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SHUBERT THEATRE

2019–2020 SEASON

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MUSIC BY BASED ON “OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS” BY T. S. ELIOT

THE “CATS” COMPANY: ZACHARY S. BERGER JORDAN BETSCHER CAITLIN BOND ELYSE COLLIER ERIN CHUPINSKY MAURICE DAWKINS GIOVANNI DiGABRIELE PJ DiGAETANO ALEX DORF CAMERON EDRIS DANI GOLDSTEIN TIMOTHY GULAN DEVIN HATCH BRETT MICHAEL LOCKLEY McGEE MADDOX MADISON MITCHELL NATHAN PATRICK MORGAN ADRIANA NEGRON BRAYDEN NEWBY CHARLOTTE O’DOWD ALEXA RACIOPPI AUSTIN JOSEPH REYNOLDS ADAM RICHARDSON NEVADA RILEY ANNEMARIE ROSANO MELODY ROSE BEN SEARS ZACHARY TALLMAN TRICIA TANGUY ADAM VANEK DONNA VIVINO AND LORETTA WILLIAMS

MUSIC SUPERVISION BY KRISTEN BLODGETTE MUSIC DIRECTOR ERIC KANG MUSIC COORDINATOR TALITHA FEHR CASTING BY TARA RUBIN CASTING / LINDSAY LEVINE, CSA AND XAVIER RUBIANO, CSA TOUR BOOKING, MARKETING AND PUBLICITY DIRECTION BOND THEATRICAL GROUP TOUR MANAGEMENT TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT GREGG DAMANTI GENERAL MANAGEMENT KAREN BERRY PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER J. ANDREW BLEVINS COMPANY MANAGER SCOTT M. ELLIS

ORCHESTRATIONS BY ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER & DAVID CULLEN SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGN BY JOHN NAPIER LIGHTING DESIGN BY NATASHA KATZ SOUND DESIGN BY MICK POTTER ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER KIM CRAVEN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER CHRISSIE CARTWRIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY BY ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER BASED ON THE ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY BY DIRECTED BY

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Shubert Theatre | 2019–2020 7 Zachary S. Jordan Caitlin Erin Elyse Maurice Berger Betscher Bond Chupinsky Collier Dawkins

Giovanni PJ Alex Cameron Dani Timothy DiGabriele DiGaetano Dorf Edris Goldstein Gulan

Devin Brett McGee Madison Nathan Patrick Adriana Hatch Michael Maddox Mitchell Morgan Negron Lockley

Brayden Charlotte Alexa Austin Adam Nevada Annemarie Newby O’Dowd Racioppi Joseph Richardson Riley Rosano Reynolds

Melody Ben Zachary Tricia Adam Donna Loretta Rose Sears Tallman Tanguy Vanek Vivino Williams

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Alonzo...... ADAM VANEK Bill Bailey/...... McGEE MADDOX Bombalurina...... ELYSE COLLIER Cassandra...... JORDAN BETSCHER Coricopat...... MAURICE DAWKINS Demeter...... ALEXA RACIOPPI ...... DONNA VIVINO ...... ANNEMARIE ROSANO ...... DANI GOLDSTEIN Mistoffelees...... PJ DiGAETANO Mungojerrie...... BEN SEARS Munkustrap...... ZACHARY S. BERGER Peter/Bustopher Jones/Asparagus...... TIMOTHY GULAN Plato/Macavity...... BRAYDEN NEWBY Pouncival...... BRETT MICHAEL LOCKLEY Rumpelteazer...... ADRIANA NEGRON Sillabub...... NEVADA RILEY ...... GIOVANNI DiGABRIELE Tantomile...... MELODY ROSE Tumblebrutus...... CAMERON EDRIS Victor/...... ADAM RICHARDSON Victoria...... CAITLIN BOND The Cats Chorus...... MADISON MITCHELL, NATHAN PATRICK MORGAN, ZACHARY TALLMAN, TRICIA TANGUY

SWINGS ERIN CHUPINSKY, ALEX DORF, DEVIN HATCH, CHARLOTTE O’DOWD, AUSTIN JOSEPH REYNOLDS, LORETTA WILLIAMS

DANCE CAPTAINS ERIN CHUPINSKY, AUSTIN JOSEPH REYNOLDS

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Bill Bailey/Rum Tum Tugger: ZACHARY S. BERGER, ALEX DORF, CAMERON EDRIS; for Grizabella: MADISON MITCHELL, TRICIA TANGUY; for Mistoffelees: MAURICE DAWKINS, DEVIN HATCH; for Munkustrap: CAMERON EDRIS; for Peter/Bustopher Jones/Asparagus: NATHAN PATRICK MORGAN, ZACHARY TALLMAN; for Victor/Old Deuteronomy: NATHAN PATRICK MORGAN, ZACHARY TALLMAN

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

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Act I Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats...... Company The Naming of Cats...... Company Invitation to the Jellicle Ball...... Victoria, Mistoffelees, Munkustrap The Old Gumbie Cat...... Munkustrap, Jennyanydots, Jellylorum, Demeter, Bombalurina The Rum Tum Tugger...... Rum Tum Tugger, Company Entry of Grizabella...... Grizabella, Demeter, Bombalurina, Company Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town...... Bustopher Jones, Jennyanydots, Bombalurina, Jellylorum, Company Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer...... Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer Old Deuteronomy...... Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger, Old Deuteronomy Song of the Jellicles and the Jellicle Ball...... Company Memory...... Grizabella

Act II Introduction to Act II/The Moments of Happiness...... Old Deuteronomy, Sillabub Gus the Theatre Cat...... Jellylorum, Asparagus The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles...... Asparagus, Old Deuteronomy, Munkustrap, Company Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat...... Skimbleshanks, Company Macavity, The Mystery Cat...... Demeter, Bombalurina, Company Magical Mister Mistoffelees...... Mistoffelees, Rum Tum Tugger, Company Memory...... Sillabub, Munkustrap, Grizabella Journey to the Heaviside Layer...... Company The Ad-dressing of Cats...... Old Deuteronomy, Company Finale

Prologue — “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats” additional lyric material written by Trevor Nunn and “Memory” lyric written by Trevor Nunn, based on poems by T.S. Eliot

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

CATS ORCHESTRA Music Director/Conductor: Eric Kang Associate Music Director/Keyboard 3: Jonathan Craft Keyboards: Christian Regul, David Robison, David Sawicki Reeds: Garrett Hack, Dave Stambaugh Guitar: Ralph Agresta; Bass: John Toney Drums/Percussion: Aaron Nix

Music Supervisor: Kristen Blodgette Associate Music Supervisor: Brian Taylor Keyboard Programmer: Stuart Andrews Music Coordinator: Talitha Fehr

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ZACHARY S. BERGER (Munkustrap) hails from Niskayuna, PJ DiGAETANO (Mistoffelees) is thrilled to be making NY and couldn’t be more excited to be back into the his national tour debut in CATS. Credits: CATS junkyard. Credits include: CATS (International Tour); Jekyll (Mr. Mistoffelees) Royal Caribbean, Iceploration (Austin) and Hyde (World Tour); Hello, Dolly! National tour starring Busch Gardens, Singer/Dancer on Regent Cruise’s Struthers (Cornelius u/s). Off-Broadway: The Kid, Navigator (traveled to 55 countries and 6 continents). 42nd Street (Billy Lawlor) at Sacramento Music Circus, Love to my family, friends, and incredible mom. Dreams (Freddy) at Theater by the Sea. PCLO, Pioneer do come true! Instagram: @itspjdigaetano Theater Company. Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, BFA Musical Theater/Drama. “Spread love.” ALEX DORF (Swing) is thrilled to join the Cats tour. Recent credits include A Bronx Tale National Tour (Crazy Mario/ JORDAN BETSCHER (Cassandra) is thrilled to be making Calogero Cover), Kinky Boots (Gateway Playhouse), Sweet her National Tour debut! NYC: Radio City Christmas Charity (Marriott Theatre). Alex is a Penn State grad and is Spectacular (Rockette). TV: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day represented by TKO. Love to his supportive family. Parade, “The Ellen Show,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (Rockette) & “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” CAMERON EDRIS (Tumblebrutus) is pumped to tour (S2 & S3). Regional: Mary Poppins (ASF). All the love to my with CATS! His favorite credits include family, friends and my MSA fam! (1st National Tour), Carousel (Chicago Lyric Opera), West Side Story (Riff, Phoenix Theatre), Newsies (Music Circus). CAITLIN BOND (Victoria) is thrilled to be making her Cameron thanks his agent, Dave, and sends love to Broadway National touring debut! She has performed Daniel. www.cameronedris.com in professional productions with Atlantic City Ballet, Ballet West Academy, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and DANI GOLDSTEIN (Jennyanydots). National Tour Debut! appeared on Season 14 of “So You Think You Can Dance.” NY: –Lincoln Center (NYCO). Europe: RCCL– Thanks to Mom and Dad for their love and support. Mamma Mia. Regional: PCLO, Goodspeed Festival of New Works. BFA, The Boston Conservatory. Many thanks ERIN CHUPINSKY (Dance Captain/Swing) Off-Broadway: to Andy and the creatives, Tara Rubin Casting and CTG. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn. Tours: Love Never Dies (U.S. Love to my amazing family, friends and my kitty Calvin! Premiere); Hello, Dolly!; CATS; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; @danigste Wonderful Town (1st Nat’l). Regional Favorites: The Tempest (Ariel), Beauty and the Beast (Babette), Chicago, Victor TIMOTHY GULAN (Peter/Bustopher Jones/Asparagus) Victoria. Training: BFA Western Michigan University, LAMDA Broadway/Tours: The Last Ship, Les Misérables, South (). Erin has run 27 marathons and is an ironman Pacific, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Some Like It Hot, triathlete. Love and gratitude to Kristen, Andy and Karen. Picasso at the Lapine Agile, Carousel, Falsettos, The Lion www.erinchupinsky.com @erinchupinsky King, Blood Brothers, Passion, The Frogs. Premieres: Mr. Knightley in Emma @streamingmusicals.com, For ELYSE COLLIER (Bombalurina) First National Tour: Nice the Boys, Houdini, the King Stag, Just So, Get In the Car. Work If You Can Get it (Jeanie u/s). The Producers (Ulla) Movies/TV: , Passion, The Knick, Ice Age, Paramount, Maltz Jupiter. The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet ) Boardwalk Empire, The Producers. Regional: The Glass Peterborough Players. A Chorus Line (Judy) Lyric Theatre Menagarie, Arsenic and Old Lace, Amadeus, Cat on a Hot Oklahoma. The Ogunquit Playhouse. Asolo Repertoire Tin Roof, Billy Elliot, Bridges of Madison County, Big Fish. Theatre. BFA Boston Conservatory. elysecollier.com Tim teaches throughout the country. Thanks Professional Artists, Tara Rubin Casting. Love Kat. timothygulan.com MAURICE DAWKINS (Coricopat ) An NYC native, is elated to join the Jellicle Tribe! Regional: Newsies, Mamma DEVIN HATCH (Swing) is so excited to be joining the CATS Mia, South Pacific, CATS, and regional dance company family! National/International Tours: Lightwire Theater’s work. Special thanks to his loved ones, ATB Talent, DINO-LIGHT (Brutus). NY Readings: The Time of Nick and Tara Rubin Casting for helping him get here! Insta: (Nick). Regional Theatre: Newsies (Henry). Much love to @dawkinsmaurice my family and friends! @devin_hatch

GIOVANNI DiGABRIELE (Skimbleshanks) National Tour: BRETT MICHAEL LOCKLEY (Pouncival ) A Baltimore, MD A Bronx Tale (1st Nat’l; Handsome Nick, u/s Calogero) native, is thrilled to be a part of CATS! Credits- National A Chorus Line (Al), R+H’s Cinderella. Regional: Goodspeed Tour: Motown the Musical, Regional: Beauty and the Opera House, WST, MSMT, Fulton. Endless gratitude to his Beast (PaperMill), My Fair Lady (Fireside Theatre), LaCage family, friends, dance teachers/mentors, Michelle, AIM, Aux Folles (NSMT). INTL: A Chorus Line (Shanghai), Tara Rubin Casting, and the CATS team! #boysdancetoo IG: @Brett.Lockley @giovannidg

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McGEE MADDOX (Bill Bailey/Rum Tum Tugger) From AUSTIN JOSEPH REYNOLDS (Dance Captain/Swing) is Spartanburg, South Carolina I am thrilled to be back on an alumnus of The Juilliard School and Interlochen Arts the road and in such an iconic show! First National Tour: Academy, most recently a dancer for the Aspen Santa Fe An American in Paris/Jerry Mulligan. Principal Dancer: Ballet. Thank you to Andy and Kim for the opportunity, as The National Ballet of Canada. I want to thank my friends, well as his wonderfully supportive family! family, and the lovely Charlotte. @mcgeemaddox ADAM RICHARDSON (Victor/Old Deuteronomy) Regional MADISON MITCHELL (Cats Chorus) Broadway: CATS credits: We Shall Not Be Moved (The Apollo), Showboat (Original Revival Cast). National Tour: CATS (Demeter). (Westchester ), CATS (Flatrock Regional: Les Misérables, The Light in the Piazza. Playhouse). Tour: Porgy and Bess (Europe/Middle B.A. English (Summa Cum Laude). Immense gratitude East). Proud Carnegie Mellon University and Juilliard to Kristen, Tara Rubin, KMR, & family. Praise God alum! Thanks to God, mom and dad, siblings, family/ for His blessings. Matt. 7:7-11 @madison.mitchell_ friends, Tara Rubin Casting, and Kathy and the entire www.madisonmitchell.net Encompass team.

NATHAN PATRICK MORGAN (Cats Chorus) is overjoyed NEVADA RILEY (Sillabub) is thrilled to be making her to tour with Cats again. Broadway: The Phantom of the national tour debut with CATS! Regional credits include Opera (Jeweler/Piangi cover), Cats Revival (Cats Chorus/ 42nd Street, The Rocky Horror Show and Guys and Dolls. Cover – Old Deuteronomy, Gus). National tour: Cats Big thanks to the entire CATS team, her parents and her Original (Old Deuteronomy/Gus). I love you, Felix. Thanks pals for their support! Proud Michigan alum! to KB, AC, and JL. Love is love... ANNEMARIE ROSANO (Jellylorum) National Tour Debut! ADRIANA NEGRON (Rumpelteazer) recently graduated Regional: Hunchback...(Esmeralda), Into the Woods from Montclair State University with a BFA in Musical (Cinderella). Annemarie has been a featured soloist with Theatre. Some of her favorite credits include Diana the Birdland Big Band and the UK’s Jive Aces. Original Morales in A Chorus Line Shanghai and Anita in West Side founding member of America’s Sweethearts. NYU Story at the IHI Stage Around in Tokyo! @_adriananegron Steinhardt. Thanks to Across The Board, my teachers, and my family for their endless support! @annemarierosano BRAYDEN NEWBY (Plato/Macavity) National Tour Debut! Regional Theatre: An American in Paris MELODY ROSE (Tantomile) is thrilled to join the cast of (Ogunquit Playhouse), Newsies (Tuacahn Center for CATS! Melody is a graduate of The Juilliard School (BFA the Performing Arts). Other credits include: 2019 Dance 2017) and recently toured in Finding Neverland. MTV VMAs, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (season 3), () Special thanks to family, friends, CESD, Andy, “Saturday Night Live,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race All- Kim, Badiene, and Ashley for their endless love and Stars” (Season 3 & 4 Finale), “Cross Me” music support. For Mom-Mom. @melodyrose video (Ed Sheeran ft. Chance the Rapper), and Todrick Hall’s Forbidden World Tour. @braybraynoob BEN SEARS (Mungojerrie.) Tour: A Bronx Tale (Handsome Nick, u/s Calogero). Goodspeed: The Music CHARLOTTE O’DOWD (Swing) Broadway & 1st National Man (Ensemble, u/s Tommy). Forestburgh Playhouse: Tour: An American in Paris. Regional: Chicago, Wizard of Newsies! (Race, u/s Jack Kelly). The Lex: West Side Story Oz, Disney’s Little Mermaid, Joseph. Vegas: Cirque du (Snowboy, Dance Captain). Love to Dad, Brian, May, Kate, Soleil The Beatles LOVE, Steve Wynn’s Showstoppers. Emily, & Abigail. Canada’s National Ballet School graduate. Endless love and thanks to mom, dad, Laura, Hannah, Ellen, Rachel & ZACHARY TALLMAN (Cats Chorus) National Tour McGee. Thanks MSA! Instagram:@chassychassimi Debut. Regional: Austen’s Pride (Mr. Collins/FLMTF), Sweeney Todd (Tobias/Stillpointe Theatre). Regional Tour: ALEXA RACIOPPI (Demeter) Broadway National Tour A Christmas Carol (Jacob Marley). BM: Peabody Institute, debut! Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Paper Mill MM: NYU. Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Val). Proud graduate of Montclair State University, go Red Hawks! Manhattan TRICIA TANGUY (Cats Chorus). Off-Broadway: The Youth Ballet Alum. Big thanks to The Mine, Tara Rubin Marvelous Wonderettes (Original and Revival companies). Casting, and infinite love to my family! @alexaracioppi, National Tours: Joseph...Dreamcoat (u/s Diana Degarmo), alexaracioppi.com Sister Act, CATS (Grizabella), The Producers, Disney on Classic concert tour (Japan). Regional: Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Theatre Aspen. Ithaca College grad (B.F.A. musical theater) and Cleveland, OH native. Love to family & friends! triciatanguy.com @TriciaTanguy

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ADAM VANEK (Alonzo) National Tours: Chicago (Sergeant and created a life peer in 1997. To mark his 70th birthday, Fogarty), The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow). Regional: Guys his bestselling autobiography Unmasked was published and Dolls (The Guthrie, Bucks County), (Penn. by HarperCollins in March 2018. Shakespeare Festival, Flat Rock), Into the Woods (TUTS). BA University of Alabama. Thanks to Mom, Dad, Rachel, THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT (Poet & Lyricist ) was born in and Nick! Instagram: @atvanek. St. Louis, Missouri, on September 26, 1888. He was educated at Harvard, the Sorbonne in Paris and Merton DONNA VIVINO (Grizabella) Broadway: (Elphaba), College, Oxford. He settled in England in 1915 and taught Les Misérables (Original Young Cosette), , Fame briefly at two schools before joining Lloyds Bank in the city Becomes Me (w/Martin Short), Saturday Night Fever. of London. His first volume of poems, Prufrock and Other Albums: Beautiful Dreamer, DNA (Vivino Sisters). Donna is Observations, was published in 1917. The Waste Land, his co-founder of JTB www.journeytobroadway.com. Thank most famous work, was first published in 1922. In 1925 you to my family, Megan, Kristen and Xavier. Instagram/ he left the bank to become a director of the publishing Twitter @donnavivino house of Faber. There have been several individual and collected editions of his poetry, as well as volumes of his LORETTA WILLIAMS (Swing) Training includes: Irina literary and social criticism; he also wrote a number of Makkai Classical Ballet School, Joffrey Ballet, Texas verse plays, including Murder in the Cathedral, which was Ballet Theater. Dance credits: New York Dance Project, commissioned for the Canterbury Festival of 1935. T.S. MAC Cosmetics, GAP. Broadway national tour debut. She Eliot had a great affection for cats, and “Possum” was his is so grateful for the support of her parents and uncle. alias among his friends. Old Possum’s Book of Practical @retta_will Cats appeared in October 1939 and was the basis for CATS. He received many honors and distinctions, among ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Composer ) is the composer of them the Order of Merit and the Nobel Prize for Literature. some of the world’s best known musicals including CATS, Eliot died in January 1965 and was posthumously Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, awarded the 1983 Tony Award for the book of CATS. , The Phantom of the Opera (which celebrated its 30th anniversary on Broadway this year) and TREVOR NUNN (Director ) From 1968 to 1986, he was the Sunset Boulevard. When Sunset Boulevard joined School youngest-ever artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare of Rock–The Musical, CATS and Phantom on Broadway in Company, directing more than 30 productions, from February 2017 he became the only person to equal the classics to new works including Nicholas Nickleby and record set in 1953 by Rodgers and Hammerstein with Les Misérables. He was later director of the National four shows running concurrently. As well as The Phantom Theatre, where award-winning productions included Not Of The Opera and CATS his productions include the About Nightingales, Troilus and Cressida, Oklahoma!, groundbreaking which introduced the The Merchant of Venice, Summerfolk, My Fair Lady, double Oscar winning Bollywood composer AR Rahman A Streetcar Named Desire, Anything Goes and Love’s to the Western stage. As a composer and producer, Lloyd Labour’s Lost. He directed the world premieres of Tom Webber is one of an elite group of artists to have achieved Stoppard’s Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia and Rock ’n’ Roll; EGOT status by receiving an Emmy, four Grammys and of CATS, Sunset Boulevard, , Aspects including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for of Love and The Woman in White by Andrew Lloyd Webber. , his setting of the Latin Requiem mass, an Oscar Other theatre includes Hamlet, Richard II, Inherit the Wind, and eight including the 2018 Special Tony Kiss Me Kate (Old Vic); A Little Night Music (West End and for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Additionally he Broadway); Heartbreak House, Flare Path, The Tempest has been honored with seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); All That Fall (59E59); the Praemium Imperiale, the Award The Wars of the Roses (Rose Theatre); Pericles (TFANA). for Excellence in , a BASCA Fellowship, and the Kennedy Center Honor. He owns seven London GILLIAN LYNNE (Original Choreographer) 1926-2018: The theatres including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the first non-royal woman to have a London theatre named . He is passionate about the importance after her: the . Broadway: The Roar of music in education and the Andrew Lloyd Webber of the Greasepaint…, ; How Now, Dow Jones; Foundation has become one of Britain’s leading charities CATS (Olivier Award, Tony nomination), , supporting the arts and music. In 2016 the Foundation The Phantom of the Opera (Tony Nomination); Chitty Chitty funded a major new national initiative which endowed Bang Bang. Off-Broadway/Regional: Jeeves Takes Charge, the American Theatre Wing with a $1.3 million, three- Now Or Never, Imaginary Invalid (WTC). Gillian’s iconic year grant to support theatre education opportunities for work on CATS and Phantom has been seen and enjoyed underserved young people and public schools across the by millions worldwide along with her direction of the U.S. He was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 1992 television programs A Simple Man and Le Morte D’Arthur

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(both BBC). Awards: BAFTA, 2013 Olivier Special Award, JOHN NAPIER (Scenic & Costume Designer) studied Golden Rose of Montreux (“The Muppet Show” series), Fine Art at Hornsey College of Art and theatre design Vienna’s Silver Order of Merit in 1983 (for directing the at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Credits: Royal first proscenium arch production of CATS enabling the Shakespeare Company (associate designer), Royal show to tour the world), Mr. Abbot Award, Molière Award National Theatre; opera includes , and DBE: Dame of the British Empire. Her “White Cat” solo Glyndebourne, ENO and the Metropolitan Opera; CATS; was honored by the American Dance Machine in 2015. Starlight Express; Les Misérables; Miss Saigon; Sunset Her husband, the actor Peter Land proudly oversees Boulevard; ’s Captain EO; Siegfried & her legacy. Roy Show at the Mirage (creator/co-director); and ’s Hook. Awards include four Oliviers (nine ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER (Choreographer ) is a three- nominations), a BAFTA and Tony Awards for Nicholas time Tony Award winner for his choreography in the Nickleby, CATS, Starlight Express, Les Misérables and Broadway productions of Bandstand, In The Heights and Sunset Boulevard. American Academy of Achievement Hamilton for which he also received London’s Olivier member, elected Royal Designer for Industry in 1996 and Award. The recent production of Bandstand (director/ an Honorary Fellow of the London Institute. choreographer) also received the Drama Desk and Chita Rivera Award for Best Choreography. Other Broadway NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Designer ) is a New York-based credits include Bring It On, 9 to 5, The People In The lighting designer who has designed lighting for many Picture, The Apple Tree, Annie, and the recent revival varieties of entertainment, including dance and opera of CATS. Upcoming theatre projects include the new companies, concerts, regional theatres, Off- Broadway, musical Only Gold with British singer/songwriter Kate Las Vegas, TV and permanent lighting installations. She Nash and the musical Five Points. On television, Mr. is a six-time Tony Award winner whose recent Broadway Blankenbuehler’s work has been seen most recently credits include Frozen, Springsteen on Broadway, on the Emmy Award-winning FX series “Fosse/Verdon,” Hello Dolly, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Aladdin, An and his choreography will be seen in the upcoming American in Paris, Once, The Glass Menagerie, Aida and Universal Studio film of the musical CATS. Andy is very Beauty and the Beast. CATS is her second show with proud to have made his concert debut earlier this year Andrew Lloyd Webber after designing on with a piece entitled Remember Our Song for the Tulsa Broadway last season. Ballet Company. As a performer, Mr. Blankenbuehler has danced on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man MICK POTTER (Sound Designer ) School of Rock (Drama of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big Desk Award nominee), The Phantom of the Opera (Parnelli and Guys and Dolls. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Award), Les Misérables (Tony Award nominee, Helpmann Mr. Blankenbuehler resides in New York City, with his wife Award), Miss Saigon (Broadway World Audience Award, Elly and two children, Luca and Sofia. Mr. Blankenbuehler London), Love Never Dies (Green Room Award), CATS is a recipient of a special 2015 Drama Desk Award for his (Drama Desk Award nominee), The Woman in White achievement in the theatre. Mr. Blankenbuehler received (Olivier Award), Saturday Night Fever, Bombay Dreams, the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors for his work on the The Wizard of Oz, Sister Act, Joseph, Zorro the Musical, musical Hamilton. , Evita, Betty Blue Eyes, From Here to Eternity, Barnum, Sunset Boulevard, Carousel, Chess. KRISTEN BLODGETTE (Music Supervisor ) was associate musical supervisor for CATS (original Broadway, tours, CHRISSIE CARTWRIGHT (Associate Director/ Copenhagen) and musical supervisor/conductor for the Choreographer ) West End, performer: Billy, Irene, Evita, Broadway revival. She has been the associate musical Barnum, Blondel; Choreographer: The Secret Diary of supervisor for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway Adrian Mole, Sherlock Holmes the Musical, Mack and since 1988 and supervised 15 subsequent companies of Mabel. Tours: The Entertainer, Devil’s Virtuoso, Annie, Phantom worldwide. She served as musical supervisor The Card, On the Twentieth Century, The Witches of for Love Never Dies in Hamburg and the National Tour. Eastwick, Showbizpops Orchestra’s The Music of Andrew Additional Broadway: Evita, Mary Poppins, LoveMusik, Lloyd Webber. TV choreography: Kiss Me Kate, Alas Smith The Woman in White, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sunset and Jones, Hit Dancing. Associate director/choreographer: Boulevard, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Little Night Music Five Guys Named Moe (London, NY, Australia), CATS all and rehearsal pianist for Carrie with . She over the world, Brick by Bricusse, Dear World. Movement recently was the conductor for revival director and musical staging: The Private Ear and The of Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close. National tour: Public Eye, Birdsong, This is the Hour–a celebration of the On Your Toes, Jerry’s Girls, Barnum and Bounce music of Claude-Michel Schönberg. Children’s director: (Goodman, Kennedy Center). Mary Poppins. Resident director: CATS, Joseph…, Sister Act, The Wizard of Oz.

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KIM CRAVEN (Associate Choreographer) Resident TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting) Selected Broadway Choreographer–CATS (Broadway). Resident Director– and National Tours: Ain’t Too Proud (upcoming), King Come Fly Away and Times They Are A-Changin’ Kong, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, The Band’s (Broadway). Associate Director/Choreographer–Movin’ Visit, Prince of Broadway, Indecent, Bandstand, Sunset Out (London). Associate Choreographer–Honeymoon Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, in Vegas (Broadway). Dance Supervisor–Movin’ Out CATS, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Les Misérables, (1st National), Swing! (1st National). Dance Captain– The Heiress, The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Mamma Mia! (1st National & Vegas), On The Town Spamalot, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma (Broadway). Associate Choreographer–Damn Yankees Mia!, Jersey Boys. Off-Broadway: Gloria: A Life, Smokey and The Full Monty (Papermill Playhouse). Kim began Joe’s Café, Jersey Boys, Here Lies Love, Love, Loss, her career with The Pennsylvania Ballet and is part of the and What I Wore. Selected Regional: Berkeley Repertory faculty at NYCDA. Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Westport Country Playhouse, Asolo Rep. ELLENORE SCOTT (Assistant Choreographer) www.tararubincasting.com Broadway: King Kong (associate choreographer), Head Over Heels (associate choreographer), CATS Revival VICTORIA TINSMAN (Hair and Makeup Design (assistant choreographer), Falsettos Revival (assistant Coordinator) Thrilled to be back at the Junkyard! choreographer). Off-Broadway: Pride and Prejudice at Broadway: Pretty Woman, CATS, She Loves Me, Fish in Cherry Lane Theater (choreographer). Artistic Director of the Dark, Fun Home, Rocky, Amazing Grace, A Delicate ELSCO Dance Company. Instagram: @ellenorescott Balance, Phantom of the Opera. 2 Seasons at The Alley Theatre. 3 Seasons at Utah Shakespearean Festival. LILI FROEHLICH (Assistant Choreographer ) Broadway: UNCSA BFA in Wigs & Make Up. CATS (Electra, DC, u/s Sillabub, Jennyanydots & Rumpleteazer). Tours: Hamilton (Swing/DC) and Joseph ABIGAIL HAHN (Associate Costume Designer ) is a New ... Dreamcoat (Ensemble). Lili is originally from Fort Worth, York based Costume Designer/Stylist. As an Associate, TX and is a proud graduate of Otterbein University in her International credits include: School of Rock (West Westerville, OH. She is so grateful for this opportunity! End and Australia) and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Shanghai). NY Associate/assistant credits include BRIAN TAYLOR (Associate Music Supervisor ) Broadway Broadway: Sunset Boulevard, CATS, School of Rock, Fun credits include CATS (Associate Conductor), Evita Home, Violet, A Christmas Story, Hair. Select Associate (Assistant Conductor), An American in Paris, Cinderella, credits Off-Broadway: The Public Theater (Dry Powder ), and Mary Poppins. Rehearsal piano for Sunday in the CSC (Peer Gynt, Allegro), and NY City Center (Wild Party, Park With George at New York City Center, and Paint Little Shop of Horrors, A New Brain, Irma La Douce, Your Wagon and Lady Be Good! at City Center Encores. Merrily We Roll Along). Additionally, Abby has designed Keyboard for Jesus Christ Superstar live on NBC. costumes for several commercials and photoshoots.

ERIC KANG (Music Director/Conductor ) National tours: J. ANDREW BLEVINS (Production Stage Manager) Love Never Dies (assistant conductor), A Gentleman’s National tours: Love Never Dies, An American in Paris, Guide To Love And Murder 1st National (pianist). New York: Motown, Ragtime, Camelot, 50 Shades! The Musical. Bunnicula (assistant music director). Regional: Merrily Regional: Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Thanks to my We Roll Along, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, and family for all of their love and support! For SMB! others. Degrees from New York University and Williams College. Support Arts Education in your public schools! JENNIFER SCOTT (Stage Manager ) Broadway: Carousel; A Doll’s House, Part 2; War Paint; The Front Page. STUART ANDREWS (Keyboard Programmer ) Broadway/ National Tours: Jersey Boys; Bat Out of Hell; Love Never West End: The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Dies. Thanks to Mom & Dad. Evita, Mary Poppins, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Woman in White. West End: Miss Saigon, CATS, , JUSTIN COFFMAN (Assistant Stage Manager ) National The Wizard of Oz, Betty Blue Eyes, Love Never Dies, Tours Include: Love Never Dies, Dirty Dancing, The Oliver!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Lion King. New York/101 Productions: Hedwig and the The Sound of Music, La Cage aux Folles. Angry Inch, Big Fish, Of Mice and Men, Romeo & Juliet, The Bridges of Madison County, and more. Endless love to TALITHA FEHR (Music Coordinator ) has worked on over all my family and friends! #BKind2EachOther 70 national and international tours and productions. Highlights include: Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, School of Rock, Come Fly Away, and Love Never Dies, as well as the Vancouver Olympic Ceremonies 2010. She dedicates her Shubert Theatre | 2019–2020 23 work on CATS to the memory of her mentor, Sam Lutfiyya.

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SCOTT M. ELLIS (Company Manager ). Broadway: Elf— Rock-The Musical. The Really Useful Group reached over The Musical, Beautiful—The Carole King Musical. Tours: 20 million people across the globe last year from live Jerry Lewis in Damn Yankees!, Tommy Tunes’ , theatre and concert audiences, cinema-goers, television Rent—1st National Tour, Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion, viewers and music fans, to social media and art lovers. Walking With Dinosaurs—The Arena Spectacular, This year, The Really Useful Group continues to work Dreamwork’s How To Train Your Dragon—The Arena across theatre, film and television and as it produces Spectacular. Regional: Goodspeed Opera House, American and develops new projects and partnerships worldwide, Conservatory Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. Other: alongside its ongoing work in education, amateur STOMP! San Francisco. Teatro Zinzanni—San Francisco. licensing and music publishing. An Oklahoma native, Scott thanks his family and friends for their support and dedicates this to Bailey! THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION (Producer ) For more than 100 years, the Shubert Organization has been in the MEGAN CISZEK (Assistant Company Manager ). Broadway forefront of the American theatre. Under the leadership National Tour debut! Megan is excited to be back hugging of Philip J. Smith, Chairman, and Robert E. Wankel, her CATS Family. Regional: The Glimmerglass Festival, President, the Shubert Organization owns and operates Florida Repertory Theatre. Proud graduate of James 17 Broadway theatres and six Off-Broadway venues. Madison University. Thanks to my families of all shapes The company has produced and coproduced hundreds and kinds for your love and support! Love to Mom, Di, of plays and musicals, including CATS, Dreamgirls, Katie, Baschka, Mo, Simon, and Ayla. Sunday in the Park With George, Amadeus, The Real Thing, The Grapes of Wrath, , The Elephant Man, NEURO TOUR (Physical Therapy) Carolyn Lawson PT, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Hedwig founder and CEO of NEURO TOUR and Neurosport, leaders and the Angry Inch, School of Rock—The Musical, in performing arts medicine. We are honored to be part The Humans, Meteor Shower, Angels in America, The of CATS. Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Band’s Visit, Come From Away, and Dear Evan Hansen. The Cher Show. Tours: On Your Feet!, Hamilton. JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer ) President of the TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT (Tour Management ) has been and son of the late James M. an innovator in touring musical theater productions for Nederlander. He is the third generation of a family known over two decades, producing shows throughout North, for owning and operating theatres around the world, and Central and South America, Europe and Asia. Additionally, for producing theatre, cultural presentations, and popular the company is experienced in casino and leisure music attractions. Recent credits include On Your Feet!, markets. Current and upcoming productions include The Band’s Visit, Escape to Margaritaville, Meteor Shower, CATS, The Phantom of the Opera, Escape to Margaritaville, Mean Girls, My Fair Lady, The Humans, The Elephant Man The Color Purple and My Fair Lady. With strong ties to the with Bradley Cooper, Kinky Boots, Movin’ Out, Tootsie, the Broadway community, TROIKA prides itself on delivering upcoming TINA: The Tina Turner Musical and many others. top quality productions to audiences worldwide. Please visit us at www.troika.com. CAMERON MACKINTOSH (Producer) has produced the three longest-running musicals in history: BOND THEATRICAL GROUP (Tour Booking, Marketing Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and CATS. & Publicity Direction) is a fully independent booking, Miss Saigon is now touring North America and the U.K. marketing and publicity company for live entertainment while his co-production with Disney of Mary Poppins productions. Current tour marketing and booking projects returns to London’s West End in 2019. He owns eight include Blue Man Group, CATS, Clueless, Girl from London theatres including the Victoria Palace which the North Country, First Date, Jesus Christ Superstar, is now home to the award-winning musical Hamilton, Kathleen Turner’s Finding My Voice, Latin History for co-produced with Jeffrey Seller. Cameron was knighted in Morons, An Officer & A Gentleman, Once on this Island 1996; recently was the first British producer to be elected and Spamilton. Current marketing and publicity projects to the Theater Hall of Fame; and is the recipient of the include Anastasia, The Band’s Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, 2017 Stephen Sondheim Award. Diana, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION founded in 1913, is Roof, Moulin Rouge!, Oklahoma!, The Color Purple, The the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and The Prom. professional actors and stage managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers of its members by THE REALLY USEFUL GROUP (Licensor/Producer) is negotiating wages, working conditions and providing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s producing and licensing company a wide range of benefits (health and pension included). and manages the theatrical rights for all of Andrew’s Member: AFL-CIO, FIA. #EquityWorks works, including The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Shubert Theatre | 2019–2020 25 Christ Superstar, Evita, Sunset Boulevard and School of who’s WHO

CATS TOUR STAFF PRODUCTION STAGE GENERAL MANAGEMENT & MANAGER...... J. ANDREW BLEVINS PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Stage Manager...... Jennifer Scott TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT Assistant Stage Manager...... Justin Coffman Assistant Choreographers...... Ellenore Scott, Lili Froehlich GENERAL MANAGER Dance Captains...... Erin Chupinsky, KAREN BERRY Austin Joseph Reynolds Assistant General Manager...... Madeline M. McCluskey Associate Scenic Designer...... Kevin Depinet UK Associate Costume Designer...... Tracy Stiles PRODUCTION MANAGER U.S. Associate Costume GREGG DAMANTI Designers...... Lisa Zinni, Abigail Hahn Costume Assistants...... Chris Hynds, Holly McCaffrey TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Costume Intern...... Matthew Freeman DAVE BURCH Associate Lighting Designer...... Craig Stelzenmuller COMPANY MANAGER Assistant Lighting Designer...... Dan Walker SCOTT M. ELLIS Moving Light Programmer...... Alex Fogel Assistant Company Manager...... Megan Ciszek Associate Sound Designer...... Adam Fisher Hair & Makeup Design CASTING Coordinator...... Victoria Tinsman TARA RUBIN CASTING Production Carpenter...... D. Wade Jolly Tara Rubin CSA, Lindsay Levine CSA, Production Electrician...... Dawn Kenseth Xavier Rubiano CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Production Sound...... Colle Bustin, Joshua Hummel Laura Schutzel CSA, Kaitlin Shaw CSA, Production Properties...... Clista Jarrett Claire Burke CSA, Peter Van Dam CSA, Felicia Rudolph CSA, Louis DiPaolo, HEAD CARPENTER...... SEAN SACCO Kevin Metzger-Timson, Juliet Auwaerter Flyman...... Daniel Hudgens Foy Carpenter...... Sam Weaver EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION Head Electrician...... Adrian Workman BOND THEATRICAL GROUP Assistant Electrician...... Eric Johnson bondtheatrical.com Sound Mixer...... Zachary Ireson Assistant Sound...... Kevin Thurber TOUR BOOKING Props Supervisor...... Clista Jarrett Temah Higgins Mollie Mann Assistant Props...... David Jensen Wendy Roberts Wardrobe Supervisor...... Michael Turner Brittany Halberstadt Madison St. Amour Assistant Wardrobe...... Renee Jones Hair & Makeup Supervisor...... Jakey Hicks MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION Assistant Hair & Makeup...... Gabriel Nunez DJ Martin Production Assistants...... Chelsey Arce, Marc Viscardi Megan Ciszek, Mason Fick Nicholas Jaech Nicole Musto Associate Keyboard Programmer...... David Weiser Rehearsal Pianist...... Ming Aldrich-Gan MAKEUP DESIGN JOHN NAPIER Physical Therapy...... NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy Makeup development by Nanci Powell Physical Therapist...... Kerrie O’Donnell, PT, DPT Medical Director...... Craig E. Weil, MD WIGS MISS LEMON LIMITED Production Photography...... Matthew Murphy Jenny Dean & Charles Wright Creative Services...... SpotCo Website & Interactive Marketing...... SpotCo MUSICAL SUPERVISOR FOR ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Accounting...... Zwick & Banyai, PLLC David Wilson Employee Benefits...... PEOPLE, Inc. Insurance...... The Arts Insurance Program, LLC. New dance sequences for “The Old Gumbie Cat,” Legal...... Jean Ward, Esq., “The Rum Tum Tugger” and “Magical Mister Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Mistoffelees” co-arranged by John Clancy Merchandising...... Creative Goods Merchandise LLC

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For TROIKA ENTERTAINMENT FLYING BY FOY Chief Executive Officer...... Randall A. Buck Chief Operating Officer...... Angela Rowles CATS rehearsed at the New 42nd Street® Studios Executive Vice President, Production...... Kori Prior Executive Vice President, Marketing...... Amy Katz www.CATSTheMusical.com General Managers...... Karen Berry, The Actors and Stage Managers employed in Brian Schrader, Tyler Soltis this production are members of Actors’ Equity Assistant General Association, the union of professional actors and Managers...... Madeline M. McCluskey, A.J. Orth stage managers in the United States. Technical Director...... Dave Burch Production Managers...... Heather Chockley, The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians. Gregg Damanti, Jessica Sentak Production Coordinator...... Drew Neitzey Backstage and Front of the House Employees are Director of Engagements...... Barrett Newman represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Director of Finance...... Brian Jacob Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E) Financial Controller...... George Lamberty The Director-Choreographer is a member of the Senior Accountant...... Lourdes Castillo STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, Accounting Clerk...... Electra Walker a national theatrical labor union. Office Manager...... Mary Lauritzen Costume Shop Administrator...... Alison M. Smith United Scenic Artists represents the designers and Warehouse Manager...... Scott Garrish scenic painters for the American Theatre.

www.troika.com The Company Manager employed in this production is represented by the Association of Theatrical Press CREDITS Agents & Managers. Scenery and automation by TTS STUDIOS, Charleston, SC. This production is produced by a member of Lighting equipment from PRG LIGHTING. Sound equipment the Broadway League in collaboration with our by SOUND ASSOCIATES. Rigging equipment by CHRISTIE professional union-represented employees. LIGHTS. Light up and large costumes executed by John Kristiansen New York Inc. Grizabella costume executed by Sasha Keir. Leotards executed by Phil Reynolds. Painting by Nicola Killeen Textile. Jennyanydots painting by Hochi Asiatico. Leg and arm warmers knitted by Jo Thompson. Skimbleshanks and Victor knitted by Marian Grealiish. Additional makeup consultation by Karen Dawson.

Shubert Theatre | 2019–2020 27 shubert SUPPORTERS

We are grateful for the continued generosity of our donors who provide vital operating and program support to our historic theatre. MARQUEE CIRCLE – (STARTING AT $50,000) Alexander and Jennifer Clark

SIGNATURE CIRCLE – (STARTING AT $20,000) Ruby H. Melton and Gail J. McAvay Suzanne Weinstein In memory of Richard Weinstein

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE – (STARTING AT $10,000) Dr. and Mrs. John Fenn The Suzio Family

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE – (STARTING AT $5,000) Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Bergami, Jr. The JANA Foundation The Eveland Family Mr. and Mrs. William Thiele Jill and Glenn MacInnes PATRON CIRCLE – (STARTING AT $2,500) Sally and Stephen Glick Michael & Kelly Loftus The Huisking Foundation Erik Scaranuzzo Jeffrey Alan Johnson Anthony and JoAnn Scillia

SOCIETY OF 1914 – (STARTING AT $1,914) Brian and Susan Bier Aldo DeDominicis Foundation Margie Kowal Elm City Cheese Co Inc Richard and Julie Helmreich

BENEFACTOR – (STARTING AT $1,000) Bob and Teta Anderson & Family Rosemarie and John Fisher David I. Newton Michael Bailey Linda and Vincent Giordano Dr. Cynthia M. Parker Fund Robin Cannon Joe and Cindy Goldberg The Jamie A. Hulley Arts Dr. Zeno Chicarilli, MD Beth and Allen Heller Foundation Karen Clute Barbara Lamb Fred and Barbara Sette John Corraro Benjamin Liveten Charitable Dr. Stephanie Slattery Claire Criscuolo Grand Nephew Trust Carla and Sean Sullivan John Emra Judy D. Olian and Peter Liberti Leonardo H. Suzio John and Liz Fisher William and Karen McAndrew Kevin and Stephanie Weirsman

PRODUCER – (STARTING AT $500*) Drew and Hilarie Alden & Family Ernestine and Ronald Cwik Robert J. Kauffman Sharon and Ron Barnabei Barbara A. Gabianelli Joan Kenna David & Kathy Bavelas Frank and Lora Girimonte Dorothy and Thomas Lane Kevin and Margaret Burke Susan Gobel Donald Lannin and James Russell Rafael and Dawn Carmelo Roni and Howard Harmetz Richard Larson Don and Margaret Chaffee Dr. Jeffrey and Betsy Hoos Rochelle and Spencer Lauer The Collins Family Pamela and Alex Hutchinson Mark and Beth Law Dr. James and Dr. Bettye Comer Edith L. Huzar Gary and Carol Lemmon Victoria and David Crompton Joel and Sue Jacobson Robert and Jeralea Levine Jim Flynn and Laura Craft Joseph & Petra Jenkinson Judith A. Lisi Fund

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Thomas Lombardi Edwin Nichols Judith and Mark Sklarz Tom and Tricia LoRicco Arlene O’Tell Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Spencer Michael Lynch Sheila M. Powers Shepard and Marlene Stone Raymond Magaldi Michael Randi and Sheila and Edward Sudhoff Robert Mariano and Alisa Hunt Sandra Elkin-Randi Matthew and Victoria Susman Anthony Marone Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reed Ryan Torello Michael and Deborah Martino Andrew and Judith Rizzo Lorraine Traskos Erin McCallum William Root and Emily Cosenza William and Kathy Verespy Charles and Galina Murphy Bill & Michele Rosa, Russell Hall Co. Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman LLP Jocelyn and Bruce Murray Jim and Dale Sochocki Tom and Fernanda Yankowski The Napier Family The Seaman Family

BACKER – (STARTING AT $250*) Abisola Afolalu Lajeune Hollis Shelley Saczynski Rachel and Ian Alderman Henry Lord Anne F. Schenck Harry and Diane Azano E Madders JoAnn Scillia Phyllis Brodoff Will and Joanna Martinez Barbara and Jim Segaloff Judge Guido and Anne Calabresi Susan B. Matheson Dana and Steven Spencer Carly Callahan John and Janie McNamara Alan & Diana Supersano Frances Bitsie Clark Michael Morand Edward and Roberta Surette Mary Elia Robert C. Neuman Ric and Lisa Suzio Michele Etzel Cynthia and William Nicoletti Jeff and Alicia Torello Marylee Frisbie Lori Plocharczyk Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman, LLP Tom Griggs and Ed Bottomley Terry and Carl Porto Elizabeth Betsy Herlihy Eugenia Routzounis

SUSTAINER – (STARTING AT $100*) Daisy Abreu Chelsea Groton Foundation Leonard Rodriguez James and Kathleen Alber Michael Fox Peggy Rosamilia Caron and Norman Alderman Lauren Franklin Baochau Ruland Anonymous David and Earla Frisbie Michael Santoro Peter Aronson and Marie Landry Barbara and Gerald Gaab Endre and Aniko Sarkany Anthony Augliera, Inc. Beatriz Gavaghan Gregg and Susan Scholler Helene Augustine Thomas and Debra Giambra Robert Silvestri Bill and Donna Batsford Linda Greenhouse Jeanne Simard Jennifer and Michael Bennick David Harden The Carol L. Sirot Foundation Diana and Bob Blythe Chad and Michelle Herzog Timothy and Bonnie Smith Cindy and Dr. Stephen Brenner Merle Levy Hornstein Brian Smith Celeste Falcone James Kenny Pat and Bill Smith Robert Canelli Patrice and Donald Kirshbaum Kenneth Spitzbard Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Carroll Jeanne and Guy Laplante Eileen and Robert St. John Janice Castle Betty and Kevin Mackowski Gay Steinbach Jeffrey Chaffkin Ralph and Ellen Maldonado Jennifer Stevenson Elsie B. Chapman Phyllis K. Medvedow Joan Sullivan Joseph Chick Matthew and Renee Meskill Anne Sweeney Jeanette Chinchilla Lew and Kristen Michaels Alan and Diane Trotta Jeff and Rene Chin Ellen and Leonard Milstone Michael and Rhonda Tripodina Elizabeth J. Clark Mark Minopoli Susan Verow Victoria & David Clark Evelyn R. Moulton Dominic and Judith Viscuso Antonio and Deborah Coelho Ken and Susie Ng Arthur Volanth Dr. Anne McB. Curtis Henry and Cheryl Norton Dotty and Glenn Weston-Murphy Louise DiCocco Ann and Marc Palmieri Marilyn Whitesides Melinda Divicino MaryLou Palmieri The Wittenstein Family Jackie Downing Stephanie Park Andrew Wolf Karen and Tom Dufour Kimberly Petitti William and Karen Wyskiel Patrick Dunn Bart and Cindy Piccirillo David and Enrica Yaffe Gerald Esposito Fran and Robert Prezant Marsha Zellner Andrew Evancho Joseph Ramos Justin Zenchuk Richard and Esther Ezold Cathleen Ryan Reneer Robert and Linda Fiscus David and Joan Rifkin Shubert Theatre | 2019–2020 29 shubert SUPPORTERS

FRIENDS – (STARTING AT $50*) Mr. and Mrs. Hillel David Feldman Jeffrey Lange James Rollins Auerbach Rex Ferrante Barbara Lesnieski Mr. and Mrs. David Maggie Barkin Richard and Diane Fidler Darlen Lessard Salerno Elizabeth Braddon Catherine Forman Georgia Marchitto Molly Schleis Sharon Brune Marcia and John Gell Margaret Mariotti Seluga Family Donald Budzilek Lindy Lee Gold Daniel Massey, Jr. Michele Silvey Alfred and Anna Buono Cheryl K. Gooden, M.D. Patricia W. Massey Monica Sprvill Lynne Bushey Brian Hampel Jeff Fontana and Michael Stevens Sue Canavan Roberta Hanlon Marsha McCoy Jennifer A. Stevenson Marijane Carey Sophie Helenek Elizabeth McGovern Elissa Tirozzi Ann Caruso Barbara Heritage Dolores Murdock Christopher Traner Jean Cherniavsky Merle Levy Hornstein Susan Nicholaou Alan and Diane Trotta Peter Chometa Wally & Maureen Ivers Tanya Nobile Jo Virag Alecia Coffin Eliot Jameson MaryLou Palmieri Gayle Walter Karen Cusick Phil Jermain Sandra Payne Dr. Bertrand and Notre Dame High School Deborah Jones Meredith Poster Martha Sue Weisbart Ellen Devine Susan A. Kelly Judy Primavera Howard Weiss Kieran Doherty Sylvia King Frank Proto Cyd Weldon Rusty Drake Laurence and Joseph Ramos Mr. and Mrs. David Willis John Dwyer Jacqueline Knoll Debra Randall Troy Zane Celeste Falcone Maria and Ted Koppey David and Paula Ridge

MEMORIAL GIFTS

In memory of Cheever Tyler Helaina Altabef Anonymous Boston Engineering Corporation Dana Carruth Lauren Franklin Catherine Fugelsang Nicole Lindy The Napier Family Dorothy and Glenn Weston-Murphy

Help us continue to bring the magic of live theater to future generations by making a tax-deductible donation to The Shubert Theatre! To become a Shubert supporter, visit our website at shubert.com/donate or contact Carla S. Sullivan, Director of Development, at [email protected] or 203.773.4339 *List reflects gifts received betweenJULY 1, 2018 – JANUARY 31, 2020. We regret any errors or omissions.

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SHUBERT VOLUNTEERS This dedicated group of individuals volunteer their time to help keep the Shubert vital — we thank them for their continued support. If you would like information on how you can volunteer, please contact Kathy Apuzzo at [email protected] or 203.773.4316. Roberta Abell Vernessa Elder Marcia Kuchuk Mary Ellen Price Nora Anderson Carmen Eng Dylan Kuhnhenn Pamela Price Brenda Arovas Shirley Erickson Kimberly Kulesh Katrina Proctor Lisa Ayers Dorothy Evans Amy Lee Shari Rahamim-Stelzer Raymond Ayers Celeste Falcone Barbara Lesnieski Kathryn Rahn Joy Balsamo Claudia Faughnan Darlene Lessard Veronica Redente Colleen Bannan Christine Faustino Katherine Letkowski Vince Ribeiro Jean Banning Isaac Faustino Louis Levine Susan Riccio Nancy Bartold Andrea Felsted Nancy Levine Denise Reed Belinda Battista Diane Fidler Peg Limbacher Gail Rich Bonnie Bayuk Richard Fidler Nadine Logan Marilyn Rittner Donna Binkoski Eileen Finucane Susan Lowe Albina Romanski Ann Marie Bonvini Karol Fleegal Julie Lyons Nancy Ronan Jeanette Bothroyd Catherine Forman Betty Mackowski Christine Rosa Elizabeth Braddon Gina Foster Kevin Mackowski Betsy Rosenthal Priscilla Bradford Michael Fox Donna Magrath Louise Ruinen Cathy Bradley Rossana Fox Nancy Mahoney Lisa Ryan Jo-Ann Bruneau Jennifer Frechette Ellen Maldonado Claudia Salazar Arlene Bruskin Marian Frederickson Ralph Maldonado Ann Salemme Donald Budzilek Beth Galligan Christine Mangone Terri Santillo Daya Butler Erin Galligan Tracey Massey Christine Sandford Shelley Caldwell Michael Gambino Susan Matican Wayne Sandford Sue Canavan Genya Gelband Abbie Maynard Aniko Sarkany Patricia Caplan Jenny Gerst Elizabeth McElrath Endre Sarkany Jaimo Cappellano Debra Giambra Jeanne McFarland David Scafariello Jose Capuras Thomas Giambra Kathryn McIntyre Mercy Scafariello Judith Carbonella Sandra Gibson Kenneth McIntyre Susan Schlank Ann Caruso Daniel Goddard Molly McKenna Molly Schleis Beverly Catchpole Mary Jane Godfrey Mindy McQueen Maude Schmidt Tracy Chaltas Brenda Gorman Heather Meachen John Schultz Connie Cholewczynski John Grabarz Elizabeth Melius Cecelia Schuster Debra Clark Vicki Grande Doreen Metzler Randi Scott Alecia Coffin Mary Grasso Molly Meyer Jessica Shaklee Mary Colandrea Ouida Green Maeve Miller Carrie Sherwood Annie Cole Marianne Haynes Joyce Milne Claudette Silberfein Dorreth Cole Diane Healey Mary Moninger-Elia Callie Silvey Brian Collins Marcia Heimann Keith Moore Cheli Smith Victoria Collins Alice Hencir Billie Morosko Eileen Smith Kathleen Cooney Mary Lou Hills Alberta Murdock JoAnn Smith Joanne Cooper Sally Hopkins Dolores Murdock Tracey Smith Julia Corrone Judy Hudak Joan Nash Monica Spruill Anita Cotton Linda Hughes Deanna Nemec Sandy Stollerman Jean Couturas Ruth Hwang Susan Nicholaou Sandy Tranquilli Sheila Creed Joseph Irizarry Barbara Nicolazzo Carolyn Vanacore Donna Cropley Susan Jennings Barbara Nierenburg Paula Verderame Michael Cropley Pamela Joy Aileen O’Connell Dorothy Volosin Melba Crowley Elizabeth Joyce MaryLou O’Connell Pam Walker Susan Czech Geoffrey Kanner Judy O’Connor Annie Wallace Elizabeth D’Amicis Marcia Kaplan Sandra Offredi Sharon Webb Gail DeBiase Jeannette Karolicki Jennifer O’Neil Cyd Weldon Audrey DeFronzo Carol Keefe Deborah Palmieri Peggy Whelan Melissa DeLuca Susan Kelleher June Ellen Patton Sylvia Whitefeather Patricia DeMatteo Sylvia King Sandra Payne Ammie Wilson Patricia DeNardi Wendy Klein Jo Peruzzi Sharon Young Barbara Dieckman Gail Korrick Kimberly Petitti Cathy Zaorski Diane Dow Barbara Krajewski Kurt Petitti Carla Zaratzian Teresa Downey Bobbie Kraus Ed Pikaart Matthew Zomick Joanne Durand Harlene Kravet Margie Pikaart Maurita Eaton Robert Kravet Noreen Piscitelli Maggie Edwards Doris Krzykwa Rosemary Plachtyna

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHUBERT ADMINISTRATION Leonardo H. Suzio John F. Fisher, Executive Director Chair Sue Jacobson, Director of Ticketing Ruby H. Melton Anthony Lupinacci, Director of Marketing Vice Chair Lew Michaels, Director of Operations Michael E. Bailey Carla Sullivan, Director of Development Treasurer Elisabeth Verrastro, Director of Communications Kelly Wuzzardo, Director of Education & Engagement Initiatives Matt Susman Secretary Janie Alexander-Haverkampf, Education Programs Manager Don Chaffee Kathy Apuzzo, Volunteer Services Manager Chairman Emeritus Ian Galligan, Marketing and Communications Manager Diane Pillegi, Accounting Manager Chad Whittington Robbin Seipold, Development Manager President & CEO John-Michael Whitney, Assistant Director of Ticketing John F. Fisher Justin Zenchuk, Operations Productions Manager Vice President John Maple, Operations Assistant Drew Alden Performance Staff Shay Atluru Ouida Martin, House Operations Manager Kevin Burke* Diane Shaw, Concessions Manager Alexander Clark Frances “Bitsie” Clark Floor Managers Jacquelyn Courtmanche Jillian Celentano, Sheryl Carpenter, Rachael Bedard, Mayor Justin Elicker, Ex-Officio Martin Bobenski, Elizabeth Clark, Donna Greene, Betsy Hotchkiss, John R. Emra Rosalyn Katz, Cheryl Schmidt, Aria Jones, Erika Flowers Dr. Dolores Garcia-Blocker Box Office Associates Sally Glick Liz Grace Supervisor, Joanne Beaucejour, Colleen O’Connor, Richard Helmreich Daniel Kovner, Melissa Magdon, Susan Godshall, Elizabeth Herlihy Stephanie Denyer Jeff L. Hubbard Michael Loftus Theater Production Anthony Marone Anthony DeFrancesco, Master Carpenter William McAndrew David Reilly, Master Electrician Patricia Melton Thomas Quagliano, Sound Engineer Erik Scaranuzzo Donna Maher, Wardrobe Mistress JoAnn Scillia Joe Miko, Properties Master Jason Kosko, Flyman * Immediate Past Chair Shubert Theatre | 2019–2020 35 36 Shubert Theatre | 2019–2020