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Program Information
Please note:
As of 6/9/14: Accurate though 6/20/14
Theatreworks USA
WILL BOYAJIAN
replaces
Casey Jordan
as
MR. SCARY &
OTHERS
as of 3/23/14
Barbara Pasternack
Ken Arthur
Artistic Director
Producing Director
Presents
JUNIE B. JONES
Book and Lyrics by
BRITTANY KIERNAN
replaces
Sarah DeNight
as
JUNIE B. JONES
as of 6/12/14
Marcy Heisler
Music by
Zina Goldrich
Based on the Junie B. Jones series of books by
Barbara Park
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Scenic Design by
Luke Hegel-Cantarella
Costume Design by
Lora LaVon
Music Direction by
Orchestrations by
Stage Manager
Logan Culwell
Scott Davenport Richards
Ashley Holmes
Originally Directed by
Peter Flynn
Originally Choreographed by
Assistant Director/ Choreographer
Devanand Janki
Tiffany Chalothorn
Directed and Choreographed by
Robert Tatad
CAST
(alphabetical by role)
Herb & Others ....................................................................................................................................................................... Nathan Jentink
Junie B. Jones ..................................................................................................................................................................... Brittany Kiernan
Lucille & Others ................................................................................................................................................................... Kristian Espiritu
May & Others ............................................................................................................................................................................. Elyse Beyer
Mr. Scary & Others ................................................................................................................................................................... Will Boyajian
Sheldon & Others ............................................................................................................................................................ Ian Coulter-Buford
The taking of pictures and/or making of visual or sound recording is expressly forbidden.
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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 by public funds from 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/ Choreographer is a member of the
STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS
SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
“Top Secret Personal Beeswax” .......................................................................................................................................... Junie B, Company
“Lucille, Camille, Chenille” ......................................................................................................................................... Lucille, Camille, Chenille
“You Can Be My Friend” ............................................................................................................................................ Junie B, Herb, Company
“Time to Make a Drawing ..................................................................................................................................................... Junie B, Company
“Now I See” ......................................................................................................................................................................... Junie B, Company
“Lunch Box” ......................................................................................................................................................................... Junie B, Company
“Gladys Gutzman” .............................................................................................................................................................................. Company
“Kickball Tournament” ......................................................................................................................................................... José, Herb, Lennie
“Sheldon Potts’ Halftime Show ............................................................................................................................................................ Sheldon
“When Life Gives You Lemons” ................................................................................................................................... Daddy, Mother, Junie B
“Kickball Tournament (Reprise)” ................................................................................................................................ Lucille, Camille, Shenille
“When Life Gives You Lemons (Reprise)” ........................................................................................................................... Junie B, Company
“Writing Down the Story of My Life” ..................................................................................................................................... Junie B, Company
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
(alphabetical by role)
NATHAN JENTINK (Herb & Others) is a recent grad of
Florida State University BFA Music Theatre program. Nathan
recently took part in the NYC industry reading of Ghostlight
the Musical featuring Rob Cuccioli and Carolee Carmello. He
has previously worked for Bigfork Summer playhouse, RWS
and Associates, and Virginia Musical Theatre. Recent favorite
roles include: Finch in How To Succeed..., Ernst in Spring
Awakening, and Warner in Legally Blonde.
BRITTANY KIERNAN (Junie B. Jones) Theatreworks USA
tours include Seussical (Gertrude), Junie B. Jones (Junie B.)
Other favorite roles include Olive Ostrovsky (...Spelling Bee)
and All Shook Up (Natalie). Much love and thanks to God, my
family, friends and the Theatreworks USA team!
www.BrittanyKiernan.com
KRISTIAN ESPIRITU (Lucille & Others) is excited to join
TWUSA and be a kid again! Recent credits: Darla in Lesbian
Love Octagon (Kraine Theater), Mulan/Sydney/Sophia
(Disney Cruise Line) and Adrian in a reading of Interstate the
Musical. NYU Tisch. AEA. To everyone, but mostly mom:
thank you!
ELYSE BEYER (May & Others) is thrilled to join the cast of
Junie B Jones! Some favorite previous credits include
Stephanie in Judy And Me (St Luke’s Theatre, Off Broadway),
Guinevere in The Sword In The Stone (Theatre By The Sea,
RI), and Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Mr Airy Resort, PA).
For Ginny B.
WILL BOYAJIAN (Mr. Scary & Others) is thrilled to be making
his Theatreworks debut in Junie B Jones. Previous NY
Credits include Titanic, Our Town (Actor's Fund), Spandex
The Musical (Original Cast), and The Rat Pack Undead. Will
would like to extend his thanks to Judy Boals Inc, his family,
and big brother Donnie.
IAN COULTER-BUFORD (Sheldon & Others) is a native of
Belleville, IL and now resides in NYC. He is ecstatic to bring
Sheldon back to his life! Other credits include:
Disney’s Aladdin at The MUNY, (Scarecrow) The Wiz at The
Black Rep, and The Walt Disney Company. B.F.A. Music
Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University and proud AEA
member. Thanks to Robert, Caroline, and the Theatreworks
USA Fam! www.iancoulterbuford.com
MARCY HEISLER (Book and Lyrics) with composer Zina
Goldrich, received the 2009 Fred Ebb Award for outstanding
songwriting. She also received a Helen Hayes Award
nomination for her Kennedy Center premiere of Snow White,
Rose Red, (and Fred). She provided book and lyrics for Dear
Edwina (produced Off Broadway by Daryl Roth, 2009 Drama
Desk Nomination, Outstanding Lyrics), Dear Edwina Junior,
and the Lucille Lortel Award-nominated Junie B Jones,
produced by Theatreworks USA. Current projects include
Ever After, a collaboration with Goldrich and director Kathleen
Marshall; Freakin Fabulous, an original musical with Goldrich
and bestselling author and stylemaker Clinton Kelly; The
Great American Mousical, premiering this November at
Goodspeed Opera House, and Screaming Like a Fool, a
collection of romantic comedy songs. Alphabet City Cycle, a
collection of her poems set to music by Georgia Stitt, was
recorded by Kate Baldwin and released by PS Classics in
2008 She is also the co-author of Goldrich and Heisler,
Songbook, Vol. 1, now in its fifth printing, and released both a
new CD and Songbook Volume 2 in November of 2009. As a
lyricist, Ms. Heisler has contributed songs for many Disney
projects, including “Johnny and The Sprites” (Disney
Television), “Pooh’s Learning Adventures” (Disney Toon
Studios), and “The D Show” (Disney Interactive). As an
adaptor, she wrote new versions of 101 Dalmatians,
Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and The Jungle Book for Disney
Theatricals. Other productions include Adventures in Love
(Ordway Theatre), Allison Under the Stars (Workshop, Second
Stage Theatre), and The Marcy and Zina Show, which tours
around the country and Canada. Ms. Heisler was a corecipient of ASCAP’s 2002 Richard Rodgers Theatre Award,
and was a Joseph Papp Artist in Residence at Second Stage
Theatre. She recently collaborated with composer Michael
Picton on songs for Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey
Circus 137th Edition. An active member of the Publications
Committee of the Dramatists Guild, Ms. Heisler is a
contributing writer to Dramatist magazine. She graduated with
High Honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic
Writing Program, and previously studied acting at
Northwestern University.
ZINA GOLDRICH (Music) was honored with the 2009 Fred
Ebb Award for excellence in songwriting. Along with longtime
lyricist, Marcy Heisler, she is currently working on the musical
adaptation of Ever After with director Kathleen Marshall. She
earned a Drama Desk nomination for Best Music for her work
on the Off-Broadway show Dear Edwina. She also composed
the score for Junie B. Jones, which was nominated for the
Lucille Lortel Award and tours nationwide. She composed the
score of Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred) for the Kennedy
Center in Washington, D.C, which was nominated for three
Helen Hayes Awards. She has composed for numerous
television shows, including “Wonderpets” for Nickelodeon,
“Johnny and the Sprites” and “Pooh’s Learning Adventures”
for Disney, and “Third and Bird” for the BBC. She has also
been a staff songwriter for Walt Disney Feature Animation.
With Heisler, she is writing the score for Freakin' Fabulous, a
new musical with book by stylemaker Clinton Kelly from TLC's
“What Not to Wear.” Goldrich has played keyboards on
Broadway for Avenue Q, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma! and
Titanic, where she also conducted. She has published
Goldrich and Heisler Songbook Volume 1 (now in its fifth
printing), Goldrich and Heisler Songbook Volume 2, and has
recorded the album Marcy and Zina: The Album for Yellow
Sound Label. Currently, she is composing music for The
Great American Mousical, directed by Julie Andrews for
Goodspeed Opera House.
ROBERT TATAD (Director/Choreographer) has staged and
choreographed numbers featuring Chita Rivera, Bebe
Neuwirth, Jane Krakowski, Kristen Chenoweth and Gwen
Stefani as well as corporate events for T-Mobile, Walmart,
Coty, and Vidal Sassoon. Other credits include Theatreworks
USA’s The Yellow Brick Road (Lortel Theatre), Romantic
Poetry (NYS&F), Funny Girl (Actors’ Fund Concert), Miss
Saigon (Ogunquit Playhouse). On Broadway, Robert served
as the Assistant Choreographer for the 2005 Tony Awardwinning revival of La Cage Aux Folles and Associate
Choreographer for Rock of Ages (also national tour, Toronto,
and Australian companies).
LOGAN CULWELL (Music Director) is an NYC-based music
director, conductor and pianist. In addition to Junie B., he
serves as the music director for Theatreworks USA's Henry &
Mudge and The Civil War, which just completed a successful
Off-Broadway run. Other recent New York and regional music
direction credits include Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Nine,
Grease, and Little Shop of Horrors. B.M. Oklahoma City
University, M.M. Ithaca College.
ASHLEY HOLMES (Stage Manager) is pleased to be joining
the ranks of TheatreWorks USA. Previous credits include:
Venus in Fur, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, By the Bog of
Cats, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Cirque de la Symphonie.
She would like to thank all her friends and family back home.
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.
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 2013-2014 touring repertoire
includes Bunnicula; Charlotte’s Web; A Christmas Carol; The
Civil War; Click, Clack, Moo; Freedom Train; Henry & Mudge;
Junie B. Jones; The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe; Peter
Pan; Seussical; Skippyjon Jones; and The Teacher From the
Black Lagoon & Other Story Books. 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
This production is adapted from the books Junie B, First
Grader (At Last!); Junie B, First Grader: Boss of Lunch; Top
Secret Personal Beeswax: A Journal by Junie B. (and Me!);
and Junie B, First Grader: One-Man Band by Barbara Park,
published by Random House Books for Young Readers
(www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/).