Fiddler on the Roof program

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Nicholas Howey for Matchmaker Touring, LLCpresents

Based on Sholem Aleichem’s stories by special permission of Arnold Perl.

Lighting Design byKen Billington andJason Kantrowitz

Costume Design bytony ray HiCKs

Scenic Design bysteve gilliam

Sound Design bydunCan roBert

edwards

Orchestrationslarry BlanK

Musical CoordinatortalitHa feHr

tl musiC international

Music Directordavid andrews rogers

On-Line Producerrandall a. BuCK

Casting byJoy dewing

dave Clemmons Casting

exClusive tour direCtion tHe BooKing group mereditH Blair

Mr. Robbins’ Original Choreography Reproduced bysammy dallas Bayes

Directed bysammy dallas Bayes

with

Original New York Stage Production Directed and Choreographed byJEROME ROBBINS

Produced on the New York Stage by HAROLD PRINCE

Assistant Director/ChoreographerKen daigle

Book ByJOSEPH STEIN

Music ByJERRY BOCK

Lyrics BySHELDON HARNICK

DAvE ADAmICK

FRANK CALAmARO

JAKE DELANEY

JASON GARRISON

JuLIANNE KATz

mEGAN mEKJIAN

BOB PRITCHARD

SARAH SESLER

CLAY SmITH

KIRK BIxBY

ANDREA SPENCER CHRISTENSEN

AARON DORE

THOmAS HALLETT

BIRDIE NEwmAN KATz

BEN mICHAEL

LIAm QuEALY

DENNIS SETTEDuCATI

KEvIN STANGLER

ANDREw BOzA

PATRICK DAvID

NANCY EvANS

KImBERLY HIRST

CHELSEY LEBEL

LAuREN NEDELmAN

mATTHEw RICKARD

mELANIE SIEGEL

GERRI wEAGRAFF

lied.ku.edu Performing Arts

Cast of CHaraCters

TEvYE ................................................................................................. JOHN PREECEGOLdE ............................................................................................... NANCY EvANSTzEITEL.....................................................................................LAuREN NEdELMANHOdEL ............................................................................................... JuLIANNE KATzCHAvA ............................................................................................. CHELSEY LEBELSHPRINTzE .................................................................................................... KIMBERLY HIRSTBIELKE ........................................................................................... MELAINE SIEGELYENTE, THE MATCHMAKER .......................................................BIRdIE NEwMAN KATzMOTEL, THE TAILOR .......................................................................................ANdREw BOzAPERCHIK, THE STudENT ........................................................................ KEvIN STANGLERLAzAR wOLf, THE BuTCHER ............................................................. fRANK CALAMAROMORdCHA, THE INNKEEPER ................................................... dENNIS SETTEduCATIRABBI .............................................................................................................THOMAS HALLETTMENdEL,THE RABBI’S SON ..............................................................MATTHEw RICKARdAvRAM, THE BOOKSELLER .........................................................................dAvE AdAMICKNACHuM, THE BEGGAR ...............................................................................JAKE dELANEYLABEL ......................................................................................................................... CLAY SMITHGRANdMA TzEITEL ..................................................................................MELAINE SIEGELfRuMA-SARAH............................................................................................ MEGAN MEKJIANCONSTABLE ...................................................................................................BOB PRITCHARdfYEdKA ..................................................................................................................BEN MICHAELSASHA .................................................................................................................... LIAM QuEALYBORIS .................................................................................................................PATRICK dAvIdTHE fIddLER ............................................................................................JASON GARRISONSON-SCHLOME ........................................................................................................KIRK BIxBYYuSSEL .................................................................................................................. AARON dOREMAMA-SHANdEL ...................................................................................... GERRI wEAGRAffMAMA-SuRCHA ....................................................... ANdREA SPENCER CHRISTENSENdAuGHTER-RIvKA ..........................................................................................SARAH SESLERdAuGHTER-BLuMA .................................................................................. MEGAN MEKJIAN

understudiesUnderstudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific

notice is posted at the time of the performance.

Dave aDamick • kirk bixby • frank calamaroanDrea Spencer chriStenSen • Jake Delaney • aaron Dore

kimberly hirSt • megan mekJian • liam quealymatthew rickarD • Sarah SeSler • clay Smith

GERRI wEAGRAff

swingPATRICK dAvId

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sCenes & musiCal numBersaCt one

PROLOGuETRAdITION ...................................................................................Tevye, The Companyscene 1. Kitchen of tevye’s HouseMATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER ................................................. Hodel, Chava, Tzeitelscene 2. outside tevye’s HouseIf I wERE A RICH MAN ......................................................................................Tevyescene 3. inside tevye’s HouseSABBATH PRAYER .......................................................... Tevye, Golde, The Companyscene 4. the inn, the following eveningTO LIfE .............................................................................. Tevye, Lazar, The Companyscene 5. street outside the innscene 6. outside tevye’s BarnMIRACLE Of MIRACLES .....................................................................................Motelscene 7. tevye’s BedroomTHE dREAM ............................................................................ Tevye, Grandma Tzeitel, fruma-Sarah, Golde, The Companyscene 8. village street and motel’s tailor shopscene 9. the wedding CeremonySuNRISE, SuNSET ......................................................... Tevye, Golde, The Companyscene 10. tevye’s yardBOTTLE dANCE, wEddING dANCE ................................................... The Company

aCt twoPROLOGuEscene 1. outside tevye’s House, afternoonNOw I HAvE EvERYTHING ................................................................. Perchik, HodeldO YOu LOvE ME? ................................................................................. Tevye, Goldescene 2. village streetscene 3. the railroad stationfAR fROM THE HOME I LOvE .......................................................................... Hodelscene 4. village street, some months laterscene 5. tailor shopscene 6. a road, late afternoonCHAvA SEQuENCE ....................................................................Tevye, The Companyscene 7. outside tevye’s BarnANATEvKA .............................................................................................. The Companyscene 8. outside tevye’s HousefINALE .................................................................................................... The Company

musiCiansMusic Director, Conductor dAvId ANdREwS ROGERS

Associate Music Director NATHAN THOMASViolin SuSan coSco • Flute, Clarient dAvId d’ANGELO

Trumpet I JONATHAN CHALLONERGuitar, Mandolin tom goSlin • Bass MICHAEL EPPERHART

Drums/Percussion CHRISTIAN dIONNEKeyboard Programmer NATHAN THOMAS

Music Coordinator TALITHA fEHR (TL MuSIC INTERNATIONAL)


JoHn preeCe (Tevye) with this his ninth national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, Preece has performed in the show more than 3,100 times with more than 1,500 of those perfor-mances as Tevye. Preece has been involved in theatre for the past 40 years. Other roles he has enjoyed performing are Ben franklin in 1776 and The devil in Damn Yankees. Preece just completed a successful run as Quixote in The Man of La Mancha at the Candlelight Theatre in wilmington, del. But Preece still remains best known throughout the united States and Canada for his portrayal as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Preece has also been involved in pro-ducing and directing more than 35 productions ranging from the classics to musical theatre. He has produced such shows as Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound of Music, and 42nd Street as well as the successful tour of Norman, Is That You? starring don Knotts. Having spent most of his life in the Baltimore area, Preece and his wonderful wife Susie now reside in Springfield, Ill.

dave adamiCK (Avarm, U/S Lazar Wolf) Credits include: national tour: Bye Bye Birdie. Regional: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (william Barfee), The Fully Monty (dave Bukatinsky), The Wizard of Oz (Cowardly Lion), Forever Plaid (Sparky) and Grease (Roger).

KirK BixBy (Son-Schlome, U/S Mendel) is a true variety entertainer. Credits include: con-temporary dance, party clown/magician, sound engineer, color guard, voice overs, student films, children’s assembly programs, regional theatre, and a current interest in fire dancing.

andrew Boza (Motel) is elated to be mak-ing his national tour debut! Credits include: Fiddler on the Roof (Motel, Olney Theatre), The Secret Garden, The Fantasticks, Baby, Into the Woods, 1776, Hello Dolly and Godspell.

franK Calamaro (Lazar Wolf) national tours: Victor/ Victoria (Cassell/Toddy). Regional: Cabaret (Herr Schultz); Zorba (zorba); and Two by Two (Shem) directed by Martin Charnin to name a few. Thanks to God for his blessings, family and friends for their encouragement, especially his wife, Charlene, and children, Brendan and Aubree for allowing him to “LIvE THE dREAM.” L’CHAIM!

andrea spenCer CHristensen (Mama-Surcha, U/S Yente) is a gradu-ate of the American Musical & dramatic

Academy in New York, and this is her very first national tour! She is excited and thank-ful to be involved in this wonderful show.

patriCK david (Boris, Swing) is a gradu-ate from wagner College. Credits include: Sugar (wBT); 42nd Street (Billy); Cats (Skimbleshanks); Fame (u/S and Nick Piazza); On the Town (Chip); Cabaret (Surflight). Love to his family. fight the “R” word!!!!

JaKe delaney (Nachum, U/S Perchik) loves his classical musicals! Past favorites: Carousel (Billy Bigelow), Little Women (Laurie) and Meet Me in St. Louis (John Truett). A graduate of the Hartt School, he thanks everyone who gets him through the day.

aaron dore (Yussel, U/S Motel, U/S Perchik, U/S Mendel) is a recent graduate of the Chicago College of Performing Arts. favorite regional credits include Tick Tick Boom and Summer of ’42. Thanks to his friends and family for their support.

nanCy evans (Golde) is thrilled to be on her first national tour. Regional: Showboat, God’s Favorite, Something’s A Foot, Church Basement Ladies Second Helping, White Christmas, Meet Me in St. Louis, Steel Magnolias, Henry IV, Sound of Music, and a Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. Off-Broadway: Affluenza. Tv: Cash Cab. One woman show: Psychobabble.

Jason garrison (Fiddler) is so thankful to be part of this company! Credits: The Who’s Tommy (Tommy), Rent (Mark), Sweeney Todd (Tobias) and Les Misérables (Marius). Much love and thanks to his family for their undying support.

tom Hallett (Rabbi) Regional/tours: Oklahoma! (first national), Baby, Titanic, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Two From Galilee. west Point graduate and proud hus-band of Karen who is serving in Afghanistan. Love to TJ, Tom and the vCA family. Jer. 29:11.

KimBerly Hirst (Sprintz, U/S Chava) recently toured in AIM Management’s Fiddler on the Roof and American family Theatre’s Wizard of Oz (dorothy). Love and thanks to cast and crew, family and friends for your love and support!

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Julianne Katz (Hodel) is making her national tour debut! Credits: Fiddler on the Roof (Chava) (Sacramento Music Circus); All Shook Up (Artpark); The Who’s Tommy (Lois) (Arkansas Rep); Kiss Me, Kate and Crazy for You (Polly). Bachelor of fine Arts: Elon university.

Birdie newman Katz (Yente) from Augusta, Maine, has been in Fiddler on the Roof productions since 1974. favorite role: Peter Pan. Tv/film: HBO’s Empire Falls. National anthems: Red Sox, Celtics; At Home with the Singing Chefs. Loves Roger, Jonathan, Shari, Mom, Noodle and Pupcorn.

CHelsey leBel (Chava) is pleased to make her national tour debut with Fiddler on the Roof. Bachelor of fine Arts musical theatre, Emerson College. Credits include east coast premiere of Esperanza Rising into the Woods, John & Jen and Bare.

megan meKJian (Fruma Sarah, Daughter-Bluma, U/S Tzeitel) Tour debut! favorite roles include: Peter Pan (Peter), Wizard of Oz (dorothy), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss dorothy) and West Side Story (Rosalia/Soloist). Recent NYu Tisch/CAP 21 graduate. Endless thanks to my family, friends and teachers.

Ben miCHael (Fyedka), a Philadelphia native, has appeared in: Fiddler on the Roof, walnut Street Theatre; Little Women (John Brooke), Syracuse Stage; Carousel (Billy Bigelow), Theater at Monmouth. Bachelor of fine Arts Syracuse university. Love and thanks to his family.

lauren nedelman (Tzeitel) would like to thank her family and friends for all their support. She would also like to thank dave Clemmons Casting for the opportunity to be a part of this beautiful production. L’Chaim!

BoB pritCHard (Constable) Regional: Side Man (Gene), ART (Sergel), It’s a Wonderful Life. Other: Company (Larry), The Pirates of Penzance (Sergeant), Annie (daddy warbucks), Deathtrap (Sydney), Frankie and Johnny (Johnny) and Tally’s Folly (Matt).

liam Quealy (Sasha, U/S Fyedka) Off- Broadway: Dear Edwina (Bobby); Other: Pippin (Pippin), The Magic Flute (Papageno) and Reasons to be Pretty (Ken). To my fam, my friends and everyone else: Thanks.

mattHew riCKard (Dance Captain, Mendel, U/S Motel) is thrilled to be joining Fiddler on the Roof for his first national

tour! Credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Benjamin), A Chorus Line (Paul), I Love a Piano (Jim). Bachelor of fine Arts Syracuse university. Many thanks to mom, dad and the class of ’09!

saraH sesler (Daughter-Rivka, U/S Hodel) from Erie, Pa., is making her touring debut. Credits: The Wild Party (Queenie), Show Boat (Julie) and Kiss Me, Kate (Lois/Bianca). Bachelor of fine Arts: Shenandoah Conservatory. Love to mom, dad, Michael and dr. Jones.

dennis setteduCati (Mordcha) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Fiddler on the Roof having last appeared in the national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone as Gangster #1. Other favorite roles include Sancho in The Man of LaMancha, Marcellus in The Music Man and The Cowardly Lion.

melanie siegel (Bielke, Grandma Tzeitel) is excited to be making her national tour debut. She is a graduate of NYu Tisch/Stella Adier Studio. Thanks to teachers, family and friends for their love and support.

Clay smitH (Label, U/S Constable) holds a doctorate of musical arts in vocal perfor-mance from LSu. Roles include: The Sound of Music Asian tour (franz), Assassins (John wilkes Booth), Urinetown, the Musical (Officer Lockstock), Sweeney Todd, Ragtime (father) and Peter Pan (Captain Hook).

Kevin stangler (Perchik) is happy to have wandered in to Anatevka. House Theatre of Chicago, Marriott Theatre, Metropolis, Connecticut free Shakespeare and The New Colony (company member). Bachelor of fine Arts, uw-Stevens Point. To my loves, love.

gerri weagraff (Mama-Shandel, U/S Golde, U/S Yente, U/S Fruma Sarah) is thrilled to be on her first national tour, after 37 years of performing in the delaware/Pennsylvania region. Much love to Paul, Bekah, Jordan, Mom and dad!

sammy dallas Bayes (Director, Choreographer) has staged and directed suc-cessful productions of numerous musicals in London’s west End, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia the far East, as well as Europe. Credits at home and abroad include: Fiddler On The Roof starring Chaim Topol (Tony Award best revival), West Side Story, Chicago, Oliver, Pippin, Annie, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Grease, Nunsense, Man of La Mancha,

Canterbury Tales (Tony Award nomination) Lend Me a Tenor, I Hate Hamlet, Broadway Bound, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You and Last of the Red Hot Lovers. He has been recog-nized for his contributions to theatre abroad and at home, and has received numerous awards for outstanding work in the theatre. Bayes has written three theatre pieces, two musicals and one dramatic play. One Man’s War, a dra-matic play based on the true-life story of one of the first Marines to land in vietnam in 1965 was mounted in the New Play festival at the university of Hartford in May of 2003 and had a two-month engagement at the Triad Theater in New York City. The musical Two Ladies On Stage, which received a top Japanese Theatre award was based on the lives of two female Japanese film stars, and was produced for the KOMA Theater in Tokyo, Japan. Another musical currently in progress, Radio U.S. of A. Countdown, is a musical extravaganza cen-tered around music, events and true life stories from the 1950s and 60s, and is laced with powerful and dramatic episodes of the human experience. Bayes just returned from dublin, Ireland where he staged a Christmas special for television for the renowned Irish vocal group ANuNA which has just completed a successful presentation at PBS Television stations across the united States. Bayes dedicates his work on this production to the memory and life of a dear friend and actor who he knew for more than 40 years, david Masters...This one’s for you david.

Ken daigle (Assistant Director/Choreographer) had the extreme pleasure of learning Fiddler on the Roof from Sammy Bayes and Jerome Robbins while perform-ing in the 1990 Broadway revival. daigle has since worked with the Robbins Trust, direct-ing and choreographing Fiddler on the Roof around the country. Other credits include Damn Yankees, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Forum, Show Boat and Evita. daigle is currently studying ministry at unity Institute in Kansas City, Mo. He and his hus-band Jd Schramm make their homes in New York City and San francisco. Ken Billington (Lighting Designer) has 93 Broadway shows to his credit including such theatre milestones as Sweeney Todd and the current production of Chicago. Current touring productions include Dreamgirls, Chicago (world-wide), 9 to 5 and the seasonal White Christmas. Past touring productions have included High School Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, Doctor Doolittle and Riverdance (lighting supervisor) to

name a few. Other projects include New York’s Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular from 1979 to 2005, the Las vegas spectacu-lar Jubilee!, and Shamu Rocks! for Seaworld Orlando and San diego. Billington is the recipi-ent of Tony, NY drama desk, Outer Critics and Ace Awards for television lighting and the Lumen for his architectural work.

Jason Kantrowitz (Lighting Designer) has designed for Broadway/New York produc-tions of [title of show], Dame Edna, Starmites, The Syringa Tree and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National tours of Phantom of the Opera (associate designer), Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol and Harvey fierstein, Annie, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and the Olympic figure skating show, Stars On Ice. International shows include Sweet Charity, The Producers, Besame Mucho, Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Caravan and for London’s Royal National Theatre, The Syringa Tree. As a pre-eminent designer of award-winning themed attractions, his work includes Fantasmic! (disneyland, Tokyo disney Sea), Finding Nemo (disney’s Animal Kingdom), Lion King (disney’s Animal Kingdom and Hong Kong disneyland), Playhouse Disney, Voyage of the Little Mermaid (disney’s Hollywood Studios), Shamu Rocks! (Seaworld Orlando & San diego), Shamu Miracles and Believe (Seaworld Orlando), IllumiNights, Emerald Beat, Irish Thunder, Kinetix (Busch Gardens williamsburg).

dunCan roBert edwards (Sound Designer). Selected theatre designs include Bounce, Three, Cinderella, Parade, The Civil War, The Sound of Music, Floyd Collins, the national tour of Fiddler on the Roof, High School Musical for disney Theatricals, the Broadway production of LoveMusik for which he was a drama desk nominee and Miss Saigon for which he received a Jeff Award for outstanding sound design in Chicago. Some of his New York theatre designs include I Love You, You’re Perfect...Now Change, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare For My Father starring the late Lynn Redgrave, The Food Chain and The Last Five Years. In addi-tion to theatre, Edwards has designed many broadcast and special event systems including the studio sound systems for Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno and Late Night with Jimmy fallon. One of his most challenging projects was the opening and closing ceremo-nies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics for which he was grateful for the opportunity to design.


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He thoroughly enjoyed Andrea Bocelli’s South American and east coast u.S. tour. And one of his favorite ongoing projects has been the worldwide presentations of works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich.

steve gilliam (Scenic Designer) is a profes-sor of drama at Trinity university who owes his design career to a chemistry class he dropped in college. He changed his major and found his passion. Years ago and along the way to this pro-duction of Fiddler, Gilliam met his spouse, Sam, also on the faculty at Trinity, an Equity actress and visual artist. The Gilliams now partner as a husband and wife theatrical design team, hav-ing designed throughout the united States for more than 25 years. Steve has been a resident scenic designer for the St. Louis MuNY for the past 17 years. The Gilliams have designed several national tours of Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Sammy dallas Bayes, and starring Theodore Bikel, Topol and Harvey fierstein in the role of Tevye. Other notable associations include Chicago’s Light Opera works, the Colorado Shakespeare festival, Seaworld, Six flags and the New York Toy fair. The design you are see-ing tonight stands on the shoulders of artist Marc Chagall and designer Boris Aronson. Steve and Sam thank Mr. Bayes for his continued support of the work they do, and his inspired collabora-tion with this production of Fiddler on the Roof, truly an American classic. david andrews rogers (Music Director, Conductor) is pleased to continue his asso-ciation with Troika and Fiddler on the Roof, having been music director and conductor for its 2009-10 tour starring Topol, Theodore Bikel and Harvey fierstein. Rogers was previously music director and conductor for the Broadway national tours of Les Misérables and Show Boat, and his other conducting experience includes the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the Broadway national tour of Phantom of the Opera, the North American tours of Chicago and Cats, the ABC-Tv special In a New Light, and more than 150 hit productions in stock and regional theatre as well as numerous readings and workshops of new musicals. Rogers’s concert appearances include New York’s Lincoln Center, Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theatre, and with recording artist deborah Gibson. Educated at Southern Methodist university in dallas and Oxford university in England, Rogers is originally from Texas and now makes his home in New York City.

larry BlanK (Orchestrations) did the Tony-nominated orchestrations for The Drowsy Chaperone and White Christmas as well as

Martin Short’s Fame Becomes Me for compos-er Marc Shaiman. Blank is co-orchestrator with Shaiman for Catch Me If You Can. Blank has been orchestrator on many films for Shaiman, has been arranger on four Academy Awards shows and most recently was conductor for Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli at the Grammy Awards. Blank has had the pleasure of arrang-ing/conducting for Barbra Streisand, Betty Buckley, Michael Crawford, Michael feinstein and many others. He arranged/orchestrated Barbara Cook’s Count Your Blessings, John Barrowman Swings Cole Porter and for Barry Manilow’s album Greatest Hits Of The 50s, the song Rags To Riches. Blank was musical direc-tor/conductor for They’re Playing Our Song on Broadway as well as several other far less suc-cessful musicals. In Los Angeles, Blank was the musical director/conductor for Sugar Babies, La Cage Aux Folles, Evita and Phantom of the Opera. Blank was also music director and con-ductor for Michael Crawford’s tours of Australia.

dave Clemmons Casting (Casting) is dave Clemmons, CSA, Joy dewing and Alan Lane. Current projects include: the Broadway premiere of Driving Miss Daisy star-ring James Earl Jones and vanessa Redgrave, frank wildhorn’s Wonderland, the new musi-cal Grumpy Old Men; national tours: Legally Blonde, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, ‘Swonderful, Wizard of Oz; Regional: flat Rock Playhouse, drury Lane Theatre and Casa Mañana. Previous credits: Broadway: The Boy From Oz, Brooklyn, The Civil War, Dracula, Ring of Fire; Off-Broadway: Bare, Bat Boy, Dear Edwina, Zanna Don’t!. Tours: Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, Movin’ Out, Sound of Music and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

talitHa feHrtl musiC international (Music Coordinator) was founded by Talitha fehr in 2010 to carry on the musical contracting tra-ditions of her mentor Sam Lutfiyya. fehr has worked on national tours of Mamma Mia!, Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol and Harvey fierstein, Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ted Neeley, Cats, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chita Rivera A Dancer’s Life, Movin’ Out and 101 Dalmatians. International and Asian tours of West Side Story, Sound of Music, Swing!, Cinderella and The King and I. fehr has also had the privilege of working on Broadway’s The Pirate Queen, pre-production and development of Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away and the 2010 vancouver winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies.


roBerta roBerts (General Manager) is excited to be embarking on her ninth year with Troika Entertainment. Prior to her current position, Roberts was producer for the cruise line entertainment division of Paramount Show Services International where she produced and managed entertainment programs for numerous clients including Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Renaissance Cruises, Orient Lines and Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth II. A graduate of James Madison university, Roberts is grateful for a career that has taken her to more than 45 countries. Her most exciting production to date was her recent Panamanian wedding to her husband, Yiannis Gianareas.

geoffrey Quart (Technical Supervisor). Prior to his current position, Quart spent three years as project foreman for Showman fabricators, where he managed the build and installation of countless projects including the studio sets for CNN’s American Morning, Paula Zahn Now and ABC Nightly News. Quart began his career in Toronto, Canada as an assistant production manager and assistant technical director for Livent, Inc. and Parallel Productions on productions such as Ragtime, Jane Eyre, The Vagina Monologues and The Lion King. Quart and his wife Anne are enjoying life in blissfully suburban New Jersey with their daughter Madelyn and their dog, Tucker.

g Creative advertising & design (Creative Services). founded by Christopher and Gabrielle Howey in 2002, G Creative has grown into a full-service agency specializing in print design and broadcast production. Located in Las vegas, Nev., G Creative produces mate-rials for clients in various industries including entertainment, real estate, automotive, gaming and consumer products. The Howeys are cel-ebrating the success of their most ambitious project to date, Mimi-Charlotte.

tHe produCers are in their third decade of producing touring shows of all sizes through-out North America and the world.

niCHolas Howey (Executive Producer) has a doctorate in theatre arts and studied repertory theatre in Prague. Together with Kary walker he founded the Harlequin Theater out-side washington d.C., which enjoyed a 20-year run. Howey and the late Larry Shue were sub-jects of the play Wenceslas Square written by Shue, directed by Jerry zaks and produced at The New York Shakespeare Theater. Together with Kenneth Gentry and dallett Norris, Howey founded Troika Entertainment. He is happily

married to actress-turned-real estate agent, Mary Ellen Nester, is the father of two grown kids “in the biz” (Jennifer and Christopher) and soon-to-graduate high-schooler florin- all of whom remind him daily that life and the theatre are as good as it gets.

randall a. BuCK (Chief Operating Officer) has produced more than 50 productions as Troika Entertainment’s chief operating officer all over the world. Before rejoining dr. Howey at Troika in 1999, Buck was vice president and general manager for Livent in Toronto. while working for Livent, Buck managed productions such as Fosse, Ragtime, Show Boat, Music of the Night and Kiss of the Spider Woman. He was a stage manager for more than 20 years, opening the Phantom of the Opera Music Box tour and Show Boat! on Broadway. Since beginning as an apprentice with The Kenley Players in the late 1960s, Buck has had the privilege of working with directors such as Hal Prince, Joe Layton, Josh Logan and hundreds of stars. Buck had the privilege of recently serving on the board for the National Alliance of Music Theater. He is currently living happily-ever-after in southern Maryland with his wife Angela and their daughter Sierra Ashley Buck. . donald Kindl (Chief Financial Officer) graduated from the university of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1982 and a master’s degree in business admin-istration in 1988. He began his career with Combustion Engineering in windsor, Conn. in 1982, and moved to Maryland in 1992 to assume the position of comptroller for various theatrical productions in association with Mr. Howey. In his current position, he oversees the daily operations of all aspects of management information systems, finance and accounting. Kindl and his lovely wife, Cindy, are the proud parents of three wonderful children: Stephen, Stacey and Scott.

Jennifer Howey (Chief Strategy Officer) is proud to be working in the family biz beside her father Nicholas and brother Christopher. A gradu-ate of Madonna university in Livonia, Mich., Howey attended graduate school at The university of detroit-Mercy and studied advertising and market-ing at Oxford university. As a press representative, Howey has worked with Michael Bolton, Barry williams, Patrick Cassidy and Gladys Knight to name just a few. Previous positions include brand manager for feld Entertainment and producing associate for Starlight vegas Company. She is very proud to be the mother of Nicholas Anndrej Joseph Howey.

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Associate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaime PrineTechnical Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoffrey QuartProduction Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan P. MurphyProduction Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam MahanProject Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael OrsinoAssistant to the General Manager . . . . . Steve LiscianiAccounting . . . . . Thomas J. Lydon & Associates, P.A. Accounting Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marite EspinozaSenior Booking Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . McKenna KellyBooking Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg KeenanBudgeting and forecasting Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George LambertyComptroller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan RudzinskiCreative Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Creative, Inc., Christopher HoweyEmployee Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Capital GroupInsurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lowe•tillson insurance & Associates, Inc.Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. Jean ward, Esq.Marketing Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney davisOffice Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anissa Hartline-Orsino Production Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan MarcusStaff Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lourdes Castillowarehouse Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Garrish

The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation Personnel, and Librarians employed in this production are members of the American federation of Musicians of the united States and Canada.

united Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic paint-ers for the American Theatre.

CREdITS

COSTuME SHOP STAffCostume director: Tony Ray Hicks

Project Assistant: Alison Smithwork Room Manager: Helen Jones

Lead Stitcher: Laura BrowningStitchers: Melanie Lester, Risa Ono,

Pauline Senk, Kristina Lambdin,Kristen Czako, Melissa daum

fitting Assistant: Ryan Richardson

Hotel booking and bravel by Road Rebel Entertainment Touring. Scenery modifications by SHOwMAN fABRICATORS, Long Island City, N.Y., Elliot Bertoni; Original scenery by GREAT LAKES SCENIC STudIOS, Burlington, Ont., dave Stevens; Additional scenic painting by JAMES fOuCHARd; Tevye’s cart provided by THE MuNICPIAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION Of ST. LOuIS, dennis M. Reagan; Soft goods by I. wEISS & SONS, fairview, N.J., Jennifer Tankleff; Lighting by CHRISTIE LITES ORLANdO, Orlando, fla., Larry Thomas; Audio services by SPECIALIzEd AudIO-vISuAL, INC., Clifton Park, N.Y., Mark Norfolk; Backline by JONAS PROduCTIONS, Indianapolis, Ind.; footwear by LaduCA SHOES, NYC; Trucking by JANCO, LTd., wayne, N.J., Rick Rosenthal; Rehearsed at NOLA REHEARSAL STudIOS and RIPLEY-GRIER STudIOS. Merchandising by CREATIvE GOOdS MERCHANdISING, Pete Milano, 212-643-6535.

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ExECuTIvE PROduCERMATCHMAKER TOuRING, LLC

GENERAL MANAGERRoberta Roberts

COMPANY MANAGERNicole McClendon

PROduCTION STAGE MANAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzayn MacKenzieHEAd CARPENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron A. LevyAssociate Scenic designer . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam GilliamAssistant Scenic designer . . . . . . . . . . . Michael RihaAssistant Lighting designer . . . . . . Brandon MitchellProduction Electrician / Programmer Michael BrownProduction Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad BrownAdditional Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam RembertProduction Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colle BustinAssistant Production Sound . . . . . . . . . Elle xu BustinProduction Sound Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Norfolk, SAvI uSAProduction Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . Paige J. zaloudekAssistant Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jon JordanAssistant Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua TownsendHead Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie McfarlandAssistant Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kurt KrohneHead of Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . deniz AkyurekAssistant Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . Crystal EdwardsHead of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy L. HogueHead of wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay R. ColeAssistant wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sonya Reynolds

PROduCERSNicholas Howey .....Executive Producer, CEORandall A. Buck ..........Chief Operating Officerdon Kindl .......................Chief financial OfficerJennifer Howey ..............Chief Strategy Officer

TOuR dIRECTIONThe Booking Group

Meredith BlairKara Gebhart, Laura Kolarik

Mollie Mann, Brian Brooks, Richard Rundlewww.thebookinggroup.com

The director-Choreographer is a member of the stage direCtors and CHoreograpHers soCiety, a nation-al theatrical labor union.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees repre-sents technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, film and television production.


Friends oF the Lied Update

This list includes individuals and businesses that have initiated or renewed their friends of the Lied membership since the original list was published.

2010-11Business friends

Benefactor ($1,000+)Bigg’s Barbecue

patron ($500+)The Chiropractic Experience

sponsor ($250+)dr. Jim & vickie Otten

individual friends

Benefactor ($1,000+)Keith & Karen ElyBecky & Harry Gibson

patron ($500+)francois Henriquez & Laura StephensonCharlotte A. Mueller

sponsor ($250+)Steve & Bobbie GishCharlotte A. MuellerLucy PriceG.E. & Ruth Rutledge

Contributor ($100+)doug & Becky EasonAlice Clayton & Bob HoneaSharon Graham & Anthea ScouffasKristin & Blake HedgesRuss & Jackie HiltonC. Shaffia LaueJesse & Kitty PachecoMary Miller RossMary Ann & Norman SaulBarbara & Richard Schowenfred & Lilian SixSteve & Jung SpoonerSteve & Pat SublettJudy & Jack wright

friends ($50+)Elaine & virgil BradyRex BuchananCheri EsmondEllen LoomithCharles & Laurie McLane-HigginsonTerry & Mary Beth MillerCarol ThompsonSarah Trulove & James woelfel

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