before you go - La Jolla Playhouse

KNOW
BEFORE YOU GO
October 26 - December 14
Lead Sponsors
MUSIC BY
ALAN MENKEN
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
BOOK BY PETER PARNELL
DIRECTED BY SCOTT SCHWARTZ
LYRICS BY
Funded in part by the San Diego Tourism Marketing
District Corporation with City of San Diego Tourism
Marketing District Assessment Funds.
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY VICTOR HUGO
Produced in association with Paper Mill Playhouse, by
special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Productions.
BEFORE YOU GO
KNOW
We look forward to seeing you at La Jolla Playhouse at your
upcoming performance of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Below is some additional information about the production and
the venue to enhance your theater-going experience.
Parking
Parking is free for all subscribers. For all others parking is $2 (subject
to change), Mon-Fri. Upon arrival to campus, please purchase your
parking permit from one of the automated pay stations located next
to the information kiosk. Simply park, note your space number, and
pay $2 at the pay station. Pay stations accept Visa, MasterCard,
American Express or cash ($1 and $5), and do not give change. You
will not need to return to your car. Parking is free on the weekends.
Audience Engagement Events
The Playhouse offers unique opportunities for audience members
to delve deeper into the play with these special performance
series options:
Talkback Tuesdays: Participate in a lively discussion with actors
and Playhouse staff members after the performance.
- Tuesday, November 4 following the 7:30 pm performance
- Tuesday, November 11 following the 7:30 pm performance
Discovery Sunday: Explore the themes of the production with
special guest speakers.
- Sunday, December 7 following the 2:00 pm performance
Insider Events: Join Playhouse staff for a special pre-performance
presentation that gives an insider’s view of the play.
- Wednesday, November 19 at 6:45 pm
- Saturday, November 22 at 1:15 pm
Foodie Fridays: Buy a ticket to The Hunchback of Notre Dame
and enjoy San Diego’s finest food trucks, plus a complimentary
microbrew tasting from Stone Brewing Company.
- Friday, November 7 starting at 6:00 pm
- Friday, December 5 starting at 6:00 pm
Accessibility
A golf cart is available to assist patrons with accessibility issues to
and from the parking lot. Please notify Patron Services prior to your
performance if you are in need of this service; additionally, you may
pull into the five minute parking in front of the theatre, and a friendly
La Jolla Playhouse greeter will assist you.
ACCESS PERFORMANCES
ACCESS Performance: During this performance, La Jolla Playhouse provides American Sign
Language interpretation and audio description.
- Saturday, November 15 at 2:00 pm
Open Captioned Performance:
- Sunday, November 23 at 2:00 pm
ASL Interpreted Performance:
- Friday, November 21 at 8:00 pm
Dining
La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to announce that James’ Place will be the Theatre District’s new on-site
restaurant, beginning service soon!
Developed by renowned Sushi Master James Holder, the menu will include his signature sushi, as well
as delectable dishes created with Prime and Angus cuts of beef, locally and sustainably harvested
seafood, along with seasonal dishes. A lighter fare menu will also be served at the newly-redesigned
sushi/cocktail bar, featuring craft beer and California wines.
Please contact La Jolla Playhouse Patron Services at (858) 550-1010 for more information.
Until James’ Place opens, we also recommend the following nearby restaurants:
Dolce Pane e Vino
16081 San Dieguito Road
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
dolcepaneevino.com
Pamplemousse Grille
514 Via de la Valle, Suite 100
Solana Beach, CA 92075
pgrille.com
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse
& Wine Bar
8970 University Center Lane
San Diego, CA 92122
flemingssteakhouse.com
Rock Bottom Restaurant
& Brewery
8980 Villa La Jolla Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
rockbottom.com
Giuseppe Restaurants
& Fine Catering
700 Prospect Street
San Diego, CA 92037
giuseppecatering.com
Roppongi Restaurant
& Sushi Bar
875 Prospect Street
La Jolla, CA 92037
roppongiusa.com
MISSION:
La Jolla Playhouse advances theatre as
an art form and as a vital social, moral
and political platform by providing
unfettered creative opportunities
for the leading artists of today and
tomorrow. With our youthful spirit
and eclectic, artist-driven approach,
we will continue to cultivate a local
and national following with an
insatiable appetite for audacious
and diverse work. In the future, San
Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse will be
considered singularly indispensable to
the worldwide theatre landscape, as
we become a permanent safe harbor
for the unsafe and surprising. The day
will come when it will be essential to
enter the La Jolla Playhouse village
in order to get a glimpse of what is
about to happen in American theatre.
La Jolla Playhouse has received
La Jolla Playhouse has received the
the highest rating from Charity
highest rating from Charity Navigator,
Navigator, the nation’s premier
the nation’s premier charity evaluator.
charity evaluator.
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CHRISTOPHER
ASHLEY
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
OUR MISSION
A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Dear Friends,
The experience of the outsider is a powerful source of drama. I imagine that all of us – regardless of our
ethnicity, religion, abilities, sexual orientation or economic circumstances – have felt like an outcast at one
point or another. Truly great writers can transform a specific source of exclusion into something universally
relatable, as Victor Hugo does in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
In fact, this story contains several people who are shunned from “proper” society. Quasimodo is confined to
his bell towers, literally and metaphorically uninvited to the party that takes place – in full view of his prison
– in the town square below. Esmeralda and her fellow Romani are viewed with distrust and suspicion by
the townspeople of Paris; when they dare to emerge from their hidden encampment, they’re greeted with
derision and contempt. Even Frollo, the archdeacon who serves as Quasimodo’s master, is forced to keep his
innermost desires hidden tightly beneath his religious garments.
For each of these characters, showing one’s face has real, cataclysmic consequences. So too, however, does
hiding it away. This is the wonderful tension and conflict that exists in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, in the
story of the outsider. This new musical version of Hugo’s story – beautifully brought to life by Alan Menken,
Stephen Schwartz, Peter Parnell, Scott Schwartz and an army of talented actors, singers, musicians, designers
and crew – gives the outcasts their moment on stage, in full and glorious voice.
Sincerely,
Christopher Ashley
PATRON SERVICES
PATRON SERVICES is located in the lobby area of each
theatre. A representative is available to answer questions
and hand out assisted listening devices, restaurant guides,
performance schedules and subscription information.
BARS AND CONCESSIONS are open one hour prior
to curtain and during intermissions. To avoid the rush,
intermission beverages can be ordered before the show.
CAMERAS AND RECORDING DEVICES are strictly
in the theatre. Please check these items with the
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House Manager and turn off your camera phone.
PARKING is free for subscribers; $2 for the general public
on weekdays (free on weekends). Upon arrival to campus,
please enter your parking space number and pay the
automated paystations located in the parking lot. Spaces
that are not paid for are subject to ticketing by UC San Diego
Campus Police.
BABES IN ARMS
Out of respect for fellow audience members and the
performers, babes in arms are not permitted in the theatre
during performances.
THEATRE TOURS
Tour the stages and production shops of the Playhouse
facilities and learn more about the history of La Jolla
Playhouse and the role that it plays in the community.
Contact (858) 550-1070 x101.
ACCESSIBILITY
La Jolla Playhouse provides wheelchair-accessible seating
and parking. Wheelchair seat locations are available for
wheelchair users and a companion at all performances; be
sure to advise the reservationist that you require a wheelchair
location. Additionally, a golf cart is available to assist patrons
with accessibility needs to and from the parking lot. Please
notify Patron Services prior to your performance if you are in
need of this service; additionally, you may pull into the five
minute parking in front of the theatre, and a friendly La Jolla
Playhouse greeter will assist you.The Playhouse also provides
assisted listening devices for patrons who are hard of hearing.
Devices are available, free of charge, at the Patron Services
Center prior to performances (subject to availability).
Listening Devices Provided in Part by
PLEASE SILENCE all electronic devices including cellular
phones, watches and pagers before the performance.
Safety in the Theatre District
La Jolla Playhouse is constantly working with the UC San
Diego Police Department and UC San Diego Transportation
and Parking Services, which operates the parking lot and
security system, to maintain and improve security conditions
for patrons and staff members. Additionally, patrons and staff
are welcome to use UC San Diego Community Service Officers
(CSOs) for an escort to their cars by calling (858) 534-WALK
(9255). Further questions regarding security may be addressed
to UC San Diego Police at (858) 534-HELP (4357).
DOCTORS AND PARENTS expecting calls during the
performance should leave their names and seat numbers with
the House Manager before the show. Leave the following
number with your service: (858) 550-1030.
LATECOMERS or PATRONS WHO LEAVE
THEIR SEAT DURING THE PERFORMANCE
will be admitted to the standing room section of the theatre
at the discretion of the House Manager. They may take their
assigned seats at intermission. La Jolla Playhouse accepts no
responsibility for inconvenience to latecomers.
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE presents
Michael S. Rosenberg
Managing Director
Christopher Ashley
Artistic Director
BOOK BY
Peter Parnell
MUSIC BY
Alan Menken
lyrics BY
Stephen Schwartz
ChoreographeD By
Chase Brock
DIRECTED BY
Scott Schwartz
Featuring
Michael Arden*, Lucas Coleman, Julian Decker*, Mary Joe Duggan, Ian Patrick Gibb*, William Thomas Hodgson ‡,
Beth Kirkpatrick*, Erik Liberman*, Samantha Massell*, Neal Mayer*, Nora Menken, William Michals*, Patrick Page*,
Ciara Renée*, Anise Ritchie*, Vincent Rodriguez III*, Richard Ruiz*, Andrew Samonsky*, Brian Smolin ‡, Christian VillaNueva
Music Supervisor/Arranger
Music Director
Orchestrator
Dance Music Arranger
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Sound Designer
Hair and Wig Designer
Fight Director
Vocal Consultant
Casting Director
Local Casting Director
Production Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Managers
Producing Director
Artistic Producer
Production Manager
Michael KosariN
Brent-Alan Huffman
Michael Starobin
Rob Berman
Alexander Dodge
Alejo Vietti
Howell Binkley
Gareth Owen
Charles G. LaPointe
Steve Rankin
Ursula Meyer
Tara RuBin Casting
Teresa Sapien
M. William Shiner*
Becky Fleming*, Jennifer Kahn*
Judith Richardson
Shirley Fishman
Audrey Hoo
Produced by special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Group, in association with
Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, New Jersey
Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director | Todd Schmidt, Managing Director
Based on the Victor Hugo novel with songs from the Disney film
THE CAST
(in order of appearance)
Clopin Trouillefou................................................................................................................................................. Erik Liberman
Dom Claude Frollo..................................................................................................................................................Patrick Page
Jehan Frollo...................................................................................................................................................... Lucas Coleman
Florika.......................................................................................................................................................... Samantha Massell
Father Dupin.....................................................................................................................................................William Michals
Quasimodo......................................................................................................................................................... Michael Arden
Captain Phoebus de Martin........................................................................................................................ Andrew Samonsky
Lieutenant Frederic Charlus............................................................................................................................. Ian Patrick Gibb
Esmeralda...............................................................................................................................................................Ciara Renée
King Louis XI.......................................................................................................................................................... Richard Ruiz
Madam.............................................................................................................................................................Beth Kirkpatrick
Saint Aphrodisius.....................................................................................................................................................Neal Mayer
The Congregation..................................... Lucas Coleman, Ian Patrick Gibb, William Thomas Hodgson, Beth Kirkpatrick,
Samantha Massell, Neal Mayer, Nora Menken, William Michals,
Anise Ritchie, Vincent Rodriguez III, Richard Ruiz, Brian Smolin
Choral Ensemble: SACRA/PROFANA
Setting: Paris, 1482
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is performed with a 15-minute intermission.
Understudies: Julian Decker, Ian Patrick Gibb (Quasimodo); Richard Ruiz (Clopin); William Michals (Frollo);
Lucas Coleman (Phoebus); Samantha Massell (Esmeralda)
Male Swings: Julian Decker, Christian Villanueva | Female Swing: Mary Joe Duggan
Additional Staff
Associate Choreographer..............................................................Jason Snow
Assistant Costume Designers........................Dana Barkhart, Mary Rochon
Associate Scenic Designer.........................................................Colin McGurk
Lighting Design Assistant...............................................Christopher Lundahl ‡
Associate Lighting Designers.......................... Ryan O’Gara, Amanda Zieve
Second Assistant Director....................................................Jesca Prudencio ‡
Associate Sound Designer............................................. Joanna Lynne Staub
Stage Management Assistant..................................................Kate L. Guthrie ‡
Associate Fight Director.........................................................Wayne Kohanek
Production Assistants......................... Brent Eugene Beavers, Amy Funder
Magic Consultant, Dance Captain.................................Vincent Rodriguez III
Music Department Assistants.....................Brendan Whiting, Britt Bonney
Assistant Director.........................................................................J. Scott Lapp
Music Production Assistant........................................................... Kyle Farene
Assistant Scenic Designer.......................................................... Jenna Carino ‡
Stage Management Interns...............Elizabeth Dantaman, Zachary Schell
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage
This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres
and United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
‡ UC San Diego M.F.A. Candidates in residence at La Jolla Playhouse.
La Jolla Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and a
constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization
for the nonprofit professional theatre.
Managers in the United States. The theatre operates under an agreement between the
League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association.
This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres
and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
ACT TWO
The Bells of Notre Dame................................... CLOPIN, FROLLO, JEHAN,
FATHER DUPIN, CONGREGATION
Entr’acte........................................................................................... CHOIR
Sanctuary................................................................ FROLLO, QUASIMODO
Out There............................................................................... QUASIMODO
Topsy Turvy......................................................... CLOPIN, CONGREGATION
Rest and Recreation............................................. PHOEBUS, FROLLO
Rhythm of the Tambourine ............................ESMERALDA, FROLLO,
PHOEBUS, QUASIMODO
God Help the Outcasts.............................ESMERALDA, CONGREGATION
Top of the World.............. ESMERALDA, QUASIMODO, CONGREGATION
The Tavern Song (Thai Mol Piyas).......... GYPSIES, ESMERALDA, FROLLO
Flight into Egypt ............................ SAINT APHRODISIUS, QUASIMODO,
CONGREGATION
Rest and Recreation (Reprise).......................... PHOEBUS, QUASIMODO,
CONGREGATION
The Court of Miracles....................................................CLOPIN, GYPSIES
In a Place of Miracles........................................PHOEBUS, ESMERALDA,
QUASIMODO, CLOPIN, GYPSIES
Someday.............................................................ESMERALDA, PHOEBUS
Made of Stone........................................QUASIMODO, CONGREGATION
Finale Ultimo............................................................................. COMPANY
Heaven’s Light....................................................................... QUASIMODO
Hellfire................................................................FROLLO, CONGREGATION
Esmeralda (Act One Finale)........................................................COMPANY
ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Conductor..................................Brent-Alan Huffman
Choir Master................................................................ Krishan Oberoi
Keyboard...........................................................................Caleb Hoyer
Keyboard........................................................................... Ron Colvard
Concert Master........................................................Healy Henderson
Violin...............................................................................Victoria Bietz
Viola.............................................................................Ramón Negrón
Cello..........................................................................Alex Greenbaum
Flute/Piccolo/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Soprano Sax................... John Reilly
Oboe/English Horn/Clarinet/Alto Sax............................... Terry Halvorson
Bassoon/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Baritone Sax........................Larry Rhodes
Trumpet/Piccolo Trumpet..............................................Andrew Elstob
Trumpet/Flugelhorn.......................................................... Rachel Allen
French Horn.....................................................................Jane Zwerneman
Trombone/Bass Trombone/Euphonium...............................Sean Reusch
Drums/Percussion.................................................................. Danny Taylor
Contractor........................................................................ Lorin Getline
Additional Orchestrations.................................................. Larry Blank
Rehearsal Piano................................Caleb Hoyer, Brendan Whiting
Rehearsal Drums..............................................................Danny Taylor
Keyboard Programmer..................................................... Randy Cohen
Associate Keyboard Programmer................................Taylor Williams
All musicians are represented by the American Federation
of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to the following for their support of this production:
LA Percussion Rentals • Masque Sound • ELS • Yamaha Entertainment Group • TDF Costume Collection
Goodspeed Costume Rentals • Weapons by Sword and Stone • Dan Savell • Mark Jensen • Bill Sturgeon
John Cowles • Ashley Rigg • Barak Stribling • Sharp Business Systems
THE COMPANY
Michael Arden, Quasimodo
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Arden made his Broadway
debut in Deaf West and Roundabout Theatre Company’s
production of Big River. Other theatre credits include The
Times They Are A-Changin’, Ragtime (Avery Fisher), It’s
Only Life, Swimming in the Shallows, Ace, Juno, As You
Like It, The Winter’s Tale, The Secret Garden, Pippin (Mark Taper Forum)
and Aspects of Love, directed by Sir Trevor Nunn (Menier Chocolate
Factory, London). Film credits include Source Code, Bride Wars, The
Good Shepherd, Over/Under, My Eleventh and The Odd Life of Timothy
Green. Arden can currently be seen on the series Anger Management on
F/X and FOX. Other TV credits include: GCB, Nurse Jackie, Royal Pains,
Unforgettable, Off the Map, Kings, The Closer, The Forgotten, Bones,
The Return of Jezebel James, Cashmere Mafia, Grey’s Anatomy and
Numb3rs. His concert work includes: Barbra Streisand, Chris Botti, Below
54, Feinstein’s at the Regency and Joe’s Pub. He formed the site-specific
theater company The Forest of Arden, and their immersive production of
LA Ronde is currently being developed into a feature film. As a director,
Arden’s production of Spring Awakening with Deaf West Theatre is
currently running at Inner City Arts in Los Angeles. Other directing credits
include LA Ronde, for The Forest of Arden; For the Record: John Hughes,
both in Los Angeles and NYC; and A Tale of Two Cities (Associate) on
Broadway. Training: The Juilliard School. Thank you to this perfect team;
my lifelong Gargoyles, Pat and Jim; and my sanctuary, Andy Mientus.
Follow @michaelarden
Lucas Coleman, Jehan Frollo, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: The Russian in Accomplice: San Diego.
Recent credits include: Clark Kent/Superman in It’s a Bird...It’s
Superman! (42nd Street Moon); Wounderkind in Sunset Blvd
(Musical Theater West); Lancelot in Spamalot (Performance
Riverside); Mercade in Love’s Labour’s Lost (Southwest
Shakespeare); Kinickie in Grease (Lawrence Welk Theater). Other credits:
Man of La Mancha (Arvada Center, Lawrence Welk, Cygnet); Gypsy (Sierra
Rep); South Pacific (Welk); Les Misérables (California). Education: American
Musical and Dramatic Academy Hollywood.
Julian Decker, Male Swing
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Hugo Peabody in Bye
Bye Birdie, Singin’ in the Rain, Combeferre in Les Misérables,
Hello Dolly (The Muny). 2014 graduate of the Cincinnati
College Conservatory of Music (CCM) with a B.F.A. in
Musical Theatre. Thank you to Scott, Stephen and Alan for
making this dream come true. Love to Katie, David, Judy, Jim and Jeff.
Proud AEA member. www.julianrdecker.com | @jujdecker
Mary Joe Duggan, Female Swing
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. International and national tour:
My Fair Lady. Regional: In the Heights (Paramount); All Shook
Up (Arvada Center); A Christmas Carol (Kansas City Rep);
Footloose (Fireside); Company (Cygnet); Catch Me If You Can
(Moonlight); Hairspray (Merry Go Round). Education: B.F.A. in
Musical Theatre from UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance.
Ian Patrick Gibb, Lieutenant Frederic Charlus, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. National Tours: Les Misérables
(Jean Prouvaire, u/s Marius). Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse,
Pittsburgh CLO, Music Theatre Wichita, Fireside Theatre,
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina. Education: B.M. in Musical
Theatre from Oklahoma City University. Two albums: Fill in
the Words and The Time of Year for Miracles on iTunes. Special thanks
to B.H.R.B., family, friends, Disney Theatricals, the Hunchback Team, Tara
Rubin Casting and The Mine! Mom and Dad, this is for you!
www.ianpatrickgibb.com | @ianpatrickgibb
William Thomas Hodgson, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: El Henry. Regional: Brujon in Les
Misérables, Puck u/s in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(PCPA Theaterfest); The Cat in the Hat in Seussical the
Musical, Aladdin in Aladdin (Berkeley Playhouse); Eugene in
Yellowman (Ubuntu Theatre Project); Truffaldino in Truffaldino
Says No (Shotgun Players). Education: PCPA Conservatory class of
2009, B.A. in Theatre from Santa Fe University of Art and Design, M.F.A.
candidate in Acting from UC San Diego (2014).
Beth Kirkpatrick, Madam, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. National Tours: Madame
Thenardier u/s in Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary
Production, The Phantom of the Opera, Mother Abbess in
The Sound of Music (Asia). New York: Plain and Fancy (York);
Hurricane (NYMF); The Singapore Mikado (Theatre1010);
In Your Dreams (ArsNova). Regional: Cincinnati Entertainment Award
for Shawntel/Eve in Jerry Springer: the Opera (New Stage Collective);
Mrs. Lovett u/s in Sweeney Todd (Geva); Sister Berthe in The Sound of
Music (Maltz Jupiter); Yeston’s Phantom (Fulton); Beauty and the Beast
(Montreal); Coming to America (Kalliope). Education: Northwestern
University. Thanks to everyone! www.Beth-Kirkpatrick.com | @BethKirkp
Erik Liberman, Clopin Trouillefou
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. He recently co-conceived,
co-directed and appeared in Raising the Roof, an all-star
gala celebrating Fiddler on the Roof’s 50th Anniversary
at New York’s Town Hall, having toured North America as
“Motel” opposite Topol and Harvey Fierstein. He made his
Broadway debut in Harold Prince and Alfred Uhry’s Lovemusik, received
a Helen Hayes Award for his portrayal of “Charley” in Eric Schaeffer’s
revival of Merrily We Roll Along, a Connecticut Critics Circle Award as
“The Baker” in Mark Lamos’ revival of Into the Woods, and a New York
Musical Theatre Festival Award for his portrayal of “Groucho Marx” in
The Most Ridiculous Thing You Ever Hoid, a role he reprised at The
White House and in Off-Broadway’s Minnie’s Boys. Liberman originated
the role of “Frank” in Somewhere in Time, directed by Scott Schwartz,
and appeared in the world premiere of Reefer Madness, for which he
received LA Ovation and Garland Awards. Additional credits include:
Mabou Mines Dollhouse (world tour and Off-Broadway), and the New
York premiere of Kooman and Dimond’s Dani Girl. He is a winner of
the Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers and is featured in the Actors’
Equity Centennial book, Performance of the Century. Catch him in Tide
commercials and at erikliberman.org.
Samantha Massell, Florika, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Baz Luhrmann’s La
Boheme. NY City Center Encores!: ...It’s Superman, Little Me.
MUNY: Aladdin (Jasmine), Bye Bye Birdie (Ursula), Titanic,
Show Boat. Film: Beatbox, ZUG, How to Be a Man. Readings:
Tales from the Bad Years (Ali), A Hundred Years into the Heart
(Stephanie), Angels (Rebecca). B.F.A., The University of Michigan, Phi
Beta Kappa. Love and thanks to the Hunchback team, La Jolla Playhouse,
Abrams, RMG, Tara Rubin Casting, Joan, Mel and Madama. As always, this
one’s for mom. www.samanthamassell.com | @smassellsings
Neal Mayer, Saint Aphrodisius, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Les Misérables.
National Tours: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; 101 Dalmatians
(directed by Jerry Zaks). Off-Broadway: Forbidden Broadway,
Greed, Bush Is Bad, Plaisir D’Amour and Walmartopia.
Regional: Arena Stage, Goodspeed, North Shore Music
Theatre, Charlotte Repertory, Ivoryton Playhouse, Schoolhouse Theater,
the Bushnell and Weston Playhouse. TV: Blue Bloods, All My Children and
numerous sketches on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
THE COMPANY
Nora Menken, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Sophie in Master Class
(Shakespeare & Co.); Olivia in Twelfth Night (The Schoolhouse
Theatre). TV: The Neighbors (ABC). Other favorites include:
Into the Woods, Brigadoon, Ragtime, Evita and Rent. B.F.A.
from University of Michigan. Thanks Mom and Dad!
William Michals, Father Dupin, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Beast, Gaston in
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Emile de Becque in
South Pacific. Also: Javert in Les Misérables and Fred/
Petrucio in Kiss Me, Kate!. Title roles: Sweeney Todd, Most
Happy Fella, The Music Man, Phantom and many Man of La
Manchas. Frequent appearances: San Francisco, Colorado, Cleveland,
Utah, Vancouver, Maui, Taipei, Hong Kong and San Diego Symphony
Orchestras, NY and Philly Pops. www.WilliamMichals.com
Patrick Page, Dom Claude Frollo
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: created the roles of
Valentina in Casa Valentina, Rufus Buckley in A Time to Kill,
Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin in Spider-Man:Turn Off
the Dark and The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.
Also on Broadway: King Henry in A Man for All Seasons
(with Frank Langella), De Guiche in Cyrano de Bergerac, Scar in The Lion
King, Decius Brutus in Julius Caesar (with Denzel Washington), Lumiere
in Beauty and the Beast, Marley/Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and The
Kentucky Cycle. Off-Broadway: Rex, Richard II, Duchess of Malfi and The
Sound of Music (Carnegie Hall). Regional: 25 years, including Associate
Artist at The Old Globe, where roles include Cyrano de Bergerac (Craig
Noel Award), Jeffrey Cordova in Dancing in the Dark (Craig Noel Award),
Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Michael in I Do! I Do!. Associate Artist at
The Shakespeare Theatre Company DC, where roles include Iago (Helen
Hayes Award), Coriolanus (Emery Battis Award), Macbeth, etc. For TV/
Film: The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, All My Children, One Life to
Live, Affluenza, Substance of Fire, Mystery of Matter, Flesh and Bone,
Michael and Saava. His awards include: Drama Desk & Outer Critics
nominations, Princess Grace, Helen Hayes, Richard Seff, Emery Battis,
Craig Noel, Joseph Jefferson, Princess Grace Statue, Matador Award for
Classical Theatre, William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre and
The Utah Governor’s Medal for the Arts.
Ciara Renée, Esmeralda
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. She has appeared on Broadway in
Pippin (revival) as Leading Player and in Big Fish as The Witch.
Her regional credits include Sondheim on Sondheim at Great
Lakes Theatre Festival, Lizzie Borden: The Musical, Chess and
Passing Strange at Playhouse Square, Carousel and Harvey at
the New London Barn and Les Misérables at the Fulton Opera House. She
is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University. @Ciararenee8
Anise Ritchie, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Leap of Faith (Center
Theatre Group, Broadway workshop); Tommy (San Diego
REP, Moonlight Theatre); Nightmare Alley (Geffen Playhouse);
Suds (Starlight Musical Theatre); Sammy, How the Grinch
Stole Christmas! (The Old Globe); Boomers, Festival of
Christmas (Lamb’s Players); Once on This Island, Caroline or Change,
Sparks (TheatreWorks); Dance on Widows Row, Blue (Lorraine Hansberry
Theatre); Sophisticated Ladies (Woodmeister Theatre); Show Boat (Townsend
Light Opera); A Grand Night for Singing, Smokey Joe’s Café (California
Conservatory); Beehive (Sierra Repertory Theatre); AfterShocks (San Francisco
Workshop); Little Shop of Horrors (Portland Civic Theatre). National Tours:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Menopause The Musical. European Gospel Tour:
Emmitt Powell and the Gospel Elites, New Beginnings Gospel. She has
appeared in many TV commercials, recorded many radio spots and is proud
to be a member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Vincent Rodriguez III, Congregant, Magic Consultant,
Dance Captain
is so excited & happy to be working on Disney’s The
Hunchback of Notre Dame! La Jolla Playhouse: Sonny u/s
and swing in Xanadu. NYC: DJ, Swing, Marcos/Aquino u/s
in Here Lies Love (Public); Pipe Dream (Encores!). National:
Luke in Anything Goes, 42nd Street. Regional: Irving Berlin’s White
Christmas (original cast & recording). TV: Series regular for a new musical
comedy pilot Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Showtime), costar in Hostages (CBS),
The Onion News. Much love & tremendous thanks to the HBND team,
Tara Rubin, my family, Jim & Greg. Proud graduate of PCPA Theaterfest.
www.VR3rd.com
Richard Ruiz, King Louis XI, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Off-Broadway: Two Gentlemen
of Verona – The Musical (Public Theater); Twelfth Night (Pig
Iron Theater). National Tours: Sweet Charity, Urinetown,
Man of La Mancha and Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional:
Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Old Globe); Cyrano (Folger
Shakespeare, DC); The Winter’s Tale (Yale Rep); ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore
(Baltimore Center Stage); Guys and Dolls (Long Wharf Theatre); Candide
(Arden Theatre, PA); Treasure Island (People’s Light and Theatre, PA); A
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Two Rivers Theatre, NJ); The Music Man (Lyric
Theatre, OK); American Night: the Ballad of Juan Jose (Yale Rep & Cal
Shakes) and Room Service (Westport Country Playhouse).
Andrew Samonsky, Captain Phoebus de Martin
appeared in the Playhouse’s world-premiere production
of Little Miss Sunshine. His Broadway credits include The
Mystery of Edwin Drood as Neville Landless, Scandalous
as Kenneth Ormisten (original cast recording) and South
Pacific as Lt. Cable, where he was seen on the Live from
Lincoln Center PBS broadcast. Samonsky appeared Off-Broadway in
Michael John LaChiusa’s Queen of the Mist as Frank Russell (Drama Desk
Award nomination, original cast recording) and the City Center Encores!
productions of Fiorello! and Merrily We Roll Along. Original productions
of Somewhere in Time (Richard, Portland Center Stage); Tales of the City
(Beauchamp, ACT) and Disney’s On the Record (original cast recording).
He is a soloist with symphonies across the country. TV: Elementary and
Guiding Light.
Brian Smolin, Congregant
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Regional: Romeo in Romeo and
Juliet (Chautauqua); Pulse (Guthrie); Home Sweet Home
(SATC); Titus Andronicus, She Stoops to Conquer, Elizabeth
I (UC San Diego). TV: Lights Out (FX), One Life to Live (ABC).
Education: M.F.A. Acting Candidate at UC San Diego.
Christian VillaNueva, Male Swing
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Some of Mr. Villanueva’s most
recent regional productions: Beauty and the Beast and
Tommy Djilas in The Music Man (Musical Theater West) and
Legally Blonde (3-D Theatricals). Also see Mr. Villanueva
under the alias “Chris Villain” on his viral YouTube Channel
that has received attention from networks such as Logo TV, New Now
Next, same-same Australia and many more! Thanks to God, his wonderful
family, as well as Dave and Natalie!
THE COMPANY
Alan Menken, Composer
Stage Musicals include God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Patch Patch
Patch, Real Life Funnies, Atina: Evil Queen of the Galaxy, Little Shop
of Horrors, Kicks: The Showgirl Musical, The Apprenticeship of Duddy
Kravitz, Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Weird Romance,
King David, Der Glöckner von Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, Sister
Act, Leap of Faith, Newsies and Aladdin. Film Musicals include Little
Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Newsies,
Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Home
on the Range, Enchanted and Tangled. Honors include 8 Oscars® (with
19 nominations), 11 Grammys® (including Song of the Year), 7 Golden
Globes®, the Tony® (with 5 nominations), the Olivier, the New York Drama
Critics Award, induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and a star
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Upcoming projects include the ABC
television musical series Galavant and a stage musical of A Bronx Tale.
Stephen Schwartz, Lyricist
is currently represented on Broadway by the music and lyrics for Wicked
and Pippin. He has also contributed music and/or lyrics to Godspell,
The Magic Show, The Baker’s Wife, Working (which he also adapted
and directed), Rags and Children of Eden. In addition to the Disney
animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame, he collaborated
with composer Alan Menken on the songs for Disney’s Pocahontas and
Enchanted. Other credits include the songs for the DreamWorks animated
feature The Prince of Egypt, the opera Séance on a Wet Afternoon​, and
collaborating with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s
Mass. For children, he has written songs for two musicals, Captain Louie
and Disney’s My Son Pinocchio. A book about his career, Defying Gravity,
has recently been released by Applause Books. Mr. S
​ chwartz i​s the current
president of the Dramatists Guild, and h
​ as been inducted into the Theatre
Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of
Fame. Awards include three Academy Awards®, four Grammy Awards®
and a tiny handful of tennis trophies. www.stephenschwartz.com
Peter Parnell, Book Writer
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Parnell most recently wrote the new book
for the Broadway revival of Lerner and Lane’s On a Clear Day You Can
See Forever starring Harry Connick, Jr. and Jessie Mueller. His plays
include Trumpery (Atlantic Theatre Company), QED starring Alan Alda
(Mark Taper Forum, Vivian Beaumont, LCT), a two-part stage adaptation
of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules (Seattle Rep, Taper, Atlantic;
American Theatre Critics Association Award). His other plays, Sorrows
of Stephen, The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket, Romance Language,
Hyde in Hollywood, Flaubert’s Latest and An Imaginary Life, were
first produced by the Public Theater and at Playwrights Horizons. For
television, Mr. Parnell was a co-producer for The West Wing (two Emmy
Award® citations) and a producer for The Guardian, Inconceivable, Six
Degrees and, most recently, The Lottery. His children’s book And Tango
Makes Three, co-authored with Justin Richardson, was an American
Library Association Notable Book, a Henry Bergh Award winner, and has
either headed or been on the ALA’s Top Ten List of Most Banned Books
from 2006-2013. Parnell has served on the Literary Award Committee of
PEN, and has taught writing at Dartmouth, the New School, Columbia,
the Yale School of Drama and currently at NYU. He proudly serves as
Vice-President of The Dramatists Guild.
Scott Schwartz, Director
La Jolla Playhouse: Jane Eyre. Broadway: Golda’s Balcony and Jane
Eyre (co-directed with John Caird). Off-Broadway: Murder for Two,
Bat Boy: The Musical (Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle Awards,
Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk Award nomination,
Outstanding Director of a Musical), tick, tick…BOOM! (Outer Critics
Circle, Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk nomination,
Outstanding Director of a Musical), The Foreigner starring Matthew
Broderick, Rooms: A Rock Romance, Kafka’s The Castle (Outer Critics
Circle nomination, Outstanding Director of a Play) and No Way to Treat a
Lady. He directed the world premiere of Séance on a Wet Afternoon at
Opera Santa Barbara and subsequently at New York City Opera. Other
recent credits: the world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s What We’re Up
Against, Much Ado About Nothing and Othello (Alley Theatre); the
world premiere of Secondhand Lions (5th Avenue); the world premiere
of Conviction starring Sarah Paulson (Bay Street Theater). Regional
theatres include: ACT, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Colorado Shakespeare
Festival, Dallas Theatre Center, Denver Center, Goodspeed, Old
Globe, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, PCPA, Philadelphia
Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Rubicon, Signature Theatre,
Theatreworks and others. Schwartz is the Artistic Director of Bay Street
Theater in Sag Harbor, NY and is a member of the Stage Directors and
Choreographers Society, an Associate Artist at the Alley Theatre and a
graduate of Harvard University.
Chase Brock, Choreographer
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
and Picnic. Off-Broadway: Irma La Douce, The Cradle Will Rock, Lost in
the Stars (Encores!); The Winter’s Tale, Much Ado About Nothing, The
Tempest, Venice (Public Theater); The Blue Flower (Second Stage, Lortel
nomination); Tamar of the River (Prospect); The Mysteries (Flea). TV: Late
Show with David Letterman and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Video
games: Dance on Broadway (Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Move). Opera:
Roméo et Juliette (Salzburger Festspiele). Dance: 26 dances for Mr.
Brock’s Brooklyn-based dance company The Chase Brock Experience.
Upcoming: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s Alice By Heart.
Michael Kosarin, Music Supervision/Incidental Music and
Vocal Arrangements
Broadway, 30+ years: Nine, Grand Hotel, Secret Garden, Beauty and the
Beast, King David, Mayor, A Chorus Line, Triumph of Love, Little Shop of
Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Leap of Faith, Sister Act, Newsies, Aladdin.
Film: Pocahontas, Hercules, Enchanted, Tangled, Manchurian Candidate,
Captain America and numerous others. TV: A Christmas Carol (Emmy
Award®, Outstanding Music Direction), Once Upon a Mattress, The Music
Man (Emmy® nomination), Galavant, Sesame Street, Wonder Pets (both
as composer). Records/concerts: Two Grammy® nominations, producer
of over 20 cast albums, arranger/performer Carly Simon (My Romance),
Barbara Cook (Tribute), Jane Krakowski (Live at Feinsteins).
Brent-Alan Huffman, Conductor, Music Director
Broadway: music director for Leap of Faith (directed by Christopher
Ashley), Sister Act; Assistant Conductor for Disney’s The Little Mermaid
and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; keyboards/piano on Disney’s The
Lion King and Grease!. National tour: conducted Sister Act, Little Shop
of Horrors and Beauty and the Beast. Associate Music Supervisor for
Sister Act (Sao Paulo) and Beauty and the Beast (Mexico City). Production
Music Coordinator for ABC Television’s The Music Man and Associate
Music Producer for NBC/Hallmark’s A Christmas Carol. Singer on Disney
Motion Pictures’ Enchanted and Tangled.
THE COMPANY
SACRA/PROFANA, Choral Ensemble
San Diego’s only year-round professional chorus, SACRA/PROFANA
was founded in 2009 by New York native Krishan Oberoi, who received
his Masters degree from the Yale School of Music in 2006. Described
by KPBS as “choral music for the iPod generation,” the dynamic choral
group has collaborated with the Chieftains, producer Carlton Cuse (of
ABC’s hit show Lost), Japanese composer Nobou Uematsu and many
other prominent creative minds. In addition to their popular crossover
work, SACRA/PROFANA has championed challenging works by such
composers as Arnold Schoenberg, György Ligeti and Ernst Krenek. The
ensemble’s debut album, Elegies & Ecstasies, was released in 2012, and
they recently completed the world premiere recording of when we were
children by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang.
Michael Starobin, Orchestrator
La Jolla Playhouse: Little Miss Sunshine. New York: If/Then, Annie, Dogfight,
Queen of the Mist, People in the Picture, Sondheim on Sondheim, Next to
Normal (Tony Award), Glorious Ones, Grinch, Adrift in Macao, Bernarda Alba,
Spelling Bee, Assassins (Tony Award), Tom Sawyer, A New Brain, A Christmas
Carol, Hello Again, Guys and Dolls, My Favorite Year, Falsettos, In Trousers,
Sunday in the Park with George, Once on This Island, Closer Than Ever, Legs
Diamond, Romance Romance, Carrie, Birds of Paradise, Rags, Three Guys
Naked and Von Richtofen. Films: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Life with
Mikey, Home on the Range, Tangled and Lucky Stiff.
Rob Berman, Dance Music Arranger
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Mr. Berman is music director of New York City
Center Encores!, for which he has conducted 18 productions including
Anyone Can Whistle, Merrily We Roll Along and The Most Happy Fella.
Broadway credits as conductor include Wonderful Town; The Pajama
Game; Irving Berlin’s White Christmas; Finian’s Rainbow; The Apple Tree;
Promises, Promises and 10 original cast recordings. For television, Mr.
Berman has been nominated for five Emmy Awards® for “The Kennedy
Center Honors” (CBS), winning in 2012 for Outstanding Music Direction,
and music directed “A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the
White House” for PBS.
Alexander Dodge, Scenic Designer
La Jolla Playhouse: Limelight. Broadway: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and
Murder (Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Present
Laughter (Tony® nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley and Hedda Gabler.
Off-Broadway: Piece of My Heart, Lips Together Teeth Apart, All New People,
Trust, The Water’s Edge (Second Stage); The Understudy (Roundabout); Paris
Commune, Measure for Pleasure (Public); Observe the Sons of Ulster… (Lortel
Award) and Chaucer in Rome (Lincoln Center). Upcoming: The Ghosts of
Versailles (L.A. Opera); La Rondine (Opera Theatre of St Louis); Kiss Me Kate
(Hartford Stage and The Old Globe). M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama.
Alejo Vietti, Costume Designer
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. New York: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
(Broadway). Also works for Radio City Music Hall’s Rockettes, Manhattan
Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater, Primary Stages, The New Group, MCC,
The Irish Rep and Cherry Lane Theatre, among others. Selected regional
credits include works for: Alley Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Hartford Stage,
The Guthrie Theatre, St. Louis Repertory, Signature Theatre, Philadelphia
Theatre Company, Williamstown, Pasadena Playhouse, Cincinnati
Playhouse, Paper Mill and Ford’s Theatre, among many others. Operatic
work includes Chicago Lyric Opera, New York City Opera, Minnesota
Opera and Wolf Trap Opera. Other: Ringling Brothers and Barnum and
Bailey’s. Recipient of the TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award.
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Howell Binkley, Lighting Designer
La Jolla Playhouse: Chasing the Song, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, Memphis, Xanadu, Cry-Baby, Zhivago, The Wiz, Private
Fittings, Palm Beach, Jersey Boys, The Farnsworth Invention, Dracula, Eden
Lane and How to Succeed... starring Matthew Broderick. Broadway works
include: After Midnight, A Christmas Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Magic/Bird,
How to Succeed... starring Daniel Radcliffe (2011 Tony nomination), Lombardi,
Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination),
Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In the Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Avenue
Q, The Full Monty, Parade and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony
nomination). Elsewhere: The Joffrey Ballet’s Billboards; Resident Lighting
Designer/Co-Founder, Parsons Dance. Six musicals in repertory for the
Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration. Awards: A five-time Helen Hayes
Award recipient, Mr. Binkley received the 1993 Olivier Award and Canadian
Dora Award for Kiss of the Spider Woman. 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award,
Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony Award® for Jersey Boys.
Gareth Owen, Sound Designer
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Awards include an Olivier Award for Merrily We
Roll Along, a Tony® nomination for A Little Night Music, a Tony® nomination
for End of the Rainbow, an Olivier nomination for Top Hat and an Olivier
nomination for End of the Rainbow. He is very close to celebrating his 200th
commercial musical sound design. Current shows include: Disney’s The
Little Mermaid worldwide; Sister Act in five countries; Hairspray around the
world; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast worldwide; the world premiere of I
Can’t Sing – The X-Factor Musical, Top Hat, Memphis and Woman in Black,
all in London’s West End; Evita and Spring Break in Las Vegas; Singin’ in the
Rain, Let It Be and Robin Cousins on Ice on tour in the UK; The Rocky Horror
Show on tour in Australia and the international arena tours of Cats, Strictly
Come Dancing, Grease, Glee Live and Jesus Christ Superstar. Mr. Owen has
a first class honors degree in Underwater Science from Plymouth University.
Steve Rankin, Fight Director
La Jolla Playhouse: Sideways, His Girl Friday, Yoshimi Battles the Pink
Robots, Bonnie & Clyde, Memphis, The Farnsworth Invention, The Wiz,
Zhivago, Palm Beach, Jersey Boys, Dracula: The Musical, The Who’s
Tommy, Elmer Gantry and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Broadway:
Memphis; Bonnie & Clyde; Guys and Dolls; The Farnsworth Invention;
Jersey Boys; Dracula; Henry IV, Parts I and II; The Who’s Tommy; Twelfth
Night; Two Shakespearean Actors; Getting Away with Murder; Anna Christie
and The Real Inspector Hound. Off-Broadway: The Third Story, Pig Farm,
The Night Hank Williams Died and Below the Belt. Stratford Shakespeare
Festival: The Who’s Tommy, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and
Cleopatra, Macbeth and Henry V. Metropolitan Opera: Rodelinda, Boris
Godenov, Faust and Iphegenie at Tauride. Mr. Rankin plays mandolin with
the New Folk Artist Susie Glaze and the HiLonesome Band.
Charles G. LaPointe, Hair and Wig Design
La Jolla Playhouse: Chasing the Song, Side Show, Sideways, His Girl
Friday, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, A Dram of Drummhicit, Peer
Gynt, Bonnie & Clyde and Memphis. Broadway: After Midnight, Beautiful,
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Soul Doctor, Motown, Jekyll
and Hyde, Clybourne Park, Bring It On, Newsies, The Columnist, Magic/
Bird, Bonnie & Clyde, The Mountaintop, Women on the Verge of a
Nervous Breakdown, Merchant of Venice, Memphis, Henry IV, Cymbeline,
Lombardi, Fences, Looped, Miracle Worker, Superior Donuts, 33
Variations, Guys and Dolls, In the Heights, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple,
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Good Vibrations, A Raisin in the Sun,
Of Mice and Men, The Elephant Man and Honeymoon in Vegas.
THE COMPANY
Tara Rubin Casting, Casting Director
Tara Rubin CSA, Eric Woodall CSA, Merri Sugarman CSA, Kaitlin Shaw
CSA, Lindsay Levine CSA, Scott Anderson. La Jolla Playhouse: Sideways,
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, The Nightingale, Most Wanted, The
Farnsworth Invention, The Wiz, Zhivago and Jersey Boys. Selected
Broadway: Bullets Over Broadway; Aladdin; Mothers and Sons; Les
Misérables; Big Fish; The Heiress; Ghost; One Man, Two Guvnors (US
Casting); Jesus Christ Superstar (US Casting); Hugh Jackman: Back on
Broadway; How to Succeed...; Promises, Promises; A Little Night Music;
Billy Elliot; Shrek; Guys and Dolls; The Farnsworth Invention; Young
Frankenstein; The Little Mermaid; Mary Poppins; My Fair Lady; Pirate
Queen; Spamalot; Jersey Boys; …Spelling Bee; The Producers; Mamma
Mia!; The Phantom of the Opera and Contact. Off-Broadway: Here Lies
Love, Old Jews Telling Jokes and Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional:
Sundance Theatre Lab, Yale Repertory, Kennedy Center, Paper Mill
Playhouse and The Old Globe.
Ursula Meyer, Vocal Consultant
Regional Credits: La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, South Coast
Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, The
Shakespeare Theatre Co. – DC, ACT – Seattle, Shakespeare Santa Cruz,
Utah Shakespeare Festival and 15 seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival. Awards: Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award – UC San Diego,
2007. Teaching: Yale School of Drama, University of California Santa
Barbara, University of Washington and currently UC San Diego since
1995. Training: M.F.A. University of Washington; Advanced Diploma in
Voice Studies – Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
Designated Linklater Teacher.
M. William Shiner, Production Stage Manager
La Jolla Playhouse: Jane Eyre, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Cosmonaut’s Last
Message..., Going to St. Ives, I Am My Own Wife and Diva. NYC: The
39 Steps; Measure for Measure, As You Like It (music by Steve Martin)
(Shakespeare in the Park); The Library (directed by Steven Soderbergh),
Titus Andronicus, Total Bent (Public). Internationally: Love’s Labour’s Lost
(RSC); House of Dancing Water (Franco Dragone). Regionally: Disney’s
The Jungle Book, Mary Zimmerman’s production of Candide (Huntington);
Oliver! (Trinity); Family Album (OSF). Resident PSM at Dallas Theater
Center and Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington DC. Education:
M.F.A. in Stage Management from UC San Diego. www.stagemanager.net
Becky Fleming, Assistant Stage Manager
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Newsies. Other NY credits include
Top Secret and Three Pianos (NYTW); Happy Sad and Tio Pepe (SPF
Festival). Regional: Many productions at Paper Mill Playhouse, including
Newsies world premiere; TOTS: Les Misérables, Annie, Oklahoma and
High School Musical; McCarter Theatre, Colorado Shakespeare Festival,
TUTS. Love and gratitude to my family.
Paper Mill Playhouse
Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director | Todd Schmidt, Managing Director
A beloved arts institution in Millburn, NJ since 1938, Paper Mill
Playhouse is consistently recognized for the high-quality artistry of its
re-imagined classic musicals as well as its commitment to supporting the
development of new works and the careers of Broadway’s best talent
and emerging artists. Paper Mill Playhouse boasts award-winning access
services, outreach initiatives, and training programs that impact more
than 50,000 students each year. Paper Mill productions have launched
national tours and gone on to Broadway, including Honeymoon in Vegas,
Les Misérables and Newsies, as well as television broadcasts and original
cast recordings. Please visit PaperMill.org.
Disney Theatrical Group (DTG)
DTG operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher and is among
the world’s most successful commercial theatre producers, bringing
live entertainment events to a global annual audience of more than 19
million people in more than 50 countries. Under the Disney Theatrical
Productions banner, the group produces and licenses Broadway musicals
around the world, including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Elton
John & Tim Rice’s Aida, TARZAN®, Mary Poppins (a co-production with
Cameron Mackintosh), The Little Mermaid, Peter and the Starcatcher and
Newsies. Aladdin is its most recent Tony Award-winning Broadway hit; its
most recent production is the critically acclaimed comedy Shakespeare
in Love in London’s West End. Other successful stage musical ventures
have included King David in concert, the national tour of On the Record,
several touring versions of Disney’s High School Musical and Der Glöckner
von Notre Dame in Berlin. DTP has collaborated with the country’s leading
regional theatres to develop new stage titles, including Mary Zimmerman’s
adaptation of The Jungle Book, and is proud to be working with La Jolla
Playhouse and Paper Mill Playhouse on The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
In addition, DTG licenses musical titles for local, school and community
theatre productions through Music Theatre International.
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Jennifer Kahn, Assistant Stage Manager
La Jolla Playhouse: Sideways, Little Miss Sunshine, Surf Report, Creditors
and the DNA New Work Series. National Tour: In the Heights. OffBroadway: Clara’s Christmas Dreams. Regional: Into the Woods, Time
and the Conways, Other Desert Cities, Allegiance, Richard III, As You Like
It, Inherit the Wind, Some Lovers, Six Degrees of Separation, Working,
Twelfth Night, Coriolanus and Cyrano de Bergerac (The Old Globe) and
many others. She holds a B.F.A. in Stage Management from USC.
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PLAYHOUSE LEADERSHIP
Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director
has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director since October, 2007.
During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s productions of Chasing
the Song, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Dram of Drummhicit, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Restoration and the acclaimed musicals Xanadu
and Memphis, which won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical.
He also spearheaded the Playhouse’s Without Walls (WoW) series and the
Resident Theater program. Prior to joining the Playhouse, he directed the
Broadway productions of Xanadu (Drama Desk nomination), All Shook Up
and The Rocky Horror Show (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle
Award nominations), as well as the Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration
productions of Sweeney Todd and Merrily We Roll Along. Other New
York credits include: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey (Lucille Lortel
and Obie Awards), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets
Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The
Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award), among
others. Mr. Ashley also directed the feature film Jeffrey and the American
Playhouse production of Blown Sideways Through Life for PBS. Mr. Ashley
is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award, the Drama League Director
Fellowship and an NEA/TCG Director Fellowship.
Debby Buchholz, General Manager
has served as general manager of La Jolla Playhouse since 2002. She is
a member of the Executive Committee and of the League of Resident
Theaters (LORT). In 2009, she received a San Diego Women Who Mean
Business Award from The San Diego Business Journal. Previously she
served as Counsel to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. She
was a faculty member of the Smithsonian Institution’s program on Legal
Problems of Museum Administration. Prior to the Kennedy Center,
she served as a corporate attorney in New York City and Washington,
D.C. She is a graduate of UC San Diego and Harvard Law School. Ms.
Buchholz and her husband, noted author and White House economic
policy advisor Todd Buchholz, live in Solana Beach and are the proud
parents of Victoria, Katherine and Alexia.
Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director
has served as Managing Director of La Jolla Playhouse since April, 2009.
During his tenure at the Playhouse, he has worked in partnership with
Artistic Director Christopher Ashley to produce 20 world premieres,
eight Playhouse commissions and the hit musicals Yoshimi Battles the
Pink Robots, Hands on a Hardbody and Little Miss Sunshine. He was
also instrumental in bringing the Page To Stage workshop of John
Leguizamo’s Diary of a Madman to the Playhouse, which transferred
to Broadway. Additionally, he fostered the growth of the Playhouse’s
award-winning Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour, achieving
the most performances at local schools in Playhouse history. Prior to the
Playhouse, Rosenberg was Co-Founder and Executive Director of Drama
Dept., a New York non-profit theatre company, where he produced new
works by the likes of Douglas Carter Beane, Warren Leight, Isaac Mizrahi,
Paul Rudnick and David and Amy Sedaris. He has been a part of the
producing teams for the Broadway productions of Grey Gardens and
American Buffalo and the national tour of Little House on the Prairie. He
currently serves on the board of the Theatre Communications Group.
Des McAnuff, Director Emeritus
served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director from 1983 through
1994, and from 2001 through April, 2007. Under his leadership, the
Playhouse garnered more than 300 awards, including the Tony Award for
Outstanding Regional Theatre. Playhouse to Broadway credits: Jersey
Boys (four Tony Awards), Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (Tony Award), How to
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (five Tony nominations), director
and co-author with Pete Townshend on The Who’s Tommy (Tony and
Olivier Awards for Best Director) and Big River (seven Tony Awards), among
others. Film credits: Quills, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The
Iron Giant (nine Animation Society awards) and Cousin Bette. Recipient
of the Drama League’s 2006 Julia Hansen Award, Mr. McAnuff served as
Artistic Director at Canada’s Stratford Festival from 2007 through 2012. He
recently directed the hit productions of Sideways, Yoshimi Battles the Pink
Robots and Jesus Christ Superstar at the Playhouse.
Chaired by Debby Jacobs
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STAFF
Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director
ARTISTIC
Resident Dramaturg Shirley Fishman
Director of New Play Development Gabriel Greene
Without Walls Associate Producer Marike Fitzgerald
Associate Producer Jessica Bird
Director Emeritus Des McAnuff
Executive Assistant to Christopher Ashley Rick VanNoy
Artistic Assistant Teresa Sapien
Commissioned Artists Mark Bennett, Keith Bunin,
José Cruz González, Kirsten Greenidge,
Quiara Alegría Hudes, Joe Iconis, Naomi Iizuka,
Aditi Brennan Kapil, Jon Kern, Erin McKeown,
Gregory S. Moss, Alfred Uhry, Charlayne Woodard
2013/2014 Resident Artist Robert Brill
Interns Marie Shelton, Mackenzie Ward
PRODUCTION
Production Manager Audrey Hoo
Associate Production Manager Benjamin Seibert
Assistant Production Manager Tarin Hurstell
Production Office Assistant Sarah Kolman
SCENE SHOP
Technical Director Chris Borreson
Assistant Technical Directors Mike Schwent, Curtis Green
Scene Shop Supervisor David Weiner
Draftsperson Tyler Grady
Staff Production Carpenters Kyle “Boo-Boo” Ahlquist,
Dominic DiGiovanni, Jeremy Luce, Preston Spence
Staff Carpenters Mihai Antonescu, William Bender, Matt Clark,
Danielle Dunne, David Garcia, Bill George, Sheldon Goff,
Jim Hopper, Nic Jackson, Scott Kinney, Dan Klebingat,
Justino Kullberg, Stephanie Lee, Mike McCullock,
Ty Meservy, Mongo Moglia, Clayton Nicodemus, Ed Pyne,
John Serbian, Don Dino Spezzini, Zane Whitmore
Shop Helper Doug Collind
PAINT SHOP
Charge Scenic Artist Joan Newhouse
Assistant Charge Artist Vicki Erbe
Scenic Artists Edee Armand, Dwaine Best, Melody Fisher,
Jessica Keiffer, Kevin Krekler, Eileen McCann,
Ashleigh Scott, Courtney Ware
PROPERTIES SHOP
Prop Master Debra Hatch
Associate Prop Masters Jeni Cheung, Jenny Fajerman
Prop Shop Foreman Will Widick
Lead Artisan Carlos Wauman
Props Artisans Bethany Johnson, Gerard Joseph,
Tim Nottage, Gabe Serbian, Traci Van Wyck
COSTUME SHOP
Costume Shop Manager Sue Makkoo
Costume Shop Foreman/Tailor Lissa Skiles
Drapers Elena Ham, Joan Mathison, Susan Sachs
Master Stitcher K-Joy Lehmann-Way
First Hands Jan Blankenship, Rebecca Fabares,
Claudia LaRue, Sarah Maisel, Joanna Stypulkowska
Stitchers Anne Armatis, Debbie Callahan, Nicole Christianson,
Yangchen Dolkar, Allison Elsey, Tina Fellows, Tracy Graham,
Jan Mah, Raquel Stewart, Sundus Yousif
Lead Craft Artisan Christy Jones
Craft Artisans Danielle Griffith, David Reynoso
Costume Shop Assistant/Design Assistant
Desiree Hatfield-Buckley
Costume Interns Megan Belknap, Abigail Caywood,
Paul Parnell
ELECTRICS
Lighting Supervisor Mike Doyle
Assistant Lighting Supervisor Kathryn Sturch
Staff Electricians Mike Lowe, Ramon Wenn, Matt Wilson
Electricians Kristyn Kennedy, Patricia Lesinski, Andrea Ryan
SOUND/VIDEO
Sound/Video Supervisor Joe Huppert
Sound Shop Foreman Steve Negrete
Playhouse Sound Engineer Chris Luessmann
Sound Technician Chad Goss
ADMINISTRATION
General Manager Debby Buchholz
Associate General Manager Jenny Case
Assistant General Manager Katherine Stout
Human Resources Specialist Nezam Etemadi
Corporate/Legal Counsel Robert C. Wright, Wright & L’Estrange
Theatre/Legal Counsel F. Richard Pappas, Esq.
Executive Assistant to Managing Director David Barnathan
Intern Kristen Darling
COMPANY MANAGEMENT
Company Manager Heather Losey
Assistant Company Manager Megan Alvord
Company Management Assistants Emma Latimer,
Jonathan Orara
FINANCE
Director of Finance John O’Dea
Comptroller Brian Bailey
Payroll/AP Tamara Tipps
Staff Accountant Vincent Ng
Production Accountant Sharon Ratelle
Network Specialist Mike Salapow
Interns Thuy-Minh Tran, Mark Wolcott
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development David W. Hanses
Sr. Associate Director of Development Erin Decker
Associate Director of Development,
Individual & Corporate Giving Bonnie Broberg
Associate Director of Development,
Special Events Rachel Terrones
Development Manager Sara Abernethy
Development Manager Annie Dawson
Corporate Relations Manager Alex Goodman
Assistant Manager of Development, Institutional Grants
Alexandra Kritchevsky
Assistant Manager, Special Events Caitlin Finch
Donor Engagement Coordinator Ryann Gaspara
MARKETING
Director of Communications Mary Cook
Director of Public Relations Becky Biegelsen
Associate Director of Sales & Marketing Mia Fiorella
Communications Specialist Grace Madamba
Database Specialist Steven Jirjis
Multimedia Designer Nancy Showers
Intern Tara Shoemaker
Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director
PATRON SERVICES
Associate Director – Patron Services Nikki Cooper
Patron Services Sales Manager Jordan Marrone
Patron Services Assistant Manager Travis Guss
Lead Patron Services Representative/Group Sales Specialist
Pearl Hang
Lead Patron Services Representative Danielle Smith
Patron Services Representative/UCSD Coordinator
Alexandra Ancira
Patron Services Representatives Mike Brown, Radames Gil,
Jaime Trevizo
Patron Services Sales Specialist Paul Preston
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Director of Education & Outreach Steve McCormick
Associate Director of Education & Outreach Alison Urban
Education & Outreach Coordinator Marisol Ferrá
Audio Describers Mernie Aste, Brian Berlau, Joanne Brook,
Tina Dyer, Shari Lyon, Kay O’Neil, Helen Warren Ross,
Deborah Sanborn, Janet Schlesinger, Sylvia Southerland,
Susan Weekes
ASL Interpreters Hilda Colondres, Lynn Ann Garrett,
Anelia Glebocki, Alycen Haneyoworth, Suzanne Lightbourn,
Billieanne McLellan, Geri Wu
Teaching Artists Catherine Hanna, Rachel Hoey,
Blake McCarty, Erika Phillips, James Pillar, Cynthia Stokes
2014/2015 STUDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS
Chair Camryn Burton
Vice-Chair Gabi D’Amico
OPERATIONS
Director of Operations Ned Collins
Operations Associate Jen McClenahan
FRONT OF HOUSE
House Manager John Craft
Assistant House Managers Samantha Beckhart,
Katherine Cordova, Amy Marquez, Renee Tolson
Janitorial Professional Maintenance Systems:
Cesar Diaz, Luis Mena, Maria Mena
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Staff
Production Carpenter Kyle “Boo-Boo” Ahlquist
Assistant Production Carpenter Jeremy Luce
Automation Operator William Bender
Deck Crew Danielle Dunne, Stephanie Lee
Prop Runner Carlos Wauman
Wardrobe Supervisor Debbie Callahan
Wig Supervisor Lisa Chan-Wylie
Dressers Debbie Allen, Rich Corder, Leighann Enos
Moving Light Programmer Sean Beach
Light Board Operator Mike Lowe
Spot Operators Kristyn Kennedy, Tricia Lesinski
Sound Engineer Dave Horowitz
Audio 2 Chris Luessmann
Audio 3 Jim Zadai