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MARYPOPPINS

DISNEY AND CAMERON

MACKINTOSH’S

A MUSICAL BASED ON THESTORIES OF P.L. TRAVERS

AND THE WALT DISNEY FILM

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Dear friend of Olney Theatre Center,

Growing up I remember special family nights around the television: the annual viewing of The Sound of Music, followed shortly by the annual viewing of The Wizard of Oz, and of course the multitude of Christmas specials (this despite the Chanukah candles burning merrily in our Menorah). But Mary Poppins may have been my favorite, perhaps because it wasn’t an annual event, and felt instead like the sighting of a rare and glorious bird. The chimney sweeps’ haunting melodies, the exuberance of “A Spoonful of Sugar”, Mr. Banks’ tear-jerking change of heart… these left an indelible stamp different from the others. It wasn’t historically removed like The Sound of Music or over-the-top fantasy like The Wizard of Oz. It felt somehow more relatable: the story of a distant father and his defiant children who manage, by seeing a bit of magic in the everyday world, to find each other.

Because so many families in our community spend their holidays with us, choosing the holiday musical is harder than it looks. A Golden Age musical might feel too “adult” for those who want to bring their young children and grandchildren. And

musicals made from animated Disney classics might alienate some adults. But everyone at every age has a soft spot for Mary Poppins. So when the rights to the stage musical finally became available, I jumped.

Mary Poppins is also one of the most challenging shows to produce for a theater our size – in fact, it makes our giant Mainstage feel too small! We’ve been building the sets since the summer and storing them in every nook and cranny we can find. We’ve hired the country’s foremost theater magic specialist, Jim Steinmeyer, to help us with the effects (those that aren’t really magic, or at least theater magic!). A Maryland company called D2 Flying Effects has been working with us to make sure Mary can literally soar when we need her. And all this on top of the “usual” holiday musical package: a cast of twenty, an orchestra of nine, a crew of eight backstage, and a creative and production team of dozens more.

We’re putting all we can into making sure this holiday is special for you and your family. We know you can choose to spend your holiday time in lots of places every year, and we’re so grateful you spend it with us.

We give you our very, very best for the holidays and a bright New Year! And as always, let me know what you think at [email protected].

Onward!

Jason Loewith Artistic Director


OLNEY THEATRE CENTERDebbie Ellinghaus,

Managing DirectorJason Loewith,

Artistic Director

presents

Opening Night: Saturday, November 5, 2016

Wig Designer

Melissa SibertDialect Coach

Nancy KrebsNew York Casting

Pat McCorkle, CSA - McCorkle Casting Ltd.

Illusions Instructor

Robert RamirezFlying Effects by

D2 Flying EffectsIllusions Consultant

Jim SteinmeyerPuppet Designer

Matthew Pauli

Costume Designer

Erik TeagueScenic Designer

Daniel EttingerLighting Designer

Colin K. Bills^Sound Designer

Jeffrey Dorfman

Production Stage Manager

John Keith Hall Director of Production

Dennis A. BlackledgeAssociate Artistic Director

Director of Music Theatre/Additional Orchestrations

Christopher Youstra

featuringKenneth Derby Katharine Ford James Frisby Matt Greenfield

Rhett Guter Lance E. Hayes Patricia Hurley Amanda Kaplan Audrey Kilgore Ashleigh King Karl Kippola Julia Lancione Valerie Leonard^ Benjamin Lurye

Emily Madden Henry Mason Robert Mintz Nurney Dorea SchmidtTyler Quentin Smallwood Shawna Walker Eileen Ward

Director

Jason King Jones

Choreographer

Tara Jeanne Vallee^

Music Director

Timothy Splain

^Olney Theatre Center Artistic Associate

Mary POPPinS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 42 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212-541-4684 • Fax: 212-397-4684 • www.MTIShows.com

Book by

Julian FellowesNew Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by

George Stiles and Anthony DreweCo-created by

Cameron Mackintosh

A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Traversand the Walt Disney Film

MARY POPPINSDisney and Cameron Mackintosh’s

Original Music and Lyrics by

Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

MARY POPPINSDisney and Cameron Mackintosh’s

Original London and Broadway Credits:

Produced by

Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas SchumacherCo-Choreographer

Stephen MearLighting Designer

Howard HarrisonScenic and Costume Design

Bob CrowleyCo-Direction and Choreography

Matthew BourneDirected by

Richard Eyre

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BOOk By HugH WHEELERMUSIC AND LyRICS By STEPHEN SONDHEIM

CHOREOgRApHy By TOMMY RAPLEYMUSIC DIRECTION By CHRISTOPHER YOuSTRA

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Production Stage Manager – JOHN KEITH HALL**Member, Actors’ Equity Association +Equity Membership Candidate

Piano/Conductor .................................................................................................................................... Timothy SplainKeys 2 ................................................................................................................................................... Alex GreenbergFlute and Piccolo ...................................................................................................................................... Steven HaaserClarinet, Eb Clarinet, and Bass Clarinet .....................................................................................................Chris ReardonTrumpet and Flugelhorn ............................................................................................................................. Tony NeenanTrombone ......................................................................................................................................................N. Jay EllisCello ..................................................................................................................................... Catherine Mikelson FrancisBass .......................................................................................................................................................... Frank HigginsPercussion ................................................................................................................................................... Alex Aucoin

MARY POPPINS ORCHESTRA

CAST OF MARY POPPINS

Mary Poppins....................................................................................................................................PATRICIA HuRLEY*Bert ........................................................................................................................................................ RHETT GuTER*George Banks ........................................................................................................................................KARL KIPPOLA*Winifred Banks ....................................................................................................................................... EILEEN WARD*Jane Banks ........................................................................................................... KATHARINE FORD, AuDREY KILGOREMichael Banks ........................................................................................HENRY MASON, TYLER QuENTIN SMALLWOODKatie Nanna ....................................................................................................................................... JuLIA LANCIONE+Policeman ....................................................................................................................................... MATT GREENFIELD+Miss Lark .........................................................................................................................................VALERIE LEONARD*Admiral Boom .................................................................................................................................... KENNETH DERBY*Mrs. Brill ............................................................................................................................................ DOREA SCHMIDT*Robertson Ay ................................................................................................................................... BENJAMIN LuRYE+Park Keeper........................................................................................................................................... JAMES FRISBY*Neleus ............................................................................................................................................................ NuRNEY*Bank Chairman .................................................................................................................................. KENNETH DERBY*Miss Smythe .....................................................................................................................................SHAWNA WALKER*Von Hussler ..................................................................................................................................... MATT GREENFIELD+Northbrook ............................................................................................................................................ JAMES FRISBY*Bird Woman ....................................................................................................................................... DOREA SCHMIDT*Mrs. Corry ...........................................................................................................................................ASHLEIGH KING*Fannie .................................................................................................................................................EMILY MADDEN+Annie ...............................................................................................................................................AMANDA KAPLAN+Miss Andrew ....................................................................................................................................VALERIE LEONARD*Ensemble ................................................................................KENNETH DERBY*, JAMES FRISBY*, MATT GREENFIELD+,

LANCE E. HAYES+, AMANDA KAPLAN+, ASHLEIGH KING*, JuLIA LANCIONE+,VALERIE LEONARD*, BENJAMIN LuRYE+, EMILY MADDEN+, ROBERT MINTz*,

NuRNEY*, DOREA SCHMIDT*, SHAWNA WALKER*

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never appear for a listed player unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

Mary Poppins – JuLIA LANCIONE+; Bert – ROBERT MINTz*;Mrs. Banks – VALERIE LEONARD*; Mr. Banks – KENNETH DERBY*; Mrs. Brill/Bird Woman – ASHLEIGH KING*;

Mrs. Corry – AMANDA KAPLAN+; Robertson Ay – NuRNEY*; Neleus – LANCE E. HAYES+; Admiral Boom/Bank Chairman – MATT GREENFIELD+; Policeman/Park Keeper – BENJAMIN LuRYE+

Dance Captain – ROBERT MINTz*

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MARY POPPINS MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT I“Chim Chim Cher-ee” (Prologue) ...................................................................................................................Bert

“Cherry Tree Lane” (Part 1) ........................................... Mrs. Brill, Winifred, Jane, Michael, Robertson Ay, George

“The Perfect Nanny” ...................................................................................................................... Jane, Michael

“Cherry Tree Lane” (Part 2) .......................................... Mrs. Brill, Winifred, Jane, Michael, Robertson Ay, George

“Practically Perfect” ................................................................................................. Mary Poppins, Jane, Michael

“All My Own Work” (Chim Chim) ...................................................................................................................Bert

“Jolly Holiday” ................................................Bert, Park Keeper, Jane, Michael, Neleus, Mary Poppins, Ensemble

“Let’s Hope She Will Stay/Being Mrs. Banks/Jolly Holiday” (Reprise) ...................George, Winifred, Jane, Michael

“Winds Do Change” (Chim Chim) ...................................................................................................................Bert

“A Spoonful of Sugar” ......................................................... Mary Poppins, Jane, Michael, Robertson Ay, Winifred

“Precision and Order/A Man Has Dreams” (Part 1) .............................. Clerks, Chairman, Von Hussler, Northbrook

“A Man Has Dreams” (Part 2) ..................................................................................................................George

“Feed the Birds” ........................................................................................................ Bird Woman, Mary Poppins

“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” ................................ Mary Poppins, Mrs. Corry, Customers, Bert, Michael, Jane

“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”(Reprise) ..................................................................................Bert, Ensemble

“The Winds May Blow (Chim Chim) ................................................................................................................Bert

“Twists and Turns” (Chim Chim) .....................................................................................................................Bert

“Chim Chim Cher-ee” (Reprise) .............................................................................................. Bert, Mary Poppins

ACT II“Cherry Tree Lane” (Reprise) ......................................................Mrs. Brill, Robertson Ay, Michael, Jane, Winifred

“Brimstone and Treacle” (Part 1) ..................................................................................................... Miss Andrew

“Let’s Go Fly a Kite”..........................................................................Bert, Park Keeper, Michael, Jane, Kite Flyers

“Good for Nothing” (Cherry Ln Reprise) ................................................................................................... George

“Being Mrs. Banks” (Reprise) ................................................................................................................. Winifred

“Brimstone and Treacle” (Part 2) ...............................................................................Mary Poppins, Miss Andrew

“Practically Perfect” (Reprise) .................................................................................. Jane, Michael, Mary Poppins

“A Chimney Swept” (Chim Chim)/”Step in Time” ................................. Bert, Michael, Jane, Sweeps, Mary Poppins

“Down the Chimney/Step in Time” (Reprise) ....................................................................................Sweeps, Bert

“A Man Has Dreams (Reprise)/A Spoonful of Sugar” (Reprise) ..........................................................George, Bert

“Anything Can Happen” (Part 1) ............................................................... Mary Poppins, Jane, Michael, Winifred

“Anything Can Happen” (Part 2) ......................................................................... Bird Woman, Board of Directors

“Give us the Word” .................................................................................................................................George

“Let’s Go Fly a Kite” (Reprise) .............................................................................George, Winifred, Jane, Michael

“A Spoonful of Sugar” (Reprise)/”Finale” ...................................................................................... Mary Poppins

“Bows” (Anything Can Happen).............................................................................................................Company

“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (Bows) .............................................................................................Company


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Dear Friends,

In Mary Poppins, we meet a family who has lost the ability to imagine, but with the help of Mary, their lives become hopeful, colorful, and wonderful. Sometimes, we need others to show us the way. Maybe a parent, a teacher, a friend, or hey -- even a world-class regional theatre in your own backyard helped you to open your imagination and discover new joy? At Olney Theatre, we spend a great deal of time unleashing the creativity of our audiences, especially our younger audiences. In fact, did you know that Olney Theatre teaching artists lead workshops in the classrooms of 7 different schools in Montgomery County throughout the school year? We help the kids write their own plays utilizing themes they learn in class. At the end of each school year, the kids perform their plays on our stage for their family, friends and teachers. Many of these schools also come to Olney Theatre to see specially scheduled school matinees, like Mary Poppins. Most schools can’t afford the program on their own. So, we rely on the generosity

of our patrons and friends to help make up the difference and be able to say “yes” to more schools every year. In this season of giving, I hope you will consider making a gift to Olney Theatre in support of the next generation of theatre audiences. Research has shown that exposing students to live theatre increases empathy and tolerance, improves reading comprehension and can help close the achievement gap -- vital social and academic skills that should be available to all. With your help, the students we work with will know no boundaries.

Make a gift online at olneytheatre.org/donate, or by mailing your gift with the envelope inserted in this program. If you’d like more information about Olney Theatre’s Arts Integration program or other activities at Olney Theatre, please drop me a line at [email protected].

Happy holidays and best wishes for a healthy new year,

Debbie Ellinghaus, Managing Director

My wife and I have attended performances at the Olney Theatre Center for over 30 years. We remember fondly, not only the original theatre with its bushel basket light fixtures, but the wonderful performances. When Olney was raising money for the construction of their new Mainstage and other campus buildings, we purchased a theatre seat to support the campaign.

A few years ago, we set up a philanthropic fund to support the arts community and children. Our obvious first choice was the Olney Theatre. Why? The theatre has produced exceptional plays and musicals and always at affordable prices. They have in the past, and continue today, to raise the bar of artistic excellence.

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Kenneth Derby (Admiral Boom, Bank Chairman, Ensemble) first appeared at Olney Theatre Center in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Grimsby). OFF-BROADWAY: Of Thee i Sing (Wintergreen), HMS Pinafore (Dick Deadeye), The Mikado (Pish-Tush). INTERNATIONAL - France, Germany, Austria, Italy: The Phantom of the Opera (André); Sunset Boulevard (Max von Mayerling); La Cage aux Folles (Georges); Evita (Perón). REGIONAL: Alabama Shakespeare Festival: Peter Pan; St. Louis Muny: The Music Man; St. Petersburg Opera: a Little night Music (Fredrik); Greenbrier Valley Theatre: Man of La

Mancha (Don Quixote) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Pilate). DC AREA: Kennedy Center: if all the Sky Were Paper; Red Branch Theatre: Sweeney Todd; InSeries: By Gershwin and Fidelio.

Katharine Ford (Jane Banks) is thrilled to be making her Olney Theatre Center debut. She is a sixth grader at Mount View Middle School. Credits include The Sound of Music (Marta), Fiddler on the roof (Bielke), annie Get your Gun (Nellie), and The Magic of Christmas (Kate) at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theater. She has also performed at Carnegie Hall with Walker Theaterpalooza. She studies musical theatre at Mid-Maryland Performing Arts Center with Nicole Ruark and voice with Catherine Porter-Borden.

James Frisby (Northbrook, Park Keeper, Ensemble) is excited to being making his debut at Olney Theatre Center. NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL TOURS: South Pacific; Hong Kong Disneyland: Festival of the Lion King (Simba); Click Clack Moo (The Duck). REGIONAL: Connecticut Repertory Theater: Smokey Joe’s Café (Adrian); Ogunquit Playhouse: South Pacific; Papermill Theater: West Side Story (Chino); Seussical (Wickersham Brother). DC AREA: Studio Theatre: Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet (Marcus u/s); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: The Buddy Holly Story (Apollo MC u/s); Miss Saigon (Swing).

EDUCATION: BA in Theater Studies from Yale University.

Matt Greenfield (Policeman, Von Hussler, Ensemble) Olney Theatre Center: Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Regional: West Side Story (Tony), annie (Rooster), ragtime (Harry Houdini), Footloose (Chuck Cranston). DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Bernstein’s MaSS, NYE at the Kennedy Center. Signature Theatre: Sweeney Todd. Creative Cauldron: The Little Prince. Toby’s: Hairspray, Grease, Shrek, Happy Days: The Musical, Fiddler on the roof, a Christmas Carol. Select FILM/TV: Legends and Lies: The Patriots (Benedict Arnold), Forbidden (Jason Itzler), House of Horrors (Tex), Hell House (Joseph

Banis). Numerous industrials, commercials, print work. Education: Catholic University, London Dramatic Academy. Insta: MattyGreenGiant. For JPT.

Rhett Guter (Bert) is pleased to make his Olney Theatre Center and DC area Debut. INTERNATIONAL TOUR: West Side Story (Action). REGIONAL: Goodspeed Musicals: Bye Bye Birdie (Conrad Birdie); Goodman Theatre: Bridagdoon (Harry Beaton); Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Follies (Kevin), Gypsy (Tulsa); Utah Shakespeare Festival: Peter and the Starcatcher (The Boy), [Michael & Jan Finlayson Award] The Music Man (Tommy Djilas), a Midsummer night’s Dream (Flute), Pericles (Lysimachus); Pioneer Theatre Company: White Christmas, Elf. CHICAGO AREA: Drury Lane Oakbrook: West Side Story

(Riff), Billy Elliot (Older Billy), Hazel (Rocco); The Paramount Theatre: a Chorus Line (Al), The Music Man (Tommy Djilas), Cats (Munkustrap). Rhett graduated from Southern Utah University with degrees in Theatre and Dance. Rhettguter.com

Lance E. Hayes (Ensemble) is excited to be spending another “jolly holiday” with Olney and their amazing audiences. Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: The Producers (Bryan/Donald Dinsmore) [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Best Choreography in a Musical] and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. NATIONAL TOUR: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble/Lumiere u/s). REGION-AL/DC: Studio Theatre: Carrie: The Musical (George/Billy u/s); Infinity Theatre Company: Dames at Sea (Lucky u/s), Sisters of Swing; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Memphis (Swing/Asst. Dance Captain)

[Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Best Resident Musical], Happy Days: The Musical, rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and CaTS.

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Patricia Hurley (Mary Poppins) is excited to be back at Olney Theatre Center. Previous Olney The-atre Center credits include Misalliance (Hypatia), Camelot (Guenevere), Triumph of Love (Leonide), Doubt (Sr. James); Peter Pan (Wendy); Fiddler On the roof (Tzeitel); Cinderella (Queen); The Heiress (Maria). REGIONAL: Fulton Theatre: The Spitfire Grill (Percy). DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Merrily We roll along (Gussie). Shakespeare Theatre Company: Lady Windermere’s Fan (Lady Stutfield). EDUCA-TION: BM in Musical Theatre from The Catholic University’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music.

Amanda Kaplan (Annie, Ensemble) is thrilled to return to Olney Theatre Center after performing in The Producers and Guys and Dolls. REGIONAL: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Hairspray (Penny, Ensemble), Memphis [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding ensemble and musical], Spamalot [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding ensemble and musical], South Pacific, The addams Family, Mary Poppins, in The Heights, Grease, Shrek, Joseph…, Fiddler on the roof, White Christmas, a Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th Street, The Pirates of Penzance, The King and i. CCTA:

anne Frank (Anne Frank). ATMTC: 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer). TAP: a Chorus Line (Diana Morales). DC AREA: Chicago, Cabaret, Thoroughly Modern Millie, aida, Parade, Les Miserables, Crazy For you. EDUCATION: BFA in Dance Performance from East Carolina University. UPCOMING: My Fair Lady at Olney Theatre Center.

Audrey Kilgore (Jane Banks) is thrilled to perform at Olney Theatre Center in one of her dream roles. Audrey, 12, actively trains in dance, voice, acting and musical theatre. Previous credits include: REGIONAL: Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre: annie Get your Gun (Nellie); The Sound of Music (Marta); September Song Community Theatre: Mary Poppins (Ensemble). TV: Sprout Network Commercial. EDUCATION/STU-DENT WORK: Spotlight Musical Theatre: annie, Jr. (Annie); Way Off Broadway Camp: Seussical, Jr. (Ger-trude McFuzz); Mid-Maryland Performing Arts Center: Acting Up Student Repertory Program [2016/17

musical theatre scholarship]; Adventure Theatre-MTC: Summer Musical Theatre Training Program [2016 scholarship].

Ashleigh King (Mrs. Corry, Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center. She has previ-ously appeared at Olney Theatre Center in: Joseph..., Grease (ChaCha), How to Succeed..., Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Godspell, and Evita. NATIONAL TOUR: Elephant & Piggie’s: We are in a Play! DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Debbie allen’s; Brothers of the Knight, Dreams, Pearl, Pepito’s Story; Ele-phant & Piggie; Studio Theatre: Torch Song Trilogy (Lady Blues), rocky Horror Picture Show (Usher-ette); Signature Theatre: Hairspray (Dynamite), Dreamgirls (Effie White u/s); Adventure Theatre-MTC:

alexander and the Terrible, Horrible... (Nick), Pinkalicious (Mrs. Pinkerton); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: High School Musical (Taylor), aida, White Christmas, ain’t Misbehavin, Hairspray (Dynamite/Motormouth), CaTS (Rumpleteezer); Riverside Center: Seussical (Gertrude), Bye Bye Birdie (Ursula), Grease (Rizzo), 42nd Street (Anytime Annie).

Karl Kippola (Mr. Banks) is thrilled to return to OTC! Previous Olney credits: anything Goes (Sir Evelyn), Oliver! (Sowerberry/Grimwig), and Secret Garden. REGIONAL: Virginia Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Brutus), illyria (Malvolio), Macbeth (Banquo), Tempest (Stephano). DC AREA: Everyman Theatre: art (Serge), Opus (Dorian); Rep Stage: Glass Menagerie (Tom), Bach at Leipzig (Fasch); Bay Theatre: Man of no importance (Alfie); Baltimore Shakespeare: romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence); Imagination Stage: Lyle the Crocodile, rapunzel. EDUCATION: BA in Drama (University of Montana),

MFA in Acting (Wayne State University), and PhD in Theatre (University of Maryland). Associate Professor and Theatre Program Director at American University.

Julia Lancione (Katie Nanna, Ensemble) is excited to be making her Olney Theatre Center debut! NATIONAL TOURS: The addams Family, Cats 25th anniversary. DC AREA: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: into the Woods (Cinderella), ragtime (Evelyn Nesbit) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Best Ensemble & Best Musical], The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), White Christmas (Judy Haynes). REGIONAL: La Comedia Theatre: Thoroughly Modern Millie; Cockpit in Court Theatre: The Sound of Music (Maria). TV: Veep. EDUCATION: BFA in Musical Theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory, The American Musical and

Dramatic Academy NYC. Love to my husband, Dan.

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Valerie Leonard (Miss Andrew, Miss Lark, Ensemble) was most recently seen by Olney audiences as General Cartwright in Guys and Dolls, Judith in Hay Fever, and as Esther in The Price. In previous years, she has performed in over 20 productions at Olney Theatre including such roles as Mrs. Kendall in The Elephant Man, Margrethe in Copenhagen, Anna in anna Karenina, Ruth in The Homecoming, Amanda in Private Lives, Hannah in The night of the iguana, Joy in Shadowlands, and Therese in Therese raquin [Helen Hayes nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress]. Ms. Leonard ‘s other DC area

credits include Arena Stage (Fiddler on the roof, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Theophilus north, a Man’s a Man), Shakespeare Theatre Company (a Midsummer night’s Dream, Titus andronicus, Comedy of Errors), Signature Theatre (Sunday in The Park With George - [HHA Nominee Best Ensemble], a Fox on the Fairway), Rep Stage (a Lie of the Mind, Hamlet), Catalyst (The Elephant Man [Helen Hayes Nomination]), Studio Theatre, Theater J, and Potomac Theatre Project. On Broadway, Ms. Leonard appeared in Sir Peter Hall’s an ideal Husband and in two National Tours as Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple (with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman) and as Maggie in Lend Me a Tenor. Some of her region-al credits include American Conservatory Theatre, McCarter Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Two River Theatre Compa-ny, Fulton Opera House, New Repertory Theatre and Missouri Repertory Theatre. Ms. Leonard is a proud member of Ac-tors’ Equity and received her MFA from Rutgers University. And being a committed animal welfare advocate, Valerie wants you to know, that Miss Andrews’ “fox piece” is fake! It was created for this production.

Henry Mason (Michael Banks) is thrilled to be making his professional stage debut in Mary Poppins at Olney Theatre Center. Previous credits include: Mount Vernon Children’s Community Theater: Joseph and the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Gad), Mary Poppins, Bye Bye Birdie and Oliver!. EDUCATION: Henry is a sixth grader at Franconia Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia.

Benjamin Lurye (Robertson Ay, Ensemble) is excited to return to Olney Theatre Center. OTC: Forever Plaid (2010) and Joseph and the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Diner, Sweeney Todd, revenge of the Understudies; Ford’s Theatre: Hello, Dolly! [Helen Hayes Award-Outstanding Ensemble]; Rep Stage: The Fantasticks; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Les Miserables (Enjolras), ragtime, 1776, Joseph...Dreamcoat (Joseph); Adventure Theatre MTC: Five Little Monkeys, alexander...Bad Day, James and the Giant Peach, Frog and Toad; UrbanArias: Blue Viola, The Good

Friar, Craigslist Cabaret, 1st Stage: Floyd Collins, Parfumerie; others. TEACHING: Adventure Theatre MTC, Imagination Stage, various area high schools. EDUCATION: BM in Vocal Performance from the University of Maryland.

Emily Madden (Fannie, Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center! REGIONAL: Olney Theatre Center: The Producers (Ensemble); Constellation Theatre: Urinetown (Becky Two Shoes/Hope u/s); Keegan Theatre: american idiot (Ensemble/Whatsername u/s); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: anything Goes (Purity), 42nd Street (Ethel/Swing); Hairspray (Swing); Adrienne Arsht Center: Metamorphoses (Alcyone/Baucis). UNIVERSITY: Oklahoma (Ado Annie), Carmen (dir. Moisés Kaufman), South Pacific (Bloody Mary). Other credits include: Les Misérables (Fantine), Side Show (Violet). EDUCATION: BFA

in Musical Theatre from the University of Miami. UPCOMING: NextStop Theatre: Urinetown.

Robert Mintz (Ensemble) Olney Theatre Center: Evita, The Producers (Carmen Ghia), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Jetsam). NEW YORK: Actors Fund: Miracle on 34th Street; NYMF: Seeing Stars, Shine! REGIONAL: The Fulton: The nutcracker; Gateway Playhouse: West Side Story (Baby John); The Grow-ing Stage: Peter Pan (Peter), The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow). DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: Children of Eden, Broadway: Three Generations (Girl Crazy, Bye Bye Birdie, Sideshow); Arena Stage: My Fair Lady; Signature Theatre: The Visit; Rainbow Theatre Project: yanK! Toby’s Dinner Theatre: High School

Musical, Kiss Me, Kate; Adventure Theatre-MTC: What’s a Wolf to Do? EDUCATION: BM from CUA.

Nurney (Neleus, Ensemble) is happy to spend another holiday season here at Olney! OLNEY THE-ATRE CENTER: Evita, Carmen: an afro Cuban Jazz Musical, Guys & Dolls (Rusty Charlie), The Producers, Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Flotsam) DC AREA: THEARC Theater: Truth: The Musical (Popple) Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Shrek, Spamalot [Helen Hayes Nomination Outstanding Ensemble], The Wiz, The Color Purple [Helen Hayes Nomination Outstanding Resident Musical]. EDUCATION: B.S. Communica-tion Studies Towson University 2013

Dorea Schmidt (Mrs. Brill, Bird Woman, Ensemble) is so happy to be returning to Olney after having played Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel [Helen Hayes Nomination]. Other DC area credits: Woolly Mam-moth Theatre Company: Collective rage (world premiere); Arena Stage: Oliver!, Fiddler on the roof; No Rules Theatre Company: The Fantasticks, Black Comedy, The Last 5 years; Constellation Theatre Company: The Love of the nightingale; Adventure Theatre-MTC: Goodnight Moon. REGIONAL: The Cape Playhouse: My Fair Lady; Everyman Theatre: Crimes of the Heart, The Beaux’ Stratagem; Open Stage

of Harrisburg: [title of show], Doubt; Fulton Theatre/Maltz Jupiter Theatre: The Sound of Music. UPCOMING: Round House Theatre: Caroline, or Change. EDUCATION: Messiah College, The National Theatre Institute, The William Esper Studio. Dorea is a proud company member of Actors Arena and Only Make Believe.

Tyler Quentin Smallwood (Michael Banks) is nine years old and excited to perform at Olney Theatre Center for the first time! He has previously performed at Arena Stage: City of Conversation (Young Ethan); Encore Stage & Studio: Cul de Sac (Marcus), and Adventure Theatre-MTC: aladdin, alice in Wonderland, and rats! The Musical. He also studies drama at Georgetown Day School. When he’s not on stage, Tyler is often playing baseball (he loves first base and pitching).

Shawna Walker (Miss Smythe, Ensemble) REGIONAL THEATRE: Signature Theatre: West Side Story (Pauline/U/S Graziella). Ogunquit Playhouse: Guys and Dolls (Ensemble), all Shook Up (Ensemble), Chicago (Annie). DINNER THEATRE: Riverside Center for the Performing Arts: The Music of andrew Lloyd Webber (Featured Dancer); Alhambra Theatre: White Christmas (Ensemble), Seussical (Dance Cap-tain/Bird Girl/Ensemble); EDUCATION: BFA Point Park University

Eileen Ward (Mrs. Banks) is always thrilled when she gets to work at the Olney Theatre Center - her home away from home! Previous Olney credits include: Mrs. Mullins/Nettie u/s in Carousel, Anna in The King and i, Abigail in 1776 and Rose in The Secret Garden. OFF BROADWAY: Marvel Rep Theatre Co: Nora in The Shadow of the Glen and Mrs. Linde in nora. NATIONAL TOUR: The King and i (u/s Anna to Stephanie Powers). REGIONAL: Florida Studio Theatre: World premiere of Tom Jones (Mrs. Waters/Thwakum); Bristol Riverside Theatre: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Elizabeth); Gateway Playhouse: Hello

Dolly! (Irene Molloy); New Harmony Theatre; a Streetcar named Desire (Blanche), Guys and Dolls (Adelaide), Crimes of the Heart (Babe), Much ado about nothing (Beatrice); Stages St. Louis; Carousel (Julie Jordan), Camelot (Guenivere); Wilma Theatre: Philemon (Marsyas); West Virginia Public Theatre: Carousel (Carrie Pipperidge), anything Goes (Hope). DC AREA: Interact Theatre Co., Ford’s Theatre, Rep Stage, MetroStage, and numerous productions at Toby’s Dinner The-atre. Two Helen Hayes award nominations for Best Actress in The Mikado (Interact) and Best Supporting in Hello Dolly! (Toby’s Dinner Theatre). EDUCATION: BFA, Philadelphia UARTS, Love to Kevin.

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Congratulations to Clifford L. Johnson and Margaret T. Roper who were selected by the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County as the 2016-17 Volunteers of the Year! This award recognizes the hours of service that Cliff and Margaret devote to Olney Theatre Center. The many gardens around our theatre are maintained almost exclusively by the couple, and their home-grown, award-winning dahlias and zinnias frequently adorn our facility. If that were not enough, Cliff also serves on our Board as Treasurer. We are fortunate and grateful for their time and talents.

Margaret T. Roper and Clifford L. Johnsonwith evita’s Nick Duckart


WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE

P.L. Travers (Author of the Mary Poppins stories) was born in 1899 in Australia in a residence above the bank where her father was branch manager. She began to write while a member of a touring stage company. In 1924, able to support herself as a journalist, she left Australia for England. She wrote a number of other books in addition to the Mary Poppins stories. She was fascinated by myth and fairy tales and traveled widely, living for a time with the Navajo. She was made “writer in residence” at both Smith and Radcliffe colleges in Massachusetts and also received an honorary doctorate from Chatham College, Pittsburgh. She died in London in 1996.

Disney (Producer) Since it was founded by Walt Disney in 1923, The Walt Disney Company has grown to be one of the world’s leading creators and distributors of high-quality entertainment. Under the direction of president and CEO Robert A. Iger, the company’s diverse entertainment interests now include film, theatre, television, radio, home entertainment and music, as well as world- renowned theme parks and resorts. One of the most successful films in Walt Disney Studio’s history was the 1964 film Mary Poppins. It took Walt Disney 20 years to make the film of Mary Poppins from the time he first tried to secure the film rights to its triumphant premiere. The film was a phenomenal success, earning five Academy Awards®, including Best Music and Best Song, and remains one of Disney’s most enduring and best-loved films. Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP) was formed in 1994 with the company’s inaugural production, Beauty and the Beast, which is currently the sixth longest-running show in Broadway history. In 1997, The Walt Disney Company completed restoration of the historic New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street. Later that same year, DTP opened its award-winning production of The Lion King, currently seen in seven productions worldwide. In addition, DTP has produced a German adaptation of the film The Hunchback of notre Dame; Elton John and Tim Rice’s aida; On the record; Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh; and its newest musical, Tarzan®. Further information can be found at www.disneyonbroadway.com.

Cameron Mackintosh (Producer & Co-creator) For nearly 50 years, Cameron Mackintosh has produced more musi-cals than anyone else in history including the three longest-running musicals of all time, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, and Cats, which are still running successfully across the world. Cameron, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of both Les Misérables and The Phantom Of the Opera, mounted new versions of both shows which were as successful as the original. His new production of Miss Saigon, which was the fourth of his great hits of the 1980s, opened to record-break-ing advanced booking in London’s Prince Edward Theatre, having been acclaimed around the world. Mary Poppins, his co-production with Disney, continues to disperse its magic globally. Some of his other musical productions that continue to be produced around the world include Little Shop of Horrors, Side by Side by Sondheim, Martin Guerre, The Witches of Eastwick, Betty Blue Eyes, and Barnum. He also produced the most successful production ever of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary Follies in London. In 2013, Cameron, in conjunction with Working Title Films and Universal, produced his first hugely successful musical film, the Oscar®, Golden Globe, and BAFTA award-winning Les Misérables. Cameron owns seven historic theatres in London’s West End – the Prince of Wales, Gielgud, Queen’s, Wyndham’s, Noël Coward, Novello, and Prince Edward. In May 2014, Cameron announced the acquisition of two major West End theaters – the Victoria Palace Theatre and the Ambassadors Theatre. He is also the co-owner of Music Theatre International, the world’s largest owner of secondary rights of the greatest musicals. In 1995, his company received The Queen’s Award for Export Achievement and he was knighted in the 1996 New Year’s Honours for his services to British theatre. In 2006, he received the National Enjoy England Award for Excellence for his Outstanding Contribution to Tourism, and he was the first British producer elected to the Theater Hall of Fame on Broadway.

Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (Original Music & Lyrics) Honors include two Oscars® (Mary Pop-pins), nine Oscar® nominations, three Grammys, 24 Gold/Platinum albums, a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, and induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Early hits including “You’re 16” and “Tall Paul” led to long-term association with Walt Disney and over 150 songs for Disney films, TV, and theme parks with “It’s A Small World” being the world’s most translated and performed song. Sherman Disney film credits include The Jungle Book, The Parent Trap, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Winnie the Pooh, The aristocats, and The Tigger Movie. Other films: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Tom Saw-yer, The Slipper and the rose, Charlotte’s Web, and Beverly Hills Cop 3. Stage credits include Over Here!, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London, Broadway, UK tour), Busker alley, and Mary Poppins (London and Broadway).



Julian Fellowes (Book) A British, Oscar®-winning screenwriter, Julian is also an actor and director. He studied at Am-pleforth College, Yorkshire and Magdalene College, Cambridge. His first script for cinema, Gosford Park (2001), won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar®, plus honors from the Writers Guild of America, among others. He received the National Board of Review’s Best Directorial Debut Award for the film Separate Lies, based on his own screenplay, and he wrote and directed the feature film From Time To Time starring Maggie Smith. His other projects include the books Snobs and Past imperfect, the television series Downton abbey, and the scripts for Vanity Fair, The young Victoria, and The Tourist.

George Stiles (New Songs, Additional Music, Dance & Vocal Arrangements) Stiles and Drewe’s musical Honk! won London’s Olivier Award for Best New Musical (2000) and has since been seen in over 2,000 productions worldwide. Their other shows include Just So (North Shore Music Theatre), Peter Pan, Tutankhamun, and Soho Cinders. George’s musical The Three Musketeers, with lyrics by Paul Leigh and book by Peter Raby, played at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Other work includes the scores for Sam Mendes’s Twelfth night and Uncle Vanya (BAM), musical adaptations of Tom Jones and Moll Flanders, songs for the RSC’s Shakespeare Revue, and a blissful spell as Dame Edna’s pink pianist and resident composer. Mary Poppins marked his Broadway debut. www.stilesanddrewe.com

Anthony Drewe (New Songs & Additional Lyrics) During his 23-year writing collaboration with composer George Stiles, Anthony has written the book and lyrics for Tutankhamun, Just So, Soho Cinders, the multi award-winning Honk!, and the lyrics for Peter Pan – a Musical adventure (book by Willis Hall). With composer Tony Hatch, he wrote lyrics for The Card, and with Singaporean composer Dick Lee, the lyrics for a Twist of Fate. Work as a director includes Snoopy, Honk! (South Africa, Chicago, Tokyo, and Singapore), and Just So (North Shore Music Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre). As a performer, work includes rogues to riches, The Three Musketeers, and a Twist of Fate. Mary Poppins marked his Broadway debut. www.stilesanddrewe.com

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Jason King Jones (Director) is Associate Artistic Director/Director of Education, and Artistic Director of National Players here at Olney Theatre Center. Past productions at OTC: Dial ‘M’ for Murder, Godspell, The Tempest and neville’s island. Past National Players productions: a Tale of Two Cities, a Midsummer night’s Dream, Of Mice and Men, romeo and Juliet, animal Farm, The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, and Odyssey (which he also adapted); and for Tour 68 he directed Hamlet. As the Artistic Associate at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Jason has directed The Comedy of Errors, The Servant of Two Masters, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), The Merry Wives of Windsor, and The Grouch, along with nearly a dozen abridged classical plays for their educational touring companies. Jason is the co-creator of Very Very, a Shakespeare rock show based on as you Like it, and he has taught and directed at Boston University, Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Missouri State. In 2012, Jason created an Arts Integration program with Montgomery County public and private schools that inspires students to collaboratively write original short plays and perform them on our Historic Stage annually. He is proud graduate of the Boston University School of Theatre, a bewildered father of Gwendolyn and Elliot, and a lucky husband to Josiane. www.jasonkingjones.com

Tara Jeanne Vallee (Choreographer) received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography for The Producers at Olney Theatre Center, where she has also choreographed Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Triumph of Love, annie, and The King and i [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography] and serves as an Artistic Associate. Tara Jeanne’s choreography was seen on Broadway and around the nation on tour in Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, the Off Broadway production of The Sphinx Winx at the Algonquin Theatre and Theatre Row (NYC), She Can’t Believe She Said That (NYMF), They’re Playing Our Song (Surflight, NJ), Christmas Dreams (Branson, MO), annie (TUTS), DanceBreak (NY) and School of rock (CT). Ms. Vallee served as Choreographer for the NFAA/youngArts programs in NYC, for Breakthrough (Ziegfeld, NYC) and Body and Soul (37 Arts, NYC). As Associate/Assistant Director/Choreographer: Camelot (Olney Theatre Center), 42nd Street (Goodspeed), Singin in the rain (Goodspeed), The Music Man (National Tour), White Christmas (The Denver Center), The View: Welcome Back, Barbara (ABC). As a performer, Tara Jeanne is a Two Time World Tap Champion-Top Female Soloist. www.tarajeannevallee.com

Timothy Splain (Music Director) is happy to return to Olney Theatre Center where he music directed Guys and Dolls. OFF-BROADWAY: adding Machine; Lincoln Center Theatre: a Minister’s Wife; York Theatre: The Holiday Guys; Atlantic for Kids: The Hundred Dresses; Madison Square Garden: rudolph the red-nosed reindeer: the Musical; New York Musical Theatre Festival: Jane austen’s Pride and Prejudice; Atlantic Theater Company: 3 Kinds of Exile. NATIONAL TOUR: Little House on the Prairie; rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. REGIONAL: The Old Globe Theatre: rain; Writers’ Theatre: a Minister’s Wife, She Loves Me; Next Theatre: adding Machine: The Musical; Milwaukee Repertory Theater: next to normal; About Face/ATC: rEnT; Paper Mill Playhouse: Little House on the Prairie; The Hypocrites: Threepenny Opera; Westchester Broadway: ragtime; Asolo Repertory Theatre/ArtsEmerson: Baritones Unbound; La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Conservatory of the Arts: Jane austen’s Pride and Prejudice. As Orchestrator/Arranger: anatole, Baritones Unbound, The Hundred Dresses, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. EDUCATION: University of Chicago.

Colin K. Bills (Lighting Designer) is an Olney Artistic Associate, where he has previously designed Evita, Guys and Dolls, Marjorie Prime and Colossal, among others. He is a Company Member at Woolly Mammoth where he has designed over forty-five productions, including Stupid Fucking Bird, Clybourne Park and The Convert. As a Conspirator with the de-vising company dog & pony dc, he has collaborated in the writing, direction and design of a Killing Game and Beertown. His designs have been seen at Arena Stage, The Berkshire Theater Festival, CENTERSTAGE, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Dallas Theater Center, Everyman Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Forum Theatre, Imagination Stage, Intiman Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Marin Theatre Company, MetroStage, Opera Lafayette, Opéra Royal Versailles, Portland Center Stage, Round House Theatre, The Smithsonian, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Synetic Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Theater J, The Washington Revels, The Wilma Theater, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Colin has won three Helen Hayes Awards and is a recipient of a Princess Grace Fellowship in Theater. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Jeffrey Dorfman (Sound Designer) is a freelance Composer/Sound Designer based in Washington, D.C. He has stud-ied theatre at SUNY Buffalo and University of Maryland, College Park. Jeff utilizes his background in music, composition, and theatre arts in order to immerse the audience in worlds of imagination. He could not function as a theatre artist without his inspiration, Leigh-Ann. Recent work includes Orange Grove Dance: Un Castell Built for Two, Waking Darkness

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Waiting Light; Interrobang Theatre: Kerrmoor; Studio Theatre: Out of Silence; Rebollar Dance: Sacred Profane; Olney Theatre Center: Guys and Dolls; UMD: Hauntings & Invoking Justice; The Human Capacity; WSC Avant Bard: Holiday Memories; www.jeffreydorfmandesign.com

Daniel Ettinger (Scenic Designer) is pleased to return to Olney Theatre Center, having previously designed Bakersfield Mist and The Piano Lesson. REGIONAL: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Civilization (Or all you Can Eat), you For Me For you, and Eclipsed; Imagination Stage: Jack and Phil, Slayers of Giants; Rep Stage: Sunset Baby, The Piano Teacher, and Venus in Fur; Barter Theatre (the state theatre of Virginia): over 100 productions. He is the resident scenic designer for The Everyman Theatre Company in Baltimore, where recent productions include the Great American Rep of Death of a Salesman and a Streetcar named Desire, Outside Mullingar, The Understudy, Blithe Spirit. Mr. Ettinger teaches in the Theatre Department at Towson University and is a member of design local 829.

John Keith Hall (Production Stage Manager) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: The Producers. REGIONAL: Virginia Musical Theatre: Miss Saigon, White Christmas. Shadowland Theatre: The Good German, Lend Me a Tenor, The Drawer Boy. Barter Theatre: 40 + productions including: The Lion in Winter, Mother Courage and Her Children, Gypsy, The Odd Couple, The Mousetrap, Steel Magnolias, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s nest, The Tempest, The Memory of Water, To Kill a Mockingbird, The importance Of Being Earnest, Macbeth, Godspell, She Loves Me, Wit, My Fair Lady, and Falsettos. DC AREA: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: The nether, an Octoroon. Signature Theatre: Soon, SCKBSTD, West Side Story. Studio Theatre: Choir Boy, Bad Jews, Water By The Spoonful, Tribes, Torch Song Trilogy, 4000 Miles, The aliens, invisible Man, Sucker Punch, Venus in Fur, The Walworth, Legends!, american Buffalo, in The red and Brown Water, adding Machine: a Musical, rock ‘n’ roll, Grey Gardens, The road To Mecca, The History Boys.

Nancy Krebs (Dialect Coach) is happy to return to Olney Theatre Center for Mary Poppins. Other productions here have included: Guys and Dolls, Hay Fever, Once on This island, angel Street, Misalliance, Witness for the Prosecution, Charlie’s aunt, Blithe Spirit, Carousel, Lend Me a Tenor, Morning’s at Seven, Oliver!, Doubt, Of Mice and Men, and The Underpants. She is also the Resident Voice/Dialect Coach for the Annapolis Shakespeare Company; shows include: Twelfth night, Poe…and all the Others (World Premiere), The importance of Being Earnest, Three Sisters, as you Like it, Tale of Two Cities, Midsummer night’s Dream, Pride and Prejudice, Cymbeline, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth night, Our Town, Hamlet, romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Sense & Sensibility. Other professional coaching credits: – Studio Theatre: animal (World Premiere) The Habit of art, (American Premiere) The Enda Walsh Festival: The Walworth Farce and The new Electric Ballroom; Rep Stage: i am My Own Wife, a young Lady of Property, Boeing, Boeing, Home, yellowman, Or, Barrymore, Two by Barrie; Everyman Theatre: The Crucible, red Herring, My Children! My africa!, Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, Blues for an alabama Sky, Watch on the rhine, Cripple of inishmaan, Candida, Betrayal, Sight Unseen, Turn of the Screw, i am My Own Wife, and Our Town (choral composer/director). Nancy is on the faculty of the Balti-more School for the Arts, operates her own voice studio, The Voiceworks, and is an accomplished singer/songwriter and musician. She belongs to AFTRA, SAG, AEA and VASTA.

Matthew Pauli (Puppet Designer) toured six seasons with Big Apple Circus and is a proud member of the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, performing clown rounds at Johns Hopkins Hospital and National Children’s Medical Center. He spent five years as a principal puppeteer with Beale Street Puppets, based in Baltimore. He has built the Brontosaurus for Lulu and the Brontosaurus, Bunnicula for two different productions of Bunnicula, the humans of 101 Dalmations, a Giant, a Reluctant Dragon, and a full sized rhinoceros that can carry a rider.

Robert Ramirez (Illusion Instructor) is a professional actor and magician. He was on the national tour of in The Heights playing Sonny and Usnavi. He was seen on the TV show, Penn and Teller: Fool Us, performing an original magic act. He lives in Los Angeles performing at regional theaters and the Magic Castle.

Melissa Sibert (Wig Designer) is excited to be here for her first time at Olney Theatre Center. REGIONAL: Yale Univer-sity: a Midsummer night’s Dream (Makeup and Wig Designer); Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre: Fiddler on the roof, Joseph and the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Assistant Makeup and Wig Designer). DC AREA: The University



of Maryland: regina, L’enfant et les Sortilèges, The Old Maid and the Thief (Makeup and Wig Designer); Annapolis Opera: Così fan tutte (Makeup and Wig Designer). EDUCATION: BFA in Makeup and Wig Design from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music.

Jim Steinmeyer (Illusion Consultant) has created the illusions for the Broadway shows including Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, aladdin, into the Woods, and for professional magicians around the world. He is also the author of books on the history of magic and its development. He lives in Los Angeles.

Erik Teague (Costume Designer) is a freelance Costume Designer based in Alexandria, VA. A native of Cartersville, Georgia, he attended Kennesaw State University for his undergraduate studies and Boston University for his graduate work. Some designs of note are La Bohème, The Flying Dutchman, Odyssey, Wilde Tales and ariadne in naxos for the Glimmerglass Festival NY, The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me at the Washington National Opera, The rocky Horror Show, Les Liaisons Dangereuse, Sweeney Todd and Spring awakening at Actor’s Express, navigator at 7 Stages Atlanta, 1001 nights with the Center for Puppetry Arts, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for the Georgia Aquarium and most recently, The Sleepy Hollow Experience at Old Sturbridge Village Historical Site. He is very pleased to make his Olney debut with Mary Poppins. www.erikteaguedesign.com.

Jason Loewith (Artistic Director) recently directed the co-production of angels in america: Part i - Millenium approaches at Round House Theatre. Previous Olney Theatre Center productions include Marjorie Prime, Carousel, the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of Steven Dietz’s rancho Mirage, avenue Q and How to Succeed in Business Without really Trying [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Musical]. Jason won Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Jeff Awards for Best New Musical for adding Machine: a Musical, which he co-wrote with composer Joshua Schmidt (off-Broadway, 2008). His latest musical is Big nate: The Musical which premiered in 2013 at Adventure Theatre-MTC, co-written with Olney’s Associate Artistic Director Christopher Youstra. Recent regional work as a director includes the world premiere of Broke (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta), Time Stands Still (Everyman, Baltimore), Crime and Punishment, and Working it Out (Center Stage, Baltimore), adding Machine: a Musical (Studio Theatre, DC), and a dozen plays for Chicago’s Next Theatre Company, where he served as Artistic Director from 2002-08. Those credits include the Chicago area premieres of Dying City, Defiance, The Long Christmas ride Home, and Fabulation. He conceived and directed the world premiere of The american Dream Songbook, and produced Chicago premieres by Caryl Churchill, Suzan-Lori Parks, Carson Kreitzer, Sam Shepard, Dael Orlandersmith, and many more. He is a three-time grantee from the NEA for Artistic Excellence, a recipient of support from the Rockefeller MAP Fund and MacArthur’s International Connections Fund, and a TCG New Generations Future Leaders grant. Jason joined Olney as Artistic Director in 2013 after serving four years as Executive Director of the National New Play Network. Jason is the proud recipient of a 2015 Montgomery County Executive’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities, and serves on the board of Governors for theatreWashington.

Debbie Ellinghaus (Managing Director) joined Olney Theatre Center in August 2014. At Olney, she partners with Artistic Director Jason Loewith to lead the staff and execute the mission and vision of the Theatre. She also serves as a liaison to Olney Theatre’s Board of Directors, of which she is a member. Prior to joining Olney, she was the Director of Development at the University of Maryland, College of Arts and Humanities where she raised major gifts to help advance student scholarship and academic programming. From 2005-2011, she was the Senior Associate Director of Development at Yale School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT. At Yale, she she was part of a university-wide campaign that raised more than $3.8 billion and included transformational gifts for Yale Rep from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Robina Foundation, which established the Binger Center for New Theatre. Ms. Ellinghaus was the Director of Development at Jean Cocteau Repertory (New York, NY) and held positions at the Guggenheim Museum, the Cathedral School (NY) and the Epiphany School (NY). She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Maryland (College Park) and is a graduate of the New Actors Workshop, where she studied with George Morrison, Mike Nichols, and Paul Sills. Since 2013, Ms. Ellinghaus has served as Chair of the Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission, a not-for-profit organization that helps to preserve the cultural significance of Merriweather Post Pavilion and provides support to other arts and culture organizations in Howard County, MD.


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MARYPOPPINS

DISNEY AND CAMERON

MACKINTOSH’S

Mary Poppins, as created by author P.L. Travers in 1934, is a bundle of practicality, vanity, disapproval, and, of course, magic. Not that she’d call it that. In fact, whenever Jane and Michael talk about their rather spectacular adventures, Mary Poppins scolds them for being absurd – she’ll let them visit fairy land, but she won’t let them live there. After all, what

sort of disreputable person has an uncle who takes tea on the ceiling? Certainly not Mary Poppins. Nor is her particular brand of magic always benign. Perhaps it sounds delightful to have beloved dolls to come to life – but not when those dolls seek revenge for poor treatment. Yet, as Mary Poppins famously says, she will “never explain anything.”

P.L. Travers – born Helen Lyndon Goff – was fond of saying that Mary Poppins came to her fully formed in 1934, but the character first appeared in a short story much earlier, in 1926, and has roots in Goff’s childhood. When Goff was seven, her father died from a combination of influenza

and heavy drinking (Goff would later assume his name, Travers, as her surname). A few years later, Goff’s mother attempted suicide, leaving Goff and her siblings to depend on their Great Aunt Ellie, who by all accounts shared key characteristics with Mary Poppins – most notably an unflinching practicality and no-nonsense attitude (and a parrot-headed umberella).

What’s so special about Mary Poppins is that she combines practicality and a distaste for whimsy with a touch of magic and a whiff of mysticism. Travers was fascinated by astronomy and mystics throughout her life, and that comes across in her books. They feature newborns who can converse with sparrows and hear the wind talking, but within a few weeks, lose the ability to understand. Mary Poppins is “The Great Exception,” the only one who hasn’t forgotten. She’s still in touch with that otherworldly, mystical side that allows her to chat with dogs and float on the wind. Much like how Peter Pan is the boy who never grows up, Mary Poppins is the adult who never forgets.

When Disney set out to make a movie in 1964 – after a nearly 20-year struggle to secure the rights from Travers – the writers decided that the books, while splendidly fun, were too episodic to adapt directly. Mary Poppins needed a clear reason to come and go. In a process now loosely depicted in the 2013 film Saving Mr. Banks, the creators decided Mary Poppins would come to ‘heal’ the Banks family, to bring neglectful parents closer to their children.

Mary Poppins was a huge success for Disney, won five Academy Awards, and remains widely loved – even if not by Travers herself. She was famously displeased with the film (particularly the animated dancing penguins), so much so that when Cameron Mackintosh approached her in 1993 about making a musical, she agreed on the condition that no one who worked on the film would be involved. Unfortunately, Travers died in 1996 before she could see the musical realized. Book writer Julian Fellowes kept the Banks family’s struggles, as their story resonated all too well, but also hewed more closely to the darker, wackier elements of the books. So the musical brings back Mrs. Corry and her gingerbread stars; Miss Andrew’s face off with Mary Poppins; and statues coming to life in the park.

What any version of Mary Poppins retains, however, is the most important: a magic of the everyday. She takes mundane things like cleaning a mess or walking in the park and makes them new again, simply by changing our perspective on them. Yes, she can pull an impossible number of things from a bag, yes she can fly with an umbrella, but these are parlor tricks, distractions from the real magic she’s performing. What’s key in each experience she creates and then vehemently denies, is that she ensures we will never look at the park or the rooftop the same way again. It’s as simple as it is wonderful; a new perspective is all and everything it takes to send Mr. and Mrs. Banks running toward their kids, to get them to see the everyday magic of flying a kite as a family.

– Emily Sorensen, Dramaturg

A CONTEXT GUIDE TO

CONTEXT GUIDE

The Mary Poppins

Original CastAlbum

MARY POPPINSMuch sterner than she appears in the movie, Mary

Poppins is the quintessential British nanny: prim,

proper, and allergic to nonsense. She’s not supposed

to be pretty—Travers sent illustrator Mary Shepard

a wooden Dutch doll for inspiration, and we can see

that in her thin body, dark hair, rosy cheeks, pursed

mouth, and upturned nose (most useful for sniffing

in disapproval and acting superior, both of which

Mary Poppins excels at). Nonetheless, Mary Poppins

is also quite vain and is constantly eyeing herself in

mirrors and shop windows. She tends to come and go

in extravagent ways—blown by the wind, carried by a

kite, soaring into space on a magical merry-go-round, and coming down as a shooting star.

BERT OR THE MATCH-MANBert—or “Herbert Alfred for Sundays”—appeared in the very first Mary Poppins

short story, “Mary Poppins and the Match-Man,” in which a young Mary Poppins

goes for afternoon tea with the Match-Man in one of his chalk sidewalk drawings.

An adapted version of the story appears in the first Mary

Poppins book, in a chapter called “The Day Out.” Bert

only appears briefly in some of the other books; his role was greatly expanded for the film and combined with a chimney sweep

who shows up in Mary Poppins in the Park.

When creating the musical, book writer Julian Fellowes

(now famous for writing Downton Abbey) went back to the P. L.

Travers books for inspiration. Drawing from several, the stage

musical also features a variety of characters that didn’t appear

in the film. Here is a look at some of the literary counterparts.

MARY POPPINS

MISS ANDREWOtherwise known as “The Holy Terror,” Miss Andrew was Mr. Banks’ nanny when he was growing up. In Mary Poppins Comes Back,

Miss Andrew arrives for a visit with her pet lark in tow. Miss Andrew is a formidable bully of a woman who manages to insult everything and everybody. Mary Poppins

quickly puts her in her place. Miss Andrew reutrns in Mary Poppins and the House Next

Door and moves into the house beside the Banks’. This time she brings a little boy,

Luti, with her as a servant and student, and he befriends Jane and Michael.

MRS. CORRYMrs. Corry is an old ageless woman with a

magical gingerbread shop. Mary Poppins takes the Banks children for a visit in the first book. There, they meet Mrs. Corry—whose fingers

become candy when she snaps them off—and her

two daughters, Annie and Fannie. They stock up on gingerbread wrapped in paper stars. Later

that night, Jane and Michael see Mrs. Corry and Mary Poppins glueing the stars to the sky while

Annie and Fannie hold a ladder.

NELEUSAccording to Greek mythology, Neleus is the son of

Poseidon, God of the Sea, who abandons Neleus before

he’s even born. Mary Poppins Opens the Door features

a chapter called “The Marble Boy” in which a statue

of Neleus in the park comes to life and begins playing.

His absence creates a wild goose chase, with the Park

Keeper’s job on the line. When Neleus reappears on his

plinth, no longer naked but wrapped in Mary Poppins’ coat, everyone is much relieved.

Mary Poppins: “She wrenched herself away from her glorious reflection,” - Mary Poppins, illustrated by Mary Shepard; Mary and

Bert: “’I’m the Waiter, you know!’” - Mary Poppins, illustrated by Mary Shepard; Miss Andrew: “She glanced round the garden” - Mary

Poppins Comes Back, illustrated by Mary Shepard; Mrs. Corry: “One end on the earth and the other leaning on the sky” - Mary Poppins,

illustrated by Mary Shepard; Neleus: “The Marble Boy” Mary Poppins Opens the Door, illustrated by Mary Shepard and Agnes Sims.

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Helen Lyndon Goff (later P.L. Travers) is born to parents Margaret and Travers Goff.

Travers Goff dies of Tuberculosis.

Margaret Goff attempts to take her own life. The family moves in with Great Aunt Ellie, a key inspiration for the character of Mary Poppins.

The character of Mary Poppins first appears in a short story, “Mary Poppins and the Match-Man” in which a young Mary Poppins meets Bert the Match-Man and they go for afternoon tea in one of his chalk sidewalk drawings.

The first Mary Poppins book is published, introducing the Banks family.

Mary Poppins Comes Back is published.

Walt Disney first attempts to get the rights to make a Mary Poppins movie. P.L. Travers refuses, not wanting her literary creation turned into a “silly, smiling cartoon.”

Mary Poppins Opens the Door is published.

Mary Poppins in the Park is published.

Spurred by dwindling book royalties, Travers agrees to give Disney the rights to make a Mary Poppins film, as long as she has script approval. She is notoriously picky and difficult to work with during the film’s creation.

Mary Poppins from a to Z is published with 26 adventures, one for each letter.

Disney’s iconic Mary Poppins film is released to rave reviews. It goes on to garner five Academy Awards, including one for star Julie Andrews. Travers weeps during the premiere and is especially appalled by the animation sequence.

Three additional Mary Poppins books are published: Mary Poppins in the Kitchen, Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane and Mary Poppins and the House next Door.

Cameron Mackintosh asks Travers for the rights to make a stage musical. She agrees on the condition that no one from the film be involved and all of the writers be British.

Travers dies at age 96.

The musical opens in the West End featuring new music and an expanded cast of characters drawn from the books.

A production of the musical opens on Broadway.

Saving Mr. Banks, a fictionalized version of the making of the Mary Poppins film, is released. The film depicts Disney persuading Travers to give him the rights to make the movies intertwined with scenes based on Travers’ childhood.

Olney Theatre Center produces Mary Poppins.

A new Disney film, Mary Poppins returns, is scheduled for release, starring Emily Blunt (into the Woods, The Devil Wears Prada) and Lin Manuel-Miranda (of Hamilton fame). Director Rob Marshall says he plans to draw from the other seven books of the series for material, and Blunt’s portrayal of the character will be closer to what’s in the books.

Want to know more about the world of Mary Poppins? Check out our blog at otc-dramaturgy.tumblr.com. There you candive into the world of the books, learn about Travers’ life, read

Q&As with the cast, and more.

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