Coronado Playhouse’s 73rd Season: Adventure | Journey | Discovery

Storytellers:Young Woman, Fishmonger ..................................................................................Dani BalmatOld Woman, Captain, Patron, Boatswain 2 ......................................................Kira BlaskovichPerry, Butcher, Bartender ................................................................................. Ryan BurtanogLlewellyn ...................................................................................................................Marc CaroMatheson, Fine Lady 1 ..................................................................................Russell ClementsMickey, Callahan, Fine Lady 2 ................................................................................ Daryl DaleyMabelu, Ben, Dog ........................................................................................................ Joe KaoOld Man .......................................................................................................... Jacob SampsonBartley, Boatswain 1 ............................................................................. Heather Barton TjalmaCookie, Solomon, Rooster, Clerk ................................................. Santiago Valencia-Northrup

The Old Man and The Old Moon Band:Acoustic Guitar ............................................................................................................... Emily NuthallAcoustic Guitar, Banjo ..................................................................................................... Dani BalmatKeyboard, Accordion ..............................................................................................................Joe KaoKeyboard .................................................................................................................... Kira BlaskovichViolin ........................................................................................................................ Russell ClementsPercussion ...............................................................................................Santiago Valencia-Northrup

The Time and Place: Some time ago, on the land and on the sea

Running Time: The Old Man and the Old Moon runs 1 hour and 45 minutes

including a 15 minute intermission.

AnnouncementPlease turn off all electronic devices and cell phones during the performance. Restrooms are located in the recreation center near the front desk. If you need to exit during the performance, please use the rear exit of the theatre as light from the hallway interferes with the performance.

THE VIDEOTAPING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW AND ACTIONABLE FEDERAL OFFENSE

THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON is presented by arrangement with Broadway Licensing

PRESENTS

City of CoronadoCity of Coronado Building Inspector &

Fire Marshal Coronado Recreation Services and

Community Center StaffCoronado School of the ArtsHeather Deerfield and Fredericka Manor

Retirement Community

Kyle Waterman and San Diego Junior Theatre

Dale GoodmanSpecial thanks to parents, spouses,

significant others, family, and friends whose love and support helped make this production possible.

Acknowledgements

Book, Music and Lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co.

Director .........................................................................................................Desha CrownoverMusic Director .......................................................................................................Ian BrandonResident Producer .............................................................................................. Anthony ZeligResident Production Stage Manager ....................................................................Kathy ParksAdditional Orchestrations & Vocal Arrangements .................................................Ian BrandonSet & Prop Designer ....................................................................................... Jacob SampsonLighting Designer .................................................................................................Chad OakleyCostume Designer ................................................................................................Lisa SamsonPuppet Designer ................................................................................................Joe FitzpatrickMovement Choreography .........................................................................................Marc CaroBody Percussion .......................................................................... Santiago Valencia-NorthrupLighting Tech ...............................................Cynthia Bloodgood, Chad Oakley, Anthony Zelig Lighting Board Operator ..................................................................................... Anthony ZeligSound Mixer .....................................................................................................Harrison LangeSeamstress ...........................................................................................................Lisa SamsonSound Consultant .....................................................................................Matt Lescault-WoodMaster Carpenter ..................................................................................................... Stan SothSet Construction ................................................................................Chad Oakley, Stan SothSet Dressing/Painting ....................................................................................Duane McGregorMarketing and Graphic Design ...........................................................................Barron HenzelProduction Photography ..................................................................................... Ken JacquesLobby Photography ...............................................................................................Pete ShanerPromotional Photos and Video ..............................................................................Pete ShanerAdditional Video ............................................................................................... Robert StewartPoster Distribution ............................................................................ Stacy Mycorn, CompanyConcessions ............................................................................................. Harry A. Granruth IIIFOH Manager ........................................................................................................Pam EverettUsher Coordinator ......................................................................................... Janis VanderfordBox Office .................................................................................Susan Skyrud, Kristy ConnardProduction Manager ........................................................................................... Anthony ZeligManaging Theatre Director ....................................................................................Katy Skyrud

Production Team and Theatre Staff

On behalf of the Coronado Playhouse Board of Directors and Staff, WELCOME TO CORONADO PLAYHOUSE! Thank you for being a part of our production of The Old Man and the Old Moon!CPH has a long theatrical tradition. Since 1946, volunteers have put on productions here and have done so continuously for 73 seasons. We thank you for being a part of our great history.To our Members and our Donors, your support helps make this all possible! To our Volunteers, you keep the Playhouse going! In addition, to our Patrons, without you, who would we perform for?We are excited to be finalizing our 2020 season – the announcement will be made at the upcoming 2019 Membership meeting.Since 2013, we have been partnering each productions with a local non-profit charity organization. Our aim is to heighten awareness of these groups and raise funds

to assist in their good works. For our last production, Cabaret we partnered with two groups. A book drive was held for the Coronado Library and we collected funds for the Anti-Defamation League of San Diego. I am proud to report that due to your generosity, several hundred books and CDs were collected and well over $5000 was collected for ADL!Our Charity Partner for The Old Man and the Old Moon is the Emilio Nares Foundation. This fine group supports children and their families going through cancer treatments. Their main area of support is providing transportation for the children to be able to get to their treatments. If not for this service, many of these children would miss their treatments due to the lack of transportation or the long bus rides needed. Please help us help them, as we all give back to our community.Pamela Everett CPH Board Member

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Musical Numbers

ACT ONESONG FROM THE STONETHE RAIN WILL FALLTHE SAILOR’S ANTHEMTHE RAIN WILL FALL (REPRISE)SAIL FOR LOVESAIL FOR LOVE (REPRISE)

ACT TWOJUST LIKE THE SEAPRISON FISH INTERLUDE 1PRISON FISH INTERLUDE 2PRISON FISH INTERLUDE 3I CRASHBREMEN

Coronado Playhouse is the Community’s TheatreCoronado Playhouse is committed to giving back to the local community, beyond offering quality entertainment, by using its public platform to help those in need.

During the run, Coronado Playhouse is raising money and awareness for the Emilio Nares Foundation, helping families navigate their child’s journey with cancer. They assure that no child misses their cancer treatment due to lack of transportation.Please visit enfhope.org for more information.

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“We are debris arrangers. Equipped with what we have inherited, we try to make a life, make a living and make art. We are assemblers. We forge received parts into meaningful compositions. This state of affairs is our plight and our destiny, but it also offers the opportunity to find

meaning as well as to find communion with others.” — Anne BogartI’ve heard it said that all storytelling can be distilled down to two plots: a man takes a journey and a stranger comes to town. Every fable, film, or book whether elaborate or straight-forward can be whittled down to either of these sentences. Whether or not you agree, I think it’s safe to say that most often it’s the way we tell the story that makes it so engaging, and not necessarily the plot itself. Consider these one sentence summaries of famous stories without the power of their narrative:

• A boy befriends a bearded hermit and two robots, goes into space, kisses his sister and kills his dad. (Star Wars)

• Two teenagers fall in love and consequently six people die. (Romeo and Juliet)

• A couple of tiny little blokes take three long books to return a piece of unwanted jewelry (The Lord of the Rings)

• Angsty prince broods, seemingly goes crazy, and kills many, including his uncle, who had killed his father and married his mother. (Hamlet)

• The hero Achilles spends ten years punching people in the face. (The Iliad)

Well-told stories have entertained us, taught us, motivated us, and brought us together as a community for as long as humans have had the power to communicate. What do we need to tell a good story?We need energy.Theatre theorist and stage director, Anne Bogart, in regard to storytelling, says not to underestimate “the role of enthusiasm. If you look at the word enthusiasm etymologically, it means to be filled with God...you can’t fake enthusiasm, it has to be cultivated and

developed. It involves getting to work in your lives and your relationships on the artform the you’re working in, and it’s your job to cultivate that enthusiasm, because without it there are no legs and feet.”

We need imagination. PigPen Theatre, the group who created this beautiful piece, talks about what’s outside of the screen:“There is nothing more interesting than something that is just out of sight. The idea of keeping something just out of sight is central to all great storytelling. Good storytelling provides the audience a space to engage with their imaginations. Every time we open the doors to a new audience, we’re really meeting a new group of collaborators for the first time and the show can change immeasurably depending on what the audience takes or gives to each performance. It’s easy to forget the creative role that an audience can play when it engages with the performance.” We need a reason to tell stories. Storytelling is one of the single most important traditions that human beings participate in. Our enthusiasm and imagination are sparked when we have something important we need to say, and how we say it can be the difference between obsolescence and legacy. Unfortunately, in being transparent in our own personal stories, we run the risk those stories may get twisted and re-told through cynical, suspicious filters; for many, the price of being authentic is ridicule or worse. However, if we are able to overcome these fears, we find that the opposite is also true: the more personal our reasons to share a story, the more universal they become. Storytelling builds bridges that connect us to the best and worst parts of each other.We need collaboration.Storytelling does not work without the storytellers or someone to tell the story to. I am so grateful to have worked with this enthusiastic, imaginative, impassioned group of storytellers. Designers, singers, actors, musicians, and artists have all come together to tell this story in their own way, and we are eager to present it to you, the final element we need to complete this story, our audience. Thank you for collaborating with us and sharing this unique experience. —Desha Crownover

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Cast Bios (In alphabetical order)

DANI BALMAT (Young Woman/Fishmonger) is excited to make her Coronado Playhouse debut in The Old Man and The Old Moon. Other credits include Heathers the Musical (Off Broadway Theatre Company), Into the

Woods and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (San Diego Junior Theatre).

KIRA BLASKOVICH (Old Woman/Captain/Patron/Boatswain 2) is thrilled to be back at Coronado Playhouse with such a fun team! Since moving to San Diego she has had the pleasure of working with Coronado

Playhouse and Lamplighters Theatre. Previously, she has enjoyed working with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater and Labyrinth Theater Company. An actor, teacher and writer, she is blessed with the constant love and support of her husband and daughter. Kira received her BA from Berkeley and her MFA from ACT.

RYAN BURTANOG (Perry/Butcher/Bartender) is excited to return to Coronado Playhouse after appearing as Fester in The Addams Family and Horton in Seussical the Musical. Select credits: South

Pacific (San Diego Musical Theatre), The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Les Misérables (STAR Repertory), In the Heights, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Patio Playhouse), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse), The Test (San Diego Fringe

Festival), La Pastorela de Plata (Teatro Máscara Mágica), The Me Nobody Knows (SDSU), Broadway Rocks! (San Diego Symphony).

MARC CARO (Llewelyn) is delighted to be back at Coronado Playhouse with this talented group of artists. Previous CPH credits: Wickersham in Seussical (Blue Ribbon Award) and Mark

in A Chorus Line. Other credits include: She Loves Me (SRT), Shockheaded Peter and Supers (Cygnet), Avenue Q and Reefer Madness (OB Playhouse), La Posada Magica (HAT) and The MENding Monologues (Innermission Productions).

RUSSELL CLEMENTS (Matheson/Fine Lady 1) is ecstatic to be back at CPH! Past credits include Character Actor in Bullshot Crummond (OnStage Playhouse), Actor 1 in Baskerville

(Scripps Ranch Theater), Paige/Achmed in Magic in this Soul, Pepper/Robert in Untold (SD Fringe), Banquo in Macbeth, Oatcake in Much Ado About Nothing, Clown in The 39 Steps (CPH), Derrick in Know More!, John N in Failure: A Love Story, Pappy in And Then They Came for Me, Faustus in Tragical History of Dr. Faustus and others. Phil 4:4

DARYL DALEY (Callahan/Mickey/Fine Lady 2) SPONSORED BY DARLENE DALEY is happy to be back on the Coronado Playhouse stage after appearing in The Addams Family last year. Other

appearances at CPH include Girl Bear in Avenue Q, Turtle in A Year with Frog and Toad, Mary Sunshine in Chicago, Beauty in Sleeping Beauty or the Famous Rose Taboo as well as ensemble roles in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Seussical the Musical, Godspell, Spamalot, TBLWIT and The Drowsy Chaperone.

JOE KAO (Mabelu/Ben/Dog) is excited to be returning to Coronado Playhouse for such a creative production led by an incredible creative team. Past shows include Joseph and the Amazing

Technicolor Dreamcoat at Coronado Playhouse (2018) and Mamma Mia at Encore! Theater (2019). He would like to thank the cast, crew and the production team for their support and Dr. Julie Wong for her past training. Thank you for supporting live theater. Instagram @itsjoekao.

EMILY NUTHALL (Acoustic Guitar) is thrilled to be returning to the stage providing music for her debut show at Coronado Playhouse! Her favorite past roles include: Gretchen in Boeing Boeing (Centre

College), Dana in The Sweetest Swing in Baseball (Centre College) and Brianna in In The Event of My Death (Farm Theatre Collaboration).

JACOB SAMPSON (Old Man/Set & Prop Designer): This marks Jacob’s sixth production with CPH, most recently designing Macbeth. Jacob is a native San Diegan and lifelong theatre

junkie. He received a BFA in theatre arts

from Stephens College before moving to NYC where he worked as a properties carpenter/artisan. Jacob spent two summers with Santa Fe Opera as a properties carpenter and now works in the prop department at The Old Globe. Thank you for your continued support for the arts.

HEATHER BARTON TJALMA (Bartley/Boatswain/Rebel/Sailor) is over the moon to be playing with this amazing group of performers. She was last seen on the CPH stage in the ensemble of Guys and

Dolls. Previous CPH credits include Muzzy in Thoroughly Modern Millie and as Jewel in The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. She would like to thank the director and creative production team for allowing her to be part of this playful adventure. She looks forward to her next project with CPH and hopes you enjoy the show.

SANTIAGO VALENCIA-NORTHRUP (Cookie/Solomon/Rooster/Clerk) is honored to be making his debut with Coronado Playhouse. He is a San Diego-based actor, percussionist

and motivational performer. Previous credits include Angelo (Measure for Measure), Petruchio (Taming of the Shrew), and Don Jon (Much Ado about Nothing). He has traveled around the world with the ensemble percussion group Crew over the last year and is glad to get back into the full of acting with such an inspiring show. Santiago would like to thank his family and friends for supporting him, as well as his mentor, Chris Rubio.

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DESHA CROWNOVER (Director) is an award-winning stage and musical director with over 75 shows to her name, ranging from intimate black-box style plays to fully-staged musicals. She has had the opportunity to direct, teach, and perform across the country for the past twenty-five years where her work has been commended by such theatre notables as Edward Albee, Ming Cho Lee, Patricia Zipprodt, and Timothy Near. She holds a Master’s degree in Theatre from SDSU and a B.A. in Theatre with an emphasis in Performing from UCSD and has served on the teaching faculty of SDSU, Cuyamaca College, and Santa Fe Christian Schools teaching music, acting, theatre history, public speaking, and speech and debate. Her work as a playwright has been produced at UCSD, SDSU, and Santa Fe Christian Schools, as well. Desha currently serves as the Artistic Director of San Diego Junior Theatre where she has taught and directed for the past twenty years. She is honored to be back at CPH where she has directed Seussical, The 39 Steps and last season’s Macbeth.IAN BRANDON (Music Director) recently moved to San Diego from London where he worked as a Music Director, Composer, Vocal Arranger, Orchestrator and Actor in the West End and on the London Fringe. Musical Direction credits include: Cabaret (Coronado Playhouse), Ragtime (Arena Stage, Washington D.C.), Spring Awakening (Chelsea Theatre), Ishq

(Sadlers Wells), Violet (Young Vic), Scales of the Unexpected, (Edinburgh Festival, European Tour), Children of Eden, Once On This Island, The Wiz (Bridewell Theatre), Her Aching Heart (Hope Theatre), Forever Plaid, Starting Here Starting Now, Working (Upstairs at the Gatehouse) and Pippin (The Kings Head & Arts Depot). He has written original music for numerous short films, plays and recordings and his songs have been performed in the West End and Off-Broadway.ANTHONY ZELIG (Resident Producer & Production Manager) is excited to be working with such a talented and special group of artists. After 24 years in New York, working on and off Broadway, he is very happy to have made his way to San Diego and found a home at Coronado Playhouse. Previous CPH credits include designing lights for four recent CPH shows as well as producing our recent productions of Guys and Dolls, Bare: In Concert and Cabaret.CHAD OAKLEY (Lighting Designer) At Coronado Playhouse: Set Design: Cabaret. Lighting Design: Cabaret, King Charles III, Altar Boyz, A Chorus Line, Sordid Lives, A Little Night Music, Chicago, 42nd Street. At other theaters: Lighting and Set Design: Xanadu, Spike Heels, Spring Awakening, Play It Again Sam, Coyote on a Fence, Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story (OnStage Playhouse), And then There Were None (Pickwick Players). Lighting Design: Cabaret (Ion theatre), Frankie and Johnny

Creative Team Bios

in the Claire de Lune, As Bees In Honey Drown, November, Blithe Spirit, the Glass Menagerie (OnStage Playhouse) and many more...LISA SAMSON (Costume Designer) is a graduate of UCSB and a recovering theatre mom with a passion for theatre and costuming that dates back to her childhood days at San Diego Junior Theatre. She is very happy to be returning to Coronado Playhouse for The Old Man and the Old Moon, after doing costumes for Macbeth last fall. She also recently worked on costumes on Seussical at San Diego Junior Theatre. She would like to thank Desha and CPH for continuing to offer her opportunities to express her creativity. JOE FITZPATRICK (Puppet Designer) was the theater manager and a performer for the Puppet Theater in Balboa Park for 16 years. As a singer, Joe last performed in the Burt Bacharach Cabaret at Coronado Playhouse in 2018. He was the puppet master for The Tempest and Macbeth at the Old Globe, Avenue Q at OB Playhouse and Little Shop

of Horrors and Avenue Q at Coronado Playhouse.

KATHY PARKS (Resident Stage Manager) is delighted to be working with this great cast and crew on such a creative and heart-warming show. Kathy has worked backstage on numerous shows at Coronado Playhouse, Trinity Theatre Company, Pickwick Players and Ocean Beach Playhouse. She is grateful to her friends and family for their continued love and support.

HARRISON LANGE (Live Sound Mixer) is excited to be back at Coronado Playhouse after working on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Follies last season. Some of his other credits include Addams Family Jr (CPMA), The Lion King Jr (CYT), Alice a New Musical (CYT+), Beauty and the Beast Jr (CYT), Hairspray (JCC), Madagascar Jr (CYT), and Traditions of Christmas (CCT). He also was the assistant director for Junie B Jones (UPSES).

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Thanks to our Board of DirectorsBarron Henzel (President)Katy Skyrud (Treasurer)Anthony Zelig (Secretary)

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Coronado Playhouse Government & Foundation Support

CROWN PRODUCER - $25,000 and aboveMichael & Cauleen Glass

CROWN SPONSOR - $5,000 and aboveLeonard Hirsch

SPONSOR - $2,500 and aboveTom Haine & Pat Fitzmorris

CROWN DONOR - $1000 and aboveDolores BankerBoynton Family FundKathy DenkTom Fitzpatrick & Barron HenzelNance & Mark HunterJoseph Bell & Bobbi HutchinsonRalph JohnsonChristina Paine-RossThe Jim & Midge Peltier

Charitable FundJackie SuittPatricia & Christopher Weil

Family Foundation

DONOR - $500 and aboveHarry Granruth III & Katy SkyrudScott KolodStephen & DJ McLaughlinBeverly ScaranoBill Speer & Marsi SteirerNancy StoneAnthony Zelig

BENEFACTOR - $250 and aboveBradford BatesGladys Beit-IshooSusan BolandDiane CarpinelliIn memory of Sue HenrySteve JensenChristine KiffmannSharon LapidRaymond & Patricia LynchJacquelyn McCoy & Jim LareJohn & Pippa MooreJulia QuerinStan & Shirley SothSkip & Kim ThaelerJanis Vanderford

Tom Welch

PATRON - $125 and aboveAnonymousBruno BosardiLes & Lyn CampbellCol. & Mrs. Ralph CantrellLois & Charles CostaJoe DaRosa &

Mary Alice GonsalvesDavid & Susan HagstromEn-Shen Kuan & Donald ButtsTricia & Michael LockeSean Paul BoydArlynn RenslowHelen Robinson & Sarah RobinsonGary and Kathy SmithMarilyn StenvallRobert & Yukiko WennerholtJames Wylie & Lenelle Wylie

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Jennie Gray ConnardMichael HernandezUrsula KantorEleanor KippermanVirginia La ChancePat & Dan McDonoughMichelle MojicaWayne Murphy & Mark PetersonChris PowellBarri SandersJames & Sondra SeerightPaulette and Cecil ShufflerSusan SkyrudJeannette SpaffordShemane SteppeNancy J. TaylorMarvin TjalmaNorri TuroftGarner Saguil & Kirk Valles

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INDIVIDUAL - $50 and aboveMadeline AriasRay AriasSuzanne BairMaurine BeinbrinkJohn CoutureDesha CrownoverJennifer CunninghamMichele DamodaranMike DavisVanessa DinningRobert & Dorothy DraperJohn L. DrehnerPenny DrozdElaine EdwardsLinda FarrellEdward & Joy FloydJulian FriesenConrad GisigerRosemary HarrisonRon HoytGina & Todd HoytBernard KalscheuerSara LangerNancy LanhartDelia LozoyaSusan MaxwellSue McNaryDunia MoraChristopher MoracheStacy MycornBobbie PaulJacquel PrelgoviskEvan PruittJordanna RoseMrs. Don RosenblattFrances SchlomKaye SchneiderBarbara SeagrenPete ShanerPat ShankMarie SilvermanLouise StreckerVirginia SyversonBarry Zemel

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