The Company - Roger Rocka`s Dinner Theater

Good Company Players presents
Director
Dan Pessano
Stage Manager
Tracy Jones
Vocal Coach
Judith Dickison
Assistant Stage Manager
Sharayah Veith
Choreographer
Kaye Migaki
Sound Operator
Andrea Henrickson
Costume Designer
Ginger Kay Lewis-Reed
Props
Jim Irvine
Gabrielle Burton
Set Designer
David Pierce
Lighting Designer
Evan Commins
Makeup Design
Emily Pessano
Follow Spots
Aunie DeGroot
Marcie Hale
Book by MARSHALL BRICKMAN and RICK ELICE
Music and Lyrics by ANDREW LIPPA
Based on Characters created by CHARLES ADDAMS
Crew
Elizabeth Henrickson
Kyle Jensen
Emily Pofahl
The Company
THE ADDAMS FAMILY:
Gomez Addams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TYLER BRANCO
Morticia Addams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAIGE PARKER
Uncle Fester. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .STEVE SOUZA
Wednesday Addams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KINDLE COWGER
Pugsley Addams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONNOR POFAHL
Grandma Addams . . . . . . . . . . . . .JENNIFER GOETTSCH
Lurch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRIAN RHEA
THE BEINEKE FAMILY:
Lucas Beineke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADRIAN AMMSSO
Mal Beineke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GORDON MOORE
Alice Beineke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JESSICA SARKISIAN
THE ADDAMS ANCESTORS:
RICH BURT, EMILY CAMPBELL, ALEXA DEPASQUALE, TARA FALGE, MICHAEL FLORES, MARC
GONZALEZ, CAITLIN JONES, DANIEL LAJUNE,
DANNAH LEMON, JULIAN PEREZ, BRYN RILEY,
BRITTANY SMITH, DANIEL SUTHERLAND, ASHLEY
WILKINSON, SHAWN WILLIAMS
UNDERSTUDIES:
ERIC BAILEY (Gomez Addams)
RICH BURT (Mal Beineke)
ROGER CHRISTENSEN (Uncle Fester)
ALEXA DEPASQUALE (Wednesday Addams)
MARTY MARGOLIN (Pugsley Addams)
BRYN RILEY (Alice Beineke)
JESSICA SARKISIAN (Morticia Addams)
DANIEL SUTHERLAND (Lurch)
ASHLEY WILKINSON (Grandma Addams)
SHAWN WILLIAMS (Lucas Beineke)
Originally produced on Broadway by
Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Productions,
Stephen Schuler, Decca Theatricals, Scott M. Delman, Stuart Ditsky,
Terry Allen Kramer, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander,
Eva Price, Jam Theatricals/Mary LuRoffe, Pittsburg CLO/Gutterman-Swinsky, Vivek Tiwary/Gary Kaplan, The Weinstein Company/
Clarence, LLC, Adam Zotovich/Tribe Theatricals
By Special Arrangement with
Elephant Eye Theatrical
On stage at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater
September 18th - November 9th, 2014
The Company
ADRIAN AMMSSO (Lucas Beineke) made his GCP debut in West
Side Story (Anxious). He has previously performed with Buchanan
High School as Billy in 42nd Street, Freddy in My Fair Lady, and Tito
in Lend Me a Tenor.
TYLER BRANCO (Gomez) has performed with Good Company
Players in West Side Story (Action), The 39 Steps, Young Frankenstein (Igor), Shrek the Musical (Shrek), Curtains (Lt. Cioffi), Paint
Your Wagon (Steve), Monty Python’s Spamalot (French Taunter),
The Sound of Music (Rolf ), Hairspray (IQ), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde (Aaron), Seven Brides (Carl), and The Wedding Singer (Sammy).
CAITLIN JONES (Ancestor) made her GCP debut in Calamity
Jane and has since been in The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, Paint
Your Wagon, Monty Python’s Spamalot, and Young Frankenstein.
Caitlin worked behind the scenes for Shrek the Musical and Curtains.
DANIEL LAJUNE (Ancestor) a former member of GCP’s Junior
Company, worked with GCP in West Side Story (Riff ), Shrek the
Musical (Pig #1), and the Junior Company Foundation show Toward
the Future, From the Past. Daniel performed with CMT in Grease
(Eugene) and Jekyll and Hyde (Poole) and in Clovis High’s Lucky Stiff
(Harry Witherspoon) and The Music Man (Tommy Djilas).
RICH BURT (Ancestor) has performed with GCP in such productions as Calamity Jane, Sweet Charity, Fiddler on the Roof, and
Hairspray. He made his debut as a Vocal Coach for GCP in the 2012
production of Beehive. Currently, Rich directs the choir for Northwest Church.
DANNAH LEMON (Ancestor) performed with Good Company
Players in West Side Story, The King and I, Young Frankenstein and
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Philia). She also
performed with Children’s Musical Theatreworks in A Chorus Line
(Bebe) and Grease.
EMILY CAMPBELL (Ancestor) made her Good Company Players
debut in The Pirates of Penzance (Emmaline). Emily performed in
Houston, TX in productions of H. M. S. Pinafore and The Sound of
Music. She has extensive music and vocal training.
GORDON MOORE (Mal Beineke) is a well-known performer for
GCP and has, over the years, appeared in dozens of shows, including Over the River and Through the Woods (Frank), A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hysterium), Young Frankenstein (Kemp), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Harding), Monty
Python’s Spamalot (Historian), The Sound of Music (Uncle Max),
Proof, Twelve Angry Men, Born Yesterday, and The 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee.
KINDLE COWGER (Wednesday Addams) appeared in The Pirates
of Penzance (Kate/Mortimer), The King and I (Tuptim), The Sound
of Music (Louisa), Oklahoma!, Babes in Toyland: Barnaby’s Story,
and Annie Get Your Gun. Kindle was a regular member of the Junior
Company from ages 8 - 16.
ALEXA DEPASQUALE (Ancestor) performed in GCP’s The Crucible (Betty), The Miracle Worker (Helen), Oklahoma, A Good Company Christmas, The Music Man, and A Christmas Story. Alexa is
a former member of GCP’s Junior Company and has participated in
both Junior Company Foundation shows.
TARA FALGE (Ancestor) is making her GCP debut in The Addams
Family. She has performed with Bullard High School’s Feast of Fools
in Moby Dick! The Musical (Mr. Starbuck), Zombie Prom (Coco),
and Much Ado About Nothing (Balthasar). Tara also performed with
CMT in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
MICHAEL FLORES (Ancestor) performed with GCP in West Side
Story, The Pirates of Penzance, The King and I, A Christmas Carol,
and The Grapes of Wrath. He performed with MSTC in Powerlunch
(Dorothy), Seussical the Musical (Mr. Mayor), Degas C’est Moi (Edgar Degas), and has taken Madera South’s ROP Theatre Class.
JENNIFER GOETTSCH (Grandma Addams) performed with GCP
in Little Women (Marmee), Young Frankenstein (Frau Blucher), and
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Domina). She
performed in Spring Awakening and Beauty and the Beast for CMT
as well as with Center Stage in The Music Man and Beauty and the
Beast.
MARC GONZALEZ (Ancestor) has performed in such GCP productions as West Side Story (A-Rab), Shrek the Musical (White Rabbit),
The Grapes of Wrath (Tom Joad), Paint Your Wagon (Jake), Seven
Brides for Seven Brothers (Frank), The Wedding Singer, Hairspray
(Fender), Footloose (Bickle), Oklahoma! (Ike), and Dearly Beloved.
PAIGE PARKER (Morticia Addams) performed with GCP in A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Gymnasia), Young
Frankenstein (Elizabeth), Curtains (Jessica Cranshaw), Paint Your
Wagon (Elizabeth), Singin’ in the Rain (Lina), Calamity Jane, and
Beauty and the Beast. She performed with CenterStage in Noises
Off (Brooke/Vicki).
JULIAN PEREZ (Ancestor) has performed in GCP’s productions
of Legally Blonde, The Wedding Singer, Sugar Babies, Dreamgirls,
Oklahoma!, and The Producers, and is a former member of GCP’s Junior Company. Julian performed in Children’s Musical Theatreworks’
production of A Chorus Line.
BRIAN RHEA (Lurch) has performed with GCP in The Grapes of
Wrath, Curtains (Daryl Grady), The Red Velvet Cake War (Newt),
Wait Until Dark (Sam), The Sound of Music (Herr Zeller), When We
Are Married (Fred), Stalag 17 (Price), and the narrator in A Christmas Story. Brian’s other local production credits include Aithon Theater Company’s True West and Laughter on the 23rd Floor.
BRYN RILEY (Ancestor) attends Fresno City College where she has
performed in the FCC Opera Workshop productions of Patience
(Saphir), The Pirates of Penzance (Ruth), and Hansel and Gretel
(Hansel). Bryn is making her Good Company Players debut.
MARISA SANCHEZ (Ancestor) performed with GCP in West Side
Story (Anita), Shrek the Musical (Mama Bear), Sugar Babies and
Chicago. She has also appeared in various productions around town
including Les Miserables with Fresno Grand Opera, Rent with Cali
Pub Theater, Spring Awakening with CMT Underground, and Miss
Saigon (Gigi) with Townsend Opera.
The Company (Cont.)
JESSICA SARKISIAN (Alice Beineke) has been a member of GCP
since the year 2000 and has been seen in such productions as Curtains (Georgia), The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee (Logainne), Beauty and the Beast (Belle) and
Funny Girl (Fanny Brice). She has also choreographed for the Junior
Company on several occasions as well as GCP’s productions of Little
Women and Nunsensations!
BRITTANY SMITH (Ancestor) is a member of Good Company Players’ Junior Comapny. She made her mainstage debut in A Christmas
Carol (Caroline/Cratchit Child) at GCP’s 2nd Space Theatre. Brittany participated in both Junior Company Foundation fundraiser
shows and GCP’s All-Kids Workshop performances of The Pirates of
Penzance and Fiddler on the Roof. .
STEVE SOUZA (Uncle Fester) counts among his numerous GCP
performance credits Shrek the Musical (Pig #3), Curtains (Chris
Belling), Monty Python’s Spamalot (Patsy), The Drowsy Chaperone
(Man in Chair), Legally Blonde (Pforzheimer/Carlos), Calamity
Jane (Doc), The Producers (Roger), and Singin’ in the Rain (Dexter).
He has choreographed for GCP’s Paint Your Wagon, The Sound of
Music, Beehive, and Funny Girl.
DANIEL SUTHERLAND (Ancestor) was most recently in GCP’s
productions of West Side Story (Schrank), The Pirates of Penzance
(Major-General Stanley), Young Frankenstein (The Monster), Shrek
the Musical (Papa Bear), Fiddler on the Roof (Sasha), Paint Your
Wagon (Crocker), and Monty Python’s Spamalot (Tim the Enchanter).
ASHLEY WILKINSON (Ancestor) was in both GCP productions
of the hugely popular Hairspray (Tracy Turnblad). Ashley has also
performed with Good Company Players in Shrek the Musical (Mama
Ogre, Blind Mouse, Tapping Mouse), 42nd Street (Anytime Annie),
Footloose, The King & I and Sugar.
SHAWN WILLIAMS (Ancestor) is a former member of Good Company Players’ Junior Company. Shawn has been in such main-stage
productions as Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka), Curtains (Detective
O’Farrell/Ens.), Shrek The Musical (Pied Piper), A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum (Protean), and The Pirates of
Penzance (Sergeant of Police).
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Musical Numbers
Time: The Present
Place: The Home of the Addams Family
Act One
Act Two
OVERTURE/PROLOGUE
When You’re An Addams. . . . . . . . . . The Addams Family,
Ancestors
Fester’s Manifesto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fester
Wednesday’s Growing Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gomez
Trapped. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gomez, Morticia
Honor Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pugsley
Pulled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wednesday, Pugsley
One Normal Night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full Ensemble
But Love (reprise 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fester, Ancestors
But Love (reprise 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fester, Ancestors
Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Morticia, Alice,
Female Ancestors
What If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gomez
What If. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pugsley, Grandma
Full Disclosure Part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Full Ensemble
Waiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alice
Full Disclosure Part 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full Ensemble
Opening Act II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ancestors
Just Around the Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Morticia, Ancestors
Just Around the Corner Playoff. . . . . . .Morticia, Ancestors
The Moon and Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fester, Female Ancestors
Happy Sad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gomez, Wednesday
Crazier Than You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wednesday, Lucas,
Mal, Alice
Not Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gomez, Lurch, Fester
Live Before We Die. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gomez, Morticia
Tango De Amor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gomez, Morticia,
Ancestors
Move Toward the Darkness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lurch,
Full Ensemble
Bows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full Ensemble
Full Disclosure:
Let's try to have ‘one normal night’ at the theatre by
leaving all mobile devices off. The use of all cell phones,
recording devices, and photography of any kind is strictly
prohibited and will get you sent straight to the torture
chamber... we don’t recommend it unless, of course, you’re
into that sort of thing.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
is presented through special arrangement with
Theatrical Rights Worldwide
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Ochestration provided by
Richard Mynderup
GCP Costume Shop:
Ginger Kay Lewis-Reed, Gabrielle Burton,
Lorie Hanoian, Sue Jameson,
Marie Q. Kramer & Renata Lewis
GCP Scene Shop:
David Pierce, Joielle Adams, Jeremiah Gunn,
Teddy Maldonado, & Wayne Montgomery
Sound Coordinator: Linda Thayer
Rehearsal Pianist: Laurie King
Special Thanks
Erna Bonetto
Tessa Cavalletto
Gloria Erganian
Jim Irvine
Wayne Montgomery
David Pierce
Jessica Sarkisian
Patrick Allan Tromborg
Sharayah Veith
Shawn Williams
Behind the scenes with
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
DAN PESSANO (Director) has staged such shows as Over the River and
Through the Woods, The Sound of Music, When We are Married, Paint
Your Wagon, A Good Company Christmas, and Beauty and the Beast.
As GCP’s Managing Director, Dan is also a performer with the company,
having appeared as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, The Hermit in Young
Frankenstein, The Stage Manager in Our Town, Henry Miller in Calamity Jane, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Underling in The Drowsy Chaperone.
JUDITH DICKISON (Vocal Coach) has coached numerous productions
with Good Company Players including West Side Story, The King and I,
Shrek the Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Paint Your Wagon, The
Sound of Music, Spelling Bee, Oklahoma!, Beauty and the Beast, Miss
Saigon, Annie Get Your Gun, and Man of La Mancha.
GINGER KAY LEWIS-REED (Costumes), GCP’s costumer, started designing for the company in 1983. Her credits include The Comedy of Errors, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Importance of Being Earnest, and
The Man Who Came to Dinner at the 2nd Space, as well as The Pirates
of Penzance, Shrek the Musical, Curtains, Monty Python’s Spamalot,
Hairspray, and Beauty and the Beast at Roger Rocka’s.
DAVID PIERCE (Sets), GCP’s scenic artist since 1986, designed such
recent sets as The Pirates of Penzance, The King and I, West Side Story,
Young Frankenstein, Shrek the Musical, Curtains, Fiddler on the Roof,
and Monty Python’s Spamalot for GCP shows at Roger Rocka’s Dinner
Theatre The Comedy of Errors, Over the River and Through the Woods,
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Wait
Until Dark at GCP’s 2nd Space Theatre.
KAYE MIGAKI (Choregrapher) has choreographed over three dozen
shows with GCP. Her most recent credits include The King and I, Young
Frankenstein, Curtains, Spamalot, Singin’ in the Rain, Legally Blonde,
The Drowsy Chaperone, Bye Bye Birdie, The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee, and Chicago. Kaye owns and operates the Fig Garden Dance Studio in Fresno and Kaye’s School of Dance in Dinuba and
Sanger.
Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), Fiddler
on the Roof (Hodel), Legally Blonde (Elle Woods), The 39 Steps (Annabella/Pamela/Margaret), and The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet).
ANDREA HENRICKSON (Sound Operator) has been a lighting designer, stage manager, and sound board operator for Good Company Players
since 1991. Her other stage managing credits include The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music, The Wedding Singer, The Wiz,
and Annie Get Your Gun.
GABRIELLE BURTON (Props) works for GCP as House Manager of the
2nd Space and a box office employee. She worked on props for The Pirates of Penzance, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, Spamalot, and
Bye Bye Birdie. She regularly lends her artistic abilities to GCP’s Costume
Shop and was seen onstage in Sugar Babies and The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever.
JIM IRVINE (Props) makes a continuing contribution of engineering
props for GCP shows. He was our removable-body-part specialist for
Monty Python’s Spamalot and helped make Pinocchio’s nose grow in
Shrek the Musical. Jim was also a regular participant in New Wrinkles.
MARCIE HALE (Follow Spot) graduated with a BS in Biology and has
been a teacher for the past 15 years. She made her Good Company Players
debut by running follow spot for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum then continued to work backstage for GCP during The Pirates
of Penzance.
AUNIE DEGROOT (Follow Spot) made her GCP debut running follow
spot for Curtains. She trained behind the scenes during Fiddler on the
Roof, and worked on backstage crew for West Side Story, The Pirates of
Penzance and Young Frankenstien and operated follow spot for A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Aunie is the daughter of Roger Rocka’s Executive Chef Eric DeGroot.
ELIZABETH HENRICKSON (Crew) ran sound for West Side Story and
Fiddler on the Roof, the light board for The Sound of Music, and was follow spot operator for The Pirates of Penzance, Curtains, Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Legally Blonde. She also ran the
video projections for Shrek the Musical. Elizabeth performed in The Best
Christmas Pageant Ever and Young Frankenstein.
TRACY JONES (Stage Manager) has stage managed The Grapes of
Wrath, Shrek The Musical, Wait Until Dark, To Kill A Mockingbird,
Legally Blonde, Born Yesterday, The Dixie Swim Club, Bye Bye Birdie,
Spelling Bee, Dearly Beloved, and Babes in Toyland (Barnaby’s Story).
Tracy is also a veteran performer for GCP and was most recently seen in
The Pirates of Penzance (Ruth).
KYLE JENSEN (Crew) is making his debut for a GCP production at Roger
Rocka’s Dinner Theatre. He worked crew at GCP’s 2nd Space Theatre for
Beau Jest. Kyle was the Stage Manager of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest, Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. He
was the sound designer for such Fresno State productions as Frozen, Our
Town, Flowers for Algernon, and Race. Kyle is also a sound technician at
the Performing Arts Center at Clovis North High School.
SHARAYAH VEITH (Assistant Stage Manager) performed with GCP
in The Pirates of Penzance (Isabel) and Young Frankenstein. She has performed with Fresno State in Black Cat, Murder in the House of Horrors,
Assassins, Wonder of the World, and Time Again in Oz. Sharayah also
performed with Woodward Shakespeare Festival in Romeo and Juliet.
EMILY POFAHL (Crew) attends Clovis West High School and has been
a member of the Junior Company since 2012. Emily has performed with
GCP in several All-Kids Workshops, most recently Fiddler on the Roof
(Hodel). Emily’s GCP mainstage credits include A Christmas Carol (Fan)
and The Grapes of Wrath (Boy).
EVAN COMMINS (Lighting Designer) designed lights for The 39 Steps,
The Grapes of Wrath, Paint Your Wagon, The Red Velvet Cake War, Singin’ in the Rain, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Beau Jest, Grace & Glorie,
Crimes of the Heart, The Drowsy Chaperone, I Love You..., The Dixie
Swim Club, and Bye Bye Birdie, and assisted with lighting design for West
Side Story, Shrek the Musical, and Young Frankenstein. Evan is the technical director at Dinuba High School.
EMILY PESSANO (Makeup Design) designed makeup for such shows
as Shrek the Musical, Young Frankenstein, Cats, Forum, and The Wiz.
Emily has been seen in such GCP shows as Shrek the Musical (Fiona),
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Leiber
&
Stoller:
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inventors
of
Rock
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Roll”
Good Company Players’ upcoming production of Smokey Joe’s Cafe celebrates the
talents of Jerry Leiber
and Mike Stoller, two of
the truly distinctive creators of mid-twentiethcentury pop music.
Both were born in
1933, Leiber in Baltimore, Stoller in Queens,
New York. They were
both students in Los
Angeles in 1950 when
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they were introduced by a mutual friend.
They found they shared a love of rhythm
and blues music and began writing right
away. Leiber served as the sharp-witted lyricist while the classically trained but jazz-loving Stoller wrote the music. By the end of the
year, jazz/blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon
had recorded and performed their first commercial song, “Real Ugly Woman.”
By the time they were 20, in just three years
of working together, their early songs had
been recorded by a collection of true allstars in the rhythm and
blues genre including
Jimmy
Witherspoon,
Charles Brown, Little
Willie Littlefield, Bull
Moose Jackson, Linda
Hopkins, Ray Charles
and Willie Mae (Big
Mama) Thornton who
made the first recording
of “Hound Dog” in 1952.
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Atlantic Records executives were impressed
and in 1955 signed the duo to the music industry’s first independent production deal,
forever changing the course of production in
the industry.
For the next several years, well into the late
1960s, the hits of Leiber and Stoller were constantly at the top of the charts, including the
memorable “Stand By Me,” “Spanish Harlem”
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the US charts.
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talent became obviDuring this same produc,EIBERAND3TOLLERWITH%LVIS0RESLEYAT
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tive period, there were other
-'-3TUDIOS
Is?” recorded by Peggy Lee in
Leiber and Stoller smashes, including “Love Potion #9,” by The Clovers, 1969 and earning her a Best Female Pop Vo“Only In America” by Jay and The Americans, cal Performance Grammy. Earlier they had
“I Keep Forgettin,” by Chuck Jackson, Wilbert had a hit with Lee with “I’m a Woman.”
Leiber and Stoller won many awards and
Harrison’s “Kansas City,” The Drifters’ “There
Goes My Baby” and “Fools Fall In Love,” and honors over the decades, including The
ASCAP Founders’ Award, induction into the
“Ruby Baby” for Dion DiMucci.
In 1955 Leiber and Stoller produced a re- Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Rock & Roll
cording of their song “Black Denim Trousers Hall of Fame and many others. They won
and Motorcycle Boots” with The Cheers. Soon Grammy awards for “Is That All There Is?”
after, the song was recorded by Edith Piaf in 1969, and for the cast album of Smokey
in a French translation titled, “L’Homme à la Joe’s Cafe, the 1995 Broadway musical revue
Moto”. The European royalties from that and based on their work. Smokey Joe’s Cafe was
other Leiber and Stoller hits funded a 1956 also nominated for seven Tony awards, and
trip to Europe for Stoller and his first wife, became the longest-running musical revue
Meryl, on which they met Piaf. Their return in Broadway history.
Good Company Players production of
to New York was aboard the ill-fated SS AnSmokey
Joe’s Cafe opens at Roger Rocka’s
drea Doria, which was rammed and sunk by
the Swedish liner MS Stockholm. The Stollers November 13. Tickets are available at the
had to finish the journey to New York aboard Box Office or by phone at 266-9494 or 800another ship, the Cape Ann. After their res- 371-4747. Online tickets are available at www.
cue, Leiber greeted Stoller at the dock with RogerRockas.com.
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Mistaken
Identities
and
Christmas
Chaos
at
2nd
Space
William Shakespeare’s merry romp, The
Comedy of Errors, just opened at Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre and continues through October 12. Two sets of identical
twins are separated as children by a shipwreck
and raised in ignorance of each other’s whereabouts. When grown, they wind up in the same
town by accident and the possibilities are endless: angry spouses, near-seductions, false arrests, and mild insanity are the order of the day.
Rated G
One of GCP’s most popular Holiday shows
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever opens
November 1. In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put
on a church Christmas pageant is faced
with casting the Herdman kids--probably the most inventively awful kids in
history. You won’t believe the mayhem
- and the fun - when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!
Rated G
Tickets are on sale at the Box Office,
by phone at 266-0660 or 800-371-4747,
or online at www.2ndspacetheatre.com
Good Company Players and Roger Rocka’s
Dinner Theater Gift Certificates are a great gift
any time of the year. The idea is simple: You give
the gift, they pick the show!
Gift Certificates are available here in our Box
Office and you can even buy them without leaving your table – just ask your server. They’re
also available on our secure website, www.RogerRockas.com or by phone at 266-9494 or 800-3714747.
Our Gift Certificates are also available
year-round at:
Sierra Vista Mall
In Clovis at the Customer Service counter
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Circle Gallery
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The
Pre-Show
Since tonight’s mainstage show is about a loving family – albeit a scary one -- the Junior Company would
like to pay tribute to families, too – musical families.
The pre-show this evening features music written or
performed by siblings, cousins, spouses, parents and
children.
The Junior Company
Madison Allen, 14
Benjamin Black, 14
Isaac Brown, 13
Kimi Galang Villegas, 12
Maya Gengozian, 12
Caleb Hale, 13
Gwyneth Le, 14
Christian Nerdahl, 15
Chelsea Newton, 13
Erik Olson, 14
Mallory Parker, 15
Connor Pofahl, 12
Emily Pofahl, 14
Colby Priest, 12
Brittany Smith, 14
Kenzie Stafford, 12
Karlie Stemler, 12
Jackie Whalen, 13
Madeline Wristen, 12
The Staff
Director: Robert Sanchez
Vocal Coach: Sara Price
Choreographer: Jessica Sarkisian
Assistant Vocal Coach: Heather Price
Rehearsal Accompanist: Seth Scott
Costumer: Leann Hobbs
The Musicians
Accompanist: Seth Scott
Keyboards: Laurie King, Seth Scott,
Martha Willems
Bass: Roy Carlson, Eric Seaberg
Percussion: Kent Hillman, Brian Hamada
Guitar: Jeff Hall
The
Pre-Show
is
generously
sponsored
by
the
Junior
Company
Foundation
From
the
Bar
The supernaturally talented Lyndsie June has
created some eerily delicious drinks for the run
of The Addams Family:
GRAVEYARD – This Autumn Martini is
shaken with Absolut Pears Vodka, Sour Apple
Schnapps and Cranberry Juice. Served in a cinnamon/sugar rimmed martini glass.
TANGO DE AMOUR – You’ll fall in love with
this cocktail made with Meyers Dark Rum, Vanilla Torani, Pineapple Juice, and Blue Curacao.
Served on the rocks.
MOONSTRUCK - A hot Cafe’ Mocha spiked
with Dark Creme De Cacao and Irish Cream.
Topped with whipped cream and a drizzle of
Chocolate Sauce.
THE GHOUL – (Non-Alcoholic) – A Salted Caramel Hot Cider made with Torani Salted Caramel Syrup, and topped with Whipped Cream,
Caramel Sauce and Fresh Cracked Sea Salt.
SHAKES Available with or without alcohol
except where noted
TERRIBLE STORM – A Pumpkin Shake Blended with Pureed Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie Spice,
and Bailey’s Irish Cream. Topped with Whipped
Cream.
UNCLE FESTER – A Chocolate, Chocolate Chip
Milkshake Blended with Creamy Peanut Butter
and Topped with Whipped Cream. (This Shake
is only served NON- ALCOHOLIC)
ADDAM’S MANSION – Vanilla Ice Cream
blended with Toasted Coconut and Laced with
Malibu Mango Rum and a splash of Torani
Mango. Topped with Whipped Cream and
more Toasted Coconut.
Before the show starts, order any drinks and
desserts you would like served at intermission.
Your server will bring them to your table as
soon as the first act ends.