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8 BROADWAY AT THE TENNESSEE CAST OF CHARACTERS King of Siam...... PEDRO KA‘AWALOA Anna Leonowens...... ANGELA BAUMGARDNER Lady Thiang...... DEANNA CHOI Kralahome...... BERN TAN Tuptim...... PAULINA YEUNG Lun Tha...... DONGWOO KANG Prince Chulalongkorn...... TIMOTHY MATTHEW FLORES Louis Leonowens...... HAYDEN BERCY Captain Orton/Sir Edward Ramsey...... STANTON MORALES Phra Alack...... DAX VALDES Princess Ying Yaowalak...... KAYLA TERUEL Royal Court Dancers...... ATSUSHI EDA, KEIJI KUBO Fan Dancers...... MASUMI IWAI, ANJALI KANTER Royal Wives, Townspeople...... CATRINA TERUEL CLARK, JENNA HO, MASUMI IWAI, CATHERINE LANDETA, ANJALI KANTER, AKINA KITAZAWA, TSUBASA OGAWA, SORAYA PATOONSITTICHAI, PEPITA SALIM, HIROKO UCHINO Guards, Monks, Townspeople...... RAYMOND DIMAANO, ATSUSHI EDA, KEIJI KUBO, TREVOR RODERICK, RICHEL RUIZ Royal Children...... CJ FERNANDO, ANJALI KANTER, KYLIE KUIOKA, LINDER SUTTON, KAYLA TERUEL, HIROKO UCHINO, ELIOT WALDVOGEL

THE SMALL HOUSE OF UNCLE THOMAS (BALLET)

Eliza...... SORAYA PATOONSITTICHAI Uncle Thomas...... TSUBASA OGAWA Angel/George...... RICHEL RUIZ Topsy...... HIROKO UCHINO Simon of Legree...... KEIJI KUBO Little Eva...... ANJALI KANTER Propmen...... RAYMOND DIMAANO, TREVOR RODERICK Dogs...... MASUMI IWAI, AKINA KITAZAWA, JENNA HO Guards...... ATSUSHI EDA, JEE HENG LIAO, MATHEUS TING Royals Singers...... CATRINA TERUEL CLARK, CATHERINE LANDETA, PEPITA SALIM

SWINGS JENNA HO, MATHEUS TING, ELIOT WALDVOGEL

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

For Anna Leonowens: ANNIE SHERMAN; for King of Siam: BERN TAN; for Lady Thiang: CATRINA TERUEL CLARK; for Kralahome: RAYMOND DIMAANO; for Tuptim: CATHERINE LANDETA, PEPITA SALIM; for Lun Tha: TREVOR RODERICK; for Prince Chulalongkorn: TREVOR RODERICK; for Louis Leonowens: ELIOT WALDVOGEL; for Captain Orton/Sir Edward Ramsey: DAX VALDES; for Phra Alack: MATHEUS TING; for Princess Ying Yaowalak: KYLIE KUIOKA; for Eliza: AKINA KITAZAWA; for Uncle Thomas: JENNA HO; for Angel/George: MATHEUS TING; for Topsy: JENNA HO; for Simon of Legree: MATHEUS TING; for Little Eva: JENNA HO.

Dance Captain...... TSUBASA OGAWA Assistant Dance Captain...... HIROKO UCHINO Fight Captain...... DAX VALDES

BROADWAY AT THE TENNESSEE 9 MUSICAL NUMBERS AND SCENES ACT I

Overture...... Orchestra Scene 1: Deck of the Chow Phya and Docks of Bangkok “I Whistle a Happy Tune”...... Anna and Louis Scene 2: The King’s Throne Room “My Lord and Master”...... Tuptim “Hello, Young Lovers”...... Anna “The March of Siamese Children”...... Orchestra Scene 3: On the Palace Grounds “A Puzzlement”...... King Scene 4: The Schoolroom “The Royal Bangkok Academy”...... Royal Children and Wives “Getting to Know You”...... Anna, Royal Children and Wives The Garden “We Kiss in a Shadow”...... Lun Tha and Tuptim A Palace Corridor “A Puzzlement” (Reprise)...... Chulalongkorn and Louis Scene 5: Anna’s Bedroom “Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?”...... Anna “Something Wonderful”...... Lady Thiang Scene 6: The King’s Study Finale Act I...... King and Company

ACT II

Scene 1: The Schoolroom “Western People Funny”...... Lady Thiang and Royal Wives Scene 2: Dining Room and Garden “I Have Dreamed”...... Lun Tha and Tuptim “Hello, Young Lovers” (Reprise)...... Anna Scene 3: Theater Pavilion “The Small House of Uncle Thomas” (Ballet)...... Tuptim, Royal Singers and Dancers Scene 4: The King’s Study “Song of the King”...... Anna and King “Shall We Dance?”...... Anna and King Scene 5: Outside the Gates of the Palace Scene 6: The King’s Study “I Whistle a Happy Tune” (Reprise)...... Anna

There will be one 15-minute intermission

ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard: DAVID AARON BROWN Associate Conductor/Synthesizer: ADAM WIGGINS Violin: DEBORAH MOYER; Cello: ELEN WROTEN; Flute/Piccolo: REBECCA HOVAN; Oboe/English Horn/Bassoon: NATHAN NIX; Clarinet: MICHAEL BLISS; French Horn: JACOB POULOS; Trumpet: KEATON VIAVATTINE; Drums/Percussion: RYAN BLIHOVDE Music Coordinator: JOHN MEZZIO

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular pones, beepers and watches.

10 BROADWAY AT THE TENNESSEE ANGELA PEDRO DEANNA BERN BAUMGARDNER K A‘AWALOA CHOI TAN

PAULINA DONGWOO TIMOTHY HAYDEN STANTON YEUNG KANG MATTHEW FLORES BERCY MORALES

CATRINA TERUEL RAYMOND ATSUSHI CJ MASUMI CLARK DIMAANO EDA FERNANDO IWAI

ANJALI AKINA KEIJI KYLIE CATHERINE KANTER KITAZAWA KUBO KUIOKA LANDETA

JEE HENG TSUBASA SORAYA TREVOR RICHEL LIAO OGAWA PATOONSITTICHAI RODERICK RUIZ

PEPITA LINDER KAYLA HIROKO DAX SALIM SUTTON TERUEL UCHINO VALDES

ANNIE JENNA MATHEUS ELIOT SHERMAN HO TING WALDVOGEL

BROADWAY AT THE TENNESSEE 11 WHO’S WHO ANGELA BAUMGARDNER ( Anna bring love and hope to people. He is thankful Leonowens) National tour debut! Regional: Mary for the support from the American Musical and Poppins (Winifred Banks), Peter Pan (Mrs. Darling), Dramatic Academy. All glory to God. Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), Sister Act (Mary (Prince Martin-of-Tours), A Little Night Music, Merrily We TIMOTHY MATTHEW FLORES Chulalongkorn). National tour debut! Training: Roll Along. Huge thanks to The King and I team, Marymount Manhattan College (Theatre Arts/ FireStarter Entertainment, Jason Styres and my Musical Theatre). Many thanks to my family, supportive family. angelabaumgardner.com friends and teachers for making this life-changing PEDRO KA‘AWALOA (King of Siam) is experience possible. honored to be bringing King Mongkut to life. (Louis) is thrilled to join He has a BA in Music from Harvard University. HAYDEN BERCY The King and I. Prior credits: A Christmas Story Regional: The Fantasticks; South Pacific; Evita; The National Tour (Flick), Radio City Christmas Addams Family; The Producers; Jesus Christ Superstar; Spectacular (Ben), The Nerd (Thor) at George White Christmas; The Odd Couple, Female Version. Street Playhouse and 2018 U.S. Tennis Open MD/Conductor: Cabaret, First Date, Seussical, Soloist. Thank you: NETworks, Jason Styres, Lisa …Spelling Bee, The King and I, Les Misérables. Pedro Calli, Justin, Emily, Janine, Mom, Dad and Brielle. is also a choir conductor, pianist, musician, teacher and composer. He is also a fitness and mindfulness STANTON MORALES (Sir Edward Ramsey/ enthusiast. Aloha and IMUA! pedrokaawaloa.com Captain Orton). National tour debut. Recent regional credits include: The Secret Garden (Lady Thiang) is so grateful DEANNA CHOI (Archibald Craven), A Little Night Music (Henrik), to be making her national tour debut! Off- The Scarlet Pimpernel (Percy), Jesus Christ Superstar Broadway: Lili Marlene (St. Luke’s Theater). (Pilate), Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth), You’re Regional: Wild Swans (A.R.T.). Very special A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Snoopy) and The thanks to Jason Styres, CSA, Kimberly Vaughn 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (William Performance Studio and Tom Burke Studio! My Barfée), for which he won the 2016 LA STAGE deepest love goes to my entire family, friends Alliance Ovation Award for Best Featured Actor and colleagues for ALL your support! Visit me at in a Musical. Graduate of the South Orange deannachoi.com. County School of the Arts. Special thanks to BERN TAN (Kralahome) is delighted to be Nicole at FireStarter Entertainment and Jason traveling with this lovely tour family. He was Styres. For The Moms. most recently seen in NYC in Guys and Dolls (Ensemble). (Sky Masterson), The Rake’s Progress (Nick CATRINA TERUEL CLARK Highlights: Miss Saigon National Tour (Gigi u/s). Shadow), Finding Home featuring the music of Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary), South Ricky Ian Gordon (Bernard). Other favorite Pacific (Liat), Hot Mikado (Yum Yum), Miss Saigon credits include Cosi Fan Tutte (Guglielmo), (Kim), Aida (Amneris), West Side Story (Maria), The Merry Widow (Bogdanovitch) and Into the Hair (Crissy) and more. Gratitude to Walker Woods (Baker). Before the tour, he taught voice Clark, Jamie Wigginton, Nancy Carson, Jason as an adjunct faculty member at NYU while Styres, NETworks and my students. completing graduate studies there. (Ensemble) is elated (Tuptim). National tour RAYMOND DIMAANO PAULINA YEUNG to be making his national tour debut with The King debut! Opera: The Magic Flute (First Lady/Opera and I. Regional: Mary Poppins (VARep), Mamma Hong Kong), The Mikado (Peep-bo). Concerts: Mia! (VMT) Others: USO show troupe NYC. So Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Pan Asian much love to my amazing family and friends for all Repertory Theatre. Much love and gratitude to the support! God Bless! Instagram: @raydimaano my entire family, mentors, Jason Styres, TEG. Paulina is a proud graduate of Manhattan School ATSUSHI EDA (Royal Court Dancer, of Music. paulinayeung.com Ensemble) is thrilled to be in his first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical with this group of “Happy (Lung Tha) DONGWOO “DW” KANG People.” Originally from Tokyo, Japan. Favorite flew 6,885 miles from his home country and credits: Hello, Dolly!; La Cage aux Folles; Damn landed in New York City where he had never Yankees and Mamma Mia! (Pepper). Many thanks been before. He had never performed in English. and love to family and friends. People in New York started calling him “DW” and he started his first journey with his new name CJ FERNANDO (Ensemble) is 8 years old and in America. 12th annual Rising Stars Concert. from San Jose, California. He grew up singing From Seoul, South Korea, Dongwoo wants to and dancing with his two other siblings, Jenika

12 BROADWAY AT THE TENNESSEE WHO’S WHO and Jayden, at PnC Music. This is his first national Bride (Off Bway). BM Musical Theatre from Arizona tour. When not performing, Cj loves playing State University. Thank you to friends, family and with BeyBlades! mentors for their support. catherinelandeta.com JENNA HO (Swing) is thrilled and honored to JEE HENG LIAO (Ensemble). Off-Broadway: make her national tour debut with The King and I! Anything Goes - Musicals Tonight. Theater: Romance Marymount Manhattan College (BFA in Dance). of the Western Chamber (TADA! Theater), Ninja Thank you to Jason Styres, CSA and my family Ballet (The Tank), When You’ve Got A Gift (NAAP), and friends, especially Mom, Dad and Justin for Goodbye (Players Theatre), Anything Goes (with their endless love and support! Asian pop star Evonne Hsu). Training: NTUA, AMDA. Thanks to Jason Styres Casting, Family, (Fan Dancer, Ensemble) is so MASUMI IWAI Friends and Teachers. @jeeliao excited for her national tour debut. She moved to NYC in 2015 from Japan. Credits: Jesus Christ TSUBASA OGAWA (Uncle Thomas, Superstar, The Wedding Singer, Saturday Night Fever Ensemble, Dance Captain) is originally from Japan. at Surflight Theater. She can’t thank her family and She is a graduate of The New School in NYC. friends in Japan enough. masumiiwai.com Credits: Sayonara (Off-Broadway), Twelfth Night (Off-Broadway), The King and I (Asia Tour), (Fan Dancer, Little Eva, ANJALI KANTER multiple regional productions of Miss Saigon. Ensemble). Although Anjali has performed many She performs at numerous venues in NYC as a different times from a very young age in New member of The Love Show, a Brooklyn-based Mexico and in New York City, this is her national theatrical dance company. tour debut with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I. SORAYA PATOONSITTICHAI (Eliza, Ensemble). Most recently with NYC Ballet and (Ensemble) is thrilled AKINA KITAZAWA BYA. Education: BFA with honors in Dance, to make her national tour debut with The King Chularongkorn University, Thailand. Ballet and I. Favorite credits: Candide (Carnegie Hall), Performance: Swan Lake (Odile), The Little An American in Paris (Ogunquit Playhouse), On Mermaid (Ariel), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), the Town (Gateway Playhouse), Swing! (Soloist, Cinderella (Cinderella), The Nutcracker (Clara/ Gateway Playhouse), Carnival! (Dance Captain, Sugar Plum Fairy), Snow White (Snow White), The Long Center). @akinakitazawa Don Quixote (Kriti). Dancer with recording KEIJI KUBO (Royal Court Dancer, Simon of artist, Madonna, for “The Madonna & Smirnoff Legree, Ensemble). Regional: Annie (The Gallery Nightlife Exchange.” Players). Dance/Concert: BC/EFA Broadway (Ensemble) is excited Bares: On Demand, Strip U, Game Night TREVOR RODERICK to make his national tour debut with one of (Hammerstein Ballroom). New York City Gay his favorite shows! Professional credits include: Men’s Chorus (The Town Hall, NYU Skirball Miss Saigon (The Fulton Theater), The Drowsy Center) — Soloist Dancer. TV: “Last Week Chaperone (Zachary Scott Theater). Trevor Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO), “Trailblazer spent the last five years singing all over the world Honors” (LogoTV). Ballet: Nutcracker Chinese as a Guest Entertainer fronting the group Oh Dance (Dokoudovsky New York Conservatory What A Night! on Norwegian Cruise line and of Dance). Japan: A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a Production Vocalist for Holland America (Theater Dama City), My Fair Lady (Ashia Runa Line. B.F.A. in Musical Theater from Texas State Hall). Ballet: Coppélia (Subaru Hall). Opera: Un University. For Mom and twin brother Travis. ballo in maschera (Maple Hall). (Angel/George, Ensemble) (Ensemble) is thrilled to RICHEL RUIZ KYLIE KUIOKA is delighted to make his national tour debut! be making her national tour and professional Regional credits include Tarzan, Lubbock debut! Various credits in her hometown of Moonlight Musicals; Carousel, Gulf Coast Honolulu, Hawaii. Special thanks to teachers in Symphony; South Pacific, The Wick Theatre. Richel her performing arts family who encouraged her. would like to thank his family and friends for Thanks to The King and I cast and crew. Love their love and support. to mommy, daddy, Kadyn, family and friends. Instagram: @kyliekuioka PEPITA SALIM (Ensemble). Born and raised in Indonesia and a recent graduate from New (Ensemble). Tour CATHERINE LANDETA England Conservatory (BM), she has performed debut! Catherine is extremely grateful to be in Cendrillon, The Cunning Little Vixen, Dido and here. Credits include Avenue Q (Christmas Eve), Aeneas and The King and I (Royal Child). Love The King and I (Lady Thiang) and Ludo’s Broken

BROADWAY AT THE TENNESSEE 13 WHO’S WHO and thanks to Mom and Dad. Praise to God. ELIOT WALDVOGEL (Swing). This is Eliot’s Instagram/Youtube: @pepitasalim first national tour and he is delighted to join the cast of The King and I. He has previously appeared (u/s Anna Leonowens). ANNIE SHERMAN with the Stockton Civic Theatre, That’s Showbiz! National Tour: The Sound of Music (u/s Elsa Theatre, and KUDOS Children’s Theatre in Schraeder). Regional: Ragtime on Ellis Island Stockton, CA. He would like to thank Mom and (Evelyn Nesbit), Macbeth (Witch, LA Opera), Dad (even though he is banned from singing at the Guys and Dolls (Sarah), Sweeney Todd (Johanna), table), his sister, Miriam, and his dog, Oliver. The Little Mermaid (Allana), Cabaret (Frenchie). MM UCLA, BA Stanford University. Many thanks RICHARD RODGERS (Music) & OSCAR to ATB and The King and I family. For Mom, Dad HAMMERSTEIN II (Lyrics and Co-Author). and Kelsey. anniesherman.me Composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895- (Ensemble) is excited to LINDER SUTTON 1960) joined forces in 1942 and created the be making her national tour debut. Her credits most successful partnership in the American include playing Tam in Serenbe Playhouse’s musical theater. Their output included Oklahoma! production of Miss Saigon and appearing in the (1943), Carousel (1945), the movie State Fair film remake of Jacob’s Ladder. Big hugs to Mama (1945, remade 1962, Broadway premiere 1996), and Daddy always and forever. Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I KAYLA TERUEL (Princess Ying Yaowalak, (1951), Me and Juliet (1953), Pipe Dream (1955), Ensemble) is making her theatrical debut the TV musical Cinderella (1957, remade 1965, with The King and I tour. She lives in Canoga 1997, Broadway premiere 2014); Flower Drum Park, CA, attends Chime Charter School and Song (1958) and The Sound of Music (1959). Their dances at Los Angeles Ballet Academy. Kayla shows have received several dozen major awards, would like to thank her family, Walker and including Pulitzers, Tonys, Oscars, Grammys and Catrina of WC Studios and Nancy Carson of Emmys. Lincoln Center Theater has presented Carson-Adler Agency. Tony Award®-winning productions of Carousel (1994) and South Pacific (2008). MATHEUS TING (Swing) is a graduate from LaSalle College of the Arts in Singapore. He just BARTLETT SHER (Original Director). Resident starred in his off-Broadway debut as Minsik Lee in Director at Lincoln Center Theater since 2009. the new musical Comfort Women. Other credits: LCT: My Fair Lady, Oslo (2017 Tony Award for Ming in A Language of Their Own, the Butler in Best Play; also London), The King and I, Golden Boy, Yosef the Musical and Elliot in Bright and Brave. He Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Awake and Sing!, The currently stars as Pengyu in the dark comedy Light in the Piazza (Tony nominations); South Pacific web series Big Law on YouTube. Favorite credits: (Tony award; also London, Australia); Blood and Robertson Ay in Mary Poppins, Prez in The Pajama Gifts; Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Game and Harry Witherspoon in Lucky Stiff. (also London). Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof. The Instagram: @thematheustheory Bridges of Madison County. Off-Broadway: Prayer for My Enemy, Waste (Best Play Obie Award), HIROKO UCHINO (Topsy, Ensemble, Asst. Dance Captain). National tour: Chuggington Live! Cymbeline (Callaway Award, also Royal Shakespeare (Ensemble), New York: Northbound (Dancer), Company), Don Juan, Pericles (TFANA, BAM). New York Lizards Dance Team of Major League Artistic director of Seattle’s Intiman Theatre Lacrosse. Music Video: “Hello” from Above (2000–2009). Previously company director for the & Beyond. Dance Company: The Next Stage Guthrie Theater and associate artistic director at Project, Octavia Cup Dance Theatre. She would Hartford Stage. Opera: Roméo et Juliette (Salzburg, love to thank her family and David for never Milan, Chicago, Metropolitan Opera); Faust (Baden leaving her side. Baden); Two Boys (ENO, Metropolitan Opera); Otello, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, DAX VALDES (Phra Alack, Ensemble). Le Comte Ory, L’Elisir d’Amore (Metropolitan Hometown: San Francisco, CA. Credits include: Opera); Mourning Becomes Electra (Seattle Opera, Seussical (Cape Fear Regional Theatre), Spamalot, New York City Opera). Current productions Rumors, Triumph of Love (Millbrook Playhouse), include the Broadway premiere of Aaron Sorkin’s Beardo (Pipeline Theater Company), A Dream Play adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. (NAATCO), Trade Practices (HERE). Education: BFA Musical Theater — Point Park University; CHRISTOPHER GATTELLI (Original Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Choreographer) was awarded the 2012 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his choreography in Newsies. Broadway

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(choreographer): My Fair Lady, SpongeBob Mecca (Roundabout). Also credits Off-Broadway, Squarepants, War Paint, The King and I (Tony regional theater, London, ten productions at the nomination), South Pacific (Tony and Outer Metropolitan Opera and work at major opera Critics Circle nominations), Amazing Grace, companies throughout the United States, Europe Casa Valentina, Women on the Verge of a Nervous and Australia. Breakdown, Sunday in the Park With George, (Costumes). Broadway: Godspell, The Ritz Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, CATHERINE ZUBER My Fair Lady, Junk, Oslo, War Paint, (Drama Desk 13, High Fidelity. Off- Broadway: Dogfight (Lortel Award), Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I (Tony Award), Altar Boyz (Lortel Award, Callaway Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), Gigi (Drama Award, Drama Desk Nom.), Bat Boy: The Musical Desk Award), Golden Boy, How to Succeed in (Lortel Award) West End/London: Sunday in Business Without Really Trying, Born Yesterday, the Park with George, South Pacific, tick, tick... The Royal Family (Tony Award), South Pacific BOOM! Sydney Opera House: My Fair Lady (Tony Award), The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), w/Julie Andrews, South Pacific As director/ The Light in the Piazza (Tony Award), Awake and choreographer, Off-Broadway: Silence! The Sing! (Tony Award) among many others including Musical, world premiere of In Your Arms (The Old Off-Broadway and Regional Theater. Recent Globe), world premiere of Jim Henson’s Emmet Opera credits include: Romeo et Juliette, Otello, Otter’s Jug- Band Christmas (Goodspeed Opera Barbiere di Siviglia at the Metropolitan Opera. House). Also choreographed Coen Brothers’ Induction: Theater Hall of Fame, 2016. movie Hail, Caesar!, Newsies, Isn’t It Romantic? (Lighting) Broadway: (Original Choreography, DONALD HOLDER JEROME ROBBINS Over fifty productions, two Tony awards (The 1918-1998) is world-renowned as choreographer/ Lion King and South Pacific) and thirteen Tony director of ballets, theater, movies and television. nominations. Recent projects include: My Fair His Broadway shows include On the Town, Peter Lady, M Butterfly, Oslo, Anastasia, She Loves Me, Pan, The King and I, West Side Story, Gypsy, Fiddler Fiddler On The Roof, The Father, The King and I, On on the Roof and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. Among The Twentieth Century, The Bridges Of Madison his more than 60 ballets are Fancy Free, Afternoon County, Golden Boy, Spiderman Ragtime, Movin’ Out, of a Faun, The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, Bullets Over Broadway, many others. Television: In the Night and Glass Pieces, which are in the Smash Seasons 1 and 2 (NBC-Dreamworks). repertories of a New York City Ballet and other major dance companies throughout the world. SCOTT LEHRER (Sound) received the first Mr. Robbins’ numerous awards include Tonys, Tony awarded to sound for the Lincoln Center Oscars and Emmys. Theater revival of South Pacific directed by Bartlett Sher. Recent Broadway: The Front Page, (Music Direction). Broadway: TED SPERLING Shuffle Along, Fiddler on the Roof, Dames at Sea, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, The King and I, Living on Love, Honeymoon in Vegas, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, The Light in the A Delicate Balance, Love Letters, A Raisin in the Sun, Piazza (Tony and Drama Desk awards), Dirty Betrayal, Lucky Guy, Chaplin (Drama Desk), Death Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Titanic (actor), of a Salesman (Tony nom.), the revival of Chicago Kiss of the Spider Woman, How to Succeed…, and over 50 City Center Encores!. Recording My Favorite Year, Drood, Sunday in the Park with projects include the Broadway cast recording George. Off-Broadway: Red Eye of Love, The Other of An American in Paris (Grammy nom.), Loudon Josh Cohen, Striking 12 and See What I Wanna See Wainwright III’s Grammy-winning High Wide (all as director); A Man of No Importance, Saturn and Handsome, Bebe Neuwirth’s Porcelain and Returns, A New Brain, Floyd Collins, Romance in Hard Meredith Monk’s mercy. Times (as music director). Artistic Director of MasterVoices www.mastervoices.org. For more ALEX NEUMANN (Sound) is a New York info, visit www.tedsperling.net. City-based sound designer, he has worked extensively on Broadway as an associate to (Sets). LCT: Golden MICHAEL YEARGAN several sound designers including Tony award- Boy (Tony nom.), Blood and Gifts, Women on winners Scott Lehrer (co-designer on this tour) the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Joe Turner’s and Leon Rothenberg, and Tony nominees John Come and Gone (Tony nom.), South Pacific (Tony, Gromada and Matt Tierney. Regionally Alex Drama Desk awards; Outer Critics Circle nom.), has designed at American Repertory Theatre, Cymbeline, Awake and Sing! (DD Award, Tony The Huntington Theatre Company, Hartford nom.), Edward Albee’s Seascape and The Light in Stage, LaJolla Playhouse, The Alley Theatre, and the Piazza (Tony, DD awards). Broadway: The Ritz, Williamstown Theatre Festival. He is the sound Bad Habits, A Lesson from Aloes and The Road to

BROADWAY AT THE TENNESSEE 15 WHO’S WHO designer of the Drama Desk Awards (Town Hall, ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT NYC), and A Tribute to the Presidential Scholars (Orchestrations, 1894-1981) orchestrated more (Kennedy Center). Alex recently spent two years than 300 Broadway musical scores, including lecturing on Sound Design technology at the Yale Show Boat, No, No, Nanette, Of Thee I Sing, Face School of Drama. the Music, Oklahoma!, Carmen Jones, Finian’s Rainbow, Kiss Me, Kate, South Pacific, The King and I, (Wig and Hair Designer). LCT: TOM WATSON My Fair Lady and Camelot. His arrangements for OSLO, The King and I, The City of Conversation, the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! earned him Act One, South Pacific, Belle Epoque and A Man an Academy Award. He also orchestrated and of No Importance. Tom is head of the wig arranged Rodgers’ TV documentary score for and makeup department at the Metropolitan Victory at Sea. A classically trained composer, Opera. He has designed wigs for more than 70 Bennett’s prolific output of original compositions Broadway productions. Current and recent includes symphonies, sonatas, a ballet, a concerto Broadway designs include Bright Star, Wicked, King and an opera. Kong, Rock of Ages, Dames at Sea, Fiddler on the Roof and Falsettos. TRUDE RITTMANN (Dance and Incidental Music Arrangements, 1908-2005) amassed more (Restaging Director). SHELLEY BUTLER than 50 Broadway credits as a choral and dance Recent productions include the world premiere arranger, including The Sound of Music, The King of Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2 (South and I, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Finian’s Coast Repertory) and the Japanese premiere Rainbow, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon and Peter of Beautiful–The Carole King Musical (Imperial Pan. A composer in her own right, she provided Theatre, Tokyo). She has developed new work music for such television shows as Omnibus and for companies including Ars Nova, Primary Stages, The Seven Lively Arts. E.S.T., WP Theater, Hartford Stage, South Coast Repertory, Denver Center Theatre Company, JASON STYRES (Casting). Broadway: Yale Repertory Theater, Geva, New York Stage A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Dames at and Film, Dallas Lyric Stage, The Lark and New Sea, Disney’s The Lion King, Nice Work If You Can Get Dramatists. Drama League Directing Fellow, It. Off-Broadway: Puffs, Midnight at the Never Get member of SDC, the Lincoln Center Directors’ (York), Pedro Pan, Neurosis, R.R.R.E.D., War Boys, Lab and the WP Directors Lab. Upcoming: Money Talks, Trip of Love, iLLA, Missed Connections, Fruiting Bodies (Ma-Yi Theater Company) and and 15 different Encores! productions. National The Magician’s Daughter (Geva Theatre Center). Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide…, The King and I, R+H’s Cinderella, The Lion King, Irving Berlin’s White (Associate Choreographer). GREG ZANE Christmas. Film/TV: How You Look At It, Carousel Associate Choreographer: The King and I (PBS), Six by Sondheim (HBO), SYTYCD. London Lincoln Center Theater/Broadway, 1st National & Las Vegas: Magic Mike Live (Channing Tatum, Tour, London Palladium/West End. Broadway: dir.) Other: Josh Prince’s Broadway Dance Lab, The King and I at Lincoln Center Theater. Looking for Christmas (Old Globe), Camille A. Direction/Choreography: Singin’ in the Rain, The Brown’s developmental project, Hartford Stage, Sound of Music, Carousel, Peter Pan, Suessical, Elf. NY Philharmonic, SF Symphony, Florida Studio Performance: The King and I (1996 Broadway Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and revival and 2000 West End revival), A Chorus Line, others. Seven-time Artios nominee, NY Board Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Ballet faculty at Member of the Casting Society of America. Broadway Dance Center. (Music Coordinator) has (Props Supervisor). Broadway JOHN MEZZIO KATHY FABIAN conducted several national tours including State credits include: American Son, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Fair starring John Davidson, Victor/Victoria starring Pretty Woman, The Parisian Woman, Time and Toni Tennille, Seussical, Cinderella starring Eartha the Conways, Indecent, Sunday in the Park with Kitt and Deborah Gibson, the Royal National George, Falsettos, Fiddler on the Roof, On Your Feet!, Theatre’s revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King And I, An American In Paris, The Realistic Oklahoma! and The Wedding Singer. Additionally, Joneses, If/Then, Rocky, The Bridges of Madison Mr. Mezzio was Associate Conductor for County, I’ll Eat You Last, Kinky Boots, Lucky Guy, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Chaplin, Nice Work If You Can Get It, A Streetcar Las Vegas Hilton. John was Musical Coordinator Named Desire, Stick Fly, The Normal Heart, House for several national and international tours of Blue Leaves, Anything Goes, Fences, A Behanding in including Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald, Spokane, Race, and Fela!. Off-Broadway: The Hard Annie starring John Schuck and Mackenzie Phillips, Problem, LCT, Mary Jane and Othello, NYTW. TV: Hairspray, The Producers, A Chorus Line, Spring Sesame Street.

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Awakening, Elf the Musical, Memphis, Bullets Over Tale, Falsettos, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Broadway, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Shrek The Sound of Music, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Musical. The King and I and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies. bbonyc.com DAVID AARON BROWN (Conductor). National tour: Elf. NYC: Neurosis, Here First!: NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Let the Ladies Sing, The Mistakes that Made Me. (Producer), from its inception over 20 years Regional: Prince of Egypt, The Life of the Party ago, has been an industry leading producer and (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley), Monsoon Wedding manager of touring musical theatre productions (Berkeley Rep), The Wild Party (ROLT), Seussical and remains committed to delivering quality (BAM). Awards: SF Bay Area Theatre Critics’ entertainment to audiences worldwide. Having Circle Award (Best Music Direction: She Loves Me; toured over 70 productions internationally, Best Actor: Grey Gardens), Weston Award in Piano NETworks’ current and upcoming touring Performance (Brown University). Love to family productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s and Ronnie. The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Elf the Musical, Finding Neverland, The Sound of Music, (Production Stage EMILY WHITE-WINTER Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I, The Manager) is excited for The King and I! National Band’s Visit, A Bronx Tale, Falsettos, Fiddler on the Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Roof and Cameron Mackintosh’s Miss Saigon. (PSM) and Beauty and the Beast (ASM). Select Kansas City credits: Assassins, Shipwrecked! and SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Spinning with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He Tree Theatre, SM), Cabaret (MTH, SM), Here spearheaded the international tours of Fosse Lies Joyland (KC Fringe, SM), and A Moon for the starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall. Seth has Misbegotten (KCAT, ASM). Emily is a graduate of produced the Lincoln Center Theater production Kansas State University. Many thanks to Andrew. of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and emilywhitewinter.com the National Theatre production of War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served BENJAMIN-MICHAEL JOSEPH as Executive Producer for both the U.S. and U.K. (Company Manager). A ANTIPUNA tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, the 25th Philadelphia native and a graduate of DeSales Anniversary U.S. Tour of Les Misérables, the new The University, Benny is ecstatic to join the national Phantom of the Opera tour, Miss Saigon and A Bronx tour of The King and I. His background includes Tale. He is most proud of his greatest productions– over 15 years of touring experience as well as Marlo and Camden. work in theme parks, cruise ships and corporate entertainment. Highlights include Cirque Dreams, Universal Studios Orlando, Norwegian Cruise STAFF FOR The King and I Lines and the Atlantis Resort. When not touring, Executive Producer Ben enjoys traveling, theme parks, camping and Seth Wenig General Management soaking up the sun in Fort Lauderdale where Gentry & Associates he resides. Gregory Vander Ploeg Jamey Jennings Steve Varon LUCAS CLARK (Assistant Stage Manager/ Pearce Landry-Wegener Nicole Gehring Assistant Company Manager) is delighted to be on Production Management his first national tour. Previous touring credits NETworks Presentations include Waitress (Production Assistant). Regional Jason Juenker credits include Playhouse Square, Great Lakes Hector Guivas Evan Rooney Walker White Emma Downey Theater, Barrington Stage Company, Music Theatre Wichita, and Cincinnati Opera. Thanks Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press & Marketing to Anna for her unwavering support. Steven Schnepp David Freeland, Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC Zach Stevenson, Sean Mackey, Stacey Burns, (Tour Booking, Engagement Management, Press and Danny Knaub, Rachel Peterson, Phil Della Noce Marketing) is a leading theatrical tour booking, Casting marketing and press company representing Jason Styres, CSA Casting Associate...... Andrea Zee, CSA award-winning musicals and plays. Currently: Casting Assistant...... Stephanie Percoco Jersey Boys, Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular Company Manager new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Benjamin-Michael Antipuna The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Assistant Company Manager Saigon, Beautiful–The Carole King Musical, A Bronx Lucas Clark

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Production Stage Manager...... Emily White-Winter Director, Booking and Engagements...... Colin Byrne Assistant Stage Manager...... Lucas Clark Booking Coordinator...... Hannah Rosenthal Artistic Consultant...... Sari Ketter Director of Marketing/PR...... Heather Hess Assistant Director...... Samantha Saltzman Senior Director, General Management...... Gregory Vander Ploeg Assistant Choreographer...... Yuki Ozeki General Managers...... Jamey Jennings, Steve Varon Associate Scenic Designer...... Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams Associate General Manager...... Pearce Landry-Wegener Assistant Scenic Designer...... Christopher Thompson General Manager Associate...... Nicole Gehring Associate Costume Designer...... Patrick Bevilacqua Senior Director, Production Management...... Jason Juenker Assistant Costume Designers...... Wilberth R. Gonzalez Senior Production Manager...... Hector Guivas Associate Lighting Designer...... Karen Spahn Production Managers...... Evan Rooney, Walker White Assistant Lighting Designer...... Rachel Levy Associate Production Manager...... Emma Downey Associate Sound Designer...... Alexander Neumann Music Coordinator...... John Mezzio Props Supervisor...... PropStar, Kathy Fabian IT Manager...... Tim Pizza Make-up Designer...... Tommy Kurzman Office Manager...... Buddy Piccolino Hair & Wig Coordinator...... Caitlin Maxwell Office Assistant...... Carol Jewell Head Carpenter...... John Bone Warehouse Manager...... Brad Korff Assistant Carpenter...... Taylor Neuburger Warehouse Costume Manager...... Bobby Maglaughlin Flyman...... Matt Lang Technical Consultant...... Pat Shea and Chris Luner, Credits Scenery built and modified by TTS Studios, Charleston SC., Flower Theatersmith Associates Strings by Kanai Scene Shop, Tokyo; Scenery fabrication by Great Head Electrician...... Logan Garrett Lakes Scenic Studio, Proof Productions and Daedalus Studios; Light Assistant Electrician...... Olivia Doniphan Equipment provided by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Electrician...... Stephen Atwell Productions Resource group; Audio equipment provided by Masque Moving Lights Programmer...... Bridget Chervenka Sound; Rigging Equipment Provided by Christie Lites, Properties Head Audio...... Ryan Moore by Kathy Fabian Propstar; Costume Construction by Angels The Assistant Audio...... Tanner Elker Costumier, Sarah Timberlake Studio, John Cowles, Elizabeth Production Audio...... Andy Leviss Villanova, Alice Bee. Anna & King Construction by EuroCo Costumes. Head Props...... Douglas Puskas Undergarments by BraTenders. Millinery by Arnold Costumes, Wardrobe Supervisor...... Jessica Simons Rodney Gordon. Anna shoes by LaDuca Shoes, WorldTone Shoes, Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor...... Elizabeth Howard Gamba Shoes. Ballet masks by Acheson Walsh. Ballet headpieces by Head Hair and Makeup...... Byron McDonald Bob Flanagan. Tailoring by Arel Studios.; Special Props by Tom Carroll Dialect Coach...... Barbara Rubin Scenery, Aardvark Interiors, Paper Mâché Monkey, Mike Billings and Fight Director...... Tom Schall Jammal & Jammal Reupholstering. Orchestral Reduction...... Josh Clayton Children’s Tutoring...... On Location Education Rehearsed at Gibney Dance Studios, NYC Child Wrangler...... Angela Maxwell Special Thanks to Physical Therapy...... NEURO TOUR Physical Thearapy, Inc. Wilson Center, Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC Production Assistants...... Mandy Scott, Kateryna Turkalo and James Morton, President Print Design...... aka NYC, EmmyAnn Design Tax & Financial Consulting, Accounting Services Radio Spot Production...... HMS Media CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Television Spot Design/Video Production...... HMS Media Brian Enverso, Kathleen Thies Production Photography...... Matthew Murphy Merchandising...... Marquee Merchandise Insurance Broker Services Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc. Merchandise Manager...... Jeremy Hardman Robert B. Middleton, Sr. and Meghan Shriver Accounting...... NETworks Presentations LLC Legal Services...... David F. Schwartz, Esq. Financial Services and banking arrangements by Feldshon & Schwartz, LLP SunTrust Bank F. Richard Pappas, Esq. Stock and Amateur rights for The King and I are represented by R&H HR & Payroll Services...... Human Resources inc. Theatricals: A Concord Music Company, 229 West 28th Street, 11th Housing...... Road Concierge, an ALTOUR Company Floor, New York, New York 10001 Travel Agency...... Alicia Head, Carlson Wagonlit Travel www.rnh.com Trucking...... Janco TheKingandITour.com Staff for NETworks Presentations Like us on Facebook @TheKingandIMusical Chief Executive Officer...... Ken Gentry Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @KingandIMusical President...... Orin Wolf #TKAItour Chief Financial Officer...... Scott W. Jackson Chief Operating Officer...... Jennifer Ardizzone-West All stage work performed by employees Executive Vice President...... Seth Wenig Executive Producer...... Trinity Wheeler represented by IATSE. Director of Adminstration...... Curt Owens Executive Assistant to the President...... Hannah Rosenthal Senior Director of Finance...... John Kinna United Scenic Artists represents the designers Controller...... Jennifer Gifford and scenic painters for the American Theatre. Director of Tour Accounting...... Laura S. Carey Tax Director...... Pat Guerieri The Director and Choreographer are members Associate Tax Accountant...... Kim Ngan Tran of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Health and Safety Coordinator...... Emma Downey Senior Director, Booking and Engagements...... Mary K. Witte Society, an independent national labor union.

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