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ANIMAL CRACKERSA madcap romp with all

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ROCK OF AGESChart-topping rock songs and

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This show’s a party!by Genevieve Miller Holt

ONCEVacuum cleaner repairman meets immigrant flower seller, make music, fall in love and part. But not before changing each other’s lives—and enriching yours.

AMERICAN IDIOTA musical based on Green Day’s Grammy® Award-winning album. Three friends must choose between dreams and suburbia. All you need to do is enjoy.by Rob Weiner-Kendt

As you’ve heard by now, we’re launching our 36th Denver Center Theatre Company season with a ma-jor revision of the beloved musical, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, featur-ing a new book by Dick Scanlan (based on Molly Brown’s real life), several songs replaced by others from the Meredith Willson catalog, and a top creative team, led by three-time Tony® Award-winning director/chore-ographer Kathleen Marshall. And that’s just the thrilling start of an exciting year. Below (and on pages 16-17) I am outlining the rest of our 2014/15 season. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a title many of us read in school, tells the harrowing story of a group of schoolchildren dropped on an island after a plane crash during World War II. Left to their own de-vices, they sink into power struggles, even savagery, as bullying wins over cooperation; a scary, but touching play. Next up, Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (winner of the 2013 Tony for Best New Play) delivers a very funny, sometimes wistful reflection about middle-age ennui, loosely based on Uncle Vanya with hilarious Chekho-vian references, and the addition of a muscular “boy toy” and a prophetic, sassy housekeeper.

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mal Crackers—a boisterous comedy about the theft of a valuable painting from a society dinner party that is quintessential Marx Brothers may-hem. Costume designer Kevin Copenhaver takes you back to the 1930s through vintage creations in this whodunit spoof. As with many productions that went on to meet broader fame on the big screen, this play with music is smaller in scale, with a nimble cast of nine actors playing multiple characters—sometimes with just one line of dialogue in which to make a change! The frequency of the lightning-fast costume changes helps dictate fab-ric and color, as well as how a costume is built. “I will be looking for stretch charmeuse, fanciful woolens, knits that resemble the rougher textures of stretch fabrics from the period, and some wacky brocades and sleek fabrics for the ‘dream’ sequence near the end of the play,” Copenhaver noted. A strong color palette also assists in defining character and affiliation, both in the clothes and hair color. Women’s fashion in the 30s went from the boyish, columnar silhouette of the 1920s to a more feminine form achieved by cutting gar-ments on the bias. Because men’s fashions have not changed drastically since the 1930s, they will seem almost modern save for differences in lapel width, shoulder shape, trouser width and rise. From the show’s zinging one-liners to its slapstick brilliance, you will travel back to the swank of the 30s as Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo zip around the stage—and take your breath away. n

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Animal Crackers, the hilarious Marx Brothers movie, started its life as a long-running Broadway musical that was hand-tailored to showcase the

energy of the madcap brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo) and their signature comic personae. In the stage show, with a book by George S. Kaufman, highbrow meets lowbrow to exhilarating effect. Mrs. Rittenhouse, a high-society matron, is throwing a big party to celebrate the return of Captain Spauld-ing (Groucho) from the wilds of Africa. To mark the festivities, she wants to reveal a famous painting she has borrowed for the occasion.

Animal Crackers delivers classic Groucho one-liners

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In the meantime, a quartet of young lovers vie for each other’s affections, while Spaulding attempts to woo his

wealthy widowed hostess. As it’s a musi-cal, there are plenty of songs and choral numbers with clever lyrics such as “He’s ended our anxiety/and saved our high society/from shameless impropriety.” Into this genteel entertainment about the pastimes of the very rich, the four Marx Brothers zip around like bottle rockets, derailing the story and burst-ing the bubbles of societal pretension. The play itself serves as a backboard for these expert vaudevillians to fling them-selves against. Animal Crackers delivers classic Groucho one-liners (“I intend to live forever, or die trying”), comedy rou-tines, instrumental interludes and plenty of physical shtick.

By the time the Marx Brothers opened that show, they were at the height of their pre-Hollywood fame. They had been honing their craft on the vaudeville stage for more than 25 years. Minnie Schoenberg Marx, their ferocious stage mother—whose own parents were a ma-gician and a yodeling harpist and whose brother, Al Shean, became a vaudeville star—shoved all her boys onto the stage, like it or not. They started out as a sing-ing group (first the Three, then the Four Nightingales), but as the boys’ voices began to change, they tried peppering the act with jokes, funny characters and mock fights, and found that their antics earned them more applause than their music.

Criss-crossing the country on the vaudeville circuit, the brothers developed the roles they became

known for, each picking up a nickname along the way: Groucho, the wise-crack-er with bushy eyebrows, moustache, glasses and a cigar; Chico (pronounced Chick-o, because he chased after the chicks), the con man with an Italian ac-cent who played the piano—and Harpo, the wide-eyed innocent with bushy hair who didn’t speak at all but liked to steal silverware and play the harp.

Zeppo, the youngest, usually played the handsome straight man, although once during the run of Animal Crackers, Zeppo went on for Groucho and was accounted even funnier than Groucho himself. (A fifth brother, Gummo, left the group during World War I.) After a successful run in 1915 at the Palace in New York City, Chico was getting restless, saying they were “too good” for vaudeville. This might have been sour grapes, as the brothers had gotten themselves banned from the major vaudeville circuits because of a dispute with impresario E.F. Albee (the adoptive grandfather of playwright Edward Albee). So they decided to try to conquer Broadway, pulling together the revue I’ll Say She Is out of their old routines and musical numbers, loosely

tied together by the story of a rich girl’s adventures with a variety of men.

The show opened in 1924 and played for 313 performances. The Marx Brothers were the toast

of the town. Then followed two more Broadway hits—The Cocoanuts (1925) and Animal Crackers (1928). As their fame kept growing, there was only one place left for them to go: Hol-lywood. When the first talkie (The Jazz Singer) was released in 1927, the Marx Brothers were perfectly positioned to bypass silent film and proceed directly to making pictures with sound. By the time the brothers started working on their first film, they were in their 40s with a wealth of theatrical experience under their belts. Paramount snapped up the team with a lucrative five-film contract. So while they were performing Animal Crackers in the evenings in Manhattan, during the day they filmed The Cocoanuts over in Queens at the Astoria Studios. In typical zany fashion, Groucho found his perfect comic foil in Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Rittenhouse), who played a succession of matronly high-society widows whom Groucho alternately insulted and pursued for their money. Her trademark deadpan was always able

to fend off Groucho’s attempts to drag her through the swamps of low comedy. Trained as an operatic singer and actress, she became a de facto “fifth brother,” starring in seven Marx Brothers films and two of their Broadway musicals, including Animal Crackers. How then do you stage a play so close-ly associated with its Marxian creators? According to Bruce Sevy, who directed this production, the actors portraying the famous siblings won’t be doing imita-tions per se.

“That would get tiresome,” he says. “The challenge is to in-habit the spirit of these guys

and their comedy so that the scenes live and breathe in the moment.” In a nod to the brothers’ musical virtuosity the actor playing Ravelli, the Chico role, will be doing some live tricks at the keyboard (one involving an orange). So is Animal Crackers serious theatre? Absolutely not. Is there a place in the theatre for laughter and silliness and comic anarchy? Absolutely. But let’s let Groucho have the final word. In a sardonic moment he once said: “If it weren’t for the brief respite we give the world with our foolishness, the world would see mass suicide in numbers that compare favorably with the death rate of lemmings.” Whoever would have thought “lemmings” could be the punchline of a joke? n

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This exhilarating refresh of Meredith Willson’s 1960 musical tells the rags-to-riches romance of Colorado’s own heroine, Molly Brown. With a new book by Dick Scanlan (Thoroughly Modern Millie), new songs from the Willson songbook and staging by Tony-winning director/choreog-rapher Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes), the tempestu-ous can’t-live-with-him/can’t-live-without-him love story that survived the Silver Boom, Gold Rush and sinking of the Titanic returns to the stage in an all-new production. 

A staple in classrooms for generations, Chicago Theatre Beat raves Lord of the Flies is a “powerful, passionate adaptation that breathes new life into the classic novel,” which tells the story of a group of English boys who become stranded on a deserted island. Intoxicated by sudden freedom, their games quickly descend to a savage struggle for power. A compelling glimpse into dystopia that explores the grimmest reaches of human nature and fragility of free will.

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Essential to the holiday season in Denver, A Christmas Carol promises to “warm your heart and renew your holi-day spirit” according to the Examiner. Based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, this joyous and opulent musical adaptation traces money-hoarding skinflint Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption. A Christmas Carol illuminates the meaning of the holiday season in a way that has resonated for generations.

Written by three-time Pulitzer nominee James Still, Appoggiatura follows three closely related Americans, each nursing a hunger and a hard-to-heal wound, as they travel to the romantic city of Venice seeking solace. As time bends and magic lies just around the corner, this favorite of the Colorado New Play Summit weaves a quirky and lyrical narrative exploring love, loss and the human soul.

Boasted a “masterful look at the end of life” by The Denver Post, this adaptation of best-selling Kent Ha-ruf’s novel takes place on the high plains of Colorado. The final chapter of a trilogy, Benediction is a power-ful drama about three souls searching for meaningful connections despite separation, loneliness and the race against time.

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APPOGGIATURABy James StillJan 16-Feb 22 • Ricketson Theatre

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BENEDICTION By Eric SchmiedlBased on the novel by Kent HarufJan 30-Mar 1• Space Theatre

WORLD PREMIERE

Part of the thrill of live theatre is the element of the unexpected. We are reviewing a few dynamic choices for our final production of the 2014/15 season. Stay tuned!

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In Connection With Steamboat All Arts Festival, Emerald City Opera presents

Giuseppe Verdi’s FALSTAFF(Sung in English)

August 15 & 17, 2014

Featuring: David Malis, Megan Marino,

Chad Armstrong, Keri Rusthoi and Max HosnerDirected by Glynis Leyshon | Orchestra conducted by Adam Flatt

The Opera Artist Institute presents

Henry Purcell’sDido and Aeneas

(Sung in English)August 10 & 16, 2014

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June 28 - August 10

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), Jane Avril, 1893, color lithograph, 48 ¾ x 36 inches,

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Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne:

Paris 1880-1910

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This exhibition is organized & circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia.

PRESENTING

Celebrating Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and 94 avant-garde artists in the Parisian artistic and

cultural scene, with over 180 objects that will delight you!

June 7 - August 17, 2014

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The 27th Annual Schomp BMW Denver Polo Classic

JUNE 27-29, 2014

An event of the Denver Active 20-30 Children’s Foundation benefiting at-risk and disadvantaged children

Friday, June 27, Del Frisco’s - Sullivan’s Black Tie Ball

Saturday, June 28, Family Day

Sunday, June 29, Lockton Championship Day

To purchase single day tickets or a weekend pass call 303-832-8390 or go to www.DenverPolo.com

Celebrating its 27th year, the Schomp BMW Denver Polo Classic is three days of exciting entertainment with all proceeds benefiting local children’s charities. The weekend events will take place at the exclusive Polo Reserve Development in Littleton. Set against the spectacular backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, under our signature white tent, patrons and guests of the Schomp BMW Denver Polo Classic will enjoy world-class polo matches, exquisite spirits, wines and beers, and gourmet food from some of the finest restaurants in Denver.

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We will never tell you to use your “inside voice”!

Audition and let your inner voice sing!Scheduling auditions for children entering

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We will never tell you to use your “inside voice”!

Audition and let your inner voice sing!Scheduling auditions for children entering

2nd-5th grades who love to sing and perform.ChildrensChorale.org or 303.892.5600

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When writer Chris D’Arienzo’s agent let him know that a musical based on ’80s heavy-metal hits was being pro-duced in Los Angeles, he knew he was the man to write the book. You might say he couldn’t “fight this feeling any lon-ger” or that he wouldn’t “stop believing,” but D’Arienzo knew he could do justice to some of the biggest hits of his youth by weaving them into a Broadway musical with real heart. To win the gig, however, he had to impress the producing team. “It was probably the ballsiest pitch of my life,” he says. When he arrived for the pitch meeting, he saw the writer who had just finished pitching shuffle out the room with deflated energy, and it lit a spark of inspiration inside D’Arienzo. “I walked to the conference room where all the producers were sitting and kicked in the door, threw my bag in, took my shirt off (revealing an authentic sleeveless Journey con-cert T-shirt underneath) and sauntered in like I was some kind of David Lee Roth character.” In a move that very easily could have gotten D’Arienzo kicked out of the building, he managed to impress the team of neophyte Broadway producers with his guts. They hired him immediately.  

D’Arienzo got to work. His gargantuan task was to identify pop and rock songs of the ’80s that he wanted to use, seek out the rights to use them, then

interlace them to tell a story. “For me it was important to make sure that the songs transitioned seamlessly with the book so that they really acted as dialogue, instead of, ‘Hey, let’s take a time out to sing an ’80s pop song,’ ” he says. “I wanted to find a way to re-conceive them as show tunes, as if they were written for the show and not plugged in.” He sought out songs he liked, that represented the era and the genre, and informed the emotional journey of the characters. “It was actually the most fun I’ve ever had writ-ing anything.” Some bands were understandably resistant to having their most famous rock anthems turned into a Broadway musical. “I get it,” says D’Arienzo. “If I was a hard rocker and someone told me they wanted to make a Broadway show out of my heavy-metal tunes, I would be very leery. But luckily a lot of them saw what we were trying to do.” The creative team found that it was mainly the bands that didn’t come see the show that staunchly refused use of their music. “It worked out, and I can honestly say that there isn’t a song in the show that I would replace.”

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When asked if there was one song that got away, one that he would have really wanted in the show, D’Arienzo says, “I always dreamt of starting the show with [Guns N’ Roses’] ‘Welcome to the Jungle.’ I was really bummed at first when they wouldn’t give it to us, but then I started playing with the opening and re-listened to David Lee Roth’s ‘Livin’ In Paradise’ and I realized that Roth’s song worked so much better… Although I think ‘Jungle’ is one of the greatest rock songs ever written, I do believe it was a happy accident and a real gift from Diamond Dave!”

With a portfolio of awesome ’80s tunes in hand, D’Arienzo cre-ated a plotline that spoke to the

spirit of rock’n’roll of the era. Sher-rie (as in ‘Oh Sherrie’) is an aspiring actress just off the bus seeking fame in L.A. She lands a job at a bar on the Sunset Strip and meets aspiring rocker Drew, who’s bussing tables waiting to make the big time. Along with other kooky denizens of the Strip, the two set out to save the bar (and the rock’n’roll lifestyle it represents) from greedy

developers plotting to tear it down. D’Arienzo knew two of the songs he had in hand would inform the plot—Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” and Starship’s “We Built This City.” “The other songs really informed character more…. I always tried to avoid songs that were really literal,” D’Arienzo says of his process. So as our hero and heroine fall in love, we rock out to Foreigner’s “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” and as the characters set out to follow their hearts we hear, “Here I Go Again on My Own” by Whitesnake, and as the crew protests against the developers, we chant, “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” In 2006, once the script was crafted, the creative team of Rock of Ages took the show to a bar in L.A, where the reception was enormously positive. “[The bar] was packed every night,” says D’Arienzo. “Then we went to Ve-

gas for ten days; that was soul-sucking and horrible…. There is nothing worse than trying to do theatre for a room full of really drunk gamblers coming in on Rascal scooters with Margaritas-by-the-Yard hanging around their necks.” The production moved to off-Broad-way in 2008, where it enjoyed a hugely successful run, and in 2009 transferred to Broadway. D’Arienzo spent five months working with the cast and crew to make the transition. “I can say with-out question [those were] the best five months of my professional life.” On the other hand, the team was not sure how audiences in New York, that mecca of high art, would receive such a cheeky, low-brow kind of show. “But people really dug it,” D’Arienzo recalls. “I was relieved, only because we were told from the beginning that New York would absolutely hate us. But we always believed in our show and the majority of people in the Broadway community really embraced [it] and made us feel right at home.”

Note to theatregoers over the age of 25: while the music will leave you dancing in the aisles and nostalgic

for a bygone era, the costumes in the show are equally authentic and may hit a bit close to home. “There were some really bad looks back then,” acknowl-edges D’Arienzo, “and I think I tried them all.” Pegged pants, layered tops, polo shirt upon polo shirt (collar up, of course), with a button-up on top and a T-shirt underneath, the styles, in retro-spect, were not kind. “But I have to say women’s clothes were more tragic. Ev-erything was either baggy and ill-fitting or super tight and slutty. There was very little in between.” D’Arienzo has stayed actively involved in the life of the show. In Manhattan he watched over the setting up of the re-opening of Rock of Ages on Broadway (after a brief hiatus and move to a smaller Broadway house). He also

adapted the screenplay for the feature film based on the musical (it starred Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Mary J. Blige and Alec Baldwin and was di-rected by Adam Shankman). In addition to the Broadway and New York runs, the film and the ongoing national tour, the show has enjoyed hit productions in Australia, Asia and England.

The world over, Rock of Ages has proved to be a light-hearted, joy-ful rock musical and a nostalgic

trip down memory lane for audiences. Never underestimate the power of rock anthems, garish outfits—and a good bit of hairspray. n

Genevieve Miller Holt is the General Manager for Broadway Across America in Cincinnati. Formerly, she was Direc-tor of PR & Promotions at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

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“For me it was important to make sure that the songs transitioned seamlessly with the book so that they really acted as dialogue, instead of, ‘Hey, let’s take a time out to sing an ’80s pop song.’ ” — Chris D’Arienzo

April 25 – 27 • Buell TheatreASL interpreted, Audio Described & Open Captioned • April 26, 2pm

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WELLS FARGO ADVISORSProudly working together for a better Colorado

A proud sponsor of the 2013/14 Denver Center Theatre

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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

Wells Fargo Advisors Rocky Mountain Market team members jumped into action collecting donations to aid wildfire victims.

Wells Fargo Advisors’ Managing Director - Market Manager Marc Beshany and his team presented a check for $18,000 to Jeff Reilly, Chief Development Officer of the American Red Cross Mile High Chapter.

The Colorado Springs branch raised more than $10,000 for the American Cancer Society with a Relay for Life team led by Stephen Drexler, Managing Director – Investments.

ONCEDenver Center Attractions

The Broadway division of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts

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BARBARA BROCCOLI JOHN N. HART JR. PATRICK MILLING SMITH FREDERICK ZOLLOBRIAN CARMODY MICHAEL G. WILSON ORIN WOLF PRODUCTIONS

ROBERT COLE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERin association with

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOPpresent

book music and lyrics

ENDA WALSH GLEN HANSARD & MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁbased on the motion picture written and directed by

JOHN CARNEYstarring

STUART WARD DANI DE WAALRAYMOND BOKHOUR MATT DEANGELIS JOHN STEVEN GARDNER DONNA GARNER EVAN HARRINGTON

RYAN LINK BENJAMIN MAGNUSON ALEX NEE ERICA SWINDELL KOLETTE TETLOW CLAIRE WELLIN scenic and costume design lighting design

BOB CROWLEY NATASHA KATZ sound design dialect coach casting

CLIVE GOODWIN STEPHEN GABIS JIM CARNAHAN, CSA/STEPHEN KOPEL associate director associate movement director resident music supervisor

SHAUN PEKNIC YASMINE LEE JASON DEBORD associate associate associate production set designer lighting designer sound designer manager

FRANK MCCOLLOUGH PETER HOERBURGER ALEX HAWTHORN AURORA PRODUCTIONS production stage manager tour press representative company manager general manager

DANIEL S. ROSOKOFF ALLIED LIVE CHRIS DANNER LISA M. POYERmusic supervisor and orchestrations

MARTIN LOWEmovement by

STEVEN HOGGETTdirected by

JOHN TIFFANYOnce was originally developed at the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in April 2011,

Diane Paulus, Artistic Director, Diane Borger, Producer

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ONCE THE COMPANY

STUART WARD

DANI DE WAAL

RAYMOND BOKHOUR

MATT DEANGELIS

JOHN STEVEN GARDNER

DONNA GARNER

EVAN HARRINGTON

RYAN LINK

ZANDER MEISNER

TINA STAFFORD

TIFFANY TOPOL

MATT WOLPE

BENJAMIN MAGNUSON

ALEX NEE

ERICA SWINDELL

KOLETTE TETLOW

CLAIRE WELLIN

ESTELLE BAJOU

CHARLEENE CLOSSHEY

STEPHEN MCINTYRE

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Da ......................................................................................... RAYMOND BOKHOURMandolin

Girl ..................................................................................................... DANI de WAALPiano

Švec ............................................................................................. MATT DeANGELISGuitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Drum Set, Percussion

Eamon ............................................................................ JOHN STEVEN GARDNERPiano, Guitar, Percussion, Melodica, Harmonica

Baruška ......................................................................................... DONNA GARNER(5/13-5/18) TINA STAFFORD

Accordion, ConcertinaBilly......................................................................................... EVAN HARRINGTON

Guitar, Percussion, UkuleleEmcee .......................................................................................................RYAN LINK

Guitar, BanjoBank Manager ................................................................... BENJAMIN MAGNUSON

Cello, GuitarAndrej ........................................................................................................ALEX NEE

Electric Bass, Ukulele, Guitar, PercussionEx-Girlfriend ................................................................................ERICA SWINDELL

Violin, PercussionIvanka .........................................................................................KOLETTE TETLOWGuy .................................................................................................... STUART WARD

GuitarRéza ................................................................................................ CLAIRE WELLIN

Violin

DANCE CAPTAIN—ERICA SWINDELL

MUSIC CAPTAIN—JOHN STEVEN GARDNER

Stuart Ward is appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity.

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies and standbys never substitute for listed performers

unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Eamon—ZANDER MEISNER, MATT WOLPEFor Andrej—ZANDER MEISNER, MATT WOLPEFor Réza—ESTELLE BAJOU, CHARLEENE CLOSSHEY, ERICA SWINDELLFor Guy—RYAN LINK, ALEX NEEFor Da—STEPHEN McINTYREFor Girl—ERICA SWINDELL, TIFFANY TOPOLFor Baruška—TINA STAFFORDFor Švec—ZANDER MEISNER, MATT WOLPEFor Bank Manager—STEPHEN McINTYREFor Ex-Girlfriend—ESTELLE BAJOU, CHARLEENE CLOSSHEYFor Billy—STEPHEN McINTYRE, MATT WOLPEFor Emcee—ZANDER MEISNER, MATT WOLPE

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

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ACT ONE“Leave” .................................................................................................................................. Guy

“Falling Slowly” .........................................................................................................Guy & Girl

“North Strand” ...............................................................................................................Ensemble

“The Moon” ............................................................................................... Andrej (as Ensemble)

“Ej, Pada, Pada, Rosicka” ..............................................................................................Ensemble

“If You Want Me” ..........................................................................................Guy, Girl, Ensemble

“Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy” ........................................................................ Guy

“Say It to Me Now” ............................................................................................................... Guy

“Abandoned in Bandon” ........................................................................................Bank Manager

“Gold” ................................................................................................................Guy & Ensemble

ACT TWO“Sleeping” .............................................................................................................................. Guy

“When Your Mind’s Made Up” .....................................................................Guy, Girl, Ensemble

“The Hill” ................................................................................................................................Girl

“Gold” (A capella) .........................................................................................................Company

“The Moon” ...................................................................................................................Company

“Falling Slowly” (Reprise) ............................................................................Guy, Girl, Ensemble

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STUART WARD (Guy) is an English actor who studied at LIPA in Liverpool. He is a passionate singer-songwriter; his debut EP Pictures is available for purchase at the merchandise stand in the theater lobby. More info at www.stuartward.net. West End: Once, The Recruiting Officer (Donmar), Dreamboats and Petticoats. NYC: The Hired Man. UK theater: The Go-Between, The Mayor of Zalamea. Television: “Downton Abbey,” “Holby City” and “Anthem for Doomed Youth.” Film: Our Girl.

DANI de WAAL (Girl). Broadway: Picnic. West End: Mamma Mia! (Sophie Sheridan). Edinburgh Fringe: Just So. Workshops: The Last Ship, LIFT, Defect. Film: Non-Stop. Dani trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London. “Thank you Stone Manners Salners. Love to the Support System, near and far.”

RAYMOND BOKHOUR (Da). Broadway: Chicago (Helen Hayes Best Actor nomina-tion). Film: Man on the Moon, Changing Lanes. TV: “30 Rock,” “Flight of the Conchords,” “Third Watch,” “L&O.” Also a composer recorded by London Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, Moravian Philharmonic. Co-authored The Suicide: A Musical Comedy directed in concert by John Rando. “For you, Dad.”

MATT DeANGELIS (Švec). Broadway, West End, and first national tour of Hair (Woof) and the first national tour of Green Day’s American Idiot. He’s hum-bled to be performing with this clan of wonderful people and musicians. He believes in optimism, kindness, marriage equality, Actors’ Equity Association and the Boston Red Sox! Twitter: Mattdeangelis22.

JOHN STEVEN GARDNER (Eamon) . NYC: Under the Greenwood Tree (Flea Theater). Regional: Shakespeare Theatre of N.J., Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland). B.F.A.: Ithaca College. “Thank you Jim Carnahan and Stephen Kopel, creative team, cast and crew! Love to Mom and Dad.”

DONNA GARNER (Baruška). Selected theater: Thea in Two Pianos, Four Hands (Canadian tour, Portsmouth, N.H. Opera House); Vi Petty in Buddy Holly (Theatre Aquarius, Charlottetown Festival, Stage West Calgary); Fräulein Schneider in Cabaret; Vicki in Full Monty (Rose Theatre); Fairy Godmother (Disney). “To my love: ‘I carry your heart.’”

EVAN HARRINGTON (Billy) is immensely grateful to be a part of this show! Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher (Alf), Avenue Q (Brian), The Phantom of the Opera (Piangi). Regional: Assassins (John Hinckley, Jr.), Sweeney Todd (Beadle/Pirelli), Into the Woods (Baker), The Full Monty (Dave). TV: “30 Rock.” evanharrington.com.

RYAN LINK (Emcee, u/s Guy). Broadway: Wonderland (Knight/Rabbit u/s), Hair (Berger/Woof u/s), Rent (Roger). Tours: Hair (Woof), Aida (Radames s/b). Hometown: Seattle. Actors’ Equity since 2002. Proudly “going through it” since 2007, and now teaching at Matthew Corozine Studio (NYC). “For Granny and Grandpa, who knew the joys of music. Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu….” ryanlink.com.

B E N J A M I N M A G N U S O N (Bank Manager). Broadway/tour: Sweeney Todd (2005 revival and tour), Guys and Dolls (2009 revival),

Les Misérables (25th anniversary). Regional: American Conservatory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Human Race Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane. Film/television: The Other Guys, “30 Rock.” Training: CCM. For Em. benjaminmagnuson.com.

ALEX NEE (Andrej, u/s Guy). Credits include international tour of American Idiot (Johnny), Rent (Roger), Spring Awakening (Melchior) and The Who’s Tommy (Hawker). Proud Northwestern alum. He can’t believe that he gets to chill in a pub and jam with such beautiful people. “Thank you for everything, I have no complaints whatsoever.” @alexnee42.

E R I C A S W I N D E L L (Ex-Girlfriend, u/s Girl, Réza). Broadway: Once (Girl u/s, Réza u/s, Ex-Girlfriend u/s). Off-Broadway: Mary Broome (Mint Theater Company). NYC theater: Romeo and Juliet (American Globe Theatre), The Lady Drug Dealer (Fringe NYC). Regional: Much Ado About Nothing (Penn Shakes). “Love to family. For Gdawg.” ericaswindell.com.

KOLETTE TETLOW (Ivanka). Age 8, national tour debut! Credits include commercials/print ads. “Thank you David Doan, Rochelle Shulman of RKS, Erin Kesser and Bob Marks for your guidance. Love to my Pittsburgh family and friends. Thank you mom and dad for every-thing! Thrilled to be a part of Once!” kolettetetlow.com.

CLAIRE WELLIN (Réza) . Broadway: Once . Regional: Eastland (Lookingglass Theatre); To Kill a Mockingbird and Man In Love (Steppenwolf Theatre); A

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Christmas Carol (The Goodman Theatre); and Killer Joe (Profiles Theatre). Claire leads the gypsy folk band Youth in a Roman Field and contributes to the Chicago-based Glad Fanny. B.F.A., Minnesota S ta te Univers i ty Manka to . clairewellin.com.

ESTELLE BAJOU (u/s Réza, Ex-Girlfriend) is wonderstruck to join this remarkable troupe. Thea te r : PS122 , LaMaMa, Rattlestick, HERE, Lark PDC, 59E59, Abingdon. Tour: The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne). TV: “Boardwalk Empire.” Film: Chaplin of the Mountains. “Pour toi, maman.” estellebajou.com.

CHARLEENE CLOSSHEY (u/s Réza, Ex-Girlfriend) Broadway: Once (u/s Reza, ExGirlfriend). NYC Theatre: produced, composed score, and starred in Feather: A Musical Portrait (NYMF). Regional: Hair, Nine, Striking 12. Film: Balsam Falls, A Thousand Cuts, and Hushabye. With gratitude and love! www.charleeneclosshey.com

STEPHEN McINTYRE (u/s Da, Bank Manager, Billy). Shenandoah 1989 Broadway debut. Sweeney Todd 2006 Broadway and national tour (Jonas Fogg and Upright Bass/Cello). Broadway pit orches-tras with tuba: Chicago, Chitty…. “Thank you Janet for 25 years of love and encouragement.”

ZANDER MEISNER (u/s Andrej, Švec, Eamon, Emcee) is elated to be a part of Once. National tours: Annie (Rooster), Cats (Rum Tum Tugger). NYC/regional: FringeNYC, Drilling Company, Northlight among many more. Graduate: IU Music. Thanks to Stephen Kopel, Jim Carnahan, SpotCo and all who led him to this.

TINA STAFFORD (u/s Baruška). New York: Ionescopade (York Theatre), I Married Wyatt Earp (59

E. 59), Illyria (Prospect Theatre Co.). Regional: Westport Country Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Denver Center, Arena Stage, Paper Mill, Goodspeed Musicals, Shakespeare Theatres of New Jersey, Maine, Utah and Texas. Equity!

TIFFANY TOPOL (u/s Girl). Credits include Xanadu (first national tour), Writers’ Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Milwaukee Rep. Tiffany collaborates with castmate Claire Wellin in her band, Glad Fanny, while also contributing to Claire’s proiect, Youth in a Roman Field.

MATT WOLPE (u/s Andrej, Švec, Eamon, Emcee, Billy). Regional: Ensemble Theatre, Kirk Douglas, Pasadena Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, La Mirada. Matt attended The Boston Conservatory and Berklee College of Music. He’s also an accomplished songwriter. “Love and thanks to Mom, Pops, Saunders/Wolpe crew and Gage.” Info and music: MattWolpe.com.

ENDA WALSH (Playwright) is an Irish playwright living in London. He is the winner of numerous inter-national awards, and his work has been translated and produced world-wide. Recent plays: Misterman (Landmark, Ireland); Penelope, The New Electrical Ballroom, The Walworth Farce (all Druid Theatre, Ireland). Other plays: Chatroom, The Small Things, Bedbound, Disco Pigs. Shorter plays: How These Desperate Men Talk, Lynndie’s Gotta Gun, Gentrification, My Friend Duplicity, Room 303. Film: Hunger. Walsh was awarded the Tony Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for his work on Once.

GLEN HANSARD (Music and Lyrics). Film: The Commitments, Once. Albums: Strict Joy, the soundtrack of Once (Academy

Award, Best Original Song, “Falling Slowly”), The Swell Season, The Cost, Burn the Maps, Set List: Live in Dublin, For the Birds, Dance the Devil, Fitzcarraldo, Another Love Song.

MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ (Music and Lyrics). Film: Once. Albums: The Swell Season, the soundtrack of Once (Academy Award, Best Original Song “Falling Slowly”), Strict Joy, Anar.

JOHN CARNEY (Writer and Director of the Film, Once) is a Dublin-based writer-director who came to the world’s attention fol-lowing the box office hit and criti-cally acclaimed musical feature film Once, which garnered multiple Independent Spirit, Sundance and Raindance awards. Previously, John was a bassist in the Irish rock band the Frames, where he met Glen Hansard. These musical roots con-tinue to be evident in John’s work with his latest production, Can a Song Save Your Life?, heading into production in NYC. Other upcoming projects include Dogs of Babel for David Heyman and Nathan Kahane starring Steve Carell and a feature adaptation of M.R. James’s Casting the Runes for Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.

JOHN TIFFANY (Director) won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his work on Once. Recent work: The Glass Menagerie (Broadway and A.R.T.); Let the Right One In; Macbeth (also Broadway); Enquirer; The Missing; Peter Pan; The House of Bernarda Alba; The Bacchae; Black Watch (Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director, Critics’ Circle Award for Best Director); Elizabeth Gordon Quinn; Home: Glasgow (all National Theatre of Scotland); Jerusalem (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Las Chicas del Tres y Media Floppies (Granero

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Theatre, Mexico City; Edinburgh Festival Fringe); If Destroyed True, Mercury Fur, The Straits (Paines Plough); Gagarin Way (Traverse, Edinburgh). Education: University of Glasgow (M.A. in Theatre and Classics). Associate Director (National Theatre of Scotland, 2005–2012). Radcliffe Fellow (Harvard University, academic year 2010–2011). Associate Director (Royal Court).

S T E V E N H O G G E T T (Movement). For Once, Steven won the Obie, Lortel and Calloway awards. Broadway: The Glass Menagerie (also A.R.T.), American Idiot, Peter and the Starcatcher (Lortel Award). West End: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. International: Rocky the Musical (Stage Entertainments), Rigoletto (Met Opera), The Full Monty (Sheffield), Let the Right One In, Black Watch (Olivier Award, Best Choreographer) (National Theatre of Scotland), The Light Princess (Royal National Theatre), What’s It All About (NYTW), Lovesong, Beautiful Burnout, Othello (TMA Award, Best Director) (Frantic Assembly, founding Artistic Director).

MARTIN LOWE (Musical Supervisor, Orchestrations and Additional Material) was awarded Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk and Obie awards for his work on Once. Theater: Once (NYTW); Jedermann (Salzburg Festival); The Light Princess; War Horse; Caroline, or Change; Jerry Springer: The Opera; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Nation (National Theatre); An Appointment with the Wicker Man; The Wolves in the Walls (National Theatre of Scotland/Improbable); Mamma Mia! (London, Tokyo, Seoul, international tour, Stockholm, Shanghai); The Full Monty; Once on This Island; Cats; Les Misérables

(West End). Recordings: Once, Mamma Mia! (original London cast and movie soundtrack), Jerry Springer: The Opera. Martin was musical director for Mamma Mia! the movie (Universal).

BOB CROWLEY (Scenic and Costume Design). Theater includes The History Boys (National Theatre; Broadway, Tony Award); Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Plantagenets (RSC, Olivier Award); Don Carlos (Met); Pavane and Anastasia (Royal Ballet); La Traviata (ROH); Alice in Wonderland (ROH, Canada). Broadway: The Coast of Utopia (Tony), Carousel (Tony), Disney’s Aida (Tony), Tarzan, Mary Poppins (Tony), The Year of Magical Thinking. Crowley won a Tony Award for his work on Once. Recipient of the Royal Designer for Industry Award and the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design.

NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) won a Tony for her work on Once. She has designed exten-sively for plays, musicals, dance, opera and architectural instal-lations in the U.S. and through-out the world. Recent Broadway: Motown, Follies, Hedda Gabler, Sister Act, The Addams Family, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, Aida and Beauty and the Beast. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Broadway League Touring Award, Whatsonstage, The Lucille Lortel and The Ruth Morly Design Award. Natasha is thrilled to be working on Once again.

CLIVE GOODWIN (Sound Design). Broadway: The Glass Menagerie, Once (Tony Award, Best Sound Design of a Musical). London West End: Once. Off-Broadway: Once (Lortel nomi-nation for Outstanding Sound Design), What’s It All About.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), Cambridge, Mass.: Pippin, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Prometheus Bound, The Blue Flower (IRNE and Elliot Norton awards for Best Sound Design of A Musical), Cabaret with Amanda Palmer. Worldwide: Sound designer/engineer for Radiohead, Underworld, Pulp. Film/televi-sion: Greetings from Tim Buckley, “Dancing with the Stars” (BBC), “Later with Jools Holland” (BBC), “The Sound of Musicals” (BBC).

STEPHEN GABIS (Dialect Coach). Selected Broadway/Off-Broadway: Tribes, Magic/Bird, Look Back in Anger, Man and Boy, Bluebird, Through a Glass Darkly, Lombardi, The 39 Steps, A View From the Bridge, Lend Me a Tenor, Port Authority, Memphis, Jersey Boys, Coram Boy, Brief Encounter, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Doubt. Regional: Educating Rita (Huntington); Shirley Valentine, The Train Driver (Long Wharf). Selected film/TV: “Prime Suspect,” “Boardwalk Empire,” Salt, Across the Universe, “Bernard and Doris.”

L I Z C A P L A N V O C A L S T U D I O S , L L C ( Vo c a l Supervisor). Broadway: Motown: The Musical, The Book of Mormon, American Idiot, Rock of Ages, 13 (JRB). Off-Broadway: Once (NYTW), Voca People. Consultant: Dogfight (2nd Stage), Chaplin, Bring It On, Wicked, Godspell, Next to Normal, In the Heights, Rent. Film: Shame, Les Misérables. Television: “The Colbert Report,” “Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell.” Recording artists: The Bedingfield, The Donnas, Goo Goo Dolls, Lily Allen, Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun, Pnau), Chantal Claret (Morningwood), Eric Hutchinson. Tony Award-winning students: Nikki M. James, Steve Kazee and Patina Miller. Lizcaplan.com.

WHO’S WHO in the CAST

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JIM CARNAHAN (Casting). Roundabout’s director of artis-tic development. Shows cast for Roundabout: Harvey, Anything Goes, The Road to Mecca, The Importance of Being Earnest, Sondheim on Sondheim, Bye Bye Birdie, Sunday in the Park…, 110 in the Shade, The Pajama Game, Twelve Angry Men, Assassins, Twentieth Century, Nine, Big River, Cabaret. Other Broadway: The Mountaintop, On a Clear Day…, Jerusalem, Arcadia, The Scottsboro Boys, La Bête, American Idiot, The Seagull, Spring Awakening, Boeing-Boeing, Curtains, The Pillowman, La Cage, Chitty…, Democracy, Fiddler on the Roof, …Millie. Film: A Home at the End of the World, Flicka. TV: “Glee” (Emmy nom.).

SHAUN PEKNIC (Associate Director) . Broadway: Once (Associate Director). West End: Once (Associate Director). Select directing credits: Pageant Princess (Bleecker Street Theatre), The Girl With the Red Balloon (The Tank), Must Be the Music (Ars Nova), Pieces (Gene Frankel Theatre), Chaser (NYC Fringe Festival), Aimless (Theatre Row), A Streetcar Named Desire (New York University). Education: NYU (B.F.A.), Lincoln Center Directors Lab.

YASMINE LEE (Associate Movement Director). Tender Napalm, Once (A.R.T., NYTW, Broadway, West End); Rent (Broadway); Momix ; Brown Butterfly; The Dunham Technique; Across the Universe; Malcolm X; Renato Zero Fonopoly; Canale 5 AMICI Di Maria De Fellipi; open-ing Guggenheim Bilbao; opening ceremonies 2014 winter Olympic Games.

JASON DeBORD (Resident Music Supervisor). Broadway: Shrek, Rock of Ages, Legally Blonde, Lestat, All Shook Up and Rent. Off-Broadway:

Bare, Fat Camp, Bat Boy The Musical. National tours: A Chorus Line, Rent, Urinetown The Musical. Film: Every Little Step. More at jasondebord.com.

F R A N K M c C U L L O U G H (Associate Scenic Designer) has contributed to the designs for more than 25 Broadway shows includ-ing Once, War Horse, The Book of Mormon, The Addams Family, The Coast of Utopia and others. Frank is originally from Evansville, Ind. and trained at Webster University in St. Louis.

P E T E R H O E R B U R G E R (Associate Lighting Designer). Recent Broadway ALD Credits: Betrayal (Barrymore Theater); Once (Broadway and West End); Scandalous (Neil Simon Theater); Bring It On (St. James Theatre); The Mountaintop (Jacob’s Theater); GhettoKlown (Lyceum Theatre); Elf (Al Hirschfeld Theatre); faculty at Purchase College.

ALEX HAWTHORN (Associate Sound Designer). Brooklyn-based sound designer and engineer for theater and live music. Broadway, Associate: Aladdin, A Christmas Story, Chaplin, Newsies, Memphis, A View From the Bridge, Hair. Alex has designed and engineered concerts, live events and theater both nationally and internationally.

AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Produc t ion Managemen t ) . Current projects: The Book of Mormon (Broadway, national tour and Chicago), Once (Broadway), Anything Goes (national tour), Matilda, Soul Doctor, Bad Jews, The Winslow Boy, Big Fish, Betrayal, No Man’s Land, Waiting for Godot and Machinal. Aurora has been providing technical super-vision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989. auroraprod.com.

D A N I E L S . R O S O K O F F (Production Stage Manager). B r o a d w a y : D i r t y R o t t e n Scoundrels, By Jeeves, Swinging on a Star, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Tours: Sister Act, The Addams Family, 9 to 5: The Musical, Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Barry Manilow’s Copacabana , Jo l son : The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Regional: many.

E. CAMERON HOLSINGER (Stage Manager). Tours: The Addams Family, 9 to 5, Wicked, …Spelling Bee, The Grinch. New York: Fuerza Bruta. Regional: Wicked (Chicago), The Grinch (L.A.), The Addams Family (Buenos Aires), The Alliance Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater. A graduate of Wright State University.

AARON ELGART (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Newsies; Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It; Wit; Bonnie and Clyde; Wonderland; La Cage Aux Folles (2010). Off-Broadway: The New York Idea. National Tours: Sister Act; The Addams Family; 9 to 5 The Musical. Regional: Cutman (Goodspeed Musicals). A graduate of University of Colorado Boulder.

ALLIED LIVE (Marketing and Press) is a full-service market-ing and advertising agency repre-senting Broadway shows, national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment enti-ties. 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

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You, West Side Story and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

CHRIS DANNER (Company Manager). When not on the road, Chris calls Puerto Vallarta home. He has enjoyed touring around the world for the past 14 years as company manager for The Addams Family, 9 to 5, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, My Fair Lady, Blue Man Group, The Light in the Piazza, Annie, Oliver!, Cover Girls, Blue’s Clues Live!, The Magic of David Copperfield. “My love to Gabriel and Maddox.”

AARON QUINTANA (Associate Company Manager). Broadway: Next to Normal, The Addams Family. National Tours: Disney’s The Lion King. Aaron also served as the opera-tions associate for Denver Center Attractions. Thanks to his family and friends for the continuous support.

LISA M. POYER (General Manager). Broadway includes: Once, Orphans, That Championship Season, A Steady Rain, A Raisin in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Crucible, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Moon for the Misbegotten, The Price, Death of a Salesman, Freak, An Ideal Husband, Having Our Say, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, A Streetcar Named Desire, Lend Me a Tenor, Fences. Graduate: Harvard College and Law School, admitted to practice law in N.Y.

B A R B A R A B R O C C O L I (Producer) has been part of the James Bond world all of her life. The daughter of Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, who turned 007 into the longest-running series in movie history, Barbara began working on the Bond films at the age of 17. With Michael G. Wilson, she pro-duced the past seven Bond films, including the most recent, Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes and star-

ring Daniel Craig. Theater includes Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London, Broadway), A Steady Rain starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman.

JOHN N. HART JR. (Producer). Mr. Hart has produced more than 15 Broadway shows, includ-ing the current revival of The Glass Menagerie, Once, Seminar, Chicago, Annie Get Your Gun, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Hamlet, The Who’s Tommy and the Nathan Lane revival of Guys and Dolls. Mr. Hart’s pro-ductions have garnered him four Tony Awards. His feature films include Boys Don’t Cry, You Can Count on Me, Home at the End of the World, Proof and Revolutionary Road.

PATRICK MILLING SMITH (Producer) co-founded, with Brian Carmody, the bicoastal and interna-tional production house Smuggler Inc., an industry leader in music videos, film and commercials. In 2011 Smuggler was awarded the Cannes Lions Palme d’Or along with Clio and British Arrows awards for Production Company of the Year. Patrick served on the Board of Trustees of the NY Theatre Workshop and was among this year’s six honorees of the Made in NY Awards presented by Mayor Bloomberg. Patrick most recently produced the film Greetings from Tim Buckley and the Broadway pro-duction of Seminar featuring Alan Rickman.

FREDERICK ZOLLO (Producer). New York productions include Orphans; Lucky Guy; A Steady Rain; That Championship Season; The Farnsworth Invention; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; ’night, Mother; King Hedley II; On Golden Pond; The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel; Death and the Maiden; Hurlyburly; Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika; Private

Lives; Caroline, or Change; Frozen; The Goat; Our Country’s Good; Butley; The Hairy Ape; Buried Child; Talk Radio; Marvin’s Room; Oleanna; Goose and Tomtom; Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll; Aven’U Boys. London productions include Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Glengarry Glen Ross, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Breaking the Silence, Camille, The Cryptogram. Films include Mississippi Burning, Quiz Show, The Paper, Ghosts of Mississippi, Naked in New York, The Music of Chance, Resurrecting the Champ, In the Gloaming, Lansky and the just-com-pleted Sweet Lorraine and Greetings From Tim Buckley. Mr. Zollo and Robert Cole are producing partners in Grey Matter Theatre Productions.

BRIAN CARMODY (Producer). An Irish native from Skibbereen, County Cork, Brian co-founded, with Patrick Milling Smith, the bicoastal and international pro-duction house Smuggler Inc., an industry leader in film, theater and commercials. In 2011 Smuggler was awarded the Cannes Lions Palme d’Or along with Clio and British Arrows awards for Production Company of the Year. Also in 2011, Brian served as the chairman of AICP’s 20th annual awards show. He served on the jury of the Cannes Lions Festival and was among that year’s six honorees of the Made in NY Awards presented by Mayor Bloomberg. He’s presently produc-ing the upcoming film Flat Lake directed by Kevin Allen, which is set in Ireland. Passions: his wife’s cook-ing, Liverpool football club, golf and being home in Ireland as often as possible.

M I C H A E L G . W I L S O N (Producer) began his producing career in 1976 working with Cubby Broccoli on The Spy Who Loved Me, and they co-produced the next six Bond films, five of which he co-wrote. He then went on to produce

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the hugely successful Golden Eye with his sister Barbara Broccoli, fol-lowed by the next five 007 releases. Together they produced the 23rd Bond adventure, Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig. Michael was awarded the OBE in Her Majesty the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in 2008. Theater includes Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London, Broadway), A Steady Rain starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman.

ORIN WOLF PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Broadway: That Championship Season and A View From the Bridge, both directed by Gregory Mosher. Off-Broadway: Groundswell directed by Scott Elliott, Robert Wuhl’s Assume the Position (Ars Nova), History of the Word (Vineyard). Producing partner Styles Four (John Styles and Dave Clemmons) credits on Broadway: Driving Miss Daisy, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Talk Radio, Spring Awakening (Tony Award). Orin is the recipient of the T-Fellowship for Creative Producing at Columbia University in conjunction with Hal Prince. Orin, with partners John Styles and David Schwartz, pro-duced Judy Gold’s 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother and run OBB/Off Broadway Booking (obbbnyc.com).

ROBERT COLE (Executive Producer) made his Broadway pro-ducing debut in 1984 with August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He is the recipient of four Tony Awards. Other credits include That Championship Season (2011); A Steady Rain (Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman); The Crucible (Liam Neeson and Laura Linney); Death of a Salesman (Brian Dennehy); Angels in America; Horton Foote’s The Young Man from Atlanta; Redwood Curtain (Lanford Wilson); Elaine Stritch: At Liberty; Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (Eric Bogosian); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Gary Sinise); Freak (John Leguizamo); and

Emily Mann’s Having Our Say. Mr. Cole produced the film Tape (Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke).

NYTW (Producer) is an Off-Broadway theater dedicated to sup-porting theater artists at all stages of their careers. The Workshop is represented on Broadway this season with Once and Peter and the Starcatcher and is renowned for a long list of acclaimed work, including Jonathan Larson’s Rent, Tony Kushner’s Homebody/ Kabul, Caryl Churchill’s Far Away and A Number, Doug Wright’s Quills, Claudia Shear’s Dirty Blonde, Will Power’s The Seven and Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s Aftermath. NYTW’s productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, four Tony Awards and assorted Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards.

A.R.T. (Workshop Producer) at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., is one of the country’s most celebrated regional theaters and winner of numerous awards, includ-ing the Tony and the Pulitzer Prize. It was founded by Robert Brustein in 1980. Diane Paulus became artis-tic director in 2008 and continues A.R.T.’s mission to expand the boundaries of theater with innova-tive work such as Sleep No More, Prometheus Bound and the recent production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, winner of the 2012 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

A C T O R S ’ E Q U I T Y ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working con-ditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organi-zation of performing arts unions.

The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org.

PRODUCTION STAFF FOR ONCE

GENERAL MANAGEMENTROBERT COLE PRODUCTIONS

Lisa M. Poyer Steven Rowe Hallie Bowen

COMPANY MANAGEMENTCompany Manager ......................... Chris Danner Associate Company Manager ....... Aaron Quintana

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTAURORA PRODUCTIONS

Gene O’Donovan Ben Heller Chris Minnick, Anita Shah, Anthony Jusino, Jarid

Sumner, Liza Luxenberg, Rachel London, David Cook, Bridget Van Dyke, Melissa Mazdra, & Cat Nelson

EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTIONTHE ROAD COMPANY

Stephen Lindsay Brett SirotaMagaly Barone Shawn Willet Jenny KirlinJustine Spingler Garrett Holtz Allie Beik

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ALLIED LIVELaura Matalon Marya Peters

Jennifer Gallagher Jacqueline SmithDoug Blemker, Mary Alyce Blum, Sarah Dahlberg,

Andrew Damer, John Gilmour, Anne Dailey Meyer, Meghan McDonald

CASTINGJim Carnahan, CSA Stephen Kopel

Carrie Garnder, Jillian Cimini, Lain Lunin,Logan Reid, Heather Washburn

Production Stage Manager ...... Daniel S. RosokoffStage Manager ................. E. Cameron HolsingerAssistant Stage Manager ................. Aaron ElgartStage Mgmnt. Production Assistant Amy RamsdellAssociate Director ..........................Shaun PeknicAssociate Movement Director ...........Yasmine LeeResident Music Supervisor ............. Jason DeBordAssociate Music Supervisor for Mounting the U.S. Tour ............. Jim HensonAssociate Scenic Designer ....... Frank McCulloughAssociate Lighting Designer ......Peter HoerburgerAssociate Sound Designer ............ Alex HawthornMoving Light Programmer .................Sean BeachProduction Carpenter.............. Jonathan WildesenProduction Electrician ....................Michael PitzerAssistant Production Electrician ... Jeremy WahlersProduction Sound ...............................Phillip LojoAssistant Production Sound ........Jason ChoquetteProduction Prop Coordinator ......Matthew HodgesNYTW Costume Liason..................Jeffrey WallachDialect Coach .............................. Stephen GabisCzech Dialect Consultant ................ Pavel ZustiakVocal Coach ........ Vocal Studios, LLC / Liz CaplanAssistant to John N. Hart, Jr ..... Maximillian TraberAssistant to Patrick Milling Smith Catherine Waage

TOURING CREWHead Carpenter ...................... Jonathan WildesenFly Carpenter ..............................Christian YoungHead Electrician ...........................Steve LaPlante

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Assistant Electrician ............Stephanie McFarlandHead Propsman .......................... Gardner FrisciaHead Sound Engineer .......... Walter “Wes” ShafferAssistant Sound Engineer ................Kevin McCoyInstrument Tech .............................Tim BjorklundWardrobe Supervisor ................Marcia VanKuikenChild Wrangler ................................Leah Osborn

Tutoring Services ..............On Location EducationAlan Simon, Jodi Green

Touring Teacher...............................Leah OsbornAdvertising ..................... SpotCo / Drew HodgesWebsite Design ............ SpotCo / Sara FitzpatrickProduction Photographer ................. Joan MarcusLegal ...... Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C.

Jonathan LonnerImmigration Counsel .... Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP

Mark D. KoestlerAdditional Immigration Counsel .................................Shannon K. SuchAccounting .................FK Partners / Robert FriedComptroller......................... Anne Stewart FitzroyInsurance ..................................DeWitt Stern Inc.Banking .....City National Bank / Anne McSweeneyPayroll ...........................Castellana Services, Inc.Merchandising The Araca Group / Meghan RhoadsMerchandise Manager....................Claudia LeinerHousing Services ..............................Road Rebel

Kate Hawn, Kendra SmithFlights Tzell Travel / Andi Henig & Alan BraunsteinBussing Services ..... Road Rebel / Jeremy DeckerTrucking .......................................Clark TransferRental Car Services ..Enterprise / Natalie CordovaPhysical Therapy .....Neuro Tour Physical Therapy, Inc.

Carolyn M. LawsonTheater Displays .....................King Displays, Inc.

International Booking Inquiries ...................... National Artists Mgmnt.

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CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSScenery and scenic effects built, painted, and electrified by Show Motion, Inc., Milford CT. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting. Video equipment from PRG Video. Sound equipment by Masque Sound®. Banjo built by Nechville Musical Products. Cellos and violins provided by Samuel Kolstein & Son; Hosiery and undergarments sup-plied by Bra*Tenders; Cosmetics provided by M•A•C Cosmetics; Emergen-C Health & Energy Drink Mix supplied by Alacer Corp.

SPECIAL THANKSSusan Keappock and David Grindrod

MUSIC CREDITS“On Raglan Road” by Patrick Kavanagh is per-formed by kind permission of the Trustees of the Estate of the late Katherine B. Kavanagh, through the Jonathan Williams Literary Agency.“Gold” composed by Fergus O’Farrell, published by Yell Music Ltd.“Abandoned in Bandon” composed by Martin Lowe, Andy Taylor and Enda Walsh.

Once on Tour rehearsed at Chelsea Studios, New York, NY

Original cast album now available onSony Masterworks

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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

Emily Lozow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Coordinator

DCPA MARKETING STAFFJennifer Nealson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Marketing Officer

Sylvie Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Publications

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Janet Flesch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Strategy and Insights

Suzanne Yoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Creative Services and Cultural Affairs

Jessica Bergin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Manager

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

Nathan Brunetti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Digital Manager

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

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

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Simone Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Project Manager

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

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Laura Kirby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Manager

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

Michelle Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Manager

Kirk Petersen . . . Assoc. Director of Ticket Services/Patron Relations

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Anthoney Sandoval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Box Office Manager

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INFORMATION SERVICESBruce Montgomery . . . . . . . . . Director of Information Services

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Bobby Jiminez . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Audience View Specialist

DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTDorothy Denny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Vice President

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

Linda Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director

David Zupancic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director

Jeremy P. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Director

Mary Mosher . . . . . . Manager, Membership Groups/Major Gifts

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In 2007, the seductive, off-beat Irish film once opened to glowing reviews and quickly developed a fervent following. This lyrical musical tells the story of two down-on-their-luck musicians: an angst-ridden Dublin street singer/songwriter who works as a vacuum cleaner repairman, and a Czech immigrant who sells flowers to support herself and her family. Girl (as she is known) initiates a friendship with Guy (as he is known), and in the course of a week they make music together, fall in love and part, but not before changing each other’s lives. The movie’s stars—Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova—also wrote much of the score and received an Oscar for their beautiful ballad, “Falling Slowly.” once is both graceful and gritty. It has a naturalism and intimacy that are generally best achieved in film, which explains why the Irish playwright Enda Walsh was less than enthusiastic when he was asked if he would write the book for a Broadway-style musical based on the movie. “I guffawed when my agent called and asked me to speak to the producers,” says Walsh. “I said, ‘What a stupid idea.’ It’s a two-hander with very little plot. It’s delicate. I called the producers and told them it wasn’t for me. There’s no tradition of musical theatre in Ireland. Then they told me John Tiffany was attached to it as director.” Walsh and Tiffany are longtime friends, and although Tiffany also had doubts at first as to the viability of the material as a musical, he convinced Walsh not to reject the idea outright. Says Walsh, “John said, ‘Let’s just take two days, and we can read the screenplay and listen to the songs and talk about it.’ I said, ‘Okay, we’ll do two days—and that’s all we’ll do.’ ” Well, not quite. “Those two days convinced us that we wanted to do this show,” says Tiffany.

The musical became such a critical and commercial success that it spawned a London production, a Broadway

show and a U.S. national tour—a journey that saw this modest undertaking win no fewer than eight 2012 Tony® Awards, including Best Musical, Best Book (Walsh), and Best Direction of a Musical (Tiffany). “I never think about adapting films for the stage. That’s not the way I work,” insists Tiffany. “When I was approached about once, I hadn’t even seen the film. But one of my best friends said, ‘You will love the music.’ So I downloaded the soundtrack—and I absolutely loved it. I’d never heard music like that. [It’s] the reason I wanted to do the show. Not just the music itself, but the fact that it’s a story about creating music, the healing power

of music. Immediately I thought, ‘We’re going to be able to see actors create that music in front of us.’ That’s really exciting. Actors have played instruments onstage for years, but not always in a show about making music.” In reading through John Carney’s screenplay, Walsh discovered there was much he could relate to. “I’m a big fan of the movie Brief Encounter, and I saw similarities,” he says. “There’s a bittersweet pang that really hurts. Very quickly I thought I was a good match for the material. I tend to write characters that are inarticulate and lonesome, and something comes into their life that changes them. From listening to the songs, I thought it might be good for me to do something about Ireland, which was so hurt in the recession. A little love letter to Dublin.

“That was my way in. You start by bringing two people together and getting them to talk to one another. The tone shows itself quickly, so you step out of the way and allow it to write itself. “I knew all along that there were markers. I just had to unlock a stage language that was right. As soon as the Girl started talking, I thought, ‘That’s the swagger of it.’ She became the style of it and the force of the piece—and the central storyteller.” The 12 adult members of the cast play at least one instrument and are onstage virtually throughout the show. “I didn’t want anyone on stage we didn’t get to know intimately,” says Tiffany. By individualizing each character, adds Walsh, “we built a community, and that became the heart of the piece. “They’re an ensemble of misshapen people who sing and tell the story. Watching them play the music and sing and find their voice is very beautiful and very strong. But in addition, we wanted the show to be hugely communal. So how do we do that? We allow the audience on stage.” Prior to the start of the show, the audience

is welcome to come up on stage, buy a drink at the bar, mingle with the cast. There’s a bit of a jam session going on. This bonding ritual obliterates the fourth wall. “We wanted the audience to own the experience,” says Walsh. As the show unfolds, the focus, of course, is on the relationship between Guy and Girl, but the audience also catches glimpses of the lives of the other characters.

“We needed to be sure that there are all these other love stories in the air. Each person is riffing

off a love that’s been lost, that got away. That was the key: for the audience to feel part of the experience, and look at the people on the stage and go, ‘They’re us.’ ” Casting the show wasn’t easy. “We needed actors who could act brilliantly, move and play instruments,” said Tiffany. They found them, “but it took ages,” he adds. “Casting the first production was easiest, because we arranged the music around the instruments the actors could play. We got used to having the bank manager play the cello, for instance, and a character named Baruska has to play the accordion because it fits who she is.” Because there are only a dozen performers on stage in once, they can’t hide. If they can’t play the piano, the guitar or the violin, they’re out. In addition, Walsh’s text is difficult to do and demands really good actors. Finally, Steven Hogget’s choreography may look easy, but it requires a great deal of skill. In the end, the material proved to be as powerful on stage as it is on film. “What’s very moving about the piece is how sometimes we meet people who we don’t necessarily stay with forever, but they give us the resources to move on to the next part of our life,” says Tiffany. “There’s something very truthful in that. People have said to me, ‘When I was sitting in the theatre watching once, I felt like I was watching it with everyone I’ve ever loved, whether or not they’re still in my life.’ ” n

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Director Michael Mayer played a similar role with American Idiot, the chart-busting 2004 album by the punk-pop band Green Day, which he helped shape into a Broadway show in 2010. But Mayer’s job proved a good deal more involved and

interpretive than McAnuff’s had been—not least because, while Green Day front man and main songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong proved open and cooperative, the narrative threads holding together the American Idiot album were more tenuous. “It’s not easy to follow,” Mayer admits of the record. “The story is deliberately am-biguous. It’s almost more an emotional narrative than it is a literal narrative.”

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Its rough outline follows a sad sack described in the song suite as “Jesus of Suburbia” as he travels into the depths of

a city nightlife, where he meets “punk-rock freedom fighter” St. Jimmy as well as an “Extraordinary Girl” later called simply “Whatshername.” “St. Jimmy is powerful and sexy and dangerous and possibly destructive,” Mayer explains, “and this girl, who’s a rebel, is someone with whom he has some real connection.” There’s not a lot else in terms of concrete story points, Mayer concedes. “What you glean from listening to the album a lot, and reading it in a particular way, is that Jesus returns home having experienced the suicide of St. Jimmy and the destruction of his relationship with the girl. It’s kind of a mock-heroic return. Billie Joe describes it as one step forward, two steps back.” That wouldn’t be enough to sustain an evening of theatre, in other words. Besides, Armstrong, though open to the idea of a stage version, wasn’t a playwright. That left Mayer—who had a background in shepherding both bracing new works and unlikely adaptations to the stage, from The Triumph of Love to Thoroughly Modern Millie to Spring Awakening—to embark on his first professional writing gig (he shares book-writing credit with Armstrong). “It was the conceit of the project that I would take the record and basically write a story onto it and from inside it,” Mayer says. “All the songs are intact and in order” (and there are a few bonus tracks, courtesy of Green Day’s follow-up album, 21st Cen-tury Breakdown). Though Armstrong’s lyr-ics are virtually the only text

of the show, Mayer did invent characters and situations. “Jesus of Suburbia,” a.k.a. Johnny, now has two friends: Will, who stays home to molder in the small town, and Tunny, who escapes with Johnny but grows disaffected, enlists in the army and ends up wounded in Iraq. “I had great anxiety with the liberties we were taking, dramatically as well as emo-tionally, and I kept thinking we would cross a line that would be intolerable,” Mayer confesses of the writing process. “But Bil-lie Joe kept encouraging me to go further. The amount of freedom I had to dream and imagine was unprecedented. For whatever reason, something alchemical happened when I spent time with these characters.” Such was the simpatico nature of this odd collaboration, Mayer says, that he recalls “the very cool feeling of hearing Billie Joe talk about characters I’d made up in a way that demonstrated his understanding of them—which he should, given that he’d written what they say.” So American Idiot may have enough narrative content to fill an evening. But it wouldn’t be a musical at all if the songs themselves hadn’t cried out for the stage.

“The music has such buoyancy and authenticity,” Mayer effuses. “That’s what got my heart racing when I

thought of putting it on stage and creating stories that would fulfill the promise of this rock opera they’d written. They play against the tragedy of the story. If the songs were all slow, mournful, dirge-like, minor-key hymns to destruction, you wouldn’t want to watch it at all.”

This dramatic flair for contrast may be no coincidence; Armstrong had been a rosy-cheeked child performer before he became a spike-haired Berkeley punk rocker. “As far as I’m concerned, Billie Joe is a direct descendant of Al Jolson,” Mayer says. “Having seen him sing ‘Rockabye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody’ at the Bowery Ballroom, I can say it’s in his DNA. He’s a real entertainer, and that comes through.”

Ultimately, what comes through Ameri-can Idiot—and the thing that made this ad hoc adaptation process work

at all—is not only Green Day’s knack for show-stopping rock, but a sort of overarch-ing coherence of attitude and tone. This quality, in turn, may be traced to some of this concept musical’s antecedents. “He was thinking of Tommy and Rocky Horror Show,” Mayer says of Armstrong’s Idiot templates. “He also thought about West Side Story, and I think he thought a little bit about Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” That Green Day had a template in mind may have helped Mayer feel his way to a story. But don’t ask him to pin down the punk lightning he’s caught in this musical-theatre bottle. “I’ve been trying very hard not to define it for anyone, because it is unusual and it is its own thing,” Mayer says. “Is it a musical? Is it an opera? Is it a rock opera? Is it a punk-rock opera? Is Green Day even punk?” (A seemingly simple question that can start a long debate, if you’re up for it.) Mayer throws up his hands and says, “I’m just committed to calling it a show.”

Rob Weinert-Kendt is a senior editor at American Theatre and has written about theatre and the arts for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Guardian and The San Francisco Chronicle.

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