Please join us for a Post-Show Discussion immediately following this performance. Photo by Allen Weeks by Photo FIVE POINTS BOOK BY HARRISON DAVID RIVERS MUSIC BY ETHAN D. PAKCHAR & DOUGLAS LYONS LYRICS BY DOUGLAS LYONS DIRECTED BY PETER ROTHSTEIN MUSIC DIRECTION BY DENISE PROSEK CHOREOGRAPHY BY KELLI FOSTER WARDER WORLD PREMIERE • APRIL 4 - MAY 6, 2018 • RITZ THEATER Theater Latté Da presents the world premiere of FIVE POINTS Book by Harrison David Rivers Music by Ethan D. Pakchar & Douglas Lyons Lyrics by Douglas Lyons Directed by Peter Rothstein** Music Direction by Denise Prosek† Choreography by Kelli Foster Warder
FEATURING Ben Bakken, Dieter Bierbrauer*, Shinah Brashears*, Ivory Doublette*, Daniel Greco, John Jamison, Lamar Jefferson*, Ann Michels*, Thomasina Petrus*, T. Mychael Rambo*, Matt Riehle, Kendall Anne Thompson*, Evan Tyler Wilson, and Alejandro Vega.
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors **Member of SDC, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union †Member of Twin Cities Musicians Union, American Federation of Musicians
FIVE POINTS will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.
Opening Night: Saturday, April 7, 2018 ASL Interpreted and Audio Described Performance: Thursday, April 26, 2018 Meet The Writers: Sunday, April 8, 2018
Post-Show Discussions: Thursdays April 12, 19, 26, and May 3 Sundays April 11, 15, 22, 29, and May 6
This production is made possible by special arrangement with Marianne Mills and Matthew Masten.
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. As a courtesy to the performers and other patrons, please check to see that all cell phones, pagers, watches, and other noise-making devices are turned off.
Theater Latté Da is grateful for the generosity of our Five Points was developed by Goodspeed Musicals in 2018. FIVE POINTS Corporate It as been through development at the Labyrinth Theater Co., The Queens Production Sponsors RBC Theatre, Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, Musical Theater Factory, Wealth Management. and 11th Hour Theater Company.
2 FIVE POINTS Theater Latté Da presents the world premiere of LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
Douglas Lyons, Ethan Pakchar and Harrison David FIVE POINTS Rivers’ new musical Five Points is set in New York’s Theater Latté Da launchedNEXT 20/20 in 2015, volatile Lower East Side in 1863. The backdrop is committing to the development of 20 new musicals Book by Harrison David Rivers the Civil War, a nation divided between North and over a five-year period. We work to provide a South, rich and poor, Black and White, immigrants platform for underrepresented voices and to bring Music by Ethan D. Pakchar & Douglas Lyons and descendants of immigrants. Now, more than forward a diversity of narratives that instigate a 150 years later we find ourselves once again a nation greater understanding of our commonality. Five Points Lyrics by Douglas Lyons divided, with issues of race, class, and immigration is a strong reflection of this endeavor and we are still at the heart of that division. honored to present its world premiere as part of our Directed by Peter Rothstein** 20th Anniversary Season. Music Direction by Denise Prosek† This young, dynamic writing team has a profound grasp of what musical theater can do best: fusing I’m glad you’re here. Choreography by Kelli Foster Warder a relevant story with music that draws upon the traditions of the communities depicted but has a solid foot in the present. Dance is also at the center of this FEATURING show. It is sophisticatedly woven into the psychology Ben Bakken, Dieter Bierbrauer*, Shinah Brashears*, of its central characters and serves as a compelling Peter Rothstein metaphor for the birth of a new American culture. Founding Artistic Director Ivory Doublette*, Daniel Greco, John Jamison, Lamar Jefferson*, Ann Michels*, Thomasina Petrus*, T. Mychael Rambo*, MUSICAL NUMBERS Matt Riehle, Kendall Anne Thompson*, Evan Tyler Wilson, and Alejandro Vega. ACT ONE “Five Points”...... Company “Raise Your Glass”...... Stella Lane, Hugh O’Neil & Company *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors “Move On”...... Ryan Askin, Hugh O’Neil & Richard Barrett **Member of SDC, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union “Here to Stay”...... Pete Lane & Black Ensemble †Member of Twin Cities Musicians Union, American Federation of Musicians “Mister Lane”...... P.T. Barnum & Willie Lane “Five Points Reprise”...... Company FIVE POINTS will be performed with one 15-minute intermission. “Come Take a Stand”...... Military Enroller & Company “Without You”...... John Diamond Opening Night: Saturday, April 7, 2018 “Whistle in the Wind”...... Cornelius King & Willie Lane ASL Interpreted and Audio Described Performance: Thursday, April 26, 2018 Meet The Writers: Sunday, April 8, 2018 “Will You”...... Junior, Bridget Diamond & Company “For Me”...... Willie Lane & Company Post-Show Discussions: Thursdays April 12, 19, 26, and May 3 “Fare Thee Well”...... Rona O’Callaghan & Irish Ensemble Sundays April 11, 15, 22, 29, and May 6 “Act 1 Finale”...... P.T. Barnum & Company
This production is made possible by special arrangement with Marianne Mills and Matthew Masten. ACT TWO
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. As a courtesy to “Entr’acte”...... Company the performers and other patrons, please check to see that all cell phones, pagers, watches, and other “More Than”...... Pete Lane noise-making devices are turned off. “Together”...... John & Bridget Diamond “In These Shoes”...... Willie Lane & Company “Raise Your Glass Reprise”...... Junior Diamond, Stella Lane, Willie Lane & Rona O’Callaghan “Mister Lane Reprise”...... P.T. Barnum “Hero”...... John Diamond, Willie Lane & P.T. Barnum “Tonight’s the Night”...... P.T. Barnum & Company “Act 2 Finale”...... Rona O’Callaghan, Stella Lane & Company
THEATER LATTÉ DA • LATTEDA.ORG 3 Book by Harrison David Rivers Music by Ethan D. Pakchar & Douglas Lyons Lyrics by Douglas Lyons THE CAST THE PRODUCTION TEAM
John Diamond ...... Ben Bakken Director...... Peter Rothstein** † P.T. Barnum/Patrick...... Dieter Bierbrauer* Music Director...... Denise Prosek Choreographer ...... Mariah/Kathleen ...... Shinah Brashears* Kelli Foster Warder Orchestrations...... Charlie Rosen Stella Lane ...... Ivory Doublette* & Ethan D. Pakchar Hugh O’Neil ...... Daniel Greco Music Supervisor...... Ted Arthur Cornelius King...... John Jamison Dramaturg ...... Elissa Adams Willie Lane ...... Lamar Jefferson* Scenic Designer ...... Joel Sass Rona O’Callaghan...... Ann Michels* Costume Designer ...... Trevor Bowen Pauline King...... Thomasina Petrus* Lighting Designer ...... Mary Shabatura Pete Lane...... T. Mychael Rambo* Sound Designer ...... C Andrew Mayer^ Wig & Hair Designer ...... Tricia Stogsdill Ryan Askin ...... Matt Riehle Stage Manager ...... Tiffany K. Orr* Bridget Diamond/Noreen/Jenny Lind ...... Kendall Assistant Stage Manager ...... Jared Zeigler* Anne Thompson* Dialect Coach ...... Keely Wolter Military Enroller/Richard Barrett...... Evan Tyler Wilson Fight Choreographer ...... Annie Enneking John Diamond Junior...... Alejandro Vega Technical Director ...... Bethany Reinfeld Properties Master ...... Abbee Warmboe Assistant Director...... Understudy: Dominique Wooten Derek Prestly Props Assistant ...... Erica Zaffarano Costume Assistant ...... Dakota Blankenship We support the arts because life’s Stitchers...... Becca Chapin, Mary Farrell Scenic Charge ...... Dietrich Poppen wealth is more than financial THE MUSICIANS Master Electrician ...... Ray Steveson † Conductor/Piano ...... Denise Prosek Asst. Master Electrician ...... Micayla Thebault-Spieker † Guitar ...... Kristian Anderson Audio Engineer ...... Nicholas Tranby † Violin ...... Carolyn Boulay Stage Manager Intern ...... Elizabeth Larson Your achievements are just one aspect of your life. Our team is here to help you reach † Followspot Operators ...... Phillip Hoks, Bass ...... Greg Hippen goals that go well beyond financial. † Teresa Nelson Percussion ...... Spencer Schoeneman Carpenters ...... Brent Anderson, Eric Charlton, Thelmore “TJ” Jackson, RBC is proud to support Theater Latté Da. Congratulations on 20 years! Jorge Rodriguez, Tyler Waters To learn more visit, rbcwealthmanagement.com Electricians ...... Katie Deutsch, Jeremy Ellarby,
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FIVE POINTS, 1827 “Let us go on again, and … plunge into the Five Points….We have seen no beggars in the streets by night famous members such as Al Capone and Charles “Lucky” or day, but of other kinds of strollers plenty. Poverty, Luciano. wretchedness, and vice are rife enough where we are going now.” – Charles Dickens, American Notes The location of Five Points no longer exists anymore in Manhattan. It originally occupied the filled in Collect Pond, Never has a slum been so notorious as that of Five Points. which created a swamp in the area, at Mulberry, Anthony When Charles Dickens visited in 1842, he felt compelled (now Worth St.), Cross (now Mosco), Orange (now Baxter), to comment on all that he had seen. Ruled by gangs, where and Little Water Street (no longer exists). Between 1885 and families came to live when they had no where else to go, Five 1895, efforts were made to clear the slums and eventually, Points was a breeding ground for disease and strife but also, the area was razed to the ground. Today, Five Points is in its strange way, for the first rumblings of what it means covered over by government buildings in Foley Square, to be a New Yorker – living together in (relative) harmony Columbus Park and Collect Pond Park. Museyon Guides with your fellow man no matter what their color or creed. It is here in Five Points where the Irish escaping the famine came in the 1840s and where the newly emancipated African American population found refuge. The violence between these two groups was legendary but it is also the first instance of integration in America.
What categorized Five Points more than anything else was its proliferation of gangs. This was made famous in the 2002 Martin Scorsese film,Gangs of New York, which fictionalized an Irish gang and race riots of the time. The real gangs of Five Points fell into three groups: the Irish, the Italians and the Jewish. In the 1890s, the Italian Five Points Gang, led by Paul Kelly, became the most significant criminal group in American history, spreading throughout the US and gaining
6 FIVE POINTS HISTORICAL FIGURES
Detail from sheet music cover of Whitlock’s Collection of Ethiopian Melodies, 1846. Whitlock is playing banjo, and his partner is either Frank or John Diamond. William Lane aka Master Juba John Diamond William Henry Lane, an African-American dancer known as “Master Juba,” is believed to have been born a free man, John Diamond entered show business at age seventeen, when although neither his place of birth nor the names of his he won $500 in a New York City jig competition. Showman parents are known. He grew up in lower Manhattan in P. T. Barnum took notice and hired the boy, touring him New York City, where he learned to dance from “Uncle” throughout the United States and Europe, billing him as Jim Lowe, an African-American jig-and reel dancer of the “King of Diamonds.” Diamond’s dance style merged exceptional skill. In the early 1840’s, at the age of fifteen, elements of English, Irish, and African dance. He performed Lane was performing in notorious “dance houses” and in blackface and sang popular minstrel tunes or accompanied dance establishments in the Five Points district of lower a singer or instrumentalist. Noah M. Ludlow, a theatre Manhattan. manager, wrote that “He could twist his feet and legs, while dancing, into more fantastic forms than I ever witnessed In such surroundings, the blending of African-American before or since in any human being.” In less than a year, vernacular dance with the Irish jig was inevitable. In 1844, Diamond and Barnum had a falling-out, and Diamond left after beating the reigning white Irish minstrel dancer, John to perform with other blackface performers. Diamond, in a series of challenge dances, Lane was hailed as the “King of All Dancers” and named “Master Juba,” after Diamond was most famous for a series of challenge dances. the African juba or gioube, a step-dance resembling a jig He regularly advertised that he could defeat all comers in a with elaborate variations. The name Juba was often given to dancing contest, and he made good on his boasts. However, slaves who were dancers and musicians. Lane was thereafter Diamond soon came to the attention of the dancer whom adopted by an entire corps of white minstrel players who Barnum had replaced him with, a young black man known unreservedly acknowledged his talents. On a tour in New as Master Juba. Diamond and Juba fought dance-offs England with the Georgia Champion Minstrels, Lane was through the mid-1840s; records indicate that Juba won all billed as “The Wonder of the World Juba, Acknowledged to but one. be the Greatest Dancer in the World!”
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THEATER LATTÉ DA • LATTEDA.ORG 7 AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNION ARMY “Now or never.” Liberty won by white men would lose half its luster. Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even die free, than to live slaves. - Frederick Douglas, from his article Men of Color to Arms!
At the onset of the Civil War, free black men rushed to volunteer for service with the Union forces. Although African Americans had served in the army and navy during the American Revolution and in the War of 1812 (few, if any served in the Mexican War), they were not permitted to enlist because of a 1792 law that barred them from bearing arms in the U.S. Army. President Abraham Lincoln also feared that accepting black men into the military would cause border states like Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri to secede.
Free black men were finally permitted to enlist late in 1862, following the passage of the Second Confiscation and Militia Act, which freed slaves who had masters in the Confederate Army, and Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. By May 1863, the Bureau of Colored Troops was established to manage black enlistees. Recruitment was low until active efforts were made to enlist black volunteers—leaders like Frederick Douglas encouraged free black men to volunteer as a way to ensure eventual full citizenship. Recruitment poster used in 1863 to attract black soldiers to join the Union Army. From HistoryNet
8 FIVE POINTS THE ROOTS OF TAP DANCE
Tap originated in the United States through the fusion of During the following decades, styles of tap dancing evolved several ethnic percussive dances, primarily African tribal dances and merged. Among the ingredients that went into the mix and Scottish, Irish, and English clog dances, hornpipes, and were buck dancing (a dance similar to but older than the jigs. Until the last few decades of the 20th century, it was clog dance), soft-shoe dancing (a relaxed, graceful dance believed that African slaves and Irish indentured servants done in soft-soled shoes and made popular in vaudeville), had observed each other’s dances on Southern plantations and buck-and-wing dancing (a fast and flashy dance usually and that tap dancing was born from this contact. In the late done in wooden-soled shoes and combining Irish clogging 20th century, however, researchers suggested that tap instead styles, high kicks, and complex African rhythms and steps was nurtured in such urban environments as the Five Points such as the shuffle and slide; it is the forerunner of rhythm District in New York City, where a variety of ethnic groups tap). Tap dance as it is known today did not emerge until lived side by side under crowded conditions and in constant roughly the 1920s, when “taps,” nailed or screwed onto shoe contact with the distinctly urban rhythms and syncopations of soles at the toes and heels, became popular. During this time the machine age. entire chorus lines in shows such as Shuffle Along (1921) first appeared on stage with “tap shoes,” and the dance they did In the mid- to late 1800s, dance competitions were a became known as tap dancing. common form of entertainment. Later called “cutting contests,” these intense challenges between dancers were an In addition to shaping dance performance, tap dancers excellent breeding ground for new talent. (One of the earliest influenced the evolution of popular American music in the recorded such challenges took place in 1844 between black early to mid-20th century; drummers in particular drew ideas dancer William Henry Lane, known as Master Juba, and Irish as well as inspiration from the dancers’ rhythmic patterns and dancer John Diamond.) Dancers matured by learning each innovations. Early recordings of tap dancers demonstrate that other’s techniques and rhythmic innovations. The primary their syncopations were actually years ahead of the rhythms in showcase for tap of this era was the minstrel show, which was popular music. Encyclopedia Britainnica at its peak from approximately 1850 to 1870.
THEATER LATTÉ DA • LATTEDA.ORG 9 BIOGRAPHIES
The Cast The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL; James and the Giant Peach the Musical and locally with Penumbra Theatre, Ordway (Earthworm); Skylight Music Theatre:Violet BEN BAKKEN Center for Performing Arts, Park Square (Flick); Penumbra Theatre:Girl Shakes Loose (JOHN DIAMOND) is in his Theatre, History Comes to Life, Intermedia (Barry/Pastor); Guthrie Theater:South Pacific 7th year as theatre director Arts, the Children’s Theatre Company, (Ensemble), We Are Proud to Present (Actor at Hill-Murray School in Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, The Old Log 4/Another Black Man), Romeo and Juliet Maplewood. Previously Theatre, Nautilus Music-Theater, Interact (Benvolio). with Theater Latté Da, Theater, and Illusion Theatre. Ivory is a Ben rocked a kilt as Zoser in Aida. Other teaching artist with MacPhail Center for ANN MICHELS (RONA credits include Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Music and the Children’s Theatre Company. O’CALLAGHAN) Ann is Children’s Theatre Company, History Theatre, When Ivory is not in a production or beyond thrilled to be back and more. This summer see Ben in Mamma classroom, she can usually be found singing with Theater Latté Da in Mia at the Ordway with a ton of amazing with her family’s Gospel Quartet, SeVy Five Points. Past roles with local artists! (Say-V) sevygospelquartet.com. Ivory has a TLD have included Lucille BA in Theatre Arts from the University Of Frank in Parade, and Dot/Marie in Sunday in DIETER BIERBRAUER Minnesota-Twin Cities. She is a proud AEA the Park with George. Ann makes Minneapolis (P.T. BARNUM) has performed member. her home and has spent the last 2 decades in numerous Theater working with many of the fine theaters the Latté Da productions over DANIEL GRECO (HUGH Twin Cities has to offer. You’ve most recently the last decade including O’NEIL) is a Twin Cities-based seen her in Annie at the Ordway as Grace Assassins, Company, Floyd performer, voice teacher, Farrell, and as Inge Altenberg in Sweet Land Collins, Violet, A Man of No Importance, and creator. He is thrilled to at the History Theatre. This summer you’ll and A Christmas Carole Petersen. He has also live in this role again after see her in Bad News at the Guthrie Theatre, appeared at The Ordway, Guthrie, Theatre performing it as part of and as Tanya in Mamma Mia! at the Ordway. de la Jeune Lune, The Children’s Theater, the 2017 NEXT Festival. Locally, Daniel has Next fall/winter you’ll find her at Chanhassen Chanhassen Dinner Theaters, Illusion worked with Nautilus Music-Theater, Yellow Dinner Theaters as Linda Mason in Holiday Theater, Park Square, and Bloomington Civic. Tree Theatre, Shoot the Glass, Minneapolis Inn. Other performances include soloing with Musical Theater, Second Fiddle, and the The Minnesota Orchestra,The Minnesota Minnesota Opera. As an instructor, Daniel THOMASINA PETRUS Boychoir, and for The Plymouth Music Series. has held faculty positions at NYU Steinhardt, (PAULINE KING) Thomasina Regional credits consist of Pittsburgh Public St. Olaf College, and McNally Smith College is excited to be a part of the Theater, A.R.T. in Cambridge, MA, the of Music. He loves to write songs and leads Twin Cities thriving music Tennessee Williams festival in Provincetown, worship at Mercy Vineyard Church in NE and theatre communities. MA, and The Midtown Theater in NYC. Minneapolis. www.danielgrecomusic.com Known for her multifaceted range, she has become one of the premier SHINAH BRASHEARS JOHN JAMISON vocalists on stages both local and abroad. (MARIAH/KATHLEEN) is (CORNELIUS KING) John is Thomasina is a 25-year equity actor and a delighted to be back at so thrilled to be making company member at Penumbra Theatre, Theater Latté Da! She was his Theater Latté Da Mixed Blood Theatre, and Park Square also seen in Latté Da’s debut! He enjoyed roles Theatre. AfterFive Points, you can see her in productions of Assassins, in Joseph and The Amazing Lady Day at the Jungle Theatre. Thomasina Gypsy, Into the Woods and the NEXT Festival. Technicolor Dreamcoat, Girl Shakes Loose, The is a 2015/2016 Playwright Center McKnight Other credits include, Kennedy Center Wiz, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Snowy Day and Theatre Arts Fellow. A successful departure National tour: Elephant and Piggie: We’re in Other Stories; The Wizard of Oz, A Midsummer from performing, Thomasina has also created a Play (Piggie), Chanhassen Dinner Theater: Night’s Dream, and A Christmas Carol at the Thomasina’s Cashew Brittle. Her delicious Grease (Frenchy, u/s Sandy, u/s Patty), Guthrie Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, melt-in-your-mouth Cashew Brittle and new Guthrie: Music Man (Zaneeta), and 7th Penumbra Theatre, and Artistry. Apple Brittle have been featured at the MN House Theater:The Great Work (Francesca). State Fair and the US Bank Stadium suites LAMAR JEFFERSON and club houses. You can also visit lobby IVORY DOUBLETTE (WILLIE LANE) is excited to concessions or Thomasinascashewbrittle.com (STELLA LANE) has return to Theater Latté Da performed regionally with after appearing in Oliver! T. MYCHAEL RAMBO MainStreet Theatre in Other credits include, First (PETE LANE) is delighted Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Stage: Shrek (Donkey), to return to Theater Latté Da (Aida) for the role of 10 FIVE POINTS Pete Lane in Five Points. T. Mychael most EVAN TYLER WILSON Harrison is currently a Core Writer at the recently completed a successful run of The (MILITARY ENROLLER/ Playwrights’ Center where he is also a member Wiz at Children’s Theatre Company co- RICHARD BARRETT) is a of the Board of Directors. BA: Kenyon produced with Penumbra Theatre, where he Minneapolis based singer/ College. MFA: Columbia School of the Arts. is a committed company member. He has actor/human and is thrilled harrisondavidrivers.com performed numerous roles at Penumbra and to be joining the cast of Five has left an indelible mark on the Twin Cities Points at Theater Latté Da. Previous Latté Da ETHAN D. PAKCHAR through his principle roles at the Guthrie credits include Assassins, Sweeney Todd, C., (MUSIC & ORCHESTRATIONS) Theater, Illusion Theatre, Mixed Blood and All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914. is a New York City based Theatre, Ordway Center, Ten Thousand Evan has his Bachelors of Music from Arizona composer and guitarist. He Things, Park Square Theatre, History Theatre, State University’s Lyric Opera Theatre and is is half of the writing team and Minnesota Opera. T. Mychael has a proud Slytherin. evantylerwilson.com IG: “Lyons & Pakchar” who performed international and regional tours, evantylerwilson were recently commissioned by Seattle’s 5th and can be seen in feature films as well as local Ave Theatre. As a guitarist, Ethan has played and national television commercials. He is ALEJANDRO VEGA (JOHN for the house band of the Apollo Theater, also the recipient of a Regional Emmy Award, DIAMOND JUNIOR) is thrilled the Radio City Orchestra, and the Broadway McKnight Artist Fellowship, and a Sally to return to Theater Latté productions of Hamilton, Wicked, Book of Ordway Irvine Award among many others. Da for the world premiere of Mormon, Lion King, and Dear Evan Hansen. Five Points. He has also been MATT RIEHLE (RYAN seen in Latté Da’s Oliver!, DOUGLAS LYONS (LYRICS ASKIN) is happy to be back Gypsy, and the NEXT Festival. He appeared & MUSIC) is an award working with Theater Latté with the Minnesota Opera in the world winning composer-lyricist Da! He has had the honor premiere of The Shining (Danny Torrance) and actor. Broadway: of working with Theater and in this season’s production of Dead Man Beautiful (Original Cast) Latté Da (Assassins, Man of Walking. Other performances include Home and The Book of Mormon. La Mancha, C.), The History TheatreSweet ( for the Holidays with the Minnesota Orchestra, Tours: Rent, Dreamgirls and The Book of Land, The Musical), 7th House Theater Damn Kids These Days in the MN Fringe Mormon 1st’ National. Douglas won the (Hair, Jonah and the Whale), Torch Theater Festival, The Passage with 7th House Theater/ 2017 Gypsy Rose Lee Award as Best Leading (Dangerous Liaisons), and Chanhassen Dinner Guthrie Theater, and Hennepin Theater Actor for Coalhouse Walker Jr. in The 5th Theatres Jesus( Christ Superstar). Matt plays Trust’s Spotlight Showcase. Alejandro has Ave Theatre’s Ragtime. As a writer: Polkadots keys and sings Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd also performed with the Children’s Theatre The Cool Kids Musical (Atlantic Theater Co), with the band, Jonny James and the Hall of Company (CTC) in The Abmoninables, Peter Commissions: ‘64 (The 5th Ave),Pete(Her) Fames, and performs in ridiculous videos on Pan The Musical and The Wizard of Oz. He Pan (Casa Mañana ).With composer Ethan YouTube with The Jeffrey Company. will return to CTC this fall as CJ in Last Stop Pakchar his lyrics have played Lincoln Center, on Market Street. The Old Globe, Prospect Theater Company, KENDALL ANNE Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle Rep, The THOMPSON (BRIDGET The Creative Team Public’s Joe’s Pub and more. He is currently in DIAMOND/NOREEN/JENNY residence at The Directors Company. LIND) is grateful to return to HARRISON DAVID @DouglasSings Theater Latté Da, previously RIVERS (BOOK) is the appearing in Six Degrees winner of a GLAAD Media PETER ROTHSTEIN of Separation, C., and Into the Woods. Other Award, McKnight and Many (DIRECTOR) has directed 69 credits include: A Christmas Carol - Guthrie Voices Jerome Fellowships, mainstage productions for Theater;Rhinoceros , The Passage, The Great a Van Lier Fellowship, an Theater Latté Da, including Work, and Jonah and the Whale - 7th House Emerging Artist of Color Fellowship and 10 world premieres. Other Theater;The Boy & Robin Hood - Trademark the New York Stage & Film’s Founders’ recent collaborations Theater;Sweet Land, Radio Man, Baby Case, Award. His plays include: Sweet (AUDELCO include the Guthrie Theater, the Children’s Working Boys Band, and This Side of Paradise nomination for Best Play, NBT), When Theater Company, Minnesota Opera, the - History Theatre;Urinetown , and Always, Last We Flew (NYFringe), And She Would Illusion Theater, Ten Thousand Things, Utah Patsy Cline - DalekoArts; RENT - Lyric Arts; Stand Like This (The Movement Theatre Shakespeare Festival, and Seattle’s 5th Avenue Oliver! and 9 to 5: The Musical - Minnetonka Company), Where Storms Are Born (Berkshire Theater. He is the creator ofAll is Calm: The Theatre; Spring Awakening, Romeo & Juliet, Theatre Award nomination for Best New Christmas Truce of 1914 and Steerage Song–a The Sound of Music, and Hamlet - Roxy Play, Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, docu-musical created in collaboration with Regional Theatre. A graduate of The Boston Williamstown) and This Bitter Earth (New Dan Chouinard. Peter was named the 2015 Conservatory BFA Musical Theatre program. Conservatory Theatre Center, Penumbra). Artist of the Year by the Star Tribune, Theater www.kendallannethompson.com THEATER LATTÉ DA • LATTEDA.ORG 11 BIOGRAPHIES
Artist of the Year by Lavender, and Best TED ARTHUR (MUSIC Fear City, pen/man/ship, Dead and Breathing, Director by City Pages. He has received nine SUPERVISOR) is a New York- We Are Pussy Riot (CATF). Trevor holds a Ivey Awards and has been awarded grants and based music director/pianist costume design M.F.A. from West Virginia fellowships from the National Endowment for and is currently the Assistant University. the Arts, Theatre Communications Group, Conductor at Once On This the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Island on Broadway. He MARY SHABATURA McKnight Foundation. He holds a B. A. in also works at Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked, and (LIGHTING DESIGNER) is a Music and Theater from St. John’s University Mean Girls. Ted collaborates with Broadway Minneapolis-based lighting and a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and has assisted designer for theater, opera, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. on a number of productions with Royal and dance. Shabatura has Peter-Rothstein.com. Caribbean and Busch Gardens. For the past previously designed Theater three years, Ted has worked with Doug and Latté Da’s A Christmas Carole Petersen, DENISE PROSEK (MUSIC Ethan on Five Points and is very excited to see Ragtime, and Gypsy. She has also designed DIRECTOR) has worked the production fully realized at Latté Da. for Artistry (Wit, The Secret Garden, and extensively as a music more), SHAPESHIFT Dance (GreySkiesBlue, director, pianist, and JOEL SASS (SCENIC Awakening XI:XI, and more) , Concordia arranger in the Twin Cities DESIGNER) is honored to be University (The Rhinoceros), Transatlantic for the past twenty years, a member of the creative Love Affair (co-designer,Promise Land), including forty mainstage productions for team for Five Points. He had Trademark Theater The( Boy and Robin Theater Latté Da. She has also music directed the pleasure of directing Hood), The Moving Company For( Sale), and for the Children’s Theatre Company, the and designing Peter and the others. She is resident lighting designer for Guthrie Theater, Park Square Theatre, Mu Starcatcher for Latté Da last spring. Joel is a Dark & Stormy Productions. Mary holds a Performing Arts, Ordway Center for the prolific director, designer, and adaptor whose B.A. in Theater Arts from the University of Performing Arts, Hennepin Theatre Trust, and work has been seen at the Guthrie, Jungle Minnesota. the Ivey Awards, among others. Denise holds a Theater, Park Square, Oregon Shakespeare Bachelor of Music from St. Olaf College. She Festival, History Theater, Arizona Theatre C ANDREW MAYER was named a Playwrights’ Center McKnight Company, the Ordway, California Shakespeare (SOUND DESIGNER) has been Theater Artist Fellow in 2013–2014, Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, and many privileged to work with Outstanding Musical Director in 2006 and others. HE is the recipient of a McKnight many fine theatre companies 2008 from Star Tribune, Best Music Director Fellowship, TCG’s Alan Schneider Director in the Twin Cities area, in 2010 from Lavender, and Lavender Theater Award, numerous Ivey Awards, and “Best Of” including the Jungle, the Artist of the Year in 2012. acknowledgments among Twin Cities theater History Theatre, Park Square, the Guthrie, the writers. He is Associate Producer of Open Eye Minnesota Opera, Pillsbury House, Mixed KELLI FOSTER WARDER Figure Theatre, and teaches at the University Blood, and numerous others; and elsewhere, (CHOREOGRAPHER) is of Minnesota and Augsburg University. Visit including the Great River Shakespeare thrilled to be back at him at www.joelsass.com. Festival (Winona), Opera Philadelphia, Latté Da working on ACT (San Francisco), SeaGlass (LA), this amazing new work! TREVOR BOWEN Arkansas Rep (Little Rock), and Everyman Kelli has performed and (COSTUME DESIGNER) Theatre (Baltimore). Previously at Latté Da choreographed for a variety of companies Trevor’s Twin Cities and he designed Assassins. He won an Audelco including, The 5th Avenue Theatre in regional credits include: Our Award for his design for Carlyle Brown’s Seattle, Theater for the Thirsty, Chanhassen Town, All is Calm, Lullaby, Pure Confidence at 59E59 in New York City. Dinner Theatres and Mixed Blood Theater. Ragtime (Theater Latte He was a Playwrights’ Center McKnight She has worked as a choreographer, teacher, Da); Park and Lake, Electra, Intimate Apparel, Theater Artist Fellow, and in summer serves as and diversity coordinator, and has directed Pericles, and Henry IV Part I Ten (Thousand Producing Director of the Acadia Repertory and choreographed internationally in both Things Theater);Corduroy (CTC); BLKS Theatre on Mount Desert Island in Maine. La Paz, Bolivia and Panama City, Panama. (Steppenwolf Theatre);Ragtime (5th Avenue Kelli is currently the Director of Education Theatre Company);In the Heights (Ordway ELISSA ADAMS for Hennepin Theatre Trust and runs their Center for the Performing Arts); Choir Boy, We (DRAMATURG) is Associate Community Engagement, Education and Are Proud to Present…(Guthrie Theater);Girl Artistic Director at Latté Access programs. It is a gift to do this good Shakes Loose (Penumbra Theatre Company); Da where she curates the work with such good people. The Highwaymen, The Paper Dreams of Harry NEXT Festival supporting Chin (The History Theater);Barbeque, new musicals and served as Charm, An Octoroon, (Mixed Blood Theater dramaturg for the world premieres of Lullaby Company); Byhalia, Mississippi, Welcome to and C. Formerly, she was Director of New
12 FIVE POINTS Play Development at Children’s Theatre Olaf College, Lyric Arts Main Street Stage, Company where she commissioned and and many others. Five Points marks her 10th developed over 50 new plays and musicals. production with Theater Latté Da. Keely She was Literary Manager and Dramaturg at is also a member of VASTA and a regular La Jolla Playhouse, Director of Playwright contributor to the VASTA Voice publication. Services at The Playwrights’ Center and is a frequent guest dramaturg at the Sundance ABBEE WARMBOE Theatre Lab. She is a recipient of a McKnight (PROPERTIES MASTER) is Theatre Artist award and an adjunct professor happy to be joining Latté Da at MCAD. for another season. Previous credits include; Assassins, A TIFFANY K. ORR (STAGE Christmas Carole Petersen, MANAGER) is celebrating Man of La Mancha. Other recent credits her eighth season as the include; Theatre Mu/Mixed Blood Theatre: Production Stage Manager at Two Mile Hollow; Mixed Blood Theatre:The Theater Latté Da. While on Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, staff, she has stage managed Vietgone, Safe at Home; Guthrie Theatre: Guess over 20 productions including Six Degrees Who’s Coming to Dinner, Incurable: A Fool’s of Separation, Ragtime, C., Gypsy, Sweeney Tale. Ten Thousand Things:Park and Lake, Todd, Oliver, Cabaret, Spring Awakening & Electra, Intimate Apparel; Yellow Tree Theatre: Evita. While in the Twin Cities, she has had Sill Dance the Stars, The Royale, String; the opportunity to work with many amazing Wonderlust Productions: The Capital Play companies including the Guthrie Theater, Project: MN Orchestra; Home For the Holidays; The Children’s Theatre Company, and the Artistry: The Music Man; Ordway Center: Jesus Pillsbury House Theatre. This summer Tiffany Christ Superstar. Awards: 2017 Ivey Award will return to Wichita, KS for her ninth for Production Design and Execution for Six summer as a part of the stage management Degrees of Separation, Overall Excellence for team at MTWichita. Tiffany is a proud Ragtime. member of Actors’ Equity Association. DEREK PRESTLY JARED ZEIGLER (ASST. (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR) STAGE MANAGER) is a couldn’t be more excited to Minneapolis stage manager be on the other side of the delighted to be making his table for this production. He debut at Theater Latté Da. has been seen onstage with Fully authentic fish & chipper Previous stage management Latté Da in The 25th Annual Putnam County dishing up all fresh work includes productions at Park Square Spelling Bee, Spring Awakening, Gypsy and ingredients with Theatre, Sod House Theater, Frank Theatre, NEXT as well as working with Chanhassen Alaskan Cod & Dark & Stormy Productions, Guthrie Theater, Dinner Theatres and Children’s Theatre hand-cut chips. The Playwrights’ Center, Theatre Novi Most, Company. Derek is a founding company Workhaus Collective, and The Moving member of 7th House Theater and has Also enjoy Shepherds Pies, Company. Proud member of Actors’ Equity performed in their productions of Hair, Jonah grass-fed burgers, meat & Association. and the Whale and The Passage or What Comes veggie pasties, and more. of Searching in the Dark. BFA in Musical KEELY WOLTER (DIALECT Theatre from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Proudly serving Original COACH) holds an MA in Point and proud member of AEA. Chardonnay & Malbec house Voice Studies from the wines, Guinness, Kilkenny, Special Thanks Royal Central School of Harp & Magners Cider and Speech and Drama in others on tap. London. She has served Nicholas Harper as a voice and accent coach with HBO, the The Phipps Center for the Arts University of Minnesota/Guthrie BFA Actor Youth Dance Ensemble, Burnsville, MN Training Program, Jungle Theater, Children’s Theater Company, Old Log Theater, Walking Shadow Theater Company, Torch Theater, St.
THEATER LATTÉ DA • LATTEDA.ORG 13 THEATER LATTÉ DA DONORS
Thank you for your commitment to our 20th Anniversary season. We could not have reached this milestone without the generosity of our many individual and institutional donors. Theater Latté Da is one of only a few theaters in the country dedicated solely to producing and presenting new and adventurous musical theater that speaks to contemporary audiences and moves the art form forward. Thank you for your support.
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, and a grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota.
The NARA Fund
Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation
Archie and Bertha Walker Foundation
14 FIVE POINTS Theater Latté Da’s mission is to create new connections between story, music, artist, and audience by exploring and expanding the art of musical theater. We are guided by our values that our work be bold and collaborative, and strive to act with integrity and gratitude both on and off the stage. By illuminating the unseen, giving voice to the unheard, and empathizing with the unknown, Theater Latté Da strives to open eyes, ears, and hearts.
Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to Theater Latté Da today and join us in bringing great musical theater to life.
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
Grand Finale ($25,000 and above)
Kent Allin and Tom Knabel Marti Morfitt and Patrick Weber Nancy Jones Carol and Kim Culp Rita and Benedict Olk
Curtain Call ($10,000–$24,999)
Rob Dingmann and Ethan Reynolds Christopher Rence Patricia Zalaznik Kathy and Allen Lenzmeier John Sullivan Wayne Zink and Christopher Schout Sally Tycher Lorri Steffen and Paul Zenner David A. Wilson and Michael J. Peterman Margaret and Angus* Wurtele *In remembrance Eleven O’clock Number ($5,000–$9,999)
Anonymous Dennis and Nora Hunchar Gary Reetz Scott Cabalka Patricia Johnson and Kai Bjerkness Kathy Vaughn Jane and Ogden Confer Jennifer Melin Miller and David Miller Jane Zilch Timothy Dordell and Kirk Ballard Linda and Jim Milow Lisa and Dan Hoene Shannon Pierce and Rachael Kroog
Show Stopper ($1,500–$4,999)
Mary Alberts Jean and Jim Hartman Jim and Kristin Matejcek Thomas Senn and Mark Manion Jean M. and Jim Becker Mark Addicks and Thomas L. Hoch Drew Mattson Ann and Tom Stanley Priscilla Brewster Jim and Sandi Jensen Kim and David Motes Michael and Terri Uline Barbara Brin and John Beal Bill Jones Curt D. Nelson Bill Venne and Douglas Kline Shelli Chase and John Feldman Cyndi and Greg Klaus Dr. Luis A. Pagan-Carlo and Jay Waldera Stacy and Kathie Christiansen Douglas and Suzanne Tacheny Kubach Joe Sammartino Carol and Tom Windfeldt Barb and Fran Davis Christine Larsen and Scott Peterson Jaime A. Roman and Jim Bernier Kevin Winge and Kevin Shores Janet and Mark Ditter Barbara Larson Jake and Donna Romanow Bill Underwood and Chris Everett Steve Euller and Nancy Roehr Michael Lee Randy and Tara Roth David Young and Edward Williams, Jr. Sandra and Edmund Hall Carolee Lindsey and Darolyn Gray Jean Rothstein, in memory of Shannon Harris Lewis and Connie Remele Colleen Ryan Jay Harkness and Jean Storlie Mary and Mark Maher Ann and Pat Ryan
Entr’acte ($500–$1,499)
Anonymous (2) Lisa Cotter John Kundtz and Thomas Amon Peter Rothstein and Omar Guevara Soto Elissa Adams and Michael Margulis Mitch Culbreath Al Kvaal Peggy and Bill Roush Tyler Aman and Andrew Maresh Ingrid and Chris Culp Kate and Greg Lawson Kathy Ruhland Stuart Appelbaum and Jean King Kirk and Kathy Davis Diana and Kenneth Lewis Sandy Ryan and David Myhre Scott Appelwick and Ed Sootsman Meg DeLapp Rebecca Loader and Michael Ritchie Peter and Mary Sandberg Ward and Kathleen Armstrong Adrienne Diercks David and Mary Maas Linda and Steven Sandvig Karen and John Arnold in memory of Sara and Jock Donaldson Ann and Reid MacDonald Kerry Sarnowski and Susan Lowum Peggy Ahcan Joe Dowling and Siobhan Cleary David and Marilee Mahler Paul Schumann Maria Bales Chris DuBois Jim and Liane Mattson Mariana and Craig Shulstad Stan and Cindy Bandur Jeff Duffin and Andy Groves The Francis J. Ryan Family Jeff Slywka Randy Beard Karla Ekdahl and Peter Hutchinson Marlys J. Nelson Brian Svendahl Mary Beidler Gearen Duane Faber and Peter Couture Sandy and Neil Spidel Neumann Richard Rosow and Patricia Beithon Stephen Field and Stephen Herzog Carol Peterson Vicki Underland-Rosow Les Bendtsen Matt Fulton Patti Pinkerton Libby and John Utter Gary Bennett and Mike Olafson James P. Gearen Steve Pospisil Angus Vaughan Sue A. Bennett Mary and Thomas Gross David Pote and Linda Tapsak Paula Vesely David Bjork and Jeff Bengtson Joan Growe and Thomas Moore Will Prather David C. Warner Susan S. Boren and Steve King Kath Hammerseng and Mo Kennedy Karen and Don Prestly Ruth and David Waterbury Al Bradley Joanne and Allen Hinderaker Denise Prosek and Milton Ferris Phil Wilkie Jeff Brockmann and Shane Swanson Jen Kreiman and Jon Kachelmacher Gene and Pat Radecki Dick and Diane Wright Darlene J. and Richard P. Carroll Bruce and Jean Johnson James Rickert Peter Zenner Family Fund Jon Michael Logue Ken and Nina Rothchild Ann and Doug Cooley Matt Kiser and Chris Nichol Kristin Rothstein
THEATER LATTÉ DA • LATTEDA.ORG 15 INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT Overture ($100–$499)
Anonymous Patricia Fair and Randall Arnold Kathleen Kraulik Nancy and James Proman Libby Alberts Gary and Connie Fallkenstein Hunter Kroll Andrea Quanbeck Robert Allen Mike and Jodi Finstad Catherine Lacher Ann and Kevin Quiring Greg and Penny Anderson Mark Schultz and Stephen Fischer Jim and Cathy Landman Fred Quirsfeld and Linda Campbell Rita Andrescik Brad Fisher Mary Kay Langager Stan and Jane Rein Joe Andrews and Scott Benson Amy and Jack Fistler Mary Langsjoen Joan Riebel Tom Angelis Margaret Fitzgerald and Hugh Veit Jane Lansing John F. Riehle Howard Ansel Mary A. Fitzpatrick David Larson Michael and Shari Rogalski Jennifer and Joseph Armitage Carol and Jon Fjalstad Leah Spinosa de Vega and Manuel and Mary Sage Dan Avchen and David Johnson George and Mary Kay Fortier Spalding Alejandro Vega Barbara Sanderson Hamilton & Carter Ferris, love to Denise Prosek Gene and Charlotte Frampton Sally Leighninger Heidi Schellhas Diana Bauman R. Leigh Frost Susan and Michael Lewis Dawn Schilling Ruth Ann and Jim Benson Gayle C. Gaskill Catherine J. Little Carol Schirmers Andrew Leshovsky and Louis Berg-Arnold Mark Gilberstadt James Loeffler Judy Schwartau Chelsea Berglund Allen Giles Randy Hartten and Ron Lotz Trish and Ralph Scorpio Beth Beutell Robin Gillette Dennis Louie Dan and Cyndy Seeman Katherine Bonneville Jerome Girton Lousene Hoppe Sharon and Stephen Segal John and Kathleen Boone Lynn Glesne Mary Lundberg-Johnson Jack and Susan Sell Caspar Borggreve Ray Goettl Mark Lutjen Carole Senty and Richard Miller Lynn Bowe Anna Goldetsky Rhoda and Don Mains Gale Sharpe Erik Brendtro and John Sweet Lisa Goodman Will and Willene Mangham Sarah and Dan Sheehan Judith and Arnie Brier Myra and Roger Greenberg Joanne Manthe Vinny Silva Joanne and Drew Brockington Bonnie Mulligan and Charlie Greenman Jeff Masco Laura Silver and Jeff Hertzberg Carol Brozic Bradley Greenwald and John Novak Ron and Mary Mattson Ron and Kathy Sofie John Buchholz Christine and Bill Griffith Lisa McLean Anthony Sofie Virginia and Stuart Campbell David Halgren Debbie McNally David Soli Joshua Campbell Christina Ham Gretchen Alberts Mellies Wendy Sommer Peter Carlsen and Sylvia Frank Jaden Hansen and Kathryn Louis David Miller and Mary Dew Arturo Steely Peter Carlson and Bradley Betlach Gar Hargens and Missy Thompson Mark and Diane Millis Marcia and John Stout Cindy Carpenter and Gregg Roberts Kim Havey and Mike Bisping Jamie and Gary Milne Rojek Kari Swan Dan Chouinard and John Sularz Dr. Daniel Hartnett Family Foundation Barb Minnerath Craig and Janet Swan Brooks Christensen Margo and Dennis Heaney Matthew and Lynne Moser Christina M. Szitta Darolyn Clark Margie and Tom Hebig Carolyn and Bill Motes Tammie Follett Jeffrey Cloninger Donald Helgeson and Sue Shepard Bronson Mulleitner Axel Theimer Burton and Rusty Cohen Richard Helm Joanne Mullen Marsha Thiel Ruth Colby Christopher Hermann Melissa and John Mulloy Jane Tilka and Bill Dolan David Colwell Sandy and John Hey Margaret Nelson Brinkhaus Lori Tolonen and Nell Bean Gretchen and David Crary Seena Hodges and Ansa Akyea Susan and Jeff Nelson F. Clayton Tyler Scott Cummings Mary and Jim Holland Nicholas Nett Gerry Tyrrell and Kevin Reuther Patricia Cummings Nanette Hoover Sally Nettleton Sara Ursin Roberta Dahler Gail and Jeff Horner Nelson and Beth Neubrech Marlys Weber Vida Dam Betsy Husting George Niece Corliss Weeks Jennifer, Daniel, Raina, & Zoey Tenenbaum Jason Howard Karle and Diane Nolte Carol and Sandy Weisberg Thomas and Mary Darnall Christina Jansa Hugh and Mary Norsted Gary and Andrew Whitford Holey Tom E. Davis Jimmy Burnett Gary P. Nygaard Elizabeth Wiens Jennifer Patti Duffy and Sean Duffy David Johnson Paul D. Olson and Mark Baumgartner Frank and Frances Wilkinson Charles Denny Edward Jorczyk and Steve Duncan Joy Ouaidoo Jim and Martha Williams Caroline Dey Charles and Sally Jorgensen Sandra Overland Shannon Wolkerstorfer Michael DiBlasi Katherine Murphy Philip Oxman and Harvey Zuckman Steve Woog Marcus and Cynthia Dilliard Maximillian T. Shemesh and Marcia and Russ Palma Ann Wynia James and Sharon Dimond Katharina Dawn Kohlman Mary Jane and Bruce Pappas Julia M. Yager Al and Nancy Dorris Jeremiah and Pamela Kearney Agneta Parr Jane Young Linda Eckman Miriam Kelen Robert Payne Mark and Penny Ziessman Andrew Eisenhart Ann Kim Jaime Pedraza and Stephen Gronewold David and Francine Zook Sharon Engel Karen Kirby Brian Pietsch Robert Englund Jeanette Klauder and Charles A. Cox Maria and Justin Hilaard Kurt and Sarah Erickson Larissa Kokernot and Karl Gajdusek John and Anne Tuthill Polta Maurice Failer Stan Kolden and Glyn Northington Nicole and Charlie Prescott
Places ($50–$99)
Anonymous (5) Don Feeney Maureen Kucera-Walsh Lisa Slazl Oby Ballinger George Ferguson Joe Kuznik Ron Schlatter Thomas Barber Alexandra Fetissoff Archibald and Edith Leyasmeyer Dianne Schmiesing and Victor Zupanc Roger Battreall Sara and Karl Fiegenschuh Jolene and John Madden Alicia Schwarz Mark Benninghofen Kathleen Franzen Carol Marbaugh David Sebberson and Meg Lewis Paul Kaminski and Rich Bonnin Amy Funk Jason Marsh Lisa Sinclair Dr. Stuart and Sue Ellen Borken Patricia Gaarder Jennifer Marshall and Matthew Haines Olivia Snortland Pam and Don Brabeck Frieda Gardner and Susan Oppenheim Nadine Mayer James Stolz Amy Braford-Whittey Elaine Gaston and Mark Scannell Laurie and Dave Mech Ron Strychar David Burbank and Jean Barry Burbank Manon Gimlett and Thaxter Kunio Sonja Merrild Jean Taylor Mary Bussman Gabe Gusmini Mary Miesle Carol Taylor Ellen Butler Jeff and Gail Gibbs,in memory of Jean Rothstein Judy Miller Tom Twiss Joan Carlson Trey Gladney John Moulder Karen Waldron John Cheleen Kristin Hansen Rodney Nelson William Weisert Tomie and Jim Conaway Craig Harris and Candy Kuehn Lynn Olson Carl Wengelewski Daniel Riehle Karie Heffernan Bonnie Ostlund Rebecca and Christopher Wenthold Denisea Elsola Alan Heider Dr. Ronald G. Perrier Mary Wingfield Amanda Devine Wilbur Hill Laura E Rathe Beth Yokom Kathy Dodge and Steve Downing Hugh Huston Lynn Reeves Linden Zakula Annie Doughty and Jim Detmar Carol Jackson David and Ruth Rinker Josh Zenner Bridget Drummond Jeanne Jacobson Julie Robbins Bruce Dumke Dean Keteri Robert Jardin, Kevin Miller, Izzy Miller-Jardin Brad C. Eggen Lori Kimmet-Mobley and Andy Mobley Michael Robins
16 FIVE POINTS Will-Call ($49 and under)
Anonymous (50) Nathan Doege Andrew Litecky Barbara Shaterian Mary Adair and Gerald Jorgenson B. Economon Betty and Bob McGarry Tricia Silpala Susan Alberts Anne Fisher Margaret Michaelson Jackie and Stephen Sinykin Steven Ask Paul and Kate Habegger Kristin Midelfort Kayley Smothers Sandra Bainbridge Benjamin Hain A Moeller Linnea Sodergren Kathleen Baxter John Harrer Eric Molho Mark and Denise Stahura Joseph Bilski Randall Johnson Christine Nelson Jean Swanson Ahna Brandvik Lornell Jonason Elizabeth O’Mara Anna Tift Christie Brandt Scott and Deborah Knight Sara Ochs & Adam Whisner Mary Udseth Matthew Cerar Mary Kokernot Andrea Oman Charlene Washburn, in memory of Gay Prosek Sean Connolly Mark Krug Peter Paulson Lori-Anne Williams Stewart Corn Laura Kulm Craig Poeschl Michelle Wilson Brandon Dahl Lila Kiely Doris Rausch Susan Wiseman Nancy Darcy Donald LaCourse Stacy Rooney Jennifer Debrow Shelly Leshovsky James Roth Roberts Dering Terri and Katherine Lipelt Cal and Claudia Ryan-Mosley Scott Dibble and Richard Leyva Anna Linder Elaine Savick
Every contribution matters—together we make great musical theater happen!
In-Kind Supporters Dan Avchen and David Johnson Jay Harkness and Jean Storlie We would like to extend a special thanks to Jean and Jim Becker Jean and Jim Hartman Allianz Life for supporting Season 20 and Chocolat Céleste Jaime Roman and Jim Bernier Jane and Ogden Confer Peter Rothstein and Omar Guevara Soto Theater Latté Da’s Senior and Families ticket Laurie DeMartino Design Lorri Steffen and Paul Zenner access program. Hammel Green & Abrahamson Stagetime Productions
Season 20 Production Sponsors You can have a significant impact on Theater Latté Da’s future. Please consider adding a bequest in your will naming Theater Latté Da on your Anonymous insurance policy or retirement plan or by donating gifts of stock at any Kent Allin and Tom Knabel time. We simply could not achieve our goal of exploring and expanding Kathy and Allen Lenzmeier the art of musical theater without you. For more information about RBC Wealth Management planned giving, contact Jaden Hansen at [email protected].
NEXT 20/20 is an initiative to cultivate 20 new musicals, or plays with music, over a five-year period. This initiative comes from the belief that it is the responsibility of the regional theater to not only speak to audiences today, but to contribute to the dramatic canon of tomorrow. With NEXT 20/20, Theater Latté Da will invest in the future of the great American Musical and its playwrights, composers, and lyricist through our annual NEXT Festival and world premieres. The 20th Anniversary season contains the company’s most ambitious world premiere to date,Five Points by Harrison David Rivers, Ethan Pakchar, and Douglas Lyons, directed by Peter Rothstein.
Please consider supporting new work through giving to NEXT 20/20 in addition to your annual fund gift. Thank you to the following individuals and organizations or institutions for their commitment to new work through supporting NEXT 20/20.
Mary Alberts Patricia Johnson and Kai Bjerkness Christopher Rence Elissa Adams and Michael Margulis Nancy Jones Jaime A. Roman and Jim Bernier Please contact Jaden Hansen at Kent Allin and Tom Knabel Cyndi and Greg Klaus Peter Rothstein and Omar Guevara Soto [email protected] to find out Anonymous Carolee Lindsey and Darolyn Gray John Sullivan how you can play a vital role Jeffrey Bores Douglas and Suzanne Tacheny Kubach Thomas Senn and Mark Manion in the future of the American Timothy Dordell and Kirk Ballard Jim and Kristin Matejcek Kevin Winge and Kevin Shores Musical Theater. Jean M. and Jim Becker Jennifer Melin Miller and David Miller Lorri Steffen and Paul Zenner Carol and Kim Culp Kim and David Motes Steven Thompson Scott Cabalka Rita and Ben Olk Libby and John Utter Shelli Chase and John Feldman Shannon Pierce Bill Venne and Douglas Kline Jane and Ogden Confer Dr. Luis A. Pagan-Carlo and Margaret and Angus* Wurtele Fran and Barb Davis Joe Sammartino Jay Waldera Jay Harkness and Jean Storlie Shannon Pierce and Rachael Kroog David Young and Edward Williams, Jr. Jean and Jim Hartman Michael and Kathleen Ruland Jane Zilch Lisa and Dan Hoene Randy and Tara Roth Jim and Sandi Jensen Gary Reetz *In Remembrance
Funders are listed for the past 365 days as of March 1, 2018. Please accept our apologies for any errors or omissions. For corrections, please contact Jaden Hansen, Development Manager, at 651.204.6852 or [email protected].
THEATER LATTÉ DA • LATTEDA.ORG 17 PHOTO: THE CAST OF ASSASSINS. . PHOTO BY DAN NORMAN Founded in 1998, Theater Latté Da is in its 20th season of presenting original and re-imagined Our Mission musical theater. Theater Latté Da seeks to create new connections Theater Latté Da (TLD) seeks to create new connections between story, between story, music, artist, and audience by ex- music, artist, and audience by exploring and expanding the art of musical theater. TLD is dedicated to expanding the American Musical Theater with ploring and expanding the art of musical theater. work that speaks to a contemporary audience. Theater Latté Da has fostered innovation and diversity since its conception. We believe in work that is bold and collaborative; we act with integrity and gratitude. These values are Our Values integral to the organization’s health and drives the discussion at every stage of decision-making. Through productions that transcend the conventional, We believe in work that is bold and collaborative; the organization helps solidify the Twin Cities’ reputation as a place where we act with integrity and gratitude. progressive art plays a vital role. BOLD We make bold choices in support of our mission and vi- sion, both on and off stage. By illuminating the unseen, giving Theater Latté Da is the leading nonprofit professional theater in the Twin voice to the unheard, and empathizing with the unknown, we Cities that exclusively produces musical theater. Since its inception, TLD has open eyes, ears and hearts. presented 71 Mainstage productions, including ten world premieres and 11 area premieres. Each has garnered critical acclaim and earned its artists and COLLABORATIVE We believe musical theater to be the most TLD a host of awards, including: seven IVEY Awards for overall excellence, collaborative of art forms, incorporating music, drama, National Endowment for the Arts, the Gabriel Award for Broadcast Excellence, poetry, dance and design. We are inspired and strengthened and the American Theater Wing National Theater Company Award. In through inclusive partnerships with artists, organizations and addition to our Twin Cities presence, TLD’s original production All is Calm: our diverse community, and embody a collaborative spirit in The Christmas Truce of 1914 celebrated its 11th anniversary with a national tour all we do. to 16 cities, ranging from New Jersey to California and Wisconsin to Florida. INTEGRITY We hold ourselves to the highest standards of artistic TLD’s provocative staging of Ragtime was remounted at the 5th Avenue and fiscal integrity. We are committed to honesty, equality and Theatre in Seattle, Washington in October 2017, and will be remounted at transparency in all aspects of our administration and art. Asolo Repertory Theater in Florida in May 2018. GRATITUDE We are grateful for our artists, audiences, donors, Since 1998, TLD has performed in venues throughout the Twin Cities, ranging board and staff. We recognize that each individual plays an from the intimate 120-seat Loring Playhouse to the historic Pantages Theater important role in this organization’s success, and we actively in downtown Minneapolis. To deepen our relationship with Twin Cities seek out opportunities to acknowledge each person’s contri- audiences and to better reach the communities we serve, Latté Da decided to bution. make a permanent home in northeast Minneapolis. In 2016, TLD became the proud owner of the historic Ritz Theater, a 234-seat theater with administrative offices, rehearsal space, dressing rooms, and box office.
18 FIVE POINTS THEATER LATTÉ DA Board of Directors Staff Renata Nijiya Box Office Manager Officers: Peter Rothstein Jaime A. Roman, President Artistic Director Micayla Thebault-Spieker Nancy Jones, Vice President House Technician Jay Harkness, Secretary Denise Prosek Carolee Lindsey, Treasurer Resident Music Director Catrina Huynh-Weiss Events Coordinator Directors: Michelle Woster Kent Allin Managing Director Roni McKenna Scott Cabalka Accounting Consultant Ogden Confer Elissa Adams Matt Fulton Associate Artistic Director Millie Annis Lisa Hoene Front of House Manager Jim Jensen Allen Weeks Cynthia Klaus Production Manager Michael Dunne Christine Larsen Concessions Manager Kate Lawson Andrew Leshovsky Jim Matejcek Marketing Manager Diane Beck Penny Meier Concessions Supervisor Shannon Pierce Jaden Hansen Gary Reetz Development Manager Madeline Asher Jake Romanow Grace Peterson Peter Rothstein, ex-officio Emilee Elofson Courtney Rust Tom Senn Marketing and Janet Lewis Libby Utter Public Relations Associate Kathleen Sullivan Bill Venne Concessions Staff Kevin Winge Tiffany K. Orr David Young Production Stage Manager Michael Hanisch Jane Zilch Videographer
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