ORIN WOLF STYLESFOUR PRODUCTIONS EVAMERE ENTERTAINMENT ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY DAVID F. SCHWARTZ BARBARA BROCCOLI FREDERICK ZOLLO GROVE•REG LASSEN BLUME THOMAS STEVEN PERAKOS MARC PLATT THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION THE BARUCH/ROUTH/FRANKEL/VIERTEL GROUP ROBERT COLE DEROY-CARR-KLAUSNER FEDERMAN-MOELLENBERG FILMNATION ENTERTAINMENT ROY FURMAN FVSL THEATRICALS HENDEL-KARMAZIN HORIPRO INC. IPN JAM THEATRICALS THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION DAVID MIRVISH JAMES L. NEDERLANDER AL NOCCIOLINO ONCE UPON A TIME PRODUCTIONS SUSAN ROSE PAUL SHIVERICK present

Music and Lyrics by Book by DAVID YAZBEK ITAMAR MOSES Based on the screenplay by ERAN KOLIRIN with CHILINA KENNEDY SASSON GABAY

POMME KOCH JOE JOSEPH MIKE CEFALO ADAM GABAY RONNIE MALLEY DAVID STUDWELL JENNIFER APPLE DANNY BURGOS MARC GINSBURG KENDAL HARTSE SARA KAPNER LOREN LESTER JAMES RANA NICK SACKS OR SCHRAIBER HANNAH SHANKMAN BLIGH VOTH

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design SCOTT PASK SARAH LAUX TYLER MICOLEAU KAI HARADA

Projection Design Hair & Wig Design Casting Dialect Coach MAYA CIARROCCHI CHARLES G. LaPOINTE TARA RUBIN CASTING ZOHAR TIROSH-POLK PETER VAN DAM, CSA RONNIE MALLEY

Associate Directors Associate Choreographer SETH SIKES & ZI ALIKHAN JESSE KOVARSKY

Orchestrations Music Coordinator Additional Arrangements Music Director JAMSHIED SHARIFI DEAN SHARENOW ANDREA GRODY RICK BERTONE

Tour Booking Marketing & Publicity Direction General Management Production Management THE ROAD COMPANY BOND THEATRICAL GROUP GENTRY & ASSOCIATES NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS STEVE VARON WALKER WHITE

Production Stage Manager Executive Producers Company Manager JOHN M. ATHERLAY ALLAN WILLIAMS CHRIS DANNER SETH WENIG

Music Supervisors ANDREA GRODY & DEAN SHARENOW Choreography by PATRICK McCOLLUM

Directed by DAVID CROMER

World Premiere presented by Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2016.

Original Broadway Cast Recording on Ghostlight Records. peace center 7 cast

CHILINA SASSON KENNEDY GABAY

POMME JOE MIKE ADAM RONNIE DAVID KOCH JOSEPH CEFALO GABAY MALLEY STUDWELL

JENNIFER DANNY MARC KENDAL SARA LOREN APPLE BURGOS GINSBURG HARTSE KAPNER LESTER

JAMES NICK OR HANNAH BLIGH RANA SACKS SCHRAIBER SHANKMAN VOTH

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Dina...... CHILINA KENNEDY Tewfiq...... SASSON GABAY Itzik...... POMME KOCH Haled...... JOE JOSEPH Telephone Guy...... MIKE CEFALO Papi...... ADAM GABAY Camal...... RONNIE MALLEY Avrum...... DAVID STUDWELL Anna...... JENNIFER APPLE Sammy...... MARC GINSBURG Iris...... KENDAL HARTSE Julia...... SARA KAPNER Simon...... JAMES RANA Zelger...... OR SCHRAIBER The Band...... TONY BIRD, GEORGE CROTTY, EVAN FRANCIS, ROGER KASHOU, RONNIE MALLEY

Sasson Gabay and Adam Gabay are appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association.

STANDBYS Standbys never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance. DANNY BURGOS, LOREN LESTER, NICK SACKS, HANNAH SHANKMAN, BLIGH VOTH

Dance Captain: HANNAH SHANKMAN Assistant Dance Captain: DANNY BURGOS

THE BAND Conductor/Keyboard—RICK BERTONE Associate Conductor/Keyboard—ADRIAN RIES Violin—TONY BIRD; Cello—GEORGE CROTTY; Clarinet/Saxophone/Flute—EVAN FRANCIS; Darbouka/Riq—ROGER KASHOU; Oud/Guitar—RONNIE MALLEY; Electric & Acoustic Bass—MARK VAN ZIEGLER; Drums/Arabic Percussion—SHAI WETZER; Musician Swing— ALEX FARHA. Music Coordinator: Dean Sharenow Music Preparation: Peter Foley Electronic Music Design by Billy Jay Stein and Hiro Iida for Strange Cranium, Inc.

SETTING: Israel, 1996. An airport bus station, the town of Bet Hatikva, the city of Petah Tikva.

THE BAND’S VISIT WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.

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Overture...... The Band “Waiting”...... The Residents of Bet Hatikva “Welcome to Nowhere”...... Dina, Itzik, Papi “It Is What It Is”...... Dina “The Beat of Your Heart”...... Avrum, Itzik, Simon, Camal “Soraya”...... The Band “Omar Sharif”...... Dina “Haj-Butrus”...... The Band “Papi Hears the Ocean”...... Papi “Haled’s Song About Love”...... Haled, Papi “Something Different”...... Tewfiq, Dina “Itzik’s Lullaby”...... Itzik, Camal “Something Different” (reprise)...... Dina “Answer Me”...... Telephone Guy, Ensemble The Concert...... The Band THE BAND’S VISIT Tour Cast, Photo by Matthew Murphy Tour VISIT THE BAND’S

10 peace center who’s who in the cast CHILINA KENNEDY (Dina). Over 1,000 DAVID STUDWELL (Avrum). Off- Broadway: performances as Carole King in Broadway’s Beautiful. Encores! Applause!. Select Regional: Chicago Shakespeare; Mary in Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway), Phoebe in Mary Stuart (Burleigh), Ensemble Theatre Company; A Gentleman’s Guide To Love And Murder (Hartford/ Sweeney Todd (Sweeney), PCPA Theatrefest; Man of La San Diego) and Sophie in the 1st U.S. National Tour Mancha (Quixote), Portland Center Stage; Fiddler on the of Mamma Mia!. Artistic Producer of Toronto’s Eclipse Roof (Tevye). Fulbright Specialist to Pakistan—2015. Theatre Company. www.chilinakennedy.com MFA, Purdue; BFA, SUNY Fredonia. Love to Kathleen, Nat, Nate, and all my well loved relations. SASSON GABAY (Tewfiq). An Israeli actor coming www.davidstudwell.com full circle portraying Tewfiq on stage after starring in the film version ofThe Band’s Visit, which won him many JENNIFER APPLE (Anna). Thrilled to share this near awards, including the Best European Actor Award. He & dear story! Select Regional: Chautauqua Theater has been involved in theatre, film and television for Company, ACT, Goodspeed, Pennsylvania Shakespeare more than 40 years. Member of the Beit Lessin Theatre Festival. TV: “New Amsterdam.” MFA: The American in Tel Aviv for 20 years. In memory of our friend Conservatory Theater. Grateful for this incredible Ronit Elkabetz. team & Peter/Tara Rubin. The most love to Mom, Dad, 3 Wacko Apples, & Geoff. JenniferApple.net POMME KOCH (Itzik). Broadway: The Band’s Visit. @JenniferApple_ Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, Lincoln Center Educational. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, A.C.T. San DANNY BURGOS (Standby) is excited to be joining Francisco, O’Neill Theater Center, Theatre Calgary, this beautiful production. Previous credits: Broadway/1st Marin Theatre Company, Theater J, Shakespeare National: On Your Feet! (Emilio Standby). Regional: Theatre Company D.C., Folger Theater, Baltimore Bhangin’ It (La Jolla), In The Heights (ZACH, Lyric Symphony Orchestra, Round House Theatre, Studio OKC, Fulton). For my family y pa Hialeah! Gratitude Theatre, San Francisco Playhouse. TV: “Blue Bloods,” to the entire creative team, HCKR and to Mr. Q! “House of Cards.” BFA The University of Michigan. www.dannyburgos.com Pomme is thrilled to be on tour with Bligh Voth and their MARC GINSBURG (Sammy) is honored to be a part dog, Karen, who is not thrilled. www.pommekoch.com of this important piece of theatre! Credits include: JOE JOSEPH (Haled). Broadway: The Band’s Visit. Ragtime (Tateh), Shrek (Farquaad), Beauty and the Off-Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along, Loveless Texas, Beast (Lumiere), First Date (Aaron), Evita (Che), Baghdaddy, Genet Porno. Ads for Disaronno, Newport. Spamalot (Lancelot), The Producers (Leo Bloom), Proud graduate of the University of Detroit Jesuit and and First National Tour of Cameron Mackintosh’s the University of Michigan. For Andrea, ummi, I sing Oliver! (Fagin). Love to Liza, Phoenix, and Egon! for you. @gojoejoseph www.marcandliza.com FB: marcginsburgspage IG: @marc_ginsburg TW: @m_ginsburg MIKE CEFALO (Telephone Guy). National Tour debut! Honored to be bringing this incredibly special KENDAL HARTSE (Iris). Broadway/National Tour: show across the country. Select Regional: Newsies Summer, Cinderella, On a Clear Day..., Cabaret. Select (Engeman Theatre), Next To Normal (Wagon Wheel), Regional/NYC: Once (Reza), Hedwig...(Yitzhak), Singin’ in the Rain (Park Playhouse), Bring It On (Beck Pericles (Thaisa). BFA Boston Conservatory, student of Center), The Addams Family (Forestburgh Playhouse), Michael Howard. Many thanks to Peter Van Dam and and Pump Boys and Dinettes (The American Theatre). Tara Rubin, love to Austin, for Grammie. @kendalhartse Proud graduate of Baldwin Wallace University. Eternal SARA KAPNER (Julia). Broadway: Hollywood Arms. gratitude to Mom, Dad, Tia, Danny, and the entire Off-Broadway: bare. Favorite Regional: Recent revival of Cefalo/DiStazio extravaganza. @mikecef Rags (Goodspeed), The Who’s Tommy (Denver Center), ADAM GABAY (Papi ). National Tour Debut! TV: The Addams Family (MUNY-Critics Circle Award) & “Our Boys” (HBO/Avishai), “She’s Got It,” “Polishuk,” Into the Woods (MUNY). Film: The Murder Pact and “Viki and I.” Film: Longing (Adam), Hunting Elephants. Twisted Sisters (Lifetime), A Little Help. For RJ and Studied theatre at Arison Campus of the Arts and Alef Pita. @sarakapner High School of the Arts in Tel Aviv. To my supportive LOREN LESTER (Standby). National Tour debut. brother, Uri. @Adammgabay TV: 200+ episodes including “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” RONNIE MALLEY (Camal ). Multi-instrumentalist “Hung” (recurring) and Robin/Nightwing on musician, actor, playwright, producer, and educator. “Batman: The Animated Series.” Film (favorites): Wes Recent credits: Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare), Craven’s Red Eye, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. Regional: Great Expectations (Silk Road Rising/Remy Bumppo), Pasadena Playhouse, NCRT, LA Philharmonic. The Who and The What (Victory Gardens), www.lorenlester.com The Jungle Book (Goodman), The White Snake (OSF), The Arabian Nights (Regional Tour). Original Plays: American Griot and Ziryab, The Songbird of Andalusia. www.ronniemalley.com

peace center 11 who’s who in the cast JAMES RANA (Simon). Broadway: The Band’s Visit ERAN KOLIRIN (Original Screenplay). Born in 1973, (OBC). Off-Broadway: The Government Inspector, his feature film debut, The Band’s Visit, won him Serendib, Shogun Macbeth, Mother Courage, Macbeth, worldwide critical acclaim. His second feature film, Tartuffe. International: Love’s Labour’s Lost (Royal The Exchange, premiered at the Official Competition at Shakespeare Company), Macbeth (Bonn Biennale). the Venice Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI prize Regional: Shakespeare Theatre Co., Luna Stage, East at the San Francisco Film Festival. His third film,Beyond Lynne Theater. Film/Television: “Madam Secretary,” the Mountains and Hills, premiered at Cannes 2016 to “Chicago Fire,” “Law & Order: SVU,” A Girl Like You critical acclaim worldwide. with A Boy Like Me. MFA–Trinity Rep Conservatory. DAVID CROMER (Director). New York: The Band’s NICK SACKS (Standby). Stoked to be on tour! Visit, The Treasurer, The Effect, Nikolai and The Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen. Select Regional: A Walk Others, Really Really, Tribes, The House of Blue Leaves, on the Moon (A.C.T), Next To Normal (TheaterWorks When the Rain Stops Falling, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Hartford). Developmental: Saved by the Bell, Irena, Our Town, Adding Machine, Orson’s Shadow. Chicago: The Bad Years. TV/film: Amazon’s “Z: The Beginning Next to Normal, A Streetcar Named Desire, Picnic, of Everything.” Training: The National Institute of The Price, The Hot l Baltimore, Sweet Bird of Youth, Dramatic Arts, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama 16’. Come Back, Little Sheba, Angels in America, Cherrywood, Many thanks to David Lillard at Industry Entertainment The Cider House Rules. 2018 Tony Award, 2010 and to the most supportive family a guy could ask for, MacArthur Foundation Fellow. love you Mom and Dad. Go Jags. @nickkkks PATRICK McCOLLUM (Choreo­grapher). Credits OR SCHRAIBER (Zelger). In 2010 Or joined the include: The Band’s Visit (Broadway, National Tour, Batsheva Dance Company. In parallel to his time in Atlantic Theater Company); Angels in America the company, he served at the IDF for three years. In (Broadway 2018); The Tempest (L.A. Philharmonic); 2018, he starred in and co-choreographed Boaz Yakin’s Oh, Hello! (Broadway, Cherry Lane Theatre); film AVIVA. In 2019, he joined The Band’s Visit The Lightning Thief (National Tour, Lucille Lortel National Tour. Theater); Man From Nebraska (Second Stage); Blueprint Specials (Public Theater); Rain (Old Globe); Unknown HANNAH SHANKMAN (Standby). Broadway: Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival); You Are Wicked, Les Misérables, Side Show, Hair. West End: Here (Goodspeed Opera House); Savage Love (Public Hair. Tours: Rent, Les Misérables. Regional: La Jolla Theater); Wilderness (Abrons Arts Center); Permission Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, Williamstown Theatre (MCC). Upcoming projects include Fall Springs Festival, Syracuse Stage, Casa Manana. TV/Film: (Barrington); Unknown Soldier (Playwrights Horizons). The Last Five Years. For her family, Shane and Charlie. As associate choreographer for Broadway/Off-Broadway: @hannahbshank The Last Ship, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rocky, Murder BLIGH VOTH (Standby). Productions/Workshops Ballad (Manhattan Theater Club); Wicked as North include: Atlantic Theatre Company, Primary Stages, American Dance Supervisor. Kennedy Center, Ford’s, Signature Theatre, Studio ANDREA GRODY (Music Supervisor & Additional Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit, Lyric. Arrangements). Broadway: The Band’s Visit, Tootsie. Education: The Boston Conservatory. Love to Pomme. Off-B’way/Regional: The Band’s Visit (Atlantic); Assassins www.blighvoth.com (Yale Rep); Public Works’ As You Like It; The Fortress DAVID YAZBEK (Music & Lyrics). Broadway: The Full of Solitude, The Great Immensity, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Monty (Tony nom., Drama Desk Award), Dirty Rotten and Venice (Public Theater); Robin Hood as Composer/ Scoundrels (Tony nom.), Women on the Verge of a Nervous MD and Unknown Soldier (Williamstown). As writer/ Breakdown (Tony nom.). TV/film: “Late Night With composer: Strange Faces. BA Princeton University, MA David Letterman” (Emmy Award), “Boardwalk Empire” Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. (HBO), “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?” DEAN SHARENOW (Music Supervisor & Music theme. Five solo albums. Four Grammy Award noms. Coordinator). Grammy-winning record producer/ Tony, Grammy. Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel engineer. Broadway: Tootsie, The Cher Show, awards for The Band’s Visit. The Band’s Visit, Amélie, The Last Ship, Women on the ITAMAR MOSES (Book). Plays: Outrage, Bach at Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Off-Broadway: Girl Leipzig, Celebrity Row, The Four of Us, Yellowjackets, From the North Country, Twelfth Night, The Total Back Back Back, Completeness, The Whistleblower, the Bent, Fortress of Solitude (all Public Theater). Album evening of short plays Love/Stories (or But You Will Get producer/engineer: Tootsie, The Band’s Visit, The Great Used to It). Musicals: Nobody Loves You (with Gaby Alter) Comet, Women on the Verge…, Bloody Bloody Andrew and The Fortress of Solitude (with Michael Friedman). Jackson, Shaina Taub, David Sanborn, Stephen Lynch, Television: “Men of a Certain Age,” “Boardwalk David Yazbek. Empire,” “Outsiders,” “The Affair.” NYU MFA in Dramatic Writing.

12 peace center who’s who in the cast SCOTT PASK (Scenic Design) has designed over 50 JAMSHIED SHARIFI (Orchestrations) has composed Broadway productions, receiving three Tony Awards the scores for many studio and independent films; for his designs of The Book of Mormon, The Coast arranged music for Paula Cole, Ray Charles, Sting, of Utopia, and The Pillowman. Additional credits Dream Theater and others; and produced recordings include: The Band’s Visit (Tony nom.), Mean Girls for several world music luminaries. He is thrilled to be (Tony nom.) Waitress, Something Rotten!, Oh Hello!, a part of The Band’s Visit family. Pippin (Tony nom.), Nine, Pal Joey (Tony nom.), RICK BERTONE (Music Director) is thrilled to be Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Tony nom.), HAIR, Finding with The Band’s Visit! Broadway/First National Tour Neverland, Urinetown. Also, Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna, keyboard or conductor: Wicked, If/Then, Porgy and Bess, John Mulaney’s Emmy Award winning Kid Gorgeous Next To Normal, Spamalot, Avenue Q, Chicago, Mamma at Radio City for Netflix. Mia, Disney’s On The Record. Off-B’way: Avenue Q (MD SARAH LAUX (Costume Design). Broadway: The Band’s for 5 years), Jerry Springer the Opera. TV: “Rent Live.” Visit, Fully Committed, The Humans. Selected Off- Select regional: Jersey Boys (Muny), Evita (St. Louis Broadway/Regional: Superhero (2nd Stage), Downstairs Rep). NYU grad. (Primary Stages), Blue Ridge (Atlantic), This Ain’t No ZOHAR TIROSH-POLK (Israeli Dramaturg & Dialect Disco (Atlantic), Jerry Springer: The Opera (New Group: Coach). Translator and dialect coach of an upcoming Obie Award), On The Shore (Atlantic), Bad Dates Netflix show. Her plays:The Zionists, Six and Home/ (Huntington), The End of Longing (MCC), Bad Jews Front were presented at The New Group, Magic (George Street), Man From Nebraska (2nd Stage), Theatre and Lincoln Center Theater (directors lab) The Band’s Visit (Atlantic), Ultimate Beauty Bible among others. (Pg 73), The Effect (Barrow Street), The Humans (Roundabout), Thresh/Hold (Pilobolus Dance Theater), TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). Selected Broadway: Come Back, Little Sheba (Huntington), Women or Ain’t Too Proud, King Kong, Summer: The Donna Nothing (Atlantic), Really, Really (MCC). Feature Film: Summer Musical, The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Freakshow (Maven). Televison: “High Fidelity” (Hulu). Indecent, Bandstand, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, TYLER MICOLEAU (Lighting Design). Broadway: Disaster!, School of Rock, Les Misérables, The Heiress, Be More Chill, The Band’s Visit (2018 Tony award, The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, American Theatre Wing Hewes Award). Recent …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Off-Broadway: Dying City (Second Stage Theater), Boys. Off-Broadway: Gloria: A Life, Smokey Joe’s Café, Socrates (The Public Theater). Other notable Off- Jersey Boys, Here Lies Love, Love, Loss and What I Wore. Broadway: When the Rain Stops Falling (Lucille Lortel Selected Regional: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Yale Award), Blasted (ATW Hewes Award), Bug (Lucille Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Lortel and Obie Awards). 2010 Obie award for Asolo Rep. www.tararubincasting.com Sustained Excellence. FORESIGHT THEATRICAL (Management KAI HARADA (Sound Design). 2018 Tony Award, Consultant) is comprised of partners Allan Williams, Best Sound Design of a Musical for The Band’s Aaron Lustbader, and Mark Shacket who oversee Visit. Broadway: Head Over Heels, Amélie, Sunday and supervise The Phantom of the Opera, King Kong, in the Park with George, Allegiance, Gigi, Fun Home, The Prom and Sea Wall/A Life on Broadway, and the On the Town, First Date, Follies (Tony and Drama Desk worldwide management of Kinky Boots and Charlie and noms.) and Million Dollar Quartet. Other regional, the Chocolate Factory. international work. GENTRY & ASSOCIATES, INC. (General MAYA CIARROCCHI (Projections Design). Broadway: Management) has been managing domestic and The Band’s Visit (Barrymore). Off-Broadway/regional: international touring productions for more than 20 The Band’s Visit (Atlantic), The Effect (Barrow Street), years. Gentry & Associates has managed more than As I Remember It (Jacob’s Pillow, Baryshnikov Art 70 touring productions internationally. Current and Center), Sweet Bird of Youth (Goodman), Crowns upcoming productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s (Goodman, Jeff Award), Ghost Light (OSF), All My The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, A Bronx Sons (Huntington), Throne of Blood (OSF, BAM). Tale, Blue Man Group, Falsettos, Fiddler on the Roof, CHARLES G. LAPOINTE (Hair Design). Over 80 Once On This Island, Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob B’way shows including Hamilton, Beautiful, Anastasia, Musical, Waitress, Cameron Mackintosh’s Miss Saigon SpongeBob SquarePants, Amélie, Motown, Allegiance, and The Band’s Visit. On Your Feet!, A Gentleman’s Guide…, The Color SETH SIKES (Associate Director). Broadway/Off- Purple, Of Mice and Men, The Elephant Man, Newsies, Broadway associate credits include: The Band’s Visit, Memphis, In the Heights, Jersey Boys. TV: “The Wiz The Nance, Tribes, and Pageant. As a cabaret singer, Live!” (Emmy nom.), “Blue Bloods,” “American Crime,” he performs solo acts regularly at Feinstein’s/54 “Madoff,” “Hairspray.” Below and other venues.

peace center 13 who’s who in the cast ZI ALIKHAN (Associate Director). A South Asian- The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the American, culturally Muslim theatre director. Roof, Moulin Rouge!, Oklahoma!, The Color Purple, Broadway/Tour: Hamilton (Resident Director), Six The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway), and The Prom. Degrees of Separation (Associate), The Rose Tattoo THE ROAD COMPANY (Tour Booking). Founded in (Associate). Directing: Playmakers Rep, NYSAF, 1997 by Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota. In addition Juilliard, Yale. ALUM: NYU/Tisch. Faculty: Pace. Love to The Band’s Visit, current representation includes to Mom and Baba. www.zialikhan.com Wicked, Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill, Ain’t Too Proud, JESSE KOVARSKY (Associate Choreography). Broadway: Oklahoma!, The Prom, Beetlejuice, Fiddler on the Roof The Bands Visit, Fiddler on the Roof. Off Broadway: in Yiddish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sleep No More, Seeing You, Lost Mountain, The Death The SpongeBob Musical, Bandstand, The Illusionists, of Klinghoffer at The Metropolitan Opera. Film/TV: and more. Anna Karenina, The Muppets Most Wanted, “OITNB,” ALLAN WILLIAMS (Executive Producer). A partner in Paul McCartney’s music video “Who Cares.” Foresight Theatrical, who oversee and general manage JOHN M. ATHERLAY (Production Stage Manager). The Phantom of the Opera, King Kong, The Prom and Broadway: Fela!, Xanadu, original company of Beauty Sea Wall/A Life, American Utopia on Broadway, Kinky And The Beast, A Small Family Business, The Seagull Boots and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. with Tyne Daly and Jon Voight and Prelude To A Kiss. SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with National Tours: Cabaret, Blithe Spirit with Angela NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded Lansbury, Porgy And Bess, Anything Goes, Fela!, Young the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen Frankenstein, Fiddler On The Roof with Topol, Little and Ruthie Henshall. Seth has produced the Lincoln Shop of Horrors, The Producers, and Stardust with Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Betty Buckley. South Pacific and the National Theatre production of NIKKI LINT (Stage Manager). Broadway: School War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth of Rock (Sub SM), King Kong (Sub SM). National served as Executive Producer for both the U.S. and Tours: Mary Poppins (PA), Cabaret (ASM). Select U.K. tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, the Regional PSM: Billy Elliot, West Side Story (Ogunquit 25th Anniversary U.S. Tour of Les Misérables, the new Playhouse), 42nd Street, Memphis (Gateway Playhouse); The Phantom of the Opera tour, Miss Saigon and 9 to 5, Young Frankenstein, Saturday Night Fever A Bronx Tale. He is most proud of his greatest (OPH/GWP); Les Misérable, The Wiz, Annie, Red productions–Marlo and Camden. (Maltz Jupiter Theatre). ORIN WOLF (Producer). Lead producer of the SHELBY STARK (Assistant Stage Manager). Touring: The Band’s Visit and the president of NETworks Fiddler on the Roof, Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story Presentations. Additional Broadway producing credits Onstage, and Elf the Musical, National; Shrek the Musical, include Fiddler on the Roof (Tony nom.), Beautiful (Tony International. BA, The University of Texas at Austin. nom.), Orphans (Tony nom.), Once (Tony winner), Many thanks to Mason, Daddy, Shea, and caffeine for That Championship Season, A View From the Bridge their constant support. (Tony nom.). Initial recipient and current director of the T. Fellowship at Columbia created in conjunction CHRIS DANNER (Company Manager). Touring: with Hal Prince. For and with Shiri, Nomi and Ruben. Dear Evan Hansen, Disney’s The Lion King, Kinky Boots, Disney’s Newsies, Once, 50 Shades, The Addams STYLESFOUR PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Family, 9 to 5, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, My Fair Broadway: Beautiful (Tony nom.), Orphans (Tony Lady, Blue Man Group, The Light in the Piazza, Annie, nom.), Once (Tony), Driving Miss Daisy, The Pee-wee Oliver!, Cover Girls, Blue’s Clues Live!, and the Magic of Herman Show, Talk Radio (Tony nom.), Spring David Copperfield. Awakening (Tony). Numerous Off-Broadway, London & tour credits. Love to Bridget, Stephanie, John Henry, BOND THEATRICAL GROUP (Press & Marketing). Shelby & Sadie our Cavalier. A fully independent booking, marketing and publicity company for live entertainment productions. Current EVAMERE ENTERTAINMENT (Producer). Founded tour marketing and booking projects include Blue in 2007 by veteran theater and film producer John N. Man Group, CATS, Clueless, Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Hart Jr., Evamere has produced Once, A Bronx Tale, Musical, Djembe, Girl from the North Country, First Seminar, and The Glass Menagerie starring Cherry Jones. Date, Hundred Days, Jesus Christ Superstar, Latin Hart’s Broadway credits include Chicago, The Who’s History for Morons and Once on this Island. Additional Tommy, Guys and Dolls starring Nathan Lane, and H2$ booking clients include Spamilton and Tap Dogs. starring Matthew Broderick. John has also produced Additional marketing and publicity projects include over 20 films includingBoys Don’t Cry, You Can Count Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Diana On Me, and Revolutionary Road. Evamere is joined by (Broadway), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Austin Channell as Executive Assistant.

14 peace center who’s who in the cast ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY (Producer). Neil ROBERT COLE (Producer) has produced more Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing than 30 productions including the original Broadway Director. At Atlantic, our aim is singular—to empower productions of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Angels in simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater America and Once. Recipient of five Tony Awards. understanding of our shared world. We are a family of DEROY-CARR-KLAUSNER (Producer). Tony artists dedicated to exploring essential truths onstage, Award winners Jamie deRoy, Sharon Carr and Patricia be it a show at Atlantic Theater Company or a class Klausner are thrilled to be part of this timely production at Atlantic Acting School. Founded as an ensemble that underscores humanity, compassion and kindness. of impassioned artists in 1985, Atlantic Theater Company has grown into a powerhouse Off-Broadway FEDERMAN-MOELLENBERG (Producer). Wendy company, premiering 200+ works from new and Federman and Carl Moellenberg have won 18 Tonys. established writers. From our Tony Award and Pulitzer Proud to be part of this exquisite musical which Prize-winning productions to our community-based celebrates two cultures coming together. education programs, we are committed to uncovering ROY FURMAN (Producer). Tony Award-winning and celebrating the stories of our varied human existence. productions include: Dear Evan Hansen; Hello, Dolly!; DAVID F. SCHWARTZ (Producer). Proud to have The Book of Mormon; The Color Purple; The Humans; produced The Band’s Visit from inception with Orin War Horse; Curious Incident...; Spamalot and The History Wolf. Other Broadway: Once, Hands on a Hardbody. Boys. Current: Tootsie, King Kong, Pretty Woman, Theatre/film attorney at Gray Schwartz LLP. Mean Girls. BARBARA BROCCOLI (Producer). Producer of the FVSL THEATRICALS (Producer). Shira Friedman, James Bond film franchise. Her stage credits include Nathan Vernon, Benjamin Simpson & Joseph A Steady Rain (Broadway), Once (Broadway, West End), Longthorne. Previous credits: A Doll’s House, Part 2; Othello (New York Theatre Workshop), The Band’s Visit Hello, Dolly!; Oh, Hello; Waitress; Fun Home; Peter (Broadway) and Fleabag (Soho Playhouse NYC). and The Starcatcher. FREDERICK ZOLLO (Producer). HENDEL-KARMAZIN (Producer). Ruth Hendel: Ain’t Too Proud, Beetlejuice, Mean Girls, Fiddler GROVE•REG (Producer). Current and recent: (Yiddish), A Walk on the Moon. Sharon Karmazin is a The Band’s Visit, Company (London), Cats (Broadway Tony-winning producer. Current: Dear Evan Hansen and Tour), On Your Feet! (Broadway and Tour), Escape and Ain’t Too Proud. to Margaritaville, Angels in America. Upcoming: Diana. HORIPRO INC. (Producer). Founded by Takeo Hori LASSEN BLUME (Producer). Cody Lassen, and Brad in 1960. One of the leading Japanese entertainment Blume are thrilled to be co-producing The Band’s Visit. companies, representing musicians & actors, Learn about them and their upcoming projects at producing films & TV programs besides its successful www.LassenBlumeBaldwin.com. theatrical works. THOMAS STEVEN PERAKOS (Producer) has INDEPENDENT PRESENTERS NETWORK performed with Connecticut’s Repertory Theatre in (Producer). A consortium of 40 of the leading touring the ‘60s. His theatre passion has never wavered. Perakos Broadway presenters in cities throughout America. has produced more than 40 shows from London to Recent Broadway shows: Dear Evan Hansen; Hello, Broadway. Currently a producer on Ain’t Too Proud Dolly!; On Your Feet!; Waitress and Kinky Boots. on Broadway. JAM THEATRICALS (Producer). Under the direction MARC PLATT (Producer). Theatre: War Paint; Wicked; of co-founder Steve Traxler, presents Theater series in Oh, Hello; If/Then; Three Days of Rain. Films: Mary 26 cities, produces on Broadway and is the recipient of Poppins Returns, La La Land, Bridge of Spies, Into The 10 Tony Awards. Woods, Drive, Wanted, Legally Blonde. Television: “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” “Grease: Live!” THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Producer). Owned by 11-time Tony-winning producer John Gore. THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION (Producer). Under It includes Broadway Across America, Broadway.com the leadership of Philip J. Smith, Chairman, and Robert and The Broadway Channel. E. Wankel, President, the Shubert Organization owns and operates 17 B’way and six Off-B’way theatres, and JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer). President of has produced and co-produced hundreds of productions. Nederlander Organization. Tootsie, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, On Your Feet, The Humans, The Elephant Man, THE BARUCH/ROUTH/FRANKEL/VIERTEL Movin’ Out, the upcoming Tina among many others. GROUP (Producer). Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel and Tom Viertel have produced 85 AL NOCCIOLINO (Producer). President of NAC shows. They’ve won Tony Awards in all Best categories: Entertainment, a theatrical company specializing in Play, Musical, Play/Musical Revival. the presentation of touring Broadway shows. He has been presenting and producing Broadway shows for over 35 years.

peace center 15 IRIS SMITH (Producer). CEO of Once Upon a Time Associate Lighting Designer...... Kirk Fitzgerald Productions. B’way: On Your Feet!, Dangerous Liasions. Assistant Lighting Designer...... Joel Britt Film: People You May Know, Wakefield. Associate Sound Designers...... Josh Millican, J. Patrick Pummill SUSAN ROSE (Producer). Tony-winning and Emmy- Associate Projection Designer...... Stivo Arnoczy nominated producer. Member of the Academy of Associate Hair Designer...... Rachael Geier Television Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild Production Electricians...... Stephen Atwell, of America. Christopher Nimm Production Sound...... Reece Nunez Opening Night: June 27, 2019 Production Properties...... Eric Reynolds Moving Light Programmer...... Jay Penfield STAFF FOR THE BAND’S VISIT Video Programmer...... Ido Levran

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS TOURING CREW Allan Williams Head Carpenter...... Joseph Spratt Seth Wenig Flyman...... Jesse Van Swol Assistant Carpenter/Automation...... Lisa LePoidevin MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT Assistant Carpenter/Deck...... Kasey Walraven FORESIGHT THEATRICAL Head Electrician...... Joel Bulthuis Allan Williams Jalaina Ross Assistant Electricians...... Timothy Mack, Aaron Lustbader Mark Shacket Liam Lewis-Marlow Head Sound...... Colin Braeger GENERAL MANAGEMENT Assistant Sound...... Gavin Little GENTRY & ASSOCIATES Head Props...... Anna Katharine Mantz Gregory Vander Ploeg Wardrobe Supervisor...... Emily Staloch Steve Varon Assistant Wardrobe...... Lyndsi Sager Pearce Landry-Wegener Nicole Gehring Wig and Make-Up Supervisor...... Karmen Otto

PRODUCTION MANAGMENT Production Consultant...... Ashley-Rose Galligan NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Gaga Dance Instructor...... Or Schraiber Jason Juenker Arabic Dialect Coach...... Ronnie Malley Hector Guivas Evan Rooney Israeli Dramaturg & Dialect Coach...... Zohar Tirosh-Polk Walker White Emma Downey Production Assistants...... Brandon Allmon-Jackson, Kate M.Carolan, Eric Nolan Mattingly, MARKETING AND PUBLICITY DIRECTION Claire E. Murphy, Jacob Stuckelman BOND THEATRICAL GROUP Electronic Music Design...... Billy Jay Stein, Hiro Iida DJ Martin Temah Higgins Mollie Mann Physical Therapy...... NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc. Marc Viscardi Matthew Lerner Nicole Musto Advertising/Marketing Materials...... AKA Nicholas Jaech Trish McKeon Wendy Roberts Video Production...... HMS Media Tori Viggiano Tammie Ward Production Photographer...... Matthew Murphy Social Media...... Andy Drachenberg EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION Merchandising...... Matt Murphy Productions, LLC THE ROAD COMPANY Legal Services...... Rick Pappas, Esq. Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota Accounting...... NETworks Presentations LLC trc.nyc HR & Payroll Servces...... Human Resources inc Housing...... Road Concierge, an ALTOUR Company CASTING Travel Agency...... Janice Kessler, TARA RUBIN CASTING Carson Wagonlit Travel Tara Rubin, CSA Merri Sugarman, CSA Trucking...... Clark Transfer Kaitlin Shaw, CSA Laura Schutzel, CSA Clare Burke, CSA Peter Van Dam, CSA TAX AND FINANCIAL CONSULTING, Felicia Rudolph, CSA Xavier Rubiano, CSA ACCOUNTING SERVICES Louis DiPaolo, Kevin Metzger-Timson, Juliet Auwaeter CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Brian Enverso, Kathleen Thies COMPANY MANAGER: Chris Danner Assistant Company Manager: David Haines INSURANCE BROKER SERVICES Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc. Production Stage Manager...... John M. Atherlay Robert B. Middleton, Sr. and Meghan Coleman Stage Manager ...... Nikki Lint Assistant Stage Manager...... Shelby Stark The Band’s Visit is presented through special arrangement with Associate Directors...... Seth Sikes, Zi Alikhan MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL, New York, NY. Associate Choreographer...... Jesse Kovarsky www.mtishows.com Associate Scenic Designer...... Jerome Martin, Gabriel Firestone FINANCIAL SERVICES AND Associate Costume Designer...... Justin Hall BANKING ARRANGEMENTS BY SunTrust Bank

16 peace center Rehearsed at The New 42nd Street Studios The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, CREDITS the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States. Band uniforms by John Kristiansen New York, Inc./ John Kristiansen Brian Blythe, Custom painting: Jeff Fender. The Musicians employed in this production are members Lighting equipment: PRG Lighting. Audio equipment: PRG of the American Federation of Musicians of the United Audio. Scenic items fabricated, and show control and scenic States and Canada. motion control featuring Stage Command Systems® by PRG- Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG Broadway, L.LC., The Director and Choreographer are members of the New Windsor, NY. Props: BrenBri Properties, Prop N Spoon. Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an Drum kit courtesy of Garrison at independent national labor union. Drum Workshop. The Press Agents and Company Managers employed SPECIAL THANKS TO in this production are represented by the Association of Providence Performing Arts Center - Norbert Mongeon & Theatrical Press Agents & Managers. J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, The Consulate General of Israel in NY, Israel’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Darisu Suyama, Backstage employees are represented by the International 45th St Fund, Rebecca Stone, Maxwell Williams, Tom Hulce, Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). Lameece Isaac, Hartford Stage, Harold Prince, Ellen Pilipski, Joshua Pilpski, Sarah Pilipski, Gabrielle d’Entremont United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic www.TheBandsVisitMusical.com artists for the American Theatre.

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