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Starring

JORDAN LEIGH CHAD T. REAGAN SARAH REX LAUREN SHEALY

Musical Director/Pianist

MARTHA YORDY

Original Choreographer Stage Manager PHILLIP GEORGE LAURA HUM Scenic Design Lighting Design Costume Design LISA ORZOLEK CHARLES R. MACLEOD ALVIN COLT Sound Design Wig Design DUSTIN LACY CAROL SHERRY

Created, Written and Originally Directed by

GERARD ALESSANDRINI

Directed and choreographed by WILLIAM SELBY

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Cast Albums available on DRG records

Produced by Special Arrangement with John Freedson and Harriet Yellin

THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE MEMBERS OF ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES

FORBIDDEN BROADWAY AND FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOODForbidden Broadway was first seen at Palsson’s Supper Club on New York’s Upper West Side in January 1982. What began as a simple cabaret act to give creator/lyricist Gerard Alessandrini a showcase for his talents and the opportunity to “find an agent” became New York’s longest running musical comedy revue. Hailed by critics and audiences alike, Forbidden Broadway won Drama Desk, Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards and captured the heart of the theatre industry itself. Many of its legendary “victims,” including Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Bernadette Peters, Tommy Tune, Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, were among the celebrities who stopped by to applaud first-hand. Updated regularly for each new theatre season, Forbidden Broadway ran to packed houses at the 75-seat Palsson’s through August 1987. In September 1988, the show re-opened at the 125-seat Theatre East, where it ran an additional 5-1/2 years.

The show also became known for talented but as yet unknown actors, many of whom have gone on to stardom in various venues: Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld’s” George Costanza), Chloe Webb (Twins and the PBS series Tales of the City), Davis Gaines (Phantom), as well as Roxie Lucas (Damn Yankees), Gregg Edelman (City of Angels), Dee Hoty (Will Rogers Follies), Michael McGrath (Spamalot, The Martin Short Show) and Brad Oscar (The Producers).

Forbidden Broadway’s success was repeated in Boston, where it enjoyed a 6-1/2-year stay at the 250-seat Terrace Room; Chicago and Boca Raton (more than two years each), Toronto and

Philadelphia (one year each), Kansas City (nine months and two return engagements), Denver (six months), San Diego (two engagements including Forbidden Christmas), a record-breaking run in 1994 at the Tiffany Theatre in Los Angeles, Sydney, Tokyo, and Singapore among many others. In 1999, after a sell-out engagement at London’s Jermyn Street Theatre, it transferred for the summer to the famed Albery Theatre in the West End. Forbidden Broadway’s return to the Tiffany Theatre in Los Angeles in the spring of 2000 garnered two more Ovation Awards.

Mr. Alessandrini’s next spoof, Forbidden Hollywood, first appeared as a section of Forbidden Broadway in Boston in 1989. After several years of work on the project, the full length version previewed in San Diego, then opened in Los Angeles in March 1995. The run at the Coronet Theatre delighted audiences for nearly a year and was nominated for seven Ovation Awards. Whoopi Goldberg, Carol Channing, and many other luminaries of the “industry” showed up to see themselves and their friends lovingly parodied. The show was subsequently produced in Chicago (which garnered three Jefferson Award nominations), Kansas City (a record-breaking run), and Toronto. It was updated for New York, ran off-Broadway in 1996, and has had numerous successful runs across America since that time.

In the fall of 1996, the Forbidden crew, including John Freedson and Harriet Yellin (producers), Phill George (Associate Director), and of course, writer-director Gerard Alessandrini,

JORDAN LEIGH (Male 2) is an actual Denver native, and after being stolen away to California as a wee lad, he has proudly called the Mile High his home again for the last 18 years! Four of those years

he gratefully spent right here at the Garner Galleria Theatre in the record setting hit, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (1731 performances!) plus a few more fun-filled months on this stage in Five Course Love and The Doyle and Debbie Show. He has also appeared in the DCPA Theatre Company’s production of White Christmas at The Buell Theatre.  A graduate of UCLA’s renowned School of Theatre, Film & Television, when he’s not onstage, he’s making films with his cohorts at Cinema Geeks Productions,

where he recently won his second Best Actor Award for the 48 Hour Filmmaking Project.  He wants Trey Parker and Matt Stone to know that he’s a huge “South Park” and The Book of Mormon fan, so please don’t hurt him.

CHAD T. REAGAN (Male 1) is a native Denverite and happy to be making his Denver Center debut. After receiving degrees in Voice from the University of Northern Colorado and Denver University, he sang

with Dicapo Opera as the swing cover for its award-winning production of Robert Ward’s adaptation of The Crucible. Other credits include appearances with Indianapolis Opera (La Boheme, Pirates of Penzance), Opera Theatre of the Rockies

turned their attention back to their first love:  Broadway. A new edition of the show, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back! returned to New York and its original home on West 72nd (now called the Triad and expanded to 135 seats), where it once again delighted audiences with its fast-paced spoofs of current Broadway shows and stars.  The return of FB was again greeted with raves from critics (The New York Times called it “triumphant”) and the show won the Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Drama League awards.  Bob Hope, Bea Arthur, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Savion Glover, George C. Wolfe, Elaine Paige, Rosie O’Donnell, Dame Maggie Smith and the casts of Lion King, Aida, and Rent are among the recent attendees.  The show moved to the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre on 42nd Street with a brand new edition, Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey, which won the 2001 Drama

Desk Award for Best Revue. Forbidden Broadway’s 20th Anniversary Edition was followed by Forbidden Broadway: SVU, which won yet another Drama Desk Award for Best Musical Revue in 2005. In 2006, the show was recognized with a Tony Honors Award for being an integral part of the theatre community for over 25 years. Most recently, after a three-year hiatus, a new edition, Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking opened in New York garnering rave reviews once again from almost every media outlet (this time, The New York Times called it “a godsend”). The 2014 London edition had a sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, followed by an extended move to London’s West End. As long as there’s a Broadway, Forbidden Broadway will be there, poking, prodding, teasing, pleasing, jeering and cheering, but always, with love.

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(Old Maid and the Thief, Fledermaus) and most recently with Boulder Opera in its production of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa. Chad is a frequent collaborator with various arts organizations throughout the Denver metro area including Tiny Tots: Inside the Orchestra and Central City Opera’s educational outreach programs. Most recently he appeared with Central City Opera in its premiere of Roger Ames’ How Green Was My Valley in the role of Ivor Morgan. A big thanks to my wife and family for their constant support.

SARAH REX (Female 1). Originally from Boston, MA, Sarah has made her home in sunny Denver for 12 years now and is never going back! Sarah was last seen at the Galleria as the Woman roles in Five

Course Love in 2011.  She is crazy grateful and excited to be back and would like to thank John, Bill, Martha and all the folks here who made it possible for this mom from Littleton to have this experience… again! Sarah’s favorite local roles: Paulette in Legally Blonde, The Narrator in Joseph, and Ellen in Miss Saigon (all at The Arvada Center), and Lady of the Lake in Spamalot (Aurora Fox).  Sarah would like to thank her two kids Dylan (11) and Gabby (7) for putting up with the car radio off and the show tunes on so Mom could practice, Uncle Fred for all the babysitting, and most importantly, her husband, Greg Roche, for holding the kite string so she can fly.

LAUREN SHEALY (Female 2). At the Denver Center: A Christmas Carol (Ensemble), The Doyle and Debbie Show (Debbie), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Lauren). The

Arvada Center: Curtains (Georgia), Miracle

On 34th Street (Doris), 1940’s Radio Hour (Anne). Lone Tree Arts Center: South Pacific (Nellie). Off Broadway: Lingoland (Lauren), How to Succeed In Business…. (Rosemary) National Tour: South Pacific (Nellie). Walnut Street Theater: Tick, Tick…Boom (Susan). Barter Theater: Phantom (Christine). Westin Playhouse: Oklahoma (Laurie). Training/Awards: NYU, Tisch School of the Arts; named Westword’s Best Actress in a Musical for 2013.

JOSHUA ARCHER (Understudy for Male 1 & 2) is thrilled to make his Denver Center debut! Regional credits include: Caliban in The Tempest, Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor, John of

Lancaster in Henry IV Parts I & II (The Colorado Shakespeare Festival) and Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden in Next to Normal (Little Theatre of the Rockies). Other Credits: Curly in Oklahoma! (UNC), Gil in The American Plan (UNC) and Duke of Buckingham in Richard III (UNC). As always, love to Mom, Dad, Nate and Matt. BA Musical Theatre Candidate: University of Northern Colorado.

KATIE DRINKARD (Understudy for Female 1 & 2) is thrilled to be returning to Colorado and to be making her DCPA debut after many a field trip and family outing to see per formances

throughout the years! Katie graduated from Ithaca College with a BFA in Musical Theatre this past May and made the big move to NYC! Regionally, Katie has performed at the Hangar Theatre as Caroline Neville in Titanic: the Musical and at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre as Clara Johnson in The Light In The Piazza. Favorite educational credits include Kayleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries,

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Vivienne Kensington in Legally Blonde, and Cinderella in Into The Woods. Katie is a proud new member of the Actor’s Equity Association. She would like to thank Bill and John for this amazing opportunity, and her family and friends for their enduring love and support. 

WILLIAM SELBY (Director) has had a long and happy association with the “Forbidden” family, having starred in the New York, Boston, San Francisco, Detroit, Salt Lake City, Denver, San Diego,

Washington DC, Japan and Singapore companies. He served as Assistant Director for the New York company of the show and has directed acclaimed productions in Shawnee, PA; Sacramento, CA; New Orleans, LA (Big Easy nominee, Best Cabaret); Chicago (five nominations, including 2009 JEFF Award nominee, Best Director); Long Beach, CA (two editions at Musical Theatre West; 2009 OVATION Award nomination, Best Ensemble, and nine Ovation Award nominations in 2012: Winner of two awards, including Best Musical!); Pittsburgh CLO (two editions); Minneapolis (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre); Kansas City (Theatre League); Cleveland’s famed Hanna Theatre and Milwaukee productions, as well as four editions of A Forbidden Broadway Christmas in Detroit (two WILDE Award Best Director nominations); a symphony production in Las Vegas, and another at the Gateway Playhouse in Long Island, NY. As an actor, Bill appeared in the NYC productions of Forbidden Broadway from 1989-2012. Other Off-Broadway credits: Forbidden Broadway (Triad), Nerds (NY Musical Theatre Festival), Juba (Vineyard) and The Apple Tree (York Theatre Co). Workshop: Finding Nemo for Disney (Mr. Ray, Gill). Regional credits: Barrymore, The Presidents (with Rich Little), Hot N’ Cole, The All Night Strut as well as industrial shows for American Express, Johnson & Johnson, and Court TV. Recordings include Forbidden Broadway,

Vol. 2, FB 20th Anniversary Edition, FB Rude Awakening and the FB Goes to Rehab cd. How wonderful to return to the Denver Center after performing on this stage in Forbidden Broadway back in 1993!

MARTHA YORDY (Musical Director) is returning to the Galleria after playing and singing in Always…Patsy Cline with Melissa Swift Sawyer. Previous to that, she was musical director on Denver’s longest running show, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. With more than 30 years’ experience in musicals, she received her primary education in the subject at Loretto Heights College, where she was a member of the faculty. Musicals have taken her to the Arvada Center, the Buell, the Aurora Fox, and the Crystal Palace in Aspen. Some of her favorites include Sweeney Todd, Candide, The Secret Garden, The Robber Bridegroom, and most recently, Once on This Island. She is currently the opera accompanist at the University of Denver. Her proudest achievement is her daughter, Andrea Joy, who is a beacon of light in her life. Thanks to cast, crew, Bill, and John for the gift of Forbidden Broadway.

LISA ORZOLEK (Scenic Designer) is delighted to be designing Forbidden Broadway. Past designs for DCPA Cabaret include Dixie’s…Tube Top; Love…Perfect…Change; Five Course Love; the original Girls Only (Denver, Des Moines, Winnipeg and Charlotte), The Taffetas and My Way. Lisa is the Director of Scenic Design for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company where she has overseen or assisted on the designs for more than 220 productions in 24 seasons. Design credits include Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Shadowlands, Jackie & Me, Death of a Salesman, The Great Wall Story, The Liar, Superior Donuts, Othello, Gee’s Bend, Third, The Pillowman, Living Out, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur and more. Other local designs include the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Richard II and The Complete Works…

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CHARLES R. MACLEOD (Lighting Designer). For Denver Center for the Performing Arts Cabaret, past design credits include Dixie’s Never Wear A Tube Top…, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women (Denver, Winnipeg, Des Moines, Charlotte), The Taffetas, My Way, The World Goes ’Round, Swingtime Canteen, The Last Five Years and Always…Patsy Cline. Mr. MacLeod has been the resident Lighting Designer for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company since 1987. Past credits include Jackie & Me, Death of a Salesman, Grace, or the Art of Climbing, The 39 Steps, Reckless, When Tang Met Laika, The Diary of Anne Frank, Lydia, The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1001, Season’s Greetings, Gem of the Ocean, All My Sons, After Ashley, Dirty Story, Copenhagen, Behind the Broken Words, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, A Christmas Carol, Love, Janis, Lost Highway: The Music and Legend of Hank Williams.

DUSTIN LACY (Sound Design) has been involved with live sound and event production for nearly all his adult life. After finishing an enlistment in the US Navy he attended Metro State University of Denver’s nationally accredited tech theatre program. His emphases are Sound Design/Engineering and Show Control. Past Galleria shows include: The Kid, Defending the Caveman, The SantaLand Diaries, Girls Only, Dixie’s Tupperware Party, Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding a Mechanical Bull, Second City’s American Mix Tape, The Bicycle Men, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up!.  Additional past credits include:  RUR/lol, The Hairy Ape (The Lida Project); Hair (THAC). Dustin Lacy is, as always, happy to be back working another show with the

Galleria’s family of outstanding theatre professionals. 

ALVIN COLT’s (Costume Design) costumes have been represented in 88 Broadway shows which include the original productions of On the Town and Guys and Dolls, plus Li’l Abner, Fanny, Destry Rides Again, Sugar, Pipe Dream, Wildcat, Lorelei, Greenwillow and numerous others. A Tony Award winner, he has also been nominated four times for both the Tony Award and television’s Emmy Award, having designed costumes for more than 90 programs on all major networks. Mr. Colt is the recipient of TDF’s Irene Sharaff’s Award in costume design, and received a Drama Desk nomination for Forbidden Broadway. He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2001. Recently, The Museum of the City of New York celebrated Mr. Colt’s work with “Costumes and Characters: The Designs of Alvin Colt.”

GERARD ALESSANDRINI (Creator, Writer & Original Director) is best known for writing and directing all the editions of Forbidden Broadway and Forbidden Hollywood in New York, Los Angeles, London and around the world. He was also a member of the original cast of Forbidden Broadway. Gerard is from Needham, Massachusetts and the Boston area, where he graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music. In 1982, he created Forbidden Broadway, which has spawned 15 editions, eight cast albums and a 25-year-and-counting run in New York. Television credits include writing comedy specials for Bob Hope and Angela Lansbury on NBC, Carol Burnett on CBS and “Masterpiece Tonight,” a satirical revue saluting “Masterpiece Theatre” on PBS. He can be heard on four of the eight FB cast albums and on the soundtracks of Disney’s Aladdin & Pocahontas. Directing credits include

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many corporate industrials and regional musicals, including a production of Maury Yeston’s musical In the Beginning. Gerard also co-directed a revival of Irving Berlin’s last musical Mr. President, which he updated and “politically corrected.” Gerard is the recipient of an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, two Lucille Lortel Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Drama League and three Drama Desk Awards for Best Lyrics for Forbidden Broadway. Most recently, Gerard received a 2006 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre.

PHILL IP GEORGE (Or ig ina l Choreographer). As director Off-Broadway: Shout!, Forbidden Broadway: SVU, Forbidden Hollywood, Whoop-Dee-Doo (Drama Desk Award, Best Musical Revue), Forbidden Broadway Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act, Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back, Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey (Drama Desk Award, Best Musical Revue), The Remarkable Ruth Fields (1993 Bistro Award, Best Musical Best Director), When Pigs Fly (as Assoc. Director to Mark Waldrop), Blackout (Amas), Bring Me a Dwarf (Wing & Drop Co.), Miss Pretty Hard (Dance Theater Workshop with Katherine Griffith), Forbidden Broadway 1988–93. London: Kean (nominated for Evening Standard Award, Best New Musical); Forbidden Broadway (The Albery, West End); Shout!; Frankly, Scarlet (co-author with Peter Morris); Listen to the Wind; Much Revue About Nothing; Forbidden Broadway; The Famous Five; The Arcadians; Escape from Pterodactyl Island (1999 Michael Steward Award). Regionally: Forum (5th Ave Theatre, Seattle), Best Little Whorehouse, Footloose, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Annie Get Your Gun, The Secret Garden (Paper Mill). Currently Artistic Director: Wing & Drop Co. Club Acts: Ruben Flores, Randall Frizado, Chris DiCristo.

LAURA HUM  (Stage Manager) is delighted to be returning to the city of Denver after becoming quite smitten with

it during the run of American Mixtape this past summer with The Second City.  She has had the opportunity to travel the country managing Shakespeare, opera, sketch comedy, and everything in between. She’s a proud Ohio State University alumna, a Chicago resident, and a firm believer in the power of snacks.  

JENNIFER C. SCHMITZ (Assistant Stage Manager). Jennifer is excited to be back at the Galleria for another amazing production. Past Galleria credits as Assistant Stage Manger include Doyle & Debbie, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Five Course Love, and Girls Only. Past shows in Denver include: Titanic, I am My Own Wife and Bug. Jennifer would like to thank the amazing cast and crew of Forbidden Broadway!

ABEL BECERRA (Technical Director). If you look really close upstage or off stage in the shadow of the running lights, Abel Becerra is the unseen “hand” holding the set together. When not in command of this dark realm, he builds things that go really fast and gets doted upon by his loving girl posse.

JOHN FREEDSON (New York Producer) has been associated with Forbidden Broadway for most of its 30-year history and has produced the Special-Tony-awarded New York company since 1994. John is also producer of the national tour of the Off-Broadway hit I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. With his partner Harriet Yellin, he produced this year’s Forbidden Broadway at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory and subsequent West End production, the LA, San Diego, Detroit, Denver (1993!) productions, and the tour, as well as Forbidden Hollywood in LA, Japan and Off-Broadway. He has directed both shows to acclaim around the world, winning Jefferson Award for Best Direction for the Chicago production of FH. Mr. Freedson has co-produced 10 Forbidden Broadway CD’s for DRG records and, long-ago, appeared in the Off-Broadway and Boston productions. As a composer/lyricist, he wrote three

hit children’s musicals: A Swan is Born, Aesop’s Follies and Country Mouse/City Mouse, which toured with the New England Theatre Guild. His voice can be heard on numerous radio and television spots and jingles, two Forbidden Broadway CD’s and Disney’s Aladdin. Originally from Reading PA, Mr. Freedson attended the Boston Conservatory and is a graduate of Brandeis University.

HARRIET YELLIN (New York Producer) has been involved with Forbidden Broadway since 1984, when she produced and managed Forbidden Broadway in Boston, which ran for more than six years, as well as the Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington, D.C., Detroit, and original Denver productions of the show.  With John Freedson, she is co-producer of Forbidden Broadway in New York, as well as previous New York editions since 1995. She was also co-producer of Forbidden Hollywood in Los Angeles, Chicago, Japan and New York. She was co-producer and General Manager of Forever Plaid’s four-year run in Boston, and spent more than 15 years with Blue Man Group, first as General Manager of Blue Man’s smash engagement in Boston, later as CFO of what grew to become an international organization with seven shows and more than 700 employees during her tenure.  In another long-ago life, she was a high-powered political consultant; she has worked for numerous senatorial and gubernatorial candidates and was National Media Director for the Dukakis and Tsongas Presidential campaigns.  JOHN EKEBERG (Executive Director) began his career at the DCPA in the box office in 1992. In 1997 he became the Business Manager for the Broadway division. From there John became General Manager and then Director of Programming when Randy Weeks became DCPA President. Along with presenting touring Broadway through

the venues at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, John also oversees the productions in the Garner Galleria Theatre. Previous productions include Always…Patsy Cline; I Love You, You’re Perfect Now Change; Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women and partnerships with The Second City. He previously served as the Board Chair of Paragon Theatre Company in Denver, currently serves as a Governor for The Broadway League and is a Tony Award voter. A native of Madison, WI, John graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Luther College.

JEFF HOVORKA (Director of Sales and Marketing). A native of Denver, Jeff is the Director of Sales and Marketing for Denver Center for the Performing Arts Broadway and Ticketing Services. He holds a BA in Journalism and English from Benedictine College and has been involved in some aspect of theatre all of his life. Jeff is in his 21st year at the DCPA. In those years he served as Associate Producer for Always…Patsy Cline and handled press and/or marketing for Pat-sy, Forever Plaid, Forbidden Broadway, The World Goes ’Round, Swingtime Can-teen, The Taffetas, The Last Five Years and Denver’s longest running musical, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, as well as held the position of General Manager of The Garner Galleria Theatre. He serves on the Road Marketing Com-mittee for The Broadway League and is a member of the Performing Arts Cen-ter Consortium. Jeff is on the board for Art Reach and this year received the honor of being selected as a Komen Denver Pink Tie Guy. Jeff feels blessed to have the opportunity to combine the things he loves the most—marketing and promoting live theatre in his hometown.

HEIDI BOSK (Senior Public Relations & Promotions Manager) manages PR and Promotions for both the Broadway

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and Cabaret divisions. Heidi started as an intern at the DCPA in 2006 where she’s been blessed with the opportunities to grow within the organization to where she is now. Heidi serves on the Road Marketing Committee and Audience Engagement Communications Taskforce for The Broadway League as well as the Young Professionals and Student Outreach committees of the Public Relations Society of America. A Colorado native, Heidi holds two BA’s from CSU in Technical Journalism (PR) and Performing Arts (Dance) and has her Masters of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications. She is delighted to work on another show with the Galleria family. Thanks Mom & Dad for, well...everything!

ALICIA GIERSCH (Business Manager) Alicia is thrilled to be working on this production of Forbidden Broadway. Since starting with the Denver Center in 2010, she has served as the Business Manager for DCPA-Broadway’s touring presentations, as well as the Company Manager for shows produced by DCPA–Cabaret at the Garner Galleria Theatre including: Five Course Love; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women and The Doyle and Debbie Show. Alicia holds a BA in Communications, studying both Theatre and Public Relations from Fort Hays State University (Hays, KS) and an MS in Management with a certificate in Arts Development and Program Management from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CABARET The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Cabaret is part of the DCPA Broadway division. Broadway has hosted national touring premieres such as Pippin and The Book of Mormon, the pre-Broadway debut of Disney’s The Little Mermaid and international blockbusters including The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and The Lion King. The cozy 213-seat Garner Galleria Theatre has been home to additional cabaret hits, including Always…Patsy Cline; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women. Always…Patsy Cline made musical theatre history in Denver in the late 1990s when it ran for three and a half years (Aug 5, 1995 to Mar 28, 1999). It was then surpassed by I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, which opened to rave reviews on June 29, 2000 and became Denver’s longest-running musical by 2004. Both productions maintain the record as Denver’s top two longest-running musicals with seven or more performances a week.

THIS PRODUCTION OF FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: ALIVE & KICKING! IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF RANDY WEEKS (1955–2014).

Our shows in the Garner Galleria Theatre began as the brainchild of Randy in 1992 with the smash hit Forever Plaid. Randy loved Broadway, especially a good riff on the hits of the Great White Way. We hope you enjoy this performance in his memory, especially if you are seated in E 1 or 16 (Randy’s favorite seats).

Ticket Services Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada. (or I.A.T.S.E.)

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Staff for the Garner Galleria TheatreAbel Becerra ..............................Technical DirectorLaura Hum.........................................Stage ManagerJennifer C. Schmitz ....Assistant Stage ManagerFrank Valdez ............Substitute Musical DirectorErika Kelgin .....................................Master ElectricsFrank Haas .................................................ElectricianAnson Nicholson ............................................. SoundTyler Stauffer .............................................CarpenterJudy Suppes ..............................................WardrobeLeilani Lynch ...................................House ManagerEpicurean Culinary Group ......................Food and

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Denver Center for the Performing Arts Cabaret TeamJohn Ekeberg ............................Executive DirectorJeff Hovorka ........Director of Sales & MarketingHeidi Bosk ....Senior PR & Promotions ManagerAlicia Giersch .............................Business ManagerEmily Lozow ..................... Marketing CoordinatorClaudia Carson .............Administrative Assistant

Sales and Marketing Team Jennifer Nealson ...........Chief Marketing OfficerBrianna Firestone .............Director of Marketing,

Theatre CompanyRob Silk ..........................................Creative DirectorSuzanne Yoe ......... Director of Creative Services

& Cultural AffairsJessica Bergin ......................Box Office Manager Nathan Brunetti ............................ Digital ManagerKatie Clow ...............................Box Office Manager Kim Conner ..................................Graphic DesignerFloraJane DiRienzo ................Business Relations

ManagerAnita Edwards .................Web Services ManagerBrenda Elliott ................Senior Graphic DesignerSimone Gordon ............................Project ManagerHope Grandon ................... PR & Events Manager,

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Emily Kent .............................Marketing Associate, Theatre Company

Jennifer Kemps ........................Business Relations Assistant Manager

Laura Kirby .............................Box Office ManagerCarol Krueger ............Theatre Services ManagerDave Lenk ........................................... VideographerJennifer Lopez ... Director of Ticketing ServicesKyle Malone ...................Senior Graphic DesignerJohn Moore ......................... Senior Arts JournalistMark Onderdonk .......................Business ManagerKirk Petersen ..........Assoc. Director of Ticketing

Services/Patron RelationsChristine Schempp ..............................Group Sales

Business AssociateJoe Schurwonn ..... Marketing Financial AnalystJill Schwager ...............................Student Matinee &

Group Tours AssociateDavid Smith ................................Assoc. Director of

Ticketing/Subscription ServicesAlec Sydlow ................... Box Office ManagementMicah White .......................Subscription Manager

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