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2015 SeaSonThis Season is Dedicated to the Memory of William H. Graham, Sr.

This production is sponsored by ,Kathleen Quinn, and Patricia Woodbury & FTI Consulting, Inc.

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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Dear friend of Olney Theatre Center,

Even if you’re not a producer like I am, I dare you to get through “The King of Broadway,” the glorious opening number of The Producers, without cracking a smile. Like the entirety of this deliriously funny show, it’s more than a valentine to show biz; it’s a big fat bearhug to it, from the highs to the lows to the really really lows. Even those of us who work in nonprofit theater don’t have it quite as bad as poor Max Bialystock, who produces the sure-fire flop Springtime for Hitler, only to see it turn into an unexpected mega-hit that lands him in prison. “You’ve heard of ‘theatre in the round’? You’re looking at the man who invented ‘theatre in the square’! Nobody had a good seat!” he croons, longing for the good old days.

The Producers began in what some call the good old days, as Mel Brooks’ 1968 movie starring the inimitable Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. If you remember it, then you know that it’s a paean to a different time, and a very different medium. The movie achieved cult-hit status, but as great as it was, I believe the musical is even

better. Brooks’ adaptation of the film is pure comic genius, from its brilliant musical-theater shtick to its Broadway-satirizing dance numbers. The Producers won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards in 2001 because it comes to vivid life on stage, where the audience can share the joy with the actors.

Given its immense popularity, I’m not sure why there hasn’t been a resident professional production of The Producers here since the National Tour came through more than ten years ago, but I suspect it’s because getting the right actors to pull this off isn’t easy. That’s why I’m so proud of this production, headlined by Michael Kostroff (best known to us in the region for his five seasons on The Wire, but more importantly an esteemed music-theater legend across the country) and Broadway veteran Jason Graae as the sumptuous Roger DeBris.

And of course, I’m proud of the production because it’s helmed by three of our favorite creatives: director Mark Waldrop and choreographer Tara Jeanne Vallee (the Artistic Associates behind The Little Mermaid and The King and I, among others) and music director Darius Smith. These folks, working with this enormously talented cast, are going to begin the theater’s 77th summer with a huge, hilarious bang.

I hope we’ll see you at the end of the summer with the start of our 2015-16 season, Noël Coward’s Hay Fever. But before you head off for vacation, please drop me a line at [email protected] and let me know what you’ve enjoyed this season, and what you’re hoping to see next year.

Onward!

Jason Loewith Artistic Director

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oLneY THeaTRe CenTeRDebbie Ellinghaus,

Managing DirectorJason Loewith,

Artistic Director

Opening Night: June 27, 2015

presents

featuring

Brandon AmbrosinoJennifer Cordiner

Jason GraaeJohn Jeffords

Michael KostroffNurney

Derek John Tatum

Kurt BoehmGabriella DeLucaLance E. HayesAmanda KaplanEmily Madden

Natalie Perez-DuelVictoria Winter

Jennifer CameronMichael Di Liberto

Jessica JarosEthan KasnettRobert Mintz

Stephen F. Schmidt

Director

Mark Waldrop^

ChoreographerTara Jeanne Vallee^

Music Director Darius Smith

By special arrangement with StudioCanal

Original Direction and Choreography by Susan Stroman

Book byMel Brooks and Thomas Meehan

Music and Lyrics byMel Brooks

Costume DesignerSeth M. Gilbert

Scenic DesignerJames Fouchard^

Lighting DesignerAndrew F. Griffin

Sound DesignerMax Krembs

Production Stage ManagerJohn Keith Hall

Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Music Theatre

Christopher Youstra

Director of ProductionDennis A. Blackledge

Production ManagerFred T. Paul

^Olney Theatre Center Artistic Associate

THE PRODUCERS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 42 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

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

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.The use of recording (audio and video) or photographic equipment during the show is strictly prohibited.

Please silence all cellular phones and personal paging devices before the performance begins.

oLneY THeaTRe CenTeRSEpTEMBER 2 - 27on the Mainstage

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CAST OF THE pRODUCERS (in order of appearance)

The Usherettes ...................................................................................... GABRIELLA DELUCA+, AMANDA KAPLAN+

Max Bialystock ................................................................................................................... MICHAEL KOSTROFF*

Leo Bloom ......................................................................................................................... MICHAEL DI LIBERTO*

Hold-me Touch-me ................................................................................................................... VICTORIA WINTER

Mr. Marks ................................................................................................................................. JOHN JEFFORDS*

Franz Liebkind ...................................................................................................................STEPHEN F. SCHMIDT*

Carmen Ghia ............................................................................................................................... ROBERT MINTZ*

Roger De Bris ...............................................................................................................................JASON GRAAE*

Bryan ........................................................................................................................................LANCE E. HAYES+

Kevin .....................................................................................................................................................NURNEY+

Scott .........................................................................................................................................ETHAN KASNETT*

Shirley ...........................................................................................................................................VICKY WINTER

Ulla ............................................................................................................................................ JESSICA JAROS*

Lick-me Bite-me ................................................................................................................... GABRIELLA DELUCA+

Kiss-me Feel-me .................................................................................................................JENNIFER CAMERON*

Jack Lepidus ..........................................................................................................................................NURNEY+

Donald Dinsmore .......................................................................................................................LANCE E. HAYES+

Jason Green ........................................................................................................................ DEREK JOHN TATUM+

Lead Tenor ................................................................................................................................ JOHN JEFFORDS*

Sergeant ............................................................................................................................. DEREK JOHN TATUM+

O’Rourke ....................................................................................................................... BRANDON AMBROSINO*

O’Riley ......................................................................................................................................LANCE E. HAYES+

O’Houllihan ...........................................................................................................................................NURNEY+

Bailiff ........................................................................................................................................LANCE E. HAYES+

Guard .......................................................................................................................................ETHAN KASNETT*

Judge ............................................................................................................................................KURT BOEHM*

Foreman of the Jury ........................................................................................................... DEREK JOHN TATUM+

Trustee ................................................................................................................................ DEREK JOHN TATUM+

Ensemble ........................BRANDON AMBROSINO*, KURT BOEHM*, JENNIFER CAMERON*, JENNIFER CORDINER*,

GABRIELLA DELUCA+, LANCE E. HAYES+, JOHN JEFFORDS*, AMANDA KAPLAN+, ETHAN KASNETT*,

EMILY MADDEN+, NURNEY+, NATALIE PEREZ-DUEL+, DEREK JOHN TATUM+, VICTORIA WINTER

*Member, Actors’ Equity Association +Equity Membership Candidate

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never appear for a listed player unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

Max Bialystock – STEPHEN F. SCHMIDT*; Leo Bloom, Roger De Bris – JOHN JEFFORDS*;

Ulla – JENNIFER CORDINER*; Franz Liebkind – KURT BOEHM*; Carmen Ghia – ETHAN KASNETT*

Dance Captain – ETHAN KASNETT*

Production Stage Manager – JOHN KEITH HALL*


THE pRODUCERS SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS - ACT I

The Olney Theatre Center 2015 Season isDedicated to the Memory of William H. Graham, Sr.

William H. Graham, Sr. was a leader, mentor, director, performer, and a tireless advocate for the performing arts during his more than fifty-year association with Olney Theatre Center. Bill played several roles during his time at Olney Theatre, from Mainstage actor and director for the National Players, to General Manager and most recently as President Emeritus of our Board of Directors.

To pay tribute to his many contributions to Olney Theatre and the National Players, we dedicate the 2015 season to him. We remember Bill in all we do, and we invite you to honor his legacy by making a contribution to the William H. Graham, Sr. Fund supporting mentorship and FREE Summer Shakespeare at Olney Theatre Center.

To donate, go to olneytheatre.org/support.

William H. Graham, Sr. 1926 - 2013

Scene I: Shubert Alley

OPENING NIGHT ..........................................................................................................................The Ensemble

THE KING OF BROADWAY .......................................................................................................... Max, Ensemble

Scene 2: The Office of Max Bialystock

WE CAN DO IT ................................................................................................................................... Max, Leo

Scene 3: The Chambers Street Offices of Whitehall & Marks

I WANNA BE A PRODUCER ............................................................................................Leo and the Accountants


WE CAN DO IT (REPRISE) ................................................................................................................... Max, Leo

Scene 5: The Office of Max Bialystock (early the following morning)

Scene 6: The Rooftop of a Greenwich Village Apartment Building on Jane Street

IN OLD BAVARIA ..................................................................................................................................... Franz

DER GUTEN TAG HOP-CLOP ......................................................................................................Franz, Max, Leo

Scene 7: The Elegant Foyer and Living Room of Roger De Bris’ Upper East Side Townhouse

KEEP IT GAY ........................................................................................................Roger, Carmen, Bryan, Kevin,

Scott, Shirley, Max, Leo


WHEN YOU’VE GOT IT, FLAUNT IT ...............................................................................................................Ulla

Scene 9: Little Old Lady Land

ALONG CAME BIALY .........................................................................................................Max, Little Old Ladies

ACT ONE FINALE .....................................................................................Max, Leo, Franz, Ulla, Roger, Carmen,

Bryan, Kevin, Scott, Shirley, Ensemble


THE pRODUCERS SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS - ACT II

THE pRODUCERS ORCHESTRA

Scene I: The Office of Max Bialystock (late morning, a few weeks later) THAT FACE ................................................................................................................................. Leo, Ulla, Max

Scene 2: The Bare Stage of a Broadway Theatre HABEN SIE GEHOERT DAS DEUTSCHE BAND? .................................................................................. Jason, Franz

Scene 3: The Exterior of the Shubert Theatre OPENING NIGHT (REPRISE) ........................................................................................................ The Usherettes

IT’S BAD LUCK TO SAY GOOD LUCK ON OPENING NIGHT ...................................Roger, Max, Carmen, Franz, Leo

Scene 4: The Stage of the Shubert Theatre SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER................................................................................Lead Tenor, Roger, Ulla, Ensemble

Scene 5: The Office of Max Bialystock (later that night) WHERE DID WE GO RIGHT? ................................................................................................................ Max, Leo

Scene 6: A Holding Cell BETRAYED ................................................................................................................................................ Max

Scene 7: A Downtown New York City Courtroom ‘TIL HIM ............................................................................................................................................ Leo, Max

Scene 8: Sing Sing PRISONERS OF LOVE .......................................................................................................................... Leo, Max

Scene 9: The Stage of the Shubert Theatre PRISONERS OF LOVE (REPRISE) ....................................................................................... Roger, Ulla, Ensemble

Scene 10: Shubert Alley LEO AND MAX ................................................................................................................................... Leo, Max

Curtain Call GOODBYE! ..................................................................................................................................The Company

Piano/Conductor.............................................................................................................................. Darius Smith

Keys 2 ............................................................................................................................................. Jacob Kidder

Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax .................................................................................................................. Patrick Plunk

Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Sax ............................................................................................................George Hummel

Trumpet ...........................................................................................................................................Tony Neenan

Trumpet ............................................................................................................................................Mike Barber

Trombone ............................................................................................................................................... Jay Ellis

Bass ............................................................................................................................................... Frank Higgins

Drums ................................................................................................................................................Alex Aucoin

Musical Supervision, Additional Orchestrations and Programming by Christopher Youstra


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My first experience with the Olney Theatre Center was probably 20 years ago when a friend brought me to see a performance. While I don’t remember which play that was, my experience left me with the sense that this theater was a real Maryland treasure. Of course, my sense was right – and at the time, I did not even know that our theatre had been designated as one of two Maryland State Theaters. Five years ago, I joined the Board of Directors at the Olney Theatre. It was then that I met so many of the incredible people that work tirelessly behind and in front of the scenes. It was very clear that this community cared so much about the mission of the theater – to produce fantastic shows that entertain all from age 5 to 105 and, through the National Players touring company, bring theater to those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to see live theater. It shows. I’m always in awe of the performers, the incredible sets and costumes,

and the fact that with just a few weeks of rehearsal, a show can come together so beautifully. The staff who work the long hours to put the shows on, sell tickets, manage the house and concessions, raise money, pay the bills, and manage the theater all clearly love the Olney Theatre Center and the community of which they are a part. I know this business is not easy, but the dedicated Olney Theatre Center community sure makes it look that way.

Patricia Woodbury Treasurer, Olney Theatre Center Board of Directors

WHY OLNEY THEATRE CENTER MATTERS TO ME

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Brandon Ambrosino (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his debut at Olney Theatre Center! Previous credits include: REGIONAL: The Fulton: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Sight and Sound: Behold the Lamb, The Miracle of Christmas. DC AREA: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Grease, West Side Story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat. Brandon was also an original cast member of the award-winning Tap the Show, choreographed by Mike Minery. He is a graduate of Liberty University.

Kurt Boehm (Ensemble) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Godspell, A Chorus Line, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor ® Dreamcoat. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, She Loves Me. Signature Theatre: Cabaret, Les Miserables, Kiss of the Spider Woman, One Red Flower. Ford’s Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors. Keegan Theatre: The Full Monty. Imagination Stage: Lyle, the Crocodile. Adventure Theatre-MTC: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Goodnight Moon. Red Branch Theatre Company: The Last Five Years. Kurt holds a

BM from Catholic University.

Jennifer Cameron (Ensemble) is thrilled to make her Olney Theatre Center debut in The Producers. REGIONAL: Westchester Broadway Theatre: 42nd Street (Lorraine); Prather’s Broadway Palm West: 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer), A Chorus Line (Bebe), Beauty and the Beast; Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre: Cats (Jennyanydots); Virginia Musical Theatre: White Christmas (Rita); Fireside Theatre: Damn Yankees; Mac-Haydn Theatre: 42nd Street, Carousel; Summer Lyric Theatre: Guys and Dolls, Will Rogers Follies. DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Hairspray (Shelley) [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding

Musical]. EDUCATION: BA from The George Washington University.

Jennifer Cordiner (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center! Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: A Chorus Line (Val) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Musical]; Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Arista). Jennifer has spent two Christmases as a Radio City Rockette and had the honor of dancing on PBS’ “Live From Lincoln Center: One Singular Sensation: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch.” She has also traveled to Mexico to dance in the role of Snow White for Ratner Company’s National WOW Event. NATIONAL TOURS:

Monty Python’s Spamalot, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Liza). REGIONAL: Paper Mill Playhouse: A Chorus Line (swing, Val); Arrow Rock Lycuem Theatre: The Producers and Anything Goes. EDUCATION: BA in English from Rutgers University. Ms. Cordiner is generously sponsored by Kathleen Quinn.

Gabriella DeLuca (Ensemble) is so excited to be back in her hometown making her debut at Olney Theatre Center. Gabriella is an actress in New York City where she was most recently playing the part of Hannah in the workshop of the new musical Allegiance heading to Broadway this fall. Favorite credits include All Shook Up (Miss Sandra), Les Misérables (Eponine), Children of Eden (Yonah), and The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy). EDUCATION: BFA in Musical Theatre from University of Michigan. For Mom.

Michael Di Liberto (Leo Bloom) is thrilled to be making his Olney Theatre Center debut with The Producers. Other Regional: Elf (Buddy u/s) and Oliver! (Mr. Sowerberry) both at Paper Mill Playhouse, LMNOP (Goodspeed), Spamalot (Sir Robin), The 39 Steps (Clown #1), Around the World in 80 Days (Detective Fix), The Story of My Life (Alvin Kelby), Titanic (Harold Bride), My Fair Lady (Jamie). Tours: Annie, Cinderella, Strike Up the Band and Disney On Classic w/ the Tokyo Philharmonic. Readings/Workshops: Little Fish, ella minnow pea, Elegies, Robin Hood. BFA Syracuse University. Big thanks to

Mark, Tara Jeanne and CGF Talent. This one’s for you, gramma. Mr. Di Liberto is generously sponsored by Steve C. Phan and Richard J. Poster.

WHO’S WHO - CAST


A Night in

Under theStars at Olney

Theatre Center

Join us atOlney Theatre Center’s Annual Gala

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Special Guest

JOHN RIGGINSOlney Theatre Stage Veteran, Former Washington Redskins

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Jason Graae (Roger de Bris) Broadway: Falsettos, A Grand Night for Singing, Stardust, Snoopy!, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Off-Broadway: Forever Plaid (original Sparky), Hello Mud-dah, Hello Fadduh (Drama Desk Award nomination), Olympus on My Mind, All in the Timing, etc. LA: U.S. Premiere of Ragtime (Houdini), Forbidden Broadway/Hollywood (Ovation/L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards) TV/FILM: 6 Feet Under, Rude Awakening, Friends, Frasier, Sabrina, Dukes of Hazzard, Home on the Range, etc. 5 1/2 years was the voice of Lucky the Leprechaun for Lucky Charms cereal, a balanced

part of your complete breakfast. Over 55 recordings (original cast, studio and solo CDs).

Lance E. Hayes (Ensemble) returns to Olney Theatre Center where he was last seen in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. NATIONAL TOUR: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (fall 2015). DC/MD AREA: The Kennedy Center: Latino Inaugural Gala 2013 (Performed with Chita Rivera and Rita Moreno); Shakespeare Theatre: 2013 Will Awards Gala (honoring Elizabeth McGovern); Studio Theatre 2nd Stage: Carrie: The Musical (George, u/s Billy); Infinity Theatre Company: Dames at Sea (u/s Lucky), Sisters of Swing; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Memphis [Helen Hayes Award Nomination - Outstanding Resident Musical], Cinderella, Happy

Days: The Musical, Cats. UNIVERSITY: The Drowsy Chaperone (George), Godspell (“Light of the World” soloist), Cabaret (Victor), Frank Loesser/Marvin Hamlisch Revue at The Kennedy Center. EDUCATION: Catholic University and Towson University.

Jessica Jaros (Ulla) is so excited to be spending the summer at Olney Theatre Center! Favorite regional credits include: Goodspeed Opera House: Good News; The Fireside Theater: Once Upon a Mattress (Lady Larken); North Shore Music Theater: The Wizard of Oz; Disney Cruise Line: Disney’s Believe (world premiere, Fairy Godmother); West Virginia Public Theater: All Shook Up (Miss Sandra), Anything Goes, The Will Rogers Follies, and My Fair Lady; Westchester Broadway Theater: Miracle on 34th St.; La Comedia Dinner Theater: Happy Days (Pinky Tuscadero). EDUCATION: BFA in Musical Theatre from Syracuse

University. Love and thanks to S.D. Ms. Jaros is generously sponsored by Scott and Erin D’Vileskis.

John Jeffords (Ensemble) is excited to be making his Olney Theatre Center debut! Previous productions of The Producers include Atlanta Theatre of the Stars, Kansas City Starlight, and Riverside Theatre. NEW YORK: Lincoln Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre. REGIONAL: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina: The Who’s Tommy (Tommy understudy); Bay Street Theatre: Raindogs; Forestburgh Playhouse: Les Misérables (Enjolras), Hairspray (Corny Collins); Old Log Theatre: Life Could Be a Dream (Skip); Arizona Theatre Company.

Amanda Kaplan (Ensemble) is thrilled to make her debut at Olney Theatre Center. REGIONAL: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Hairspray (Penny), Memphis [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding Musical], Spamalot [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble and Musical], The Addams Family, Mary Poppins, In the Heights, Grease, Shrek The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, Fiddler on the Roof, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th Street, The Pirates of Penzance, The King and I. CCTA: Anne Frank (Anne Frank). ATMTC:

42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer). TAP: A Chorus Line (Diana Morales). DC AREA: Chicago, Cabaret, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Aida, Parade, Les Misérables, Crazy for You. EDUCATION: BFA in Dance Performance from East Carolina University.

Ethan Kasnett (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center after just performing in Disney’s The Little Mermaid this past winter. REGIONAL: Connecticut Repertory Theater: A Chorus Line (Bobby), The Pirates of Penzance (dir. Terrence Mann), My Fair Lady (choreo. Charlotte d’Amboise), The Music Man, The Drowsy Chaperone, Man of La Mancha, and Guys and Dolls. Other credits include: FIFTY*FOUR*FOREVER (directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hysterium), Lysistrata, Urinetown, Rent, Hello Dolly!, Some Enchanted Evening, and

Cabaret. UPCOMING: Guys and Dolls (Olney Theatre Center) and La Cage Aux Folles (Signature Theater). BFA: University of Miami. This one’s for you Grandpa Seymour.

WHO’S WHO - CAST


performances throughout the day • Food trucksBeltway Barks animal adoption • Theater tour • Meet the cast of the ProducersVocal master class • Tap master class • Hear the songs of next year’s season

picnic presentation by the National playersChildren’s activities and games: bouncy house, stage combat, clown class, face painting

Mel Brooks films • Live music • Ice cream social • pre-show cocktailsprop and costume sale • Art display • Non-profit displays

SAVE THE DATE!July 25 • A FREE All-Day Event!


Michael Kostroff (Max Bialystock) is an established television and stage actor, best known for his five seasons on HBO’s highly acclaimed series, The Wire, and for his numerous TV guest star appearances, most recently on The Good Wife, Damages, Louie, Elementary, Law & Order: SVU and The Blacklist. Kostroff began his The Producers journey with the show’s First National Tour, and has gone on to play Max at regional theatres across the country. He’s also toured with Les Misérables, as the conniving and villainous Thénardier. Other stage credits include Paper Mill Playhouse’s Can-Can and Lend Me a Tenor;

Goodspeed’s Carnival; Sacramento Music Circus’ Guys and Dolls; and Flat Rock Playhouse’s The Fantasticks. Kostroff is the author of the book Letters from Backstage, and the creator of the popular Audition Psych. 101 workshop, which addresses the mental side of the audition process. He lives and works in New York City. Mr. Kostroff is generously sponsored by William L. Mitchell and David A. Vignolo.

Emily Madden (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Olney Theatre Center debut! REGIONAL: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Anything Goes (Purity), 42nd Street (Ethel/Swing), Hairspray (Swing); Adrienne Arsht Center: Metamorphoses (Alcyone/Baucis). UNIVERSITY: Oklahoma (Ado Annie), Carmen (dir., Moisés Kaufman), South Pacific (Bloody Mary), Our Town (Mrs. Webb). Other credits include: Les Misérables (Fantine), Crazy for You, All Shook Up. EDUCATION: BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Miami.

Robert Mintz (Carmen Ghia) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Jetsam). NEW YORK: Actors Fund: Miracle on 34th Street; NYMF: Seeing Stars, Shine! REGIONAL: The Fulton: The Nutcracker; Gateway Playhouse: West Side Story (Baby John); The Growing Stage: Peter Pan (Peter), The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow). DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Children of Eden, Broadway: Three Generations (Girl Crazy, Bye Bye Birdie, Sideshow); Arena Stage: My Fair Lady; Signature Theatre: The Visit; Rainbow Theatre Project: YANK!; Washington Savoyards: Kiss Me, Kate (Bill); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: High School

Musical, Kiss Me, Kate; Adventure Theatre-MTC: What’s a Wolf to Do? EDUCATION: BM from CUA

Nurney (Ensemble) is happy to return to Olney Theatre Center where he appeared in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Flotsam); DC AREA: THEARC Theater: Truth: The Musical (Popple); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Shrek The Musical, Spamalot [Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble], The Wiz, The Color Purple [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Resident Musical] EDUCATION: BS Communication Studies Towson University, 2013.

Natalie perez-Duel (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center. Previously seen in Olney Theater Center’s Fiddler on the Roof (Bielke). REGIONAL: Texas Family Musicals: All Shook Up (Lorraine); Interlakes Summer Theater: Hello Dolly (Ensemble), 42nd Street (Ensemble), Red Skelton’s All American Way (Featured Dancer/Singer) DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Fan); Open Circle Theatre: Evita (Ensemble); TV: America’s Most Wanted (Rosa). Natalie is a 2015 Montclair State University Musical Theatre BFA graduate where she was last seen in 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer).

Stephen F. Schmidt (Franz) returns to Olney Theatre Center. Previous credits include Triumph of Love (Hermocrates), Stuff Happens (Tony Blair) and Crave. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre (Associate Artist): Violet, Hello Dolly! [2014 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble]; Arena Stage: Death of a Salesman (Harry Wagner), Noises Off (Frederick Fellowes); Signature Theatre: Urinetown (Lockstock) [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical]; The Kennedy Center: Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka (Wonka) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical]. FILM: J. Edgar, My

One and Only, The Visiting, La Bamba. TV: House of Cards, The Wire. Mr. Schmidt is generously sponsored by Robert E. Hebda.

WHO’S WHO - CAST


Derek John Tatum (Ensemble) is thrilled to be spending another summer at Olney Theatre Center after recently returning to the DC area. Past Olney Theatre Center credits: A Chorus Line (Don) [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Musical]. REGIONAL: Fireside Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Michael); John W. Engeman Theatre: White Christmas; Prather Theatres: Anything Goes; Arizona Broadway Theatre: The Will Rogers Follies (Quartet). DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Latino Inaugural (performer w/Chita Rivera); 1st Stage: Altar Boyz (Luke); Landless Theatre: Xanadu (Sonny); Adventure Theatre-MTC: Petite Rouge;

Imagination Stage: Doctor Dolittle; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Chicago, Damn Yankees, High School Musical. TV: ID Discovery, Veep, House of Cards. Proud UMD grad. Thanks to his cast, the Olney family, and his parents for their endless love and support. Enjoy the show!

Victoria Winter (Ensemble) At 60, instead of shows and roles, she prefers to list experiences. Mizzar and Holt, The Washington Ballet Academy, Harlequin, Burn Brae, Toby’s and West End, Kassel Stattstheater, Harry Winter, and her beautiful daughter Amy. She is extremely excited about this newest adventure with Olney Theatre Center.

WHO’S WHO - CAST

WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE

Mel Brooks (Writer, Composer and Lyricist, Producer) Director, producer, writer and actor, Mel Brooks is the recipient of three 2001 Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Musical) and two Grammy Awards (Best Musical Show Album and Best Long Form Music Video) for The Producers. Mr. Brooks began his distinguished career during television’s “Golden Age” as a writer for Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows in 1951. In 1955 and in 1957, Brooks received Emmy Award nominations (with others) for the best comedy writing for Caesar’s Hour, and in 1956 he was nominated (with others) for best writing for a variety or situation comedy. In 1952, Brooks wrote sketches for Leonard Sillman’s Broadway smash-hit revue, New Faces of 1952, and in 1957, together with Joe Darion, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Shinbone Alley, which starred Eartha Kitt. In 1962, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical All-American, starring Ray Bolger. In the’ 60s, Brooks teamed up with Carl Reiner to write and perform The 2000 Year Old Man albums, which became immediate bestsellers. In 1960 and 1961, Brooks and Reiner received Grammy Award nominations for the Best Spoken Word Comedy for 2000 Years and for Best Comedy Performance for 2000 and One Years, respectively. In 1997, Brooks and Reiner teamed up again for The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000. Both a book and a CD were released, the CD winning a Grammy Award in 1998 for the Best Spoken Word Album: Comedy. Brooks wrote and narrated The Critic, a short satire on avant-garde art films, which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject in 1964. In 1965, he teamed up with Buck Henry and created Get Smart, the long-running televisions show starring Don Adams as Agent 86. Brooks, along with others, received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in a Comedy-Variety in 1967 for The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special. In 1968, he wrote and directed his first feature film, The Producers, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, which earned him an Academy Award for the Best Original Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. He then went on to create a remarkable string of hit comedies: 1970, he wrote, directed and acted in The Twelve Chairs; 1974, co-wrote, directed and acted in Blazing Saddles and was nominated, along with John Morris, for the best title song, “Blazing Saddles”; 1974, co-wrote and directed Young Frankenstein; 1976, co-wrote, directed and starred in Silent Movie; 1977, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in History of the World, Part l; 1983, produced and starred in To Be or Not To Be; co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in the hit sci-fi spoof, Spaceballs; 1991, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Life Stinks; 1993, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Robin Hood: Men in Tights; 1995, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Dracula: Dead and Loving It. For three successive seasons, Brooks won the Emmy Award for his role as Uncle Phil on the hit comedy show, Mad About You. His visionary film company, Brooksfilms Limited, founded in 1980, has produced some of America’s most distinguished films, among them: David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, Frances, Richard Benjamin’s My Favorite Year and 84 Charing Cross Road, starring Anthony Hopkins and Mr. Brooks’ wife Anne Bancroft.


Thomas Meehan (Book) received the Tony Award for co-writing the book for The Producers in 2001 and in 2003 for co-writing the book for Hairspray. He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show, and has since written the books for the musicals I Rembember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand and Annie Warbucks. In addition, he is a long-time contributor of humor to The New Yorker, an Emmy Award winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, including Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs and To Be or Not To Be. He and his wife, Carolyn, divide their time between a home in Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owns and presides over the long-running and near-legendary children’s store Peanut Butter & Jane. Mr. Meehan is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild.

Mark Waldrop (Director) is happy to come home again to Olney Theater Center where he directed Annie [Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Resident Musical], Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The King and I, Sound of Music, Little Shop of Horrors, and Cinderella (twice!). BROADWAY: Bea Arthur: Just Between Friends [Tony Award nomination, Special Theatrical Event]. NATIONAL TOUR: Bette Midler, The Divine Miss Millennium. OFF-BROADWAY: Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly [Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, OBIE], Pete ‘n’ Keely, Capitol Steps, NEWSical, Game Show, Listen to My Heart, My Deah, Inventing Avi, Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (City Center Encores!). REGIONAL: NJ’s Paper Mill Playhouse: Gypsy (Betty Buckley), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Romeo & Bernadette, Little Shop of Horrors; Seattle’s 5th Avenue: Gypsy (Judy Kaye), Into the Woods. CABARET AND CONCERT: Sutton Foster, Brooke Shields, Edward Hibbert, and many, many others. Also an award-wining lyricist and librettist, Mr. Waldrop is the writer of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. Mr. Waldrop is generously sponsored by Clifford L. Johnson and Margaret T. Roper.


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Tara Jeanne Vallee (Choreographer) is happy to be back at Olney Theatre Center, after choreographing their previous productions of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The King and I [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography], Annie [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Musical] and Triumph of Love. Her work has been seen on Broadway and National Tour in Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy. In NYC, Ms. Vallee was a featured choreographer in Dance Break 2010, and choreographed The Sphinx Winx (Algonquin and Theatre Row), She Can’t Believe She Said That (NYMTF), Body and Soul (Baryshnikov Arts Ctr.), and Breakthrough (Ziegfeld). Other credits include: Annie (TUTS, Houston), They’re Playing Our Song (Surflight), Christmas Dreams (Palace-Branson, MO). Assistant Choreographer on the National Tour of The Music Man, 42nd Street and Singin’ in the Rain at Goodspeed Opera House, and Camelot at Olney Theatre Center. Love to my boys, Aidan and Matthew. Ms. Vallee is generously sponsored by Clifford L. Johnson and Margaret T. Roper.

James Fouchard (Scenic Designer) previously created sets for Olney Theatre Center productions of The Price, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The King and I, Cinderella, Little Shop of Horrors, The Sound of Music, Dames at Sea, and Oh, Coward!. Other design credits include the national tours of Can-Can (starring Chita Rivera), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat (starring Patrick Cassidy), The Show-Off (starring Jean Stapleton), 42nd Street (Asia Tour), Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Phantom of the Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, South Pacific, The Sound of Music (USA and Asia), Crazy for You, Grease, Oklahoma!, Singin’ in the Rain and the Charleston production of Porgy and Bess. He has also served as Scenic Supervisor for tours of Will Rogers Follies, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and Evita (supervised by Harold Prince). Other designs include productions for Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Ford’s Theater, Everyman Theatre, Walnut Street Theater, the John F. Kennedy Center, Peabody Conservatory, Syracuse Stage, Theatre of the Stars, Rep Stage, OperaDelaware, American Musical Theater, Summer Opera Theater, Opera Columbus, Feld Entertainment, and Harrah’s (Atlantic City and Lake Tahoe). For the past 33 summers he has served as resident scenic designer at Pennsylvania’s Totem Pole Playhouse and is currently an Artistic Associate for Olney Theatre Center. He is a member of United Scenic Artists. Visit www.jamesfouchard.com

Seth M. Gilbert (Costume Designer) is the Resident Costume Designer and Assistant Costume Shop Manager at Olney Theatre Center. Recent credits: OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Carousel, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Resident Musical], A Chorus Line (Associate Costume Designer) [2013 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Musical], You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Sound of Music, Grease, Annie, Forever Plaid. NATIONAL PLAYERS: Tour 66; As You Like It; To Kill a Mockingbird (Associate Costume Designer). REGIONAL: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Marie Antoinette (Associate Wig Designer) [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design; Helen Huang]; Theatre 40: The Ghosts of Mary Lincoln; University of Michigan – Flint (Guest Designer): Elegies; St. Clair County Community College (Guest Designer): James and the Giant Peach, Star Spangled Girl. EDUCATION: BS in Costume Design and Technology from the University of Michigan-Flint. Mr. Gilbert is generously sponsored by Kathleen Quinn.

Andrew F. Griffin (Lighting Designer) is a professional Lighting Designer for theatre, dance, and opera, and is a third year MFA candidate at Yale School of Drama. He is happy to be returning to Olney Theatre Center where he previously designed Avenue Q, A Chorus Line, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Bad Dates. His recent work includes Selma ‘65 (La Mama ETC); Midsummer (Yale Summer Cabaret); The Children, Don Juan, and The Master and Margarita (Yale School of Drama); The Zero Scenario, Shiny Objects, and The Medium (Yale Cabaret). Andrew’s work in the DC region has included designs with companies such as Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Theatre J, Signature Theatre, Synetic Theater, Studio Theatre, Forum Theatre, Adventure Theatre-MTC, Urban Arias, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Faction of Fools, Imagination Stage, Everyman Theatre, and MetroStage, and his work has been seen internationally in Canada, Mexico, and the Republic of Georgia. He has been a Guest Designer at The Catholic University of America, Gallaudet University, and Connecticut College. Andrew is a two-time recipient of the Helen Hayes Award for his designs of Henry V at Folger Theatre and King Lear at Synetic Theater. He is a proud member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829. www.AFGlighting.com.


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Avenue Q - Kathleen Quinn (center) with sponsored artistsfrom left: cast member David Landstrom, Artistic Director/

Director Jason Loewith and cast member Sam Ludwig.

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John Keith Hall (Production Stage Manager) REGIONAL: Virginia Musical Theatre: Miss Saigon, White Christmas; Shadowland Theatre: The Good German, Lend Me a Tenor, The Drawer Boy; Barter Theatre: The Lion in Winter, Mother Courage and Her Children, Gigi, Gypsy, The Odd Couple, The Mousetrap, Steel Magnolias, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Tempest, The Memory of Water, To Kill a Mockingbird, Talley’s Folly, The Importance of Being Earnest, Macbeth, Godspell, She Loves Me, Wit, My Fair Lady, Falsettos, A Turn of the Screw, Brigadoon. DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Soon; The Studio Theatre: Choir Boy, Bad Jews, Water by the Spoonful, Tribes, Torch Song Trilogy, 4000 Miles, The Aliens, Invisible Man, Sucker Punch, Venus in Fur, The Walworth Farce, Superior Donuts, Legends!, American Buffalo, In the Red and Brown Water, Adding Machine: A Musical, Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Seafarer, Grey Gardens, The Road to Mecca, The History Boys, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

Max Krembs (Sound Designer) is thrilled to be returning to Olney Theatre Center! Previous sound design credits with Olney Theatre Center include: Awake and Sing!, Avenue Q, The Submission, and Forever Plaid (2013). Other sound design credits: REGIONAL: Illinois Shakespeare Festival: The Rivals, As You Like It (Asso. Sound Designer), Othello (Assoc. Sound Designer); Heritage Theatre Festival: The 39 Steps (Assoc. Sound Designer). WASHINGTON, DC: Capital Fringe Festival: The Other Day, Recovery. FILM: Farewell Old Stringy. Max currently works full time for the University of Virginia’s Department of Drama as the Event Coordinator and Sound Engineer.



Christopher Youstra (Associate Artistic Director - Music Theater) As the past Resident Music Director, Mr. Youstra has music directed and conducted around 35 musicals at Olney Theatre Center, including Carousel and Godspell, as well as last year’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Avenue Q. He has also music directed at many of the other local theaters including Ford’s Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Little Shop of Horrors; Studio Theatre 2nd Stage: Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Pop!, Passing Strange; Studio Theatre: Adding Machine: A Musical; Round House Theatre: Once on This Island, A Murder A Mystery A Marriage, The Summer of ‘42, and The World Goes ‘Round; Toby’s Dinner Theater: Les Misérables, The Color Purple, Titanic, Beauty and the Beast, Aida, The Producers, Godspell, Rent, Miss Saigon, Ragtime, Chicago; Imagination Stage: Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Miss Nelson is Missing; The Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences: Nobody’s Perfect, Chasing George Washington, Dr. Wonderful, Knuffle Bunny; Arena Stage; Burn Brae Dinner Theatre; Montgomery College; American University; Musical Theatre Center; Signature Theatre; and Columbia Center for the Theatrical Arts. Mr. Youstra has been nominated for nine Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Music Direction and received the award for Titanic. He is Director of Music at St. John the Evangelist Parish in Columbia, has worked with both Phoenix Productions and Troika Entertainment national touring company and toured both Europe and Korea with Smokey Joe’s Café. As a composer, Mr. Youstra’s music has been heard throughout the area, including The Dancing Princesses at Imagination Stage, Big Nate: The Musical (with Jason Loewith), the Helen Hayes Awards, the 2014 Summer Hummer and the opening gala of the Atlas center.

Jason Loewith (Artistic Director) recently directed Olney Theatre Center’s critically acclaimed production of Carousel. Previous productions include the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of Steven Dietz’s Rancho Mirage for Olney Theatre Center as well as last season’s productions of Avenue Q and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Musical]. Mr. Loewith won Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Jeff Awards for Best New Musical for Adding Machine: A Musical, which he co-wrote with composer Joshua Schmidt (off-Broadway, 2008). His latest musical is Big Nate: The Musical which premiered in 2013 at Adventure Theatre-MTC, co-written with Olney’s Associate Artistic Director Christopher Youstra. Recent regional work as a director includes the world premiere of Broke (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta), Time Stands Still (Everyman, Baltimore), Crime and Punishment, and Working It Out (Center Stage, Baltimore), Adding Machine: A Musical (Studio Theatre, DC), and a dozen plays for Chicago’s Next Theatre Company, where he served as Artistic Director from 2002-08. Those credits include the Chicago area premieres of Dying City, Defiance, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and Fabulation. He conceived and directed the world premiere of The American Dream Songbook, wrote and directed the world premiere of War with the Newts, and produced Chicago premieres by Caryl Churchill, Suzan-Lori Parks, Carson Kreitzer, Sam Shepard, Dael Orlandersmith, and many more. He is a three-time grantee from the NEA for Artistic Excellence, a recipient of support from the Rockefeller MAP Fund and MacArthur’s International Connections Fund, and a TCG New Generations Future Leaders grant. Jason joined Olney as Artistic Director in 2013 after serving four years as Executive Director of the National New Play Network.

Debbie Ellinghaus (Managing Director) joined Olney Theatre Center in August 2014. Prior to her appointment at OTC, she was Director of Development for the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she closed significant gifts that helped to advance student scholarship and academic programming. From 2005-11, Ms. Ellinghaus was the Senior Associate Director of Development at Yale School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT. At Yale, she was part of a university-wide campaign that raised more than $3.8 billion and included transformational gifts for Yale Rep from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Robina Foundation, which established the Binger Center for New Theatre. Additionally, she raised funds for scholarship, theatrical productions, and facilities. In her role at Yale, Ms. Ellinghaus provided mentorship to MFA candidates, many of who are now leading major theaters across the country. Previously, Ms. Ellinghaus was Director of Development at off-Broadway’s Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a graduate of New Actors Workshop, a professional theater training conservatory founded by Mike Nichols, George Morrison and Paul Sills. Ms. Ellinghaus currently chairs the Downtown Arts and Culture Commission in Columbia, MD, an organization that works closely with Merriweather Post Pavilion to preserve it’s cultural significance in Maryland.

For more insight into the show visit our dramaturgy blog at www.olneyproducers.wordpress.com.

CONTEXT GUIDE Although Mel Brooks is best known for his feature films, as a child he dreamed first of being a garment salesman, and then of working in the theatre. Between that dream — sparked by watching Ethel Merman in Anything Goes — and his Broadway hit The Producers came World War II, success as a Borscht Belt performer and TV writer, and the films that established him as a master of comedy. Although The Producers first came to life as a film in 1968, its showbiz satire was rooted in Brooks’ love for and experience with Broadway. Looking back at its origins, The Producers’ arrival in 2001 as a Broadway musical seems like a homecoming. The Producers’ story came from an amalgamation of people Brooks worked with in the theater, but he wasn’t sure what form best suited it. He was a successful TV writer by the time he started writing The Producers in 1962, but he also had work on Broadway as far back as 1952. After writing a short piece in New Faces of 1952, Brooks returned to Broadway in the books of musicals Shinbone Alley (1957, co-written with Joe Darion) and All American (1962). Brooks began writing The Producers soon after All American, experimenting with the story as a novel and a play before deciding to write it for the silver screen. The Producers reveled in laughing at its own community, but Brooks’ ambitions reached beyond that; for Brooks, comedy is “the only weapon [he’s] got” to fight the memory of Hitler. The screenplay originally shared a title with its fictional musical, the source of its satire and its controversy: “Springtime for Hitler.” When real-life producers — not hoping for a flop — balked, the name changed, but Brooks’ goals did not. “It’s been one of my lifelong jobs — to make the world laugh at Adolf Hitler,” he later said. By focusing on the Nazis rather than the suffering they caused, Brooks could diminish their legacy without trivializing the experiences of their victims. As Robert Brustein wrote, “Nobody can touch Brooks when it comes to letting the air out of evil icons... generally by exposing how much they have in common with showbiz.” Twenty-three years after World War II, not everyone was ready to laugh at Hitler and some took offense at the film — ironically, the response its heroes hope for in the story. But the passage of time and the move from screen to stage have both been kind to The Producers. The stage adaptation, suggested by entertainment mogul David Geffen, features music and lyrics by Mel Brooks and a book co-written with Thomas Meehan (Annie, Hairspray). When The Producers hit Broadway in 2001, it was met with a record number of Tony wins and record ticket sales. The Producers has found a home in the theater, where it makes us laugh at the business we love, at our enemies, and at ourselves.

—Susanna Pretzer, Dramaturg

CONTEXT GUIDE

Mel Brooks,Lyricist:

Songs For All Genres

Mel Brooks is one of only twelvepeople ever to achieve EGOT statusby winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an

Oscar, and a Tony. As a lyricist, Brooks put his trademark sense of humor

to use parodying a range of distinct genres. Here are a few samples.

Mel Brooks accepting his Tony award forThe Producers in 2001.

SHOWBIZ

THe PRoDUCeRS(Film-1968 and 2005, Broadway-2001)

Mel Brooks had a vocal cameo in both the filmand Broadway run of

The Producers,providing the voice for a line in “Springtime

for Hitler.”

Matthew Broderick and showgirls fromthe Broadway production of The Producers.

I wanna be a producerWith a hit show on Broadway

I wanna be a producerLunch at Sardi’s every day.”

WESTERN

BLazInG SaDDLeS (1974)

When Frankie Laine — known for Western theme songs including “3:10 to Yuma” and “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” — recorded the theme song for Blazing

Saddles, Brooks did not tell him the film was a parody.

He rode a blazing saddle.He wore a shining star.

His job to offer battleTo bad men near and far.”

Clevon Little in the Mel Brooks movie Blazing Saddles.

THE pRODUCERS

YoUnG FRanKenSTeIn(Film-1974, Broadway-2007)

In the original film of Young Frankenstein, the only musical number was not written by Mel Brooks. The musical features lots of Brooks’ lyrics, but retains

“Puttin’ on the Ritz.”

Shuler Hensley (left) andRoger Bart in the Broadway production of the musical

Young Frankenstein

Join the fam’ly bus’ness,Learn the fam’ly trade,

Make yourself a monster,Make the world afraid!”

HORROR

HISToRY oF THe WoRLD, PaRT I

(1981)

Brooks took on the Spanish Inquisition on his own battlefield, much as he did Hitler in The Producers: with an elaborate song-and-dance number in the

style of Busby Berkeley.

The Inquistion, what a show!The Inquistion, here we go!”

HISTORY

Mel Brooks and companyperform “The Inquisition” fromhis film History of the World,

Part l.

SPaCeBaLLS(1987)

Brooks’ agreement with Star Wars’ George Lucas forbade the production of Spaceballs action figures, but allowed

the film to closely parody the Star Wars films.

If you’re livin’ in a bubbleand you haven’t got a care

Well, you’re gonna be in trouble‘cause we’re gonna steal your air.”

SCI-FI

Bill Pullman (left) and Rick Moranis in the Mel Brooks Star

Wars spoof Spaceballs.

RoBIn HooD:Men In TIGHTS

(1993)

“The Sherwood Forest Rap” featured in Robin Hood: Men in Tights was the third rap written by Brooks

to be released.

“We’re men. We’re men in tights.We roam around the forest

looking for fights.”

FOLKLORE

Cary Elwes as Robin Hood in the Mel Brooks

film Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Costumes

SetSet rendering by James Fouchard

For The Producers, I wanted a cast with old-school discipline. Now that we have that cast, we’re having a ball!” —Director Mark Waldrop

My hope is that my designs help contribute to the hilarious nature of the piece — so many gags and fun stage business — as well as keeping up with the mad pace of going from one locale to the other!”

— Scenic Designer James Fouchard

CONTEXT GUIDE THE pRODUCERS

Costume rendering by Seth M. Gilbert


A NOTE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

Welcome to “Summer at Olney.” Although no longer a summer stock theater, summertime at Olney is still the most wonderful, most active, and most special time of the year. As we open The Producers, we also welcome the National Players Tour 67, a new group of 10 early-career actors who will rehearse and perform on our campus before taking their three repertory productions on the road. Don’t miss A Midsummer Night’s Dream (on the Root Family Stage), Julius Caesar (in the Historic Theatre), and also in the Historic, A Tale of Two Cities, a new adaptation by Benjamin Kingsland (Olney’s first play commission).

Beginning this month, we welcome the 2015-16 Apprentice Class, 16 emerging theater professionals who will gain invaluable experience over the next 12 months.

On July 25th, the theatre’s 77th birthday, we will hold our first annual OTC Fest, a full-day open house where the community will get to see what it’s like to be onstage, backstage, upside down and inside out of Olney Theatre. If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at Olney Theatre, come to OTC Fest! There will be so much do for folks of all ages including a moon bounce, face painting, clown

workshops, dance classes, free performances, food, drinks, theater tours, cast meet and greets, costume shop sale, birthday cake, and for the very first time: movies in the Historic!

On September 19th, we will hold our Annual Gala: A Night in Havana, Under the Stars at Olney Theatre. I hope you will join us for this very special evening when we raise critical funds for important artist, production and education programs.

And, at summer’s end—a beginning: we will start our 2015-16 season with a production of Noël Coward’s Hay Fever.

So… no lazy days of summer here! We are ready for action and look forward to sharing it all with you.

See you at the theater,

Debbie Ellinghaus Managing Director [email protected]

Special Thanks to Cliff Johnsonand Margaret Roper...

...for volunteering their time and donating resources forOlney Theatre Center’s ongoing beautification effort!

If you would like to volunteer for projects at Olney Theatre Center, please contact Wes Meekins, Patron and Volunteer Services Manager, at 301-924-4485 ext. 130

or email [email protected] left: Education Programs Manager Kevin Hasser, Margaret T. Roper,Electrics Apprentice Ashley Wagoner, and Clifford L. Johnson


CORpORATE AND FOUNDATION GIFTSThis list consists of Annual Fund contributions for the period 3/1/2014 through 6/5/2015

Visionary $100,000+

Leader $10,000+

Benefactor $5,000+

Supporter $2,500+

Government Support

Edgerton FoundationNew American Play Program

Friend $1,000+America’s Charities

Fun and Fancy Theatre Group

Advocate $500+Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Matching GiftCompanies

ExxonMobil FoundationGEICO Philanthropic Foundation

Freddie Mac FoundationIBM International Foundation

Pepsico Foundation

In-Kind DonationsHelen Berkson

BlackRock Center for the ArtsBooth-O-Rama Photobooths

Chuck ChatlynneBlanche Cherpack

Ned CramerCreative Floral Design

Dawn M. DixonMuriel GlaserJason LoewithElizabeth MossMatthew MillsMadison HouseKathleen Quinn

Linda RosenzweigMartin H. SachsKaren L. Smith

Jim and Carol Trawick FoundationPam Wade

Sandra Windlan

Maryland Department ofGeneral Services

Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.


INDIVIDUAL GIFTSThis list consists of Annual Fund contributions for the period 3/1/2014 through 6/5/2015

Visionary $100,000+Gana and Jim DunlopBob and Eveline Roberts

Champion $50,000+Mrs. Maggi Root

Leader $10,000+AnonymousHelen MarshallKathleen QuinnPatricia Woodbury

Benefactor $5,000+Susan and Jay FinkelsteinRobert E. HebdaMr. and Mrs. Stephen Z. KaufmanJennifer and Scott KneelandCharles S. Mack and Alice Barrett MackThe Honorable Karen S. Montgomery and Mr. Harry MontgomeryJames Pape and Nancy Newman-PapeClifford L. Johnson and Margaret T. RoperKevin White & Rossana Salvadori - In honor of our parents Anson and Marge, Dilvo and DinaMs. Mita Schaffer and Ms. Tina MartinMr. Vernon L. Skinner

Supporter $2,500 +Mr. and Mrs. David BottegalJoan Elise Dubinsky and Craig N. PackardAnonymous - In memory of Kate GibsonMs. Winifred E. HerrmannPaul and Pat MangusMr. and Mrs. William H. MeekinsBob and Marlene MitchellTony and Connie MorellaMr. and Mrs. Tommy Mulitz - In honor of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Family

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Board Chair ..................................................................................................................... Susan Finkelstein

Vice President ........................................................................................................... Megan Davey Limarzi

Treasurer ....................................................................................................................... Patricia Woodbury

Secretary ........................................................................................................................... Robert Mitchell

BOARD MEMBERSPhyllis Bottegal • Debbie Ellinghaus • Robert E. Hebda • Clifford Johnson • Stephen Kaufman • Stephen Klein

Jason Loewith • Charles S. Mack • Helen Marshall • Linda RosenzweigRossana Salvadori • Alan Wade

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERSGene Counihan • Frances Glendening • Anthony Morella • Mita Schaffer

William H. Graham, Sr. (in memoriam)

OLNEY THEATRE CORpORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES

ACTORSEvan Casey • Julie-Ann Elliott • Rick Foucheux • Helen Hedman • Valerie Leonard

Susan Lynskey • Donna Migliaccio • Paul Morella • Jon Hudson Odom • Tracy Lynn OliveraMichael Russotto • Bobby Smith • Stephen Gregory Smith

DIRECTORS, CHOREOGRApHERS AND MUSICAL DIRECTORSMichael Bobbitt • John E. Going • Eleanor Holdridge • Tara Jeanne Vallee • Mark Waldrop

DESIGNERS AND STAGE MANAGERSColin K. Bills • James Fouchard • Misha Kachman • Pei Lee • Josiane M. Lemieux

Milagros Ponce de León • Ivania Stack


ARTISTICArtistic Director Jason LoewithAssociate Artistic Director/ Director of Music Theater Christopher YoustraAssociate Artistic Director/ Director of Education Jason King JonesArtistic Apprentice Clare Shaffer

pRODUCTIONDirector of Production Dennis A. BlackledgeCompany Manager/ Associate Production Manager Fred T. PaulTechnical Director Stephen M. GreeneAssistant Technical Director David AshCarpenters Joseph Caverly, Brad ZieglerResident Scenic Artist Fred ViaCostume Shop Supervisor Jeanne BlandResident Costume Designer/ Assistant Costume Shop Supervisor Seth GilbertMaster Electrician Samantha CampbellProperties Master Rachael ErichsenResident Sound Engineer/ Projections Supervisor Elvin J. CrespoProduction Management Apprentice Liz TuxburyCompany Management Apprentice Elana LantryProduction Apprentices Jessica Bittorf, Danny Espy, Lauren Gallup, Carissa Gilson, Rachel Hamilton, Chris Tebo Hardin, Nicole Long, Jordan Michaud, Joseph Musgrove, Alexia Sosa, Melody Taylor, Ashley Wagoner, Kelsey Willis

SHOW STAFFProduction Manager Fred T. PaulAssistant Stage Managers Carissa Gilson, Rachel HamiltonAssistant Lighting Designer Mary KeeganDeck Chief Sarah Splaine*Deck Crew Jessica Bittorf, Jordan MichaudProps Melody TaylorSound Engineer Elvin J. CrespoA2 Chris Tebo HardinLight Board Op Lauren GallupFollow Spot Operators Patrick Gillespie, Alexia SosaLight Board Programmer Ashley WagonerWardrobe Supervisor Kelsey WillisWardrobe Nicole Long, Liz TuxburyWig Maintenance Supervisor Janine SundayProduction Dramaturg Susanna PretzerAdditional Painters Claire Jones, Gracie Jones, Anna NihmAdditional Carpenters Brendan Gregg, John Traub, Marc WassermanAdditional Electricians Tyler Bristow, Helen Garcia-Anton, Matt Griffin, Ashley WagonerTank Costume Vicki Sussman at Victrola & CompanyKick-line Puppets Created by Matthew McGee

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