oliver! - New Paradigm Theatre

The New Paradigm Theatre Company
Artistic Director, Kristin Huffman
PRESENTS
oliver!
Starring Paul Bogaev as “Fagin” and *Gina Naomi Baez as “Nancy”
Introducing Ajibola Hakeem Tajudeen (Keeme) as “Oliver” and Jennifer Beveridge as
“Artful Dodger”
Also starring Mark Smith as “Bill Sikes” Lorah Haskins, Mark Holleran, Denise
Johnson, Duane Lanham
With Katherine Griffin, Rodney Moore, Elizabeth Litchfield, Shay LaRusso, Faith Fernandez, Jim Nassef, Paul Litchfield, James Fisher, Quinn
Fitzgerald, Jimi Wright
*Actor’s Equity Association member
MUSIC, LYRICS AND BOOK BY LIONEL
Directed by: Scott Bryce
BART LICENSED BY ARRANGEMENT
Musical direction and arranger: Paul Bogaev WITH OLIVER PRODUCTIONS, LTD.
AND OLIVER PROMOTIONS, LTD.
Choreographer: Maria Cherniscke
Youth Ensemble Jaiden Jackson, Aytza Pacheco, Jasiah Williams, Katie Semple, Hope Sanders, Scarlet Tanzer, Charlotte Horton, Lindsey
Mohammed, Kate Horton, Clara Horton, Sienna Rubin, Charlie Fisher, Maggie Vargas, James Fisher
Orchestra Piano and additional arrangements- Chris Coogan
Drums- Gabe Nappi, Bass- Nick Trautmann, Eng Horn, Sax, Oboe- Greg Schaefer (arranging associate), Flute- Kristin
Huffman
Stage Management: Costume Design:Props
Jacquelyn Quinn Vaughn Sims Robin Fitzgerald
J. Atwood Foundation
Lights and SoundDramaturgeTechnical “Set” projections
Fairfield Theatre co.Elena KemperRyan O’Hagan
Henry
Fisher
New Paradigm Theatre is a 501(c)3 performing arts organization
Oliver Cast
WIDOW CORNEY............................................ Denise Michelle Johnson OLD SALLY.............................................................................Lorah Haskins
FAGIN.........................................................................................Paul Bogaev OLDLADY............................................................................... Shay LaRusso
OLIVER...............................................Ajibola Hakeem Tajudeen (Keeme) BET....................................................................................... Faith Fernandes
ARTFUL DODGER.......................................................Jennifer Beveridge DR GRIMWIG............................................................................ Jim Nassef
BILL SYKES................................................................................ Mark Smith CHARLIE BATES..................................................................Paul Litchfield
NANCY............................................................................. Gina Naomi Baez BULLDOG.................................................................................James Fisher
MR. SOWERBERRY............................................................ Mark Holleran ROSE SELLER.........................................................................Shay LaRusso
MRS. SOWERBERRY.......................................................... Lorah Haskins STRAWBERRY SELLER...................................................Katherine Griffin
CHARLOTTE....................................................................Katherine Griffin MILK MAID...........................................................................Lorah Haskins
NOAH............................................................................... Quinn Fitzgerald KNIFE SELLERS..................................Jimi Wright and Quinn Fitzgerald
MR. BUMBLE......................................................................Duane Lanham FEMALE SWING....................................................................Shay LaRusso
MR. BROWNLOW.............................................................. Rodney Moore OLIVER UNDERSTUDY......................................................Charlie Fisher
MRS BEDWIN............................................................. Elizabeth Litchfield
Youth Ensemble
Jaiden Jackson, Aytza Pacheco, Jasiah Williams, Katie Semple, Hope Sanders, Scarlet Tanzer, Charlotte
Horton, Lindsey Mohammed, Kate Horton, Clara Horton, Sienna Rubin, Charlie Fisher, Maggie Vargas,
James Fisher,Katherine Griffin, Shay LaRusso, Paul Litchfield, James Fisher, Quinn Fitzgerald, Jimi
Wright
Act I
Musical Numbers
• "Food, Glorious Food" – Work House Boys
• "Oliver!" – Mr. Bumble, Widow Corney and The
Governors
• "I Shall Scream" – Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney
• "Boy for Sale" – Mr. Bumble
• "That's Your Funeral" Mr. Sowerberry, Mrs. Sowerberry,
and Mr. Bumble
• "Where Is Love?" – Oliver
• "Consider Yourself " – The Artful Dodger, Oliver, and
Chorus
• "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" – Fagin and Fagin's
Gang
• "It's a Fine Life" – Nancy, Bet, and Fagin's Gang
• "I'd Do Anything" – The Artful Dodger, Nancy, Oliver,
Bet, Fagin, and Fagin's Gang
• "Be Back Soon" – Fagin, The Artful Dodger, Oliver and
Fagin's Gang
Act II
• "Oom-Pah-Pah" – Nancy and Chorus
• "My Name" – Bill Sikes
• "As Long as He Needs Me" – Nancy
• "Where Is Love?" (Reprise) – Mrs. Bedwin
• "Who Will Buy?" – Oliver, Vendors, and Chorus
• "It's a Fine Life" (Reprise) – Bill Sikes, Nancy, Fagin, and
The Artful Dodger
• "Reviewing the Situation" – Fagin
• "Oliver!" (Reprise) – Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney
• "As Long As He Needs Me" (Reprise) – Nancy
• "Reviewing the Situation" (Reprise) – Fagin
• Finale– Company
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Did you know?
Oliver Twist:
Dickens was very concerned with showing just how miserable the
lower classes really were in 19th Century London. With Oliver Twist, he
depicts the conditions of the poor in all their misery with gritty realism
Oliver Reinvented:
Bridgeport’s median household income= $34,658 In 2012, 37% of
Bridgeport children under 18 lived below the poverty level.
Fairfield’s median household income is $117,705. As of 2012, only 2.8% of
Fairfield children under 18 live below the poverty level.
Oliver rehearsals
MEET THE DIRECTOR- SCOTT BRYCE:
has appeared on Broadway, off Broadway and in regional theatre. On television, he was
twice nominated for a Best Actor Daytime Emmy award for his work on As the World
Turns. He starred with Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Beals in the Joel Schumacher directed series 2000 Malibu Road. He has guest starred in dozens of TV series including:
ER, Reba, and Sex in the City. He has played supporting roles in films such as, Above
Freezing, Ghost Dog, Lethal Weapon 3, and Up Close and Personal with Robert Redford
and Michelle Pfeiffer. Scott was also series regular Mike McQueen on WB’s Popular.
Recently he has guest starred on Law and Order SVU, Gossip Girl, 30 Rock, and
Person of Interest, He recurred as Major Tom Foster on the Showtime hit “Homeland”,
played sociopath CEO Frank Drexler on the mid season series, “Deception” for NBC,
and just a few weeks ago he guest starred as Dr. Alex Gardner on “Blue Bloods” for CBS.
He is producing the play “Small World” by Fred Stroppel in which he also stars as Walt
Disney which will next be at The White Heron Theater in Nantucket this July. Behind
the camera, Bryce has produced and directed commercials for Addidas, Sign story, CBS
Outer Net, and Best Buy.”. He has created and directed special effects for Master Foods
and U.S. Surgical. Scott co- produced Frederick Douglass-From Slavery to Freedom,
And produced and directed 2 films, ‘Elsiha Stockwell” and “Sybil Ludington” for the
Young American Heroes series for Public Television. A graduate of Staples High School
in Westport and currently a resident of Weston, has had an extensive acting career on stage, television and film.
Stage rehearsals with Emmy nominee
and director Scott Bryce
MEET THE MUSIC DIRECTOR/ARRANGERPAUL BOGAEV : is a music director-producer, arranger and composer. He super-
vised and conducted the music for the Academy Award winning film CHICAGO and was Executive
Producer of its GRAMMY Award winning soundtrack. He won his first GRAMMY for arranging, orchestrating, underscore composing, and producing the music for Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA on
Broadway. AIDA also won the TONY Award for Best Score. Paul’s other Broadway Credits include
TARZAN (as Music Producer), Spiderman (musical producer) BOMBAY DREAMS (Music Supervisor and TONY-nominated Orchestrator), and as Music Director, SUNSET BOULEVARD, LES MISERABLES, CATS, ASPECTS OF LOVE, CHESS, and STARLIGHT EXPRESS. He also wrote and produced songs for a stage production of THE THREE MUSKETEERS which recently ran for four years in
Europe . His other feature film credits include DREAMGIRLS, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, CONNIE
AND CARLA, and the animated DISNEY films, LION KING, TARZAN, MULAN, and THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE. For ABC Television, Mr. Bogaev was Music Director for CINDERELLA,
SOUTH PACIFIC, and ANNIE (EMMY AWARD). As a Conductor, he directed the music for Francis
Coppola’s presentation of the silent movie epic NAPOLEON with symphony orchestras all throughout
the world. He also conducted Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in the concert THE MUSIC OF
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER and Barbra Streisand’s recording, HIGHER GROUND. Mr. Bogaev has
also worked with Phil Collins, Sting, Toni Braxton, Brandy, Whitney Houston, Richard Gere, Whoopi
Goldberg, Glenn Close, Hugh Jackman, Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Kathy Bates, Drew Barrymore, Liam Neeson, Michael Bolton, Harry Connick, Jr., and most recently recorded the soundtrack for the new movie musical NINE with Daniel Day-Lewis,
Sophia Loren, Dame Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, and Fergie. Mr. Bogaev studied at Cornell
University and the Juilliard School . He was born in Philadelphia and educated at The Haverford School where he received the Distinguished
Alumnus Award in 2003.
Musical Rehearsal with Emmy and
Grammy winner Paul Bogaev
MEET THE ChoreographerMaria Cherniske: was born and raised in
www.MariaCherniskeDance.com
Connecticut where she took her first class at the age of three. Since then, her passion for the arts has continued to flourish. In addition to being a performer, Maria has
taught dance to students of all ages for the past thirteen years and is a coach for competitive
level gymnastics. Maria was a competitive gymnast trained by 2004 Olympic coach Alan Hatch
and 2004 two-time Olympic silver medalist Annia Hatch. Following college, Maria continued
her dance education at the Broadway Dance Center in New York. She trained under Rhapsody
James in the 2012 winter session of Motivating Excellence. She is also a member of New York
based dance companies Jamie J & Co and Humans Collective. Maria has worked with choreographers such as Lisette Bustamante, James Jackson Jr, Dana Foglia, Rhapsody James, Luam
Keflezgy, Kelly Peters, Derek Mitchell and Tanisha Scott. She has performed at Carnegie Hall,
Radio City Music Hall in an ad for Rocawear clothing, with super model Coco Rocha at NYC’s
Fashion’s Night Out, on national television with Icona Pop and in a national commercial for the
Wendy Williams show. She was also recently a principal in a commercial for Affinity Bank. In
addition, Maria has done work for Nike and Adidas. She appeared in Music Videos with
popular up and coming artists and performed live with artists Matt Hunter, Carey Nokey, and L
Michelle. Most recently, Maria was the assistant choreographer for Rob Thomas’ music video “I
Trust You.” Maria travels internationally to teach acro/tumbling and dance. In 2012 she was
selected to be a mentor for the program Creating Opportunities (www.creatingopps.com)
developed by world-renowned choreographers Lisette Bustamante and Chonique Sneed. Since
2012 she has been an adjunct professor in the Performing Arts Department at Sacred Heart
University. Maria is dedicated to perfecting her art and the love of performance. She believes that dance is the universal language and enjoys
getting to know others and helping people get to know her through dance.
Did you know?
Oliver Twist:
Dickens wanted to show how criminals really lived, in order to
discourage poor people from turning to crime. He also wanted to show
how external influences created criminal behavior as much or more than
natural criminal urges.
Oliver Reinvented:
Bridgeport, Connecticut, violent crime, on a scale from 1 (low
crime) to 100, is 81. Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder
and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The US average is 41.4.- www.bestplaces.net
Keeme (oliver) and Jen (dodger) in rehearsal
MEET THE Artistic directorKristin huffman: appeared in the Tony award win-
ning Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim-”Company”. It also won a
Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards for Best Revival of a Musical in which she played the leading role of “Sarah” as well as
flute, sax and piccolo. The production was filmed and aired on PBS’s Great
Performances. She has a career that has spanned over 20 years professionally performing with operas, theatres, symphonies around the US and she
played “Christine” in the European tour of Phantom. Kristin is the Founder and Producing Artistic director of The New Paradigm Theatre (NPT), a
professional non profit (501c3) theatre company, whose mission is to foster
creative problem solvers, leaders, and global citizens through theatre arts
education and productions. As a former Miss Ohio/Runner-up Miss America she continues hosting and producing charity events for NPT that feature her favorite Broadway, Film and TV colleagues often in combination
with the NPT Youth Board of directors. She is a professor at the University
of Hartford and trains singer/actors for a life “on the wicked stage”. She is
a member of Actors Equity Association (AEA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG/
AFTRA) and she frequently judges international choir competitions in the
US and Canada.She graduated Summa Cum Laude from both Capital
University Conservatory of Music BM (Music ed: flute and voice
concentration) and Northwestern University (Masters of Music- Opera)
www.nptheatre.org
www.kristinhuffman.com
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Soup kitchen
volunteering
A cornerstone of
New Paradigm Theatre
We work hand in hand with the
Council of Churches of
Greater Bridgeport to give back
to the community
Volunteers welcome,
leaders encouraged
New paradigm theatre’s
board of driectors
Mark Holleran - Board President
Lynn Vetare CPA - Treasurer
(Programming Committee)
Martin DeCruze and Co
(Finance Committee)
Louis Benedetto - Secretary
Andrew Reimann
Scott Bryce
Kristin Huffman (ex officio)
Board member: Habitat for Humanity
(Governance Committee)
Actors Equity Association
Screen Actor’s Guild/AFTRA
Board of Advisors -Summer Theatre of New Cannan
Board of Advisors -White Heron Theatre and the Nantucket Theatre Institute
(Programming committee)
(Finance Committee)
Actors Equity Association
Screen Actor’s Guild/AFTRA
(Programming Committee)
New paradigm theatre’s
YOUTH board of driectors
Katherine Griffin -NPT Youth President
Dominic Pagliaro - NPT Vice President
Elena Kemper - NPT Youth Secretary
Marie Fulda - NPT Youth Treasurer
James Wright - Board Recruitment committee/Blog
Julia Levine - Head of the Programming Committee
Andrea Alicea - Head of Marketing Committee
Michelle Levine - Programming committee
Sarah Kulaga
Allyson Voytek - Programming Committee
Sophia Santos
Talia Hankin
and Board Recruitment Committee
and Programming Committee
and Head of Board Recruitment Committee
Partner Nonprofits
Please
Please stay in your seats and join us for a discussion lead by Executive Director
Cass Shaw of the Council of Churches of Greater Bridepgort directly
after the show.
This 75 year old non profit serves the Bridgeport area with Soup Kitchens, Pantry, Clothing closets and much more! NPT is proud to be a partner non profit
to support the work that this important non profit does and we encourage you
to stay in between shows on Saturday, and after the show on Sunday for a 10
minute conversation led by Cass Shaw.
Art top row, left to right: Rick Shaefer, Yolanda Vasquez
Petrooell, Rick Reyes. Center row: Lisle Orjuela, Karen
Lopreto. Bottom row: Alicia Cobb.
Did you know?
Oliver Twist:
As Dickens observed the unequal distribution of wealth was
understood to demonstrate character and to reflect the
dispensation of Providence. Those who fell into poverty or were born into it, like
the novel’s hero, clearly lacked moral fiber, and were prone to laziness and ingratitude.
Oliver Reinvented:
Connecticut’s 4th Congressional district, centered in Fairfield County,
has been ranked as the district with the 4th highest level income inequity in the
nation.
Oliver rehearsals
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donated to our youth!
AND
for 500 tickets donated to other Bluefish games!
GOLD SPONSOR
Oliver rehearsals
Silver SPONSORs
Kahner Smith Wealth Management
(212) 626-8522
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Did you know?
Oliver Twist:
There is preoccupation with the miseries of poverty and the spread of its degrading effects through society. With poverty comes hunger,
another theme that is raised throughout the book, along with Dicken’s notion
that a misguided approach to the issues of poverty and homelessness brings many
evils in its wake.
Oliver Reinvented:
On any given night, over 1,000 people are homeless on the streets of
Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford, and there are more than 200 homeless people
in Bridgeport’s downtown area.
THANK YOU
For our Body mics
In phase audio,
Mr. Peter Randazzo,
And
Sound associates
THANK YOU
For our rehearsal space
SALEM lutheran church
and
Greenfield hill church