2018 2019 SEASON
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4 Letter from the President 4 Board of Directors and Staff 9 The Book of Mormon 23 Comprehensive Campaign 24 Institutional and Government Support 25 Individual Support 27 Matching Gifts 27 Honickman Family Society Kim Exum, Conner Peirson - The Book of Mormon 29 Kimmel Center Staff (c) Julieta Cervantes 2017
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KIMMEL CENTER, INC., OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS Teresa Bryce Bazemore, Chair Anne C. Ewers, President and CEO
Robert R. Corrato, Vice-Chair Jane Hollingsworth, Vice Chair Michael D. Zisman, Treasurer and Chair-Elect Jami Wintz McKeon, Secretary David P. Holveck, Immediate Past Chair
Bart Blatstein Richard D. Carpenter Vanessa Chan Dear friends, Reverend Luis A. Cortés, Jr. Katherine D. Crothall Robert J. Delany Sr. Welcome to the Academy of Music, host of the critically- James F. Dever, Jr. acclaimed, 9-time Tony-winning, powerhouse musical, Frances R. Graham The Book of Mormon. We are thrilled to present this Michael B. Hill Philip P. Jaurigue blockbuster for the third time to Philadelphia audiences — Obra Kernodle it’s packed with Grammy-winning music, irreverent humor, Brook J. Lenfest and a loveable cast of characters. Jeffrey A. Leonard Sara Lomax-Reese P. Edward Lovelidge Our Kimmel Center Cultural Campus is home to an array of Jeffrey P. McFadden comedy legends and up-and-comers all season long, as part Stanley Middleman of the diverse and varied programming presented across our Elizabeth Murphy Nicole Perkins nine performance spaces. To close out the 2018-19 season, Ronald Rubin The Improvised Shakespeare Company will dive into worlds Mark H. Samuels of spontaneous comedy on June 7 & 8, developing brand-new Anne Faulkner Schoemaker Matthew A. Taylor shows worthy of the Bard with each performance. Chicago’s Sherry Varrelman revered troupe The Second City returns with an entirely Laurie Wagman female ensemble and a new show, She the People — running Tony G. Werner in the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater June 13 through Mario Zacharjasz June 22. Finally, as part of her inaugural American tour, TRUSTEES EMERITI Hannah Gadsby arrives with Douglas, making her debut in Sidney Kimmel the Kimmel Center’s Merriam Theater on June 23. The Hon. Bob P. Casey* The Hon. Edward G. Rendell The Hon. Tom Ridge Living out our vision to transform lives daily through the George M. Ross* arts extends beyond presenting experiences and educational Willard G. Rouse III* opportunities to a range of ages and arts consumers in our *Awarded posthumously Philadelphia community; did you know that we also serve EXECUTIVE STAFF as an incubator for the creation and production of new works Anne C. Ewers, President and CEO through our yearly Jazz and Theater Residencies? This J. Edward Cambron, Executive Vice President June marks the sixth season of our Theater Residency, a and COO Stan Applegate, Senior Vice President of Finance 2-week intensive in partnership with Joe’s Pub (New York) and CFO that concludes with FREE & open to the public readings on Crystal Brewe, Senior Vice President of Strategic June 28 & 29 in our intimate SEI Innovation Studio. Marketing and Communications Ross Richards, Senior Vice President of Facilites and Operations Stay up-to-date on all Campus happenings by following us on social media and signing up for our weekly PRESIDENT’S e-newsletter, Ovation. LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Wynne Amick David Cohen Enjoy today’s performance! Stephen Cozen Lisa Crutchfield Warmly, Peter Dean Thomas A. Decker John A. Francis William Hankowsky Lisa Kabnick Marjorie Rendell Lyn Ross Timothy Scheve Molly Shepard Brian Tierney James Zug 4
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ROGER BERLIND SCOTT M. DELMAN JEAN DOUMANIAN ROY FURMAN IMPORTANT MUSICALS STEPHANIE P. M cCLELLAND KEVIN MORRIS JON B. PLATT SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER STUART THOMPSON
PRESENT
BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY TREY PARKER, ROBERT LOPEZ AND MATT STONE
WITH LIAM TOBIN JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN KAYLA PECCHIONI ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES JACQUES C. SMITH RON BOHMER COREY JONES JACOB BEN-SHMUEL ISAIAH TYRELLE BOYD TSILALA BROCK RICARDO COKE-THOMAS ROBERT COLVIN ZACH ERHARDT KENNY FRANCOEUR AMANDA FELICIA FOOTE JEREMY GASTON PATRICK GRAVER EDDIE GREY TYLER LEAHY WILL LEE-WILLIAMS JOSH MARIN HENRY McGINNISS LUKE MONDAY STONEY B. MOOTOO NURNEY MONICA L. PATTON JOHN PINTO JR. CHRISTIAN PROBST J NYCOLE RALPH CONNOR RUSSELL JONATHAN SANGSTER SEAN SEYMOUR LEONARD E. SULLIVAN TEDDY TRICE BRINIE WALLACE
SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN SCOTT PASK ANN ROTH BRIAN MacDEVITT BRIAN RONAN
HAIR DESIGN ORCHESTRATIONS CASTING PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER JOSH MARQUETTE LARRY HOCHMAN & CARRIE GARDNER PAIGE GRANT STEPHEN OREMUS
DANCE MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS MUSIC DIRECTOR MUSIC COORDINATOR ASSOCIATE PRODUCER GLEN KELLY ANDREW GRAHAM MICHAEL KELLER ELI BUSH
TOUR BOOKING AGENCY TOUR PRESS AND MARKETING PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT GENERAL MANAGEMENT THE BOOKING ALLIED TOURING AURORA THOMPSON TURNER GROUP/ PRODUCTIONS PRODUCTIONS/ MEREDITH BLAIR ADAM J. MILLER
MUSIC SUPERVISION AND VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS STEPHEN OREMUS
CHOREOGRAPHED BY CASEY NICHOLAW
DIRECTED BY CASEY NICHOLAW AND TREY PARKER
Broadway Philadelphia is presented collaboratively by The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and The Shubert Organization.
9 CAST (in order of appearance) Mormon...... TYLER LEAHY Moroni...... ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES Elder Price...... LIAM TOBIN Elder Cunningham...... JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN Missionary Voice...... RON BOHMER Price’s Dad...... RON BOHMER Cunningham’s Dad...... SEAN SEYMOUR Mrs. Brown...... MONICA L. PATTON Guards...... WILL LEE-WILLIAMS, TEDDY TRICE Mafala...... JACQUES C. SMITH Nabulungi...... KAYLA PECCHIONI Doctor...... ISAIAH TYRELLE BOYD Elder McKinley...... ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES Joseph Smith...... RON BOHMER General...... COREY JONES Mission President...... RON BOHMER Ensemble...... ISAIAH TYRELLE BOYD, ZACH ERHARDT, AMANDA FELICIA FOOTE, JEREMY GASTON, PATRICK GRAVER, EDDIE GREY, TYLER LEAHY, WILL LEE-WILLIAMS, JOSH MARIN, STONEY B. MOOTOO, MONICA L. PATTON, JOHN PINTO JR., CONNOR RUSSELL, SEAN SEYMOUR, TEDDY TRICE, BRINIE WALLACE
UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
For Elder Price—ZACH ERHARDT For Elder Cunningham—KENNY FRANCOEUR, EDDIE GREY For Mafala Hatimbi—LEONARD E. SULLIVAN, TEDDY TRICE For Nabulungi—STONEY B. MOOTOO, BRINIE WALLACE For McKinley/Moroni—HENRY McGINNISS For Price’s Dad/Joseph Smith/Missionary President/et al—PATRICK GRAVER, SEAN SEYMOUR For General—WILL LEE-WILLIAMS, TEDDY TRICE
Standby for Elder Price—ROBERT COLVIN, LUKE MONDAY Standby for Elder Cunningham—JACOB BEN-SHMUEL, JONATHAN SANGSTER
Robert Colvin is appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity.
SWINGS TSILALA BROCK, RICARDO COKE-THOMAS, KENNY FRANCOEUR, HENRY McGINNISS, NURNEY, CHRISTIAN PROBST, J NYCOLE RALPH, LEONARD E. SULLIVAN
DANCE CAPTAIN KENNY FRANCOEUR, CHRISTIAN PROBST
ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAIN TSILALA BROCK
THE BOOK OF MORMON ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard 1—ANDREW GRAHAM; Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2—DANIEL KLINTWORTH; Guitar—TIM MOREY; Bass—ADAM OVERACKER; Drums—TREVOR HOLDER; Keyboard Programmer—RANDY COHEN
PHILADELPHIA MUSICIANS Reeds—JOE VETTORI Trumpet/Flugel/Piccolo Trumpet—MATT GALLAGHER Trombone/Bass Trombone—BOB SUTTMANN Violin/Viola—ERICA MILLER Sub Keyboard—LINDA HENDERSON Music Coordinator—JOE CICCIMARO
THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION
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Liam Tobin Jordan Matthew Brown
Kayla Pecchioni Andy Huntington Jones Jacques C. Smith
Ron Bohmer Corey Jones Jacob Ben-Shmuel Isaiah Tyrelle Boyd Tsilala Brock Ricardo Coke-Thomas
Robert Colvin Zach Erhardt Amanda Felicia Foote Kenny Francoeur Jeremy Gaston Patrick Graver
Eddie Grey Tyler Leahy Will Lee-Williams Josh Marin Henry McGinniss Luke Monday
Stoney B. Mootoo Nurney Monica L. Patton John Pinto Jr. Christian Probst J Nycole Ralph
Connor Russell Jonathan Sangster Sean Seymour Leonard E. Sullivan Teddy Trice Brinie Wallace 11 WHO’S WHO in the CAST LIAM TOBIN (Elder Price). Broadway: The Book COREY JONES (General). Regional: How the of Mormon. Tours: Gerry Goffin in Beautiful— Grinch… (Old Globe); How to Fight Loneliness, The Carole King Musical, Tony in West Side Story. King John, Titus Andronicus, The Tempest (Utah Regional credits include Alferd Packer in Trey Shakespeare); Wild with Happy (Pittsburgh Parker’s Cannibal the Musical, Lord Farquaad in City Theatre), The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Shrek, Buddy in Elf, Lancelot in Spamalot. Liam Deity (Dallas Theater Center); The Color Purple hails from Newfoundland, Canada. “Thanks to the (Celebration Theatre); Gee’s Bend (Arkansas Talent House, my family and Danielle!” Repertory); Othello (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Macbeth, Ragtime (PCPA); Williamstown; Illinois JORDAN MATTHEW BROWN (Elder Shakes, Chautauqua. “Love to my family!” Cunningham) is thrilled to be rejoining the national tour straight from the Broadway company JACOB BEN-SHMUEL (Standby Elder of The Book of Mormon! Favorite regional and Cunningham) is thrilled to be making his national collegiate credits include The 25th…Spelling Bee tour debut with this brilliant show! He recently (Barfée), Parade (Leo Frank), Columbinus (AP). graduated from UCIrvine with his B.F.A. in music Proud graduate of Boston University, B.F.A. acting; theater. Thanks to his incredible family, friends and the National Music Theatre Institute. Endless and mentors! thanks to the incredible BoM casting and creative teams, DBA, and his unbelievable family and friends. ISAIAH TYRELLE BOYD (Ensemble) is pumped to be joining The Book of Mormon family! KAYLA PECCHIONI (Nabulungi). International Other credits include The Color Purple (Portland tour: Dreamgirls (Ensemble, u/s Lorrell); New Center Stage), Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric York: Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Kayla is so Opera of Chicago), A Bronx Tale (Paper Mill humbled to be joining this incredible family! Endless Playhouse). “Enjoy!” thanks to her friends, family, Eddie, Avalon Artists Group and the entire BoM team. TSILALA BROCK (Swing, Assistant Dance Captain). National tour debut! Favorites include Celie ANDY HUNTINGTON JONES (Elder McKinley). (The Color Purple), Troika Bermuda; Zahra (Parable Broadway: Cats (Munkustrap), Bullets Over of the Sower), The Public. TV: “Happyish,” “Broad Broadway, Cinderella. Tours: Cinderella (Prince City,” “The Mysteries of Laura.” Love to Bermuda, Topher), West Side Story (Riff ). Regional: Muny, Mommy, The Mine and The Book of Mormon! North Shore Music Theatre, Maltz Jupiter. Andy is a graduate of the University of Michigan who now RICARDO COKE-THOMAS (Swing) is from lives in New York and is super stoked to be touring London, England and is delighted to be making his through your town. American debut! West End credits: The Lion King, Shrek, Fame, Fela!, The Book of Mormon and Oliver! JACQUES C. SMITH (Mafala Hatimbi). Thank you, Mum, for your unwavering support. Broadway/national tour: If/Then (Stephen), Rent (Benny). Regional: Old Globe, Goodman Theatre ROBERT COLVIN (Standby Elder Price) is (BTAA Award, Jefferson nomination), Pasadena thrilled to making his American debut in The Book Playhouse (FRED Award, NAACP nomination), of Mormon! Originally from just outside London, Ebony Repertory Theatre (Ovation Award) and U.K. Previous credits include Legally Blonde others. TV: “Marlon,” “Eagleheart,” “Oz” (series (Warner, international), Dirty Dancing (Standby regular), “General Hospital,” “CSI: Miami,” Johnny, West End and international tour), Grease “American Masters,” “Law & Order,” “ER” and (Danny, Sweden). others. Education: UCSD (M.F.A.), Princeton University (B.A.). ZACH ERHARDT (Ensemble). Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar (The Muny), Doody in Grease RON BOHMER (Price’s Dad and others). Select (John W. Engeman). “Thanks Nicolosi & Co., the Broadway/tour: Ragtime (Father), The Scarlet Mindocks, Phil, Grace, the BoM team, my beautiful Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel), The Woman fiancé Samantha and my family.” CCM MT17. in White (Sir Percival Glyde), The Phantom of the Opera (Phantom), Sunset Boulevard (Joe Gillis), KENNY FRANCOEUR (Dance Captain, Swing). Aspects of Love (Alex—Robby Award, Best Actor). Broadway: The Book of Mormon. Tours: Anything Regional: The Fantasticks (El Gallo—Acclaim Goes (Purser). Regional: Spamalot, The Little Award, Best Actor), Sunday in the Park with George Mermaid, The Music Man, …Spelling Bee. B.M. (Critics Circle Award, Best Actor). vocal performance from NYU Steinhardt. “Thanks to The Book of Mormon family, SW Artists and my family!” 12 WHO’S WHO in the CAST
AMANDA FELICIA FOOTE (Ensemble) joins LUKE MONDAY (Standby Elder Price). National the company straight from The Book of Mormon tour: Mamma Mia! (u/s Ensemble/Sky). Regional: Australia. Tour: The Lion King. Regional: Sister She Loves Me (Georg), Once (Andrej), Next to Act, Hairspray, Grease. “All my love to God, Ma, Normal (Gabe), All Shook Up (Chad). “Love and Stephen, Max, The Luedtke Agency, PMT and the gratitude to my family, JD and the pups!” BoM team.” STONEY B. MOOTOO (Ensemble). Native JEREMY GASTON (Ensemble). National/ of the Bronx, New York, Stoney B. Mootoo is international tours: Motown second nat’l (Berry a recent graduate of UNCG’s Acting & Musical Gordy u/s, Stevie Wonder u/s), Sister Act first nat’l Theatre program, including intensive training (Eddie u/s), Shrek (Donkey), Smokey Joe’s Cafe from Tony Award-winning musical director (Victor u/s), Jesus Christ Superstar (Priest u/s), Dominick Amendum. Sunfish (Monk). Special thanks to Daniel Hoff Agency, Carrie Gardner and loving family. NURNEY (Swing). First national tour! Regional: Olney Theatre Center, American Pops Orchestra, EDDIE GREY (Ensemble). Born in Sydney, Toby’s Dinner Theatre. B.S. communication studies, Australia, Eddie is thrilled to be touring North Towson University. Thanks to Cynthia, family America in this after being a part of the original and friends. Australian company! Favorite credits include Wicked (Boq), Tuck Everlasting (Jesse), Legally Blonde MONICA L. PATTON (Ensemble) has worked (Kiki), Spring Awakening (Georg). “Dedicated to with such notables as Eartha Kitt and Diahann Elder Whatcott.” Carroll. Broadway: Abby’s Song, Ragtime, Finian’s Rainbow. Tour: The Lion King, Annie, Joseph… PATRICK GRAVER (Ensemble). “This is a dream Dreamcoat. Her novel and single Beautiful Carnage come true!” National tours: Bullets Over Broadway, is available on Amazon. West Side Story. Proud Penn State grad. “All my love and thanks to Justin, my family and the BoM team. JOHN PINTO JR. (Ensemble) would like to thank ‘Ma Ha Nei Bu, Eebowai!’” Anne, Scott and Casey for giving him this amazing job…again! Love and thanks to his incredibly TYLER LEAHY (Ensemble). National tour debut! supportive family and boyfriend. Dass it! Regional: Farmers Alley Theatre, Music Theatre Wichita. Proud graduate of the University of CHRISTIAN PROBST (Dance Captain, Swing) Michigan with a B.F.A. in musical theater. “Thanks is ecstatic to be touring with The Book of Mormon. to my family, KMR and my MT16ers!” Broadway: The Book of Mormon. National tour: The Little Mermaid. Regional: Muny, Riverside, WILL LEE-WILLIAMS (Ensemble). Off- North Shore, Paper Mill. Proud alum of Yale ’17. Broadway: Seussical. National tour: Miss Saigon. Love to mentors, friends, Team Mormon and family! NYC/regional: Philly in From My Hometown (Wilde Award-winner), Aida, Tommy, Rent. Film/web: J NYCOLE RALPH (Swing). Award-winning Losing Lester, Passed Over. Recordings: Seussical: producer best known for creating “Working Out the Original Off-Broadway Cast. “For my Roxana. Love Kinks,” the first scripted sitcom series highlighting to Dad, Mom and TIC.” the natural hair movement. “Yaaaaaasssss!” Best Supporting Actress—Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Consuela JOSH MARIN (Ensemble). National tour debut! and Anita—WSS Broadway tour. Credits include Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, Mr. Black in The Wild Party, Chad Diety in CONNOR RUSSELL (Ensemble). Tours: Disney’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety, Harpo The Little Mermaid (Flounder). Regional: October in The Color Purple, Flick in Violet and most Sky (Old Globe), Disney’s Aladdin (5th Avenue recently Benny in In the Heights! Theatre), Ride the Cyclone (ACT Theatre), Beatsville (Asolo Rep), A Christmas Carol (Pittsburgh CLO). HENRY McGINNISS (Swing). National tour debut! TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Point Park Chicago: Paramount, Drury Lane, Marriott, Mercury, University graduate. Griffin, Boho. Regional: KC Starlight, Peninsula Players. TV: “Chicago Fire.” Henry is a Joseph JONATHAN SANGSTER (Standby Elder Jefferson Award-winner and two-time nominee. Proud Cunningham) Select Regional: Young Frankenstein CCPA graduate. “Love to my family and Hayley.” (Igor), Spamalot (Patsy), First Date (Man 2), The Old Globe’s Looking For Christmas (Swing). “Endless gratitude to family and friends, Nicole and FSE, and the entire BoM team! This is Incredible!” 13 WHO’S WHO in the CAST
SEAN SEYMOUR (Ensemble) Tour: Cinderella ROBERT LOPEZ (Book, Music, Lyrics) is the (Prince Topher u/s). Selected Regional: The Muny, co-creator of the smash hit, Tony Award-winning Sacramento Music Circus, North Carolina Theatre, Broadway musicals Avenue Q and The Book Gulfshore Playhouse. B.F.A. in Musical Theatre, of Mormon. Along with his wife and collaborator University of Michigan. Proud union member. Kristen Anderson-Lopez, he wrote the songs for “Thanks to CTG and the entire BoM family!” Disney’s Frozen, earning an Oscar and a Grammy for the movie’s signature song “Let It Go,” and a LEONARD E. SULLIVAN (Swing). Nat’l Grammy for the Frozen soundtrack. The pair adapted tours: Hairspray, High School Musical. European Frozen for Broadway which opened Spring 2018. tours: A Chorus Line, Smokey Joe’s Café, And the Lopez and Anderson-Lopez also co-wrote the Oscar- World Goes ’Round. Regional theaters: Paper Mill winning song “Remember Me” from Pixar’s Coco, Playhouse, Goodspeed, Atlanta TUTS, San Jose original musical Up Here, the score for Disney’s Music Theater. Thanks to Mom, Dad and Lenore. Winnie the Pooh and Finding Nemo: The Musical (playing at Walt Disney World since 2006). Lopez TEDDY TRICE (Ensemble) is overjoyed to be shared two Emmy Award wins for his music for returning to BoM on the Jumamosi tour. Teddy Nickelodeon’s “The Wonder Pets” and an Emmy began his Mormon journey as an original member nomination for the musical episode of “Scrubs” and of the Australian company. Hailing from Kansas the song “Moving Pictures” which opened the 87th City, Teddy received his B.A. in theater from Drury Academy Awards. His work has also been featured on University. Member of AEA. Teddy would like to TV shows, including “South Park,” “The Simpsons” give a special thanks to friends, family and patrons and “Phineas and Ferb.” Lopez is one of only 15 artists for their unwavering support. to win all four major entertainment industry awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards). He has BRINIE WALLACE (Ensemble) is honored to also won Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama be back in the states after premiering The Book of League, Lucile Lortel, Frederick Loewe and Edward Mormon in Australia! Recent grad, Penn State. Kleban awards. A graduate of Yale, Lopez now “Thanks to the Tombros’, Jen Waldman, the resides in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters. YoungArts Foundation, the Broadway Dreams Thanks Buzzetti, Mom, Dad, Billy, Katie, Annie and Foundation, and her PSU Misfits!” especially Kristen for all the love and support.
TREY PARKER (Co-Director, Book, Music, MATT STONE (Book, Music, Lyrics) met Trey Lyrics) wrote and directed his first feature film, Parker at the University of Colorado, and together Cannibal! The Musical, while attending the they made a short animated piece called The Spirit University of Colorado in Boulder. A few years later, of Christmas. This launched their most recognized Trey co-created the hit animated series “South Park” work, the critically acclaimed and award-winning with Matt Stone, his college friend and Cannibal! television show, “South Park.” The animated series producer. Debuting on Comedy Central in 1997 is in its 22nd season on Comedy Central and has and currently in its 22nd season, South Park has won won Stone five Emmy Awards and the coveted five Emmy Awards as well as the coveted Peabody Peabody Award. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Award. The same year South Park debuted, Parker Uncut, which Stone produced and co-wrote, earned wrote, directed and starred in the filmOrgazmo. Two an Oscar nomination and the New York Film Critics years later, Parker and Stone released the critically Circle Award for Best Animated Film. In addition to acclaimed feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer South Park, Stone has partnered with Parker on the & Uncut. The musical, which Parker directed and low-budget Cannibal! The Musical, the superhero co-wrote, earned an Oscar nomination for Best comedy Orgazmo and the marionette action thriller Song and the first ever New York Film Critics Team America: World Police. Stone won three Tonys Circle Award for an animated film. In 2004, the for The Book of Mormon, including Best Musical, pair returned to theaters with Team America: World as well as a Grammy for the Best Musical Theater Police, an action movie co-written and directed by Album. Matt Stone is originally from Littleton, Colo. Parker that starred a cast of marionettes. It has been a long-time dream of Parker’s to write a musical CASEY NICHOLAW (Co-Director and for Broadway. He won four Tonys for The Book Choreographer). Represented on Broadway as of Mormon, including Best Musical, as well as the director/choreographer of The Prom, Mean Girls Grammy for The Best Musical Theater Album. Trey (2018 Tony nominations for Best Direction and Parker is originally from Conifer, Colo. Choreography), Disney’s Aladdin (2014 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for Best Choreography) and co-director and
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choreographer of The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony, ANDREW GRAHAM (Music Director/Conductor). Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for New York: The Book of Mormon, Wicked and co-director and nominations in the same categories Avenue Q. Las Vegas: Spamalot, Avenue Q. National for Choreography), Olivier Award-winner for Best tours: Wicked, Avenue Q, Pippin, Thoroughly Choreography. Represented on the West End as Modern Millie, Seussical, The Music Man, Footloose. director and choreographer of Dreamgirls, The Book European tours: Hair and Grease. Regional: world of Mormon and Aladdin. Other Broadway credits as premiere of Disney’s Freaky Friday at Signature director/choreographer: Tuck Everlasting, Something Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Play House Rotten! (2015 Tony nominee, Best Director), Elf The and Alley Theatre; Aida, Annie and Footloose at Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama The Muny; Beauty and the Beast and the world Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Monty premiere of Disney’s When You Wish at Tuacahn Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols Center for the Arts. He holds degrees from both (2005 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and Trinity nominations Best Choreography). Additional New College of Music in London. York credits for City Center Encores!: the highly acclaimed productions of Most Happy Fella, Anyone ANN ROTH (Costume Design) is a Tony Award- Can Whistle and Follies (direction/choreography). winning costume designer with over 100 theater design credits. Select designs include the original SCOTT PASK (Scenic Design). Over 50 Broadway Broadway productions of The Odd Couple, Purlie, designs including The Book of Mormon (Tony Seesaw, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Award); The Pillowman (Tony); The Band’s Visit; They’re Playing Our Song, Hurlyburly, The House Mean Girls; Waitress; Oh, Hello on Broadway; of Blue Leaves, The Book of Mormon and The Nance Pippin (Tony nomination); Something Rotten!; (Tony Award). Film credits include The English The Visit; An Act of God; It’s Only a Play; I’ll Eat Patient (Academy Award), The Post, Julie & Julia, You Last; A Steady Rain; The Coast of Utopia The Reader, Doubt, Mamma Mia!, Cold Mountain, (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and The Hours, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Birdcage, Hewes awards); Pal Joey (Tony nomination); Klute, Working Girl, Silkwood, 9 to 5, Hair and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (first revival, Tony Midnight Cowboy. Roth was inducted into the nomination, Drama Desk Award); A Behanding in Theater Hall of Fame in 2011. Spokane; Nine; Promises, Promises; Speed-the- Plow; Take Me Out; Martin Short…; The Vertical BRIAN MacDEVITT (Lighting Design). Hour; Sweet Charity; Urinetown. London: The Book The Book of Mormon (Tony Award). Recent New of Mormon, The Playboy of the Western World, The York City: Death of a Salesman directed by Mike Country Girl, LoveSong, On An Average Day (all Nichols, The Mountaintop with Samuel L. Jackson, West End); Tales from Hollywood, Take Me Out and Chinglish on Broadway and The Enchanted Island The Same Deep Water as Me (Donmar). Also Peter at the Metropolitan Opera. Last season he designed Grimes (Met Opera), Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna. Le Compte Ory at the Metropolitan Opera. Dance: American Ballet Theater, Tere O’Connor Dance, STEPHEN OREMUS (Musical Supervisor/ Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, and Nancy Music Director/Vocal Arranger/Co-Orchestrator). Bannon, among others. Director: Proof at Theatre Broadway: Kinky Boots (Tony Award for Best Three. Awards: five Tonys, Obie, Bessie, Outer Orchestrations and Grammy Award); The Book Critics’, Hewes and Drama Desk, among others. of Mormon (Tony and Drama Desk awards for Best He is a member of Naked Angels and faculty at Orchestrations and Grammy Award). Worldwide University of Maryland. He is a father to Jake music supervisor/arranger of Wicked; music and Georgie. supervisor/vocal arranger/orchestrator of Broadway productions/tours of The Book of Mormon, BRIAN RONAN (Sound Design). Over 35 Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5: The Musical. Broadway designs including Springsteen on Conductor/contributing arranger for the Oscar- Broadway, War Paint, Tuck Everlasting, Sting’s winning Disney film Frozen. Music director of The Last Ship, Beautiful, If/Then, The Book of “The Wiz Live” on NBC TV and The 87th Academy Mormon, Anything Goes, American Idiot, Next Awards telecast; arranging Lady Gaga’s tribute to to Normal, Spring Awakening, Grey Gardens and The Sound of Music and orchestrator/conductor for Cabaret. Off-Broadway designs include Bowie’s Lady Gaga’s performance of “Till It Happens to Lazarus, Giant, Rent, Everyday Rapture, Saved, You” on The 88th Academy Awards. Music director/ 10 Million Miles and Bug. He is the recipient of conductor for Rufus Wainwright’s concerts: Rufus Obie, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Olivier and Tony Does Judy and House of Rufus. awards. He has had the opportunity to work with
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the most talented composers, directors, designers, MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator). Current actors, musicians and stagehands in the world for Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, The Color which he is eternally grateful. Purple, School of Rock, Kinky Boots, Wicked, The Lion King. Upcoming Broadway: War Paint, LARRY HOCHMAN (Co-Orchestrator). Tony Anastasia, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Award: The Book of Mormon. Tony nominations: Musical, Half Time. Tours: Kinky Boots, The Book of Fiddler on the Roof; A Class Act; Spamalot; Mormon, The Lion King, Wicked. The Scottsboro Boys; Something Rotten!; She Loves Me; Hello, Dolly! Five Emmy Awards STEVE BEBOUT (Associate Director) also as composer of “The Wonder Pets” (Nickelodeon). served as associate director of The Addams Family Other Broadway: The Addams Family, Jane Eyre. (Broadway, tour, Brazil and Australia), Sister Act Twenty-eight regional and Off-Broadway shows. (Broadway), 101 Dalmatians (tour) and Girl Crazy Films: multiple Disney films and The Informant! (Encores!). Directing credits include I Got Fired (Marvin Hamlisch). Composer: The Little Mermaid and Two Rooms in New York City. Regional: II, Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories,” In Memoriam The Full Monty, The Buddy Holly Story and Little (symphonic poem). Recordings, concerts: Shop of Horrors. NYU: Urinetown: The Musical Sir Paul McCartney, Not the Messiah (Eric Idle), and Bye Bye Birdie. Thanks to Casey, Trey, Jen and Mandy Patinkin, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes the entire BoM team. Mitchell, Barry Manilow, Boston Pops, San Francisco Symphony, New York Philharmonic. JENNIFER WERNER (Supervising Associate Director). Associate Director: The Most Happy GLEN KELLY (Dance Arrangements) arranged Fella, Follies (Encores!); Robin and the 7 Hoods music and wrote original lyrics for Bullets Over (Old Globe); Winnie the Pooh (int’l tour). Broadway. He supervised and arranged Mel Brooks’ Choreography: As Long As… (Roundabout), NFL The Producers and Young Frankenstein. Other national commercials, Drama League Awards, arranging credits include Beauty and the Beast, ABC’s upfronts, Cabaret (Paris, numerous regional Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaperone, A Christmas productions), The Black Suits (Center Theatre Story, The Scottsboro Boys, Aladdin and Something Group), The Wiz (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), My Fair Rotten! He won a Drama Desk Award for his original Lady (Ogunquit), A Wonderful Life (Engeman), score to The Nance. The Phantom… (NCT). Director: The Little Mermaid, Spamalot (NCT); Chess (Wharton Center). JOSH MARQUETTE (Hair Design). N.Y./London: Choreography Off-Broadway: Bloodsong of Love Dreamgirls, Paramour, Tuck Everlasting, School (Ars Nova), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (Lortel/ of Rock, Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Kinky Boots, Theatreworks), ReWrite (Urban Stages) and Things The Book of Mormon, Trip of Love, First Date, to Ruin (Second Stage). Elf, Dogfight, The Best Man, Look Back in Anger, The Drowsy Chaperone, Pig Farm, …Trailer Park JOHN MacINNIS (Associate Choreographer). Musical, Altar Boyz, Show Boat at Carnegie Hall, and Credits include director and choreographer of medal Mamma Mia! Encores! Most Happy Fella; No, No, ceremonies at the Olympic Winter Games (2002 Nanette; and Follies. West Coast: Robin and the 7 and 2010) and Radio City Christmas Spectacular Hoods, Peep Show, Minsky’s, Vanities. Television: in Mexico City, Mexico. He choreographed “The Slap,” “30 Rock,” “Saturday Night Live.” Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, currently running in Europe. He also choreographed at Shaw Festival, CARRIE GARDNER, C.S.A. (Casting) also serves Godspeed, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh CLO, TUTS, as casting director for the Roundabout. Broadway: MTW, Sacramento Music Circus and North Cyrano de Bergerac, The Importance of Being Shore Music Theatre. He has performed in eight Earnest, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Bloody Bloody Broadway shows. Andrew Jackson, American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, and Les Liaisons AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Dangereuses. Off-Broadway: Sons of the Prophet, Management). Current projects: Amy and the Look Back in Anger, Suicide Incorporated, Dream Orphans, Anastasia, Angels in America, Bobbie of the Burning Boy, Tigers Be Still, Ordinary Days, Clearly, The Book of Mormon (Broadway and The Understudy, The Language of Trees, Distracted, tour), Children of a Lesser God, Farinelli and Speech & Debate and The Marriage of Bette and Boo. the King, Carousel, Frozen, The Iceman Cometh, School of Rock, Springsteen on Broadway, Stories By Heart, The Humans (tour), Three Tall Women, Travesties. Upcoming: The Boys in the Band, Head
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Over Heels, Skintight. Aurora has been providing ADAM J. MILLER (Associate General Manager). technical supervision and production management Current General Management: The Book of Mormon to the entertainment industry since 1989. (worldwide), Mean Girls (Broadway and national tour). Previously with Stuart Thompson Productions: PAIGE GRANT (Production Stage Manager) is The Seagull, Boeing-Boeing, Exit the King, Lend Me happy to be part of The Book of Mormon. National a Tenor and Elling. Other Broadway/tour: Burn the tours: The King and I, Jersey Boys (first national Floor, A Chorus Line, Ring of Fire, Chitty Chitty tour), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Bang Bang, Bombay Dreams, Ma Rainey’s Black War Horse. New York: productions with Manhattan Bottom and Urinetown: The Musical. Theatre Club. Las Vegas: Jersey Boys. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse and California Shakespeare ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) Theatre. B.F.A. Cincinnati College-Conservatory of is a full-service engagement management agency Music. Love and thanks to Mom in Washington and representing Broadway tours and other live touring friends across the country. events across North America. Current tours: The Book of Mormon; Roald Dahl’s Charlie and JASON J. CARROLL (Stage Manager). Broadway: the Chocolate Factory; Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Les Misérables 25th anniversary production, Cinderella; Hello, Dolly!; Kinky Boots; The Play In My Life, Cabaret, Thou Shalt Not. National That Goes Wrong; Rent; Rock of Ages; School of tours: Les Misérables 25th anniversary production, Rock; Something Rotten!; Irving Berlin’s White The Phantom of the Opera, The Full Monty, Christmas. Upcoming tours: Ain’t Too Proud, Million Dollar Quartet, The Producers, Jolson. Bandstand, Clue—Live on Stage, The Lightning Off-Broadway: Hair and Bloomer Girl (Encores!), Thief, Clint Black’s Looking for Christmas, Mean Mr. Goldwyn, Blue Window. Regional: Goodspeed Girls, The SpongeBob Musical. and Paper Mill. B.F.A. University of Michigan. ANNE GAREFINO (Producer) has been the JENN ELYSE JACOBS (Assistant Stage executive producer for the Emmy and Peabody Manager). Broadway: The Prom, School of Rock. award-winning television series “South Park” since National tour: The King and I, The Color Purple. the show began. This year the show celebrated Off-Broadway: Boy (Keen Company), Linda, its 21st season. She has produced two critically Prodigal Son (MTC), Informed Consent (Primary acclaimed films with Trey Parker and Matt Stages), The Old Man and the Old Moon (PigPen Stone: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Theatre Co/The New Victory Theater). Regional: Team America: World Police. Before moving to The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Los Angeles, she lived in Washington, D.C. and International: Red Light Winter (Itself Festival, worked for the public television station WETA-TV. Warsaw, Poland). B.F.A. from the University During her tenure at WETA, she co-produced the of Michigan. “In Performance at the White House” series. The Tony-winning production of The Book of Mormon BRIAN USIFER (Associate Music Supervisor). marks Anne’s Broadway debut. She began her Music Director of Kinky Boots on Broadway. career in entertainment at the Folger Shakespeare Associate Music Supervisor of the Kinky Boots Theatre on Capitol Hill and is thrilled and honored North American tour, as well as the Toronto and to be working in theater again. Anne attended Boston London productions. B’way/Off-B’way orchestras College and the American Film Institute, and is include …Spelling Bee, Avenue Q and Altar Boyz. originally from Lambertville, N.J.
DAVID TURNER (General Manager) is a SCOTT RUDIN (Producer). Films include Lady partner in Thompson Turner Productions. Previous Bird, Fences, Ex Machina, Steve Jobs, Top Five, credits with Stuart Thompson include Boeing- While We’re Young, Inherent Vice, The Grand Boeing, The Seagull, You’re Welcome America, Budapest Hotel, Captain Phillips, Inside Llewyn God of Carnage, Fences, Jerusalem, King Charles III, Davis, Frances Ha, Moonrise Kingdom, Extremely The Present and worldwide companies of The Book Loud & Incredibly Close, The Girl With the Dragon of Mormon. Previous management credits include Tattoo, Margaret, Moneyball, True Grit, The Social …Spelling Bee, Show Boat and Barrymore on Network, Greenberg, It’s Complicated, Fantastic Broadway and numerous Off-Broadway plays and Mr. Fox, Julie & Julia, Doubt, There Will Be Blood, musicals. From 1994 to 2007 he founded and ran Margot at the Wedding, The Darjeeling Limited, the Adirondack Theatre Festival, where he produced No Country for Old Men, Notes on a Scandal, more than 60 plays and musicals and led the The Queen, Closer, The Life Aquatic, Team America, construction of a new theater in a vacant Woolworths The Village, School of Rock, The Hours, The Royal store in Glens Falls, N.Y. Tenenbaums, Wonder Boys, Sleepy Hollow, South
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Park, A Civil Action, The Truman Show, In & Out, The Color Purple, Skylight, The Humans, A Raisin First Wives Club, Mother, Clueless, Nobody’s in the Sun, War Horse, A View from the Bridge, Fool, The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, The Curious Incident… and The History Boys. Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Firm and Sister Co-founded investment firm Furman Selz, now vice Act. Theater includes Passion; Seven Guitars; chairman of Jefferies & Company and chairman of A Funny Thing…; The Chairs; The Blue Room; Jefferies Capital Partners, its private equity arm. Vice Closer; Amy’s View; Copenhagen; The Goat, or Who chairman of Lincoln Center and chairman emeritus of Is Sylvia?; Medea; Caroline, or Change; The Normal Film Society of Lincoln Center. Heart; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Doubt; The History Boys; Faith Healer; Gypsy; God of STEPHANIE P. McCLELLAND (Producer) is Carnage; Fences; The Motherf**ker with the Hat; the founder of Green Curtain Productions and is a Jerusalem; Death of a Salesman; One Man, Two multi-award-winning producer (13 Tony, 12 Drama Guvnors; Betrayal; A Raisin in the Sun; This Is Our Desk, 10 Drama League, 10 Outer Critics Circle, Youth; The Curious Incident…; A Delicate Balance; one Olivier). Credits include more than 90 theatrical The Iceman Cometh; Between Riverside and Crazy; productions worldwide. Represented on Broadway Fish in the Dark; The Audience; Skylight; The Flick; this season by The Book of Mormon and Hello, Dolly! A View from the Bridge; The Humans; The Crucible; Blackbird; Shuffle Along…; The Front Page; KEVIN MORRIS (Producer). In addition to The Wolves; The Glass Menagerie; Hello, Dolly!; representing Trey and Matt, Kevin writes fiction. and A Doll’s House, Part 2. Television includes He is the author of the 2016 novel All Joe Knight “The Newsroom,” “Silicon Valley,” “The Night Of” (Grove Atlantic, 2016) and the collection of short and “Five Came Back.” stories, White Man’s Problems (Black Cat Press, 2015). All Joe Knight was long-listed for the Center ROGER BERLIND (Producer). Recent productions for Fiction First Novel Prize. include Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Proof; Medea; Anna in the Tropics; Caroline, or Change; Wonderful SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS LTD. Town; Doubt; The History Boys; Who’s Afraid of (Producer) has initiated and produced more Virginia Woolf?; Faith Healer; Deuce; The Year of than 160 new productions in the West End and Magical Thinking; Curtains; Rock ’n’ Roll; Is He on Broadway. Dead?; Gypsy; 13; Equus; Ragtime; A Little Night Music; A Behanding in Spokane; Driving Miss Daisy; JON B. PLATT (Producer). Productions include La Bête; Arcadia; and Jerusalem. Angels in America, Copenhagen, God of Carnage, The Humans, The Book of Mormon, Death of a SCOTT M. DELMAN (Producer) is a theater Salesman, Clybourne Park, A Raisin in the Sun, producer and investor. Over the past eight years, Wicked, A View from the Bridge, Venus in Fur, Scott has participated in some 60 Broadway plays The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and musicals, which in turn have received 33 Tony The Front Page, The Crucible, The Audience, Fish nominations and 14 Tony Awards. in the Dark, Skylight. 2012 Robert Whitehead Award for Distinguished Producing on Broadway. JEAN DOUMANIAN (Producer). Tribes (Drama Desk Award); Cock; The Mountaintop (Olivier Award); Death of a Salesman (Tony Award); The STUART THOMPSON (Executive Producer). Motherf**ker with the Hat; The House of Blue Select Broadway credits: Sweat (2017 Pulitzer Prize Leaves; August: Osage County (Tony Award, for Drama), Six Degrees of Separation, The Present, Pulitzer Prize); and Our Town (Lortel and Obie The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, awards); as well as film adaptations ofAugust: Osage King Charles III, No Man’s Land/Waiting for Godot, County, Blackbird and Galveston. The Testament of Mary, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Death of a Salesman, Jerusalem, The Motherf*cker ROY FURMAN (Producer). Currently on with the Hat, A View from the Bridge, God of Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); Dear Evan Carnage, Exit the King. Hansen (Tony); and The Band’s Visit. Other Tony Award-winning productions include Spamalot,
18 STAFF STAFF FOR THE BOOK OF MORMON Associate Lighting Designers...... Benjamin C. Travis, Jennifer Schriever GENERAL MANAGEMENT Assistant Lighting Designer...... Carl Faber THOMPSON TURNER PRODUCTIONS Associate Sound Designer...... Cody Spencer Oliver Benjoseph Alexa Bishop Aubrey Downing Production Carpenter...... Mike Martinez Micah Frank Rebecca Habel Garrett Holtz Production Electrician...... Dan Coey Jasmin L. Jakobsen James Lawson Production Sound Engineer...... Christopher C. Sloan Sammie Liebman Daniella Parcell Production Props...... Peter Sarafin Spencer Smith Brittany Weber Moving Light Programmer...... David John Arch COMPANY MANAGER Keyboard Programmer...... Randy Cohen Shaun Moorman Drum Programmer...... Sean McDaniel Head Carpenter...... LaVoid McKibbin PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Advance Carpenter...... Tom Bertino Jr. AURORA PRODUCTIONS Deck Carpenter...... Ronan Havlice Steven Dalton, Cori Gardner, Ben Heller, Automation...... Steven Ball Anthony Jusino, Isaac Katzanek, Liza Luxenberg, Flyman...... Brent “Squatch” Jahnke Chris Minnick, Serena Montsma, Ryan Murphy, Head Props...... Ryan Marquart Gene O’Donovan, Geoff Quart, Assistant Props...... Jill B. Gounder Luke Ricca, Mackenzie Whiting Head Electrician...... Bob Jarvis TOUR BOOKING AND Deck Electrician...... Mike Novosel ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT Advance Electrician...... Jody Durham THE BOOKING GROUP Followspot...... Mike Holmes Meredith Blair, President Head Sound...... Alicia Martin Kara Gebhart, Vice President Operations Assistant Sound...... Emery Roth III TOUR PRESS & MARKETING Wardrobe Supervisor...... Gerbie Connolly ALLIED TOURING Assistant Wardrobe...... Joe Reid Marya Peters Andrew Damer Stitcher...... Michael Harrell Anne Waisanen Jennifer Gallagher Hair Supervisor...... Sonya Reynolds Anne Dailey Meyer Scott Praefke Assistant Hair Supervisor...... Lynn Grassy Jacqueline Smith Janie Dickerson Associate Musical Supervisor...... Brian Usifer Hayden Anderson Jessica Cary Assistant to Anne Garefino...... Carly J. Price Production Assistants...... Alan D. Knight, BROADWAY PRESS OFFICE Katrina Olson, Lori Byars THE PRESS ROOM Engagement Manager...... Garrett Holtz Jim Byk Kelly Guiod Casting Associate...... Kate S. Boka SUPERVISING ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Casting Consultant...... Jeremy Rich Jennifer Werner Rehearsal Pianist...... Kathryn Sherrell Rehearsal Drummer...... Gary Seligson ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Banking...... City National Bank/ Steve Bebout Erik Piecuch, Michele Gibbons ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER Payroll...... Castellana Services, Inc. John MacInnis Accountant...... WithumSmith+Brown, PC/ Robert Fried, CPA, Karen Kowgios, CPA SCOTT RUDIN PRODUCTIONS Controller...... J.S. Kubala Garrett Basch Helena Budnik Insurance...... DeWitt Stern Group Patrick Wengler Tom Ishizuka Legal Counsel...... Lazarus & Harris LLP/ Daniel Goldberg Daniel Unitas Scott Lazarus, Esq., Sam Martinez Henry Cropsey Rachel Marc Robbert C. Harris, Esq. Production Stage Manager...... Paige Grant Marketing Consultant...... Crispin Ollington Stage Manager...... Jason J. Carroll Advertising...... SpotCo Assistant Stage Manager...... Jenn Elyse Jacobs Digital Outreach...... BLT Communications, Inc. Assistant Company Manager...... Carrie Jablansky Logo and Artwork Design...... BLT Communications, Inc. Dance Captain...... Kenny Francoeur Website Deisgn...... BLT Communications, Inc. Assistant Dance Captain...... Tsilala Brock Vocal Consultant...... Liz Caplan Associate Scenic Designer...... Frank McCullough Production Photographer...... Joan Marcus Assistant Scenic Designers...... Lauren Alvarez, Travel Agent...... Tzell Travel/The “A” Team Christine Peters Company Housing...... Chris Renzulli/Tourwerks Associate Costume Designer...... Matthew Pachtman Transportation...... Executive Car Service Assistant Costume Designer...... Irma Brainard Rental Cars...... Hertz Entertainment/Shauna Neeld Costume Shoppers...... Summer Lee Jack, Physical Therapy...... Neuro Tour Physical Therapy Isabelle Simone
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CREDITS Souvenir merchandise designed Scenery fabrication by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division and created by The Araca Group. of Production Resource Groups, LLC, New Windsor, NY. Rehearsed at New 42nd Street Studios. Lighting equipment provided by PRG Lighting, Secaucus, NJ. Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound. The actors and stage managers employed in this production Costumes by Eric Winterling, Inc; Gilberto Designs, Inc.; are members of Actor’s Equity Association, the union of Katrina Patterns; Izquierdo Studios, Ltd; Studio Rouge, professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Inc. Millinery by Rodney Gordon, Inc. Custom fabric printing by First 2 Print LLC.; Jeff Fender Studios; Eyewear Backstage employees are represented by the International provided by Dr. Wayne Goldberg. Custom footwear by Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). LaDuca Shoes, Inc., Props executed by Cigar Box Studios, Tom Carroll Scenery, Jerard Studios, Daedalus Design and The musicians, conductors, music preparation personnel Production, Joe Cairo, J&M Special Effects, Jeremy Lydic, and librarians employed in this production are members of Josh Yoccom, Anna Light. Wigs made by Hudson Wigs. the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada. Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics. Keyboards from Yamaha Corporation of America. Drums by Pearl Drums. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Cymbals provided by Zildjian Cymbals. Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. SPECIAL THANKS John Barlow, Lisa Gajda, Angela Howard, Bruce Howell, The press agents and company managers employed in this Beth Johnson-Nicely, Sarah Kooperkamp, Kristen Anderson- production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. Lopez, Katie Lopez, Annie Lopez, Kathy Lopez, Frank Lopez, Billy Lopez, Brian Shepherd, Eric Stough, Boogie Tillmon, The Vineyard Theatre, Darlene Wilson.
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Comprehensive Campaign The following donors have supported the Kimmel Center’s Comprehensive Campaign, helping us keep our promise for the future to preserve our iconic buildings and maintain world-class facilities and leave a lasting contribution to the future of the performing arts in Philadelphia.
$5,000,000+ William Penn Foundation
$1,000,000+ Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. The Horace W. Goldsmith Lynne and Harold Honickman Anne C. Ewers* Foundation Mrs. Penelope P. Wilson
$500,000+ Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Corrato Patricia and David Holveck The Sidney Kimmel Foundation The Presser Foundation
$250,000+ Robert and Julie J. Bryan William and Rosemary Hankowsky Paula and Mark Solomon* Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation J. William and Helen D. Stuart Rhonda and David Cohen Gerry Lenfest Foundation and Wynne Amick Joseph and Marie Field Foundation Marcia and Ronald Rubin Michael D. Zisman and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fitzgerald Anne Faulkner Schoemaker* Linda J. Gamble Hamilton Family Charitable Trust
$100,000+ Anonymous David F. Hoffman Lyn M. Ross The Bazemore Family Foundation Lisa D. Kabnick and Jeffrey and Dianne Rotwitt Peter A. Benoliel and Willo Carey John H. McFadden Jeanne Ruddy and Victor Keen Sandy and Steve Cozen LF Driscoll Company Timothy and Ann Scheve Jack Donnelly William A. Loeb Gregory L. Segall Elliot-Lewis Corporation David G. and Sandra G. Marshall Molly D. Shepard and Peter J. Dean* Michael and Amy George Jami Wintz McKeon Laurie Wagman Frances and Bill Graham Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Peter and Cary Webb Sears Dorrance H. Hamilton Foundation The Zuritsky Family Charitable Lead Trust Louise and Alan Reed
$50,000+ Anonymous Ann and Jay Francis Independence Foundation The Avery Foundation Patricia and John Gattuso Robert E. Mortensen Ronald J. Biscardi Juliet J. Goodfriend and Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Mullany, III Luther W. Brady, M.D. Marc R. Moreau Ron and Suzanne Naples Richard and Lynne Carpenter Rosemarie Greco and Anne Morrissey Hon. Marjorie O. Rendell* Charitas Foundation Tony Hayden/Maguire Hayden Dr. Harry Rosenthal* Robert J. Delany, Sr. Real Estate Company Matt and Judi Taylor John and Gloria Drosdick Michael and Debra Hill Paul and Christine Tufano Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Mr. and Mrs. Bradford R. Bill and Barbara Wilson/Synterra, Ltd. and Reverend Dr. Alyn E. Waller Hollingsworth Etta Winigrad
$25,000+ Lisa Crutchfield Ed and Deb Lovelidge Gregory Redden Tad and Candace Decker* Jeffrey and Julia McFadden Salem Shuchman and Barbara Deborah and Kurt Hilzinger Lauren and Don Morel Klock Family Foundation Barbara Hauptfuhrer Agnes Mulroney David and Sherry Varrelman Sara Lomax-Reese Jane G. Pepper Anthony Werner
*Includes Planned Giving
For more information about the Comprehensive Campaign, please contact Anne Ewers, President and CEO at 215-670-2339 or [email protected]. 23 Kimmel Center Cultural Campus
Institutional and Government Support The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations, and government partners for their annual support.
$500,000+ TD Bank William Penn Foundation
$100,000+ Aramark Merck Company Foundation The Presser Foundation Ballard Spahr LLP † M & T Bank and Wilmington Trust Santander The Doran Family Foundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Peter and Cary Webb Sears Hearst Foundations Pennsylvania Department Wells Fargo Johnson & Johnson of Community and The Wyncote Foundation Economic Development
$75,000+ American Airlines † Independence Blue Cross PECO Ballard Spahr LLP † Jacobs Music/The Rinaldi Family Waterman II Fund of Comcast NBC Universal Kieran Timberlake Associates, LLP † The Philadelphia Foundation
$50,000+ AmeriHealth National Endowment for the Arts Philadelphia Authority for Bank of America Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital Industrial Development Bimbo Bakeries for Children PNC Bank Presser Foundation CHUBB Ollin, LLC
$25,000+ BNY Mellon Glenmede Trust Company Pepper Hamilton, LLP † Cozen O’Connor † Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP † Snider Foundation Duane Morris, LLP †
$10,000+ Anonymous Klehr Harrison Harvey Sabre Systems Inc. Bauder Audio Branzburg, LLP † SeatGeek Comcast Business Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages SEI Connelly Foundation Mazars Stradley Ronon Stevens & Cozen O’Connor Foundation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Young, LLP † CRW Graphics † Origlio Beverage Stradley Ronon Stevens & Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP † Post Brothers Young, LLP Duane Morris, LLP PFM The Sylvia W. and Randle M. Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Philadelphia Energy Solutions Kauders Foundation Gail Howard/Liberty Philadelphia Insurance Companies Take Flight Learning † Business Strategies † Qlik United States Liability Graham Partners † Qlik † Insurance Group GSK QVC, Inc. Universal Health Services, Inc. Keystone Property Group Ritz Carlton Hotel †
$5,000+ Apgar-Black Foundation Gray Charitable Trust Ann Rice Mullen Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback HUB International Pennsylvania, LLC The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Foundation Jacobs Music PWC Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Lomax Family Foundation SAP America, Inc. Graham Partners McLean Contributionship
$2,500+ Elliott-Lewis Corporation French American Cultural Exchange Lavin, O’Neil, Cedrone & DiSipio Jacobs Music Threshold Acoustics, LLC
† In-kind contributions
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Individual Support The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their annual support.
$100,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Doran Patricia and David Holveck
$25,000+ Teresa Bryce Bazemore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nerney Laurie Wagman Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Corrato Ronald and Marcia Rubin
$20,000+ Bart and Jil Blatstein Brook J. Lenfest Jami Wintz McKeon Graeme and Katherine Crothall Stanley C. Middleman Michael D. Zisman and William and Frances Graham Gregory Segall Linda J. Gamble Philip Jaurigue Tony G. Werner
$10,000+ Peter A. Benoliel and Willo Carey John and Gloria Drosdick Lisa D. Kabnick and Joanne Berwind Anne Ewers John H. McFadden Judith Broudy Ann and Jay Francis Jacqueline B. Mars Robert and Julie J. Bryan Linda and David Glickstein Elizabeth Murphy Mrs. J. Mahlon Buck, Jr. M. Gordon and Carolyn Daniels Hon. Marjorie O. Rendell The Cardy Family Rosemarie Greco and Mrs. Adele K. Schaeffer Mr. and Mrs. Richard Carpenter Anne Morrissey Timothy and Ann Scheve Scott and Nelly Childress Donna and Vincent Hartnett Susan Martinelli Shea Sandy and Steve Cozen Michael and Debra Hill Salem Shuchman and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Decker Mr. and Mrs. Bradford R. Barbara Klock Family Foundation Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. Hollingsworth Ms. Etta Winigrad
$5,000+ Mr. J. Edward Cambron and Patricia and John Imbesi Anne Faulkner Schoemaker Mr. Charles Finch Lawrence and Mary Kent Irene and Fred Shabel Anne Marie Chapman Jeffrey and Susan Leonard Molly D. Shepard and Rev. Luis A. Cortés, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. P. Edward Lovelidge Dr. Peter J. Dean Mrs. Sarah Miller Coulson Jeffrey and Julia McFadden David and Sherry Varrelman M. Gordon and Carolyn Daniels Dr. Hilarie and Mr. Mitchell Morgan Nina Vitow Dr. and Mr. James F. Dever, Jr. Mrs. Sara Lomax-Reese Hon. Constance H. and Ken and Marian Disken Bernice and Jerry G. Rubenstein Dr. Sankey Williams Maxima and Sidney Hui Mr. Mark Samuels Mr. and Mrs. Mario Zacharjasz
$2,500+ Stan and Nancy Applegate Christopher and Saundra Larcade Bruce Satalof and Marie O’Donnell Laura J. Armstrong Mr. H. Chase Lenfest Leslie and Lynnae Ms. Lynda Barness William A. Loeb Schwartz Serchuck The Marie Uberti-Benz and Janine A. Matsko Mr. and Mrs. Harris J. Sklar Robert L. Benz Foundation Arthur Mattia Mr. and Mrs. Terence Smith Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz E. J. and R. I. Mitchell Elliot Stone Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III Janet and Milton Morgan Dr. Auguste and Mrs. Abby Turnier Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buggey Philip E. Lian and Joan L. Mueller Zeyn B. Uzman Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Carfagno Mr. and Mrs. John Osuna Dale Wallace Philip and Margaret Cavanaugh Dr. Elias Packman Joseph and Eileen Wawrzynek Todd W. Darling, CFP Gov. Edward G. Rendell Roy and Sharon Wells Barbara Eberlein and Jerry Wind Nathan Renner-Johnson and Drs. Jonathan and Lori Winter Mr. and Mrs. Brian Effron Alexander Macnow Mr. F. Gordon Yasinow Elizabeth H. Gemmill, Esq. Mr. Ross Richards and Mario and Jan Zacharjasz Mr. and Mrs. D. Kirk Harman Ms. Sanaz Hojreh Karen Zimmermann and Russell Harris, MD John and Nancy Roberts Glenn Carney Osagie and Losenge Imasogie The Romano Family James W. and Debora C. Zug Elena and Frederick Kyle Robin and Mark Rubenstein
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$1,000+ Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Grenald Harold D. New Sarabeth Abrams Kathleen and Tom Hanley Michael and Jennifer O’Malley Lorraine and Ben Alexander Ms. Beverly A. Harper Joseph Palma, Esq. and Joseph and Laura Atkinson Dr. Jeffrey B. Harrison Bonnie Palma Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Betz Don and Lynn Haskin Mr. and Mrs. R. Anderson Pew Edward Bishop Robert and Megan Hausler Laurinda Rainey Donna and Jon Boscia Angela Helmbrecht Jordan Reilly Crystal and Eric Brewe Jacqualyn Hillegass Diana C. Roane Jon and Joy Broder Paul T. Holden Denise Rodell Bill and Sheryl Bullitt Feather Houstoun Judy Rodes Joseph & Suzanne Calabro Jacob A. Jessup Noemi Rodriguez Elaine Woo Camarda Mr. and Mrs. Berton E. Korman Stephen Rosenzweig and John Carroll John and Amy Korman Barbara Exler Barbara R. Cobb Evelyn Kratz and Samantha Rusk Mark and Iris Coblitz Pamela French Dr. Patricia Saddier Dr. D. Walter Cohen Ed and Linda Kuehnle Justin Schaller Daniel and Melanie Coulton Erik J. Lang Stephanie Schuetz and Victoria Crenshaw Ms. Randi Y. Leavitt and Jonathan Bayless The Cristofaro Family Mr. Robert Silverman Henry and Mary Schwarz Connie and Pat Dalton Shawn Leavitt Angela M. Scott Dr. Richard Davidson and Suzanne Levin Stan Shnayder Ms. Linda Golden Marcos and Dee Dee Lopez Richard and Amanda Smoot David and Terri Davitch Maureen Lord-Benson Corinne Stahl Mr. Ernie J. Difilippo Scott and Deanna Mann Mr. James B. Stambaugh and Melanie Dudley Dr. Wendy Martinez Ms. Andrea Morrissey John and Lois Durso Tom and Linda McCarthy Jacqueline Taylor and Eiseman Family Andrew & Pia McClure Jeneanne Taylor Eric and Terri Elliott H.G. and Susan McDonald Brian Titus Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fontana Thomas McGowan Robert and Lisa Trucksess Helen Herr Ford Patrick and Danielle McIntyre Rev. Mark & Leslie Tyler Ms. Marilyn Frank Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Mechura Dr. Thomas M. and Allen Freedman and Nancy Flores Migenes M. Patricia Vernon Judith Brick Freedman Dr. Harold J. Milstein Anup Vidwans Chris and Leanne Gasink Anne Mockus Ms. Carol A. Westfall Ed and Kimberly Gibbons Mr. and Mrs. Patricia Williams Katherine M. Glaser H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Jim & Nicole Youse Sandra Goodstein Keith and Suzanne Moore Gene and Heather Goroschko Mary Moore Edmund Green Diane Lenfest Myer
This list represents donations received from April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019. While great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this list, mistakes can occur. Please report discrepancies to Jennifer Beatty, Sr. Manager of Individual Giving at 215-670-2369, or [email protected]. For more information about making a gift, please contact us at 215-790-5321 or visit us online at kimmelcenter.org/support.
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Matching Gifts Multiply the impact of your personal contribution to the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts by submitting an Employee Matching Gift Form. Matching gifts – when combined with your donation – double or triple the resources that make possible Broadway at the Academy, Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), and other programs that you enjoy. Your employer may match the tax-deductible portion of your gift to the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. If your company is not listed here, please check with your Human Resources department to see if your gift can be matched. Companies that Match Employee Gifts to the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts 1500 Walnut Enterprises FMC Corporation Pepsi ACE Group GlaxoSmithKline The Pew Charitable Trusts American Airlines Goldman Sachs & Co. Pfizer Ballard Spahr Haverstick-Borthwick Company Philadelphia Foundation Bank of America Health Partners of Philadelphia Philadelphia Insurance Companies BNY Mellon Hilton PNC Canada Dry Bottling Company Holiday Inn Quaker Chemical Charon Planning Independence Blue Cross QVC, Inc. CIGNA Jacobs Music Radisson Citigroup Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Reed Smith LLP Citizens Bank Johnson & Johnson Sonepar Coca-Cola JP Morgan Chase Stradley Ronon Stevens & Cozen O’Connor KPMG Young, LLP Deluxe Corporation Liberty Property Trust TD Bank Deutsche Bank Lincoln Financial UGI Corporation Dow M&T Bank Universal Health Services Duane Morris Merck Vanguard Endo Health Solutions Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Verizon Ernst & Young NutriSystem Wawa Federated (Macy’s) PECO Wells Fargo & Co. First Genesis Financial Group Penn Mutual Life Insurance William Penn Foundation Company
Honickman Family Society The Kimmel Center is proud to announce the naming of the Honickman Family Society, a group of forward-thinking supporters who have included the Kimmel Center in their estate plans. Named in honor of Harold and Lynne Honickman and their family, Honickman Family Society members ensure that the Kimmel Center will continue to educate, inspire and delight audiences for generations to come. Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Linda R. Jacobs Harry Rosenthal Mr. and Mrs. Roland K. Bullard, II Stephanie and Michael Naidoff Lyn M. Ross D. Walter Cohen* Raymond G. Perelman Anne Faulkner Schoemaker Mrs. Peggy Cooke Sergio* and Penelope Prosperpi Molly Shepard and Peter Dean Tad and Candace Decker Louise and Alan Reed Paula and Mark Solomon Anne C. Ewers Hon. Edward G. Rendell and Ann R. and Harold A. Sorgenti Lynne and Harold Honickman Hon. Marjorie O. Rendell Gussie Spector* *Deceased For more information about the Honickman Family Society please contact Liz Saccardi, Senior Director, Strategy & Development at [email protected] or 215-790-7178.
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Staff OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Taylor Pijanowski, Timothy Johnson, Head Electrician, Timothy Ryan, Security Officer & CEO Marketing Associate Academy of Music Walter Samuels, Security Officer Joan Roebuck-Carter, Senior Carrie Williams, Scott Smith, Assistant Electrician- David Sisco, Security Officer Director, Development and Marketing Associate Audio, Academy of Music Mark Thomas, Security Officer Institutional Support Sydni Jean, Broadway David Williams, Head Robert Thomas, Security Officer Liz Saccardi, Senior Director League Fellow Propertyman, Academy of Music Vanessa Tobon-Mendez, of Strategy and Development Kevin McEntee, Assistant Head Security Officer Jennifer Beatty, Senior Manager FINANCE Propertyman, Academy of Music William Tresnan, Security Officer of Individual Giving Jacob A. Jessup, Controller Bev Nolan, Head Wardrobe, Lashawn Washington, Isabel Brouhard, Manager Shannon Feck, Director Academy of Music Security Officer of Donor Relations of Accounting and Pete Mohan, Head Carpenter, John Wilsman, Security Officer Anne Henry, Manager Financial Analysis Merriam Theater Eric Yates, Security Officer of Membership Renee Doman, Operations Stephen Hungerford, Joseph Young, Security Officer Hannah Lermitte, Manager Finance Manager Assistant Head Carpenter, of Special Events Hazel Mack, Payroll Manager Merriam Theater TICKET PHILADELPHIA Greg Storella, Manager Bridget Morgan, Accounting David Cushing, Assistant Head Linda Forlini, Vice President of Grants and Proposals Manager/Ticket Philadelphia Carpenter-Flyman, of Ticket Philadelphia Colleen Coffey, Executive Assistant Robin Lee, Staff Accountant/ Academy of Music Molly Albertson. Director to the President & CEO Ticket Philadelphia Jay Madara, Head Electrcian, of Client Relations Kelsea Reel, Dina Respes, Staff Accountant Merriam Theater Meg Hackney, Patron Services Development Coordinator Maria Waters, Staff Accountant Dan Imburgia, Head Soundman, Senior Manager Sara Smillie, Activation Specialist, Karen Turner, Accounts Merriam Theater Catherine Pappas, Institutional Support Payable Clerk Michael Atkinson, Head Project Manager Yvonne Toot, Propertyman, Merriam Theater Jayson Bucy, Program Development Coordinator HUMAN RESOURCES Kevin Hamilton, Dock Master and Web Manager Wesley Hershner, Coordinator Liz Bligan, Human Danielle Rose, Training of Research and Resources Manager HOUSE MANAGEMENT Manager and Access Development Systems Sarah Dugan, Human John Charles, Director Services Coordinator Resources Coordinator of House Management Alexander Heicher, Program OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE Amy Dalin, Operations Manager, and Web Coordinator VICE PRESIDENT FACILITY SALES Kimmel Center for the Steven Wallace, Quality Michaela Cline, Executive Assistant Casey Rodger, Director Performing Arts Assurance Analyst to the EVP & COO, and Senior of Facility Sales & I P Maureen Lynch, Operations Nicole Sikora, Patron VP of Finance & CFO Audrey Gildea, Manager, Academy of Music Services Supervisor Meaghan Gonser, Administrative Senior Sales Manager Laura Marsh, Operations Brand-I Curtis-McCloud, Patron Assistant to the Senior Vice Leigh Sweda, Event Manager Manager, Merriam Theater Services Representative President of Strategic Marketing Caitlin Crowley, House Manager, Rui Dong-Scott, Patron and Communications and to FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS Kimmel Center for the Services Representative the President of The Marian Matt Suydam, Facilities Director Performing Arts Matthew Enters, Patron Anderson Award Kathie Cronk, Operations Lindsay Rosetti, House Manager, Services Representative Manager, Special Projects Kimmel Center for the Karen Fleet, Patron EDUCATION Shannon Walsh, Performing Arts Services Representative Susan Quinn, Director of Education Master Scheduler Frank Flood, House Manager, Emily Lantz, Patron Carol Frazier, Senior Education Scott Derkacz, Site Manager Academy of Music Services Representative Program Manager Dennis McGeady, Tom Kerrigan, Head Usher, Kimmel Justin Pullins, Patron Anthony Tidd, Jazz Artistic Advisor Chief Engineer Center for the Performing Arts Services Representative Brian Adamczyk, Education John Kane IV, Lead Engineer Cornell Wood, Head Usher, Janelle Saaybe, Patron Program Coordinator Bob Rielly, Engineer Academy of Music Services Representative Kenya Gayles, Education Dan Ogborn, Engineer Lonnie Hyman, Head Usher, Rachelle Seney, Patron Program Coordinator Andy Galante, Engineer Merriam Theater Services Representative Eliza Minster, Education Ed Torres, Engineer Madeline Clapier, Jonathan Wallace, Patron Program Coordinator Steve Dang, Engineer Performance Associate Services Representative Hassan Cintron, Engineer Alison Gibbons, Emily Grove, Patron PROGRAMMING Joseph Chiavaroli, Painter Performance Associate Services Associate Jay Wahl, Producing Lawrence Freeman, Chaya Goldman, Robert Lawlor, Patron Artistic Director Maintenance Mechanic Performance Associate Services Associate Frances Egler, Senior Director of Christopher Grimes, Erin Lunsford, Programming and Presentations Maintenance Mechanic Performance Associate BOX OFFICE Laura McClaatchy, Trondell Hill, Kyleigh Taylor, Dan Ahearn, Jr., Programming Event Manager Housekeeping Manager Performance Associate Box Office Manager Helen Smith, Derrick Johnson, Porter Supervisor Michelle Messa, Assistant Programming Manager PRODUCTION Cleveland Ferron, Porter Box Office Manager Amy Harting, Joseph Dillon, Director Donte Hamilton, Porter Tad Dynakowski, Assistant Programming Specialist of Production Joshua Suydam, Porter Treasurer Box Office Stacey Ferraro, Programming Andre Barette, Production James Shelly, Assistant Events and Operations Specialist Manager, Ancillary Spaces, SECURITY Treasurer Box Office Christa Bean, Producing Associate Kimmel Center for the Heather Goforth, Director Thomas Sharkey, Assistant Performing Arts of Safety and Security Treasurer Box Office SALES & MARKETING Elizabeth Devore, Production Matt Lally, Security Supervisor Michael Walsh, Assistant Elizabeth Hess, Director Manager, Verizon Hall Euronn McCloud–Armstrong, Treasurer Box Office of Program Marketing Eileen Harris, Production Manager, Security Supervisor Amy O'Connell, Director Artistic Initiatives Anthony Williams, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY of Institutional Marketing W. King Rogers, Production Security Supervisor Arthur Curtis, Senior Director, Data Leslie Patterson-Tyler, Director Manager, Academy of Music Henri Byrd, Security Supervisor Services and Web Development of Media Realtions Adam Steinbauer, Production Kyree Bellamy, Security Officer John Callinan, Director of and Communications Manager, Perelman Theater Roland Carbonetta Jr., Technology Infrastructure Eric Hsu, Associate Director David Conner, Head Soundman, Security Officer Andrew Mulroney, Senior of E-Marketing Verizon Hall Kashaan Carter, Security Officer Web Developer Ashley Ryan, Senior Marketing Matt McIntyre, Head Carpenter, George Clark, Security Officer Mike Zankowski, Business Manager, Broadway Verizon Hall Derrick Copeland, Security Officer Intelligence Manager Nathan Godshall, Institutional Mike Sweeney, Head Electrician, Thomas Craig, Security Officer James Boyer, Web Developer Marketing Manager Verizon Hall Stevie Curry, Security Officer Carissa Britain, Web Developer Manisha Modi, Audience Michael Cobb-Durkin, Head Monique Gross, Security Officer Tristian Gay, Cloud/ Development and Electrician, Perelman Theater Sandy Gustave, Security Officer Systems Engineer Group Sales Manager Walter Bass, Head Soundman, John Haviland, Security Officer John Remaley, Jr., Lauren Woodard, Perelman Theater William Hudson, Security Officer Sr. Help Desk Technician Public Relations Manager Ed Klumpp, Head Utility, Ancillary Gary Hughes, Security Officer Joe Dethamphavane, Ben Brotman, Spaces, Kimmel Center Darius Jenkins, Security Officer Help Desk Technician Graphic Designer (Digital) for the Performing Arts Kevin Johnson, Security Officer Parijata Dasmuth, Brett Cohen, Marketing Associate William Ringland, Head Sara Mahan, Security Officer Web Project Manager Morgan Horell, Marketing Carpenter, Academy of Music Gregory Meek, Security Officer Callum Gouvela Da Silva, Business Content Associate Greg Canzanese Jr., Assistant Randall Monte, Security Officer Intelligence Developer Anna Ladd, Digital Head Carpenter- Flyman, Thomas Pierce, Security Officer Marketing Associate Academy of Music Nolan Piotti, Security Officer Winona Wyatt, Digital John Damiani, Assistant Head Marketing Assoicate Carpenter, Academy of Music 29
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Facilities A COMMITMENT TO SAFETY Desk, 15 minutes before tour time, on the day of your The safety and comfort of visitors, artists, volunteers, tour. Parties of 10 or more are asked to make advance and staff at the Kimmel Center, Academy of Music, reservations. Free tours of the Academy of Music are and Merriam Theater are of paramount importance. available on selected dates, by reservation only. For In the event of an emergency, audience members will tour information and group tour reservations, call the be advised of appropriate procedures by ushers and Kimmel Center tour desk at 215- 790-5886 or visit security staff. At this time, please take note of the exit kimmelcenter.org/plan-your-visit/free tours/. nearest you. A red, illuminated EXIT sign should be CHILD POLICY visible, with an arrow indicating the direction of the exit door. Should an emergency arise, you will be directed With the exception of performances specifically to leave the auditorium and further instructions will be noted as Family Friendly, Kimmel Center Presents provided as to the safest and quickest way to exit the and Broadway Philadelphia performances are not building. Patrons who need special assistance should recommended for children under 6 years old. This contact an usher. recommendation exists to ensure all of our patrons the best possible experience. All audience members, ACCESSIBILITY including babes in arms, require a ticket. The Kimmel Center is wheelchair-accessible from its FOOD AND BEVERAGE east and north entrances. The Academy of Music is wheelchair-accessible from the east lobby entrance Concessions by Chef Jose Garces and Garces Group on Broad Street. The Merriam Theater is wheelchair- are available to guests in the Kimmel Center at the accessible from the main entrance on Broad Street. PECO Bar and the PECO Annex Bar and to Academy Elevators serve all levels of the Kimmel Center, with of Music and Merriam Theater patrons at satellite accessible seating and ADA-compliant restrooms bars located in the lobbies and upper levels. For your available on all levels. Accessible seating is available convenience, Kimmel Center patrons may pre-order on the Orchestra level of the Merriam Theater, with their intermission beverages at the PECO bar up to 90 accessible restrooms on the Mezzanine level. At the minutes before performances in Verizon Hall and one Academy of Music, accessible seating is available on the hour before Perelman Theater performances. Both bars Parquet and Balcony levels, with accessible restrooms open 90 minutes before Verizon Hall performances located on the Canteen level. Assistive listening and PECO Café opens one hour before Perelman devices are available for loan. Large-print programs Theater performances. are available upon request of an usher at all Kimmel TICKETS Center Presents performances. Audio Description and Tickets for performances at the Kimmel Center for the American Sign Language interpretation are available Performing Arts, Academy of Music, and Merriam for select Broadway Philadelphia performances. A Theater can be purchased online at kimmelcenter.org, limited number of ADA-compliant parking spaces are at the Box Office (open daily 10am to 6pm, later on available in the Kimmel Center garage. performance evenings), or by calling 215.893.1999. COAT CHECK OFFICIAL TICKET OUTLET A complimentary coat check is located on the lower Ticket Philadelphia, a division of the Kimmel Center, Mezzanine level of the Kimmel Center and on the is the only authorized outlet for individual tickets for ground floor of the Academy of Music. Coat check is shows at the Kimmel Center, Academy of Music, and not available at the Merriam Theater. Merriam Theater. We urge patrons to purchase tickets RESTROOMS only through kimmelcenter.org, ticketphiladelphia.org, Restrooms are located on both sides of the lower or the official websites of our Resident Companies. Mezzanine and on Tiers 1, 2 and 3 of the Kimmel Tickets purchased from other sources are purchased Center; on all levels of the Academy of Music; and on at your own risk. Many unauthorized ticket sellers use the lower level, the Balcony level, and Family Circle at website names that are similar to our website or even the Merriam Theater. include the names of our various venues. These websites are not authorized to sell tickets to events in our venues. WATER FOUNTAINS By purchasing only through our official outlets, you are Water fountains are located on all levels of the Kimmel assured that the ticket you receive is valid and is being Center and the Academy of Music and in the restrooms sold to you at face value. of the Merriam Theater. YOUR EVENT, OUR HOUSE PAYPHONES Celebrate in style with the Kimmel Center and Payphones are located on the lower Mezzanine level Garces Catering, where you'll have an unforgettable of the Kimmel Center. experience with a picture-perfect back drop • Corporate Meetings SMOKING • Conference and Entertaining Smoking is prohibited on the Kimmel Center campus. • Weddings & Rehearsal Dinners TOURS • Stages & Performances The Kimmel Center offers two free tours. One-hour • Film @ The Kimmel Center Building and Theater tours are offered Tuesday through • Private Parties and Special Events Sunday at 1pm. Ninety-minute Art and Architecture BOOK YOUR SPECIAL EVENT TODAY! walking tours are offered Saturday at 10:30am (no KIMMELCENTER.ORG/SPECIALEVENTS theater interiors on this tour). Register at the Information
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