REAGLE MUSIC THEATREof GREATER BOSTON

Board of DirectorsSusan Carity Conkey p r e s i d e n t

Nicholas Iacuzio t r e a s u r e r

Connie Braceland c l e r k

David Casavant a s s i s t a n t c l e r k

Yolanda M. CellucciRaymond Ciccolo

Thomas DuselJoanne Emanuelson

Keith GilbertClarke Keenan*

Diane P. LeBlancRobert Marcou

Richard J. Monahan*Louis J. Nocera*John C. PeacockJennifer Vitone

William F. Wiggin** AUXILIARY MEMBERS

Honorary BoardDaniel Adamian

Emanuel AzenbergGemze de Lappe

Dan GogginMary Rodgers Guettel

Shirley JonesLee MeriwetherSarah Pfisterer

Debbie ReynoldsScott Wahle

ReagleMusicTheaTReof GREATER BOSTON

617 Lexington StreetWaltham, MA 02452

www.ReagleMusicTheatre.comphone: 781-891-5600

fax: 781-647-5584

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Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre

company that attracts thirty thousand patrons annually.

Since 1969, Reagle has strived for excellence in casting and production values

(direction, choreography, scenery, costumes, lighting, and orchestra). Tickets,

however, cost only half that of Broadway theatre ticket prices.

Since the inception of the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE)

Awards in 1997, Reagle Music Theatre has won more than three dozen awards,

including six Best Musical prizes in the Large Theatre category. That category

also includes the American Repertory Theater, the Huntington Theatre Company,

North Shore Music Theatre, the Ogunquit Playhouse, the Merrimack Repertory

Theatre, and Trinity Repertory Company.

Each year, Reagle’s Summer Musical Theatre Camp enrolls dozens of children,

ages 8 to 16. Need-based scholarships are offered to numerous campers. Reagle’s

educational programs include workshops taught by theatre professionals.

Reagle initiated Actors in the Classroom: A team of professional actors and a

coordinator visiting Waltham High School English classes for two to three weeks

to help students interpret challenging dramatic texts. Similar programs have been

offered at the elementary and middle school levels.

Reagle Music Theatre has contributed more than $750,000 in capital

improvements and educational programming to the Waltham Public Schools.

“BROADWAY AT YOUR DOORSTEP. . .. . .AT PRICES BROADWAY HASN’T SEEN IN YEARS!” TM

Reagle at a Glance

2012Best Choreography – Larry Sousa (Bye Bye Birdie)

2010Best Actress – Rachel York (Into the Woods)Best Direction – Stacey Stephens (Into the Woods)Best Choreography – Todd Michel Smith and Judine Somerville (Hairspray)Best Costume Design – Stacey Stephens (Into the Woods)

2009Best Musical – La Cage aux FollesBest Actor – David Engel (La Cage aux Folles)Best Actress – Rachel York (Hello, Dolly!)Best Supporting Actor – R. Glen Michell (Mame and La Cage aux Folles)Best Music Direction – Dan Rodriguez and Jeffrey P. Leonard (Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles)Best Choreography – David Scala (La Cage aux Folles)

2008Best Actor – Eric Kunze (Joseph...Dreamcoat)

2006Best Solo Performance – Patti LuPone: The Lady with the TorchBest Supporting Actress – Maryann Zschau (Thoroughly Modern Millie)Best Direction – Frank Roberts and Troy Magino (Thoroughly Modern Millie)Best Choreography – Eileen Grace (The Will Rogers Follies)

2005Best Actor – Kirby Ward (Crazy for You)Best Actress – Sarah Pfisterer (Carousel and The Sound of Music)Best Supporting Actor – Scott Mikita (Crazy for You)Best Supporting Actress – Cheryl McMahon (Crazy for You and Carousel)Best Ensemble – Crazy for You Best Direction – Kirby Ward (Crazy for You)Best Music Direction – Jennifer Honen Galea (Crazy for You)Best Choreography – Eileen Grace (Crazy for You)

Independent Reviewers of New England Awards

2004Best Musical – The Music Man Best Actor – Scott Wahle (The Music Man)Best Featured Actress – Cheryl McMahon (The Music Man and Grease)Best Music Direction – Jeffrey P. Leonard and Karen Gahagan (The Music Man)35 Years of Excellence Award – Robert Eagle

2002Best Musical – Singin’ in the Rain Best Direction – Kirby Ward (Singin’ in the Rain)Best Choreography – Peggy Hickey (Singin’ in the Rain)

2001Best Supporting Actor – John O’Creagh (1776)

2000Best Musical – My One and OnlyBest Actor – Kirby Ward (My One and Only)Best Direction – Eileen Grace and Robert Eagle (My One and Only)Best Choreography – Eileen Grace (My One and Only)

1998Best Musical – Crazy for You

1997Best Musical – The Will Rogers FolliesBest Actor – Scott Wakefield (The Will Rogers Follies)

Independent Reviewers of New England Awards

Presented by the New England Theatre Conference

2003Honorable Mention – Singin’ in the Rain

1974Honorable Mention – A Man for All Seasons

1973Moss Hart Memorial Award – 1776

Moss Hart Memorial Awards

Bruce Adler*Ann-Margret

Lucie ArnazBrent Barrett

Stephen BogardusMaureen Brennan*

Ayla BrownPatrick Cassidy

Susan Cella*Nat Chandler*James Darrah

John DavidsonGemze De Lappe*

Crandall DiehlGeorge Dvorsky

David EngelBob Fitch*

Merwin FoardBob Freschi*

Laurie Gamache*Mitzi Gaynor

Sara GettelfingerAnita GilletteRobert Goulet

Nancy HessPeggy Hickey*John Hillner*

Rick Hilsabeck*Mary-Jane Houdina*

David Hugo*Fred Inkley*

Shirley Jones*Donna Kane

Eric KunzeLorenzo LamasVicki Lawrence

Julia Liu*Stephen Mark Lukas

Patti LuPoneRobert LuPoneJohn MacInnis*

Andrea McArdleGerry McIntyre

Donna McKechnieLee MeriwetherDana Moore*Bob Moody*Dana Leigh Jackson*Patti Page*Marissa PerryRick PessagnoSarah Pfisterer*Debbie ReynoldsEden RiegelJana RobbinsJanelle Robinson*Randy Rogel*Jamie Ross*Ivan RutherfordDavid ScalaRichard E. Schreiber*Angie SchworerTodd Michel SmithJudine SomervilleLarry Sousa*Sally Struthers*Scott TaylorLara TeeterCynthia Thole*Tommy Tune*Leslie UggamsKenneth UrmstonScott Wahle*Elizabeth Walsh*Beverly Ward*Kirby Ward*Edward Watts*Edward J. Wilson*Leslie Woodies*Harry Woolever*JoAnne Worley*Rachel York*

* Denotes individual who has worked with Reagle on more than one occasion

Notable Theatre Professionals

AN EXCELLENT USE OF AN EMPTY SCHOOL THEATRE

Following a successful Spring 1969 production of The Music Man, a group

of Waltham High School students and alumni,

under the leadership of Robert J. Eagle, began

planning a summer theatre. Not only would

this give the students something to do during

the summer, but Superintendent James FitzGerald thought it was an “excellent

use of an empty school theatre.”

With support from Mayor Richard F. Dacey, the Waltham City Council

appropriated funds for a theatre program. Subsequently, that first production

— Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel — opened to critical acclaim, and

The Reagle Players (re-named The Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston in

2010) was established.

When the second season rolled around with no city appropriation, the

Reagle Players began a series of fundraising activities to support another season,

which included three productions in the new Robinson Theatre at Waltham

High School.

The theatre’s audience and talent pool began to grow in the mid 1970s,

and as the imaginary Waltham boundaries disappeared, talented young people

and adults from other communities began to join.

Following several unbearably hot summers, the Players

initiated a city-wide fundraising drive to air-condition the

Robinson Theatre, accomplished in 1975 thanks to the support

of the Waltham School Committee and the Waltham City

A Brief History of Reagle

Council. Reagle Music Theatre’s greatest improvement to Waltham High

School is the $1.2 million renovation and addition to the Fine Arts Wing:

handicapped accessibility, an enlarged lobby, a dance studio, new backstage

facilities, costume and prop storage, and an improved stage rigging system.

Other major improvements include the erection of a $50,000 outside set storage

facility, the installation of a professional stage floor, and the purchase of state of

the art lighting equipment. These improvements benefit both Waltham High

School’s arts programs and the Reagle Music Theatre.

MUSICAL REVUES AND CONCERT SERIES

Like most arts organizations, the financial condition of Reagle Music

Theatre has always been precarious. As a way to lessen accumulated debts, the

company presented musical revues at the Chateau Family Restaurant beginning

in 1978. The most notable revue was

Remembering the 40’s, which is still

presented today, though on a much

larger scale in the Robinson Theatre.

Other musical revues are also

produced: ChristmasTime (annually since 1982), A Little Bit of Ireland, and Say

It with Music: A Salute to Irving Berlin, and A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein.

The company’s award-winning concert series has brought several dozen

renowned performers and musical groups to Waltham, among them Patti

LuPone, Robert Goulet, Debbie Reynolds, Patti Page, Ann-Margret, Mitzi

Gaynor, Vicki Lawrence, Tommy Tune, Herb Reed and the Platters, The

Mills Brothers, The Manhattan Rhythm Kings, and The Lettermen.

AN AWARD-WINNING PROFESSIONAL THEATRE

In 1984, Reagle Music Theatre hired its first professional performer: Bob

Fitch, to reprise his original Broadway role of Rooster Hannigan in Annie. Since

then, Reagle Music Theatre has employed countless Broadway performers and

other members of Actors’ Equity Association, and many aspiring professional

actors have received their Equity cards by performing

in Reagle productions. In 1991, the company was

accepted into the National Alliance for Musical

Theatre and it has subsequently been recognized as a

professional theatre.

The company’s employment opportunities range from a year-round staff

of a half dozen to numerous musicians, designers, technicians, stagehands, and

members of the theatrical unions.

BROADWAY AT YOUR DOORSTEP

Since its inception, the leadership has strived to ensured that every

component of a Reagle Music Theatre production is of the highest professional

quality. Broadway choreography is reproduced for most shows, and full

orchestras employing professional musicians play in every summer production.

Reagle Music Theatre also owns the original Broadway costumes for such

shows as Hello, Dolly!, Crazy for You, and A Chorus Line, and the Broadway or

touring sets for Singin’ in the Rain, Crazy for You, and 42nd Street.

The company has also enjoyed associations with Jerry Herman, Baayork

Lee, Theodore Chapin, Mary Rodgers Guettel, Agnes de Mille, Gemze de

Lappe, and many other theatrical luminaries.

EDUCATION FIRST

Students have the opportunity to attend master classes with Broadway

professionals during each of Reagle’s theatre camps, held during February, April,

and summer school vacations. The winter and spring programs are four days

long while the summer program runs four weeks; each program concludes with

a showcase. Students enrolled in the summer camp also have the opportunity

to attend a Reagle performance free of charge — a long-standing tradition in

the company. For many years, Reagle Music Theatre also produced children’s

theatre musicals involving hundreds of young people from the Greater Boston

area.

Actors in the Classroom is an extremely successful program wherein

professional actors coach and mentor students through dramatic

literature such as Shakespeare, Miller, Shaw, and Ibsen; praise has

come from school administrators, students, and parents. Similar

programs have been offered at the elementary and middle school

levels. Actors in the Classroom is currently on hiatus until sufficient funding is

available.

Regarding Reagle’s relationship with the Waltham Public Schools,

PBS’s Jared Bowen stated, “It’s really revolutionary,” noting that the National

Endowment for the Arts found no other professional theatre company having

such a close relationship with a public school system.

DonationsWe need your help to keep Reagle Music Theatre’s shows performing at a

professional standard! If you can, please make a tax-deductible donation in honor

or celebration of an important milestone or in memory of a loved one.

IT’S EASY TO DONATE

Visit our Website’s Support Pagewww.ReagleMusicTheatre.com

Mail a Check or Visit the Box Office617 Lexington StreetWaltham, MA 02452

Call the Box Office781-891-5600

Text “REAGLE” to 41444 to donatewith a credit card or debit card

DONATION LEVELSstage hand $10 +

ensemble member $100 +

supporting player $500 +

featured performer $1,000 +

stage manager $2,500 +

star $5,000 +

director $10,000 +

producer $15,000 +

angel $20,000 +

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