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Indian Joe | 11Cast of Characters | 12Musical Numbers | 13Who’s Who | 14Author’s Notes | 19About Goodspeed Musicals | 21History of Norma Terris Theatre | 22The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation | 23Corporate Support | 24Foundation & Government Support | 24Looking to the Future | 25Memorial and Tribute Gifts | 26Goodspeed Musicals Staff | 28For Your Information | 35

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Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage. We appreciate your cooperation.

Editor Lori A. Cartwright

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presents

withELIZABETH A. DAVIS GARY FARMER DAVID FINCH LUKE HOLLOWAY

JAHI A. KEARSE PAUL LINCOLN MARION MARKHAM

Scenic Design by EDWARD PIERCE

Lighting Design by PAUL MILLER

Projection Design by C. ANDREW BAUER

Production Manager R. GLEN GRUSMARK

Production Stage Manager MARCI SKOLNICK

Casting by STUART HOWARD &

PAUL HARDT

Associate Producer BOB ALWINE

Line Producer DONNA LYNN COOPER HILTON

General Manager STEVEN C. CALLAHAN

Sound Design by JAY HILTON

Costume Design byCINDY KUBALA

Orchestrations by LUKE HOLLOWAY

Music Supervisor & Additional Orchestrations

JASON MICHAEL WEBBChoctaw Translations by

HENRY BATTIEST, JR.

A Non-Profit Arts Organization

MICHAEL GENNAROExecutive Director

MICHAEL P. PRICEFounding Director

First Performance: October 22, 2015 at The Norma Terris Theatre

Book byELIZABETH A. DAVIS and CHRIS HENRY

Music byELIZABETH A. DAVIS, LUKE HOLLOWAY and

JASON MICHAEL WEBB

Lyrics byELIZABETH A. DAVIS

Indian Joe was developed as part of the 2014 Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals

Special Funding provided by SUSAN F. GONSALVES

Developed by Cherry Lane Mentor Project; Angelina Fiordellisi, Artistic Directorand at the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat

This production was made possible by Carolyn Rossi Copeland Productions and Angelina Fiordellisi

INDIAN JoE

Music Direction by MATT CASTLE

Directed by KIM WEILD


(in order of appearance)

Liz ELIZABETH A. DAVIS Joe GARY FARMER Jordan JAHI A. KEARSE Mama MARION MARKHAM

MUSICIANSLUKE HOLLOWAY

DAVID FINCHPAUL LINCOLN

Isht I Kana : grace

Ahauchi (a-ha-chi): found

Hitok chobi fvlammit toba (he-tohk cho-be fah-lahm-mit toh-bah): dust to dust

Osapa : field

Okfa : valley

Akmochi : to close or to cement together (close the wound)

CAST OF CHARACTERS

GLOSSARY OF CHOCTAW PHRASES

A Very Special Thanks to:The School of Choctaw Language,

Choctaw Nation of OklahomaMalcolm Jordan RichardThe Frank Davis Family

Jimmy & Janet Dorrell & Mission WacoThe Cherry Lane Theatre Family

Lelund Durond ThompsonGretchen Cryer

Enda WalshTim Acito

The Cleveland Play House/CASE MFAKyle Dunn

Baylor University & Clayton EllisThe Miss Texas Organization

Kathy EvansCiara Currran


MUSICAL NUMBERS

Place: Waco, Texas and New York CityTime: now-ish

Audio and video recording and photography are prohibited during the performance

Go In Peace .................................................................................................................................Band, LizWalk A Mile ...................................................................................................................Joe, Liz, CompanyMe With You .............................................................................................................................. Jordan, LizWalk A Mile (Refrain) ........................................................................................................... Joe, CompanyJana’s Jingle ...............................................................................................................................Liz, BandDoxology .....................................................................................................................................CompanyRight, You Know? ............................................................................................................ Jordan, Liz, BandMe With You 2........................................................................................................................... Jordan, LizWill & Way .....................................................................................................................Joe, Liz, CompanyGod & Country .............................................................................................................................Liz, BandDoxology (Refrain) .......................................................................................................................CompanyEmpty Boots ....................................................................................................................Mama, CompanySewn Together .................................................................................................. Mama, Liz, Daddy, BrotherMe With You 3........................................................................................................................... Jordan, LizDon’t Mess With Texas .................................................................................................................Liz, BandCrash & Burn ...............................................................................................................................CompanyAEDG ...........................................................................................................................................CompanyHattak Na Yukpa ...................................................................................................................... Joe, JordanNow .......................................................................................................................................... Jordan, LizMe With You 4........................................................................................................................... Liz, JordanSewn Together (Refrain) ................................................................................................................. Joe, LizWild & Free .....................................................................................................................Brother, CompanyGo In Peace (Refrain) .............................................................................................................................Liz

Program subject to change.

Indian Joe will be performed without an intermission.

Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance

begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage.

Out of respect for our actors and your fellow theatergoers, we ask that you remain seated until the curtain calls are over and the house lights have come up.

We appreciate your cooperation.


WHO’S WHO

ELIZABETH A. DAVIS* (Liz, Book, Music, & Lyrics ) Broadway: Once (Tony Award nomination, Cast Grammy Award); Off-Broadway: Allegro (Drama Desk Award Nomination), Zorba! (City Center

Encores), Caucasian Chalk Circle (Classic Stage Company), Four Last Things (American Globe), 39 Steps (New World Stages), Wolves (59E59), Joe (Cherry Lane Mentor Project), The Cherry Orchard (Theatre Row), and Once (New York Theatre Workshop). TV/Film: Law and Order SVU, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Blue Bloods, Taxi Brooklyn, Fringe, Blur Circle, and Nora Falls. Additional TV: David Letterman, The View, America’s Got Talent, The Today Show. Select Regional: Once (American Repertory Theatre), Misanthrope and Devil’s Disciple (STNJ), Doubt (Gulfshore Playhouse), Opus (Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati), A Streetcar Named Desire (Cleveland Play House), workshop of Rain (Vassar’s Powerhouse Theatre). As a writer, Elizabeth has worked on Indian Joe at the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals, Cleveland Play House New Ground Play Festival, the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and the Cherry Lane Mentor Project, mentored by Enda Walsh. Elizabeth’s songs have been featured at 54 Below, Highline Ballroom, 42West, and The Player’s Club. Twitter/Instagram: ElizabetADavis

GARY FARMER* (Joe ) “Sgeno swagwego. Neh i: gyasoh ne’ Hayentwahs.” Born on the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy along the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. On stage, Gary recently

played Lenny in Of Mice and Men for Bluebridge Theatre in Victoria, British Columbia. Before that, he had not been on stage since the 70s and 80s when he performed with companies throughout Canada, including the Native Earth Performing Arts production of Tomson Highway’s award-winning play Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing at Theatre Passe Muraille and Royal Alexander Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. On film, Gary has been nominated for three LA-based Independent Feature Project Awards for Powwow Highway (1989), Dead Man (1995), and Smoke Signals (1998). Gary is celebrating 40 years as a working actor this year. Recent credits include the CBS

summer series Zoo; Red Road for Sundance Channel; an episode of Longmire; and the feature film Peter & John, directed by Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven. Gary continues to manage and produce music under his independent label Gonzo Drive Records and tours regularly with his own blues band, Gary Farmer & the Troublemakers. Gary resides with his wife, Deborah, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

DAVID FINCH* (Daddy, Musician) Most recently, Mr. Finch played the harmonica and the part of the Mock Turtle in the L.A. Philharmonic’s production of Unsuk Chin’s opera Alice In Wonderland. He reprised

the role at the Barbican in London with the BBC Symphony. He performed Cabaret on Broadway and Woody Sez in the West End. He’s played beside artists as diverse as Alan Cumming, Serj Tankian, Tony Bennett, Amanda Palmer, Kylie Minogue, and Dee Snider. He’s also toured nationally/internationally with Cabaret and Fame the Musical. Off-Broadway credits include Allegro, Fame on 42 nd St., and Spring Storm. David is originally from Danbury, Connecticut. Please visit dhfinch.com

LUKE HOLLOWAY* (Music, Orchestrations, Musician) Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812 (Kazino); Million Dollar Quartet (New World Stages), Berklee College of Music. Luke is

incredibly excited and thankful to be a part of the Indian Joe team at Goodspeed!

JAHI A. KEARSE* (Jordan ) is a native of Atlanta now living in Harlem. He is a proud alumnus of The Atlanta Boys Choir, Tri-Cities High School for the Visual & Performing Arts, and a founding

member and later leading songwriter and Co-Musical Director of The Freddie Hendricks’ Youth Ensemble of Atlanta. He trained and performed in Venice, Belgium, London, Lyon, The Netherlands, and South Africa. His recent NY work includes Holler If Ya Hear Me and Baby It’s You! (Broadway), The Fortress of Solitude (The Public Theater), 15 Minutes and Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.


*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

(New York Stage & Film), Maurice Hines’ Yo Alice (Radio City Music Hall), Hands Up (The National Black Theater), The Cost, and Lady Killers (inspired by the music of Cee-Lo Green, NY Hip-Hop Theater Festival). Regional theatre credits include Bars & Measures, Debbie Allen’s Souls Possessed, Passing Strange, Motherf**ker with the Hat, Topdog/Underdog, Cool Papa’s Party, Gut Bucket Blues, Sty of the Blind Pig, and Two Trains Running.

PAUL LINCOLN* (Musician ) is very happy to be returning to Goodspeed (Very Good Eddie, Houdini ) and reuniting with Elizabeth Davis and David Finch (Allegro at Classic Stage Company

under the direction of John Doyle). Other credits include the First National Tour of Cabaret directed by Rob Marshall and Sam Mendes, Billy Bishop Goes to War at Virginia Stage Company, and The Student Prince at North Shore. Paul has performed on six continents as a soloist; at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Sydney and Cairo Opera Houses; and Korean, Japanese, French and German National television. Paul helped develop, music directed, and played the part of Euterpe in the world premiere of Lyrical Langston: His Muse for Music. Later, he produced a successful commercial run of this show in association with Lost Nation Theater. As a director, Paul has worked at New York’s LaGuardia Performing Arts School, made famous in the movie Fame. While there, he directed the world premiere of Life of the Party, by the creators of Legally Blonde on Broadway. Paul is one of the busiest vocal coaches in New York City, where he works with many of the best singers on Broadway. Paul is also a member of the California Bar. paullincoln.com.

MARION MARKHAM* (Mama ) is excited to be making her Goodspeed debut. In New York, Marion performed in The Events (New York Theatre Workshop), Spring Flung (The Public Theatre),

and Off-Broadway in The Embracers (Hudson Guild), All’s Fair (Theatre 1010), and Neon (Three Muses). Favorite roles include Rosalia in West Side Story (International Tour), Peter

Pan (Fulton Opera House), Rose in Dancing at Lughnasa (Ivoryton Playhouse), and Smitty in How To Succeed… (American Musical Theatre). www.marionmarkham.com

CHRIS HENRY (Book ) is thrilled to make her Goodspeed debut. Henry is an award-winning theatre director and writer, and the Artistic Director of Royal Family Productions in Times Square. Writing projects in development: Louie, Red and the Jazzman (with Wycliffe Gordon); Nobody Suspects a Butterfly (originally commissioned by HBO Sports); Cheesecake Girl (music and lyrics by Genya Ravan, book and direction by Chris Henry); and Opal Ann Meets the Fabulous Kit Katt, A Play with Musical Fantasies (music and lyrics by Daniel A. Weiss and Summer Hyde, book and direction by Chris Henry). NYC Premieres: LOVE/SICK, Four Last Things, Dedalus Lounge, Safe Home.

JASON MICHAEL WEBB (Music, Music Supervisor, Additional Orchestrations ) Broadway – Musical Director: The Color Purple; Associate Musical Director: Motown: The Musical, Violet, Leap of Faith, Memphis. Off-Broadway – Musical Director: 2econd Stage: Pasek & Paul’s Dogfight, MTC: Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy. Awards – Dove Award winner (Brooklyn Tabernacle’s Declare Your Name), two-time Stellar Award nominee, Suzi Award nominee (Choir Boy, Alliance Theater), Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat. Arranger – “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (2013 Inauguration of President Barack Obama), Violet (Broadway, Additional Arrangements). Book/Music/Lyrics – Classical Theatre of Harlem: The First Noel (Apollo Theater). Orchestrator – Jacksonville Symphony, Nashville String Machine, Carnegie Hall. Pianist – Dame Shirley Bassey, Michael Bolton, Fantasia, Chaka Khan. Ephesians 3:17-19; www.JasonMichaelWebb.com

KIM WEILD (Director ) Drama Desk nominee and recipient of seven New York Innovative Theater Award nominations (winning two), her work has been seen at Lincoln Center Theater, Carnegie Hall, New York Theater Workshop, Primary Stages, New York Live Arts, The Mark Taper Forum, Williamstown Theater Festival, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and Goodspeed Musicals, among others. Select credits include

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Off-Broadway: Fêtes de la Nuit ; An Error of the Moon (produced by CRC productions); A Kind of Alaska; Safe Home; Big Love; soot and spit, the musical; Paradise Now ; Good Woman of Setzuan; The Way of the World. Broadway: Associate Director to Michael Blakemore on Deuce, Is He Dead?, and Blithe Spirit ; and Gabriel Barre on Amazing Grace. Fellowships and residencies: The Park Avenue Armory, The Kennedy Center, The Shubert Organization, Williamstown Theater Festival, Goodspeed Musicals, IRT, The O’Neill Theatre Center, SDCF-Guest Artist Initiative, and the Obie-winning New Georges, where she is an Affiliated Artist. Women’s Theater Project alumna, Associate Artist with The Adaptations Project and Artistic Director for Other Voices. MFA, Columbia University. For more information: www.kimweild.com

MATT CASTLE (Music Director ) has played, acted in, directed, and/or developed more than 75 new musicals at Sundance Institute, NYU, Playwrights Horizons, Weston Playhouse, O’Neill Center, Signature Theatre, York Theatre, Barrington Stage, NYMF, and CAP21. With Frank Galgano, he has created orchestrations for musicals and concerts at Kennedy Center, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Roundabout, Atlantic Theater Company, George Street Playhouse, ACT, Davies Hall, BC/EFA, TheatreworksUSA, Sacramento Theatre Company, and Waterfront Playhouse. As an actor/musician, he performed in the 2007 Broadway revival of Company ; the original Off-Broadway casts of Musical of Musicals, Enter Laughing, and LingoLand ; Cincinnati Playhouse’s Merrily We Roll Along; and Fiasco Theater’s Into the Woods.

EDWARD PIERCE (Scenic Design) Broadway: Amazing Grace; Holler If Ya Hear Me; The Other Place; A Streetcar Named Desire; Wicked (all world-wide productions); Billy Elliot ; Pippin ; 9 to 5; The Pirate Queen; Shatner’s World ; Chaplin; Aida; Ragtime; Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk. Select Regional: Baby Doll, Five Mile Lake, and Antony & Cleopatra (McCarter); The Long Red Road (Goodman), The Lark (Stratford), A Number (NYTW). United Scenic Artists Local 829 (Executive Board). American Theatre Wing (Advisory Board). www.edwardpierce.com

PAUL MILLER (Lighting Design ) Previously at Goodspeed: My One And Only, How To Succeed…, Lizzie Borden. Broadway: Amazing Grace, The Illusionists, Legally Blonde, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only. Off-Broadway: Clinton, Pageant, Vanities – the Musical, Waiting for Godot, Addicted, Nunsense, Balancing Act. Regional: Stratford Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare, Idaho Shakespeare, Pioneer Theatre Company, Asolo Repertory, ACT, Cleveland Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Bay Street Theatre, and others. International: West Side Story (La Scala), Race for Love (China), Cinderella and Saturday Night Fever (Manilla, Singapore, and Malaysia). Television: Camelot (Live from Lincoln Center ) and numerous Comedy Central specials. Lighting Director for The New Year’s Eve Celebration from Times Square for the last 15 years.

C. ANDREW BAUER (Projection Design ) Off-Broadway: CQ/CX (co-design with Peter Nigrini, Atlantic Theater), An Error of the Moon (Theater Row). Off-Off-Broadway: Fétes de la Nuit (Ohio Theater), Diary of a Teenage Girl and Milk-n-Honey (3LD), Kaddish (HERE/East 4th Street Theater). Regional: Veils (Barrington Stage), Dancing Lessons (Barrington Stage/TheaterWorks Hartford), Adding Machine and Joël Pommerat’s Cinderella (University of Rochester), Hydrogen Jukebox (Fort Worth Opera). As Associate: Broadway: An Act of God, The Heidi Chronicles, Rocky, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Fela!, 9 to 5. Film: Producer and Editor of Brooklyn Bound, 2004 Tribeca Film Festival. Awards: Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Design, 2011 Prague Quadrennial.

JAY HILTON (Sound Design ) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals. Jay has designed countless productions at both The Norma Terris Theatre and the Goodspeed Opera House 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 also serves as their Lighting & Sound Supervisor. He and his wife, Goodspeed Line Producer Donna Lynn Hilton, make their home (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

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CINDY KUBALA (Costume Designer ) began her theatre career on Broadway at age 18 as Barry Bostwick’s dresser for The Robber Bridegroom. Other Broadway credits: star dresser for White Christmas, Footloose, High Society, Sweet Charity, Leader of the Pack, and Peter Pan; Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor for Crazy For You; Wardrobe Supervisor for Damn Yankees, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Crimes of the Heart, Rose, Tintypes, and Dracula. Film/TV: Key Set Costumer, The Cape; Wardrobe Supervisor for Late Night With David Letterman, As The World Turns, The Guiding Light, and Love of Life. Served as Director of Wardrobe for New York City Opera from 1999 to 2009, and as Production Wardrobe Supervisor for Los Angeles Opera’s A Little Night Music in 2004. She has traveled extensively as a Personal Assistant and Wardrobe Supervisor with Liza Minnelli. She joined Goodspeed as Costume Director in 2010. She thanks Glen for the opportunity, Anna for keeping her sane, and Mike for keeping her grounded.

R. GLEN GRUSMARK (Production Manager ) is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and is in his 23rd season at the Goodspeed. In addition to Goodspeed’s two stages, Glen has overseen technical management of two Goodspeed National Tours and Goodspeed’s By Jeeves! on Broadway, as well as transfers, construction, and installation work on Goodspeed’s behalf, including Brooklyn Academy of Music, Variety Arts Theatre (NYC), New World Stages (NYC) and The Ford’s Theatre (DC).

MARCI SKOLNICK* (Production Stage Manager ) is a happy Goodspeed first-timer! Selected NY theatre: Fidelis (Public Theater), Saturday Night (York), Bikeman (TPAC), Heartbreaker (Adirondack Theatre Festival), F#%king Up Everything (the Elektra), Himself and Nora (American Theater Group), Bullet for Adolf (New World Stages), Psycho Therapy (Cherry Lane), Shlemiel the First (Theater For a New Audience), Seed (Classical Theatre of Harlem), The Common Air (45 Bleecker), Puppetry of the Penis (Foster Entertainment), Tony ’n’ Tina’s Wedding (Artificial Intelligence), Sake with the Haiku Geisha (Gotham Stage), Waiting for Godot (tangent), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival,

Dream Seminar (CompanionStar), 10 years with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. Proud member of AEA, Ms. Skolnick is a graduate of Hofstra University.

STUART HOWARD & PAUL HARDT (Casting ) continues their twelfth year happily casting for Goodspeed Musicals. Stuart and Paul also cast for Broadway, Off-Broadway, National and International Tours, and other major regional theatres such as Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, Philadelphia Theatre Company, American Theatre Company in Chicago, and Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington.

BOB ALWINE (Associate Producer ) joined the Goodspeed producing team in 2002. He established the Goodspeed National Touring initiative featuring productions of Pippin and The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews. Previously, he worked as the Associate Managing Director of The Old Globe in San Diego, CA, and the Director of Programming for The Ordway Center in St. Paul, MN. Bob holds an MFA in Theater Management and Producing from Columbia University and was a recipient of an NEA Award in musical theater producing.

DONNA LYNN COOPER HILTON (Line Producer ) is in her 28th season with Goodspeed and serves as line producer for all projects at the Opera House and The Norma Terris Theatre. She was instrumental in the conception and creation of Goodspeed’s Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony and currently serves as President of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. A native of North Carolina and a graduate of East Carolina University, Donna Lynn and her husband, Goodspeed Lighting and Sound Supervisor Jay Hilton, make their home in Hadlyme.

STEVEN C. CALLAHAN (General Manager ) was the General Manager of Lincoln Center Theater when board chairman John V. Lindsay re-established it in 1985, and continued in that position for 17 years. Prior to that he was an associate of the Broadway General Manager/Producer Marvin A. Krauss and worked at the public relations office


of Gifford Wallace, Inc. A Boston area native, he helped produce the stadium series Uptown in the Park before moving to New York City.

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 as Treasurer of the American Theatre Wing and as a member the Tony Management Committee. His board memberships include the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Johnny Mercer Foundation. He received his BA from Michigan State University, MA from Minnesota, MFA from Yale, and this spring he received an honorary doctorate from Wesleyan University. 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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I felt forced to write this show. I mean, not like gun-to-my-head forced, but forced in the way that one is forced to skydive or tell someone you love him for the first time; if I didn’t, I would never again look in the mirror without some sense of regret. Writing began in fits-and-starts essays about the angst and profundity of being friends with a guy who slept on the streets. Indian Joe then grew with TLC from smart people challenging me to ask better questions. Others then dared to suggest I write a song or two. I replied, “That’s a terrible idea.” 16 songs later (and residencies at the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals and Goodspeed’s Festival of New Musicals), I think they were on to something. Indian Joe is based on a version of real things and real people, and the fear of being real about it all is, well, real. But we keep finding—and I think you probably would, too—that real things have the ability to affect us most profoundly.

Who Is Joe?I wrote Joe’s obituary while we were simultaneously writing this show. It included portions of the following, based on the information I was able to cobble together over our 14-year friendship.

Narciso Allala, long known as “Joe Lightfoot Gonzales” or, endearingly, as “Indian Joe,” passed away Friday, August 15, 2014 at the age of 68 in Waco, Texas... “Joe” only completed the 7th grade, but had his Masters Degree in street smarts, living many of his 68 years intermittently on the streets across America. He took his infectious laugh and no-nonsense attitude with him. “Joe” worked hard when he found odd jobs, operating by the motto, “Don’t take no wooden nickels.” He loved the outdoors, to walk for hours uninhibited, keeping himself strong and full of fight. “Joe” had a Robin Hood heart, was fiercely loyal to some, and polarizing in most all respects. His sense of humor, however, was unmatched, as were his civic and social opinions…

Why Joe?Joe was the flesh, blood, grimaces, and profanity to scriptural platitudes about poverty I never quite understood. More, Joe was a fighter, a questioner. Somehow, I saw myself in him. However, my desire to empathically associate with Joe’s journey disabled me from seeing my privilege and mixed motives. I couldn’t see the invisible barriers he faced: economic paralysis, cultural underrepresentation, and atrocious, historic divides fueling his racism. But gradually, though Joe had no home, he became home to me. He remains such.

How You Can HelpWe are on a fast-approaching deadline to raise $50,000 to fully endow the Joe Lightfoot Gonzales Memorial Fund through Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The scholarship will go to a first-generation college hopeful, ideally of Native descent.

Imagine: a kid with no previous educational hope sleeps in a beautiful dorm room overlooking the I-35 bridge because a guy called Joe slept under the I-35 bridge and inspired hope in others.

GIVE NOW: www.indianjoethemusical/take-action

Elizabeth A. DavisLondon, 2015

AUTHOR’S NOTES

Elizabeth A. Davis at the first read-thru of Indian Joe at the Goodspeed Musicals rehearsal studios. Photo by Diane Sobolewski.


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 Opera House and the Norma Terris Theatre in neighboring Chester.

In our history, we have produced over 250 musicals, including over 70 world premieres, and exported 20 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 mounts both new and newly revived musicals each year on our main stage at the Opera House and on our second stage 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.

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OUR MISSION

The Norma 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 Norma 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 Norma 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 Norma 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 Norma Terris Theatre was fully renovated, opening its doors on July 10, 1984 with the new musical Harrigan ’n’ Hart.

HISTORY OF THE NORMA TERRIS THEATRE

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.


THE GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION

OfficersFrancis G. Adams, Jr.

ChairmanAlvin Deutsch

General CounselMichael Gennaro

Executive DirectorJeffrey S. Hoffman

Vice-PresidentRobert A. Landino

First Vice-PresidentDannel P. Malloy

Ex Officio Honorary Chairman

Mark Masselli Treasurer

Eric D. Ort Secretary

John F. Wolter President

Jay BenetMyron R. Bernstein*J. Robert Buchanan*Anthony CacaceTheodore S. ChapinKay Knight ClarkeChristopher DoddMuriel FleischmannJohn H. HambyChandler HowardMarcia KalayjianLynde Selden KarinMary Ellen KlinckJulie Godbout LeBlancSusan LinkLawrence McHughRobert Roy Metz*

Robert F. Neal*Michael P. Price*Jefferson B. RileyKristen RobertsHila RosenSusan SchererH. William Shure*Joseph SmithMilton StrettonLeonardo H. SuzioDeRoy C. Thomas*Eric W. ThornburgStephanie Stiefel WilliamsDona D. Young*

*Emeritus Trustee

Carol Adams DahlkeSandra 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

Ken BloomTheodore S. ChapinAlvin DeutschChristine Donohue

Brian DrutmanMichael A. KerkerRobert KimballBruce Pomahac

Bill RosenfieldHenry S. Scherer, Jr.Steven Suskin

Amy Campbell President

Diane Rottmann Vice President

Dale Ferris Recording Secretary

Joe Breindel Corresponding Secretary

William Stamm Treasurer

2015 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

GOODSPEED COUNSELORS

THE SCHERER LIBRARY OF MUSICAL THEATRE ADVISORY BOARD

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


CORPORATE SUPPORTAdvanced Business Banking SolutionsAltek Electronics, Inc.Amica InsuranceApril 30th EntertainmentAshlawn Farm CoffeeCenterbrook Architects and PlannersChester Village WestCoBankComcastConnectiCareConnecticut Water CompanyConnecticut Natural Gas, subsidiary company of

UIL Holdings CorporationCreative Transportation & ToursEssex MeadowsEversource EnergyFried and Kowgios Partners CPAs LLPHartford Business JournalHoffman AudiJensen’s Inc.Liberty BankM·A·C CosmeticsMcLaughlin & Stern, LLP

MG Electric & Construction, Inc.Nathan L. Jacobson & AssociatesNewman’s Own, Inc.R.A. Parady & Sons, Inc.The Racine CompanyReynolds’ Garage & Marine, Inc.RisCassi & Davis, P.C.Sennheiser Electronic CorporationSheridan CollegeThe Shops at Mohegan SunSuburban Stationers, Inc.The Suzio York Hill CompaniesSvensk & Company, Inc.Tower LabsThe Travelers Companies, Inc.United AirlinesUpdike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.Webster BankWebster Private BankWells Fargo BankWSHU Public Radio GroupYoung’s PrintingZelek Electric Co., Inc.

Acorn Alcinda FoundationActors’ Equity FoundationThe Aeroflex FoundationAnonymous FoundationASCAP Foundation Irving

Caesar TrustThe Case Graber FoundationCommunity Foundation

of Middlesex County/ Shamrock Fund

The Frederic R. Coudert Foundation

The Aldo DeDominicis FoundationEIS Foundation

Burry Fredrik FoundationThe Gendell Family

Foundation, Inc.Howard Gilman FoundationThe Kitchings Family Fund at

the Community Foundation of Middlesex County

The Harriett D. Kittner FoundationThe George A. & Grace L. Long

FoundationLucille Lortel FoundationThe Johnny Mercer FoundationThe William & Alice Mortensen

Foundation

The Christine E. Moser Foundation

National Alliance for Musical Theatre

Newman’s Own FoundationPublic Welfare FoundationRodgers & Hammerstein

FoundationSBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher

Foundation, Inc.The Max Showalter FoundationThe Shubert Foundation

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

FOUNDATION 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 BarringtonLeonard N. BlakeFellner Family FoundationAlbert D. FirestoneBurry FredrikHenry Sage Goodwin

Memorial FundJudith HaleviThe Edith O. Haynes TrustMartha C. Hinkel

Thomas W. Holton Memorial Fund

Marjorie W. JolidonThe Adrienne I. Koch

Revocable TrustWilliam J. Kotchen

Memorial FundDorothy LiepertzEvan S. McCordEdith L. NymanMuriel Selden Paris

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

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

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. AndrewEdward CapeMichael ChaiklinDonald Yale Church and

Anthony O’Grady SchillaciAmy Lee Crockett, DVMStephen B. Crowley, IIIJohn M. DarceyCharles M. EricsonMuriel FleischmannRichard Goodman

Elizabeth Jane GoodspeedMrs. Harry J. GrayRuth KatzMrs. Charles LindbergMrs. Carmela MarzanoAndrew C. McKirdyPeter J. MustoLeslie and Lynne NathanJane E. OndovcsikJanet and Peter OttoBarbara A. PetersenB. A. Pomarico

Michael and Jo-Ann PriceMary Jane RichilsonDr. Anne L. Rothstein and

Ms. Jane HellmanDr. and Mrs. Gerald SandlerMary SchnellerDr. Benjamin SevitchCarol L. SirotDr. and Mrs. David SnydermanSheila L. TomlinsonMark and Roberta VelezJerry and Linda Wanosky

Since its inception, Goodspeed Musicals has particularly benefitted 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.

Won’t you support the future of the finest musical theatre by making a planned gift to Goodspeed Musicals today?

For more information, please contact: Gloria Gorton, Director of Major Gifts, at 860.873.8664 x366 or [email protected]


LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

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. and Mrs. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Frederick A. and Justine Millspaugh Catlin Family Fund

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

The George S. and Charmian A. Goodspeed Memorial Fund

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

The Richard G. and Elizabeth F. Kehoe Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Charles R. Lindberg Family FundThe Lucille Lortel Fund

The Maryann and 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 and Gerald Sandler

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

in Musical TheatreThe 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.

The Michael P. Price Endowment Fund at Goodspeed MusicalsThanks to the generosity of over 600 members and friends of Goodspeed Musicals and Michael Price, we have raised over $1.6 million dollars for the Michael P. Price Endowment Fund. This fund is a lasting legacy honoring Michael and his remarkable contributions to Goodspeed by supporting a main stage production each season in his name. Goodspeed will continue to accept donations to The Michael P. Price Endowment Fund. You may contact Nancy Altschuler or Gloria Gorton at 860.873.8664 to make a contribution.


In Memory of Joan Selden Mathews: Joan PereraIn Memory of Fred Elia: Janet and Armond BarneschiIn Honor of Mary Rice’s 80th birthday: Michael Chaiklin and Creative TransportationIn Honor of Mary Miko: Anonymous, Malcolm DuffyIn Honor of our veterans and all those who have served: Mr. and Mrs. Michael ComeauIn Memory of Robert Honor: Michael ChaiklinIn Honor of Jean Vogel: Florence L. Carples, Ms. Edith SchatzIn Memory of Ruth Rees: Mr. and Mrs. James N. ReesIn Memory of James Olson: Tessitura NetworkIn Honor of Tony Cacace’s Birthday: Ms. Diane D. Cacace, Mr. Gerard Cacace, Ms. Angela Cacace and Mr. Daniel Chase, Billy and Jeanne Ciotto, Mr. Paul Crete, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Esteve, Ms. Anne S. Evans, Ms. Pamela C. Frasca, Steven and Theresa Hayse, Robert and Linda Ivey, Mr. Perry A. Cacace and Mrs. Palma Patti-Cacace, Emil and Patricia Pavone, Mr. Michael G. Polo, Mr. Paul S. Polo, Tami and Michael Scotto, Leo and Claudette SiroisIn Memory of John S. Kartovsky: Linda and Joseph StaneckIn Memory of Mark Wainger: Susan GeisenheimerIn Honor of Hila and Saul Rosen: Donald ThomasIn Memory of Harold B. Silverberg: Bert SilverbergIn Memory of Marcia Kalafa: Michael Chaiklin & Creative TransportationIn Memory of Stephen McAdam: Michael Chaiklin & Creative TransportationIn Honor of Florence L. Carples: Jean VogelIn Memory of Lewis B. Rome: Michael Chaiklin & Creative TransportationIn Honor of Marcia and David Kalayjian: Larry and Sally LawrenceIn Honor of Barbara Wilkinson: Fred FranklinIn Memory of Richar “Richie” Sackter: Michael Chaiklin & Creative Transportation

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

*for period October 6, 2014 to October 1, 2015

SPECIAL GIFTSGoodspeed Musicals is grateful to those who have made a special gift during the 2015 season. They include:

Anonymous (2)Faith Wilcox BarringtonCynthia Bates and

Jonathan RussellDonald E. Blust and Edward DentFrank and Amy CampbellMichael ChaiklinDon and Terri CoustanSuzanne CrossFechtor Family FoundationDavid and Judy FleischerLisa and Bill GlennDolly and Benjamin GoldfarbSusan F. Gonsalves

The Goodspeed GuildJohn and Joanna HambyLynde and Michael KarinRyan KorellBenjamin B. Liveten Charitable

Grand Nephew TrustMeg and Scott MokoskiKen and Paula MunsonMartin Perlman and JoAnn HassanMark PlannerJeff Riley and Mary WilsonJoel P. RogersDr. Anne Rothstein and

Ms. Jane Hellman

Jane and Morley SaferDr. and Mrs. Gerald SandlerShugoll ResearchCarol L. SirotDonna and Bill StammJessica and Carl ThompsonRichard and Mary Ann ValinskiCathy Velenchik and Chris JoyGeorge Vinick and Margaret SaxeTracy and Christopher WeedLawrence S. Weiss and

Edith G. Weiss FoundationZachs Family Foundation, Inc.

MEMORIAL AND TRIBUTE GIFTS

Won’t you support the future of the finest musical theatre by making a planned gift to Goodspeed Musicals today? For more information, please contact: Gloria Gorton, Director of Major Gifts, at 860.873.8664 x366 or [email protected]


GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFF

ADMINISTRATION

Steven C. Callahan ............................General ManagerDonna Tafel .......................................Assistant to Mr. GennaroLinda Benson ....................................Receptionist

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

COMPANY MANAGEMENTKristan McLaughlin ...........................Company ManagerJen Levine ........................................Assistant Company ManagerKayla Prata, Max Schwager ..............Company Management Apprentice

DEVELOPMENTNancy Altschuler ...............................Director of DevelopmentGloria Gorton.....................................Director of Major GiftsMichele R. Baumann .........................Membership DirectorMary Miko ........................................Special Events CoordinatorJohn Noonan ....................................Manager of Corporate and

Foundation RelationsKatie Wasserman ..............................Development Associate

EDUCATION & LIBRARYJoshua S. Ritter ................................Education & Library DirectorKathryn Micari ..................................Education & Library Assistant

FINANCEWilliam F. Nivison ..............................Director of FinanceStacy Booth ......................................Accounts Payable ManagerJoanne D’Amato ...............................Payroll Manager

HOUSE MANAGEMENTMary Miko ........................................House ManagerAmanda Michaud, Linda Hamilton .....Assistant House ManagersBob Bennett, Laura Harrison, Peter Loffredo ...................................BartendersGretchen Werda ................................House Manager,

Goodspeed Opera House

MARKETINGDan McMahon ..................................Director of Marketing and

Public RelationsElisa G. Hale......................................Public Relations ManagerLori A. Cartwright ..............................Marketing ManagerKatherine Griswold ...........................Creative Content ManagerDiane Sobolewski .............................Official Photographer

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

TICKETINGCinda Abercrombie Barbuto ..............Box Office ManagerShanna Lisitano ................................Assistant Box Office ManagerDawn M. Alger, Shannon Robbins ......Box Office SupervisorsEmily Barbi, Mollie Carey, John Freer, Kailee A. Goodine, Kelly E. Johnson, Sue McCann, Michelle Strom, Taylor Tanguay, Matt Tolbert, Daniel G. Varghese, Barbara Wilkinson, Katey Williams.....Box Office RepresentativesMatthew A. Edwards .........................Group Sales ManagerWilliam Addison ................................Subscription Services ManagerKim Kane, Linda Misarski, Judy O’Mara .....................................Subscription Services Representatives

PRODUCTION

R. Glen Grusmark ..............................Production ManagerErica Gilroy .......................................Assistant 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 ....................................First Hand/DraperErica Giles ........................................First HandLloyd Hall, Taryn Sumerix ..................StitcherJohn Riccucci ...................................Opera House Wardrobe MasterSara Thuer ........................................Opera House Wigs & Hair Supervisor

LIGHTING & SOUNDJay Hilton .........................................Lighting and Sound SupervisorElisabeth Vella...................................Master ElectricianL. Clay Little ......................................Opera House Production ElectricianGreg McGuire....................................Opera House Production Sound Engineer

PROPSRyann D. Lee ....................................Props ManagerTroy A. Junker ...................................Master ArtisanLou Fuchs .........................................Props CarpenterRyan Brooke .....................................Props ArtisanBlaine Tetlow ....................................Opera House Props Run Crew HeadAbigael Boone ...................................Opera House Props Run Crew

SCENERYMatt Francis .....................................Technical DirectorJason Wadecki ..................................Assistant Technical DirectorChris Gronback .................................Master CarpenterRuss Arnett, Jesse Hoyer ..................Shop CarpentersAndy Smith .......................................Opera House Stage Carpenter

SCENIC ARTISTSCarla Tiezzi .......................................Charge Scenic ArtistMiranda Casler .................................Lead Scenic ArtistRenata Brewington ...........................Staff Scenic ArtistPatti Lizotte.......................................PT Staff Scenic Artist

FOR THIS PRODUCTIONAmanda Kate Joshi ...........................Assistant DirectorTao Li................................................Media ProgrammerChris Petrizzo ....................................CarpenterLee Trull ............................................DramaturgKelsy Durkin .....................................Production AssistantCrystal Gonzalez ...............................Props Run Crew HeadTaryn Sumerix...................................Wardrobe SupervisorRebecca Stoll ....................................Production Sound EngineerJordon Cunningham..........................Music AssistantJames Stenborg................................Music CopyistBruce MacLeod .................................Piano TechnicianLisa Douglas .....................................Producing Intern

Andrew Boucher, Haley Edgerton, Shayne Henkel, Eric Hansen, James Kuzio, Bruce Jordan Moore, Molly Murphy, Sarah Oppenheim, Josh Peterson, Gina Smothers, Will Truscott ..............ApprenticesPriscilla Mullins .................................Elaine McKirdy Student ApprenticeDaniel Hobbs ....................................Michigan State University Michael & .........................................................Jo-Ann Price Intern

Special Thanks: Bank Street Cobbler, Corrine Huhnke

ARTISTIC

Michael Gennaro .............................................................. Executive DirectorMichael P. Price .................................................................Founding DirectorBob Alwine ......................................................................Associate ProducerDonna Lynn Cooper Hilton .......................................................Line ProducerMatt Tolbert .........................................................Assistant to the ProducersMichael O’Flaherty .................................................. Resident Music Director


FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Box OfficeGoodspeed Opera House, 6 Main Street, East Haddam, CT 06423-0392860.873.8668 • [email protected]

House Manager: 860.873.8664, ext. 368

Infra-red Hearing System:The Norma Terris Theatre 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.

www.goodspeed.org

Tell Us What You ThinkAudience response is a vital part of The Norma Terris Theatre. In addition to discussing the production at our Thursday evening “Talkbacks,” you can actively participate in the process of creating a new musical by e-mailing the creative team at [email protected].

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 our 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 www.goodspeed.org or contact Amy Campbell at 203.494.7328.

Sets, costumes and props are designed especially for The Norma 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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