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Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash
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artistic director’s LETTER
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Kent Thompson
startling ways.
Lauren Feldman’s Grace, or The Art
of Climbing, should be one of the most
thrilling pieces of physical theatre in
our history, as a young woman literally
“rock climbs” her way out of grief and
depression across the vertical space of
The Space Theatre. All six actors in the
cast must be skilled rock climbers!
Joining the new plays is Romeo &
Juliet. Each of us, of any age, can
identify with Romeo or Juliet and the
obstacles they face.
One of Broadway’s most explosive
current hits, Other Desert Cities by Jon
Robin Baitz (creator among other things
of TV’s “Brothers and Sisters”), will
highlight the spring. A grown daughter
returns to Palm Springs for a Christmas
family gathering, having written a tellall book about a family secret. Things
grow tense, funny (and very human), as
family members grapple with an issue
they’d rather not discuss.
For The Ricketson Theatre’s final
show, Herbert Siguenza (a founding
member of Culture Clash) brings us A
Weekend with Pablo Picasso, written
and performed by him. He explores the
ego, talent and life of this seminal 20thcentury artist as he paints, live, in front
of us...
For the final offering in The Stage
Theatre, I’m announcing today that
we’ll do Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility The Musical which was workshopped in February at our New Play
Summit. Check pages 24 and 25 for the
complete schedule.
The support of our patrons makes all
the difference in our ability to bring you
productions that fulfill our mission—to
create an exciting blend of new plays,
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I look forward to seeing you in the
theatre,
I am delighted to have this opportunity to outline the recently announced
2012/13 season of the Denver Center
Theatre Company (DCTC).
The swashbuckling bravura of The
Three Musketeers kicks off the fall in
The Stage Theatre, paired with the revival of a masterpiece, August Wilson’s
Fences, in The Space Theatre. As one of
the few theatres in America to complete
Wilson’s ten-play Century Cycle, we
bring back Wilson’s award-winning
drama about baseball, fathers, sons, racism, aspirations and the fears that keep
us trapped—while the romance, flair
and drama of Alexandre Dumas’ actionpacked novel gives our actors and our
superb costume and scene shops another
chance to strut their stuff.
At the holidays comes an unexpected
marital comedy, When We Are Married.
What if you discovered on your 25th
wedding anniversary that you weren’t?
Legally married, that is. Playwright
J.B. Priestley cranks up the tension
by multiplying the idea times three
as six prominent citizens of a small
English town struggle to protect their
reputations and deal with their newly
unmarried status.
The new year as usual brings two
world premieres. The first is a story
of the near future when we may download our memories into a computer
before we die. In Michael Mitnick’s Ed,
Downloaded, a love triangle makes the
process humorous and surprising. This
DCTC commissioned play incorporates Kent Thompson, Artistic Director,
video and live performance in fresh and Denver Center Theatre Company
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RING OF FIRE:
THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH
Director Jason Edwards makes a strong
case for the Man In Black. If you like
Johnny’s music and his fascinating life,
this staged concert is for you.
by Sylvie Drake
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The beguiling witches of Oz are back in
their dazzling musical to remind us it’s not
only good, but also tuneful to be green.
by Teri Downard
SNA REPORT
The Denver Center’s annual fundraising
gala raises the roof—as well as support for
its arts in education programs.
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Video clips of hip-hop math taught by Denver Center Theatre Academy
Mountain View Elementary students
learn math through hip-hop
By Magdalena Wegrzyn, Longmont Times-Call
That’s OK with her teacher. In fact, after a duo of hip-hop artists
stopped by the school, it might even be encouraged. “It helps me
by just moving my fingers, and it helps me count up and down,”
said Simone, seven.
Teaching artists Laurence Curry and Kelsey Walsh with the
Denver Center Theatre Academy have presented hip-hop-based
math curricula at Mountain View twice this year, and they are
scheduled to return later this month. They said they tailor the
presentation to what students are learning in the classroom.
Last week, they fused hip-hop movements with adding doubles,
something Mary Tafel’s first-grade class has been practicing.
Curry composed a rap song
for the occasion, which took
students from 1 plus 1 through
20 plus 20.
Photo by LEWIS GEYER
“One plus one equals me and
you, and that’s..” Curry started.
Laurence Curry, of the Denver
Center Theatre Academy,
teaches math with hip-hop dancing
at Mountain View Elementary.
To watch a video of hip-hop math,
visit www.timescall.com.
“Two,” students called out.
“Don’t close the door, prepare for
more because two plus two has
got to be?” Curry continued.
“Four!” students replied.
“Now let’s plant a tree and break
some sticks, because three plus
three must be...”
“Six!” came the response.
Students then divided into two dance crews that took turns
answering math questions at the dry erase board at the front
of the classroom.
In addition to breaking up the cycle of memorization and
repetition, adding movements into the mix helps some students
remember the information, Tafel said. The teacher said she’s
noticed students during recess practice some of the hand
movements the dancers taught classes as part of a counting routine.
“Research shows that if kids start moving with what they’re
learning, they’re going to retain it longer,” she said.
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“It reaches out to kids that
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traditional way,” Duley said.
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LONGMONT — Sometimes, when she gets stuck on a math
problem, first-grader Simone Chandler dances at her desk until she
figures out the right answer.
Mountain View Elementary students
A $1,500 grant from the
Lucas Evans, left, and Sedona Clifford
Longmont Council for the
participate in a hip-hop math class
Arts’ artist-in-residence
taught by members of the
program provides the artists’
Denver Center Theatre Academy.
stipends and covers supplies.
The council’s executive
director Joanne Kirves said the program supports avenues for
students to work with an artist, outside their art teacher.
First-grader Johnathan Souther, seven, said he likes to dance
everywhere — at home, at day care, at school. The insightful
seven-year-old said he sometimes stutters and using movements
can help him when he gets tongue-tied.
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Partnering for Education
A Letter from the Vice President
Because
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ome amazing companies call Denver home, and Denver is very fortunate to host so
many wonderful organizations that make a difference. Ashford University embraces
the opportunity, as well as the responsibility, to enrich the communities it serves.
As an active partner reaching out to alleviate the challenges many people face, Ashford
University has identified three focus areas most relevant to its mission: education, youth
and the military. Ashford University is proud to partner with The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
(DCPA) and is especially proud to support its 2011/12 Arts in Education programs, which
provide theatrical experiences for more than 50,000 Colorado students each year. As the
flagship theatre of the Rocky Mountain region, the DCPA creates and presents exceptional theatre that engages, excites, provokes, and inspires both artists and audiences of all
ages. Because the DCPA is committed to making itself a place for lifelong learning and
civic engagement, Ashford University is excited to support this worthy organization.
shford University does not believe in measuring charitable giving solely based on
dollar amounts. Ashford’s volunteer programs have seen tremendous success with
passionate, giving employees joining together and donating hundreds of hours to
the causes that move them most. The University’s commitment to the community is based
on tangible benefits such as quality time spent volunteering, serving on a board, and supporting community initiatives that positively impact lives. It is a natural part of its culture
to participate in organizations such as the DCPA and Junior Achievement to ensure it is
impacting Denver’s youth through education.
Since making Denver home in April 2011, Ashford University has established a partnership with the DCPA to support its Arts in Education program. It also made a three-year
financial commitment to Junior Achievement’s Denver-based “Igniting the American
Spirit” program, and Ashford employees have taught Junior Achievement’s “JA Day” program to more than 750 students at Denver area schools. In addition, an employee-driven
project to collect school supplies and backpacks for local students in need through the
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hether offering a challenge grant to a local not-for-profit or investing time to
make a difference in the community, Ashford University thrives on giving.
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Wicked examines the
age-old desire in all of
us to know the nature
of good and evil. But is
that even possible?
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KATIE ROSE CLARKE and MAMIE PARRIS as Glinda and Elphaba • © Joan Marcus
One hundred years ago this year,
author L. Frank Baum wrote a
charming book called The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that became a
children’s classic. The book begat another great classic, the 1939 film The
Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland
who played a girl who, after a close
encounter of the tornado kind, found
herself in a strange and mysterious
land. Dorothy was her name and all
she really wanted was to get back
home to Kansas. The film’s iconic
characters and images have become
so deeply ingrained in our collective consciousness that psychologists
use the movie as an archetype of the
hero’s journey.
Like Dorothy, all we want, it would
seem, is to find our way back home.
The film was turned into a stage
play, one that still makes the rounds
of high schools and community
theatres across the country.
The next Oz-ian incarnation came
along in 1972 when a sleek version
of the story called The Wiz, featuring
an all-black cast, opened on Broadway. It ran for 1,672 performances.
hen, in 1995, strident political
satirist and author Gregory
Maguire wrote a gargantuan
and immensely popular fantasy
novel, Wicked: The Life and Times
of the Wicked Witch of the West. In
an ironic twist—everything in Oz
seems to have an ironic twist—the
book examines, among other things,
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the nature of good and the nature of
evil. Maguire found them alarmingly
and inextricably entwined.
Then the adventures in Oz
morphed once again, this time into a
stage production, adapted from Maguire’s book by Tony Award-winning
musical composer-lyricist Stephen
Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin and, in
films, Pocahontas and The Prince of
Egypt) and librettist Winnie Holzman (“My So Called Life,” “thirtysomething”).
icked tells a tale that is
about as far removed from
Baum’s Wonderful Wizard
of Oz as the Emerald City is from
Wichita. The show’s dark, witty,
sophisticated charm made it an ongoing hot ticket on Broadway—and in
Denver.
Glinda, the good witch is still
there, but what, the musical inquires,
is goodness after all? The main
action revolves around Elphaba, the
so-called wicked witch, (named by
Maguire as a derivation of L. Frank
Baum’s initials). Elphaba proves
the popular adage that it’s not easy
being green. Born a lovely shade of
jade, she is misunderstood, shunned
and persecuted. While this naturally
takes its toll, the question remains: is
she evil? The answer is as ambiguous
as her name. Elphaba and Glinda’s
unlikely friendship illustrates the fact
that it’s not simple trying to figure
out which witch is which.
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KATIE ROSE CLARKE and MAMIE PARRIS as Glinda and Elphaba • © Joan Marcus
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“T
he idea behind Wicked is that
things are not as they seem,”
notes book-writer Holzman.
“What you think you know, you don’t
really know. It is the premise of the novel
that you know certain things, but you
don’t know the deeper story.”
The same notion drew composer
Schwartz to the project: “I’m often attracted to an idea that takes a familiar
story and spins it, looking at it from
another direction, like Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. I like
it when I see things like that, and I like to
write them. For me, if you take a familiar
story––whether it be the Book of Genesis
or The Wizard of Oz––and you come at
it from another point of view, the tension
between the audience’s preconception
and the approach you’re taking to the
story adds an extra level of response, plus
it helps to clarify the points you’re trying
to make.
“The idea of taking what is one of the
iconic villains of American culture, the
Wicked Witch of the West––so much
‘the villain’ that we don’t even know her
name––and looking at it from her point
of view, that seemed to me a brilliant
concept. It was clear [that] a show about
her could explore some of my favorite
themes: the difference between surface
appearances and what’s really going on
underneath, how life is more complex
and has more ambiguity than we tend to
be comfortable with and, certainly, than
our public discourse admits to.”
Schwartz also found the whole idea
inherently musical.
“Oz is a fantastical, larger-than-life
setting full of characters who almost
demand to sing,” he said, “and the witch
“Oz is a fantastical,
larger-than-life setting full
of characters who almost
demand to sing… and
the witch herself is so full
of big emotions––rage,
ambition and longing––
the idea was screaming
to be a musical.”
—Stephen Schwartz
herself is so full of big emotions––rage,
ambition and longing––the idea was
screaming to be a musical.”
ctor David Garrison, who played
the Wizard in the touring production the first time it came through
Denver, noted he loved the fact that all
of these familiar characters had been
fleshed out. About the Wizard, he said,
“He is a charming fellow of limited
ability who, quite accidentally, finds
himself in a position of power. In order
to deal with it he employs the politics of
fear. Sound familiar? What’s so great
about this musical is that, unlike [what
happened in] previous productions, we’re
supposed to look behind the curtain…
and it’s the other side of the moon back
there. This is a cautionary tale of what
happens in a society that doesn’t question
authority.”
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n addition, tucked into this timeless
tale is enough eye-popping technical wizardry to keep everyone this
side of Oz happy. Yet beyond the show’s
infectious score and visual treats there is
that thoughtful universal theme. Because
there’s a Green Girl in all of us. Everyone
has felt like an outcast at one time or another and that’s part of the show’s broad
appeal. It’s also a show for all ages: kids
enjoy the fantasy of it, adolescents get
the love story and adults see the political
allegory. In the end, it’s what the theatre
does best. n
Teri Downard is a Denver-based arts
writer and a frequent contributor to
Applause magazine.
This article also includes material from
the Wicked press packet.
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CAST
(in order of appearance)
Glinda............................................................................................................................................. Alli Mauzey
Witch’s Father.........................................................................................................................Kevin McMahon
Witch’s Mother............................................................................................................Courtney Iventosch
Midwife...................................................................................................................... Renée Lawless-Orsini
Elphaba..........................................................................................................................................Mamie Parris
Nessarose.................................................................................................................................. Emily ferranti
Boq...................................................................................................................................................Justin Brill
Madame Morrible..................................................................................................................... Liz McCartney
Doctor Dillamond............................................................................................................... paul slade smith
Fiyero............................................................................................................................................... Andy Kelso
Ozian Official..........................................................................................................................Kevin McMahon
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.......................................................................................................... PJ Benjamin
Chistery................................................................................................................................... Dominic Giudici
Monkeys, Students, Denizens of the Emerald City,
Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz............................................LAUREN BOYD, Antonette Cohen,
RICK DESLOGE, Luis Augusto Figueroa, Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald,
Dominic Giudici, Napoleon W. Gladney, Courtney Iventosch,
Trevor Ryan Krahl, Renée Lawless-Orsini, Michael Mahany,
Kevin McMahon, Ashley dawn mortensEn,
CASSIE OKENKA, Sarah Schenkkan, ADÉA MICHELLE SESSOMS,
Pamela Shandrow, Mikey Winslow
STANDBy FOR ELPHABA
Carla Stickler
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement
for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.
Understudy for Elphaba—Ashley Dawn Mortensen;
for Glinda—Cassie Okenka, Sarah Schenkkan;
for Fiyero—Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald, Michael Mahany;
for The Wizard and Dr. Dillamond—Kevin McMahon, Christopher Russo;
for Madame Morrible—Renée Lawless-Orsini, Pamela Shandrow;
for Boq—Rick Desloge, Mikey Winslow;
for Nessarose—Brenda Hamilton, Carla Stickler;
for Chistery—Todd Anderson, Spencer Jones, Kevin Jordan, Philip Dean Lightstone;
for Witch’s Father and Ozian Official—Philip Dean Lightstone, Christopher Russo
SWINGS
Todd Anderson, Brenda Hamilton, Spencer Jones, Kevin Jordan,
Kelly Lafarga, Marissa Lupp, Desi Oakley, Christopher Russo
Dance Captains/Swings
Philip Dean Lightstone, Shanna VanDerwerker
There will be one 15-minute Intermission.
Act I
“No One Mourns the Wicked”........................................................................... Glinda and Citizens of Oz
“Dear Old Shiz”...............................................................................................................................Students
“The Wizard and I”..........................................................................................................Morrible, Elphaba
“What Is This Feeling?”............................................................................. Galinda, Elphaba and Students
“Something Bad”..............................................................................................Dr. Dillamond and Elphaba
“Dancing Through Life”..................................... Fiyero, Galinda, Boq, Nessarose, Elphaba and Students
“Popular”...........................................................................................................................................Galinda
“I’m Not That Girl”......................................................................................................................... Elphaba
“One Short Day”.........................................................Elphaba, Glinda and Denizens of the Emerald City
“A Sentimental Man”................................................................................................................. The Wizard
“Defying Gravity”..................................................................Elphaba, Glinda, Guards and Citizens of Oz
Act II
“No One Mourns the Wicked” (reprise)................................................................................ Citizens of Oz
“Thank Goodness”..............................................................................Glinda, Morrible and Citizens of Oz
“The Wicked Witch of the East”....................................................................Elphaba, Nessarose and Boq
“Wonderful”..........................................................................................................The Wizard and Elphaba
“I’m Not That Girl” (reprise)............................................................................................................. Glinda
“As Long As You’re Mine”...........................................................................................Elphaba and Fiyero
“No Good Deed”.............................................................................................................................. Elphaba
“March of the Witch Hunters”................................................................................ Boq and Citizens of Oz
“For Good”.................................................................................................................... Glinda and Elphaba
“Finale”.................................................................................................................................................... All
Traveling ORCHESTRA
Conductor: P. Jason Yarcho
Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2: Justin Mendoza
Keyboard 1: Adam McDonald
Keyboard 3: Sean Greiner
Guitar: Lou Garrett
Drums: Greg Germann
The Wicked touring musicians welcome nine local musicians who will be playing at all performances in Denver.
Orchestrations adapted by Christopher Jahnke
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Who’s Who in the Cast
MAMIE PARRIS (Elphaba) joins
Wicked direct from the First National
Tour of 9 to 5 The Musical as Judy
Bernly (Jane Fonda in the iconic film),
and is beyond thrilled to be green.
Broadway: Ragtime (recent revival), The
Drowsy Chaperone, Roundabout’s 110
In the Shade. Also: First National Tour
of Legally Blonde the Musical, Drama
Desk-winning Off-Broadway musical
See Rock City… And Other Destinations
(The Transport Group), Chicago at the
Macau International Music Festival in
China, two holiday tours with Kenny
Rogers, and numerous regional productions. Mamie is a distant relative
of Samuel Parris, who violently persecuted witches in 17th century Salem,
Massachusetts. Oh, the irony. Native
Texan, graduate of Paseo Academy in
Kansas City, MO, and AMDA-NY.
Thanks to Craig & Telsey + Co., Jed &
Talent house, and my Johnathan. For
Mom & Dad. www.mamieparris.com.
Alli Mauzey (Glinda) returns to
Wicked having previously starred as
Glinda in both the Broadway and final
SF companies. Broadway credits: the
love-crazed Lenora in the new musical Cry-Baby, for which she won the
Theatre World Award and was nominated for a Drama League Award. Alli
also originated the role of Lenora in
the Pre-Broadway production of CryBaby at the La Jolla Playhouse in San
Diego (Theatre Critics Circle Award).
She played Brenda in Hairspray on
Broadway and the First National Tour.
Regionally Alli has appeared as Mallory
in City of Angels for Reprise!, Snookie
in 110 in the Shade at the Pasadena
Playhouse, and Audrey in Little Shop of
Horrors at The Muny for which she was
recently nominated for a Kevin Kline
Award. Alli has also had the pleasure
of doing several concerts with symphonies across the country including playing the title role in Cinderella alongside
the Nashville Symphony Orchestra benefiting Steven Curtis Chapman’s charity
Show Hope. Among many voiceover
credits, her voice can also be heard as a
series regular on the animated television
series “Alpha Teens on Machines.”
LIZ McCARTNEY (Madame
Morrible). Broadway: The Phantom
Of The Opera (Carlotta), South Pacific
(Lt. Genevieve Marshall), Mamma
Mia! (Rosie), Thoroughly Modern
Millie, TABOO (Sue Tilly), The Dance
Of The Vampires (Rebecca) and Les
Misérables. Regional: Sweeney Todd
(Mrs.Lovett—Drury Lane), WORKING
with Stephen Schwartz, and Lin-Manuel
Miranda (Asolo Repertory), Souvenir
(Florence Foster Jenkins—The George
Street Playhouse), Pirates (Ruth—Paper
Mill Playhouse). Recordings: BINGO,
TABOO, A Vision 1999 and 2003, Carols
for a Cure. Movies and TV: The Big
Gay Musical, Show Business, “Saturday
Night Live,” “Law and Order SVU,”
“The Prosecutors” and “Route 66.”
PJ BENJAMIN (The Wizard). Prior
to his 5 year run as the Wizard on
Broadway and across the country he
appeared as lovable Mr. Cellophane in
the Broadway musical Chicago. Most
recently played Joe Keller in All My
Sons at Delaware Theater Company.
Other Broadway: Torch Song Trilogy,
Sophisticated Ladies, Pippin, Charlie
and Algernon, Sarava, The Pajama
Game, The Wind in the Willows, and
Damn Yankees. Featured in “Law
and Order: SVU” and as the voice of
Sergeant DoDo Bird in the animated
film Ice Age. With wife, actress Louisa
Flaningam, his latest production is restoring The Captain Timothy Hill House, the
oldest house on Chincoteague Island,
Virginia now a museum and listed on the
National Register of Historic Places.
JUSTIN BRILL (Boq) is extremely
grateful to be touring with his lovely
wife, Shanna. NY: Rent, All Shook
Up, High Fidelity, Christmas Carol at
MSG (Ghost of Christmas Past) & A
Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Met
(Puck). Las Vegas: Spamalot (Patsy),
Mamma Mia (Pepper). BFA Carnegie
Mellon. AEA since ‘99. www.JustinBrill.
com. Many thanks to the Wicked team,
BRS, the family. For Mom, always.
EMILY FERRANTI (Nessarose) is
thrilled to be rejoining the First National
after a short engagement as Nessarose
on the Second National Tour. Previously
with this company she was a swing,
ensemble, and understudied both Glinda
and Nessarose. BFA Musical Theatre,
The Boston Conservatory. Thank you
to Nicolosi & Co., the creative team,
Telsey + Co., and John for supporting me
through this wonderful journey. For my
Grandma Dorothy.
Andy Kelso (Fiyero). Broadway:
Mamma Mia (Sky); Regional: RENT
(Mark), Two Rooms (Michael), Jacques
Brel is Alive…, The Drawer Boy, Fiddler
on the Roof (Perchik), Footloose (Ren/
Chuck). Film/TV: The Producers,
“Thank You…Next” (webseries).
Originally from Denver, Andy studied
acting at The University of Northern
Colorado, and is a proud member of
Actors’ Equity. Huge thanks to my family, teachers, my NYC family, Sheil, and
The Gage Group. www.andykelso.com.
PAUL SLADE SMITH (Dr.
Dillamond) returns to the Wicked tour
after nine foggy months in the San
Francisco production. Credits include:
The Phantom of the Opera National
tour and – during his fifteen years in
Chicago—The Goodman, Steppenwolf,
Chicago Shakespeare, Marriott Theatre,
First Folio, two Drury Lanes and a partridge in a pear tree. Paul is the author of
the plays Unnecessary Farce and A Real
Lulu. He loves him some Erin.
CARLA STICKLER (Standby for
Elphaba, u/s Nessarose). Having spent
two years singing and dancing in the
ensemble, Carla is thrilled to move on
up to standby. Tours: Mamma Mia!
(Sophie u/s), Asia Tour The Sound of
Music (Liesl). Training: Interochen Arts
Academy, NYU-Tisch. A million thanks
to the Wicked creative team, Telsey +
Co., The Mine and my friends and family
for their love and support! www.carlastickler.com.
TODD ANDERSON (Swing, u/s
Chistery). Broadway: A Chorus Line (u/s
Zach, Mike, Al, Greg, Bobby), Sweet
Charity, Boy From Oz. Off-Broadway:
The Wild Party, Garden of Earthly
Delights. Tours: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
(u/s Freddy Benson), Tap Dogs.
LAUREN BOYD (Ensemble) is wicked
excited! Disney’s Aladdin, Dancing With
The Stars Workout DVD, IPB, PDT,
ABT, SAB, SFB, PNB, and Alonzo
King’s Lines. Bebecita (u/s Consuela)
in West Side Story 1st National Tour.
Love and Gratitude to Mom, Dad, my
sis Brooke Lynn and my Savior… Jesus!
Psalm 149:3
ANTONETTE COHEN (Ensemble)
is thrilled to be back in Oz! National
tours: Wicked. Regional: West Side
Story (Fulton Opera House), Footloose
RICK DESLOGE (Ensemble, u/s
Boq). St. Louis native and IU grad, Rick
believes in the dream and thanks you
for supporting the arts. Selected credits: Joseph…, Treasure Island, Grease,
Forever Plaid, Urinetown, Guys and
Dolls, Fiddler, Bat Boy. www.rickdesloge.com.
LUIS AUGUSTO FIGUEROA
(Ensemble) is thrilled to be back in
Oz. Broadway: 42nd Street (Tony
Award-winning revival), Wicked. TV/
film: Every Little Step, The Interpreter,
“Guiding Light,” “Medium.” Numerous
national campaigns. Training: Bolshoi
Ballet, Ivanna Chubbuck Studios,
AMDA (NY). Follow the adventure on
Twitter: @luisalicious.
Timothy A. FitzGerald
(Ensemble, u/s Fiyero). Broadway:
Boy from Oz. Off-Broadway: Wind
in the Willows, Reefer Madness. LA:
Rocky Horror Show. National Tours:
Titanic, Joseph…, Wicked (Chicago).
Regional: Urinetown, Forever Plaid,
The Fantasticks, Grey Gardens. Proud
graduate of Syracuse University, and
AEA member. Love to family friends
and Bffys.
DOMINIC Giudici (Chistery).
Credits: Radio City Christmas
Spectacular and Disney World. “Many
thanks to my family, Grandma, Grandpa,
The Harts, Linda, Telsey + Co., and
Nicole. Monkeying around led to monkeying around, don’t forget that kids.”
NAPOLEON W. GLADNEY
(Ensemble) is stoked to be joining
Wicked on his first national tour! B.F.A.,
Chapman University and dance credits
include Backhausdance and Odyssey
Dance Theatre. I’m able to dream
because of my parents’ sacrifice and wisdom. Love to my friends and family.
BRENDA HAMILTON (Swing, u/s
Nessarose) is thrilled to join the Wicked
tour after performing in the Broadway
company. Equity tours: Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels, Some Like it Hot. Regional:
A Chorus Line (Paper Mill Playhouse)
and Joseph… (North Carolina Theater).
Thanks Telsey and Clear Talent! Love to
family and Bffys!
COURTNEY IVENTOSCH (Witch’s
Mother, Ensemble) is thrilled to continue
this journey with Wicked! Regional:
Ivy Smith, On The Town (5th Avenue);
Peggy Sawyer, 42nd Street. Huge thanks
to the Wicked team, Telsey + Co., Karen
Garber, Pam & Deb, Janie, Mindy and
Bob. Endless love and gratitude to my
amazing Mom, Dad and brothers!
SPENCER JONES (Swing, u/s
Chistery) is beyond excited to be a part
of this amazing show. National/Euro
tours: Grease, A Chorus Line (Mark),
Footloose, The Music Man, Radio City
Christmas Spectacular. Regional: Paper
Mill Playhouse. Love to Mom, Dad,
Ryan and Huns.
KEVIN JORDAN (Swing, u/s Chistery)
is proud to be part of the Wicked family.
Other credits include Altar Boyz (Mark);
Cats (Skimbleshanks); You’re a Good
Man, Charlie Brown (Schroeder); A
Chorus Line (Swing). B.F.A. from BYU.
Love to family and friends.
Trevor Ryan Krahl (Ensemble)
joins us from New York City and is honored to be part of this cast! He thanks his
friends and family for their endless love
and support, without whom he would not
be here.
KELLY LAFARGA (Swing) feels honored to join Wicked. Film: Step Up 2:
The Streets, Step Up 3D. TV: “Glee,”
“Bones,” “How I Met Your Mother,”
“Dancing with the Stars.” Tours: Eve,
Donnie Klang. Marymount Manhattan
College. Thanks Mom, Nina and Sasha
for their endless love and support. Dad, I
love and miss you always.
RENÉE LAWLESS-ORSINI (Midwife,
u/s Madame Morrible). Broadway/Nat’l
tour: Beauty and the Beast. Regional:
Menopause: the Musical, Always…
Patsy Cline, Nine, Tintypes. Film/
TV: Ghost Story, “Heavens to Betsy.”
Gospel CD: A Live Sampler. TV Host/
Spokesperson. Thank you Jesus and parents.
PHILIP DEAN LIGHTSTONE
(Dance Captain, Swing, u/s Witch’s
Father, Ozian Official, Chistery) is
stoked to join the cast of Wicked. Film/
TV: Bad Santa, Thank Heaven, “J.A.G.”
National tour: Fame. Regional: Happy
Days (dir. Gary Marshall), Bare: a pop
opera (L.A./world premiere). Thanks
MSA, the Marshalls, my parents, family
and friends.
MARISSA LUPP (Swing). After two
years in the ensemble and as a Glinda
cover, Marissa Lupp is thrilled to become
a swing! BFA: NYU. Love and thanks to
Mom, Dad, Telsey + Co. casting, and
the entire Wicked family—especially
Shanna.
Michael Mahany (Ensemble,
u/s Fiyero). New York/Tours: Spring
Awakening (ATC), High School
Musical (1st Nat.). BFA, The Boston
Conservatory. Love and thanks to Mom,
Dad, Jana, Sara, DBA, AEA. Craig
Burns and Telsey + Co. www.michaelmahany.com.
Kevin McMahon (Witch’s Father,
Ozian Official, u/s The Wizard, Dr.
Dillamond). Proud Equity member.
National tours: City of Angels, Forever
Plaid, Fantasticks. Recent regional:
The Full Monty (Ovation nom­ination),
A Little Night Music (South Coast
Repertory), Sweeney Todd (Pirelli).
Boston Conservatory graduate, CD on
iTunes, more info: www.kevin-mcmahon.com.
Ashley Dawn Mortensen
(Ensemble, u/s Elphaba). From Rescue,
CA to OZ, Ashley is honored to be a
part of the Wicked family. BFA: NYU
CAP21. Love and thanks to Nicolosi &
Co., Telsey + Co., my family and my
hubby Davin.
Desi Oakley (Swing). Michigan
graduate, hailing from Wichita, KS.
Desi is thrilled to join the Wicked family! Favorite roles: Eva Perón, Evita
(Michigan); Ariel, The Little Mermaid
(MTWichita). Thanks Telsey + Co.,
Nicolosi & Co. For Dad, MD, RR, G-LK, WB, and James. Galations 2:20.
CASSIE OKENKA (Ensemble, u/s
Glinda). Dreams come true. Broadway:
Bonnie & Clyde (u/s Bonnie). National
Tours: The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy).
Glad to be back in Oz. Proud BW Grad.
Thanks to Telsey + Co., KSR, and the
Wicked family. Endless love to family
and friends.
Christopher Russo (Ensemble,
u/s The Wizard, Dr. Dillamond, Witch’s
Father, Ozian Official). Broadway:
The Grapes of Wrath (Al Joad—
Steppenwolf), Meet Me in St. Louis (John
u/s). Equity national tours: Miss Saigon
(Chris u/s), The Who’s Tommy (Ernie).
TV: “Law & Order: CI,” “Baywatch
Hawaii,” “North and South.” Film: The
wicked
(Marriott Theatre) and Hot Mikado
(Westchester Broadway Theatre), among
others. Proud Northwestern graduate.
Love & thanks to Jeremy and family.
www.antonettecohen.com.
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Manchurian Candidate; lead role in
Limbo, an indie feature.
SARAH SCHENKKAN (Ensemble,
u/s Glinda) is thrilled to be a part of
this amazing company! Regional: Guys
& Dolls (Connecticut Rep), Professor
Brenner (New Worlds Theatre Project).
Television: “30 Rock.” Proud graduate of the University of Miami (BFA).
Thanks to my family, friends, Ryan and
Station 3 for everything!
ADÉA MICHELLE SESSOMS
(Ensemble) is excited to make her professional dance debut with the Emerald
City Tour of Wicked. A Memphis native,
Adéa is a proud B.F.A graduate of The
University of the Arts 2009 Philadelphia,
PA. Thanks to God, mom, dad, Daryn,
Justin, family, friends, and teachers.
PAMELA SHANDROW (Ensemble,
u/s Madame Morrible) has read the book,
listened to the music, seen the show, and
is now enchanted to be performing in
Wicked. She most recently performed
in the National Tour of Phantom of the
Opera, and is very blessed to be here
now. 2 Timothy 1:7.
S hanna Vanderwerker
(Dance Captain, Swing) is thrilled to
return to Wicked! Broadway: Wicked,
High Fidelity (Asst. Choreog). Other
credits: dre.dance; Silence! The Musical
(Asst Choreog); H2$ (Fireside Theatre);
Seven Brides… (Fireside); Kiss Me, Kate
(TUTS). Point Park College: B.A. in
Dance.
MIKEY WINSLOW (Ensemble, u/s
Boq) is honored to make his official
Wicked debut, after unofficially playing Elphaba (the green Sock Puppet).
B’way: West Side Story, American Idiot.
Regional: NCT, PCLO. BFA Western
MI Univ. Thanks to Telsey + Co., his
agent, his family, and Jenny!
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Music and
Lyrics) has contributed music and/or
lyrics to Godspell, Bernstein’s Mass,
Pippin, The Magic Show, The Baker’s
Wife, Working (which he also adapted
and directed), Rags and Children of
Eden. For films, he collaborated with
Alan Menken on the scores for Disney’s
Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre
Dame and Enchanted and wrote the
songs for the DreamWorks animated
feature The Prince of Egypt. His first
opera, Séance on a Wet Afternoon, was
presented by New York City Opera in
April, 2011. Defying Gravity, a book
about his professional career, was
recently published by Applause Books.
Mr. Schwartz is the artistic director of
the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops
and president of the Dramatists Guild.
Awards include three Academy Awards,
four Grammy Awards, a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame and a tiny
handful of tennis trophies. He was
recently inducted into the Theatre Hall of
Fame. www.stephenschwartz.com.
WINNIE HOLZMAN (Book) received
a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk
Award for Wicked. She created the memorable television drama “My So-Called
Life” which starred Claire Danes.
Holzman got her start writing for the
acclaimed drama “thirtysomething” and
later executive produced (again with
Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick)
“Once and Again.” Other theatre work
includes the musical Birds of Paradise
(with composer David Evans) and a ten
minute play called Post-its: Notes on
a Marriage which she wrote with her
husband, actor Paul Dooley. Features
include: ’Til There Was You. Also an
actress, Ms. Holzman appeared in Jerry
Maguire and as Larry’s wife’s therapist on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Most
recently she teamed with her daughter,
Savannah Dooley, to write and produce
the new ABC Family series, “Huge.” She
is a graduate of Princeton University,
received an MFA from the NYU Musical
Theatre Program, and serves on the
board of the Writers Guild Foundation.
J O E M A N T E L L O (D i r e c t o r ) .
Directing credits include Other Desert
Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5 the
Musical, November, The Receptionist,
The Ritz, Three Days of Rain,The Odd
Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Laugh
Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Take
Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and
Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Design for
Living, The Vagina Monologues, bash,
Love! Valour! Compassion!, Proposals,
The Mineola Twins, Corpus Christi,
Mizlansky/Zilinsky, Blue Window, God’s
Heart, The Santaland Diaries, Snakebit,
Three Hotels, Imagining Brad. Film:
Love! Valour! Compassion! As an
actor: The Normal Heart (Tony nom.),
Angels in America (Tony nom.) and The
Baltimore Waltz. Recipient of Outer
Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille
Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent,
Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is
a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at the Roundabout.
WAYNE CILENTO (Musical Staging).
Broadway: Sweet Charity (Tony nom.),
Aida, The Who’s Tommy (Tony, Drama
Desk, Astaire awards), How to Succeed…
(Tony nom.), Dream: The Johnny
Mercer Musical (director/choreographer; Tony nom., Best Choreography),
Jerry’s Girls, Baby (Tony nom.). West
End: The Who’s Tommy (Olivier nom.).
Other credits: Off-Broadway’s A Hot
Minute and Angry Housewives, national
tour of Spirit, …Forum at La Jolla (San
Diego Drama Critics and Drama-Logue
awards). Performer credits: A Chorus
Line (Mike, original cast), The Act,
Seesaw, Perfectly Frank, Irene, Big Deal,
Rachel Lily Rosenblum and Dancin’
(Tony nom.). He has done musical staging for Liza Minnelli, Barry Manilow,
Chita Rivera, Billy Joel, Donna Summer
and Pete Townshend.
EUGENE LEE (Scenic Designer) has
been resident designer at Trinity Rep
since 1967. He has B.F.A. degrees from
the Art Institute of Chicago and Carnegie
Mellon University, an M.F.A. from Yale
Drama School and three honorary Ph.Ds.
Mr. Lee has won three Tony Awards
for Bernstein’s Candide, Sondheim’s
Sweeney Todd and Wicked. He is the production designer for NBC’s “Saturday
Night Live.” Other New York theatre
work includes The Pirate Queen, Alice in
Wonderland, The Normal Heart, Agnes
of God, Ragtime, Uncle Vanya, Ruby
Sunrise and A Number. Film credits
include Coppola’s Hammett, Huston’s
Mr. North and Malle’s Vanya on 42nd
Street. Mr. Lee is an adjunct professor at
Brown University and lives with his wife
Brooke in Providence, where they raised
their two sons.
SUSAN HILFERTY (Costume
Designer) has designed more than 300
productions for theatres across America
and internationally. Her directorial collaborators include Athol Fugard (set,
costumes, co-director), Michael Mayer,
James Lapine, Robert Falls, Robert
Woodruff, Joe Mantello, JoAnne
Akalaitis, Garland Wright, Mark
Lamos, Frank Galati, Des McAnuff,
Sharon Ott, David Petrarca, Richard
Nelson, Christopher Ashley, Kenny
Leon, Laurie Anderson, Tony Kushner,
Carole Rothman, Garry Hynes and
Emily Mann. Recent work: Rigoletto
at the Metropolitan Opera 2012/2013,
Taylor Swift “Speak Now” World Tour
2011/2012. Broadway: Wonderland,
Sondheim on Sondheim, Spring
Awakening (Tony nom.), Lestat (Tony
KENNETH POSNER (Lighting
Designer) has more than 40 Broadway
play and musical theatre credits. He
designs extensively off-Broadway and
for resident theatres throughout the
United States as well as internationally. He is the recipient of the Tony,
Drama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle
Awards. Broadway: The Merchant of
Venice, The Royal Family, The Coast
of Utopia—Shipwrecked, Wicked,
Hairspray, 9 to 5, Catch Me If You
Can, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally
Blonde, The Homecoming, The Odd
Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross, Charlie
Brown, The Frogs, Little Women, The
Goat, Uncle Vanya, The Little Foxes and
The Rose Tattoo. Opera credits include
designs for the New York City Opera
and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Kenneth was the recipient of the 2003
Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in
Lighting Design.
TONY MEOLA (Sound Designer).
Broadway: LYSISTRATA JONES (associate producer as well as sound design);
Pal Joey; The Ritz; Laugh Whore; Man
of La Mancha; Sweet Smell of Success;
Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Footloose;
The Lion King (Drama Desk Award);
The Sound of Music; A Christmas Carol
(MSG), Steel Pier; Forum; The King and
I; Moon Over Buffalo; Smokey Joe’s Cafe;
Guys and Dolls; Five Guys Named Moe;
She Loves Me; The Red Shoes; Anything
Goes. London: Kiss Me, Kate; The Lion
King; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; and Anything
Goes. National and international: The
Lion King, Les Misérables, Mozart, Der
Gloeckner von Notre Dame. Tony is a
graduate of Ithaca College’s Department
of Theatre Arts. Thanks, Dick.
ELAINE J. McCARTHY (Projection
Designer). Recent Broadway designs
include The People in the Picture,
Impressionism, Thurgood, Spamalot,
Assassins, Man of La Mancha, Into the
Woods, and Judgement at Nuremberg.
Opera designs include Moby Dick (Dallas
Opera), Dead Man Walking (Houston
Opera), Mazeppa (Metropolitan Opera),
War and Peace (Kirov and Met Opera),
Tan Dun’s The Gate, and Peter Sellar’s
The Peony Pavilion. Off-Broadway
designs include Frequency Hopping
(set and projection), Embedded, The
Stendhal Syndrome, Suitcase, Speaking
in Tongues and The Thing About Men.
Regional designs include Distracted (set
and projection), Limonade tous les Jours,
Fran’s Bed, Once in a Lifetime, Cobb,
and Hair. She received an Eddy Award
in 2003.
TOM WATSON (Wig and Hair
Designer) is head of the wig and makeup
department at the Metropolitan Opera.
He has designed wigs for more than 50
Broadway productions. Current and
recent Broadway designs include On
a Clear Day…; How to Succeed…;
Wonderland; House of Blue Leaves;
Born Yesterday; The Addams Family;
Million Dollar Quartet; Rock of Ages;
Promises, Promises; Elling; South
Pacific; Sondheim on Sondheim; A View
from the Bridge; and Sunday in the Park
with George.
JOE DULUDE II (Makeup Designer).
Inspired by monster makeup as a kid,
he is the designer for Wicked productions. Broadway: The Wedding Singer,
Assassins, Into the Woods (key makeup
Vanessa Williams). Off-Bway: Birdie,
Broadway Bares (design and bodypainting). Film and television: E!, Style,
Lifetime, PBS, “Access Hollywood,”
MTV. Print and Runway: Vanity Fair,
Marie Claire, Vibe, Rolling Stone,
Diesel, Enyce and more. Other: Artist
relations and consultant for MAC
Cosmetics.
THOM WIDMANN (Production
Supervisor). Ten productions for Lincoln
Center Theater including The Light in the
Piazza, The Frogs and Contact. Other
credits: The Sound of Music, The King
and I, Amy’s View, Skylight and the nat’l
tour of An Inspector Calls. Graduate
of SUNY Purchase. Adjunct faculty,
Fordham University.
JAKE BELL (Technical Supervisor)
has been a stage manager and technical
production manager on Broadway for
more than 25 years. Broadway, national
and international credits include The
Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Les
Misérables, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,
Miss Saigon, Swan Lake, Dreamgirls,
Cats, Chess.
STEPHEN OREMUS (Music
Supervisor/Arranger). Broadway:
received the 2011 Tony and Drama Desk
awards for co-orchestrating The Book of
Mormon (along with Larry Hochman);
Music Director/Vocal Arranger of The
Book of Mormon; Worldwide Music
Supervisor/ Arranger of Wicked, Music
Supervisor/Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator
of Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5;
Co-producer with Dolly Parton of the
Grammy nominated 9 to 5 Broadway
cast recording; Other: Music Supervisor/
Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator of tick,
tick...BOOM!; Music Director of Lippa’s
The Wild Party and Rent (National Tour);
Music Director/Conductor for the Rufus
Wainwright Sings Judy Garland concert;
Music Director of Jerry Springer—The
Opera at Carnegie Hall. He is a graduate
of Berklee College of Music, Boston.
WILLIAM DAVID BROHN
(Orchestra­t ions) received the 1998
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
for Ragtime. Other credits include Mary
Poppins, Curtains, Miss Saigon, The
Secret Garden, Show Boat, Crazy for
You, Carousel, Sweet Smell of Success,
Oklahoma! (B’way); Mary Poppins,
Oliver!, My Fair Lady, South Pacific
(London) and Betty Blue Eyes. He has
provided arrangements for Marilyn
Horne, James Galway, Placido Domingo
and Joshua Bell’s recording on Sony
Classical of Bernstein’s West Side Story
Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
ALEX LACAMOIRE (Music Arrange­
ments) is the Music Supervisor for In
the Heights, which won him the 2008
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and
a 2008 Grammy Award for producing
the cast album. Other Broadway credits as Music Director, Arranger, and/
or Orchestrator: 9 to 5, High Fidelity
and Legally Blonde. Other favorite
projects: Bat Boy: The Musical (offB’way), the 2001 Nat’l tour of Godspell,
Captain Louie and The Wiz (City Center
Encores!). Love to Mom, Dad, Little Sis
and Ileana.
P. Jason Yarcho (Musical
Director). Tour debut! M.M. in
Orchestral Conducting from CCM.
Musical director of more than 60 productions, including Little Women, The Full
Monty and Follies. Other credits: The
Little Theatre on the Square, MUNY.
Thanks Mom and Dad!
JAMES LYNN ABBOTT (Dance
Arrange­ments). Broadway: Aida, Tarzan,
Bombay Dreams, Rent, Footloose,
Joseph…, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and
Miss Saigon. National tours include
Starlight Express, Kiss of the Spider
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nom.), Assassins, Into the Woods (Hewes
Award, Tony nom.), Dirty BLONDE.
She designs for opera, dance, film and
TV and chairs Design at NYU/Tisch.
Her numerous awards include the Tony,
Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle
awards for Wicked.
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Woman, The Who’s Tommy and Jesus
Christ Superstar. He has performed with
Aretha Franklin, Dennis De­Young of
Styx, Shirley Bassey, Bob Hope, Vanessa
Williams and Elton John. Clients include
Dr Pepper, Frito Lay, American Airlines
and General Electric.
MICHAEL KELLER (Music
Coordinator). Music Coordination
for The Book of Mormon, The
Addams Family, Memphis, Billy
Elliot, Wicked, Mamma Mia, The
Lion King, Barbra Streisand Concerts
(1994/2001/2006/2007). Life is complete
with wife Pamela Sousa, son Zachary
and daughter Alexis.
TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting).
Broadway/Tours: A Streetcar Named
Desire, Leap of Faith, Evita, The Best
Man, Newsies, Magic/Bird, Porgy and
Bess, Godspell, SPIDER-MAN Turn Off
the Dark, Sister Act, Priscilla Queen
of the Desert, Memphis, Rock of Ages,
Bring It On, The Addams Family. OffBroadway: Carrie (MCC), Rent, Million
Dollar Quartet (and Tour, Chicago),
Atlantic, Signature. Film: The Odd Life
of Timothy Green, Joyful Noise, Friends
with Kids, Margin Call, Howl, Sex
and the City 1 & 2, I Love You Phillip
Morris, Rachel Getting Married, Dan
in Real Life, Across the Universe. TV:
“Smash,” “A Gifted Man,” “The Big C.”
www.telseyandco.com.
LISA LEGUILLOU (Associate
Director) worked with Joe Mantello
on Frankie and Johnny…, Take Me
Out and The Vagina Monologues. She
appeared in eight Broadway shows; on
TV in “Sex and the City,” “NYPD Blue”
and “NY Undercover;” and in the films
Changing Lanes, Center Stage, Everyone
Says I Love You and HBO’s “Angels in
America.”
CORINNE McFADDEN HERRERA
(Asso­ciate Choreographer) has worked
with, and assisted, Wayne Cilento on
Sweet Charity (Broadway and National
Tour), and Wicked (Broadway). As a
performer, Corinne was featured in the
Broadway revival of Sweet Charity,
and the original companies of Aida and
Wicked. She has also appeared in, and
assistant choreographed, numerous commercials and music videos. Thanks to
Mom, Dad, Manny, and Wayne.
EDWARD PIERCE (Associate Scenic
Designer) operates a NYC-based design
studio specializing in the production
design of Broadway, touring and international stage productions. With his
team of artists, Edward provides firstclass development and management of
designs. Notable collaborations include
the Tony Award-winning Wicked with
Eugene Lee, Billy Elliot, The Pirate
Queen, Aida, Ragtime, Cabaret, and
Noise/Funk. www.edwardpierce.com.
CHIC SILBER (Special Effects).
Broadway: Sherlock Holmes; Edward
Gorey’s Dracula; The Elephant
Man; Amadeus; Nicholas Nickleby;
Tintypes; Working; The Dresser; Alice
in Wonderland; Grand Hotel; Piaf;
Orpheus Descending; Moon Over
Buffalo; Footloose; The Civil War; Aida;
Kiss Me, Kate; Annie Get Your Gun;
Dance of Death; Brooklyn; La Cage aux
Folles; Godspell. Circus: Monte Carlo
Circus Spectacular, Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey, Clyde Beatty-Cole
Bros.
J. JASON DAUNTER (Production
Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back
in OZ after spending several years with
the show on Broadway. Bway: Wicked,
Glory Days, and Cyrano de Bergerac
(starring Kevin Kline). National Tours:
Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie and
Joseph…Dreamcoat. Regional: Stages
St. Louis (five seasons), World Premiere
of Up In the Air by Bill Russell and
Henry Krieger at the Kennedy Center.
Film: The Extra Man, The Conspirator,
and Queen to Play all with Kevin Kline.
Jason serves on the Board of Directors
for the Educational Theater Association.
Thanks to 321, Thom, MB, and Mom.
“Dare to Dream!” www.jasondaunter.
com.
of Actors’ Equity Association. Endless
thanks to Mom, Dad, Sarah and Dave.
GREGORY MAGUIRE (Author of
Original Novel) published a dozen novels
for children before writing his first adult
novel, Wicked. A devotee of children’s
fantasy, Maguire’s subsequent novels
for adults are variations-on-a-theme:
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister considers Cinderella as a 17th-century maid
from Haarlem; Lost evokes the ghost of
Charles Dickens’s Scrooge; and Mirror
Mirror features a High Renaissance
Snow White daunted by the wickedest
stepmother, Lucrezia Borgia. Maguire’s
novel Son of a Witch, a sequel to Wicked,
is followed by A Lion Among Men and
the final volume of the Wicked Years,
Out of Oz. He lives in Massachusetts and
Vermont with his husband, the painter
Andy Newman, and their three children.
321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT
(General Management) is currently represented by Sister Act and Bring It On:
The Musical. Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel
Gibbs, and Marcia Goldberg’s past
Broadway, Off-Broadway, and national
tour management credits include Traces;
Next To Normal; The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee; Man of
La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You,
You’re Perfect, Now Change; and Bat
Boy: The Musical. Additional individual
productions include Smokey Joe’s Café;
The Vagina Monologues; The Santaland
Diaries; and The Diary of Anne Frank.
ROLANDO A. LINARES (Stage
Manager) comes from the Chicago
company of Wicked. He has worked
as a stage manager at The Goodman
Theatre in Chicago (A Christmas Carol,
Electricidad, Proof, The Story and the
world premiere of Bounce). Chicago
Shakespeare Theater (Pacific Overtures,
Romeo & Juliet). Born and raised in
Panama, he is a graduate of The Theatre
School at DePaul University.
Marc Platt (Producer). Broadway:
Wicked; Three Days of Rain; Pal Joey.
Off-Broadway: Matthew Bourne’s ballet Edward Scissorhands; Family Week.
Films: Legally Blonde; Legally Blonde 2;
Rachel Getting Married; Wanted; Scott
Pilgrim vs. The World; Nine; The Other
Woman; Charlie St. Cloud; Cop Out;
Honey; Josie and the Pussycats; The
Perfect Man; The Seeker: The Dark Is
Rising. Television: “Taking The Stage”
(MTV); “Empire Falls” (HBO); “Once
Upon A Mattress” (ABC); “The Path To
9/11” (ABC). Mr. Platt previously served
as president for three movie studios
(Orion, TriStar and Universal).
MOLLY BRAVERMAN (Assistant
Stage Manager). Broadway: Wicked.
Off-Broadway: The Picture of Dorian
Gray. Regional: Christmas Eve with
Christmas Eve (BC/EFA Benefit), Little
House on the Prairie, The Musical
(Paper Mill Playhouse). Graduate of
Columbia University. Proud member
UNIVERSAL PICTURES STAGE
PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is the
theatrical production unit of the worldfamous motion picture studio. UPSP
is currently represented by the recordbreaking and Tony award-winning musicals Wicked and Billy Elliot, the national
tour of Bring It On: The Musical, and
THE ARACA GROUP (Producer).
Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew
Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger,
The Araca Group produces and merchandises live entertainment and theatrical events on Broadway and around the
world. For more information please visit:
araca.com.
JON B. PLATT (Producer). Tony
Awards: Pulitzer Prize winner Angels
in America: Millennium Approaches,
Perestroika, Copenhagen, God of
Carnage, The Book of Mormon. Tony
Award Nominations: Wicked, Peter
Pan, The Diary of Anne Frank, Hello
Dolly!, The Lonesome West, You’re
Welcome America, Man of LaMancha,
A View From The Bridge, The Mother
F**cker With the Hat, Jerusalem. This
season: Venus In Fur, Nice Work If You
Can Get It, Clybourne Park, Death Of A
Salesman, An Evening with Patti Lupone
and Mandy Patinkin.
DAVID STONE (Producer) is currently
represented around the world by Wicked.
He has also produced Next to Normal,
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee, Three Days of Rain, Man
of La Mancha, The Vagina Monologues,
Fully Committed, Lifegame, The Diary of
Anne Frank, Full Gallop, The Santaland
Diaries and Family Secrets. David serves
on the boards of The Broadway League
and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids.
He also serves on the advisory boards
of V-Day and Second Stage Theatre.
David has lectured on theatre at the
Juilliard School, NYU, Yale, Columbia
and his alma mater, the University of
Pennsylvania.
STAFF CREDITS for Wicked
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
321 Theatrical Management
Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel Gibbs,
Marcia Goldberg
CASTING
Telsey + Company:
Bernie Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA,
Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA,
Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA,
Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA,
Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, David Morris, Cesar A. Rocha,
Andrew Femenella, Karyn Casl, Kristina Bramhall,
Jessie Malone
TECHNICAL SUPERVISION
JAKE BELL PRODUCTION SERVICES LTD.
TOUR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE­­
Phillip Aleman
Justin O’Neill
Company MAnaGer..................................STEVE QUINN
Engagement MAnaGer....................... Ken Silverman
PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATOR............BOB BRINKERHOFF
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER.......... J. Jason Daunter
Stage Manager....................................Rolando A. Linares
Assistant Stage Manager.........................Molly Braverman
Associate Company Manager......................... Steve Varon
Assistant Director........................................... Paul Dobie
Associate Music Supervisor................Dominick Amendum
Dance Supervisor.................................. Patrick McCollum
Assistant Choreographer................... Kristen Leigh Gorski
Assistant to Mr. Schwartz............................. Michael Cole
Assistant Scenic Designer..........................Nick Francone
Oz Map Design........................................Francis Keeping
Costume Coordinator
for Wicked Worldwide......................Amanda Whidden
Wig Coordinator......................................... J. Jared Janas
Assistant Costume Designers..................... Amela Baksic,
Amy Bradshaw, Amy Clark, Martin Lopez,
Mary-Margaret O’Neill, Cathy Small
Associate Lighting Designer.......................... Karen Spahn
Assoc. Lighting Designer/
Automated Lights.................................. Warren Flynn
Assistant Lighting Designer...........................Aaron Spivey
Assoc. Sound Designer/
Prod. Sound Engineer...............................Kai Harada
Assistant Sound Designer.............................. Adam Rigby
Projection Programmer..................................Hillary Knox
Assistant Projection Designer.....................Jake Pinholster
Projection Animators.......Gareth Smith, Ari Sachter-Zeltzer
Special Effects Associate...............................Aaron Waitz
Flying Effects.......................................ZFX Flying Illusions
Associate Hair Designer......................... Charles LaPointe
Production Carpenter....................................Rick Howard
Head Carpenter......................................LaVoid McKibbin
Automation Carpenter................................... Alden Corey
Assistant Carpenters..................................Stuart Dobbie,
Kent Hasper, Tony Ward, Duke Wilson
Production Electrician.............................Robert Fehribach
Head Electrician..............................................Todd Davis
Assistant Electricians............. Jake Martin, Edgar Vanegas
Production Properties Supervisor..............George Wagner
Head Properties.......................................Richard Dalglish
Assistant Properties............................. Rachel Juozapaitis
Head Sound Engineer............................ Michael Weferling
Assistant Sound Engineer............................. Mitch Tracey
Production Wardrobe Supervisor....................Alyce Gilbert
Wardrobe Supervisor..................................... Elmo Struck
Assistant Wardrobe Supervisors................. Janet Cadmus,
Miriam Hoffman
Hair Supervisor............................................ Lisa Thomas
Assistant Hair Supervisor.............................. David Bryant
Makeup Design....................................... Joseph Dulude II
Makeup Supervisor.................................. Christina Knapp
Masks and Prosthetics...................... W.M. Creations, Inc.
Matthew W. Mungle, Lloyd Matthews
Advance Carpenters......................Cris Cory, Joel Gburek,
Mick Lohrer, Dave Rader, Dennis Richards
Advance Electricians................EJ Mechley, Andrew Scholl
Advance Sound..................Brian Moore, Laurie Turnau
Advance Wardrobe.............................Patricia Emmert
Assistant Technical Supervisor...............Ana M. Garcia
Music Preparation.............. Anixter/Rice Music Service
Synthesizer Programming.................... Andrew Barrett
Guitar Effects Programming.................... Chuck Pierce
Advertising.................. Serino Coyne/Greg Corradetti,
Caroline Thompson, Jean Leonard, Dana Zell
Website.................................................. Istros Media
Merchandise.....................................The Araca Group
Banking...... JP Morgan Chase Bank/Salvatore Romano
Payroll.................................. Castellana Services, Inc.
Director of Finance................................ John DiMeglio
Accountanting.................. Fried & Kowgios CPA’s LLP,
Robert Fried, CPA
Insurance................... AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance
Legal Counsel....................Loeb & Loeb/Seth Gelblum
Legal Counsel for Universal Pictures.............Keith Blau
Physical Therapy...... NEURO Tour Physical Therapy Inc.
Lindsey Facciolo, DPT,
Medical Director: Hugh C. McLeod III, MD
Acting Medical Director...........Thomas H. Myers, M.D.
Travel Agent.............................................Road Rebel
Makeup provided by MAC Cosmetics
­­MARC PLATT PRODUCTIONS
Adam Siegel, Greg Lessans, Joey Levy,
Jared LeBoff, Nik Mavinkurve, Conor Welch,
Claire Wihnyk, Keri DeVos
STONE PRODUCTIONS
David Stone Patrick Catullo Aaron Glick
UNIVERSAL PICTURES
President & COO, Universal Studios.............Ron Meyer
Chairman............................................Adam Fogelson
Co- Chairman.......................................Donna Langley
Vice-Chairman.....................................Rick Finkelstein
President........................................... Jimmy Horowitz
321 Theatrical Management
Bob Brinkerhoff, Susan Brumley, Patrick Catullo,
Mattea Cogliano-Benedict, Eric Cornell, John DiMeglio,
Tara Geesaman, Aaron Glick, Jason Haft,
Andrew Hartman, Adam Jackson, Brent McCreary,
Alex Owen, Rebecca Peterson, Susan Sampliner,
Greg Schaffert, Nathan Vernon, Haley Ward
Exclusive Tour Direction
Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota
The Road Company www.theroadcompany.com
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the acclaimed revival of Porgy & Bess.
Upcoming films include Dr. Seuss’ The
Lorax, Battleship, Snow White and the
Huntsman, The Bourne Legacy, and the
big-screen musical adaptation of Les
Misérables.
The buell theatre
is part of the Denver Performing Arts Complex,
owned and operated by the City and County of Denver,
Arts and Venues.
City & County of Denver
Michael Hancock, Mayor
Arts and Venues
Kent Rice, Director
For information call:
720.865.4220
Denver Center Attractions gratefully
acknowledges the following support
in its 2012 season
The Denver Center
for the Performing Arts
­­­Denver Center Attractions Staff
D. Randall Weeks.........................Executive Director/President
Jeff Hovorka..........................Director of Media and Marketing
John Ekeberg..............Director of Programming & Operations
Heidi Bosk...................................... PR & Promotions Manager
Alicia Giersch...........Operations Associate/Company Manager
Jane McDonald...................................... Marketing Coordinator
DCPA Marketing Staff
Jennifer Nealson.......Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Jeff Hovorka...............Director of Media and Marketing, DCA
Bourge Hathaway..........Interim Director of Marketing, DCTC
Suzanne Blandón..........................Director of Communications
Gregory Smith....................Director of Audience Development
Sylvie Drake.........................................Director of Publications
Audience Development
Lou Adducci...........................................Group Sales Associate
Nick Brown............................................Group Sales Associate
Simone Gordon................Audience Development Coordinator
Carol Krueger.....................................Theatre Services Manger
Bill Love............................................................House Manager
Cleo Maez..........Group Sales Assc./Student Matinee Manager
Tina Risch..................................Community Services Manager
Wid Horner......................................Phone Campaign Manager
Karla Satterlee................. Assistant Phone Campaign Manager
Michael Bisbee, Anthony Elio, Lilly Exley,
Becky Jarman, Jaejin Kim, Stephanie Larason,
Fredda Laurel, Val Poland, Morgan Swaney,
Celsea Wurster.........................................Phone Campaign Staff
Communications
Nathan Brunetti................................................. Email Designer
Kim Conner....................................................Graphic Designer
Anita Edwards.......................................Web Services Manager
Brenda Elliott......................................Senior Graphic Designer
Kyle Malone.......................................Senior Graphic Designer
Ken Mostek............................Videographer/Cinematographer
Jim Smelser....................................................Graphic Designer
Jason Thrun .................................................... Project Manager
Media, Marketing and Sales
Heidi Bosk............................PR & Promotions Manager, DCA
Alexandra Griesmer.......... PR & Promotions Manager, DCTC
Jane McDonald...................................... Marketing Coordinator
Mark Onderdonk...........................................Business Manager
Kirk Petersen...................... Assoc. Director of Ticket Services
Jennifer Lopez.................... Assoc. Director of Ticket Services
Bruce Albright................. Assoc. Director of Ticket Services/
Data Analysis
David Smith..............Assoc. Director of Subscription Services
Joelle Parrott........................Manager of Subscription Services
Laura Yaeger..............................................Box Office Manager
Nick Jungferman.......................Assistant Box Office Manager
Brandon Beston.........................Assistant Box Office Manager
Kevin Dykstra, Patye Gibbons, Amy Hibbeln,
Julie Lemieux, Kirk LeValley, Katherine Murphy,
Mia Ulibarri-Derti ....................................Counter/Show Leads
Trevor Curtis, Bill Harris, Jan Miller,
Greg Swan..................................................Subscription Agents
Kirsten Anderson, Natasha Aragon, Chris Arneson,
Lindsay Bergstrom, Lauren Dahl, Christopher Robin
Donaldson, Patye Gibbons, Noah Jungferman,
Tristan Jungferman, Scott Lix, Maria Ortiz, Neil Singleton,
Tim Slattery, LC Tribit, Alyssa Wagner............... Ticket Agents
Information Services
Bruce Montgomery................Director of Information Services
Jim Hipp................Associate Director of Information Services
Bobby Jiminez........................Senior Audience View Specialist
Development Department
Dorothy Denny................................... Executive Vice President
Tiffany Grady............................................... Associate Director
Linda Mitchell.............................................. Associate Director
David Zupancic............................................ Associate Director
Jeremy P. Anderson...................................... Associate Director
Mary Mosher................. Major Gifts/Membership Coordinator
Peter Dearth........................................... Development Assistant
Megan Hatch................................................ Business Manager
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CREDITS
Scenery built by F&D Scene Changes. Scenic motion
control featuring Stage Command Systems© by
Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting; Sound equipment from PRG
Audio, both divisions of Production Resource Group
LLC. Special effects by Sunshine Scenic Studios
& Aztec Stage Lighting. Video projection system
by Scharff Weisberg Inc. Projections by Vermilion
Border Productions. Costumes by Barbara Matera
Ltd., Parsons-Meares Ltd., Tricorne, Eric Winterling,
Scafati, & Cego. Millinery by Rodney Gordon &
Lynne Mackey Shoes by T.O. Dey, Frederick Longtin,
LaDuca & J.C. Theatrical. Flatheads & monkey wings
by Michael Curry Design Inc. Life-casts by Todd
Kleitsch and Sunday Englis. Fur by Fur & Furgery.
Undergarments & hosiery by Bra*Tenders, Inc.
Antique jewelry by Ilene Chazanof. Specialty jewelry
& tiaras by Larry Vrba. Custom Oz accessories by
LouLou Button. Custom screening by Gene Mignola
& Izquierdo Studios. Certain props by John Creech
Designs & Den Design Studio. Nessarose armoire
woodwork by The Woodworker Shop. Graphic props
& spellbooks by Proper Decorum, Inc. Confetti by
Artistry in Motion. Puppets by Bob Flanagan. Electronic
instruments & equipment from Victor’s House of Music
& misc. percussion from Drummer’s World. Acoustic
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K E N T T H O M P S O N,
A RT I S T I C D I R E C T O R
Romance. Relevance. Redemption.
Come with us on a series of remarkable journeys of the mind and the spirit, full of hope, renewal,
romance and redemption. Renew your subscription today and save your seats… or consider
joining us and reap the rewards available only to subscribers. Then get ready to travel
to the unique and memorable places that can only be found in live theatre!
The Three Musketeers
Adapted by Linda Alper, Douglas Langworthy,
and Penny Metropulos
From the book by Alexandre Dumas
Sept 21 – Oct 21 • Stage Theatre
Producing Partner: Isabelle Clark
Young D’Artagnan comes to Paris to join the King’s Musketeers.
Befriended by three legendary swordsmen, he is instantly put to
the test, finds love, faces temptation and thwarts evil. With
swashbuckling swordplay, intrigue and comedy, this adaptation
of Dumas’ novel considers the cost of one hero’s journey.
Fences
By August Wilson
Sept 14 – Oct 14 • Space Theatre
In this muscular and lyrical winner of the Pulitzer Prize and two
Tony Awards, a star baseball player, his career blunted by racism,
supports his family as a sanitation worker. In a changing world, he
builds a fence to protect what’s his and hold off what threatens.
But things happen when a strong man’s dreams are thwarted.
By J.B. Priestley
Nov 16 – Dec 16 • Stage Theatre
Producing Partners: Diana & Mike Kinsey
Contributing Partners: Martin & Jo Ann Semple
Sponsor: Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado
What if you discovered on your 25th wedding anniversary that
you weren’t legally married? Playwright J.B. Priestley cranks up
the tension by multiplying the idea times three as six spouses in
a small English town struggle to figure out how to protect their
reputations and deal with their newly unmarried status.
WORLD PREMIERE
Ed, Downloaded
By Michael Mitnick
Jan 11 – Feb 17 • Ricketson Theatre
Producing Partners: John & Jeannie Fuller, Jim Steinberg
Both live action and feature film, this intriguing comedy tells of
Ed, who is dying. Offered a chance at immortality, he has his brain
downloaded and is allowed ten memories to take into eternity.
But when his wife discovers what they are, she intervenes.
A Denver Center Theatre Company commission.
WORLD PREMIERE
Grace, or The Art
of Climbing
By Lauren Feldman
Jan 18 – Feb 17 • Space Theatre
A captivating tale of a reluctant young athlete for whom rock
climbing is both metaphor and action. Emm struggles with doubt,
depression and her demons, as she trains mind, body and
spirit for a world climbing competition.
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Ruy Iskandar, Dav
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Caroline Rosenblum and John Hutto
Photos by Terry Shapiro
Producing Partner: Tina Walls
When We Are Married
A Weekend with
Pablo Picasso
By Herbert Siguenza
March 22 – April 28 • Ricketson Theatre
Producing Partners: Margot & Allan Frank, Judi & Robert Newman
Drawing on the writings of iconic artist Pablo Picasso, playwright/
performer Herbert Siguenza of LA’s Culture Clash creates a spirited
celebration of the prolific artist’s life, featuring a sparkling
portrayal—and live, onstage painting.
Other Desert Cities
By Jon Robin Baitz
March 29 – April 28 • Space Theatre
Producing Partners: Terry & Noel Hefty, Karolynn Lestrud
A grown daughter returns to Palm Springs for a Christmas
gathering after writing a tell-all book about a family secret. Parents
and family suddenly have to grapple with an issue they’d rather
not discuss. Secrets and lies unravel, making each character
more complex—and more human.
WORLD PREMIERE
Sense & Sensibility
The Musical
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Book and lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow
Music by Neal Hampton
April 5 – May 26, 2013 • Stage Theatre
The Giver*
Dramatized by Eric Coble
Sept 28 – Nov 18 • Ricketson Theatre
When young Jonas is chosen by the Elders to be Receiver of
Memories, he begins to discover the disturbing truth about his
utopian world. Lois Lowry’s powerful Newbery Medal-winning
novel makes for a fantastic theatrical event.
Irving Berlin’s
White Christmas*
Based upon the Paramount Pictures Film
written for the screen by
Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by David Ives & Paul Blake
Nov 23 – Dec 24 • Buell Theatre
Two World War II vets are determined to rescue their commanding
officer whose country inn is imperiled by lack of snow. With its Irving
Berlin score, this stage adaptation of the Bing Crosby/Danny Kaye
movie musical delivers gorgeous songs, nostalgia—and
a clever plan to save Christmas.
*Not part of the season subscription
Preston
When Romeo meets Juliet at a masked ball, love sparks and grows,
swept along by flights of poetry and ecstatic romance.
But the young lovers can’t long withstand the buffeting of their
feuding families. Exuberant and tragic, this timeless love
story still packs a huge emotional wallop.
Lois Lowry’s
and John
G.
Producing Partners: Sherrie & Lee Archer, Katy Atkinson, Isabelle Clark,
Diana & Mike Kinsey, Dennis & Anita Lacey, June Travis
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
Kathleen
McCall
By William Shakespeare
Jan 25 – Feb 24 • Stage Theatre
The Plays
Romeo & Juliet
Producing Partner: Daniel L. Ritchie
Sponsor: U.S. Bank
Drew Cortese
This musical adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel draws us into
the tempestuous world of the Dashwood sisters. Different in
temperament, but determined to find happiness in spite of their
impoverished circumstances, Elinor and Marianne struggle with
betrayal, soaring emotions and conflicting notions of ideal love.
One follows her heart, the other her head, yet each triumphs
romantically by remaining true to who she is.
Get your ticket to romance, relevance, redemption and enjoy the journey.
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Saturday Night Alive
Nationally-renowned artist
Ed Dwight donated the
sculpture, “After Hours.”
JOY TO THE WORLD
A sizzling Saturday Night Alive to help our Arts in Education programs
A sold-out crowd of 800 guests sang “Joy to the World” at The Denver Center’s 32nd
annual Saturday Night Alive. Held on March 3, the black-tie fundraiser raised more
than $630,000 to support the Center’s theatre education programs, which serve 50,000
students each year. Highlights of the evening included the Surprise Box Sale, the area’s
best Silent Auction, a delicious dinner by Epicurean Catering and entertainment by the
legendary Three Dog Night. Joy to the world, indeed!
Contributing artist Julie
Chase with her husband
Paul took one last look
at her donated work,
“Concerto.”
Dianne Eddolls enjoyed the
evening with DCPA Honorary
Trustee Glenn Jones.
(l-r) Amanda Gurr
greeted Michael &
Michelle Hobbs during
the cocktail hour,
which featured frog
legs by Epicurean
in keeping with the
evening’s theme.
James Varlett and
his daughter Jamie
admired a signed
Tim Tebow jersey.
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(l-r) LaFawn Biddle and Don Ross
discuss the evening’s wonderful
artwork with Amanda Gurr.
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Steve Hirsch was amazed at the
Tiffany bowl that Terrie Fontenor
selected during the Surprise Box Sale.
John Vanderberg &
Lisa Spicola coordinated
their attire for the
black-tie event.
Saturday Night Alive Event Chairs
Steven and Ryta Sondergard led
the way to $630,000 in proceeds.
Saturday Night Alive
Denver Center Alliance members
Jeanne Saunders (l) and Gayle
Novak with their husbands, Dick
and Ed, were all smiles over the
success of the event.
(l-r) Anita and
Paul Adams
greeted Jen & Eric
Jacobsen during
the pre-dinner
festivities.
Patty & Kenny
Moore were
Platinum
Patrons for the
evening.
Event sponsor L. Roger Hutson
and Leslie McKay met legendary
entertainers Three Dog Night
after the show.
Bill & Rhonda Schneider and
Darci Overstreet
Mayor Michael
Hancock was on hand
to tout the importance
of Arts in Education
and pay tribute to the
800+ guests in the
audience.
Corporate Event Chairs Peter &
Janet Swinburn helped sell out the
corporate tables in record time.
Pat Spieles and Anne Hanson had a
great time during the Silent Auction.
Colorado Energy
Producers
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Art Partner
Fidelity Investments
Outreach, Service and Philanthropy
Sponsoring events
such as VIP Evenings
and the Student Matinee
program gives Fidelity
the opportunity to
give back to the Denver
area community.
A proud sponsor of
DCTC’s Student
Matinee Program
VIP Evenings
F
idelity Investments is a proud sponsor of the Denver Center Theatre
Company Student Matinee program, where school groups see a live,
professional production at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts.
During the 2011/12 Season more than 16,000 students will have participated
in 33 matinees. The company also is the presenting sponsor of The Denver
Center’s popular VIP Evenings.
Fidelity Investments is one of the world’s largest providers of financial
services, with assets under administration of more than $3.2 trillion, including
managed assets of more than $1.4 trillion, as of May 31, 2010. Founded in 1946,
the firm is a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning,
portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and many other financial
products and services to more than 20 million individuals and institutions, as
well as through 5,000 financial intermediary firms.
Fidelity has a long history of community outreach and philanthropic service
in communities nationwide. Among its outreach initiatives, the company partners with numerous civic, charitable, arts and cultural organizations across the
country, one of which is The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, to support
and strengthen arts education and appreciation. Sponsoring events such as VIP
Evenings and the Student Matinee program gives Fidelity the opportunity to
give back to the Denver area community.
Two additional examples of Fidelity’s efforts in education and the arts include:
nearly 20 years of involvement in Reading is Fundamental, one of the nation’s
largest and oldest not-for-profit children’s literacy programs—and Fidelity’s
own Inspire the Future program, a grass roots outreach initiative dedicated to
supporting community youth programs that inspire future generations of
athletes, musicians, artists and fans.
For more information about Fidelity Investments’ services and community
initiatives, visit www.fidelity.com. n
Fidelity Brokerage Services,
Member NYSE, SIPC, 900 Salem Street, Smithfield, RI 02917
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Looking
ahead…
The Addams Family
June 19 – July 1, Buell Theatre
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a da da dum, snap snap…
In a prolific career spanning six decades, Charles Addams created
several thousand cartoons, sketches and drawings, many of which
were published in The New Yorker. But it was his creation
of characters that came to be known as The Addams
Family that brought Addams his greatest acclaim.
Addams’ drawings have entertained millions and
served as the inspiration for television series and
motion pictures.
Now, Charles Addams’ freaky family has
leapt off the page and onto the stage with
a new Broadway musical. The Addams
Family began performances in March 2010
to become one of Broadway’s big hits,
delighting audiences of all generations
with this family’s tortured tribulations.
This original musical comedy brings the
darkly delirious world of Gomez, Morticia,
Uncle Fester, Grandma, Wednesday, Pugsley and,
of course, Lurch, to spooky and spectacular life
on stage. The snappy music (two snaps), with an
exciting score and the characters we all know
and love, guarantees everyone will have a R.I.P.roaring good time at the theatre.
Come meet the family. We’ll leave the lights
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Jersey Boys
July 17 – Aug 11, Buell Theatre
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his very special show made its Denver
sell‐out premiere in 2008 and now, the
Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award‐
winning Best Musical is “Working Its Way
Back” to the Buell Theatre. One of Broadway’s
biggest success stories takes you behind the
music of Rock Hall of Famers Frankie Valli
& The Four Seasons. Jersey Boys features 33
songs including such hits as “Sherry,” “Big
Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll” and “Can’t Take
My Eyes Off You.” Follow the rags-to-rockto-riches tale of four blue-collar kids working
their way from the streets of Newark to the
heights of stardom. They wrote their own
songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175
million records worldwide – all before they
were 30. “Oh, What a Night!” n
Broadway Cast member Brad Oscar as Uncle Fester and the company of THE ADDAMS FAMILY. (Photo by Jeremy Daniel)
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La Cage Aux Folles
Sept. 4 – 16, Buell Theatre
Original Broadway Cast • Photo Credit: Joan Marcus
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ommercial, film and stage star
George Hamilton (sometimes noted
for his perpetually bronzed skin
tones) will delight Denver audiences in
La Cage aux Folles this fall. Winner of
three Tony Awards including Best Musical
Revival, La Cage tells the story of Georges
(Hamilton), the owner of a glitzy nightclub
in lovely Saint-Tropez, and his partner
Albin, who moonlights as the glamorous
chanteuse Zaza. When Georges’ son
brings his fiancée’s conservative parents
home to meet the flashy pair, the bonds
of family are put to the test as the feather
boas fly. La Cage is a tuneful and touching
tale of one family’s struggle to stay
together, stay fabulous and above all else,
stay true to themselves. George Hamilton
and the dynamite cast of La Cage will
leave you humming the melodies of
this extraordinary new version of an
indisputable musical comedy classic. n
AND DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE comes…
Memphis
Oct 9 – 21, Buell Theatre
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urn up that dial...
From the underground dance clubs of 1950s Memphis, Tennessee, comes a hot Broadway musical
that bursts off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and
forbidden love. Inspired by actual events, Memphis is about a white radio DJ who wants to change
the world and a black club singer who is ready for her big break. Come along on their terrific journey
to the ends of the airwaves—a journey filled with laughter, emotion and roof-raising rock’n’roll.
This winner of four 2010 Tony® Awards, including Best Musical, Memphis, which came to
Broadway from the La Jolla Playhouse, features a Tony® award-winning book by Joe DiPietro (I
Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change) and a Tony® award-winning original score with music by Bon
Jovi founding member David Bryan. Direction is by Tony® nominee Christopher Ashley (Xanadu)
and choreography by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys). So get ready to experience what AP has called
“The very essence of what a Broadway musical should be.” n
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be actualized through lighting
and sound design.
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