Hippodrome programs are sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; a Tourist Development Tax Grant from the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners in conjunction with the Alachua County Tourist Development Council; and by the City of Gainesville, Dept. of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs. Playbill by Kelli McAdams.

Scenic DeSignKent Barrett

proudly presents...

AVenUe Q

coStUme DeSignMarilyn A. Wall

mUSicAl Director Bryan Mercer

StAge mAnAger Nichole Hamilton*

DirecteD by Lauren Caldwell & Charlie Mitchell

mUSic & lyricS booK bASeD on originAl concePt by

Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx Jeff Whitty Robert Lopez & Jeff MarxorcheStrAtionS & ArrAngementS by

Stephen Oremus

ProDUceD by Mary HauschIn collaboration with UF School of theatre + Dance Jerry Dickey, Director

ProPS DeSignBlu Fogarty

SoUnD DeSignRisa J. Baxter

technicAl DirectorMichael A. Eaddy

Avenue Q has not been authorized or approved by the Jim Henson Company or Sesame Workshop, which have no responsibility for its content.

PUPPetry coAchClinton W. Thornton

PUPPet DeSignDarrin Pufall

lighting DeSignRobert P. Robins

choreogrAPher Stephanie Lynge

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.Actors’ Equity Association(AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

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Jennifer Lauren Brown .................................................. Kate Monster, Lucy Grace Eunae Choi ............................................................... Christmas EveDavid Collins ................................................................................ EnsembleDaniel Fuentes ..................................................................... Bad Idea BearJoel Gennari*...................................................................................... NickyJuanita B. Green ................................................................. Gary ColemanMichael Hull ........................................................................ Princeton, RodDavid Leppert ............................................................................... EnsembleJoseph London*................................................................................................ BrianJoel Oramas ...................................................................... Trekkie MonsterMarissa Toogood .................................................... Bad Idea Bear, Mrs. T.

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The world premiere of AVENUE Q was presented by the Vineyard Theatre and The New Group, New York City, February 2003. AVENUE Q premiered on Broadway at the Golden Theater on July 31, 2003, produced by Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, Jeffrey Seller, Vineyard Theatre and The New Group.

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robert loPez (Co-Author, Music & Lyrics)Robert Lopez shared a Tony Award and Grammy nomination for Avenue Q, the 20th longest running Broadway musical, which he co-wrote and conceived. More recently he collaborated with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker to write and compose the smash Broadway comedy The Book of Mormon. With his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, he wrote Finding Nemo: The Musical (Playing in Orlando since 2006), the Broadway-bound original musical Up Here, and songs for Winnie the Pooh (Disney Feature Animation 2011). He shared two Emmy awards for his music for The Wonder Pets, and an emmy nomination for the Scrubs musical episode. Member BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild, WGA, AEA, Yale grad, native NY’er.

JeFF mArx (Co-Author, Music & Lyrics)Jeff Marx met Robert Lopez at the the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. It was there that Avenue Q was born. Originally from Hollywood, FL, Jeff attended the workshop as a as a young lawyer, looking for clients, and ended up leaving law and becoming a songwriter. Forever grateful to the BMI Workshop, he has worked on such projects as NBC’s Scrubs and Disney’s Bear in the Big Blue House.

JeFF Whitty (Book)Jeff Whitty won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Avenue Q. Plays include The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, The Hiding Place, The Plank Project, Suicide Weather, and Balls. Theaters presenting his work include the Atlantic Theater Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Upcoming: Tales of the City: The Musical with music by Jake Shears and John Garden of the pop group Scissor Sisters, as well as Bring It On: The Musical with music by Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. As an actor, Jeff has appeared Off-Broadway, regionally, and in films and TV. www.Whitless.com

lAUren cAlDWell (Director) Lauren is the Artistic Director of the Hippodrome Theatre. She began her career at the theatre as an actress appearing in such productions as Other Desert Cities, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Steel Magnolias, Sugar Bean Sisters, Marvin’s Room, Always Patsy Cline and eight years in A Tuna Christmas. She was the first woman in the country to be granted permission to appear in a professional production of A Tuna Christmas. Lauren’s mainstage directing credits (too numerous to list in their entirety) include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Master Class, The Diary of Anne Frank and The Glass Menagerie. In 2004, she adapted and

directed the world premiere of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds on the Hippodrome

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* Member of the Actors’ Equity Association

Mainstage. Lauren has studied extensively with world-renowned director Anne Bogart, completing Viewpoints training, composition and also a six-week observership at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. Before her position as the Artistic Director, Lauren was Director of Education at the Hippodrome. During her tenure in this position, she worked with the HITT program, the Summer Spectacular program and wrote and directed four original plays for the Theatre for Young Audiences program. These plays toured Alachua County as well as the State of Florida, serving thousands of public school students. Prior to her arrival in Gainesville, Lauren traveled extensively for Success Motivation Institute (an international communications company), lived a season in Graz, Austria with the American Institute of Musical Studies, and toured with Liza Minnelli. At the University of Florida’s School of Theatre and Dance, she has taught adjunct, conducted master classes and served as adjudicator for the school’s mainstage plays. Lauren is the founder and owner of Legal Acts, a company that provides training for courtroom attorneys. She has been affiliated with the University of Florida College of Law for over twenty years. Lauren has been recognized as Artist of the Year in The Gainesville Sun and was a keynote speaker for the Florida Humanities Council. Lauren was recently nominated for a Spirit of Gainesville Award by Gainesville Magazine, and named one of Gainesville’s Twenty Most Interesting People by INsite Magazine. She is a native Texan. Lauren holds a BFA in directing from Baylor University and an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida.

chArlie mitchell (Co-Director)Charlie earned his PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a MA from Boston University, and a BFA from Ithaca College. Before becoming a professor of theatre at the University of Florida, he worked as a director and actor for a variety of theatres in New York, Chicago, and Baltimore, including three years as an artistic associate and company member in the award-winning Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. UF Productions: In the Blood, You Can’t Take It With You, The Grapes of Wrath, A Piece of My Heart, and Urinetown.

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JenniFer lAUren broWn(Kate Monster, Lucy)

Jennifer is thrilled to join the Avenue Q team in her Hippodrome debut! She has performed at regional theatres across the country, including the Ivoryton Playhouse, Lake Dillon Theatre Company, Bristol Valley Theatre, Mount Washington Valley Theatre Company, Playhouse on Park, and others. Past regional credits include: Company (Amy), [title of show] (Susan), Spelling Bee (Olive), Man of LaMancha (Antonia). In NYC, she most recently appeared in a play she co-wrote called, Hedda Gabler Stars in She Loves

Me (featuring Thea), in which she played Hedda. Jennifer is a graduate of Harvard University. www.jenniferlaurenbrown.com

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grAce eUnAe choi (Christmas Eve)Grace is a recent graduate with a BM in Musical Theatre from Florida State University. She is incredibly grateful and excited to be making her debut at the Hippodrome. Credits at FSU include: Spring Awakening (Martha), How To Succeed (Miss Jones), Spelling Bee (Marcy Park), RENT, and On The Town.

DAViD collinS(Ensemble)

David is pursuing his BFA in Musical Theater at UF and making his Hippodrome debut with Avenue Q. Constan’s Theater: Urinetown (Mr. McQueen), Chicago (Harry/ Ensemble), City of Angels (Gene/ OfficerPasco). Phillips Center for Performing Arts: Carmina Burana (Ensemble), The Magic Flute (Ensemble/

Choreography). Other credits: Baby (Prof. Weiss/ Ensemble), Die Fledermaus (Choreography), Maple and Vine (Omar/Roger), The Altruists (Ethan).

DAniel FUenteS(Bad Idea Bear)

Daniel is a 3rd year BFA Musical Theater Major at the University of Florida. He is thrilled and honored to be in his first ever production at the Hippodrome Theater. Constans Theater: Urinetown (Hot Blades) dir. Charlie Mitchell, Chicago (Fred Casely), City of Angels (Angel City 4). Peach State: Legally Blonde (Nikos Arigitacos). Stagedoor Manor: Nine (Guido Contini), Aida (Radames) mus dir. Justin Mendoza.

Joel gennAri*(Nicky)Joel is happy to be making his Hippodrome debut in one of his favorite shows. Regional Credits include: American Stage: Rent (Gordon), Rocky Horror (The Usherette); Freefall Theatre: Cabaret (Bobby), A Christmas Carol (Dick Wilkins/Xmas Future); Show Palace Dinner Theatre: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Little Shop of Horrors, and Holiday Hotel. Other regional credits include: Hello Dolly (Moonlight Amphitheatre), Six Degrees of Separation, The Lark, and Kiss of the Spider Woman. www.joelgennari.com

JUAnitA b. green (Gary Coleman)

Juanita is from Shulerville, South Carolina. She is very excited about working on her first production with Hippodrome Theatre. Being a student of the stage, Juanita

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made it her mission to learn every aspect of theatre from light design to backstage crewing. Previous credits include: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Onstage Atlanta), RENT (Next Stage Theatre, GA), Hairspray (Charleston Stage, SC), A Raisin in the Sun (Footlight Theatre, SC), The Me Nobody Knows (AFTC, Inc., SC), Rock and Roll Heaven (Midtown Productions, SC) and Eubie (AFTC, Inc., SC). www.juanitabgreen.com

michAel hUll (Princeton, Rod)

Michael is excited to make his Hippodrome debut! Off Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Martin, Lucille Lortel Theatre). New York credits include: Spring Awakening (Moritz, Manor Theatre), At The Edge (Joe, 45th St. Theatre), Stanley’s World (Stanley, Gene Frankel Theatre). Regional credits include: RENT (Mark), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), Godspell (Jeffrey), The Music Man (Marcellus). Michael is also the co-writer of his original one-man show, Sorry, Not Sorry, the premiere of which was presented by Peter Schneider Productions. Michael received his BA at Muhlenberg College. www.MichaelHull.net

DAViD lePPert (Ensemble) David is privileged to be a part of this exciting production! He is currently earning his BFA in Musical Theatre Performance at the University of Florida, where he was last seen in Urinetown (Officer Lockstock) and A Handful of Leaves. He is extremely familiar to Ocala Civic Theatre audiences, with his credits there including: Legally Blonde (Emmett), Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik),

Hello, Dolly! (Barnaby) and All Shook Up (Dennis).

JoSePh Vincent lonDon* (Brian) Joseph holds degrees in Voice from The Chicago College of Performing Arts, Manhattan School of Music, and The Juilliard Opera Center. He is thrilled to make his debut with the Hippodrome Theatre in Avenue Q this season. Broadway National Tours include Chicago (Mary Sunshine) and CATS (Old Deuteronomy). Favorite Regional credits include: Sweeney Todd (Beadle Bamford), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Monsieur D’Arque / Baker), Chicago (Mary Sunshine), and The Music Man. He has performed leading roles in Opera houses in Chicago, New York, and Italy. Proud Member of Actor’s Equity. www.josephlondon.com

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Joel orAmAS (Trekkie Monster)

Joel is a 3rd-year MFA candidate at UF from Connecticut. NYC credits: The Will of Love (Shell Theater and HBO Studio), Irving Berlin’s I Love a Piano. (TBG Theater), and a solo performance at INTAR. UF credits: Measure for Measure (Claudio), A Servant to Two Masters (Florindo), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Picasso), Tick, tick...BOOM! (Jon) and You Can’t Take it With You (Donald). Other credits include Seussical the Musical (The Cat in the Hat), and The Best Little

Whorehouse in Texas (Melvin P. Thorpe).

mAriSSA toogooD (Bad Idea Bear, Mrs. T)

Marissa is a graduate from Florida School of the Arts and the University of Florida, with her BFA in Musical Theatre. UF Theatre: Urinetown (Hope Cladwell) and Chicago (Hunyak). Florida Players: Floyd Collins (Nellie Collins) and A New Brain (Nancy D., Waitress). Florida School of the Arts credits include The Passion of Dracula (Wilhelmina Murray), Kindertransport (Eva), The Trojan Women (Helen), and You Can’t Take It With You (Olga). Film: Ugly Girls (Jane).

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nichole hAmilton* (Stage Manager)

Nichole is thrilled to be a part of the Hippodrome family and to participate in its exciting 40th anniversary! Nichole stage managed Venus in Fur and A Christmas Carol (2010-2012) at the Hippodrome and has performed numerous roles onstage, most recently as Maid Marian in Robin Hood and Ellen in King o’ the Moon. As a stage manager, Nichole freelanced for numerous companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Credits include 2005 San Francisco

World Music Festival (Dog Door Productions), 2004 Mariachi Festival (Mexican Heritage Plaza), Candide, Tosca, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Un Ballo (Festival Opera), Drive my Coche, Lady from Havana (Teatro Vision), and W;T, The Laramie Project, Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Bus Barn Stage Company). Nichole is an actor, director, theatre instructor and self-proclaimed comedienne. Nichole holds an MFA from the University of Florida and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

mArilyn A. WAll (Costume Designer-in-Residence)Marilyn Wall is a co-founder of the Hippodrome, where she is Artistic Associate and Costume Designer-in-Residence. She has designed and built costumes for more than 350 professional

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productions for the stage and for film. Her stage designs have been seen in San Diego, Boston, Denver, Connecticut, New York, Alabama, Massachusetts, and Toronto. In the film world she has designed costumes and makeup for: A Flash of Green, with Ed Harris; Shimmer, with MaryBeth Hurt; Ruby in Paradise, with Ashley Judd; Gathering Evidence, with Angelina Jolie; Miami Hustle, with Kathy Ireland; and Ulee’s Gold, with Peter Fonda and Patricia Richardson. Ms. Wall has also served as a designer for Phil Donahue, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Todd Field, Joan Steffend, Scott Simon, and Travis Tritt, and is a two-time Emmy Award winner for her design work on Salsa, a national television children’s series. She received an Audelco Award nomination for her original costume design for Cookin’ at the Cookery and a Beverly Hills/Hollywood Theatre Award nomination for Best Costume Design. She designed puppets and costumes for the children’s television series called OrganWise Guys. Marilyn was the invited artist for HGTV White House Christmas Special 2003-2005. Marilyn was awarded a Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in 2009.

robert P. robinS (Lighting Designer)Bob is a Lighting Designer and educator based in Gainesville, Florida. He is proud to be a part of the Hippodrome’s 40th anniversary season. Bob has designed lighting, engineered live sound mix and sound equipment design and installation, and stage managed over 400 productions with the Hipp, since their first collaboration, Revenge of the Space Pandas, in 1980. Prior to 2008, Bob held the title of Lighting Designer-in-Residence/Audio Production, a position he held for over 23 years. Bob also held the title of Rental Manager, wrote rental policy, procedures, and contracts; Safety Officer, wrote safety and emergency preparedness policy and programs and trained all employees in the area of safety and worker’s rights. Bob is an Adjunct Professor at Santa Fe College, teaching Stagecraft and working with the Fine Arts department as a Lighting Specialist. His recent teaching experience includes Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts at Middle Tennessee State University, Drury University, and Eastside High School. Bob’s work has been seen Off Broadway and regionally. He has designed lighting for over 600 hundred theatre, dance, industrial, and special events. Bob presents classes, training, and workshops for a wide variety of schools and organizations. He has certification as a Professional Educator in the state of Florida, is an Actors’ Equity Association Stage Manager, and proudly holds a BFA in Theatre Production from the University of Florida. See more of Bob’s work at robertrobins.com.

Kent bArrett (Scenic Designer)Kent Barrett is thrilled to be teamed up again with Lauren Caldwell and the Hippodrome. Kent is a New York-based multidisciplinary designer and artist. He is an associate member with The Wooster Group and artistic associate with Rocky Mountain Rep. Kent has worked on Broadway, Off Broadway, regionally and internationally in a variety of capacities. Previous designs at the Hippodrome include: King o’ the Moon, Venus in Fur, Over the Taven, The Turn of the Screw, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Defiance, Around the World in 80 Days, Dracula, End Days, Serendib, The 39 Steps, Sirens, and The Marvelous Wonderettes.

michAel A. eADDy (Production Manager/Technical Director)This is Michael’s 13th season at the Hippodrome. Michael worked on 22 Mainstage productions as Master Carpenter, and since January 2002, as Technical Director/ Production Manager. Michael is also the Hippodrome’s Resident Photographer and has been promotional and archival photographer for more than 80 Mainstage productions. He is known in the area for

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his fine woodworking as well as his award-winning photography. His work can be found in galleries in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida. Set design credits include: 2 Pianos 4 Hands, The Dead Guy, The Chosen, Gutenberg! The Musical, Shipwrecked, and Up. See Michael’s work at michaelaeaddyphotography.com

riSA J. bAxter (Assistant Production Manager/Resident Sound Designer)Risa is excited to be in her 7th season with the Hippodrome. Her sound designs include Robin Hood, King O’ The Moon, Venus in Fur, Other Desert Cities, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Over the Tavern, Sirens, The Turn of the Screw, The 39 Steps, Serendib, End Days, This Wonderful Life, Dracula, Boeing Boeing, Around the World in 80 Days, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Mindgame, Up, Shipwrecked!, Eurydice, The Glass Menagerie, The Woman in Black, Suddenly Last Summer, The Dead Guy, Night of the Living Dead, Smell of the Kill, and Alice in Wonderland, and co-designs for Defiance, Doubt and The Pursuit of Happiness. Prior to her time at the Hippodrome, Risa worked in New York City on the Off-Broadway show People are Living There and on several shows with the award-winning Transport Group.

blU FogArty (Properties Design)Blu Fogarty is a Prop Master, and you’ll see his handiwork in all of the shows this season at the Hippodrome. Though he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in stage management, he’s performed in different shows at Universal Studios, been an entertainment technician at Disney World, choreographer, fighter, and trapeze artist at medieval fairs. He has also stage managed at Busch Gardens and the Orlando Shakespeare Theater. He hopes to some day tour his charity rock operetta, The Bacchanal Carnival, using the proceeds for the needs of the communities it travels through.

bryAn mercer (Musical Director)Bryan, a native of Ocala, returns to the HIPP after the success of The Marvelous Wonderettes, Trailer Park, College: The Musical, and SHOUT! He has been known to Atlanta audiences for over thirty years as an actor, singer, director, designer, painter, and served as puppeteer, composer, musician and musical director for 15 years at the internationally acclaimed CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS. Bryan has helmed over 120 musicals and looks forward to a production of To Kill a Mockingbird using the music of Stevie Wonder this July, Hunger Games: The Concert, and “the Scottish play” this fall at Emory University. He has acted with Richard Widmark, Faye Dunaway and Neal Patrick Harris, danced with RuPaul, sung with Peter Ustinov and partied with Eartha Kitt. He hopes to complete his book soon about growing up in the Ocala National Forest entitled QUICKSAND.

DArrin PUFAll (Puppet Designer)Mr. Pufall proudly holds an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Theatre/Costume Design for Boise State University. Recent and favorite theatrical productions include: Noises Off (The Idaho Shakespeare Festival); The Cherry Orchard, Gracie and the Atom, All My Sons, (Artists Repertory Theatre); The Gondoliers, Yeomen of the Guard, The Mikado, A Little Night Music, The Pirates of Penzance (Mock’s Crest Productions); James Joyce’s The Dead,

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The Double Inconstancy, The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Reed College); Our Town, The Man of Mode, Waiting for Godot, Vincent in Brixton, Hello, Dolly!, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (University of Florida); The regional premiere of Avenue Q, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Funny Girl (Forestburgh Playhouse, Forestburgh, New York). Darrin was recently recognized with a 2010 Portland Drammy Award and a Portland Area Musical Theatre Award (PAMTA) for his work on A Little Night Music (Mock’s Crest Productions, 2009). For more information please visit: pufallcostumedesign.com

StePhAnie lynge (Choreographer)Stephanie Lynge is a 3rd year MFA in Acting at UF; Acting credits include: Broadway: Beauty and the Beast (Sugarbowl, u/s Mrs. Potts and Wardrobe). National Tours: Mamma Mia (Ensemble, u/s Donna, Rosie), She Loves Me (Amalia). Off-Broadway: Three Penny Opera (Polly.) Regional: Showtune (Pasadena Plyhs), A Little Night Music (Goodspeed), Lend Me A Tenor (Mountain Playhouse), Empire (Husdon-LA). Directing/Choreography credits include: Tick Tick Boom (Constanz), Ancient History (45th St Theater, NY), Oklahoma (CCP).

clinton thornton (Puppetry Coach)Clinton Wade Thornton is an Atlanta based theater professional with experience in many disciplines, including 14 years of artistic association (performance, directing, writing) with the Center for Puppetry Arts, internationally renown for it’s innovative work in puppetry. In addition to work at the Center, Clinton has portrayed the Monster in Jon Ludwig’s Frankenstein, produced at Theater Emory; he is also the recipient of a Suzi Bass Award (Atlanta’s professional theater awards) as Outstanding Director of a Musical for A Year with Frog and Toad, produced at Synchronicity, and has directed several professional productions in Atlanta and the Southeast, including productions at Theatre in the Square, Alliance Theater Acting Program, Theatrical Outfit, and Horizon Theatre. Upcoming projects in include directing Macbeth at Theater Emory.

SPeciAl thAnKS to the teAm From the UniVerSity oF FloriDA School oF theAtre AnD DAnceJerry DicKey, DIRECTORtoDD beDell (Master Electrician, UF), tony berry (Master Carpenter, UF), KAte glennon (Costume Studio Manager, UF), zAK herring (Technical Director, UF), SArAh White (UF SoTD Director of Operations), JUliA leVAUlt (Assistant Lighting Designer, UF), ericA bASomb (Costumes), Anthony biDo (Sound Operator), elizAbeth Frith (Puppet Wrangler), zAchAry ryAn (Costumes).

mUSic theAtre internAtionAl (mti) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theatres from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these shows to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 60,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide.

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The commitment of the corporate community is critical for the Hippodrome to sustain its highly acclaimed productions and programs. To learn more about corporate partner opportunities contact Carol Brew at (352) 373-5968x217 or send an inquiry to development@thehipp.org.

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EXECutiVE produCErS $20,000 +Mike and Phyllis Warren of AMJ, Inc. Ken and Linda McGurnArlington Square ApartmentsThe Collier CompaniesGainesville Today MagazineGainesville Television NetworkK-Country and Wind FMThe Independent Florida Alligator98.5 KTK and 97.3 The Sky Our Town and Senior Times MagazineWNFB Mix 94.3 and WDSR 1340 AMNew Horizons Computer Learning CenterThemeworks, Inc.

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Stage Legend | $1,500 + Charlene CherryKeith and Jill HerndonSuzann RedavidDavid & Regina RichardsonQuinn Family Charitable Foundation Inc director | $1,000-$1,499 Wayne & Penny ArcherWilliam BrysonDebbie & Michael ConlonJane & Tim FitzpatrickDick & Caren GorenbergBenjamin & Joyce GormanCharles & Judella HaddadKerry D. HendersonJoseph & Lucille LittleAnne MargoliasDr. & Mrs. Melvin Rubin Leading role | $500-$999 Catheleen BlagayPhoebe H. Bowers*G & S Corporation & the Haddad FamilyGerri & Ira GessnerAnonymousLauren HannahsLaurel HousdenKeith & Sue LeggGary McGillKenneth & Colleen RandAlbert Rawson“Marvin M. Slott, D.D.S., P.A.”Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. SternMary TrewTimothy TuckerCindy WhiteEdward & Kate WilkinsonDavid Young & Elizabeth Adams*

Supporting role | $100-$499 Bryce & Catherine AckermanCharles & Janet AllenTim Altmeyer*Steve & Mary Austin“Dr. Joseph Bak, in Memory of Elinor Bak Who Loved Your Theatre”Walter & Pamela BarryL.J BeerepootKarin BlaquierLinda Boyles & William HoudeBrenda BreilJohn BrinskoDr.’s Tom & Mary B. BrownPhil & Joyce CartaAlicia ChurchillThomas CochranDr. & Mrs. Howard L. CohenJanet & Neal CohenJennifer CohenCharna & Stuart CohnRichard CourmettesSally DawsonJ. Lee & Barbara K. DockeryCheryl & Paul DoeringDr. Paul & Polly DoughtyDr. Daniel & Lisa DuncansonDonald & Mary Lou EitzmanMary Ellen & Maywood EllifrittBill ElliottFonda Davis & John EylerJohn & Fonda Davis Eyler

Sally FooteRoberta & Chris ForsmarkD.A FosserJohn FreemanRichard & Justine FrySteven GeorgeJesse GregoryTiffany GriffithDekela & Rodger HadleyDr. & Mrs. Leslie HendelesNace HoppleDoug HornbeckRichard HowardCarolyn & Donald JacksonThe Jelks Family FoundationGerald JenkinsLiz & Bill JonesDr. Kim KazimourGerald & Kathryn L. KidderKurt & Anna KillingsworthRobert KolinskiJohn & Carol KooglerCheryl LaMayDeborah LambertMichelle LeblancCarol Riggall LocascioLawrence Lokken“Mr. & Mrs. R.O. Manasco, Jr.”Richard Mankin & Valentina KomanieckaErnest & Florence MazzaferriJean & Peter McCallMartin & Pamela McMahonCarol MeyerJudge Karen MillerMs. Chris M. Morris*Richard & Joanna MorrowArnost & Susan NeugroschelMarjorie & Neil OpdykeWendy Person“Linda Phenix, in Memory of Elinor Bak Who Loved Your Theatre”Ann & Richard PowellRobert A. & Sandra S PurcellShirley RegisMichael & Jaquie ResnickTom RiderMarina H. RojasRic & Isa Rose*Sharon SarazinJim & Carol SariskyKatrina SchwartzMichael & Karan SchwartzJames SchwederHeidi SchwiebertJoy & Richard SegallJani & Peter SherrardStaci ShoreElizabeth SimpsonTom & Betsy SimpsonEileen McCarthy SmithHalbert & Ruth SmithMs. Jan SnyderTrish SokolWendell & Sandra StainsbyDorie SteinBetsy StyronTeresa TiftJane TownsendSam & Lee UlbingDr. & Mrs. Martin ValaZev & Alina WajsmanCarol & John Walker

Carl & Brenda WallsDorothy & Reid WentzLouise & Larry WernerKen Wald & Robin WestMary & Neil WhiteAudrey Wiesenfeld“R. Stan Williams, M.D.”Merry Lynne WilsonMary Lou WinnGene WitmerNorma & John WyckoffBetty YoungMike ZavetaCarole Zegel Ensemble | $50-$99 Mary ArdittiBeverly BartlettJames ClugstonKathleen DavisCarole DeuelConnie & Bill DunnPete & Pat FirmatKathy FisherMarcia ForesmanCatherine FraserHoward FreemanLucy Goddard-TeelMark & Elaine GreenFred & Patricia GregoryDavid & Wendy HarveyCharles HeadAndrew HirshikJoann & Gary IhasCharles JacobsonCharles & Diane JacobsonF. Chandler & Kathy JonesNina KaharlRonald LeaseAnonymousElizabeth B MannJeanie MarloweJess Gregory & Helen McCuneJohn McGrathJoyce MillsJeri-Lynn MinsavageAllan MoynihanMr. & Mrs. Frank NordlieJoakim NordqvistH.S.& Susanne PennypackerLeslye PennypackerCheryl PoeVeronica & Charles PonzioMarion J. & Ellyn RadsonGail & Neil RosinPaul RothsteinArt & Sue SandeenRichard & Nancy ScheafferStuart & Geraldine SmithAndrew SteinbergAlice & John StullAndrea VandaboschSidney WadeRenata WajsmanIsobelle & James WalkerRod & Elise WebbNorma ZabelNadine Zemon Isobelle & James Walker Rod & Elise Webb Norma Zabel Nadine Zemon

donorSThe Hippodrome thanks its many donors for contributing to our 40th Anniversary Season!Listed below are those who have given before March 20, 2013.

Carl & Brenda WallsDorothy & Reid WentzLouise & Larry WernerKen Wald & Robin WestMary & Neil WhiteAudrey Wiesenfeld“R. Stan Williams, M.D.”Merry Lynne WilsonMary Lou WinnGene WitmerNorma & John WyckoffBetty YoungMike ZavetaCarole Zegel Ensemble | $50-$99 Mary ArdittiBeverly BartlettJames ClugstonKathleen DavisCarole DeuelConnie & Bill DunnPete & Pat FirmatKathy FisherMarcia ForesmanCatherine FraserHoward FreemanLucy Goddard-TeelMark & Elaine GreenFred & Patricia GregoryDavid & Wendy HarveyCharles HeadAndrew HirshikJoann & Gary IhasCharles JacobsonCharles & Diane JacobsonF. Chandler & Kathy JonesNina KaharlRonald LeaseAnonymousElizabeth B MannJeanie MarloweJess Gregory & Helen McCuneJohn McGrathJoyce MillsJeri-Lynn MinsavageAllan MoynihanMr. & Mrs. Frank NordlieJoakim NordqvistH.S.& Susanne PennypackerLeslye PennypackerCheryl PoeVeronica & Charles PonzioMarion J. & Ellyn RadsonGail & Neil RosinPaul RothsteinArt & Sue SandeenRichard & Nancy ScheafferStuart & Geraldine SmithAndrew SteinbergAlice & John StullAndrea VandaboschSidney WadeRenata WajsmanIsobelle & James WalkerRod & Elise WebbNorma ZabelNadine Zemon Isobelle & James Walker Rod & Elise Webb Norma Zabel Nadine Zemon

rachel riley Box Office ManagerJohn richter Box Office SupervisorAsher Brown-pinsky BartenderChelsea Collison Box Office SupervisorMia Jones Box Office StaffAndrew Simler BartenderShireen taha Box Office StaffMark Watson Box Office Staff

producing director Mary Hausch

Lauren CaldwellArtistic Director

tamerin dygertDramaturgAssistant to the Artistic Director

Marilyn A. WallArtistic Associate/Costume Designer-in-Residence

Michael A. EaddyTechnical Director/Production ManagerHippodrome Photographer

nichole HamiltonStage Managerrisa J. Baxter Assistant Production ManagerResident Sound Designer

Brian LiberaShop ForemanWarren GoodwinMaster Carpenter

Jesse FryeryMaster Electrician

Ken BrownScenic Artistdoris EdwardsLeslie KleinSarah SinclairCostume Assistants

ArtiStiC & produCtion

Marcia BrownGabrielle ByamTheatre Educators and Prevention Specialists

Katherine delvauxEducation Outreach Coordinator

EduCAtion

rocky draudManaging Director

rusty SallingInformation Systems Director

Jessica Layne Hurov Director of Advertising & Marketing

Brian roeFacilities Manager

nicole daenzerDirector of Finance

Jennifer MooreDirector of Grants

Meg Westermann-ClarkRentals and Group Sales Manager

toni CreamerArt Gallery Manager

robert AkersCaretaker

AdMiniStrAtion

Alisha KinmanCinema Director

Jon Bremerthad WalshProjectionists

HippodroME CinEMA

BoX oFFiCE / BArtEndErS

intErnS & ApprEntiCES

H i p p o d r o M E S t A F F

Front oF HouSELynne Lowenthal House ManagerKate phillips House Managerdaniela Gorny House Manager

Melanie Brkich Marketing InternAnna dvorak Marketing InternBlu Fogarty Properties InternMarionne Gapuz Marketing InternKenny Smoak Company ManagerJessica Kreitzer Costume InternAshlyn King Education InternMatthew Lindsay Education InternFernando Masterson Marketing InternCalypso Meyers Education InternMariama ndure Development InternKelli McAdams Graphic Design InternErin Connelly Assistant Stage ManagerEthan perry Marketing InternAndrew reid Marketing InternElizabeth Snow Education ApprenticeAmanda Yanes Sound Engineer Intern

SUbScribe to the hiPP toDAy!Hipp Season Subscribers get the best seats at the very best price! Visit the attendant in the lobby and learn how you can save by subscribing to the Hippodrome today!

2013-2014 mAinStAge SeASonDon’t DreSS For Dinner by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin HawdonAUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 22; DISCOUNT PREVIEWS AUGUST 28 & 29

A major hit on Broadway and in London, this wildly funny sequel to Boeing-Boeing is an affair—or three!—to remember. Everyone is guaranteed a good time at this hilarious romp through the French countryside.

zombie toWn: A DocUmentAry PlAy by Tim BauerOCTOBER 11-NOVEMBER 3; DISCOUNT PREVIEWS OCT 9 & 10

Join the walking dead of Harwood, Texas as a theatre troupe attempts to interview the survivors of its zombie apocalypse. This “mockumentary” play is a hilarious and hellacious satire of theatre, documentaries, and zombie madness.

Celebrate the holidays at The Hipp! A chriStmAS cArol & A tUnA chriStmAS will be back to make your holiday season complete!

gooD PeoPle by David Lindsay-AbaireJANUARY 10-FEBRUARY 2, 2014; DISCOUNT PREVIEWS JANUARY 8 & 9

2011 Tony nominee for Best Play, Winner, NY Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play. “Really, really funny. Painfully funny and gut-wrenchingly real.” (Washingtonian). “Wonderful. GOOD PEOPLE is poignant, brave and almost subversive in its focus on what it really means to be down on your luck.” (NY Post). leVeling UP by Deborah Zoe LauferFEBRUARY 21-MARCH 16, 2014; DISCOUNT PREVIEWS FEB 19 & 20

Three roommates and a girlfriend spend hours with their Xbox in the quest to level up, avoid things “IRL” (in real life) and engage in “RPG” (role playing games). To get paid to play games would be a dream come true, but when the government comes offering a seemingly dream job to one of the gamers, the line between reality and virtual reality gets rather fuzzy.

the temPeSt by William ShakespeareAPRIL 11-MAY 4, 2014; DISCOUNT PREVIEWS APRIL 9 & 10

William Shakespeare’s magical, fantastical adventure features a raging storm, shipwrecked royalty, a banished magician, and an island of unique spirits. An adventure for all ages! SUmmer mUSicAl TBA - Opens May 30, 2014; discount previews May 28 & 29