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Dec. 9, 2020– Jan. 3, 2021

Director Susan Baer Collins Scenic and Lighting Designer Music Director Jim Othuse David Murphy Costume Coordinator Technical Director Amanda Fehlner Darrin Golden Sound Designer Production Coordinator Tim Burkhart Greg Scheer

presenting sponsor: Director’s Notes Musical Numbers | Band

Welcome All and Happy Holidays! The title of tonight’s concert is a tribute to MUSICAL NUMBERS a life transformed by the spirit of Christmas and refers to Scrooge’s moment of transformation in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as he declares, Do You Hear What I Hear? “I shall honor Christmas in my heart Angels We Have Heard on High and try to keep it all the year.” Mary’s Precious Little Lamb...... Lanette Moore Camille Metoyer Moten didn’t think twice about calling her holiday concert Mary Did You Know? Christmas In My Heart . The title connects Scrooge’s journey with her own, It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...... John Morrissey one which led to a profound faith, a remarkable, loving family, and a deep connection to community . The Omaha Community Playhouse is proud of its Santa Baby long and rewarding association with Camille, who generously stepped forward Thankful to present this concert when the season was upended by the pandemic . Christmas Love Song...... Paul Tranisi Camille has a legion of fans throughout Omaha, many of whom consider her a personal friend as well as a gifted, intuitive vocalist and performer . This Christmas When asked about putting this show together, she said, “I love this because Christmas Lullaby it’s about Jesus ”. Though we each have our own beliefs and express them in our own way, we can’t help but benefit from witnessing Camille’s personal Another Christmas Song...... Dave Wingert faith, which (as someone who has known her for more than 30 years) is Oh, Christmas Tree. . . . . Joey Gulizia, David Murphy, Mark Haar, & Camille unmistakable and unshakable . Camille is joined each week by a special guest, each with his or her significant My / Joy to the World talents and shared bond . During the first weekend she’s joined by actor and Simpler Christmas radio personality Dave Wingert who’s known Camille since the ‘80’s and shared stages with her many times . Week two brings actor, singer and teacher Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) ...... Kathy Tyree John Morrissey, who played Juan Peron to her Evita in Camille’s very first The Christmas Song show at the Omaha Playhouse . Week three, Camille’s guest is Paul Tranisi, a life-long friend and theatre pal since high school, who was a favorite of Grown Up Christmas List...... Camille, John Morrissey, Dave Wingert, Playhouse audiences in such shows as Camelot and Fiddler On The Roof. Paul Tranisi, Kathy Tyree Singer, actor, and director Kathy Tyree, one of Omaha’s great treasures, will Silent Night pair with Camille for the final weekend . The two first became friends years ago in a production of Sophisticated Ladies in this very theatre . And, at every Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas performance, Camille will share the stage for a brief moment with the voice of Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Encore) her talented sister, the wonderful actress Lanette Moore . With composer and music director David Murphy at the piano, Joey Guilizia, a virtuoso of percussion, and the accomplished Mark Haar on BAND bass—I’d say you’re in excellent hands tonight .

My very best wishes to each of you for your health, safety, and your capacity David Murphy...... Music Director/Pianist for joy during this holiday season . Peace . Joey Gulizia...... Percussionist Mark Haar...... Bass

Susan Baer Collins Director Musician Bios Musician Bios

MUSICIAN BIOS Bassist of the Sioux City Symphony, and he is currently a member of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra . Mark has performed with many different jazz ensembles, everything from duos to big bands including the Nebraska Camille Metoyer Moten Jazz Orchestra, the Bluffs Big Band, the Las Vegas Lab Band, the Omaha Vocalist Big Band and numerous small groups . He has also performed with blues A native of Omaha, Camille Metoyer Moten bands, pop/rock bands, worship bands and musical theater pit orchestras has been singing and acting in the city and including the Broadway touring productions of Wicked, The Book of surrounding region for over 40 years . Often Mormon, Billy Elliot, Chicago, White Christmas, The Phantom of the Opera, described as “Omaha’s most versatile singer,” she Beautiful, Something Rotten, The Sound of Music, Pippin and Grease, as well is an independent singer/songwriter who performs as for numerous musical theater productions at the Omaha Community for many special events around the city as a guest Playhouse . With Mark’s own jazz group, Novak & Haar, he has recorded “A soloist and also has her own pop/jazz band . Her Summer’s Carol,” and “A Winter’s Carol,” and “Old Friends ”. All three of theater performance credits include starring roles these albums have received both national and international attention . Along in Ragtime, Evita, , Tarzan, Little Women and Having Our Say, to with performing, Mark has taught electric bass guitar and double bass at the name a few . She has toured regionally with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Iowa Western Community College, Grace Cabaret Theater and Civil War Voices . Her musical travels have taken her to University and Nebraska Christian College . He received a Bachelor of Arts Barcelona, Spain and recently to Braunschweig, Germany . Camille has been degree from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA and a Master of Music degree a recipient of several awards including the Omaha Arts and Entertainment from the University of Nebraska at Omaha . Award, Theater Arts Guild, the Barbra Ford and Fonda McGuire Awards . Camille has made guest solo appearances with the Omaha Symphony, the John Morrissey Wind Symphony, Jazz on the Green, The Omaha Ballet, Opera Omaha and Guest Vocalist | Dec. 4–6 the Governor’s Arts Ball . She is also a touring artist with the Nebraska During the 1980s and 90s, John Morrissey appeared on most Arts Council . She was nominated as Top Jazz Vocalist for 2015 and 2019 in area stages in favorite roles such as Don Quixote in Man the city . She has released three albums . Camille has been inducted into the of La Mancha, Daddy Warbucks in Annie, Sweeney Todd in Nebraska Musicians Hall of Fame and the Omaha Black Musicians Hall of Sweeney Todd, Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Juan Peron in Fame . Camille is also a public speaker and has released an inspirational book Evita, Smudge in Forever Plaid and Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy . After a 15 regarding her battle with cancer . Her first love is singing for the Lord and she year break from theatre, John returned to the Omaha Community Playhouse is married to Bishop Michael Moten for 44 years and has two grown children, stage in 2015 as the Governor/Innkeeper in Man of La Mancha . He also Michael and Temia and one son of her son, Micah—who is her heart . www . appeared in Carousel with Opera Omaha and was the original Santa Claus musicbycamille .com . in the Omaha Symphony’s Christmas shows from 1988 to 1994 . John was a local high school and college teacher from 1980 to 2000, and for the past 20 Joey Gulizia years he has traveled the country presenting leadership classes for Fortune Percussionist 500 companies . He holds a master’s degree in education from the University Joey Gulizia is a professional musician who has been of Nebraska at Omaha . He loves volunteering for Make-A-Wish . He has also performing since childhood . Along with performing and written a book entitled “Thanks To One of My Favorite Teachers ”. Finally, entertaining worldwide, Joey has been involved in music John met Camille on the OCP stage in Evita . It was the beginning of a life- education for over 40 years . He has conducted hundreds of residencies, long friendship . “Any chance I get to sing with the incomparable Camille workshops and clinics for students of all ages . He is looking forward to 2021 Metoyer Moten is a golden day in my book!” for the next Gulizia Brothers Jazz Cruise, gigs in Europe and performing with the popular Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tour . David P. Murphy Music Director / Pianist Mark Haar David P . Murphy is a songwriter, pianist and producer of eight Bass albums including: Henry Perry’s Effortless, Camille Metoyer Mark Haar is an active freelance bassist in the Omaha area . He Moten’s A Simpler Christmas, and her most recent, Classic, has played with the Omaha Symphony and was the Principal Beth Asbjornson’s Gratitude, Sharyn Shay Poston’s His Love Makes Me Sing, as well as two collections of his own songs, Shining in a Temporary Sun Musician Bios Artistic Team Bios

and My Fraudulent Memoirs . His latest efforts involved writing, producing, thrillingly,” he notes) on multiple occasions with Susan Clement Toberer . arranging and recording his third album, The Lesser Gabors, arriving in Dave says his most recent show A Very Die Hard Christmas involved, “not December 2020 . David is also the author of five books:Ace Your Zombie so much ‘acting’ as a lot of running around ”. In this bizarre age of COVID-19, Exam! The Official Ph.Z. Study Guide, Zombies for Zombies—The Play & Werk Dave wants to thank his dear, sweet friend Camille for inviting him to come Buk, The Doomsday Survival Handbook and, of course, the one that started play for the holidays . “Practically every actor in Omaha has been itching to the whole mess, Zombies for Zombies: Advice and Etiquette for the Living get on stage, so, thanks for the golden opportunity, doll!” When he’s not acting, Dead . 2013 saw the release of his first book of short stories,Rapturella and Dave can be found “onstage” every weekday morning from 5 a .m . to 10 a .m . on Other Apocalyptic Tales . He has been playing piano since he was a kid and is Boomer Radio playing “songs that make you feel good” from the 60’s and 70’s . still trying to get it right . MyBoomerRadio com. Paul Tranisi ARTISTIC TEAM BIOS Guest Vocalist | Dec. 11–13 Paul Tranisi returns to the Omaha Community Playhouse Susan Baer Collins stage after appearing as Father in Ragtime (2019) . Other OCP Director credits include the King in The King and I (Fonda McGuire Susan Baer Collins’ relationship with the Omaha Community Award), Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (Fonda McGuire Award), Archibald Playhouse dates back to 1979 when she became a member of Craven in The Secret Garden (Fonda McGuire Award), Che in Evita (Mary the Nebraska Theatre Caravan’s acting company . She officially Peckham Award) Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd (Mary Peckham Award) joined the Playhouse staff in 1987 and served for 27 years as an associate and various roles in Camelot, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Sound of with Artistic Director Charles Jones and, later, with his successor Carl Music, Paint Your Wagon, A Man of No Importance and Once on this Island . Beck . During that time, she directed such plays and musicals, as The Secret Garden, The Importance of Being Ernest, Carousel, Ragtime (2005/06), Not Kathy Tyree About Nightingales, Hairspray and Les Misérables . She has acted in OCP Guest Vocalist | Dec. 18–20 productions of Sweeney Todd, Lost in Yonkers, Company and August: Osage Kathy Tyree is honored to return to the OCP stage after County . After retiring from the Playhouse in 2014, Susan continued to work appearing as Cynthia in Sweat (Mary Peckham Award) . Over in Omaha theatre, directing Little Women for the Nebraska Theatre Caravan the years she has been seen in and received awards for her work and OCP’s productions of Caroline, Or Change, Calendar Girls, Superior in both the Howard Drew and Hawks Mainstage Theatres in productions Donuts and most recently, Sweat . She directed Much Ado About Nothing for such as Sophisticated Ladies, Pied Piper, Violet, Marvelous Wonderettes, Nebraska Shakespeare and, last March, Susie was in the process of directing Leader of the Pack, Hairspray and, most notably, Ella . Kathy has made her Marjorie Prime for the BLUEBARN Theatre when the pandemic sadly forced theatre mark at other theatres in shows such as Annie, A Raisin in the Sun it to close just two days before opening night . In addition to numerous and More Than Neighbors, as well as the local production of Beehive—whose awards received for her work as a director and actor, Susan received the 2019 cast was inducted into the Nebraska Music Hall of Fame . As the owner Nebraska State Governor’s Artist of the Year Award with her longtime of Kathy Tyree Productions, Kathy’s career has evolved into directing, colleague Carl Beck in 2014 . In 2018, she received the McDowell Award from producing and working with young artists—which she does not take lightly . the Great Plains Theatre Conference for her contributions to the Omaha theatre community . Susan will return to the Omaha Community Playhouse Dave Wingert staff in Jan ., 2021 to serve a second term as interim artistic director . Guest Vocalist | Nov. 27–29 Dave Wingert has performed at the Omaha Community Tim Burkhart Playhouse many times since he first arrived in Omaha in Sound Designer 1975 . Dave had the honor of working with Charles Jones while Tim Burkhart is a ten-time winner of the Theatre Arts Guild Award and playing the role of J . Pierpont Finch in How To Succeed in Business and Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award for sound design . Some Omaha was the first recipient of the Bill Bailey Award . Dave later won a Fonda Community Playhouse shows for which he has designed include Once, McGuire Award for Whose Life Is It Anyway and a Mary Peckham Award The Rocky Horror Show (2019), Annie (2019), Ragtime (2019), The Bridges of for The Drowsy Chaperone . Since moving back from Seattle, most of Dave’s Madison County, Shrek The Musical, Singin’ in the Rain, Mamma Mia!, Disney’s stage work has been at BLUEBARN Theatre, having collaborated (“always Beauty and the Beast, The Producers, Caroline, or Change (TAG Award), Artistic Team Bios Artistic Team Bios | TTAP | Crew | Acknowledgments

City of Angels, A Christmas Carol, Young Frankenstein, Ella, Les Misérables over 450 shows for OCP and has won Theatre Arts Guild Awards for both scenic (TAG Award) and The Wizard of Oz (TAG Award ). He appeared onstage and lighting design . Other OCP credits include Grounded, Once, A Raisin in the as Hucklebee in The Fantasticks (Outstanding Young Actor) at the Cedar Sun, Sweat, Ragtime (2019), The Bridges of Madison County, Les Misérables, The Rapids Community Theatre in 1976 . Tim is the senior systems designer Secret Garden, Frankenstein, A Christmas Carol, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, for Midwest Sound and Lighting . He studied mathematics at University of The Producers, Man of La Mancha (TAG Award), City of Angels (TAG Award) Nebraska at Omaha and technical theatre at Simpson College . Tim is also an and many more . From 1979 to the present, Jim has designed the annual Ak-Sar- instrument-rated private pilot and experienced fly fisherman . Ben Coronation and Ball set and has created numerous sets for the Nebraska Theatre Caravan including its popular touring productions of A Christmas Carol Amanda Fehlner and The Fantasticks (à la Steampunk) . Jim is originally from Williamsburg, MA . Costume Coordinator Amanda Fehlner is the associate costume designer at the Omaha Community Playhouse and has designed costumes for I Am My Own Wife, The Rocky Horror TTAP Show (2019), Sweat, Of Mice and Men, She Kills Monsters, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Theatre Arts Guild Award and Omaha Entertainment and Arts Senior Apprentices Award), among others . Amanda previously served as an over hire cutter/stitcher Jadyn Ervin Katelyn Means Diana Truesdell for OCP shows such as Spamalot, Little Women and Young Frankenstein . Hailey Fellows Romyn Petersen Amanda holds a B .F .A . in theatre and anthropology from the University of South Dakota where she won awards for costume design for Urinetown The Junior Apprentices Musical (Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region V–1st place), Edward Ambrose Oliver Coffman Katherine Rapczynski Julius Caesar (KCACTF Region V–1st place; National–2nd place) and The Katie Blice Mackenzie Goeken Brett Upton Secret Garden (KCACTF Region V–1st place) . Amanda served as the costume Pierce Bonacci- Johnson Andrea Haney designer for Dracula at Skutt Catholic High School, A Year with Frog and Toad at Black Hills Playhouse and as the costume crafts artisan with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival . Amanda enjoys making costumes for Renaissance festivals and cosplay competitions . CREW

Darin Kuehler Backstage Crew...... Oliver Coffman, Mackenzie Goeken Properties Master Wardrobe Supervisor / Wig Manager & Stylist...... Sarah Schnitzer Darin Kuehler has been working as a freelance prop master in the Omaha area since 2009 and has been the prop master at the Omaha Community Playhouse since 2012, where he has worked on shows such as I Am My Own Wife, Annie (2019), A Christmas Carol, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Around ACKNOWLEDGMENTS the World in 80 Days (Theatre Arts Guild Award), The Producers (TAG Award), Les Misérables (TAG Award), Evil Dead: The Musical and more . Other area Costume Care Sponsor: shows include Two Gentleman of Verona and Romeo and Juliet with Nebraska Shakespeare and In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) and Jekyll & Hyde at BLUEBARN Theatre . Darin has an M .A . in theatre from the University of Lobby Decorations: Mangelsen’s Nebraska at Omaha . In his free time, Darin enjoys relaxing with his wonderful wife, Megan, their cat, Mable, and dogs, Major and Maverick . He and Megan are avid outdoor enthusiasts who like to camp, hunt and fish . Jim Othuse Scenic/Lighting Designer Jim Othuse joined the staff of the Omaha Community Playhouse in 1974 and has served as resident scenic and lighting designer ever since . Jim has designed Use your certificate on • Shows Tickets Give Theatre • Classes for the • Streaming Performances Holidays! • Subscriptions Packages • Summer Camps A NOTE TO OUR PATRONS • Workshops 2020 has been a challenging year for many people and many organizations and more! —OCP is no exception . As we reprogrammed our season due to COVID-19, and our deficit grew from canceled shows and reduced capacities, Camille Metoyer Moten continued to ask how she could help . We worked through a Purchase at the OCP Box Office. few ideas, but none seemed as perfect as a holiday show featuring Camille, her band and her friends . I can’t think of a better way to usher in the holidays Safely Return to the Theatre than listening to Camille’s soaring and soulful renditions of classic and Visit omahaplayhouse.com for COVID-19 policies and procedures. contemporary Christmas songs . I was so pleased that some of my favorites made it into the set list! By purchasing a ticket to this show—either in-person or streaming—you are supporting OCP . If you would like to take your support a step further, please consider making a donation . You can visit omahaplayhouse .com and click donate at the top of the page or call 402-661-8532 or mail a donation to the Playhouse . Your gift will be tax deductible and will help OCP tremendously . I hope the holidays are filled with love and joy for you and yours . I am looking forward to a quiet holiday break with my family, including my 6-month-old daughter and 2-year-old son . After this respite, I am excited to create and enjoy meaningful theatre experiences with and for the community in 2021 . Thank you for joining us and happy holidays!

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