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THE LIGHTNING THIEF Book by Music, Lyrics, and Orchestrations Joe Tracz by Rob Rokicki CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE ONSTAGE Jeremy Daniel Jeremy Today’s performance is sponsored by Eileen Leibowitz Originally Directed by Stephen Brackett COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL The Community Advisory Council is dedicated to strengthening the relationship between the Center for the Performing Arts and the community. Council members participate in a range of activities in support of this objective. Nancy VanLandingham, chair Bonnie Marshall Lam Hood, vice chair Pieter Ouwehand Melinda Stearns Judy Albrecht Lillian Upcraft William Asbury Pat Williams Lynn Sidehamer Brown Nina Woskob Philip Burlingame Deb Latta student representatives Eileen Leibowitz Brittany Banik Ellie Lewis Stephanie Corcino Christine Lichtig Jesse Scott Mary Ellen Litzinger CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE and THEATREWORKS USA Barbara Pasternack Ken Arthur Artistic Director Producing Director present THE LIGHTNING THIEF Book by Music, Lyrics, and Orchestrations Joe Tracz by Rob Rokicki Adapted from the Book by Rick Riordan Scenic Design by Costume Design by Lee Savage Sydney Maresca Music Director Stage Manager Rob Rokicki Joshua Quinn Originally Directed by Originally Choreographed by Fight Direction by Stephen Brackett Sam Pinkleton Turner Smith Choreographer Chloe Treat Director Nick Saldivar CAST (alphabetical by role) Annabeth ................................................................................... Rebecca Duckworth Mr. Brunner and Others ...................................................................... Dean Linnard Grover ....................................................................................................... Jon Friestedt Luke and Others ..................................................................................... Max Demers Percy Jackson .............................................................................................. Luke Minx Sally and Others ...................................................................................... Allison Hunt 2 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 2015 Eisenhower Auditorium sponsor Eileen Leibowitz support provided by McQuaide Blasko Endowment media sponsor MAJIC 99 The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. MUSICAL NUMBERS “The Day I Got Expelled” ............................................................................. Company “Strong” ........................................................................................................................ Sally “The Weirdest Dream” ......................................................................... Percy Jackson “Their Sign” ................................................................... Chiron, Luke, Percy Jackson “Put You in Your Place” ......................................... Clarisse, Annabeth, Ensemble “The Oracle” .............................................................................. The Oracle, Ensemble “Killer Quest” .......................................... Percy Jackson, Grover, Luke, Annabeth “The Tree on the Hill” ..................................................................... Grover, Ensemble “In the Same Boat” ........................... Percy Jackson, Annabeth, Grover, Chiron “Put You in Your Place (Reprise)” .. Ares, Percy Jackson, Annabeth, Grover “The Last Day of Summer (Part 1)” ........................................................... Company “Good Weird” .................................................................... Percy Jackson, Annabeth “The Last Day of Summer (Part 2)” .......................................................... Company “The Day I Got Expelled (Finale)” ............................................................. Company The taking of pictures and/or making of visual or sound recording is expressly forbidden. Please check the houseboard for program changes. This program from Theatreworks USA is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The actors and stage manager employed in The Director/Choreographer is a this production are members of Actors’ Equity member of the STAGE DIRECTORS Association, the union of professional actors AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, and stage managers in the United States. a national theatrical labor union. WHO’S WHO (alphabetical by role) REBECCA DUCKWORTH DEAN LINNARD (Mr. Brunner (Annabeth) has spent time recently and Others) is truly tickled to be with the cool people at Childsplay working with Theatreworks USA and Phoenix Theatre. Past favorites: on The Lightning Thief. NY credits Wrinkle in Time (Meg), If You Give a include Sleep No More, Hamlet: A Mouse a Cookie (Mouse), Cat in the One Man Show, and the Guggen- Hat (Thing 2), Alice in Wonderland heim Museum’s Time Temple. (Alice), Last Five Years (Cathy). Regional: The Shakespeare Thanks JVD for the coat! Joshua 1:9. Theatre of New Jersey, Vermont Shakespeare Company, Portland Shook Up; and Rumors. “I would Playhouse, and the New Orleans like to thank my family for always Fringe Festival. BFA NYU Tisch. supporting me and Theatreworks USA for this amazing opportu- JON FRIESTEDT (Grover) is nity!” psyched to be back with The- atreworks USA on his first tour! JOE TRACZ (Book) is a play- Graduate of NYU Steinhardt, wright and a screenwriter whose Music Theatre. Credits include The work has been developed with Lightning Thief (Grover/Brunner Manhattan Theatre Club, Round- understudy), See What I Wanna about, and Second Stage, and See (Thief/Reporter), Sweet Smell published in Best American Short of Success (Otis), City of Angels Plays. Film/TV credits include (Mandril), Reefer Madness (Lec- Epic (20th Century Fox) and turer). Love to friends and family! Lights Out (FX). His musical Be More Chill (with composer Joe MAX DEMERS (Luke and Others) Iconis) will premiere at Two River Most recently, Demers could be Theatre in 2015. He is also devel- found performing in Portland, oping an original musical with Oregon, as George Bailey in Craig Carnelia. Tracz is a former Stumptown Stages’ production Playwrights Realm writing fellow of It’s a Wonderful Life. Other and an Ars Nova Play Group alum. favorite roles include Big River He has a BA from Kalamazoo (Huck) and You’re A Good Man, College and an MFA from NYU’s Charlie Brown (Schroeder). Tisch School of the Arts. Thanks to the Theatreworks USA team, a loving family, and his ROB ROKICKI (Music/Lyrics/ beautiful fiancé Darcy. Orchestrations/Music Director) www.maxdemers.com is a songwriter, performer, and music director in New York City. LUKE MINX (Percy Jackson) is ex- He is a member of the Drama- tremely excited to be on his first tists Guild, Actors’ Equity, and an national tour, especially in a show alum of the Tony Award-winning as fun as The Lightning Thief! Re- BMI workshop. Rokicki is the co- cently, he was seen on American author (with Michael Ruby) of two Idol season eleven, as a finalist, award-winning musicals: Love, NY and has recorded three albums and Strange Tails and is hard at since! He is a proud graduate of work on others, including Rela- Point Park University’s Conserva- tivity and the multimedia Mon- tory of the Arts. Sending love to stersongs. Other credits include my family, friends, and fans! Martha & Me (NY Fringe), Sam- son’s Fire (The Cell), Ginger- ALLISON HUNT (Sally and Oth- bread House (NYFA). Rokicki has ers) is originally from Indianapolis, performed in national tours, at Indiana. Hunt just graduated from Carnegie Hall, and is a frequent Western Michigan University with performer with Joe Iconis and a BFA in Musical Theatre Perfor- Family. Music Directing: Departure mance. Favorite regional credits: Lounge (Public); ReWrite (Good- I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now speed); Hairspray (Engeman). He Change; Young Frankenstein; All recently released his first stu- dio album, featuring wonderful stunt techniques, weapon styles, Broadway friends, available on and martial arts. He has provided iTunes. Camp Half-Blood! fight choreography for dozens www.robertrokicki.com of theatrical productions in New York City on and off Broadway. He NICK SALDIVAR (Director) has teaches frequently at workshops been recognized by the Ken- and master classes throughout nedy Center’s American College the New York City area and re- Theatre Festival, where he was mains a frequent assistant teacher awarded a SDC Student Directing at Combat, Inc., and Fights 4, the Fellowship. He has worked for the two most respected stage com- Hangar Theatre, National Alliance bat training programs in New York for Musical Theatre Festival, RWS City. & Associates, Holland America Lines, Orlando International JOSHUA QUINN (Stage Manager) Fringe Festival, Orlando Shake- is excited to join this amazing speare Theater, and Theatreworks team to bring you The Lightning USA. Most recently, he was the Thief! You can usually find him recipient of a SDCF Observership stage managing in New York City, on Randy Newman’s Faust: The hanging out at the Empire State Concert directed by Thomas Kail. Building, or watching Broadway He has also served as the literary shows! Proud member of Actors’ associate for the Hangar Theatre Equity and a graduate of Univer- and is a proud SDC associate. sity at Albany. www.Nick-Saldivar.com
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