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JACKIE & MEAdaptor and director of this play share thoughts about why this morality tale about sports and the racial divide holds such appeal. One guess: it’s about baseball—and the player who made a difference. by Steven Dietz and Stephen Weitz

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZEThe creator of Cirque Dreams continues to make good on a promise to expand the Cirque genre—this time ringing in the Holidaze.by Sylvie Drake

A CHRISTMAS CAROLAs inspired as it is inspiring, this novellamade an adjective of the word Dickensian. On stage this story never loses its redemptive power, its scariness, its luster or its joys. by Marilynne Scott Mason

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Jackie & Me is a stage adaptation of Dan Gutman’s book of the same name that traces the unplanned emotional journey of young Joey Stoshack, as he tries to research a difficult class assignment. Joey may not be the best player on his Little League team, but a rare baseball card buys him the ability to go back in time and meet Jackie Robinson on the day he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. Thrust into a racial pressure-cooker, Joey learns a lot—about patience, about courage, about grace from one of America’s legends. Applause thought you might like to hear what the story means to Steven Dietz, who adapted it, and Stephen Weitz, who staged it.

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“… before Jackie Robinson, you couldn’t dream.”

A playwright and a director talk about their intimate experiences with baseball and the stain of racism. Fortunately, there was Jackie Robinson—and now, Jackie & Me.

More than any other sport, baseball has a magic, a

mythology, a tradition that pervades our society.

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FIRST THE PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTE…

I am standing outside a room where my son and daughter are talking about base-ball and race. I am eavesdropping.

My daughter is seven; my son is six. My daughter is white. My son is black—and has just arrived via adoption from Ethiopia six months earlier. We have introduced him to a sport called baseball, and he has started playing it. My daughter, the baseball histo-rian in our family, is telling him all about Jackie Robinson. As she speaks, I realize that our family is having its first conversa-tion about race.

“Jackie liked to play baseball, and he was black like you,” my daugh-ter is telling my son. “But if you

were black, you couldn’t play.” My son—who is only learning to speak English and knows nothing whatsoever about American history or professional baseball—stands his ground: “Why not? I play. I play ball.” “No, not in the majors,” my daughter says again, trying to teach him. “Before Jackie Robinson, you couldn’t play if you were black.” “I could play. I have mitt. I have bat. They not stop me,” says my son in his new language. Exasperated, my daughter finally says: “Yes, you could play the game. But before Jackie Robinson, you couldn’t dream.” After Dan Gutman saw Chicago Chil-dren’s Theatre’s beautiful and memorable production of Honus and Me, he was kind enough to offer me my choice of his other books [to adapt]. Since Jackie Robinson had long been a hero around my house,

Jackie & Me was an obvious choice. I am honored to tell this story. Robinson is an important historical figure—situated at the crossroads of sport, culture, politics and race—but he also was a man playing a game. A game that raised many of us. A game that connects us with our fathers and grandfathers. A game that puts history at our fingertips.

My own father never got to meet his African American grandson or see him play ball. But baseball con-

tinues to connect generations, across time. And because of pioneers like Jackie and Rachel Robinson, Branch Rickey, Larry Doby and others, baseball—well before Selma and Birmingham and the March on Washington—enabled (and forced) America to talk about race. Jackie Robinson’s courage enabled many boys and girls to dream. Including my own.

—Steven Dietz, Playwright

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I’ve been a baseball fan for as long as I can remember. As a boy, I sat in front of the TV writing letters to my favorite

Phillies players. I was thrilled when I got a return letter from Mike Schmidt and an autographed baseball card. They both hung on my bedroom wall through high school. Between the time of the old, gorgeous fields like Ebbets and Fenway and the new palaces like Coors Field, there was a generation of concrete cylinders they played baseball in—the ugliest stadiums ever. I grew up going to these ballparks such as Veteran’s Stadium in Philadelphia and Three Rivers in Pittsburgh. You could hardly see the field from inside the concourses of the stadium, so there was always an excitement as you came up your ramp to your section and looked down onto the field for the first time. This was always a magic moment for me as a child. I still relish the moment of

arriving at the ballpark. Looking out over the fresh cut grass, smelling the food, hearing the fans. This kind of magic is captured in Dan Gutman’s book and this dramatic adapta-tion. More than any other sport, baseball has a magic, a mythology, a tradition that pervades our society. Ruth, Mays, Mantle, DiMaggio, Griffey. The names are legend-ary, even for those who aren’t fans. As an ingrained part of our culture, sports have tremendous power, both good and bad, to affect how we perceive the world around us. It’s impossible to overstate what a transformative moment Jackie Robinson’s major league debut was for our country. One man stepping across the white chalk line of a baseball diamond forever altered the percep-tions of race. As we well know, Jackie Robinson didn’t end racism or racial tension, but his bravery opened a door for thousands of others to walk through.

This play allows us not only to meet this iconic figure, but also to experi-ence the moment through the eyes of

a young boy only beginning to understand how Jackie’s example applies to his own life. Jackie & Me is a delightful journey. In the literal sense, it documents Joey’s journey through time to meet one of his idols—a monumental figure in American history. At the same time, it’s also a journey of growth and understanding and empathy. The play opens with Joey not being able to get on

base and ends with him coming home, and that journey around the baseball diamond is a perfect symbol of the whole play. We have had a wonderful journey of our own, explor-ing these people and this story. Thank you for coming to share it with us.

—Stephen Weitz, Director

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W When Neil Goldberg was seven, his Mom took him to see The Miracle Worker on Broadway. What fascinated him most was not the play, but the three-dimensional design of Helen Keller’s house revolving on stage. “I came home and did two things,” Goldberg said on the line from his Florida headquarters. “I decided I wanted to learn more about set design—and I wrote my first Tony Award acceptance speech—which I still have to this day.” That conversation happened a few years ago, when Goldberg was touring Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, which was a hit in Denver and later on Broadway. Now Goldberg is back—as promised—with a different edition called Cirque Dreams Holidaze. With its dazzling costumes and a score that runs the gamut from jazz and ballroom to pop, Holidaze is described as an urban theatrical innovation that turns the ordinary on its head. Its one-of-a-kind artists breathe acrobatic energy into a “magical metropolis,” reinvent familiar objects, balance on wires and leap over tall buildings. Goldberg had been doing entertainment events for American companies since the late 1980s when IBM hired him to travel the world and find different talent to put together for an international conference. “The vocabulary was just supposed to be visual,” he explained. “Pure talent on stage. That’s when I became exposed to this whole Cirque genre.” The event, European in inspiration and highly diversified, was a success that made Goldberg realize he was on to something. His clients would give the show a name of their choosing, while his job was to deliver the goods. When staging one of these in Washington, DC, he was approached by the Bally’s Hotel chain. They hired his Cirque Ingénieux for the Bally’s casino showroom in At-lantic City. It wasn’t long before Goldberg moved from the boardroom to the greenroom. From his family’s background in textile produc-tion, he had acquired a knowledge and love of fabric and design. “By the age of 13 or 14 I knew the difference between yarn dyes, woven fab-rics, polyesters and cottons and how things are printed,” he said. Since then his 20,000-square-foot production facility in Pompano Beach, FL, has kept busy. It includes wardrobe and design shops, a gym and a studio “the size of any pro-

scenium stage, so we can block and train artists here…” He remains very hands on, not just in the scenic aspects of each show, but in all manner of design, which, he said, has been “my passion my entire life.” These Cirques have lots of action, no animals, no plot, plenty of music, singing, and lots of aerialists and contortionists from all corners of the globe. If your first thought is that this sounds a lot like Canada’s Cirque du Soleil, Goldberg insists it was not in his consciousness when he selected the Cirque moniker and style in 1991, even though Cirque du Soleil had made its first splash in the US as the surprise hit of the 1987 Los Angeles Arts Festival. How does Goldberg dispel comparisons? “We’ve stayed very true to the vision I created from the inception of this thing and that was to combine the European variety cirque talent with American Broadway theatrics—taking these shows and putting them into the format of tradi-tional Broadway musical theatre, with a prosce-nium, two acts and an intermission. “In a theatre with a proscenium stage you have the ability to become very engaged with the audi-ence. We always have kept the human element very real to the audience and to the experience. It’s not disguised with an overwhelming amount of technology and smoke and mirrors. I think audiences want to see and believe what they’re ex-periencing up close and personal. You don’t want to lose sight of what the artists really do.” n



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It is said that Charles Dickens invent-ed Christmas—the way we celebrate it today, that is. That claim may be a trifle exaggerated, but surely in the English-speaking world the second most beloved story of Yuletide has to be A Christmas Carol. A tale for all seasons and a special joy in mid-winter.

Why are we here today, in this theatre, to watch this particu-lar drama, if not to celebrate

the season together, regardless of our creeds or cultures? For many of us, en-joying this inspired parable is a seasonal tradition. Whether we read it aloud to the family, view one or more film and TV version or, better yet, leave our homes to watch it unfold on a stage in the company of strangers (neighbors), the story holds a universal and timeless appeal. Dickens himself reached every heart in the theatre when he read it aloud to audiences in England and America. And he always did. Americans especially adored him. There are many anecdotes about people changing their lives upon reading or hearing this story—factory owners giving their workers better

working conditions and time off at Christmas, and even young people redi-recting their lives to the greater good. A Christmas Carol mirrors Dickens’ own passion for the season, his own enlightened religious convictions and his lucid social conscience. Most of all it reflects his profound humanity and his heroic confidence in the ability of a human being to change for the better. While Dickens was writing the Carol, there were nights when he couldn’t sleep. It’s been said that he wandered the bad by-ways of his smoky city all night, gesticulating wildly and mutter-ing to himself as he took on each of the characters’ parts. The next morning he wrote down what he had worked out the night before. It’s clear enough why these characters leap from the page—their author imagined them so vividly he seems to be alive in each.

A Christmas Carol pulsates with energy, wit and cleverly evoked tingles. The aptly named Scrooge

(an old-fashioned vulgarization of “squeeze”) may be a shrewd business-man, but he’s allowed his heart to shrivel up so tightly that all impulses

of joy and mercy have dried to a gray paste, turning his whole existence gray. “Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone. Scrooge! A squeez-ing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner,” writes Dickens. Even his physical features have frozen into a mask of avarice and bitterness.

But Dickens does not give up on him. Having all but sold his soul to Mammon, Scrooge is not be-

yond the saving reach of Dickens’ kind and scary spirits. These ghosts mock him with his own words, dazzle him with their light and evoke the ghastly loneliness of his misspent life. This unworthy old buzzard has one chance at reclamation—secured for him by his long-dead business partner, Jacob Marley. A ghost awash in the purga-torial pains of remorse, Marley ap-pears to Scrooge on Christmas Eve and foretells that three spirits will follow his visitation. He as much as says that these phantoms will rub Scrooge’s face in the truth until he confronts what he has become and determines to change. Why tell a ghost story at Christmas?

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Partly because, to Dickens, a life spent merely in the pursuit of money—without generosity

toward others—was a shadow life. After all, Scrooge spends most of the narrative invisible to the other characters, past, present and future. And then it would take an extreme visitation to shake up a man like Scrooge. Marley’s long, dense chains, his alarming pallor and his anguished screams and sighs frighten Scrooge out of his smugness, rendering him open to instruction. The ghosts who follow Mar-ley reveal to Scrooge the sum total of his life in the only ways he understands: his

past, just who he is and how he got that way; his present, in contrast to the happy lives of others he knows; his future, a death hopeless and unwept—the inevi-table end of an utterly futile life. The ghosts also are the metaphorical means of introducing a spiritual dimen-sion into the story. There’s more to life than meets the eye. The message might have been merely materialistic—about sharing material means. Instead, the ghostly presences represent the spirit in humankind that needs to love and be loved. Much is made of charity in the novella, but the word means more than just the giving of alms. “Charity,” from the Latin, caritas, means esteem, affection and, translated from the Greek agape, means disinterested and therefore selfless love. That is the foundation of Dickens’ thought.

It follows, then, that fellowship with others is another important spiritual issue for Dickens—as it is in all the

great religions. As the unhappy Marley puts it, “It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men…” And we all know what happens in Dickens’ world view to those who fail that requirement.

Because Dickens re-envisioned the season in an age of vast and hopeless poverty, he emphasized abundance and what it could accomplish. He had his tough-minded, socio-political intentions: He determined to startle his readers awake to the injustices all around them in all his writings. In A Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge two ghastly children—Ignorance and

Want—whom Dickens believed (cor-rectly) would grow up to tear down the selfish hierarchies of English society. He wanted his countrymen to do something about those two offspring before they shredded the fabric of society and chaos descended. He didn’t want to overthrow his society; he wanted to rescue it from itself.

But if Dickens was a moralist, he was no Puritan. He took a generous delight in Christmas

merrymaking. His enjoyment of festivity sparkles in the Cratchits’ gin punch, the Fezziwigs’ ball, in the games at nephew Fred’s. He saw the humble “bounty” of the ebullient Cratchit family feast as an answer to the gloom and cold of winter as much as a rebuke to Scrooge’s and his ilk’s indifference to the poor. Feasting is celebrated throughout the story because, for Dickens, generosity and the merriment of the season were antidotes to the inward leanings of selfishness. They expanded the heart to include others and so were expressions

of inclusive cordiality and hospitality.

Finally, Dickens saw the innocent open-heartedness of merriment, gift-giving and hospitality as a

proper response to the original Christ-mas story. That is why the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to see the poor miners who labor in the earth, “but know how to keep Christmas” in their jubilant carol singing. The Ghost shows Scrooge sailors on a freezing sea and two old weather-beaten lighthouse keepers alone on their island, all singing their Christmas hymns and songs with ardent affection for each other, for home and for the season.

Each other. Home. The season. That is why we are here today with Dickens, Scrooge, and his haunt of ghosts, waiting to see the familiar tale unfold upon this glistening stage in each other’s neighborly company. And then, as we leave, to set us humming a lively Christmas carol. n

Marilynne S. Mason is a Denver-based arts journalist and critic who has written for various publications, most notably on staff for The Christian Science Monitor.


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BLACK ODYSSEYBy Marcus Gardley

A Denver Center commission

HAMLETBy William Shakespeare

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Hamlet is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest.

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Aside from the contribution Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, makes to The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, team members in the Rocky

Mountain Market of Wells Fargo Advisors strive to make a difference in their local communities…whether it’s through contributions of time, talent or resources. Wells Fargo invested $78.9 million in 28,000 not-for-profit organizations in 2012. Team members also personally contributed more than $60 million and logged more than 232,000 volunteer hours. More recently, Wells Fargo contributed $100,000 to the American Red Cross, $30,000 to the Salvation Army and $20,000 to Foothills Relief Fund to support flood disaster relief and recovery efforts in Colorado. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC is proud to make a difference in the lives of those in need. n

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Music & LyricsJill Winters & David Scott

Costume Design Additional Music by Act Design Cirque Productions Lance Conque Neil Goldberg Lenora Nikitin Tony Aliperti Heather Hoffman Santiago Rojo Iouri Klepatsky

Scenic Design Production Design Lighting Design Jon Craine Betsy Herst Jessica Sentak

Marketing Director Managing Director Jenn Sierra-Grobbelaar Jim Geisler

Assistant Artistic DirectorHeather Hoffman

Created & Directed byNeil Goldberg

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WAKING UP THE SEASON

ONCE UPON A DREAM ................................. Angel, Queen of Ice, Dickens & CompanyA TALL ORDER ....................................................................... Stilt Soldiers & OrnamentsTWIRLING ...............................................................................................Flying OrnamentsCHUGGIN’ ALONG ....................... Elf, Queen of Ice, Angel, Ragdoll & Train Conductor ROCKIN AROUND ..........................................Skating Engine, Caboose, Cookie SpinnersTWISTING ..............................................................................................................SlipperyHOLIDAZE HOP ............................................... Skipping Reindeer, Snowmen & CarolersCHEERS ................................................................................. Candle Balancer, Mrs. BakerHOLD ON TIGHT ......................................... Cyclers, Angel, Queen of Ice, Elf & PuppetsWRAP IT UP .............................................................................................Dangling RibbonSHIMMERING PRELUDE ................................................................. Jewels & OrnamentsSYMPHONY OF BELLS ........................................................................................ MaestroDOIN’ THE GINGERBREAD FLIP .................... Santa, Mrs. Baker, Cookies & Company

MORE SEASONS DREAMINGS

WEATHER CHANGE .................................................................. Fashionistas & CompanyDOUBLE THE FUN .............................................................Target Funster & Stilt SoldiersJINGLE ROCK .......................................................................Ring Roller, Jewel & SingersBOUNCE ...............................................................................................Jester & OrnamentsCOOL AS ICE ................................................................................Queen of Ice & Ice MenBAND TOGETHER ....................................................................... Elf, Band of OrnamentsMARCH ON LINE .............................................................................................Toy SoldierPENGUINS ................................................................................. Wobbly Penguins & FlockHOLY NIGHT ..........................................Flying Angels, Singers, Ornaments & CompanyALL ABOARD ...............................................................................................The Company

THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION

For soundtracks, merchandise, information on tour dates and other shows, visitcirqueproductions.com or contact us at 954-975-9525

Once upon a dream, time awoke suddenly…he turned, smiled andgave a wink…then saw the ornaments no longer asleep……

“Jingle Bell Rock”(Joe Beal and Jim Boothe)

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“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”(Johnny Marks)

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“Winter Wonderland”By Felix Bernard and Dick Smith

WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)

MUSIC CLEARED BY BZ/RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS, INC.

All artists, scenes and songs are subject to change at producer’s discretion.

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Oleg Bocharov (Russia) .............................................................................. Mischievous Elf

Darilyn Castillo (USA) ................................................................................................Angel

Vladimir Dovgan (Ukraine) ................................................... Ring Roller, Wobbly Penguin

Dmytro Dudnyk (Ukraine) .....................................................................Stilt Soldier, Cycler

Olena Dudnyk (Ukraine) ...............................................................................Treetop, Cycler

Brandon Harrison (USA) ..............................................Skipping Reindeer, Cookie Spinner

Jose Henry (Columbia) ................................................................Toy Soldier, Drummerboy

Jonathan Horton (USA) ................................................Skipping Reindeer, Cookie Spinner

Kelli Koloszar (USA) ....................................................................................... Queen of Ice

Emanuel Laurino (Argentina) .............................................Gingerbread Cookie, Ornament

Maximiliano Laurino (Argentina) .......................................Gingerbread Cookie, Ornament

Anthony Lee (USA) ......................................................Skipping Reindeer, Cookie Spinner

Oleksii Malyi (Ukraine) ................................................................... Stilt Soldier, Ornament

Jeronimo Garcia Medina (Mexico) ...............................................................Skating Engine

Jessica Ritchie (Australia) ............................................Skating Caboose, Mrs. Claus, Jewel

Alexsander Rebkovets (Russia) ..................................................................Candle Balancer

Beau Sargent (Australia) ...................................................Dangling Ribbon, Target Funster

Gary Schwartz (USA) ...................................................Skipping Reindeer, Cookie Spinner

Alan Sulc (Czech Republic) .................................................................... Lumberjack, Jester

Natalia Tsarevskya (Ukraine) ..............................................Flying Ornament, Angel, Jewel

Oleksiy Tsareyskyy (Ukraine) ........................................................Flying Ornament, Angel

Devid Tsytko (Ukraine) ...............................................Ragdoll, Cookie, Ornament Spinner

Nataliya Tsytko (Ukraine) ...................................................................................Mrs. Baker

Vyacheslav Tsytko (Ukraine) ........................................................................... Baker, Santa

Halyna Vakal (Ukraine).......................................................................... Fashionista, Candle

Valeriy Vakal (Ukraine)............................................................................. Fashionista, Time

Sean Widener (USA) ............................................................................... Dickens, Elf, Elvis

Qiang Xie (China) .....................................................................Poinsettia, Slippery, Iceman

Anatoliy Yeniy (Moldova) ............................................................Wobbly Penguin, Maestro

Jian Zhang (China) ...................................................................................Poinsettia, Iceman

The use of any audio or video recording device and the taking of photographs with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn all electronic devices, cellular phones, beepers and watches to the off position.

THE CAST OF ORNAMENTS

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Cirque Dreams shows have entertained more than 50 million people since 1993 across thousands of cities worldwide in theatres, casinos, theme parks, cruise lines, and on Broadway. In 20 years, Cirque Productions has evolved into an enterprise of accomplished producers, directors and innovators, hand-picked by founder and Broadway director Neil Goldberg, that have transformed Cirque Dreams into a global entertainment brand and business empire widely respected by critics, industry leaders and fans alike. In this groundbreaking 20th Anniversary year, the company will open seven shows, employ more than 150 artists from more than 15 countries and design, rehearse and produce every show component from within the company’s 30,000 sq. ft. Dream Studios production complex in Pompano Beach, FL.

Throughout 2013, the company continues expanding its current entertainment franchise with four new Cirque Dreams shows including Cirque Dreams & Dinner – Jungle Fantasy onboard Norwegian Breakaway, Cirque Dreams Splashtastic at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Cirque Dreams Rocks at

Moon Palace Golf Resort & Spa in Cancun and Cirque Dreams Revealed at Revel-Casino Hotel, Atlantic City. Cirque Dreams Holidaze continues its 5th season of performing two simultaneous tours in 2013.

The Cirque Dreams franchise and global entertainment brand of popular shows worldwide have garnered the praise of critics around the country from USA Today, Associated Press and the New York Times to CNN, “Today Show” and “Fox & Friends,” Neil Goldberg has been declared “One of today’s leading theatrical impresarios” by The LA Times. Chris Jones of The Chicago Tribune says Cirque Dreams has “mastered an artform that the more famous French Canadians have yet to conquer.” The New York Daily News hails, “There have only been a handful of shows that have generated an exclamation point as assertive as the ones created and directed by Neil Goldberg.”

Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy remains one of the company’s most renowned, critically acclaimed productions. Proclaimed, “The grandest circus spectacle east of Vegas” by New York Magazine, it debuted at the Broadway Theatre

in 2008 and is to date, the first and only show of its kind to ever perform on Broadway, having received an American Theater Wing nomination for the coveted Henry Hewes Award for Best Costume Design. The show furthered its critical acclaim in 2010 with pop star Debbie Gibson performing the leading role of Mother Nature at the MGM Grand, Foxwoods, Connecticut. Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy received the 2011 Brass Ring award for entertainment excellence at Busch Gardens Tampa and was featured on an episode of MTV’s “MADE.” In 2012, the show entertained more than 100,000 U.S. troops and their families at 17 military installations throughout 10 countries in association with Armed Forces Entertainment. In 2013, the show was redesigned into a modern dinner theatre experience in partnership with Norwegian Cruise Line, to perform indefinitely on their new Breakaway, sailing year-round from NYC.

Cirque Dreams & Dinner continues reinventing dinner theatre entertainment throughout the world. Upon its Norwegian Epic debut in 2010, Gene Sloan of USA Today said, “This is a show that is among the best, if not the best we have seen at sea.”

“There have only been a handful of shows that have generated an exclamation point as assertive as the ones created and directed by Neil Goldberg.” -NY Daily News

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Several land based Cirque Dreams & Dinner venues are scheduled to open in the near future.

Cirque Dreams Splashtastic is a new cutting-edge aquatic show in partnership with Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, CA. Themed “The Most Amazing Show Above H20”, this unique production features the park’s popular marine mammals along with an internationally renowned company of acrobats, aerialists and astounding Cirque Dreamers performing in the air, over water and throughout the transformed Dolphin Harbor Theater.

Cirque Dreams Rocks premiered internationally, Spring 2013 in partnership with Palace Resorts at Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancun and will begin touring the U.S. in 2014. Hailed “A rock show…as close to 21st century vaudeville as you’re likely to get!” by Pittsburgh Tribune, Cirque Dreams Rocks is a non-stop musical, acrobatic rock & roll concert blending decades of pop and rock hits performed live on stage through special arrangements with Sony/ATV Music.

Cirque Dreams Revealed is the company’s first intimate and up-close cabaret revue premiering July 2013 in Atlantic City’s stylish new Revel-Casino Hotel. AC Weekly recently proclaimed the show “Dazzling…a Cirque Dreams show unlike any other.”

Cirque Dreams Holidaze continues touring the U.S. as well as Mexico in its’ 5th performance year. The show “Dazzled” at the Kennedy Center according to The Washington Post. The New York Daily News proclaims Cirque Dreams Holidaze “is so full of energy it could end our dependence on oil” and “a delicious confection of charm, sparkle and talent by the sleigh load.” A televised special is scheduled to air during upcoming holiday seasons along with international tours.

Cirque Dreams Founder & Producer Neil Goldberg’s story is one humble beginnings, raised an Orthodox Jew with a strict lifestyle who turned his creative mind and imagination into a small empire. In the 1980’s, the multi-talented, New

York born and raised entrepreneur began producing private and corporate shows and events with unique performers and dreamers like himself. He designed and created productions for two Superbowls, the NBA, Disney, Busch Gardens, Six Flags, Miss Universe, NBC, ABC & CBS. He created and directed shows with the Pittsburgh, Baltimore and New World symphonies; with Marvin Hamlisch & The National Symphony and the youngARTS program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. In 1993, he formed Cirque Productions and conceived Cirque Ingenieux with an original score by Kitaro, for the theatre and PBS. He has produced and directed more than 15 different Cirque Dreams shows for national and international tours, Broadway, television and casinos worldwide including MGM, Harrah’s, Caesars, Bally’s, Trump, Foxwoods & Hilton Hotels. Additionally, The Neil Goldberg Dream Foundation has been formed to enrich artistic opportunities for others.

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DeNveR CeNTeR ATTRACTIoNs sTAFFD. Randall Weeks . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Director/President

Jeff Hovorka . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Media and Marketing

John Ekeberg . . . . . . . Director of Programming & Operations

Heidi Bosk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PR & Promotions Manager

Alicia Giersch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Manager

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DCPA MARkeTING sTAFFJennifer Nealson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Marketing Officer

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Brianna Firestone . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Marketing, DCTC

Janet Flesch Director of Marketing, DCPA

Suzanne Yoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Marketing Services

Nick Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account Sales Manager

Nathan Brunetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Email Designer

Kim Conner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphic Designer

FloraJane DiRienzo . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Relations Manager

Anita Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web Services Manager

Brenda Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Senior Graphic Designer

Simone Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator

Alexandra Griesmer . . . . . PR & Promotions Manager, DCTC

Tristan Jungferman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Manager

Jennifer Kemps . . . . . . . . . Groups Sales Business Coordinator

Carol Krueger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Theatre Services Manager

Jennifer Lopez . .Assoc. Director of Ticket Services/Operations

Kyle Malone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Senior Graphic Designer

Jane McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marketing Coordinator, DCTC

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Ken Mostek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Videographer/Cinematographer

Mark Onderdonk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Manager

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Tina Risch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Services Manager

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Jill Schwager . . . . Student Matinee and Group Tours Associate

David Smith . . . . . . . Assoc. Director of Subscription Services

INFoRMATIoN seRvICesBruce Montgomery . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Services

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DeveloPMeNT DePARTMeNTDorothy Denny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Vice President

Tiffany Grady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director

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BEHIND THE SCENES

Founder, Artistic Director ................... Neil Goldberg

Managing Director .................................Jim Geisler

Artistic Manager & Musical Direction ...... Jill Winters

Artistic & Choreography Direction ..Heather Hoffman

Director of Marketing & Media Relations .................

Jennifer Sierra-Grobbelaar

Daily Business Liaison ..................... Wendie Carper

Artistic Director’s Liaison ................... Stacey Keller

Business Manager ..............................Gina Damato

Business Affairs & Logistics ..................Brian Levitz

“The Neil Goldberg Dream Foundation” ...................

Allison Senser, Executive Director

Project Coordinator ..........................David Stauffer

Production Designer ............................ Betsy Herst

Production & Technical Supervisor .. Jessica Schrag

Artistic Coach/Rigger ...................... Iouri Klepatsky

Prop Masters ....Arnie Braman, Keith Hall, Jim Hardy

Costume Design, Management & Construction ........

Lenora Nikitin, Santiago Rojo, Francisca Reyes,

Pamela Tarantino, Liza Mascaro, Lorenzo Torres

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Stage Manager & Lighting Director ...Jessica Sentak

Sound Engineer ....................................Nick Pisano

Aerial Rigger ................................... Oleg Bocharov

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Head Carpenter ............................Anthony Clumbo

Wardrobe Supervisor ............................ Erin Collins

Lighting Equipment .............................Christie Lites

Sound Equipment ... Show Systems Inc., Frank Snipes

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Film & Video Production .........Reel Media HD/Tiffany

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Illustration ....................Nelli Leventhal, Greg Bistolfi

Accounting ......................Jacquelyn Aten Engstrom

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Public Relations .....................Terri Lynn/Superstars

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A SALUTE TO OUR DONORS

We are proud of the fact that nearly 7,000 people make up our donor family. There are so many different ways that donors lend their support to The Denver Center. We would like to share a few of them…

Years ago I had the free-dom to choose where I wanted to live in the United States. One of the many factors I considered

in my decision was the importance, quality and

availability of live theatre. The DCPA met that require-ment for me and was a big reason that I chose to move to Denver. Because theatre is still something that I value highly, I feel it is important to support that through my attendance and a yearly donation.

I have enjoyed the DCPA for a long time, but until I joined the Marquee Club, I just didn’t seem to find the time to go to perfor-mances very often. My participa-tion in the Marquee Club not only

gets me great seats to a show, but it includes a donation to

support the theatre, and I am happy to provide that support. The DCPA and the Marquee Club have really expanded my horizons and introduced

me to many wonderful people who have become

close friends.

Because I volunteer as a Tour Ambassador, I see the skill and pride the DCTC craftspeople bring to our productions. As a long-time subscriber, I know the quality of the onstage productions, so to keep our theatre at the top, I am happy to add a little to my ticket prices as a donor.

Every Christmas my grandparents give their grandchildren $100 to donate to something that is important to us. I decided to donate to the DCPA because the arts hold a very special place in my heart. I am a dancer and I aspire to perform at the DCPA someday.

My mother shared her love of the theatre with me at an early age. After she passed, I wanted to find a unique way to honor her memory, so when I learned about the opportunity to “Name a Seat” at The Ricketson Theatre, I was delighted. Growing up close to Manhattan I was exposed to a cultural feast. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts provides the same wonderful opportunities that I now can share with my children and grandchildren. To this day, when I hear the conductor’s first tap, I remember my mother’s throaty, conta-gious laughter and feel her warm embrace. I am thrilled that my donation honors my memories of our time together at the theatre.

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VIP nights are our favor-ite evenings of the year. During the wonderful pre-show dinner, art-loving audience members get a chance to meet and converse, before seeing

wonderful Broadways shows. These events offer

not only an evening of great entertainment, but also include a donation to one of our commu-nity’s most precious assets: the DCPA.

We became Encore Society members by including DCPA in our Stansbury Family Trust with the goal of giving back to the Denver metro com-munity. This is our way of

“paying it forward” so that future generations will

have the experience of great theatre as we have had for many years.

A favorite quote I like is by none other than MLK...“Life’s most persistent and urgent

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ers?’” I have supported the Women’s Voices Fund for

over seven years. I love the mis-sion and the work. My mother, a single parent raising my brother and me, was the nucleus of our family. I want to be that to my family and the community and bestow the goodwill and compassion I was taught.

We have enjoyed the DCPA since we moved to the Denver area more than 20 years ago. We find the performances inspiring, enlightening and thoroughly entertaining. What we have re-ceived from the performances in our ten plus years as season ticket-holders is priceless, and it is our pleasure to give back as we realize the theatre cannot survive on ticket sales alone.

The DCPA has some fantastic educational programs for children and teens. My daughter Katie has enjoyed be-ing a part of the DCPA for several years. The teachers do a great job of making the students feel like they are a part of something special, and I am pleased to give

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With your help The Denver Center will continue to be a place where Broadway tours begin, a place where new plays and new musicals get their start, and a place where young people experience the magic of theatre at an early age and hold onto it for a lifetime.The DCPA is a not-for-profit orga-nization. Please join our donor family today.

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Your gift helps ensure that Denver is a place where young people have the opportunity to experience the magic of theatre and become the next genera-tion of theatre lovers. We will provide a card you can present to your loved one. Gifts of any size are greatly appreciated. Name a seat in The Ricketson TheatreHonor someone by putting their name on a seat in The Ricketson Theatre for $1,000. Payment plans are available and gifts support our new play fund.

Marquee Club member for a nightTreat them to a special night at the theatre with a dynamic group of active professionals that make up our Marquee Club. $250 gets you two tickets to an April 17 performance of Animal Crackers, open bar and hors d’oeuvres before the show, and a “Meet the Cast” party at Ocean Prime in Larimer following the show.

Treat them to a VIP eventWho doesn’t want to see Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins? You can see them all at our VIP event for Million Dollar Quartet on Sunday, March 9 at 12:30pm. Guests will enjoy a mimosa bar and brunch in the Seawell Grand Ballroom, followed by the performance in The Buell Theatre. VIPs will have the best seats in the house. $225 each.

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CCostumes from the Denver Center Theatre Company collection took to the runway October 23rd as volunteers and community leaders modeled the treasures at Theatre Threads, A Costume Runway Show. Event chairs John Farnam and Denise Bellucci announced net proceeds of $20,000 benefiting the Denver Center Theatre Company. Three hundred guests enjoyed the luncheon in the Seawell Grand Ballroom followed by the runway show featuring 20 costumes, all designed and hand-created by Theatre Company craftsmen. Participating models included: Jeremy Anderson. Jamie Angelich, Fiona Baldwin, Murri Bishop, Keri Christiansen, Sharon Cooper, BJ Dyer, Terri Fisher, Adrienne Ruston Fitzgibbons, Alice Foster, Roger Hutson, Carmel Koeltzow, Gayle Novak, Stacy Ohlsson, Loretta Robinson, Jackie Rotole, Judi Wolf. n

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Terri Fisher in her costume from Room Service, a 1995/96 season production.

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Fidelity has a long history of community outreach and philan-thropic service in communities nationwide. Among its outreach initiatives, the company partners with numerous civic, charitable, arts and cultural organizations across the country, one of which is the DCPA, to support and strength-en arts education and appreciation. Sponsoring events such as VIP Evenings and the Student Matinee program gives Fidelity the oppor-tunity to give back to the Denver area community. Supporting both education and the arts is an ongoing commit-ment for Fidelity. To date, the firm has assisted more than 200 public schools across the country by helping update classrooms and other learning spaces, providing volunteer time, mentorship and special performance opportunities to students, and donating much needed resources including school supplies, computers and even new musical instruments. Fidelity looks forward to con-tinuing these efforts here in Denver and nationwide. n

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Denver’s premier shopping and dining district. Larimer Square and Larimer Associates, the Denver-based real estate investment and management firm that op-erates Larimer Square, takes great pride in supporting its neighbor, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA). “Larimer Square has not only found a special organization to continue to sup-port, but it has found the perfect partner,” said Jeff Hermanson, Larimer Associates’ CEO. “It’s about creating a meaningful relationship on multiple levels with our different merchants and with all the dif-ferent programs and areas of The Denver Center.” Larimer Square and the DCPA share a strong commitment to the arts. The Square has distinguished itself from other districts by creating a place for indepen-dently minded shops and restaurants, giv-ing entrepreneurs the artistic freedom and support they need to make their business dreams a reality. At the same time, the Square offers a shopping and dining expe-rience that embodies and complements artistic and creative sensibilities.

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The Legend of Georgia McBrideJan 10 – Feb 23 Ricketson Theatre

Elvis impersonator Casey, on the verge of unemployment, learns a lot about show business—and himself—when an opportunity he never expected comes his way. This world premiere is a saucy comedy with music and a great big heart.

ASL interpreted and Audio Described performance Feb 2 @ 1:30pm.

EvitaJan 15 – 26 Buell Theatre

One of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s earliest and most enduring musicals traces the life and rise to power of Argentina’s Eva Perón.

ASL interpreted, Audio Described and Open Captioned performance Jan 26 @ 2pm.

Looking ahead…

black odysseyJan 17 – Feb 16 Space Theatre

Myth, humor and modernity re-verberate in this world premiere as ancient Greek archetypes and new world African American culture collide in this update of Homer’s epic, tracking a black soldier returning from the Gulf War.

ASL interpreted and Audio Described performance Feb 16 @ 1:30pm

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Mamma MiaJan 28 – Feb 2 Buell Theatre

Producer Judy Craymer had to sell her flat to pay for the rights to convert ABBA’s songs into a musical. She was handsomely re-paid when the musical became the surprise hit of the 1999 West End season—and a worldwide smash hit was born.

ASL interpreted, Audio Described and Open Captioned performance Feb 1 @ 2pm.

HamletJan 24 – Feb 23 Stage Theatre

Proclaimed the “greatest play in the English language,” this trifecta of revenge, deceit and moral corruption escalates as the need to avenge his father’s suspi-cious death prompts Hamlet to contemplate action, inaction and the meaning of life.

ASL interpreted and Audio Described performance Feb 23 @ 1:30pm

Spark a dialogue today by participating in our free CONNECT program. Designed to enhance your theatre experience, the CONNECT program offers a variety of opportunities, including moderated discussions with the cast and creative staff, educational resources, tours, and other special events. For more information visit www.denvercenter.org/CONNECT

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T he Denver Post is proud to support The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA), both through sponsorship of its acclaimed theatre productions as

well as with grant funding through Denver Post Community Foundation. Our partnership is founded on our mutual mission to improve and enrich the quality of life in our community. While the DCPA does that through the performing arts, The Denver Post does it through its Denver Post Community programs, which support nonprofit organizations and events in four focus areas: arts and culture, children and youth, literacy and education, and the provision of basic human services. During this season of giving, the Post focuses on basic human services by continuing its legacy of raising and distributing funds to local nonprofit agencies through Season To Share, a campaign of Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund. Did you know that right here in Denver there are:

• People who don’t have enough food to eat;• Children who lack the education to succeed in the future;• Families who have lost their homes and have nowhere to go;• Adults who can’t read well enough to find a job;• Folks who can’t afford basic healthcare?

Since 1992, more than $59 million has been distributed through Season To Share to help some of Colorado’s neediest citizens. All contributions are matched at 50% by the McCormick Foundation, and 100% of all donations (plus the match) go directly to Denver-area charities that help move people out of poverty. The Denver Post and the McCormick Foundation pay all administrative expenses. Last year, more than 6,400 generous donors contributed $1,850,000. With the match from the McCormick Foundation, grants totaling a record $2,775,000 were distributed to 67 local nonprofits including Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Food Bank of the Rockies, Goodwill Industries of Denver, Inner City Health Center, Volunteers of America and many more. Thanks to the generosity of thousands of donors and the hard work of the recipient agencies, millions of meals were provided, hundreds of nights of shelter were used and thousands of medical visits were completed last year. n


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Many have been helped, but more remains to be done. A donation of any size can make a difference. Will you consider making a contribution after the show?

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