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  • SUPER SUMMER THEATRE PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO is excited to provide you, our community, with an indoor,

    more intimate theatre experience; opening our space to the continued growth of our theatrical

    community.

    HOLIDAY FOLLIES COMPOSERS“Happy Holiday(s)”, “Snow”, “I Love a Piano”, “The Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing”, “Let Me Sing and I’m Happy”, “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”, “White Christmas” – IRVING BERLIN. “The Christ-

    mas Waltz”, “Let it Snow” – SAMMY CAHN & JULE STYNE. “We Need a Little Christmas” – JERRY HERMAN. “Sleigh Ride” – LEROY ANDERSON & MITCHELL PARISH. “Santa Baby” – JOAN JAVITS & PHILIP SPRINGER. “Christmas Time is Here” – VINCE GUARALDI & LEE MENDELSON. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – HUGH MARTIN & RALPH BLANE. “Mele Kalikimaka” – ROBERT ALEX ANDERSON. “It’s

    Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” – MEREDITH WILLSON. “Both Sides Now” – JONI MITCHELL. “The Happy Time”, “The Grass is Always Greener” – JOHN KANDER & FRED EBB. The score of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – JERRY BOCK & SHELDON HARNICK. “Hard Candy Christmas” – CAROL HALL. “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” – JOHN ROX. “All I Ask of You” – ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, CHARLES

    HART, & RICHARD STILGOE. “Won’t You Charleston With Me” – SANDY WILSON. “America” – STEPHEN SONDHEIM & LEONARD BERNSTEIN. “A Lot of Livin’ to Do” – CHARLES STROUSE & LEE ADAMS. “Jin-gle Bells?” – JAMES PIERPONT; arrangement by MARTY PAICH & JACK GOLD. “The Christmas Song” – ROBERT WELLS & MEL TORME. “Toyland” – VICTOR HERBERT & GLEN MACDONOUGH. “I’ll Be Home

    for Christmas” – KIM GANNON & WALTER KENT. “Silver Bells” – JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS. “Winter Wonderland” – FELIX BERNARD & RICHARD B SMITH.

    In City Studio Series

    TAKE A PIC ON YOUR PHONE HEREto go to our website for tickets to up-

    coming shows!

    Never Too LateSST & Raw Productions

    FEB 14-17 & 21-24Directed by Rusty Meyers

    “Any Body For Tea?”& “The Omelet Murder

    Case”SST & Speeding TheatreMAR 7-10 & 14-17

    Trunk SongsSST & Atom & More Entertainment

    JAN 10-13 & 17-20Directed by Jay Joseph

    Musical NumbersAct IOpening Number – Company Happy Holidays The Christmas Waltz We Need a Little Christmas Let It Snow Snow Sleigh Ride Happy Holidays RepriseSanta Baby – JoyChristmas Time is Here – GirlsHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – JennyMele Kalikimaka – Andee & GirlsIt’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas – WallaceBoth Sides Now – JoyThe Happy Time – JennyThe Grass is Always Greener – Andee & JennyFiddler on the Roof Tribute Tradition – Wallace & Company If I Were a Rich Man – Wallace Sunrise, Sunset – Andee & Company Matchmaker – Girls Far From the Home I Love – Jenny Sabbath Prayer – Joy & Company

    Act IIHard Candy Christmas – GirlsI Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas – AndeeAll I Ask of You – Jenny & WallaceI Love a Piano – JoyThe Best Things Happen While You’re Dancing The Best Things… – Wallace Won’t You Charleston – Shyra & Wallace America – Jasmine & Wallace Lot of Livin’ to Do – Gaby & Wallace The Best Things (Dance) – Adriana & Wallace Tag – Wallace & GirlsLet Me Sing and I’m Happy – AndeeI’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – JennyJingle Bells? – JoyThe Christmas Song – WallaceFinale: Toyland – Company I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Jenny Silver Bells – Joy & Girls Winter Wonderland – Company White Christmas – Company

    There will be a 15-minute intermission between acts.Set list is subject to change without notice.

    Music licensing and permissions arranged by Jade Productions and SST with ASCAP

  • “WHO’S WHO” IN HOLIDAY FOLLIESJOY DEMAINJoy Demain is thrilled to produce HOLIDAY FOLLIES with SST. Most recently seen in RUTHLESS at Las Vegas Little Theatre and A BABY BOOMER’S TOAST TO BROADWAY here at SST and other venues. Joy has entertained Vegas audiences since 1991 with Jade and and other companies, including 5 Star Pro-ductions, A Touch of Mystery, Desert Productions, Bill Fayne Productions, Super Summer Theatre, Signature Productions and others. Favorite roles include (Fraulein Schneider) Cabaret, (Fanny Brice) Funny Girl, (Dolly Levi) Hello Dolly, (Velma Kelly) Chicago, (Golde) Fiddler on the Roof, and (Joy) Showtune and A Baby Boomers’ Toast to Broadway.

    JENNY GIOCOMO Jenny’s singing has taken her to Europe, Mexico, and all over America. Career highlights include 8 seasons at the Bird Cage Theater at Knott’s Berry Farm, 2 years in Donn Arden’s Hello Hollywood Hello at the MGM Grand in Reno, and a year at the Flamingo hotel performing in Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus. Thanks to all of you for supporting live theatre, and Happy Holidays!

    ANDEE GIBBS Andee has been very active in theatre communities in LA, Hawaii, and Las Vegas, portraying numerous characters including Mrs. Brice in Funny Girl, Mrs. Mushnick in Little Shop of Horrors, Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Aunt Abby in Arsenic and Old Lace, Mrs. Tottendale in The Drowsy Chaperone, Princess Puffer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and a myriad of others. Her passion is performing and making people laugh!

    WALLACE BROADNAX Wallace “Wallie” Broadnax is a native of Las Vegas. His musical career reaches from gospel to jazz r&b to recording artist to musical theatre to classical. Wallie has been the choir director, pianist, soloist for various churches and gospel ensembles in the Las Vegas area and is currently performing at the House of Blues Gospel Brunch at the Mandalay Bay Hotel. Wallie toured with the National Tour of the Broadway show “Grease” starring as the “Teen Angel” and also spent almost ten years with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as a featured production singer, opening headliner and vocal director. Theatrical credits include “Godspell” “Ain’t Misbehavin’ “ “Working” “Sweet Charity” “Zuit Suit Strut” Jeffrey”. Most recently Wallie was honored to be a part of the ensemble chorus i the opera “La Cerentola” with Opera Las Vegas. He has also recorded with Imagine Dragons on the song “ I Bet My Life”. Wallie is honored to be a part of the awesome cast of Holliday Follies reuniting with Joy and Pat Demain. “I am having SO MUCH FUN!!!!”

    JASMINE L. DONGYou can usually find Jasmine performing in the CSN Chamber Chorale, where she met and fell in love with her husband Adam Schaefer. Together they continue to sing sporadically throughout the semesters for sentimental reasons, making the CSN choir a special 2nd family of theirs. She danced her way through college cheerleading, dramatically sang Game of Thrones at MGM Grand, occasionally portrays an apple thief in the traditional CSN Madrigal dinners, and flash mobbed for Hugh Jackman’s Greatest Showman CinemaCon surprise. She would especially like to thank her mom, husband, Dr. Wherry, Voltaire Verzosa, the CSN Chamber Chorale, her beloved gondolier famiglia, and her family for giving her the courage to share her talents outside of school. She is extremely excited to make her debut in community theatre with Holiday Follies!!!

    ADRIANA FORMISANO Some of Adriana’s favorite past roles include Snow White in Into the Woods, Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie, and Clarissa in Little Women. Her last project with Super Summer Theatre was as the wig technician for Hynes-Sight Entertainment’s The Wedding Singer. When not onstage, Adriana is an eyelash extension artist with The Bare Republic. She is absolutely thrilled to be a part of Holiday Follies with her friends and to have made such talented friends along the way. She wants to thank her family and friends for their constant love and support.

    GABRIELLA GIOCOMO Gabriella kicked off 2018 at SST Studios backstage at A Baby Boomer’s Toast to Broadway, and she’s so happy to be ending the year onstage with friends and family. Her most recent project was a turn in the director’s chair for Broadway in Blue: A Musical Revue at Valhalla on Lake Tahoe’s south shore. Gaby is also a playwright whose work has been seen in Vegas, Tahoe, and Chicago; she is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

    SHYRA HARTLEYShyra is excited to be singing and dancing onstage for Holiday Follies. With this being her very first show, it is a completely new experience that has allowed her to learn and grow as a performer. She would like to thank Joy Demain for believing in her and encouraging her to audition, and Pat Demain for taking the time to prepare her for the audition. She also thanks the Giocomos for allowing her to be part of the show!

    GARY GIOCOMO, DirectorGary was a Principal Singer in Donn Arden’s Jubilee for 7 years, as well as Hello Hollywood Hello in Reno for 4 years. He has been a professional Director/Cho-reographer, Singer, Dancer, & Actor for the past 50+ years, starting his career on Broadway at 16 years old in Bye Bye Birdie.

    DOLLY COULTER, PianistA lifelong love for the arts has allowed Dolly to work with stars such as Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Hudson, Juliet Prowse, Lola Falana, and Sergio Franchi. Thanks to Tommy DeVito, Dolly’s original song “Long, Long Time” was a Billboard Pick of the Week. She was a member of the band “Killians Angels”, co-created and co-hosted the KLAC radio show “Bixby’s Tails”, was a music/vocal director for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines, co-wrote and directed Back-Up: The Legendary Musical, and co-wrote, co-produced, and acted in Death is a Drag! Performance credits also include numerous voice-overs, musical theatre roles, and Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding. Dolly is currently the Music Minister at MCC Church.

    LEE SANPEI, PercussionistBesides touring with Mandarins Drum & Bugle Corps, Lee has played with various artists including The Dirty Martinis, Lara Ash, Mickey Rooney, Double Wyde, The Krush, Joi, The Tommy Thompson Project, and Marlene Ricci. He also played the Blues Schoolhouse show at the House of Blues for over 10 years.

    SST StaffProduction Manager .............................................................................................................................Camren WakefieldStudio Admin ...............................................................................................................................................Brittani Snook Head of Audio ...............................................................................................................................................Morgan LinTechnicians.........................Gina Manago, Sydney May, Dimitri Agnos, Taley Tran, Darrin Simmons, Anthony Ward

    SPECIAL THANKS TOMegan Pink; Christy Miller; Patty & Jerry Brooks; Ariel Rosenbaum; Gabriella Giocomo;

    the staff and board of Super Summer Theatre; and YOU, our audience!

    HOLIDAY FOLLIES PRODUCTION STAFF

    JADE PRODUCTIONS TeamDirector...................................................GARY GIOCOMO Producer.............JOY DEMAIN & JADE PRODUCTIONS Stage Manager..........................................MEGAN PINK Musical Director............................................PAT DEMAIN Choral Director & Wardrobe Supervisor...JENNY GIOCOMO

    The HOLIDAY FOLLIES BandPiano............................................................PAT DEMAINPiano II..................................................DOLLY COULTER Drums............................................................LEE SANPEI

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