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July 22-August 7, 2021 Music and Lyrics by Book by From an Adaptation by CHRISTOPHER BOND Originally Directed On by Orchestrations by Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Diggle† Sarita P Fellows† Marika Kent Sun Hee Kil†

Music Director Choreographer Casting Director Simone Allen Ben Hobbs Michael Cassera

Production Stage Manager Production Manager Assistant Musical Director Amanda Spooner* Zonder Megan Smythe

Assistant Directors/Dramaturgs Deck Stage Manager/ Dialect Coach/ Fight Captain Intimacy Consultant Kate Semmens~, Arianna Tilley~ Vicki Whooper* Robin Christian McNair

* Directed by Member of the Actors' Equity Association, Sanaz Ghajar the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the .

Originally Produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards in Association with Dean and Judy Manos † USA - Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 Is presented through special arrangement with Musical International (MTI). ‡ Member of the Hangar Theatre All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. Design Fellows www.mtishows.com ~ Member of the Hangar Theatre Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. 2021 Lab Company

Premier Performance Sponsor Mainstage Media Sponsor Partner In The Arts Partner In Health CAST Sweeney Todd...... Nik Walker* Mrs. Lovett...... Donna Lynne Champlin* Pirelli...... Andrew Arrow* Ensemble...... Molly Bremer~ Beadle Bamford...... Vincent Davis Anthony...... Nathan Karnik ...... Justin Lee Miller* ...... Joe Montoya Beggar Woman...... Jamila Sabares-Klemm* Jonas Fogg/Birdseller/Dance Captain/ )...... Terran Scott Johanna...... Kyla Stone Ensemble...... Anysa Wilson~ ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF Assistant Production Manager...... Sage Hughes Production Crew...... Eliza Anastasio Production Assistant...... Emy Herrera Assistant Scenic Designer...... Rebekah Clark‡, Nadir Bey‡ Assistant Costume Designers...... Jordan Hermitt‡, Anna Sorrentino‡ Assistant Lighting Designers...... Erin MacDevitt‡, Matt J. Weisgable‡ Fight Choreographer...... Holly Assistant Sound Designers...... Mary Allain‡, Jeremiah Turner‡ Wardrobe Supervisor...... Emma Scott Sound Engineer/A1...... Jake Neighbors A2/Mic Tech...... Baaqir Salaam Light Board Operator...... Caroline Nowak Technical Director...... Joshua Letton Prop Master...... Mia Allee Jumbo Scenic Charge Artist...... Suzanne Hyde Costume Shop Manager...... Pheobe Boynton Master Electrician...... Christopher "Toast" Dinapoli Musical Director Fellow...... Megan Smythe Music Personnel Consultant...... Peter Rothbart MainStage Keyboard Programmer...... Andrew Shield Orchestrator...... Benjamin Roberts

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I ACT II Prologue: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd God, That’s Good No Place Like Johanna— Act II Sequence The Worst Pies in London By The Sea Poor Thing My Friends Not While I’m Around Green Finch and Linnet Bird Parlor Songs Ah, Miss Fogg’s Asylum Johanna Searching Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir Judge’s Return The Contest Final Scene Ballad of Sweeney Todd The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Wait Ballad of Sweeney Todd Kiss Me (Part I) Ladies In Their Sensitivities MUSICIANS Kiss Me (Part II) Keys I/Music Director: Simone Allen Pretty Women Oboe/Clarinet: Steve Bluestein Epiphany Cello: Grace Dashnaw A Little Priest Flute/Piccolo: Myah Frank French Horn: Timothy Lester Keys II/Assistant Music Director: Megan Smythe Cast Bios

DONNA LYNNE CHAMPLIN* (she/her), NIK WALKER* (he/him), Sweeney Todd, is so Mrs. Lovett, is an OBIE, Drama Desk and thankful that his first post-pandemic gig is not Gracie Award-winning actress best only his dream role, but that it's back at the known as “Paula Proctor” on The CW’s Hangar, where his career began (shout-out to critically acclaimed Crazy Ex-Girlfriend '09, '10 and 212 Giles.) and “Barb” in NETFLIX’s Feel the Beat. An actor/writer/theme park nerd/unqualified Broadway credits: James Joyce’s The NYU professor, Nik is perhaps best known for Dead, , Hollywood Arms, playing that Burr dude in the thing, but Sweeney Todd, and Billy Elliot: The he's also the cohost of the arts/activism talk show The Chaos Musical. Off-Broadway: Transport Group’s First Lady Twins; his movie podcast Little Justice is streaming with the Suite, Almost, Maine and The Dark at the Top of Podcast Network, and in October, he will resume Stairs, Working, The Qualms, and leading the Broadway cast of Ain't Too Proud, where he'll Shakespeare in the Park’s and The Taming again get paid to say brilliant words and pretend that of the Shrew. Additional film/tv: Blacklist, Law & Order, he can dance. "Love to God, Mom, Sarah My One and Only, Submissions Only, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, the Alpha Dogs, Ferris the Cat, House Buckets, G-D Stevie, Birdman, Younger, Downsizing, Another Period and Yes, Stewart Talent... and to Walt Disney World.” Nik dedicates his God, Yes. A Princess Grace Grant winner, Champlin performance to America’s sweetheart, Jordan Fisher— mainly appears on numerous original broadcast albums, because Jordan bet him that he wouldn’t, and that was the podcasts and animated features. Training: Carnegie dumbest bet he could’ve made. Mellon University and Oxford University. Upcoming: @nikkywalks Showtime’s The First Lady. Love and gratitude to son Charlie and husband Andrew Arrow. MOLLY BREMER~ (she/her), Ensemble, is thrilled to perform with Hangar again! Previous Hangar ANDREW ARROW* (he/him), Pirelli, is credits include Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a happy to be back at the Hangar reprising Play! (Ensemble), The Police (The Prisoner), Mario the role of Pirelli. He has performed all over & The Dancing Princesses (Mr. the US and Europe in such roles as Tateh in Capezio/Princesses), and This is On Fire (Monica). , Dan in , Javert in Molly is a rising senior at , Les Miserables and Archie in The Secret where her favorite credits include Cendrillón/ Garden. On TV, he appeared as Hank on The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. He is married Cinderella (Cendrillón/Cinderella), (Petra), Hotel on Fremont (Christine), and Jason Robert to this production’s “Mrs. Lovett,” actress Donna Lynne Brown’s The Connector workshop. Additional credits: Scott Champlin. They have one amazing son, Charlie. Siegel’s Great American Concert Series (Vol. 9, 14, & 20). A proud grad of The Academy for the VINCENT DAVIS (he/him), Beadle Bamford, Arts. Love to Mom, Dad, Andy, and Allyson. mollybremer.com is very excited to be making his debut at the Hangar Theatre in such an iconic show. He recently appeared as Lord Pinkleton in the NATHAN KARNIK (he/him), Anthony, is excited touring company of Rodgers & to make his Hangar debut. A recent graduate of Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Other roles Northwestern University, Nathan appeared as include Nicely-Nicely (), Lancelot in and in The 78th Annual Robbins (), Don and . Professionally, you Jose (Carmen), Alfredo (La Traviata), Pinkerton (Madame may have seen him as Neville Landless in The Butterfly), Joe (), and Bastien (Bastien und Mystery of Edwin Drood (Blank Theatre). When Bastienne). A special thank-you to family, friends and a not acting, Nathan has a love/hate relationship wink-wink to my wife Ingrid and daughter Naya! with all of his local sports teams, whom he watches constantly. He thanks his friends, families and mentors for JUSTIN LEE MILLER* Judge Turpin, (non- believing in him and the Hangar for giving this opportunity. identifying). : , The Phantom of the , and JOE MONTOYA (he/they), Tobias Ragg, is (all Broadway), (City Center, excited to bring theatre back to audiences. Encores!), Sweeney Todd (New York Based in NYC, he recently appeared in ! Philharmonic), starring Lin-Manuel (Arena Stage), Block Association Project (Actors Miranda ( Theater). Theater of Louisville), Animal Farm (Theater Now Regional Theater: Sunday in the Park with George NY), Our Own Odyssey (FuerzaFest), and (Guthrie), Ragtime (), OklahomaI Malvolio’s Revenge (Turn to Flesh Productions), as (Portland Center Stage), (Arena Stage), well as working with the It Gets Better Project on their new Floyd Collins (Weston Playhouse). Opera Companies .: web series (EP, Finding the Words). Joe’s first full-length play, Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera "Orpheus Was an A-Hole!”, is currently in development with Comique Paris, Lyric Opera Chicago, New Orleans Turn to Flesh Productions: look out for it this fall! Many thanks Opera, and Atlanta Opera. Justin’s forthcoming projects to the Hangar Theatre. "Sigue aprendiendo, sigue amando." include a stage adaption of Passing by Nella Larsen and a new novel. JAMILA SABARES-KLEMM* (she/her), TERRAN SCOTT (she/her), Jonas Beggar Woman, is is a Filipinx-American Fogg/Birdseller/Dance Captain/Johanna activist, actor, and singer. She most recently understudy, is a New York-based actor, starred as Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton at the singer, and multidisciplinary creative excited CIBC Theatre, Chicago. Other credits about the development of and future include: , The Prince of Egypt, Rent, Miss centering new, weird musicals. This is her Saigon, , Spamalot, In the Hangar debut! Select credits include Sarah Heights, and . Offstage, Jamila in Ragtime (Arden Theatre Company), works to be an ally and supporter to those who’ve been The Elementary Spacetime Show (NYSAF), and Wonder deeply affected by systemic oppression around the world Boy ( Factory). She is in the ensemble for and has committed to use her voice, body, and work as a SPEECH, a new devised piece in development with vessel for change. Endless gratitude and love to her Lightning Rod Special and is a lead actor, production incredible family and friends! @jamilajoy designer, music coordinator, and creative collaborator on Big Egg, a new queer comedy web series available at bigeggseries.com and on YouTube. KYLA STONE (she/her), Johanna, is @bigeggseries | @vegeterran | terranscott.com grateful to be making her regional debut! Credits include: Judy Bernly in 9 to 5 ANYSA WILSON~ (she/her), Ensemble, is a (Musco Center for the Arts), Gary Southern based actor currently Coleman in , and the Acid majoring in Musical Theatre at the University Queen in The Who’s Tommy. She has a of Alabama (Roll tide!). You might have seen BFA in theatre performance, Chapman her earlier throughout this summer as Piggie University. Endless love and thanks to the in Elephant and Piggie’s: We Are in a Play! or entire Sweeney team, Sweet 180 Management, HCKR as the General in The Police as part of the Agency, her mom (the OG), Conner, Sarah, and the Wedge series. Select regional credits include whole crew back in Cali. Eva Perón in (Rose Center Theatre), Belle in Beauty and the Beast (RCT), and Irene in (RCT). She is so excited to be back onstage in person (and not on a Zoom call) and is in awe of this killer cast and creative team. Creative Team Bios

SANAZ GHAJAR (she/hers), Director, is an SIMONE ALLEN (she/her), Music Director, Iranian-American writer and director whose is a , NY-based songwriter and work has been described as “ambitiously music director. Broadway: The Cher subversive” and “unapologetically Show. Off-Broadway: Octet (Signature experimental” (Time Out NY). Described as Theatre), Folk Wandering (Pipeline having a “deft directorial touch” (Culturebot), Theatre), Cruel Intentions (Le Poisson she recently directed Enter Porter (Exponential Festival – Digital Edition), Voices From a Rouge), As You Like It (Public Works). Pandemic (Notch Theatre), and Bloodshot by Development/other: Suffragist (Public Theater), Black No More (The New Group), Black Orpheus, Elinor Vanderburg (Target Margin Theater). Before that she (), Lake Lucille Chekhov Project, developed and directed Danger Signals, a unique Shiz Comedy, Moulin Rouge (lab). BA Music Tufts collaboration with British playwright Nina Segal and pop University. Special thanks to Sanaz & Megan for such musician Jen Goma. Her writing was recently featured in amazing collaboration on this dream show. Theater in Quarantine’s Closet Works, presented by the Invisible Dog Arts Center. Before that, her play Red Wednesday was presented by Mabou Mines through their SUITE/Space Initiative. She has developed work nationally In Memory Of Sean Castle and internationally with Prague Film & Theater Center, BRIC Arts | Media House, New Workshop, New “The week before Sweeney Todd rehearsals Georges, The Drama League, Bushwick Starr, and others. began, my high school music teacher and dear friend Sean Castle passed away unexpectedly at age 43. He was an incredible musician, a truly BEN HOBBS (he/him), Choreographer, is a Queens and good person, and maybe the most important Norwich, NY-based theater artist. Select credits: mentor of my life. I am just one of thousands of Fuerzabruta ( Theatre); Danger Signals (The students that he had a profound impact upon in New Ohio); Folk Wandering (A.R.T./NY Theatres); Clown his 20-year teaching career at San Rafael High Bar (The Box); Traces (NJPAC); Red Wednesday (Brick School. I would like to dedicate this performance Center); Salty Brine’s You’ll Never Get to Heaven (Joes to his memory and legacy.” Pub); and the upcoming Another Rose (Virgin Voyages). -Simone Allen As an educator he has taught at NYU’s Tisch School and Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. DIGGLE† (he/him), Scenic Designer, is a proud gay SARITA FELLOWS† (she/her), Costume Designer. Mexican-Latinx designer. Selected NYC credits include: Selected New York credits include: SOCIAL! the social The Public Mobile Unit 2021, The Conversationalists distance dance club ( Armory); A Bright Room (Bushwick Starr), Cowboy Bob (NAMT), National Lampoon’s Called Day (); Native Son (The Acting Lemmings 21st Century (Joe’s Pub), So Long Boulder City Co); Original Sound (Cherry Lane Theater); Hatef**k (The (SubCulture), Decky Does a Bronco (Royal Family), Red Women’s Project); Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, and Emma & The Mad Monk (Tank/ANT Fest), Molly Murphy & Measure for Measure (The Classical Theatre); A Chronicle Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Our Last Day on Earth (ANT Fest), of the Death of Two Worlds (New York Theater Workshop); Drama League’s Director Fest 2019. Regional & Fur, MUD, Prospect, and Fabuloso! (The Boundless International: Electra, Fade ( Theater Center); 10 Out Theater Co); Regional credits include: Seize the King of 12 (Undermain Theatre); Why Do You Stand There in the (Alliance Theater Co); Top Girls and Her Portmaneau Rain? ( Fringe/Scotland Tour). Associate scenic (A.C.T); The Royale (Arizona Theater Co); Ain’t design credits include work for Clint Ramos, Dede Ayite, Misbehavin’ (The Signature Theatre); Pipeline (Studio and Rachel Hauck. Broadway associate scenic design: Theatre); The African School Girl Play (Pittsburgh Public Slave Play and Grand Horizons. Various Off-Broadway & Theater); Haunted Life (M.R.T); Two Trains Running regional credits include productions at the Public, (Weston Playhouse); Berta Berta and A Late Morning with Signature, MCC, NYTW, Alley, Steppenwolf, Berkeley Rep, Reagan (C.A.T.F); Having Our Say (Philadelphia Theater , Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Co). Lecturer Princeton University. Associate Professor Baltimore Center Stage. NYU@ Playwrights. MFA NYU/Tisch.

MARIKA KENT (she/her), Lighting Designer, is a Brooklyn- SUN HEE KIL† (she/her), Sound Designer, a NYC-based based designer of plays, musical theater, opera, dance, sound designer/engineer from South Korea, is an experimental theater, puppetry and site-specific associate professor of sound design and technology at performance. Recent and upcoming: Reconstruction (The SUNY New Paltz. Credits include: associate sound TEAM), Fly Away (Dir. Nick Lehane, Petzel Gallery), designer for 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Generation Rise and Alaxsxa/Alaska (Ping Chong + Co), opening and closing ceremonies and sound design for School Girls, or the African Mean Girls Play (Portland Broadway and off-Broadway as well as international, Center Stage), Gizhibaa Giizhig | Revolving Sky (All My national, and regional tours. Member of AES, USA829, Relations), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (ACT TSDCA & USITT. MFA in sound design from the College- of CT), No Child; ; Peter and the Starcatcher Conservatory of Music (CCM), University of Cincinnati. (CFRT), Ajijaak on Turtle Island (IBEX Puppetry, The New www.sunheekil.com Victory), Perp and Abigail's Party (The Barrow Group). www.marikakent.com VICTORIA WHOOPER* (she/her), Deck Stage Manager/Fight Captain, is excited to return to the Hangar Theatre for her third production. Credits include: VIRTUAL AMANDA SPOONER* (she/her), Production Stage PRODUCTIONS: Bard at the Gate: Origin Story (PSM); Manager, is a stage manager and educator, based in Hangar Theatre: (PSM); ACADEMIC- New York. She has worked on Broadway and throughout Ring Theatre: The Mystery of Edwin Drood the country. She is the founder of the grassroots (PSM). REGIONAL- Hangar Theatre: (ASM); campaign Year of the Stage Manager, the Director of Elm Shakespeare Company: Romeo and Juliet (PSM); Education for the Stage Managers’ Association, an Connecticut Repertory Theater: Noises Off (PSM); & Peter ambassador for the Parent Artist Advocacy League, and and the Starcatcher (PSM); Chicago Shakespeare Theater: is on council at Actors’ Equity Association. Amanda Loves Labors Lost (ASM), Northern Stage: Macbeth (PSM), received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama and and Yale Repertory Theater: Peerless (PSM). Broadway- serves on faculty at . This one is for all the Eclipsed (Production Assistant). Yale School of Stage Managers, everywhere, who longed to get back to Drama/Yale : Amy and the Orphans, Altogether work. Reckless, Paradise Lost, Midsummer, Faustus and The Untitled Project (PSM). Victoria holds an MFA from the ROBIN CHRISTIAN-MCNAIR (she/hers), Dialect Coach Yale School of Drama and is a faculty member at and Intimacy Consultant, is an Associate professor of Columbia College Chicago. voice, speech, and accents at University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Her recent professional PETER ROTHBART (he/his), Music Personnel Consultant, coaching credits include Pride and Prejudice and Kinky has just completed 40 years as the Professor of Boots at the Hangar; A Christmas Carol, Having Our Say, Electroacoustic Music at the Ithaca College School of , The Mystery of Irma Vep, and Romeo and Juliet Music. He has been a professional composer, saxophonist at Triad Stage and the North Carolina Symphony; My and bassoonist for 50 years, and knows a lot of players. Children, my Africa, Twelfth Night, and Closer at Zachery For the past 29 years he has been trying to teach his Scott Theatre and Third at Coast Theater Rep. She parrot to say, “I love you Linda.” Luckily, Linda is his wife. recently taught a Linklater Voice workshop to a group of MEGAN SMYTHE, (she/her), Assistant Musical Director, professional actors in Taipei, Taiwan. Robin has taught at is a senior at Ithaca College studying piano performance Actor’s Studio, Rutgers and NYU, co-chair of Voice and and music education. She will be graduating from IC this Speech at HB Studios. Other teaching gigs include the December! Megan is so excited to be working with the Strasburg Institute and Purchase College. She has a MFA Hangar Theatre this summer. Outside of music and from Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts, and theatre, Megan loves to hike on the beautiful Ithaca certifications in the Linklater voice method, Feldenkrais, hiking trails. Her previous theatre credits include Pippin and Phonetic Pillows, and assistant faculty with Theatrical (Ithaca College Main Stage Theatre), Spring Awakening Intimacy Education, a Member of SAG, AE, and VASTA. and The Last Five Years (Ithaca College Second Stage Theatre), and Mamma Mia! (Cortland Repertory Theatre). MICHAEL CASSARA, CSA (he/him), Casting Director KATE SEMMENS (she/her), Assistant Director/Dramaturg, is pleased to return to the Hangar where he has cast is a rising senior at Princeton University where she is the last 5 seasons of mainstage shows. Recent credits studying history, music theater, theater and American include Mr. Holland's Opus (dir. BD Wong/upcoming), studies. Kate grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and attended the An American In Paris (international tour, dir. LaGuardia High School for Music, and Performing Arts, Christopher Wheeldon), The Mad Ones (Prospect where she majored in drama. She enjoys working on all Theater Company, dir. Stephen Brackett), sides of theater but primarily considers herself a director, (NYC/Chicago/Pittsburgh CLO/tour), Gigantic choreographer, actor, and producer. Kate loves to create (, dir. Scott Schwartz), Enter Laughing immersive, thought-provoking and joyous theatre and is (York Theatre), (last three very excited to be returning to the Hangar Lab Company editions/cast albums), The 12 (Denver Center/world for her second summer. premiere). Regional credits include productions for Gulfshore Playhouse, Asolo Rep, Actors Theatre of ARIANNA TILLEY (she/her), Assistant Director/Dramaturg, Louisville, , and many others. is a rising senior at Muhlenberg College, studying Resident Casting Director for the National Alliance for choreography and performance studies. Arianna has Musical Theatre (NAMT) since 2013, and previously for directed numerous shows including two at Muhlenberg: the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) from 2007-2019. Ephemerality: Dances in Time and Offerings. Performance Native Clevelander, member of the Casting Society of credits include: MAGIC (Mnemonic Festival, Muhlenberg America. BFA, Otterbein University. College), Lessons of an Unaccustomed Bride (New Voices| www.MichaelCassara.net / @michaelcassara New Visions, Muhlenberg College), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Synetic Theatre). Arianna is passionate about the stage and is grateful to further evolve her artistry at the Hangar Lab Company. Playwrights Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler STEPHEN SONDHEIM wrote the music and lyrics for HUGH WHEELER was a novelist, playwright and screen (1954), A Funny Thing Happened on the writer. He wrote more than thirty mystery novels under Way to the Forum (1962), (1964), the pseudonyms Q. Patrick and Patrick Quentin, and Company (1970), (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), four of his novels were transformed into films: Black (1974), (1976), Sweeney Todd Widow, Man in the Net, The Green-Eyed Monster and (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in The Park The Man with Two Wives. For films he wrote the With George (1984), Into The Woods (1987), Assasins screenplays for Travels with My Aunt, Something for (1991), (1994) and (2008) as well as Everyone, A Little Night Music and Nijinsky. His plays lyrics for (1957), (1959) and Do I include , Little Fish (1961), Look: We've Come Hear a Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Through (1961) and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (1973). Anthologies of his work include Side By Side By (1966, adapted from the novel), he co- Sondheim (1976), Marry Me a Little (1981), You're Gonna authored with the book for a new Love Tomorrow (1983), (1993/99) and production of the 1919 musical Irene (1973), wrote the (2010). He composed the scores books for A Little Night Music (1973), a new production of the films "Stavisky" (1974) and "Reds" (1981) and songs of Candide (1973), Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of for "Dick Tracy" (1990) and the television production (1979, based on a version of the play by Evening (1966). His collected lyrics with Christopher Bond), and Meet Me in St. Louis (adapted attendant essays have been published in two volumes: from the 1949 M-G-M musical), contributed additional "" (2010) and "Look, I Made A Hat" material for the musical Pacific Overtures (1976), and (2011). In 2010 Broadway's 's Theatre was wrote a new adaptation of the opera renamed The Stephen in his honour; in Silverlake, which was directed by Harold Prince at the 2019, London's Queens Theatre was also renamed the New York Opera. He received Tony and Drama Desk Sondheim. Awards for A Little Night Music, Candide and Sweeney Todd. Prior to his death in 1987 Mr. Wheeler was working on two new musicals, Bodo and Fu Manchu, and a new adaptation of The Merry Widow.

Special Thanks CSP Management Daniel Lincoln MJ McKinven