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Starring the future, today! Book by Music & Lyrics by JOHN CAIRD STEPHEN SCHWARTZ Based on a concept by CHARLES LISANBY Orchestrations by BRUCE COUGHLIN & MARTIN ERSKINE Saturday, March 14, 7:30pm, Sunday, March 15, 3pm, Friday, March 20, 7:30pm & Saturday, March 21, 3pm Children of Eden TMTO sponsored by Season sponsored by from CRATERIAN PERFORMANCES presents the the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ur story begins in the beginning, with God’s creative nature and desire to be in relationship with his children. OPerhaps you don’t believe in the Biblical narrative (with which Stephen Schwartz, as composer and storyteller, takes consider- production of able liberties), but you might have children and find “Father’s” hopes and desires for his children relatable. Or perhaps you have siblings. You certainly have parents. And so, one way or another, you’re included in this story. It’s about you. It’s about all of us. It’s about our frailties and foibles, our struggles and failures, and it’s about our curiosity, ambitions and determination to live life the way we choose. It is also, like the Bible itself, ultimately a story about hope, love and redemption. When we don’t measure up, it takes someone else’s love us to lift us up. The meaning and message in all of this is timeless, and so director Cailey McCandless cast a vision for the show that unmoors it from ancient settings. And you might notice there are very few parallel lines in the show’s design... mostly intersecting angles, because life and our relationships tend to work that way. None of us gets to walk a straight line very long before we change directions, either by choice or circumstance. Book by Music & Lyrics by Children of Eden isn’t a typical TMTO production. All of our shows, no matter how light-hearted, have a moral. But Children of Eden has gravitas. We hope JOHN CAIRD STEPHEN SCHWARTZ it challenges you to consider what it means to be in the human family, inextricably linked to each other. Surely, only then, can we rediscover Eden. Based on a concept by CHARLES LISANBY – Stephen McCandless Orchestrations by BRUCE COUGHLIN & MARTIN ERSKINE Directed and Choreographed by CAILEY McCANDLESS Vocal Direction by DANIKA LOCEY Assistant Direction by BRIANNA GOWLAND Costume Design by SUE QUACKENBUSH Set Design by GABRIEL ASH Lighting Design by MICHAEL STANFILL Props Design by MARCI KRULL Hair and Makeup Design by ASPEN DROESCH Stage Management by CLARA WILLIAMS Live Recorded Orchestrations by MTI March 14, 15, 20 and 21, 2020 Craterian Theater at The Collier Center Medford, Oregon Children of Eden is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com ©2020 Craterian Performances, Inc. All Rights Reserved CHILDREN OF EDEN • Page 2 CHILDREN OF EDEN • Page 3 Storytellers MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT 1 ACT 2 FATHER ....................................................Michael Flaherty Let There Be Generations ADAM, NOAH ...........................................Grayson Weaver Father, Storytellers Storytellers EVE, MAMA ................................................ Naomi Medley The Naming A Piece of Eight CAIN, JAPHETH ........................................... Holden Jones Father, Adam, Eve, Noah, Yonah, Japheth, Storytellers Mama, Ham, Shem, Aysha, ABEL, HAM ....................................................Ben Franklin Aphra, Narrators YONAH ........................................................Elsa Billingsley Grateful Children Adam, Eve Stranger to the Rain SETH, SHEM ...................................................... Ian Grady Yonah Father’s Day In Whatever Time We Have AYSHA ....................................................... Sophia Berryessa Father Japheth, Yonah APHRA ......................................................... Jenna Jacobsen The Spark of Creation The Flood YOUNG CAIN ............................... Christopher Kranenburg Eve Father, Storytellers YOUNG ABEL ...................................................... Eli Doell In Pursuit of Excellence What Is He Waiting For? Eve, Storytellers Noah, Mama, Ham, Shem, Aysha, Aphra NARRATORS A World Without You Adam, Eve, Father Sailor of the Skies Alaya Metwally, Amber Clayton, Braydan Wente, Yonah The Expulsion Caitlin Callahan, Chalise Kadin, Ellie Blount, Grace Mehl, Father, Storytellers The Hardest Part of Love Hailey Martin, Kaiya Bagley, Lucas Bishop, Madie Eastman, Noah, Father Shin Kim, Trenton Jantzer The Wasteland Narrators Ain’t it Good Mama, Noah, Japheth, PUPPETEERS Lost in the Wilderness Yonah, Ham, Shem, Aysha, Cain Aphra, Narrators Aidan Flaherty, Amelia Stoll, Annaliese Jantzer, Close to Home In The Beginning April Hanson, Asa Maddox, Ben Blount, Adam, Eve, Abel, Young Storytellers Bethany Anderson, Birkley Maddox, Caleb Johnson, Cain, Young Abel Charlotte Hreha, Clara Bennett, David Holst, Irie Becerra, A Ring of Stones Josh Krull, Lizzie Montgomery, Maddie Franklin, Cain, Eve, Abel, Adam Matt Van Dyck, Miranda Sramek, Naomi Bigboy, Naomi Nelson, Natalie Lindbloom, Parker Sampson, The Mark of Cain Father, Narrators Phoebe Olstad, Sophia Ellison, Sophie Dunleavy, Rylee Bagley, Tyler Bailey Children of Eden Eve, Storytellers CHILDREN OF EDEN • Page 4 CHILDREN OF EDEN • Page 5 CAST MEMBERS PRODUCTION CREW Photography by Jim Craven/www.jimcravenphoto.com Children of Eden Production Manager .............Cailey McCandless GUEST ARTIST Michael Flaherty Father Basckstage Manager ..........................................Hannah Schneider Michael received his BA in Vocal Performance at Loyola Mary- Carpenters .............................Stephen McCandless, Travis Jantzer, mount University in LA and spent the better part of a decade as Dale Mawhirter a professional opera singer and concert vocalist, appearing with opera companies and orchestras up and down the west coast, Charge Artist ................................................................Mark Bender and spending nearly five years singing regularly in roles with the Portland Opera. Michael met his spouse, Kate, while singing the Costume Crew ................ The Cast and Families of Children of Eden role of Marcello in Puccini’s La Bohème with the Rogue Valley Opera in 1998 on the Sound Engineer .............................................................Shawn Insall Craterian stage, and his last public performance was in the Craterian’s production of Songs for a New World in 2007. Michael is honored and privileged to be perform- Sound Mixer..................................................... Stephen McCandless ing with such amazingly talented young people and on a stage that’s been such an important part of his life as a performer. It’s been years since Michael last sang a Soundtrack Operator .......................................................Eric Strahl note outside of his shower at home (he is currently a landscape designer and project Photographer ............................................................... Jim Craven manager with his design firm, Veridian Outdoor Living), and he is very excited to be performing again, and on the stage that marked the beginning of a new chapter of his life here in the Rogue Valley over 20 years ago. His eternal thanks go to Stephen and Cailey for inviting him back and rekindling the theatrical fire. CRATERIAN PERFORMANCES STAFF GRADUATING TMTOERS Executive Director ........................................ Stephen McCandless Phoebe Olstad Puppeteer Development Director ............................................Aspen Droesch This is Phoebe’s 10th and final show! Phoebe has been a dancer for many years and enjoys every second she dances onstage. She couldn’t Production Manager ................................................... Brad Nelson be more grateful for all the experiences and joy TMTO has brought her these past four years and hopes theater will always be a part of her Patron Services Manager ......................................Kimberly Moore life. She’s sad to leave this amazing company, but is excited to see what Marketing Manager .......................................................Eric Strahl the future holds in store for her. Phoebe thanks every cast and creative team member for all their hard work and hopes you enjoy the show! Box Office Manager ........................................... Nicole Yanofchick Shin Kim Narrator Office Manager ....................................................Darla DenHerder Shin is so honored and happy to have been a part of TMTO. Through the four productions he has performed in, he has learned Program Director, TMTO............................... Cailey McCandless and improved so much. He would like to thank everyone who has Operations Support Specialist ..............................Dale Mawhirter welcomed him with kindness. He truly loves every cast and creative team member. He is so sad to be leaving but he hopes to see Artistic Associate, TMTO .............................. Andrea Hochkeppel everyone again soon! Grace Mehl Narrator TMTO is supported in part by grants from: the Jackson County After almost 5 years of being on the TMTO stage, Grace is moving on to the next chapter of life. Grace has been in 14 TMTO produc- Cultural Coalition funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust, tions, and some of her favorite roles include Medda Larkin (Newsies), investing in Oregon’s arts, humanities and heritage; and the the Wizard (Once Upon a Mattress), Mrs. Gloop (Willy Wonka), Sour Carrico Family Foundation. Kangaroo (Seussical), and Judah (Joseph...Dreamcoat).