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December 2019 | Volume 24, No. 2 WELCOMEFrom Seattle Theatre Group, a non-profit arts organization Welcome to the Seattle premiere of THE HARD NUT, the second show of our 2019-2020 Broadway at The Paramount season! Now celebrating its 28th anniversary, Mark Morris Dance Group’s lavish, gender-bent love letter to The Nutcracker is a brilliant blend of ballet, modern, and folk dance that offers an updated classic fairytale that is fun for the entire family. As a season of reflection and thanks is upon us, we want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support. We are proud to share that STG once again presented its highest-attended season to date during our 2018/2019 season, with more than 1,120,000 patrons attending 734 events! The season also featured 964 education and community engagements, including 750 free events, that impacted more than 56,000 people, also STG’s largest to date. It is because of your patronage that we were able to successfully present such a large number and wide range of events. Without you, PAUL HEPPNER President MIKE HATHAWAY Senior Vice President we would not have been able to expand upon existing educational and KAJSA PUCKETT Vice President, community programs such as STG’s Dance for PD®, AileyCamp, and Sales & Marketing GENAY GENEREUX Accounting & Disney Musicals in Schools , as well as launch our first ever sensory- Office Manager friendly performance of Disney’s The Lion King and a digital education Production program with Dear Evan Hansen. SUSAN PETERSON Vice President, Production JENNIFER SUGDEN Assistant Production Manager Also our Theatre Access Program provided 14,079 free or reduced ANA ALVIRA, STEVIE VAN BRONKHORST tickets serving low income communities and schools. In addition, the Production Artists and Graphic Designers success of our 2018/2019 season will also support our stewardship Sales MARILYN KALLINS, TERRI REED of our three historic theatres—The Paramount, Moore, and Neptune San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives Theatres—which is a cornerstone of STG’s mission. BRIEANNA HANSEN, AMELIA HEPPNER, SHERRI JARVEY, ANN MANNING Seattle Area Account Executives We wish you the happiest of holiday seasons, and once again, thank CAROL YIP Sales Coordinator you for your ongoing support and your patronage. We would not be Marketing able to do it without you! 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Ingalls, lighting design Production based on the work of Charles Burns MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP MICA BERNAS KARLIE BUDGE BRANDON COURNAY DOMINGO ESTRADA, JR. LESLEY GARRISON LAUREN GRANT SARAH HAARMANN DEEPA LIEGEL AARON LOUX LAUREL LYNCH MATTHEW McLAUGHLIN DALLAS McMURRAY MINGA PRATHER BRANDON RANDOLPH NICOLE SABELLA CHRISTINA SAHAIDA BILLY SMITH NOAH VINSON JAMMIE WALKER SAM BLACK JOHN HEGINBOTHAM BRIAN LAWSON JANELLE BARRY DEREK CRESCENTI JOHN EIRICH JULIE FIORENZA AVA GIRARD ROBERT LEWIS CLAUDIA MACIEJUK CLAUDIA MCDONALD WENDY REINERT CAITLIN SCRANTON TIMOTHY WARD Artistic Director MARK MORRIS Executive Director NANCY UMANOFF THE PARAMOUNT ORCHESTRA EASTSIDE PREP CHOIR SHORECREST HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Colin Fowler, Conductor Official Tour Sponsor Bloomberg Philanthropies Major support for the Mark Morris Dance Group is provided by American Express, Anonymous, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, LLP, Allan and Rhea Bufferd Education Fund, Frederick and Morley Bland, Gale Epstein, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, York-Chi and Stephen Harder, Howard Hodgkin Estate, John and Tommye Ireland (in memoriam), Suzy Kellems Dominik, Shelby and Frederick Gans, Isaac Mizrahi and Arnold Germer, Howard Gilman Foundation, Elizabeth Amy Liebman, Nicholas Ma and William Lopez, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Suzanne Berman and Timothy J. McClimon, McDermott, Will & Emery, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Meyer Sound/Helen and John Meyer, Mark Morris, Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Family Foundation, Ellen and Arnold Offner, Sarabeth Berman and Evan Osnos, PopSockets, Poss Family Foundation, Drs. Jocelynne and Perry Rainey, Diane E. Solway and David Resnicow, Resnicow + Associates, Margaret Conklin and David Sabel, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Iris Cohen and Mark Selinger, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Nancy Umanoff, The SHS Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Jane and R.L. Stine, Jamie Gorelick and Richard Waldhorn, and The White Cedar Fund. The Mark Morris Dance Group is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, New York City Council Members Laurie Cumbo and Helen Rosenthal, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts. encorespotlight.com 5 PARAMOUNT AND MOORE SEASON PARTNERS Cast in order of appearance Marie Lauren Grant Rat Queen Deepa Liegel Fritz Brian Lawson Spanish Domingo Estrada, Jr. Minga Prather Louise/ Princess Pirlipat Lesley Garrison Arabian Brandon Cournay Laurel Lynch Dr. Stahlbaum/King Mark Morris Matthew McLaughlin Mrs. Stahlbaum/ Caitlin Scranton Queen John Heginbotham Timothy Ward Housekeeper/ Chinese Karlie Budge Nurse Brandon Randolph John Eirich Drosselmeier Billy Smith Christina Sahaida Nutcracker/ Russian Janelle Barry Young Drosselmeier Aaron Loux Julie Fiorenza Brian Lawson Barbie Doll Ava Girard Claudia Maciejuk Robot Matthew McLaughlin Dallas McMurray Wendy Reinert Party Guests Mica Bernas Sam Black French Mica Bernas Karlie Budge Derek Crescenti Brandon Cournay Ava Girard Domingo Estrada, Jr. Noah Vinson Laurel Lynch Suitors John Eirich Dallas McMurray Jammie Walker Nicole Sabella Noah Vinson Dentist Robert Lewis Changers Derek Crescenti Flowers Mica Bernas Matthew McLaughlin Karlie Budge Minga Prather Domingo Estrada, Jr. Julie Fiorenza Rat King Deepa Liegel Ava Girard Rat Soldiers Janelle Barry Brian Lawson Julie Fiorenza Laurel Lynch Claudia Maciejuk Claudia Maciejuk Wendy Reinert Claudia McDonald Christina Sahaida Dallas McMurray Caitlin Scranton Minga Prather Caitlin Scranton G.I. Joe Soldiers John Eirich Noah Vinson Robert Lewis Timothy Ward Matthew McLaughlin Jammie Walker Timothy Ward Snow Janelle Barry Mica Bernas Karlie Budge Brandon Cournay John Eirich Domingo Estrada, Jr. Julie Fiorenza Lesley Garrison Ava Girard Brian Lawson Deepa Liegel Laurel Lynch Claudia Maciejuk Claudia McDonald Dallas McMurray Minga Prather Wendy Reinert Christina Sahaida Caitlin Scranton Noah Vinson Jammie Walker Timothy Ward 6 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP MEGAHIT! ON SALE NOW! FEBRUARY 7 - MARCH 1 THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE • STGPresents.org ©Disney Synopsis ACT I Dr. and Mrs. Stahlbaum’s annual Christmas Eve Party. Their children Fritz, Marie, and Louise wait in the den. Party dances: polka, hokey-pokey, hesitation,