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TBC 2015 Dining Ad_FINAL_REV0315.indd 1 4/14/15 3:47 PM Untitled-9 1 4/17/15 12:51 PM BOARD OF DIRECTORS ABOUT FROM THE DESK OF DAVID ARMSTRONG Wanda J. Herndon Chairman EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Stephen P. Reynolds President THE TH Sterling Wilson 5AVENUE THEATRE Treasurer Margaret C. Inouye • The non-profit 5th Avenue Theatre is one of the country’s leading musical theater Secretary companies. Our mission is to advance and preserve America’s great indigenous art Barbara L. Crowe B form – The Musical. Immediate Past Chairman • We are nationally renowned for our production and development of new musicals. Kenny Alhadeff Ann Ardizzone Since 2001, The 5th has premiered 17 new works, nine of which have subsequently Clodagh Ash opened on Broadway. They include Disney’s Aladdin, First Date, A Christmas Story, Les Biller Scandalous, Shrek, Catch Me If You Can, The Wedding Singer, Robert R. Braun, Jr. and Best Musical Margaret Clapp Tony Award®-winners, Hairspray and Memphis. Larry Estrada Maria P. Ferrer • Gary J. Fuller We are equally acclaimed for our vibrant new productions of musicals from the Sarah Nash Gates “Golden Age of Broadway” and contemporary classics. These signature revivals Cyrus Habib enthrall fans of these enduring works and introduce these great shows to new Christopher Heman Randy Hodgins generations of musical theater lovers. Richard Kagan SaSa Kirkpatrick • The 5th is committed to achieving the highest standards of artistic excellence by Elizabeth Lund John Oppenheimer employing world-class performers and creative artists, utilizing full live orchestras, Llewelyn G. Pritchard and staging exceptional and imaginative productions. The 5th places a special Gordon Prouty emphasis on employing our amazing community of Puget Sound-based artists and David Quinn Ann Ramsay-Jenkins technicians. Norman B. Rice Robert A. Sexton • Our celebrated educational programs serve more than 74,000 young people each Elliot Silvers year through a host of projects including our Adventure Musical Theater Touring Kirk A. Soderquist Company, The 5th Avenue Awards, and the unique Rising Star Project. For adults, Heather Sullivan McKay Bonnie Towne we offer free-to-the-public events such as the popular Spotlight Night series and pre- Eric Trott performance Show Talks with Albert Evans. Tom Walsh Tracy Wellens • We are the largest arts employer in the Pacific Northwest with more than 800 Kenneth Willman actors, singers, dancers, musicians, creative artists, theatrical technicians and arts professionals working for us each season. PAST CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD • As a non-profit theater company supported by the community, we enjoy the Barbara L. Crowe (2011-2013) patronage of more than 25,000 season subscribers (one of the largest theater Robert A. Sexton (2009-2011) subscriptions in America). More than 300,000 audience members attend our Norman B. Rice (2007-2009) performances each year. Kenny Alhadeff (2004-2007) William W. Krippaehne Jr. OUR HISTORIC THEATER (2002-2004) Bruce M. Pym (2000-2002) A beautiful Seattle landmark, The 5th Avenue Theatre’s breathtaking design was John F. Behnke (1998-2000) inspired by ancient Imperial China’s most stunning architectural achievements, Faye Sarkowsky (1996-98) including the magnificent Forbidden City. Built in 1926 for vaudeville and silent Donald J. Covey (1994-96) pictures, The 5th Avenue Theatre reigned for decades as Seattle’s favorite movie Kenneth L. Hatch (1992-94) John D. Mangels (1990-92) palace. In 1979, 43 companies and community leaders formed the non-profit 5th Stanley M. Little, Jr. (1986-88) Avenue Theatre Association. Their goal was to restore the theater to its original Robert F. Buck (1988-90) splendor. The 5th Avenue Theatre re-opened in 1980 as Seattle’s premier home for R. Milton Trafton (1983-86) musical theater. W.J. Pennington (1981-83) D.E. (Ned) Skinner (1979-81) The 5th Avenue Theatre gratefully acknowledges our 43 original founders and sponsors. Founding Managing Director Please visit www.5thavenue.org for specific information on these important companies and individuals. Marilynn Sheldon WELCOME TO THE 5TH WELCOME TO THE

FROM THE DESK OF DAVID ARMSTRONG EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

WHERE NEW MUSICALS ARE BORN

The principal mission of The 5th Avenue Theatre is to celebrate America’s great indigenous art form, The Musical—past, present, and future. We celebrate the past through productions of classic musicals from the “Golden Age of Broadway” such as our recent production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel, and modern classics like our current production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris. We celebrate the present by bringing to our stage current Broadway hits like next season’s Matilda, The Musical and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love And Murder. Perhaps most important, we celebrate the future of The Musical through our development and production of new musicals. I am proud to report that since 2001 The 5th Avenue Theatre has produced 17 new musicals. To Now we add the final and most important collaborators date, nine of those musicals have moved from our stage to in this process—you the audience. It is impossible to Broadway including two that received the coveted Tony create a new musical without the active participation Award® for “Best Musical.” This is an incredible track of a live audience. In fact, we could rehearse this show record of which we are very proud. everyday for a year in the empty theater and not learn in These achievements, however, represent only the tip of all that time what we will in just one performance with the iceberg in regards to our commitment to creating the you in attendance. You are crucial to the process and you future of the musical theater. Our extensive New Works can be certain that the show will evolve and change and Program is dedicated to early-stage development of new grow based on your reactions and responses. musicals through a variety of initiatives including writer’s We invite you to share with us your responses to our retreats, staged readings and developmental workshops. latest new work by visiting our website (www.5thavenue. We currently have a host of exciting projects in various org) where you will find an email link on the Jasper stages of incubation including three brand new musicals in Deadland show page. That email address is that we have commissioned. Much of this work will be [email protected]. These types of responses showcased this summer in our first ever NextFest. You can have proved to be invaluable to us in developing previous find more information about this new event on page 24 of new works. this playbill. This commitment to new work is only made possible By the time you read this, Jasper in Deadland will have through the support of our large subscription audience gone through four weeks of rehearsals in our rehearsal hall and the generous contributions of our 5th Avenue donors, (lovingly known as Downstairs At The 5th or DAT5) and especially the members of our Creativity Circles. This two additional weeks of technical rehearsals on the stage. important “research and development” activity would The actors will have spent many intense weeks mastering simply not be possible without their vision and support. the words, music, staging and choreography. Meanwhile And you are about to see proof that the future of The our design and production teams have been creating and Musical is alive and rocking here at The 5th! installing the sets, props, costumes, lighting and sound equipment. Throughout all of this the authors and creative team have been constantly rewriting and reworking the book, music, lyrics and staging as they endeavor to find David Armstrong the show’s most perfect form. Executive Producer and Artistic Director

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Members of the Creativity Circles support the creative arc of the musical theater art form. They support The 5th’s investment in writers and artists, the creation, development and staging of new works, and help insure excellence in our service to this community, our children and this magical art form. For your leadership, we applaud and thank you.

VISIONARIES

Sheri and Les Biller Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Stephen P. and Paula Rosput Reynolds

INVESTORS

Barbara Crowe Wanda J. Herndon Connie and Tom Walsh Puppet Design & Creation KYLE LOVEN CREATORS

Marleen and Kenny Clodagh and Bob Ash Julie and Richard Kagan Glenna Kendall Alhadeff

Heather and Mike McKay Tiia-Mai Redditt Bonnie and Jim Melinda and Sterling Towne Wilson

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6 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY The 5th Avenue Theatre Bernadine C. Griffin David Armstrong Bill Berry Managing Director Executive Producer & Artistic Director Producing Artistic Director

presents MATT DOYLE in

Book by Music and Lyrics by HUNTER FOSTER & RYAN SCOTT OLIVER RYAN SCOTT OLIVER

starring SYDNEY SHEPHERD

ANDI ALHADEFF KYLE BERNBACH JARED MICHAEL BROWN KYLE ROBERT CARTER TARYN DARR SARAH ROSE DAVIS FREDERICK HAGREEN DIANA HUEY BRANDI CHAVONNE MASSEY CAETY SAGOIAN EVAN WOLTZ and LOUIS HOBSON

Set Design Lighting Design Costume Design Sound Design JASON SHERWOOD ROBERT J. AGUILAR PETE RUSH JUSTIN STASIW Puppet Design & Creation Hair & Makeup Design Production Stage Manager Director of Production Technical Director KYLE LOVEN MARY PYANOWSKI JONES AMY GORNET JULIA L. COLLINS ERIK HOLDEN Orchestrations Vocal Arrangements Associate Sound Designer Resident Music Supervisor JOHN CLANCY RYAN SCOTT OLIVER KEVIN HEARD IAN EISENDRATH

Music Supervision by Music Direction by WILL VAN DYKE R.J. TANCIOCO Choreography by LORIN LATARRO Direction by BRANDON IVIE

JASPER IN DEADLAND was originally commissioned by the Pasadena Musical Theatre Company (2011). JASPER IN DEADLAND Premiered at Prospect Theatre Company, New York City (2014).

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NOMINATIONS In order of appearance OPEN FOR THE Jasper ...... MATT DOYLE* Messenger and others...... DIANA HUEY* MAYOR’S ARTS Persephone and others ...... ANDI ALHADEFF* AWARDS! Pluto and others ...... EVAN WOLTZ* Virgil and others...... KYLE ROBERT CARTER* Sisyphus and others...... KYLE BERNBACH* Osiris and others ...... FREDERICK HAGREEN* Hel and others ...... SARAH ROSE DAVIS* Gretchen and others ...... SYDNEY SHEPHERD* Sec. Hathaway and others...... TARYN DARR* Mr. Lethe and others...... LOUIS HOBSON* Beatrix and others ...... CAETY SAGOIAN* Little Lu and others...... JARED MICHAEL BROWN* Ammut and others...... BRANDI CHAVONNE MASSEY*

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. Jasper Understudy: FREDERICK HAGREEN*

Nominations open Dance Captain: KYLE BERNBACH* May 1 – 31 at Fight Captain: JARED MICHAEL BROWN* seattle.gov/arts STAGE MANAGEMENT Save the Date for the Production Stage Manager: AMY GORNET* Mayor’s Arts Awards Assistant Stage Manager: RACHEL BURY* Friday, September 4, 4pm Assistant Stage Manager: LISA ARMSTRONG

Categories: ORCHESTRA Future Focus Conductor/Keyboard 1: R.J. TANCIOCO Cultural Ambassador Keyboard 2: MICHAEL MATLOCK Arts & Innovation Guitar: GREG FULTON Cultural Preservation Drums: BEN MORROW Violin: JO NARDOLILLO Presented by Cello: REBECCA CHUNG FILICE Bass: DAVE PASCAL

Additional Music Staff Music Coordinator: DANE ANDERSEN Rehearsal Pianist: CHRIS RANNEY Rehearsal Drummer: BEN MORROW Copyist: SUSAN PASCAL Sponsored by Keyboard Programming: DAVE PASCAL Music Assistant: MICHAEL NUTTING

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

The use of any recording device, either audio or Please turn off your cell phones and video, and the taking of photographs, either with pagers prior to the beginning of the or without flash, is strictly prohibited. performance.

8 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS BEHIND THE SCENES: JASPER IN DEADLAND

ACT ONE ACT TWO Circle 1: The River Lethe “Something for Real” CONTENTS “Goodbye, Jasper!” Circle 5: The Wasteland Myths Made Modern...... 10 Circle 2: The Gates Mythology 101...... 12 “What is Life?” Circle 6: The Steel Circle A Chat with Ryan Scott Oliver.....14 “The Killing” “Beat and Broken Spirits” Who’s Who...... 15 “Awful People” One Rising Star’s Circle 3: City Circle Road to Grease...... 21 Circle 7: Elysium “Jasper in Deadland” Why Art?: The Case for “The Forgetting” “Lifesong” Arts Learning...... 23 “Living Dead” “The Swim” NextFest at The 5th...... 24 “Hungry for Your Heart” “One More Day of Snow” Circle 4: The Great Gulf “Stroke by Stroke”

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“Amazing performers–They were all STUNNING!” “Magnifique!”

A 5th Avenue theatre Co-production presented at ACT - A Contemporary Theatre

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encoreartsseattle.com 9 BEHIND THE SCENES: JASPER IN DEADLAND “We were inspired by by inspired were “We certain contemporary artists contemporary certain but in the Burton), Tim (like create to end our goal was and little world weird our own visit.” the audience to invite theatrical elements, old and new, into a into old and new, theatrical elements, According unique and thrilling experience. Jasper in Ivie, Brandon director to seeks that tone Deadland has a funny-dark Monty Python-style a balance between compelling and an emotionally irreverence Journey. Hero’s by Edward Poynter, 1861 Poynter, Orpheus and Eurydice Edward by ’s creators have combined all their have creators Jasper’s Ivie says, would be defined not by full sets, but by lighting, allowing the dreamlike story to shift instantly from place to place. place. place to from shift instantly to story the dreamlike allowing lighting, but by full sets, not by be defined would with a dysfunctional family; his girlfriend seems to lead a perfect life but hides many troubling secrets. secrets. troubling many but hides life a perfect lead to his girlfriend seems family; with a dysfunctional of the Romans and Greeks. the theater back to some dating practices, as a dash of Dante as well and Norse Egyptian legends, from gods and monsters obscure shoulders more with quick for be designed and costumed had to characters of these fabulous Each on that). more (turn the page for are who and what they grasp you’ll the story enter they but when Hel and Loki, may not know You identification. puzzle.) crossword the Sunday Times will rock (And you unaccountable facts of life: rain, thunder; the movement of the sun, the moon, the stars; birth, love, war, war, love, birth, stars; the the moon, sun, of the movement the thunder; rain, of life: facts unaccountable and explanation mere transcended they until and refined reshaped retold, and told were They death. illness, has science long after endure, they why That’s psyche. of the human the deepest structures to corresponded the god Helios. by chariot driven a flaming in fact, is not, that the sun satisfaction most people’s to shown The ancient myths, including this one, had no single author. They began as attempts to explain otherwise explain to attempts as began They author. no single had this one, including ancient myths, The teenager a twenty-first-century now is The hero liberties with the Orpheus myth. many takes Jasper in Deadland dramatic time-honored it the authors employed have in telling but reboot, contemporary thoroughly a hip, It’s Roman deities rub and Greek the authors cast their net wide. denizens, Deadland ’s When choosing Jasper Scenes actors. for as a playground think of the whole stage The designers decided to realm. Deadland is a vast —the story of a of —the story ORPHEUS AND ORPHEUS EURYDICE

is a new take on the Greek myth of myth on the Greek take is a new She spoke and, like smoke dissolving into empty air, passed from his sight. - VIRGIL - his sight. passed from empty air, dissolving into smoke like and, She spoke “ORPHEUS! What ruin hath thy impatience wrought on me and thee? impatience wrought What ruin hath thy “ORPHEUS! 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY

must follow Orpheus in silence and he must not turn around to make sure she is behind until they have escaped. But, But, escaped. have until they she is behind sure make to not turn around he must Orpheus in silence and follow must the upper world. reach about to are as they his shoulder just he looks over help himself, unable to is bitten by a viper and dies, he is inconsolable. He resolves to seek her in the Underworld, where he will ask HADES where in the Underworld, seek her to He resolves he is inconsolable. a viper and dies, by is bitten on his He sets off the land of the living. her back to take him to allow —the king and queen—to and PERSEPHONE in his way. placed obstacles horrific the many from his music by protected journey, “impossible” living man who penetrates the afterlife to bring back his love. his love. bring back to the afterlife living man who penetrates Dark sleep closes my swimming eyes, and I am borne away.” away.” and I am borne swimming eyes, Dark sleep closes my Eurydice cries: Eurydice cries: Hades and Persephone are impressed by his courage and his love. They grant his request on two conditions: Eurydice conditions: on two his request grant They and his love. his courage by impressed are Hades and Persephone . When When she . EURYDICE his wife, loves magical powers—dearly has ORPHEUS—whose lute-playing A quick refresher: JASPER IN DEADLAND JASPER Music EVANS, & Artistic Associate By ALBERT

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“We were inspired by by inspired were “We certain contemporary artists contemporary certain but in the Burton), Tim (like create to end our goal was and little world weird our own visit.” the audience to invite theatrical elements, old and new, into a into old and new, theatrical elements, According unique and thrilling experience. Jasper in Ivie, Brandon director to seeks that tone Deadland has a funny-dark Monty Python-style a balance between compelling and an emotionally irreverence Journey. Hero’s by Edward Poynter, 1861 Poynter, Orpheus and Eurydice Edward by ’s creators have combined all their have creators Jasper’s Ivie says, would be defined not by full sets, but by lighting, allowing the dreamlike story to shift instantly from place to place. place. place to from shift instantly to story the dreamlike allowing lighting, but by full sets, not by be defined would shoulders with more obscure gods and monsters from Egyptian and Norse legends, as well as a dash of Dante as a dash of Dante as well and Norse Egyptian legends, from gods and monsters obscure shoulders more with quick for be designed and costumed had to characters of these fabulous Each on that). more (turn the page for are who and what they grasp you’ll the story enter they but when Hel and Loki, may not know You identification. puzzle.) crossword the Sunday Times will rock (And you practices, some dating back to the theater of the Romans and Greeks. of the Romans and Greeks. the theater back to some dating practices, with a dysfunctional family; his girlfriend seems to lead a perfect life but hides many troubling secrets. secrets. troubling many but hides life a perfect lead to his girlfriend seems family; with a dysfunctional unaccountable facts of life: rain, thunder; the movement of the sun, the moon, the stars; birth, love, war, war, love, birth, stars; the the moon, sun, of the movement the thunder; rain, of life: facts unaccountable and explanation mere transcended they until and refined reshaped retold, and told were They death. illness, has science long after endure, they why That’s psyche. of the human the deepest structures to corresponded the god Helios. by chariot driven a flaming in fact, is not, that the sun satisfaction most people’s to shown Deadland is a vast realm. The designers decided to think of the whole stage as a playground for actors. Scenes actors. for as a playground think of the whole stage The designers decided to realm. Deadland is a vast ’s Deadland denizens, the authors cast their net wide. Greek and Roman deities rub and Greek the authors cast their net wide. denizens, Deadland ’s When choosing Jasper It’s a hip, thoroughly contemporary reboot, but in telling it the authors have employed time-honored dramatic dramatic time-honored it the authors employed have in telling but reboot, contemporary thoroughly a hip, It’s takes many liberties with the Orpheus myth. The hero is now a twenty-first-century teenager teenager a twenty-first-century now is The hero liberties with the Orpheus myth. many takes Jasper in Deadland The ancient myths, including this one, had no single author. They began as attempts to explain otherwise explain to attempts as began They author. no single had this one, including ancient myths, The —the story of a of —the story ORPHEUS AND ORPHEUS EURYDICE

is a new take on the Greek myth of myth on the Greek take is a new She spoke and, like smoke dissolving into empty air, passed from his sight. - VIRGIL - his sight. passed from empty air, dissolving into smoke like and, She spoke “ORPHEUS! What ruin hath thy impatience wrought on me and thee? impatience wrought What ruin hath thy “ORPHEUS! is bitten by a viper and dies, he is inconsolable. He resolves to seek her in the Underworld, where he will ask HADES where in the Underworld, seek her to He resolves he is inconsolable. a viper and dies, by is bitten on his He sets off the land of the living. her back to take him to allow —the king and queen—to and PERSEPHONE in his way. placed obstacles horrific the many from his music by protected journey, “impossible” But, escaped. have until they she is behind sure make to not turn around he must Orpheus in silence and follow must the upper world. reach about to are as they his shoulder just he looks over help himself, unable to living man who penetrates the afterlife to bring back his love. his love. bring back to the afterlife living man who penetrates Dark sleep closes my swimming eyes, and I am borne away.” away.” and I am borne swimming eyes, Dark sleep closes my Music EVANS, & Artistic Associate By ALBERT IN DEADLAND JASPER When she . EURYDICE his wife, loves magical powers—dearly has ORPHEUS—whose lute-playing A quick refresher: Eurydice conditions: on two his request grant They and his love. his courage by impressed are Hades and Persephone Eurydice cries: MYTHS MADE MODERN MADE MYTHS BEHIND THE SCENES: JASPER IN DEADLAND Jasper JASPER’S 6 CIRCLES Beatrix (Italian poetry) Dante saw eight-year-old Beatrice at a party and became obsessed with her. Not Our hero. OF THE UNDERWORLD as creepy as it sounds—he was nine. Though they rarely MYTHOLOGY 101 met after that, he immortalized her as the guide through Paradise in his “Divine Comedy.” Our Jasper authors REFER TO THIS DURING INTERMISSION OR AFTER THE SHOW prefer the Latin form “Beatrix,” as did the astronomers who TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF DEADLAND named an asteroid after her: 83 Beatrix. Dante By ALBERT EVANS Music & Artistic Associate & KELLY ALLEN PR & Communications Coordinator VIRGIL Ancient Rome’s greatest poet Look (“Love conquers all”) who returned 1400 Now... Deadland is a multicultural realm, populated with mythical gods, monsters, years later as a tour guide through Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy. heroes and lovers from around the globe. If it’s been a while since you’ve had a class in world mythology, consider this your refresher course!

Orpheus (Greek) Literally a rock star—a musician Loki and Hel (Norse) Dysfunctional father-daughter so captivating he could charm rocks! After lulling team. Papa Loki is a shape-shifting Norse god, both a hero and a Cerberus to sleep, Orpheus led his dead wife Eurydice prankster (think Robert Downey Jr.). Daughter Hel rules over the almost out of Hades but, forgetting the rules, looked back Underworld, which both took her name and gave us all a place to at her and was doomed to eternal non-existence. send people who text at the theater.

Eurydice (Greek) The Sisyphus (Greek) A greedy daughter of Apollo, she was CIRCLE ONE king who angered the gods once too catnip to the boys. During one The River Lethe, which the newly-dead often. His punishment was to roll an Lovers amorous chase, she was killed 1 must cross by ferryboat. enormous stone up a hill only to have by a viper and sent to the it roll back down at the end of each Underworld. Because her pretty- Lethe (Greek) Stuffy professors pronounce it LEE-THEE, day. This work schedule was later Cautionary but-dumb husband couldn’t but in this show, it rhymes with “death.” One of five rivers CIRCLE TWO adopted by modern employers. Fails follow directions, she’s still that circle Hades, including its better-known sibling, the The Beach, where stand the Gates of there. (See Orpheus). River Styx. Lethe is a precursor to a good anesthesiologist. the City, guarded by the monstrous Daughters of Danaus (Greek) All but one Drink from it and you will forget everything about your past. three-headed dog, Cerberus. 2 of these 50 daughters killed their husbands on their (This could come in handy for former college students.) Cerberus (Greek) The wedding night. As a punishment, 49 of them were sentenced to forever trying to fill a tub with water loyal and not-to-be-messed-with CIRCLE THREE watchdog who guards the gate to using sieves. Another popular modern workplace The City, controlled by Mr. Lethe, a Hades. His three fearsome heads Little Lu model (see Sisyphus). ruthless businessman. Souls can’t represent the past, present, and (Judao-Christian) A reference to the angel leave the City til their time comes to future. Hercules did manage to Lucifer who, in Milton’s Paradise Lost, 3 move on to Elysium. Demoness Ammut capture Cerberus without any led a rebellion against God and lost. Big Persephone (Greek) The daughter of Ceres (Roman guards the exit. weapons but, you know, he was time. Nerdy facts: The word Lucifer means goddess of the harvest and supermarket breakfast foods), Hercules. “bringer of light” and is another name for Persephone is the lovely goddess of the spring. Pluto non-safety (strike anywhere) matches. kidnapped Persephone and Ceres refused to allow anything CIRCLE FOUR to grow on earth until her daughter was returned. As in-laws The Great Gulf, a chasm impossible to do, they struck a deal: Persephone now stays with Hades for Ammut (Egyptian) A female deity with the head of a crocodile, 4 cross. Fall into it, and you wind up in half the year (fall-winter) and joins her mother for the other the body of a lion, and the hips of a hippopotamus—Beyoncé The Wasteland… half (spring-summer). There’s also a pomegranate involved, couldn’t pull off this look! She is known to friends as “Devourer of but that’s a long story… the Dead.” Ammut eats the hearts of the impure, leaving them with eternally restless souls, aka “James Franco Syndrome.” CIRCLE FIVE The Steel Circle, a mysterious zone no Pluto/Hades (Roman/Greek) Not King & one knows anything about, save for the to be confused with the adorable Disney Queen Elysium or the Elysian Fields 5 plumes of tar-colored smoke that rise dog, Pluto was one of three brother gods (Greek) If you have to visit the Underworld (also called Hades), this is the place to above. who divvied up the universe. Pluto took the go. A paradise-like area reserved for the righteous and heroic who spend the afterlife Underworld, Poseidon took the seas, and Zeus enjoying their favorite work and pastimes. Sort of like an eternal trip to Maui. took everything else, including all the women Vacation spot CIRCLE SIX (see Zeus and Leto, Zeus and Europa, Zeus Elysium, a paradise where fortunate and Io, etc, etc.). 6 souls spend eternity. 12 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY BEHIND THE SCENES: JASPER IN DEADLAND Jasper JASPER’S 6 CIRCLES Beatrix (Italian poetry) Dante saw eight-year-old Beatrice at a party and became obsessed with her. Not Our hero. OF THE UNDERWORLD as creepy as it sounds—he was nine. Though they rarely MYTHOLOGY 101 met after that, he immortalized her as the guide through Paradise in his “Divine Comedy.” Our Jasper authors REFER TO THIS DURING INTERMISSION OR AFTER THE SHOW prefer the Latin form “Beatrix,” as did the astronomers who TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF DEADLAND named an asteroid after her: 83 Beatrix. Dante By ALBERT EVANS Music & Artistic Associate & KELLY ALLEN PR & Communications Coordinator VIRGIL Ancient Rome’s greatest poet Look (“Love conquers all”) who returned 1400 Now... Deadland is a multicultural realm, populated with mythical gods, monsters, years later as a tour guide through Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy. heroes and lovers from around the globe. If it’s been a while since you’ve had a class in world mythology, consider this your refresher course!

Orpheus (Greek) Literally a rock star—a musician Loki and Hel (Norse) Dysfunctional father-daughter so captivating he could charm rocks! After lulling team. Papa Loki is a shape-shifting Norse god, both a hero and a Cerberus to sleep, Orpheus led his dead wife Eurydice prankster (think Robert Downey Jr.). Daughter Hel rules over the almost out of Hades but, forgetting the rules, looked back Underworld, which both took her name and gave us all a place to at her and was doomed to eternal non-existence. send people who text at the theater.

Eurydice (Greek) The Sisyphus (Greek) A greedy daughter of Apollo, she was CIRCLE ONE king who angered the gods once too catnip to the boys. During one The River Lethe, which the newly-dead often. His punishment was to roll an Lovers amorous chase, she was killed 1 must cross by ferryboat. enormous stone up a hill only to have by a viper and sent to the it roll back down at the end of each Underworld. Because her pretty- Lethe (Greek) Stuffy professors pronounce it LEE-THEE, day. This work schedule was later Cautionary but-dumb husband couldn’t but in this show, it rhymes with “death.” One of five rivers CIRCLE TWO adopted by modern employers. Fails follow directions, she’s still that circle Hades, including its better-known sibling, the The Beach, where stand the Gates of there. (See Orpheus). River Styx. Lethe is a precursor to a good anesthesiologist. the City, guarded by the monstrous Daughters of Danaus (Greek) All but one Drink from it and you will forget everything about your past. three-headed dog, Cerberus. 2 of these 50 daughters killed their husbands on their (This could come in handy for former college students.) Cerberus (Greek) The wedding night. As a punishment, 49 of them were sentenced to forever trying to fill a tub with water loyal and not-to-be-messed-with CIRCLE THREE watchdog who guards the gate to using sieves. Another popular modern workplace The City, controlled by Mr. Lethe, a Hades. His three fearsome heads Little Lu model (see Sisyphus). ruthless businessman. Souls can’t represent the past, present, and (Judao-Christian) A reference to the angel leave the City til their time comes to future. Hercules did manage to Lucifer who, in Milton’s Paradise Lost, 3 move on to Elysium. Demoness Ammut capture Cerberus without any led a rebellion against God and lost. Big Persephone (Greek) The daughter of Ceres (Roman guards the exit. weapons but, you know, he was time. Nerdy facts: The word Lucifer means goddess of the harvest and supermarket breakfast foods), Hercules. “bringer of light” and is another name for Persephone is the lovely goddess of the spring. Pluto non-safety (strike anywhere) matches. kidnapped Persephone and Ceres refused to allow anything CIRCLE FOUR to grow on earth until her daughter was returned. As in-laws The Great Gulf, a chasm impossible to do, they struck a deal: Persephone now stays with Hades for Ammut (Egyptian) A female deity with the head of a crocodile, 4 cross. Fall into it, and you wind up in half the year (fall-winter) and joins her mother for the other the body of a lion, and the hips of a hippopotamus—Beyoncé The Wasteland… half (spring-summer). There’s also a pomegranate involved, couldn’t pull off this look! She is known to friends as “Devourer of but that’s a long story… the Dead.” Ammut eats the hearts of the impure, leaving them with eternally restless souls, aka “James Franco Syndrome.” CIRCLE FIVE The Steel Circle, a mysterious zone no Pluto/Hades (Roman/Greek) Not King & one knows anything about, save for the to be confused with the adorable Disney Queen Elysium or the Elysian Fields 5 plumes of tar-colored smoke that rise dog, Pluto was one of three brother gods (Greek) If you have to visit the Underworld (also called Hades), this is the place to above. who divvied up the universe. Pluto took the go. A paradise-like area reserved for the righteous and heroic who spend the afterlife Underworld, Poseidon took the seas, and Zeus enjoying their favorite work and pastimes. Sort of like an eternal trip to Maui. took everything else, including all the women Vacation spot CIRCLE SIX (see Zeus and Leto, Zeus and Europa, Zeus Elysium, a paradise where fortunate and Io, etc, etc.). 6 souls spend eternity. BEHIND THE SCENES: JASPER IN DEADLAND THE PAGE TO THE STAGE A CHAT WITH RYAN SCOTT OLIVER ABOUT THE CREATION OF JASPER IN DEADLAND AND HOW THE SHOW HAS GROWN

by KELLY ALLEN, PR & Communications Coordinator

HOW HAS THE SHOW CHANGED SINCE YOU STARTED WORKING ON IT SIX OR SO YEARS AGO?

RSO: At each different stage, the show just ripens. We started with actors aged 12 to 18. Now we are working with more mature performers and we are approaching bigger heavier issues like sex and suicide.

When Hunter Foster came on to take over the book, he brought a maturity to the script. He and I are in different places in our lives, and as a result, he was able to bring the weight and gravity the show needed. I created the wonderland and he created the emotional core.

IT’S A VERY SERIOUS EMOTIONAL CORE!

RSO: What I want to say about that—as someone who has run a camp for young performers for the past 10 years—is that most parents don’t want to believe their kids are experiencing a lot of darkness.

We joke about it as a society, but it’s not a joke to Photos by Matthew Murphy and Jeff Carpenter teens. They are becoming young men and women WHERE DID THE IDEA FOR and are confronted with huge issues. And as a result, JASPER IN DEADLAND COME FROM? they don’t want a “youth show,” they want to taste adulthood. Jasper speaks to all of these issues in the RSO: I originally wrote the show for a young theater same way Into the Woods deals with infidelity, death company, Pasadena Musical Theater Program, and and pain. needed a show with lots of roles for teenagers. I knew I wanted to have a male protagonist and HOW IS IT DIFFERENT WORKING ON THIS even thought about a new take on “Jack and the SHOW AT THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE? Beanstalk.” RSO: The 5th has been so good to me. Alhadeff Family But ultimately, I’ve always loved mythology, and Director of New Works and Music Supervisor Ian in particular, “Orpheus and The Underworld” is an Eisendrath has made me feel what every writer wants amazing story. And from there, the show developed to feel: that someone sees you and your writing just around this creepy crawly artistic sensibility I have as you are and understands YOU. The 5th Avenue is —I’m all about Danny Elfman and Tim Burton and really becoming a home for me. Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas. I think Deadland really fits into that kind of world.

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MATT DOYLE (Jasper) ANDI ALHADEFF TARYN DARR (Sec. 5th Avenue and Seattle (Persephone and others) is Hathaway and others) 5th debut! Doyle most thrilled to be returning Avenue favorites: A recently starred as Trey in to the world of Deadland Chorus Line (Val), White the new musical in this incredible Christmas (Judy), Catch Brooklynite at The production. At The 5th: Me If You Can, Spamalot, Vineyard Theater in RENT (Joanne); Oliver!, and more. Village NYC, directed by and The Sound of Music. Theatre: Chicago (Roxie, Tony-winning Michael Off-Broadway: Jasper In Gregory Award Mayer. Broadway: The Book of Mormon (Elder Deadland. Workshops/Readings: Eastland Nominee), South Pacific (Nellie Forbush), and Price), War Horse (Billy Narracott), Spring (NAMT), The Noteworthy Life of Howard Grease (Sandy). Regional: North Shore Music Awakening (Hanschen), Bye Bye Birdie (Hugo Barnes (NAMT), We Foxes and A Single Girl’s Theater in Legally Blonde (Brooke), La Jolla Peabody). National Tour: Spring Awakening Guide. Alhadeff is excited to be returning to Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, NYMF, (Melchior). Off-Broadway: Jasper in Deadland The 5th Ave this summer to play Cha-Cha in among others. Proud UW/AEA. (Jasper). Regional: Giant at Dallas Theater Grease. Thank you to friends and family. Go Center (Jordy Jr). Film/TV: Gossip Girl NU! SARAH ROSE DAVIS (Jonathan) and Private Romeo (Glenn). (Hel and others) is excited Recordings: Bare (Peter). Doyle’s solo EPs, KYLE BERNBACH to be working on this Daylight and Constant (co-written by Will Van (Sisyphus and others, brand new musical! Dyke), are available on iTunes. Attended The Dance Captain) 5th Ave: Recently at The 5th: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. A Chorus Line (Dance Carousel, A Christmas Captain/Cut Dancer), Story. Favorite 5th Ave SYDNEY SHEPHERD Carousel (Dance Credits: A Chorus Line (Gretchen and others) 5th Captain/Ensemble). (Maggie), RENT, ELF, Avenue Debut! Broadway: Memphis Pirates.., Cinderella, Spamalot, Hairspray in Broadway: First Date (Ensemble). 1st National Concert, Beautiful Poison (NAMT Festival). Last (Standby for Casey, Tour: Memphis (Dance Captain/Swing). season Davis starred as Fanny Brice in Village Lauren, Allison). Bernbach is delighted to join The 5th once Theatre’s production of Funny Girl. Next up, Shepherd has been in more with Jasper. Enjoy the show! you can see her as Frenchie in Grease! Thank many staged readings you to her family and Calvin. and Broadway JARED MICHAEL developmental labs including: August Rush BROWN (Little Lu and FREDERICK (Lyla), Alice By Heart (Magpie, Cheshire Cat) others, Fight Captain) is HAGREEN (Osiris and Paris Through The Window(Gabrielle), 17 Again thrilled to be back at The others, Jasper understudy) (Britney #1) and Dawn (Dawn). Shepherd plays 5th for this incredible is elated to be back at a myriad of instruments and is the cellist/ show. After attending The 5th where he singer/sometimes banjo player of the band The University of previously appeared in Bandits on the Run (their EP can be found at Evansville, Indiana, he The Pirates of Penzance. banditsontherun.bandcamp.com!) Shepherd hightailed it back to Other Seattle credits holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Seattle five years ago where he’s been lucky to include Mary Poppins and North Carolina School of the Arts. For Roy and work with some of the most creative and Les Misérables at Village Theatre. Thanks to Clarissa, who let their Jellyfish swim off for a generous artists at The 5th Avenue Theatre, L-Dawg, Nay, Kels, and the fam. moment. Seattle Children’s Theatre, ACT, Showtunes, and The Endangered Species Project. Proper DIANA HUEY LOUIS HOBSON (Mr. thanks to Ma & Pa, Steph & Jas, Bill & David. (Messenger and others) is Lethe and others) overjoyed to be home Eighteen 5th Avenue KYLE ROBERT after moving to New productions including: CARTER (Virgil and York! 5th Avenue Jacques Brel…, A Room others) Thrilled and Theatre: RENT, AMT with a View, Spamalot, thankful to be making and Mame. Regional: West Side Story, Miss his 5th Ave Debut! Signature Theatre (Helen Saigon, Cabaret, Hair, National Tour: In The Hayes Award: Lead My Fair Lady. Original Heights (Benny). Actress, Miss Saigon), Seattle Children’s Theatre, Broadway casts: Next to Normal, Bonnie & Regional: In The Heights Village Theatre and ACT. TV: Leverage and The Clyde, Leap of Faith and The People in the (Benny – Village Glee Project. Thanks to Brandon, RJ,Jasper team Picture. Local & Regional: Les Misérables Theatre). Off-Broadway: Storyville (Butch and my family! www.DianaHuey.com (Balagan, Gregory Nom), Evita (Village), Stupid “Cobra” Brown), Deployed (Cooper). NYC Kids (Empty Space), Sweeney Todd (PCS), Next Readings: Sweetie (Cat Jones), 21 (Roberto to Normal (Arena Stage). Film/TV: Lucky Them, Clemente), Sweethearts of Swing (Willy). B.A., C.O.G., Laggies, Captain Fantastic, The Man in University of Notre Dame. “If there is no the High Castle. struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass. www.kyle-r-carter.com.

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BRANDI CHAVONNE Musicals last fall, Clyde and Bonnie: A Folktale, MASSEY (Ammut and which premiered at the New York Musical LORIN LATARRO (Choreographer) returns others) is thrilled to be Theatre Festival and then at Aurora Theatre to The 5th after choreographing Saving back at The 5th Avenue in Atlanta, and The Hollow which premiered Aimee. Broadway: Waiting For Godot with Sir Theatre where she at Signature Theatre in Virginia. He wrote Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, Beaches performed in Broadway- comedy sketches for the “Rosie Live” show on (upcoming), Scandalous, Curious Incident…, bound Saving Aimee. NBC starring Rosie O’Donnell. As an actor, American Idiot, Hands on a Hard Body (Assoc). Her Broadway leading he has appeared on Broadway in The Bridges of NYC: Queen of the Night, Lin-Manuel Miranda lady roles include: The Madison County, Hands on a Hardbody, Million & Ira Glass’s 21 Chump Street, Peter and Color Purple; Wicked; Caroline, Or Change; Dollar Quartet, The Producers, Little Shop the Wolf (BAM), Fanny (Encores), Rigoletto Jekyll and Hyde. West End: The Lion King. of Horrors (Tony® nomination), Urinetown, (Metropolitan Opera - Assoc), Songs For A New Regionally her favorites are Ain’t Misbehavin’ Les Misérables, Footloose, Grease, King David. World, Pretty Dead Girl, Band Geeks (Below directed by Hunter Foster, Jesus Christ Hunter is a graduate of the University of 54), The Best Is Yet To Come(Drama Desk Superstar, The Wiz and Dreamgirls. TV and film Michigan (BFA in theatre, 1992). Award). Regional: The Rocky Horror Show, credits include: Grey’s Anatomy, Honey 2 and Ain’t Misbehavin’, World Goes ‘Round (Bucks Black Nativity. RYAN SCOTT OLIVER (Book, Music, Lyrics) County Playhouse), Kiss Me Kate (Barrington has been called “the future of Broadway… Stage). TV: Live From Lincoln Center (PBS). CAETY SAGOIAN a major new voice in musical theatre” As a performer, Latarro was in 14 Broadway (Beatrix and others) is (Entertainment Weekly). He is the winner of shows including lead roles in Fosse, Swing, A thrilled to be making her a Jonathan Larson Grant, a Richard Rodgers Chorus Line, Movin’ Out, Spamalot, and toured 5th Avenue debut. Award, a Lucille Lortel Award nomination, internationally with Martha Graham, Twyla Regional: Seattle an ASCAP Harold Adamson Award and New Tharp and MOMIX. She holds a BFA and is Children’s Theatre, Musicals Awards from Weston Playhouse and an adjunct professor at The Juilliard School. Seattle Shakespeare Pace University. He wrote the music and lyrics Company, and for 35MM: A Musical Exhibition (licensed WILL VAN DYKE (Music Supervisor) 5th Children’s Theatre by Samuel French, original cast recording on Avenue debut! Will is a NY based composer/ Company in Minneapolis. Film & TV: Ghostlight Records), Darling (workshopped at lyricist and music director. Broadway/NYC: BizKids, The 206, Saturday Night Live and ACT, featured on NBC’s The Apprentice), Mrs. Kinky Boots, Annaleigh Ashford: Lost In The Portlandia. Sagoian is also the voice of Bowser Sharp (Playwrights Horizons July 2009 starring Stars, RENT, The Addams Family, Grease Jr. from the popular Mario Bros video game Jane Krakowski, dir. by Michael Greif), Out and Wicked. Compositions include: Winnie series. Love to her amazing friends and family of My Head (licensed through Steele Spring The Pooh Kids, The Lion King Jr. & Kids, The who have supported her and many thanks to Stage Rights) and We Foxes (Broadway Across Devil’s Bitch and One Small Step For Melvin. the creative team and Brandon Ivie for this America, commission) among others. He is Upcoming: Magnificent Climb (with Rick opportunity! #UMBUKU currently at work on the new musical Rope, Elice), Imagine Harry (with Jeff Talbott) and a commission for Grove Entertainment. Writing Kevin Taylor (with Josh Halloway). EVAN WOLTZ (Pluto Find out more at www.ryanscottoliver.com; Recordings: Chasing the Day, Writing Kevin and others) is thrilled to and follow his morbidly optimistic musings Taylor and Another Time available wherever pieces to be making his @ryanscottoliver. digital music is sold. With Matt Doyle: 5th Ave debut with Daylight, Constant and Make The Season Bright. Jasper. New York: BRANDON IVIE (Director) Directed Jasper Love to AF. www.willvandyke.com ThanksKilling the in Deadland off-Broadway. Ivie last directed Musical (Festival of the holiday hits A Christmas Story and Cinderella R.J. TANCIOCO (Music Director) is thrilled Offensive). Regional: (Footlight Award) at The 5th. A Seattle to be joining this epic journey through Peter Pan (Arizona native, Brandon spent four seasons as casting Deadland! Select favorite musical directing Broadway Theatre). Select Seattle credits: The associate and artistic projects manager at The and conducting credits: Grease (Summer Yellow Wood; A New Brain (Contemporary 5th. He is the Gregory Award-winning artistic 2015), Little Shop of Horrors, RENT, Hairspray Classics). Jerry Springer: The Opera; Spring director of Contemporary Classics where he in Concert, First Date, Joseph…, Cabaret, Awakening; Full Monty (Balagan Theatre). Bat has directed or produced Seattle premieres of Dreamgirls, Smokey Joe’s Café and HAIR (The Boy the Musical; Gutenberg! The Musical! Next to Normal (Gregory nom); Zanna, Don’t! 5th Avenue); No Way to Treat a Lady, In the (ArtsWest). Thank you to Mom, Dad and Erin (Footlight Award); The Yellow Wood; The 25th Heights, Les Misérables, Trails, Annie Get Your (I love you!). www.evanwoltz.com Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; john & Gun (Village Theatre); Bat Boy (ArtsWest); jen; The Last Five Years; A New Brain and the Making Tracks (San Jose Rep); The Wedding HUNTER FOSTER (Book) is an artistic New Voices series. Seattle area: Lizard Boy at Banquet for 2G (Second Generation); associate at the Bucks County Playhouse Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Noteworthy Carrie (Balagan Theatre), Next to Normal, where he has directed Summer of ‘42, The Life of Howard Barnes at Village Theatre. A New Brain, Yellow Wood and New Voices Rocky Horror Show, National Pastime, Ain’t Regional: Gigi at The Kennedy Center. (Contemporary Classics). Music Supervisor: Misbehavin’ and later this spring, Company. Broadway assisting: First Date, Next to Normal, Lizard Boy (Seattle Rep), Cloaked (Village He also wrote the books to the Off-Broadway A Christmas Story, and Catch Me If You Can. Originals), Spring Awakening (Balagan musicals Jasper in Deadland and Summer of ‘42 NYC: Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theatre). A 2010 Gregory Award recipient, (Outer Critic nomination for best musical). Theater/Joe’s Pub, Signature Theatre, HERE 2011/2014 Gypsy Rose Lee award recipient, Other book writing credits include The Circus Arts Center, NYMF, 54 Below. Guest artist Tancioco is a vocal coach, arranger, composer, in Winter which premiered at Goodspeed at NYU, Ohio Northern University and Pace and enjoys educating youth for theatre and University.

16 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY American Conservatory Theater • Berkeley Repertory Theatre • Broadway San Jose • California Shakespeare Theater• San Francisco cultivating new musicals. Thank you, Brandon. Ballet • San Francisco Opera • SFJAZZ • Stanford Live• TheatreWorks • Weill Hall at Sonoma State “I think we don’t slow down enough…” RSO.

JOHN CLANCY (Orchestrations) 5th Avenue Reach a debut. Broadway: Fun Home, Shrek the SophiSticated Musical (Tony and Drama Desk Nom. w/ Danny Troob) Alliance Theater Atlanta: Tuck audience Everlasting, Public Theater, NYC: Fortress University • 5th Avenue Theatre • ACT Theatre • of Solitude, Fun Home (Drama Desk Nom.) Book-It Repertory Theatre • Broadway Center for String Arranger for Rhianna: NBA All-Star the Performing Arts • Pacific Northwest Ballet • Game performance, Goodspeed/North Shore Paramount & Moore Theatres • Seattle Children’s Theatre • Seattle Men’s Chorus • Seattle Opera Theater: Just So. As a drummer and/or music • Seattle Repertory Theatre •Seattle Shakespeare director, Clancy has played with Randy Company • Seattle Symphony • Seattle Newman, Carly Simon, Corey Glover, Chrissy Women’s Chorus • Tacoma City Ballet • Tacoma Amphlett, Kasim Sulton, Danielia Cotton, Philharmonic • Taproot Theatre • UW World Alexa Joel, Constantine Maroulis (American Series at Meany Hall • Village Theatre Issaquah & Everett • American Conservatory Theater• Idol), music directed two Kidz Bop Live! Berkeley Repertory Theatre• Broadway San Jose• national tours, and worked with Bono and The California Shakespeare Theater• San Francisco Edge of U2 on Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark. Ballet • San Francisco Opera • SFJAZZ • Stanford put your business here JASON SHERWOOD (Set Designer) 5th Live • TheatreWorks • Weill Hall at Sonoma State Ave debut. Recent designs include The Circus University • 5th Avenue Theatre • ACT Theatre in Winter (world premiere) at Goodspeed • Book-It Repertory Theatre • Broadway Center Musicals; The Mysteries (world premiere) at the Flea Theatre; CA Lyons Project (world premiere) at the Alliance Theatre; Choir Boy at Studio Theatre. Upcoming: Company at Bucks County Playhouse; the world premiere of Cake Offat Signature Theatre;Silence! The Musical www.encoremediagroup.com at Studio Theatre; associate design for Living on Love (Broadway). Jason is the LiveDesign Magazine “Young Designer to Watch” and a USITT Rising Designer Award Finalist. EAP House Ad Reach 1_6V 3.19.13.indd 1 3/20/13 3:00 PM NYU grad. Always, for Mom and Dad. www.jasonsherwooddesign.com

PETE RUSH (Costume Designer) At The 5th: RENT, Spamalot, Cinderella, Hairspray In Concert, Little Shop of Horrors. Seattle designs include: Rapture, Blister, Burn for ACT; Hamlet, Electra, Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, Henry V and A Doll’s House for Seattle Shakespeare Company; The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Cider House Rules, Sense and Sensibility, Truth Like The Sun for Book-It Repertory; The Adding Machine for NCTC; Sprawl, Sextet, BedSnake and Tall Skinny Cruel Boys for Washington Ensemble Theatre. Regional: Hangar Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble.

ROBERT J. AGUILAR (Lighting Designer) At The 5th: Little Shop of Horrors, Hairspray in Concert, and Titanic: The Concert. Seattle area: Lizard Boy, Dear Elizabeth, The Vaudevillians, Bo-Nita, I Am My Own Wife, Of Mice and Men, The K of ,D and boom! (SRT); Three Sisters (The Seagull Project); Angels in America (Intiman Theatre); Trails (Village Theatre); The Lady with All the Answers (ACT); If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Seattle Children’s Theatre);

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Next to Normal, The Yellow Wood, The 25th Rep, The Guthrie, Intiman Theatre Festival, Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Annual... and Zanna Don’t! (Contemporary On the Boards, The Ogunquit Playhouse, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Classics). Regional: 7 Spots on the Sun Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare (Cincinnati Playhouse). Company, Teatro ZinZanni and Village RACHEL BURY (Assistant Stage Manager) 5th Theatre. HeardAudio.com Avenue: Carousel, A Christmas Story, Spamalot, JUSTIN STASIW (Sound Designer) Returns Oliver!, Secondhand Lions, The Pirates of to The 5th after designing A Christmas Story DANIELLE FRANICH (Assistant Director) Penzance, Hairspray in Concert, The Music Man, and the ACT/5th co-production of Little Shop 5th Ave debut. Regional: ArtsWest, (Dogfight) RENT, Damn Yankees, Oklahoma!, Cinderella, of Horrors. Broadway: Something Rotten!, Side Balagan Theatre (Les Miserables, Avenue Q, Saving Aimee, Aladdin, Guys and Dolls. Show and It’s Only a Play (as Associate), Casa Spring Awakening) and Contemporary Classics. Broadway: Scandalous. Other credits: Seattle Valentina and Outside Mullingar (as Assistant). She is the Production Manager at ArtsWest Repertory Theatre, Intiman, Shakespeare Santa NYC: Bad Evidence and A Midsummer Night’s and Contemporary Classics. She also works in Cruz. Dream (as Designer). Regional: Best of Both education for Seattle Theatre Group. Thanks Worlds (American Repertory Theatre) and to The 5th, Brandon, Robert, the cast and The Last Goodbye (San Diego’s Old Globe) production team for the opportunity. (as Associate). Tours: Jekyll and Hyde, Billy ADDITIONAL STAFF for Elliot, A Chorus Line, and The Wizard of Oz (as TRINA MILLS (Assistant Choreographer) Born JASPER IN DEADLAND Engineer). Justin is a proud member of IATSE and raised in Seattle, Mills’ choreographing Danielle Franich...... Assistant Director and of USA/829. experience includes RSP Spamalot, RSP Geoffrey Alm...... Fight & Fall Consultant Carousel, Dogfight at ArtsWest and the Seattle Trina Mills...... Assistant Choreographer MARY PYANOWSKI JONES (Hair & Sea Gals. She is extremely excited about the Bob Franklin ...... Assistant Lighting Designer Makeup Designer) World premieres of opportunity to work with Lorin Lattaro on this Peter Donnelly...... Costume Design Assistant Secondhand Lions (Hair Design), Aladdin incredible new work and honored to be back at Rachael Dorman...... Production Assistant (Make-up Design), Catch Me If You Can, Shrek, the gorgeous 5th Avenue Theatre! Christa Smith...... Stage Management Apprentice Lone Star Love, Princesses, Memphis, Hairspray, Ed Lammi...... Production Runner The Wedding Singer. Twenty-four seasons BOB FRANKLIN (Assistant Lighting Designer) of 5th Avenue Theatre production designs, is a lighting designer for theatre and dance. including the Ivey Award-winning Cabaret. This is his second adventure with The 5th Ave Design credits for national and international after Little Shop of Horrors. ALD credits include The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity productions of opera, operettas, ballet, theater, Kate Weare Company (BAM), and Angels in Association, the union of professional actors and and musicals. U.S. wig supervisor for the America (Intiman Theatre). He is currently stage managers in the United States. Madness of George III tour. Memorable film and designing a new ballet with Ballet Hispanico at The Director and Choreographer are members of the TV credits include Northern Exposure, Orleans, the Joyce. Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., Mr. Holland’s Opus, Rose Red, Diary of Ellen an independent national labor union. Rimbauer, Assassins, White Dwarf, and Book of PETER DONNELLY (Costume Design Scenery, stage, and costume work is performed by Stars. IATSE member Local 706 and 488. Assistant) is thrilled to be working with The 5th employees represented by I.A.T.S.E. Locals Number Avenue Theatre again after joining the costume 15, 488, and 887 KYLE LOVEN (Puppet Designer and Creator) shop as a stitcher on Carousel. He has worked United Scenic Artists represents the designers and is delighted to be making his 5th Avenue debut at many regional theatres around Seattle scenic painters for the American Theatre. with Jasper in Deadland. As a performance including the Seattle Opera, Cornish Opera, and visual artist, Loven creates works that Book-It Theatre, Intiman Theatre, and Teatro Musicians playing this performance are represented emphasize visual and non-verbal storytelling. Zinzanni. by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Local 76-493, His original productions have been seen in AFL-CIO/CLC. Amsterdam, Taipei, New York and other U.S. AMY GORNET (Production Stage Manager) The 5th Avenue Theatre is a member of cities, with recent projects including Moon 5th Avenue Theatre/Broadway/ National Tour: the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Show 143, Loss Machine and the upcoming A Christmas Story, the Musical. 5th Avenue Founded in 1985, NAMT is a national service organization dedicated exclusively to musical theatre. Retraces. Loven has received grants from the Theatre: Carousel, A Room with a View, Monty Members, located throughout 34 states and abroad, are some of Jim Henson Foundation and numerous Seattle- Python’s Spamalot, The Music Man, Damn the leading producers of musical theatre in the world, and include theatres, presenting organizations, higher education programs based arts organizations. Awards include Yankees!, Guys and Dolls, On the Town, Sunday and individual producers. the Innovation in Puppetry Award at the in the Park…, Catch Me If You Can, Seven 2013 National Puppetry Festival and a 2011 Brides for Seven Brothers and Mame. Other Spotlight Award from Seattle Magazine. credits include: Seattle Children’s Theatre, ACT, Intiman, Village Theatre, The Arrow KEVIN HEARD (Associate Sound Designer) Rock Lyceum Theatre, and Stages St. Louis. is thrilled to be making his 5th Ave debut! Previous designs include: Broadway: All The LISA ARMSTRONG (Assistant Stage Way (Associate), The Country House (Associate). Manager) 5th Avenue: Carousel, RSP Carousel, Off-Broadway: Long Story Short, The A Christmas Story, A Chorus Line, A Room Underclassman, Jasper in Deadland (Associate). with a View, Spamalot, RSP Spamalot, Oliver!, He has sound designed or engineered over 100 Grey Gardens (co-production with ACT). productions regionally with companies from Other Seattle credits include: Intiman, Seattle coast to coast including ACT Theatre, Book-It

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PROGRAM BEHIND ARTIST WIN IT PREVIEWS LIBRARY THE SCENES SPOTLIGHT UPCOMING AT THE 5TH ATUPCOMING THE ONE RISING STAR’S Road From The Oklahoma! Project to Grease ByWhy KELLY ALLEN, PR & Communications Coordinator As a high school junior, Bryan Gula achieved Of The Oklahoma! Project, Gula says, “It the dream of a lifetime—a professional part in didn’t hit me until tech that we were The 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of Rodgers actually going to perform onstage at & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! But when one of The 5th Avenue Theatre. I thought the performances conflicted with a planned ‘wow, this is going to change my college visit, Gula had to drop out and the dream life.’” The Oklahoma! Project led collapsed. to a small part in The 5th Avenue’s production of RENT, and another “They asked if I would be interested in this other turn in the Rising Star Project: The project—a full production of Oklahoma! performed Music Man. and produced by high school students,” Gula

explains. “I said ‘sure,’ but thought it would probably Gula is now a junior at the Mark Kitaoka by: Photo be presented in a rehearsal hall or something.” UW studying informatics. He has a blossoming start-up He was signing on to The Oklahoma! Project, the company—an app that very first version of what would become the Rising allows you to trade gift cards Star Project. electronically—where he uses the skills he learned from Rising Star Project. “The production team taught us a As a child from Gig Harbor, Gula made his first visit collection of habits,” he says. “We learned patience, focus, to The 5th at the age of eight and developed what keeping a level head, working diligently, and to avoid would become a life-long passion for the arts. As getting distracted by the small stuff.” a teenager, he became very active with a number of theaters in the Tacoma area, especially Tacoma These habits were also valuable for a recent appearance Musical Playhouse (TMP) and its summer youth he made in front of a crowd of venture capitalists and theater camps. wealthy investors. “Whenever you get to present in front of a huge group of smart people, performance skills are very “That really became a home for me,” he said. important.” “We got to do great shows like Guys and Dolls, Seussical and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” And this summer, he is rolling back onto the 5th Avenue At 13, he played Curly in TMP’s youth production of stage, this time starring as the high school dreamboat Oklahoma!, the role he would re-create 5 years later Danny Zuko in Grease. “I couldn’t be more excited!” he says. for The Oklahoma! Project. You’re the one that I want!

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students are actively engaged in arts learning, they are gaining all of these skills. When students study a play, they explore text and WHY ART? understand empathy (“The arts reveal who we are”). When they study music they learn a new language (“The arts are a means of communication”). When they study dance or visual art, they learn The Case for rhythm, pattern and shape (“Arts learning fosters critical thinking & creativity”). Arts Learning I once was an elementary school theater teacher in Los Angeles. I taught in some of the toughest public schools in LA’s inner-city By ANYA RUDNICK, Director of Education and Outreach and I saw firsthand the power of arts learning in the classroom. I Why heard repeatedly from classroom teachers that after theater class Recently, the cast of The 5th’s Adventure Musical Theater with me, students would head back to the classroom focused Touring Company (AMT) snapped a photo of a sign at Wing and ready to learn whatever topic the teacher was covering. Their Luke Elementary, a public school in Seattle’s Rainier Valley minds were open and they understood challenging concepts in neighborhood. The sign was hand-written on poster board, new and exciting ways. taped to the wall of the cafeteria and simply read: “Why Art? The I am happy to say that the trend in thinking about the value of arts reveal who we are. The arts are a means of communication. arts education is shifting. Increasingly school administrators Arts learning fosters critical thinking & creativity. Central to life.” are understanding the importance of arts learning. Through AMT was at Wing Luke Elementary to perform this year’s our numerous education programs such as Adventure Musical production of Baseball Saved Us, an original musical based on Theater, The 5th Avenue remains committed to providing arts an award-winning book that tells the story of a young Japanese- learning opportunities to students in Washington State, reaching American boy who, along with his family, is sent to an internment over 80,000 students statewide in the last year. We are working to camp as a result of Executive Order 9066 after the bombing at increase that number each year because, as the staff and students Pearl Harbor. For many of the students at Wing Luke Elementary, at Wing Luke Elementary say, the arts are “central to life.” and for the over 46,000 students who will see Baseball Saved Us this spring, AMT will be their very first experience with live theater.

But back to the sign. When I first saw this simple sign hanging in a school that many would consider “high needs,” my heart jumped. As more and more schools are faced with budget cuts and demand to improve test scores, or are simply struggling to survive, the arts have been increasingly phased out. Schools are cutting theater programs, music teachers are being laid off and you’d be hard−pressed to find a visual arts classroom that is utilized every hour of the school day. But the arts are what students need most. And Wing Luke Elementary gets it.

Current educational practices emphasize “21st century skills,” preparing students for the increasingly high-tech, global world. These skills include collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, Adventure Musical Theater cast performing at The Seattle Public Library. problem solving, communication and self-expression. When Photo Credit: Jeff Carpenter.

The 5th is grateful to the following DONORS for their leadership support of AMT:

ArtsFund Angela and Rex Bates Macy’s Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Expedia Linda and Kevin Cheung Seattle Foundation Loeb Family Charitable Foundation Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation The Boeing Company Schultz Family Foundation Perkins Coie 4Culture Porky Thomsen and Terri Stephenson Charles See Foundation

encoreartsseattle.com 23 NEW WORKS AT THE 5TH ATWORKS THE NEW NextFest: A Festival of New Musicals creators and work together in one concentrated time and location, building an intensity and synergy that at The 5th Avenue Theatre will allow everyone involved to challenge and inspire rich and exciting new stories, songs and characters.” By BRIDGET SUMMERS, PR & Communications Manager Why This year’s festival will feature three new musicals With the development of new musicals created within our Pacific Northwest Writer’s Group (a embedded in the DNA of The 5th, the culmination of a two-year program supporting local theater’s burgeoning two-year-old New Works writing teams) as well as a four-week developmental Program is graduating to the next level. This lab of Paint Your Wagon (part of our 2015/16 season, summer, July 20 - August 15, the New Works presented with a new book). The festival includes a Program is launching NextFest: A Festival of variety of 29 hour readings, including a new musical New Musicals, presented in the studios and called Beatsville by Glen Slater and Wendy Wilf (lyrics rehearsal halls of The 5th Avenue Theatre. for Disney’s Tangled). Additionally, a number of early- stage table reads are taking place, including a new “The festival is a concentrated month of musical called Something Wicked This Way Comes developing new works of all shapes and sizes,” by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill, based on the Ray says 5th Avenue Producing Artistic Director Bill Bradbury novel. Berry. “Seattle is fertile ground for this. We have the resources and the artistry here to bring When creating a new musical, there is nothing like a show to life from the kernel of an idea to a that intimate moment in the rehearsal hall when new full-scale production. NextFest focuses those words and music are heard aloud for the first time. It resources.” is something that only happens once, and can only exist when a group of creative artists have room to The development of new musicals is one of the collaborate. NextFest will celebrate those moments in most important investments we can make in abundance. this art form. The 5th Avenue Theatre believes in nurturing and developing tomorrow’s artists NextFest will not be open to the general public. and saw a need create a pipeline for new However, festival passes are a benefit of an Artist’s musicals. While a novelist may be able to write Circle Membership. To learn more about becoming in isolation, musical theater does not exist until an Artist’s Circle Member, please call 206-625-1418 the words are spoken and sung aloud. Writers and ask for the Circles Office. for the theater need development processes in order to create and finesse their work.

“It is this concept that actually led us to adding a festival to our new works activities,” says The 5th Avenue’s Alhadeff Family Director of New Works and Music Supervisor Ian Eisendrath. “Throughout the year The 5th produces isolated writing residencies, retreats and readings. NextFest is the perfect forum to bring the

SPECIAL THANKS to our Festival Creators for their leadership support of NextFest: Beth and Buzz Porter Cynthia Stroum Bonnie and Jim Towne Photo by Jeff Carpenter When Only The Best Will Do

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CAROUSEL OPENING NIGHT 5th Avenue supporters attended the opening night reception for Carousel in the Producer's Club on Feb 5th, 2015.

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32 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY SUPPORT THE MAGIC OF THE 5TH! PLANNED GIFTS

Becoming a member ensures The 5th has the resources it needs today. Making a planned gift helps ensure The 5th has the resources it will need in the future.

Most planned gifts are “deferred,” meaning you arrange them now but they benefit The 5th sometime in the future. Your assets remain under your control should you need them but, if not, your final gift will help keep the magic of The 5th alive for generations to come. Your options include the following:

BEQUEST BENEFICIARY REMAINDER TRUST LEAD TRUST LIFE ESTATE

Gift in your will or IRA/ retirement plan, Receive income for life with Make annual gifts to Give your home/vacation living trust life insurance policy, bank/ trust remainder to The 5th The 5th and then pass home but continue living brokerage accounts assets to your heirs there for your lifetime

For more information, or to let us know if you have already arranged a deferred gift to The 5th, please contact Michelle Moga, Vice President of Philanthropy, at [email protected] or (206) 625-1418.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Eric Blom is an electrical engineer working on mixed-signal systems-on-chip. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Eric has fond memories of grade school musicals with his father and sisters.

Min Park is a medical oncologist specializing in sarcoma at the Swedish Cancer Institute – First Hill Campus. Min grew up playing piano and flute and has sung in several choirs. Min was introduced to The 5th by Eric on their second date.

What does coming to The 5th mean for you? Our 5th Ave subscription has become our guaranteed date night. What do you enjoy most about The 5th? In this digital age every live performance is exhilarating. We relish the fact that with live theater there are no second takes, on-stage and back-stage, and that the presence and energy of the audience can create a synergy with the performers. Why do you support The 5th? Min Park, Malachi & Eric Blom We support the 5th’s education and outreach mission because we want all children to be exposed to the beauty and the magic of live musical theater. We especially applaud the Subscribers – 9 years Adventure Musical Theater’s state-wide reach. Donors – 7 years What has been your favorite musical at The 5th? It is impossible for us to pick just one show! Here are two: First Date and Monty Python’s Spamalot.

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Thank you to all our donors for sharing and supporting our vision of a community with a dynamic and world-class arts and cultural sector where the arts are accessible to all and valued as central and critical to a healthy society.

Visit www.artsfund.org for a full list of our donors and to learn more about ArtsFund Pledges, donations and in kind gifts made between 7/1/13 - 6/30/14 $350,000 and up $250,000 - $349,999

$50,000 - $249,999

Support from The Boeing Company, Microsoft Corporation, POP, Sellen Construction and Starbucks Coffee Company includes employee workplace giving.

$25,000 - $49,999 $10,000 - $24,999 $5,000 - $9,999 ADP/Cobalt* Amazon.com Alaskan Copper & Brass Company and Jones Lang LaSalle Getty Images* Amgen Foundation Alaskan Copper Works Medical Consultants Network, Inc.* K&L Gates* BNY Mellon Wealth Management APCO Worldwide Nintendo of America Inc. KeyBank Comcast Clise Properties Inc. Raisbeck Engineering KING Broadcasting* The Commerce Bank of Washington* Columbia Bank RealNetworks Foundation King County Employees* Davis Wright Tremaine LLP* Ernst & Young LLP Sparling, Inc. Perkins Coie* Delta Air Lines Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle* Russell Investment Group Delta Dental of Washington Financial Resources Group Safeco Insurance DLA Piper* Fishing Company of Alaska Stoel Rives LLP* Dorsey & Whitney LLP* Foss Maritime Company Washington State Combined Fund JPMorgan Chase Gaco Western, Inc. Drive* Nordstrom, Inc. Gensler Architects Weyerhaeuser Company* R.D. Merrill Company Goldman, Sachs & Co. Union Bank *Includes employee workplace giving

Arts Benefactor Circle Toby Bright Bob and Clodagh Ash Tim Mauk and Noble Golden Gold Club Jim and Gaylee Duncan Matthew Clapp John H. Bauer Blanche and Stephen Maxwell $200,000 and up Ray Heacox and Cynthia Melanie Curtice Lisa Lawrence Beard Rachel and Doug McCall Raynier Institute & Foundation Huffman Mrs. Jane Davis and Dr. David Annette and Daniel Becker Bruce and Jolene McCaw R. Davis John and Shari Behnke Anthony R. Miles $100,000 - $199,999 Peter and Peggy Horvitz Glenn Kawasaki Kevin and Lynne Fox Sue and Artie Buerk Alison and Glen Milliman Neukom Family Patricia Britton and Stellman Heather Howard C. Kent and Sandra C. Carlson Douglas E. and Nancy P. Mary Pigott Keehnel Ann Ramsay-Jenkins and the Peter and Susan Davis Norberg $50,000 - $99,999 Deborah Killinger William M. Jenkins Fund Karl Ege Mary Ellen Olander Stephen P. and Paula R. Thomas and Gwen Kroon Ed Kim Lea Ennis Glenna Olson and Conrad Reynolds Charlotte Lin and Robert Porter Loeb Family Charitable Michael and Melanie Fink Wouters Foundations Pete and Julie Rose Moccasin Lake Foundation William Franklin Tyler Petri Douglas and Joyce McCallum $25,000 - $49,999 Norman Archibald Charitable Rod Fujita Kathleen Pierce in memory of Rosanne Esposito - Ross and Douglas Beighle William Beeks Foundation Lynn and Brian Grant Louis Ross Ms. Carol Powell Sandy and Chris McDade Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Maria Gunn Douglas and Theiline Scheumann Marlene Price Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Sequoia Foundation Darren Hamby Vijay and Sita Vashee Scott Redman Mary Ellen Hughes Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation Aya Hamilton Douglas and Margaret Walker Joanne Salisbury Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Mary Snapp Richard and Marilyn Herzberg Dr. Clyde and Mrs. Kathleen Stanley D. and Ingrid H. Savage Joshua Green Foundation, Inc. James and Katherine Tune Kevin and Eddy Hoffberg Wilson Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation John Graham Foundation Arlene Wright Mari Horita Ann P. Wyckoff Jane Simpson Conductor’s Circle First Chair Dan and Connie Hungate Lynn Hubbard and David Bonnie and Jim Towne $10,000 - $24,999 $5,000 - $9,999 Zapolsky Randle Inouye Joseph D. Weinstein Nancy Alvord Chap and Eve Alvord Janet Wright Ketcham Encore Gail and Bill Weyerhaeuser Judi Beck and Tom A. Alberg Casey Banack $2,500 - $4,999 Foundation Carl and Renee Behnke Steve Behnen and Mary Hornsby Jon Anderson James Kraft Allan and Nora Davis Michael and Anne Bentley Kim A. Anderson John and Tina Lapham

34 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY YOUR MUSICAL NON-PROFIT THEATRE COMPANY EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP See It Again for $25*

DAVID ARMSTRONG (Executive Producer and Artistic Director) Since his appointment in 2000, Armstrong has guided The 5th Avenue to a position as one of the nation’s leading musical theater companies, acclaimed for both its development and production of new works and its innovative stagings of classic musicals. As a director, he has *Bring paid ticket stub to The 5th Avenue Box Office on created memorable 5th Avenue productions of Jacques Brel day of performance. One stub per customer. $25 tickets is Alive and Well & Living in Paris, Room with a View; subject to availability. Not valid for Prime/Pearl seating, Oliver!; Candide; Hello, Dolly!; Sweeney Todd; White with other offers or on previously purchased tickets. Christmas; Hair; Mame; A Little Night Music; The Secret Garden; Anything Goes; Company; The Rocky Horror Show; Pippin; Vanities; Yankee Doodle Dandy!; and Saving Aimee, which made its Broadway debut as Scandalous under Armstrong’s direction in November 2012. Prior to The 5th, he spent nearly THE THE THE THE THE THE THE 20 years as a freelance director, choreographer, and librettist. His work has been WARRIOR INVENTOR TRICKSTER ANTI-CONJUROR ESCAPOLOGIST FUTURIST MANIPULATOR seen in New York, Los Angeles and at many leading regional theaters including The Kennedy Center, Ordway Center, Ford’s Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, and New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse. From 1990 through 1995, he served as artistic “BRAIN BENDINGLY director of Cohoes Music Hall in upstate NY. Armstrong has also written the books for the musicals The Wonder Years (winner of seven Drama-Logue Awards), Gold Rush, and Yankee Doodle Dandy! SPECTACULAR” -THE TELEGRAPH BERNADINE (BERNIE) C. GRIFFIN (Managing Director) first joined The 5th Avenue in 2002 as director of theater advancement and development. She was appointed managing director in January 2010 and is responsible for the administrative, fundraising, information services and facility operations, as well as oversight of all activities related to the Board of Directors. During her tenure, The 5th Avenue has grown from a $10 million to a $25 million organization. She brings to her position 30 years of fundraising and arts management experience. Prior to The 5th Avenue, she served as director of development for the prestigious Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, as well as for The Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, California. Before moving to California, she served at the Seattle Symphony where she is proud to have been part of the team that built Benaroya Hall. In addition to the Symphony, Griffin worked for the Tony Award-winning Seattle Repertory Theatre, as well as Tony Randall’s National Actors Theatre in New York. She began her career at the University of Denver. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington and is proud to have been born and raised in Walla Walla, Washington. She is a member of Theater Communications Group, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and a board member of Seattle Rotary #4. She has also served as a grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Griffin was named one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2013 Women of Influence. She is married to award-winning actor Seán G. Griffin.

BILL BERRY (Producing Artistic Director) served as The 5th Avenue’s associate producing artistic director and casting director from 2002 through 2009. During that time, he directed productions of West Side Story (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wonderful Town (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wizard of Oz and Smokey Joe’s Café. He recently made his Broadway debut as the director of the hit musical First Date at the Longacre Theatre. Berry’s directing work has been seen at theaters across the country, most recently at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse where he directed a critically acclaimed production of On the Town. Directing highlights June 16 - 21, 2015 include Cabaret performed at The 5th Avenue Theatre, St. Paul’s Ordway Center (Ivey Award), San Jose’s American Musical Theatre, and Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars, as well as the smash hits First Date and RENT at The 5th. From 2002 to 2009, he served as the producing director for The 5th Avenue’s education and outreach programs. During that time he significantly expanded the scope and impact of these initiatives, including spearheading the creation of Fridays at The 5th (206) 625-1900 WWW.5THAVENUE.ORG and The 5th Avenue Awards, honoring excellence in high school musical theater, as GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE CALL 1-888-625-1418 ON 5TH AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE well as substantially increasing the reach of the Adventure Musical Theater Touring SPONSORED BY Company throughout the Northwest. These programs combined now serve 60,000 students annually. He also initiated the Show Talk series, which seeks to deepen the theater-going experience. Prior to his work at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Berry was a www.TheIllusionistsLive.com freelance theater artist based in New York City.

encoreartsseattle.com 35 Generosity in Full Swing United Way of King County cheers on these Pillar-level donors who give $200,000 or more each year. With their generosity, we’re building a better community – one where everyone has a home, students graduate and families are financially stable.

“United Way does a great job raising awareness around key issues. The All-Star Softball Classic for Youth is an easy way for our kids to get involved and learn more about giving back.”

— Karen Marcotte Solimano

Bacon Family Foundation Ballmer Family Giving Carl and Renee Behnke Jon and Bobbe Bridge Jeffrey and Susan Brotman Barney A. Ebsworth Lynn and Mike Garvey Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates III Theresa E. Gillespie and John W. Stanton D. Wayne* and Anne E. Gittinger Joshua Green Foundation Matt Griffin and Evelyne Rozner Grousemont Associates Lenore Hanauer John C. and Karyl Kay Hughes Foundation Craig Jelinek Linda and Ted Johnson Christopher R. Larson Karen Marcotte Solimano and son Cole Bruce and Jeannie Nordstrom Stan and Michele Rosen, Herbert and Rita Rosen Make the All-Star Softball Classic for Family Foundation Youth your next family event—and do The Schultz Family Foundation your part to fuel great things in our Robert L. and Mary Ann T. Wiley Fund community. Ann P. Wyckoff June 27, 2015 | Safeco Field *deceased

Gifts received July 1, 2103 through June 30, 2014.

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EVENTS Friday, May 29, 2015 — Cirque du 5th: A Night at The 5th Gala Generosity in Full Swing Monday, June 8, 2015 — 5th Avenue Awards: Honoring High School Musical Theatre. Email [email protected] for more information. United Way of King County cheers on these Pillar-level donors who give $200,000 or more each year. TALKS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS With their generosity, we’re building a better community – one where everyone has a home, students Here at The 5th Avenue Theatre we offer a variety of audience enrichment opportunities that bring patrons to a deeper level of graduate and families are financially stable. appreciation for the shows they see here. Join us to learn more about what you see on our stage.

SHOW TALKS WITH ALBERT EVANS Join us one hour before select performances for educational, “United Way does a great job enlightening and entertaining pre-show talks hosted by Artistic and Music Associate, Albert Evans. raising awareness around key Show Talks are always free and open to all audiences. issues. The All-Star Softball Classic Jasper Show Talks Grease Show Talks 7:00 PM, Saturday, May 2, 2015 6:30 PM, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 for Youth is an easy way for our 6:30 PM, Tuesday, May 5, 2015 6:30 PM, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 6:30 PM, Wednesday, May 6, 2015 6:30 PM, Tuesday, July 21, 2015 kids to get involved and learn 7:00 PM, Thursday, May 7, 2015 6:30 PM, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 7:00 PM, Saturday, May 9, 2015 7:00 PM, Thursday, July 23, 2015 more about giving back.” 6:30 PM, Tuesday, May 12, 2015 6:30 PM, Tuesday, July 28, 2015 6:30 PM, Wednesday, May 13, 2015 6:30 PM, Wednesday, July 29, 2015 7:00 PM, Saturday, May 16, 2015 — Karen Marcotte Solimano 6:30 PM, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 6:30 PM, Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Bacon Family Foundation SPOTLIGHT NIGHT Naomi Morgan leads student nominees during the 2014 5th Avenue Awards opening number. Ballmer Family Giving Here is your opportunity to learn more about the shows on our stage. photo by Mark Kitaoka Hosted by Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong, Carl and Renee Behnke Spotlight Nights give you a chance to learn more about how musicals FRIDAYS AT THE 5TH Jon and Bobbe Bridge get written and produced and who writes them. High school students are invited to attend a themed master class with 7:00 PM, Thursday, June 11, 2015 – Grease and Matilda a theater professional before attending a 5th Avenue show. Teens are Jeffrey and Susan Brotman provided with a pizza party before the show, and attend an exclusive Barney A. Ebsworth SUNDAY NIGHT TALKBACKS talk-back following the performance. Want to know more about a show you just saw? Join us on select 3:00 PM, Friday, May 15, 2015 – Jasper in Deadland Lynn and Mike Garvey Sunday evening performances for a free post-show talkback with the 3:30 PM, Friday, July 17, 2015 – Grease Melinda French Gates and William H. Gates III cast and creative team. Tickets for the evening’s performance are Theresa E. Gillespie and John W. Stanton required. MEMBERS ONLY Sunday, May 10, 2015 – Jasper in Deadland Members enjoy unique events all season long. We are excited to D. Wayne* and Anne E. Gittinger Sunday, July 26, 2015 – Grease welcome new and long-time Annual Fund supporters to these special Joshua Green Foundation occasions. For more information about membership or upcoming THEATER TOURS events, contact Jeanne Thompson, Membership Manager at Matt Griffin and Evelyne Rozner Enjoy a guided tour and learn about the building’s ornate architecture 206-971-9001 or [email protected]. Grousemont Associates and intriguing history. Tours are approximately 20 minutes with time for questions. If your group is interested in any specific topics, please let us BACKSTAGE TOURS Lenore Hanauer know and we’ll do our best to accommodate you. Tours are held most Friends ($125+) join us for a guided tour of the theater, including John C. and Karyl Kay Hughes Foundation Mondays at noon. Advance registration is required. backstage and onstage! Sign up at www.5thavenue.org/about/faq#free-tours Saturday, May 16, 2015 – Jasper in Deadland Craig Jelinek Saturday, July 18, 2015 – Grease Linda and Ted Johnson YOUTH PROGRAMS We pride ourselves at The 5th Avenue Theatre on our extensive SPOTLIGHT NIGHT FOR MEMBERS Christopher R. Larson education programs that reach over 70,000 young people across the Partners ($300+) enjoy VIP treatment including a pre-show reception Karen Marcotte Solimano and son Cole Bruce and Jeannie Nordstrom Pacific Northwest each year. Through a variety of classes, programs and and reserved seating at Spotlight Nights all season long! events, we teach students not only a passion for the arts, but valuable 6:00 PM, Thursday, June 11, 2015 – Grease and Matilda Stan and Michele Rosen, Herbert and Rita Rosen life skills. Make the All-Star Softball Classic for Family Foundation TECH WEEK REHEARSALS TECH TUESDAYS Friends ($125+) experience working rehearsals in the theater and pre- Youth your next family event—and do The Schultz Family Foundation High school students get the opportunity to learn about the process of rehearsal talks with artistic leadership. your part to fuel great things in our Robert L. and Mary Ann T. Wiley Fund creating live musical theater. The program engages students with access Patrons ($600+) come early to enjoy a light supper before community. Ann P. Wyckoff to behind the scenes technical theater professionals and techniques. rehearsal begins. 5:30 PM, Tuesday, July 7, 2015 – Grease Wednesday, July 8, 2015 – Grease June 27, 2015 | Safeco Field *deceased

Gifts received July 1, 2103 through June 30, 2014.

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EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES COAT CHECK is located on north side of lobby. ADDRESS The 5th Avenue Theatre is located at In the event of an emergency, please wait for an 1308 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. The Theatre announcement for further instructions. Ushers will ACCESSIBILITY Wheelchair seating is available. Administrative Offices are located at 1326 5th be available for assistance. The theater is equipped with the Sennheiser Avenue, Suite 735, Seattle, WA 98101. Listening System for the hard of hearing; headsets EMERGENCY NUMBER The theater’s are available at Coat Check for use, free of charge, BOX OFFICE 206-625-1900. emergency number in Coat Check is with a valid ID and subject to availability. Braille GROUP SALES Groups of 10 or more can save. 206-625-1294. Leave your account number or playbills are available at no cost from Coat Check. Call 888-625-1418 or email exact seat location with your emergency contact in Elevator access is available with usher assistance. [email protected]. case they need to reach you. The 5th Avenue offers American Sign Language ADMINISTRATION 206-625-1418. SMOKING POLICY Smoking is NOT allowed interpreted, audio described, and open captioned in any part of the theater or within 25 feet of performances. FAX 206-292-9610. entrance. For more information, call 206-625-1900 (voice) WEBSITE www.5thavenue.org FIREARMS POLICY No firearms of any kind are or email [email protected]. allowed in any part of the theater. THEATER RENTAL For information regarding LOST & FOUND Call 206-625-1418 between booking, please contact Cathy Johnstone at FOOD & UNCAPPED DRINKS are not allowed 10 AM and 4 PM on weekdays. 206-625-1418. in the auditorium. 5TH AVENUE THEATREWish LIST As a non-profit theater, we rely on the generosity of our community to help us present the best work possible. The 5th Avenue Theatre is currently in need of the following items. If you or your company can help us, please contact Office Manager Kelly Radke at 206-625-1418. • 1 board-of-director-style conference • 2 sofas, 7’ long table approximately 20’long x 5’wide • 4 sofas, 6’ or 7’ long • 1 conference table, 96” long x 36” wide • 14 armless, rolling task/office chairs • 8 padded arm/easy chairs

Thanks to Ginger & John Weaver, as well as Shirley Ballard, for donating items from our last Wish List!

Stay Connected to The 5th!

Check Out Our Mobile Site and App Follow Us on Twitter Take us with you! Tweet along with us at special events and tells us Visit www.5thavenue.org on your mobile device to access what you think of your favorite shows! our mobile site. Or visit your mobile app store and search for The 5th Avenue Theatre. (Mobile app is currently avail- twitter.com/5thAveTheatre able for iPhone and Android.) Follow us on Instagram Sign Up for 5th Avenue Email Post your photos at special events using Join our email list and you’ll be the first to know about ticket deals, #5thAvenue and tell us what you think of your upcoming events, and everything else 5th Avenue! favorite shows! Sign up at www.5thavenue.org/account/signup instagram.com/the5thavenuetheatre

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Become a Fan on Facebook Chats with visiting artists, David Armstrong’s Musical Late-breaking news, musical theater trivia, backstage Theatre Factory, clips from Spotlight Night, rehearsals happenings, and more. It’s all there on Facebook in progress. See what we’ve added to our video library when you become a fan. on The 5th Avenue YouTube Channel. www.faceboook.com/5thave youtube.com/user/5thavenuetheatre 38 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY YOUR MUSICAL NON-PROFIT THEATRE COMPANY 5TH AVENUE THEATRE STAFF

David Armstrong, Executive Producer and Artistic Director Bernadine C. Griffin, Managing Director Bill Berry, Producing Artistic Director

ARTISTIC Direct Sales/Telefundraising INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY James Rudy Ian Eisendrath Christa Bond Jim Cornelson Assistant Sound Engineer Alhadeff Family Director of New Works & Direct Sales/Telefunding Manager Director of IT Kelly Mickelson Music Supervisor Edwin Boyd Melisa Bumpus Key Sound Engineer Kat Sherrell Assistant Manager IT Manager Diana J. Gervais Associate Music Supervisor Burt Bervar, Darren Camp, Douglas Day Production Property Master Albert Evans Boyé Coker, Judy Henceroth, Henriette Helpdesk Administrator Tristan E. Hansen Artistic and Music Associate Klauser, Jim Pennington, Gail Sage, Andrea Maryke VanBeuzekom Creative Property Master Dane Andersen Smith, Joseph Staub, Mark Williams Senior Database Manager Alisha Flaumenbaum Music Coordinator Representatives Nichole Mines Interim Creative Property Master Makaela Pollock Database Manager Katy Fogg New Works Associate Front of House Assistant Property Master John Callahan Jaime Welker OPERATIONS Ariana Donofrio, Austin Smart, Music Apprentice Front of House Manager Catherine Johnstone Patty Kovacs Kelvin Jones, Ed Lammi, Sean Martin, Robin Director of Facility Operations Prop Builders/Artisans EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATION Obourn, Emma Ruhl Alda Shepherd C. Luke Mathis Sean Glynn House Managers Facility Manager Head Builder Executive Assistant to Mr. Armstrong, Ms. Garth Ball, Mike Chang, Colin Chez, Kelly Radke Brian Ainslie Griffin & Mr. Berry Frank Chinn, Alia Collin-Friedrichs, Dave Office Manager/Volunteer Coordinator Assistant Builder Cusick, Stephanie Guerrero, Nancy Harris, Christopher Moad COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING Kelvin Jones, Casey Kaplowitz, Ed Lammi, STAGE DOOR/SECURITY STAFF Costume Shop Manager AND PATRON SERVICES Sean Martin, Tony Mazzella, Sue Moser, Mike Chang, Karen Hall, Erik Knauer, Dean Deborah Engelbach Patrick Harrison Robin Obourn, Liz Pyle, Emma Ruhl, Scott LaRoque, Meg Plimpton Costume & Wardrobe Assistant Vice President of Marketing, Communications Seramur, Meadow Swanson, Kalia Towers- Rigmor Vohra & Patron Services Thomas, Donald Yates ATTORNEYS Cutter/Tailor Peggy Busteed Head Ushers For The 5th Avenue Theatre: Gillian Paulson Director of Customer Service/Ticketing Kathleen Bryant, Barbie Denend, Karen Hall, Levin Plotkin & Menin Draper Chris Marcacci Tony Mazzella Loren H. Plotkin and Susan Mindell Robin Montero, Ruthie Nicklaus Director of Marketing Coat Check John W. Hanley, Jr. First Hands Sendroff & Baruch, LLP Marlys McDonald Marketing and Public Relations DEVELOPMENT Wardrobe Master Jennifer Flood Carle Michelle Moga PRODUCTION Randy Werdal Senior Marketing Manager Vice President of Philanthropy Julia L. Collins Assistant Wardrobe Master Bridget Summers Christine Aguon Director of Production Jeanna Gomez PR & Communications Manager Circles Manager Mo Chapman Master Crafts Niklaus Lopez Sarah McKee Bednar Production Logistics Coordinator Patti Emmert Corporate & Group Sales Manager Corporate Giving Manager Erik Holden Alterations Lead Reesa Nelson Amy Chasanov Technical Director Holly Kipp Marketing Coordinator Foundation & Government Relations Manager Lauren Smith First Hand Kelly Allen Camille Gomez Associate Production Manager Scott Gray PR & Communications Coordinator Individual Giving Officer Trisha Hein Second Crafts Carmel Dunn Chelsea Judd Company Manager Teresa O’Leary, Kati Dawson, Senior Graphic Designer Development Coordinator Kelsey Thorgalsen Maggie Melvin Jeff Carpenter Desiree Saraspi Casting Associate & Artistic Assistant Stitchers Graphic Designer Donor Information Services Manager Sean Stelfox Mary Jones Kevin Harris Jeanne Thompson Production Department Accountant Head Hair and Make-up Graphic Designer Membership Manager Lisa Armstrong, Rachael Dorman Jason Goldsberry Mary Dellasega Season Production Assistants Assistant Hair and Make-up Patron Relations EDUCATION AND OUTREACH Shannin Strom-Henry Anya Rudnick Costume and Wardrobe Director SERVICES Customer Service/Ticketing Director of Education and Outreach Laurel S. Horton ACCO • Alphagraphics • Capital Grille • Khajha Rogers Orlando Morales Head Carpenter DCG One • Dennis Warshall Art and Events Customer Service Manager - Phones Director of the Rising Star Project and Gregory L. 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