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Theatre on San Pedro Square29 N. San Pedro Street • Downtown San Jose

September 23 - October 16, 2016

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The Tabard TheaTre company

From Cathy Spielberger Cassetta, Artistic Director

Wlelcome to our 16th season, an exciting lineup of plays and musicals that all explore courage in some fashion, embracing that “imagination is its own form of courage.”

We are thrilled to kick off this season with the Tony award-winning musical Memphis, a show that had its birth here in the Bay Area. We are especially jazzed to be able to do this production on our brand-new stage!

We have this new stage thanks to the many generous donors who provided the financial resources, and those who built the stage from the floor up: Joe Cassetta & his team of volunteers (Harley Goes, Lina Nichols, Ken Fukui), volunteers from Cadence Design Systems, and the professionals from Case Design & Remodeling. The new stage features a sprung floor on one level, making it more comfortable for dancers, and a more uniform shape that lends itself to more imaginative and flexible staging... and, hopefully, a better theatre-watching experience for you!

For this production, the designated non-profit is Arts Angels, Tabard’s in-school arts education and mentoring program serving underserved children.

Thank you for joining us for Memphis. We look forward to having you with us throughout the season.

From Nick Nichols, Executive Director

Dear Friends: In addition to producing wonderful shows like Memphis, Tabard has always been committed to providing theatre education for underserved youth in our community. Last year, Tabard established tuition-

free after school theatre programs, for children grades K through 5, at Empire Gardens Elementary School and for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley in East San Jose. These programs were funded by a one-time grant from the Donor Circle for the Arts through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. This coming year, thanks, in part, to a grant from the San Jose Water Company, we will be able to continue and expand our programs at Empire Gardens but we still lack the needed funding for the Boys & Girls Clubs programs.

I’m hoping that supporters like you, who know the value of theatre, will consider making a donation of any size to help Tabard continue this work with these underserved children. You can make a donation on our website at http://www.tabardtheatre.org/donate.html or mail your check to Tabard Theatre, 5663 Chambertin Drive, San Jose, CA 95118. Thank you so much — and now, please enjoy Memphis.

Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietroMusic and Lyrics by David Bryan

Based on a concept by George W. George

Orchestrations by Daryl Waters and David Bryan

Originally produced on Broadway by Junkyard Dog Productions, Barbara and Buddy Freitag, and Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff, Latitude Link, Jim and Susan Blair, Demos Bizar Entertainment, Land Line Productions, Apples and Oranges Productions, Dave Copley, Dancap Productions, Inc., Alex and Katya Lukianov, Tony Ponturo, 2 Guys Productions, Richard Winkler, in association with

Lauren Doll, Eric and Marsi Gardiner, Linda and Bill Potter, Broadway Across America, Jocko Productions, Patty Baker, and Dan Frishwasser, Bob Bartner/Scott and Kayla Union,

Loraine Boyle/Chase Mishkin, Remmel T. Dickinson/Memphis Orpheum Group, Shadowcatcher Entertainment/Vijay and Sita Vashee.

Published by Theatrical Rights Worldwide

Experience the magic. Tabard.Be a part of it. Tabard.

Producer Cathy Spielberger Cassetta Assistant Producer James Creer Director Jay Manley Music Director Catherine Snider Choreographer Dottie Lester-White Dance Captain Joella Wolnik Dialect Coach Kimily Conkle Technical Director Joe Cassetta Stage Manager / Board Operator Ben Hemmen Asst. Stage Manager / Board Operator Joyce Taylor Lighting Designer Nick Nichols Sound Designer John DiLoreto Costume Designer Melissa Sanchez Assistant Costumer Marilyn Watts Costume Assistants Esther Goes, Marisa Johnson, Tristan Valiant Set Construction Eli Beals, Joe Cassetta, Harley Goes, Danny O’Connell Scenic Painters Migi Oey, Alexis Snyder Properties “propEARLYdone” by Ruth E. Stein Program Layout Barbara Reynolds

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Tabard offers its sincere and grateful appreciation to... Campbell United Methodist Church; Andy and Barbara Heninger; Earl Masuda;

Mountain Play Association - Jay Lasnik, Alligator Costume Design; Saratoga Presbyterian Church; South Bay Musical Theatre; Dave Stein;

WVLO Musical Theatre Company; and all our season subscribers, donors, sponsors, and community partners who helped make this production possible.

We apologize for any omissions due to our print deadline.

A portion of Tabard’s concession proceeds from this production will be donated to

Cast(in order of appearance)

White Disc Jockey Steven Guire Knight Black Disc Jockey Edward Clark Delray The T Felicia Farrell Janelle LaSalle Huey Calhoun Brendan Quirk Customers at Delray’s Juke Joint Edward Clark, Samantha Daisher, Christopher Denson, Yuliya Eydelnant, Marcus Gaye, Zoe Godfrey, Layce Lynne Kieu Mr. Collins Steven Guire Knight Clara Barbara Heninger Wailin’ Joe Edward Clark Store Customers Eddie Gilbert, Mike Hugill, Ruth E. Stein, Joella Wolnik White Teenage Girl Joella Wolnik Bobby Anthone Jackson Gator Tarif Pappu Three Station Managers Eddie Gilbert Mr. Simmons Mike Hugill Buck Wiley Steven Guire Knight “Everybody Wants to be Black” Trio Edward Clark, Christopher Denson, Marcus Gaye White Teenage Boy on Phone Eddie Gilbert White Teenage Girl on Phone Joella Wolnik White Mother Barbara Heninger White Father Steven Guire Knight Gladys “Mama” Calhoun Ruth E. Stein Rev. Calvin Hobson Edward Clark Gospel Singers Edward Clark, Samantha Daisher, Christopher Denson, Yuliya Eydelnant, Marcus Gaye, Zoe Godfrey, Layce Lynne Kieu Frank Dryer Eddie Gilbert Felicia’s “Someday” Back-up Singers Samantha Daisher, Yuliya Eydelnant, Zoe Godfrey White Thugs Steven Guire Knight, Eddie Gilbert, Mike Hugill Television Stage Manager Barbara Heninger Assistant Stage Manager Eddie Gilbert Gordon Grant Steven Guire Knight Ethel Layce Lynne Kieu Featured Dancers Edward Clark, Christopher Denson, Yuliya Eydelnant, Eddie Gilbert, Zoe Godfrey, Joella Wolnik

There will be a 15-minute intermission.

Explore new horizons. Tabard.Journey of the heart. Tabard.

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Scenes and Musical NumbersAct One

Scene 1: A disc jockey boothUnderground ................................................................ Delray, Felicia, and ClubgoersThe Music of My Soul.......................................................Huey, Felicia, and Clubgoers

Scene 2: Collins Department Store, a couple of weeks laterScratch My Itch ...................................................................Wailin’ Joe and Customers

Scene 3: Delray’s Night Club, that nightAin’t Nothin’ But a Kiss .................................................................................... Felicia

Scene 4: Streets of MemphisHello, My Name Is Huey...................................................................................... HueyEverybody Wants to Be Black on a Saturday Night ....................................Men’s Trio

Scene 5; The Calhoun home, later that weekThat’s Not Possible .......................... Buck Wiley, Mr. Simmons, Bobby, and TeenagersEverybody Wants to Be Black on a Saturday Night 2 .................................Men’s TrioMake Me Stronger .......................................................Felicia, Huey, Gladys, and Choir

Scene 6: A disc jockey booth

Scene 7: The Calhoun home, a month later

Scene 8: An alley outside Huey’s homeColored Woman .................................................................................Felicia and Huey

Scene 9: A disc jockey boothSomeday ........................................................................... Felicia and her backup trioShe’s My Sister ...................................................................................Delray and HueyAin’t Nothin’ but a Kiss (reprise)..................................................................... Felicia

Scene 10: A street in Memphis, several months laterRadio ............................................................................................ Huey and Company

Scene 11: Beale StreetSay a Prayer ...................................................................................Gator and Company

Act Two

Scene 1: A television studio, several months laterCrazy Little Huey ............................................................................Huey and DancersBig Love ........................................................................................................... Bobby

Scene 2: Huey’s living roomLove Will Stand When All Else Falls .................................. Felicia and her backup trio

Scene 3: A television studio, several months laterStand Up ..........................................Felicia, Huey, Delray, Bobby, Gator, and Company

Scene 4: TV studio dressing room, a couple of weeks laterChange Don’t Come Easy .........................................Gladys, Delray, Gator, and Bobby

Scene 5: TV studio, ten minutes laterScratch My Itch (reprise) ...........................................................................Wailin’ JoeTear Down the House .....................................................................Huey and Dancers

Scene 6: Dressing room backstage, moments laterLove Will Stand When All Else Falls (reprise) ....................................Huey and Felicia

Scene 7: TV setMemphis Lives in Me .................................................................... Huey and Company

Scene 8: A cramped, dingy TV studio, four years later.Steal Your Rock ‘n’ Roll ....................................................Felicia, Huey, and Company

Musicians

Catherine Snider, Conductor / Keyboard 1

Doug Forsyth, Keyboard 2

Ian Earley, Bass

Tim Roberts, Guitar

Tom Wieske / Bruce Campbell, Percussion

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Edward Clark (Ensemble) is thrilled to be in his first Tabard Theatre show. In the past four years he has been given the opportunity to sing background for musical artists such as Journey and Josh Groban. He has also appeared on Oxygen’s original series Fix My Choir, hosted by Michelle Williams and Deitrick Haddon. Currently Edward is a student at San Jose State University, where he is earning his B.F.A. in Animation/Illustration.

Samantha Daisher (Ensemble) is enjoying her first production with Tabard Theatre. She is fairly newly arrived in California from Ohio; she moved here to pursue her acting and singing. She has been a part of numerous musicals, plays, and choirs. Since moving, she has booked a few commercials, some movie extra work, and is a part of a murder mystery dinner theater. She hopes to continue to add to her résumé and is excited to be a part of Memphis!

Christopher Denson (Ensemble) couldn’t be more excited to be performing for the first time on the Tabard Stage. He is currently a senior at Santa Clara University studying theater and business. He was recently seen in WVLO Musical Theatre’s production of Footloose as Garvin. Other appearances include Calvin in the staged world premiere of Larissa Fasthorse’s play What Would Crazy Horse Do? at SCU, and as an ensemble member for SCU’s In the Heights. In the future, he hopes to keep performing in and around the Bay Area.

Yuliya Eydelnant (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be in Tabard’s Memphis! Recent credits include Rock of Ages (Featured Dancer/Ensemble) at Center Repertory Company, West Side Story (Rosalia) and The Rocky Horror Show (Featured Dancer) at City Lights Theater Company, Man of La Mancha (Flamenco Choreographer/Flamenco Dancer/Fermina) at Los Altos Stage, Urinetown (Soupy Sue) at Cabrillo Stage, In The Heights (Yolanda/Principal Dancer/Assistant Choreographer) at Palo Alto Players, and Rent (Mimi Marquez) at United Kingdom Roehampton Players.

Marcus Gaye (Ensemble) has been performing on stage since the age of eight. Memphis will be Marcus’s 38th show overall, and his first with Tabard Theatre. Some favorite past roles include TJ (Sister Act), Sonny (Grease), and Max Detweiler (Sound of Music), all at Children’s Musical Theater San Jose. Marcus also performed in Super Bowl 50 with Milpitas High School, where he is currently a senior. Marcus hopes you enjoy the show!

Director’s Notes

When I was asked to direct Memphis for Tabard, my first thought was: How do we squeeze this great, big, glitzy Broadway spectacle onto Tabard’s intimate corner stage — a performing space with no “flies” (overhead) and almost no off-stage “wings”? I had seen this fabulous 2010 Tony-winning “Best Musical” in New York and felt a little awed at the challenge. But then I read the script and listened to the score. This process is always illuminating, because it reveals the “bones” of the show, minus the bells and whistles — the basic material you will have to work with. And in this case, my doubts were erased. Memphis contains a solid and moving story, and though mostly fictionalized, that story has great truth. And it was a story I was eager to be a part of the telling. So my hope was that in the intimacy of the Tabard staging, stripped of Broadway razzmatazz, the story would shine through and be a moving and even instructive experience for our audiences. To that end, we have chosen to keep the cast, many of whom double in multiple roles, on stage throughout most of the show, both as observers and story-tellers.

“Courage” is the theme of Tabard’s 2016 - 17 season, and “courage” epitomizes the very heart of this play. Memphis, the City, in the 1950s, like most of America, was a bastion of racial prejudice. It was also, quite literally, the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll. Those who tried to desegregate popular music in that environment were courageous indeed.

In our play, a white record producer asks Felicia, an African-American singer, “Have you ever sung this new music, this rock ‘n’ roll?” To which she responds, “Sure. All rock ‘n’ roll is is negro blues sped up.” In the 50s, rejecting the vanilla melodies of Pat Boone and Patti Page, white teens were irresistibly drawn to the driving, rhythmic, and more overtly sexual sounds of Elvis Presley and others, who had effectively adopted black rhythm and blues for their hugely popular, “white” songs. The stories of white singers making a fortune “covering” songs originally created by black artists are legion. And in our play, when the white disc jockey Huey describes the black music he loves as “…the music of my soul,” Delray, owner of the juke joint where he features the singing of his very talented sister Felicia, responds, “It ain’t the music of your soul, baby. It’s the music of my soul. And my soul don’t want your soul stealin’ none of my music.” So, Memphis recounts an important part of America’s popular music history.

In Memphis, out of a shared passion for African-American rhythm-and-blues, two people, from different races and cultural expectations, share a dangerous and explosive relationship, straining every accepted norm. It takes enormous courage to buck such pressures, and Felicia’s and Huey’s journey is the spine of our play.

We hope you enjoy our production of Memphis, with the wish that this up-close-and-intimate presentation brings you illumination and pleasure.

And as our Huey is fond of saying, “Hockadoo!” - Jay Manley

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Eddie Gilbert (Ensemble) is thrilled to return for his fifth show with Tabard Theatre. His previous Tabard productions include roles in 10 in 10: Perspective, Tin Pan Alley Rag, The Elves and the Shoemaker, and the Conservatory@Tabard youth mentorship production of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. Eddie’s devotion to theatre extends offstage as well; he works as a professional stagehand when he isn’t busy singing and dancing!

Zoe Godfrey-Grinage (Ensemble) has been a part of many productions around the Bay Area. A graduate of Oakland School for the Arts, she has been a part of musicals such as Hairspray, playing Little Inez, and Les Misérables playing Madame Thénardier. She has also appeared in Charlotte’s Web playing The Little Lamb and Cyrano de Bergerac as Lise. Zoe is so excited to be a part of this year’s production of Memphis and hopes the audience enjoys it.

Barbara Heninger (Ensemble) is excited to work with Jay Manley and the creative team at Tabard. Favorite recent roles: Electra in Gypsy and Prudy in Hairspray (South Bay Musical Theatre), Mrs. Dubose in To Kill a Mockingbird (Hillbarn), Andrew McNair in the all-female 1776 (Tabard), and Roz in 9 to 5 (WVLO Musical Theatre). She’s also performed at Foothill Musical Theatre and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, where this summer she got to shout, “Beware the Ides of March!” She is a technical writer when not performing in local theater.

Mike Hugill (Simmons/White Man) is honored to be part of this tremendous story of how a Memphis DJ could have such an amazing impact on rock and roll’s introduction! Back for his second show with Tabard, Mike has also performed with South Bay Musical Theatre, WVLO Musical Theatre Company, and Tada Productions. Since retiring, Mike spends time with grandkids, collector cars, golf, and his wife, Debi, with whom he just celebrated his third anniversary after having been reunited with her at a high school reunion.

Anthone Jackson (Bobby) is blessed to be returning to Tabard to bring such an incredible story to life at a time like this. Recent productions include To Kill a Mockingbird (Tom Robinson), African-American Shakespeare Company’s Cinderella (Prince Charming), Violet (Flick), The Color Purple (Mister), and Dreamgirls (Curtis). When not acting, Anthone enjoys singing with church choirs and doing background vocals for amazing artists; during the week he works as a therapist with awesome students. For updates: www.facebook.com/AnthoneOnStage or Twitter: @durellmusic

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Layce Lynne Kieu (Ensemble) has performed in numerous stage productions: at Inglewood Playhouse in the original production of Grandpa’s Truth (Pam Curry), TheatreWorks in Big River (Ensemble), Rude Guerrilla Theater in Women Behind Bars (Jo-Jo), and Northside Theatre in Romeo and Juliet (Nurse) and Bus Stop (Cherie). Ms. Kieu’s film and TV appearances include 90210, Getting By, and Over the Top, and she was a featured soloist for “What Shall I Do” on the gospel album His Love.

Steven Guire Knight (Ensemble) is delighted to return to Tabard after last season’s Death Takes a Holiday (Fidele). Cabrillo Stage: Urinetown (Senator Fipp), Oliver! (Mr. Brownlow), Lunch (Robert Lerner), and Anything Goes (Henry T. Dobson). Jewel Theatre: Enter the Guardsman (Wigs). Ex Machina (Minnesota): authentic baroque opera recreations of Handel’s Giulio Cesare (Curio) and Scarlatti’s Cunegonda (Aladino). Choral work: ensemble Sequentia (medieval music study), the Rose Ensemble (founding member), the Dale Warland Singers, and currently with Ariose Singers.

Janelle LaSalle (Felicia), a Bay Area native, is delighted to be making her Tabard Theatre debut in Memphis. Credits include Chicago (Velma Kelly) with Palo Alto Players, Dreamgirls (Deena Jones) with Broadway by the Bay, and the world premiere musical Bridges (Francine) with Berkeley Playhouse. As a professional recording artist, Janelle had produced two original albums. Her music has been featured on national radio and television. Next, Janelle stars as Belle in the Berkeley Playhouse production of Beauty and the Beast. More information at www.janellelasalle.net.

Tarif Pappu (Gator), age 22, is a student at Foothill College and is very excited to be making his Tabard debut. He was most recently seen as Will in American Idiot at City Lights Theatre Company, and as Bat Boy in Los Altos Stage Company’s production of Bat Boy: The Musical. Some other past roles include Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde and Donkey in Shrek The Musical. He loves to play guitar and hopes to play in a band in the near future.

Brendan Quirk (Huey) is very excited to perform for the first time at Tabard Theatre! Performing since high school, he received a B.A. in theatre arts with a minor in music from Cal State Long Beach. Past credits include Company (Robert), Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus), and Urinetown (Bobby Strong) at Coastal Rep; West Side Story (Tony) at Broadway By the Bay; and Buddy: the Buddy Holly Story (Tommy Allsop) at Sierra Rep. Brendan thanks his family for their constant support, and his wonderful wife Ivy for always believing in him. Hockadoo!

Ruth E. Stein (Gladys) has performed extensively in the Bay Area for over five decades. Favorite roles at Tabard are: Ben Franklin in the all-female 1776, and the six different characters she portrayed in Violet. Other favorites: Sister Robert Anne in Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class, Mama Rose in Gypsy, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, and Miss Hannigan in Annie. RuthE will be playing John Hancock in 1776 at South Bay Musical Theatre in January/February and Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir next April at Limelight Actors’ Theatre in Gilroy.

The T (Delray) says that, from birth, he has enjoyed every aspect of the arts and is working on doing what he can to make his mark. This performer, writer/lyricist, and new model has worked here in California, New York, and Hungary, in more than 25 different shows, and he prays that his passion will flourish in both countries and more. “Shout out to YUPP Org, John Casablancas / MTM, and all my loved ones (a Magyarok is).”

Joella Wolnik (Ensemble, Dance Captain) is ecstatic to be performing with so many wonderful and talented people in this, her first Tabard show! Joella moved to the Bay Area at the beginning of this year after completing her bachelor’s degree in musical theater performance. Most recently, Joella appeared in the ensemble of The Boy From Oz with Landmark Musical Theater in San Francisco. She would like to thank God, her husband, her family, and the whole Tabard company. Enjoy!

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Bruce Campbell (Percussion) returns for his third Tabard production. Tabard audiences will know him from his many performances with Nineteen Jazz Orchestra.

Cathy Spielberger Cassetta (Producer) is a theatre/television veteran and entrepreneur who created/produced/co-hosted the weekly TV program Theater This Week in the 1990s before founding Tabard in 2001. She has created and/or written and directed a handful of productions for Tabard, including the most recent Homeward Bound: An Orphan Train Journey. In her non-theatre time, Cathy teaches yoga for seniors at Joint Venture Churches in Almaden and in The Sea Ranch.

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Joe Cassetta (Technical Director) continues to lead Tabard’s technical team, which he has done since the company was founded in 2001. With a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University, Joe’s steady and skilled leadership has led to Tabard’s increased ability to explore and expand what we do technically.

Kimily Conkle (Dialect Coach) is delighted to return to Tabard after coaching for Violet and Homeward Bound. She has coached 17 shows for TheatreWorks, notably the world premiere of Memphis. She also coaches at Broadway by the Bay, Hillbarn Theatre, Stanford University, and Harker Conservatory. Kimily has performed at TheatreWorks, San Jose Stage, PCPA Theaterfest, Western Stage, the Plush Room, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A former theatre arts instructor at Foothill College, she received her training from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, American Conservatory Theater, and Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts.

James Creer (Assistant Producer) is familiar to Tabard audiences from outstanding on-stage performances in Crowns; I Do, I Do; Tuesdays with Morrie; The Duke, The Count, And Me; Babes in Hollywood; Looking Over the President’s Shoulder; The Tin Pan Alley Rag; Bandstand Beat; Driving Miss Daisy; Stompin’ at the Savoy; and Lady, Be Good. James also has starred in Mack & Mabel, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Ragtime, and Finian’s Rainbow for South Bay Musical Theatre, as well as many productions with Campbell United Methodist Church. He received his musical education at Sam Houston State University.

John DiLoreto (Sound Designer) is Tabard’s chief audio engineer and has designed sound for many Tabard shows as well as for TheatreWorks, City Lights, South Bay Musical Theatre, WVLO Musical Theatre, Sunnyvale Community Players, and various clubs and bands for over 30 years. He is also a former record producer, recording studio owner, and keyboardist in numerous rock bands and in theatre orchestras. While at M.I.T. he studied acoustics with Professor Bose, and he holds a M.Eng. from U.C. Berkeley and an M.B.A. from Stanford. By day, he is Tabard’s operations director.

Ian Earley (Bass) returns for his third Tabard show, following Starting Here, Starting Now and Death Takes a Holiday.

Doug Forsyth (Keyboard) has a bachelor’s degree in music and works by day as a software engineer. His most recent musical theater orchestra performances include The Little Mermaid, Jr. (Sunnyvale Community Players), Les Misérables (Peninsula Youth Theatre), and Kiss Me, Kate (South Bay Musical Theatre). This is his third performance at Tabard, after playing for I Do! I Do! and Violet.

Ben Hemmen (Stage Manager, Board Operator) returns to Tabard for another show set on Beale Street, having worked with the company last year on Violet. In between, he had shows with City Lights (Tigers Be Still) and Palo Alto Players (Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike). He thinks perhaps if he works on a third show set on that street, he might have to go to Memphis and experience it live. Questions and comments can be sent to ben@hemmen.com.

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Dottie Lester-White (Choreographer) returns to Tabard having previously choreographed Violet; Babes in Hollywood; A Taffeta Wedding; Lady, Be Good; Stompin’ at the Savoy; and Follies Concert Version. Other choreography credits include such companies as American Musical Theatre of San Jose, San Jose Stage, Foothill Music Theatre, and South Bay Musical Theatre. As a performer, Dottie’s Broadway credits include No, No, Nanette with Ruby Keeler and Coco with Katharine Hepburn. National tours include Hello, Dolly!; Cabaret; Mame; and No, No, Nanette.

Jay Manley (Director) is delighted to return to Tabard, having directed Violet and Miracle on 34th Street. Jay is an award-winning director whose musicals and plays throughout the Bay Area have garnered numerous nods from the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Theatre Bay Area, and Dean Goodman “Choice” Awards. For 30 years with his spouse Vance Martin, Jay has led popular theatre tours to New York, Ashland, and other major theatre production centers, through their company, New York Theatre Tour: www.nytheatretour.com. Next up for Jay: a return to the 4,000-seat Mountain Play, high atop Mount Tamalpais, with Beauty and the Beast next May/June. Special thanks to this outstanding community of artists who have created Memphis.

Nick Nichols (Lighting Designer), Tabard’s executive director, is also the resident lighting consultant for Tabard and Theatre on San Pedro Square, designing lighting for many of Tabard’s productions since he joined Tabard in 2014. Before moving into arts management, Nick spent 20 years working as a lighting designer and/or technical director for Villanova Summer Shakespeare, Princess Cruise Lines, Ballet San Jose, and American Musical Theatre of San Jose. Nick holds an M.F.A. in technical direction/lighting design from Temple University and has taught lighting and technical theatre at Santa Clara University, San Jose State, and U.C. Santa Cruz.

Tim Roberts (Guitar) is pleased to be a part of Memphis, his first Tabard production.

Melissa Sanchez (Costume Designer) received her B.A. in technical theater/costume design from San Francisco State. Productions there included Chess, A Streetcar Named Desire, Barber of Seville, Spring Awakening, and Tartuffe. Other work includes References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, Wallflower, and La Llorona. She recently costumed West Side Story and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for City Lights. She returns to Tabard this season as resident assistant costumer; she costumed Crowns, Swift Justice, and Miracle on 34th Street and assisted with costumes for Death Takes a Holiday and I Do, I Do!

Catherine Snider (Music Director, Conductor) returns for her second Tabard show, though this is her 22nd show with Jay Manley! Catherine has musical-directed all over the Bay Area; she has received nine Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle nominations and is honored to have won four. She has also received eight Dean Goodman awards. Catherine works at The Harker School, and serves as music director for the shows produced by school’s Conservatory, an award-winning group that has taken three shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Ruth E. Stein (Properties), when not on stage, runs her own properties design and set dressing business, “propEARLYdone.” She has received several Silicon Valley Small Theatre Awards and Theatre Bay Area awards/nominations for her props and set designs, as well as for her onstage work.

Joyce Taylor (Assistant Stage Manager, Board Operator) stage-managed Tabard’s Crowns, Swift Justice, and Miracle on 34th Street and appeared in Homeward Bound and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Joyce has been part of Cathedral of Faith’s World of Arts ministry for 20 years, where she has performed in a variety of roles from narrator to demon. For the last 10 years, she has been the Drama Ministry Director where she directs and manages Christmas and Easter productions, dramas, and scripture readings.

Marilyn Watts (Assistant Costumer) has been Tabard’s resident costume designer since the company’s second season and designed the costumes for the award-winning Trying. Marilyn is also Tabard’s audience services director and is costumer for several theatre/dance companies. What brings an even bigger smile to her is anything related to I Love Lucy.

Tom Wieske (Percussion)returns for his second Tabard show. He is also the percussionist for Nineteen Jazz Orchestra.

David Bryan (Music and Lyrics) is a Grammy® Award-winning keyboard player and founding member of Bon Jovi. Over the past 26 years the band has sold more than 130 million records; their recent Lost Highway tour was the #1 grossing tour in the world. David and Joe DiPietro have also co-written the award-winning musical The Toxic Avenger, currently playing at New World Stages. David is a National Spokesperson for VH1’s Save The Music program. Much Love to Lexi, Colton, Gabby, Lily and my family.

Joe DiPietro (Book and Lyrics) has won two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Broadway credits include Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tony nominations for Best Book, Best Musical), Memphis (Tony winner for Best Book, Best Score, Best Musical), All Shook Up, and Living on Love. Off-Broadway: Clever Little Lies; The Toxic Avenger; The Thing About Men; Over the River and Through the Woods; and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. He sits on the board of Only Make Believe, a charity dedicated to bringing interactive, therapeutic theatre to chronically ill children.

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Dot DowlingSheri DoyleChristine DriedgerHarry DurrieBob & Becky

DurstenfeldJulie EasleyStephen & Linda

EckstoneMuria EgleshaNuria EgleshaElaine ElkinCarol & Ken EmmonsCyril & Didi EstyBarbara FairliePhyllis FaxonSusan FeachenSusie & Jerry

FergusonThomas & Connie

FernandesSusan Karen

FettchenhauerRosemary FinnertyJanet FischerGeorge & Gilda

ForresterClaudia FrenchAnna FurneriNancy GirtonEsther & Harley GoesAmy GriffithNaomi Grubb &

Steven LinhoffAlain & Elizabeth

GuichardLucy Haab & Larry

CarothersGreg & Bunny HackerDiana HallPhyllis HallDori & Bud HambletonCharles & Nancy

HarperJoe HartmanMarilyn Hasler &

Norman Shapiro Bruce & Carol HawleySusan Hayes Marie HeadleyCharles & Shirley

HegerRich Hemmerling &

Marj MancusoKay HendersonDoug Hendricks &

Kathy WhiteKathleen Herrington

Jack & Barbara Hewett

Kathy HigginsLoretta HiligRichard & Lynn

HillebrechtBarbara HoffPatricia HoustonMarjorie HowardKristy & Norma

HughesPeg HylbertPatricia JacksonRoss & Marilyn

JacksonBernita JohnstonGrace JohnstonWilkes JoyJerry & Janice KeiferElaine KeiserShirley KellerJim & Ann KiltyRobert & Clare LandryArdella LaPointeNatalie LasherGary & Susan

LatshawDon & Carol LaucellaLarry & Jill LauroBruce & Pearl

LawsonHank & Marcia

LawsonJohn & Mary Ann

LemonsNancy LeonardDaphne LesterNicole LetellierRobert & Carol LewisCarol LittletonLinda LoewAnnette LorenzBobbi LotmanAndrew & Christina

Lowd‘Peggy’ Margaret

LundieGeorge & Thomasene

LuzzattiJoan MackayRichard & Jeanne

MacKieMayvid MaclayDonna MarenciaRon & Carol MarksTerry MartinDoris MartinezLarry Martinson &

Maxine AmundsonAustin MarxDon Masuda

William McCraw & Janet Muscio

David & Claire McFeely

Darin & Michelle McGrew

David & Helen McGuigan

Linda McMullenMichael & Peggy

McNuttScott & Deb McQueenVirginia MearsTheresa MeditchBob & Karol MeeksJanet MillerLarry & Susan MillerArline MixMarti MordecaiDoreen MorganJo Ann MoritzHelene MorleyCarol NeillElaine NelsonNancy NelsonMichele NeuhausEd & Carol NeumannRichard & Grace

O’LearyJoseph & Pamela

OliverioCathleen OrlowskiCarol PalmerLes & Louise PerssonJill PeterJoanne PeytonJim & Adrianne

PhippsLarine PitcherMargo PizzoSandra PlymireLilly PumphreyCarol ReberSuzanne RegulJames & Ginny RoachLawrence & Monica

RobenHugh Roberts &

Kathleen ShawNancy Roberts-CollinsRaul & Cathy RochaAgnes RogersLinda RomanoRobert & Jenny RossSuzanne

RostamizadehJohn & Victoria RubboJay RubensteinKarin RumstedtToni RusichConnie Samples

Donna SanchezBob & Winnie

SchlossareckDale & Diane

SchoutenPaula SchulteJerry & Elaine ShafferDebra ShahmirzaRichard & Masel

SheehanJerry SilvaJoe & Carol SilveriaPieter & Jacqueline

SmithFred & Marion

SotcherCaroline SpanglerDick & Joan SpencerJohn & Sally StallardCraig & Kathy

SutherlandMartin & Julia TalmonMarvin & Ina TannerPatricia TappanTony & Diane TaylorDana & Lynn

TimbrookPeter & Kathy TobiasJack & Lillian TrageserLane & Nancy

TronsonCarol TurnerJohn & Claudia UngerJim & Grace VaccaroJoseph & Elaine

VargaJoan WagnerMike & Laurie WarnerMitsu WasanoDonald & Gloria

WeddingtonMelanie WeilLoretta WelchJudy WestMaureen WestDave & Carolyn

WestcottMerryle & Marilyn

WieseDennis & Marianne

WilcoxAna WilliamsTed & Marianne

WilliamsConnie WolffPaddy WraySue YoshidaJerry & Kay YoungRichard & Sharon

ZechesRobert Zeiher

Bring your imagination; we’ll do the rest. Tabard. Experience infinite possibilities. Tabard.

The Tabard TheaTre companyfriendS of Tabard

2016 – 2017 SeasonPartnering through Donations and Grants

Executive Director Nick Nichols Founder and Artistic Director Cathy Spielberger Cassetta Operations Director John DiLoreto Associate Artistic Directors Doug Baird, Charlynn Knighton, Josie Burgin Lawson, Leslie Lloyd Resident Music Director Samuel Cisneros Audience Services Director Marilyn Watts Marketing / Communications Director Ed Sengstack Engagement Coordinator Irene Trapp Social Media Advisor Ruby Stone (StoneMediaConsulting.com) TOSPS Guest Company Liaison Jeanie Burgess Designated Nonprofit Liaison Edie Fehling Technical Director Joe Cassetta Production Associate James Creer Lighting Consultant Nick Nichols Head Audio Engineer John DiLoreto Costume Designer Marilyn Watts Assistant Costume Designers Amy Roberts, Melissa Sanchez TOSPS Mixologist Josh Salans Web Master Betty Gott Graphic Artist Kymberli Brady (sanjosestock.com) Tabard Logo Don Barnes (cellarideas.com) TOSPS Logo Mike English Tabard Website Gott Design? (gottdesign.net) Tabard Buttons Harley Goes

Sherry Bevis, Clare Moore Landry, Andrew Lowd, Christy Lowd, Suzanne Rostamizadeh

Tabard Audience Advisory Panel (TAAP)

Board of Directors

Karen AdkinsNancy Jo BankoGwendolyn BarryMark BaushkeMike BergkampSusan BigelowFrank & Karen BowerKathy J. BullockRaymond & Patricia BurleighMartha BurnsKaren CarterBrenda CorralDave DaviarJane DeckerVictoria Deggs & Howard TaubKaren DeHartMinnette DiamondSkeeter & Christine DriedgerKen & Carol EmmonsFrank FarrisJerry & Susie FergusonThomas & Connie FernandesSusan Karen FettchenhauerJanet FischerAmy GriffithLucy HaabCharles Nancy HarperHugh HarrisKathleen HerringtonKathy HigginsBrian HungerfordSuzette JacksonTammy & Jeff JanosikPriscilla JereElizabeth JonesRose KakimotoJerry & Janice KeiferArleen KlugerDon & Carol LaucellaBruce & Pearl LawsonJohn & Mary Ann LemonsNicole LetellierLisa, Gabi & Veronica LopezBobbi LotmanMegan LovelaceAndrew & Christina LowdKathleen LuckRon & Carol MarksDoris MartinezLarry MartinsonAnthony MastrobertoWilliam McCraw & Janet MuscioDavid & Claire McFeelySheila McGann-TiedtMichael & Peggy McNuttDeb McQueen

Theresa C. MeditchBob & Karol MeeksMarti MordecaiTina MorrillNancy A. NelsonMichele Neuhaus &

Ardella LaPointeDoug NewtonCatalina & Nick NicholsRichard & Grace O’LearyJill M. PeterSuzanne RegulRobert & Betty RenferGary & Vanessa ResslerLaura RichardsonRobert & Jenny RossIn honor of Norman Shapero Lynn SheehySusan SilverEleanor SmithPieter & Jacqueline SmithSue SmithFred & Marion SotcherCaroline SpanglerJohn SparacinoJack & Sally StallardCraig & Kathy SutherlandMarvin & Ina TannerTony & Diane TaylorH. James TellefsonGeorgina ThompsonJack & Lillian TrageserLane & Nancy TronsonBetty TurnerJoan WagnerBenjamin WalterMike & Laurie WarnerMitsu WasanoCharlene WatkinsMelanie WeilLoretta Welch Judy WestDave & Carolyn WestcottMerryle & Marilyn WieseTed & Marianne WilliamsJerry & Kay YoungRobert ZeiherAnonymous

In-Kind DonationsJack C. BorokKathy BullockJoe & Cathy CassettaVictor & Beverly Clifford Shirley ConnorVicky Deggs

Esther & Harley GoesHank & Marcia Lawson Dottie Lester-WhiteRobert LewisDarin McGrewNick & Catalina NicholsGrace VaccaroAFK Gamer LoungeCadence Design SystemsCity Lights Theater Company Gingerbread on the Go Hotel DeAnzaJoseph George WinesLos Altos Stage Company Pat Paulsen Vineyards San Francisco Giants San Jose Stage CompanySan Jose Symphonic ChoirSouth Bay Musical TheatreSymphony Silicon Valley West Valley Light Opera

Arts Education DonationsJanet MillerPauline MooreSeunghee SonGwendolyne WagnerSan Jose Water Company

New Stage DonationsFarrington Historical FoundationMelissa Greer – CAFN8RX.comMarcia & Hank LawsonMcEnery FamilyMarvin & Ina TannerCASE Design/RemodelingPine Cone LumberAnonymous

Matching GrantsAdobeDeVos Institute General ElectricGoogleIBMIntel Microsoft

Grants City of San Jose Office of Cultural

AffairsDeVos Institute Knight FoundationSilicon Valley CreatesThe Donor Circle for the Arts - Silicon

Valley Community Foundation

President Joe Cassetta Vice President Rich Hemmerling Treasurer Keith Thomas Secretary Jack Borok Members Harriet Arnold, Niki Canotas, Vicky Deggs, Robert Lewis, Darin McGrew, Nick Nichols, Grace Vaccaro Board Member Emeritus Cathy Spielberger Cassetta, Founder Recording Secretary Marj Mancuso

Thank you for joining our journey. We apologize for any omissions due to our print deadline.

Time well spent. Tabard. Let the good times roll. Tabard.

‘tab’ard: \’tab- erd also -ärd\ n: 1. An ancient London inn featured in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, from which pilgrims began their journey to Canterbury Cathedral and at which the innkeeper offered a free meal to the best storyteller. 2. A tunic worn by a knight over his armor and emblazoned with his sovereign’s arms. 3. The name appropriated by numerous contemporary collegiate literary fraternities. 4. A dynamic and imaginative theatre company in Silicon Valley, CA

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Administrative Office: 5663 Chambertin Drive San Jose, CA 95118408-979-0231

nick@tabardtheatre.org www.tabardtheatre.org

Our Mission Statement: Tabard’s mission is to provide enlightening theatre experiences which are appropriate and affordable for audiences of all ages. We champion new works, innovative interpretations, and unique plays rarely produced. Tabard is an inclusive environment where the community can participate in every area of the plays, musicals, educational programs, and music concerts we produce. With a focus on altruism, Tabard reaches out to the under-served, such as the blind/visually impaired and children in low-income areas, and donates a portion of each production’s concession proceeds to a designated local charity.

A 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation

Executive Director: Nick Nichols Founder, Artistic Director: Cathy Spielberger Cassetta