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NEW CONSERVATORY THEATRE CENTER Head Over Heels DEC 6 JAN 12 2019 – 2020 Your stories. Our stage. This season. 2019–20 Season WELCOME from the Founder & Artistic Director Yes people, we got the beat! But in the imaginary Kingdom of Arcadia its joyous sound has become muted. The inhabitants are adrift and their ruler, to put it mildly, has lost his way. Polarized, frazzled and generally a mess, the rhythm of life across the land is completely out of sync. Thank goodness this is all make-believe. It could never happen in our world, right? For we understand the power of unity. That when we stand together in dignity for all, everything is possible. We also know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that love and respect are the basic ingredients of a healthy society. It is also abundantly clear that the right to be who you are, love who you want, and to live in peace are among our highest priorities. Would we ever stray from these principles? Of course not. But, if by chance we ever did, then a course correction would be immediate and harmony across the land would be swiftly restored. We are Head Over Heels to celebrate such a life-affi rming story with you this holiday season. It’s fun, it’s crazy and The Go-Go’s music is not to be missed. Wrap it around a tale that reminds us that joy and compassion are to be cherished and you’ve got a real holiday treasure. Let music lift our hearts. Let love lead the way. Let happiness fl ow forth. Today and every day we have the power to make the world a better place for everyone. Have a magical winter and a new year fi lled with abundant acts of kindness. Founder & Artistic Director NCTCSF @NCTCSF NCTCSF NCTCSF NEW CONSERVATORY THEATRE CENTER In Association with ALVIN BAUM & ROBERT HOLGATE / Season Producers MICHAEL GOLDEN & MICHAEL LEVY / Season Producers LOWELL KIMBLE / Season Producer TED TUCKER / Season Producer ROBERT BURKES & SON NGUYEN / Executive Producers JORGE R. HERNÁNDEZ & RON JENKINS / Executive Producers Head Over Heels Songs by The Go-Go’s Based on The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty Adapted by James Magruder Directed by Ed Decker Music Direction by Mark Dietrich Choreography by Rick Wallace CREATIVE TEAM TECHNICAL DIRECTION Carlos Aceves WIG MAINTENANCE David Carver-Ford SOUND DESIGNER / A2 Wayne Cheng COSTUME DESIGNER Wes Crain MUSIDORUS’ WIG BY Mitchell Erickson PROPS DESIGNER J. Conrad Frank STAGE MANAGER Toni Lynn Guidry PYTHIO’S HAIR DESIGNER Cookie Jordan LIGHTING DESIGNER / PROJECTIONS Chris Lundahl FIGHT COACH Kristen Matia SET DESIGNER / PROJECTIONS Sarah Phykitt A1 Kalon Thibodeaux THE HEAD OVER HEELS BAND KEYBOARD Mark Dietrich GUITAR Nicholas Martin PERCUSSION Tim Vaughan SPECIAL THANKS TO Tom Kirdahy Productions NYC, Christine Russell, Tralen Doler and the team at Broadway Licensing NYC The video and/or audio recording of this performance is strictly prohibited. Head Over Heels is presented in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts and by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing. Original Broadway Production produced by Christine Russell, Louise Gund, Donovan Leitch, Rick Ferrari, Gwyneth Paltrow, Scott Sigman, Hunter Arnold, Tom Kirdahy, and Jordan Roth. The World Premiere of Head Over Heels took place at Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Bill Rauch/Artistic Director; Cynthia Rider/Executive Director. Developed with the support of New York Stage and Film & Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater, Summer 2016. Head Over Heels CAST PYTHIO Rotimi Agbabiaka* DAMETAS David Bicha PHILOCLEA Kimberley Cohan MOPSA Danya El-Kurd PAMELA Ella Ruth Francis BASILIUS William Giammona MUSIDORUS Scott Scholes GYNECIA Stephanie Temple ENSEMBLE Casey Anne Apregan Abigail Campbell Daniel Cancel Ciara Carvajal Jake Daniel Leahy MUSICAL NUMBERS We Got The Beat Beautiful Visions of Nowness Get Up and Go Mad About You Good Girl Visions of Nowness Reprise Automatic Rainy Day Cool Jerk Vacation How Much More Head Over Heels Our Lips Are Sealed Head Over Heels Photo by Lois Tema Photo by Lois This Old Feeling Turn To You Heaven Is A Place On Earth *The Actor appears through the courtesy of Lust To Love Actors’ Equity Association, Here You Are the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers Mad About You Reprise in the U.S. Finale WELCOME from the Executive Director Welcome to NCTC! CAST Tonight’s show centers on journey and discovery, as so many good stories do. Thank you for taking the radical Rotimi Agbabiaka* act of leaving your comfortable space and journeying David Bicha out to see live theatre. We’ll reward your efforts with an Kimberley Cohan experience that is unique - to this performance, to this Danya El-Kurd moment in time. Even if you come back for more than Ella Ruth Francis one performance, the show you see will be different from what you see William Giammona now. I am admittedly biased, but in an age when a lot of our experiences Scott Scholes and most of our communication is both mass-produced and happens in Stephanie Temple front of a screen, I think this unique collective moment of theatre is, in Casey Anne Apregan and of itself, something that matters. Abigail Campbell Daniel Cancel You are in good company, joining the more than 39 million audience Ciara Carvajal members who attended shows at non-profit theatres last year. Add in Jake Daniel Leahy the nearly 15 million who attended Broadway shows, (toss in a few extra million for Hamilton tours alone) and you are part of a wave of intrepid adventurers who appreciate the singular experience of live performance MUSICAL NUMBERS shared with your fellow travelers. We appreciate your presence at NCTC We Got The Beat tonight, and hope you enjoy the trip! Beautiful Visions of Nowness Get Up and Go Executive Director Mad About You Good Girl Visions of Nowness Reprise Automatic Rainy Day Cool Jerk Vacation YOU THIN DO K? How Much More Head Over Heels WHAT Our Lips Are Sealed Head Over Heels This Old Feeling • What does “the beat” mean to you? Turn To You Heaven Is A Place On Earth • What’s your favorite hit from The Go-Go’s? Lust To Love Here You Are • How do you define loving someone? Loving yourself? Mad About You Reprise Finale “Local theatre at its best” - Gregory P. “Intimate performances with phenomenal actors” - Jesse S. Hey, you! Yes, you! Have you heard about Future Stages? It’s a bold new program that uses multi-year and increased gifts from our most dedicated donors to ensure that New Conservatory Theatre Center can deliver on its mission in the long term. One anonymous donor who shares in this vision has pledged $100,000 to launch our next phase, the Future Stages Matching Challenge. From now until January 15th, all gifts of $50 or more will be matched 2:1, and the successful completion of this year’s challenge will guarantee equal funding for another match next year. That’s right: triple the impact of your gift and help us fund this work, not just through this crucial holiday campaign, but for the future prosperity of the region’s leading Queer & Allied arts institution. Lead the future: visit us at NCTCSF.ORG/DONATE Questions? We’re here to help! Contact Director of Individual Giving Andrea Partridge at [email protected] or 415.694.6158 for more information on Future Stages, donations, or anything else New Conservatory Theatre Center! IA The Go-Go’s TRIV Do you have “the beat”? Test yourself with our Go-Go’s trivia quiz! Photo by Lois Tema Lois by Photo 1. Who’s the lead vocalist for The Go-Go’s? a) Charlotte Ca ey b) Jane Wiedlin c) Belinda Carlisle d) Gina Schock DRAMATURGY 2. Which Go-Go’s album was #1 on the Billboard 200 chart for six weeks, selling over 2 million copies? a) Beauty and the Beat b) Vacation c) Talk Show d) God Bless The Go-Go’s Photo by Lois Tema 3. Finish the lyric “Head over heels/ No time to think/ Looks like/ The whole world’s ___________” a) On the brink b) Out of sync c) Got a drink d) Gonna blink 4. Which member of The Go-Go’s played Joan of Arc in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)? a) Belinda Carlisle b) Kathy Valentine IA TRIV c) Gina Schock d) Jane Wiedlin 5. Which of the songs from The Go-Go’s hits was the biggest hit? a) We Got the Beat b) Cool Jerk c) Our Lips Are Sealed d) Get Up and Go 5. 4. We Got the Beat the Got We A) Wiedlin Jane D) Answers: sync” 3. 2. 1. B) “Out of of “Out B) Beat the and Beauty A) Carlisle Belinda C) PROFILES ROTIMI AGBABIAKA* Club Inferno, Scrumbly Koldewyn’s The (Pythio) is thrilled to be Untamed Stage, Christmas With the back at NCTC after Crawfords, and Scalpel! The Musical. He appearing in Dirty Little couldn’t do any of it without his husband and Showtunes. Most partner of more than 24 years, David Mahr; I recently, Rotimi love you, Honey! originated the role of Salima in House of Joy ABIGAIL CAMPBELL (Cal Shakes) and the (Ensemble) is pumped to role of Cellphone in If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be joining the incredible Be a Muhfucka (Playwrights Horizons, NYC). NCTC team! Favorite Other credits include Father Comes Home credits: Mary Robert in From The Wars … (Yale Rep, ACT), Black Sister Act, Molly in Peter Rider (Shotgun Players), Bootycandy and the Starcatcher, (Brava!, TBA award), and originating the role Stoner Chick in of Boy in runboyrun (Magic Theatre).

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