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UPCOMING

2007 SUMMER SHAKESPEARE

FESTIVALHAMLET

TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONAMEASURE FOR MEASURE

June 16 - September 30, 2007Lowell Davies Festival Theatre

HAY FEVERJul 14 - Aug 19, 2007

Old Globe Theatre

BELL, BOOK ANDCANDLE

Aug 4 - Sep 9, 2007Cassius Carter Centre Stage

A CATERED AFFAIRSep 20 - Oct 28, 2007

Old Globe Theatre

OSCAR AND THE PINK LADYSep 20 - Nov 4, 2007

Cassius Carter Centre Stage

Dear Friends, Welcome to the Globe’s production of Avenue Q at the Spreckels Theatre! This summer

the Globe “campus” has reached beyond Balboa Park to produce this exciting west coastpremiere at one of San Diego’s historic downtown landmarks. Still one of the biggest hitson Broadway, the Tony Award-winning Avenue Q is a hilarious show that has a distinctive-ly urban sensibility, and we thought it was the perfect production to launch our new col-laboration with the Spreckels.

The Globe’s relationship with the Spreckels dates back to 1978 when the downtowntheatre graciously hosted the Globe’s 1978-79 winter season following the devastating firein the Old Globe Theatre. The Spreckels is a part of the great era of downtown theatrepalaces and its President and CEO Jacquelyn Littlefield has a long history of arts supportin this community. We look forward to working with the Spreckels on Avenue Q and futureproductions to provide the highest quality theatrical events for the region while expandingour reach to new audiences.

Back at the Globe, the Summer Season is going strong, with our nationally-renownedShakespeare Festival, featuring three of the Bard’s most important works: Hamlet, The TwoGentlemen of Verona and Measure for Measure, playing in nightly rotation in our beautifuloutdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. In addition, Noel Coward’s wickedly funny HayFever runs in the Old Globe Theatre, while the magical comedy Bell, Book and Candle, makesits home on the Cassius Carter Centre Stage. We have much to look forward to in the2007/08 winter season as well, with four thrilling world premieres, including A CateredAffair, written by and featuring the legendary Harvey Fierstein; a new stage version of thepopular MGM movie musical The Band Wagon; Hershey Felder’s Beethoven, As I Knew Him;and In this Corner, a Globe commission about famed boxer Joe Louis.

This unprecedented slate of productions would not be possible without the supportof our donors and subscribers. We urge each and every one of you to support the Globe inany way that you can during our $75 million Campaign for the Theatre’s facilities needs,education programs and endowment. Through your continued annual support, the Globewill remain San Diego’s cultural landmark and continue to serve for generations to come.

Welcome

LOUIS G. SPISTO

Executive Director

JACK O’BRIEN

Artistic Director

JERRY PATCH

Resident Artistic Director

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PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P1

P2 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE

The Old Globe is deeply grateful to its Season Sponsors, each of whom has made an annual donation of $50,000 or greater. These gifts are critical to maintaining the Theatre’s high quality of artistic programming and award-winning work in the community.

To become a Season Sponsor, please contact Director of Development Todd R. Schultz at (619) 231-1941 x2310.

The Legler Benbough Foundation

Karen and Donald Cohn

Valerie and Harry Cooper

Audrey S. Geisel

Globe Guilders

Joan and Irwin Jacobs

The Lipinsky Family

Conrad Prebys

Donald and Darlene Shiley

Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and the County of San Diego

Sheryl and Harvey P. White

Anonymous


S e a s o n S p o n s o r s


Jack O’BrienArtistic Director

Louis G. SpistoExecutive Director

andKevin McCollum Robyn Goodman Jeffrey Seller

Vineyard Theatre The New Group

P R E S E N T

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

Robert Lopez and Jeff MarxBOOK BY

Jeff WhittyBASED ON AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT BY

Robert Lopez and Jeff MarxWITH

Angela Ai Christian Anderson Minglie Chen Robert McClureCole Porter Carla Renata Kelli Sawyer

PUPPETS CONCEIVED AND DESIGNED BY

Rick Lyon

SET DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN

Anna Louizos Mirena Rada Howell Binkley Acme Sound Partners

ANIMATION DESIGN INCIDENTAL MUSIC MUSICAL DIRECTOR MUSIC COORDINATOR

Robert Lopez Gary Adler Andrew Graham Michael Keller

CASTING TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Cindy Tolan Brian Lynch Evan Ensign Scott A. Moore

TOUR MARKETING/PUBLICITY GENERAL MANAGER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS

TMG – John S. Corker Marian DeWitt Sonny EverettThe Marketing Group Walter Grossman

Mort SwinskyMUSIC SUPERVISION, ARRANGEMENTS

AND ORCHESTRATIONS BY

Stephen Oremus

CHOREOGRAPHER

Ken Roberson

DIRECTED BY

Jason Moore

Avenue Q was supported by a residency and public staged reading at the 2002 O’Neill Music Theater Conference of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT.

www.avenueq.com

I N O R D E R O F A P P E A R A N C E


C a s t o f C h a r a c t e r s

Princeton, Rod ..................................................................................................................................................ROBERT MCCLUREBrian..........................................................................................................................................................................COLE PORTERKate Monster, Lucy & others ....................................................................................................................................KELLI SAWYER Nicky, Trekkie Monster, Bear & others....................................................................................................CHRISTIAN ANDERSONChristmas Eve .................................................................................................................................................................ANGELA AIGary Coleman..........................................................................................................................................................CARLA RENATAMrs. T., Bear & others.............................................................................................................................................MINGLIE CHEN Ensemble...........................................................................................MAGGIE LAKIS, SETH RETTBERG, DANIELLE THOMAS

Setting: An outer borough of New York CityTime: The present

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific

announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

for Princeton/Rod—SETH RETTBERG, CULLEN R. TITMASfor Brian—SETH RETTBERG, CULLEN R. TITMAS

for Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut—MINGLIE CHEN, MAGGIE LAKISfor Nicky/Trekkie/Bear—SETH RETTBERG, CULLEN R. TITMAS

for Mrs. T./Bear—JENNIE KWAN, MAGGIE LAKISfor Christmas Eve—MINGLIE CHEN, JENNIE KWAN

for Gary Coleman—ERICA ROBINSON, DANIELLE THOMAS

SWINGSJENNIE KWAN, ERICA ROBINSON, CULLEN R. TITMAS

AVENUE Q BANDKeyboard/Conductor—ANDREW GRAHAM

Keyboard/Associate Conductor—DOROTHY MARTINReeds—PAUL SUNDFOR; Drums—RICK DART

Bass—JUSTIN GRINNELL; Guitars—MARK SHAPIROContractor—LORIN GETLINE

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.

During the performance, please turn off all pagers, telephones, and other electronic devices.

Si desea una sinopsis de esta obra en Español, favor de pedírsela al acomodador que le entregó este programa. If you would like a synopsis of this production in Spanish, please request it from an usher.


P r o d u c t i o n S p o n s o r s

Joan and Irwin Jacobs

Joan and Irwin Jacobs have been enthusiastic supporters andloyal subscribers of The Old Globe for more than 20 years,during which time the Theatre and San Diego community havegreatly benefited from their generosity and involvement.Previous Globe productions sponsored by Joan and IrwinJacobs include George Gershwin Alone, Macbeth, Resurrection Blues,Smash and Julius Caesar. The couple has been active philanthropically throughout the San Diego community, supporting numerous organizations, including University ofCalifornia, San Diego; the Museum of Contemporary Art; SanDiego Opera; La Jolla Music Society; La Jolla Playhouse;Museum of Photographic Arts; San Diego Repertory Theatreand the San Diego Symphony.

Consistently the City of San Diego is the Globe’s largest singlesupporter. With annual funding through the Commission for Artsand Culture, the Globe and many other non-profit organizationsin San Diego benefit from the City’s commitment to supportingquality institutions in this community, and in 2007 the Globereceived a special allocation for funds to replace the roof on theOld Globe Theatre.

The Theatre’s original 1982 roof, which was 25-years-old, wasin desperate need of replacement. Many Globe subscribers,actors, crew and ticket buyers will recall performances when raindrops fell both outside and inside the theatre, causing safetyissues for the public and performers alike. For four months, crews hired by the City of San Diego diligentlyreplaced the roof on the Globe.

The Globe is one of three of Balboa Park’s cultural institutions that received funds for deferred maintenance in2007 through the City of San Diego’s Capital Improvement Program.

The Old Globe thanks Mayor Jerry Sanders and the San Diego City Council for their continued support of SanDiego’s arts and culture institutions.

T h a n k Yo u , C i t y o f S a n D i e g o !

Critical Annual Support and a New Roof


The Old Globe is supported in part by grants from The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and The County of San Diego.

Dear Friends,

After the infamous fire that destroyedthe Old Globe Theatre in 1978, theBoard of Directors and Globe staffneeded a venue quickly to continue itsproduction of Neil Simon’s The SunshineBoys. Within one week, this play

moved to the stage of the Spreckels Theatre, and duringreconstruction of the Old Globe Theatre, five productions inthe 1978/79 Winter Season took place on this venerablestage.

We are indeed pleased to return this summer to the SpreckelsTheatre as we produce, what will become, the national tour ofAvenue Q.We are especially grateful to Jacquelyn Littlefield, forher support in helping to make our residency at the SpreckelsTheatre a reality.

Kathryn Hattox, Chair,Board of Directors

Looking back at the history of the Globe,it’s impressive to remember the tremendous support that the communitygave to the Theatre during its greatestcrises. However, it’s important never toforget that as a non-profit organization,community support is needed each andevery year to keep the doors open, the curtains going up, and theproduction quality at the very highest levels.

I hope you’ll continue to support The Old Globe as subscribersand single ticket buyers and also as donors and sponsors of thisphenomenal theatre.

DIRECTORSMary Beth Adderley-WrightJoseph BenoitCharles BrazellRobert CartwrightDonald Cohn*Peter J. CooperDavid W. DownBruce M. DunlapSue EbnerBea EpstenJoel EwanPamela A. FarrJake FigiSally Furay, R.S.C.J.Harold W. Fuson, Jr.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS / OFFICERS

Kathryn Hattox*Chair

Tim K. Zinn*Treasurer

Anthony S. Thornley*Vice Chair Finance

Sandra Redman*Vice Chair Nominating

Valerie Cooper*Secretary

Deni S. Carpenter*Vice Chair Development

Victor P. GálvezF. George GilmanCarol HansonViviana IbañezSheila LipinskyTimothy A. MacDonald*Sue MajorArthur NeumannRobin NordhoffRafael PastorJohn RebeloPhyllis SchwartzChris SkillernNancy A. SpectorLouis G. Spisto*

Daniel L. Sullivan, Ph.D.Julie H. Sullivan, Ph.D.Dean ThorpEvelyn Mack TruittDebra TurnerCrystal WatkinsStewart J. WeissmanHarvey White*Ruth Wikberg-LeonardiCarolyn YorstonDeborah Young

EMERITUS DIRECTORSGaret B. Clark J. Dallas Clark (1913–2005)

Bernard Lipinsky (1914-2001) Delza Martin (1915–2005)Patsy Shumway

HONORARY DIRECTORSMrs. Richard C. Adams

(1912–2005)Clair Burgener (1921-2006)Mrs. John H. Fox (1908–2003)Audrey Geisel Paul Harter Gordon Luce (1925-2006) Dolly Poet (1921-2007)Deborah Szekely Hon. Pete Wilson

*Executive Committee Member

2 0 0 7 B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s

JACQUELYN LITTLEFIELDAND LOU SPISTO

The Old Globe would like to recognize andthank the following generous individuals who have made extraordinary gifts of $1

million or more to this organization. Thesemajor contributions have been designated forartistic projects, the endowment and facilities,

and help The Old Globe remain one of ourcountry’s great theatre institutions.

$20,000,000 or greaterDonald and Darlene Shiley

$10,000,000 or greaterConrad Prebys

$5,000,000 or greater

Sheryl and Harvey P. White

Kathryn Hattox

Karen and Donald Cohn

$1,000,000 or greater

Estate of Dorothy S. Prough

The Rivkin Family

Estate of Beatrice Lynds

Audrey S. Geisel / San Diego Foundation

Dr. Seuss Fund

Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. Ottenstein

Mrs. Helen Edison

The Stephen and Mary BirchFoundation

Leadership Gifts to The Old Globe


For more than two decades,Donald and Darlene Shileyhave been avid supportersof The Old Globe, servingas volunteers, advocatesand major donors. Theirlatest gift has been a $20million contribution tohelp launch the Globe’s $75million Capital andEndowment Campaign,and in recognition of thiscommitment, the Globe is pleased to name the

stage in the Old Globe Theatre the “Donald and Darlene ShileyStage,"while the theatre retains its current name.

This leadership gift is just one example of their exemplary supportof the Globe. They have served as sponsors for dozens of individualproductions and have been Season Sponsors since the program’sinception in 1995. With a $500,000 gift in 2000, they establishedthe Globe’s annual Shiley Artist-in-Residence program, whichhonors a featured performer each season. Thanks to Donald andDarlene's generosity, the Globe owns a 22-unit apartment building,Shiley Terrace Apartments, where visiting actors and artists resideduring rehearsals and performances. The two also made a tremendous gift to the University of San Diego to permanentlyendow two fellowships for students in The Old Globe/University of San Diego Master of Fine Arts program, and helped fund undergraduate theatre programs at the university.

Additionally, this dynamic couple generously supports regularannual activities at the Globe, including the Globe Gala and specialevents, such as Jack O’Brien’s 25th Anniversary and Craig Noel’s90th Birthday celebration.

The Old Globe Unveils :

The Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage

S p e c i a l A n n o u n c e m e n t . . .

ANGELA AI(Christmas Eve)

Is proud to be part of theAvenue Q first national tour.BROADWAY: Avenue Q(Golden Theater). TOUR:Avenue Q Las Vegas(Broadway Theater at the

Wynn); Making Tracks (2G). OFF-BROAD-WAY: Pericles (Red Bull Theater). OTHERTHEATER CREDITS: Journey to the West(NY Musical Theatre Festival), Snake inFridge (Themantics Group). TV: Sex and theCity. Her CD, History, was a Top 12 Pick inPerforming Songwriter. “Love to my family,my friends and Ferd.” www.angelaai.com.Member of AEA.

CHRISTIAN ANDERSON(Nicky, Trekkie Monster, Bear & others)

Is happy to be on tour withAvenue Q. BROADWAY:Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie),High Fidelity (Dick), Rent(Mark). NATIONALTOURS: The Full Monty

(Jerry), Rent (Roger). Also Bernstein’s Massat the Hollywood Bowl, Wit at the GeffenPlayhouse. TV: The Division, Days of OurLives. “For Cheri and Ruby.”

MINGLIE CHEN(Mrs. T., Bear & others)

After making her Broadwaydebut with Avenue Q,Minglie is delighted to jointhe touring production.BROADWAY: Avenue Q(Christmas Eve).

GERMANY: Miss Saigon (Kim).REGIONAL: Aladdin, Bare. FILM: ForbiddenWarrior. TV: Reno 911! BA inCommunications, UCLA. AEA member.“Love to my family. For S.F.”

ROBERT McCLURE (Princeton, Rod)

Is thrilled and honored tobe joining this incrediblytalented team. CREDITSINCLUDE: Avenue Q(Broadway, Nicky/Trekkie);I’m Not Rappaport (Broad-way Revival with Judd

Hirsch and Ben Vereen); A FunnyThing...Forum (Arden Theatre); Grease(Lenape PAC); Parade, The Skin of Our Teeth(Kasser Theatre); Oliver! (Helen HayesTheatre); Carousel, I’m Not Rappaport (PaperMill Playhouse). “Thanks to AEA, family,friends, Mom, Dad, Steph, Becca andMaggie for their love and support.”www.robertpmcclure.com.

COLE PORTER(Brian)

Hails from Billings, MTand received a BFA inDrama at the University ofMontana. After his gig withQ Vegas he traveled andreturned home to support

his Mother’s battle with cancer. He isproud and excited to return as “Brian.” Heexpresses love and thanks to family andfriends for support. “Mom, you are myhero. Thanks boys in Billings, gang inDarby and Judgment Day, and Las Vegaspals.” Proud member AEA.

CARLA RENATA(Gary Coleman)

Was Killer Queen in theQueen musical We WillRock You and received aNAACP nomination asShenzi in the LA Companyof The Lion King. BROAD-

WAY: The Life, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and How toSucceed…. NATIONAL TOURS/ REGION-AL: You Can’t Take It with You (GeffenPlayhouse), The Who’s Tommy (first nationaltour). TELEVISION: CSI, Will & Grace, MyName Is Earl, The War At Home, It’s AlwaysSunny in Philadelphia. Member of AEA.

KELLI SAWYER(Kate Monster, Lucy & others)

Is thrilled to be touring withQ after performing the samepart on Broadway and atWynn Las Vegas. A native ofDallas. OFF-BROADWAY:The Summer of ’42. ELSE-

WHERE: South Pacific, national tour(w/Robert Goulet); The Caucasian ChalkCircle (Grusha), Hangar Theatre; SwingtimeCanteen (Katie), Actor’s Theatre ofLouisville; Voyage of the Little Mermaid (Ariel),WDW. EDUCATION/ TRAINING: BFAMusical Theatre, Cincinnati Conservatory ofMusic. Member AEA since 1997. “Love toMom, Dad and husband Bob.”

JENNIE KWAN(Swing, u/s Christmas Eve, Mrs. T., Bear &others).

THEATER: Avenue Q(Broadway Theater, LasVegas), Miss Saigon (Kim/firstnational tour), Bare (Diane/original cast). TV: Avatar: TheLast Airbender (Suki),

California Dreams (Sam/Series Regular).OTHER CREDITS: Recording group,Nobody’s Angel (Gold Record received forPrincess Diaries). Jennie sends her love andgratitude to her supportive family, friends,and awesome husband, Matt.

MAGGIE LAKIS(Ensemble)

From Philadelphia.REGIONAL: Tin Pan Alley RagWilma Theater; Box Office ofthe Damned with 1812Productions; Grease!, LenapeRPAC; And Then They Came for

Me, The Boxcar Children, Sideways Stories fromWayside School, A Year with Frog and Toad, TheBFG and Ferdinand the Bull, Arden Theatre.


P r o f i l e s

SETH RETTBERG (Ensemble)

REGIONAL: Stage OneUrinetown (Bobby Strong);Lyric Theatre Beauty and theBeast, Godspell, Cabaret,Fiddler on the Roof. CCM: TheMystery of Edwin Drood, A

New Brain, Side Show, Crazy for You. EDUCA-TION: BFA, Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music. “Thanks to Mom,Dad, Luke, HS and Friends.” Proudmember of AEA. www.sethrettberg.com.

ERICA ROBINSON (Swing)

Is thrilled to be a part ofthis incredible show andcompany. Favorite creditsinclude Ain’t Misbehavin’,Fame, Tintypes. AMDAGraduate. “Thanks to Troy

(Poodle), Family, Friends, The Talent MineAgency, Cindy Tolan Casting and Avenue QCreative Team. Look what God has done.”Proud AEA member.

DANIELLE K. THOMAS (Swing)

Favorite credits: Hair(European Tour), Seussical,Cinderella, Floorplay, Big River,Little Shop of Horrors(Germany), Jesus ChristSuperstar (Germany). FILM:

Crooklyn. Native New Yorker. EDUCA-TION/Training: BFA Howard University(cum laude). Oxford University. “Manythanks to God, her Mom (Hildred), family,friends and Daddy…I miss u so much andI will love you forever! RIP” Proud to be amember of AEA.

CULLEN R. TITMAS (Swing)

Just spent seven monthsunder water creating andperforming the role ofMarlin in Finding Nemo theMusical at Disney’s AnimalKingdom. REGIONAL: John

and Jen (uh, John), Elton John’s AIDA(Radames), Footloose (Ren, three times);Forever Plaid (Sparky, twice), AdamGuettel’s Floyd Collins (title role). “Cheersto the little things.”

ROBERT LOPEZ(Music and Lyrics/Original Concept/Animation Design) Is still reeling from winning the 2004Tony Award for Best Score for Avenue Q,which has been produced in New York,Vegas, London, Stockholm, Helsinki andnow this tour! Bobby’s musical version ofFinding Nemo, co-written with his wifeKristen Anderson-Lopez, is currentlyplaying in Walt Disney World. In 2007, heco-wrote songs for a musical episode ofNBC’s Scrubs. He and his brother BillyLopez have written music for Nick Jr’s“The Wonder Pets!” and Disney’s “Johnnyand the Sprites.” Bobby is busy at work onlots of new projects. He grew up inGreenwich Village, graduated Yale 1997(with a BA in English) and now lives inManhattan with his wife and daughter.

JEFF MARX(Music and Lyrics)Jeff would like to take this opportunity toplug his book, How to Win a High SchoolElection. A serious guide for student councilcandidates, it has sold over 15,000 copiesand can be found in bookstores and on theinternet. This is Jeff’s first musical. He isnow living in Los Angeles, writing variousprojects with different collaborators. Hewent to L.A. to work on the musicalepisode of Scrubs, loved it there, and

stayed. He has a law degree, a Tony Award,a Mustang convertible and a wonderfullysweet rescue dog named Princeton. Manythanks to the hundreds of people whosecontributions helped make Avenue Q a reality.

JEFF WHITTY(Book)Won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Bookof a Musical for Avenue Q. Plays includeThe Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler (nextappearing in the Oregon ShakespeareFestival’s 2008 season), The Hiding Place,The Plank Project, Suicide Weather and Balls.Theaters presenting his work include theAtlantic Theater Company, South CoastRepertory, Vineyard Theater, The NewGroup and New York Stage andFilm/Vassar. Currently at work on thelibretto for a musical version of ArmisteadMaupin’s Tales of the City. As an actor, hehas appeared regionally, off-Broadway, andin film and TV. Website: www.Whitless.com.

JASON MOORE (Director)BROADWAY: Steel Magnolias, Avenue Q(Tony nomination, Best Director). OFF-BROADWAY: Guardians, Avenue Q, TheCrumple Zone. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR:Les Misérables (Broadway, national tour),Ragtime (Vancouver). WRITER: TheFloatplane Notebooks (Charlotte RepertoryTheatre). TV: episodes of Dawson’s Creek,Everwood, One Tree Hill and Brothers andSisters. UPCOMING PROJECTS: Shrek: TheMusical for Dreamworks Animation andSam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions onBroadway in 2008. Jason is a graduate ofNorthwestern University.


KEN ROBERSON(Choreographer) Choreographed the 2004 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Avenue Q. NYCcredits include All Shook Up, Purlie(Encores!), The Color Purple, Harlem Song atthe legendary Apollo, Freak (JohnLeguizamo), Stupid Kids, The Mineola Twinsand Blade to the Heat. REGIONAL: Purlie,Once on this Island (dir/chor), Lady Day at theEmerson Bar and Grill (dir/chor), Ain’tMisbehavin’ (dir/chor), Smokey Joe’s Cafe(dir/chor), Guys and Dolls, She Loves Me.FILM: Preaching to the Choir, HBO’sLackawanna Blues. Awards include twoNAACP Awards, Emmy Award nomina-tion, Lucille Lortel Award nomination,Drama Desk Award nomination, NYCCouncil of the Arts Award and AUDELCOAward.

STEPHEN OREMUS(Music Supervision/Arrangements/Orchestrations)Music Supervisor/Arranger Wicked; MusicSupervisor/Vocal Arranger/OrchestratorAvenue Q; Music Supervisor/VocalArranger/Co-Orchestrator All Shook Up;Vocal Arranger High Fidelity. OFF-BROADWAY: Music Supervisor/VocalArranger/Orchestrator tick, tick...BOOM!;Music director of Andrew Lippa’s The WildParty at Manhattan Theatre Club and Rent(national tour). Music Director/Conductorfor Rufus Wainwright (singing JudyGarland’s famous 1961 concert) atCarnegie Hall; The Palladium, London;and the Olympia, Paris. Music Directorand arranger of Broadway Meets Country inNew York and Nashville. MusicSupervisor/Vocal Arranger of Signed SealedDelivered —the music of Stevie Wonder star-ring Chaka Kahn (Las Vegas). Graduate ofBerklee College of Music, Boston.

RICK LYON(Puppet Designer)Is Avenue Q’s real triple threat: he designedall of the puppets, he and his company,The Lyon Puppets, built all of the puppets,and Rick performed the roles of Nicky andTrekkie Monster in the original Tony-winning Broadway production. A pup-peteer and designer with more than 25years of professional experience in televi-sion, film, and theatre, Rick gratefullyacknowledges the inspiration and encour-agement of the late Jim Henson, and isproud to have supplied all the puppets forthe productions of Avenue Q on Broadway,in London, Las Vegas, and now the nation-al tour. Love and thanks to Rick’s familyand beautiful wife Tonya for their support.Web site: www.lyonpuppets.com.

ANNA LOUIZOS(Set Designer)THE OLD GLOBE: Much Ado AboutNothing, Beyond Therapy. BROADWAY:Curtains, High Fidelity (2007 Tony Awardnomination), Avenue Q (2004 TonyAward, Best Musical) also Las Vegas andLondon productions, Steel Magnolias,Golda’s Balcony. NATIONAL: Irving Berlin’sWhite Christmas (S.F., Boston, L.A., St.Paul, Detroit, Seattle), Seven Brides for SevenBrothers (TUTS, Paper Mill), Disney LiveWinnie the Pooh (U.S. and world tours).OFF-BROADWAY: In the Heights (37 Arts);Altar Boyz (prem. & U.S. tour); tick, tick...BOOM! (prem. & U.S. tour); MTC; SecondStage; Roundabout Theatre. REGIONAL:The Baker’s Wife (Paper Mill), Me and MyGirl (Goodspeed). ELSEWHERE:Berkshire T. F., Alley, Merrimack Rep,Charlotte Rep, George St., WilliamstownT.F. Art Direction. FILM/TV: Sex and theCity (HBO), The Secret Lives of Dentists.

MIRENA RADA(Costume Designer)CREDITS: Broadway Asia’s SpongeBobSquarePants the Musical, Big Apple Circus’Picturesque, Dreams of a City, Carnevale, Big-Top-Doo-Wop; Collected Stories w/UtaHagen; Pera Palas (Connecticut CriticsAward); Ballet Tech’s Lincoln Portrait;Roundabout’s Moonlight w/Jason Robardsand Liev Schreiber; Disneyland’s BlockParty Bash Parade; 2004 Irene SharaffYoung Master in Costume Design Award.She thanks her role model Tony Walton,plus her husband Anton and son Atom,who remind her daily about what’s impor-tant in life.

HOWELL BINKLEY(Lighting Designer)THE OLD GLOBE: The Full Monty.BROADWAY: LoveMusik, Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, Bridge and Tunnel, Dracula, SteelMagnolias, Golda’s Balcony, Hollywood Arms,Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Minnelli onMinnelli, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of theSpider Woman, Taking Sides, How to Succeed…,Grease, Sinatra at Radio City. REGIONAL:La Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare TheatreD.C., The Alley, The Old Globe, Guthrie,Goodman, Hartford Stage, Seattle Rep andThe Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration.DANCE: Alvin Ailey, ABT, Joffrey Ballet(Billboards), Parsons Dance (co-founder).Five time Helen Hayes Award recipient,1993 Sir Laurence Olivier Award andCanadian Dora Award for Kiss of The SpiderWoman, 2006 Henry Hewes DesignAward, 2006 Outer Critics Circle Awardand 2006 Tony Award for Jersey Boys.

ACME SOUND PARTNERS(Sound Designer)BROADWAY: Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, A Chorus Line (2006), The DrowsyChaperone, Hot Feet, The Light in the Piazza,Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dracula theMusical, Twentieth Century, Fiddler on the Roof,Never Gonna Dance, The Boy From Oz, Avenue


P r o f i l e s c o n t i n u e d

Q, Gypsy, La Bohème (Drama Desk Award),Flower Drum Song, Elaine Stritch at Liberty,Bells Are Ringing, A Class Act, Jane Eyre, TheFull Monty. NATIONAL: Irving Berlin’sWhite Christmas. The partners are: TomClark, Mark Menard and Nevin Steinberg.

ANDREW GRAHAM(Musical Director)LAS VEGAS: Spamalot starring JohnO’Hurley and Avenue Q. NATIONALTOURS: Pippin, Thoroughly Modern Millie,Seussical starring Cathy Rigby, Oliver, TheMusic Man, Footloose and the Europeantours of Hair and Grease. REGIONAL:Elton John’s Aida (MUNY), Aida and Fame(N.S.M.T.) EDUCATION: Degrees fromCapital University in Columbus, Ohio andTrinity College of Music in London.

TMG—The Marketing Group (TourMarketing/Publicity)Are experts in creating and implementingstrategic marketing partnerships, promo-tions, awareness/branding campaigns andsales initiatives targeting the upscale con-sumer, both in New York and throughoutNorth America. With offices in New York,Chicago and Los Angeles, TMG currentlyrepresents the Broadway productions ofRent, Mamma Mia!, Curtains, Legally Blonde,Radio Golf, The Pirate Queen, The DrowsyChaperone and Grey Gardens, as well as thetours of Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone, SweeneyTodd, The 25th Annual Putnam County SpellingBee, Twelve Angry Men, Mamma Mia!, Rent,The Producers, Hairspray, Stomp, Annie andIrving Berlin’s White Christmas. www.themar-ketinggroup.net.

MARIAN DeWITT(Production Stage Manager)BROADWAY: Say Goodnight Gracie, RockyHorror. TOURS: Doubt, Copenhagen, Chicago,Saturday Night Fever, West Side Story, 42ndStreet, others across U.S., Canada, Europe,Asia and the Middle East. Having per-

formed as Curious George many years ago,Marian feels at home amongst thepuppets, cast and crew of Avenue Q. Whenshe is not in the theater, Marian is climb-ing mountains, frozen waterfalls, androcks until it’s time to come in for work.AEA member since 1994.

JOEL ROSEN (Stage Manager)THE OLD GLOBE: Over 30 shows withThe Old Globe. BROADWAY: Dr. Seuss’How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, ImaginaryFriends, Avenue Q. OFF-BROADWAY:Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well, Fat Pig, TheThing About Men, The Exonerated.REGIONAL: Avenue Q, Las VegasCompany; The Color Purple (AllianceTheatre, World Premiere). Member of AEA.

JAMES DARRAH(Assistant Stage Manager)BROADWAY/OFF-BROADWAY/ TOURSAS SM : Hedda Gabler, Little Women. AS ACTOR: Little Women, Hello, Dolly!,Silent Laughter, archy and mehitabel, OnceAround the City, Billion Dollar Baby, DearlyDeparted, Jubilee, Bells Are Ringing, Boobs!, AsBees in Honey Drown, Was, The Cmplt Wrks ofWllm Shkspr-Abridged.

MICHAEL KELLER(Music Coordinator) Music coordinator for Legally Blond, AChorus Line (2006), Wicked, Spamalot, The25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, TheLion King, Avenue Q, Mamma Mia!, BarbaraStreisand concerts (’94, ’01, ’06). “Life iscomplete with wife Pamela Sousa and chil-dren Zach and Alexis.”

CINDY TOLAN (Casting)BROADWAY: Xanadu, Avenue Q, A Year withFrog and Toad, Medea (additional casting).LONDON: Resurrection Blues (Old Vic).OFF-BROADWAY: House of Bernarda Alba,Belle Epoque, Big Bill, The Carpetbagger’s

Children (Lincoln Center Theater); In theBlood, Tartuffe, Tongue of a Bird (PublicTheater); Vineyard Theatre casting directorsince 1999. Williamstown Theatre Festival2003 and 2004. FILM: The DarjeelingLimited (consultant), The Namesake, Kinsey,Sherrybaby, Death of a President, The Ballad ofJack and Rose, Diggers, A War Within,Loggerheads (also co-producer), Casa de losBabys, Personal Velocity, Angela. TV: Flight ofthe Conchords (HBO series), Wonderfalls(NY casting). Member: CSA.

BRIAN LYNCH/THEATRETECH, Inc.(Technical Director)Technical/Production Management onnumerous Broadway shows that mostrecently include: Avenue Q (Broadway andLas Vegas), A Moon for the Misbegotten, HighFidelity, The Drowsy Chaperone, Irving Berlin’sWhite Christmas, The Odd Couple, Ring of Fire,Movin’ Out, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème,Contact, Side Show, De La Guarda, Riverdanceand Rent. Brian has also worked on virtual-ly all of Neil Simon’s productions span-ning the last 25 years.

JOHN S. CORKER(General Manager)Is currently represented on Broadway withRent and Avenue Q. He general managedtwo national touring companies of Rent aswell as the Canadian, West End, andGerman productions of Rent along withAvenue Q at Wynn Resort in Las Vegas. Hewas the General Manager for BazLuhrmann’s Production of Puccini’s LaBohème on Broadway and is the generalmanager for the holiday perennial IrvingBerlin’s White Christmas that has had pro-ductions in San Francisco, Los Angeles,Boston, St. Paul and Detroit. Upcomingprojects will include In the Heights onBroadway and two more productions ofIrving Berlin’s White Christmas this holidayseason.



P r o f i l e s c o n t i n u e dKEVIN McCOLLUM (Producer)Won Tony Awards for Best Musical forAvenue Q (2004) and for Rent (1996),which also won the Pulitzer Prize forDrama and is now a major motion picture.Mr. McCollum also produced The DrowsyChaperone, winner of five 2006 TonyAwards, Baz Luhrmann’s Broadway pro-duction of Puccini’s La Bohème (2002),High Fidelity (2006), and the debut stageproductions of Irving Berlin’s WhiteChristmas. Off-Broadway credits include De La Guarda, [title of show] and In theHeights.

ROBYN GOODMAN(Producer)Produced Avenue Q which received the BestMusical Tony Award of 2004. OtherBroadway credits include Metamophoses(Drama Desk Award), A Class Act, SteelMagnolias, Barefoot in the Park and HighFidelity. Off-Broadway she produced BatBoy; tick, tick…BOOM!; Our Lady of 121st

Street; Red Light Winter and the award-winning Altar Boyz. She was Co-Founderand Artistic Director of the Second StageTheatre until 1992, Supervising Producerof ABC’s One Life to Live for four years andis currently the Artistic Consultant to theRoundabout Theatre Company. She is also a founding Board Member of Counts Media.

JEFFREY SELLER (Producer)Is the winner of two Tony Awards for BestMusical: Rent (1996), which also won thePulitzer Prize for Drama, and Avenue Q(2004). Jeffrey also produced De LaGuarda (1998) and Baz Luhrmann’s pro-duction of Puccini’s La Bohème (2002),High Fidelity (2006) and In the Heights(2007). Jeffrey is a graduate of theUniversity of Michigan.

VINEYARD THEATRE(Producer)Under the guidance of Artistic DirectorDouglas Aibel, the Vineyard is a non-profittheatre company dedicated to creating newwork, taking artistic risks, and collaborat-ing with gifted artists to produce distinc-tive new plays and musicals. In addition toAvenue Q, notable Vineyard premieresinclude the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramasHow I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel andThree Tall Women by Edward Albee, NickySilver’s Pterodactyls, Craig Lucas’ TheDying Gaul, Becky Mode’s Fully Committed,Christopher Shinn’s Where Do We Live, andthe Obie-winning musicals [title of show]and Eli’s Comin’. The Vineyard is the recipi-ent of special Drama Desk, OBIE andLucille Lortel Awards for SustainedExcellence and Outstanding Body ofWork. Visit www.vineyardtheatre.org.

THE NEW GROUP(Producer)Is an off-Broadway theatre companyknown for powerful ensemble acting andfor developing and producing challengingplays. Under Artistic Director Scott Elliottand Executive Director Geoff Rich, TheNew Group has received seven Obies, fiveLortels, twenty-one Drama Desk nomsand three Tonys. They have featured thework of such playwrights as Mike Leigh(Ecstasy, Goose-Pimples, Smelling a Rat,Abigail’s Party), Wallace Shawn (Aunt Danand Lemon, The Fever, The Music Teacher),Kenneth Lonergan (This Is Our Youth),David Cale (Betwixt, A Likely Story), SethZvi Rosenfeld (The Flatted Fifth, EverythingsTurning into Beautiful), Kevin Elyot (MyNight with Reg, Mouth to Mouth), DmitryLipkin (Cranes) and David Rabe(Hurlyburly). Other U.S. and WorldPremieres include Curtains, Hazelwood Jr.High, East Is East, Roar, The Women ofLockerbie, Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, Terrorism,

and The Accomplices; and revivals includeComedians, What the Butler Saw, and ThePrime of Miss Jean Brodie.

SONNY EVERETT(Associate Producer)As a producer or partner, credits include:ShockHeaded Peter, Hurlyburly, Irving Berlin'sWhite Christmas, The Unexpected Man(London, NY), State Fair, Gross Indecency,June Moon, Vita & Virginia, The DrowsyChaperone (NY, London), In the Heights (off-Broadway, projected Broadway fall 2007).Producer for the late Kitty Carlisle Hart.Founder of Toad Suck Repertory Co., ToadSuck, Ferry, AR.

WALTER GROSSMAN(Associate Producer)Is chairman of Brookehill Capital Partners,a private investment firm. Mr. Grossmanformerly served as a member of the Boardof Overseers of the University ofPennsylvania (his alma mater) andpresently serves as a director of the NewGroup theater company, CBRITE Inc. ofSanta Barbara, CA and TechnologyInfrastructure Solutions of Boca Raton,FL. Other credits include Altar Boyz andBarefoot in the Park.

MORT SWINSKY(Associate Producer)Has co-produced and been involved withmore than 30 Broadway productions,including the current hits Hairspray andChicago. Additional Broadway: La Bohème,The Crucible, Metamorphoses, Urinetown,Noises Off, The Music Man, Annie Get YourGun and many more. FILM: Dark Days,Boys Don’t Cry, You Can Count on Me and KissMe Guido. Mort is thrilled to have foundhis way to Avenue Q.


STAFF FOR AVENUE Q

GENERAL MANAGERJohn S. Corker

TOUR MARKETING/PUBLICITY TMG—The Marketing GroupLaura Matalon Marya K. Peters

GENERAL PRESS REPRESENTATIONSam Rudy Media RelationsSam RudyDale Heller Bob LaskoCharlie Siedenburg

DIRECTOR OF MARKETINGScott A. Moore

CASTINGCindy TolanAdam Caldwell, Casting Associate

TOUR DIRECTIONThe Booking GroupMeredith Blair, Kara Gebhartwww.thebookinggroup.com

Company Manager ..................Roeya BanuaziziProduction Stage Manager ........Marian DeWittTechnical Supervisor .....................Brian Lynch/

Theatretech, Inc.

Associate Director..........................Evan Ensign

Stage Manager ........................................Joel Rosen Assistant Stage Manager ...................James Darrah Production Assistant .........................Bob HendrenPuppet Coach ...................................Aymee Garcia Associate Set Designer .........................Todd PotterAssociate Costume Designer...Karl A. Ruckdeschel Associate Lighting Designer ..............Ryan O’GaraAssociate Sound Designer................Sten Severson Automated Light Programmer ...........Hillary KnoxProduction Carpenter ........................Justin GarveyProduction Electrician ...................Keith BuchananProduction Prop Master ..................Ron GroomesHead Carpenter ....................................Jeff Sharratt Head Electrician ...............................Steve CookseyHead Audio Engineer ...................Richard CamusoProp Master....................................Nicholas Rouse Flyman .................................................Tyler SmutzHead Spotlight Operator..............Leslie BindemanAssistant Audio Engineer .............Daniel ScheivertAssistant Prop Master.................Kristine Hummel Wardrobe Supervisor....................Michael Hannah Sound and Video Design Effects ...........Brett JarvisAnimation/Video Production ...............World Leaders Entertainment

Puppet Builders ..........................The Lyon PuppetsMusic Coordinator ...........................Michael KellerSynthesizer Programming .....................Jim Abbott

Associate Synthesizer Programming.....................................Randy Cohen

Music Copying...................Emily Grishman Music Preparation, Emily Grishman

General Management Associate .............Nick LugoManagement Assistant......................Andrew Jones Executive Assistant to Messrs. McCollum and Seller ...............................Ryan Hill

Assistant to Ms. Goodman................Jessica WhiteAssistant to Mr. Corker............Kim Marie VasquezLegal Counsel ..............Levine, Plotkin, Menin LLP

Loren Plotkin, Susan Mindell, Conrad Rippy, Cris Criswell

Advertising ...............................................SPOTCo,Drew Hodges, Jim Edwards, Pete Milano, Aaliytha Davis

Production Photographer...................Carol Rosegg Web Design.............................Situation Marketing

Damian Bazadona

Concessions ...................Max Merchandising, LLC Randi Grossman

Accountant......................FK Partners/Robert Fried Bookkeeper ...................................Joseph S. KubalaInsurance ...........................D.R. Reiff & Associates

Sonny Everett, Dennis Reiff

Banking...........................................Signature BankPayroll...............................CSI Payroll Services,Inc.

Lance Castellana

Travel..................................Tzell Travel/Andi Henig

THE PRODUCING OFFICEKevin McCollum Jeffrey Seller

John S. Corker Debra NirRyan Hill David Roth

AGED IN WOODRobyn Goodman

Stephen KocisJosh Fiedler

Jessica White

VINEYARD THEATREDouglas Aibel, Artistic Director

Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell, Executive Director /External Affairs

THE NEW GROUPScott Elliot, Artistic Director

Geoffrey Rich, Executive Director

CREDITSPuppets built by The Lyon Puppets. SceneryConstructed by Centerline Studios. 59th StreetBridge Photograph from Panorama New York usedwith special permission by Richard Berenholtz.Lighting Equipment by PRG Lighting. SoundEquipment by PRG Audio. Chain Motors provid-ed by Hudson Scenic. Costumes executed by JohnKristiansen New York Inc. “Christmas Eve”Wedding Dress electrified by Tom Talmon Studio.

Props built by The Spoon Group, Tom CarrollScenery, and Sandra Chugkowski. Animation oper-ating system provided by Sound Associates. RoadRebel Entertainment Touring.

Avenue Q has not been authorized or approved inany manner by the Jim Henson Company orSesame Workshop, which have no responsibilityfor its content.

Quote from “Something’s Coming” (Bernstein/Sondheim) by permission of Leonard BernsteinMusic Publishing Company LLC. (ASCAP).

SPECIAL THANKSThe BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop,John Buzzetti, David Page of Page Drums

Any donation received during this performance willbe given to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

WARNING: This production employs machines that create fog and smoke effect, andstrobe lighting.

ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THIS PRODUCTION

Master Electrician.......................Troy CastelblancoMaster Carpenter ............................James MasacekFlyman ............................................David MasacekMaster Prop .......................................Ned KrumreyHead Audio ........................................Loren RogersAssistant Company Mgr. ...........Meghan BourdeauProduction Assistant .......................Mark Helmuth

THE HISTORIC SPRECKELS THEATREOwner/Producer ......................Jacquelyn LittlefieldVP Marketing /Producer .....................Geoff ShlaesBooking Director.................................Robert SteinTheatre Management ..........................Shaun Davis

The actors and stage managers employed in this productionare members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union ofprofessional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Backstage employees are represented by the InternationalAlliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (of I.A.T.S.E.).

The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors andChoreographers, Inc. an independent national labor union.

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenicpainters for the American Theatre.

The musicians employed in this production are membersof the American Federation of Musicians.

The Press Agents & Company Manager employed in thisproduction are represented by the Association of TheatricalPress Agents and Managers.

This production is produced by a member of the Leagueof American Theatres and Producers in collaborationwith our professional union-represented employees.


P r o g r a m N o t e s

Bobby has wanted to write musicals all his life. When he gotout of college, he joined the BMI Workshop because that wasjust the next logical step — it's a sort of the Harvard for musicaltheater writers. It seemed like a specialty grad school for him. Jeffwas actually a lawyer practicing entertainment law for a while,but hated it — he envied the clients, who were having muchmore fun than their representatives. One of Bobby's sage friendsadvised him to try collaborating with someone —anyone — atleast once so that he'd have the experience of working withsomeone. So we started writing together a little and found thatit was actually more fun than writing alone — that when we putour two heads together to come up with ideas, and especially toedit them (we only keep things we both like, so the work ends upbeing the highest common denominator rather than the lowest),the result was stronger than what either of us produced alone.

So we were kids writing a show about ourselves and howmuch it sucked to be us. Bobby was a temp at the time; Jeff was

an intern. Bobby was living with his parents after graduatingfrom Yale; Jeff was living in an apartment owned by his parentsafter graduating from law school. Neither of us was making anymoney or really feeling like an adult yet. But we sort of had itgood. Lots of our friends were worse off than us — at least wegot to live in Manhattan and convince ourselves we were beingproductive while taking classes [for Musical Theatre Writing].Our friends were living in squalor out in Brooklyn or Queens,commuting, working all day long in entry-level jobs they hated,wondering how the hell they got there. So we decided to write ashow about the situation.

We wanted to write a musical that would appeal to everydaypeople — people who don't necessarily already like musicals —and so we were looking for a medium that would allow charac-ters to sing but which wouldn't be your typical Oklahoma! orFunny Girl type stage show. Our solution to overcome the modernbias against singing was to write a Muppet movie. We realizedthat for the most part, audiences have a tendency to say “ohplease" when a character breaks into song nowadays, but wedidn't think that puppets faced that same hurdle. Where theMuppets are concerned, they must sing otherwise they seemkind of flat. Singing is just part of their vocabulary. So we triedto find the most ludicrous plot we could find for it, and wesettled on Hamlet.

We started writing a very, very loose adaptation and called it“Kermit, Prince of Denmark." It was about Kermit the Frogwalking through the airport on his way to join the otherMuppets in Denver, CO for a planned skiing trip, when he acci-dentally boards the wrong plane headed to Denmark. Once inDenmark, he's mistaken for Hamlet (also a green frog Muppet),who has gone missing. It's a typical story of mistaken identity,chaos, mayhem, and so forth, and nobody dies at the end. Kermitgets everyone to cooperate and communicate, and makes friendswith everyone... as Muppets often do.

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WRITING AVENUE Q BY JEFF WHITTY, BOOK WRITERMy agent called and said "How do you feel about writing a musical starring puppets?" I'd never written

a musical before; I had just written plays. But I listened to a demo CD of some of the existing songs andjust loved it. Actually, one of the big hooks for me was not even so much the funny over-the-top songs like"The Internet Is for Porn" or "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist," but "There's a Fine, Fine Line" which had sortof this deeper emotional content and that I thought was the most subversive thing; to write a show whereyou cared about these puppet characters. Because it's one thing for people to say they laughed, but I love itwhen people say they were moved by the show.

I wrote this sort of unwieldy long draft because I was still trying to figure out exactly what it was towrite a book for a musical. [Director] Jason Moore came on board shortly after that, and I wrote this entirely different draft that wasmuch leaner and had the “Purpose" story arc that exists in the show now. But, it was sort of too clean and didn't have the anarchicfeeling I thought the show needed, so I combined both drafts and took the best from each and that pretty much led us to what the showis now.

It was hard, but I was glad I didn't know squat about how to structure it, or even what had come before. I knew a couple musicals inand out, but overall my knowledge of musical theatre is slim. I think that was an advantage because Avenue Q needed a fresh approachanyway. I was able to come to it with a clean slate and invent the language of the show. The surprise of it was that the things that reallyworked were these staples of common, traditional Broadway musical structural elements that the show has. I think people respond to itbecause it does pay homage to those traditions. People's views of the book for a musical are very frequently that it's just sort of there tostring the songs together. It was my goal from the beginning to make the book as funny and sharp as the songs.

From Playbill.com, July 2, 2004

We finished writing about eight songs, and they won the$100,000 Kleban Award. We then sent the songs and a shorttreatment off to Brian Henson, who runs the Jim HensonCompany. He said he wasn't interested, and that was that. But welearned something valuable from theexperience — we learned not to writefor other people's characters because ifthey say no, all your hard work isdown the drain. It made us say, "Tohell with the Muppets. Let's create ourown family of characters." And so westarted coming up with a concept for ashow that would use puppet charac-ters, based initially on ourselves andour friends. Once we had all the majorcharacters and a bunch of songs and abasic outline of a plot, we brought Jeff Whitty, a playwright, in to

work on the script, and he eventually ended up taking over thebookwriting end of it. He won a Tony for his work, too.

One of the most important themes in Avenue Q is that lifeisn't as easy as we've been led to believe. Our parents told us we

were special; Mr. Rogers wanted to beour friend and neighbor; we thoughtwe could grow up to be anything wewanted to be, from a fireman toPresident of the United States. Evenin college, we thought we were prettyhot ..., ready to set the world on fire.But when we got out of college, wewere faced with rent bills andtemping and entry level jobs, if wewere even lucky enough to get those.It wasn't nearly as easy or nice as we

expected it was going to be. We found to our horror that weweren't all that special after all.

From The Gothamist, December 17, 2004

KATE MONSTER, KELLI SAWYER; PHOTO BY CAROL ROSEGG

The Old Globe’s ability to maintain the highest standard of excellence, while keeping ticket prices affordable, is due in large part to thefinancial support of more than 3,500 individuals, businesses, foundations and government agencies. Please join us in giving a warmthanks and recognition to these leaders who have made tonight and our 625 other performances possible. The Old Globe appreciatesthe support of those who have stepped into the spotlight.

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Jewish Community FoundationDale Burgett & F. George GilmanThe Louis Yager Cantwell Private

Foundation

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at The San Diego Foundation

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Gulden Private FoundationMr. & Mrs. Thomas M. HenrySuzanne & Lawrence HessDrs. Sonia & Andy IsraelWarren & Karen Kessler Fund of the

Jewish Community FoundationJames Klein InsuranceCurt & Nancy KochDr. Eric LasleyDr. & Mrs. James E. LasryMr. & Mrs. James LimJasna Markovac & Gary MillerAkiko Charlene Morimoto &

Hubert Frank Hamilton,Jr.Parker & Crosland, LLPSusan ParkerWilliam & Sandra PeaveyDeborah B. PettryJeanette Rubin Family Fund of the

Jewish Community FoundationDon & Darlene RussellCheryl & Frank RuyakAlice & Lewis SilverbergAlan & Esther SimanJohn & Margery SwansonJanet & Bernard TrabinW. Bruce & Cynthia TuckermanStan & Anita UlrichJames & Ellen WeilThe Grey White Family FundChristy & Howard Zatkin

GOLD ($500 to $999)Anonymous (3)Mr. & Mrs. Bill ArnoldArthur Family Fund at The San Diego FoundationRhoda & Mike AuerMrs. & Mrs. David A. BaerShawn & Jennifer BakerIna S. BartellJack & Dorothy Baser FoundationRichard & Linda BasingerLee & Amnon Ben-YehudaRobert & Nancy BlayneyJoyce & Bob BlumbergMrs. Suzanne I. BondMrs. Wyloma BradshawMrs. Henri Brandais

Mr. & Mrs. Blaine A. BriggsDr. & Mrs. Simon C. Brumbaugh, Jr.Beth & Tim CannGreg & Loretta CassHarry & Carol CebronRay & Shelley ChalupskyLynne Champagne & Wilfred KearseDoug & Elisabeth ClarkRobin & William ComerSteve & Carolyn ConnerAlan L. & Frances E. CornellA.W. DibelkaDr. Donald & Eilene DosePeggy ElliottDan & Phyllis EpsteinMr. & Mrs. Jesse FadickDr. Susan Dersnah FeeRichard & Beverly Fink Family FoundationDr. & Mrs. Frederick A. FryeSally FullerTheresa & Craig GeorgiArthur & Judy GetisThe Golemb FamilyLouise & Doug GoodmanRobert & Edry GootChris Graham & Michael AlboCarol & Don GreenMr. George GuerraRichard & Candace HadenLinda E. HansonAlex & Mary HartStephanie & Scott HermanArnie & Barbara HessMr. Stephen Hopkins & Dr. Carey PrattMargot Reinke HumphreysViviana IbanezIsabella Fund at The San Diego FoundationJackie Johnston-SchoellDr. Clyde W. JonesKathy & Rob JonesKenneth & Marilyn JonesAndrew & Denise KaplanLloyd & Joanna KendallHelen & Webster KinnairdJo Ann & Lee KnutsonBill & Linda KolbJeri KoltunLABS, Inc./Silvia DreyfussJohn Q. Lalas, Jr.Janet & Dan La MarcheThomas LeightyRichard C. LeviSherry & Rick LevinMarc C. LorenzoDr. & Mrs. Leeland M. LovaasDr. & Mrs. David D. LynnEdward H. & Nancy B. LyonDr. Carl Maguire & Margaret SheehanBrian C. Malk & Nancy H. Heitel Fund at

The San Diego FoundationDr. Robert & Marcia Malkus


A n n u a l Fu n d D o n o r s c o n t i n u e d

Jeanne MalteseRon & Mercy MandelbaumJoanne D. MaruggChristopher Maxin & Stephanie Buttell-MaxinDr. & Mrs. M. Joseph McGreevyMr. & Mrs. William McKenzieTheodore A. MilbyJoel, Annette & Arianna MillmanCarol & Michael MorrisSusan & Charles MuhaKatherine NewtonWillene D. NicholsJack & Virginia OliverRod & Barbara OrthMr. & Mrs. David J. PettittDr. Ken Pischel & Dr. Katherine OzanichDr. Julie Prazich & Dr. Sara Rosenthal Mr. & Mrs. Kedar PyattMrs. Charlotte ReesJoseph W. RobinsonStuart & Linda RobinsonMr. Joseph RuscheDr. Joseph & Carol SabatiniPhoebe & David SackettJohn & Patricia SeiberMs. Debbie SeidRichard Shapiro & Marsha JangerMr. & Mrs. Randall SilviaRodney & Dolores Smith Fund at

The San Diego FoundationGloria Penner Snyder & Bill SnyderRon & Susan StynEdward D.S. SullivanClifford & Kay SweetTracy Tajbl & Neil Kent JonesMrs. Terry TidmoreMs. C. Anne Turhollow & Mr. Michael PerkinsMidgie VandenbergWill & Vanessa Van Loben SelsNatalie C. Venezia & Paul A. SagerPat & Allen WeckerlyZona WeekleyJo & Harold WeinerJanice WeinrickMr. & Mrs. David WeinriebDennis & Carol WilsonMr. & Mrs. C.E. Wylie/C.E. Wylie

Construction CompanyDr. Joseph Yedid & Susan SincoffElizabeth Zeigler & Bernard J. Kuchta

SILVER ($250 to $499)Margaret AcamporaMr. Gale Acker & Dr. Nancy AckerDr. & Mrs. Maurice AlfaroGeorge AmeraultMr. & Mrs. Thomas AndersonAnonymous (8)Antique Row Café - Normal HeightsDrs. Michael & Gabriela Antos

Robert W. ArnhymEarl AsburyJohn & Elizabeth BagbyMr. Allen & Mrs. Nancy BaileyBeverly Bartlett & Barbara SailorsJames & Ruth BatmanSharon & Bill BeamerBruce & Patricia BeckerBee Best Bee Removal, Inc.Mr. & Mrs. T.K. BellArmand Bernheim, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Stanley BirsteinDaniel & Barbara BlackBruce & Linda BlakleyRobert Blanton & Ann ClarkMr. & Mrs. Ronald BradyDr. & Mr. Cecelia BrockEd BrookinsPerla BrownlieBeth BrutonBarbara Bry & Neil SenturiaMr. Glenn BuberlDavid Burns & Diane LischioJohn & Kirk ButlerHelen M. CaldwellJane CarriganWilliam & Shirley CarringtonEllen CaseyLuc & Ann Marie Cayet-PleskaCharlene Chatham & William PriceRonald D. CulbertsonGlenn Currie PhotographyJohn Davis & Bill HughesMr. & Mrs. William DeatrickMr. & Mrs. Homer DelawieDutch & Dawn DershemMr. & Mrs. Wes DillonPatricia & Glen DoughtySean & Kellie DoyleStephen & Sandra DrewLizbeth Ecke & David MeyerPatricia EichelbergerJudge & Mrs. Harry EliasBarbara & Dick EnbergLarry & Jan FordClare & Paul FriedmanDr. Richard & Randee Friedman Ferdinand GasangThomas Gass, DDS & Chester McLemoreDavid & Marcia GillNorman & Patricia GillespieDr. & Mrs. Michael GoldbaumHoward & Carole GoldfederEuvoughn L. GreenanMr. & Mrs. Arthur A. GreenbergJerome & Anita GutkinMargaret HallHelen M. HammondRobert M. & Helen M. HansenC. HarbordtJoel Harms

James & Ruth Harris of the Jewish Community Foundation

Mrs. Corrine M. HarveyJane & Richard HaskelLucy & Jim HaughMr. & Mrs. William HawkinsMichele D. Hearns, Inc.Joan HenkelmannMr. & Mrs. Stanley HerskovitzDonald J. HickeyChristine B. Hickman & Dennis A. RagenRaymond L. HigginsMr. & Mrs. Thomas O. HippieLeslie HodgeJohn & Peggy HollPaul & Barbara HolzNancy & Bill HomeyerBonnie & Cecil HornbeckMr. & Mrs. Lee HorowittKendyl & Merri HoudyshellSteven & Nancy HowardStephanie B. & Carl A. HurstRobert HymanJoseph & Donna HynesMr. & Mrs. Joseph & Eileen InneckenSusan D. InotMr. & Mrs. David IvesBill & Cheri JamesNancy B. & David A. JamesEdward & Linda JanonLucy & Jones JaworskiCameron Jay & Kathleen RainsIn Memory of Donald JenkinsJudge & Mrs. Anthony C. JosephJames & Sharon JustesonElaine R. KalinMichael Keehan, MD FACSPatricia & Alexander KelleyGail KendallKathleen Kim & Zachary RattnerMr. & Mrs. Jay KranzlerMr. & Mrs. Albert W. KrasnoffMarvin M. Kripps, M.D.Lou KruegerJanay KrugerBetty & Richard KuhnVic & Mary LandaElizabeth LasleyDixon & Pat LeeTom & Terry LewisRoy & Carol LongSally & Bill LusterJudge & Mrs. Frederick MandabachPatricia ManningKathleen MarkhamHarold & Beverly MartynBruce & Brenda MasonCdr. & Mrs. John C. Mathews IIIRonald McCaskill & Robyn RogersOliver McElroy & Karen DelaurierTeresa McEuen


Steve McInteeCharles & Billie McKnightMr. & Mrs. Jim MelcherDrs. John Meyers & Betty Joan MalyDr. & Mrs. Paul E. MichelsonJames & Dorothy MildiceDr. James & Mrs. Nancy MillerMargaret MitchellMark & Margie MorelDr. & Mrs. Robert MorrisonMary Jo MurphyMichael & Danna MurphyJoyce & Martin NashTom & Doris NeumanMark NiblackMr. & Mrs. J. Gregory NoelFloyd T. OlsonDr. David & Elizabeth OstranderCarolann PagliusoJulius J. Pearl Fund at The San Diego FoundationIn Memory of Margaret PeningerClifford T. Pentrack & Mary E. GiovanielloMr. & Mrs. James PerleyDrs. Mark & Darcey PerlmanLawrence Roy PerrinBarbara PricolaMr. & Mrs. Merlin PuckJohn QuesenberryAnne Ratner Daniel & Lynn ReisfeldElaine RendonBrent & Bev RobinsonMilton & Dorothy RollGerald & Ruth RosenbaumUrsula R. RothDr. & Mrs. Richard Rowen

Dr. Norman & Barbara RozanskyPeter & Donna RussellFran & Tom RyanGeorge & Karen SachsDebbie & Wayne SakariasPatrick Sammon & Mark MunseyJosiah & Abigail SandBarbara A. SawreySimon & Ruth SayreDr. & Mrs. Roger H. SchmittMartin & Connie SchroederRAdm. & Mrs. H. James T. SearsLinda J. SeifertLori Severson & Eric LongstreetGlenda Allen ShekellHano & Charlotte SiegelKevin & Diane SilkeJerry & Beth SilvermanEunice M. Simmons, M.D.Anne & Ronald SimonKathryn & Terrence SlavinPatti Sloan in honor of Jack SloanCharles & Julie SmithNorman & Judith SolomonFred & Christine StalderAlan M. StallPaul & Janet StannardMark & Dale SteeleAnn & Robert SteinerJames K. StenderupEdward Stickgold & Steven CandeDave & Jan StormoenHelga & Sam StrongAbbe Wolfsheimer StutzJohn & Linda SunkelMrs. J.B. Swedelius

Donald & Margaret SweimlerDr. Blake S. & Mrs. Peggy Jean TalbotDr. Terry & Naomi TanakaDr. Marshall & Leila TaylorLinda TerramagraMr. & Mrs. Jack E. TimmonsNed A. TitlowMr. & Mrs. John TorellRobert C. & Melesse W. TraylorMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. TruesdellIwona A. TrybusBill & Barbara WardKathy & Jim WaringWilliam WeeksMr. & Mrs. James WelterlenRoss & Barbara WhiteCass Witkowski FamilyMr. & Mrs. John W. WittDr. Perri L. WittgroveJanet WolfMr. & Mrs. H.D. WolpertDavid WorkmanDr. Dolores WozniakM.J. ZahnlePaul & Claudia ZimmerVicky Zollweg & Michael Dunteman

This list is current as of June 1, 2007

To learn more about supporting The Old Globe’sperformances and education and outreach

programs, please visit our website atwww.TheOldGlobe.org or call

Courtney Quinn at (619) 231-1941 x2311.

Lawrence G. Alldredge and Dawn MoorePerry S. Binder, M.D.Paul BlackDr. and Mrs. Edgar D. CanadaJack and Carol ClarkMary H. Clark Steven J. CologneR. Patrick and Sharon ConnellSusan B. CowellGigi and Ed CramerMrs. Philip H. DickinsonNina and Robert DoedeMarion EggertsenBernard J. Eggertsen and FlorenceNemkov

Danah H. FaymanSusanna and Michael FlasterMary Ann and Arnold GinnowAlexa Kirkwood HirschLeonard and Elaine HirschAl and Pat JacobyMary and Russell JohnsonBob and Gladys KingRosalie Kostanzer and Mike KeefeBob and Laura KyleMerriel F. Mandell, Ph.D.Peter and Inge ManesBob MartinetDr. Marianne McDonaldPaul I. and Margaret W. Meyer

David and Noreen MullikenCharles Noell and Barbara VossJeannie and Arthur RivkinDr. H. Warren RossDonald and Darlene ShileyRoberta J. SimpsonMs. Jeanette StevensDixie and Ken UnruhDoris and Lou VetteseJordine and Harvey Von WantochJune E. Yoder

For more information please contact Courtney Quinn at

(619) 231-1941 x2311.


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G l o b e A m b a s s a d o r s

Corporate Partners enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition, especially the opportunity to entertain clients and employees with exclusive receptions in our Patron and Lipinsky Family Suites, behind-the-scenes tours, and preferred seating at our shows. For information, please contact Todd Schultz at (619) 231-1941 x2310.

PRODUCTION SPONSORS($25,000-$49,999)

SEASON SPONSORS($50,000 and more)

DIRECTOR CIRCLE($10,000-$24,999)

FOUNDER CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999)

PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE ($2,500-$4,999)

Break-Away ToursEvans HotelsFashion ValleyHiggs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP

KPMG, LLPMercer Health & BenefitsNeiman Marcus

Relocation CoordinatesTorrey Pines BankVistage

Citigroup Foundation/Smith BarneyNissan FoundationNorthern Trust Oakwood WorldwideThe Westgate HotelXLNC1

Cush Family FoundationGSG Capital Advisors, LLCMission Federal Credit UnionNicholas-ApplegateSeltzer Caplan McMahon VitekWD-40 Company


Special Thanks to our Corporate Donors

TICKET SERVICES HOURSMonday: noon – 6pmTuesday - Sunday: noon – last curtainHours subject to change. Please call ahead.Phone (619) 23-GLOBE or (619) 234-5623FAX (619) 231-6752Email [email protected]

ADMINISTRATION HOURS Monday - Friday : 9am – 5pmPHONE (619) 231-1941WEBSITE www.TheOldGlobe.orgADDRESS The Old Globe

P.O. Box 122171San Diego, CA 92112-2171

ORDERING TICKETS / CHANGE OF ADDRESSThe Old Globe accepts Visa, Discover, Master Card, or AmericanExpress. Phone orders for non-subscribers are subject to a $3 perticket service charge, not to exceed $12. Ticket exchanges are subjectto a service charge for non-subscribers. If you have moved, pleasenotify the Ticket Services Office to update our records. Call (619)234-5623 during Ticket Services hours, mail your change of addressto the Ticket Services Office, or email us at [email protected].

UNABLE TO ATTEND?If you find you are unable to use your tickets, please give them to afriend, or turn them in to the Ticket Services Office and receive a taxreceipt for your donation. Tickets must be received by show time.

RESTROOMS AND TELEPHONESRestrooms are located in the lower lobby of the Old Globe Theatreand adjacent to the Festival Theatre; pay phones may be found in thelower Globe Theatre lobby and next to the Gift Shop.

SEATING OF LATECOMERSAlthough we understand parking is often at a premium, the seatingof latecomers is extremely disruptive. Latecomers may be given alternative seating and will be seated at an appropriate interval.

YOUNG CHILDRENChildren five years of age and under will not be admitted to perfor-mances.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND CAMERASUse of recording devices and cameras is not permitted. If you arewearing a digital watch or pager, or if you are carrying a cellularphone, please silence it prior to entering the theatre.

SENNHEISER® LISTENING SYSTEMFor the convenience of the hearing impaired, the Sennheiser®Listening System is available in the Old Globe Theatre. Lightweightheadsets may be obtained from the house manager prior to perfor-mances, free of charge.

PUBLIC TOURSGo behind the scenes at The Old Globe to learn about the history,three stages, shop and craft areas. Open tours: most Saturdays andSundays at 10:30am. Groups by reservation. $5 adults; $3 seniorsand students. Phone (619) 231-1941 x2142 for information/reserva-tions.

LOST AND FOUNDIf you have misplaced a personal item while at the theatre, pleasecontact the Ticket Services Office or Security as soon as possible. Ifwe are unable to locate your item, we’ll happily take down yourcontact information as well as a description of the item and contactyou if it is found. The Old Globe does not assume liability for itemsleft behind on premises. Ricola Cough Drops are available uponrequest. Please ask an Usher.

William AntonJacqueline BrookesLewis BrownKandis ChappellGeorge DeloyTim DonoghueRichard Easton

Jack O’Brien, Artistic Director Craig Noel, Founding Director

PATRON INFORMATION

Tovah FeldshuhMonique FowlerRalph FunicelloLillian Garrett-GroagHarry GroenerA.R. GurneyJoseph Hardy

Mark HarelikBob JamesTom LacyDiana MaddoxDakin MatthewsDeborah MayKatherine McGrath

John McLainJonathan McMurtryStephen MetcalfeRobert MorganSteve RankinRobin Pearson RoseMarion Ross

Steven RubinKen RutaDouglas W. SchmidtSeret ScottDavid F. SegalDon SparksDavid Ogden Stiers

Conrad SusaDeborah TaylorSada ThompsonPaxton WhiteheadJames R. WinkerRobert Wojewodski

In recognition of their unique contribution to the growth of The Old Globe and their special talent, we take great pride and pleasure in acknowledging asASSOCIATE ARTISTS OF THE OLD GLOBE, the following who have repeatedly demonstrated by their active presence on our stages and in our shops, thatwherever else they may work, they remain the heart and soul of this theatre.

Louis G. Spisto, Executive Director Jerry Patch, Resident Artistic Director


Associate Artists of The Old Globe

JACK O’BRIENArtistic Director

Mr. O’Brien has been the Artistic Director of TheOld Globe in San Diego since 1982. Recent Globeproductions: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, ImaginaryFriends, Twelfth Night, The Full Monty, The Seagull, TheMagic Fire, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!,the world premieres of Associate Artist A.R.Gurney’s Labor Day and Tina Howe’s Pride’s Crossing,as well as Time and Again, The Doctor Is Out (GettingAway With Murder) by Stephen Sondheim andGeorge Furth, plus productions of Henry IV, MuchAdo About Nothing, Oleanna, Damn Yankees, King Lear,Ghosts, Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and world premieres ofTerrence McNally’s Up in Saratoga, A.R. Gurney’sThe Snow Ball and The Cocktail Hour, Tom Dulack’sBreaking Legs, Stephen Metcalfe’s Emily.BROADWAY: Creator/Supervisor, Dr. Seuss’ How theGrinch Stole Christmas!, The Coast of Utopia, DirtyRotten Scoundrels (Tony nominations: Best Directorand Musical), Henry IV (Tony Award), Hairspray(Tony Award), The Invention of Love (Tony nomina-tions: Best Director and Play), The Full Monty (Tonynominations: Best Director and Musical), More toLove, Labor Day, St. Louis Woman, Pride’s Crossing, TheLittle Foxes, Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award forDirection, 1995), Damn Yankees (Tony nomination:Best Musical Revival), Two Shakespearean Actors(Tony nominations: Best Director and Play), Porgyand Bess for Houston Grand Opera and Broadway(Tony Award), as well as Radio City Music Hall.ELSEWHERE: The Magic Flute, San FranciscoOpera; Tosca, Santa Fe Opera; Così fan Tutte andAida, Houston Grand Opera; The Most Happy Fella,Michigan Opera and Broadway. TV: An Enemy of thePeople, All My Sons, I Never Sang for My Father, PaintingChurches and The Skin of Our Teeth, all for PBS’sAmerican Playhouse. RECENT AWARDS: 2004Thomas Degaetani Award (USITT), 2002 “Mr.Abbott” Award (SDCF), 2001 Joan Cullman Awardfor Extraordinary Creativity, 2001 Joe A. CallawayAward (SDCF), the Drama League’s Julia HansenAward for Excellence in Directing, 2001. Member,College of Fellows of the American Theatre;Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University ofSan Diego. Mr. O’Brien is a member of the Collegeof Fellows of the American Theatre.

LOUIS G. SPISTOExecutive Director

Louis G. Spisto has served as Executive Director ofThe Old Globe since October 2002. During histenure, Spisto spearheaded the return of the Globe’sacclaimed Shakespeare Repertory Season and pro-duced several world-premiere plays and musicals,including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Chita Rivera: TheDancer’s Life, and the Twyla Tharp/Bob Dylan musical,The Times They Are A-Changin’, which transferred toBroadway in September, 2006, along with the Globe’sannual holiday favorite, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch StoleChristmas!. In March, 2006, Spisto spearheaded thelaunch of the Globe’s Capital Campaign, “Securing aSan Diego Landmark,” to raise $75 million by theTheatre’s 75th anniversary in 2010. The campaign isoff to a hugely successful start, having reached 61% ofits goal. During the past four seasons, the organiza-tion has grown its subscription audience an unprece-dented amount, countering a trend in the non-profittheatre industry, resulting in the highest level ofattendance in over a decade. Prior to coming to theGlobe, Spisto served as the Executive Director ofAmerican Ballet Theatre in New York City. Whilethere, he increased ticket income and annual contribu-tions for the organization by nearly 20 percent. Healso tripled the Ballet’s touring weeks and theresources devoted to education and training pro-grams. Spisto has also served as the President of theDetroit Symphony Orchestra, where he providedfundraising leadership and creative direction for theorchestra’s $60 million renovation project, and helpeddramatically increase ticket sales while initiatingseveral new series for the orchestra. Spisto establisheda reputation as a superb arts executive here inCalifornia, where he spent over ten years as theExecutive Director of the Pacific Symphony Orchestrain Orange County. During his tenure there, he tripledthe orchestra’s annual budget, all while eliminating aprior deficit and successfully completing the orches-tra’s first endowment campaign. In addition, he estab-lished a series of innovative recording projects withSony Classical and oversaw a number of nationallyrecognized commissioning projects. A strong advocateof arts education, Spisto built one of the largest andmost respected music training and outreach efforts.During his career, Spisto has also served as Directorof Marketing for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestraand Director of Operations and Development for thePerforming Arts Center, UC Berkeley. He holds aMasters degree from the University of Wisconsin inArts Administration and a Bachelors of BusinessAdministration from the University of Notre Dame,and spent many years acting, directing and producingplays and musicals throughout his student days, aswell as in professional summer theatre.

JERRY PATCHResident Artistic Director

Jerry Patch was appointed Resident ArtisticDirector of The Old Globe in February 2005. Hemost recently served as the Dramaturg and amember of the long standing artistic team atSouthern California’s Tony Award®-winning SouthCoast Repertory (SCR), where he coordinated thedevelopment of 150 new plays, including twoPulitzer Prize winners and numerous other final-ists. Patch became the top choice for this new roleat the Globe due to his many years of artisticaccomplishments, his exceptional relationshipswith the nation’s leading directors and playwrights,and his enthusiastic commitment to new work.While at SCR, Patch worked as Dramaturg onnumerous new works, including DonaldMargulies’ Sight Unseen and Brooklyn Boy, whichopened to critical acclaim on Broadway; MargaretEdson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit; HowardKorder’s Search and Destroy; Amy Freed’s The Beardof Avon, Safe in Hell and Freedomland; Lynn Nottage’sIntimate Apparel and nine world-premieres byRichard Greenberg, including Three Days of Rain.In addition, he co-conceived The Education of RandyNewman with Michael Roth and Mr. Newman.Patch also served as the project director of SCR’srenowned Pacific Playwrights Festival, which annu-ally introduces seven new plays to an audience ofnational theatre leaders. Typically, more than 75%of the plays presented receive multiple productionsin theatres across the country. During his tenure atSCR, Patch also held the position of ArtisticDirector (1990-1997) of The Sundance TheatreProgram, which included the SundancePlaywrights Laboratory, one of the nation’s leadingnew play development programs. Additionally, heran the Sundance Summer Theatre, a repertory of2-3 productions staged outdoors for Utah audi-ences and The Sundance Children’s Theatre, whichis dedicated to the development and presentationof new works for family audiences by leadingAmerican playwrights. He also serves asConsulting Dramaturg for New York’s RoundaboutTheatre Company.


D i r e c t o r P r o f i l e s

DEVELOPMENTAnnamarie Maricle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Associate Director,

Institutional Grants

Christina Greenfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Associate Director,Advancement Gifts

Eileen A. Prisby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Events ManagerCourtney Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Development Coordinator,

Individual Annual Giving

Diane Addis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Membership AdministratorErin McKown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Development AssistantDiana Steffen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Development Assistant

Donor ServicesBabs Behling, Barbara Lekes, Richard Navarro, Judy Zimmerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Suite Concierges

MARKETINGBecky Biegelsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Public Relations DirectorEd Hofmeister . . . . . . . . . . . .Audience Development ManagerJackie Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Publications CoordinatorClaire Kennelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marketing AssistantSamantha Haskins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Public Relations AssistantJudy Zimmerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marketing/Events AssistantErica Dei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Graphic DesignerSubscription SalesScott Cooke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Subscription Sales ManagerRuss Allen, Anna Bowen-Davies, Arthur Faro, Andy Fink, RandiHawkins, Steven Huffman, Pamela Malone, Stephen Medcalf,Jessica Morrow, Ken Seper, Cassandra Shepard, Grant Walpole,Andrea Leigh Walsh . . . . .Subscription Sales RepresentativesTicket ServicesShari Ressel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ticket Services ManagerMarsi Roche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ticket Operations ManagerLyle Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Training Coordinator/

Ticket Services Supervisor

Josh Martinez-Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . .Group Sales Coordinator/Ticket Services Supervisor

Shouna Shoemake . . . . . . .Lead Ticket Services RepresentativeElizabeth Brown, Tony Dixon, Taylor Embree, Mame Gile,Jacqueline Goldfinger, Renetta Happé, Gunther Kusior, AliciaLerner, Jimil-Anne Linton, Steven Lone, Jenna Long, CassieLopez, Kendra McCall, Caryn Morgan, Carlos Quezada, GaryRachac, Jessica Seaman, Brandon Smithey, Molly Wilmot, Chris Wylie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ticket Services

Representatives

PATRON SERVICESMike Callaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Theatre ManagerDanielle Burnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Front of House AssistantMerlin D. “Tommy” Thompson . . . . . . . . .Patron Services Rep.Rob Novak, Ashley Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .House ManagersDana Juhl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Food and Beverage ManagerHaydee Aldas, Brandi Mahan, Caryn Nowak, Roland Roberge,Anne-Marie Shafer, Tess Thompson, Felicia Tobias . . .Pub StaffBabs Behling, Rose Espiritu, Stephanie Rakowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gift Shop SupervisorsSecurity/Parking ServicesRachel “Beahr” Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Security/Parking

Services Supervisor

Irene Herrig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Acting Security SupervisorSherisa Eselin, Janet Larson, Michael Moran, Jeffrey Neitzel, Sonia Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Security OfficersDaniel Alvarez, Sarah Darnell, Deborah Elliot, NicoleHagemeyer, Lou Hicks,Roman Terrado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Parking LotAttendants Mark Brickman, David Nguyen,Michael Susong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V.I.P. Valet Attendants

Michael G. Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .General Manager

Dave Henson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Marketing and Communications

Todd Schultz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Development

Mark Somers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Documents

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