Dear Valued Patrons, Happy New Year and welcome to the Saroyan Theatre for the second show of our 18-19 Fresno Lexus Broadway in Fresno season, Roger and Hammerstein’s The King and I. Based on the 2015 Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production, The King and I is set in 1860’s Bangkok, and features several beloved classic tunes, including “Getting to Know You” and “Something Wonderful” among others. Community involvement has always been a key goal of Fresno Lexus, particularly when it involves our local youth and education. During the engagement of Disney’s The Lion King, we brought several students from Edison High School to The Saroyan to see the show and gave them an insider’s peak on how the show performs a load-in of the sets and other key choreography, making it a very special and exclusive experience. We also had four cast members visit Pinedale Elementary for a “Get Up and Go” session. The Lion King cast members lead an hour long workshop encouraging students to lead healthy and active lifestyles while learning dance sequences inspired by the show’s thrilling production number “He Lives in You.” And finally, we are so excited to continue to work with the Junior Players Foundation, and be making a significant donation in partnership with BroadwayAcross America! We’ll be working on some other exciting programs in 2019 helping our youth in Fresno. Please enjoy tonight’s performance of The King and I, and I will see you later this winter at The Saroyan! Mike Gibson General Manager Fresno Lexus broadway in fresno 3 Music Book and Lyrics Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Based upon the novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon with Angela Baumgardner Pedro Ka‘awaloa DeAnna Choi Paulina Yeung Dongwoo Kang Bern Tan Stanton Morales Timothy Matthew Flores Hayden Bercy and Catrina Teruel Clark Raymond Dimaano Atsushi Eda Cj Fernando Jenna Ho Masumi Iwai Anjali Kanter Akina Kitazawa Keiji Kubo Kylie Kuioka Catherine Landeta Jee Heng Liao Tsubasa Ogawa Soraya Patoonsittichai Trevor Roderick Richel Ruiz Pepita Salim Annie Sherman Linder Sutton Kayla Teruel Matheus Ting Hiroko Uchino Dax Valdes Eliot Waldvogel SETS COSTUMES LIGHTING SOUND Michael Yeargan Catherine Zuber Donald Holder Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann ADDITIONAL SETS and ADAPTATION WIG AND HAIR DESIGNER Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams Tom Watson ORCHESTRATIONS MUSIC COORDINATOR MUSIC CONDUCTOR DANCE & INCIDENTAL Robert Russell Bennett John Mezzio David Aaron Brown MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS Trude Rittmann CASTING TOUR BOOKING, ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT, Jason Styres, CSA PRESS & MARKETING Broadway Booking Office NYC GENERAL MANAGER COMPANY MANAGER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER PRODUCTION MANAGER GENTRY & ASSOCIATES Benjamin-Michael Joseph Antipuna Emily White-Winter NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Steve Varon Evan Rooney EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CHOREOGRAPHY RECREATED BY Seth Wenig Greg Zane MUSIC SUPERVISOR Ted Sperling CHOREOGRAPHER BASED ON THE ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY BY Christopher Gattelli Jerome Robbins RESTAGING DIRECTOR Shelley Butler ORIGINAL DIRECTION BY Bartlett Sher Produced by Special Arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization: A Concord Music Company TheKingandITour.com 4 broadway in fresno CAST OF CHARACTERS King of Siam .............................................................................................. PEDRO KA‘AWALOA Anna Leonowens ............................................................................. ANGELA BAUMGARDNER Lady Thiang .......................................................................................................... DEANNA CHOI Kralahome ..................................................................................................................... BERN TAN Tuptim ...............................................................................................................PAULINA YEUNG Lun Tha ........................................................................................................... DONGWOO KANG Prince Chulalongkorn ............................................................... TIMOTHY MATTHEW FLORES Louis Leonowens ...............................................................................................HAYDEN BERCY Captain Orton / Sir Edward Ramsey .......................................................... STANTON MORALES Phra Alack ................................................................................................................DAX VALDES Princess Ying Yaowalak .....................................................................................KAYLA TERUEL Royal Court Dancers ....................................................................... ATSUSHI EDA, KEIJI KUBO Fan Dancers .......................................................................... MASUMI IWAI, ANJALI KANTER Royal Wives, Townspeople ...........CATRINA TERUEL CLARK, JENNA HO, MASUMI IWAI, CATHERINE LANDETA, ANJALI KANTER, AKINA KITAZAWA, TSUBASA OGAWA, SORAYA PATOONSITTICHAI, PEPITA SALIM, HIROKO UCHINO Guards, Monks, Townspeople .................................... RAYMOND DIMAANO, ATSUSHI EDA, KEIJI KUBO, TREVOR RODERICK, RICHEL RUIZ Royal Children .......................................CJ FERNANDO, ANJALI KANTER, KYLIE KUIOKA, LINDER SUTTON, KAYLA TERUEL, HIROKO UCHINO, ELIOT WALDVOGEL THE SMALL HOUSE OF UNCLE THOMAS (BALLET) Eliza .............................................................................................SORAYA PATOONSITTICHAI Uncle Thomas .................................................................................................TSUBASA OGAWA Angel/George ........................................................................................................... RICHEL RUIZ Topsy.................................................................................................................HIROKO UCHINO Simon of Legree .......................................................................................................... KEIJI KUBO Little Eva ............................................................................................................ANJALI KANTER Propmen ............................................................RAYMOND DIMAANO, TREVOR RODERICK Dogs ............................................................ MASUMI IWAI, AKINA KITAZAWA, JENNA HO Guards ......................................................ATSUSHI EDA, JEE HENG LIAO, MATHEUS TING Royal Singers ..........CATRINA TERUEL CLARK, CATHERINE LANDETA, PEPITA SALIM SWINGS JENNA HO, MATHEUS TING, ELIOT WALDVOGEL UNDERSTUDIES Understudies and Standbys never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Anna Leonowens: ANNIE SHERMAN; for King of Siam: BERN TAN; for Lady Thiang: CATRINA TERUEL CLARK; for Kralahome: RAYMOND DIMAANO; for Tuptim: CATHERINE LANDETA, PEPITA SALIM; for Lun Tha: TREVOR RODERICK; for Prince Chulalongkorn: RAYMOND DIMAANO, TREVOR RODERICK; for Louis Leonowens: ELIOT WALDVOGEL; for Captain Orton/Sir Edward Ramsey: DAX VALDES; for Phra Alack: MATHEUS TING; for Princess Ying Yaowalak: KYLIE KUIOKA ; for Eliza: AKINA KITAZAWA; for Uncle Thomas: JENNA HO; for Angel/George: MATHEUS TING; for Topsy: JENNA HO; for Simon of Legree: MATHEUS TING; for Little Eva: JENNA HO. Dance Captain .................................................................................................TSUBASA OGAWA Assistant Dance Captain ................................................................................... HIROKO UCHINO Fight Captain ............................................................................................................ DAX VALDES broadway in fresno 5 MUSICAL NUMBERS AND SCENES ACT I Overture............................................................................................................Orchestra Scene 1: Deck of the Chow Phya and Docks of Bangkok “I Whistle a Happy Tune” ......................................................................Anna and Louis Scene 2: The King’s Throne Room “My Lord and Master” .........................................................................................Tuptim “Hello, Young Lovers”............................................................................................Anna “The March of Siamese Children” ...................................................................Orchestra Scene 3: On the Palace Grounds “A Puzzlement” ........................................................................................................King Scene 4: The Schoolroom “The Royal Bangkok Academy” ...........................................Royal Children and Wives “Getting to Know You” .............................................. Anna, Royal Children and Wives The Garden “We Kiss in a Shadow” .................................................................. Lun Tha and Tuptim A Palace Corridor “A Puzzlement” (Reprise) .......................................................Chulalongkorn and Louis Scene 5: Anna’s Bedroom “Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?” ...............................................................Anna “Something Wonderful” ..............................................................................Lady Thiang Scene 6: The King’s Study Finale Act I ....................................................................................... King and Company ACT II Scene 1: The Schoolroom “Western People Funny” ................................................Lady Thiang and Royal Wives Scene 2: Dining Room and Garden “I Have Dreamed” ..........................................................................Lun