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Published by greg.barborek, 2018-06-19 23:36:03

2018 RVAC Music Man Program

Music Man Program Final flip

THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS



The River Valley Arts Center presents:

The Music Man

Book, Music & Lyrics by
MERIDETH WILLSON

Story by

MEREDITH WILLSON AND FRANKLIN LACEY

2018 Summer Theatre Production
June 22, 23, 24, 29 &30 July 1

The Center for the Arts

Executive Director

Director TANYA HENDRIX Music Director

DR. ARDITH MORRIS KEN FUTTERER

Producer

Lighting Design VALERIE ENCHELMAYER Sound Design

JASON HANN Choreographer ELIZABETH ESCOBEDO

Stage Manager ASHLEY MILLER DAVIS
Costume & Scenic Design

AVERY B. COONTS JENAVA HARRIS

Originally Produced at
Majestic Theatre, Broadway

December 19, 1957

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
is strictly prohibited

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Board of Directors
2017-2018

President
Toni Bachman
Vice President
Libby Caston

Secretary
Debbie Graves

Treasurer
Theresa Magill
Valerie Enchelmayer

John Gale
Ben Arnold
Kane Bradley
Sarah Burgener
Rufus Elam

Executive Director
Tanya Hendrix

Administrative Assistant
Lena Couch

Artist in Residence
Winston Taylor

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Background

Inspired by his own small-town upbringing in Mason City, Iowa, Meredith Willson began
developing the idea for his first musical, The Music Man, in 1948. It would be nearly
another decade before the show opened on Broadway, but when it did--in December
1957--it enchanted audiences immediately with its All-American charm, catchy tunes, and
loveable characters. Since then, it has enjoyed several Broadway revivals, international
productions (including on London’s West End), film adaptations, and numerous major
regional productions. It is also a favorite of amateur and community theaters all across
the nation.

Synopsis

There is nothing more disarming than the gentle form of flattery that suggests our
children have some unsuspected artistic talent. It is this flattery which Harold Hill (a
virile baritone) employs; so cleverly that his confidence trick of posing as a Professor of
Music claiming to teach boys how to play military band instruments over-night, succeeds
in town after town to which he plays " flying visits "-until he tries it in River City, Iowa.
There, after initially impressing upon all but a few die-hards, the need to give young
people the sort of interests-like forming a Town Band, for instance!-that will keep them "
off the streets his all too expedient theories begin to be suspect, especially by Marian
Paroo (soprano), the local librarian and music teacher. Because Harold falls in love with
her he fails to make his usual escape by train in time to avoid confrontation with the
town officials who have been " tipped off " about him by a rival salesman. A
demonstration is demanded of the efficacy of Harold Hill's teaching methods from the
Band he has formed, and although their rendering of Beethoven's " Minuet in G " leaves
much to be desired, the performance arouses such enthusiasm among the wishful
thinking parents that he is completely exonerated.

The best known song is undoubtedly the stirring SEVENTY-SIX TROMBONES, sung by
Harold as he paints the vision of a boys' Town Band resplendent with the instruments
and uniforms he has persuaded their mothers and fathers to buy. Other songs are
GOOD-NIGHT MY SOMEONE and TILL THERE WAS YOU. A male quartet of
School Governors, oddly-sized, can be used to comic effect, as whenever they press the "
Professor " for his credentials, he sets them off warbling memorable old-fashioned songs,
and thereby avoids a " show-down." The plentiful chorus work frequently demands rapid
and precise articulation as in PICK-A-LITTLE, TALK-A-LITTLE for the ladies of River
City, and the wonderfully effective opening number, ROCK ISLAND, for the salesmen,
delivered in rail-road speech-rhythm as they journey to their destinations.

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Summary

Professor Harold Hill has developed a reputation among travelling salesmen and none of
it good. In order to sell his band instruments and uniforms he promises to form a local
student band. After he gets paid it's away - and - no band. He is concentrating this time
on River City, Iowa. To focus attention on the need for a boys' band he attacks the town's
new pool hall as a sign of depravity creeping into the community. His argument is
convincing, but it turns out the pool hall is owned by Mayor Shinn who orders the school
board to check out Harold's credentials.

When they approach him he turns them into a barber-shop quartet and disappears. An
old friend has warned him about Marian, the town librarian and music teacher. To
Harold this is an old problem, but his advances are met with a brick wall. Later at the
Fourth of July celebration Harold takes advantage of a disrupting prank to move in and
sell his band idea. The Mayor continues to push for proper credentials, but Harold is
slippery. Marian's research pays off, but she withholds the evidence when she discovers
Harold is helping her brother, Winthrop, to cure his speech impediment,. With the
exception of the Mayor, the town is now under Harold's spell. Even Marian is coming
around. The band instruments have arrived, but it takes a little longer for the uniforms
and instruction books.

Future band members have been busily working on Harold's "Think System" of
musicianship, and Harold has just met Marian at the footbridge. She confesses that she
has known he was a fake since the third day he was in town. Now it's Harold who is off
balance. The uniforms arrive but so does Charlie Cowell, the anvil salesman, Harold's
arch enemy. Marian tries to prevent Charlie from getting to the Mayor, but is
unsuccessful. She wants to warn Harold, but Charlie reaches him first. He still has time
to run, but can't. He's hooked on Marian.

The angry town, hearing that he's a fake, drags Harold to the ice cream social where
everyone has gathered. The talk is ugly, but Marian speaks out in his defense. She's a good
salesman herself, but there's a pay-off. The band arrives in assorted, unaltered, uniforms.
Harold is handed a baton. "Think, men, think" is his command. At the drop of his arm
comes the "Minuet in G" as it has never been "played" before. But each struggling note is
music to each parent's ears. Harold has his band at last - and a truly loving librarian
besides.

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Principals

Harold Hill……………………………………..…….….………..……. Benjamin Arnold
Kane Bradley

Marian Paroo………………………….……………………..…………. Katy Brockinton
Mrs. Paroo…………………………..………….……………….. Jessica Young-Spooner
Winthrop Paroo………………….…………….………………………...…. Sam Barborek

Thomas Diaz
Grant Etzel

Amaryllis……………………………….…………………...……………….……… Josie Etzel
Elizabeth Davis
Eliza Mikles

Mayor Shinn……………………..……..………………….……………….. Jacob Hillman
Rich Minick

Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn………..…………………….……... Valerie Enchelmayer
Zanetta Shinn………………..………….……………………..…………. Mackenzie Sain

Kathy Busch
Gracie Shinn…………………….…...….……………………………..………... Day Stoker
Marcellus Washburn……………….……………………………..…………. Josh Wilson
Tommy Djilas…………………….….………………………………..……………. Axel Hart

Chase Pyle
Ewart Dunlop……………………………..……………………….…... Benjamin Arnold

Kane Bradley
Maud Dunlop……………….………………………………...……………... Ruth Minick
Oliver Hix…………………………….………………………………………... Scott Arnold
Alma Hix…………………………….…………………………………………. Emily Patton
Jacey Squires……………………….………………………………………….. Gary Jernigan
Mrs. Squires………………………..……………………………………. Sue Ann Jernigan
Ethel Toffelmier………………….…..……………………………... Rosena Hallenbeck
Olin Britt…………………...……….……………………………………. Sandy McGregor
Mrs. Britt…………………………….…...…………………………………. Jane McGregor
Charlie Cowell……………………....….…………………………………. Michael Stoker
Conductor/Constable Locke…………………...…………………………. Caleb Ulrich

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Ensemble

Kinleigh Adkinson Kenya Lynch
Avery Alford Lily Marlow
Tess Barborek Ariyana McDaniel
Ethan Bartlett Kyra Meek
Maya Mikles
Taylor Buckholtz Sophia Mikles
Anna Causin Izabell Ohnmacht
Joshua Osborn
Jennifer Chavers Kelsey Ross
Sadie Chavers Izzy Schroeder
Katie Clem Josie Schroeder
Tiffany Clem Tanya Schroeder
Bethany Shaw
Emerson Corbin Caitlyn Smith
Kennedy Corbin Christopher Smith
Elliot Stoker
Caitlin Davis Katie Walker
Michael Davis Penelope Wilson
Cameron Davis Emilee Young
Abraham Zarate
Brent Etzel
Aleese Garrison

J’lexa Hays
Emma Jernigan
Carter Johnson

Hayley Land

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Thank you Jamie & Beth Sorrells for your continued
support of the River Valley Arts Center

The River Valley Arts Center would like to extend a
special THANK YOU to:

Dr. Tim Smith, ATU faculty member, for his dance number
recordings and performing as substitute rehearsal pianist.
Mr. Dewayne Dove, Russellville High School Director of
Bands, for the loan of equipment and support of the
production.
Dr. Ardith Morris, Director of The Music Man, for her 26
years of dedicated effort and talents as the Director of the
Summer Musicals.

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ACT ONE

Morning of July 4, 1912 River City, Iowa

Scene 1: Railway Coach

"Rock Island"……………………..….….....Traveling Salesmen, Charlie Cowell
& Conductor

Scene 2: Town Square, River City, IA

"Iowa Stubborn"…………………………….…...………….……………..Townspeople
“Ya Got Trouble”…………...…………….…………….....Harold & Townspeople

Scene 3: A Street

Scene 4: The Paroos' House

"Piano Lesson”…………………………………..Marian, Mrs. Paroo & Amaryllis
“Goodnight, My Someone”………..………………....…….….Marian & Amaryllis

Scene 5: Madison Gymnasium

"Columbia, Gem of the Ocean"………………….…..….Eulalie & Townspeople
“Ya Got Trouble” (Reprise)…………………………………….………………...Harold
“Seventy-Six Trombones”……………………………........Harold & Townspeople
“Ice Cream/Sincere”……………………...Harold, Jacey, Ewart, Oliver & Olin

Scene 6: Exterior of Madison Library

"The Sadder But Wiser Girl"………….…...……………..…..Harold & Marcellus
“Pick-A-Little” & “Good Night Ladies”………….…….…...Eulalie, Alma, Ethel

Pick-a-Little Ladies
Jacey, Ewart, Olin, Oliver & Harold

Scene 7: Interior of Madison Library

"Marian The Librarian"…………………..…………………..………………..…Harold

Scene 8: A Street

Scene 9: The Shinn’s Porch

Scene 10: The Paroos’ Porch

"My White Knight”………………..………………………..……………..………Marian

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Good luck to the cast and crew of
The Music Man! We are proud to support

the
River Valley Arts Center.

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ACT ONE

(continued)

Scene 11: Town Square
"The Wells Fargo Wagon”………….…………......…Winthrop & Townspeople

INTERMISSION

ACT TWO

Scene 1: Madison Gymnasium
"It’s You" …………...……………………………….……..Olin, Oliver, Ewart, Jacey
"Shipoopi" …………………………………..…….…......Marcellus & Townspeople
"Pick-A Little" (Reprise)………………………….......Ethel, Eulalie, Maud, Alma
Mrs. Squires & Ladies

Scene 2: Hotel Porch
"Lida Rose"……………………………………….….….Olin, Oliver, Ewart & Jacey
“Will I Ever Tell You?"…………………………………………………………….Marian

Scene 3: The Paroos' Porch
"Gary, Indiana" ………....……………….......Winthrop, Marian & Mrs. Paroo
“Lida Rose” (Reprise)……………………………..……..Olin, Oliver, Ewart, Jacey

Scene 4: The Footbridge
"Till There Was You"……………………………………….….…..Marian & Harold
“Goodnight & Seventy-Six Trombones Reprise”………...…... Marian & Harold

Scene 5: A Street
Scene 6: Madison Park

"Till There Was You” (Reprise)…………………..…………………...………..Harold
Scene 7: River City High School Assembly Room

THE END

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Orchestra

Conductor………...………….………………………………..………….……. Ken Futterer
Reed 1: Piccolo & Flute……………….….…………………………………. Kim Parker
Reed 2: Clarinet……………....……………………………………………….. Sue Niven
Reed 3: Oboe………………………………………………………………….. Hannah Pace
Reed 4: Bassoon, Base Clarinet……………………...……………………... Ger Vang
Trumpet 1………………...………………………………………………………..Dick Niven
Trumpet 2………………………….………………………………………………. Bill Parton
Trumpet 3………………………………………….……….………… Nathan Henderson
Trombone 1………………………………………………………………... Michael Tucker
Trombone 2…………………………………………..………………………….. Riley Kelley
Concertmaster - Violin……………………...……………………...…. Carling Futterer
Violin…………………………..….……………….…………………..... Barbara Clements
Violin……………………………………………………………………………... Cathy Smith
Violin……………………………………………………………………………... Laird Duran
Violin…………………………………………………………………….. Nicholas Davelaar
Cello…………………………………………………………………………….. Michael Stiritz
Cello…………………………...…………………………………………... Coralin Davelaar
Bass……………………………………………………………………………….. David Harris
Percussion 1, Drum Set………………………………………………………. Phil Parker
Keyboard 1 & Rehearsal Piano…………………………………………B…rian Conatser

Music Director…………………………………………………………………..Ken Futterer

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SAM We’re so proud of your
talents, love of and
& TESS dedication to the
performing arts!

Love, Mom, Dad
& Ashton

Good luck to the entire cast &
crew of The Music Man!

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Production Team

Technical Directors……………….…...…………..………………………….. Daniel Stahl
Elizabeth Escobedo

Stage Manager……..….……….………..……….……………….…………A.very B. Coonts
Asst. Director………………………...………….………………….…. Emily Wollenberg
Asst. Choreographer…………………..………………………………….. Cameron Davis
Asst. Stage Manager…………………………………………………………. Faith Spencer

Alex Tanner
Lighting…………………………………………………………………………….. Jason Hann
Sound Op………………………...…...……………………………… Elizabeth Escobedo
Props Master………………………….....….…………….……………….. Belinda Hilliard
Scenic Artist & Costumes……….....……………………………………... Jenava Harris
Crew………………..……………….………………..…………………………... Abigail Rose

Austin Womack
Caitlin Womack

Abigail Rose
Dax Carreiro

Will Ivy
Anna Vogler
Dot Tanner

John Mori
Faith Spencer
Maddy Hankins
Jake Singleton
Star Douangchanh
Emma Crockett
Jake Singleton

Alex Tanner
Seamstresses……………………………………..……………………….. Catherine Martin
Make-Up Crew………………………...…………………….……... Tammy Briggs-Davis

Julie Mikles-Schluterman
Carling Futterer
Jessica Young

Graphic Design…………………...……….………………………..….…... Greg Barborek

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Who’s Who

Tanya Hendrix
Executive Director
Tanya is the Executive Director of River Valley Arts Center and has worked with
non-profits for over 20 years. She was born and raised in Russellville and is a
graduate of Russellville High School. She is the proud mother of one son Cole,
age 25, who is employed at Arkansas Tech as campus security. This is her second
year involved with the summer theater.

Dr. Ardith Morris
Director

Ardith has been on the theatre faculty at Arkansas Tech University since 1982.
She has directed more than 100 production in the River Valley. Ardith’s
knowledge, experience and artistic talent guarantee an enjoyable, professional
quality live theatre production. This is Ardith’s 26th year to work with Ken
Futterer in the summer theater.

Ken Futterer
Music Director & Conductor
Ken’s name has become synonymous with directing music in many different
venues. He is Associate Professor of Music at Arkansas Tech University and the
2009 Performing Artist of the Year. Ken also fills the role of conductor of the
orchestra. This is Ken’s 26th year to work with Ardith in the summer theater.

Valerie Enchelmayer
Producer

Valerie joined the River Valley Arts Center board of directors in November of
2016, and has gained a multitude of new experiences by serving as Producer of
the show for the for the last two years. She is, however, no stranger to the stage as
she has performed in approximately 30 productions in six different locations
across three states.

Daniel Stahl
Technical Director
Responsible for all technical aspects of the show (lighting, set design and
construction, flight, etc.), this is Daniel’s 13th season as Technical Director for
the River Valley Arts Center production. He is employed by the Russellville
School District as the Technical Director for The Center for the Arts. We are
fortunate to have his talents.

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Ethan

Ethan,
Thanks for keeping life exciting!
We love
you!
Your
biggest
fans,
Dad, Mom
and
Anderson

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We are proud to
support our local

artists!!

Congratulations and good
luck to the entire cast and

crew of

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Who’s Who

Ashley Miller Davis
Choreographer

Ashley has owned her local dance studio, Just Dance, for 20 years and she has the
special talent of making it seem easy to develop and teach dance steps to
performers of all ages and all experience levels. She calls upon her years of
experience and love of the art of dance for your enjoyment of this production.
Ashley is proud to say that this is her 14th production with the Arts Center.

Avery B. Coonts
Stage Manager
Avery is ecstatic to be back for his fourth Arts Center production, he has worked
at Barter Theatre and The Straz Center since leaving Russellville in 2015. Where
he worked on such productions as the first post-Broadway premiere of Mamma
Mia!, A Night With Janis Joplin, and the U.S. premiere of Something Wicked
This Way Comes. He's excited to get back to his roots and work within the
community in which fostered his love for the theatre. He wishes to thank the
entire cast and crew for a wonderful experience."

Emily Wollenberg
Assistant Director
Emily is a junior acting major at Oklahoma City University. Some of her favorite
credits include Elevator Girl (assistant director), War of the Worlds (Patricia),
and Fantastic Mr. Fox (Mrs. Fox). Emily would like to thank Ardith for all the life
lessons, Avery for the laughs, and the entire cast and crew for all their hard work!
She'd also like to thank her family, friends, and Diego for always supporting her.
It's been a blast working on the show!

Jenava Harris
Scenic & Costume Design
Jenava is the Technical Supervisor for Theatre Arts in the Arkansas Tech
Department of Communication and Journalism. She has a Bachelor of Arts in
Technical Theatre Design and Technology from the University of Ozarks and has
been involved for over 6 years with the Young Actor’s Guild in Fort Smith.

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Harvey Young is proud to be
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in loving memory of Claire Young.
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