and Bruce W. Zisterer present in association with Nicholas Caprio, Michael C. Kricfalusi, Todd Milliner, and Jack Morrissey The Boy From Oz Music and Lyrics by Peter Allen Book by Martin Sherman and Nick Enright with (in alphabetical order) Andrew Bongiorno, Michayla Brown, Marcus S. Daniel, Michael Taylor Gray*, Erica Hanrahan-Ball*, Kelly Lester*, Chelsea Martin, Michael Mittman, Nathan Mohebbi, Bess Motta, Jessica Pennington*, Shanta’ Marie Robinson Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer Yuri Okahana Derrick McDaniel Michael Mullen Properties Designer Sound Designer Hair and Wig Designer Michael O’Hara Eric Snodgrass Byron Batista Marketing/PR Casting David Elzer/DEMAND PR Jami Rudofsky Production Stage Manager Graphic Designer Photographers Jennifer Leigh Sears* Huntley Woods Casey Kringlen and Kevin McIntyre Assistant Director Associate Producer Assistant Choreographer Kyle Cooper Mark Giberson Michael Quiett Produced by Andrew Carlberg Musical Direction by Bryan Blaskie Choreographed by Janet Roston Directed by Michael A. Shepperd *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Original Production by Ben Gannon and Robert Fox by arrangement with David Spicer Productions www.davidspicer.com.au CAST (Alphabetical) ANDREW BONGIORNO Peter Allen MICHAYLA BROWN Young Peter Allen MARCUS S. DANIEL Chris and Others MICHAEL TAYLOR GRAY* Dee and Others ERICA HANRAHAN-BALL* Karen and Others KELLY LESTER* Marion Woolnough CHELSEA MARTIN Linelle and Others MICHAEL MITTMAN Greg and Others NATHAN MOHEBBI Mark and Others BESS MOTTA Judy Garland JESSICA PENNINGTON* Liza Minnelli SHANTA’ MARIE ROBINSON Shena and Others SWINGS (See Insert) *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. MUSICIANS BRYAN BLASKIE Piano/Music Director OMAR D. BRANCATO Bass/Guitar NOELLE FABIAN Saxophone/Clarinet JEREMY LAPPITT Saxophone/Clarinet ROB SHEPPARD Saxophone/Clarinet BRIAN CANNADY Drums STEPHEN DIZON Drums JESSICA RAGSDALE Drums ALEX STICKELS Drums SAM WEBSTER Drums SHOW INFORMATION The perfromance runs approximate 2 hours and 20 minutes with one 10 minute intermission. Act One takes place in various locations in Australia, Hong Kong, and New York City spanning the 1950s-1960s. Act Two takes place in various locations in New York and Australia spanning the 1960s-1990s. SONG LIST ACT I “All The Lives of Me” (Peter Allen) “When I Get My Name in Lights” (Peter Allen) “When I Get My Name in Lights (Reprise)” (Peter Allen) “Love Crazy” (Peter Allen/Adrienne Anderson) “Waltzing Matilda (in Mandarin)” (Peter Allen) “All I Wanted Was the Dream” (Peter Allen) “Only an Older Woman” (Peter Allen) “Best That You Can Do” (Peter Allen/Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager/Christopher Cross) “Don’t Wish Too Hard” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager) “Come Save Me” (Peter Allen) “Continental American” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager) “She Loves to Hear the Music” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager) “Quiet Please, There’s a Lady On Stage” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager) “I’d Rather Leave While I’m in Love” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager) “Not the Boy Next Door” (Peter Allen/Dean Pitchford) 2 PRODUCTION TEAM PETER ALLEN Music and Lyrics MARTIN SHERMAN and NICK ENRIGHT Book MICHAEL A. SHEPPERD Director KYLE COOPER Assistant Director JANET ROSTON Choreographer MICHAEL QUIETT Assistant Choreographer BRYAN BLASKIE Music Director JENNIFER LEIGH SEARS* Production Stage Manager JILLIAN MAYO Assistant Stage Manager KYRIE TITTLE Sound Technician YURI OKAHANA Scenic Designer DERRICK McDANIEL Lighting Designer MICHAEL MULLEN Costume Designer ERIC SNODGRASS Sound Designer MICHAEL O’HARA Properties Designer BYRON BATISTA Hair and Wig Designer ARCHER ALTSTAETTER Scenic Designer - Mural Painter BRUCE W. ZISTERER Executive Producer NICHOLAS CAPRIO Executive Producer TODD MILLINER Executive Producer JACK MORRISSEY Executive Producer MICHAEL C. KRICFALUSI Executive Director/Executive Producer MICHAEL MATTHEWS Co-Artistic Director/Executive Producer MICHAEL A. SHEPPERD Co-Artistic Director/Executive Producer MICHAEL O’HARA Managing Director/Executive Producer REBECCA EISENBERG Producing Director/Executive Producer NATHAN FRIZZELL Literary Director/Executive Producer ANDREW CARLBERG Producer MARK GIBERSON Associate Producer JAMI RUDOFSKY Casting Director DAVID ELZER/DEMAND PR Publicist MARCUS S. DANIEL Dance Captain STEVE ZEE Tap Consultant HUNTLEY WOODS Graphic Designer CASEY KRINGLEN Photographer KEVIN McINTYRE Photographer AARON LYONS Scenic Construction *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. SONG LIST ACT II “Bi-Coastal” (Peter Allen/David Foster/Tom Keane) “If You Were Wondering” (Peter Allen) “Sure Thing Baby” (Peter Allen) “Everything Old is New Again” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager) “Everything Old is New Again (Reprise)” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager) “Love Don’t Need a Reason” (Peter Allen/Michael Callen/Marsha Malamet) “I Honestly Love You” (Peter Allen/Jeff Barry) “You and Me” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager) “I Still Call Australia Home” (Peter Allen) “Don’t Cry Out Loud” (Peter Allen/Carole Bayer Sager) “I Go to Rio” (Peter Allen/Adrienne Anderson) “Once Before I Go” (Peter Allen) 3 A MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MICHAEL C. KRICFALUSI Thank you all for coming to “produce” a show we do and see your see this performance of The name on our marketing materials, press Boy From Oz. We are so releases, etc. for an individual production. excited to have this show Some of you may only be able to support close out our 33rd season. I us by purchasing that ticket. Whatever it saw this show on Broadway is you can do, please know that all of us at when it opened and then Celebration applaud you and thank you for again the week it closed. To being part of our family. say it was one of those mo- ments you know everyone will be talking A big part of my outside work on behalf of about for years is an understatement. To Celebration Theatre is as our representa- be able to bring it to you now on our stage tive member of the Theatrical Producers is a personal delight. This show aside, we League-Los Angeles: Intimate Theatre (a hope you come to see all our productions, nice way of saying we operate in theatres readings and other events we put on. These with less than 99 seats). Through this are as much labors of love on our part as organization and personally my role as they are entertaining, informative or even current Board President, we are working educating to you our audience. to create a better experience for you our patrons as well as the actors and design- My major responsibilities here at Cel- ers we work with. The goal is to make ebration Theatre besides overseeing our sure our patrons, actors, designers, crew incredible creative/management team of etc. are treated with respect and given an Michael Matthews, Michael A. Shepperd, enjoyable place to create and watch what Michael O’Hara, Nathan Frizzell and Re- goes up at our theatre. We’re also working becca Eisenberg, is to be a representative to create and implement a definable set of for Celebration Theatre in our theatrical standards for producers so that any time community, our audience community and you see the words “Theatrical Producers our corporate/public grantors/supporters. League-Los Angeles: Intimate” or even As well as all that, there’s the planning just TPLLA, you’ll feel confident that your ahead for what we want to do as a theatre experience in coming to see one of our company and how outside organizations shows is a positive one. You may not find or people can impact us. The largest re- a production to your taste but we want you sponsibility I have though has to be fiscal. to feel welcome and come back the next Monies for the arts is at an incredible low time. This very young organization still has right now and California falls at the bottom its own work to do but I’m encouraged that of all states in what it gives to the arts. The there are a large number of theatre compa- bulk of what does get given out goes to the nies here that hold to the same goals and larger theatres, museums and other cultural standards and want you to know that. organizations, so that there’s not much left of what wasn’t much to begin with for If this is your first or fiftieth time here, wel- theatres of Celebration’s size. This is why I come and we hope you enjoy the show. If reach out to all of you to encourage you to you have any questions or want to know donate what you can if you enjoy what we how you can support us further, my email do. Ticket sales are never enough to cover address is [email protected] and all our costs. Some of you may like to help I look forward to hearing from you. SPECIAL THANKS Celebration Theatre would like to thank the following for their contributions to the production: Our Subscribers, Membership Holders and patrons; Our Company Members; Jon Imparato, Patricia, Cody and Mike and the LGBT Center; Jason Weiss; Theatre of Arts; Kevin McIntyre; Jay Donohue and Joy Rinaldi; Aaron Lyons; John Money; Theatre of NOTE; Matthew Brian Denman; Archer Altstaetter; Cindy Shapiro and Jack Wall; Lindsay Norris; Matt Orduña 4 PRODUCTION SPONSORS 5 CAST Andrew Michayla Marcus S. Michael Taylor Bongiorno Brown Daniel Gray* Erica Kelly Chelsea Michael Hanrahan-Ball* Lester* Martin Mittman Nathan Bess Jessica Shanta’ Marie Mohebbi Motta Pennington* Robinson *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. 6 CAST BIOS (Alphabetical Order) ANDREW BONGIORNO (Peter Allen) Studying the same 3 year acting degree as Hugh Jackman & taught by the late Oscar nominee writer of The Boy From Oz - Nick Enright, then working on Sam Mendes’ production of Cabaret with Todd McKenney (the original Boy), Andrew feels drawn to this role & is honored to pay tribute to Enright through it.