Directed & Choreographed by Stevie Love* - Alexa Castelvecchi Filmed and Edited by Peter Neville** - David Cerda* Written by David Cerda* - Grant Drager* Music by David Cerda* and Scott Lamberty Vampira - Sydney Genco* Stage Manager - Drew Donnelly* Set & Prop Design- Pamela Parker* Shari Lewis & Lambchop - Caitlin Jackson* Production Manager- Michael Rashid* Rip Nelson - Ed Jones* Costume Design- Beth Laske-Miller Gladys - Lori Lee* Wig Design - Keith Ryan* Doug Henning - David Lipschutz* Lighting Design - Liz Cooper Nurse Ursula - Terry McCarthy* Make-Up Design - Sydney Genco* David Cassidy - Nicky Mendelsohn Music Director - JD Caudill* Tony - Michael S. Miller* Puppetry - Lolly Extract AKA Jabberwocky - Michael Rashid* Productions - Tyler Anthony Smith* Publicity - David Rosenberg* Graphics - Michael S. Miller* Quentin Crisp - Danne Taylor* Photography - Rick Aguilar Studios* - Robert Williams* It’s a Really Weird Christmas - Rip and Cast Program Design - Caitlin Jackson* Anything Can Happen at Christmas - Shari Lewis, Lambchop and Rip Christmas is All About Things - Rip Nelson, Lucie Arnaz, Vampira, Bernadette Peters w/David Cassidy and Lucille Ball Boy Toys - Rip, David Cassidy, Bing Crosby and Charlton Heston Age Inappropriate Christmas Pop Medley - Rip and Cast Reach Out - All

Pamela Parker & the Redbox Workshop, Tucker, Sam Barr, Dakota Hughes

*Handbag ensemble member **Handbag Artistic Associate

ALEXA CASTELVECCHI (Lucie Arnaz) is thrilled to be back on stage, even if it's with a mask and green screen! You may have seen her in SYDNEY GENCO (Vampira) is an other HIAH shows: Facts of Life: ensemble member, Company

Satan's School for Girls as Jo, Manager, and Company Makeup Christmas Dearest as the Young

Designer, for Hell in a Handbag or Rip Nelson Holiday Spectacular Productions, where she has

as . She also played a young Liza performed and designed for the past 8 Minnelli in Judy & Liza: Once in a Lifetime back in years. She's a graduate of The

May at the Greenhouse Theater Center. Feel free to Chicago College of Performing Arts check out her website for more news on her music, with a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance. Past film doings, future bookings: alexacastelvecchi.com favorites with HIAH include Snowgirls (Ice Crystal),

DAVID CERDA (Lucille Ball) was last The Artificial Jungle (Roxanne), Rudolph The Red seen as Dorothy in , Hosed Reindeer (Elfina), and many more. Other past ED JONES (Rip Nelson) was last Vol. 4, LOCKDOWN! He was last favorites include Hoist (Skyler) and The Eight: seen in Handbag's online production heard as Gloria Swanson in Reindeer Monologues (Vixen), both with The of The Golden Girls Vol 4, Airport1970SOMETHING! Favorite Foundlings Theatre, and The Odd Couple: The LOCKDOWN! and continues to Handbag roles include Joan Crawford Female Version (Olive Madison) with Oil Lamp keep busy with online projects. Most in just about anything, Suzanne Theater. She is a freelance makeup designer and recently, he has appeared online Pleshette in The Birds, Sissy Van Dyke in The Facts artist, certified at Make Up First School Chicago. with staged readings of a new play, Take My Blue of Life-Satan’s School for Girls and Mother madcbs.com Hand and a new musical, Hasenpfeffer, Nurdiger in The Artificial Jungle. As an actor Cerda CAITLIN JACKSON (Shari Lewis Incorporated! Ed has been an ensemble member has also worked Corn Productions, Court Theater, A & Lambchop) CREDITS: Hell in a with Handbag Productions since the Big Bang. For a New Colony, and A Red Orchid Theatre. Thanks and Handbag: Bette Live At The list of credits, visit handbagproductions.org. Special love to Christopher, Stevie Love, Michael Rashid, Continental Baths as Bette thanks to David Cerda and the entire cast and crew Peter Neville, Ed Jones, Scott Lamberty and the Midler, Bewildered Christmas for making this project possible! Handbag Ensemble and our wonderful audiences. Dearest, Skooby Don’t, LORI LEE (Gladys) is thrilled to be GRANT DRAGER (Bing Crosby) is Poseidon!, Miracle, Lady X, & playing the role of Gladys again. Lee incredibly excited to be able to have Rudolph. New American Folk Theatre: Trash, Hot has performed the role of Stan the opportunity to perform right now. Pink, Witches Among Us. Circle Theatre: The View Zbornak after enjoying the roles of Flo HIAH CREDITS: Christmas Dearest Upstairs. Refuge Theatre Project: High Fidelity – & EmCee (and Konga) in two different (‘13 and '15) Rudolph the Red Hosed Jeff Nom Best Ensemble, Winner Best Musical. Black 2019 Golden Girls shows. Lee has Reindeer ('14) Rip Nelson's Holiday Button Eyes: Coraline, Shockheaded Peter, been with Handbag for 18 years! Spectacular, Skooby and of course Nightmares & Nightcaps, Evil Dead The Musical - Also, in 2019 Lee was seen in Glass the Golden Girls Series. Grant is an Jeff Nom Best Supporting Actor. Cowardly Apple's Shadow of Birds in the dramatic roles as ensemble member with New American Folk Theatre. Scarecrow: Musical Of The Living Dead, You’ve Susan and in Edge of Life as Millie.Thank you to all A graduate from Oakland University with a BFA in Got Red On You and Cabaret as Sally Bowles. our audiences for supporting a new way to enjoy Hell Musical Theatre, he is also one of the 3 owners and Catch her voice as Milk in the web series Food in a Handbag shows! founders of OUTSKIRTS Vintage in Ravenswood. People & in Eclectic Theatre’s upcoming podcast drama Deep Shadows. Thanks to MDKS&T. NICKY MENDELSOHN (David Cassidy) TYLER ANTHONY SMITH is thrilled to be back with Handbag! (Bernadette Peters) is a 2003 Nicky’s Chicago credits include honoree. DAVID LIPSCHUTZ (Doug Henning) Poseidon! With HIAH, Citadel: Annie, He humbled himself by joining this is happy to be back donning skin-tight Williams Street Rep: Freaky Friday, Hell in a Handbag troupe thing as an

apparel as Doug Henning. David has Chicago Theatre Works: Tony n’ Tina’s Artistic Associate. Tyler is worked on dozens of Handbag Wedding, Pride Films & Plays: It’s unrepresented by all talent agencies,

productions, including co-writing The Only a Play; Flies! The Musical!. but he did get forty-seven-ish pages Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, Regionally Nicky h as worked with Timberlake into ’s memoir

Playhouse, Priscilla Beach Theatre, The Round Barn before giving up. To educate yourself on his past, Vol. 3 (which was also performed with LAFFShows/Indyfringe), Theatre and Cedar Point. present, and future creative stuff, take your fingers and eyeballs to Instagram: @judithnightlight directing Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, Vol. 1, MICHAEL S. MILLER (Tony) Michael Holiday Edition, and performing as Reverend Scott has appeared in Scooty & Jojo's DANNE W. TAYLOR (Quentin Crisp) in 2019's Poseidon! and Zachary Slade in The Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, Chicago credits include: The Golden Artificial Jungle. Other Chicago credits include Mollywood, and in Handbag’s Caged Girls: Bea Afraid, The Valentine productions with Victory Gardens, Broken Nose, Dames, Judy's Scary Little Edition and Episode 3, (HIAH); Black Button Eyes, and Eclectic Full Contact. Up Christmas, How What Ever Hurricane Damage, His Greatness, next, his short play, PerSEVERance, will be Happened to Baby Jane Happened, Trogg: A (best actor: International Dublin Gay performed at Left Edge Theatre’s Hindsight is 2021 Musical, Sexy Baby, l L’Imitation of Life, The Theatre Festival) (PFP); Terre Haute, Festival. Thanks to Erin, Ash & the boys, and Birds, Lady X the Musical, Bewildered, Golden (Black Elephant Theatre); CJ/BC/KJOC. Girls: The Lost Episodes and Poseidon! An Insignificance, (Mary-Arrchie Theatre); The Eviller TERRY MCCARTHY (Nurse Ursula) Upside Down Musical. Twin (Curious Theatre Branch); Cotillion (Lifeline Theatre) and many others. is a Chicago based actor, director and MICHAEL RASHID (Charlton Heston) choreographer, and retired teacher is a proud member of the Hell in a ROBERT WILLIAMS (Ella Fitzgerald) from Chicago public schools. Terry Handbag Ensemble, having appeared studied Theatre & Vocal Performance taught music, drama and chorus for in Airport 1970Something, the at Rockhurst University in Missouri. 33 years. As a founding ensemble ensembles of Golden Girls: The He nationally toured for four years member of Hell in a Handbag Lost Episodes Vol 2, Vol 3, Bea and has now settled into Chicago. productions, and seen in the original Afraid!, Holiday Vol 2, and Lockdown!, and as Stage credits include L'imitation of cast of Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical, Dorothy in Golden Girls Valentine’s Edition. In Life as Annie Johnson, Caged Dames as Earl Jean Connie Ann Vixen in Rudolph, the Red-Hosed Chicago, he has acted and/or directed for Theatre- Washington, Angels in America; Perestroika as Reindeer, Arlene Secks in Sexy Baby, Candy King in Hikes, Emerald City Theatre, Project 891, Imagination Belize, A as Richie, and See What I The Rip Nelson Holiday Spectacular and Co- Theater, and many others. Wanna See as Janitor/Priest. While hanging out in Choreographer for Miracle! by Dan Savage and was Chicago Robert enjoys playing his Nintendo Switch last seen in Bette Live 2019. Terry is currently while learning to master the Glass Armonica. Robert working as an extra/stand in for the would like to thank his family and friends for their Chicago TV/movie industries. unwavering support and the Handbag family for their open, welcoming arms.

PAMELA L. PARKER (Set/Prop Design) is proud to be the KEITH RYAN (Wig Design) is proud to be an Ensemble newest HIAH ensemble member, this is her 7th show as Member, and has designed the wigs for all of the Hell In A properties designer. She also runs her company RedBox Handbag shows since Christmas Dearest, 2015, including STEVIE LOVE (Director/Choreographer) Directs, Workshop. Pamela’s prop credits include eight plus Facts of Life, and Bette...Christmas at the Continental Choreographs and Acts! Most Recently: Nonnie in seasons at Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Mainstage, Baths! Other wig designing credits include Always...Patsy Poseidon!, Annie/Shelly in Evil Dead the Musical (JEFF Young Audiences and Studio productions, three seasons at Cline, (Firebrand Theatre); Grey Gardens, Hello Again, nod, Black Button Eyes Productions). Other credits: Northlight Theater, 10 seasons of Youth Theater and Hedwig and The Angry Inch (Jeff Award Winner) (Theo (Directing, Choreo., Acting); Disney Cruise Lines, several mainstage productions at Marriott Lincolnshire Ubique Theater); 9to5 (Big Noise Theater); (Oak Lawn Steppenwolf Garage, Northlight Theatre, Ensemble Theater as well as mainstage productions for Herschend Park District Theatre); Cabaret, (Cowardly Scarecrow Theatre Company, Pride Films and Plays, National Family Entertainment at Silver Dollar City and Dollywood. Productions) ; New American Folk Theater; Chicago Pastime Theater, Red Tape Theater, The New Colony, and Theatre Workshop. many Handbag shows (notably: Helen in MIRACLE! which JD CAUDILL (Music Director) is a queer director, literary garnered JEFF and Broadway World Award nominations). manager, and music director whose recent direction LOLLY EXTRACT AKA JABBEROWCKY includes Southern Comfort (Pride Films and Plays), MARIONETTES (Puppetry) is a the multi-generational PETER NEVILLE (Filming/Editing) is a producer, director Bechdel Fests 4-6 (Broken Nose Theatre), and other puppet company of Lolly Extract & Amber Marsh. and editor as well as a graphic designer for his company plays at The New Colony, Haven Theatre, The Runaways Jabberwocky’s oeuvre includes original plays, parade Image Control Unit. He has produced video content for Lab Theatre, New American Folk Theatre, Hobo Junction, puppets, artistic installations, as well as production with the Cerda & Handbag’s live shows as well as provided 20% Theatre, Paragon Theatre, Otherworld Theatre, Arc Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, the Chicago Cultural documentation of nearly every live show for over the past Theatre, 16th Street Theatre, Stage Left, The Syndicates, Center, the Chicago Public Library, the Chicago 10 years. He has produced and directed more than 40 and Red Theatre. They are a proud ensemble member of Shakespeare Theatre, the Peggy Notebaert Nature television commercials, dozens of music videos and in Hell in a Handbag where they have music directed Museum, Enjoy Illinois, the Chicago Park District and the 2012 had the directorial debut of his feature film Scrooge countless shows, and the literary manager at Broken Nose Lakeshore Symphony Orchestra. Jabberwocky has also & Marley, a modern-day version of the Dickens' classic "A Theatre. been involved in HIAH’s Haywire, The Birds, Caged Christmas Carol". In 1999 Neville was the director for R. Dames, Christmas Dearest & many more. Rated, a comedy that aired on the Fox LIZ COOPER (Lighting Design) is excited to be back with Network. The video “Mad at the Dirt,” which he directed for HiaH! Some of her favorite lighting design credits include SCOTT LAMBERTY (Music) is a composer, arranger, David Cerda’s The Joans, was prominently featured Whisper House, Ghost Quartet, Evil Dead, and sound designer, and audio engineer who has been bringing on the LOGO network becoming #5 on their annual “Click Nevermore (Black Button Eyes), Drag Seed and Golden sound and music to the Chicago theater scene since the List.”. He then directed the follow-up video for The Joans Girls: The Lost Episodes - The Valentine Edition (Hell in early 1990s. He has written and produced musical scores “Joan Crawford Goes To Hell”. His latest project is F. a Handbag), Peyton Place, We Have Always Lived in for more shows than he can count including The Bad Tupp. the Castle, London Assurance (City Lit), The Mystery of Seed The Musical and The Passion Follies at Corn Edwin Drood, Blackbird (Blank Theatre Company), Productions; Poseidon An Upside Down Musical, The ANDREW C. DONNELLY (Stage Manager) is a proud Measure for Measure, Marisol (Promethean). She is a Birds, and Rudolph The Red Hosed Reindeer with ensemble member of Hell in a Handbag. Originally from resident lighting designer at City Lit. HIAH. His work as an audio engineer has included the Amarillo, Texas, Drew got his Chicago start at Mary-Arrchie Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera, Chicago a Theatre Company where work included The Glass BETH LASKE-MILLER (Costume Design) previously capella, Music of the Baroque, and the Elgin Symphony Menagerie and Superior Donuts. He's had the privilege of designed 2013’s L’Imitation of Life with Handbag and Orchestra. He is the recording engineer for the Ravinia working with Handbag since the wickedly funny most recently Poseidon!. Other credits include: Steans Music Institute. Bewildered in 2017. Nevermore, Goblin Market and Coraline with Black Button Eyes Prod., Sylvia and Little Shop of Horrors with DAVID CERDA (Playwright & Music) See actor bio. Williams Street Rep., The Seafarer, Lay Me Down Softly and In Pigeon House with Irish Theatre of Chicago, SYDNEY GENCO (Makeup Design) See actor bio. Bonnie & Clyde and Man of La Mancha with MadKap Productions. She won the 2018 Non-Equity Joseph MICHAEL RASHID (Production Manager) See actor bio. Jefferson Award for Costume Design for her work on BBE’s production of Shockheaded Peter and was nominated in 2019 for her work on BBE’s Nightmares & Nightcaps.