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TPAC.ORG/Wombat • 615-782-4040 505 DEADERICK STREET, NASHVILLE, TN 37243 TPAC.org is the official online source for buying tickets to TPAC events. This presentation is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. This tour is proudly supported by the Embassy of Australia, Washington DC. About the Show...17 Sound Designer CREST FACTOR CREST SFX Designer BILL SWARTZ Music Director BYRON ESTEP Head Carpenter WALKER WHITE ZACHARY FEIVOU Production Management JERRY KOPS JERRY NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Executive Producers EMILIO SOSA Costume Designer BENOIT MATHIEU & SETH WENIG presents Blue Men Musicians blueman.com Written by Composers Directed by ANNA K. RAINS JENNY KOONS PATRICIA MURPHY RICHARD HERRICK and Publicity Direction Tour Booking, Marketing Production Stage Manager BMGNET Touring, LLC Touring, BMGNET Production Stage Manager BOND THEATRICAL GROUP Blue Man Character Costumes Original Executive Producer - Maria Di Dia JEN SCHRIEVER Lighting Designer Original Direction by Blue Man Group and Marlene Swartz - MATT GOLDMAN, PHIL STANTON, CHRIS WINK Additional Music Composer and Collaborators - Lotic & Holly ANDREW SCHNEIDER JEFF TURLIK SCHNEIDER JEFF ANDREW Original Associate Producers - Akie Kimura Topal & Broadway Line Company Original New York production presented in a workshop production at La MaMa E.T.C. Line Producer JENNIE RYAN A CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Entertainment Group and NETWORKS Presentation MERIDIAN MIKE BROWN STEVEN WENDT ADAM ZUICK JONATHAN KNIGHT MICHAEL DAHLEN BLUE MAN GROUP DAHLEN BLUE MICHAEL KNIGHT JONATHAN Original Creators CORKY GAINSFORDCORKY GOMEZ ROBERT Set Designer Video Designer STACY MYERS Creative Director Company Manager LUCY MACKINNON General Management JONATHAN KNIGHT JASON ARDIZZONE-WEST GENTRY & ASSOCIATES
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MERIDIAN (Blue Man Captain) received his Bachelor 2006 that focuses on social justice documentary, of Fine Arts in Theatre from Lawrence University and education and experimental artist collaborations. He his Master of Fine Arts from the National Theatre has been an adjunct professor in the schools of the Conservatory. He has performed as a Blue Man in City University of New York teaching courses in video New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, and all over production, film theory, and film history. the United States as part of the group’s first North MICHAEL DAHLEN (Senior Creative Director/Writer) American Tour. Internationally he has performed as a began his career with Blue Man Group as a Blue Blue Man in Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Man performer in the New York City Astor Place China, South Africa, Mexico, Russia, and Canada as Theatre production. From there he took on the role part of the World Tours. He is thrilled to be going back of Performer Director where he developed, cast and on the road with the cast and crew of the Blue Man trained new Blue Man performers for all of the North Group North American Tour. American and international productions. As an Artistic MIKE BROWN (Blue Man) has been Blue for over a decade Director he oversaw the creation, development, and a half. For him it has all been a dream come true. He evolution and direction of existing Blue Man Group would not be where he is today without the love and creative material and productions. In his current role support of his family and friends. He is grateful for you as a Creative Director, Michael oversees the creation all! Mike hopes you enjoy the show and that you get a of new material for Blue Man Group current and new chance to pick up a good book this year. productions. For the Blue Man Group North American Tour, Dahlen serves as a Writer. During Dahlen’s tenure STEVEN WENDT (Blue Man) hails from Kansas City, MO. When not on tour, Steven performs Blue Man at Blue Man Group, his highlights include direction of Group in New York City. Steven is also a professional 5G shows in New York, Boston and Chicago, creation puppeteer, Hand Shadow Master, and Goldsmith. Visit and direction of Blue Man Group Berlin, creation and www.studiowendt.com. direction of Blue Man Group’s 2013 Hollywood Bowl appearance and recent updates to the Blue Man Group ADAM ZUICK (Blue Man) has been living the dream of Chicago production. being a Blue Man since 2013! Previous Blue Man Group companies include Orlando, the company’s first North ANDREW SCHNEIDER (Composer) is the Head of American tour, Chicago and New York. Special shout Music and Sound Production for Blue Man Group. He out to Adam Berger and love to my supportive family oversees all recording, mixing and produces audio and friends. content for a wide variety of applications including show and performance content, recording releases, CORKY GAINSFORD (Drummer) has been a Blue Man video releases, marketing releases and more. He is an Group drummer for 18 years, primarily in their Las Vegas active and enthusiastic participant in the creation and Production and The Complex Rock Tour. He’s also a composition of Blue Man Group’s music and sounds. producer, songwriter and recording engineer, releasing Schneider engineered Blue Man Group’s debut album original music through his band Code Red Riot. Audio, mixed their sophomore release The Complex ROBERT GOMEZ (Resident Music Director/Band Captain) and co-produced, mixed and engineered the group’s is a resident of Las Vegas, NV. Robert graduated from third record THREE. Currently, Schneider serves as Las Vegas Academy of the Arts where he honed Musical Composer for the Blue Man Group North his ability as a studied multi-instrumentalist. Both American Tour. Growing up in an artistic household, performer and technician, Robert has worked with music and performance has been a part of Schneider’s Blue Man Group for eleven years. life from an early age. He began touring around the world in bands and recording music at the age of 18. JERRY KOPS (Musician/Strings) is a New York-based As a freelance producer, mixer and engineer he has multi-instrumentalist who has been performing with worked on nearly 1,000 Indie and major label releases Blue Man Group since 2006. He also played guitar with with multiple Grammy and Juno nominations to date. the original Broadway cast of Rock of Ages from 2009- Schneider earned a Fine Arts degree in Media from 2010. From 2010 through 2012, Jerry was a member Massachusetts College of Art. He currently enjoys of the Blue Man Group North American Tour playing music, film, performance and spending time with Zither and Chapman Stick. When not performing with his family. Blue Man Group, Jerry can be found writing, recording and performing with his band Mortars. JEFF TURLIK (Composer) oversees all aspects of music and recorded sounds for Blue Man Group as Creative JONATHAN KNIGHT (Creative Director) is a Creative Director and Music Supervisor. In Turlik’s role as Director for Blue Man Group. In that role he develops Composer for the North American Tour he has created new work in various mediums for the company. He a brand-new musical experience for Blue Man Group’s is currently the Creative Director for the new Blue second-ever North American theatrical tour. Turlik has Man Group North American Tour having most recently been with the entertainment phenomenon since 1999, completed work on Blue Man Group Berlin, and the Blue beginning as a band member in the Boston resident Man Group World Tour which opened in Singapore and show. Shortly after, he turned his sights toward has since been touring steadily in Europe, Asia, Africa music writing and directing in New York to support and the Middle East. Knight is a long time member of Blue Man Group’s domestic and global expansion. In Blue Man Group starting as a video operator for the addition to creating and mounting shows around the Astor Place show in New York. Outside of Blue Man world, his career highlights include two performances Group, Knight works as a writer and filmmaker having at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, two founded a small boutique production company in sold out nights at the Hollywood Bowl with the L.A. About the Show...19
On Your Your On (2011 LA (2011 LA continued Broadway: Broadway: (Playwrights Horizons), and Yen Horizons), (Playwrights Broadway credits credits (Video Designer) Broadway to the one-man shows, the one-man shows, Spamalot to Fences. Radio City Musical Hall Spring Radio Fences. (Lucille Stark (Lucille Vera Meet Way By the With over 28 years 28 years over (Sound Designer) With (Costume Designer) Designer) (Costume The Treasurer The Treasurer of Six Degrees Separation ofThe Lifespan a Fact, Who’s Who in the Cast Cast the in Who Who’s EMILIO SOSA EMILIO Bar at Emerson Day Lady Musical, The Motown: Feet!, nom.), (Tony and Bess Porgy Gershwins’ The and Grill, The Motown: London: Musical, . Topdog/Underdog . Topdog/Underdog Wars, the Home From Comes Father Off-Broadway: Crowns, Venus, Desk nom.), Drama Award, Lortel Capeman, Juliet, and Romeo Thread, Invisible Trust, Ma Regional: . with Strangers Sex The Misanthrope, Himself Discretion Señor Ruined, Black Bottom, Rainey’s Twist Witness Uganda, nom.), (Helen Hayes Award), Ovation Runway,” “Project Dancers, City Knicks NY Spectaculars, Theater American Trustee All Stars,” Runway “Project @esosafashion Wing. FACTOR CREST Ross Marcus audio, ofin professional experience expertise in all aspects of a diverse commands live for and reinforcement audio reproduction entertainment in live He began his interest events. learned that his inquisitive as a musician and quickly as asset great a were qualities mind and analytical in early with bands touring After an audio engineer. many out into branch began to Marcus his career, different disciplines. He has monitorbeen engineer mixed Crowes; Black The and as Slayer such bands for Audio as the LaBelle; worked Patti offront house for Halen; was Van Chief and Crew for Designer System shows touring Broadway multiple for Audio Lead as such comedies musical scale large from ranging and The Producers and most Crystal; with Billy Sundays 700 such as, for Designer as the Resident has worked recently all new projects overseeing Blue Man Productions, the current as maintaining as well and installations in the industry, than 20 years more After shows. a and obtained education higher to returned Marcus Master’s Certificate in MusicProduction from Berklee in the working actively while still ofCollege Music, industry. He has maintained recently, most and, in the industry manufacturers from various certifications US & Support, Tour ofApplication Head has become design and oversees Marcus L’Acoustics. for Canada theatre, music, for of implementation systems audio through Pittsley Tony with events corporate and the enjoys Pittsley Tony Factor. Crest his company He has technology that is audio reinforcement. including shows Broadway with extensively toured The Spamalot, Elliot, Billy ofThe Phantom the Opera, and Christmas Story A Monty, Full others. In his off time and spending working wood he enjoys time, Xena. and and his dogs Zoe children, with his wife, MACKINNON LUCY include . of Spring Awakening revival and DeafWest’s Off- the Blast (Lincoln include After credits Broadway Center), (MCC). As a video and projections designer, she has designer, As a video and projections (MCC). theater with some of innovative the most worked directors on and Tina Sam Gold, Cullman, Trip off Cromer, David Arden, Broadway, including Michael As a graphic and Lila Neugebauer. Lucas, Craig Landau, educational to work she has contributed artist, Society, Historical York New The as such institutions Civil and Human Rights and for The National Center the National Liberty Museum. The Ethel in Salvador, in Salvador, (The The Royale Carnival Carnival (Old Globe Uncle Vanya (The Juilliard Juilliard (The The Tempest (Set Designer) is an Emmy s; Garden Native (The Dream Night’s Midsummer A (The Public Theater, w/ w/ Theater, The Gabriels (The Public is a NYC based based (Lighting Designer) is a NYC (supporting David Tour The Area2 for Queen Queen for Performance Variety The Royal The Soundtrack ofAmerica which opened The Soundtrack (American Repertory Theater), Theater), Burn All Night (American Repertory . Recent productions include productions Recent . Blue Man Group Angels Horizons, America at in at Playwrights Brazil and various television appearances. A native of native A appearances. television various and Brazil of Berklee College Music in attended Turlik Pittsburgh, in hard as a guitarist career his early He spent Boston. and floors, on sleeping touring, recording, bands, rock composer, arranger, as a musician, worked has since and music educator. music producer Blue Man join the is thrilled to (Director) KOONS JENNY as family, this tour marks her first-timecollaboration with the for Center The Deck of (Denver Cards Us: Between Arts), Performing Mobile Theater Public Unit), Philharmonic, Philharmonic, Rock Complex The Moby), and Rhymes Busta Bowie, Summersonic The Tokyo The tour, world Megastar Tour, , Music Festival Elizabeth II in Cardiff, Wales, School), (Why Not Theatre, Toronto 2015 Pan Am 2015 Pan Toronto Theatre, (Why Not Gimme Shelter (National Emcee Theatre, Black Sucker and A Games), the co-curator Jenny was Company). Theater LAByrinth and co-founder ThisGen Conference Toronto of2016 the She Theatre). (National Black of 4 Change NYC Artists and as an and abroad, artists here young has taught of advocate is a vocal equity Asian-American woman, recipient Award 2017 Lilly is a proud She in the arts. and in the Minnesota up in Minneapolis, who grew jennykoons.com ofmountains Montana. JASONARDIZZONE-WEST award-winning set designer & production designer. designer. & production set designer award-winning Jesus Christ Superstar (NBC); include projects Recent Tour); (Arena Lana Del Rey Theater / Hunter Theatre Project); Good Grief (The Project); Theatre / Hunter Theater Theatre); Vineyard Circus – Wandering City, Wandering – Circus Playhouse); Cleveland Next To Festival); Wave String Quartet (BAM Next ne O Theatre); Change (Tantrum Or Normal; Caroline, Theatre); Thousand Nights and One Day (Prospect ; Michaels; Illyria (National Tour, Broadway Bullets Over Susan Hilferty); City (Radio in NYC Adele Live Presentations); NETworks Jason has designed events with Es Devlin). Music Hall, and Ltd) (Herson Group Duke, Princeton, Cornell, for on set design, focusing to Prior Street. The New 42nd Kurtz with Mitchell working architect, an Jason was arts spaces cultural and theater design to PC Architect The Chautauqua Horizons, including: Playwrights Heckscher. Teatro & El Theater, Bratton Institution’s Cornell from ofArchitecture a Bachelor Jason received ArtPlanning, & of Architecture, College University, University, York New ofArtsa Masters from Fine & Film and is a Stage Department of Design for of 829. USA member JEN SCHRIEVER on seen been has work whose designer lighting and across the andOff, Broadway US, internationally. Constitution the What include: projects Favorite and Eclipsed on ofThe Lifespan a Fact Me, Means to Broadway; Opera Metropolitan The At and operas Rep Berkeley in The Mariinksy and English National Opera in NYC, Jenschriever.com. at her Visit Russia. 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PATRICIA MURPHY (Blue Man Character Costume) has International Tours: Nice Work If You Can Get It, worked on the Broadway productions of Black and American Idiot, Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Chicago, Blue, The Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, Dracula Jersey Boys, Sweet Charity and Rent. Regional: New and Wicked, among others. She has worked with York Stage & Film, WVPT, La Jolla Playhouse. Kansas many ballet companies, on several movies including City proud! For HKMKE. the features Dracula and Far From Heaven and on Bette ANNA K. RAINS (Production Stage Manager). Touring: Midler’s Kiss My Brass tour. Other credits: Tick, tick... The Phantom of the Opera, An American in Paris, Blue BOOM!; Once Around the City; The Bubbly Black Girl Man Group. Las Vegas: Blue Man Group. Regional: Sheds Her Chameleon Skin; Bright Lights, Big City. North Carolina Theatre, Juilliard, Virginia Rep. Proud BILL SWARTZ (SFX Designer). Celebrating 18 years with NC State University alum. Love and thanks to Mom, Blue Man Group, Bill Swartz currently serves as a Creative Dad and the dogs at home. Director. While in this role, he founded and continues JENNIE RYAN (Line Producer) Jennie’s variety of to run the creative Research and Development Lab expertise includes producing, tour management, for production design elements, including musical production finance, touring logistics, stage instruments, video surfaces, lighting and special management, artist management, with extensive effects. For the Blue Man Group North American Tour, touring and international work in India, Europe, United Swartz has put his unique skillset to work in the role Kingdom, Asia, Australia and Southwest Asia. Jennie of SFX Designer. A native of Chicago, Swartz began has produced shows in the most challenging domestic his career as a freelance designer/builder while also and international venues…. like active aircraft carriers, making records and touring with his own bands. Since arenas, theaters, studios, ballrooms, and tropical joining the global entertainment phenomenon of Blue beaches. As a Producer for Blue Man Group, shows Man Group, he has opened shows in Germany, Canada, include the North America Tour Australia Tour, Las Vegas England, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, Monte Carlo, NCL Epic, Tokyo, Casino Tour, and multiple Japan, and Australia, and worked special events as a corporate events and TV appearances. As Creative musician, technical director and production manager, Producer Jennie lead an international creative team in worldwide. Swartz earned his undergraduate degree developing Badaling a theatrical show in Beijing China. in Music Performance/Technical Theater from DePauw Selected other recent tour credits include Chely Wright, University and attended Indiana University for post- Shinedown, Gary Sinise, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, graduate work in Jazz Studies. In his spare time, he NBA trophy tour, Miss Teen, Taylor Hicks, Wilmer enjoys traveling with his family. Valderrama, Blue Angels, Salute to Troops (HBO). Jennie RICHARD HERRICK (Production Stage Manager) is the resides in New York and has dual US/EU citizenship. Production Stage Manager for the Blue Man Group BENOIT MATHIEU (Executive Producer) serves as North American Tour marking his 19th Blue Man Group the Senior Executive Producer, Blue Man Group & production. Herrick first worked for Blue Man Group as Executive Managing Director, Blue Man Productions. the resident Production Stage Manager on the London In this position, Mathieu heads the development production in 2005. Since then he has served in this and expansion of the Blue Man Group franchise into same role for the majority their new productions, and additional global markets, insures coherence across has opened Blue Man Group shows across Europe, the current resident shows and touring productions, Asia, Australia and North America. Additionally, and explores additional opportunities for the Blue Herrick has served as Production Stage Manager Man Group brand to connect with consumers. Prior for the German production of War Horse and is the to joining Blue Man Group in April 2018, Mathieu was Production Stage Manager at Berlin’s Friedrichstadt a member of the Cirque du Soleil family for 18 years Palast for their 2018 show Vivid and their new show serving in various roles. These roles include Project opening in 2020. Prior to Blue Man Group he was the Manager, Production Manager for two creations Stage Manager for Les Miserables in the West End, and (Kooza and Ovo), Senior Director of Artistic and worked as a Stage Manager for the Scottish Opera Production Services, VP of Costumes & Creative Spaces for eight years, working on over fifty main house and, most recently, VP of Creative Development where productions. When he is not acting as a freelance he led Cirque’s Creative R&D arm and seconded the Production Stage Manager, working on shows and Chief Creative Officer of the Group. In many different events throughout the UK and Europe, he resides with capacities, ranging from truck driver to electrician his wife and daughter in a small market town, Ossett to co-producer, and by leveraging various talents, in West Yorkshire, UK. including technical direction and theatre construction BYRON ESTEP (Senior Music Director). Started playing oversight, Mathieu has contributed to productions Chapman Stick in the Blue Man Group band in 1994 as in Canada’s top theatrical spaces, such as Théâtre du part of the “TUBES” show at the Astor Place Theater in Nouveau Monde, Compagnie Jean-Duceppe, L’Opéra New York City. Since then, he has been involved in the de Montréal and Théâtre Beaumont St-Michel in opening and direction of many Blue Man Group shows Quebec. Raised in the Great White North (very far throughout the world. He currently works as a Music north of Montreal), Mathieu contemplated a career Director for Blue Man Productions and plays both in aviation, obtaining his private and glider pilot Chapman Stick and Zither in the band. He has also wings, before identifying his passion for professional played guitar and/or banjo on numerous recordings theatre. Mathieu received his degree in Theatre outside of Blue Man Group and composed several Production from the Collège Lionel-Groulx in Quebec movie and video game soundtracks. and has since spent his entire career in the world of live entertainment. When not working, Mathieu STACY MYERS (Company Manager) Most recently: Director of Artistic Operations at KCRep. National/ explores the world of culinary wonders with his wife of 27 years, Dany, and dabbles in the art of pizza- About the Show...21 The continued
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f you combined Bill Nye and Guy Fieri in a lab, then sent him to acting school, you’d Iget Doktor Kaboom. With chrome goggles, orange lab coat, motorcycle boots, and spiked hair, the mad scientist not only embraces the ridiculous, he celebrates it. Doktor Kaboom has been dazzling young minds with interactive, educational, and comical performances for more than a decade — recently performing as part of TPAC’s HOT Season for Young People for the fi fth time this past December. But the man behind the madness didn’t always want to entertain young audiences by making water bottles into rockets and catapulting bananas across the stage. “It took me 40 years to fi gure out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” says actor, comedian, and Doktor Kaboom creator David Epley. “But when I found it, I never looked back.” Epley grew up expecting to be a research physicist, a biomedical engineer, a mathematician, an astrophysicist, a chemical engineer, and a marine biologist. So, naturally, he became an actor. “The stage’s calling eventually became too loud to ignore,” he says. After studying to become a chemical engineer at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Epley spent the next two decades performing and directing original comedy at outdoor festivals and street performances. It was during his 20-year tenure performing on the Renaissance Festival circuit when he learned how to interact with an audience. “During those shows, I worked with some brilliant minds who taught me how to deal with any type of situation you can encounter,” Epley says. The idea to mix his two passions of science and performing together hit him like a bus one day while working at a festival in Texas, wondering what he was about to do for the upcoming off -season. Epley reminds students that science is a part of everyday life by using everyday, household items. “It was about 12 years ago. I had turned 40 and decided I’m going to have a good idea this year,” says Epley. “And when I did, instead of talking about it for a few weeks until I got bored talking about it, I followed through.” The character Doktor Kaboom was born. A German physicist who teaches that science is for everyone through a variety of interactive experiments ranging from optical illusions to chemical reactions and a homemade hovercraft. During shows, Doktor Kaboom creates artifi cial Doktor Kaboom is a German physicist who teaches science is for everyone.
gravity. During others, he electrocutes a pickle. photo by Martin Albert Feature... No two shows are the same. “Since I’m an actor, I didn’t want to just be me around us and it’s not diffi cult. It just takes on stage,” Epley says. “I wanted the character eff ort; and that’s not the same thing as hard.” 25 to be larger than life and over the top — so I But perhaps the most striking moment of his made him German.” performances is how he empowers children The accent may be fake, but the science is real. to think well of themselves. He remembers a time when he asked a student volunteer, “Science is like Shakespeare. “you’re smart young man, yah?.” The student It’s not meant to be read; it’s said, “no.” Ever since, Epley’s made a point of that lesson in his shows. meant to be done.”– David Epley “That moment fl oored me,” Epley says. “It Students witness a variety of science subjects showed me I had an opportunity to teach typically digested via textbook: physics, science and to empower these kids and show biomedical engineering, mathematics, them they are capable.” astrophysics, chemical engineering, and During his week of performances at TPAC, marine biology. Epley’s voice commanded the attention of Epley also reminds students that science is a nearly 1,000 students staring at him and drove part of everyday life by using household items the point home. such as dish soap, balloons, and trash barrels in “Learn this and never forget it,” he told them. his experiments to prove science’s accessibility. “You are smart. Believe it.” “My mission is to remind the world that Connect with Michael Aldrich on LinkedIn or follow science is all around us,” he says. “It’s all him on Twitter @michaelwaldrich.