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Contemporary playwright Young Jean Lee brings her two theatrical essays on gender and identity, performed in repertory.

Straight White Men & Untitled Feminist Show

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Conceived and Directed by Young Jean LeeJanuary 21-23, 2016Mendelssohn Theatre & Power Center

The performers in this production are students in the Dept. of Musical Theatre. Designers are students, faculty, and guests in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama. Scenery, costumes, properties, sound, and lighting were realized by the students and staff of University Productions, the producing unit of the SMTD. Ticket sales assist in providing SMTD students with engaged learning experiences before live audiences. Thank you for supporting our educational mission.

Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break. As a courtesy to others, please turn off cellular phones and pagers and refrain from texting during the performance. Photography, audio recording, and videotaping of any kind are not permitted.

The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance,Department of Musical Theatre presents

DirectorMusic Director/Conductor

ChoreographersScenic Design

Costume DesignerLighting Designers

Sound DesignerHair & Makeup Designer

Stage Manager

Linda GoodrichJason DeBordRon De Jesùs, Linda GoodrichAndrea BechertKayleigh LaymanJanak Jha, Rob MurphyJim LillieSamantha WhetstoneRachel Kaplow

Green Day’s American Idiot will be performed without an intermission.

Green Day’s American Idiot is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

Music by Green Day • Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong Book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer

Musical Arrangements and Orchestrations by Tom Kitt Original Broadway production produced by Tom Hulce & Ira Pittelman,

Ruth and Stephen Hendel, Vivek Tiwary and Gary Kaplan, Aged In Wood and Burnt Umber,Scott M. Delman, Latitude Link, HOP Theatricals and Jeffrey Finn, Larry WelkBensinger Filerman and Moellenberg Taylor, Allan S. Gordon/Élan V. McAllister

Berkeley Repertory Theatre in association with Awaken Entertainment and John Pinckard and John Domo Originally produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA

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Cast of CharaCters

Johnny ....................................................................................................James KilmeadeWill ................................................................................................................Ross YoderTunny ............................................................................................................Tyler LeahyHeather .....................................................................................................Leah MattfieldWhatshername ...............................................................................................Nora SchellSt. Jimmy .................................................................................................Barrett RigginsThe Extraordinary Girl ..............................................................................Marina KondoFavorite Son/Joshua ............................................................................................BJ MyersTheo ................................................................................................ Jordan Edwin AndréDeclan .........................................................................................Christopher CampbellChase ...................................................................................................... Kyle McClellanBrian ............................................................................................Aidan Ziegler-HansenBen ...........................................................................................................Noah WeisbartAndrew .......................................................................................................... Alex MillerMiguel .................................................................................................. Noah KiesermanGerard ..................................................................................................Joseph SammourAlysha ......................................................................................................... Solea PfeifferLibby ................................................................................................ Audrey Rose YoungLeslie ....................................................................................AnnEliza Canning-SkinnerMary ................................................................................Mallory Michaellann BrophyRebecca ........................................................................................... Nkeki Obi-Melekwe

UnderstUdy: Johnny — Noah KiesermanUnderstudies never substitute for listed performers unless an announcement is made at the time of the performance.

Band

Keyboard I/Conductor .................................................................................Jason DeBordGuitar I (Electric/Steel string acoustic) .............................................................Jason BozziGuitar II (Electric/Steel string acoustic) ..............................................................Alex AnestElectric Bass .................................................................................................Adrian KochKeyboard II .......................................................................................... Andrew CallahanDrums ............................................................................................................ Erez Levin

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Media sponsorship by Ann Arbor’s 107 one.

Special thanks to Technical Theater Solutions and Professors Ellen Rowe and Michael Gould.

This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF).

Jingletown, USA, the recent past.

“American Idiot” ............................................................................................. Company“Jesus of Suburbia”

“Jesus of Suburbia” .........................................................................Johnny and Will“City of the Damned” ........................................... Tunny, Johnny, Will, Company“I Don’t Care” ....................................................... Johnny, Will, Tunny, Company“Dearly Beloved” .................................................................................Heather, Men“Tales of Another Broken Home” ........... Johnny, Will, Tunny, Heather, Company

“Holiday” ....................................................................Johnny, Tunny, Theo, Company“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” ........................ Johnny, Whatsername, Tunny, & Men“Favorite Son” .............................................................................. Favorite Son, Women“Are We the Waiting” .................................................. Tunny, Favorite Son, Company“St. Jimmy” ............................... Johnny, Miguel, Declan, Theo, St. Jimmy, Company“Give Me Novacaine” ............................................................... Will, Tunny, Company“Last of the American Girls/She’s a Rebel” ............................... Johnny, Whatsername, Gerard, Chase, St. Jimmy, Company“Last Night on Earth”...........................St. Jimmy, Whatsername, Heather, Company“Too Much Too Soon” ..................................................Theo, Alysha, Will, & Heather“Before the Lobotomy” ....................................................... Tunny, Joshua, Ben, Chase“Extraordinary Girl” ......................................... Extraordinary Girl, Tunny, Company“Before the Lobotomy” (Reprise) ........................................ Tunny, Joshua, Ben, Chase“When It’s Time” .................................................................................................Johnny“Know Your Enemy” ..............................................St. Jimmy, Will, Johnny, Company“21 Guns” .... Whatsername, Extraordinary Girl, Heather, Tunny, Johnny, Will, Company“Letterbomb” .............................................................................Whatsername, Women“Wake Me Up When September Ends” ...................... Johnny, Will, Tunny, Company“Homecoming”

“The Death of St. Jimmy” ........................................................St. Jimmy & Johnny“East 12th St.” ..................................................... Johnny, Theo, Gerard, Company“Nobody Likes You”* .......................................................................Will, Company“Rock and Roll Girlfriend”‡ ...............................Miguel, Heather, Will, Company“We’re Coming Home Again” ............................... Johnny, Tunny, Will, Company

“Whatsername” .................................................................................Johnny, Company

* Lyrics by Mike Dirnt, ‡ Lyrics by Tré Cool

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green day (Music) - vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool - were kids from working-class backgrounds who came of age in the underground punk scene in Berkeley. Even though they had released two records prior (1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk), they announced their arrival with 1994’s Dookie, a dynamic blast of exuberant punk-pop that sold 15 million copies and earned the band its first Grammy® Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. Over the years, Green Day continued to top the charts with their subsequent studio albums Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning, while entertaining millions of fans with their frenetic live shows. But it was their landmark 2004 album American Idiot that launched Green Day into the stratosphere. American Idiot debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, earned seven Grammy® nominations (winning two, including Best Rock Album), and raised the bar for modern rock and roll. In 2009, Green Day released 21st Century Breakdown, which won the 2010 Grammy® Award for Best Rock Album. It spawned two hit singles: the gold “Know Your Enemy,” which was the first song ever to top Billboard’s Rock, Alternative, and Mainstream Rock charts simultaneously, and the double-platinum “21 Guns,” which earned them three 2009 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Rock Video. Green Day also took home an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Rock Music Artist. Later that year, Green Day collaborated with Tony Award winning director of Spring Awakening, Michael Mayer, for the stage musical of American Idiot. The play bowed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009 and set attendance records during its limited engagement. The play went on to Broadway and ran for a year at the St. James Theatre and won two Tony Awards. Green Day’s highly anticipated album trilogy kicked off with the release of Green Day ¡Uno!, (September 25, 2012) followed by Green Day ¡Dos! (November 13th), and Green Day ¡Tré! (December 11th). The band recently completed the Soundwave Festival in Australia. For more info visit www.greenday.com.

Billie Joe armstrong (Lyrics/Book) frontman of the rock band Green Day, came of age in the underground punk scene in Berkeley (see above bio for Green Day). Last year, Armstrong and Norah Jones released Foreverly, a tribute to the Everly Brothers’ 1958 Songs Our Daddy Taught Us. The Tony and Grammy winning musical American Idiot, featuring lyrics by Armstrong, music by Green Day, and a book written by Armstrong and director Michael Mayer, opened on Broadway in 2010. Throughout its run, he made

cameo appearances in the role of St. Jimmy. The recent documentary, Broadway Idiot, chronicles his road to the Great White Way. Armstrong also composed the music for These Paper Bullets at the Yale Repertory Theatre. His other film and TV credits include This is 40, Nurse Jackie, and the upcoming feature film, Like Sunday, Like Rain.

miChael mayer (Book) Broadway: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever; American Idiot (Drama Desk Award, Best Director); Everyday Rapture; Spring Awakening (Tony Award, Best Director/Best Musical); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award, Best Musical); Side Man (Tony Award, Best Play); A View From the Bridge (Tony Award, Best Revival); Uncle Vanya; ’night, Mother; After the Fall; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Triumph of Love. Off-Broadway: Spring Awakening, Everyday Rapture, The Illusion, Our House, 10 Million Miles, Antigone in New York, Baby Anger, The Credeaux Canvas, Stupid

Kids. Film: A Home at the End of the World, Flicka. Opera: Rigoletto, Die Fledermaus, Metropolitan Opera. Television: Do No Harm; director and consulting producer for the first season of Smash.

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aBoUt the Cast Jordan edwin andré (Theo) senior, BFA Musical Theatre, Sykesville, MDmallory miChaellann Brophy (Mary/Dance Captain) senior, BFA Musical Theatre,

Dallas, TXChristopher CampBell (Declan) sophomore BFA Musical Theatre, Naples, FLanneliza Canning-skinner (Leslie) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Marietta, GAnoah kieserman (Miguel/Johnny Understudy) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Olney, MDJames kilmeade (Johnny) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Northport, NYmarina kondo (Extraordinary Girl) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Novi, MItyler leahy (Tunny) senior, BFA Musical Theatre, Clarendon Hills, ILleah mattfield (Heather) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Anchorage, AKkyle mCClellan (Chase) junior BFA Musical Theatre, Doylestown, PABJ myers (Favorite Son/Joshua) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Irvine, CAalex miller (Andrew) senior, BFA Musical Theatre, Oklahoma City, OKnkeki oBi-melekwe (Rebecca) sophomore, BFA Musical Theatre, Charlotte, NCsolea pfeiffer (Alysha) senior, BFA Musical Theatre, Seattle, WABarrett riggins (St. Jimmy) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Santa Rosa, CA Joseph sammoUr (Gerard/Dance Captain) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Ypsilanti, MInora sChell (Whatshername) senior, BFA Musical Theatre, Roswell, GAnoah weisBart (Ben) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Ossining, NYross yoder (Will) senior, BFA Musical Theatre, Glastonbury, CTaUdrey rose yoUng (Libby) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Los Angeles, CAaidan ziegler-hansen (Brian) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Eugene, OR

andrea BeChert (Scenic Designer) is a professional freelance scenic designer with over 300 productions designed across the country. U-M: Bat Boy, Chicago. Regional Theatre: includes TheatreWorks (28 productions), Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Cleveland Playhouse, Marin Theatre Company, American Musical Theatre of San Jose, and The Colorado Shakespeare Festival (15 productions).  Awards: Numerous San Francisco Bay Area awards including three Critic’s Circle Awards, a Denver Ovation Award for Macbeth, and her designs were included in the 2005 World Design Expo and the 1996 Prague Quadrennial. Other:  Member of United Scenic Artists, local 829.

Jason deBord (Music Director) is an Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Musical Theatre. U-M: The Music Man, Before The Dawn: A Tribute To Richard Maltby, Jr. Broadway: Once - The Musical, Shrek, Legally Blonde, Lestat, All Shook Up, and Rent. Off Broadway and New York: Bare The Musical, Fat Camp, Bat Boy: The Musical, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, City Center Encores! National Tours: A Chorus Line, Rent, and Urinetown The Musical. Regional Theatre: Alliance Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, A.C.T., and the 5th Avenue Theatre. Film: Every Little Step.

ron de Jesùs (Choreograper) is an Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Musical Theatre. A choreographer and the Artistic Director of Ron De Jesùs Dance, he danced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Broadway/New York: Movin’ Out - performer; Come Fly Away - creative team; Artistic Assoc. for StagePlays Theater Company. Film credits: Road to Perdition, Stay & Across the Universe, Asst. Choreographer - A League of Their Own. Awards: Best Choreographer, Chicago Music & Dance Alliance Award; two New York Musical Theater Festival Awards; National Choreographers’ Initiative, Ruth Page Award for “Outstanding Male Dancer”; Carbonell Award. He is a répétiteur for Twyla Tharp Productions.

linda goodriCh (Director/Choreographer) is an Assoc. Professor in the Dept. of Musical Theatre. Recent U-M: The Music Man, Dance with Me, Crazy for You, Bat Boy, Chicago, Brigadoon, Gibson Fleck, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Seussical, The Who’s Tommy. Broadway: (performer) Cabaret. NYC: Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, N.Y. Musical Theatre Festival. Regional Theatre: Goodspeed Opera House, Papermill Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, P.C.L.O., TheatreWorks, Cincinnati Playhouse, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, T.U.T.S., Music Theatre of Wichita. Awards: NYC - DANCEBREAK, Best Choreography - New York Musical Theatre Festival, Outstanding Direction and Choreography - San Francisco Bay Area Awards. Other: Member AEA, SDC.

Janak Jha (Lighting Designer) is a junior BFA design and production candidate with a concentration in lighting design. U-M: The Tempest (LD), Fuente Ovejuna (ALD), Dead Man Walking (PE), The Magic Flute (Asst. ME), Agamemnon (LD), The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (ALD). MUSKET: Into The Woods (LD), Sweeney Todd (LD). Basement Arts: Night of Fights 2015 (LD), It’s All True (LD), In The Next Room (LD). Regional Theatre: Spoleto Festival USA, Steppenwolf Theatre: This is Our Youth, The Qualms (Lighting Intern).

aBoUt the Creative team

aBoUt the Creative team raChel kaplow (Stage Manager) is a senior BFA design and production candidate with a concentration in stage management. U-M: Stupid Fucking Bird, Dead Man Walking (1st ASM), A Grand Night For Singing (SM), Scholarship Showcase, (SM), Marisol (1st ASM), A Little Night Music (1st ASM), August: Osage County (ASM). MUSKET: Into the Woods (PSM). Basement Arts: Treasure Island (SM), Tape (ASM), Tragedy: A Tragedy (SM). Rachel is also the Production Stage Manager of Basement Arts. Regional Theatre: Thoreau: On Return to Walden (PA), I Saw My Nieghbor on a Train and I Didn’t Even Smile, Berkshire Theatre Group.  

kayleigh laymon (Costume Designer) is a senior BFA design and production candidate (stage management & costume design) minoring in performing arts management. U-M: Iphigenia at Aulis (Costume Designer), Fuente Ovejuna (Asst. CD), Good Kids (SM), The Comedy of Errors (ASM); Ariadne auf Naxos (ASM); Student Productions: The Opportunist (SM); Chinglish (SM/CD); It’s All True (SM/CD) Regional Theatre: Spoleto Festival: Veremonda (ASM), San Jose Rep: Landscape with Weapon (ASM), Shakespeare Santa Cruz: Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It, Tom Jones, Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew (Asst. CD.)

Jim lillie (Sound Designer) In the (punk) past Jim worked with The Clash, The B52’s, X, the Necros, The Police, Sonics Rendezvous Band, 999, PiL, the Meat Puppets, Destroy All Monsters, Iggy Pop, and The MC5. He has also worked with Patti Smith and Talking Heads in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.

roB mUrphy (Lighting Designer) is an Assoc. Professor of Design in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama. U-M: Iphigenia at Aulis, The Barber of Seville, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Full Monty, Brigadoon, Much Ado About Nothing, Into the Woods, Armide, Macbeth, Evita, Albert Herring, Ella Minnow Pea. Regional Theatre: Almost 100 LORT scenic and lighting designs: The Guthrie Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, NY Theatre Workshop; worked with directors Robert Woodruff, Anne Bogart, Bartlett Sher, Micheal Grief, and Oskar Eustis; former resident designer: Trinity Rep. Co., Missouri Rep. Theatre (now the Kansas City Rep).

samantha whetstone (Hair & Makeup Designer) celebrates her fourth season working with the SMTD. U-M: Iphigenia at Aulis, Fuente Ovejuna,  Stupid Fucking Bird, Dead Man Walking, Cabaret, Good Kids, Marisol, The Magic Flute, Dance with Me, Three Sisters, The Comedy of Errors, Bat Boy: The Musical, Don Giovanni. Regional Theatre: Redwood Curtain, Steel Magnolias, Purple Rose Theatre Company.

AARON P. DWORKIN, DEANPaul Boylan Collegiate Professor of Music

DEPARTMENT OF MUSICAL THEATREChair ...................................................................Brent WagnerDepartment Administrator ................................Jennifer KnappAdministrative Assistant ............................ Lindsay FrischmuthStudent Services .................................................... Jillian CareyFaculty ............. Jason DeBord, Ron De Jesús, Linda Goodrich, Mark Madama, Lisa Mayer, Sara Randazzo, Catherine A. Walker, Cynthia Kortman WestphalProfessor Emeritus .................................................Jerry DePuit

UNIVERSITY PRODUCTIONSADMINISTRATIVE STAFFDirector ................................................................Jeffrey KurasDepartment Administrator ............................. Fatima AbdullahAdministrative Assistant Senior .............Evelyn Craft-RobinsonMarketing & Communications Dir. ........... Kerianne M. TupacGraphic Design ............................................. Mktfolly DesignsPhotographer .................................... Peter Smith PhotographyInformation Systems Manager ......................... Henry ReynoldsFacilities Manager ................................................Shannon RiceHouse Mgr. of Performance Halls... Dianne Widzinski (on leave)Usher Coordinator ................................................Brian RoddyLM House Manager ................................................Rick KatonSenior Backstage Operations Mgr. .........................Barry LaRueBackstage Operations Mgrs. ........Mark Gordon, David Pickell, Dane Racicot, Donald C. WatkinsAdmin. Office Assts. .....Violet Andrews-Kelly, Jeannie Sandefer PRODUCTION STAFFProduction Manager .....................................Amanda MengdenProduction Stage Manager...................................Nancy UffnerProduction Office Assts. ......Brooke Cowen, Aishawarya Singh, Rachel WaddellTechnical Dir. (Power) ................................... Douglas EdwardsTechnical Dir. (Walgreen) ......................Richard W. Lindsay, Jr.Master Carpenter .................................................. Paul HunterCarpenter ...........................................Russ Dunham (on leave)Charge Scenic Artist (Power) ..............................Toni Y. AulettiCharge Scenic Artist (Walgreen) .......................Beth SandmaierProperties Manager.........................................Patrick A. DroneAssoc. Properties Manager ....................................Sarah TannerProperties Artisan ................................................Dan EricksonTheatrical Lighting Director ............................Mark Allen BergSound Engineers .......................Roger Arnett, Henry Reynolds

Costume Shop Manager ......................................Laura BrinkerAsst. Costume Shop Manager .........................Leslie Ann SmithCutter/Drapers .....Corey Collins, Lea M. Morello, T J WilliamsonCrafts Artisan ...........................................Elizabeth GundersonCostume Stock Administrator .............................. Renae Skoog

PRODUCTION CREWFirst Asst. Stage Manager .................................... Abbey KojimaAsst. Stage Managers .................. Sophia Brichta, Tom SweeneyAsst. Musical Director .......................................Andrew CallahanAsst. Lighting Designer .................................... Martijn AppeloAudio Supervisor ...................................................... Tim ScmidtAsst. Master Electrician ...................................... Jennifer BarrettoDance Captains ....Mallory Michaellann Brophy, Joseph SammourScenery .............Greg Schmidt, Sherry Green, Katelyn Johnson, Matthew Provenza Madeline Rouverol, Daniel Salera, Patrick Thrasher, Kyle WeberProfessional Painter ..................................... Lavinia Hanachiuc Paint .............Paulina Bromberg, Andre Jordan, Leah Mattfield, Jordan Samuels, Tanner Porter, Caroline-Michele Uy, Aidan Ziegler-Hansen, students of Theatre 250 & 252Properties ............ Rachel Kaplow, James Chau, Jordyn Norkey, Brittany Schloskey, Jessica Schloskey, Anton Volovsek, Steven Wezelman, students of Theatre 250 & 252Professional Stitchers .............................Patty Branam, Rene PlanteCostumes ................Camille Charara, Jean-Luc Deladurantaye, Kayleigh Laymon, Sophie Raymer, Rowan Renstrom-Richards, Jasper Richter, Janin Rosas, Grace Santamaria, Michaela Tanksley, Michayla VanTreeck, students of Theatre 250 & 252Sound............................................................ Alexandria ButlerTheatrical Lighting ....................Martijn Appelo, Jessica Balaka, Jennifer Barretto, Anna Edelman, Sten Eikrem, Sarah Frank, Janak Jha, Berrit Keller, Abbey Kojima, Megan Oosthoek, Benjamin Richer, Jacqueline Saldana, Nicholas Shafer, Steven Wezelman, Kaiqi Zhu, students of Theatre 250 & 252

RUNNING CREWScenery ...................................... Jamie Colburn, Justin ShowellProps .........Leanne Antonio, Nevada Koenig, Sydney ShepherdLight Board Operator ..................................... Bailey McMillanLighting ....................... Ben Ahlers, Matt Kemp, Thomas LaubSound...................................................................... Peter Klein                    Wardrobe ............Janin Rosas‡, Blake Bojewski, Cydney Clark, Emilie Kouatchou, McKenzie Kurtz, Megumi Nakamura, Allie Re, Alyah Scott, Lake (Philip) Wilburn‡ Crew Head

2015-2016 SeasonBand-O-Rama

Oct. 24, 2015 • Hill Auditorium

HallOween COnCeRtOct. 31, 2015 • Hill Auditorium

men’s Glee CluB Fall COnCeRtNov. 7, 2015 • Hill Auditorium

HOw tO deCeive yOuR FamilyNov. 12-15, 2015 • Power Center

tHe aRaBian niGHts Nov. 19-22, 2015

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HenRy iv, PaRt 1Dec. 10-13, 2015 • Power Center

tHe liGHt in tHe PiazzaDec. 10-13, 2015

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COllaGe COnCeRtJan. 16, 2016 • Hill Auditorium

mOmentumFeb. 4-7, 2016 • Power Center

ClyBOuRne PaRk Feb. 18-21, 2016 • Mendelssohn Theatre

FORtinBRasFeb. 18-21, 2016 • Arthur Miller Theatre

COsì Fan tutte Mar. 24-27, 2016 • Mendelssohn Theatre

tHe imaGinaRy invalid Mar. 31 - Apr. 10, 2016Arthur Miller Theatre

men’s Glee CluB sPRinG COnCeRtApr. 9, 2016 • Hill Auditorium

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32 YEARS of Success!Recent News of Musical Theatre Graduates

Allegiance (upcoming B’way): Kevin Munhall, Lynne Shankel (music supervisor)

Amazing Grace (B’way): Stan Bahorek, Gavi SavitAn American in Paris (B’way): Will Burton,

Rachel Hoffman (casting), Sam Davis (dance arrangements)

University of Arizona Faculty: Danny GurwinBandstand (Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ): Joe CarrollBeautiful (B’way & Nat’l Tour): Ashley

Blanchet, Britney Colman, Matthew Rego (Araca Group, producer)

The Book of Mormon (Nat’l Tour and B’way): Gavin Creel (Olivier Award), A.J. Holmes, Bre

Jackson, Tyler Jones, Dereck Seay, Matthew Rego (Araca Group, producer)

Bright Star (The Kennedy Center): A.J. ShivelyLa Cage aux Folles (Goodspeed Opera House,

CT): Conor RyanCake Off (Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA):

Todd BuonopaneChicago (B’way): Dani Spieler, Brian SpitulnikCinderella (Nat’l Tour): Laura Irion, Cody

Davis, Jordana Grolnick, Adrian Baidoo, Andy Jones, Sean Seymour

A Christmas Story (Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ): Mara Newbery (choreographer), Ben Whiteley (music director), Justin Paul and Benj Pasek (music and lyrics, Tony nomination)

The Color Purple (upcoming B’way): Bre JacksonA Comedy of Tenors (Cleveland Playhouse and

McCarter Theatre): Bobby Conte ThorntonCompany (Bucks County Playhouse, PA):

Hunter Foster (director), Anne Horak, Max Kumangai

Dames at Sea (B’way): Cary Tedder, Ian KnauerDear Evan Hansen (Arena Stage, Washington,

DC, & [upcoming] Second Stage, New York City): Justin Paul and Benj Pasek (music and lyrics), Jennifer Thompson

The Descendants (Disney TV film): Andrew Lippa’s song “Evil Like Me” for Kristin Chenoweth has had over 17 million views on YouTube, and is part of a best-selling soundtrack

Diner (Delaware Theatre Co.): Erika HenningsenThe Fantasticks (Off-B’way): Daniel BerrymanFiddler on the Roof (Upcoming B’way):

Samantha MassellFinding Neverland (B’way): Courtney Balan

The Flash (CW): Carlos Valdes (series regular)A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

(Nat’l Tour): John RapsonHamilton (B’way): Jeffrey Seller (producer),

Henry Nettleton (assistant to the producer)If/ Then (National Tour): Janine DiVitaInvisible Thread (Second Stage, New York City):

Conor RyanThe King and I (B’way): Ashley ParkKinky Boots (B’way): Cortney Wolfson, Christy

FaberLA Philharmonic: Bruce Kiesling, conductor,

YOLA (Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles)The Lion King (National Tour): John Sloan,

Andrew ArringtonA Little Night Music (Huntington Theatre,

Boston): Lauren MolinaLes Miserables (B’way): Alex Finke, Erika

HenningsenMotown (Nat’l Tour): Jesse Nager, Robert

HartwellNCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): Barrett Foa (series regular)Newsies (Nat’l Tour): Alex Prakken, Stephanie

StylesOrange is the New Black (Lionsgate Television,

Netflix): Madi MicucciPippin (Nat’l Tour): Brian Flores, Sam LipsThe Secret Garden (Cincinnati Playhouse in the

Park): Charlotte MaltbyShe Loves Me (upcoming B’way Revival): Gavin CreelSony Pictures Entertainment, Director of Global

Talent Management: Marisa (Meyer) PetersThe Sound of Music (Nat’l Tour): Paige Silvester, Dan

Tracy, Elisabeth Evans, Rachel Hoffman (casting)Spring Awakening (B’way): Andy Mientus,

Robert ArizaTuck Everlasting (upcoming B’way): Andrew

Keenan-BolgerA Walk in the Woods (2015 film): Derek KrantzWaterfall (5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle): Darryl Semira,

Greg Jarrett (dance arrangements)Wicked (B’way and Nat’l Tour): Ryan Vasquez,

Whitney Brandt, Matthew Rego (Araca Group, producer)Symphony Concerts: Doug LaBrecque - featured

performances with the San Diego, Seattle, Utah and Colorado Symphonies; Philadelphia Pops; internationally with symphonies in Moscow, Bratislava and Prague.

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David & Carol Yoder

gifts Under $100Daniel & Monica AtkinsDrew BarnesLenora BarnesSally BarnettSusan BarreraTyler BarronKevin BehmerSang ChenMerry ClarkKevin & Judith ComptonNorman & Anne CoxTom CzarnikManuel Del ValleJames DelheyMarilyn DicksonKathleen DiggsJean DolegaKelly & Nick DyerHelen EmmonsDouglas & Angela FullenAnn & William FurtwanglerRebecca & D. Bruce GaffneyRichard GarnerAlana GreenspanMark HaddoxRobert & Karen HahnJanelle & David HansenMargaret HarringtonBradley & Cynthia HaycockCassandra HelmerLorna Hurl & David TuckerStevo & Susan JuliusSusan & Anthony KonovalivGary & Barbara KrenzKathleen & Roger Leonard

William & Garland LewisJohn & Nancy LucasRosemary LutzJudith & William LynnBenjamin Marshall & Reola AvantBrigitte & Klaus MartenDeidree & Robert MathisHiroko MawatariRaven McCrory & Thorne ComptonBonnie MetzgerJohn MillsAnastasia MoroMargie Morris & Melvin HochsterAndrew Nagy & Susan SchreiberRebecca NiehusJoan O’LearMargaret & Nels OmanFred & Margaret PattersonMargaret & Fred PattersonDouglas & Carole PeckJonathan PevarnekSheryl PomeranceCharlotte Rader & Freeman AdamsSally & Bruce RichardsonCarol RundleSandra SamonsNancy & Stephen ScheweDean ShueyRalph & Janet SmithEdward SneidemanPatricia & Paul SteeleBob ThorntonEdward WeberDavid Zubl

The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their support of productions at the School. Gifts to U-M SMTD productions help support all aspects of productions - sets, costumes, lighting, sound, guest artists, and more - for all the School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s mainstage shows. These funds assist in providing SMTD students with practical training experience and the opportunity to network with guest professionals. Thank you.

U-M SMTD Production Support Gifts from July 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014

We apologize for any omissions or errors made in this donor listing. Please direct questions or comments to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Office of Development & External Relations at 734-763-9769.

gifts of $50,000Gavin CreelCelia Keenan-Bolger & John Conlee Benard L. Maas Foundation

gifts of $25,000Irwin & Fran MartinTom Roberts Estate gifts of $10,000-$24,999Janet & William CassebaumDon & Betts ChisholmPaul JohnsonAndrew Lippa & David BlochPearson & Robert Macek gifts of $5,000-$9,999William & Sally Martin gifts of $2,500-$4,999Anne & Howard CooperJeffrey & Barbara DuncanSally & David Kennedy gifts of $1,000-$2,499Carol AmsterLinda Bennett & Robert BagramianThomas & Cathie BloemRonald & Mary BogdasarianEdward & Mary CadyJack & Eileen ChisholmMolly DobsonAnne & James DuderstadtBarbara & Jeffrey DuncanJohn EdmanWhit & Svea GrayRobert & Barbara HensingerJanet & Frank JeffriesJames Kershner & Mark PflegerWilliam KoppCatherine & Edwin MarcusJerry & Deborah MayMarilyn & John RintamakiCatherine RobertsJudith & Donald RumelhartNub & Jan TurnerU-M Club of Downriver

Elaine & Benjamin WhiteleyHoward & Faye Zuckerman gifts of $500-$999Michael Allemang & Janis BobrinPhilip Berry & Anne BeaubienWilliam & Ilene BirgeConstance CressCarol & Richard DetweilerJulia & Charles EisendrathDouglas ElserDavid & Jo-Anna FeathermanSpencer Ford & Susan GoldsmithRandy & Ellen FrankAbba FriedmanJames & Cherie GilmourRobert & Debra GordonSteven & Christine GosikJudith & Alfred GourdjiAmy & Andrew GrolnickNorman & Deborah HerbertAl & Jolene HermalinDavid & Phyllis HerzigHayden & Ronit HorowitzSusan & Martin HurwitzGretchen & John JacksonFrank & Janet JeffriesPeter & Mia KennedyDiane KirkpatrickAlan & Jean KrischLeo & Kathryn LegatskiJanet & Philip LineerW. Harry MarsdenMary MatthewsJerome & Emily MillerCraig & Shari MorganKennetha PetersonJuliet PiersonJohn RomaniLarry & Michelle SanfordNancy SannarJanet SellJanet ShatuskyScott & Frances SimondsLinda Spector & Peter JacobsonPhyllis ValentineEd & Patty Wahtera

Robin & Harvey WaxJohn & Jerry WeidenbachBenjamin Whiteley gifts of $250-$499James Adams & Naz EdwardsEllen & Wallace ArnesonMartha & Robert AuseAlan BalakaDaniel & Barbara BalbachErnesto BatistaWilliam BeamanMichael & Barbara BiceJoan BinkowJames & Jennifer CarpenterJeannine & Thomas CarrAnne ChaseLucille & Bruce ChinMary Sue & Ken ColemanBarbara CopeDiane CottrellDavid WoodCharles & Julie EllisEleanor & Harvey FalitFrederick & Judith FeldkampSteven & Joyce GerberPaul & Anne GlendonCozette GrabbJerry & Mary GrayRobert & Leah GunnJohn & Stephanie HallRichard Van HarrisonBetsy & Theodore HershbergGideon & Carol HofferSara & Robert HolmesRichard LeSueurWayne & Georgia LindstromDaniel & Carol McDonnellMadelyn & Daniel McMurtrieJoseph & Jean MiddletonJean MientusNewell & Myrna MillerHarold NewlandSharon & Charles NewmanHelen PetersNancy PickusAlbert & Louisa Pieper

U-M Friends of Musical Theatre Annual Gifts from July 1, 2014 - September 21, 2015

Joseph PlacekAlan & Patricia PriceMalverne ReinhartCornelia & Tom SchriberIngrid & Clifford SheldonSusan & Donald SintaSusan Meredith SmithKathryn & Richard TrimJames & Gloria WebleyThomas & Ronna WhittenJoe WoodworthKathleen & Ronald Zernicke gifts of $100-$249Gerald & Gloria AbramsMary Ellen AdamsTim AdamsJohn & Barbara BacarellaGeorge BaconAnne & Richard BaumanElizabeth & Michael BazanyJune & Clyde BennettMelissa Berger BrennanShirley & Joel BergerEdith & Thomas BletcherHope BlucherDavid & Jean BoddyElizabeth BoleDuane & Lee Ann BollertGary & Diane BrownRobert & Jeannine BuchananAlbert & Barbara CainSusan & Oliver CameronGlenn & Joan CarpenterCharles CarverJames CavalcoliPatricia ChatasTed CiganikKimberly Clarke & Barry LaRueMarian Cohen & Sheldon GinnsErnesto & Agnes CollazoMartha & Harry CornishBette & Alan CotzinMarilyn & J. Sterling CrandallKaren Crawford & William WelchEdith CroakeSheldon DavisJulie & Wayne DeLoriaJacqueline Deyoung-Kasky & Michael KaskyDallas & Sharon DortDeborah DoyleMark & Susan DuncanKathy & Donald DuquetteDeborah & B. Hylton EarlyStephen & Janine Easter

Daniel & Jennifer EdwardsMorgan & Sara EdwardsEthel EllisHilary ElmagrabiAlfred & Susan FeingoldEleanor FellerPhyllis & Phillip FellinCarol FinermanL. Alan & Nancy FinlaysonCynthia & Gordon FlamRichard FortnerCarmen Fotso-Kouatchou & Gide KouatchouHoward FoxDan & Jill FrancisLeon & Marcia FriedmanMarilyn Friedman & Seymour KoenigsbergDion FrischerThomas GalantowiczJosephine GallagherPatricia & Michael GallagherFlorence & Marvin GerberGary & Elaine GillespieMya GoslingNicki GriffithAndrew & Amy GrolnickSheilah & Elliott GrossSondra GunnBrent & Kathy HaaseDon Haefner & Cynthia StewartJessica HahnMargery & Jay HaiteCharlene & Walton HancockKenneth & Hillary HandwergerHelene Yorke Productions, Inc.Sondra & J. Downs HeroldPatricia HessJanice & Ronald HoffmanDave & Patricia HolmanVirginia HoranRebecca HorvathL. Rowell & Alice HuesmannHarry & Ruth HuffTanya & Jerold IsraelMerelyn JacobsonJerome JelinekDavid & Kathleen JohnsonJohn & Linda JonidesCharles & Judith W. JudgeDouglas KahnHelen & Noah KaplanFran KettlerLuise KienzleBetsy & William KincaidMyra Klarman

Anne KloackAnthony & Susan KonovalivJessica & Michael KrivanJerold & Judith LaxAlicia & Louis LessardJoan & Melvyn LevitskyCarolyn & Paul LichterBetty & Len LofstromSuzanne & Edmund LondonLois MacDonaldShelley MacMillan & Gary DeckerSuzanne & Jay MahlerRobert & Judith MaransBrian McCabeRaven McCrory & Thorne ComptonMardy & John MeddersRose MonitzKittie MorelockPatricia & Thomas MorrowBarbara MuellerJohn & Kathy MulayEdward & Nancy NaszradiJan & M. Haskell NewmanDorothy & William NiemannColin & Nancy OatleyMelissa & Richard PattersonJames PiperElaine & Bertram PittMarcia & James PlunkettLeonard PoissonGerald & Lorna PrescottEllen & Stephen RamsburghSandra RiceSheila & Louis RiceElizabeth & Frank RichardsonWilliam & Ann RichardsonBarbara RitterDonald RitterWilliam & Phyllis RobbRobert & Kathleen SavitGertrude SchreiberSusan Schreiber & Andrew NagyBeverly & Lawrence SeifordHarriet SelinJoseph & Patricia SettimiThomas & Mary ShieldsTerry SilverKathleen SingerJulie & William SmigielskiFrederick & Priscilla A. SmithElinore & R. Thomas SommerfeldJames & Nancy StanleyEric Straka & Gianna LeteEllen & Jeoffrey StrossKaren & David Stutz

Nancy SudiaClaire & Jeremiah TurcotteDonald & Lea Van EveryBenjamin WalkerEric WardenMartin Warshaw & Joyce WatsonJoyce Watson & Martin WarshawElise WeisbachDonna Winkelman & Thomas EasthopeDavid & Carol YoderGladys Young gifts Under $100Jean AdamsRosalyn BarclayElizabeth BishopMelinda BlakeSusan BlakeJoyce BlinnSigrid Bower & Richard BerthelotJelane CarterJohn Cederquist & Meg Kennedy ShawMarjorie CloughJudy & Malcolm CohenMary CotterChristine DaileySharon & Dionigi DeLucaJerry DePuitMelissa & Michael DotzKelly & Nick DyerSuzy & Niels EnglebergDorothy & Saeed FarhatJanice GeddesJ. Martin GillespieEdward & Mona GoldmanAnita & Albert GoldsteinAnne HagiwaraJulie & Scott HalpertSusan HamiltonRebecca & Fred Hankin

Hansen Marketing Services Inc.Jeannine & Gary HaydenLinda HeardJ. Downs & Sondra HeroldSheryl Hirsch & Jack BilliAlan & Deborah HitskyCharles & Ann HutchinsI.A.T.S.E. Local 395Martha JohnsonJanet & John KnappLawrence LaferteAnne LawrenceAbigail Lawrence-JacobsonElizabeth Leopold & Brian MazzaferriJacqueline LewisJean LoupJames & Louise LowBarbara MajorDaisy Jean & Melvin ManisCharles MasonN. Harris & Margaret McClamrochDeborah & Thomas McMullenJohn & Annabel McWilliamsFadi MuslehDonald & Ruth OlshanskyAnn Orr & Tony WeillAnna Owens & Thomas CookBarbara & Wallace PrinceMichael ReedMarianne & Robert ReinhardRichard & Edie RosenfeldAlbert & Jane SayedJohn SheaKenneth SieloffEugene & Alida SilvermanMichelle & Kent SilvesterLynette & Frank SpiesTheodore St. AntoineBennett StalloneCatherine & Clarence Stephenson

Carol & Jon StinsonJackie StockwellBarbara & Donald SugermanDonna TappeJudy & John TatumIlene & Norm TylerVirginia VassGregory & Christina ViscomiRuti VolkMargaret WarrickFrances & Jack WeinsteinRobert & Sandra WeitzSusan Wineberg & Lars BjornLinda Young & John CarrollWanda Zissis

We apologize for any omissions or errors made in this donor listing. Please direct questions or comments to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Office of Development & External Relations at 734-763-9769.

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FRIENDS OF MUSICAL THEATRE supports the Department of Musical Theatre by providing vital discretionary support for scholarships and hosting artists to work with U-M students. Additionally, the annual Senior Showcase in NYC, a crucial component for introducing the senior MT class to industry professionals, is made possible by donations from Friends of Musical Theatre.

The Department of Musical Theatre counts on annual gifts from Friends members to maintain the high caliber of educational enrichment each year. Gifts of any size are welcome. The U-M fiscal year is counted July 1 to June 30, so renewed support each year is vital to keeping your Friends of Musical Theatre membership current.

The benefits of joining Friends of Musical Theatre include a priority ticket purchasing period for SMTD productions; invitations to musical theatre events, including the Fall Welcome Back reception and Lost in Ann Arbor cabaret; recognition in the main stage production program; and Department of Musical Theatre email updates. The greatest benefit is playing a major role in the education, enrichment, and success of the musical theatre students.

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