The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Theatre Theatre UAB 2017-2018 Season Frank and Joan Dawson, Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman Lanny and Darlene Gray A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Mary and Kyle Hulcher by William Shakespeare and Directed by Dennis Mclernon W.B. Philips, Jr. October 18-21 at 7:30pm present October 22 at 2:00pm The Sirote Theatre

WORKING Book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Fa o mu ic by Schwartz, Craig Camelia , DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, 1111dJ ame Taylor , and lyrics by Schwartz, Camelia, Grant, Taylor and Susan Birkenhead. Directed by Valerie Accetta Musical Direction by Carolyn Violi Movement Direction by Roy Lightn er November 8-11 , 15-17 at 7:30pm Nov ember 18 at 2:00pm The Odess Theatre

SILENT SKY by Marc Shaiman, by Lauren Gunderson music Directed by Karl a Koskinen lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a February 21-24 at 7 :30pm book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, February 25 at 2:00pm based on the 1988 John Watersfilm Hairspray. The Sirote Theatre Directed by Valerie Accetta and Roy Lightner PLAY STA DI GO CEREMONY: THE GA MARRl GE Musical Direction by Carolyn Violi by Mo Gaffney , Jordan Harrison, Moi esKaufman W endy Macleod Jose Rivera , ,.•j): • Wrigh t, conceived by Brian hnipper Choreography by Roy Lightner 1 Paul Rudni ck, and Doug "•·_.'f 'P: Directed by Kelly Allison Brandon Brue · Jack annon , Mel hri Lian, .. Cheryl Hall, Denni Mcle rnon Feb 27-28, March 1-3 at 7:30pm March 4 at 2:00pm The Odess Theatre

HAIRSPRAY Music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. Directed by Valerie Accetta & Roy Lightner Musical Direction by Carolyn Violi Choreography by Roy Lightner April 11-14 at 7:30pm April 15 at 2:00pm The Sirote Theatre

ASC Box Office: 975-ARTS. Show information at http://www.uab.edu/cas/theatre/productions The Sirote Theatre in the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center OVATION THEATRE UAB Theatre UAB Faculty and Administrative Staff pening nights at Theatre UAB are OVATION nights.OVATION UAB features refre hment s and conversation with the director and designers before the show, as well Kelly De an Allison, Professor ...... , ...... Chair a a post-performance meet & greet with the cast and crew. Valerie Accetta, Assistant Professor...... Head of Musical Theatre Performance But that ' not all. OV ATIO mis ion i s to support and sponsor our students working Jack Cannon Assistant Professor...... Acting/Intro to Theatre back Lageand performin g in Theatre UAB productions. Membership dues ranging Haarb~uer ...... Professor Emeritus from $40 - 1500+ help off- et the co l of tuition for each student to participate in the Ward productions . Cheryl Hall Assistant Professor ...... Intro to Theatre Karma Ibse~ ...... Professor Emerita Join us! Park early, socialize, learn about the show and njoy hors d'oeuvres, desserts, Marlene Johnson, Professor...... Acting/Voice coffee and light refreshments before an evening of great theatre . OVATION Karla Koskinen, Professor...... Acting/Directing THEATRE UAB is a perfect way to a isl our talented . tudents and have lots of fun! Roy Lightner, Associate Professor...... Musical Theatre Performance/Dance Dennis McLernon, Professor ...... Head of Performance OVATION TH EATRE UAB Membership Foi'ms are in our Theatre UAB Season ...... Costume Direc.tor Brochure or contact Program Manager, Mel Christian at 934-3237 or [email protected]. Amy Page, Assistant Professor...... We' d love l ee you at our next OVATION! Kimberly Schnormeier, Associate Professor /Associate Dean ...... Costume Design Lee Shackleford Associate Professor...... : ..... Playwriting A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR Cliff Simon , Professor...... Scene Design CURRENT OVATION UAB MEMBERS Carolyn Violi ...... Musical Director/ Accom~anist THE Vessela Warner Associate Professor...... Theatre History Founding Members Will York ...... '...... Professor Emeritus Russell Drummond, Col. Daniel D. Hall, Patty Ed Zuckerman, Associate Professor ...... Production Manager/Technical Director McDonald , Carol Odess, Chandler S. Smith , KENNEDY Jane Paris Smith, BBS Martha Moore Sykes CENTER Adjunct Faculty Fund Carlon Alexandra ...... , ...... Intro to Dance The Kennedy Gen/er AmericanCollege Theater Festivalsr!, partof the RubensteinArts Access Program, is generouslyfunded by Tiffany Heimbach ...... Tap I 2017-2018 Members David and Alice Rubenstein. June Mack ...... Intermediate Narrative Filmmaking Susan Atwood, Peter and Miriam Bellis , Anne Specialthanks to TheHarold and Mimi Steinberg Charitab!eT,ust/o, supporting Mary Margaret Scalici ...... Ballet II Marie Brown , Wendy Gunther Canada, William theJohn F . KennedyGenier for the Perlorm ingArts• Kennedy Genier American College Thea/er Festival. & Mary Capps, Peggy Carlisle , Betsy & Joe Bernslein andWilma E. Mel Christian ...... Program Manager/Tour Coordinator Cooper, Frank & Joan Dawson, Chuck & Mary Additionalsupport is providedby The Honorable Stuart Bernstein; the Dr. Geraldand Paula McNichols Foundalion;andBea/rice arid Chris Humphries, Duncan McCrary ...... Audio/Visual Technicians Dunham, Ben & Ellen Erdreich , Mary Jane & AnthonyWelters and AnBryce/he Foundation Nora Whitten ...... Administrative Associate Ray Faircloth , John R. & Linda Frawley, KCACTF isparlJFKC: of A CentennialCe~b

Virginia & Boyce Guthrie, Dr. Ward & Mrs. Kennedy Center educa/ion and relatedartistic programmingis made possible Frank & Rona Harper, through /he generosityof the National Committee for the Pedorming Arlsandthe Martha Haarbauer, President'sAdvisOfY Cammi/lee on /heArts . Stephanie Harris , Mary & Kyle Hulcher , This pmductionis enlered inthe Kennedy CenlerAme,ican College Theate, NAST Michael and Catherine Hulcher, Bill & Hettie thisnational theater education program are lo Festival (KCACTF) Theims aol The National Association of Johnson, Bill & Judy Lewis, Allen & Cele identify andpromote quality in college-level theaterproduction ToI his end,each productionentered is elig~le for a response by a regionalKCACTF Schools of Theatre Montgomery, Patrick & Mary Morrissey, Carol represen1alive, and selectedstudents and facultyare invited lo parlicipale in KCACTF programs involvingscholarships, internships, grants andawards for Odess, James & Angela Owen, Bill Paracca, actors,directors, dramaturgs,playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics The Kennedy Center Steve & Laura Parker , W. B. Philips, Jr., al both lheregional and nalionalleve!s Beverly & David Radford, Miriam Kirklin Pmductionsentered onlhe Paf1icipatinglevel are eligible invilorlalioo to lhe MERICAN KCACTF regional lestival and maybe also considered for national awards Reed, James & Dawn Ribe, John & Deborah recognizingoutstanding achievement in production,des~n. direclionarx:I COLLEG Sellers, Arnold & Fran Singer, Dorinda & John performance HEATER A. Smith, Kenya Stewart, Phil & Beverly Stine , Last year more than 1,300 productions were enteredKCACTF in theinvolving FESTIVA morethan 200,000students nationwideByentering thisproduction, ourtheater SOUTHf'ASTfRN Charles Turnbough , Jr., Nancy Whitt, Joyce department is sharing in the KCACTFrecognize, goals loreward , and celebrate Ille exemplarywmk produced in college and unive,sHy !heatersacrnss the THEATRE CONf[RENCE Whitten nal:on The University of Alabama at Binningham Department of Theatre and Mary Anne Freeman THE CAST Frank and Joan Dawson • Michael J. Tracy Tumblad ...... Justine Nelson Lanny and Darlene Gray • Mary and Kyle Hulcher Corny Collins ...... Ben Lundy and Edna Turnblad ...... Jack Cannon W.8. Philips, Jr. Present Penny Pingleton ...... Peyton Overstreet Velma Von Tussle/Pinkette ...... Clara Holmes Amber Von Tussle ...... Allie Nichols Link Larkin ...... Zachary Lampe HAIRSPRAY Seaweed ...... Royzell Walker Little Inez ...... Jori Rut ledge The Broadway Musical Motormouth Maybelle/Pinkette ...... · bani Booker Wilbur Turnblad ...... Brian Wittenberg Book by Music by Lyrics by Prudy Pingleton/Pinkette/Matron ...... Kayli Porter Mr. Pinky /Duane ...... Antonio Mitchell Mark O'Donnell Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman Gym Teacher ...... Rachel Biggs Thomas Meehan Marc Shaiman Mr. Spitzer /Principal/Guard ...... Tanier Dutton Gilbert ...... Jeremy X. Richardson Based on the New Line Cinema film written and directed by JOHN WATERS Stooie ...... Devin Franklin Cindy ...... Brooke Payne Stage Manager Thad ...... Tyree Jamal Tammy ...... Meredith Morse Lauren Edwards Brad ...... Diego Villanueva Fender ...... , ...... Joey Parker Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Cliff Simon Brenda ...... Camilla Almond Sharon Morgan Ed Zuckerman Sketch ...... Brett Everingham Shelley ...... Addie Counts Audio Engineer Properties Design Vocal/Text Coach IQ ...... Jackson Pen·y Isidro Robinson* J. Marc Quattlebaum Marlene Johnson Lou Ann ...... Marissa Hebson Motormouth Kid ...... Shaina Hamby Wig Design Lorianne ...... Lilly Bateh Kurt Alger* Motormouth Kids Swing ...... David Parker Female Swings ...... Elizabeth Forman, Alyse Rosenblatt Directedby THE ORCHESTRA Conductor - Carolyn Violi Valerie Accetta& Roy Lightner Keyboard 2 ...... Richard Byrd Reeds 1 ...... Kim Bain Reeds 2 ...... Matt Barron Musical Direction Tn1mpet ...... James Zingara Trombone ...... Mark Foster t_;arolyn Violi Guitar...... Carlos Pino Bass ...... Roy Yarbrough Drums ...... Maury Levine Choreography Percussion ...... Sam Herman Roy Lightner Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler Arrangements oy Marc Shaiman Assistant Director Brian Wittenberg The Place: Baltimore Time: 1962 Associate Choreo_grapher There will be one fifteen minute intermission. Royzell Wall<"er Opening Night: Wednesday, April 11, 2018, 7:30pm. *Guest Artists. Kurt Alger is sponsored by the Jemison Visiting Professorship in the Humanities. Theatrical haze and strobes will be used in this production. HAIRSPRAY Hairspray Production Biographies The Broadway Musical Valerie Accetta (Director) Home Town : Columbus, OH SONGS Educa tion: MFA - Virginia om monwealth University ACTI Recent Production Work : Dir cling: Working, A Liule Night Music, Spring Good Morning Baltimore ...... Tracy & Company Awakening Avenue Q Urinetown: The A{usical (UAB.) Choreography / Mu ical Direction : Twelflh Night (UAB.) Directin g/As ociat Directing: Gypsy ( ampion The Nicest Kids in Town ...... , ...... Corny Collins & Council Members chool Greece ,) Soulh Pacific, Oklahoma (Weat hervane Playhouse , OH ) Phantom Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now ...... Edna, Tracy, Prudy, Penny, Velma, Amber (River ide Theatre , VA ,) God pell ( dinbur gh Fringe Fe ti val.) A. soc iate I Can Hear the Bells ...... , ...... Tracy & Company Choreography: The Produc ers (Virginfa Repertory Theatre,) Anni e (Pioneer Theatre, Miss Baltimore Crabs ...... Velma & Council Members UT.) The Madison ...... Corny & Company amilla Almond (Brenda) The Nicest Kids in Town (Reprise) ...... Corny & Council Members Home T wn : Atlanta, GA It Takes Two ...... Link & Tracy Education : Dunwoody High School Welcome to the 60's ...... Tracy, Edna, Pinkettes & Company Recent Production Work: Acting: A Midsummer Night 's Dream , 14th Annual Fe tivaf of Ten Minute Plays, The Real lrM1Jector Hound (UAB ,) Into the Woods .(The Run and Tell That! ...... , . , ...... Seaweed, Little Inez & Company Performer' Warehou e) The Mu ic Man, Oklahoma! (Dunwoody H ), Legally Big, Blonde and Beautiful ...... , ...... Motormouth Maybelle & Company Blonde (A D . Lilly Batch (Lorianne) ACT II Home Town: Jacksonville, FL The Big Dollhouse ...... Women Education: The Bolles School Good Morning Baltimore (Reprise) ...... Tracy Recen t Production Work: Aeling: Working, 2017-18 Cabaret Touring Company, A You're Timeless to Me ...... Edna & Wilbur Liflle Nigh t Music (UAB,) Grea ·e, George Washington Slept Here (The Bolles choo l), The Wizard of Oz (F CJ,) Fiddler on the Roo/(Providence School of Without Love ...... Link, Tracy , Seaweed & Penny Jack onvill e.) I Know Where I've Been ...... Motormouth Maybelle & Company (It's) Hairspray ...... Corny & Council Members Rachel Biggs (Gym Teacher) Cooties ...... Amber & Council Members Home Town: Lubbock, TX Education: Fren hip High chool You Can't Stop the Beat ...... Company Recent Production Work: Acting : A Midsummer Night 's Dream, A Little Night Music (UAB,) Peter Pan (Lubbock Moonlight Musical ,) Into th e Woods (Frenship HS Choir), All My Sons, Tarzan (Fren hip H Theatre) Gheflo (Texas Tech Theatre Camp.) Eboni Booker (Motormouth Maybelle/PinlNew York, NY 10019 Re(J/ }mp ector Hound, Dancing_ at L11g/masa In Th e Next Room (or, The Vibrator Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 Play,) Twelfth Night; or, What You Wl/1, The CaL1cas ian 11alk ircle, 1 argo www .MTIS hows.com Desolato. the Food Chain (UAB.) Acting: You Can 'I Take ft With You, Buried Child, Don't Trifle With love , Three ister , King L ear (UAB.)

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. Hairspray Production Biographies Hairspray Production Biographies Addie Counts (Shelley) Marissa Hebson (Lou Ann) Home Town: Chattanooga, TN Home Town: Pinson, AL Education: Center for Creative Arts Educati.on: hades Valley Theatre Academy Recent Production Work: Acting : 2017-18 Shakespeare Touring Compa ny, The Real Recent Production Work : Acting: A Midrummer Night's Dream 2017-1 Bookends lnspec10r Hound, Sprin?_Awak ning, 2016-17 Kids on the Block Touring Company Touring Company , A Lilfle Night Music, Vinegar Tom, 1 cm ing at Lug/1110a, 13th (U B.) Hello, Dolly!, Shrek. All Shook Up ( A,) 9 lo 5, Xanadu (Chattanooga Annual Feslivul of Ten Minute Plays (UAB.) 25th Annual Putnam Cozm/J' Spelling B ee Theatre entre.) tage ~anagement: Working (UAB.), As istant S_tageManagement: ( VTA,) The Drowsy Chaperone (SVTA.) Choreography: A Midsummer Night' Dream Vinegar Tom (UAB .) Light Board Operator: You Can I Tak>/1 W11hY ou (UAB.) (UA13.) Tanier Dutton (Mr. Spitzer/Principal/Guard) Clara Vetta Holmes (Velma Von Tussle/Pinkette) Home Town: Carbon Hill, AL Home Town: Grand Blanc, Ml Education: Transfer: Bevill State Community College, A.S. Psychology, Carbon Hill ducation : Grand Blanc High choo l High School Recent Production Work: Acting: A little Night Music, Vinegar Tom (UAB,) Recent Production Work : Acting: A Midwmmer Mght 's Dream (UAB The Thoro11ghl, Modem Millie , Almost Maine Hoirspray (Grand Blanc HS.) Assistant Impor1ance of Being Earnest, 711eMerchant of Venice , All My on . Macbeth (Bevill tage Management: Working (UAB.) State ommuni ty College.) Playwriting : Sundee Momin' Digest (One Man how.) Tyree Jamal (Thad) Lauren Edwards (Stage Manager) Home Town: Mobile, AL Home Town: Chelsea, AL Education: W.P. Davidson High School, Coastal Alabama Community College. -ducaLibn: Chel ea High chool Recent Production Work: This is Tyree's first show. Rece.nt Production Work: tage Management: 711eGrave Digger'· Tale (ASF ,) Damn Yankees, Beauty and the Bea. t Jr., Gypsy, Willy. Wo11kaJr. , Chi aso (V_ ·t,) Buried Marlene Johnson (Vocal/Text Coach) Child, Avenue 0. J J'"An nual Festival of Ten Mmute Plays (UAB.) A 1 ·tant tage Home Town: Allentown, PA Management : rhe Mousetrap, A Christmas Carol, Because of Winn Dixi e, Dauphin Education: MFA Virginia ommonwealth Unive1 ity I ·land (A F ) Big Love (UAB.) Prop Ma ·ter: Damn Yankees. Willy Wonka Jr. (V T.) Recent Pr duction Work: Voice & Text oach: Silent Sky, Working, A Midsummer Night's Dream (UAB.) Vocal oach: The Real lm1Jector Hound You Con 't Take fl Brett Everingham (Sketch) With You, Spring Awa kening, Buried Child, Stupid P***i11gBird, Dancing or Home Town: Atlanta, GA Lughnasa, Avenue Q, ln The Next Room (or, The Vibrator Play,) Women of War, Education: Ho ver High School Urineto,vn: The Mu ical, Twe(frh Nigh t, Big Love, harley's Aunt, Proof. Macbeth Recent Production Work: Acting: A Midsummer Night's Dream (UAB,) Bring It On: (UAB.) Vocal Director : Vinegar Tom, On The Verie (UAB Around Tl1e World in 80 The Mu ·icct!, Don't Touch That Dial, I Am Angel (Hoover HS.) Days, God Evita, All the Way, In the Heights rew: Silent Sky (UAB.) (PC A). lizabeth Forman (Female w ing) Roy Lightner (Director/Choreographer) Home Town: t. Petersburg FL Home Town : Leawood K Education: Pinella ounty enter for the Arts Educati n: MFA - Goddard liege ; BM - Oklahoma ity University. Recent Production Work: Acting: A Midsummer Night's Dr eam A Little Night Music, Re ent Production Work: Directo r/ horeographer: Working (UAB) lucky to Be Me Vinegar Tom (VAB,) In The Height ·, One Man, Two Guv11ors, Les Miserables (NY Opera , asst. to Peggy Hickey ) Hairspra y, Miss Saigon C:ondheir .n enter,) (PCCA.) Bring Tr On (Mu ic Theatre f Kansas ity,) Hound of the Ba kervilles Cape Playhouse ,) Little Shop of Horrors , Thoroughly Modem Millie (MTK , Best of Devin Franklin (Stooie) Broadway Under the Stars, Wine 011nl1y Speakeasy , Thi Magic Momeni, Oh, Whal Home Town: Birmingham, Alabama A Nig ht! (Tran c nd nee Theatre ompany) Dogftght, A horus Line, H2$, Legally Education: McAdory High School Bloncle (Ithaca ollege) oncert Dance Choreograp hy: Oklahoma ity Dance Recent Production. Work: Acting: On Lock, In the Heights (McAdory HS) Project, NYC's ommunity Dance Proiect, NVC Jazz E nte,pr is , plu 2 full length original ballets : In Your Eyes and Under the Covers. haina Hamby (Motormouth Kid) Home Town: Birmingham AL Education: Homew od High chool Jefferson State Community College Recent Production Work: Dance: Amahl and the Night Visitors (UAB.) Hairspray Production Biographies Hairspray Production Biographies Ben Lundy ( orny Collins) Allie Nichols (Amber Von Tussle) Home Town: Fairhope, AL Home Town: Tupelo, MS Education: Pai rhope High School Education: Homeschooled Recent Production Work: Acting: A Midrn111111erNight's Dr eam 2016~17 & 2017-18 Recent Production Work: Acting: A Midsummer Night's Dream, You Can't Take it Shc,kespear e Touring Company, A Liff le Night Musi You Ca11 ·r TakeIt With You. With You , (UAB,) Les Miserables, Bye Bye Birdi e (Tupelo ommunity Theatre.) Spring Awakening, Avenue Q, Clyboume Park, 2014-15 & 2015-16 Cabaret Touring Costume De ign /Ac lor: Jv/my Poppins (Tupelo ommunity Theatre.) Company, Urine/own: The Musical, Twelfth Night,· or, What You Will (UAB,) Pippin, 9 to 5 (Highlands Playhouse,) Franken lein: A New Mi,sica/ (Fairhope H, ) Seussiceil Peyton Overstreet (Penny Pingleton) the Musical (Orange Beach J>crforming Arts ompany) A Midsummer_ Night's Dream Home Town: Tallahassee, FL (Alabama hake peare festival) har/i e and rhe hocolate Facto1y (Jitterbug Education: Lm".ton Chiles Hi&h School Theatre.) Playwright: 13th Annual Festival of Ten Minute Plays (UAB.) Recent Product~on Wo~k: Actmg: A Little Night Music, Vinegar Tom (UAB,) How to Succeed in Bus111e Without Really Trying, Into the Woods, Joni and the Wail (Young Antonio Mitchell (Mr. Pinky/Duane) Actors Theatre.) Home Town: Phenix City, AL Education: Centra l High School/Faulkner Univer ity David Parker (Motormouth Kid wing) Recent Production Work: Acting: Washington & DuBois: Two Opinion , 011, Goal Home Town: Birmingham, AL (Vulcan Park,) A Midsummer Nigh t ' Dream, 2017-18 Book end Touring Company, Education: Paul W. Bryant High chool The Real Ji1spector Hound, You Ccm' / Take lt Wirh You, Buried Child (UAB) Le· Rec nt Producti n Work: Cling: Washington & DuBois : Two Opinions, One Goal Mi ·erabl e , The Game' Afool, Flight of the Lawnchair Man {Faulkner University) (Vulcan Park,) The Dinn er Detective (Redrn nt Hotel,) Voice in the Dark: A Salem The Drowsy Chaperone, Zombie Prom ( 1-1 Encore Pr duction .) Stmy (Paul W. Bryant HS.) 'haron Morgan (Costume Design) Joe Parker (Fender·) Home Town: Gad den AL Home T wn: kansa City, MO Education : BA Jacksonville tate Univ rsity MFA University of Alabama Education: Grandview enior High chool Recent Production Work: Tailor / pecialt).'. o tume Con truction: MacG 1ver. ec,son R cent Production W rk: A Mid,;un1111erNight's Dream, 2017-18 Shakespeare 2 ( · BS.) ostume Design / oordinatio n: Tuxedo Junction (Birmingham hildren 's Touring Company. A lillle Night Music, You Can't Take It With You, 2016-17 Kids on Theatre) Beauty and The Bea ·t, Children of Eden ( itka Fine Ari' amp,) Standing the Blo ck Tourin g Compm'?!! Spring Awakening (UAB), HONK!, John Lennon and 011 Ceremony: The Gay Mal"l'iage Plays , You Can't Tt1ke_lt With Ypu, ~pring_ Me, Beau ty and the Bea ·t (GH Theat re.) Awc,kening, Rabbit Hol e (UAB.) Assistant o tume Design: Don t Tr(/le With Love (UAB.) Draper: Buri ed C}1i/d,Dan cing at lughna sa. Big love, harley's Aunt, Brooke Payne ( indy) Urinetown , In The Next Room · or, The Vibrator Play. Costume Shop Ma.nag r Home Town: Birmingham , AL Touring ompanie ostume Designer and oordinator {UAB.) Education: Shades Valley High School /Alabama State University Recent Production Work : Acting: A Midsummer ight's Dream, The Real Inspector Meredith Morse (Tammy) Hound (UAB,) Black Nativity: A Heavenly Vision (A U.) The 25th Annual Putnam Home Town : We terville , OH County Spelling Bee, The Drowsy Chaperone (Shade Valley Theatre Academy.) Education: Westerville Central High School Recent Production Work: Aeling : A Midsummer Night' · Dream, A lilfl e Night Music, Jackson Perry (IQ) 20l!-16, 20 16-! 7, 2017-{8 Cabaret Touring ompany, You Con 'I ~a{ceit With You, Home Town: Hoover, AL .:>prmg_Awakemng Dan cmgat lug/ma a, Avenue Q (UAB,) The Ehnrof Lov e (UAB Education: Hoover High School Opera) , Xanadu, Honk! (Westervi[le Central HS), The Musi Man .. The Wizard of Oz Recent Production Work: Assistant Stage Management: A Midsummer Night's Dream (We terville Civic Theatrn.) Assistant C horeograp hy: A lvfidHmuner Night's Drec,m (UAB.) (UAB.) Kayli Porter (Prudy Pingleton/Pinkette/Matron) Ju tine elson (Tracy Turnblad) Home Town: Bessemer, AL Home Town: St. Peter burg, FL Education: McAdory High S hool Education: Gibbs enior High chool/ Education: Pinellas County Center for the Arts R~cent ~r ducti _n W_ork: Acting: 2016-17 ~ 2017-18 abaret Touring Company, A (PCCA) /..,1t1/e N1gj1t Music , Vinegar Tom, 2015-16 Allee In Wonderland Touring Company, Recent Production Work: Acting: Working (UAB,) Evita, One Man Two Guvnors ll11en11e(d (UAB,) Of1ce On _Thi· ls/and, Pl ay it Again, Sam, Wait Until Dark (PCCA,) Thoroughly Modern Millie (Eight O Clock Theatre.) (McAdory HS .) Assistant Director: Working, Spring Awakening (UAB.) Hairspray Production Biographies Hairspray Production Biographies Carolyn Violi (Musical Direction/Piano) J. Marc Quattl ebaum (Properties Design) : Indiana PA Home Town: Lexington SC Home Town Univer ity 2009. BA Newberry ollege 2005 Education: B _inMusic ducation Indiana Uni er ity of PA Education: MFA Wayne rate Bea. , Recent Production Work: Properlies De ign: Silent Sky, Working. A Mid ummer Rec~nt Production Work: Conductor/Mu ical Director: Disney's Beauty and 1he Can'.' Take_fl Wilh Y~u. Vinegar Tom, Th Na~1onal Tour U a nd anada (Di ney Theatrical .) . onductor: Goodbye Girl, Seven Night' Dream, A Lill ie Ni[{'II Music, Y_ou , A lor Ho1111d,1mng AwC1ke111ng.Buned hdd, Dancing ol L11gh11asa,In The B'.·,desJ.or Seven_Brot!1ers (Mamstage Production .) Mu ical Director: Working Real lnspec Peter and the Next Room (or, The Vibrator Play,) Clyboum e Park (UAB.) Lllt~e 1gh1. Mt( .·,c,_Vir!egar Tom, Sp,:ingAwakening, Aye,?ue Q (UAB.) Sta1cmche1 (City Equity Theatre,) Fiddler on the Roo/(Bmn111gl1am-Soulh rn ~llege.) West Side Sto1y, Menken' Christmas Carol (Alabama hakespeare Fe tival.) Jerem y . Richardson (Gilbert) z (in Home Town: Mobile AL P10ducer: Hello Dolly (Bette M1dler,) hosing Rainbow . : The Road lo O Education: Murphy High ehool/Coa tal Alabama ommuni ty ollege developmen t,} A Ta te ofThings 10 ome (Broadway in Chicago.) Recent Production Work: Acting: Working, 20/7-18 t1bare1 Touring Comp_any, A Li/tie Nigh / Music, A mah/ and the Nigh t Visitor U B,) The Importance of Being Royze ll Walke~ ( . eaw~ed/As ociate Choreographer/Dance Captain) s Tree ( ACC,) Broadway Live I: lift le hop of Norro1:1·, Home Town: 111cmnat1, OJ-I Emes1, Santa· Christma High chool Grease. Broadway Live JI: Jer ey Boy·, Newsies, C hicago, Wes t Side S101y (Murphy Education: olerain HS.) tage Management: Swee/est wing in Ba eba/1 ( AC .) R _ent Produ?tion W?rk: Singer/Dancer,: Lights, cnnera, Ac1ion! ( edar Point.) Actmg: Workmg, A Little Night Music, pring Awakening (UAB,) A Funny Thing on_the Way lo the Forum, Bat Boy Th e Jvlusical, More Fun Than Bowling Alyse Rosenblatt (Female Swing) Happened ' Home Town: Plano, TX Over the Honzon ( SU.) Education: The helto11 chool A Mid umme r Night's Drec,111, A lif(/ e Night Music, Brian Wittenber g (Wi.lbur Turnblad/Assistaut Director) Recent Production Work: Acting: John reek GA Hello, Do lly!, Once Upon 1 Mallress (The h lton Home Town: 2016-2017 abaret Tour (UAB,) h e High chool School, Footloose (0 U,) You're a Good Man harlie !Jrow11(PFamily Arts.) -ducation: hattahooc Recent Producti~n Work: :Acting: The 25'" ;_lnnualPutnam ounty Spelling B ee The ompany, Jori Rutledge (Little Inez) Jun!Jle Bo~k (Mdl ~o untam Th~atre) Workmg, 2017-18 abarel Touring Home Town: Mobile, AL A lif t! ~tght Mu~1c,2016- 17 Kids 011 the Block Touring ompany, Spring Awakenrng. Dancm gal lughna a (lJAB,) .ondheim on ondheim Dracula (Act3 Education: S.S. Murphy High School .) ' Recent Production Work: 12th Annual Fest ival of Ten Minut e Plays (UAB,) Westside Production ,) Lil/le Shop oJHorrors ( hattahoochee HS Story (S.S. Murphy High School.) d Zuckerman (Lighting Design) Home Town: Pluladelphia, PA Liff imon (Scenic D e ign) tate Unive, ity Home Town: New Yori NY Education: MF_A, Wayne Education: MFA, Univer. ity ofTexa at Austi n Recent_P rod_uctton~o rk: Lighting De~ign: Cly1!owne Park, Twe{fth Nigh t; or, What , The Piano le ,•son, The ft Girl The : Sc nic Design: Tommy, Le, Miserable . One Night With You W,11, P1oof,Rhmq ceros1 The Praymg Manr, Recent Production Work Al Lughnasa , .Janice Joplin , 33 Variation. (Zach Theatre Aust in). Mi · Saigon, Grease, Full • eagu/1 (UAB.) cenic D~ 1gn: The Real Jnspeclor Hound, Dem ing verside Theatre Yero Beach.) Grease (Walnut treet, Philadelphia.) A liftle Th• Next Room (01~ The Vibrator Play,) A Streetcar Named De ire, The Play boy of the Monty (Ri World (UAB.) Nigh/ Music, You an 't Take II With You, Spring Awakening, Buried ~1ild,St upid Westem F***ing Bircl, Avenu e Q, Women of War, Clybourne Park . Urine/own: The M.usicaf, Tweljih Night ;or What You Will. Big Love Charley 's Aum , Proof (UAB.)

Tyler Stidham (Assistant Stage Manager) Home Town: Chelsea, AL Education: Chelsea High School Recent Production Work: Acting: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Fourteenth Fe li ve,! of Ten Minute Plays (UAB.) Assistant Directing: Godspell (Chelsea High School.) Diego Villanueva (Brad) Home Town: Houston, TX Education: Cinco Ranch High ch.ool Recent Production Work: Acting: A Midsummer Night's Dream (UAB,) Footloose (HITS Theatre) Working (Theatre Under the Stars,) Rock of Ages, Honk! (Cinco Ranch Theatr Company) Guest Artists Theatre UAB Production Staff

Kurt Alger (Wig Design) Production Manager/Technical Director...... Ed Zuckerman Kurl Alger's YC credits include Glimpses of the Moon. Caligula, Thing, As They Are, Costume Studio Supervisor ...... Sharon Morgan Extraordina,y Ordina,JI, uch Good Friend ·, Les En/ant de l'ari ·, and Shockheaded Stage Electrics Director...... Sean Allan Doyle Peter. H wa Wig and Makeup Design r for .Jeny Springer the Opera at Carnegie Pro~erties Mast~r...... J. Marc Quattlebaum Hall and Puppe! Wig tylist at Avenue Q! Alger recently d signed the premiere of Ben, Assistant Techrncal Director...... Virgi David Page nia and Me: The Liberace Mus ical, fo r which he received an award for Scenic Studio Assistants ...... Alex Askew, Ashley Cobb, Ben Johnson, Out tandin g o tu me/Wig D es ign. Alger also produced and de igned the world . . premiere of Born Blue, directed by Anthony Rapp. Ben Lundy, Mel McComber Electncs Assistants ...... Katherine Montgomery, Noah D. Parsons, Lew Williams Costume Assistan_ts Regional Highlight include: Chicc,go, Gyp y. The Myste1J1of Edwin Drood, Lost ...... Olivia Bowles, Elana Brooks, Addie Counts, Highway, Mame, Hello Dolly, A horus Line, Crazy for You, South Pacific, Miss Rita Pearson-Daley, Marissa Hebson, Sam Mathews, Mary McCartney, Saigon, Funny Girl. Hail:~pray, Dreamgirls , The Wiz, Spamalor, Ma1y Poppins, The . . Lauren Mclnnis, Phoebe Miller, Kayli Porter, Jeremy X . Richardson Music Man , Seven Brides for S even Brothers, 1776, Curtain . The Drowsy haperone, Properties Assistants ...... Lauren Edwards, Allie Nichols, Rita Pearson-Daley, Thoroughly Mod ern Millie, and Beauty and the Beast . · Anna Whitlock Media Relations ...... Shannon Thomason His de igns have graced tbe stages of orth hor Mu ic Theatre (fRE E Videography. •·· · • • •• ... •···· ...... Nomination), Main e tat Mu ic Theatre Pap rmill Playhouse Walnul Mel Christian treel Th atre ASC Manager of Patron Services ...... The .John W. ngeman Theatre , Ogunqui t Playhouse, Pennsylva11ia hake peare ...... Jeremie Kirkwood ASC House. Management ...... Noah Andrews, Joel Corley, Jeremie Kirkwood Orlando hakespeare , Beef and Boards Surflight , T heatre By The ea, The Wick, Alleoberry Playhouse Th Fulton Op era House and Drury Lane (Jeff omination). ASC Associate House Managers ...... John Bryan, Terrie Entrup, Mary Washburn 'oordinalor w rk includ es Shrek World Tour, RENT on tour and Broadway for I 0 years, Hairspray ational Tour and Broadway as well as the Les Miserable 25th Anniversary Tour a nd subsequent Broadway tran fer. He designed al the academic Staff for this Production level at NYU , Jull.iard, Wager allege and The University of Maine. J\lger would like Assistant Stage Managers ...... Savannah to thank Matt hew for all ofhi work and the faculty and staff of UAB for bringing him Faulkner Tyler Stidham onboard! Alger's contributions as guest artist are sponsored by the Jemison Visiting Assistant Costume Design ...... '..Olivia Bowles Professorship in the Humanities. Assi.stant Scenic Design ...... Elana Brooks, Ashley Cobb, Rita Pearson-Daley Assistant Wig/Make-up Design ...... Elana Brooks Dance Ca?tai? ...... I ·idro Robin on (Audio Engineer) .Royzell Walker Scenery/Lightmg Construction/Electrics ...... Anna Baehr After obtaining a Bach elor of Arts degree from the University of Montevallo, Isidro , Tani er Dutton, Nia Evans, Robinson lived in New Or lean where h pursued live sound engineering and was the Devin Franklin, Nadia Harden, Royal Keeton, Jr., Mel McComber, head ound engineer at Ga a Ga a. He was al o involved with kinhorse Theat r's Joseph McKinley, Meredith Morse, Morgan Newton, Kierra Price, 2013 production of Hedwig and the Ang1J1In h. ince moving to Birn,in gham he ha Jeremy X. Richardson, Jacob Salathe Lew Williams worked as a freelance sound engineer for evcrnl production com panie and venue . Scenic Painters ...... Elana Brooks, Ashley Cobb, Rita Pearson-Daley, includin g: Big Friend ly Production ound Advice The Zydec o Loun ge and Saturn. Tanier Dutton, Aurelie King, Katie Pearson, Claire Stewart He al o work as a stagehand for U1e local 78 Stagehands Union. Scenery/Properties Running Crew ...... Lucas Bradley, Kierra Price, Hayley Procacci, Carden Roden, Lew Williams Costume/Craft Construction ...... Elana Brooks, Ashley Cobb, Courtney D. Emmons, . Austin Helmers, Josie Jackson, Lauren Macari, Ellen Macklin, Erm Murphy, Madeline Pratt, Kaylee Radney, Lauren Smith, Megan Smith, Claire Stewart, Tricia Swann, Alex Wallace, Alyssa Wilke Dressers ...... Laurel Floen, Sam Mathews, Kaylyn Rogers Light Board Operator...... Lauren Macari Follow Spot Operators ...... With Special Thanks to Alicia Batterson, Kelsey Hoggatt/DAB Alicia Batterson, Rita Pearson-Daley Sound Deck ...... Alex Askew, Alyssa Wilke Department of Music & Laurel Floen. Cover/Poster Design ...... Cliff Simon