CAST OF CHARACTERS AARON LAZAR*...................................................................FRANKLIN SHEPARD Paul Crewes Rachel Fine Artistic Director Managing Director DONNA VIVINO*.............................................................................MARY FLYNN AND WAYNE BRADY*.....................................................................CHARLEY KRINGAS Cody Lassen AMIR TALAI*............................................................................JOE JOSEPHSON in association with Robert Laurita, Aaron Sanko, Invisible Wall Productions/ Diego Kolankowsky, Kari Lynn Hearn WHITNEY BASHOR*.....................................................................BETH SPENCER PRODUCTION OF SAYCON SENGBLOH*................................................................GUSSIE CARNEGIE MAXIMUS BRANDON VERSO................................................................FRANK JR. KEVIN PATRICK DOHERTY*.........................................................................TYLER Merrily We Roll Along BRENT SCHINDELE*................................................................................TERRY ERIC B. ANTHONY*................................................................................SCOTTY MUSIC AND LYRICS BOOK BY LAURA DICKINSON*..................................................................................DORY Stephen Sondheim George Furth SANDY BAINUM*..........................................................................................RU JENNIFER FOSTER*........................................................................BARTENDER BASED ON THE ORIGINAL PLAY BY George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart TRAVIS LELAND*..................................................................................JEROME MELODY BUTIU*..........................................................................................K.T. ORCHESTRATIONS MAX CHUCKER*...............................................................YOUNG SCREENWRITER Jonathan Tunick RACHAEL FERRERA*..................................................................................MEG ORIGINALLY DIRECTED ON BROADWAY BY LAURA DICKINSON*...................................................................TV NEWSWOMAN Harold Prince BRENT SCHINDELE*......................................................................TV NEWSMAN JENNIFER FOSTER*..................................................................MAKE-UP ARTIST ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON BROADWAY BY Lord Grade, Martin Starger, Robert Fryer DORAN BUTLER................................................................................NBC PAGE and Harold Prince in association with Ruth Mitchell and Howard Haines SANDY BAINUM*....................................................................................JUDGE DORAN BUTLER........................................................................PHOTOGRAPHER STARRING Whitney Bashor, Wayne Brady, Aaron Lazar, Saycon Sengbloh, Amir Talai, Donna Vivino BRENT SCHINDELE*......................................................................MR. SPENCER with MAX CHUCKER*............................................................................CLUB PIANIST Eric B. Anthony, Sandy Bainum, Melody Butiu, Doran Butler, Max Chucker, Sarah Daniels, SANDY BAINUM*.........................................................................MRS. SPENCER Kevin Patrick Doherty, Laura Dickinson, Rachael Ferrera, Jennifer Foster, Travis Leland, Lyle Colby Mackston, Brent Schindele, Maximus Brandon Verso MELODY BUTIU*.....................................................................GIRL AUDITIONING RACHAEL FERRERA*..............................................................................EVELYN SCENIC & COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN Dan Moses Schreier Dane Laffrey Travis Hagenbuch ERIC B. ANTHONY*, SANDY BAINUM*, MELODY BUTIU*, DORAN BUTLER, PROPERTIES SUPERVISOR MAX CHUCKER*, LAURA DICKINSON*, KEVIN PATRICK DOHERTY*, Jeffrey Maloney RACHAEL FERRERA*, JENNIFER FOSTER*, TRAVIS LELAND*, BRENT SCHINDELE*..........................................................................ENSEMBLE MUSICAL SUPERVISOR MUSICAL DIRECTOR SARAH DANIELS*, LYLE COLBY MACKSTON*..............................................SWINGS Matt Gould Adam Wachter CASTING PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Beth Lipari, CSA T.J. Kearney Anne L. Hitt ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Blake Silver *The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States. CHOREOGRAPHY BY Eamon Foley UNDERSTUDIES DIRECTED BY TRAVIS LELAND*............................................................FRANK SHEPARD & JOE JOSEPHSON Michael Arden ERIC B. ANTHONY*.................................................................................CHARLEY KRINGAS MELODY BUTIU*............................................................................................MARY FLYNN RACHAEL FERRERA*..................................................................................BETH SPENCER NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 18, 2016 LAURA DICKINSON*................................................................................GUSSIE CARNEGIE Bram Goldsmith Theater Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made for the This production is made possible by generous support from the Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur Levine Family Foundation appearance at the time of performance. and Montage Beverly Hills. PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE 7 About the Artists WHITNEY BASHOR (Beth Bowl Orchestra, and The Boston Pops. His cabaret (Elphaba), Hairspray, Fame Becomes Me (w/ Martin SONG LIST Spencer) Broadway: The Bridges "Look for Me in the Songs" is critically acclaimed. Short), Saturday Night Fever, Stars of David (world of Madison County (Clarence Other fun credits: Company at Avery Fisher Hall premiere). TV/Film: "Submissions Only" (Serena ACT I ACT II Derwent Award). National Tour: with the New York Philharmonic, Gentlemen Maxwell), "Sopranos" (HBO), A Gifted Man (ABC), Happy Days; Whistle Down the Prefer Blondes and A New Brain at City Center "All My Children" (ABC-Young Erica Kane), "Married To "Merrily We Roll Along" "Act Two Opening" Wind. Off Broadway: The Encores. Education: BA from Duke University and It", "Good Friday", "Everyday People". Donna's debut Company Gussie Fantasticks; Himself and Nora. solo jazz album "Beautiful Dreamer" is available on "That Frank" MFA from CCM. Aaron is thrilled to be making "It's A Hit" The Bridges of Madison County Franklin, Mary and Guests Regional: his LA theater debut. iTunes. Education: Barnard College, Columbia Franklin, Charley, Mary, Joe and Beth (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Fly By Night (Dallas University. Thank you Michael Arden, Cody Lassen, "First Transition" "Fourth Transition" Theatre Center); Light in the Piazza (Philadelphia SAYCON SENGBLOH Talent House, Soffer/Namoff Entertainment and Darren. Company Company Theatre Company: Barrymore Award Winner), (Gussie Carnegie) is an award- For Hendrix. Donnavivino.com @donnavivino "Old Friends" (Part I) "The Blob (Part I)" Unsinkable Molly Brown (Denver Center Theatre); winning actress whose riveting Mary and Charley Gussie and Company Diner (Signature Theatre); To The Lighthouse performance as Wife Number ERIC B. ANTHONY Edges Eclipsed "Like It Was" "Growing Up" (Part II) (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); (Original One in at The Public (Ensemble, u/s Charley) Mary Poppins; Mary Gussie Company; Capital Repertory Theatre). earned her an Obie Award and Broadway: Workshops: Picnic at Hanging Rock (Lincoln Center); Drama Desk Award, and a Tony Hairspray; The Lion King. Off- "Franklin Shepard, Inc." "Good Thing Going" Unknown Soldier (MTC); Sleeping Beauty Wakes nomination on Broadway. Sengbloh plays Nora in Broadway/Regional: Bubble Charley Charley (McCarter). CONCERTS: Adam Guettel 54 Below, the upcoming feature film Double Play by Ernest Boy; Recorded in Hollywood; "Second Transition" "The Blob" (Part II) Jason Robert Brown 54 Below. TV: “Boardwalk Dickerson. Sengbloh also has starred in the Midsummer Nights Dream; Kiss Company Company Empire,” “Love Monkey,” “All My Children.” Film: Off Broadway productions of Holler If Ya Hear Me, Me, Kate; Dreamgirls; The Producers; The Wiz; Rent; "Old Friends" (Part II) "Fifth Transition" The Black. BFA U of Michigan. Thank you to my Motown the Musical, Fela!, Wicked, Aida, The Color Sophisticated Ladies; Jelly’s Last Jam; Damn Mary, Franklin and Charley Company family and my love, Jared and to Dannielle for Purple, Hair and the RENT tour. Regionally, she Yankees; Grand Hotel; Bye Bye Birdie; Golden Boy; "Growing Up (Part I)" "Bobby And Jackie And Jack" moving mountains. originated the roles of Rita Marley in Marley at Fame; Stay on the Line; Naked Boys Singing; Franklin and Gussie Charley, Beth, Franklin Center Stage Theater (Baltimore), Frankie in the Hangin’ Out; Don’t Quit Your Night Job; The WAYNE BRADY Stagger Lee Difficulty of Crossing a Field; Queenie Pie; Bonded; "Third Transition" "Not A Day Goes By" (Reprise) (Charley Dallas Theater Center’s , and Toyia in Hurt Village Something Happened. Merrily; Waiting in the Company Beth, Franklin and Mary Kringas) is one of the most Katori Hall's (Signature). Television/ Film: talented and versatile men film credits: "The Good Wife" (CBS), "The Night Of" Wings; Sexina; Zaar; The Con Woman’s Handbook; "Not A Day Goes By" "Sixth Transition" working in showbiz today. The 5 (HBO), American Gangster (Universal Pictures), and Running