IN THE CURRENT11/11-13
A quartet of refined works by guest and faculty choreographers
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE - A LIVE RADIO PLAY By Joe Landry12/2-24
Produced by Colorado Shakespeare FestivalTickets at: www.coloradoshakes.org
CHOREOGRAPHERS SHOWCASE12/2 & 4/27
GRADUATE STUDENT SHOWCASE12/3 & 4/28
EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE IS REAL- AN EVENING OF ONE ACT PLAYSBy David Ives and Don Nigro
2/1-2/5
NEXUS2/17-19
A curated evening of works by student and community choreographers
MELANCHOLY PLAY: A CONTEMPORARY FARCE By Sarah Ruhl2/29-3/4
OPEN SPACE-A STUDENT CONCERT3/2-4
THE BURIAL AT THEBES - A VERSION OF SOPHOCHLES’ ANTIGONE By Seamus Heaney3/15-18, 3/20-23
VANGUARD VARIATIONS A diverse evening of performance explorations by the 2012 class of BFA students
3/16-3/18
HEAVEN Rennie Harris World Premiere4/19-4/22
A hip hop take on Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”
FRINGE FESTIVAL 4/27-4/29 Produced by CU Onstage
http://cuonstage.edublogs.org
The Theatre & Dance department is deeply grateful for support from these individuals who help make our season of courses, workshops & performances possible:
Visionaries David Andrews, Sheri & Bob Best, Martin Cobin, James & Anne DeCastro, Kenneth Gamauf, Carol & Todd Gleeson, Roe Green, Noel Hefty, Joan Knaub, Karen & Ed Koeppe, Eugene Kratus, Robert and Dorothy W. Mullin, Jerilyn & Ro ert Nalley, Debra Ordway, Gail Pokoik, Jamie & Alan Redmond, Dorothy & Anthony Riddle, Rebecca & James Roser, Schwab Charitable Fund, Charlotte Irey Short, Mikael Van Loon, Anne Mc Donald Winton Angels Marilyn &Phil Cohen, Helen Redman Sustainers John H. Ade, Barbara Allen, Jerry H. Bledsoe, Susan H. Blythe, Anna Nicole Castle, Kerry Ann DeVivo, Ronald and Jacque Frazee Frazzini, Tymar R. Goudey, Diane Sobel Hackett, Hugh M. & Edna Heckman, Mary Kay Hilbert Holder, Thomas M. Kennedy, Patricia Eckert Lindell, Margaret Nelson, Lynn Wayne Nichols, Margaret Nolan, Carl & Debra Rahal, Briana Shuwarger, Mary Kennedy Testa, Bruce James Thorburn, Marc Vann, Marta Wachter, RL Widmann, Barbara Zarlengo Supporters Lara Branen Ahumada, Glen Atkins, Donna Rae Bartz, Sylvia Bradford Emery, James H. Breen, Pamela Louise Fox, Nicole Barchilon Frank, Bob Gereke, Jane Slusarski-Harris, Sally Heath, Eugene Jacobson, Ruth Ann Jenkins, Nancy Kantra, Jackie Leech Stoffel, Catherine Melich, Kenneth E. Ogren, Laura Oster, Stanford Paris, Jackie PJohnson, Betty Reiss, Leanne Rizzo, Darrell Sanchez, H. Toll, Marilyn Texel, Lauri Van Hise, Robert F. Ward, Trudy & Ronald Zimmerman (donors since 1995)
COMING SOON...
Costume ShopAssistants
Charlotte BallardAngela DowdyHayley GochaJon Kimbell
Jackie KriegerAlice MatiosianKelly MaxwellAshley SmithDavid Smithey
Costume Practicum Students
Devin BozzelliCassandra BugirTony DostertNicole Drew
Lesley GeffingerAli Janes-PaulsenGeneva Mattoon
Megan McDermottHelen OexmannStephanie PurnellKatelyn SmolskiNate Spurgeon
Kayla Wall
Scene Shop Assistants
Michael BatemanDevin BozzelliMegan Chaney
Peter GambardellaMolly GoodmanChris Koncilja
Kelly McDermottMegan McDermott
Justin MierNatalie More
Helen OexmannCaitlin PriceAlex Rausch
Nathan SpurgeonGeneva Mattoon
Tech StudioElectrics/Scenery
Alison BanowskyMichael BatemanRichard ConleyNicole Drew
Stephanie DulayGraham Emmons
Kristen GrayKassandra KunischSabrina Le Masurier
Scott LeslieKelly Maxwell
Genevieve MorelandHayley Moritz
Andrew NelsonJackson SmithRiley Walker
Emily Watkins
THEATRE DANCE
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival™ 44, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program,
is generously funded by David and Alice Rubenstein.
Additional support is provided by the U.S. Department of Education, the Dr. Gerald and Paula
McNichols Foundation, The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein, and
the National Committee for the Performing Arts.
This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels. Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for inclusion at the KCACTF regional festival and can also be considered for invitation to the KCACTF national festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC in the spring of 2012. Last year more than 1,300 productions were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.
ARTSSTUDENT
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MUSIC ART DANCE FILM THEATRE
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EUMS
Cinnamon Aldridge
Cole Bradley
Satya Chávez
Cole Cribari
Alex Demos
Tony Dostert
Brittany Renee Handler
Katherine McManus
Russell Mernagh
James Miller
Megan Montalbano
Johnny Stewart
Logainne Schwarzandgrubenniere
William Barfée
Marcy Park
Ensemble/Understudy
Vice Principal Douglas Panch
Carl Grubenniere
Ensemle/Understudy
Olive Ostrovsky
Mitch Mahoney/Olive Dad
Leaf Coneybear/Dan Schwarz
Rona Lisa Perretti/Olive Mom
Chip Tolentino/Jesus
Cast:(In Alphabetical Order)
Directed ByDeric McNish
Music and Lyrics by William FinnBook by Rachel Sheinkin
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
a musical
Special Thanks To:
Kevin Corlett and Cecilia Pang
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Deric McNishNathan StithEmily GammomDevin BozzelliKate BoylesBud ColemanJenn CalvanoKristin DalleskeAmanda ClarkAlex RauschChris KonciljaNathan SpurgeonMichael BatemanStephen BalgooyenJustin MierTakuya OtoAlexa FrankJovanna AvilaAudrey EverettLaura SandlerTrent HinesRebecca ArendtAmanda ClarkKassandra KunischMorgan PetersKelly McDermott
DirectorAssistant Director
DramaturgStage Manager
Assistant Stage ManagerChoreographer/ProducerAssistant Choreographer
Costume DesignerMake-up/Hair Designer
Lighting DesignerAssistant Lighting Designer
Master ElectricianLead Electrician/Light Board Operator
Scenic DesignerSound Designer/Sound Board Mixer
Sound AssistantProjection/Live Feed Operator
Follow Spot Operators
Light Board OperatorMusic Director
Vocal CoachWardrobe Head
Dressers
Production Staff
If we’re being honest, we all know that kid: the really smart kid, the weird kid, the shy kid, and the kid that talks funny. We all know the kid that eats lunch alone
every day. Maybe you are that kid. In the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, we have the opportunity to see that kid shine in an environment
where they can be the ultimate cool kid. Because, after all, the Scripp’s
National Spelling Bee is a big deal. Not only is it televised nationally on ESPN,
but the first place winner takes home about $40,000 in cash prizes, a free set of Encyclopedia Brittanica (and who wouldn’t want a free set of
Encyclopedia Brittanica?), and a big-ass trophy. Perhaps more importantly, these kids have the opportunity to show the world
that they are good at something. And deep down, we all want to make Mom and Dad proud, don’t we? In Spelling Bee, we see these kids perform under this
pressure with varying degrees of success. We see them as they might someday behave as grown ups with real jobs and
pressures and responsibilities. We see how these very special kids might one day function in our society. Maybe we see ourselves.
If we allow it, maybe we see how that weird, smart, antisocial kid wasn’t very weird after all.
Dramaturgy NoteThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Rules
My Friend the Dictionary
Pandemonium
I’m Not That Smart
Magic Foot
Pandemonium(Reprise)
Prayer of the Comfort Counselor
Chip’s Lament
Woe is Me
I’m Not That Smart(Reprise)
I Speak Six Languages
The I Love You Song
Woe is Me (Reprise)
Second (Part One)
Pas De Deux
Second (Part Two)
The Champion
Finale
Song List
Production Coordinator Technical Director
BuyerCostume Shop Manager
Shop Foreman/Props Supervisor Costume Shop Foreman
Costume Storage/Rental Managers
Wardrobe CoordinatorWardrobe Head
Dressers
Publicity DirectorBox Office and Front of House Manager
Box Office Assistant Manager House Managers
Box Office Assistants
Public Relations Assistants
Photographer/videographer
Connie LaneKerry CripeGeneva MattoonTed StarkStephen BalgooyenBrenda KingSara HildebrandMac MaCallKatie CrossAmanda ClarkKassandra KunischMorgan PetersKelly McDermottPamela StoneJeanine McCain Mary Mekeal Sarah BowersHadley Kamminga-PeckGraham Emmons Laura FerranteAyla Pelton-CoxLily StevensDaniel LeonardAndrea JaramilloAmber Rose WojcikChris Warren
Technical StaffAdditional material by Jay Reiss
Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo
Barrington Stage Company, Second Stage Theatre
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684www.MTIShows.com
Based upon C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, an original play by The Farm.
The Barrington Stage Company workshop of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was originally co-directed by Michael Barakiva and Rebecca Feldman
The Farm was founded in 2000 by Rebecca Feldman, Artistic Director. It is a collective of writers and performers, including Jay Reiss, Dan Fogler, and Sarah Saltzberg. The Farm’s interest is in the role of
improvisation in creating new work for the theatre. The Farm initially designates a two-week intensive period in which to discover, develop, and rehearse a play from the impulses borne mainly out of the
pressure of a deadline. Pervious projects include Super (at Atlantic Theatre Studios), Why I hate Florida (workshop at White Wave in DUMBO) and C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E (at the Present Company Theatorium in
October 2002), on which The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is based. The character and original dialogue of “Beth Marguiles,”
“Vice President Douglas Panch,” “Mr. Barfee,” and “Logan Schwarzengrubenierre” were created by Rebecca Feldman, Jay Reiss, Dan Fogler, and Sarah Saltzberg, respectively.
William Finn (Music/Lyrics) Mr. Finn is the writer and composer of Falsettos, for which he received two Tony Awards, Best Book of a Musical (with James Lapine) and Best Original Score. He has also written and composed In Trousers, March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland (Outer Critics Circle Award
for Best Musical, two Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, the Lucille Lortel Award, and Guggenheim Fellowship in Musical Composition).
Mr. Finn wrote the lyrics to Graciela Daniele’s Tango Apasionado (music by the great Astor Piazzolla) and, with Michael Starobin, the music to Lapine’s version of The Winter’s Tale. His musical, Romance in Hard Times, was presented at the Public Theater. Recently, he wrote Painting You for Love’s Fire, a piece
commissioned and performed by the Acting Company, based on Shakespeare’s sonnets. For television, Mr. Finn provided the music and lyrics for the Ace Award-winning HBO cartoon,
Ira Sleeps Over, Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, Pokey Little Puppy’s First Christmas, and with Ellen Fitzbhugh, two Brave little Toaster cartoons. Mr. Finn has written for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and The New Yorker.
A graduate of Williams College where he was awarded the Hutchinson Fellowship for Musical Composition, Finn now teaches a weekly master class at the NYU Tish Graduate Program in Musical Theatre Writing. His most recent projects include Elegies, A Song Cycle (Lincoln Center) and
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which ran on Broadway and has been produced nationally and internationally, as well.
Rachel Sheinkin (Book) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Tony and Drama Desk Awards); Deaf West’s Sleeping Beauty Wakes (Los Angeles Ovation Award); Striking 12: a GrooveLily rock
musical (Lucille Lortel nomination); Serenade (Barhshnikov Dance Foundation Fellowship) and Blood Drive (O’Neil National Music Theater Conference). Commissions include new works for MTC and Playwrights Horizons. Upcoming at the Guthrie in summer, 2008, Little House on the Prairie. Rachel teaches at NYU’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program and mentors with TDFs Open Doors
scholarship program. Member Dramatists Guild and ASCAP.
BandPiano Conductor
CelloPercussionKeyboard
Reeds
Trent HinesMathieu D’ordineIsaac ZuckermanAlix Brickley Andrew Stonerock