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VOLUME XXVII | NUMBER 7 | MAY – JUNE 2016
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DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
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LETTERS TO THE CEOIn Applause No. 6, CEO Scott Shiller asked patrons if live theatre should stay rooted in tradition or if it should evolve to embrace new interests, new technology and new ways to experience productions. Excerpts from your responses follow.
As season subscribers since the founding of [DCPA Theatre Company], my wife and I are looking for intellectual engagement and challenge. We are NOT interested in Lookingglass Alice (or other circus events), musical revues, or comfortable revivals of plays already produced by [the Theatre Company] or other theaters in Denver. — B. Gorham
I’ve attended at least one big show at the Buell each year for the past 8 years. Three years ago, I discovered the wonderful world of local community theater. Now I have season tickets for 5 of those theaters and I will go to the DCPA only for shows in the smaller theaters. The Buell is just too big to enjoy for someone who can’t afford to sit close to the stage. I have become spoiled by being able to see the actors’ facial expressions and movements. — CJ Crane
“Going to theatre” has a sense of nostalgia. I’d like to see it remain that way. — A. Ross
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I recently heard someone refer to Denver as a “cow town.” As a somewhat recent transplant (one of the more than 100,000 who have moved here over the last five years), I was confused. Granted, I’ve seen the livestock parade that opens the Western Stock Show. And I know ranching is an essential part of Colorado. But I look around and I don’t see a cow town. I see a vibrant American city, growing by leaps and bounds, with one of the lowest rates of unemployment in the country. I see the country’s most attended arts and culture scene. To borrow a term from our successful start-up scene, I see Denver 2.0.
None of this suggests our past needs to be left in the past. In fact, it’s more important than ever that we honor our heritage and keep our stories alive in the present. It’s just that our story gets richer and more expansive as we grow. America is a land of reinvention. Right now, Denver is living that promise out in a very real and exciting way.
So if our past is (debatably) bovine, what is our present? Or more to the point, who is our present? We transplants consider Colorado home now, along with all of you who have been here for years, decades or even generations before us. Thank you for welcoming us. We may be strangers but we love living here just as much as you do. We love the stories we hear about Denver’s past. And we appreciate the opportunity to add our tales to the mix.
I believe live theatre is a crucial piece of our shared storytelling experience. It’s always been a place to see both time-tested stories and fresh new perspectives. Seems like now is the time to ask ourselves whose stories belong on our stages. So what do you think, natives and newcomers? Whose stories do you want to see? Which voices from our past still resonate and which new voices deserve to be heard? How can our theatres amplify the voices that honor the cow and the now?
Let us know your thoughts online at denvercenter.org/sightline.
SCOTT SHILLERPresident and CEO
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1. DCPA EDUCATION’s Adult Master Class culminated in a public performance of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. 2. DCPA staffers showed up en masse for the City’s Next Stage press conference, where Mayor Hancock (seen here with DCPA CEO Scott Shiller) unveiled plans for a massive overhaul of our Arts Complex. 3. DCPA BROADWAY filled the streets with our own “newsies” when NEWSIES came to town. Our newsboys and girls yelled out “Extra! Extra!” as they hawked a collector’s edition from The Denver Post. 4. DCPA THEATRE COMPANY welcomed more than 450 civic and community leaders to the first cut of Sweeney Todd. Cast member Donterrio Johnson (center) had a bloody good time with guests at a pre-show dinner and post-show cast party to die for. 5. DCPA OFF-CENTER launched its first Kickstarter campaign to help take its off-site, immersive theatre project to a whole new level. More than $40,000 was raised to transform a warehouse in RiNo into an incredible antique store for Sweet & Lucky. Check it out May 17-June 25.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Denver Center for the Performing Arts’
biggest stars step into the spotlight — actors, designers, students and you.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEESDaniel L. Ritchie,
ChairmanWilliam Dean Singleton,
Sec’y/TreasurerRobert Slosky,
First Vice Chair Margot Gilbert Frank,
Second Vice ChairDr. Patricia Baca Joy S. BurnsIsabelle ClarkNavin DimondL. Roger Hutson Mary Pat Link David Miller Robert C. NewmanHassan SalemRichard M. Sapkin Martin SempleTara Smith Jim SteinbergKen TuchmanTina WallsLester L. WardDr. Reginald L. WashingtonJudi WolfSylvia Young
HONORARY MEMBERSJeannie Fuller M. Ann PadillaCleo Parker Robinson
HELEN G. BONFILS FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEESMartin Semple,
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President & CEOClay Courter,
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APPLAUSEM A G A Z I N E
VOLUME XXVI I | NUMBER 7 | MAY – JUNE 2016
EDITOR: Suzanne YoeCREATIVE DIRECTOR: Rob Silk
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ART DIRECTOR: Kyle Malone DESIGNERS: Kim Conner, Brenda Elliott
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ONCE Going from the big Screen to the Broadway Stage, one look, one song & one dance step at a time
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IIn 2007, the seductive, off-beat Irish film once opened to glowing reviews and quickly developed a fervent following. This lyrical musical tells the story of two down-on-their-luck musicians: an angst-ridden Dublin street singer/songwriter who works as a vacuum cleaner repairman, and a Czech immigrant who sells flowers to support herself and her family. Girl (as she is known) initiates a friendship with Guy (as he is known), and in the course of a week they make music together, fall in love and part, but not before changing each other’s lives. once is both graceful and gritty. It has a naturalism and intimacy that are generally best achieved in film, which explains why the Irish playwright Enda Walsh was less than enthusiastic when he was asked if he would write the book for a Broadway-style musical based on the movie. “I guffawed when my agent called and asked me to speak to the producers,” says Walsh. “I said, ‘What a stupid idea.’ It’s a two-hander with very little plot. It’s delicate. I called the producers and told them it wasn’t for me. There’s no tradition of musical theatre in Ireland. Then they told me John Tiffany was attached to it as director.” Walsh and Tiffany are longtime friends, and although Tiffany also had doubts at first as to the viability of the material as a musical, he convinced Walsh not to reject the idea outright. Says Walsh, “John said, ‘Let’s just take two days, and we can read the screenplay and listen to the songs and talk about it.’ I said, ‘Okay, we’ll do two days — and that’s all we’ll do.’ ” Well, not quite. “Those two days convinced us that we wanted to do this show,” says Tiffany. The musical became such a critical and commercial success that it spawned a London production, a Broadway show and a US national tour — a journey that saw this modest undertaking
win no fewer than eight 2012 Tony® Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book (Walsh), and Best Direction of a Musical (Tiffany). “I never think about adapting films for the stage. That’s not the way I work,” insists Tiffany. “When I was approached about once, I hadn’t even seen the film. But one of my best friends said, ‘You will love the music.’ So I downloaded the soundtrack — and I absolutely loved it. I’d never heard music like that. [It’s] the reason I wanted to do the show. Not just the music itself, but the fact that it’s a story about creating music, the healing power of music.” In reading through John Carney’s screenplay, Walsh discovered there was much he could relate to. “I’m a big fan of the movie Brief Encounter, and I saw similarities,” he says. “There’s a bittersweet pang that really hurts. Very quickly I thought I was a good match for the material. I tend to write characters that are inarticulate and lonesome, and something comes into their life that changes them. From listening to the songs, I thought it might be good for me to do something about Ireland, which was so hurt in the recession. A little love letter to Dublin.
“That was my way in. You start by bringing two people together and getting them to talk to one another. The tone shows itself quickly, so you step out of the way and allow it to write itself. “I knew all along that there were markers. I just had to unlock a stage language that was right. As soon as the Girl started talking, I thought, ‘That’s the swagger of it.’ She became the style of it and the force of the piece — and the central storyteller.” The 12 adult members of the cast play at least one instrument and are onstage virtually throughout the show. “I didn’t want
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anyone on stage we didn’t get to know intimately,” says Tiffany. By individualizing each character, adds Walsh, “we built a community, and that became the heart of the piece.” As the show unfolds, the focus, of course, is on the relationship between Guy and Girl, but the audience also catches glimpses of the lives of the other characters. “We needed to be sure that there are all these other love stories in the air. Each person is riffing off a love that’s been lost, that got away. That was the key: for the audience to feel part of the experience, and look at the people on the stage and go, ‘They’re us.’ ” In the end, the material proved to be as powerful on stage as it is on film. “What’s very moving about the piece is how sometimes we meet people who we don’t necessarily stay with forever, but they give us the resources to move on to the next part of our life,” says Tiffany. “There’s something very truthful in that. People have said to me, ‘When I was sitting in the theatre watching once, I felt like I was watching it with everyone I’ve ever loved, whether or not they’re still in my life.’ ”
Portions of this text were provided by the show’s production company.
“Each person is riffing off a love that’s been lost, that got away. That was the key: for the audience to feel part of the experience, and look at the people on the stage and go, ‘They’re us.’ ”
— ENDA WALSH, BOOK WRITER
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BEAUTIFULTHE CAROLE KING MUSICAL In 1959, 16-year-old songwriter Carole King stepped across the threshold of 1650 Broad-way and a legend was born. Beautiful (playing The Buell Theatre July 19 – 31) tells the story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Highlights from her career include: At James Madison High School, Carol Klein changed her name to Carole King and made demo records with her then-friend Paul Simon (of future Simon and Garfunkel fame). At Queens College, King met Gerry Goffin, who became her song-writing partner. Their hits included:• “Take Good Care of My Baby” for Bobby Vee • “Chains” covered by the Beatles• “Pleasant Valley Sunday” for the Monkees • “The Loco-Motion” for Little Eva • “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” for Aretha Franklin King recorded “It Might As Well Rain Until September” herself. This was her only hit during the 1960s. King collaborated with James Taylor on “You’ve Got a Friend” — a #1 when Taylor performed it. In 1971, Carole King released Tapestry. The album was #1 on the Billboard Charts for 15 weeks and remained on the list for more than six years. Later in her career, King collaborated with music legends such as Joni Mitchell, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Branford Marsalis. King is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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FFor 1,200 years Nonnberg, the First Abbey of Benedictine Nuns nestled on an Austrian hillside, offered a spiritual shelter from the dark forces of the world. It was here, just prior to World War II, that a high-spirited young novice named Maria sought a life of sacrifice and prayer. As is told in one of the most popular musicals in American history, Maria was hurtled from a life of solitude into the tumultuous life on the world stage. Most of you sitting in the audience know the story of this nun-turned-governess-turned-singer-turned-wife-and-mother and for those of you unfamiliar with her inspiring life, we won’t spoil the story. But what happened to Maria after leaving her beloved Austria? The family headed for America with only the clothes on their backs and a few treasured belongings. They had no money and spoke no English as they began a new life in New York doing the only thing they knew: singing for their supper. Touring this country from ocean to ocean countless times in a big blue bus, the family learned a new language, new culture and learned to love their adopted country. When they arrived to perform a concert near Stowe, Vermont, they were stunned by the beauty of the place. Though plagued by money problems, they were catching on to the American notion of “time payments,” and decided to buy a dilapidated house on a mountain-top overlooking a valley, instead of buying new clothes for the large family. “We can build a house and barns, but we can never build a view like this,” Georg exclaimed. The von Trapp family’s story is one of faith, courage and love. When they ran out of money, they prayed and new opportunities for performing arose. When part of their rickety house fell down, they prayed and friends appeared to help them build a new one. When a nearby Army Corps of Engineers facility was closed, they prayed for
guidance about a bit of wartime red tape that prevented land purchases by aliens. After threatening Maria with jail, Vermont state officials suddenly relented and the von Trapps turned it into a hugely successful summer music camp. When their fellow Austrians were desperate for food and clothing, they prayed to be shown a way to help. They created the Austrian Relief Fund, which grew to include relief drives for several European countries. Money and tons of food and clothing were collected. They mailed bundles of goods from post offices along their route. When they stood before a judge and took an oath of allegiance to the United States of America, they prayed in gratitude that they were now citizens of the country whose freedom they so deeply cherished. The von Trapps touched millions of lives with their music and through their generosity. “…Only one thing is necessary to be happy and to make others happy,” Maria said, “and that one thing is not money, nor connections, nor health — it is love.” The Abbey of Nonnberg cast a long shadow. Its young novice lived a life of service after all.
This story was adapted from an article by Teri Downard, former Deputy Director of the DCPA’s Media Relations and Publications Department.
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Even on your very best day, chances are you’ve never danced with your dinnerware. Oh, you may have talked things out over a good cup of tea from time to time, but rarely with the teapot itself. You even may have warbled in your wardrobe, but with it? Ah, but perhaps you’ve never visited an enchanted castle. Fear not. Here’s your chance, as Disney’s Beauty and the Beast rolls into town for a return run in Denver. As usual, it’s the love of a good woman that turns a beast into his best. Then again, this timeless tale of redemption brings out the best in everyone. Based on the traditional fairytale first published in France in the mid-18th century, Beauty and the Beast has been translated into hundreds of versions worldwide. When Walt Disney Pictures released the animated feature film in 1991, it was hailed as an instant classic with critics praising its “songs worthy of a Broadway musical.” With two Academy Awards (Best Song and Best Original Score), Disney set out to turn that praise into reality. The transformation of evil into good is hardly the only transformation in this show. To the tune of $13 million dollars, give or take a few, the Disney folk transformed their very successful film musical into an equally successful stage musical. Linda Woolverton adapted her screenplay for the stage complete with new scenes and seven new songs. The show opened at the Palace Theatre on April 18, 1994, ultimately playing 5,461 performances on Broadway in 13 years. With 580 costume pieces, 81 wigs and spectacular staging effects, people become household utensils such as teapots and wardrobes and candelabra and feather dusters and clocks right before your eyes. Since its Broadway debut 22 years ago, more than 35 million people in 21 countries have enjoyed the eyebrow-
raising effects and sleight-of-hand that are worthy of David Copperfield. Keep your eyes open for some of the sensational elements — 67 LED lights on the magic mirror, the 450-pound “star drop” curtain, the 1,700-pound West Wing set piece and the 1 ton — ONE TON — plate rail featured in “Be Our Guest.” Plus, pint-sized audience members will want to look closely at the tavern set backdrop, where, much like at its famous parks, a “Mickey” is carefully hidden in plain sight. Don’t miss this opportunity to discover that these clocks and cups and teaspoons really do have lives and even a few tricks up their sleeves — or is it spouts? — and you won’t have to kiss a frog to discover that the transforming power of love can make even an ugly beast just another handsome prince.
This article is compiled from the materials provided by the production company and an article written by Teri Downard, former Deputy Director of the DCPA’s Media Relations and Publications Department.
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FeaturingBrooke Quintana Sam Hartley
Matt DaSilva Stephanie Harter Gilmore Stephanie Gray DeAndre Horner Jake Jones Melissa Jones Thomas Mothershed Ryan N. Phillips Samuel Shurtleff Christiaan Smith-Kotlarek
withKari Baker Mike Baskowski Danny Burgos Kevin Paul Clark Ben Cullen Mary Beth Donahoe
David Grindrod Lance E. Hayes Kyle Huey Hannah Jewel Kohn Lacey Kriston Kevin Kulp Jennie McGuinness Hayley Palmer Jeanette Palmer Colleen Roberts Sarah Shelton Micah Wallace
Scenic DesignStanley A. Meyer
Costume Design Ann Hould-Ward
Lighting DesignNatasha Katz
Sound DesignJohn Petrafesa, Jr.
Hair DesignDavid H. Lawrence
Fight DirectionRick Sordelet
Illusion DesignJim Steinmeyer
Puppet DesignBasil Twist
Production Stage ManagerJess Gouker
Company ManagerColin Byrne
CastingPatricia Pearce Gentry
Bob Cline
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Associate DirectorSam Scalamoni
Associate ChoreographerConnor Gallagher
Music CoordinatorJohn Mezzio
Music Director/ConductorKevin Francis Finn
General ManagerMary K. Witte
Executive ProducerKary M. Walker & Seth Wenig
Production ManagerHector Guivas
Music byAlan Menken
Book byLinda Woolverton
Lyrics byHoward Ashman & Tim Rice
Originally Produced byDisney Theatrical Productions
Choreography by Matt West
Directed byRob Roth
OrchestrationsDanny Troob
Dance Music ArrangementsGlen Kelly
Vocal ArrangementsDavid Friedman
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is presented through special arrangement withMusic Theatre International, New York, NY. www.mtishows.com
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Michael Kosarin
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Belle ........................................................................................................................................BROOKE QUINTANABeast ..................................................................................................................................................SAM HARTLEYGaston ............................................................................................................CHRISTIAAN SMITH-KOTLAREKLefou ................................................................................................................................................. MATT DASILVAMrs. Potts ..................................................................................................................................STEPHANIE GRAYLumiere ...................................................................................................................................... RYAN N. PHILLIPSCogsworth ......................................................................................................................... SAMUEL SHURTLEFFBabette ......................................................................................................................................... MELISSA JONESMaurice ...........................................................................................................................THOMAS MOTHERSHEDMadame de la Grande Bouche ............................................................... STEPHANIE HARTER GILMOREChip (at certain performances) .................................................................................... DEANDRE HORNERChip (at certain performances) ...................................................................................................JAKE JONESMonsieur d’ Arque ....................................................................................................................DANNY BURGOSYoung Prince ............................................................................................................................MIKE BASKOWSKICarpet .........................................................................................................................................MIKE BASKOWSKISilly Girls .............................................. JEANETTE PALMER, COLLEEN ROBERTS, SARAH SHELTONTownspeople/Enchanted Objects ...................KARI BAKER, MIKE BASKOWSKI, DANNY BURGOS,
BEN CULLEN, MARY BETH DONAHOE, DAVID GRINDROD, LANCE E. HAYES, KYLE HUEY, HANNAH JEWEL KOHN,
LACEY KRISTON, KEVIN KULP, JENNIE MCGUINNESS, JEANETTE PALMER, COLLEEN ROBERTS, SARAH SHELTON, MICAH WALLACE
Voice of Prologue Narrator ................................................................................HASSAN NAZARI-ROBATI
UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never substitute for listed performers
unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
For the Beast — BEN CULLEN, MICAH WALLACEfor Belle — KARI BAKER, MARY BETH DONAHOE
for Gaston — BEN CULLEN, MICAH WALLACEfor Lefou — MIKE BASKOWSKI, KEVIN PAUL CLARKfor Lumiere — DAVID GRINDROD, LANCE E. HAYES
for Cogsworth — DANNY BURGOS, KYLE HUEYfor Mrs. Potts — LACEY KRISTON, JENNIE McGUINNESS
for Madame de la Grande Bouche — LACEY KRISTON, JENNIE McGUINNESSfor Babette — COLLEEN ROBERTS, HANNAH JEWEL KOHN
for Maurice — DANNY BURGOS, KYLE HUEYfor Monsieur D’Arque — KYLE HUEY, KEVIN PAUL CLARK
for Carpet — KEVIN PAUL CLARK, KEVIN KULP
Dance Captain ...........................................................................................................................HAYLEY PALMERAssistant Dance Captain .................................................................................................KEVIN PAUL CLARKFight Captain .....................................................................................................................................BEN CULLENSwings ..............................................................................................KEVIN PAUL CLARK, HAYLEY PALMER
The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with
or without flash, is strictly prohibited.
Please turn off your cell phones and pagers prior to the beginning of the
performance.
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ACT I
Overture ............................................................................................................................................................OrchestraPrologue ............................................................................................................................................................OrchestraBelle ...................................................................................................Belle, Gaston, Silly Girls and TownspeopleWolf Chase ...........................................................................................................................................................MauriceMe ............................................................................................................................................................................. GastonBelle (Reprise) ..........................................................................................................................................................BelleHome ............................................................................................................................................................................BelleHome (Reprise) ............................................................................................................................................. Mrs. PottsGaston .......................................................................................... Lefou, Gaston, Silly Girls and Tavern PatronsGaston (Reprise) ........................................................................................................................... Gaston and LefouHow Long Must This Go On? ............................................................................................................................ BeastBe Our Guest........................................................Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Enchanted Objects, EnsembleIf I Can’t Love Her ................................................................................................................................................. Beast
ACT II
Entr’acte/Wolf Attack .................................................................................................................................OrchestraSomething There ..............................................................Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and CogsworthHuman Again ....................................... Lumiere, Madame de la Grande Bouche, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts,
Babette, Chip and Enchanted Objects, EnsembleBeauty and the Beast ................................................................................................................................. Mrs. PottsIf I Can’t Love Her (Reprise) .............................................................................................................................. BeastA Change In Me ........................................................................................................................................................BelleThe Mob Song ................................................................................................... Gaston, Townspeople, EnsembleHome (Reprise) .................................................................................................................................. Belle and BeastBeauty and the Beast (Reprise) .................................................................................... Belle, Prince, Company
There will be one 20-minute intermission
ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Conductor/Keyboards: Kevin Francis Finn
Associate Conductor/Keyboards: Shane Parus
Violin: Deborah Moyer
Reeds: Rebecca Hovan, Nathan Nix, Michael Witsberger
Trumpet: Nicholas Berry
French Horn: Rebecca Fathman
Bass: Catherine O’Malley
Cello: Eric Sheaffer
Drums/Percussion: Kevin McNaughton
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SAM HARTLEY (Beast). Recent credits: Young Frankenstein (Frederick), Les Misérables (Enjolras) and Into the Woods (Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince). Training: University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Thanks to the creative team for this incredible opportunity! For my invaluable parents, brothers, family, friends, and teachers who continue to encourage, guide, and inspire. @samfred88
BROOKE QUINTANA (Belle) is beyond ecstatic to be joining this national tour as Belle. Credits include Les Misérables (Eponine), A Chorus Line (Diana Morales) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Trix). Brooke would like to thank God, her friends, and family for their unwavering love and support on this incredible adventure. To my Mom “I love you TTFA.”
MATT DASILVA (LeFou). National tour debut! Recent credits include How to Succeed... (Bud), Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Lucas), New Dawn and Les Misérables. Proud Rhode Island native and Harvard grad. Thanks to Rod, Babs and B$L. Follow me: @mattydasilva
STEPHANIE HARTER GILMORE (Madame de la Grand Bouche) spent last year chandelier-swinging as Duchess Estonia Dulworth in the national tour of Nice Work if You Can Get It. Other favorite credits include The Tempest (Ariel), Cats (Jelly/Griddle), and The Marvelous Wonderettes (Missy). For Stacy. stephaniehartergilmore.com
STEPHANIE GRAY (Mrs. Potts) is thrilled to be touring the country with one of her favorite musicals. Previously toured with Arts Power, former Young Artist at Seagle Music Colony. BM Boston University. All my love to Mom, Dad, Christina, Becca and Nate!
DEANDRE HORNER (Chip at certain performances), nine, hails from McDonough, GA and is very excited to be part of this Broadway national tour. Thanks to all of the supportive people in my life, especially my family.
JAKE JONES (Chip at certain performances) is thrilled to be here! He has performed in community theater shows including Jungle Book, The Music Man and The Wizard of Oz. Jake would like to thank Artisan Children’s Theater
and his family, but mostly God who makes all things possible. He misses his three siblings in Texas!!
MELISSA JONES (Babette). A Southern California native, Melissa currently lives in NYC. Favorite past shows include 42nd Street (Anytime Annie), Nunsense (Mary Leo) and Sugar Babies (Sugar Baby). All my love to family and my Mot. Don’t know what I would do without you.
THOMAS MOTHERSHED (Maurice). National Tours: Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), West Side Story (Krupke) Regional: My Fair Lady (Harry) directed by two time Tony winner, Frank Galati, Les Misérables (Thénardier), All Shook Up (Jim Haller), 1776 (John Adams), Hamlet (Polonius), Merchant of Venice (Shylock). BFA Acting Florida State University. www.tmothershed.org
RYAN N. PHILLIPS (Lumiere) is thrilled to be rejoining the Disney family! Previous credits include the national tour of In the Mood (Narrator), Pirates of Penzance (Frederic), Urinetown! (Bobby Strong), and many shows with Disney Cruise Line. A huge thank you to NETworks, Bob, Dave and all my family and fri ends. www.ryannphillips.com
SAMUEL SHURTLEFF (Cogsworth) is thrilled to be returning for his second touring season as Cogsworth! Previously, he has been seen in regional productions of South Pacific (Emile), Sordid Lives (G.W.), The Foreigner (Froggy) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom). He would like to thank his beautiful Muse, Terrilynn. www.samuelshurtleff.net. #CogsyAcrossAmerica
CHRISTIAAN SMITH-KOTLAREK (Gaston). “‘Time After Time’ was never better, and I heard Sinatra sing it.” - Carol Burnett; stunned me! Assassins (Booth), Marriage of Figaro (Almaviva), Die Zauberflöte (Papageno); NYC cabaret: Joe’s Pub; NYC solo shows: SubCulture, Rockwood Music Hall. Thrilled to be your Gaston! Insta/twitter: @christiaanuum
K ARI BAKE R (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is making her debut with the touring company of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast ! Regional productions: Tarzan (Jane), A Chorus Line (Cassie), A Beef and Boards
Christmas (Swing), Anything Goes (Purity), Mary Poppins, The Producers, and The Wizard of Oz. A big thank you goes out to Bob, NETworks, her family, and friends. Enjoy the show! Follow her on insta/twitter @KBake222
MIKE BASKOWSKI (Townsperson/Carpet) is excited to share Disney magic across the country! Recent Credits: Goodspeed Opera House, The Palace Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, The Reagle Music Theatre. Love and thanks to Mom, Dad, J&D +1, The Price Group, and RC.”
DANNY BURGOS (Monsieur D’Arque, Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is humbled to make his national tour debut with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Favorite credits: West Side Story (Bernardo) and The Addams Family (Gomez Addams). Proud Florida State University graduate! Special thanks to NETworks, friends, family, teachers and MT2015. www.dannyburgos.com
KEVIN PAUL CLARK (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing). National Tour Debut! Regional includes Merry Go Round Playhouse and Portland Center Stage. Company member alum of Nevada Ballet Theatre. Many thanks to this cast, crew, and team. Endless gratitude to his loved ones! For mom.
BEN CULLEN (Townsperson/Enchanted Object, Fight Captain) is pumped to return to the provincial town for another season! Regional: Les Misérables (The Fulton; Foreman, Courfeyrac), Joseph...Dreamcoat (The Fulton; Naphtali), The Wedding Singer (Glen Guglia). Proud Penn State alumnus; WE ARE! BenCullenWalker.com, Instagram: @Built_by_Ben
M A R Y B E T H D O N A H O E (Townsperson/ Enchanted Object) is delighted to make her national tour debut! Recent credits: White Christmas (Rhoda) at Fulton Theatre; 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer); Spamalot; Mary Poppins, Les Misérables, The Music Man, Cinderella, Hair at MSMT. BFA Ohio Northern. Love to the Donahoe Team. www.MaryBethDonahoe.com
DAVID GRINDROD (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is from Annapolis, MD and is happy to be back on the road again after playing Mark on the
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ST national tour of A Chorus Line. A proud graduate of Pace University MT ‘15. Love to his family, friends, teachers, Bob, Amy, and The Mine. For Elizabeth. Catch the Energy! @david.grin
LANCE E. HAYES (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is ecstatic to be making his national tour debut! Select Regional: The Producers, The Little Mermaid, Carrie: The Musical, and Dames At Sea. Love and gratitude to Gregg Baker, Mom and Dad, family, friends, Bob Cline, and NETworks.
KYLE HUEY (Townsperson/Enchanted Object), from Grapevine, TX, is very excited to join the BATB tour after returning from Disney Tokyo! Credits: Toy Story the Musical (Buzz Lightyear), Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho), Les Misérables (Enjolras u/s), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opera (Puck), The Tempest (Adrian). B.A. Ouachita Baptist University. Thankful for my supportive friends and family! kylewhuey.com
H A N N A H J E W E L K O H N (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is excited to return to the cast of her dream show! Credits: Entwined (Luna), Joseph…Dreamcoat (Dance Captain), Disney’s Youth Performing Arts promotional film. Love and gratitude to DDPC & family for endless love and support!
LACEY KRISTON (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is thrilled to be returning to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Her theatre experience includes Joseph (Narrator), Phantom (Christine), My Fair Lady (Eliza), and ensemble roles with the Indianapolis Opera. She thanks God and family with love to all.
KEVIN KULP (Townsperson/Enchanted Object). Regional: Anything Goes (The Marriott Theatre), Miss Saigon (Walnut Street Theatre and Signature Theatre), A Chorus Line (Paul), The King and I (Walnut Street Theatre and Olney Theatre), Muhlenberg Alumni. Love to Mom and Dad! Follow me on Instagram @Kulpy
JENNIE MCGUINNESS (Townsperson/Enchanted Object), a graduate of NYU Steinhardt, is originally from Allentown, PA and a professional Irish Dancer. Favorite credits include the national tour of Elf the Musical (Ensemble, Deb u/s) and regional performances in The Full Monty (Georgie), The Marvelous
Wonderettes (Suzy), The Last 5 Years (Cathy). Love and Hugs!
HAYLEY PALMER (Dance Captain, Swing) earned her MFA in Acting from UC Irvine. Roles include Romeo and Juliet (Nurse), Twelfth Night (Maria), The Fantasticks (Mortimer), and Legally Blonde the Musical (Whitney/Ensemble). Thank you family, friends, and teachers for your love and support! www.hayleydrewpalmer.com
JEANETTE PALMER (Silly Girl/Enchanted Object). A Michigan native, Jeanette is overjoyed to make her national tour debut in her dream show! Credits: Singin’ In the Rain (Ensemble/Kathy Seldon u/s), Funny Girl (Bubbles), White Christmas (Judy Haynes), Children of Eden (Eve) and Thoroughly Modern Millie. AMDA NY Graduate. Showers of love to family, friends, cast, and crew! Joshua 1:9
COLLEEN ROBERTS (Silly Girl/Enchanted Object). National tour debut! Select regional: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Westchester Broadway Theatre), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Cats, I Love a Piano (OPTC), Meet Me in St. Louis (Gretna Theatre). Love to family, friends, Jersey, and Rider MT.
SARAH SHELTON (Silly Girl/Enchanted Object) comes from Wichita, KS. Graduate of Oklahoma City University with a degree in dance performance. Favorite past roles include 42nd Street (Anytime Annie) and Legally Blonde (Serena). Love to Mom, Dad, Rog, and Nicholas!
MICAH WALLACE (Townsperson/Enchanted Object) is excited to join the cast of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast! His latest credit was West Side Story (Riff) at the Palace Theatre. He’d like to thank his family, friends, Wolfenstein, and God. www.micahwallace.net
KEVIN FRANCIS FINN (Music Director/Conductor/Keyboards). 1983 B.M (Piano) from The Hartt School, Univ. of Hartford (CT); 1978 graduate of NYC’s High School for the Performing Arts. As musical director, Kevin has toured nationally with Joseph…Dreamcoat w/Donny Osmond, Cats IV, Dreamgirls; in NYC, assisted Phil Reno on Chess (1992 off-Broadway revival). Musically directed and/or conducted regionally: Northern Stage Co (VT), Red Mountain
Theater Co (AL), Springer Opera House (GA), Arizona’s Broadway Theatre. From 1999 to 2004, Kevin was an artist in residence and served as the musical director for the Department of Theater and Dance at Millikin University. As a composer, his theater piece Girl’s Night Out was produced at The Warehouse Theatre in East Croydon, UK and 13 Alabama Ghosts & Jeffrey in 2010 at Red Mountain Theatre Co. AL. Numerous chamber works for violin, viola, and many, many songs for various voice parts.
ALAN MENKEN (Composer). Theater: God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Little Shop Of Horrors, Real Life Funnies, Atina: Evil Queen Of The Galaxy, Kicks, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz, Beauty And The Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance, King David, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Leap Of Faith, Aladdin and Newsies. Film: Little Shop Of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Newsies, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules, Life With Mikey, Lincoln, Home On The Range, Noel, Enchanted, Shaggy Dog, Tangled and Mirror Mirror. Songs: Rocky V, Home Alone 2 and Captain America. Awards: 8 Oscars (19 nominations), 11 Grammys (including Song of the Year), 7 Golden Globes, Tony (plus 4 nominations), Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, New York Drama Critics, Olivier and London’s Evening Standard Award, Drama League. Honors: Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, Doctorates from New York University and University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
HOWARD ASHMAN (Lyrics) conceived, wrote and directed Little Shop of Horrors, based on Roger Corman’s 1960-era horror flick, with music by Alan Menken. Little Shop played for five years off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theater. The show continues to be produced to great acclaim in the U.S. as well as internationally. In 2003, Little Shop was revived on Broadway and in 2007 it was revived on the West End. It is currently one of the most produced shows in American High Schools. In 1986, Ashman wrote and directed the Broadway musical, Smile, music by Marvin Hamlisch. Little appreciated at the time, Smile is now considered a lost gem of musical theater and is performed by high school students around the U.S. Turning his talents toward film, Ashman was pivotal in
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the renaissance of Disney animated musicals and in the development of Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Producer and Lyrics), Beauty and the Beast (Executive Producer and Lyrics) and Aladdin (Lyrics), all with music by Alan Menken. Ashman’s contributions to the revival of classic Disney animated musicals were perhaps best expressed by the dedication to the film Beauty and the Beast: “To our friend Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul. He will be forever missed.” Ashman’s numerous awards include two Oscars, two Golden Globes, four Grammys, a Drama Desk and a London Evening Standard. He died in 1991 at age 40 from complications arising from AIDS. Ashman Sings Ashman, a CD of his work, with never-before-heard demos, including those from Smile, is available from PS Classics. Ashman’s papers are in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.
TIM RICE (Lyrics), (Sir Tim to you), has been writing lyrics for musical theatre and related enterprises for over forty years, something he only intended to do for a few months while waiting to become a pop star. The waiting has been extended, mainly because of the world’s failure to accept him as a rock god, but also because of the distracting success of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aladdin, King David and Beauty and the Beast with Alan Menken, Chess with Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, and The Lion King and Aida with Elton John. He is well known in England, his home country, for his love of cricket and as a tolerable radio and television personality. He has won numerous awards along the way, including Oscars, Tonys and life-saving badges, but often for the wrong thing and often for simply turning up. He is currently working on a musical play about Machiavelli, and is plugging Chess in Concert starring Josh Groban, Idina Menzel and Adam Pascal. More gripping info can be found on www.timrice.co.uk but please don’t feel obliged to go there.
LINDA WOOLVERTON (Book). While working as a development executive at CBS, Linda Woolverton wrote two young adult novels: Star Wind and Running Before the Wind. After her books were published by Houghton Mifflin, she began to write full time. She started by writing scripts for animated
television shows. When one of her novels caught the attention of a Disney executive, she was hired to write the script for the animated feature, Beauty and the Beast. Upon its release in 1991, the film won the Golden Globe for the best comedy/musical and became the first animated film to be nominated for the best picture Academy Award. Woolverton was then hired to write the screenplay for The Lion King. She then rewrote the script for Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey as well as writing on the animated feature Mulan. She went on to adapt the script of Beauty and the Beast for the Broadway stage and received the Tony Award nomination for best book of a musical in 1994. Woolverton was also awarded the Laurence Oliver Award for Beauty and the Beast for best new musical in the U.K. Beauty and the Beast ran between 1994 and 2007, becoming the ninth-longest running show in Broadway history. She also wrote the book for Elton John and Tim Rice’s musical Aida which ran for five years at the Palace Theatre. In 2008, Linda received a lifetime achievement award from the Writers Guild of America-Animation Writers Caucus for her longtime work in the field of animation. Linda Woolverton’s script for Alice In Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, was released in March of 2010. The film grossed over one billion dollars worldwide. Woolverton’s screenplay for Disney’s Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie was released in May of 2014 and became a worldwide success. She recently completed Alice Through the Looking Glass for Disney, which is in production in the UK, and is currently working on a television pilot based on the Jean Auel’s novel, The Clan of the Cave Bear.
ROB ROTH (Director) received a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway directing debut, Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, which went on to become the ninth longest running show in Broadway history. Beauty has been performed all over the world, winning many awards both for Rob and the production, including the Olivier Award for best musical in London. Rob went on to direct the inaugural production of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida and the Broadway musical Lestat, based on the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles, with score by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Rob co-wrote the book and directed the musical The Opposite
of Sex, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. In addition to his work in theatre, Rob is a frequent director of rock concerts, working with diverse artists KISS, Cyndi Lauper, Alice Cooper, The Dresden Dolls and guitar great Steve Miller. Rob is the executive producer of the film Taken By Storm, about the life of legendary British artist Storm Thorgerson. Rob is the co-author of the coffee table book The Art of Classic Rock, which features over 1,500 pieces from his collection of rock and roll graphics, the largest private collection of its kind in the world. Rob is married to noted psychologist Dr. Patrick Meade. They have homes in New York City and Long Island that they share with their two labs, Dash Rip Rock and Tag.
MATT WEST (Choreographer). After asking his parents non-stop over a year for tap lessons, Matt began dance class at the age of 8 years old. Story goes, his Father said, “Let’s find a class, enroll him, and in a few weeks it’ll be over and he will stop asking!” That was 48 years ago. A lot has hap-pened since. Matt began working pro-fessionally at the age of 13, touring the United States as Peter Pan for the Walt Disney Company. When Matt out-grew his tights, Disney sent him to NYC as a member of Disney’s Kids of the Kingdom, performing a summer gig at Radio City Music Hall. From there, Matt went on to perform in many Broadway musicals including playing Bobby in A Chorus Line, a character he re-cre-ated in the film version directed by Sir Richard Attenborough. For his cho-reography of Disney’s first Broadway musical, Beauty and the Beast, Matt received the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award along with London’s Olivier Award, New York’s Drama Desk Award, and the Outer Critic’s Circle nomina-tions. Beauty also received the Olivier Award for best new musical in the U.K. Matt choreographed the Broadway musicals Lestat, with music and lyr-ics by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and Mimi le Duck starring the great Eartha Kitt. Matt also choreographed the world premiere of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, which debuted at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Other favorites: Little Shop of Horrors, Buenos Aires; The Wanderer, Tokyo’s Parco Theatre; The Little Mermaid and Peter Pan for Disney Home Video; The Nutcracker for the Disney Channel; and The Spectacular Fantasmic at Tokyo’s Disney Sea. Currently, Matt is directing
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ST and choreographing the 2016 open-ing entertainment of Disneyland in Shanghai, “World of Color” for Disney’s California Adventure, and the new Broadway-bound musical, Click. Matt dedicates this new Beauty to his Mom and Dad with the hope that they agree the tap lessons all those years ago were a good idea indeed.
MICHAEL KOSARIN (Music Supervisor/Incidental Music Arrangements) was the original music director/incidental music arranger of the Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast over twenty years ago, and has collaborated as composer Alan Menken’s music director since then. He has worked steadily on Broadway for over thirty years, on the original Broadway productions of Nine, Grand Hotel, Secret Garden, King David, Mayor, A Chorus Line, Triumph of Love, Little Shop of Horrors, Can-Can (Encores!), Hunchback of Notre Dame (abroad and in development), The Little Mermaid, Leap of Faith, Sister Act, Newsies, and Disney’s newest hit, Aladdin. His extensive film work includes the Disney animation films Pocahontas, Hercules and Home On The Range, as well as numerous live action films, including the more recent hits Enchanted, Tangled, and Captain America. He is music director/conductor and song arranger/producer for the new live-action Beauty and the Beast starring Emma Watson, Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, and Dan Stevens; to be released early 2017. He won an Emmy Award for outstanding music direction for his work on “A Christmas Carol” for NBC-TV – for which he also provided the underscore – and did music direction and underscore as well for ABC-TV’s “Once Upon a Mattress” and “The Music Man” (another Emmy nomination). He is currently music producer/arranger/conductor for ABC’s “Galavant”, currently producing its second season. Kosarin is a three-time Grammy-nominated recording artist and producer, and recording and concert work features long-time collaborations with Carly Simon (including the gold album and HBO special “My Romance”), Barbara Cook (including “Tribute”, recorded live at Café Carlyle), and Jane Krakowski (“Live at Feinsteins”). An in-demand composer for children’s television, his work has been featured on “Sesame Street”, “Wonder Pets”, and the BBC’s “Third and Bird”. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.
STANLEY A. MEYER (Scenic Design) has more than four dozen credits as a scenic designer, production designer and illustrator that have earned him numerous awards and nominations including The League of American Theatres and Producers, National Broadway Award an American Theatre Wing Design Award nomination, a New York Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, Los Angeles Ovation Award Nomination, THEA Award (Best Outdoor Nighttime Spectacular for Peter Pan’s Neverland at Universal Studios Japan), IAPPA Brass Ring Award (Best Outdoor Daytime Spectacular for SeaWorld’s Blue Horizons – a stadium show that fea-tures a cast of dolphins, whales, birds, trainers, acrobats, and divers in Orlando and San Diego), numerous Los Angeles Drama Logue Awards for his work at the Grove Shakespeare Festival in Southern California, and most recently the 2014 Presidents Trophy for his float design featured in the Pasadena, California Tournament of Roses Parade, seen worldwide on New Year’s Day. When first starting out in NYC, Stan designed The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Cloud 9, and The Manhattan Punchline Theatre’s Festival of One Act Comedies on Theatre Row, as well as The Secret Garden for Theatre Works USA (his first Union job). His critically acclaimed work includes the international sensa-tion Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; the Southeast Asia tour of Barbie Live!; the world premiere of Treasure Island - A New Musical (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), the world premiere of Elton John and Tim Rice’s Elaborate Lives (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta); the new spectacular 2014 version of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, Legends!; Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Rollercoaster Verbolten! and new musical London Rocks!; Alice Cooper’s 2007, 2009 and 2010 World Tours; The Steve Miller Band 2010, 2012 & 2014 World Tours; Cyndi Lauper’s 2008 True Colors Tour; SeaWorld’s Shamu show One Ocean seen in Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio; the Disney on Ice show Dare to Dream; Barnum’s Funundrum, the 200th Anniversary of PT Barnum Edition of the 2012 Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus; The New Nutcracker Ballet for The Lone Star Ballet, Texas; Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales and a plethora of Disney industrials, parades and spe-cial events for all of the Disney theme parks including Mickey’s Nutcracker, filmed for The Disney Channel. He also
illustrated the witty and delightful self-help interior design book by James Swan and Carol Beggy called 101 Things I Hate About Your House. He is represented by the Michael Moore Agency. To view more of Stanley’s Design, go to www.stanleyameyerdesign.com.
ANN HOULD-WARD (Costume Design). Ann has worked on 30 international tours of Beauty. Broadway: The Visit, The People in the Picture, A Free Man of Color (Drama Desk nomination), A Catered Affair (Drama Desk nomination), Company, Dance of the Vampires, Beauty and the Beast (Tony Award, American Theatre Wing’s Design Award, Ovation Award, Oliver nomination), Into the Woods (Tony, Drama Desk nominations, Outer Critics Circle nomination, L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award), Falsettos, Sunday in the Park with George (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), Harrigan ‘N’ Heart, Dream. St. Joan, Three Men on a Horse, Timon of Athens, In the Summer House, Little Me, The Moliere Comedies, House Arrest, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet (Public Theatre). Off-Broadway: Passion (CSC revival), Russian Transport, The Blue Flower, Wings, In the Grand Manner, Let Me Down Easy, Road Show, Surviving Grace, Lobster Alice, Cymbeline. Film: Strike! (Miramax). Other credits: Metropolitan Opera – Peter Grimes, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 2001 & 2003, The Most Happy Fella (New York City Opera), Los Angeles Opera –Mahagonny, Graciela Daniele (Ballet Hispanico), Lar Lubovitch (White Oak Dance Project – San Francisco Ballet), American Ballet Theatre (Othello, Artemis and Meadow), Alvin Ailey (Reminicin’, Saddle Up, Morning Star). Over 100 credits in regional theaters. Ann is the U.S. representative for the International Design Quadrennial in Prague and a recipient of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Patricia Zipprodt Award
NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Designer). Broadway credits include An American in Paris (Tony Award), Gigi, Aladdin, The Glass Menagerie (Tony Award), Motown, Once (Tony Award), Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage (Tony Award) and Aida (Tony Award). Extensive designs Off-Broadway, at American regional theatres, concerts and permanent instal-lations, opera and dance include Royal Opera House, Dutch National Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Metro-politan Opera and NYC Opera. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Hewes, WhatsOnStage, Joseph Jefferson, Ruth
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JOHN PETRAFESA, JR. (Sound Designer) was the production sound engineer and/or associate sound designer for numerous productions of Beauty and the Beast including Broadway, Los Angeles, Toronto, U.S. National Tours II & III and the U.K. National Tour. Other theatrical design and engineering credits include Elf, The Musical (2012 U.S. Tour), Under Fire (2010 NYMTF), The Music Man (Broadway), Guys and Dolls (National Tour) and Les Misérables (Broadway and National Tour). John has also designed and/or consulted on numerous corporate, broadcast and special events. John is a director with Production Glue, LLC, a New York based creative and technical consulting agency.
DAVID H. LAWRENCE (Hair Design). Having worked on Broadway productions many years, David has had the pleasure of working with all of the best casts, crews and fellow designers on Broadway. This production of Disney’s Beauty and The Beast for NETworks is no exception. Broadway: Baby It’s You, A Catered Affair, Rock ’N’ Roll, Company, All Shook Up, Guys and Dolls, Tommy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The King and I, Grease, Death of a Salesman, the new 42nd Street and The Full Monty. David also designed the hair for two seasons of Saturday Night Live. David won the 1994 Outstanding Achievement award from Theatrecrafts International for his work on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Thanks Paul Huntley, the late Bob Kelly, plus all who work so hard backstage nightly.
RICK SORDELET (Fight Direction). 53 Broadway shows including The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aida among others. 52 first class productions all over the world. 100’s of shows Off Broadway and Regional Theater. Cyrano the opera starring Placido Domingo at the Met, The Royal Opera House, and La Scala in Milan, Ben Hur Live on tour all over Europe and in Rome (www.benhurlive.com). Film and television: The Game Plan, Dan in Real Life, Hamlet and 12 years as Chief Stunt Coordinator for Guiding Light. Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence by the Lucille Lortel Foundation. Jeff Award for Outstanding Fight Direction for Romeo and Juliet for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Board member
for the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey. Instructor at Yale School of Drama. Author of Excalibur and Buried Treasure.
JIM STEINMEYER (Illusion Design). According to The New York Times, Jim Steinmeyer is the “celebrated invis-ible man, designer and creative brain behind many of the great stage magi-cians of the last quarter century.” His illusions have been featured by magi-cians Doug Henning, Siegfried and Roy, David Copperfield, Criss Angel, Ricky Jay and many others. Jim has created special illusions for Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End, and Las Vegas shows, including Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins and Aladdin, and for Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. He’s also the author of several books on the history of magic, including the bestseller Hiding the Elephant, along with The Glorious Deception and The Last Greatest Magician in the World. Jim lives in Los Angeles with his wife, television pro-ducer Frankie Glass.
BASIL TWIST (Puppet Design), originally from San Francisco, is a third generation puppeteer who lives and works in New York City. Broadway credits include The Addams Family and The Pee Wee Herman Show. Original creations: The Araneidae Show, Symphonie Fantastique , Petrushka, Master Peter’s Puppet Show, Dogugaeshi, La Bella Dormente Nel Bosco, Behind the Lid, and Arias with a Twist. Partnerships include The Spoleto Festival, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center’s New Visions Series, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Japan Society and Gotham Chamber Opera. He premiered his second opera, Hansel and Gretel, with The Houston Grand and Atlanta Opera Companies. Recent collaborations include A Streetcar Named Desire with Lee Breuer at The Comedie Francaise. Awards: Obie Award, five UNIMA Awards for Excellence in Puppetry, two Bessie Awards, a Drama Desk Award, New York Innovative Theatre Award, and Henry Hewes Design Award, Guggenheim Fellow, an inaugural United States Artist Ford Fellow and an inaugural Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. He was honored with a festival of his original works in Washington, D.C.. Twist is the director of the Dream Music Puppetry Program at HERE in New York City. His “Rite
of Spring,” commissioned by Carolina Performing Arts, premiered as a part of Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival. www.basiltwist.com
SAM SCALAMONI (Associate Director). Mr. Scalamoni is the director of the critically acclaimed national tours of Elf the Musical, which launched its 6th and 7th companies this year that crossed the U.S. He also directed the national tour of Nickelodeon’s Storytime Live! for Broadway Across America (which broke box office records at Radio City Music Hall) and the national tour of The Gazillion Bubble Show. Mr. Scalamoni is the associate director of the current national and international tours of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and he also supervised Broadway and mounted multiple companies worldwide. He was associate director for Elton John’s Lestat and currently serves as the artistic director of Skyline Theatre Company, a professional non-profit theatre company in New Jersey. Currently in development is a new musical, 1000 Faces, based on the life of film legend Lon Chaney and a stage adaptation of the MGM musical Summer Stock. Mr. Scalamoni’s direction of original works include the two original incarnations of Alan Menken’s Leap of Faith in workshop, the original development workshop of Mulan Jr. (Disney Theatrical Productions), workshop presentations of Sense and Sensibility (Playwrights Horizons and Shakespeare & Company), workshops of the musical At the Back of the North Wind (Players Theatre, National Arts Club and The Village Theatre), a workshop of The New Picasso (New World Stages), Treaty 321! (Lucille Lortel), and Fidelity Futurestage (New World Stages for Richard Frankel Productions). Regionally, he recently directed Les Misérables, (SALT Award for best director of a musical and best musical of the year) and Agatha Christie’s An Unexpected Guest (Broadway World Award for best director of a play), both at Cortland Repertory Theatre. Mr. Scalamoni is a proud member of The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. For Tricia, Spencer and Mia
CONNOR GALLAGHER (Associate Choreographer) began as a performer in the Broadway company of Beauty and the Beast. Choreographer: first national tour of Elf the Musical, Tangled (Disney Cruise Lines), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Bye Bye Birdie (Goodspeed), Into the Woods
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JOHN MEZZIO (Music Coordinator) has conducted several national tours including State Fair starring John Davidson, Victor Victoria starring Toni Tennille, Seussical The Musical starring Cathy Rigby, Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson, the Royal National Theatre’s revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! and The Wedding Singer. Additionally, Mr. Mezzio was Associate Conductor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton. John was Music Coordinator for several national tours including Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald, Annie starring John Schuck and Mackenzie Phillips, Hairspray, The Producers, and Shrek the Musical. He is currently the Music Coordinator for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Elf The Musical.
JESS GOUKER (Production Stage Manager) is so excited to be back in the provincial town for a second season. Jess is a graduate of Ramapo College of New Jersey with a BA in Theatre, concentrating in Stage Management. National tours: Beauty and the Beast (ASM). New York: False Solution (SM) at La Mama, ETC., Ocean in a Teacup (ASM) at The June Havoc Theatre for the Midtown International Theatre Festival, Wanderlust (SM) at The Tank for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Winter Conference and Wanderlust (ASM) at the Robert Moss Theatre for Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. She has worked regionally with The Weston Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse and North Shore Music Theatre.
MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTIShows.com) is one of the world’s leading dramatic licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theatres from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these shows to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 60,000 theatrical organizations in the U.S. and in over 60 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly
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THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking) is Broadway’s premiere booking agency representing more than 18 Tony Award winning best musicals and plays since its inception in 1996. TBG has booked several long running tours such as the “Best Musical of the Century” The Book of Mormon, the most Tony Award win-ning musical in history Mel Brooks’ The Producers, the worldwide hit Mamma Mia!, and the groundbreaking musical Rent. TBG is committed to bringing the best of Broadway to North America and beyond.
KARY M. WALKER (Executive Producer). NETworks since 2001. Formerly Executive Producer at Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre in Chicago. Founding board member National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Vietnam Veteran. Mr. Walker has been in show business for 40 years
and has produced over 150 shows. He is delighted to have just celebrated 2 years of legal marriage to his partner of 34 years, Mr. James Morvay.
SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall. Seth has produced The Lincoln Center Theatre’s Production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific and The National Theatre’s War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as Executive Producer for both the US and UK tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, The 25th Anniversary US tour of Les Misérables and the new The Phantom of the Opera tour. He is most proud of his greatest productions – Marlo and Camden.
NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS LLC (Producer), from its inception nearly 20 years ago, has been an industry leading producer and manager of touring musical theatre productions and remains committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide. Having toured over 60 productions extensively throughout North America, NETworks is now expanding its tours into many international markets including South America, Greece, Italy, Turkey and South East Asia. Current touring productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (domestic and international productions), Dirty Dancing, Blue Man Group, and Elf the Musical. Upcoming touring productions include Bullets Over Broadway, Once the Musical and an international tour of Shrek The Musical.
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STAFF FOR BEAUTY AND THE BEASTExecutive Producer
Kary M. Walker & Seth WenigGeneral Management
Gentry & Associates, Inc.Gregory Vander Ploeg
Jamie Jennings, Tyler Soltis, Mary K. Witte, Steve Varon
Production ManagementNETworks Presentations LLC
Jason JuenkerLaura Dieli, Hector Guivas, Dave Burch
Tour MarketingBroadway Booking Office NYC
Steven Schnepp, Temah Higgins,Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, Zach Stevenson,
Scott PraefkeTour Direction
THE BOOKING GROUPMeredith Blair
Mollie Mann, Kara Gebhart, Brian Brooks, Rich Rundle
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Patricia Gentry and Bob ClineCompany Manager
Colin Byrne_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Production Stage Manager ...........Jess GoukerAss’t. Stage Manager .......................Emily WhiteHead Carpenter ....................................Eric SteeleAss’t. Director ............................Michael WhitneyAss’t. Choreographer ...............Chandon JonesAss’t. Company Manager. .................Dan FisherAssoc. Scenic Designer .......... Christine PetersAssoc. Lighting Designers. ............Sean Beach,
Jon Goldman, Peter Hoerburger, Daniel Walker
Lighting Programmer ......................Sean Beach, John Dunkle
Assoc. Costume Designer ..............Christopher Vergara
Ass’t. Costume Designer .............. Abigail HahnAssoc. Sound Designer ..................Tylor Foster,
Eric TaloricoCarpenter .......................................Keefe KennedyFlyman ..........................................Robert DiCandiaHead Electrician ....................... Michael LatochaProduction Electricians................... Barb Bartel,
Matthew Charles Hrinko, Trevor Maynar, Erik Plath
Ass’t. Electrician ...............................Justin PetitoHead Audio ........................................ Ryan MotleyAss’t. Audio .......................................... Gavin LittleHead Properties ............ Anna Katharine MantzHead Wardrobe ....................................Dani LambAss’t. Wardrobe .................... Shoshana LatochaWigs/Hair Supervisor ...............Crysta MenefeeDance Captain ............................... Hayley PalmerFight Captain .........................................Ben CullenRehearsal Conductor ....................... Nate PattenAssoc. Synth Programmer .....Brent FrederickDialect Coach ..................... Claudia Hills-SparksPrint Design, Printing ................... Marty Molina,
Emily BalawejderRadio and TV Spot Production .....HMS MediaVideo Production ................................HMS MediaWebsite .................................... Pit Bull InteractiveProduction Photography ..............Matt MurphyMerchandising Disney Theatrical MerchandiseAccounting ....... NETworks Presentations LLCTour Accountant ....................Laura Carey, CLALegal Services .............F. Richard Pappas, Esq.HR & Payroll Services . Human Resources Inc.Cast Bus .................................Croswell VIP CoachCrew Bus ..........................................Clarion CoachHotel Booking ... Lisa Morris, Road Concierge
For NETworks PresentationsChief Executive Officer........... Kenneth GentryChief Operating Officer .......Scott W. JacksonPresident ...................................................Orin WolfExecutive Vice President Production ................
Seth WenigExecutive Assistant/Assoc. GM .. Curt OwensDirector of Finance ............................John KinnaController .....................................Jennifer GiffordExecutive Producers ........Angela Rowles, Kary
Walker, Trinity WheelerDirector of Booking ........Charmaine McVickerEngagement Manager .. Esther SchwarzbauerDirector of Marketing/PR ........... Heather HessSenior General Manager .........................Gregory
Vander PloegGeneral Managers ..................... Jamie Jennings,
Tyler Soltis, Mary K. Witte
Assistant General Manager ............Steve VaronSenior Production Manager ..... Jason JuenkerProduction Managers .........Laura Dieli, Hector GuivasAssociate Production Manager ....Dave BurchMusic Coordinator ...........................John MezzioWarehouse Manager ........................... Brad KorffOffice Manager ......................... Buddy PiccolinoAdministrative Assistant .......... Kevin Persaud
CreditsAudio Equipment by PRG Audio; Lighting Equipment by PRG Lighting; Scenery Constructed by 3DX Scenic Studios; Automated Scenery by: 3DX Scenic Studios; Drops Painted by Joe Forbes, Scenic Arts Studios; Illusion Construction by Entertainment Design and Fabrication; Props Construction by Spoon Group; Puppet Construction by Tandem Otter Productions; For Tandem Otter: Barbara Busackino, Producer. Wigs and Prosthetic by Atelier Bassi Gmbh with Sari Rambut Wig Production and Toga; Additional wigs by wigfactoryusa.com; Specialty Props by Tom Talmon Studios.
Rehearsed at Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
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OOn the surface, the arts and the oil and natural gas industry may not appear to have much in common but if you dig a little deeper, you’ll discover a shared focus on innovation, creative problem solving, and at the core, a desire to make Colorado a better place to live, grow and learn. Anadarko’s history in Colorado dates back more than 30 years and our 1,100 employees are geologists, engineers, accountants, information technology specialists, land professionals and more. They also are arts enthusiasts, active community contributors and caring advocates who call more than 80 Colorado cities, towns and communities home. As a longtime supporter of DCPA, we recently grew our partnership to further promote our combined passion for bringing arts education to students. While DCPA reaches more than 84,000 Colorado students each year, we’re now expanding its scope by supporting the Shakespeare in the Parking Lot program. In 2015 with the support of Anadarko, students of Weld Central High School were immersed in a performance of Romeo and Juliet in the parking lot of their high school by six of DCPA’s finest. Performed entirely on and around a white pickup, the actors brought the story the students had read to life. The following day, the DCPA team led classroom activities that leveraged the theatrical performance as a means of
learning and communication about many topics that are as important today as when Shakespeare first wrote about them — maturity, privacy, parenting and responsibility to name a few. “This program had a tremendous impact on the students of Weld Central High School,” said Brad Holly, Anadarko’s Senior Vice President of Rockies Operations. “We are delighted to help bring the arts to students as an example of our shared human experience and provide them a new vehicle for open communication about key issues. It also gave students, who may not otherwise have the opportunity, the chance to see Shakespeare as it was meant to be performed.” And if you’re still skeptical about what the arts and oil and natural gas industry have in common, here are just a few items made from oil and natural gas products found at the theatre:• Curtains• Costumes• Cosmetics• Props – Umbrellas, Tools, Luggage, Sports Equipment • Furniture• Film and Cameras• Paint and Ink• Cleaning Products And, don’t forget that white pickup in Romeo and Juliet in the parking lot.
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WWow, what a night! 775 guests, 45 corporate tables, numerous auction items, countless hours and sensational performances by Broadway’s own Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James made the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ 36th annual Saturday Night Alive an unforgettable celebration. Chaired by Claudia & Jim Miller and Lisa & Norm Franke, more than $877,000 was raised to benefit 84,000 students who participate in our Theatre Education programs.
Together, we create programs that directly impact academic success, stimulate business development and are inspirational to even the smallest of our citizens. Thank you for your tremendous support of Saturday Night Alive, the DCPA and, especially, tomorrow’s brightest stars!
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1. Jim Miller, Kelli O’Hara, Brian d’Arcy James, and Claudia Miller 2. Presenting sponsor Murray BMW of Denver displayed its i8 electric car on the red carpet. 3. Norm & Lisa Franke, Scott & Kerry Shiller, Claudia & Jim Miller, and Lyn & Michael Schaffer 4. Silver Sponsors Bob and Kathy Clark with their family 5. Ken Jones, Marti Holmes, Meredith Hutson, Mark Sexton, Angela Whitmore (front) Corporate Chairs Lisa & Norm Franke, Representative Mike Coffman (back) 6 & 11. Entertainers Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James met DCPA Education students who performed at dinner. 7. Gold Sponsor Always Best Care Senior Center was represented by owner Erin Nichols (seated on right) and her guests. 8. Michael Surd, General Sales Manager, Murray BMW of Denver 9. Kelly Kiefer and Lisa Daniel-Johnson 10. Terri Fisher and Terry Vitale. 12. William & Tricia Sullivan from Colorado State Bank & Trust (Silent Auction Sponsor)
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UPCOMING SHOWSSweet & Lucky Now – Jun 25
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Cult Following Jun 3 & 4
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The Improvised Shakespeare Company Jun 16 – 26
The Sound of Music Jun 21 – 26
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Diana Ross - In The Name of Love Tour Jul 19
Beautiful — The Carole King Musical Jul 19 – 31
The Phantom of the Opera Aug 25 – Sep 11
The Glass Menagerie Sep 9 – Oct 16
Roundabout Theatre Company’s Cabaret Sep 27 – Oct 9
Frankenstein Sep 30 – Oct 30
An Act of God Oct 8, 2016 – Mar 5, 2017
Jersey Boys Nov 9 - Nov 13
A Christmas Carol Nov 25 – Dec 24
The SantaLand Diaries Nov 25 – Dec 24
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Dec 6 – 11
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical Dec 16 - 18
Finding Neverland Dec 20 – Jan 1, 2017
Fun Home Jan 10 – 22, 2017
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More than 84,000 students are given the opportunity to pursue their dreams at the DCPA every year thanks to our generous donors. Their support helps the DCPA offer some of the best educational experiences to students statewide from all backgrounds, from on-site classes and performances to in-school workshops and competitions. Be a part of something unforgettable and make a gift in celebration of the end of the 2015/16 season.
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AA sold-out crowd of 650 beautifully bedecked women — and a few gents too — attended the DCPA’s 11th annual Women with Hattitude luncheon. Over a lovely meal by Epicurean Catering, guests enjoyed entertainment by Kevin Curtis (Sweeney Todd), Abby Noble (Bobby G Awards) and the cast of The Realish Housewives of Cherry Creek: A Parody. The most anticipated moment was the guest-nominated fashion show of the day’s best hats. More than $80,000 was raised to benefit the Women’s Voices Fund, a first-of-its-kind endowment to support the work of women in the theatre.
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1. From L to R: Edith Treadwell, Kristen Knutson Jansen, Cynthia Treadwell and Tamar Rosenfeld 2. First Lady of Denver Mary Louise Lee 3. Hattitude award winner Diana Vanderbuilt and her homemade swan hat 4. Lifetime DCPA Trustee Cleo Parker Robinson (c) with guests 5. DCPA President and CEO Scott Shiller, and Event Chair Jamie Angelich 6. Kevin Copenhaver DCPA Costume Crafts Director and guest Lannie Garrett
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“Our support of the Denver Center and its mission is because of elders like [Mrs. P] – who have passed on their passion for the arts to us.” — ERIN NICHOLS, OWNER
AAlways Best Care Senior Services has been proudly serving seniors and their families in the Front Range since 2007. It is one of the nation’s leading brands in non-medical home care, skilled services and assisted living placement. Throughout the years, Always Best Care has consistently committed to supporting the vibrant cultural environment created through the programs at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The arts and senior care often coincide at Always Best Care. “As one ages, it is vitally important to maintain a connection to the community and be culturally engaged. Unfortunately, the arts sometimes become less accessible as we age for a multitude of reasons — transportation, medical equipment, care needs, etc. During our comprehensive client assessment and care planning process, we get to know our clients and the things they enjoy. If the arts are one of those things, our Care Coordinators and Caregivers will move mountains to help them attend performances,” says Nancy Hemming, Director of Marketing at Always Best Care. Erin Nichols, Colorado master franchisee and owner of Always Best Care Denver West, smiles when she remembers how a former client influenced her decision to support the Denver arts community. “Mrs. P was known for her persistence and she insisted that I be exposed to opera. She would have our caregiver read the papers and mail announcements of upcoming opera productions to me. I attended my first opera, Carmen, with Mrs. P, and was hooked! What I also realized was how the arts can move someone from deep within — she couldn’t see a thing and certainly didn’t know Italian — but it didn’t matter. Our support of the Denver Center and its mission is because of elders like her — who have passed on their passion for the arts to us.” Customized outings and social engagements are just some of the many services that Always Best Care provides to seniors and their families. Whether it is helping elders engage through the Denver Center, a fishing trip, attending a lunch date, or more complex medical services, Always Best Care maintains a large staff of warm, professional, and highly trained Caregivers and nurses to service its client’s needs.
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DCPAScott Shiller .............................................................President/CEO Eve Gordon ..........................Executive Assistant to the CEO
BROADWAY & CABARETJohn Ekeberg ..........................Executive Director BroadwayAlicia Giersch ....................................................General ManagerAlyssa Chacon ............ Operations Business AdministratorAbel Becerra ................................. Technical Director, Cabaret
DEVELOPMENTDavid Zupancic ................................Director of Development Shawn Bayer ...................................................Associate DirectorChelley Canales ..................................Development AssociateMegan Fevurly ....................................Development AssociateMelissa Olson .......................................Development Assistant Marc Ravenhill ................................................Associate Director Valerie Taron ...................................................Associate Director
EDUCATIONAllison Watrous .......................................Director of EducationJessica Austgen ...............................................Teaching Artist &
Shakespeare CoordinatorStuart Barr .................................Education Technical DirectorClaudia Carson ........................................Bobby G Coordinator Leslie Channell ............................................ Education RegistrarPatrick Elkins-Zeglarski ...............................................Education
Curriculum ManagerLinda Eller .............................................................................LibrarianTim McCracken.....................................................Head of ActingJannett Matusiak ...........................................Business ManagerMichelle Patrick ..................Corporate Training CoordinatorDavid Saphier .............School Coordinator/Teaching ArtistRachel Taylor ........ .At-Risk Coordinator & Teaching Artist Chloe McCleod, Justin Walvoord, Robyn Yamada ................................................... Teaching Artists
FACILITIES & EVENT SERVICESClay Courter ....Vice President, Facilities & Event ServicesJames Babcock, Dwight Barela,Clint Flinchpaugh, Michael Kimbrough ............... Engineers Quentin Crump ..............................................Security SpecialistTom Duffin ....................................Manager, Event Technology Caitlin Glasgo ...............................................Events Coordinator Stori Heleen ................................Event Technology Specialist Jaymes Kimbrough .................Event Technology Specialist Clint King ........................................................Security SupervisorTerry Koch ..........................Director, Facilities ManagementJohn Lower .............................................................Chief EngineerBrian McClain ............................................ Custodial SupervisorTara Miller, Danielle Porter, Brittany Schoede ............................................Events ManagersBrook Nichols ...............................Director, Event Technology Alyssa Stock ...................................Assistant Project ManagerWill Stowe ....................................Event Technology SpecialistTara Wenger ...Facilities/Event Services Business Manager Dawn Williams ....................................Director, Event Services Juan Loya, Carmen Molina, Blanca Primero, Judith Primero, Angeles Reyes Soto, Francisco Trujillo ...........................................................Custodians
MARKETING & SALESJennifer Nealson .................................Chief Marketing Officer Heidi Bosk ........................ Senior PR & Promotions ManagerNathan Brunetti ..................................................Digital ManagerKim Conner ........................................................Graphic DesignerFlora Jane DiRienzo ..............Director of Strategic ProjectsBrenda Elliott .....................................Senior Graphic DesignerBrianna Firestone ...................................Director of MarketingSimone Gordon ..................................................Project ManagerHope Grandon .........................................PR & Events ManagerJeff Hovorka ............................ Director of Sales & MarketingJennifer Kemps .......................................Group Sales ManagerEmily Kent .....................................................Marketing ManagerDavid Lenk.............................................................Video Producer
Emily Lozow ..........................................Marketing CoordinatorAdam Lundeen..................................... Website AdministratorKyle Malone ...................................................................Art DirectorCarolyn Michaels ..........................................................CopywriterJohn Moore ...............................................Senior Arts JournalistAdam Obendorf ..........................................Senior Art DirectorBeth Osolin .....................Group Sales Business CoordinatorAllison Barber Pasternak .... Executive Assistant to the CMOJoseph Schurwonn......................................... Financial AnalystJill Schwager ..............Education Group Sales CoordinatorRob Silk ................................................................ Creative DirectorSuzanne Yoe ..........................Director of Marketing Services
& Cultural AffairsTHEATRE SERVICES Carol Krueger .................................Theatre Services ManagerAdam Alberti, Ethan Aumann, Nora Caley, Hadley Kamminga-Peck, LeiLani Lynch, Gregory Melton, Douglas Murphey, Joyce Murphey, Margaret Ohlander, Dylan Phibbs, Valerie Schaefer, Mica Ward ....................Theatre Company House ManagersTICKETING SERVICESJennifer Lopez ........................Director of Ticketing ServicesKirk Petersen ..........................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing
Services – Patron RelationsDavid Smith ............................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing
Services – Subscription ServicesJessica Bergin, Katie Clow-Pollard, Tristan Jungferman ..................................Box Office ManagersBilly Dutton .............................................VIP Ticketing ManagerMicah White .............................................Subscription ManagerMalcolm Brown, Kevin Dykstra, Elisabeth Link, Molly Dougherty, Edmund Gurule .....................Show LeadsKirsten Anderson, Rebecca Hibbert, Scott Lix, Gregory Swan .......................Subscription AgentsMaggie Blumer, Ashley Brown, Austin Lee Brown, Rena Bugg, D.J. Dennis, Nicole Giordano, Jennifer Gray, Roger Haak, Noah Jungferman, Megan Kelly, Alia Kempton, Daniel Lindsey, Brett Martinez, Shane Rodriguez, Hayley Solano, J.P. Velez, Tomas Waples ....................................Ticket Agents
SHARED SERVICESVicky Miles ...............................................Chief Financial OfficerJennifer Jeffrey ..................................Senior Financial AnalystACCOUNTINGJennifer Siemers ..................................Director of AccountingSara Brandenburg, Michaele Davidson ....................................Senior AccountantsGeorgette Maddox ..........................................Payroll SpecialistKim Stewart .......................................................Staff AccountantHUMAN RESOURCESRegina Matthews ........................Director Human ResourcesBrian Carter ..................................Human Resources ManagerDonald Gabenski ............................................................ReceptionJamie Hawkins .....................................................HR Coordinator Monica Robles ...........................................Mailroom SupervisorINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYChris Calenzo ..................................................Help Desk AnalystJayson Cowley......................................Network AdministratorJim Hipp ................................................Associate Director of ITChristopher Hoge ......................VoIP/System AdministratorBobby Jiminez ........................ Senior Audienceview AnalystJohn H. Voorheis ...........................Manager of Infrastructure
THEATRE COMPANY Kent Thompson .......................... Producing Artistic Director ADMINISTRATIONCharles Varin ..................................................Managing DirectorRyan Meisheid ..........................Associate Managing DirectorAllison Taylor .................................................Company ManagerKerri Mirtsching ................................... Business Administrator Alie Quistberg ..........................Assistant Company Manager ARTISTICDouglas Langworthy ...........Literary Manager/DramaturgChad Henry ......................................................Literary Associate
Emily Tarquin ..................................................Artistic Associate/New Play Coordinator
Grady Soapes .............................................Artistic CoordinatorEli Carpenter ........................................................... Artistic InternsPRODUCTIONJeff Gifford ..............................................Director of ProductionMelissa Cashion ...................Associate Production ManagerJulie Brou ..................Production & Artistic Office ManagerScenic DesignLisa M. Orzolek ...............................Director of Scenic DesignMatthew Plamp, Nicholas Renaud..............................Scenic Design AssistantsLighting DesignCharles R. MacLeod ..................................Director of LightingLily Bradford ....................................Lighting Design AssistantReid Tennis .............................................. Production ElectricianMultimediaCharlie I. Miller...................... Resident Multimedia SpecialistTopher Blair ...........................Multimedia Assistant/OperatorSound DesignCraig Breitenbach ..........................................Director of SoundTyler Nelson ......................................................... Sound DesignerAlex Billman, Frank Haas .............................Sound OperatorsStage ManagementChristopher C. Ewing ...............Production Stage ManagerMatthew Campbell, Rachel Ducat, Aja M. Jackson, Kurt Van Raden ................Stage ManagersD. Lynn Reiland ........................................Production AssistantScene ShopEric Rouse .........................................................Technical DirectorRobert L. Orzolek ....................Associate Technical DirectorJosh Prues ................................... Assistant Technical DirectorAlbert “Stub” Allison, Louis Fernandez III .........................................Lead TechniciansJustin Hicks, Brian “Marco” Markiewicz, Keli Sequoia, Mike Van Aartsen.............Scenic TechniciansProp ShopRobin Lu Payne ............................................Properties DirectorEileen S. Garcia ........................Assistant Properties DirectorJamie Stewart Curl, David Hoth, Georgina Kayes, Katie Webster .........................................................Props ArtisansPaint ShopJana L. Mitchell ..........................................Charge Scenic ArtistMelanie Rentschler .......................................Lead Scenic ArtistCostume ShopJanet S. MacLeod .........................................Costume Director/
Costume Design AssociateMeghan Anderson Doyle .......Costume Design AssociateCarolyn Plemitscher, Louise Powers, Jackie Scott ...........................................................................DrapersCathie Gagnon ................................................................First HandSheila P. Morris...........................................................................TailorKelly Jones ............................................................................. StitchersCostume CraftsKevin Copenhaver ...........................Costume Crafts DirectorWigsDiana Ben-Kiki ..............................................................Wig MasterHouse CrewDoug Taylor* .........................................Supervising StagehandMariah Becerra*, Jim Berman*, Jennifer Guethlein*, Stephen D. Mazzeno*, Miles Stasica*, Tyler Stauffer, Matt Wagner* (*IATSE Local 7 Stagehands) ............................... StagehandsWardrobeBrenda Lawson .......................................Director of WardrobeMaria Y. Davis, Taylor Malott ...........................Wig AssistantsRobin Appleton, Amber Donner, Anthony Mattivi, Tim Nelson, Lisa Parsons, Alan Richards ............... Dressers
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Two of our main driving principles at Abend Gallery and Gallery 1261 are collaboration and the power of art to support charitable endeavors as well as other artistic disciplines. That’s why Abend Gallery partners with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) annually for Saturday Night Alive. Numerous works by gallery artists are donated to the Saturday Night Alive auction and valued at more than $20,000 a year. There are many other ways in which this practice manifests in our galleries’ programs. In terms of collaboration, last year Abend launched a series of guest-curated exhibitions. In the past we have partnered locally with curator Ivar Zeile and Plus Gallery for a pop-up exhibition in our space, as well as Mark Sink who guest-curated an exhibition at Abend as part of his Month of Photography, a biennial celebration of fine art photography with hundreds of events throughout Denver and the region, taking place in March and April. At Abend we believe in art in all of its forms. As such, we aim to break boundaries and explore the intersections of fine art and other disciplines such as tattooing, illustration and digital media. Currently on view is Nexus, guest curated in collaboration with artist David Gluck, an exhibition that examines the convergence of tattooing and painting. The works in the show are all paintings by fine artists who have been influenced by tattoo culture and the imagery intrinsic to that culture, by tattoo artists who wield paintbrushes, and by several individuals who have successfully made a dual career out of both painting and tattooing.
We also partner with local charities, such as Project Angel Heart and the Central Visitation Program. In the past Abend Gallery has hosted Art for Life, a one-night auction featuring more than 100 artists donating over 100 works for auction that benefit Project Angel Heart, an outstanding charity dedicated to providing meals to individuals coping with life-threatening illness. Many of our artists from Abend and Gallery 1261 participated by donating works as well as performing live demonstrations during the event. Even though 2015 was the final year for Art for Life, we look forward to working with Project Angel Heart on future charitable partnerships. For more than 10 years, Gallery 1261 has hosted a silent auction benefit for the Central Visitation Program (CVP). The CVP is “a low fee supervised visitation program that provides a safe and comfortable environment in which children and non-residential parents may visit.” We donate our space each year as well as a portion of the proceeds from any art sale during the event. The annual event at the gallery has typically provided more than 10% of CVP budget each year. This year the fundraiser will take place on November 6. Visit CVPDenver.org for more information. We are proud of our continued partnership with the DCPA, support of local charities and promoting the arts community of Denver.
Two of our main driving principles at Abend Gallery and Gallery 1261 are collaboration and the power of art to support charitable endeavors as well as other artistic disciplines.
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2 Guy falls in love with an immigrant from ___6 She sings the title song, Beauty and the
Beast (two words)7 Name of Gaston’s faithful sidekick8 City where once is set12 ___ and Hammerstein13 Popular TV show, and where the Beast
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6 She sings the title song, Beauty and the Beast (two words)
7 Name of Gaston’s faithful sidekick
8 City where Once is set
12 ____ and Hammerstein
13 Popular TV show, and where the Beast keeps the enchanted rose (two words)
15 the Once lovers are known only as Guy and ____
17 Once lyric: ‘Tear your curtains down, for sunlight is like ____
18 Country where The Sound of Music is set
20 ‘The hills’ are actually a large mountain range called The ____
21 How fast are the lovers ‘falling’ in Once?
DOWN1 Maria’s post-convent profession
2 Disney’s Beauty and the Beast won the Tony Award© in this category
3 She punishes the prince and places a spell on the castle
4 The Once adult cast members all play at least one ____
5 Number of Von Trapp children
6 How do you solve a problem like ____
9 The magic item the Beast gives to Belle when she leaves the castle
10 ‘Raindrops on roses and ____ on kittens’
11 Color of Belle’s dress in the ballroom scene
14 We last saw actor Ashley Brown in Denver as Mary ____
16 What Marta wants for her birthday. It’s pink.
19 Last name of music superstar who asked the Once film leads to open for him on part of his world tour
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