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Into the Woods Program.Pub Family Musical Theater UPCOMING EVENTS presents Oklahoma! July 19-20-21 and 25-26-27-28 A Song for Christmas November 21-22-23-24 For information call: 314-571-9579 www.brownpapertickets.com Director - Kevin Jones Choreographer - Jim Kimker Family Musical Theater is a registered non-profit organization based in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Family Musical Theater donates a portion of proceeds from productions to a local Ivory Theater - 7620 Michigan charity. All members of the group are volunteers; no one is paid. If you are interested in sharing your talents to help others, we welcome you to join us on stage, in the orchestra, or behind the April 12-13 & 18-19-20 at 8:00 p.m. scenes. Check out our website for the next opportunity to join the Family Musical Theater Family! April 14 & 21 at 2:00 p.m. www.familymusical.org www.familymusical.org The power of musical theatre is that it compels us to engage our imaginations, to suspend our disbelief, to open our minds, and to connect with others. Within these PRODUCTION STAFF moments is that magical place where we laugh the deepest, cry the hardest, and live the fullest - which forever changes how we view our world. Creating dramatic Producer…………………………………………………………....Mike Hesser moments, both silent and sensational, takes expertise, finesse and lots of support. Director…………..………………………………………………Kevin J. Jones Assistant Director………………………….……………...…….Alison Driscoll Family Musical Theatre is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the state of Choreographer……………………………………...……………….Jim Kimker Missouri, and donates a portion of its proceeds to charity each year. While ticket sales help defray the cost of each production, they do not cover the entire cost of what is Music Director…………………………………………………...Kevin J. Jones needed to put on the professional productions FMT has become known for. We are Rehearsal Accompanist………………………………………………Ted Smith asking for your help by becoming patron of Family Musical Theatre. Set Design…………………………….………………………….Kevin J. Jones Light Design………………………………………………………….John Jauss Your tax deductible gift to FMT helps tremendously by helping us offset our operating Light operator……………………………...Sarah Winterbauer, costs and keep a balanced budget. Become part of our family by becoming an FMT Christin Krentz Patron today! Sound Engineer…………………………..………………….Larry Breismeister Stage Manager………………………………..…………….…...Alison Driscoll Levels Of Annual Support Costume Design…………………..Kevin J. 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Percussion Bass Linda Halgash Chuck Schuder MUSICAL NUMBERS Act 1 SPECIAL THANKS Prologue: Into the Woods…………………………………….…..Company Cinderella at the Grave…………….……..Cinderella, Cinderella’s Mother Ivory Theatre Hello, Little Girl………………………………………..…Wolf, Little Red Missouri Repertory Theatre I Guess This Is Goodbye………………………………………….……Jack Maybe They're Magic…………………………...……Baker’s Wife, Baker The Muny My Little World…………………………………………..Witch, Rapunzel KTK Theatre Group I Know Things Now……………………………………………..Little Red A Very Nice Prince………………………………Cinderella, Baker’s Wife Cece Driscoll First Midnight…………………………………………….………Company Allison & Donna Buckowitz Giants in the Sky…………………………………………...…………..Jack Agony………………………..…….Cinderella’s Prince, Rapunzel’s Prince Marie Moore A Very Nice Prince………………………………Cinderella, Baker’s Wife Mia Porcelli It Takes Two……………………………………...…..Baker, Baker’s Wife David Sublett Stay with Me……………………………………………...………….Witch On the Steps of the Palace………………………………….……Cinderella Jeff Anderson Ever After……………………………………………………..….Company Greg Borgmeyer Act II Families of Cast and Crew Prologue: So Happy………………………………………..……..Company Agony……………………...………Cinderella’s Prince, Rapunzel’s Prince Lament…………………………………………………………..……Witch Any Moment…………………...……….Cinderella’s Prince, Baker’s Wife Moments in the Woods……………………………………….Baker’s Wife UPCOMING AUDITIONS Your Fault………………….…..Jack, Baker, Little Red, Witch, Cinderella Last Midnight………………………………………………….……..Witch No More…………………………………………...Baker, Mysterious Man No One Is Alone…………………….…Cinderella, Baker, Jack, Little Red Finale: Children Will Listen…………………………………..….Company Oklahoma! May 4 at 10:00 a.m. May 5 at 1:00 p.m. Ivory Theatre 7622 Michigan Ave CAST OF CHARACTERS INTO THE WOODS John Jauss…………………………………………………………………Baker Abbie Shull………………………………………………………...Baker's Wife Melissa Flinn…………………………………………………………Cinderella Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Kara Grossmann……………………………………………Cinderella's Mother Book by JAMES LAPINE Michael Baird………………………………………………..Cinderella's Prince Mary McCreight……………………………………….Cinderella's Stepmother Caitlin Hill……………………………………………………………...Florinda Aaron Williams……………………………………………………………..Jack Dianne Mueller…………………………………………………...Jack's Mother Kristin McGuire………………………………………...Litte Red Riding Hood Priscilla Case…………………………………………Little Red's Grandmother Lisa Rosenstock………………………………………………………...Lucinda Vic Porcelli……………………………………………………………..Narrator Margaret Borgmeyer…………………………………………………..Rapunzel Jeffrey Salger…………………………………………………Rapunzel's Prince Wryleigh Shearin-Anderson…………………………………...Sleeping Beauty Sarah Hopp…………………………………………………………Snow White Jim Kimker……………………………………………………………...Steward Kay Love………………………………………………………………….Witch Michael Jones (MJ)………………………………………………………...Wolf Director’s Notes On the surface, Into the Woods is an entertaining blend of some of the world's most beloved fairy tales set to the magnificent music of Stephen Sondheim… Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine but like all the best fairy tales, it contains light…and darkness, becoming a metaphor for our own personal journeys in life: what paths we take, what wishes we make and ultimately what we discover along the way in regards to Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick love, loss, values, choices and responsibility. Original Broadway production by Each of our journeys can have a profound effect on everything around us and Heidi Landesman Rocco Landesman Rick Steiner of course our journeys never truly end. Past decisions and actions, both large M. Anthony Fisher Frederic H. Mayerson Jujamcyn Theaters and small, can come back to haunt us. Like the characters in the show, in life, we continually find ourselves having to return to the woods, faced with new Originally produced by the Old Globe Theater, Sand Diego, Ca. challenges, new perspectives and new choices. Into the Woods made its Broadway debut in 1987. The world has changed presented through special arrangement with quite a bit since then, but the underlying messages and universal themes that Music Theatre International (MTI) this show touches on are just as profound today...if not more so. When things seem most at odds, who do we blame? Who actually is to blame? What is All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI right? What is wrong? Are either we or those with opposing viewpoints actu- 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 ally alone in our global community? Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 It has been a delight bringing our version of this production to life. May your www.MTIShows.com own personal quests to live "happily ever after" be ultimately realized. Be care- ful what you wish for and take responsibility for your actions. .
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