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All rights reserved. ©2016 Encore Media Group. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. When Only The Best Will Do BOARD OF DIRECTORS Stephen P. Reynolds Chairman Sterling Wilson Treasurer Margaret C. Inouye Secretary Wanda J. Herndon Immediate Past Chairman Kenny Alhadeff Ann Ardizzone Clodagh Ash Les Biller Sharon Gantz Bloome Robert R. Braun, Jr. Margaret Clapp Barbara L. Crowe Larry Estrada Gary J. Fuller Cyrus Habib Randy Hodgins Richard Kagan Patrick F. Kennedy SaSa Kirkpatrick Elizabeth Lund Heather Sullivan McKay Richard Meadows John Oppenheimer Llewelyn G. Pritchard David Quinn Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Anthony Repanich Norman B. Rice Bonnie Towne Eric Trott Tom Walsh Tracy Wellens Eileen Glasser Wesley Kenneth Willman PAST CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD Wanda J. Herndon (2013-2015) Barbara L. Crowe (2011-2013) Robert A. Sexton (2009-2011) Norman B. Rice (2007-2009) Kenny Alhadeff (2004-2007) William W. Krippaehne Jr. (2002-2004) Bruce M. Pym (2000-2002) John F. Behnke (1998-2000) Faye Sarkowsky (1996-98) Donald J. Covey (1994-96) Kenneth L. Hatch (1992-94) John D. Mangels (1990-92) Robert F. Buck (1988-90) Stanley M. Little, Jr. (1986-88) R. Milton Trafton (1983-86) W.J. Pennington (1981-83) D.E. (Ned) Skinner (1979-81) Founding Managing Director Marilynn Sheldon ABOUT THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE • The non-profit 5th Avenue Theatre is one of the country’s leading musical theater companies. Our mission is to “nurture, advance and preserve all apsects of America’s great indigenous art form: The Musical. We achieve this by creating extraordinary theatrical experiences that enrich, entertain and inspire current and future audiences everywhere.” • The 5th is committed to achieving the highest standards of artistic excellence by employing world-class performers and creative artists, utilizing full live orchestras, and staging exceptional and imaginative productions. The 5th places a special emphasis on employing our amazing community of Puget Sound-based artists and technicians. • We are nationally renowned for our production and development of new musicals. Since 2001, The 5th has premiered 17 new works, nine of which have subsequently opened on Broadway. They include Disney’s Aladdin, First Date, A Christmas Story, Scandalous, Shrek, Catch Me If You Can, The Wedding Singer and Best Musical Tony Award®-winners, Hairspray and Memphis. • We are equally acclaimed for our vibrant new productions of musicals from the “Golden Age of Broadway” and contemporary classics. These signature revivals enthrall fans of these enduring works and introduce these great shows to new generations of musical theater lovers. • Our celebrated educational programs serve more than 74,000 young people each year through a host of projects including our Adventure Musical Theater Touring Company, The 5th Avenue Awards and the unique Rising Star Project. For adults, we offer free-tothe-public events such as the popular Spotlight Night series and pre-performance Show Talks with Albert Evans. • We are the largest arts employer in the Pacific Northwest with more than 800 actors, singers, dancers, musicians, creative artists, theatrical technicians and arts professionals working for us each season. • As a non-profit theater company supported by the community, we enjoy the patronage of more than 25,000 season subscribers (one of the largest theater subscriptions in America). More than 300,000 audience members attend our performances each year. OUR HISTORIC THEATER The 5th Avenue Theatre’s breathtaking design was inspired by ancient Imperial China’s most stunning architectural achievements, including the magnificent Forbidden City. Built in 1926 for vaudeville and silent pictures, The 5th Avenue Theatre reigned for decades as Seattle’s favorite movie palace. In 1979, 43 companies and community leaders formed the non-profit 5th Avenue Theatre Association and restored the theater to its original splendor. The 5th Avenue Theatre re-opened in 1980 as Seattle’s premier home for musical theater. The 5th Avenue Theatre gratefully acknowledges our 43 original founders and sponsors. Please visit www.5thavenue.org for specific information on these important companies and individuals. W E L C O M E TO T H E 5 T H FROM THE DESK OF DAVID ARMSTRONG EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GOT A DREAM, BOY! GOT A SONG! I t is my great pleasure to welcome you to our new incarnation of Lerner & Loewe’s classic musical Paint Your Wagon. This musical is quite unusual in that it is both iconic and rarely seen. The show’s title and songs are very well known, but the musical itself is seldom produced—at least until now. Paint Your Wagon originally opened on Broadway in 1951 to very mixed reviews. Critics lavished praise on the score and the choreography by Agnes De Mille, but overall they felt that something was missing. The characters were engaging, but the storyline was weak and not very compelling. The New York Post said that “Paint Your Wagon is filled with talented people, but a lot of the time they have to get out and push.” Audiences liked it better, and the show ran for nearly a year, a respectable run for the time. Co-author Alan Jay Lerner later described the show as “a success but not a hit.” The following year a national tour was launched and the leading role of Ben Rumson was substantially rewritten and expanded for its star: actor and folk singer Burl Ives. A London production opened in 1953 starring real life father and daughter Bobby and Sally Ann Howes. It became a solid hit, running nearly two years. British audiences have often responded with enthusiasm to stories set in the American West. Over the following decades, due to the huge popularity of its songs, the show would be produced in countless summer stock and amateur productions. Eventually, however, Paint Your Wagon would largely fall out of the standard musical theatre cannon, proving that a compelling story and captivating narrative are the most crucial elements in achieving lasting success. In the late 1960s, following the huge success of the film versions of The Sound Of Music, My Fair Lady and West Side Story, movie studios were seeking other Broadway musicals to adapt, and Paint Your Wagon (with an almost entirely new plotline) received the big screen treatment. Starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, the film was reviled by critics but was very popular with audiences, becoming the sixth highest grossing movie of 1969. However, the filming had gone so incredibly over budget that the movie ended up being a huge financial disaster. This did not help inspire revivals of the stage version. There is, however, one theater in the world that still produces Paint Your Wagon on a regular basis—Sacramento’s California Musical Theater—where understandably a musical set in the gold rush era has tremendous resonance. I was hired to direct a production of the original version of Paint Your Wagon there nearly 20 years ago. In spite of the weak plotline, the audience still had a very strong response to the show. They loved the western setting and, of course, the score had a great impact. I remember thinking at the time that if someone could successfully create a new book for this show, it might be able to join the ranks of Lerner & Loewe’s other great classic musicals. With that in mind, about eight years ago, The 5th entered into discussions with the Lerner and Loewe estates to bring that dream to fruition. We commissioned playwright Jon Marans to create a new story that would reflect the true history of the California Gold Rush and showcase Lerner & Loewe’s unforgettable songs. The production you are about to see is the result of an extensive multi-year development process very similar to the kind we have often employed for new work, and you are the first audience in the world to experience it. The 5th Avenue is famous for creating new musicals—this time we are reinventing a classic! encore art sseattle.com 5 Creativity CIRCLES Members of the Creativity Circles support the creative arc of the musical theater art form. They support The 5th’s investment in writers and artists; the creation, development and staging of new works; and help insure excellence in our service to this community, our children and this magical art form. For your leadership, we applaud and thank you. VISIONARIES Sheri and Les Biller Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Stephen P. and Paula Rosput Reynolds Faye Sarkowsky INVESTORS Barbara Crowe Wanda J. Herndon Tom and Connie Walsh CREATORS Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff Clodagh and Bob Ash Julie and Richard Kagan Glenna Kendall Heather and Mike McKay Beth and Buzz Porter Tiia-Mai Redditt Cynthia Stroum Bonnie and Jim Towne Melinda and Sterling Wilson Photos by Jeff Carpenter, Team Photogenic and Mark Kitaoka 6 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE The 5th Avenue Theatre DAVID ARMSTRONG Executive Producer & Artistic Director BERNADINE C. GRIFFIN Managing Director BILL BERRY Producing Artistic Director presents ROBERT CUCCIOLI in Book and Lyrics by Music by ALAN JAY LERNER FREDERICK LOEWE New Book Adaptation by JON MARANS featuring KIRSTEN deLOHR HELLAND ERIC ANKRIM RODNEY HICKS KENDRA KASSEBAUM and KYLE ROBERT CARTER LOUIS HOBSON JUSTIN GREGORY LOPEZ STEVEN ENG MIKKO JUAN ALLEN FITZPATRICK ELI LOTZ with KYLE BERNBACH JARED MICHAEL BROWN ETHAN CARPENTER TARYN DARR SARAH ROSE DAVIS ERIC ESTEB PAUL FLANAGAN ULYBER MANGUNE TRINA MILLS AARON SHANKS NICHOLAS TARABINI BRENNA WAGNER CAROLYN WILLEMS VAN DIJK Costume Design Scenic Design DAVID C. WOOLARD JASON SHERWOOD Wig & Hair Design MARY PYANOWSKI JONES Associate Choreographer Lighting Design Sound Design TOM STURGE Associate Director JUSTIN STASIW Associate Music Director ADAM QUINN CHRIS RANNEY LEE WILKINS Associate Conductor KAT SHERRELL Associate Sound Designer Orchestrations Musical Arrangements Dance & Additional Arrangements AUGUST ERIKSMOEN Production Stage Manager AMY GORNET IAN EISENDRATH & ALBERT EVANS KEVIN HEARD JASON DeBORD Director of Production JOAN TOGGENBURGER Technical Director ERIK HOLDEN Music Supervision and Vocal Arrangements by IAN EISENDRATH Choreographed by JOSH RHODES Directed by DAVID ARMSTRONG Produced in association with ELTTAES PRODUCTIONS and CHRISTOPHER ALLEN Special Support for this production provided by THE ESTATE OF MARIAN LACKOVICH MARLEEN AND KENNY ALHADEFF, 5TH AVENUE PRODUCING PARTNER encore art sseattle.com 7 B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N CAST & ORCHESTRA CAST (in order of appearance) Craig��ELI LOTZ Craig’s Father �� ALLEN FITZPATRICK* Jake Rutland��LOUIS HOBSON* Wesley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KYLE ROBERT CARTER* William�� ERIC ANKRIM* William’s Wife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIRSTEN deLOHR HELLAND* Ming-Li ��STEVEN ENG* Guang-Li ��MIKKO JUAN H. Ford�� RODNEY HICKS* Ben Rumson��ROBERT CUCCIOLI* Elisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRENNA WAGNER Armando. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUSTIN GREGORY LOPEZ* Deza��KYLE BERNBACH* Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JARED MICHAEL BROWN* Vlad ��ERIC ESTEB* Nathaniel �� ETHAN CARPENTER Silas��PAUL FLANAGAN* Merchant Reed�� AARON SHANKS* Chee Weng��ULYBER MANGUNE Jameson Woodling �� ALLEN FITZPATRICK* Cayla Woodling �� KENDRA KASSEBAUM* Sarah Woodling�� TARYN DARR* Timberline ��TRINA MILLS* Pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRENNA WAGNER Mary�� TARYN DARR* Lotta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SARAH ROSE DAVIS* Jennifer Rumson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIRSTEN deLOHR HELLAND* UNDERSTUDIES AND SWINGS Understudies and swings never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. For Jake – JARED MICHAEL BROWN*; Male Swing – NICHOLAS TARABINI; Female Swing – CAROLYN WILLEMS VAN DIJK Dance Captain: TRINA MILLS* Fight Captain: JARED MICHAEL BROWN* ORCHESTRA Conductor: IAN EISENDRATH Associate Conductor: KAT SHERRELL Woodwinds (Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Whistles), Harmonica: DANE ANDERSEN; Horn 1: RODGER BURNETT; Horn 2: JILL JACQUES/RICHARD REED; Trombone/Bass Trombone: JEN HINKLE; Guitar 1 (Nylon Acoustic, Steel Acoustic): RL HEYER; Guitar 2 (Steel Acoustic, Banjo, Mandolin): GREG FULTON; Piano/Accordion: JOHN CALLAHAN; Percussion: PAUL HANSEN; Drums: BEN MORROW; Violin 1: TOM DZIEKONSKI/PETER KRYSA; Violin 2: BRANDON VANCE; Violin 3/Viola: MITCHELL DRURY; Cello: VIRGINIA DZIEKONSKI; Bass: TODD GOWERS ADDITIONAL MUSIC STAFF Music Coordinator: DANE ANDERSEN Associate Music Director: CHRIS RANNEY Rehearsal Pianist: JOHN CALLAHAN Rehearsal Drummer: BEN MORROW Music Preparation: ZACH REDLER & RYAN DRISCOLL Music Assistant: MICHAEL MATLOCK * Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States 8 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off your cell phones and pagers prior to the beginning of the performance. B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS SCENES Act One Prologue: On the Way to California Scene 1: The land that will be No Name City. September, 1849. Scene 2: In the woods on a mountain above No Name City. Spring, 1850. Scene 3: No Name City. A few days later. Scene 4: Jake’s Place. Scene 5: Various tents around No Name City. That night. Scene 6: Jake’s Place. The next evening. Scene 7: Honeymoon Tent. That night. Scene 8: Honeymoon Tent. The next morning. Scene 9: Ben’s property. Summer 1850. Scene 10: Main Street. Act Two Scene 1: Jake’s Palace of Pleasure. A few hours later. Scene 2: Ben’s Cabin. That same day. Scene 3: Jake’s Palace of Pleasure. October, 1850. Scene 4: A forest near Ben’s cabin. A few days later. Scene 5: The porch of Ben’s cabin. Scene 6: A mining claim near Rumson City. That night. Scene 7: In the woods on a mountain above Rumson City. Scene 8: Main Street. Rumson City. CONTENTS The Life of a ‘Revisal’................10 Lerner & Loewe........................12 Rushing for Gold......................13 Who’s Who...............................14 Beyond the Stage.......................20 Free Boy: A New AMT Commission..............................22 Upcoming Events......................31 MUSICAL NUMBERS Act One “I’m On My Way” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company “Wand’rin’ Star” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben “No Name City” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William, Jake, H. Ford, Wesley and Men “How Can I Wait?” . . . . . . . Cayla, Jake, Ben, Wesley, H. Ford, William, Guang-Li, Ming-Li, Armando, Craig and Company “Whoop-Ti-Ay!” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Ford, Cayla and Men “In Between” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben and Cayla “Another Autumn” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Armando and Men “No Name City (Reprise)” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men “There’s a Coach Comin’ In” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jake and Company Finale Act 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Act Two “Rumson City” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timberline, Pearl, Mary, Lotta and Men “Hand Me Down That Can of Beans” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timberline, Pearl, Mary and Lotta “I Talk to the Trees” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Armando and Jennifer “I Still See Elisa” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben “Gold Fever” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jake, William and Company “Carino Mio” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer and Armando “Another Autumn (Reprise)” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cayla, Armando and Jennifer “They Call The Wind Maria” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben and Men “Take the Wheels Off the Wagon” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben, Cayla, Jennifer, Armando and Company encore art sseattle.com 9 THE LIFE OF A ‘REVISAL’: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PAINT YOUR WAGON CREATIVE TEAM By ANYA RUDNICK, Director of Education and Outreach Over the course of several years, Director David Armstrong, Writer Jon Marans, Music Supervisor and Vocal Arranger Ian Eisendrath and Choreographer Josh Rhodes worked together to develop and write a new version of the Lerner and Loewe musical, Paint Your Wagon. I sat down with them recently to talk about the process of recreating a classic. Why rewrite Paint Your Wagon, a classic and beloved musical, with a new book? who were driven, somewhat foolishly, by the desire to explore unchartered territory with the goal of “striking it rich.” David Armstrong: I directed a summer stock production of the original version of Paint Your Wagon in Sacramento almost 20 years ago. In spite of the problematic book including a story and principal characters that were not very compelling, the audience loved the show, especially the rough and tumble world of the California Gold Rush and, of course, the amazing score filled with one great song after another. It occurred to me then that if someone could create an effective new book for the show it might be possible for Paint Your Wagon to join the ranks of other great musicals of its era. Can you describe the process of taking a classic score and reworking it to tell a new story? Ian Eisendrath: The score for Paint Your Wagon is one of the greatest in the musical theater canon.This new book brings these great, classic songs back to the musical theater stage in a modern, relevant context. Jon Marans: I didn’t really know the score to Paint Your Wagon until David approached me about writing a new book for the show. I was bowled over when I first heard Lerner’s strong, complex lyrics and Loewe’s at times heart-racing, at times haunting melodies. I felt the original book didn’t always do justice to letting these songs shine.The original version was the story of the California Gold Rush but [told] primarily through the eyes of white men— with just one Latino man also in the story. This new version is hopefully closer to the true story. It is about a time in American history when the world converged on California. Where suddenly all of these disparate people were thrown together, forced to work together, or at least interact, in this exciting but dangerous world. [This is a story about] how it changed all of them. Josh Rhodes: I am intrigued by the whole history of the Gold Rush. It was a fascinating time.There is an allure in the wild ambition and pioneering spirit of the people—mostly men—who packed up their lives, took great risks and left their families and homes in search of fortune and adventure. This is really exciting for me.To tell the story of the people 10 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE JM: From the simple clear idea of how this version would be different from the original, I wrote an outline of Act I. And from then on it was all about collaboration—working with David Armstrong, Ian Eisendrath and Josh Rhodes—to continue to keep our story focused on this new, tougher and hopefully more truthful version of the California Gold Rush. David has a strong sense of dramatic storytelling, and he also has an astounding knowledge of that time period which was so helpful in clarifying this new “make-your-own-rules” California world. DA: Back when I did the show in Sacramento I had the opportunity to drive through “gold country” and visit Sutter’s Mill where the first gold was discovered, and many of the remaining ghost towns and historic locations. This began for me a continuing interest in the history of the California Gold Rush and over the years I have devoured any new books and documentaries that have come out recounting this amazing period in our nation’s history. We have used this knowledge as well as additional research to inform many details in the new book as well as the set and costume designs. IE: David, Jon, Josh and I have spent the past several years wrestling with the history of the gold rush, our cast of characters and the story points in order to create a unified piece of theater. We wanted the scenes to feel as if they inevitably lead to and depend on the original music and lyrics by Lerner and Loewe. JR: This new version has all new choreography. While the original Agnes de Mille choreography is classic and beautiful, it is a series of long ballets. I wanted this new version to feel more relevant and to tell the stories and the ambitions of the characters.The dances are more masculine and raw. We are also fortunate to have a dance arranger, Jason DeBord, who helped shape the story and the dances with music. JON MARANS Writer Why tell the story of Paint Your Wagon now? How will contemporary audiences relate to this new re-telling of a classic? DA: Even though it happened 160 years ago, the California Gold Rush had a profound effect on American history and especially of the West. The themes of immigration, multiculturalism, and who gets to sit at the table and achieve the American Dream are all inherent in the real stories of the period and we have incorporated them into our story for the musical. IE: Paint Your Wagon is about America, the American Dream and humanity at its core. The gold rush was an opportunity for the world to “strike it rich,” start over, make dreams come true and to build something new.The question that this piece asks is how do we work together, as a community, to build and sustain civilization? What are the costs of fear, prejudice and the age old flaw of “looking out for number one”? Bluegrass is a timeless American genre of music that inspired Lerner and Loewe. It has been great fun to draw upon the sounds and colors of the contemporary “Newgrass” movement ushered in by Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers,The Civil Wars and other great contemporary bands as we’ve created arrangements and orchestrations for this new production of Paint Your Wagon. What should audiences who know and love the original musical know about this new version? IAN EISENDRATH Music Supervisor B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N DAVID ARMSTRONG Director JOSH RHODES Choreographer few people have seen a live stage production of Paint Your Wagon. (The 5th actually produced the show in 1992 starring country singer Roy Clark.) However, many people have seen the popular film version for which Alan Jay Lerner created a very different story than the original Broadway musical. I believe we have honored the intentions of the authors, and that audiences will still experience all of the things they loved about any previous exposure they have had to Paint Your Wagon.The great songs are the heart of it and they are of course a constant in all three incarnations of the show. JM: One of the other tricky parts to writing a brand new book to a pre-existing show is that you only have a limited number of songs at your disposal to tell your new story. But we were lucky—we had some extra songs available to us. We found a song that wasn’t in the original version but had been added during the national tour. We also were able to use two songs that had been written especially for the movie which were also quite helpful in our storytelling. IE: Every word, note and choice has been made with great reverence for the original musical. Our goal is to bring what is glorious about the original production of Paint Your Wagon to the contemporary musical theater stage. JR: I hope the audience feels like they are watching a new musical—one that is stronger and has a more modern sensibility. DA: Lerner and Loewe were of course masters of the musical theater, second only to Rodgers and Hammerstein in regards to craftsmanship and quality.Throughout the process we have tried our best to “channel their spirits” and try to divine what they would do if they were working on the show today. Very encore art sseattle.com 11 B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N LERNER & LOEWE By ALBERT EVANS, Artistic Associate Frederick Loewe—always called Fritz—grew up in Berlin, where his father was an operetta tenor. Born in 1901, young Fritz was a musical prodigy, and at age 13 became the youngest piano soloist ever to appear with the Berlin Philharmonic. The first Lerner & Loewe collaboration ran for a scant nine weeks in Detroit. Their next two shows opened in New York, but attracted little interest. Those shows were musical comedies, a form that was growing passé. They decided to try the new Rodgers & Hammerstein musical play template. In 1924 his father got an offer to appear in New York City and Fritz went with him, determined to stay and write for Broadway. But he had a hard time breaking through, and spent several years traveling the country looking for music work, taking any job he could find in the meantime, including cattle punching, gold mining and prize fighting. The result was Brigadoon, a romantic fantasy set in a mystical Scottish village. It opened in 1947 and ran for almost 600 performances. Three more collaborations followed: Paint Your Wagon in 1951, My Fair Lady in 1956, then, after a detour to Hollywood to write Gigi (1958), their final original musical play, Camelot, which debuted in 1960. Alan Jay Lerner was born into a prosperous Manhattan family (his uncle was the founder of the Lerner Stores, a chain of dress shops). Alan was educated in England, then at Choate and Harvard, where his classmates included John F. Kennedy and Leonard Bernstein. After Camelot, Fritz Loewe retired to Palm Springs. He was lured back to work twice, once to add new songs to Gigi for a stage production and then to write again with Lerner for the unsuccessful movie musical The Little Prince. He died in 1988. Until his own death in 1986, Alan Jay Lerner continued writing musicals with other partners. Some of those shows did well, but none captured the magical style of the Lerner & Loewe collaborations. Lerner lost an eye in a college boxing injury and couldn’t serve in World War II. He spent the early 40s writing radio scripts until a chance meeting at the Lambs Club brought him together with Fritz Loewe, who was looking for a new partner. According to Loewe, he took a wrong turn on his way to the men’s room and passed by Lerner’s table. On a hunch, he asked the younger man if he wrote lyrics, and Lerner replied, yes, yes he did. By GRETCHEN DOUMA, Freelance Writer Inspired by the real-life gold rush of the late 1840s, Lerner and Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon explores the lives of prospectors who traveled thousands of miles to strike it rich. The would-be miners came from all over the world and all walks of life. The stories of gold lying on the ground just waiting to be picked up were irresistible, though of course not at all a reflection of what most prospectors actually experienced. Still the lure of instant wealth was enough to bring thousands of people to the new territory of California, though very few found the wealth they thought they would and many returned home penniless and disillusioned. “Gold fever” meant something very new for the American pioneers who headed to California. Thousands of immigrants had already made the trip to America looking for opportunities to remake their lives. The driving ethos behind that migration was that in America—thanks to freedom from religious, government and social oppression—hard work would be rewarded. But the California Gold Rush introduced a new concept to the American mythos—the idea of getting rich quick. The reality the ’49ers experienced was very different from the reports in the press. The journey West was long, the work was hard, the conditions were challenging and the surface gold (gold that could be easily panned or gathered off the ground) was cleaned out within two years of the Sutter’s Mill discovery. rush were met with hostility and violence. And the native residents who occupied the land prior to the discovery of gold were extricated in whatever way was most expedient, their lands stolen and their lives irreparably damaged. Still the pull of the shiny metal was undeniable. In fact, the rush was on again when gold was discovered in 1896 on the Klondike River in northwest Canada near the Alaskan border. Thanks to the Klondike discovery, Seattle transformed itself from a lumber town to the “Gateway to the Gold Fields,” attracting nearly 40,000 stampeders who outfitted themselves with provisions in Seattle before heading north. The city prospered even if most of the prospectors didn’t. The appeal of the big windfall and instant reward continues to be a central theme in American culture. One only has to look at the boom-bust period of the early dotcoms to recognize a modern version of “gold fever” at work. It’s hard to see the risk when the golden promise is shining in your eyes. To read more about the gold rushes and the American Dream, please visit www.5thavenue.org/blog. The mining towns that initially sprang up around the gold fields were little more than tent cities with rough living conditions and frequent violence. Some of these settlements grew into true towns as enterprising merchants saw ways to make money by supplying the miners with whatever they wanted and needed—from groceries and clothing to liquor, gambling and prostitutes. But when the gold ran out, so did the miners, and the small mining towns collapsed. Only larger cities like San Francisco (and Sacramento) were able to turn gold fever into sustainable infrastructure and lasting growth. There were other contradictions to the fairy tale of instant wealth for every man. The idea that gold was there for the taking by anyone ambitious and ingenious enough to make the trek ran smack into the deep-seated prejudices of the day. The European immigrants, the Asian immigrants and free blacks who attempted to participate in the gold encore art sseattle.com 13 B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N RUSHING FOR GOLD: THE SHINY SIREN AND THE AMERICAN DREAM B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N WHO’S WHO ROBERT CUCCIOLI (Ben Rumson) The 5th: Jekyll & Hyde, A Little Night Music, Lone Star Love. Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde (Tony nom, Drama Desk, OCC Awards), Les Misérables, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. Off-Broadway: And The World Goes ‘Round (OCC Award), Jacques Brel…, Bikeman, Snow Orchid, Rothschild and Sons. Regional: Antony & Cleopatra, 1776 (Helen Hayes nom), Jesus Christ Superstar, Amadeus, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Carnival, Othello, Hamlet, The School for Scandal, The Seafarer. Television: White Collar, Sliders, Baywatch, The Guiding Light. Film: Celebrity, The Stranger. Original Cast Recordings: Jekyll & Hyde, And The World Goes ‘Round, Jacques Brel, Rothschild and Sons and released his debut solo album, The Look Of Love, in October 2012. www.robertcuccioli.com. KENDRA KASSEBAUM (Cayla Woodling) 5th Avenue Theatre/ACT: Assassins, Jacques Brel…, The Secret Garden, A Little Night Music, Company, Cinderella, ELF. Broadway/New York: Wicked (Glinda), RENT (Maureen), Assassins (Ensemble/Squeaky Fromme u/s), Leap of Faith (Sam), MTC’s The Receptionist (Lorraine), Roundabout Theatre’s A Little Night Music (Petra). Seattle Rep: Come From Away. Regional credits include: Actors Theater of Louisville, Sundance Writer’s Lab, San Jose Rep, Ordway Center, Florida Stage, St. Louis Muny, Arizona Theatre Company. Film: The Other Woman. Recordings: Leap of Faith, Grammy-nominated Assassins. JUSTIN GREGORY LOPEZ (Armando) A NY-based actor and award-nominated nightclub entertainer, Lopez is thrilled to be making his 5th Avenue debut with this outstanding group of artists. Off-Broadway: bare (Beto, Matt u/s). Regional: In the Heights (Usnavi), Evita (Ensemble, Che u/s), The Fantasticks (Matt). Developmental: Hamilton (Hamilton stand-by), Wonderland (El Gato), NC-17 (Carter), principal castings in The New York Musical Theatre Festival. Film/TV: NBC’s Law & Order: SVU (Guest Star), Learning to Drive (starring Ben Kingsley). www.JustinGregoryLopez.com. 14 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE KIRSTEN deLOHR HELLAND (Jennifer Rumson, William’s Wife) Recently: Maria in The Sound of Music and Rizzo in Grease (The 5th), Whatsername in American Idiot (ArtsWest) and Siren in Lizard Boy (Seattle Rep). 5th Avenue: Oklahoma!, ELF, Hairspray in Concert, Titanic in Concert, Pirates of Penzance and RENT. Village Theatre: Les Misérables, Trails and The Tutor. Film: Laggies. Helland is half of folk-rock duo Hanschen & Ilse. Endless Love and Gratitude to Mama, Justin and everyone at The 5th for their support. ERIC ANKRIM (William) On the heels of starring in Come From Away at the Seattle Rep, and How To Succeed… here at the 5th, this show concludes a dream season for Ankrim. Other 5th Avenue credits include: Jacques Brel…, Carousel, First Date, Oklahoma!, RENT, Into the Woods, The Rocky Horror Show, Miss Saigon. Broadway: First Date. Endless love to Michele and family! KYLE ROBERT CARTER (Wesley) At The 5th: Grease (Teen Angel), How To Succeed… (Ovington), Jasper in Deadland. National Tour: In The Heights (Benny). Regional: In The Heights (Benny), Sister Act (Eddie Souther). OffBroadway: Storyville (Butch “Cobra” Brown). “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass. www.kyle-r-carter.com STEVEN ENG (Ming-Li) Earlier this season at The 5th Ave: Waterfall. London: The King and I. Regional: Pacific Overtures, Richard II, Henry IV Parts One and Two, Miss Saigon. Others: NY Philharmonic, Pasadena Playhouse, Huntington Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, ShakespeareNYC and many more. Co-founder National Asian Artists Project. NYU Tisch Faculty. ALLEN FITZPATRICK (Jameson, Craig’s Father) Forty appearances on Seattle stages include 21 productions at The 5th Avenue (including Sweeney in Sweeney Todd and Biggley in How to Succeed). Ten Broadway shows including Les Misérables, 42nd Street, Driving Miss Daisy, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Passion, Memphis, Sweet Smell of Success, Damn Yankees. Artistic Director, Icicle Creek New Play Festival. allenfitzpatrick.weebly.com. RODNEY HICKS (H. Ford) The 5th: Hair. Broadway: Come from Away (Upcoming), Scottsboro Boys, Jesus Christ Superstar, RENT (original and closing) Select Off-Broadway: Scottsboro Boys, Jacques Brel…, From My Hometown, RENT. Select Regional: Come from Away, Scottsboro Boys, The Mountaintop, Oklahoma!, King Lear. Select TV: Leverage, Grimm, Law & Order: CI, Hope & Faith. Playwright: NC-17. LOUIS HOBSON (Jake Rutland) 5th Avenue: Assassins, Jacques Brel…, A Room with a View, Spamalot, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Hair. Broadway: Next to Normal (2010 Pulitzer Prize), Bonnie & Clyde, Leap of Faith, People in the Picture. Film/TV: C.O.G. (Sundance 2013), Laggies (Sundance 2014), Lucky Them (TIFF 2014), The Man in the High Castle (Amazon), Captain Fantastic (Sundance/Cannes 2016). indietheatrical.com. MIKKO JUAN (Guang-Li) Juan is absolutely ecstatic to be making his professional debut at The 5th Ave! He is currently a student in the University of Washington’s new Musical Theater Program and will graduate in the spring of 2017. Much love to Mom, Dad, Patricia and Megan. SARAH ROSE DAVIS (Lotta) recently starred as Rosemary in How to Succeed… and is thrilled to be back! 5th Ave: A Chorus Line (Maggie), Grease (Frenchy) and many more! Village Theatre: Funny Girl (Fanny Brice). Thanks to The 5th, my parents and Calvin. www.sarahrosedavis.com. KYLE BERNBACH (Deza) is excited to join the cast of Paint Your Wagon! 5th Avenue credits include Jasper in Deadland, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel and A Chorus Line. Broadway/1st Nat’l: Memphis. ERIC ESTEB (Vlad) When not performing at The 5th, Esteb performs in Duo Rêves as an aerialist and dancer with his partner and true love Quynbi. See video of their work together at duoreves.com. JARED MICHAEL BROWN (Angus, U/S Jake, Fight Captain) is honored to join the incredible cast of Paint Your Wagon. 5th Ave: Sound of Music, Jasper in Deadland, Oliver!, Secondhand Lions, Pirates of Penzance, Oklahoma!. Proper thanks to: Jared, Ma & Pa, Steph & Jas. ETHAN CARPENTER (Nathaniel) 5th Ave: A Chorus Line. Other Seattle credits: Les Misérables, Funny Girl, My Fair Lady (Village Theatre) and The Fantasticks (Showtunes). Proud graduate of Indiana University. Love to mom and dad! TARYN DARR (Sarah Woodling, Mary) 5th Avenue Favorites: A Chorus Line (Val), White Christmas (Judy), Jasper in Deadland (Secretary Hathaway), ELF, Catch Me…, Spamalot. Regional: Chicago (Roxie), Legally Blonde (Brooke), South Pacific (Nellie), Something Rotten (NYC Lab). Love to Thomas. PAUL FLANAGAN (Silas) Past Seattle credits include How to Succeed…, The Sound of Music, Oliver!, A Chorus Line at The 5th, and Fiddler on the Roof and Chicago at Village Theatre. All the Love to Alex, friends and family! PaulFlanagan.com. ULYBER MANGUNE (Chee Weng) Trained by Sheri Lewis at Westlake Dance Center, Benjamin Bentler and Marianni Groves. Mangune would like to thank them, his parents, Ioana and The 5th Avenue Theatre for this opportunity. Welcome to Seattle, Mrs. Mangune. TRINA MILLS (Timberline, Dance Captain) From Seattle, Mills earned her BA in acting from WWU. 5th Avenue selected: West Side Story (Velma), A Chorus Line (Sheila), How To Succeed… (Miss Krumholtz), A Christmas Story, RENT, ELF, Spamalot. Love to Josh! B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N ELI LOTZ (Craig) is thrilled to be a part of this production. Credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oliver! and The Rising Star Project: Spamalot at The 5th; A Christmas Carol at ACT Theatre; and involvement in over 30 shows at Edmonds Heights K-12. Thanks to Shileah, friends and family. 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All my love to Mom and Pop. CAROLYN WILLEMS VAN DIJK (Swing) Willems Van Dijk returns to The 5th after previously swinging Cinderella and ELF – The Musical and appearing in Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music. BFA - University of Oklahoma. Infinite thanks to Harrison. ALAN JAY LERNER (Book & Lyrics) Alan Jay Lerner was born in New York in 1918. In 1942, Lerner wrote his first musical with Frederick Loewe called Life of the Party; in 1943, they wrote their first Broadway musical, What’s Up? The team went on to write The Day Before Spring in 1945, followed by their first hit, Brigadoon, in 1947. Lerner wrote the libretto for An American in Paris, the first musical film to win an Oscar. Lerner and Loewe teamed up again in the 1950s to write Paint Your Wagon, the mega-hit My Fair Lady, the film Gigi (winner of nine Oscars, including Best Picture) and Camelot in 1960. After the retirement of Frederick Loewe, Lerner went on to write On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Carmelina with Burton Lane, Coco with André Previn, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with Leonard Bernstein and Dance a Little Closer with Charles Strouse. Lerner and Loewe reunited in 1973 to provide Broadway with a stage version of Gigi. Alan Jay Lerner died in 1986 at the age of 67. FREDERICK LOEWE (Music) Frederick Loewe was born in Vienna in 1901. A child piano prodigy at age four, he made his concert debut with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra at age 13. Coming to America in 1930, Loewe wandered about in such odd jobs as cowpunching in Montana, gold prospecting in Colorado and saloon hall piano playing everywhere. In 1942, on the brink of establishing himself as a composer of popular songs, Loewe approached Alan Jay Lerner at a club in New York and said he would like to collaborate with him on a musical show. The two went on to enjoy a notable partnership that lasted 18 years, resulting in the musicals Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady and Camelot. In 1961 Loewe retired to the French Riviera until 10 years later, when Lerner persuaded him to write the score for a musical film based on The Little Prince, followed by creating new music for Lerner’s expanded book and lyrics for the 1973 Broadway version of Gigi. Frederick Loewe died February 14, 1988, at the age of 88 in Palm Springs, California. JON MARANS (New Book Adaptation) Marans’ shows include Old Wicked Songs, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama which ran for a season off-Broadway, in London’s West End starring Bob Hoskins and has been produced throughout the U.S. and in over a dozen countries; The Temperamentals which ran for over eight months Off-Broadway and was nominated for the Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding New Off-Broadway play; A Strange and Separate People; A Raw Space; Jumping for Joy; the book to the musical Legacy; book and lyrics to The Irrationals. In film, Marans and Yuri Sivo were hired by Universal Pictures/Tribeca Productions to write a political/war screenplay based on Roy Rowan’s acclaimed book Chasing the Dragon. In television, Marans was a writer/ lyricist for the 1991 New Carol Burnett Show on CBS. The Temperamentals and Old Wicked Songs are currently in film development. Mr. Marans is a recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship. DAVID ARMSTRONG (Director) is the Executive Producer and Artistic Director of The 5th Avenue Theatre where he has directed acclaimed productions of Candide; Oliver!; Sweeney Todd; Hair; Hello, Dolly!; Mame; White Christmas; A Little Night Music; A Room with A View; Company; The Rocky Horror Show; Pippin; Jaques Brel… and Anything Goes. On Broadway, he directed the musical Scandalous, which he staged at The 5th under the title Saving Aimee. His direction and choreography have been seen at many leading regional theaters including The Kennedy Center, Ordway Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, St. Louis Rep, Dallas Summer Musicals, Ford’s Theater and Paper Mill Playhouse. Next fall he will stage a new production of The Secret Garden at The Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC. As a playwright, he created the book for The 5th’s world premiere musical Yankee Doodle Dandy!, and for two musicals for Theatreworks/USA: Gold Rush!, which premiered at New York’s Kaye Playhouse, and A Christmas Carol, which played OffBroadway at New York’s famed Lucille Lortel Theatre. B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N WHO’S WHO GREAT FINDS FOR AFFORDABLE PRICES. JOSH RHODES (Choreographer) Rhodes is excited to return to the The 5th after directing Spamalot and receiving a Gregory Award Nomination. Rhodes recently choreographed the new Broadway musical Bright Star, written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Other Broadway credits include Cinderella, First Date and It Shoulda Been You. At the Old Globe in San Diego, Rhodes directed Ken Ludwig’s play Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. For television, Rhodes choreographed Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson and Sondheim: The Birthday Concert, both winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Program. Rhodes also choreographed the filmed production of Company starring Neil Patrick Harris. IAN EISENDRATH (Music Director) is the Music Supervisor and Alhadeff Family Director of New Work at The 5th. 5th Avenue credits: Carousel, A Room with a View, Secondhand Lions, Aladdin, A Christmas Story, Vanities, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Sunday in the Park With George, Cabaret, Into the Woods, West Side Story, Company, Sweeney Todd and Miss Saigon. Broadway & National Tour: A Christmas Story. Regional: Come From Away (La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre), Cabaret (TUTS, Ordway, American Musical Theater of San Jose), Miss Saigon (Casa Mañana), multiple new musicals at the Banff Centre for the Arts, The Nutcracker and Susan Stroman’s Take Five (More or Less) at PNB. Upcoming: Come From Away (Broadway, D.C. and Toronto). He has taught musical theater performance at the University of Washington and is a member of the festival selection committee for the National Alliance of Musical Theatre. Eisendrath holds a degree in conducting music theater and choral repertoire from the University of Michigan. Thank you to Annie. Shop Goodwill today! seattlegoodwill.org encore art sseattle.com 17 B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N WHO’S WHO JASON SHERWOOD (Scenic Designer) returns to The 5th Ave after designing Jasper in Deadland last spring. In New York: Sojourners (Off-Broadway, Playwrights Realm), Songbird (Off-Broadway, 59E59), Charles Franics Chan… (Off-Broadway, Walker Space, NAATCO), Seawife (Naked Angels, OffBroadway). Regional: Cake Off (Signature Theatre), The Circus In Winter (Goodspeed), The Whipping Man (Alliance Theatre), The CA Lyons Project (Alliance Theatre), Company (Bucks County Playhouse), Choir Boy (Studio Theatre). Upcoming: Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre). Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (Berkshire Theatre Festival). Sherwood is the 2013 LiveDesign Magazine “Designer to Watch.” NYU grad. TOM STURGE (Lighting Designer) 5th Avenue: over 40 productions including co-scenic design for the recent hit How to Succeed…, sets and lights for Jacques Brel… and Gregory Award-winning lighting design for Cinderella. Other 5th Ave: A Chorus Line, A Christmas Story, Pirates of Penzance, Oliver! (Footlight Award), A Room with a View, Cabaret and Hair. Broadway: Those Were the Days and Gypsy Passion. Regional: The Foreigner, Les Misérables and Chicago (Gregory Award) at the Village Theatre, Mojo and the Sayso at ACT, A Tale of Two Cities at SCT, NY Public, Circle Rep, Circle-in-the-Square, Irish Arts, LaMama ETC, Huntington, Alliance, Pittsburgh Public, Goodspeed, Cincinnati Playhouse, Alvin Ailey Dance, Spectrum Dance, Denver Center, Paper Mill Playhouse and Spoleto Opera Festival. JUSTIN STASIW (Sound Designer) returns to The 5th after designing How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Jasper in Deadland, A Christmas Story and the ACT/5th co-production of Little Shop of Horrors. Broadway: Something Rotten!, Side Show and It’s Only a Play (as Associate); Casa Valentina and Outside Mullingar (as Assistant). NYC: Songbird (as Designer). Regional: Kiss Me Kate (DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, as Designer) and The Last Goodbye (San Diego’s Old Globe, as Associate). Tours: Jekyll and Hyde, Billy Elliot, A Chorus Line and The Wizard of Oz (as Engineer). Stasiw is a proud member of IATSE and of USA/829. DAVID C. WOOLARD (Costume Designer) The 5th Avenue: On the Town, ELF. Broadway credits include Dames at Sea, First Date, Lysistrata Jones, West Side Story, Jane Fonda’s clothing for 33 Variations, Dividing the Estate, The Farnsworth Invention, All Shook Up, The Rocky Horror Show (2001 Tony nomination), The Who’s Tommy (1993 Tony and Olivier Award nominations), Marlene, Horton Foote’s The Young Man from Atlanta, Damn Yankees, A Few Good Men. Selected additional credits: 18 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE Encore’s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, World Premiere of Cold Mountain (Santa Fe Opera), The Toxic Avenger, The Orphans’ Cycle (Hewes Award), The Donkey Show at A.R.T. Woolard is currently designing It’s a Wonderful Life for Houston Grand Opera. For more information http://davidcwoolard.com MARY PYANOWSKI JONES (Hair & Wig Design) 5th Avenue: World Premieres of Jasper in Deadland (hair and make-up design), Secondhand Lions (hair design), Aladdin (make-up design), A Room with A View (hair and make-up design), Yankee Doodle Dandy (hair and make-up design), Waterfall, Catch Me If You Can, Shrek, Lone Star Love, Princesses, Memphis, Hairspray, The Wedding Singer. Twenty-six seasons of 5th Avenue Theatre production designs. Design credits for international productions of opera, ballet, theater, musicals (Germany, Switzerland, Austria). Memorable film and TV credits include: Northern Exposure, Orleans, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Rose Red, Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, Assassins, White Dwarf, Book of Stars. IATSE member Local 706 and 488. AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Orchestrator) Eriksmoen’s Broadway credits include Bright Star, Gigi, First Date, Hugh Jackman - Back On Broadway (additional orchestrations), The Addams Family (dance arrangements, additional orchestrations), Memphis (dance arrangements), Million Dollar Quartet (associate music supervisor), Ring of Fire (associate music director), All Shook Up (music director) and RENT (associate conductor). He also worked on the Off-Broadway productions of bare (orchestrations), Romantic Poetry (orchestrations), Walmartopia (orchestrations/ supervision) and Imperfect Chemistry (orchestrations/supervision). Some of Mr. Eriksmoen’s other work includes Come From Away, “2011 Billboard Music Awards,” I Am Harvey Milk at Lincoln Center, Kristin Chenoweth In Concert and Chita Rivera In Concert. JASON DeBORD (Dance Arranger) 5th Avenue: Shrek The Musical, Yankee Doodle Dandy (dance arrangements). Broadway: Once (Resident Music Supervisor), Shrek The Musical, Legally Blonde, Lestat, All Shook Up and Rent. Off Broadway and NYC: Gigantic (arrangements), bare, Fat Camp, Bat Boy, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, City Center Encores! and countless developmental workshops. National Tours: A Chorus Line, RENT and Urinetown The Musical. Regional: The Alliance Theatre, The Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, ACT San Francisco. Film: Every Little Step. Proud faculty member of the Department of Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Go Blue! ADAM QUINN (Associate Director) returns to The 5th after working on Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, RENT and the pre-Broadway workshop of First Date. This spring, Adam assistant directed the Off-Broadway production of Dear Evan Hansen at 2econd Stage Theatre. Director: Into the Woods, RENT (MUSKET), Next to Normal and tick…tick… BOOM! (ADHI Productions). Regional: ELF and Once on This Island (Paper Mill), Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn (Goodspeed), Working (Broadway in Chicago). Next: Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical at Roundabout’s Studio 54 on Broadway. www.adamquinn.net LEE WILKINS (Associate Choreographer) 5th Ave: Spamalot (Choreographer). Broadway: Bright Star, It Shoulda Been You, First Date, Cinderella (Associate Choreographer). Television: Alpha House “The Love Doctor,” “The Contest” (Choreographer). Regional: Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Straz Center, The Old Globe. Wilkins also performed in four Broadway shows including ELF; Spamalot; Wonderful Town and Kiss Me, Kate. CHRIS RANNEY (Associate Music Director) 5th Avenue: How To Succeed…, Jasper in Deadland, A Christmas Story, A Chorus Line, A Room with a View, Spamalot, Secondhand Lions, Hairspray in Concert, RENT, Oklahoma! Broadway: A Christmas Story. Seattle Rep: Come From Away. Paramount Theatre: Wicked. ACT: Grey Gardens. Village Theatre: My Heart is the Drum, No Way To Treat a Lady, Funny Girl, Les Misérables. ArtsWest: American Idiot. Numerous other productions and readings around town. Proud graduate of the University of Michigan. KAT SHERRELL (Associate Conductor) is 5th Avenue’s Associate Music Supervisor. Broadway (as Pianist): In the Heights, Bring It On, The Book of Mormon. Television: NBC's Smash. Composer-lyricist for Sweethearts of Swing, a musical in development. Author of Experiencing Broadway: A Listener's Companion, coming in October! Thanks to this great team! KEVIN HEARD (Associate Sound Designer) is a Seattle-bred, NYC-based sound designer. For The 5th: Assassins, How to Succeed… (Associate), Jasper in Deadland (Associate). Other Seattle designs: Really Really, Buyer & Cellar, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hotel on the Corner… and Sense and Sensibility. Broadway associate designs: All The Way, The Country House, Sylvia. Heard has several Off-Broadway and national tour credits and has designed or engineered over 125 productions from coast to coast. HeardAudio.com RACHEL BURY (Assistant Stage Manager) 5th Avenue: The Sound of Music, Waterfall, Grease, Jasper in Deadland, Carousel, A Christmas Story, Spamalot, Oliver!, Secondhand Lions, The Pirates of Penzance, Hairspray in Concert, The Music Man, RENT, Damn Yankees, Oklahoma!, Cinderella, Saving Aimee, Aladdin, Guys and Dolls. 5th/ACT: Assassins. Broadway: Scandalous. Other credits: Seattle Rep, Intiman, Shakespeare Santa Cruz. SIRI NELSON (Costume Design Assistant) This is Siri Nelson’s debut at The 5th Avenue Theatre. She is a local costume designer, director and actor. Regional: Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Hartford Stage Company, Pig Iron Theatre Company. RACHAEL DORMAN (Assistant Stage Manager) Dorman is excited to be back at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Previously she has been an ASM on Carousel, A Christmas Story and A Chorus Line. Most recently Luna Gale at Seattle Rep and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Seattle Children’s Theatre. Much love to her family, and friends. DAVID HSIEH (Dialect Coach) Hsieh delightedly returns to The 5th to coach Chinese for Paint Your Wagon, having previously assisted with Anything Goes and A Christmas Story. He’s the Founding Artistic Director of ReAct Theatre where his criticallyacclaimed Seattle premiere directing credits include Time Stands Still, Yellow Face, Rabbit Hole, The Shape of Things, The Joy Luck Club and Closer. Currently performing in Book-It’s The Brothers K: Part Two, Hsieh directs ReAct’s The Aliens in July. www.reacttheatre.org ALYSSA KEENE (Dialect Coach) Selected coaching credits: 5th Avenue (Assassins, Grey Gardens, Guys and Dolls, Vanities, Saving Aimee, West Side Story, Wonderful Town). Additional coaching credits: ACT, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Intiman, Seattle Rep, Seattle Shakespeare Co., Book-It, Seattle Public, Theatre Under the Stars, Theatre22, Theater Schmeater. Recent acting credits include Yvette in Mother Courage and Her Children (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Helen in Wizzer-Pizzer: Getting Over the Rainbow (Theatre22). Keene is a member of the faculty at Cornish College of the Arts, Freehold Theatre Lab, and Seattle Film Institute, and regularly coaches at Jack Straw Studios. AMY GORNET (Production Stage Manager) 5th Avenue Theatre/Broadway/National Tour: A Christmas Story, The Musical. 5th Avenue Theatre: The Sound of Music, Jasper in Deadland, Carousel, A Room with a View, Monty Python’s Spamalot, The Music Man, Damn Yankees!, Guys and Dolls, On the Town, Sunday in the Park…, Catch Me If You Can, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Mame. Other credits include: Seattle Children’s Theatre, ACT, Intiman, Village Theatre, The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre and Stages St. Louis. ELTTAES PRODUCTIONS (Producers) is one of the entities within Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff’s theater production companies. Over the last 20 years, they’ve been involved in over 50 productions. The development of New Works is a mainstay of their portfolio, and they have been privileged to be part of over a dozen shows that have gone to Broadway. This was highlighted by winning the Tony in 2010 for Memphis as partners in Junkyard Dog’s production. After a long journey of re-creating Paint Your Wagon, the Alhadeffs are thrilled for it to be on the stage of the beloved 5th Avenue Theatre. SPECIAL THANKS CHRISTOPHER ALLEN (Producer) co-produced Burn the Floor on Broadway and its subsequent national tour. He is developing the musical Citizen Ruth, based on Alexander Payne’s Miramax film. In Las Vegas, Allen produced Beehive, Tap Dogs and Opus, featuring Michael Bublé. He produced documentaries Making Sexy Back and Behind the Tour for Justin Timberlake, Released – The Life and Music of Pink for MTV, Live at the Palms with John Legend for iTunes and dozens of national commercials. He produced animated series SM&S for Comedy Central and Zevo 3 for Nickelodeon. Allen recently partnered with Maker Studios, Disney’s Multi Channel Network, on the new children’s series Muffalo Potato! Scenery by Seattle Opera Scenic Studios J&R Metalcraft Kaman Industrial Technologies Dr. Mark A. Burick, Official Chiropractor of the 5th Avenue Theatre ADDITIONAL STAFF for LERNER AND LOEWE’S PAINT YOUR WAGON The 5th Avenue Theatre is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Founded in 1985, NAMT is a national service organization dedicated exclusively to musical theatre. Members, located throughout 34 states and abroad, are some of the leading producers of musical theatre in the world, and include theatres, presenting organizations, higher education programs and individual producers. Production Assistant.......................... Lisa Armstrong Production Assistant.....................Adrienne Mendoza Production Runner....................................Cat Sowa Choreography Intern........................... Kyle Anderson Charge Artist.................................... Steven LaRose Lead Artist................................ Susannah Anderson The Director and Choreographer are members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. Scenery, stage, and costume work is performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E. Locals Number 15, 488, and 887 United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. Musicians playing this performance are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Local 76-493, AFL-CIO/CLC. encore art sseattle.com 19 B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S : L E R N E R & LO E W E ’ S PA I N T Y O U R W A G O N TRISTAN ROBERSON (Assistant Lighting Designer) is delighted to be back after working on many shows at The 5th including Assassins, The Sound of Music, Grease, Jacques Brel… and A Chorus Line. Outside of The 5th, he most recently designed with Village Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare, Book-It Repertory Theatre, ArtsWest and ACT Lab. Tristan is the resident lighting designer at Washington Ensemble Theatre. INVESTED IN THE FUTURE THE 5TH IS DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MUSICAL AS AN ART FORM AND SERVES AS A CREATIVE INCUBATOR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NEW WORKS THAT EXPAND THE CANON FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. NEW WORKS PROGRAM The 5th works year-round to foster the creation of new musicals. Through commissions, readings, developmental labs and our NextFest Festival of New Musicals, we are committed to nurturing writers, actors and directors through the process of creating brand new work. And our track record is second-to-none: since 2001, we have brought 17 new musicals to our stage. Nine have gone to Broadway and five have earned a combined 15 Tony Awards®! With your Annual Fund gift, you help support the art on our stage as well as our thrilling New Works program and vital education opportunities in our community. In recognition of this gift, we invite you to join us for events designed to enrich your theater-going experience: 5TH AVENUE FAN - $50 • Tech Week Rehearsal – Pass for two to watch all of the details of a show come together with the cast and crew at an invitation-only rehearsal for one of our productions. FRIEND - $125 (All benefits listed from Fan, plus...) • Tech Week Rehearsals – Join us for members-only invited rehearsals all season long. • Backstage Tours – Come onstage and behind the scenes for an upclose and personal look at each production. • Load-in Lunch (New!) – Bring your brown bag lunch and enjoy a unique perspective as the sets and technical equipment are loaded into the theater, featuring a Q&A with a production insider. PARTNER - $300 (All benefits listed from Friend, plus...) • Warehouse Tour – Get a unique glimpse at our set, costumes and props. • VIP Spotlight Nights – Enjoy a pre-show reception, reserved seating and free parking at Spotlight Nights throughout the season. • Designer Download (New!) – Join members of the creative team as they share their vision and process for bringing a show to the 5th Avenue stage. $25 is not tax deductible. PART OF THE 5TH AVENUE’S MISSION IS TO CREATE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES THAT ENRICH, ENTERTAIN AND INSPIRE CURRENT AND FUTURE AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE. IN THIS SPIRIT, WE STRIVE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY—INCLUDING MORE THAN 74,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY— THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS: RISING STAR PROJECT provides high school students with the opportunity to explore the craft of theater under the mentorship of 5th Avenue professionals. Students collaborate to produce, perform, develop and market an all-student production of a 5th Avenue show on the mainstage. The program boosts confidence, builds critical thinking and communication skills, inspires creativity, and helps students discover their passions. ADVENTURE MUSICAL THEATER brings live musical theater directly to schools in 18 counties throughout the Pacific Northwest region. The program engages young people, bringing stories with rich Northwest history and culture to life through song and dance. Created by local writers and composers, AMT provides over 60,000 children exposure to musical theater, many for the very first time. Photos by Jeff Carpenter and Mark Kitaoka FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BENEFITS, VISIT WWW.5THAVENUE.ORG/SUPPORT OR CONTACT JEANNE THOMPSON AT 206-971-7900. B E Y O N D T H E S TA G E INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY ADVENTURE MUSICAL THEATER: SHARING THE MAGIC OF MUSICAL THEATER WITH STUDENTS THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON STATE By ANYA RUDNICK, Director of Education and Outreach IF YOU HAVE NEVER sat in an elementary school auditorium with 300 students who are watching a live musical theater production, many for the very first time, let me tell you, it is a treat. I’ll paint the picture: Imagine a large cavernous room with no furniture, a wood or concrete floor and grade school art or inspirational posters that scream,“You Can Do it!” plastered to the walls. The auditorium doubles as the lunch room in most schools, so the lunch tables are stacked to the side, and there are remnants of a busy lunch rush, including bits of trash on the floor waiting to be swept up and the smell of pizza and chocolate milk in the air. Take yourself back a few years and remember what those lunch rooms, gyms, multi-purpose rooms and musty auditoriums felt like. Can you picture it? Now imagine you walk into the room and see on one end an elaborate stage set that has popped up while you were playing outside or eating lunch. The set has multiple panels on wheels that move around to display different scenes. Actors in costume are rushing around setting up props, putting on makeup, fixing their hair and warming up their voices. Someone at the piano is running his or her fingers over the keys testing the sound in the room. There is excitement in the air. Something magical is about to happen. This is a scene that plays out every day, several times a day, at elementary schools throughout the Northwest from February to May. Each year the cast and crew of The 5th Avenue’s Adventure Musical Theater Touring Company (also known as AMT) arrive at a school, load in the sets, props and costumes and perform original, curriculum based, high-quality musical theater to thousands of young people each year. This past spring, AMT’s production of The Mercer Girls was performed 155 times for over 60,000 students in cities as far south as Tigard, Oregon, as far north as Lynden, as far east as Walla Walla and as far west as Ocean Shores and many towns in between. AMT is the longest running education program at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Now in its 22nd year, AMT’s mission is to enrich the lives of elementary and middle school students through dynamic performances of high quality musical theater productions that inspire, educate, and encourage young students to engage with the world around them. AMT productions teach about the Northwest region’s history, culture and heritage. With live performances and study guides available to schools, AMT productions connect to classroom curriculum by providing arts-based education E D U C AT I O N AT T H E 5 T H “Free Boy gives us a chance to investigate just what freedom means. How you get it and what it costs to keep it. To examine those big questions with and for a young audience is really exciting.” Valerie Curtis–Newton experiences for elementary and middle school students, especially in areas where opportunities for arts education are limited. Each original AMT production is written, directed and performed by local Northwest artists. Curtis–Newton responds,“Free Boy gives us a chance to investigate just what freedom means—how you get it and what it costs to keep it. To examine those big questions with and for a young audience is really exciting.” Next year, in spring of 2017, we are excited to announce a brand new AMT production. Free Boy: A True Story of Slave and Master will be the first new show since 2011. Based on a book written by local historians Lorraine McConaghy and Judy Bentley, Free Boy tells the story of young Charles Mitchell, a thirteen-year-old slave who was brought to Washington Territory by his master James Tilton in the 1850s. Even though there were no slave laws in Washington Territory at the time, under Dred Scott laws in place, young Charles was considered property and not a free citizen. Free Boy tells the story of his escape from Washington Territory to freedom in Canada on the West’s Underground Railroad. This new production will tell young students a story of our region’s history that many do not equate with the West—slavery. But ultimately, it is a story about freedom. The development of new musicals is part of The 5th Avenue Theatre’s mission. It is our investment in the future of musical theater. Creating new productions for AMT also allows us to showcase new work for our youngest audiences. It allows us to share stories of the history and culture of our region. As a teacher from a local elementary school recently wrote in response to seeing an AMT production,“Thank you for sharing. Our students always love it when The 5th Avenue comes to our school. The [show] was amazing and it was so special to watch it with our diverse group of students and staff. These types of events, sharing stories of history, are so important for our community health.” Seattle director and educator Valerie Curtis–Newton will direct this new AMT production. Curtis–Newton is currently the Head of Performance—Acting and Directing at the University of Washington School of Drama and Artistic Director for The Hansberry Project, a professional African American theater lab. She has directed at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Intiman Theatre and ArtsWest. This will be her first show with The 5th Avenue. When asked why this show should be presented for young audiences in the Northwest, As students filter into their school’s auditorium and see the sets of AMT’s show, their bodies come alive. Students giggle and whisper, wondering about what they are about to see. As the kindergarteners, first, second, third, fourth and fifth graders settle down, the principal gives the signal and the rooms become quiet. With anticipation. The students lean forward, listen to the opening notes, gasp as the actors come out on stage and the magic begins. The magic of storytelling. The magic of musical theater. AMT is made possible by the generous contributions of many donors including major sponsors The Boeing Company and Expedia. encore art sseattle.com 23 A special thank you to the following donors who have made a leadership gift to support our production of Paint Your Wagon. Their support of The 5th’s mission to invest in the next generation of writers strengthens our commitment to producing new works and the process it takes to get these works of art from page to stage. Yee-Haw! Tom and Connie Walsh Stephen P. and Paula Rosput Reynolds Clodagh and Bob Ash Shayna and Andrew Begun Debby Carter Barbara Crowe Jean Sheridan Liz and Gary Sundem Becca and Bill Wert Photos By Jeff Carpenter, Team Photogenic And Mark Kitaoka Set Design By Jason Sherwood SEASON PREVIEW DINNER Ronnie Henderson (VP/Private Banking Manager of Homestreet Bank and Corporate Circle Member) and Marty Aquino were firsttime attendees and were thrilled to be among the first in Seattle to preview the new season. Executive Producer’s Circle members Gary and Elizabeth Sundem are regular attendees at this much-anticipated event. 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Ames and Charlotte Smith Bob and Pan Smith J W Song and A J Rieger Mark and Jennifer Spatz Gladys Steele David Stephens Warren Stickney Bryon Strange Diana and Perry Stultz Susan Takemoto and David Miller Harry Taniguchi, Jr. Kay Taylor and Walter Oliver Stephen and Terri Thomas Jeanne Thompson Mark Thornquist Karen and Michael Thorp Carole and Conrad Tovar Amanda and Gary Allen Tucci Jim and Kathy Tune Terrence Turner Larry Valdez Jeannette and Bill Victory Mary Wagner and Rich Carlblom Liz and Fred Walters Sheri L. Ward Stephanie and Lyle Waterman Olivia Webb and Chris Johnson Betty Weller Linda Wells Ben and Barbara Whisler Charles and Barbara White Clinton and Susan White Robert and Sara Wicklein Jackie and Thomas Wilkinson Windermere Real Estate Renton, Inc. Flora J. Wong Tana Wong Jessica Wray Margo and Curtis Wright Margaret Yekel 12 Anonymous This production of Lerner and Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon reminds us of what it is like to see a musical with fresh eyes. Perhaps you even remember the very first time that you experienced live theater—the excitement, the spectacle and the emotion. Through the art form of musical theater, we join together to think, feel and share as part of a community. At The 5th, we are committed to opening a world of possibility to young people through musical theater. Our Education and Outreach programs reach over 74,000 students each year through: THEATER CONNECTS US ALL Our touring company Adventure Musical Theater—sharing the history and culture of the Northwest through an original musical, traveling to elementary and middle schools throughout Washington and northern Oregon, reaching more than 60,000 each year. The Rising Star Project—providing a unique opportunity for over 80 students to participate in all aspects of professional theater as students work with mentors, acquiring real workplace experience and developing critical life skills for their future success. The 5th Avenue Awards—honoring outstanding achievement in high school musical theater and celebrating the hard work and dedication students and educators devote to their productions. Each program makes a meaningful impact in the lives of young people. Today, you can help us ensure that they continue to thrive and serve students in a meaningful way. Just drop your donation with a student or usher after the performance, or visit us online to give at www.5thavenue.org/support/donate/. Thank you for supporting 5th Avenue Education programs! Please join us in thanking our corporate and institutional sponsors for their generous support of The 5th Avenue Theatre! 2015/16 SEASON SPONSORS MAJOR SPONSORS SPONSORS For more information about sponsorships, please contact Sarah Bednar at (206)260-2185 or [email protected] Students who take arts classes have higher SAT scores – in both verbal and math – than students who don’t. At Umpqua, we’re proud to support the Seattle community by improving access to arts education. Enjoy tonight’s incredible performance at The 5th Avenue Theatre. We hope it inspires you to give back to the arts and pave the way for those who are waiting in the wings. Member FDIC Equal Housing Lender SBA Preferred Lender encore art sseattle.com 29 Support The Magic Of The 5th! PLANNED GIFTS Becoming a donor of The 5th ensures it has the resources it needs today. Making a planned gift helps ensure The 5th has the resources it will need in the future. Our newly created Center Stage Society recognizes individuals who have made plans to provide a legacy gift to The 5th Avenue Theatre. Most planned gifts are “deferred,” meaning you arrange them now but they benefit The 5th sometime in the future. Your assets remain under your control should you need them but, if not, your final gift will help keep The 5th alive for generations to come. Deferred gifts come in many forms—bequests, charitable trusts, gifts of life insurance or retirement plan assets and property. Members of the Center Stage Society believe in the magic of musical theater and by making a deferred gift now, they will help provide outstanding musical theater to Pacific Northwest audiences, in a beautiful and historic setting, for years to come. We are proud to recognize the individuals below as Charter Members of the Center Stage Society. “Our lives have been so enriched by all of the great moments that we have shared at The 5th: Spotlight Nights, backstage tours and of course the performances themselves! We joined the Center Stage Society so that live musical theater can continue to be preserved and developed in Seattle and passed on to future generations to enjoy. We believe it is each person’s responsibility to leave behind what is best about their generation. And for us, that would include the mission, the vision and the values of The 5th Avenue Theatre.” —Center Stage Society members, Brad Walker and Kevin Ratliff WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CENTER STAGE SOCIETY AND LEAD THE WAY IN SUPPORTING THE FUTURE OF THE 5TH! In recognition of the upcoming 90th Anniversary of The 5th’s original opening in September of 1926, anyone who notifies us by September of 2016 that they have arranged for a deferred gift to benefit The 5th will be considered a Charter Member and will be recognized at a special inaugural event next season. CENTER STAGE SOCIETY CHARTER MEMBERS Bob and Clodagh Ash Michael Bauer Eric Blom and Min Park Robert R. Braun, Jr. Philip Brazil Linda Burns and Jon Lellelid Steve and Georgene Camp Jack and Jeanne Fankhauser Larry Fletcher * Deborah Gates Sarah Nash Gates* Eric and Merle Hamada Greg Hunicutt H. David Kaplan SaSa and Ken Kirkpatrick Marian E. Lackovich* Marjorie J. Levar Sue and Bill Lowery Lori and Dick Monson Buzz and Beth Porter Roger Presley Hillary and David Quinn Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Jean Sheridan Brad Walker and Kevin Ratliff Tom and Connie Walsh Clinton and Susan White Rosemary and Ken Willman *Deceased For more information, or to let us know if you have already arranged a deferred gift to The 5th, please contact Linda Sherran, Major & Planned Giving Officer, at [email protected] or (206) 971-7936. TALKS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS Here at The 5th Avenue Theatre we offer a variety of audience enrichment opportunities that bring patrons to a deeper level of appreciation for the shows they see here. Join us to learn more about what you see on our stage. Northwest each year. Through a variety of classes, programs and events, we teach students not only a passion for the arts, but valuable life skills. SHOW TALKS WITH ALBERT EVANS Join us one hour before select performances for educational, enlightening and entertaining pre-show talks hosted by Artistic Associate Albert Evans. Show Talks are always free and open to all audiences. Lerner & Loewe's Paint Your Wagon 6:30 PM,Tuesday, June 7 6:30 PM, Wednesday, June 8 7:00 PM,Thursday, June 9 1:00 PM, Saturday, June 11 6:30 PM,Tuesday, June 14 6:30 PM, Wednesday, June 15 7:00 PM,Thursday, June 16 1:00 PM, Saturday, June 18 6:30 PM,Tuesday, June 21 6:30 PM, Wednesday, June 22 7:00 PM,Thursday, June 23 1:00 PM, Saturday, June 25 A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder 6:30 PM,Tuesday, July 12 6:30 PM, Wednesday, July 13 7:00 PM,Thursday, July 14 6:30 PM,Tuesday, July 19 6:30 PM, Wednesday, July 20 7:00 PM,Thursday, July 21 6:30 PM,Tuesday, July 26 6:30 PM, Wednesday, July 27 7:00 PM,Thursday, July 28 POST-SHOW TALKBACKS Want to know more about a show you just saw? Join us on select evening performances for a free post-show talkback with the cast and creative team. Tickets for the evening’s performance are required. Sunday, June 19 – Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon Sunday, July 17 – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder Sunday, July 24 – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS Join us and other members of the audience immediately after select performances for a free post-show discussion about the themes of the show. Friday, June 10 – Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon Sunday, June 12 – Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon Friday, June 17 – Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon Friday, June 24 – Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon SPOTLIGHT NIGHT Here is your opportunity to learn more about the shows on our stage. Hosted by Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong, Spotlight Nights give you a chance to learn more about how musicals get written and produced and who writes them. 7:00 PM, Monday, June 27, 2016 – A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder THEATER TOURS Enjoy a guided tour and learn about the building’s ornate architecture and intriguing history. Tours are approximately 20 minutes with time for questions. If your group is interested in any specific topics, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate you. Tours are held most Mondays at noon. Advance registration is required. Sign up at www.5thavenue.org/about/faq#free-tours Illustration by Kevin Harris MUSICAL THEATER SUMMER SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS Especially designed for the middle school age, this two week program will focus on the core disciplines of musical theater, while students gain confidence and enjoy the comraderie that theater can build. August 1-12, 2016 FRIDAYS AT THE 5TH High school students are invited to attend a themed master class with a theater professional before attending a 5th Avenue show. Teens are provided with a pizza party before the show and attend an exclusive talk-back following the performance. 3:30 PM, Friday, June 17, 2016 – Lerner & Loewe's Paint Your Wagon 3:30 PM, Friday, July 15, 2016 – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder MEMBERS ONLY Members enjoy unique events all season long. We are excited to welcome new and long-time Annual Fund supporters to these special occasions. For more information about membership or upcoming events, contact Jeanne Thompson, Membership Manager, at (206) 971-7900 or [email protected]. BACKSTAGE TOURS Friends ($125+) join us for a guided tour of the theater, including backstage and onstage! 9:15 AM, Saturday, June 18, 2016 – Lerner & Loewe's Paint Your Wagon SPOTLIGHT NIGHT FOR MEMBERS Partners ($300+) enjoy VIP treatment including a pre-show reception and reserved seating at Spotlight Nights all season long! 6:00 PM, Monday, June 27, 2016 – A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder TECH WEEK REHEARSALS Friends ($125+) experience working rehearsals in the theater and pre-rehearsal talks with artistic leadership. Patrons ($600+) come early to enjoy a light supper before rehearsal begins. 7:30 PM, Wednesday, June 1, 2016 – Lerner & Loewe's Paint Your Wagon YOUTH PROGRAMS At The 5th Avenue Theatre, we pride ourselves on our extensive education programs that reach over 74,000 young people across the Pacific encore art sseattle.com 31 Y O U R N O N - P R O F I T M U S I C A L T H E AT E R C O M PA N Y UPCOMING EVENTS Y O U R N O N - P R O F I T M U S I C A L T H E AT E R C O M PA N Y PATRON INFORMATION EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES In the event of an emergency, please wait for an announcement for further instructions. Ushers will be available for assistance. free of charge, with a valid ID and subject to availability. Braille playbills are available at no cost from Coat Check. Elevator access is available with usher assistance. EMERGENCY NUMBER The theater’s emergency number in Coat Check is 206-625-1294. Leave your account number or exact seat location with your emergency contact in case they need to reach you. The 5th Avenue offers American Sign Language interpreted, audio described, and open captioned performances. SMOKING POLICY Smoking is NOT allowed in any part of the theater or within 25 feet of entrance. FIREARMS POLICY No firearms of any kind are allowed in any part of the theater. ACCESSIBILITY Wheelchair seating is available.The theater is equipped with the Sennheiser Listening System; headsets are available at Coat Check for use, For more information, call 206-625-1900 (voice) or email [email protected]. ADDRESS The 5th Avenue Theatre is located at 1308 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. The Theatre Administrative Offices are located at 1326 5th Avenue, Suite 735, Seattle, WA 98101. BOX OFFICE 206-625-1900. GROUP SALES Groups of 10 or more save. Call 888-625-1418 or email [email protected]. CANDY & BEVERAGES Items purchased at the lobby concession stand may be brought into the theater. Beverages must be in a bottle with cap or a theater cup with lid. ADMINISTRATION 206-625-1418. COAT CHECK is located on the lower level lobby between Aisles 3 and 4. THEATER RENTAL For information regarding booking, please contact Cathy Johnstone at 206-625-1418. LOST & FOUND Call 206-625-1418 between 10 AM and 4 PM on weekdays. 5TH AVENUE THEATRE FAX 206-292-9610. WEBSITE www.5thavenue.org Wish LIST As a non-profit theater, we rely on the generosity of our community to help us present the best work possible. The 5th Avenue Theatre is currently in need of the following items. If you or your company can help us, please contact Office Manager Kelly Radke at (206)625-1418. All items are tax deductible. • 1 board-of-director-style conference table • 8 padded arm/easy chairs approximately 20’long x 5’wide • Forklift Stay Connected to The 5th! Join the Conversation with #5thPaintYourWagon. Sign Up for 5th Avenue Email Check Out Our Mobile Site and App www.5thavenue.org/account/signup Currently available for iPhone and Android. Join our email list and you’ll be the first to know about ticket deals, upcoming events, and everything else 5th Avenue! Sign up at: Visit www.5thavenue.org on your mobile device to access our mobile site. Or visit your mobile app store and search for The 5th Avenue Theatre. Follow us on Instagram Become a Fan on Facebook Late-breaking news, musical theater trivia, backstage happenings, and more. It’s all there on Facebook when you become a fan. www.facebook.com/5thave Post your photos at special events using #5thAvenue and tell us what you think of your favorite shows! instagram.com/the5thavenuetheatre Follow Us on Twitter Tweet along with us at special events and tell us what you think of your favorite shows! twitter.com/5thAveTheatre Read More on the Blog Can’t get enough 5th Avenue? Get an in-depth look at The Theatre with wide-ranging posts about 5th Avenue influencers from actors to creatives to supporters. www.5thavenue.org/blog 32 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE Visit our YouTube Channel Chats with visiting artists, clips from Spotlight Night, behind-the-scenes looks at shows in progress and more. See what we’ve added to our video library on The 5th Avenue YouTube Channel. www.youtube.com/5thAvenueTheatre 2016|17 SEASON MAN OF LA MANCHA Oct. 7 - 30, 2016 DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID Nov. 23 - Dec. 31, 2016 THE PAJAMA GAME Feb. 9 - March 5, 2017 MURDER FOR TWO A co-production with and perfromed at ACT - A Contemporary Theatre March 25 - June 11, 2017 THE SECRET GARDEN A co-production with D.C.’s The Shakespeare Theatre Company April 14 - May 6, 2017 ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION June 8 - July 2, 2017 FUN HOME July 11 - 30, 2017 OUR BEST DEAL OF THE SEASON! 7 SHOWS FOR THE PRICE OF 6 PLUS FREE PARKING - SUBSCRIBE TODAY! (206) 625-1900 WWW.5THAVENUE.ORG GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE CALL 1-888-625-1418 ON 5TH AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 2016/17 SEASON SPONSORS Y O U R N O N - P R O F I T M U S I C A L T H E AT E R C O M PA N Y EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP See It Again for $ 25 * *Bring paid ticket stub to The 5th Avenue Box Office on day of performance. One stub per customer. $25 tickets subject to availability. Not valid for Prime/Pearl seating, with other offers or on previously purchased tickets. DAVID ARMSTRONG (Executive Producer and Artistic Director) Since his appointment in 2000, Armstrong has guided The 5th Avenue to a position as one of the nation’s leading musical theater companies, acclaimed for both its development and production of new works and its innovative stagings of classic musicals. As a director, he has created memorable 5th Avenue productions of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris, A Room with a View; Oliver!; Candide; Hello, Dolly!; Sweeney Todd; White Christmas; Hair; Mame; A Little Night Music; The Secret Garden; Anything Goes; Company; The Rocky Horror Show; Pippin; Vanities; Yankee Doodle Dandy!; and Saving Aimee, which made its Broadway debut as Scandalous under Armstrong’s direction in November 2012. Prior to The 5th, he spent nearly 20 years as a freelance director, choreographer, and librettist. His work has been seen in New York, Los Angeles and at many leading regional theaters including The Kennedy Center, Ordway Center, Ford’s Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, and New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse. From 1990 through 1995, he served as artistic director of Cohoes Music Hall in upstate NY. Armstrong has also written the books for the musicals The Wonder Years (winner of seven Drama-Logue Awards), Gold Rush, and Yankee Doodle Dandy! BERNADINE (BERNIE) C. GRIFFIN (Managing Director) first joined The 5th Avenue in 2002 as director of theater advancement and development. She was appointed managing director in January 2010 and is responsible for the administrative, marketing, fundraising, information services and facility operations, as well as oversight of all activities related to the Board of Directors. During her tenure, The 5th Avenue has grown from a $10 million to a $25 million organization. She brings to her position 30 years of fundraising and arts management experience. Prior to The 5th Avenue, she served as director of development for the prestigious Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, as well as for The Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, California. Before moving to California, she served at the Seattle Symphony where she is proud to have been part of the team that built Benaroya Hall. In addition to the Symphony, Griffin worked for the Tony Award-winning Seattle Repertory Theatre, as well as Tony Randall’s National Actors Theatre in New York. She began her career at the University of Denver. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington and is proud to have been born and raised in Walla Walla, Washington. She is a member of Theater Communications Group, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre as well as a board member of Seattle Rotary #4 and the Downtown Seattle Association. She has also served as a grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Griffin was named one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2013 Women of Influence. She is married to award-winning actor Seán G. Griffin. JULY 12 - JULY 31 (206) 625-1900 WWW.5THAVENUE.ORG GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE CALL 1-888-625-1418 ON 5TH AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 2015/16 SEASON SPONSORS OFFICIAL AIRLINE RESTAURANT SPONSOR Illustration by Lou Beach 34 THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE BILL BERRY (Producing Artistic Director) served as The 5th Avenue’s associate producing artistic director and casting director from 2002 through 2009. During that time, he directed productions of West Side Story (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wonderful Town (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wizard of Oz and Smokey Joe’s Café. In 2014, he made his Broadway debut as the director of the hit musical First Date at the Longacre Theatre. Berry’s directing work has been seen at theaters across the country, most recently at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse where he directed a critically acclaimed production of On the Town. Directing highlights include Cabaret performed at The 5th Avenue Theatre, St. Paul’s Ordway Center (Ivey Award), San Jose’s American Musical Theatre, and Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars, as well as the smash hits How to Succeed…, Little Shop of Horrors, First Date, RENT, The Music Man, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel at The 5th. From 2002 to 2009, he served as the producing director for The 5th Avenue’s education and outreach programs. During that time he significantly expanded the scope and impact of these initiatives, including spearheading the creation of Fridays at The 5th and The 5th Avenue Awards, honoring excellence in high school musical theater, as well as substantially increasing the reach of the Adventure Musical Theater Touring Company throughout the Northwest. These programs combined now serve over 70,000 students annually. He also initiated the Show Talk series, which seeks to deepen the theater-going experience. Prior to his work at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Berry was a freelance theater artist based in New York City. David Armstrong, Executive Producer and Artistic Director Bernadine C. Griffin, Managing Director Bill Berry, Producing Artistic Director ARTISTIC Ian Eisendrath Alhadeff Family Director of New Works & Music Supervisor Lauren Smith Assistant Producer Kat Sherrell Associate Music Supervisor Kelsey Thorgalsen New Works Coordinator & Casting Associate Trisha Hein Company Manager Albert Evans Artistic Associate Dane Andersen Music Coordinator Chelsea Greenwood Music Apprentice EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATION Pauls Macs Executive Assistant to Mr. Armstrong & Mr. Berry Denver Bingham Executive Assistant to Ms. Griffin & Ms. Moga COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING AND GUEST SERVICES Chris Marcacci Director of Marketing Robert Phillips Director of Sales & Guest Services Marketing and Public Relations Bridget Morgan PR & Communications Manager Erin Helmholz PR & Communications Associate Jordan Lusink Communications Coordinator Reesa Nelson Marketing & Engagement Manager Britt Tayrien Media Buyer and Promotions Manager David Vedder Subscription Marketing Manager Rachel Liuzzi Marketing Content Manager Jeff Carpenter Senior Graphic Designer Kevin Harris Graphic Designer Becky Kelley Production Artist Mary Dellasega Patron Relations Guest Services/Ticketing Peggy Busteed Subscription Services Manager Chad Biesman Corporate & Group Sales Manager Martha McKee Guest Experience Assistant Isabel Dickey Ticketing Manager Devon Powell Assistant Ticketing Manager Khajha Rogers Senior Customer Services Associate Customer Services Associates Christine Anderson, Courtney Bennett, Francesca Betancourt, Shayna Boardman, Caitlin Castro, Misha Dumois, Keeli Erb, Jenna Galdun, Amanda Green, Renee Infelise, Levi Hawkins, Jason Huff, Ada Karamanyan, Melanie Owen, Kayla Rabe, Andrew Rowland, Nick Spencer, Pam Wagher, Patrick Walrath, Lily Warpinski, Rachel Zimmerman Direct Sales/Telefundraising Christa Bond Direct Sales/Telefunding Manager Edwin Boyd Assistant Manager Henriette Klauser, Sandra Kurjiaka, Jim Pennington, Gail Sage, Andrea Smith, Joseph Staub, Edwin Stone, Phillip Threet, Mark Williams Representatives Front of House Jaime Welker Front of House Manager Ed Lammi, Sean Martin, Robin Obourn, Emma Ruhl House Managers Garth Ball, Mike Chang, Colin Chez, Frank Chinn, Alia Collin-Friedrichs, Dave Cusick, Stephanie Guerrero, Nancy Harris, Casey Kaplowitz, Ed Lammi, Sean Martin, Tony Mazzella, Sue Moser, Robin Obourn, Liz Pyle, Emma Ruhl, Scott Seramur, Kalia Towers-Thomas, Olivia Vaughn-Welker, Donald Yates Head Ushers Kathleen Bryant, Barbie Denend, Karen Hall, Tony Mazzella Coat Check DEVELOPMENT Michelle Moga Vice President of Philanthropy Sarah McKee Bednar Corporate Giving Manager Jill Carnine Individual Giving Officer Amy Chasanov Foundation & Government Relations Manager Danielle Franich Special Events Manager Camille Gomez Donor Relations Officer Christine Johnson Circles Manager Chelsea Judd Development Coordinator Desiree Saraspi Donor Information Services Manager Linda Sherran Major & Planned Giving Officer Jeanne Thompson Membership Manager EDUCATION AND OUTREACH Anya Rudnick Director of Education and Outreach Orlando Morales Director of Rising Star Project and Internships Connie Corrick School Programs Manager Kwapi Vengesayi Community Engagement Specialist Lauren Ruhl Adventure Musical Theater Coordinator FINANCE Dean Frerker Vice President of Finance Rory Krout Controller Sherrill Nichols Payroll Administrator Sean Stelfox Production Staff Accountant Joline Fung Accounting Associate Kelly Cogswell Accounts Payable Coordinator Ben Leifer Human Resources Manager INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Jim Cornelson Director of IT Melisa Bumpus Assistant Director of IT – Systems Maryke VanBeuzekom Assistant Director of IT – Data Nichole Mines Senior Database Manager Douglas Day Helpdesk Administrator Christopher Cuhel Database Coordinator OPERATIONS Catherine Johnstone Director of Facility Operations Alda Shepherd Facility Manager Kelly Radke Office Manager/Volunteer Coordinator STAGE DOOR/SECURITY STAFF Mike Chang, Karen Hall, Erik Knauer, Dean LaRoque, Meg Plimpton ATTORNEYS For The 5th Avenue Theatre: Levin Plotkin & Menin Loren H. Plotkin and Susan Mindell Lawton Penn Sendroff & Baruch, LLP PRODUCTION Joan Toggenburger Director of Production Mo Chapman Production Logistics Coordinator Erik Holden Technical Director Shannin Strom-Henry Costume and Wardrobe Director Sets & Rigging Laurel S. Horton Head Carpenter Ken Berg Automation Carpenter John Hudson Head Flyman/Rigger Dave McCawley Production Flyman C. Luke Mathis Head Builder Brian Ainslie Assistant Builder Lighting Sean Callahan Head Electrician Stephen A. Graham Assistant Electrician Ross M. Brown, Noel Clayton Key Electricians Nate Redford Programmer Sound Karen Marta Katz Head Sound Engineer James Rudy Assistant Sound Engineer Kelly Mickelson Key Sound Engineer Props Diana J. Gervais Production Property Master Tristan E. Hansen Creative Property Master Katy Brown Assistant Property Master Ariana Donofrio, Austin Smart, Patty Kovacs Prop Builders/Artisans Costumes & Wardrobe Christopher Moad Costume Shop Manager Deborah Engelbach Costume & Wardrobe Assistant Marlys McDonald Wardrobe Master Randy Werdal Assistant Wardrobe Master Gillian Paulson Draper Rigmor Vohra Cutter/Tailor Patti Emmert, Shellie Moomey, Jim Westerland Overhire Cutters Jeanna Gomez Master Crafts Kellie Dunn, Miriam Goodman-Miller Crafts Ruthie Nicklaus, Robin Montero First Hands Holly Kipp, Teresa O’Leary Overhire First Hands Cora Brown, Laura Girardot, Hannah McNamara, Maggie Melvin Stitchers Hair & Make-up Mary Jones Head Hair and Make-up Heather Sincic Assistant Hair and Make-up SPECIAL THANKS ACCO • Alphagraphics • Eden Pest Control • Evergreen Fire and Safety • McKinstry • Minuteman Press • Penske • Rainier Building Services • Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery • Servicemark LLC • Unico Properties • Walter E. 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