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A Connecticut Christmas Carol | 15Cast of Characters | 16Musical Numbers | 17Who’s Who | 18Author's Notes | 22About Goodspeed Musicals | 23History of The Terris Theatre | 24The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation | 25Corporate Support | 26Foundation & Government Support | 26Looking to the Future | 27Memorial and Tribute Gifts | 29Goodspeed Musicals Staff | 30For Your Information | 37

Editor: Lori A. Cartwright

G E T I N V O LV E D

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Did You Know?Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are:

• 4 times more likely to be

recognized for academic achievement

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class office within their schools

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in a math and science fair

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for writing an essay or poem

Did You Know?Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are:

• 4 times more likely to be

recognized for academic achievement

• 3 times more likely to be elected to

class office within their schools

• 4 times more likely to participate

in a math and science fair


for school attendance


for writing an essay or poem

GOODSPEED MUSICALS | 2017 SEASON 5

WithROBERT BERSON SAMANTHA BRUCE MARK DiCONZO MATT GIBSON PATRICK GRAVER LEE HARRINGTON MICHAEL THOMAS HOLMES CELESTE ROSE JEFF SEARS LENNY WOLPE DAISY WRIGHT

A Non-Profit Arts Organization

MICHAEL GENNAROExecutive Director

With apologies to CHARLES DICKENS

Book by L J FECHO

Music & Lyrics by MICHAEL O’FLAHERTY

First Performance: November 17, 2017 at The Terris Theatre

Marquee Producing Partners: DR. ANNE ROTHSTEIN and MS. JANE HELLMAN

Founding DirectorMICHAEL P. PRICE

Scenic Design by ADAM KOCH

Costume Design by NICOLE V. MOODY

Lighting Design by JEN SCHRIEVER

Sound Design by JAY HILTON

Wig & Hair Design by MARK ADAM RAMPMEYER

Orchestrations by DAN DeLANGE

Production Stage Manager JANE POLE

Casting by PAUL HARDTSTEWART/WHITLEY CASTING

Line Producer DONNA LYNN COOPER HILTON

General Manager RACHEL J. TISCHLER

Music Direction by DAN PARDO

Choreographed by LISA SHRIVER

Directed by HUNTER FOSTER

Sponsored by:

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Scrooge, William Gillette .................................................................. LENNY WOLPEThe Ghosts ................................................................ MICHAEL THOMAS HOLMESBob Cratchit .................................................................................... MATT GIBSONMartha Cratchit .......................................................................... LEE HARRINGTONKathy Cratchit ................................................................................. DAISY WRIGHTTiny Tim ......................................................................................ROBERT BERSONEbenezer, Young Scrooge, Harry ...........................................................JEFF SEARSIsabel, Helen ............................................................................ SAMANTHA BRUCEWadsworth, William Goodspeed ..................................................... MARK DiCONZOSikorsky, Young J.P Morgan ........................................................ PATRICK GRAVERJen, Tiffy ....................................................................................... CELESTE ROSE

ENSEMBLESAMANTHA BRUCEMARK DiCONZOPATRICK GRAVERLEE HARRINGTONCELESTE ROSEJEFF SEARSDAISY WRIGHT

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERMICHELLE SCALPONE

MUSICIANSKeyboard/Conductor DAN PARDO; Percussion MARTY WIRT; Bass DAVID UHL; Reeds ANDREW STUDENSKI; Harp SUSAN KNAPP-THOMAS

ALTERNATESPercussion DAVID EDRICKS; Bass SEAN RUBIN; Reeds MIKE PAGLIONE; Harp KATHRYN SLOAT, SENA HORNBY

CAST OF CHARACTERS


MUSICAL NUMBERS

Prologue, On The Stage Of The Goodspeed Opera House, December 1925

Scene 1, The Morning Of Christmas Eve 1925, East Haddam, Connecticut It’s The Season ......................................................................................................Ensemble, Tim, Kathy Out And About ........................................................................................................... Scrooge, Ensemble It’s The Season (Reprise) .......................................................................................................... Ensemble

Scene 2, Scrooge’s Office/A Street Later That Day How Can You Resist The Irresistible? ........................................................ Harry, Cratchit, Philanthropists Krampus .................................................................................................................................... Scrooge Carry On ................................................................................................................... Cratchit, Kathy, Tim

Scene 3, The Street/Scrooge’s Front Door/Bedroom Krampus (Reprise) ................................................................................................................. Street Kids

Scene 4, Scrooge’s Bedroom

Scene 5, The Schoolhouse, 1867 Forgive And Forget .............................................................................................................Ebenezer, Jen

Scene 6, A Party In The Goodspeeds’ Feed-House, Christmas Eve, 1878 Stars In The Sky ............................................................. Isabel, Young Scrooge, Young Morgan, Scrooge Forgive And Forget (Reprise) ............................................................................................................. Jen

Scene 7, Scrooge’s Bedroom Everyone But You .................................................................................. P.T. Barnum, Scrooge, Ensemble

Scene 8, A Field In East Haddam, Connecticut/The Cratchit Home, Christmas Eve, 1925 It’s The Season (Reprise) .....................................................................................................The Cratchits God Bless Us, Every One ......................................................................................................... Kathy, Tim

Scene 9, The Hartford Townhouse Of Scrooge’s Nephew Harry God Bless Us, Every One (Reprise) ............................................................................................. Scrooge

Scene 10, Scrooge’s Bedroom

Scene 11, The Griswold Inn, Essex, Connecticut, In The Not-Too-Distant Future Eulogies ................................................................................................................................... Ensemble

Scene 12, The Cemetary God Bless Us Every One (Reprise) .................................................................................................. Kathy

Scene 13, Scrooge’s Bedroom And The Street/The Cratchits’ Home/Harry’s Home, Christmas Morning Behold .........................................................Scrooge, Street Kids, The Cratchits, Harry, Helen, Ensemble

Epilogue: On The Stage Of The Goodspeed Opera House

Subject to change

A Connecticut Christmas Carol will be performed without an intermission.

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ROBERT BERSON (Tiny Tim) is “super excited” to be making his debut with Goodspeed. A relative newcomer to the stage, Robbie comes from a musical Dad and a home-schooling Mom. Robbie has been singing since the day he was born and has been studying voice, acting, hip-hop, tap, and ballet at New Haven Academy of

Performing Arts and Broadway Dance since last year. He also plays the piano, drums, and ukulele. Robbie thanks his sister Cassidy, as well as his parents for supporting his passion!

MATT GIBSON* (Bob Cratchit ) Goodspeed: Queen Mother workshop. Broadway: Gypsy starring Patti LuPone. Off-Broadway: Finian’s Rainbow and New Girl in Town (Irish Rep), The Underclassman (Prospect/ Duke 42). NY/Regional premiere of I Am Anne Hutchinson/I Am Harvey Milk starring Kristin Chenoweth. Matt’s played over

20 AEA principal roles regionally, including Cornelius Hackl (Hello, Dolly!), Joe Hardy (Damn Yankees, BroadwayWorld Award), Bobby Child (Crazy for You), Bob Wallace (White Christmas), Slank/Hawking Clam (Peter and the Starcatcher), Willie Conklin (Ragtime), and Jimmy Smith (Thoroughly Modern Millie). Thanks to Paul Hardt, Josh Schiowitz, and the creative team. Happy Holidays! www.mrmattgibson.com @mrmattgibson

MICHAEL THOMAS HOLMES* (The Ghosts) last appeared at Goodspeed's Terris Theatre in Amour and is thrilled to be back. He was in Broadway’s Oklahoma! (Ali Hakim), toured with The Producers (with Jason Alexander and Martin Short), and with the current 25th Anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera. Regional:

Tevye in Fiddler (Pioneer), Nathan in Guys and Dolls (Barrington), John Adams in 1776 (Guthrie) and Tateh in Ragtime (Bristol Riverside, Barrymore nomination). He received his MFA in Acting from UC Irvine, appeared on Smash, The Blacklist: Redemption, and Law & Order, and is the immortal Stormtrooper Rolf in The Producers: The Movie Musical. Thanks to CGF. Husband to Ruth (est. 2016).

LENNY WOLPE* (William Gillette/Scrooge) last appeared at Goodspeed as Captain Andy in its acclaimed production of Show Boat. He also appeared at Goodspeed as the Baker in The Baker’s Wife, Little Johnny Jones, and She Loves Me. Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway, Wicked, The Drowsy Chaperone,

The Sound of Music, Mayor, Into the Light, Copperfield, Onward Victoria. Off-Broadway: Old Jews Telling Jokes, Marry Harry, NY Spring Spectacular at Radio City.

National Tours: Wicked, Little Shop..., Forum, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific. Recent Regional: The Producers (Maltz Theatre), The Diary of Anne Frank (KC Rep), Presto Change-O (Barrington Stage), War of the Roses (Delaware Theatre). Regional: Gypsy, Baker’s Wife, Tale of Allergist’s Wife (Paper Mill); McCarter; Cape Playhouse; Pasadena; Bucks County; Westport; Pioneer; MUNY; St. Louis Rep; Denver Center; TUTS; Pittsburgh CLO; Sacramento; Hollywood Bowl. TV series regular: Baby Talk, You’re the One. Nearly 100 guest spots ranging from LA Law, ER, Six Feet Under, And the Band Played On to Roseanne, The Golden Girls, and Chapelle’s Show.

SAMANTHA BRUCE* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at The Goodspeed so soon, having just played Laurey in Oklahoma! this summer. Before that, she starred as Luisa in the closing cast of The Fantasticks Off-Broadway. Favorite regional credits include Johanna in Sweeney Todd at the Denver Center, Gwen in The

Royal Family at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Roxanne in Cyrano at Sierra Rep, and Louise in Gypsy with Symphony Silicon Valley and Harbor Lights Theatre. Many thanks to Michael O'Flaherty, the creative team, the cast and crew, Paul Hardt, and everyone at Goodspeed! www.samanthabruce.net

MARK DiCONZO* (Ensemble) TV: Power (STARZ); INSTINCT, Person of Interest, Elementary, Ugly Betty, Six Degrees (ABC); Lipstick Jungle, 30 Rock (NBC). Film: Schermann Song (Producer/Choreographer/Gunther), Among Us (Producer/Frank). Off-Broadway: The Bonus Army (choreographer/Douglas MacArthur), Best of Lerner and Loewe

(Carnegie Hall, soloist). Broadway Tours/Regional: The Producers (National Tour), South Pacific (Stages St. Louis; Billis), Priscilla (Ogunquit/Gateway; Frank/Dance Captain/Tick u/s), Beauty and the Beast (Northshore; D’Arque, Maurice u/s), Billy Elliot (Maltz Jupiter; Scab), South Pacific (Riverside; Stewpot), Les Misérables (Javert), The Little Mermaid (King Triton), Miss Saigon (Engineer), Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson). Other: Chicago (Billy Flynn) and Saturday Night Fever (Monty/Frank Sr.), RCCL. Love to wife Kelly, family/friends, Judy Boals Inc, Hunter/Lisa, and Paul! www.markdiconzo.com

PATRICK GRAVER* (Ensemble) is excited and thankful to be back at Goodspeed! He was most recently seen this past summer in Thoroughly Modern Millie. National Tours: Bullets Over Broadway (Ensemble/David understudy), West Side Story (Diesel/Riff and Tony understudy). Regional favorites: White Christmas (Phil Davis),

Anything Goes (Billy Crocker), Dames at Sea (Dick), Cats (Munkustrap), A Chorus Line (Mark), and Sweeney Todd (Anthony Hope). BFA: Penn State University. Much

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love and thanks to my family, friends, the Schnellers, Hunter, Lisa, and Justin. Merry Christmas! Proverbs 16:3. www.PatrickGraver.com

LEE HARRINGTON* (Ensemble) just completed work on Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette and can be seen in the upcoming film Last Flag Flying, also directed by Linklater. Off-Broadway: Into the Woods (Roundabout). Regional: Show Boat (Magnolia), Company (Kathy), Merrily We Roll Along (Meg), Man of

La Mancha (Antonia), Marvelous Wonderettes (Cindy Lou), Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Jean), Carousel (Julie). Workshops: Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout). She wrote and performed her one-woman play Jellybean at the Fringe and United Solo Festival, directed by Daniel Jenkins. TV: NBC’s Gone. Love to family!!! Training: Carnegie Mellon University.

CELESTE ROSE* (Ensemble) is a singer/actor originally from Southern California. Favorite recent credits include Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act at the Ogunquit Playhouse and The Gateway Playhouse, Bernice in the world premiere of Bernice Bobs Her Hair at Lyric Theatre Of Oklahoma, Kate Mullins in Titanic at Westchester

Broadway Theatre, Ali in Kerrigan and Lowdermilk’s immersive musical The Bad Years, and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at HSRT. She’s a proud member of Jen Jancuska’s The BringAbout. BFA Ithaca College! For more info: www.CelesteRose.com. Love and thanks to my perfect family.

JEFF SEARS* (Ensemble) couldn’t be happier to return to The Goodspeed family after breaking into the unionized world here six years ago as Jimmy Powers in City of Angels. Off-Broadway: Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q. First National Tour: Elder Davis in the original touring cast of The Book of Mormon. Regional: Joseph in Joseph

and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Stages St. Louis); Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly! (Riverside Theatre); and Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). Carnegie Mellon University. BFA University of Kansas. For my corgi, Bailey. “Here and Now”

DAISY WRIGHT* (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Goodspeed debut! Daisy’s regional credits include Beauty and the Beast at North Shore Music Theatre (Silly Girl, u/s Belle/Babette); The Wizard of Oz (Ensemble) at The Muny; and Hello, Dolly! (Minnie Fay); Oklahoma! (Ensemble, u/s Ado Annie); and Mamma Mia! (Ali, u/s Sophie) at

Music Theatre Wichita. Proud graduate of the University of

Oklahoma. She sends her love to her family and her thanks to everyone at Goodspeed for making this Christmas season so special!

MICHAEL O’FLAHERTY (Music & Lyrics) is completing his 26th season as Goodspeed’s Resident Music Director, with more than 80 productions to his credit. His original musical Genesius was included in Goodspeed’s New Works Festival in 2008, and later had a showcase production in New York City. He has music directed at Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Ford’s Theatre, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and the Smithsonian Institution. Broadway credits include By Jeeves, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and A Streetcar Named Desire. He was Musical Supervisor and Cabaret Director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival for 11 years.

L J FECHO (Book ) is the Artistic Director of Genesius Theatre in Reading, Penn. He has worked for producer Alexander H. Cohen, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodspeed Musicals, Hudson Guild, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Fulton Theatre. He is a member of producer Ken Davenport’s Mastermind Group. His play Just Another Illegitimate Child of John Lennon was presented at the Philadelphia Fringe. He wrote the book for Genesius–The Musical, which was presented at the 2008 Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals and then as an Equity Showcase. Fecho wrote a Pennsylvania Dutch version of A Christmas Carol with Michael O’Flaherty, titled The Belsnickel Scrooge, which was presented at Genesius Theatre.

HUNTER FOSTER (Director ) A director, writer, and actor, he was the librettist for two new musicals that made their world premiere at The Terris Theatre: Summer of ’42 and The Circus in Winter. He is also an Artistic Associate at the Bucks County Playhouse, where he has directed Clue, Guys and Dolls, Company, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Buddy Holly Story (2016 & 2017), National Pastime, The Rocky Horror Show (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), Summer of ’42, and It’s a Wonderful Life. He most recently directed the world premiere of the new musical One Hit Wonder for the University of Michigan. Other directing credits include The Foreigner, Cabaret, My Fair Lady (Cape Playhouse), Grease (North Carolina Theatre), Spamalot (Casa Mañana), and has directed productions of Million Dollar Quartet for The Paper Mill Playhouse, Geva Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Gateway Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, Center Rep, and the Westchester Broadway Theatre. Other book writing credits include the musicals Jasper in Deadland (Prospect theatre, 5th Ave.), Clyde and Bonnie: A Folktale (New York Musical Theatre Festival, Aurora Theatre), The Hollow (Signature Theatre), and Blue Ridge Sky. Hunter is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Hunterfosterofficial.com

LISA SHRIVER (Choreography) is thrilled to return to Goodspeed after having choreographed Where's Charley, The 60's Project, and The Story of My Life.


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Broadway credits: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Farnsworth Invention, The Story of My Life, Ring of Fire. Assistant Choreographer for 10 Broadway productions, including The Producers, Titanic, Oklahoma!. Other credits: Fiasco Theatre Company's Into the Woods (Lucille Lortel Nomination), Phish’s NYE concert at Madison Square Garden, Caesar and Cleopatra and The Tempest, productions for Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Disney Cruise Line. Film and TV: A Beautiful Mind, Hysterical Blindness, A Christmas Carol, A Very Murray Christmas, Broad City, The Detour. As Assistant Choreographer: The Polar Express, Mixed Nuts, and Center Stage.

DAN PARDO (Music Director ) is so happy to be back “home” at Goodspeed with A Connecticut Christmas Carol. Most recently, he conducted the hit production of Company at the Barrington Stage, starring Aaron Tveit. Broadway: Amazing Grace (Nederlander). Off-Broadway: Found (Atlantic), Soot and Spit (New Ohio), Rothschild and Sons (York), and Skippyjon Jones: Snow What?! (Lucille Lortel). Other NYC credits include workshop productions of Come From Away, Persephone, On Rosen Street, Marco Polo, Never Grimm, and The Oliver Experiment. Regional: The 5th Avenue, Long Wharf, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Pasadena Playhouse, and ART. Thanks to MOF and LJ. For Chrissy, always. @pianocyclist

ADAM KOCH (Scenic Design) Internationally: Dreamgirls (O.D. Company, Seoul, South Korea). Helen Hayes nominations for both Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Signature Theatre) and Bat Boy (1st Stage). Credits across the United States include productions at Ford’s Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Geva Theatre Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Ogunquit Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Serenbe Playhouse, and Portland Stage, as well as New World Stages and Theatre Row in NYC. For the past three years, Mr. Koch, along with Steven Royal, has also designed the official events for New York City Pride. Education: Carnegie Mellon University. See more at adamkochassociates.com and on Instagram @instadamkoch.

NICOLE V. MOODY (Costume Design) Select design credits: Clue, Guys and Dolls, Other Desert Cities, The Buddy Holly Story, Steel Magnolias, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Summer of ’42, Mame, It’s a Wonderful Life a Radio Play, Meet Me in St. Louis, A Grand Night for Singing, Barefoot in the Park (Bucks County Playhouse); Downrange, Arsenic and Old Lace, Legally Blonde, The 39 Steps, Avenue Q (CFRT); Cracked World Premiere (American Theatre Dance Workshop); Love, Loss and What I Wore (NYC, Chicago Tour, Asolo Rep); Sleuth, Trumpery, Glass Menagerie (Olney Theatre); What is the Cause of Thunder (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Assistant/Associate Costume Designer for Broadway, National Operas, World Premieres, and 2012 MDNA Tour.

JEN SCHRIEVER (Lighting Design) Broadway designs include Eclipsed and Ghetto Klown. Recent Off-Broadway: Strange Interlude (Transport Group); School Girls, or the African Mean Girls Play (MCC); …Discord (Primary Stages); On The Exhale (Roundabout); The Moors (Playwrights Realm). Also: Public, Signature,

2ST, Labyrinth, Women’s Project. Recent Regional: The Christians (Center Stage), Fingersmith (ART), Beauty and the Beast and Merry Wives of Windsor (OSF), Hurricane Diane (Two River). Also: Goodman, Berkley Rep, South Coast Rep, Williamstown, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Shakespeare Theatre. Opera: Pearl Fishers (MET, ENO, LAO); Die Fledermaus (Met); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Faust, La Traviata (Mariinsky, Russia). Adjunct at Purchase College. www.jenschriever.com

JAY HILTON (Sound Design) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals. Jay has designed countless productions at both The Terris Theatre and The Goodspeed in East Haddam. His work has also been heard on Broadway, National Tours, and at Regional Theatres from coast to coast. In addition to being Goodspeed’s Resident Sound Designer, Jay serves as their Audio Supervisor. He and his wife, Goodspeed Line Producer Donna Lynn Hilton, make their home (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

MARK ADAM RAMPMEYER (Hair & Wig Design) is very happy to return to Goodspeed for this production. His work has been seen here in Anything Goes, Bye Bye Birdie, and Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, to name a few. Broadway: West Side Story, Lysistrata Jones, The Farnsworth Invention. Off-Broadway: The Toxic Avenger, Horton Foote’s Orphans’ Home Cycle, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore with Olympia Dukakis, and, most recently, Talley’s Folly at Roundabout Theatre Company. Regional: Christmas on the Rocks ’14 and ‘15 for TheaterWorks and Romeo and Juliet at Hartford Stage Company. He is the recipient of a 2010 Drama Desk Award for his contributions to the creative team for Horton Foote’s Orphans’ Home Cycle at Signature Theatre Company. Mark is the Costume Rental Manager for Goodspeed Musicals and makes his home here in East Haddam. Thanks to all for their continued support on this journey. *peep*

DAN DeLANGE (Orchestrator ) Dan’s work was recently heard in the West End’s production of Show Boat that was nominated for Best Musical Revival at the 2017 Olivier Awards in London. He has orchestrated for The Jim Henson Company, Julie Andrews, Rosie O’Donnell, Live Theatricals at Universal Studios, and composers Paul Williams, Jerry Herman, Harvey Schmitt, Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Peter Link, and Mark Hollman. His scores have been heard on Broadway, London’s West End, National and European Tours, film, television, and at Regional Theaters around the world, including over 40 productions at Goodspeed Musicals. He’s a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. DanDeLangeOrchestrations.com

JANE POLE* (Production Stage Manager ) is delighted to make her Goodspeed debut. Broadway: The Addams Family, Macbeth, Tartuffe. Off-Broadway includes School for Scandal, 39 Steps, The Anthem, Bill W & Dr Bob, Hurt Village, Play It Cool, On The Levee, Evil Dead The Musical. BAM: The Bridge Project - The Cherry Orchard and Winter’s Tale (and International Tour), Macbeth, Happy Days, King Lear, The Seagull, Medea. Regional: Guys and

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Dolls, Clue, Cake Off, Steel Magnolias, Plaid Tidings, Meet Me in St. Louis, It’s a Wonderful Life, Barefoot in the Park (Bucks County Playhouse); Daddy Long Legs, Rich Girl, One Slight Hitch, The 39 Steps (George Street Playhouse); Intimate Apparel (Westport Country Playhouse). UK: Over 50 productions for the RSC.

MICHELLE SCALPONE* (Assistant Stage Manager ) Goodspeed debut! Broadway: Fish in the Dark (written and starring Larry David), Matilda the Musical, Forever Tango, Chaplin. Tours: Matilda the Musical, Jersey Boys, Einstein on the Beach. NYC: GOODBAR, Fun Home, King Lear (starring Sam Waterston), Romeo & Juliet (starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline; The Public Theater), Satchmo at the Waldorf, Women’s Project, Atlantic Theater, Rattlestick, New York City Opera. TV: NBC’s The Wiz Live. Regional: Little Dancer (Kennedy Center), Williamstown Theater Festival, The Old Globe. Favorite Events: Arts Brookfield, Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, CFDA Fashion Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and many for Broadway Cares. Education: University of Arizona and The Juilliard School.

PAUL HARDT, STEWART/WHITLEY (Casting ) is happy to continue his 14-year relationship with Goodspeed and pleased to join the casting office of Duncan Stewart CSA & Benton Whitley CSA. Broadway/NY: The Great Comet (Josh Groban), On the Town, Pippin, Chicago The Musical, La Cage aux Folles, August Osage County, West Side Story, Come Fly Away, Hot Feet, Grey Gardens (Betty Buckley), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Carnegie Hall West Side Story, The Band Wagon, Carnegie Hall Sings, Pageant; West End/UK: West Side Story, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, The Bodyguard, Once, Shrek, Elf, Flashdance, Anything Goes, Bullets Over Broadway, The Duck Commander Musical, We Will Rock You. Upcoming: View From The Bridge (Alley Theatre), Sondheim on Sondheim (Gustavo Dudamel – Hollywood Bowl/LA Phil), Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz), Hadestown (Rachel Chavkin), Man in the Ceiling (Andrew Lippa), As You Like It (John Doyle), Waterfall (Maltby/Shire), August Rush (John Doyle). CSA Artios Awards Winner. stewartwhitley.com

DONNA LYNN COOPER HILTON (Line Producer ) leads artistic efforts on all productions at The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre. She guides Goodspeed’s Festival of New Musicals, the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony, is a past president of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and serves on the selection committee for NAMT’s Festival of New Musicals. Donna Lynn and her husband Jay make their home in Hadlyme with Cookie.

RACHEL J. TISCHLER (General Manager ) thanks everyone for an excellent second season at Goodspeed Musicals. Prior to Goodspeed, Rachel practiced law in Manhattan, specializing in employment litigation and counseling. Before her brief law career, she was Trinity Repertory Company’s General Manager up in Providence, RI. She lives with her partner, Owen (also an Amherst College grad), in Middletown.

MICHAEL P. PRICE (Founding Director ) Under the direction of Michael Price for 47 years commencing in 1968, Goodspeed Musicals became internationally recognized for its dedication to the advancement and preservation of the American Musical. For Goodspeed, Mr. Price produced over 250 classic and forgotten musicals, 100 new musicals, and transferred 19 shows to Broadway, earning 13 Tony Awards. Goodspeed itself was honored with two special Tony Awards. Mr. Price is the founder of the League of Historic American Theatres and a founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. He serves on the Executive Committee of the American Theatre Wing and as a member the Tony Administration Committee. His board memberships include the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Johnny Mercer Foundation, the ASCAP Foundation,and numerous charitable and non-profit organizations. He received his BA from Michigan State University, MA from Minnesota, MFA from Yale, and holds honorary doctorates from Wesleyan University, Connecticut College, and The University of Hartford. He is married to Jo-Ann Nevas Price; they are the proud grandparents of Ezra.

MICHAEL GENNARO (Executive Director ) comes to Goodspeed from Providence, RI, where he served as Executive Director at Trinity Repertory Company for seven years. Prior to Trinity, he served as Managing Director at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC; Executive Director at Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia; Producing Director at Paper Mill Playhouse in NJ; and for eight years as Executive Director at the prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. During his tenure at Trinity, Michael was instrumental in leading a coalition of nine Rhode Island performing arts organizations to secure a $35 million bond referendum providing state funding to private organizations, the first of its kind in the State. While at Steppenwolf, the theatre received the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton and transferred numerous productions to London’s Barbican Centre, the Dublin and Galway Arts Festivals, and Broadway, where One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest won the Tony Award for Best Play Revival. Michael has served on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Group, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Rhode Island Foundation. He received a Fellowship from the RI Foundation in 2012 and received the 2015 Pell Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts. Michael is a licensed attorney in New York, where he practiced for several years as a litigator and entertainment attorney, and has appeared as an actor at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Off-Broadway, and in the Broadway production of Godspell. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received a JD from Fordham University. Michael’s wife, Donna Lee, is a special events coordinator and his son, Brendan, lives in Chicago.

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Back in 1971, Michael O’Flaherty (Goodspeed’s Resident Music Director) co-founded, along with the late Jane Simmon Miller, a community theater called Genesius in Reading, Pennsylvania. Michael was in his early twenties, and I was just thirteen years old when I found my way to this very special theater that opened its arms to young people, encouraging them to explore every facet of musical theatre. This was the beginning of a life-long friendship. In later years, a second theatrical collaboration evolved when I talked Michael into writing a musical about Genesius’ fabled early days, called, appropriately, GENESIUS, The Musical. The show was presented in 2008 at Goodspeed’s Festival of New Musicals and was subsequently showcased in New York City the following summer.

Michael and I were not writers by trade, although we had dabbled in the process throughout the years. But after GENESIUS, we had caught the “creating-bug” and wanted to write something else. I had been the Artistic Director at Genesius Theatre for over a decade, and I was looking for an annual production of A Christmas Carol. Many of the versions I found had already been presented several times in the Reading area, and, to be honest, we were looking for something where we wouldn’t have to pay royalties. Reading is in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, so I thought it would be very unique to take this classic story and set it in Berks County, which has an abundant German heritage. The “Belsnickel” is a sort of “Bad Santa” etched in Germanic folklore, and from that character concept, Michael and I created The Belsnickel Scrooge, a Pennsylvania Dutch version of A Christmas Carol set in Reading during the Great Depression. The production has been performed at Genesius and other Berks venues since 2009, with much success.

Approximately four years ago, Michael mentioned that Goodspeed was looking for a holiday production to call their own, and I jumped right on that and suggested that we take the coveted Dickens tale and transplant our Pennsylvania Dutch version of the musical to Central Connecticut—Hartford/East Haddam. We decided to set the show on the stage

of the Goodspeed Opera House in 1925. The premise is that Mr. Goodspeed himself has requested that legendary Connecticut actor and original Sherlock Holmes (and hometown boy) William Gillette play Scrooge in a final production of A Christmas Carol before the Opera House is shuttered for good. After doing extensive research, I discovered that the brilliant writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, the great showman P. T. Barnum, and satirist Mark Twain not only lived in Central Connecticut at one time, but they all knew each other and were also friendly with William Gillette. So, in this salute to the Nutmeg State, they become the pesky Spirits—past, present, and future—who visit Scrooge on that fateful Christmas Eve. To add to the fun, J.P. Morgan, the influential Hartford financier, visits Scrooge as the musical’s new version of Jacob Marley. All the other classic Dickens characters are on hand, too, such as Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, Scrooge’s nephew Harry, and his sister Jen, to name a few.

Taking a page from the late, great Broadway librettist Peter Stone’s theatrical playbook (1776, Titanic), I appropriated Gillette’s, Stowe’s, Barnum’s, and Twain’s humorous and often times thought-provoking quotations. I stitched them together throughout the scenes so their sage advice and comedic mockery of old Scrooge, entwined with Michael’s inspiring music and lyrics, make for a lighthearted, amusing, and very special holiday experience! And now, we are both truly looking forward to assessing your reactions to this customized storyline and fully digesting your localized “Nutmegger” input, which will certainly add another layer of Connecticut-ian whimsy and Christmas merriment to this time-honored classic.

Thinking long term, Michael and I have high hopes that this magical Christmas story will become a tradition at Goodspeed and be presented annually for many Decembers to come. However, since “the gift is the present,” it’s our sincerest wish that you and all of Connecticut embrace our new version of A Christmas Carol that features this great state and the wonderful people in it, as we hope you make this your newest holiday tradition!

AUTHOR’S NOTESBy L J Fecho


Did you know that Goodspeed has the only library dedicated solely to musical theatre in the country? Make an appointment to stop by and peruse the unique collection by contacting Education Manager & Library Director Josh Ritter at 860.873.8664 ext. 522 or by email at [email protected]. The library is located a few minutes up the street from The Goodspeed at 20 Norwich Rd, East Haddam, CT 06423. To learn more about the library, please visit www.goodspeed.org/education-library/library.

Where We’ve BeenGoodspeed’s beginnings date back to 1963 when we opened our doors as a professional musical theatre in an historic building on the banks of the Connecticut River in East Haddam. Under the direction of Michael Price from 1968 to 2014, Goodspeed transformed from a struggling entity into a non-profit arts organization with a mission. At first, Goodspeed’s commitment was to discover rarely produced musicals from the repertoire, reworking them and bringing them to life. We were also intent on adding to the repertoire by discovering and nurturing promising new musicals presented at both The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre in neighboring Chester.

In our history, we have produced over 250 musicals, including over 70 world premieres, and exported 21 productions to Broadway. Goodspeed stands as the first regional theatre in America to earn two special Tony Awards, one in 1980 for outstanding contributions to the American musical and a second in 1995 for distinguished achievement for a regional theatre.

Who We Are TodayGoodspeed Musicals mounts both new and newly revived musicals each year on our main stage at The Goodspeed in East Haddam and on our second stage, The Terris Theatre, in Chester–a total of more than 400 performances during the April to December season, attracting 130,000 patrons to the Connecticut River Valley. We stand at the forefront of producing and preserving the American musical, simultaneously reinventing the classics and inventing new ones. We attract well-known icons of the theatre world and foster emerging talent among composers, lyricists, and librettists. Each year, thousands of actors, directors, choreographers, and technicians aspire to come to Goodspeed to practice their craft. Among millions who know and love this art form–and those who appreciate its history and enduring appeal–Goodspeed is widely recognized as “The Home of the American Musical.”

Throughout the year, and intensively during the winter months, Goodspeed addresses issues unique to the field by offering innovative and highly-sought after programs through our Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre, including the celebrated Musical Theatre Institute providing programs for aspiring musical theatre professionals. The Arts Education Collaboration provides art-education programs for underserved Connecticut youth. The Festival of New Musicals features students from The Hartt School and the Boston Conservatory performing staged readings of three brand-new musicals, industry-related seminars, a symposium, and cabaret performances. Each winter, Goodspeed also hosts the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony that invites musical theatre writing teams to retreat from daily life for a four-week residency and concentrate solely on writing new musicals. In addition, Goodspeed serves as a resource for the preservation of the art form through our Scherer Library of Musical Theatre, the second most extensive musical theatre research library in the United States.

The Future We EnvisionThe Goodspeed campus will continue to serve as a thriving artist colony where the creative process informs the work on our stages and expanding educational programs. We aspire to serve as a safe haven where a singular commitment to discovery and innovation will enrich the field with the next generation of musical theatre artists.

A complete listing of past Goodspeed Musical productions can be found at www.goodspeed.org

ABOUT GOODSPEED MUSICALS


mailto:[email protected]

http://www.goodspeed.org/education-library/library

The mission of Goodspeed Musicals is to be the leader in preserving and producing musical theatre of the highest quality by:

• Rethinking, restoring, and producing works that are valued and significant in the history of musical theatre; • Developing new musical theatre works; • Nurturing the talents of new composers, lyricists, and librettists; • Encouraging and developing the talents of artists, technicians, and administrators; • Inspiring future audiences through education programs and outreach efforts; • Preserving and expanding the archival collections of its Scherer Library of Musical Theatre and making them available for professional use; • Maintaining the Goodspeed Opera House, a national historic landmark.

OUR MISSION

The Terris Theatre was inaugurated in 1984 by Goodspeed Musicals for the development of new musicals. The theatre is named in honor of the actress Norma Terris, star of Jerome Kern’s Show Boat and devoted patron and trustee of the Goodspeed Opera House during her later years.

Miss Terris began her stage career as a young vaudeville performer, which led to her first major role in George M. Cohan’s Little Nellie Kelly. She gained immortal acclaim as the creator of the roles of Magnolia and Kim in the original Florenz Ziegfeld 1927 production of Show Boat. After making two films for Fox, Married in Hollywood and Cameo Kirby, she starred for 10 seasons at the Municipal Opera Company in St. Louis.

Miss Terris first performed for Goodspeed audiences in the 1970 production of Little Mary Sunshine. She presided over the dedication of The Terris Theatre, and in 1987 she established the Norma Terris Fund to expand the talents of individuals and to foster the vitality, excellence, and diversity of musical theatre at The Terris Theatre. A beloved friend of the Goodspeed Opera House, Norma Terris is remembered for enriching the art of musical theatre with her beautiful voice, fine acting, and generous spirit.

The Terris Theatre formerly was a factory built in the early 1900s for Susan Bates, Inc., which became one of the largest manufacturers of knitting needles and needlework accessories. In 1982, after relocating to a larger facility, Susan Bates, Inc., donated its abandoned factory in Chester to the Goodspeed Opera House Foundation. An intimate 200-seat performing space, The Terris Theatre was fully renovated, opening its doors on July 10, 1984 with the new musical Harrigan ‘n’ Hart.

HISTORY OF THE TERRIS THEATRE


OfficersFrancis G. Adams, Jr.

ChairmanAlvin Deutsch

General CounselMichael Gennaro

Executive DirectorSusan Link

TreasurerDannel P. Malloy

Ex Officio Honorary Chairman

Mark Masselli Vice-President

Hila Rosen Secretary

John F. Wolter President

Timothy ArborioJay BenetMyron R. Bernstein*Jennifer BrownJ. Robert Buchanan*Anthony CacaceTheodore S. ChapinKay Knight ClarkeChristopher DoddMuriel FleischmannJohn H. HambyJeffrey HoffmanChandler HowardLynde Selden KarinMary Ellen KlinckJulie Godbout LeBlancLawrence McHughRobert Roy Metz*

Linda MorasuttiRobert F. Neal*Eric D. OrtMichael P. Price*Jeffrey RichardsJefferson B. RileyKristen RobertsSusan SchererH. William Shure*Joseph SmithPeter E. Strniste, Jr.Leonardo H. SuzioDeRoy C. Thomas*John Voege Stephanie Stiefel WilliamsDona D. Young*

*Emeritus Trustee

2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Carol AdamsSandra AnagnostakisRichard T. Cersosimo and

Valerie J. KoifCatherine Ladnier and

J.M. Robinson

Mrs. Charles R. LindbergAndrew and Bonnie Lee McKirdyAnthony and Chelsea MichaudChuck and Dianne RamseySaul Rosen

Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman

Edgar E. ShirleyCarl and Jessica ThompsonMeghan Young

GOODSPEED COUNSELORS

Ken BloomTheodore S. ChapinAlvin DeutschChristine Donohue

Brian DrutmanMichael A. KerkerRobert KimballBruce Pomahac

Bill RosenfieldHenry S. Scherer, Jr.Steven Suskin

THE SCHERER LIBRARY OF MUSICAL THEATRE ADVISORY BOARD

Amy Campbell President

Diane Rottmann Vice President

Dale Ferris Recording Secretary

Goldie Liverant Corresponding Secretary

C. William Stamm Treasurer

GOODSPEED GUILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gordon GreenbergRobert R. Metz

Jane PercyPeter Walker

Nancy Wolf

THE MAX SHOWALTER CENTER FOR EDUCATION IN MUSICAL THEATRE ADVISORY BOARD

THE GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION


Altek Electronics, Inc.Amica InsuranceAqua Compliance SpecialistsArborio CorporationAshlawn Farm CoffeeBecker’s Diamonds & Fine JewelryC. Sherman Johnson Co., Inc.Centerbrook Architects & Planners, LLPChester Village WestCollins Medical Associates 2, P.C.ComcastConnecticut Public Broadcast NetworkCreative Endeavor OfficeCreative Transportation & ToursEssex Savings BankEversource EnergyFalcetti MusicHartford Business JournalHoffman AudiJensen’s Inc.Julia Balfour, LLCThe Lane Construction CorporationLAZ ParkingLiberty BankMG Electric & Construction, Inc.

Quinnipiac UniversityR.A. Parady & Sons, Inc.Reynolds Subaru & Reynolds BoatsRisCassi & Davis, P.C.The Riverhouse at Goodspeed StationRobinson + Cole LLPSennheiser Electronic CorporationShipman’s Fire EquipmentThe Shops at Mohegan SunSima Drilling Co., Inc.Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc.The Suzio York Hill CompaniesThird Coast CreativeTower Labs, Ltd.TravelersUnited AirlinesUnited Mechanical Resources, Inc.Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.Webster BankWebster Private BankWells Fargo BankWithum Smith + Brown, P.C.WSHU Public Radio GroupYoung’s Printing

Acorn Alcinda FoundationActors’ Equity FoundationThe Aeroflex FoundationThe ASCAP Foundation

Irving Caesar FundCase Graber FoundationCommunity Foundation of

Middlesex County/Ann T. D’Addario Family Foundation Fund, York Butler Fund

The Frederic R. Coudert FoundationDaphne Seybolt Culpeper

Memorial FoundationThe Aldo DeDominicis FoundationEIS FoundationBurry Fredrik Foundation

Howard Gilman FoundationThe Mabel F. Hoffman

Charitable TrustKitchings Family Fund at the

Community Foundation of Middlesex County

The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation

Lucille Lortel FoundationThe Johnny Mercer FoundationThe William & Alice Mortensen

FoundationThe Christine E. Moser FoundationNational Alliance for Musical

Theatre’s Innovation & Exploration Grant

National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s National Fund for New Musicals

The Noël Coward FoundationPublic Welfare FoundationRodgers & Hammerstein FoundationSBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher

Foundation, Inc.The Scripps Family Fund for

Education & the ArtsThe Max Showalter Foundation, Inc.The Shubert FoundationStarkweather & Shepley

Charitable Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation

Theatre Development Fund

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

FOUNDATION SUPPORT

CORPORATE SUPPORT

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT


BEQUESTSGoodspeed Musicals fondly remembers those who left a bequest or in whose honor a memorial fund was established. Their love of musical theatre and our institution is an example to us all.

The Milon Barnes Memorial FundCynthia Kellogg BarringtonDavid A. BeldenLeonard N. BlakeRalph DavidsonFellner Family FoundationAlbert D. FirestoneBurry FredrikNorwick and Elizabeth

GoodspeedHenry Sage Goodwin

Memorial Fund

Judith HaleviThe Edith O. Haynes TrustMartha C. HinkelThomas W. Holton Memorial FundMarjorie W. JolidonThe Adrienne I. Koch

Revocable TrustWilliam J. Kotchen Memorial FundDorothy LiepertzEvan S. McCordAlice Hammerstein MathiasEdith L. Nyman

Muriel Selden ParisRochelle RichilsonBarbara V. RossBertha L. RottmannEdward RousseauMarco S. SavonaRichard SchnellerLucille Lortel SchweitzerMartha ShattuckJohn F. Single, IIIMary Sargent SwiftMark A. Wainger

WILLIAM H. GOODSPEED LEGACY SOCIETYGoodspeed Musicals thanks the members of the William H. Goodspeed Society who have included a future bequest to Goodspeed Musicals in their wills or estate plans.

Anonymous (8)Dolores L. AndrewFrank & Amy Campbell Edward CapeMichael ChaiklinJack and Bertie ChuongDonald Yale Church &

Anthony O’Grady SchillaciAmy Lee Crockett, DVMStephen B. Crowley, IIIJohn M. DarceyCharles M. EricsonMuriel FleischmannDavid F. Frankel

Richard GoodmanMrs. Harry J. GrayLynde Selden KarinRuth KatzMrs. Charles LindbergMrs. Carmela MarzanoAndrew C. McKirdyPeter J. MustoLeslie & Lynne NathanJane E. OndovcsikBarbara A. PetersenB. A. PomaricoMichael & Jo-Ann Price

Mary Jane RichilsonDr. Anne L. Rothstein &

Ms. Jane HellmanDr. & Mrs. Gerald SandlerDr. Benjamin SevitchCarol L. SirotDr. & Mrs. David SnydermanC. William StammSheila L. TomlinsonMark & Roberta VelezJessica WaldmanJerry & Linda WanoskyChristopher Weed

Since its inception, Goodspeed Musicals has particularly benefited from the unique advantages of planned gifts and bequests. Because such gifts provide financial support over time, they have been essential to Goodspeed Musicals’ ability to consistently move from strength to strength, plan for the future with confidence, and ensure millions more will enjoy award-winning productions for generations to come.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE – LEAVING A LEGACY


NAMED FUNDS AND ENDOWMENTSThese funds and endowments listed below were established during lifetime, by bequest, or in memoriam with an outright gift to Goodspeed Musicals.

The Dr. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Dr. & Mrs. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Frederick A. & Justine Millspaugh Catlin Family Fund

The Rochelle Dauenheimer Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Fund for the Support of the Music Department

The George S. & Charmian A. Goodspeed Memorial Fund

The A. Nicholas Groth, Ph.D. Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Charles R. Lindberg Family FundThe Lucille Lortel Fund

The Maryann & Jane E. Ondovcsik Fund for the Preservation of the Victorian Goodspeed Opera House

The Salvatore Marzano, Jr. Memorial Student Scholarship Fund

The Elaine McKirdy Intern/Apprentice EndowmentThe Michael P. Price Endowment Fund at

Goodspeed MusicalsThe Charlotte & Gerald Sandler Educational

EndowmentThe Scherer Library of Musical Theatre FundThe Max Showalter Center for Education in

Musical TheatreThe C. William Stamm Charitable Gift Annuity*The Ashton M. Tenney, Jr. Memorial Annuity Fund*The Zachs Family Endowment

*The donors receive a tax advantaged income stream during their lives and a named fund or endowment will be created when the annuity reverts to Goodspeed Musicals.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE – LEAVING A LEGACY

Please consider a planned gift to Goodspeed. Here are four easy ways to help:

Thinking about

Tomorrow

•Bequest•Charitable Gift Annuity•Beneficiary Designation•Gift of Appreciated Assets

Your gift will have a big impact. Please contact Gloria Gorton at 860.873.8664 x366 or [email protected].


In memory of Norwick and Elizabeth Goodspeed: Mr. and Mrs. Roger Goodspeed

In memory of William K. Walton: Nancy Marikar

In memory of James N. Donaldson: Wilma C. Donaldson

In memory of Margaret Carter: Janet Marsh

In honor of Brian and Susan Piper: Mr. and Mrs. Craig Piper

In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace: Colonel and Mrs. Wm. R. Jones

In honor of Neil Epstein’s 75th birthday: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smoler, Monroe and Anita Rackow, Dr. and Mrs. Barry Sachs

In honor of Babs Wilkinson and Shannon Robbins: William Scales

In memory of Ron Brennan: Dr. Timothy F. Denison, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Farrow, Dorothy Lavezzoli, Jacob & Marjorie Rosenbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Calamari, East Haddam Democratic Town Committee

In memory of Bonnie M. Grey: Heidi and John Niblack, Maureen O’Gorman

In memory of Ann Staples: Kate F. Lee

In memory of Ellen Bell: Christine Robinson, Kristine Sauter, Marcia Nye, Joanne Dubosque

In memory of Martha D. “Pepper” Hitchcock: Sheila Tomlinson, Ted Earl, Carole Hope, Susan Lessoff

In memory of Jack & Maureen King: Colleen Ferris, Ellen Faber, Vicki and Alan Wasserman

In memory of Enza Konior: Michael Chaiklin, Wendy Green

In memory of Peter Perkins: Michael Chaiklin, William Bonney, the Creative Crew

In honor of Christine Marcks’ retirement: Michael Chaiklin, William Bonney, the Creative Crew

In memory of Peter J. Otto: Janet Nettleton Otto

In memory of Priscilla Batty: Don Batty

In memory of Michele Van Epps: Margery Cordts

In memory of Michele Van Epps and her long friendship with Dan Pardo and his family: John Van Epps

In honor of Jeff Riley and Mary Wilson: Ed Bass, Sasha Camacho

In honor of Henri Van Dan's birthday: Jane Brooks

Goodspeed Musicals gratefully acknowledges the following gifts made to honor a special occasion or in memory of a loved one.

*for period August 31, 2016 to October 31, 2017

SPECIAL GIFTSGoodspeed Musicals is grateful to those who have made a special gift during the 2017 season. They include:

Anonymous (2)Donald BattyDenise Bernardo and Edwin MuentesEdward BlaschikAnne and Leon CalanquinFrank and Amy CampbellDon and Terri CoustanAlvin DeutschBeverly and Jerry DickinsonWade DooleyStephen EcclesNeil and Trudi EpsteinRobert M. Fechtor and Gilda S. BrockDrs. Stephen and Evelyn FirsheinSusan F. GonsalvesJanice GrowerJohn and Joanna HambyPeter Hoyle

Dianne Hunt-MasonMonica KangleyStu and Ellen KazinLouise KorderRita LandinoBenjamin B. Liveten Charitable

Grand Nephew TrustDr. and Mrs. Koen LoevenJon Lukomnik and Lynn DavidsonCarmela MarzanoLinda Morasutti and Robert LeeKenneth and Paula MunsonJonathan ParsonsJoan PereraMark PlannerBessy Reyna and Susan HolmesJeff Riley and Mary WilsonRichard RobinHila and Saul Rosen

Dr. Anne Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman

Dr. and Mrs. Gerald SandlerMary SchnellerCarol L. SirotDonna and Bill StammMegan and H. William StineRuss Tait and Lee AndersonNatalie TenneyJessica and Carl ThompsonTim and Kathi ThrockmortonRichard and Mary Ann ValinskiCathy Velenchik and Chris JoyGeorge Vinick and Margaret SaxeTracy and Christopher WeedLuke and Stephanie WilliamsE. Marie Wilson and Colette TrohanJef and Kate WolterZachs Family Foundation, Inc.

MEMORIAL AND TRIBUTE GIFTS


ARTISTIC

Michael Gennaro ........................................................ Executive DirectorDonna Lynn Cooper Hilton .................................................Line ProducerJorge Lopez .....................................................Assistant to the ProducerMichael O’Flaherty .............................................Resident Music Director

ADMINISTRATION

Rachel J. Tischler .........................................................General ManagerDonna Tafel .......................................................Assistant to Mr. GennaroLiz Ottone ........................................................................... Receptionist

BUILDING SERVICESEdward C. Blaschik ......................................................Theatre ManagerKarin Nickel ..................................................Building Services AssistantJonathan Cubeta, John Sola, Paul Zajac .......................Building ServicesBurgess Cleaning .......................................................Custodial Services

COMPANY MANAGEMENTKristan McLaughlin ........................................ Senior Company ManagerJen Levine ................................................................ Company ManagerAmanda Paulick ......................................... Assistant Company ManagerJason Sedgwick ............................... Company Management Apprentice

DEVELOPMENTNancy Altschuler ...............................................Director of DevelopmentGloria Gorton........................................................ Director of Major GiftsMichele R. Baumann ..............................................Membership DirectorMary Miko ....................................................Special Events CoordinatorKatie Wasserman ........................................ Institutional Giving ManagerDavid Mai .......................................................... Development Associate

EDUCATION & LIBRARYJoshua S. Ritter ........................... Education Manager & Library DirectorErin Lafferty ........................................... Education & Outreach ManagerOlivia Gaidry, Lucinda McDonald .................. Education & Library Interns

FINANCEWilliam F. Nivison ...................................................... Director of FinanceStacy Booth ..................................................Accounts Payable ManagerJoanne D’Amato ........................................................... Payroll ManagerWithumSmith+Brown, PC; Karen Kowgios........................... Accountants

HOUSE MANAGEMENTAmanda Michaud ........................................Supervising House ManagerNancy Fitzgibbon, Kathy Raczka, Molly Sullivan, Beryl W. Thorpe ...................... Assistant House ManagersBob Bennett, Joe Kaminski, David Loffredo, Paula Moriarty ......Bartenders

MARKETINGDan McMahon ...................... Director of Marketing and Public RelationsElisa G. Hale.................................................... Public Relations ManagerLori A. Cartwright ..................................................... Marketing ManagerKatherine Desjardins ...................................... Creative Content ManagerDiane Sobolewski ..................................................Official PhotographerMichael Brennan, Mollie Carey ...............................Marketing/PR Interns

TECHNOLOGYJeffrey Mays ........................................................Systems Administrator

TICKETINGCinda Abercrombie Barbuto .....................................Box Office ManagerShanna Lisitano ........................................Assistant Box Office ManagerShannon Robbins, Daniel G. Varghese, Barbara Wilkinson ...... Box Office Managers on DutyPatricia T. Backes, Mollie Carey, Dominique A. DeLuca, Maddy Evans, Emilea Gardner, Stephanie Garvey, Kailee A. Goodine, Kelly E. Johnson, David Mai, Megan Ouelette, Jennifer A. Roberts .......................................Box Office RepresentativesKathryn Micari-Miller ............................................ Group Sales ManagerWilliam Addison ..................................... Subscription Services ManagerKim Kane, Linda Misarski, Judy O’Mara ............................... Subscription Services Representatives

PRODUCTION

Erica Gilroy ............................................. Associate Production Manager

COSTUME RENTALMark Adam Rampmeyer ................................. Costume Rental ManagerDawn Barlow, Breeanna Korcak, Felia Williams, Stephanie Wooley .................. Costume Rental Assistants

COSTUMESCindy Kubala .............................................................. Costume DirectorAnna Blankenberger ............................. Costume Shop/Design AssistantStephanie Taff .......................................................Draper/Craft ManagerEmilia Corbin ...............................................................................DraperMaureen Wynne ......................................................................First HandRobert Crowley, Amy Gawthrop, Amanda Rose Smith................StitchersJohn Riccucci .....................................The Goodspeed Wardrobe MasterCorrinne Bottelsen, Amber Kuennen .....The Goodspeed Wardrobe Run CrewErica Layman ...................................Terris Theatre Wardrobe SupervisorAllison Burkholder......................................... The Goodspeed Wig Stylist

LIGHTING Will Johnson ............................................................ Lighting SupervisorL. Clay Little.................................The Goodspeed Production ElectricianLacey Barkhurst ..............................Terris Theatre Light Board Operator

PROPSRyann D. Lee ..................................................................Props ManagerTroy A. Junker ..................................................................Master ArtisanCrystal Gonzalez ...............................................................Props ArtisianWillow Watson .............................................................. Props CarpenterMatt Hennessey ................................... The Goodspeed Props Run CrewSam Williams ..........................................Terris Theatre Props Run Crew

SCENERYMatt Francis ...............................................................Technical DirectorJason Wadecki ............................................Assistant Technical DirectorJohn Cincioni .............................................................. Master CarpenterMike Cummings, Daniel Goodwin, Eric Hansen, Andy Smith ...............................................Shop CarpentersMichael Siddell ...................................................Journeyman CarpenterSean McConaughey ............................. The Goodspeed Stage Carpenter Valerie Drake ..........................................Terris Theatre Stage Carpenter

SCENIC ARTISTSCarla Tiezzi .............................................................Charge Scenic ArtistMiranda Casler .......................................................... Lead Scenic ArtistGina Smothers ............................................................Staff Scenic ArtistPatti Lizotte ...........................................................PT Staff Scenic Artist

SOUNDJay Hilton .................................................................... Audio SupervisorBecca Stoll ...........................The Goodspeed Production Audio EngineerMarisa Olson .......................... Terris Theatre Production Audio Engineer

FOR THIS PRODUCTIONLauren Widner ............................................................Assistant DirectorWhitney G-Bowley ........................................... Assistant ChoreographerSteven Royal ................................................ Associate Scenic DesignerJudy Kagel .................................................. Assistant Lighting DesignerHilary Surface .........................................................Production AssistantAllegra Sargent .........................................................Wardrobe AssistantMatt Meckes.................................................................. Music AssistantWilliam J. Thomas .......................................................Music ContractorAugust Garritano ....................................................... Directing ObserverBruce MacLeod, James Carter Pianos.........................Piano Technicians

April Chateauneuf, Kacey Skurja ....................................... Scenic Artists

Anthony Cacchione, Megan Cole, Julia Daniels, Payton Gobeille, Savannah Hamiter, Rosalind Isquith, Ally Lenihan, Ally Olinyk, Theo Pinnow, Elizabeth White ........Apprentices

Cat Foley ..........................................Elaine McKirdy Student Apprentice

SPECIAL THANKS: Costume Rental volunteers Donna Lee Gennaro, Lenore McLean, and Karen Wiswell; Megan and Bill Stine

GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFF


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Box OfficeThe Goodspeed6 Main Street, East Haddam, CT 06423-0392860.873.8668 • [email protected]

HoursMonday & Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Wednesday & Thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.Friday & Saturday: 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.Sunday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Please note: The Terris Theatre Box Office is only open 1 hour before performances. Tickest for shows at this theatre can be purchased at the Goodspeed Box Office, online, or by calling 860.873.8668.

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Infra-red Hearing System:The Goodspeed offers the Sennheiser infra-red hearing system to assist hearing-impaired patrons. Free headsets are available from the Box Office. Goodspeed Musicals gratefully acknowledges the Carol L. Sirot Foundation for underwriting.

Goodspeed Guild:The Goodspeed Guild is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting Goodspeed Musicals’ operations and productions. Since 1975 it has provided services to artists, patrons, and staff on a year-round basis, while offering its members the opportunity to become part of the behind-the-scenes activities at Goodspeed. To find out about volunteer opportunities that fit your interests and schedule, visit our website at goodspeed.org or contact Amy Campbell at 203.494.7328.

Sets, costumes, and props are designed especially for The Terris Theatre and are built in Goodspeed Musicals’ shops.

Goodspeed Musicals is a professional theatre operating under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Goodspeed Musicals is a member of The League of Resident Theatres.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

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