CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY of WALNUT CREEK Michael Butler, Artistic Director Scott Denison, Managing Director Presents
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CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY OF WALNUT CREEK Michael Butler, Artistic Director Scott Denison, Managing Director presents Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Music by Stephen Flaherty Based on “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” By Michael Butterworth First Produced by Playwrights Horizons, Inc. Off-Broadway in 1988 Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Kelly Tighe Christine Crook Kurt Landisman Sound Designer Stage Manager Prop Master Lew Mead Wesley Apfel* Megan Lush Assoc. Sound Designer Dialect Coach Lyle Barrere Cynthia Bassham Cast Tielle Baker Taylor Jones Benjamin Pither* Evan Boomer Marcus Klinger Joel Roster Lynda DiVito Dani Marcus* Colin Thomson* Keith Pinto* Directed and Choreographed by Robert Barry Fleming Musical Direction by Brandon Adams LUCKY STIFF is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New Yrok, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com Margaret Lesher Theatre August 31 - October 7, 2012 Lesher Center for the Arts Season Season Partner Season Media Sponsor Foundation Sponsor Sponsor *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States The Lighting Designer is a member of United Scenic Artists Union Center REP is a member of Theatre Bay Area and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), The National Organization for the American Theatre CAST holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State and Becoming Britney (K-Fed/Justin Timberlake) at the CREATIVE TEAM Brandon Adams (Musical Director) is thrilled to Lyle Barrere (Associate Sound Designer) is thrilled Unviersity, East Bay, and is a proud member of International Fringe Festival in NYC, Center REP and be working on this production of Lucky Stiff. He to be returning to Center REP! Beginning his theatre Woman #1 .................................................... Tielle Baker Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble. He hopes you The Retro Dome. Pinto is co-founder of the SF based Lynn Ahrens (Book and Lyrics) is a lyricist, librettist has MD’ed three Bay Area premiers: Jason Robert career in the 5th grade, Lyle has worked almost 200 Man #2 ........................................................Evan Boomer enjoy drop dead hilarity of Lucky Stiff! hip hop crew Felonious which creates original music and author. She is the recipient of the Tony Award, Brown’s Last Five Years at Playhouse West, David shows for many professional companies in the Bay Rita La Porta ..............................................Lynda DiVito and theater. With Felonious Pinto choreographed and the Emmy, London’s Olivier Award, Drama Desk, Henry Hwang’s revised version of Flower Drum Song Area and Los Angeles as a producer, director, sound or Woman #2 ...................................................Taylor Jones Lynda DiVito (Rita La Porta) is appeared in Stateless: A Hip Hop Vaudeville (The Pinto) Outer Critics Circle Award and a Gold Record. She at Woodminster Summer Musicals, and Musical of lighting designer, and stage manager. His sound design Man #1 .................................................... Marcus Klinger thrilled to return to Center REP at Jewish Theater SF, Angry Black White Boy (Guy) at has been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Musicals, the Musical! (BATTC award) at Center REP. for South Pacific (2003, Willows Theatre Company) was this season in Lucky Stiff. Other Intersection for the Arts SF and Beatbox: A Raparetta Golden Globes, three Grammys and four Emmys. For Favorite credits include: Funny Girl, Girl Crazy, Me and nominated for a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award Annabel Glick .......................................... Dani Marcus* Broadway, she wrote lyrics for Ragtime, My Favorite and his design of The Solid Gold Cadillac (2004, Willows Harry Witherspoon ................................... Keith Pinto* Center REP credits include; Claire (Zack) at the NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival. Felonious My Girl, Too Many Girls, and Something for the Boys. has recorded numerous albums and performed shows Year, Chita Rivera:The Dancer’s Life, and both book and Recently, he has worked on Xanadu at Center REP and Theatre Company) was nominated for a Shellie Award. A Vincent Di Ruzzio ............................ Benjamin Pither* in Rumors, Bertha in Boeing Boeing, graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, with She Loves Me and Mayor Mathilda with Black Eyed Peas, De La Soul, LL Cool J, The Roots, lyrics for Once On This Island, Seussical and A Christmas Oh, Kay! at 42nd Street Moon. The Dead Body of Anthony Hendon ... Joel Roster Carol (Madison Square Garden). Off-Broadway: a degree in Physics, he enjoys hiking and scuba diving Luigi Gaudi ..........................................Colin Thomson* in All Shook Up. Other Bay Area and Erykah Badu. www.feloniouslive.com Lyrics for A Man of Importance and book and lyrics Kelly Tighe (Scenic Designer) Off Broadway: The when not in the theatre. He was awarded the Eagle Scout credits include; Paulette in Legally Blonde at DTC, Velma Award from BSA Troop 204. Lyle is the Founding Artistic Benjamin Pither* (Vincent Di for Dessa Rose and The Glorious One (all produced by Fantasticks, Almost Heaven, HEAT WAVE: the Jack in Hairspray at CCMT The Full Monty at AMTSJ, In this Lincoln Center Theater), and Lucky Stiff (Playwrights Director of the HOOLIGAN Theatre Company, which TIME and PLACE House at Playhouse West. NYC Off Bway/ International/ Ruzzio) returns to Center REP, Cole Project (world premiere, Dir Chet Walker), provides theatre experiences to college students of all having appeared in All Shook Up Horizons). Feature film: Lyrics for Anastasia (Twentieth Blanche Survives Katrina In A Fema Trailer Named regional credits include; Cats/Jellylorum. Off Broadway Century Fox), Camp, After the Storm and others. majors. www.LyleBarrere.com Sheba/Leah. Oliver at Papermill Playhouse. Fiddler on (Dennis) for which he received Desire, The Time of Mendel’s Trouble. Vegas: Triumph Time: Present Television: Mainstay songwriter and singer for the at the Las Vegas Hilton. National tours: Cats, Movin’ Place: East Grinstead and various locations in the Roof at Riverside Theatre. Lynda toured throughout Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Wesley Apfel* (Stage Manager) returns to Center REP and Shellie Award nominations. renowned animated series, Schoolhouse Rock; musical Out, Shear Madness, Almost Heaven, Mooseltoe. England, New Jersey, and Monte Carlo. in Europe in various different shows and was the lead teleplay, A Christmas Carol (Hallmark Entertainment/ after working on Xanadu earlier this year. Recently: Night singer for JamSquare, one of Holland’s premiere dance He most recently performed at Regional: Dreamgirls, My Way, Aida, The Full Monty, Over Erzinga (Golden Thread), A Christmas Carol (STC), Berkeley Playhouse in both Lucky Duck (Drake) NBC); she has created, written and produced many Jesus Christ Superstar (Gateway Playhouse); Beauty/ bands. Lynda is a recipient of the BATCC award and network shows for young audiences. Publishing: Her Once in a Million Moons (42nd Street Moon). Other Shellie Award. For L&H&N. and Seussical (Horton) for which he also received Beast, Grease, Titanic, The Who’s Tommy, (Contra favorite credits include: The Boys From Syracuse, The THE SONGS short stories and essays have appeared nationally and Costa Musical Theatre); Annie, Kiss Me Kate, Joseph/ Graduate, Festen (Broadway); Mother Courage and Her a BATCC nomination. Other recent credits include have been nominated for Best American Essays and Taylor Jones (Woman #2) is so Rags (Saul) at Willows and Strike Up the Band Dreamcoat (Ohio’s Carousel Dinner Theater); West Children (with Meryl Streep); On the Town, 1776, Kiss Me Act I the Pushcart Anthology. She serves on the Dramatists Side Story, The Scarlet Pimpernel (Diablo Light Opera Kate (Paper Mill Playhouse); Art, See Rock City and Other grateful to be a part of such a (McNally) at 42nd Street Moon. Favorite theatrical Guild Council of America and co-chairs the Dramatists roles include Bobby Strong in Urinetown (Altarena Co.); Around the World In 80 Days, The Pavilion, Destinations (Barrington Stage); Carousel (Carnegie Hall); Something Funny’s Going On ...................Company wonderful cast! She has been Guild Fellows Program for emerging writers. 2008 acting in the Walnut Creek Playhouse), Ethan in Based on a Totally True Story Picasso at the Lapin Agile, A Christmas Carol (Center the original NY productions of Gutenberg the Musical!, Mr. Witherspoon’s Friday Night ....................... Harry, marked her twenty-fifth year of collaboration with Repertory Co.). Mr. Tighe served as resident Scenic Bat Boy, The Musical of Musicals, Little Fish, Cycling Past area for the past two years and (New Conservatory Theatre Center), Gordon in A composer Stephen Flaherty. ...........................................................Landlady, Boarders loving every second of it! She New Brain(Custom Made Theatre Company), Larry designer for Michigan’s Cherry County Playhouse, the Matterhorn, and The Thing About Men. Production Rita’s Confession .........................................Rita, Vinnie has appeared in CCMT’s RENT in Mr. Marmalade (Custom Made), and Aguecheeck and Center REP in the San Francisco Bay Area. Supervisor and five years as Stage Manager for the SPF Good to Be Alive ........................................Harry, Luigi, Stephen Flaherty (Music) writes music for theater, Television: