Charles Dickens’ 2018–19 SEASON • Your Home for Dramatic Discoveries • TrinityRep.com Get that same feeling at the dentist when you save big with ChewsiTM. Braces, dentures, implants, cleanings, crowns … you name it, you save. Whether you’ve got dental insurance or not. Learn more at ChewsiDental.com. 2 2018–19 Season at the Lederer Theater Center under the direction of Curt Columbus Tom Parrish The Arthur P. Solomon and Executive Director Sally E. Lapides Artistic Director T HE ARTISTIC TeaM Directed by Mark Valdez Music Direction by Esther Zabinski Choreography by yonTande Set Design by Michael McGarty Costume Design by Gary Lennon Lighting Design by Karin Olson Sound Design by Peter Sasha Hurowitz Production Stage Managed by Kristen Gibbs* November 8 – December 30, 2018 in the Elizabeth and Malcolm Chace Theater A Christmas Carol will be performed with one intermission. Presented by Supporting Sponsor by Charles Dickens with original music by Media Sponsors Richard Cumming This production is dedicated to Stephen Hamblett and his love for the story of A Christmas Carol. Trinity Rep’s 55th Season is sponsored by Trinity Rep gratefully acknowledges the past support of the B.B. Lederer Sons Foundation, the State of Rhode Island, and the City of Providence. Southwest is the official airline of Trinity Rep. on cover: Stephen thorne • coStumeS by AmAndA downing cArney bAckground photo by mArk turek • imAge by michAel guy PLEASE TURN OFF cell phones, beepers, pagers, and alarms during the performance. Texting and cell phone use are limited to intermission, outside the theater. Photography, video, and/or audio recording of this performance by any means are strictly prohibited. TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY • 201 WASHINGTON STREET • PROVIDENCE • RHODE ISLAND • (401) 351-4242 • WWW.TRINITYREP.COM 3 Mako-certifi ed surgeons Drs. 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For a consultation with a physician at Ortho Rhode Island South County, call 401-789-1422. www.southcountyhealth.org A partnership of South County Hospital, Ortho Rhode Island South County, and South County Home Health Physicians offi ces in Wakefi eld, East Greenwich, and Westerly 4 THE CAST The Company: Tanya Anderson, Octavia Chavez-Richmond*, Timothy Crowe*‡, danny duque-estrada*‡, Taavon ST AVE I: MaRLEY’S GHOST gamble*, Ava gaudet*, mauro hantman*‡, Elizabeth Ebenezer Scrooge Stephen Thorne*‡ lewis*, louis reyes mcwillams, maría gabriela rosado Undertaker Fred Sullivan, Jr.*‡ gonzález, Fred Sullivan, Jr.*‡, Stephen Thorne*‡ Jacob Marley Mauro Hantman*‡ Bob Cratchit Daniel Duque-Estrada*‡ The Musicians: randy cloutier (percussion substitute), daniel Fred, Nephew to Scrooge Louis Reyes McWilliams galarraga (guitar substitute), Jonne gomes (violin), brian Solicitors for the Poor Taavon Gamble*, Ava Gaudet* grochowski (guitar), Anne kelton (reeds), chris kelton Mrs. Dilber Tanya Anderson (reeds), richard marchetti (reeds substitute), mike Sartini Poor Grandfather Timothy Crowe*‡ (percussion), morganeve Swain (violin substitute), esther Poor Grandaughter Elizabeth Lewis* Zabinski (keyboard, accordian) Mrs. Crummels María Gabriela Rosado González The Children: Please note that there are two casts of children STAVE II: The FIRST OF THE ThREE SPIRITS for this production — Red/Green in the cast list below. The cast for The Ghost of Christmas Past Timothy Crowe*‡ your performance will be announced at the beginning of the show. Schoolmaster Daniel Duque-Estrada*‡ Fan Sophie Appel/Addison Ralphs Red Cast: Sophie Appel, dirnelys herrera Figueroa, calla Fonseca, Mrs. Fezziwig Ava Gaudet* Samuel memery, deeshun parker-Sharpe, gabrielle Zabinski Young Marley Louis Reyes McWilliams Green Cast: Jeffrey bento, Ahlyha bright, rylee donelan, Belle María Gabriela Rosado González odysseas pavlides, Juliana Quadros, Addison ralphs STAVE III: The SECOND OF THE ThREE SPIRITS The Understudies: Alfredo Antillon, madeleine barker, lizzy The Ghost of Christmas Present Fred Sullivan, Jr.*‡ brooks, Andrew gombas, chris lindsay, gunnar manchester Mrs. Cratchit Octavia Chavez-Richmond* Understudies never substitute for a listed player unless a specific announcement is Martha Dirnelys Herrera Figueroa/Ahlyha Bright made at the time of performance. Belinda Calla Fonseca/Juliana Quadros Peter Deeshun Parker-Sharpe/Jeffrey Bento The Participating Choirs (as of October 22): barrington high Tiny Tim Samuel Memery/Rylee Donelan School choral ensemble, beneficent congregational church ucc, Lucy Elizabeth Lewis* chorus of east providence, chorus of kent county, collegium Sister-in-Law Tanya Anderson Ancora, do music! community choir, gordon School chorus, grace Topper Taavon Gamble* church choir, greater tiverton community chorus, Jamestown ‡ Party Guests Timothy Crowe* , community chorus, kol pacem: voices of peace, lively experiment María Gabriela Rosado González at university of rhode island, middletown high School chorus, ‡ Salvation Army Leader Daniel Duque-Estrada* mt. hope high School chorus, newport navy choristers, north Poor People Octavia Chavez-Richmond*, kingstown community chorus, park place congregational church ‡ Ava Gaudet*, Mauro Hantman* , ucc, portsmouth Abbey, the professional choristers of the choir Deeshun Parker-Sharpe/Jeffrey Bento, School of newport county and the Adult choir of the Zabriskie Dirnelys Herrera Figueroa/Ahlyha Bright, memorial church of Saint John the evangelist (newport, ri), Gabrielle Zabinski/Odysseas Pavlides providence gay men’s chorus, providence Singers, rising Stars Ignorance Samuel Memery/Rylee Donelan rhode island music and theater group, riverside middle School Want Calla Fonseca/Juliana Quadros chorus, rocky hill School chorus, rpm voices, Saint Francis de Sales, Salve regina university madrigals chorus, Scandinavian STAVE IV: The LAST OF THE ThREE SPIRITS women’s chorus of rhode island, Segue institute for learning, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Sharon community chorus, Sine nomine, Swanhurst chorus inc., Sophie Appel/Addison Ralphs St. mark’s Senior choir, Judy Stillman’s chorus, voices of christmas, ‡ ‡ The Royal Exchange Timothy Crowe* , Mauro Hantman* , west warwick hS concert chorale, wheeler School Louis Reyes McWilliams Old Jo Ava Gaudet* Production Director Laura E. Smith Undertaker’s Man Taavon Gamble* Assistant Stage Manager Sara Sheets* STAVE V: THE END OF IT * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors & stage managers ‡ Trinity Rep Resident Acting Company member Turkey Child Gabrielle Zabinski/Odysseas Pavlides 5 27 Dryden Ln. Providence RI 02904 ProvidencePictureFrame.com 401.421.6196 6 FROM THE ArthUR P. SOLOMON FROM THE AND SALLY E. LAPIdes ARTISTIC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR WELOM C E TO OUR ANNUAL Tha NK YOU FOR MAKING production of A Christmas Carol by Trinity Repertory Company and charles dickens. trinity repertory A Christmas Carol a part of your company’s version has lasted for over 40 years, in holiday season. trinity rep’s A Christmas Carol large part, because we reimagine this show every has been a Southern New England tradition for year from the ground up. not only is the dickens over 40 years, helping thousands get into the spirit novella so well-observed and human that it is rich and reminding us all of the joys of family, friends, with inspiration in itself, but the story also has the community, and generosity. This year, music and remarkable ability to respond to new sources of community bring added joy to this production as delight and wonder, taking them in and making them a part of the annual we feature choirs from around the state alongside your resident acting telling. company. our director this year, the remarkable mark valdez, loved that trinity’s As Scrooge’s nephew Fred tells his uncle, “i have always thought of production was made for the people of rhode island and Southern new christmas time as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; England every year. Early last spring, he suggested that we put choir music at the only time i know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and the center of this year’s Carol. “choirs will save the world,” he said, “because women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to choirs only work when people listen to each other and work together, and think of people as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and we need more listening and collaboration to save the world. And this is the not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.” There is a saying lesson at the heart of A Christmas Carol — listen to your fellow people and that there are two types of charities — those that save lives and those work with them to find the true meaning of christmas.” that remind us why life is worth saving. Trinity Rep and many of the choirs well, we didn’t need any more convincing that he was right; we dried featured in the show represent a mix of both, working to make our region our eyes and got to work! (mark has a great ability to move you to emotion, and world a better place, and ever fighting “ignorance” and “want.” then to action.) trinity rep’s artistic associate for community, rebecca noon, my parents gave me my first experience in the theater as a child at a started getting on the phone to choirs around the state. it was her goal that production of A Christmas Carol, and it changed my life forever, opening my all of the choirs be from rhode island. “partly because the major response mind and my heart to the world’s enormous possibilities and inspiring my i’ve had since starting this project is that people keep saying, ‘there aren’t curiosity in understanding different types of people and ideas. Nearly every even that many choirs in rhode island,’ and i wanted to prove them wrong.” day i hear stories from people like you about how trinity rep has touched it turns out that there are nearly a hundred different choirs in our their lives in important and meaningful ways — the child that now dreams of little but mighty state.