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CIVIC THEATREJuly 6-11,2010

Work light ProductionsExecutive Producer, Stephen Gabriel

presents

The Broadway Musical

Music and Lyrics by

Robert lopez and Jeff MarxBook by

Jeff WhittyBased on an Original Concept by

Robert lopez and Jeff Marx

with

Kcrri Brackin Nigel Jamaal Clark Brent Michael DiRoma Jacqueline Grabois

Tim Kornblum Julianna Lee Michael Liscio, Jr.

Charles M. Baskerville Ashley Eileen Bucknam Ben Hart Zach Trimmer

Puppets Conceived and Designed by

Rick Lyon

Set Design

Anna LouizosCostume Design

Mirena RadaLighting Design

Howell BinkleySound Design

Jon Westonin association with Lew Mead

Animation Design Incidental MusicProduction Supervision

Robert LopezGary AdlerRhys Williams

Company Manager

Head CarpenterTour Marketing

Susan L. BrumleyMike EastAllied Live

Production Stage Manager

Musical DirectorAssociate Director

Candace HemphillMichael McAsseyEvan Ensign

Orchestrations and Arrangements by

Stephen Oremus

Choreographer

Ken Roberson

Directed by

Jason Moore

Music Supervisor

Andrew Graham

Casting

Cindy Tolan & Adam Caldwell

Producer

Nancy Gabriel

Exclusive Tour Direction: The Booking Group

Avenue 0 was supported by a residency and public staged reading at the 2002 O'Neill Music Theater Conference

of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT.

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CAST

KERRIBRACKIN

NIGEL JAMAAL BRENT MICHAEL JACQUELINECLARK DiROMA GRABOIS

TIMKORNBLUM

JULIANNALEE

MICHAEL

LISCIO, JR.

CHARLES M. ASHLEY EILEENBASKERVILLE BUCKNAM

BEN ZACHHART TRIMMER

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(in order of appearance)

Princeton, Rod BRENT MICHAEL DiROMABrian TIM KORNBLUM

Kate Monster, Lucy & others JACQUELINE GRABOISNicky, Trekkie Monster, Bear & others MICHAEL LISCIO, JR.Christmas Eve JULIANN A LEE

Gary Coleman NIGEL JAMAAL CLARKMrs. T., Bear & others KERRI BRACKINEnsemble CHARLES M. BASKERVILLE,

ASHLEY EILEEN BUCKNAM,BEN HART, ZACH TRIMMER

Place: an outer borough of New York CityTime: the present

THERE WILL BE ONE J 5-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specificannouncement is made at the time of the appearance.

for Princeton/Rod-CHARLES M. BASKERVILLE, BEN HART,ZACH TRIMMER

for Brian-BEN HART, ZACH TRIMMERfor Kate Monster/Lucy-KERRI BRACKIN, ASHLEY EILEEN BUCKNAM

for Nicky/Trekkie/Bear-CHARLES M. BASKERVILLE, BEN HART,ZACH TRIMMER

for Mrs. T./Bear-ASHLEY EILEEN BUCKNAMfor Christmas Eve-ASHLEY EILEEN BUCKNAM

for Gary Coleman-CHARLES M. BASKERVILLE, ZACH TRIMMER

DANCE CAPTAINIPUPPET COACH-ZACH TRIMMER

AVENUE Q BAND

Conductor/Keyboard - MICHAEL McASSEYAssociate Conductor/Keyboard 2- BRENDAN WHITINGReeds-MAX ROBINSON, Drums-JAMIE GARRETT

Bass-PETER ROZE, Guitars-BEN HERZICK

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KERR! BRACKIN (Mrs. T, Bear & others).National tour: Hairspray (Amber/Penny u/s).Regional includes Hula Hoop (Suzie), TheGoodbye Girl (Lucy), Annie, Charlie Brown(Sally), Gypsy (June). Received her BA fromUniversity of Oklahoma, attended OU LawSchool, and got her M.S. from PACE inPsychology. Many thanks to the Tolan office,Price Group, Molly, and VP! For Alii (W.T.OA).

NIGEL JAMAAL CLARK (Gary Coleman)

feels indescribably blessed to be living onAvenue Q, after competing in last year'sSpelling Bee. All my love to my family, foralways nagging at me to persevere. A specialshout out to Adam Caldwell, Evan Ensign,and Work Light for this opportunity. PraiseJesus, who makes the impossible possible!

BRENT MICHAEL DiROMA (Princeton,

Rod) is ecstatic to make his touring debut onAvenue Q! Regional: Wendall Williams Theatre;Once Upon A Mattress (Dauntless), EightO'Clock Theatre; Smokey Joe:v Cafe (Adrian),Eckerd Theatre; Battledrum (Jackson), You're AGood Man Charlie Brown (Snoopy), Urinetown

(Bobby). Off-Broadway: Cabaret Girl (Quibb).Love and thanks to family and friends who puthim where he is today!

JACQUELINE GRABOIS (Kate Monster, Lucy& others). Recent credits: National! Internationalproduction of Hairspray (Velma Von Tussle),Shout! The Mod Musical (Red Girl). Othercredits: Double V, Joseph, Into the Woods, SecretGarden. Vocals on StageS tar Recordings of

Spring Awakening and The Wizard of Oz. Memberof ANMT, LA. Graduate of AMDA, NYC. Loveto Mom & Dad and my teachers! !

TIM KORNBLUM (Brian). Favorite creditsinclude: Neil Simon's Laughter (Max Prince),Simon's Rumors (Lenny Ganz), and LesMiserables (Thenardier). Endless love andgratitude to his entire support system.Dedicated to the King of Softshoe, Pop Pop,and Tim's love, life, and purpose, Kyle.

JULIANNA LEE (Christmas Eve) is beyondthrilled to make her professional debut in thecast of Avenue Q! Born and raised in NorthernVirginia and currently studying Musical

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STEPHEN OREMUS (Orchestrations and

Arrallgements) is the Music Supervisor/ Arrangerof the original Broadway and subsequentworldwide productions of Wicked and Avenue Q(which he also orchestrated). For Broadway, hewas also Music Supervisor, Vocal Arranger andCo-Orchestrator of 9 to 5, All Shook Up andVocal Arranger of High Fidelity. For Off­Broadway, Stephen was Music Supervisor, VocalArranger and Orchestrator of tick, tick ... BOOM!and Music Director of Andrew Lippa's The Wild

Party. Other credits include Music Director forthe 2nd national tour of RENT; Music Director

and Arranger for Broadway Meets Country inNew York and Nashville; Music Supervisor andVocal Arranger of Signed, Sealed, Delivered­The Music of Stevie IM-mderstarring Chaka Kahnin Las Vegas; Music Director/Conductor forRufus Wainwright's re-creation of JudyGarland's famous 1961 conceit at Carnegie Hallin New York City, the Palladium in London, theOlympia in Paris, and the Hollywood Bowl; andMusic Director/ Conductor of Jerry Springer­The Opera at Carnegie Hall. He is a graduate ofBerklee College of Music in Boston.

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"Dawson's Creek," "Everwood," "One Tree Hill,":lI1d"Brothers and Sisters." Upcoming project: Al1lusical adaptation of Armistead Maupin's Tales(!(the City with a book by Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q).Jason has a B.S. in Performance Studies fromNOlthwestern University.

KEN ROBERSON (Choreographer). 2004Tony Award-winning Best Musical Avenue Q.Other NYC credits include All Shook Up,

l'urUe (Encores!), Harlem Song at thelegendary Apollo, Freak (John Leguizamo).Regional credits include (dir/chor) Crowns,Lady Day at the Emerson Bar and Grill, Ain'tMisbehavin', Smokey Joe '.I' Cqfe, Once on ThisIsland; Regional choreography: Ray CharlesLive, The Color Purple (world premiere,Alliance Theatre), PurUe, Guys and Dolls, She'~oves Me. Film work includes Preaching tothe Choir, HBO's "Lackawanna Blues."Awards include: two NAACP Awards, EmmyAward nomination, Lucille LOltel Awardnomination, Drama Desk Award nomination,NYC Council of the Arts Award andAUDELCO Award, NPT Spirit Award andOurtime Lifetime Achievement Award.

episode of NBC's "Scrubs." His musicalversion of Finding Nemo, co-written with hiswife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, is currentlyplaying in Disney's Animal Kingdom in WaltDisney World. Upcoming projects: Up Here, aromantic comedy commissioned by theRoundabout Theatre Company, and a newstage musical written with the creators of"South Park." Bobby grew up in GreenwichVillage, graduated Yale in 1997 (with a B.A. inEnglish) and now lives in New York City withhis wife and two daughters.

JEFF MARX (Music and Lyrics, OriginalConcept). B'way debut. This is Jeff's firstmusical. He never intended to be a writer, butit's way more fun than practicing law! The bestyear of his life is documented in the film "ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway." He'sextremely grateful to the hundreds of peoplewhose contributions helped make Avenue Q areality. He is now living in Los Angeles,working on various projects with differentcollaborators. He thinks everyone should quittheir jobs and start doing something they love.

JEFF WHITTY (Book) won the 2004 TonyAward for Best Book of a Musical for Avenue

Q. Plays include The Further Adventures ofHedda Gahler, The Hiding Place, The PlankProject, Suicide Weather and Balls. Theaterspresenting his work include the AtlanticTheater Company, South Coast Repertory, theVineyard Theater, the New Group, and theEugene O'Neill Theater Center. Upcoming:Tales of the City: The Musical, with music byJason Sellards and John Garden of the popgroup Scissor Sisters, and a musical version ofBring It On. As an actor, Jeff has appearedregionally, off-Broadway, and in film and TV.Website: www.Whitless.com.

JASON MOORE (Director). Broadway: ShrekThe Musical (Outer Critics and Drama DeskNominations/ Best Director), Avenue Q (TonyNomination! Best Director), Steel Magnolias.Carnegie Hall: Jerry Springer-The Opera.London's West End: Avenue Q. Off-Broadway:Speech and Debate (Roundabout TheatreCompany), Avenue Q (The Vineyard Theatre),Guardians (The Culture Project), The CrumpleZone (Rattlestick). Associate Directing: LesMiserables (Broadway, National Tour), Ragtime(Vancouver). Writer: The Floatplane Notebooks(Charlotte Repertory Theatre). TV: episodes of

Theatre at James Madison University. Love toMom, Halmony, Dave, family and friends forall your support! JAM!!

MICHAEL LISCIO, JR. (Nicky, TrekkieMonster, Bear & others) is thrilled to be joiningthis amazing cast and crew of Avenue Q!Michael is a recent graduate of Montclair StateUniversity where he received his B.F.A. inTheater. Much love and special thanks to WorkLight Productions, Evan Ensign, Harden-CurtisAssociates, and his amazing family and friends!

CHARLES M. BASKERVILLE (Ensemhle).Previous credits include the national tour of

Jesus Christ Superstar (starring Ted Neeley),the workshop of PUNK!: the Musical (ReggieK.), and Frank Wildhorn's Havana. Thanks toCindy Tolan Casting, the amazing company ofAvenue Q, The Luedtke Agency, The BroadwayTheatre Project, and my friends and family!

ASHLEY EILEEN BUCKNAM (Ensemhle).A native of New Jersey, Ashley is thrilled to beh:lek on the road with Work Light Productions.N:ltional tours: 'f'lle Musical Adventures of FlatSll/llley. 'fhe Allt and the Elephant, Frankly/11'11. Regional: Little Shop (Audrey), BestUf/le Whorehouse in Texas (Angel), Peter Pan(peter). B.F.A., Theatre for Youth. Love tofriends and family. www.ashleyeileen.com.

BEN HART (Ensemble) is so grateful to be ableto make Avenue Q his first national tour!Regional: Twelfth Night (Sebastian), Engeman'sMiracle on 34th St. Thanks to Adam Caldwell at

Cindy Tolan Casting, Evan Ensign, and WorkLight Productions for this amazing opportunity!And to his friends/ family, of course. B.F.A.Ithaca College.

ZACH TRIMMER (Ensemble, DanceCaptain/Puppet Coach) is thrilled to be part ofthis amazing show! National tours: Hairspray(Brad). Other favorite performances: Beauty andthe Beast (Lumiere), Thoroughly Modern Millie(Jimmy Smith), Fiddler on the Roof (Motel),My Way (Man #2), among others. Specialthanks to Mom, Dad, Steph, Nat, Nana, andEvan and Adam for making this all possible!

ROBERT LOPEZ (Music and Lyrics,Original Concept, Animation Design) won the2004 Tony Award for Best Score for AvenueQ. 2008 Daytime Emmy Award for his musicfor Nick Jr.'s "The Wonder Pets." 2007

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RICK LYON (Puppet Design) is Avenue Q'sreal triple threat: he designed all of the puppets,he and his company The Lyon Puppets built allof the puppets, and Rick created the roles ofNicky/Trekkie/Blue Bear in the original Tony­winning Broadway production! A puppeteerand designer with more than 25 years ofprofessional experience in television, film, andtheatre, Rick is proud to have supplied thepuppets for the productions of Avenue Q onBroadway, in London, Las Vegas, and the FirstAmerican National Tour, as well as Australia,Brazil, and Mexico-well over 200 puppets sofar! Rick gratefully acknowledges theinspiration and encouragement of the late JimHenson. Husband to Tonya Dixon, and first­time father to beautiful daughter Kennedy!Web site: www.lyonpuppets.com.

ANNA LOUIZOS (Set Design). In addition todesigning the Tony Award winning Avenue Qfor Broadway, Las Vegas and London, Annahas received two Tony Award nominations forIn the Heights (2008) and High Fidelity(2007). Other Broadway credits includeCurtains (2007 Drama Desk nomination);Irving Berlin's White Christmas (2009 DramaDesk nomination) including the national tourand UK production; To Be Or Not To Be(2008); Steel Magnolias (2006); Golda'sBalcony (2004, also national tour with ValerieHarper). Off-Broadway: Vanities, the Musical;Crimes of the Heart (directed by KathleenTurner), The Foreigner (starring MatthewBroderick), Speech and Debate (Roundabout);Based on a Totally True Story, (MTC); BirdieBlue (Second Stage); The Altar Boyz (NewWorld Stages); Jonathan Larson's tick, tick ...BOOM! (Jane St.). Other US tours andregional: Disney Live Winnie the Pooh;Minsky's (Ahmanson); Emmet Otter's Jug­Band Christmas (Goodspeed); Seven Bridesfor Seven Brothers, The Baker's Wife (PaperMill); Much Ado About Nothing, BeyondTherapy (Old Globe). Me and My Girl(Goodspeed) and many regional theatres. ArtDirection film/TV: "Sex and the City" (HBO).Feature Film: The Secret Lives of Dentists.

MIRENA RADA (Costume Design). Theatricalcredits: Broadway, Vegas, London, and 1stnational tour of Avenue Q; Broadway Asia'sSpongeBob SquarePants the Musical; Big AppleCircus' Picturesque, Dreams of a City,14 PLAYBILL

Carnevale, Big- Top-Doo- Wop; Collected Storiesw/Uta Hagen; Pera Palas (Connecticut CriticsAward); Ballet Tech's Lincoln Portrait;Roundabout's Moonlight w/Jason Robards andLiev Schreiber. Theme Resort credits: TokyoDisneyland's Jubilation Parade and many otherDisney resort projects. Film credits: Coming andGoing, directed by Edoardo Ponti; Enchanted,assistant costume design. 2004 Irene SharaffYoung Master in Costume Design Award.

HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). Inthe Heights, LoveMusik, Jersey Boys, AvenueQ, Bridge and Tunnel, Dracula, SteelMagnolias, Golda's Balcony, Hollywood Arms,Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Minnelli on

Minnelli, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of theSpider Woman, Taking Sides, How ToSucceed ... , Grease, Sinatra at Radio City. LaJolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre D.C.,The Alley, Old Globe, The Guthrie, TheGoodman, Hartford Stage, Seattle Rep and TheKennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration.Alvin Ailey, ABT, Joffrey Ballet (Billboards),Parsons Dance (co-founder). Five time HelenHayes Award recipient, 1993 Sir LaurenceOlivier Award and Canadian Dora Award for

Kiss of the Spider Woman, 2006 Henry HewesDesign Award, 2006 Outer Critics CircleAward and 2006 Tony Award for Jersey Boys.

JON WESTON (Sound Design). Broadway:13; Les Miserables; The Color Purple; TheGlass Menagerie; Caroline, or Change(AUDELCO Award); Nine; Imaginary Friends;Thoroughly Modern Millie; The Green Bird; ItAin't Nothin' But the Blues; On the Town;

Company in concert at Lincoln Center; Man ofLa Mancha (Starring Raul Julia and SheenaEaston). Off Broadway and Regional: Parade(Mark Taper Forum dir by Rob Ashford); TheFirst Wives Club (dir by Francesca Zambello);Rooms ... a rock romance (dir by ScottSchwartz); A Little Night Music (L.A. DramaCritics Award); Himself & Nora; The ThingAbout Men; tick, tick ... BOOM!; Bright Lights,Big City; Family Guy, Live! (Carnegie Hall). Hebegan his audio career at T.T.G. studios in LosAngeles, recording the music for such TVshows as "The Love Boat" and "Dynasty."

LEW MEAD (Sound Design). Broadway designcredits: Wonderful Town, The King and I,Urinetown, Onward Victoria, Buttons onBroadway, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

I~ventand concert credits: The Spoleto Festival inCharleston, SC, and Julie Andrews-The Gift ofMusic. Touring credits include The MusicalI\dventures of Flat Stanley, Frankly Ben, A YearWith Frog and Toad and Stormy Weather withLeslie Uggams. He is a director of SyntonicDesign Group, an audio design and rentalcompany located in New York, Orlando and LasVegas, and Autograph A2D, an audio distributioncompany located in London and New York.

EVAN ENSIGN (Associate Director) currentlyserves as Associate Director for the Broadwaycompany of Shrek. He has also been theAssociate Director for Avenue Q (Broadway,U.S. tour and in London), RENT (Broadway andU.S. tours) and as Co- Associate Director for theU.S. tour of Les Miserables. He has directed

productions of RENT in the Far East and inMontreal, Out (~f the Reach of Children andWomyn /n Three in New York. As ProductionStage Manager on Broadway: Exit the King,Avenue Q, .ferry Springer-The Opera,Imaginary Friends, Barbara Cook-MostlySondheim, Chicago and Annie Get Your Gun.

ANDREW GRAHAM (Music Supervisor).

National tours: Avenue Q, Pippin, ThoroughlyModern Millie, Oliver, Seussical the Musical,

The Music Man, Footloose. European tours:Grease and Hair. Regional: Aida and Annie(MUNY), Aida and Fame (NSMT), MissSaigon and Aida (Gateway), Avenue Q andSpamalot (Las Vegas). He holds music degreesfrom Capital University in Columbus, OH, andTrinity College of Music in London.

ALLIED LIVE (Tour Marketing) is a full­service entertainment marketing andadvertising agency representing numerousBroadway shows, national tours, performingarts institutions, and experiential entertainmententities throughout North America. Currentclients include: Billy Elliot, Million DollarQuartet (Broadway and Chicago), Next Fall,Hair, Mamma Mia!, White:v Lies, Avenue Q,

Legally Blonde, West Side Story, STOMP, /nthe Heights, Spring Awakening, August: OsageCounty, Feld Entertainment, WashingtonNational Opera (Washington, DC), RepriseTheatre Company (Los Angeles), Los Angeles

WHO~SWHO WHO~SWHOPhilhannonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall andHollywood Bowl, Broadway By the Bay (SanFrancisco), Victory Gardens Theater(Chicago), Music Center (Los Angeles),Madame Tussauds Hollywood, and Hollywood& Highland Center. www.alliedlive.com.

MICHAEL McASSEY (Musical Director) isthrilled to be on Avenue Q. Conductor:Chicago, Will Rogers Follies starring JohnDavidson (Surflight Theatre, NJ); SmokeyJoe's Cafe (Atlantic City); Cohoes Music Hall,NY; Theater Barn, NY; Crystal Palace, Aspen;4 Off-Broadway shows. Tour: DonnyOsmond's Joseph ... (keyboards). MAC Awardwinning vocalist (NYC Cabaret). Actor: LateNite Comic (Broadway); Edna in Hairspray(Surflight). www.michaelmcassey.com.

CANDACE HEMPHILL (Production StageManager) hails from Des Moines, lA, andrcccived her BFA from Drake University. Shealso holds an MFA from Wayne StateUniversity's Hilberry Repertory in Detroit. Shehas toured with The 25th Annual Putnam CountySpelling Bee (PSM) and RENT, and is absolutelyloving life on the road. Regional credits:Chautauqua Theatre Company, BarringtonStage Company and Illinois ShakespeareFestival. She hopes you enjoy the Q.

CARRIE MILLER (Assistant StageManager) National Tour: A Year With Frogand Toad (Work Light Productions). NewYork: Idiot Savant, Ashes (Public Theater),The Glass Menagerie (John Drew Theater),KOOL (Watermill Center), Blue SkySomewhere (Manhattan Rep). Other creditsinclude Woolly Mammoth Theatre Companyand Spoleto Festival USA. Education: B.A.,Allegheny College.

CINDY TOLAN (Casting), with AdamCaldwell, has cast all of the productions forAvenue Q over the past six years (Broadway,National Tour, Las Vegas, et al). Additionalcredits include, Broadway: All My Sons(associate producer), Xanadu, Medea, A YearWith Frog and Toad. London: ResurrectionBlues (Old Vic). Also, LCT, Vineyard,Playwrights Horizons, NYTW, Public,Williamstown. Film: It's Kind of a Funny Story,Letters to Juliet, Blue Valentine, The PrivateLives of Pippa Lee, Sugar, The DarjeelingLimited, The Namesake, Kinsey, Sherrybaby,The Ballad of Jack and Rose, Personal Velocity,16 PLAYBILL

Angela, Casa de los Babys, Loggerheads. TV:"Flight of the Conchords," "Fringe," "TheReturn of Jezebel James." Members: CSA.

RHYS WILLIAMS (Production Supervisor) isManaging Partner of Technical TheaterSolutions, LLC (TIS), based in Charleston, Sc.TIS currently provides production supervisionfor a wide variety of clients including the annualSpoleto Festival USA, "Mabou MinesDoll House ," Disney Cruise Line, Inc., and WorkLight Productions. Past associations include theBroadway musical Play On, multiple Broadwayproductions for The National Actor's Theaterand the Obie-winning Peter and Wendy. Pleasevisit us at www.technicaltheatersolutions.comfor more information.

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (Producer)is dedicated to creating and producing liveentertainment. Our critically acclaimedproductions reach tens of thousands ofconcertgoers and theater lovers each year. Inkeeping with our mission to develop originalwork, WLP has launched three new musicalsin the last two years and continues to seed newprojects for the future. Work Light Productionshas been honored to collaborate with world­

class creative professionals whose artistry hasinspired each and every production.

STEPHEN GABRIEL (Executive Producer).As founding partner and President of Work LightProductions, Steve produced the national tours ofTony Award winning musicals Avenue Q and AYear With Frog and Toad, developed three newmusicals The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley,Frankly Ben, and The Ant and the Elephant, andproduced Julie Andrew's return to the concertstage in Julie Andrews-The Gift of Music withperformances at The Hollywood Bowl andupcoming engagements in London and Australia.Future projects in development include a newmusical based on Roald Dahl's James and the

Giant Peach premiering at the Goodspeed OperaHouse in 2010. Steve serves on the board of

International Perfonning Arts for Youth.

NANCY GABRIEL (Producer) joined WorkLight Productions in 2007, following nearlytwo decades at IMG Artists as an artist

manager and Vice President & Director of theDance Division. Nancy was responsible for theinternational touring and new projectcommissions for clients such as Pilobolus,Twyla Tharp Dance, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane

I )ance Company, Les Ballets Trockadero deMonte Carlo, Soweto Gospel Choir, andlIumerous others. At WLP she co-produced thesymphonic event, Julie Andrews-The Gift ofMusic and the national tour of Avenue Q.Nancy is proud to have served on the Board ofDirectors of the Association of Performingi\rts Presenters and is most grateful to her threeyoung children for providing the dailyinspiration to create quality theater.

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GENERAL MANAGEMENT

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PRODUCTION SUPERVISIONTechnicalTheater Solutions

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CreativeGoods Merchandise,LLCPete Milano,President

Chelsea Swanderski,TouringRepresentative

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CindyTolanAdam Caldwell,CastingAssociate

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The BookingGroupMeredithBlair,

MollieMann,KaraGebhart,BrianBrooks and RichardRundle

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Company Manager Susan L. BrumleyProductionStage Manager Candace HemphillHead Carpenter MikeEastAssociate Director EvanEnsignAssistant Stage Manager Carrie MillerPuppet Coach AymeeGarciaAssociate Set Designer ToddPotterAssociate Costume Designer KarlA.RuckdeschelAssociate LightingDesigner RyanO'GaraAssociate Sound Designer GeoffreyD. FishburnAutomated LightProgrammer Joe AllegroProductionElectrician Heather LentzHunterHead Electrician DawnKensethHead Audio Ben PlasseProp Master LonnieGoertzWardrobeSupervisor Heather YerrickSecond Carpenter Eric Stewart

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Special ThanksClemson University-Lillian Harder, Woody Moore,Richard Goodstein

Any monetary donations received during this perform­

ance will be passed on to MMCF/Valerie Center to sup­port healthcare services for children with cancer and

blood disorders. In honor of Ms. Tori Lee, a 6-year-oldhero who inspires us every day. www.mmcvaleriecen­

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WARNING: This production employs machines thatcreate fog and smoke effect, and strobe lighting.

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Second Electrician David SpirakesSecond Audio Robert Allen

Sound & Video Design

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Puppets By Rick LyonjThe Lyon PuppetsMusic Supervisor Andrew Graham

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Bridge Photograph from Panorama New York used with

special permission by Richard Berenholtz. Lighting

equipment from PRG LIGHTING. Sound and video equip­

ment provided by Syntonic Design Group LLC. Cos­

tumes executed by John Kristiansen New York Inc.

"Christmas Eve" Wedding Dress electrified by Tom Tal­

mon Studio. Props built by The Spoon Group, Tom Car­

roll Scenery, and Sandra Chugkowski. Road Rebel

Entertainment Touring. Cast bus provided by Croswell

VIP Motorcoach. Crew bus provided by Hemphill Bros.

Coach. Trucking provided by JANCO. TV Commercial

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