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encoreartsseattle.com 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wanda J. Herndon Chairman Sterling Wilson Treasurer Margaret C. Inouye Secretary THE 5TH Barbara L. Crowe AVENUE THEATRE Immediate Past Chairman • The 5th Avenue Theatre is one of the country’s leading musical theater companies. Our mission is to advance and preserve America’s great indigenous art form Kenny Alhadeff Ann Ardizzone – The Musical. Clodagh Ash Les Biller • We are nationally renowned for our production and development of new musicals. Robert R. Braun, Jr. Since 2001, The 5th has premiered 16 new works, nine of which have subsequently Margaret Clapp opened on Broadway. They include Disney’s Aladdin; First Date; A Christmas Story, Larry Estrada The Musical; Scandalous; Shrek; Catch Me If You Can; The Wedding Singer; and Best Maria P. Ferrer Musical Tony Award-winners, Hairspray and Memphis. Gary J. Fuller Sarah Nash Gates • We are equally acclaimed for our vibrant new productions of musicals from the Cyrus Habib Christopher Heman “Golden Age of Broadway” and contemporary classics. These signature revivals Richard Kagan enthrall fans of these enduring works and introduce these great shows to new SaSa Kirkpatrick generations of musical theater lovers. William W. Krippaehne Jr. Tom Norwalk • The 5th is committed to achieving the highest standards of artistic excellence by Llewelyn G. Pritchard employing world-class performers and creative artists, utilizing full live orchestras, Gordon Prouty and staging exceptional and imaginative productions. The 5th places a special David Quinn emphasis on employing our amazing community of Puget Sound-based artists and Ann Ramsay-Jenkins technicians. Stephen P. Reynolds Norman B. Rice Robert A. Sexton • Our celebrated educational programs serve more than 74,000 young people each Elliot Silvers year through a host of projects including our Adventure Musical Theater Touring Kirk A. Soderquist Company, The 5th Avenue Awards, and the unique Rising Star Project. For adults, Heather Sullivan McKay we offer free-to-the-public events such as the popular Spotlight Night series, and Bonnie Towne pre-performance Show Talks with Albert Evans. Eric Trott Tom Walsh • We are the largest arts employer in the Pacific Northwest with more than 800 Tracy Wellens actors, singers, dancers, musicians, creative artists, theatrical technicians, and arts Kenneth Willman Michael Zyskowski professionals working for us each season.

PAST CHAIRMEN • As a non-profit theater company supported by the community, we enjoy the OF THE BOARD patronage of more than 25,000 season subscribers (one of the largest theater Barbara L. Crowe (2011-2013) subscription bases in America). More than 300,000 audience members attend our Robert A. Sexton (2009-2011) performances each year. Norman B. Rice (2007-2009) Kenny Alhadeff (2004-2007) William W. Krippaehne Jr. (2002-2004) Bruce M. Pym (2000-2002) OUR HISTORIC THEATER John F. Behnke (1998-2000) Faye Sarkowsky (1996-98) A beautiful Seattle landmark, The 5th Avenue Theatre’s breathtaking design was Donald J. Covey (1994-96) inspired by ancient Imperial China’s most stunning architectural achievements, Kenneth L. Hatch (1992-94) including the magnificent Forbidden City. Built in 1926 for vaudeville and silent John D. Mangels (1990-92) Stanley M. Little, Jr. (1986-88) pictures, The 5th Avenue Theatre reigned for decades as Seattle’s favorite movie Robert F. Buck (1988-90) palace. In 1979, 43 companies and community leaders formed the non-profit 5th R. Milton Trafton (1983-86) Avenue Theatre Association. Their goal was to restore the theater to its original W.J. Pennington (1981-83) splendor. The 5th Avenue Theatre re-opened in 1980 as Seattle’s premier home for D.E. (Ned) Skinner (1979-81) musical theater. Founding Managing Director The 5th Avenue Theatre gratefully acknowledges our 43 original founders and sponsors. Marilynn Sheldon Please visit www.5thavenue.org for specific information on these important companies and individuals.

4 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY from the desk of David Armstrong The Season Executive Producer and Artistic Director Ahead!

hen setting out to pick the perfect season, we aim In the spring, we will produce our 17th new musical with Wto embody our mission: to celebrate our great the world premiere of Something Rotten!. The Tony Award- indigenous art form, The Musical – past, present, and future. winning director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon With an array of shows ranging from a hotly-anticipated and Disney’s Aladdin, Casey Nicholaw returns to The 5th Broadway hit to a hilarious new world premiere, not to to helm this hilarious new show. The time is Renaissance mention celebrated contemporary classics and one of the England, where two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, are immortal musicals from the Golden Age of Broadway, we desperate to write a hit play. But how can they when the believe that our 2014/15 season truly represents the breadth competition is the biggest star of the era, everyone’s favorite and depth of what Musical Theater has to offer. bard: William Shakespeare? They seek out a soothsayer who The season is off to a strong start with one singular gives our heroes a completely original idea from the future sensation, the multi-award-winning musical theater triumph, – and thus, the first ever musical is born. There is indeed A Chorus Line. As you are about to see, this is a musical for Something Rotten! – and it will have audiences rolling in the everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. aisles. We’re thrilled to showcase Seattle’s most spectacularly talented The 5th Avenue closes its season with the one that you want! dancers in a production that recreates the thrilling original Grease is rolling in to The 5th Avenue Theatre, complete with staging by Michael Bennett. the T-Birds, the Pink Ladies, and of course, Greased Lightnin’. Next is the Seattle debut of the current Broadway smash, Audiences will be singing and dancing along to Jim Jacobs and Kinky Boots. Winner of six Tony Awards® including Best Warren Casey’s memorable pop hits including “Beauty School Musical, this inspirational story features a rocking, Tony- Dropout,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” and “You’re the One winning score by Cyndi Lauper, direction and Tony-winning that I Want.” choreography by Jerry Mitchell and a hilarious book by You won’t want to miss a single production this season, and four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein. Kinky Boots is an with affordable subscription options, you don’t have to. We are exhilarating new Broadway musical that will lift your spirits to giving A Chorus Line single ticket buyers the opportunity new high-heeled heights. to apply a $50 credit per-ticket to a 7-show subscription A Christmas Story, The Musical returns home for the holidays package, meaning you’ll save and won’t have to miss any of after two wildly successful seasons in New York and a national this season’s sensational shows. So, if you like what you see tour. Called “a little Christmas miracle” by the Associated today, call 206-625-1900 for more information about how Press, the show garnered six Tony Award nominations. This to upgrade to all remaining shows and guarantee yourself a all-local cast will dazzle holiday audiences, bringing to mind whole season of nights out at the theater. We also offer 5-, 4-, memories of your own Christmas stories. and 3-show subscriptions so you can create your own perfect Continuing our tradition of collaboration with the Seattle package. Visit the “Season Tickets” page at www.5thavenue.org arts community, The 5th Avenue will kick off 2015 with to discover more benefits of being a subscriber (and be sure to Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel in a co-production with check out our special subscription options, including deals for Spectrum Dance Theater. Directed by 5th Avenue Producing patrons 35 and under!) Artistic Director Bill Berry and choreographed by Spectrum Dance Artistic Director Donald Byrd, this fresh new staging of I hope to see you back again this season at The 5th! a beloved classic will be truly unforgettable. Next up, The 5th Avenue will celebrate its fifth collaboration with ACT with the rarely-produced Off- Broadway classic, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris. The poignant, passionate, and profound songs of famed David Armstrong songwriter Jacques Brel will be brought to vivid theatrical life Executive Producer and Artistic Director in this intense musical experience starring some of Seattle’s most phenomenal singers.

encoreartsseattle.com 5 ad proofs.indd 1 8/15/14 1:35 PM THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE The 5thD aviAvenued Armstrong Theatre Executive ProducerDavid Armstrong & Artistic Director BernadineBernadine C. Griffin C. G riffin Executive Producer & Artistic Director BillB illBerry B erry ManagingManaging Director Director ProducingProducing Artistic Artistic Director Director presents ANDREW PALERMO CHRYSSIE WHITEHEAD in

Conceived and Originally Choreographed and Directed by MICHAEL BENNETT

Book by Music by Lyrics by JAMES KIRKWOOD & MARVIN HAMLISCH EDWARD KLEBAN NICHOLAS DANTE

Originally Co-Choreographed by BOB AVIAN

with

GREG McCORMICK ALLEN KATRINA ASMAR SCOTT BRATENG GABRIEL COREY TARYN DARR SARAH ROSE DAVIS STEPHEN DIAZ ERIC ESTEB PAUL FLANAGAN MEAGHAN FOY CHARLIE JOHNSON MALLORY KING McKAYLA MARSO TRINA MILLS TAYLOR NIEMEYER RICHARD PEACOCK CONNOR RUSSELL MOMOKO SUGAI

KYLE BERNBACH SYDNEY BUCKLEY ETHAN CARPENTER CARLY HEBERT ULYBER MANGUNE NICK PERRY SARAH SHEPLER MICHAEL STUMPFIG INDEAH THOMAIER

Lighting Design Sound Design Hair & Makeup Design TOM STURGE KEN TRAVIS MARY PYANOWSKI JONES

Production Stage Manager Director of Production Resident Music Supervisor JEFFREY K. HANSON JULIA L. COLLINS IAN EISENDRATH

Scenic Coordinator Costume Coordinator Associate Music Director Associate Choreographer ERIK HOLDEN MICHELLE TERESE GRIMM ELISABETH ELLIS ANGELIQUE ILO

Music Direction by W. BRENT SAWYER Choreography Recreated by KERRY CASSERLY

Directed by DAVID BENNETT

MARLEEN AND KENNY ALHADEFF, 5TH AVENUE PRODUCING PARTNER

———————————————— 2014/15 Season Sponsors ———————————————— Contributing Sponsor Restaurant Sponsor [Standard Footer]

encoreartsseattle.com 7 CAST OF CHARACTERS

Zach...... ANDREW PALERMO* Cassie...... CHRYSSIE WHITEHEAD* Larry...... GREG McCORMICK ALLEN* Diana...... KATRINA ASMAR Butch...... KYLE BERNBACH* Greg...... SCOTT BRATENG* Mike...... GABRIEL COREY* Val**...... TARYN DARR* Maggie...... SARAH ROSE DAVIS* Paul...... STEPHEN DIAZ* Don...... ERIC ESTEB* Al...... PAUL FLANAGAN* Tricia...... MEAGHAN FOY* Bobby...... CHARLIE JOHNSON* Kristine...... MALLORY KING Tom...... ULYBER MANGUNE* JudyPBC...... 050514 venues 1_3v.pdf McKAYLA MARSO Sheila...... TRINA MILLS* Bebe...... TAYLOR NIEMEYER Richie...... RICHARD PEACOCK* Frank...... NICK PERRY Mark...... CONNOR RUSSELL* Vicki...... SARAH SHEPLER* Roy...... MICHAEL STUMPFIG* Connie...... MOMOKO SUGAI Lois...... INDEAH THOMAIER*

**The role of Val will be played by TARYN DARR* September 3-13 and MEAGHAN FOY* September 14-28.

SWINGS SYDNEY BUCKLEY, ETHAN CARPENTER, CARLY HEBERT DANCE CAPTAINS KYLE BERNBACH*, PAUL FLANAGAN* UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. Richie, Mike, Larry - KYLE BERNBACH*; Connie, Kristine - SYDNEY BUCKLEY Mark, Al - ETHAN CARPENTER; Maggie, Val - MEAGHAN FOY* Paul - ULYBER MANGUNE*; Cassie - McKAYLA MARSO; Don - NICK PERRY Sheila, Judy - SARAH SHEPLER*; Bobby, Greg - MICHAEL STUMPFIG* Diana, Bebe - INDEAH THOMAIER*

STAGE MANAGEMENT Production Stage Manager: JEFFREY K. HANSON* Assistant Stage Manager: SHELLIE STONE*

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

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

8 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY MUSICAL NUMBERS

I Hope I Get It...... Company I Can Do That...... Mike And...... Bobby, Richie, Val, Judy At the Ballet...... Sheila, Bebe, Maggie Sing!...... Kristine, Al Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love...... Company Nothing...... Diana Mother ...... Company Gimme the Ball...... Richie and Company Dance: Ten; Looks: Three...... Val The Music and the Mirror...... Cassie One...... Company The Tap Combination...... Company What I Did For Love...... Diana and Company One: Reprise...... Company

AN AUDITION Time: 1975 Place: A Broadway Theater

A CHORUS LINE IS PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION.

The characters portrayed in A Chorus Line are, for the most part, based upon the lives and experiences of Broadway dancers.

“This show is dedicated to anyone who has ever danced in a chorus or marched in step...anywhere.” — Michael Bennett

ORCHESTRA Conductor: W. BRENT SAWYER Reed 1 (Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax): DANE ANDERSEN Reed 2 (Flute, Eb Clarinet, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax): DEWEY MARLER Reed 3 (Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Tenor Sax): DAVE LONG Reed 4 (Flute, Clarinet, Eb Contrabass Clarinet, Bassoon, Baritone Sax): MATT JOHNSTON Trumpet 1 (Piccolo Trumpet, Trumpet, Flugel Horn): BRAD ALLISON Trumpet 2 (Trumpet, Flugel Horn): PAUL BARON Trumpet 3 (Trumpet, Flugel Horn): MICHAEL VAN BEBBER Trombone 1: DAN MARCUS Trombone 2: KEITH WINKLE Trombone 3 (Bass): DOUG NIERMAN Keyboard: CHRIS RANNEY Harp: CATHERINE CASE Guitar: MICHAEL McGEE Percussion: PAUL HANSEN Drums: ALEC WILMART Bass: DAVE PASCAL

ADDITIONAL MUSIC STAFF Music Coordinator: DANE ANDERSEN Rehearsal Piano: CHRIS RANNEY and FAITH SEETOO Rehearsal Drums: ALEC WILMART Keyboard Programming: DAVE PASCAL

encoreartsseattle.com 9 Thanks to Bennett’s show-doctoring, Seesaw became a substantial hit. Now it was time for a project he would not only direct, write, “AND THE PULITZER GOES TO…” and choreograph, but originate. Bennett had long had the idea of a show centered on dancers and the secondary, sometimes ONE SINGULAR SENSATION humiliating part they played in Broadway musicals. He invited a number of dancers to come to a late-night talk session where they would open up about their lives and careers. Most declined, His extended run in West Side Story gave him the but eighteen brave souls showed up for what would be the first of MICHAEL BENNETT opportunity to study the Jerome Robbins choreography many such nights, recorded on hundreds of hours of audiotape, in detail—a master course in storytelling through dance. then transcribed. The resources to shape the raw material into a Three-year-old Mike DiFiglia sat on the floor of his childhood Bennett began his Broadway dancing career with three show were provided by Joe Papp and his non-profit Public Theater, flops—Subways Are for Sleeping, Here’s Love, and Bajour. home, playing with marbles. When a well-meaning relative in the East Village. The Public would co-produce, but more crucially A Chorus Line was the fifth musical to be asked to join the game, his answer was sharp and final: Despite their short runs these shows were created and would provide practically unlimited time and space for the show to staffed by top-of-the-line professionals, giving Bennett a awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Here “Go ’way. I’m choreographing.” Inspired by touring musicals develop away from the commercial pressures of Broadway. is a rundown of all eight Pulitzer-winning that found their way to Buffalo, TV spectaculars, and his further chance to watch and learn his craft. musicals and their authors. own weekly lessons at Miss Betty Rogers’s School of As the show took shape in Bennett’s mind, he hired songwriters— After two seasons as a dancer on the TV pop music show Dance, Mikey confidently maneuvered his marbles into lyricist Ed Kleban and composer Marvin Hamlisch—to create a Hullabaloo he got a chance to choreograph two shows on arrangements that not only looked pretty but also told a score tailored to his vision. It was decided to hone the material 1931-32: OF THEE I SING Broadway. Unfortunately they were two more failures: A story. In an interview later in life he recalled: “What I wanted in a series of workshops. Actors who had told their stories at George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Ira Gershwin. Joyful Noise and Henry, Sweet Henry (where he met dance to work at was putting on big shows…and I wanted to make the tape-recorded sessions now found themselves auditioning arranger and future collaborator Marvin Hamlisch). The Pulitzer was considered a these shows on other people, not on myself.” to portray their own lives on stage, which led to a great deal of literary award, so only the book anger and bad feelings. But story by story, song by song, the show Bennett finally got to show the full extent of his writers and lyricist Ira Gershwin His parents encouraged him. His 1950s childhood was took shape. As the Public Theater opening approached, word was choreographic prowess in the hit musical Promises, were cited, excluding George enlivened by frequent trips to New York to see the latest out that the show—now called A Chorus Line—was something Promises, which showcased his sensational office party Gershwin, the composer. Everyone musical shows directed and danced by the likes of Bob really special. It was a hit at the Public Theater before it opened, dance “Turkey Lurkey Time.” agreed that a musical’s composer Fosse, Michael Kidd, Gwen Verdon, and his particular idol, it was a smash hit on Broadway, and by the time it closed it was is as much a dramatist as its Jerome Robbins. Next came Coco, a vehicle for Katherine Hepburn, then two the longest-running musical in New York theater history. “word” writers, but rules were rules. landmark Sondheim shows with director Hal Prince: Company, The injustice was partly addressed He dropped “DiFiglia” (too hard to pronounce) in favor of his After A Chorus Line he directed the financially unsuccessful in 1944, when Oklahoma! was for which Bennett provided musical staging, and Follies, in middle name, becoming “Michael Bennett.” As a teenager, and had another major hit with his dazzling music awarded a “special” Pulitzer, which he made the leap to co-director. Ballroom Bennett worked in a summer stock company. When he played industry epic Dreamgirls. Michael Bennett died in 1987 from citing book writer-lyricist Oscar Hammerstein and composer the role of Baby John in West Side Story, he asked the costume In 1973 Bennett took over the ailing musical Seesaw, AIDS-related lymphoma, at the age of 44. designer if he could have a yellow sweatshirt to make his Richard Rodgers. under the condition that he have absolute dictatorial (continued on the next page) character “pop.” She in turn asked the director. “Give him powers as director, choreographer, and head writer. whatever he wants,” was the reply. “He’s brilliant.” Bennett made This was his childhood dream come true: he finally 1949-50: SOUTH PACIFIC such a “pop” that in 1960 he reprised the part in a one-year controlled all the marbles. Richard Rodgers, tour of Europe, and celebrated his eighteenth birthday in Paris. Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan.

The rules were changed this year, allowing Rodgers to win a “real” Pulitzer.

1959-60: FIORELLO! Jerome Weidman, George Abbott, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick.

Fiorello! may be the most obscure of the Pulitzer musicals, as it depends heavily on the audience’s affection for New York’s now- forgotten Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

(continued on the next page)

10 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY Thanks to Bennett’s show-doctoring, Seesaw became a substantial hit. Now it was time for a project he would not only direct, write, “AND THE PULITZER GOES TO…” and choreograph, but originate. Bennett had long had the idea of a show centered on dancers and the secondary, sometimes ONE SINGULAR SENSATION humiliating part they played in Broadway musicals. He invited a number of dancers to come to a late-night talk session where they would open up about their lives and careers. Most declined, His extended run in West Side Story gave him the but eighteen brave souls showed up for what would be the first of MICHAEL BENNETT opportunity to study the Jerome Robbins choreography many such nights, recorded on hundreds of hours of audiotape, in detail—a master course in storytelling through dance. then transcribed. The resources to shape the raw material into a Three-year-old Mike DiFiglia sat on the floor of his childhood Bennett began his Broadway dancing career with three show were provided by Joe Papp and his non-profit Public Theater, flops—Subways Are for Sleeping, Here’s Love, and Bajour. home, playing with marbles. When a well-meaning relative in the East Village. The Public would co-produce, but more crucially A Chorus Line was the fifth musical to be asked to join the game, his answer was sharp and final: Despite their short runs these shows were created and would provide practically unlimited time and space for the show to staffed by top-of-the-line professionals, giving Bennett a awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Here “Go ’way. I’m choreographing.” Inspired by touring musicals develop away from the commercial pressures of Broadway. is a rundown of all eight Pulitzer-winning that found their way to Buffalo, TV spectaculars, and his further chance to watch and learn his craft. musicals and their authors. own weekly lessons at Miss Betty Rogers’s School of As the show took shape in Bennett’s mind, he hired songwriters— After two seasons as a dancer on the TV pop music show Dance, Mikey confidently maneuvered his marbles into lyricist Ed Kleban and composer Marvin Hamlisch—to create a Hullabaloo he got a chance to choreograph two shows on arrangements that not only looked pretty but also told a score tailored to his vision. It was decided to hone the material 1931-32: OF THEE I SING Broadway. Unfortunately they were two more failures: A story. In an interview later in life he recalled: “What I wanted in a series of workshops. Actors who had told their stories at George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Ira Gershwin. Joyful Noise and Henry, Sweet Henry (where he met dance to work at was putting on big shows…and I wanted to make the tape-recorded sessions now found themselves auditioning arranger and future collaborator Marvin Hamlisch). The Pulitzer was considered a these shows on other people, not on myself.” to portray their own lives on stage, which led to a great deal of literary award, so only the book anger and bad feelings. But story by story, song by song, the show Bennett finally got to show the full extent of his writers and lyricist Ira Gershwin His parents encouraged him. His 1950s childhood was took shape. As the Public Theater opening approached, word was choreographic prowess in the hit musical Promises, were cited, excluding George enlivened by frequent trips to New York to see the latest out that the show—now called A Chorus Line—was something Promises, which showcased his sensational office party Gershwin, the composer. Everyone musical shows directed and danced by the likes of Bob really special. It was a hit at the Public Theater before it opened, dance “Turkey Lurkey Time.” agreed that a musical’s composer Fosse, Michael Kidd, Gwen Verdon, and his particular idol, it was a smash hit on Broadway, and by the time it closed it was is as much a dramatist as its Jerome Robbins. Next came Coco, a vehicle for Katherine Hepburn, then two the longest-running musical in New York theater history. “word” writers, but rules were rules. landmark Sondheim shows with director Hal Prince: Company, The injustice was partly addressed He dropped “DiFiglia” (too hard to pronounce) in favor of his After A Chorus Line he directed the financially unsuccessful in 1944, when Oklahoma! was for which Bennett provided musical staging, and Follies, in middle name, becoming “Michael Bennett.” As a teenager, and had another major hit with his dazzling music awarded a “special” Pulitzer, which he made the leap to co-director. Ballroom Bennett worked in a summer stock company. When he played industry epic Dreamgirls. Michael Bennett died in 1987 from citing book writer-lyricist Oscar Hammerstein and composer the role of Baby John in West Side Story, he asked the costume In 1973 Bennett took over the ailing musical Seesaw, AIDS-related lymphoma, at the age of 44. designer if he could have a yellow sweatshirt to make his Richard Rodgers. under the condition that he have absolute dictatorial (continued on the next page) character “pop.” She in turn asked the director. “Give him powers as director, choreographer, and head writer. whatever he wants,” was the reply. “He’s brilliant.” Bennett made This was his childhood dream come true: he finally 1949-50: SOUTH PACIFIC such a “pop” that in 1960 he reprised the part in a one-year controlled all the marbles. Richard Rodgers, tour of Europe, and celebrated his eighteenth birthday in Paris. Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan.

The rules were changed this year, allowing Rodgers to win a “real” Pulitzer.

1959-60: FIORELLO! Jerome Weidman, George Abbott, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick.

Fiorello! may be the most obscure of the Pulitzer musicals, as it depends heavily on the audience’s affection for New York’s now- forgotten Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.

(continued on the next page) More Oscar nominations would follow for such varied Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, San Diego, Dallas, Buffalo, “AND THE PULITZER GOES TO…” MARVIN HAMLISCH films as The Spy Who Loved Me, Same Time, Next Year, Ice Pasadena, Baltimore, and of course, Seattle—where Castles, Sophie’s Choice, Shirley Valentine, and The Mirror he attracted large audiences with his family-friendly (Continued) Has Two Faces. repertoire and genial podium style. Marvin Hamlisch was born in Manhattan in 1944, the son 1961-62: HOW TO of two Viennese émigrés, Max Hamlisch (a band-leading Despite his long association with Barbra Streisand, Hamlisch is one of only twelve people in the EGOT club: SUCCEED IN BUSINESS accordionist) and his wife Lilly. Like Michael Bennett Hamlisch had to beg her to sing “The Way We Were”— winners of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. He and WITHOUT REALLY (born the previous year), Hamlisch was hailed as a child she thought the lyric, by Marilyn and Alan Bergman, was Richard Rodgers are the only two to hold the EGOT honor TRYING prodigy. He was a gifted pianist, and at the age of seven “too simple.” She finally relented (and put her touch and the Pulitzer Prize. Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows. he became the youngest student ever accepted by the on it by changing the first word from “daydreams” to Another rule-breaker: the Pulitzer Juilliard School of Music. “memories”). The song became the biggest hit either of Marvin Hamlisch died due to respiratory arrest in 2012, at is supposed to go to an original them ever had. the age of 68. The lights of Broadway were dimmed in his work, not an adaptation, but Despite his rigorous classical training, young Marvin was honor and at the 2013 Academy Awards Barbra Streisand How to Succeed’s title and drawn to the colorful world of pop and theater music. Hamlisch had long been stage-struck, and when Michael remembered him by singing—what else?—“The Way characters were drawn from a Still in his teens, he was rehearsal pianist for the original Bennett asked him to join the creative team of A We Were.” comic self-help manual first serialized in Playboy. There was precedent for breaking the rule—South Pacific production of Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand. Migrating Chorus Line, he jumped at the chance. His agent wasn’t to the West Coast, he played piano at Hollywood parties, was suggested by characters and themes in James thrilled—who would give up Hollywood money to work By ALBERT EVANS, Artistic & Music Associate Michener’s World War II stories. making connections that led to his first film score, The on an experimental show in the East Village? But Marvin Swimmer. held his ground and was rewarded by a Tony, the Pulitzer 1975-76: A CHORUS LINE Prize, and the most satisfying creative project he was His first hit song came when he was 21 years old: Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante, ever associated with. His next show, They’re Playing Our “Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows,” with lyrics by his Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban. Song, was loosely based (by Neil Simon) on Hamlisch’s sister’s husband, Howard Liebling. Recorded by Lesley In addition to the Pulitzer, Michael Bennett’s masterpiece romantic relationship with its lyricist, Carol Bayer Sager. It Gore, it was a summer hit in 1965, reaching #13 on the also won nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book, was also a hit, though not a blockbuster. Billboard Hot 100. Two years later, “California Nights,” Direction, and Choreography. another Hamlisch-Liebling creation, peaked at #16 and His subsequent musicals proved disappointing. The next 1984-85: SUNDAY IN THE was performed by Lesley Gore on the Batman TV series. Hamlisch-Sager show, Jean Seberg, closed in London. PARK WITH GEORGE Smile, The Goodbye Girl, and Sweet Smell of Success, In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Hamlisch scored several James Lapine, Stephen produced several very good songs, but failed to tickle the early Woody Allen films, including Take the Money and Sondheim. public’s fancy, and his final musical, The Nutty Professor, and . In 1973, he won an Oscar for his Run Bananas never got further than a 2012 Nashville tryout. The Prize is technically awarded music score for The Sting (adapting ragtime themes by to an American play dealing with Scott Joplin) and two more Oscars for his original music Hamlisch’s skill as a conductor and raconteur won him American life. Only the second score and title song from The Way We Were. contemporary act of Sunday in the the position of Principal Pops Conductor for several Park qualifies (the first act is set in American symphony orchestras, including those in nineteenth-century Paris), but that was enough for the judges, who felt compelled to honor this unique work.

1995-96: RENT Jonathan Larson. The first rock musical to take the prize.

2010: NEXT TO NORMAL Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey. Co-written by Issaquah native and frequent Village Theatre author Brian Yorkey, Next to Normal captured the Drama Prize for the Pacific Northwest!

12 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY More Oscar nominations would follow for such varied Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, San Diego, Dallas, Buffalo, “AND THE PULITZER GOES TO…” MARVIN HAMLISCH films as The Spy Who Loved Me, Same Time, Next Year, Ice Pasadena, Baltimore, and of course, Seattle—where Castles, Sophie’s Choice, Shirley Valentine, and The Mirror he attracted large audiences with his family-friendly (Continued) Has Two Faces. repertoire and genial podium style. Marvin Hamlisch was born in Manhattan in 1944, the son 1961-62: HOW TO of two Viennese émigrés, Max Hamlisch (a band-leading Despite his long association with Barbra Streisand, Hamlisch is one of only twelve people in the EGOT club: SUCCEED IN BUSINESS accordionist) and his wife Lilly. Like Michael Bennett Hamlisch had to beg her to sing “The Way We Were”— winners of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. He and WITHOUT REALLY (born the previous year), Hamlisch was hailed as a child she thought the lyric, by Marilyn and Alan Bergman, was Richard Rodgers are the only two to hold the EGOT honor TRYING prodigy. He was a gifted pianist, and at the age of seven “too simple.” She finally relented (and put her touch and the Pulitzer Prize. Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows. he became the youngest student ever accepted by the on it by changing the first word from “daydreams” to Another rule-breaker: the Pulitzer Juilliard School of Music. “memories”). The song became the biggest hit either of Marvin Hamlisch died due to respiratory arrest in 2012, at is supposed to go to an original them ever had. the age of 68. The lights of Broadway were dimmed in his work, not an adaptation, but Despite his rigorous classical training, young Marvin was honor and at the 2013 Academy Awards Barbra Streisand How to Succeed’s title and drawn to the colorful world of pop and theater music. Hamlisch had long been stage-struck, and when Michael remembered him by singing—what else?—“The Way characters were drawn from a Still in his teens, he was rehearsal pianist for the original Bennett asked him to join the creative team of A We Were.” comic self-help manual first serialized in Playboy. There was precedent for breaking the rule—South Pacific production of Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand. Migrating Chorus Line, he jumped at the chance. His agent wasn’t to the West Coast, he played piano at Hollywood parties, was suggested by characters and themes in James thrilled—who would give up Hollywood money to work By ALBERT EVANS, Artistic & Music Associate Michener’s World War II stories. making connections that led to his first film score, The on an experimental show in the East Village? But Marvin Swimmer. held his ground and was rewarded by a Tony, the Pulitzer 1975-76: A CHORUS LINE Prize, and the most satisfying creative project he was His first hit song came when he was 21 years old: Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante, ever associated with. His next show, They’re Playing Our “Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows,” with lyrics by his Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban. Song, was loosely based (by Neil Simon) on Hamlisch’s sister’s husband, Howard Liebling. Recorded by Lesley In addition to the Pulitzer, Michael Bennett’s masterpiece romantic relationship with its lyricist, Carol Bayer Sager. It Gore, it was a summer hit in 1965, reaching #13 on the also won nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book, was also a hit, though not a blockbuster. Billboard Hot 100. Two years later, “California Nights,” Direction, and Choreography. another Hamlisch-Liebling creation, peaked at #16 and His subsequent musicals proved disappointing. The next 1984-85: SUNDAY IN THE was performed by Lesley Gore on the Batman TV series. Hamlisch-Sager show, Jean Seberg, closed in London. PARK WITH GEORGE Smile, The Goodbye Girl, and Sweet Smell of Success, In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Hamlisch scored several James Lapine, Stephen produced several very good songs, but failed to tickle the early Woody Allen films, including Take the Money and Sondheim. public’s fancy, and his final musical, The Nutty Professor, and . In 1973, he won an Oscar for his Run Bananas never got further than a 2012 Nashville tryout. The Prize is technically awarded music score for The Sting (adapting ragtime themes by to an American play dealing with Scott Joplin) and two more Oscars for his original music Hamlisch’s skill as a conductor and raconteur won him American life. Only the second score and title song from The Way We Were. contemporary act of Sunday in the the position of Principal Pops Conductor for several Park qualifies (the first act is set in American symphony orchestras, including those in nineteenth-century Paris), but that was enough for the judges, who felt compelled to honor this unique work.

1995-96: RENT Jonathan Larson. The first rock musical to take the prize.

2010: NEXT TO NORMAL Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey. Co-written by Issaquah native and frequent Village Theatre author Brian Yorkey, Next to Normal captured the Drama Prize for the Pacific Northwest!

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ANDREW PALERMO GREG McCORMICK TARYN DARR (Val (Zach) Direction and/or ALLEN (Larry) is thrilled – Sept. 3-13) Honored to choreography highlights: to be performing A Chorus once again stand on the Allegiance (The Old Line at the 5th again. line! 5th Avenue favorites: Globe), The Other Josh Most recently, he Tapping on snowflakes as Cohen (Papermill, SoHo portrayed Mr. Braithwaite Judy Haynes in White Playhouse), Kristin in Billy Elliot with the Christmas, ruining a Chenoweth/Carnegie Hall, Ogunquit Playhouse in different Christmas as The Frank Loesser Maine and Patsy in The Charlotte Dennon in ELF Songbook/New York Philharmonic (Lincoln 5th Ave’s production of Monty Python’s Spamalot! – The Musical, and completely breaking up Center), The Mikado(Carnegie Hall), Ace (The This holiday season, Greg will be traipsing laughing onstage with the cast of Spamalot. Old Globe, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory through England for the fourth time in 2014, Village Theatre: Chicago (Roxie Hart, 2013 Theater of St. Louis), Miss Julie (Geffen this time as Bert in Mary Poppins at the Village Gregory Award Nomination). Love and Playhouse), Lyrics and Lyricists (92nd St. Y), Bright Theatre. Love and thanks to friends and family! appreciation to my family and to family here at Lights, Big City (Prince Music Theater), Vices the beautiful 5th Avenue Theatre. UW grad, AEA (Theatre Aspen), The Aluminum Show KATRINA ASMAR proud, and “Go Hawks!” www.taryndarr.com (international tour), Aida (Music Theater (Diana) is absolutely Wichita), Man of La Mancha (Sacramento Music thrilled to be joining the SARAH ROSE DAVIS Circus). Conceiver/director/choreographer of cast of A Chorus Line at (Maggie) is thrilled to be Nickel Mines (UC Irvine), Let Loose The Horses(in the glorious 5th Avenue playing Maggie! Davis development). Past life performing highlights: Theatre! She recently recently starred as Fanny Original Broadway companies of Wicked and toured Australia and the Brice in Village Theatre’s Annie Get Your Gun (Tommy Keeler in the US with In the Mood! production of Funny Girl. Bernadette Peters revival), as well as How To (Nurse), a 1940’s musical Davis is a Seattle native Succeed…(Matthew Broderick revival), national/ revue. Hippodrome State Theater credits include with a BFA from The international tours of West Side Story, Michael Carrie, a Comedy (Norma) and The Marvelous Boston Conservatory. This John LaChiusa’s Little Fish (2nd Stage), numerous Wonderettes (Cindy-Lou). University of Florida will be her 13th production at The 5th Avenue regional and concert productions. Andrew is the credits include Chicago (Velma Kelly), Damn Theatre! Favorites include A Christmas Story, Co-founding Artistic Director of dre.dance (with Yankees (Lola), Baby (Pam)/Edinburgh FRINGE Cinderella, Oklahoma!, ELF – The Musical, Taye Diggs) and an Assistant Professor of Drama Festival, and City of Angels (Alaura Kingsley). RENT, Guys and Dolls, Hairspray in Concert, at UC Irvine. Pirates of Penzance, and Spamalot. Next up - A SCOTT BRATENG Christmas Story (again!) Thank you to Mom, CHRYSSIE (Greg) is the luckiest man Dad, Calvin and The 5th! WHITEHEAD (Cassie) is alive. After acting all excited to be back around the world, it’s his STEPHEN DIAZ (Paul) performing in Seattle after dream come true to Broadway: West Side Story playing Lola in The 5th’s portray this role, in this (Revival, dir. Arthur Damn Yankees. Broadway/ show that he’s wanted to Laurents), Radio City NY Theatre: A Chorus do since he started Christmas Spectacular (dir. Line (Kristine, Broadway performing! Additionally, Linda Haberman). Revival/Cast Album/Every that this opportunity came at home, in a theater Regional: Disney’s Aladdin Little Step Documentary), Company filmed live that is as much “home” as Seattle, is nothing (Hyperion Theatre), Cats with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln short of incredible. Many thanks to his family in (West Coast Premiere). Center now in PBS Great Performances (Kathy life and at The 5th, including David and Bill, for Choreographers worked with: Patrick Delcroix with Neal Patrick Harris, as Bobby) Television: allowing me to grow and making my dreams (NDT), Stephen Petronio (NY), Donald Grimm, Private Practice (recurring), Warehouse 13 possible. McKayle (CA). As well as danced the works of: (recurring), Happy Endings, Switched at Birth, William Foresythe, Alonzo King, Matthew Castle, The Mentalist, Melissa and Joey, In Plain GABRIEL COREY Bourne. Thank you Polaris Dance Theatre and Sight, Grey’s Anatomy, Two and a Half Men (Mike) is honored to be Cami Curtis PAC. To You who sit there reading (choreographer). Regional Theatre: Cats part of the amazing cast of this, this is For You. (Bombalurina), A Chorus Line (Cassie), Gigi A Chorus Line! Corey is (Liane), The Studio (Lisa), The Producers, All also excited about being a ERIC ESTEB (Don) is Shook Up, Fosse, The Radio City Rockettes, founding member and honored to join the cast of Paul McCartney’s Driving Rain tour. Film: teaching at the Studios, A Chorus Line once again. Lucky Stiff (releasing soon with Jason opening this fall in This show has a special Alexander), Revenge of the Bridesmaids (ABC downtown Seattle. Recent place in his heart, as it was Family movie with Raven Simone), Save the 5th Avenue shows include Hello, Dolly; ELF – The the first show he Last Dance (Julia Stiles’ dance double). “God, Musical; Damn Yankees; Guys and Dolls; Oliver!; performed on The 5th Ave I’m a dancer! My heart on the dance floor... for Spamalot (Minstrel, Mime) and The Music Man stage back in 2003. When you, Momma.” www.chryssiewhitehead.com (Tommy Djilas). Love to Rianna, family and not performing with 5th friends. Ave, he performs as part of the aerial duo, The Innamorati, with his partner and true love,

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Quynbi. You can see their aerial work at Celebrate the rhythm www.TheInnamorati.com. of your life. PAUL FLANAGAN (Al, Dance Captain) is humbled and thrilled to be reprising his role from the Broadway revival national touring company of A Chorus Line. You might remember him from Oliver! at The 5th, Fiddler on the Roof and Chicago at Village Theatre. Flanagan is so excited for the Studios opening this fall: www.thestudios.org. I love you mom and dad. I couldn’t do this show without your support.

MEAGHAN FOY (Val – Sept. 14-28, Tricia, Live your life to the fullest at Horizon House, the dynamic Maggie/Val Understudy) is retirement community in the heart of downtown Seattle. pleased as punch to be back home at The 5th! www.HorizonHouse.org Previous 5th Ave credits: Memphis, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Alice), and Mame. Other credits: 900 University Street | Seattle, WA 98101 Cloaked, Bye Bye Birdie, The Music Man, Annieat (206) 382-3100 The Village Theatre, The Producers and Evita at Point Park University. Meaghan graduated with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Point Park and now lives in New York City. Love to Mom & family. For Dad, as always.

CHARLIE JOHNSON (Bobby) is thrilled to be returning to The 5th Avenue stage! His past credits here include Spamalot, ELF – The Musical, and Hairspray in Concert. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Maltz Jupiter Theater, North Carolina Theater, and Flat Rock Playhouse. He recently debuted his one-man show, Charlie, or Change, in New York to critical acclaim (his parents loved it). BFA: Elon University. Thanks to David and Bill for this incredible opportunity, and thank YOU for supporting live theater!

MALLORY KING (Kristine) is honored to be a part of this show. King grew up training at PNB with summers in NY at SAB. She received her BFA in musical theatre from BYU. Theatre credits include Oklahoma!, Music Man, Oliver! (5th Avenue) Funny Girl (Village) Singin’ in the Rain, High Society (Showtunes

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Theatre Company). Favorite roles include Mary Poppins, Dorothy Gale and Olive Ostrovsky (CST). Grateful to call this dream her job. Many thanks to those that helped along the way! World Premiere McKAYLA MARSO (Judy, Cassie Understudy) is originally from Pierre, SD and excited to make her SOLEDAD 5th Avenue debut! National tours: Monty Python’s Spamalot BARRIO & (Ensemble/us Lady of the Lake), The Wizard of Oz NOCHE (Ensemble/us Glinda). Regional: Swing! (Lead Singer), Chicago (Velma Kelly), Cabaret (Kit Kat Girl), My Fair Lady (Eliza Doolittle), Norwegian FLAMENCA Cruise Lines. Thanks to my mentor and friend in ANTIGONA Kerry Casserly for this opportunity, and love to mom, dad, Nick and Liz.

TRINA MILLS (Sheila) is OCT 23-25 beyond ecstatic to have been given the opportunity to play Sheila on The 5th Avenue stage! From Seattle, Mills started studying ballet at British MEANY HALL | 206-543-4880 | UWWORLDSERIES.ORG Dance Academy when she was 3. Mills earned her BA in acting from WWU. 5th Avenue: West Side UWWS 080514 flamenco 1_3s.pdf Story, Mame, Joseph..., White Christmas, Guys and appetizer Dolls, Cinderella, RENT, ELF, Oliver!, Spamalot. Thank you 5th Avenue Theatre, David Bennett and the A Chorus Line creative team for this honor! Love to Josh.

TAYLOR NIEMEYER (Bebe) is ecstatic to be a part of this wonderful production! She was last entrée seen on the 5th Avenue stage as Zaneeta Shinn in The Music Man.Other favorite roles include Mary Jane Wilkes (Big River) and Winnie Tate (Annie Get Your Gun) at Village Theatre and Janet Van De Graaff (The Drowsy Chaperone) at SMT. Next up Mary Poppins at Village Theatre! Love and hugs to The Adams family and Tim! dessert

RICHARD PEACOCK (Richie) is ecstatic to be making his 5th Avenue Theatre debut. Previous regional theatre credits it’s like nothing else around include Terpsichore in Join us for revolutionary dining Xanadu. Peacock has lunch • dinner • weekend brunch recently received his BFA in Dance at Cornish 206.905.2100 | 800.937.9582 College of the Arts, where he has worked with spaceneedle.com

encoreartsseattle.com 17 SN 071514 skycity 1_3s.pdf WHO’S WHO Dean Bradshaw esteemed choreographers Camille A. Brown, Iyun Ashani Harrison, Timothy Lynch and Wade Madeson. He is honored to work on A Chorus Line with such a wonderfully talented group of people!

CONNOR RUSSELL (Mark) Credits include Disney’s Aladdin, Music Man, Hairspray in Concert (5th Avenue), Funny Girl, 42nd Street, The Who’s Tommy (Village Theatre), Gypsy (Capital Rep), White Christmas (Arkansas Rep), A Christmas Carol (Pittsburgh CLO), High School Musical (Seattle Children’s Theatre), and Zanna Don’t! (Contemporary Classics). Readings: Jasper in Deadland (RSO Fest at 54 Below). Film: Paul in The Hinterlands (IAWTV Award nomination Best Leading Actor), The Brand Upon the Brain. Russell is a BFA graduate from Point Park University. www.connorrussell.net Nature in Full Glory (20 " x 16 ; oil) MOMOKO SUGAI GALLERY MACK’S (Connie) is thrilled to be ART CONNECTION making her debut at this 2100 Western Ave • 206-448-1616 beautiful theater in her www.gallerymack.com favorite city! Previous credits: Olney Theater GM 080714 bradshaw 1_6v.pdf Center: A Chorus Line (Connie) [2014 Helen gallery mac 080714.indd 1 8/11/14 3:35 PM Hayes Award for Outstanding Musical], The King and I (Little Eva), Seacoast Repertory Theater: HAIR (Crissy/ Dance Captain), Performance Riverside: How to Succeed in Business… (Dance Captain), Mysterium Theater: The Rocky Horror Show (Columbia), Godspell (Gilmer), Nunsense (Amnesia), Once on this Island (Erzulie), Theme Parks: Disneyland (Fantasmic!), Knott’s Berry Farm. Much thanks and love to my family.

KYLE BERNBACH (Butch, Richie/Mike/Larry Understudy, Dance Captain) is proud to join the cast of A Chorus Line in his first season with The 5th Ave since bringing Memphis (1st NTL) here as its Dance Captain. Other credits: Memphis (Broadway). Instructor at Urban Yoga Spa. Namaste!

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SYDNEY BUCKLEY “The most addictive guacamole, ever!” (Swing, Connie/Kristine Understudy) is thrilled to be back at The 5th in A Chorus Line following her theater debut, Secondhand "Yes, a thousand times, yes... Lions. Recently married and a 2013 UW graduate, You want Poquitos in your life!" Buckley teaches dance nationally. Love to God, her family, and friends!

ETHAN CARPENTER “Perfect for families and big groups.” (Swing, Mark/Al Understudy) 5th Avenue debut! Seattle credits: Combeferre in Les Misérables and John in Funny Girl (Village “Best brunch on Capitol Hill.” Theatre). Regional favorites: Grantaire in Les Misérables, Freddy in My Fair Lady. Proud graduate of Indiana University. Enjoy!

CARLY HEBERT “One of my favorite restaurants in Seattle!” (Swing) couldn’t be happier to be a part of this phenomenal cast! Favorite credits: Elle in Legally “Consistent food, fresh ingredients, Blonde, the title role in Peter Pan, Belle in Beauty and a well-rounded experience every time.” and the Beast and Amber in Hairspray. Love to John & Boo.

ULYBER MANGUNE (Tom, Paul Understudy) Trained by Sheri Lewis at Westlake Dance Center and Marianni Magnuson through Core Theatrics, “UJ” would like to thank them, the cast, his parents, Sierra, and The 5th Avenue Theatre for this opportunity.

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SARAH SHEPLER with Bob Fosse; My One and Only with Tommy (Vicki, Sheila/Judy Tune; Annie and Annie Warbucks with Martin Understudy) Thrilled to be Charnin and Peter Gennaro. TV and film credits back at The 5th Avenue include Baryshnikov on Broadway and All That Theatre and in this Jazz. Casserly has directed and choreographed for amazing show! Broadway Music Theater Wichita; Casa Mañana Theatre; Tour: Chicago (Swing/ University of Michigan; and serves as artistic Hunyak). 5th Avenue: director at Lundstrum Center for the Performing Spamalot (Ensemble). Arts in Minneapolis. She considers it a unique Other favorites: A Chorus Line (North Shore opportunity to pass on this classic, inspiring, Theatre, Lois), How to Succeed…(Depot Theatre). and timeless piece, and share her memories of working with Michael Bennett with this MICHAEL STUMPFIG wonderful talented cast. (Roy, Bobby/Greg Understudy) is way too W. BRENT SAWYER (Music Director) This excited to be performing native Texan is thrilled to be back at 5th Ave in A Chorus Line! This is after music directing A Chorus Line and The Stumpfig’s first show in Most Happy Fella here previously. Broadway: Seattle since moving here Annie Get Your Gun (starring Bernadette Peters), last year. He would like to A Chorus Line (2006 Revival). Off Broadway: thank Tom and Kathy for Seussical The Musical! (Drama League Award & their massive support. Lucille Lortel Award nominated best revival), Junie B. Jones, Forbidden Broadway 2001: A INDEAH THOMAIER Spoof Odyssey, Anne of Green Gables, and the (Lois, Diana/Bebe acclaimed revival of William Finn’s Falsettoland. Understudy) is excited to Regional: the regional premiere of Titanic, Blood be back with 5th Avenue, Brothers, Hairspray, Always Patsy Cline starring previous productions Sally Struthers, Jekyll & Hyde, Big River, The include Secondhand Lions, Who’s Tommy. Workshop: IN TRANSIT, at the Oliver!, Cinderella (5th renowned O’Neill Theater Center and The York Ave), Chicago, and Big Theater in Manhattan. Teacher: Marymount River (Village) Thank you Manhattan College, The Actor’s Studio Drama family, friends, the Lord and my wonderful School at The New School, NYU Playwrights husband, Ryan Harris. Horizon’s Studio, The American Music and Dramatic Academy. As a private vocal coach, he DAVID BENNETT (Director) Previously has worked with many of Broadway’s top talents. directed Miss Saigon, My Fair Lady, The Most Big thanks to David Bennett, David Armstrong Happy Fella and Buddy for The 5th Avenue. and Bill Berry. Other favorite Seattle productions include Man of La Mancha and Once On This Island(Village TOM STURGE (Lighting Designer) is thrilled Theatre),Neverending Story, Bunnicula and to work with director David Bennett having June B. Jones (Seattle Children’s Theatre) and previously collaborated on Most Happy Fella, Osborn New Play Award winner, Torso, by Keri Miss Saigon, Buddy, and My Fair Lady at The Healey (Printer’s Devil). His work has also been 5th. Other 5th Ave credits: A Room with a View, seen at Casa Mañana, Peterborough Players, The Music Man, Oklahoma!, Cinderella(Gregory North Carolina Theatre, Gateway Playhouse Award), A Chorus Line (2003), Oliver! (Footlight and Ordway Theatre, among others. Upcoming Award), Pirates of Penzance, Cabaret, Hair. Village projects: The Fantasticks with Showtunes Theatre Theatre:The Foreigner, Les Misérables, Chicago Co. at Benaroya Hall, and Sarah Rudinoff’s new (Gregory Award). ACT: Mojo and the Sayso. solo piece, Is This Real Life?, recently part of On Seattle Children’s Theatre: A Tale of Two Cities. EAP 1_6 V template.indd 1 8/4/14 3:59 PM The Board’s Northwest New Works Festival. Broadway: Those Were the Days, Gypsy Passion. NY KK 082113 sct013 1_12.pdf No relation. Public Theatre, Circle Rep, Circle-in-the-Square, Irish Arts, LaMama ETC, Huntington Theatre, WE BUY, SELL AND TRADE KERRY CASSERLY (Choreographer) is honored Alliance Theatre, Pittsburgh Public, Goodspeed your gently worn children’s to be joining the production team at The 5th Opera House, Cincinnati Playhouse, Alvin clothing, toys and gear. Avenue Theatre to restage Michael Bennett’s Ailey Dance, Spectrum Dance, Denver Center, Also, new gift items for baby and mom. choreography for A Chorus Line with David Papermill Playhouse and Spoleto Opera Festival. Bennett and Angelique Ilo. She is a veteran 3432 NE 45th Street, Seattle of the Broadway National and International KEN TRAVIS (Sound Designer) Broadway 206.525.0619 companies of A Chorus Line. Casserly played the Designs: Aladdin; Jekyll and Hyde; A Christmas www.kookaburra-kids.com role of Kristine in the record-breaking Broadway Story, the Musical; Scandalous; Newsies; Memphis; Mention this ad for gala performance. Other credits include Pippin The Threepenny Opera; Barefoot in the Park; Steel $5 off $25 purchase

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Magnolias. At The 5th Avenue: A Room with a View; Oklahoma; Saving Aimee; Aladdin; Vanities; A Christmas Story, the Musical; Guys and Dolls; Candide; White Christmas; Sunday in the Park with George; Hello, Dolly; Memphis; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Mame; and Into the Woods. Old Globe, KC Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, LA CTG, Seattle Rep, Guthrie Theater, Dallas Theater Center, McCarter Theater, Playwrights Horizons, The New Group, NYSF Public Theater, CSC, Signature Theater NYC, Vineyard Theater, The Civilians and Mabou Mines.

MARY PYANOWSKI JONES (Hair & Makeup Designer) World premieres of Secondhand Lions (hair design), Aladdin (make-up design), Catch Me If You Can, Shrek, Lone Star Love, Princesses, Memphis, Hairspray, The Wedding Singer. Twenty-four seasons of 5th Avenue Theatre production designs, including the Ivey Award- winning Cabaret. Design credits for national and international productions of opera, operettas, ballet, theater, and musicals. U.S. wig supervisor for the Madness of George III tour. Memorable film and TV credits include Northern Exposure, Orleans, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Rose Red, Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, Assassins, White Dwarf, and Book of Stars. IATSE member Local 706 and 488.

ERIK HOLDEN (Scenic Coordinator) has toured with Cirque du Soleil, built shows for Richard Foreman and the Center for New Performance, created sculptures for PepeJeans/Sienna Miller storefronts and production managed Erik Ehn’s Soulographie Cycle at LaMama Theatre in New York. His work with Lillienthal|Zamora has been seen at The Frye Museum, The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and On the Boards. He is most proud of his amazing wife Echo, who still manages to put up with him.

MICHELLE TERESE GRIMM (Costume Coordinator) grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since relocating to Seattle she has worked in the costume shops at the Intiman, Seattle Opera, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Grimm has also been a technician and design advisor at Cornish College of the Arts since 2011. Recent 5th Avenue credits include the role of costume design assistant for ELF, The Music Man, Secondhand Lions, Oliver!, and A Room with a View in addition to working in the costume shop on Spamalot.

ANGELIQUE ILO (Associate Choreographer) Broadway: A Chorus Line, Crazy For You, Steel Pier, Contact, The Wedding Singer. Ilo is pleased to be back at the 5th Ave Theatre where she was the Dance Captain and understudy for the pre-Broadway run of The Wedding Singer. It is a special honor to collaborate on this production of A Chorus Line. I tip my hat to you Michael Bennett. XOX.

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ELISABETH ELLIS (Associate Music Director), ADDITIONAL STAFF for a newcomer to Seattle, is a versatile pianist who A CHORUS LINE loves working with vocalists. Her most recent experience includes Seattle Opera, Vespertine Assistant Director...... Kelsey Thorgalsen Opera, Vashon Opera, and 5th Avenue, with Dance Coach...... Tinka Dailey ongoing engagements with Kirkland Choral Assistant Lighting Designer...... Tristan Roberson Society, Seattle Opera BRAVO Club, Bainbridge Deck Production Assistant...... Rachael Dorman Chorale, and several other local opera, choral Production Assistant...... Lisa Armstrong and ballet groups. She also is organist at First Casting and Administrative Assistant...... Trisha Hein United Methodist Church in downtown Seattle. Dialect Coach ...... Brennan Murphy She’s a Michigan State graduate with a Master’s degree in Collaborative Piano. The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and KELSEY THORGALSEN (Assistant Director) is stage managers in the United States. thrilled to be working with this awesome team! The Director and Choreographer are members of the Thorgalsen is also the Casting Associate and Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., Artistic Assistant at The 5th. Most recent credits an independent national labor union.

include Carrie at Balagan Theatre (AD), and Les Backstage employees are represented by the Misérables at Village Theatre. Endless thanks to International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees FULLANTHROPY (or IATSE). Scenery by Seattle Opera Scenic DB, The 5th Avenue staff, and her family. Studios. Construction and Scenic Art performed by employees represented by IATSE Local #15 and IATSE Local #488. Costume Shop and Wardrobe TRISTAN ROBERSON (Assistant Lighting staff represented by IATSE Local #887. Hair and At FareStart, every Designer) is a theatrical designer based in Seattle, Makeup staff represented by IATSE Local #488. and is delighted to be returning to The 5th United Scenic Artists represents the designers and meal helps fund job Avenue Theatre! Past designs across Seattle scenic painters for the American Theatre. include Edge of Our Bodies, Third, Little Dog training and support for Laughed, Bat Boy: The Musical, Failure: A Love Musicians playing this performance are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the Story, Fifth of July, and Shirley Valentine. United States and Canada, Local 76-493, less fortunate people in AFL-CIO/CLC. JEFFREY K. HANSON Production Stage our community. Giving ( The 5th Avenue Theatre is a member of Manager) Previously at The 5th, Hanson was the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Founded in 1985, NAMT is a national back has never been so the production stage manager for Little Shop of service organization dedicated exclusively to musical theatre. Horrors, Oliver!, The Pirates of Penzance, Grey Members, located throughout 34 states and abroad, are some of the leading producers of musical theatre in the world, and include easy...or so delicious. Gardens, Oklahoma!, Candide, Mame, Hello, theatres, presenting organizations, higher education programs Dolly! and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. and individual producers. Hanson has also been stage manager for more than 70 productions at ACT Theatre since 1990. Other regional credits include Enjoy three amazing productions at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman, and the Arizona courses for $29.95 Theatre Company.

each Thursday SHELLIE STONE (Assistant Stage Manager) Credits include Oliver!, Secondhand Lions, The evening at Guest Music Man, RENT, Cinderella (5th Avenue Chef Night. Theatre);Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Venus in Fur, Boeing Boeing, Clybourne Park, Red (SRT); Lyle the Crocodile (SCT); The Lion in Winter, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Santa Cruz)

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A I think the answer is kind of a simple one. It’s because the show has a huge heart, and people respond to that. It’s a story about love and acceptance and friendship and overcoming obstacles and everyone can relate to that. Harvey Fierstein is one of Broadway’s great talents and the book is so very very good. It was an honor to collaborate with Harvey and tell the story of Lola and Charlie.

Q Can you describe that moment when your name was announced and you won the Tony Award? A Incredible. Simply incredible. The Broadway community is an amazing one and to be welcomed the way they welcomed me to this very special family is something that still warms my spirit.

Q You join rock artists like Neil Young, Duncan Sheik, Sting and the Flaming Lips who have made the crossover into Broadway, not by capitalizing on their existing songbooks but by writing original musicals for the theater. How isWINNER! writing for the stage different from writing songs for yourself? A It’s very different. Your job as the2013 composer TONY of a AWARD VENUE NAME GOES HERE musical is to move the story forward with the songs. You have to write for many VENUEvoices and from NAME all the GOES HERE DATE XX - DATE XX characters’ perspectives. And I had a blast doing that. KINKYBOOTSTHEMUSICAL.COM There were songs that I wrote thatDATE I really loved XX that - DATE XX didn’t make the show because maybe there was a change in the book or there was a differentKINKYBOOTSTHEMUSICAL.COM arc for a character and the story and therefore the song had to change. For my own CDs, when I write a song that I love, it makes my records! And of course when I write for myself, I’m writing from my perspective, it’s the story I am trying to tell through the songs on the album to WINNER! my fans. VENUE NAME GOES HERE ON SALE NOW! ® Q What do you want audiences throughout the DATE2013 XX TONY - DATE AWARD XX country to know about what they are in for if they come VENUEOCTOBER KINKYBOOTSTHEMUSICAL.COMNAME 7-26, GOES 2014 HERE to see Kinky Boots? (206) 625-1900 WWW.5THAVENUE.ORG A An amazing show with great heart that will lift you up. DATEGROUPS OF 10XX OR MORE - CALLDATE 1-888-625-1418 XX Original interview conducted by John Moore KINKYBOOTSTHEMUSICAL.COM The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Journalist. THE

marked his 90th production at the “You don’t leave an art museum saying, ‘that red theater. Needless to say, he, and many color was really amazing.’ You leave with the greater MAGIC other musicians enjoy working at The 5th sense of the meaning of experiencing the art as a Avenue Theatre. whole.” The orchestra members are like the individual IN THE colors of a painting. Without them, the piece would Jo Nardolillo illustrates the life of a lack the complexity. Through them, feelings and musician as a quilt. It takes many pieces emotions are evoked, which allows the viewer to put together to create enough to cover experience more wholly and deeply. yourself, and The 5th is a pretty big piece of the quilt. Many of our musicians Besides the exceptional quality of musicianship teach, play in bands, perform with the represented at The 5th, one of the things that makes Opera, Symphony or Ballet. So, what is it it unique and special is the dedication to use a MUSIC about musical theater that continuously full orchestra and original orchestrations. In many draws them back for more? theaters, one of the first things to be trimmed in budget cuts is the orchestra. The opposite occurs Photos by Mark Kitaoka, at The 5th. There are few places you can go these Paul Hansen, Jen Hinkle, Jo Nardolillo Jen Hinkle, who plays the trombone at The 5th attributes it Dan Marcus, Jo Nardolillo, commutes on the to that “something special” about playing musicals.“There’s days to hear musicals how they were originally Dave Pascal, Alec Willmart light rail to downtown a certain moment in every musical that resonates with me. intended to be heard, and The 5th is one of those Seattle, wearing all I develop an attachment to the characters and through the places. Even on Broadway, you’ll note smaller black and holding her music, get to accentuate what they are feeling and doing.” orchestras in the pit. violin case. “We’re going to see you play Bass player, Dave Pascal likes the chance to move people. This is bad news for Catherine Case, with the harp at the Symphony “Music is a communication shortcut,” he says. “It makes often being the first to be replaced by synthesizers tonight,” a couple says people laugh, cry, think and dance in and keyboards. Lucky for her (and you), The 5th will have a harp in three to her excitedly as they ways that words alone cannot.” shows this season, including A Chorus Line. Despite the fact that the revival exit together at the of A Chorus Line omitted the harp and guitar in exchange for a keyboard, it Benaroya stop. “I’m actually playing at The 5th” As a classically trained harpist who started was important to The 5th’s artistic staff to stay true to the original score, and Jo responds. Just a few blocks away, a group playing at The 5th five years ago, Catherine give audiences a chance to fully experience the music as it was originally of the city’s best musicians are gathering to Case finds musical theater refreshing and intended. Music Coordinator and reed player Dane Andersen explains that put on a show that will rival any other in town. rewarding. “It is satisfying to be a part of a they are, “trying to preserve not only the large size of the orchestra, but also As Brad Allison, a trumpeter at The 5th for 24 big production – there is a sense of family the very distinct sound that creates.” years, says, “It’s not good enough to be good. and feeling of belonging to something.” One question our musicians often get is, “Are you guys local or Each performance we strive to be great. We professional?” The great news for 5th Avenue audiences is: they’re both! treat each performance as if it’s our first We’ve all heard the Aristotle saying, the These are musicians who will switch between multiple instruments in one and our last.” whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and musical theater is no exception to show. And who will shift between various styles, not only during the course of one show, but oftentimes within the same song! They have been working It is commonly accepted that Seattle is this rule. Collaboration not only within on their craft for decades. And they are Seattle-based members of our home to some of the best musicians in the the orchestra, but also within the scheme community. So, go. Peer into the pit. Say hello to these people, admire their country with its vibrant arts community, but of a production is crucial to its success. instruments, ask them questions and compliment them on their craft. And it is a lesser known fact that many of these A beautiful set gains meaning when next time you’re settling into your seats at the theater and the music swells exemplary musicians’ first choice of work is actors move within it. Actors’ words gain and you’re ushered into a story, remember our talented musicians. Without in the pit of musical theater companies— deeper meaning when an orchestra’s tune them, the show wouldn’t be quite the same. namely, The 5th Avenue Theatre. Percussionist underscores them. Dave Pascal illustrated Paul Hansen’s first show at The 5th was in this phenomenon beautifully. 1985 and last season’s A Room with a View By HEIDI STAUB, PR & Communications Associate

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encoreartsseattle.com 27 This year, for the first time, the students who received the awards for Outstanding Achievement by an Actor and an Actress in a Leading Role were invited to represent Washington State in New York City at the National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA). As their Mission states, “the NHSMTA is a national celebration of outstanding student achievement in high school musical theater that recognizes individual artistry in vocal, dance THE 5TH AVENUE and acting performance, and honors teachers and their AWARDS AND BEYOND: schools’ commitment to performing arts education.” The National High School The Washington representatives were Eli Wills from Kentridge High School and Madison Willis from Skyline Musical Theater Awards High School. While in New York, the students participated On June 9, 2014 students, teachers, parents and in a week of workshops, seminars and performances administrators from 94 schools from across Washington alongside 55 other students from across the country. They State were celebrated during the 12th annual 5th Avenue competed during the week and at a culminating awards Awards: Honoring High School Musical Theater. Each year, ceremony at New York’s Minskoff Theatre, home to The Lion The 5th Avenue Awards, sponsored by Wells Fargo, honors King, before a distinguished panel of judges that included outstanding achievement in high school musical theater Broadway directors, choreographers, producers and casting and celebrates the hard work and dedication students directors. While neither Wills nor Willis walked away with and educators put forth to make their school productions the award, they represented our state with charisma and a success. During a celebratory ceremony, students and confidence and had a life changing experience. Read how teachers are handed awards in categories such as Overall Eli Wills describes his week in New York. Musical, Outstanding Achievement in Direction, Music Direction and Choreography, and Outstanding Achievement IN HIS OWN WORDS: Eli Wills by Actors and Actresses. New York was hot. Hot when you stepped outside and immediately felt like you were melting. Hot during daylong rehearsals that included singing with our medley groups (8-10 students in each medley), working with our coaches on the songs we were to sing for the judges Credit Eli Wills (my coach was Broadway actress Krystal Joy Brown) and learning the opening and closing numbers for the awards ceremony. And hot with amazing people. All the student participants were so incredibly talented and I made many new friendships that I know will last forever. I learned so much at the National High School Musical Theater Awards, whether in the rehearsal room or in lunchtime talks with such luminaries as composer Steven Schwartz. NY was hot with competition. We had to perform our solos and medleys in front of a group of judges and the rest of the

Credit Henry McGee Henry Credit participants. But it was also hot with experience. We were Eli and Madison at Sardi’s taken to Times Square and Sardi’s restaurant, we saw Kinky Boots on Broadway (and met star Billy Porter!), we walked around Washington Square Park and I GOT TO PERFORM ON THE MINSKOFF STAGE! (Can you guess what my favorite part was?) Madison Willis in 2014 NHSMTA Opening Number Credit Henry McGee The biggest thing Eli Wills, Madison Willis, I took away and English Bernhardt Post Show Party from the at NHSMTA was to just be the best ME I can be. The term “be

you” was thrown McGee Henry Credit around a lot during the week. It 2014 Nominees with Stephen Schwartz was one of the first things that all of the people we talked to from the industry

said. Directors and McGee Henry Credit producers are not looking for you to be like Norbert Leo Butz or Jason Robert Brown. They want you to come into the audition room and for you to give them YOU–all of you. Make your own choices and commit one hundred percent. Also, be ok with “no” because it doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t like you, it just means you aren’t the exact fit for

0Credit Jennifer Grajewski the part. Keep developing your skills so that the next time they’ll see an even better you. Be yourself. TO DO IN NY: Being a part of The 5th Avenue Awards instilled in me a See Kinky Boots x Perform solo in front of judges sense of fun and humility that I will carry with myself for x the rest of my life and both were very helpful during the Perform on Minskoff Stage Be me NHSMTA. The atmosphere at The 5th Avenue awards is one xx x Give them ME of pure joy and hopefulness. So that is how I entered and Be myself x left the NHSMTA, full of joy that I had such an amazing HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!! Eli and Madison at experience and still full of hopefulness for what is in store x The 5th Avenue Awards for so many talented young adults lives. Winning the 5th Avenue Award was very humbling. The students that shared the stage with me that night were all so talented and deserving. So I knew that being in New York was a SPECIAL THANK YOU TO huge honor. I had to represent the best I could. Being in my school’s musical production of The Wedding Singer specifically taught me never to give up in what you believe in and feel passionate about. This whole experience has strengthened my belief in and passion for the arts and for ...who made it possible for both Eli Wills and that I am forever grateful. Madison Willis to attend the National High School Musical Theater Awards. Alaska Airlines graciously 2014 NHSMTA Closing Number donated each student complimentary airfare as well as two additional airline tickets so their parents or guardians could join them to celebrate their accomplishments in New York. The 5th Avenue Theatre would like to thank Alaska Airlines for their support of the arts and the students of Washington State.

encoreartsseattle.com 29 Credit Henry McGee Henry Credit “The 5th Avenue is such a special place to be at the holidays,” says blonde-haired beauty Jessica Skerritt in a chat with her handsome co-star and husband Dane Stokinger over coffee and iced tea. “It’s always fun when we get to work together, but this is going to be really special for us.” This husband-and-wife team will spend this Christmas together playing husband and wife in The 5th Avenue Theatre’s A Christmas Story, The Musical with Skerritt as the Mother and Stokinger as The Old Man, and they could not be more excited to spend this holiday season together in the hit musical based on the 1983 film.

The couple clearly has chemistry. The long-time friends began dating when they were cast as Elvis and his girlfriend Dyanne in the world premiere of Million Dollar Quartet at Village Theatre. Since then the couple have married, and played onstage lovers including the Captain and Maria Von Trapp in Sound of Music, Chris and Ellen in Miss Saigon, and most recently, Sonny and Clio (Kira) in Xanadu. And of course, they are regularly cast (sans spouse) in the biggest houses in Seattle.

“I grew up with this film,” Stokinger says. He describes seeing the show in 2011, sitting in the theater as the lights went down with the fervent hope that the musical would be true to its origins; fortunately, the musical lived up to his expectations. “I loved the show! It really captured the style, and just a feeling – a nostalgia about the movie.” Skerritt, on the other hand, had never even seen the movie until she started dating her now-husband. That didn’t stop her from enjoying the show. “I was a mess!” She describes sitting in the audience during the number “What a Mother Does,” which brought to mind all the best things about her relationship with her own mother. “The next thing I knew, I was sobbing! I was a puddle!”

Husband and wife are thrilled to spend their holiday season at home putting up the tree, drinking mulled wine, and watching their favorite Christmas movies (usually the season starts the weekend after Thanksgiving with the movie Elf). Then every night, they’ll bundle up in coats and mittens and scarves and stroll Downtown passed the Macy’s Star and the Westlake Tree to The 5th Avenue Theatre. “It’s just the best Christmas gift ever!” Skerritt laughs.

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Nov 25 - Dec 31, 2014 The 5th Avenue Theatre’s 11th annual Gala took place on Saturday May 31st, 2014 and was an amazing success. Over 450 guests enjoyed performances from beloved 5th Avenue performers, our Rising Star Project: Spamalot students, and the cast of our holiday production of Oliver! With the support of our community, we were able to raise $750,000 to fund our Education and Outreach programs. Thank you!

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1 5th Avenue Theatre Producing Partners Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff, Board Member Les and Sheri Biller, and former Mayor and Board Member Norm Rice share a moment at the Gala.

2 Clockwise from the left, Delta Air Lines General Manager of Global Sales West Region, Kathleen Paulson, Sean Griffin, Managing Director Bernadine C. Griffin, and Jack Paulson enjoy the Gala festivities.

3 Peoples Bank, Executive Vice President Tony Repanich welcomes guests to the live auction.

4 Lynne Varner and Paul Hollie won a trip to London and Florence in our Golden Ticket Raffle.

5 Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong, Board Member Maria Ferrer, Gala Chair David Quinn, and Producing Artistic Director Bill Berry enjoy a VIP dinner and new works performance in DAT5 during the Gala. 3

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Contributors TO THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE

THE CREATIVITY FUND

Members of The Creativity Fund make gifts of $100,000 or more in support of the development of new musicals and their premiere production on The 5th Avenue Theatre mainstage.

Stephen P. Reynolds and Paula Rosput Reynolds Ann Ramsay-Jenkins The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Tiia-Mai Redditt Barbara L. Crowe Bonnie and Jim Towne Wanda J. Herndon Tom and Connie Walsh Richard and Julie Kagan Sterling and Melinda Wilson ANNUAL FUND

We would like to say thank you to the following donors who provided support at the $600 level and above as of July 31, 2014. Through their gifts, donors become partners in our commitment to artistic excellence, community engagement, education, and expanding the canon of musical theater. For more information on how you can support The 5th, please contact Development at 206-625-1418.

NEXT GENERATION FOUNDERS $100,000 - $249,000 ArtsFund Ann Ramsay-Jenkins The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Stephen P. Reynolds and Paula Rosput Reynolds

DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS $50,000 - $99,999 The Boeing Company The Seattle Times + Barbara L. Crowe Bonnie and Jim Towne Delta Air Lines + Unico Properties + National Endowment for the Arts U.S. Bank Seattle Office of Arts & Culture

DISTINGUISHED PRODUCERS $20,000 - $49,999 4Culture Tiia-Mai Redditt Alaska Airlines + SAFECO Insurance Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff The Seattle Foundation DCG One + Snoqualmie Tribe The Fairmont Olympic Hotel + Susie and Phil Stoller Wanda J. Herndon Heather Sullivan-McKay and Mike McKay Richard and Julie Kagan Tom and Connie Walsh Glenna Kendall Washington Athletic Club + Peoples Bank Wells Fargo Buzz and Beth Porter Sterling and Melinda Wilson

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $10,000 - $19,999 Ann and Joe Ardizzone Rick and Kandy Holley RealNetworks Foundation David Armstrong Peter and Peggy Horvitz Norman and Constance Rice Bob and Clodagh Ash Margaret C. Inouye Faye and Herman Sarkowsky Rex and Angela Bates Maureen and Jim Lico Schultz Family Foundation Bill Berry The Loeb Family Charitable Foundation Rob and Jan Sexton Robert R. Braun, Jr. Macy’s Thomas E.and Nita F. Sitterley The Capital Grille+ Steven and Barbara Moger Cynthia Stroum Davis Property & Investment + William and Nancy Nichols Gary and Elizabeth Sundem Larry and Brittni Estrada Larry and Valorie Osterman R. “Porky” Thomsen and Terri Stephenson Expedia Palomino + Union Bank Gnosis Research + Puget Sound Energy Bruce and Peggy Wanta Bernadine C. and Sean G. Griffin David and Hillary Quinn

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32 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $5,000 - $9,999 Aegis Living Jean Gardner Twyla and Tom Lucas Catherine and David Skinner Linda Anderson GM Nameplate Neopost Brad and Kathy Smith Apex Foundation John and Sondra Hanley Perkins Coie – Kirk Soderquist Linda and David Stahl ArtsFund/Costco Diversity and Ann and Arthur Thomas- In PONCHO Start It! Foundation - Linda and Access Award Memory of Nancy Ann ProMotion Arts + Kevin Cheung William Bartholomew and Lauren Meagher Hicks Puget Sound Business Journal + Robert F. and Karen R. Trenner Taylor John Holden and Kathleen Greg and Angela Rairdon Julie and Eric Trott Andrew and Shayna Begun McLagan - In Honor of Allegria Tony Repanich and Julie Florida Nathan Vincenti Eric Blom and Min Park Holden Tom and Teita Reveley Dale and Lynda Wagner Debby Carter Nicholas and Amanda Jones Ansel Rognlie and David R. Karla and Gary Waterman Margaret Clapp KPMG Steindl Tracy Wellens The Coca-Cola Company Bill and Michelle Krippaehne James and Bet Schuler Becca and Bill Wert The Covey Family Lisa Kroese Jean Sheldon and Marvin Allen and Janice Wiesen Mona and John Fandel Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation Parsons Rosemary and Kenneth Willman Richard and Maude Ferry Roger S. Layman Jean Sheridan 1 Anonymous Gary J. Fuller and Randy L. Everett Myron and Shirley Lindberg Elliot and Lauren Silvers Travis and Christy Gagnier Thomas and Juli Lindquist Bob and Lynne Simpson

ARTIST’S CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999 Helen Fanucci Jennifer McGetrick-Swan Tom and Carol Fleck National Alliance for Musical Dean Frerker Theatre’s National Fund for Denise and Drew Gangnes New Musicals Sarah Nash Gates Mardi Newman Lynn and Colleen Giroir Gregory and Marta Oberg LeeAnna and David Glessing Scott and Laurie Oki The Greco Family Pacific Office Automation Jan and Rich Green Pedersens + David and Cheryl Hadley Walt Pisco Bart and Toni Heath Greg and Mandy Prier Mindy and Brad Hill Bruce and Celia Pym Carolyn and George Hubman Ken Ragsdale Christian Huitema and Neige Gil Robert and Deborah Reed Board Chair Wanda Herndon and Gala Chair David Quinn celebrate David and Rio Jones Sandi and James Reed the start of the 2014 Gala. Lisa Jones Samuel J. Rentfro Judy and Bill Jurden Don and Bev Schmidt Michael Amend and Jeff Ashley Pamela Bridge Danuta Kasprzyk and Daniel Charles B. See Foundation Ernie and Pam Ankrim Thomas L. Button Montano John and Julia Shaw Geoffrey Antos Sherry Carman and Patrick Nick and Michele Keller Peggy and Greg Smith ArtsFund/John Brooks Williams & Burns Jeffrey and Barbara King Marilyn and Doug Southern John H. Bauer Endowment for Kevin and Lisa Conner Kenneth Kluge and Susan Gary and Barbara Stone Theatre Steve and Kim Cowman Dogen Alison and Doug Suttles ArtsFund/Peter F. Donnelly Merit Martha Dawson and Ron Corbell Karen Koon and Brad Edwards Toyota of Tri-Cities Fund Brian and Laura Denault Chris and Christy Lane Pamela and Rick Trujillo Keith and Sheri Bankston John DeVore Ross and Mary Jo Leventhal David Wang Adam and Maura Barr Dennis and Deborah DeYoung Stefan Lewis Dennis and Jo Anne White Lynn and Howard Behar Robert Driessnack Martin and Sharon Lott Christine Wiltz Theresa Binger R.B. and Ruth H. Dunn Jeff and Lydia Lukins Arlene A. Wright Catherine Boshaw and Doug Charitable Foundation Judith Lybecker Michael, Marita, Landyn, and Edlund Sharon and Burrard Eddy John and Mary Ann Mangels Irelyn Zyskowski Eileen and Donald Bowman James R. Ellis Michael and Nikki McCormack 2 Anonymous

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE $1,250 - $2,499 Ione Adams and Erik and Abigail Edith and Ray Aspiri Julie and Kristen Barclay Charlotte Behnke Senuty Patricia Atkinson Michael Bauer Deidre J. Blankenship Joan and Tim Adkisson Baby Pictures Ultrasound Mike and Cynthia Baxter Glen and Sherri Bodman Albert Lee Appliance Jack and Bea Baker Doug and Maria Bayer Neal and Katherine Booth Don and Julie Antonucci Janine Baldridge and Suzy Don W. Beaty Lindsay Bosch Ray Araujo Wahmann Ellen Beauchamp Richard and Peggy Brandsma

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Contributors TO THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE

Stacy Lawson and Steven Robert and Mary Sheehan Sarkowsky Edward and Kathleen Sherry Patrick and Cheryl Layman Joe and Lynetta Showaker Grace and Franz Lazarus David Showalter Holly and Albert Lee Zelma Simmons Benjamin Leifer Christy and Brian Smith Florence Leonard and Lynn Leigh and Susi Stevens Holms Todd and Jane Summerfelt Mark Levine and John Keppeler Jeffrey Sutherland Stanley and Delores Little Rita and Arlie Swanson Sue and Bill Lowery In Memory of Jackie Taylor Gary Lynch Ted Taylor Scott and Julie Lynch Todd Thompson Antoinette Malveaux Jerome and Faye Truskowski Marcella McCaffray Janet Turpen May McCarthy and Don Smith The Twilight Exit Former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and Sharon Nickels at the Gala. Connie K. McKinley Sita and Vijaykumar Vashee Brandon Bray Don and Tammy Gallagher Christe McMenomy Mark and Kathy Wagner Donald and Susan Bressler Gerry and Linda Gallagher Dianne McMullin Shanna and Ryan Waite Bob and Bobbi Bridge Deborah Gates Jim and Laura Mendoza Mark and Christina Walker Sandee Brock Erich Gauglitz In Memory of Our Daughter Karen and Mark Weber Michael and Janelle Brookman Heinz Gehlhaar and Eileen Bear Elizabeth Ann Michelman D.R. Whitson Alice M. Brown Anton and Karen N. Gielen Chie Mitsui Amy Whittenburg and Stephen Kerry Burger Jackie and Art Gollofon Michelle Moga and Jean- Rattner Michael and Janet Burks Kathy and Kelly Graffis Francois Peyroux John and Darlene Wilczynski Susan Buske Keith and Susan Gray Stephan Mollman Madeline Wiley and Bob Lisa and John Butters Marilyn Green Robin and Bill Montero Smithing Steve and Georgene Camp Terry and Jill Greer Jeffrey C. Morris - The Happy Jim and Deanna Wilson Douglas and Mary Casady Marie Gunn Cooker Andrew and Jennifer Wolfe Brian Chang, Kristine Chan, and Mike Hackett and Cherie Lenz- Ron and Maria Murphree Mark Won Arthur Carre Hackett Denise I. Nelson Wayne and Kelly Wright Judith A. Chapman Corinne and Russell Hagen Robert Nelson Sandra B. Chivers Chuck and Kathy Hamilton William and Denise Nielsen Bob and Martha Clark John and Laura Hammarlund Nancy S. Nordhoff Barbara Clinton Cece Haw John E. Norton Matthew and Catherine Coles John and Cheryl Hendricks Steven and Victoria Odden Tedesco Allyson Henry Kenneth Olsen Kathleen and Bill Collins Paul Hensel Rick and Amy Ouhl William and Leanne Colwell Vaughn Himes and Martie Bohn Alan Page and Christina Cyr Bill and Ellen Conner Rod and Nancy Hochman Connie and David Parker Consumer Perspectives Melinda and Kim Holland Annette and Bob Parks Kevin and Cheryl Cooney James Holmes Arthur and Rachel Patterson David Coons Dorothy Sloan Huey and Marilyn Gayle Peach Sheila and Michael Cory Lee Huey Elizabeth Pearson Jim and Nancy Crim Laurin C. Huffman II Shelley and Gregg Percich Karen Derrey and Friends Meredith and Jim Hutchins Barbara Phillips Robert DeVinck Samsara and Jeremy Irish Karen E. Phillips Plum Creek Timber CEO Rick Holley and his wife Kandy wait to ride the pit Marilyn Iverson Judy Pigott Tambra Dugaw lift down to dinner at the Gala. Robert J. and Olga T. Earle Kathy and Michael Jackson Mike and Wendy Popke Leo Eberle and Lisa Vivian Derek and Karol Jamison Russell Powell Robert and Jane Ehrlich Marlene and William Jenkins Tracy Premo and Seth Adams Lee and Jeanne Zehrer Thomas and Ruth-Ellen Elliott Frederick M. Johnson Daintry Price 4 Anonymous Janie and Ray Engle Walter and Cindy Kaczynski Gordon Prouty Jennifer and Michael Faddis Bruce and Linda Kilen Richard E. Pyle Juli Farris Merle and Joanne Kirkley Becky and Sean Quinlan Janet Faulkner Chris Knoll and Cheryl Dobes Fred and Anne Roberson Firstline Communications Steve and Carol Koehler Joe and Linnet Roberts Gene and Judy Flath Judith A. Kramer Marilyn and Patrick Roberts Larry Fletcher Tracy and Hugh Labossier Doug and Lori Rosencrans Forrest Foltz Marian E. Lackovich Skip Sampelayo Alvin and Mary Formo Dawnell Lamb Desiree Saraspi Brian and Windy Autumn Foster Robert Land Terry Scheihing and Ben Kramer Linda M. Fox and Monica Fox Perry and Lynnda Langston John and Beth Schleck Steve Freimuth The Latimer Family John and Anne Searing Neal Gafter Stephen Latimer Darren and Anne Shakib

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34 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY PATRON $600 - $1,249 Miller Adams and Cheryl Jean B. Falls Gary and Mona Locke Joan Shalikashvili Roberts Gary and Jennifer Fancher David and Charlotte Lomet Robert and Kathlyn Shaw Ray and Carol Airone Jack and Jeanne Fankhauser Floyd and Kimberly Lorenz Daniel Shih Donald and Eathel Allyn Joyce Farley and Tom Steele Jessica Louie Neal and Linda Shulman Ian Anderson Nyle and Terri Farmer Ken and Darlene Lowe Don and Marilyn Sidel Ron Anderson and Mary Maria Ferrer David and Karen Lyons Floyd Smith Hawkins Patty and Steven Fleischmann Murry and Agnes MacPherson Robert L. Smith Sharon Andreason Micki and Bob Flowers Kelly Malone Annie’s Art & Frame + Lauren Foster Timothy Malone and Suzanne Susan and Heather Anstead Eleanor and Jeff Freeman R. Jones John and Karen Arbini Erin Fry Glenn and Jeanne Malubay Richard and Dianne Arensberg Theresa Gallant and Ed Bulchis Mark and Tracy Mason John and Joyce Arnold Nan and Bill Garrison Jeff and Jamie Merriman- Wendy and Bob Babare Steve Gattis and Sue Nevler Cohen Glenn Bafia Robert Gay and Heather Gina Meyers Laura and Kerry Bailey Christianson Carol and Hart Miller Denise Bakken Carmen and Carver Gayton Connie and David Miser William and Madeleine Ball David and Kathryn Godwin Jonathan Mooneyham and Earl and Marilyn Barker Barbara Goesling and Jay Samantha Dayley Wallace and Joyce Barnett Rockey The Morgan Fund Tom and Kris Bassett Theresa Goletz Mitzi and John Morris Jack and Patricia Bishop Jana and David Gordon Mulvihill Insurance Services Penny Blair Laura B. Gowen Gregg and Judy Nelson Marcie Blakesley Ted and Sandy Greenlee Paul and Charlene Neuss Leslie Bloss Wendy Halpin Janice Nishimori Stephen Schryver and Board Member Shane Boehm Deborah Haynes Northwest CPA Group PLLC Gordon Prouty were the winning bidders of Milton and Ann Bohart Randi and Andy Hedin Duane and Bonnie Olson a Seabourn Mediterranean Cruise during John Boling Jerry and Patricia Hein John Oneill the Gala’s live auction. Daniel and Janet Bolong Mary and Tom Herche Susan and Michael Otten Cleve and Judith Borth David and Sandry Hertz Debbie and Rick Pabst The Sorensen Family Zach Brittle Richard and Sheila Hess Michael Parham and Hyeok Kim Charles and Benita Staadecker Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Brod Harold and Mary Frances Hill Kimberly and Mark Parris The Standard Deryl Brown-Archie Kathy J. Hill Brian Paulson Jim Stanford Ed Callaway Karen and Paul Hogle Robert and Steffi Pencovic Anne and Mark Stanton John and Arlene Carpenter Paul Hollie and Lynne Varner Rosemary Peterson Linda Kay Stockham Mike and Linda Casey Clarence Hopson Kent and Kelley Phillips Matt and Kristi Sweeney Dennis and Aline Caulley Mark and Trisha Hubbard Gwen Pilo Dave and Brenda Terrill Norman Chamberlain Richard Huff Guy and Nancy Pinkerton Eric Teshima Susan Cheney Diana Hughes Jeanette and Joe Piott Brian Thomas Tina Christiansen Winfred and Peter Hussey Gwenn and Dean Polik Jeanne Thompson Bob and Linda Cornyn Kai Ichikawa and Brad Davis Eleonore and Ed Pottenger Todd Thompson and Jackie Maureen and Kevin Crawford Stuart Iley and Family William S. and Linda A. Potter Smith Alan W. Crawshaw + Larry and Carol Jergens Robin and Ric Pradel Pam Thorstenson Stacey Crawshaw Lewis and Jeff Ruth Kagi Noel and Marti Price Lawrence and Patricia Timmons Lewis Patricia Kappler Llewelyn and Jonie Pritchard Roseanne and William Richard and Cheryl Cuthbert Travis and Suzanne Keeler Dick and Alice Rapasky Torgerson Jill and Don Day Harold and Ruth Kephart John E. Rasmussen Ronald Torrence Bob and Elaine DeLappe SaSa and Ken Kirkpatrick Angela Ratcliff Janet Turpen Michael and Maggie Cindy A. Klett Raven Foundation William and Ruth Vance DeLaurentis Roger Klorese and David Haney Dennis Reichenbach Marka and John Waechter Telved Devlet Konstantin Komissarchik Rella and Ronald Reimann Betty Weller Cindy and Bill Dickey Teri Kopp and Walt Weber David and Barbara Repanich David Werblow and Greg Richard and Elizabeth Dobes Mike and Shari Koppel Jan and Kerry Richards Lewrenz Rosemary Donegan Jeanette Kors and Joshua Bailey Betty and Wayne Robertson Ben and Barbara Whisler Robert and Alexandra Dunn George and Laura Kreitzberg The Robinson Family Charles and Barbara White Gregg DuPont and Linda Foundation Joyce E. Roether Patty and John White Debowes Harvey and Bea Kriloff Todd and Donna Rosenberg Robert and Sara Wicklein Jerry and Julie Elkington June Kubo Curtis and Myrna Rosler Vic and Janet Williams Craig E. Elkins Priscilla and Ned Lange Cara Rudd and Mercy Stone Margaret Yekel Ramona Emerson and Brian Linda Larson Leree Ryan Michelle Young McMullen Robert and Joan Lawler Shannon Sakshaug Nancy Zevenbergen Vicki Fabre William Laythe Christopher Santini 5 Anonymous Jennifer and Michael Faddis Jim and Christine Leary Cathy Sarkowsky Fales Foundation Trust John Lengenfelder Jasper Schneider +In-kind

encoreartsseattle.com 35 Please join us in thanking our corporate and institutional sponsors for their generous support of The 5th Avenue Theatre! Sponsors below have contributed $10,000 or more in the 2013-14 season.

SEASON SPONSORS

PRODUCTION SPONSORS

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS & PROGRAM SPONSORS

Loeb Family Charitable Foundation

For more information about corporate sponsorships, please contact Sarah McKee Bednar in Corporate Giving at 206-260-2185 or email at [email protected]

Thank you to our A Night at The 5th Gala Sponsors and Donors

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Debby L. Carter Hutt Construction* DCG ONE* Margaret Inouye* John DeVore and Sue Yarno David and Rio Jones OFFICIAL AIRLINE Bill and Nancy Nichols* Karen Koon and Brad Edwards Bruce and Celia Pym Roger Layman Norman and Constance Rice* Laura Medford GALA EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ann Hicks-Thomas and Arthur Thomas Kym Michela Les and Sheri Biller U.S. Bank* - Jennifer and Christopher Heman Pedersens* Lisa and John Butters Visit Seattle* - Tom and Linda Norwalk Buzz and Beth Porter Margaret Clapp Tracy Wellens* Jennifer and Tim Porter Barbara L. Crowe* Wells Fargo* Puget Sound Business Journal*– Gordon Prouty Maria P. Ferrer and W. Scott Clark* Kenneth and Rosemary Willman* Safeco Insurance* Wanda J. Herndon* Sterling and Melinda Wilson* Faye and Herman Sarkowsky* Richard and Julie Kagan Michael Sebring Glenna Kendall GALA DIRECTORS Jean Sheridan Bill and Michelle Krippaehne Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff* Elliot and Lauren Silvers* David and Hillary Quinn* Linda Anderson* Judy and Ben Simmons Ann Ramsay-Jenkins* Daniel and Margaret Carper Kirk and Candice Soderquist* Steve Reynolds and Paula Rosput Reynolds* Kevin and Lisa Conner Linda and David Stahl Tom and Connie Walsh Betsy Cooper Cynthia Stroum Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP* Heather Sullivan McKay and Mike McKay* GALA PRODUCERS Larry and Brittni Estrada Eric and Julie Trott* Alaska Airlines* - Ann and Joe Ardizzone Gary Fuller and Randy Everett* Shanna and Ryan Waite Bob and Clodagh Ash* Sarah Nash Gates Washington Holdings* The Boeing Company* David and Cheryl Hadley * indicates a table or row purchase EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

DAVID ARMSTRONG (Executive Producer and Artistic Director) Since his appointment in 2000, Armstrong has guided The 5th Avenue to a position as one of the nation’s See It Again leading musical theater companies, acclaimed for both its development and production of new works and its for $25* innovative stagings of classic musicals. As a director, he has created memorable 5th Avenue productions of A Room *Bring paid ticket stub to The 5th Avenue Box Office on day with a View, Oliver!, Candide, Hello, Dolly!, Sweeney Todd, of performance. One stub per customer. $25 tickets subject White Christmas, Hair, Mame, A Little Night Music, The to availability. Not valid for Prime/Pearl seating, with other Secret Garden, Anything Goes, Company, The Rocky Horror offers or on previously purchased tickets. Show, Pippin, Vanities, Yankee Doodle Dandy!, and Saving Aimee, which made its Broadway debut as Scandalous under Armstrong’s direction in November 2012. Prior to The 5th, he spent nearly 20 years as a freelance director, choreographer, and librettist. His work has been seen in New York, Los Angeles and at many Stay Connected to The 5th! leading regional theaters including The Kennedy Center, Ordway Center, Ford’s Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, and New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse. From 1990 through 1995, he served as artistic director of Cohoes Music Hall in upstate NY. Check Out Our Mobile Site and App Armstrong has also written the books for the musicals The Wonder Years (winner of seven Drama-Logue Awards), Gold Rush, and Yankee Doodle Dandy! Take us with you Visit www.5thavenue.org on your mobile BERNADINE (BERNIE) C. GRIFFIN (Managing device to access our new mobile site. Or visit Director) was appointed managing director in January 2010 and is responsible for the administrative, fundraising, your mobile app store and search for The information services and facility operations, as well as 5th Avenue Theatre. (Mobile app is currently oversight of all activities related to the Board of Directors. available for iPhone and Android.) Griffin first joined the Theatre in 2002 as director of theater advancement and development. During her tenure, The 5th Avenue has grown from a $10 million to a Sign Up for 5th Avenue Email $25 million organization. She brings to her position 30 years of fundraising and arts management experience. Join our email list and you’ll be the first to know about Prior to The 5th Avenue, she served as director of development for the prestigious ticket deals, upcoming events, and everything else Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, as well as for The Laguna Playhouse in Laguna 5th Avenue! Beach, California. Before moving to California, she served at the Seattle Symphony where she is proud to have been part of the team that built Benaroya Sign up at www.5thavenue.org/account/signup Hall. In addition to the Symphony, Griffin worked for the Tony Award-winning Seattle Repertory Theatre, as well as Tony Randall’s National Actors Theatre in New York. She began her career at the University of Denver. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington and is Become a Fan proud to have been born and raised in Walla Walla, Washington. She is a member on Facebook of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and a board member of Seattle Rotary #4. Most recently, she served as a grants panelist for the National Late-breaking news, musical theater trivia, backstage Endowment for the Arts. Griffin was named one of the Puget Sound Business happenings, and more. It’s all there on Facebook Journal’s 2013 Women of Influence. She is married to award-winning actor Seán when you become a fan. G. Griffin. www.facebook.com/5thave BILL BERRY (Producing Artistic Director) served as The 5th Avenue’s associate producing artistic director and casting director from 2002 through 2009. During that Follow Us time, he directed productions of West Side Story (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wonderful Town (Seattle Times on Twitter Footlight Award), Wizard of Oz and Smokey Joe’s Café. He recently made his Broadway debut as the director of the Tweet along with us at special events and tell us what hit musical First Date at the Longacre Theatre. Berry’s you think of your favorite shows! directing work has been seen at theaters across the country, most recently at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse where twitter.com/5thAveTheatre he directed a critically acclaimed production of On the Town. Directing highlights include Cabaret performed at The 5th Avenue Theatre, St. Paul’s Ordway Center (Ivey Award), San Jose’s American Musical Theatre, and Houston’s Theatre Under Visit our the Stars, as well as the smash hits First Date and RENT at The 5th. From 2002 to YouTube Channel 2009, he served as the producing director for The 5th Avenue’s education and outreach programs. During that time he significantly expanded the scope and Chats with visiting artists, David Armstrong’s Musical impact of these initiatives, including spearheading the creation of Fridays at The Theatre Factory, clips from Spotlight Night, rehearsals 5th and The 5th Avenue Awards, honoring excellence in high school musical theater, as well as substantially increasing the reach of the Adventure Musical in progress. See what we’ve added to our video library Theatre Touring Company throughout the Northwest. These programs combined on The 5th Avenue YouTube Channel. now serve 60,000 students annually. He also initiated the Show Talk series, which seeks to deepen the theater-going experience. Prior to his work at The 5th Avenue youtube.com/user/5thAvenueTheatre Theatre, Berry was a freelance theater artist based in New York City.

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

EXECUTIVE AND Customer Service/Ticketing DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS Kelly Mickelson ADMINISTRATION Maryke VanBeuzekom Michelle Moga Catherine Johnstone Key Sound Engineer Sean Glynn Senior Database Manager Vice President of Philanthropy Director of Facility Operations Diana J. Gervais Executive Assistant to Mr. Armstrong, Nichole Mines Christine Aguon Alda Shepherd Production Property Master Ms. Griffin & Mr. Berry Database Manager Circles Manager Facility Manager Tristan E. Hansen Khajha Rogers Sarah McKee Bednar Kelly Radke Creative Property Master ARTISTIC Customer Service Manager Corporate Giving Manager Office Manager/Volunteer Coordinator Katy Fogg Ian Eisendrath Christina Moon Chelsea Judd Assistant Property Master Alhadeff Family Director of New Works Customer Service Manager - Box Office Development Assistant STAGE DOOR/SECURITY STAFF Ariana Donofrio, Austin Smart, Patty & Music Supervisor Martha McKee Chelsea Kari Warren Bohner, Karen Hall, Erik Kovacs Albert Evans Assistant Customer Service Manager Development Intern Knauer, Dean LaRoque, Meg Plimpton Prop Builders/Artisans Artistic and Music Associate Isabel Dickey Desiree Saraspi C. Luke Mathis Kat Sherrell Assistant Customer Service Manager Donor Information Services Manager ATTORNEYS Head Builder Associate Music Supervisor Molly Suhr For The 5th Avenue Theatre: Brian Ainslie Dane Andersen Customer Service Associates Grants Manager Levin Plotkin & Menin Assistant Builder Music Coordinator Candis Anderson, Courtney Bennett, Jeanne Thompson Loren H. Plotkin and Susan Mindell Christopher Moad Sean Glynn Jenna Galdun, Megan Gurdine, Membership Manager John W. Hanley, Jr. Costume Shop Manager Producing Associate Kasey Harrison, Kelsey Kelmel, Sinclair Willman Sendroff & Baruch, LLP Deborah Engelbach Makaela Pollock Kat LeMaster, Becky Lewis, Sascha Development Intern Costume & Wardrobe Assistant New Works Associate Streckel, Jesse Summers, Pam Wagher, PRODUCTION Rigmor Vohra Andy Rowland Patrick Walrath, Rachel Zimmerman EDUCATION AND OUTREACH Julia L. Collins Cutter/Tailor New Works Intern Anya Rudnick Director of Production Gillian Paulson John Callahan Direct Sales/Telefundraising Director of Education and Outreach Mo Chapman Draper Music Apprentice Christa Bond Connie Corrick Production Logistics Coordinator Robin Montero, Ruthie Nicklaus Direct Sales/Telefunding Manager Community Programs Coordinator Erik Holden First Hands COMMUNICATIONS, Edwin Boyd Lauren Ruhl Technical Director Marlys McDonald MARKETING AND PATRON Assistant Manager Education Associate Lauren Smith Wardrobe Master SERVICES Burt Bervar, Darren Camp, Boyé Rachel Lee Associate Production Manager Randy Werdal Patrick Harrison Coker, Judy Henceroth, Henriette Education Intern Allyson Kolan Assistant Wardrobe Master Vice President of Marketing, Klauser, Jim Pennington, Gail Sage, Company Manager Jeanna Gomez Communications & Patron Services Mark Williams FINANCE Kelsey Thorgalsen Master Crafts Peggy Busteed Representatives Dean Frerker Casting Associate & Artistic Assistant Mary Jones Director of Customer Service Vice President of Finance Lisa Armstrong, Rachael Dorman Head Hair and Make-up Chris Marcacci Front of House Rory Krout Season Production Assistants Heather Sincic Associate Director of Marketing Jaime Welker Controller Polly Rinehart Assistant Hair and Make-up Front of House Manager Joanna McRho Production Intern Marketing and Public Relations Lauren Ruhl, Emma Ruhl, Robin Accountant Shannin Strom-Henry SERVICES Jennifer Flood Obourn, Sean Martin Grace Kang Costume and Wardrobe Director AAA Pest Control • ACCO • Senior Marketing Manager House Managers Accounts Payable Coordinator Laurel S. Horton Alphagraphics • Capital Grille • Steve West Bobby Manuva, Sean Martin, Ed Sean Stelfox Head Carpenter Dennis Warshall Art and Events • Marketing Manager Lammi, Emma Ruhl, Lauren Ruhl, Accounting Associate Gregory L. Davis Eden Pest Control • Evergreen Fire Niklaus Lopez Mike Chang, Sean Martin, Garth Ben Leifer Production Carpenter and Safety • Firstline Communications Group Sales Manager Ball, Mike Chang, Colin Chez, Human Resources Manager John Hudson • Ivar’s and Kidd Valley Restaurants Bridget Summers Frank Chinn, Alia Collin-Friedrichs, Head Flyman/Rigger • Mailhandlers • Mark Kitaoka and Public Relations Manager Dave Cusick, Stephanie Guerrero, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Dave McCawley Tracy Martin • Mayflower Park Heidi Staub Nancy Harris, Tony Mazzella, Sue Jim Cornelson Production Flyman Hotel • McCallum Print Group • PR & Communications Associate Moser, Robin Obourn, Liz Pyle, Scott Director of IT Sean Callahan McKinstry • Minuteman Press • Carmel Dunn Seramur, Meadow Swanson, Kalia Melisa Bumpus Head Electrician Pacific Furniture Installation • Pacific Senior Graphic Designer Towers-Thomas, Kelvin Jones Systems Administrator Stephen A. Graham Office Automation • Palomino • Jeff Carpenter Head Ushers Douglas Day Assistant Electrician Penske • Prime Electric • Promotion Graphic Designer Kathleen Bryant, Barbie Denend, Helpdesk Administrator Ross M. Brown, Arts • Rainier Building Services • Kevin Harris Karen Hall, Tony Mazzella Sal Ponce Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery • Graphic Designer Coat Check Key Electricians Servicemark LLC • Standard Parking • Mary Dellasega Craig Bradshaw Topper’s English Floral Design • Unico Patron Relations Programmer Properties • Union Square Garage • Karen Marta Katz Walter E. Nelson Co. • Washington Head Sound Engineer Graphics LLC • Whitman Global James Rudy Carpet Care • Zee Medical Service Assistant Sound Engineer

PATRON INFORMATION

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES COAT CHECK is located on north side of lobby. ADDRESS The 5th Avenue Theatre is located at In the event of an emergency, please wait for an 1308 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. ACCESSIBILITY Wheelchair seating is available. announcement for further instructions. Ushers will The Theatre Administrative Offices are located at The theater is equipped with the Sennheiser Listening be available for assistance. 1326 5th Avenue, Suite 735, Seattle, WA 98101. System for the hard of hearing; headsets are available EMERGENCY NUMBER The theater’s emergency at Coat Check for use, free of charge, with a valid BOX OFFICE 206-625-1900. number in Coat Check is: 206-625-1294. Leave your ID and subject to availability. Braille playbills are GROUP SALES Groups of 10 or more can save. account number or exact seat location with your available at no cost from Coat Check. Elevator access Call 888-625-1418 or email [email protected]. emergency contact in case they need to reach you. is available with usher assistance. ADMINISTRATION 206-625-1418. SMOKING POLICY Smoking is NOT allowed in The 5th Avenue offers American Sign Language any part of the theater or within 25 feet of entrance. interpreted, audio described, and open captioned FAX 206-292-9610. performances. For more information, call 206-625- FIREARMS POLICY No firearms of any kind are WEBSITE www.5thavenue.org 1900 (voice) or email [email protected]. allowed in any part of the theater. THEATER RENTAL For information regarding LOST & FOUND Call 206-625-1418 between FOOD & UNCAPPED DRINKS are not allowed booking, please contact Cathy Johnstone at 10 AM and 4 PM on weekdays. in the auditorium. 206-625-1418.

38 5TH AVENUE MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY Northwest Art Alliance presents Fall 2014 Art and Fine Craft Show

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