WINNER! 2018 TONY AWARD® FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

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“What a delight it is to enter the world of ON THIS ISLAND!” raves . Winner of the 2018 TONY AWARD FOR BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL, is the sweeping, universal tale of Ti Moune, a fearless peasant girl in search of her place in the world, and ready to risk it all for love. Guided by the mighty island gods, Ti Moune sets out on a remarkable journey to reunite with the man who has captured her heart. The groundbreaking vision of two-time Tony Award nominated director (Spring Awakening revival) and acclaimed choreographer Camille A. Brown (NBC’s Live) conjures up “a place where magic is possible and beauty is apparent for all to see!” (The Huffington Post). With a score that bursts with life from and , the Tony Award-winning songwriters of and , ONCE ON THIS ISLAND is a timeless testament to theater’s unlimited possibilities.

WELCOME HOME PADUCAH NATIVES McKynleigh Alden Abraham and Jamey Jennings

Thank you to the LOCAL LIGHTWALKERS for Once on This Island! These Paducah Tilghman and McCracken County High School Students and Alumni deserve a round of for their assistance during the two-week technical and rehearsal period that took place at The Carson Center in preparation for the show’s national tour. John Dabu Andriah Hawthorne Ameri Thompson LeVion Decker Jlea Humphries Vic Tyler Elijah Garrett Brandon McFarland Kendrick Williams Jalen Harris Mark Taylor II Mikaya Woods

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The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports The Carson Center with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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KEN DAVENPORT HUNTER ARNOLD NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS and CARL DAIKELER ROY PUTRINO STRATEGIC RETURN FUND H. RICHARD HOPPER BRIAN CROMWELL SMITH ROB KOLSON KEVIN LYLE MICHELLE RILEY/MARIE STEVENSON/DR. MOJGAN FAJIRAM INVISIBLE WALL PRODUCTIONS/ISLAND PRODUCTIONS present

Book & Lyrics by Music by LYNN AHRENS STEPHEN FLAHERTY

featuring JAHMAUL BAKARE KYLE RAMAR FREEMAN TAMYRA GRAY CASSONDRA JAMES with MCKYNLEIGH ALDEN ABRAHAM PHILLIP BOYKIN BRIANA BROOKS GEORGE L. BROWN MICHAEL IVAN CARRIER MIMI CROSSLAND MARIAMA DIOP JAY DONNELL ALEX JOSEPH GRAYSON DANIELLE LEE GREAVES TYLER HARDWICK PHYRE HAWKINS SAVY JACKSON TATIANA LOFTON ROBERT ZELAYA and introducing COURTNEE CARTER

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Tour Sound Design JULES FISHER + PETER HYLENSKI SHANNON SLATON PEGGY EISENHAUER

Orchestrations Original Vocal Arrangements /Wig and Make-up Design “Found” Instrument Design ANNMARIE MILAZZO & STEPHEN FLAHERTY COOKIE JORDAN JOHN BERTLES & MICHAEL STAROBIN BASH THE TRASH

Casting Associate Director Associate Choreographer Music Director TELSEY + JUSTIN SCRIBNER RICKEY TRIPP STEVEN CUEVAS CRAIG BURNS, CSA

Music Coordinator Tour Booking, Press & Marketing General Management Production Manager JOHN MILLER BOND THEATRICAL GROUP GENTRY & ASSOCIATES NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS GREGORY VANDER PLOEG EVAN ROONEY

Associate Producers Company Manager Production Stage Manager EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KAYLA GREENSPAN JAMEY JENNINGS KELSEY TIPPINS TRINITY WHEELER VALERIE NOVAKOFF

Music Supervisor CHRIS FENWICK

Choreographer CAMILLE A. BROWN

Director MICHAEL ARDEN Based on the novel “My Love, My Love” by Rosa Guy

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Jahmaul Kyle Ramar Tamyra Cassondra Bakare Freeman Gray James

McKynleigh Philip Briana George L. Courtnee Alden Boykin Brooks Brown Carter Abraham

Michael Ivan Jay Alex Joseph Danielle Lee Tyler Carrier Donnell Grayson Greaves Hardwick

Phyre Savy Tatiana Robert Hawkins Jackson Lofton Zelaya

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Cast of Characters (in alphabetical order)

Storyteller ...... MCKYNLEIGH ALDEN ABRAHAM Agwe ...... JAHMAUL BAKARE Tonton Julian ...... PHILLIP BOYKIN Andrea/Storyteller ...... BRIANA BROOKS Armand/Storyteller ...... GEORGE L. BROWN Beauxhomme/Storyteller ...... MICHAEL IVAN CARRIER Ti Moune ...... COURTNEE CARTER Little Girl (at certain performances) ...... MIMI CROSSLAND Little Girl (at certain performances) ...... MARIAMA DIOP Storyteller ...... JAY DONNELL Asaka ...... KYLE RAMAR FREEMAN Papa Ge ...... TAMYRA GRAY "Beauxhommes" Narrator/Storyteller ...... ALEX JOSEPH GRAYSON Mama Euralie ...... DANIELLE LEE GREAVES Daniel ...... TYLER HARDWICK "Beauxhommes" Narrator/Storyteller ...... PHYRE HAWKINS Storyteller ...... SAVY JACKSON Erzulie ...... CASSONDRA JAMES Storyteller ...... TATIANA LOFTON Storyteller ...... ROBERT ZELAYA

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

For Ti Moune—BRIANA BROOKS, SAVY JACKSON; For Daniel—MICHAEL IVAN CARRIER, ROBERT ZELAYA; For Agwe and Tonton Julian—GEORGE L. BROWN, JAY DONNELL; For Asaka—PHYRE HAWKINS, TATIANA LOFTON; For Erzulie—MCKYNLEIGH ALDEN ABRAHAM, SAVY JACKSON; For Papa Ge—MCKYNLEIGH ALDEN ABRAHAM, ALEX JOSEPH GRAYSON; For Mama Euralie—PHYRE HAWKINS, TATIANA LOFTON

DANCE CAPTAIN ROBERT ZELAYA

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.

The taking of photographs, videotaping or other recording of this production is a violation of the copyright law and an actionable federal offense.

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Musical Numbers

“We Dance” ...... Company “One Small Girl” ...... Tonton Julian, Mama Euralie, ...... Little Girl, Storytellers “Waiting For Life” ...... Ti Moune, Storytellers “And The Gods Heard Her Prayer” ...... Asaka, Agwe, Papa Ge, Erzulie “Rain” ...... Agwe, Storytellers “Discovering Daniel” ...... Ti Moune, Storytellers “Pray” ...... Ti Moune, Tonton Julian, ...... Mama Euralie, Storytellers “Forever Yours” ...... Ti Moune, Daniel, Papa Ge, Storytellers “The Sad Tale Of The Beauxhommes” ...... Armand, Storytellers “Ti Moune” ...... Mama Euralie, Tonton Julian, ...... Ti Moune, Storytellers “Mama Will Provide” ...... Asaka, Storytellers “Waiting For Life” (Reprise) ...... Ti Moune “Some Say” ...... Storytellers, Little Girl “The Human Heart” ...... Erzulie, Storytellers “Gossip” ...... Storytellers “Some Girls” ...... Daniel “The Ball” ...... Andrea, Daniel, Storytellers “Ti Moune’s Dance” ...... Ti Moune, Grands Hommes “When We Are Wed” ...... Andrea, Ti Moune, Daniel, Storytellers “Forever Yours” (Reprise) ...... Papa Ge, Ti Moune, Erzulie, Storytellers “A Part Of Us” ...... Mama Euralie, Little Girl, ...... Tonton Julian, Storytellers “Why We Tell The Story” ...... Company

SETTING An Island In The French Antilles, Then & Now. MUSICIANS Conductor/Keyboard/Melodica/Hand Percussion: STEVEN CUEVAS; Associate Conductor: ILANA M. ATKINS Percussion: MARIANA RAMERIZ-ALVARADO; Bass: SHERISSE ROGERS; Guitar/Mandolin: OSCAR BAUTISTA; Flute: CASSONDRA JAMES

Keyboard Programmer: Randy Cohen, RANDY COHEN KEYBOARDS

Music Copying: Emily Grishman Music Preparation/Adriana Grace; Additional Orchestrations: Haley Bennett, Javier Diaz Music Coordinator: John Miller

www.thecarsoncenter.org 13 Carson Center Box Office (270) 450-4444 Director's Note As we began our work on Once On This Island back in 2015, it became impossible to ignore the ever-growing number of disasters occurring around the world; from the unrelenting storms and earthquakes in Haiti, to the refugee crises at our own border and around the world, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and more recently the utter devastation suffered in the Bahamas, , Florida and Puerto Rico. By the time you read this, there will undoubtedly be more to add to this heavy list. It would seem no place or person is immune to the power and wrath of the gods. While doing research in Port Au Prince, the creative team and I learned first-hand that Haiti is a country deeply rooted in both faith and ritual. It became clear to us that we rebuild not only with hammer, nail and whatever materials are available, but through the healing power of storytelling. After being invited to take part in a Voodoo ceremony and witnessing this incredible religion firsthand, we realized how vital it was that this production honor the island’s beliefs and traditions as accurately and respectfully as possible both in design and execution to create a responsible as as magical evening of . Once On This Island is the story of how one seemingly insignificant girl becomes myth and legend for survivors of a wounded and healing island and how the good we do can echo and reverberate long after our lives are over. It is my hope that the story of Ti Moune might inspire any person, regardless of age, gender, race, ability, sexuality or circumstance to become catalyst for change; that through how they give and share love, they might inspire the tearing down of walls and not the erecting of them. I am so very proud of this company of artists and thrilled that they will be sharing this story with audiences around this great and hopeful nation. Enjoy the show! — Michael Arden, September 2019 Who’s Who in the Cast

MCKYNLEIGH ALDEN ABRAHAM (Storyteller) is thrilled Purple (Harpo, Paper Mill), Kiss Me, Kate (Pasadena to tell you this story! Favorite credits include: First Nat’l Playhouse), Ragtime (Coalhouse), Clybourne Park, Tour of Beautiful The Carole in Musical. “The Glee Project” and His Winter Wish (Genie), Hollywood Season 1. Mom and dad, look at me! IG: mckynleigh_alden Bowl’s Mamma Mia! and . More info at www.jdonnell.com Thanks to family, KMR, T&Co! JAHMAUL BAKARE (Agwe) is thrilled to make his National Broadway Tour debut and tell this magnificent MARIAMA DIOP (Little Girl at certain performances) is story with the Once on This Island family. Regional: incredibly grateful to make her professional debut in the (Flick - Ovation Nominee for Best Actor), Les National Tour of Once on This Island! She also loves , Misérables (Enjorlas), (Freddy), Into the science, and reading. She would like to thank the village Woods (Cinderella’s Prince/ Wolf). Bakare thanks his that has supported her personally and professionally family for infinite support. jahmaulbakare.com along the way especially her Mom, Dad, Grandma and Great-Aunt Peggy. Special thanks to Ayana Lowe, PHILLIP BOYKIN (Tonton Julian) is a TONY & Grammy Benjamin Rabinowitz, Isabella Gaviglia, Dance Project Nominee. Broadway: Once on This Island, Porgy and Bess of Washington Heights, Every Voice Choirs, Harlem (Crown), , Sunday in the Park…(Boatman). School of the Arts, HCES and Usdan Summer Camp for Others: Showboat (Joe), Pirates of Penzance, Ain’t the Arts for all their support and guidance. Misbehavin’, Jesus Christ Superstar, . Director NY Gospel Brothers. www.phillipboykin.com for more info. KYLE RAMAR FREEMAN (Asaka) is a Miami, Fl native. Kyle is overjoyed to join the national tour of ( ) is beyond thrilled Once on This Island. BRIANA BROOKS Andrea/Storyteller National Tour: to be making her national tour debut! She is a Los Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Calypso). Theatre: Angeles native. Regional: (Belle), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Beauty and the Beast (Barfee), (Pinkleton). Endless thanks to my (Nettie). All the love to my mom, my Bee Cinderella The Color Purple family and family of friends, God, GBM, Telsey + Company. dad, my family, friends, and teachers. Thanks to the IG: @iamkylefreeman, iamkylefreeman.com creative team, FSE Talent and Telsey+Co.! @brinana8 ( ) was last seen as part of the ( ) is honored to join TAMYRA GRAY Papa Ge GEORGE L. BROWN Armand/Storyteller all-star cast of at the Hollywood Bowl. She the family. From Buffalo, NY where he Once on This Island most recently starred on Broadway as Papa Ge in the Tony garners unconditional love and support from God, family Award winning revival of On stage, and friends. Founder and director of God’s Purchase gospel Once on This Island. Tamyra made her Broadway debut as the lead in choir (national recording artist). @Downtowngebrown Bombay Dreams, was praised for her starring role on Broadway MICHAEL IVAN CARRIER (Beauxhomme /Storyteller) as Mimi in and played Kate in national is making his National Tour debut! Regional: Maine tour of If/Then. In 2011, she starred in ’s State Music Theatre (Ambrose, Hello Dolly, , Guys Twist at the Pasadena Playhouse for which she won a and Dolls), Sierra Repertory Theatre (Paul, A Chorus Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP Theatre Award. Following Line), Virginia Repertory Theatre (), her acclaimed appearance on “American Idol,” Tamyra Norwegian Cruise Lines. Northwestern State University. appeared on television in “Boston Public,” “Half and Half,” IG: michaelivancarrier “All of Us,” “What I Like About You,” “Las Vegas” and “Tru Calling.” screen credits include the Sony feature ( ) made her Broadway The COURTNEE CARTER Ti Moune and Tamyra has co-written debut in and is absolutely thrilled to Gospel Rachel ettin Married. Once on This Island “You Thought Wrong” for Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson continue the journey on its first national tour. Favorite and the #1 Billboard Hot 100 single “I Believe” for Fantasia. credits include: Off- Broadway: East O’ West O’. National Tour: unie B. ones. Television: “The Path,” “A Crime to ALEX JOSEPH GRAYSON (“Beauxhommes” Narrator/ Remember.” Proud graduate of UNCSA! Go Pickles! Love to Storyteller) is stoked to embark on his first tour. Credits Mom and Mimi and endless gratitude and thanks to KMR, include Toni Stone (Off-Broadway),A Bronx Tale (Broadway) casting and, creative team! Instagram: @courtneee_carter Training: Matthew Corozine Studios; SUNY Fredonia TADA; Stella Adler Conservatory. Instagram: @AlexJGSings MIMI CROSSLAND (Little Girl at certain performances). National tour debut! Youth production of The Wiard of O. DANIELLE LEE GREAVES Mama Euralie. Broadway: A huge thanks to John Mara Jr., Tristian Wyant and ACANY A Streetcar Named Desire (OBC), RENT, (OBC), for this incredible opportunity. So much love to Mom, Dad Sunset Boulevard, (OBC). National Tours: The and my whole village for allowing this to be possible. Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, , RENT. Film: , , . ( ). Tours: Reddy Records Cubby Growing Up (And Other Lies) JAY DONNELL Storyteller The Color Purple Television: “The Blacklist,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Affair,” (Harpo), (John u/s). Regional: The Color 4 www.thecarsoncenter.org Carson Center Box Office (270) 450-4444

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“The Americans,” “Elementary,” “Show Me a Hero,” “Nurse understanding him and allowed and afforded him to Jackie,” “Smash,” “The Big C,” “Rescue Me,” “Damages,” follow his heart and dreams. They taught him that love “Whoopie,” “100 Centre Street.” is the most powerful force on earth and that our greatest obstacles can prove to be our greatest blessings. This ( ) is thrilled to be coming back TYLER HARDWICK Daniel production is dedicated to their memory and to all those to Broadway: Once on This Island! Once on This Island who give shelter and love to those they find in trees. (Storyteller), Motown the Musical (Eddie Kendricks). Tours: (C.C. White), Motown the Musical (Norman CAMILLE A. BROWN (Choreographer). Broadway: Choir Boy Whitfield). New York: Bliss (Toby), Popstar (Robby). (nominee: Tony & Drama Desk Awards), Once on This Island Regional: Marie, Dancing Still (Gilbert). TV/Film: NBC’s (nominee: Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and “The Blacklist.” Thank you to my family and friends, Awards), A Streetcar Named Desire. Off-Broadway:Much Ado Telsey, the creative team and Hudson Artists! Follow me! About Nothing, Toni Stone, Bella, Fortress of Solitude, tick, tic... Instagram: @tylerhar : @tylerhardwick1 BOOM! (Encores!). Television: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert” (NBC). Film: (Netix) ( ) is Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom PHYRE HAWKINS “Beauxhommes” Narrator/Storyteller Upcoming: (Metropolitan Opera); thrilled to join the family! Broadway/ Porgy & Bess For Colored Once on This Island National Tours include: , : Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf The Book of Mormon HAIR (Public Theater). www.camilleabrown.org The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, The Color Purple. Regional: , RENT. TV: “Law & Order: SVU.” Loads CHRIS FENWICK (Music Supervisor) most recently served of love to my family & hometown Flint, MI. as a vocal producer on teven pielbergs film ofWest Side He music supervised the Broadway revival of ( ) is thrilled to make her Stor. Once SAVY JACKSON Storyteller (2017 Tony Award, Best Revival) and music professional debut in Current Musical on This Island Once on This Island. directed the Broadway revival of Theater Sophomore at Pace University. Favorite credit: Sunday in the Park With starring . He music directed the (dir. Sam Pinkleton). Much love to George Showtune Blowout Public Theater and Broadway productions of friends, family. IG: @savy.jackson ~GGs (2015 Tony Award, Best Musical); music supervisor of the CASSONDRA JAMES (Erzulie, Flute) is delighted to rejoin national tour and London production. Founding music the cast of Once on This Island. She was a Broadway director, City Center ncores Off-Center. usic director, replacement for Erzulie, and an original storyteller and original productions of Michael John LaChiusa’s Giant, ute player in the Tony award-winning production. he is Los Otros, Queen of the Mist and See What I Wanna See. a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Graduate Center Music director for Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall and more. (CUNY) where she is completing her research on standup Upcoming: at ; the Broadway comedy. She has new music available on all streaming revival of Caroline, or Change; and the West End production services and a new EP to be released in 2020. For more of Sunda in the Par With eore. info: www.cassondrajames.com. Instagram: @kellamity DANE LAFFREY (Scenic Design). Broadway: set & costumes TATIANA LOFTON (Storyteller). National Tour: for Deaf West’s Spring Awakening; set for Fool for Love. Off- (Swing, u/s Becky) Regional: The Wiz, Beauty and The Beast, Broadway: Playwrights Horizons, MTC, Roundabout, BAM Merry Wives of Windsor (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Harvey, , Atlantic, Second Stage, Labyrinth, Pace MT Alum. Thanks God, Buchwald, Craig Burns and my Vineyard, Soho Rep, many others. U.S. regional: Mark Taper parents. For my brother CJ. Instagram: @Tatianalofton Forum, The Humana Festival, Huntington, Williamstown, The Old Globe, Denver Center, Dallas Theater Center, ( , ) is beyond ROBERT ZELAYA Storyteller Dance Captain many others. International work in Tokyo, Osaka, thrilled to join the Island. Broadway National Tour: Kinky and Sydney. 2017 for Sustained Excellence. (Lola u/s). Previous: (Che), (Thalia), Boots Nominations for a and four ATW Henry , N.Y.M.F., Celebrity Cruises. B.M. Music Theater, RENT Hewes Awards. University of Miami. Love to Mom, Dad, and Luis who are my rocks. Gratitude to Telsey & Co., the Creative team, CLINT RAMOS (Costume Design). Broadway: Slave Play, and CTG. “Dream / Persevere”. , Torch Song (Tony nom), Once on This Island (Tony, Outer Critics, Drama desk noms), ( ) & Six Degrees of LYNN AHRENS Book and Lyrics STEPHEN FLAHERTY , , , ( ) have been collaborators since 1983. Broadway: Separation In Transit Sunday In The Park With George Music (Tony Award), (also west end), , , , , , Elephant Man iolet. Ragtime Anastasia Rocky My Favorite Year Chita Notable Premieres-NY/National/Int’l: , , (Broadway revival), Slave Play Downstate Rivera: The Dancer’s Life Ragtime (Steppenwolf/National London), , (original Broadway production). Off- Wild Goose Dreams Once on This Island (NY/London), , , Broadway and regional: Lincoln Center Theater’s Here Lies Love Bootycandy A Man of , Over 200 design credits. Principal , , ; ; Appropriate id ictor. No Importance Dessa Rose The Glorious Ones Lucky Stiff costume designer for City Center ncores Off-Center. Kennedy Center world premiere of . Film: scores Little Dancer Awards: Tony, 2 Obies (including Sustained Achievement), for Twentieth Century Fox’s animated feature , Anastasia 3 ATW Henry Hewes, 3 Awards, among others. , Honors: Tony Award, Drama After the Storm Luc Stiff. Head of Design at Fordham University. @clintramos Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Olivier, Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement and multiple nominations JULES FISHER & PEGGY EISENHAUER (Lighting Design) are for the Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy. They excited to reunite with Michael Arden and this inspiring are members of the Theater Hall of Fame. Individually, creative team. Broadway Productions include Shufe Ms. Ahrens wrote book and lyrics for Madison Square Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and Garden’s A Christmas Carol. She has received the Emmy and All That Followed; ; ; Lucky the Lilly; NAACP Best Playwright Award for Once on This u. Music Industry lighting design highlights include Island. Her extensive work in television and film includes Whitney Houston, David Bowie, Neil Young, Parliament “Schoolhouse Rock” (ABC-TV), Camp (IFC) and many others. Funkadelics, and Tracy Chapman. Film lighting designs Mr. Flaherty composed the score of the new dance play In include Beauty and the Beast , , , Your Arms (Old Globe), incidental music for Neil Simon’s Dreamgirls, Burlesque, , Neil oun Trun Sho. Proposals (Broadway) and the score for Loving Repeating: A Their studio, Third Eye, conceives and designs lighting for Musical of Gertrude Stein (oseph efferson Award, Best New all forms of entertainment. Musical). His work has been performed at the Hollywood ( ). Grammy, Olivier, four- Bowl, Carnegie Hall and others. Ahrens and Flaherty PETER HYLENSKI Sound Design time Tony nominated. Selected designs include: , are members of Council, Dramatists Guild of America. , , , www.ahrensandaherty.com Anastasia Something Rotten Rock of Ages Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets MICHAEL ARDEN (Director) was taken in at an early Over Broadway, Shrek, On a Clear Day…, , age by his grandparents, Jim and Pat Moore. They had , Wonderland, Cry-, The Times They Are A-Changin’, lost both of their own children. Raising another late in The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame life had never been part of their plan, but they loved Becomes Me, and Brooklyn. Other credits: Le him as their own, accepted him despite not always www.thecarsoncenter.org 5 Carson Center Box Office (270) 450-4444 Who’s Who in the Cast continued

Rêve at Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London), Rocky Das Closer Than Ever. Tours: , How the Grinch Stole Musical, King Kong. Christmas!, Spring Awakening, My Fair Lady (Singapore). Recordings: Once on This Island, Grinch, Monstersons. BFA SHANNON SLATON (Tour Sound Design) has designed : Emerson College. My Love, My Love: many national tours including Finding Neverland, The Andrei. @StevenMCuevas Sound of Music; Elf the Musical; Bullets Over Broadway; ; Hairspray; The Producers; Kiss Me, Kate; JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator). Broadway (over 120 ; ; Tap Dogs; Sweeney Todd; shows, including): Once on This Island; Tina; Oklahoma; Ain’t and The Wedding Singer. Shows Too Proud; Summer: The Donna Summer Musical; Beautiful; he has mixed on Broadway include: , Waitress; ; Hello, Dolly!; Rock of Ages; Miss Saigon, Bombay Dreams, Sweet Charity, Jersey Boys, The Drowsy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The Great Comet of 1812; A Chaperone, Spring Awakening, Springsteen on Broadway, Bronx Tale Studio Musician (bass): Leonard Cohen, Michael , , and Caaret. Jackson, Madonna, , Peter, Paul and Mary, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, BB King, Mose Allison, Portishead, MICHAEL STAROBIN (Orchestrator) also orchestrated the Billy Joel, , NY Philharmonic His album, Stagedoor original Once on This Island in 1990. Johnny: John Miller – Takes on Broadway is available at ANNMARIE MILAZZO (Orchestrator). Broadway vocal www.johnmillerbass.com. designs: Spring Awakening, , If/Then, Finding ( ). Broadway/Tours: Neerland. Off Broadway: , Bright Lights Big City, TELSEY + COMPANY Casting Super Hero. Reginal: Dangerous Beauty, Prometheus Bound, West Side Story; Tina; The Sound Inside; Linda Vista; Some Lovers, Dave, A Walk On The Moon, Almost Famous. Freestyle Love Supreme; ; Oklahoma!; To Kill Broadway Orchestrator (with Michael Starobin) Once on This a Mockingbird; ; Frozen; ; Island she was nominated for a Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk Waitress; ; ; My Fair Lady; Hello, Dolly!; and Outer Critics awards. Composer/ Lyricist: Pretty Dead Anastasia; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Off- Girl, winner of the special jury award at The Sundance Broadway: Atlantic Theater Company, Classic Stage Film Festival. Lyricist: Le Reve, Le Perle. AnnMarie is the Company, MCC Theater, New Group, Park Avenue Armory, Grammy nominated female vocalist for The East Village Second Stage Theatre. Film: The Kitchen, Opera Company on Decca/Universal Records. Returns, Ben Is Back, The Greatest Showman, Into the COOKIE JORDAN (Hair & Makeup Design). Broadway: Woods, Rachel Getting Married. TV: “Tales of the City,” Sunday in the Park With George, In Transit, Eclipsed, Side “/Verdon,” “NOS4A2,” “This Is Us,” “NCIS: New Show, After Midnight, Fela, , South Orleans,” “One Day at a Time,” “RENT,” commercials. Pacific. Off-Broadway: Everybody, The Death of the Last www.telseyandco.com Black Man in the Whole Entire World (Signature Theatre); A ( , Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare in the Park). Tours: BOND THEATRICAL GROUP Tour Booking Press & ) is a fully independent booking, marketing and Fela! (national tour), Fela! (European tour), Dirty Dancing, Marketing publicity company for live entertainment productions. Flashdance (national tour). Television: Emmy-nominated for makeup design for NBC “The Wiz Live!” Current tour marketing and booking projects include Blue Man Group, CATS, Clueless, Girl from the North Country, First JOHN BERTLES (Instrument Designer) is a composer, Date, Jesus Christ Superstar, ’s Finding My educator and instrument-builder transforming the Voice, Latin History for Morons, An Officer A entleman, detritus of society into unexpected sounds. Interweaving Once on this Island and . Current marketing and art and science, his instruments reect the human need publicity projects include Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, to create music—from everything! Since 1991 his Bash , Diana, Dr. Seuss Ho the rinch Stole the Trash ensemble has provided performances and Christmas! The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on events in schools, museums and performing arts centers the Roof, Moulin Rouge!, Oklahoma!, The Color Purple, The nationwide including The Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and . Institution and Carnegie Hall. GENTRY & ASSOCIATES, INC (General Management) has JUSTIN SCRIBNER (Associate Director) served as the been managing domestic and international touring productions Production Stage Manager of the Broadway production for more than 20 years. Gentry & Associates has managed of Once on This Island. Other Broadway credits include more than 70 touring productions internationally. Current and The Crucible, Rock of Ages, God of Carnage, The American upcoming productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s The Plan, A Chorus Line, RENT, The Times They Are A-Changin’ Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon; The Band’s (where he first had the good fortune of with Visit, A Bronx Tale, Blue Man Group Speechless Tour, Matthew Michael Arden), Lennon, Pacific Oertures, Jumpers, Little Bourne’s Swan Lake, , Once on This Island, Shop of Horrors and . Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical, and Waitress. RICKEY TRIPP (Associate Choreographer). Choreographer: JAMEY JENNINGS (Company Manager) is thrilled to be back , Dallas Theatre Center; In the Heights, on the road and on the Island. Select projects: Dirty Dancing: Broadway Sacramento; Hairspray, DTC-Winspear Opera The Classic Story on Stage, We Will Rock You, Mary Poppins, House; Dreamgirls, DTC (Irma P. Hall Black Theater Award for and Hairspra. Best Choreography). TV/Film: Disney, ENCORE!; Jesus Christ Superst Musical (Asia & North America). Favorite Regional KELSEY TIPPINS (Production Stage Manager). National Credits: Weston Playhouse, Piedmont Opera, Fabulous Tours: A Bronx Tale, Finding Neverland, Dirty Dancing – The Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Proud graduate of the University Classic Story on Stage, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Elf the of North Carolina School of the Arts. Thank you to my Musical, Shrek the Musical (Asia & North America). Favorite NETworks family and love my cat, Ace. @kelseytippins Regional Credits: Weston Playhouse, Piedmont Opera, Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Proud graduate of the ALVIN HOUGH, JR. (Associate Music Supervisor). University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Thank you to Broadway: Tina; Once on This Island (MD); The Color my NETworks family and love my cat, Ace. @kelseytippins Purple; Motown; Scandalous; Wicked; Ain’t Too Proud; Hello, Dolly!; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Bandstand; JULIANNE MENASSIAN Stae Manaer. National Tours: Newsies; . National Tours: Memphis, Dreamgirls. Love Never Dies, Finding Neverland, Caaret. New York: Off-Broadway: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Originally York Theatre, Project Springboard, NAMT. Select Regional from DC, Alvin has performed at the Kennedy Center, White Credits: , , House and Capitol and has two degrees in meteorology (yes, Signature Theatre, Alley Theatre, Cleveland Play House, you read that correctly!) from Harvard and Georgia Tech. Studio Theatre, Riverside Theatre. TV: Thursday in the He sends love to his wife Rebecca and their two amazing Park, Crossovers, Studio Sessions. Love to Mom, Sarah children, Samuel (3) and Camille (1). and Bri. Proud AEA Member! 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TEAM: Reconstruction (Still Working but the Devil Might be international productions. He produced the 2015 Deaf Inside). Other credits: Grow with Google tour, Victoria’s West Theatre revival of Spring Awakening, for which he was Secret Fashion Show. nominated for a Tony, and produced the summer 2018 original Broadway musical Gettin’ the Band Back Together. TRINITY WHEELER (Executive Producer). Broadway: Les Misérables (Production Stage Manager). National BRIAN CROMWELL SMITH (Producer) is excited to be Tours: Executive Producer credits include Rodgers & working with Ken and everyone at Davenport Theatrical Hammerstein’s , Finding Neverland, Enterprises once again, having produced It’s Only a Play, Dirty Dancing, Bullets Over Broadway, Elf the Musical, the Spring Awakening revival (Tony nomination) and Gettin’ Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; The Phantom of the Opera the Band Back Together. Brian is the proud father of Bella (Supervisory Production Stage Manager), Les Misérables and Ronan, the lucky husband of Keira and the Mayor of (Production Stage Manager), Mary Poppins (Production Irvington, NY. Stage Manager); starring Young Frankenstein is an Emmy-Award winning and starring and . ROB KOLSON (Producer) RENT writer, director, composer and producer, and a proud Trinity currently works on the national tours of Les alumnus of Chicago’s renowned Second City comedy , , , Misérables Once on This Island Waitress The SpongeBob theatre. He owns Chicago’s Apollo Theater, which , and the upcoming Diane Paulus-helmed Musical Chicago recently hosted the Broadway musical . He is the host of Rhapsody Radio available on Million Dollar 1776 for seven years, making it the longest-running Apple Podcasts and Spotify. @trinityonbroadway Quartet Broadway show in Chicago’s history. ( ). (Tony KEN DAVENPORT Producer Once on This Island has invested in over 80 Broadway, Award), Deaf West’s , (Tony KEVIN LYLE (Producer) Spring Awakening Kinky Boots Off-Broadway and touring productions. Three producer Award), It’s Only a Play, Bridges of Madison County, Macbeth, credits include The 39 Steps (Off-Broadway). Godspell, 13, Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America, Daddy Long Legs, Altar Bo. Featured on a national commercial MICHELLE RILEY (Producer) made her Broadway for Apple’s iPhone. Crain’s “40 Under Forty”. The first producing debut with Once on This Island. Michelle is a Broadway Producer named to the Inc. 5000. Writer of graduate of Oxford University and Yale Law School and popular blog TheProducersPerspective.com. Created “Be works in private equity. Now, more than ever, we need a Broadway Star” board game. Executive Producer for the power of storytelling. North America of ’s Really Useful is a frequent theatregoer, Group. Upcoming: show based on and music MARIE STEVENSON (Producer) and is her Broadway debut. She of Neil Diamond, and Bruce Sussman’s Once on This Island hopes for all to enjoy the show. Harmony, and more. www.DavenportTheatrical.com A celebrity cosmetic ( ). Select Broadway and West DR. MOJGAN FAJIRAM (Producer. HUNTER ARNOLD Producer dentist, founder of Sutton Advanced Cosmetic Dentistry. End: (Tony Award); (Tony Once on This Island Resides in NY with her husband, three children, son-in- Award); (Olivier Award); Tina-The Tina Turner law & granddaughter. Musical; Moulin Rouge!; Anastasia; Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award); Kinky Boots (Tony Award, Olivier Award); Deaf West INVISIBLE WALL PRODUCTIONS Producer. Broadway: Theatre’s Spring Awakening (Tony nomination); The Inheritance, Frankie and Johnny, Once on This Island (Tony nomination); Mothers and Sons (Tony nomination) (Revival-Tony Award), Spring Awakening (Revival). Pretty Woman; The Jungle; The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?; Off-Broadway: The View UpStairs Film: Loserille. Disaster!; It’s Only a Play; The Bridges of Madison County; www.invisiblewallproductions.com Off-Broadway: Founder of Maceth. Little Shop of Horrors. Corey Brunish, three the Broadway Strategic Return Fund, the first professionally ISLAND PRODUCTIONS Producer. . Matthew Hui, Onwards and Upwards. managed, data-driven fund focused on the performing Jamie deRoy, seven Tony Awards. Dan Shaheen, Tony arts. Upcoming: Slaas SnoSho. Award Winner. ( ) is an industry NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Producer Broadway: leading producer of touring musical theater productions KAYLA GREENSPAN Associate Producer. The , (Tony Award), committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences Inheritance Hadestown Frankie and Johnny , , and worldwide. Having produced national and international in the Clair de Lune Once on This Island Anastasia ’s Off-Broadway: tours over 20 years, NETworks’ productions include Cameron Sprin Aaenin. and Kayla is the Mackintosh’s , , Little Shop of Horrors Dadd Lon Les. The Phantom of the Opera Les Misérables Director of Investor Relations for the Broadway Strategic ; , , Miss Saigon The Band’s Visit A Bronx Tale Blue Man Group Return Fund. NYU Alumna. kaylagreenspan.com Speechless Tour Fiddler on the Roof, Once on This Island, Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical, and Waitress. VALERIE NOVAKOFF (Associate Producer) is proud to be a part of Davenport Theatrical Enterprises. She has Broadway: , CARL DAIKELER Producer. Anastasia worked on a wide range of shows including , , , , , Wicked Disaster! Spring Awakening The Visit It’s Only a Play The , , , and Has supported Fun Home SpongeBob SquarePants Fully Committed An Bridges of Madison County Maceth. and She is the other productions including , , Act of God oshimi Battles the Pin Roots. The Goat or Who Is Sylvia founder of the Broadway Women’s Fund. Mothers and Sons, Kinky Boots & more. Daikeler spent his teens working behind the scenes at his family’s ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION (Associate Producer) Bucks County Playhouse, and intends to spend his 50s founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents supporting theatre on Broadway. more than 50,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers of has produced several Broadway ROY PUTRINO (Producer) its members by negotiating wages, working conditions shows: , and He Bandstand It’s Only a Play An Act of od. and providing a wide range of benefits (health and has also been involved with How to Succeed in Business pension included). Member: AFL-CIO, FIA. #EquityWorks Without Really Trying, Farinelli and the King, Sunday in the Park With George, The Play That Goes Wrong, Groundhog OPENING NIGHT: OCTOBER 15, 2019 Day, Off-Broadway Clinton: The Musical and Gettin’ the STAFF FOR ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Band Bac Toether. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BROADWAY STRATEGIC RETURN FUND (Producer). Our TRINITY WHEELER mission is to bring a truly unique, data-driven approach GENERAL MANAGEMENT and professional process to investing in the vibrant GENTRY & ASSOCIATES global live theatre industry, improving the Broadway Gregory Vander Ploeg experience for investors while driving maximum Elisabeth Bayer Steve Varon Pearce Landry-Wegener Nicole Gehring returns. BroadwayStrategicReturnFund.com PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT H. RICHARD HOPPER (Producer) has participated in NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS numerous Broadway productions, national tours and Jason Juenker www.thecarsoncenter.org 7 Carson Center Box Office (270) 450-4444 Who’s Who in the Cast continued

Hector Guivas Evan Rooney Chief Financial Ocer ...... Scott W. Jackson Walker White Emma Downey Chief Operating Ocer ...... Jennifer Ardizzone-West Chief Producing Ocer ...... Seth Wenig EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION Executive Producers ...... Charlie Stone, Trinity Wheeler BOND THEATRICAL GROUP Director of Administration ...... Curt Owens bondtheatrical.com Executive Assistant to the President ...... Hannah Rosenthal TOUR BOOKING Senior Director of Finance ...... John Kinna Temah Higgins Mollie Mann Controller ...... ennifer ifford Wendy Roberts Director of Tour Accounting ...... Laura S. Carey Brittany Halberstadt Madison St. Evan Millican Tax Director ...... Pat Guerieri MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION Associate Tax Accountant ...... Kim Ngan Tran DJ Martin Health and Safety Coordinator ...... Emma Downey Marc Viscardi Nicholas Jaech Tori Viggiano Senior Director Booking and Engagements ...... Mary K. Witte Phillip Aleman Matthew Lerner Trish McKeon Director, Booking and Engagements ...... Colin Byrne Nicole Musto Benjamin Nissen Booking and Administrative Assistant ...... Jenny Wallisch CASTING Director of Marketing/PR ...... Heather Hess TELSEY + COMPANY Senior Director, General Management ...... Gregory Vander Ploeg Bernard Telsey, CSA Bethany Knox, CSA General Managers ...... Elisabeth Bayer, Steve Varon Craig Burns, CSA Rachel Hoffman, CSA Associate General Manager ...... Pearce Landry-Wegener Patrick Goodwin, CSA Rebecca Scholl, CSA General Manager Associate ...... Nicole Gehring Lauren Harris, CSA Laura Wade, CSA Senior Director, Production Management ...... Jason Juenker Ally Kiley Lily Schneider Meghan Ryan Devin Rossinsky Senior Production Manager ...... Hector Guivas Production Managers ...... Emma Downey, COMPANY MANAGER ...... Evan Rooney, Walker White JAMEY JENNINGS Music Coordinator ...... John Mezzio Production Stage Manager ...... Kelsey Tippins IT Manager ...... Tim Pizza Stage Manager ...... Julianne Menassian Oce anager ...... Buddy Piccolino Assistant Stage Manager ...... Angela M. Griggs Oce Assistant ...... Carol Jewell Associate Director ...... Justin Scribner Warehouse Manager ...... Brad Korff Assistant Director ...... Robert Hartwell Warehouse Costume Manager ...... Bobby Maglaughlin Associate Choreographer ...... Rickey Tripp Assistant Choreographer ...... Catherine Foster Tax and Financial Consulting, Accounting Services Dance Captain ...... Robert Zelaya CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN LLP Associate Music Supervisor ...... Alvin Hough Jr. Brian Enverso, Kathleen Thies Associate Scenic Designer ...... Matthew Iacozza Insurance Broker Services Assistant Scenic Designer...... Jungah Han MAURY DONNELLY AND PARR, INC. Associate Costume Designer ...... Christopher Vergara Robert B. Middleton, Sr. and Meghan Coleman Assistant Costume Designer ...... Kara Branch Associate Sound Designer ...... Marisa J. Barnes ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Associate Lighting Designer ...... Jonathan Spencer is presented through special arrangement with Assistant Lighting Designers ...... Conor Mulligan, Autum Casey MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL Associate Hair/Wig and Makeup Designer ...... Joya Giambrone New York, NY Associate Special Effects ...... Bohdan Bushel www.mtishows.com Production Sound ...... Lukas Guilbeau Production Electricians ...... Stephen Atwell, Kwame Tucker Financial Services and banking arrangements by Production Props ...... Emiliano Pares SUNTRUST BANK Co-Production Props ...... Alison Mantilla www.OnceOnThisIsland.com Moving Lights Programmer...... Jay Penfield @OnceIslandBway Head Carpenter ...... Kaitlin Ciccarelli #OnceOnThisIsland Deck Carpenter ...... David Summey Flyman ...... Chee Lee SPECIAL THANKS Head Electrician ...... Dan Meltzer THE CARSON CENTER Assistant Electrician...... Dylan Dineen Paducah, KY Head Audio Engineer ...... Parker Stegmaier Mary E Katz, Executive Director Assistant Audio Engineer ...... Tiffany White Head Props ...... Michael Triolo CREDITS Head Wardrobe ...... Dani Lamb Scenic Items Fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division Head of Hair & Makeup ...... Blake Davis of PRG Broadway, L.L.C., New Windsor, NY. Rigging provided by CHRISTIE LITES. Specialty Rigging fabricated by POINTWRIGHT Tutor/Child Wrangler ...... Carolyn Dunning ENTERTAINMENT RIGGING SPECIALISTS. Onstage seating fabri- Production Assistants ...... Christina Tompkins, Andrew M. Wenzel cated by TTS STUDIOS. Lighting equipment from PRG. Sound Instument Builder ...... Skip LaPlante equipment by MASQUE SOUND. Special effects equipment Dialect Coach ...... Dawn-Elin Fraser by J&M SPECIAL EFFECTS. Properties by BRENBRI PROPERTIES. Assistant Dialect Coach ...... Lauren Roth Special thanks to BRA*TENDERS for hosiery and undergarments. Assistant Vocal Arranger ...... Haley Bennett Costumes executed by JOHN KRISTIANSEN NEW YORK INC. And Music Coordinator ...... John Miller TRICORNE INC. Costumes painted and distressed by HOCHI Assistant to John Miller ...... Nichole Jennino Physical Therapy ...... NEURO TOUR, Physical Therapy, Inc. Accounting ...... NETworks Presentations LLC HR & Payroll Services ...... Human Resouces Inc. Merchandising ...... The Araca Group Tour Merchandise Manager ...... Jason Clark Advertising/MarketingMaterials ...... AKA Video Production ...... AKA SANDTASTIK inspires kids, crafters, and designers of all ages with Production Photographer ...... Joan Marcus the boundless medium of sand. If it sparkles, it’s SANDTASTIK! Social Media ...... Andy Drachenberg Were proud to manufacture certified safe, luxuriously soft and Housing ...... Road Rebel Entertainment Touring colorful sand for a variety of markets worldwide. Learn more at www.sandtastik.com Travel Agency ...... Janice Kessler, Carson Wagonlit Travel ASIATICO STUDIOS. Trucking ...... Clark Transfer Legal Services ...... David F Schwartz, Esq., Gray Schwartz LLP Rehearsed at BOULEVARD CARROLL STUDIOS Rehearsal Space ...... Boulevard Carroll Studios The Actors and Stage Managers employed in DAVENPORT THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES this production are members of Actors’ Equity Ken Davenport Association, the union of professional actors Mary Dina, Scott German, Summer Groh, Monica Hammond, and stage managers in the . Darren Ley, Valerie Novakoff, Eric C. Webb The musicians employed in this production TBD THEATRICAL STAFF are members of the American Federation Hunter Arnold of Musicians. Kayla Greenspan Ashlee Latimer Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf Sherry Perkov Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of ARCHITECT THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E) Ryan Conway The Director-Choreographer is a member of Robert Schneider Weiyi Liang the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union. FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Chief xecutive Ocer ...... Ken Gentry The Company Manager employed in this President ...... Orin Wolf production is represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

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