An American In Paris 2022 Playbill

An American In Paris Playbill

Big League Productions, Inc. presents Music and Lyrics by Book by GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN CRAIG LUCAS Starring BRANSON BICE CAMILA RODRIGUES and PETER ROMBERG TJ LAMANDO KATE GULOTTA CHRIS CARSTEN ALEXA POLLER with JOSHUA BEAVER CORY BETTS VICTORIA BOST KYLE BRACE SAMUEL COLINA MAUREEN DUKE BLAIR ELY ED GOTTHELF NICOLE RAE JONES JOHN KATZ DARREN MCARTHUR ELLEN MIHALICK GUY NOLAND YUKA NOTSUKA LIBBY RIDDICK PAIGE SABO MICHAEL TOMLINSON EDUARDO URIBE Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Video Design RANDEL WRIGHT COSTUME WORLD STEVE O’SHEA JONATHAN INFANTE Sound Design Hair & Wig Design Music Supervisor / Orchestrations Casting DON HANNA GERARD KELLY MATTHEW LOWY ALISON FRANCK Associate Director Technical Supervisor Tour Press & Marketing General Management BOB RICHARD RODNEY MANN TRUE MARKETING BIG LEAGUE PROD. WENDY CONNOR ZACH KROHN Executive Producer DANIEL SHER Choreography by BOB RICHARD Direction by JEFFREY B. MOSS Tour Booking: Tracey McFarland, Broadway and Beyond Theatricals By special arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical & Pittsburgh CLO and Théâtre du Châtelet Produced on Broadway by Stuart Oken Van Kaplan Roy Furman

CAST Jerry Mulligan.........................................................................................................BRANSON BICE Lise Dassin................................................................................................... CAMILA RODRIGUES Henri Baurel........................................................................................................PETER ROMBERG Adam Hochberg......................................................................................................... TJ LAMANDO Milo Davenport..................................................................................................... KATE GULOTTA Monsieur Baurel....................................................................................................CHRIS CARSTEN Madame Baurel...................................................................................................... ALEXA POLLER Mr. Z................................................................................................................... EDUARDO URIBE Olga...................................................................................................................... MAUREEN DUKE ENSEMBLE...........................................JOSHUA BEAVER, CORY BETTS, VICTORIA BOST, KYLE BRACE, SAMUEL COLINA, MAUREEN DUKE, BLAIR ELY, ED GOTTHELF, NICOLE RAE JONES, JOHN KATZ, ELLEN MIHALICK, YUKA NOTSUKA, LIBBY RIDDICK, PAIGE SABO, MICHAEL TOMLINSON, EDUARDO URIBE DANCE CAPTAIN NICOLE RAE JONES ASST. DANCE CAPTAIN DARREN MCARTHUR UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. For Jerry Mulligan: CORY BETTS For Lise Dassin: NICOLE RAE JONES, PAIGE SABO For Henri Baurel: ED GOTTHELF For Adam Hochberg: JOHN KATZ For Milo Davenport: VICTORIA BOST, MAUREN DUKE For Madame Baurel: MAUREEN DUKE For Monsieur Baurel/Mr. Z: GUY NOLAND SWINGS NICOLE RAE JONES, DARREN MCARTHUR

MUSICAL NUMBERS PLACE Paris, France 1944 ACT ONE “Concerto Ballet”................................................................................................................ Company “I Got Rhythm”.................................................................................. Henri, Adam, Jerry, Company “Second Prelude”.......................................................................................... Lise, Female Ensemble “I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck”........................................................................................................Jerry “The Man I Love”........................................................................................................................Lise “Liza”..........................................................................................................................................Jerry “‘S Wonderful”.................................................................................. Adam, Henri, Jerry, Company “Shall We Dance?”.....................................................................................................................Milo “Second Rhapsody/Cuban Overture”................................................................................. Company THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION ACT TWO “Entr’acte”.......................................................................................................................... Orchestra “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”............................................................Adam, Jerry, Henri “Who Cares?”..................................................................................................................Milo, Henri “For You, For Me, For Evermore”..............................................................Lise, Henri, Jerry, Milo “But Not for Me”............................................................................................................ Adam, Milo “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise”............................................................... Henri, Adam, Company “An American In Paris”...................................................................................................... Company “They Can’t Take That Away From Me: Reprise”..............................................Adam, Jerry, Henri ORCHESTRA Music Director, Keys 2— EDDIE CARNEY Associate Music Director, Keys 1— LUKA MARINKOVIC Percussion/Drums— JESSE GRIFFITH Reed 1— HENRY HERNANDEZ Reed 2— AVEION WALKER Trumpet 1— JANE SYCKS Trumpet 2— JOHN P. JOHNSON Trombone— PATRICK MCGIHON Violin— DANIELLE SINCLAIR Cello— LYDIA PAULOS Bass— AC MUENCH

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. WHO’S WHO BRANSON BICE (Jerry Mulligan) began chemistry research to pursue acting. He’s his training at The Culture House Academy performed a bunch since then but doesn’t want of The Performing Arts and received his to talk about it here. He likes talking about Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the himself in the third person, he always second University of Missouri Kansas City in 2015. guesses himself when he spells necessarily, From 2015-2018 he has danced with the Ballet and loves short and slightly off topic bios in Quad Cities, performing as VanHelsing in playbills. Thanks to Jaime Baker, Jeff Shade, (Deanna Carters: “Dracula”) and The Roper Alison Franck, the creative/producing team, and in (Maggie Carpenters: “Rodeo”). From 2018- my family for all their support. @peterromberg 2019 he performed with the Minnesota Ballet, www.peterromberg.com performing as Cavalier in (Alan Fields: The Nutcracker) and as Franz in (Robert Gardners: TJ LAMANDO (Adam Hochberg) is so excited Coppe’lla ) From 2019-2020 he toured as Jerry to be a part of this beautiful show, after a year Mulligan in the An American in Paris First and a half away. Some of his favorite credits national non-union tour and is delighted to be include: In The Mood Australian Tour (TJ), on tour with South Pacific and to reprise the role An American In Paris National Tour (Adam of “Jerry,” in An American in Paris. Hochberg), The Producers (Leo Bloom), Avenue Q (Princeton), and more. Thankful to CAMILA ROGRIGUES (Lise Dassin) is a all who helped me get here. IG: @mr.lamando Brazilian artist based in New York City. She trained at Escola Estadual de Dança Maria KATE GULOTTA (Milo Davenport) is Olenewa where she performed with the main thrilled to be making her national tour debut! ballet company of Theatro Municipal do Rio Kate was a top three finalist in Stewart/Whitley, de Janeiro. In Brazil, Camila also trained at Broadway.com, and Chicago the Musical’s Centro de Movimento Deborah Colker with the “The Search for Roxie!” She has performed as a ballet master Nora Esteves. After graduation, Victory Belle at the National WWII Museum in Camila joined the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group New Orleans, and some of her favorite credits in New York, and performed soloist roles include Queenie in The Wild Party, and Elle from Joffrey, Arpino, Balanchine and Africa Woods in Legally Blonde the Musical. Kate Guzman’s choreography in NYC, Florida and dedicates this performance to her husband in international tours to Canada and China. She Luke, and her daughter Eloise, and would love won first place at World Ballet Art Competition to thank her inimitable agent Brian with Hell’s Grand Prix (Niagara Falls, Canada) and Best Kitchen Agency! @kategulotta_ Interpretation of the Contemporary Compulsory at Valentina Kozlova International Ballet CHRIS CARSTEN (Monsieur Baurel) is Competition (NYC). She currently performs proud to be adding another notch to the list of with companies based in New York, such as many thrilling Big League productions he has Neglia Ballet, Movement Headquarters and been associated with over the years. Some of his Kathryn Posin Dance Company. Camila also favorite credits include, Henry Higgins in My gives speeches in Brazil and Portugal, where Fair Lady, Jean Shepherd in A Christmas Story she talks about positivity, mindset, and what it The Musical, and Professor Callahan in Legally takes to achieve your personal life goals. She Blonde. Mr. Carsten would like to dedicate his has already impacted many people, especially performance to his wife and three kids! the young artist generation, to find strength to follow their dreams. ALEXA POLLER (Madame Baurel) is originally from Europe and resides in Brooklyn. PETER ROMBERG (Henri Baurel) is Off-Broadway: Cabaret (Frl.Kost), The unbelievably grateful to be a part of this Underpants (Gertrude Deuter), To Be Or Not To company. He left his career in fluoro-organic Be (Maria Tura), The Musical Comedy Murders

WHO’S WHO Of 1940 (Nikki), Bedroom Farce (Susannah), making his national tour debut. Previous credits The Vagina Monologues (Hair), Regional: La include Oklahoma! (Jud Fry), Chicago (Billy Cage Aux Folles (Mme Dindon), TV: Fosse/ Flynn), and Big Fish (Karl the Giant). Graduate Verdon (Gerde), Film: In The Heights (Dancer). of Otterbein University (B.F.A. Musical Theatre). Thanks to the production team for this JOSHUA BEAVER (Ensemble) is from opportunity, and to my friends and family for Thompsontown, Pennsylvania, graduated in their love and support. www.kylebrace.com 2011 with a BFA from the Boston Conservatory. After graduation, he spent several years touring SAMUEL COLINA (Ensemble) Humbled to and performing with various dance companies return to the stage! Selected Regional Credits: in Europe and America. He has been a featured Saturday Night Fever (Cesar), Mamma Mia! soloist in ballets such as Romeo and Juliet (Pepper), Chorus Line (Swing/Paul Standby), and Le Corsaire. Josh is excited to be back Puss and Boots (Marqui). Other Credits include performing on tour again with two amazing IHSC 2019 (Soloist Dancer), Ballet Etude’s Don classics. Instagram: @josh.beaver Quixote (Guest Artist), and Singing in Concert with Barry Manilow and Kristen Chenoweth. CORY BETTS (Ensemble, U/S Jerry Mulligan) www.samuelcolina.com @Sammicolina was born and raised in Sacramento, California. Cory began dancing at the age of five. He MAUREEN DUKE (Ensemble, U/S Milo trained at multiple studios but predominantly Davenport, U/S Madame Baurel) Credits: Sound received training from The Sacramento Ballet & of Music (Frau Schmidt, Alabama Shakespeare Northern California Dance Conservatory. Cory Fest.), Oklahoma! (Ogunquit Playhouse), Jesus has competed at NYCDA nationals in New York Christ Superstar, Mame (St. Louis Muny), City where he won first place at YAGP regionals Damn Yankees (Lola), and Addams Family in San Francisco. He has also performed at the (Morticia) at Tibbits Summer Theatre, A Chorus prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Summer Festival, Line (Sheila, Roxy Regional Theatre). as well as touring throughout Austria, Italy, and Germany with the Young! Tanzsommer BLAIR ELY (Ensemble) is a native of performance group. Cory was a company Lexington, Kentucky; and a graduate of the dancer with Eugene Ballet from 2013–2020, University of Alabama - Roll Tide! Favorite and was featured in productions including Amy Credits include: The Music Man (Asolo Seiwert’s White Noise, Val Caniparoli’s Tutto Repertory Theatre), A Chorus Line (Kristine Ecetto Il Lavandino, and Stephanie Martinez’s - Virginia Samford Theatre), Mamma Mia!, Wandering On. Danced the roles of Puck in A Joseph and ...Dreamcoat, The Little Mermaid Midsummer Night’s Dream and Nick Carraway (Flat Rock Playhouse). I’m happy you’re here. in The Great Gatsby, both choreographed by Toni Pimble. His musical theatre credits include ED GOTTHELF (Ensemble, U/S Henri Newsies (Racetrack/Dance Captain) and West Baurel) hails from Paris, France where he Side Story (Big Deal) with Utah Festival Opera. studied at both the Sorbonne University and the International Academy of Musical Theater. A VICTORIA BOST (Ensemble, U/S Milo trained singer, dancer and actor, he went on to Davenport) Originally from Scranton, PA, work professionally in the UK before moving Victoria graduated from NYU Tisch School to the US. Favorite Credits: Les Miserables, We of the Arts in 2015. She has performed around Will Rock You, Newsies, Nice Work If You Can the world with Norwegian and Disney Cruise Get It. Lines. Favorite roles include Mother Gothel in Tangled: The Musical and Mary Poppins NICOLE RAE JONES (Ensemble, U/S Lise in Disney’s Believe. Love and thanks to John, Dassin, Dance Captain, Swing) is thrilled to Mom, Nana, and Grandma. @VictoriAnnBost be back on the road with this tour once again! Regional Theater: Mamma Mia! (Trafford KYLE BRACE (Ensemble) is excited to be Playhouse), The Producers (The Strand

WHO’S WHO Theater). National Tour: Legally Blonde the in Glendale Centre Theatre’s annual production Musical (Chutney/Dance Captain), An American of A Christmas Carol. He’s excited to join the in Paris (Female Swing/Lise Understudy/Dance cast and crew of this wonderful production. Captain), South Pacific (Ensign Janet/On Stage Swing/Dance Captain). International: SWING! YUKA NOTSUKA (Ensemble) is from (West Coast Feature). TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Fukuoka, Japan. Her credits include; Walt Maisel, The Deuce, Archive 81. Film: Joker. Disney Production, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Dance: Vertigo Dance Company, DanceAction. Company, Ailey Spirit Gala Concert at Lincoln Point Park University (BA Dance, BA History). Center, Universal Studios Japan, Huis Ten Love to Mom, Angela, Dad, Alex, Paul, all Bosch. She graduated from The Ailey School on glory to God! @nrae.j a Scholarship program and trained at the Luigi’s Jazz Center under Francis J. Roach. JOHN KATZ (Ensemble, U/S Adam Hochberg) is thrilled to be making his national tour debut! LIBBY RIDDICK (Ensemble) is thrilled to Regional credits include Billy Elliot (COCA), return to the stage with this wonderful company. Mary Poppins/Little Mermaid (Variety Theatre), Credits: An American in Paris National Tour Digging Up Dessa (Metro Theatre Company), (Ensemble). Bachelor of Fine Arts-SUNY and Footloose/Newsies (Grandstreet Theatre). Purchase Conservatory of Dance. Love to Mom John is a proud Kansan and a graduate of and Dad, Teachers, Family and Friends! Webster Conservatory (BFA Musical Theatre). @libby.riddick Check out john-katz.com! Insta: @JohnTKatz3 PAIGE SABO (Ensemble, U/S Lise Dassin) DARREN MCARTHUR (Asst. Dance is thrilled to return to the stage to share our Captain, Swing) Hailing from Niles, OH, beautiful show with you! BFA Dance The Darren received his BFA in Dance at Point University of Arizona. Favorite credits: On Park University. Performance credits include the Town (Ivy Smith­‑Capital City Theatre), Texture Contemporary Ballet, FireWALL National Tour of In The Mood (Swing Dancer, Dance Theatre, Holland America Line, Newsies Dance Captain), Peter Pan (NSMT). Much love (Phoenix Theatre & Theater By the Sea), On and thanks to Max and family back home. The Town (NYC Equity Showcase), Elf The Musical (Fireside Theatre), and Saturday Night MICHAEL TOMLINSON (Ensemble) Fever (Theater By The Sea). a Kansas City native, studied dance at the conservatory of UMKC. Credits include: ELLEN MIHALICK (Ensemble) is so excited Wylliams Henry Contemporary (company), to be back performing with Big League! Ellen Tristian Griffin Dance (company), Jennifer toured with An America In Paris in 2019. Credits Muller/The Works (principle), Move: the include Rockette (2013-present), international company (principle), Elite Casino Marketing touring with American Swiss Ballet, (Dancer), American in Paris Nat’l tour 2020 performances at Sadler’s Wells England, Grand (Ensemble). “Thank you for supporting the arts!” Ole Opry Nashville, & Joyce NYC, NY Fashion Week, and Amazon TV/HBO. Regional: West EDUARDO URIBE (Ensemble) Other national Side Story (Grazielle/DC), Shrek The Muscial tours: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Papa (Ensemble/DC), Grease (Associate). Grateful. Who), Legally Blonde (Nikos), Jesus Christ @ellenmihalick Superstar (Swing), Sweet Charity (Vittorio). Regional Credits: A Chorus Line (Paul), She GUY NOLAND (U/S Monsieur Baurel/Mr. Loves Me (Kudaly), La Cage (Cagelle), Kinky Z) is an LA based actor whose recent credits Boots (Angel). Special thanks to the team at include: The west coast premiere of Kinky The Hell’s Kitchen Agency. Instagram:@ Boots (Mr. Price) with 3D Theatricals, Billy eduardouribe92 Elliot (Dad) and The Man of La Mancha (Juan) at Candlelight Pavilion, and Ebenezer Scrooge

WHO’S WHO ABBY BOBB (Production Stage Manager) George’s early death in 1937. Their 1924 show, hails from Richmond, VA. Tour Highlights: Lady Be Good!, became the first of more than An American in Paris, Legally Blonde, 20 scores for stage and screen. In 1935, with Dream Girls- Asia Tour (NYC Rehearsal DuBose Heyward, they wrote the opera Porgy Props Coordinator and Rehearsal Asst. Stage and Bess. Ira’s collaboration with George, as Manager). Regional: Newsies, Peter and well as with Vincent Youmans, Harold Arlen, The Starcatcher, White Rabbit/Red Rabbit, Vernon Duke, Kurt Weill, Jerry Kern, Aaron Company, Songs for a New World, The Last Copland, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, and 5 Years, RED, Private Lives, Next to Normal, Burton Lane, set new standards for American Chita Rivera Awards, American Dance Festival stage and film musicals. Ira was nominated for in Durham, NC, The Richmond Ballet’s: The three Academy Awards and died in 1983. Nutcracker. Abby is a proud dog mom to Josie and Finley. A huge thank you to Weston for JEFFREY B. MOSS (Director) is the award- constant love/encouragement and being okay winning director of the critically acclaimed with her leaving for months out of the year to New York and London productions of Bock tour! and Harnick’s new Rothschild & Sons. Also in New York, he directed the hit musical Mayor, CRAIG LUCAS (Book) Plays: Missing the Cy Coleman/Neil Simon’s Little Me, Bill Persons, Reckless, Blue Window, Prelude to Boggs’ Talk Show Confidential and was the a Kiss (Obie, Pulitzer finalist, Tony nom.), director of the New York and Kennedy Center God’s Heart, The Dying Gaul, Stranger, Small productions of Some Enchanted Evening, now Tragedy (Obie), Prayer for My Enemy, The part of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Library. Singing Forest (Steinberg) Ode to Joy. Movies: He has created newly imagined stagings of Longtime Companion (Sundance Audeince classic musicals such as Golden Boy, Rags, Award), The Secret Lives of Dentists (NY The Spitfire Grill and Brigadoon and his work Film Critics Award), The Dying Gaul. Operas: also includes the development of new plays and Orpehus in Love (composer Gerald Busby), musicals such as Before The Dream, Passin’ Two Boys (composer Nico Muhly). Musicals: It On, The Jazz Club, Mermaids (based on the Three Postcards, The Light in the Piazza (Tony MGM film), and Charles Strouse’s Real Men. nom.) Direction: The Dying Gaul (film), Saved He has staged over 35 national and international or Destroyed (Obie), Play Yourself, world tours including Guys And Dolls, Hello, Dolly!, premieres of The Light in the Piazza, Ode to Man Of La Mancha, The Sound Of Music, Peter Joy, This Thing of Darkness. Pan, On The 20th Century, The Music Man, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Music Of GEORGE GERSHWIN (Composer) was The Night, Annie, West Side Story, 42nd Street, born in Brooklyn in 1898 and began his musical Annie Get Your Gun, Mame, A Funny Thing training at 13. At 16, he quit high school to Happened On The Way To The Forum, Damn work for a music pulisher and soon was writing Yankees, Saturday Night Fever and Legally songs himself. The Gershwins’ shows include Blonde. His acclaimed international production the Pulitzer Prize-winning Of Thee I Sing of My Fair Lady played in the United States, and the folk opera Porgy and Bess George’s Singapore and China. Plays directed include classical masterpieces include Rhapsody in Master Class, Ali, Norman, Is That You?, Lady Blue, Concerto in F and An American in Paris. Day At Emerson’s Bar And Grill, A Shayna In 1937, George was at the height of his career. Maidel And The Sunshine Boys. While working on the score of The Goldwyn Follies in Hollywood, he collapsed and died of BOB RICHARD (Choreographer/Associate a brain tumor. He was not quite 39 years old. Director) is known for the Broadway and tour productions of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch IRA GERSHWIN (Lyricist) began a Stole Christmas! that ran for the past 13 years. remarkable collaboration with his younger Off Broadway he directed and choreographed brother George in 1918 and lasted until Inventing Mary Martin: The Revue of a Lifetime

WHO’S WHO (Joe A. Callaway Award nomination) and Me & Ella, Theater Smash (York theater). Co- The Road to Qatar. He has directed at North Design for Million Dollar Quartet (Cincinnati Shore Music Theatre, Ordway Center for the Playhouse in the Park). Lighting Direction Performing Arts, and Theatre By The Sea, for the Kronos Quartet, SITI Company, The including productions of Peter Pan, The Music Washington Ballet (Alice In Wonderland), and Man, Beauty and the Beast, and Chicago, Rude Mechanicals. M.F.A. from the University winning several awards. He has choreographed of Washington in Seattle (2001). at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Theatre Under The Stars, and Pioneer Theatre Company, KIRK BOOKMAN (Lighting Supervisor) and internationally in Shanghai, Beijing, and Broadway credits include The Sunshine Boys Singapore. Television and film credits include (with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall), The Gin LazyTown, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Game (with Julie Harris and Charles Durning) “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” and the Big and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Additional Apple Film Festival. He is also a guest master New York productions include: Nine Circles, instructor at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. He God Of Vengeance, Sweetee, Closer Than Ever, has received a Footlight Award, Gypsy Rose Right You Are, What Then (Ohio Theatre), The Lee Award, Ivey Award, Ernie Award, and Cook (Intar 53 Theatre), Recent Tragic Events San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle (with Heather Graham, Playwrights Horizons), Award. His areer has encompassed dancing, Shanghai Moon (with Charles Busch), The teaching master classes worldwide, directing, Green Heart (Manhattan Theatre Club), Mondo and choreographing for over 36 years in this Drama, Havana Is Waiting, Force Continuum, world of show business. All my love to Diane My One Good Nerve (starring Ruby Dee), The Shawl, Rude Entertainment, The Book of Liz and Robert, you are my entire world! (with David and Amy Sedaris), Les MIZrahi, RANDEL WRIGHT (Scenic Design) is a native Hope is the Thing with Feathers, As Thousands Texan, has designed scenery for Singin’ In The Cheer, June Moon, Bedbound, Playboy of the Rain (national tour), Unsinkable Molly Brown Western World, Eclipsed, The Importance of (national tour/ Debbie Reynolds), Pal Joey (Joel Being Earnest and Major Barbara. He has also Grey/Dixie Carter), The Wiz (Stephanie Mills), worked with: English National Ballet, Santiago I Do, I Do (Sandy Duncan), and recently, Larry Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Gatlin’s new American Musical, Quanah. Budapest Ballet. From stage production to His design credits for hallmark celebrations large screen video: The Thomashesky with New include Coca Cola’s Centennial, Dr. Pepper’s World Symphony and Company with the NY Centennial and Yale University’s Tercentennial. Philharmonic. COSTUME WORLD (Costume Design) Costume World is a cutting-edge costume JONATHAN INFANTE (Video Design) rental company that not only houses the largest is excited to be working with Big League collection of costumes in the United States, Productions once again. Infante Media has but also offers personalized, knowledgeable designed for broadcast television, professional services that are absolutely unbeatable. With theatre, the Walt Disney Company and 1.2 million costumes in the collection, Costume countless live events and concert tours. World maintains and leases an incredibly Special thanks to the entire team and to his diverse spectrum of costumes from the every- friends and family who support his endeavors. Most recent design credits: An American In day to complete Broadway productions. Paris (US National tour 2020) Dreamgirls STEVE O’ SHEA (Lighting Design) is a lighting (Asia Tour 2020) Legally Blonde the Musical designer for theater, opera and dance as well as National Tour (Big League) Beauty and the a design associate for international, Broadway, Beast (MRE) Newsies (Moonlight) Prince Off Broadway and regional productions. of Egypt (Tuachan), Matilda (Tuachan), Resident Lighting and Set Designer at TADA! Sister Act (Sacramento Music Circus), Damn Youth Theater NYC. Recent projects include , Yankees (Music Circus), The Little Mermaid

WHO’S WHO (Moonlight), Mary Poppins (MTW), Titanic Port Country Playhouse, Peterborough Players, the Musical (Moonlight), American Idiot Actors Playhouse, and George Street Playhouse. (La Mirada Center for the Performing Arts), Shakespeare Festivals: New York, Lake Tahoo, Rent (McCoy Rigby Entertainment), Big Fish New Jersey, Idaho, and San Francisco. Movies: (Moonlight Amphitheater – Winner of the The Conjuring, Transamerica, Girls Will Be Craig Noel Award for Best Projection Design), Girls, Notorious, The Ten, The Savages, The Disney’s When You Wish (Disney Theatricals), Other Women. TV: Law And Order, The Ru “General Hospital” (ABC -TV), Disney Jr. Live Paul Show, Are We There Yet? Others: The on Stage (The Disneyland Resort), Rudolph the B-52’s, Charles Busch And Marlo Thomas. Red Nosed Reindeer (National Tour – McCoy Rigby Entertainment) MATTHEW LOWY (Music Supervisor/ Orchestrations) is a NYC-based composer, DON HANNA (Sound Design) is happy to music director, arranger, and pianist. NYC: be joining Big League Productions. Don is a Beetlejuice (Key 2 sub.), A Chorus Line freelance sound designer and engineer whose (City Center, rehearsal pianist). Nat’l Tours: work can be seen (well, heard) in national tours, An American in Paris (Music Supervisor/ regional theaters, and concert productions alike. Orchestrations), A Chorus Line (U.S., Japan, Touring Highlights: An American In Paris and Shanghai; MD/Orchestrations), 42nd Street (Sound Design, Big League Productions), (MD). Original musicals: Fallen Skies (2016 The Wizard of Oz National/International NYI Fringe Festival, Overall Excellence Award Tour (Sound Design, Apex Touring) Pippin in Music Composition), How Christmas Feels National Tour (Associate Sound Design/Head (C.I.C. Theater), These Walls (NYTF, Sound Audio, Apex Touring), Fame The Musical Bites). Matt is a composer in the Advanced (Sound Design). Regional Highlights: Regional BMI Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theater Premier of Rock of Ages (Sound Design, Workshop (2019 Jerry Harrigan Musical Gateway Playhouse), the world premier of Theatre Award). B.M. Composition from The Heartbreak Hotel (Sound Design, Ogunquit Boston Conservatory. matthewlowy.com Playhouse), Mel Brook’s Young Frankenstein (Sound Design, North Shore Music Theatre, EDDIE CARNEY (Music Director) is beyond Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse), In thrilled to be back in the orchestra pit! National The Heights (Sound Design, John W Engeman Tours: An American in Paris (2020 - MD/ Theatre), among many more. A special thank Conductor), Legally Blonde (Associate Music you to my friends, family and Bethany for their Director), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole continual love and support. Christmas! the Musical. Other credits: Mamma Mia!, Caroline or Change, Hairspray, La GERARD KELLY (Hair & Wig Design) Cage aux Folles, Carousel, Disney’s The Little Broadway: Hair. Tour: A Christmas Story, The Mermaid, Finian’s Rainbow, Camelot, Sunset Producers, Ain’t Misbehaving, Hair, Hello Boulevard, Ragtime, Show Boat, Chicago, Dolly!, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, My Urinetown, Sunday in the Park with George, and Fair Lady. West End: Hair. New York: The more (Northeast Ohio). Accompanied Platinum Public Theater, The Mint Theater, Play Wrights recording artist Josh Groban and Tony Award- Horizons, The York Theater, The Pearl Theater, winner Daisy Eagan (The Secret Garden) in and The Classic Stage Company. Regionally: NYC. Dedicated to his partner Preston, and his Westchester Broadway Theater, Walnut Street parents - Thank you for your love and support. Theater, North Shore Music Theater, Maltz “Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of Jupiter Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Papermill chaos.” - Stephen Sondheim Maine State Music Theater, Carousel Dinner Theater, Phoenix Theater, Sierra Repertory ALISON FRANCK (Casting Director) has Theatre, San Francisco Theater Works, Cape been a casting director in NYC for over 25 Playhouse, The Allmanson Theater, Sacramento years. She started as an assistant for many Music Theater, Down Town Cabaret, West- Broadway Productions, then she worked in

WHO’S WHO film/TV for several years, then from 2000- experience in many different applications from 2010, she was the Resident Casting Director at theatrical productions, corporate events and Paper Mill Playhouse. In 2011 she joined the concerts. Paul’s experience stems from his core team at Liz Lewis Casting Partners, where she work as a lighting designer and programmer cast commercials, voiceovers, film/TV, and and runs a UK lighting company which theatre. Alison now runs her own company, predominantly provides services to various Franck Casting, where she has cast several tours international theatre touring shows. Paul has of well-known musicals including Dreamgirls, gained extensive experience in international An American in Paris, A Christmas Story: The touring of musical theatre, commercial dance Musical, A Chorus Line, Legally Blonde, The and cirque. Currently he is preplanning shows Simon and Garfunkel Story & upcoming The that will tour in Asia, Australia, UK, and British Invasion Live. www.franckcasting.com USA. For Big League Productions, aside from Dreamgirls he proudly offers technical WENDY J. CONNOR/DONNA FIEGEL consultation on many past and future USA (Press and Marketing) TRUE Marketing is a National tours including My Fair Lady, Legally full-service entertainment marketing firm based Blonde and An American in Paris. in Orlando, Florida that boasts a full Marketing and Public Relations Consulting Team, Graphic BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS/DANIEL Design Department, Social Marketing Strategy SHER (Executive Producer) is celebrating its Team and In-House Video Production Team. 30th season of producing and general managing Team TRUE has worked on national tours of A Broadway shows and attractions throughout Christmas Story – The Musical, An American In the world. Early highlights were collaborations Paris, Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line, My Fair with Disney on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida Lady, Spring Awakening, The Producers, 42nd (North America, Taiwan, and China) and with Street, Dreamgirls, Guys and Dolls, and The Cameron Mackintosh on a new production of Wizard of Oz. www.TeamTRUE.com Miss Saigon. Also, US tours of the Tony®- Award winning Broadway revival of 42nd Street BROADWAY & BEYOND THEATRICALS and Susan Stroman’s Broadway production of (Tour Booking) Led by founders Tracey Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Others: McFarland, Victoria Lang, and Ryan Bogner, Footloose (Las Vegas, USA), Titanic, 1776, Broadway & Beyond Theatricals (BBT) is Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the dedicated to the distribution and creation of Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, Blast!, quality branded theatrical content for traditional The Who’s Tommy (North America, South and non-traditional venues throughout North America, Europe, and Japan), Ain’t Misbehavin’ America and beyond. BBT’s InHouse booking with Ruben Studdard, and the First National division delivers quality productions tailored Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – flying car to a venue’s size and budget. BBT’s Custom and all. More recent: The Producers (Susan Content division offers commercial producers Stroman’s original work), Hello, Dolly! with and IP stakeholders strategic management, Sally Struthers, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady consulting services and distribution solutions, (US Tour and China premiere), original hip- while producing quality theatrical content hop dance show Groovaloo (Off-Broadway), in New York and for the road. Upcoming Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! productions: Paradise Square (Broadway), The Musical (10 USA tours, Grand Ole Opry, The Kite Runner (Broadway), Cambodian and Madison Square Garden), Dreamgirls (US, Rock Band (Tour). Broadway tours as agent: China premiere, Japan), Hair (US and Japan), Paradise Square, The Cher Show, The Kite Bring it On (US and Japan), and Legally Blonde Runner, An American In Paris, Legally Blonde, (US, China premiere, Singapore). In 2018-19, A Million Dollar Quartet Christmas & more. Chorus Line toured the USA and Japan before www.bbtheatricals.com performing for the first time ever in China in 2019. Future tours include Legally Blonde, PAUL GOULD (Technical Consultant) is a Technical Production Manager with a wealth of Memphis, and The Cher Show.

WHO’S WHO EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Technical Staff Daniel Sher Technical Consultant..............................Paul Gould GENERAL MANAGER Production Supervisor.........................B.J. Forman Zach Krohn Production Stage Manager.....................Abby Bobb Assistant Stage Manager/ACM.......... Jenna Wadleigh Big League Productions, Inc. COVID Safety Manager...............................J.M. Bock Associate Lighting Designer............ Gary Echelmeyer COMPANY MANAGER Keyboard Programmer.................................. Jim Harp Sophie Whitfield Keyboard Programmer.......................... Gary Georgett Head Carpenter..................................... Rodney Mann CASTING Assistant Carpenter................................ David Thoms Alison Franck Assistant Carpenter/Flyman.............. Preston Speaker Head Electrician/Lighting Programmer.... Martin Cox BROADCAST ADVERTISING Assistant Electrician................................ John Findlay TV & RADIO Head Video...............................................James Book Assistant Video........................................ John Amigo Frank Basile/Fresh Produce Productions Video Programmer........... Phil Holden, Infante Media Video Technician......................................James Book EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION Video Animation....................................Infante Media Broadway and Beyond Theatricals Head Sound......................................... Anthony Lopez Assistant Sound........................................James Ewell Tracey McFarland Victoria Lang Ryan Bogner Assistant Sound.......................................Kyra McNeil Jaymi Gilmour Monica Smith Head Props.................................Donna MacNaughton Steven Griffin Victoria Detres Assistant Props........................................ David Bragg Kristin Coelho Head Wardrobe...................................Claire Gaudette Wig Supervisor.............................................EB Bohks CREDITS Assistant Wardrobe....................................John Beltre Lights and Video Provided by Intelligent Lighting Child Wrangler/Tutor........................ Angela Maxwell Services Ltd Video Animation/Programming by Infante Media For Big League Productions, Inc. Sound Provided by Sound Associates President....................................................Daniel Sher Trucking Provided by Janco Limited General Manager.......................................Zach Krohn Costumes by Costume World Theatrical Associate General Manager..............Sophie Whitfield General Management Assistant.........Victoria Keesee Buses by Mayo Tours Legal Counsel for Big League.......... Nan Bases, Esq. Hotel Accommodations by Road Rebel Accountants for Big League........ Schall & Ashenfarb Banking.............................................JPMorgan Chase Insurance...........Edgewood Partners Insurance Center Payroll Services............................Checks & Balances Travel Services.......................................... Road Rebel Travel Coordinator.................................Gina Willens Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.). The Director and/or Choreographer is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic paint- ers for the American Theatre.