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JUN 16 THROUGH JUL 09 Production of LIONEL BART’S Book, Music and Lyrics by LIONEL BART Directed and Choreographed by ZACH JOHNSON Musical Direction by LACEY MCNAMARA Carol Kiessig Show Sponsor Show Sponsor Show Sponsor Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI (mtishows.com). Helping You Hear The Things You Love Your friends value your hearing We value your hearing too! With the best advice and equipment on the Central Coast Call us today for your consultation 805541-1790 www.KarenScottAudiology.com A New Name for Live Theatre in Downtown SLO The San Luis Obispo Little Theatre was created in the summer of 1947 by a small group of people who just wanted to “put on a show.” For the first 60-65 years, the Little Theatre functioned as a nonprofit community theatre, utilizing all volunteer actors and crew. Over the past five years, due to audience demand and a desire to grow artistically, we began to bring in professional directors and actors for key roles, while still utilizing our talented pool of local artists. Our audiences responded enthusiastically. Since 2012: • Our season ticket sales have increased by 50%, or about 10% every single year. • Our overall budget has nearly doubled. This season, our theatre will bring in nearly three quarters of a million dollars, putting us in the top 3% percent of nonprofit theatres in the nation. • Attendance averages 94% of capacity with more than half of our performances selling out completely. In short, our organization is thriving. We’re bursting at the seams. We’re ready for the next step. It is time to reward the dedicated, professional work of our artists and to continue the growth we have experienced for the last 5, the last 30, the last 70 years. That is why, as we begin our 2017-2018 Season, we are transitioning to a fully professional regional theatre model and rebranding as the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre, or SLO REP. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of the incredible history of the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre. We welcome you to join us on our new journey as SLO REP. Sincerely, Kevin Harris Please join us in thanking our generous season sponsors Better Business Financial 4 San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre Show Sponsor Carol Kiessig Carol Kiessig has been a resident of the Central Coast for many years. She and her husband Russ owned and operated Sycamore Mineral Springs, the Gardens of Avila and Avila Hot Springs. They also opened Paso Hot Springs in the North County. Those years were filled with work and joy and making lots of new friends who continue to be a part of her life today. Additionally, she and her husband started the non-profit Central Coast Aquarium in Avila Beach. That accomplishment makes her very proud, as it has brought the ocean and its creatures close to many children and adults on the Central Coast. Carol is very excited to sponsor Oliver!, the grand finale show of the 70th Anniversary Season. Having been a season subscriber and show sponsor for several years, her respect for SLO REP and its staff continues to grow. She considers it a “gem” on the Central Coast and is anxious to share her passion with others who live here and have not yet made this “discovery”. Carol recently joined the Board of Directors and is looking forward to the inaugural season of SLO REP and to helping to build the bright future of live theatre on the Central Coast for many years to come. 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Season 2016-2017 7 PACIFIC CONSERVATORY THEATRE Jun 15-Jul 2 Solvang Festival Music: Alan Menken, Lyrics: Theater Howard Ashman & Tim Rice, Book: Linda Woolverton JUL 6 - 23 Book & Lyrics by Solvang Festival Peter Sham, Music by Theater Brad Carroll, Based on the play by Ken Ludwig JUL 27 - AUG 20 Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Jack Feldman, Solvang Festival Book by Harvey Fierstein, Theater Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker & Noni White AUG 24-SEP 10 Solvang Festival Theater By William Shakespeare SEP 15 - OCT 1 Marian Theatre, Santa Maria AUGUST WILSON’S TICKETS 922-8313 | BOX OFFICE 12:30-7PM WED-SUN | PCPA.ORG Season 2016-2017 9 Restaurant Guide Looking for a place to grab a bite before or after the show? Look no further! Check out our Restaurant Guide on these two pages in our playbill and online at slorep.org for fine pre-show dining, post-show cocktails and more. Support these wonderful San Luis Obispo restaurants that support SLO REP! DINE-In • TAKE-OuT • Full CaTERING 570 Higuera Street, #130 WE KEEP OUR DRAMA (805) 544-0861 ON THE PLATE. www.mamasmeatball.com 1121 Broad Street in Downtown San Luis Obispo Open Tue–Sun 10:30am–10:00pm 805.545.5401 | www.bigsk ycafe.com 10 San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre THAI PALACE AUTHENTIC THAI Breakfast • Lunch • dinner rotisserie meats cafe • aLL day take-away coffee • wine & Beer catering • gourmet gifts www.SloProvisions.com 805.439.4298 Mon - Fri 8am - 8pm, Sat 10am - 8pm 1255 Monterey St, San Luis Obispo 1015 Court Street • San Luis Obispo supporting the arts on (in the court street shopping plaza) the centraL coast (805) 704-7713 thaipalaceinslo.com PINT NIGHT MONDAYS 9 PM • TECATE TUESDAYS WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS • HAPPY HOUR 3-6 PM DAILY Get all the Deets on our FB Page: facebook.com/BlackSheepSLO 1117 Chorro Street, SLO • 805.544.SHEEP BlackSheepSLO.com Season 2016-2017 11 12 San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre About Oliver! By Amanda Thayer, Dramaturg The musical Oliver! is based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Set in pre- Victorian London, it is the tale of an orphan boy trying to survive in a powerful world that is apathetic to children. Oliver’s, and Dickens’s, London was a dense and dirty place where the rich were very rich and the poor were very poor. If they had the means, the poor lived in the slums, paying rent with their wages from 16 hour shifts. If they were unable to work, they often lived on the streets and many turned to crime to support themselves. Those that could not work and did not want to live on the streets lived in “workhouses.” When Dickens was a child, his father was sent to debtor’s prison and his wife and family were left with little to no means of support. The conditions in the workhouse were so bad, that Dickens’ mother chose to move her children to live in prison with their father, instead of in the workhouse. In Oliver Twist, Oliver is born in a workhouse, or an associated “baby farm”, and lives in a workhouse for the first 11 years of his life. Our play opens with Oliver and his peers asking for more than their meek allotment of food. The parish that oversees the orphanage is outraged at the audacity of these children expressing want of fulfillment for basic needs. Oliver is viewed as a villain by the adults around him—the same adults who should be his loving caretakers. The opening scene sets into motion a series of events in which Oliver is sold to work at a funeral home, learns to be a pick-pocket on the streets of London, and finally finds refuge in the home of a kind, professional class man.