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presents A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production us strictly prohibited. *BoHo Theatre company member **Appears through special arrangement with Stage Directors and Choreographer’s Society May 25 – July 8, 2018 PERFORMERS Desiree Armfeldt .............................................................................................................. Kelli Harrington Fredrik Egerman .................................................................................................................... Peter Robel* Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm ........................................................................................Christopher Davis Countess Charlotte Malcolm....................................................................................... Stephanie Stockstill Anne Egerman ........................................................................................................................Rachel Guth Henrik Egerman ............................................................................................................ Jordan Dell Harris Mme. Armfeldt...........................................................................................................Marguerite Mariama Fredrika Armfeldt.............................................................................................................. Isabelle Roberts Petra ............................................................................................................................... Teressa LaGamba Mrs. Nordstrom/Anne Understudy ......................................................................................... Nicole Besa Mrs. Segstrom .....................................................................................................................Rachel Klippel Mrs. Anderssen ................................................................................................................. Emily Goldberg Mr. Erlanson........................................................................................................................Lazaro Estrada Mr. Lindquist........................................................................................................................ Ross Matsuda ORCHESTRA Piano/Conductor ............................................................................................................ Tom Vendafreddo Woodwinds........................................................................................................................... Mike Matlock Violin..........................................................................................................................................Sarah Kim Cello ............................................................................................................................. Magdalena Sustere Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Hugh Wheeler Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Suggested by a Film by Ingmar Bergman Originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince Directed by Linda Fortunato** Music Direction by Tom Vendafreddo Re-orchestrations by Malcolm Ruhl

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A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production us strictly prohibited.

*BoHo Theatre company member

**Appears through special arrangement with Stage Directors and Choreographer’s Society

May 25 – July 8, 2018

PERFORMERSDesiree Armfeldt .............................................................................................................. Kelli HarringtonFredrik Egerman ....................................................................................................................Peter Robel*Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm ........................................................................................Christopher DavisCountess Charlotte Malcolm .......................................................................................Stephanie StockstillAnne Egerman ........................................................................................................................Rachel GuthHenrik Egerman ............................................................................................................ Jordan Dell HarrisMme. Armfeldt ...........................................................................................................Marguerite MariamaFredrika Armfeldt ..............................................................................................................Isabelle RobertsPetra ...............................................................................................................................Teressa LaGambaMrs. Nordstrom/Anne Understudy ......................................................................................... Nicole BesaMrs. Segstrom .....................................................................................................................Rachel KlippelMrs. Anderssen .................................................................................................................Emily GoldbergMr. Erlanson ........................................................................................................................Lazaro EstradaMr. Lindquist........................................................................................................................ Ross Matsuda

ORCHESTRAPiano/Conductor ............................................................................................................ Tom VendafreddoWoodwinds...........................................................................................................................Mike MatlockViolin ..........................................................................................................................................Sarah KimCello ............................................................................................................................. Magdalena Sustere

Music & Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by Hugh Wheeler

Orchestrations by Jonathan TunickSuggested by a Film by Ingmar Bergman

Originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince

Directed by Linda Fortunato**Music Direction by Tom VendafreddoRe-orchestrations by Malcolm Ruhl

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PRODUCTION STAFF & ARTISTSDirector ................................................................................................................................... Linda Fortunato**Music Director ......................................................................................................................... Tom VendafreddoAsst. Director ............................................................................................................................. Jordan PokorneyReorchestrations .............................................................................................................................Malcolm RuhlScenic Designer ................................................................................................................................. Evan FrankLighting Designer .................................................................................................................G. “Max” Maxin IVCostume Designer ................................................................................................................... Christina LeinickeSound Design ..............................................................................................................................Tony Churchill*Props Design .........................................................................................................................Mealah HeidenreichTechnical Director ......................................................................................................................... Becca VenableStage Manager ................................................................................................................................Dalton Long*Assistant Stage Manager .....................................................................................................................Katie CappProduction Manager ................................................................................................................... Lindsay Brown*Producer ............................................................................................................................................. Meg Love*

Katie Stanley, Rob Rahn and The Marriott Theatre, The Illinois Arts Council, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Arts & Business Council of Chicago,

Jean Zuiker and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd, Bayless Family Foundation, CityArts, The Cheney Foundation, The Chubb Charitable Foundation, The Donnelley Foundation,

The Michael and Mona Heath Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Saints, The State of Illinois, and The USG Foundation

The BoHo Board of Directors and Company Members, who strive daily to make this a place where artists can learn, grow, and fulfill their dreams.

SONG LISTAct One

“Overture/Night Waltz” .....................................................................................................................The Quintet“Now” ....................................................................................................................................................... Fredrik“Later” ........................................................................................................................................................Henrik“Soon” ................................................................................................................................Anne, Henrik, Fredrik“The Glamorous Life” .............................................................. Fredrika, Desiree, Mme. Armfeldt, The Quintet“Remember?” .....................................................................................................................................The Quintet“You Must Meet My Wife” ......................................................................................................... Fredrik, Desiree“Liaisons” .................................................................................................................................... Mme. Armfeldt“In Praise of Women” ......................................................................................................................Carl-Magnus“Every Day a Little Death” ..........................................................................................................Charlotte, Anne“A Weekend in the Country”................................................................................................................. Company

Act Two

“The Sun Won’t Set” ..........................................................................................................................The Quintet“It Would Have Been Wonderful” ..................................................................................... Fredrik, Carl-Magnus“Night Waltz II” .................................................................................................................................The Quintet“Perpetual Anticipation” .........................................................Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Segstrom, Mrs. Anderssen“Send in the Clowns” ................................................................................................................................Desiree“The Miller’s Son” ........................................................................................................................................PetraFinale ..................................................................................................................................................... Company

SPECIAL THANKS

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORWith each production, BoHo Theatre explores one of the bohemian pillars of truth, beauty, freedom, and love. The stories we share ask us to examine how these pillars affect the relationships we experience or encounter in our everyday lives. With A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, we delve into the complicated, funny, and heartbreaking pillar of “love.”

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC has all sorts of love: secretive, unrequited, passionate, emotionless, sexual, and sexless (to name a few). All are kinds of love that are relatable, and the story is crafted in such a clever and hilarious way that it’s easy to fall in love with this show. For me, though, the central relationship between Fredrik and Desiree is the window into the heart of the show. Their relationship is the most complex, and it contains an element of love that I find fascinating: regret.

There is a longing for the past that Desiree and Fredrik share… a “what if” that drives their story. It fascinates me how much that question drives us towards and away from one another. It makes us reflect on the past, and also greatly alters our future. It is such a small question, with such a dramatic impact on the love in our lives.

We don’t all get second chances, as Fredrik and Desiree do, but then again, I can’t help wondering: when it’s all said and done, “what if” we end up exactly where we’re supposed to be where love is concerned?

– Peter Marston Sullivan, Artistic Director

COMPANYArtistic Director ............................................................................................................... Peter Marston SullivanExecutive Director ............................................................................................................................... Meg LoveAssoc. Artistic Director ...................................................................................................................... Peter RobelMarketing Director/Graphic Designer ................................................................................... Charles RiffenburgArtistic Associate ..................................................................................................................Stephen SchellhardtCasting Associates .......................................................................Adam Hill, Molly Layton, Stephanie SullivanOperations Associate ................................................................................................................. Mary Kate RobelSocial Media Coordinator ............................................................................................................ Ashley HannonStudio Liaison .................................................................................................................................. Eleanor KatzProduction Manager ..................................................................................................................... Lindsay BrownProduction Stage Manager ................................................................................................................Dalton LongTechnical Advisor ...................................................................................................................Anthony ChurchillAccounting Clerk .............................................................................................................................David TibbleCompany Members ..........................................................................Nicholas Barsuli, Peter Blair, Sean ThomasEmeritus Members ...................................Kaela Altman, Stephen Genovese Ryan Guhde, Thomas J. Samorian

BOARDSara Coffou (President), Jean Zuiker (Secretary), Richard Maxen (Treasurer),

Nancy Bullock, Mary Kate Robel, Silvia Rota, Michael Schwartz, Mike Stone, Kevin Sullivan

ARTISTIC AFFILIATESChrista Buck, Justin Castellano, Brandon Dahlquist, Diane Fairchild, Greg Foster, Patrick Ham, Theresa Ham, Steve O’Connell, Thomas J. Samorian, Cassy Schillo, Danni Smith, Katie Stanley, Jeremy Trager,

Megan Turnquist, John Zuiker

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PERFORMERSNICOLE BESA (Mrs. Nordstrom/Anne Understudy) Hailing from Alaska, Nicole began her performance career winning scholarships and awards her first semester of high school, including as a musical theatre semifinalist in the National YoungARTS Foundation. She was a semifinalist

in the Classical Singer international competition in 2014, and was a winner in the musical theatre division by 2016. She has worked and studied all over the world in opera and musical theatre, including New York, Austria, and France. In Chicago, Nicole has performed with Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Kathleen Battle chorus, and others. Favorite roles include Nedda (Pagliacci), Trix (The Drowsy Chaperone), Marie (La fille du régiment), Yum- Yum (The Mikado), Yvette (Miss Saigon). Nicole holds a BM in Vocal Performance and BA in Theatre Arts with credits from Elon University, Boston University, and Illinois Wesleyan University. She is a member of AGMA and is represented by Gray Talent Group. www.nicolebesa.com

CHRISTOPHER DAVIS (Count Carl-Magnus) is completely stoked to mark his BoHo Theatre debut this summer! He just finished performing another beautiful Sondheim musical— Merrily We Roll Along with Porchlight— immediately following A Wonderful Life: The Musical and Cabaret

(both with Theatre at the Center), and First Date, Guys and Dolls, and Little Shop of Horrors (Williams Street Rep.) Besides frequenting the Chicagoland TYA and Murder Mystery scenes, Christopher enjoys a ten-year-long career with the intellectually disabled population. Never-ending thanks go out to Mom and the Aunts for their support.

LAZARO ESTRADA (Mr. Erlanson) is a Houston born singer and actor. He is excited to be making both his Chicago and BoHo Theatre debut. Laz is a proud alumna of the Houston Grand Opera chorus. Other Houston credits include Shrek at Main Street Theatre, Children of Eden, Jesus

Christ Superstar, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Bayou City Theatrics.

EMILY GOLDBERG (Mrs. Anderssen) is so grateful to be back with BoHo Theatre after performing in Marie Christine and Dogfight (Jeff Nomination for Leading Actress & Broadway World Nomination for Best Actress). Other recent Chicago credits include Sweeney Todd

at Paramount, Loving Repeating at Kokandy (Jeff Nomination for Supporting Actress), The Spitfire Grill at Refuge (Jeff Nomination for Supporting Actress), Guys & Dolls at Williams Street Rep, Amour

at Black Button Eyes (Broadway World Nomination for Best Actress), Schoolhouse Rock Live at The Broadway Playhouse, Charlotte’s Web at Drury Lane, The Nutcracker and Alice in Wonderland at Marriott, City of Angels and New Faces Sing Broadway at Porchlight, One Came Home at Lifeline, and Oliver at Music Theatre Works. Emily is represented by Big Mouth Talent and is a proud graduate of the Boston Conservatory. Check out more at www.emilygoldbergchicago.com

RACHEL GUTH (Anne) is currently a senior Theatre major at Northwestern University and is excited to graduate in Spring of 2018! She recently made her Chicago theatre debut understudying Princess Amber in Sleeping Beauty at the Marriott Theatre. During the summer of

2017, she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the World Premiere of Atlantic: A Scottish Story, as well as Into the Woods. Recent Northwestern Mainstage Credits include Hope in Urinetown and Amy in Company. Much love to this amazing team, as well as her family and friends. Follow me at rachelguth.com!

KELLI HARRINGTON (Desiree) is a Jeff-Award winning actress who has appeared in productions at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire, TimeLine, Pride Films and Plays, Porchlight Music Theatre, and Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre. She has both Bachelor’s and Master’s

degrees in voice from Northwestern University and has taught voice at the Chicago Academy for the Arts since 2000.

JORDAN DELL HARRIS (Henrik) Chicago credits include The Civility of Albert Cashier (Permoveo Productions/Pride Films & Plays), Bat Boy: The Musical (Griffin Theatre, Jeff Award nomination - Best Ensemble), and Wonderful Town (Goodman). He has also been

involved in readings and concerts at Porchlight Music Theatre, Refuge Theatre Project, Chicago Dramatists, and Pride Films & Plays. Originally from Georgia, Jordan was involved in over a dozen shows at eight different theaters in the Atlanta area before moving to Chicago. Represented by Gray Talent Group. www.jordandellharris.com

RACHEL KLIPPEL (Mrs. Segstrom) is pleased to be working with BoHo for the first time. Chicago credits include Light in the Piazza (Clara, Jeff Nomination) at Theo Ubique; Beaches (Swing, u/s Teen Cee Cee, Teen Bertie); Sunset Boulevard (Joanna) and Sweeney Todd (u/s Johanna) at Drury Lane

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PERFORMERSOakbrook; James Joyce’s The Dead (Rita/Young Julia) at Court Theatre; Juno (u/s Mary Boyle/Swing) at Timeline Theatre; as well as Porchlight and Emerald City Theatre Company. Regional credits include Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste I) and The Game’s Afoot (Aggie) at Peninsula Players, Door County, WI. Special thanks to Linda, Tommy and Peter for this opportunity! www.rachelklippel.com

TERESSA LAGAMBA (Petra) is thrilled to be back with the BoHo team, have previously appeared in Marie Christine. Most recent credits include: Ragtime (Marriott Theatre); Sweeney Todd (Paramount Theatre); Cinder in Little Fish; Catherine in Tomorrow Morning and Martha in Heathers

(Kokandy Productions), Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play” and Schoolhouse Rock: Live (Emerald City Theatre); and more. A Pittsburgh native, she received her BA in Acting and American Sign Language from Columbia College Chicago. For her family always, near and far.

MARGUERITE MARIAMA (Mme. Armfeldt) is excited about her BoHo debut! She has national and international experience as a big band and small ensemble jazz and blues vocalist, appearing in numerous music festivals including tours in Asia. Her one-woman show History, Dunham

and Dance – Unwrapping the Legacy: A Multimedia Experience, honoring one of her dance mentors, Katherine Dunham, has been touring since 2015. Her love of dance is also expressed as a member of the Chicago Bulls Basketball Team’s Swingin’ Seniors Dance Troupe. As an actor, Marguerite has performed in films, commercials, and print, and on New York City stages, with theater credits that include Monody (18th Street Playhouse, NYC), First Kiss (The Samuel Beckett Theater, NYC) Supper Service at Six (The 5th Avenue Presbyterian Church, NYC), Odyssey Now (Art Institute of Chicago). She was a contributor to The Blues, a PBS documentary produced by Martin Scorsese; and, narrated the PBS award winning documentary 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green. Marguerite Mariama holds a Ph.D. in Performance Education specializing in African American Musical Culture; is a member of SAG/AFTRA – and represented by Gray Talent Group. www.margueritemariama.com

PETER ROBEL (Fredrik) is thrilled to be a part of this production. Previous BoHo appearances include Urinetown (Caldwell B. Cladwell), Next to Normal (Doctor Madden), Dogfight (Lounge Singer), and I Am My Own Wife (Jeff Nomination-Actor, principal role). Peter has appeared

regionally with freefall Theatre (St. Petersburg, FL) and in the Chicago area with Court Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, Victory Gardens Theatre,

Chicago Opera Theatre, Jackalope Theatre, Circle Theatre, and Illinois Theatre Center. As BoHo’s Associate Artistic Director, he has directed Myths & Hymns, Tartuffe, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, Yerma, and The Winter’s Tale, and designed sound for Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Spitfire Grill, The Rainmaker, and Tartuffe.

ISABELLE ROBERTS (Fredrika) is a Chicago-based actress, singer, musician and dancer. Her professional credits include: Alice in Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure (Chicago Children’s Theatre), The Sound of Music (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Bye Bye Birdie (Drury Lane), Elf (Marriott

Theatre), Sunday in the Park with George (Chicago Shakespeare), Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Broadway in Chicago), The Christmas Schooner (The Mercury Theatre), and Pippin (The Music Theatre Company). She plays piano, percussion, electric guitar, ukulele and drums, reads music and sings while playing instruments. She loves to dance and is an avid tapper.

STEPHANIE STOCKSTILL (Charlotte) This is Stephanie’s BoHo debut! Some of her Chicago credits include Northanger Abbey (Lifeline), Sweeney Todd (Porchlight), Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical (Piven), Loving Repeating (Kokandy), A Little Night Music (Circle), and The Student

Prince (Light Opera Works). She thanks BoHo for the opportunity to tackle a dream role, and Tyler for all the back rubs. www.stephanieblairstockstill.com

ROSS MATSUDA (Mr. Lindquist) ) is excited for his first production with BoHo Theatre and second run at this wonderful musical. He has worked as an assistant director on the Young Playwright’s Festival (Pegasus Theatre Company); King Lear (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); The Clay Cart (Oregon

Shakespeare Festival); Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Twelfth Night (Indiana University); and most recently associate directed Patience (The Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company). Other directing outings include Talk Radio and Tweaked (State Theatre of Chicago), along with independent productions of Slip, Stumble, Fall and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He can be heard performing with the Chicago-based a capella group Vocal Chaos.

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PRODUCTION STAFF LINDSAY BROWN (Production Manager) is a proud Montana native and an even more proud BoHo company member. She has worked with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Windy City Playhouse, Strawdog Theatre, Grandstreet Theatre, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, and Kokandy Productions. She is a lover of all things dinosaur and sends big love to her family near and far, especially to M,S,C & B!

KATIE CAPP (Asst. Stage Manager) is incredibly excited to intern with BoHo this summer! She is a senior acting, directing, and theatre management major at Illinois State University. Katie most recently performed in Balm in Gilead at ISU and is looking forward to assistant directing and choreographing An Enemy of the People this upcoming fall! She is very grateful for this opportunity to be working with this incredibly talented cast and crew!

LINDA FORTUNATO (Director) returns to BoHo, where she directed Next to Normal, Parade (Jeff Nomination) and choreographed Kiss of the Spider Woman (Jeff Award). Linda is the Artistic Director of Theatre at the Center where her credits include directing Cabaret, Big River, The Tin Woman, Steel Magnolias; choreographing 42nd Street (Jeff Award), Spamalot, Big Fish, Crazy For You (Jeff Nomination); and a dozen other productions as director, choreographer, or actor. Other directing and choreography credits include Peninsula Players, Marriott Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, American Players Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, Writers’ Theatre, Provision Theatre, Remy Bumppo, and many Chicago-area high schools and colleges. Linda has also taught in the theatre departments at Loyola University and Columbia College Chicago.

ANTHONY CHURCHILL (Sound Designer) collaborates on media for theatre, events, and installations. Recent projections and media with Q Brothers, Marriott Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Silk Road Rising, Theatre Wit, Stage Left, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Big Noise Theatre, 16th Street Theatre - Berwyn, and BoHo Theatre, where he is a proud company member. Tony has been nominated for two Jeff Awards for Projections: last season for Body of an American (which he won the award for) and in 2015 for Ordinary Days. When not working on plays, Tony enjoys sculpting tiny astronauts in peril and playing projections with his band, Grape Juice Plus. www.artlabchicago.com

EVAN FRANK (Scenic Designer) is a Chicago-based scenic designer. He recently designed sets for Les Miserables at Chiarts, Disaster! at Chicago Theatre Workshop and Lysistrata Jones with Refuge Theater Project, where he is a company member. He was Technical Director for BoHo’s production of Urinetown and Engage! at Theater Wit. He is also

designing a series of shows in rep for Pride Films and Plays and The Fantasticks for Ogorod Productions this summer. He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago. www.efrankdesign.com

MEALAH HEIDENREICH (Props Designer) is thrilled to be propping her lifelong favorite musical with BoHo. Some of her previous Chicago designs include The House That Will Not Stand, A Wonder in My Soul, Native Gardens, Fun Home (Victory Gardens); Caged Dames, Miracle! (Hell in a Handbag Productions); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, In the Heights, Dreamgirls (Porchlight Music Theatre); City of Conversation, Faceless (Northlight Theatre). Mealah is a loudly queer ensemble member with Hell in a Handbag Productions.

CHRISTINA LEINICKE (Costume Designer) Off Broadway: Othello: The Remix (Westside Theater) Regional Credits: Birds of a Feather, Machinal (Greenhouse Theater Center), Long Way Home (CCC), Cyrano (BoHo Theatre), I Heart Juliet, Q-Gents (ISF), The Importance of Being Earnest (ASC), Star Girl (FSM), Educational Tours of Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet (USF). Costume Shop and Design Associate, Paramount Theatre, Aurora. Design Artist in Residence Concordia University, Chicago. MFA University of Alabama. www.christinaleinicke.com

DALTON LONG (Stage Manager) is very excited to be a part of BoHo’s A Little Night Music! Having graduated from Principia College with a BA in Theatre, Dalton has been in Chicago ever since living the dream. A BoHo company member, his shows with them include Cyrano, Three Days of Rain, Urinetown: The Musical, Next to Normal, Eurydice, Dogfight, Scotland Road, Ordinary Days, Parade, Myths & Hymns, and Amadeus (as ASM). His other credit includes Otherworld Theatre’s Messina 3004 (as SM). Dalton would like to thank the cast, crew, and design team for all of their hard work and dedication. A special thank you to his wonderful wife Katie for her constant love and support!

G. “MAX” MAXIN IV (Lighting Designer) is excited to be working with BoHo Theatre again! Max is a full-time Instructor at Northeastern Illinois University, a freelance Theatrical Designer in Chicago, and is one of the co-founders of Another Door Theatre Project. He holds an MFA in Theatrical Production Design from Michigan State University & a BA in the same from Ashland University. Favorite Chicago Area credits include: Cyrano, Urinetown (Jeff Nomination Lighting), Three Days of Rain, Next to Normal (BoHo); Forever Plaid (Theatre at the Center); Pippin, Chorus Line, Little Women, Cabaret, Bare (Another Door); Perfect Arrangement, The Nance, Angry Fags, Design for Living, Book of

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PRODUCTION STAFF Merman (Pride Films & Plays); Hot Pink or Ready to Blow (New American Folk); First Date (Royal George); and Story of a Story (The Untold Story) (Underscore). Check out his other current and upcoming projects at www.ivMaxin.com.

JORDAN POKORNEY (Asst. Director) is excited to be back at BoHo, where he last served as assistant stage manager for Marie Christine. Other assistant directing credits include Nice Girl (Raven Theatre) and Peer Gynt (Columbia College). Directing credits include The Elephant Man, Salomé, This is the Rill Speaking, Waiters (Columbia College) and You Can’t Take It With You (Brave Community Theatre). He also composed the music for The Just (The Den Theatre). Jordan holds a BFA in Theatre Directing from Columbia College.

MALCOLM RUHL (Reorchestrations) is a Chicago-based musical director, arranger, composer, and teacher. His credits include orchestrations for Heart of Spain, The Original Grease, re-orchestrations of A Little Night Music for Writers Theatre and Oklahoma! for American Theater Company. A 7-time Jeff Award nominee for musical direction, Malcolm’s musical direction credits Hank Williams: Lost Highway (American Blues Theater, Jeff Award), Woody Guthrie’s American Song (Northlight Theatre, Jeff Award), and productions at Goodman, Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Mercury, Apollo, and Drury Lane Theatres, and Theatre at the Center. As a performer, he appeared in the Broadway production of Pump Boys and Dinettes. www.malcolmruhl.com

BECCA VENABLE (Technical Director) is a Texas native living in Chicago, where she is the assistant technical director at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the technical director for Chicago Children’s Theatre and Red Theater Chicago, and a company member with Red Theater Chicago and The Comrades. Becca also works as a technical director, lighting designer, and sound designer around the city. Some of Becca’s credits include The Nutcracker (Ballet Lubbock), A Year with Frog and Toad (Chicago Children’s Theatre), Dying City (The Comrades), Beauty and the Beast (Lubbock Moonlight Musicals), American Hero (First Floor Theater), and The Good Fight (Babes with Blades).

TOM VENDAFREDDO (Music Director) is a Jeff Award-winning music director/actor with Chicago credits at Paramount Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Porchlight Music Theatre, and BoHo Theatre (where he garnered his first Jeff Nomination for music direction of The Spitfire Grill). Regional credits include: Old Globe Theatre, Mason Street Warehouse, Capital City Theatre, Musical Theatre Heritage, Chestnut Fine Arts Center, and Red Mountain Theatre Company. Tom is the proud founding Artistic Director of the Chicago Artists Chorale. BM: Eastman School of Music. MFA: San Diego State University.

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