ContentsFrom the President & CEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Welcome from Prairie Meadows . . . . . . . .4Sex Tips for Straight Women . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 from a Gay Man

Cast/Who’s Who in the Company . . . . . .6Des Moines Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . .10 Board of Directors and Staff

Guest Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man

April 14-25, 2015

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Dear friends,

Welcome to the Temple Theater! Since opening in October 2002, the Temple Theater has become an important fixture in the live entertainment scene in Central Iowa and a cornerstone of the Western Gateway revitalization . It is undoubtedly one of the best small performance spaces in Des Moines .

Des Moines Performing Arts is dedicated to bringing the finest in professional theater and entertainment to our area . We’re very grateful to Prairie Meadows for supporting our programming .

And we especially appreciate the support of our loyal Temple Comedy Series Season Ticket Holders . It’s the support of theater-goers like you that makes this intimate theater a continued success .

We look forward to seeing you at the 2015-2016 Prairie Meadows Temple Comedy Series! It kicks off in December with Dixie’s Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding a Mechanical Bull ..., and also features My Funny Valentine and the return of Broadway’s Next H!t Musical.

Enjoy the show!

Jeff ChelesvigPresident & CEODes Moines Performing Arts

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Dear Temple Theater guests,

Des Moines is alive with cultural events that rival those found in much larger cities across the nation . This is a result, in large part, to the outstanding offerings presented by Des Moines Performing Arts . Your support of this organization and the wonderful productions at

the Temple Theater is a testament to the quality of offerings it provides to our community .

Prairie Meadows is delighted to partner with Des Moines Performing Arts in bringing you the Prairie Meadows Temple Comedy Series and to contribute to the economic vitality and quality of life in Central Iowa .

Along with our commitment to providing financial support to the arts, Prairie Meadows has given more than $1 billion through taxes, grants and charitable donations to the State of Iowa . More than half of that has remained right here in our community to promote economic development, agriculture, jobs and tourism .

We look forward to another wonderful season, and we hope you enjoy the show .

Sincerely,

Gary PalmerPresident /CEO Prairie Meadows

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april 14-25, 2015PRESENTED BY DES MOINES PERFORMING ARTS

TEMPLE THEATERa Des moines performing arts Theater

Jeff Chelesvig, President & CEO

WRITTEN BY

Matt MurphyBased on the book of the same name

by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman

SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN

Luke Cantarella Tilly Grimes Brian Tovar

PROPERTIES DESIGN PRODUCTION & SOUND DESIGN CHOREOGRAPHY

Alanna Maniscalco Randy Blair Nancy Renée Braun

CASTING COMPANY MANAGER

Geoff Josselson Matt Franzetti

DIRECTED BY

Tim Drucker

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WhO’S WhO IN The COmpaNYMAT LEONARD (Stefan) Regional: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Spike), Julius Caesar (Octavius, Shakespeare and Company) . New York: Piece of Meat with Sherie Rene Scott (54 Below), The Austerity of Hope (Abingdon Theatre), May Violets Spring (Bridge Theatre) The Human Condition (Manhattan Repertory Theatre), Manere Fortis (Roy Arias Theatre); Tours: Of Mice and Men (Lennie), The Taming of the Shrew (National Players); Webseries: Revenue Stream (with Sherie Rene Scott), Back2Reality . Reading of (Temp) ORAL with Ensemble Studio Theatre . Training: Acting Minor, BA in Psychology from Boston University, Studies Voice with Shane-Ann Younts .

GRANT MacDERMOTT (Dan) Roles of note: John Jr . in Now or Later (Huntington Theater Company, US Premiere) by

Christopher Shinn, directed by Michael Wilson; OkCupid Guy in Matchmaker, Matchmaker, I’m Willing To Settle (American Repertory Theater and NYMF); Greg/Tourist/Janitor in Middletown; The Messenger in Medea . Grant is also an acting coach and a playwright .

SAM TEDALDI (Robyn) is excited to learn how to be awesome at all that sexy stuff . Recently seen in Sweeney Todd (New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center), and in workshops of Mrs. Sharp (Playwrights Horizons, dir . Michael Greif), The Blonde Streak (dir . Jack Cummings III) and The Nutty Professor (dir . Jerry Lewis) . A proud member of AEA and an NYU Tisch graduate .

TIM DRUCKER (Director) Directing credits include Off-Broadway: Spidermusical (Mint

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Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MAT LEONARD

Robyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAM TEDALDI

Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRANT MacDERMOTT

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Community College meet the authors forum, Rendezvous with Alternative Authors of the Modern Era .

The time is the present .

Photography and recording of any kind is strictly prohibited .

Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man will be performed without an intermission .

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WhO’S WhO IN The COmpaNYTheater) and Stinkykids! (Vital Theater, Off-Bway Alliance Award for Best Family Musical) . His work has been seen at NYMF, Ars Nova, CAP21 and Joe’s Pub . Writing credits include the books to the musicals (with Randy Blair) Fat Camp (Off-Broadway; NYMF Best of Fest 2009), Perez Hilton Saves the Universe (New York Fringe Outstanding Musical) and Spidermusical . Other work includes Haute Mess and The Other Barrymores (Ars Nova) and Ruff (#serials at the Flea) . His script Hot Fail was a 2013 FOX Comedy Finalist at NYTVF . BFA: NYU Tisch School of the Arts . TimDrucker .com

RANDY BLAIR (Projection/Sound Design) Off-Broadway: Fat Camp (American Theatre of Actors), Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating and Marriage (Davenport Productions), Beautiful Disaster (Joe’s Pub), Walking in Soho (Signature Theatre), Spidermusical (Mint) . His viral video animation work has been featured everywhere from Perez Hilton to Howard Stern to the New York Magazine Approval Matrix . In his other life, he is a writer/director/actor, frequently collaborating with Sex Tips’ director Tim Drucker .

NANCY RENÉE BRAUN (Choreographer) Favorite credits include associate choreographer of the Broadway National Tour of Elf, NYMF’s Fat Camp, and Roundabout’s Robber Bridegroom workshop, associate director/choreographer of Off-Broadway’s The Berenstain Bears Live!, and choreographer of NYMF’s Fantasy Football: The Musical, Godspell’s Broadway Flash Mob, Altar Boyz (Sharon Playhouse) . Northwestern University graduate . Love to hubby Todd!

LUKE CANTARELLA (Scenic Design) Matt Murphy Productions: The Berenstain Bears Live! NYC: Atlantic Theater Company, New World Stages, Chocolate Factory, Lucille Lortel, Synapse Productions, HERE, The Lambs, Sens Productions/Whitney Biennial . Regional: American Repertory Theater, Repertory Theater of St . Louis, Milwaukee Rep, Yale Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Cleveland Playhouse, Northlight, Prince Music Theater, REDCAT, Berkshire Theater Festival, Adirondack Theater Festival, Barrington Stage, TheaterWorks, Prince Music Theater . Opera: Curtis, Peabody/Baltimore Lyric Opera, Wolftrap . Dance: Wooden Floor, Dance Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut Ballet . Film/TV: Damages (Art Director) . International: Arts Theater (West End), Rozentheater (Amsterdam), AUC (Cairo) . Head of Scenic Design at Pace University .

TILLY GRIMES (Costume Design) Recent Credits Include: As You Like It (Two Rivers), Family Album (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Present Laughter (Two Rivers), Steadfast (Barrow Group), The Netflix Plays (Ars Nova), The How and the Why (Trinity Rep), Twelfth Night (Westport County Playhouse) . Awards: Balsamo Grant, Irish Arts Design Award, Irish Times Theatre Award Nomination .

ALANNA MANISCALCO (Properties Design) Alanna is excited to be working on her first Off-Broadway production! She graduated with a B .S . in Theater from State University College at Oneonta in 2009 . She has specialized in props at Berkshire Theatre Festival, Goodspeed Musicals, Little Theatre on the Square, Opera Theatre of St . Louis and Bard Summerscape . She would like

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to thank her parents for never doubting her career choice and her boyfriend for supporting her doing what she loves to do .

BRIAN TOVAR (Lighting Design) Selected: When We Met (Cap21), Tamar of The River (Prospect), Eager To Lose, The Lapsburgh Layover (ArsNova), Sleeping Rough (Page73), Rapture (Play Company), Spidermusical (Mint), Accidentally Like a Martyr (The Wild Project), Perez Hilton Saves The Universe (Fringe), The Wendy Complex (MITF), The Wendigo (Medicine Show) . Broadway Assistant: HAIR, Passing Strange . Regional: Goodspeed Musicals, Denver Center Theatre, Two River Theatre, Northern Stage . Love all around . www .BrianTovarDesign .com

GEOFF JOSSELSON (Casting Director) is an independent casting director whose credits include productions for Broadway, Off-Broadway, national tours, films and highly respected theatre companies including Arena Stage, Bay Street Theatre, Barrington Stage, Denver Center, North Shore Music Theatre, Kansas City Starlight Theatre and the York Theatre Company .

PRODUCTION CORE (Production Consultant) works with high-quality theatrical companies needing direction/support on the collaboration, planning and execution of the production process . Production Core is James E . Cleveland, Jared Goldstein, Adrian White, David Upton, Ron Grimshaw, Maggie Davis, Chasmin Hallyburton, Julie Shelton, Lauren Libretti, Amber Mathis, Sarah Payson, Casey Rowe, Aaron Dayton, Esti Bernstein, Jama McMahon and Leah Vogel . www .productioncore .net

ZI ALIKHAN (Assistant Director) Favorite NY Directing: Gross Indecency (BASiC), The Mistakes Madeline Made (14th Street Y), N/F (World Premiere, HERE Arts), The Future Mrs . Harry Windsor (Dixon Place), The Cradle Will Rock . Regional work at Pasadena Playhouse and The Berkshire Theatre Festival . Artistic Director, The BASiC Theatre Project . Thanks to Tim, Matt and the amazing Sex Tips team . Assoc . Member, SDC . BFA/NYU

DAVID S. COHEN (Production Stage Manager) is happy to join the Sex Tips family . Broadway: The Addams Family, The Normal Heart, The Mystery of Edwin Drood . Off B’way: Bike America . Other: Georgia Shakespeare, Holland America Cruise Lines, The Dalai Lama, Intel and World Science Festival . Remember: Up, Twist, Over, Down .

MATT FRANZETTI (Company Manager) has worked as a stage manager at the Tropicana Resort and Casino, and in London with The Ambassador Theatre Group, The Wellcomme Collection, and the international tour of In the Night Garden Live . Matt is the company manager for The Berenstain Bears LIVE! He has degrees in both Business and Theatre from Muhlenberg College and an MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy from the University of London .

SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN (Source Material) Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, by best friends Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, was an instant bestseller in 1997 – before Will and Grace, Carrie and Stanford of Sex and the City, and the Queer Eye guys’ advice . The Daily News said “witty—and yes, explicit—descriptions of all manner of how-to’s;” The

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WhO’S WhO IN The COmpaNYNew York Post: “straightforward and saucy;” Salon .com: “a cannily entertaining romp through the nuts and bolts of sex from the male perspective .” A cult classic published in Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Brazil, The Netherlands, Australia, England and coming out in France, it sparked passionate romance for Meryl Streep in Hope Springs.

MATT MURPHY (Writer/Co-Producer) most recently produced the critically-acclaimed musical Side Show on Broadway; with other recent productions including Memphis (TONY Best Musical); other recent productions include Thurgood, starring Laurence Fishburne; Impressionism, starring Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons; and the Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz . Matt is also currently producing New York’s latest hit family musical The Berenstain Bears LIVE!, now in its third year Off-Broadway, and Virtually Me!, which was recently profiled on Fox News and My9 News for its efforts to educate students about the increasingly challenging issue of cyber-bullying .

SHAWN NIGHTINGALE (Co-Producer) is a native of Cape Cod who grew up around theatre in Provincetown, MA . He has produced and worked with Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Rivers, David Sedaris, Lainie Kazan, John Waters, Margaret Cho, Paula Poundstone, Taylor Dayne, Bruce Vilanch, and the Tony Award-winning Elaine Stritch (At Liberty) . In addition to his work in live entertainment, Shawn has produced and starred in the short film The Appointment and P-Town the series . Shawn owns a consulting business and is on the board of directors for numerous non-profit companies as a business advisor . This is Shawn’s first foray into Off-Broadway producing in NY .

GENERAL MANAGEMENTMatt Murphy Productions

Matt MurphyMatt FranzettiJoshua JezioroScott Munson

CASTINGGeoff Josselson

PRODUCTION SUPERVISORPRODUCTION CORE/JAMES E . CLEVELAND

Associate Production Supervisor:Jared Goldstein

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OFFICERS Thomas Brown * Chair/Compensation Chair Brown NationaLease

Mary Kramer * Vice Chair Ambassador, Ret.

Thomas E. Press * Treasurer Midland’s Choice

Rosemary Parson * Secretary EquiTrust Life Insurance Company

Mary Stier * Past Chair The Brilliance Group

Karen J. Lynn * Assets Chair Athene USA

Eric T. Crowell * Audit Chair UnityPoint Health – Des Moines

John Craig * Finance Chair Sammons Financial Group

Dr. Andy McGuire * Nom/Gov Chair Meridian Health Plan

DIRECTORS Tom Ahart Des Moines Public Schools

Robert Brownell Polk County Board of Supervisors

Frank Cownie City of Des Moines

Michael Eberle, DVM Eberle Animal Hospital

Jon Garnaas Healthy Living Centers of America

Travis Gjoraas Deloitte

Sheryl Grimm Community Leader

Laure Guisinger Holmes Murphy & Associates

Terry Johnson Wells Fargo Wealth Management

Monica Kirgan Principal Financial Group

Christine Lauridsen Sand Lauridsen Group

Patrick Mack John Deere Financial

Robert Mahaffey City of Des Moines

Bob O’Hollearn Allied Insurance

Katie Stocking Happy Medium

Angela Williams The Great Frame Up

LEGAL COUNSEL Mike Kulik Davis Brown Law Firm

*Indicates a member of the Executive Committee

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ADMINISTRATION Jeff Chelesvig President & CEO

Laura Sweet Vice President & COO

Heidi Watkins Finance Director/Controller

Bill McElrath Business Director

Barbara Hanson Accountant

Chris Browning Office Manager

Vicky Barr Executive Assistant

BUILDING SERVICES Earl Smith Building Services Manager

Ly Ung Assistant Building Services Manager

Building Services Associates: Danny Glover Francisco Hernandez Khom Mao Francisco Mora Irene Perez Hank Teav Dominick Ung

DEVELOPMENT Todd Fogdall Director of Development

Tiffany K. Spinner Annual Fund Manager

Brett Smith Research Specialist

Rachel Woodhouse Donor Relations Coordinator

Kelsey Tyler Development Intern

GUEST SERVICES Joel Cox Guest Services Manager

Allison Ross Assistant Guest Services Manager

House Managers:

Kerry George

Shirley Kleywegt *

Doug Kouba

Evonne Kouba

Sharon Montgomery

Cynde Pool *

Shirley Ramirez

Marion Singleton

*Temple Theater House Managers

MARKETING Barb Preuss Director of Marketing

Cindy Hughes Anliker Communications Manager

Summer Evans Marketing Manager

Matt Spangler Marketing Manager

Greg Votava Digital Marketing Manager

Kevin Maisto Marketing Intern

PROGRAMMING & EDUCATION Eric B. Olmscheid Director of Programming & Education

Karoline Myers Education Manager

Sarah Bannon Community Programs Coordinator

Julia Duvall Interim School Programs Coordinator

Julie Houghton Programming & Education Coordinator

Michelle McDonald School Programs Coordinator

Trevor Wiley Education Intern

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS Alan Dyer Technical Operations Manager/ Head Electrician

Nicholas Romano Stage Operations Manager/ Head Carpenter

Greg Tracy Production Manager/Head Audio

Jamie L. Stepp Production Supervisor

TICKET OFFICE Denise Smithson Green Ticket Office Director

Brooke Bridenstine Ticket Office Staff Manager

Misty Enderson Ticket Office Database Manager

Jeff Waldschmitt Ticket Office Manager

Laura Arenson Customer Service Team Member

Candace Bell Customer Service Team Member

Chontel Berthelsen Group Sales Coordinator

STAFF

The backstage employees of Des Moines Performing Arts are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 67.

GUEST INFORMATIONCAMERASThe use of cameras or any type of recording devices is prohibited .

CELL PHONES AND MOBILE DEVICESPlease turn cell phones and mobile devices off, or set them to the silent mode . Please also refrain from text messaging and using them as light sources during the performance .

LATE SEATINGLate seating will be accommodated by House Staff at the earliest appropriate time .

SPECIAL SEATING NEEDSSeating is available for all performances for a variety of accessibility requirements . Please call the Ticket Office at (515) 246-2300 .

WHEELCHAIRThe Temple Theater has a wheelchair available to assist guests with mobility concerns . A House Manager may be contacted for access to this .

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