BOOK & LYRICS BY PSALMAYENE 24

HIP HOP BEATS BY NICK HERNANDEZ

DIRECTION BY JUSTIN ANDERSON

MUSIC DIRECTION BY ANN-CAROL PENCE

CHOREOGRAPHY BY JENISE COOK

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Aurora Theatre Learning Library presents CINDERELLA: THE REMIX

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C A S TCinderella .............................................................................................JASMINE GRACE THOMASBad Ma'amajama/Hoperah ..............................................................................CANDY MCLELLANJ Prince/Attorney .................................................................................... RUSSELL E. ALEXANDERChin Chilla/News Reporter ............................................................................MORGANNE EVANSChocolate Ice/Mo' Money .............................................................................. DAISEAN GARRETTChin Chilla/News Reporter u/s ...............................................................................MEG HARKINS

P R O D U C T I O N S TA F FAssociate Artistic Director/Director ...............................................................JUSTIN ANDERSONAssociate Producer/Co-Founder/Music Director .........................................ANN-CAROL PENCEProducing Artistic Director/Co-Founder ............................................. ANTHONY P. RODRIGUEZChoreographer ........................................................................................................JENISE COOKStage Manager ................................................................................................. VALERIE MEDOFFTour Stage Manager/Sound Assistant ......................................................................... ANNA LEETour Manager ..............................................................................................CAROLINE CALDWELLScenic & Costume Design ...................................................... ISABEL & MORIAH CURLEY-CLAY**Sound Design ...................................................................................................... THOM JENKINSLighting Design.................................................................................................... KEVIN FRAZIERProperties Design ............................................................................................... KAITLIN KIMSEYAssistant Choreographer/Assistant Stage Manager/Sound Board Operator .....SARAH ELAINEDirecting Assistant/Running Crew .........................................................................MEG HARKINSSound Board Operator .............................................................................. JASMINE RENEE ELLISCompany Manager ................................................................................................. KATIE PELKEYProduction Manager ................................................................................................DANIEL POPETechnical Director ............................................................................................. ANDREW O'NEALScenic Painter ................................................................................................... SARAH THOMSONAssistant Lighting Designer/Tour Technical Director ...............................................CODY EVINS

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Welcome to Aurora Theatre, Gwinnett County’s only professional theatre. We work hard to make sure our shows reflect the community we serve and help connect the classroom to the stage. We love that Cinderella: The Remix is based off of a popular children's story, so that students may read or watch different versions before they come to the theatre and then compare and contrast.

Producing educational theatre is only the tip of the iceberg of what we do at Aurora. We continue to add new programs alongside our traditional classes: Drama Beach, Pizza & Punchlines and the Jingle Bell Rock Workshop. We are also offering more opportunities for children to perform with our annual holiday production and our summer musical.

Additionally, we have a profound commitment to making the theatre a welcom-ing place for all. With that in mind, will have a Sensory Friendly performance on Sat, February 10th at 11:30am. This is an Autism-Friendly Performance designed and intended for families with children on the autism spectrum or

who have other sensory issues. Tickets are available on our website or through our Box Office.

Finally, if you have not received a study guide, please make sure to let us know. If you would like additional educational opportunities, Aurora Theatre is here to help. We thank each of you for coming and we encourage you to spread the word that world class entertainment is right in your backyard!

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BOOK & LYRICS BY PSALMAYENE 24

HIP HOP BEATS BY NICK HERNANDEZ

DIRECTION BY JUSTIN ANDERSON

MUSIC DIRECTION BY ANN-CAROL PENCE

CHOREOGRAPHY BY JENISE COOK

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Aurora Theatre Learning Library presents CINDERELLA: THE REMIXC A S T B I O G R A P H I E S

JASMINE GRACE THOMAS (Cinderella) is excited to be making her Aurora Theatre debut! She graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Theatre and was a member of Horizon Theatre’s 2015-2016 Apprentice Company. She was most recently seen in Beautiful Blackbird (Alliance Theatre), Macbeth (Serenbe Playhouse), The Pretty Girl Basket Toss, Space Girl, Dangerous Women (The Weird Sisters Theatre Project) and Le Petit Prince (Theatre du Reve). Much love to

Mom, Dad, Jade, and Coco for their everlasting love and support.

CANDY MCLELLAN (Bad Ma'amajama/Hoperah) is a graduate of the University of West Georgia (BA Theatre) and a recent alumnus of Aurora’s AppCo17. Most recent credits include: Aurora and Theatrical Outfit's co-production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as well as Aurora's In the Heights, Singles in Agriculture (understudy), Christmas Canteen, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Sweep and The Bridges of Madison County (understudy). Up next look for Candy in the ensemble

of Aurora's Mamma Mia! She would like to thank her family and friends for all their love and support but especially her parents and number one fans, Sheila and Nathaniel.

RUSSELL E. ALEXANDER II (J Prince/Attorney) is an actor, singer, & director from Selma, AL, and thrilled to be a member of Aurora Theatre's AppCo18. He recently graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a BA in Theatre Performance. While at UAB, Russell performed in productions including Bat Boy: The Musical (Bat Boy), Avenue Q (Nicky), & Stupid F***ing Bird (Con), for which he received the national award for “Best Actor in a Mainstage” from the Kennedy

Center. Russell’s professional credits include, The Wiz (Scarecrow) at Birmingham’s Red Mountain Theatre, A Chorus Line (Richie) at Ohio’s Huron Playhouse, & Occupants (La Chi Chi) at the Kennedy Center’s 2016 National Playwright’s Workshop.

MORGANNE EVANS (Chin Chilla/News Reporter) is delighted to be returning to the Aurora stage! A proud member of AppCo18, Morganne holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Central Florida, where she concentrated in theatre and sociology. Previous Aurora credits include Reindeer Games, Goosebumps: The Musical, and the Musicals by Moonlight performance of In the Heights. When she is not in the Atlanta area, Morganne can be found perform-

ing at Universal Orlando in the Sing It! show. She would like to thank her family and friends, as well as her boyfriend, Dylan, for their constant love and support. She sends all of her love to Kingston.

DAISEAN GARRETT (Chocolate Ice/Mo'Money) is a recent graduate of the University of Alabama Birmingham, where he received his BA in Theatre. He is very thrilled to be a part of AppCo18. Daisean’s truest passion is performance and his most recent credits include Aurora's Christmas Canteen, Aurora and Theatrical Outfit's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Additional: King/Conceited Man in The Little Prince, Major Magnus in The Real Inspector Hound, and Mr. Kirby in You Can’t

Take It with You. He sends thanks to his loving support system especially his mom!

P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F B I O G R A P H I E S

PSALMAYENE 24 (Playwright), A.K.A. Gregory Morrison, is an award-winning play-wright, director, and actor. With the premiere of Cinderella: The Remix at Imagination Stage in April 2014, Psalm (as his colleagues call him) completed his critically acclaimed Hip-Hop Children's Trilogy that explores the past, present, and future of hip-hop cul-ture. Also having premiered at Imagination Stage, the other two plays of the trilogy are Zomo The Rabbit: A Hip-Hop Creation Myth and P.Nokio: A Hip-Hop Musical. Among other awards, the plays of the trilogy have earned two $25,000 development grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Walt Disney Corporation grant, and a Helen Hayes Award nomination. Psalm’s musical “remix” of Romeo and Juliet, The Most Excellent (and Busted) Battle, received a workshop and reading at Playwrights Horizons in April 2014. His play, Dream of the Disenfranchised Black Man, received a workshop and reading at Theater Alliance in May 2014. He has received commissions from Arena Stage, Imagination Stage, and the African Continuum Theater Company. His play Journey to the Door of No Return… has received workshops and readings at Arena Stage and Penumbra Theater and was selected to be a part of the Black Women Playwrights’ Group’s Cyber Narrative Project in partnership with M.I.T. and George Mason University. Psalm’s one man play, Free Jujube Brown!, is recognized as a seminal work in Hip Hop Theater and is published in the first Hip-Hop Theater anthology, Plays from the Boom-Box Galaxy: Theater from the Hip-Hop Generation (TCG). Psalm is the recipient of a 2012 Individual Artist Award in Playwriting from the Maryland State Arts Council, and has also received grants from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and the Boomerang Fund for Artists Inc. As an actor, Psalm has appeared on HBO’s critically acclaimed series “The Wire” and is a member of Actor’s Equity Association. In 2014, Psalm traveled to India to devise theater with Arena Stage’s Voices of Now program. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

NICK HERNANDEZ (Composer/Lyricist) is Growing up in the Mid-Atlantic during the 90s meant Underground Hip-hop, Bmore Club Music, and Old Bay Seasoning. Beneath the sped-up drum breaks, Nick Tha 1Da began training in various Beat Battles/Showcases while simultaneously searching for the sampled originals to his favorite Hip-hop classics. When the number of records collected surpassed victories, he decided to work exclusively with the Dr.Sample SP- 303 & Crates from around the World. Nick's Debut release was K-Hill - Da Instigator, followed by Tha 1da Years. Additionally, he created, produced, and arranged production for the acclaimed Loop Diggin 101, The Peter Rosenberg Show, Loose Change 9/11 directed by Dylan Avery, and Hip-Hop Theater Festival Productions Zomo the Rabbit: A Hip-hop Creation Myth, Paige in Full & The Undergrounduates.

JUSTIN ANDERSON (Associate Artistic Director/Director) has served as Aurora Theatre's Associate Artistic Director since 2014. His directorial work has earned Ten Suzi Bass Award Nominations for Outstanding Direction (Winner for The Bridges of Madison County and Les Misérables at Aurora Theatre, in 2017 and 2013 respectively). He is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Theatre and Performance

S P E C I A L T H A N K Sto those who have made very special contributions to our production:

Letha Kelly • Megan Rose-Houchins & Central Gwinnett High School

MEG HARKINS (Chin Chilla/News Reporter u/s) is a recent graduate from Kennesaw State University, where she received a B.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies and a B.S. in Communication. A proud mem-ber of AppCo18, Meg made her Aurora Theatre debut in Goosebumps the Musical (Tina Powell) and Reindeer Games (Featured Performer). Some of her previous credits include: Betty in The Threepenny Opera (7 Stages), Louisa in The Fantasticks (Act3 Productions), and Musician/

Storyteller in Stories From Planet Earth (Atlanta Fringe Festival).

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Aurora Theatre Learning Library presents CINDERELLA: THE REMIXStudies at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia where he directs and teaches courses in acting and musical theatre. He holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Campbell University and an M.A. in Theatre Studies from Regent University, with ad-ditional course study at Rutgers. For a complete list of directing credits and for infor-mation about upcoming projects, please visit www.justinandersononline.com

ANN-CAROL PENCE (Associate Producer/Co-Founder/ Music Director) arranged the music for Aurora’s first Christmas Canteen in 1996 and was hired full-time in September of 1998 as Resident Musical Director. An education major at James Madison University, she used her background to develop Learning Library (or L2). As a musician, she created Aurora’s Musicals by Moonlight, and Aurora’s New Musical Initiative. She has performed as pianist and/or music director both nationally (Goodspeed Opera House, Pasadena Playhouse, The Cleveland Playhouse, The Kennedy Center) and locally (The Alliance, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, The Horizon). As a proud citizen of Gwinnett, Ann-Carol is most proud of Aurora Theatre winning the first ever Pinnacle Award for Large Non-Profit. This goes well with her 4 Suzi Awards for Outstanding Music Direction for Mary Poppins and Les Misérables, Aurora’s world premiere of Clyde ’n Bonnie: A Folktale, and A Catered Affair and her multiple nominations for In the Heights, Memphis, A Year with Frog & Toad, Annie Get Your Gun, Godspell, Singin’ in the Rain and A Chorus Line. She was a proud participant in the 2016 Atlanta Regional Leadership Institute and member of the “Best Class Ever!”

JENISE COOK (Choreographer) hails from Detroit, MI. She attended Michigan State University earning a BFA in Theatre and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies in the Social Sciences. Jenise was a part of Aurora's AppCo17 where she was seen in In the Heights (Swing), Women in Jeopardy (Jo understudy), and The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Baby Goat). She also served as an Assistant Choreographer for various shows. She can now be seen performing, choreographing, teaching, and puppeteering around the Atlanta area.

VALERIE MEDOFF (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be stage managing Cinderella: The Remix, her sixth production as AppCo18’s Stage Management Apprentice. She recent-ly graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA in Theatre and Communication. Valerie’s favorite credits include Maytag Virgin (ASM), Christmas Canteen (ASM), Abigail/1702 (ASM), Goosebumps (ASM), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2nd ASM), Spark (SM), The Waiting Room (SM), Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters’ First 100 Years (ASM), and The Music Man (ASM). She would like to thank Aurora for this amaz-ing opportunity and her family and friends for their endless support.

CAROLINE GRACE CALDWELL (Tour Manager) is a UGA graduate (Go Dawgs!) and a proud Aurora Apprenticeship Alumni! Previous Aurora credits include Grace for President, Women In Jeopardy!, Christmas Canteen 2016, The Mountaintop, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Bridges of Madison County, Split In Three, Goosebumps The Musical and Aurora and Theatrical Outfit's co-productions of In The Heights and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

ANNA LEE (Tour Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of Kennesaw State University with a B.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies and is thrilled to be working with the Aurora. Recently she has been Stage Manager for A Man of No Importance (KSU), Youth Players and Junior Players (Alliance Theatre Education), Fish Eye (Aurora AppCo Alumni Series), and Julius Caesar and Antigone (Impulse Repertory Co.). Upcoming: Feathers and Teeth (KSU, Sound Designer). Big thanks to her parents, David, all of the Katies she knows, and the audience for supporting live theater. annalee.me

SARAH ELAINE (Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant Choreographer) is a recent

graduate of the University of Georgia in Athens, GA, where she received a BA in Theatre. She's a member of Aurora's AppCo18. Sarah’s most recent credits include: Ensemble in Aurora Theatre & Theatrical Outfit's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, Cathy in The Last Five Years, Rosalind in As You Like It. She would like to thank her mother, brother, and sister-in-law for keeping her strong and she would also like to thank Dylan, Caroline, and Hayley for always sup-porting and believing in her.

ISABEL AND MORIAH CURLEY-CLAY'S** (Scenic & Costume Design) work can be seen on stages around Atlanta as well as on several regional stages. Kenny Leon’s True Colors: Between Riverside and Crazy, Proof, American Buffalo, Exit Strategy, Smart People, Two Trains Running, Detroit 67, Spunk. Other favorite recent Atlanta credits include The Magic Negro and Other Blackity Blackness As Told By An African American Man Who Also Happened To Be Black (Alliance Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors, Appropriate and Murder Ballad (Actors Express), Freed Spirits, The Toxic Avenger, and Detroit (Horizon theatre), I’m not Rapport, Wit, and Clybourne Park (Aurora Theatre) and R. Buckminster Fuller and the History and Mystery of the Universe, and Big Fish (Theatrical Outfit). Isabel and Moriah are the recipients of nine Suzi Bass Awards, Resident Scenic Designers at Horizon Theatre, Artistic Associates at Theatrical Outfit, and members of IATSE, United Scenic Artists 829.

THOM JENKINS (Sound Design) is a composer, musician, sound designer, and edu-cator based in Atlanta. He is delighted to be back working with his friends at Aurora on Goosebumps. His recent work includes: The Waffle Palace, Third Country, The Book Club Play, Time Stands Still, Sheddin’, Black Pearl Sings, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery, and Tree at Horizon Theatre; Wit, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Lombardi, All Childish Things, Peter Pan & Wendy, Betrayal and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde at Aurora Theatre; Don Quixote at The Center for Puppetry Arts; Frankenstein at Theater Emory; A Confederacy of Dunces at Theatrical Outfit; and Six Degrees of Separation at Actor’s Express.

KEVIN FRAZIER (Lighting Designer) Atlanta credits include: Actors Express, 7 Stages, Fabrefaction, Pinch ‘N’ Ouch, Synchronicity and Serenbe Playhouse. Other credits include Merrimack Rep and Stoneham Theatre (MA), The Peterborough Players (NH), Glow Lyric Theatre, The Warehouse Theatre, the Distracted Globe and Centre Stage (SC) and both the New York and DC Fringe Festivals. Educational cred-its include: Furman University (SC), Case Western Reserve University (OH), Lafayette College (PA) and the Gainesville Theatre Alliance. Thanks to God and his family for their love and support. www.kevinfrazier.net

KAITLIN KIMSEY (Properties Designer) is currently the Properties Master at the University of Georgia where she is finishing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre. Over the past two years, she has designed the props for shows such as: Cabaret, Titus Andronicus, Jane Eyre, Vanya, Sonya, Masha and Spike, and more… She has won two awards for her outstanding work at the University, the Chuck Baker Award and the Martin Holubar Award. Kaitlin is delighted to be a part of the Aurora team with Cinderella: The Remix.

CODY EVINS (Tour Technical Director/Assistant Lighting Designer), originally from Franklin, Tennessee, is a recent graduate of Furman University where he received a degree in Theatre Arts. In addition to his work with the Furman Theatre Department, he spent three years with the Furman Pauper Players, a student-run musical theatre troupe, and served as the president of that group in his final year. Recently he has worked as a stage manager and a scene shop assistant at Centre Stage South Carolina and as a props apprentice at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC.

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A U R O R A T H E AT R E S TA F F

Producing Artistic Director/Co-Founder .............................................ANTHONY P. RODRIGUEZAssociate Producer/Co-Founder ..................................................................ANN-CAROL PENCEAssociate Artistic Director ............................................................................ JUSTIN ANDERSONDirector of Education .....................................................................................JACLYN HOFMANNDirector of Cross-Cultural Programs .................................................... JUAN CARLOS UNZUETAEducation Coordinator ..........................................................................................RENITA JAMESGeneral Manager ............................................................................................ D.H. MALCOLM, IIIDirector of Community Outreach .................................................. BRITT HULTGREN RAMROOPDirector of Institutional Giving........................................................LIZ HARTNETT SANTAMARIA Company Manager .................................................................................................KATIE PELKEYProduction Manager ................................................................................................DANIEL POPETechnical Director ..............................................................................................ANDREW O'NEALResident Stage Manager ........................................................................ KATIE ERIN CHAMBERS*Director of Sales and Marketing .................................................................................... AL STILOSales Manager ............................................................................................................EB HOOYERGraphic Design & Marketing Associate ................................................................. ARI MCBRIDEBox Office Manager ....................................................................................... JENNIFER OWENS

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