Wayne Bryan, Producing Artistic Directorpresents the

MUSIC THEATRE WICHITAproduction of

Book by Music and Lyrics by DAVID I. STERN STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

”When You Wish Upon a Star” and “I’ve Got No Strings”Music by LEIGH HARLINE, Lyrics by NED WASHINGTON

from the Walt Disney Motion Picture PINOCCHIOStarring

NICHOLAS F. SAVERINE EMILY VARGO SHAUN-MICHAEL MORSE STEVE HITCHCOCK

and TOPHER CUNDITH as Pinocchio Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Hair and Makeup Designer

J BRANSON TIIA E. TORCHIA DAVID NEVILLE DAVID MUEHL TAYLOR MALOTT

Scenery, Props and Costumes Designed and Created by MUSIC THEATRE WICHITA

Properties Master Millinery Designer Paint Shop Charge Artist Technical Director Asst. Prod. Manager

MARIA LEON MEGAN REED KATRINA MILLER AJ KELLISON MITCHELL SOUTHERLAND

Costume Shop Manager Rentals Director Production Manager Company Manager / Assoc. Producer

DEBBIE ROBERTS MARY SUE DYMAK JEFF TAYLOR NANCY REEVES

Production Stage Manager Stage Manager Additional Musical Arrangements Associate Choreographer

AMANDA K. BOWMAN TIFFANY K. ORR JESSE WARKENTIN CASEY BAGNALL

Musical Director / Conductor Choreographer THOMAS W. DOUGLAS AMY BAKER SCHWIETHALE

DirectorWAYNE BRYAN

Disney’s MY SON PINOCCHIO is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials supplied are also supplied by MTI, 421 West 54th St., New York, NY 10019

Phone 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

Music Theatre Wichita is a proud member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre.

The entire run of Disney’s MY SON PINOCCHIO is sponsored by Spirit Aerosystems.

1Special needs matinee presented by: The Lattner Family Foundation

Disney’s

Rosa .................................................... Jessie PeltierViola....................................................Cameron HillArancia ................................................Sarah QuinnSue ......................................................... Katie BarnaThe Blue Fairy ...................................Emily VargoGeppetto ............................Nicholas F SaverinePinocchio ....................................Topher CundithSignora Giovanni ..........................Ximone RoseStromboli ...................... Shaun-Michael MorseBernardo ........................Jared Thomas RobertsMaria...................................................Caitlin BelcikProfessor Buonragazzo .......Steve HitchcockJunior ...............................................Edward SturmPig ......................................................Jeremy SeinerLamb ...................................................Ximone RoseFox .........................................Carolyn Anne MillerMother Fox ......................................Kat GeertsenHorse ......................................Trevor McChristianRingleader ......................................... Avery SmithRoustabouts............................ Kyle McClellan, Kevin Nietzel

Villagers, Travelers, ParentsCassie Austin, Caitlin Belcik, Quintan Craig, Aaron Patrick Craven, Lexis Danca, Patrick Garr, Kat Geertsen, Erik Hernandez, Willie Hill, Trevor McChristian, Kyle McClellan, Carolyn Anne Miller, Kevin Nietzel, Tanner Pflueger, Christiani Pitts, Jared Thomas Roberts, Jon Paul Roby, Ximone Rose, Jeremy Seiner, Avery Smith, Halli Toland, Gina Ward, Daisy Wright

Young LadiesHadasa Barmor, Teresa Collins, Julia Douglas, Ava Graves, Grace Heinrichs, Hannah Kintzel, Brookelyn Lindley, Maddie McVey, Ella Owen, Adelyn Stultz, Hilary Tallman, Aailyah Williams

Young GentlemenAri Barmor, Ze’ev Barmor, Jake Castillo, Camdin Hardyway, Thomas Higgins, Zakaria Jalal, Keegan Johnston, Carson Kindle, Edward Sturm, Jesse Theademan

Dance Captain .............................. Cassie Austin

Nicholas F. Saverine and Stage Managers Amanda K. Bowman and Tiffany K. Orr appear with Music Theatre Wichita through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors. Music Theatre Wichita operates under a U/RTA agreement with Actors’ Equity Association.

The 2015 Trust Company of Kansas Teen Choir(pre-show entertainment, onstage 30 minutes before curtain time)

Musical Director ..........................Linda StarkeyStaging Director ..........................Joshua LarsonMusical Associate ........................ Helen Griffin

ApprenticesPaint ............................................................................... Taylor Baer, Hannah Bowen, Chaela HerronCostumes ......Daniel Carney, Jeffrey DuBey, Alyssa HersheyElectrics ............................................Milton DoddStage Management ................................................ Katelyn Hageman, Sierra Myers, Abby SchweikertHair and makeup ..................................................... Sophie Glasgow, Charlotte Rippy

Special Thanks to Sam Hill for “Nose Magic”!

Cast of Characters (in order of appearance)

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Musical Numbers

When You Wish Upon a Star..........................................Rosa, Viola, Arancia, Sue, The Blue FairyToys ...........................................................Geppetto, Town Children, Town Mothers, Town FathersEmpty Heart ...........................................................................................................................................GeppettoRise and Shine ...................................................................................................... Rosa, Viola, Arancia, SueGeppetto and Son ........................................................................................................Geppetto, PinocchioWhen You Wish Upon A Star (reprise) ..................................................................................... PinocchioEmpty Heart (reprise) .......................................................................................................................GeppettoI’ve Got No Strings ..........................................................................Pinocchio, Stromboli, MarionettesBravo Stromboli ......................................................................................................Stromboli, MarionettesJust Because It’s Magic .............................. The Blue Fairy, Rosa, Viola, Arancia, Sue, GeppettoSatisfaction Guaranteed .........Professor Buonragazzo, Junior, and the Residents of IdylliaBravo Stromboli (reprise) ..................................................................................Stromboli, MarionettesPleasure Island .......................................................Ringleader, Roustabouts, Pinocchio, CompanyGeppetto and Son (reprise) .....................................................................................Geppetto, PinocchioSince I Gave My Heart Away ............................ Geppetto, The Blue Fairy, Pinocchio, CompanyFinale ........................................................................................................................................................Company

The MTWichita OrchestraTrumpet / Cornet / Flugelhorn ......................................................David HunsickerTuba .........................................................Phil BlackViolin ................................Adrienne DoughertyBass ..................................................Eric CrawfordMandolin / Guitar .............Kendall WohaskaAccordian .........................................Donn SalyerDrums / Percussion .........Ginger Zyskowski 

* Orchestra personnel appear in cooperation with the Wichita Federation of Musicians’ Association, Local No. 297, American Federation of Musicians, Russ Widener, Local Contractor.

Keyboards ...................................... Helen GriffinRehearsal Pianist ......................Garrett WelchMusical Associate .............Chuck Koslowske

PLEASE BE COURTEOUS TO YOUR FELLOW AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND THE PERFORMERS. Disconnect pagers, beepers, and cellular phones. Anyone using a portable device for texting or any form of electronic communication will be asked to leave. No refunds will be issued. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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Simple MachinesPinocchio’s limbs act together to form simple machines or levers, and you use your arm as a lever all the time. A first-class lever must have three parts or properties to function: It must have 1) Effort (the muscle in your arm), 2) a Load (whatever you’re holding or moving), and a Fulcrum (your elbow joint). One way to remember how a simple lever works is to think that there is some magic at to it, as an E.L.F. (Effort, Load, Fulcrum) might provide.

There are levers being used everywhere. Does your seat in the theatre fold? All of the costumes in Pinocchio were made with scissors, which are levers. And on the playground, a teeter-totter is probably the best example of a lever at work. Can you see other levers at work around you?

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Pinocchio Name SearchSome of the words and names used in My Son Pinocchio have become scrambled in the ocean: STrOmbOlI, GePPeTTO, PInOCChIO, blue FAIry, PuPPeT, whAle, DOnkey, TOyS, and STrInGS . Can you find them? (words may be written forward, backward,

vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Solution on page 10.)

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Design Your Own PuppetIf you could design your own puppet, what would it look like? would it be tall, or short? would it have long arms or short? use the space below to sketch or draw a design for your puppet.

AND WHAT ELSE?If you were able to wave a magic wand and have your puppet suddenly come to life, there would probably be a lot of questions (not to mention explaining to adults how this happened–lOl). here are a few things you might want to consider. use the blanks to fill out your answers.

what would its first words be?

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what would its favorite food be?

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Are there foods your puppet doesn’t like?

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what would its name be?

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what would it like to do for fun?

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what book would be its favorite?

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Does your puppet attend school? If so, where?

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Does your puppet have a favorite game to play?

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This is certainly not a test. be creative with your answers. remember, this is your puppet!

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Pinocchio is a great story, full of all kinds of lessons about honesty, growing up, and accepting responsibility. here are a few... Can you spot them during the show?

• Tell the truth. Pinocchio’s nose grows every time he tells a fib. kids might not know it, but parents are very good at spotting a “nose that keeps growing.”

• Be careful what you wish for. Geppetto asked that Pinocchio become the son he’d always wanted. he had no idea just how much mischief little boys (and girls) can get into.

• Being real means doing things for others. Once Pinocchio starts to settle down and attend to Geppetto’s needs, he becomes a real boy. becoming a real person means that you put other people’s concerns before your own.

• Stay focused. Pinocchio wanted badly to become a real boy, but he was easily distracted and was constantly getting into trouble. Are there times when you have lost track of what your job or chore was, being distracted by a video game, the TV, or another person?

Things we can learn from My Son Pinocchio

How Long, How High? Ways to measure things are right at your fingertips!Do you know how tall you are? not in feet and inches, but in hands? yes, you can use your hand as a unit of measurement. Spread your fingers all the way out, then use the distance between the tip of your thumb and the tip of your pinky finger to measure almost anything. So how many “hands” tall are you?

Don’t stop there. how many pinky fingers wide is your shoe? how many fists is the distance between your knee and the floor? (This works really well because you can use two fists at the same time!) If you have to move a chair from a room, will it fit through the door? Check it with the “hands” measure.

In your classroom, choose a friend (let’s say emma for instance), and ask her to stand in as a unit of measurement. how many emmas long is the classroom? how many emmas wide is it? how many square emmas is the room? with a piece of string to measure emma’s height (we don’t want her standing on the furniture or anything), use it to determine how many emmas high the celing is.

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learn more about building healthy relationships for kids and teens at http://startstrong.futureswithoutviolence.org

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Solutions Administrative Staff Producing Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Bryan – wayne@MTWichita.orgProducing Associate/Company Manager . . . Nancy Reeves – nancy@MTWichita.orgFinance Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vickie Kline – vickie@MTWichita.orgSpecial Programs Director . . . . . . . . . . . .Angela Trotter – angela@MTWichita.orgPatron Services Director/Box Office Manager . Joshua Larson – josh@MTWichita.orgRentals & Inventory Director. . . . . . . . . . Mary Sue Dymak – msd@MTWichita.orgDevelopment Director . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Cassette– acassette@MTWichita.orgProduction Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Taylor – jeff@MTWichita.orgAdministrative Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah See – mtwassist@MTWichita.org

Administrative OfficeCentury II, 2nd Floor225 W. DouglasWichita, KS 67202316-265-3253316-265-8708 FAXwww.MTWichita.org

Box OfficeMay 18 through August 9Century II Concert Hall Lobby225 West Douglas, Wichita, KS 67202316.265.3107

Box Office and Front of HouseBox Office Manager: Joshua LarsonHouse Managers:Cathy Monger Duncan, Vicki SanchezAssistant Box Office Manager: Halston StrangeTicketing Associates: Alex Castaneda, Ari Chandler, Eric Moody

HoursPerformance Weeks:Monday & Tuesday: 10:00am-6:00pmWednesday through Saturday: 10:00am-intermission. Sunday: Noon through intermission of evening show. Dark Weeks:Monday through Friday: 10:00am – 6:00pm

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Pinocchio Name Search (from page 4)

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New Permanent Exhibit for PreschoolersOpening Weekend Saturday, Sept. 12 and Sunday, Sept. 13In this immersive space, children 5 and under will: • Plant a garden. • Climb through the gigantic Seed to Sun wall. • Fix a tractor. • Crank water to fill a cloud, then watch it “rain.” • Build a windmill. • Go to a farmer’s market. • And more!Visit www.exploration.org for details!

Geppetto (Nick Saverine), Pinocchio (Topher Cundith), and the Blue Fairy (Emily Vargo) listen to a pitch from Stromboli (Shaun Michael Morse).

Geppetto (Nick Saverine) watches as Pinocchio (Topher Cundith) struts his stuff, singing I’ve Got No Strings, while villagers (Trevor McChristian, Cassie Austin, Jeremy Seiner, Caitlin Belcik, Gina Ward, and Tanner Pflueger) look on.

Autographs:If you have a chance, seek out your favorite actors after the show and maybe you can get an autograph.

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