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ContentsFrom the President & CEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5From the Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Annual Fund Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9White Christmas Title Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13White Christmas Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15White Christmas Musical Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17White Christmas Who’s Who in the Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19White Christmas Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Willis Lexus Drive for Kids Drives Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49for Education Programs

Des Moines Performing Arts in the Spotlight: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Integrating Arts into Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

Scoring Irving Berlin’s “Newest” Musical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Des Moines Performing Arts Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . .58Des Moines Performing Arts Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Guest Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

WHO’S WHO in the CAST

Juliet, Caesar and Cleopatra, Macbeth. Metropolitan Opera: Rodelinda, Iphigénie en Tauride. Mr. Rankin is also a mandolinist with the folk/bluegrass artist Susie Glaze and the Hilonesome Band.

TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting) . Broadway/Tours: A Streetcar Named Desire, Leap of Faith, Evita, The Best Man, Newsies, Magic/Bird, Porgy and Bess, Godspell, SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark, Sister Act, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Rock of Ages, Wicked, Bring It On, The Addams Family. Off-Broadway: Carrie (MCC), Rent, Million Dollar Quartet (and Tour, Chicago), Atlantic, Signature. Film: The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Joyful Noise, Friends with Kids, Margin Call, Howl, Sex and the City 1 & 2, I Love You Phillip Morris, Rachel Getting Married, Dan in Real Life, Across the Universe. TV: “Smash,” “A Gifted Man,” “The Big C.” www.telseyandco.com.

DARYL WATERS (Co-Orchestrator). Orchestrations: Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk; Street Corner Symphony (Broadway). Dance music arrangements: The Color Purple; Jelly’s Last Jam (Broadway). Original music: Noise/Funk (Tony/Grammy nominations), Drowning Crow (Broadway). Longtime music director for Eartha Kitt. Mr. Waters is a music graduate of Livingstone College in Salisbury, NC.

ALVIN HOUGH JR. (Music Director/ Conductor). Dreamgirls (National Tour); Innocence—workshop (Manhattan Theatre Club); Saving Aimee by Kathie Lee Gifford (New 42nd St Studios); One Night Only Benefit with Sheryl Lee Ralph (Memorial Theatre); Say It Ain’t So (Kennedy Center); Night at the Oak Room (Algonquin). Graduate of Harvard University, 2006.

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Dear friends,

It’s interesting that one of the most popular and iconic Christmas songs was written by a Russian Jewish immigrant for a Broadway musical revue. But then again, the song’s writer wasn’t your average composer. Perhaps no other writer has ever captured the American spirit in song quite like Irving Berlin. Many of his more than 1,000 songs are classics, including “Easter Parade,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “God Bless America.”

And although the Broadway revue was never produced, it ultimately became the 1942 film Holiday Inn, starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. Berlin anticipated that the song for Valentine’s Day, “Be Careful, It’s My Heart,” would be the film’s hit song. But months before the release of the movie, the song “White Christmas,” performed by Bing Crosby, made its radio debut. The song wouldn’t be widely heard again until October 1942, when Crosby released it as a single prior to the opening of Holiday Inn. At first sales of the record were disappointing, but several weeks later, it was topping the charts. In time, it would become the most successful single ever, selling more than 50 million copies.

Following the success of Holiday Inn, Paramount decided to use the song in 1954’s White Christmas, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney. It was enormously popular and was the highest-grossing film of the year.

It’s thrilling that this timeless holiday movie is now a stage musical. I saw an early production of the show in San Francisco in 2004 and the subsequent Broadway production in 2008, and I love it. In general, I’m attracted to big, old-fashioned musicals with great singing and dancing. Those elements—plus the holiday theme—make this production irresistible.

Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a presentation in our Willis Broadway Series. All of us at Des Moines Performing Arts wish you and yours the very best this holiday season, and we hope you enjoy the show!

Jeff ChelesvigPresident & CEODes Moines Performing Arts

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Dear friends,

Welcome to the Des Moines Civic Center and to the Willis Broadway Series.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, please accept our sincere thanks to our loyal season ticket holders and to our donors whose generous gifts are the foundation for all we do. We truly appreciate your support.

In addition to the Willis Broadway Series, Des Moines Performing Arts presents The Dance Series, the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Family Series, and three offerings within the Prairie Meadows Temple Theater Series – the Temple Comedy Series, Live at the Temple and Lunch Unplugged.

The staff and board take great pride in making our four venues performance homes for our entire community, including the Des Moines Symphony, StageWest Theatre Company and the SmartTalk Connected Conversations Series. To embrace our roots, we welcome local artists, dance studios, students and more onto our stages each year.

Des Moines Performing Arts is also a national leader in theater and arts education. More than 50,000 students attend curriculum-connected performances in our facilities each year. Teachers learn to incorporate the arts into traditional classroom topics. The new Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards are elevating and showcasing the work of high schools and their students.

As a non-profit organization, Des Moines Performing Arts requires your help to make all of this happen. We ask for your support as a donor and appreciate your help in creating a world-class performing arts center.

To learn more about attending any of our performances or about making a donation, please visit DesMoinesPerformingArts.org or call (515) 246-2300.

Thank you for being here. Enjoy the show!

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DES MOINES CIVIC CENTERA Des Moines Performing Arts Theater

Jeff Chelesvig, President & CEO

December 10-15, 2013PRESENTED BY DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS

WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS, LLCStephen Gabriel, Producer

presents

Based upon the Paramount Pictures film written for the screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama and Melvin Frank

Music and Lyrics by

Irving BerlinBook by

David Ives and Paul BlakeStarring

James Clow Trista Moldovan David Elder Meredith PattersonRuth Williamson Joseph Costa

Cliff Bemis Cory Bretsch Shannon Harrington Tony Lawson Grace Matwijec

withMaddy Apple Andrew Black Craig Blake Allison Briner Kaitlyn Davidson Cody Davis

Laurie DiFilippo Kaitlyn Frank Joe Grandy Alexa Glover Andrew Hodge Bryan Thomas Hunt Graham Keen Megan Kelley Kristyn Pope Katie Rooney Natasha Scearse Krista Severeid

Scenic Design Set Design and Adaptation for Broadway Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Kenneth Foy Anna Louizos Carrie Robbins Ken Billington Peter Fitzgerald Orchestrations Vocal & Dance Arrangements Tour Press and Marketing Larry Blank Bruce Pomahac Allied Live Production Stage Manager Company Manager Production Supervisor John W. Calder, III Amy A. White John R. Edkins Casting General Management Tour Booking Agency Jay Binder, CSA/ Corker Group, LLC The Booking Group Jason Styres

Musical DirectorMichael Horsley

ChoreographerRandy Skinner

Directed byNorb Joerder

“Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” was originally produced by the MUNY in St. Louis in 2000 and subsequently by Kevin McCollum, Paul Blake, The Producing Office, Dan Markley and Sonny Everett in association with

Paramount Pictures at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco 2004

“Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” is produced by arrangement with R&H Theatricals, an Imagem Company

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CAST(in order of appearance)

Bob Wallace ............................................................................................................................... James CloWPhil Davis ..................................................................................................................................DaviD elDerralph sheldrake ..................................................................................................................... Tony laWsonGeneral Henry Waverly .......................................................................................................... JosePH CosTaed sullivan announcer ......................................................................................................... Cory BreTsCH rita .......................................................................................................................................... KrisTyn PoPe rhoda ...........................................................................................................................KaiTlyn DaviDson Tessie ................................................................................................................................KrisTa severeiDBetty Haynes ................................................................................................................. TrisTa molDovan Judy Haynes ............................................................................................................mereDiTH PaTTersonJimmy ..........................................................................................................................................CoDy Davis Quintet ......................................................................Cliff Bemis, Cory BreTsCH, allison Briner,

CoDy Davis & KrisTa severeiD mr. snoring man ......................................................................................................................... Cliff Bemismrs. snoring man ...............................................................................................................allison Briner Train Conductor .................................................................................................................... Cory BreTsCHmartha Watson ...............................................................................................................ruTH Williamsonsusan Waverly ............................................................. sHannon HarrinGTon & GraCe maTWiJeC ezekiel foster .............................................................................................................................. Cliff Bemismike nulty (stage manager) ................................................................................................ Cory BreTsCH “let me sing and i’m Happy” specialty ...................................................... CraiG BlaKe, CoDy Davis,

Joe GranDy, Bryan THomas HunTsheldrake’s secretary ..........................................................................................................allison Briner regency room announcer ................................................................................................... Cory BreTsCH regency room Dancers ..................................... CoDy Davis, Joe GranDy, Bryan THomas HunT

THE ENSEMBLEmaDDy aPPle, CraiG BlaKe, allison Briner, KaiTlyn DavDison, CoDy Davis,

KaiTlyn franK, Joe GranDy, alexa Glover, anDreW HoDGe, Bryan THomas HunT, GraHam Keen, meGan Kelley, KrisTyn PoPe,

KaTie rooney, naTasHa sCearse, KrisTa severeiD

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a specific announcement is made at the time of the performanceFor Bob Wallace—Tony laWson; For Betty Haynes—KrisTa severeiD;For Phil Davis—CraiG BlaKe; For Judy Haynes—KaiTlyn DaviDson;

For Martha Watson—allison Briner; For General Waverly—Cliff Bemis; For Ralph Sheldrake—Cory BreTsCH; For Ezekiel/Snoring Man—CoDy Davis;

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Scene 1: Somewhere on the Western Front of World War II—Christmas Eve, 1944“Happy Holiday/White Christmas” .................................................................... Bob, Phil & sheldrake

Scene 2: The Ed Sullivan Show—1954“Happy Holiday/let yourself Go” ....................................................................Bob, Phil & the Chorus

Scene 3: Backstage at the Ed Sullivan Show—after the show; Backstage at Jimmy’s“love and the Weather” ......................................................................................................Bob & Betty

Scene 4: Jimmy’s Back Room, a None-Too-Classy Nightspot“sisters” .............................................................................................................................Betty & Judy“The Best Things Happen While you’re Dancing” ............................................... Phil, Judy & Quintet

Scene 5: A Train Car—later that night“snow” .......................................Phil, Judy, Bob, Betty, snoring man, mrs. snoring man, Passengers

Scene 6: The Lobby of the Columbia Inn in Vermont“What Can you Do with a General?” ......................................................................martha, Bob & Phil

Scene 7: The Barn Rehearsal Hall“let me sing and i’m Happy” .....................................................................................................martha

Scene 8: The Lobby of the Columbia Inn—that night“Count your Blessings instead of sheep” ..........................................................................Bob & Betty

Scene 9: Ralph Sheldrake’s Office, New York/Martha’s Switchboard—morning

Scene 10: The Barn Rehearsal Hall—later that day“Blue skies” ............................................................................................................... Bob & the Chorus

AcT iiScene 1: Onstage in the Barn Theater—the next day“i love a Piano” ...............................................................................................Phil, Judy & the Chorus

Scene 2: The Lobby of the Columbia Inn“falling out of love Can Be fun” ...................................................................... martha, Betty & Judy

Scene 3: The Barn Rehearsal Hall—shortly thereafter“sisters” (reprise) ................................................................................................................. Bob & Phil

Scene 4: The Regency Room, New York—the next evening“love, you Didn’t Do right By me/How Deep is the ocean” ............................................Betty, Bob

Scene 5: The Ed Sullivan Show—the next evening“The old man” ........................................................................................................................ Bob, men

Scene 6: The Front Desk at the Colonial Inn, Christmas Eve, December 24, afternoon“let me sing and i’m Happy” (reprise) .......................................................................................susan

Scene 7: Backstage at the Barn Theater—that evening, Christmas Eve“How Deep is the ocean” (reprise) ...................................................................................Betty & Bob“The old man” (reprise) ..............................................................................Bob, Phil, sheldrake, men“White Christmas” ............................................................................................................The Company

Scene 8: Curtain Call“i’ve Got my love to Keep me Warm” ...........................................................................The Company

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTJAMES cLow (Bob Wallace). Broadway: White Christmas, Assassins, Wonderful Town, Company, She Loves Me, Blood Brothers. madison square Garden: Peter Pan. City Center’s encores!: Pipe Dream and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. off-Broadway: marc Blitzstein’s Juno. national tours: Les Misérables, Jekyll & Hyde, Oklahoma!, Sunset Boulevard, Jesus Christ Superstar and Into the Woods. Tv: “The Good Wife,” PBs’s “Great Performances—sondheim: a Celebration at Carnegie Hall” and “live from lincoln Center—Passion.” James holds a B.f.a. from syracuse university, and has attended the london academy of music and Dramatic arts and Groundlings improv. Proud aea member since 1985.

TriSTA MoLdovAN (Betty Haynes) is thrilled to join the Irving Berlin’s White Christmas family! Broadway/national tour: Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway’s 10,000th performance, Denver ovation nomination). off Broadway: sally in Me and My Girl (musicals Tonight!). regional: miss Grey in Sense and Sensibility (world premiere, Denver Center), abigail in 1776 (Pittsburgh Public), maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (arkansas rep), Betty in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Gateway), songbird in Simeon’s Gift with Julie andrews (Baystreet Theatre). Tv: “Guiding light,” “all my Children,” “as the World Turns,” “Celebrity Ghost stories.” Proud member of aea and saG-afTra. love to her family and to her husband, stephen.

dAvid ELdEr (Phil Davis). Broadway: Curtains (Bobby Pepper); 42nd Street (Billy lawlor, outer Critics and astaire award noms.); Kiss Me, Kate (Bill Calhoun); Titanic (frederick fleet); Once Upon A Mattress; Damn Yankees; Beauty and the Beast; and Guys and Dolls. recently, David starred as Bert in the regional premiere of Mary Poppins for the music Theater of Wichita. favorites: Joe Hardy opposite Jerry lewis in the national tour of Damn Yankees and starring as Timothy opposite Kristin Chenoweth in City Center encores! production of Strike Up The Band. Tv/film: Across the Universe, Cradle Will Rock, Jeffrey and “Guiding light.” Happy holidays!

MErEdiTH pATTErSoN (Judy Haynes). Broadway: originated Judy in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (cast album), original cast/Peggy sawyer in 42nd Street (revival), Julie Taymor’s The Green Bird (cast album). off Broadway and regional: Kit Baker in Face The Music (City Center encores/cast album), louise in steve martin’s Underpants (dir. John rando), Polly in The Boy Friend (dir. Julie andrews), young Phyliss in Papermill’s Follies (cast album), msG’s A Christmas Carol (mike ockrent/susan stroman). Tv: Guest starring on “The Good Wife,” “Person of interest,” “made in Jersey,” “law & order: svu,” “Boston legal” (four episodes opposite Tom selleck). film: Every Little Step, Princess Diaries II, etc. Concerts: Broadway By The year series (nyC), Birdland, feinstein’s and The Gardenia. solo album available on iTunes. Best role ever is mother to her baby max. www.meredithpatterson.com.

rUTH wiLLiAMSoN (Martha Watson). Broadway: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, La Cage aux Folles, The Music Man (outer Critics nomination), Epic Proportions, Little Me, Guys and Dolls, Smile, Musical Comedy Murders, Annie. off-Broadway: Green Heart (Drama Desk nomination), The Good Times Are Killing Me, Queen Amarantha. regional: The Music Man, Les Misérables, Guys and Dolls (Hollywood Bowl), arena stage, old Globe, long Wharf, Hartford stage. film: Evan Almighty, The Producers, Legally Blonde II, Family Man, Malcolm X, Psycho Beach Party and Die Mommie, Die! (Charles Busch’s singing voice). Tv: “modern family,” “Castle,” “monk,” “medium,” “The o.C.,” “The Practice,” “er,” “star Trek: enterprise,” “law & order” and mrs. Grubman on “nip/Tuck.”

JoSEpH coSTA (General Waverly). Broadway: The Best Man. off-Broadway: The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Love’s Labours Lost, Henry V, Titus Andronicus, A Map of the World, Macbeth, all for Joseph Papp’s new york shakespeare festival. The Crucible and The Show-Off, roundabout Theatre. Jail Diary of Albie Sachs, manhattan Theatre Club. national tours: Dirty Dancing and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. over 125 regional theater productions for actors’

WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTTheatre of louisville, alley Theatre, Goodman Theatre, yale repertory Theatre, the Williamstown Theatre festival and many others. Guest star on many television productions and appearances in the films Off The Black, First Born, Power, Without a Trace and Prisoner Without a Name.

cLiff BEMiS (Snoring Man/Ezekiel Foster/Quintet/ u/s General Waverly) originated the role of ezekiel foster in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas on Broadway as well as san francisco, los angeles and Detroit. off-Broadway as Chris in New Girl In Town at irish rep, first national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone, Pool Boy at Barrington stages, Twist at the Pasadena Playhouse. films; Billy, Nancy Drew, World Trade Center, Au Pair II. over 75 Tv appearances, including “White Collar,” “law & order: svu,” “one life To live,” “Dallas” and “Cheers” to name a few. He also established the Cliff Bemis music Theatre scholarship at his alma mater, Baldwin Wallace university in ohio. member

of actors’ equity since 1968. visit www.cliffbemis.com.

cory BrETScH (Mike Nulty/Ed Sullivan Show Announcer/Quintet/Train Conductor/ Regency Room Announcer/u/s Sheldrake) is excited to be joining the cast of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. off-Broadway: Storyville (ny premiere, The york Theater). regional: Storyville (san Diego rep); Wizard of Oz (san Diego Clo); Oklahoma! (san Diego Clo); Invasion! The Musical (world premiere, ovation award); NeverWonderland (world premiere, ovation award). Cory holds a Bachelor of science in engineering from the university of southern California. www.corybretsch.com.

SHANNoN HArriNgToN (Susan Waverly), age 9, is happy to return to “Pinetree” as susan for the second year in a row on the national Broadway tour! regional: George M! (little Girl/Baton Twirler/acrobat), Gypsy (Baby June). shannon has

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ToNy LAwSoN (Ralph Sheldrake/u/s Bob Wallace). Broadway: Thenardier in Les Misérables. national tours: Damn Yankees opposite Dick van Dyke, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, 42nd Street and Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera. regional: fagin in Oliver! (Paper mill), Bruce Granit in On the Twentieth Century (Goodspeed), Harold Hill in The Music Man (arena stage), fred Graham in Kiss Me, Kate (maine state) and Colonel falstaff in Lone Star Love (5th avenue). so blessed to be working with his wife, Krista severeid, on this tour! Proud Dad to twin sons, Dean and Ben.

grAcE MATwiJEc (Susan Waverly). Past performances include Really Rosie (ensemble/rosie) at The Bucks County Playhouse, Gypsy (Baby June) at the Kelsey Theater, The Music Man (ensemble) at The Walnut street Theatre in Philadelphia, A Year With Frog and Toad Jr. (frog), Annie Jr. (Tessie), Winnie The Pooh Jr. (Tigger) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Jr. (Dwarf) at the Bristol riverside Theatre. she has also performed in The Music Man (Gracie), The Sound of Music (Gretl), and The Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim). she was an extra in the film The North Star. Grace lights up the stage!

MAddy AppLE (Ensemble) is thrilled to be joining IBWC’s 2013 company! recent credits: Hello, Dolly! (Goodspeed musicals); Nunsense; Kiss Me, Kate; Anything Goes (mGr Playhouse). love and thanks to the cast and crew of IBWC, randy, Binder Casting, TKo and her amazing friends and family. B.f.a. drama (nyu-TisCH CaP21). www.maddyapple.com.

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ANdrEw BLAck (Dance Captain/Swing/ u/s Mike Nulty) has performed from the stage of Carnegie Hall to the streets of Tokyo’s Disneysea. Credits include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Dance Captain and swing); 42nd Street (andy lee); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dance Captain); Joseph… (swing) and Freshly Tossed (nymf). andrew teaches theater and tap dance at sTePs, nyC.

crAig BLAkE (Ensemble/u/s Phil Davis) is thrilled to spend the holidays with Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. national tours: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Grease, Reel to Real. regional: Millie at Paper mill Playhouse, Show Boat and Sugar! at sacramento music Circus, Funny Girl at riverside Theater, My One and Only at stages st louis. Graduate of shenandoah Conservatory, B.f.a. music Theatre.

ALLiSoN BriNEr (Ensemble/Mrs. Snoring Man/Quintet/Sheldrake’s Secretary/ u/s Martha). Mamma Mia! Broadway and national tour, Follies: ahmanson Theatre, los angeles, Titanic...A New Musical and Les Misérables national tour. over 45 off-Broadway and regional theater credits plus concert appearances and commercials. Television: “The Carrie Diaries,” law & order(s),” “all my Children,” “one life to live.”

kAiTLyN dAvidSoN (Ensemble/Rhoda/ u/s Judy Haynes). Happy holidays! Broadway: Nice Work If You Can Get It. new york: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice The Musical (Caroline Bingley). favorite regional: 42nd Street (Peggy); A Chorus Line (val); La Cage aux Folles (anne). Training: CCm. Thanks to randy, Binder, DGrW, friends, and family! www.kaitlyn-davidson.com.

c o d y d A v i S ( E n s e m b l e / J i m m y /Qutintet/u/s Ezekiel Foster). national tour debut! regional: infinity Theatre Company (Dames At Sea), Penn. shakes. festival (Oklahoma!), music Theatre of Wichita (The Little Mermaid, Sunset Boulevard). B.f.a., university of michigan. Tulsa, oK native! Thanks to randy, Binder Casting, and HH. love and gratitude to God, friends, and amazing family. matthew 6:33.

LAUriE difiLippo (Swing/u/s Rita) is thrilled to be traveling with this incredible cast and crew of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. favorite credits: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (u/s Judy Haynes), Crazy For You (louise), 42nd Street (lorraine), Sweet Charity (Carmen), national tour of Beauty and the Beast (ensemble). This one’s for you little michael!

kAiTLyN frANk (Ensemble) is so excited to be joining the White Christmas team for her first national tour! favorites: anne Bogart’s Café Variations (lucia) at the Cutler majestic in Boston. B.f.a. musical Theatre at emerson College. love to mom, Dad, emily and David.

JoE grANdy (Ensemble) is thrilled to join this beautiful production! favorite credits include: Singin’ In The Rain (Don lockwood), Gypsy (Tulsa), My One And Only (Billy Buck Chandler u/s), A Chorus Line (Don). Big thanks to sally Wilfert, randy, WTG, and the greatest family—snow, trees, and Christmas wishes to Jason. www.JoeGrandy.com.

ALExA gLovEr (Ensemble) is excited to spend the holidays dancing in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas for a second consecutive year. she previously toured the country with Monty Python’s Spamalot and enjoyed many holiday seasons as a radio City rockette. she sends huge amounts of thanks and love to her ever-supportive family and Chris.

ANdrEw HodgE (Ensemble). Tours: 42nd Street, CATS, A Chorus Line, White Christmas. regional credits include arena stage (Oklahoma!, Helen Hayes outstanding ensemble nomination), Westchester Broadway Theatre (42nd Street, Billy understudy), TuTs, nsmT. Tv: “america’s next Top model.” andrew is a songwriter, choreographer, certified scuba diver and founding member of The Boop Troupe.

BryAN THoMAS HUNT (Ensemble). national tours: Billy Elliot, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (ToTs and Kennedy Center, Paper mill Playhouse). regional: Harmony (alliance Theatre), Thoroughly Modern Millie (ogunquit Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Berkshire Theatre festival) and The Big

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Bank (nymf). B.f.a. Boston Conservatory. Thanks and love to his family and Kelly for their constant support! Happy holidays!

grAHAM kEEN (Ensemble) is honored to be spending the holidays on the road with White Christmas! national tours: Young Frankenstein, The Music Man. regional: Good News! (Goodspeed); White Christmas (Gateway); 42nd Street (Billy lawlor—Triarts); Hello, Dolly! (ambrose—studio Tenn.); 42nd Street (surflight). native of nashville, Tn; B.a. Wagner College. Currently falls asleep counting his blessings.

MEgAN kELLEy (Ensemble). White Christmas 2012 tour. regional: Gateway Playhouse: Singin’ in the Rain (Girl in Green); infinity Theatre Company: Dames At Sea (ruby); The engeman Theatre: 42nd Street (ensemble, u/s Peggy sawyer); Paper mill Playhouse: White Christmas (ensemble); merry-Go-round Playhouse: Anything Goes (angel-Purity) and 42nd Street (Diane); musicals at richter: 42nd Street (Peggy sawyer).

kriSTyN popE (Ensemble/Rita/Assistant Dance Captain) is grateful for norb, randy, mr. Corker, Binder Casting, and this wonderful opportunity. she sends love to family, friends, teachers, and the White Christmas company. Happy holidays! B.a. Psychology, northwestern university. Ps100.

kATiE rooNEy (Ensemble) is thrilled to make her IBWC debut! favorite credits: Guys and Dolls (5th avenue and The ordway), Phyllis in 42nd Street (riverside Theatre, arizona Broadway Theatre) and Anything Goes (arizona Broadway Theatre). B.f.a., uCi. special thanks to randy skinner, Binder Casting, and msa. love to Patrick and her family.

NATASHA ScEArSE (Ensemble/u/s Rhoda) is thrilled to return to the magic of IBWC! Tour: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. regional favorites: mTWichita and lyric oKC: Crazy For You (Patsy), Annie (u/s lily), Bye Bye Birdie (nancy), Sweet Charity (frenchy). oklahoma City university grad. much love to my incredible friends, family, and mentors! ephesians 3:20.

kriSTA SEvErEid (Ensemble/Tessie/ Quintet/u/s Betty Haynes) recently opened the new Wick Theatre in Boca raton as maria in The Sound of Music opposite her husband, Tony lawson. Happily returning for a second year of IBWC! Credits include: Meet Me In St Louis (esther), Legally Blonde (elle), Camelot (Guenevere) and Sunday in the Park… (Celeste, 5th ave).

JoHN w. cALdEr, iii (Production Stage Manager). equity member since 1981. fifth tour of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Credits include Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Forbidden Broadway, Les Misérables, Disney’s High School Musical—On Stage (original Production and Tour), The Light in the Piazza, A Chorus Line (Donna mcKechnie), Dreamgirls (Jennifer Holliday), Anything Goes (Chita rivera), Hello, Dolly! (madeline Kahn), Carousel (Patrick Wilson), Harold Prince’s Show Boat, West Side Story, Evita, Into the Woods, The Secret Garden, Phantom. He’s worked with: President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, michael Jackson, madonna, muhammad ali, Gwen verdon, meryl streep, angela lansbury, Barbara Cook, Julie andrews. an avid musical theater collector (10,000+ recordings). JWC3laCa@aol.com.

SArAH MArSHALL (Stage Manager). Tour credits include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Buddy Holly, Disney’s High School Musical, Bombay Dreams, Beauty And The Beast, The Sound Of Music and Parade. regionally, she is proud to have been a part of the premiere production of Bonnie & Clyde at The la Jolla Playhouse. off B’way credits include: Dragapella, Starring The Kinsey Sicks, Rated P for Parenthood and Perfect Crime.

dAN ZiTTEL (1st Assistant Stage Manager) has been stage-managing since becoming a member of actors’ equity association in 1976. He loves touring and has worked off B’way, in regional and stock theatres. This is Dan’s fourth production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Thank you Charlie Davisson, T.o.T.s., The Cape Playhouse and anyone who ever gave him a job.

AMANdA koSAck (2nd Assistant Stage Manager). national tours: Buddy: The

WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTBuddy Holly Story, Fela!. off-Broadway: Medieval Play, The Lady From Dubuque (signature Theatre), In Transit (Primary stages). nyC: Roman Tragedies, Bam Poetry 2012 (Bam), Foreverman (nymf). regional: surflight Theatre, lyric Theatre of oklahoma. Television: “Jimmy Kimmel live” in Brooklyn. Graduate of oklahoma City university and proud member of aea.

AcTorS’ EQUiTy ASSociATioN (AEA). founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the united states. equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. aea is a member of the afl-Cio, and is affiliated with fia, an international organization of performing arts unions. The equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org.

irviNg BErLiN (Music & Lyrics). Born israel Beilin in a russian Jewish shtetl in 1888, he died as irving Berlin in his adopted hometown of new york City in 1989. songwriter, performer, theater owner, music publisher and soldier, he wrote scores to more than a dozen Broadway musicals (including Annie Get Your Gun) and dozens of Hollywood movie musicals. His more than 1,200 songs include “White Christmas,” “Puttin’ on the ritz,” “easter Parade,” “always,” “Blue skies,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “There’s no Business like show Business,” “alexander’s ragtime Band” and “God Bless america.” irving Berlin’s love and generosity to his country is legendary, and through several ongoing foundations, including the God Bless america fund, he donated millions of dollars in royalties to army emergency relief and the Boy and Girl scouts. numerous awards and accolades include an academy award for White Christmas, a Congressional Gold medal, a special Tony award and commemoration on a u.s. postage stamp.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTdAvid ivES (Book) is the author of All in the Timing, Time Flies, Is He Dead? (adapted from mark Twain) and New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, among other titles. also expected in new york is his recent hit at the shakespeare Theatre of Washington, The Liar, translated and adapted from the comedy by Corneille.

pAUL BLAkE (Book) is currently a producer of Beautiful—The Carole King Musical now playing on Broadway at the sondheim Theater. He was for 22 seasons the executive Producer of the legendary st louis muny where he produced and/or directed more than 150 shows. His Roman Holiday (Book—Writer) which played to capacity at the Guthrie last summer is about to begin its life on london’s West end.

NorB JoErdEr (Director). His work can be seen from Broadway to regional theaters across america and to european and international productions. He reunited robert Goulet and Camelot for a critically acclaimed revival on Broadway and a record-breaking national tour. He also staged the richard Harris international Camelot that toured australia and europe. in new york, he has directed and choreographed revivals of 42nd Street with Jerry orbach and Tammy Grimes, La Cage aux Folles with Gene Barry and lee roy reams, Gypsy with lanie Kazan, Guys and Dolls with vic Damone, The Music Man with John schneider, Annie Get Your Gun with andrea mcardle and My Fair Lady with michael moriarty. regionally he has worked for Theater under The stars in Houston, the 5th avenue Theatre in seattle, Dallas summer musicals in Dallas and music fair Productions in new york and Pennsylvania. He has also staged over 25 musicals for The Jupiter Theatre and richard akins Productions of Jupiter, florida. for his work there, norb was nominated over twelve times and received the Carbonell award for excellence in theater in southern florida.

rANdy SkiNNEr (Choreographer). shows include: 42nd Street (Tony, Drama Desk, outer Critics, astaire nominations),

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MicHAEL HorSLEy (Musical Director) is the music supervisor for the st. louis muny, america’s largest outdoor theater. His national tours include Irving Berlin’s White Christmas , Thoroughly Modern Millie, Chicago with Chita rivera and Ben vereen, 42nd Street, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and Cinderella. Broadway: Chicago , Seussical . He coached and accompanied solo concerts for lee roy reams, Judy Kaye, luci arnaz, shirley Jones, Karen mason and Tovah feldshuh. vocal direction: Christmas Concert series for the Detroit symphony, national symphony, and Birmingham symphony orchestras. regional theater work: Boston, Detroit fox and Toronto companies of White Christmas, Pioneer Theatre, music Theatre Wichita, north Carolina Theatre, Paper mill Playhouse and Guthrie Theatre.

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ANNA LoUiZoS (Original Set Designer). Designed the Broadway production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas as well as annual

us and uK productions since 2004. she has received three Tony award nominations for The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2013); In the Heights (2008) including us tour; and High Fidelity (2007). other Broadway credits include rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella; The Performers; Avenue Q (including the us tour, Paris and london); Curtains; Steel Magnolias; Golda’s Balcony (also national tour with valerie Harper); Baby It’s You; All About Me; To Be Or Not To Be. regional designs include: Fly, Rita Moreno, Life Without Makeup, Pirates of Penzance, Disney Live Winnie the Pooh, Minsky’s, Vanities the Musical, Sarah Plain and Tall, Arsenic and Old Lace, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Baker’s Wife, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, Me and My Girl, Band Geeks, and many others. art Direction film/Tv: “sex and the City” (HBo), feature film The Secret Lives of Dentists.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTpETEr fiTZgErALd (Sound Designer) designed the sound and co-produced a new musical, Just Another Man starring Clint Holmes. Past designs: The Wiz at la Jolla Playhouse, Evil Dead the Musical, Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, Ring of Fire, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, La Cage aux Folles, Victor/Victoria with Julie andrews, City of Angels, Gypsy, Falsettos, Paul simon’s The Capeman, The Will Rogers Follies, M. Butterfly, Barry mann and Cynthia Weil’s Who Wrote That, Swing, Minnelli on Minnelli with liza, Dream, Threepenny Opera with sting, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. noted plays: The Odd Couple, M. Butterfly, Stones in His Pockets, The Beauty Queen of Leenane and A Thousand Clowns. mr. fitzgerald is President of sound associates, inc., a premier provider of sound and video systems to the theater. Peter and wife maritza are the proud parents of daughters lori and mallori.

BiNdEr cASTiNg (Casting) with Jay Binder, Csa, Jack Bowdan, Csa, mark Brandon, Csa, and Jason styres. Broadway: Nice Work If You Can Get It, Born Yesterday, The Lion King, Finian’s Rainbow, Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, The 39 Steps, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey’s End, Butley, Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Movin’ Out, 42nd Street,

The Music Man, Iceman Cometh, Beauty & the Beast, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Chicago, The King and I, Damn Yankees, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, The Goodbye Girl, and every City Center encores! production. film: Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Chicago, Nine. eight–time artios award winner.

LArry BLANk (Orchestrations). Tony nominated for orchestrations for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Catch Me If You Can with composer marc shaiman and The Drowsy Chaperone. Drama Desk nomination for orchestrations for A Christmas Story, The Musical. other shows include Carousel (london), Fame Becomes Me, La Cage aux Folles, The Producers (Broadway, london), Guys and Dolls (london), Fiddler On The Roof (london), The Black and White Ball (london), An American In Paris, Cinderella, Roman Holiday, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Beautiful and the Damned (london), Seussical (tour) and White Tie and Tails. film work includes Chicago, The Producers and many films for composer marc shaiman (including South Park). He has done concert and recording orchestrations for Barbara streisand, Barbara Cook, liza minnelli, michael Crawford, John Barrowman, michael feinstein, Barry manilow, Bernadette Peters, martin short, Tommy Tune, nathan lane and marilyn

WHO’S WHO IN THE CASTHorne; served as music director for the acclaimed Sweeney Todd at the Kennedy Center’s sondheim festival as well as many Broadway shows.

BrUcE poMAHAc (Dance and Vocal Arrangements) was the musical director and (with composer Hugh martin) co-vocal arranger for Broadway’s Meet Me in St. Louis . He orchestrated the Broadway productions of State Fair (rodgers & Hammerstein) and The Curse of an Aching Heart (Claibe richardson). He orchestrated the premiere recordings of richard rodgers’ first and final musicals: Fly With Me and I Remember Mama (which he also conducted). With Joshua logan (book, lyrics and direction) he composed the score for Huck and Jim (On the Mississippi). mr. Pomahac is the director of music for rodgers & Hammerstein: an imagem Company, and lives in new york City.

k E L L i B A r c L A y ( A s s o c i a t e Choreographer) is very proud to have been a part of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas since the beginning. many shows with mr. skinner including the Tony award-winning revival of 42nd Street. other credits include Pipe Dream at City Center’s encores, My One and Only at Goodspeed opera House, Himself and Nora at Hamilton stage. Kelli also helped develop Goodspeed’s musical

Theater Dance summer intensive, is a faculty member of studio 3, and has taught across the u.s. including at american Ballet Theater’s Dance intensive. Kellibarclay.com.

JoHN corkEr (General manager) is the owner of Corker Group llC and has had the privilege to be the General manager of three Tony award-winning Best musicals: In The Heights, Avenue Q and Rent. additional Broadway credits: A Christmas Story The Musical (Tony award nomination for Best musical); the revival of Ragtime, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, High Fidel i ty and Baz luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème. Tours and international productions: The national tours of A Christmas Story, The Musical, In The Heights and Avenue Q; two national touring companies of Rent; the Canadian, West end and German productions of Rent; Avenue Q at the Wynn resort in las vegas; the national tour of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas with additional productions in san francisco, los angeles, Boston, Toronto, st. Paul and Detroit.

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AMy wHiTE (Company Manager) started her theater career as the associate Company manager for the national tour of Master Class starring faye Dunaway. after surviving that the rest has been a breeze. she recently was Company manager for national tours of August: Osage County (estelle Parsons), 42nd Street, Twelve Angry Men (richard Thomas), Disney’s High School Musical, Beauty and the Beast, Bombay Dreams, The King & I (sandy Duncan/stefanie Powers), My Fair Lady, Annie (John schuck, marcia lewis), A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls (frenchie Davis) and the 2003 tour of The Sound of Music. Hal Prince’s Parade, the 20th anniversary tour of Annie (John schuck, sally struthers), Chicago (first national tour), West Side Story and Rocket Power.

w o r k L i g H T p r o d U c T i o N S (Producer). Dedicated to creating and producing live entertainment. in addition to Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, upcoming productions include the 2013/14 tours of Mamma Mia! and American Idiot, and the 2014/15 tour of Nice Work If You Can Get It. Past productions include the north american tours of Tony award winners In The Heights, Avenue Q and A Year With Frog and Toad. Produced Julie Andrews—The Gift of Music with performances at The Hollywood Bowl and london’s o2 arena. Creators of four new musicals for young audiences including

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Smiles, laughter and applause often fill the venues of Des Moines Performing Arts – not just during a show night or matinee, but during the school day as well.

Thanks to generous support from our donors, Des Moines Performing Arts community engagement and education programs, like the Applause Series, bring the magic of live theater to thousands of Iowa students and teachers each school year.

One of the fundraising initiatives that helps subsidize the Applause Series and other Des Moines Performing Arts education programs is the Willis Lexus Drive for Kids, currently in full swing. Willis Lexus matches up to $15,000 of donations made to the campaign. Since the Willis Lexus Drive for Kids kicked off during the 2008-2009 season, more than $320,000 has been raised.

“Driving dollars for Des Moines Performing Arts’ education programs like the Applause Series has been an incredible experience for Willis Lexus,” said Willis Auto Campus Dealer Principal Rich Willis. “We are proud to sponsor a campaign that inspires, invigorates and possibly changes the lives of young theater-goers.”

The Willis Lexus Drive for Kids fall campaign ends December 31 and will start up again in spring 2014. This season’s fundraising goal is $30,000.

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How can you help the smiles, laughter and applause continue?

Visit DesMoinesPerformingArts.org and click on the DONATE NOW button on the home page.

Go to the Des Moines Civic Center Ticket Office or the concession areas in the Nollen Lobby and Prairie Meadows Lobby.

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DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS

Smiles, laughter and applause often fill the venues of Des Moines Performing Arts – not just during a show night or matinee, but during the school day as well.

Thanks to generous support from our donors, Des Moines Performing Arts community engagement and education programs, like the Applause Series, bring the magic of live theater to thousands of Iowa students and teachers each school year.

One of the fundraising initiatives that helps subsidize the Applause Series and other Des Moines Performing Arts education programs is the Willis Lexus Drive for Kids, currently in full swing. Willis Lexus matches up to $15,000 of donations made to the campaign. Since the Willis Lexus Drive for Kids kicked off during the 2008-2009 season, more than $320,000 has been raised.

“Driving dollars for Des Moines Performing Arts’ education programs like the Applause Series has been an incredible experience for Willis Lexus,” said Willis Auto Campus Dealer Principal Rich Willis. “We are proud to sponsor a campaign that inspires, invigorates and possibly changes the lives of young theater-goers.”

The Willis Lexus Drive for Kids fall campaign ends December 31 and will start up again in spring 2014. This season’s fundraising goal is $30,000.

Willis Lexus Drive for Kids Drives Dollars for Education Programs

How can you help the smiles, laughter and applause continue?

Visit DesMoinesPerformingArts.org and click on the DONATE NOW button on the home page.

Go to the Des Moines Civic Center Ticket Office or the concession areas in the Nollen Lobby and Prairie Meadows Lobby.

Did you know? Because of campaigns like Willis Lexus Drive for Kids, Iowa students and teachers pay just $1 a ticket for an Applause Series performance. The actual cost per ticket for the Applause Series, which brings in professional touring companies from around the world, is more than $6.

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“Having a partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center is extraordinary,” said Des Moines Performing Arts Education Manager Karoline Myers. “Through the affiliation, we are able to utilize national-level resources and planning strategies on a local level.”

Karen Erickson, a Kennedy Center teaching artist and frequent guest instructor in Des Moines, believes that educators integrating arts into their everyday curriculum is critical for students. “If we can change a teacher, that teacher will then touch the lives of many, many students,” she emphasized. “So we look at that as being a way to improve, to change and to transform education.”

Erickson also emphasized that emerging changes in technology over the last decade have significantly influenced how students learn in the 21st century. “We need people who are creative thinkers, who can put things together in a new way and who can solve problems. We don’t do that by teaching in the way we have done in the past.”

Bagley is thrilled to be part of

Des Moines Performing Arts and Des Moines Public Schools professional development program. “It is an awesome experience to learn more about arts and how I can integrate them in my own classroom, but to also serve as a resource for other teachers when they ask, ‘What can I do about this?,’” she said. “It is a great way to collaborate with others.”

For more information about the professional development program, visit DesMoinesPerformingArts.org.

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During an educator workshop on arts integration this fall, Heather Bagley volunteers for what seems like a simple exercise.

Assigned to act out a sentence about a little boy walking up the stairs to an empty house, the Riverwoods Elementary School teacher repeats the task again and again as her fellow educators add more details and description to the original sentence to make her performance more interesting. The exercise was an example of how drama can help deepen students’ reading and writing skills.

After the exercise, Bagley reflected on her experience. “It was a great opportunity for me to get out of my comfort zone and to think of teaching in a different light,” she said. “It gave me an opportunity to challenge myself and be creative in

front of my peers.” Bagley is one of dozens of Des Moines

Public Schools educators who are part of a professional development program throughout the school year that teaches them how to integrate arts – drama, music, dance and visual media – into core subject areas like reading, writing, science and arithmetic. By doing so, educators create learning conditions that are highly engaging and illicit higher level thinking skills from students, making the learning deeper and longer lasting. Furthermore, arts integration helps students develop essential skills of creativity, critical thinking, communication

and collaboration. The program, jointly

presented by Des Moines Performing Arts and Des Moines Public Schools, is part of a formal partnership through the John F. Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education.

Integrating Arts Into Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Riverwoods Elementary music teacher Heather Bagley acts out an exercise on how drama can help deepen students’ reading and writing skills.

Kennedy Center teaching artist Karen Erickson encourages educators to think about how emotion words like “sad” help with meaning in drama and writing.

Des Moines Public Schools educators work together on arts integration techniques.

“It gave me an opportunity to challenge myself and be creative in front of my peers.”

— Heather Bagley

“Having a partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center is extraordinary,” said Des Moines Performing Arts Education Manager Karoline Myers. “Through the affiliation, we are able to utilize national-level resources and planning strategies on a local level.”

Karen Erickson, a Kennedy Center teaching artist and frequent guest instructor in Des Moines, believes that educators integrating arts into their everyday curriculum is critical for students. “If we can change a teacher, that teacher will then touch the lives of many, many students,” she emphasized. “So we look at that as being a way to improve, to change and to transform education.”

Erickson also emphasized that emerging changes in technology over the last decade have significantly influenced how students learn in the 21st century. “We need people who are creative thinkers, who can put things together in a new way and who can solve problems. We don’t do that by teaching in the way we have done in the past.”

Bagley is thrilled to be part of

Des Moines Performing Arts and Des Moines Public Schools professional development program. “It is an awesome experience to learn more about arts and how I can integrate them in my own classroom, but to also serve as a resource for other teachers when they ask, ‘What can I do about this?,’” she said. “It is a great way to collaborate with others.”

For more information about the professional development program, visit DesMoinesPerformingArts.org.

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During an educator workshop on arts integration this fall, Heather Bagley volunteers for what seems like a simple exercise.

Assigned to act out a sentence about a little boy walking up the stairs to an empty house, the Riverwoods Elementary School teacher repeats the task again and again as her fellow educators add more details and description to the original sentence to make her performance more interesting. The exercise was an example of how drama can help deepen students’ reading and writing skills.

After the exercise, Bagley reflected on her experience. “It was a great opportunity for me to get out of my comfort zone and to think of teaching in a different light,” she said. “It gave me an opportunity to challenge myself and be creative in

front of my peers.” Bagley is one of dozens of Des Moines

Public Schools educators who are part of a professional development program throughout the school year that teaches them how to integrate arts – drama, music, dance and visual media – into core subject areas like reading, writing, science and arithmetic. By doing so, educators create learning conditions that are highly engaging and illicit higher level thinking skills from students, making the learning deeper and longer lasting. Furthermore, arts integration helps students develop essential skills of creativity, critical thinking, communication

and collaboration. The program, jointly

presented by Des Moines Performing Arts and Des Moines Public Schools, is part of a formal partnership through the John F. Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education.

Integrating Arts Into Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Riverwoods Elementary music teacher Heather Bagley acts out an exercise on how drama can help deepen students’ reading and writing skills.

Kennedy Center teaching artist Karen Erickson encourages educators to think about how emotion words like “sad” help with meaning in drama and writing.

Des Moines Public Schools educators work together on arts integration techniques.

“It gave me an opportunity to challenge myself and be creative in front of my peers.”

— Heather Bagley

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In his day job, Bruce Pomahac is the Director of Music for The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. He also was the Vocal and Dance Arranger for White Christmas. Here, Bruce talks about Irving Berlin’s “newest” musical. HAPPY TALK: The movie of “White Christmas” is such a beloved favorite. Does that help or hinder the challenge of turning it into a live stage production? BRUCE POMAHAC: Oh, it helps. Even people who haven’t seen the movie have a “vision” of it. This is based on their knowledge of the songs (especially the title song), the movie musicals from the golden era which they have seen and enjoyed, and the images of this film and others like it which - in the form of clips and media bites - have continued to live in our culture for the last 50 years.

People bring all of these “memories” to the theater, and, whether they are aware of it or not, it affects how they react to what is essentially a brand new experience. HT: White Christmas has a pretty great collection of songs to start with, but it still needed a few more numbers to turn it into a full-blown musical. How did that process work?

BP: Songs are exclamation points in a musical like White Christmas. When you get to a number it has to deliver the goods. For sheer entertainment, no one does this better than Irving Berlin did. Often the challenge was not what song we were going to find, but which of several would be the best choice. [Co-librettist] Paul Blake and later, [co-librettist] David Ives and [director] Walter Bobbie did the choosing, and did it brilliantly, I think. Then it became the job

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of the music team to make the songs fit seamlessly into the cloth of the story andthe production. HT: As you wove the interpolations in with the movie songs, what sort of style did you and [orchestrator] Larry Blank find yourselves working toward? BP: The decision was made from the get-go to keep the sound of the music in the post-World War II big band era vernacular. We approached every number as if it were being created, arranged and performed in that time. HT: New songs require new arrangements, right? BP: Right. The orchestra has to be big, in order to cover all the emotional

bases. The choral arrangements have to thrill. The singing actors and actresses must enthrall us. This is a big order. The arrangers have to pull out all the stops and a cast and orchestra need to be found who can put luster into every note and chord. This is the show biz magic that White Christmas celebrates. HT: You mentioned a big orchestra. White Christmas was arranged for 24 pieces. Is that unusual for this day and age? BP: It is rare that any theater producer feels he or she can afford to hire more than the minimum number of players required by the musician’s union for a pit orchestra. On Broadway today that can be as few as twelve players, or even fewer. Kevin McCollum understood the power of expression a full orchestra could bring to White Christmas, and he was determined to have a big band with a string section from the start. I couldn’t be happier. There is no substitution for what a full orchestra can add to a musical production.

HT: Bruce, you worked on the screen-to-stage transfers of Meet Me in St. Louis, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s State Fair and now, White Christmas. Obviously, you believe that great movie musicals have great stage potential too. BP: Absolutely. For one thing, if they’re done right, they should feel more like a new show than a revival, and I think that these three have each met that test. The hardest part about recreating the past is making it exciting once again. White Christmas doesn’t so much take us back to another time as it entertains the socks off of us right now. In a world that can find as much irony in the good old days as it can in today’s headlines, I think this is the secret and the surprise of Irving Berlin’s and White Christmas’s brand new success.

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Des Moines Performing Arts President & CEO Jeff Chelesvig is a member of the The Broadway League. The Broadway League is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. Each year, League members bring Broadway to more than 30 million people in New York and more than 240 cities across the U.S. and Canada.

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ASL INTERPRETATIONDes Moines Performing Arts offers American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation for select performances through Deaf Services Unlimited. Visit DesMoinesPerformingArts.org to see what performance dates this service is offered.

ATMAn ATM is located in the Ticket Office Lobby.

AUDIO DESCRIPTIONThe Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind and Print Handicapped, Inc. (IRIS) offers audio description services for select performances. Call (515) 246-2300 to reserve a listening device.

BINOCULARSBinoculars are available for rent at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters for $5.

BRAILLE AND LARGE PRINTPlaybills for most Broadway productions are available in Braille at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters, compliments of the lowa Department of the Blind. Large print playbills are also generally available.

CAMERASThe use of cameras or any type of recording devices in the main hall is prohibited at all times.

CELL PHONESPlease turn your cell phone off or set it to the silent mode. Please also refrain from text messaging and using your phone as a light source during the performance.

CHILDRENChildren younger than five years old are typically notpermitted in the theater. At designated family-orientedproductions, however, children of all ages are permitted. Everyone must have a ticket, regardless of age. A limitednumber of booster seats are available at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters.

COAT/ITEM CHECKCoats and other personal items may be checked at the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counters during all Main Hall performances.

CONCESSIONSBottled water is permitted in the Main Hall during all

performances. Souvenir cups with lids are allowed in the Main Hall during designated performances. No other food or drink is allowed in the theater.

ELEVATORSElevators to the second level are located in the Nollen Lobby and near the Stoner Theater.

LATE SEATINGLate seating will be accommodated by House Staff at the earliest appropriate time. Pay attention to lobby chimes, which are sounded five minutes before the show begins, as well as after intermission.

LISTENING DEVICES Listening devices are available for use at no chargeat the Nollen and Prairie Meadows Lobby GuestServices Counters.

LOST ITEMSLost items may be reported or claimed at the Nollen Lobby Guest Services Counter during an event. Afteran event, please contact our Ticket Office at (515) 246-2300 or stop by Monday through Friday, 9 am. to 5 p.m. Items are kept for 30 days.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE If you have a medical need, please notify the House Staff. Medical services are provided by UnityPoint Health Des Moines in the Prairie Meadows Lobby.

PRE-ORDERING DRINKSAvoid the line at intermission by ordering your drink ahead of time. Order and pay at any open bar beforethe performance. Pick your drink up at the Nollen or Prairie Meadows Lobby Guest Services Counter during intermission.

SPECIAL SEATING NEEDSSeating is available for all performances for a variety of accessibility requirements (including wheelchair, motorized cart, difficulty with stairs and sight impairment).Please call the Ticket Office at (515) 246-2300.

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