OCTOBER 2019 OCTOBER October 29 – November 3 October 2019 | Volume 16, No. 2 WELCOMEFrom Seattle Theatre Group, a non-profit arts organization Welcome to the first show of our 2019-2020 Broadway at The Paramount season, MISS SAIGON, the acclaimed new production of the legendary musical that tells a classic story of love and survival. As we kick off this new Broadway at The Paramount season, we want to share some other exciting upcoming performances we will be presenting as part of our Performing Arts Season. This season has been carefully curated to support STG’s commitment to reducing barriers and including diverse people, cultures, and perspectives on our stages. Here are a few examples of the wide variety of talent we’ll be bringing to our stages in the coming months. We are thrilled to be presenting New Zealand’s Indian Ink Theatre Company as they create yet another remarkable production of intimate scale by blending Western theatrical traditions with Eastern flavors. Their production of Mrs. Krishnan’s Party, which will run for seven performances (November 15-24) at the Erickson Theatre, invites the audience around a dining table in the back room of an Indian-run PAUL HEPPNER President MIKE HATHAWAY Senior Vice President convenience store to experience a joyous evening of laughter, tears, good KAJSA PUCKETT Vice President, music, and great food. Sales & Marketing GENAY GENEREUX Accounting & Our three holiday productions this season offer an array of artists and Office Manager perspectives with art forms ranging from contemporary dance, hip hop, Production SUSAN PETERSON Vice President, Production comedy and music. First up is The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary JENNIFER SUGDEN Assistant Production dance spectacle set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless music and featuring MC Manager Kurtis Blow. Following last year’s sold-out performance, this modern take ANA ALVIRA, STEVIE VAN BRONKHORST Production Artists and Graphic Designers on a beloved classic returns to The Paramount for two performances, November 16-17. Sales MARILYN KALLINS, TERRI REED San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives In December, we’ll present a run of The Hard Nut (December 6-15), BRIEANNA HANSEN, AMELIA HEPPNER, featuring Mark Morris Dance Group in its 28th year of this production. SHERRI JARVEY, ANN MANNING Seattle Area Account Executives Choreographed by Mark Morris and based on the comic book art of CAROL YIP Sales Coordinator Charles Burns, this production is set in the swinging 1970s and is a Marketing gender-bent love letter to The Nutcracker complete with whimsical SHAUN SWICK Brand & Creative Manager costumes, dancing G.I. Joes, and a Waltz of the Snowflakes like no other. CIARA CAYA Marketing Coordinator We then partner with On the Boards to offer two performances of Encore Media Group 425 North 85th Street • Seattle, WA 98103 Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce, December 19-20. A MacArther Fellow and 800.308.2898 • 206.443.0445 Pulitzer Prize finalist, Mac will offer an unforgettable evening of music [email protected] that reframes the traditional holiday songs we know and celebrates the encoremediagroup.com holiday season in all of its dysfunction. Encore Arts Programs and Encore Stages are published monthly by Encore Media Group to serve performing arts events in the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Seattle We hope you will join us in experiencing this eclectic mix of artistic Area. All rights reserved. ©2019 Encore Media Group. talent and shared experiences in the coming months. And now, enjoy the Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. stunning spectacle, soaring score, and sensational cast of MISS SAIGON! Josh LaBelle Executive Director encorespotlight.com 3 :FERDOSA I.,:FERDOSA MEMBER-OWNER NOT FOR PROFIT. JUST FOR YOU. BECOME A MEMBER TODAY. DISCOVER MORE AT BECU.ORG. Federally insured by NCUA OCTOBER 29 – NOVEMBER 3 CAMERON MACKINTOSH PRESENTS BOUBLIL & SCHÖNBERG’S Starring RED CONCEPCIÓN EMILY BAUTISTA ANTHONY FESTA and ELLIE FISHMAN J.DAUGHTRY JINWOO JUNG at certain performances EYMARD CABLING plays the role The Engineer and KAI AN CHEE plays the role of Kim. Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG Lyrics by RICHARD MALTBY, JR. & ALAIN BOUBLIL Adapted from the Original French text by ALAIN BOUBLIL Additional lyrics by MICHAEL MAHLER Orchestrations by WILLIAM DAVID BROHN Musical Supervision by STEPHEN BROOKER Lighting Designed by BRUNO POET Projections by LUKE HALLS Sound Designed by MICK POTTER Costumes Designed by ANDREANE NEOFITOU Design Concept by ADRIAN VAUX Production Designed by TOTIE DRIVER & MATT KINLEY Additional Choreography by GEOFFREY GARRATT Musical Staging and Choreography by BOB AVIAN Directed by LAURENCE CONNOR For MISS SAIGON National Tour Casting by General Management TARA RUBIN CASTING GREGORY VANDER PLOEG MERRI SUGARMAN, CSA & CLAIRE BURKE, CSA for Gentry & Associates Executive Producers Executive Producer NICHOLAS ALLOTT & SETH SKLAR-HEYN SETH WENIG for Cameron Mackintosh Inc. for NETworks Presentations Associate Sound Designer Associate Costume Designer Associate Lighting Designers Associate Set Designer ADAM FISHER DARYL A. STONE WARREN LETTON & JOHN VIESTA CHRISTINE PETERS Resident Director Music Director Musical Supervisor Associate Choreographer Associate Director RYAN EMMONS WILL CURRY JAMES MOORE JESSE ROBB SETH SKLAR-HEYN A CAMERON MACKINTOSH and NETWORKS Presentation encorespotlight.com 5 PARAMOUNT AND MOORE SEASON PARTNERS Cast in order of appearance ACT I SAIGON—1975 The Engineer .............................................................................................................................RED CONCEPCIÓN Kim ...................................................................................................................................................EMILY BAUTISTA Kim (at certain performances) ..........................................................................................................KAI AN CHEE Gigi .......................................................................................................................................... CHRISTINE BUNUAN Yvonne .......................................................................................................................................ANNA-LEE WRIGHT Mimi ....................................................................................................................................... JONELLE MARGALLO Fifi.....................................................................................................................................................RAE LEIGH CASE Dominique ..............................................................................................................................MADOKA KOGUCHI Yvette ...............................................................................................................................................JACKIE NGUYEN Bar Girls .................................................................... KEILA HALILI, KEELY HUTTON, FRANCESCA NONG John .........................................................................................................................................................J. DAUGHTRY Chris ...............................................................................................................................................ANTHONY FESTA Marines .................................................................DEVIN ARCHER, TAYLOR COLLINS, MATTHEW DAILEY, NOAH GOULDSMITH, DAVID KAVERMAN, MCKINLEY KNUCKLE, ADAM ROBERTS, MICHAEL RUSSELL, NICHOLAS WALTERS Barmen ........................................................................ PHILIP ANCHETA, ERIC BADIQUÉ, ADAM KAOKEPT Thuy .....................................................................................................................................................JINWOO JUNG Embassy Workers, Inhabitants of Saigon, Vendors ..................................................................THE COMPANY HO CHI MINH CITY (formerly Saigon) AND ATLANTA—APRIL 1978 Dragon Acrobats ................................... NOAH GOULDSMITH, MCKINLEY KNUCKLE, WARREN YANG Assistant Commissar ................................................................................................................JULIUS SERMONIA Ellen .................................................................................................................................................. ELLIE FISHMAN Tam ...............................................SMITH TAEYANG CARL, RYKER HUETTER, HAVEN JE, ADALYNN NG Vietnamese Army Soldiers ..................................................................PHILIP ANCHETA, EYMARD CABLING, ADAM KAOKEPT, GARRICK MACATANGAY, MATTHEW OVERBERG Citizens of Ho Chi Minh City, Refugees ......................................................................................THE COMPANY ACT II ATLANTA—SEPTEMBER 1978 Conference Delegates .....................................................................................................................THE COMPANY BANGKOK—OCTOBER 1978 Patpong Street Workers ......................................CHRISTINE BUNUAN, RAE LEIGH CASE, KEILA HALILI, JONELLE MARGALLO, ANNA-LEE WRIGHT, GARRICK MACATANGAY Moulin Rouge Club Dancers ............................................................MADOKA KOGUCHI, JACKIE NGUYEN Moulin Club Owner ........................................................................................................................ ERIC BADIQUÉ Inhabitants of Bangkok, Vendors, Tourists ................................................................................THE