Monday, February 10, 2020 As a courtesy to the artists and for the uninterrupted enjoyment of your fellow patrons, please turn off all electronic devices. No portion of this performance may be photographed, recorded, filmed, taped, broadcast or mechanically reproduced without the written consent of the Artist and/ or the Presenter. Mayo Performing Arts Center is not responsible for lost or stolen items. Program subject to change. PETE THE CAT PETE THE CAT A TheaterWorksUSA Production Book and Lyrics by Sarah Hammond Music by Will Aronson Additional Credits: Original Direction and Choreography by Dan Knechtges Scenic Design by Rob Odorisio Costumer Design by Jen Caprio Orchestrations by Frank Galgano and Matt Castle MUSICAL NUMBERS “Life is an Adventure” ............................................................................... Pete the Cat and Company “Happy Roommates” ..........................................................................Jimmy Biddle and Pete the Cat “Painting” ............................................................................. Pete the Cat, Mrs. Creech and Company “The Sneezing Song” ........................................................................... Olive Biddle and Pete the Cat “Happy Housecat (Happy Roommates Reprise)” .........................................................Pete the Cat “Under the Couch” .........................................................Pete the Cat, Jimmy Biddle and Company “It’s a VW Bus” ....................................... Pete the Cat, Jimmy Biddle, Olive Biddle and Company “Magic World” .......................................................... Pete the Cat, Gus the Platypus, Grumpy Toad, Jimmy Biddle, Olive Biddle “A Cat Named Pete” ................................................................................ Jimmy Biddle and Company Monday, February 10, 2020 WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST (Alphabetical by role) LUKE JACKSON (Dad) Luke Jackson is an Awards). He also wrote the music for My Actor/Activist/Writer based in New York City. Scary Girl (Best Musical, NYMF 2009), Since moving to the City, he has worked Mother, Me & the Monsters (Barrington Stage; closely with the National Queer Theatre and Boston Globe Critic’s Pick), Wind-Up Girl (Ars Theatre of the Oppressed NYC. As a lyricist, Nova Uncharted), and Hansel & Gretl & Heidi his works include musical adaptations of & Günter (NAMT development grant). Napoleon Dynamite (YouTube album), and SARAH HAMMOND (Book & Lyrics) is the beloved childrenʼs book, Frindle (in a Brooklyn-based writer originally from development). His solo show, Stitches, will South Carolina. She has written the plays premiere in New York later this year. Proud graduate of the University of Michigan! Green Girl (SPF ’08 at The Public), House Go Blue! on Stilts (South Coast Rep Commission), Kudzu (Trustus), and also the book for String TERRY LEE III (Jimmy) is thrilled to be back (Richard Rodgers Award, Village Theatre on Maple Street for another groovalicous, World-Premiere March 2018). Honors include beautiful adventure! Favorite credits include: a New Dramatists residency, Actors Theatre The Berenstain Bears LIVE! (Cousin Freddy), of Louisville’s Heideman Award, and a A Year with Frog and Toad (Snail), Avenue residency at The Royal National Theatre in Q (Rod), and, of course, Pete the Cat (Jimmy London. Her current musical projects are Biddle). Love to family, CK, and the entire Wind-Up Girl with Will Aronson (Ars Nova TWUSA team! Uncharted) and a commission for EST Sloan. ALEXIS FIELD (Mom) is thrilled to join MFAs: U. Iowa Playwriting and NYU Musical the TheaterWorksUSA family in PTC. Off- Theatre Writing. Broadway & Tour: 50 Shades the Musical, KEVIN ZAK (Director & Choreographer) Angelina Ballerina. Notable Credits: The Kevin is thrilled to revisit Pete The Cat Spitfire Grill, Tartuffe, [title of show]. You can after having helped develop the original also catch Alexis dabbling in the magical/ production. Kevin has produced and directed officespacey web-series, By The Book. two seasons of Broadway Sings the Muppet BFA Webster University. Love to my Leep. Christmas Carol and is the creator/writer @LexInTheCity1 / www.TheAlexisField.com of Bloody Bloody Jessica Fletcher. As an CARRIE SWAN (Olive) is so excited to be on actor, Kevin has been seen Off-Broadway in tour with Pete the Cat! Some of her favorite Neurosis (Frank), R.R.R.E.D. (Craig), Clinton credits include Maggie in A Chorus Line, the Musical (Kenn Starr, Lortel Nomination), Heidi in [title of show] and the Turn Back O and Silence! The Musical (Buffalo Bill). He can Man singer in Godspell. She hopes you have currently be seen on the first national tour a blast rocking out with us! of the hit Broadway musical Waitress. Many KYLE BECKER (Pete) Kyle is excited to be thanks to Barbara and Jason for bringing him returning to TheaterWorksUSA after the back home to the Biddles! @kevinjzak spring tour of Dragons Love Tacos and Other CHRISTOPHER MCGOVERN (Music Director) Stories. He hopes everyone enjoys the show has accompanied Tony Award winners and find life to be a really really really big Heather Headley, Rupert Homes, Jason adventure! Alexander, Cady Huffman, Steve Kazee, WILL ARONSON (Music) wrote the music and Randy Graff and Stephanie Mills. He was the co-wrote the book for Maybe Happy Ending MD/pianist for the recent New York concert (2017 Richard Rodgers Production Award), revival of Jerry Herman’s Dear World starring The Trouble With Doug (NAMT; Fredericia Tony winner Tyne Daly. Additional concerts: Teater), and Bungee Jump (multiple Seoul Tony nominees Alison Fraser, Max Von Essen, productions; Best Score, Korean Musical Orfeh, Stephanie J. Block, Liz Callaway and PETE THE CAT Tovah Feldshuh. Christopher is the long- Walk in the Woods (Off Broadway) Director; time pianist and arranger for Tony nominee Waiting for the G (Hudson Guild Theater), Susan Egan, including a performance Director; Black Standard (Peopleʼs Improv at Carnegie Hall. His songs have been Theater), Assistant Director; Monty Python’s featured on CDs he produced for Ms. Egan Spamalot (Surflight Theater). Associate (“Coffee House”, “Winter Tracks”, “Live”), Choreographer; Wild & Wonderful Whiteʼs of as well as Tony nominees Rebecca Luker West Virginia (Sound Bites 4.0 @ Signature (“Leaving Home”) and Alison Fraser (“Men Theater). Upcoming; Choreographer; Days of In My Life”), and original Rent cast member Rage (Workshop), Assistant Director; AWAKE Gilles Chiasson (“Slow Down”). Writing (Off Broadway). credits: libretto and score for Lizzie Borden ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded (Goodspeed Musicals); arrangements, music/ in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors lyrics for Cagney (Off Broadway); libretto, and stage managers in the U.S. Equity original songs/arrangements Backwards In negotiates wages and working conditions, High Heels and several songs for Disney providing a wide range of benefits, Worldwide Entertainment. He is adjunct including health and pension plans. Equity faculty at the American Academy of Dramatic seeks to foster the art of live theatre as Arts in New York City. an essential component of our society. JESSICA KIDWELL (Stage Manager) Off- actorsequity.org. Broadway: What We’re Up Against with WP THEATERWORKSUSA (Barbara Pasternack, Theater, Hamlet with Waterwell, The Outer Artistic Director; Michael Harrington, Space at Joeʼs Pub, Sense & Sensibility Managing Director) has led the Theatre for with Bedlam; New York: The Climbers at Young and Family Audiences movement in Metropolitan Playhouse, Ned Masseyʼs The New York City and across North America for Battles, The Spinning Wheel with Baba Israel, over half a century. Since 1962, the 501(c)3 The Incredible Fox Sisters with LiveSource. not-for-profit has captured the imaginations GLENN GIRÓN (Associate Director & of 100 million new and veteran theatergoers Choreographer) Glenn is a director/ with an award-winning repertoire of over choreographer originally from Santa Fe, NM 130 original plays and musicals. Acclaimed currently enrolled in the SDCF Observership creative alumni include Kristen Anderson- Class. Glenn is thrilled to back with Lopez and Robert Lopez (Disney’s Frozen), TheaterWorksUSA after working on: Curious Jerry Zaks (Hello, Dolly!), Benj Pasek and George, Teacher from the Black Lagoon, Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen), Tina Landau and Skippy Jon Jones: Snow What. Other (SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Credits include; Assistant Director; Ragtime Musical), and Michael Mayer (Spring (2nd National Tour), Assistant Director; A Awakening). To learn more, visit TWUSA.org.