Theatre for Young Audiences 2015/16 SEASON • JULIANNE ARGYROS STAGE music by music and lyrics by ROBERT REALE WILLIE REALE based on the books by ARNOLD LOBEL Originally presented on Broadway by BOB BOYETT, ADRIANNE LOBEL, MICHAEL GARDNER, LAWRENCE HOROWITZ AND ROY FURMAN World Premiere at The Children’s Theatre Company Minneapolis, Minnesota Directed by NICK DEGRUCCIO Theatre for Young Audiences Julianne Argyros Stage • November 6 - 22, 2015 presents music by music and lyrics by ROBERT REALE WILLIE REALE based on the books by ARNOLD LOBEL Originally presented on Broadway by Be sureWelcome... to check out our website for the study guide to BOB BOYETT, ADRIANNE LOBEL, MICHAEL GARDNER, LAWRENCE HOROWITZ AND ROY FURMAN World Premiere at A Year with Frog and Toad, which features additional The Children’s Theatre Company Minneapolis, Minnesota information about the play, plus a variety of other educational resources. SET DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER SOUND DESIGNER scr.org FRED KINNEY SOOJIN LEE KARYN LAWRENCE MARK JOHNSON PRODUCTION MANAGER CASTING STAGE MANAGER JACKIE S. HILL JOANNE DENAUT, CSA JENNIFER ELLEN BUTLER Musical Direction by DEBORAH WICKS LA PUMA Directed by NICK DEGRUCCIO Corporate Honorary Producer The Theatre for Young Audiences program is made possible in part by a major grant from The Segerstrom Foundation. MARC MASTERSON PAULA TOMEI Artistic Director Managing Director (in order of appearance) DAVID EMMES & MARTIN BENSON The Cast Founding Artistic Directors JOHN GLORE BIL SCHROEDER LORI MONNIER Frog ................................................ ALEX MILLER Associate Artistic Director Marketing & Communications Director General Manager SUSAN C. REEDER JOSHUA MARCHESI Toad .............................................. LOUIS PARDO Development Director Production Manager Bird/Snail/Lizard/Father Frog/Mole ....... JUSTIN MICHAEL DUVAL These folks are helping Bird/Mouse/Squirrel/Young Frog/Mole ............ EMILY EIDEN run the show backstage Bird/Turtle/Squirrel/Mother Frog/Mole ....... ERIKA SCHINDELE Natalie Figaredo PRODUCTION ASSISTANT The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors' Equity Emma Avish, Cathy Hwang STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERNS Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Steven Williams LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR Sam Levey SOUND ENGINEER A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD- TYA is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). Vincent Quan ASSISTANT SOUND ENGINEER All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. Emily Kettler AUTOMATION OPERATOR 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 DRESSERS Phone: 212-541-4684 • Fax: 212-397-4684 • www.MTIshows.com Jessica Larsen, Christina Templeton Stephanie Draude HOUSE MANAGER Megan Knowles, Christina Templeton ADDITIONAL COSTUME SHOP STAFF Sarah Timm, J. Wendy Wallace Lauren Smith COSTUME SHOP INTERN For Your Information And these folks helped get it NO BABES IN ARMS ALLOWED. Everyone must have a ticket; no children under the age of four for Theatre for Young Audiences performances. ready for you To cause the least disruption, SCR patrons who have not entered the theatre when the performance begins will be asked to watch the monitors in the lobby until THESE FOLKS BUILT THE SCENERY THE FOLLOWING MADE THE COSTUMES an appropriate break in the performance. Latecomers, as well as those who leave the Jon Lagerquist, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Amy L. Hutto, COSTUME SHOP MANAGER theatre anytime during the performance, may be assisted to alternate seats by the House John Gaddis IV, ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Laurie Donati, FULL CHARGE COSTUMER Manager at an appropriate interval and may take their assigned seats at intermission. Amanda Horak, MASTER CARPENTER Catherine J. Esera, CUTTER/DRAPER SCR accepts no liability for inconvenience. Derek Epstein, Emily Kettler, Laura Caponera, WIG AND MAKEUP SUPERVISOR Special seating arrangements can be made for disabled patrons in advance by Aaron McGee, SCENIC CARPENTERS Bert Henert, WARDROBE SUPERVISOR calling South Coast Repertory’s Ticket Services Department at (714) 708-5555. Judy Allen, LEAD SCENIC ARTIST Gillian Woodson, WIG AND MAKEUP TECHNICIAN As a courtesy to all patrons, please turn off all electronic devices or switch them to Jennifer Stringfellow, Michael Turner, THIS GROUP DEALS WITH non-audible mode before the performance begins. SCENIC ARTISTS LIGHTS & SOUND The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this performance is strictly THESE PEOPLE CREATED THE PROPS Lois Bryan, MASTER ELECTRICIAN prohibited. Allie Gillaspie-Williams, Andrew Stephens, Steven Williams PROP MASTER/PROP SHOP MANAGER STAGE ELECTRICIANS Byron Bacon, Ian Burch, SOUND AND VIDEO SUPERVISOR ASSISTANT PROPERTY SHOP MANAGER/BUYER Jesus Rivera, Sam Levey, SOUND ENGINEERS Jeffery G. Rockey, PROPERTIES ARTISAN KIDS. HOME. LIFE. | DECEMBER 2012 | OCRFAMILY.COM David Saewert, PROPERTIES CARPENTER Media Partner 4 5 ach of the songs in A Year with Frog and Toad corresponds directly to a story from one of these Frog and Toad books. The stories are strung together to fill Songs E the year that passes during the show. ACT I “Spring” “Getta Loada Toad” 1. Opening – A Year With Frog and Toad ...... BIRDS, FROG, TOAD “The Letter” 2. Spring ........................................................ FROG, TOAD, BIRDS 3. Seeds ................................................................................. TOAD 4. The Letter #1 .................................................................... SNAIL "Gardening is Hard Work" 5. Gardening is Hard Work ..................................................MUSICAL “Cookies” 6. Getta Loada Toad ....... TOAD, FROG, TURTLE, MOUSE, LIZARD 7. Alone ................................................................................. FROG 8. The Letter #2 .................................................................... SNAIL 9. Cookies ..................................................... FROG, TOAD, BIRDS “The Kite” “Shivers” ACT II “Alone” 10. The Kite .................................................... BIRDS, FROG, TOAD 11. Leaves ............................................................................... BIRDS 12. He’ll Never Know ................................................. FROG, TOAD 13. Shivers ............ FROG, TOAD, YOUNG FROG, MOTHER FROG, ....................................FATHER FROG, LARGE & TERRIBLE FROG “Down the Hill” “Merry Almost 14. The Letter #3 .................................................................... SNAIL Christmas” 15. Down the Hill .......................................... FROG, TOAD, MOLES 16. The Letter #4 ................................................................... SNAIL 17. I’m Coming Out of My Shell ............................................. SNAIL 18. Toad to the Rescue .............................................. TOAD, MOLES 19. Merry Almost Christmas .......................... FROG, TOAD, MOLES 20. Finale: A Year With Frog and Toad ........... BIRDS, FROG, TOAD 6 7 Plant your own kinder o people in the United States, “kindergarten” means garden a class for five-year-olds, but actually it’s a compound Here are the Top 10 Crops for Kids that are German word meaning literally “children’s garden.” quick and easy to grow. 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You also might recognize my voice in cartoons like Who’s Who Children Make Terrible Pets, Clarence, TripTank and an upcoming top secret series—or in the planetarium shows at Griffith Observatory. Please enjoy our story today! in the Cast ALEX MILLER JUSTIN MICHAEL DUVAL (Frog) (Bird/Snail/Lizard/Father Frog/Mole) I am thrilled to be returning to South Coast Repertory I’m super-excited to be back at SCR, where you may and my shell after a half-dozen years away. Six years have seen me as the Emperor in The Emperor's New ago, I played Snail right here! You also may have seen Clothes, the Prince in The Prince and the Pauper me as one of the not-so-nice guys in The Brand New and Pør Quinly in The Adventures of Pør Quinly. Kid; I played Peter and also the crazy dog, Doodle the Originally from cold Chicago, I grew up performing Poodle. I have been acting, singing and dancing from a in fun shows like Oliver, Pippin and Mame. I've also young age. When there was no stage, a kitchen table, been on cool TV shows with my identical