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WELCOME TO THE 5TH contents 2019/20 SEASON 3 AUSTEN’S PRIDE October 4 – 27, 2019 Board of Directors MRS. DOUBTFIRE November 26, 2019 – January 4, 2020 BLISS February 7 – 23, 2020 4 SISTER ACT March 14 – April 5, 2020 Letter from the Executives JERSEY BOYS April 14 – 19, 2020 ONCE ON THIS ISLAND May 12 – 24, 2020 5 EVITA June 12 – July 3, 2020 Creativity Circles 8 Cast 11 Dramaturgy 15 Who’s Who 23 5th Avenue Theatre Supporters 31 Executive Leadership and Staff GREAT MUSICALS ARE BORN HERE SHOW AFTER SHOW, season after season, The 5th Avenue Theatre wows audiences with original Broadway-caliber musicals. As one of America’s leading musical theater companies, we celebrate the musical in all its forms, we bring new life to beloved classics, and we create tomorrow’s must-see musicals. We believe that musicals are storytelling at its best—that a musical can fill you up, renew your spirit, and transport you to another time and place. Thank you for taking this journey with us. 5 TH AVENUE THEATRE SEASON SPONSORS 2 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE 2019/20 BOARD OF Directors Bonnie Towne* Chair Sterling Wilson* Treasurer Margaret C. Inouye* Secretary Stephen P. Reynolds* Immediate Past Chair Kenny Alhadeff* Randy Hodgins Norman B. Rice Ann Ardizzone* Patrick F. Kennedy* Rob Sexton Les Biller* SaSa Kirkpatrick Heather Sullivan Sharon Gantz Bloome Elizabeth Lund* Emory Thomas, Jr. Robert R. Braun, Jr. Carmen Mayo Eric Trott Debbie Brown Richard Meadows Gary Tucci Mark Castelin Martin Nelson Lori Twomey Margaret Clapp John Oppenheimer* Tom Walsh Cyrus Habib Beth Porter Eileen Glasser Wesley Tom Handley Ann Ramsay-Jenkins* Kenneth Willman* Wanda J. Herndon* Anthony Repanich* Grace Yuan PAST CHAIRS OF THE BOARD Stephen P. Reynolds 2015–2018 Faye Sarkowsky 1996–1998 Wanda J. Herndon 2013–2015 Donald J. Covey 1994–1996 Barbara L. Crowe 2011–2013 Kenneth L. Hatch 1992–1994 Rob Sexton 2009–2011 John D. Mangels 1990–1992 Norman B. Rice 2007–2009 Robert F. Buck 1988–1990 Kenny Alhadeff 2004–2007 Stanley M. Little, Jr. 1986–1988 William W. Krippaehne, Jr. 2002–2004 R. Milton Trafton 1983–1986 Bruce M. Pym 2000–2002 W.J. Pennington 1981–1983 John F. Behnke 1998–2000 D.E. Ned Skinner 1979–1981 BOARD EMERITUS Barbara L. Crowe Linda Anderson Bill Krippaehne John Mangels Bruce Pym Carl Behnke Anna Laszlo Bill Nichols Chairs Steve Camp Mark Levine Tom Norwalk Clodagh Ash** Gary Fuller Gary Locke Faye Sarkowsky Founding Managing Director Artistic Director Emeritus Marilynn Sheldon David Armstrong *Denotes Member of the Executive Committee **Deceased 5THAVENUE.ORG 3 LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVES It’s at that point that we at The 5th look to the stage to light up the dark, turn up the heat, and put something fun in the spotlight. Of course, the final ingredient is what makes this musical absolute perfection: a star-studded cast of our Seattle favorites! Sarah Russell, Taylor Niemeyer, Brandon O’Neill, Carol Swarbrick, Nathaniel Tenenbaum, Ellen McClain… The cast list for this show is a perfect list of power house after power house. Spend some time at intermission reading the bios on this cast. This is an unforgettable FROM THE DESK OF BILL AND BERNIE group of phenomenal talent. And we could not have found a more Every winter we hit a point where we perfect duo to head the cast than Lisa can’t remember the last time we saw the Estridge as Deloris Van Cartier and Natalie sun, it seems like the rain has soaked us Toro as Mother Superior. Of course, through to our bones, and we’ll never feel Seattle has a long-standing love affair dry and warm again. It’s at that point that with the comedic chops of Lisa Estridge, th we at The 5 look to the stage to light up the who brought down the house in our 2018 dark, turn up the heat, and put something production of Mamma Mia! Natalie Toro is fun in the spotlight. Enter Sister Act… a New York powerhouse who last appeared Let’s start with some sequins. Who at The 5th in 2011 in In the Heights. Her doesn’t love a little sparkle? Actually, let’s resume ranges from Les Misérables (she turn up the sparkle by a factor of 100 and was the first American to play Eponine add a disco ball or two. Unforgettable on Broadway) to national tours of Jesus disco music by musical theater legend Christ Superstar and CATS. These two Alan Menken has us dancing in our seats. talented women are the heart of this Now we’re getting hot! Tie it all up with show, and wow, have they got the beat. a wimple, a rosary, and a story you know So sit back, relax, and get ready to laugh. and love that will have you laughing till Sister Act is exactly what you need! your sides hurt. That’s it! The antidote to those late-winter Seattle blues! Bill Berry Bernie Griffin Producing Artistic Director Managing Director 4 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE 2019/20 CREATIVITY CIRCLES Members of the Creativity Circles support the creative arc of musical theater. They support The 5th’s investment in writers and artists; the creation, development, and staging of new musicals; and our service to this community and this magical art form. For their leadership, we applaud and thank them. VISIONARIES Sheri and Les Biller Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Paula and Bonnie and Steve Reynolds Jim Towne INVESTORS Patrick Kennedy Joyce Primm Tom and and Melissa Ries Schweickert Connie Walsh CREATORS Marleen and Bob and Lauren and Renee and Sharon Gantz Kenny Alhadeff Clodagh* Ash William Bartholomew Carl Behnke Bloome Barbara Crowe David and Wanda J. Herndon Jim and Buzz and Cheryl Hadley Elizabeth Lund Beth Porter Tiia-Mai Redditt Jeanne Sheldon and Becca and Bill Wert Marvin Parsons PHOTOS BY JEFF CARPENTER, TEAM PHOTOGENIC, AND MARK KITAOKA * Deceased 5THAVENUE.ORG 5 6 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE 2019/20 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE BILL BERRY BERNADINE C. GRIFFIN Producing Artistic Director Managing Director presents Music By Lyrics By Book By ALAN MENKEN GLENN SLATER CHERI STEINKELLNER & BILL STEINKELLNER Additional Book Material By DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE Based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture Sister Act written by Joseph Howard Featuring ANDI ALHADEFF KRISTIN BURCH SARAH ROSE DAVIS LISA ESTRIDGE BRACE EVANS ALEXANDRIA HENDERSON CRISTIN J. HUBBARD JASON KAPPUS RICO LASTRAPES ELLEN McLAIN TRINA MILLS TAYLOR NIEMEYER ALEX NICHOLSON SHAUNYCE OMAR BRANDON O’NEILL RICHARD PEACOCK TIA PETERSEN SARAH RUSSELL CAROL SWARBRICK JORDAN IOSUA TAYLOR NATHANIEL TENENBAUM NATALIE TORO Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design ADAM KOCH CATHY HUNT ALEX BERRY WALTER TRARBACH Wig & Hair Design Orchestrations Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements Dance Music Arrangements MARY PYANOWSKI-JONES DOUG BESTERMAN MICHAEL KOSARIN MARK HUMMEL Associate Director/ Associate Lighting Design Associate Sound Design Scenic Coordinator Associate Music Director Associate Choreographer THORN MICHAELS HALEY PARCHER DEVIN PETERSEN R.J. TANCIOCO GRAHAM KEEN Director of Production Technical Director Associate Artistic Director Costume & Wardrobe Director Production Stage Manager JOAN ERIK HOLDEN KELSEY SHANNIN JR WELDEN TOGGENBURGER THORGALSEN STROM-HENRY Music Direction by TIM SYMONS Directed & Choreographed by LISA SHRIVER Produced on Broadway by Whoopi Goldberg & Stage Entertainment in association with The Shubert Organization and Disney Theatrical Productions. Originally Production Developed in Association with Peter Schneider & Michael Reno and Produced by Stage Entertainment World Premiere Produced by Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director Lyla White, Executive Director Tom Ware, Production Director and Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA Susan V. Booth, Artistic Director Tom Pechar, Managing Director MARLEEN AND KENNY ALHADEFF, 5TH AVENUE THEATRE PRODUCING PARTNER CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR 5THAVENUE.ORG 7 Cast (in alphabetical order) Deloris Van Cartier ................................................................................................................................................................................................................LISA ESTRIDGE* Monsignor O’Hara ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................BRACE EVANS* Joey ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................JASON KAPPUS* Pablo...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................RICO LASTRAPES* TJ ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ALEX NICHOLSON* Mary Robert .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................TAYLOR NIEMEYER* Curtis Jackson .................................................................................................................................................................................................................BRANDON O’NEILL* Mary Patrick ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................SARAH