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Part of the Acting Commons

Department of Theatre, Dance & Film presents

CURTAINSa musical comedy

book by RUPERT HOLMESoriginal book and concept by PETER STONE

music by JOHN KANDERlyrics by FRED EBB

additional lyrics by JOHN KANDER & RUPERT HOLMES

directed byJIMMY CALITRI

Musical DirectorLILA KANE

Scenic DesignerPATRICK LYNCH

ChoreographerDANTE A. SCIARRA

Speech & Dialect CoachRENINA FLORES

Lighting DesignerTIM CRYAN

Costume DesignerAMANDA

DOWNING CARNEY

CURTAINS is presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide570 Seventh Avenue Suite 2100 New York NY 10018

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The filming, digital recording, or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Angell Blackfriars Theatre12-14 April and 19-21 April 2013

TAINS

Act One: The Colonial Theater in Boston 1959, during the out-of-town tryout of thenew musical Robbin’ Hood!

Act Two: The same, much later that night

cast

There will be one brief ten minute intermission.

Lieutenant Frank CioffiNiki Harris

Georgia HendricksCarmen Bernstein

Aaron FoxSidney Bernstein

Christopher BellingBambi Bernet

Daryl GradyJoanie HarmonOscar ShapiroBobby Pepper

Jessica Cranshaw/Miracle St. ClairRandy Dexter

Mona PageHarb Fremont

Roberta WoosterDetective O’Farrell

Marjorie CookArlene Barruca

Roy StetsonJane Setler

Connie SubbotinPeg Prentice

Ronni Driscoll

daniel caplin

aubrey dion

stacie krawiecki

katrina pavao

patrick mark saunders

jeff desisto

ben williams

becky sawicki

ryan fink

grace curley

chris cacciavillani

jake goldsmith

erin fusco

tanner henry

jenn cyr (dance captain)peter salhaney

mary reagan

sean carney

victoria long

rosie turner

logan serabian

marisa urgo

lindsay gilbert

katcy stephan

janelle vultaggio

TAINSC

Act One

Act Two

musical numbers

overture The Orchestrawide open spaces Randy Dexter, Niki Harris, Jessica Cranshaw, Bobby Pepper and Ensemblewhat kind of man? Carmen Bernstein, Oscar Shapiro, Aaron Fox and Georgia Hendricksthinking of him Georgia, Aaron and Bobbythe woman's dead Entire Companyshow people Carmen, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi and Companycoffee shop nights Cioffiin the same boat 1 Georgia, Niki and Bambi Bernéti miss the music Aaronthataway! Georgia and Ensemble

entr’acte The Orchestrathe man is dead (reprise) Jane Setlerhe did it Companyin the same boat 2 Bobby, Randy and Harv Fremontit's a business Carmen and Stagehandskansasland Randy, Harv, Bambi and Ensembleshe did it (reprise) Companythinking of him/i miss the music (reprise) Aaron and Georgiaa tough act to follow Cioffi, Niki and Ensemblein the same boat 3, 4, and 5 Companyin the same boat complete Cioffi and Ensembleshow people (reprise) Cioffi and Carmenwide open spaces (finale) Ensemblea tough act to follow (reprise) Companycurtain Company

AINSC

INSCU special thanks

orchestra

Trinity RepJohn Smith & PCTV

Theatre Department University of Rhode IslandMaria Day-HydePaul Bienvenue

Providence College Academic Media Services

musical director & keyboard

Lila Kane

woodwinds

Joyce Harrington

trumpet

Ed Mudrak

trombone

Kevin Kane

guitar

David Riley

bass

Niall Sullivan

percussion

Randy Cloutier

NSCUR production staff

assistant director

Kevin Lynch

stage manager

Alison Simone

assistant stage managers

Emily ZalisAJ Zoellner

properties procurement

Katrina PavaoPatrick Mark Saunders

Becky SawickiLogan Serabian

sound consultant

Mike Day

light board operator

Cara Oleasz

sound board operator

Kevin Lynch

follow spot operator

Lindsay Gilbert

wardrobe running crew

Natalie AndreachAriel Cormier

Jessica Di PietroAbigail Henry

stage hands

Konner JebbJohn Paul Odle

Mollie Stackhouse

house managers

Production Office Staff

box office manager

Casey Gilmond

box office & publicity

Logan BruneauClaire ChambersCasey GilmondHayley McGuirlAmanda Talbot

costume shop crew

Erin FuscoAbigail Henry

Monica KinsellaMarie-Florence Koikou

Stacie KrawieckiLauren Spagnuolo

scene shop crew

Michael CirrottiGarvin Gabelus

Nicholas IannaroneKevin Markus

Irene MilesBen RemillardEmily Sawicki

Irio Schiano

archive photography

Gabrielle Marks Photography

press & properties photography

Logan Bruneau

poster

Logan BruneauClaire Chambers

ushers

The Friars Club

SCURT visiting & resident artists

JIMMY CALITRI (Director/ Actor) holds an AD in Studio Art and Design, a BA in Theater Performance, a BA in Art History and Design, and an MFA in Performance in Society from Rhode Island College. He is an adjunct faculty member and director in the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College Theatre Departments. His recent acting credits include appearances in Miss Pixie’s Local Cable Access Holiday Extravaganza at the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, URI’s musical productions, Into the Woods, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Company by Stephen Sondheim, and Mambo Italiano an alumni production at RIC. At URI Jimmy directed Boy Gets Girl and also served as Associate Director for Singing in the Rain, Oklahoma, Little Women, and The Rocky Horror Show. In past seasons here at Providence College Jimmy directed The Sweetest Swing in Baseball and Lend Me a Tenor which was recently nominated for two Motif Magazine awards for Best Director and Best Production for 2012. Jimmy also directed A Lie of the Mind and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Perishable Theater; the latter was named ‘Best of Theater in 2010’ by The Phoenix Newspaper and ‘Best Professional Production of 2010’ by Motif Magazine. In past summer seasons at Festival 56 (outside of Chicago in Princeton Illinois) Jimmy directed Songs for a New World and Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. Jimmy recently directed The Miracle Worker at RIC which was revived in Plymouth MA in condensed form this January at an International Fundraiser honoring Helen Keller. Other recent directing includes The Wiz at The Narragansett Pier Middle School. Up next Jimmy will direct Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat at Festival 56, Beauty and the Beast at Dreamland Theater in Nantucket, and Assas-sins: The Musical at The Contemporary Theater.

TIM CRYAN (Lighting Designer) is a New York based lighting designer whose work has been seen in the United States and Europe. Specializing in Dance and Theatre, Tim has had the oppor-tunity to collaborate with a variety of artists including: Circus Smirkus; Fiasco Theater Company Cymbeline (dir. Noah Brody & Ben Steinfeld); Fusionworks Dance Company (dir. Deb Meuiner), Nature Theatre of Oklahoma Poetics-a Ballet Brut (dir. Pavol Liska); Workhorse Theatre Ensem-ble (dir. Stephen Buescher). Previous lighting designs for Providence College include: The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Gypsy, Hedda Gabler, Little Women, Poor Murderer, Twelfth Night, Urinetown, Waiting for Lefty, and the 2009, 2010, 2011, & 2012 Blackfriars Dance Concerts. In addition to his work as a designer Tim is also an adjunct faculty member of the dance department at Long Island University & the theatre program of Bard College at Simon’s Rock. http://timcryan.net

AMANDA DOWNING-CARNEY (Costume Designer) holds a BFA in Technical Theatre with a Concentration in Costume Design from the University of Rhode Island. After graduation she toured nationally and internationally as Wardrobe Supervisor with Phoenix Entertainment’s FAME: the Musical (US, Canada and Korea), Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and Will Rogers Follies. Now off the road, she has worked at such local theatres as Trinity Repertory Co. (Costume Director 09-12), the Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre (The Real Thing, After the Revolution, boom, A Child’s Christmas in Wales), Theatre-by-the-Sea (Costume Shop Manager 07-08), Perishable Theatre (A Lie of the Mind), and the Wilbury Group (Body Awareness, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?). She has also designed at URI (Company, Boy Gets Girl) and Providence College (Lend Me A Tenor). She is currently a freelance costume designer and full-time mom to her two young boys.

RENINA FLORES (Speech and Dialect Coach) is an Assistant Professor and Resident Vocal Coach in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Film at Providence College. A graduate of Guild-ford School of Acting in Surrey, England, she has worked in theatre, voiceovers and television. Her voice work includes projects for Discovery and the Learning Channel, Reflexive Entertainment and George Washington University Television. Her vocal and dialect coaching credits include The Illusion, and Twelfth Night for Providence College, Lord of the Flies for Henley Street Theatre, My Fair Lady for Barksdale Theatre (co-dialect coach), Suddenly Last Summer for Richmond Triangle Players, Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed and Troy Women for Shafer Street Playhouse, and assistant vocal coaching for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Virginia Commonwealth University Mainstage in Richmond, VA.

LILA KANE (Musical Director) Originally from New York City, Lila received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Brooklyn College Conservatory. Since then, she has worked at Bel Canto Opera of New York, dinner theatre in Virginia, national educational touring theatre and various summer stock theatres including Theatre-By-The-Sea in Matunuck, where she also directed the Cabaret. Lila has worked at many of the local venues including Newport Playhouse, City Nights Dinner Theatre, the Community Players in Pawtucket, Barker Playhouse, Academy Players, Fan-tasy Works and the Courthouse Center for the Arts. On the local educational scene, Lila has direct-ed and played at Rhode Island College, the University of Rhode Island, Providence College and at the Community College of Rhode Island. She has well over one hundred productions to her credit. In addition to her theatre work, Lila is a Special Guest Artist in the Theatre Department of the URI and Staff Accompanist and Piano Instructor at RIC. She freelances as an accompanist and music director and also maintains a private piano studio.

PATRICK LYNCH (Scenic Design) previously designed Providence College’s 2007 production of Charley’s Aunt. He has designed Boeing Boeing, A Christmas Carol, and Shooting Star at Trin-ity Rep. At the Sandra Feinstein Gamm theatre, designs include The Real Thing, After the Rev-olution, boom, Hamlet (2011), A Doll’s House, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Glass Menagerie and Mother Courage. As a resident designer for the Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Program: Marisol, Rhinoceros, Waiting For Godot, Venus, Uncle Vanya, The Duchess of Malfi, Woyzeck, Much Ado About Nothing, The Learned Ladies, Figaro, The Cure At Troy, and Elektra. Other recent projects include The Family (G&V/Trinity Rep), American Buffalo (Seattle Rep), Othello (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.), Not Wanted on the Voyage (American Music Theatre Project, Chicago), Mister Roberts and Exits and Entrances (New Rep, Boston). NYC associate/assistant design credits: Wicked, A Streetcar Named Desire, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Other Place. Up-coming projects include the world premiere musical Secondhand Lions (The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle) and Warrior Class (The Alley Theatre, Houston). Patrick is a member of USA829 and has an MFA from Carnegie-Mellon. patricklynch.carbonmade.com

DANTE A. SCIARRA’S (Choreographer) professional work as a performer has been seen on Broadway and in national and international tours such as Chicago, Hello Dolly and Sunset Bou-levard. A dance teacher/mentor/advisor/choreographer for 30 years, he’s worked with choreo-graphic legends at prestigious schools, such as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Broad-way Dance Center, and Steps on Broadway in New York City, where he was on staff for 2 years. Other choreographic credits include works and teachings at Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, Dean College adjunct faculty member, Walnut Street Theatre as well as numerous studios throughout the United States and New England. He served as the Jazz Head for Stephens College Summer Intensive 2007, and has given master classes for NYSSSA in Saratoga Springs, NY. Currently, he’s pursuing his ADN/RN in Nursing at the Community College of Rhode Island and continues to follow his creative and artistic passion of teaching dance, performing and choreo-graphing all over the country.

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Auditions: � e Illusion

Auditions: Curtains

Blackfriars Dance ConcertPerformances:November16 & 17

Spring Dance ConcertPerformances:April 27 & 28

Tuesday 6 November

Tuesday 5 February

Auditions:Providence College Dance Company� ursday 13 September

Auditions: Twel� h NightWednesday 12 September

Twel� h Night by William ShakespearePerformances: October 26-28 November 2-4

� e Illusion by Pierre Corneilleadapted by Tony KushnerPerformances: February 1-3 and 8-10

Student Film Festival� ursday 2 May

photography: Chris Cacciavillani ‘14: Spring Dance Concert 2012; Gabrielle Marks: Gypsy 2011� e Cripple of Inishmaan 2011, � e Sweetest Swing in Baseball 2011, Lend Me a Tenor 2012Poor Murderer, 2012; Meghan Sepe: Blackfriars Dance Concert 2010, 2011screen shot: A Silent Epidemic, Emily Croke ‘12; � lm still: Humonculove, Jorge Lucas ‘12graphic structure: Claire Chambers ‘15

Curtains, a musical Book by Rupert HolmesOriginal book & concept by Peter StoneMusic by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred EbbAdditional lyrics by John Kanderand Rupert HolmesPerformances:April 12-14 and 19-21

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