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11 A CHRISTMAS CAROL 12 Cast Information 14 Give Your Spirits a Lift! 17 Artist Biographies 39 2 PIANOS, 4 HANDS 40 Cast Information 41 Song List 43 Artist Biographies 48 Musical Terminology ALSO INSIDE 36 Coming Next 68 Patron Information Photo (on the cover and right) of the cast of A Christmas Carol 2018 by Mikki Schaffner. Photo (right) of Steven Sapp by Arthur Cohen; Mildred Ruiz-Sapp by Mildred Ruiz-Sapp; Gamal Abdel Chasten by Lawrence Turner. Photo (right) of Naomi Jacobson as Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Becoming Dr. Ruth by Teresa Wood. All other marketing visuals by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates. Box Office: 513-421-3888 ∙ OH, IN, KY Toll-Free: 800-582-3208 Telecommunications Device for the Deaf: 513-345-2248 www.cincyplay.com Program Advertising Sales: 866-503-1966 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is a proud member of the League of Cincinnati Theatres. ADVERTISING Onstage Publications Advertising Department 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 Email: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with Onstage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher and the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Onstage Publications is a division of Just Business, Inc. Contents ©2019. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 5 • IN THIS ISSUE NOTES FROM BLAKE & BUZZ Happy holidays! We’re thrilled to have you join us for our 29th annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. While the world can seem unpredictable at times, this heartwarming tale is a welcome reminder of our shared humanity and our capacity to change for the better. A Christmas Carol’s heartwarming messages of generosity, love and forgiveness have made the show a holiday favorite for generations of Cincinnatians, and we’re so glad that we can offer the opportunity for you to create memories for a lifetime with your family and friends. Our Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre season continues with 2 Pianos, 4 Hands — an entertaining and hilarious musical journey about two young men and their quest to become concert pianists. Set to a live score of classical and contemporary piano music, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands will tug at your heartstrings and tickle your funny bone at the same time. We’re certain that it will resonate with anyone who remembers working towards a childhood dream. Join the two million people around the world who have already experienced this beloved production. For those of you who may still be searching for the perfect holiday gift, a Three Show Sampler makes a wonderful holiday present. Share the joy and excitement of live theatre with your loved ones with an evening at the Playhouse. We’re so pleased to share these amazing stories with you, and we wish you a happy holiday season! Blake & Buzz Blake Robison Buzz Ward Artistic Director Managing Director 7 • EXECUTIVE NOTES CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK Blake Robison Buzz Ward Artistic Director Managing Director presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL By CHARLES DICKENS Adapted by HOWARD DALLIN Director Michael Evan Haney Set Designer James Leonard Joy Costume Designer David Murin Lighting Designer Kirk Bookman Sound Designer/Composer David B. Smith Lighting Contractor Steve O’Shea Costume Coordinator Cindy Witherspoon Music Director Rebecca N. Childs Choreographer Dee Anne Bryll Casting Director Stephanie Klapper, CSA Nov. 27 – Dec. 29, 2019 Robert S. Marx Theatre Design Sponsor and Artist Sponsor/Ghosts: Artist Sponsor/Ebenezer Scrooge: Artist Sponsor/Tiny Tim: Supported by a generous endowment from The Stona Fitch Family Robert S. Marx Theatre Season presented by: Season Sponsor of New Work: The Rosenthal Family Foundation Additional support provided by: CAST (in speaking order) Ebenezer Scrooge Bruce Cromer* Mr. Cupp/Percy/Rich Man at Fezziwig’s Nick Rose* Mr. Sosser/Topper/Man with Shoe Shine/Guest at Fezziwig’s Taha Mandviwala* Bob Cratchit/Schoolmaster Oxlip Ryan Wesley Gilreath* Fred Daniel Petzold* Jacob Marley/Old Joe Greg Procaccino* Ghost of Christmas Past/Mrs. Peake Britney Nicole Simpson* Boy Scrooge/Boy at Fezziwig’s/Bootblack/Streets Benjamin Sheffer Fan/Guest at Fezziwig’s/Streets Ari Elizabeth Johnson Mr. Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present Douglas Rees* Mrs. Fezziwig/Patience/Streets Annie Fitzpatrick* Dick Wilkins/Streets Nicolás Acosta Mary (Scrubwoman at Fezziwig’s)/Caroler/Streets Jo Garcia-Reger Young and Mature Scrooge/Ghost of Christmas Future Charlie Cromer* Belle/Catherine Margaret Sara Masterson* Constable at Fezziwig’s/Man with Pipe/Caroler/Streets Joshua Carandang Mrs. Cratchit/Laundress/Streets Kelly Mengelkoch* Peter Cratchit/Gregory/Apprentice at Fezziwig’s/Streets Teancom Thacker Belinda Cratchit/Guest at Fezziwig’s/Streets Ashlynn Isabel Hezlep Martha Cratchit/Guest at Fezziwig’s/Streets Mia Goodlett Tiny Tim Roshan Chitnis Rose/Guest at Fezziwig’s/Caroler/Streets Julia Gomez Ignorance/Matthew/Apprentice at Fezziwig’s/Streets Stephen Tait Want/Guest at Fezziwig’s/Streets Teagan Farmer Mrs. Dilber/Guest at Fezziwig’s/Streets Shonita Joshi Undertaker/Caroler/Guest at Fezziwig’s/Streets Ethan Graham Roeder George/Charles/Rich Son at Fezziwig’s/Streets Sabian Swan Poulteress/Guest at Fezziwig’s/Streets Deja Elliott Stage Manager Andrea L. Shell* Second Stage Manager Jenifer Morrow* Assistant Stage Manager Suann Pollock* Stage Management Interns Gabriella C. Neuerer, Erin Speno Time: 1843, Past and Future Place: England A Christmas Carol will be performed with one intermission. A CHRISTMAS CAROL • 12 Understudies Ebenezer Scrooge Nick Rose* Bob Cratchit/Schoolmaster Oxlip Daniel Petzold* Fred/Mr. Sosser/Topper/Marley/Old Joe/Man with Pipe/Man with Shine/Undertaker Nicolás Acosta Mr. Cupp/Percy/Dick Wilkins Joshua Carandang Ghost of Christmas Past/Mrs. Peake/Mrs. Dilber/Mary (Scrubwoman) Deja Elliott Belle/Catherine Margaret/Rose/Poultress Jo Garcia-Reger Mrs. Fezziwig/Patience Julia Gomez Young and Mature Scrooge/Mr. Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present/ Ghost of Christmas Future/Constable Ethan Graham Roeder Mrs. Cratchit/Laundress at Fezziwig Shonita Joshi Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made prior to the performance. Additional Production Staff Assistant Director Stephen Skiles Dialect Coach Mike King Additional Stitchers Kathie Brookfield, Theresa Kramer Additional Prop Run Crew Gordon McKnight, Rachel Pelgen, Amy Witherby Additional Wardrobe Run Crew Ruth Wartman, Kacey VanderMolen Assistant to Stephanie Klapper Casting Caitelin McCoy The Stona Fitch Family is pleased to support this production of A Christmas Carol as a gift from our family to yours — Happy Holidays! *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States and with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees-Local No. 5. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park receives partial funding from the Ohio Arts Council, a state agency created to foster and encourage the development of the arts and to preserve Ohio’s cultural heritage. Funding from the Ohio Arts Council is an investment of state tax dollars that promotes economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. 13 • A CHRISTMAS CAROL Give Your Spirits a Lift! Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has endured for generations since its original publication as a novel in 1843. Its heartwarming message of redemption and its timeless themes of faith and humanity helped restore the spirit of the holiday season throughout Britain in the 19th century. For these reasons, A Christmas Carol is considered “the second greatest Christmas story ever told” and its author a beloved The cast of A Christmas Carol. Photo by Mikki Schaffner. storyteller who imparted sentiment and wisdom that we still embrace today. Check out these quotes from A Christmas Carol and other Dickens stories. “It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.” — A Christmas Carol “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we’d give blood.” — Nicholas Nickleby “I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.” — David Copperfield “Have a heart that never hardens and a temper that never tires and a touch that never hurts.” — Hard Times “From the death of each day’s hope, another hope sprung up to live to-morrow.” — The Old Curiosity Shop “Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.” — Nicholas Nickleby “It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.” — Oliver Twist A CHRISTMAS CAROL • 14 “And thus ever by day and night, under the sun and under the stars, climbing the dusty hills and toiling along the weary plains, journeying by land and journeying by sea, coming and going so strangely, to meet and to act and react on one another, move all we restless travellers through the pilgrimage of life.” — Little Dorrit “Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before