DIRECTOR’S LETTER Like so many other people around the world, I am inexplicably drawn to and fascinated by the fate of the RMS Titanic, and the tragedy of her maiden voyage. I was ensnared by a Reader’s Digest article I read as a boy, and since that point, have read and watched every single thing available on the subject. In 1997, two major things happened to feed this fascination: 1912 – 2012 the release of James Cameron’s blockbuster movie, and the premier of in this the centennial year of the great ship’s maiden and disastrous voyage the Tony-award winning Broadway musical. It was a Titanic fanatic’s we at the FSLT are proud to present this grand production… dream! I didn’t know of the musical’s existence until Rosie O’Donnell had the cast perform the opening number on her show, and from that Gala Opening Night ~ Thursday, 26 July 2012 (at 8pm) point onward, I have not been without the soundtrack at the ready, Evening Performances ~ 27, 28, & 31 July / 1, 2, 3, & 4 August whether in a car CD player or my iPod. Matinee Performance ~ 29 July 2012 (at 2:30pm) So many folks have wondered aloud to me how such a story of epic proportions can be told on our stage; believe me, in my enthusiasm to do this show I have often asked myself the same question! But the answer is that ultimately the show is not about fantastic recreations of a ship; it is about the story, the people who lived and died, and the indescribably beautiful music created to tell the tale. Arrogance, humility, desire, love and fathomless loss – those stories can be conveyed with talented and passionate actors and singers, regardless of stage square footage. ~ GEORGE MANN FSLT Season 2012 honors the life of special thanks to volunteer, patron, and friend COFFEE AND A GOOD BOOK JAMES ROGERS THIRD CLASS PASSENGERS CAST LIST Jim Farrell: NATHAN STOCKEMER Designer & Builder of the great ship RMS Titanic – Thomas Andrews Young Lass: CAITLIN MATHEWS ANTHONY YATES Kate McGowan: AMANDA ELKINS Owner of the ship “White Star Line” – J. Bruce Ismay Kate Mullins: HAYLEY STONE BARRY LAW Kate Murphey: MAKENNA HUKILL OFFICERS AND CREW ADDITIONAL CREW AND STAFF Captain E. J. Smith: STEVE DWIGGINS Steward – Andrew Latimer: DREW SMITH First Officer Murdoch: NATHAN STOCKEMER Steward: ALEX WILLIAMS Second Officer Lightoller: RON STICE Professional Dancers – Mr. & Mrs. DaMico: ERIC WELLS & SUMMER FERGUSON Third Officer Pitman: STANLEY LIVENGOOD Bandmaster – Wallace Hartley: STANLEY LIVENGOOD Fourth Officer Boxhall: JOE GRAHAM Bandsmen: STEVE MARTIN & JAMES TANKSLEY Quartermaster Hitchens: WESLEY RESTER Stewardess Robinson: SUMMER FERGUSON Radioman – Harold Bride: CLAY KIBLER Stewardess Hutchinson: OLIVIA WHITE Stoker – Frederick Barrett: DALTON JONES Stewardess: ALLISON WILLIAMS Lookout – Frederick Fleet: ERIC WELLS Stewardesses: HANNAH CURLIN & HANNAH EVANS Chief Engineer – Joseph Bell: STANLEY LIVENGOOD Stewardesses: HOLLY MURPHEY & AUDRA SARGENT st Senior 1 Class Steward – Henry Etches: BRANDON BOLIN Stewardesses: LAURA PIERSON & JENNA PEACH Bellboy: CAMERON LAW Young Lad: MCKEEHAN DILLEY Bellboy: DREW SMITH Bellboy: ALEX WILLIAMS FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS (also doubles as Third Class) John J. Astor: WAYNE MATHEWS Madeleine Astor: VICTORIA JONES Isidor Strauss: RON WATSON Ida Strauss: NICOLETTE SUTFIN PRODUCTION TEAM Benjamin Guggenheim: MATT HUTCHINSON Director: GEORGE A. MANN Mme. Aubert: SHANNON STODDARD Assistant Stage Director: MICHAEL RICHARDSON John B. Thayer: BRAD KESSLER Producer: MARY BETH KOPROVIC Marion Thayer: SHANNA DAVIS Assistant Producer: RIKKEE WORKMAN-BLACK Jack Thayer (the son): CAMERON LAW Cruise Director: SHANNON STODDARD George Widener: THOMAS IVERSON Choreographer: MARCUS COKER Eleanor Widener: SHEILA MANN Stage Manager: SHANNA DAVIS Charlotte Cardoza: JANE ANN SHORT Prop. Mistress: KATY FEATHERSTON Romeo Cardoza (a dog): ROMEO HINES-STODDARD Costumers: CLARA JANE RUBARTH, RON STICE, Edith Corse Evans: TRISH MCCULLY KAYE BIRKHEAD, CLAIRE BIRKHEAD, J. H. Rogers: JOE GRAHAM LEAH CARTER, JANEANN SAUNDERS, Major Archibald Butt: LUKE PERKINSON & GRACE FEATHERSTON st Additional 1 Class Passengers: HANNAH CURLIN & WESLEY RESTER Make-up Artist: ZEKE COOK SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS Set Design: ZACK HIATT Alice Beane: MARY BETH KOPROVIC Set Creation: RON WATSON Edgar Beane: LUKE PERKINSON Set Construction: JOE GRAHAM, NATHAN STOCKEMER, Charles Clark: STEPHEN MARTIN THOMAS IVERSON, WESLEY RESTER, Caroline Neville: LEAH CARTER & MATT HUTCHINSON nd Additional 2 Class Passenger: STANLEY LIVENGOOD Lighting Design: REBEKAH & LUCAS STOLTZ nd Additional 2 Class Passengers: HANNAH CURLIN & HOLLY MURPHY Running Crew: JAKE O’DELL & JASMINE JETTON THIRD CLASS PASSENGERS CAST LIST Jim Farrell: NATHAN STOCKEMER Designer & Builder of the great ship RMS Titanic – Thomas Andrews Young Lass: CAITLIN MATHEWS ANTHONY YATES Kate McGowan: AMANDA ELKINS Owner of the ship “White Star Line” – J. Bruce Ismay Kate Mullins: HAYLEY STONE BARRY LAW Kate Murphey: MAKENNA HUKILL OFFICERS AND CREW ADDITIONAL CREW AND STAFF Captain E. J. Smith: STEVE DWIGGINS Steward – Andrew Latimer: DREW SMITH First Officer Murdoch: NATHAN STOCKEMER Steward: ALEX WILLIAMS Second Officer Lightoller: RON STICE Professional Dancers – Mr. & Mrs. DaMico: ERIC WELLS & SUMMER FERGUSON Third Officer Pitman: STANLEY LIVENGOOD Bandmaster – Wallace Hartley: STANLEY LIVENGOOD Fourth Officer Boxhall: JOE GRAHAM Bandsmen: STEVE MARTIN & JAMES TANKSLEY Quartermaster Hitchens: WESLEY RESTER Stewardess Robinson: SUMMER FERGUSON Radioman – Harold Bride: CLAY KIBLER Stewardess Hutchinson: OLIVIA WHITE Stoker – Frederick Barrett: DALTON JONES Stewardess: ALLISON WILLIAMS Lookout – Frederick Fleet: ERIC WELLS Stewardesses: HANNAH CURLIN & HANNAH EVANS Chief Engineer – Joseph Bell: STANLEY LIVENGOOD Stewardesses: HOLLY M&URPHY AUDRA SARGENT st Senior 1 Class Steward – Henry Etches: BRANDON BOLIN Stewardesses: LAURA PIERSON & JENNA PEACH Bellboy: CAMERON LAW Young Lad: MCKEEHAN DILLEY Bellboy: DREW SMITH Bellboy: ALEX WILLIAMS FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS (also doubles as Third Class) John J. Astor: WAYNE MATHEWS Madeleine Astor: VICTORIA JONES Isidor Strauss: RON WATSON Ida Strauss: NICOLETTE SUTFIN PRODUCTION TEAM Benjamin Guggenheim: MATT HUTCHINSON Director: GEORGE A. MANN Mme. Aubert: SHANNON STODDARD Assistant Stage Director: MICHAEL RICHARDSON John B. Thayer: BRAD KESSLER Producer: MARY BETH KOPROVIC Marion Thayer: SHANNA DAVIS Assistant Producer: RIKKEE WORKMAN-BLACK Jack Thayer (the son): CAMERON LAW Cruise Director: SHANNON STODDARD George Widener: THOMAS IVERSON Choreographer: MARCUS COKER Eleanor Widener: SHEILA MANN Stage Manager: SHANNA DAVIS Charlotte Cardoza: JANE ANN SHORT Prop. Mistress: KATY FEATHERSTON Romeo Cardoza (a dog): ROMEO HINES-STODDARD Costumers: CLARA JANE RUBARTH, RON STICE, Edith Corse Evans: TRISH MCCULLY KAYE BIRKHEAD, CLAIRE BIRKHEAD, J. H. Rogers: JOE GRAHAM LEAH CARTER, JANEANN SAUNDERS, Major Archibald Butt: LUKE PERKINSON & GRACE FEATHERSTON st Additional 1 Class Passengers: HANNAH CURLIN & WESLEY RESTER Make-up Artist: ZEKE COOK SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS Set Design: ZACK HIATT Alice Beane: MARY BETH KOPROVIC Set Creation: RON WATSON Edgar Beane: LUKE PERKINSON Set Construction: JOE GRAHAM, NATHAN STOCKEMER, Charles Clark: STEPHEN MARTIN THOMAS IVERSON, WESLEY RESTER, Caroline Neville: LEAH CARTER & MATT HUTCHINSON nd Additional 2 Class Passenger: STANLEY LIVENGOOD Lighting Design: REBEKAH & LUCAS STOLTZ nd Additional 2 Class Passengers: HANNAH CURLIN & HOLLY MURPHY Running Crew: JAKE O’DELL & JASMINE JETTON DIRECTOR’S LETTER Like so many other people around the world, I am inexplicably drawn to and fascinated by the fate of the RMS Titanic, and the tragedy of her maiden voyage. I was ensnared by a Reader’s Digest article I read as a boy, and since that point, have read and watched every single thing available on the subject. In 1997, two major things happened to feed this fascination: 1912 – 2012 the release of James Cameron’s blockbuster movie, and the premier of in this the centennial year of the great ship’s maiden and disastrous voyage the Tony-award winning Broadway musical. It was a Titanic fanatic’s we at the FSLT are proud to present this grand production… dream! I didn’t know of the musical’s existence until Rosie O’Donnell had the cast perform the opening number on her show, and from that Gala Opening Night ~ Thursday, 26 July 2012 (at 8pm) point onward, I have not been without the soundtrack at the ready, Evening Performances ~ 27, 28, & 31 July / 1, 2, 3, & 4 August whether in a car CD player or my iPod. Matinee Performance ~ 29 July 2012 (at 2:30pm) So many folks have wondered aloud to me how such a story of epic proportions can be told on our stage; believe me, in my enthusiasm to do this show I have often asked myself the same question! But the answer is that ultimately the show is not about fantastic recreations of a ship; it is about the story, the people who lived and died, and the indescribably beautiful music created to tell the tale. Arrogance, humility, desire, love and fathomless loss – those stories can be conveyed with talented and passionate actors and singers, regardless of stage square footage. ~ GEORGE MANN FSLT Season 2012 honors the life of special thanks to volunteer, patron, and friend COFFEE AND A GOOD BOOK JAMES ROGERS .