What a thrill to be back at the historic Crighton and working in “A Real Live Theatre.” For many decades the Crighton Theatre has given professional quality entertainment to thousands of residents in Conroe and many of the surrounding areas. The beauty, charm, and history of this architectural master-piece are truly inspiring.

It is a privilege for me to be directing my first show for STAGE RIGHT. The Board of Trust-ees has been totally supportive of everything that I have requested in order to produce an uproariously funny, fast paced, madcap comedy for your enjoyment.

I would like to thank STAGE RIGHT, the Crighton Theatre, the cast and crew for their hard work and trust in me to make this production come alive.

Live theatre has always been my great-est passion because we touch each oth-ers lives through our God given talents.

Last but certainly not least I would like to thank YOU, the audience, for coming out to support STAGE RIGHT and their en-deavors to keep the Crighton Theatre ac-tively producing live theatre for many de-cades to come.

Sincere regards,Manny Cafeo

Board of Trustees

Mike Goode Molly Goode Greg Kelly Katt Gilcrease Thomas Lockhart Jr. Amy Sowers Carolyn Corsano Wong Steven Wong

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Director’s Corner

Lend Me a Tenor

Director .....................................Manny CafeoAssistant Director ............... Gerald LivingstonProducer .................................... Mike GoodeTechnical Director .....................Jim BinghamStage Manager ............................Molly GoodeSet Design .................................... Greg KellySet Dresser .................Susan Burge GilcreaseSound Design .........................Mike AndersonSound Engineer ......................... Nick BarfieldLight Design ..........................Roger OrmistonLight Engineer ...........................Steven WongCostumes & Props ..................Cast and CrewHead of Concessions/House .... Sarah RobertsDialect Coach ....................... Courtney Young

In order of appearance

Max Garber ..............................................Mike AndersonMaggie Saunders .........................................Giny MendezHenry Saunders ...................................Wayne KrennerichTito Merelli ..............................................Harold E. WoodMaria Merelli ....................................Catherine AndersonBellhop ....................................................Tommy HunterDiana Bateman .............................................Amy SowersJulia Leverette ..............................Carolyn Corsano Wong

There will be a 15 minute intermission between acts.Food & Drink only in the lobby, Please!

Crew

TIME & PLACEThe action takes place in a hotel suite in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934

Act I, Sc. 1, Early afternoon on a Saturday in SeptemberSc. 2, Four hours later

Act II, Sc. 1, That night, about 11 o’clockSc. 2, Fifteen minutes later

CATHERINE ANDERSON (Maria Merelli) Ms. Ander-son’s most recent appearances on the Crighton stage were in Vaudeville (Finally) Comes to the Crighton, and as Melissa in Love Letters. Some other favorite roles: for the Players- Stella in A Streetcar Named De-sire, Lurlene in Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got the Will?, Sis-ter Margaretta in The Sound of Music, and Princess deLong in The Unsinkable Molly Brown; elsewhere- Truvy in Steel Magnolias, Evelyn in Everything in the Garden, and numerous musicals, as actor, director, and choreographer. Catherine is a private piano & vo-cal instructor and sings with her gospel trio “One Ac-cord” and Big Band/jazz band “Cathy’s Conservatory IV.” Thanks and love to Carolyn, Steven, and Manny for all the laughs and for letting me play!

MIKE ANDERSON (Max Garber) Mike is privileged to be making his debut at the Crighton. He just finished playing Leo Bloom at Playhouse 1960 in The Produc-ers. Leo Bloom was on Mike’s “bucket list” ever since he saw Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane play it on Broadway. Mike has been a Personal Assistant to the owner of DTA and Associates and enjoys his work very much in Community, Regional, and Professional The-atre. Roles like Emile in South Pacific, Jinx in Forever Plaid, Curly in Oklahoma!, Jerry in The Full Monty, and several other opportunities. Mike has a degree in Music and Associates Degree in Theatre Arts. Mike studied voice at North Carolina School of Performing Arts with Paula Sugine. Mike has lots of hopeful au-ditions coming up but has certainly enjoyed working at the Crighton and Playhouse 1960. Mike has two daughters…Chelsea and Katelyn who are following Mike’s passion in the theatre.

TOMMY HUNTER (Bellhop) started performing on stage at the age of 7 in the musical Annie Get Your Gun and has performed professionally in the musical revue The Texas Chainsaw Manicurist at Stages Rep-ertory Theatre in Houston, TX. A few of his community theatre credits include Ned Harris in Deadwood Dick, Scrooge No. 1 in Uh Oh, Here Comes Christmas both at Theater Suburbia in Houston and most recently in the STAGE RIGHT production of Vaudeville (Finally) Comes to the Crighton. Tommy says, “As long as my wife is amenable to the rehearsal schedule and I am cast, I will gladly perform with the STAGE RIGHT organization here at the historic Crighton Theatre. I am very grateful to once again be sharing the stage with the outstanding local talent here in Montgomery County and to finally have the opportunity to work with Manny Cafeo. This show has been a blast to rehearse and I hope everyone is ready to have a great time as this is one of the funniest plays I have had the plea-sure to perform in, enjoy the show!”

WAYNE KRENNERICH (Henry Saunders) is excited to be performing at the Crighton Theater for the first time and in his first non-musical role. Wayne has been a regular at Playhouse 1960 since 1996. His favorite

roles have been Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Captain Von Trapp in Sound of Music and Rev. Moore in Footloose. He has served as President and is cur-rently on the Board of Directors for PH1960 and has been co-director and vocal coach for several of the teen summer shows. He has been thrilled to share the stage with his daughters Emily, Laura and Sarah in various productions. Wayne would like to thank his wife Jan for graciously allowing him to take time away from family responsibilities so that he can be a part of this production. He would like to ask that everyone at-tending this performance consider supporting the arts either as a volunteer or through monetary donations. The future of non-profit community arts programs rests upon the contributions of the entire community.

GINY MENDEZ (Maggie Saunders) is a Soprano and Studio Bella Voce Associate. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Sam Houston State University and is a certified Music Therapist. As a singer, Ms. Mendez performs in a variety of genres, including recitals, op-era, and choral music. She is a frequent performer in the music theatre community with recent appearances with the Woodlands Repertory Theatre. Her last role on the Crighton stage was in The Diary of Anne Frank.

AMY SOWERS (Diana Bateman) has performed in many productions over the past fifteen years. Favor-ite roles include Honey Raye in Christmas Belles and Southern Hospitality, Elaine in The Miss Firecracker Contest, Mary in How the Other Half Loves, Pamela in The Uninvited, and Marmee in Little Women. She has performed as narrator for the Conroe Symphony. Amy has been cast in an Internet series, Sessions with 5films.com. Amy recently appeared in the film Renaissance of Death! She feels blessed to perform in this wonderful theatre with such a talented cast and crew.

CAROLYN CORSANO WONG (Julia Leverette)is pleased to be making a quick return to the Crigh-ton stage having been last seen as the bungling time traveling ghost in Mrs Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge. This role is another in a long line of daffy dames she has played including Martha Brewster in Arsenic & Old Lace (Players & ACE), Dotty Otley in Noises Off (Quad C Theatre), and Geneva Musgrave in Christmas Belles and Southern Hospitality (Stage Right). She hopes you enjoy this batch of lemonade that we have created from the lemons that COLE pre-sented us with. Carolyn is a board member of the Montgomery Pet Partners and works with her therapy dog Harley. She is a founder of STAGE RIGHT, the VP of Artistic Staff, wife to husband Steve and Mom to Michael. This one’s for Glen.

HAROLD E. WOOD, JR. (Tito Merelli) - Woody (as he is called) is originally from Virginia but has been in Tex-as for the past 13 years. This is Woody’s second ap-pearance with STAGE RIGHT. He appeared in STAGE

Cast and Crew Biographies

RIGHT’s Vaudeville (Finally) Comes to the Crighton! last fall. His most recent work was with Ace Theatre’s The Man Who Saved Christmas. Woody sings each summer with the internationally acclaimed Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Houston and he performed in Pi-rates of Penzance last July. When he is not on stage, Woody’s real life gig is as a civil/structural designer in the oil & gas field.

StaffMANNY CAFEO (Director) One of Manny’s favorite roles was Max in Lend Me a Tenor, which he did at the Crighton Theatre many years ago. He just finished the role of Max in another show – The Producers. Manny is a seasoned actor and singer as well as a superb director. Most recently he directed Who Dunnit at Playhouse 1960. Other directorial achievements in-clude Beauty and the Beast, Annie, Jekyll & Hyde, Les Miserables, Sound of Music, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, Mame, 42nd Street, and Chicago to mention a few. Manny’s versatile show business skills and talent were developed at Mt. San Antonio Junior College, Califor-nia State University at Fullerton, and Theatre of Arts, Hollywood, California. At the same time, to gain ex-perience and hone skills and talent, Manny performed in Summer Stock & Touring Companies. Manny also has performed Stand-up Comedy the College Circuits. The following list of acting accomplishments repre-sents a small sampling of Manny’s theatre experience: Manny appeared in productions of Guys and Dolls (Nathan Detroit), The Fantastics (Matt), Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye), Man of La Mancha (Don Quixote), King and I (Lun Tha), Rumors (Lenny), Second Time Around (Michael Curtis), and The Glass Menagerie (Tom). In the past, Manny has served on the Board of Directors for Star Makers of the Northwest, Stars Incorporated, and Playhouse 1960. Manny and his wife Tina reside in Spring, TX.

JAMES BINGHAM (Technical Director) has been Ex-ecutive Director of The Crighton Theatre Foundation for the past 19 years. Jim was last seen on the Crig-hotn stage as Buck in Southern Hospitality and as the Commander in South Pacific. His most notable role here was as Oscar in The Odd Couple. Jim has been involved with theatre for over 35 years in shows rang-ing from Aida to 1776. Welcome to the Crighton!

MIKE GOODE (Producer) Mike has occasionally per-formed on stage and has helped with concessions, lights, props, curtains, ringing the gong and most re-cently as a kid wrangler backstage during Cheaper by the Dozen. For Vaudeville (Finally) Comes to the Crighton, Mike worked lights and was Assistant Direc-tor for Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge.

MOLLY GOODE (Stage Manager) Molly has handled back stage duties at the Crighton Theatre ranging from kid wrangling to assistant stage manager and most recently as stage manager for The Buddy Holly Story, Christmas Belle, and Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge. Molly is renowned for making sure

that no cast or crew was ever hungry during the mak-ing of any production she is involved in.

GREG KELLY (Set Design) Greg is a founder of STAGE RIGHT and has served as technical direc-tor and set designer for Christmas Belles and Love Letters. Greg’s experiences also include several on-stage roles, serving as a musical director on several occasions, and many times working the backstage prior to, and during plays, musicals and concerts. He is a mathematics teacher at Moorehead Junior High in Conroe and serves as the Minister of Music at the River Pointe Baptist Church, also in Conroe.

GERALD LIVINGSTON (Assistant Director) is no stranger to the Crighton having played many roles in plays and musicals. Some of his previous shows include My Fair Lady, Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will (Players), and Vaudeville (Finally) Comes to the Crighton with STAGE RIGHT. He is a recently retired Chemical Engineer. Gerald is grateful to his wife for first encouraging him to audition and for putting up with the practice. The Crighton Theatre deserves our best.

ROGER ORMISTON (Lighting Design) has been in-volved with theatre for over 35 years. Performed on-stage in numerous productions as well as nearly every backstage role. He served on the Players board of directors three times, once as Secretary and once as President. He created the Players web site and was their first webmaster. Currently involved with lighting design, setup and programming for both the Crighton and the Owen theatres.

SARAH ROBERTS (Front of House) is one of the smiling faces that greet you in the lobby of the Crigh-ton Theatre. She has worked the front of house and backstage in many capacities, especially when her daughters, Amanda and Susan are onstage.

SUSAN BURGE GILCREASE (Set Dresser) Susan is one of those folks that can always be depended upon to help with whatever needs doing. She is wife to STAGE RIGHT board member Katt, and an Agri-culture, English and Theatre teacher at Lynn Lucas Middle School in Willis.

STEVEN WONG (Lights) started his “career” on the stage 35 years ago as a drapery consultant. Since then he has taken on backstage roles (co-founder of STAGE RIGHT, President, stage manager, sound edi-tor, graphics design, props, whatever) to avoid the role of a theatre widower.

Carolyn Corsano Wong

Catherine Anderson

Gerald Livingston

GinyMendez

Harold E. Wood

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MikeGoode

NickBarfield

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WayneKrennerich

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2009-2010 SeasonVaudeville (Finally) Comes to the Crighton!For the 75th birthday bash for the Crighton Theatre STAGE RIGHT will do what has never been done before at the Crighton - a vaudeville show! Singing, comedy acts, mag-ic, and more! Sept. 11-27, 2009

Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Bingeby Christopher DurangA farcical send-up of the perennial Dickens Christmas clas-sic with jabs at other Christmas classics. If you’re looking for Scrooge’s redemption - look elsewhere. If you just want a good laugh, then join us! Dec.4-19, 2009

Lend Me A Tenorby Ken LudwigA screwball comedy about mistaken identity, celeb-rity worship, and the dangers of too much Chianti!

Feb. 19- March 7, 2010

Dearly Belovedby Jones, Hope, WootenThe first in the trilogy that started it all! The Futrelle sisters are throwing a wedding – Fayro style! Some-one should tell the bride and groom. Apr. 16-May 2, 2010

Annieby Meehan, Strouse & CharninLeapin’ Lizards! The popular comic strip her-oine takes centerstage in one of the world’s best-loved musicals.July 23-August 8, 2010

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