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History of Washington Heights By José Clair Washington Heights (sometimes called “Quisqueya Heights” or the “Little Dominican Republic”) is considered the area from 155th St to 190th St (the bottom tip of Fort Tyron Park). It sits right above Harlem and below Inwood, which stretches to northern most tip of Manhattan. While this is a rather large expanse, In The Heights shows the kind of lives experienced by the predominantly Latino part of the area between 181st and 185th St. Roughly half of the Washington Heights population identify as foreign born, with two-thirds of that population coming from the Dominican Republic. Prior to the 1960s, most of the neighborhood population consisted of those of Irish descent or European Jews who fled the rise of Nazism in the ’30s. The Dominican influx began in the late 1960s and spanned to the early 2000s when the lower costs of rent spawned a major shift in gentrification, and the cost of living steadily increased at a rate faster than income. Those most affected by this change have been moving either further north to Inwood, or across the river into the Bronx, where the cost of living is more manageable, with an average household income of $37, 500 per year. A quarter of the Washington Heights residents live below the federal poverty level in multigenerational housing. Those working in the neighborhood are primarily involved in retail trade (bodegas and small shops), as street vendors selling shaved ice, fruit and vegetables, and barbecue, or other local businesses (restaurants, salons, etc.). Many other residents travel further south into Manhattan, working as childcare providers or housekeepers. In terms of education, students struggle to get a proper one. A third of the schools are overcrowded, while also holding the highest number of English Language Learners in New York City. Of the 11 high schools in the area, only two meet the state standards for college readiness, while only 20% of the students are considered college ready from the other nine schools; a quarter of residents aged 25+ do not have a high school diploma. It’s an area, much like Brooklyn (or Logan Square), where gentrification continues to force residents out of their homes and businesses, without the skills or education to rise out of poverty. In The Heights 1 Get to Know the Cast of In The Heights ! IN THE HEIGHTS IS ABOUT… STAN: People. Good people, bad people, struggling people, working people, loving people. Real people. LEAH: Being rich where it matters; in love, relationships, and in the people that make up the two. It’s about finding your place in a home that doesn’t care where you were before you came there. YANDO: Patience, love and family. KEELY: What it means to know when you’re truly home. CISCO: Finding strength from your roots to empower your future. I LOVE IN THE HEIGHTS BECAUSE… LUCY: There is a never-ending wealth of accessibility and joy within this story, unlike any musical and/or play I’ve ever seen. MISSY: It speaks to my soul. Somewhere new each time I listen, sing or experience it. STEPHEN: You cannot be in this show and not feel love. It creates a sense of family that is like no other. TRAVIS: It’s the first musical where I heard influences from music that I grew up listening to in the ‘hood! DEMI: It’s a show where the people who think they don’t belong anywhere, they, we, belong in this show. WHEN I FIRST SAW IN THE HEIGHTS, I… JACK: Couldn’t stop thinking about it. The music was on repeat for months afterwards. LEAH: I laughed, I cried, and I knew theatre was going to be changed forever. LUCY: WAILED after “Carnaval del Barrio” - hearing “Alza la bandera cubana” had me out. of. control. A major musical had just made me feel proud to be Cuban. IF I WON 96,000 I WOULD SPEND IT ON… TRAVIS: Student loans...real talk. ELENA: Traveling around the world. And paying off my student loans. FRANKIE: On my mom; she’s definitely getting half. The rest is student loans (YAY…). JORDAN: Some loans and stuff, I guess. Please stop calling me. I’m broke. CISCO: A few months in another country, then come back and invest the rest; make my money work for me! 2 Porchlight Music Theatre Back Row (L to R): Stan DeCwikiel Jr., Jordan DeBose, Kristopher Knighton, Leah Davis, Cisco Lopez, Jack DeCesare, Stephen Allen. Second Row: Nicole Lambert, Frankie Leo Bennett, Isabel Quintero, Keely Vasquez, Missy Aguilar, Demi Zaino, Lucy Godinez, Michelle Lauto. Front Row: Travis Austin Wright, Yando Lopez, Elena Romanowski. MY ABUELA TAUGHT ME… JORDAN: To appreciate art, food, and family. She is truly missed. Love you, Mary Marvel! STAN: You don’t have to be blood to be family. STEPHEN: To sing. She taught me to do what I love and to touch others while doing it. YANDO: That you’re never too old for anything. MISSY: Not to put up with any bullshit, and never let anyone or anything stand in my way. ISABEL: That you can be in your 90’s and still have a major crush on an artist. (Her crush was Venezuelan singer/actor El Puma!) KEELY: To make my bed every day. Getting into a nicely made bed every night brings me great comfort. I’M REMINDED OF “PACIENCIA Y FE” WHEN… ELENA: Trying to learn Brenda and Chris’ choreography. FRANKIE: The Red Line gets delayed on my way to work. I’ll get there eventually! ISABEL: I ride the CTA. TRAVIS: I walk into an audition. I freak out way too much. CISCO: Google Maps takes me through a construction zone. I TAKE MY COFFEE… DEMI: With cream, sugar and carmel. So, so sweet, just like our cast. JACK: Many different ways, but my morning coffee is almost always straight up, black and bold. ISABEL: Ugh! I drink TEA! FRANKIE: Iced, black and about three to four times a day. YANDO: Con crema y azucar! MICHELLE: Cream and two sugars! CISCO: Iced, cold brew with a splash of milk. In The Heights 3 Que Lo Que By José Clair The dramaturgy is present. Lin Manuel-Miranda and Quiara Hudes have seamlessly written in everything for a theatre artist or theater goer to understand the world in which In The Heights is set. The show accurately portrays the predominantly Dominican ethnic enclave in Manhattan, Washington Heights. The complexity of the characters, the tastes and smells of the street vendor’s foods, the love of café con leche, Latin machismo, and the sounds of the street, ranging from hip hop to bachata to salsa to the cacophony car horns blaring at all times of the day and night. They’ve woven in various ethnic identities that exist around 181st St. from Dominican, Puerto Rican and Cuban, to Mexican and Ecuadorian, and the incredible pride the community feels for their heritage, both by their national ethnic identities and by being part of a larger Latin community (“in the heights I hang my flag up on display”). At the heart of the show is the daily struggle of the community members to make ends meet with low incomes and rising costs of living. For example, Daniela’s hair salon can no longer afford the rising costs and decreasing number of customers, so she is forced to close shop and move across the river into the Bronx. This truly represents the experience of many current and former Washington Heights residents. With an average household income of $37, 500 and rent prices steadily increasing (“in the heights it gets more expensive everyday”), the residents are being drivenout as the rent increases at a faster rate than income. Street vendors struggle against big, franchised businesses (Piragua guy vs. Mister Softee). Bodegas, or corner markets, struggle as larger grocery stores enter the neighborhood. And community members struggle against further effects of gentrification, namely moving from everything they’ve known into other parts of the city, thereby creating an even greater Latin diaspora. In just a few brief hours In The Heights explores a range of daily and cultural experiences for a specific ethnic enclave in NYC while also brilliantly positioning itself to show the commonalities of a general human experience and how every end leads to a new beginning. 4 Porchlight Music Theatre Michael Weber, Artistic Director Jeannie Lukow, Executive Director Presents Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda Direction and Co-Choreography by Brenda Didier Co-Choreography by Christopher Carter Music Direction by Diana Lawrence Scenic Design................................................................................................................. Greg Pinsoneault Costume Design............................................................................................Kate Setzer Kamphausen Lighting Design............................................................................................................Denise Karczewski Sound Design.............................................................................................................. Robert Hornbostel Properties Design.................................................................................................... Mealah Heidenreich Assistant Director/Dramaturg........................................................................... Adrian Abel Azevedo Dramaturg.........................................................................................................................................José Clair Artistic Advisor................................................................................................................... Diana Martinez Stage Management.............................................................................................................Jessica Forella Production Management...............................................................................................Aaron Shapiro+ Porchlight Music Theatre also acknowledges the generosity of Bloomberg Philanthropies || MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at Prince James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki Family Foundation Porchlight Music Theatre gratefully recognizes the contributions of all its donors and subscribers for making this production of IN THE HEIGHTS possible. IN THE HEIGHTS is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: www.rnh.com Originally Produced on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman Willis, Sander Jacobs, Goodman/Grossman, Peter Fine, Everett/Skipper Development of IN THE HEIGHTS was supported by the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center during a residency at the Music Theater Conference of 2005. Initially developed by Back House Productions Cover designed by Jenifer Dorman Please turn off all phones, pagers and chiming watches. Photographs and video recording are strictly prohibited. In The Heights 5 CAST (in or der of appe ar ance) Usnavi De La Vega..............................................................................................................JACK DeCESARE Abuela Claudia................................................................................................................ISABEL QUINTERO Kevin Rosario.....................................................................................................................JORDAN DeBOSE Sonny........................................................................................................................ FRANKIE LEO BENNETT Graffiti Pete........................................................................................................... KRISTOPHER KNIGHTON Camila Rosario................................................................................................................... KEELY VASQUEZ* El Piragüero ................................................................................................................ STAN DeCWIKIEL, JR. Carla................................................................................................................................................ LEAH DAVIS Daniela....................................................................................................................................MISSY AGUILAR Vanessa............................................................................................................................... MICHELLE LAUTO Benny......................................................................................................................................STEPHEN ALLEN Nina Rosario......................................................................................................................... LUCIA GODINEZ Ensemble...............................................................................................NICOLE LAMBERT, CISCO LOPEZ, YANDO LOPEZ, ELENA ROMANOWSKI, TRAVIS AUSTIN WRIGHT and DEMI ZAINO UNDERSTUDIES Usnavi De La Vega................................................................................................................. YANDO LOPEZ Abuela Claudia.....................................................................................................................MISSY AGUILAR Kevin Rosario.............................................................................................................................CISCO LOPEZ Sonny............................................................................................................................................CISCO LOPEZ Graffiti Pete............................................................................................................TRAVIS AUSTIN WRIGHT Camila Rosario.................................................................................................................. NICOLE LAMBERT El Piragüero ............................................................................................................................ YANDO LOPEZ Carla............................................................................................................................................... DEMI ZAINO Daniela................................................................................................................................ NICOLE LAMBERT Vanessa.......................................................................................................................ELENA ROMANOWSKI Benny.......................................................................................................................TRAVIS AUSTIN WRIGHT Nina Rosario...................................................................................................................... MICHELLE LAUTO MUSICIANS Conductor/Pianist......................................................................................................... DIANA LAWRENCE Percussion.......................................................................................................................... DANNY HOWARD Guitars....................................................................................................................................CESAR ROMERO Trumpet...................................................................................................................................DREW HANSEN Reeds........................................................................................................................ ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ Bass.................................................................................................................................................. JAKE SALEH *Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in America +Denotes Porchlight Music Theatre Artistic Associate T I M E A N D P L AC E 6 3 days in July, 2008 in Washington Height, New York City Porchlight Music Theatre D I R E C TO R ’ S N O T E As a sophomore at Wesleyan University, Lin-Manuel Miranda put his pen to paper and starting crafting what we now know as the 2008 Tony Award-Winning Best New Musical - In The Heights. In The Heights took New York City and the Broadway community by storm, opening at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (now home to HAMILTON). Tony Winner of Best New Musical, Best Original Score, Best Choreography, Best Orchestrations, Grammy Award Winner for Best Musical Show Album and Pulitzer Prize finalist, In The Heights ran for a total of three years on Broadway. We are humbled and grateful to bring this story to Porchlight Music Theatre. This heart-pounding story is about real life urban culture in a barrio of Washington Heights and the many nuances to the survival and to the perseverance of a proud people. “Everybody’s stressed, yes, but they press through the mess. Bounce checks and wonder what’s next….” In The Heights shows us that sometimes you are only a street corner away from losing your way in life or from finding the answers that have always been right in front of you. Patience can be an overwhelming virtue that gets the best of us. It’s so easy to get lost to the noise of the world and fall down the rabbit’s hole of uncertainty and lack of purpose. Everyday is a fight to get to where we want to go. Until suddenly, you can make your way back home and find the community that’s been there all along. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes have created a show with so much love and passion that traps your soul from the outside in. For the both of us, the first time we saw this show it absolutely captivated us from beginning to end. It didn’t matter if we were the stage manager, choreographer, assistant to the assistant lighting designer, we each knew that this show would be in our future some way. We feel blessed to have created this partnership and collaboration. Without a doubt, we believe that we have assembled an immensely talented team of caring human beings that have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for this show. For all of us, this show hits us where it hurts in the best way possible. Thank you to Chris Carter, Diana Lawrence, Josè Samuel Clair, Diana Martinez, the creative team and everyone at Porchlight Music Theatre for being a part of this journey. We love this cast. We love this crew. We love this story. Everything we’ve created comes from love. Welcome to Washington Heights! ¡WEPA! Brenda Didier, Director Adrian Abel Azevedo, Assistant Director In The Heights 7 MUSICAL SYNOPSIS ACT I IN THE HEIGHTS..............................................................................................................Usnavi & Company BREATHE...............................................................................................................................Nina & Company BENNY’S DISPATCH................................................................................................................. Benny & Nina IT WON’T BE LONG NOW................................................................................. Vanessa, Usnavi & Sonny INÚTIL.......................................................................................................................................................... Kevin NO ME DIGA..............................................................................................Daniela, Carla, Vanessa & Nina 96,000..................................................................................................................................................Company PACIENCIA Y FE..............................................................................................Abuela Claudia & Company WHEN YOU’RE HOME........................................................................................Nina, Benny & Company PIRAGUA........................................................................................................................................ El Piragüero THE CLUB............................................................................. Usnavi, Vanessa, Nina, Benny & Company BLACKOUT..........................................................................................................................................Company ACT II SUNRISE.................................................................................................................Nina, Benny & Company HUNDREDS OF STORIES...................................................................................Abuela Claudia & Usnavi ENOUGH...................................................................................................................................................Camila CARNAVAL DEL BARRIO................................................................................................................Company ATENCIÓN.................................................................................................................................................. Kevin ALABANZA........................................................................................................... Usnavi, Nina & Company EVERYTHING I KNOW...............................................................................................................................Nina NO ME DIGA (Reprise)............................................................................Carla, Nina, Vanessa & Daniela PIRAGUA (Reprise)...................................................................................................................... El Piragüero CHAMPAGNE......................................................................................................................Vanessa & Usnavi WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN............................................................................................. Nina & Benny FINALE...............................................................................................................................Usnavi & Company IN THE HEIGHTS is presented with one fifteen-minute intermission + YOU We can’t produce shows without support from people like you. Please help us sing. See how you can help: porchlightmusictheatre.org/donate/ 8 Porchlight Music Theatre WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Missy Aguilar Stephen Allen Frankie Leo Bennett Leah Davis Jordan DeBose Jack DeCesare Stan DeCwikiel Jr. Lucia Godinez Kristopher Knighton Nicole Lambert Michelle Lauto Cisco Lopez Yando Lopez Isabel Quintero Elena Romanowski Keely Vasquez Travis Austin Wright Demi Zaino In The Heights 9 BIOGR APHIES MISSY AGUILAR (Daniela) is eager to be back with Porchlight Music Theatre where she was seen in Porchlight Revisits Babes in Arms as “Baby Rose” and Porchlight Revisits City of Angels as “Oolie/Donna.” Most recently Missy appeared as “Calliope” in Xanadu at ATC, and “Ivy u/s” (performed) in The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes with Mercury Theatre, “Atina/ Ursula u/s” in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and “Mrs. Jennings/Fanny u/s” (performed) in Sense and Sensibility: A New Musical both with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Missy’s other recent Chicago area credits include: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and The Beverly Hillbillies with Theatre at the Center, Les Miserables with Drury Lane, Nunsense with Fox Valley Repertory, and her primera vez In The Heights with Paramount Theatre con Yando y Keely ~ no lo habría hecho sin ti tanto. Unlimited love & gratitude for his endless patience to my husband Matt, my mentor Bill, and always, with all my heart, to my Mom who is busy “saying funny things to the stars.” Para mi Papi: sin lo que me ha enseñado sobre el hogar y trabajo duro, yo no estaría aquí. No puedo esperar para compartir esto con ustedes. ¡pura vida! www.missyaguilar.com STEPHEN ALLEN (Benny) is very excited to be a part of the cast of In The Heights at Porchlight Music Theatre. Playing “Benny” has always been a dream of his. He has been performing in theatrical productions for the past five years. Favorite roles include “Seymour” in Little Shop of Horrors, “Donkey” in Shrek The Musical and “Arthur Patterson” in Bronzeville. He has enjoyed every moment he has spent with this cast and can’t wait to share this story. FRANKIE LEO BENNETT (Sonny) is honored to be joining the Porchlight Music Theatre family for In The Heights. Favorite credits include: Hit The Wall, Lippa’s The Wild Party, Cabaret, The Pirates of Penzance (Northwestern University). Workshops/ 10 Porchlight Music Theatre Readings: The Legend of New York and Scrooge in Love! (American Music Theatre Project); PrOne (Chicago Music Theatre Festival). Bennett was most recently seen as “Christina Crawford” in Christmas Dearest (Hell In A Handbag Productions). Much love to the entire cast of characters in his life who support his career. www.frankieleobennett.com LEAH DAVIS (Carla) is ecstatic to be making her professional debut with Porchlight Music Theatre! Leah is a recent graduate of Eastern Illinois University and the 2015 Broadway World Chicago recipient for “Best Actress in a Resident Non-Equity Musical” for her performance in American Idiot. She would like to thank her friends and family for their support, the amazing cast and crew, and finally, the members of this community for keeping the love alive. JORDAN DeBOSE (Kevin Rosario) is excited to be making his Chicago theatrical debut with Porchlight Music Theatre! From Tulsa, OK, he has been seen in roles such as “Collins” in Rent, “Horse” in The Full Monty, “The Engineer” in Miss Saigon and more. He’d like to thank his family for being his everything, his friends for their constant support and the cast and crew for welcoming him into their family. JACK DeCESARE (Usnavi De La Vega) is excited to be making his professional debut - fresh out of school - with Porchlight Music Theatre. Born and raised in New Castle, Pennsylvania he found theatre by way of little league sports, playing in a band and martial arts. Deciding to pursue performance as a career he moved to Chicago and graduated from the Theatre School at DePaul University. He continues to play guitar, piano and bass alongside his brother who continues to be a source of inspiration and artistry. Jack thanks his very musical family for always supporting him and encouraging his creative energy. BIOGR APHIES c o n t. STAN DeCWIKIEL JR. (El Piragüero) is proud to make his Porchlight Music Theatre debut, bringing El Piragüero to life once again. Past roles include “Beadle Bamford” in Sweeney Todd, “The Governor and Vanderdendur” in Candide, “Pinkerton” in Madame Butterfly, “Florestan” in Fidelio and “Laurie” in Little Women. He participated in the Des Moines Metro Opera Apprentice Artist Program and sang with the Grant Park Festival Chorus. He dedicates his performance in memory of his father and in honor of his mother. LUCIA GODINEZ (Nina Rosario) is a junior at Northwestern University, majoring in Theatre/Musical Theatre Certificate program with a double major in Latino Studies, and she is beyond thrilled to be making her Porchlight Music Theatre debut! Favorite Northwestern credits include Green Day’s American Idiot, The Drowsy Chaperone, Anna In The Tropics and Hair. Por su propia abuela cubana, Mamamá. KRISTOPHER KNIGHTON (Graffiti Pete) is delighted to be performing in his first theatrical production. He is a Hip Hop dance instructor and performer with Hip Hop ConnXion and Wings Dance Studio. NICOLE LAMBERT (Ensemble) is excited to be making her debut with Porchlight Music Theatre. After spending a few years away to dance with Boom Crack Dance Company, she is delighted to be returning to the theater. Prior to her dance career, Nicole’s favorite credits include “Mimi” in Rent with BrightSide Theater, “Carmen” in Fame with Real Clear Theater Company, and “Peggy” in Godspell with Saint Sebastian Players. She has a degree in Music Education with an emphasis on classical and jazz voice and currently teaches music at Bell Elementary In The Heights 11 BIOGR APHIES c o n t. and Lookingglass Theater. Nicole is very grateful to be a part of such an amazing cast and is thankful to all those involved for bringing such an important story to life. MICHELLE LAUTO (Vanessa) is so excited to be making her Porchlight Music Theatre debut in one of her all-time favorite shows. Recent credits include the Chicago premieres of The Boy From Oz (Jeff Nominated-Best Supporting Actress, Pride Films & Plays), 35mm: A Song Exhibition (Circle Theatre) and Murder Ballad (Bailiwick Chicago). Michelle is a proud graduate of The Second City Training Center Conservatory. ¡Viva Puerto Rico! Thank you to everyone at Porchlight, my beautiful family back home on the other side of the GWB and to Nick and our puppy, Otto. Check her out online at www.michellelauto.com CISCO LOPEZ (Ensemble) is thrilled to be working with Porchlight Music Theatre. Chicago credits include Planted (Rogue Elephant Productions) Dead Man Walking (Piven Theatre), Mutt (Stage Left & Red Tape Theatre), Macbeth (Midsommer Flight), Take Me Out (Eclectic Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof, Damn Yankees (Light Opera Works) and Letters Home (Griffin Theatre Company). He holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from Baylor University. YANDO LOPEZ (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Porchlight Music Theatre doing one of his favorite shows. He was last seen at Porchlight in the Jeff Awardwinning Sondheim on Sondheim, Porchlight Revisits Bells are Ringing and New Faces Sing Broadway 1972. Yando was most recently seen in American Blues Theatre’s production of Little Shop of Horrors. He has worked with the Paramount Theatre, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Black Ensemble Theatre, the Other Theatre Company, Brown Paper Box and Court Theatre. He is a proud Northwestern graduate. Many thanks to his family, Adrian, Brenda, Chris and Michael. Paciencia y fe! 12 Porchlight Music Theatre ISABEL QUINTERO (Abuela Claudia) is very pleased to be making her Porchlight Music Theatre debut. Previous credits include the play/musical Sarita by Maria Irene Fornes with Halcyon Theater, as well as Goodman Theater concert readings of Sarita and Let The Eagle Fly - the story of Cesar Chavez. Other Goodman credits include The Sins of Sor Juana, Boleros for the Disenchanted and Esperanza Rising. A favorite role was playing “Mother/Madre” in Al Son Que Me Toques, Lorca a musical adaptation of Lorca’s Blood Wedding, and more recently, The Adventures of Don Chipotle at Storefont Theater. Other companies include: Steppenwolf, Teatro Luna, American Theater Company, Lifeline, Adventure Stage and Victory Gardens. She has appeared in various roles on film, television and radio commercials. Later this year she will release the CD La Osa Menor a compilation of her father’s original Spanish poetry, sung to original Latin American music by Gonzalo Cordova. www.facebook.com/LaOsaMenorAlbum. ELENA ROMANOWSKI (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Porchlight Music Theatre debut! Recent credits include: West Side Story (Paramount, Drury Lane), “Rosalia” in West Side Story (The Fireside) and Guys and Dolls, South Pacific (Light Opera Works). She has her BFA in Musical Theatre from Millikin University. Many thanks to Brenda and PMT for allowing this Sorta Rican to live her dreams on stage telling this story. All my love to Mom, Dad, Seester and Cody. www.elenaromanowski.com KEELY VASQUEZ* (Camila Rosario) is thrilled to make her Porchlight Music Theatre debut! Her theatrical credits include: Dee Snider’s Rock and Roll Christmas Tale at the Broadway Playhouse, In The Heights at the Paramount Theatre, Hairspray and Seussical at Drury Lane Oakbrook, as well as roles at Theatre at the Center, The Mercury Theatre, Goodman BIOGR APHIES c o n t. Theatre, Beef and Boards Theatre (IN) and The New Theatre (KS). Keely spent eight years performing in Las Vegas with Barry Manilow and touring with him to over 50 US cities, several countries and more than 25 television shows such as Ellen, The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Emmy Awards, The American Music Awards, Dancing With The Stars, PBS’ A Capitol Fourth as well six DVD concert specials. Endless thanks and love to this beautiful cast, production team and crew. For my Mom. Alabanza. TRAVIS AUSTIN WRIGHT (Ensemble) is ECSTATIC to make his Porchlight Music Theatre mainstage debut. He was last featured in Porchlight’s New Faces Sing Broadway 1949. Travis has more recently appeared in The Producers with Mercury Theater and Dogfight with BoHo Theatre. He has also worked with Light Opera Works, Underscore Theatre, Raven Theatre, Mercy Street Theatre and Pride Films & Plays. Travis is a proud graduate of the Music Conservatory at The Second City Training Center. Follow him on Instagram @IAmTravieAustin. www.TravisAustinWright.com DEMI ZAINO (Ensemble) is a Chicagobased actress and is elated to be making her debut in In The Heights with Porchlight Music Theatre! Theatre credits include: “Karen” in Fugitive Songs (BoHo Theatre), “Cheryl” in Evil Dead the Musical (Starvox National Touring Company), Seussical (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre) and Hairspray (Marriott Lincolnshire). Educational credits include: “Emma Goldman” in Ragtime, “Radio” in Caroline or Change, “Dr. Scott” in Rocky Horror Picture Show, “Tracy Turnblad” in Hairspray, “Mrs. Lovett” in Sweeney Todd, “Lorna Moon” in Golden Boy and “Bee-Bee” in Suburbia. Demi would like to say thank you for the unconditional love and support from her family. A huge thank you to her voice teacher Chris Misik for always believing in her. Demi dedicates each performance to Billy Misik. In love and song, CARPE DIEM! LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA (Music & Lyrics) Broadway: Book-Music Lyricist-Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton (11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Grammy Award, Pulitzer Prize), Composer-Lyricist-Usnavi of In The Heights (4 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score, Grammy Award, Pulitizer Prize finalist), Bring It On: The Musical (Co-Composer-Co-Lyricist, Tony nomination for Best Musical), West Side Story (2009 revival, Spanish translations). Off-Broadway: Hamilton (10 Lortel Awards, 3 Outer Critic Circle Awards, 8 Drama Desk Awards, 2015 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Musical and the 2015 Obie Award for Best New American Play); Merrily We Roll Along and tick, tick…BOOM! (both City Center Encores!). Lin-Manuel received an Emmy Award with Tom Kitt for “Bigger” from the “The 67th Annual Tony Awards.” TV/film: “Freestyle Love Supreme,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Smash,” “Do No Harm,” “Modern Family,” “House,” “The Electric Company,” “Sesame Street,” “The Sopranos,” The Odd Life of Timothy Green and 200 Cartas. Proud council member of the Dramatists Guild. www.linmanuel.com. QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES (Book) is the author of a trilogy of plays including Elliot, A Soldier?s Fugue(a 2007 Pulitzer finalist); Water by the Spoonful (winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama); and The Happiest Song Plays Last, which premiered at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre in April 2013 and is now playing Off-Broadway in New York. Hudes wrote the book for the Broadway musical In The Heights, which received the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, a Tony nomination for Best Book of a Musical, and was a 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist. In its original Off-Broadway incarnation In The Heights received the Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical. Hudes’ honors include a United States Artists Fontanals In The Heights 13 BIOGR APHIES c o n t. Fellowship, the Aetna New Voices Fellowship at Hartford Stage Company, a Joyce Foundation Award, a residency at New Dramatists, and a resolution from the City of Philadelphia. Hudes sits on the Dramatists Guild Council and serves on the board of Philadelphia Young Playwrights, which produced her first play in the tenth grade. She lives in New York with her husband, daughter and son. BRENDA DIDIER+ (Director/CoChoreographer) is honored and humbled to tell this beautiful story. Ms. Didier is a multiple Jeff Award recipient in both direction and choreography. Her previous Porchlight Music Theatre credits include the recent Dreamgirls-for which she is nominated for a Jeff Award for Best Direction of a Musical-and Porchlight Revisits Chess. She is the owner and artistic director of the Lincolnshire Academy of Dance now in its 19th season. She is most proud of the academy’s scholarship program which helps struggling families, select charities and LAD’s outreach program for inner city schools and dance studios. These scholarships are in memory of many people most notably Matthew Gunnels and Harlan Haimes. Much gratitude to this gifted cast, creative team, band, Chris, Adrian, Diana L., Jessica, Diana M., Isabel, Elena, Travis, Jeannie, Michael, Porchlight and my Mike and mom! Keep lovingone another. Paciencia y Fe! CHRIS CARTER (Co-Choreographer) is excited to be back working with Porchlight Music Theatre after choreographing the smash hit Dreamgirls, assistantchoreographing Porchlight Revisits Chess and directing New Faces Sing Broadway 1949. He is a graduate of Grand Valley State University with a liberal arts degree in dance. A former scholarship student of The Debbie Allen Dance Academy in California, he moved to Chicago in 2009. Chris has traveled all over performing, directing and choreographing. Some of 14 Porchlight Music Theatre his credits include: Godspell, The Secret Garden, Pirates of Penzance (GVSU); Show Boat and Oklahoma (Lyric Opera Chicago); Show Boat (San Francisco and Houston Grand Opera); Hairspray (Drury Lane Oakbrook); Joseph…(Paramount Theater); Duke Ellington’s Queenie Pie (Chicago Opera Theater); Oliver, Carousel and Brigadoon (Light Opera Works); The Wiz, 42nd Street and Guys and Dolls (Theater at the Center); Smokey Joe’s Café (Circle Theater); Wild Party (Actor’s Theater) and choreographer for the Grand Rapids Civic’s SRT the past four years. Other credits include: national tours, commercial, industrial and concert work. DIANA LAWRENCE (Music Director) is thrilled to be returning to Porchlight Music Theatre, where she served as music director for tick, tick…BOOM! in 2012. Diana has worked as a music director, performer and teaching artist with organizations such as The Music Theatre Company, BoHo Theatre, Albany Park Theater Project, The Second City, Barrel of Monkeys, The Chicago Children’s Choir and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. As a composer and lyricist, Diana has written for The Second City, Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Tracy Lett’s Mary Page Marlowe) and Storycatchers Theatre, a company that creates musical theatre pieces with incarcerated youth. This summer, her band, Diana & the Dishes, begins work on their new recording project with producer Rob Kleiner (Sia, Cee Lo, Andra Day). GREG PINSONEAULT (Scenic Designer) is a Chicago-based designer who recently received a BFA in Scenic Design from The Theatre School at DePaul University. Select Chicago credits include The Nutcracker, The Velveteen Rabbit (Marriott Theatre); True West (Shattered Globe); Dreamgirls – co design (Porchlight Music Theatre); Bat Boy – co design, The Birds (Griffin Theatre); Diary of a…Fly (Emerald City) Still, The North Pool, Recent Tragic Events, Katrina (Interrobang); BIOGR APHIES c o n t. Truth in Context, At the Center (The Agency); Voyage (Cock and Bull); and the upcoming production of My Way at Theatre at the Center. He has assisted on productions at The Cort Theatre (NYC), The Broadhurst Theatre, Glimmerglass Opera, The Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Old Globe, The Paramount Theatre, and Drury Lane Oakbrook. Greg was the recipient of The 2014 Theatre School Michael Merritt Award and the 2015 USITT W Oren Parker Undergraduate Scene Design Award. Examples of his work can be found at GPScenic.com. and Brenda for the opportunity and Daryl for all of his love and support. Maya, mommy loves you! DENISE KARCZEWSKI (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to return to Porchlight Music Theatre with this production of In The Heights after designing Dreamgirls last season. Denise is the resident lighting designer at Black Ensemble Theatre where she received BTAA awards for her designs of Indigo Blues and One Name Only as well as an African American Arts Alliance Award for her set and lighting design of Ella: the First Lady of Song. Upcoming shows include Helldrivers of Daytona! at The Royal George Theatre and I Am Who I Am: The Story of Teddy Pendergrass at BET. Denise is one of the technical directors and designers at New Trier Township High School. She would like to thank Michael show with these powerful talents. Some of her previous designs include: A Funny Thing Happened…Forum and Dreamgirls with Porchlight Music Theatre; Caged Dames and Miracle! with Hell in a Handbag Productions; The House That Will Not Stand with Victory Gardens Theater; Really, Really and Recent Tragic Events with Interrobang Theatre Project; Chalk and Mai Dang Lao with Sideshow Theater Company. Mealah is an ensemble member with Hell in a Handbag Productions and owes most of her success to her bestie, Isaac and wife, Debbie. ROBERT HORNBOSTEL (Sound Designer) is excited to be back again for his sixth production with Porchlight Music Theatre and this amazing team! Recent Porchlight credits include Dreamgirls, Porchlight Revisits Chess, Far From Heaven, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Side Show, Porchlight Revisits Babes in Arms, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Robert is a freelance composer, designer and engineer in Chicago. He has worked with New KATE SETZER KAMPHAUSEN (Costume Millennium Theater, Raven Theater, Eclectic Designer) is tickled to design for Porchlight Theater, First Floor Theater, Roosevelt Music Theatre for the first time! She is a University, and many others. Robert is Jeff Award-winning costume designer and returning from his second summer with company member of Hell in a Handbag. Music Theatre of Wichita where he was the Her recent designs include Beautiful Autistic Audio Systems Supervisor for the season, with Chicago Dramatists; Trash at New and Sound Designer for Oklahoma! Robert American Folk Theater; and Kinfolk with would like to thank his fellow designers, The New Colony. Upcoming productions friends, and family for their continued include a Halloween show Skooby Don’t support. Selections of his previous work with Hell in a Handbag; The Heidi Chronicles can be found at with the Cuckoos Theater Project; and www.TechmagicDesigns.com. Seussical with the Beverly Performing Arts Enjoy the show! Guild. Kate has pink dreadlocks and four MEALAH HEIDENREICH (Properties sewing machines and loves gin (even in Designer) is excited to be returning to winter). Porchlight Music Theatre to prop her fifth ADRIAN ABEL AZEVEDO (Assistant Director/Dramaturg) is a California native turned honorary Chicagoan making his In The Heights 15 BIOGR APHIES c o n t. Porchlight Music Theatre debut on the creative team of In The Heights. He has previously assisted on various Chicago productions including: POSH with Steep Theatre (dir. Jonathan Berry) Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike with Goodman Theatre (dir. Steve Scott), My Mañana Comes with Teatro Vista (dir. Sandra Marquez). This past summer Adrian collaborated with funny lady Caitlyn Looney and directed her solo piece F*CKBOYS for the Chicago Women’s Funny Festival at Stage 773. Later this year, he will be the Associate Director with Underscore Theatre for Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera. Adrian is on staff for the Education and Engagement Department at the Goodman Theatre. He also tweets and instagrams (Twitter: @CafeConLin Instagram: adrian_abels_album). To Lin, thank you for changing my life and to you, welcome to In The Heights. JOSÉ CLAIR (Dramaturg) is a playwright, dramaturg, actor and stage manager. He is delighted to be making his Chicago dramaturgical debut with Porchlight Music Theatre. Past dramaturgical credits include El Grito del Bronx, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), Next to Normal, and The Bluest Eye, all at Brown University. Other theatre credits include assistant directing and stage managing Crescendo at Stage 773, stage managing The Body which is the Town for the Writing is Live festival at Trinity Rep., writing and performing his one-man show En El Nombre del Padre, and playing “Aman/Ghost/Policeman” in Water by the Spoonful at Brown University. He is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Chicago and has trained with the Brown/Trinity Rep Theatre Apprenticeship and The Second City. He currently works in purchasing at McMasterCarr Supply Company. DIANA MARTINEZ (Artistic Advisor) is the Director of The McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage where she re16 Porchlight Music Theatre opened the performing arts center with a record-breaking sell-out season. She can also be seen as the host of Short and Sweet an online audience review show featured on The Daily Herald. Previously, Martinez was the President of The Second City where she led the planning of a three-day 50th anniversary reunion for the luminaries of comedy, created a project sponsored by PUMA to award 20 students a yearlong scholarship to develop ethnic and diverse talent, and developed a strategic plan to develop UP Comedy Club. Prior to that she was the Executive Director of The Paramount Theatre in Aurora for eight years, where she led a $6.5 million addition and renovation to the historic landmark theatre and re-branded the organization. Martinez has over 25 years of experience as an entertainment executive and director including directing for Kenny Rogers for 10 years and seven original productions. She began her professional career directing and producing musical theatre at Pheasant Run Dinner theatre where she was at the helm for 13 years. Combined she has been involved as a producer/presenter or director in over 400 live theatre productions and concerts. Martinez was the original director and co-creator of Stand Up Change Teen Statistic a prevention theatre program that toured to inner city high schools in the Midwest from 20092013. She currently serves on the boards for: DuPage Arts Council and the League of Chicago Theatres and was appointed to the Cultural Council for the City of Chicago for two terms. JESSICA FORELLA* (Stage Manager) is delighted to return for another season at Porchlight Music Theatre where she has previously stage managed Ain’t Misbehavin’, Side Show, and Sondheim on Sondheim. Additional recent credits include: A Small Oak Tree Runs Red (Congo Square Theatre), New Country (Fair Trade Productions), Melancholy Play: a chamber musical, Tusk BIOGR APHIES c o n t. Tusk, The Language Archive (Piven Theatre Workshop); Under a Rainbow Flag, At the Flash (Pride Films and Plays); Our City, Ourselves (A Red Orchid Theatre); Loving Repeating, Sweet Smell of Success (Kokandy Productions). AARON SHAPIRO+ (Production Manager) is the resident Production Manager at Victory Gardens Theater. He has worked throughout Chicago as a freelance production manager. His recent credits include DISENCHANTED and UNSPEAKABLE at the Broadway Playhouse, commercial productions of Splintered Soul and Twisted Knots with the Chicago Commercial Collective, Jeff-nominated productions of Heathers and Tomorrow Morning with Kokandy Productions, The Rainmaker with American Blues Theatre, Stupid Fucking Bird and Caught with Sideshow Theatre, Dreamgirls, Far From Heaven, Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing…Forum, Side Show, and Jeff Award-winning productions of Ain’t MisBehavin’ and Sondheim on Sondheim with Porchlight Music Theatre where he is an artistic associate. Aaron was the founding Artistic Director for Oracle where he served for four years. He is also the co-founder of Studio BE/ MCL Chicago in Lakeview where served as Executive Director for five years. Aaron has worked for over 100 different theatre and production companies, and educational institutions as an electrician, carpenter, sound engineer, designer, tech director, director, production manager, and producer. MICHAEL WEBER (Artistic Director) most recently directed Side Show for Porchlight as well as the Porchlight Revisits productions of Chess, Mack & Mabel, Bells Are Ringing and Fade Out – Fade In. His productions of Slide Show, Sweeney Todd, Pal Joey and Assassins at Porchlight “EXQUISITE. AN–Chris EMOTIONAL POWERHOUSE.” Jones, Chicago Tribune ® NOVEMBER 2–13 800-775-2000 • Tickets available at all Broadway In Chicago box offices and Ticketmaster retail locations. Groups 10 + call 312.977.1710 In The Heights 17 BIOGR APHIES c o n t. Music Theatre, Grand Hotel at Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place and She Loves Me at Theatre at the Center were each nominated for the Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Production-Musical. Other directing credits include Living the History-125 Years of the Auditorium Theatre starring Patti Lupone, John Mahoney and stars of Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and more, Fifth of July and Talley’s Folly at the Oak Park Festival Theatre, The Petrified Forest at Theatre at the Center, Beauty and the Beast at Marriott Theatre, Over the River and Through the Woods at The Mercury Theater and Cirque du Symphony at Sears Center Arena. The recipient of two Joseph Jefferson Awards, he has written and directed the past nine Joseph Jefferson Awards ceremonies. Weber’s regional acting credits include The Merry Widow and The Sound of Music at Lyric Opera, 42nd Street at Paramount, Annie Get Your Gun and Gypsy (both starring Patti LuPone) at Ravinia, Disney’s My Son Pinocchio at First Stage Milwaukee, Around the World in 80 Days at Cleveland Playhouse, The Winter’s Tale and Henry V at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Angel Street at First Folio Shakespeare, and The Gifts of the Magi at Indiana Repertory. Having served previously as artistic director of Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place (now The Broadway Playhouse) and Theatre at the Center, Michael is proud to serve as a pledge host on WTTW, Channel 11, and is author of the play, WAR of the WELLeS. JEANNIE LUKOW (Executive Director) is a founding member of Porchlight Music Theatre’s board of directors and served for six years as its president. She was thrilled to join the staff in September 2014 as the company’s first Executive Director. Prior to taking the helm at Porchlight, Jeannie ran Bespoke Cuisine, one of Chicago’s leading cooking party venues, which she co-founded/owned for 12 years. Before the hospitality/food business, Jeannie built a 15-year career in marketing communications, much of it spent in association management. Her most recent position was as Managing Director of Marketing Communications for the National Association of Realtors, one of the nation’s largest trade associations. She is a native Michigander and graduate of Michigan State University. SPECIAL THANKS Our special dining partner is Cooper’s, critically acclaimed for their delicious food, extensive beer list, and good value. Located across the street from the theatre, Coopers offers 10% off the food bill to Porchlight patrons, and complimentary parking for those who dine and stay for the show. Cooper’s is the generous sponsor for Porchlight’s opening night receptions. Please patronize them! 1232 West Belmont / Chicago, IL 60657 / 773.929.COOP (2667) 18 Porchlight Music Theatre S TA F F ARTISTIC STAFF Artistic Director..................................................................................................................MICHAEL WEBER Director/Co-Choreographer.........................................................................................BRENDA DIDIER+ Co-Choreographer................................................................................................................ CHRIS CARTER Music Director ............................................................................................................... DIANA LAWRENCE Assistant Director/Dramaturg........................................................................ ADRIAN ABEL AZEVEDO Dramaturg.......................................................................................................................................JOSÉ CLAIR Artistic Advisor.................................................................................................................DIANA MARTINEZ Dialect Coach...................................................................................................................ISABEL QUINTERO Co-Dance Captains............................................ ELENA ROMANOWSKI & TRAVIS AUSTIN WRIGHT Scenic Designer..........................................................................................................GREG PINSONEAULT Costume Designer..................................................................................... KATE SETZER KAMPHAUSEN Lighting Designer..................................................................................................... DENISE KARCZEWSKI Sound Designer......................................................................................................ROBERT HORNBOSTEL Properties Designer............................................................................................. MEALAH HEIDENREICH Salsa Workshop Instructors........................................................... ITZA RIEDAS & CELSO A. SUAREZ Promotional Event Accompanist............................................................................ JIMMY MOREHEAD Audition Pianist..............................................................................................................................NICK SULA PRODUCTION STAFF Production Manager.................................................................................................... AARON SHAPIRO+ Technical Director.........................................................................................................ALAN WEUSTHOFF Assistant Technical Director.................................................................................... NIKOLAJ SORENSEN Stage Manager............................................................................................................... JESSICA FORELLA* Assistant Stage Managers....................................ASHLEE RUTH WISEMAN*, MATTHEW NADLER and LAURA GRAY Master Electrician................................................................................................................... RACHEL WEST Scenic Artist................................................................................................................................ MARISSA GIL Grafiti Artist................................................................................................................................. JOSÉ ARCEO Wardrobe Supervisor......................................................................................................... SHELBY BRAND Hair Consultation..............................................................................................................SCOTT SOWINSKI Sound Board Engineer...................................................................................................KEEGAN BRADAC Group Sales...................................................................................................................GROUP THEATER TIX AUDIENCE SERVICES House Manager...............................................................................................................JORDAN FLEMING Assistant House Manager.......................................................................................................LAURA GRAY MARKETING STAFF Marketing & Press Representative..................................................... SHOUT MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS: JAMES JULIANO & JILL EVANS Marketing Manager............................................................................................... MICHELLE LEATHERBY Promotional Photographer......................................................................................... KELSEY JORISSEN Promotional Video Producers..............................................................................THE STAGE CHANNEL Graphic Design ............................................................................................................... JENIFER DORMAN Season Brochure Design.......................................................................................................TERRY JULIEN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Executive Director............................................................................................................. JEANNIE LUKOW Development Director................................................................................................DONALD SPRAGUE Audience & Development Manager...........................................................................DANA MROCZEK Facilities Manager.........................................................................................................THOM VAN ERMEN Administrative Intern........................................................................................................GREG ALBRIGHT In The Heights 19 A B O U T P O R C H L I G H T M U S I C T H E AT R E MISSION STATEMENT Porchlight is Chicago’s home for music theatre, providing performance, education and appreciation opportunities to inspire audiences and students of the art form. With focused artistic vision and fiscal stewardship, we nurture young artists, develop new works, and redefine the classic music theatre genre in our intimate signature style. PMT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Keith Olenik – Chair Tony Gibson – Vice Chair Tamara Sims – Secretary Ron Zoromski – Treasurer Stephen G. Baime, John Belom, Jacqueline Shim Bryant, Michelle Cucchiaro, Brenda Didier, Bil Ingraham, James Jensen, George K. Sargent III, Sara Siegall, Jeannie Lukow and Michael Weber – ex officio PMT ADVISORY BOARD Wm. Eric Bramlett, John Bucchino, E. Faye Butler, Cheri Coons, Kevin Depinet, William Finn, Linda Kline, Jesse Klug, Sean Allan Krill, Jill Moore, Lonny Price, Hollis Resnik, Bill Russell, Chuck Smith, L. Walter Stearns, Maury Yeston PMT ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES Nick Belley, Christin Boulette, Austin Cook, Matt Crowle, Brandon Dahlquist, Dina DiCostanzo, Brenda Didier, Rebecca Finnegan, Patrick Fries, David Girolmo, Sarah Hayes, Greg Hofmann, Bil Ingraham, Jeffrey D. Kmiec, Rob Lindley, Linda Madonia, Beckie Menzie, Jenna Moran, Bill Morey, Doug Peck, Christopher Pazdernik, Gerald Richardson, Jonny Runnfeldt, Aaron Shapiro, Heather Townsend, Thom Van Ermen A N N UA L S U P P O R T Porchlight Music Theatre relies on the support of many individuals whose annual donations help the company meet the more than 50% gap between actual production costs and ticket sales revenue. These donors help Porchlight produce award-winning productions—American Musicals. Chicago Style. Porchlight Music Theatre gratefully acknowledges the following individuals, corporations, and foundations who generously gave gifts of $100 or more to the Annual Fund between September 1, 2016 and August 18, 2016. For a full list of all contributions for the same period, please consult our website—www.porchlightmusictheatre.org. The website also salutes in-kind donations made to the Icons Gala and to Chicago Sings: The Beatles. We encourage you to patronize these businesses that support Porchlight’s work. For information about the multiple ways of supporting Porchlight, please contact Don Sprague, Development Director, at [email protected] or call 773.777.9884. We endeavor to make this listing as accurate as possible. Should you detect an error, please contact us. 20 Porchlight Music Theatre A N N UA L S U P P O R T c o n t. FOUNDATION/CORPORATE SPONSORS BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES FOUNDATION/CORPORATE SPONSORS cont. Brenda and Jim Grusecki Foundation Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation Greg & Anne Taubeneck Family Foundation at the Chicago Community Trust The Michael and Mona Heath Fund GOVERNMENT SUPPORT This program is partially supported by a Grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS MORGAN STANLEY DONORS Visionary $10,000 and above Timothy & Jacqueline Bryant Brenda Didier & Mike Seiler James Jensen Jean Klingenstein Producer $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous John F. Belom Joyce Chelberg Keith & Barbara Clayton Keith Olenik & Jonathan Van Der Kuyl The Daniel & Genevieve Ratner Foundation George K. Sargent III Tamara & Jay Sims Mary Alice Wheeler Principal $2,500-$4,999 Stephen & Eileen Baime Elaine Cohen & Arlen Rubin Mary Kay Conley The Susan Klingenstein Fund Greg & Anne Taubeneck Family Fund Ron & Judie Zoromski Player $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous Michael Camp & Mark David Kaplan Abe & Ida Cooper Foundation Cheryl Coons Michelle & Steven Cucchiaro Andrew & Lisa Daniels Tony Gibson & Tom Perry In The Heights 21 DONORS c o n t. Patron $250-$499 Peggy Bagley & Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer The Honorable Francis & Mrs. Mona Barth Lisa Bierly Reulbach & William Reulbach Richard Boyum & Louie Chua Richard Brannegan John & Eileen Breslin Karen Coleman Maureen B. Daw, PhD Lee Dickson & Joe Quartana Michael Elkow Jr. Eileen & Larry Frederick Barbara Gaines Bill & Ethel Gofen Associate Mary Pat & William Hay $500-$999 Brent Hoffmann Bryan Anderson & Dr. James Huttenhower & Allen Gustin Phillip Tommey Alice Anson & Robert Yvette Ingraham Nadler Tom & Kathy Lengacher Ed & Marcia Buchanan Meredith Manni Jonathan & Trudy Meserow Bunge Aaron Marcu & Mary Jim & Ellen Dalton Lu Bilek Gerald & Eileen Jim & Andrea Eisenstein Maremont William Gilmer & John Barry & Mary Ellen Blackburn Masek John Gustafson Bob Mason Lois & Martin Bill Melamed & Jamey Hauselman Lundblad Ed Jeske & John Hern Kathryn Michael Charles & Fran Licht Walter & Arlene Mikol Larry Little & Timothy Karin Mullins O`Connell Steve & Karen Multer Jeannie Lukow Elizabeth & David Noll Jill Moore-Pancrazi Michael Pauken & Marc Bill Morey & Harshbarger Christopher Tisone Barbara Provus & Fred Jon Niehus & Richard Wackerle Campbell Rondi Reed Jerry Proffit Donna Rodriguez Charles & Cathy Ripp Laura Sachs Leslie & Walter Schmid Anthony Salas & Dave Donald Sprague & Ray Hoemann Grant Susan Samson Ed Tracy & Denise Julie & William Sargent McGowan Tracy Rosalind & Craig Richard B. Turner Schwartz James & Margaret Zagel Stanley & Sandra Sklar Seymour Zitomersky & Brian Smith & Geyer Barbara LaSpesa Morford Diane Graham Henry & Tom Hall Jim & Brenda Grusecki Michael & Mona Heath William Ingraham & Brad McCormick Cheri Lawrence Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Don Nolan Rhoda Reeling Kim Shambrook Diane & Jim Sheehan Sara Siegall & Taron Tachman Walter Stearns & Eugene Dizon Avy & Marcie Stein Greg & Susan Viti Marco & Joan Weiss 22 Porchlight Music Theatre Myron & Gail Sonkin Richard & Madeline Terrett Bruce & Jan Tranen Paul & Lynne Wellen Roberta Zabel Rebekah & Frank Zhao Charles & Alison Giglio Joseph Glaser Cindy Gold Alvin Goldfarb Robert & Mardee Gramen Susan Grosch Tom Guerra Supporter Susan Haimes $100-$249 Deborah Haimes Jennifer Aguilar Tom Hartman Barbara Baer Betty Hill Nicholas Baker Alan & Karen Hoffman Frank & Kathleen Kevin & Jan Holland Ballantine Laura Holtz James & Sandra Edward Howe Barnett-White Mark Hudson & Russell James Barrett Johnson Regina Berg Barbra Josephson William Bergfalk & Steve & Lori Kaufman Roland Hansen Louis Kersten Harriet Bertsche & John Roberta & Dennis Paige Kmiec Robert & Nancy Bloom Karen Kozlow Donald Breitfelder Stevan & Patricia Krkljes Julie Brown Kasey Larson & David Michael & Amy Brown Ast Noreen Burke & Julio Patricia Latkin Padilla John Levine & Merril Janet Burroway Prager Linda Calandra Michael & Jacqueline Bob & Emily Carroll Lewis David Chinitz Jeff Levine & Pam Constance Clark Matsch Lynn Cohn David Marker & Ray Coronado & John Georgann Joseph Albrecht Henry & Florine Marks Robin DaSilva Sonia Marschak Major George F. Jerry Maurer Dempsey Richard & Marilyn Louise Dieterle Maxen Robert Drinan & Miriam Merrill Mitchell Brown Dominic & Nancy Sara & Herb Drower Missimi Fred Drucker & Rhoda Carol Mitchel Davis Sweeney Michael Moreno & Greg Carol Eastin Walters Philip Eickhoff Karen Muth Richard Eisenhardt Charlotte Newfeld Jonathan & Sarah Fiala Gus & Karen Donald Flayton Nicolopoulos Cardi Fleck Margery Nieder Judith Friedman Joan Novick William & Maureen Eamon O`Dowd Gallagher Deborah Oestreicher & Jeff & Heather Victor Magar Gallenbeck Gary R. Paaren & Virginia Gerst Michael V. Roman DONORS c o n t. Meade Palidofsky & Alan Neff Susan & Pat Pastin Patricia Penn Ken Peterson Laurie Pfiffner Angela & Charlie Platt Victoria Quade Rachel Rockwell Susan Roberston Anne Rodia Sonya Rosenberg Lynda Savage Paula Scheiwe Rosemary Schnell Stephen Schroeder John & Suzanne Shambrook Bruce & Sarane Siewerth Anne Smith Larry & Margaret Sondler Kristin & Josh Spraggins Anne & Scott Springer Dariel Stack Gardnar & Janis Stevens Lauren Taslitz & William Blommer Jay & Betsy Tharp Carl & Karen Tisone Heather & Jake Townsend Theodore & Michelle Waltmire Dorothy Whittenberger Gifts were made in honor of Steve & Michelle Cucchiaro James Jensen Jeannie Lukow Mary Marling Dana Mroczek Chris Pazdernik Donald Sprague Thom Van Ermen Bill Whitney Kristi Zimmermann Gifts were made in memory of ArLene Gembala Harvey Friedman Harlan Haimes Bea Hasenohrl Roy Hine Robert J. Pasquesi David L. Riley Patricia Walsh The following individuals have made gifts to honor Rhoda Reeling for her 22 years of service on the Porchlight Board, her many years as president, and most recent service as vice president. Richard Boyum & Louie The following Chua individuals have Wm. Eric & Kristi made gifts to honor Bramlett Mary Kay Conley for Julie Brown her 17 years of service Noreen Burke & Julio on the Porchlight Padilla Board and her service Martin & Myrtis Cohen as secretary, vice Cheri Coons president, and most Lee Dickson & Joe recently president Quartana Cheri Coons Jonathan & Sarah Fiala Maureen Daw Ray Grant & Don Ray Grant & Don Sprague Sprague Tom & Kathy Lengacher Linda Keating Kathryn Michael Tom & Kathy Lengacher Kim Shambrook S TAG E 77 3 Welcome– Thank you for joining us at Stage 773, the vibrant anchor of the Belmont Theatre District and home to Chicago’s finest off-Loop talent. There’s always something to see at Stage 773! In the course of a month, over 30 different performances are presented on our stages. Our four stages provide entertainment for everyone: comedy, theatre, dance, musicals and more. We are art makers who provide a home that fosters great performers and inspired audiences. As a not-for-profit we connect and catalyze the theater community, while showcasing established artists and incubating up-and-coming talent. 7 nights. 4 stages. 1 place to be. For more information on performances, space rental and special events visits us at www.stage773.com In The Heights 23 S TAG E 77 3 B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S Laura Michaud, President Alex Meyer, Treasurer Brian Posen, Secretary Steven Beauchem, David Biller, Charles H. Jesser, Kristin Larsen, Steve Miller Stage 773 is looking for individuals who first and foremost love Chicago theatre. Additionally, we are seeking individuals who have experience in the fields of finance/ accounting, human resources, and legal. Ideal candidates have diverse networks and/ or ties to art-supporting companies in the Chicago area. Is this you? Volunteers contribute, on average, about 4-6 hours a month attending board and committee meetings as well as board-related events. In exchange for your service, you have the opportunity to interact with a truly dynamic group of people and play a vital role in Chicago’s cultural community. From the members on our Board to our patrons, Stage 773 attracts an exciting and extraordinary group of creative and diverse personalities. Contact Executive Director, Kristin Larsen at [email protected] for more information. S TAG E 77 3 S TA F F Creative Director..........................................................................................................................Brian Posen Executive Director................................................................................................................... Kristin Larsen Director of Facilities & IT........................................................................................................Brian Peterlin Director of Theatre Management........................................................................................ Jill Valentine Director of Tenant Services.........................................................................................................Jack Short Director of Marketing.................................................................................................Amanda Jane Long Production Manager....................................................................................................................John Craig Development Manager......................................................................................................Nicole Meunier Bookkeeper............................................................................................................................ Travis Barnhart Front of House Manager.........................................................................................................Chris Chapin Box Office........................................................................................Zach Abel, Susan Delphine Bratton, Ian McCullouch, Bob Prescott, Rosie Schultz Bar....................................................... Amy Alfultis, Katie Faris, Chante Keller, Andrew McDermott Technical Staff..............................Sam Cannata, Chris Chapin, Robert Hoffman, Candice Opper Intern Staff ................................................................................................. Nash Sanderson, Molly Pease Public Relations.......................................................................................................................Heron Agency Ushering services are provided by The Saints. Stage 773 is a member of the League of Chicago Theatres and the Belmont Theatre District. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. 24 Porchlight Music Theatre