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SET DESIGNERMIKE WINKELMAN***

This entire season sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Repertory Theatre is a fully professional non-profit LOA/LORT Theatre company on contract with the Actors’ Equity Association that proudly employs members of the national theatrical labor unions. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. ***Member of United Scenic Artists.

The Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation • Naomi Bloom & Ron Wallace • Dinah Bloomhall • Alexandra BremnerBruce & Janet Bunch • Gholi & Georgia Darehshori • Mary & Hugh Denison • Ellie Fox • David Fritz/Cruise Everything

Dr. & Mrs. Mark & Lynne Gorovoy • John Madden • Sue & Jack Rogers • Arthur Zupko

STARRINGensemble member

BRENDAN POWERS*and

ANNE CHAMBERLAIN* • DEON’TE GOODMAN • CASSANDRA HLONG • LAURA HODOS*KATRINA MICHAELS • T.J. WAGNER* • BRUCE WARREN* • EVAN ZIMMERMAN*

DIRECTED BY JASON PARRISH, ensemble member

LIGHTING DESIGNERTYLER M. PERRY***

COSTUME DESIGNERDINA PEREZ***

2 0 1 6 - 1 7 G R A N D S E A S O N S P O N S O R S

FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE

2 0 1 6 - 2 0 1 7 S E A S O NHISTORIC ARCADE THEATRE • FORT MYERS RIVER DISTRICT

ROBERT CACIOPPO, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

P R E S E N T S

ASST. STAGE MANAGERRACHAEL BECHTEL

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERAMY L. MASSRI*

ensemble member

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

ASST. SOUND DESIGNERRHIAN FRANCHEBOIS

SOUND DESIGNERJOHN KISELICA

SPONSORED BY SAM GALLOWAY FORDMEDIA SPONSOR: FLORIDA WEEKLY

ASST. COSTUME DESIGNERKIM GRIFFIN

SOUND ENGINEERJOSH SCHACHT

MUSICAL DIRECTOR VICTORIA CASELLACHOREOGRAPHER JENNIFER BYRNE

(in order of appearance)Rona Lisa Perretti...................................................................................................LAURA HODOS*†

Chip Tolentino.................................................................................................EVAN ZIMMERMAN*†

Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere.............................................................KATRINA MICHAELS*†

Leaf Coneybear...........................................................................................................T.J. WAGNER*†

William Barfée.....................................................................................................BRUCE WARREN*†

Marcy Park.....................................................................................................CASSANDRA HLONG*†

Olive Ostrovsky..........................................................................................ANNE CHAMBERLAIN*†

Vice Principal Douglas Panch.........................................................................BRENDAN POWERS*†

Mitch Mahoney..............................................................................................DEON’TE GOODMAN*†

MUSICIANSKeyboard.........................................................................................................VICTORIA CASELLA*†

2nd Keyboard................................................................................................ROSALIND METCALF*†

Reeds................................................................................................................MATTHEW PODELL*†

Percussion...........................................................................................................HUNTER BROWN*†

* †TIME & PLACE

A high school gymnasium. The present.

THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

The Actors & Stage Manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

CAST

*** *†Member of Florida Repertory Theatre’s Ensemble of Theatre Artists. See page 23 for the entire ensemble.

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SONG LISTACT ONE

The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee....................................................................The CompanyThe Rules...............................................................................................................................Panch and SpellersMy Favorite Moment of the Bee.........................................................................................................RonaMy Friend, The Dictionary..........................................................................................................Olive and CompanyPandemonium........................................................................................................Panch, Chip, Mitch, and SpellersI’m Not That Smart..........................................................................................................................................LeafMagic Foot........................................................................................................................Barfée and CompanyPandemonium (Reprise).....................................................................................................Mitch, Chip, and CompanyMy Favorite Moment of the Bee (Reprise).....................................................................................................RonaPrayer of the Comfort Counselor..................................................................................Mitch and Company

ACT TWOChip’s Lament.................................................................................................................................................ChipWoe is Me............................................................................................................Logainne, Carl, Dan, and CompanySpelling Montage.................................................................................................................Panch and SpellersI’m Not That Smart (Reprise)...............................................................................................................................LeafI Speak Six Languages..........................................................................................................Marcy and CompanyThe I Love You Song.............................................................................................................Olive and Olive’s ParentsWoe is Me (Reprise)....................................................................................................Logainne, Mitch, and CompanyMy Favorite Moment of the Bee (Reprise)...........................................................................................................RonaSecond....................................................................................................................Barfée, Olive, Rona, and CompanyFinale..................................................................................................................................................Company

ANNE CHAMBERLAIN* (Olive Ostrovsky) is so excited to get to work with Florida Rep for the first time and on this beautiful show! Recent credits include: Carrie in Carrie: the Musical (Slow Burn Theatre), Athena in Rock Odyssey

(Adrienne Arsht Center), Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broward Center for the Performing Arts), Kathleen in Ragtime (Actors Playhouse), Josephine/Monica in Romance/Romance (Strauss Theatre), Natalie in Next to Normal (Slow Burn Theatre), and Cinderella in Into the Woods. (Strauss Theatre). Anne is originally from Miami and happy to come home to Florida during some of the coldest winter months in New York. She holds a BFA from the New World School of the Arts. Much thanks to Jason and Bob for this wonderful opportunity and also to my incredibly loving and supportive parents. Jer. 29:11 www.annechamberlain.com

DEON’TE GOODMAN (Mitch Mahoney) has spent the past year working professionally both in California and New York City and is excited to begin his work with Florida Repertory Theatre. His most recent accomplishments include his work with

Stephen Schwartz in a workshop of The Prince of Egypt and the success of his one-man show, PSA, which he performed in California. Other credits include: The Dryer/Bus (Caroline, or Change), George (Stop Kiss), Tom Collins (RENT), Black Dude (The Toxic Avenger), Featured Soloist (The Lost Colony), and Hans (Cabaret). He has also landed principle roles in many operas, including Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei, and Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. Deon’te holds a BM in Classical Voice from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

CASSANDRA HLONG (Marcy Park) is incredibly humbled to join the Florida Rep family with her Florida Rep debut! A North Carolina native, she holds a B.A. in Dance, from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Credits include:

National Tour of A Chorus Line, Connie Wong; Atlanta Lyric, A Chorus Line, Maggie Winslow; Serenbe Playhouse, Miss Saigon, Gigi Van Tranh; Legacy Theatre, Footloose, Rusty; Norwegian Cruise Line Principal Singer. Special, special thanks to Jason and Justin for believing in me and putting me on this

exhilarating spelling bee train. Dedicated to Chevy Martinez, the real Marcy Park; to Anthony Obnial, for your one-of-a-kind-direction and jesus-reading that landed me the job. @cass9823 proudly Chinese and Montagnard. Spread love, live gratitude, play too much.

LAURA HODOS* (Rona Lisa Peretti) is thrilled to be appearing at Florida Repertory Theatre! She’s the 2016 Silver Palm award-winner for her work in The Toxic Avenger (Actors’ Playhouse), Romance/Romance (Slow Burn

Theatre Company), The Will Rogers Follies (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), A Minister’s Wife (GableStage), and 1776 (Palm Beach Dramaworks). Laura is also the winner of the Miami New Times Critic’s Choice for Best Supporting Actress of 2016, a BroadwayWorld Best Actress in a Musical award for her protrayal of John Adams in Mad Cow Theatre’s all-female 1776, and a six-time Carbonell Award nominee. Laura has written and performed nine solo cabarets, the latest of which, JULIE AND MARY AND ETHEL AND BABS, performed to sold out houses in Maine, North Carolina, and Florida. She’s been a soloist with the Orlando Philharmonic, the Jacksonville Symphony, the Sarasota Orchestra, and the Klezmer Company Jazz Orchestra, and she is delighted to have shared the stage with Tituss Burgess, Laura Osnes, Jeremy Jordan, Faith Prince, Davis Gaines, Maureen McGovern, Shelley Burch, Andrea McArdle, Jason Robert Brown, and Donna Murphy, and has performed at Radio City Music Hall and Lincoln Center. Laura is often seen in plays and musical theatre around the country, as well as being the voice of the International Flower and Garden Festival and Starlight Holidays at Disney World. Proud member of AEA. www.LauraHodos.com

KATRINA MICHAELS (Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere) is utterly thrilled to be returning home to Florida Rep after playing Ruth in Tribes in 2014. She recently starred as Molly Aster in Orlando Shakespeare’s

Peter and the Starcatcher, a show she will shortly be returning to at the Eagle Theatre in NJ. Other credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia/Snout /Peaseblossom), Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Hoi Polloi (Pinkie), A Little Night Music (Petra), and Rhinoceros (Daisy). Thank you so much to Bob, Jason, and the whole Florida Rep team for always supporting, challenging and delighting me! I’m eternally grateful! To see more, visit www.katrina-michaels.com!

CREATIVE TEAM

BRENDAN POWERS*† (Vice Principal Douglas Panch) Select Florida Rep credits over the past eight seasons include The House of Blue Leaves, The Mousetrap, The Cocktail Hour, A Christmas Story, The Unexpected Guest, Dividing the Estate, Around

the World in 80 Days, The Fantasticks, Doubt, Opus, Boeing-Boeing, and The Glass Menagerie. He is married to fellow Florida Rep ensemble member Rachel Burttram and also serves as a Development Associate. Other credits include the Tony Award-winning play, Art, and The Big Knife, both with Alec Baldwin, the Noel Coward revue, Oh, Coward! at Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre, God of Carnage, August: Osage County, Our Town, Arsenic and Old Lace, and numerous others. TV work includes FBI Agent Rick Cranston on Graceland (USA Network) and David Weller in the Netflix original series, Bloodline, starring Sissy Spacek. He can also be seen driving the big blue Cadillac in a series of national commercials for Alabama Road Trips. His cartoon captions have been winners for various contests including The New Yorker, Hartford Courant, Denver Post, Moment Magazine, Clinical Psychology, Inside Higher Ed, and the Greensboro News-Record.

T.J. WAGNER* (Leaf Coneybear) is feeling super-sonic about making his Florida Repertory Theatre debut in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. T.J. was recently seen Off-Broadway in Measure for

Measure (Bryant Park), A Midsummer Nights Dream (Access Theatre), On Your Mark (47th Street Theatre), and Far From Canterbury (Soho Playhouse). Regional Credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Red, Ragtime (Hangar Theatre), Othello (Ithaca Shakespeare), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Hope Summer Repertory). T.J. is a recent graduate of Ithaca College and a proud AEA member. A big thank you to Jason and Robert, and to T.J.’s family for their unwavering support. @tjwagner tjwagner.net

BRUCE WARREN* (William Barfée) is psyched to return to Florida Rep after appearing in Around The World in 80 Days in Season 17. Let’s not get it twisted, folks… this time he means serious business! Off-Broadway: The Road

to Qatar! (Farid/ Claudio) at the York Theatre - Original Cast Recording. North American Tours:

The Wizard of Oz (Uncle Henry/ Oz Guard/ Nikko, the flying monkey), 25th Anniversary Cats (Gus/ Growl Tiger/ Bustopher Jones), and First National Oklahoma! (Jud Fry u/s). Select Regional: Sweeney Todd (Beadle Bamford), Peter and the Starcatcher (Bumbrake/Teacher), Hound of the Baskervilles (Dr. Watson), Oliver Twist (Mr. Bumble), Little Shop of Horrors (Orin Scrivello, et al), Tom Jones by Mark Brown (Blifil/ Susan), Spamalot (Sir Robin), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (William Barfée), The Producers (Franz Liepkind), Drowsy Chaperone (Aldolpho), Anything Goes (Moonface Martin). TV: Pokémon (Magnus). He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College. “Huge thanks to Jason & Bob!” www.BruceWarrenOnline.com

EVAN ZIMMERMAN* (Chip Tolentino) is thrilled to be making his Florida Repertory Theatre debut with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! Recent credits include Off Broadway: Delirium’s Daughters (Theatre Row), Far From Canterbury

(SoHo Playhouse), On Your Mark (47th Street Theatre). Regional credits: The Cherry Orchard, Lucky Stiff (Greenbriar Valley Theatre), Boomer (Manhattan Rep); YAGMCB (NCT Company), Seussical the Musical (Boothbay Playhouse). Evan is a graduate of Otterbein University and a proud member of AEA. When Evan is not on stage he spends his time behind a camera photographing the stage. Sending love and thank-you’s to his amazing and ever supportive family. @evzmm www.evanzimmerman.com

JASON PARRISH† (Director) is now in his 12th season with Florida Rep as an Ensemble Member and the company’s Associate Director. His over thirty appearances with the company include The House of Blue Leaves, Over the River and Through the Woods, The Dingdong, Twelve Angry Men, Around the World in 80 Days, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Clybourne Park, 2014’s nationally-acclaimed production of Arsenic and Old Lace, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and six years in The Santaland Diaries. His directing credits with Florida Rep include A Christmas Story, The Fantasticks, Tru, [title of show], and The Shape of Things, as well as Miss Nelson is Missing, Journey to Oz, Schoolhouse Rock Live, How I Became a Pirate, The New Kid, and The Mischief Makers for Florida Rep’s Theatre for Young Audiences Series. His work with other theatres as an actor and director includes Actors’ Playhouse (Miami), Riverside Theatre (Vero Beach), Theatre by the Sea & Ocean State Theatre Company (Rhode Island), and the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concert Series at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall.

CREATIVE TEAM

CREATIVE TEAMVICTORIA CASELLA (Musical Director/Keyboard) is very pleased to return to Florida Rep as Musical Director. She was last here as Musical Director/Arranger for Fascinatin’ Gershwin two seasons ago. Past MD credits: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Full Monty, Romance/Romance, The Taffetas (Theater Barn- Summer Stock- Berkshires); Fascinatin’ Gershwin (Florida Stage); Anything Goes and Urinetown (Bergen County Players). Recent acting credits: Susanna (Season Two Daredevil, Netflix); Mrs. Aaronson (The Gold, New York Musical Festival 2016).

JENNIFER BYRNE (Choreographer) was most recently seen as Barbara Demarco in Florida Rep’s production of Shear Madness. Off Broadway: Nevermore (Original OB Cast), Evil Dead the Musical (Original OB cast/recording), It’s Karate, Kid: the Musical! (NYIT Nomination), Pirates of Penzance (Lortel), Fairy Tale Christmas (World Premiere, NYC Fringe). Regional: Light in the Piazza (freeFall, Theatre Tampa Bay Award; Best Featured Actress in a Musical), On The Town (FLMTF), Open Road (Powerhouse), A Chorus Line (Maltz Jupiter), Closer Than Ever (Riverside), Lombardi (OSTC), Legally Blonde (MGR), Bernarda Alba (freeFall), Cabaret (freeFall), The 39 Steps (TBTS), The Drowsy Chaperone (Gateway), The Rocky Horror Show (Lyric Theatre), Smokey Joe’s Café (Bethesda), Seven Brides… (Carousel). Proud member: AEA, SAG/AFTRA, CAEA. Squeezes to family and friends. www.jennifer-byrne.com

RACHAEL BECHTEL (Asst. Stage Manager) is a graduate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received her BFA in Technical Theatre. Rachael is thrilled to have moved to Fort Myers to be a part of Florida Repertory’s 19th season as a stage management intern! Recent productions as an assistant stage manager include Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, Best of Enemies, The House of Blue Leaves, and To Kill a Mockingbird. She would like to thank her family and friends for their endless support.

HUNTER BROWN (Percussion) is a local musician, performer and educator. He has worked at many theaters in Florida including Florida Studio Theatre, American Stage, Manatee Performing Arts Center and now Florida Rep! Recently he was the musical director for Florida Rep’s Education production of Big River and played drums for Florida Studio Theatre’s production of Million Dollar Quartet. He is also known in the Sarasota/Tampa area as a musical Improv/children’s Improv educator. He is so excited to be playing percussion for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

RHIAN FRANCHEBOIS (Asst. Sound Designer) is a first-time intern at Florida Repertory Theatre. She recently graduated from Flagler College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts. This is her first job after college, and she hopes she pleases your ears.

KIM GRIFFIN (Asst. Costume Designer) graduated from Baylor University with a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology with an emphasis in Costume Design and a Music Minor. She began her career designing costumes for the Baylor Opera Theatre as the resident costume designer for four years. She has worked as a designer and assistant designer for Baylor Theatre, Waco Civic Theatre, Performing Arts Supply Company, Theatre Under The Stars, Houston Family Arts Center, and Ohio Light Opera. She was on tour with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey as the Head Seamstress and traveled the country by train. She is currently the Assistant Costume Supervisor and Resident Assistant Costume Designer here at Florida Rep where she has designed Romeo & Juliet, Miss Nelson Is Missing, and the upcoming production of Big River.

JOHN KISELICA (Sound Designer) is a graduate of West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in lighting and sound design. He is the Resident Sound and Lighting Designer for Endstation Theatre Company in Central VA and acts as the Lighting and Sound Supervisor for year round consultation and project specific work. He has worked on a national tour, Buddy: the Buddy Holly Musical, as the master electrician after a contract with Royal Caribbean International as a stage technician. Commercial theatrical work includes installing Prodigy Hoists, an automated rigging system from Electronic Theatre Controls. In addition to his seasonal position with Florida Rep, John continues to freelance in the professional, academic, and community theatre circles.

AMY L. MASSARI*† (Production Stage Manager) is pleased to be returning for her eighth season as Florida Rep’s resident stage manager and an ensemble member. Amy has been a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for the past 28 years, working in some of the country’s finest regional theatres: the Alley Theatre (Houston, TX), the Dallas Theatre Center (Dallas, TX), Stage-West (Springfield, MA), the Pioneer Memorial (Salt Lake City, UT), and Queens Theatre in the Park (New York, NY). Among her favorite Florida Rep productions are The Dingdong, Split In Three, The Fantasticks, Lend Me a Tenor, August: Osage County, Sylvia, and God of Carnage. Amy has been happily married to her husband of 20 years, Michael. Michael is a terrific partner, teacher, and father to their children Jesse Cheyenne and Caleb Dakota.

CREATIVE TEAMROSALIND METCALF (2nd Keyboard) taught vocal music for 25 years in a New Jersey public high school, retiring in 2013 and relocating to southwest Florida. She has been musical director/accompanist for the Theater Department of Rowan University in New Jersey, including their Summer Children’s Theater program; musical director/accompanist for the theater program at Cumberland County College; and worked extensively as musical director/accompanist for over 40 years in theater productions throughout the southern New Jersey area.

DINA PEREZ*** (Costume Designer) is a freelance costume designer in the San Diego area, as well as regionally throughout the United States. She is very excited to return for her fourth design at Florida Rep! Recently, she received the Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Showcase grant sponsored by OPERA America, for her team’s project proposal for The Cradle Will Rock. Credits include Shear Madness, Becky’s New Car, Too Marvelous for Words, and Around the World in 80 Days (Florida Rep), Triassic Parq: The Musical (Off-Broadway), The Glass Menagerie (Bartlett Theater), Deathtrap (Triad Stage), The Foreigner and The Comedy of Errors (Texas Shakespeare Festival), Hairspray (McLeod Summer Playhouse), and Così fan tutte (A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute). Upcoming: The Snow Queen, American Premiere at Tulsa Opera. Special thank you to Murdock, as always! Education: MFA Costume Design, University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Proud member of United Scenic Arts, Local USA 829. www.dinaperezdesigns.com

TYLER M. PERRY*** (Lighting Designer) is a Manhattan-based designer and excited to join the company at Florida Rep! NYC: The Wild Party, Adding Machine: a Musical, A Man of No Importance (b-side Productions); Schooled (FringeNYC, Time Out New York’s Critics’ pick), The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, Learned Ladies, The Crucible, Spring Awakening (Atlantic Acting School). Selected Regional: Trick or Treat (Northern Stage); Avenue Q, Damn Yankees (Ocean State Theatre); The Fantasticks, Hairspray, Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre); Dancing Lessons (Geva Theatre Center); Peter and the Starcatcher, I and You, Venus in Fur, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, The Whipping Man, Opus (Kitchen Theatre Company); Urinetown, The 39 Steps, Stage Kiss, Lend Me Tenor (Cider Mill Playhouse). Web & TV: Fox Sports 1, AOPA Live, ABC, Bravo TV, and Monumental Sports Network. BFA Ithaca College. Member: United Scenic Artists Local 829. www.tylermperrydesign.com

MATTHEW PODELL (Reeds) is a saxophonist based out of Fort Myers, Florida. Matthew recently has performed with Texarkana Symphony Orchestra (TX) Longview Symphony Orchestra (TX) and the SFA Swingin’ Axes Jazz Ensemble. In addition to his demand as a saxophonist, he also is in high demand as a clarinetist and flutist. He teaches privately as well as master classes around the state of Florida. Matthew received his Masters degree in 2016 in Saxophone Performance at Stephen F. Austin State University where he is studied renowned saxophonist Dr. Nathan Nabb. Matthew also received a Bachelor’s in Music Education at Stetson University in 2014.

JOSH SCHACHT (Sound Engineer) is happy to be taking part in his first production for Florida Rep. Working as a sound engineer for over 15 years, he has had experiences what have taken him around the world. Tours include Broadway shows such as Miss Saigon, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Blast! Josh has also held positions at North Shore Music theatre in Beverly, MA and Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach, FL. After a nine-month hiatus, cruising and living aboard a sailboat, he is very pleased to jump back into musical theatre.

MIKE WINKELMAN*** (Set Designer) is a Distinguished Teaching Professor and Ida Belle Young Scholar at Auburn University Montgomery and has also been named an Outstanding Alumni of the University of North Texas. As a freelance designer, Mike has designed the scenery and/or lighting for such esteemed companies as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Barter Theatre (Abingdon, VA), Blowing Rock Stage Co. (Blowing Rock, NC), the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina (Hilton Head, SC), the Eclipse Theatre (Chicago, IL), Candlewood International, the Texas Shakespeare Festival, the Temple Theatre (Sanford, NC), Mill Mountain Theatre (Roanoke, VA), the Springer Opera House (Columbus, GA), West Virginia Public Theatre, Dallas Repertory Theatre, the Alabama Dance Theatre, the Montgomery Ballet, and the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts. He has also won 2 Lois Garren Awards for Design Excellence, had several Kennedy Center/ACTF Awards and was nominated for Chicago’s “Jeff ” Award for his design of Lost in Yonkers. Mr. Winkelman is also the owner/operator of First Tech, L.L.C., and, along with his wife Val, is the proud parent of two daughters, Emily and Courtney.

T I C K E T S

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American Actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of theatre as

an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL THEATRES ASSOCIATION (FPTA) is a statewide organization of professional theatre companies and theatre professionals

interested in the development and promotion of professional theatre throughout Florida. Florida Repertory Theatre is a proud FPTA member theatre.

THE NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK is the country’s alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions

the development, production, and continued life of new plays. The NNPN strives to pioneer, implement, and disseminate ideas and programs that revolutionize the way theaters collaborate to support new plays and playwrights. Florida Repertory Theatre is proud to be an Associate Member of the National New Play Network.

Florida Repertory Theatre is a member of THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (TCG), the national organization for the American Theatre.

SPECIAL THANKS: Aaron Martin • Molly Gooder

Justin P. Cowan/University of North Carolina Greensboro

Don Abbott & Greg Longenhagen/Abbott Productions

Rollins College Costume Shop

MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser, and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic

theatrical resources to over 70,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.

REBECCA FELDMAN (Conceiver) conceived The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for which she won a Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk and Tony Nomination for Best Musical. She directed its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company in the summer of 2004. Rebecca conceived, directed, and performed in C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, the play upon which Spelling Bee is based, with her company The Farm.

WILLIAM FINN (Composer/Lyricist) is the writer/composer of Falsettos (two Tony Awards: Best Book [with James Lapine] and Best original Score). He has written/composed In Trousers (L.A. Drama Critics Award), March of Falsettos (Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Musical, L.A. Drama Critics Award). Falsettoland (two Drama Desk Awards and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical), Romance in Hard Times (Public Theater), A New Brain (Lincoln Center/ Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical) and Elegies: A Song Cycle (Lincoln

Center) He graduated from Williams College, where he was awarded the Hutchinson Fellowship in Musical Composition.

RACHEL SHEINKIN (Librettist) Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Tony, Drama Desk awards); Off Broadway: Striking 12 (Lucille Lortel nomination), Off-Off: Serenade. Regional: Guthrie, Little House on the Prairie; Center Theater Group, Sleeping Beauty Wakes (Los Angeles Ovation Award); London: Blood Drive. Residencies, fellowships, commissions include: Eugene O’Neill National Theater Center, Baryshnikov Dance Foundation, MacDowell Colony, Manhattan Theatre Club, Deaf West, McCarter Theatre, Playwrights Horizons. Rachel is a volunteer mentor for TDF’s Open Doors program, a visiting instructor at Yale School of Drama, and adjunct faculty member of NYU’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program.

ABOUT THE WRITERS

Wardrobe Supervisor: Brittany Staudacher • Lighting/Sound Board Operator: Justin BeetsAsst. Technical Director: Savannah Relos

Understudies: Jimmy Capek, Ashley Chesler, Nate Ritsema, Alexis Slocum,Brady Wease, Sarah Katherine Zanotti

Dance Captain: Bruce Warren

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