IN THE CURRENT11/11-13

A quartet of refined works by guest and faculty choreographers

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE - A LIVE RADIO PLAY By Joe Landry12/2-24

Produced by Colorado Shakespeare FestivalTickets at: www.coloradoshakes.org

CHOREOGRAPHERS SHOWCASE12/2 & 4/27

GRADUATE STUDENT SHOWCASE12/3 & 4/28

EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE IS REAL- AN EVENING OF ONE ACT PLAYSBy David Ives and Don Nigro

2/1-2/5

NEXUS2/17-19

A curated evening of works by student and community choreographers

MELANCHOLY PLAY: A CONTEMPORARY FARCE By Sarah Ruhl2/29-3/4

OPEN SPACE-A STUDENT CONCERT3/2-4

THE BURIAL AT THEBES - A VERSION OF SOPHOCHLES’ ANTIGONE By Seamus Heaney3/15-18, 3/20-23

VANGUARD VARIATIONS A diverse evening of performance explorations by the 2012 class of BFA students

3/16-3/18

HEAVEN Rennie Harris World Premiere4/19-4/22

A hip hop take on Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”

FRINGE FESTIVAL 4/27-4/29 Produced by CU Onstage

http://cuonstage.edublogs.org

The Theatre & Dance department is deeply grateful for support from these individuals who help make our season of courses, workshops & performances possible:

Visionaries David Andrews, Sheri & Bob Best, Martin Cobin, James & Anne DeCastro, Kenneth Gamauf, Carol & Todd Gleeson, Roe Green, Noel Hefty, Joan Knaub, Karen & Ed Koeppe, Eugene Kratus, Robert and Dorothy W. Mullin, Jerilyn & Ro ert Nalley, Debra Ordway, Gail Pokoik, Jamie & Alan Redmond, Dorothy & Anthony Riddle, Rebecca & James Roser, Schwab Charitable Fund, Charlotte Irey Short, Mikael Van Loon, Anne Mc Donald Winton Angels Marilyn &Phil Cohen, Helen Redman Sustainers John H. Ade, Barbara Allen, Jerry H. Bledsoe, Susan H. Blythe, Anna Nicole Castle, Kerry Ann DeVivo, Ronald and Jacque Frazee Frazzini, Tymar R. Goudey, Diane Sobel Hackett, Hugh M. & Edna Heckman, Mary Kay Hilbert Holder, Thomas M. Kennedy, Patricia Eckert Lindell, Margaret Nelson, Lynn Wayne Nichols, Margaret Nolan, Carl & Debra Rahal, Briana Shuwarger, Mary Kennedy Testa, Bruce James Thorburn, Marc Vann, Marta Wachter, RL Widmann, Barbara Zarlengo Supporters Lara Branen Ahumada, Glen Atkins, Donna Rae Bartz, Sylvia Bradford Emery, James H. Breen, Pamela Louise Fox, Nicole Barchilon Frank, Bob Gereke, Jane Slusarski-Harris, Sally Heath, Eugene Jacobson, Ruth Ann Jenkins, Nancy Kantra, Jackie Leech Stoffel, Catherine Melich, Kenneth E. Ogren, Laura Oster, Stanford Paris, Jackie PJohnson, Betty Reiss, Leanne Rizzo, Darrell Sanchez, H. Toll, Marilyn Texel, Lauri Van Hise, Robert F. Ward, Trudy & Ronald Zimmerman (donors since 1995)

COMING SOON...

Costume ShopAssistants

Charlotte BallardAngela DowdyHayley GochaJon Kimbell

Jackie KriegerAlice MatiosianKelly MaxwellAshley SmithDavid Smithey

Costume Practicum Students

Devin BozzelliCassandra BugirTony DostertNicole Drew

Lesley GeffingerAli Janes-PaulsenGeneva Mattoon

Megan McDermottHelen OexmannStephanie PurnellKatelyn SmolskiNate Spurgeon

Kayla Wall

Scene Shop Assistants

Michael BatemanDevin BozzelliMegan Chaney

Peter GambardellaMolly GoodmanChris Koncilja

Kelly McDermottMegan McDermott

Justin MierNatalie More

Helen OexmannCaitlin PriceAlex Rausch

Nathan SpurgeonGeneva Mattoon

Tech StudioElectrics/Scenery

Alison BanowskyMichael BatemanRichard ConleyNicole Drew

Stephanie DulayGraham Emmons

Kristen GrayKassandra KunischSabrina Le Masurier

Scott LeslieKelly Maxwell

Genevieve MorelandHayley Moritz

Andrew NelsonJackson SmithRiley Walker

Emily Watkins

THEATRE DANCE

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival™ 44,  part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program,  

is generously funded by David and Alice Rubenstein.      

Additional support is provided by  the U.S. Department of Education, the Dr. Gerald and Paula

McNichols Foundation,  The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein, and  

the National Committee for the Performing Arts.

This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels. Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for inclusion at the KCACTF regional festival and can also be considered for invitation to the KCACTF national festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC in the spring of 2012. Last year more than 1,300 productions were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.

ARTSSTUDENT

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MUSIC ART DANCE FILM THEATRE

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EUMS

Cinnamon Aldridge

Cole Bradley

Satya Chávez

Cole Cribari

Alex Demos

Tony Dostert

Brittany Renee Handler

Katherine McManus

Russell Mernagh

James Miller

Megan Montalbano

Johnny Stewart

Logainne Schwarzandgrubenniere

William Barfée

Marcy Park

Ensemble/Understudy

Vice Principal Douglas Panch

Carl Grubenniere

Ensemle/Understudy

Olive Ostrovsky

Mitch Mahoney/Olive Dad

Leaf Coneybear/Dan Schwarz

Rona Lisa Perretti/Olive Mom

Chip Tolentino/Jesus

Cast:(In Alphabetical Order)

Directed ByDeric McNish

Music and Lyrics by William FinnBook by Rachel Sheinkin

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman

a musical

Special Thanks To:

Kevin Corlett and Cecilia Pang

http://theatredance.colorado.edu | www.facebook.com/cutheatredance

Deric McNishNathan StithEmily GammomDevin BozzelliKate BoylesBud ColemanJenn CalvanoKristin DalleskeAmanda ClarkAlex RauschChris KonciljaNathan SpurgeonMichael BatemanStephen BalgooyenJustin MierTakuya OtoAlexa FrankJovanna AvilaAudrey EverettLaura SandlerTrent HinesRebecca ArendtAmanda ClarkKassandra KunischMorgan PetersKelly McDermott

DirectorAssistant Director

DramaturgStage Manager

Assistant Stage ManagerChoreographer/ProducerAssistant Choreographer

Costume DesignerMake-up/Hair Designer

Lighting DesignerAssistant Lighting Designer

Master ElectricianLead Electrician/Light Board Operator

Scenic DesignerSound Designer/Sound Board Mixer

Sound AssistantProjection/Live Feed Operator

Follow Spot Operators

Light Board OperatorMusic Director

Vocal CoachWardrobe Head

Dressers

Production Staff

If we’re being honest, we all know that kid: the really smart kid, the weird kid, the shy kid, and the kid that talks funny. We all know the kid that eats lunch alone

every day. Maybe you are that kid. In the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, we have the opportunity to see that kid shine in an environment

where they can be the ultimate cool kid. Because, after all, the Scripp’s

National Spelling Bee is a big deal. Not only is it televised nationally on ESPN,

but the first place winner takes home about $40,000 in cash prizes, a free set of Encyclopedia Brittanica (and who wouldn’t want a free set of

Encyclopedia Brittanica?), and a big-ass trophy. Perhaps more importantly, these kids have the opportunity to show the world

that they are good at something. And deep down, we all want to make Mom and Dad proud, don’t we? In Spelling Bee, we see these kids perform under this

pressure with varying degrees of success. We see them as they might someday behave as grown ups with real jobs and

pressures and responsibilities. We see how these very special kids might one day function in our society. Maybe we see ourselves.

If we allow it, maybe we see how that weird, smart, antisocial kid wasn’t very weird after all.

Dramaturgy NoteThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Rules

My Friend the Dictionary

Pandemonium

I’m Not That Smart

Magic Foot

Pandemonium(Reprise)

Prayer of the Comfort Counselor

Chip’s Lament

Woe is Me

I’m Not That Smart(Reprise)

I Speak Six Languages

The I Love You Song

Woe is Me (Reprise)

Second (Part One)

Pas De Deux

Second (Part Two)

The Champion

Finale

Song List

Production Coordinator Technical Director

BuyerCostume Shop Manager

Shop Foreman/Props Supervisor Costume Shop Foreman

Costume Storage/Rental Managers

Wardrobe CoordinatorWardrobe Head

Dressers

Publicity DirectorBox Office and Front of House Manager

Box Office Assistant Manager House Managers

Box Office Assistants

Public Relations Assistants

Photographer/videographer

Connie LaneKerry CripeGeneva MattoonTed StarkStephen BalgooyenBrenda KingSara HildebrandMac MaCallKatie CrossAmanda ClarkKassandra KunischMorgan PetersKelly McDermottPamela StoneJeanine McCain Mary Mekeal Sarah BowersHadley Kamminga-PeckGraham Emmons Laura FerranteAyla Pelton-CoxLily StevensDaniel LeonardAndrea JaramilloAmber Rose WojcikChris Warren

Technical StaffAdditional material by Jay Reiss

Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo

Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684www.MTIShows.com

Based upon C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, an original play by The Farm.

The Barrington Stage Company workshop of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was originally co-directed by Michael Barakiva and Rebecca Feldman

The Farm was founded in 2000 by Rebecca Feldman, Artistic Director. It is a collective of writers and performers, including Jay Reiss, Dan Fogler, and Sarah Saltzberg. The Farm’s interest is in the role of

improvisation in creating new work for the theatre. The Farm initially designates a two-week intensive period in which to discover, develop, and rehearse a play from the impulses borne mainly out of the

pressure of a deadline. Pervious projects include Super (at Atlantic Theatre Studios), Why I hate Florida (workshop at White Wave in DUMBO) and C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E (at the Present Company Theatorium in

October 2002), on which The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is based. The character and original dialogue of “Beth Marguiles,”

“Vice President Douglas Panch,” “Mr. Barfee,” and “Logan Schwarzengrubenierre” were created by Rebecca Feldman, Jay Reiss, Dan Fogler, and Sarah Saltzberg, respectively.

William Finn (Music/Lyrics) Mr. Finn is the writer and composer of Falsettos, for which he received two Tony Awards, Best Book of a Musical (with James Lapine) and Best Original Score. He has also written and composed In Trousers, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland (Outer Critics Circle Award

for Best Musical, two Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, the Lucille Lortel Award, and Guggenheim Fellowship in Musical Composition).

Mr. Finn wrote the lyrics to Graciela Daniele’s Tango Apasionado (music by the great Astor Piazzolla) and, with Michael Starobin, the music to Lapine’s version of The Winter’s Tale. His musical, Romance in Hard Times, was presented at the Public Theater. Recently, he wrote Painting You for Love’s Fire, a piece

commissioned and performed by the Acting Company, based on Shakespeare’s sonnets. For television, Mr. Finn provided the music and lyrics for the Ace Award-winning HBO cartoon,

Ira Sleeps Over, Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, Pokey Little Puppy’s First Christmas, and with Ellen Fitzbhugh, two Brave little Toaster cartoons. Mr. Finn has written for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and The New Yorker.

A graduate of Williams College where he was awarded the Hutchinson Fellowship for Musical Composition, Finn now teaches a weekly master class at the NYU Tish Graduate Program in Musical Theatre Writing. His most recent projects include Elegies, A Song Cycle (Lincoln Center) and

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which ran on Broadway and has been produced nationally and internationally, as well.

Rachel Sheinkin (Book) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Tony and Drama Desk Awards); Deaf West’s Sleeping Beauty Wakes (Los Angeles Ovation Award); Striking 12: a GrooveLily rock

musical (Lucille Lortel nomination); Serenade (Barhshnikov Dance Foundation Fellowship) and Blood Drive (O’Neil National Music Theater Conference). Commissions include new works for MTC and Playwrights Horizons. Upcoming at the Guthrie in summer, 2008, Little House on the Prairie. Rachel teaches at NYU’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program and mentors with TDFs Open Doors

scholarship program. Member Dramatists Guild and ASCAP.

BandPiano Conductor

CelloPercussionKeyboard

Reeds

Trent HinesMathieu D’ordineIsaac ZuckermanAlix Brickley Andrew Stonerock