Saving Aimee

Sep 30 – Oct 29, 2011

Running time:  2 hours, 50 minutes, including intermission

Before Bakker, before Swaggart, before Robertson, there was Aimee Semple McPherson, the first media superstar evangelist. Her spectacular fall from grace is a real-life story tangled with scandalous love affairs and a tabloid-frenzied trial.

Book & Lyrics by: Kathie Lee Gifford
Music By: David Pomeranz & David Friedman
Additional Music By: Kathie Lee Gifford
Directed By: David Armstrong

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Parental Guidelines

Rated PG

Adult Language
There is some mild use of adult language, including a few "hells" and "damns" and one use of "God-damned." One character calls himself an "SOB" and yells, "That bitch!" when he is served with papers charging him with breach of promise. A judge informs a prosecuting attorney that he has a "shitty case" and uses the expression "for Christ's sake." Aimee, faced with a crowd that throws a rock through her window and calls her a whore, responds, "We're all whores."

Violence
Aimee hits and punches her third husband, David, when she learns that he is being sued for breach of promise only a week after they married.

Sexual References
Emma Jo, Aimee's African-American secretary, used to run "Madam Mama's Gentleman's Club." In a flashback, we see her and her "girls" perform a number called "A Girl's Gotta Do What a Girl's Gotta Do" ("A girl's gotta go where a girl's gotta go / And God knows we go all the way"). When Aimee visits the club and tells Emma Jo that "I think you're no different from me… God made us both," Emma Jo joins Aimee's mission. Later the prosecutor at Aimee's trial will accuse her of associating with "gypsies, homosexuals, illegal aliens, the KKK, negroes, drunkards, women of ill repute."

Drugs/Alcohol
While en route to China, Aimee and first husband Robert visit with (but don't join) partying Irish passengers, who drink beer and joke about tomorrow's hangovers.

Aimee enters a saloon and asks the customers what they're drinking ("Anything we can! And as much as possible!") She asks, "What if I could promise you you'll never be thirsty again?" She is thrown out of the tavern, but is not discouraged.

Aimee is seen taking pills for stress provided by her doctor. After her third husband David's betrayal, she will collapse with a nervous breakdown and be briefly confined in a sanitarium.

Cast and Creative

CAROLEE CARMELLO (Aimee)

has appeared in ten Broadway shows:  City of Angels, Falsettos, Parade (for which she received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award), 1776, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Kiss Me Kate, Urinetown, Lestat (Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), Mamma Mia!, and most recently, The Addams Family (Drama Desk nomination and Outer Critics Circle nomination).  Her Off-Broadway credits include:  John and Jen, Das Barbecü, Hello Again (Obie Award), A Class Act, The Vagina Monologues, and Elegies.  Carmello has also appeared on television in Law and Order, Frasier, Ed, and Remember W.E.N.N. (SAG Award nomination) and has toured the U.S. with productions of Chess, Big River, Falsettos, and Les Misérables.  Her concert appearances have taken her across America and Europe, including several engagements at Carnegie Hall.   She is thrilled to be making her 5th Avenue Theatre debut.

 

JUDY KAYE (Minnie)

recently starred as Anna Madrigal in Tales Of The City, a world premiere musical, for A.C.T. in San Francisco. She appeared here as Sally in Follies and Mama Rose in Gypsy. She starred on Broadway and across the US in Souvenir, A Fantasia On The Life Of Florence Foster Jenkins (Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination, Theatre LA Ovation Award, SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Award). Kaye appeared as Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd on Broadway and the National Tour (LA Drama Critics Circle Award, Garland Award, Carbonell Award). Broadway: Phantom of the Opera (Tony Award), Mamma Mia! (Tony nomination) On the Twentieth Century (Theatre World Award), Ragtime (Theatre LA Ovation Award). She has appeared with symphony orchestras worldwide, and has sung at the White House twice. She is the voice of Kinsey Millhone for the Sue Grafton "Alphabet Mystery" series for Random House Audio. For more: judykaye.com.

 

ED DIXON(James/Brother Bob)

 

   

   

appeared on Broadway in Mary Poppins, Sunday in the Park With George, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, The Iceman Cometh, Les Miserables, Cyrano, The Three Musketeers, King of Schnorrers, No, No, Nanette and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Drama Desk Nomination for Shylock which he adapted from The Merchant of Venice and Helen Hayes Award for Max in Sunset Boulevard. Dixon is the author/composer of Cather County (Leon Rabin Award), Richard Cory (NYMF Festival and Audience Prize), Fanny Hill (Drama Desk Nomination), Whodunit… The Musical and Cloak and Dagger. www.eddixon.biz

   

   

 

CHARLES LEGGET(Asa Keyes)

 

   

   

makes his 5th Avenue Theatre debut. A Seattle resident of over 20 years, he appears regularly at Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT and Seattle Shakespeare Company, and has worked at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Book-It, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Intiman, Empty Space and numerous smaller companies. His work received the inaugural Theatre Puget Sound Gregory Award for Outstanding Actor (2009), has been nominated twice since, has garnered five Seattle Times Footlight Awards and been shortlisted for the Stranger Genius Award. Leggett’s voice work enjoys release on several video games and in 14 audiobooks for Seattle’s Cedar House Audio.

   

   

 

BRANDON O'NEILL(MacPherson/ Ormiston)

 

   

   

5th Ave. appearances: Disney’s Aladdin (Kassim), Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson), My Funny Valentine, A Christmas Story (Quartet), Candide, (Cacambo), Joseph… (Asher), Cabaret (Helmut), Buddy (Ritchie Valens), Wonderful Town (Wreck), Miss Saigon (Thuy), Sweeney Todd, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Rocky Horror Show (Eddie), Regional credits: Sondheim at the Pops, Seattle Symphony with conductor Marvin Hamlisch, The Who’s Tommy (Captain Walker, Village Theatre), Diana Moves (Marcus, Exit Theatre). Film: The Hit List (2011), (Dom Estacado-opposite Cuba Gooding Jr.) Give ‘Em Hell, Malone (2009), Oy Vey My Son Is Gay (2010).

   

   

 

ROZ RYAN(Emma Jo)

 

   

   

Broadway credits include Dreamgirls, Ain't Misbehavin, Chicago: The Musical, One Mo' Time, Pajama Game, A Christmas Carol (the only woman to perform the Ghost of Christmas present), Blues in the Night (Carbonell and Zoni Award), and Cole Porter’s Request the Pleasure (Carbonell Award ). Film: Nikita Blues (co-producer), I Think I Love My Wife, The Invention of Lying, Waiting For Forever. TV Credits: Amen, Good News, Jag, All About The Andersons, Barbershop, Let’s Stay Together. Animation: Disney’s feature Hercules (TV series), Misadventures of Flapjack (Bubbie), Adventure Time, Scooby Doo, The Looney Tunes Show and Kick Buttowski. www.rozryan.com

   

   

 

ED WATTS(Robert Semple/David Hutton)

 

   

   

Broadway: Finian’s Rainbow, The Most Happy Fella (NYC Opera). Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (El Gallo). Tours: Les Miserables (Enjolras), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Adam Pontipee). Regional: Sacramento Music Theatre, Goodspeed Opera, Music Theatre of Wichita, Michigan Opera Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, The 5th Avenue, Northshore, Theatre of the Stars, Papermill, etc. Leading roles in Annie Get Your Gun, The Music Man, Phantom, 1776, A Little Night Music, The Sound of Music, Camelot, Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, etc. TV: Rescue Me, The Sopranos, As the World Turns, All My Children, etc. Proud member of AEA.

   

   

 

CHARISSA BERTELS(Swing)

 

   

   

Recent New York credits include the workshop of Saving Aimee, Stunt Girl, and Children of Eden. She has performed on many stages in the Seattle area including The 5th Avenue, Village Theatre, and SCT. She thanks God, her family and friends, and her amazing husband, James. Visit her at charissabertels.com.

   

   

 

JARED MICHAEL BROWN(Ensemble)

 

   

   

is honored to be working with such an incredible cast on Saving Aimee. Seattle: Iron Curtain (Village Theater), A Christmas Story, Journey West and The Best of Northwest Bookshelf (5th Avenue / Adventure Musical Theatre). Coming up: Cinderella and Oklahoma! As always, for my parents.

   

   

 

CHRISTIAN DUHAMEL(Ensemble)

 

   

   

Previously at 5th: Guys and Dolls, Seven Brides... and two tours of Adventure Musical Theatre. Local: Showtunes!, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Village Theatre. Regional: Utah Shakespearean Festival, Human Race Theatre Company. www.christianduhamel.org

   

   

 

RICHARD GRAY(Ensemble)

 

   

   

has appeared onstage at The 5th in On the Town (Professor Figment), White Christmas (Ralph Sheldrake), Joseph… (Potiphar/Baker), Hello, Dolly! (Rudolph), Sunday… (Mr. / Redmond), Hollywood/Ukraine (Chico), Wonderful Town (Tour Guide) and …Forum (Protean). Musical director at The 5th for Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Rocky Horror Show, Buddy and Pippin.

   

   

 

CAYMAN ILIKA(Ensemble)

 

   

   

5th Ave: Candide, Buddy. Recent credits include: Kathy in Vanities at ACT, Anastasia in The Gypsy King and Julie in Show Boat (Footlight Award) at Village Theatre, Patsy in Always… Patsy Cline with Centerstage at ACT. She is happily married to the handsomest man in the world. www.caymanilika.net

   

   

 

CORINNA LAPID-MUNTER(Ensemble)

 

   

   

is thrilled to return to The 5th Avenue where she was last seen in Candide, Hello, Dolly! and Sweeney Todd, and is looking forward to Cinderella this season. Other roles include Phantom of the Opera (Christine), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Carmen (Carmen), and Cosi Fan Tutti (Despina). Universe Keke.

   

   

 

CHERYL MASSEY-PETERS(Ensemble)

 

   

   

is happy to be back at The 5th and part of this new production. Most recently seen as Rachel Lynde at the Village in Anne of Green Gables, she has also appeared at SCT, ACT and the Rep and regionally at TUTS and Sacramento Music Circus. Next up, Cinderella.

   

   

 

HEATH SAUNDERS(Ensemble)

 

   

   

is stoked for his 5th Avenue debut! Also, this marks the debut of his 2011-issued degree in music theatre from University of Miami. In anything. Love to the family, batch, CORE and, always, my class.

   

   

 

AARON SHANKS(Ensemble)

 

   

   

gratefully returns to the 5th Ave stage for his ninth production. 5th Ave credits: Sweeney Todd, My Fair Lady, The Most Happy Fella (Jake), The Prince and The Pauper, A Little Night Music (Mr. Erlanson), 1776 (Joseph Hewes), Singin’ in the Rain, and Me and My Girl (1997).

   

   

 

TIM SHEW(Ensemble)

 

   

   

Broadway: Bye Bye Birdie, WonderfulTown, Les Misérables (Jean Valjean), Guys and Dolls (with Nathan Lane), Sunset Boulevard, King David, and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular as Santa. National tours: The Light in the Piazza, Les Miserables, Evita. Movie soundtracks: Chicago, Shaggy Dog and Rapunzel. TIMOTHYSHEW.COM - Thanks J&J!

   

   

 

MARA SOLAR(Ensemble)

 

   

   

is thrilled to be returning to the 5th Avenue stage after appearing in Guys and Dolls. (Ensemble). Village Theatre: Cloaked (Alluring Girl) 42nd Street, (Ensemble/Peggy u/s) Meet Me in St. Louis, (Ensemble/Esther u/s). TV: MTV’s Legally Blonde: The Search for Elle Woods (semi-finalist). Love to Mom and Tim!

   

   

 

BILLIE WILDRICK(Ensemble)

 

   

   

has played multifarious roles at the 5th from an artist’s model to a burly-Q headliner with the sniffles. The press has described her as a “sultry siren,” with a “Crayola box of skills,” who is “wildly talented,” “burns scenery “to a crisp” and “couldn’t be more appealing if she were a banana.” www.billiewildrick.com.

   

   

 

MATT WOLFE(Ensemble)

 

   

   

has been seen at The 5th Avenue in Aladdin, A Christmas Story, Catch Me....,and The Sound of Music. He has also worked at the Village Theatre, SCT and Showtunes. Love to my family and to Bryan.

   

   

 

KATHIE LEE GIFFORD (Writer/Composer) has enjoyed a diverse and successful four-decade career as a television host, actress, singer, playwright, songwriter and author. Though best known for her 15 years on Regis and Kathie Lee (11 Emmy nominations), and currently acting as the two-time Emmy-winning co-host of the fourth hour of the Today Show with Hoda Kotb, Gifford has always pursued projects which inspire and challenge her. Gifford made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim's Putting it Together in 2000, then originated the role of Marta Dunhill in Rupert Holmes' Thumbs and played Miss Hannigan in a record-breaking run of Annie at Madison Square Garden. In 2005, her first musical Under The Bridge (book and lyrics) opened off-Broadway. She’s thrilled to have Saving Aimee here at the 5th Avenue Theatre. Mrs. Gifford lives in Connecticut with her husband, two children, and three dogs.

DAVID POMERANZ (Music) His compositions and solo recordings have sold over 40 million worldwide and his songs have been recorded by Barry Manilow, Bette Midler, Freddie Mercury, Clay Aiken, Kathie Lee Gifford and Missy Elliot. His music was featured in the Tom Hanks film, Big, and, an Emmy Nominee, his songs have been on Boston Legal, Will and Grace and American Idol. (He also sang the theme to the popular ABC series, Perfect Strangers.) For musical theater, he contributed songs to the West End hit, Time, starring Cliff Richard and Sir Laurence Olivier and he wrote the music and lyrics for the Charlie Chaplin musical, Little Tramp, which spawned a studio album on WB Records featuring Richard Harris, Mel Brooks, Petula Clark, Lea Salonga and Tim Curry. Pomeranz was composer, in collaboration with lyricist/bookwriter, Kathie Lee Gifford, of the musical Under The Bridge, which starred Ed Dixon and ran off-Broadway in 2004-05.

DAVID FRIEDMAN (Music) is best known for his songs of hope and inspiration, including Listen To My Heart, Help is On The Way, We Can Be Kind. Seattle:  Developed four new shows with Peter Kellogg at the Village Theatre (Chasing Nicolette, Stunt Girl, Desperate Measures and Lincoln in Love). Friedman appears regularly on the Today Show’s "Everyone Has a Story" series, writing a new song monthly with Kathie Lee. Off-Broadway: Listen To My Heart – The Songs of David Friedman, which most recently opened the new Stageworks Theatre in Tampa and has plans for a return to New York. Friedman is proud to have written for and produced all of the late-great Nancy LaMott’s CDs.  As the author of the best-selling new thought book, The Thought Exchange – Overcoming Our Resistance to Living a SENSATIONAL LIFE. Friedman teaches and lectures all over the country. He is thrilled to be making his debut at The 5th Avenue. www.MIDDERMusic.com

DAVID ARMSTRONG (Director) is the executive producer and artistic director of The 5th Avenue Theatre where he has directed acclaimed productions of Candide, Sweeney Todd, Hair, Hello, Dolly!, Mame, White Christmas, A Little Night Music, The Secret Garden, Company, The Rocky Horror Show, Pippin, Vanities and Anything Goes. His direction/choreography have been seen in New York, Los Angeles and at many leading regional theaters including The Kennedy Center, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Ordway Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, St. Louis Rep, Ford’s Theater and Paper Mill Playhouse. As a playwright, he created the book for The 5th’s world premiere musical Yankee Doodle Dandy! and two musicals for Theatreworks/USA--Gold Rush!, which premiered at New York’s Kaye Playhouse, and A Christmas Carol, which ran Off-Broadway at New York’s Lucille Lortel Theatre. His Cole Porter revue Hot N’ Cole, which he devised and directed, has been produced by scores of theaters throughout America.

LORIN LATARRO (Choreographer) choreographed Encore’s Fanny at City Center, Live From Lincoln Center’s Hansel and Gretel, Cy Coleman’s The Best Is Yet To Come (Ovation Award), Jerusalem Syndrome, Lysistrata, The Magic Flute, Prokofiev’s Love for Three Oranges, How to Succeed…, All Singin’ All Dancin’, Broadway by the Year series, Sky Boys, Tomorrow Morning, Snookie’s Revenge, Heroes, Williamstown Festival, MOMIX. Associate choreographer for Greenday’s American Idiot and NBC’s Grease reality TV show. Co-writer of The Cosmopolitan (award winner at NAMT) and a Dancebreak recipient. 14 Broadway shows as a performer. Latarro has danced with Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp and MOMIX. Juilliard BFA. Latarro.com

JOEL FRAM (Music Director/Conductor) is pleased to return for his tenth production with The 5th Avenue Theatre.  Broadway credits include Wicked, Sweet Smell of Success, The Music Man, James Joyce’s The Dead, Jumpers, and Cats; the West End company of Wicked; and Forbidden Broadway (Menier Chocolate Factory).  U.S. national tours/regional credits include Falsettos, the American premiere of Alan Ayckbourne’s Dreams from a Summer House, and the world premiere of two Andrew Lippa musicals, The Little Princess and john & jen.  He created the award-winning New Voices concert series and, for Stephen Sondheim’s 75th birthday, co-produced and curated the 12-hour marathon Wall to Wall Stephen Sondheim.  He has music directed two cast albums (john & jen, A…My Name is Alice), played with the New York Pops and Boston Pops orchestras, served on the musical theater faculty of Yale and New York University, and is an associate music supervisor for the international productions of Wicked.

BRUCE COUGHLIN (Orchestrator) New York orchestration credits include Dolly Parton's 9 to 5, Grey Gardens, The Light in the Piazza (co-orchestrator; Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Floyd Collins (OBIE Award), the Grammy Award-winning Annie Get Your Gun, Guys and Dolls (2009), The Wild Party, Triumph of Love, Once Upon a Mattress, and many others. Regional credits include Princesses (at The 5th Avenue), Tales of the City (ACT), Giant (Michael John LaChiusa), Candide (National Theatre, London), Children of Eden, Johnny Baseball (Diane Paulus, dir), “Miss Baltimore Crabs” (for the movie Hairspray), and The Grapes of Wrath (opera). He was principal arranger for Disney’s Fantasia 2000 and has worked with singers Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Patti LuPone, and others. He has been nominated for three Tonys and seven Drama Desk Awards. Coming up: A Room with a View (Old Globe). More info: www.brucecoughlin.com

> WALT SPANGLER (Set Designer) is delighted to return to The 5th Avenue where he previously designed sets for A Christmas Story, On the Town and Mame. Spangler is the recipient of the 2011 Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration.  Please visit  waltspangler.com.

GREGORY A. POPLYK (Costume Designer) is pleased to be part of the creative team for this exciting new production of Saving Aimee.  5th Avenue: Guys and Dolls, Yankee Doodle Dandy and My Fair Lady. Regional: Singin’ in the Rain (Ordway Theatre in Minneapolis), Robert La Fosse’s Land of Nod (opening night of The New York City Ballet season), A Christmas Carol (Theatreworks USA), Grease, Carousel, My Fair Lady, and Showboat (Paper Mill Playhouse). He received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Costume Design for Showboat when it was broadcast on PBS’ Great Performances series. Future projects include the 142nd Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.

TOM STURGE (Lighting Designer) 5th Avenue: Guys and Dolls, Candide, On the Town, Joseph…, Cabaret. Seattle credits include ACT, Village Theatre, Seattle Children's, Spectrum Dance. Broadway: Those Were the Days, Gypsy Passion.  NY: The Public, Blue Light, Circle Rep, Circle in the Square, Irish Arts, Lucille Lortel, LaMama ETC. Tours: La Cage aux Folles, Dreamgirls, Miss Saigon. Alvin Ailey Dance and Spoleto Opera Festival. Sturge lives in Issaquah with fine artist Istara Freedom and their son Dylan. LTSLighting.com.

> KEN TRAVIS (Sound Designer) Broadway Designs: Memphis, The Three Penny Opera, Barefoot in the Park, Steel Magnolias.  At the 5th Avenue: Aladdin, Guys and Dolls, Candide, White Christmas, Sunday in the Park with George, Hello Dolly, Memphis, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Mame, and Into the Woods.  Numerous regional theaters and companies including: La Jolla Playhouse, LA CTG, Seattle Rep, Guthrie Theater, Dallas Theater Center, McCarter Theater, Playwrights Horizons, The New Group, NYSF Public Theater, CSC, Signature Theater NYC, SoHo Rep,Vineyard Theater, The Civilians, Mabou Mines, and festivals across Europe and the USA. 

> MARY PYANOWSKI (Hair and Makeup Design) World premieres of Aladdin (make-up design), Catch Me If You Can, Shrek, Lone Star Love, Princesses, Memphis, Hairspray, The Wedding Singer. Twenty-two seasons of 5th Avenue Theatre production designs, includes Ivey Award-winning Cabaret. Design credits for national and international productions of opera, operettas, ballet, theater, and musicals. U.S. wig supervisor Madness of George III tour.  Some memorable film and TV credits: Northern Exposure, Orleans, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Rose Red, Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, Assassins, White Dwarf, Book of Stars. IATSE member Local 706 and 488.

> BRANDON IVIE (Associate Director) Seattle premieres: Zanna, Don’t! (Seattle Times Footlight Award), The Yellow Wood, Drowsy Chaperone, I Love You Because, john & jen, Tick, Tick… BOOM!, Last Five Years, A New Brain, …Spelling Bee. Broadway: Next to Normal, Catch Me If You Can. 5th Ave: former Casting Associate/Artistic Projects Manager, Rosie the Riveter, Northwest Bookshelf, On the Town, West Side Story, Buddy. Training: UW Drama. Artistic Director, Contemporary Classics. Creator, New Voices. 2010 Gregory Award, Person to Watch. Thanks David for the opportunity.

> SEAN McKNIGHT (Associate Choreographer) received nominations for the LA Drama Critics Circle Award and the Ovation! Award for his choreography of Hot Mikado.  Currently, his work with 24 Hour Musicals can be seen in Elisabeth Sperling's documentary One Night Stand.  Other credits include Dance Austria: The Big Waltz at Lincoln Center and extensive work with Broadway Cares.  Performance credits include Broadway/National Tours of: Shrek the Musical, Curtains, The Producers, 42nd Street, and Annie Get Your Gun.

AMY PETTA (Associate Costume Designer) is so pleased not only to be working again with her longtime-friend Greg Poplyk, but also to be visiting Seattle for the first time.  She has been a guest lecturer and visiting artist at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY for  19 years, designing and realizing over 30 productions there.  She was the associate director of the Theatre Development Fund’s Costume Collection in New York City for over  10 years.

CHRISTIAN DEANGELIS (Associate Lighting Designer) Recent ALD Credits: Other Desert Cities (Mitzi Newhouse), Grease (Troika Entertainment), Through The Night (Union Square), Bonnie & Clyde (La Jolla Playhouse), Guys and Dolls (Nederlander Theatre), 33 Variations (La Jolla Playhouse). DeAngelis holds an MFA from University of California, San Diego

MICHAEL GRIBBIN (Associate Music Director) has spent the last 16 years touring North America conducting and playing keyboards for such shows as Les Misérables, The Lion King, Spamalot, and Wicked. Recent regional productions include Man of La Mancha, The Who's Tommy, and Into the Woods. Gribbin is also an accomplished classical pianist and accompanist, as well as musical arranger. Thanks to Ben and Joel.

SAM DAVIS (Dance Arranger/ Pianist) 5th Avenue: 7 Brides... (Dance Arranger). Broadway conductor: Curtains, The Apple Tree, Follies, Cabaret.  Music supervisor for Dreamgirls national tour. Orchestrator for Jason Robert Brown's The Trumpet of the Swan  (Kennedy Center, National Symphony). Arranger/orchestrator/m.d. for many shows at La Jolla Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera, The Old Globe, etc. As composer: Love on a Summer Afternoon (P.S. Classics album), Bunnicula with playwright Charles Busch. Upcoming: Dance arranger for Bridget Jones' Diary in London's West End. www.samdavismusic.com.

TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting) Broadway: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Promises, Promises, A Little Night Music, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Guys and Dolls, The Country Girl, Rock n’ Roll, The Farnsworth Invention, …Young Frankenstein, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Pirate Queen, Les Misérables, History Boys, Spamalot, Jersey Boys, …Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Imaginary Friends, Phantom of the Opera, Oklahoma!, Happiness, The Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not. Off-Broadway: Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Second Stage. Regional: Yale Repertory, Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Dallas Theatre Center.

JEFFREY FINN (Executive Producer) Broadway: American Idiot, A View from the Bridge, Oleanna, Blithe Spirit, On Golden Pond. Off-Broadway: Game Show.  Regional: Poor Behavior and Oleanna at the Mark Taper Forum, The Subject Was Roses at The Kennedy Center.  National Tours: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber; On Golden Pond; The Who’s Tommy; Leader of the Pack; Tell Me on a Sunday; Promises, Promises; Company; Chess; and Broadway Songbooks concert tours. Current projects include Seminar on Broadway starring Alan Rickman.

AMBER WEDIN (Production Stage Manager) Broadway:  Avenue Q, In The Heights, The Miracle Worker, Million Dollar Quartet.  Off-Broadway:  In The Heights, Embedded, That Hopey Changey Thing, The Skin Game.  National tour:  Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Dinner with Friends, Burn The Floor (Australia, Japan, China, US and Canada).  Regional theaters include: La Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Williamstown Theater Festival, Dallas Theater Center, Triad Stage, Shakespeare Festival LA.

E SARA BARNES (Assistant Stage Manager) Regional: Guys and Dolls, Memphis!, Hello, Dolly! (5th Avenue); Zanna, Don’t! (Contemporary Classics); Gypsy (KPC); The Women (ACT). New York: Three Men on a Horse, Bedroom Farce (TACT); Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova); Nighttime Traffic (NYMF); Twelfth Night (Sonnet Rep.). Company/Stage Manager: 5th Avenue’s AMT; Studio East’s StoryBook Theater. Proud AEA member.

LIBBY UNSWORTH (Assistant Stage Manager) B’way:  Promises, Promises, 33 Variations, The Country Girl. Off-B’way: Next Fall (Naked Angels), Jailbait (Cherry Lane), Unconditional (LAByrinth), Speech & Debate, The Overwhelming (Roundabout), Our Leading Lady (MTC). Touring: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, White Christmas. Regional: Williamstown, ART, Hangar, Goodspeed, Goodman, Huntington. Education: BFA, Boston University.

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