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54th Season • 511th Production SEGERSTROM / SEPTEMBER 2-30, 2017

Marc Masterson Paula Tomei ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MANAGING DIRECTOR David Emmes & Martin Benson FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTORS presents Book by Music and Lyrics by & Markéta Irglová

Based on the Motion Picture Written and Directed by

Ralph Funicello Leah Piehl Lap Chi Chu Lindsay Jones Kelly Todd SCENIC DESIGN DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN CHOREOGRAPHER

Philip D. Thompson Joshua Marchesi Joanne DeNaut, csa Sue Karutz* DIALECT COACH PRODUCTION MANAGER CASTING STAGE MANAGER

Music Director Andy Taylor Directed by Kent Nicholson

Laurie & Steve Duncan Joan & Andy Fimiano Honorary Producers Honorary Producers Corporate Honorary Producer

Originally Produced by Barbara Broccoli John N. Hart Jr. Patrick Milling Smith Frederick Zollo Brian Carmody Michael G. Wilson Orin Wolf Robert Cole, Executive Producer in association with Workshop Once was originally produced off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop in December 2011, Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, William Russo, Managing Director Once was originally developed at the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in April 2011, , Artistic Director, Diane Borger, Producer Original production concept— (director) Once is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, New York, NY • Phone: (212) 541-4684 • Fax: (212) 397-4684 • www.MTIShows.com

Once • South Coast Repertory • P1 CAST OF CHARACTERS Eamon ...... Scott Anthony* Girl ...... Amanda Leigh Jerry* Ivonka ...... Aoife McEvoy†/Jacqueline Vellandi Billy ...... Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper* Andrej ...... Alex Nee* Emcee ...... Christian Pedersen* Guy...... Rustin Cole Sailors* Ex-Girlfriend...... Marnina Schon* Svec ...... Zach Spound* Reza ...... Cassidy Stirtz* Bank Manager ...... Andy Taylor* Baruska ...... Diane King Vann* Da ...... Scott Waara*

PRODUCTION STAFF Dramaturg ...... Kimberly Colburn Assistant Director ...... Kari Hayter Assistant Stage Manager ...... Kathryn Davies* Assistant Scenic Designer ...... Emily Small Assistant Lighting Designer ...... Alexander Freer Associate Sound Designer ...... Andrea Allmond Costume Design Assistant ...... Megan Knowles Music Direction Intern ...... Lex Leigh Interns ...... Amber Goebel, Lydia Runge Acting Sound and Video Supervisor ...... Jeff Polunas Dance Captain ...... Cassidy Stirtz ...... Jacqueline Malenke Follow Spot Operators ...... Sean Deuel, RJ Romero Mix Engineer ...... Danielle Kisner ...... Jaime Lupercio Technician ...... Simon Chesney Deck Crew ...... Emily Kettler ...... Bert Henert Dresser ...... Jessica Larsen Additional Costume Staff ...... Tessa Oberle, Alexis Riggs, Annette Platt Westerby

†Please Note: Children are double cast. Actor with † appears Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday evening. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.. Other actor appears in balance of performances

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the .

P2 • South Coast Repertory • Once MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE “Leave” ...... Guy “Song Without Words” ...... Girl “” ...... Guy & Girl “North Strand” ...... Ensemble “The Moon” ...... Andrej, Ensemble “The Moon” (Reprise) ...... Guy “Ej Pada Pada” ...... Ensemble “If You Want Me” ...... Girl, Reza, Ex-Girlfriend “Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy” ...... Guy “Baruska’s Story” ...... Baruska “Say It To Me Now” ...... Guy “Abandoned In Bandon” ...... Bank Manager “Satisfy Me” ...... Reza “Gold” ...... Guy & Ensemble

ACT TWO “Act 2 Opening” ...... Ensemble “When Your Mind’s F***** Up” (Rehearsal) ...... Guy, Girl, Bank Manager, Billy, Svec, Andrej “Sleeping” ...... Guy “When Your Mind’s Made Up” ...... Guy, Girl, Ensemble “The Hill” ...... Girl “Gold” (a capella) ...... “The Moon” (Reprise) ...... Company “Falling Slowly” (Reprise) ...... Guy, Girl, Ensemble

SETTING , present day.

LENGTH Approximately two hours, including one 15-minute intermission.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special Thanks to Andrea Fecko.

Please refrain from unwrapping candy or making other noises that may disturb surrounding patrons. Videotaping and/or recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited. Electronic devices should be turned off or set to non-audible mode during the performance. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the theatre.

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Once • South Coast Repertory • P3 Czech Out Dublin by Kimberly Colburn countries. While Ireland had histori- cally been Catholic, at the end of the n Once, Girl is from the Czech 1630s the landowning elite shifted to Republic and she and her fam- Protestant hands—although a large ily are living in Dublin, Ireland. percentage of the population of It may seem an unlikely setup, Ireland remained Catholic. In 1637, but actually the relationship be- an order of Franciscan monks was Itween the Czech and Irish is strong. lured to Czech lands, due to their There’s a long history of links and staunch Catholicism and they estab- emigration between the two coun- lished a monastery in Prague—what tries. is known to this day as “Hybernská The Boii were a Celtic tribe that ulice” or “the street of the Irish.” At was located to the north of the Alps one point in the 18th century, the and east of the Rhine, in what became monastery was the most important eastern Germany and the western Irish center in Europe. Czech Republic in the first and sec- In the modern era, Ireland ond centuries B.C. Although the ex- and then-named Czechoslovakia tent of their territory is unknown, it both declared their independence clearly formed part of a very powerful at roughly the same time. Czecho- and very extensive Celtic kingdom, slovakia declared its independence before the Boii migrated westward from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Celtic language and culture be- in 1918. Some Irish press at the time came centered in Britain and Ireland. used Czech independence to fuel Along their journey, they passed on their own nationalist movement. ing industry in Ireland. In the 1940s, a rich heritage and even named both The Irish Republican Army fought Czech-born Karel Bacík immigrated countries, Bohemia and Éire, as British security forces from 1919 to Ireland and founded the Water- as the Vltava River, which translates until a truce was declared in 1921 ford Crystal factory. In the 1990s, to “wild water” in the old Germanic and an act of parliament established after the Velvet Revolution that language of those ancient . Northern Ireland and an Irish free ended communist rule of what was After the Renaissance, it was state. then Czechoslova- Catholicism that provided one of In the 1920s, Czechs helped kia, there was a the strongest links between the two establish the sugar process-

The O’Connell Bridge leading onto O’Connell Street, Dublin’s main thoroughfare. Above, the James Joyce Irish Pub, Prague’s oldest original Irish pub.

P4 • South Coast Repertory • Once wave of Irish immigrants that head- ed to the Czech Republic to take A busker on . advantage of their growing econ- omy that was remarkably stable. In 2004, when the Czech Republic joined the European Union, there was another large wave of Czech immigration to Ireland due to the suddenly relaxed visas. The two countries share many similarities. They are roughly the same geographic size, and it is reported that business cultures and negation styles are very similar (and business meetings are gener- ally held in English). A number of Irish companies have established operations in the Czech Republic (where they see a gateway for sales in central and eastern Europe), and WHAT’S A BUSKER? ery simply, a busker is another name for a street performer. Busking is famously popular in Dublin. Glen Hansard, one of the creators of Once, spent a great deal of time jostling for V space on Grafton Street—he continues to occasionally busk in Dublin, for a Christmas charity busking event along with front man Bono. Busking became so popular, the Dublin city council enacted laws in August 2016 to help regulate the heavy traffic (and hopefully place the emphasis back on struggling musicians instead of glorified karaoke performances). Among changes brought on by the new laws:

• Backing tracks are no longer permitted—this used to be - place and the amplification was disturbing to local businesses. • Performers can only stay on Grafton Street for one hour before moving. • Performances must start and end on the hour mark. • A two-week visitor permit has been introduced—to ensure peo- ple are not immigrating without getting the proper work visa to support themselves. New permits are subject to a six-week probation period. The Czech Inn, Dublin. • • Acoustic performance is now possible in the Temple Bar prohib- ited place, but the area where amplified busking is banned has according to the Czech Statistical been extended. The Temple Bar area in Dublin refers to the city’s Office, in 2015, Irish exports to the cultural center and nightlife hotspot. Czech Republic exceeded one bil- • A street performer who plays music and sings songs must have a lion Euros for the first time. The sufficient repertoire to without repetition for at least 30 min- Czech Republic still lags behind utes—hopefully ensuring that buskers are musicians of a mini- Ireland in employment and social mum skill level (or at least with variety). welfare, so the prevalence of Irish culture in major Czech cities might Even with the regulations, Dublin continues to enjoy a very active bus- make the notion of immigration king community and tradition. It’s a must-see on any trip to Ireland! seem easy—or at least possible.

Once • South Coast Repertory • P5 Musicals at SCR n 1969, just five years after SCR was founded, the the- are the orchestra, the use of movement and the fact that atre ambitiously took on The Threepenny , the it’s a romance, but no one ever kisses. Many people are musical collaboration between and experimenting these days with musical form, and how to Kurt Weill. SCR has produced a smattering of musi- incorporate a sense of event into the form by blending cals over the years, says Associate Artistic Director the energy and excitement of a concert, and the narrative IJohn Glore, but has done so very selectively. “We choose drive of a musical. Once does this better than any contem- a musical the same way we choose a play—based on its porary musical I can think of. It’s an extraordinary testa- artistic merit.” ment to the power of music and the power of story.” SCR Director Kent Nicholson explains the draw of Once: audiences may remember Nicholson, also the director of “It is subtitled ‘a musical romance.’ Which isn’t something for Playwrights Horizons in New York, you see very often. Mostly, we think of musicals as com- from another musical he directed here—The Light in the edies or , but while they have romance in them, Piazza. it’s not the first thing one thinks of. But Once is extraor- Here are some highlights of SCR’s musical history. dinary for many reasons, incuding the fact that the actors Can you name the show based on the photo?

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1. Cloudlands (2012) 9. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to 16. La Posada Mágica (1995) 2. Ordinary Days (2010) the Forum (1969) 17. Sunday in the Park with George (1989) 3. ! (1981) 10. (2007) 18. Tintypes (1982) 4. Putting It Together (2009) 11. (1969) 19. Three Postcards (1987) 5. A Chorus of Disapproval (1989) 12. Godspell (1974) 20. Side by Side by Sondheim (1980) 6. The Light in the Piazza (2014) 13. In Fashion (1976) 21. The Fantasticks (2013) 7. An Italian Straw Hat: A Vaudeville (2008) 14. Happy End (1991) For information about the actors in each of 8. Marry Me a Little (1988) 15. The Education of (2000) these photos, please see page 16.

Once • South Coast Repertory • P7 January: The film Once is 2006 made for $150,000, shot in 17 days and goes on to gross $20 million worldwide. Director John Carney uses Once Upon a Time a long lens, making his non-actor leads more comfortable and masking the filming in Dublin January: The film premieres done without permits. at the Sundance Film Festival, 2007 winning the audience award. July: A rough cut of the film Once is shown at the Galway Film Fleadh (Irish for “festival”) February: The film is shown at the Dublin Film Festival, also wins the audience award. February: The song “Falling May: The film premieres in the United States, 2008 Slowly” wins the Oscar for to great critical and financial success (relative Best Original Song. to its indie budget)

April: Once (the musical) was originally developed at 2011 American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.

November: A developmental run of Once (the musical) at New York Theatre Workshop March: Once premieres on began performances on Nov. 15, 2011, and 2012 Broadway. opened Dec. 6. The production broke box office records and concluded a sold-out April: Nominated for 5 engagement including a two-week extension Desk awards (wins 4) and 7 through Jan. 15, 2012. Awards.

June: Wins 8 , including Best Musical (it was nominated for 11).

February 2014: The U.S. 2014 national tour launches, followed by international tours in places including Japan, Canada, Sweden, Brazil and Thailand. January: Once closes on Broad- way after 1,168 performances. 2015

P8 • South Coast Repertory • Once Artist Biographies

Scott Anthony About Nightingales. His regional appearances include Eamon Our Lady of 121st St., A Midsummer Night’s Dream and La Jolla Playhouse’s Side Show. His North Coast Reper- is making his South Coast Reperto- tory appearances include Side By Side By Sondheim, ry debut. His favorite productions Sherlock Holmes, Laughter on the 23rd Floor and the include The Christians at Actors world premiere of Words By: Ira Gershwin and the Theatre of Louisville, Mark Taper Great American Songbook, for which he received a Crit- Forum and Alley Theatre; Jouét, ics Circle nomination for Best Actor. His nine Theatre Love, Janis, Hedwig and the Angry for Young Audiences appearances at SCR include Lucky Inch and music-directing numerous Humana Festival of Duck, The Borrowers and The Miraculous Journey of New American Plays world premieres at Actors Theatre Edward Tulane. His television credits include “Fuller of Louisville; The Aliens (Jasper), Broadsword (Nicky) House”(Netflix, WB) “Superstore”(NBCUniversal) and and The Stranger and Ludlow Quinn at Theatre [502]; “Casual”(Hulu). He attended LaGuardia High School of Southern Crossroads, Ring of Fire, (Fonz), The Performing Arts and received a BFA from NYU. He The Jungle Book, Awesome Allie: First Kid Astronaut has been a proud Equity member since 2003. nicholas- and A Fairy Tale Christmas at Derby Dinner Playhouse; mongiardocooper.com Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Diary of a Worm, A Spider and Fly and The House at Pooh Corner at StageOne Alex Nee Family Theatre; Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hedwig, Andrej 2010 LEO Reader’s Choice Award, Best Theatrical Pro- duction) and Evil Dead the Musical (Ash) at Art Sanctu- is making his SCR debut and is ary at the Alley Theatre; and The Normal Heart (Felix, thrilled to return to this incredible Actor Saturday). scottanthonysounds.com story and music after touring the world as Andrej and understudy- Amanda Leigh Jerry ing Guy in the first national tour of Girl Once. His other credits include the U.K/U.S. tour of Green Day’s American Idiot (Johnny), is thrilled to make her SCR debut! Love is a Battlefield, Vol. 2 (Romeo, Prospect Theatre) Her previous credits include Julie and Beauty and the Beast (Lumière). Follow his adven- Jordan in Carousel and Winifred tures at alexnee.net Banks in Mary Poppins at Musical Theatre West and Dara Gurman in Christian Pedersen MTV’s new series, “Sweet/Vicious.” Emcee She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2016 with a BFA in musical theatre. She feels blessed to be is making his SCR debut. His recent making art in 2017. Follow her at IG: mandajerry and credits include Cloud Nine (Stu- Twitter: mandaleighjerry. Hear more of her music at dio Theatre) directed by Michael .com/amandajerrymusic. Kahn, Clybourne Park ( Play House, Geva Theatre), The Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper Mousetrap (Repertory Theatre of Billy St. Louis), Flare Path (Theatre 40) and The 39 Steps (Maltz Jupiter Theatre). In New York, he has performed is thrilled to make his Segerstrom at the Pearl Theatre Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, Stage debut at South Coast Reper- Barrow Street Theatre, 59E59 , Abingdon The- tory. He has appeared off-Broad- atre Company, 3LD Art & Technology Center, Hudson way in Rothschild & Sons, Lone- Guild Theatre and many others. His television credits some Traveler and Julius . include “The Good Wife,” “Fringe,” “Damages,” “Royal His other New York credits include Pains” and recurring roles on soap that no longer SubUrbia, Iolanthe, Slavs!, Three Days of Rain, and Not exist. As a composer and guitarist, he has written two

Once • South Coast Repertory • P9 full-length rock musicals, scored several short films and For Two (Geffen Playhouse), A Class Act (Porchlight played in many bars. Pedersen graduated from the Uni- Music Theatre), and Othello, Love’s Labour’s Lost and versity of Richmond in Virginia and the Conservatory of La Ronde (Shakespeare Santa Cruz). As a composer, Dramatic Arts in . christianpedersen.com he participated in the Proj- ect in , was a winner of the 2016 NMI/Disney New Voices contest and is currently developing his Rustin Cole Sailors Guy first musical, Leap. He is the music director, arranger and orchestrator of Cruel Intentions: The Musical, is thrilled to make his SCR debut. which has enjoyed successful runs at Rockwell Table & Sailors most recently starred as Stage and the Prospect Theatre. He is a proud gradu- the Pharaoh in Joseph and the ate of Northwestern University. Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Sierra Repertory Theatre. Cassidy Stirtz His other credits include Rebel in Reza the Norwegian Cruise Line installment of For The Re- cord: The Brat Pack, Drew in Broadway’s Rock of Ages is an actor, musician and nomad at the Venetian Las Vegas, Deaf West Theatre’s Los An- making her South Coast Reperto- geles production of Broadway’s revival of Spring Awak- ry debut. She appeared in the first ening as Voice of Moritz, at the Hollywood Bowl, national tour of Once. Her other (Roger) and Les Misérables (Marius). Sailors is select theatre credits include represented theatrically by KMR Talent. Thanks to dear Cyrano de Bergerac (Chicago family, friends and his team, Evan, Ashley and Mark. Shakespeare), Much Ado About Nothing (Notre Dame Shakespeare) and Pride & Prejudice (Lifeline The- Marnina Schon atre). Stirtz was honored to work with Shakespeare’s Ex-Girlfriend Globe Theatre and Punchdrunk Theatre Company in . She performs with The Typsy Spyres and is honored to make her South Youth in a Roman Field, as well as solo on IG/You- Coast Repertory debut in this Tube @cassidyjams. cassidystirtz.com magical show. Her credits include Tony Kushner and Maurice Sen- Andy Taylor dak’s Brundibar at Berkeley Rep- Bank Manager ertory Theatre; Desire Under the Elms with the UCLA Department of Theatre; and How originated three roles on Broad- to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Rose- way: the cello-playing Bank Man- mary), (Tzeitel), The Drowsy Chap- ager in Once, J.H. Rodgers in erone (Chaperone) and Spring Awakening (Anna) and Howard the nerdy with Hooligan Theatre Company. Schon performs weatherman in Moon Over Buf- at Upright Citizens Brigade and in the recurring site- falo, starring . Also specific satire, “Drinks with Horrible People.” She also on Broadway, he played Congressman Lockwood in records voice and violin on original songs, children’s Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of On the 20th musicals and film scores. Schon started playing violin at Century and Sheldrake in the 2017 revival of Sunset age four to keep up with her brother and thanks him, Boulevard starring Glenn Close. His first national along with the rest of her teachers, from the bottom of tours include playing Leo Bloom in ’ The her heart. marninaschon.com Producers and Ernst in the revival of Cabaret. He originated roles in many major American regional theatres, appearing at Goodman Theatre, Zach Spound Svec , ACT, SCR, Old Globe Theatre, Gef- fen Playhouse and Mark Taper Forum. He has guest- is making his South Coast Rep- starred on “Elementary,” “CSI” and “Law and Order,” ertory debut. He is a Los Ange- appeared last holiday season in Collateral Beauty les-native actor, writer and com- starring Will Smith. He recently wrapped shooting the poser. His theatre credits include upcoming Netflix original film The Week Of… starring (La Mirada Theatre Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. for the Performing Arts), Murder

P10 • South Coast Repertory • Once Diane King Vann Aoife McEvoy and Jacqueline Vellandi (Ivonka) Baruska are students in South Coast Repertory’s Theatre Con- servatory. Aoife lives with her family in Newport Beach is delighted to return to South and attends Orange County High School of the Arts; Coast Repertory in Once and make she has taken acting classes at SCR since 2013. Jacque- her debut on the accordion. Vann line lives with her family in Ladera Ranch and attends was SCR’s resident composer for Orange County High School of the Arts; she has taken many years, along with musical di- acting classes since 2013. SCR’s Theatre Conservatory recting, performing and teaching. offers a progressive program that enables students to Some of her favorite shows at SCR are Good, Side by Side build upon their leaning and activities. Student en- by Sondheim and Marry Me a Little; and her favorite role sembles present three shows each year in the Junior was the whip-wielding pianist in Tomfoolery. She has Players, Teen Players and Summer Players ensembles. musical-directed for 3-D Theatricals, Laguna Playhouse Both Aoife and Jacqueline have been in several of these (first female pianist in Forver Plaid), Music Theatre West, productions. Find out more about acting classes for The Broadway Touring Company and others. She is a kids, teens and adults at SCR: scr.org/classes. published composer and lyricist, and won the Lee Korf Award for her original work, Spellbound. She now adds Playwright, Director and Designers author to her creative skills, with her children’s book, Mr. Prickle Bear. Her acting credits include Adah LeClerq Enda Walsh (Book) has written numerous works, (Naughty Marietta), Susan (Company) HerSelf (White as most recently including Arlington (Landmark, Gal- Snow) Louise (Gypsy) and her first-grade appearance as way International Arts Festival); (New York the Little Red Hen. Find out more about her stories and Theatre Workshop, King’s Cross Theatre); The Last music at dianekingvann.com. Hotel (Landmark Productions, Wide Open Opera, Edin- burgh International Festival, Dublin Theatre Festival, Scott Waara , St. Ann’s Warehouse New York); Da three installation pieces: Kitchen, A Girl’s Bedroom and Room 303 (Galway International Arts Festival); Bally- is thrilled to revisit both SCR (last turk (Landmark, Galway International Arts Festival, Irish appearing here in The Fantas- Tour, ); and Misterman (Land- tiks and The Education Of Randy mark, Galway International Arts Festival, Galway, Royal Newman) and one of his all-time National Theatre, St. Ann’s Warehouse). His other work favorites, Once, having been a part includes Once (New York Theatre Workshop, West End, of the first national Broadway tour. Broadway, world tours); Penelope (Druid, Irish Tour, He was awarded the Tony and Drama Desk awards , London, New York St. Ann’s Warehouse); for The Most Happy Fella on Broadway, as well as ap- The New Electric Ballroom (Kammerspiele, Munich, peared in the original casts of , Welcome Druid Ireland, London, New York St. Ann’s Warehouse, to the Club and Wind in the Willows. His off-Broadway L.A., Australia); (Druid Theatre, credits include DuBarry Was A Lady, Falsettoland, Ireland, Edinburgh, Royal National Theatre, St. Ann’s The Dining Room and The Rise and Rise of Daniel Warehouse, Australian and American Tour); Chatroom Rocket. His regional credits include title roles in Mack (Royal National Theatre, British and Asian Tours); The and Mabel, and Lucky Guy. Waara toured Small Things (Paines Plough, Menier Chocolate Fac- in , worked at the Berkshire Theatre Fes- tory); Bedbound (Dublin Theatre Festival Traverse, tival, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and appeared , New York’s Irish Repertory The- in Songs From The Tall Grass and Is There Life After atre); and Pigs (Corcadorca Theatre Company, High School? (Ford’s Theatre). His theatre world tour). His work has been translated into many credits include They’re Playing Our Song, The People languages and has been performed internationally since vs Mona, Sweeney Todd, The Boys From Syracuse, She 1996. In 2014, he received an honorary doctorate from Loves Me, Company and as Mark Twain and Huck in the Galway University. Mark Taper Forum revival of . His television and film credits include “NCIS,” The Least Among You, Glen Hansard (Music & Lyrics) is an Irish , “Numb3rs,” “Without A Trace,” “Family Law,” “Crossing actor, vocalist and guitarist. His films include The Com- Jordan,” “Providence,” 61*, “Gideon’s Crossing,” “Mud- mitments and Once. His include , the dling Through,” “Townies,” Indictment: The McMartin soundtrack of Once (Academy Award, Best Original Trial and Beethoven’s 2nd. Song, “Falling Slowly”), , The Cost,

Once • South Coast Repertory • P11 Burn the Maps, Set List: Live in Dublin, For the Birds, Adam Bock, Sheila Callaghan, Dave Eggers, Richard , and Another Love Song. Greenberg, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen and Stephen Schwartz. From 2001-08, he created and ran the New Markéta Irglová (Music & Lyrics) is a Czech singer- Works Initiative at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto. He cur- songwriter, musician and actress. Her films include rently serves as the director of musical theatre at Play- Once. Her albums include The Swell Season, the wrights Horizons in New York and co-creator of The soundtrack of Once (Academy Award, Best Original Uncharted Writers Group at Ars Nova. Song “Falling Slowly”), Strict Joy and Anar. Andy Taylor (Music Director) is a double-degree John Carney (Music & Lyrics) is a Dublin-based graduate in cello performance and acting from the writer-director who came to the world’s attention fol- Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Oberlin College. lowing the box office hit and critically acclaimed musical He has performed at Carnegie Hall in two disciplines, feature film, Once, which garnered multiple Indepen- singing the lead role of Stephen Burton in Gershwin’s dent Spirit, Sundance and Raindance awards. Previously, Tip-Toes and playing cello in a chamber music recital Carney was a bassist in the Irish rock band, , with guitarist James Keating. As an accomplished multi- where he met Glen Hansard. These musical roots con- instrumentalist, he won all-state band honors on the tinue to be evident in his work with his latest produc- flute and played double bass with the Los Angeles Valley tion, Can a Song Save Your Life?. His other projects Symphony. For two years, he was the musical captain include Dogs of Babel, for David Heyman and Nathan on Broadway for Once, where he co-wrote the Bank Kahane, starring Steve Carrell and a feature adaptation Manager’s goofy song, “Abandoned in Bandon.” He is a of M.R. James’s Casting the Runes for Barbara Broccoli union member of American Federation of Music, Local and Michael G. Wilson. 802; SAG-AFTRA; and Actors Equity Association.

Kent Nicholson (Director) returns to South Coast Ralph Funicello (Scenic Design) returns for his 31st Repertory after directing Amadeus, How to Write a season. Among his many SCR credits are designs for New Book for the Bible and The Light in the Piazza. All the Way, Red, Zealot, , Elemeno Pea, His directing credits include shows for Berkeley Reper- Misalliance, Hamlet, Brooklyn Boy, Major Barbara, tory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Contemporary The Circle, Private Lives, Six Degrees of Separation, American Theatre Festival, New York Musical Theatre She Stoops to Folly, , Good and Da. His Festival, Weston Playhouse, Theatre Under the Stars, work has been seen on- and off-Broadway and at many TheatreWorks, Prospect Theatre Company, Rattles- resident theatres including Theater, tick Playwrights Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louis- Mark Taper Forum, The American Conservatory The- ville Humana Festival of New American Plays. He has ater, Huntington Theatre Company, Intiman Theatre, directed critically acclaimed productions of Death of Seattle Repertory Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Com- a Salesman, All My Sons, Vincent In Brixton, Lizzie, pany, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Saint Ex, Grey Gardens, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well McCarter Theatre Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Living in Paris, Long Story Short, 9 Circles, Small Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Shakespeare The- , Satellites, Five Flights and Swimming in the atre, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, Royal Shallows. A developer of both new plays and musicals, Shakespeare Company, Theatre Royal Bath and The Nicholson has worked as a director and producer on Old Globe, where he is an associate artist. He also has world premieres including works by Liz Duffy Adams, designed for New York City Opera, L.A. Opera and San

P12 • South Coast Repertory • Once Diego Opera. He has been nominated for New York Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and Laurie and Steve Duncan (Honorary Pro- Tony awards. He has received the Merritt Award for ducers) are pleased to serve as Individual Hon- Excellence in Design and Collaboration and his designs orary Producers for the fifth consecutive sea- have been recognized by the Bay Area Theatre Critics son by underwriting SCR’s production of Once. Circle, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Drama- Along with being Platinum Circle members, First Logue, Backstage West and the United States Institute Nights subscribers and major supporters of the for Theatre Technology. Funicello is the Powell Chair in Gala, the Duncans have previously underwrit- Set Design at San Diego State University. ten The Siegel, The Madwoman in the Volvo, Tristan & Yseult and 4,000 Miles. Steve, who cur- Leah Piehl (Costume Design) returns to SCR where rently serves as Vice President of Advancement she designed The Light in the Piazza, Mr. Wolf, The on SCR’s board, states: “Laurie and I loved the Motherf**ker with the Hat and the Theatre for Young original film version of Once and are delighted Audiences productions of Pinocchio, Robin Hood to assist SCR in presenting this Tony and and The Borrowers. Her other select credits include Grammy award-winning musical adaptation.” Romeo and Juliette (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Underneath the Lintel (Geffen Playhouse), The Stray- Joan and Andy Fimiano (Honorary Produc- horn Project (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Race (Kirk ers) are dedicated philanthropists and com- Douglas Theatre, Center Theatre Group), Pygmalion munity leaders who share a for great (Pasadena Playhouse), The Steward of Christendom theatre. Their support of Once represents the (Mark Taper Forum, Center Theatre Group); sixth production they’ve underwritten at SCR, Your Dickens (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Center Theatre having previously served as Honorary Produc- Group); The Most Deserving (Denver Center Theater); ers of Orange; One Man, Two Guvnors; The Stardust (REDCAT); (Pasadena Play- Tempest; The Light in the Piazza; and The Fan- house, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle winner, Best tasticks. Reflecting on their choice this season, Costume Design); The Heiress (Pasadena Playhouse, Joan says: “SCR’s productions are uniformly first- Ovation Award-nominated); Arcadia, The Doctor’s rate and we are always excited when there are Dilemma and The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (A musicals in the mix.” Season subscribers to both Noise Within); Paradise Lost (Intiman Theatre); Bars the Segerstrom and Julianne Argyros stages, the and Measures, Futura, The Pain and the Itch, Tar- Fimianos also are major contributors to SCR’s tuffe (The Theatre @ Boston Court); Hedda Gabbler, Legacy Campaign and have provided leadership (Antaeus Theatre Company), bobrauschenbergamer- underwriting to the theatre’s Gala over the past ica, Tree (Inside the Ford); Boom, Men of Tortuga five years. (Furious Theatre Company); Saudade (UCLA Live); and Full Still Hungry (Ford Amphitheater). She recently U.S. Bank (Corporate Honorary Producer) designed the feature film, All Stars. Her work has been adds Once to its impressive history of support- featured at MOMA, Art Basel Miami and 2010 Whitney ing SCR’s season-opening productions, which Biennial. Piehl has a BA from UC Berkeley and an MFA includes last year’s All the Way and, in previous in costume design from CalArts. leahpiehl.com seasons, One Man, Two Guvnors; ; Death of a Salesman; Absurd Person Singu- Lap Chi Chu (Lighting Design) recently worked on lar; Pride and Prejudice; Misalliance; and the the world premieres of Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves Sondheim classic, A Little Night Music. U.S. Bank (Playwright’s Realm), Rajiv Joseph’s Archduke (Mark also has supported the Theatre for Young Audi- Taper Forum) and Suzan-Lori Park’s Father Comes ences production of The Stinky Cheese Man and Home From the Wars (). He has the 30th anniversary production of A Christmas designed regionally for Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Play- Carol. U.S. Bank is the fifth-largest commercial house, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, bank in the United States, with 3,087 banking The Old Globe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American offices located in 25 states, 668 of which are in Contemporary Theater, Goodman Theatre, American . U.S. Bank and its employees are dedi- Repertory Theater, Arena Stage, Dallas Theater Cen- cated to improving the communities they serve, ter, and Portland Center Stage. His New York design for which the company earned the 2011 Spirit of credits include The Public Theater, New York Theatre America Award, the highest honor bestowed on Workshop, Signature Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, a company by United Way. Performance Space 122 and Kitchen Theatre Company.

Once • South Coast Repertory • P13 His awards include the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle coached at Pasadena Playhouse, Denver Center Theatre Angstrom Award for Career Achievement in Lighting Company and Alabama Shakespeare Festival, among Design, an Ovation Award, multiple Bay Area Theatre others including numerous productions at Cincinnati Critics Circle Awards, a “Drammy” for best lighting, as Playhouse in the Park. This is his 31st production at SCR. well as a Lucille Lortel Award nomination. Chu is on the lighting design faculty at California Institute of the Arts. Kelly Todd (Choreography), a UCLA theatre graduate, has directed, choreographed and performed in musi- Lindsay Jones (Sound Design) returns to SCR where cals in Los Angeles and New York. She is a proud resi- he previously designed The Madwoman in the Volvo; dent artist at the Chance Theater, where some of her One Man, Two Guvnors; Smokefall; and Vesuvius. He favorite projects have been Lysistrata Jones, for which designed and composed for the Broadway productions she received the 2014 Ovation Award for Best Chore- of Bronx Bombers and A Time to Kill. His off-Broad- ography; West Side Story, for which she received the way credits include Bella; Bootycandy (Playwrights Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle 2012 Special Award Horizons); Mr. Joy (LCT3); Privacy; Dry Powder; Bar- for Fight Choreography; and Triassic Parq (2013) and becue (The Public Theater); Top Secret (New York Jerry Springer: The Opera (2011), both of which won Theatre Workshop); and Discord (Primary Stages). His the Ovation Award for Best Musical in an Intimate regional credits include the Guthrie Theater, Hartford Theatre and garnered Ovation Award nominations for Stage, Alliance Theatre, Goodman Theatre, American Best Choreography. She was named Southern Califor- Conservatory Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, nia’s Choreographer of the Year in 2011 and 2012 by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse and StageSceneLA. Her other credits include Ivy + Bean: Arena Stage. His international work includes Stratford The Musical, Absurd Person Singular and at Shakespeare Festival in Canada and Royal Shakespeare SCR; ’s Tommy at Segerstrom Center for the Company in the U.K. He has received seven Joseph Jef- Arts; and two world premieres, Keep Movin’ On, fea- ferson Awards and 24 nominations; two Ovation Awards turing the music of Sam Cooke, and What’s Going On, and three nominations; a Los Angeles Drama Critics featuring the music of . She is currently Circle Award; three nominations; a professor in the Theatre Department at Pepperdine and two Award nominations. His film scor- University. ing credits include Magnolia Pictures’ The Brass Teapot and HBO Films’ A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Sue Karutz (Stage Manager) has been part of the Norman Corwin (2006 Academy Award for Best Docu- stage management team at SCR for more than 20 pro- mentary, Short Subject). lindsayjones.com. ductions, her favorites being Lookingglass Theatre Com- pany’s Moby Dick in 2016 and One Man, Two Guvnors Philip D. Thompson (Dialect Coach) teaches at UC in 2015. Elsewhere, she has toured with Robert Wil- Irvine and works as a voice and dialect coach for pro- son’s The Black Rider (London, San Francisco, Sydney, fessional and university productions. He is certified as Los Angeles), (Chicago, L.A., San Francisco), a master teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, is the co- Les Misérables (more than 100 cities across the U.S., founder of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and is the Canada, China and Korea) and ’s Corteo past president of the Voice and Speech Trainers Associa- (Russia and Belgium). She earned her Equity card off- tion. He is the head of voice and text at the Utah Shake- Broadway on Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly. Karutz spearean Festival and has served as resident coach there has stage-managed for Center Theatre Group, Los Ange- for 15 seasons and more than 100 productions. He has les Opera, Pasadena Playhouse, Falcon Theatre, Deaf

P14 • South Coast Repertory • Once West Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, American Conserva- Marc Masterson (Artistic Director) has expanded tory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Idaho Shakespeare Fes- the theatre’s community and artistic initiatives and tival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Alpine Theatre Project produced dozens of world premieres including A Doll’s and The National Theatre of the Deaf, and is a staff stage House, Part 2 by , Vietgone by Qui Nguyen, manager at Disneyland. Mr. Wolf by Rajiv Joseph and Office Hour by Julia Cho. In recent years, SCR productions have transferred to Kathryn Davies (Assistant Stage Manager) previ- some of the leading theatres in the country including ously stage-managed Tales of a Fourth Grade Noth- Theatre Club, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, ing, The Roommate, All the Way, Future Thinking, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and The Goodman The- Red, Vietgone, OZ 2.5, The Whipping Man, Tartuffe, atre. His recent directing credits include All the Way, Reunion, Trudy and Max in Love, Ivy+Bean: the Musi- Going to a Place where you Already Are, Zealot, Death cal, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, How to Write a of a Salesman, Eurydice and Elemeno Pea at SCR; New Book for the Bible, Sight Unseen, Topdog/Under- Byhalia, by Evan Linder at the Contempo- dog, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, In the Next rary American Theatre Festival; As You Like It for the Room or the vibrator play, Doctor Cerberus, Ordinary Houston Shakespeare Festival; and The Kite Runner Days, Our Mother’s Brief Affair, The Injured Party, The at Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Cleveland Play Brand New Kid and Imagine at SCR. Her favorite credits House. He served for 11 years as artistic director of include Dividing the Estate at Dallas Theater Center; La Actors Theatre of Louisville and produced the Humana Bohème at Tulsa Opera; The Mystery of Irma Vep at The Festival of New American Plays, where he produced Old Globe; Daddy Long Legs at Laguna Playhouse; Tosca more than 100 world premieres, expanded audiences and La Fille du Régiment at Opera Ontario; Of Mice and the repertoire, deepened arts education programs and Men at Theatre Calgary, CanStage, Neptune The- and spearheaded numerous community-based proj- atre; The Dresser at Manitoba Theatre Centre; Skylight ects. The world premieres he directed at the Humana at Tarragon Theatre; To Kill a Mockingbird at Citadel Festival include works by Charles Mee, Wendell Berry, Theatre, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary; and Craig Wright, Eric Coble, Adam Bock, Gina Gionfriddo, The Designated Mourner at Tarragon Theatre and the Melanie Marnich, and Rick Dresser. His other Louis- Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Davies also has worked as ville directing credits include A Midsummer Night’s head theatre representative at the Toronto International Dream, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Glengarry Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival, AFI Fest, Glen Ross, The Tempest, Mary’s Wedding and The Cru- TCM Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival and as team cible. He served as artistic director of City Theatre in leader at Sundance. Pittsburgh for 20 years and was founder and chairman of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Alliance. He has served as a Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the theatre advisory panel member for the National Endow- world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting ment for the Arts, as well as numerous foundations. He theatres from around the world the rights to perform won the Man of the Year Vectors Award, and received the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pittsburgh beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer New Works Festival. and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engag- Paula Tomei (Managing Director) is responsible ing art form. MTI works directly with the composers, for the overall administration of SCR. She has been lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide managing director since 1994 and a member of SCR’s official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatri- staff since 1979. She is a past president of the board of cal resources to over 70,000 professional, community Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national and school theatres in the U.S. and in over 60 coun- service organization for theatre. In addition, she served tries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to edu- as treasurer of TCG, vice president of the League of cational theatre, and has created special collections Resident Theatres (LORT) and as a member of the to meet the needs of various types of performers and LORT Negotiating Committee for industry-wide union audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and agreements. She represents SCR at national confer- 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and ences of TCG and LORT and served as a theatre panel- middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Edi- ist and site visitor for the National Endowment for the tions are musicals annotated for performance by high Arts (NEA) and the California Arts Council. Her teach- school students. MTI maintains its global headquarters ing background includes a graduate class in non profit in New York City with additional offices in London (MTI management at UC Irvine (UCI) and as a guest lecturer Europe) and Melbourne (MTI Australasia). in the graduate school of business at Stanford. She

Once • South Coast Repertory • P15 was appointed by the chancellor to UCI’s Community Safe in Hell, The Beard of Avon and Freedomland; Arts Council, serves on the Dean’s Leadership Society Thomas Babe’s Great Day in the Morning; Keith Red- Executive Committee for the School of Social Sciences din’s Rum and Coke and But Not for Me; and Neal Bell’s at UCI and is a member of the College of Arts Dean’s Cold Sweat; the American premieres of Terry John- Task Force for California State University, Fullerton. son’s Unsuitable for Adults; and Joe Penhall’s Dumb She is also on the board of Arts Orange County, the Show; and the Southland premiere of Top Girls (at SCR county-wide arts council, and the board of the Nicholas and the Westwood Playhouse). Other productions he Endowment. She graduated from UCI with a degree in has directed include Red, New England, Arcadia, The economics and pursued an additional course of study Importance of Being Earnest, Woman in Mind and You in theatre and dance. In March 2017, she received the Never Can Tell, which he restaged for the Singapore Mayor’s Award from the City of Costa Mesa for her con- Festival of Arts. He has served as a theatre panelist and tributions to the arts community. onsite evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as a panelist for the California Arts Council. Martin Benson (Founding Artistic Director), co- After attending Orange Coast College, he received his founder of SCR, has directed nearly one-fourth of SCR’s BA and MA from San Francisco State University and his productions. In 2008, he and David Emmes received PhD from USC. the Margo Jones Award for their lifetime commitment to theatre excellence and fostering the art and craft of American playwriting. They also accepted SCR’s 1988 Photos on pages 6 and 7: 1. Adam Kaokept and Addi McDaniel in the 2012 Tony Award for Outstanding Resident Professional The- world premiere musical Cloudlands, photo by Henry DiRocco. 2. Nancy An- atre and won the 1995 Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for derson and David Burnham in SCR’s 2010 musical Ordinary Days, photo by Lifetime Achievement. Benson has received the Los Henry DiRocco. 3. Ellen Travolta and Don Took in the 1981 production of Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Anything Goes!, photo by Jay Thompson. 4. Dan Callaway and Niki Scalera in Achievement in Directing an unparalleled seven times the 2009 production of Putting It Together, photo by Henry DiRocco. 5. David for George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara, Misalliance Schramm, center, in the 1989 production of A Chorus of Disapproval, photo and Heartbreak House; John Millington Synge’s Play- by Ron Stone. 6. David Burnham, Erin Mackey and John-David Keller in the boy of the Western World; ’s The Crucible; 2014 production of The Light in the Piazza, photo by Debora Robinson. 7. Sally Nemeth’s Holy Days; and the world premiere of Alan Blumenfeld and Melissa van der Schyff in the 2008 world premiere of An Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning , which he Italian Straw Hat: A Vaudeville, photo by Henry DiRocco. 8. Sarah Tattersal also directed at Seattle Repertory Theatre and Hous- in the 1988 production of Marry Me a Little, photo by Ron Stone. 9. Elaine ton’s Alley Theatre. He has directed American clas- Bankston and Les Ingledue in the 1969 production of A Funny Thing Hap- sics such as A Streetcar Named Desire and has distin- pened on the Way to the Forum. 10. Stephanie Zimbalist and Mark Jacoby in guished himself in staging contemporary work including the 2007 production of A Little Night Music, photo by Henry DiRocco. 11. the critically acclaimed California premiere of William The 1969 production of The Threepenny Opera. 12. The 1974 production of Nicholson’s Shadowlands. He directed revivals of Beth Godspell, photo by Cheryl Grant. 13. Gary Bell, Richard Doyle, John-David Henley’s Abundance and Horton Foote’s The Trip Keller and Morgan McKay in the 1976 production of In Fashion. 14.Christo- to Bountiful; and Samuel D. Hunter’s The Whale and pher Allport and Patricia Ben Peterson in the 1991 production of Happy End, Rest (world premiere); The Whipping Man by Matthew photo by Cristofer Gross. 15. Jennifer Leigh Warren, Scott Waara and Allison Lopez; and The Roommate by Jen Silverman (west coast Smith in the 2000 production of The Education of Randy Newman, photo premiere). Benson received his BA in theatre from San by Cristofer Gross. 16. Crissy Guerrero, Jesus Mendoza and Teresa Velarde Francisco State University. in the 1997 production of La Posada Magica, photo by Henry DiRocco. 17. Sally Spencer and Harry Groener in Sunday in the Park with George, photo David Emmes (Founding Artistic Director) is co- by Paul Kennedy. 18. Angelina Reaux, Andrea Frierson, Stanley Glover, Susan founder of South Coast Repertory. He received the Watson and Ken Jennings in the 1982 production of Tintypes, photo by Jay Margo Jones Award for his lifetime commitment to Thompson. 19. Karen Trott, Jane Galloway and Maureen Silliman in the 1987 theatre excellence and to fostering the art of American production of Three Postcards, photo by Cristofer Gross. 21. Martha McFar- playwriting. In addition, he has received numerous land, Gary Dontzig and Teri Ralston in the 1980 production of Side by Side by awards for productions he has directed during his SCR Sondheim, photo by Richard Kephart. 21. Anthony Carillo and Addi McDaniel career. He directed the world premieres of Amy Freed’s in the 2013 production of The Fantasticks, photo by Henry DiRocco.

The Actors and Stage Managers em- The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and The Director is a member of the Soci- ployed in this production are members Sound Designers in LORT theatres ety of Stage Directors and Choreogra- of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union are represented by United Scenic phers, Inc., an independent national of Professional Actors and Stage Man- Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. labor union. agers in the United States.

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