Design Your Own Puppet - Music Theatre Wichita Broadway Rentals

Wayne Bryan, Producing Artistic Director
presents the
MUSIC THEATRE WICHITA
production of
Disney’s
Book by
Music and Lyrics by
DAVID I. STERN
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
”When You Wish Upon a Star” and “I’ve Got No Strings”
Music by LEIGH HARLINE, Lyrics by NED WASHINGTON
from the Walt Disney Motion Picture PINOCCHIO
Starring
EMILY VARGO
NICHOLAS F. SAVERINE
SHAUN-MICHAEL MORSE
STEVE HITCHCOCK
and TOPHER CUNDITH as Pinocchio
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
J BRANSON
TIIA E. TORCHIA
DAVID NEVILLE
DAVID MUEHL
Hair and Makeup Designer
TAYLOR MALOTT
Scenery, Props and Costumes Designed and Created by MUSIC THEATRE WICHITA
Properties Master
Millinery Designer
Paint Shop Charge Artist
Technical Director
MARIA LEON
MEGAN REED
KATRINA MILLER
AJ KELLISON
Costume Shop Manager
Rentals Director
Production Manager
DEBBIE ROBERTS
MARY SUE DYMAK
JEFF TAYLOR
Asst. Prod. Manager
MITCHELL SOUTHERLAND
Company Manager / Assoc. Producer
NANCY REEVES
Production Stage Manager
Stage Manager
Additional Musical Arrangements
AMANDA K. BOWMAN
TIFFANY K. ORR
JESSE WARKENTIN
Associate Choreographer
CASEY BAGNALL
Musical Director / Conductor
Choreographer
THOMAS W. DOUGLAS
AMY BAKER SCHWIETHALE
Director
WAYNE BRYAN
Disney’s MY SON PINOCCHIO is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials supplied are also supplied by MTI, 421 West 54th St., New York, NY 10019
Phone 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com
Music Theatre Wichita is a proud member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.
The entire run of Disney’s MY SON PINOCCHIO is sponsored by Spirit Aerosystems.
Special needs matinee presented by: The Lattner Family Foundation
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Musical Numbers
Cast of Characters (in order of appearance)
Rosa.....................................................Jessie Peltier
Viola....................................................Cameron Hill
Arancia.................................................Sarah Quinn
Sue.......................................................... Katie Barna
The Blue Fairy....................................Emily Vargo
Geppetto.............................Nicholas F Saverine
Pinocchio.....................................Topher Cundith
Signora Giovanni...........................Ximone Rose
Stromboli....................... Shaun-Michael Morse
Bernardo.........................Jared Thomas Roberts
Maria...................................................Caitlin Belcik
Professor Buonragazzo........Steve Hitchcock
Junior................................................Edward Sturm
Pig.......................................................Jeremy Seiner
Lamb....................................................Ximone Rose
Fox..........................................Carolyn Anne Miller
Mother Fox....................................... Kat Geertsen
Horse.......................................Trevor McChristian
Ringleader.......................................... Avery Smith
Roustabouts
............................ Kyle McClellan, Kevin Nietzel
Villagers, Travelers, Parents
Cassie Austin, Caitlin Belcik, Quintan Craig,
Aaron Patrick Craven, Lexis Danca, Patrick
Garr, Kat Geertsen, Erik Hernandez, Willie
Hill, Trevor McChristian, Kyle McClellan,
Carolyn Anne Miller, Kevin Nietzel, Tanner
Pflueger, Christiani Pitts, Jared Thomas
Roberts, Jon Paul Roby, Ximone Rose,
Jeremy Seiner, Avery Smith, Halli Toland,
Gina Ward, Daisy Wright
Young Ladies
Hadasa Barmor, Teresa Collins, Julia
Douglas, Ava Graves, Grace Heinrichs,
Hannah Kintzel, Brookelyn Lindley, Maddie
McVey, Ella Owen, Adelyn Stultz, Hilary
Tallman, Aailyah Williams
Young Gentlemen
Ari Barmor, Ze’ev Barmor, Jake Castillo,
Camdin Hardyway, Thomas Higgins,
Zakaria Jalal, Keegan Johnston, Carson
Kindle, Edward Sturm, Jesse Theademan
Nicholas F. Saverine and Stage Managers
Amanda K. Bowman and Tiffany K. Orr
appear with Music Theatre Wichita
through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity
Association, the union of professional
stage actors. Music Theatre Wichita
operates under a U/RTA agreement with
Actors’ Equity Association.
The 2015 Trust Company of Kansas
Teen Choir
(pre-show entertainment, onstage 30
minutes before curtain time)
When You Wish Upon a Star..........................................Rosa, Viola, Arancia, Sue, The Blue Fairy
Toys............................................................Geppetto, Town Children, Town Mothers, Town Fathers
Empty Heart............................................................................................................................................Geppetto
Rise and Shine....................................................................................................... Rosa, Viola, Arancia, Sue
Geppetto and Son.........................................................................................................Geppetto, Pinocchio
When You Wish Upon A Star (reprise)...................................................................................... Pinocchio
Empty Heart (reprise)........................................................................................................................Geppetto
I’ve Got No Strings...........................................................................Pinocchio, Stromboli, Marionettes
Bravo Stromboli....................................................................................................... Stromboli, Marionettes
Just Because It’s Magic............................... The Blue Fairy, Rosa, Viola, Arancia, Sue, Geppetto
Satisfaction Guaranteed..........Professor Buonragazzo, Junior, and the Residents of Idyllia
Bravo Stromboli (reprise)................................................................................... Stromboli, Marionettes
Pleasure Island........................................................ Ringleader, Roustabouts, Pinocchio, Company
Geppetto and Son (reprise)......................................................................................Geppetto, Pinocchio
Since I Gave My Heart Away............................. Geppetto, The Blue Fairy, Pinocchio, Company
Finale.........................................................................................................................................................Company
Musical Director........................... Linda Starkey
Staging Director...........................Joshua Larson
Musical Associate......................... Helen Griffin
Apprentices
Paint................................................................................ Taylor Baer, Hannah Bowen, Chaela Herron
Costumes.......Daniel Carney, Jeffrey DuBey,
Alyssa Hershey
Electrics............................................. Milton Dodd
Stage Management.................................................
Katelyn Hageman, Sierra Myers,
Abby Schweikert
Hair and makeup......................................................
Sophie Glasgow, Charlotte Rippy
Special Thanks to Sam Hill for “Nose
Magic”!
The MTWichita Orchestra
Trumpet / Cornet / Flugelhorn
......................................................David Hunsicker
Tuba.......................................................... Phil Black
Violin.................................Adrienne Dougherty
Bass...................................................Eric Crawford
Mandolin / Guitar..............Kendall Wohaska
Accordian..........................................Donn Salyer
Drums / Percussion.......... Ginger Zyskowski * Orchestra personnel appear in
cooperation with the Wichita Federation
of Musicians’ Association, Local No. 297,
American Federation of Musicians, Russ
Widener, Local Contractor.
Keyboards....................................... Helen Griffin
Rehearsal Pianist....................... Garrett Welch
Musical Associate..............Chuck Koslowske
PLEASE BE
COURTEOUS TO YOUR
FELLOW AUDIENCE
MEMBERS AND THE
PERFORMERS.
Disconnect pagers,
beepers, and cellular
phones. Anyone
using a portable
device for texting or
any form of electronic communication
will be asked to leave. No refunds
will be issued. The videotaping or
other video or audio recording of this
production is strictly prohibited.
Dance Captain............................... Cassie Austin
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Pinocchio Name Search
Simple Machines
Some of the words and names used in My Son Pinocchio have
become scrambled in the ocean: Stromboli, Geppetto,
Pinocchio, Blue Fairy, puppet, whale, donkey, toys,
and strings . Can you find them? (Words may be written forward, backward,
Pinocchio’s limbs act together to form simple machines or levers,
and you use your arm as a lever all the time. A first-class lever
must have three parts or properties to function: It must have
1) Effort (the muscle in your arm), 2) a Load (whatever you’re
holding or moving), and a Fulcrum (your elbow joint). One way to
remember how a simple lever works is to think that there is some
magic at to it, as an E.L.F. (Effort, Load, Fulcrum) might provide.
vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Solution on page 10.)
There are levers being used
everywhere. Does your seat
in the theatre fold? All of
the costumes in Pinocchio
were made with scissors,
which are levers. And on
the playground, a teetertotter is probably the best
example of a lever at work.
Can you see other levers at
work around you?
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Design Your Own Puppet
If you could design your own puppet, what would
it look like? Would it be tall, or short? Would it
have long arms or short? Use the space below to
sketch or draw a design for your puppet.
AND WHAT ELSE?
If you were able to wave a magic wand and have your puppet
suddenly come to life, there would probably be a lot of questions
(not to mention explaining to adults how this happened–LOL).
Here are a few things you might want to consider. Use the blanks
to fill out your answers.
What would its first words be?
___________________________________________
What would its favorite food be?
___________________________________________
Are there foods your puppet doesn’t like?
___________________________________________
What would its name be?
___________________________________________
What would it like to do for fun?
___________________________________________
What book would be its favorite?
___________________________________________
Does your puppet attend school? If so, where?
___________________________________________
Does your puppet have a favorite game to play?
___________________________________________
This is certainly not a test.
Be creative with your answers.
Remember, this is your puppet!
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How Long, How High?
Ways to measure things are right at your fingertips!
Do you know how tall you are? Not in feet and inches, but in hands?
Yes, you can use your hand as a unit of measurement. Spread your
fingers all the way out, then use the distance between the tip of
your thumb and the tip of your pinky finger to measure almost
anything. So how many “hands” tall are you?
Don’t stop there. How many pinky
fingers wide is your shoe? How many
fists is the distance between your knee
and the floor? (This works really well
because you can use two fists at the
same time!) If you have to move a chair
from a room, will it fit through the door?
Check it with the “hands” measure.
In your classroom, choose a friend
(let’s say Emma for instance),
and ask her to stand in as a unit of
measurement. How many Emmas
long is the classroom? How many
Emmas wide is it? How many square
Emmas is the room? With a piece of
string to measure Emma’s height
(we don’t want her standing on the
furniture or anything), use it to
determine how many Emmas high
the celing is.
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Things we can learn from
My Son Pinocchio
Pinocchio is a great story, full of all kinds of lessons about
honesty, growing up, and accepting responsibility. Here are a
few... Can you spot them during the show?
• Tell the truth. Pinocchio’s nose grows every time he tells a fib.
Kids might not know it, but parents are very good at spotting a
“nose that keeps growing.”
• Be careful what you wish for. Geppetto asked that Pinocchio
become the son he’d always wanted. He had no idea just how
much mischief little boys (and girls) can get into.
• Being real means doing things for others. Once Pinocchio
starts to settle down and attend to Geppetto’s needs, he
becomes a real boy. Becoming a real person means that you put
other people’s concerns before your own.
• Stay focused. Pinocchio
wanted badly to become
a real boy, but he was
easily distracted and was
constantly getting into
trouble. Are there times
when you have lost track of
what your job or chore was,
being distracted by a video
game, the TV, or another
person?
Learn more about building healthy relationships for kids and
teens at http://startstrong.futureswithoutviolence.org
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Solutions
Pinocchio Name Search
(from page 4)
Administrative Staff
Producing Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wayne Bryan – wayne@MTWichita.org
Producing Associate/Company Manager . . . Nancy Reeves – nancy@MTWichita.org
Finance Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vickie Kline – vickie@MTWichita.org
Special Programs Director . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Trotter – angela@MTWichita.org
Patron Services Director/Box Office Manager . Joshua Larson – josh@MTWichita.org
Rentals & Inventory Director . . . . . . . . . . Mary Sue Dymak – msd@MTWichita.org
Development Director . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Cassette– acassette@MTWichita.org
Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Taylor – jeff@MTWichita.org
Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah See – mtwassist@MTWichita.org
Administrative Office
Century II, 2nd Floor
225 W. Douglas
Wichita, KS 67202
316-265-3253
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www.MTWichita.org
Box Office
May 18 through August 9
Century II Concert Hall Lobby
225 West Douglas, Wichita, KS 67202
316.265.3107
Box Office and Front of House
Box Office Manager: Joshua Larson
House Managers:
Cathy Monger Duncan, Vicki Sanchez
Assistant Box Office Manager:
Halston Strange
Ticketing Associates: Alex Castaneda,
Ari Chandler, Eric Moody
Hours
Performance Weeks:
Monday & Tuesday: 10:00am-6:00pm
Wednesday through Saturday: 10:00amintermission. Sunday: Noon through
intermission of evening show.
Dark Weeks:
Monday through Friday: 10:00am – 6:00pm
KIDSBILL photos courtesy Christopher Clark
(christopherclarkphotography.com)
Illustrations and design:
Michael Kline (dogfoose.com)
Printing by Donlevy
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New Permanent Exhibit for Preschoolers
Opening Weekend Saturday, Sept. 12 and Sunday, Sept. 13
In this immersive space, children 5 and under will:
• Plant a garden.
• Climb through the gigantic Seed to Sun wall.
• Fix a tractor.
• Crank water to fill a cloud, then watch it “rain.”
• Build a windmill.
• Go to a farmer’s market.
• And more!
Visit www.exploration.org for details!
Geppetto (Nick Saverine), Pinocchio (Topher Cundith), and the Blue Fairy (Emily Vargo) listen to a
pitch from Stromboli (Shaun Michael Morse).
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Thank you!
Geppetto (Nick Saverine) watches as Pinocchio (Topher Cundith) struts his stuff, singing I’ve Got No
Strings, while villagers (Trevor McChristian, Cassie Austin, Jeremy Seiner, Caitlin Belcik, Gina Ward,
and Tanner Pflueger) look on.
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Autographs:
If you have a chance, seek out your favorite actors after the show
and maybe you can get an autograph.
Disney’s