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Gaudette Theatre Everett Performing Arts Center January 16 – February 23, 2020 February 28 – March 22, 2020 Director KAREN LUND Choreographer Music Director SCOTT BRATENG R.J. TANCIOCO Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer MATTHEW SMUCKER ESTHER GARCIA L.B. MORSE BRENT WARWICK Stage Manager Assistant Stage Managers Properties Manager ANNE L. HITT* EMMA PIHL, TERESA MICHELETTI RACHEL BENNICK Wig Master Production Manager Technical Director Master Scenic Artist DOUGLAS DECKER JAY MARKHAM BRADLEY C. BIXLER JULIA B. FRANZ She Loves Me is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com VILLAGE THEATRE’S 2019–2020 SEASON THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM GUYS & DOLLS SHE LOVES ME HANSEL & GRETL & THE WEDDING SINGER COUNTY SPELLING BEE November 7, 2019 – January 16 – March 22, 2020 HEIDI & GÜNTER May 7 – July 26, 2020 September 12 – November 17, 2019 February 2, 2020 March 12 – May 17, 2020 Cast Director’s Note Georg Nowack ...................................................................................................................... Eric Ankrim* I fell in love with this story in the Amalia Balash .................................................................................................................Allison Standley* 1940s film, The Shop Around The Arpad Laszlo .......................................................................................................................Rafael Molina* Corner, starring Jimmy Stewart and Ladislav Sipos ....................................................................................................................Mark Emerson* Margaret Sullavan. When the popular Ilona Ritter ...............................................................................................................................Taryn Darr* rom-com, You’ve Got Mail, came out Steven Kodaly .......................................................................................................................Randy Scholz* Mr. Maraczek ...............................................................................................................Eric Polani Jensen* in 1998, I was the only one among my Headwaiter/Ensemble .........................................................................................................Tony Lawson* friends who delightedly recognized it Mr. Keller/Ensemble ......................................................................................................Matthew Posner* as a remake. I saw the musical She Ensemble ..................................... Anasofia Gallegos*, Cassi Q Kohl*, Christian Quinto*, Be Russell Loves Me for the first time in 2010 and fell in love all over again. I’ve *The Actors and Stage Manager are members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. basically had a love affair with these characters for over two decades and now I’m thrilled to share this story Understudies with you. Georg Nowack .....................................................................................................................Randy Scholz* The premise is simple, but sweet and Amalia Balash ...................................................................................................................... Cassi Q Kohl* romantic. Set in the 1930s, a time Arpad Laszlo ................................................................................................................. Christian Quinto* of scarcity, upheaval, and unrest for Ladislav Sipos/Mr. Maraczek .............................................................................................Tony Lawson* many in the world, She Loves Me Ilona Ritter/Ensemble ............................................................................................................. Carly Marie Steven Kodaly/Headwaiter ............................................................................................Matthew Posner* reveals the truth about what little it Mr. Keller/Ensemble ................................................................................................................ Jesse Smith takes to be truly happy. Our heroes are ordinary people who are happy to have work (any work at all). They Orchestra aren’t looking for fame, fortune, or Conductor/Piano ................................................................................R.J. Tancioco or Michael Matlock power; instead they long for love, Keyboard 2 ..................................................................................Michael Matlock or Benjamin Bentler stability, and connection. Success, for Violin .................................................................................................................................. Winnie Dungey them, is a happy marriage, a steady Horn .................................................................................................................................... David McBride income, and meaningful friendships. Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto Sax ...................................................................................Bruce Carpenter Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, English Horn ..................................................................... Koryn Orcutt And yet, these seemingly simple Percussion ....................................................................................................Chris Monroe or Max Wood characters are asking deep, universal questions about how people can truly know other people. How do we Synopsis perceive the truth behind someone’s SETTING: Budapest in 1937 façade or from our own mistaken It’s another beautiful day for the employees and customers at Maraczek’s Parfumerie. assumptions? While their world, Unbeknownst to his coworkers, assistant manager Georg Nowack has been exchanging with its pen pals and anonymous letters with an anonymous woman that he only knows as “Dear Friend.” When Amalia notes, seems quaint to our modern Balash walks through the door looking for a job, neither she or Georg know that the other digital sensibilities, this question of is “Dear Friend.” As the seasons change, Georg and Amalia’s bickering is only matched by what we truly know about our “dear the growing tension in the store as relationships and desires come to light. friends” is just as relevant to our fast- paced, phone-based, Snapchat, and Instagram society. I think that’s part of the reason this story keeps coming back—in different forms with different settings—because regardless of the decade, all of us are seeking that joy which can only come from being truly known and truly loved. Enjoy! Karen Lund 4 VILLAGE THEATRE Musical Numbers Act I “Overture” ....................................................................................................................................Orchestra “Good Morning, Good Day” ............................................. Arpad Laszlo, Ladislav Sipos, Ilona Ritter, Wholesale and Steven Kodaly, Georg Nowack Retail Sales “Sounds While Selling” ......Customers, Steven Kodaly, Ladislav Sipos, Georg Nowack, Ilona Ritter “Thank You, Madam” ..............................Ladislav Sipos, Steven Kodaly, Georg Nowack, Ilona Ritter ¿ “Days Gone By” ....................................................................................................................Mr.