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MIKE’S NOTES Mike Isaacson Artistic Director & Executive Producer 11 Superstar Welcome back! This is the 99th season of our wonderful and world famous Muny, and I am so happy you are here. Ready for a surprising and magical summer? We sure are—since Princess Aida left our stage, we’ve barely taken a break. For every new season, we set out to redefine The Muny’s not at all modest tagline, “Alone in Its Greatness.” You deserve no less. Back to surprises—and enduring magic. For those of who came of age in the ’70s, Jesus Christ Superstar was a seismic event. When Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice released the legendary “brown album,” it exploded into a world-wide phenomenon. A rock opera? About Christ? JCS was the best-selling album of 1971, ahead of Carole King’s legendary Tapestry. Generations of St. Louisans had family sing-a-longs to that album; friends sang it together in the car at the top of their lungs. Everyone knew it. Everyone loved it. Charged with the turbulence and energy of the late 60s, Superstar melted all the boundaries between rock, Broadway, religious music and popular culture. The wildly talented Rice and Webber were young and cheeky enough to position Jesus Christ not in his usual context of faith or history, but smack in the middle of popular culture. Through the power and beauty of the music and the intelligence and daring of the lyrics, Rice and Webber found a Jesus whose suffering and experience felt real and honest and contemporary. In their telling, they boldly ignored any singular conclusion about their story or its characters—that was left to the listener. Their bold idea was to just ask some questions. They asked those questions so brilliantly that people all over the world—many of them not even Christian—fell in love with JCS. The show has remained a phenomenon, with countless productions on Broadway, in London, on national tours and in amateur productions. NBC recently announced that they will broadcast Jesus Christ Superstar Live! next Easter. We entrusted tonight’s production to director Gordon Greenberg, who has approached it with the same bravado that characterized the original—while offering ideas, insights and images drawn fresh from today’s world. As he wrote to the company, “While most everyone in the audience has their own point of view about the religious narratives that followed, this show allows a glimpse of where it might have started—the relationships he struggled with, the passion that drove and haunted him, and the life he gave up as a martyr. This show, which premiered almost 50 years ago, remains as powerful as ever.” I hope you agree.
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15 MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT 1 Overture Heaven On Their Minds What’s The Buzz Strange Thing, Mystifying Everything’s Alright This Jesus Must Die Hosanna Simon Zealotes/ Poor Jerusalem Pilate’s Dream The Temple Everything’s Alright (Reprise) I Don’t Know How To Love Him Damned For All Time ACT 2 The Last Supper Gethsemane The Arrest Peter’s Denial Pilate And Christ King Herod’s Song Could We Start Again, Please Judas’ Death Trial By Pilate Superstar Crucifixion John 19:41 Orchestra Judas Jesus, Mary, Ensemble Judas, Jesus, Ensemble Mary, Judas, Jesus, Ensemble Caiaphas, Annas, Priests, Ensemble Caiaphas, Jesus, Ensemble Mary, Simon, Jesus, Ensemble Pilate Jesus, Ensemble Mary, Jesus Mary Judas, Caiaphas, Annas, Ensemble Jesus, Judas, Apostles Jesus Peter, Judas, Jesus, Caiaphas, Annas, Apostles, Ensemble Peter, Romans, Mary Pilate, Jesus, Annas, Ensemble King Herod Mary, Peter Judas, Caiaphas, Annas Pilate, Caiaphas, Annas, Jesus, Ensemble Judas, Mary, Ensemble Jesus, Ensemble Orchestra
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17 ENSEMBLE AnnEliza Canning-Skinner, Susie Carroll, Andrew Chappelle, Zach Erhardt, Dionne D. Figgins, Atiauna Grant, Phillip Johnson-Richardson, Sean Harrison Jones, Jose-Luis Lopez Jr., Douglas Lyons, Gabriella Mancuso, Brianna Mercado, Fergie Philippe, Shelby Ringdahl, Akilah Sailers, Maria Cristina Slye, Daryl Tofa, Voltaire Wade-Greene CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) YOUTH ENSEMBLE Matthew Becker, Peyton Boyd, Madison Dixon, Haden Frazier, Abbey Friedmann, Anna Gassett, Owen Hanford, Rachel Haselhorst, Kennedy Holmes, Ben Iken, Kamal Lado, RhonniRose Mantilla, Lulu McGowan, Gabby McNabb, Braden Phillips, Sam Pottinger, Ava Schmidt, Bennett Speith The Muny is a professional theatre and the Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are proudly represented by Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the USA. CONSTANTINE MAROULIS BRYCE RYNESS CIARA RENÉE ZACH ERHARDT, ATIANNA GREEN, FERGIE PHILIPPE NICHOLAS WARD MYKAL KILGORE DOUGLAS LYONS ANDREW CHAPPELLE BEN DAVIS SEAN HARRISON JONES, JOSE-LUIS LOPEZ JR., DARYL TOFA, VOLTAIRE WADE-GREENE CHRISTOPHER SIEBER ANNELIZA CANNING-SKINNER, DIONNE D. FIGGINS, GABRIELLA MANCUSO, SHELBY RINGDAHL BRIANNA MERCADO Judas Iscariot Jesus of Nazareth Mary Magdalene Priests Caiaphas Annas Simon Zealotes Peter Pontius Pilate Soldiers King Herod Soul Girls Dance Captain
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ABOUT TONIGHT 19 In the beginning, there were many skeptics. When Jesus Christ Superstar, a two-record concept album, was released in September 1970, American soldiers were embroiled in a controversial war in Southeast Asia; here at home, protest was rampant. So when a so-called “rock opera” written by two brash Brits in their early 20s purported to equate Jesus of Nazareth with rock stars, it is understandable that some people thought its motives subversive. But in fact, Jesus Christ Superstar told neither a political nor, for that matter, a religious, story. Its iconoclastic young authors, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice, sought to tell a human story. Ever since Rice had attended a church-centered boarding school at age 15, he had been fascinated by the conflicted life of Judas Iscariot. Rice wanted to tell the story of Jesus from Judas’ point of view. “While we were writing the piece,” Rice recalls, “the word ‘superstar’ became a hot new buzz word, so we added it to the title. The phrase Jesus Christ Superstar seemed to fit so well. I think the title was one of the most significant reasons for the album’s success. But we weren’t trying to turn Jesus into a rock star. Nor were we making a statement one way or another about his divinity. It is my conviction that Judas did not believe Jesus was God, but the final determination is up to the viewer.” Why did that original two-record set become such a blockbuster? Rice credits “a combination of Andrew’s enthusiasm for theatre and my obsession with rock and roll. The mixture worked very well. At that point, nobody had brought rock and roll into the theatre. We were doing something different, which is a Golden Rule for success. You’ve got to be good, but you’ve got to be different as well.” Young audiences tapped into that difference instantly. Jesus Christ Superstar ($9.58 at Stix, Baer & Fuller) was the best-selling pop album of 1971. The concept album promptly led to a Broadway staging which ran for 711 performances. The show has been revived three times on Broadway and has enjoyed multiple long-running national tours. A 1973 film adaptation was directed by Norman Jewison (immediately after he directed Fiddler on the Roof). Jesus Christ Superstar made its Muny debut in 1985; this week’s season opener is the fifth Muny production. All these decades later, the Lord Lloyd-Webber and Sir Tim Rice are theatre royalty. Though their working partnership ended decades ago, to see Jesus Christ Superstar today is to recall a time when theatrical rock and roll was fresh and urgent and capable of sending musical shock waves around the globe. To see Jesus Christ Superstar is to be reminded anew that there is always a place in the arts for brashness and originality. – Dennis Brown To read more, go to “Dennis Br Blog” on the Muny website at muny.org. About Jesus Christ Superstar
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BRYCE RYNESS (Jesus of Nazareth) is thrilled to be The William & Kerry Holekamp Star Performer. Broadway: Matilda (Trunchbull), Hair (Woof, Drama Desk nomination), First Date, Leap of Faith, Legally Blonde. Off-Broadway: Long Story Short, Fly By Night, Around The World in 80 Days, See Rock City..., Hair. Regional: Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Cabaret, Floyd Collins. National tours: Matilda, Rent. iTunes: RYNESS. Film/TV: Shades of Blue, Tangled (Thug), Peter Pan Live! (Starkey), It Could Be Worse, Law & Order: SVU. Supports: World Vision, Charity Water. Bryce and his wife, Meredith, have three terrific children and live in NY, CA, or wherever their continent-traversing RV happens to be parked. Here’s to facing our fears, folks; Proverbs 9:10 CONSTANTINE MAROULIS (Judas Iscariot) Muny debut. Broadway: Rock of Ages (Best Actor Tony nominee, Drama League nominee, Broadway. com Star of the Year), Jekyll & Hyde (Drama League nominee), The Wedding Singer (Best Musical Tony nominee), Spring Awakening (Producer, Best Revival Tony nominee, Drama Desk, Drama League, OCC nominee), Rent (Roger in tour cast, dir. Michael Grief). Off-Broadway/Regional: The Most Beautiful Room in New York (Long Wharf), Friend Art (Second Stage), Rock of Ages, Jacques Brel…, The Toxic Avenger (The Alley, dir. John Rando), God of Vengeance (Williamstown). TV: Mozart in the Jungle, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order, Unforgettable, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, America’s Got Talent, The Tonight Show, Conan, The Today Show, Band of Merry Makers, Psychosis (upcoming series as executive producer/actor). Recordings: Constantine, Killer Queen, American Idol Showstoppers (RIAA certified gold). Songwriter: All About You, Here I Come, She’s Just Rock N’ Roll. Training: The Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music, Williamstown Theatre Festival. ConstantineMaroulis.com CIARA RENÉE (Mary Magdalene) starred as the Leading Player in the recent Broadway revival of Pippin. On Broadway, Ms. Renée also appeared in Big Fish. Ms. Renée originated the role of Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Paper Mill Playhouse). She has been seen in productions of The Wild Party, Sondheim on Sondheim, Dreamgirls, Carousel and Passing Strange, among others. TV: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Netflix’s Master of None. Ciara would like to thank God and her mother. Follow her here: @CiaraRenee8 CHRISTOPHER SIEBER (King Herod) Muny: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease and Guys and Dolls. Broadway: Matilda, Pippin, Shrek (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League nominations), Spamalot (NY and West End, Tony nomination), La Cage aux Folles, Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, Triumph of Love, A Christmas Carol. Cinderella (NYC Opera), Eric Idle’s Not the Messiah (Toronto Symphony). Off-Broadway: The Kid, Avow, The Boys in the Band. Regional: Hairspray, Company, The WHO’S WHO 21
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NICHOLAS WARD (Caiaphas) is thrilled to be making his Muny debut! He was recently seen as Chris in Broadway’s first a capella musical, In Transit. Broadway: On the Town. NY City Center Encores!: 1776, Cabin in the Sky, Annie Get Your Gun, Paint Your Wagon, Zorba, Pipe Dream. European tour: Porgy and Bess. National tour: Show Boat. Regional: Big River, Chicago, Big Fish, Ring of Fire, Once on This Island, Ragtime, Little Shop of Horrors, Tommy, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls, Man of La Mancha. A favorite credit - Andrew Lippa’s I am Harvey Milk / Anne Hutchinson with Kristin Chenoweth (featured soloist, Avery Fisher Hall). Boys from Syracuse (Reprise!). TV: Law & Order: SVU, The Good Wife, Elementary, Pushing Daisies, Johnny and the Sprites, It’s All Relative, Two of a Kind, Sex and the City, Ed, Guiding Light, All My Children, Another World. Film: Morning Glory, See You in September. BEN DAVIS (Pontius Pilate) is thrilled to be back at The Muny. Previously seen here in Spamalot, South Pacific and Oklahoma! Most recently seen on tour as Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music. Broadway: Violet, A Little Night Music, Les Misérables, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Baz Luhrmann’s La Boheme (2003 Tony honor). UK: BBC Proms Kiss Me, Kate at Royal Albert Hall and Sondheim at 85 with RTÉ Orchestra. Other: Anna Nicole the Opera at BAM, Lincoln Center American Songbook Series, Kurt Weill’s Knickerbocker Holiday opposite Kelli O’Hara and Victor Garber, Westchester Philharmonic with Kelli O’Hara, LA Philharmonic. Film/TV: Papageno in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, directed by Kenneth Branagh, and the upcoming film version of Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge. benjaminjaydavis.com MYKAL KILGORE (Annas) is so excited to be making his Muny debut! He has toured the US as well as Europe/ Asia/Australia with Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. On Broadway, his voice can currently be heard nightly in Dear Evan Hansen. Broadway: Motown the Musical and Hair. Other credits include: The Book of Mormon (1st national tour) and the world premiere of Marley. Mykal has performed to sold out audiences at Joe’s Pub, Birdland, The Kennedy Center and in his own cabaret Mykal@54Below. mykalkilgore.com #BlackLivesMatter SLUCare WHO’S WHO 23 ANNELIZA CANNING-SKINNER (Ensemble) is a recent graduate from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theatre. She is incredibly excited to spend her very first summer at The Muny. Then she’ll head back to Music Theatre Wichita for another grand summer season. GO BLUE!! SUSIE CARROLL (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Muny debut this summer in Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional credits include: Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival and Pioneer Theatre Company. She is currently pursuing her BFA in musical theatre at Pace University. Special thanks to friends and family. @susiecarroll ANDREW CHAPPELLE (Ensemble) comes to The Muny from playing Lou in the world premiere of Beatsville at the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Original off-Broadway and Broadway company member of Hamilton. He appeared on Broadway as Eddie in Mamma Mia! and in the first national tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. @Achapphawk. AndrewChappelle.com
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WHO’S WHO 25 ZACH ERHARDT (Ensemble) As a St. Louis native, Zach is thrilled to be making his Muny debut! He is a recent graduate of CCM. Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik), American Idiot (Will), Footloose (Chuck). Thank you to my family, Phil, Grace, Jeff and Paige. Proud new member of the Actors’ Equity Association. DIONNE D. FIGGINS (Ensemble) Broadway: Motown the Musical (original Broadway company, Diana u/s), Leap of Faith (assistant choreographer), Memphis (original Broadway company) and Hot Feet (original Broadway company, Kalimba u/s). Regional/off-Broadway: Chicago (Velma), Trip of Love (Jennifer), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Brenda/Ovation nominee). Film/TV: She’s Gotta Have It, Flesh and Bone, Power. Co-founder and director of programming, Broadway Serves. Proud member of AEA since 2006. @ddfiggs ATIAUNA GRANT (Ensemble) is a rising senior BFA acting major with a musical theatre minor at Point Park University. She is excited to be making her Muny debut and thrilled to be joining AEA. She would like to thank her family and friends for all their love and support. PHILLIP JOHNSON-RICHARDSON (Ensemble) Blessed to be returning to The Muny. Credits: The Music Man and Aida at The Muny, Violet at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (Flick), Brothers of the Knight national tour with Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Children of Eden (Father), Big River (Jim), A Chorus Line (Richie) at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Thank you to the Fam, Megan, Mike and all the Muny staff! @phjohnrich. Proud AEA member. SEAN HARRISON JONES (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to The Muny for his third season! Muny credits include: Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, The Wizard of Oz, The Music Man, Aida and Mamma Mia! Rising senior at The Boston Conservatory and proud member of AEA! America’s Got Talent season 9 finalist in the tap duo, Sean & Luke. Sean thanks his family, friends and angels above for all their love and support. Twitter/ Instagram: @SeanySwagger @seany_swagger WHO’S WHO JOSE-LUIS LOPEZ JR. (Ensemble) is honored to be returning to the Muny stage. Jose-Luis made his Muny debut last year in Aida, starring Michelle Williams. From Miami, Jose-Luis studied at The Boston Conservatory and New World School of the Arts. Broadway and off-Broadway credits include In the Heights, On Your Feet! and Fuerza Bruta. DOUGLAS LYONS (Ensemble) originated roles on Broadway in Beautiful and The Book of Mormon. National tours: Dreamgirls, Rent and The Book of Mormon (1st national tour). As a writer, Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical (Sony Masterworks Broadway album). Commissions: Casa Mañana Theatre (Peter, Darling) and Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre. Thanks to CLA and Gordon. @Douglassings GABRIELLA MANCUSO (Ensemble) This St. Louis native is thrilled to be performing in Jesus Christ Superstar at The Muny! She is a 2017 BFA musical theatre graduate of the University of Miami. She would like to thank her friends and family for all the love and support! BRIANNA MERCADO (Ensemble) is honored to be returning to The Muny, where she was last seen in Aida (dance captain). Credits include TED Talks, The Grit and Fuerza Bruta: Wayra. She has a BA in theatre, dance and performance studies from UC Berkeley and is a proud member of AEA! @BriPositive FERGIE PHILIPPE (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his Muny debut! Favorite roles include Jud in Oklahoma!; Orsino in Twelfth Night and Flick in Violet. He gives his thanks to his mother and brother and dedicates his performances to his father, Fernand. May he rest in peace. BFA, Elon University. SHELBY RINGDAHL (Ensemble) Muny debut! Tours: Disenchanted (Snow White), Abba Mania (Agnetha). Off-Broadway: Oh Kay! (Constance Appleton). Regional: Heathers (Ensemble/Heather Chandler u/s), Polkadots (Ms. Square), Catch Me If You Can (Cheryl
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WHO’S WHO 27 Ann/Ensemble). Miss Missouri 2013, Top 12 at Miss America. Love to Columbia, MO, TCU, Take 3 and The Fab Five. Hebrews 12:1-3. shelbyringdahl.com @shelby_ringdahl AKILAH SAILERS (Ensemble) is truly humbled to be a part of this cast at The Muny! Regional: Wagon Wheel’s Grease (Cha Cha), Sister Act (Michelle), Ragtime (Ensemble) and How to Succeed… (Ensemble). Collegiate credits include A Chorus Line (Sheila), Legally Blonde (Judge/Ensemble) and All Shook Up! (Sylvia). @akilahayanna. Love ya, fam! MARIA CRISTINA SLYE (Ensemble) Muny debut! National tours: The Bodyguard, Ghost, Elf The Musical. Regional: The Bodyguard (swing, Paper Mill), Seven Brides… (Dorcas, Ogunquit), A Chorus Line (Diana, Engeman), West Side Story (Rosalia/Maria u/s, Engeman), In the Heights (Carla, Hangar), Cats (Rumpleteaser, Cortland Rep.), The Little Mermaid (Ariel, Riverside). Honor to God and thanks to the most supportive family imaginable! Proud AEA member. www.mariacslye.com DARYL TOFA (Ensemble) is excited and grateful to be back at The Muny. He is a rising junior at The University of Oklahoma. Muny: The Wizard of Oz, The Music Man, Aida, Mamma Mia! Special thanks and love to family, friends, teachers and Caroline Coffey for their constant support. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. VOLTAIRE WADE-GREENE (Ensemble) is ecstatic to be making his Muny debut! Currently the dance captain for Hamilton (original Broadway cast, ensemble/swing, Mulligan/Madison u/s). TV: Smash. Regional: In the Heights, A Chorus Line, Annie Get Your Gun and Some Like It Hot. Concert dance: Contrast Dance Theatre, Charlottesville Ballet and Alison Chase/Performance. ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (Music) When Sunset Boulevard joined School of Rock, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway in 2017, Andrew Lloyd Webber became the only person to equal the record set in 1953 by Rodgers & Hammerstein with four Broadway shows running concurrently. Other musicals he composed include Aspects of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and Love Never Dies. His producing projects include the Olivier Award-winning Daisy Pulls It Off, Bombay Dreams, La Bête, The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz. His awards, both as composer and producer, include seven Tonys, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship, the Kennedy Center Honor and a Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, his setting of the Latin Requiem mass which contains one of his best-known compositions, “Pie Jesu.” TIM RICE (Lyrics) has worked in music, theatre and film since 1965, when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter. Rather than pursue Tim’s ambitions to write rock or pop songs, they turned their attention to Andrew’s obsession — musical theatre. Their first collaboration, The Likes of Us (lyrics by Tim, music by Andrew), was an unsuccessful show based on the life of Dr. Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist. Their next three works together were much more successful: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. Tim has also worked with other distinguished popular composers such as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty and the Beast), and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Chess). From Here to Eternity, with music by newcomer Stuart Brayson, co-produced with Lee Menzies, directed by Tamara Harvey, and with book by Bill Oakes, premiered in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2013. He formed his own cricket team in 1973 and was president of the MCC in 2002. In 2013, he wrote and presented a 52-part series for BBC Radio 2, American Pie, a trawl through the music and musicians of every American state. He has won several awards, mainly for the wrong thing or for simply turning up. WHO’S WHO
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WHO’S WHO 29 GORDON GREENBERG (Director) recently co-wrote and directed the Broadway stage adaptation of Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn for Roundabout and Universal Stage Productions. For The Muny, he directed Holiday Inn (2015), West Side Story (2013) and Pirates! (2012). His acclaimed West End revival of Guys and Dolls was nominated for six Olivier Awards in extended runs at the Savoy and Phoenix Theatres (starring Rebel Wilson) and international tour. He directed and adapted the Drama Desk Award-winning revival of Working at 59E59 and Broadway In Chicago, the revival of Jacques Brel… (Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Award nominations) and the stage adaptation of Tangled for Disney. Regional: Williamstown, Old Globe, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Paper Mill, Goodspeed, Huntington, Capital Rep, Signature, NY Stage & Film, Asolo. TV: Scramble Band, Emerald City Records. He attended Stanford University and NYU and is a member of SDC, WGA and the Dramatists Guild. JON RUA (Choreographer) returns to The Muny, where he choreographed last season’s Aida. Choreography: Phish, SpongeBob The Musical (creative consultant), Traveler’s Insurance Conference, Jackson Harris, LoveFound, Celebrity Wife Swap, NBA, NYMF 2016 Freedom Riders, Broadway Bares, Capezio A.C.E. Awards. Jon’s work has influenced Broadway’s Hamilton, On Your Feet!, Bring It On: The Musical, Hands on a Hardbody, In the Heights and NYCC’s The Wiz. As a performer - Broadway: Hamilton (original Broadway company Charles Lee/ens, Hamilton alternate), Hands on a Hardbody (Jesus Pena), In the Heights (Sonny/Graffiti Pete). Selected off-Broadway: Hamilton, Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. Selected regional: Old Globe’s Somewhere (Alejandro, Craig Noel nomination.), Bring It On: The Musical (Twig), The Muny’s West Side Story. Film: Fall to Rise, First Reformed, The Things We Do... TV: Blue Bloods, Law & Order, Verizon. Digital: Mas Mejor. Dancer: Mariah Carey, Phish, Don Omar, Soulja Boy, among others. Instagram @jonrua1, Twitter @jonrua, Youtube@JonRua COLIN WELFORD (Music Director/Conductor) is proud to be The Charles W. & Janet T. Mueller Conductor. He is delighted to be back at The Muny, his first return visit since Billy Elliot in 2014. Colin studied at Oxford University, the Royal College of Music and University of Miami. Currently Music Director/ Conductor of Hamilton in Chicago. Past Music Supervisor/Director credits include: The Lion King and Billy Elliot (13 companies of each show, worldwide), Wicked, Rent and The Who’s Tommy (5 companies). For the English National Ballet, Colin has conducted productions of Swan Lake, Coppélia, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet. Colin has also orchestrated for the New York and Boston Pops orchestras. He has conducted recordings ranging from Mahler and Stravinsky (BBC Symphony) to pop and big-band albums, composed two produced musicals and is at work on his first opera. PAUL TATE DEPOO III (Scenic Designer) recent and upcoming: Muny: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Young Frankenstein. OD Korea: Titanic. Signature Theatre: Titanic, A Little Night Music, Crazy for You, Girlstar. Asolo Rep: Josephine. Goodspeed Musicals: Thoroughly Modern Millie, A Sign of the Times, Guys and Dolls. Delaware Theatre Company: War of the Roses. Off-Broadway: White Guy on the Bus, Himself and Nora, Romance Language, Pageant: The Musical, Sex of the Baby, Look Upon Our Lowliness. TED Talks: Boston. Classic Stage Company: Othello. Maltz Jupiter: The Producers, Me and My Girl, The Wiz, Les Misérables, The Will Rogers Follies, Annie, The Music Man, Hello, Dolly! Bard Opera: Turandot. Yale: The Rocky Horror Show. Broadway associate designer: Lincoln Center’s Sweeney Todd, Lady Day, How to Succeed…, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Follies, Anything Goes. www.pauldepoo.com TRISTAN RAINES (Costume Designer) is excited to be making his Muny debut. Off-Broadway/New York: New York Pops Christmas Concert (Carnegie Hall
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WHO’S WHO 31 ’15/’16), Would You Still Love Me If, Stalking the Bogeyman, Bare (New World Stages), The Eternal Space (Theatre Row), Moving Light (New York Theatre Ballet), Soul Doctor (Actor’s Temple), Tribes (Barrow Street Theatre), Murder in the First (59E59), Falling (Minetta Lane), AZAK, Scarcity (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), Gormanzee (Flea Theater), Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (New World Stages/national tour). Regional: Tribes (Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse), Thieves (Rattlestick), Selkie (Rising Phoenix Rep), Treasure Island (FMT Festival), One Man, Two Guvnors (Florida Studio Theatre), Blue Sky Boys, Assisted Loving (Capital Rep). www.tristanraines.com NATHAN W. SCHEUER (Lighting Designer) is delighted to be back for another season. Past Muny designs include: Aida, Mamma Mia!; Beauty and the Beast; The Buddy Holly Story; Grease; The Addams Family; Les Misérables; Thoroughly Modern Millie. NYC credits: Upon this Handful of Earth (NYOS), Jesus Christ Superstar (Highline Ballroom), A Taste of Things to Come, Lord Tom (The York), Shoes & Baggage (the cell), La Plage (Tom Gold Dance) and associate designer for Manilow on Broadway. Other tour/regional credits: After the Curtain (Shaping Sound), Spamalot (Arkansas Rep), Masha’s Seagull (Berkshire Theatre Group), The Sleeping Beauty, Beneath One’s Dignity (LA Ballet), Water by the Spoonful, Next to Normal (TheatreSquared). Nathan has also designed for Selena Gomez, Alice Cooper, Toby Keith, and has worked with NYC Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet and San Francisco Opera. Proud member of USA 829. JOHN SHIVERS (Sound Designer) Credits include: The Muny (2015-2017 seasons), Pretty Woman (in development), Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award), Holler If Ya Hear Me, Bonnie & Clyde, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life and Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays. International: The Secret, Tarzan, Das Wunder von Bern, The Lion King (Shanghai and Singapore), Regional: Moonshine, Harmony, The Nutty Professor, Tales of the City, Emma, Robin and the 7 Hoods. Associate credits: The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Hairspray, Aida, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business… (’95), The Who’s Tommy, Guys and Dolls and The Buddy Holly Story. Other credits: Savion Glover, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Gregory Hines and engineering at Electric Lady Studios. John has a gem of a daughter Ruby. DAVID PATRIDGE (Sound Designer) Broadway: Holler If Ya Hear Me, Soul Doctor. US tours: Flashdance, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat, Mamma Mia! Regional: The Muny’s 2015 and 2016 seasons, First Wives Club, Harmony, The Nutty Professor, Emma, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Sammy, Ace, Beauty and the Beast, Singin’ in the Rain, Sweeney Todd, Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway: Gigantic. International: Das Wunder von Bern. Associate sound design: Paramour, Kinky Boots, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Leap of Faith, Bonnie & Clyde, We Will Rock You, Sister Act, Come Fly Away, 9 to 5, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, In My Life and Mamma Mia! David is a recipient of the Kevin Kline and Suzi Bass awards for Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical. GREG EMETAZ (Video Designer) is delighted to be returning to The Muny after designing Mamma Mia! last summer. Other work includes: the world premiere of Bel Canto at Chicago Lyric Opera, Dolores Claiborne at San Francisco Opera, 27, Champion and The Golden Ticket at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He’s also the director of short films Bowes Academy (NC Gay + Lesbian Film Fest Jury award), Get the F K Outta Paris!, Death by Omelette (SNCF Prix Du Polar Finalist and Hong Kong Mobile Film Awards Silver Medalist) and music videos Eating 4 Two and Butt Drunk (Friar’s Club special Jury Award, iTVfest Best Director award), co-directed
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WHO’S WHO 33 with Amanda DeSimone. He’s created behind-scenes documentaries for Julie Taymor’s The Tempest, SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark and numerous productions at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. LEAH J. LOUKAS (Wig Designer) Muny: The Music Man, 42nd Street, The Wizard of Oz, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, Hairspray, My Fair Lady. Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812; Sweat; Oh, Hello; The Heidi Chronicles; On the Town; A Night with Janis Joplin; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; American Idiot; Irena’s Vow. Off-Broadway: The Royale (Lincoln Center), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Plenty, Barbecue, Fortress of Solitude (The Public Theater), Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Into the Woods (Shakespeare in the Park series), Ride the Cyclone, Heathers: The Musical, Bare: The Musical, Carrie: The Musical, Tribes, Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature Theatre), Ever After, The Little Mermaid (Paper Mill). Leah holds a BFA from the University of Cincinnati’s CCM in theare design and production/makeup and wig design. CODY RENARD RICHARD (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back at The Muny after working on Aladdin and Thoroughly Modern Millie five years ago! Broadway: Hamilton, Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots, Motown, After Midnight, Ghost, Cyrano de Bergerac, Lysistrata Jones, If/Then, The Lion King. TV: Hairspray Live!; The Wiz Live! Cirque Du Soleil: OVO (North American tour), Wintuk (Madison Square Garden). Off-Broadway: Fortress of Solitude (Public Theater), Cotton Club Parade (NY City Center Encores!), Misalliance (Pearl Theatre), Hello Again and Lysistrata Jones (Transport Group). Selected regional: The Muny, Stages St. Louis, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. BFA in stage management from Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts. @codyrenard WILLIE PORTER (Assistant Stage Manager) couldn’t be more thrilled to be back in St. Louis for her third season at The Muny! Recent credits include Ring Twice for Miranda (off-Broadway), First Date (Blumenthal Performing Arts Center), Fiddler on the Roof, Young Frankenstein, 42nd Street, Beauty and the Beast, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, and Hairspray (The Muny). This proud UC Berkeley alum is endlessly grateful to her Muny family for countless amazing opportunities and to her other family (in St. Louis, IL and CA) for their unwavering support. Special thanks to the incomparable Matt Lacey for his constant encouragement and mentorship. ERIC ELZ (Assistant Stage Manager) A graduate of Truman State University, Eric has spent his time as a lighting designer for a variety of corporate clients and musicians over the years as well as for academic institutions and special events. His time at The Muny began in 1996 and he is proud to be returning for his 11th season! MIKE ISAACSON (Artistic Director & Executive Producer) is honored to embark on his sixth season at The Muny. He is the third person to hold the position in The Muny’s 99-year history. This past year Isaacson received the St. Louis Arts and Education Council’s Award for “Excellence in the Arts” and The Broadway League’s and Theatre Development Fund’s Commercial Theater Institute “Robert Whitehead” Award for excellence in producing. This past season on Broadway, Isaacson served as a co-producer of A Doll’s House, Part 2, which recently received eight Tony Award nominations, including “Best Play.” For nearly 20 years, Isaacson co-headed St. Louis’ Fox Theatricals with Kristin Caskey, and they produced more than 22 Broadway musicals and plays, national tours, off-Broadway and London productions. On Broadway in 2016, Fox Theatricals was a producer of The Humans, which received four 2016 Tony awards, including “Best Play.” In 2015, Isaacson produced the Broadway musical
The CONSERVATORY OF THEATRE ARTS at WEBSTER UNIVERSITY celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2018. It will be a year of memorable events, a bow to the past and spotlight to the future. Plan to attend a variety of performances throughout the year highlighted by a special Celebration Weekend April 20- 22, 2018. To learn more about the Conservatory’s professional training program for acting, musical theatre, directing, theatre studies and dramaturgy, design, technical theatre and stage management, visit: webster.edu/conservatory. Photo from a production of Macbeth Join Us for Our 50th Anniversary! Webster University and The Muny work together to develop and train students in American musical theatre, in one of the first partnership between a university conservatory and a professional musical theatre.
Gary Sinise, and Death of a Salesman (1999 Tony Award). For the Independent Presenters Network, he served as producer for the Broadway productions of Spamalot (2005 Tony Award, Best Musical), Ragtime (revival) and The Color Purple. All told, his productions have received more than 110 Tony Award nominations, and 29 Tony Awards. He has served on the board of governors and executive committee of The Broadway League and was its youngest recipient of the Samuel J. L’Hommedieu Award for his 14 years of programming at St. Louis’ glorious Fabulous Fox Theatre. In 2016 he received the Equality Award from the St. Louis Chapter of Human Rights Campaign. He’s honored to work with everyone on and off stage who helped create tonight’s performance, and he’s truly grateful you are here. And thanks to Joe. WHO’S WHO 35 Fun Home which won five 2015 Tony Awards including “Best Musical,” which he accepted onstage at Radio City Music Hall. Fun Home was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and received the Obie, the New York Drama Critics Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for “Best Musical.” Fun Home is touring the U.S. this year, and will be produced in London in 2018. Other career producing highlights include If/Then by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey and starring Idina Menzel, Bring It On: The Musical (2013 Tony nomination, Best Musical), Red (2010 Tony Award, Best Play), Legally Blonde the Musical (2011 Olivier Award, Best Musical), Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony Award, Best Musical), You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown starring Kristin Chenoweth and Roger Bart; The Seagull, Caroline, or Change by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest starring VIOLIN Tova Braitberg CONCERTMASTER Nancy Chow Beth Hoffman Julie Leonhardt Nathan Banks VIOLA/VIOLIN Susanna Woodard PRINCIPAL Wendy Lea CELLO Antonio Innaimo PRINCIPAL Nathan Hsu BASS Adam Anello PRINCIPAL Terry Kippenberger WOODWINDS Mike Buerk PRINCIPAL Elsie Parker Robert Hughes Nancy Summers Nicholas Pyles FRENCH HORN Nancy Schick PRINCIPAL Steven Hanrahan HARP Cherilyn Trusty TROMBONE Tom Vincent PRINCIPAL Tyler Vahldick TRUMPET Andy Tichenor PRINCIPAL Vicky Smolik TUBA David Unland PERCUSSION Jerry Bolen PRINCIPAL DRUMS John Brophy GUITAR Steve Schenkel All Musicians of The Muny Orchestra are members of Local 2-197 of the American Federation of Musicians. THE MUNY 2017 ORCHESTRA Orchestra Personnel Manager Tova Braitberg is the William R. Orthwein, Jr. and Laura Rand Orthwein Concertmaster. TROMBONE Steve Wyatt GUITAR Dan Rubright DRUMS Alan Schilling KEYBOARD Ryan Carpenter Joe Neske ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
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41 100TH ANNIVERSARY GALA FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018 C O M M U N I T Y B I R T H D A Y P A R T Y SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2018 Help us Celebrate 100 years of Muny Magic in 2018! Plan now to be part of our 100th Season Celebration! Come and experience The Muny backstage lot transformed into a glamorous and theatrical wonderland! Dine in elegance and celebrate with a show only The Muny could produce! Everyone likes a party, right? Bring your friends and family out to The Muny grounds for a fun and entertaining day as we all celebrate musical theatre, our community, and the family tradition of The Muny! It will be a memorable day for all ages! Stay connected with The Muny or visit muny.org/email to sign up to receive announcements and updates.
Mary V. Atkin Andrew S. Baur Warner L. Baxter Alice C. Behan Suzanne S. Brauer Edwin B. Broadhurst III Thomas H. Brouster, Sr. Louis A. Cella Robert J. Ciapciak S. Bryan Cook Clark S. Davis David N. Farr Donald G. Fassold Steven L. Finerty Raymond R. Fournie June McAllister Fowler Ronald A. Fromm Louis J. Fusz, Jr. E. Douglas Harbison Tracy E. Hart Robert R. Hermann, Jr. David A. Hogan William F. Holekamp David M. Hollo Rick Holton, Jr. Joseph F. Imbs III Carmen Jacob Steven T. Johnston Grace Jones Stephen C. Jones Ashley B. Kemper F. Mark Kuhlmann Davida L. Layer Seth M. Leadbeater John W. Lemkemeier Kathryn E. Love Michael Loynd Daniel J. Ludeman W. Stephen Maritz Richard H. McClure Michael P. McMillan Richard G. Millman Steven C. Roberts William N. Scheffel Stephanie Schnuck Terry E. Schnuck Hugh Scott III John R. Sondag Lucie N. Springmeyer Cori Cunnane Stebelman David L. Steward Elizabeth J. Stroble Jack E. Thomas James S. Turley Thomas R. Voss Dwaun J. Warmack Douglas H. Yaeger Clarence C. Barksdale Van-Lear Black III Carole L. Buck James H. Buford August A. Busch III William H. T. Bush Parker B. Condie Earle H. Harbison, Jr. Samuel B. Hayes III Mary Lee M. Hermann Robert R. Hermann Douglas E. Hill Stephen G. Jansen Bettie S. Johnson Peter B. Krombach J. Mark Lashly Michael D. Latta Ned O. Lemkemeier James S. McDonnell III Charles W. Mueller Michael E. Pulitzer E. C. Simmons III Donald M. Suggs John K. Wallace, Jr. Orrin S. Wightman III BOARD OF DIRECTORS HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Dennis M. Reagan OFFICERS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ..... Stephen C. Jones VICE CHAIRMAN ..... Louis A. Cella TREASURER ..... William N. Scheffel ASSISTANT TREASURER ..... Edwin B. Broadhurst III ASSISTANT SECRETARY ..... Michael P. McMillan 1919 M U N I C I P A L T H E A T R E A S S O C I A T I O N 2017 43 SECRETARY ..... Tracy E. Hart
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45 Chief Financial Officer..............................................................................TAMMY MCKIM Director of Operations .............................................................................SEAN M. SMITH Director of Development .....................................................................COURTNEY SIMMS Director of Marketing & Communications ............................................ KWOFE COLEMAN Director of Ticketing ...................................................................... LAWRENCE P. WALSH Director of Human Resources ..................................................................... JOHN MEYER Director of Corporate Partnerships / Program Advertising .......................... BILL BORGER Director of Food and Beverage........................................................... RETTA BERBERICH Director of Archives................................................................................. LAURA PETERS Assistant Director of Development........................................................ SONJA S. FURIYA House Manager / Staff Accountant................................................ LINDSEY R. GRABISH Group Sales & Event Manager..................................................................... JANE SCHELL Promotions & Pre-Show Manager................................................................. SUSIE JOFFE Media & Technology Specialist / Website Administrator ......................... JOE HARTMANN Print Project Manager / Graphic Designer..................................................... JUDY SAKAI Multi-Media Artist / Graphic Designer ........................................................NEIL SHASTRI Public Relations.................................................................................DYLAN K. STANLEY Development Assistant......................................................................ROSEMARY GLIEDT Receptionist ................................................................................................ JOY BOLAND Executive Assistant to the President & CEO........................................ BARBARA ECHELE Production Manager............................................................................... TRACY UTZMYERS Technical Director ....................................................................................... TIM MCDONALD Producing Associate / Casting Director....................................MEGAN LARCHE DOMINICK Company Manager ....................................................................................SUE GREENBERG Costume Shop Manager .............................................................................. KEITH COULTAS Music Supervisor / Orchestra Librarian.................................................. MICHAEL HORSLEY Orchestra Manager ............................................................................................ WENDY LEA Director of Youth Programs.......................................................... NANCY FREER SHERWIN Scenic Supervisors............................................ DAVID MCCARTHY, NATHAN MOURNING Master Scenic Artist........................................................................... LARRY BIEDENSTEIN Head Stage Electrician..................................................................................... JAMES SPIES Property Head ..............................................................................................TIM MCCARTHY Sound Head...................................................................................................VINCE GUYOTT Wardrobe Mistress.................................................................................... JACKLYN SAYLES Wardrobe Master...............................................................................................RAY MARTIN Wig Heads....................................................................KELLEY JORDAN, ROBIN RICHTER Scenic Seamstress.............................................................................................. KIM STONE Resident Choreographer...........................................................................MICHAEL BAXTER Draftsperson................................................................. EMILIE WEILBACHER-MCMULLAN Executive Assistant to Production.................................................................. JAMES PRIFTI Official Muny Photographers...........................................PHILLIP HAMER, ERIC WOOLSEY PRODUCTION STAFF EXECUTIVE STAFF PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DENNIS M. REAGAN STAFF
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47 SINCE 2012, Webster University and The Muny have shared a partnership that blends the renowned Muny theatre with Webster’s nationally-acclaimed Conservatory of Theatre Arts. This partnership has provided many year-round opportunities for Webster University students. This summer, The Muny proudly employs a staff of interns from a number of colleges and universities across the country. They work with professional actors, directors, choreographers, stage managers, designers, producers, technical crews and managerial personnel as they enjoy a “hands-on” opportunity to participate in the production of The Muny’s 99th summer season. INTERNS Accounting David Fournie, Alex Heet, Theresa Reifsteck Artistic Management Carolyn Almberg Carpentry Jeremy Hamilton Costume Design Brendan Woods Development Rachel Andres, Annelise Nelson Director / Choreographer Bruna D’Avila, Matthew Kunkel Marketing Jody Jones, Amy Steinke Master Electrician Jon Ontiveros Materials Coordinators Paige Grimmer, Christina Murrell Music Direction Connor Blankenship, Andrew Callahan Payroll Sarah Powell Photography Julie Merkle, Haley Robison Production Team Molly Garrison, Berrit Keller Promotions Becca Riley Scenic Design Abigaile Wiker Scenic Paint Skyler Matthias Stage Management Sarah Azizo, Quinn Erb, Bailey Saxe Video Design Kylee Loera Wigs Erica Franklin SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM As the Muny is approaching its 100th season under the stars, we are pleased to share an exciting new part of our organization dedicated to welcoming young professionals to the magic of outdoor musical theatre in St. Louis. In partnership with Muny leaders, the Muny Young Friends cultivate passion and awareness for The Muny through unique networking opportunities, exclusive access to Muny events, fantastic benefits and relevant volunteer opportunities. We express our thanks to Anheuser-Busch and the A-B Biergarten for their support of this program. Muny Young Friends If you’re 22-39, join the Muny Young Friends and help support The Muny through exciting and unique opportunities here and throughout the St. Louis community.
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49 STAGE Don’t Miss It! Single tickets available at muny.org/tickets, at the Muny Box Office or through Metrotix at 314.534.1111. NEXT AT THE MUNY Set in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, Disney’s smash-hit The Little Mermaid tells the tale of headstrong Princess Ariel and her dreams of the world up above. Defying her father, she risks gadgets and gizmos aplenty to chase her dreams no matter the consequences. Featuring splashy sidekicks, a villainous sea witch and a romance as deep as the ocean, this Muny aquatic adventure will leave the entire family happy as a clam. GET THE BEST SEATS NOW! JUNE 20–29 PART OF YOUR WORLD * Available June 27, 28, 29 Center Boxes $637 $95* $95* Side Boxes $581 $90 $90 Terrace A (Rows A-M) $448 $74 $55.50 Terrace A (Rows N-Y) $329 $58 $43.50 Terrace B (Rows A-M) $231 $44 $33 Terrace B (Rows N-Y) $112 $31 $23.25 Terrace C $77 $15 $11.25 SINGLE TICKET PRICE GROUP TICKET PRICE SEASON TICKET PRICE
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