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March 11 - 21, 2021 Author Biographies Calvary Theatre Arts Presents TheFantasticks Book and Lyrics by Music by TOM JONES HARVEY SCHMIDT March 11 - 21, 2021 Author Biographies Composer Harvey Schmidt and lyricist Tom Jones are the legendary writing team best known for shaping the American musical landscape with their 1960 hit, The Fantasticks. After its Off-Broadway opening in May 1960, it went on to become the longest-running production in the history of the American stage and one of the most frequently produced musicals in the world. Their first Broadway show, 110 in the Shade, was revived on Broadway in a new production starring Audra MacDonald. I Do! I Do!, their two-character musical starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston, was a success on Broadway and is frequently done around the country. For several years Jones and Schmidt worked privately at their theatre workshop, concentrating on small-scale musicals in new and often untried forms. The most notable of these efforts were Celebration, which moved to Broadway, and Philemon, which won an Outer Critics Circle Award. They contributed incidental music and lyrics to the Off-Broadway play Colette starring Zoe Caldwell, then later did a full-scale musical version under the title Colette Collage. The Show Goes On, a musical revue featuring their theatre songs and starring Jones and Schmidt, was presented at the York Theatre, and Mirette, their musical based on the award-winning children's book, was premiered at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. In addition to an Obie Award and the 1992 Special Tony Award for The Fantasticks, Jones and Schmidt were inducted into the Broadway Hall of Fame at the Gershwin Theatre, and on May 3, 1999 their 'stars' were added to the Off-Broadway Walk of Fame outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Then in 2012, Jones & Schmidt were honored by being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Calvary Theatre Arts Presents Book and Lyrics by Music by TOM JONES HARVEY SCHMIDT THE FANTASTICKS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). STREAMING IS PRESENTED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI) NEW YORK, NY. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com The musical is suggested by a play Les Romanesque by Edmond Rostand. Since its opening in May 1960 at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York, and its subsequent revival at the Jerry Orbach Theatre, The Fantasticks remains the longest-running production of any kind in the history of American theatre. March 11-21, 2021 Student Life Center 512 Bong Avenue Belton, MO 64012 Cast of Characters The Mutes .............................Leah McNabb, Esther McRae The Narrator (El Gallo) .................................. Mike Burke The Girl (Luisa) ...................................Rebekkah Harms The Boy (Matt) ........................................Adam Weeks The Girl's Mother (Bellomy) ......................... Abigail Tschetter The Boy's Mother (Hucklebee) ........................Ashley Huseby The Old Actor (Henri) ....................................Mary Lenk The Man Who Dies (Mortimer) ......................... Logan Hiskey Production & Design Staff Director .......................................... Kenneth England Technical Director. .Kaleb Krahn Dramaturge ......................................... Logan Hiskey Choreographer ........................................Beckie Lucas Fight Choreographer ............................... Kenneth England Musical Director ......................................Bruce Barrett Pianist. .Chris Stolberg Rehearsal Musician/Accompanist ......................Chris Stolberg Percussionist .........................................Phil Schmidt Audition Accompanist ................................Chris Stolberg Stage Manager ....................................... Becky Bitner Assistant Stage Managers ..............Bethany Cathcart, Zeb Johnson Stage Crew .............................Leah McNabb, Esther McRae Set Designer. Callie Johnson Set Construction Crew ............the cast and crew of The Fantasticks, Laurel Hughes, Zakayo Hategeka Lighting Designer ......................................Kaleb Krahn Assistant Lighting Designer. Zeb Johnson Lighting Console Operator. Hannah Bitner Lighting Crew. Laurel Hughes, Zeb Johnson, Esther McRae Properties Master ................................. Amanda Harman Properties Assistant .............................Julie VanderWoude Costume Designer .................................... Becky Bitner Wardrobe Supervisor ...............................Annalee Nourse Costume Crew .....................Francine Washington, Levi Bennett Dresser. Levi Bennett Sound Designer. John Harms Sound Console Operator ............................... John Harms Sound Technicians .................Hannah Bitner, Julie VanderWoude Makeup and Hair Designer ...............................Brittany Hill Hair and Makeup Crew. Tori Roberts Social Media Team ............Becky Bitner, John Harms, Adam Weeks Photographer .......................................Callie Johnson Production Videographers. Callie Johnson, Kaleb Krahn Video Editor. John Harms Graphic Designer ...................................... Becky Bitner Program Designer. Adam Weeks T-shirt Designer. John Harms Lobby Display ........................................ Seven Lewis Front of House Manager ............................... Seven Lewis Box Office ............................................ Seven Lewis Head Usher .......................................... Kara Adams Ushering Crew Zach Davis Charissa Harwerth Laurel Hughes Abigail LePage Hannah LePage Jared Miller Dawson Moad Alissa Payne Daniel Pitts Nathan Smith Rachel Tchetter Samuel Tschetter Concessions Head .............................Marietta Washington Concessions Crew ..........Francine Washington and the congregation of Abiding Faith Baptist Church & Mission Please, no flash photography during the production. — Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. — Parental guidance is suggested due to comedic violence. — Please be aware that spinning and flashing lighting ef- fects are used in this production. Synopsis of Scenes & Musical Numbers ACT ONE Overture Orchestra Try to Remember El Gallo, Luisa, Matt, Mothers Much More Luisa Metaphor Matt, Luisa Never Say No Hucklebee, Bellomy It Depends on What You Pay El Gallo, Hucklebee, Bellomy Soon It's Gonna Rain Luisa, Matt Abduction Ballet Orchestra Happy Ending Mothers, Luisa, Matt, El Gallo ACT TWO This Plum Is Too Ripe Hucklebee, Bellomy, Matt, Luisa I Can See It Matt, El Gallo An Episode Mortimer, Henri Plant a Radish Hucklebee, Bellomy Much More (Reprise) Luisa, El Gallo 'Round and 'Round El Gallo, Luisa, Company They Were You Matt, Luisa Metaphor (Reprise) Matt, Luisa Try to Remember (Reprise) El Gallo, Company Glossary of Terms accelerando gradually increase speed with movement con molto acropolis Greek, a high city or high portion of a city; a reference to the Acropolis of Athens, the home of many famous ancient sites, e.g. the Parthenon Adonis mortal lover of Venus (Aphrodite) amalgamated united or combined arrivederci Italian, goodbye or see you later azalea subgenus of Rhodendrons, a common flowering shrub in the United States Beatrice central female lover in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Benghazi capital city of the Kingdom of Libya at the writing of the play; a very cosmopolitan city before the coup led by Col. Gaddafi blench to flinch in fear (also a quote by Hamlet in Shakespeare's Hamlet) bog-wart or bilberry, wimberry, whortleberry, or common European blueberry Bombay capital city of Maharashta, India, renamed Mumbai in 1995; known as the most cosmopolitan city in India at the writing of the play Brutus close friend to Julius Caesar and senator central to Caesar's assassination; also a central character in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar buccaneers pirates, specifically those in the area of the Caribbean callow immature or inexperienced candelabras a candlestick with several branch lights Cassandra Greek, to excel or shine; priestess of Apollo, cursed to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed fig leaf the idea of covering up something embarassing or distasteful with something that appears to be harmless. century plant or sentry plant; agave, a flowering and ornamental plant native to Texas and parts of Mexico cesspool storage for liquids, often temporary and containing waste Cleopatra queen during Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty, a central character in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra distingué French, distinguished Doge a reference to the Doge's (Duke's) palace in Venice, which has burned, in part and in whole, several times doublet a fitted, padded jacket worn between the 14th and 17th centuries en garde French, fencing term meaning on guard Eurasian of a mixed European and Asian origin fakir a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man glen a secluded, small and narrow valley usually surrounded by gentle slopes gondola a small row boat usually found in Venice gondolier a rower of a gondola grande jeté French, a ballet leap in which the dancer's one leg extends forward and the other back in a split Guinevere from the legend of King Arthur, his wife Helena central character and one of the four lovers in Shakepeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream hodge- derived from hodge-podge, meaning confused or disorderly podgenee mixture horticulture the art or science of garden cultivation management ignoramus ignorant or stupid person Juliet central female lover from
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