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2016-11 in the Heights.Pdf PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Welcome to WVLO Musical Theatre Company’s First Production of its 52nd Season If you enjoy the Community theater productions you have seen in this theater, tell your friends and pick up the fliers/brochures/cards in the lobby. There are holders on the walls which contain information on upcoming productions, cards to place your name on mailing lists and order forms for tickets to their future productions. Presents Please feel free to take them and use them for future reference. It is only through your support that we are able to bring you such “professional” productions at such a reasonable price. Thank you for your continued support. Music & Lyrics by Book by Lin-Manuel Miranda Quiara Alegria Hudes *******SPECIAL OFFER******* Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda LAST CHANCE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR Development of In the Heights was supported by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center during a residency at the Music Theater Conference of 2005. THE NEW SEASON: 2016–2017 Initially developed by Buck House Productions. Originally Produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman Willis, Sander Jacobs, We invite you to become a subscriber to our upcoming season with a Special Goodman/Grossman, Peter Fine, Everett/Skipper Offer! If you purchased an individual ticket to this production, we offer you the Starring opportunity to turn in your ticket stub for a credit on a subscription for our Oklys Pimentel, Kriselle Kelsey, 2016–2017 season. To take advantage of this offer, obtain a Subscription Form from Dedrick Weathersby, Kamille Parungao, the lobby, complete the form, attach your ticket stub which shows the performance date and assigned seat and remit it with a stamped, self-addressed envelope along Mark Macaspac and Leslie Chocano with your check or credit card number for the balance of the new subscription. And Featuring Send them to WVLO at the address shown on the Subscription Form. We will then Elizabeth Cox, Rockey Basco, Jonathan Campos, process this form, assign your seats for the remaining productions of “A Chorus Maggie Velasquez, Andrew Kracht and Phillip Jaco Line” and “Catch Me If You Can” and mail your tickets. Don’t miss this chance to Director: Gary Stanford, Jr.; Music/Vocal Director: Jesse Sanchez; enjoy the rest of our 52nd season! Offer good only through December 3, 2016. Choreographers: Valerie Valenzuela and Swapnil Mehta; Producer: Elizabeth Dale — Edward Hand, President WVLO Musical Theatre Company Gala Champagne Opening: November 5, 2016. 8:00 PM Fridays: November 11, 18, December 2, 2016. 8:00 PM Saturdays: November 12, 26, December 3, 2016. 8:00 PM Saturday Matinee: November 19, 2016. 2:30 PM Sunday Matinees: November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2016. 2:30 PM “In The Heights” is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Rogers & Hammerstein Theatricals, 601 West 26th St. Ste. #312, New York, NY 10001. Visit our Web Site: www.wvlo.org; E-mail: [email protected]; 24-hour Voice Mail: 1-408-268-3777 CAST OF CHARACTERS (In order of appearance) Usnavi De La Vega, owner of DeLa Vega Bodega. .Oklys Pimentel A Note from the Director Nina Rosario, a freshman at Stanford University . Kamille Parungao Kevin Rosario, Nina’s father. Jonathan Campos ashington Heights or “Quisqueyano” Heights due to its extremely Camila Rosario, Nina’s mother. Maggie Velasquez large Dominican Republic (Spanish-speaking) population, is just Benny, employee of Rosario’s. Dedrick Weathersby recovering from a severe crime epidemic and experiencing a forever Vanessa, Works at the salon . Kriselle Kelsley dwindlingW crime rate. Sonny, Usnavi’s cousin. Mark Macaspac Our leading player in the musical, “Usnavi”, strives to live out the common Abuela Claudia, raised Usnavi . Elizabeth Cox passions of a Dominican Immigrant. Live in cheap housing, earn an education and hopefully find greater success after moving away from the neighborhood. Daniela, owner of Daniela’s Salon. Leslie Chocano Carla, works at the Salon. .Rockey Basco A common theme in this show deals with the pressures of staying close to home/ neighborhood and supporting the desires and expectations of family and friends Graffiti Pete, an artist. .Phillip Jaco* or dealing with the fears of getting out of their comfort zone and taking a chance Piragua Guy. Andrew Kracht out in the world. Nina Rosario and Vanessa struggle with different variations of Pete’s Crew. Jake Chen, Andrea Furtado, Hueiyen Tsai this in our show. Bartender. Frank Sherlock You will be hard pressed not to get up during the show and dance in the aisles. Ensemble. Michelle Alindogan***, Sarah Liz Amoroso, Some of the most contagious dance music styles are captured in the beautiful score. Christopher DeJesus, Ashley Faus, Maya Elixabeth Garza, Salsa music and hip hop dominate the show and will really give the audience a Miko Ison, Arielle Luckban, JonNowakowski, Gabriela Reyes, flavor of the culture. Jesse Sanchez has carefully crafted a band of extremely talented Robert Summers, Jamail (Phillip) Davis** musicians who can not only play this difficult score, but also keep up with the heavy demands of the show, which is almost 2 ½ hours of relentless instrumentation. *US for Usnavi: Phillip Jaco One of the most exciting aspects of the show is the dance concepts. We were **US for Benny: Jamail (Phillip) Davis (Performs Nov. 5th and 6th) fortunate enough to cast a show that was talented enough to handle a much ***US for Carla: Michelle Alindogan (Performs Nov. 13th and 20th) heavier workload of dance. As such, our Choreographers, Val and Swap, did a wonderful job executing razor sharp, precision choreography to help tell our story and rapidly advance the plot. Our challenge was integrating enough movement to keep the audience engaged in the show, but also not take away from the story with too much dance. Congratulations The most spectacular part of the show is the ethnic diversity. It’s a hard-pressed ordeal these days to find a Bay Area musical with more than a few minority actors in the cast and we have managed to collect some of the most talented Latin actors Liz and Company around the Bay Area. All that being said, I am incredibly excited and honored that we are able to on another fantastic production! share this exciting and proud-full production with you all. Cheers! — Your colleagues at Ladera Travel —Gary Stanford, Jr.,Director 2 3 SYNOPSIS OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT II Scene 1: Benny’s Fire Escape – Sunday Morning Setting: One block of Washington Heights, Manhattan. One one side of the “Sunrise”. Nina, Benny & Ensemble street is Rosario’s Car Service with a dispatch booth. Usnavi & Claudia’s front stoop Scene 2: Outside the Bodega; the Rosario Fire Escape is next door. Across the street is De La Vega Bodega and Daniela’s Unisex Salon. Scene 3: Interior of Usnavi and Abuela’s Apartment Apartment windows and fire escapes tangle into the landscape. A blurry view of “Hundreds Of Stories”. Abuela Claudia & Usnavi the bridge is in the background. Scene 4: Outside the Dispatch Booth Time: July 3rd through 5th “Enough”. .Camila ACT I Scene 5: The Street Scene 1: Washington Heights – Sunrise “Carnaval Del Barrio”. Daniela & Company “In The Heights”. Usnavi & Company Scene 6: The Dispatch Booth Scene 2: On the Street “Atencion”. .Kevin “Breathe”. Nina & Company Scene 7: The Street Scene 3: Rosario’s Car Service “Alabanza”. .Usnavi, Nina & Company “Benny’s Dispatch”. Benny & Nina Scene 8: The Street – Later that Afternoon Scene 4: The Street “Everything I Know” . Nina “It Won’t Be Long Now”. Vanessa, Usnavi & Sonny Scene 9: Outside the Salon Scene 5: The Dispatch Booth “No Me Diga” (Reprise). Daniela, Carla & Vanessa “Inutil” (Useless). .Kevin Scene 10: The Street Scene 6: The Salon “Piragua” (Reprise). .Piragua Guy “No Me Diga”. Daniela, Carla, Vanessa & Nina Scene 11: The Bodega Scene 7: Inside the Bodega; The Street “Champagne”. Vanessa & Usnavi “96,000”. Usnavi, Benny, Sonny, Vanessa, Daniela, Carla & Company Scene 12: The Dispatch Booth Scene 8: The Street “When The Sun Goes Down”. .Nina & Benny “Paciencia Y Fe” (Patience & Faith) . Abuela Claudia & Company Scene 13: A Shady Alleyway – Late at Night Scene 9: Abuela Claudia’s Stoop – Early Evening Scene 14: The Street – Monday Morning, Sunrise “When You’re Home” . Nina, Benny & Company “Finale”. Usnavi & Company Scene 10: The Street – Dusk “Piragua”. Piragua Guy ORCHESTRA Scene 11: The Rosario Household Conductor. Jesse Sanchez “Siempre” (Always) . Camila & Bolero Singer Reeds. Ron Bowman, Asa Stern Scene 12: The Club Trumpets. Vincent Aurad, Guy Celestre, Dr. Russell Zimmer “The Club”. Company Trombones. Keith Hunger, John Fitzhugh “Blackout”. Company Guitar . Christopher Main Bass. Ian Earley —Intermission— Drums. Jerald Bittle Latin Percussion. .Brietta Greger Keyboards . Amanda Ku, Samuel Cisneros Not all musicians will play for each performance. 4 5 PRODUCTION STAFF WHO’S WHO IN OUR CAST Producer. .Elizabeth Dale Assistant Producer. Nancy Kwong Sarah Liz Amoroso (Ensemble) Sarah makes her debut in this WVLO musical, Associate Producer. .Earl Masuda but has appeared in Notre Dame HS productions of “Joseph &….Dreamcoat”, Director. .Gary Stanford, Jr. “Once On This Island” and “Carnival”. Her most recent appearance was in SCPL’s Assistant to Director. Jessica LaFever “Agatha Crusty & The Murder Mystery Dinner” in which she played a classy Music/Vocal Director. Jesse Sanchez English female drunk!! She holds a BS in Nursing and is a Registered Nurse at Assistant Vocal Director. Richard Portune Stanford Health Care. In her spare time, she loves playing guitar and caring for her Choreographers. Valerie Valenzuela & Swapnil Mehta Production Designer . Stephen C. Wathen pet rabbit. Her future goal is to save the world with the healing power of laughter. Tech Director/Construction. Ed Hand Sarah extends her special thanks to her family and friends for supporting her in Master Carpenter.
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