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NEW YEAR’S EVE CLASSICAL SOUL OF MOTOWN Michael Krajewski, conductorDarius de Haas, vocalsCapathia Jenkins, vocalsCalli Graver, vocalsNicholas Trawick, vocalsDeShana Wooden, vocals

Celebrate the New Year with the Seattle Symphony as they perform the timeless classic soul of Motown. The astounding voices of Capathia Jenkins and her Broadway co-star Darius de Haas will revisit the kings and queens of that iconic era including Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder and many more.

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Don’t miss the most heartfelt concert of the season! This year’s program promises to delight you with holiday classics like “Let It Snow,” “Santa Baby,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” and more.

DECEMBER 28 & 29

THE FOUR SEASONS Pablo Rus Broseta, conductorElisa Barston, violinSimone Porter, violin

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PIAZZOLLA: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires VIVALDI: The Four Seasons

Vivaldi’s lyrical masterpiece sings with color and beauty. Paired with the tango-inspired work Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by famed Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla, featuring renowned tango dancers. A dazzling evening that will take you from the most celebrated of Italian Baroque composers to the passionate rhythms of Argentina.

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The non-profit 5th Avenue Theatre is one of the country’s leading musical theater companies. Our mission is to “nurture, advance and preserve all aspects of America’s great indigenous art form: The Musical. We achieve this by creating extraordinary theatrical experiences that enrich, entertain and inspire current and future audiences everywhere.”

The 5th is committed to achieving the highest standards of artistic excellence by employing world-class performers and creative artists, utilizing full live orchestras, and staging exceptional and imaginative productions. The 5th places a special emphasis on employing our amazing community of Puget Sound-based artists and technicians.

We are nationally renowned for our production and development of new musicals. Since 2001, The 5th has premiered 17 new works, nine of which have subsequently opened on Broadway. They include Disney’s Aladdin, First Date, A Christmas Story, Scandalous, Shrek, Catch Me If You Can, The Wedding Singer and Best Musical Tony Award®-winners, Hairspray and Memphis. We are equally acclaimed for our vibrant new productions of musicals from the “Golden Age of Broadway” and contemporary classics. These signature revivals enthrall fans of these enduring works and introduce these great shows to new generations of musical theater lovers. Our celebrated educational programs serve more than 83,000 young people each year through a host of projects including our Adventure Musical Theater Touring Company, The 5th Avenue Awards and the unique Rising Star Project. For adults, we offer free-to-the-public events such as the popular Spotlight Night series and pre-performance Show Talks with Albert Evans. We are the largest arts employer in the Pacific Northwest with more than 800 actors, singers, dancers, musicians, creative artists, theatrical technicians and arts professionals working for us each season.

As a non-profit theater company supported by the community, we enjoy the patronage of more than 20,000 season subscribers (one of the largest theater subscriptions in America). More than 330,000 audience members attend our performances each year.

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

The 5th Avenue Theatre gratefully acknowledges our 43 original founders and sponsors. Please visit www.5thavenue.org for specific information on these important companies and individuals.

ABOUT5THAVENUE THEATRE

THEBOARD OF DIRECTORS Stephen P. Reynolds Chairman

Sterling WilsonTreasurerMargaret C. InouyeSecretary

Wanda J. HerndonImmediate Past Chairman

Kenny AlhadeffAnn ArdizzoneClodagh AshLes BillerSharon Gantz BloomeRobert R. Braun, Jr.Debbie BrownMargaret ClappBarbara L. CroweLarry EstradaCyrus Habib Randy HodginsRichard KaganMike KatzPatrick F. KennedySaSa KirkpatrickElizabeth LundHeather Sullivan McKayRichard MeadowsJohn OppenheimerDavid QuinnAnn Ramsay-JenkinsAnthony RepanichNorman B. RiceBonnie TowneEric TrottTom WalshTracy WellensEileen Glasser WesleyKenneth Willman

PAST CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDWanda J. Herndon (2013-2015)Barbara L. Crowe (2011-2013) Robert A. Sexton (2009-2011)Norman B. Rice (2007-2009) Kenny Alhadeff (2004-2007) William W. Krippaehne Jr. (2002-2004)Bruce M. Pym (2000-2002)John F. Behnke (1998-2000)Faye Sarkowsky (1996-98)Donald J. Covey (1994-96)Kenneth L. Hatch (1992-94)John D. Mangels (1990-92)Robert F. Buck (1988-90)Stanley M. Little, Jr. (1986-88)R. Milton Trafton (1983-86)W.J. Pennington (1981-83)D.E. (Ned) Skinner (1979-81) Founding Managing DirectorMarilynn Sheldon

I am also happy to tell you that this season Seattle audiences are not the only ones who will have the opportunity to experience a thrilling 5th Avenue Theatre production. Following our final performance of The Little Mermaid on December 31, audiences in nine cities across America including Atlanta, Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, Fort Myers and Jacksonville, will have the thrill of experiencing The 5th Avenue’s production of The Little Mermaid.

Meanwhile, in the other Washington, thousands of mutigenerational theatergoers will have their hearts warmed by our co-production of the Tony®-winning musical The Secret Garden, produced in partnership with DC’s acclaimed Shakespeare Theatre Company where it is now playing through December 31. You can enjoy it here at The 5th beginning April 14.

Whether this is your first or your one-hundredth visit to our spectacular theater, we are thrilled that you are here, and we look forward to entertaining and delighting you, your friends and your family for many seasons to come.

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TRADITION!

Over the past 36 years, thousands of Northwest families have made a trip to The 5th Avenue Theatre a cherished part of their annual holiday

traditions. Many of these theatergoers who first attended one of our holiday productions as children now return year after year with their children and grandchildren.

All of us here at The 5th—our staff, cast, crew and orchestra—are thrilled and humbled by the impact these productions have on our audience. We know that for many young people these holiday productions are the very first exposure they will have to the wonder and joy of live theater and our great indigenous American art form—The Musical.

Every year we endeavor to select a show that will be equally entertaining to multiple generations of audience members. I believe that Disney’s The Little Mermaid fits that bill to perfection.

This stage version is adapted from the hit 1989 animated film that was itself inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s famous tale. In addition to being wonderfully engaging, the movie had a significant impact on at least two aspects of our contemporary popular culture. First and most directly, the success of the film inspired what is known as “the Disney Renaissance,” leading to the production of an entire string of memorable animated musical features including Beauty and The Beast, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Aladdin.

Secondly, and most importantly from my point of view, The Little Mermaid and the films that followed were released in theaters and on videotape, during the perfect 10 year period to totally entrance the new millennial generation, inspiring a huge cohort of children to watch them over and over again. I believe this phenomenon engendered in millennials a great love and affinity for the classic form and content of Broadway musicals. Like their baby boomer grandparents, it seems perfectly natural to this younger generation that writers employ music to heighten their dramas or that characters would express their dreams and passions by bursting into song and dance. This, I believe, has in great part led to the “Musical Theater Renaissance” that has emerged over the past decade on Broadway, on television and here at The 5th. Our production of The Little Mermaid is on track to become the most attended holiday show in our theater’s history, and millennials will make up a huge part of our audience. Welcome to you all!

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Members of the Creativity Circles support the creative arc of the musical theater art form. They support The 5th’s investment in writers and artists; the creation, development and staging of new works; and help insure excellence in our service to this community, our children and this

magical art form. For your leadership, we applaud and thank you.

Sheri and Les Biller Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Stephen P. and Paula Rosput Reynolds

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Glenna KendallJulie and Richard KaganClodagh and Bob Ash

Cynthia StroumTiia-Mai ReddittBeth and Buzz Porter

Faye Sarkowsky

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Choreographed by

JOHN MACINNISDirected by

GLENN CASALE

Music Direction by

COLIN R. FREEMAN

BERNADINE C. GRIFFINManaging Director

BILL BERRYProducing Artistic Director

DAVID ARMSTRONGExecutive Producer & Artistic Director

2016/17 5th Avenue Season Sponsors[ArtsFund, US Bank, Alaska]

Media Sponsor[The Seattle Times]

Contributing Sponsor[Macy’s]

Scenic Design

KENNETH FOYCostume Design

AMY CLARK & MARK KOSSLighting Design

CHARLIE MORRISON Sound Design

ED CHAPMAN

Production Stage Manager

MICHAEL McEOWEN

Wig & Hair Design

LEAH J. LOUKASOriginal Soundscape Design

GARETH OWEN New Soundscape Design

RANDY HANSENAssociate Director

MICHAEL HEITZMANAssociate Choreographer

ROBBIE ROBYAssociate Music Director

R.J. TANCIOCOProduction Supervisor

JOHN R. EDKINS

MARLEEN AND KENNY ALHADEFF, 5TH AVENUE PRODUCING PARTNER

Based on Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film, produced by Howard Ashman & John Muskerand written & directed by John Musker & Ron Clements

Lyrics by

HOWARD ASHMAN & GLENN SLATERMusic by

ALAN MENKENBook by

DOUG WRIGHT

Originally Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions

Starring

ALLEN FITZPATRICK FREDERICK HAGREEN

Production Sponsor[Premere Blue Cross]

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Disney’s The Little Mermaid is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

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Scenery, props and new costumes were created by a partnership with Dallas Summer Musicals, Kansas City Starlight Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO and Theatre Under The Stars.

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CAST (in order of appearance)Ariel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIANA HUEY*Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANE STOKINGER*Sailors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VENNY CARRANZA*, MICHAEL McGURK*, JAMES SHACKELFORD*,

BRIAN STEVEN SHAW*, MICHAEL WORDLY*Prince Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATTHEW KACERGIS*Grimsby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLEN FITZPATRICK*Flounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONNOR RUSSELL*Scuttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMIE TORCELLINI*King Triton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVE BLANCHARD*Sebastian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MELVIN ABSTON*Mersisters Aquata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LISA KARLIN* Andrina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRISTIN BURCH* Arista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRENNA WAGNER* Atina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BECCA ORTS* Adella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMANDA MINANO* Allana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TAYLOR NIEMEYER*Flotsam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON ROACH*Jetsam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FREDERICK HAGREEN*Ursula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JENNIFER ALLEN*Gulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VENNY CARRANZA*, MICHAEL McGURK*, MARCO RAMOS*Maids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRISTIN BURCH*, LISA KARLIN*, AMANDA MINANO*, BECCA ORTS*,

MOMOKO SUGAI*, BRENNA WAGNER*Chef Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANE STOKINGER*Chefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VENNY CARRANZA*, MICHAEL McGURK*, MARCO RAMOS*, JAMES SHACKELFORD*,

BRIAN STEVEN SHAW*, MICHAEL WORDLY*Princesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KRISTIN BURCH*, LISA KARLIN*, AMANDA MINANO*, TAYLOR NIEMEYER*,

BECCA ORTS*, BRENNA WAGNER*

ENSEMBLEKRISTIN BURCH*, VENNY CARRANZA*, LISA KARLIN*, MICHAEL McGURK*, AMANDA MINANO*,

TAYLOR NIEMEYER*, BECCA ORTS*, MARCO RAMOS*, BRIAN STEVEN SHAW*, JAMES SHACKELFORD*, DANE STOKINGER*, MOMOKO SUGAI*, BRENNA WAGNER*, MICHAEL WORDLY*

DANCE CAPTAINROBBIE ROBY*

FLIGHT CAPTAINBRITTANY ZEINSTRA*

UNDERSTUDIES & SWINGSUnderstudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time

of the performance.

For Ariel: AMANDA MINANO*; For Prince Eric: FREDERICK HAGREEN*; For Ursula: LISA KARLIN*; For King Triton: DANE STOKINGER*; For Sebastian: MICHAEL WORDLY*;

For Scuttle: VENNY CARRANZA*; For Flotsam: BRIAN STEVEN SHAW*; For Jetsam: BRIAN STEVEN SHAW*; For Grimsby: DANE STOKINGER*; For Flounder: MARCO RAMOS*; For Chef Louis: VENNY CARRANZA*

Male Swing: ROBBIE ROBY*; Female Swing: BRITTANY ZEINSTRA*

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Please turn off your cell phones and pagers prior to the beginning of the performance.

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States


STAGE MANAGEMENTProduction Stage Manager: MICHAEL McEOWEN*

Assistant Stage Manager: RACHEL BURY*Assistant Stage Manager: HANNAH WICHMANN*

ORCHESTRAConductor: COLIN R. FREEMAN

Reed 1 (Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet): DANE ANDERSENReed 2 (Oboe, English Horn): BRENT HAGES

Reed 3 (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Sax, Alto Sax): DEWEY MARLERHorn: MATTHEW BERLINER

Trumpet: BRAD ALLISONKeyboards: R.J. TANCIOCO, DWIGHT BECKMEYER, TIM SYMONS

Percussion: PAUL HANSENDrums: CHRIS MONROE

Violin 1: EUGENE BAZHANOVViolin 2: WINNIE DUNGEY

Cello: VIRGINIA DZIEKONSKI/TRACI WINTERSBass: DAVE PASCAL

ADDITIONAL MUSIC STAFFMusic Coordinator: DANE ANDERSEN

Rehearsal Pianist: CASEY CROSSRehearsal Drummer: CHRIS MONROE

Keyboard Programming: JIM HARP, SYNTHLINK LLC

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Rising Star Project is made possible by a generous grant from The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation and with additional support from The Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Charitable Foundation, Susie and Phil Stoller, The Boeing Company, Washington State Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, GM Nameplate, Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation, Seattle Rotary Service Foundation, DCG One (in-kind) and Promotion Arts (in-kind).


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MUSICAL NUMBERS

Act I“The World Above” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ariel“Fathoms Below” † . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot, Sailors, Prince Eric, Grimsby“Daughters of Triton” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mersisters“If Only (Triton’s Lament)” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .King Triton“Daddy’s Little Angel”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ursula, Flotsam, Jetsam“Part of Your World” *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ariel“The Storm” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sailors“Part of Your World (Reprise)” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ariel“She’s in Love”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mersisters, Flounder“Her Voice” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prince Eric“Under the Sea” * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sebastian, Sea Creatures“If Only (Ariel’s Lament)” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ariel“Sweet Child” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Flotsam, Jetsam“Poor Unfortunate Souls” * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ursula

Act II“Positoovity” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scuttle, Gulls“Beyond My Wildest Dreams”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ariel, Maids, Grimsby“Les Poissons” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chef Louis“Les Poissons (Reprise)” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chef Louis, Chefs“One Step Closer” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prince Eric“Daddy’s Little Angel (Reprise)” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ursula, Flotsam, Jetsam“Kiss the Girl” * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sebastian, Animals“If Only (Quartet)” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ariel, Prince Eric, Sebastian, King Triton“The Contest” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grimsby, Princesses“Poor Unfortunate Souls (Reprise)”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ursula“Finale” † . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prince Eric, Ariel, Ensemble

Music by Alan Menken* Lyrics by Howard Ashman

† Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn SlaterAll other lyrics by Glenn Slater

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More Than a Fairy Tale: An Interview ............................14

Ashman & Menken: Disney’s Renaissance Men ........16

Who’s Who ..............................18

NextFest: Second Annual Festival for New Works .........................28

Spotlight on Hattie Andres .......30

2015/16 Subscriber Choice Awards .....................................33

Stay Connected ........................44

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MORE THAN A FAIRY TALEBy KWAPI VENGESAYI, Community Engagement Specialist

WHAT DREW YOU TO DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID?

DIANA HUEY (DH): Singing “Part of Your World” as a child is one of my earliest memories. I vividly remember knowing every word and mimicking each intonation while daydreaming that I was a beautiful mermaid princess. The opportunity to live out one of my childhood dreams is incredible!

GLENN CASALE (GC): I loved the film and when I first saw it I thought, “This is a Broadway show!” I read the Hans Christian Andersen short story and wanted to

dig deeper into the characters and the relationships through this production.

MATTHEW KACERGIS (MK): I grew up on the Disney musical cartoons and The Little Mermaid was certainly a staple. It’s got some absolutely incredible music, both from the original film and some new songs written for the stage production. I also love how Glenn and the creative team have decided to tell this story.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid has enthralled international audiences across generations and cultures. Its score is enchanting and visuals captivating, but it’s more than just a fairy tale about a beautiful princess who falls in love with a dashing prince. In an interview with Director Glenn Casale and actors Diana Huey and Matthew Kacergis, we discuss this beloved story and our own spectacular production.

Matthew Kacergis with Billy Stritch on piano. Photo by J. Van Evers.

Diana Huey in rehearsals for Miss Saigon at Flat Rock Playhouse. Photo by James Johnson.

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DH: This production is full of Disney magic, excitement and of course, the music we all love! It’s a classic loved by so many people and I can’t wait for new generations to get to experience it for the first time and for older generations to get to get to relive a childhood favorite! I hope everyone leaves singing and dancing with joy in their hearts.

GC: Disney’s The Little Mermaid reminds us that family is priceless and it is important to listen to someone who wants to change.

MK: I hope our audiences walk away believing in the power of their own individuality and their dreams. I hope families are reminded to listen to one another. I hope they leave singing the beautiful music. And of course, I hope they leave with smiles on their faces!

WHAT IS THIS STORY ABOUT TO YOU?

DH: A huge part of Ariel’s story is that she feels like she can’t be her true self. There’s no doubt that she loves her father, family and friends, but if you can’t be happy with yourself, then you’re stuck in a pretty miserable rut. It’s hard to give your best self to the world if you are limiting that best self from thriving. I hope to bring Ariel’s strength and bravery to the stage and inspire people to be happy, fulfilled and proud of who they are!

GC: It is about a young girl who is trying to figure out who she is and why she is different from her sisters. She is not comfortable with her fins and the body she inhabits: she knows that she belongs somewhere else. She finds the courage to explore this new world and life.

MK: I think Ariel and Eric are both young people who are just discovering their own individualism and they are both feeling restricted in the world they were born into. We have all experienced what it’s like to feel different and to have dreams that set us apart. We, the cast, owe it to the dreamers in the audience to be generous with that part of ourselves so they know there are others out there who have the audacity to chase their dreams.

DH: Fairy tales are often centered around important themes like self-discovery, family, bravery and adventure. They are also some of the first stories we hear as children. I think that they help instill a foundation in us to be a good and happy person. I know that whenever I hear them again, they always bring out the inner child in me.

GC: I feel we never lose the sense of wonder and hope that fairy tales give us. We know the lessons we learned from them as children and we want to relive them and share them with the next generations. That is what is so great about them—you can share the experience with the whole family.

MK: The beautiful thing about fairy tales is that they can take a story about an everyday experience and remove the limitations of reality. But despite the fact that magic might intervene, there’s always a moral that reminds us that it’s up to us to make the change

WHY DO FAIRY TALES CAPTIVATE US AS CHILDREN AND STICK WITH US INTO ADULTHOOD?

WHAT DO YOU HOPE FOR AUDIENCES TO TAKE AWAY WHEN THEY LEAVE THE THEATER?

Matthew Kacergis with Billy Stritch on piano. Photo by J. Van Evers.

Glenn Casale with Lesli Margherita (Esmerelda) and Eric Kunze (Phoebus) in rehearsals of Hunchback of Notre Dame. Photo by Charr Crail.

we want to see. The magic helps children develop their imagination and sense of wonder; the moral of the story stays with us into adulthood.


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ASHMAN AND MENKEN: DISNEY’S RENAISSANCE MENBy ALBERT EVANS, Artistic and Education Associate

Fairy tales might seem like effortless magic—all you need is a storyteller and an audience—but bringing the magic to life on stage and screen requires the combined efforts of a small army of artists and craftspeople.

Look at the credits of a Disney animated classic like The Little Mermaid and you’ll see the names of hundreds of folks who labor, sometimes for years, to create all of the elements of a fantasy world.

When a film is brought to life on the stage, dozens more people are enlisted to re-imagine the story and make it work with live actors wearing real costumes on physical sets—creating that classic Disney magic before your eyes.

One of the elements the audience remembers vividly long after they leave the theater is the music and lyrics.

The enchanting Little Mermaid songs were written by two very talented men: Howard Ashman, who penned the lyrics, and Alan Menken, who handled the music.

In the late 1980s, Menken and Ashman were young musical theater collaborators with one big credit: Little Shop of Horrors, the hilarious sci-fi/horror spoof that opened off-Broadway in 1979 and was made into a feature film seven years later.

Alan Menken and Howard Ashman had met through a mutual friend—Maury Yeston, another young theater songwriter who would go on to write Nine and Titanic.

Menken was working as a lyricist-composer, fresh from the Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Musical Theatre Workshop for aspiring theater writers, ready to conquer the world with a sheaf of funny revue songs in his portfolio.

Ashman was a bookwriter-lyricist and the artistic director of the adventurous off-Broadway playhouse, the WPA Theatre. He was looking for a composer to work with on his stage adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.

Although reluctant to give up the lyric-writing job, Menken agreed to collaborate.

The partnership was more successful than the musical: Rosewater got excellent reviews but ran for a scant 49 performances. But the team got along well and immediately began work on their breakthrough show, Little Shop of Horrors.

While in Hollywood working on the Little Shop movie, Ashman was invited to a brainstorming session at the Disney studio. At the time, Disney was concentrating more and more on live action movies, and there was talk that animation—long at the heart of the Disney enterprise—might be dropped entirely.

Then the success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit—the live action/animation hybrid produced in collaboration with Steven Spielberg—renewed interest in the cartoon form.

The studio decided to produce one more animated fairy tale, a form they had neglected for the past thirty years. They chose Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The Little Mermaid.” Ashman convinced the Disney team to adapt it as a “Broadway-style” film musical.

For his leadership and vision, Ashman was named co-producer, and he brought on board his writing partner Alan Menken to score the music.

The Ashman-Menken songs helped make The Little Mermaid an enormous success, igniting a 10-year, 10-film creative explosion known as the Disney Renaissance.

Howard Ashman played a key role in two more Disney films, writing all the lyrics for Beauty and the Beast and much of Aladdin before his tragic and untimely death in 1991 at the age of 40.

Alan Menken finished the Aladdin score with lyricist Tim Rice, then continued to work for Disney, collaborating with Stephen Schwartz on Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and with David Zippel on Hercules.

Menken credits much of his success to an ability to improvise at the piano in almost any style—a gift he had from an early age.

THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP...


When his parents were in the room Menken would dutifully practice his Beethoven sonatas. When they left he’d improvise his own “Beethoven.” From the next room they couldn’t tell the difference.

When his piano teacher learned the secret, he told Menken’s parents, “Perhaps this is something we should encourage Alan to do.”

In composing for film and theater, Menken uses this skill to give each score a unique musical palette: calypso, Kurt Weill and sea chanteys for The Little Mermaid; 19th century operetta for Beauty and the Beast; 40s jazz and Arabic music for Aladdin.

After Howard’s death, Alan grieved. “It really was like a marriage,” he said.

But he rebounded and built a show-business career second to none, with nine Oscars, 11 Grammys and a Tony. Menken’s post-Renaissance films include Newsies, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Enchanted and Tangled. For the theater, he scored A Christmas Carol, Leap of Faith and Sister Act.

The stage adaptations of his films Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Newsies and Aladdin have made Disney Theatricals a mighty presence on Broadway and spurred the clean-up of the once tawdry Times Square area.

Most recently has been the adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame: The Musical, with lyrics by Menken’s frequent partner Glenn Slater—who also wrote the lyrics for the new songs in The Little Mermaid.

Thanks largely to the Disney Renaissance, a generation of kids—and now their kids—have grown up loving classic Broadway musical style songs, which in turn has led them to participate in school musicals in ever greater numbers.

When you ask young performers which songs made them fall in love with musical theater, their answers are likely to include “Somewhere That’s Green,” “Part of Your World,” “Under the Sea,” “Be Our Guest” and “Beauty and the Beast”—songs that will never die. Songs by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken.

ALAN MENKEN:FROM CHILDHOOD TO CAREER MPROVISATION

THE SONGS OF A GENERATION

Alan Menken (left)& Howard Ashman (right)

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DIANA HUEY (Ariel) couldn’t be more honored or excited to come home from New York to live out this childhood dream! 5th Avenue Theatre: Jasper in Deadland, RENT, MAME and AMT.

Regional: Village Theatre, ACT Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Signature Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Flat Rock Playhouse, Prospect Theatre and Playwrights Horizon. TV: Leverage, The Glee Project and New Day Northwest’s theme-song singer. She is a Helen Hayes Award Winner for Best Leading Actress for Signature Theatre’s Miss Saigon. Endless thanks to this team for this incredible opportunity and her family and Andrew for their support and love! DianaHuey.com.

MELVIN ABSTON (Sebastian) 5th Ave: Memphis (Delray). Broadway: Sister Act. Nat’l Tour: Lion King, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Sister Act. Regional: ZACH Theatre, La Jolla

Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, TUTS and Goodman Theatre. Film/TV: Solace, Gotham, Chastity Bites, Raising Hope, Chuck, recurred on Grey’s Anatomy, H+: The Digital Series and Weeds. VO: Verizon Wireless, South Park Studios and The Prince of Peace. Proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA, prouder father to Jaron, Stevie and Krystina!

JENNIFER ALLEN (Ursula) is making her 5th Ave debut! Broadway credits include starring and co-starring roles in Bridges of Madison County, Sister Act (Mother Superior),

Memphis, A Catered Affair, Cats (Grizabella), Little Me, Guys and Dolls (Miss Adelaide) and City of Angels. Allen has been seen in National Tours of Ragtime (Emma Goldman), Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (Ma and Tessie Tura) and Cabaret (Sally Bowles). Regionally, she has worked at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodspeed Opera House and Paper Mill Playhouse. Allen makes her home in New York with her loving family, husband Rob and two gorgeous children Cedric and Frances.

STEVE BLANCHARD (King Triton) 5th Avenue debut. Broadway: Beauty and the Beast, Camelot, A Christmas Carol and The Three Musketeers. National Tours: Newsies, Little House on

the Prairie, Camelot and Phantom of the Opera. Television: The Tap, Law & Order, Third Watch, Cupid, Ed, Sunset Beat, Police Story and Goody Goody. Film: In Stranger Company, Those Who Wander, When the Moon Was Twice As Big, By the Dashboard Light and Rap Master Ronnie for HBO. Original Recordings: Johnny Guitar, Sundown, Frankenstein and Northbound Train.

MATTHEW KACERGIS (Prince Eric) is thrilled to make his 5th Avenue Theatre debut! Regional: Les Misérables (Marius), Billy Elliot (Tony), Chasing Nicolette (Aucassin) and Anne of

Green Gables (Gilbert Blythe) at Village Theatre. Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Wickham) at La Mirada Theatre. Parade (Frankie/Young Soldier) and The Civil War (“Tell My Father”) at Ford’s Theatre. Spring Awakening (Melchior) and Cinderella (Prince Christopher) at Olney Theatre Center. Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular (Aladdin) at Disney’s California Adventure. Fiddler On The Roof (Fyedka) at the Ogunquit Playhouse. TV/Film: Veep. Cast Recording: A Walk On The Wild Side. Proud Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA member. MatthewKacergis.com.

ALLEN FITZPATRICK (Grimsby) This is Fitzpatrick’s 24th production at The 5th Avenue. His 10 appearances on Broadway include Les Misérables, 42nd Street,

The Scarlet Pimpernel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Damn Yankees. Fitzpatrick was featured in five National Tours, including starring in Sunset Boulevard. Multiple TV/film roles. He currently portrays Major Werner on Chaldea. allenfitzpatrick.weebly.com.

FREDERICK HAGREEN (Jetsam) is elated to be back at The 5th! Previous Seattle credits include Assassins as John Hinckley, Jr., Pirates of Penzance and Jasper in Deadland (5th Avenue Theatre); Come

From Away (Seattle Rep.); Bad Apples (ACT); Disney’s Mary Poppins and Les Misérables (Village Theatre); American Idiot and Really, Really (ArtsWest). Love to B, Kels, L-Dawg and the family.

BRANDON ROACH (Flotsam) 5th Avenue (and Seattle) debut! National Tours: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Regional: Tuacahn (Sister Act, Disney’s When You Wish), Surflight (The Wizard of

Oz), Cd’A Summer Theatre (Mary Poppins; 9 to 5 and Hello, Dolly!). Thanks to Michael and Ellery at The Roster. Much love to friends and family.

CONNOR RUSSELL (Flounder). Premiere of Disney’s Aladdin, Hairspray Anniversary Concert, A Chorus Line (5th Avenue Theatre); Quentin in October Sky (The Old Globe); Idaho! The Comedy Musical

(The Smith Center); A Christmas Carol (Pittsburgh CLO); White Christmas (Arkansas Rep); The Who’s Tommy (Village Theatre) and Gypsy (Capital Rep). Film: Paul in The Hinterlands (IAWTV Award nomination for Best Leading Actor), Brand Upon the Brain (Toronto Film Festival/New York Film Festival), Truth Slash Fiction (SeriesFest 2016 Winner). Instagram/Twitter: @mrconnorrussell.

JAMIE TORCELLINI (Scuttle) 5th Avenue debut. Broadway: Cats (Mr. Mistoffelees), Little Johnny Jones (Standby for Donny Osmond), Me and My Girl (Standby for Jim Dale), Jerome Robbins’

Broadway, Man of La Mancha (Barber), Beauty and the Beast (LeFou) and the original company of Billy Elliot. Television/Film: Law & Order, ER, Mrs. Santa Claus, The Jamie Foxx Show, Stuart Little. Torcellini has also provided character voices for Disney’s Tarzan, Pocahontas and was the character model for the body of Aladdin.

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KRISTIN BURCH (Andrina, Ensemble) Overjoyed to return to The 5th! 5th Avenue: How to Succeed… International Tour: West Side Story (Anybodies/Maria u/s). Regional: Legally Blonde (Elle),

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VENNY CARRANZA (Gull, Ensemble, Chef Understudy, Scuttle Understudy) is excited to be returning to The 5th Avenue Theatre. B’way: A Chorus Line, Camelot, We Will Rock You, Seussical, HAIR.

Regional: Spamalot, The Little Mermaid, Señor Discretion Himself and others. TV/Film: Jack and Jill, Scrubs. Thanks to all the Mermaid team, Mr. Wolfe and God!

LISA KARLIN (Aquata, Ensemble, Ursula Understudy) 5th Ave debut! Broadway/National Tours: Pippin (Leading Player u/s), The Addams Family (Wednesday u/s), Ragtime (Emma

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National Tour: Dr. Dolittle. McGurk has performed on the Tony Awards® twice. BFA: The Boston Conservatory.

AMANDA MINANO (Adella, Ensemble, Ariel Understudy): 5th Avenue debut! Off-Broadway: Let Her Kick. Touring: Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, TUTS,

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TAYLOR NIEMEYER (Alana, Ensemble) is thrilled to return to the 5th Avenue stage in this magical production! Past 5th Avenue credits: Bebe (A Chorus Line), Zaneeta Shinn (The Music Man), Ensemble

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JAMES SHACKELFORD (Ensemble) 5th Avenue debut! Tours: The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric u/s, Swing). Regional: Hairspray (Link Larkin), A Chorus Line (Al) at Lyric Theatre

OK; Hair (Tribe) at Sacramento Music Circus. For more – jamesdshackelford.com.

DANE STOKINGER (Chef Louis, Pilot, Ensemble, Triton Understudy, Grimsby Understudy) At The 5th: A Christmas Story (Old Man), Monty Python’s Spamalot! (Lancelot). SCT: Wizard of Oz (Tin

Man), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Caractacus Potts). Village Theatre: Full Monty (Jerry), Trails (Mike), No Way To Treat A Lady (Morris Brummell). Love to Jess.

MOMOKO SUGAI (Ariel Double, Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at The 5th! Credits include: 5th Avenue: A Chorus Line (Connie). Broadway: Allegiance (Peggy). Regional: Hair, Seussical!, Sideshow,

Nunsense, Godspell, Mary Poppins, How to Succeed… and The Rocky Horror Show. Thanks to her family, ATB and Ish!

BRENNA WAGNER (Arista, Ensemble) is absolutely joyous to join Disney’s The Little Mermaid! 5th Ave: Paint Your Wagon. Seattle: ArtsWest’s Violet (Violet); Village Theatre’s Mary Poppins,

My Fair Lady. Regional: Arizona Theatre Company. Love to Mama and Dad.

MICHAEL WORDLY (Ensemble, Sebastian Understudy) 5th Avenue debut. Off-Broadway: Spamilton: The American Parody. Regional: Memphis (Gator), Smokey Joes Café (Adrian), Aida

(Mereb) and Hairspray (Seaweed). Proud Member of AEA. Huge thanks to his family and friends for their continuous love and support. Proverbs 3:5. michaelwordly.com.

BRITTANY ZEINSTRA (Swing) 5th Avenue debut! Regional: Mamma Mia! (Sophie), How to Succeed…, Me and My Girl. BFA from Boston Conservatory. Love to my parents, my fearless

sisters, my bros. BrittanyZeinstra.com.

ALAN MENKEN (Music) Stage credits: Little Shop of Horrors; Beauty and the Beast; A Christmas Carol; King David; God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; Real Life Funnies, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravits, Weird Romance and Der Glocker Von Notre Dame. Film credits: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Newsies, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules and Home on the Range. Other achievements: A Billboard #1 album (Pocahontas) and #1 single (“A Whole New World”). Awards include eight Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, 10 Grammys, a London Evening Standard Award, an Olivier, a New York Drama Critics Award, a Drama Desk and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. Stage adaptations: A Christmas Carol and The Hunchback of Notre Dame plus the film Noel.

HOWARD ASHMAN (Lyrics) wrote the lyrics for the Disney animated films The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (3 songs). He served as producer on The Little Mermaid and executive producer on Beauty and the Beast. With composer Alan Menken, he received two Academy Awards and two Golden Globes for Best Song (“Beauty and the Beast” and “Under the Sea”) and four Grammy Awards. He received an Academy Award nomination with Mr. Menken for “Friend Like Me” from Aladdin. As author, lyricist and director for the stage musical Little Shop of Horrors, which ran for five years in New York and was produced worldwide, Mr. Ashman received two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award, a London Evening Standard Award and a Drama Desk Award. For his screenplay version of Little Shop of Horrors, Mr. Ashman received a nomination from the Screen Writers Guild and “Mean Green Mother from Outer Space” was nominated (with Mr. Menken) for an Academy Award for Best Song. He was author, lyricist and director of Smile for which he received a Tony nomination for Best Book. Stage credits include God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and The Confirmation (his only full-length play). Artistic Director: WPA Theatre (1976–1982).


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GLENN SLATER (Lyrics) Broadway: Houdini with Danny Elfman (2013). Disney’s The Little Mermaid (2008 Tony Award nomination for Best Score and Grammy nomination for Best Cast Album). West End: Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy (2009), Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies (2010, Olivier nomination for Best Musical). Regional: Leap of Faith (Ahmanson Theatre, L.A. 2010). Off-Broadway: newyorkers (Manhattan Theatre Club 2001, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations). Film: Disney’s Home on the Range (2004) and Tangled (2010, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Song). Awards: Kleban Award for Lyrics, ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and the Jonathan Larson award. Slater lives in New York City and has two sons, Benjamin and Daniel.

DOUG WRIGHT (Book) is a Pulitzer Prize-winner and has received a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, GLAAD Media Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama League Award and a Lucille Lortel Award for I Am My Own Wife which premiered at Playwrights Horizon in 2003. For Grey Gardens, he was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Book of a Musical. In 1995, Wright won an Obie Award for his play Quills, his screen adaptation was named Best Picture by the National Board of Review and nominated for three Academy Awards. Wright was cited by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and awarded the Tolerance Prize from the KulturForum Europa. Plays include The Stonewater Rapture, Interrogating the Nude, Unwrap Your Candy, Grey Gardens, The Little Mermaid and The Pavilion. Currently, he serves on the board of the New York Theatre Workshop and is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council.

GLENN CASALE (Director) 5th Avenue debut. Broadway: Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby (Tony Award nomination Best Revival) which was filmed by A&E and garnered two Emmy Awards. Off-Broadway: The Property Known as Garland starring Adrienne Barbeau and Dragapella at Studio 54 (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations for Best Production). International: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast (Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan and Russia), The Wiz. Regional: Hunchback of Notre Dame; The Little Mermaid; Ballroom; Camelot with Rachel York and Lou Diamond Phillips; Wrestlers starring Mark Harmon and George Clooney; Bingo!; From the Top starring Carol Burnett; Los Angeles Ovation Award-winning Best Musical Anything Goes starring Rachel York, Brent Barrett, Sally Struthers and Fred Willard; Camelot starring Michael

York; The Prisoner of Second Avenue with Jason Alexander. Television: ABC TV’s The Faculty starring Meredith Baxter and The Wayans Brothers. Casale is the Artistic Director for the California Musical Theater in Sacramento.

JOHN MACINNIS (Choreographer) The Little Mermaid marks the third time MacInnis has worked at The 5th Avenue Theatre. He was the choreographer of Guys and Dolls and the associate choreographer of Disney’s Aladdin. MacInnis is the choreographer of Disney’s The Little Mermaid in Tokyo, along with the new company that just opened in Nagoya, Japan in November 2016. He also choreographed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast which ran in five European countries. He is the associate choreographer of the new West End productions of Dreamgirls and the Broadway productions of Something Rotten, Disney’s Aladdin and the 2011 Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon. He directed and choreographed the Olympic Medals Ceremonies at the 2010 Olympics Winter Games in Whistler, B.C., Canada and the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. From 1999-2001 he directed and choreographed the out of town productions of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, including the first international production in Mexico City, Mexico. MacInnis has choreographed at The Shaw Festival, Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh CLO, Theatre Under the Stars, Music Theatre Wichita, Sacramento Music Circus and North Shore Music Theatre.

COLIN R. FREEMAN (Musical Director/Conductor) 5th Avenue debut. U.S. Regional (partial list): Annie, Annie Get Your Gun, The Andrews Brothers, Assassins, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls (1992 U.S. National Tour), Grease, Gypsy, Harmony, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Wizard of Oz. London/West End: Chess, Cats, Fame, Children of Eden, Matador, Me and My Girl. Freeman has conducted many of the country’s leading symphony orchestras, as well as recorded for the BBC. He has worked with artists such as Michael Feinstein, Barry Manilow, Mitzi Gaynor and Rod Stewart. Freeman has an LA Alliance Ovation Stage Award for Best Musical Direction (2003). He lives happily in Palm Springs with his wife Lorna Luft.

PAUL RUBIN (Flying Sequence Choreographer) Rubin’s career of choreographing flying sequences spans four decades. Rubin is a member of The Academy of Magical Arts at The Magic Castle. The 5th Avenue: Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan. Broadway: Wicked; Curtains with David Hyde Pierce; Frozen; The Pirate Queen; Cathy Rigby as Peter Pan; Kiss

Me, Kate; Doctor Zhivago; The Green Bird; Dance of the Vampires; Fiddler on the Roof and Saturday Night Fever. International/Touring Productions: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Holland, Moscow, Tokyo, U.S.), Tori Amos’ The Light Princess (National Theatre, London), Evolution touring China, Aladdin, West Coast Premiere of Carrie the Musical, 9 to 5 the Musical, Spamalot, Dora the Explorer LIVE, SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical, Seussical the Musical and Scooby-Doo. TheFlyGuy.com. Twitter: @theflyguy.

KENNETH FOY (Scenic Designer) Broadway: Candida starring Joanne Woodward, Macbeth with Nicol Williamson, Annie, An Evening with Jerry Herman, Gypsy (dir. Arthur Laurents) and more. National/International: My Fair Lady, Bombay Dreams, Doctor Dolittle, White Christmas, The Sound of Music, The King and I, Disney’s High School Musical and High School Musical 2. Metropolitan Opera, Houston Grand Opera, La Scala, Radio City, Six Flags, Busch Gardens, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

AMY CLARK (Costume Designer) Chaplin (Broadway, Barrymore); On Your Toes (City Center Encores!); Other Desert Cities (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Lord of the Flies and The North Pool (Barrington Stage); Show Boat (Goodspeed); Monster at the Door (Alley Theatre). Awarded the 2012 Theater Hall of Fame Emerging Artists Fellowship. Currently designing Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

MARK KOSS (Costume Designer) designed at Sacramento Music Circus for La Cage aux Folles in 2014, Chicago in 2013, Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Fiddler on the Roof in 2012 and The Producers and Camelot in 2011. He is the associate costume designer for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents Circus XTREME and Marvel Universe LIVE! produced by Feld Entertainment. His other credits include Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of The Little Mermaid, directed by Glenn Casale, co-designed with Amy Clark; San Francisco Playhouse’s Animals Out of Paper and Dead Man’s Cell Phone; Shotgun Players’ The Threepenny Opera; San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s Pericles; Ray of Light Theatre’s The Who’s Tommy (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award). M.F.A., NYU Tisch.

CHARLIE MORRISON (Lighting Designer) National/International Tours: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (NYC/Tour). Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon, Aida (US, Taiwan and China). The Producers, Man of La Mancha, Guys and Dolls, Groovaloo (NYC, LA, Foxwoods and US Tour). Hello, Dolly!; My

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Fair Lady; The King and I (US Tour and Korea). The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Gypsy, 42nd Street (US and Japan). Smokey Joe’s Café, The Who’s Tommy (Europe & Japan). Titanic, The Music Man and many others. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle Rep, Theatre Under the Stars, Dallas Summer Musicals, California Music Circus, Kansas City Starlight, Pittsburgh CLO, George Street Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Playmaker’s Rep, Tulsa Opera, many others. Morrison is the recipient of two Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design and has been nominated for seven Helen Hayes Awards. Website: cmlighting.com.

ED CHAPMAN (Sound Designer) Making his 5th Avenue debut with The Little Mermaid. Current/recent touring productions: A Christmas Story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Guys and Dolls, The Producers, The Little Mermaid (co-design with Randy Hansen). Other notable projects: Pirates of Penzance (dir. John Rando at Barrington Stage), The Wizard of Oz (Walnut Street Theatre), over 20 productions at The Weston Playhouse, The Joker’s Game (World Premiere in China), Bedbugs (Off-Broadway), Rocky Horror Show (dir. Hunter Foster), American Pops Orchestra in Tokyo. Chapman sends much love and thanks to his parents, John and Gayle, and family Kate, Mary Ann, Johnny and Eddie.

LEAH J. LOUKAS (Hair & Wig Design) The 5th Avenue Theatre: A Night With Janis Joplin. Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Oh, Hello; The Heidi Chronicles; On The Town; A Night With Janis Joplin; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; American Idiot; Irena’s Vow. Off-Broadway: The Royale (Lincoln Center); The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout); Barbecue, Fortress of Solitude and Plenty (The Public Theater); Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Into the Woods (Shakespeare in the Park); Heathers: The Musical (Signature Theatre); Jelly’s Last Jam (Signature Theatre Company); Butler (59E59). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Barrington Stage Company, McCarter Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre. Education: University of Cincinnati’s CCM, BFA, Theater Design and Production/Makeup and Wig Design.

MICHAEL HEITZMAN (Associate Director) is making his 5th Avenue Theatre debut. Recent directing credits: Legally Blonde and Big River, Sacramento Music Circus; Shrek and The Little Mermaid, North Shore Music Theater (IRNE Best Director nomination); Buyer &

Cellar at Mason Street Warehouse; and VICES (Jefferson Award, Best Director nom). Other credits: Associate Director for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Moscow, Paris, Amsterdam) and Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Dallas Summer Musicals). michaelheitzman.com.

ROBBIE ROBY (Associate Choreographer) Roby has been with The Little Mermaid since its remounting at Paper Mill Playhouse in 2013. Other assistant choreography productions include the world premiere of Beaches (Signature Theatre), The Tempest (Shakespeare in the Park), Idaho! The Comedy Musical (Las Vegas premiere), Hairspray (Paper Mill Playhouse and Royal Caribbean’s “Oasis of the Seas”), Carnegie Hall Family Holiday Concert: The New York Pops and the 2006 National Tour of Joseph...Dreamcoat. Thank you John, Glenn and of course Doug.

R.J. TANCIOCO (Associate Music Director) Select favorite musical direction credits include: Grease, Jasper in Deadland, Hairspray Anniversary Concert, Little Shop of Horrors, RENT, First Date, Joseph…, Smokey Joe’s Café, HAIR (5th Avenue); Pump Boys and Dinettes, In The Heights, Les Misérables, (Village Theatre); Violet, American Idiot, Bat Boy (ArtsWest); Next to Normal, New Voices (Contemporary Classics). Music Supervisor: Lizard Boy (Seattle Repertory Theatre). A 2010 Gregory Award and 2011/2014 Gypsy Rose Lee award recipient, Tancioco is a vocal coach, arranger, composer and enjoys educating youth and cultivating new musicals. For his nephew, Xavier.

HATTIE CLAIRE ANDRES (Assistant Director) is the 2016/17 Directing & Arts Leadership Fellow at The 5th Avenue. Recent credits: Man of La Mancha (5th); Lizard Boy, Dear Elizabeth, All the Way (Seattle Rep); Seattle Children’s Theatre; Seattle Theatre Group; Washington Ensemble Theatre and Youth Theatre Northwest. BA: St. Olaf College. Love to the family.

GARY C. ECHELMEYER (Assistant Lighting Designer) Echelmeyer is excited to make his debut with The 5th Avenue Theatre. Regional: Theater Under the Stars, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Ballet, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Texas Repertory Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Opera Illinois, Tulsa Opera. Touring: Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience; Jessica Lang Dance; Lines Ballet. Thanks to Charlie for the opportunity, Mom and B for all of your support! lightingbygce.com.

ASHLEY ANDERSON (Assistant Flying Sequence Choreographer) This is Anderson’s first time working with The 5th and she is thrilled to be behind the scenes on this production. Some of Anderson’s favorite performing credits include the tours of The Wedding Singer and The Little Mermaid, and regional productions of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Music Man and Bye Bye Birdie.

MICHAEL McEOWEN (Production Stage Manager) On the road and Broadway. Luminaries along the way have been Richard Thomas and George Wendt in 12 Angry Men; Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly!; Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan; Fantasia in The Color Purple; Carl Anderson, Ted Neeley and Sebastian Bach in Jesus Christ Superstar; Theodore Bikel in Fiddler On The Roof; Leslie Uggams and Rip Taylor in Anything Goes; Mickey Rooney and Donald O’Connor in The Sunshine Boys; and Norbert Leo Butz and Tom Hewitt in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

RACHEL BURY (Assistant Stage Manager) 5th Avenue: Paint Your Wagon, The Sound of Music, Waterfall, Grease, Jasper in Deadland, Carousel, A Chrismtas Story, Spamalot, Oliver!, Secondhand Lions, The Pirates of Penzance, Hairspray in Concert, The Music Man, RENT, Damn Yankees, Oklahoma!, Cinderella, Saving Aimee, Aladdin, Guys and Dolls. 5th/ACT: Assassins. Broadway: Scandalous. Other credits: Ordway, Seattle Rep, Intiman, Shakespeare Santa Cruz.

HANNAH WICHMANN (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to The 5th Avenue Theatre. 5th Avenue credits: ELF, Hairspray and Titanic in Concert. Regional: Seattle Children’s Theatre, Village Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Theatre at the Center and PCPA Theatrefest. Wichmann received her MFA in Stage Management from UC San Diego.

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CREDITSScenery built, painted and automated by Hudson Scenic Studio. Additional scenery built and painted by Show Motion Inc., Milford, Connecticut. Sound shop: Sound Associates, Inc. Lighting equipment and special effects by PRG Lighting. Laser effects projection provided by Norman L. Ballard. Props provided by BrenBri Props, Prom ‘n’ Spoon, JCDP. Costumes and shoes provided by Tricorne Costumes, Artur & Tailors,Bra*Tenders, Hochi Asiatic, TO Dey Custom Shoes, La Duca, Gene Mignola Inc., Douglas Earl, Giliberto Designs, Beckenstein Custom Shirts, Bethany Joy Costumes, Claudia Diaz Costume Shop, Miro Affonso, Arnold Levine Millinery, Hilary Sleiman Knitwear, the Royal Shakespeare Company. Scooters provided by Micro Scooters. Harnessed Movement Consultants: Grounded Aerial, LLC. Rehearsed at the New 42nd Street Studios.__________________________________________________Matilda The Musical original Broadway cast recording is now avail a b l e from Broadway Records/Yellow Sound Label.__________________________________________________

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Scenery ............................. Adirondack StudiosAudio Consultant......................Randy HansenProduction Assistant ..........................Quy TonProduction Assistant ...............Hannah BeehlerCostume Coordinator ................. Nichole HullProduction Runner ........................... Cat Sowa

Line Producer...................... John BreckenridgeProduction Supervisor .............. John R. EdkinsProduction Stage Manager ..Michael McEowenHead Carpenter ...........................Eddie CreasyFoy Flying Director ................. Ryan McAlpineFoy 1/Automation ..................Adrian GutierrezAssistant Carpenter/Foy 2 Automation .................................................... Sarah WalkerFlyman ...........................................Terry BehleHead Sound ............................ Brian CanonicoA2 .........................................David KobernussProduction Electrician ............... Dustin AdamsHead Electrician ...........................Mark VlahosAssistant Electrician ................. Kate RaymondHead Wardrobe ........................... Nichole HullAssistant Wardrobe .........Mary Katherine DeanHair and Wig Supervisor................ Ron WolekHead Props .............................. Paige ZaloudekAssistant Props ......................Shawn Riley-Rau

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NEXTFESTTHE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE’S SECOND ANNUAL FESTIVAL FOR NEW WORKSThis October, The 5th presented NextFest, its second annual Festival for New Works. Eleven new projects were introduced during the three week festival, at varying levels of evolution, from table reads and writing intensives to full readings.

Three of the works at NextFest (The Long Game, The Rumble Within and Anybody Can Do Anything) emerged from another new works initiative, our inaugural Seattle Writers Group, which is a two-year program providing six writers the opportunity to attend bi-weekly meetings to share and discuss their work in progress.

NextFest also featured a writing intensive and table read of a new commission for The 5th’s education program, Adventure Musical Theater Touring Company (AMT). Free Boy, based on the book by Seattle historians Lorraine McConaghy and Judy Bentley, tells the tale of Charles Mitchell’s harrowing escape from Washington Territory in 1860 through the Canadian Underground Railroad. In a more immediate sense, the work completed on Free Boy during NextFest will be seen in spring 2017 when it is performed by AMT in elementary and junior high schools throughout Washington State.

“The 5th is committed to making sure that future generations will be able to enjoy relevant and compelling musical theater,” said Producing Artistic Director Bill Berry. “This year’s festival celebrates the richness and breadth of storytelling that is possible in musical theater.” For The 5th, the development and initial support of new works is just as important as the end product. Without the support and freedom to fully investigate and intensively examine these new works throughout the entirety of the creation process, they would never progress to the point of being ready to present on a stage.

It’s also imperative to engage and instruct young writers and artists in all stages of musical development, which is why The 5th was proud to present the result of the inaugural 10-Minute Musical Project, a new education program. Designed for students ages 14 to 19, the

program aims to empower students and support their future achievement by introducing them to the crafts and skills associated with songwriting, book writing, directing and the workshop process. Students participated as book writers, composers, lyricists, directors,

music directors, stage managers, actors, marketing administrators and photographers/videographers. Following several months of work during the summer, these students culminated their program with a presentation of four original works at NextFest.

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SPOTLIGHT ON HATTIE ANDRES2016/17 DIRECTING AND ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP FELLOW

By ORLANDO MORALES, Director of Rising Star Project & Internships

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When you ask Hattie Andres to describe the best part of being the first recipient of The 5th’s Directing and Artistic Leadership Fellowship, she responds with a cliché that is telling of a young disciple of musical theater:

“The best part is being ‘in the room where it happens.’ I grew up seeing so many productions on this stage and now all of a sudden I’m seeing it all come together—from the ground up.”

However, it hasn’t taken long for Andres to confirm that her fellowship entails a bit more than just being in the room. The fellowship, currently a pilot program at The 5th, seeks to provide an early-career creative artist with a unique growth opportunity while specifically addressing the inequities in access and representation. Andres’s first role this season in line with that fellowship was to serve as assistant director for Man of La Mancha.

“Allison [the Man of La Mancha director] had to step out of the room at one point to speak to someone. And the stage manager looked at me and asked what I wanted to do with rehearsal. I thought, “Whoa—this is me.” That was a thrilling, terrifying, awesome moment. So much of being an assistant director is sitting quietly and getting to know every single detail of the show—and writing down everything the director says so that you have it as a point of reference. But in that first moment—when you need to take all of that and actually lead the room—it’s very exciting.”

The arts have always played an important role in Andres’s life.

“I started playing piano and violin and participating in choir when I was five. I had my first formal theater class when I was seven. And that’s just testament to having parents who are amazing supporters of the arts. My dad is a musician—it was always like, ‘Of course you’re going to sing, of course you’re going to play music.’ Now I think they regret it, because all of their children are going into the arts.”

Andres lets a mischievous laugh interrupt her sentimental origin story. An interminable twinkle in her eye suggests that she is the kind of person who pursues her goals with passion and grace, but also humor.She discovered an interest in being a theater director by way of being a theater producer. By her junior year

of high school in 2008, Andres had founded a theater company which is still producing and run entirely by young people between the ages of 14 and 21.

“Shout out to Young Americans’ Theatre Company!”

By her senior year, she had self-produced a musical at her high school—a lesser known pop-influenced show called Zanna, Don’t which she championed in an effort to address issues that she cared about.

“When I was in high school, the majority of the student body still equated heternormativity and masculinity to ‘cool.’ I wanted to flip that upside down for people.”

When she speaks about her path toward artistic leadership and her aspirations of being a theater director, it is clear she is driven by an understanding of the potential impact that musical theater can have on today’s society.

“In The Age of Technology, or The Digital Age or whatever we’re calling it, musical theater has been able to retain its epic storytelling. We are constantly giving and taking things at face value. But I think musicals ask us to step beyond that, let that go and engage in a world that is real. I have a physical, visceral response to watching musicals up on stage. We can tell stories about real, pertinent things, but in a way that is different than just, ‘Here, this is what happened—and now you know it.’ Great musicals invite us to digest for ourselves and interpret for ourselves.”

Her faith in theater and musicals points her toward a horizon beyond her term with The 5th and into a future that she can contribute to in a meaningful way.

“My hope for musical theater is that we continue to be inventive in how we tell stories. And we continue to give more opportunities for all voices to be represented on the stage—voices that aren’t represented in mainstream Hollywood and haven’t been represented in theater in the past. I think that you can tell the same story from many different viewpoints and I hope that we continue to find the overlooked viewpoints—because that is how we better understand each other—and how we better understand the world around us, not just our position in it.”


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How to Succeed…cast members Adam Standley and Sarah Rudinoff reunited for the Honors Dinner

2015/16 SUBSCRIBER CHOICE AWARDS

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTIONA Gentleman’s Guide to Love & MurderOUTSTANDING DIRECTION Darko Tresnjak, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & MurderOUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHYJosh Rhodes, Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your WagonOUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION Michael J. Moritz, Jr., A Night With Janis JoplinOUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR John Rapson, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & MurderOUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS Kacee Clanton, A Night With Janis JoplinOUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTORJustin Gregory Lopez, Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your WagonOUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESSJessica Skerritt, How to Succeed in Business Without Really TryingOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTORMikko Juan, Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your WagonOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESSYvette Cason, A Night with Janis JoplinOUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCEThe Cast of AssassinsOUTSTANDING SET DESIGNAlexander Dodge, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & MurderOUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGNLindo Cho, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & MurderOUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGNKen Billington, WaterfallOUTSTANDING PRODUCTION NUMBER“I’ve Decided to Marry You,” A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & MurderAdrienne Eller, Kristen Beth Williams, Kevin MasseyOUTSTANDING MUSICAL MOMENT“They Call the Wind Maria,” Lerner & Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon

At The 5th Avenue Theatre, we strive to highlight the best of Seattle’s theatrical talent in the Broadway-caliber productions we bring to our stage. This summer, for the third time, we asked our subscribers—one of the largest subscription bases in the country—to weigh in on their favorite memories and standout performances from our 2015/16 season. With nine productions, there were plentey of choices.

The Subscriber Choice Awards also provide us with the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the creative achievements of our subscribers’ favorite artists, many of whom are an integral part of the local arts community.

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO JOIN US IN CONGRATULATING THE WINNERS OF THE 2015/16 SUBSCRIBER CHOICE AWARDS:

Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong and Subscriber Choice Award Nominee Eric Ankrim treated the audience to a duet on kazoos.

Subscriber Choice Awards recipients Eric Ankrim and Richard Gray both received a rose during this ceremony.


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HONORS DINNERCELEBRATING THE RECIPIENTS OF THE SUBSCRIBER CHOICE AWARDS

On September 26, the Board of Directors of The 5th Avenue Theatre hosted the 3rd Annual Honors Dinner celebrating the recipients of the Subscriber Choice Awards. Circles Members were invited to enjoy a festive dinner with honorees at the Washington Athletic Club. This evening gave our donors the opportunity to celebrate and honor the stars and artists who brought to life the exceptional shows you saw during the 2015/16 season.

For more information on how you can become a Circles Member and receive exclusive access to events like the Honors Dinner, please call Christine Johnson at (206) 260-2171 or Jill Carnine at (206) 971-7937.

THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE’S CORPORATE COUNCIL

On September 29, The 5th Avenue Theatre’s Corporate Council kicked off the 2016/17 season with a private luncheon hosted by The Capital Grille featuring guest speakers Rufus Bonds Jr. (our Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha) and David Armstrong (The 5th’s Executive Producer and Artistic Director) who gave an insider’s view on the business of theater.

The Council is made up of representatives from 5th Avenue Corporate Circle Members who, through their annual gifts, support The 5th’s youth education programs which serve 83,000 youths throughout the region each year. For more information on the Corporate Council or Corporate Circle Membership please contact Sarah Bednar at [email protected].

Corporate Council left to right:

Jordon Voss, Jolene DiSalvo, Ronnie Henderson, special guest David Armstrong, special guest Rufus Bonds Jr., John Payes, Ben Lynch, Jeff Lewis, Barrie Handy, Chris Bailey.

Seated: Eric Trott, Linda Anderson, Ann Ardizzone.

Not pictured: Rich Blacharski, Gerry Gallagher and Patrick Smith.

5th Avenue Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong with Angela and Rex Bates

5th Avenue Managing Director Bernie Griffin with Wayne and Kelly Wright

Subscriber Choice Award recipients honored at the dinner

Rick and Pam Trujillo with Assassins cast member Brandon O’Neill and his wife Heidi

Board Member Wanda Herndon with 5th Avenue favorite Sarah Rudinoff

Artist’s Circle Members Ernie and Pam Ankrim support son Eric Ankrim, a Subscriber Choice Awards recipient

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, OUR YOUTH AND THE ART OF MUSICAL THEATER

THANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS

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SUPPORTERS OF THE 5THWe would like to say thank you to the following donors who provided support at the $600 level and above as of November 4, 2016. Through their annual and fund-a-need gifts, donors become partners in our commitment to artistic excellence, community engagement, education and expanding the canon of musical theater. For more information on how you can support The 5th, please contact the Development office at (206) 260-2159.

VISIONARIES

ArtsFundThe Sheri and Les Biller Family FoundationEstate of Marian LackovichM.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Ann Ramsay-JenkinsStephen P. Reynolds and Paula Rosput Reynolds

The Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Charitable Foundation

INVESTORS

Alaska Airlines The Boeing CompanyBarbara L. Crowe Estate of Sarah Nash GatesNational Endowment for the ArtsSeattle Office of Arts & Culture

The Seattle Times +Unico Properties +U.S. BankTom and Connie Walsh1 Anonymous

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4CultureMarleen and Kenny AlhadeffArc Media Studios+Bob and Clodagh AshBank of AmericaDCG One+John Graham Foundation

Richard and Julie KaganGlenna KendallPeoples Bank Buzz and Beth PorterPremera Blue CrossTiia-Mai ReddittThe Seattle Foundation

Snoqualmie Indian TribeSusie and Phil StollerCynthia StroumUmpqua Bank Wells Fargo2 Anonymous

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Ann and Joe ArdizzoneDavid ArmstrongArtsFund/Costco Arts Education Access Award

William Bartholomew and Lauren Taylor

Rex and Angela BatesAndrew and Shayna BegunLes and Sheri BillerSharon Gantz BloomeRobert R. Braun, Jr.The Capital Grille +Debby CarterChang Beer Margaret ClappKen ClayThe Coca-Cola CompanyColumbia Hospitality Davis Property & Investment + R.B. and Ruth H. Dunn Charitable Foundation

ExpediaThe Fairmont Olympic Hotel +Helen FanucciWanda J. HerndonKandy and Rick Holley HomeStreet BankPeter and Peggy HorvitzJean K. Lafromboise FoundationRoger S. LaymanThe Loeb Family Charitable Foundation

Elizabeth and James LundMacy'sHeather Sullivan McKay and Mike McKay

John and Deanna OppenheimerLarry and Valorie OstermanPalomino +ProtivitiHillary and David QuinnRealNetworks Foundation

Tony Repanich and Julie FloridaTom and Teita ReveleyMelissa Ries and Pat KennedyJeanne Sheldon and Marvin ParsonsJean SheridanLynne and Bob SimpsonThomas E. and Nita F. SitterleyGary and Elizabeth SundemAlison and Doug SuttlesEric and Julie TrottBruce and Peggy WantaBecca and Bill WertEileen Glasser Wesley and Mark Wesley

Rosemary and Ken WillmanSterling and Melinda Wilson


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Albert Lee ApplianceMichael Amend and Jeff AshleyRita and Stephen AndersonErnie and Pam AnkrimArtsFund/John Brooks Williams and

John H. Bauer Endowment for Theatre

Keith and Sheri BankstonTom and Stephanie BardenDon W. BeatyRebecca BenaroyaMaureen and Joel BenolielSusan and Brett BentsenCatherine BoshawEd and Pam Bridge

Yelena and Tom ButtonKarlyn and Richard ByhamJudi ChapmanNuria and Aaron CoeAaron ColdironChristina Cyr and Alan PageMartha Dawson and Ron CorbellBrian and Laura DeNaultJohn DeVoreDennis and Deborah DeYoungSusan Dogen and Kenneth KlugeRichard and Maude FerryTom and Carol FleckJean GardnerDeborah Gates

Ginny Gilder and Lynn SlaughterThe Greco FamilyRich and Jan GreenCece HawBart and Toni HeathMindy and Brady HillCarolyn and George HubmanMarilyn Lee HueyJudy and Bill JurdenDanuta Kasprzyk and

Daniel MontanoNick and Michele KellerJeffrey and Barbara KingSaSa and Ken KirkpatrickElaine Kwon and James Buckley

Landwork Enterprises Inc.Stacy Lawson and

Steven SarkowskyBecky LoebJeff and Lydia LukinsMary Ann and John MangelsMay McCarthy and Don SmithGerard A. Michael Jeffery C. Morris - The Happy CookerNancy and William NicholsGregory and Marta ObergKathleen O'GormanTeresa OlsonPacific Office AutomationAnnette and Bob Parks

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

Aegis LivingGeoffrey AntosAdam and Maura BarrBDO USA, LLPHoward and Lynn BeharBill BerrySteven and Theresa BingerEric Blom and Min ParkBrandon BrayGrace BrewerThe Covey FamilyDaqopa Brands +Cyndi and Alden DeSotoLarry and Brittni EstradaFielder FamilyEstate of Larry FletcherGary J. Fuller and Randy L. EverettChristy and Travis GagnierGM Nameplate

Green Diamond Resource CompanyBernadine and Sean GriffinDavid and Cheryl HadleyJohn Holden and Kathleen McLagan

- In Honor of Allegria and Cimorene Holden

Christian Huitema and Neige GilLisa JonesNicholas and Amanda JonesStellman Keehnel and Patricia BrittonKaren KoonKPMGLisa KroeseChris and Christy LaneGrace and Franz LazarusMyron and Shirley LindbergLott FoundationTwyla and Tom Lucas

Judith LybeckerJolene McCaw Family FoundationMichael McCormackSteven and Barbara MogerMorgan Fund Beth MoursundNational Alliance for Musical

Theatre’s National Fund for New Musicals

John Nettleton and Bryan HathawayRebecca Norlander and Chuck BassettNorthern TrustPaul PigottWendy and Mike PopkeProMotion Arts +Bruce PymRegence BlueShieldNorman and Constance Rice

Jim and Bet SchulerSchultz Family FoundationMary See Foundation Linda and David StahlStart It! Foundation - Linda and Kevin

CheungGary and Barbara StoneKay Taylor and Walter OliverR. "Porky" Thomsen and Terri StephensonU.S. Bank FoundationWashington State Arts Commission Karla and Gary WatermanKaren and Mark WeberTracy WellensAllen and Janice WiesenMary Williams and Pat Gallis


THANK YOU TO OUR NEXT STAGE LEADERSHIP SUPPORTERS

The following donors have made commitments of $25,000 or more to support our Next Stage, an endeavor to enhance the guest experience at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Over the next few years we will continue our ambitious renovations to update our irreplaceable performance venue with inviting spaces which will foster an enjoyable musical theater experience for the 300,000 patrons we serve each year. Without these leadership gifts, The 5th Avenue renovations would not have gotten off the ground. We are deeply grateful!

4CultureMarleen and Kenny Alhadeff

Bob and Clodagh AshThe Sheri and Les Biller

Family FoundationMargaret A. Clapp

Barbara CroweGary J. Fuller and Randy L. Everett

Joshua Green FoundationWanda J. Herndon

Patrick Kennedy and Melissa RiesEstate of Marian LackovichThe Norcliffe Foundation

John and Deanna OppenheimerHillary and David Quinn

Ann Ramsay-Jenkins

Stephen P. Reynolds and Paula Rosput Reynolds

The Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Charitable Foundation

Joyce SchweickertTom and Connie Walsh

Rosemary and Ken WillmanSterling and Melinda Wilson

To learn how you can play a role in our Next Stage, please contact Christine Johnson in the Development Department at (206) 260-2171 or [email protected].

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Sandi and Jim ReedSkip SampelayoSeattle Rotary Service

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Christy and Brian SmithPeggy and Greg SmithSouth Tacoma Antique MallMarilyn and Doug SouthernJeffrey Sutherland and

Ben AguiluzToyota of Tri-CitiesPamela and Rick TrujilloDavid Wang1 Anonymous

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Kathy AaronJoan and Tim AdkissonThe Aguiar GroupCarol and Ray AironeJoshua AlhadeffKirsten Anderson and Kevin SabolArgonaut Fund Edith and Ray AspiriBaby Pictures UltrasoundSandy Bailey and

Thomas BarghausenJack and Bea BakerMichael BauerDoug and Maria BayerEllen BeauchampJudi Beck and Tom AlbergDan BecraftCharlotte BehnkeDavid BernhardDel and Pat BishopDeidre BlankenshipGlen and Sherri BodmanDaniel and Janet BolongNeal and Katherine BoothLindsay BoschBob and Bobbi BridgeTracy Briggs and Tiffiny BrownSandee BrockMichael and Janelle BrookmanAlice M. BrownDr. Foster and Mrs. Cheryl BucherKerry BurgerPatrick and Sherry BurnsDeborah CallahanNancy and Ed CallawaySteve and Georgene CampKristine and Arthur CarreMary and Douglas CasadyDr. and Mrs. Mike CaseyAline and Dennis CaulleyBrian ChangBarbara Clinton and Ray WheelerJanet and Robert CoeKathleen and Bill CollinsDr. and Mrs. William ColwellEllen and Bill ConnerDoris and Buck CoppessSheila and Michael CoryJim and Nancy CrimScott Crowder and Todd Pierce Richard Cuthbert and

Cheryl Redd-CuthbertKaren Derrey and FriendsAlvin DeutschThe DeVinck FamilyCindy and William DickeyRichard and Elizabeth DobesMegan Domenech and

Brian Smith

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Dommermuth

Robert J. and Olga T. EarleLeo Eberle and Lisa VivianRobert and Jane EhrlichRuth-Ellen ElliottJanice and Ray EngleVicki FabreJennifer and Michael FaddisJack and Jeanne FankhauserJoyce Farley and Tom SteeleJanet FaulknerRod FichterGene and Judy FlathFleur de' Lis Alvin and Mary FormoBrian and Windy Autumn FosterSara FrankEleanor and Jeff FreemanSteve FreimuthGerry and Linda GallagherErich GauglitzCami Gearhart and Tim BurnerAnton and Karen N. GielenKathy GoldsteinArt and Jackie GollofonKathy and Kelly GraffisSusan GrayMarie and Brad GunnMike Hackett and

Cherie Lenz-HackettCorinne and Russell HagenChuck and Kathy HamiltonJohn and Laura HammarlundBeth HammondsJohn and Katherine HarnishDeb, Eliana, Jasmine, and

Tod HarrickCheryl and John HendricksMary and Tom HercheRod and Nancy HochmanTina and Randy HodginsDiane and David HoffJoan and Patrick HoganLaurin C. Huffman IIMeredith and Jim HutchinsMarilyn IversonKathy and Michael JacksonMarlene and William JenkinsFred JohnsonDavid and Rio JonesK FoundationCindy and Walter KaczynskiRuth KagiBruce and Linda KilenChris Knoll and Cheryl DobesKonstantin KomissarchikJudith A. KramerJune Kubo

Robert Land and Renee McCormick

Sandra Lastoka, Tim and Connor Ewing

Patrick and Cheryl LaymanLaurie and Karl LeavertonSharon Lee and David BlaylockFlorence Leonard and

Lynn HolmsMark Levine and John KeppelerStefan LewisKen and Darlene LoweSue and Bill LoweryGary Lynch and Darin ThomasJennifer and Douglas MainesMel and MJ McDonaldBruce and Christe McMenomyRichard Meadows Jim and Laura MendozaChie MitsuiMichelle Moga and

Jean-Francois PeyrouxRobin and Bill MonteroRon and Maria MurphreeGregg and Judy NelsonReesa NelsonNelson and Company Inc.Nancy NordhoffJeannie NordstromMichelle NorstromSteven and Victoria OddenConnie and David W. ParkerStan and Sharon Parry

Paige Patton-MorrisPetra Charitable FoundationKaren E. PhillipsJudy PigottJeanette and Joe PiottRosalind and Melvyn PollEd and Eleonore PottengerRussell PowellGreg and Mandy PrierRichard PyleDavid and Samantha QuickBecky and Sean QuinlanDennis Reichenbach, MDRichard and Sharon ReuterA J Rieger and J W SongMr. and Mrs. Matthew and

Melitta RileyJoe and Linnet RobertsMarilyn and Patrick RobertsLori and Doug RosencransSteve Rovig and Brian GiddensDesiree SaraspiIn Loving Memory of

Herman SarkowskyDon and Bev SchmidtJoe SchwartzJohn SearingDarren and Anne ShakibRobert and Mary SheehanEdward and Kathleen SherryJames and Rebecca ShipmanMiriam Shirley and Lynne KellerKathryn and Jon Sigler

Next Stage supporters and Artist’s Circle Members Bill and Judy Jurden attended the 90th Anniversary Celebration held in the newly carpeted theater lobby.


PATRONS

Ms. Michael Adler and Mr. Michel Lebas

Don and Eathel AllynAnderson & HawkinsAnnie's Art & Frame +Susan and Heather AnsteadJohn and Karen ArbiniRichard and Dianne Arensberg

Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle

Sarah and Scott Armstrong ArtsFund/Peter F. Donnelly

Merit Fund Randy and Patty AustinKerry and Laura BaileyShirley BallardMichael BarclayEarl and Marilyn BarkerThe Barronian FamilyTom and Kris BassettJodi BehrmanClaire and Doug Beighle Linda BettsPenny BlairAlvora and Shane BoehmJohn BolingAnita Braker and Dave Olsen Brooke BranchAndrew BrandonBrad BraunJoan BrighamHerbert and Jerri BrodMartha Buchta-Spevack and

Max SpevackJacqueline BumsteadJodi and Mark Burick Fred and Joan BurnsteadMike and Lynne BushPaula CampbellMaria CantrellDoris and James CassanBarbara ChamberlainCarl ChevaraAndrew and Lorna ChinEmil Christian

Tina Riss ChristiansenPatti ChrzanKelly and James Clark Rex and JoAnn ClarkAnnemarie and Peter ColinoBarbara and Michael ComteErin CoomerGary and Consuelo CorbettBob and Linda CornynSusanne and Stephen DaleyKevin and Michelle DamourMelonee Daniels and Stuart PlattGinger and Henry Dean Kristen and Jeffrey DeanKathryn and Donald DecaprioJohn Delaney Mike and Maggie De LaurentisDavid DentonKaren and Mark DireMike Doherty and Eric AkinesIn Memory of Muriel L. DohrmannRichard DuncanZvi EffronIan and Maria EinmanJerry and Julie ElkingtonLeAnn and Craig ElkinsKathy and Alan ElserRamona Emerson and

Brian McMullenSandra L. EnglishLorri Ericson and Pete BellmerIn Honor of Shari ErnstJodi and Andrew EvensonJohn and Sophy FanNyle and Terri FarmerAlison FastJanet and Chuck FindleyJan FloateMicki and Bob FlowersGary FluhrerDorothy and David FlukeDavid and Gina FrostCindy FryNeal GafterTheresa Gallant and Ed Bulchis

Ivonne D. GalvanTammi GardnerPeg Garrison Steve Gattis and Sue NevlerCarmen and Carver GaytonLynn and Colleen GiroirDavid and Kathryn GodwinLaura B. GowenRandy GrittonWendy HalpinEric and Merle HamadaJo and Jeff HannonHelen and Adam HarmetzJim Harms and Louise Schilter-HarmsSteve HarrellJanet and Bill HarrisSandra HawkinsAlex HayDeborah HaynesBarbara and James HeaveyPaul HenselHarold and Mary Frances HillKathy J. HillMike HodgkinsAndrea and Doug HoltanDr. Mary HoranGwen and Randy HouserMarty and Karen HowlettBu Huang and Zhan DingSharon and Steve HulingAlan HunterWinifred and Peter HusseyJon L. JohnsonBrad JonesGretchen JonesJudy and Jerry KarwhiteTravis and Suzanne KeelerSteven and Barbara KellnRuth and Harold KephartMarillyn KetchersideCindy A. Klett

John KohlsaatTeri Kopp and Walt WeberShari and Mike KoppelToni and Michael KuresmanAndrew KwatinetzDonalee LeeThe Lesser FamilyMaureen and Jeff LewisGary LockeNancy Lomneth and Mark BoydAngela LoneyFloyd and Kim LorenzKaren and David LyonsGlenn MacDonaldGlenn and Jeanne MalubayChris ManlyCindy MartinHeather McGeeNancy and James McMurrerApril and Jere MeyerGina MeyersErika MichaelTami and Joe MichelettiCarol and Hart MillerJohn and Marlene MillerCamille MoawadJoseph MulcahyMulvihill Insurance ServiceScott MurrayJeffrey MyrterClaudia and Bob NelsonPaul and Charlene NeussDenise and Dan Niles Jr.Janice NishimoriKay and Dennis O’DonnellDuane and Bonnie OlsonAdam OlssonRick and Amy OuhlSean OverlandDebbie and Rick PabstMary and D.L. "Pat" PattersonRobert and Steffi Pencovic

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Charitable ContributionsJanet TurpenDiane VadnaisVine Street GroupMark and Kathy WagnerChristopher WainChristina and Mark Walker

Linda and Tony WhatleyClinton and Susan WhiteDennis and Jo Anne WhitePatty and John WhiteAmy Whittenburg and

Stephen RattnerJohn and Darlene WilczynskiMadeline Wiley and Bob SmithingDavid WilliamsJim and Deanna WilsonBarbara and Mark WonKelly and Wayne Wright2 Anonymous

Next Stage supporters James and Barbara Heavey got a sneak peek of the updated restrooms and new carpet at the 90th Anniversary Celebration before The 5th officially opened the 2016/17 season.


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For more information about sponsorships, please contact Sarah Bednar at (206)260-2185 or [email protected]

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Deanna and Donald RappeKathryn and Ed RawnChester ReillyRella and Ronald ReimannDavid and Barbara RepanichPamela RhodesBetty and Wayne RobertsonJudy and Kermit RosenTodd and Donna RosenbergPam RosendahlLonnie Rosenwald Curtis and Myrna RoslerStephen and Brenda RountreeClifford Rowe

Peggy SarasonMichael SaundersonScott SchadeJasper SchneiderSkip SchuetteDamit SenanayakeDana and Rhianna ShaltryLee and Gwen ShelfordNeal and Linda ShulmanAndrew ShultzDon and Marilyn SidelJudy and Ben SimmonsKristina and Phil SimpsonHelen SingDrs. Ames and Charlotte SmithBob and Pan SmithMark and Jennifer SpatzGladys SteeleJohn StephanusWarren StickneyBryon StrangeDiana and Perry StultzHarry Taniguchi, Jr.Jennifer ThillBrian ThomasStephen and Terri ThomasJeanne ThompsonCarole and Conrad TovarJohn Tschample and Steve WalkerJim and Kathy TuneTerrence Turner

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Renton, Inc.Susan M. WojackFlora J. WongTana WongJessica WrayMargo and Curtis WrightMargaret Yekel10 Anonymous

Next Stage supporters Pam and Patrick Smith enjoyed a "first listen" to the new sound system during the 90th Anniversary Celebration.


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Share the power of live theater with thousands of children and families this holiday season and throughout the year!

Experiencing live theater for the first time is an unparalleled experience. The unique power of story and song makes you laugh, cry and think about the world in a different way. At The 5th, we come together to share experiences and create memories that can last a lifetime.

Today, you can help make a child or family’s first live theatrical experience possible with your Pay It Forward donation. Last year, donors helped us provide more than 5,700 free tickets to children and families who otherwise could not afford to attend live theater. This year, please help us expand our impact and reach even more!

Make your gift online at www.5thavenue.org/donate or contact Development at (206) 971-7900, or drop off your donation in the lobby after the show.

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

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

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

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

BILL BERRY (Producing Artistic Director) served as The 5th Avenue’s associate producing artistic director and casting director from 2002 through 2009. During that time, he directed productions of West Side Story (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wonderful Town (Seattle Times Footlight Award), Wizard of Oz and Smokey Joe’s Café. In 2014, he made his Broadway debut as the director of the hit musical First Date at the Longacre Theatre. Berry’s directing work has been seen at theaters across the country, most recently at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse where

he directed a critically acclaimed production of On the Town. Directing highlights include Cabaret performed at The 5th Avenue Theatre, St. Paul’s Ordway Center (Ivey Award), San Jose’s American Musical Theatre, and Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars, as well as the smash hits How to Succeed…, Little Shop of Horrors, First Date, RENT, The Music Man, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel at The 5th. From 2002 to 2009, he served as the producing director for The 5th Avenue’s education and outreach programs. During that time he significantly expanded the scope and impact of these initiatives, including spearheading the creation of Fridays at The 5th and The 5th Avenue Awards, honoring excellence in high school musical theater, as well as substantially increasing the reach of the Adventure Musical Theater Touring Company throughout the Northwest. These programs combined now serve over 83,000 students annually. He also initiated the Show Talk series, which seeks to deepen the theater-going experience. Prior to his work at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Berry was a freelance theater artist based in New York City.

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

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

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

ACCESSIBILITY Wheelchair seating is available.The theater is equipped with the Sennheiser Listening System; headsets are available at Coat Check for use,

free of charge, with a valid ID and subject to availability. Braille playbills are available at no cost from Coat Check. Large print programs are also available at Coat Check. Elevator access is available with usher assistance.

The 5th Avenue offers American Sign Language interpreted, audio described, and open captioned performances.

For more information, call 206-625-1900 (voice) or email [email protected].

CANDY & BEVERAGES Items purchased at the lobby concession stand may be brought into the theater. Beverages must be in a bottle with cap or a theater cup with lid.

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

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YOUTH PROGRAMSAt The 5th Avenue Theatre, we pride ourselves on our extensive education programs that reach over 83,000 young people across the Pacific Northwest each year. Through a variety of classes, programs and events, we teach students not only a passion for the arts, but valuable life skills.

FRIDAYS AT THE 5THHigh school students are invited to attend a themed master class with a theater professional before attending a 5th Avenue show. Teens areprovided with a pizza party before the show and attend an exclusive talk-back following the performance.

3:30 PM, Friday, December 2, 2016 – Disney's The Little Mermaid3:30 PM, Friday, February 17, 2017 – The Pajama Game

TECH TUESDAYSHigh school students get the opportunity to observe the process of creating live musical theater. The program engages students with behind-the-scenes access to technical theater professionals.

5:30 PM, Tuesday, February 7, 2017 – The Pajama Game

MEMBERS ONLYMembers enjoy unique events all season long. We are excited to welcome new and long-time Annual Fund supporters to these special occasions. For more information about membership or upcoming events, contact Jeanne Thompson, Membership Manager, at (206) 971-7900 or [email protected].

BACKSTAGE TOURSFriends ($125+) join us for a guided tour of the theater, including backstage and onstage!9:15 AM, Saturday, December 17, 2016 – Disney's The Little Mermaid

SPOTLIGHT NIGHT FOR MEMBERSPartners ($300+) enjoy VIP treatment and reserved seating at Spotlight Nights all season long! All Spotlight Nights in the 2016/17 season will take place at the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall.

7:00 PM, January 19, 2017 – The Pajama Game

TECH WEEK REHEARSALSFriends ($125+) experience working rehearsals in the theater and pre-rehearsal talks with artistic leadership. Patrons ($600+) come early to enjoy a reception before rehearsal begins.

7:00 PM, Wednesday, February 8, 2017 – The Pajama Game

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CURTAIN UP! THE 5TH AVENUE’SCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS

The 5th Avenue Theatre supports a vibrant and diverse community throughout the greater Puget Sound area by providing a place for individuals to meet, gather and engage with American musical theater and celebrate its capacity to explore and reflect upon the human experience. Join us for the following events to celebrate America’s great indigenous art form, the Musical, and gain a deeper appreciation of the shows on our stage.

SHOW TALKS WITH ALBERT EVANSJoin us one hour before select performances for educational, enlightening and entertaining pre-show talks hosted by Artistic Associate Albert Evans.

Show Talks are always free and open to all audiences.

Disney's The Little Mermaid

6:30 PM, Wed, November 236:30 PM, Tues, November 296:30 PM, Wed, November 307:00 PM, Thurs, December 16:30 PM, Tues, December 66:30 PM, Wed, December 77:00 PM, Thurs, December 86:30 PM, Tues, December 136:30 PM, Wed, December 147:00 PM, Thurs, December 156:30 PM, Tues, December 206:30 PM, Wed, December 216:30 PM, Thurs, December 226:30 PM, Tues, December 276:30 PM, Wed, December 286:30 PM, Thurs, December 29

POST-SHOW TALKBACKSWant to know more about a show you just saw? Join us on select evening performances for a free post-show talkback with the cast and creative team. Tickets for the evening’s performance are required.

Sunday, December 11 – Disney's The Little MermaidSunday, February 26 – The Pajama Game

POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONSJoin us and other members of the audience immediately after select performances for a free post-show discussion about the themes of the show.

Sunday, December 4 – Disney’s The Little Mermaid, following evening performanceFriday, December 9 – Disney’s The Little MermaidFriday, December 16 – Disney’s The Little Mermaid

THEATER TOURSEnjoy a guided tour and learn about the building’s ornate architecture and intriguing history. Tours are approximately 20 minutes with time for questions. If your group is interested in any specific topics, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate you. Tours are held most Mondays at noon. Advance registration is required.

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

5TH AVENUE THEATRE STAFF

ARTISTICIan EisendrathAlhadeff Family Director of New Works & Music Supervisor

Lauren SmithAssistant Producer

Kat SherrellInterim Music Supervisor

Kelsey ThorgalsenNew Works Coordinator & Casting Associate

Danielle BoneCompany Manager

Albert EvansArtistic Associate

Hattie AndresDirecting & Artistic Leadership Fellow

Dane AndersenMusic Coordinator

Josh Archibald-SeifferMusic Associate

Brandon PeckMusic Apprentice

EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIONPauls MacsExecutive Assistant to Mr. Armstrong & Mr. Berry

Denver BinghamExecutive Assistant to Ms. Griffin & Ms. Moga

COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING AND GUEST SERVICESMichael GepnerVice President of Marketing, Communications & Guest Services

Chris MarcacciDirector of Marketing

Robert PhillipsDirector of Sales & Guest Services

Marketing and Public RelationsBridget MorganPR & Communications Manager

Erin HelmholzPR & Communications Associate

Jordan LusinkCommunications Coordinator

Reesa NelsonMarketing & Engagement Manager

Britt TayrienMedia Buyer and Promotions Manager

David VedderSubscription Marketing Manager

Rachel LiuzziMarketing Content Manager

Jeff CarpenterSenior Graphic Designer

Becky KelleyGraphic Designer

Direct Sales/TelefundraisingChrista BondDirect Sales/Telefunding Manager

Edwin BoydAssistant Manager

Henriette Klauser, Kaelyn Langer-Mendonca, Jim Pennington, Gail Sage, Greg Sempadian, Andrea Smith, Joseph Staub, Sylvia WiedleinRepresentatives

Front of HouseJaime WelkerFront of House Manager

Ed Lammi, Sean Martin, Emma RuhlHouse Managers

Garth Ball, Mike Chang, Colin Chez, Frank Chinn, Alia Collin-Friedrichs, Dave Cusick, Stephanie Guerrero, Nancy Harris, Casey Kaplowitz, Ed Lammi, Sean Martin, Tony Mazzella, Sue Moser, Liz Pyle, Emma Ruhl, Scott Seramur, Kalia Towers-Thomas, Olivia Vaughn-Welker, Donald YatesHead Ushers

Kathleen Bryant, Barbie Denend, Karen Hall, Tony MazzellaCoat Check

Mike DeBenedictis, Kris Dunn, Rachel Gordon, Isis KingSecurity

Guest Services/TicketingPeggy BusteedSubscription Services Manager

Chad BiesmanCorporate & Group Sales Manager

Martha McKeeGuest Experience Assistant

Isabel DickeyTicketing Manager

Devon PowellAssistant Ticketing Manager

Khajha RogersSenior Guest Service Associate

Mary DellasegaPatron Relations

Guest Service AssociatesChristine Anderson, Courtney Bennett, Francesca Betancourt, Shayna Boardman, Caitlin Castro, Nicole Coven, Keeli Erb, Jenna Galdun, Amanda Green, Renee Infelise, Levi Hawkins, Melanie Owen, Kayla Rabe, Andrew Rowland, Nick Spencer, Pam Wagher, Patrick Walrath, Lily Warpinski, Rachel Zimmerman

DEVELOPMENTMichelle MogaVice President of Philanthropy

Sarah McKee BednarCorporate Giving Manager

Jill CarnineIndividual Giving Officer

Amy ChasanovFoundation & Government Relations Manager

Danielle FranichSpecial Events Manager

Camille GomezDonor Relations Officer

Christine JohnsonCircles Manager

Chelsea JuddDevelopment Coordinator

Desiree SaraspiDonor Information Services Manager

Jeanne ThompsonMembership Manager

EDUCATION AND OUTREACHAnya RudnickDirector of Education and Outreach

Orlando MoralesDirector of Rising Star Project and Internships

Connie CorrickSchool Programs Manager

Kwapi VengesayiCommunity Engagement Specialist

Lauren RuhlAdventure Musical Theater Coordinator

Beth PollackRising Star Project Coordinator

FINANCEDean FrerkerVice President of Finance

Rory KroutController

Zöe OrtizPayroll Administrator

Sean StelfoxProduction Staff Accountant

Joline FungAccounting Associate

Kelly CogswellAccounts Payable Coordinator

Ben LeiferHuman Resources Manager

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYJim CornelsonDirector of IT

Melisa BumpusAssistant Director of IT – Systems

Maryke VanBeuzekomAssistant Director of IT – Data

Nichole MinesSenior Database Manager

Douglas DayHelpdesk Administrator

Dave SimpsonHelpdesk Administrator

Christopher CuhelDatabase Coordinator

OPERATIONSCatherine JohnstoneDirector of Facility Operations

Alda ShepherdFacility Manager

Kelly RadkeOffice Manager/Volunteer Coordinator

STAGE DOOR/SECURITY STAFFMike Chang, Karen Hall, Erik Knauer, Dean LaRoque, Meg Plimpton

ATTORNEYSFor The 5th Avenue Theatre:

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PRODUCTIONJoan ToggenburgerDirector of Production

Mo ChapmanProduction Logistics Coordinator

Erik HoldenTechnical Director

Austin ManningAssistant Technical Director

Shannin Strom-HenryCostume and Wardrobe Director

Sets & RiggingLaurel S. HortonHead Carpenter

Benjamin BairdAssistant Carpenter

Ken BergAutomation Carpenter

John HudsonHead Rigger

Dave McCawleyHead Flyman

Scot C. AllisonAssistant Flyman

C. Luke MathisHead Builder

Brian AinslieAssistant Builder

LightingSean CallahanHead Electrician

Stephen A. GrahamAssistant Electrician

Ross M. Brown, Noel ClaytonKey Electricians

Nate RedfordProgrammer

SoundKaren Marta KatzHead Sound Engineer

James RudyAssistant Sound Engineer

Kelly MickelsonKey Sound Engineer

PropsDiana J. GervaisProduction Property Master

Tristan E. HansenCreative Property Master

Katy BrownAssistant Property Master

Ariana Donofrio, Austin SmartProp Builders/Artisans

Costumes & WardrobeChristopher MoadCostume Shop Manager

Deborah EngelbachCostume & Wardrobe Assistant

Marlys McDonaldWardrobe Master

Randy WerdalAssistant Wardrobe Master

Patti Emmett, Gillian Paulson, Michael CepressDraper/Cutter

Jeanna GomezMaster Crafts

Holly Kipp, Robin Montero, Teresa O’LearyFirst Hands

Christina Hobbs, Miriam Goodman-MillerSecond Crafts

Hannah McNamara, Maggie Melvin, Morgan SpakeStitcher

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