANKS Vocal and Text Coach...... Claudia Hill Stephen Flaherty and Lynns Ahrens would like to Associate Scenic Designer...... Ann Beyersdorfer thank Neil Costa and Trevor Hardwick. Assistant Scenic Designers...... Gabriel Firestone, CREDITS Lawrence E. Moten III, Alexander Woodward Scenery built, painted, and automated by Show Associate Costume Designer...... Ricky Lurie Motion, Inc., Milford, Connecticut; Props by Assistant Costume Designers...... Robert Croghan, BrenBri Properties; Lighting equipment by PRG Gallas, Robin L. McGee Lighting; Sound equipment by PRG Audio; Voice Costume Shoppers...... Kitty Cassetti, Annie Le over recording at Kilgore Recording; Video equipment Associate Lighting Designer...... Vivien Leone by Sound Associates, Inc.; Costumes Executed by: Assistant Lighting Designer...... Kaitlyn Breen Eric Winterling Inc.; Redthreaded; Krostyne Studio; Associate Projection Designer...... Nick Graci Jennifer Love Studio; Sew Good it Hurts; Primadonna Projection Animators...... Gabriel Aronson, Tutus Inc.; Anicete designs, Bra*Tenders; Uniformal Kevan Loney, George Reeve Wearhouse; Millenary and Crafts Executed by: Arnold Video Programmer...... Tao Li Levine Inc; Danny Logan; Jess Gersz; Caryn Wells Moving Lighting Programmer...... Brad Gray Studio; Randy Carfango Production; Shoes Executed Production Electrician...... Justin Freeman by: LaDuca Shoes; Worldtone Dance Shoes. Costume Production Properties Supervisor...... Emiliano Pares studio assistant: Ryan Neary. Makeup by M•A•C. Production Sound Supervisor...... Walter E. Shaffer

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Opening Night: October 12, 2018 The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this Proctors, Schenectady, NY production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of Production housing & ground transportation by the United States. ROAD CONCIERGE, Lisa Morris, Julia Murphy, Brandon Jones Backstage employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). Travel Agency: Tzell Travel, The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel Andi & Alan Henig, Jeanne Lafond and Librarians employed in this production are members Rehearsed at THE 52ND STREET PROJECT, of the American Federation of Musicians of the United New York, NY States and Canada. Technical Rehearsals and Previews held at The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association PROCTORS in Schenectady, NY of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. www.AnastasiaTheMusical.com The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an Facebook: @AnastasiaBway independent national labor union. : @AnastasiaBway Instagram: @AnastasiaBway United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre.

This production is produced by a member of in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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MAIN STREET. PRESCHOOL. THE PLAYGROUND. The environment isn’t just some far off place. It’s the lawn beneath our feet, the food on our plate, and the air we breathe. And it’s why the Natural Resources Defense Council is working to protect the most important places on Earth. Whether it’s the rainforest, the arctic, or your living room. To learn more, go to NRDC.org. And help protect the jungle creatures in your backyard.

Because the environment is everywhere.

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