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APPLAUSEVOLUME XXVII | NUMBER 3 | NOV 2015
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TThe definition of “news” is changing. That’s no secret, right? It used to be the time-honored Fourth Estate, printing and broad-casting the narrative of our collective experience. Now it can be an anonymous tweet, a viral video, a sound bite or a leaked document, all of which have steadily drawn our eyes away from traditional news sources and toward our personal circles of influence. A new study, conducted by Pew Research Center in association with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, finds that 42% of the entire US population now say Facebook and Twitter serve as a source for news about events and issues outside the realm of friends and family. One of the biggest changes in news, especially for theatre, is the decline of dedicated arts coverage from the major print and broadcast sources. As established news organizations have struggled to balance modern profitability with journalistic tradition, they’ve had to make tough choices. I understand that’s not easy and never will be. But I also don’t like it. We in the arts invest so much in telling stories that reflect the social issues facing our community that it hurts to know that fewer people are hearing about these plays and musicals from mainstream sources. Once we could rely on a minimum of coverage. Now we have to hope for it. I’m certainly not blaming the news organizations themselves or the wonderful people who work with us every day to keep us in the news. We have amazing fans in our news partners and appreciate everything they do for us. Truly. This isn’t about blame at all; it’s about behavior. People get their news differently now. So we have to do things differently, too, if we want the same level of attention. That’s why, in addition to our ongoing use of Twitter and Face-book, we’ve built our own online News Center (denvercenter.org/news-center) with former Denver Post theatre critic, John Moore, at the helm. Every day, we’re publishing theatre news from across the entire state with no agenda other than the news itself. Obviously, we hope it helps promote our work and Colorado’s theatre community as a whole. Eventually, though, we want it to be a resource for anyone interested in arts reporting, in our talented community and in Denver’s unique place in the national arts scene. Until then, where do you get your arts and entertainment news? Which matters more to you — a review by an established theatre critic or a recommendation from a friend or family member?
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LETTERS TO THE CEOIn Applause No. 2, DCPA President & CEO Scott Shiller posed a question: How will we, as theatre professionals and audiences, find common ground for mobile devices in theatres? Below are excerpts from your responses. To read all of the comments, please visit denvercenter.org/news-center.
Live theatre is a feast for the eyes and ears, meant to be consumed with relish…. If an audience member is fumbling for his/her phone…they are missing the flavor of their meal...not savoring each bite. More than that, they are interrupting MY enjoyment. — Barb D.
No one should take out their device during live theatre performances. It is no different than getting out a book…. — Judi P.
To appease those who feel they have to share their excitement, how about having a special photo op of actors in costume after the performance? — Mandelbrot
The director, designers and production team have spent literally weeks creating a believable world. They wish to present this world to the best of their ability. They cannot do this if the audience is creating distractions with their lighted devices. — Sheila M.
The rules [need to] be enforced more strictly during the performance but relaxed to allow for respectful photographs before the show and during intermission. DCPA does a nice job of setting up photo backdrops outside the theatre for those photographs. — DCPA Subscriber
During the performance itself, actors can see and hear the audience. The flash of a camera is very distracting and can also be very dangerous. — Julie
Mobile devices need to be “checked,” just like checking your coat. — Anne
I tell people to stop with the phones and distractions.… I wish the ushers would take more of a role. — Cindy
I don’t see any problem with taking pictures…before the performance starts or during intermission. The stage and curtain are usually wonderful works of art. And yes, I WOULD like to get a picture and post it all over social media. — Stacey
In the past couple of years, I have noticed a growing number of patrons who check their phones during the performance. …there are instances (i.e. EMT, a sick child, etc.) where a cell phone is a lifeline; however, in those instances a patron should be courteous enough to move to a less disruptive area. — DCPA Subscriber
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ISCFD: INVESTINGIN COLORADO’S CULTUREIn 1982 Colorado was in the midst of an economic recession, state arts funding was eliminated and the City of Denver couldn’t fill the gap. Our leading regional institutions — Art Museum, Botanic Gardens, Museum of Nature and Science, and Zoo — were forced to raise admission, curtail programming and seek out innovative alternatives. In the midst of this uncertain time, an idea took root — an idea that would revolutionize the cultural landscape of our entire region and serve as a national example for regional public arts funding. It’s the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) — a one penny on $10 sales tax collected throughout the seven-county metro region. Twenty-six years since the first penny was collected, the SCFD now distributes $52 million a year to 275 arts, science and cultural organizations. It has led Colorado to rank first in the nation for attendance at theatres and museums. It enables our arts community to contribute $1.85 billion (yes, that’s with a “B”) each year in economic activity. It allows us to welcome more than 14 million guests each year, employ 10,000 individuals and educate 4.25 million students. Moreover, the SCFD has turned competitors into colleagues in an effort to achieve together what they could not do alone. Poised to go before voters for reauthorization in 2016, the SCFD is working to secure arts funding into the future, to give back to metro area voters who have invested not only their money but also their trust, and to work collaboratively to maintain the seven-county metro area as a vibrant, cultural destination for years to come. Show your support of the SCFD today: www.UnitedForSCFD.com/ petition.
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REDEMPTION IS THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALLA Christmas Carol | Nov 27 – Dec 27
Holidays in Denver just wouldn’t be the same without the tradition of A Christmas Carol. Based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, this joyous and opulent musical adaptation traces money-hoarding skinflint Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption. Discover the true meaning of the holiday season in a way that has resonated for generations.
YOUR CURE FOR THE COMMON CHRISTMAS SHOWThe SantaLand Diaries | Nov 27 – Dec 27
Based on David Sedaris’ offbeat tales from his stint as a Macy’s elf in New York City, this hilarious one man show will have you trading your “ho ho ho” for “ha ha ha.”
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TRIPLE-DOG-DARES, LEG LAMPS AND PINK BUNNY PAJAMASA Christmas Story, The Musical | Dec 16 – 27
A Christmas Story, The Musical, nominated for three 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical, comes to hilarious life onstage! Based on the classic 1983 movie, the story takes place in 1940’s Indiana, where Ralphie has a big imagination and one wish for Christmas. A kooky leg lamp, pink bunny pajamas, a cranky department store Santa and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the obstacles that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas dream. The Associated Press calls A Christmas Story, The Musical “a joyous Christmas miracle.”
HEAR A WHOLE NEW SIDE OF CLASSIC CAROLSMannheim Steamroller Christmas By Chip Davis | Dec 12 – 13
Grammy Award-winner Chip Davis has created a show that features the beloved Christmas music of Mannheim Steamroller along with dazzling multimedia effects.
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UPCOMING SHOWSDisney’s The Lion King Now – Nov 29
Tribes Now – Nov 15
Murder for Two Now – Feb 21, 2016
A Christmas Carol Nov 27 – Dec 27
The SantaLand Diaries Nov 27 – Dec 27
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis Dec 12 – 13
A Christmas Story, The Musical Dec 16 – 27
Shaping Sound Jan 19, 2016
The Nest Jan 22 – Feb 21, 2016
Dirty Dancing — The Classic Story On Stage Jan 26 – 31, 2016
All the Way Jan 29 – Feb 28, 2016
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The Sound of Music Jun 21 – 26, 2016
Beautiful — The Carole King Musical Jul 19 – 31, 2016
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THE LION KING: THE CIRCLE OF LIFEB Y J O H N M O O R E
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IIt’s the Circle of Life: The Denver-born national touring production of Disney’s The Lion King is coming home a teenager. More than 220,000 attended the tour’s inaugural 10-week run at The Buell Theatre 13 years ago, and studies estimated the visit provided a $58 million jolt to the area economy. Long before The Lion King’s 18 semi-trailers roared into downtown Denver in the weeks leading up to that historic opening night on April 26, 2002, “you could feel it everywhere you went,” said flutist Kay Ragsdale, one of four members of The Lion King tour who have been with it every step of the way. More than 25,000 tickets moved the day they went on sale to the public in November 2001, and every available seat was gone less than four days later. By the time the show finally opened, the city was at a fever pitch. “We had some jackets at the time that only had this little tiny lion’s head insignia, but everyone in the town knew what it was,” Ragsdale said. “It felt like everyone was participating in this event with us. Our opening night was an opening night for the entire city of Denver, and it could not have been more exciting.” Dance Captain Izell Blunt will never forget the day the cast was invited to sit in the otherwise empty Buell Theatre and watch as the technical crew previewed the show’s iconic sunrise for them. “This was the first time we had seen it,” said Blunt. “The sun is coming up. Pride Rock is coming out. The music is playing. Literally, we got chills just watching this phenomenon that we were about to be a part of.” With a worldwide gross of more than $7 billion, The Lion King last year became the most successful
franchise in entertainment history. That’s just the stage musical — figures do not include either proceeds from the animated film or merchandising. And to think, says creator Julie Taymor, The Lion King is a $7 billion fluke, considering that she was charged with turning a beloved animated children’s film into a revolutionary, magical piece of proudly experimental theatre that blends South African chants with ballet, performance art, human puppetry, masks, forced perspectives and shadow imagery. “I profoundly believe that people want something richer and deeper and will aspire to it,” Taymor said. “It’s a wonderful thing that so many people have seen The Lion King because it has informed many who have never seen theatre as to what theatre can possibly be.” The Lion King has now played before more than 80 million audience members in 22 productions around the world. The 18-year-old New York production is the third-longest running show in Broadway history, and is routinely the No. 1 show on Broadway in any given week. And it is showing no signs of slowing down. “It’s difficult not to become emotional at the realization of the show’s impact,” said Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions. “The goal back in the formative years was simply to tell the story purely and theatrically so that audiences could feel it in their heart.” Instead, it changed theatre in every conceivable way, from creative standards to technical demands to audience expectations moving forward. And perhaps its greatest impact on the creative community has been the ongoing explosion of employment opportunities it has provided for hundreds of actors of color.
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“I think really The Lion King ushered in a completely new era of theatre,” said Ragsdale. Schumacher and Technical Director David Benken, who graduated from Colorado State University, credit famed theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh with setting a new standard for traveling shows that was fully embraced by Taymor.
“The idea was that if you are going to do a tour, you are going to give people on the road the same show that you gave them on Broadway,” said Benken. “That was fairly radical for its time. Back then, before Disney Theatrical Productions, there were some seriously reduced versions of shows going out on the road.” Benken began adapting the Broadway show for the road two full years before it opened in Denver. And his great challenge was not solving how to fit what was then a record $15 million Broadway juggernaut into The Buell Theatre. “Denver has a pretty good theatre from a technical standpoint,” he said. His job was to solve how to fit the show into much smaller theatres all across America. “The biggest change that had to be made was to Pride Rock,” he said. “In New York, Pride Rock rises up out of the deck. That wasn’t practical for the road because basements don’t exist in theatres that are deep enough to accommodate it.” So after several months and several attempts, they hit on the solution: Pride Rock, an 18-foot set piece, slithers onto the stage and slowly rises as Simba and his father climb to its top. “So it still gives you the iconic moment,” Benken said, “and it actually enhanced Julie’s vision that everything should come back to this idea of the Circle of Life. I think the solution we came up with in Denver worked out quite well, and it is used all over the world now.” Only after Benken got the show up and running in Denver did he get a real sense of what he and his team had accomplished here. “Once we got the show open,” he said, “you could definitely feel that this was something special for Denver, and something special for us.”
DISNEY’S THE LION KINGNOV 4 – 29 BUELL THEATREASL interpreted, Audiodescribed, Open Captionedperformance: Nov 28, 2pm
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COMING UP FROM BROADWAY:A CHRISTMAS STORY,THE MUSICALDecades before the world got to see the embarrassingly relatable trials of young Ral-phie in the beloved movie A Christmas Story, radio host Jean Shepherd was telling his tales over the airwaves. These seminal slices of life would later be compiled into the book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash. Here’s the story behind the stories that led to leg lamps, pink bunny pajamas and flagpole fiascos:
• Shepherd never considered himself awriter and was reluctant to put pen topaper to compile his popular radioshows. His friend and fellow author ShelSilverstein recorded him telling hisstories, transcribed them and the twoedited them down into the final product.
• The first adaptations of his shows werepublished in the unlikeliest of places —Playboy magazine
• Each chapter in In God We Trust: AllOthers Pay Cash covers a differentstory told by the main character Ralphas he reminisces with a friend abouthis childhood. “Duel in the Snow,” “TheCounterfeit Secret Circle Member Getsthe Message,” “My Old Man and theLascivious Special Award That Heraldedthe Birth of Pop Art” and “Grover Dill andthe Tasmanian Devil” would eventuallybecome the premise of the movie.
• You probably already know what JeanShepherd sounds like — he put his voicetalents to good use as the narrator inA Christmas Story.
• A Christmas Story wasn’t the only filmadaptation of the novel. The 1994 movieA Summer Story plucks more chaptersfrom the book to pick up where A Christ-mas Story left off. Though the characterswere recast, Shepherd still acted as thenostalgic narrator.
A Christmas Story, The Musical will bring the holiday spirit to The Buell Theatre from Dec 16 – 27. Just remember, no licking frozen light poles at home.
Chris Van Vleet and Colton Maurer in A Christmas Story, The Musical
“The Lionesses” in “Shadowland.” Photo: Joan Marcus; ©Disney
“ It’s difficult not to become emotional at the realization of the show’s impact. The goal back in the formative years was to tell the story purely and theatrically so that audiences could feel it in their heart.”
— THOMAS SCHUMACHER, PRESIDENT OF DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
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LEBO M, MARK MANCINA, JAY RIFKIN, JULIE TAYMOR, HANS ZIMMERBook by
ROGER ALLERS & IRENE MECCHIStarring
GARETH SAXE GERALD RAMSEY MUKELISIWE GOBANICK CORDILEONE DREW HIRSHFIELD BEN LIPITZ
AARON NELSON NIA HOLLOWAYKEITH BENNETT TIFFANY DENISE HOBBS ROBBIE SWIFT
BJ COVINGTON MIKARI TARPLEY TRÉ JONES SAVANNA FLEISHER
ANDREW ARRINGTON MYKAL ASHLEE TAPRENA MICHELLE AUGUSTINE KYLE R. BANKS RAYMOND BAYNARD KALILAH BLACK IZELL O. BLUNT RUSSELL JOEL BROWN AMYIA BURRELL DARILYN CASTILLO
THEMBELIHLE CELE LEROY CHURCH ERYNN MARIE DICKERSON TONY FREEMAN DEIDREA HALLEY MICHAEL HOLLICK J.E. JOHNSON RODERICK LAWRENCE AMBER MAYBERRY
TONOCCUS McCLAIN AISHA MITCHELL KENDRA MOORE SELENA MOSHELL SIHLE NGEMA LILLI-ANNE PARKS ROB PARKS PHYLICIA PEARL KEVIN PETITE YAEL PINEDA-HALL MPUME SIKAKANE
VUSI SONDIYAZI THANDAZILE A. SONI DERRICK SPEAR TRYPHENA WADE FRANK WRIGHT II
Adapted from the screenplay byIRENE MECCHI & JONATHAN ROBERTS & LINDA WOOLVERTON
Produced byPETER SCHNEIDER & THOMAS SCHUMACHER
Scenic DesignRICHARD HUDSON
Costume DesignJULIE TAYMOR
Lighting DesignDONALD HOLDER
Mask & Puppet DesignJULIE TAYMOR
& MICHAEL CURRY
Choreography by
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Associate ProducerANNE QUART
Sound DesignSTEVE CANYON KENNEDY
Hair & Makeup DesignMICHAEL WARD
Music CoordinatorMICHAEL KELLER
Fight DirectorRICK SORDELET
Associate Music ProducerROBERT ELHAI
Music DirectorRICK SNYDER
Associate DirectorJOHN STEFANIUK
Associate ChoreographerMAREY GRIFFITH
Music SupervisorCLEMENT ISHMAEL
CastingBINDER CASTING/
MARK BRANDON CSA
Music Produced for the Stage & Additional
Score byMARK MANCINA
Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements
& Choral DirectorLEBO M
OrchestratorsROBERT ELHAI
DAVID METZGER
Technical DirectorDAVID BENKEN
Production Stage ManagerM. WILLIAM SHINER
Production SupervisorDOC ZORTHIAN
General ManagerTHOMAS SCHLENK
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RAFIKI .......................................................................................................................................................Mukelisiwe GobaMUFASA ......................................................................................................................................................Gerald RamseySARABI ...................................................................................................................................................... Tryphena WadeZAZU ........................................................................................................................................................... Drew HirshfieldSCAR ..................................................................................................................................................................Gareth SaxeYOUNG SIMBA ......................................................................................................................BJ Covington, Tré JonesYOUNG NALA .........................................................................................................Mikari Tarpley, Savanna FleisherSHENZI ........................................................................................................................................... Tiffany Denise HobbsBANZAI ..........................................................................................................................................................Keith BennettED .......................................................................................................................................................................Robbie SwiftTIMON ........................................................................................................................................................ Nick CordileonePUMBAA ............................................................................................................................................................... Ben LipitzSIMBA .............................................................................................................................................................Aaron NelsonNALA ................................................................................................................................................................Nia Holloway
ENSEMBLE SINGERS .....................................................................Taprena Michelle Augustine, Kyle R. Banks,Russell Joel Brown, Darilyn Castillo, Thembelihle Cele,
Yael Pineda-Hall, Roderick Lawrence, Tonoccus McClain, Sihle Ngema, Rob Parks, Mpume Sikakane, Vusi Sondiyazi, Thandazile A. Soni, Tryphena Wade
ENSEMBLE DANCERS ........................................................Raymond Baynard, Amyia Burrell, Leroy Church, Erynn Marie Dickerson, J.E. Johnson, Amber Mayberry, Aisha Mitchell,
Selena Moshell, Lilli-Anne Parks, Kevin Petite, Derrick SpearSTANDBYS .................................................... SCAR: Tony Freeman, Michael Hollick; ZAZU: Tony Freeman;
TIMON: Tony Freeman; PUMBAA: Tony Freeman, Michael Hollick
UNDERSTUDIES(Understudies never substitute for listed players unless announced at the time of the performance)
Rafiki–Thembelihle Cele, Yael Pineda-Hall, Mpume Sikakane, Thandazile A. Soni; Mufasa–Russell Joel Brown, Vusi Sondiyazi, Frank Wright II;
Sarabi–Taprena Michelle Augustine, Darilyn Castillo; Zazu–Robbie Swift; Shenzi–Phylicia Pearl, Tryphena Wade; Banzai–Andrew Arrington,
Tonoccus McClain; Ed–Andrew Arrington, Leroy Church, Rob Parks; Timon–Robbie Swift; Pumbaa–Robbie Swift; Simba–Roderick Lawrence, Rob Parks;
Nala–Darilyn Castillo, Thembelihle Cele
SWINGSAndrew Arrington, Mykal Ashlee, Kalilah Black, Izell O. Blunt, Deidrea Halley, Kendra Moore, Phylicia Pearl, Frank Wright II
DANCE CAPTAINSIzell O. Blunt, Kendra Moore
SPECIALTIESCircle of Life Vocals–Sihle Ngema, Vusi Sondiyazi; Mouse Shadow Puppet–Vusi Sondiyazi;
Ant Hill Lady–Erynn Marie Dickerson; Guinea Fowl–Leroy Church; Buzzard Pole–Raymond Baynard; Gazelle Wheel–Lilli-Anne Parks;
Gazelles–Leroy Church, Kevin Petite; Lioness Chant Vocal–Sihle Ngema; Acrobatic Trickster–Derrick Spear; Giraffe Shadow Puppets–Russell Joel Brown, Roderick Lawrence; Cheetah–Aisha Mitchell;
Stilt Giraffe–Derrick Spear; Scar Shadow Puppet–Russell Joel Brown, Roderick Lawrence, Tonoccus McClain; Simba Shadow Puppet–Kyle R. Banks, Rob Parks, Vusi Sondiyazi;
One By One Vocal–Vusi Sondiyazi; One By One Dance–Kyle R. Banks, Sihle Ngema; Fireflies–Erynn Marie Dickerson; Pumbaa Pole Puppet–Tonoccus McClain; Nala Pole Puppet–Amber Mayberry;
Lioness/Hyena Shadow Puppets–Taprena Michelle Augustine, Darilyn Castillo, Thembelihle Cele, Yael Pineda-Hall, Roderick Lawrence, Mpume Sikakane, Thandazile A. Soni.
Thembelihle Cele, Mukelisiwe Goba, Sihle Ngema, Mpume Sikakane and Thandazile A. Soni are appearing with the permission of Actors’ Equity Association.
TOURING ORCHESTRAConductor–Rick Snyder
Associate Conductor–Jamie Schmidt/Paul McCaffrey; Keyboard 1–Chris Neville; Keyboard 2–Doug Reed; Keyboard 3–Mark Snedegar;
Concert Master/Violin 1–Woonkuo Soon; Guitar–Robert Tye; Drums–Bobby Economou; Bass–Hugh Mason; Marimba–Mike Faue; Percussion–Stefan Monssen, Reuven Weizberg;
Flutes–Kay RagsdaleMusic Coordinator–Michael Keller
DENVER LOCAL ORCHESTRATuba and Bass Trombone–Michael Allen; Violin–Phyllis Carlson; Trombone–James GrayViolin and Cello–Cedra Kuehn; French Horn–Susan McCollough; Viola–Summer Rhodes
Local Musician Contractor–James Harvey
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ACT ONEScene 1 Pride Rock “Circle of Life” with “Nants’ Ingonyama” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rafiki, EnsembleScene 2 Scar’s CaveScene 3 Rafiki’s TreeScene 4 The PridelandsScene 5 Scar’s CaveScene 6 The Pridelands “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Young Simba, Young Nala, Zazu, EnsembleScene 7 Elephant Graveyard “Chow Down” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shenzi, Banzai, EdScene 8 Under the Stars “They Live in You” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mufasa, EnsembleScene 9 Elephant Graveyard “Be Prepared” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scar, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, EnsembleScene 10 The GorgeScene 11 Pride Rock “Be Prepared” (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scar, Ensemble “Nao Tse Tsa” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rafiki, Sarabi, Young NalaScene 12 Rafiki’s TreeScene 13 The Desert/The Jungle “Hakuna Matata”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timon, Pumbaa, Young Simba, Simba, Ensemble
ACT TWOEntr’acte “One by One” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EnsembleScene 1 Scar’s Cave “The Madness of King Scar” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scar, Zazu, Banzai, Shenzi, Ed, NalaScene 2 The Pridelands “Shadowland” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nala, Rafiki, EnsembleScene 3 The JungleScene 4 Under the Stars “Endless Night”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simba, EnsembleScene 5 Rafiki’s TreeScene 6 The Jungle “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timon, Pumbaa, Simba, Nala, Ensemble “He Lives in You” (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rafiki, Simba, EnsembleScene 7 Pride Rock “King of Pride Rock”/“Circle of Life” (Reprise). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble
THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION
The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches. The use of cell phones in the theatre is prohibited.
Based on the Disney film
Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff; Produced by Don HahnSpecial thanks to all the artists and staff of Walt Disney Feature Animation
SONG CREDITSAll songs by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) except as follows:
“Circle of Life”: by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) with “Nants’ Ingonyama”: by Hans Zimmer and Lebo M;“He Lives in You” (“They Live in You”): Music and lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, and Lebo M; “Nao Tse Tsa”: Music and lyrics by Jacques Loubelo; “One by One”: Music and lyrics by Lebo M; “Shadowland”: Music by Lebo M and Hans Zimmer,
lyrics by Mark Mancina and Lebo M; “Endless Night”: Music by Lebo M, Hans Zimmer, and Jay Rifkin, lyrics by Julie Taymor; “King of Pride Rock”: Music by Hans Zimmer, lyrics by Lebo M
ADDITIONAL SCOREGrasslands chant and Lioness chant by Lebo M; Rafiki’s chants by Tsidii Le Loka.
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GARETH SAXE (Scar) Broadway: The Lion King, The Homecoming, Heartbreak House. Off Broadway: Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center); Harper Regan (Atlantic); Richard III, The Winters Tale (Public); The Duchess of Malfi (Red Bull). Regional: Hamlet, Dangerous Liasons (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); Sexual Perversity in Chicago (ACT); iWitness (Mark Taper Forum). Film and TV: Michael Mann’s Public Enemies; “SVU;” “Law & Order.” NYU MFA.
GERALD RAMSEY (Mufasa) is humbled to join The Lion King. Proud graduate of University of Hawaii at Hilo. Originally from the island of Aunu’u in American Samoa, also raised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Credits: Lead Performer “Ha: The Breath of Life,” Lead Dancer “Te Here,” Dancer “Rainbows of Paradise” & “Ali’i Luau,” Lead Role “My Name is Gary Cooper.” All of these blessings are completely credited to the village of family and friends who raised me. Alofa atu
MUKELISIWE GOBA (Rafiki) was born in Durban, South Africa. Training: Mbongeni Ngema’s Academy. Credits: K-Cap, Umoja, and Lion King (Madrid). Television: Telethon (France) and 40 Principals (Madrid). She was a back-up vocalist for a South African Gospel star Rebecca Malope. Mukelisiwe thanks her family for their constant support.
NICK CORDILEONE (Timon). Off-Broadway: Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (Mint Theater), Hamlet (Theatre by the Blind). Regional: The Alchemist (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Lobby Hero (The Old Globe); Crime and Punishment (Cincinnati Playhouse and Actors Theatre); Henry VI, Richard III (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Comedy of Errors, Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey). Film: Step Up 2. LOVE: Amy and Hero.
DREW HIRSHFIELD (Zazu) Regional Credits: Premiere Stages, Geva Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Wilma Theater, Berkeley Rep, Huntington Theatre Co, Alley Theatre, Two River Theater Co, Magic Theatre, Marin, California, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festivals. New York: new plays with Ensemble Studio Theatre, 59E59, Collaboration Town, New York Stage & Film. TV/Film: Gosling, “Blue Bloods,” The inspector, The Lady and the Thief. Member of The__Space. M.F.A. from A.C.T.
BEN LIPITZ (Pumbaa) Broadway: The Lion King. Stage: God of Carnage; The Producers (Walnut St. Theatre); Red, Hot and Blue (Goodspeed Opera, Papermill Playhouse); Just So (Goodspeed Opera); ART; Dirty Blonde; Laughter on the 23rd Floor; Forum; Cleveland Play House, Kennedy Center. TV: “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Sopranos,” “Law
& Order,” “100 Centre St.,” “Homicide.” Film: The Giraffe and Find Me Guilty (with Vin Diesel). Member of The Actors’ Studio. Love and kisses to Rosalie, Matthew, and Mikaela. CalArts Alumni. Proud member of Actors’ Equity.
AARON NELSON (Simba) A proud Chicagoan, Aaron received his BA in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago. His regional theater credits include columbinus 2.0 (ATC), RENT (ATC), and Dreamgirls (Theater 47). He made his tele-vision debut as “Kyle” in NBC’s “Chicago Fire.” Love to Ashley and Aaydin, his parents and the rest of his family. He dedicates his performances to his uncle Dr. Larry E. Ross.
NIA HOLLOWAY (Nala) is ecstatic to join the cast of The Lion King. As an actress, vocalist and dancer, Nia has appeared at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, on the Hub Network show “Majors and Minors” and at various other venues as a live per-former. She thanks God and her family and friends for all of their love and support. www.niaholloway.com
KEITH BENNETT (Banzai). Broadway cred-its include Richie in A Chorus Line, BJ in OH KAY!, Wonder Boy in The High Rollers, Horace in Olympus On My Mind, Banzai in The Lion King. Tours include: Dancin, The Tap Dance Kid, Sophisticated Ladies, Five Guys Named Moe. Regional: Stand Up Tragedy, Betsey Brown, Kiss Me Kate, Bo Bo’s, A Son Come Home. Show dedicated to wife Deidre and my lovely daughters Tyler and Jordan. Big shout out to my Lord God.
TIFFANY DENISE HOBBS (Shenzi) is over the moon to join The Lion King family. Regional credits: The C. A. Lyons Project, Stagger Lee, Much Ado About Nothing, SPUNK, Race, Clybourne Park, A Raisin in the Sun, Cabaret, A Christmas Carol. Film: Dallas Buyers Club. MFA Acting gradu-ate from SMU. She sends never-ending love and gratitude to her Mom, Dad, April, Reginald, Auntie Earnestine, Russell, and her amazing friends.
ROBBIE SWIFT (Ed/Understudy Pumbaa, Timon and Zazu) is honored and excited to return to The Lion King family. Stage credits include: Snoopy!, Rumbles, The Red Flower, Water Children, Our Town, Godspell, etc. Film/Television: On The Run (Hyperboy), Fastlane (Fox), Urban Graffiti (Fox), Scrubs (NBC), etc. Many thanks to God, Mom, Dad, The Starting Five, family, and friends. Special thanks to Barry, Karen, and Lois Yvonne. Robbie is a proud mem-ber of AEA, SAG, and ASCAP. I dedicate this show to my beautiful wife, Lisa. You are my heart, my life, and my inspiration. Thanks for marrying me.
BJ COVINGTON (Young Simba at certain performances). BJ is thrilled to join the cast of The Lion King in what has become a bit of Lion King history! The brother of former Young Nala, Nya Cymone Carter, he is proud to follow in her footsteps! BJ made his professional acting debut as “Ben” in the 2014 Cast of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular featuring the Rockettes.
TRÉ JONES (Young Simba at certain per-formances) is happy to be a part of The Lion King as Young Simba! He is a 12 year old actor from Springfield, VA. He is grate-ful to God for this blessing and thanks his parents, grandparents, teachers and his many relatives and friends for the love and support in making his dream come true. www.iamtrejones.com
MIKARI TARPLEY (Young Nala at certain performances) is a triple threat talent, straight A student from Atlanta, born to entertain. Mikari has been dazzling audi-ences since three. She thanks her parents, family and teachers for giving her the skills to perform. Giving higher thanks to God for allowing her to shine her light for all the world to see! Follow her @mylifeaskari623 on Instagram MikariNichelle on Facebook
SAVANNA FLEISHER (Young Nala at certain Performances) is an 8 (9 Aug 1st) year old from Flemington NJ who is excited & honored to be on tour with The Lion King. She would like to thank her family, friends for their love & support, Shirley Grant Management, her coaches and teachers that help her reach her goals every day. This is more than a dream come true!
ANDREW ARRINGTON (Swing/Understudy Banzai and Ed). Regional premiere of Kander & Ebb’s Scottsboro Boys. The Lion King Las Vegas. Nat’l tours: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. New York: Showboat (Carnegie Hall), Godspell (workshop), Disney’s High School Musical 2, Respect (NYSAF). TV: CBS “My Broadway Debut.” University of Michigan
MYKAL ASHLEE (Swing) is honored to be a part of The Lion King national tour. Stage: Philadanco: Aida (China tour), The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway and national tour), Alicia Keys (Girl On Fire tour). TV and Film: Victoria Secret’s Fashion Show, Beyonce, Friends with Benefits and “So You Think You Can Dance.” Thanks to God and my parents for all their Love! Mykallaury.com
TAPRENA MICHELLE AUGUSTINE (Ensemble/Understudy Sarabi) Broadway/National Tours: A Night With Janis Joplin (Original Broadway Cast - Blues Singer/
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KYLE R. BANKS (Ensemble) This New Orleans native received his Masters of Music from the University of Oklahoma and has since logged time professionally in several operas including LaBoheme. He made his Broadway debut with The Lion King and has also done voiceovers for Cadillac and Cartoon Network.
RAYMOND BAYNARD (Ensemble) is a SUNY– Purchase graduate debuting with the Lion King Gazelle tour. He has worked and trained under companies Complexions and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. I thank God for always taking care of me, performances dedicated to my angel Karen Williams.
KALILAH BLACK (Swing) is from the Bronx, NY. She holds a B.F.A. from NCA&TSU (AGGIE PRIDE!) and is a proud member of the illustrious Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. She is humbled by her friends’ and family’s unwavering support on her artistic quest. Such gratitude to the most high! www.KalilahBlack.com
IZELL O. BLUNT (Swing/Dance Captain) From Jacksonville, Florida, Izell holds a B.F.A. in dance from SMU and has per-formed in the Broadway, national tour, and Las Vegas productions of The Lion King. Izell has performed with Cirque du Soleil in their “One Drop” event and also was an associate choreographer for the major motion picture entitled The Thief.
RUSSELL JOEL BROWN (Ensemble/Understudy Mufasa). Morehouse College graduate. Professional credits: Smokey Joe’s Cafe (first national, Japan), The Scarlet Pimpernel (first national), The Lion King (Cheetah tour, Mexico, Taiwan); Big River (Goodspeed; Best Actor: Connecticut Critics Circle).
AMYIA BURRELL (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of The Lion King cast. She has performed with Disney since 2003 appear-ing in shows at Tokyo Disney and Disney World. She would like to thank her family (especially Noah and Tally) and friends for their constant love and support. She gives God thanks for continuous blessings and grace. Proud member of AEA.
DARILYN CASTILLO (Ensemble/Understudy Nala and Sarabi) is ecstatic to join The Lion King! London West end: Duchess of Malfi (Duchess) and The Taming of The Shrew (Katherina). Regional: Once On This Island (TiMoune). Film and Television: “Boardwalk Empire!” Love to Mom, Dad, “Tweety” and Avalon! www.darilyncastillo.com
THEMBELIHLE CELE (Ensemble/Understudy Nala & Rafiki) Born in Durban, South Africa. Credits: The Nat & Natalie Show with Colin Penn & The Pennants, Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, The Lion King (U.K. and Ireland Tour). Trained with the Flatfoot Dance Company. TV Appearance: ETV Popstars 2010. Thembelihle is hon-ored to be a part of the national tour. She thanks her family and God for being the center of it all!
LEROY CHURCH (Ensemble/Understudy Ed) is a Baltimore, MD native and UArts B.F.A. graduate. Credits include: Cirque Du Soleil, Jennifer Hudson: Smash, So You Think You Can Dance, L’Oreal Redken, NASCAR Awards, Philadanco, Western Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico, Brandywine Ballet, HX Magazine, Cal Ripken PAL Billboard.
ERYNN MARIE DICKERSON (Ensemble) began her artistic studies at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, where she was cast in various musical theater productions at the Freud and Geffen Playhouse. She then graduated from Fordham University and the Alvin Ailey school with B.F.A. and a minor in communications. Since then she has appeared in various print ads, TV shows, commercials, music videos, and films.
TONY FREEMAN (Standby for Scar, Zazu, Timon and Pumbaa) has played Zazu (and occasionally Scar) on Broadway and across the country more than 3,000 times. Now he loves also getting to play Timon and Pumbaa. He did Tony Kushner’s musical Caroline, or Change in Los Angeles and San Francisco with the original Broadway cast. Tony performed guest roles on both “Law & Order” (twice) and “Law & Order: SVU.”
DEIDREA HALLEY (Swing) is proud to be from Toronto, Canada. Favorite credits include; The Lion King (Broadway, Las Vegas, West End, and Toronto Companies), We Will Rock You (Mirvish), Cabaret (Stratford Festival), and Chicago (Stage West). Many thanks to THouse, my fam-ily and William. Continuous gratitude to God always.
MICHAEL HOLLICK (Standby Scar and Pumbaa) Broadway: Tarzan, Jumpers. National Tour: The Lion King. Off-Broadway: Fuerza Bruta, De La Guarda. TV: Law & Order, Sex and the City, Guiding Light, Hawaii Five-O. Regional: The Wilma, Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh CLO, Great Lakes Theatre Festival. B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon. Michael starred as Niko Bellic in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. Love to my wife Angela and our little cubs Max and Eva.
J.E. JOHNSON (Ensemble) trained at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. He’s danced with Forces Of Nature, Creative Outlet, Hubbard Street 2, DanceWorks Chicago,
Cleo Parker Robinson, Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera, Cirque Du Soleil (Beatles LOVE), and the national tour of The Color Purple.
RODERICK LAWRENCE (Ensemble/Understudy Simba) Gratefully fulfilling a dream joining The Lion King. Credits: Comedy Centrals “Broad City”, and August Rush The Musical. IG: @rodericklaw Love to Mom, Pops, Evan, Shelby, Aunts, Cousins, Wolockos, Cynthia, Vicky, Scott, Dickersens, Nelsens, Gabe, FFAM and Chelsea. Baldwin Wallace
AMBER MAYBERRY (Ensemble) is from Washington, DC. B.F.A., SUNY–Purchase. Regional: On The Town, Oklahoma! (5th Avenue), Measure for Measure (STC). Company Experience: Elisa Monte, Wideman/Davis Dance, Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater and The Trey McIntyre Project. For my Parents, Papa, Ayana, Matthew and Don.
TONOCCUS MCCLAIN (Ensemble/Understudy Banzai) is proud to be making his touring debut! He could be seen report-ing on Channel One News, performing in Los Angeles Opera’s Porgy and Bess, three Academy Awards live telecasts, and heard singing in television’s Glee, The Good Wife, and film soundtracks Avatar, Star Trek, and The Simpsons Movie.
AISHA MITCHELL (Ensemble) from Syracuse, studied at North Carolina Dance Theatre, Lines Ballet School, The Joffrey Ballet School, a graduate of the Ailey/Fordham B.F.A. program, and a member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 08-13. She can be found in the Best-selling book Dancers Among Us.
KENDRA MOORE (Swing/Dance Captain) is Canadian born and trained in Edmonton, Alberta. A member of The Lion King Cheetah tour from 2003–08, Kendra has danced with BalletAustin, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She has traveled extensively with all these companies. Love to my family and friends.
SELENA MOSHELL (Ensemble) is a Rollins College graduate (Environmental Studies) from Orlando, FL, and has performed as a dancer and aerialist with the Pittsburgh CLO, Orlando City Ballet, Royal Caribbean, and Walt Disney World. She is thankful to family and friends for their love and support.
SIHLE NGEMA (Ensemble). Born in Newcastle, South Africa, vocally trained by Boycie Phokeng and Mbongeni Ngema. Theater: The Lion King (Australia and Shanghai), Dance Through Me, Mama, Woza My Fohloza, Jika The Musical. Television: X Factor, Nelson Mandela 80th Birthday Celebration. Film: Elephant Tails soundtrack vocals.
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Queens, New York and a graduate from the Ailey/Fordham BFA progam. Training: Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Ailey School, and Jacob’s Pillow. Former member of Evidence Dance Company (Ronald K. Brown). Special thanks to my husband, Rob, and our incredible family.
ROB PARKS (Ensemble/Understudy Simba & Ed) is thrilled to be touring with The Lion King! He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Michigan State University. He founded the LA based studio Rob Shots Photography. Contact and connect with him: IG: itsrobparks www.robparks.net. Much love and respect to my wife, LILLI!
PHYLICIA PEARL (Swing/Understudy Shenzi) Beyond ecstatic to join this amazing company! Much love and thanks to God, Elon family (Long Live Elon!), MT15, her agents, and ALL friends, and family who have supported her dreams! Ma Talamaku, this is for you! BetoBayayi! IG/Twitter:@thatssophylicia #stayPHYerce!
KEVIN PETITE (Ensemble), Fort Worth, TX. Trained at Dian Clough West Studios, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and The Ailey School receiving the prestigious Alvin Ailey Fellowship. Professional credits include Ailey II, and tours of Radio City Christmas Show and Movin’ Out.
YAEL PINEDA-HALL (Ensemble/Understudy Rafiki) A Christmas Carol, NC (2013 &14); Ghost, Manila (2014); Adarna, NC (2012); The Lion King (2003–11) in Singapore, London, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney; Festival Of The Lion King (2007–08) Hong Kong Disneyland; Xanadu, Manila (2010).
MPUME SIKAKANE (Ensemble/Understudy Rafiki) has worked with renowned writer, producer, director M’bongeni Ngema since 1989. Toured internationally with The Zulu and released album Babaka Mdudu in 2002. Love and thanks to God, Simon, Thandekile, and family.
VUSI SONDIYAZI (Ensemble/Understudy Mufasa) Credits include The Lion King on Broadway, national tour, Taipei, and Taiwan. Thanks to Mum, my two sisters, my twin brother, and friends for their love and support.
THANDAZILE A. SONI (Ensemble/Understudy Rafiki) from Durban, a singer/actress from South Africa, S.A.M.A nominee 09, Gazelle Tour 02, original Rafiki for the Cheetah Tour 03, BTAA nominee Chicago 03, performed on the Oprah Winfrey Show 2003, The Lion King UK 05-08, Hong Kong Disney Land 2011 and Broadway 2014-15, Qhakaza (shine) movie in 2013, Thank you The Lion King for another chance, Glory to God.
DERRICK SPEAR (Ensemble) is very grateful to be a part of The Lion King National Tour, and performed for the Las Vegas Production. He has performed with Washington Reflection Dance Company and National Ballet of San Domingo. Thanks his Mom, Dad, and Family for their love, Inspiration, and year of support. Thank You Universe for your Love.
TRYPHENA WADE (Ensemble/Sarabi/Understudy Shenzi) a Columbus, Ohio native and Howard University graduate. Credits: Ragtime, Trojan Women, and The Secret Garden. She has traveled the Mediterranean as a principal singer with Norwegian Cruise Lines, and most recently as a vocalist at The Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival in Maiori, Italy. “Praises to God for this dream come true!” [email protected] wedontsitoncouches.com
FRANK WRIGHT II (Swing/Understudy Mufasa). Frank joins the Gazelle Company after having been blessed with performing in the Cheetah and Broadway companies of The Lion King. He thanks God for his son Paden. With God all things are possible.
JULIE TAYMOR (Director, Costume Design, Mask/Puppet Co-Design, Additional Lyrics) won the 1998 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and for Best Costumes for The Lion King. In 2008 the musical won three Molière Awards, including Best Musical and Best Costumes. It also garnered Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League awards for Taymor’s direction, and myriad awards for her original costume, mask, and puppet designs. Taymor made her Broadway debut in 1996 with Juan Darién: A Carnival Mask (Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater), nominated for five Tony Awards. Other theater work includes The Green Bird (New Victory Theatre on Broadway); Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, and The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre for a New Audience); Juan Darién (Music- Theatre Group); co-adapter and director of The Transposed Heads (Lincoln Center and American Music Theatre Festival); and Liberty’s Taken (Castle Hill Festival). For her latest Broadway produc-tion, SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark, Taymor served as director and co-book writer. Her recent opera productions include an original opera, Grendel, composed by Elliot Goldenthal (Los Angeles Opera and the Lincoln Center Festival, 2006), which was a finalist for the Pulitzer. Her direction of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in 2004 and is now in repertoire there. Taymor’s film Across the Universe received a Golden Globe nomi-nation for Best Musical/Comedy in 2008. Her first film, Fool’s Fire, an adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe short story, aired on PBS in 1992. She directed her first feature, Titus, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange, in 1999. Frida, starring Salma Hayek
and Alfred Molina, received five Academy Award nominations and two Oscars in 2002. Taymor’s latest film is The Tempest (December 2010), starring Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, and Ben Whishaw. Taymor has received a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Obie Awards and the first annual Dorothy B. Chandler Award in Theater, among many others. A book spanning her career, Julie Taymor: Playing With Fire, is in its third edition from Abrams.
ELTON JOHN (Music). The monumental career of international singer/songwriter and performer Elton John has spanned more than three decades. He is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, with 35 gold and 25 platinum albums and more than 250 million records sold worldwide. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has awarded Elton multiple Grammys, including the Grammy Legend Award. In the early 1990s Elton collaborated with lyricist Tim Rice on the soundtrack for The Lion King, winning him an Academy Award. The album produced two top-selling, award-winning singles: “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” The Tony Award– winning Broadway productions of The Lion King and Aida both awarded Elton with Grammys for Best Musical Show Album. Billy Elliot was nominated for a record-tying 15 Tony Awards and won ten, including Best Musical. Elton was also one of the producers for Next Fall on Broadway. The Union is his latest CD with Leon Russell, produced by T Bone Burnett. In 1992 Elton established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which today is one of the leading nonprofit HIV/ AIDS organizations. In 1998 the Queen of England knighted him Sir Elton John, CBE. In 2004 Elton received the Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime contributions to American culture and excellence through the performing arts.
TIM RICE (Lyrics) has worked in music, theater and films since 1965 when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim’s ambi-tions to write rock or pop songs they turned their attention to Andrew’s obsession—musical theater. Their first collaboration (lyrics by Tim, music by Andrew) was an unsuccessful show based on the life of Dr. Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist, The Likes Of Us. Their next three works together were much more successful—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita. Tim has also worked with other distinguished popular composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast), and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess). His first new show for ten years, From Here To Eternity, with music by newcomer Stuart Brayson, co-produced with Lee Menzies, directed by Tamara Harvey, and with book
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LEBO M (Additional Music and Lyrics, Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements, Choral Director) is known as the “voice and spirit of The Lion King.” Once a teen-age singer in Soweto, the Grammy Award winner and Tony nominee’s music brings audiences to tears with hauntingly inspir-ing African rhythms and melodies. Lebo’s talents have been hailed by the worldwide press in superlatives that might describe the most delightfully poetic of musical deities. Since his arrival in America, Lebo has attracted music industry giants such as Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cliff, and Hans Zimmer as mentors, allies, and collabora-tors. Lebo has performed and produced four albums, Rhythm of the Pride Lands (Disney), Deeper Meaning (Gallo), and The Lion King (Japanese and Hamburg cast recordings). Other credits include The Power of One, Back on the Block, and Listen Up with Quincy Jones; the feature films Outbreak (Warner Bros.), Congo (Warner Bros.), and Born to Be Wild (Paramount); and the Disney television special People. He has performed on the Academy Awards and the Essence Awards Show, with Vanessa Redgrave at Kthimi-The Return in Kosovo, and been honored by Artists for a Free South Africa.
MARK MANCINA (Additional Music and Lyrics, Music Produced for the Stage, Additional Score). A Tony nominee and multi-platinum, three-time Grammy Award– winning composer, he was an obvious choice to produce the music for the stage production of The Lion King, hav-ing arranged and produced songs for the blockbuster animated feature film, for which he received both Grammy and American Music awards in 1994. The film also spawned the hit album Rhythm of the Pride Lands, for which Mr. Mancina co-wrote, arranged and produced three tracks, including “He Lives in You” and “Shadowland,” which are featured in the stage production. Ranked among the upper echelons of film compos-ers, his credits include mega-hits Training Day, Speed, Twister, Bad Boys, Tarzan, and Brother Bear among many others. Most recent feature films include August Rush and Shooter.
ROGER ALLERS (Book) makes his Broadway debut with co-author Irene Mecchi, with this Tony-nominated book, adapted from the animated feature, which he co-directed. Mr. Allers has been instrumental in shaping
the structure and dialogue for many Disney animated features since 1988, including Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Oliver and Company, Rescuers Down Under, Prince and the Pauper, and the computer-animated movie, Tron. He directed the Academy Award nominated short The Little Matchgirl for Disney and co-directed the 2006 animated feature Open Season for Sony Studios. Prior to working with Disney, he created anima-tion on children’s programs and features for studios in Boston, Toronto, and Tokyo. He is currently writing and directing an animated adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
IRENE MECCHI (Book) began her associa-tion with Disney in March 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short, which won the 1994 Environmental Media Award. Irene is a co-writer of Disney’s animated features The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Hercules. Along with co-author Roger Allers, she received a 1998 Tony nomination for writing the book for The Lion King. Irene wrote the teleplay for Annie, directed by Rob Marshall. Irene shares a writing credit on Disney Pixar’s Brave and is currently adapting the Warners’ 1954 A Star is Born film as a stage musi-cal, as well as developing a project with Lucasfilm.
GARTH FAGAN (Choreographer) is the recipient of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Choreography and the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer (London, U.K.) as well as the Drama Desk Award, the Astaire Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for his work with The Lion King. Mr. Fagan was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and for more than 33 years has toured the world with Garth Fagan Dance. On television the company has appeared on Great Performances, The Tonight Show, and the Academy Awards. Mr. Fagan forged his own dance language and technique, drawing from modern dance, Afro-Caribbean, and ballet, and has cho-reographed for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Jose Limon Company, the New York City Ballet’s 50th Anniversary, and others. In addition, he choreographed Joseph Papp’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Duke Ellington street opera, Queenie Pie at the Kennedy Center. A distinguished univer-sity professor at SUNY–Brockport, he has received numerous awards and fellow-ships, including the 2001 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award, a Bessie Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow. He has also been inducted into the American Academy of Achievement.
RICHARD HUDSON (Scenic Design) was born in Zimbabwe, and educated in Zimbabwe and England. In 1988 he won
a Laurence Olivier Award for designing a season of seven plays at the Old Vic Theatre, London. His set designs for The Lion King have won numerous awards including a Tony in 1998. He is a Royal Designer for Industry (RDI). In 2003 he won the Gold Medal for Set Design at the Prague Quadriennale, and in 2005 he was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Surrey. He has designed sets and costumes for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Young Vic and the Gate, London. In opera he has worked at the Royal Opera, English National Opera, La Scala Milan, Metropolitan Opera New York, Opera National de Paris, Lyric Opera Chicago, Staatsoper Vienna, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and in Zurich, Munich, Amsterdam, Venice, Florence, Turin, Bregenz, Houston, and Washington.
DONALD HOLDER (Lighting Design) received the 1998 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his work on The Lion King; a 2008 Moliere Award for The Lion King-Paris, 1999 Olivier nomina-tion for The Lion King-London; and the L.A. Drama Critics Circle, NAACP, and Ovation awards for The Lion King-Los Angeles. Broadway projects include: South Pacific (2008 Tony Award), Movin’ Out (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Thoroughly Modern Millie, A Streetcar Named Desire (Tony nomination), Les Liasons Dangereuses (Tony nomination), The Little Dog Laughed, Gem of The Ocean (Tony nomination), Hughie, Juan Darién (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Eastern Standard, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Boy From Oz, many others. Off-Broadway: Observe the Sons of Ulster… (Lucille Lortel Award), The Marriage of Bette and Boo, A Man of No importance, The Pain and The Itch, Jitney, Tiny Alice, Saturday Night, Everett Beekin, Three Days of Rain, Chaucer in Rome, Sight Unseen, Spunk, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Jeffrey, and many others. He has designed at resident theaters across the United States. Mr. Holder is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
MICHAEL CURRY (Mask and Puppet Co- Design) is one of the world’s leading pro-duction designers. He works widely in both conceptual and technical development with the foremost entertainment companies such as Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera, London’s Royal National Theatre, Disney Theatrical Productions, L.A. Opera and Universal Pictures. He collaborates regu-larly with directors such as Robert Lepage, Nicholas Hytner, Julie Taymor, and William Friedken. Michael has been the recipient of many prestigious awards from his peers, including several awards for his puppet and costume work on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies and his continuing innovations in the fields of visual effects and puppetry design. He owns and operates Michael Curry Design Inc., which designs and creates
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MICHAEL WARD (Hair and Makeup Design) designs for opera and theater. For Disney: The Lion King (Broadway and others) and Der Glöckner von Notre Dame (Berlin). Other work has been seen in Britain, United States, Holland, France, Japan, Israel, and Portugal. Along side his design work in theater he works as a garden and land-scape designer.
STEVE CANYON KENNEDY (Sound Design) was the production engineer on such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie, and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound design credits include Catch Me if You Can, (Tony nomination) Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray, The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Carousel, and The Who’s Tommy (Drama Desk Award).
HANS ZIMMER (Additional Music and Lyrics) received the Oscar, Golden Globe, and two Grammy awards for his original film score for the film version of The Lion King. He started his film scoring career with My Beautiful Laundrette in 1985, and his other credits include six Oscar-nominated film scores, among them Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, As Good as it Gets, and Rain Man. Additional credits include the Grammy Award–winning score for Crimson Tide, Driving Miss Daisy, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, and The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise which was his 100th score. In addition to his composing duties Mr. Zimmer also heads the film music divi-sion for DreamWorks SKG studios.
JAY RIFKIN (Additional Music and Lyrics). The GRAMMY Award-winning producer, together with producing and compos-ing partner Hans Zimmer, created Media Ventures, a multi-faceted entertainment group that includes music, new media, film and television. Their partnership has earned them numerous awards and nominations, including Academy Award nominations, for the film scores of Driving Miss Daisy, Rain Man, and The Lion King. Following the success of The Lion King, Jay conceived and produced the gold-selling follow-up album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. Jay is also chairman of Media Revolution, an award-winning new media company and a founder of the film production company Media Ventures Pictures, producing the comedy Waiting.
JOHN STEFANIUK (Associate Director). A native of Toronto, Canada, John stud-ied theater at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Upon leaving school, John worked as an actor and voice over artist in both Canada and the U.K. He can be heard in many cartoons and commercials as well as being heard as the voice of the Cartoon Network. He has taught, directed and guest lectured for many theater schools and colleges in Toronto, New York, and London including the Royal Academy of Music, Sylvia Young Theatre School, and Duke University. For three years John was the Artistic Director for Stagedoor Manor in New York directing many productions including Side Show, Sweeney Todd and A Midsummer Night’s Dream starring Natalie Portman and Bryce Howard. John has worked as Resident Director for Cameron Mackintosh and JAR Productions on Hey Mr. Producer! and for Disney’s The Lion King at London’s Lyceum Theatre as well as the American National Tour. John is thrilled to be continuing his work with this incredible company.
MAREY GRIFF ITH (Assoc iate Choreographer). A native New Yorker, Miss Griffith toured worldwide with the acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as a featured dancer/soloist for eight years. She is most known for her performances in the works of the late, world renowned choreographer Ulysses Dove. Other guest appearances include Déjà vu Dance Theatre, and the Spoleto festival in Italy. She worked as co-choreographer on the star studded production of The Wizard of Oz in concert at Avery Fisher Hall with Nathan Lane, Joel Grey, Jewel, and Natalie Cole. Miss Griffith has appeared in numer-ous commercials and voice-overs. Her soap opera credits include As the World Turns and Another World. She has also performed with Sight and Sound Theatre in Lancaster, PA. Miss Griffith joined the creative team of The Lion King in August of 2000. She feels privileged to work with choreographer Garth Fagan.
CLEMENT ISHMAEL (Music Supervisor). is a conductor, composer, and arranger. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Royal Conservatory of Music, where he specialized in composition and conduct-ing as well as singing with Joyce Britten. Conducting credits include Abbey Players Opera Company, Ad Astra Chorus, Addison Jazz Ensemble, and West London Gospel Choir. He also conducted the new ballet Awakening at Sadlers Wells. West End credits include: Five Guys Named Moe, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Smokey Joe’s Café, and Soul Train. He has also directed and arranged the music for numerous shows which include: Sweet Lorraine, Up Against the Wall, The Amen Corner, The Grape Vine, The Cavalcaders, and most recently Gem of the Ocean at the Tricycle Theatre. His
classical compositions and arrangements have been performed worldwide as well as being broadcast by BBC Television and Radio. His opera Grazyna was performed at the Royal Opera House’s Lindbury Studio and his most recent commission, for the London Piano Trio, was performed at Cardogan Hall in 2008.
DAVID BENKEN (Technical Director) has supervised the technical aspects of numer-ous Broadway and touring productions around the world. Broadway credits include: The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, The Lion King, The Seafarer, The History Boys, The Woman in White, The Boy From Oz, Jumpers. National Tours: The Lion King, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast (U.S. and U.K.), Kiss me Kate, Miss Saigon, Peter Pan, Les Misérables (U.S. and U.K.). Las Vegas: The Lion King, Phantom, The Producers, We Will Rock You. International: Dreamgirls Korea
ROBERT ELHAI (Associate Music Producer, Orchestrator). Tony and Drama Desk nomi-nee. Robert Elhai has orchestrated many concert, theater, and film scores for com-posers Elliot Goldenthal (Juan Darién, Final Fantasy) and Michael Kamen (Don Juan de Marco, X-Men) among others. His arrangements for Metallica’s Grammy Award– winning S&M made good use of his doctorate in composition from Yale University.
DAVID METZGER (Orchestrator) has orches-trated many films, including the Disney animated film Tarzan, Training Day, Domestic Disturbance, Bait, and Return to Paradise. His television work includes composing episodes of The Magnificent Seven, Disney’s The Legend of Tarzan and five years as an arranger/composer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. David was nominated for a Tony Award and Drama Desk award for The Lion King.
MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator) has been a musician for more than 35 years. He was a conductor/drummer for Marvin Hamlisch. Music Coordination for Taboo, Wicked, The Boy From Oz, Avenue Q, Gypsy, Andrea Bocelli tours; Mamma Mia!, Aida, imaginary Friends, Man of La Mancha, Dance of the Vampires, Sweet Smell of Success, Cinderella, The Wild Party (MTC), Marlene, The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994 and 2001), The Goodbye Girl.
RICK SNYDER (Music Director/Conductor) is thrilled to be music director of the Gazelle company of The Lion King. Prior to this he was music director of the Cheetah company of The Lion King. Over many years he has also played keyboards and/or conducted for the touring productions of Phantom Of The Opera and Miss Saigon, as well as Chicago-based productions of Showboat,
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DODD LOOMIS (Resident Director) Broadway: Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark (Assistant Director). Off-Broadway: The Rap Guide To Evolution (Director, Drama Desk Nomination), Luck (Director & Writer, Little Gem Award), Mabou Mines Dollhouse (Associate Director & Puppetry Supervisor, Obie Award). International Tour: The Aluminum Show (Co-Director & Co-Writer), The Gospel at Colonus: Athens, Greece (Associate Director, Pulitzer Prize Nomination). NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
GEOFF MYERS (Resident Dance Supervisor) has been on Broadway or on tour with The Lion King since 2003. His titles have included ensemble male dancer, male swing, fight captain, and most recently a two-and-a-half year stint as dance captain for the Las Vegas production. Before joining the Lion King Geoff enjoyed a long and successful career as a concert dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Geoff has worked with some of the dance worlds most renown choreographers Twyla Tharp, Nacho Duato, Ohad Naharin, David Parsons, and Danny Ezralow to name a few. Geoff brings more than 20 years dance perfor-mance experience to his position as resident dance director.
M. WILLIAM SHINER (Production Stage Manager): Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Jungle Book. International: RSC, Franco Dragone’s House of Dancing Water. NY: 39 Steps, Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s The Total Bent and Family Album, Measure for Measure and As You Like It (Shakespeare in the Park), Public Theater. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center. www.stagemanager.nyc
BETH BORNSTEIN (Stage Manager). National Tours: Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk; Cinderella; Jekyll & Hyde; Annie 20th Anniversary Tour. Broadway: Damn Yankees!, Arcadia, The Red Shoes. Off-Broadway: Cowgirls. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and IATSE.
BRIAN HASAL (Assistant Stage Manager) is proud to be back with The Lion King. Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular (ASM), JabbaWockeeZ: Prism (PSM), Lion King - Los Angeles & Cheetah (ASM). Love to my family for their support, and thanks to Stan for the lesson in responsibility.
MICHAEL G. MORALES (Assistant Stage Manager) BFA: Theatrical Stage Management. National Tours: The Spectacular New Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Rock of Ages (1st National), Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago and Movin’ Out. Pre-Broadway: Wonderland and Miss Abigail’s Guide…, Regional: My Fair Lady (The Asolo), West Side Story (The Fulton), The Threepenny Opera (Seaside). Special thanks to his family and his beautiful wife for their love and support. Proud AEA Member.
KATRINA STEVENS (Advance Stage Manager) Tours: The Book of Mormon, American Idiot, Billy Elliot, In the Heights, Avenue Q, Camelot, Peter Pan, Contact, Beauty and the Beast, Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria. Broadway: Sunset Boulevard, Lost in Yonkers, Death and the Maiden, Mastergate, A Month of Sundays, Broadway Bound. AEA since 1987.
BINDER CASTING (Casting) with Jay Binder, CSA, Jack Bowdan, CSA, Mark Brandon, CSA, and Jason Styres, CSA, have cast more than 70 Broadway shows including Dames at Sea (upcoming 2014), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Nice Work if You Can Get it, Born Yesterday, The Miracle Worker, Finian’s Rainbow, Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, 39 Steps, White Christmas, is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey’s End, Butley, Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Movin’ Out, 42nd Street, Music Man, Iceman Cometh, Charlie Brown, Sound of Music, Beauty & the Beast, Last Night of Ballyhoo, Chicago, King & I, Damn Yankees, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, The Goodbye Girl, and every City Center Encores! produc-tion since its inception in 1994. Film/ TV/Other: Carousel (NY Philharmonic/ PBS), Six by Sondheim (HBO), So You Think You Can Dance, West Side Story (San Francisco Symphony), Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Chicago, Nine. Ten–time Artios Award winner.
CHRIS MONTAN (Executive Music Producer) joined Disney in 1984 and is currently presi-dent of Walt Disney Music. Under his guid-ance as head of music, soundtracks from nine theatrical releases (Cocktail, Beaches, The Little Mermaid, Pretty Woman, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, and Tarzan) were certified multiplatinum. Additionally, the Studio received Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award recognition for many of its music entries. Most recently he served as executive producer of the Wonderful World of Disney’s production of Annie, as well as a producer with the television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which was nominated for seven Emmy Awards.
DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, a division of The Walt Disney Studios, was formed in 1994 and operates under the
direction of Thomas Schumacher. World-wide, its eight Broadway titles have been seen by over 128 million theatergoers and have been nominated for 57 Tony Awards®, winning Broadway’s highest honor 20 times. With 15 productions currently produced or licensed, a Disney musical is being per-formed professionally somewhere on the planet virtually every hour of the day. The company’s inaugural production, Beauty and the Beast, opened in 1994. It played a remarkable 13 year run on Broadway and has been produced in 28 countries world-wide. In November 1997, Disney opened The Lion King, which received six 1998 Tony Awards including Best Musical. In its 17th smash year, it has welcomed over 75 million visitors worldwide to date. The Lion King can also currently be seen on tour across North America, the U.K., and Japan, and in London’s West End, Hamburg, Tokyo, Madrid, Sao Paulo, and Brisbane, Austra-lia, a total of ten concurrent productions worldwide. Having played 19 countries on every continent except Antarctica, The Lion King’s worldwide gross exceeds that of any film, Broadway show or other entertain-ment title in box office history. Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida opened on Broadway next, winning four 2000 Tony Awards, and spawning productions around the world. Mary Poppins, a co-production with Cameron Mackintosh, opened in London in 2004 and established itself as one of the biggest stage musical successes to emerge in recent years, launching seven productions on three continents. Follow-ing a six year Tony-winning Broadway run, the title is now being licensed to profes-sional theatres worldwide. Tarzan®, which opened on Broadway in 2006, is now an international hit with an award-winning production in its 6th year in Germany. In January 2008, The Little Mermaid opened on Broadway and was the #1-selling new musical of that year. Its success continues with new productions worldwide. Disney Theatrical Productions opened two critically acclaimed productions on Broadway in 2012, receiving seven Tony Awards between them: Newsies, which played over 1,000 performances on Broadway and is currently on tour throughout North America, and Peter and the Starcatcher, which enjoyed a two year New York run. Other success-ful stage musical ventures have included King David in concert, the national tour of On The Record, several touring versions of Disney’s High School Musical, and Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame in Berlin. DTP has collaborated with the country’s leading regional theatres to develop new stage titles including Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of The Jungle Book and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Aladdin is its most recent Tony Award-winning Broadway hit; its most recent London production is the critically acclaimed comedy, Shakespeare In Love.
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President & Producer ..................................................Thomas SchumacherEVP & Managing Director .....................................................David Schrader
Creative & ProductionExecutive Music Producer ........................................................ Chris MontanSVP, Production .............................................................................. Anne QuartVP, Creative Development ................................................... Ben FamigliettiDirector, Production ................................................................ Mimi IntagliataDirector, Labor Relations ............................................................Scott KardelDirector, Production Development...................................Seth MarquetteAssociate Director ..................................................................................Jeff LeeProduction Supervisor .......................................................Clifford SchwartzSr. Manager, Creative Development ............................... Jane AbramsonDramaturg & Literary Manager ..............................................Ken CernigliaSr. Manager, Labor Relations ...........................................Stephanie CheekSr. Manager, Education & Outreach .......................................Lisa MitchellGeneral Manager ............................................................................ Myriah BashManager, Physical Production ...............................................James GarnerGeneral Manager .......................................................................Michael HeightGeneral Manager ....................................................................Thomas SchlenkAssociate General Manager .................................................. Kerry McGrathAssociate General Manager ..............................................Caitlyn ThomsonAsst. Manager, Creative Development ...................Colleen McCormack
Marketing, Sales & PublicitySVP, Marketing, Sales & Publicity .......................................... Andrew FlattVP, Sales, CRM & Partnerships .............................................Bryan DockettVP, Marketing ................................................................................. Robin WyattDirector, Worldwide Publicity ............................................. Michael CohenDirector, Sales & Ticketing .......................................................... Nick FalzonDirector, Licensed Brands ..............................................................Gary KaneDirector, Partnership Development .......................................... Lisa ScottoSr. Manager, Publicity & Communications ................Lindsay BravermanSr. Marketing Manager ........................................................... Lauren DaghiniSr. Marketing Manager ............................................................. Jason ZammitSr. Manager, Data Modeling & Consumer Insights ...................................................... Craig TrachtenbergDesign Manager .................................................................................. Eric EmchSales Manager, Groups & Tourism ............................... Nicholas FarandaManager, Digital Marketing & Social Media .........................Greg JoskenManager, Sales & Ticketing ...........................................Liz SchwarzwalderManager, Sales & Ticketing ..................................................Jenifer ThomasManager, Digital Marketing ..........................................................Peter TulbaAsst. Design Manager ..............................................................Brandon FakeAsst. Manager, Partnership ............................................................Julie LavinPublicity Associate ..............................................................Brendan Padgett
DomesticVP, Domestic ......................................................................................Jack EldonDirector, Domestic Touring ........................................... Michael BuchananDirector, Regional Engagements ............................... Scott A. HemerlingDirector, Regional Engagements .................................................Kelli PalanSr. Manager, Theatrical Licensing .......................................David R. ScottManager, Domestic Touring & Planning ................................... Liz Botros
InternationalSVP, International .............................................................................Ron KollenVP, International, Australia....................................................... James ThaneVP, International, Europe ........................................................ Fiona ThomasDirector, International Production .......................................Felipe Gamba
Business & Legal AffairsSVP, Business & Legal Affairs ............................................ Jonathan OlsonVP, Business & Legal Affairs.......................................................... Seth StuhlSenior Counsel ..........................................................................Naila McKenzieSr. Paralegal ..................................................................................Jessica WhiteParalegal ............................................................................................Erin Browne
Finance & OperationsVP, Finance, Operations & Technology ............................Mario IannettaVP, Operations ........................................................................ Dana AmendolaDirector, Production Accounting & Analysis ..........................Matt CraigDirector, Financial Planning & Analysis...................................Matt MartinDirector, Accounting .............................................................Brigitte PascualManager, Accounting ..................................................................Arlene SmithManager, Finance ....................................................................Jennifer AugustManager, Finance ..........................................................................Chris EkizianManager, Finance ................................................................Mikhail MedvedevManager, Technical Services & Support .........................Michael FigliuloSenior Business Planner ..........................................................Jessica BilmesSenior Technical Support Engineer ..............................Kevin A. McGuireSenior Technical Support Engineer ................................... Noel Moore Jr.Production Accountant ..........................................................Angela DiSantiProduction Accountant ........................................................Samantha SorinAssistant Production Accountant .........................................Isander Rojas
Strategy and Business DevelopmentDirector, Strategy & Business Development .......................Clive ChangSr. Manager, Strategy & Business Development ................. Ryan Pears
Human ResourcesDirector, Human Resources ........................................... Marie-Pierre VarinManager, Human Resources & Labor Relations............................................................................Valerie Hart
Administrative StaffZachary Baer, Caitlin Baird, Hannah Baker, Caley Beretta, Elizabeth Boulger, Melody Byron, Hunter Chancellor, Lauren Chapman, Amanda Cole, Brian DeCaluwe, Adam Dworkin, Bradley Eckerson, Meghan Flaim, Qadir Forbes, Sarah Funk, Phil Grippe, Matt Hagmeier Curtis, Frankie Harvey, Julie Haverkate, Chad Hornberger, Christina Huschle, Sarah Kenny, Pearl Kermani, Julie Lavin, Chantal Lopez, Jeffrey Metzler, Sunny Ng, Misael Nunez, Kelly Perez, Jessica Petschauer, Matt Quinones, Elizabeth Rublein, Janey Sherlock, Mark Shultz, Bri Silva, Ariel Stein, Lee Taglin, Mark Topley, Jennifer F. Vaughan, Angela Voelker
DISNEY THEATRICAL MERCHANDISE, L.L.C.Vice President .........................................................................Steven DowningDirector, Merchandise & Sales Operations ..................... Alyssa SomersDirector, Licensed Brands ..............................................Mayumi YokomizoMerchandise Manager ............................................................... Neil MarkmanMerchandise Manager ...........................................................Michael Dei CasCorp. Sales & Product Development Manager .....................Ellete PoulinBuyer ................................................................................................Violet BurlazaOn-Site Retail Manager ............................................................... Todd Kunze
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Opening Night - November 6, 2015
Staff for THE LION KING Worldwide
Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne QuartProduction Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Doc ZorthianGeneral Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas SchlenkAssociate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caitlyn ThomsonAssociate Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John StefaniukAssociate Choreographer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marey GriffithMusic Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clement IshmaelDance Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celise HicksSupervising Resident Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony LynAssociate Music Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David KreppelAssociate Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter EastmanAssociate Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Nemecek PetersonAssociate Mask & Puppet Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louis TroisiAssociate Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John ShiversAssociate Hair & Makeup Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carole HancockAssociate Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeanne KoenigAssistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marty VreelandAssistant Hair & Makeup Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowena HumeAssistant Sound Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hugh SweeneyAutomated Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aland HendersonProduction Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zachary BaerProduction Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Huschle
SENIOR PUBLICIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DENNIS CROWLEYNATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . . GREGORY HANOIAN
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COMPANY MANAGER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AARON QUINTANAProduction Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M. William ShinerResident Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dodd LoomisResident Dance Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoff MyersMusical Director / Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Snyder
Assistant Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margaret SkoglundStage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beth BornsteinAssistant Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . .Brian Hasal, Michael G. MoralesAdvance Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina StevensDance Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Izell O. Blunt, Kendra MooreAssistant Choreographers . . Norwood J. Pennewell, Natalie Rogers
Production Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard HowardProduction Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmy MaloneyProduction Propman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Victor AmerlingProduction Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kjeld AndersenHead Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy KimbleyAutomation Carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chad W. Rowe, Sean SullivanFlymen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Bogdan, Kevin LowtherCarpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett SealesFlying Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave HearnAssistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen DetmerSecond Assistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lara DubinHead Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James SampleFront Light Operators . . . . . . . . . June Abernathy, Harley WhitehurstVari-Light Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret SumpHead Propman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric HagenbarthAssistant Propmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Colvin, Patrick LohrerAssistant Sound Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew KeisterSound Engineer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin HigleyAssistant Sound Engineer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul McTernanAdvance Sound Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brent Bullard, Ben HugginsCostume Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel AttridgeWardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregory YoungMove Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara WilsonWardrobe Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debbie Burkman-Margolies,
Gretchen Heidenreich, Anthony PadillaPuppet Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael ReillyPuppet Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Hennessy, Sue McLaughlin,
Bruce Paul ReikAssistant to Associate Make Up & Hair Designer . . . . . .Tiffany HicksHair & Make Up Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer IveyHair & Make Up Assistants . . Valerie Anderson, Tammy Potts-MerrittCrew Swing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barry BradfordAdvance Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie RenegarMove Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Gosenski, Dan SheehanAdvance Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert FerreeMove Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Hartford, Steve Templeton
Music Preparation. . . . . . . Donald Oliver, Chelsea Music Service, Inc.Electronic Music Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff MarderAssociate Synth Programmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Taylor J Williams
Personal Assistant to Elton John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob HaleyAssistant to Tim Rice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eileen HeininkAssistant to Mark Mancina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlon Espino
Production Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan MarcusCasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BINDER CASTING: Jay Binder, CSA; Jack Bowdan, CSA; Mark Brandon, CSA; Jason Styres, CSACasting Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanna LevingerCorporate Immigration Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michael RosenfeldPhysical Therapy Neuro Tour Physical Therapy, Dionne Vernon, PT, DPT;
Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center, Ken R. Mautner, M.D.Children’s Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On Location EducationTutor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori BetzWranglers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lori Betz, Anna SpeedProduction Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill CitronExecutive Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Arnao, Patt McRoryWeb Design Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua NoahAdvertising. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Serino Coyne, Inc.Special Thanks . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert W. Johnson, Lynn Beckemeyer,
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CREDITSScenery built and mechanized by Hudson Scenic Studio, Inc. Additional scenery by Adirondack Scenic Inc.; Michael Hagen, Inc.; I Weiss & Sons, Inc. Lighting by Fourth Phase, VARI*LIGHT® (auto-mated lighting provided by VARI-LITE, Inc.) Props by The Rabbit’s Choice and Paragon. Custom Trussing supplied by Tait Towers and Tomcat USA, Inc. Sound equipment by Masque Sound and Recording. Costumes executed by Barbara Matera, Ltd., Parsons-Meares Ltd., Seamless Costumes, Donna Langman, Eric Winterling, Danielle Gisiger. Millinery by Monica Vaianni and Leslie Norgate, Arnold Levine. Shibori dyeing by Joan Morris. Custom dyeing and painting by Joni Johns, Gene Mignola, Chrome Yellow, J. Michelle Hill Campbell, Nicola Kileen, Mary Macy, and Parsons-Meares. Knitwear by Laurie Krempien Hall. Footwear by Montana Leatherworks, Gamba, Pluma, Robert W. Jones, Sara Mullins, Capezio. Costume development by Constance Hoffman. Additional craftwork by Cindy Anita Fain. Puppet construction by Michael Curry Design, Inc. and Paragon. Pumbaa Puppet Construction by Andrew Benepe. Flying by Foy. Trucking by Clark Transfer. Wigs made at by The Wigworkshop by Sam Fletcher.
Cheetah skins and Make-up stamps made by Mike Defeo in the USA. Specialists brushes made by Joseph Begley. Make-up supplied by MAC, Make-up Forever Professional Make-up, Alcone, Skin Care By Kiehls since 1851. Marimbas by Marimba One. Musical instruments pro-vided by: Remo Inc.; Jeff Whittier; Patrick Olwell; Tim Liu; Lark in the Morning; Beverly Pan Flutes; Drummer’s World, Inc.; The Woodshed. Bass equipment by Eden Electronics. Lozenges provided by Ricola. Air and Sea Shipments by Rock-It Cargo, Worldwide.
This production is produced in collaboration with our professional, union-represented employees.
The Lion King originally premiered at theOrpheum Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Disney’s The Lion King is a registered trademark owned by The Walt Disney Company and used under special license
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Visit The Lion King website on the World Wide Web at:www.disneyonbroadway.com
The Lion King National Tour proudly participates in Touring Green. We transport our theatrical equipment on a carbon neutral basis with Clark Transfer in association with NativeEnergy.com. For more information on this program,
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The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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SONG EXCERPTS (used by permission): “Let It Go” written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez;
“Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” written by Sam Lewis, Joe Young, and Ray Henderson; “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” written by
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Business Manager Michael Kimbrough ..........................................................Engineer Jaymes Kimbrough .................Event Technology Specialist Clint King ........................................................Security SupervisorTerry Koch ..................................................Director, EngineeringJohn Lower .............................................................Chief EngineerBrian McClain ............................................ Custodial SupervisorTara Miller ................................................................ Event ManagerBrook Nichols ...............................Director, Event Technology Danielle Porter ...................................................... Event ManagerKassie Sanders ..........................Event Technology Specialist Brittany Schoede ................................................ Event ManagerAlyssa Stock ...................................Assistant Project ManagerDawn Williams ....................................Director, Event Services Juan Loya, Carmen Molina, Blanca Primero, Judith Primero, Angeles Reyes Soto, Francisco Trujillo ...........................................................Custodians
MARKETING & SALESJennifer Nealson .................................Chief Marketing Officer Heidi Bosk ........................ Senior PR & Promotions ManagerNathan Brunetti ..................................................Digital ManagerKim Conner ........................................................Graphic DesignerFlora DiRienzo ....................................... Strategic PartnershipsBrenda Elliott .....................................Senior Graphic DesignerBrianna Firestone ...................................Director of MarketingSimone Gordon ..................................................Project ManagerHope Grandon .........................................PR & Events ManagerJeff Hovorka ............................ Director of Sales & MarketingJennifer Kemps .......................................Group Sales ManagerEmily Kent .....................................................Marketing ManagerDavid Lenk.............................................................Video ProducerEmily Lozow ..........................................Marketing CoordinatorAdam Lundeen..................................... Website Administrator
Kyle Malone ...................................................................Art DirectorCarolyn Michaels ..........................................................CopywriterJohn Moore ...............................................Senior Arts JournalistAdam Obendorf ..........................................Senior Art DirectorBeth Osolin .....................Group Sales Business CoordinatorAllison Barber Pasternak .... Executive Assistant to the CMODonna Rossi ...........................Customer Experience DirectorJoseph Schurwonn......................................... Financial AnalystJill Schwager ..............Education Group Sales CoordinatorRob Silk ................................................................ Creative DirectorSuzanne Yoe ..........................Director of Marketing Services
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TICKETING SERVICESJennifer Lopez ........................Director of Ticketing ServicesKirk Petersen ..........................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing
Services – Patron RelationsDavid Smith ............................................Assoc. Dir. of Ticketing
Services – Subscription ServicesJessica Bergin, Katie Clow-Pollard, Tristan Jungferman, Laura Kirby, Alec Sydlow ...............................................Box Office ManagersMicah White .............................................Subscription ManagerMalcolm Brown, William Dutton III, Kevin Dykstra, Elisabeth Link, Molly McDonough......................................................Show LeadsKirsten Anderson, Ashley Brown, Scott Lix, Gregory Swan .......................Subscription AgentsMaggie Blumer, Rena Bugg, DJ Dennis, Marianne Geyer, Patye Gibbons, Nicole Giordano, Jennifer Gray, Edmund Gurule, Rebecca Hibbert, Joel Innes, Alex Jannen, Noah Jungferman, Megan Kelly, Alia Kempton, Michael Lang, Daniel Lindsey, Brett Martinez, Shane Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Sánchez, Ereece Thomas, Tomas Waples..........................................................Ticket Agents
SHARED SERVICESVicky Miles ...............................................Chief Financial OfficerJennifer Jeffrey ..................................Senior Financial AnalystTheresa Canjar ....................Executive Assistant to the CFOACCOUNTINGJennifer Siemers .......................................Director AccountingSara Brandenburg ........................................Senior AccountantMichaele Davidson ......................................Senior AccountantGeorgette Maddox ..........................................Payroll SpecialistKim Stewart .......................................................Staff AccountantHUMAN RESOURCESRegina Matthews ........................Director Human ResourcesBrian Carter ..................................Human Resources ManagerDonald Gabenski ............................................................ReceptionJamie Hawkins .....................................................HR Coordinator Monica Robles ...........................................Mailroom SupervisorINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYBruce Montgomery .......Director Information TechnologyRick Bennett ...................................................Network ArchitectChris Calenzo ..................................................Help Desk AnalystJayson Cowley......................................Network AdministratorJim Hipp ................................................Associate Director of ITChristopher Hoge ......................VoIP/System AdministratorBobby Jiminez ........................ Senior Audienceview AnalystJohn H. Voorheis ...........................Manager of Infrastructure
THEATRE COMPANY ARTISTICKent Thompson .............................................Theatre Company
Producing Artistic Director Bruce K. Sevy ..............Director of New Play DevelopmentDouglas Langworthy ...........Literary Manager/DramaturgChad Henry ......................................................Literary AssociateEmily Tarquin ..................................................Artistic Associate/
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PRODUCTIONJeff Gifford ..............................................Director of ProductionMelissa Cashion ...................Associate Production ManagerJulie Brou ..................Production & Artistic Office ManagerScenic DesignLisa M. Orzolek ...............................Director of Scenic DesignMatthew Plamp, Nicholas Renaud..............................Scenic Design AssistantsLighting DesignCharles R. MacLeod ..................................Director of LightingLily Bradford ....................................Lighting Design AssistantReid Tennis .............................................. Production ElectricianMultimediaCharlie I. Miller...................... Resident Multimedia SpecialistTopher Blair ...........................Multimedia Assistant/OperatorSound DesignCraig Breitenbach ..........................................Director of SoundTyler Nelson ......................................................... Sound DesignerAlex Billman, Frank Haas .............................Sound OperatorsStage ManagementChristopher C. Ewing ...............Production Stage ManagerJonathan D. Allsup, Matthew Campbell, Rachel Ducat, Aja M. Jackson, Randall Lum, Lyle Raper, Kurt Van Raden .........................Stage ManagersD. Lynn Reiland ........................................Production AssistantCorin Ferris, Lexi Holtzer, Kristen Littlepage........... Stage Management ApprenticesScene ShopEric Rouse .........................................................Technical DirectorRobert L. Orzolek ....................Associate Technical DirectorJosh Prues ................................... Assistant Technical DirectorAlbert “Stub” Allison, Louis Fernandez III .........................................Lead TechniciansJustin Hicks, Brian “Marco” Markiewicz, Keli Sequoia, Mike Van Aartsen, Ross Wick ........................................................Scenic TechniciansProp ShopRobin Lu Payne ............................................Properties DirectorEileen S. Garcia ........................Assistant Properties DirectorJamie Stewart Curl, Charles Dallas, David Hoth, Georgina Kayes, Katie Webster .....................Props ArtisansPaint ShopJana L. Mitchell ..........................................Charge Scenic ArtistMelanie Rentschler .......................................Lead Scenic ArtistBrian Proud ..................................................................Scenic ArtistRachael Gibson ............................................................Paint InternCostume ShopJanet S. MacLeod .........................................Costume Director/
Costume Design AssociateMeghan Anderson Doyle .......Costume Design AssociateCarolyn Plemitscher, Louise Powers, Jackie Scott ...........................................................................DrapersCathie Gagnon, Belinda Haaland ...........................First HandSheila P. Morris...........................................................................TailorKelly Jones, Jenny Milne-Wright, Beth Walker ..... StitchersCostume CraftsKevin Copenhaver ...........................Costume Crafts DirectorShirleen DiFonzo ................................Costume Crafts ArtisanWigsDiana Ben-Kiki ..............................................................Wig MasterHouse CrewDoug Taylor* .........................................Supervising StagehandMariah Becerra*, Jim Berman*, Jennifer Guethlein*, Stephen D. Mazzeno*, Miles Stasica*, Tyler Stauffer, Matt Wagner* (*IATSE Local 7 Stagehands) ............................... StagehandsWardrobeBrenda Lawson .......................................Director of WardrobeMaria Y. Davis, Taylor Malott ...........................Wig AssistantsRobin Appleton, Amber Donner, Kelly Jones, Anthony Mattivi, Tim Nelson, Lisa Parsons, Alan Richards ...................................................................... DressersADMINISTRATIONCharles Varin ..................................................Managing DirectorRyan Meisheid ..........................Associate Managing DirectorAllison Taylor .................................................Company ManagerKerri Mirtsching ................................... Business Administrator Ali Quistberg ............................Assistant Company Manager
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