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Monday, December 2, 2013, 7:30 p.m. | Phillips Center

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HELLO, DOLLY!starring SALLY STRUTHERS

2013/2014 National Tour Big League Productions, Inc.

Presents

Hello, Dolly!

Book By Music and Lyrics by

Michael Stewart Jerry Herman Based on the play “The Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder

Original Production Directed and Choreographed by Gower Champion Produced for the Broadway Stage by David Merrick and Champion-Five, Inc.

Starring

Sally Struthers Matt Wolfe Lauren Blackman Garett Hawe Halle Morse

Brad Frenette Hilary Fingerman

with

Michael Baxter Zachary Berger Erin Chupinsky Joseph Cullinane Brooke Robyn Dairman Lucas Fedele Michael Gorman Jamey Hood

AJ Hughes Liesl Jaye Louis Jones Lauren Krautmann Joseph Nicastro Michael J. Rios Lisa Rohinsky

Taylor Schramm Tony Triano Paige Wheat

and

John O’Creagh

Scenic Coordination by Lighting Design by Costume Design by Sound Design by Randel Wright Charlie Morrison Vincent Scassellati Peter J. Fitzgerald

Wig/Hair Design by Musical Supervision by Casting by Marketing by Gerard Kelly Skip Brevis Liz Lewis Casting Partners

Alison Franck, CSA Liz Lewis, CSA

True Marketing Wendy Connor

Musical Director General Management Executive Producer John Andrew Tarbet Big League Productions, Inc Daniel Sher

Mark Johnson

Choreography by Bob Richard

Directed by

Jeffrey B. Moss

Hello, Dolly! is presented by arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 560 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022

Exclusive Tour Direction by Big League Productions, Inc. John Starr VP, Director of Booking

SallyStruthers

MattWolfe

LaurenBlackman

GarettHawe

JosephCullinane

Michael J.Rios

MichaelGorman

LieslJaye

Brooke RobynDairman

PaigeWheat

HilaryFingerman

JameyHood

HalleMorse

BradFrenette

JohnO’Creagh

ZacharyBerger

ErinChupinsky

LouisJones

LaurenKrautmann

LisaRohinsky

TaylorSchramm

TonyTriano

MichaelBaxter

LucasFedele

AJHughes

JosephNicastro

Hello Dolly Program_Playbill 9/19/13 4:13 PM Page 2

CASTIN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi.......................................................................................................Sally StruthersAmbrose Kemper.......................................................................................................................Brad FrenetteHorse.................................................................................... ..................Zachary Berger, Michael J. RiosHorace Vandergelder................................................................................................................John O’CreaghErmengarde......................................................................................................................Hilary FingermanCornelius Hackl.............................................................................................................................Matt WolfeBarnaby Tucker...........................................................................................................................Garett HaweIrene Molloy.....................................................................................................................Lauren BlackmanMinnie Fay...................................................................................................................................Halle MorseMrs. Rose...............................................................................................................Brooke Robyn DairmanErnestina.....................................................................................................................................Jamey HoodRudolph....................................................................................................................................Tony TrianoJudge..................................................................................................................................Michael GormanCourt Clerk.........................................................................................................................Michael BaxterTownspeople, Waiters, Etc...........................................Michael Baxter, Zachary Berger, Erin Chupinsky,

Brooke Robyn Dairman, Lucas Fedele,AJ Hughes, Liesl Jaye, Louis Jones,

Lauren Krautmann, Joseph Nicastro, Michael J. Rios,Lisa Rohinsky, Paige Wheat

Swings

Joseph Cullinane, Taylor Schramm

UnderstudiesUnderstudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for

the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

For Dolly: JAMEY HOOD; For Ermengarde: LIESL JAYE; For Cornelius: MICHAEL BAXTER; For Barnaby: AJ HUGHES; For Mrs. Molloy: PAIGE WHEAT;

For Ernestins: LISA ROHINSKY; For Minnie Fay: BROOKE ROBYN DAIRMAN;For Vandergelder: TONY TRIANO; For Ambrose: JOSEPH NICASTRO.

SETTINGNew York City and Yonkers, NY


Act 1

Scene 1: Along Fourth Avenue, New York City“Call On Dolly”.............................................................................................................Company“I Put My Hand In”......................................................................................Dolly and Company

Scene 2: Vandergelder’s Hay and Feed Store, Yonkers“It Takes a Woman”........................................................Vandergelder and the Instant Glee Club“Put on Your Sunday Clothes”......................Cornelius, Barnaby, Dolly, Ambrose, Ermengarde

Scene 3: The Yonkers Depot“Put on Your Sunday Clothes”......................................................................................Company

Scene 4: Outside Mrs. Molloy’s Hat Shop-- New York City

Scene 5: Inside the Hat Shop“Ribbons Down My Back”......................................................................................Mrs. Molloy“Motherhood”...................Dolly, Vandergelder, Mrs. Molloy, Minnie Fay, Cornelius, Barnaby“Dancing”.............................Dolly, Cornelius, Barnaby, Minnie Fay, Mrs. Molloy, and Dancers

Scene 6: 14th Street“Before The Parade Passes By”............................................Dolly, Vandergelder and Company

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

Act 2

Scene 1: In front of the Hoffman House Hotel, on Fifth Avenue“Elegance”..................................................Mrs. Molloy, Cornelius, Minnie Fay and Barnaby

Scene 2: Outside the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant on the BatteryScene 3: Inside the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant

“The Waiters’ Gallop”..............................................................................Rudolph and Waiters“Hello, Dolly!”..................................................................Dolly, Rudolph, Waiters and Cooks“The Polka Contest”.......................................................Ambrose, Ermengarde, Mrs. Molloy,

Cornelius, Minnie Fay, Barnaby and the ContestantsScene 4: A Courtroom on Centre Street

“It Only Takes a Moment”...........................................Cornelius, Mrs. Molloy, and Company“So Long Dearie”..............................................................................................................Dolly

Scene 5: They Hay and Feed Store, Yonkers“Hello, Dolly!” Reprise.......................................................................Dolly and Vandergelder“Finale”......................................................................................................................Company

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ORCHESTRA

John Andrew Tarbet (Musical Director/Conductor/Keyboard 1),Craig Jorgensen (Keyboard 2), Luke Meyer (Reed), Sean Gehricke (Trumpet),

Aaron Hollon (Trombone), Jesse Leach (Guitar/Banjo), Kelly McCarty (Bass), Ryan Draper(Drums/Percussion)

All videotaping, audio recording and photography is strictly prohibited.


Act 1

Scene 1: Along Fourth Avenue, New York City“Call On Dolly”.............................................................................................................Company“I Put My Hand In”......................................................................................Dolly and Company

Scene 2: Vandergelder’s Hay and Feed Store, Yonkers“It Takes a Woman”........................................................Vandergelder and the Instant Glee Club“Put on Your Sunday Clothes”......................Cornelius, Barnaby, Dolly, Ambrose, Ermengarde

Scene 3: The Yonkers Depot“Put on Your Sunday Clothes”......................................................................................Company

Scene 4: Outside Mrs. Molloy’s Hat Shop-- New York City

Scene 5: Inside the Hat Shop“Ribbons Down My Back”......................................................................................Mrs. Molloy“Motherhood”...................Dolly, Vandergelder, Mrs. Molloy, Minnie Fay, Cornelius, Barnaby“Dancing”.............................Dolly, Cornelius, Barnaby, Minnie Fay, Mrs. Molloy, and Dancers

Scene 6: 14th Street“Before The Parade Passes By”............................................Dolly, Vandergelder and Company

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

Act 2

Scene 1: In front of the Hoffman House Hotel, on Fifth Avenue“Elegance”..................................................Mrs. Molloy, Cornelius, Minnie Fay and Barnaby

Scene 2: Outside the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant on the BatteryScene 3: Inside the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant

“The Waiters’ Gallop”..............................................................................Rudolph and Waiters“Hello, Dolly!”..................................................................Dolly, Rudolph, Waiters and Cooks“The Polka Contest”.......................................................Ambrose, Ermengarde, Mrs. Molloy,

Cornelius, Minnie Fay, Barnaby and the ContestantsScene 4: A Courtroom on Centre Street

“It Only Takes a Moment”...........................................Cornelius, Mrs. Molloy, and Company“So Long Dearie”..............................................................................................................Dolly

Scene 5: They Hay and Feed Store, Yonkers“Hello, Dolly!” Reprise.......................................................................Dolly and Vandergelder“Finale”......................................................................................................................Company

MUSICAL NUMBERS

ORCHESTRA

John Andrew Tarbet (Musical Director/Conductor/Keyboard 1),Craig Jorgensen (Keyboard 2), Luke Meyer (Reed), Sean Gehricke (Trumpet),

Aaron Hollon (Trombone), Jesse Leach (Guitar/Banjo), Kelly McCarty (Bass), Ryan Draper(Drums/Percussion)

All videotaping, audio recording and photography is strictly prohibited.


SALLY STRUTHERS (Dolly) is a two-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award win-ner for her performances in the groundbreak-ing TV series All in the Family. She starred in the Fox television series 9 to 5 and her own CBS series Gloria. Her last two series were the CBS comedy Still Standing and the CW net-work’s highly acclaimed Gilmore Girls. (She also won a plaque for best actress in the 7th grade class play.)

Struthers was heard as the voice of the teenage dinosaur Charlene Sinclair in the ABC prime-time series Dinosaurs. She is also the voice of Pebbles Flintstone on the Pebbles and Bam-Bam cartoon series and the lead female charac-ter on the popular Disney cartoon Tailspin.

Struthers’ television movies include: A Gun in the House, And Your Name is Jonah, The Great Houdinis, Hey … I’m Alive, In The Best Interest of the Children, Deadly Silence, My Husband is Missing and Intimate Strangers.

Struthers co-starred in two legendary motion pictures in the ’70s: Five Easy Pieces with Jack Nicholson and The Getaway with Steve Mc-Queen and Ali McGraw. She was also featured in two independent films: Out of the Black and A Month of Sundays with Rod Steiger. She made a cameo appearance for actor/writer/pro-ducer Mario Van Peebles in the Sony feature Baadassss!

Struthers’ first two Broadway forays were in Wally’s Café with Rita Moreno and Jimmy Coco and Neil Simon’s female version of the Odd Couple with Brenda Vaccaro. For three years she starred as Miss Mamie Lynch on Broadway and on tour in the Tommy Tune production of Grease. In the 20th Anniversary National Tour of Annie, Struthers played the coveted role of Miss Hannigan.

Struthers was named best actress by the Los Angeles Artistic Director Theatre Awards for her role as Louise Seger in the musical, Al-ways, Patsy Cline, a true story based on the re-lationship between Seger and Cline. She won the Ovation Award as best featured actress in a musical for her performance as Agnes Gooch in the Los Angeles production of Mame, and won a second Ovation Award for Cinderella. Additional starring roles include regional productions of Hello, Dolly!, Anything Goes, The Fifth of July, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Full Monty, Fiddler on the Roof, Chicago, All Shook Up, Drowsy Chaperone, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 9 to 5, Legally Blonde and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

For 30 years, Struthers has worked tirelessly

to help the hungry and uneducated children everywhere. She has visited these children in many third world countries, and has filmed numerous public service announcements and documentaries on their behalf.

Struthers’ daughter Sam is the person she treasures. She’s also in love with her dog Bob.JOHN O’CREAGH (Horace Vandergelder) is delighted to once again be playing Horace to Sally Struthers’ Dolly! Most recently he’s appeared in Katie Roche at the Mint Theater. He has just returned from the national tour of West Side Story in which he played Doc. He has also appeared as Chris Christopherson in Anna Christie and on television on The Late Show with David Letterman, John Adams, Life On Mars, Law & Order SVU, Kidnapped and Sex and The City. He’s currently preparing a book of light verse for publication. MATT WOLFE (Cornelius Hackl) Broad-way: Scandalous. Pre-Broadway productions in Seattle at 5th Avenue Theatre of A Christ-mas Story, Disney’s Aladdin, Catch Me If You Can and Saving Aimee (Scandalous). Million Dollar Quartet and others at Village Theatre. World premiere of Goodnight Moon and oth-ers at Seattle Children’s Theatre. Love to Lady Bryan who taught me that truly, it only takes a moment. www.matt-wolfe.net LAUREN BLACKMAN (Irene Molloy) Off Broadway: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, Next Thing You Know, Chocolate Soldier. Fa-vorite regional credits: The title role in Mary Poppins, Singin’ In The Rain, Nine, Legally Blonde, Sunset Boulevard, A Chorus Line, The World Goes Round. Recordings: cast album, Next Thing You Know. Heartfelt thanks to LTA and all my B’s. www.laurenblackman.comGARETT HAWE (Barnaby Tucker) is thrilled to be playing one of his dream roles! Broad-way: Newsies (Albert, u/s Davey, Crutchie — Original cast), Mary Poppins (Neleus — also North American tour). Sacramento Music Circus, NSMT, Paper Mill Playhouse. B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from CCM. Love and thanks to DGRW, DBA, family, friends and the Newsies. HAI. www.garetthawe.com. @Ghawe. Holy Cabooses! HALLE MORSE (Minnie Fay) Broadway: Lisa in Mamma Mia! Regional: Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly! (North Carolina Theatre), Little Inez in Hairspray (Sacramento Music Circus), Mimi Marquez in Rent (Pioneer Theatre Com-pany), Oklahoma! and Hello, Dolly! at The Muny, Blues in the Night (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre), West Side Story (Porthouse Theatre),

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTamong others. B.F.A. in musical theatre from CCM. Follow her on Twitter: @hallemorseBRAD FRENETTE (Ambrose Kemper) recently returned from the U.K. where he ap-peared as King Julien in Madagascar Live. Re-gional credits include: Sweeney Todd (Pirelli), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat (Joseph), Rent (Mark Cohen), Putting It Together (Man 2), Big River (Duke). B.F.A.: Penn State. Proud member of AEA. @bjfrenetteHILARY FINGERMAN (Ermengarde) is thrilled to be on her first national tour with Hello, Dolly! She loves playing this role and hopes she doesn’t hurt your ears. Previous fa-vorite credits include being the bully in The Bully, Erma in Anything Goes, A Little Night Music, Spelling Bee. B.F.A. from Wright State University. www.hilaryfingerman.comMICHAEL BAXTER (Ensemble) Resident choreographer of The MUNY in St. Louis. Re-gional: The MUNY, North Carolina Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Lou-is, Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre. B.F.A. musical theatre Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts. ZACHARY BERGER (Ensemble) is from Schenectady, N.Y. and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a B.F.A. drama. Love to everyone who has inspired me to keep pur-suing the dream, Mom, Dad, Sis, Patti, Debbie and all my teachers along the way.ERIN CHUPINSKY (Ensemble) Off-Broad-way: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Tours: CATS, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wonderful Town. B.F.A., WMU. Ironman triathlete, 17x mara-thoner! Endless thanks to Bob, family and friends. Epic love to Mom, Dad and Andrew.JOSEPH CULLINANE (Ensemble/Swing)Off-Broadway: York Theatre, Theatre Row, New World Stages. Tours: Radio City Christ-mas Spectacular. Regional: Paper Mill Play-house, North Carolina Theatre, TUTS, Pioneer Theatre, Westchester Broadway. Endless grati-tude to Jeffrey, Bob, Alison and Corey.BROOKE ROBYN DAIRMAN (Ensemble) National tours: Peter Pan (Tiger Lily, Pe-ter u/s), Damn Yankees (Lola u/s), Grinch (Punky), and All Shook Up (associate choreog-rapher). Gratitude to Jeff, Bob, Skip, and Big League. Love to Aaron! Dedicated to mom.LUCAS FEDELE (Ensemble) National tour: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Regional: IkeSkidmore in Arena Stage’s Oklahoma!, Pitts-burgh Civic Light Opera, Kansas City Star-light, West Virginia Public Theatre. A ma fleur.MICHAEL GORMAN (Ensemble/Dance Captain) Broadway/National tours: A Chorus

Line (Revival), Chicago (Revival), Harrigan ’n Hart, Copperfield, A Chorus Line (Origi-nal Production) Bobby. Faculty: University of California (Irvine), Jacob’s Pillow. Thrilled to be a part of Hello, Dolly! Thanks Bob.JAMEY HOOD (Ensemble) is thrilled to be on tour again after playing Madison Square Gardens on The Grinch... tour last winter. Hood is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. www.jameyhood.comAJ HUGHES (Ensemble) Touring: Rock of Ages (Franz Kinemann), Irwing Berlin’s White Christmas first national, 42nd Street. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, MUNY. Training: Point Park University. Proud AEA member. Thank you, Bob! @aj_hughes85LIESL JAYE (Ensemble) is excited to be in her favorite musical. In the past year, she en-joyed being in How the Grinch Stole Christ-mas! in NYC and competing in the television contest So You Think You Can Dance. She thanks Janice Aguilera and Donna Carbone.LOUIS JONES (Ensemble) National tours: Damn Yankees. Previous credits: Hairspray (Seaweed), Bye Bye Birdie (Conrad Birdie), A Chorus Line (Richie), Seussical (The Cat), The Wizard of Oz (Tin Man), Company (Peter), Echoes (Ronald), Jesus Christ Superstar (Si-mon), All Shook Up. LAUREN KRAUTMANN (Ensemble) is thrilled to make her national tour debut! Mis-souri native and Creighton University graduate (B.S. mathematics), regional credits include Spamalot (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina) and Cabaret (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse). Thanks to my incredible family and friends!JOSEPH NICASTRO (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut with Hel-lo, Dolly! Also a contemporary dancer, he has danced with Part of the Oath Dance Theatre and Lostwax Multimedia Dance Theatre. B.A. from Rhode Island College. Love to family and friends. Deepest thanks to Bill, Flo and Gel.MICHAEL J. RIOS (Ensemble) National tours: CATS (U.S., Canada, Central/South America), Wizard of Oz. Regional: Fiddler On the Roof (Syracuse Stage), Peter Pan (North-ern Stage). Film: ABC Upfront. Thanks to Mom, Dad and David. Visit www.michaeljrios.com for more info!LISA ROHINSKY (Ensemble) is thrilled to be part of Hello, Dolly! Broadway: Gypsy star-ring Patti LuPone. Regional credits include: Sacramento Music Circus, North Shore Musi-cal Theatre, Westchester Broadway, MTWich-

WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTita and the national tour of White Christmas. Thanks to BR, Mom, Dad, Dana!TAYLOR SCHRAMM (Ensemble/Swing) is a native of Alexandria, Va. Proud graduate of Northwestern University. Favorite credit: Chicago (Go To Hell Kitty). Endless gratitude and love to Mom, Dad, Jan and Lincoln. “Keep your head, heels, and standards high.”TONY TRIANO (Ensemble) National tours: Hello, Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, La Cage aux Folles, Annie. Off-B’way: The Fantasticks, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Twelfth Night, As You Like It. Regional: Man of La Mancha, Sweet Charity, Big River, The Sunshine Boys, Moon Over Buffalo, Guys and Dolls, Beauty and the Beast. Proud member of AEA.PAIGE WHEAT (Ensemble) is a native Tex-an. She is thrilled to be on tour for the first time! Regional: TUTS, Casa Manana, Gate-way Playhouse, WVPT and BAHBT. To my amazing family and friends … Thank you for everything! Proud Michigan graduate.MICHAEL STEWART (Book) scored on Broadway the first time out when he won a Tony for his Bye Bye Birdie libretto. He was the librettist for Carnival (Drama Critics Circle Award) and Hello, Dolly! which won him both a Tony and Drama Critics prizes. He also wrote the books for George M! (with Francine and John Pascal) Mack & Mabel, The Grand Tour and 42nd Street (with Mark Bramble), Harri-gan and Hart, I Love My Wife and the lyrics for Barnum.JERRY HERMAN (Music and Lyrics) Raised in Jersey City by musically inclined parents, Herman learned to play piano at an early age, and the three frequently attended Broadway mu-sicals. At the age of 17, Herman was introduced to Frank Loesser who, after hearing material he had written, urged him to continue composing. He attended the University of Miami, which has one of the nation’s most avant garde theater de-partments. After graduating, Herman moved to New York. In 1960, Herman made his Broad-way debut with the revue From A to Z, which featured contributions from newcomers Woody Allen and Fred Ebb as well.That same year pro-ducer Gerard Oestreicher asked if he would be interested in composing the score for a show about the founding of the state of Israel. The re-sult was his first full-fledged Broadway musical, Milk and Honey. In 1964, producer David Mer-rick united Herman with Carol Channing for a project that was to become one of his most suc-cessful, Hello, Dolly! The original production ran for 2,844 performances, the longest running

musical for its time, and was later revived three times. Hello, Dolly! swept the Tony Awards that season, winning 10, a record that remained unbroken for 37 years. In 1966, Herman’s next musical was the smash hit Mame starring Ange-la Lansbury. Although not commercial success-es, Dear World (1969), Mack & Mabel (1974) and The Grand Tour (1979) are noted for their fascinating concepts and their melodic, memo-rable scores. Herman considers Mack & Mabel his personal favorite score and both Dear World and Mack & Mabel have developed a cult fol-lowing among Broadway aficionados. In 1983, Herman had his third mega-hit with La Cage Aux Folles which broke box office records at the Palace Theatre and earned Herman yet another Tony Award for best musical. It is the only musi-cal to win the Tony Award for best revival of a musical twice (2004 and 2010), and therefore is the only show to win a best musical award for every staged Broadway production. JEFFREY B. MOSS (Director) is an award winning director — both in America and around the globe — whose work includes the develop-ment of new plays and musicals such as Before The Dream by Charles Strouse and Leslie Lee, Passin’ It On by Larry Atlas and Terry Cash-man, The Jazz Club by John Nassivera, Mer-maids, based on the MGM film and Charles Strouse’s Real Men as well as the staging of many national and international tours includ-ing Peter Pan, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Music Of The Night, Annie, West Side Story, 42nd Street, Annie Get Your Gun, Mame, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum and Man Of La Mancha. He often directs newly imagined productions of classic musicals such as Golden Boy (with a new book by Leslie Lee) and the critically praised new production of RAGS seen at The Coconut Grove Play-house and Paper Mill Playhouse. He is current-ly in pre-production for a new staging of The Rothschilds, and has directed the Big League landmark tour of My Fair Lady and the recent national tour of Damn Yankees! In New York, he directed the hit musical Mayor by Charles Strouse and Warren Leight, the Cy Coleman/Neil Simon musical Little Me and Bill Boggs’ Talk Show Confidential. He was the conceiver/director of the New York and Kennedy Center productions of Some Enchanted Evening, now part of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Library, and directed the stage and television versions of Barry Manilow’s musical, The Drunkard, star-ring Tom Bosley. More than 20 of the musical productions he has staged have been seen in

WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTAsia. He has just staged the new international tour of The Sound of Music.BOB RICHARD (Choreographer) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (Broad-way and tours); choreographer of LazyTown Season 3 by Turner Network Television. The Tonight Show; The Today Show and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; the resident chore-ographer for the past 15 years at Sacramento Music Circus, staging more than 35 top of the line productions.

This fall will be returning to Seattle’s 5th Av-enue Theatre to Stage OLIVER! After his wild-ly acclaimed production of The Music Man!

Other notable theatres of late, The Pioneer Theatre in Salt Lake City, North Shore Music Theatre; The Old Globe Theatre (annually with How the Grinch Stole Christmas!) Theatre Un-der the Stars; Ordway Performing Arts Center. Richard’s work won a Bay Area Critics Circle Award with the American Musical Theatre of San Jose, and an Ivey and Houston Area The-atre Award for choreography on his tour of Cabaret. Richard is the founding artistic direc-tor of The American Musical Theatre Dance Company! Dancing, teaching master classes world wide and choreographing encompassing 30 years in show business, Richard is honored to be choreographing the national tour of Hel-lo, Dolly! starring Sally Struthers and is grate-ful to Dan Sher and Big League Theatricals for letting me SHARE what is in my heart and soul! All my love to Diane and Robert Henry! My meaning of life! CHARLIE MORRISON (Lighting Design). National and international tours: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon, Aida (U.S., Taiwan, and China), Disney’s The Little Mermaid, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (Madison Square Garden), Guys and Dolls, Groovaloo (NYC, L.A., Foxwoods and U.S. tour), My Fair Lady, The King and I (U.S. tour and Korea), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Gypsy, 42nd Street (U.S. and Japan), Smokey Joe’s Café, The Who’s Tommy (Europe and Japan), Titanic, The Music Man, many others. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company (D.C.), Good-speed Musicals, Seattle Rep, Theatre Under the Stars, Kansas City Starlight, Pittsburgh CLO, George Street Playhouse, Playmaker’s Rep, Tulsa Opera, many others. Morrison is the recipient of the 2006 and 2007 Helen Hayes Awards for outstanding lighting design and has been nominated for seven Helen Hayes Awards. Website: www.cmlighting.com.

VINCENT SCASSELLATI (Costume De-sign) has designed more than 250 productions for professional theatres across the country. From 1964 until 2000, he was resident costume designer for Missouri Repertory Theatre and head of the costume design program at the Uni-versity of Missouri — Kansas City. In addition to his work at the Rep, Scassellati has designed for the Great Lakes Shakespeare Company, The Muny in St. Louis, Theatre of the Stars in Atlanta, University of Michigan, Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine, Starlight Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre (Boston), Kansas City Ballet, Heartland Theatre, Dinner Theatres Inc. and many regional theatres. In productions as diverse as Shakespeare and Cats, he has de-signed for directors Cyril Ritchard (The Misan-thrope), Albert Marre (Chalk Garden), Alexis Menotis (Oedipus Rex) and John Houseman. As staff designer at Kansas City Costume Company, Scassellati has recently designed Annie, Will Rogers Follies, Cats, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Damn Yankees, Grease, Aida, Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast. His current design project is the 2013/2014 national tour of Hello, Dolly! starring Sally Struthers.PETER FITZGERALD (Sound Design): Current: Old Jews Telling Jokes, Getting the Band Together, Priscilla Queen of the Desert tour. Noted designs: New York Philharmon-ic’s 2013 Live from Lincoln Center produc-tion of Carousel, Will Farrell’s Your Welcome America, Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, Gypsy; Paul Simon’s The Capeman, The Will Rogers Fol-lies, 42nd Street, La Cage Aux Folles, City of Angels, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Life, and Hello, Dolly! Plays: Orphans, Glengary Glen Ross, Blithe Spirit, The Odd Couple, M. Butterfly and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. President of Sound Associates and founding partner of GPR Records.com, a new recording company releasing classical, poetry, spoken word and children’s works. Fitzger-ald and wife Maritza are the proud parents of daughters Lori and Mallori. SKIP BREVIS (Musical Supervisor) is a busy New York City producer, arranger, musical director, composer and consultant who works with top artists in theater, music and film. He co-created, arranged, and musical directed the original production of Beehive, the ’60s Mu-sical. Other original productions created and musical directed include Winner Take All (A Rock Opera) and Showdown!, now in its fifth year in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Recent theatrical projects include

WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTMartin, the new Charles Strouse/Leslie Lee musical and Damn Yankees!, and you can hear his original music in the award-winning docu-mentary film Married and Counting. Brevis’ long running R&B show band, The Stingers, continues to perform at events here and around the world, backing such artists as Stevie Won-der, Michael McDonald, Darius Rucker, Anita Baker and Jennifer Hudson. JOHN ANDREW TARBET (Music Director/Conductor) Credits include My Fair Lady (na-tional tour), Peter Pan (national tour), Broad-way All-Stars (Norwegian Cruise Lines), six seasons with KJK Productions in Westchester County and numerous shows and cabarets in the New York City area. Tarbet is also a composer and has written music for the stage, church and concert hall. In 2012 his full length musical theatre piece, Edith Stein was produced in the reading series at the York Theatre in New York where Tarbet was also recognized as “new, emerging, outstanding.” Tarbet holds a M.F.A. from the Graduate of the Musical Theatre Writ-ing Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Thanks to such a wonderful cast and crew and also to his parents, seven sib-lings and friends for all their love and support. www.JohnAndrewTarbet.comLIZ LEWIS CASTING PARTNERS (Cast-ing Director) Liz Lewis Casting Partners has been a front-runner in the casting industry for more than 20 years, securing talent for com-mercials, film, television, theatre, voice overs and reality and has offices in New York City and Los Angeles. Alison Franck has been the casting director for Big League Productions, Inc since 2008, casting tours of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (three years), My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls and tours of Dreamgirls and Hair. Franck also was the resident casting director for Paper Mill Play-house for 10 years, where she cast more than 50 productions, including the Broadway trans-fer of I’m Not Rappaport, starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Regional: Pirates! (Goodspeed — Paper Mill), Hairspray and Les Misérables (North Shore) and 2007’s mini-tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TUTS/Paper Mill Playhouse/North Shore/TOTS). www.lizlewis.comWENDY J. CONNOR (Owner/President, TRUE Marketing) TRUE Marketing is an en-tertainment marketing firm based in Orlando, Fla., providing full-service marketing and public relations consulting, including graphic

design and social marketing strategy teams, as well as an in-house video production depart-ment with capabilities in HD field production, real-time green screen compositing, voiceover recording and pre- and post-production editing. TRUE’s clients include the national tours of The Wizard of Oz, Spring Awakening, My Fair Lady, Dreamgirls and regional productions of Disenchanted! and The D*Word, as well as Broadway Across America — Orlando, The Orlando Solar Bears, Central Florida Sports Commission and Florida Theatrical Associa-tion. TRUE Marketing is also a primary partner in Orlando’s newest and most coveted events spaces The MEZZ and The Abbey.MICHAEL T. CLARKSTON (Stage Manag-er) Bwy: Avenue Q, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Hairspray, In The Heights, Jersey Boys, Mil-lion Dollar Quartet, Lion King. National tours: In The Heights, Shrek, White Christmas, Other: Elton John’s 35th Anniversary Concert, Dubai Film Awards.RICHARD A. LEIGH (Assistant Stage Man-ager) National tours: Hair, My Fair Lady. In-ternational: Aida. NYC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Birdseed, Lovesick, Parker & Dizzy’s Fabulous Journey. Upcoming tours: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Bring It On.NATHAN K. CLAUSE (Assistant Stage Manager) Broadway: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; God of Carnage; The Norman Con-quests; David Mamet’s November. Off-Broad-way: Shout!; Chris March’s Butt-Cracker; Grey Gardens; Blackbird. Regional: My Brilliant Divorce; Pulse (Asolo) BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS/DANIEL SHER (Executive Producer) Led by Daniel Sher as owner and executive producer, Big League is celebrating its 24th season of produc-ing, general managing and booking Broadway musicals and special attractions for touring throughout North America and worldwide. Big League’s collaboration with Disney Theatri-cals on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (North America, Taiwan and China) and with Cameron Mackintosh on a new production of Miss Sai-gon (four year record setting U.S. and Canadian tour) are among its significant achievements. Other noteworthy productions were the Japa-nese and North American touring productions of 42nd Street with the creative team from the Tony Award®-winning Broadway revival as well as a three-year tour of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man as newly conceived by Susan Stroman. Others have included Footloose (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, North American tour),

tours of Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumstarring Rip Taylor and the unique spectacular Blast! Big League’s renowned production of The Who’s Tommy has been seen throughout North America, South America, and Europe, and most recently in Tokyo. Big League pro-duced the Tony Award®-winning musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ starring American Idol winner Ru-ben Studdard and the fi rst national tour of the technically dynamic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The most recent seasons included Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, the hip hop dance show Groovaloo in NYC Off-Broadway, and Dr. Se-uss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Mu-sical (annual national tour and 2012 at Madi-son Square Garden). Currently, the acclaimed production of Dreamgirls and Hair, having completed U.S. tours, culminate with Japanese engagements at the celebrated new Theater Orb in Tokyo. In the near future, Big League will produce Hello, Dolly! and Bring it On. The booking department at Big League, helmed by vice president John Starr, is among the most re-spected in the industry.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST tion of Miss Saigon (4 year record setting US and Canadian tour) are among its significant achievements. Other noteworthy productions were the Japanese and North American touring productions of 42nd Street with the creative team from the Tony Award®-winning Broadway revival as well as a three-year tour of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man as newly conceived by Susan Stroman. Others have included Footloose (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, North American tour), tours of Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor and the unique spectacular Blast! Big League’s renowned production of The Who’s Tommy has been seen throughout North America, South America, and Europe, and most recently in Tokyo. Big League produced the Tony Award®-winning musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ starring “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard and the first national tour of the technically dynamic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The most recent seasons included Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, the hip hop dance show Groovaloo in NYC Off-Broad- way, and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christ- mas! The Musical (annual National Tour and 2012 at Madison Square Garden). Currently, the acclaimed production of Dreamgirls and Hair, having completed US tours, culminate with Japanese engagements at the celebrated new Theater Orb in Tokyo. In the near future, Big League will produce Hello, Dolly! and Bring it On. The booking department at Big League, helmed by Vice President John Starr, is among the most respected in the industry.

PRODUCTION STAFF FOR Hello, Dolly!

COMPANY MANAGER............................................Andrea Ghersetich Assosciate General Manager................................................Michael Coglan Stage Manager..................................................................Michael Clarkston Assistant Stage Manager....................................................Richard A. Leigh Assistant Stage Manager.....................................................Nathan K. Claus Associate Lighting Designer..................................................John Burkland Head Carpenter.............................................................................Eric Steele Assistant Carpenter................................................................Dan Laushman Production Electrician..........................................................Dirk Van Pernis Head Electrician....................................................................Anthony Fisher Associate Sound Designer......................................................Domonic Sack Head Sound.......................................................................................Tim Riggs Assistant Electrician..................................................................... Sean Furphy Assistant Sound................................................................Brian “Rudy” Rudell Production Props Supervisor.........................................................Joe DiFonzo Head Props..............................................................................Devin Biggart Costume Coordinator....................................................................Lisa Zinni Head Wardrobe Supervisor......................................Melanie Clifton-Harvey Hair Supervisor...........................................................................Rae Phillips Assistant Wardrobe/Dresser.....................................................Becky Oleska Vocal Director..........................................................................Casey Breves Dance Captain....................................................................Michael Gorman

TV Footage Produced by FRESH PRODUCE PRODUCTIONS/Frank Basile Production Assistant.......................................................Kyle Patrick Wendt Production Assistant..................................................................Suzi Bonnot Legal Counsel for Big League Productions, Inc..................Nan Bases, Esq. Office Manager/Assistant to Producer...................................Xavier Mazara Accounting for Big League Productions, Inc.................Schall & Ashenfarb House Accountant....................................................................Connie Caulo Banking............................................................................J.P. Morgan Chase Insurance.............................................................................C & S Insurance Payroll Services.......................................Checks and Balances Payroll Inc. Travel/Housing Services.......................................................Tour Resources

THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE MEMBERS OF THE ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSO- CIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES

Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E)

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