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Reston Community Players
2013-2014 Season
W. A . T. C . H Aw a r d s
2012
August Osage County
Outstanding Cameo in a Play:
Mark Yeager as “Beverly Weston”
2010
The Trip to Bountiful
Outstanding Cameo in a Play:
Christopher Guy Thorn as
"Roy/Ticket Agent"
Wonderful Town
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical:
Richard Bird
2009
Curtains
Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Choreography:
Andrea Heininge
Outstanding Direction of a Musical:
Andrew JM Regiec
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Katie
McManus as "Georgia Hendricks"
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical:
Blakeman Brophy as "Lt. Frank Cioffi"
Outstanding Light Design in a Musical:
Ken & Patti Crowley
Outstanding Music Direction: Mark Deal
Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical:
Sara Birkhead
Outstanding Set Design in a Musical:
Skip Larson, Rick Schneider & Andrew JM Regiec
Forbidden Broadway
Outstanding Hair Design:
Sue Pinkman, Mark Bartyczak &
Anna Michelle Jackson
Urinetown
Outstanding Choreography:
Matt Anderson & Catherine Oh
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical:
June Schreiner as "Little Sally"
2007
Seussical
Outstanding Direction of a Musical: Haley Murphy
Outstanding Makeup Design:
Bette Williams & Sue Pinkman
Outstanding Hair Design:
Bette Williams & Farrell Ann M. Hartigan
2006
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolored Dream Coat
Outstanding Light Design: Ken & Patti Crowley
2005
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Outstanding Musical
Outstanding Costume Design:
Maggie Geuting & Anita Miller
Outstanding Featured Actor:
Chuck Dluhy as "Lumiere"
Outstanding Set Painting in a Musical:
Cathy Rieder
Outstanding Hair Design:
Anna Michelle Jackson, Sue Pinkman,
Anita Miller & Maggie Geuting
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical:
Rich Bird
Outstanding Light Design: Franklin Coleman
Outstanding Stage Combat Choreography:
Brian Farrell & Karen Schlunpf
The Full Monty
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical:
Mike Hoskinson
2008
Outstanding Makeup Design:
Arthur Rowan, Bette Williams, Anna Michelle
Jackson, Sue Pinkman, & Rini Segar
Outstanding Special Effects:
Scott Obenchain & Jim Girardi
Outstanding Stage Combat: Al Myska
Experiment with an Air Pump
Outstanding Special Effects:
Tel Monks, Jerry Skene, Robb Hunter,
Karen Schlumpf, Brian Farrell & Greg Steele
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The Reston Community Players Present
music by
RICHARD RODGERS and ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON,
MIKE BATT, TREVOR NUNN (AFTER T.S.ELIOT), CHARLES HART,
DON BLACK, RICHARD STILGOE and TIM RICE
lyrics by
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT, DON WALKER, DAVID
CULLEN, HERSHY KAY and ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
orchestrated by
MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR
Mitch Bassman
VOCAL COACH
Elisa Rosman
STAGE MANAGER
Laura Baughman
PRODUCER
Joshua Redford
FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS,
OCTOBER 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 @ 8:00PM
SUNDAYS OCTOBER 20 & 27 @ 2:00PM
At the Reston Community Center, CenterStage
Hunters Woods Village Center
2310 Colts Neck Road, Reston, Virginia
Presented through special arrangement with the R&H Concert Library: www.rnh.com.
Partially Funded by
Supported by Fairfax County
DONORS
Thanks to all these generous donations which help RCP bring quality community theater to your
neighborhood. This list is accurate as of September 15, 2013.
ANGEL ($1,000+)
Arts Council of Fairfax County
SUSTAINING ($500 – $999)
Mark Humphrey
Jan Whiteley
BENEFACTORS ($250 – $499)
Robert & Judith Essington
Tom Geuting
Gordon Harvey
Maddie Jims
Barbara King
Jerome Morse
Barry Moyer
Lorraine and Paul Ondrasik
David Patterson
Rick Schneider
SPONSORS ($150 – $249)
Robin Richards
Joyce Woodford
DONORS ($100 – $149)
Teri-E Belf
Boeing Company
Donna & Loren Bielger
Sara Birkhead
John Clark & Robin Parker
Tom Conrad
George & Joan Eckert
Kenneth Glaser
Elizabeth Glennon
Bonnie O. Hudson
Michael & Linda Kirchner
Craig & Mary Mass
Heather and Jason Meringolo
M Eileen Roehr
Ron & Laure Rolfe
Jim & Beverly Seacord
Barbara Schell
BJ and Marilyn Silvey
Rich & Paula Steinmann
James & Mary Waggener
Carol Watson
Leonard and Elaine Wolfe
PATRONS ($21 – $99)
James Allred
James Bennett
Charles & Pauline Bias
Rich Bird
Sandra Clark
Margaret Copernoll
Thomas Costello
Susan Erdman
Francine Gilbert
John Greenwood
William J Groah
Daryl Hoffman
Ron & Helen Holsopple
Charles Huddleston
Jeffrey & Laura Hurlich
David Johnson
David & Julia Jones
Nelson Joyner
Mary King
Betsy Knepley
Walter & Manette Lazear
Paulette Lincoln-Baker
Michael Louden
Bruce Mancinelli
Carol Dianne Notling
Carolyn Olson
Sue Pinkman
Kurt & Jean Pronske
Carolyn Reith
Kate Richards
Estelle Strassler
Mark Terry
Christa Warden
Robert J Wybraniec
Virginia Wydler
Thank You! Your Tax Deductible Donations can be sent to:
The Reston Community Players, P.O. Box 8232, Reston, VA 20195.
CAST
in order of appearance
Ryan Khatcherssian
Harv Lester
Terry Barr
Tim Adams
Maureen Rohn
Jolene Vettese
Molly Hicks Larson
Jaclyn Young
Joshua Redford
Jennifer Lambert
Lisa Anne Bailey
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
The Carousel Waltz from Carousel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Orchestra
There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame from South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harv Lester, Tim Adams,
Terry Barr, Ryan Khatcheressian
A Wonderful Guy from South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maureen Rohn
Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harv Lester
I Have Dreamed from The King and I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Khatcheressian, Jolene Vettese
Shall We Dance? from The King and I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molly Hicks Larson
I Enjoy Being A Girl from Flower Drum Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jaclyn Young
A Fellow Needs A Girl from Allegro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harv Lester
Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful? from Cinderella . . . . . . Tim Adams, Jaclyn Young
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top from Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Barr, Jolene Vettese
People Will Say We’re In Love from Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Barr, Jolene Vettese
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’ from Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Redford
Oklahoma from Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Adams, Ensemble
There will be a brief (15-20 minute) intermission.
ACT II
Evita Interlude/Tag/Don’t Cry For Me Argentina from Evita . . . . . . . . . . Molly Hicks Larson
Starlight Sequence from Starlight Express . . . . . . . . . . . . Harv Lester, Ryan Khatcheressian
Jellicle Ball from Cats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Orchestra
Memory from Cats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Lambert
Sunset Boulevard from Sunset Boulevard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Redford
With One Look from Sunset Boulevard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Anne Bailey
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera . . . . . . . . . Maureen Rohn, Ryan Khatcheressian
Music of the Night from The Phantom of the Opera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Adams
Love Changes Everything from Aspects of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Barr, Ensemble
ORCHESTRA
Musicians are listed in alphabetical order by last name by section
Violins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Brody
Suzanne Murray
Brendan Slocumb, Concertmaster
Kelley Williams
Violas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margie Bassman
Megan Kitts
Cello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Gardner
Flutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenn Kerwin
Rosalie Morrow
Oboes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jane Hughes
Sue Neff
Mila Weiss
Clarinets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alisha Coleman
Allen Howe
Lindsay Williams
Bassoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Jokela
Horns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb Kline
Ako Shiffer
Trumpets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Lee
Vinny Prinzivalli
Will Thayer
Trombones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harold Rhoads
Bill Wright
Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Robotham
Kevin Uleck
Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Peralta
Ben Young
Keyboard Synthesizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mariko Hiller
Katsuko Takahashi
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES!
The use of recording equipment or the taking of photographs by
camera, cell phone or any other means during a performance is strictly prohibited.
Patrons are also requested to turn off all cell phones, pagers, alarm watches and
other electronic devices in order not to disturb others.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Redford
Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Baughman
Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Max Frost
Conductor and Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitch Bassman
Vocal Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elisa Rosman
Master Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skip Larson
Set Building Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skip Larson, Sara Birkhead
Light Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken and Patti Crowley
Light Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Sauleea
Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rich Bird
Sound Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rich Bird
Rehearsal Pianist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elisa Rosman
Load-In Crew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Birkhead, Laura Baughman,
Max Frost, Skip Larson, Joshua Redford,
Greg Steele, James Maxted, Scott Birkhead
Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traci j Brooks Photography
House Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daryl Hoffman
Showbill Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ginger Kohles, Sue Pinkman, Joshua Redford
U P N E XT O N C ENTERSTAG E
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COMING JANUARY 2014
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COMMUNITY SPACE FOR RENT
Our Rehearsal Hall in Herndon is
available for rent! It is perfect for
dance and exercise classes, rehearsal
space, meetings and much more!
PROP, COSTUME, SCENERY,
and FURNITURE RENTAL
For rental information, please visit our website
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For more information email:
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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Tim Adamsis a native
to the Reston area, born
and raised in Herndon,
VA. He has taught
music for more than 13
years having worked
with the Pride of Herndon Marching
band and founding the Herndon Town
Orchestra. Combining his love of music
and dance Tim found musical theatre
and has appeared in several shows
throughout the DC Metropolitan area.
His first show after graduating college
was A Chorus Line with RCP in 2000.
Other credits include: RCP: I Love
You Because (Jeff); SIGNATURE:
See What I Wanna See (Janitor/
Priest u/s); KENNEDY CENTER: San
Francisco Ballet's Giselle (Falconer),
Everything I Do (Straker); KEEGAN:
Cabaret (Hans); FRINGE FESTIVAL:
Lysistrata (Cinesias), Astra the Menga
Musical (Zonk); TAP: 42nd Street
(Billy Lawlor); KAT: The Rocky Horror
Show (Brad Majors), One Red Flower
(Billy Bridges), Zanna, Don't! (Steve
Bookman), A New Brain (Minister);
MCP: Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy),
Red Hot & Cole (Paul), You're A Good
Man, Charlie Brown (Linus); AMS:
Crazy for You (Bobby Child); LSDT:
The Pirates of Penzance (Frederic);
Shenandoah (James).
Lisa Anne Bailey
has been active in
the Northern Virginia/
Maryland area for
over 35 years as an
actress, director and
choreographer. No stranger to the
RCP stage, Lisa has been seen for
RCP in leading roles in Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
South Pacific, Godspell, Peter Pan and
Funny Girl and has directed for RCP
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,
Oliver, Children of a Lesser God, City
of Angels, A Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum, Cabaret, I Love
You Because and has choreographed
and stage managed many others. Lisa
has also worked with ESP, TAP, MCP
and SSS as an actress in such roles as
Marmee in Little Women, the Musical
and The Drowsy Chaperone in The
Drowsy Chaperone and has directed
Nine, Suburb and Next to Normal as
well as many others. It is a pleasure to
be “home” on the RCP stage.
Terry Barris delighted
to be returning to
RCP for the fourth
time. Previous credits
include: RCP: Next to
Normal (Gabe); I Love
You Because (Everyman); The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
(Chip Tolentino). LSDT: The Pirates of
Penzance (Pirate King); A Christmas
Carol (Fred); Shenandoah (Corporal).
KAT: Chicago (Mary Sunshine); Rent
(Mr. Jefferson/Ensemble); The Rocky
Horror Show (Phantom). AMERICAN
CENTURY STAGE: Stage Door (Keith
Burgess/Jimmy Deveraux). GMU
OPERA WORKSHOP: Street Scene
(Dick); Amahl and the Night Visitors
(Page); Trouble in Tahiti (Trio); L’elisir
d’amore (Ensemble). Terry is also the
co-founder and co-director of Virginia
Ice Theatre of Fairfax.
WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Ryan Khatcheressian
made his RCP debut
in last fall's production
of Legally Blonde, The
Musical playing the
role of Emmett Forrest.
Previous credits include: Henry Clerval
in Frankenstein, a new musical (TFT),
Mark Cohen in RENT (ESP), Big Jack
Preston in Flight of the Lawnchair Man
(WATCH nomination-TFT), Peter in bare
(TFT), Roger in A New Brain (WATCH
nomination-KAT), Radames in Aida
(2FP), Charlie Brown in You’re a Good
Man… (VTC), Edgar/Batboy in Batboy,
the musical (2FP), Jesus of Nazareth
in Jesus Christ Superstar (2FP), Che
in Evita (WATCH Recipient-VTC) and
Jekyll /Hyde in Jekyll and Hyde, the
musical (WATCH nomination-TAP).
Jennifer Lamberthas
performed in several
shows over the last eight
years at RCP, including
Honk!, Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat, Twilight of the Golds,
Drowsy Chaperone, and Lend Me a
Tenor. She has also produced Legally
Blonde, I Love You, You’re Perfect,
Now Change, and Brooklyn Boy.
She is thrilled to have the opportunity
to perform with these fabulous singers
amongst a full orchestra who plays
these classics the way they were
intended to be heard.
Molly Hicks Larson
was last seen as Paulette
Bonafonte with RCP’s
Legally Blonde, (Restie
Award, Best Supporting
Actress; MDTheater
Guide nom; WATCH nom), and debuted
Reston stages in 2007 as Sarah Brown
in the classic Guys and Dolls. Favorite
rolls include Catherine in Boston
Marriage - ESP (WATCH Award’s Best
Supporting Actress in a Play) Eva Peron
in Evita - VTC (WATCH Award, Best
Lead Actress in a musical; ACT Award's
Best Actress in a Musical). Magenta in
Rocky Horror Show - ESP (WATCH
nom), Mary in JCS - 2FP, and Meredith
Parker in Bat Boy - 2FP. Love to Jeff,
Mags, and “Baby Boy” Larson (due
Nov). This one is for Daddy, his strength
to endure and fight, and my amazing
family of his caregivers. Donate to the
best team ever! foundation.inova.org/
Harv LesterRCP: Next
To Normal (Dan); I Love
You, You’re Perfect, Now
Change (Man No. 2);
Wonderful Town (Bob
Baker); SIGNATURE
THEATRE: Company (Peter/Larry
U/S, 11 performances); KEEGAN
THEATRE: A Man Of No Importance
(Carney); Man Of La Mancha (Padre);
NEW YORK INT’L FRINGE FESTIVAL:
Gleeam (Sensitive Jock); CAPITAL
FRINGE FESTIVAL: Songs From An
Unmade Bed (The Man); I Like Nuts!
the Musical (Rob the Angry Squirrel);
Fictitious the Musical (Hugh); HOPE
OPERAS: Vanilla Latte (Fred); LTA:
Sweeney Todd (Sweeney); The Will
WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Rogers Follies (Will, WATCH Nom.);
ESP: Falsettos (Marvin, WATCH Nom.);
RMT: Baby (Nick); Into The Woods
(The Baker, WATCH Award); Kiss
Me Kate (Fred/Petrucchio); The Full
Monty (Harold); TAP: 42nd Street (Julian
Marsh); DS: The Wild Party (Jackie);
Musical of Musicals, the Musical!
(Jidder); KAT: 110 In The Shade (File);
VLOC: Patience (Archibald Grosvenor);
Ruddigore (Robin Oakapple);
THEATRE LAB: Ragtime (Father).
Joshua Redford
(Producer/Director)
is the current President
of RCP and has served
as a board member and
artistic director. He was
last seen under the lights in I Love You
Because (Austin Bennet) last spring.
Previous RCP credits include: Twilight
of the Golds (Rob Stein), Curtains
(Aaron Fox), Forbidden Broadway
(Mandy Patinkin) Brooklyn Boy (Ira
Zimmer); Joseph and the Amazing…
(Joseph), The Crucible (John Proctor),
Honk! (The Cat), Mame! (Patrick).
Other area credits include: SSS: As
Bees in Honey Drown (Mike Stabinski),
FP: A New Brain (Roger), ESP: Side
Show (The Boss), Romeo and Juliet
(Mercutio), and Rooftop: The Glass
Menagerie (Tom Wingfield). Directing
credits include: Legally Blonde the
Musical (WATCH nom.); The Drowsy
Chaperone (WATCH nom.); I Love You,
You’re Perfect, Now Change (WATCH
nom.); Brooklyn Boy; Songs from an
Unmade Bed; and Intimate Distances.
He wishes to thank everyone for being a
part of this monumental production.
Maureen Rohnis
honored to be back on
the RCP stage after her
dream came true last
fall playing Elle Woods
in Legally Blonde: The
Musical. Favorite D.C. roles include
Olive in ...Spelling Bee (LTA), Nancy
in Oliver! (LTA), Linda in Play it Again,
Sam (LTA), and The Producer’s
Daughter in The Rise and Fall of Annie
Hall (Theater J). A proud R&H fan,
Maureen earned her B.A. in Theatre and
Business at Northwestern University
and M.A. in Arts Management at GMU.
She currently works as the Marketing
Manager for Siteworx here in Reston.
She thanks the wonderful cast and crew
of this enchanting concert. Thank you
to Joshua for inviting me into the RCP
family! Love to JAG.
Jolene Vetteseis
excited to be on the
Reston stage again after
appearing earlier this
year as Diana in Next
to Normal. Other roles
at RCP include Woman in I Love You
Because, Nikki in Curtains, various
characters in Forbidden Broadway, Old
Ma Strong in Urinetown, and Martha
Jefferson in 1776. She has also been
involved with the RCP new play project
and has participated in several readings.
By day she works in HR for the
government. She would like to thank her
amazingly supportive family for allowing
her to play. David, Emma, Joey Cheeks,
Mom — you guys are the best!
WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST & BACKSTAGE
Jaclyn Younghas
been seen onstage
and backstage in
many productions at
RCP, including Legally
Blonde (Kate/ Chutney
and Hair/Make-up Design) ...Spelling
Bee (Schwartzy and Hair Design),
Wonderful Town (Helen and Hair/Makeup Design), The Full Monty (Pam),
and Drowsy Chaperone (Hair and
Make-up). Other local credits include
Hairspray (Penny, LTA- WATCH nom),
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hermia,
ESP - WATCH nom), Metamorphoses
(Alcyone and others, ESP), Reefer
Madness (Mary Lane, Dominion
Stage), The Great American Trailer
Park Musical (Pickles - KAT), Agnes of
God (Agnes, SSS - WATCH award),
Urinetown (Little Sally, KAT - WATCH
nom), Assassins (Squeaky, KATWATCH nom). Jaclyn is a middle school
Theatre teacher in Fairfax County.
Mitch Bassman
(Conductor/Music Director). Mitch
is thrilled that his first opportunity
as music director at RCP includes
conducting a full orchestra and singers
on the stage in this wonderful concert.
No stranger to musical theater, Mitch
has performed as a woodwind doubler
in well over 100 musicals in the DC
area. Favorite shows with RCP include
Legally Blonde, I Love You Because,
The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th
Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,
Curtains, Urinetown, Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
Honk!, Mame, City Of Angels, The
Wizard of Oz, Evita, and Pippin. A
native of Virginia, Mitch started playing
the piano as a toddler; his formal music
lessons on that instrument began at age
eight and continued throughout high
school. His study of the clarinet began
at age thirteen, and he added other
woodwinds, brass, and percussion
instruments during the next few years.
Currently the principal clarinetist of the
NOVA Annandale Symphony Orchestra,
Mitch joined that orchestra in January
1996 after playing in the George Mason
University Symphony Orchestra from
1980 through 1995. Previously, he had
been co-principal clarinet and a charter
member of the Durham (NC) Symphony
Orchestra when it was founded in 1976.
He has been the musical director of the
choir at Congregation Adat Reyim in
Springfield since founding it in 1983.
Mitch recently retired from his nonmusical day job in the IT field, giving
him more time to devote to his music
passion. He dedicates this production
to his trophy wife Margie whom he met
eleven years ago in an orchestra pit.
Laura Baughman (Stage Manager)
is pleased to be backstage again
at RCP. She has performed various
backstage roles on shows including
Guys and Dolls, Forbidden Broadway,
The Full Monty, Curtains, As You
Like It, Wonderful Town, Twilight of
the Golds, Moonlight and Magnolias,
The Drowsy Chaperone, Lend Me A
Tenor and 33 Variations. Many thanks
to the creative cast and crew for the
opportunity to work with them on this
show. By day, Laura is an IT analyst, and
she is the caretaker of four cats who
know a soft touch when they see one.
WHO'S WHO BACKSTAGE
Rich Bird (Sound Design) After
being lucky enough to work with RCP
for several years now, Rich has found
himself on both sides of the stage;
most recently as Anton Schindler in 33
Variations. However, he started with
RCP doing sound for our extremely
popular production of Curtains. Rich
has been lucky enough to sound design
and work with most of the singers you'll
hear tonight and many of the orchestra
members in shows like, Legally
Blonde, Next to Normal, The Drowsy
Chaperone, I Love You Because, I
Love You're Perfect Now Change, and
several others. It's a pleasure to see and
hear them do what they do best.
Elisa Rosman
(Vocal Coach/ Rehearsal Pianist)
is always happy to be working at RCP,
where her most recent music directing
adventure was Next to Normal, last
spring. Other shows at RCP include
I Love You Because; The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee;
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now
Change; Urinetown; Joseph...
Dreamcoat; Honk!; Mame; A Funny...
Forum; and Merrily We Roll Along.
Other area credits include Broadway
Christmas Carol at MetroStage and The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee at the Keegan Theatre,
as well as Caroline, or Change;
Passion; Falsettos; and Side Show
Ken and Patti Crowley
(ESP), Little Women (MCP), and A
(Lighting Design) are excited to be
New Brain (Foundry). Elisa has also
designing at RCP again. Other RCP
accompanied classes at Theater Lab
designs include,Next To Normal, August and Signature’s Overtures, and music
Osage County, I Love You Because,
directed two Broadway Lights the Night
Curtains, Twilight of the Golds, and
benefits. As always, much gratitude to
The Drowsy Chaperone. Their most
Dan and my 4 beauties.
recent designs include: LTA’s Avenue
Q, Sweeney Todd, Cantorial, and The
Full Monty, ESP’s The History Boys.
BECOME A
VOLUNTEER
Other noteworthy designs include:
Picnic, Secret Garden, Will Rogers
Do you want to volunteer your
Follies, Intimate Apparel, Into the
time & skills? RCP is a great way
Woods, Joseph…, Das Barbecu, and
to meet new people, have fun and
Teahouse of the August Moon. They
participate in your community.
are the humble recipients of 9 Watch
Awards and 34 Nominations, along with
3 RCP Lighting Design Awards & 10
LTA Lighting Design Awards.
For more information email:
[email protected].
THE SHOWS
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN
Carousel ✩ In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the
swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the
naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is
pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is
coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the
certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent 'up there.' Billy is allowed to
return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he
never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief
and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both
the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the
power of love. It's easy to understand why, of all the shows they created, Carousel
was Rodgers & Hammerstein's personal favorite.
South Pacific ✩ Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love
stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky nurse
from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile. Nellie learns that
the mother of his children was an island native and, unable to turn her back on
the prejudices with which she was raised, refuses Emile's proposal of marriage.
Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future
with an innocent Tonkinese girl with whom he's fallen in love out of the same fears
that haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous
mission that claims Joe's life, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her
own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices.
The King and I ✩ East versus West makes for a dramatic, richly textured and
ultimately uplifting tale of enormous fascination. It is 1862 in Siam when an
English widow, Anna Leonowens, and her young son arrive at the Royal Palace
in Bangkok, having been summoned by the King to serve as tutor to his many
children and wives. The King is largely considered to be a barbarian by those in
the West, and he seeks Anna's assistance in changing his image, if not his ways.
With both keeping a firm grip on their respective traditions and values, Anna and
the King grow to understand and, eventually, respect one another, in a truly unique
love story.
Flower Drum Song ✩ The generation gap is given the Rodgers & Hammerstein
treatment in this colorful approach to the age-old conflict. In San Francisco's
Chinatown of the late '50s, nightclub owner Sammy Fong's traditional family has
ordered him a picture-bride from China, hoping to end his pursuit of an enticing
dancer. Mei Li arrives, shy and at sea in a world she doesn't understand, and it's
clear that she's the wrong gal for the totally assimilated Sammy. However, she
may be just the ticket for Sammy's buddy, whose traditionalist father is fighting a
losing battle with his kids against rock `n' roll, baseball, sports cars and the typical
trappings of the modern American life-style. By turns raucous and heartfelt, the
THE SHOWS
solution to this delightful Chinese puzzle of properly matching the young people
while reconciling the old is a celebration of American ingenuity.
Allegro ✩ This ensemble musical chronicles nearly four decades in the life of an
Everyman, Joseph Taylor, Jr., from cradle through a mid-life discovery of who he
is and what his life is truly about. The first musical to be staged by a director who
was also the choreographer (the legendary Agnes de Mille), the unique structural
format allows the saga to whisk us from Joe's birth through his childhood, from
college dorm to marriage altar, and on to his career; from the tranquility of his small
Midwestern hometown to the hectic din of big city life, in a series of vignettes and
musical sequences dazzling in their simplicity and stunning in their impact. Ahead
of its time theatrically, Allegro remains timeless in its appeal.
Cinderella ✩ The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the
Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Originally
presented on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers & Hammerstein's
Cinderella was the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium.
Its recreation in 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren was no less successful in
transporting a new generation to the miraculous kingdom of dreams-come-true,
and so was a second remake in 1997, which starred Brandy as Cinderella and
Whitney Houston as her Fairy Godmother.
Oklahoma ✩ Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways,
their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical
theatre still being followed today. Set in a Western Indian territory just after the
turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys
provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and
Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love
never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's
journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in
making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a
brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant Oklahoma!
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Evita ✩ Argentina's controversial First Lady is the subject of this dynamic
musical masterpiece. As an illegitimate fifteen year old, Eva escaped her dirt-poor
existence for the bright lights of Buenos Aires. Driven by ambition and blessed
with charisma, she was a starlet at twenty-two, the president's mistress at twentyfour, First Lady at twenty-seven, and dead at thirty-three. Eva Peron 'saint to
the working-class, reviled by the aristocracy and mistrusted by the military' was
destined to leave a fascinating political legacy unique in the 20th century. Told
through a compelling score that fuses haunting chorales with exuberant Latin, pop
and jazz influences, Evita creates an arresting theatrical portrait as complex as the
woman herself.
THE SHOWS
Starlight Express ✩ A child’s train set magically comes to life and the various
engines compete to become the “Fastest – engine in the World”! The underdog,
Rusty the Steam train, has little chance until he is inspired by the legend of the
“Starlight Express” and ultimately defeats his arch-rivals “Greaseball” and ‘Electra
before going on to win the hand of the lovely first class coach, Pearl.
Cats ✩ Based on the universally popular poetry of T.S. Eliot, Cats tells the story,
in song and dance, of the annual gathering of Jellicle cats at which time one
special cat is selected to ascend to the Heaviside layer. A true musical theatre
phenomenon, Cats opened at London's New London Theatre on May 11, 1981
and ran for a record-setting 21 years. Cats' London success was nearly matched
on Broadway where it ran at the Wintergarden Theatre for just over 18 years.
Sunset Boulevard ✩ Sunset Boulevard weaves a magnificent tale of faded glory
and unfulfilled ambition. Silent movie star Norma Desmond longs for a return to
the big screen, having been discarded by tinsel town with the advent of 'talkies.'
Her glamour has faded in all but her mind. When she meets struggling Hollywood
screen-writer Joe Gillis in dramatic circumstances, their subsequent passionate
and volatile relationship leads to an unforeseen and tragic conclusion.
The Phantom of the Opera ✩ The Phantom of The Opera is composed by
Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard
Stilgoe, and a book by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the classic novel
“Le Fantôme de l’Opéra” by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of The Opera tells the
story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera
House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with
an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star
by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods
at his command.
Aspects of Love ✩ This bold and ambitious chamber opera explores the
landscape of the human heart, charting the shifting alliances of six lovers across
three generations. Alex is only seventeen when love changes everything. His
brief affair with the ambitious actress, Rose, sets the course for a succession
of romantic liaisons that last well into manhood. Alex loses Rose to his shrewd,
worldly uncle George and they marry. In time, George's mistress, the lovely
Giulietta, has a fling with Rose, who keeps her own lover, Hugo. Echoes of Rose's
initial caprice with the virginal Alex haunt the proceedings when he, in turn, beds
the teenage daughter Rose has borne his aging uncle. This elaborate la ronde
en famille is driven by an engrossing and muscular score of pure emotional
directness.
ABOUT THE COMPOSERS
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (Music and Lyrics) After long and
highly distinguished careers with other collaborators, Richard Rodgers (composer,
1902-79) and Oscar Hammerstein II (librettist/lyricist, 1895-1960) joined forces in
1943 to create the most successful partnership in the American musical theatre.
Prior to his work with Hammerstein, Rodgers collaborated with lyricist Lorenz
Hart on a series of musical comedies that epitomized the wit and sophistication of
Broadway in its heyday. Among their greatest successes were Pal Joey, On Your
Toes and Babes In Arms. Throughout the same era Hammerstein brought new
life to the operetta, culminating in the masterpiece, Show Boat (music by Jerome
Kern; Carnegie Hall '08). Oklahoma!, the first Rodgers and Hammerstein musical,
was also the first of a new genre, the musical play, blending Rodgers' musical
comedy style with Hammerstein's innovations in operetta. Oklahoma! was followed
by Carousel, State Fair (film ’45, ’62; Broadway ‘96), Allegro, South Pacific, The
King & I, Me & Juliet, Pipe Dream, Cinderella (television ’57, ’65, ’97; Broadway
‘13), Flower Drum Song and The Sound Of Music. Collectively, their musicals
have garnered dozens of awards including: Pulitzer Prizes; Tonys, Oscars, Emmys,
and Grammys; and Drama Desk, Drama Critics’ Circle, Outer Critics’ Circle,
Laurence Olivier, and Evening Standard Awards.
Andrew Lloyd Webber (Composer) The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and
Tell Me on a Sunday later combined as Song & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express,
The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down
the Wind, The Beautiful Game, The Woman in White and Love Never Dies. He
composed the film scores of Gumshoe and The Odessa File and a setting of the
Latin Requiem mass. He has composed the music for Stephen Ward which opens
in London on 19 December this year.
As well as many of his own shows, his producer credits include Daisy Pulls It
Off, Lend Me a Tenor, Shirley Valentine, La Bête, the ground-breaking Bollywood
musical, A R Rahman’s Bombay Dreams, the London Palladium productions of
The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz and the films of The Phantom of the
Opera and the acclaimed Australian production of Love Never Dies. He pioneered
television casting for musical theatre with the Emmy Award-winning BBC series
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?. His awards include seven Tonys, three
Grammys including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem,
seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium
Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA
Fellowship and the Kennedy Center Honor.
He currently owns six London theatres, including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
and the London Palladium.His future projects include support for the breeding
programme of the increasingly rare Turkish swimming cat at Van in Eastern Turkey.
He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997.
LOCAL THEATER REFERENCE GUIDE
ACCTAldersgate Church Community
Theatre*
2FP 2nd-Flight (currently Taking Flight)
ACCT Aldersgate Church
CommunityTheatre*
BCT Bowie Community Theatre*
CCP Chevy Chase Players*
CPA Colonial Players of Annapolis*
CRT Castaways Repertory Theatre*
DTC Damascus Theatre Company*
DS Dominion Stage*
ESP The Elden Street Players*
FCT Fauquier Community Theatre*
FP Foundry Players*
GAC Greenbelt Arts Center*
HBP Hard Bargain Players*
KAT Kensington Arts Theatre*
LMP Laurel Mill Playhouse*
LTA Little Theatre of Alexandria*
MCP McLean Community Players*
MP Montgomery Playhouse*
PCP Port City Playhouse*
PGLT Prince George's Little Theatre*
PPF Providence Players of Fairfax*
PTP Port Tobacco Players*
PWLT Prince William Little Theatre*
RCP Reston Community Players*
RGARuby Griffith Awards
RLT Rockville Little Theatre*
RMT Rockville Musical Theatre*
RTP Rooftop Productions*
SCT Springfield Community Theatre
SMP St. Mark's Players*
SP Sterling Playmakers
SSS Silver Spring Stage*
TAP The Arlington Players*
TCP Tantallon Community Players*
TFT Taking Flight Theatre Company*
TFYA Elden Street Players Theatre for
Young Audiences
VTC Vienna Theatre Company*
VYP Vienna Youth Players
WATCH Washington Area Theatre
Community Honors
* Indicates a WATCH member.
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