"KISS ME' KATE" Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Book by Bella and Samuel Spewack ~ HIT SONGS FROM ,THE, MUSICAL INCLUDY/ • Y\e 'So\1\ L~)\'c OpenIn\enicc' / " l'00D_ """[()Ill DickorHarry • <lrnl-JO(" Brush Up \bur Shakespeare" SARATOGA. THEATREC,ViC Center 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga NOIMIRDIN CtHRYSLER • PLYMOUTH SINCE 1875 OVER 106 Years OF SALES & SERVICE LEADERSHIP • AUTHORIZED SERVICE FOR On the ALL CHRYSLER BUILT CARS Avenue of Flags • BODY & FENDER REPAIRS • CAR & TRUCK LEASING • QUALITY USED CARS • PARTS HEADQUARTERS CHRYSLER - MOPAR 900 WEST CAPITOL EXPRESSWAY • SAN JOSE. 266-9500 395-3101 LOS GATOS WINCHESTER BLVD. ~~. (~t~f Presents ~SOClatlCl\. "KISS ME KATE" Musk; and Lyrics by Cole Porter Book by Bella and Samuel Spewack Featuring STEVEN CARLITZ POLLY HOWARD SCOTT E. HERMAN NANCY KENDZIERSKI SAM JOHN SMITH CARL BALLOU ROBERT SEDGWICK CARMEN BARRERAS Produced by: Harry Betzold Directed by: James P. Kinney Music Director: Jean Narunsky Choreographer: Ray Toney Performances: June 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, July 2, 3, 4 Fridays and Saturdays @ 8:30 PM, Thursdays @ 8:00 PM Sunday Evening, June 7 @ 8:00 PM Sunday Matinees, June 14, 21, 28 @ 2:30 PM "KISS ME, KATE" is produced by arrangement with and dialogue material furnished by TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. 757 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017 West Valley Box Office Saratoga Civic Theater c/o Jean Hutchins 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga 1411 Redmond Road 867-9095 1 Hour Before Curtain San Jose, CA 95120 268-3777 / 300 PM - 900 PM PLEASE NOTE: By order of the City Councit and the Fire Marshall. smoking. refreshments and recording or taking photographs during performances are not permitted. CAST (In Order of Appearance) Fred Graham Steven Carlitz Harry Trevor Sam John Smith Lois Lane Nancy Kendzierski Ralph ( Stage Manager) Robert Griswold Lilli Vanessi '/1-: . .. Polly Howard Hattie ('J/J:1f. r;.t::. .ff.ffdP. .. Carmefl Barreras Stage Doorman D. Milo Curtis Paul ......................•......................... Mjke J. Quinn Cab Driver Roy Shimada Bill Calhoun ....•.................................. Scott E. Herman First Gangster Don Scott Second Ganster ; Larry Herns Harrison Howell . Bob Mills ''TAMING OF THE SHREW" PLAYERS (In Order of Appearance) Bianca (Lois Lane) Nancy Kendzierski Baptista (Harry Trevor) Sam John Smith Gremio (First Suitor) Carl Ballou Hortensio (Second Suitor) Robert Sedgwick Lucentio (Bill Calhoun) Scott E. Herman Katherine (Lilli Vanessi) Polly Howard Petruchio (Fred Graham) Steven Carlitz Suzanne . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Linda Hoy Gregory (Servants to Petruchio) Aaron Tolson Phyllis Diane Baseman Cook Kelly Greene Innkeeper Roy Shimada Innkeeper's Wife Deidra Mozart Haberdasher Pat King SINGING AND DANCING ENSEMBLE: Carl Ballou, Diane Baseman, Julie Briggs, Chris Cress- well, Kelly Greene, Linda Hoy, Patricia King, Lynn Koslofsky, Jane Martin, Niki Masters, Deidra Mozart, Jeff Reynolds, Robert Sedgwick, Diane Stinnett, Aaron Tolson, Diana Dee Tyler, Pamela Wendt. Last Minute Additions CHORUS EXTRAS SERVANTS Cosmo Hom Lei-Anna Raymundo Jennifer Kinney Kinny Jezek Kristina Ringrose Jennifer Mecum Nancy Hand Carla Ondi Rodney Whitehouse Lisa Ondi SYNOPSIS OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I Scene 1 - Stage of Ford Theatre, Baltimore Overture, "Another Op'nin', Another Show" ... Principals and Chorus Scene 2 - Backstage Corridor "Why Can't You Behave?" Lois and Bill Scene 3 - Dressing Rooms of Fred and Lilli "Wunderbar" Lilli and Fred "So In Love Am I" Lilli Scene 4 - "The Taming Of The Shrew." Before the Curtain. "We Open In Venice" Katherine, Petruchio, Bianca, Lucentio & Chorus Scene 5 - Street Scene, Padua ."Tom, Dick or Harry" Bianca, Lucentio Hortensio and Gremio "Rose Dance" Lucentio "I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua" Petruchio and Men "I Hate Men" Katherine "Were Thine That Special Face" Petruchio Scene 6 - Dressing Rooms of Fred and Lilli Scene 7 - Before the Curtain. "I Sing of Love" Bianca, Lucentio, Chorus Scene 8 - Street Scene, Padua Tarantella Dance Dancing Ensemble Finale, "Kiss Me, Kate" . .. Katherine, Petruchio Principals and Chorus INTERMISSION ACT II Scene 1 - Theatre Alley 'Too Darn Hot" Paul, Hattie and Chorus Scene 2 - Before the Curtain. Scene 3 - Petruchio's House "Where Is The Life That Late I Led?" Petruchio Scene 4 - Backstage Corridor "Alw~ys True To You" Lois Scene 5 - Lilli's Dressing Room Scene 6 - Backstage Corridor "Bianca" Bill and Girls "So In Love Am I" (Reprise) Fred Scene 7 - Before the Curtain. "Brush Up Your Shakespear" Gangsters Scene 8 - Street Scene, Padua "Women Are So Simple" Katherine Finale, "So Kiss Me, Kate" Full Company The performers will meet you in the lobby after the show! PRODUCTION STAFF Assistant Producer Martha Vander Putten Assistant Director .......•........................................... Leslie Marquardt Set Designer Ernie Sandoval Scenic Artist Janis Hawkridge Costume Design ..............................•........................ Judy Mecum Lighting Design Carl Ballou Technical Director Edward Hand Properties & Set Decoration Laurel Kinley Assistants Patti Ford, Kim McKinley Sound Technician John H. Hauser Make-Up Lynda Evjen Stage Manager Gene Pincus Stage Crew ............................•................. Caryl Woodward, Bob Vivian Gregg Viollet, Paul Lara, Bill Shepard Publicity Marge Hand Photography Carl Ballou Poster & Program Graphics ........•.................................. Robert Preston House Manager Martha Vander Putten Cast Hospitality Ruth Briggs Lobby Photos Sheldon of Los Altos Lobby Refreshments Jewel & Karen Peterman, Dick & Dawn Meidinger Jody Porter, Joan Julius, Rita Smith Lighting Crew Kathy Dortland, Bob Dashner, Don WlacKenzie Nancy Kinney, Fred Woo Program Coordinator Marge Hand Rehearsal Pianists Lindy Barnes, Wanda Saxton, Linda Bauer Wardrobe Mistress Arlinda Myers Reservations Brian, Jean & Jeff Hutchins, Enid Maurice Costume Construction Ruth Briggs, Judy Evans Marge Hand, Gene Sugimoto, Sashi Sugimoto Scene & Set Construction & Painting Donna Kolito, Bill Shepard, Ed Hand Nancy Hand, John H. Hauser, Caryl Woodward Dick Meidinger, Bob Mills, Jim Kinney, Niki Masters Rebecca White, Ray Toney, Tom Kovalak, Carl Ballou Chris Cresswell, Scott Herman, Linda Hoy, Kelly Green Lynn Koslofsky, Roy Shimada, Diana Tyler, Diane Stinnett ORCHESTRA Conductor Jean Narunsky Violins Lynn Miller, Lynn Gould, Elva Fuls Nori Tagawa, Stuart Wilson Viola Mike Humnicky Cello. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ellie Weiser Trumpet Kim Kinna, John Kuster Trombone ..................•........................................... Steve Frank Woodwinds Judy Bingman, Brian Coggins Carolyn Fatoch, Arlene Jacobs, Bobby Jolly Jim Kitagawa, Marty McHan, Clarence Savage David Sommer, Mike Touchi Piano Linda Bauer, Wanda Saxton Not all of the above instrumentalists will play at each performance. ABOUT THE PLAY The show opens with the Baltimore opening of a revival of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." The cast of the revival is on stage and receiving final instructions. In the cast with producer-actor Fred Graham are his former wife, Lilli; Lois, a singer in whom he is interested, and Bill Calhoun who is Lois' interest. The irresponsible Bill informs Lois that. he has signed Graham's name to a $10,000 IOU for gambling debts. She begs him to reform. Graham and Lilli patch up their differences as they reminisce nostalgically about other shows in which they have appeared together. Graham sends a bouquet to Lois which is delivered in error to Lilli. As ''The Taming of the Shrew" gets under way, Lois, as Bianca, and Bill, as Lucentio, discuss Bianca's inabilityto marry until her older sister has been affianced. Graham, as Petruchio, arrives in search of a rich wife, and although Katharina, played by Lilli, states her inalterable opposition to males, Petruchio agrees to marry her, even though she is not the wife of whom he has dreamed. Lilli discovers that her bouquet was intended for Lois and threatens to leave the show. Her departure is pre- vented by two gangsters who have come to collect the IOU with Graham's signature. How they do this and bring about a reconciliation, we will not divulge here, but we do promise a happy ending. If you would like YOUR ad to appear in our souvenir program, please call Marge Hand, 356-7340 (evenings), for rates and information. ABOUT THE DIRECTOR We are pleased to welcome James Kinney back to direct his third pro- duction for WVLO after his previous successful productions of "Paint Your Wagon" (1978) and "South Pacific" (1979). He has been a veteran actor and director for numerous musicals and plays in the Santa Clara Valley during the past ten years. He played Fagin in WVLO's 1974 production of "Oliver" and Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady" in 1978. Kinney's other directorial credits include productions for San Jose's Gilbert & Sulllvan Society, Los Gatos-SaratogaCommunity Players, and San Jose Civic Light Opera. His most memorable roles include Ali Hakim, King Pellinore, Dickinson and Jack Point. In 1976 he portrayed Petruchio in a local production of "Kiss Me, Kate." Jim lives in Willow Glen with his wife, Nancy, and two daughters, and teaches in the San Jose Unified School District. His various talents and experi- ences, especially with Shakespearean plays, certainly qualify him for this adaptation of the Bard's best-known work. GRATEFUL .ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Argonaut School. Foothill School. Saratoga Union School District. Cambrian Cleaners. GaslighterTheater. Santa Clara University. Sheldon of Los Altos. San Jose