Peter Quilter Chris egan - Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

March 25—April 13, 2014
Written by
Peter Quilter
Musical Arrangements by
Chris Egan
Featuring
Tari Kelly*
with
Zachary Clark*, Jonas Cohen* and Josh Robinson*
Directed by
Rod A. Lansberry
Musical Director
Musical Staging
Scenic Design
David NehlsAlan BennettBrian Mallgrave
Lighting Design
Sound Design
Shannon McKinneyDavid Thomas
Costume Design
Clare Henkel
Wig and Makeup Design
Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Diana Ben-Kiki Lisa Cook*Lisa A. Kurtz*
Artistic Producer
Rod A. Lansberry
Casting by wojcik | seay casting, llc
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The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.
Cast of Characters
Judy Garland..................................................................................................... Tari Kelly*
Mickey Deans............................................................................................ Zachary Clark*
Anthony........................................................................................................ Jonas Cohen*
BBC Radio Interviewer/Porter/Assistant Stage Manager.............................. Josh Robinson*
Understudies
(Understudies never appear in place of principal actors unless an announcement has been made.)
Judy Garland: Lacey Connell; Mickey Deans: Josh Robinson*;
BBC Radio Interviewer/Porter/Assistant Stage Manager: Rodney Lizcano*.
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Orchestra
Musical Numbers
Music Director, Conductor, Keyboards: David Nehls
Assistant to the Music Director, Percussion: Keith Ewer
Bass: Jon Cullison; Woodwinds: Andrew Stonerock;
Trumpet: Brad Goode; Trombone: Wade Sander.
“I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”
“Just in Time”
“For Me and My Gal”
“You Made Me Love You”
“The Trolley Song”
“The Man That Got Away”
“When You’re Smiling”
“Come Rain or Come Shine”
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
“By Myself ”
Time & Place
Christmas 1968.
A Suite at the Ritz Hotel in central London.
— There will be an intermission —
Who’s Who In The Cast
Tari Kelly (Judy Garland)
is making her Arvada
Center debut. Broadway:
Anything Goes, How the
Grinch Stole Christmas,
The Boy From Oz, and
Show Boat. National
Tours: Little Shop of
Horrors, Cabaret, Show
Boat, and Beauty and the Beast. New York
Theater: Carousel (New York Philharmonic).
Selected regional: Because of Winn Dixie
(Arkansas Repertory); Oklahoma! (Lyric
Opera Chicago); Thoroughly Modern Millie
(The Muny, Municipal Theatre Association of
St. Louis); and Man of La Mancha (Pittsburgh
Public Theater). Cast recordings: How the
Grinch Stole Christmas, Anything Goes, and
The Boy From Oz. She is a two-time Jeff
Award nominee and a Carbonell Award
winner for her portrayal of Reno Sweeney
in Anything Goes (Maltz Jupiter Theatre).
Zachary Clark (Mickey
Deans) is making his
Arvada Center debut.
New York credits include:
Macbeth (Classic Stage
Company); Twelfth Night
(Secret Theatre); The
Corsair (Three Legged
Dog Arts and Technology
Center); Joan: Voices in the Fire (Riverside
Theater); and Iphigenia in Aulis (Miller
Theater). Regional credits include: Spring
Awakening (Artistic Home); Measure for
Measure (City Lit Theater Company); R.U.R.
(Strawdog Theatre Company); and For Kyle
(Butler Theatre). Television: Boardwalk
Empire. Master of Fine Arts Graduate
of Columbia University’s Class of 2013.
Jonas Cohen (Anthony)
is making his Arvada
Center debut. OffBroadway: Love Jerry and
Maccabeat! (New York
Musical Theatre Festival);
Master Class (Gallery
Players). Regional: Pal Joey
(Arkansas Repertory);
Souvenir (Weston Playhouse and Theatre
Raleigh); The Mystery of Edwin Drood and
Twelfth Night (Idaho Shakespeare and
Great Lakes Theater Festivals); Glorious!
(Fulton Theatre and American Heartland
Theatre); Tuesdays with Morrie (Ivoryton
Playhouse); Tin Pan Alley (Stamford Theatre
Works); Old Wicked Songs (Fulton Theatre
and Barrington Stage); Fiddler on the Roof
(Gateway Playhouse); among others. TV:
All My Children. Jonas has worked as a
pianist at New York City’s Don’t Tell Mama
and for New Jersey’s Surflight Theatre.
Training: Master of Fine Arts, University
of Nebraska at Lincoln, Esper Studio.
Josh Robinson (BBC
Interviewer, Porter, Assistant
Stage Manager, u/s Mickey
Deans) previously appeared
at the Arvada Center in The
Mousetrap, Twelfth Night, The
Lion in Winter, The Second
Tosca, The House of Blue Leaves,
and The Man Who Came
to Dinner. Locally, he has
performed with Denver Center
Theatre Company, Colorado Shakespeare Festival,
Theatreworks, and Curious Theatre Company, of
which he is a member. Josh is a graduate of Oberlin
College and Yale School of Drama, and a recipient
of the Denver Post Award for Best Year by an Actor.
Lacey Connell (u/s Judy
Garland) is making her Arvada
Center debut. A graduate from
Manhattan School of Music,
Lacey studied voice with Ashley
Putnam and Maitland Peters,
and received her Bachelor of
Music in vocal performance.
Her recent stage credits include
Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Starkey
Productions); Dorothy in
Wizard of Oz (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); Bernice
in Bingo (Starkey Productions); Trixie in Knuffle Bunny
(Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); Elsa Schrader in
The Sound of Music (Town Hall Arts Center); and Louise/
Gypsy in Gypsy (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center).
Rodney Lizcano (u/s BBC
Radio Inter view, Porter,
Assistant Stage Manager) A
native of Texas with roots
in New York and Colorado,
Rodney returns to the Arvada
Center after appearing in
The Crucible and A Man For
All Seasons. Other credits:
Off-Broadway with Actors
Ensemble Theatre and
DreamScape Theatre Company; and ten seasons with
Denver Center Theatre Company, Dallas Shakespeare
Festival, Open Stage, Stories on Stage, Theatre Aspen,
and Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Film and TV credits:
Silver City directed by independent filmmaker, John
Sayles; and Stage Struck for Bravo Network. Training:
Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist
University and National Theatre Conservatory.
Peter Quilter (Author) has had his work produced
in major theaters throughout the world, playing in
40 countries and translated into 30 languages. He
has had three successful plays in London’s West End
and has twice been nominated for the Olivier Award
(Best Comedy 2006 and Best Play 2011). End of
the Rainbow premiered at Sydney Opera House in
Australia, followed by hit productions in Amsterdam,
Madrid, Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro and London.
The play opened at Belasco Theatre on Broadway in
April 2012, where it played for 176 performances
and received three Tony® Award nominations. His
other plays include Glorious!, The Morning After, Let
It Snow, Duets, and his latest comedy, The Actress.
Chris Egan (Musical Arrangements) West End/
London credits include: Crazy for You, End of the
Rainbow, Never Forget, Grease, Daddy Cool, Footloose,
and Calamity Jane. United Kingdom (UK) Tours: The
Witches of Eastwick, The Wedding Singer, Kiss Me, Kate,
Love Shack, and Strictly the Professionals. Television:
Upstairs, Downstairs, Royal Variety Performance, An
Audience with Dame Shirley Bassey, BBC Proms in
the Park, and Girlstuff/Boystuff, among many others.
Concerts: Elaine Paige, Dame Shirley Bassey, and
Lionel Richie. Egan has written arrangements and
performed with many artists including Lionel Richie,
Annie Lennox, Lady Gaga, Olivia Newton-John, Carl
Davis, Ronan Keating, Robin Gibb and Leslie Bricusse.
Rod A. Lansberry (Director) is the Artistic Producer
for the Arvada Center Performing Arts division. In
addition to producing all of the Arvada Center’s
theater productions, Rod has directed many of
the Arvada Center’s award-winning productions
including Camelot, Man of La Mancha, Ragtime,
Hairspray, The Women, Miss Saigon, and Les Misérables.
David Nehls (Music Director) End of the Rainbow
marks David’s 38th production at the Arvada Center.
As Musical Director, David has worked across the
country at a variety of theaters including: Riverside
Theatre, Vero Beach, FL; American Music Theatre, San
Jose, CA; Theatreworks Hartford; plus many theatres
here in the Denver metro area. In New York, David is
known as a Composer/Lyricist, having supplied music
and lyrics for The Great American Trailer Park Musical,
The Watercooler, Breach, and It’s a Wonderful Life, plus
the opening numbers for the fundraiser Broadway
Bares, 19 and 20. His new musical, The Great American
Trailer Park Christmas Musical, premiered late last year
at Stages Repertory Theater in Houston. He has also
acted as Composer/Lyricist/Arranger/Musical Director
for Carols for a Cure, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Christmas fundraising CD’s from 1998-2005. David is a
member of Historic Elitch Gardens Theatre Foundation
to restore Elitch Theatre at 38th and Tennyson.
Alan Bennett (Musical Staging) worked with Tracie
Bennett’s understudy for the Broadway production of
End of the Rainbow. For the Arvada Center he performed
as Ensemble and u/s Migaldi in Evita, and as Ensemble
and u/s Charlemagne in Pippin. Alan was the Dance
Captain and u/s Carmen Ghia on the first National
Tour of The Producers (original cast). Other tours
include Beauty and the Beast and CATS. He has served as
choreographer or assistant choreographer on numerous
projects, and is a member of five theatrical unions.
Gavin Mayer (Assistant to the Director) Arvada
Center: Curtains, Legally Blonde (Award winner: Best
Musical, Nomination: Best Director), Miracle on 34th
Street; Assistant Director: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,
and Chess. Selected Directing Credits: Forever Plaid
(Post Playhouse), Jesus Christ Superstar, Bus Stop,
Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables, Equus, West Side Story,
Pippin, Footloose, The Laramie Project, Urinetown: The
Musical, Anything Goes, Damn Yankees, Brighton Beach
Memoirs, Random Acts of Violence. Master of Fine Arts
in Directing–Florida State University School of Theatre.
Keith Ewer (Assistant to the Music Director,
Percussion) has been the house percussionist at the
Arvada Center since 1987. He is also the coordinator
of the Front Range Youth Symphony here at the
Arvada Center. Keith works as a freelance musician,
arranger, composer, and music teacher in the Denver
area. Keith music directed the current Arvada Center
children’s theater production of Lyle the Crocodile.
Brian Mallgrave (Scenic Designer) serves as Resident
Scenic Designer at the Arvada Center. Recent designs
include Man of La Mancha (2013 Henry Award and 2013
Broadway World Denver Award), Camelot, The Mousetrap,
and Blithe Spirit (2013 Henry Award Nominee). He was
the recipient of Denver Post’s 2011 Award for Ongoing
Achievement in Scenic Design. Other companies
for which he has worked locally include Curious
Theatre Company and Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
Shannon McKinney (Lighting Designer) most
recently designed Man of La Mancha and Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels for the Arvada Center. She is a company
member at Curious Theatre where her designs have
included The Whipping Man, The Brother’s Size, Red
(Henry Award for Outstanding Lighting Design),
Becky Shaw, Homebody/Kabul, Eurydice, and Bug.
Other recent projects include Metamorphoses and
Painted Bread at Aurora Fox, and Colorado Shakespeare
Festival’s Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Her regional credits include projects in Chicago at
Steppenwolf, Goodman, Court, Northlight Theatre,
Drury Lane Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Indiana
Repertory Theatre, and Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.
David Thomas (Sound Designer) designed A Christmas
Carol, The Musical (2013), Camelot, Curtains, Man
of La Mancha (Marlowe Award winner), Miracle on
34th Street, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Arvada
Center. On Broadway, he was an associate/assistant
sound designer for Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony®
nominated design), The Performers, Magic/Bird, Venus
in Fur, Hair, and The Motherf**ker with the Hat.
Regional designs include Yale Repertory Theatre,
Capital Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre
Festival, Bucks County Playhouse, and Theatre Aspen.
Mr. Thomas has also designed extensively in New York
City. Master of Fine Arts from Yale School of Drama.
Clare Henkel (Costume Designer) designed costumes
for Nine (2011 Ovation Award), Miss Saigon, Cabaret,
Sunset Boulevard, Ragtime, Twelfth Night, Chess,
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dividing the Estate, and
Camelot. Also Denver Center Theatre Company,
Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Old Globe Theatre,
La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego and San Jose Repertory
Theatres, Aurora Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company,
Dallas Theatre Center, Geva Theatre, Indianapolis
Symphony’s Pops Consortium (including Carnegie
Hall), Sacramento Theatre Company, Lake Tahoe,
San Francisco and Idaho Shakespeare Festivals,
and Maxim Gorky Theatre in Vladivostok, Russia.
Diana Ben-Kiki (Hair and Wig Designer) Arvada
Center credits include: Lion in Winter, Chess, 12th
Night, Legally Blonde, and Curtains. Diana has been
the Wig Master at Denver Center Theatre Company
for the last 19 seasons, where her credits include:
Sense and Sensibility, White Christmas (Buell Theatre),
A Christmas Carol, and Tantalus, to name only a
few. Other local design credits include: Colorado
Springs Fine Arts Center, Garner Galleria Theatre,
Lone Tree Arts Center and other local theaters.
Lisa Cook (Production Stage Manager) has been
an Arvada Center stage manager since 2004.
Shows include: The Mousetrap, A Christmas
Carol, The Musical, Man of La Mancha, Blithe
Spirit, Hairspray, Ragtime, and Les Misérables.
Lisa A. Kurtz (Assistant Stage Manager) has
been at the Arvada Center since 1995. She
started on the running crew, moved into stage
management and has been in this position ever since.
Wojcik | Seay Casting (Casting) is Scott Wojcik &
Gayle Seay. Along with Ashley Squires, they cast theatre
and commercials, as well as TV/Film. Off-Broadway:
Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play starring
Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif, Triassic Parq, Handle
With Care starring Carol Lawrence, National Pastime,
666. Upcoming: Philosophy for Gangsters. Tours: Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oklahoma!, and
A Chorus Line. Regional theatres including: Riverside
Theatre-FL, Theatre Raleigh-NC, Stages St Louis-MO,
Theatre Aspen-CO, and Tuacahn Performing Arts
Center-UT. Pilot: Upstate. Feature film: Best Man In The
Dark. Short Film: Prologue. Web Series: Expert Witness.
ADMINISTRATION
Philip C. Sneed........................ Executive Director
Rod A. Lansberry........................ Artistic Producer
Clark Johnson..................Chief Operating Officer
Erin Green.....Director of Institutional Operations
Teresa Chamberland....Chief Development Officer
Cynthia DeLarber........ Director of Marketing and
Patron Services
John Gratkins............................ Facilities Manager
Lisa Leafgreen................... Education Coordinator
Collin Parson..... Exhibition Manager and Curator
Lisa Hoffman..............................Artistic Associate
Melanie Mayner.............Public Relations Manager
PRODUCTION
Production Staff
Gavin Mayer....................Assistant to the Director
Keith Ewer............ Assistant to the Music Director
Adam Stolte.......................... Production Manager
Jacob Kenworthy.....Assistant Production Manager
David Cimyotte.............. Lead Theater Technician
Brian Mallgrave.............. Resident Scenic Designer
Rob Reynolds.. Design Associate/Scenic Carpenter
Lisa Cook*............................. AEA Stage Manager
Lisa A. Kurtz*......................... AEA Stage Manager
Paul Behrhorst*................Assistant Stage Manager
Scene Shop
Nick Cimyotte......................... Technical Director
Tim Krueger..................Master Carpenter/Welder
Jill A. Fives................................ Lead Scenic Artist
Korri Marshall....................................Scenic Artist
Jacob Auten.................................Scenic Carpenter
C. Cory Knutson........................Scenic Carpenter
Todd Malcolm............................Scenic Carpenter
Nathan Spurgeon........................Scenic Carpenter
Frank Cason..................................Stage Carpenter
Kyle Scoggins................................Stage Carpenter
Dusty Sloan...................................Stage Carpenter
Prop Shop
Meghan Markiewicz............... Prop Shop Manager
Melissa Green................................... Props Artisan
Liza Kelley........................................ Props Artisan
Costume Shop and Wardrobe
Chris Campbell................Costume Shop Manager
Liz Jasperse........ Assistant Costume Shop Manager
Crystal McKenzie................................. First Hand
Meredith Murphy.........................Costume Crafts
Andrew Ozbun....... Wig Maintenance Technician/
Dresser
Jessie Page.....................................Stitcher/Dresser
Kathleen S. Page........................................ Stitcher
Jessica Schneider........................................ Stitcher
Brooke Vlasich.......................................... Stitcher
Electrics
Jon Olson.................................. Master Electrician
Ronnie Daniel.......................................Electrician
Lucy Himsl...........................................Electrician
Bryan Hudson.......................................Electrician
Wesley Reeves.......................................Electrician
Tom Fletcher.........................................Electrician
Lauren Hergenreter...............................Electrician
Sound
Grant Evenson.................. Lead Sound Technician
Morgan McCauley.................... Sound Technician
Bryan Rothrock......................... Sound Technician
On this production, the Arvada Center Theater’s production staff and crew have created or coordinated
all elements of set, lighting, props, sound and costumes.
The Arvada Center would like to acknowledge the following sponsors of End of the Rainbow
Arvada Center’s Preferred Hotel Partner: Residence Inn by Marriott, Denver North / Westminster
Acknowledgments
Rockley Music Center, Nikki Harrison, Ted Stark of the University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance, Hunter Douglas,
Performing Arts Committee, and Arvada Center Volunteers.
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