www.actorsco-op.org • (323) 462-8460 www.actorsco-op.org • (323) 462-8460 www.actorsco-op.org • (323) 462-8460 A WELCOME FROM OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Wow! Can it really be that time of year again already? Well, they say WHAT IS ACTORS CO-OP? “Time flies when you’re having fun,” and we sure hope you have been doing that along with us. Welcome to the holiday season at Actors Co-op – a time of gratitude, joy, and love! We certainly give thanks for Our history . Actors Co-op began on January 8, 1987, when a supporters like you – patrons, subscribers, donors and partners – who dozen veteran actors gathered on the grounds of the First Presbyterian literally make our season possible. We are humbled that you have decided Church of Hollywood to create a place for professional, personal and to celebrate this time of year with us, and it is our intention to offer you spiritual support. It is the first Christian-based professional theatre the best of Los Angeles intimate theatre. If you have not already included company in the United States. The Crossley Theatre opened in April of the Co-op in your end-of-year giving, please consider supporting us 1989 and the David Schall Theatre (previously named Crossley Terrace financially so that we can continue our tradition of producing the best Theatre) in March of 1995. quality theatrical art. Actors Co-op has a membership of more than fifty actors and associ- Now that we’ve given thanks, let’s get to the joy and love! She Loves Me ate artists, and is dedicated to Christ and excellence in theatre. Actors is one of the most beloved and reimagined stories ever. So affecting is Co-op has received more than 100 awards, including the Hollywood this tale of unlikely love, that it has been the basis for several adaptations Arts Council’s Charlie Award for Excellence in Theatre Arts and the over decades, including films starring Jimmy Stewart, Judy Garland, Margaret Harford Award for Sustained Achievement from the Los Meg Ryan, and Tom Hanks. Come with us to a musical parfumerie Angeles Drama Critics Circle. in Budapest as Georg and Amalia try to discover love just in time for Christmas! Our mission . Actors Co-op is a company of Christian actors driven by passion for the Lord Jesus Christ. We are dedicated to pursuing Finally, we encourage you to take advantage of the last chance to the highest standards of theatrical excellence and to building up our subscribe to our 2018-19 season. Your ticket to She Loves Me can be members spiritually, personally and professionally in order to be an applied to the price of a subscription, and you will get a season’s worth outreach of Christ’s hope. of great shows. The House Manager can help you, or just pick up a brochure in the lobby. Thank you again, and our warmest wishes for a beautiful holiday season! Sincerely, Actors Co-op Executive Committee Eva Abramian, David Atkinson, Gary Clemmer, Mac Heald, Vito Viscuso www.actorsco-op.org • (323) 462-8460 www.actorsco-op.org • (323) 462-8460 the award-winning presents Produced by CRYSTAL JACKSON with (in alphabetical order) CLAIRE ADAMS*, DARREN BLUESTONE*, BEAU BRIANS, CAROLYN CAROTHERS, AVRIELLE CORTI, CY CREAMER, PHIL CROWLEY, TYLER JOSEPH ELLIS, RACHEL GEIS, TIM HODGIN*, CARLY LOPEZ, GREG MARTIN, KEVIN SHEWEY* Musical Director Lighting Design Scenic Design ANTHONY LUCCA LUKE MOYER STEPHEN GIFFORD** Costume Design Sound Design Wig/Hair & Makeup Design by MICHAEL MULLEN ADAM R. MACIAS KLINT FLOWERS Property Design Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager LORI BERG DEREK R. COPENHAVER* JAMES LEDESMA Directed and Choreographed by CATE CAPLIN NOVEMBER 2 - DECEMBER 16, 2018 PRODUCTION SPONSOR Gerrie Maloof *The actors appearing in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors in the United States. **The scenic, costume, lighting, projection, and sound designers of SHE LOVES ME are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE Actors Co-op is a member of LA Stage Alliance. SHE LOVES ME is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com Originally Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince • Originally Produced on Broadway by Harold Prince in Association with Lawrence N. Kasha and Philip C. McKenna Original Orchestrations by Don Walker • Adapted by Frank Matosich, Jr. www.actorsco-op.org • (323) 462-8460 MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT I FROM THE DIRECTOR... Prelude Good Morning, Good Day I have always loved this joyful, deeply funny, and charming jewel box of Sounds While Selling a romantic comedy…. It’s like a confection with its witty, smart dialogue, lyrics that are truly an extension of the scenes, and heartwarming Thank You, Madam honesty that is so deliciously genuine that you can’t help but be swept up Days Gone By by its rapturous and celebratory unfolding. No More Candy Three Letters Tonight at Eight I Don’t Know His Name Based on the 1937 play “Parfumerie” by Hungarian playwright Miklós László, a 1940 film called The Shop Around the Corner starring Jimmy Perspective Stewart and Margaret Sullivan followed. In 1963, the musical She Loves Goodbye George Me premiered at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre directed by Harold Prince Will He Like Me? and choreographed by Carol Haney. Following a 1964 production at Ilona the West End, flash forward to 1998 and the film You’ve Got Mail was I Resolve released starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Classic love stories are A Romantic Atmosphere timeless and always a welcome haven for the mind and spirit especially Mr. Novack, Will You Please? during times where innocence and romance are too quickly becoming Dear Friend obsolete. ACT II We’ve been blessed with a cast and design Try Me team that has brought this story beautifully Days Gone By (Reprise) to life …. We’ve shared a uniquely playful journey exploring our interpretation of Where’s My Shoe? Budapest in 1934. From twisting tangos, Vanilla Ice Cream napkin twirling Hungarian folk dancing She Loves Me busboys, and pushing, tripping, package A Trip to the Library tossing shoppers, to lonely heart club Grand Knowing You romantics dreaming of finding their way Twelve Days to Christmas into each other’s arms, our hearts are Finale full from this special time spent creating together…. We hope will be enchanted by the world of our story. ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR ...................................................................................................................ANTHONY LUCCA KEYBOARD ........................................................................................................................ANTHONY LUCCA - Cate Caplin VIOLIN .....................................................................................................................................MIYUKI MIYAGI CELLO ................................................................................................................................................CYRUS ELIA Director, She Loves Me REEDS (PICCOLO,FLUTE,CLARINET) ..........................................................................AUSTIN CHANU TRUMPET ................................................................................................................................NATHAN SEROT PERCUSSION...............................................................................................................................IAN HUBBELL CLAIRE ADAMS* (Amalia Balash) is a the Beast, Sibella (A tribute to A Gentleman’s WHO’S WHO? Co-op member and has been seen previously Guide to Love and Murder), Edith Frank (The in Violet, The Last Five Years, and Lucky Stiff. Diary of Anne Frank), and Madame Giry (The She is a native Southern Californian and Phantom of the Opera). Anything can happen proud graduate of USC (Fight On!). Selected if you let it! theatre credits: Fun Home, Mutt House (World Premiere), Incognito, Hairspray, Assassins, AVRIELLE CORTI (Ilona Ritter) was most Funny Thing…, Oklahoma, Merrily We Roll recently seen in Twelfth Night as Viola at Along, Spring Awakening. Selected film credits: Actors Co-op. She is happy to be doing a The Charmed Life of John Weld, Skinny Fat musical. Avrielle has grown up doing film and television and is currently in the Dreamworks Claire Adams* Darren Bluestone* Beau Brains Carolyn Carothers Avrielle Corti Girl, Slice: The Musical. Many thanks to Heidi Rotbart, the whole team at Connor Ankrum series KIPO which will air 2019. She directs, and her wonderful family and friends for their produces, and writes as well. Represented constant love and support. Proud member of by Innovative Artists and Gregg Edwards AEA. @theclaireadams Management. Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program. Soli Deo Gloria. SAG-AFTRA. DARREN BLUESTONE* (Steven Kodaly) Notable Theatre: Avenue Q (10th Anniversary CY CREAMER (Keller) is making his Actors Cast), Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Co-op debut. Unauthorized: Bad Dream (Signature Theater), The View Upstairs (West on Elm Ave (Atwater Village Theater/PIT); Cy Creamer Phil Crowley Tyler Joseph Ellis Rachel Geis Tim Hodgin* Coast Premier). Notable TV: Bizaardvark Marilyn!: The Musical (Alex Theater); Venice (Disney), S.W.A.T. (CBS), I Am The Night Beach: The Musical (Greenway Theater); (TNT), Transparent (Amazon), Jane the Virgin Serial Killer Barbie: The Musical (NoHo Arts (CW), Liv and Maddie (Disney), Berlin (Jax Center); Drop Dead (NoHo Arts Center); Media). Notable Schooling: Carnegie Mellon. Cabaret (IVRT/Candlelight Pavilion); RENT Notable Favorites: Chocolate Ice Cream (Hudson