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GUYS AND
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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Dear friend of Olney Theatre Center,
Back in 1981, something terrible happened to me: my voice changed. The
sweetest countertenor voice you’ve ever heard turned, overnight, into a bassbaritone bleat with the narrowest of ranges and extremely questionable pitch
control. Having wowed the Junior High crowds in romantic leads for my entire
career, I was suddenly relegated to character roles. Horrors! So I made a drastic
decision: I would retire from the stage.
But not before one last hurrah. As reported by the Fairfield Citizen-News – the
weekly paper of record in my hometown – my swansong was a starring turn in
Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit. I don’t remember much about the experience
(other than my father and stepmother’s thunderous applause), but I sometimes
hear the faintest echo of my bass-baritone growling out the lines, “Sue me,
sue me/shoot bullets through me, I love you!” (And of course, I also hear Erin
Cutney’s squeaky soprano responding, “When you wind up in jail/don’t come to
me to bail you out!“)
I share this story here because I suspect you or someone in your family have a similar story to share about the time you were
in Guys and Dolls, or painted sets for Guys and Dolls, or saw your grandkids in Guys and Dolls, or designed the costumes
for your kids’ production of Guys and Dolls. Parents sing “I Love You, a Bushel and a Peck” to their kids, while lovers of a
certain age may have courted to Jean Simmons’ rendition (with Marlon Brando!) of “I’ve Never Been in Love Before.” I
chose this most classic of music-theater comedies for our holiday slot because it’s the kind of musical that gets handed down
from generation to generation.
Guys and Dolls marks my third holiday season with you, and I’m moved every year by the number of families who make
celebrating with us an annual tradition. Even if you’re not a holy roller (or an inveterate gambler), enjoying live theater
with the people you love is a perfect way to share the spirit of the season, and passing on your love of theater to the next
generation ensures they’ll do the same in the years to come.
Our classic series continues in 2016 with two fantastic shows on the Mainstage: Dial ‘M’ for Murder in April and Evita in
June; and for your next family theater adventure, bring the kids to Pirates of Penzance next summer. I hope you’ll join us
for those, as well as the great contemporary plays we’re producing in between. But before then, please drop me a line at
Jason@olneytheatre.org and let me know your Guys and Dolls story… and of course, may your holidays be peaceful and
full of family joy!
Onward!
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Opening Night: Saturday, November 14, 2015
O L NEY THEATR E CEN T E R
Jason Loewith,
Debbie Ellinghaus,
Artistic Director
Managing Director
presents
GUYS AND DOLLS
A Musical Fable of Broadway
Based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon
Music and Lyrics by
Book by
Frank Loesser
Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
featuring
Paul Binotto
Leo Erickson
Andre Hinds
Ethan Kasnett
Valerie Leonard^
Tony Thomas
Jessica Lauren Ball
Ben Cunis
Ron Heneghan
Amanda Kaplan
David Landstrom
Richard Pelzman
Tobias Young
MaryLee Adams
Evan Casey^
Matt Faucher
Jocelyn Isaac
Julia Klavans
Nurney
Lauren Weinberg
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Dialect Coach
Dan Conway
Rosemary Pardee
Colin K. Bills^
Jeffrey Dorfman
Nancy Krebs
Fight Choreographer
Production Stage Manager
Director of Production
Ben Cunis
Josiane M. Lemieux^
Dennis A. Blackledge
Associate Artistic Director/
Musical Supervision/Orchestration
Christopher Youstra
Music Director
Timothy Splain
Choreographer
Michael J. Bobbitt^
Director
Jerry Whiddon
^Olney Theatre Center Artistic Associate
THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.
The use of recording (audio and video) or photographic equipment during the show is strictly prohibited.
Please silence all cellular phones and personal paging devices before the performance begins.
GUYS AND DOLLS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 42 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-541-4684 • Fax: 212-397-4684 • www.MTIShows.com
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WORLD PREMIERE
CARMEN
AN AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ MUSICAL
Based on the OPERA BY Georges Bizet
Written and Directed
by Moisés Kaufman
Music Composed and Adapted
by Arturo O’Farrill
choreography
by Sergio Trujillo
Co-produced with
Tectonic Theater Project
FEBRUARY 10 –
MARCH 6, 2016
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mainstage
CAST of THE GUYS AND DOLLS (in order of appearance)
Nicely-Nicely Johnson....................................................................................................................Tobias Young
Benny Southstreet........................................................................................................................... Evan Casey*
Rusty Charlie..........................................................................................................................................Nurney+
Sarah Brown..................................................................................................................... Jessica Lauren Ball*
Arvide Abernathy.........................................................................................................................Leo Erickson*
Agatha.........................................................................................................................................Julia KlavAns+
Calvin............................................................................................................................................. Andre Hinds
Martha....................................................................................................................................Amanda Kaplan+
Harry the Horse................................................................................................................................... Ben Cunis
Lt. Brannigan............................................................................................................................. Ron Heneghan*
Nathan Detroit............................................................................................................................. Paul Binotto*
Miss Adelaide........................................................................................................................ Lauren Weinberg*
Sky Masterson.............................................................................................................................Matt Faucher*
Joey Biltmore............................................................................................................................ Ron Heneghan*
Hot Box MC..................................................................................................................................... Andre Hinds
Mimi............................................................................................................................................. Jocelyn Isaac
Allison......................................................................................................................................MaryLee Adams*
General Matilda B. Cartwright.................................................................................................Valerie Leonard*
Big Jule...............................................................................................................................Richard Pelzman*#
Drunk.....................................................................................................................................David Landstrom
Waiter.......................................................................................................................................Ethan Kasnett*
Guys....................................... Andre Hinds, Ethan Kasnett*, David Landstrom+, Nurney, Tony Thomas*
Dolls.................................................... MaryLee Adams*, Jocelyn Isaac, Amanda Kaplan+, Julia Klavans+
Production Stage Manager – Josiane M. Lemieux*
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association +Equity Membership Candidate # National Player Alum
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never appear for a listed player unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.
Sky Masterson – Evan Casey*; Nathan Detroit – Ron Heneghan*; Sarah Brown – MaryLee Adams*;
Miss Adelaide – Amanda Kaplan+; Nicely-Nicely Johnson – Nurney+; Big Jule – Tobias Young;
Rusty Charlie/Angie the Ox, Benny, Southstreet, Harry the Horse– David Landstrom;
General Matilda B. Cartwright – Julia KlavAns; Arvide Abernathy – Richard Pelzman*#
Dance Captain – Tony Thomas*
GUYS AND DOLLS orchestra
Piano/Conductor.............................................................................................................................. Doug Lawler
Trumpet/Flugelhorn.........................................................................................................................Tony Neenan
Trumpet/Flugelhorn....................................................................................................................... Frank Gorecki
Trombone............................................................................................................................................ N. Jay Ellis
Alto Sax, Flute, Clarinet................................................................................................................... Patrick Plunk
Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet................................................................................................................ Chris Reardon
Bass................................................................................................................................................ Frank Higgins
Percussion..........................................................................................................................................Alex Aucoin
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Superb...
The reverent
approachContinues!
is novel, and its
The Holiday
Tradition
simplicity is a gift - The Washington Post
A REVELATION... the theatrical experience
of a lifetime - DC Metro Theater Arts
Captivating... theatre at its best - MD Theatre Guide
A Ghost Story of Christmas
by Charles Dickens • performed by Paul Morella
November 27 –
December 27
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GUYS AND DOLLS - SCENES AND Musical numbers
ACT I
Scene I: Runyonland
Fugue for Tinhorns..................................................Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, Rusty Charlie
Follow the Fold................................................................ Sarah Brown, Arvide Abernathy, The Mission Band
The Oldest Established...................Nathan Detroit, Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, Male Ensemble
Scene 2: Interior of the Save-a-Soul Mission
I’ll Know ..................................................................................................... Sarah Brown and Sky Masterson
Scene 3: A Phone Booth
Scene 4: The Hot Box
A Bushel and a Peck..................................................................................... Miss Adelaide and Hot Box Girls
Adelaide’s Lament.....................................................................................................................Miss Adelaide
Scene 5: A Street Off Broadway
Guys and Dolls..........................................................................Nicely-Nicely Johnson and Benny Southstreet
Scene 6: Exterior of the Mission, noon, the next day
Scene 7: A Broadway Sidestreet
Scene 8: Cathedral Square in Havana, Cuba
Havana.............................................................................................................................................Ensemble
Scene 9: The same, immediately following
If I Were a Bell...........................................................................................................................Sarah Brown
Scene 10: Exterior of the Mission, 4 A.M., the following morning
My Time of Day........................................................................................................................ Sky Masterson
I’ve Never Been in Love Before.................................................................... Sky Masterson and Sarah Brown
ACT II
Scene 1: The Hot Box
Take Back Your Mink.................................................................................... Miss Adelaide and Hot Box Girls
Adelaide’s Lament (reprise).....................................................................................................Miss Adelaide
Scene 2: West 48th Street
More I Cannot Wish You....................................................................................................Arvide Abernathy
Scene 3: The Sewer
The Crapshooters’ Dance...............................................................................................................Ensemble
Luck Be a Lady.............................................................................................. Sky Masterson and Crapshooters
Scene 4: West 48th Street
Sue Me..........................................................................................................Miss Adelaide and Nathan Detroit
Scene 5: Interior of the Save-a-Soul Mission
Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat............................................................. Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Ensemble
Scene 6: A Newsstand in Times Square
Marry the Man Today....................................................................................Miss Adelaide and Sarah Brown
Scene 7: Return to Runyonland
Guys and Dolls (reprise).........................................................................................................The Company
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Special Thanks to our Sponsors
GUYS AND DOLLS
is made possible, in part, by contributions from
Production Sponsors
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Opening Night Sponsor
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Artist Sponsors
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sponsoring Tobias Young
Robert E. Hebda
sponsoring Evan Casey
Lane and Cheryl Jennings
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sponsoring Lauren Weinberg
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WHY OLNEY THEATRE CENTER MATTERS TO ME
We have been active theatre patrons since we moved to the Washington, DC
area in the early 1970s. Our first experience with Olney Theatre Center goes
back some 30-35 years when we saw shows in the summer with some of
our favorite actors from other theatres in the Washington, DC area. What we
remember from those shows on the Historic Stage is the special experience of
watching productions come alive, which still leaves us with fond memories today
when we see shows in that venue.
We became regular subscribers after the new Mainstage and Lab theatres were
added. About two years ago, we significantly expanded our involvement with
Olney Theatre Center. We were among the first patrons to sponsor an actor and
we have continued this wonderful activity by sponsoring directors, choreographers, and playwrights. Sponsorship is just one of
the ways for Olney Theatre Center to deepen the experience for both the patron and the recipient, and whenever possible, we
take the person we are sponsoring out to dinner. A little over a year ago, Cliff joined the Board of Directors, which has been
even more rewarding. Finally, we have also taken the lead effort this year in beautifying the Olney Theatre Center grounds.
We have a passion for gardening and find it gratifying to see the borders come alive with color. Our flowers and dahlias liven
up the lobbies, offices, and ladies’ restrooms, and we love sharing the fruits of our labors with the theatre.
Olney Theatre Center has been part of our life for many years. Throughout all these years, the mission of the theatre has been
to produce quality productions that both entertain us and make us think. Under the exceptional leadership of Jason Loewith
and Debbie Ellinghaus, these long-standing traits have reached new and unparalleled heights (proven this past year with the
numerous Helen Hayes awards). Olney Theatre Center is unique, special, and welcoming to all. We are so proud to be a part
of this family and to be able to offer our time and resources to further its mission.
Clifford L. Johnson, Board Member, and Margaret T. Roper, Volunteer
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WHO’S WHO - CAST
MaryLee Adams (Ensemble) Olney Theatre Center: Carousel, How to Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Ensemble], Spring Awakening, Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie; DC AREA: Signature Theatre: Diner (Barry Levinson & Sheryl
Crow’s World Premiere); Studio Theatre: Pop! Who Shot Andy Warhol? (Edie Sedgwick)[Helen Hayes
Nomination for Outstanding Ensemble]; Center Stage: The Great God Pan (Reading), Young Playwrights
Festival; Keegan Theatre: Rent [Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble]; Toby’s Dinner Theatre:
Hairspray (Penny) [Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress], Rent (Mimi), High
School Musical (Gabriella), Nunsense, Oklahoma!, West Side Story; CCTA: The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne); TV/FILM:
MasterClass, Pivot Point, Veep, The Blinds, Respire, Jamesy Boy, Sit. EDUCATION: Catholic University of America.
Jessica Lauren Ball (Sarah Brown) Olney Theatre Center: Cinderella, The Sound of Music [Helen
Hayes Award nomination], Grease, 1776. NATIONAL TOUR: The Pajama Game. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre:
Freedom’s Song; Signature Theatre: Elmer Gantry, The Fix; Adventure Theatre-MTC: Miss Nelson is Missing; Imagination Stage: The Dancing Princesses; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Oklahoma! [Helen Hayes nomination], Legally Blonde, Cinderella, Nunsense, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Titanic, Grease. REGIONAL: Totem Pole Playhouse: Leader of the Pack. EDUCATION: London Dramatic
Academy; BM, The Catholic University of America.
Paul Binotto (Nathan Detroit) is glad to be back at Olney Theatre Center. Paul’s previous appearance
here was as John Adams in 1776. BROADWAY: Dreamgirls, Starlight Express, Hair (first revival), One
Night Stand, King of Schnorrers, and It’s So Nice to Be Civilized. OFF-BROADWAY: Forever Plaid, Ionescopade, Enter Laughing, Shindig and The Blitzstein Project. REGIONAL: Arena Stage: Candide (Candide) and
On the Town (Gabey) [Helen Hayes Award nominations for both]; Sacramento Music Circus: Gypsy
(Herbie); Pittsburgh Public Theatre: Company (Peter); Bay Street Theatre: Tommy (Uncle Ernie); River
Valley Repertory: The Light in the Piazza (Signor Naccarelli). Other DC credits: Ford’s Theatre: Forever
Plaid; National Theatre: Dreamgirls; The Kennedy Center Opera House: Swing and Leonard Bernstein’s Mass. INTERNATIONAL:
The Edinburgh Festival: The Grapes of Wrath (Connie Rivers) and Hot l Baltimore (Paul Granger, III); European Tour: The
Rocky Horror Show (Frank N’ Furter).
Evan Casey (Benny Southstreet) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Avenue Q, The 39 Steps, Camelot, Fiddler
On The Roof, Lend Me A Tenor. OFF-BROADWAY: River’s End (NYMF), NEO 8 Concert. REGIONAL: North
Carolina Theatre, Everyman Theatre, New London Barn Playhouse. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre, Shakespeare
Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre Secondstage, Rep Stage,
Theatre of the First Amendment, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre-MTC, Bay Theatre Company. FILM:
Of Dice and Men, The Phages, Protector, Treasure Hunt, Flanking the Sentinel, Jargon, Once Upon a Time
at the DMV. TV/WEB: House of Cards, Missing Persons Unit, Thurston, Stage Fright. TRAINING: BM,
Magna Cum Laude, Catholic University of America; London Dramatic Academy. TEACHING: Winston Churchill High School,
National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Signature Theatre, Adventure Theatre-MTC. OTHER: Capitol Steps, GraphicAudio.
Ben Cunis (Harry the Horse/Fight Choreographer) is pleased to be making his Olney Theatre Center
debut. He was most recently seen as Carl in The Baltimore Waltz at Rep Stage, and John/Eric/J in Passion Play at Forum Theatre, and has been a Company Member at Synetic Theater since 2007, for whom
his credits include: Hamlet in the tour of Hamlet...the Rest is Silence, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Feste in Twelfth Night [nominated for the Robert Prosky Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama at
the Helen Hayes Awards], Athos in The Three Musketeers, Edgar in King Lear, King Arthur in King Arthur,
Antony in Antony and Cleopatra, Dante in Dante, and Macduff in Macbeth, among others. He wrote and directed Synetic’s
productions of Beauty and the Beast and Genesis Reboot. He has been the fight choreographer for Synetic since 2007 (for
which he holds three Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Choreography) and has choreographed fights for Colossal and
Carousel at Olney Theatre Center. Training: Catholic University of America. Thanks to Betsy for a wonderful first year of
marriage, and for all the support through many late nights in this odd and beautiful business.
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WHO’S WHO - CAST
Leo Erickson (Arvide Abernathy) Olney TheatRE Center: Bad Dog, Stuff Happens, In the Mood.
Off-Broadway: Equilibrium. Regional: National Tour of The Matter Of Origins with Liz Lerman’s Dance
Exchange (dancer), Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (George). DC area:
Arena Stage: Ah, Wilderness, Passion Play; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Dog In The Manger, Major
Barbara; Studio Theatre: Habit of Art [Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble], Solid Gold Cadillac,
Guantánamo, A Class Act, Life of Galileo; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Big Love; Center Stage:
Voysey Inheritance, Mary Stuart; Rep Stage: Da, Translations, Intelligence. International: Two Rooms.
Film: Game Change, White Reindeer, The Vernon Johns Story. TV: Mercy Street, America’s Most Wanted.
Matt Faucher (Sky Masterson): Olney Theatre Center debut and he could not be more excited!
Off-Broadway credits include: Marvell Rep: Threepenny Opera (Macheath) [Drama Desk Nomination for
best revival of a musical]; Avery Fisher Hall: I am Harvey Milk; Playwrights Horizons: The Road To Hollywood; The Workshop Theatre: Chekhov Dreams (Eddie); TACT. REGIONAL: The MUNY: Oklahoma!, My
Fair Lady, Hello Dolly; Goodspeed Musicals: Camelot; Paper Mill Playhouse: South Pacific; Asolo Rep:
South Pacific (Stewpot); The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina: Morever Plaid (Smudge); Hartford Stage: A
Christmas Carol; The Monomoy Theatre: A Midsummer Nights Dream (Lysander), Irma La Douce (Nestor
LeFripe); The Flatrock Playhouse.
Ron Heneghan (Lt. Brannigan) returns to Olney Theatre Center where he was last seen as Sir Edward
Ramsey/Capt. Orton in The King and I. REGIONAL: Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: Much Ado About
Nothing (Benedick), Uncle Vanya (Astrov), Richard III (Clarence), Our Town (Mr. Webb). Everyman:
August: Osage County. Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (seven seasons), Philadelphia Shakespeare
Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Idaho Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company
of Boston, Huntington Theatre Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Utah Shakespearean Festival, and
three seasons as Artist-in-Residence at PCPA Theatrefest in California. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Driving
Miss Daisy. Alliance for New Music Theatre: Unveiling, Vanek Unleashed. FILM: Sally Pacholok, Better Living Through
Chemistry. TV: VEEP. EDUCATION: MFA, University of Washington.
Andre Hinds (Ensemble) is glad to make his Olney Theatre Center debut with Guys and Dolls. Toby’s
Dinner Theatre: Addams Family, Mary Poppins (Neleus), Memphis [2015 Helen Hayes Outstanding
Ensemble Nomination 2015]. Andre would like to thank his parents and friends for their love and support
for the art form. “Let’s shoot crap!”
Jocelyn Isaac (Ensemble) is performing for the first time at Olney Theatre Center. Previous credits include: Royal Caribbean Cruises: Hairspray (Dynamite, Lil Inez Understudy); The Media Theatre: Chicago
(June); Surflight Theatre and Mystic Lake Casino Hotel: FAME! (Ensemble); Jenny Wiley Theatre: South
Pacific, Peter Pan (Tiger Lily), Annie, All Shook Up (Dance Captain); La Comedia Theatre: The Christmas
Spectacular; The Lincoln Theatre: The Chocolate Nutcracker (Ensemble). Jocelyn performed with the second company at Philadanco! and currently teaches dance at George Mason University and Joy of Motion
Dance Center. EDUCATION: BFA in Dance/BBA in Marketing from Temple University (PA), MFA in Dance
from SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Dance (NY).
Amanda Jillian Kaplan (Ensemble) is thrilled to return to Olney Theatre Center after performing in
The Producers. REGIONAL: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Hairspray (Penny), Memphis [2015 Helen Hayes Award
nomination for Outstanding Ensemble and Musical], Spamalot [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for
Outstanding Ensemble and Musical], The Addams Family, Mary Poppins, In The Heights, Grease, Shrek,
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Fiddler on the Roof, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol,
Miracle on 34th Street, The Pirates of Penzance, The King and I; CCTA: Anne Frank (Anne Frank); Adventure Theatre-MTC: 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer); TAP: A Chorus Line (Diana Morales). DC AREA: Chicago,
Cabaret, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Aida, Parade, Les Misérables, Crazy For You. EDUCATION: BFA in Dance Performance from
East Carolina University.
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WHO’S WHO - CAST
Ethan Kasnett (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center after performing in The Producers
this past summer and Disney’s The Little Mermaid last winter. REGIONAL: Connecticut Repertory Theater: A
Chorus Line (Bobby), Pirates of Penzance (dir. Terrence Mann), My Fair Lady (choreo. Charlotte d’Amboise),
The Music Man, The Drowsy Chaperone, Man of La Mancha, and Guys and Dolls. Other credits include:
FIFTY*FOUR*FOREVER (directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune), A Funny Thing Happened on the
Way to the Forum (Hysterium), Lysistrata, Urinetown, Rent, Hello, Dolly!, Some Enchanted Evening, and
Cabaret. UPCOMING: La Cage Aux Folles (Signature Theatre). EDUCATION: BFA: University of Miami.
Julia Klavans (Ensemble) is delighted to appear in her first production at Olney Theatre Center. Other
DC area credits include: Flying V Theatre: The Oregon Trail; Constellation Theatre: Absolutely! (perhaps);
Source Festival: (a love story). Upcoming: Annapolis Shakespeare Company: Romeo and Juliet. TV:
Clash of the Titans, Nightmare Next Door. EDUCATION: BA in Theatre and Spanish from University of
Maryland, College Park, Baltimore School for the Arts.
David Landstrom (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center. Previous Olney Theatre Center
credits include: Spring Awakening (Ernst), Avenue Q (Bad Idea Bear/Onstage Swing), Forever Plaid (Sparky),
How To Succeed In Business (Ensemble) [Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Resident Musical,
Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical]; TOURS: Big Nate (Nate); REGIONAL: Signature Theatre: Soon; DC AREA:
Imagination Stage: Lyle the Crocodile; Keegan Theatre: Dogfight; Studio Theatre 2nd Stage: The Rocky Horror
Show. EDUCATION: American University. Upcoming: Imagination Stage: Looking for Roberto Clemente.
Valerie Leonard (General Matilda B. Cartwright) was most recently seen by Olney audiences as Judith in
Hay Fever, and earlier this year as Esther in The Price. She has performed in over 20 productions at Olney
Theatre Center including, The Elephant Man (Mrs. Kendall), Copenhagen (Margrethe), Anna Karenina (Anna),
The Homecoming (Ruth), Private Lives (Amanda), The Night of the Iguana (Hannah), Shadowlands (Joy),
and Therese Raquin (Therese) [Helen Hayes Award nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress]. Ms. Leonard is a
multiple Helen Hayes Award nominee; her DC area credits include Arena Stage (Fiddler on the Roof, Guess
Who’s Coming to Dinner, Theophilus North, A Man’s A Man), Shakespeare Theatre Company (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titus
Andronicus, Comedy of Errors), Signature Theatre (Sunday In The Park With George [Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble],
A Fox on the Fairway), Rep Stage (A Lie of the Mind, Hamlet), Catalyst (The Elephant Man [Helen Hayes Award Nominee]),
Studio Theatre, Theater J, and Potomac Theatre Project. On Broadway, Valerie appeared in Sir Peter Hall’s An Ideal Husband and
in two National Tours as Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple (with Tony Randall and Jack Klugman) and as Maggie in Lend Me
A Tenor. Off-Broadway, she has performed at Signature Theatre Company, The Pearl Theatre Company, and Mirror Repertory.
Some of her regional credits include American Conservatory Theatre, McCarter Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Two River
Theatre Company, Fulton Opera House, New Repertory Theatre, and Missouri Repertory Theatre. Valerie is a proud member of
Actors’ Equity and received her MFA from Rutgers University.
Nurney (Rusty Charlie) is happy to spend the holidays again here at Olney! Olney Theatre Center:
The Producers, The Little Mermaid (Flotsam). DC AREA: THEARC Theater: Truth: The Musical (Popple)
Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Shrek, Spamalot [Helen Hayes nomination Outstanding Ensemble], The Wiz,
The Color Purple [Helen Hayes nomination Outstanding Resident Musical]. EDUCATION: BS Communication Studies Towson University 2013. Upcoming: Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Jazz Musical at Olney
Theatre Center.
Richard Pelzman (Big Jule) is thrilled to be returning to Olney Theatre Center, where he was most recently seen as Uncle Morty in Awake and Sing!, Omnium Gatherum, and Illegal Motion. REGIONAL: Alliance
Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Musical Theatre Works, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Virginia Stage,
others. DC AREA: American Century, Arena Stage, Catalyst, Ford’s Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Round House
Theatre, Scena, Shakespeare Theatre, Signature Theatre, Theater Alliance, TFA, WNO, others. FILM: Better
Living Through Chemistry, Unstoppable, Step Up, Red Dragon, Hudson River Blues, A Dirty Shame, Chasers,
For Richer Or Poorer, Serial Mom, others. TV: Veep, The Wire, Adversaries (pilot), Homicide, Assault at West
Point, Prime Suspect, The District (Pilot), The Pennsylvania Miners’ Story, Liberty! The American Revolution, others. COMMERCIALS: GE, McDonald’s, Honda, Avaya, Capital One, Constellation Energy, others. EDUCATION: BA in American Literature/Film
History & Criticism - Boston University, MFA in Acting - Catholic University of America, faculty member - Cornell University.
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Tony Thomas (Ensemble) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: A Chorus Line (Richie) [2014
Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Musical]. NATIONAL TOUR: West Side Story (Tio). DC AREA:
Forum Theatre: The Shipment (Choreographer); Dissonance Dance Theatre (Choreographer); Theatre Alliance: Black Nativity (Choreographer/Joseph); Howard University: Timbuktu! and God’s Trombone’s –
Mike Malone (Guest Artist), Tony Powell Music & Movement (Guest Artist); Arena Stage: Dirty Work
(Angel Child/African Boy); The Kennedy Center: Dreams – Debbie Allen (Principal Dancer); Winnie the
Pooh (Christopher Robin); Round House Theatre: Antigone (Page). FILM: National Portrait Gallery – Portrait in a Minute; Major League II; Dave; National Geographic: Peace Corps. EDUCATION: BS Interior Architecture – Art Inst.
of CA (LA); MFA Interior Architecture/Design – Academy of Art (San Francisco); The George Washington University/Presidential Arts Scholarship – Dance.
Lauren Weinberg (Miss Adelaide) is thrilled to be making her Olney Theatre Center debut! Recent
credits: NATIONAL TOURS: Big League Productions: Guys & Dolls (Miss Adelaide); TheaterworksUSA: Teacher From The Black Lagoon [1st National]. REGIONAL: Bristol Valley Theater: Les Misérables (Eponine), To
Kill A Mockingbird (Mayella), Black Comedy (Carol), Accomplice (Harley), Godspell. EDUCATION: BFA
Musical Theatre, Penn State. NY International Fringe Festival, FullStop Collective Associated Artist, Alvin
Ailey Workshop Extensions. Thanks to Gregg Baker Management! www.laurenweinbergofficial.com
Tobias Young (Nicely-Nicely Johnson) is thrilled to be making his debut performance here at Olney
Theatre Center. OFF BROADWAY: Laura Lee Handle (Fabulous The Musical). DC AREA: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Bobby (Memphis) [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Ensemble], Combferre (Les
Misérables), Piragua Guy (In The Heights) [Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting
Actor in a Musical], Preacher/African Chief (The Color Purple), Lion (The Wiz), Tiny Joe Dixon (Dreamgirls); Colonial Theatre: Peter (Company); Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre: Amos (Chicago), Mitch
Mahoney (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).
WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE
Abe Burrows (Book Writer) After studying to be a doctor and an accountant, Abe Burrows had a career in sales before becoming a successful radio script writer and writer/performer of musical parody numbers. His first Broadway libretto was Guys
and Dolls, co-written with Jo Swerling, with a score by Frank Loesser. Among the musicals for which he provided librettos are
Make A Wish, Can-Can and Silk Stockings (both with scores by Cole Porter), Say, Darling, and How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying (which he also directed; score by Frank Loesser). His non-musical plays include Cactus Flower (wrote
and directed) and Forty Carats (directed).
Frank Loesser (Composer and Lyricist) One of America’s great composer/lyricists, Frank Loesser began his songwriting
career during the Depression as a lyricist, contributing songs to Broadway revues and nightclub acts. His work with composer
Irving Actman in the 1936 revue The Illustrator’s Show led to a songwriting contract in Hollywood, where he spent the next
eleven years working with such composers as Burton Lane, Jule Styne, Arthur Schwartz and Hoagy Carmichael. Some of
his film songs from that period include “Two Sleepy People,” “Jingle Jangle Jingle” and “I Don’t Want To Walk Without
You.” The first song for which Loesser wrote both words and music was “Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition,”
written during his World War II service. His Hollywood work after the war included the hit songs “Spring Will Be A Little
Late This Year,” “A Slow Boat To China,” and the 1949 Oscar-winning song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” In 1948, Loesser
was approached by fledgling Broadway producers Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin to write music and lyrics to George Abbott’s
libretto for an adaptation of the classic Brandon Thomas play Charley’s Aunt. The new musical, which starred Ray Bolger,
was called Where’s Charley? and was a hit. This led to Loesser’s next show, the hugely influential and successful Guys and
Dolls in 1950, also produced by Feuer and Martin, with a script by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling. In 1956 Loesser wrote
the libretto, music and lyrics for his next show, The Most Happy Fella, adapted from Sidney Howard’s play, They Knew What
They Wanted. This impressive score contains over 30 musical numbers and makes extensive use of operatic techniques and
forms, including recitative, arias, duets, trios and choral numbers. In 1960, he provided the score and was co-librettist for
Greenwillow. In 1961, Loesser wrote the score for the Pulitzer Prize-winning How To Succeed In Business Without Really
Trying. His last show, Pleasures and Palaces, closed in 1965 during out-of-town try-outs.
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Jo Swerling (Book) Born in Bardichov, Russia, Swerling was a refugee of the czarist regime who grew up in New York
City’s Lower East Side where he sold newspapers to help support his family. He worked as a newspaper and magazine writer
in the early 1920s, then launched a playwriting career that included Street Cinderella, a comedy for the Marx Brothers. He
also wrote their first movie, the unreleased silent comedy Humor Risk in 1921. He scored a major success with the book and
lyrics for the 1927 musical revue The New Yorkers and the 1929 play The Kibitzer, which he co-wrote with actor Edward
G. Robinson. Swerling was brought to Hollywood by Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn to work on the screenplay for the
Frank Capra picture, Ladies of Leisure, the first of several collaborations with the director. His dozens of screenplays in the
1930s and 40s include Platinum Blonde, Behind the Mask, Once to Every Woman, The Pride of the Yankees (Academy
Award nomination), Lifeboat, Leave Her to Heaven and It’s a Wonderful Life. He also provided some uncredited writing for
the Gone With the Wind screenplay.
Jerry Whiddon (Director) is happy to be directing at Olney Theatre Center for the first time. Co-founder of Street 70
Theatre Company (Artistic Director 1970-76), Co-founder of Round House Theatre (Producing Artistic Director 1985-2005).
DC Area: previous directing credits include: Round House Theatre: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Orson’s Shadow, The
Swan, Nixon’s Nixon, Seminar, One Flew Over the Cuckoos’ Nest, Our Town, Three Days of Rain, Two Gentlemen of Verona,
The Man Who Killed the Buddha; Theater J: Lost in Yonkers, Speed The Plow, The Odd Couple; The Kennedy Center: Elephant
and Piggie’s We Are in a Play!; Adventure Theatre-MTC: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol, If You
Give a Mouse a Cookie. Jerry has acted in the area at Studio Theatre, Theater J, The Kennedy Center, Everyman Theatre,
and Round House Theatre. Acting credits on film/TV include The Wire, An American Affair, A Woman Named Jackie, and The
Pelican Brief. Jerry has taught at George Mason University, University of Maryland, and the Catholic University of America,
and coaches actors and corporate leaders.
Michael J. Bobbitt (Choreographer) is the Producing Artistic Director of Adventure Theatre-MTC. He is happy to make his Olney
Theatre Center debut. OFF-BROADWAY: Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds and Petite Rouge. NATIONAL TOUR: USO: In the Mood.
REGIONAL: La Jolla Playhouse, Mel Tillis 2001, Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 1996 Olympics, Ford’s Theatre, Shakespeare
Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Metro Stage, Rorschach Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Company, Center Stage, Round House Theatre, the Music Center at Strathmore, The Kennedy Center, the Helen Hayes Awards,
Adventure Theatre MTC, Washington Performing Arts and the Washington National Opera. EDUCATION: Washington Ballet, the
Dance Theatre of Harlem, the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and NY University’s Tisch School of the Arts (Cap 21).
Timothy Splain (Music Director) is happy to be making his Olney Theatre Center debut. OFF-BROADWAY: Adding Machine;
Lincoln Center Theatre: A Minister’s Wife; York Theatre: The Holiday Guys; Atlantic for Kids: The Hundred Dresses; New York
Musical Theatre Festival: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; Atlantic Theater Company: 3 Kinds of Exile. NATIONAL TOUR:
Little House on the Prairie; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. REGIONAL: Writers’ Theatre: A Minister’s Wife, She Loves
Me; Next Theatre: Adding Machine; Milwaukee Repertory Theater: Next to Normal; About Face/ATC: RENT; Paper Mill
Playhouse: Little House on the Prairie; The Hypocrites: Threepenny Opera; Westchester Broadway: Ragtime; Asolo Repertory
Theatre/ArtsEmerson: Baritones Unbound; La Mirada Theatre/McCoy Rigby Conservatory of the Arts: Jane Austen’s Pride and
Prejudice. As Orchestrator/Arranger: Anatole, Baritones Unbound, The Hundred Dresses, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
EDUCATION: University of Chicago.
Colin K. Bills (Lighting Designer) is pleased to be returning to Olney Theatre Center, where he has previously designed
Colossal, Peter Pan, and Venus, among others. He is a Company Member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company where he
has designed over forty productions, including Stupid F–ing Bird, Clybourne Park and The Convert. As a Conspirator with the
devising company dog & pony dc, he has collaborated in the writing, direction and design of A Killing Game and Beertown.
His designs have been seen at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Center Stage, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Dallas
Theater Center, Everyman Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Forum Theatre, Imagination Stage, Intiman Theatre, The Kennedy Center,
Marin Theatre Company, Metro Stage, Olney Theatre Center, Opera Lafayette, Opéra Royal Versailles, Portland Center Stage,
Round House Theatre, The Smithsonian, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Synetic Theatre, Theater J, the Washington
Revels, The Wilma Theater, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Colin has won three Helen Hayes Awards and is a recipient
of a Princess Grace Fellowship in Theater. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
Daniel Conway (Scenic Designer) returns to Olney Theatre Center after designing I and You last season. Current projects
include: Penn and Teller for the Marquis Theatre; The Tempest directed by Aaron Posner for Chicago Shakespeare Theater,
and for American Repertory Theatre; By the Way Meet Vera Stark for the Julliard School of Drama; Vanya, Sonia, Masha, and
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Spike for Arena Stage; the premiere of Penny directed by Alan Paul for Washington National Opera. Recent projects include:
Soon directed by Matt Gardner for Signature Theatre; Water by The Spoonful directed by KJ Sanchez for Studio Theatre; End
of The Rainbow directed by Mark Clements; Noises Off directed by K.J. Sanchez; A Christmas Carol directed by Aaron Posner
for Milwaukee Repertory Theater; the premiere of the new musical Cloak and Dagger directed by Eric Schaffer for Signature
Theatre; and the premiere of Love in Afghanistan, a new play by Charles Randolph-Wright, directed by Lucie Tiberghien for
Arena Stage. Recent productions include Company directed by Eric Schaeffer for Signature Theatre; The Game’s Afoot for
Cleveland Play House and The Last Five Years for Signature Theatre, both directed by Aaron Posner; Sabrina Fair for Ford’s
Theatre and The Merry Wives of Windsor for Shakespeare Theatre Company, both directed by Stephen Rayne; and August
Osage County directed by Terry Nolen for Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia. Mr. Conway has designed over twenty-five
productions for Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, where he makes his home, including the recent The Aliens directed by
Lila Neugebauer and the American premiere of Sucker Punch directed by Leah C. Gardiner. Mr. Conway designed Teller and
Posner’s production of MacBeth at Folger Theatre in Washington, DC. He was nominated for the Helen Hayes Award for
Outstanding Set Design twelve times and won three times, most recently for Stunning, directed by Anne Kaufman at Woolly
Mammoth Theatre Company, and Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol at Adventure Theatre-MTC.
Jeffrey Dorfman (Sound Designer) is a freelance sound designer based in Washington, DC. He has studied theater
at SUNY Buffalo and University of Maryland, College Park. Mr. Dorfman utilizes his background in music performance,
composition, and theater arts in order to immerse the audience in worlds of imagination. Recent work includes Studio
Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show; Olney Theatre Center: Cinderella, Over The Tavern, Sleuth, The Sound Of Music, Witness
for the Prosecution, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Angel Street, The King and I; UMD: Sandwalk, Fall Maryland Dance
Ensemble, MFA in Performance Festival of New Work, Way In Dance Thesis; UMBC: OTMA, The Laramie Project; DC Fringe:
Gypsy & The Bully Door, Stopgap.
Nancy Krebs (Dialect Coach) is happy to return as Dialect/Vocal Coach for this production of Guys & Dolls. Other productions
here have included: Hay Fever, Once on This Island, Angel Street, Witness for the Prosecution, Charlie’s Aunt, Blithe Spirit, Carousel, Lend Me a Tenor, Morning’s at Seven, Oliver!, Doubt, Of Mice and Men, and The Underpants. She is also the Resident Voice/
Dialect Coach for the Annapolis Shakespeare Company; shows include As You Like It, Poe (World Premiere), A Tale of Two Cities,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pride and Prejudice, Cymbeline, The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Our Town, Hamlet, Romeo
& Juliet, Macbeth, and Sense & Sensibility. Other professional coaching credits: Studio Theatre: Animal (World Premiere), The
Habit of Art (American Premiere); The Enda Walsh Festival: The Walworth Farce and The New Electric Ballroom; Rep Stage: I
Am My Own Wife, A Young Lady of Property, Boeing-Boeing, Home, Yellowman, Barrymore, Two by Barrie; Everyman Theatre:
The Crucible, Red Herring, My Children! My Africa!, Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Watch on the
Rhine, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Candida, Betrayal, Sight Unseen, Turn of the Screw, I Am My Own Wife, and Our Town (choral
composer/director). Nancy is on the faculty of the Baltimore School for the Arts, operates her own voice studio (The Voiceworks),
and is an accomplished singer/songwriter and musician. She belongs to AFTRA, SAG, AEA, and VASTA.
Josiane M. Lemieux (Production Stage Manager) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include Hay Fever, Carousel,
Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Colossal, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Once On This Island, Sleuth, You’re
A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Sound of Music, Witness for the Prosecution, Opus, and Dinner with Friends. Off-Broadway: The Acting Company’s Jane Eyre, Murder By Poe and Richard III. REGIONAL: Ten seasons with The Shakespeare Theatre
of New Jersey, most recently Oliver Twist, and The Taming of the Shrew; The Huntington Theatre Company: Circle Mirror
Transformation and Stick Fly; Crossroads Theatre Company: One Mo’ Time and Yo Soy Latina; In Actu Theatre: Murdering
Marlowe; Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey: Whores; Shakespeare Festival/LA: Twelfth Night. NATIONAL TOURS: The Acting
Company (2004 and 2007) and TheatreWorksUSA. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Rosemary Pardee (Costume Designer) is delighted to be returning home to Olney Theatre Center where she was the
resident costume designer from 1987 until 1999. A member of United Scenic Artists, Ms. Pardee’s career has spanned over
40 years and more than 500 productions, and has included artistic associations with dozens of theatre and film companies.
In the Washington, DC region, her work has been seen at Arena Stage, The National Theatre, Folger Theatre, Round House
Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, the Smithsonian Institution, and The Kennedy Center, where she was a
member of the artistic team for the award-winning Sondheim Celebration. A nine-time nominee and recipient of the Helen
Hayes Award for Outstanding Costume Design, Ms. Pardee has served on the Washington Theatre Society’s Board of Directors
and was recently recognized as one of the outstanding women in American Theatre by Stage Directions Magazine.
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Jason Loewith (Artistic Director) recently directed Olney Theatre Center’s critically acclaimed production of Carousel.
Previous Olney Theatre Center productions include the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of Steven Dietz’s Rancho Mirage as well
as last season’s Avenue Q and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [2015 Helen Hayes Award nomination for
Outstanding Musical]. Jason won Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Jeff Awards for Best New Musical for Adding Machine:
A Musical, which he co-wrote with composer Joshua Schmidt (off-Broadway, 2008). His latest musical is Big Nate: The
Musical which premiered in 2013 at Adventure Theatre-MTC, co-written with Olney’s Associate Artistic Director Christopher
Youstra. Recent regional work as a director includes the world premiere of Broke (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta), Time Stands Still
(Everyman, Baltimore), Crime and Punishment, and Working It Out (Center Stage, Baltimore), Adding Machine: A Musical
(Studio Theatre, DC), and a dozen plays for Chicago’s Next Theatre Company, where he served as Artistic Director from 200208. Those credits include the Chicago area premieres of Dying City, Defiance, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and Fabulation.
He conceived and directed the world premiere of The American Dream Songbook, and produced Chicago premieres by Caryl
Churchill, Suzan-Lori Parks, Carson Kreitzer, Sam Shepard, Dael Orlandersmith, and many more. He is a three-time grantee from
the NEA for Artistic Excellence, a recipient of support from the Rockefeller MAP Fund and MacArthur’s International Connections
Fund, and a TCG New Generations Future Leaders grant. Jason joined Olney as Artistic Director in 2013 after serving four years
as Executive Director of the National New Play Network. Jason is the proud recipient of a 2015 Montgomery County Executive’s
Award for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities, and serves on the board of Governors for Theatre Washington.
Debbie Ellinghaus (Managing Director) joined Olney Theatre Center in August 2014. Prior to her appointment at OTC, she
was Director of Development for the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she
closed significant gifts that helped to advance student scholarship and academic programming. From 2005-11, Ms. Ellinghaus
was the Senior Associate Director of Development at Yale School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT. At Yale,
she was part of a university-wide campaign that raised more than $3.8 billion and included transformational gifts for Yale Rep
from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Robina Foundation, which established the Binger Center for New Theatre.
Additionally, she raised funds for scholarships, theatrical productions, and facilities. In her role at Yale, Ms. Ellinghaus provided
mentorship to MFA candidates, many of whom are now leading major theaters across the country. Previously, Ms. Ellinghaus
was Director of Development at off-Broadway’s Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of Maryland, College Park, and is a graduate of New Actors Workshop, a professional theater training conservatory
founded by Mike Nichols, George Morrison and Paul Sills. Ms. Ellinghaus currently chairs the Downtown Arts and Culture
Commission in Columbia, MD, an organization that works closely with Merriweather Post Pavilion to preserve its cultural
significance in Maryland.
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Happy Holidays! If you are anything like me, the holidays always seem to suddenly
appear. One day I’m enjoying the lazy days of summer and the next I’m running
around with a long to-do list that includes gift-buying, holiday parties, family
gatherings, and fulfilling year-end promises.
As I look back on 2015, I am bursting with pride and admiration for the Olney
Theatre Center community. We built it and you came. We promised to entertain,
delight and inspire—and judging by your responses to our work, we lived up to
our pledge. You’ve tried all sorts of things this year: from new and edgy plays to
classic stories and familiar titles like the one you are about to see, Guys and Dolls.
You’ve gone behind the scenes, attended ancillary events, and celebrated with us
on multiple occasions.
Thanks to you, we’ve grown and strengthened our family over the past twelve
months. In the year ahead, I hope you will continue to invest in our family by
sharing Olney Theatre Center with your own family and friends. (Members can bring
friends for free! Ask us how. And in case you haven’t thought of it, membership packages and gift certificates make great
holiday gifts!)
As you consider your holiday and end-of-year to-do list, I hope it will include making a tax-deductible charitable gift to Olney
Theatre Center. You can make your gift online at olneytheatre.org/donate or return it in the enclosed envelope. Gifts of all
sizes make a tremendous difference to our art, our artists who create it, and also to the next generation whose world is
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GUYS
AND
DOLLS
CONTEXT GUIDE
In April of 1951, Columbia University announced the annual Pulitzer Prizes to honor and grant monetary awards
to outstanding American journalists and artists. Guys and Dolls, having opened on Broadway to rave reviews in December of
1950, was on the short list for consideration for the Drama Prize. The musical was considered a funny and heartwarming
triumph of musical theater; New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson called it “a work of art. It is spontaneous and has
form, style, and spirit.”1
Unfortunately for the creative team, Guys and Dolls debuted during the heyday of Joseph McCarthy’s tenure in
the U.S. Senate in Washington. His establishment of the House Un-American Activities Committee had resulted in investigations and trials of American citizens who were suspected of being “Red,” “Communist,” or affiliated with known Communist
sympathizers. McCarthy and his delegates singled out anyone who displayed “deviant” behavior, labelling their actions
“un-American” in an attempt to associate them with the Communist party. Many of HUAC’s victims with “questionable”
political alignments worked and socialized in Hollywood, including screenwriter and Guys and Dolls book writer Abe Burrows.
In March 1951, Burrows was asked to testify about his activities in Hollywood in 1943 socializing alongside members of
the Communist party. Although he swore that he never joined the party, the investigation was controversial enough that
the Trustees of Columbia University vetoed the Pulitzer jury’s decision to award the prize to Guys and Dolls.2 There was no
Pulitzer Prize for Drama awarded in April 1951.
Guys and Dolls has persisted as a piece of American culture for 65 years, Pulitzer Prize or not. Creators of this
musical gifted us with multiple American standards, a beloved classic film starring legendary performers Marlon Brando and
Frank Sinatra, and the first school play for dozens of young performers. Musical theater was revolutionized in the 1950s
with shows like Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, and Gypsy. The story, songs, and dances were not only entirely integrated
together in a cohesive mode, but the characters were relatable and the songs were reminiscent of the popular selections on
the radio; it was entertainment for the common American man and woman. Burrows’ contribution to the genre has outlived
the impact of his highly publicized “un-American” activities in Hollywood.
Our ideals about being an American have shifted dramatically since 1951, as have our way of labelling what is
considered “American” and what is not. This musical is with us in hundreds of high schools, middle schools, and community
theaters around the country every year. A production makes its way back to New York City every fifteen years or so. Covers
of these songs are some of the most-loved pieces of Americana. We are reminded of these outlandish characters and their
journey through Damon Runyon’s Manhattan when we hear a singer belt “If I Were a Bell” or a roulette player references
“Luck Be a Lady!” This musical evokes nostalgia for a New York City that never truly existed but remains very real to us over
half a century later as we re-discover it again and again.
Brooks Atkinson, “Guys and Dolls,” The New York Times, November 25, 1950
Steven Suskin, Opening Night on Broadway: A Critical Quotebook of the
Golden Era of the Musical Theatre (New York: Schirmer Books, 1990), 272-276.
1
—Alexandra Ley, Dramaturg
2
For more insight into the show, visit our dramaturgy blog at olney-guys-and-dolls.tumblr.com
Olney Theatre Center Productions in 2015 are
Dedicated to the Memory of William H. Graham, Sr.
William H. Graham, Sr. was a leader, mentor, director, performer, and a tireless advocate for the
performing arts during his more than fifty-year association with Olney Theatre Center. Bill played
several roles during his time at Olney Theatre, from Mainstage actor and director for the National
Players, to General Manager and most recently as President Emeritus of our Board of Directors.
William H. Graham, Sr.
1926 - 2013
To pay tribute to his many contributions to Olney Theatre and the National Players, we dedicate our
productions in 2015 to him. We remember Bill in all we do, and we invite you to honor his legacy by
making a contribution to the William H. Graham, Sr. Fund supporting mentorship and FREE Summer
Shakespeare at Olney Theatre Center. To donate, go to olneytheatre.org/support.
CONTEXT GUIDE
FRANK LOESSER
AND THE ENDURING LEGACY OF
GUYS AND DOLLS
Frank Loesser rehearsing
“Luck Be A Lady”
with Marlon Brando
Many composers toil over songs
and scores that grace the Broadway
footlights, but surprisingly few
see their work reach beyond the
audience after their show’s finale.
Frank Loesser’s score of Guys and
Dolls has withstood the test of time
and become embedded in American
consciousness and culture. Here are
a few examples of the indelible
songs from the show and how they
have been performed outside of it.
Although Luck Be A Lady was sung in the Guys
and Dolls film by Marlon Brando, it may be better
remembered as a signature song for Frank Sinatra (who
played Nathan Detroit). It appeared on several of his
albums and was again released in 1994 as a duet with
Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders on Duets II.
Adelaide’s Lament is often spotlighted as one of
the greatest musical theatre songs of all time. In 2002,
Mandy Moore sang this song on national television as
part of “Broadway’s Best From Bravo” in 2002.
GUYS AND DOLLS
Bushel and a Peck was on the Billboard charts
for eighteen weeks before Guys and Dolls even opened
on Broadway. It was originally performed on stage
and in the movie by Vivian Blaine and was covered
by Perry Como and Betty Hutton, Doris Day, Johnny
Desmond, and The Andrews Sisters.
Trumpeter Miles Davis featured If I Were A Bell
on his 1956 jazz album, Relaxin’ with The Miles Davis
Quintet, and it became a permanent addition to most of
his performances. Other notable covers include recordings
by Petula Clark, Dinah Shore, Sarah Vaughan, and Dinah
Washington.
GUYS AND DOLLS AND SCHOOLS
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
1
In July of 2015, Elissa Nadworny, a digital journalist
for NPR, published an article which compiled data
from the Dramatist archives, analyzing the most
popular high school dramatic productions since 1938.
Guys and Dolls has been a staple in the high school
theatre canon since musicals became popular selections in the 1960s. Since 2010, musicals with ties to
familiar childhood movies (Beauty and the Beast, The
Wizard of Oz) and pop and rock scores (Seussical: The
Musical, Grease) have dominated high school stages
and overhauled the common players from decades
before, but Guys and Dolls remains in the top ten.
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Source: NPR analysis of Dramatics magazine annual surveys
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laps. – Frank Loesser
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OLNEY THEATRE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President...............................................................................................................................Jennifer L. Kneeland
Board Chair................................................................................................................................Susan Finkelstein
Vice President......................................................................................................................Megan Davey Limarzi
Treasurer..................................................................................................................................Patricia Woodbury
Secretary...................................................................................................................................... Robert Mitchell
Board Members
Phyllis Bottegal • Debbie Ellinghaus • Rhonda Friedman • Robert E. Hebda • Clifford Johnson • Stephen Kaufman
Stephen Klein • Jason Loewith • Charles S. Mack • Helen Marshall • William H. Meekins • Linda Rosenzweig
Rossana Salvadori • Alan Wade
Honorary Board Members
Frances Glendening • Anthony Morella • Mita Schaffer
William H. Graham, Sr. (in memoriam)
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES
Actors
Evan Casey • Julie-Ann Elliott • Rick Foucheux • Helen Hedman • Valerie Leonard
Susan Lynskey • Donna Migliaccio • Paul Morella • Jon Hudson Odom • Tracy Lynn Olivera
Michael Russotto • Bobby Smith • Stephen Gregory Smith
Directors, Choreographers, AND Musical Directors
Michael J. Bobbitt • John E. Going • Eleanor Holdridge • Tara Jeanne Vallee • Mark Waldrop
Designers AND Stage Managers
Colin K. Bills • James Fouchard • Misha Kachman • Pei Lee • Josiane M. Lemieux
Milagros Ponce de León • Ivania Stack
AUDIENCE SERVICES
Theater Policies
Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager. Please do not bring food into the theater (beverages are
allowed). All buildings are smoke-free. The use of recording
or photographic equipment during the show is prohibited.
Olney Theatre Center is not responsible for any items left on
our campus. All children, including babies, require a ticket.
We will ask parents to take their children to the lobby if
their behavior is disturbing patrons. Please turn off your cell
phone in the theater.
Post-Show Discussions
Join the artistic staff and/or invited guests after select Saturday matinees for AfterWords. Please call the Box Office
at 301.924.3400 for more information on these events.
Sign-Interpreted Performances
Sign interpretation is available for the third Thursday evening during a show’s run. The service must be requested
two weeks in advance and is based on the availability of
qualified interpreters. To request this service, please email
wmeekins@olneytheatre.org.
Audio-Described Performances
Audio-described performances are offered during the third
week of a show’s run on Wednesday evenings. This includes
pre-show program notes and descriptions of the action,
scenery, and costumes during pauses in the dialogue.
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for assistance. (This service is not available on the third
Wednesday evening of a show’s run.)
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER STAFF
ADMINISTRATION
ARTISTIC
Artistic Director
Associate Artistic Director/
Director of Music Theater
Associate Artistic Director/
Director of Education
Artistic Apprentice
Jason Loewith
Christopher Youstra
Jason King Jones
Leah Wedge
PRODUCTION
Director of Production
Company Manager/
Assistant Production Manager
Technical Director
Assistant Technical Director
Shop Foreman
Carpenters
Resident Scenic Artist
Costume Shop Supervisor
Resident Costume Designer/
Assistant Costume
Shop Supervisor
Costume Shop Associate
Master Electrician
Properties Master
Resident Sound and
Projections Supervisor
Production Management
Apprentice
Company Management
Apprentice
Production Apprentices
Dennis A. Blackledge
Claire Kennedy
Stephen M. Greene
David Ash
Sarah Splaine
Joseph Caverly, Brad Ziegler
Fred Via
Jeanne Bland
Seth Gilbert
Kelsey Willis
Samantha Campbell
Rachael Erichsen
Brian Chismar
Kat Lea
Elana Lantry
Caron Davis, Lauren Gallup,
Carissa Gilson, Tatyana Goddard,
Emily E. James, Shelby Marie Gable,
Natalie Petruch, Benjamin Ramos,
Alexia Sosa
SHOW STAFF
Assistant Director
Assistant Choreographer
Assistant Stage Managers
Assistant Lighting Designer
Associate Set Designer
Assistant Set Designers
Model Makers
Sound Engineer
A-2
Scenic Artist Havana Scrim
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Tim Grant
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Alexia Sosa
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Kelsey Willis, Shelby Marie Gable,
Clara Huang
Caron Davis
Alexandra Ley
Helen Garcia-Alton, Ashley Wagoner
Pallas Bane, Claire Jones,
Robyn Jones, Anna Mihm
Brendan Gregg
Tyler Bristow, Ashley Wagoner
Rachel Hamilton
Managing Director
General Manager
Facilities Manager
Debbie Ellinghaus
Fred T. Paul
Michael Plater
DEVELOPMENT
Senior Associate Director
of Development
Julie Carew
Manager of Institutional Giving Tom Eisman
Marketing and
Development Apprentice
Clara Huang
FINANCE
Director of Accounting
and Financial Services
Senior Accountant
Business Manager
Nene Keita
Chyeslan Buso
Kynda Reid
COMMUNICATIONS
Director of Marketing and
Communications Sales Director
Marketing and Public
Relations Manager
Brand Director/
Graphic Designer
Patron and Volunteer
Services Manager
Front of House Supervisors
Box Office Supervisors
House Managers
Box Office Associates Joshua Ford
Weldon C. Brown
Heather Andrews
JJ Kaczynski
R. Wesley Meekins
Lucirae Cooley, Desirée Ward
Chisomo Maluwa, Taylor Payne, Josh Rose
Lina Al Dajani, Nic Lopez,
Ricardo José Meléndez,
Barbara Scanlan,
Judy Abrams, Jessica Comstock
Shayla Garfield, Nathan Poznerzon,
Marion Levy Qualls, Rachel Spory-Harper,
Emily Townsend
EDUCATION
Education Programs
Manager
Dramaturgy Apprentice
Education Apprentice
Kevin Hasser
Alexandra Ley
Brittney Biddle
SPECIAL THANKS
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Production Department
Ryan Nathaniel Knapp and Mark Rapach
Olney Ballet Theatre, Royal Dellinger, President
The Director and Choreographer are members of the
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts is a member of Theatre Communications Group, the national
service organization representing the not-for-profit American theater; the Cultural Alliance of
Greater Washington; the League of Washington Theatres; and the Baltimore Theatre Alliance.
Olney Theatre Center for the Arts is a professional theater employing members of
Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers
in the United States.
Actors’ Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors
and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions,
providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity
seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.
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