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Program Information
Theatreworks USA
Barbara Pasternack
Artistic Director
Presents
Ken Arthur
Producing Director
FLY GUY
& OTHER STORIES
Musical Scenes by
Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel
Kevin Del Aguila & Eli Bolin
David Kirshenbaum
Steven Lutvak & Robert L. Freedman
Scenic Design by
Kevin Del Aguila & Brad Alexander
Mindi Dickstein & Daniel Messé
Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Orchestrations by
Vaughn Patterson
Greg Pliska
Music Direction by
Assistant Director
Miriam Daly
Ethan Angelica
Costume Design by
Anne-Marie Wright & Lora LaVon
Stage Manager
Elizabeth Salisch
Choreographed by
Jen Donohoo
Directed by
Kevin Del Aguila
CAST
(alphabetical by role)
Female #1 ........................................................................................................................................................................ Caroline Mahoney
Female #2 .................................................................................................................................................................................... Molly Fried
Female #3 ................................................................................................................................................................................ Alison Novelli
Male #1 ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Wes Haskell
Male #2 ................................................................................................................................................................................. Harrison Bryan
Male #3 .......................................................................................................................................................................... Michael Bartkiewicz
The taking of pictures and/or making of visual or sound recording is expressly forbidden.
Please check the houseboard for any program changes.
This program from Theatreworks USA is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts,
the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency,
and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
The actors and stage manager employed in this production are
members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional
actors and stage managers in the United States.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the
STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS
SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
“Pick a Book” ............................................................................................................................................ by Mindi Dickstein & Daniel Messé
“Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl” ...................................................................................................................... adapted by Kevin Del Aguila & Eli Bolin
Based on the book Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl. Text and illustration copyright © 2010 by Tedd Arnold. Used by permission of Scholastic Entertainment Inc.
“Lilly’s Big Day” ....................................................................................................................... adapted by Kevin Del Aguila & Brad Alexander
Based on the book Lily’s Big Day. Copyright © 2006 by Kevin Henkes. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
“A Prize for Fluffy” ............................................................................................................... adapted by Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak
Based on the book Fluffy’s Silly Summer by Kate McMullan. Used with the permission of Pippin Properties, Inc.
“Kitten’s First Full Moon” ............................................................................................................. adapted by Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel
Based on the book Kitten’s First Full Moon. Copyright © 2004 by Kevin Henkes. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
“Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores” ................................................................................................ adapted by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Based on the book Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolores by James Howes, illustrated by Amy Walrod.
“The Paper Bag Princess” .............................................................................................................................. adapted by David Kirshenbaum
Based on the book by Robert Munsch. Used with the permission of Annick Press
“Diary of a Worm” ........................................................................................................... adapted by Robert Lopez & Kristin Anderson-Lopez
Based on the book by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss. Used with the permission of Pippin Properties, Inc.
“Pick a Book (Finale)” ................................................................................................................................ by Mindi Dickstein & Daniel Messé
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
(alphabetical by role)
CAROLINE MAHONEY (Female #1) is thrilled to be a part of
the
cast
of
FLY
GUY.
Previous
credits
include Amadeus (Round House Theatre), Raise Me
Up (RedLeaf Theatre Co), Bare (Waterside Theatre), 14
Symptoms (Brick Theatre), 29x/y (The Paradise Factory), and
A
True
History
(Psittacus
Productions).
www.carolinesmahoney.com
MOLLY FRIED (Female #2) is thrilled to be making her
Theaterworks debut! She holds a BFA from NYU Tisch’s
Meisner Studio and the New Studio on Broadway. She
previously played Kylie Carson in Peace, Love, and
Cupcakes, the Musical! at Vital Theatre. Very special thanks
to Mom, Dad, and Sally! www.MollyFriedActor.com
ALISON NOVELLI (Female #3) is super excited to buzz
around in Fly Guy! Previous: WikiMusical (NYMF), I Love
You/Perfect/Change (Westchester Sandbox Theatre), Eli, The
Luthier (Great Small Works, St. Ann’s Warehouse), Titanic
(Courthouse Center Stage), Measure for Measure, Hamlet,
Wordplay (Shakespeare & Co.), Othello (CSFest). Thanks to
the TheatreWorks team! Follow me on twitter: @alison_novelli
WES HASKELL (Male #1) is stoked to buzz around North
America with Fly Guy! South Dakota-born. MFA from Michigan
State. Select credits: Film/TV: Carried Away, Just a Guy,
Unraveled. Theatre: Barcode (Nest), Gary the Invincible
(Gary), #ReganCross (Cross), Legally Blonde (Warren).
Unending thanks to my family, TWUSA, Erin and Sir
Diddy. www.weshaskell.com
HARRISON BRYAN (Male #2) BFA Acting: Boston University
'14. Regional: The New London Barn Playhouse: Monty
Python's Spamalot (Patsy),
CAP21’S
“New
Musical
Showcase”: Hello! My Baby (Mickey McKee), PowerHouse
Theatre: Twelfth Night (Feste). Special thanks to
Theatreworks USA, the many artists who crafted this, and his
amazing supportive parents. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY.
For more, please visit: www.HARRISONBRYAN.com – Have
Fun Everybody!
MICHAEL BARTKIEWICZ (Male #3) is delighted to be making
his touring debut with TheatreworksUSA. Off-Broadway: The
Berenstain Bears Live! Favorite credits include: The 25th
Annual...Spelling Bee, Eurydice, A Funny Thing...Forum, The
Hot L Baltimore, The Diviners, and Urinetown. He recently
graduated from The American Musical and Dramatic
Academy.
KATE ANDERSON (Kitten’s First Full Moon) graduated cum
laude with a BA in Music, and a minor in Creative Writing. In
fall of 2010, Kate was accepted into the BMI Lehman Engel
Musical Theatre Workshop. Kate was paired with Elyssa
Samsel for her very first assignment and the two have been
writing partners ever since. .Kate and Elyssa’s work has been
featured in the New York Theater Barn’s D-Lounge Series,
The Platform: London, as well as “4@15” with NYU Steinhardt
and UC Irvine. They have penned three short musical
comedies, Camp Wish-No-More, Llamaze 101, and My Little
Brony. Kate and Elyssa are currently working on some
exciting new projects including two adaptations and an original
work.
ELYSSA SAMSEL (Kitten’s First Full Moon) was born in New
York City. Currently a composer in the BMI Lehman Engel
Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, Elyssa is working on
projects inside and outside of the workshop with fellow
member, Kate Anderson. The two of them are currently writing
an original Musical Comedy called Camp Wish-No-More.
Camp Wish-No-More was recently produced by New York
Theatre Barn as part of their monthly series at the D-Lounge
in Union Square and had its first debut as part of the 4@15
UC-Irvine Satellite Program. Elyssa is also the co-author (with
Jade Bartlett) of a new musical based on a short story by
Edgar Allan Poe entitled Ligeia. More info and music at
www.elyssasamsel.com
KEVIN DEL AGUILA (Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl & Lilly’s Big
Day) is bookwriter of the off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz (Outer
Critics Award, Lortel and Drama Desk noms.) and lyricist of
Click, Clack, Moo (Lortel and Drama Desk noms.). Other
works as a writer/lyricist include Nickelodeon’s Storytime Live,
and musical versions of the children’s books Lilly’s Big Day, I
Have to Go, and Duck for President. Up next: stage
adaptation of the film Madagascar for DreamWorks.
www.delaguila.info
BRAD ALEXANDER (Lilly’s Big Day) is a New York-based
BMI
songwriter
and
the
composer
of
See Rock City & Other Destinations, recipient of the 2011
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, six
Drama Desk nominations, the Richard Rodgers Award, and
The BMI Foundation Jerry Bock Award. Additional theatre
credits include the music and orchestrations for Theatreworks
USA’s Click, Clack, Moo (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel
Award nominee), the music for Just So Stories and Martha
Speaks and songs for Duck For President, If You Give A Pig A
Pancake, and We The People: America Rocks! (Lortel Award
nominee).
ELI BOLIN (Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl) is the music
director/composer and a founding member of the Story
Pirates, a nationally-recognized arts education organization
that performs songs and sketches adapted from the creative
writing of children all over the country. With lyricist Sam
Forman, he has scored the musicals I Sing!, Schmoozy
Togetherness (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Roller Boogie
(ART, Cambridge), Volleygirls, The Big Show and the opening
number of Theatreworks USA's We the People. He recently
joined “Sesame Street” as a composer for its 42nd season.
His music has been featured on MSNBC and Comedy Central
Presents: Kristen Schaal.
MINDI DICKSTEIN (“Pick A Book”) wrote the lyrics for the
Broadway musical Little Women, which received Tony and
Drama Desk nominations. Her songs have been performed
widely, most notably as part of Lincoln Center's American
Songbook ("Hear and Now: Contemporary Lyricists”) and in
concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Mindi has
written book and lyrics for a number of shows with music by
long-time collaborator Daniel Messé, including the original
musicals Trip, Beasts and Saints and The Magic Cookie, as
well as several musicals commissioned and produced by the
nationally acclaimed Theatreworks USA, including Nate the
Great and The Mystery of King Tut.
DANIEL MESSÉ (“Pick A Book”) In 2009, the Public Theater
tapped Hem to score Twelfth Night for their Shakespeare in
the Park Festival (starring Anne Hathaway and Audra
Mcdonald, dir. by Daniel Sullivan) for which they earned a
Drama Desk nomination. Messé was the 2001 recipient of the
Jonathan Larson Grant from the American Theatre Wing,
along with longtime collaborator Mindi Dickstein, with whom
he has written the musicals Beasts and Saints, Nate the
Great, and The Mystery of King Tut. He also contributed
compositions to the musical revues Reading Rainbow through
Theatreworks USA and last season’s Stars of David. Messé is
currently working as composer with bookwriter Craig Lucas
and lyricist Nathan Tyson on the musical adaptation of the
wildly successful French film, Amelié.
DAVID KIRSHENBAUM (The Paper Bag Princess) David
penned the mu sic and lyrics for the off-Broadway
musical Summer of ’42 (book by Hunter Foster). David’s work
has been produced at many other theatres nationwide, among
them Goodspeed Musicals, Round House Theatre, The York
Theatre Company, Casa Manana, Seacoast Rep, and
Dayton’s Victoria Theatre. He has received grants from the
National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Producer-Writer
Initiative and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts
Foundation. David is also a contributing songwriter to the
childrens’ TV series Johnny and the Sprites. A native of New
York City, David has a Bachelor of Musical Arts degree from
the University of Michigan
BOBBY LOPEZ (Diary of a Worm) is the Academy Award,
Tony®, Grammy®, and Emmy® winning co-creator of the
smash hit musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon. With
wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, he co-wrote songs for Winnie
the Pooh and Finding Nemo: The Musical (playing at Walt
Disney World since 2006). They are also the team behind the
songs of the hit Disney animated feature Frozen, starring Idina
Menzel and Kristen Bell, and a forthcoming original stage
musical called Up Here. He shared two Emmy Awards® for
his music for The Wonder Pets and an Emmy® nomination for
the Scrubs musical episode. His work has been seen on
South Park, The Simpsons, and Phineas and Ferb. Member
BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild Council, WGA, AEA, Yale
grad, native NY’er. Thanks Buzzetti, Mom, Dad, Billy, Katie,
Annie and especially Kristen for all the love and support.
KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ (Diary of a Worm), along with
her husband Robert Lopez, wrote the music for the 2011
Disney film Winnie the Pooh. Additionally, she wrote songs for
a Walt Disney World production of Finding Nemo – The
Musical. She and her husband wrote the songs for Disney's
Frozen including "Let It Go", for which they won an Oscar. Her
work for young audiences includes numerous short and fulllength musical adaptations for Theatreworks USA (Diary of a
Worm, Fancy Nancy, and Condensed Classics). AndersonLopez is the co-creator of the Drama Desk Award winning,
musical In Transit and received Drama Desk, Drama League,
and Lucille Lortel recognition. Anderson-Lopez is currently
working on the new stage musical Up Here with her husband.
The couple are also working on another musical, Disney's Bob
the Musical.
ROBERT L. FREEDMAN (A Prize for Fluffy) Robert L.
Freedman received the Fred Ebb and Kleban awards for the
musicals A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and
Campaign of the Century with Steven Lutvak, and was
nominated for Emmy and Writers Guild awards for the
television miniseries Life With Judy Garland: Me and My
Shadows. Other teleplays include
Rodgers
and
Hammerstein’s Cinderella (WGA nomination), HBO’s A
Deadly Secret (WGA winner), What Makes A Family (GLAAD
Award, Humanitas finalist), Murder In The Hamptons, The
Pastor’s Wife, Honor Thy Mother, What Love Sees, Bitter
Blood, and Broadway Sings The Music of Jule Styne (PBS).
Stage works include The Beast of Broadway: The Life and
Times of David Merrick, written with Faye Greenberg, and the
musical Grand Duchy, with composer John Bayless.
STEVEN LUTVAK (A Prize for Fluffy) wrote the title track to
Paramount’s hit film, Mad Hot Ballroom. He won the Kleban
and Fred Ebb Awards, both with Robert L. Freedman, for A
Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder and Campaign of the
Century. Other musicals include Almost September,
Esmeralda, The Wayside Inn and other awards include two
Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Grants, the
Johnny Mercer Emerging American Songwriting Award, and
an NEA New American Work Grant. He was profiled in Time
Magazine’s People To Watch. Steven has performed his
songs at Carnegie Hall and around the country, and his CD’s
are "The Time It Takes" and "Ahead of my Heart."
StevenLutvak.com.
BENJ PASEK& JUSTIN PAUL (Horace & Morris But Mostly
Dolores) are the Tony-nominated songwriters of the
Broadway musical A Christmas Story which opened in
November 2012 and enjoyed a critically-acclaimed, recordbreaking run at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. In addition to the
Best Score nomination, A Christmas Story also received Tony
nominations for Best Musical and Best Book, as well as,
Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for
Outstanding New Broadway Musical. Benj and Justin’s score
for the show also received a Drama Desk nomination for
Outstanding Music. Benj & Justin are also the composers
behind the Off-Broadway musical Dogfight, a Best New
Musical nominee for the Drama League, Lucille Lortel and
Outer Critics Circle awards. Benj and Justin also received an
Outer Critics Circle Best Score nomination for their work on
the show. As television songwriters, their original songs were
featured on Season 2 of NBC’s Smash, and have risen to the
Top 25 on the iTunes Pop Charts.
KEVIN DEL AGUILA (Director) is an actor, writer and director
living in New York City. He has been the director of Lincoln
Center Theater’s annual Celebration of Student Songs since
2008, and helmed world premiere productions of See Rock
City and Other Destinations and Kirsten Childs' Funked Up
Fairy Tales for William Finn's musical theater lab at Barrington
Stage in Massachusetts. He has staged several productions
of his own plays, including A Touch of Rigor Mortis, Number
One: A Pollock Painting, and his celebrated comedy 6 Story
Building (which took top award at the 2002 NY Fringe
Festival). He has been the director of several national tours for
Theatreworks USA including A Christmas Carol, Duck for
President, If You Give a Pig a Pancake and the Off-Broadway
productions of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Lucille Lortel
Theater) and his own adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit
(DR2 Theater).
JEN DONOHOO (Choreographer) Off Broadway/New York
Theatre: Soul Doctor (Assistant Director/Assistant
Choreographer) and NYMF’s Deployed (Assistant Director).
National Tour: Fly Guy and Other Stories (Assistant
Choreographer). Regional Dance Captain/Assistant: Follies
and Timon of Athens (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), A
Christmas Carol, A Chorus Line, Lions Club International
Opening Ceremonies in Germany. Currently serves as
rehearsal director for Royal Caribbean’s Ocean Aria.
Past/Guest Faculty: Joffrey Ballet, Lou Conte Dance Studio,
Ruth Page Dance Centre and Ball State University. Proud
AEA and AGMA member.
ETHAN ANGELICA (Assistant Director) is happy to be back
working with TheatreworksUSA. He most recently directed
Theatreworks USA's fall tour of Click Clack Moo. As an actor,
he has performed across the country at the Guthrie Theater,
American Folklore Theater, Elephant Run District, Kid Power
Programs and Frigid New York. He also works as a museum
educator and performer with the Central Park Zoo and
Museum Hack, using theater and performance to revitalize
museum spaces. Thanks to Kevin and Jen for having me!
MIRIAM DALY (Music Director) Previous Theatreworks USA
shows include Junie B. Jones and The Lion, The Witch and
The Wardrobe. She has composed the music for the 2013
Houston Shakespeare Festival, Mother Courage and Her
Children at the University of Houston, College of The
Mainland's productions of The Kitchen Witches and Red
Herring, and Unity Theatre's It's A Wonderful Life: A Radio
Play. She was a long time music director of the Off-Broadway
smash, Tony 'n Tina’s Wedding, and has also worked at First
Stage Milwaukee, Mac-Hayden Theatre, TADA!, the Virginia
Avenue Project and Stagedoor Manor. She was a 2007
recipient of NYC’s The York Theatre's "New Emerging
Outstanding Artist" award for her work as a composer. She is
a graduate of Eastman School of Music and NYU’s Graduate
Musical Theatre Writing Program for which she received a full
scholarship.
ELIZABETH SALISCH (Stage Manager) is delighted to be
touring with Theatreworks! Prior Theatre for Young Audiences
productions include: Austin the Unstoppable, Peacemaker,
New Kid, IRL (George Street Playhouse), 101 Dalmatians, A
Rockin’ Midsummer Night’s Dream (12.14 Foundation), Snow
White and the Seven Dwarves, The Emperor’s New Clothes
and, Jack and the Beanstalk (Storybook Musical Theatre).
THEATREWORKS USA (Producer) founded in 1961, is
America’s foremost professional theatre for young and family
audiences. Its mission is to create imaginative and thoughtprovoking shows that are educational, entertaining and
thought-provoking. Their 2014-2015 touring repertoire
includes Charlotte’s Web; A Christmas Carol; Click, Clack,
Moo; Curious George; Fly Guy & Other Stories; Freedom
Train; Junie B. Jones; Skippyjon Jones; The Lightning Thief;
The Teacher From the Black Lagoon & Other Story Books and
We The People. Theatreworks’ honors include a Drama Desk
Award, Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Award, the Jonathan
Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the William M.
Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence given by the
Association of Performing Arts Presenters and the Medal of
Honor from the Actors’ Fund of America. www.TWUSA.org
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION founded in 1913,
represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in
the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions,
providing a wide range of benefits, including health and
pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as
an essential component of our society. www.actorsequity.org