2023 Season
HOW DOLLY SAVED MY LIFE IN 12 EASY SONGS
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Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
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Private Jones is inspired by the true story of a deaf soldier in World War I who displays remarkable skill as a sniper while hiding his profound hearing loss. Driven by an ensemble of deaf, hearing and hard-of-hearing actors and a dynamic Celtic score, witness how one man’s journey through war becomes all the more treacherous because he—and we—can’t hear what’s coming next.
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A Non-Profit Arts Organization
DONNA LYNN HILTON Artistic Director presents
YOU YOU YOU
YOU
By BRUCE VILANCH, GABRIEL BARRE
DAVID B. BYRD Managing Director
and TRICIA PAOLUCCIO
Featuring Songs Written or Recorded by DOLLY PARTON (AND OTHERS)
With
TRICIA PAOLUCCIO MATTHEW RISCH
Scenic Design by ANNA LOUIZOS
Original Sound Design by MARK VALENZUELA
Magic Consultant MICHAEL MISKO
Production Supervisor CHRIS ZACCARDI
Costume Design by BOBBY PEARCE
Hair & Wig Design by BOBBY ZLOTNIK
Associate Music Director MASON FRASHER
Production Stage Manager ABIGAIL ZACCARI
Music Direction and Orchestrations by EUGENE GWOZDZ
Directed & Choreographed by GABRIEL BARRE
Lighting Design by ALYSSANDRA DOCHERTY
Make-Up Design by BRIAN STRUMWASSER
Director of Production ENDLA BURROWS
Line Producer STEPHEN AGOSTO
First Performance: July 26, 2023 at The Terris Theatre
Here You Come Again was originally commissioned by FLORIDA STUDIO THEATRE Richard Hopkins, Artistic Director
Founding Director MICHAEL P. PRICE
Season Sponsors
The Norma Terris/Albert D. Firestone Foundation
In-Kind Season Sponsors
Support provided by CLEAR DAY PRODUCTIONS
Marquee Producing Partners:
RICH CERSOSIMO & VALERIE KOIF • ANNE ROTHSTEIN & JANE HELLMAN DICK & MABLE SEYMOUR • MARY M. WILSON & JEFF RILEY
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
Dolly Parton ............................................................................... TRICIA PAOLUCCIO
Kevin ............................................................................................. MATTHEW RISCH
MUSICIANS
Keyboard I/Conductor EUGENE GWOZDZ; Percussion MARTY WIRT; Guitar JEFF CARLSON; Bass SEAN RUBIN
ALTERNATE
Bass JAMES BETTINCOURT
Covid Safety Officer KRISTAN McLAUGHLIN
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Setting: May, 2020; Longview, Texas
ACT ONE
Here You Come Again ........................................................................................
Hush-A-Bye Hard Times .....................................................................................
Just Someone I Used To Know ............................................................
The Seeker............................................................................................
Two Doors Down ...................................................................................
Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That ......................................................
Love Is Like A Butterfly
ACT TWO
9 To 5 ....................................................................................................
God’s Coloring Book ..........................................................................................
Me And Little Andy .............................................................................................
Sing For The Common Man .................................................................
Jolene ....................................................................................................
Islands In The Stream ..........................................................................
I Will Always Love You ........................................................................................
Light of A Clear Blue Morning
(Songs subject to change)
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Dolly
Kevin & Dolly
Dolly & Kevin
Kevin
Dolly
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Dolly &
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Dolly & Kevin
Dolly & Kevin
Kevin & Dolly
Dolly
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Please turn off your cell phone and any other device that might make noise during the performance.
Photos may be taken before the show and during intermission, when no actor is present.
GOODSPEED’S MISSION STATEMENT
Goodspeed Musicals’ mission is to share the joy of musical theatre; to delight, inspire, and challenge audiences; to nurture creators; and to build and support a broad, diverse, and inclusive community.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The land on which Goodspeed Musicals is located in East Haddam and Chester, CT is the ancestral land of at least three tribes of Native Americans—the Wangunk, the Mohegan and the Nehantic tribes. We understand that the land which is now Haddam and East Haddam, was purchased from the native people in 1662 for thirty coats—worth about $100. We acknowledge those native Americans and the loss of their homeland—land on which we thrive today.
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WHO’S WHO
TRICIA PAOLUCCIO* (Dolly Parton)
Born and raised on a beautiful almond farm in Modesto, CA, Tricia Paoluccio had dreams of following in the musical footsteps of her lifelong inspiration, Dolly Parton. Her NY Broadway credits include: Fiddler on the Roof, The Green Bird and A View from the Bridge. A sampling of her varied Off-B’way credits include: Edward Albee’s The Lady From Dubuque, Cressida in Troilus and Cressida directed by Sir Peter Hall with Theatre for a New Audience and the comedy Debbie Does Dallas. Television includes a recurring role on the tv series Saint X, currently streaming on Hulu, Homeland, Bull, Chicago Med, The Affair, L&O, SVU, Blue Bloods and numerous others. Film includes the upcoming Portrait of a Young Man. Tricia (@triciapaoluccio) is also a celebrated visual artist who has elevated the art of pressed flowers into high design. You can learn more about her art and brand on Instagram through @domainoftheflowerings.
MATTHEW RISCH* (Kevin) has most recently been seen in Hulu’s Saint X. Other recurring television credits include Modern Family, How To Get Away with Murder, Bonding, Looking, Switched at Birth, Tales of The City, and Younger, among others. He co-starred in the independent film Test and was featured in Sex and the City 2. His Broadway credits include Joey Evans in the last revival of Pal Joey, Carlos in the original company of Legally Blonde, Trip Wyeth in Other Desert Cities, and he was featured in Chicago the Musical. Other theatre credits include Sky in Barrington Stage’s Guys and Dolls and Zach in Signature Theatre’s A Chorus Line. Love to JR.
BRUCE VILANCH (Book) is delighted to be back working at The Terris Theatre. He was last here as the writer of A Sign of the Times, also directed by Gabriel Barre. Bruce is a multiple Emmy winner, some of them for a couple of the 25 Oscar telecasts he has written. He was a Hollywood Square for six years, just to the left of Whoopi, if that’s possible. And, he toured America and played Broadway as Edna Turnblad, Baltimore housewife, in Hairspray. Among his non-Emmy winning TV shows was Dolly, a big Sunday night variety show in the 80s that just didn’t’ make it. Somehow he, and Dolly, survived. And here they come again.
GABRIEL BARRE (Director, Choreographer & Co-Author) is an internationally-acclaimed director who directed Amazing Grace, on Broadway, on National Tour and here at Goodspeed. Gabe also recently directed a new version of Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland, which he is now a co-author of, at the Tuacahn Theatre in St. George, Utah. Off-Broadway credits include the original productions of The Wild
Party (by Andrew Lippa); Summer of ’42; john & jen and Almost, Maine. National Tours include Amazing Grace, Pippin and Cinderella. Regional theater credits include A Sign of the Times at The Delaware Theatre Company and here at Goodspeed, the original productions of Memphis, as well as revivals of Billy Elliot, Sweeney Todd, Finian’s Rainbow and many new musicals at Goodspeed Musicals in CT. Among the many countries he has directed productions in are: China (recent production Sound of the Silk Road), Mexico (Mexican premiere of Billy Elliot), Japan (Japanese co-ed premiere of The Scarlet Pimpernel), Korea (world premiere of the new musical, Tears of Heaven), Germany, and numerous shows in the Czech Republic (including Carmen; Jesus Christ Superstar and the new Czech musical Holmes, The Legend and where he will be directing the Czech premiere of Beetlejuice next year). As an actor, he has been nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical. Gabe is also busy preparing to direct the world premiere of the exciting new musical, Reunion, by Frank Wildhorn and Rinne Groff about the reunion of a fictitious band from the Laurel Canyon era.
EUGENE GWOZDZ (Music Director & Orchestrator) is from Fort Worth, Texas. Eugene is Music Director/Arranger for the American Dance Machine 21. Musical Director/Arranger/Orchestrator: Chita Rivera Dance Awards; the Jerome Robbins’ Broadway 30th Anniversary Concert at the Guggenheim; Our Guy, CY, with Tony Award winners Randy Graff, Cady Huffman, and Lillias White; The Jerome Robbins Awards honoring Chita Rivera, Harold Prince, and Stephen Sondheim. Broadway: The Full Monty, Oklahoma!. Off-Broadway: Spamilton. National tours: Sunset Boulevard, Swing. Music Director/ Pianist for Anika Noni Rose, Donna McKechnie, Cady Huffman, Will Chase, Mandy Gonzalez, Major Attaway, Rachel York, Anthony Nunziata, and Nicole Vanessa Ortiz. He has worked with many Broadway stars including Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Chita Rivera, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renee Goldsberry, Leslie Odom Jr., Billy Porter, Tituss Burgess, Shirley Jones, Betty Buckley, Kelli O’Hara, Norm Lewis, Megan Hilty, Kristin Chenoweth, Laura Benanti, Melissa Errico, Karen Ziemba, LaChanze… to name a few.
ANNA LOUIZOS (Scenic Designer) A 3-time Tony Award nominee, set designs for Broadway include School of Rock (sets and costumes), In the Heights, Avenue Q, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Holiday Inn, Honeymoon in Vegas, Dames at Sea, It Shoulda Been You, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, High Fidelity, Curtains, The Performers, among others. Previous Goodspeed productions: Me and My Girl, Holiday Inn, Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas, Radio Girl, LMNOP. Many productions across the US, internationally and off-Broadway including Roundabout, Second Stage, MTC, Public Theatre, Guthrie, Asolo
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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
WHO’S WHO
Rep, Alliance, Papermill Playhouse, TUTS, Alley among others; West Side Story for Tokyo’s unique 360 Stage Around in 2019, a space in which the audience is completely surrounded by scenery, as well as a new world tour of West Side Story Founder of Broadway Design Exchange, an online marketplace for theatrical treasures. broadwaydesignexchange.com
BOBBY PEARCE (Costume Designer) Stage: Broadway’s Taboo (Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations); Children of Eden (Kennedy Center); Really Rosie (Bucks County); Ritual Cyclical (Lincoln Center); Summer Of Love (Ogunquit); Falling For Eve (York Theatre); The Marvelous Wonderettes (NYC, Albany, Cincinnati, Long Beach, San Jose, and Sacramento); Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Las Vegas); The Syringa Tree (New York/London); Red Dog Howls (El Portal/LA); L’incoronazione de Poppea (Wolf Trap Opera); and Chita Rivera’s Tour Chita & All That Jazz. Television: The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Rosie Live, The Rosie Show and The Big Gay Sketch Show. Film: Let It Snow starring Bernadette Peters. He’s designed for Liza Minnelli, Gwen Verdon, Madeline Kahn, Elizabeth Ashley, Glenn Close, Marla Maples, and International Skating Champions Maia and Alex Shibutani and Evan Bates (2014 Olympics). www.bobbypearce.com
ALYSSANDRA DOCHERTY (Lighting Designer) [she/her] is a Philadelphia-based lighting designer originally from Vernon, NJ. After graduating from DeSales University, she continued her training as an apprentice at Goodspeed Musicals in the 2010 season. She went on to spend five seasons as the Lighting Supervisor at Philadelphia Theatre Company. Aly has toured internationally with Koresh Dance Company and BalletX to stages in Belarus, Mexico, Bermuda, Serbia, Italy, and all across the USA. Recent credits include: Man of La Mancha (Delaware Theatre Company), The Play That Goes Wrong (1812 Productions), Carmen Suite (Philadelphia Orchestra with Brian Sanders’ JUNK), Winter Series at The Wilma (BalletX), Plaid Tidings (Delaware Theatre Company), The 39 Steps (Virginia Stage Company). She has also designed for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Hattiloo Theatre, and Florida Repertory Theatre, among others. Her designs have been recognized with Barrymore and Ostrander Award nominations in Philadelphia and Memphis respectively. www.alyssandradocherty.com
MARK VALENZUELA (Sound Designer) is a freelance sound designer and audio engineer for the performing arts, based in Philadelphia since 2005. Regional theatre credits, in Philly and beyond, include: Theatre Exile, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Lantern Theatre Company, 11th Hour Theatre Company, Theatre Horizon, 1812 Productions, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Act II Playhouse, Playmaker’s Repertory Company
(Chapel Hill, NC), Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (Milwaukee WI), Vail Dance Festival (Vail, CO), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), University of the Arts, and Villanova, Temple, Drexel and Arcadia Universities. Mark grew up in Louisville, KY, and has a BA in English and Theatre from Georgetown University.
BOBBY ZLOTNIK (Hair & Wig Design) Off-Broadway: Emojiland (Drama Desk Nom.), Fairycakes, Mornings At Seven, The Book of Merman, Drop Dead Perfect, Disenchanted, Forbidden Broadway, Bed Bugs!!!, and many more. National Tours: On Your Feet, Emojiland, Cocomelon LIVE. PCPA: Pride and Prejudice, Hairspray, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, My Fairytale, Caroline or Change. The Lex: The Little Mermaid, Newsies, The Music Man Gulfshore Playhouse: Barefoot In The Park, Steel Magnolias, The 39 Steps. Park Playhouse: Matilda, Ain’t Misbehavin’. Penguin Rep: The Virtuous Life of Joseph Andrews, Souvenir. Syracuse Stage: Tender Rain, Our Town. Tuacahn: Wonderland. Bucks County Playhouse: Evita. PCLO: Godspell. Hangar Theatre: Kinky Boots. Theatre By The Sea: Love And Other Fables.
BRIAN STRUMWASSER (Make-Up Designer) is a New York-based visual artist who also works in film, print, and Broadway as makeup artist and hair stylist. He has worked with some of the most celebrated people in the entertainment industry. Previous Shows: Once Upon A One More Time, Ain’t No Mo, Tootsie, The Lehman Trilogy, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and many more.
www.BrianStrumwasser.com @BrianStrumwasser
MICHAEL MISKO (Magic Consultant) With nearly 30 years of experience in magic and theatre, Michael is glad to put his two areas of expertise to good use. Chosen as the original magician to create the role of the “Magic Maker” in the World Premiere of Stephen Schwartz’s Magic to Do, under the direction of Gabriel Barre, Michael is happy to once again collaborate with Gabe on this production. Michael currently performs magic for large corporations and private functions, as well as on cruise ships. Other consulting and design credits: Godspell (dir. Gabriel Barre), Cabaret, Pippin, The Apple Tree, Shrek, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Disney’s Mary Poppins, The Pillowman. miskomagic.com
CHRIS ZACCARDI* (Production Supervisor) [he/ him] is thrilled to reopen The Terris Theatre after our brief intermission. Goodspeed: Double Trouble; They All Laughed; A Little Night Music; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; All Shook Up; Pippin; The 60’s Project; Radio Girl; Band Geeks; Snapshots; My Paris; A Sign of the Times and Hi, My Name Is Ben. Broadway: Hello, Dolly!; Noises Off; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; The Anarchist; One Man, Two Guvnors; Hair; In the Heights; 9 to 5; Wicked;
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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
WHO’S WHO
Lestat; All Shook Up. Many Regional/Off Broadway, former Marine, head of the Stage Management program at Pace University. Much love to Niall and Monty.
ABIGAIL ZACCARI* (Production Stage Manager) is so thrilled to be making her debut at Goodspeed. Most recently, she was working as the Production Manager for The Twenty-Sided Tavern at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago, IL. Broadway Credits include Paradise Square. Off-Broadway Credits include ¡Americano!, A Turtle On A Fencepost Regional Credits include The Nutty Professor at Ogunquit Playhouse; A Christmas Carol: The Musical at WPPAC; Chicago at The Muny in St. Louis, MO. Thank you to Willy, Mom, Dad, and Chris for everything over the years. abigailzaccari.com
MASON FRASHER (Associate Music Director) is a music director currently in his second season of residency at Goodspeed Musicals. His work is featured in the scores and keyboard programming of shows and events throughout the season, as well as at the keyboard for various live performances. His Goodspeed highlights include Cabaret, 42nd Street, and Gypsy. As a freelancer, he has performed with The Marriot Theatre in Lincolnshire, TheatreWorks USA, The Hartt School, The Chicago Workshop of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, and the National Tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. BS in Vocal Performance at Northwestern University. masonfrasher.com
ENDLA BURROWS (Director of Production) has 25 years of creative management experience with a focus on balancing artistic vision with logistic needs. She was an integral part of the Industrial Light and Magic team that managed dozens of films including the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Twister, Mission Impossible, and Pirates of the Caribbean As Executive Director of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, she oversaw bidding, production and client management for a diverse slate of television, film, commercial and theater productions including Sesame Street, Where the Wild Things Are, and Goodspeed’s production of Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas. At Digital Domain Endla supervised the Editorial, Tech services and Training departments for I, Robot and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Ever looking for new challenges, Endla has worked as an assistant director, technical consultant and graphics producer.
STEPHEN AGOSTO (Line Producer) is in his second season at Goodspeed Musicals. For nearly 14 years he served as Associate Director of Education and Senior Director of Artistic Engagement at Tony Award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse as part of the team that shepherded such productions as The Sting (starring Harry Connick Jr.), Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (World Premiere),
and Half Time (directed by Jerry Mitchell). He has taught theatre at both Fordham University and Rutgers University. He is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer across the country in the area of equitable college admissions practices in the arts. Stephen began his professional career at 8 years old as a dancer for Disneyland and went on to perform, choreograph, and direct over 70 productions around the world.
MICHAEL P. PRICE (Founding Director) Under the direction of Michael Price for 47 years commencing in 1968, Goodspeed Musicals became internationally recognized for its dedication to the advancement and preservation of the American Musical. For Goodspeed, Mr. Price produced over 250 classic and forgotten musicals, 100 new musicals, and transferred 19 shows to Broadway, earning 13 Tony Awards. Goodspeed itself was honored with two special Tony Awards. Mr. Price was recently inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, which honors lifetime achievement in the American theater.
Mr. Price is the founder of the League of Historic American Theatres and a founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. He serves on the Executive Committee of the American Theatre Wing and as a member the Tony Administration Committee. His board memberships include the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the Johnny Mercer Foundation, the ASCAP Foundation, and numerous charitable and non-profit organizations. He received his BA from Michigan State University, MA from Minnesota, MFA from Yale, and holds honorary doctorates from Wesleyan University, Connecticut College, and The University of Hartford. He is married to Jo-Ann Nevas Price; they are the proud grandparents of Ezra and Ari.
DAVID B. BYRD (Managing Director) [he/him] was named Goodspeed Musicals’ first Managing Director in early 2021 and has held leadership positions at Connecticut’s Yale Repertory Theater, Westport Country Playhouse, and the Dwight/Edgewood Project in New Haven. With a career in the professional regional theatre spanning 20 years, he previously served as the Managing Director of Virginia Stage Company, Southeastern Virginia’s largest producing theatre. David has a passion for placemaking, thoughtful community engagement, arts advocacy and coalition-building. His commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and access is steadfast, with appointments to anti-racism working groups and other related posts in academia and the non-profit sector. Prior to his work in Norfolk, David was Managing Director of the Clarence Brown Theatre (CBT) at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where he also served as Adjunct Professor in the UT-Knoxville Department of Theatre. David has served on the McClung Museum Academic Programs Advisory Board and the Great Schools Partnership Advisory Council, in addition to grants panels for the
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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
WHO’S WHO
National Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee Arts Commission, Virginia Commission for the Arts and the United Way.
In addition to participating in union negotiations with the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), David has guest lectured at Greensboro College, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia Wesleyan University, Christopher Newport University, Skidmore College and Texas Tech, among others. He received an MFA degree in Theater Management from Yale University School of Drama and a BA degree in Drama from UNC-Greensboro in his native North Carolina. David and his husband Jeff reside in nearby Portland, CT and enjoy hiking throughout the gorgeous CT woods when not taking in a live performance.
DONNA LYNN HILTON (Artistic Director) [she/ her] is a highly-effective creative producer with a significant record of leading, developing and producing new musical theatre works as well as inspiring a re-envisioning of the canon. She has led the creation of many of Goodspeed’s most successful productions of recent years, including the 2014 World Premiere of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn and last season’s 42nd Street. She inspired the creation of Goodspeed’s critically-acclaimed production of Show Boat and brought to Goodspeed the new musicals Because of Winn Dixie, Chasing Rainbows, Amazing Grace, Anne of Green Gables and this season’s Summer Stock and The 12. At The Terris Theatre, she led the early development of many new musicals, among them, The Circus In Winter, Passing Through and Band Geeks!. With the development of Hi, My Name Is Ben, she led Goodspeed’s first collaboration with a resident theatre outside the US—Scotland’s Dundee Rep Theatre. Donna Lynn led the creation of the Johnny Mercer Writers Grove, the partnership with the Johnny Mercer Foundation which welcomes nearly 50 musical theatre composers, lyricists and librettists to Goodspeed’s campus each winter and has become one of the premiere development opportunities available to emerging musical theatre writers. She led an expansion of Goodspeed’s Festival of New Musicals and through the Festival
brought to Goodspeed the first US development of the international hit Come From Away. Donna Lynn is a past-president of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. She serves as a Trustee for Dundee Rep Theatre/Scottish Dance Ensemble and, closer to home, CT Landmarks. Donna Lynn began her career as a stage manager of Musical Theatre and Opera and remains a proud member of Actors Equity Association. She and her husband, Sound Designer Jay Hilton, make their home in Hadlyme with Cookie and Macy.
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers in the US. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society.
Goodspeed Musicals is a professional theatre operating under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Orchestra members are represented by The Connecticut Valley Federation of Musicians, AFM Local 400.
Goodspeed Musicals is a member of The League of Resident Theatres.
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
Terris Theatre Reopening Donors
Goodspeed is grateful to the donors listed below who raised their paddle to make a contribution at our 2022 Gala in support of the reopening of The Terris Theatre.
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Anonymous • Carol Adams • Mr. Daniel Adams • Gail Baker • Denise Bernardo & Edwin Muentes • Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace • Frank & Amy Campbell • Lisa & Tom Casasanta • Lance & Rebecca Darcy • Sue Frost & Dan Renn • Jon & Carrie Hammond • Jeffrey Hoffman • Shea & Scott Jezek • Michael Joseph • Terry & Bette Lomme • Mr. Michael G. Polo • Mr. Paul S. Polo • Charles Robertson • Hila & Saul Rosen • Dr. Anne L. Rothstein & Ms. Jane Hellman • Kate & Steve Sigmon • Carl Thompson • Sherri & Cliff Voege • Vicki & Alan Wasserman • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Yerxa
WRITER’S NOTES BY BRUCE VILANCH
You probably know all about Norma Terris because you probably live in the neighborhood. If you don’t, and you thought Norma Terris was a street in town, let me tell you one or two things.
Norma was a big Broadway star, first of The Ziegfeld Follies, then as the romantic lead in the original production of one of the greatest musicals of all time, Show Boat. She later became a noted philanthropist and steward of the arts, endowing the land we’re sitting on as well as other parcels nearby for theatrical and pastoral causes. In Florida, where she wintered, she created a ballet company.
I mention all this because our show is about a woman not unlike Norma, Dolly Parton. Dolly has become a significant philanthropist, donating to various projects that she doesn’t like to talk about, but she gives them money anyway. More than that, she reaches everyone who sees or hears her through her music and the strength of her personality. The sun never sets on Dolly Parton. It is always there and it is always shining.
One of the people it has been shining on since she was a little girl is our star, Tricia Paoluccio, who, with her husband, our director Gabriel Barre invited me to collaborate with them on an idea Tricia had been noodling over for some time but just couldn’t figure out how to realize. Then a not-so-funny thing happened....Covid-19. And we were all sitting at home wondering what to do with ourselves. And the idea exploded in her head and onto the page.
To tell you too much more would require a giant spoiler alert, but you might be interested in knowing how it got from that page, ok screen, to what you are about to see.
As part of the rescue plan for Covid-affected businesses, the government gave nonprofit arts organizations grants to make up for the audiences that weren’t there. Part of the grants went to developing new shows. We got one, we wrote one, and we did what everybody else did―a Zoom. Then we had to go to Dolly who let us use her songs and gave us her blessing, provided we cut one joke that I said I would cut and that was my final offer. She saw it my way.
Our show takes place in May of 2020, when the world had been shut down for about six weeks and a certain stir craziness was setting in. You may remember this yourself. The pandemic, especially in the early stages before vaccines, was a profound global event, probably the only one since World War II, and people are still talking about that, as they will talk about this.
Just for tonight, take one small step for mankind back to those weird, out-of-body days that we all experienced. This time, you will have an unforgettable companion.
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SONG CREDITS
HERE YOU COME AGAIN
Words and Music by BARRY MANN AND CYNTHIA WEIL
(c) SCREEN GEMS-EMI MUSIC, INC. AND SUMMERHIL
SONGS (BMI)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
HUSH-A-BYE HARD TIMES
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
(c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
JUST SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW
Words and Music by JACK H. CLEMENT
(c) UNIVERSAL SONGS OF POLYGRAM INT., INC. (BMI) / 75% interest
(c) GLAD MUSIC CO OBO GLAD MUSIC PUBLISHING AND RECORDING LP AND PAPPY DAILY MUSIC LP (BMI) / 25% interest
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
THE SEEKER
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
(c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TWO DOORS DOWN
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
(c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
WHY’D YOU COME IN HERE LOOKIN’ LIKE THAT
Words and Music by ROBERT CARLISLE AND RANDY
THOMAS
(c) SONY/ATV CROSS KEYS PUBLISHING (ASCAP)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
(c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
9 TO 5
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
(c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
GOD’S COLORING BOOK
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
(c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ME AND LITTLE ANDY
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
(c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
SING FOR THE COMMON MAN
Words and Music by MARK ANDERSEN AND FREIDA PARTON
(c) SONG YARD MUSIC (ASCAP)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
JOLENE
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
(c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC
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ISLANDS IN THE STREAM
Words and Music by ROBIN HUGH GIBB, BARRY ALAN GIBB, MAURICE ERNEST GIBB
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PUBLISHING LTD., SONGS OF UNIVERSAL, INC. ON BEHALF OF CROMPTON SONGS (BMI)
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
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LIGHT OF A CLEAR BLUE MORNING
Words and Music by DOLLY PARTON
(c) VELVET APPLE MUSIC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Jerusalem. The disciples are in disarray. Torn apart by the unthinkable death of their leader, see how twelve ordinary individuals come together to create one of the most powerful movements ever known. A universal story of love that you will never forget!
Sept 8 - Oct 29 | The Goodspeed
THE GOODSPEEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION
2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Officers
Hila Rosen, President
Jef Wolter, Chairman
(Past President)
Jeffrey Hoffman, First Vice President
Anthony Cacace, Vice President
Meg Sakellarides, Treasurer
Jennifer Brown, Secretary
Gov. Ned Lamont, Ex Officio Honorary Chairman
Emeritus Trustees
Kay Knight Clarke
Chandler Howard
Lynde Selden Karin
Mary Ellen Klinck
Francis G. Adams, Jr.
Frank Campbell
Carolyn Rossi Copeland
Christopher Dodd
Jim Duncan
Anne Evans
Marlene Ferreira
Muriel Fleischmann
Sue Frost
Jean Selden Greene
Susan Link
Gavin Lodge
Mark Masselli
Michael G. Polo
Kristen Roberts
Blair Russell
Joseph Smith
Nicole Stanton
Leonardo H. Suzio
John Voege
Julie Godbout LeBlanc
Lawrence McHugh
Robert F. Neal*
Michael P. Price
GOODSPEED GUILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Amy Campbell, President
Jay McAnally, Vice President
H. William Shure
Dona D. Young
Alan Wasserman, Corresponding & Recording Secretary C. William Stamm, Treasurer
GOODSPEED GUILD: The Goodspeed Guild is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting Goodspeed Musicals’ operations and productions. Since 1975 it has provided services to artists, patrons, and staff on a year-round basis, while offering its members the opportunity to become part of the behind-the scenes activities at Goodspeed. To find out about volunteer opportunities that fit your interests and schedule, visit our website at goodspeed.org or contact Amy Campbell at 203-443-3338.
CORPORATE SUPPORT
Ally Charter Bus
Altek Electronics, Inc.
American Bridge Company
Anonymous
Art Lab
Ashlawn Farm Store, LLC
Brushmill by the Waterfall
Centerbrook Architects & Planners, LLP
Community Health Center
Concord Theatricals
ConnectiCare
Connecticut Public Broadcasting
Connecticut Water Service
Creative Transportation & Tours
Durham Manufacturing
Essex Savings Bank
Eversource Energy
Hartford Business Journal
HB Live
Hoffman Audi
Jezek, Barbi, & Antone, PLLC
Kainen, Escalera + McHale, P.C.
LAZ Parking
Masonicare
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Nathan L. Jacobson & Associates, Inc.
Odysssey Associates
Option A Group
Petra Construction Corporation
PrintCraft, Inc.
Reynolds’ Subaru & Reynolds’ Boats
RisCassi and Davis, P.C.
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation
Sky Investment Group
Starkweather & Shepley
Insurance Brokerage, Inc.
Straighten Your Crown
Swingbridge Fine Wine & Spirits
The McBride Mariani Group, Merrill Lynch
The Russell Hall Company, Inc.
The Shops at Mohegan Sun
The Suzio York Hill Companies
Theatrical Rights Worldwide
United Airlines
United Mechanical Resources, Inc.
Updike, Kelly& Spellacy, P.C.
USI Insurance
VenuWorks Theatricals
Webster Bank
Young’s Printing/FASTSIGNS
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*Deceased
FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Acorn Alcinda Foundation
Actors’ Equity Foundation
Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.
Burry Fredrik Foundation
Case Graber Foundation
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Foundation
Chelsea Groton Foundation Inc.
Community Foundation of Middlesex County
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Elizabeth Carse Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Frank Loomis Palmer Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee
Hebron Lions Charities, Inc.
Howard Gilman Foundation
Ion Bank Foundation
Jana Foundation, Inc.
Katharine S. Winter Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public
Government Support
Giving
Lucille Lortel Foundation
Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation
Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Robert F. Schumann Foundation
Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation
SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Aeroflex Foundation
The Aldo DeDominicis Foundation
The Christine E. Moser Foundation
The Elizabeth M. Landon and Harriette M. Landon Charitable Foundation
The Frank Young Fund for New Musicals, a Program of National Alliance for Musical Theatre
The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee
The Johnny Mercer Foundation
The Kitchings Family Foundation
The Lambs Foundation
The Max Showalter Foundation, Inc.
The Norma Terris/Albert D. Firestone Foundation
The Richard Sims Winkler Foundation
The Scripps Family Fund for Education and the Arts
The Shubert Foundation
Vernon K Krieble Foundation
William & Alice Mortensen Foundation
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE—LEAVING A LEGACY
Since its inception, Goodspeed Musicals has particularly benefited from the unique advantages of planned gifts and bequests. Because such gifts provide financial support over time, they have been essential to Goodspeed Musicals’ ability to consistently move from strength to strength, plan for the future with confidence, and ensure millions more will enjoy award-winning productions for generations to come.
WILLIAM H. GOODSPEED LEGACY SOCIETY
Goodspeed Musicals thanks the members of the William H. Goodspeed Society who have included a future bequest to Goodspeed Musicals in their wills or estate plans.
Anonymous (12)
Dolores L. Andrew
Fran Armstrong
Alice Belden
Leon Hugh & Anne Sullivan
Calanquin
Frank & Amy Campbell
Jack & Bertie Chuong
Donald Yale Church & Anthony
O’Grady Schillaci
Amy Lee Crockett, DVM
Rochelle Dauenheimer
Charles M. Ericson
Anne Evans
Muriel Fleischmann
David F. Frankel
Richard Goodman
Mrs. Harry J. Gray
Nicholas Groth
Lynde Selden Karin
Nancy Kline & James Trail
Karl H. Kucisch
Mrs. Carmela Marzano
Andrew C. McKirdy
Mary P. Miko
Leslie & Lynne Nathan
Robert W. & Carolyn G. Nelson
Jane E. Ondovcsik
Barbara A. Petersen
B. A. Pomarico
Michael & Jo-Ann Price
Mary Jane Richilson
Dr. Anne L. Rothstein & Ms. Jane Hellman
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Sandler
Dr. Benjamin Sevitch
Carol L. Sirot
Dr. & Mrs. David Snyderman
C. William Stamm
Jessica Waldman Thompson & Carl Thompson
Sheila L. Tomlinson
Mark & Roberta Velez
Linda Wanosky
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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE—LEAVING A LEGACY
BEQUESTS
Goodspeed Musicals fondly remembers those who left a bequest or in whose honor a memorial fund was established. Their love of musical theatre and our institution is an example to us all.
Carol H. Adams
The Milon Barnes Memorial Fund
Cynthia Kellogg Barrington
Michele Trudel Baumann
David A. Belden
Leonard N. Blake
William C. Blatchley
Julie Ann Buchanan
Paul Campagna
Edward and Ruth Cape
Edward and Sally Carrier
Dr. Jack Chuong
Timothy J. Clutter
David Cobliegh
Stephen B. Crowley, III
Ralph Davidson
Fellner Family Foundation
Albert D. Firestone
Dr. and Mrs. Brendan Fox
Burry Fredrik
Norwick and Elizabeth Goodspeed
Henry Sage Goodwin Memorial Fund
Judith Halevi
The Edith O. Haynes Trust
Martha C. Hinkel
Thomas W. Holton Memorial Fund
Marjorie W. Jolidon
Robert D. Jones
Harvey and Ruth Katz
The Adrienne I. Koch Revocable Trust
William J. Kotchen Memorial Fund
Helen Krieble
Dolores F. Lammers-Padwater
Angela Lepore
Dorothy Liepertz
Joanne M. MacDonald
Evan S. McCord
Constance Wolcott Mason
Alice Hammerstein Mathias
Henry “Buzz” Merritt
Peter J. Musto
Robert F. Neal
Edith L. Nyman
NAMED FUNDS AND ENDOWMENTS
Muriel Selden Paris
Miriam Perrin
Rochelle Richilson
Salli G. Riege
Barbara V. Ross
Bertha L. Rottmann
Edward Rousseau
Marco S. Savona
Susan Scherer
Richard Schneller
Lucille Lortel Schweitzer
Joan H. Scranton
Martha Shattuck
Jerome and Marian Silverstein
John F. Single, III
Edward and Mary Sargent Swift
Mark A. Wainger
Natalie Tenney
Jessica Waldman Thompson
Jerold Wanosky
Christopher Weed
Katherine S. Winter
Symond Yavener
These funds and endowments listed below were established during lifetime, by bequest, or in memoriam with an outright gift to Goodspeed Musicals.*
The Dr. & Mrs. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Memorial Fund
The Dr. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Memorial Fund
The Frederick A. & Justine Millspaugh Catlin Family Fund
The Rochelle Dauenheimer Charitable Gift Annuity*
The Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Fund for the Support of the Music Department
The George S. & Charmian A. Goodspeed Memorial Fund
The A. Nicholas Groth, Ph.D. Charitable Gift Annuity*
The Nancy Kline and James Trail Charitable Gift Annuities*
The Charles R. Lindberg Family Fund
The Lucille Lortel Fund
The Maryann & Jane E. Ondovcsik Fund for the Preservation of the Victorian Goodspeed Opera House
The Salvatore Marzano, Jr. Endowment in Support of the Music Department
The Elaine McKirdy Intern/Apprentice Endowment
The Michael P. Price Endowment Fund at Goodspeed Musicals
The Charlotte & Gerald Sandler Educational Endowment
The Scherer Library of Musical Theatre Fund
The Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre
The Jerome & Marian Silverstein Endowment Fund
The Carol L. Sirot Family Endowment Fund
The C. William Stamm Charitable Gift Annuity*
The Ashton M. Tenney, Jr. Memorial Fund
The Jessica Waldman Thompson Endowment in Support of The Festival of New Musicals
The Zachs Family Endowment
*The donors receive a tax advantaged income stream during their lives and a named fund or endowment will be created when the annuity reverts to Goodspeed Musicals.
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GOODSPEED MARQUEE & DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE MEMBERS
Thank you, Goodspeed Members! Goodspeed is over 4,000 members strong—for a complete listing, please visit goodspeed.org or scan the QR code with your phone.
+With special thanks to our members who have been with us 40+ years
*Members whose gifts have been matched by their employer
Donors listed here have given direct membership gifts as well as additional donations between May 15, 2022 and July 10, 2023.
MARQUEE MEMBERS
($25,000+)
Frank and Amy Campbell+
Hila and Saul Rosen
($10,000 - $24,999)
Anonymous (2)
Dr. Sandra Anagnostakis
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace
Richard T. Cersosimo and Valerie J. Koif+
Herb Chambers
Day Family Foundation
Laura and Jim Duncan
Sue Frost and Dan Renn
Susan F. Gonsalves
Ms. Jean Selden Greene
($7,500 - $9,999)
Beverly Buckner Baker
Jennifer Brown and Ian Ayres
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Coviello
Peter and Linda Jokl & Elisabeth D’Albero
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE MEMBERS
($2,500 - $7,499)
Anonymous (3)
Carol Adams
Francis G. Adams, Jr.
Judith W. Adams
Dolores L. Andrew+
Billie and Peter Anker
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Arborio
Mrs. Muriel S. Badgley
Susan and Bruce Baiter
Joyce and Greg Barabas
Louise and John Beard
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Benedict
Kenneth and Judith Boudreau
Steven C. Callahan
Bertie Chuong
Ms. Mary Gaskell
Maury and Sonia Cohn Foundation+
Lance and Rebecca Darcy*
Ruth Ann C. Davis+
Betsy and Rich Didan*
Mary Jane Dunn
Fiona A. Egan
Bill and Denice Feeley
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Feldman
Marlene and Paulo Ferreira*
David and Patricia Fisher+
Muriel and Karl Fleischmann
Lynne and Richard Fletcher
Chuck & Elena Foster
Dr. Brendan Fox
Bill Gilman
William J. Ginnetti, Sr.
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Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman
Mable and Richard Seymour
Ann and John Houston
Sue Joffray
Julie and Peter LeBlanc
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Link
Mr. Michael G. Polo
Mary M. Wilson and Jeff Riley
Benjamin Tschudin
RADM. Louise C. Wilmot USN (Ret.) and James E. Wilmot+
Ian G. MacDonald
Michael and Jo-Ann Price+
Leonardo H. Suzio
Russell Tait and Lee Anderson
The Harry E. Goldfarb Family Foundation+
Laura & Roger Goodspeed+
Karen & Ron Goodspeed
Deb and Ken Grass
Mr. Mark Greenwald and Mr. Anthony Coppola
Ron & Nina Harris
Bill and Sean Higginson-Pierce
Patricia A. Holmes
Christine N. Hunihan
Thirza D. Hyatt+
Penfield & Teresa Jarvis
Lynde and Michael Karin
Dr. Sheldon Kaufman
Frank and Diane Kelly
Ted and Kiki Kennedy
Robbie and Albert Kestnbaum
Nancy Kline and Jim Trail
Catherine Ladnier and Mickey Robinson
Linda Lianos
Peter Luchini
Emanuel and Irene Makiaris
Jennifer Alexander and Mark Masselli
Stephen Selden Mathews
Tony Meola
Bob and Ami Montstream
Regina M. Neal
Eric Ort and Duff Ashmead
Jane Porterfield
Myron J. and Jo Trotta Poliner+
Annella C. Preble
Mr. Richard V. Proffitt and Ms. Carol Sirot
Dianne and Chuck Ramsey
Nancy J. Ramseyer
Robert A. Ridlehoover
Mitchell P and Lorraine Rochefort
Meg Sakellarides and Scott Mokoski
Jennifer Serra & Wayne Schulz
Allyn & Karen Seymour
Millie and Marty Shapiro+
James and Penelope Sherrard
Roz and Peter Shoemaker
Todd Sloan
Jon and Cleo Sonneborn
Sorenson-Pearson Family Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Sally Speer
Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Spencer
Donna and Bill Stamm
Nicole Stanton
Brenda J. Sullivan+
Judy B. Taylor
Donald and Sharyn Timmerman
John Voege and Geoffrey Paul
Carol A. Wiggins+
June Willson
Jean M. Wiseman
Jef and Kate Wolter
Dona Young, Trustee Emeritus, and Roland F. Young III
Suzanne E. Zajac and Cliff A. Birdsey
Alexandria Zeytoonjian
Arthur Zieky and Bill Witkowsky
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GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFF
LEADERSHIP
Donna Lynn Hilton Artistic Director
David B. Byrd Managing Director
ARTISTIC
Stephen Agosto Line Producer
Adam Souza Resident Music Director
Michael Fling Artistic Associate
ADMINISTRATION
Kristan McLaughlin Artistic Administrator
BUILDING SERVICES
Edward C. Blaschik Theatre Manager
Hayden Schwarm Building Services Assistant
Jeffrey Gosselin, Paul Zajac Building Services CleanChoiceCleaning.com ............................. Custodial Services
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Tyler Garstka Company Manager
Lauren Wentz ................................ Assistant Company Manager
DEVELOPMENT
Frank Stilwagner Director of Development
Gloria Gorton ............................................ Director of Major Gifts
Mary Miko Special Events and Corporate Relations
David Mai ............................................... Database Administrator
Rebekah Moses Membership & Annual Fund Manager
Laura Hook Development & Membership Assistant
WordGirl, LLC; Marjorie Rode Grant Writer
EDUCATION
Nick Palazzo Arts Education Collaboration Program Coordinator
FINANCE
Josh Borenstein Interim Director of Finance
Stacy Booth Accounts Payable Manager
Sandy Hall Payroll & Benefits Coordinator
Withum, Karen Kowgios Accountants
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllenLLP), Jodie Jacaruso Add’l Accountants
HOUSE MANAGEMENT
Kathy Raczka Supervising House Manager
Beryl W. Thorpe House Manager
Leigh Beatty, Allison Harris, Kathleen Sedgwick .......................... Assistant House Managers
Bob Bennett, Joe Kaminski, Paula Moriarty Bartenders
Judy O’Mara ................................................ Gift Shop Supervisor
MARKETING
Dan McMahon Director of Marketing
Katherine Desjardins .................... Associate Marketing Director
Ian Galligan Marketing Associate
Carol Giroux Public Relations Manager
Cara Habicht Marketing/Graphics Assistant
Diane Sobolewski Official Photographer
TECHNOLOGY
Jeffrey Mays Systems Administrator
TICKETING
Roger-Paul Snell
Ticket Sales Manager
Catherine Ematrudo Group Sales Manager
Lauren Blankenship, Morgan Dumark-McNamee Box Office Supervisors
Photini Constantinou, Laura Cote, Lori Inferrera, Jenna LeMontagne, Carie McPherson, Dean Paglino, Wayne Rollins, Sydney Sioch, Barbara Wilkinson, Deborah Winchell ............... Box Office Reps
Smart, Strategic Marketing for the Arts Direct Sales
PRODUCTION
Endla Burrows Director of Production
Wesley Schroeder Assistant Production Manager
COSTUME RENTALS
Stephanie Turner Costume Rentals Coordinator
COSTUMES
Pamela Prior Costume Shop Manager
Grace Petersen Assistant Costume Shop Manager
Ka’ihe Fisher First Hand
Byron Batista, Olivya Deluca, Cassandra Greeley, Delaney Johnston Stitchers
Lydia Chamberlain Wardrobe Supervisor
Pat Marcus Wigs Supervisor
Avant Johnston The Terris Hair Supervisor & Maintenance and The Goodspeed Lead Hair & Wigs Stylist
Delaiah Harris Hair & Wigs Stylist
John Riccucci The Goodspeed Wardrobe Supervisor
Cortnei Edwards, Rachel Pantangan, Tyler Warren ........ The Goodspeed Dressers
LIGHTING
Will Johnson Lighting Supervisor
Sam O’Dea........................................ The Terris Head Electrician
Andrew Spencer, Audrey Visscher The Terris Electricians
Jordan Bliese The Goodspeed Head Electrician
Karan Gosai, Margaret Leupold The Goodspeed Electricians
PROPS
Ryann D. Lee Props Manager
Troy A. Junker Lead Props Artisan
Gideon Rowland Props Artisan
Timothy Henderson Props Carpenter
Jordan Cowan The Terris Props Run Crew Head
Miranda Thompson The Goodspeed Props Run Crew Head
Samantha Bruce The Goodspeed Props Run Crew
SCENERY
Dominick Pinto Technical Director
Brendon Figueras Assistant Technical Director
Mike Cummings........................ Lead Carpenter/Shop Foreman
Kevin Bolt, Callum McCabe Staff Carpenters
Ethan Arcaroli,
Angelina Savelli
Carpenters/Stagehand Swings
Lydia Joy The Terris Stage Supervisor
Aaron Frongillo The Goodspeed Stage Supervisor
Ian Borowik, Ashlin Penn The Goodspeed Stagehands
SCENIC ARTISTS
Carla Tiezzi Charge Scenic Artist
Miranda Harkins Lead Scenic Artist
April Chateauneuf ............................... Senior Staff Scenic Artist
Ashley Donnert, Grace Linzner Staff Scenic Artists
SOUND
Jay Hilton Audio Supervisor
Jinnifer Lee The Terris Assistant Audio Supervisor
Nicholas Peretti ............... The Terris Production Audio Engineer
Katie Paris The Goodspeed Production Audio Engineer
Taylor Bartoski The Goodspeed Assistant Audio Engineer
Je’Breanne Morgan The Goodspeed Audio Assistant
FOR THIS PRODUCTION
Brad Willcuts Associate Director/Choreographer
Max Evans Assistant to the Director
D. Craig M. Napoliello Assistant Scenic Designer
Isabella Gill-Gomez Assistant Lighting Designer
Sammy Port Why’d You Come In Here Lookin’ Like That Remix
Tom Spahn .................... Synth Programming & Vocal Producer
Recording Studio Spahn Music
James Carter Pianos Piano Technician
Katie Desjardins Program Editor/Designer
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