BUTLER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC presents BUTLER OPERA THEATRE Oliver Worthington, director I Wish it So Marc Blitzstein – The Man in His Music Musical and archival excerpts compiled and narration written by David Ronis. All songs are copyrighted by the Blitzstein Music Company; the music and lyrics for all songs are by Marc Blitzstein. The compositions of Marc Blitzstein are performed under license from the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc. Archival images shown are from the Marc Blitzstein Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Livestream Thursday, April 22, 2021 7:30 P.M. The ninety-seventh program of the Butler University School of Music 2020-21 season Jordan College of the Arts | Butler University | 4600 Sunset Ave | Indianapolis, IN | 46208 PROGRAM I Wish it So Marc Blitzstein – The Man in His Music Art for Art’s Sake Displaced The Nickel Under the Foot Mamasha Goose Send for the Militia I Wish It So The Cradle Will Rock Then Music, Music In the Clear Expatriate In Twos Be With Me Ages and Ages Love at First Word I am He Stay in My Arms As if a Phantom Caressed Me The Rose Song Vanzetti’s Last Statement Modest Maid Never Get Lost Emily Starring William Fisher, Narrator Professor of Theatre, Butler University Luke Barath, Munster, IN – Class of 2025 Annie Brown, Geneva, IL – Class of 2021 Adrian Daeger, Indianapolis, IN – Class of 2021 Marianne Marten, Whiteland, IN – Class of 2023 Spencer Michaels, Traverse City, MI – Class of 2025 Meg Schiliro, Elmhurst, IL – Class of 2023 Sophie Strasheim, St. Louis, MO – Class of 2022 Featuring Luke Barath as Marc Blitzstein Sophie Strasheim as his sister, Jo Blitzstein Adrian Daeger as his, wife Eva Goldbeck Jordan College of the Arts | Butler University | 4600 Sunset Ave | Indianapolis, IN | 46208 Producing Director Dr. Oliver Worthington Assistant Professor of Music Music Director and Pianist/Arranger James Caraher Adjunct Instructor of Music Production Manager Deborah Jo Knopick-Barrett Production/Stage Manager, Jordan College of the Arts Videographer, Editor, and Sound Engineer Gavin Zawacki, Wilmette, IL – Class of 2021 Lighting Designer Cathy Sipe Technical Director, Jordan College of the Arts Costume Coordinator Megan Wiegand Costume Shop Manager, Department of Theatre Assistant Production Manager Kate Fehan, Dallas, TX – Class of 2022 Special thanks to: Cutler Armstrong, Senior Lecturer in the College of Communication Bram Sheckels, Production Manager of the Schrott Center for the Arts Kelly Schmidt, Assistant Production Manager of the Schrott Center for the Arts Aaron Hurt, Executive Director, Butler Arts and Events Center Dr. Dana Zenobi, Assistant Professor in the School of Music, Jordan College of the Arts Crown Hill Cemetery Butler Theatre College of Communication The Voice of David Murray, Director of the School of Music Dr. Lisa Brooks, Dean, Jordan College of the Arts Jordan College of the Arts | Butler University | 4600 Sunset Ave | Indianapolis, IN | 46208 JCA LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT We acknowledge that we gather here at Butler University on the traditional land of indigenous peoples including the Potawatomi, Miami, Delaware, and Shawnee. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the indigenous peoples past and present who have stewarded it throughout the generations. This calls us to commit to continuing to learn how to be better stewards of the land we inhabit, while also acknowledging that some were brought to this land not by choice. The Butler University School of Music is proud to acknowledge Meridian Piano Movers as a corporate sponsor of our programs. Jordan College of the Arts | Butler University | 4600 Sunset Ave | Indianapolis, IN | 46208 .