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Theory of Relativity | 11 Cast | 12 Songs and Scenes | 12 Who’s Who | 13 Authors’ Notes | 19 About Goodspeed Musicals | 25 History of The Norma Terris Theatre | 27 The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation | 29 Corporate Support | 30 Foundation & Government Support | 30 Looking to the Future | 31 Goodspeed Musicals Staff | 34 For Your Information | 44 Audio and video recording and photography are prohibited in the theatre. Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the GMS2 performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage. We appreciate your cooperation. Editor Lori A. Cartwright ADVERTISING OnStage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with OnStage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. JBI Publishing is a division of OnStage Publications, Inc. Contents © 2015. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 2 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON Theory of Relativity | 11 Cast | 12 Songs and Scenes | 12 Who’s Who | 13 Authors’ Notes | 19 About Goodspeed Musicals | 25 History of The Norma Terris Theatre | 27 The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation | 29 Corporate Support | 30 Foundation & Government Support | 30 Looking to the Future | 31 Goodspeed Musicals Staff | 34 For Your Information | 44 Audio and video recording and photography are prohibited in the theatre. Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the GMS2 performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage. We appreciate your cooperation. Editor Lori A. Cartwright ADVERTISING OnStage Publications 937-424-0529 | 866-503-1966 e-mail: [email protected] www.onstagepublications.com This program is published in association with OnStage Publications, 1612 Prosser Avenue, Kettering, OH 45409. This program may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. JBI Publishing is a division of OnStage Publications, Inc. Contents © 2015. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. 2 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON 4 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON 5 4 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON 5 6 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON 7 6 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON 7 8 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON 9 8 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON 9 A Non-Profit Arts Organization MICHAEL GENNARO Executive Director MICHAEL P. PRICE Founding Director presents Book by BRIAN HILL Music and Lyrics by NEIL BARTRAM with JENNIFER APPLE ROBERT ARIZA MICHAEL BROWNE JANE BRUCE VICTORIA COOK MICHAEL COALE GREY KURT HELLERICH CAITLIN HOULAHAN GIZEL JIMÉNEZ KYRA KENNEDY ERIN KOMMOR KEITH POTTS MACK SHIRILLA Scenic & Costume Design by Lighting Design by Sound Design by DANE LAFFREY JENNIFER SCHRIEVER JAY HILTON Orchestrations by Casting by NEIL BARTRAM STUART HOWARD & PAUL HARDT Production Manager Production Stage Manager R. GLEN GRUSMARK MELISSA M. SPENGLER Associate Producer Line Producer General Manager BOB ALWINE DONNA LYNN COOPER HILTON STEVEN C. CALLAHAN Music Direction by DANIEL GREEN Directed by BRIAN HILL First Performance: May 7, 2015 at The Norma Terris Theatre The Theory of Relativity was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Michael Rubinoff, Producer, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Marquee Producing Partners RICH CERSOSIMO and VALERIE KOIF Sponsored by: 10 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON 11 A Non-Profit Arts Organization MICHAEL GENNARO Executive Director MICHAEL P. PRICE Founding Director presents Book by BRIAN HILL Music and Lyrics by NEIL BARTRAM with JENNIFER APPLE ROBERT ARIZA MICHAEL BROWNE JANE BRUCE VICTORIA COOK MICHAEL COALE GREY KURT HELLERICH CAITLIN HOULAHAN GIZEL JIMÉNEZ KYRA KENNEDY ERIN KOMMOR KEITH POTTS MACK SHIRILLA Scenic & Costume Design by Lighting Design by Sound Design by DANE LAFFREY JENNIFER SCHRIEVER JAY HILTON Orchestrations by Casting by NEIL BARTRAM STUART HOWARD & PAUL HARDT Production Manager Production Stage Manager R. GLEN GRUSMARK MELISSA M. SPENGLER Associate Producer Line Producer General Manager BOB ALWINE DONNA LYNN COOPER HILTON STEVEN C. CALLAHAN Music Direction by DANIEL GREEN Directed by BRIAN HILL First Performance: May 7, 2015 at The Norma Terris Theatre The Theory of Relativity was developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Michael Rubinoff, Producer, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Marquee Producing Partners RICH CERSOSIMO and VALERIE KOIF Sponsored by: 10 GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2015 SEASON 11 CAST WHO’S WHO JENNIFER APPLE CAITLIN HOULAHAN JENNIFER APPLE is truly honored JANE BRUCE is a Utah native, ROBERT ARIZA GIZEL JIMÉNEZ and grateful to be amongst such a proud University of Michigan MICHAEL BROWNE KYRA KENNEDY a fantastic bunch of individuals! graduate, and is thrilled to be a JANE BRUCE ERIN KOMMOR Some favorite credits include: part of this exciting new work! VICTORIA COOK KEITH POTTS Monty Python’s Spamalot (Lady NYC: The Bad Years (Kerrigan MICHAEL COALE GREY MACK SHIRILLA of the Lake), Fiddler on the and Lowdermilk). National Tour: KURT HELLERICH Roof (Tzeitel – Pennsylvania Elf (Emily). Regional: Martha in Shakespeare Festival; Hodel – Cape Fear Regional The Secret Garden (Farmers Alley Theatre), Dr. MUSICIANS Theatre), Something Funny’s Going On (dir/ Charlotte in Falsettos (TriArts Sharon Playhouse), Piano/Conductor DANIEL GREEN; Keyboard JORDON CUNNINGHAM; chor: Martin Charnin, Lee Roy Reams), Factory and Cathy in The Last Five Years. Member of Drums MARTY WIRT; Guitar JEFF CARLSON; Bass DAVID UHL; Bass Alternate SEAN RUBIN Girls (Winnifred), [title of show] (Susan), Grease The Viewpoints Collective, based in Brooklyn, NY. (Rizzo), and Les Misérables (Eponine). Jennifer Jane gives huge thanks to her family, friends, and wants to thank everyone at Goodspeed, Paul Bob for their love and support, and the creative Hardt, the brilliant cast/creative team, JWS, and team for such a wonderful opportunity. her family and friends for their endless love SONGS AND SCENES and support. “You’re ready. Start making stuff.” VICTORIA COOK* Off-Broadway: www.JenniferApple.net Into the Woods, The Public. Relativity Regional: Meet Me In St. Louis: I’m Allergic to Cats ROBERT ARIZA* is excited to be A Live Radio Play, Bucks County Cake (Part 1) making his Goodspeed debut in Playhouse; The Marvelous Pi (Part 1) The Theory of Relativity! Originally Wonderettes, Utah Shakespeare; The End of the Line from Queens, Robert is a proud The Single Girls Guide, Capital Great Expectations graduate of The University of Repertory Theatre; Urinetown, Edinburgh Fringe. Relativity (Reprise) Michigan with a BFA in Musical BFA, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (CCM). Love Footprint Theatre. Previously, he performed to my family and friends, thanks to Goodspeed, Cake (Part 2) as a resident company member at Music Theatre Paul, and Steve. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. Wichita for three consecutive seasons. Highlights Pi (Part 2) nd Lipstick include Bert/Oscar in 42 Street, Chino in West MICHAEL COALE GREY is so Apples & Oranges Side Story, and Francis Lockwood in the US stoked to be back with ToR!! Me & Ricky Premiere of Betty Blue Eyes. Recent credits: Michael previously worked on Promise Me This Joly/Ensemble in Les Misérables (Maltz Jupiter the show as part of Goodspeed’s Cake (Part 3) Theatre), Andrew Lippa’s I Am Harvey Milk (Lincoln 2014 Festival of New Musicals, Julie’s Song Center). Thanks to Neil, Brian, Paul Hardt, and and then once more last summer Pi (Part 3) Harden Curtis Associates. www.robertariza.com at Sheridan College up in Relativity (Reprise #2) Canada! Regional: Elf: the Musical (Paper Mill Relative Pitch MICHAEL BROWNE A recent Playhouse), First Date (as Gabe, The Straz Center), You Will Never Know graduate of The Boston A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas Manicure Conservatory, Michael couldn’t be (Hartford Stage Company), Singin’ in the Rain Nothing Without You more excited to be a member of (as Cosmo Brown, The Mac-Haydn Theatre Inc.) this production. Huge thanks to BFA The Hartt School. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Alex, my mom and dad, Vinn, Kathy J-D-M, Neil & Brian, and the whole ToR gang! Program subject to change. Olsen, Kristen Blodgette, and every www.michaelcoalegrey.com Twitter: @MichaelCGrey The Theory of Relativity will be performed without an intermission. friend who inspires me to continue along this path! “I am nothing without you!” Goodspeed Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting KURT HELLERICH* debut. Regional credits: Lord noise during the performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance of the Flies (The Denver Center begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage. Theatre Company); The Comedy Out of respect for our actors and your fellow theatergoers, we ask that you remain of Errors (Repertory Theatre