Season 08/09YOUR FAVORITE ENTERTAINERS, YOUR FAVORITE THEATER

The City of Cerritos gratefully thanks

our 2008–2009 Season Sponsors

for their generous support of the

Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.

2008–2009 Season Sponsors

If your company would like to become a Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts sponsor, please contact the CCPA Administrative Offices at (562) 916-8510.

Benefactor$50,001-$100,000José Iturbi Foundation

Patron$20,001-$50,000National Endowment for the Arts

Partner$5,001-$20,000Bryan A. Stirrat & AssociatesChamber Music Society of DetroitLos Cerritos CenterNew England Foundation for the ArtsPreserved TreeScapes International, Dennis E. GabrickEleanor and David St. ClairUnited Parcel ServiceWave Broadband

Supporter$1,001-$5,000Judy Akin-Palmer and Dr. Jacques PalmerBev & George Ray Charitable FundThe Capital Group Companies Charitable FoundationCraig M. Springer, Ph.D.

Friend$1-$1,000Cheryl AlcornLarry BaggsMarilyn BakerNancy and Nick BakerTerry BalesSallie BarnettAlan BarryCynthia BatesIn Loving Memory of Carol M. Behan

THE CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (CCPA) thanks the following CCPA Associates who have contributed to the CCPA’s Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund was established in 1994 under the visionary leadership of the Cerritos City Council to ensure that the CCPA would remain a welcoming, accessible, and affordable venue in which patrons can experience the joy of entertainment and cultural enrichment. For more information about the Endowment Fund or to make a contribution, please contact the CCPA Administrative Offices at (562) 916-8510.

Aldenise BelcerYvette BelcherPeggy BellBarbara BehrensMorris BernsteinNorman BlancoJames BlevinsMichael BleyKathleen BlomoMarilyn BogenschutzLinda and Sergio BonettiPatricia BongeornoIlana and Allen BrackettPaula BriggsDarrell BrookeMary BroughDr. and Mrs. Tony R. BrownCheryl and Kerry BryanIna BurtonLinda and Larry BurtonRobert CampbellMichael CanupDavid CarverMichelle CaseyEileen CastleYvonne CattellJoann and George ChambersRodolfo ChavezLiming ChenDr. Philip ChinnPatricia ChristieRozanne and James ChurchillNeal ClydeMark CochraneMichael CohnClaire ColemanMr. and Mrs. Joseph Consani IIPatricia CookusNancy CorralejoVirginia CorreaRon CowanPatricia CozziniPamela and John CrawleyEugenia CreasonVirginia CzarneckiAngel De SevillaCharmaine and Nick De SimoneRobert Dean

Lee DeBordMr. and Mrs. Chuck DeckardSusanne and John DeHartErin DelliquadriRosemarie and Joseph Di GuilioSandra and Bruce DickinsonAmy and George DominguezLinda DowellGloria DumaisStanley DzieminskiLee EakinDee EatonSusie Edber and Allen GroganGary EdwardJill EdwardsCarla EllisRobert EllisEric EltingeTeri EspositoKim EvansRichard FalbRenee FallahaDr. Stuart FarberHeather M. FerberSteven FischerThe Fish CompanyElizabeth and Terry FiskinLouise Fleming and Tak FujisakiJesus FojoAnne FormanDr. Susan Fox and Frank FrimodigSharon FrankTeresa FreebornRoberta and Wayne FujitaniElaine FultonSamuel GabrielArthur GapasinGayle and Michael GarrityJan GaschenMichael GautreauFranz GerichAlan GoldinThe Goldsmith FamilyMargarita GomezWilliam GoodwinShirelle Gordon-ThompsonBeryl and Graham GoslingTimothy Gower

A. Graham and M. MarioNorma and Gary GreeneKenneth GreenleafRosemary GutierrezRoger HaleLois and Thomas HarrisJulie and Costa HaseHoward HerdmanSaul HernandezCharles HessPing HoJon HowertonMelvin HughesMarianne and Bob Hughlett, Ed.D.Mark ItzkowitzGrace and Tom IzuharaSharon JacobyDavid JaynesCathy and James JulianiLuanne KamiyaRoland KerbyFay and Lawrence KerneenJoseph KienleCarol KindlerJacky and Jack KleyhShirley and Kenneth KlipperKaren KnechtLee M. Kochems and Vincent J. PattiJerry KohlDawn Marie KotsonisBette and Ken KuriharaLinda and Harry KusudaPatrice and Kevin KyleCathy LaBareCarl LaconicoNelson LaneDavid LatterEarnestine LavergneJune and Harold LeachPaolo LedesmaPeter J. LeetsHelen LeonardJack LewisMarcia Lewis and John McGuirkVanessa LewisNancy and Stephen LutzRay Madrigal

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Johnny MagsbyMary MajorsStephen MaoYolanda and Richard MartinezJanice Kay MatthewsPansy and Robert MattoxCecilia and Ronald MausJanet McCartyAliene McgrewDr. and Mrs. Donald McMillanDavid MedellinUrsula and Lawrence MelvinBarbara and Edwin MendenhallDiana MerrymanTodd MeyerLuzviminda MiguelHassan MilaniGary MillerKathleen MillerDr. Marjorie MitchellEllie and Jim MonroePatricia MooreBecky MoralesToni and Tom MorganKris MoskowitzCortland MyersChidori NakamuraAlan NegosianA.J. NeimanRonald NicholsToby NishidaLinda NomuraMargene and Charles NortonCathryn O’Brien-SmithKaren OhtaP. P. Mfg. Co. Inc., Ronald BurrGeorge PalominoMary Ellen PascucciAngela and Devy PaulJohn PetersonFrancisco PhilibertJackie and Joe PloenMerrill PlouForrest PoormanGwen and Gerald PruittSusan RagoneBijan RaminehKaren RandallRobin RaymondKathy ReidRosalie RelleveBetty and Nash RiveraSharon V. RobinsonLaura and Gary Rose

Lynne RosePatricia RoseJean RothaermelVivian and Tom RothwellShirley RundellTom SakiyamaSteve SalasDennis SaltsMonica SanchezJanet and Richard SaxGary SchaefferMary ScherbarthMildred ScholnickJerome SchultzMary SerlesWilliam ShakespeareOlivette ShannonKristi ShawDrs. Mary and Steven ShermanRon ShestokesKathleen SidarisNeil SiegelDorothy SimmonsEric SimpsonLoren SlaferSylvia SligarCarol and Rob SmallwoodKevin SpeaksKerry SpearsDan StangeKris and Robert SteedmanGale SteinDonna StevensDexter StrawtherRichard StrayerWilliam R. StringerAstrid J. TaenLawrence TakahashiNora and Winford TeasleyKen ThompsonJoann TommySharon TouchstoneLilliane K. TriggsJean TuohinoMaria TupazAlex UrbachMr. and Mrs. L. Van PeltTim VanEckMaria Von SadovszkyDiane and Fred VunakCharles WadmanLaura WalkerRobert WaltersAngela and Sinclair Wang

Karen and Robert WebbCarol WebsterDarlene WeidnerAnita and David WeinsteinSandra WelshHelen WilliamsLee WilliamsonMerrillyn WilsonPornwit WipanuratCharles WongRobert WorleyJeanette YeeBarbara YunkerXavier ZavatskyJohn W. Zlatic

Season Opening Attendee4-Speed Delivery Service, Inc.Deidri and Barry AldersonBarbara and Benjamin AlhadeffJami and Carlos AnguloDr. Dixie and Ed ArnoldCynthia and Bill ArthurDebby and Norman BaldersSharon and Gill BarnettJohn BeringerJudy and Don BogartMelanie and Michael BroadShelley and Danny BroseMary and Bob BuellSylvia and Tuncer CebeciGenevieve and Ralph ChoyCarlota and Daniel CiauriBarbara and Jim ConklinMelody and Ray DappJoy Darling and Don MackinLesLee and Karl DelaneyLouise and John DellasanteJane and Larry DicusHeidi Eddy-Dorn and Larry DornShoreen and Don EakinConnie and Jim EdwardsDon FelderLori and Bob GayRoberta and Dr. Lawrence GershonDebe and Larry GrahamSuzanne and Bob GraysonDr. Jon GrazerSusan and Dr. Robert GreenTamra and Kirby GreenleeCarol and Harry HanakiHedy Harrison

Pam and Judge Philip HickokDeborah and Samuel HooperRoberta and Dr. Gary HopkinsBonnie and Mary HudsonPaul IrbyGloria and Sherman KappeNorm KirschenbaumGillian and Philip KlinkertJulie and Hon. Don KnabeDr. Philip KressPat and Maynard LawLaura and Charles LeeDonna and Todd LempertJenny and Jim LevyTeresa and Robert LidmanDenise ManoogianDonna K. MartinPamela and John MartinCarol and William McCuneMarilyn and Dennis McGormanCaroline and Alan NakkenAnn and Clarence OharaVictoria and Raymond OrlandoPam OrmistonDr. Paul OrrWaynn PearsonBarbara and Paul PenroseBev and George RaySharon Reece and Laurence HarmaDiane and Richard RenakerNikki and Dennis ReppMartin RubySharon and Larry SagertWendy and Tom SchiffLorraine and William SedlakCindy ShilkretKaren and James ShultzIna Silverman and Larry StarrFred SmithSoCal Medical, Inc.Kay and Harvey StoverRichard SurbeckLaVerne TancillDr. Silas ThomasRaman VenkatKaren Trace-VerzaniMargie and David WilliamsPamela WilsonCharlotte and Howard WinerJeanne YanezAsuman and Deniz YilmazIlana

Zuckerman

Giving level donations are based on the cumulative giving of the named contributor. Lists are updated twice a year, in July and January. To request a change to your listing, please call (562) 467-8806 or send an e-mail to ticketoffice@cerritoscenter.com.

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JOHN TESH

Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHYThe host of the nationally syndicated, award-winning

The John Tesh Radio Show – which boasts 8 million loyal listeners daily – JOHN TESH is respected worldwide as a leading figure in entertainment and broadcasting. His 10-year reign as co-host of the popular Entertainment Tonight show made Tesh an American household name. He surprised many when he left the highly visible role to pursue his music full-time, gravitating toward the New Age and Christian Contemporary sound.

Tesh began playing the piano at age 6, and he joined the New York State Symphonic Orchestra in his teens. Tesh’s musical talents were revealed to America when he first appeared on PBS’ Live at Red Rocks. The concert became one of the top money-raisers in the PBS national pledge drive and helped launch Tesh’s debut solo album, 1995’s Live at Red Rocks, which reached RIAA Gold-certified status. Tesh’s other albums, 1995’s A Romantic Christmas and 1997’s Avalon, also attained Gold status.

For years, Tesh has inspired thousands of listeners with his albums A Deeper Faith, Christmas Worship, and The Power of Love, which have all graced the Billboard and Christian music charts. The Power of Love was nominated for a 2003 Grammy for “Best Pop Instrumental Album.” The release of 2003’s A Deeper Faith 2 solidified Tesh’s reputation as a performer who inspires hope.

Tesh’s recent project, the television special Alive: Music & Dance, celebrates the beauty of Ballet and the passion of Hip-Hop dancing. The show, enhanced with colorful light-ing and staging effects, is a high-energy spectacle of music and dance.

Honored by Radio & Records with a 2007 Industry Achievement Award for “Syndicated Personality / Program of the Year,” Tesh is also the recipient of a Keyboard Maga-zine Award and the Associated Press Award for investigative journalism. n

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DAXUN ZHANG, DOUBLE BASSTOMOKO KASHIWAGI, PIANIST

Friday, November 7, 2008, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Please hold your applause until after all movements of a work have been performed, and do not applaud between movements. Thank you for your cooperation.

As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons, please mute all cellular phones, pagers, and watch alarms prior to the start of the performance.

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PROGRAM

Tango Roland E. Curb (a.k.a. Bruce Bransby) (b. 1946)

Moon Reflected in the Er-Quan Spring Yan-Jun Hua (1893-1950)

Sonata for Double Bass and Piano David Anderson

Allegro Moderato (b. 1962) Largo

Allegro Molto

INTERMISSION

Capriccio di Bravura Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889)

Four Pieces for Double Bass and Piano, Op. 1 Serge Koussevitzky Andante (1874-1951) Valse Miniature

Chanson Triste

Humoresque

Sun Shines on Taxkorgan Chen Gang

(b. 1935)

has included concerts and cultural exchanges in China, Japan, and the United States. Zhang has appeared with celebrated orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orange County’s Pacific Symphony, Louisiana’s Monroe Symphony Orchestra, Michigan’s Grand Rapids Symphony, North Carolina’s Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, and Iowa’s Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra.

Zhang, who has been playing the double bass since age 9, studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China. He has served on the faculty of Northwestern University and was recently appointed assistant professor of double bass at the University of Texas at Austin.

Pianist TOMOKO KASHIWAGI, who began her musical training at age 9, is active in Chamber music groups throughout the Midwest. She holds a master’s degree in music, with a specialty in piano performance, from Indiana University. n

BIOGRAPHIES In 2007, DAXUN ZHANG won the Avery Fisher

Career Grant, becoming only the second double bassist to garner the prestigious honor. The award recognizes and assists instrumentalists and Chamber ensembles who exhibit the talent and potential to launch successful careers. The Washington Post praised Zhang, saying he “plays soulfully, lyrically, and with an arresting delicacy that takes one by surprise. …If the bass is finally to produce a headliner, the instrument can have no better champion than Zhang.”

Zhang also won the 2003 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, becoming the first double bass player to do so in the organization’s history. Zhang was the youngest performer ever to triumph in the International Society of Bassists Solo Competition in 2001. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said Zhang “offered a new standard on his instrument. His performance took one’s breath away.”

Zhang has performed extensively with Grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma’s acclaimed Silk Road Project, which

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TogeTher AgAin: gArY PUCKeTT AnD DAVY JoneS

Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

BIOGRAPHIESIn TOGETHER AGAIN: GARY PUCKETT AND

DAVY JONES, the two musical forces treat fans to classic hits. Pop-Rocker GARY PUCKETT stormed the music world with six consecutive Gold albums that featured a long string of Top 10 singles, including Young Girl, Woman Woman, Lady Willpower, Over You, and Don’t Give in to Him. Throughout his career, Puckett has performed on more than 30 television shows and prime-time specials, including a per-formance at the White House for a visiting Prince Charles.

Puckett’s group, The Union Gap, disbanded in the ’70s. Since then, Puckett has released popular solo albums, including In Europe and At Christmas in 2001; and 2002’s Gary Puckett Live, a collection of hits that includes Home, a moving song dedicated to the U.S. troops.

In 1986, Puckett was invited to tour with The Monkees on the group’s successful national reunion concerts. It gave Puckett the chance to work with DAVY JONES, who burst onto the small screen and instantly became a teen heart-throb in the Emmy-winning television series The Monkees. The 1960s show, about a struggling Rock group, launched the real-life Pop-Rock quartet The Monkees, which topped music charts with best-selling singles such as Last Train to

Clarksville, I’m a Believer, I Wanna Be Free, and Daydream Believer.

With Jones at its helm, the group became one of the largest-grossing acts of the time. The band’s album More of the Monkees held a firm spot on the music charts for 70 con-secutive weeks, becoming the 12th biggest-selling album of all time, according to Billboard. The group’s hits that rocked the music charts include A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You; Pleas-ant Valley Sunday; That Was Then, This Is Now; and (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone.

While aspiring in his teens to become a professional jockey, Jones was first introduced to acting through roles in British soap operas. He landed the part of mischievous Art-ful Dodger in London’s West End production of Oliver! At age 16, Jones was nominated for a Tony Award for his Broad-way portrayal of the character. The recognition attracted Screen Gems, which was then the television department of Columbia Pictures, and The Monkees television series was created. The series ended in 1968, and the band officially disbanded in 1971. Jones continues to act in theatrical pro-ductions; is an author, composer, and artist; and races horses in his native England. n

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PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BANDJIMMY CARTER, VOCALS

BISHOP BILLY BOWERS, VOCALSBEN MOORE, VOCALS

ERIC (RICKY) McKINNIE, DRUMSJOEY WILLIAMS, LEAD GUITAR

PETER LEVIN, KEYBOARDSTRACY PIERCE, BASS

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THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMAin

DoWn BY The riVerSiDe

Sunday, November 9, 2008, 3:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

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BIOGRAPHIESDOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE is a collaboration

featuring the timeless music of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and vocal legends The Blind Boys of Alabama.

Whether performing at Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center, for British royalty or Thailand’s king, PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND’S mission for more than 45 years is to preserve and perpetuate New Orleans Jazz. In 2006, the ensemble was honored by the President of the United States with the prestigious National Medal of Arts for its efforts.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band began touring in 1963, playing with many pioneers of the early Jazz scene, including Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, and Bunk Johnson. The band maintains a vigorous touring schedule, performing more than 150 days a year worldwide. When at home, the ensemble presents traditional New Orleans Jazz at the French Quarter’s historic Preservation Hall building, which is the inspiration behind the group’s name.

In response to Hurricane Katrina, Preservation Hall Jazz Band recorded Made in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions, a CD/DVD set of new and unreleased recordings and video footage from Preservation Hall’s more than 40 years as New Orleans’ musical and cultural center. The collection was recently released by Preservation Hall Recordings.

Since 1939, THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA has sung a fervent blend of traditional and contemporary Gospel music. A master at bringing out the most spiritual aspects of mainstream music, the group has won legions of loyal fans and widespread acclaim with a repertoire of soul-searching songs and four-part harmony sound. The band, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, has won Grammys for the albums Spirit of the Century, Higher Ground, Go Tell It on the Mountain, and There Will Be a Light. The group has been featured on 60 Minutes, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, and the 2005 Grammy Awards telecast. The Blind Boys of Alabama appeared in the 2003 film The Fighting Temptations and was the inspiration for the Steven Bochco television series Blind Justice.

With its recent critically acclaimed album, Down in New Orleans, the long-running ensemble proves it still wields an edge in shaping music history. Recorded with a stellar cast of local singers in the Big Easy, the album is a celebration of the city’s Gospel-influenced soul. n

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LA CATRINA QUARTETDANIEL VEGA-ALBELA, VIOLIN

BLAKE ESPY, VIOLINJORGE MARTÍNEZ, VIOLAALAN DAOWZ, CELLO

Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 7:30 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

Please hold your applause until after all movements of a work have been performed, and do not applaud between movements. Thank you for your cooperation. As a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons, please mute

all cellular phones, pagers, and watch alarms prior to the start of the performance.

The La Catrina Quartet appears by arrangement with Lisa Sapinkopf Artists.www.chambermuse.com

PROGRAM Sonoralia, Op. 3, La Zacatecana Emmanuel Arias y Luna

Danza (b. 1935) Jarabe

String Quartet No. 61 in d minor, Op. 76, Franz Josef Haydn No. 2, Hob. III: 76, Fifths (1732-1809) Allegro Andante o più tosto allegretto Menuetto: Allegro ma non troppo Vivace assai

Metro Chabacano Javier Álvarez (b. 1969)

Tango Ballet Astor Piazzolla (b. 1921)

INTERMISSION

String Quartet No. 1 in g minor, Op. 27 Edvard Grieg Un poco andante – Allegro molto ed agitato (1843-1907) Romanze. Andantino – Allegro agitato Intermezzo. Allegro molto marcato – Più vivo e scherzando Finale. Lento – Presto al saltarello

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BIOGRAPHIESFounded in 2001, LA CATRINA QUARTET’s mission is to

promote Mexican and Latin American Classical music, perform the masterworks of the string quartet repertoire, and work closely with living composers to promote the performance of new music.

In 2007, the quartet was featured as one of the next genera-tion of Classical stars in a showcase performance at Carnegie Hall for hundreds of concert promoters from around the world. The en-semble was selected through the highly competitive and prestigious Young Performers Career Advancement program.

One of the group’s biggest achievements is the publication by Arsis Press titled Our Hands Were Tightly Clenched. The work, written by composer Zae Munn, premiered in 2003. The group has recorded works by Mexican composer Germán Romero and col-laborated with several other composers, including renowned Cuban clarinetist Alfredo Valdés-Brito. La Catrina Quartet has received numerous awards and recognition, including Western Michigan University’s “All-University Research and Creative Scholar Award.” At Kent State University, the Miami String Quartet invited the group to perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat Major.

La Catrina Quartet performs regularly for San Miguel de Al-lende’s Chamber music series, Pro Musica. Last year, the quartet was in residence for two weeks in Hickory, North Carolina, where it was featured in the Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics series as part of a one-year search for the new Quartet-in-Residence. La Catrina Quartet won a three-year appointment, which began in 2007.

For two years, the quartet conducted a two-week Chamber music summer camp at Kent Sate University’s School of Music and a residency in San Miguel de Allende, where the group collaborated with the Brentano Quartet. La Catrina Quartet is quartet-in-resi-dence of the Conservatorio de Las Rosas’ summer quartet program, and its members are adjunct faculty at Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina.

DANIEL VEGA-ALBELA was born in Mexico City and studied violin with Yuriko Kuronuma. At age 15, Vega-Albela won the silver medal in the first National Violin Competition in Mexico City. He received his bachelor of music degree in violin perfor-mance from Mannes College of Music under the guidance of Sally Thomas. Vega-Albela has played with the St. Cecilia Chamber Orchestra, the Western New York Chamber Players, the Orquesta de Cámara de Morelos, and the Camerata de Torreón. He has toured Japan, Mexico, and the United States and has had many appearanc-es as a soloist. He has also worked with several symphony orches-tras, including the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería and the Buffalo Philharmonic. From 1994 to 1997, he was the violin instructor at the Academia Yuriko Kuronuma in Mexico City. In 1997, he joined the Conservatorio de las Rosas to teach violin performance and to play with the Ensamble de las Rosas. He performed at the Festi-val Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato, Mexico, and played concertmaster for the recording of Luis Jaime Cortez’s Opera Las Tentaciones de San Antonio. From 2001 to 2003, he was the violin instructor at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. He was featured in the 2004 and 2005 edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teach-ers. Vega-Albela holds a master’s degree in violin performance from

Western Michigan University, and a master’s degree in Chamber music from Kent State University.

BLAKE ESPY was born in Savannah, Georgia, and began studying violin at age 6. He has been associate concertmaster of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and a frequent performer with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Espy spent one summer in Mexico City performing with Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería. In 2007, Espy became a member of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida, and was rotating concertmaster, Chamber musician, and educator to young musicians in the Miami area. In Savannah, Espy created a non-profit organization called MusicAlive to establish a healthy and sustainable environment for Classical mu-sic throughout the area. This is done through community engage-ment, unique performance venues, innovative programming, and traditional performance practices. Espy holds a bachelor of music performance degree from Western Michigan University, a master of music performance degree from Louisiana State University, and an artist’s diploma from SUNY– Purchase College.

JORGE MARTÍNEZ was born in Torreón, Coahuila in Mex-ico, and studied viola at the Conservatorio de las Rosas where he graduated with honors under the tutelage of professor Gela Dubrova. In 2003, he completed his master of music degree in viola perfor-mance at Western Michigan University (WMU). While at WMU, Martínez became a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honors Society. He has taken master classes with Michael Kugel, Robert Vernon, and Anita Pontrimoli. As a Chamber musician, Martínez has participated in master classes with the Tokyo and Miami string quartets, the Triple Helix Trio, William Preucil, Stephen Rose, and Vernon. As an orchestral musician, Martínez was assistant princi-pal of the Camerata de Coahuila and the Orquesta de Cámara de Morelia. He has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras in Mexico and in 2004, he gave a recital and a series of master classes in London. Martínez is a founding member of the La Catrina Quar-tet and holds a master of music degree in Chamber music from Kent State University.

ALAN DAOWZ was born in Mexico City and studied the cello with José Luis Gálvez at the Escuela Nacional de Música and the Conservatorio de las Rosas, Michoacán, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in cello performance. He received his master of music degree in cello performance from Western Michigan Univer-sity, where he studied with Professor Bruce Uchimura. Daowz has taken master classes with Mischa Katz and Hans Jorgen Jensen. He has been a member of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Michoacán and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, and was principal cellist with the Orquesta de Cámara de la Universidad Michoacana. Daowz has taught at the Conservatorio de las Rosas’ summer music festival. He was a Liberace Quartet scholar at Western Michigan University and is a founding member of the Salvador Contreras String Quartet and La Catrina Quartet. With these ensembles, he has taken master classes with the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Tokyo String Quartet, Miami String Quartet, Leipzig String Quartet, Triple Helix Trio, and the Vienna Trio. Daowz holds a master of music degree in Chamber music performance from Kent State University. He is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honors Society-KSU chapter. n

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BIOGRAPHYInspired after seeing Frank Sinatra perform at his high

school, JACK JONES decided to pursue a music career. His first demo, on which he sang This Could Be the Start of Something Big, captured the attention of a club owner who booked Jones for a three-week run. The gig gave him valuable exposure, and Jones was signed to a music label.

His rise to the top has included consistently sold-out shows and more than 50 albums, including The Race Is On, Lady, Call Me Irresponsible, and What I Did for Love. Seventeen of Jones’ albums charted Billboard’s Top 20. The legendary crooner won two Grammys for “Best Pop Male Vocal Performance” and he was nomi-nated for the songs The Impossible Dream; Wives and Lovers; Lollipops and Roses; and the album Jack Jones Paints a Tribute to Tony Bennett, in which Jones pays homage to his longtime friend and American icon.

The New York Times proclaimed: “Note for note, phrase by phrase,” Jones “is arguably the most technically accom-plished male Pop singer of a vanishing ilk.” His singing, said the paper, “flows from a soft, perfectly intoned middle and upper register in which sustained notes trail into the ether like silk ribbons.”

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JACK JONES

Sunday, November 16, 2008, 3:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

In addition to a successful recording career, Jones has performed to wide applause in musical theater, appearing in Guys and Dolls, South Pacific, She Loves Me, and Pajama Game. He also received critical acclaim for his portrayal of

Don Quixote in the national tour of Man of La Mancha. He was a staple on televi-sion variety shows in the ’60s and ’70s, including Toast of the Town (also known as The Ed Sullivan Show), The Andy Williams Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, Bandstand, and The Steve Allen Show. Many Americans recognize Jones’ voice on the theme song for the popular televi-sion series The Love Boat, on which he also guest-starred.

In the early summer of 2008, the Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts launched its M.B.A. (Master’s in Business Ac-commodations) marketing campaign bringing the voice of Jones to a new recording of The Love Boat Theme. He also recently shared his voice with a whole new generation when he sang Boat of Romance as part of an episode on the Emmy-nominated Disney Channel animated musical television series Phineas and Ferb. This year marks Jones’ 50th anniver-sary performing for audiences around the world. n

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PHOENIX ENTERTAINMENTStephen B. Kane and Michael McFadden

present

Music and Lyrics by Book byWILLIAM FINN RACHEL SHEINKIN

Conceived by Additional Material by REBECCA FELDMAN JAY REISS

Scenic Design by Lighting Design by Costume Design by BEOWULF BORITT CHARLIE MORRISON JENNIFER CAPRIO

Sound Design by Musical Supervisor/Director Orchestrations by CRAIG CASSIDY MICHAEL BORTH MICHAEL STAROBIN

Director of Operations Casting Director of Production LISA MATTIA MARK MINNICK SHAWN PENNINGTON

Company Manager Production Stage Manager Technical Director STEPHEN M. KEARNS CANDACE HEMPHILL DAN SYLVIA

Tour Marketing Consultant PHILLIP ALEMAN

Original Director Original Choreographer JAMES LAPINE DAN KNECHTGES

Directed and Choreographed byDARREN KATZ

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is based on C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E, an original play by The Farm. The Barrington Stage company workshop of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was originally co-directed by Michael Barakiva and

Rebecca Feldman. Original Broadway Cast recording on GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS. www.spellingbeethemusical.com

EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION by THE ROAD COMPANY165 West 46th Street, Suite 1101, New York, NY 10036, (212) 302-5200, www.theroadcompany.com

Friday, November 21, 2008, 8:00 PMSaturday, November 22, 2008, 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM

Sunday, November 23, 2008, 3:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

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CAST(in alphabetical order)

William Barfee …………………………………………………. CHRISTIAN BUSATH

Marcy Park …………………………………………………………… ZANDI De JESUS

Leaf Coneybear ……………………………………………………….RYAN GOODALE

Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre …………………………..….. JOANNA KRUPNICK

Douglas Panch ……………………………………………………….ANTHONY LOPEZ

Chip Tolentino …………………………………………………KAVIN PANMEECHAO

Olive Ostrovsky ……………………………………………………… BRITTANY ROSS

Mitch Mahoney ……………………………………………… DON JUAN SEWARD, II

Rona Lisa Peretti …………………………………………………….…NIKKI SWITZER

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific

announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For William Barfee, Leaf Coneybear, and Douglas Panch – ERIC BILITCHFor Mitch Mahoney and Chip Tolentino – NIGEL JAMAAL CLARK

For Olive Ostrovsky and Rona Lisa Peretti – DAYNA GRAYBERFor Marcy Park and Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre – JO PHILBIN

MUSICIANSConductor/Piano – NICK WILLIAMS

Associate Conductor/Keyboard II – ANGELA ESTESSaxophone/Flute/Clarinet/Oboe – BRYAN CONNELL

Cello – REN ARIIZUMIPercussion – ERIC NIESSNER

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BIOGRAPHIESERIC BILITCH (Understudy: William Barfee, Leaf

Coneybear, and Douglas Panch) is thrilled to be involved with this tour. His favorite credits include Matt & Ben; Sweeney Todd; Les Misérables; Howe/Humans; Urinetown, The Musical; and The Last Five Years. Bilitch is a writer, director, founder, and artistic director of The Mechanicals Theatre Group in Los Angeles, and a graduate of Syracuse Univer-sity and Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. He would like to thank everyone involved with this production.

CHRISTIAN BUSATH (William Barfee) is origi-nally from Elk Grove, California. His favorite role is Nunzio in Over the River and Through the Woods. Busath received a liberal arts degree from Brigham Young University. He would like to thank his mom and dad and he is grateful to join this production. For more information, visit www.christian busath.com.

NIGEL JAMAAL CLARK (Understudy: Mitch Mahoney and Chip Tolentino) is blessed to be touring in his favorite Broadway musical. God is wonderful. Clark thanks Mark Minnick and Phoenix Entertainment and sends love to his mom, dad, Marla, and Wrinkley.

ZANDI De JESUS’ (Marcy Park) credits include Most Wanted (director Michael Greif, La Jolla Playhouse); Cow-boy Versus Samurai (Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company); A Night on Broadway (California Young Actors Conservatory); Miss Saigon (Starlight Theatre); Love, Grief, and Spelling: A Musical Revue and Bus Stop (University of California at San Diego Theatre and Dance Department). For more informa-tion, visit www.zandidejesus.com.

RYAN GOODALE (Leaf Coneybear) is thrilled to be a part of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee cast. He is pursuing a bachelor of fine arts degree in musical theater at Pace University. Goodale’s credits include Bare; Urinetown, The Musical; and College: The Musical. He would like to thank his professors, family, friends, and especially his mom for teaching him how to spell in the first place.

DAYNA GRAYBER (Understudy: Olive Ostrovsky and Rona Lisa Peretti) toured nationally in The Producers, the Off-Off-Broadway Metropolitan Music (York Theatre), and Population Growth (Looking Glass). Her regional credits include Urinetown, The Musical (Pennywise); City of Angels (Dolie and Donna); and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Sally). Grayber graduated from New York University with

a master’s degree in vocal performance. Love to God, family, friends, and Jamie. This is for Grandma.

JOANNA KRUPNICK (Logainne Schwartzandgrube-nierre) is overjoyed to be on tour in one of her favorite roles. Her regional credits include Oklahoma (Ado Annie) and Hair (Jeanie) at the Hangar Theatre. This is for my teachers, friends, and family. Krupnick received her bachelor of fine arts degree from Ithaca College.

ANTHONY LOPEZ (Douglas Panch) was recently seen at the Creede Repertory Theatre in Colorado in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Horace), Fools (Slovitch), and Life Is a Dream (Clarin). His regional credits include The Wild Duck (Old Ekdal) and Sister 3.0 (Tusenback). Lopez is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University’s School of Theatre Arts.

KAVIN PANMEECHAO’s (Chip Tolentino) regional credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie for the Welk Resorts Theatre, the Orange County premiere of Side Show, and work for the Nuffield Theatre in the United Kingdom. He sends love to his mom and dad.

JO PHILBIN (Understudy: Marcy Park and Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre) is pleased to be touring with this production. Recently, she played Iris in the national tour of Children’s Letters to God. Philbin thanks her family and friends for their love and support.

BRITTANY ROSS’ (Olive Ostrovsky) regional and Off-Broadway credits include West Side Story (Maria), The Secret Garden (Mary), Into the Woods (Little Red), and The American Girls Revue (Felicity). Ross is a musical theater major at New York University. She would like to thank everyone for this opportunity, including her teachers, friends, and family.

DON JUAN SEWARD, II (Mitch Mahoney) is a na-tive of San Diego. He has been studying music and theater for 13 years and recently finished the Midwest premiere of Brooklyn. Seward’s credits include Lion in The Wiz, Ken in Ain’t Misbehavin’ at the Fringe Festival in Scotland, and Victor in Zooman. He would like to thank his family and friends.

NIKKI SWITZER (Rona Lisa Peretti) is excited to be hosting The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Her regional credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

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Dreamcoat, 42nd Street, Honky Tonk Angels, The Phantomof the Opera, Damn Yankees, Assassins, and Sunfish: A New Musical. She would like to thank Darren, friends, family, and Mom.

WILLIAM FINN (Music and Lyrics) is the writer-and composer of Falsettos. He received two Tony Awards for “Best Book of a Musical” (with James Lapine) and “Best Original Score.” He has written and composed In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, and Falsettoland, which garned the “Best Musical” Outer Critics Circle Award, two Los Angeles Drama Critics Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, the Lucille Lortel Award, and the Guggenheim Fellowship in Musical Composition. Finn wrote the lyrics to Graciela Daniele’s Tango Apasionado (music by Astor Piazzolla) and the music to Lapine’s version of The Winter’s Tale with Michael Starobin. His musical Romance in Hard Times was presented at The Public Theater in New York. He wrote Painting You for Love’s Fire, a piece commissioned and performed by The Acting Company. For television, Finn provided the music and lyrics for the Ace award-winning HBO cartoon Ira Sleeps Over, Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, Pokey Little Puppy’s First Christ-mas, two cartoons with Ellen Fitzhugh, and The Brave Little Toaster. Finn has written for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and The New Yorker. A graduate of Williams College, where he was awarded the Hutchinson Fellowship for Musical Composi-tion, Finn now teaches a weekly master class at the NYU Tisch Graduate program in musical theatre writing. His most recent projects include Elegies, A Song Cycle (Lincoln Center), and Make Me a Song.

RACHEL SHEINKIN’s (Author) credits include Little House on the Prairie (Guthrie Theater), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway), and Striking 12 (an Off-Broadway collaboration with the rock trio GrooveLily, directed by Ted Sperling). Her regional and international credits include Sleeping Beauty Wakes (score by Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, and director Jeff Calhoun); Ser-enade (music by Nils Olaf Dolven); and Blood Drive (music by Joel Derfner). She has also worked with Deaf West Theatre and Center Theater Group. Sheinkin teaches the graduate musical theater writing program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and National Theater Institute. She has earned a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and an LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award. She has received fellowships and commissions from the Baryshnikov Dance Foundation, Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons, O’Neill

National Music Theater Conference, and The MacDowell Colony. Sheinkin’s professional affiliations include ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild.

REBECCA FELDMAN (Conceiver) conceived, directed, and performed in C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E – the play upon which The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is based – with her company The Farm. She worked on the development of the musical and directed the original production at Barrington Stage Company in 2004. She was voted “Best Director” by The Berkshire Eagle. Feldman has directed and performed in New York and regionally for the past 10 years, including at New York Fringe Festival, Soho Rep, HERE, Atlantic Theater Studios, Adobe Theatre, New Dramatists, and Mabou Mines.

JAMES LAPINE’s (Original Director) Broadway cred-its as a writer and director include Sunday in the Park With George, Into the Woods, Passion, Falsettos (with William Finn), and Dirty Blonde (by and conceived with Claudia Shear). His director credits include Golden Child, The Diary of Anne Frank, Amour, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. For Off-Broadway, Lapine wrote the plays Table Settings; Twelve Dreams; Luck, Pluck and Virtue; The Moment When; and Fran’s Bed. He has received three Tony Awards, five Drama Desk Awards, and a Pulitzer Prize with Stephen Sondheim for Sunday in the Park With George.

DAN KNECHTGES’ (Original Choreographer) Broadway credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, 110 in the Shade, and Xanadu. His regional credits include Godspell (Paper Mill); The Boys From Syra-cuse (CenterStage); Vanities (Theatre Works); The Girl in the Frame (Goodspeed); The Wiz and Cats (Hangar Theatre); Mame and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Surflight Theatre); Don Giovanni (Indianapolis Opera); Carousel and West Side Story (Opera Illinois); and The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore (Blue Hill Troupe). Knechtges’ televi-sion and film credits include It’s a Wonderful Night (Fatboy Slim) and Palindromes (Todd Solondz). For more informa-tion, visit www.danknechtges.com.

DARREN KATZ (Director and Choreographer) was resident director for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spell-ing Bee Broadway production, as well as associate director for the San Francisco, Boston, and first national touring productions. He is currently directing Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower Off-Broadway, and developing three new music

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theater projects inspired by documented events in the lives of Lorena Hickok, Anthony Martinez (a.k.a. the Naked Guy), and artist Henry Darger. As a director, Katz’s work has been seen at various venues throughout New York City, including La Mama, Comix, New World Stages, and the Zipper Fac-tory. As assistant director, he has worked with James Lapine, Michael Blakemore, and Scott Ellis. Katz holds a bachelor of arts degree in urban studies and architecture from Columbia University.

DJ GRAY’s (Associate Choreographer) credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (on and Off-Broadway) and Xanadu (Broadway and national tour). Gray has staged television appearances for Xanadu, including on The Early Show and the Tony Awards. For television, he has choreographed for PBS’ Electric Company, NBC’s The Year Without Santa Claus, and Love to Banana.

BEOWULF BORITT’s (Scenic Design) Broadway credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and The Two and Only. His Off-Broadway credits include The Last Five Years (Drama Desk nomination); Other Side (Lortel nomination); Saint Lucy’s Eyes (AUDELCO Award); Hank Williams: Lost Highway; I Love You Because; Romeo and Juliet; God Committee; Miss Julie; In-Between; Shyster; The Ark; Once Around the Sun; Burning Blue; Class Mothers ’68; How to Save the World; Emergence-See!; Everything’s Turning Into Beautiful; Roar; The Wooden Breeks; Wonderland; Richard III; The Cherry Orchard; and the 2007-2008 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

JENNIFER CAPRIO’s (Costume Designer) credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broad-way), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (national tour), Fugitive Songs, Masked, Striking 12, Girl’s Rooms, Wan-da’s World with Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Serendib, The Jerusalem Syndrome, Two Rooms, The Atheist, Hardball, Broadway Bares, The Blowin’ of Baile Galle, and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Caprio’s regional credits include the Minnesota Opera, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festi-val, Geva Theatre Center, North Shore Music Theatre, The Hangar Theatre, The Cleveland Playhouse, The Vineyard Playhouse, Weston Playhouse, Barrington Stage Company, Millbrook Playhouse, and The Kitchen Theatre. Caprio graduated from Carnegie Mellon and Ithaca College.

MICHAEL BORTH (Musical Supervisor and Direc-tor) returns to Phoenix Entertainment for a fourth year. He previously conducted the company’s national tours of Man of

La Mancha and The Will Rogers Follies (starring Larry Gatlin) and supervised the national tour of Gypsy. A frequent conductor at regional theaters, he has served as musical director for more than 70 shows across the country. Borth’s favorite projects include The Will Rogers Follies (featuring John Raitt, Julie Wilson, and Betty Garrett), Mame (starring Carol Lawrence and Sally Struthers), and Gidget (written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola). Borth is also an arranger and com-poser whose songs have been recorded by Stephanie J. Block, Cathy Rigby, and Tony Orlando. He is the musical director for The Marvelous Wonderettes (Off-Broadway).

CHARLIE MORRISON’s (Lighting Design) light-ing for theater, national and international tours, architec-ture, and events has been seen worldwide. His national and international tours include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Aida, Gypsy, 42nd Street, Miss Saigon, Smokey Joe’s Café, The Who’s Tommy, Titanic, The Music Man, Footloose, and The King and I. Morrison’s regional credits include Shakespeare Theatre Company, Paper Mill Playhouse, Goodspeed Musicals, Olney Theatre Center, and PlayMaker’s Repertory Company. He is the recipient of the 2006 and 2007 Helen Hayes awards for “Outstanding Lighting Design” and has been nominated for six Helen Hayes awards for the past three years. For more information, please visit www.cmlighting.com.

CRAIG CASSIDY (Sound Design) has been pro-viding sound reinforcement and theater designing sound for theater productions around the world for 25 years. His recent credits include Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, Ring of Fire, Gypsy, Man of La Mancha, Grease, The Will Rogers Fol-lies, Smokey Joe’s Café, Fame, and The Phantom of the Opera. Cassidy’s regional credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Crazy for You; Wuthering Heights; Jekyll and Hyde; Up, Up and Away; and The Will Rogers Fol-lies. When he is not behind a sound console, you can find him sailing the Long Island Sound with his wife, Dina, and daughter, Kealy.

THE ROAD COMPANY (Tour Direction) is an in-dependent theatrical booking agency that distributes award-winning musicals, plays, and special attractions internation-ally. Co-founders Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota formed the company in 1997 to deliver the highest quality shows on the road while providing exceptional service to producers and presenters in the field. The Road Company has expand-ed significantly in recent years to become one of the leading

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theatrical booking agencies in the industry. Independently owned, The Road Company continues to grow and become internationally recognized for representing exciting shows, from Pulitzer Prize-winning plays to Tony Award-winning musicals to popular revivals and children’s productions.

STEPHEN B. KANE (Managing Producer) holds degrees in business and arts management and has supervised every aspect of show touring for three decades. Kane has been directly involved in more than 60 touring Broadway musicals in North America and has produced or managed major productions in Europe, South America, and Asia. Founding Phoenix Entertainment with partner Michael Mc-Fadden in 1999 has allowed Kane to extend his international show-business experience with first-class performing arts organizations and venues around the world. He is a member of the International Society for the Performing Arts and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and is a co-founder of the Phoenix Asia Group.

MICHAEL McFADDEN (Artistic Producer) is the co-founder and artistic director of Phoenix Entertainment. He has produced or directed more than 70 major national and international touring productions. After completing his master’s degree from Montclair University, he quickly became an award-winning director for Used Carlotta in the Washington, D.C. area. In 1999, he and partner Stephen Kane started Phoenix Entertainment to produce new and es-tablished musical theater projects, which have included God-spell, Buddy, The Will Rogers Follies, Grease, Man of La Man-cha, Gypsy, Ring of Fire, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. McFadden has directed many musicals around the world, including 42nd Street (Seoul), The Pajama Game (North American tour), Grease (Singapore and Macau), and Sing Along Santa (international premiere). He is develop-ing a new international touring production of Fame; BASSic Rhythm; and an all-new production of All Shook Up.

PHOENIX ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) is an established international theatrical producing and manage-ment enterprise founded by long-time colleagues Stephen Kane and Michael McFadden. Its mission is to develop, produce, and present the finest in touring Broadway musicals and family entertainment. Throughout nearly three decades of theatrical success and industry partnership, the Phoenix team has delivered more than 75 live productions on four continents. Having recently completed the critically ac-claimed tours of Gypsy and Ring of Fire, the Phoenix brand is

currently represented with all-new productions of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Pajama Game, and All Shook Up. Phoenix is also represented with local lan-guage productions of Grease and Fame in Korea and China. Under the direction of colleague Ellie Chung, the affiliate Phoenix Asia Group brings international booking, produc-ing, presenting, Classical artist management, and theatrical investment to the collective production and management capabilities of Phoenix Entertainment. For more informa-tion, visit www.phoenix-ent.com.

THE FARM was founded in 2000 by artistic director Rebecca Feldman. It is a collective of writers and performers, including Jay Reiss, Dan Fogler, and Sarah Saltzberg. The Farm’s interest is in the role of improvisation in creating new work for the theater. Previous projects include Super (Atlantic Theatre Studios), Why I Hate Florida, and C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E (Present Company Theatorium), on which The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is based. The characters and original dialogue of Beth Marguiles, Vice Principal Douglas Panch, William Barfee, and Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre were created by Feldman, Reiss, Fogler, and Saltzberg. n

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Managing Producer ……………………………….STEPHEN B. KANEArtistic Producer …………………….………..MICHAEL McFADDEN

STAFF FOR

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

Director of Operations …….…………………….………..LISA MATTIACompany Manager ….……….………………… STEPHEN M. KEARNSDirector of Production …...…………..……… SHAWN PENNINGTONDirector of Accounting …………..…… MELODEE SNOKE-BULLOCKAssociate Producer/Casting ………………………….. MARK MINNICKProduction Stage Manager ……………..………CANDACE HEMPHILLTechnical Director ….…………………………………..… DAN SYLVIAConductor …...………………………………………. NICK WILLIAMS

Associate Choreogpher………..………DJ Gray Musical Supervisor…………..……Michael Borth Assistant Lighting Designer……....John Burkland Production Electrician…………….Jeremy Wrable Production Wardrobe…Amanda Downing Carney Assistant Carpenter…………..……..Min Ho Park Head Electrician……………….……Michael Bert Assistant Electrician……………..…Jeremy Little Head Audio…………………...………Brian Hunt Head Props/Wardrobe……………....Valerie Light Production Assistant (NY)………….Andi Whaley Production Assistant (CO)…………...Bruce Perry Assistant General Manager……………Kate Egan Insurance……………….DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Legal…………………..………..Brooks & Distler Accounting/U.S……….Gordon and Company, PA Accounting/Canada………….Fruitman Kates, CA Human Resources………….…Catherine Goulden Payroll…………………..………C2 Portfolio, Inc. Financial Services……..………..Bank of America Web Design…………………....….....The Buddy Group IT Manager…………………………..Wells Condo Office Manager……………………Stephanie Giles Reception……………….…………..Ruth Braswell Customs Broker………….Livingston International

Print Creative……………………….Serino CoyneLogo Design……………….……Amy VangsgardPre-Production Creative……….MacWick DesignsProduction Photography…………..Scott SuchmanProduction Videography……..The Image FactoryPrinting………..…………Llewellyn and McKaneTrucking……………………..……….Janco, Ltd.Buses…………Hemphill Entertainment ServicesTransportation and Accommodations…………… Road Rebel Entertainment Travel

CREDITSScenic fabrication, refurbishment and painting byVirginia Scenic. Costumes arranged by AmandaDowning Carney. Lighting provided by ChristieLights Ltd. Sound equipment by Masque Sound.Special thanks to Mark Breimhorst and staff at

the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley, COfor their support of this production.

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BIOGRAPHIESAN IRISH CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA explores

Ireland’s age-old customs with the modern artistry of the country’s finest performers, including award-winning vocalist Cara Dillon and the highly acclaimed band Téada. National Geographic Live! called the show “a heartwarming and entertaining presentation of seasonal cultural traditions from the Emerald Isle.” The festive production presents the traditions and tunes of Ireland with an evocative photographic slide show, which is enhanced by an engaging narrative rich in historical context. Stunning Irish step dancing and magical sounds from the Irish harp and Uilleann pipes round out the extravaganza.

Chosen in 2003 by Irish Music Magazine as “Best Traditional Newcomers,” the heralded TÉADA quintet has earned an international reputation for staging knock-out live shows. “A new and fresh face in Irish music, Téada is a band to watch out for,” predicted The Irish Voice. Founded in 2001, Téada has won over fans and critics with its signature sound– an intoxicating mix that is modern in its energetic dance rhythms, but also quaint with its strong echoes of musical styles from the past. The ensemble is frequently featured as a headline performer at major music festivals throughout the

presents

An iriSh ChriSTmAS in AmeriCA Featuring

TÉADAWith

CARA DILLONand

Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 8:00 PM

There will be one 20-minute intermission.The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.

United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.

Singer CARA DILLON, renowned for her remarkable ability to blend traditional influences with contemporary Folk sounds and themes, augments the celebration by performing seasonal favorites. Dillon’s long list of accolades includes 2002 honors from BBC Radio for “Best Newcomer” and “Best Traditional Song” for Black Is the Colour; a 2004 Meteor Ireland Music Award for “Best Irish Female” performer; and a Big Buzz Magazine award for “Best Traditional Act” in 2005. Dillon’s After the Morning was voted “Best Celtic Album of 2006” by the Indie Acoustic Project.

Brian Cunningham is one of the most exciting Sean-Nós dancers to have emerged from Ireland. At age 23, he has won all the major dance competitions in Ireland and was invited by the president of Ireland to perform during an official state visit to Japan and South Korea in 2005. n

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SILVER CIRCLE [$2,500 - $6,249] Dr. Gary A. Afferino & Dr. Betty C. Tai • Larry C. Anduha & Hedy Harrison-Anduha • Anonymous • Astor Broadcast Group • Nick & Nancy Baker • Beringer & Associates, Inc. • Dr. & Mrs. Patrick Bushman • Martin D. Chavez • Robert Chavez • In Loving Memory of Patrice Ann Clifton/Felix & Jozell Gallion-Robertson • Gary & Patsy Connors • Joy Darling • Steve & Karen Davenport • John Decker • Lloyd & Caroline de Llamas • George & Amy Dominguez • Employees Community Fund of Boeing California • Dean & Karen Fisher • Michael & Gayle Garrity • Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Garvey • Ronald & Susan Gillaspie • Larry & Debe Graham • Dr. & Mrs. Robert & Susan Green • Laurence Harma & Sharon Reece • Richard C. & Dian Herr • Hon. & Mrs. Philip H. Hickok • Dr. & Mrs. David V. Hubbell • Hing & Doris Hung • Indymac Bank • John H. Kendall • Greg & Jerylyn Kriha • Lakewood Regional Medical Center • Dr. Allan Lifson & James Neuman, California Educational Consultant Group, Inc. • Robert & Karla Maez • Mass Communications • Frank & Janet McCord • Michael & Marilyn McCullough • David & Jeany McFarland • Lawrence & Diana Midland • Alvin Mundo • Nancy Nicola & Warren Lampkin • Allan & Caroline Nakken • Stephen & Brenda Olson • Paul D. Orr, M.D. • A.J. Padelford & Son, Inc. • Mavis E. Petersen & Family • Steven E. Potts • Gary Prince • Nikki & Dennis Repp • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California • Larry & Sharon Sagert • Dr. & Mrs. Mark S. Schnitzer • Steve & Linda Shaffer • Mr. & Mrs. Bryan A. Stirrat • Bob & Ann Stoffel • A.J. Taen • Donald & Sherry Tomeo • Verizon • Ms. Karen Trace-Verzani • Waffles of California • James & Jill Webb • Walter & Phyllis White • Daniel J. & Linda M. Williams • Dr. Winer/Woods Electric • Richard & Elena Zumel

BRONZE CIRCLE [$1,250 - $2,499] Anonymous • John & Jo Bakulich • John Baley • Brian & Pat Beck • Michael & Melanie Broad • Mel & Row Briggs • Larry & Linda Burton/The Hada Family • George & Laura Canales/GC Construction Co., Inc. • Frank Cardone • Ralph & Genevieve Choy • Lucy & Kingsbury Conner In Memory of Dana Patrick Conner • John Daley • Joy Darling• Larry & Jane Dicus • Shirley Dohrman • Connie & Jim Edwards • Ronald & Delores Eveland • Sheila A. Fulmis • Manny & Cecilia Gallardo• Vicki Gutman/Notes by Vicki Judith Hada • Edward & Esther Ho • Bob & Marianne Hughlett • James Jenkins • Robert & Barbara Jerome • Roy A. Jones • Jim & Karen King • Jack & Jacky Kleyh • Gregory & Sheri Kling • Keith & Sharon Kuroyama • Maynard & Patricia Law • Ray & Kathleen Lovell • Mainly Seconds Pottery, Plants & Things • John F. Martin, CPA & Assoc., Inc. • Sidney & Sondra Melnick • Frank & Sandy Micheletti • Don & Delores Munro • Danny N. Ogawa • Roya & Bob Phillips • Jane & Paul Pratt • Ron & Suzanne Rector • Rick & Diane Renaker • In Memory of G.A. & Morene Rogers/Gerald L. Faris Marjorie Rosenberg & Carol Smith • Joseph D. Sears William Sedlak • Cindy Shilkret • Wanda M. Slade • Edwin & Joyce Smith • Soroptomist International of Artesia -Cerritos • Susan Sung Marge Tanaka • Michi & Ron Tanimoto • Michele Vice-Maslin • Gary Whitener/Trim-Lok, Inc. • Janice Wilbur • Woman’s Club of Artesia-Cerritos

CERRITOS CIRCLE [$600 - $1,249]Joseph Aldama • John H. & Betty A. Adams Trust • Dale Becker • Sheldon & Rita Jennings • Isaac Kawamoto • Dr. & Mrs. Han-Pin Kan • Dennis & Vonnie Kinoshita • Los Cerritos Center • Brian & Terri Mayeda • John Molina • Noontime Optimist Club of Cerritos • Nancy Sur Smith • Walmart/Tammy Cannon • Jeanne Yanez

PATRON CIRCLE [$300 - $599]Absolute Health Care • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Pi Sigma Omega Chapter • Anonymous • Lester Boston • Lindy & Basia Bressickello • Don & Sharron Brundige • Dr. J. Mansfield Dean • Stuart L. Farber • Joan & Marty Flax • Kay & Mary Jane Fujimura • Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Gershon •Bob & Margarita Gomez • Alexsana Donne & Jeffrey Hartlove • Gilbert & Marsha Honeycutt • Herb Hundt • Ernest & Kay Ikuta •Matthew & Roberta Jenkins • Karl Jefferson • Darryl Johnson • Ms. Nancy H. Kennedy • Sue & Stephen Klein • Terry L. Koepke • Alain Gravel & Larry Kraft • Barry & Sandy Lakin • Charles & Laura Lee • Dr. & Mrs. Max B. Martinez • Clarence & Celia Masuo • James Murakami • Pruden-tial California Realty • Mr. & Mrs. Michael Nishida • Mr. & Mrs. John Richmond • Joyce Righetti • Gary T & Laura Rose • The David Samson Family • Ron, Judy & Lola Shiraishi • Sue & Richard Solomon • Howard & Celia Spitzer

CERRITOS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSSeason 08/09

Present a ticket stub AFTER the completion of any evening showto receive a 10% discount (food only, excludes alcohol).

Must be used same evening of the show.

Come in before the show and receive a 10% discount (food only,excludes alcohol) when you present a ticket for the show that day.