Welcome

Dear Friends, UPCOMING Welcome to the Globe’s production of Avenue Q at the Spreckels Theatre! This summer the Globe “campus” has reached beyond Balboa Park to produce this exciting west coast 2007 SUMMER premiere at one of San Diego’s historic downtown landmarks. Still one of the biggest hits on Broadway, the Tony Award-winning Avenue Q is a hilarious show that has a distinctive- SHAKESPEARE ly urban sensibility, and we thought it was the perfect production to launch our new col- FESTIVAL laboration with the Spreckels. HAMLET The Globe’s relationship with the Spreckels dates back to 1978 when the downtown TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA theatre graciously hosted the Globe’s 1978-79 winter season following the devastating fire MEASURE FOR MEASURE in the Old Globe Theatre. The Spreckels is a part of the great era of downtown theatre June 16 - September 30, 2007 palaces and its President and CEO Jacquelyn Littlefield has a long history of arts support Lowell Davies Festival Theatre in this community. We look forward to working with the Spreckels on Avenue Q and future productions to provide the highest quality theatrical events for the region while expanding ❖❖❖ our reach to new audiences. Back at the Globe, the Summer Season is going strong, with our nationally-renowned HAY FEVER Shakespeare Festival, featuring three of the Bard’s most important works: Hamlet, The Two Jul 14 - Aug 19, 2007 Gentlemen of Verona and Measure for Measure, playing in nightly rotation in our beautiful outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. In addition, Noel Coward’s wickedly funny Hay Old Globe Theatre Fever runs in the Old Globe Theatre, while the magical comedy Bell, Book and Candle, makes ❖❖❖ its home on the Cassius Carter Centre Stage. We have much to look forward to in the 2007/08 winter season as well, with four thrilling world premieres, including A Catered Affair, written by and featuring the legendary Harvey Fierstein; a new stage version of the BELL, BOOK AND popular MGM movie musical The Band Wagon; Hershey Felder’s Beethoven, As I Knew Him; CANDLE and In this Corner, a Globe commission about famed boxer Joe Louis. Aug 4 - Sep 9, 2007 This unprecedented slate of productions would not be possible without the support of our donors and subscribers. We urge each and every one of you to support the Globe in Cassius Carter Centre Stage any way that you can during our $75 million Campaign for the Theatre’s facilities needs, education programs and endowment. Through your continued annual support, the Globe ❖❖❖ will remain San Diego’s cultural landmark and continue to serve for generations to come. A CATERED AFFAIR Sep 20 - Oct 28, 2007 Old Globe Theatre LOUIS G. SPISTO JACK O’BRIEN JERRY PATCH ❖❖❖ Executive Director Artistic Director Resident Artistic Director

OSCAR AND THE PINK LADY Sep 20 - Nov 4, 2007 Cassius Carter Centre Stage

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P1 Season Sponsors

The Old Globe is deeply grateful to its Season Sponsors, each of whom has made an annual donation of $50,000 or greater. These gifts are critical to maintaining the Theatre’s high quality of artistic programming and award-winning work in the community.

The Legler Benbough Foundation Karen and Donald Cohn Valerie and Harry Cooper Audrey S. Geisel Globe Guilders Joan and Irwin Jacobs The Lipinsky Family Conrad Prebys Donald and Darlene Shiley Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and the County of San Diego Sheryl and Harvey P. White Anonymous

To become a Season Sponsor, please contact Director of Development Todd R. Schultz at (619) 231-1941 x2310.

P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Louis G. Spisto Jack O’Brien Executive Director Artistic Director and Kevin McCollum Robyn Goodman Jeffrey Seller Vineyard Theatre The New Group

PRESENT

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BOOK BY BASED ON AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT BY Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Jeff Whitty Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx

WITH Angela Ai Christian Anderson Minglie Chen Robert McClure Cole Porter Carla Renata Kelli Sawyer

PUPPETS CONCEIVED AND DESIGNED BY Rick Lyon

SET DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN Anna Louizos Mirena Rada Howell Binkley Acme Sound Partners ANIMATION DESIGN INCIDENTAL MUSIC MUSICAL DIRECTOR MUSIC COORDINATOR Robert Lopez Gary Adler Andrew Graham Michael Keller CASTING TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Cindy Tolan Brian Lynch Evan Ensign Scott A. Moore TOUR MARKETING/PUBLICITY GENERAL MANAGER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS TMG – John S. Corker Marian DeWitt Sonny Everett The Marketing Group Walter Grossman Mort Swinsky MUSIC SUPERVISION, ARRANGEMENTS AND ORCHESTRATIONS BY Stephen Oremus CHOREOGRAPHER Ken Roberson DIRECTED BY Jason Moore

Avenue Q was supported by a residency and public staged reading at the 2002 O’Neill Music Theater Conference of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT. www.avenueq.com

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P3 Cast of Characters IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Princeton, Rod...... ROBERT MCCLURE Brian...... COLE PORTER Kate Monster, Lucy & others...... KELLI SAWYER Nicky, Trekkie Monster, Bear & others...... CHRISTIAN ANDERSON Christmas Eve ...... ANGELA AI Gary Coleman...... CARLA RENATA Mrs. T., Bear & others...... MINGLIE CHEN Ensemble...... MAGGIE LAKIS, SETH RETTBERG, DANIELLE THOMAS

Setting: An outer borough of New York City Time: The present

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. for Princeton/Rod—SETH RETTBERG, CULLEN R. TITMAS for Brian—SETH RETTBERG, CULLEN R. TITMAS for Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut—MINGLIE CHEN, MAGGIE LAKIS for Nicky/Trekkie/Bear—SETH RETTBERG, CULLEN R. TITMAS for Mrs. T./Bear—JENNIE KWAN, MAGGIE LAKIS for Christmas Eve—MINGLIE CHEN, JENNIE KWAN for Gary Coleman—ERICA ROBINSON, DANIELLE THOMAS SWINGS JENNIE KWAN, ERICA ROBINSON, CULLEN R. TITMAS AVENUE Q BAND Keyboard/Conductor—ANDREW GRAHAM Keyboard/Associate Conductor—DOROTHY MARTIN Reeds—PAUL SUNDFOR; Drums—RICK DART Bass—JUSTIN GRINNELL; Guitars—MARK SHAPIRO Contractor—LORIN GETLINE

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. During the performance, please turn off all pagers, telephones, and other electronic devices.

Si desea una sinopsis de esta obra en Español, favor de pedírsela al acomodador que le entregó este programa. If you would like a synopsis of this production in Spanish, please request it from an usher.

P4 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Production Sponsors

Joan and Irwin Jacobs

Joan and Irwin Jacobs have been enthusiastic supporters and loyal subscribers of The Old Globe for more than 20 years, during which time the Theatre and San Diego community have greatly benefited from their generosity and involvement. Previous Globe productions sponsored by Joan and Irwin Jacobs include George Gershwin Alone, Macbeth, Resurrection Blues, Smash and Julius Caesar. The couple has been active philanthropically throughout the San Diego community, supporting numerous organizations, including University of California, San Diego; the Museum of Contemporary Art; San Diego Opera; La Jolla Music Society; La Jolla Playhouse; Museum of Photographic Arts; San Diego Repertory Theatre and the San Diego Symphony.

Thank You, City of San Diego! Critical Annual Support and a New Roof

Consistently the City of San Diego is the Globe’s largest single supporter. With annual funding through the Commission for Arts and Culture, the Globe and many other non-profit organizations in San Diego benefit from the City’s commitment to supporting quality institutions in this community, and in 2007 the Globe received a special allocation for funds to replace the roof on the Old Globe Theatre. The Theatre’s original 1982 roof, which was 25-years-old, was in desperate need of replacement. Many Globe subscribers, actors, crew and ticket buyers will recall performances when raindrops fell both outside and inside the theatre, causing safety issues for the public and performers alike. For four months, crews hired by the City of San Diego diligently replaced the roof on the Globe. The Globe is one of three of Balboa Park’s cultural institutions that received funds for deferred maintenance in 2007 through the City of San Diego’s Capital Improvement Program. The Old Globe thanks Mayor Jerry Sanders and the San Diego City Council for their continued support of San Diego’s arts and culture institutions.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5 2007 Board of Directors

Dear Friends,

After the infamous fire that destroyed Looking back at the history of the Globe, the Old Globe Theatre in 1978, the it’s impressive to remember the Board of Directors and Globe staff tremendous support that the community needed a venue quickly to continue its gave to the Theatre during its greatest production of Neil Simon’s The Sunshine crises. However, it’s important never to Boys. Within one week, this play forget that as a non-profit organization, JACQUELYN LITTLEFIELD moved to the stage of the Spreckels Theatre, and during community support is needed each and AND LOU SPISTO reconstruction of the Old Globe Theatre, five productions in every year to keep the doors open, the curtains going up, and the the 1978/79 Winter Season took place on this venerable production quality at the very highest levels. stage. I hope you’ll continue to support The Old Globe as subscribers We are indeed pleased to return this summer to the Spreckels and single ticket buyers and also as donors and sponsors of this Theatre as we produce, what will become, the national tour of phenomenal theatre. Avenue Q.We are especially grateful to Jacquelyn Littlefield, for her support in helping to make our residency at the Spreckels Theatre a reality. Kathryn Hattox, Chair, Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS / OFFICERS Kathryn Hattox* Anthony S. Thornley* Deni S. Carpenter* Sandra Redman* Valerie Cooper* Tim K. Zinn* Chair Vice Chair Finance Vice Chair Development Vice Chair Nominating Secretary Treasurer

DIRECTORS Victor P. Gálvez Daniel L. Sullivan, Ph.D. Bernard Lipinsky (1914-2001) Mary Beth Adderley-Wright F. George Gilman Julie H. Sullivan, Ph.D. Delza Martin (1915–2005) Joseph Benoit Carol Hanson Dean Thorp Patsy Shumway Charles Brazell Viviana Ibañez Evelyn Mack Truitt Robert Cartwright Sheila Lipinsky Debra Turner HONORARY DIRECTORS Donald Cohn* Timothy A. MacDonald* Crystal Watkins Mrs. Richard C. Adams Peter J. Cooper Sue Major Stewart J. Weissman (1912–2005) David W. Down Arthur Neumann Harvey White* Clair Burgener (1921-2006) Bruce M. Dunlap Robin Nordhoff Ruth Wikberg-Leonardi Mrs. John H. Fox (1908–2003) Sue Ebner Rafael Pastor Carolyn Yorston Audrey Geisel Bea Epsten John Rebelo Deborah Young Paul Harter Joel Ewan Phyllis Schwartz Gordon Luce (1925-2006) Pamela A. Farr Chris Skillern EMERITUS DIRECTORS Dolly Poet (1921-2007) Jake Figi Nancy A. Spector Garet B. Clark Deborah Szekely Sally Furay, R.S.C.J. Louis G. Spisto* J. Dallas Clark (1913–2005) Hon. Pete Wilson Harold W. Fuson, Jr. *Executive Committee Member

The Old Globe is supported in part by grants from The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and The County of San Diego.

P6 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Special Announcement...

Leadership Gifts to The Old Globe The Old Globe Unveils : The Old Globe would like to recognize and The Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage thank the following generous individuals who have made extraordinary gifts of $1 For more than two decades, million or more to this organization. These major contributions have been designated for Donald and Darlene Shiley artistic projects, the endowment and facilities, have been avid supporters and help The Old Globe remain one of our of The Old Globe, serving country’s great theatre institutions. as volunteers, advocates $20,000,000 or greater and major donors. Their Donald and Darlene Shiley latest gift has been a $20 million contribution to help launch the Globe’s $75 $10,000,000 or greater million Capital and Conrad Prebys Endowment Campaign, and in recognition of this commitment, the Globe $5,000,000 or greater is pleased to name the Sheryl and Harvey P. White stage in the Old Globe Theatre the “Donald and Darlene Shiley Kathryn Hattox Stage,"while the theatre retains its current name. Karen and Donald Cohn This leadership gift is just one example of their exemplary support of the Globe. They have served as sponsors for dozens of individual productions and have been Season Sponsors since the program’s $1,000,000 or greater inception in 1995. With a $500,000 gift in 2000, they established Estate of Dorothy S. Prough the Globe’s annual Shiley Artist-in-Residence program, which honors a featured performer each season. Thanks to Donald and The Rivkin Family Darlene's generosity, the Globe owns a 22-unit apartment building, Estate of Beatrice Lynds Shiley Terrace Apartments, where visiting actors and artists reside during rehearsals and performances. The two also made a Audrey S. Geisel / tremendous gift to the University of San Diego to permanently San Diego Foundation endow two fellowships for students in The Old Globe/University Dr. Seuss Fund of San Diego Master of Fine Arts program, and helped fund undergraduate theatre programs at the university. Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Ottenstein Mrs. Helen Edison Additionally, this dynamic couple generously supports regular annual activities at the Globe, including the Globe Gala and special The Stephen and Mary Birch events, such as Jack O’Brien’s 25th Anniversary and Craig Noel’s Foundation 90th Birthday celebration.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P7 Profiles

ANGELA AI ROBERT McCLURE KELLI SAWYER (Christmas Eve) (Princeton, Rod) (Kate Monster, Lucy & others) Is proud to be part of the Is thrilled and honored to Is thrilled to be touring with Avenue Q first national tour. be joining this incredibly Q after performing the same BROADWAY: Avenue Q talented team. CREDITS part on Broadway and at INCLUDE: Avenue Q Wynn Las Vegas. A native of (Golden Theater). TOUR: (Broadway, Nicky/Trekkie); Avenue Q Las Vegas I’m Not Rappaport (Broad- Dallas. OFF-BROADWAY: (Broadway Theater at the way Revival with Judd The Summer of ’42. ELSE- Wynn); Making Tracks (2G). OFF-BROAD- Hirsch and Ben Vereen); A Funny WHERE: South Pacific, national tour WAY: Pericles (Red Bull Theater). OTHER Thing...Forum (Arden Theatre); Grease (w/Robert Goulet); The Caucasian Chalk THEATER CREDITS: Journey to the West (Lenape PAC); Parade, The Skin of Our Teeth Circle (Grusha), Hangar Theatre; Swingtime (Kasser Theatre); Oliver! (Helen Hayes Canteen (Katie), Actor’s Theatre of (NY Musical Theatre Festival), Snake in Theatre); Carousel, I’m Not Rappaport (Paper Fridge (Themantics Group). TV: Sex and the Mill Playhouse). “Thanks to AEA, family, Louisville; Voyage of the Little Mermaid (Ariel), City. Her CD, History, was a Top 12 Pick in friends, Mom, Dad, Steph, Becca and WDW. EDUCATION/ TRAINING: BFA Performing Songwriter. “Love to my family, Maggie for their love and support.” Musical Theatre, Cincinnati Conservatory of my friends and Ferd.” www.angelaai.com. www.robertpmcclure.com. Music. Member AEA since 1997. “Love to Member of AEA. Mom, Dad and husband Bob.” COLE PORTER CHRISTIAN ANDERSON (Brian) JENNIE KWAN (Nicky, Trekkie Monster, Bear & others) Hails from Billings, MT (Swing, u/s Christmas Eve, Mrs. T., Bear & Is happy to be on tour with and received a BFA in others). Avenue Q. BROADWAY: Drama at the University of THEATER: Avenue Q Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie), Montana. After his gig with (Broadway Theater, Las High Fidelity (Dick), Rent Q Vegas he traveled and Vegas), Miss Saigon (Kim/first (Mark). NATIONAL returned home to support national tour), Bare (Diane/ TOURS: The Full Monty his Mother’s battle with cancer. He is original cast). TV: Avatar: The (Jerry), Rent (Roger). Also Bernstein’s Mass proud and excited to return as “Brian.” He Last Airbender (Suki), at the Hollywood Bowl, Wit at the Geffen expresses love and thanks to family and California Dreams (Sam/Series Regular). Playhouse. TV: The Division, Days of Our friends for support. “Mom, you are my OTHER CREDITS: Recording group, Lives. “For Cheri and Ruby.” hero. Thanks boys in Billings, gang in Nobody’s Angel (Gold Record received for Darby and Judgment Day, and Las Vegas Princess Diaries). Jennie sends her love and MINGLIE CHEN pals.” Proud member AEA. gratitude to her supportive family, friends, (Mrs. T., Bear & others) and awesome husband, Matt. After making her Broadway CARLA RENATA debut with Avenue Q, (Gary Coleman) MAGGIE LAKIS Minglie is delighted to join Was Killer Queen in the (Ensemble) the touring production. Queen musical We Will From Philadelphia. BROADWAY: Avenue Q Rock You and received a REGIONAL: Tin Pan Alley Rag (Christmas Eve). NAACP nomination as Wilma Theater; Box Office of GERMANY: Miss Saigon (Kim). Shenzi in the LA Company the Damned with 1812 REGIONAL: Aladdin, Bare. FILM: Forbidden of The Lion King. BROAD- Productions; Grease!, Lenape Warrior. TV: Reno 911! BA in WAY: The Life, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and How to RPAC; And Then They Came for Communications, UCLA. AEA member. Succeed…. NATIONAL TOURS/ REGION- Me, The Boxcar Children, Sideways Stories from “Love to my family. For S.F.” AL: You Can’t Take It with You (Geffen Wayside School, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Playhouse), The Who’s Tommy (first national BFG and Ferdinand the Bull, Arden Theatre. tour). TELEVISION: CSI, Will & Grace, My Name Is Earl, The War At Home, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Member of AEA.

P8 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE SETH RETTBERG CULLEN R. TITMAS stayed. He has a law degree, a Tony Award, (Ensemble) (Swing) a Mustang convertible and a wonderfully REGIONAL: Stage One Just spent seven months sweet rescue dog named Princeton. Many Urinetown (Bobby Strong); under water creating and thanks to the hundreds of people whose Lyric Theatre Beauty and the performing the role of contributions helped make Avenue Q a Beast, Godspell, Cabaret, Marlin in Finding Nemo the reality. Fiddler on the Roof. CCM: The Musical at Disney’s Animal Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Kingdom. REGIONAL: John JEFF WHITTY New Brain, Side Show, Crazy for You. EDUCA- and Jen (uh, John), Elton John’s AIDA (Book) TION: BFA, Cincinnati College (Radames), Footloose (Ren, three times); Won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book Conservatory of Music. “Thanks to Mom, Forever Plaid (Sparky, twice), Adam of a Musical for Avenue Q. Plays include Dad, Luke, HS and Friends.” Proud Guettel’s Floyd Collins (title role). “Cheers The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler (next member of AEA. www.sethrettberg.com. to the little things.” appearing in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2008 season), The Hiding Place, ERICA ROBINSON ROBERT LOPEZ The Plank Project, Suicide Weather and Balls. (Swing) (Music and Lyrics/Original Concept/ Theaters presenting his work include the Is thrilled to be a part of Animation Design) Atlantic Theater Company, South Coast this incredible show and Is still reeling from winning the 2004 Repertory, Vineyard Theater, The New company. Favorite credits Tony Award for Best Score for Avenue Q, Group and New York Stage and include Ain’t Misbehavin’, which has been produced in New York, Film/Vassar. Currently at work on the Fame, Tintypes. AMDA Vegas, London, Stockholm, Helsinki and libretto for a musical version of Armistead Graduate. “Thanks to Troy now this tour! Bobby’s musical version of Maupin’s Tales of the City. As an actor, he (Poodle), Family, Friends, The Talent Mine Finding Nemo, co-written with his wife has appeared regionally, off-Broadway, and Agency, Cindy Tolan Casting and Avenue Q Kristen Anderson-Lopez, is currently in film and TV. Website: www.Whitless.com. Creative Team. Look what God has done.” playing in Walt Disney World. In 2007, he Proud AEA member. co-wrote songs for a musical episode of JASON MOORE NBC’s Scrubs. He and his brother Billy (Director) DANIELLE K. THOMAS Lopez have written music for Nick Jr’s BROADWAY: Steel Magnolias, Avenue Q (Swing) “The Wonder Pets!” and Disney’s “Johnny (Tony nomination, Best Director). OFF- Favorite credits: Hair and the Sprites.” Bobby is busy at work on BROADWAY: Guardians, Avenue Q, The (European Tour), Seussical, lots of new projects. He grew up in Crumple Zone. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Cinderella, Floorplay, Big River, Greenwich Village, graduated Yale 1997 Les Misérables (Broadway, national tour), Little Shop of Horrors (with a BA in English) and now lives in Ragtime (Vancouver). WRITER: The (Germany), Jesus Christ Manhattan with his wife and daughter. Floatplane Notebooks (Charlotte Repertory Superstar (Germany). FILM: Theatre). TV: episodes of Dawson’s Creek, Crooklyn. Native New Yorker. EDUCA- JEFF MARX Everwood, One Tree Hill and Brothers and (Music and Lyrics) TION/Training: BFA Howard University Sisters. UPCOMING PROJECTS: Shrek: The Jeff would like to take this opportunity to (cum laude). Oxford University. “Many Musical for Dreamworks Animation and plug his book, How to Win a High School thanks to God, her Mom (Hildred), family, Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions on Election. A serious guide for student council friends and Daddy…I miss u so much and Broadway in 2008. Jason is a graduate of candidates, it has sold over 15,000 copies I will love you forever! RIP” Proud to be a Northwestern University. and can be found in bookstores and on the member of AEA. internet. This is Jeff’s first musical. He is now living in Los Angeles, writing various projects with different collaborators. He went to L.A. to work on the musical episode of Scrubs, loved it there, and

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P9 Profiles continued KEN ROBERSON RICK LYON MIRENA RADA (Choreographer) (Puppet Designer) (Costume Designer) Choreographed the 2004 Tony Award- Is Avenue Q’s real triple threat: he designed CREDITS: Broadway Asia’s SpongeBob winning Best Musical Avenue Q. NYC all of the puppets, he and his company, SquarePants the Musical, Big Apple Circus’ credits include All Shook Up, Purlie The Lyon Puppets, built all of the puppets, Picturesque, Dreams of a City, Carnevale, Big- (Encores!), The Color Purple, Harlem Song at and Rick performed the roles of Nicky and Top-Doo-Wop; Collected Stories w/Uta the legendary Apollo, Freak (John Trekkie Monster in the original Tony- Hagen; Pera Palas (Connecticut Critics Leguizamo), Stupid Kids, The Mineola Twins winning Broadway production. A pup- Award); Ballet Tech’s Lincoln Portrait; and Blade to the Heat. REGIONAL: Purlie, peteer and designer with more than 25 Roundabout’s Moonlight w/Jason Robards Once on this Island (dir/chor), Lady Day at the years of professional experience in televi- and Liev Schreiber; Disneyland’s Block Emerson Bar and Grill (dir/chor), Ain’t sion, film, and theatre, Rick gratefully Party Bash Parade; 2004 Irene Sharaff Misbehavin’ (dir/chor), Smokey Joe’s Cafe acknowledges the inspiration and encour- Young Master in Costume Design Award. (dir/chor), Guys and Dolls, She Loves Me. agement of the late Jim Henson, and is She thanks her role model Tony Walton, FILM: Preaching to the Choir, HBO’s proud to have supplied all the puppets for plus her husband Anton and son Atom, Lackawanna Blues. Awards include two the productions of Avenue Q on Broadway, who remind her daily about what’s impor- NAACP Awards, Emmy Award nomina- in London, Las Vegas, and now the nation- tant in life. tion, Lucille Lortel Award nomination, al tour. Love and thanks to Rick’s family Drama Desk Award nomination, NYC and beautiful wife Tonya for their support. HOWELL BINKLEY Council of the Arts Award and AUDELCO Web site: www.lyonpuppets.com. (Lighting Designer) Award. THE OLD GLOBE: The Full Monty. ANNA LOUIZOS BROADWAY: LoveMusik, Jersey Boys, STEPHEN OREMUS (Set Designer) Avenue Q, Bridge and Tunnel, Dracula, Steel (Music Supervision/Arrangements/ THE OLD GLOBE: Much Ado About Magnolias, Golda’s Balcony, Hollywood Arms, Orchestrations) Nothing, Beyond Therapy. BROADWAY: Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Minnelli on Music Supervisor/Arranger Wicked; Music Curtains, High Fidelity (2007 Tony Award Minnelli, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of the Supervisor/Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator nomination), Avenue Q (2004 Tony Spider Woman, Taking Sides, How to Succeed…, Avenue Q; Music Supervisor/Vocal Award, Best Musical) also Las Vegas and Grease, Sinatra at Radio City. REGIONAL: Arranger/Co-Orchestrator All Shook Up; London productions, Steel Magnolias, La Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Vocal Arranger High Fidelity. OFF- Golda’s Balcony. NATIONAL: Irving Berlin’s D.C., The Alley, The Old Globe, Guthrie, BROADWAY: Music Supervisor/Vocal White Christmas (S.F., Boston, L.A., St. Goodman, Hartford Stage, Seattle Rep and Arranger/Orchestrator tick, tick...BOOM!; Paul, Detroit, Seattle), Seven Brides for Seven The Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration. Music director of Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Brothers (TUTS, Paper Mill), Disney Live DANCE: Alvin Ailey, ABT, Joffrey Ballet Party at Manhattan Theatre Club and Rent Winnie the Pooh (U.S. and world tours). (Billboards), Parsons Dance (co-founder). (national tour). Music Director/Conductor OFF-BROADWAY: In the Heights (37 Arts); Five time Helen Hayes Award recipient, for Rufus Wainwright (singing Judy Altar Boyz (prem. & U.S. tour); tick, tick... 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier Award and Garland’s famous 1961 concert) at BOOM! (prem. & U.S. tour); MTC; Second Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of The Spider Carnegie Hall; The Palladium, London; Stage; Roundabout Theatre. REGIONAL: Woman, 2006 Henry Hewes Design and the Olympia, Paris. Music Director The Baker’s Wife (Paper Mill), Me and My Award, 2006 Outer Critics Circle Award and arranger of Broadway Meets Country in Girl (Goodspeed). ELSEWHERE: and 2006 Tony Award for Jersey Boys. New York and Nashville. Music Berkshire T. F., Alley, Merrimack Rep, Supervisor/Vocal Arranger of Signed Sealed Charlotte Rep, George St., Williamstown ACME SOUND PARTNERS Delivered —the music of Stevie Wonder star- T.F. Art Direction. FILM/TV: Sex and the (Sound Designer) ring Chaka Kahn (Las Vegas). Graduate of City (HBO), The Secret Lives of Dentists. BROADWAY: Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, Berklee College of Music, Boston. A Chorus Line (2006), The Drowsy Chaperone, Hot Feet, The Light in the Piazza, Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dracula the Musical, Twentieth Century, Fiddler on the Roof, Never Gonna Dance, The Boy From Oz, Avenue

P10 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Q, Gypsy, La Bohème (Drama Desk Award), formed as Curious George many years ago, Children (Lincoln Center Theater); In the Flower Drum Song, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, Marian feels at home amongst the Blood, Tartuffe, Tongue of a Bird (Public Bells Are Ringing, A Class Act, Jane Eyre, The puppets, cast and crew of Avenue Q. When Theater); Vineyard Theatre casting director Full Monty. NATIONAL: Irving Berlin’s she is not in the theater, Marian is climb- since 1999. Williamstown Theatre Festival White Christmas. The partners are: Tom ing mountains, frozen waterfalls, and 2003 and 2004. FILM: The Darjeeling Clark, Mark Menard and Nevin Steinberg. rocks until it’s time to come in for work. Limited (consultant), The Namesake, Kinsey, AEA member since 1994. Sherrybaby, Death of a President, The Ballad of ANDREW GRAHAM Jack and Rose, Diggers, A War Within, (Musical Director) JOEL ROSEN Loggerheads (also co-producer), Casa de los LAS VEGAS: Spamalot starring John (Stage Manager) Babys, Personal Velocity, Angela. TV: Flight of O’Hurley and Avenue Q. NATIONAL THE OLD GLOBE: Over 30 shows with the Conchords (HBO series), Wonderfalls TOURS: Pippin, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Old Globe. BROADWAY: Dr. Seuss’ (NY casting). Member: CSA. Seussical starring Cathy Rigby, Oliver, The How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Imaginary Music Man, Footloose and the European Friends, Avenue Q. OFF-BROADWAY: BRIAN LYNCH/ tours of Hair and Grease. REGIONAL: Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well, Fat Pig, The THEATRETECH, Inc. Elton John’s Aida (MUNY), Aida and Fame Thing About Men, The Exonerated. (Technical Director) (N.S.M.T.) EDUCATION: Degrees from REGIONAL: Avenue Q, Las Vegas Technical/Production Management on Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and Company; The Color Purple (Alliance numerous Broadway shows that most Trinity College of Music in London. Theatre, World Premiere). Member of AEA. recently include: Avenue Q (Broadway and Las Vegas), A Moon for the Misbegotten, High TMG—The Marketing Group (Tour JAMES DARRAH Fidelity, The Drowsy Chaperone, Irving Berlin’s Marketing/Publicity) (Assistant Stage Manager) White Christmas, The Odd Couple, Ring of Fire, Are experts in creating and implementing BROADWAY/OFF-BROADWAY/ TOURS Movin’ Out, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, strategic marketing partnerships, promo- AS SM : Hedda Gabler, Little Women. Contact, Side Show, De La Guarda, Riverdance tions, awareness/branding campaigns and AS ACTOR: Little Women, Hello, Dolly!, and Rent. Brian has also worked on virtual- sales initiatives targeting the upscale con- Silent Laughter, archy and mehitabel, Once ly all of Neil Simon’s productions span- sumer, both in New York and throughout Around the City, Billion Dollar Baby, Dearly ning the last 25 years. North America. With offices in New York, Departed, Jubilee, Bells Are Ringing, Boobs!, As Chicago and Los Angeles, TMG currently Bees in Honey Drown, Was, The Cmplt Wrks of JOHN S. CORKER represents the Broadway productions of Wllm Shkspr-Abridged. (General Manager) Rent, Mamma Mia!, Curtains, Legally Blonde, Is currently represented on Broadway with Radio Golf, The Pirate Queen, The Drowsy MICHAEL KELLER Rent and Avenue Q. He general managed Chaperone and Grey Gardens, as well as the (Music Coordinator) two national touring companies of Rent as tours of Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Music coordinator for Legally Blond, A well as the Canadian, West End, and Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sweeney Chorus Line (2006), Wicked, Spamalot, The German productions of Rent along with Todd, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Avenue Q at Wynn Resort in Las Vegas. He Bee, Twelve Angry Men, Mamma Mia!, Rent, Lion King, Avenue Q, Mamma Mia!, Barbara was the General Manager for Baz The Producers, Hairspray, Stomp, Annie and Streisand concerts (’94, ’01, ’06). “Life is Luhrmann’s Production of Puccini’s La Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. www.themar- complete with wife Pamela Sousa and chil- Bohème on Broadway and is the general ketinggroup.net. dren Zach and Alexis.” manager for the holiday perennial Irving Berlin’s White Christmas that has had pro- MARIAN DeWITT CINDY TOLAN ductions in San Francisco, Los Angeles, (Production Stage Manager) (Casting) Boston, St. Paul and Detroit. Upcoming BROADWAY: Say Goodnight Gracie, Rocky BROADWAY: Xanadu, Avenue Q, A Year with projects will include In the Heights on Horror. TOURS: Doubt, Copenhagen, Chicago, Frog and Toad, Medea (additional casting). Broadway and two more productions of Saturday Night Fever, West Side Story, 42nd LONDON: Resurrection Blues (Old Vic). Irving Berlin’s White Christmas this holiday Street, others across U.S., Canada, Europe, OFF-BROADWAY: House of Bernarda Alba, season. Asia and the Middle East. Having per- Belle Epoque, Big Bill, The Carpetbagger’s

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KEVIN McCOLLUM VINEYARD THEATRE and The Accomplices; and revivals include (Producer) (Producer) Comedians, What the Butler Saw, and The Won Tony Awards for Best Musical for Under the guidance of Artistic Director Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Avenue Q (2004) and for Rent (1996), Douglas Aibel, the Vineyard is a non-profit which also won the Pulitzer Prize for theatre company dedicated to creating new SONNY EVERETT Drama and is now a major motion picture. work, taking artistic risks, and collaborat- (Associate Producer) Mr. McCollum also produced The Drowsy ing with gifted artists to produce distinc- As a producer or partner, credits include: Chaperone, winner of five 2006 Tony tive new plays and musicals. In addition to ShockHeaded Peter, Hurlyburly, Irving Berlin's Awards, Baz Luhrmann’s Broadway pro- Avenue Q, notable Vineyard premieres White Christmas, The Unexpected Man duction of Puccini’s La Bohème (2002), include the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramas (London, NY), State Fair, Gross Indecency, High Fidelity (2006), and the debut stage How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel and June Moon, Vita & Virginia, The Drowsy productions of Irving Berlin’s White Three Tall Women by Edward Albee, Nicky Chaperone (NY, London), In the Heights (off- Christmas. Off-Broadway credits include Silver’s Pterodactyls, Craig Lucas’ The Broadway, projected Broadway fall 2007). De La Guarda, [title of show] and In the Dying Gaul, Becky Mode’s Fully Committed, Producer for the late Kitty Carlisle Hart. Heights. Christopher Shinn’s Where Do We Live, and Founder of Toad Suck Repertory Co., Toad the Obie-winning musicals [title of show] Suck, Ferry, AR. ROBYN GOODMAN and Eli’s Comin’. The Vineyard is the recipi- (Producer) ent of special Drama Desk, OBIE and WALTER GROSSMAN Produced Avenue Q which received the Best Lucille Lortel Awards for Sustained (Associate Producer) Musical Tony Award of 2004. Other Excellence and Outstanding Body of Is chairman of Brookehill Capital Partners, Broadway credits include Metamophoses Work. Visit www.vineyardtheatre.org. a private investment firm. Mr. Grossman (Drama Desk Award), A Class Act, Steel formerly served as a member of the Board Magnolias, Barefoot in the Park and High THE NEW GROUP of Overseers of the University of Fidelity. Off-Broadway she produced Bat (Producer) Pennsylvania (his alma mater) and Boy; tick, tick…BOOM!; Our Lady of 121st Is an off-Broadway theatre company presently serves as a director of the New Street; Red Light Winter and the award- known for powerful ensemble acting and Group theater company, CBRITE Inc. of winning Altar Boyz. She was Co-Founder for developing and producing challenging Santa Barbara, CA and Technology and Artistic Director of the Second Stage plays. Under Artistic Director Scott Elliott Infrastructure Solutions of Boca Raton, Theatre until 1992, Supervising Producer and Executive Director Geoff Rich, The FL. Other credits include Altar Boyz and of ABC’s One Life to Live for four years and New Group has received seven Obies, five Barefoot in the Park. is currently the Artistic Consultant to the Lortels, twenty-one Drama Desk noms Roundabout Theatre Company. She is and three Tonys. They have featured the MORT SWINSKY also a founding Board Member of work of such playwrights as Mike Leigh (Associate Producer) Counts Media. (Ecstasy, Goose-Pimples, Smelling a Rat, Has co-produced and been involved with Abigail’s Party), Wallace Shawn (Aunt Dan more than 30 Broadway productions, JEFFREY SELLER and Lemon, The Fever, The Music Teacher), including the current hits Hairspray and (Producer) Kenneth Lonergan (This Is Our Youth), Chicago. Additional Broadway: La Bohème, Is the winner of two Tony Awards for Best David Cale (Betwixt, A Likely Story), Seth The Crucible, Metamorphoses, Urinetown, Musical: Rent (1996), which also won the Zvi Rosenfeld (The Flatted Fifth, Everythings Noises Off, The Music Man, Annie Get Your Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and Avenue Q Turning into Beautiful), Kevin Elyot (My Gun and many more. FILM: Dark Days, (2004). Jeffrey also produced De La Night with Reg, Mouth to Mouth), Dmitry Boys Don’t Cry, You Can Count on Me and Kiss Guarda (1998) and Baz Luhrmann’s pro- Lipkin (Cranes) and David Rabe Me Guido. Mort is thrilled to have found duction of Puccini’s La Bohème (2002), (Hurlyburly). Other U.S. and World his way to Avenue Q. High Fidelity (2006) and In the Heights Premieres include Curtains, Hazelwood Jr. (2007). Jeffrey is a graduate of the High, East Is East, Roar, The Women of University of Michigan. Lockerbie, Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, Terrorism,

P12 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Associate Synthesizer Props built by The Spoon Group, Tom Carroll STAFF FOR AVENUE Q Programming...... Randy Cohen Scenery, and Sandra Chugkowski. Animation oper- GENERAL MANAGER Music Copying...... Emily Grishman Music ating system provided by Sound Associates. Road John S. Corker Preparation, Emily Grishman Rebel Entertainment Touring. General Management Associate...... Nick Lugo TOUR MARKETING/PUBLICITY Management Assistant...... Andrew Jones Avenue Q has not been authorized or approved in TMG—The Marketing Group Executive Assistant to Messrs. any manner by the Jim Henson Company or Laura Matalon McCollum and Seller ...... Ryan Hill Sesame Workshop, which have no responsibility Marya K. Peters Assistant to Ms. Goodman...... Jessica White for its content. GENERAL PRESS REPRESENTATION Assistant to Mr. Corker...... Kim Marie Vasquez Sam Rudy Media Relations Legal Counsel ...... Levine, Plotkin, Menin LLP Quote from “Something’s Coming” (Bernstein/ Loren Plotkin, Susan Mindell, Sondheim) by permission of Leonard Bernstein Sam Rudy Conrad Rippy, Cris Criswell Dale Heller Music Publishing Company LLC. (ASCAP). Bob Lasko Advertising...... SPOTCo, Charlie Siedenburg Drew Hodges, Jim Edwards, SPECIAL THANKS Pete Milano, Aaliytha Davis The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Production Photographer...... Carol Rosegg John Buzzetti, David Page of Page Drums Scott A. Moore Web Design...... Situation Marketing CASTING Damian Bazadona Any donation received during this performance will Cindy Tolan Concessions ...... Max Merchandising, LLC be given to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Adam Caldwell, Casting Associate Randi Grossman Accountant...... FK Partners/Robert Fried WARNING: This production employs TOUR DIRECTION Bookkeeper...... Joseph S. Kubala machines that create fog and smoke effect, and The Booking Group Insurance ...... D.R. Reiff & Associates strobe lighting. Meredith Blair, Kara Gebhart Sonny Everett, Dennis Reiff www.thebookinggroup.com Banking...... Signature Bank ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR Payroll...... CSI Payroll Services,Inc. THIS PRODUCTION Company Manager ...... Roeya Banuazizi Lance Castellana Master Electrician...... Troy Castelblanco Production Stage Manager...... Marian DeWitt Travel...... Tzell Travel/Andi Henig Master Carpenter ...... James Masacek Technical Supervisor...... Brian Lynch/ Flyman ...... David Masacek Theatretech, Inc. THE PRODUCING OFFICE Master Prop ...... Ned Krumrey Associate Director...... Evan Ensign Kevin McCollum Jeffrey Seller Head Audio ...... Loren Rogers Stage Manager...... Joel Rosen John S. Corker Debra Nir Assistant Company Mgr...... Meghan Bourdeau Assistant Stage Manager ...... James Darrah Ryan Hill David Roth Production Assistant...... Mark Helmuth Production Assistant ...... Bob Hendren Puppet Coach ...... Aymee Garcia AGED IN WOOD THE HISTORIC SPRECKELS THEATRE Associate Set Designer ...... Todd Potter Robyn Goodman Owner/Producer...... Jacquelyn Littlefield Associate Costume Designer...Karl A. Ruckdeschel Stephen Kocis VP Marketing /Producer ...... Geoff Shlaes Associate Lighting Designer ...... Ryan O’Gara Josh Fiedler Booking Director...... Robert Stein Associate Sound Designer...... Sten Severson Jessica White Theatre Management...... Shaun Davis Automated Light Programmer ...... Hillary Knox Production Carpenter...... Justin Garvey VINEYARD THEATRE Production Electrician ...... Keith Buchanan Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director The actors and stage managers employed in this production Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell, Executive Director / are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Production Prop Master ...... Ron Groomes professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Head Carpenter...... Jeff Sharratt External Affairs Head Electrician ...... Steve Cooksey The musicians employed in this production are members Head Audio Engineer ...... Richard Camuso THE NEW GROUP of the American Federation of Musicians. Prop Master...... Nicholas Rouse Scott Elliot, Artistic Director Flyman ...... Tyler Smutz Geoffrey Rich, Executive Director The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc. an independent national labor union. Head Spotlight Operator...... Leslie Bindeman Assistant Audio Engineer ...... Daniel Scheivert CREDITS Puppets built by The Lyon Puppets. Scenery United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic Assistant Prop Master...... Kristine Hummel painters for the American Theatre. Wardrobe Supervisor...... Michael Hannah Constructed by Centerline Studios. 59th Street Bridge Photograph from Panorama New York used Backstage employees are represented by the International Sound and Video Design Effects...... Brett Jarvis Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (of I.A.T.S.E.). Animation/Video with special permission by Richard Berenholtz. Production...... World Leaders Entertainment Lighting Equipment by PRG Lighting. Sound The Press Agents & Company Manager employed in this Puppet Builders...... The Lyon Puppets Equipment by PRG Audio. Chain Motors provid- production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Music Coordinator...... Michael Keller ed by Hudson Scenic. Costumes executed by John Press Agents and Managers. Synthesizer Programming ...... Jim Abbott Kristiansen New York Inc. “Christmas Eve” This production is produced by a member of the League Wedding Dress electrified by Tom Talmon Studio. of American Theatres and Producers in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P13 Program Notes ABOUT US: Jeff Marx & Robert Lopez, Creators of Avenue Q HT YCRLROSEGG CAROL BY PHOTO

Bobby has wanted to write musicals all his life. When he got an intern. Bobby was living with his parents after graduating out of college, he joined the BMI Workshop because that was from Yale; Jeff was living in an apartment owned by his parents just the next logical step — it's a sort of the Harvard for musical after graduating from law school. Neither of us was making any theater writers. It seemed like a specialty grad school for him. Jeff money or really feeling like an adult yet. But we sort of had it was actually a lawyer practicing entertainment law for a while, good. Lots of our friends were worse off than us — at least we but hated it — he envied the clients, who were having much got to live in Manhattan and convince ourselves we were being more fun than their representatives. One of Bobby's sage friends productive while taking classes [for Musical Theatre Writing]. advised him to try collaborating with someone —anyone — at Our friends were living in squalor out in Brooklyn or Queens, least once so that he'd have the experience of working with commuting, working all day long in entry-level jobs they hated, someone. So we started writing together a little and found that wondering how the hell they got there. So we decided to write a it was actually more fun than writing alone — that when we put show about the situation. our two heads together to come up with ideas, and especially to We wanted to write a musical that would appeal to everyday edit them (we only keep things we both like, so the work ends up people — people who don't necessarily already like musicals — being the highest common denominator rather than the lowest), and so we were looking for a medium that would allow charac- the result was stronger than what either of us produced alone. ters to sing but which wouldn't be your typical Oklahoma! or So we were kids writing a show about ourselves and how Funny Girl type stage show. Our solution to overcome the modern much it sucked to be us. Bobby was a temp at the time; Jeff was bias against singing was to write a Muppet movie. We realized that for the most part, audiences have a tendency to say “oh please" when a character breaks into song nowadays, but we didn't think that puppets faced that same hurdle. Where the Muppets are concerned, they must sing otherwise they seem kind of flat. Singing is just part of their vocabulary. So we tried to find the most ludicrous plot we could find for it, and we settled on Hamlet. We started writing a very, very loose adaptation and called it “Kermit, Prince of Denmark." It was about Kermit the Frog walking through the airport on his way to join the other Muppets in Denver, CO for a planned skiing trip, when he acci- dentally boards the wrong plane headed to Denmark. Once in Denmark, he's mistaken for Hamlet (also a green frog Muppet), who has gone missing. It's a typical story of mistaken identity, chaos, mayhem, and so forth, and nobody dies at the end. Kermit

JEFF MARX AND ROBERT LOPEZ gets everyone to cooperate and communicate, and makes friends with everyone... as Muppets often do. P14 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE We finished writing about eight songs, and they won the work on the script, and he eventually ended up taking over the $100,000 Kleban Award. We then sent the songs and a short bookwriting end of it. He won a Tony for his work, too. treatment off to Brian Henson, who runs the Jim Henson One of the most important themes in Avenue Q is that life Company. He said he wasn't interested, and that was that. But we isn't as easy as we've been led to believe. Our parents told us we learned something valuable from the were special; Mr. Rogers wanted to be experience — we learned not to write our friend and neighbor; we thought for other people's characters because if we could grow up to be anything we they say no, all your hard work is wanted to be, from a fireman to down the drain. It made us say, "To President of the United States. Even hell with the Muppets. Let's create our in college, we thought we were pretty own family of characters." And so we hot ..., ready to set the world on fire. started coming up with a concept for a But when we got out of college, we show that would use puppet charac- were faced with rent bills and ters, based initially on ourselves and temping and entry level jobs, if we our friends. Once we had all the major KATE MONSTER, KELLI SAWYER; PHOTO BY CAROL ROSEGG were even lucky enough to get those. characters and a bunch of songs and a It wasn't nearly as easy or nice as we basic outline of a plot, we brought Jeff Whitty, a playwright, in to expected it was going to be. We found to our horror that we weren't all that special after all. From The Gothamist, December 17, 2004

WRITING AVENUE Q BY JEFF WHITTY, BOOK WRITER My agent called and said "How do you feel about writing a musical starring puppets?" I'd never written a musical before; I had just written plays. But I listened to a demo CD of some of the existing songs and just loved it. Actually, one of the big hooks for me was not even so much the funny over-the-top songs like "The Internet Is for Porn" or "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist," but "There's a Fine, Fine Line" which had sort of this deeper emotional content and that I thought was the most subversive thing; to write a show where you cared about these puppet characters. Because it's one thing for people to say they laughed, but I love it when people say they were moved by the show. I wrote this sort of unwieldy long draft because I was still trying to figure out exactly what it was to write a book for a musical. [Director] Jason Moore came on board shortly after that, and I wrote this entirely different draft that was much leaner and had the “Purpose" story arc that exists in the show now. But, it was sort of too clean and didn't have the anarchic feeling I thought the show needed, so I combined both drafts and took the best from each and that pretty much led us to what the show is now. It was hard, but I was glad I didn't know squat about how to structure it, or even what had come before. I knew a couple musicals in and out, but overall my knowledge of musical theatre is slim. I think that was an advantage because Avenue Q needed a fresh approach anyway. I was able to come to it with a clean slate and invent the language of the show. The surprise of it was that the things that really worked were these staples of common, traditional Broadway musical structural elements that the show has. I think people respond to it because it does pay homage to those traditions. People's views of the book for a musical are very frequently that it's just sort of there to string the songs together. It was my goal from the beginning to make the book as funny and sharp as the songs. From Playbill.com, July 2, 2004

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The Old Globe’s ability to maintain the highest standard of excellence, while keeping ticket prices affordable, is due in large part to the financial support of more than 3,500 individuals, businesses, foundations and government agencies. Please join us in giving a warm thanks and recognition to these leaders who have made tonight and our 625 other performances possible. The Old Globe appreciates the support of those who have stepped into the spotlight. Benefactors ($100,000 and above) City of San Diego, Commission for William Randolph Hearst Foundation The Shubert Foundation Arts & Culture The James Irvine Foundation Supervisor Pam Slater-Price Audrey S. Geisel/The San Diego The San Diego Union-Tribune and the County of San Diego Foundation Dr. Seuss Fund Donald & Darlene Shiley

Season Sponsors ($50,000 to $99,999) AT&T Karen & Donald Cohn Patrons of the Prado The Legler Benbough Foundation Valerie & Harry Cooper Conrad Prebys California Bank & Trust Globe Guilders QUALCOMM, INC. J. Dallas & Mary H. Clark Fund at Joan & Irwin Jacobs Wells Fargo The San Diego Foundation The Lipinsky Family Sheryl & Harvey P. White

Production Sponsors ($25,000 to $49,999) Mary Beth Adderley-Wright, Bombardier Flexjet Nokia Richard Wright & Elizabeth Adderley Cohn Restaurant Group/Prado Restaurant Sempra Energy American Airlines Continental Airlines Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina Bank of America Danah H. Fayman Starbucks Coffee Alan Benaroya Jake & Todd Figi Union Bank of California John A. Berol Kathryn & John Hattox U.S. Bank Mary Ann Blair Fund HM Electronics, Inc. Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust at The San Diego Foundation Deni & Jeff Jacobs Director Circle ($10,000 to $24,999) Anonymous (1) Dr. & Mrs. Harry F. Hixson, Jr. Nancy & Alan Spector and Family Charles & Molly Brazell Supervisor Bill Horn Ms. Jeanette Stevens Arthur & Sophie Brody Fund of the and the County of San Diego Anne Taubman & David Boyle Jewish Community Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Neil Kjos Gillian & Tony Thornley Dale Burgett & F. George Gilman Dr. Ronald & Mrs. Ruth Leonardi Evelyn Mack Truitt The Louis Yager Cantwell Private Jacquelyn Littlefield Erna & Andrew Viterbi Foundation Sue & John Major Weingart-Price Fund at Deni & Ken Carpenter Dr. Patricia Montalbano The San Diego Foundation Peter Cooper & Norman Blachford Robin & Hank Nordhoff Stewart & Brenda Weissman Advised Fund at the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation The Kenneth T. & Eileen L. Norris Brent V. Woods & Laurie C. Mitchell Foundation June E. Yoder Mr. & Mrs. Brian Devine Allison & Robert Price Carolyn W. Yorston Dr. & Mrs. Robert Epsten Sandra & Allen Redman Robert & Deborah Young Pamela A. Farr Patsy & Forrest Shumway Ellen & Tim Zinn Lee & Frank Goldberg Chris Skillern

P16 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Founder Circle Leonard & Elaine Hirsch Mrs. Willard T. Cudney ($5,000 to $9,999) Tish & Jere Horsley Dr. & Mrs. Francis C. Cushing, Jr. Lawrence G. Alldredge & Dawn Moore Richard & Janet Hunter Darlene G. Davies in memory of Lowell Davies Anonymous (1) Al & Pat JaCoby Mrs. Gail Powell Davis Ken & Ginger Baldwin Mary & Russell Johnson Pat & Dan Derbes Jane Smisor Bastien Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Kahler Dean & Mrs. Michael H. Dessent The Colwell Family Fund at Bob & Gladys King Jim & Sally Ditto The San Diego Foundation Rosalie Kostanzer & Mike Keefe Marion Eggertsen Ann & John Davies Bob & Laura Kyle Peter & Doris Ellsworth Nina & Robert Doede Merriel F. Mandell, Ph.D. Noddy & Ira Epstein Bernard J. Eggertsen & Florence Nemkov Dr. Marianne McDonald Carol Fink Alan & Pauline Fatayerji Judy & George Miller Dieter & Susan Fischer/Dieter’s Mercedes Service Mary Ann & Arnold Ginnow David & Noreen Mulliken Mary & David Fitz Robert Gleason & Marc Matys Tom & Lisa Pierce Susanna & Michael Flaster Leo S. Guthman Fund Dolly* & Jim Poet Sid & Jean Fox Melissa & James Hoffmann Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Pollack Karen & Orrin Gabsch Carol & George Lattimer The Pratt Memorial Fund at Union Bank Deede Gales Peter & Inge Manes of California Elaine & Murray Galinson Bob Martinet John & Marcia Price Family Foundation Barbara & Albert Garlinghouse Paul I. & Margaret W. Meyer Brenda Marsh-Rebelo & John Rebelo Bill & Judy Garrett Money/Arenz Foundation, Inc. Dr. H. Warren Ross Leslie Gartman Harle Garth Montgomery Margery P. Schneider Drs. Thomas H. & Jane D. Gawronski Arthur & Marilyn Neumann Roberta J. Simpson Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Genis Charles Noell & Barbara Voss Marisa SorBello & Peter Czipott Teresa C. George Dr. Mike Rabbitt Julie & Bob Sullivan Martin & Enid Gleich Ellen C. Revelle Jay & Diane Sweeney Tom & Sheila Gorey Jeannie & Arthur Rivkin Mr. & Mrs.Joseph Taft Drs. Barbara & Leonard Gosink Deborah Szekely Marilyn Elizabeth Thompson Dr. & Mrs. William Gott Pamela & Marty Wygod Dixie & Ken Unruh Jay & Mary Hanson Carol Vassiliadis Norm Hapke & Valerie Jacobs Hapke PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE Doris & Lou Vettese Drs. Patrick Harrison & Eleanor Lynch ($2,500 to $4,999) Jordine & Harvey Von Wantoch Salah M. Hassanein Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Akeson Patricia & Christopher Weil Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Peter K. Hellwig Gail, John & Jennifer Andrade Jean & Tim Weiss Rhonda Heth & Thomas Mabie Dr. Bob & Jill Andres Helene & Allan Ziman Michael & Jill Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Richard Baldwin Gary & Carrie Huckell Melissa Garfield Bartell & Michael Bartell CRAIG NOEL CIRCLE Roberta Hussey Joan & Jeremy Berg ($1,500 to $2,499) Al Isenberg & Regina Kurtz Perry S. Binder, MD The Family of Richard & Mary Adams Jerri-Ann & Gary Jacobs Paul Black Richard Addesso Daphne Jameson Dr. & Mrs. Edgar D. Canada Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. David J. Johnson Cecilia Carrick & Stan Nadel Edwin Bacher William W. Karatz Carol & Jeff Chang Mr. & Mrs. John E. Barbey, Jr. Marge & Jerry Katleman Garet & Wendy Clark Diana Barliant & Nowell Wisch William & Edythe Kenton Jack & Carol Clark Mrs. Inge Lehman Barta Jo Ann Kilty Ms. Heidi Conlan/ Mrs. Lazare F. Bernhard Ken & Sheryl King The Sahan Daywi Foundation Sally & John Berry Dr. & Mrs. Ara S. Klijian R. Patrick & Sharon Connell Charles & Charlotte Bird Dr. & Mrs. R.W. Klofkorn Susan B. Cowell Cynthia Bolker & Greg Rizzi Brooke & Dan Koehler Gigi & Ed Cramer Ronda & Stanley Breitbard Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Ledford Mrs. Philip H. Dickinson Terry & Bill Burd Terry & Mary Lehr Samuel I. & John Henry Fox Foundation at Clint & Susie Burdett Ms. Sherrill Leist Union Bank of California Anita Busquets & William Ladd James & Pamela Lester Millicent & Charles Froehlich Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Callicott Jerry Lester, M.D./Rosarito, Mexico Martha & George Gafford Ruth Mary Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Paul Levin GSG Capital Advistors, LLC/ Pam & Jerry Cesak Sandy & Arthur Levinson Laura & Glenn Goodstein Carol & Rudy Cesena Jerry & Elsa Lewis Ms. Cheryl Haimsohn Mike Conley & Sue Steele Don & Mary Jane Lincoln Fred & Alicia Hallett Roger Cornell, M.D. Robin J. Lipman & Miro Stano Susan & Dr. Ronald Heller Richard & Stephanie Coutts Mathew & Barbara Loonin Alexa Kirkwood Hirsch Sally & Pat Crahan *Deceased

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Maday/O’Donnell Design Collective — Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beck Mr. & Mrs. Blaine A. Briggs Dimitri J. Callian III & Lauren Zarobinski Judy & Larry Belinsky Dr. & Mrs. Simon C. Brumbaugh, Jr. Charles & Jackie Mann Nicholas B. Binkley Beth & Tim Cann F. Dale & Lois Marriott Drs. Gary & Barbara Blake Greg & Loretta Cass R.J. Maus, Architects H.L. & Irene Boschken Harry & Carol Cebron Nancy McCune Sandra & Harry Carter Ray & Shelley Chalupsky Bill & Jeri McGaw Jane Cowgill Lynne Champagne & Wilfred Kearse Elizabeth & Edward McIntyre Deloitte/Mauricio Monroy Doug & Elisabeth Clark Harold O. McNeil Ron & Devora Eisenberg–Great News! Robin & William Comer Elizabeth Meyer Earl N. Feldman Steve & Carolyn Conner Joel & Deirdre Mick Peter & Christine Gault Alan L. & Frances E. Cornell Estelle & Jim Milch Sandra Gulden & Leon J. Goldberger A.W. Dibelka Judith & Neil Morgan Gulden Private Foundation Dr. Donald & Eilene Dose Coralee Ann Morris Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Henry Peggy Elliott James & Nancy Mullen Suzanne & Lawrence Hess Dan & Phyllis Epstein Jan & David Mullin Drs. Sonia & Andy Israel Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Fadick Ruth & Jim Mulvaney Warren & Karen Kessler Fund of the Dr. Susan Dersnah Fee Bette Nagelberg Jewish Community Foundation Richard & Beverly Fink Family Foundation Josiah & Rita Neeper James Klein Insurance Dr. & Mrs. Frederick A. Frye Bob Nelson & Murray Olson Curt & Nancy Koch Sally Fuller Eileen & Lawrence Newmark Dr. Eric Lasley Theresa & Craig Georgi Nordstrom Dr. & Mrs. James E. Lasry Arthur & Judy Getis Mr. & Mrs. Victor H. Ottenstein Mr. & Mrs. James Lim The Golemb Family Sigrid Pate & Glenn Butler Jasna Markovac & Gary Miller Louise & Doug Goodman Marcia & Jim Piper Akiko Charlene Morimoto & Robert & Edry Goot Martha Meade Pitzer Hubert Frank Hamilton,Jr. Chris Graham & Michael Albo Mo & Bill Popp Parker & Crosland, LLP Carol & Don Green Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Porte Susan Parker Mr. George Guerra Joanne Powers William & Sandra Peavey Richard & Candace Haden Jim & Claudia Prescott Deborah B. Pettry Linda E. Hanson RAdm. Arthur & Peggy Price, Jr. Jeanette Rubin Family Fund of the Alex & Mary Hart Don & Marie Prisby Jewish Community Foundation Stephanie & Scott Herman Joseph & Jane Rascoff Don & Darlene Russell Arnie & Barbara Hess Nancy J. Robertson Cheryl & Frank Ruyak Mr. Stephen Hopkins & Dr. Carey Pratt Rachel A. Rosenthal Alice & Lewis Silverberg Margot Reinke Humphreys Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Royce Alan & Esther Siman Viviana Ibanez Susan & Edward Sanderson John & Margery Swanson Isabella Fund at The San Diego Foundation C.A. & Sherry Sheppard Janet & Bernard Trabin Jackie Johnston-Schoell Dee E. Silver, M.D. W. Bruce & Cynthia Tuckerman Dr. Clyde W. Jones Dotti & Joel Sollender Stan & Anita Ulrich Kathy & Rob Jones Herbert & Elene Solomon James & Ellen Weil Kenneth & Marilyn Jones N.L. Stanworth in loving memory of Scott The Grey White Family Fund Andrew & Denise Kaplan Nancy Steinhart & Rebecca Goodpasture Christy & Howard Zatkin Lloyd & Joanna Kendall Mickey Stern Helen & Webster Kinnaird Marc R. Tarasuck, AIA GOLD Jo Ann & Lee Knutson The Tarlov Family ($500 to $999) Bill & Linda Kolb Mr. & Mrs. Charles Taubman Anonymous (3) Jeri Koltun Cherie Halladay Tirschwell Mr. & Mrs. Bill Arnold LABS, Inc./Silvia Dreyfuss Gene & Celeste Trepte Arthur Family Fund at The San Diego Foundation John Q. Lalas, Jr. Carol & Larry Veit Rhoda & Mike Auer Janet & Dan La Marche Pamela J. Wagner Mrs. & Mrs. David A. Baer Thomas Leighty Merle & Phil Wahl Shawn & Jennifer Baker Richard C. Levi Jan Harden Webster & Raul Ortega Ina S. Bartell Sherry & Rick Levin Shirli Fabbri Weiss Jack & Dorothy Baser Foundation Marc C. Lorenzo Michael & Penny Wilkes Richard & Linda Basinger Dr. & Mrs. Leeland M. Lovaas Mr. & Mrs. Harold B. Williams Lee & Amnon Ben-Yehuda Dr. & Mrs. David D. Lynn Keith J. Wong Robert & Nancy Blayney Edward H. & Nancy B. Lyon Joyce & Bob Blumberg Dr. Carl Maguire & Margaret Sheehan PLATINUM Mrs. Suzanne I. Bond Brian C. Malk & Nancy H. Heitel Fund at ($1,000 to $1,499) Mrs. Wyloma Bradshaw The San Diego Foundation Anonymous (1) Mrs. Henri Brandais Dr. Robert & Marcia Malkus In Memory of Charles R. Allen

P18 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Jeanne Maltese Robert W. Arnhym James & Ruth Harris of the Ron & Mercy Mandelbaum Earl Asbury Jewish Community Foundation Joanne D. Marugg John & Elizabeth Bagby Mrs. Corrine M. Harvey Christopher Maxin & Stephanie Buttell-Maxin Mr. Allen & Mrs. Nancy Bailey Jane & Richard Haskel Dr. & Mrs. M. Joseph McGreevy Beverly Bartlett & Barbara Sailors Lucy & Jim Haugh Mr. & Mrs. William McKenzie James & Ruth Batman Mr. & Mrs. William Hawkins Theodore A. Milby Sharon & Bill Beamer Michele D. Hearns, Inc. Joel, Annette & Arianna Millman Bruce & Patricia Becker Joan Henkelmann Carol & Michael Morris Bee Best Bee Removal, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Herskovitz Susan & Charles Muha Mr. & Mrs. T.K. Bell Donald J. Hickey Katherine Newton Armand Bernheim, Jr. Christine B. Hickman & Dennis A. Ragen Willene D. Nichols Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Birstein Raymond L. Higgins Jack & Virginia Oliver Daniel & Barbara Black Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Hippie Rod & Barbara Orth Bruce & Linda Blakley Leslie Hodge Mr. & Mrs. David J. Pettitt Robert Blanton & Ann Clark John & Peggy Holl Dr. Ken Pischel & Dr. Katherine Ozanich Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Brady Paul & Barbara Holz Dr. Julie Prazich & Dr. Sara Rosenthal Dr. & Mr. Cecelia Brock Nancy & Bill Homeyer Mr. & Mrs. Kedar Pyatt Ed Brookins Bonnie & Cecil Hornbeck Mrs. Charlotte Rees Perla Brownlie Mr. & Mrs. Lee Horowitt Joseph W. Robinson Beth Bruton Kendyl & Merri Houdyshell Stuart & Linda Robinson Barbara Bry & Neil Senturia Steven & Nancy Howard Mr. Joseph Rusche Mr. Glenn Buberl Stephanie B. & Carl A. Hurst Dr. Joseph & Carol Sabatini David Burns & Diane Lischio Robert Hyman Phoebe & David Sackett John & Kirk Butler Joseph & Donna Hynes John & Patricia Seiber Helen M. Caldwell Mr. & Mrs. Joseph & Eileen Innecken Ms. Debbie Seid Jane Carrigan Susan D. Inot Richard Shapiro & Marsha Janger William & Shirley Carrington Mr. & Mrs. David Ives Mr. & Mrs. Randall Silvia Ellen Casey Bill & Cheri James Rodney & Dolores Smith Fund at Luc & Ann Marie Cayet-Pleska Nancy B. & David A. James The San Diego Foundation Charlene Chatham & William Price Edward & Linda Janon Gloria Penner Snyder & Bill Snyder Ronald D. Culbertson Lucy & Jones Jaworski Ron & Susan Styn Glenn Currie Photography Cameron Jay & Kathleen Rains Edward D.S. Sullivan John Davis & Bill Hughes In Memory of Donald Jenkins Clifford & Kay Sweet Mr. & Mrs. William Deatrick Judge & Mrs. Anthony C. Joseph Tracy Tajbl & Neil Kent Jones Mr. & Mrs. Homer Delawie James & Sharon Justeson Mrs. Terry Tidmore Dutch & Dawn Dershem Elaine R. Kalin Ms. C. Anne Turhollow & Mr. Michael Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Wes Dillon Michael Keehan, MD FACS Midgie Vandenberg Patricia & Glen Doughty Patricia & Alexander Kelley Will & Vanessa Van Loben Sels Sean & Kellie Doyle Gail Kendall Natalie C. Venezia & Paul A. Sager Stephen & Sandra Drew Kathleen Kim & Zachary Rattner Pat & Allen Weckerly Lizbeth Ecke & David Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Jay Kranzler Zona Weekley Patricia Eichelberger Mr. & Mrs. Albert W. Krasnoff Jo & Harold Weiner Judge & Mrs. Harry Elias Marvin M. Kripps, M.D. Janice Weinrick Barbara & Dick Enberg Lou Krueger Mr. & Mrs. David Weinrieb Larry & Jan Ford Janay Kruger Dennis & Carol Wilson Clare & Paul Friedman Betty & Richard Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. C.E. Wylie/C.E. Wylie Dr. Richard & Randee Friedman Vic & Mary Landa Construction Company Ferdinand Gasang Elizabeth Lasley Dr. Joseph Yedid & Susan Sincoff Thomas Gass, DDS & Chester McLemore Dixon & Pat Lee Elizabeth Zeigler & Bernard J. Kuchta David & Marcia Gill Tom & Terry Lewis Norman & Patricia Gillespie Roy & Carol Long SILVER Dr. & Mrs. Michael Goldbaum Sally & Bill Luster ($250 to $499) Howard & Carole Goldfeder Judge & Mrs. Frederick Mandabach Margaret Acampora Euvoughn L. Greenan Patricia Manning Mr. Gale Acker & Dr. Nancy Acker Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Greenberg Kathleen Markham Dr. & Mrs. Maurice Alfaro Jerome & Anita Gutkin Harold & Beverly Martyn George Amerault Margaret Hall Bruce & Brenda Mason Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Anderson Helen M. Hammond Cdr. & Mrs. John C. Mathews III Anonymous (8) Robert M. & Helen M. Hansen Ronald McCaskill & Robyn Rogers Antique Row Café - Normal Heights C. Harbordt Oliver McElroy & Karen Delaurier Drs. Michael & Gabriela Antos Joel Harms Teresa McEuen

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Steve McIntee Dr. Norman & Barbara Rozansky Donald & Margaret Sweimler Charles & Billie McKnight Peter & Donna Russell Dr. Blake S. & Mrs. Peggy Jean Talbot Mr. & Mrs. Jim Melcher Fran & Tom Ryan Dr. Terry & Naomi Tanaka Drs. John Meyers & Betty Joan Maly George & Karen Sachs Dr. Marshall & Leila Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Paul E. Michelson Debbie & Wayne Sakarias Linda Terramagra James & Dorothy Mildice Patrick Sammon & Mark Munsey Mr. & Mrs. Jack E. Timmons Dr. James & Mrs. Nancy Miller Josiah & Abigail Sand Ned A. Titlow Margaret Mitchell Barbara A. Sawrey Mr. & Mrs. John Torell Mark & Margie Morel Simon & Ruth Sayre Robert C. & Melesse W. Traylor Dr. & Mrs. Robert Morrison Dr. & Mrs. Roger H. Schmitt Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Truesdell Mary Jo Murphy Martin & Connie Schroeder Iwona A. Trybus Michael & Danna Murphy RAdm. & Mrs. H. James T. Sears Bill & Barbara Ward Joyce & Martin Nash Linda J. Seifert Kathy & Jim Waring Tom & Doris Neuman Lori Severson & Eric Longstreet William Weeks Mark Niblack Glenda Allen Shekell Mr. & Mrs. James Welterlen Mr. & Mrs. J. Gregory Noel Hano & Charlotte Siegel Ross & Barbara White Floyd T. Olson Kevin & Diane Silke Cass Witkowski Family Dr. David & Elizabeth Ostrander Jerry & Beth Silverman Mr. & Mrs. John W. Witt Carolann Pagliuso Eunice M. Simmons, M.D. Dr. Perri L. Wittgrove Julius J. Pearl Fund at The San Diego Foundation Anne & Ronald Simon Janet Wolf In Memory of Margaret Peninger Kathryn & Terrence Slavin Mr. & Mrs. H.D. Wolpert Clifford T. Pentrack & Mary E. Giovaniello Patti Sloan in honor of Jack Sloan David Workman Mr. & Mrs. James Perley Charles & Julie Smith Dr. Dolores Wozniak Drs. Mark & Darcey Perlman Norman & Judith Solomon M.J. Zahnle Lawrence Roy Perrin Fred & Christine Stalder Paul & Claudia Zimmer Barbara Pricola Alan M. Stall Vicky Zollweg & Michael Dunteman Mr. & Mrs. Merlin Puck Paul & Janet Stannard John Quesenberry Mark & Dale Steele This list is current as of June 1, 2007 Anne Ratner Ann & Robert Steiner To learn more about supporting The Old Globe’s Daniel & Lynn Reisfeld James K. Stenderup performances and education and outreach Elaine Rendon Edward Stickgold & Steven Cande programs, please visit our website at Brent & Bev Robinson Dave & Jan Stormoen www.TheOldGlobe.org or call Milton & Dorothy Roll Helga & Sam Strong Courtney Quinn at (619) 231-1941 x2311. Gerald & Ruth Rosenbaum Abbe Wolfsheimer Stutz Ursula R. Roth John & Linda Sunkel Dr. & Mrs. Richard Rowen Mrs. J.B. Swedelius

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Lawrence G. Alldredge and Dawn Moore Danah H. Fayman David and Noreen Mulliken Perry S. Binder, M.D. Susanna and Michael Flaster Charles Noell and Barbara Voss Paul Black Mary Ann and Arnold Ginnow Jeannie and Arthur Rivkin Dr. and Mrs. Edgar D. Canada Alexa Kirkwood Hirsch Dr. H. Warren Ross Jack and Carol Clark Leonard and Elaine Hirsch Donald and Darlene Shiley Mary H. Clark Al and Pat Jacoby Roberta J. Simpson Steven J. Cologne Mary and Russell Johnson Ms. Jeanette Stevens R. Patrick and Sharon Connell Bob and Gladys King Dixie and Ken Unruh Susan B. Cowell Rosalie Kostanzer and Mike Keefe Doris and Lou Vettese Gigi and Ed Cramer Bob and Laura Kyle Jordine and Harvey Von Wantoch Mrs. Philip H. Dickinson Merriel F. Mandell, Ph.D. June E. Yoder Nina and Robert Doede Peter and Inge Manes Marion Eggertsen Bob Martinet For more information please Dr. Marianne McDonald contact Courtney Quinn at Bernard J. Eggertsen and Florence (619) 231-1941 x2311. Nemkov Paul I. and Margaret W. Meyer

P20 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Special Thanks to our Corporate Donors SEASON SPONSORS ($50,000 and more)

PRODUCTION SPONSORS ($25,000-$49,999)

DIRECTOR CIRCLE ($10,000-$24,999) Break-Away Tours KPMG, LLP Relocation Coordinates Evans Hotels Mercer Health & Benefits Torrey Pines Bank Fashion Valley Neiman Marcus Vistage Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP

FOUNDER CIRCLE PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999) ($2,500-$4,999) Citigroup Foundation/Smith Barney Cush Family Foundation Nissan Foundation GSG Capital Advisors, LLC Northern Trust Mission Federal Credit Union Oakwood Worldwide Nicholas-Applegate The Westgate Hotel Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek XLNC1 WD-40 Company

Corporate Partners enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition, especially the opportunity to entertain clients and employees with exclusive receptions in our Patron and Lipinsky Family Suites, behind-the-scenes tours, and preferred seating at our shows. For information, please contact Todd Schultz at (619) 231-1941 x2310.

PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P21 Associate Artists of The Old Globe In recognition of their unique contribution to the growth of The Old Globe and their special talent, we take great pride and pleasure in acknowledging as ASSOCIATE ARTISTS OF THE OLD GLOBE, the following who have repeatedly demonstrated by their active presence on our stages and in our shops, that wherever else they may work, they remain the heart and soul of this theatre.

Louis G. Spisto, Executive Director Jack O’Brien, Artistic DirectorJerry Patch, Resident Artistic Director Craig Noel, Founding Director

William Anton Tovah Feldshuh Mark Harelik John McLain Steven Rubin Conrad Susa Jacqueline Brookes Monique Fowler Bob James Jonathan McMurtry Ken Ruta Deborah Taylor Lewis Brown Ralph Funicello Tom Lacy Stephen Metcalfe Douglas W. Schmidt Sada Thompson Kandis Chappell Lillian Garrett-Groag Diana Maddox Robert Morgan Seret Scott Paxton Whitehead George Deloy Harry Groener Dakin Matthews Steve Rankin David F. Segal James R. Winker Tim Donoghue A.R. Gurney Deborah May Robin Pearson Rose Don Sparks Robert Wojewodski Richard Easton Joseph Hardy Katherine McGrath Marion Ross David Ogden Stiers PATRON INFORMATION TICKET SERVICES HOURS SEATING OF LATECOMERS Monday: noon – 6pm Although we understand parking is often at a premium, the seating Tuesday - Sunday: noon – last curtain of latecomers is extremely disruptive. Latecomers may be given Hours subject to change. Please call ahead. alternative seating and will be seated at an appropriate interval. Phone (619) 23-GLOBE or (619) 234-5623 FAX (619) 231-6752 YOUNG CHILDREN Email [email protected] Children five years of age and under will not be admitted to perfor- mances. ADMINISTRATION HOURS Monday - Friday : 9am – 5pm PHONE (619) 231-1941 ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CAMERAS WEBSITE www.TheOldGlobe.org Use of recording devices and cameras is not permitted. If you are ADDRESS The Old Globe wearing a digital watch or pager, or if you are carrying a cellular P.O. Box 122171 phone, please silence it prior to entering the theatre. San Diego, CA 92112-2171 SENNHEISER® LISTENING SYSTEM ORDERING TICKETS / CHANGE OF ADDRESS For the convenience of the hearing impaired, the Sennheiser® The Old Globe accepts Visa, Discover, Master Card, or American Listening System is available in the Old Globe Theatre. Lightweight Express. Phone orders for non-subscribers are subject to a $3 per headsets may be obtained from the house manager prior to perfor- ticket service charge, not to exceed $12. Ticket exchanges are subject mances, free of charge. to a service charge for non-subscribers. If you have moved, please notify the Ticket Services Office to update our records. Call (619) PUBLIC TOURS 234-5623 during Ticket Services hours, mail your change of address Go behind the scenes at The Old Globe to learn about the history, to the Ticket Services Office, or email us at [email protected]. three stages, shop and craft areas. Open tours: most Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30am. Groups by reservation. $5 adults; $3 seniors UNABLE TO ATTEND? and students. Phone (619) 231-1941 x2142 for information/reserva- If you find you are unable to use your tickets, please give them to a tions. friend, or turn them in to the Ticket Services Office and receive a tax receipt for your donation. Tickets must be received by show time. LOST AND FOUND If you have misplaced a personal item while at the theatre, please RESTROOMS AND TELEPHONES contact the Ticket Services Office or Security as soon as possible. If Restrooms are located in the lower lobby of the Old Globe Theatre we are unable to locate your item, we’ll happily take down your and adjacent to the Festival Theatre; pay phones may be found in the contact information as well as a description of the item and contact lower Globe Theatre lobby and next to the Gift Shop. you if it is found. The Old Globe does not assume liability for items left behind on premises. Ricola Cough Drops are available upon request. Please ask an Usher. P22 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE Director Profiles

LOUIS G. SPISTO JERRY PATCH JACK O’BRIEN Executive Director Resident Artistic Director Artistic Director Louis G. Spisto has served as Executive Director of Jerry Patch was appointed Resident Artistic Mr. O’Brien has been the Artistic Director of The The Old Globe since October 2002. During his Director of The Old Globe in February 2005. He Old Globe in San Diego since 1982. Recent Globe tenure, Spisto spearheaded the return of the Globe’s most recently served as the Dramaturg and a productions: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Imaginary acclaimed Shakespeare Repertory Season and pro- Friends, Twelfth Night, The Full Monty, The Seagull, The duced several world-premiere plays and musicals, member of the long standing artistic team at including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Chita Rivera: The Southern California’s Tony Award®-winning South Magic Fire, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Dancer’s Life, and the Twyla Tharp/Bob Dylan musical, Coast Repertory (SCR), where he coordinated the the world premieres of Associate Artist A.R. The Times They Are A-Changin’, which transferred to development of 150 new plays, including two Gurney’s Labor Day and Tina Howe’s Pride’s Crossing, Broadway in September, 2006, along with the Globe’s Pulitzer Prize winners and numerous other final- as well as Time and Again, The Doctor Is Out (Getting annual holiday favorite, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole ists. Patch became the top choice for this new role Away With Murder) by Stephen Sondheim and Christmas!. In March, 2006, Spisto spearheaded the at the Globe due to his many years of artistic George Furth, plus productions of Henry IV, Much launch of the Globe’s Capital Campaign, “Securing a accomplishments, his exceptional relationships Ado About Nothing, Oleanna, Damn Yankees, King Lear, San Diego Landmark,” to raise $75 million by the Ghosts, Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and world premieres of with the nation’s leading directors and playwrights, Theatre’s 75th anniversary in 2010. The campaign is Terrence McNally’s Up in Saratoga, A.R. Gurney’s and his enthusiastic commitment to new work. off to a hugely successful start, having reached 61% of The Snow Ball and The Cocktail Hour, Tom Dulack’s its goal. During the past four seasons, the organiza- While at SCR, Patch worked as Dramaturg on tion has grown its subscription audience an unprece- Breaking Legs, Stephen Metcalfe’s Emily. numerous new works, including Donald BROADWAY: Creator/Supervisor, Dr. Seuss’ How the dented amount, countering a trend in the non-profit Margulies’ Sight Unseen and Brooklyn Boy, which theatre industry, resulting in the highest level of Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Coast of Utopia, Dirty opened to critical acclaim on Broadway; Margaret attendance in over a decade. Prior to coming to the Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nominations: Best Director Globe, Spisto served as the Executive Director of Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit; Howard and Musical), Henry IV (Tony Award), Hairspray American Ballet Theatre in New York City. While Korder’s Search and Destroy; Amy Freed’s The Beard (Tony Award), The Invention of Love (Tony nomina- there, he increased ticket income and annual contribu- of Avon, Safe in Hell and Freedomland; Lynn Nottage’s tions: Best Director and Play), The Full Monty (Tony tions for the organization by nearly 20 percent. He Intimate Apparel and nine world-premieres by nominations: Best Director and Musical), More to also tripled the Ballet’s touring weeks and the Richard Greenberg, including Three Days of Rain. Love, Labor Day, St. Louis Woman, Pride’s Crossing, The resources devoted to education and training pro- In addition, he co-conceived The Education of Randy Little Foxes, Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award for grams. Spisto has also served as the President of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, where he provided Newman with Michael Roth and Mr. Newman. Direction, 1995), Damn Yankees (Tony nomination: fundraising leadership and creative direction for the Patch also served as the project director of SCR’s Best Musical Revival), Two Shakespearean Actors orchestra’s $60 million renovation project, and helped renowned Pacific Playwrights Festival, which annu- (Tony nominations: Best Director and Play), Porgy dramatically increase ticket sales while initiating ally introduces seven new plays to an audience of and Bess for Houston Grand Opera and Broadway several new series for the orchestra. Spisto established national theatre leaders. Typically, more than 75% (Tony Award), as well as Radio City Music Hall. a reputation as a superb arts executive here in of the plays presented receive multiple productions ELSEWHERE: The Magic Flute, San Francisco California, where he spent over ten years as the in theatres across the country. During his tenure at Opera; Tosca, Santa Fe Opera; Così fan Tutte and Executive Director of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra Aida, Houston Grand Opera; The Most Happy Fella, in Orange County. During his tenure there, he tripled SCR, Patch also held the position of Artistic Director (1990-1997) of The Sundance Theatre Michigan Opera and Broadway. TV: An Enemy of the the orchestra’s annual budget, all while eliminating a People, All My Sons, I Never Sang for My Father, Painting prior deficit and successfully completing the orches- Program, which included the Sundance Churches and The Skin of Our Teeth, all for PBS’s tra’s first endowment campaign. In addition, he estab- Playwrights Laboratory, one of the nation’s leading American Playhouse. RECENT AWARDS: 2004 lished a series of innovative recording projects with new play development programs. Additionally, he Thomas Degaetani Award (USITT), 2002 “Mr. Sony Classical and oversaw a number of nationally ran the Sundance Summer Theatre, a repertory of recognized commissioning projects. A strong advocate Abbott” Award (SDCF), 2001 Joan Cullman Award 2-3 productions staged outdoors for Utah audi- of arts education, Spisto built one of the largest and for Extraordinary Creativity, 2001 Joe A. Callaway most respected music training and outreach efforts. ences and The Sundance Children’s Theatre, which Award (SDCF), the Drama League’s Julia Hansen During his career, Spisto has also served as Director is dedicated to the development and presentation Award for Excellence in Directing, 2001. Member, of Marketing for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra of new works for family audiences by leading College of Fellows of the American Theatre; and Director of Operations and Development for the American playwrights. He also serves as Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Performing Arts Center, UC Berkeley. He holds a Consulting Dramaturg for New York’s Roundabout San Diego. Mr. O’Brien is a member of the College Masters degree from the University of Wisconsin in Theatre Company. Arts Administration and a Bachelors of Business of Fellows of the American Theatre. Administration from the University of Notre Dame, and spent many years acting, directing and producing plays and musicals throughout his student days, as well as in professional summer theatre. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P23 Louis G. Spisto Jack O’Brien Jerry Patch Craig Noel Staff Executive Director Artistic Director Resident Artistic Director Founding Director

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