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3 presents JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS and DAVE MASON Friday, March 20, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPhies One of the pioneers of the British Blues-Rock Days and Padlock on the Blues. The compilations garnered revolution, JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS critical and popular acclaim. In recent years, John Mayall & has amassed critical acclaim for a career that encompasses The Bluesbreakers released Road Dogs, Back to the Roots, and more than 56 albums. His discography includes the Gold- Dreaming About the Blues. selling album The Turning Point, which featured the Rock Singer-songwriter and guitarist DAVE MASON, classic hit Room to Move; Behind the Iron Curtain; and the best known for his role with the British psychedelic Rock Grammy-nominated CD Wake Up Call. innovator Traffic, permanently etched his name into music While Mayall developed a passion for Chicago-style history when he penned Feelin’ Alright, a song that he Blues during his childhood, it wasn’t until he was in his 30s composed at age 19. The Rock anthem has been recorded by that the musician started to perform publicly, fronting for more than 48 musicians, including English Blues-Rock singer popular bands in England. With the British Blues boom of Joe Cocker. Mason struck Gold with the classic Rock album the late 1960s, Mayall’s rise to fame was swift. His band’s Alone Together and went Platinum with Let It Flow, which partnership with Eric Clapton garnered widespread attention, featured the Top 10 hit We Just Disagree. more fans, and applause from critics. Mayall earned a In 1993, Mason joined the legendary group Fleetwood reputation in the recording industry for his ability to discover Mac and toured with the group for two years. The band’s new talents, which included Peter Green, John McVie, and Time album features Mason on lead vocals in the songs Blow Mick Fleetwood – the three eventually formed Fleetwood by Blow and I Wonder Why. He also performed on the Rolling Mac. Andy Fraser (who started the award-winning band Stones’ Beggars Banquet, George Harrison’s All Things Must Free) and Mick Taylor (who eventually joined the Rolling Pass, Paul McCartney’s Listen to What the Man Said, and Jimi Stones) also got their start with Mayall. The Bluesbreakers’ Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland. In 2004, Traffic was inducted into signature sound gripped Europe and America, prompting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which called Mason “a fluid Mayall to relocate to the United States. guitarist and superb songwriter.” In the 1990s, Mayall set new standards in Blues-Rock In 2008, Mason released the 26 Letters - 12 Notes with the albums Chicago Line, A Sense of Place, and Spinning album, a soulful blend of his signature Blues-Rock vocals and Coin. He followed with the modern classics Blues for the Lost guitar handiwork. n

4 presents JOE BONAMASSA

Saturday, March 21, 2009, 8:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Biography JOE BONAMASSA, called “a bold talent” by Billboard, song Pain and Sorrow. He paid tribute to the Blues in 2003 has been hailed by The Washington Post for his “wicked guitar with the soulful CD Blues Deluxe and 2004’s Had to Cry To- thrills.” The guitarist has earned widespread critical acclaim day. The guitarist’s 2007 Sloe Gin debuted at No. One on the for his fusion of Blues and Rock in Cradle Rock; Miss You, Billboard Blues chart. Hate You; and You & Me. Bonamassa was voted “Artist of the Year” in 2004, At age 10, Bonamassa’s guitar prowess caught Blues 2005, and 2008 by readers of the online newsletter BluesWax. icon B.B. King’s attention. King invited Bonamassa to tour In 2007, he was deemed the “Best Blues Guitarist” by the with him when the lad was only 12 years old. That oppor- readers of Guitar Player magazine. The music man is the lead tunity unlocked doors in the music industry for the young spokesperson for the Blues in the Schools program. n guitarist, who went on to perform opening acts for Foreigner, Robert Cray, Joe Cocker, and Gregg Allman. Due to illness, Etta James will no longer Bonamassa’s solo debut was 2000’s Top 10 album A be performing this evening. Joe Bonamassa New Day Yesterday. He followed it up in 2002 with his first will be appearing for the entire show. No. One album So, It’s Like That, which included the popular

5 Opus 3 Artists presents ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ERI KLAS, CONDUCTOR and JOYCE YANG, PIANO

Friday, March 27, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Please hold your applause until after all movements of a work have been performed, and do not applaud between movements. Thank you for your cooperation. As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons, please mute all cellular phones, pagers, and watch alarms prior to the start of the performance.

PROGRAM Summa Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff Moderato (1873-1943) Adagio sostenuto Allegro scherzando INTERMISSION

Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 Antonín Dvořák Allegro con brio (1841-1904) Adagio Allegretto grazioso Allegro ma non troppo

The Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Estonian Cultural Foundation, and the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their support of the Orchestra’s 2009 North American tour.

Steinway Piano Exclusive Tour Management: Opus 3 Artists, 470 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor North, New York, NY, www.opus3artists.com

6 BIOGRAPHIES The ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY OR- with many world-famous guest soloists, including Pierre-Lau- CHESTRA (ENSO) originated as a small radio orchestra rent Aimard, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Paul Badura-Skoda, Lazar in 1926, and has recently increased its international scope. Berman, Bella Davidovich, Peter Donohoe, Emil Gilels, Olli ENSO’s recordings have been recognized by many music Mustonen, Sviatoslav Richter, Kolja Blacher, Sarah Chang, magazines and have won several awards, including a Grammy Ida Haendel, Gidon Kremer, Viktoria Mullova, David Award for Sibelius: Cantatas (Ellerhein Girls’ Choir, Estonian Oistrakh, Vladimir Spivakov, Juri Bashmet, David Gerin- National Male Choir, ENSO, and conductor Paavo Järvi). In gas, Natalia Gutman, Arto Noras, Mstislav Rostropovitch, 2005, The New York Times called ENSO’s Peer Gynt recording Patrick Gallois, Aurèle Nicolet, Dame Evelyn Glennie, “a surprise highlight of the year” and in 2006, the orchestra Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Patricia Rozario, Andrea Bocelli, José won the BBC Music Magazine award for “Best Orchestral Carreras, Peter Schreier, Håkan Hagegård, Sergei Leiferkus, Album.” In 2007, ENSO released Tüür: Magma (conductor and Matti Salminen. ENSO’s repertoire includes music from Järvi), which was chosen as “Album of the Month” by BBC the Baroque period to modern works’ premiere performances. Music Magazine. In addition to close cooperation between The orchestra was the first to perform symphonic pieces from ENSO and Virgin Classics, the orchestra has recorded music mainly Estonian composers, including Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür, for Alba Records, BIS, Antes Edition, Ondine, Finlandia Re- Eduard Tubin, Lepo Sumera, Eino Tamberg, Tõnu Kõrvits, cords, Consonant Works, and Melodija, and records regularly Helena Tulve, and Toivo Tulev. ENSO consists of 100 musi- for Estonian radio. cians and averages 60 to 65 concerts per season, with three to In 2003, ENSO toured Italy giving 17 concerts and in four new programs each month. 2006, the orchestra performed in the Turin Cathedral with ERI KLAS (Conductor), a native of Estonia, guest the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conducted by conducts frequently in the United States. In 1991, Klas made Olari Elts. The concert was dedicated to the music of Arvo his U.S. debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Pärt and was a part of the cultural program of the 2006 Hollywood Bowl. In 1995, he debuted with the Cleveland Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The orchestra has toured Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra following Romania, Bulgaria, Kuwait, Germany, Canada, Sweden, appearances at the Blossom and Ravinia festivals. Klas has Finland, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, and Russia. Its current appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis tour includes 18 concerts and is the orchestra’s first visit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Cincin- to the United States. ENSO has performed in numerous nati Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, music festivals at home and abroad, including Il Settembre National Symphony Orchestra, and the Minnesota Orches- dell’Accademia 2008 in Verona, Baltic Sea Festival in 2005 tra. In 2006, he was named chief conductor of The Kolobov and 2006 in Stockholm, Yehudi Menuhin Festival Gstaad Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow. Currently, Klas is the Musiksommer in Switzerland, and Europamusicale in Munich. artistic director of the Tallinn Philharmoonia, principal guest ENSO’s principal conductors have included Olav conductor of the Finnish National Opera, and conductor Roots, Roman Matsov, Neeme Järvi, Peeter Lilje, Leo laureate of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra and the Krämer, and Arvo Volmer. Since 2001, Nikolai Alexeev has Estonian National Opera. He has been a guest conductor with been the principal conductor and art director. During the the Berlin, Munich, and Rotterdam Philharmonic orchestras, 2002-2003 season, Järvi was the orchestra’s artistic adviser and appears regularly with the Swedish and Finnish Radio and for the 2007-2008 season, Olari Elts was the principal Symphony orchestras, the BBC Philharmonic, Royal Stock- guest conductor. The orchestra has also performed with holm Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Helsinki Philhar- many world-renowned conductors, including Valery Gergiev, monic. He has conducted more than 100 orchestras in 45 Mariss Jansons, Aram Khachaturian, Sir Neville Marriner, countries and the world premiere of Alfred Schnittke’s Peer Kurt Masur, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Leonard Slatkin, Igor Gynt at the Hamburg Opera and the Royal Opera House in Stravinsky, Evgeny Svetlanov, and Yuri Temirkanov. Stockholm. Klas has conducted world premieres of Estonia In addition to Estonian soloists, ENSO has performed composers Pärt, Eino Tamberg, Veljo Tormis, Eduard Tubin,

7 and Heino Eller. In addition, Klas conducted the premiere about the 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competi- of Henryk Górecki’s flute concerto in Amsterdam and in the tion. Yang’s debut album includes live performances of works United States with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Klas’ by Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt, and the Australian discography includes Schnittke’s Symphony No. 3, Ballet composer Carl Vine. In 2005, the 19-year-old was awarded music from Peer Gynt, four violin concerti, and his recently the silver medal at the12th Van Cliburn International Piano released CD of orchestral works by John Corigliano with the Competition. She was also the recipient of the Steven Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. De Groote Memorial Award for “Best Performance of Klas studied at the Tallinn Conservatory and, upon Chamber Music” and the Beverly Taylor Smith Award for graduation, worked with Nikolai Rabinovich in St. Peters- “Best Performance of a New Work.” In 2006, Yang appeared burg. In 1964, Klas made his debut at the Estonian National with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center, the Theatre in Tallinn, conducting Leonard Bernstein’s West Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival, the Side Story. In 1969, Klas was appointed assistant conductor Aspen Chamber Symphony, and the National Symphony at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and for the next 12 years Orchestra at The Kennedy Center. Yang’s 2008-2009 appear- conducted Opera, Ballets, and orchestral productions with ances include a New York recital debut at the Metropolitan the Bolshoi Orchestra and tours throughout Europe. In 1975, Museum, the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony he was the music director of the Estonian National Opera, Orchestra, and a performance with conductor James Conlon where he served for 20 years before becoming conductor at the Hollywood Bowl. Yang currently resides in New York laureate. From 1985 to 1990, Klas was the music director at City where she attends the Juilliard School as Dr. Yoheven the Stockholm Royal Opera Theatre; from 1990 to 1996, Kaplinsky’s student. n the chief conductor of the Århus Symphony Orchestra; from ENSO Administration 1996 to 2003, the chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Andres Siitan, Managing Director; Marko Metsaru, Symphony Orchestra; and from 1995 to 2003, he was the Orchestra Manager; and Marika Malksoo, Librarian artistic director of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. Klas Opus 3 Artists has conducted the Estonian Youth Orchestra and the Sibelius David V. Foster, President and CEO; Byron Gustafson, Managing Partner; Leonard Stein, Senior Vice President, Director, and Tour Academy Orchestra, which included a tour to China. Klas Administration; Robert Berretta, Manager, Artists and has worked with the Irish Youth Orchestra and led the Asian Attractions; John C. Gilliland III, Associate and Tour Youth Orchestra on tours throughout Asia and Europe with Administration; E. John Pendleton, Company Manager; Nadia soloist Gidon Kremer. Klas was a professor of conducting at Mokhoff, Company Manager; Richmond Davis, Stage Manager the Sibelius Academy from 1993 to1997 and since 1998, he has held the guest professor position with the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. He was awarded the “Order of Nordstjernen” from His Majesty King Carl Gustav of Sweden, the “Order of the Lion of Finnish,” and an honorary doctorate degree from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. JOYCE YANG (Piano) was born in Seoul, Korea, and began piano lessons at age 4. When she was 10 years old, she entered the Korean National Conservatory and SEASON made several concerto and recital appearances in Seoul and 2009-2010 Taejon. In 1997, Yang moved to the United States to begin The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce that the 2009-2010 Season studies at the pre-college division at the Juilliard School of Brochures will be mailed in May 2009. Watch for Music. During her first year, she won the Pre-College Divi- your brochure containing an unforgettable new season of stellar performances by your favorite sion Concerto Competition. In 1999, Yang performed with entertainers. The 2009-2010 E-Catalog will be the Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. She online in May 2009. is featured in the documentary In the Heart of Music, a film

8 presents TAIKO x2: ŌN ENSEMBLE AND KENNY ENDO Saturday, March 28, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Since inception, Ōn Ensemble has been inspired by the work of Kenny Endo, a key pioneer of contemporary Taiko. Ōn Ensemble mem- bers have studied extensively with Endo in Hawaii, recording, touring, and teaching at his school, the Taiko Center of the Pacific. Ōn Ensemble is heavily influenced by Endo’s musical approach to the drums, his dedication to the art form, and his tireless hard work. With exciting collaborators Kaoru Watanabe, Brad Dutz, and Ysanne Spevack, this evening’s performance attempts to fuse a wide range of instruments and sounds, connected by the powerful tone and rhythms of the Taiko. - Ōn Ensemble

Thank you for attending tonight’s concert. The blossoming Taiko art in the past 50 years has been an exciting worldwide cultural event. From its traditional base to its many new contexts and configurations, the art is continuing to evolve at a steady pace. My emphasis has always been to develop Taiko as a musical instrument and to expand its infinite possibilities as a performing art. It’s a great pleasure to share the stage with Ōn Ensemble, who is also pushing Taiko beyond its conventional expectations. My Aloha goes out to my teachers, my family, and to my fellow musicians onstage tonight. We hope you enjoy the collaboration. - Kenny Endo PROGRAM

Harukaze Noon Cycles Spirit of Rice Yume no Pahu Sunflower Symmetrical Soundscapes Jugoya

INTERMISSION

Little Man Gengakki Yamasong Waiting Turns Hisashi After Rain

9 BIOGRAPHIES With powerful Japanese drums at its foundation, ŌN with singer Bobby McFerrin, and is featured on the sound- ENSEMBLE uses ancient Taiko instruments in modern tracks for Kayo Hatta’s film Picture Bride and Francis Ford compositions with diverse influences. Infusing ensemble Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Japanese drumming with elements of Hip-Hop, electronica, KAORU WATANABE (Flute/Fue) was born to St. Rock, Jazz, and Tuvan throat singing, Ōn Ensemble’s sound is Louis Symphony musician parents. He began playing Clas- critically praised as “completely original and brilliantly con- sical flute and Taiko in early middle school and set upon an ceived.” The various drums of Japan, collectively known as exciting journey of musical exploration. He graduated from Taiko, have existed for centuries in Japanese music, cultural Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan before moving to traditions, and religious ceremony. It wasn’t until the 1950s, New York City to study Jazz Performance at the Manhattan however, that Taiko became a focal musical element, and School of Music. He then moved to Tokyo to study Noh Kan ensemble Japanese drumming developed. The new musi- (flute used in Noh and Kabuki theater) and the fue (bamboo cal form drew heavily from its traditional roots, borrowing flute) music of Edo Matsuri Bayashi. In 1998, Watanabe rhythms and playing styles from Gagaku, Kabuki, Noh, and moved to Sado Island to begin an intense two-year appren- festival music, and arranging the elements for a contempo- ticeship before joining the world-renowned group Kodo. rary performance setting. Each of Ōn Ensemble’s four mem- In 2006, Watanabe returned to New York City to continue bers – Masato Baba, Kristofer Bergstrom, Shoji Kameda, and performing, recording, and teaching. He is artistic director of Kelvin Underwood – have studied traditional Japanese music the annual Kodo Earth Celebration festival, and founded the in Japan and have a deep love and respect for Japan’s tradi- Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center, a resource for fundamental tional arts. Having grown up in the United States, however, playing technique and appreciating the culture of Taiko. the members have an equal affinity for Contemporary music. BRAD DUTZ (Vibraphones and Percussion), a master Ōn Ensemble seeks to create music that reflects the whole of of mallets and hand percussion, has recorded 13 solo CDs, its members – music that embraces a modern, complicated more than 200 other albums, and has worked on countless society. Ōn Ensemble and Kenny Endo are generously sup- films and television shows. His latest solo albums, Whimsical ported by Miyamoto Unosuke Shoten, instrument maker to Excursion Boats and The Other Three, were released in 2008 to the Emperor of Japan. great acclaim. He has recorded with Alanis Morrisette, Kiss, KENNY ENDO is the vanguard of the Taiko genre, Willie Nelson, David Benoit, LeAnn Rimes, and Rickie Lee continually paving new paths in his 30-year career. Original- Jones. Dutz has played on the soundtracks for the movies The ly trained as a Jazz musician in the Asian American cultural Bucket List; Speed Racer; Hildago; Ocean’s Eleven; Anchorman: renaissance of 1970s California, Endo began his Taiko career The Legend of Ron Burgundy; Hollywood Homicide; Rush Hour first with Los Angeles’ groundbreaking Kinnara Taiko, and 3; and I Spy. His television credits include King of the Hill, then with the renowned San Francisco Taiko Dojo. In 1980, Family Guy, and American Dad. Dutz is a part-time faculty he embarked on a decade-long odyssey in Japan, studying and member at California State University, Long Beach. performing with the masters of ancient Classical drumming, YSANNE SPEVACK (Violin, Musical Saw, and traditional Tokyo festival music, and ensemble drumming. Vocals) trained at the Royal College of Music, traveled the Endo has the honor of being the first non-Japanese national world exploring music, visited India to learn sitar and Eastern to have received a natori (stage name and masters degree) Classical music, and eventually relocated to Los Angeles. in hogaku hayashi (Classical drumming). Endo’s substantial She is a string arranger, composer, singer, violinist, and musi- accomplishments in the Taiko genre extend to composition, cal saw player. She records for film, television, multimedia, recording, television, film, and innovative collaborations. and dance projects, having recently played and recorded with He has recorded five CDs of original Taiko compositions and the Smashing Pumpkins and Dub Gabriel featuring Michael received commissions to create and tour new work from the Stipe from the band R.E.M. Spevack is currently composing American Composers Forum, the McKnight Foundation, and the soundtrack to Aaron Eckhart’s upcoming full-length fea- the Freeman Foundation. He was featured on the PBS special ture film To Be Friends. Spevack’s current album, Soundzero, Spirit of Taiko, has opened for The Who, performed a duet was released in the United States and Europe. n

10 presents PACIFIC SYMPHONY THE MAGIC FLUTE FAMILY CONCERT CARL ST. CLAIR, MUSIC DIRECTOR MAXIM ESHKENAZY, CONDUCTOR DYLAN F. THOMAS, DIRECTOR

Sunday, March 29, 2009, 3:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

PROGRAM The Magic Flute (excerpts) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

CAST Pamina ……………………………………………………………. SHIRA RENEE THOMAS Tamino ………………………………………………………………... CHAD BERLINGHIERI Papageno ………………………………………………………………… DAVID STONEMAN Papagena …………………………………………………………….. CORINN KOPCZYNSKI Queen of the Night ………………………………………. MARIA CRISTINA NAVARRO

Special thanks to Farmers and Merchants Bank for their contributions to Pacific Symphony’s Family Musical Mornings and to Lighting Director Don Cohen.

11 HISTORY The original playbill for THE MAGIC FLUTE premiered in Vienna in 1791 at the Freihaus Theater auf der Wieden. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart conducted the orchestra; actor, playwright, and singer Emanuel Schikaneder played Papageno; and Mozart’s sister-in-law, Josepha Hofer, sang the role of Queen of the Night. The Opera garnered a lukewarm reception, but slowly gained popularity and celebrated its 100th performance in 1792. Mozart was not able to witness this milestone, having passed on two months after the premiere. The Magic Flute is an Opera in two acts and is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included singing and spoken dialogue. It is noted for its prominent Masonic elements. Mozart and Schikaneder were Masons and lodge brothers. The Opera is also influenced by Enlightenment philosophy and can be regarded as an allegory espousing enlightened absolutism.

BIOGRAPHY Led by Music Director CARL ST.CLAIR and the largest orchestra formed in the United States in the last 40 years, PACIFIC SYMPHONY celebrates its 30th anniver- sary in 2008-2009. In 2005-2006, the Symphony embarked on its first European tour. The orchestra received 22 rave reviews, which served to expand its reach to an international level. For the 2006-2007 season, the orchestra moved into the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. In 2008, the Symphony debuted the hall’s stunning new 4,322-pipe Wil- liam J. Gillespie concert organ. The Pacific Symphony offers moving musical experi- ences with a repertoire ranging from the great orchestral masterworks to music from today’s most prominent compos- ers, highlighted by the annual American Composers Festival. In addition to the symphony’s Classics Concerts, the organi- zation features a Pops, Chamber, and family concerts series, as well as award-winning education programs. The orchestra’s Class Act residency program has been honored as one of nine exemplary orchestra educational programs in the nation by the National Endowment for the Arts and the League of American Orchestras. In 2007-2008, the Symphony added Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble and Pacific Sym- phony Santiago Strings to its program of educational en- sembles. n

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luna Negra dance theater Founder and Artistic Director EDUARDO VILARO

The Company BOBBY BRISCOE, ELISE DREW, RICARDO J. GARCIA, LOUIS JAMES JACKSON, REBECCA LEMME, HAMILTON NIEH, SARAH RODRIGUEZ ROBERTS, KIRSTEN SHELTON, JP TENUTA, VANESSA VALECILLOS, and JESSICA ALEJANDRA WYATT

Seasonal Dancer JAVIER AMAYA

Rehearsal Director MICHELLE MANZANALES

Lighting Designer and Technical Director Production Stage Manager JOSH PRESTON KAY LEA MEYERS Wardrobe Supervisor DIANA RUETTIGER

Saturday, April 4, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be two intermissions. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Luna Negra Dance Theater 10th Anniversary Touring Sponsors There Is a Time was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces: Dance initiative, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts.

13 PROGRAM There is a Time First performed in 1956 at the Juilliard School of Music by the José Limón Dance Company

Choreography: José Limón Music: Meditations on Ecclesiastes by Norman Dello Joio* Direction and Reconstruction: Sarah Stackhouse Costume Design: Pauline Lawrence Lighting: Josh Preston Dancers: The Company

To every thing there is a season, The Company and a time to every purpose under heaven A time to be born, and a time to die Hamilton Nieh A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted Louis James Jackson, Ricardo J. Garcia, and Hamilton Nieh A time to kill Bobby Briscoe And a time to heal Kirsten Shelton and Ricardo J. Garcia A time to break down, and a time to build up The Company A time to mourn;… and a time to weep Rebecca Lemme, Vanessa Valecillos, and Jessica Alejandra Wyatt A time to laugh… a time to dance Elise Drew A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing Vanessa Valecillos and JP Tenuta A time to hate, a time of war Kirsten Shelton and The Company A time to love… a time of peace Elise Drew and The Company

This piece is choreographically and musically a theme with variations. The choreographer used a large circle in the opening that fills the stage and moves majestically as if to evoke the interminable passage of time. This circle is seen repeatedly in many guises, rhythms, and dramatic shapes, always making allusion to the text from Ecclesiastes, chapter three, and its evocation of human experience. *Meditations on Ecclesiastes, commissioned for José Limón by the Juilliard Music Foundation and its Festival of American Music, April, 1956. Recording used with permission of Carl Fischer, Inc., copyright 1959.

INTERMISSION Flabbergast – 2002

Choreography: Gustavo Ramirez Sansano Choreographic Assistant: Mario Alberto Zambrano Music: Juan Garcia Esquivel Text from the movie Hay que educar a papa Lighting Design: Margaret Nelson Costume and Set Design: Gustavo Ramirez Sansano Costume Construction: Dia Penning Dancers: The Company

Inspired by the choreographer’s first visit to America, Flabbergast depicts in a wonderfully funny and exuberant way how surprising and bewildering it can be to encounter a foreign culture.

14 PAUSE Nube Blanco (White Cloud) – 2009

Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Music: Maria Dolores Pradera Lighting Design: Josh Preston Costume Design: Diana Ruettiger Dancers: The Company

Inspired by the choreographer’s childhood memories of Maria Dolores Pradera’s songs, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa integrates the Spanish zapateado technique or footwork that is found in Flamenco dance and gives it a contemporary twist.

INTERMISSION Batucada Fantastica – 1977

Choreography: Vicente Nebrada Music: Luciano Perrone Costumes: Diana Ruettiger Lighting: Clifton Taylor, Roger Morgan Dancers: Variation 1: Bobby Briscoe Variation 2: Elise Drew Variation 3: Jessica Alejandra Wyatt Variation 4: Vanessa Valecillos Variation 5: Rebecca Lemme Variation 6: Ricardo J. Garcia Variation 7: Hamilton Nieh Variation 8: Kirsten Shelton Coda: The Company

Batucada Fantastica is a series of eight solos that culminate in a riot of ensemble dancing. This piece captures the energy of Brazil’s Carnival set to Luciano Perrone’s music featuring the sound of steel drums, whistles, and other traditional Brazilian instruments.

BIOGRAPHY In 10 years, LUNA NEGRA DANCE THEATER dance. The Company prides itself in presenting works by La- has established itself as a significant and vital component of tino master choreographers Vicente Nebrada and José Limón Chicago’s arts and cultural community. Since Eduardo Vilaro as well as contemporary choreographers Septime Webre, Ed- founded the company in 1999, it has served as a springboard gar Zendejas, and Michelle Manzanales. Luna Negra Dance for Latino contemporary choreographers to give expression to Theater has collaborated with Peruvian singer Susan Baca, their stories and bring new life to the cultures of their com- Chicago Sinfonietta, Tiempo Libre, and the Ravinia Festival. munities. The company takes its educational Dance Reach program to Luna Negra Dance Theater’s distinctive style blends more than 10,000 students in Chicago each year. For more the discipline of Ballet with the dynamic movements of information, visit www.lunanegra.org. n Contemporary dance, infused with Latin and Afro-Caribbean

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THE WORLD FAMOUS GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA

Sunday, April 5, 2009, 3:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

PROGRAM Today’s performance will include some of the following selections from the Glenn Miller Orchestra Library.

People Like You and Me Adios Moonlight Cocktail Rhapsody in Blue Little Brown Jug Begin the Beguine Serenade in Blue Tangerine A String of Pearls Sun Valley Jump Anvil Chorus The Nearness of You Chattanooga Choo Choo That’s Sabotage Come Rain or Come Shine Moonlight Serenade PEnnsylvania 6-5000 St. Louis Blues March For All We Know Danny Boy I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem Stardust I Know Why Elmer’s Tune Caribbean Clipper Bugle Call Rag Skylark I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo Swing Low Sweet Chariot Juke Box Saturday Night A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Song of the Volga Boatmen Too Little Time Perfidia Sunrise Serenade A Sentimental Journey At Last Tail End Charlie Tuxedo Junction Here We Go Again American Patrol Everybody Loves My Baby In the Mood Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree Runnin’ Wild Body and Soul Pavanne

16 CareMore is proud to support the   BIOGRAPHy In 1939, the GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA began a stint at the Glen Island Casino, a Swing music venue in  New York. The orchestra’s signature style set Miller apart from other musicians of the era and instantly connected with the dance crowds on the East Coast. The group shot up the  music charts with hits such as Stairway to the Stars, When You Wish Upon a Star, Over the Rainbow, and Chattanooga Choo Choo. The band’s popularity and universal appeal endures  today, more than 60 years after Miller’s death. At the root of this timelessness is Miller’s unique sound, than our name, it's philosophy. produced with the clarinet holding the melodic line as the tenor saxophone plays the same note while being supported harmonically by three other saxophones. With this success- ful musical formula, Miller dominated radio airwaves and more music charts with an illustrious set of hits, including String of Pearls, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Sunrise Serenade, and Blue Orchid. Tuxedo Junction and In the Mood were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. For more information, At the height of his popularity, Miller reported for Army duty in 1942. While in the service, he hosted a weekly please call, 1-877-211-6614 radio series and organized the Glenn Miller Army Air Force TDD 1-800-577-5586 Band, whose mission was to entertain the troops. In the span of about a year, the group delivered 800 performances to wide acclaim. When the ensemble was scheduled to embark on a six-week European tour in 1944, Miller boarded an airplane for France and disappeared somewhere over the English Channel, never to be seen again. Today the Glenn Miller Orchestra keeps the band leader’s legacy alive with iconic tunes such as Careless, Imagination, Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread), and Blueberry Hill. Miller posthumously received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. For more informa- tion, visit www.glennmillerorchestra.com. n

17 presents MANHATTAN TRANSFER

Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 8:00 PM

This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHY In 1981, MANHATTAN TRANSFER made history Blop Blues and Tuxedo Junction. Variety magazine declared when it became the first group to win Grammy Awards in that the foursome’s “ability to electrify Jazz’s past with such two different categories in the same year: the Jazz-flavored scrupulous attention to detail remains a national resource.” Doo-Wop single Boy From New York City received the “Best One of today’s most enduring and active Jazz-Pop Pop Vocal Performance,” and Until I Met You (Corner Pocket) bands, Manhattan Transfer, which takes its name from a was honored for “Best Jazz Vocal Performance.” Throughout John Dos Passos novel about life in 1920s New York City, has the band’s illustrious career, it has collected an impressive demonstrated successfully throughout the years a penchant string of Grammy Awards – for hits such as Birdland, Route for exploring various styles of music. The ensemble’s staying 66, Why Not!, Brasil, Sassy, and Vocalese – further cementing power in the music industry is further underlined with its icon status in the national and international music millions in worldwide fans and sales, a long and impressive landscape. list of awards and honors, and more than 40 solo and The group’s flexibility and expertise have enabled collective albums. The Los Angeles Times credits Manhattan Manhattan Transfer to perform an exciting and diverse Transfer’s enduring popularity to the group’s “uniquely discography that encompasses 1940s Swing to 1990s Rap, entertaining blend of collective and individual skills that with Bebop, Doo-Wop, and Rock tossed in. Manhattan have sustained their long, productive ensemble career.” Transfer climbed to No. 22 on the Pop charts with Operator, Manhattan Transfer consists of Tim Hauser, Janis Siegel, and the group’s Chanson d’Amour soared to No. One in Alan Paul, and Cheryl Bentyne. n Europe. Other Manhattan Transfer triumphs include Blee

18 MariMo’ Music, Inc. presents Marion J. Caffey’s 3 MO’ DIVAS A New Concert Smashing Musical Barriers

Musical Supervision, Orchestrations, and Arrangements by JOSEPH JOUBERT Costume Design by TONI-LESLIE JAMES Hair and Wig Design by BETTIE O. ROGERS Additional Arrangements by E’MARCUS HARPER AND DANNY HOLGATE Starring LAURICE LANIER • N’KENGE • JAMET PITTMAN Orchestra Joseph Joubert - Conductor and Pianist Sipho Kuene - Drums John Coffey - Keyboard 2 Etienne Lytle - Keyboard 3 Carl Carter - Bass Markeith Black - Guitar

Production Staff Curtis V. Hodge - Production Manager and Technical Director Diane R. Dispo - Tour Manager and Executive Assistant Lynne Hinman - Wardrobe and Hair Supervisor Melanie Gaskins - Assistant to the Director

Created, Directed, and Choreographed by MARION J. CAFFEY

The 3 Mo’ Divas world premiere was produced by San Diego Repertory Theatre; Sam Woodhouse, Artistic Director; and Karen Wood, Managing Director

CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray now awailable on www.amazon.com www.3modivas.com

Friday, April 10, 2009, 8:00 PM Saturday, April 11, 2009, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

19 MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I Due to the extraordinary vocal demand of the show, the singers rotate the Operatic program.

Quando M’en Vo (Opera) Io Son L’umile Ancella (Opera) Mon Coeur s’ouvre a’ ta voix (Opera) Style (Broadway) Let the Good Times Roll (R&B and Broadway)

BROADWAY AND FILM MEDLEY Lullaby of Broadway (Broadway and Film) Seasons of Love (Broadway and Film) Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Film) Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway and Film)

Your Daddy’s Son (Broadway) Defying Gravity (Broadway) God Bless the Child (Blues and Broadway) Feeling Good (Broadway and Jazz)

INTERMISSION ACT II Lady Sings the Blues (Jazz and Blues) Harlem Nocturne (Jazz and Television) Moody’s Mood for Love (Jazz) Solitude (Jazz) Minnie the Moocher (Jazz) Strange Fruit (Blues)/Lament (Classical) Everything Must Change (R&B) Downhearted Blues (Blues) Come Rain or Come Shine (Broadway and Jazz) I’m Every Woman (R&B) Get Ready (Soul)

MEDLEY OF MEMORIES It’s in His Kiss (R&B) My Boyfriend’s Back (R&B) Something He Can Feel (Soul) Best of My Love (Soul) It’s Raining Men (Disco) It’s Got to be Real (Disco) Proud Mary (Rock ‘n’ Roll)

His Eye Is on the Sparrow (Spiritual) Sweeping Through the City (Gospel)

20 BIOGRAPHIES LAURICE LANIER, originally from Jackson, Ten- (Arizoni Theater Awards nomination for “Best Actress”), nessee, is a graduate of the Juilliard School. She was vocally Naughty Marietta, and Being Alive. N’Kenge won the Lena trained by Edith Bers. Lanier has performed the role of Dido Horne Competition, the ASCAP Lieber & Stoller Award, in Juilliard’s Dido & Aeneas. Her other roles include Ma in and the Leontyne Price Competition. N’Kenge has been a The Tender Land, Anna Hope in The Mother of Us All, and soloist with the New Jersey, Phoenix, and Detroit symphony the Third Lady in The Magic Flute. Lanier’s solo performances orchestras, and the Ranana Philharmonic in Israel. For more include Messiah, Alto Rhapsody, El Amor Brujo, and the Spiri- information, visit www.myspace.com/nkengeonline and tual Concert Series for the Gaby Leib Producoes Culturais www.nkenge.net. in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has performed JAMET PITTMAN is a Washington, D.C. native. at Carnegie Hall as a Leontyne Price Showcase Winner, She majored in Piano Performance at Oberlin Conservatory, the Bach Christmas Oratorio with the Mississippi Boulevard but changed majors after she attended her first Opera. Later, Christian Church; the Holiday Pops Concert with the Illinois she received a master of music degree in vocal performance, Symphony Orchestra; and the Black History Opera View with Opera concentration, from the Benjamin T. Rome School of Opera Memphis. She received the “Outstanding Musician” Music at the Catholic University of America. At age 23, she Award at the Interlochen Arts Camp and the “Most Out- won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions for standing Musician” Award at the Hartwick College Summer the Washington area (Northeast Region). A judge invited Music Festival and Institute. Lanier received a scholarship her to study at the Manhattan School of Music. She per- to attend Opera Works Intensive Study at the University of formed in the Opera The Two Widows, A Midsummer Night’s California, Northridge, and a full scholarship to The Music Dream, B-Minor Mass, and Messiah. She sang with the New Academy of the West. She was selected to represent New York Choral Artists at Avery Fisher Hall with the New York York in the Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition in Vienna, Philharmonic, Loren Maazel, Zubin Mehta, and Riccardo Austria, and was selected as one of 14 finalists. Lanier has Muti. Pittman sang the role of Bess in the Porgy and Bess performed worldwide in some of the largest Opera houses. Suite with the Washington Army Band and Chorus at the She is a member of the prominent Tennessee women’s group, Gershwin Centennial Birthday Celebration with the world’s the Hatchie Bottom Diva Society. To our sister diva “Super- leading Porgy, Alvy Powell. Later, she sang Porgy and Bess in Nova” Payton, we congratulate you on your new arrival. See the Live From Lincoln Center telecast with the New York City you in June. Opera. Pittman is an original 3 Mo’ Divas cast member. n N’KENGE is from New York and graduated from the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music. She has performed internationally in Opera, recital, musical theater, Jazz, and Pop. N’Kenge also performed in the 3 Mo’ Divas world premiere cast in San Diego. She received the prestigious Helen Hayes nomination for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical” when 3 Mo’ Divas performed at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. N’Kenge began the 2009 season with a solo performance for the Commander-in- Chief’s Inaugural Ball hosted by President Barrack Obama. In 2008, N’Kenge performed for the Children’s Defense Fund at The Kennedy Center. She will make her Carnegie Hall de- but later this year with the New York Pops Orchestra starring Michael Feinstein and Ann Hampton Callaway and featur- ing the works of Johnny Mercer. She made her London debut in The Genius of Ray Charles. Her other credits include Aida

21 presents ELVIS SCHOENBERG’S ORCHESTRE SURREAL ELVIS SCHOENBERG - COMPOSER, ARRANGER, and CONDUCTOR ANGELA CAROLE BROWN, JASON PAIGE, and APRIL FISSELL - VOCALISTS PHIL FEATHER, TERRY LANDRY, and MIKE NELSON - WOODWINDS JEAN MARINELLI and TAWNEE LILLO - FRENCH HORNS LARRY WILLIAMS and JASON GAMER - TRUMPETS JOHN GRAB - TROMBONE JOHN VAN HOUTEN - TUBA DAVID ARANA - KEYBOARDS KEN ROSSER - GUITAR, PIPA, and ELECTRIC SITAR DAVID HUGHES - BASS T.J. TROY - PERCUSSION CHRIS WABICH - DRUMS TOM VOS and JACKY SUZUKI - VIOLINS MARDA TODD - VIOLA MATT COOKER - CELLO

Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 7:30 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHY ELVIS SCHOENBERG’S ORCHESTRE SUR- 20 daring musicians who mix, match, and mingle various REAL blends Rock, Hip-Hop, and Classical tunes with genres to produce what the Los Angeles Times called a “sonic singing and costumes for an entertaining evening of satire sauciness” of sounds. The orchestra has recorded three CDs: and avant-garde musical comedy. The band’s mission is to Air Surreal, It’s Alive, and its latest release Manic Voodoo create an exhilarating theatrical spectacle that strips away Lady. the barriers of cultural, generational, and artistic prejudices The ensemble, whose name was chosen to highlight the while promoting a message of open-mindedness about music musical extremes represented by Pop icon Elvis Presley and and performance art. modern Classical music icon Arnold Schoenberg, won Los The troupe, formed in 1997 and led by award-winning Angeles Music Award’s “Best Orchestral Arranger” and “Best Jazz bassist-composer Ross Wright (a.k.a. Elvis Schoenberg), Rock Opera of the Year” in 2003. The Orchestre Surreal’s is known for its unique musical cacophony, which features innovativeness has attracted big names in the music industry, influences of Spike Jones, Frank Zappa, Igor Stravinsky, Kiss, and the band members have played with Barbra Streisand, and more. The group’s albums, including It’s Alive! and Air Céline Dion, Stevie Wonder, the Hollywood Bowl Orches- Surreal, have been recognized for originality. tra, and the Tonight Show Band. n Elvis Schoenberg’s Orchestre Surreal consists of about

22 Drayton Entertainment presents

Book by Music and Lyrics by JEFFREY LANE DAVID YAZBEK

Based on the filmDirty Rotten Scoundrels Written by DALE LAUNER and STANLEY SHAPIRO & PAUL HENNING Starring BRIAN McKAY, STEPHEN PATTERSON, HEATHER McGUIGAN, PATRICK BROWN, KAREN K. EDISSI, and CHRISTY ADAMSON Featuring MICHELLE DIGIOACCHINO, MICHAEL DONALD, MICHAEL FALCUCCI, SARAH HARRIES, JESSICA HORN, KEELY HUTTON, GALEN JOHNSON, DUFF MacDONALD, ALLISON McCAUGHEY, CHAD McFADDEN, MELANIE McINENLY, MIKE TRACZ, and GABRIEL WOLINSKY

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design DAVID ROCKWELL GREGG BARNES JEFF JOHNSTON COLLINS CRAIG GODDARD

Orchestrations Vocal Arrangements Musical Director HAROLD WHEELER TED SPERLING, DAVID YAZBEK STEVE THOMAS and KEITH LEVENSON

Music Supervisor/Additional Stage Manager Dance Arrangements and Orchestrations Production Manager PAUL PEMBLETON KEITH LEVENSON BRIDGET WELTY

Executive Producer General Manager/ Assistan Stage Manager ALDO SCROFANI Theater Management Associates SADIE WANNAMAKER PAUL M. RAMBACHER Choreographed by Directed by JACKIE MUSTAKAS ALEX MUSTAKAS

Friday, April 24, 2009, 8:00 PM Saturday, April 25, 2009, 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM Sunday, April 26, 2009, 3:00 PM

There will be one 20 minute intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

23 Originally produced on Broadway by Marty Bell, David Brown, Aldo Scrofani, Roy Furman, Dede Harris, Amanda Lipitz, Greg Smith, Ruth Hendel, Chase Mishkin, Barry and Susan Tatelman, Debra Black, Sharon Karmazin, Joyce Schweickert, Bernie Abrams/ Michael Speyer, David Belasco, Barbara Whitman, Weissberger Theater Group/Jay Harris, Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Jean Cheever, Florenz Ziegfeld, Clear Channel Entertainment, and Harvey Weinstein.

World premiere at the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, California Artistic Director: Jack O’Brien/Executive Director: Louis G. Spisto

CAST (in order of appearance) Lawrence Jameson…………………………………………………...... ….BRIAN McKAY Andre Thibault…………………………………………..………...…PATRICK BROWN Muriel Eubanks…………………………………………………...... …KAREN K. EDISSI Freddy Benson……………………………………………..……STEPHEN PATTERSON Jolene Oakes………………………………………....……..…….CHRISTY ADAMSON Christine Colgate…………………………………….....………HEATHER McGUIGAN

The Ensemble MICHELLE DIGIOACCHINO, MICHAEL DONALD, MICHAEL FALCUCCI, SARAH HARRIES, JESSICA HORN, KEELY HUTTON, GALEN JOHNSON, DUFF MacDONALD, ALLISON McCAUGHEY, CHAD McFADDEN, MELANIE McINENLY, MIKE TRACZ, and GABRIEL WOLINSKY

Understudies (Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.)

For Lawrence Jameson……….………..………….…….……...... …PATRICK BROWN For Freddy Benson…………………..………………….…..….....…DUFF MacDONALD For Christine Colgate………….……………………….………………KEELY HUTTON For Andre Thibault…………………………….……………...... …DUFF MacDONALD For Muriel Eubanks…………..……………………....…………..CHRISTY ADAMSON For Jolene Oakes.………………………………………..…...... … MELANIE McINENLY

Dance Captain CHRISTY ADAMSON

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is presented through special arrangement with and authorized performance materials are supplied by Music Theatre International - www.mtishows.com.

24 MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I

Overture …………………………………..…….....…………… Orchestra and Ensemble The Only Game in Town ……………………….....…… Lawrence, Andre, and Ensemble What Was a Woman to Do? …………..…………………...... ……… Muriel and Women Great Big Stuff ……………………………………………….....…. Freddy and Ensemble Chimp in a Suit ……………………………………………….....………………… Andre Oklahoma? …………………………………………...... Jolene, Lawrence, and Ensemble All About Ruprecht …………………………………….. Lawrence, Ruprecht, and Jolene What Was a Woman to Do? (Reprise) ………………….………………………… Muriel Here I Am …………………………………………………….... Christine and Ensemble Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True ………….………………..….. Christine and Freddy The Miracle (Act I Finale) …………………………………….………………. Company

INTERMISSION ACT II

Entr’Acte ……………………………………………….….…... Orchestra and Ensemble Rüffhousin’ Mit Shüffhausen ……………………. Freddy, Christine, and Dr. Shüffhausen Like Zis/Like Zat ………………………………………………………. Andre and Muriel The More We Dance ………………………...……... Lawrence, Christine, and Ensemble Love Is My Legs ……………………………………….. Freddy, Christine, and Ensemble Love Sneaks in …………………………………………………………………. Lawrence Son of Great Big Stuff ………………………………………...…… Freddy and Christine The Reckoning ……………………………………...…….. Lawrence, Freddy, and Andre Dirty Rotten Number ……………………………………...…….… Lawrence and Freddy Finale ………………………………………………….…………….....……… Company

Orchestra Conductor and Keyboards – Steve Thomas Keyboard 2 – Meaghan Hope Bass – Ben Miller Percussion – Howard Gaul Keyboard 3 – Jeffrey Campos

25 BIOGRAPHies BRIAN McKAY (Lawrence Jameson) has performed captain). Adamson’s other favorite productions include Kiss in more than 250 productions in Canada and the United Me Kate (Bianca and assistant director); A Chorus Line (U/S: States from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival to Broadway Diana, Val, and Judy); Twist and Shout: The British Invasion; for director Hal Prince. McKay was nominated for national and Cats. Her film and televisions credits include Canadian broadcasting awards as a writer and a performer. He is a Idol and the Gemini Awards. former associate professor at Dalhousie University and was MICHELLE DIGIOACCHINO’s (Ensemble) theater artistic director at two Canadian theaters. credits include Legends; My Fair Lady (Drayton Entertain- STEPHEN PATTERSON’s (Freddy Benson) credits ment); and Twist and Shout: The British Invasion (Grand include White Christmas; the Broadway tour of Little Women; Theatre). Her film and television credits include Honey Marius in the Broadway and touring companies of Les Mis- (Universal Pictures) and Music Hall II. érables; Bobby Strong in Urinetown; Miss Saigon; Man of La MICHAEL DONALD’s (Ensemble) Broadway and Mancha; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; I Love national tour credits include Walt Disney’s Beauty and the You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; and South Pacific. Patter- Beast. His other credits include Cabaret (Emcee), Cats son’s debut CD is titled Tonight at Eight. For more informa- (Mungojerrie), Crazy for You (Wyatt), and Singin’ in the Rain tion, visit www.stephenpatterson.tv. (Cosmo Brown). HEATHER McGUIGAN’s (Christine Colgate) cred- MICHAEL FALCUCCI’s (Ensemble) credits include its include nine Canadian musical premieres, roles in Anne of Fiddler on the Roof (Manitoba Theatre Centre); Crazy for Green Gables, On the Town, and The Spitfire Grill. McGuigan You; Legends; Oklahoma!; Twist and Shout: The British Inva- is the co-founder of a charity and is publishing her first novel. sion (Drayton Entertainment); Guys and Dolls; Anything PATRICK BROWN’s (Andre Thibault and U/S: Law- Goes; Gigi; and Hello, Dolly! For more information, visit rence) credits include Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, The www.2ndsoul.com. World Goes ’Round, and Dial M for Murder. His other credits SARAH HARRIES (Ensemble) is thrilled to be on include seven seasons with the Shaw Festival and appear- the road with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Her recent credits ances in Caesar and Cleopatra, The Man Who Came to Dinner, include Crazy for You and Oklahoma! and She Loves Me. Brown’s additional credits include Fran- JESSICA HORN (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be on her kenfurter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Stage West first national tour. Her recent credits include Swing! and Calgary (Betty nomination for “Outstanding Performance”); Sweet Charity. Horn’s film credits include Repo! The Genetic Bach at Leipzig; and Oh, Coward! For more information, visit Opera and Killing Zelda Sparks. XO2FFF. www.yourlifeyourway.org. KEELY HUTTON (Ensemble and U/S: Christine) KAREN K. EDISSI’s (Muriel Eubanks) credits is excited to be touring the United States with Dirty Rotten include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Scoundrels’ wonderful cast and crew. Her credits include Peter Crazy for You, Nunsense, Beauty and the Beast, and Okla- Pan and Les Feux Follets. homa! Her other credits include four seasons at the Stratford GALEN JOHNSON (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a Shakespeare Festival, Therese in the Canadian premiere part of this production. Johnson’s recent credits include Anne of Napolean, and guest soloist with symphony orchestras in and Gilbert (Ontario Tour), We Will Rock You (Mirvish Pro- Canada, the United States, and Europe. For 21 years, Edissi ductions), Beauty and the Beast, Victor Victoria, and Houdini. lived and performed in New York City and has performed for DUFF MacDONALD’s (Ensemble, U/S: Freddy, and 23 seasons with the Maine State Music Theatre in Bruns- Andre) credits include My Fair Lady, The Complete Works wick, Maine. of Shakespeare (Abridged); Les Miserables; Legends; Twist and CHRISTY ADAMSON’s (Jolene Oakes, U/S: Muriel Shout: The British Invasion; Fiddler on the Roof; Little Shop of and Dance Captain) credits include Dirty Rotten Scoun- Horrors; Forever Plaid; Batboy; Hank Williams: The Show He drels (Jolene and dance captain), Crazy for You (Tess), and Never Gave; Godspell; and Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story. For Cats (Bomballurina, Demeter, assistant director, and dance more information, visit www.duffmacdonald.com.

26 ALLISON McCAUGHEY (Ensemble) is excited to tistic director and CEO (Chief “Entertainment” Officer) of be performing in her first U.S. national tour with Dirty Rot- Drayton Entertainment. His 20-year directing career includes ten Scoundrels. Her recent credits include The Producers and more than 100 productions throughout Canada and the Crazy for You. Canadian premiere of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Mustakas holds CHAD McFADDEN’s (Ensemble) recent theater a master’s degree in arts administration from City University credits include Oklahoma!; My One and Only; Hello, Dolly!; of London and an honorary doctorate degree from Wilfrid Into the Woods; Guys and Dolls; Anything Goes; and The King Laurier University. and I (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). McFadden’s film cred- JACKIE MUSTAKAS (Choreographer) is thrilled to its include Hairspray and Bollywood/Hollywood. have choreographed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ Canadian pre- MELANIE McINENLY (Ensemble and U/S: Jolene) miere. Her other choreography credits for Drayton Entertain- is on her first U.S. national tour. Her recent credits include ment include Caught in the Act, 42nd Street, Anything Goes, We Will Rock You (Canadian premiere); Victor Victoria; Twist The Music Man, Little Me, Vaudeville!, The Mikado, Bye Bye and Shout: The British Invasion; and Chicago (Paris premiere). Broadway, and Patience. MIKE TRACZ’s(Ensemble) credits include Crazy for JEFF JOHNSTON COLLINS (Lighting Designer and You (Billy and dance captain); Guys and Dolls; Hello, Dolly!; Technical Director) graduated from Queen’s University in West Side Story; Cats (Macavity); The King and I; War and 1992. He has created more than 200 lighting and set designs Peace; and Anything Goes. throughout Canada. After much traveling, Collins has found GABRIEL WOLINSKY’s (Ensemble) theater credits a home as the production manager with Drayton Entertain- include We Will Rock You (Mirvish Productions); Beauty and ment. He returned to his hometown Hamilton, Ontario. the Beast (Neptune Theatre); South Pacific; Hello, Dolly!; and CRAIG GODDARD’s (Sound Designer) Drayton Oliver! (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). Wolinsky’s televi- Entertainment credits include Forever Plaid; Legends; Man of sion credit includes Star Trek: The Next Generation. La Mancha; Miss Saigon; Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story; and JEFFREY LANE (Book) received a Tony Award Twist and Shout: The British Invasion. Goddard’s other theater nomination for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in 2005. He is best credits include Twist and Shout: The British Invasion (The known for his work on the television programs Mad About Grand Theatre) and Bat Boy (Bathurst Street Theatre). You, Ryan’s Hope, Lou Grant, the AFI Life Achievement STEVE THOMAS (Music Director) is an award-win- Awards, the Tony Awards, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, ning graduate of Humber College’s music program. Thomas and the miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan. Lane has won has been in musical theater for nearly 20 years. As a compos- five Emmy Awards, three Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody er, arranger, and musical director, he has worked throughout Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and the Christopher Award. Canada and the United States. His musical direction credits DAVID YAZBEK’s (Composer and Lyricist) album include Blood Brothers, Oklahoma!, and The Sound of Music The Laughing Man won the 1997 National Association of In- for Theatre Aquarius; Anything That Moves; The Mikado; and dependent Record Distributors Award for “Best Pop Album.” Brigadoon. Thomas has also collaborated with award-winning His other albums include Tock and Damascus. Yazbek won a Canadian playwright Norm Foster, writing the scores for Drama Desk Award for The Full Monty. For theater, he com- Jasper Station, Race Day, Sitting Pretty, and One Moment. posed original music for Boy’s Life at Lincoln Center Theater, KEITH LEVENSON’s (Music Supervisor, Additional Mojo at Atlantic Theatre, and The Pope’s Nose at Promenade Arrangements, and Orchestrations) Broadway credits include Theatre. He won an Emmy Award for Late Night With David Annie, Grease, Dreamgirls, The Flowering Peach, She Loves Letterman and co-created The Puzzle Place for PBS. He has Me, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. His national tour composed scores for HBO, NBC, FOX, and Nickelodeon, credits include Jesus Christ Superstar, Big River, Chess, Peter and composed the theme song Where in the World Is Carmen Pan, Wonderful Town, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and The Who’s Sandiego? Yazbek has worked with XTC, Tito Peunte, Space Tommy. Levenson has been the musical director for Meat Hog, The Verve Pipe, Ruben Blades, Rockapella, and the Loaf, Roger Daltrey and The Who, Kiss, Peter Frampton, Persuasions. The British Rock Symphony, The Wizard of Oz with Jewel, ALEX MUSTAKAS (Director) is the founding ar- Nathan Lane, Jackson Browne, Joel Grey, Debra Winger,

27 Natalie Cole, and The New York Philharmonic. He com- in Drayton, Huron Country Playhouse and Playhouse II in posed the music to Winchell with Martin Charnin and the Grand Bend, King’s Wharf Theatre in Penetanguishene, and book and lyrics to Starcrossed. He is currently the composer the Schoolhouse Theatre and St. Jacobs Country Playhouse. and arranger of Shlomo: The New Musical and is the music For more information, visit www.draytonentertainment.com. supervisor and arranger for Circus McGurkus. Levenson is a MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI) partner in Broadway Arts Technology, a music production is one of the world’s leading dramatic licensing agencies, company in New York City. protecting the rights and legacy of composers, lyricists, and PAUL PEMBLETON (Stage Manager) is excited to book writers supplying scripts, musical materials, and other be on his first national tour with this Dirty Rotten Scoundrels resources to theaters around the world. With more than 250 production. His stage management credits include eight sea- titles in its catalog, MTI has been a driving force in extend- sons with Drayton Entertainment, including the productions ing the production life of great musicals such as Guys and The Mousetrap and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Dolls, West Side Story, Damn Yankees, Fiddler on the Roof, SADIE WANNAMAKER (Assistant Stage Man- Annie, The Music Man, and Ragtime. MTI is the proud home ager) is glad to be on her first national tour with Dirty Rotten of many musicals for youth, including the Broadway Junior Scoundrels. Her credits include Buddy – The Buddy Holly Collection (www.broadwayjr.com) – 70-minute adaptations Story, Jasper Station, Man of La Mancha, and Legends (Dray- of Broadway musicals geared for performances by young peo- ton Entertainment). ple. MTI shows have been performed by more than 45,000 THEATRE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES amateur and professional theatrical organizations throughout (TMA)/PAUL M. RAMBACHER (General Manager) is the United States and in more than 60 countries. For more under the leadership of Aldo Scrofani who provides man- information, visit www.mtishows.com. n agement services for live theatrical productions worldwide. Prior to forming TMA, Scrofani served 19 years as COO of Staff for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Columbia Artists Theatricals and was formerly executive General Management...... Theatre Management Associates/ vice president of Jujamcyn Theatres. He has managed and Paul M. Rambacher Company Manager ………………..…...... ……………Tyler Soltis produced more than 100 productions, including Gone With Production Manager ………………...……..……… Bridget Welty the Wind; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Technical Director/Head Carpenter ……...... Jeff Johnston Collins Life; Lovemusik; STOMP; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Head Electrician ……………….....…….….……..… Alec Harmer Funk; Sunset Boulevard; Tap Dogs; Carousel; Jelly’s Last Jam; Head Sound …………....…………….………..………Rob Havard Assistant Electrics ……………………..………… Justin Simmons The World Goes Round; Grand Hotel; Gypsy; City of Angels; Assistant Sound ……………………….…………… Dan Sprenger M. Butterfly; My One and Only; The Piano Lesson; Into the Flyman …….…………………………………….. Kathryn Phillips Woods; and Dracula. For Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, TMA is rep- Head Wardrobe …...... ……………….……………. Sara Pasmore resented by Paul M. Rambacher whose credits include Love, Assistant Wardrobe …..……….…………………. Michael Greves Press and Marketing …………………………....… Tara Troutman Janis; Wonderful Town; Nobody Don’t Like Yogi; Stand by Your Man; the U.S. debut tours of the international Shakespeare’s Trucking by Stage Call Specialized Transportation; Globe’s Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night; Elaine Stritch Housing by Road Rebel Entertainment; at Liberty; Savion Glover’s Classical Savion, Bring in ’da Noise, Buses by Star Coaches; Air Travel by Big Star Travel; Bring in ’da Funk, and Footnotes; The Presidents; The Belle of Additional Arrangements and Orchestral Enhancement by Amherst; Tap Dogs; Copenhagen; AEROS; and the 1996 Sum- NOTION Music, Inc. mer Olympics in Atlanta. Tour Direction: DRAYTON ENTERTAINMENT (Producer), in its Columbia Artists Theatricals 19-year award-winning history, has become widely regarded www.columbiaartiststheatricals.com as Canada’s most successful theater company. Drayton Enter- tainment takes pride in its tradition offering the finest in the- Drayton Entertainment wishes to thank Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and the American Federation of Musicians for their atrical entertainment at six historic theaters in four unique assistance and support of this tour. Ontario communities: the original Drayton Festival Theatre

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Special Thanks to Our 2009 Gala Sponsors

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BP America City of Cerritos Supervisor, Don Knabe Bev & George Ray/ Fourth District LeFiell Mfg. Sponsorships Still Available! Join us for a FAB-ulous Evening!

Friends of Arts Education’s 16th Annual Gala Benefiting Youth Arts Education April 18, 2009 Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts

Embark on a musical journey with acclaimed tribute band The Fab Four as they recreate George, Paul, John & Ringo’s most memorable music & moments!

Hosted Reception! Silent Auction! Dinner in the Theater! Menu by Patina Catering! Live Auction featuring Guest Auctioneer, LA County Supervisor Don Knabe! The ultimate Beatles tribute band, The Fab Four!

► Orchestra Seat $185 ► Table of Eight $1,480 ► Premium Box Party for Four $900

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