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The 5th Avenue Theatre is one of the country’s leading musical theater companies. Our mission is to advance and preserve America’s great indigenous art form – The Musical. We are nationally renowned for our production and development of new musicals. Since 2001, The 5th has premiered 16 new works, nine of which have subsequently opened on Broadway. They include Disney’s Aladdin; First Date; A Christmas Story, The Musical; Scandalous; Shrek; Catch Me If You Can; The Wedding Singer; and Best Musical Tony Award-winners, Hairspray and Memphis.

We are equally acclaimed for our vibrant new productions of musicals from the “Golden Age of Broadway” and contemporary classics. These signature revivals enthrall fans of these enduring works and introduce these great shows to new generations of musical theater lovers.

The 5th is committed to achieving the highest standards of artistic excellence by employing world-class performers and creative artists, utilizing full live orchestras, and staging exceptional and imaginative productions. The 5th places a special emphasis on employing our amazing community of Puget Sound-based artists and technicians. Our celebrated educational programs serve more than 60,000 young people each year through a host of projects including our Adventure Musical Theater Touring Company, The 5th Avenue Awards, and the unique Rising Star Project. For adults, we offer free-to-the-public events such as the popular Spotlight Night series, and pre-performance Show Talks with Albert Evans. We are the largest arts employer in the Pacific Northwest with more than 800 actors, singers, dancers, musicians, creative artists, theatrical technicians, and arts professionals working for us each season.

As a non-profit theater company supported by the community, we enjoy the patronage of more than 25,000 season subscribers (one of the largest theater subscription bases in America). More than 300,000 audience members attend our performances each year.

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A beautiful Seattle landmark, The 5th Avenue Theatre’s breathtaking design was inspired by ancient Imperial China’s most stunning architectural achievements, including the magnificent Forbidden City. Built in 1926 for vaudeville and silent pictures, The 5th Avenue Theatre reigned for decades as Seattle’s favorite movie palace. In 1979, 43 companies and community leaders formed the non-profit 5th Avenue Theatre Association. Their goal was to restore the theater to its original splendor. The 5th Avenue Theatre re-opened in 1980 as Seattle’s premier home for musical theater.

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Celebrating the American Musical

David ArmstrongExecutive Producer and Artistic Director

One of the questions I am most frequently asked at The 5th Avenue Theatre is what our secret to picking the

perfect season is. I share with you here what I tell everyone. We choose a season that embodies our mission: to celebrate our great indigenous art form, The Musical – past, present, and future. With an array of shows ranging from a hotly-anticipated Broadway hit to a hilarious new world premiere, not to mention celebrated contemporary classics and one of the immortal musicals from the Golden Age of Broadway, we believe that our 2014/15 season truly represents the breadth and depth of what Musical Theater has to offer.

The season opens with one singular sensation, the multi-award-winning musical theater triumph, A Chorus Line. This is a musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all on the line. We’re thrilled to showcase Seattle’s most spectacularly talented dancers in a production that recreates the thrilling original staging by Michael Bennett.

Next is the Seattle debut of the current Broadway smash, Kinky Boots. Winner of six Tony Awards® including Best Musical, this inspirational story features a rocking, Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper, direction and Tony-winning choreography by Jerry Mitchell and a hilarious book by four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein. Kinky Boots is an exhilarating new Broadway musical that will lift your spirits to new high-heeled heights.

A Christmas Story, The Musical returns home for the holidays after two wildly successful seasons in New York. Called “a little Christmas miracle” by the Associated Press, the show garnered six Tony Award nominations. This all-local cast will dazzle holiday audiences, bringing to mind memories of your own Christmas stories.

Continuing our tradition of collaboration with the Seattle arts community, The 5th Avenue will kick off 2015 with Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel in a co-production with Spectrum Dance Theater. Directed by 5th Avenue Producing Artistic Director Bill Berry and choreographed by Spectrum Artistic Director Donald Byrd, this fresh new staging of a beloved classic will be truly unforgettable. You will be swept away by cherished songs such as “If I Loved You,” “June is Bustin’ Out All Over,” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

Next up, The 5th Avenue will celebrate its fifth collaboration with ACT with the rarely-produced Off-Broadway classic, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris. The poignant, passionate, and profound songs of famed songwriter Jacques Brel will be brought to vivid theatrical life in this intense musical experience starring some of Seattle’s most phenomenal singers.

In the spring, we will produce our 17th new musical with the world premiere of Something Rotten!. The Tony Award-winning director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon and Disney’s Aladdin, Casey Nicholaw returns to The 5th to helm this hilarious new show. The time is Renaissance England, where two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, are desperate to write a hit play. But how can they when the competition is the biggest star of the era, everyone’s favorite bard: William Shakespeare? They seek out a soothsayer who gives our heroes a completely original idea from the future – and thus, the first ever musical is born. There is indeed Something Rotten! – and it will have audiences rolling in the aisles.

The 5th Avenue closes its season with the one that you want! Grease is rolling in to The 5th Avenue Theatre, complete with the T-Birds, the Pink Ladies, and of course, Greased Lightnin’. Audiences will be singing and dancing along to Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s memorable pop hits including “Beauty School Dropout,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” and “You’re the One that I Want.”

You won’t want to miss a single production next season, and with affordable subscription options starting as low as $170 for all 7 shows, you don’t have to. We also offer 5-, 4-, and 3-show subscriptions so you can create your own perfect package and guarantee yourself a whole season of nights out at the theater. For more information, please visit www.5thavenue.org. (Be sure to check out our special subscription options, including deals for patrons 35 and under!)

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QUEENStory and Script

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BRIAN JUSTIN CRUM RUBY LEWIS

andJACQUELINE B. ARNOLD P.J. GRIFFITH RYAN KNOWLES ERICA PECK JARED ZIRILLI

withTODD ADAMSON DANNY BALKWILL SAMANTHA BERMAN JESSICA CROUCH ALEX DeLEO

SACCHA DENNIS SAM DiGIUSEPPE SUZANNA DUPREE DANIEL GREENBERG STEPHEN HERNANDEZ NATHAN KEEN DANIEL KERMIDAS RYAN KOSS BROOKE MORRISON COREY MOSELLO

JENNIFER MOTE KATIE MURPHY JENNIFER NOBLE STEPHANIE SY KASEY WALKER

Original Production DesignerMARK FISHER

Lighting DesignerWILLIE WILLIAMS

Video DirectorsMARK FISHER &WILLIE WILLIAMS

Sound DesignerBOBBY AITKEN

Costume DesignerTIM GOODCHILD

Hair and Make-Up DesignerJOHN ‘JACK’ CURTIN

Associate Scenic DesignerRIC LIPSON

Associate Costume DesignerDAVID NEWELL

Associate Lighting DesignerANTHONY PEARSON

Associate Sound DesignerGARTH HELM

OrchestratorSTEVE SIDWELL

Music Director/ConductorNATE PATTEN

Music SupervisorMIKE DIXON, BRIAN

MAY & ROGER TAYLOR

Music CoordinatorJOHN MILLER

Production ManagerBEN NEAFUS

Production Stage ManagerMELISSA CHACÓN

Company ManagerTEGAN MEYER

CastingDUNCAN STEWART CSA /

BENTON WHITLEY CSADUNCAN STEWART AND COMPANY

Tour Press and MarketingALLIED LIVE

Tour BookingTHE ROAD COMPANY

Queen ManagementJIM BEACH

Executive ProducerSETH WENIG

General ManagerGENTRY & ASSOCIATES

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Associate Director & Associate ChoreographerTRACEY FLYE

Musical Staging & ChoreographerARLENE PHILLIPS

DirectorBEN ELTON

ORIGINAL WEST END PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER RENSHAW

ALL MUSIC IN THIS PRODUCTION IS BASED ON SONGS WRITTEN VARIOUSLY BY FREDDIE MERCURY, BRIAN MAY, ROGER TAYLORAND JOHN DEACON EXCEPT FOR “UNDER PRESSURE” WRITTEN BY QUEEN AND DAVID BOWIE


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CAST OF CHARACTERS

(in order of appearance)

Galileo ............................................................................................. BRIAN JUSTIN CRUMScaramouche .....................................................................................................RUBY LEWISKiller Queen ............................................................................. JACQUELINE B. ARNOLDKhashoggi ...................................................................................................... P.J. GRIFFITHOz ..................................................................................................................... ERICA PECKBrit ................................................................................................................ JARED ZIRILLIBuddy ....................................................................................................... RYAN KNOWLESTeacher ......................................................................................................SACCHA DENNISTeen Queens ....................................................JESSICA CROUCH, SUZANNA DUPREE,

BROOKE MORRISON, STEPHANIE SYGaGa Kids, Globalsoft Executives, Ladies in Waiting, Bohemians ...........TODD ADAMSON,

DANNY BALKWILL, JESSICA CROUCH, ALEX DeLEO, SACCHA DENNIS, SUZANNA DUPREE, DANIEL GREENBERG, NATHAN KEEN,

DANIEL KERMIDAS, RYAN KOSS, BROOKE MORRISON, COREY MOSELLO, JENNIFER MOTE, JENNIFER NOBLE, STEPHANIE SY, KASEY WALKER

UNDERSTUDIES:For Galileo – TODD ADAMSON, DANIEL GREENBERG, COREY MOSELLO;

For Scaramouche – JENNIFER NOBLE, STEPHANIE SY;For Killer Queen – JESSICA CROUCH, SACCHA DENNIS;For Khashoggi – TODD ADAMSON, DANNY BALKWILL;For Buddy – DANNY BALKWILL, DANIEL GREENBERG;

For Brit – TODD ADAMSON, DANNY BALKWILL;For Oz – JESSICA CROUCH, BROOKE MORRISON

SWINGS: SAMANTHA BERMAN, SAM DIGIUSEPPE, STEPHEN HERNANDEZ, KATIE MURPHY

Dance Captain: SAMANTHA BERMANAssistant Dance Captain: SAM DiGIUSEPPE

BANDMusical Director / Conductor – NATE PATTENAssistant Conductor – BRANDON ETHRIDGE

Keyboards – BRANDON ETHRIDGE and EMILY MARSHALLGuitar – TRISTAN AVAKIAN and BOB WEGNER

Bass – MIKE COHENPercussion – DAVID STEVENS

Drums – DANNY YOUNGMusic Coordinator – JOHN MILLER

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All music in this production is based on songs written variously by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon except Under Pressure, written by Queen and David Bowie

ACT IPrologue

Innuendo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Freddie & Company

Scene 1: The HinterlandScene 2: Virtual High School

Radio Ga Ga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GaGa KidsI Want To Break Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galileo, ScaramoucheSomebody to Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scaramouche, Teen Queens

Scene 3: The BoardroomKiller Queen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Killer Queen and her Globalsoft ExecutivesNow I’m Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Killer Queen and her Globalsoft Executives

Scene 4: The HospitalUnder Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galileo, Scaramouche

Scene 5: Killer Queen’s PadA Kind of Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Killer Queen and her Globalsoft Executives, Khashoggi

Scene 6: The WastelandI Want It All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brit, Oz, CompanyYou’re My Best Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galileo, Scaramouche

Scene 7: Descent Into the UndergroundHeadlong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oz, Brit, Galileo, Scaramouche

Scene 8: Hard Rock CaféNo-One But You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oz, BohemiansCrazy Little Thing Called Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brit, Oz, Galileo, Scaramouche, Bohemians

ACT II

Scene 1: Laser CagesFlash..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BohemiansSeven Seas of Rhye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Khashoggi, Bohemians

Scene 2: WastelandWho Wants To Live Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scaramouche, Galileo

Scene 3: Morning in the WastelandScene 4: Killer Queen’s Boudoir

Fat Bottomed Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Killer Queen and her Ladies in WaitingAnother One Bites The Dust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Killer Queen

Scene 5: Out on the RoadHammer to Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galileo, Scaramouche

Scene 6: Hard Rock CaféThese are the Days of Our Lives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buddy, BohemiansHeadlong (Reprise). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scaramouche, Galileo, Buddy

Scene 7: GracelandWe Will Rock You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galileo & CompanyWe Are The Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Galileo & Company

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ERICA PECK (Oz). Best known for her Dora-award nominated performance as Scaramouche in the original Canadian company of We Will Rock You, Erica Peck starred as Mary Maguire in the world premier of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Boys in the Photograph in Winnipeg and Toronto. Other credits include The Wedding Singer (Stage West), Songs for a New World (Angelwalk) and Penny Pingleton in Hairspray (Charlottetown). In 2012, she made her Stratford festival debut in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lucy). She has performed with The Killers, Burton Cummings and Queen. Running a vintage clothing business “WildthingVintage” on the side, she has been featured on Etalk Daily, ET Canada and MTV. Thanks to Mom and Dad, the gang at Talent House, Marat, and her favorite rock and roll boys, Robin and Pluto.

JARED ZIRILLI (Brit) recently played Lt. Sam Weinberg in A Few Good Men at the Alley Theatre in Houston, TX. NY- Lysistrata Jones (OBC), Fat Camp (Off Bway), Jacob in Twilight: The Musical (New World Stages), Beto in Bare, Bullets Over Broadway (w/ Susan Stroman and Woody Allen). Tour- Wicked (Fiyero Cover). Regional: LMNOP (Goodspeed), Roger in the Equity Premiere of Rent, Matthew in the DC Premiere of Altar Boyz,The Light in the Piazza (Maine State), Radames in Aida (Drury Lane). TV: Pan Am, Blue Bloods. Host: Jared’s Broadway Boo’s (interviewing/terrorizing Broadway’s Best!) Thanks H/H! For mom, Rayzie and Justin, and grampa. Love my Whitney. Dedicated to dad. www.JaredZirilli.com. Twitter @JaredZirilli

RYAN KNOWLES (Buddy). Off-Broadway: NEWSical: The Musical, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Caligula Maximus (Caligula), Fools in Love (Nick Bottom). National Tours: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Grandpa Who), OZ: The Musical (Wicked Witch of the West). Regional: Disney’s Aladdin (The Genie), Assassins (JW Booth), Little Shop...(Orin). On TV, Ryan was host of Nickelodeon’s daily live two-hour program Me:TV. “Long Live Rock & Roll!”

TODD ADAMSON (Ensemble, u/s Galileo, u/s Khashoggi, u/s Brit) is beyond thrilled to join the WWRY family! Selected past regional credits include Legally Blonde (Warner), Altar Boyz (Matthew), The Wedding Singer (Robbie). Todd has performed with Lea Michele, Karen Ziemba, and Sandy Duncan in various readings and concerts in NYC. Special thanks to Mom and George (thanks for never giving up on me), Guy Stroman, Henderson/Hogan Agency and Benton Whitley at Duncan Stewart. Dreams do come true! Enjoy the show!

DANNY BALKWILL (Ensemble, u/s Khashoggi, u/s Buddy, u/s Brit). National (CAN/US): We Will Rock You (Galileo Alt., U/S Brit); Mamma Mia! (U/S Sky, Pepper, Eddie); Regional: Buddy Holly Story (Jerry Allison/ Music

Director); Legally Blonde (Music Director); Joseph...Dreamcoat (Joseph); Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy Smith); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (U/S Freddie); Godspell (Judas); Songs For A New World (Man1); Honk (Drake). These Performances are dedicated to my mother, Elaine. Thank you for watching over me!

SAMANTHA BERMAN (Swing, Dance Captain) is living the dream of singing and dancing! Nat’l Tours: South Pacific, A Chorus Line. Some regional credits include: Curtains, The Boyfriend, Producers, Cats, Thoroughly Modern Millie, White Christmas, All Shook Up. UC Irvine Grad. Grateful for all the support from my most amazing family and friends. www.samanthasheaberman.com.

JESSICA CROUCH (Ensemble, u/s Killer Queen, u/s Oz). An NYU Tisch School of The Arts graduate, Jessica is well attuned to traveling the USA to rockin’ awesome music, previously performing with the national tour of All Shook Up. Regional credits include: Vibrata in Forum (Bay Street), Allison in Bingo! (California Musical Theatre), and Elle Woods in Legally Blonde for theatre companies on both East and West Coasts winning a StageSceneLA Award along the way. Jessica has also worked as a Production Singer for Carnival Cruise Lines. Love to Mom and Dad! www.jessica-crouch.com KCCO

ALEX DeLEO (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be joining the WWRY tour. Credits include: Tour/ regional: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Ensemble/ u/s Adam/Felicia); Muny (Legally Blonde, Beauty and the Beast, Cats, Millie, and more); North Shore Music Theatre (Bye Bye Birdie, Fame, High School Musical). Walnut Hill School for the Arts and Cincinnati alum. Thanks to my loving family, #AvalonArtists, and of course Randy.

SACCHA DENNIS (Ensemble, u/s Killer Queen). Hailing from Montreal, this Canadian is thrilled to be debuting across the US in WWRY!!! Saccha was recently seen in Ragtime and My Fair Lady at the Shaw Festival as well as past successes such as new musical Maria Severa, One Touch of Venus and Sunday in the Park with George. Other credits include Canadian premiere of Dreamgirls (Theatre Aquarius/MTC/SW); Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (YPT). Saccha thanks TH, Tracey, Benton, her family and friends for their support and to Nicholas. www.sacchadennis.com

SAM DiGIUSEPPE (Assistant Dance Captain, Swing) is thrilled to be part of this amazing company! Toronto: The Wizard of Oz (Mayor/Ensemble). Select Regional: Hair (Claude U/S); She Loves Me (Arpad); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Chip); Cabaret (Victor). Training: Sheridan College PMUST (2011). Love to the cast and creatives, TH, and my parents. @samdigiuseppe

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BRIAN JUSTIN CRUM (Galileo) is stoked to take We Will Rock You across America! On Broadway he has been seen in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal (Gabe/Henry), Grease and Wicked. 1st National Tours: Addams Family (Lucas Bieneke), Grease (Doody) and Wicked. Other credits: Altar Boyz (Original Chicago Cast) as Mark, Jeff Award Nomination. Jesus Christ Superstar, Snapshots a Musical Revue by Stephen Schwartz and more. Brian was a guest star on Law and Order: SVU on NBC in the episode “Possessed.” Thanks to Soffer/Namoff Management, Harden-Curtis Agency, Momma, sistas and friends for their overwhelming belief and support. Now get off your butts and ROCK WITH US! Twitter: @BrianJustinCrum

RUBY LEWIS (Scaramouche) grew up listening to Queen’s Greatest Hits on repeat—what a thrill it is to sing these iconic songs every night! Western Kentucky University grad, Summa Cum Laude. National Tours: Jersey Boys, Grease, Gypsy. Regional: 9 to 5 (Doralee) with 3D Theatricals, Legally Blonde (Elle) at Gateway Playhouse. Film: Another Perfect Stranger, 1 Message and Pass the Light. TV: Desperate Housewives, Medium, Brothers & Sisters, Rules of Engagement, Hart of Dixie and Showtime’s Masters of Sex. So grateful for her supportive friends, family and community, without which none of this would be possible! Say howdy on FB or Twitter @RubyLewLA. www.rubylewis.com

JACQUELINE B. ARNOLD (Killer Queen) is extremely proud to be a part of this extraordinary cast of creatives. A few skits I’ve done include, Broadway: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (DIVA). Off Broadway: Bright Lights, Big City (Clara Tillinghast). National Tours: Hairspray, Las Vegas & 1st National Tour (Lorraine, u/s Motormouth Maybelle); Rent, 2nd National Tour, (Joanne Jefferson). Broadway workshops: Diner the Musical (stripper). TV and Film: Make it or Break it (parent), and countless others. I Love You Lola! “If you don’t know where you wanna go, then it doesn’t matter which path you take.” Just remain in the moment!! CHEERS!!!

P.J. GRIFFITH (Khashoggi). Theater: American Idiot on Broadway (St. Jimmy), Giant at The Public Theater and The Dallas Theater Center (Jett Rink), The 1st National Tour of Mamma Mia! (Sky), The Donmar Warehouse/Taper Revival of Parade (Tom Watson), Rent at Musical Theatre West (Roger), The LA Revival of Tommy (Cousin Kevin), The World Premiere of Setup & Punch at The Blank Theater (Jan- LADCC Award), Romeo & Juliet at La Mama (Mercutio). TV/Film: The Good Wife, The Dark Knight Rises, Without A Trace, House, September 12th, The Weathered Underground. P.J. fronts the band Blue Movie and has shared stages with Buckcherry, Neil Diamond, Biohazard & Green Day.

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SUZANNA DUPREE (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be joining part of the Queen legacy with We Will Rock You!! Nat’l & Internat’l Tours: A Chorus Line (Sheila). New York/Regional: A Chorus Line; Cabaret; Sweet Charity; 42nd St; Chess; Cinderella. Raleigh, NC native & graduate of The Boston Conservatory. Love & thanks: Benton & Duncan, NETworks, Penny & co and my wonderful family & friends for their never-ending support.

DANIEL GREENBERG (Ensemble, u/s Galileo, u/s Buddy). Born and raised in Toronto, Daniel quickly found an affinity for the stage. As a proud graduate of the musical theater program at Sheridan College, Daniel went on to perform in: Legally Blonde (Emmett), All Shook Up (Dennis), Hairspray (Fender), The Wedding Singer (u/s Robbie), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Benjamin), Urinetown (Billy Boy Bill), and Grease (Zuko). Thanks to Tracey, Bruce and TH, mom, dad, Josh, and Nell. Enjoy the show!

STEPHEN HERNANDEZ (Swing). Thrilled to be making his musical debut with the National Tour of We Will Rock You. Stephen has worked with Hysterica Dance Company, Chuthis and Daniel Ezralow. Endless thank you’s to Mom and Dad, Chris, Nate, Vickie, Erin, EDGE Performing Arts Center, bloc, Peter, Kitty and all friends for your support and guidance.

NATHAN KEEN (Ensemble). Broadway: Les Miserables (Gavroche). National Tours: West Side Story (Big Deal/Fight Captain), Ragtime (Little Boy), Les Miserables (Gavroche), Beauty and the Beast (Chip). Thanks to the creative team, Nancy Carson, Duncan Stewart & Company, friends, and family. Strength & Honor!

DANIEL KERMIDAS (Ensemble) studied Dance and Musical Theater at Marymount Manhattan College. Broadway Tours: West Side Story (Swing, u/s Arab, Baby John), Memphis the Musical (Ensemble). Regional: The Music Man (Tommy Djilas), Carousel (Ensemble). TV: So You Think You Can Dance (Season 9) Love and thanks to his family, and friends.

RYAN KOSS (Ensemble) was recently part of Cats at North Shore Music Theatre and North Carolina Theatre (Mr. Mistoffelees). Other credits: Off-Broadway in Lucky Guy the Musical (Buckaroo swing), Oklahoma! Berkshire Theatre Festival (Slim/Dance Capt.) Guys and Dolls Westchester Broadway Theatre. Surf The Musical! Planet Hollywood Vegas, The Muny 2010 Season, and Music Theatre of Wichita Season 07, 08, 09. Proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma.

BROOKE MORRISON (Ensemble, u/s Oz) is thrilled beyond measure to be touring with the First US National Tour of We Will

Rock You (Ensemble, Understudy Oz). Other National Tour credits: A Chorus Line (Sheila). Favorite Regional: Legally Blonde (Margot), Cats (Demeter), SUGAR (Sugar). Graduated with her BFA in Musical Theater from Elon University and shortly after traveled the world working as a singer/dancer for Holland America Cruiselines. Special thanks to MSA and undying gratitude to her friends and her amazing family for being such a rock in her life.

COREY MOSELLO (Ensemble, u/s Galileo) is thrilled to be making his National Tour debut! Theatre credits include Miss Saigon at North Shore Music Theatre, The Donkey Show at the A.R.T, Jesus Christ Superstar and Batboy the Musical. He received his BFA in musical theatre from The Boston Conservatory. Corey would like to thank CSA/Duncan Stewart, everyone at DGRW and his family and friends for all their love and support. For his loving mother!

JENNIFER MOTE (Ensemble). Stage Credits: Mirvish Productions: Rock of Ages (Waitress #1), Stratford Shakespeare Festival: West Side Story (Velma), Cyrano de Bergerac, Canadian Opera Company: Iphigenia in Tauris, Helix Dance Project. Film/TV: Suits (NBC), Degrassi: TNG, So You Think You Can Dance Canada (Top 25), The L.A. Complex (MuchMusic). Performed with artists such as: Akon, Dragonette, Shawn Desman, Katy Perry, New Kids on the Block. Much love and thanks to my biggest fans—my family. Dedicated to my favorite lil dudes: Parker, Hailey and Tristan. Now... Let’s ROCK! Twitter: @jenmote.

KATIE MURPHY (Swing). We Will Rock You, Mirvish; My Fair Lady/The Admirable Crichton, Shaw Festival; REGIONAL: Legally Blonde (Brooke); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (U/S Christine); Peter Pan (Tiger Lily); 42nd Street (Peggy); Anne of Green Gables (Diana); Charlotte’s Web (Charlotte); CATS; Joseph...; Spamalot; White Christmas; Enchanted Evening (Soloist). BFA Acting UBC. Katie’s a published poet, yoga teacher, and wrote a one-woman show for the VFF. Thrilled to be on the tour of

love with her husband Danny. Mom, Dad and Stir: for boundless support.

JENNIFER NOBLE (Ensemble, u/s Scaramouche). Broadway: Ghost (Molly u/s perf ). Regional: Limelight (Lita Grey), La Jolla; [Title of Show] (Heidi), Playhouse Square; The Mystery...Drood (Drood u/s perf ), Idaho Shakes; All Shook Up (Natalie) Little Theatre. Baldwin Wallace. Love & thanks to Mom, Dad, Zach, DFG,The Mine and Duncan Stewart & Co. JenniferNoble.net

STEPHANIE SY (Ensemble, u/s Scaramouche) is PUMPED to be rockin’ out to Queen on her first National tour. Regional: Prairie Nurse, ‘Yorkville’ the musical, A History of Breathing (SATA Award Nomination), Velocity (World Premieres), Little Women (Jo March), Footloose (Rusty), Miss Saigon (Kim), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Marcy Park), Avenue Q (Christmas Eve), Romeo and Juliet, Penelopiad (Oracle/Tannis). Endless gratitude and love to Tracey, the Sy family and dear dear friends. This one’s for you Winnipeg! Twitter: @stephaniesy7

KASEY WALKER (Ensemble) is thrilled to be rocking on the road with WWRY! National tours: Legally Blonde (Ensemble); Regional: Legally Blonde (Brooke Wyndham) at Ogunquit Playhouse; 42nd Street, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and The Who’s Tommy at Lyric Theatre of OK; BFA from the University of Oklahoma. Love to my family and AR for their unwavering support!

BEN ELTON (Director, Story and Script) is a multi-award winning novelist, playwright, television writer, screen writer and lyricist. He is also a theatre, screen and TV Director, a stand-up comedian and a very occasional actor. He was born in Catford, South East London on May 3rd 1959, the youngest of four children. He read Drama at Manchester University. He is married and has three children. Musicals: The Beautiful Game (Book and Lyrics), Critics Circle Award Best Musical,


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music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, We Will Rock You (Book), Olivier-award winner, music by Queen; Tonight’s The Night (Book), music by Rod Stewart and others; Love Never Dies co-wrote book, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Plays: The New Review with Richard Curtis, Gasping, Silly Cow, Popcorn (Olivier-award, Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award for Crime Fiction), Blast From the Past. Novels: Stark, Gridlock, This Other Eden, Popcorn, Blast From The Past, Inconceivable, Dead Famous, High Society (WH Smiths People’s Choice Fiction Award), Past Mortem (Prix Polar International Crime Writer Award, Amitiès Mortelles), The First Casualty, Chart Throb, Blind Faith, Meltdown, Two Brothers. TV: The Young Ones (BAFTA-award winner), Alfresco, Happy Families, Blackadder 2, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Saturday Live, Blackadder The Third (BAFTA-award winner), Friday Night Live, Blackadder Goes Forth (BAFTA-award winner), Ben Elton The Man From Auntie (The Royal Television Society Writers Award), The Thin Blue Line (British Comedy Award and Public and Professional Jury Awards at Reims) , The Ben Elton Show, Blessed, The Wright Way. Ben also wrote Mr Bean’s “Exam” episode. As a stand-up comedian, Ben has been one of the UK’s most successful live acts for almost thirty years. He last toured in 2005-2006. In 1990 he co-hosted the Nelson Mandela Celebration at Wembley Stadium. He hosted the Brits in 1997 and 1998 and The Royal Variety Performance in 2000. He writes all his own material. Films: Maybe Baby (Writer/Director). Other directing work include Silly Cow, The Thin Blue Line (with John Birkin) Blessed, We Will Rock You, Tonight’s The Night and The Beautiful Game, reworked as The Boys In the Photograph. In 2007 Ben Elton was awarded the Special Golden Rose D’Or at The International Television festival in Lucerne Switzerland for his life time contribution to the Television Arts.

BRIAN MAY, CBE, PhD, FRAS is a founding member of Queen, a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, and performer; also a Doctor of Astrophysics, 3-D stereoscopic photography authority, patron to a number of charities and a passionate campaigner for animal welfare. Brian penned 22 of Queen’s top 20 hit singles including “We Will Rock You”, now a feature of almost every sporting event worldwide, and recently a star live feature of the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. We Will Rock You also gave its name to the worldwide hit Queen musical now celebrating its 11th anniversary in London, and about to embark on its first US Tour; Brian and band-mate Roger Taylor are co-musical supervisors for the production. Following four decades of worldwide success with Queen and as a solo artist, most recently Brian has been writing and performing with Kerry Ellis, originator of the role of Meat in the London WWRY production. Brian’s interest in 3-D Photography sees the October publication of “Diableries -

Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell”, Brian’s fourth book. As an advocate for animal welfare, Brian is a leading inspiration in the ongoing fight against the proposed UK badger cull, and the return of blood sports. Brian can be contacted via his website www.brianmay.com.

ROGER TAYLOR Although best known for his powerhouse role in Queen, Roger Taylor is anything but a drummer confined to his kit. With rock ‘n’ roll in his veins all through his schooldays, he has always been a highly active, vocal member of Queen. He famously wrote Queen’s No.1 hits “Radio Ga Ga,” “Days of our Lives” and “A Kind of Magic,” amongst others. Each of the band’s 15 studio albums included compositions by him including such eternal classics as I’m In Love With My Car and Sheer Heart Attack. He was also the first to make a solo album, 1981’s Fun in Space. To date he has released four solo albums, which, aside from his work with Queen, further highlighted Taylor as an musician and writer with a strong sense of identity, a wide musical perspective, and a defined political awareness, more often than not conveyed in characteristic irony. He is kept busy these days overseeing Queen’s worldwide hit musical We Will Rock You and as the creator and driving force behind the Queen Extravaganza, the hugely successful official Queen tribute band. The Extravaganza is undertaking its second tour of North America and then takes its unique show to the UK. For the immediate future Roger is to release new solo material with the album “Fun On Earth” as well as a retrospective box set, “The Lot”, possibly followed by a solo tour.

ARLENE PHILLIPS (Musical Staging & Choreographer). Arlene Phillips is a showbiz legend, her dance group Hot Gossip revolutionized dance in the UK and in 2013 she was honored by the Queen as Commander of the Order of the British Empire: working with stars from film and TV, to theatre and arenas, choreographing hit West End and Broadway musicals The Wizard of Oz, Starlight Express, Flashdance, The Sound of Music, Grease, We Will Rock You and Saturday Night Fever; directing the concert The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman; choreographing for Hollywood directors on films from Annie to Monty Python’s Meaning of Life; creating iconic videos for stars Whitney Houston, Elton John, Queen, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, The Bee Gees, Duran Duran, Aretha Franklin, Joan Jett, Kiss, Donna Summer and Robbie Williams. As a TV judge on So You Think You Can Dance, Strictly Come Dancing in the UK and Over The Rainbow in Canada Arlene has become a well loved household name. Follow on Twitter: @arlenephillips, Facebook: TheArlenePhillips

TRACEY FLYE (Associate Director & Associate Choreographer). Tracey’s complete credits span over 135 productions internationally, directing,

choreographing and performing. Her directing credits include: Queen’s We Will Rock You at Toronto’s Panasonic Theatre, Associate Director for We Will Rock You South Africa, New Zealand /Asia and Resident Director for We Will Rock You (Toronto), The Penelopiad, The 39 Steps (RMTC), The Wizard of Oz, Snow White (Ross Petty Productions), Resident Director for War Horse (Toronto). Direction/choreography: Hairspray (Rainbow Stage), staging/choreography West Side Story (Vancouver Opera), The Drowsy Chaperone (TC/MTC), choreography for Kiss Me Kate and Evita, and re-conception of King of Thieves for The Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Choreographer /Assoc. Director for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Boys in the Photograph, Associate Choreographer for Peggy Sue Got Married (West End), West Side Story (Stratford Festival) and from the time of its North American debut, Tracey was Asst. Choreographer for Mamma Mia! Toronto / U.S. National Tour. She continues to be committed to the development of new works.

MARK FISHER (Original Production Designer, Video Director) A world renowned designer and architect Mark Fisher’s credits include the most memorable touring rock concerts ever staged: ‘The Wall’ for Pink Floyd in 1980 and Roger Waters in 2010, all Rolling Stones shows since 1989 and U2 concerts since 1992. His architecturally innovative outdoor stages have been constructed several thousand times in cities throughout the world. He designed the theatre, scenery and acrobatic effects for KÀ, the permanent show by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas; other theatre credits include Viva Elvis & Michael Jackson also for Cirque du Soleil. Mark was chief designer for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Executive producer for the London 2012 Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

WILLIE WILLIAMS (Lighting Designer, Video Director) is best known for his innovative rock show designs where his combination of hi-tech media and lo-tech eccentricity has received much acclaim. Williams has worked with U2 for most of their live career. His work with George Michael, R.E.M. and David Bowie has also been highly regarded. Performing arts projects have included collaborating with Complicité, Laurie Anderson, Marianne Faithfull, Kronos Quartet and Montréal dance company La La La Human Steps. Theatre credits for lighting and video design include French & Saunders, Little Britain Live, Barbarella, Pam Ann, Steve Coogan and The Fast Show.

BOBBY AITKEN (Sound Designer) has been involved with theatre sound for over 30 years, designing sound for productions in the UK and around the world. Theatre work includes: Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Viva Forever!, Mamma Mia!, Five Guys Named Moe. Bobby was the



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Sound Designer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. For the past few years, Bobby has been working to create techniques to deliver credible sound reinforcement for large scale, in-the-round opera production.

TIM GOODCHILD (Costume Designer). Three times Olivier Award Winner has designed for stage, television and film. He has designed over seventy productions for West End theatre and twenty productions for the New Shakespeare Company. In 1988 he made theatre history designing the first Anglo-Soviet production of Swan Lake for the Moscow Classical Ballet, seen in London, the USA, Japan and Moscow. He also designed the ballet A Simple Man for BBC2, which won the 1987 BAFTA Award. BBC2’s musical Look of love and costume designs for the film The Little Prince. Currently working on: Strangers On A Train Gielgud theatre West End and “The Nutcracker” Houston Ballet.

JOHN ‘JACK’ CURTIN (Hair and Make-Up Designer). Film, Department Head/ Key: Almost Perfect, A Little Help, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Academy Award), Joshua, Spinning into Butter, Make Yourself at Home. Television: Kidnapped, Law and Order, 30 Rock, America’s Got Talent, Gossip Girl, Carrie Diaries. Theatre: Rock of Ages (NCL), Fame (Phoenix Productions), Kiss of the Spider Woman (NETworks), The Will Roger’s Follies (Troika) 42nd Street (Troika), Oliver (Troika). Broadway Supervisor: Priscilla Queen of the Desert, La Cage Aux Folles (2010), Royal Family (2009), Grease (2007), Coram Boy, The Lion King, Dream.

DUNCAN STEWART AND COMPANY (Casting). Duncan Stewart and Benton Whitley are responsible for casting the N. American tour of We Will Rock You, the Broadway revival of Pippin, Chicago (B’way & National Tour), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, the Off-B’way production of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 and upcoming The Tempest for A.R.T. Other projects include: Carnegie Hall, Menier Chocolate Factory (U.S. casting); Royal Caribbean; La Cage aux Folles (2010 B’way revival and tour); Thriller Live (West End); as well as numerous regional theatres. Proud members of the Casting Society of America www.dstewartco.com

MIKE DIXON (Music Supervisor) graduated from Trinity College of Music in 1979 and over the course of his varied and multifaceted career Mike has established himself as one of the leading figures in the West End, Television and Radio as a Musical Supervisor, Musical Director, Conductor, Arranger and Composer.

NATE PATTEN (Music Director) is thrilled and humbled to get to play “Another One Bites the Dust” in front of an audience. Nate was most recently the music director/conductor for the

national tour of Elf that played the Kennedy Center this Christmas. Before that, he spent nine crazy months (of which he remembers three) on the road as the music director of Flashdance. Broadway: Catch Me If You Can, Bonnie and Clyde. Off Broadway: Silence! The Musical (also in L.A.), The Toxic Avenger. Tours: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Wedding Singer, The Wizard of Oz. Nate played Danny Zuko in his middle school production of Grease. Much love always to my family and friends. For Dustin.

JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator). Broadway (over 100 shows, including): Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Pippin; Once; Jersey Boys; Newsies; Rock of Ages; Porgy and Bess; Jesus Christ Superstar; Godspell; La Cage Aux Folles; Priscilla Queen of the Desert; Sister Act; Follies; A Little Night Music; Leap of Faith; Baby it’s You; Elf. Musician (bass): Leonard Cohen, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Carly Simon, Michael Jackson, Peter Paul & Mary, BB King, Bette Midler, Bob Dylan, Mose Allison. His album Stage Door Johnny – John Miller: Takes on Broadway is available on PS Classics Records. www.johnmillerbass.com

TEGAN MEYER (Company Manager) is thrilled to join WWRY! Credits include: Elf, National Tour, Memphis, First National Tour. Broadway; Memphis, Donny & Marie: A Broadway Christmas, the revival of Guys & Dolls directed by Des McAnuff, The Pirate Queen, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only, Off Broadway: The Great Divorce, What’s That Smell, The Ultimate Jew, Slut. Meyer proudly co-produced the woman’s festival Estrogenius from 2004-2008 at Manhattan Theatre Source.

MELISSA CHACÓN (Production Stage Manager). National tours: Billy Elliot the Musical, Rent and Contact. New York Credits include: 1001, Pinkalicious, Jimi & Mr. B, Circle of Friends, The American Girls Revue as well as Much Ado About Nothing and The School for Husbands (NY Classical Theatre) and As You Like It, The Tempest and Much Ado About Nothing (Hamptons Shakespeare Festival). She earned her MFA in Stage Management from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts.

MITCHELL B. HODGES (Stage Manager). Broadway: Cabaret, Twelfth Night and Richard III. Tours: Million Dollar Quartet, Les Misérables 25th Anniversary, West Side Story and The Phantom of the Opera. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Music Theatre of Wichita, Fort Worth Opera and Glimmerglass Opera. Thanks to Artie, Jason and Heather! Go Blue!

PATRICIA L. GRABB (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be back on the road with We Will Rock You after most recently working on Broadway with Daniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of Inishmaan. National Tours:

A Christmas Story, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein, 101 Dalmatians, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Evita, Miss Saigon, A Christmas Carol. International Tours: Swing! (Japan). NYC/Regional credits: Finding Neverland (workshop), Papermill Playhouse, Queens Theatre in the Park, Surflight Theatre, Tropicana Casino and Pennsylvania Centre Stage. Patty is a proud graduate of Penn State University. Love to her family.

SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen/Ruthie Henshall as well as the U.K. regional tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as executive producer of a 40-week UK regional tour of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, which also ran in the United States. He is currently serving as Executive Producer on War Horse, The Phantom of the Opera and We Will Rock You. He is most proud of his greatest productions, Marlo and Camden.

ALLIED LIVE (Marketing and Press) is a full-service marketing and advertising agency representing Broadway shows, national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities. Current clients include: Blue Man Group, The Book of Mormon, A Christmas Story, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf, Ghost, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Motown, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, Stomp, We Will Rock You, West Side Story and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

THE ROAD COMPANY was founded in 1997 by Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota. In addition to We Will Rock You, current representation includes Wicked, Kinky Boots, Annie, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, Evita, Elf, Billy Elliot, Rock of Ages, Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles and Donny and Marie. The Road Company is made possible by Shawn Willett, Magaly Barone, Jenny Kirlin, Justine Spingler, Allie Beik and Garrett Holtz.

PHIL McINTYRE ENTERTAINMENTS (Producer) has been producing, promoting and representing acts since 1974. For twenty years the company was one of the country’s leading rock and roll promoters, working with bands such as The Smiths, Culture Club, New Order, Tears for Fears and Metallica. PME also promoted the Queen and Paul Rodgers 2008 European tour. PME has produced two feature films; Guest House Paradiso starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson and Maybe Baby starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson (written and directed by Ben Elton). The company has had six West End hit plays: Gasping, Silly Cow, Slip of the Tongue, Waiting for Godot, Smaller and the Laurence Olivier Award-winning Popcorn. In May 2002 We Will Rock You opened in London’s West End;


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Opening Night: October 15, 2013 HIPPODROME THEATRE, BALTIMORE, MD

GENERAL MANAGEMENT GENTRY & ASSOCIATES

SCOTT JACKSON, GREGORY VANDER PLOEG, GUY JORDIN HEARD, PENELOPE LOPEZ

COMPANY MANAGERTEGAN MEYER

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CASTING BYDUNCAN STEWART AND COMPANY

Duncan Stewart, C.S.A; Benton Whitley, C.S.A;Andrea Zee

Production Stage Manager ...................................Melissa ChacónStage Manager ................................................Mitchell B.HodgesAssistant Stage Manager ................................... Patricia L. GrabbAssociate Director/Choreographer ............................. Tracey FlyeSenior Asst. Choreographer ..................... Kelly Fletcher PedneaultAsst. Choreographer .......................................... Marc Kimelman Associate Set Designer ................................................Ric LipsonAssociate Costume Designer .................................. David NewellAssistant Costume Designer .................................. Brooke CohenAssociate Lighting Designer ............................... Anthony PearsonMoving Light Programmer .................................. Dieter BroemsonVideo Programmer .................................................Ben KeightleyProduction Electrician ............................................... Kevin RichieAssociate Music Supervisor ........................... Matt Spencer-SmithAssistant to John Miller ................................... Jennifer CoolbaughProduction Sound ................................................... IRES-PartnersAssociate Sound Designer ........................................ .Garth HelmWest End Sound Engineer ........................................ Simon SayerHead Carpenter .....................................................Keith A. KeeneFlyman/Automation.................................................. Jason FehlenAsst. Carpenter ................................................... Kaitlin CiccarelliHead Electrics ...........................................................Eric BriggsAssistant Electrics .................................................. Kaycee PerryAssistant Electrics ..................................................... Matt HrinkoSound Engineer/A1 ............................................Brad Zuckerman Assistant Audio ..................................................... Sherie FarmerAssistant Audio ....................................................... Alberto YongHead Props .............................................................Aaron GilmanHead Wardrobe ............................................... Matthew KelbaughAssistant Wardrobe ................................................. Danielle KingHead Hair & Makeup ........................................... Bryon McDonaldKeyboard Programmer ....................................Hiro Iida, Jeff LeachProduction Assistants ....................Nathan Heldstab, Zachary GrayNational Press Representatives .......................... Shore Fire MediaPhysical Therapy ........................... NEURO TOUR/Carolyn LawsonProduction Videographer ..................................... HMS Media, Inc. Production Photographer ............... Michael Brosilow, Kyle FromanWebsite ...................................................................Outside LineProduction Photography .............................................. Paul KolnikAccounting ......................................NETworks Presentations LLCTour Accountant ..................................................... Paula JenkinsHR & Payroll Services ................................. Human Resources incLegal Counsel .......................................... F Richard Pappas, Esq.Insurance ............Maury, Donnelly & Parr - Bob Middleton, Meghan ShriverTrucking ............................................................... Clark TransferHotel Booking ...................................Lisa Morris, Road ConciergeCast Bus Booking ..........................Mary Botosan, Road ConciergeCrew Bus ............................................... Dream Catcher CoachesMerchandising ................................................... The Araca Group

TRIBECA THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONSCo-Founder/Partner .............................................. Jane RosenthalCo-Founder/Partner .............................................. Robert De NiroVice President of Production ..................................... Berry WelshVice President of Communications ..........................Tammie RosenExecutive Assistant........................................Alexandra WinogoraAssistant ............................................................Laura Czerepak

CREDITSScenery constructed by Virginia Scenic. Automation equipment provided by PRG Scenic Technologies. Lighting equipment from Christie Lights. Sound equipment by Sound Associates. Video equipment provided by Sound Associates. Rigging by Christie Lights. Laser Effects provided by X-Laser. Costume Shop Timberlake Studios. Scenic elements constructed by Scenic Solutions. Drums supplied by TreeHouse Drums.

Rehearsal StudiosThe New 42 Street Studios

SPECIAL THANKSSpecial thanks to Charles D’Atri and

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers of the United States.

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

The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

The Press Agents and Company Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

United Scenic Artists represents designers and scenic artists for the American Theatre.

This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.

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a musical collaboration, between Ben Elton, Robert De Niro, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Queen. It has since launched the We Will Rock You UK tour which opened in Manchester in 2009 and the North American tour which opens in 2013.

TRIBECA THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Since its founding by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro in 1988, Tribeca Productions has produced more than 25 feature films, garnered several Academy Award nominations and countless critics awards, and grossed more than $2 billion worldwide. Rosenthal and De Niro’s film and TV credits include executive producers for the upcoming NBC series About a Boy, NYC22, Being Flynn, and Public Enemies; and producers for Little Fockers, What Just Happened?, The Good Shepherd, Rent, House of D, Meet the Fockers, Stage Beauty, About a Boy, Analyze That, Showtime, Meet the Parents, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Analyze This, Flawless, Wag the Dog, Marvin’s Room, A Bronx Tale, The Night We Never Met, Thunderheart, Mistress, and Night and the City. Under Tribeca Theatrical Productions, along with Queen Theatrical Productions and Phil McIntyre Entertainment, Rosenthal and De Niro have produced the theatrical musical We Will Rock You. The tour will come to North America produced along with Networks Presentations.

NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer), founded in 1995, has continued to grow and expand to become one of the largest producing organizations of touring Broadway musicals in North America and remains committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences around the world. It’s extensive and diverse list of touring productions include: Cameron Mackintosh’s The 25th Anniversary Production of Les Misérables and the spectacular new production of The Phantom of the Opera; The National Theatre of Great Britain’s production of War Horse; Queen and Ben Elton’s We Will Rock You; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Blue Man Group national tour; The Lincoln Center Theater productions of The Light in the Piazza and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, as well as Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson, Seussical, Annie, La Cage Aux Folles, Rent, The Producers, Hairspray, Spring Awakening, Sweeney Todd, Billy Elliot the Musical, Elf the Musical, Dirty Dancing and many others.

FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONSChief Executive Officer ......................................... Kenneth GentryChief Operating Officer ......................................Scott W. JacksonPresident ......................................................................Orin WolfExecutive Vice President Production ........................... Seth WenigDirector of Finance ..................................................... John KinnaController ............................................................Jennifer GiffordExecutive Producers ............................Kary M. Walker, Dani DavisAssociate Producer ...............................................Angela RowlesDirector of Booking ......................................Charmaine McVickerSenior General Manager ..............................Gregory VanderPloegGeneral Managers ......Mary K. Witte, Guy Jordin Heard, Tyler SoltisAssociate General Manager ...........Bobby Maglaughlin, Curt OwensAssistant General Managers .................................Penelope LopezSenior Production Manager .................................... Jason JuenkerProduction Managers ................................Ben Neafus, Laura DieliAssociate Production Manager ................................. Evan RooneyAssistant Production Manager ............................... Ashley HarmanWarehouse Manager ....................................................Brad KorffDirector of Marketing/PR ........................................ Heather HessDatabase Manager ................................................. Siba MahantyMusic Coordinator .................................................... John MezzioOffice Manager ...................................................Buddy PiccolinoAdministrative Assistant ...............................Esther Schwarzbauer

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This past March, we wrapped up our third season of the Rising Star Project with a student production of Monty Python’s Spamalot. Proudly presented by the Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation, The 5th Avenue’s Rising Star Project offers students firsthand experience in how to produce, coordinate, develop, market and perform a musical for our historic stage. Students are mentored by 5th Avenue staff, directors, choreographers, musicians, and technical crew, and develop the skills used by theater professionals.

The performances of Spamalot were an astounding success. A cast of 23 young actors and an orchestra of 16 young musicians performed the score, sang the songs, learned the original Broadway choreography and nailed the humor of this uproariously funny musical. But while the performers were showcased in front of the curtain, a crew of 23 technical theater students learned how to run one of the most technically-challenging productions ever done at The 5th Avenue. For the student crew, this was their moment to shine.

For young performers there are often many opportunities to participate in productions at school and local community theaters, but for students interested in technical theater, the options for hands-on experience are few. The Rising Star Project provides students interested in technical theater professional-level training by The 5th Avenue technical staff. While schools may provide students opportunities to work on the stage crew, the equipment is often outdated and rudimentary. During the Rising Star Project, technical theater students learn to operate a state-of-the-art sound board and lighting console, they learn to run the follow spot and control automation, they work on some of the most technically-advanced equipment in the industry and they learn industry-standard

“I’M NO LONGER THAT ONE WEIRD KID, obsessively passionate about technical theater. I’m not alone. There exists a COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE MY AGE that don’t think it’s weird that I have EOS lighting software on my laptop, or that I use PAR cans and RGB LEDs, to [light] my bedroom.”- RSP Student Technical Crew

safety procedures. Students interested in costume, hair and makeup design learn to prep wigs and fit costumes, and rig them for quick changes. Perhaps most importantly, the students on the technical crew learn to work collaboratively as a team. As one student recently commented, “I’m no longer that one weird kid, obsessively passionate about technical theater. I’m not alone. There exists a community of people my age that don’t think it’s weird that I have EOS lighting software on my laptop, or that I use PAR cans and RGB LEDs, to [light] my bedroom.”

In Spring 2015, for the fourth season of Rising Star Project, students will collaborate on an all-student production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. Students will once again work alongside The 5th Avenue crew to learn the craft of technical theater. They will learn about creative process and will follow the journey of The 5th Avenue’s professional production from initial design to execution on The 5th Avenue stage. The professional crew will mentor the students, then step back and allow them to run the show. As a parent of a Rising Star Project student wrote, “Who turns over an entire theater to teenagers and then stands beside them to pass on this craft the only true way it can be passed - from mentor to student? The 5th Avenue Theatre does.”

Anya RudnickDirector of Education

TELL ME MORE! TELL ME MORE!To learn more about the Rising Star Project and how to participate on any team including the technical crew, visit www.5thavenue.org/education.

The Technical Crew

Photos by Lauren Wolbaum and Jeff Carpenter

Way back in the year 2000, I got the chance to write the book for a musical based around Queen’s greatest hits. Queen had a terrific sense of humor and also quite a futuristic vibe (Flash! Ah ah!). Also, a kind of legendary feel, so I came up with a comical Dystopian ‘legend’. Sword in the Stone meets The Matrix. Except the sword was a guitar.

The story imagined a world where technology is sufficiently advanced to allow the media entertainment machine to download the latest homogenised pop music, games and videos directly to every consumer on Earth at once. Thus creating a bleak and lonely world where the most significant relationship an individual has is with their personal computer.

For example, in the story, our two teen rebels are captured and the police plant tracking bugs in their heads. These days we’re all tracked; my wife can see where our three children are at all times by looking at ‘Find My Phone’. Most young people actually announce their whereabouts themselves on social networking. If the cops want to get someone they can just follow their tweets. Because of WWRY’s longevity, I get to play with these developments and work them into the script.

We even get to use different songs when it feels right. Queen’s hit catalogue is too vast to include them all, so for instance, “You’re My Best Friend” was not in the London show. There is, however, a scene where our two leads run away and discuss their loneliness and isolation. They realize that they are both friendless. These days, with the arrival of social networking, loneliness and isolation have taken on a very different form. It tends to be experienced not so much in the corners of cafes and schoolrooms but via headphones and a tiny screen. In 2013, it seemed ridiculous for two kids to discuss friendship without reference to Facebook. Young people now live in a world where it’s possible to have many virtual ‘friends’ and ‘likes’ and yet still be entirely isolated and alone. Factoring this into the story has added a whole new layer in which real friendship in real time is viewed with suspicion as almost deviant behaviour. The new dialogue with this very changed emphasis brought the song “You’re My Best Friend” into the show.

Likewise, the stunning outreach and ubiquity of Broadband which has occurred in the last decade has led me to introduce the rock anthem “Now I’m Here (Now I’m There)” into the evil Killer Queen’s repertoire.

Apart from addressing the broader social and technological changes, I also get the chance to update moments of topical humour. In the story, a group of rebels called Bohemians fashion themselves on half forgotten Rock Gods and so the script is peppered with references to rock and pop. Britney Spears for instance is the subject of a gag, but during the time of her very public emotional problems I took it out because what had been a fun and supportive joke suddenly felt dark and wrong. Happily, Britney’s back in the show but during her absence, Posh Spice, Hilary Duff and Jessica Simpson all took a bow. Clay Aiken was a presence in the early days but Idols come and go; he’s moved on and so have we. When I was looking at the script for our upcoming US tour, I put in a reference to Hannah Montana. Since then, Miley Cyrus has twerked her way to ubiquity and so the gag had to change. Twerking is in the show now of course, but I think it will have a short shelf life.

In the long run, the show is a celebration of live music - something well worth celebrating in a world where the majority of ‘live’ music is a semi lip synched dance show taking place in a vast arena which the audience experiences through a sea of camera phones, including their own. Long live rock n’ roll.

The flamboyant British rock band Queen, fronted by the charismatic singer-songwriter Freddie Mercury, won international success in the seventies and eighties with a fusion of heavy metal, glam rock, and shameless camp theatrics. In a series of elaborately produced albums, including Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, and News of the World, they extended their range to include disco, hard rock, pop, speed metal, punk, funk, rockabilly, jazz, and psychedelic rock. Inspired by the White Album-era Beatles, they also reached into the pre-rock past for inspiration, adding country, ragtime, opera, gospel, blues, Dixieland, folk, music hall, and vaudeville to their bag of tricks.

The band was formed in 1971 by university and art school students. Their anything-and-everything approach was fully present the next year on their debut album, the self-titled Queen. Every subsequent album tried to top the last, climaxing in their magnum opus, A Night at the Opera, with its overwhelming centerpiece “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker and the band, A Night at the Opera is an orgy of sonic experimentation: guitar layering, sound effects, tap dancing, tape delay, and multi-tracked vocals (over 180 vocal overdubs in “Bohemian Rhapsody” alone). Released in 1976, it was the most expensive rock album ever recorded, and one of the most successful.

Queen produced 15 studio albums, five concert albums, and several compilations. After Freddy Mercury’s death (in 1991) and bassist John Deacon’s retirement, guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor performed together occasionally, and from 2004 to 2009 they collaborated with a new lead singer as Queen + Paul Rodgers. The band’s influence has been enormous and, like their music, incredibly diverse, inspiring artists from Kurt Cobain to Green Day to Guns N’ Roses to Radiohead and Lady Gaga.

Clearly events have rather overtaken what, at the time, still seemed a futuristic vision. The ‘wrist held’ communicators of our original design through which the kids downloaded their every influence are scarcely a futuristic idea now everyone has a smart phone. There was no American Idol in 2000, no YouTube and no social networking. For a story about the death of live rock through a Net empowered corporate media machine, these are not developments that are possible to ignore.

Back then, I called my brave new world Planet Mall, imagining Earth as one vast shopping precinct. A couple of years ago, I changed the name to the iPlanet. Nobody goes shopping in real time anymore.

And that’s the great and exciting privilege I have with We Will Rock You. Because it’s still being produced around the world, I get the chance to update the script.

By BEN ELTON By ALBERT EVANS Artistic & Music Associate

Contributors TO THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE

ANNUAL FUND

We would like to say thank you to the following donors who provided support at the $1,250 level and above as of May 15, 2014. Through their gifts, donors become partners in our commitment to artistic excellence, community engagement, education, and expanding the canon of musical theater. For more information on how you can support The 5th, please contact Development at 206-625-1418.

NEXT GENERATION FOUNDERS$100,000 - $249,000

ArtsFundThe Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Ann Ramsay-JenkinsStephen P. Reynolds and Paula Rosput Reynolds

DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS$50,000 - $99,999

The Boeing CompanyBarbara L. CroweDelta Air Lines +

National Endowment for the Arts Seattle Office of Arts & Culture

The Seattle Times +Bonnie and Jim Towne

Unico Properties +U.S. Bank

DISTINGUISHED PRODUCERS$20,000 - $49,999

4CultureAlaska Airlines +

Marleen and Kenny Alhadeff Fairmont Olympic Hotel +

Wanda J. Herndon Richard and Julie Kagan

Glenna KendallMcCallum Print Group +

Peoples BankBuzz and Beth Porter

Tiia-Mai ReddittSAFECO Insurance

The Seattle Foundation Snoqualmie Tribe

Susie and Phil StollerHeather Sullivan-McKay and Mike McKay

Tom and Connie WalshWashington Athletic Club +

Wells FargoSterling and Melinda Wilson

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER’S CIRCLE$10,000 - $19,999

Ann and Joe Ardizzone David Armstrong

Bob and Clodagh AshRex and Angela Bates

Bill BerryRobert R. Braun, Jr.

Capital Grille +Davis Property & Investment +

Larry and Brittni EstradaExpedia

Bernadine C. and Sean G. GriffinRick and Kandy Holley

Homewood Suites +Peter and Peggy Horvitz

Margaret C. InouyeBenjamin Leifer

The Loeb Family Charitable FoundationMacy’s

Steven and Barbara MogerWilliam and Nancy NicholsLarry and Valorie Osterman

Puget Sound EnergyDavid and Hillary Quinn

RealNetworks Foundation

Norman and Constance RiceRussell Investments

Faye and Herman SarkowskyRob and Jan Sexton

Thomas E. and Nita F. SitterleyCynthia Stroum

Gary and Elizabeth SundemAnn and Arthur Thomas–In Memory

of Nancy Ann Meagher HicksR. “Porky” Thomsen and Terri Stephenson

Union BankBruce and Peggy Wanta

THE CREATIVITY FUNDMembers of The Creativity Fund make gifts of $100,000 or more in support of the development of new musicals and their premiere production on The 5th Avenue Theatre mainstage.

Stephen P. Reynolds and Paula Rosput ReynoldsThe Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Barbara L. CroweWanda J. Herndon

Richard and Julie Kagan

Ann Ramsay-JenkinsTiia-Mai Redditt

Bonnie and Jim TowneTom and Connie Walsh

Sterling and Melinda Wilson

+In-kind


DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $5,000 - $9,999

Aegis LivingLinda AndersonApex FoundationArtsFund/John Brooks Williams &

John H. Bauer Endowment for Theatre

William Bartholomew and Lauren TaylorAndrew and Shayna BegunBecky BenaroyaSherry and Larry BenaroyaThe Benevity Community Impact FundMaureen and Joel BenolielEric Blom and Min ParkDebby CarterMargaret Clapp

The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Covey FamilyMona and John FandelGary J. Fuller and Randy L. EverettTravis and Christy GagnierJean GardnerGM NameplateJohn and Sondra HanleyJohn Holden and Kathleen

McLagan–In honor of Allegria Holden

Nicholas and Amanda JonesKPMGBill and Michelle KrippaehneLisa KroeseJean K. Lafromboise FoundationRoger S. Layman

Myron and Shirley LindbergThomas and Juli LindquistTwyla and Tom LucasNeopostMarvin Parsons and Jeanne

SheldonPerkins Coie - Kirk Soderquist PONCHOProMotion Arts +Tony Repanich and Julie FloridaTom and Teita ReveleyAnsel Rognile and David SteindlJames and Bet SchulerJean SheridanElliot and Lauren SilversBob and Lynne SimpsonDavid and Catherine Skinner

Brad and Kathy SmithMarilyn and Doug SouthernLinda and David StahlStart It! Foundation - Linda and

Kevin CheungRobert F. and Karen R. TrennerJulie and Eric TrottNathan VincentiDale and Lynda WagnerKarla and Gary WatermanTracy WellensBecca and Bill WertAllen and Janice WiesenRosemary and Kenneth Willman1 Anonymous

ARTIST’S CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999

Michael Amend and Jeff AshleyErnie and Pam AnkrimGeoffrey AntosArtsFund/Peter F. Donnelly Merit FundKeith and Sheri BankstonAdam and Maura BarrLynn and Howard BeharTheresa BingerCatherine Boshaw and Doug

EdlundEileen and Donald BowmanThomas L. Button

Sherry Carman and Patrick Burns

Kevin and Lisa ConnerSteve and Kim CowmanMartha Dawson and Ron CorbellBrian and Laura DenaultJohn DeVoreDennis and Deburah DeyrungRobert DriessnackR.B. and Ruth H. Dunn

Charitable FoundationSharon and Burrard Eddy

James R. EllisRichard and Maude FerryTom and Carol FleckDean FrerkerSarah Nash GatesLynn and Colleen GiroirThe Greco FamilyJan and Rich GreenDavid and Cheryl HadleyCece HawBart and Toni HeathMindy and Brady HillHal and Donna Howard

Carolyn and George HubmanChristian Huitema and Neige GilDerek and Karol JamisonLisa JonesJudy and Bill JurdenDanuta Kasprzyk and Daniel

MontanoNick and Michelle KellerJeffrey and Barbara KingKenneth Kluge and Susan

DogenKaren Koon and Brad EdwardsChris and Christy Lane

Donor Trip to Disney’s Aladdin

Debby Carter and Ann Thomas with Brandon O’Neill (Kassim in Disney’s Aladdin) at Aladdin’s opening

night cast party held at Gotham Hall.

Lisa Kroese, Jeff Barnes, and Producing Artistic Director Bill Berry celebrate the opening of

Aladdin with the creative team.

Melinda Wilson, Casey Nicholaw, and Tiia-Mai Reddit.

Twenty seven Director’s Circle members joined us this March for an exclusive trip to New York City for behind-

the-scenes Broadway access you can’t get anywhere else. On March 20, we attended the sensational opening night performance of Disney’s Aladdin and the post-show cast party at Gotham Hall. Director’s Circle members proudly celebrated the Broadway debuts of 5th Avenue favorites

Brandon O’Neill and Don Daryl Rivera. The following night, we enjoyed a private dinner with Aladdin director Casey Nicholaw (Tony Award-winning director of The Book of

Mormon) and composer Alan Menken (Tony Award-winning composer of Newsies). It was an exciting trip and definitely

one to remember!

For more information on how you can become a member of the Director’s Circle, please call Christine Aguon

at 206-260-2171.

Erin Volkmar, Cynthia Stroum and Alan Menken.


Contributors TO THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE

Ross and Mary Jo LeventhalStefan LewisMaureen and Jim LicoMartin and Sharon LottJeff and Lydia LukinsJudith LybeckerThe Mailhandlers +Mary Ann and John MangelsMichael and Nikki McCormackJennifer McGetrick-SwanErika and Ernest Michael

National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s National Fund for New Musicals

Mardi NewmanGregory and Marta ObergScott and Laurie OkiPacific Office AutomationArthur and Rachel PattersonThe Peach FoundationWalt PiscoGreg and Mandy Prier

ProtivitiPuget Sound Business Journal -

Gordon ProutyBruce and Celia PymKen RagsdaleRonald and Deborah ReedSandi and James ReedSamuel J. RentfroDon and Bev SchmidtCharles B. See FoundationJohn and Julia ShawDavid Showalter

Peggy and Greg SmithThe Standard - Rick RoccoGary and Barbara StoneJeffrey SutherlandAlison and Doug SuttlesToyota of Tri-CitiesPamela and Rick TrujilloJim and Kathy TuneDavid WangJohn and Ginny WellsDennis and Jo Anne WhiteArlene A. Wright2 Anonymous

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE$1,250 - $2,499

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Ione Adams and Erik and Abigail Senuty

Joan and Tim AdkissonAlbert Lee ApplianceMichelle Ammenwerth - In

Memory of Michael VerdoneEdith and Ray AspiriPatricia AtkinsonBaby Pictures UltrasoundJanine Baldridge and Suzy

WahmannJulie and Kristen BarclayMichael BauerDoug and Maria BayerDon W. BeatyEllen BeauchampCharlotte BehnkeDeidre J. BlankenshipGlen and Sherri BodmanNeal and Katherine BoothCleve and Judith BorthRichard and Peggy BrandsmaDonald and Susan BresslerBob and Bobbi BridgeSandee BrockMichael and Janelle BrookmanAlice M. BrownKerry BurgerSusan BuskeSteven and Georgene CampDouglas and Mary CasadyBrian Chang, Kristine Chan, and

Arthur CarreJudith A. ChapmanSandra B. ChiversBob ClarkBarbara ClintonMatthew and Catherine Coles

TedescoKathleen and Bill CollinsWilliam and Leanne ColwellBill and Ellen ConnerConsumer PerspectivesKevin and Cheryl CooneyDavid CoonsSheila and Michael CoryJim and Nancy CrimChristina Cyr and Alan PageRobert DeVinckTambra DugawRobert J. and Olga T. EarleLeo Eberle and Lisa VivianRobert and Jane EhrlichThomas and Ruth-Ellen Elliot

David and Linda ErnstJennifer and Michael FaddisJanet FaulknerFirstline CommunicationsLauren and Rod FisherGene and Judy FlathLarry FletcherForrest FoltzAlvin and Mary FormoBrian and Windy Autumn FosterSteve FreimuthNeal GafterDon and Tammy GallagherGerry and Linda GallagherDeborah GatesErich GauglitzHeinz Gehlhaar and Eileen BearAnton and Karen N. GielenGinny GilderJackie and Art GollofonKathy and Kelly GraffisKeith and Susan GrayMarilyn GreenGarrett GreerTerry and Jill Greer Marie GunnMike Hackett and Cherie Lenz-

HackettCorinne and Russell HagenChuck and Kathy HamiltonJohn and Laura HammarlundJudy and Tom HarrisJohn and Cheryl HendricksAllyson HenryPaul HenselVaughn Himes and Martie BohnRod and Nancy HochmanDiane and David HoffKen and Melinda HollandJames HolmesDorothy Sloan Huey and Marilyn

Lee HueyLaurin C. Huffman IIMeredith and Jim HutchinsSamsara and Jeremy IrishMarilyn IversonKathy and Michael JacksonMarlene and William JenkinsFrederick M. JohnsonDavid and Rio JonesWalter and Cindy KaczynskiBruce and Linda KilenMerle and Joanne KirkleyChris Knoll and Cheryl DobesSteve and Carol KoehlerJudith Kramer

Tracy and Hugh LabossierMarian E. LackovichPerry and Lynnda LangstonStacy Lawson and Steven

SarkowskyPatrick and Cheryl LaymanGrace and Franz LazarusFlorence Leonard and Lynn

HolmsMark Levine and John KeppelerStanley and Delores LittleSue and Bill LoweryGary LynchAntoinette MalveauxMarcella McCaffrayMay McCarthyConnie K. McKinleyChriste McMenomyDianne McMullinJim and Laura MendozaIn Memory of Elizabeth Ann

MichelmanChie MitsuiMichelle Moga and Jean-

Francois PeyrouxRobin and Bill MonteroJeffrey C. Morris - The Happy

CookerRon and Maria MurphreeDenise NelsonRobert NelsonWilliam and Denise NielsenNancy S. NordhoffJohn E. NortonTom and Linda NorwalkSteven and Victoria OddenKenneth OlsenRick and Amy OuhlIn Memory of Beloved Partner -

Bart A. PaffConnie and David ParkerAnnette and Bob ParksStan and Sharon ParryPCL Leasing CorporationGayle PeachShelley and Gregg PercichBarbara PhillipsKaren E. PhillipsJudy PigottMike and Wendy PopkeDaintry PriceRichard E. PyleBecky and Sean QuinlanFred and Anne RobersonJoe and Linnet RobertsMarilyn and Patrick Roberts

Doug and Lori RosencransSkip SampelayoFrederick and Katherine SandsDesiree SaraspiMargaret ScheyerJohn and Anne SearingSeattle Mariners RBI ClubDarren and Anne ShakibRobert and Mary SheehanEdward and Kathleen SherryJoe and Lynetta ShowakerChristy and Brian SmithLeigh and Susi StevensHelen R. StusserTodd and Jane SummerfeltRita and Arlie SwansonIn Memory of Jackie TaylorTed TaylorTodd ThompsonRuss and Pat ThurmanJerome and Faye TruskowskiThe Twilight ExitMark and Kathy WagnerMark and Christina WalkerTom and Valerie WallKaren and Mark WeberPatty and John WhiteD.R. WhitsonAmy Whittenburg and Stephen

RattnerJohn and Darlene WilczynskiMadeline Wiley and Bob

SmithingJim and Deanna WilsonChristine WiltzAndrew and Jennifer WolfeMark WonThe Zyskowski Family - In Loving

Memory of Jerry and Betty Mae McBride

4 Anonymous

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Also in development – a haunting new musical called BEAUTIFUL POISON, which brings all of the mystery and romance of New Orleans to life through a rock star’s eyes as he falls in love with an untouchable girl locked in a garden – she may be his salvation or his demise. Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda, an acclaimed musical writing duo and members of the pop band GrooveLily, have teamed with TV and film writer Duane Poole to create this magnetically passionate show, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” This is The 5th Avenue’s very first commission, and we are thrilled to bring the story to life from the ground up, with an unexpected score that explodes onto the stage with the sounds of pop and New Orleans jazz.

First up: PAINT YOUR WAGON. The 5th Avenue Theatre is working with the Lerner & Loewe Estate and Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Jon Marans on a re-examination of this classic musical. The lives of pioneers from around the world rushing to strike gold in California continue to be the backbone of this story, but they are newly infused with a gritty realism. The beautiful Lerner & Loewe melodies remain at the heart of this great tale – freshened up with the sound of contemporary bluegrass music. All of this adds up to an enthralling new version of this beloved and complicated show.

Finally, we dive into COME FROM AWAY by David Hein and Irene Sankoff, a piece that brings the power of musical theater to a documentary-style drama. On September 11, 2001, a day when it felt as though humanity was lost,

generosity and compassion were prevalent in one small town as stranded foreigners from 30 grounded planes took refuge in Newfoundland. With Newfie pop and folk-rock influences, this musical weaves together individual stories into a rich fabric

of community. Come From Away is the story of how the heart can triumph in a crisis.

IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO BRING A NEW MUSICAL TO LIFE. As a part of our New Works program, we give the writers unfettered time to spend writing, we bring in actors to give life to the words, and (most importantly) we give them all enough room to find out what works and what doesn’t. It is our great privilege here at The 5th Avenue to support the development of new musicals. We believe that musical theater is one of America’s most important contributions to the arts, and that it is vital to perpetuate it as such.

THIS SUMMER, OUR NEW WORKS DEPARTMENT IS A HIVE OF ACTIVITY as we continue to develop three exciting new pieces of musical theater – and the range of material could not be more diverse! Over the next few months, our rehearsal studio will be home to writers developing incredible stories ranging from the California Gold Rush to a gothic fantasy set in contemporary New Orleans, not to mention some unknown-but-true events of 9/11 that took place in far-flung Newfoundland. These new projects are just a few of the incredible ideas and stories we are developing here at The 5th Avenue Theatre.

BY MAKAELA POLLOCK, New Works Associate

NEW WORKS AT THE 5TH

Top: Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong and the New Works team at rehearsal.Bottom: Alhadeff Family Director of New Works and Music Supervisor Ian Eisendrath leading a music rehearsal.

Photos by Jeff Carpenter



David Armstrong, Executive Producer and Artistic DirectorBernadine C. Griffin, Managing Director Bill Berry, Producing Artistic Director

EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIONSean GlynnExecutive Assistant to Mr. Armstrong & Mr. Berry

Jessica AlbergExecutive Assistant to Ms. Griffin

ARTISTICIan EisendrathAlhadeff Family Director of New Works & Music Supervisor

Albert EvansArtistic and Music Associate

Dane AndersenMusic Coordinator

Sean GlynnProducing Associate

Makaela PollockNew Works Associate

COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING AND PATRON SERVICESPatrick HarrisonVice President of Marketing, Communications & Patron Services

Peggy BusteedDirector of Customer Service

Chris MarcacciAssociate Director of Marketing

Marketing and Public RelationsJennifer FloodSenior Marketing Manager

Steve WestMarketing Manager

Niklaus LopezGroup Sales Manager

Bridget SummersPublic Relations Manager

Heidi StaubPR & Communications Associate

Carmel DunnSenior Graphic Designer

Jeff CarpenterGraphic Designer

Kevin HarrisGraphic Designer

Mary DellasegaPatron Relations

Dustyn MoirMarketing Intern

Customer Service/TicketingMaryke VanBeuzekomSenior Database Manager

Nichole MinesDatabase Manager

Khajha RogersCustomer Service Manager

Christina Moon Customer Service Manager - Box Office

Martha McKeeAssistant Customer Service Manager

Isabel DickeyAssistant Customer Service Manager

Customer Service AssociatesCandis Anderson, Courtney Bennett, Misha Dumois, Jenna Galdun, Megan Gurdine, Kasey Harrison, Kelsey Kelmel, Kat LeMaster, Becky Lewis, Caleb Miller, Sean Murphy, Meghan Nash, Sascha Streckel, Jesse Summers, Tenille VanHollebeke, Pam Wagher, Patrick Walrath, Rachel Zimmerman

Direct Sales/TelefundraisingPatrick ConnorDirect Sales/Telefunding Manager

Christa BondAssistant Manager

Ed Boyd, Darren Camp, Boyé Coker, Judy Henceroth, Henriette Klaus, Jim Pennington, Gail Sage, Mark WilliamsRepresentatives

Front of HouseJaime WelkerFront of House Manager

Alicia Hall, Lauren Ruhl, Van PhamHouse Managers

Bobby Manuva, Sean Martin, Ed Lammi, Emma Ruhl, Lauren Ruhl, Mike Chang, Sean Martin, Van Pham, Garth Ball, Mike Chang, Colin Chez, Frank Chinn, Alia Collin-Friedrichs, Dave Cusick, Stephanie Guerrero, Nancy Harris, Tony Mazzella, Sue Moser, Robin Obourn, Liz Pyle, Scott Seramur, Meadow Swanson, Kalia Towers-ThomasHead Ushers

Kathleen Bryant, Barbie Denend, Karen Hall, Tony Mazzella Coat Check

DEVELOPMENTMichelle MogaVice President of Philanthropy

Christine AguonCircles Manager

Sarah McKee BednarCorporate Giving Manager

Chelsea JuddDevelopment Assistant

Chelsea KariDevelopment Intern

Madison MurphyDonor Relations and Events Manager

Molly SuhrGrants Manager

Desiree SaraspiDonor Information Services Manager

Jeanne ThompsonMembership Manager

Sinclair WillmanDevelopment Intern

EDUCATION AND OUTREACHAnya RudnickDirector of Education and Outreach

Connie CorrickCommunity Programs Coordinator

Mathew WrightEducation Programs Coordinator

Lauren RuhlEducation Associate

Rachel LeeEducation Intern

FINANCEDean FrerkerVice President of Finance

Rory KroutController

Joanna McRhoAccountant

Grace KangAccounts Payable Coordinator

Sean StelfoxAccounting Associate

Ben LeiferHuman Resources Manager

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYJim CornelsonDirector of IT

Melisa BumpusSystems Administrator

Douglas DayHelpdesk Administrator

OPERATIONSCatherine JohnstoneDirector of Facility Operations

Alda ShepherdFacility Manager

Kelly RadkeOffice Manager/Volunteer Coordinator

STAGE DOOR/SECURITY STAFFWarren Bohner, Karen Hall, Erik Knauer, Dean LaRoque, Meg Plimpton

ATTORNEYSFor The 5th Avenue Theatre:

Levin Plotkin & MeninLoren H. Plotkin and Susan MindellJohn W. Hanley, Jr.Sendroff & Baruch, LLP

PRODUCTIONJulia L. CollinsDirector of Production

Mo ChapmanProduction Logistics Coordinator

Erik HoldenTechnical Director

Lauren SmithAssociate Production Manager

Kelsey ThorgalsenCasting Associate & Production Staff Assistant

Lisa Armstrong, Rachael DormanSeason Production Assistants

Shannin Strom-HenryCostume and Wardrobe Director

Laurel S. HortonHead Carpenter

Gregory L. DavisProduction Carpenter

John HudsonHead Flyman/Rigger

Dave McCawley Production Flyman

Sean CallahanHead Electrician

Stephen A. GrahamAssistant Electrician

Ross M. Brown,Sal PonceKey Electricians

Craig BradshawProgrammer

Karen Marta KatzHead Sound Engineer

James RudyAssistant Sound Engineer

Kelly MickelsonKey Sound Engineer

Diana J. GervaisProduction Property Master

Tristan E. HansenCreative Property Master

Katy FoggAssistant Property Master

Ariana Donofrio, Austin Smart, Patty KovacsProp Builders/Artisans

C. Luke MathisHead Builder

Brian AinslieAssistant Builder

Christopher MoadCostume Shop Manager

Deborah EngelbachCostume & Wardrobe Assistant

Rigmor VohraCutter/Tailor

Gillian PaulsonDraper

Robin Montero, Ruthie NicklausFirst Hands

Marlys McDonaldWardrobe Master

Randy WerdalAssistant Wardrobe Master

Jeanna GomezMaster Crafts

Mary JonesHead Hair and Make-up

Heather SincicAssistant Hair and Make-up

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5TH AVENUE THEATRE STAFF

PATRON INFORMATION

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES In the event of an emergency, please wait for an announcement for further instructions. Ushers will be available for assistance.

EMERGENCY NUMBER The theater’s emergency number in Coat Check is: 206-625-1294. Leave your account number or exact seat location with your emergency contact in case they need to reach you.

SMOKING POLICY Smoking is NOT allowed in any part of the theater or within 25 feet of entrance.

FIREARMS POLICY No firearms of any kind are allowed in any part of the theater.

FOOD & UNCAPPED DRINKS are not allowed in the auditorium.

COAT CHECK is located on north side of lobby.

ACCESSIBILITY Wheelchair seating is available. The theater is equipped with the Sennheiser Listening System for the hard of hearing; headsets are available at Coat Check for use, free of charge, with a valid ID and subject to availability. Braille playbills are available at no cost from Coat Check. Elevator access is available with usher assistance.

The 5th Avenue offers American Sign Language interpreted, audio described, and open captioned performances. For more information, call 206-625-1900 (voice) or email [email protected].

LOST & FOUND Call 206-625-1418 between 10 AM and 4 PM on weekdays.

ADDRESS The 5th Avenue Theatre is located at 1308 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. The Theatre Administrative Offices are located at 1326 5th Avenue, Suite 735, Seattle, WA 98101.

BOX OFFICE 206-625-1900.

GROUP SALES Groups of 10 or more can save. Call 888-625-1418 or email [email protected].

ADMINISTRATION 206-625-1418.

FAX 206-292-9610.

WEBSITE www.5thavenue.org

THEATER RENTAL For information regarding booking, please contact Cathy Johnstone at 206-625-1418.


DAVID ARMSTRONG (Executive Producer and Artistic Director) Since his appointment in 2000, Armstrong has guided The 5th Avenue to a position as one of the nation’s leading musical theater companies, acclaimed for both its development and production of new works and its innovative stagings of classic musicals. As a director, he has created memorable 5th Avenue productions of A Room with a View, Oliver!, Candide, Hello, Dolly!, Sweeney Todd, White Christmas, Hair, Mame, A Little Night Music, The Secret Garden, Anything Goes, Company, The Rocky Horror

Show, Pippin, Vanities, Yankee Doodle Dandy!, and Saving Aimee, which made its Broadway debut as Scandalous under Armstrong’s direction in November 2012. Prior to The 5th, he spent nearly 20 years as a freelance director, choreographer, and librettist. His work has been seen in New York, Los Angeles and at many leading regional theaters including The Kennedy Center, Ordway Center, Ford’s Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, and New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse. From 1990 through 1995, he served as artistic director of Cohoes Music Hall in upstate NY. Armstrong has also written the books for the musicals The Wonder Years (winner of seven Drama-Logue Awards), Gold Rush, and Yankee Doodle Dandy!

BERNADINE (BERNIE) C. GRIFFIN (Managing Director) was appointed managing director in January 2010 and is responsible for the administrative, fundraising, information services and facility operations, as well as oversight of all activities related to the Board of Directors. Griffin first joined the Theatre in 2002 as director of theater advancement and development. During her tenure, The 5th Avenue has grown from a $10 million to a $25 million organization. She brings to her position 30 years of fundraising and arts management experience.

Prior to The 5th Avenue, she served as director of development for the prestigious Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, as well as for The Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, California. Before moving to California, she served at the Seattle Symphony where she is proud to have been part of the team that built Benaroya Hall. In addition to the Symphony, Griffin worked for the Tony Award-winning Seattle Repertory Theatre, as well as Tony Randall’s National Actors Theatre in New York. She began her career at the University of Denver. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington and is proud to have been born and raised in Walla Walla, Washington. She is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and a board member of Seattle Rotary #4. Most recently, she served as a grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Griffin was named one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2013 Women of Influence. She is married to award-winning actor Seán G. Griffin.

BILL BERRY (Producing Artistic Director) served as The 5th Avenue’s associate producing artistic director and casting director from 2002 through 2009. During that time, he directed productions of West Side Story (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wonderful Town (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wizard of Oz and Smokey Joe’s Café. He recently made his Broadway debut as the director of the hit musical First Date at the Longacre Theatre. Berry’s directing work has been seen at theaters across the country, most recently at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Play house where

he directed a critically acclaimed production of On the Town. Directing highlights include Cabaret performed at The 5th Avenue Theatre, St. Paul’s Ordway Center (Ivey Award), San Jose’s American Musical Theatre, and Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars, as well as the smash hits First Date and RENT at The 5th. From 2002 to 2009, he served as the producing director for The 5th Avenue’s education and outreach programs. During that time he significantly expanded the scope and impact of these initiatives, including spearheading the creation of Fridays at The 5th and The 5th Avenue Awards, honoring excellence in high school musical theater, as well as substantially increasing the reach of the Adventure Musical Theatre Touring Company throughout the Northwest. These programs combined now serve 60,000 students annually. He also initiated the Show Talk series, which seeks to deepen the theater-going experience. Prior to his work at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Berry was a freelance theater artist based in New York City.

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