The 25 Th Annual Putnam County Spelling
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FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2016-2017 SEASON HISTORIC ARCADE THEATRE • FORT MYERS RIVER DISTRICT ROBERT CACIOPPO, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PRESENTS 98 SPONSORED BY SAM GALLOWAY FORD MEDIA SPONSOR: FLORIDA WEEKLY STARRING ensemble member BRENDAN POWERS* and ANNE CHAMBERLAIN* • DEON’TE GOODMAN • CASSANDRA HLONG • LAURA HODOS* KATRINA MICHAELS • T.J. WAGNER* • BRUCE WARREN* • EVAN ZIMMERMAN* DIRECTED BY JASON PARRISH, ensemble member MUSICAL DIRECTOR VICTORIA CASELLA CHOREOGRAPHER JENNIFER BYRNE SET DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER MIKE WINKELMAN*** DINA PEREZ*** TYLER M. PERRY*** SOUND DESIGNER SOUND ENGINEER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER JOHN KISELICA JOSH SCHACHT AMY L. MASSRI* ensemble member ASST. COSTUME DESIGNER ASST. SOUND DESIGNER ASST. STAGE MANAGER KIM GRIFFIN RHIAN FRANCHEBOIS RACHAEL BECHTEL THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com 2016-17 GRAND SEASON SPONSORS The Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation • Naomi Bloom & Ron Wallace • Dinah Bloomhall • Alexandra Bremner Bruce & Janet Bunch • Gholi & Georgia Darehshori • Mary & Hugh Denison • Ellie Fox • David Fritz/Cruise Everything Dr. & Mrs. Mark & Lynne Gorovoy • John Madden • Sue & Jack Rogers • Arthur Zupko This entire season sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Repertory Theatre is a fully professional non-profit LOA/LORT Theatre company on contract with the Actors’ Equity Association that proudly employs members of the national theatrical labor unions. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. ***Member of United Scenic Artists. CAST (in order of appearance) Rona Lisa Perretti...................................................................................................LAURA HODOS*† Chip Tolentino.................................................................................................EVAN ZIMMERMAN*† Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere.............................................................KATRINA MICHAELS*† Leaf Coneybear...........................................................................................................T.J. WAGNER*† William Barfée.....................................................................................................BRUCE WARREN*† Marcy Park.....................................................................................................CASSANDRA HLONG*† Olive Ostrovsky..........................................................................................ANNE CHAMBERLAIN*† Vice Principal Douglas Panch.........................................................................BRENDAN POWERS*† Mitch Mahoney..............................................................................................DEON’TE GOODMAN*† MUSICIANS Keyboard.........................................................................................................VICTORIA CASELLA*† 2nd Keyboard................................................................................................ROSALIND METCALF*† Reeds................................................................................................................MATTHEW PODELL*† Percussion...........................................................................................................HUNTER BROWN*† † * TIME & PLACE A high school gymnasium. The present. THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE will be performed with one 15-minute intermission. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. SONG LIST ACT ONE The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee....................................................................The Company The Rules...............................................................................................................................Panch and Spellers My Favorite Moment of the Bee.........................................................................................................Rona My Friend, The Dictionary..........................................................................................................Olive and Company Pandemonium........................................................................................................Panch, Chip, Mitch, and Spellers I’m Not That Smart..........................................................................................................................................Leaf Magic Foot........................................................................................................................Barfée and Company Pandemonium (Reprise).....................................................................................................Mitch, Chip, and Company My Favorite Moment of the Bee (Reprise).....................................................................................................Rona Prayer of the Comfort Counselor..................................................................................Mitch and Company ACT TWO Chip’s Lament.................................................................................................................................................Chip Woe is Me............................................................................................................Logainne, Carl, Dan, and Company Spelling Montage.................................................................................................................Panch and Spellers I’m Not That Smart (Reprise)...............................................................................................................................Leaf I Speak Six Languages..........................................................................................................Marcy and Company The I Love You Song.............................................................................................................Olive and Olive’s Parents Woe is Me (Reprise)....................................................................................................Logainne, Mitch, and Company My Favorite Moment of the Bee (Reprise)...........................................................................................................Rona Second....................................................................................................................Barfée, Olive, Rona, and Company Finale..................................................................................................................................................Company †Member of Florida Repertory Theatre’s Ensemble of Theatre Artists. See page 23 for the entire ensemble. The Actors & Stage Manager ** *** * employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. CREATIVE TEAM ANNE CHAMBERLAIN* exhilarating spelling bee train. Dedicated to Chevy (Olive Ostrovsky) is so excited Martinez, the real Marcy Park; to Anthony Obnial, to get to work with Florida for your one-of-a-kind-direction and jesus-reading Rep for the first time and that landed me the job. @cass9823 proudly Chinese on this beautiful show! and Montagnard. Spread love, live gratitude, play Recent credits include: too much. Carrie in Carrie: the Musical (Slow Burn Theatre), LAURA HODOS* (Rona Athena in Rock Odyssey Lisa Peretti) is thrilled to (Adrienne Arsht Center), Olive in The 25th Annual be appearing at Florida Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broward Center for Repertory Theatre! She’s the the Performing Arts), Kathleen in Ragtime (Actors 2016 Silver Palm award- Playhouse), Josephine/Monica in Romance/Romance winner for her work in (Strauss Theatre), Natalie in Next to Normal (Slow The Toxic Avenger (Actors’ Burn Theatre), and Cinderella in Into the Woods. Playhouse), Romance/ (Strauss Theatre). Anne is originally from Miami Romance (Slow Burn and happy to come home to Florida during some of Theatre Company), The Will Rogers Follies (Maltz the coldest winter months in New York. She holds Jupiter Theatre), A Minister’s Wife (GableStage), and a BFA from the New World School of the Arts. 1776 (Palm Beach Dramaworks). Laura is also the Much thanks to Jason and Bob for this wonderful winner of the Miami New Times Critic’s Choice for opportunity and also to my incredibly loving and Best Supporting Actress of 2016, a BroadwayWorld supportive parents. Jer. 29:11 Best Actress in a Musical award for her protrayal of www.annechamberlain.com John Adams in Mad Cow Theatre’s all-female 1776, and a six-time Carbonell Award nominee. Laura DEON’TE GOODMAN (Mitch has written and performed nine solo cabarets, the Mahoney) has spent the past latest of which, JULIE AND MARY AND ETHEL year working professionally AND BABS, performed to sold out houses in Maine, both in California and New North Carolina, and Florida. She’s been a soloist York City and is excited to with the Orlando Philharmonic, the Jacksonville begin his work with Florida Symphony, the Sarasota Orchestra, and the Klezmer Repertory Theatre. His most Company Jazz Orchestra, and she is delighted to have recent accomplishments shared the stage with Tituss Burgess, Laura Osnes, include his work with Jeremy Jordan, Faith Prince, Davis Gaines, Maureen Stephen Schwartz in a workshop of The Prince of McGovern, Shelley Burch,