Reston Community Center Presents the CenterStage PROFESSIONAL TOURING ARTIST SERIES NEXT ON STAGE AUTHOR, STRESS EXPERT, HOLIDAY GOSPEL MARK BRUTSCHÉ BIOLOGIST & NEUROSCIENTIST EXTRAVAGANZA WITH IN Dr. Robert The Legendary Happy Vaudeville Sapolsky Ingramettes Holidays Wednesday, November 7 Sunday, November 25 Saturday, December 1 8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. $20 Reston $15 Reston $5 Reston $30 Non-Reston $20 Non-Reston $10 Non-Reston To Purchase CenterStage Tickets for the PTAS Season: ONLINE: www.restoncommunitycenter.com PHONE: 703-476-4500, Press ‘3’ IN PERSON: Two hours prior to curtain time and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Saturday: 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. the CenterStage at Reston Community Center 2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston VA 20191 To request reasonable ADA accommodations, call 703-476-4500, TTY 711. 3 RCP BOARD OF Welcome to Reston Community Player’s 52nd season! This year DIRECTORS & we are excited to present four incredible shows, all exploring STAFF relationships and the complex humans that experience them: the story of acceptance, progress, and equality in the city of Baltimore PRESIDENT and the relationships these lessons bring about; the relationship between an aging donut maker and his younger protégé; the Jolene Vettese relationships that teens experience as they make the transition from child to adult; and the relationships a plucky orphan discovers VICE PRESIDENT in depression era New York City. Trust me, you are in for some of Kate Keifer the best that RCP has to offer. Thank you for taking the ride with us and thank you for your continued support. Without our wonderful ARTISTIC DIRECTOR audience and donors, we’d be unable to continue presenting what Paul Tonden we all love: exceptional theater, produced and performed in your own back yard. TREASURER If you have a moment, please fill out the form in your program and Liz Olivier give us some feedback! We love to hear how we are doing; what we are doing well, and what we could do to improve your experience. RECORDING While you’re filling that out, leave us your contact information and SECRETARY join our mailing list, email blasts, and get involved by volunteering! Colleen Stock We would love to have you help us as we continue building RCP’s future. Also, be sure to fill out your ballot, which we use to CORRESPONDING determine winners at our annual version of the Tony awards, the SECRETARY Resties. Sandy Dotson Finally, I want to thank our many volunteers who put their time and energy into making every RCP show such an unforgettable COMPANY experience. Making the great art this theater company is known for would be impossible without the hard work, dedication, and MANAGER talent of our actors, musicians, production staffs, designers, builders, Joey Olson tech crew, running crew, and our board of directors. RCP won 13 Washington Area Theater Community Honors (WATCH) awards and MEMBER AT LARGE was nominated for 37 for our 2017 productions, so we must be Rich Farella doing something right! I also want to thank the Reston Community Center for our continued collaboration. As I start my third year as MEMBER AT LARGE President, I can’t thank you all enough for all you do. Let’s make it a David Johnson great year! MEMBER AT LARGE With Gratitude, Jerry Morse Jolene Vettese President, Reston Community Players MEMBER AT LARGE Jennifer Redford CO-TECHNICAL DIRECTORS Sara Birkhead & Dan Widerski 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sierra Aylor (Cindy) is a freshman at Lord Fairfax Community College. This is her first performance with RCP and hopefully not her last. She has done many productions, Hairspray and all her shows at Kettle Run High School being among her favorites. When she’s not on stage, Sierra enjoys sleeping on the floor in the middle of the day and/or eating. She’d like to thank the directors for giving her this opportunity, her castmates for being phenomenal to work with, and her family for putting up with her for all these years. Richard Bird (Wilbur Turnblad) has been busy with shows for RCP over the last 8 or 9 years because this is a great group of people. Richard has done a lot of set building and sound for shows, most recently for Aida, but it’s been too long since he’s been on stage. Previous shows include, Trip to Bountiful, August: Osage County, and 33 Variations. All great shows, but it will be nice to be in a show where nobody dies. Rich is very excited to be part of the cast for Hairspray! This will be his first musical for RCP, in fact, it will be the first time he’s been in the cast of a musical ever. He’s excited, nervous, and happy about all the positive energy this show and this cast bring to the stage. Kurtis Carter (Fender) is thrilled to be in his first production with RCP. Throughout the years, Kurtis has performed all around the DC area. Some of his favorite productions include Anything Goes, Legally Blonde, Dames At Sea, Urinetown, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Children Of Eden, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Seussical. Kurtis would like to thank everyone at RCP from the staff, designers, creative team, cast, crew, band, stage management and producers for being so welcoming, professional, and passionate throughout this whole process. Everything seen onstage is truly the result of a collective love of the theatre. Kurtis would also like to thank the audience for coming out and supporting community theatre at it’s best. Teryn Cuozzo (Tammy) is very excited to make her RCP debut in Hairspray. Teryn has recently played Ousier in her high school’s production of Steel Magnolias, Scuttle in The Little Mermaid and Pinocchio in Shrek. She would like to thank the cast and crew as well as her family for making this experience wonderful. Khyrin DeBose (Gilbert) is excited to be a part of his first RCP show. You may have seen previous Rambunctious Theatre Co. shows such as Spamalot (Ensemble) and Pippin (Ensemble) as well as Summer Theatre Programs Newsies (Jack Kelly). Khyrin would like to thank his wonderful family, loving girlfriend Elena, and the boys of Robinson - they know who they are. He hopes you enjoy the show!!! Steven Eckloff (Brad) is a sophomore at Robinson Secondary and is so excited to be in his first show with RCP. He most recently performed with CFTC in Footloose (ensemble). Steven has also been ensemble for CFTC shows The Music Man and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. At Robinson Secondary, he played Young Simba in Lion King Jr., Peter Pan in Peter Pan Jr., and Prince Herbert in Monty Python’s Spamalot. He would like to thank Erich, Kirsten, the cast and crew of Hairspray, and his family and friends for all their support in his love of musical theater. Madalyn Farmer (Lou Ann) is appearing in her second production with RCP. She was last seen in Aida. She is excited to be in this production with so many amazing and talented people. Her favorite roles have been Ruthie in Bat Boy (PWLT) and Logainne in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (FCT). Shout out to my family and friends for being supportive. I love you! 11 Aliya Gardner (Lorraine) is excited to be back on the stage with RCP! She has had leading roles in productions such as John and Jen and The Spitfire Grill, as well as RCP’s Aida. Aliya just recently returned from New Hampshire to be a guest artist in a production of Hairspray so she is ecstatic to be able to be in one of her favorite musicals once again! Eva Gary (Penny Pingleton) is ecstatic to perform in her first RCP show! She recently played Urleen in CFTC’s Footloose. Other CFTC musicals include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Judah’s Wife), The Music Man (Zaneeta), and Hairspray (Jane). Eva performed with Synetic Theater’s teen ensemble in Hamlet (Ophelia), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), and Taming of the Shrew (Bianca), and in LTA’s A Christmas Carol (Belle). She would like to say thank you to the overwhelmingly talented people who made Hairspray happen, and to her family! Amy Griffin (Prudy Pingleton/Gym Teacher/Matron) is thrilled to return to RCP for Hairspray! She previously played Mrs Bumbrake in last season’s Peter and the Starcatcher and most recently was Vi Moore in CFTC’s Footloose. Prior local credits include An Ideal Husband (Mrs. Cheveley), Twelfth Night (Olivia) and Educating Rita (Rita). When she is not onstage she enjoys tea time, traveling and board games. Thanks to Mom for her constant support and her friends for coming to see this incredible show. Hunter Gross (IQ) was raised in New Jersey and grew up performing in over 65 productions most frequently with the Young Performers’ Workshop. Favorite roles include Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Raul in The Phantom of the Opera, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Anthony in Sweeney Todd, and the King in The King and I. He was also a long-time cast member of Count to Ten, featured in the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival. He is grateful to RCP for this opportunity and extends a special thanks to his long-time director and dance teacher Michael Blevins. Khanner Hancock (Judine/Dynamite #1) is an arts enrichment educator and University of Kentucky graduate student, thrilled to join the Hairspray cast! This DC Metropolitan native began performing across the nation’s capital at the age of nine with the Washington Performing Arts’ Children of the Gospel.