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Thurs., Oct. 26, 2017 • 7:30 p.m.
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WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONSEXECUTIVE PRODUCER, STEPHEN GABRIEL
Book, Music and Lyrics by
Jonathan Larson Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Paul Clay Angela Wendt Jonathan Spencer Keith Caggiano
Original Concept & Musical Arrrangements Additional Lyrics Dramaturg Steve Skinner Billy Aronson Lynn M. Thompson
Musical Direction Set Design Adaptation Production Stage Manager MatthewDeMaria MatthewE.Maraffi KatyHerman
Associate Casting Additional Casting Tour Marketing Choreographer Joy Dewing Wojcik | Seay Casting Allied Touring MiRi Park Casting
Producer Production Manager General Manager Company Manager Nancy Gabriel Rhys Williams Anièle Fortin Jon Satrom
Music Supervision andAdditional Arrangements
Tim WeilChoreography
Marlies YearbyDirected by
Evan EnsignBased on Original Direction by
Michael GreifOriginally produced on Broadway by
Jeffrey Seller Kevin McCollumAllan S. Gordon and New York Theatre Workshop
EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION by THE BOOKING GROUPwww.thebookinggroup.com
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CASTCAST(in order of appearance)
Roger Davis ......................................................................................................KALEB WELLSMark Cohen ..................................................................................................SAMMY FERBERTom Collins ........................................................................................AARON HARRINGTONBenjamin Coffin III .......................................................................................... MARCUS JOHNJoanne Jefferson .......................................................................................... JASMINE EASLERAngel Schunard .......................................................................................... AARON ALCARAZMimi Marquez ................................................................................................SKYLER VOLPEMaureen Johnson ................................................................................................ LYNDIE MOEMark’s Mom and others ........................................................................................YAEL REICHChristmas Caroler, Mr. Jefferson, Pastor and others ...............................CAMERON MULLINMrs. Jefferson, Woman with Bags and others ........................................... ALANA CAUTHENGordon, The Man, Mr. Grey and others ................................................ JORDAN DUNN-PILZSteve, Man with Squeegee, a Waiter and others .............................................. JORDAN LONG Paul and others ..................................................................................................DEVIN J. HALLAlexi Darling, Roger’s Mom and others ...................................................... CHRISSY NARUO
UNDERSTUDIESSwings and understudies never substitute for listed performers
unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.
for Roger—LOGAN FARINE, JORDAN LONG for Mark—JORDAN DUNN-PILZ, JORDAN LONG
for Tom Collins—DEVINRÉ ADAMS, CAMERON MULLINfor Benny—DEVINRÉ ADAMS, CAMERON MULLIN
for Joanne—ALANA CAUTHEN, ASHLEY DE LA ROSAfor Angel—DEVIN J. HALL, FELIX MARCHANY
for Mimi—ASHLEY DE LA ROSA, PAOLA HERNANDEZ, YAEL REICHfor Maureen—PAOLA HERNANDEZ, YAEL REICH
SWINGSDEVINRÉ ADAMS, ASHLEY DE LA ROSA, LOGAN FARINE,
PAOLA HERNANDEZ, FELIX MARCHANY
ORCHESTRAConductor/Keyboards—MATTHEW DEMARIA
Assistant Conductor/Keyboards/Guitar—PAUL O’KEEFEGuitar—DAVID MALACHOWSKI
Bass—THOMAS BRINKLEYDrums—JEFF SNIDER
The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device or such photographing or sound recording inside this theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for money damages.
DEVINRÉADAMS
AARON ALCARAZ
ALANACAUTHEN
ASHLEYDE LA ROSA
CHRISSYNARUO
YAELREICH
SKYLERVOLPE
KALEBWELLS
JORDANLONG
FELIXMARCHANY
LYNDIEMOE
CAMERON MULLIN
DEVIN J.HALL
AARONHARRINGTON
PAOLAHERNANDEZ
MARCUSJOHN
JORDAN DUNN-PILZ
JASMINEEASLER
LOGAN FARINE
SAMMYFERBER
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MUSICAL NUMBERSACT ONE
“Tune Up/Voice Mail #1” .........................................Mark, Roger, Mrs. Cohen, Collins, Benny“Rent” ................................................................................................................... The Company“You Okay Honey?” .............................................................................................Angel, Collins“One Song Glory” .............................................................................................................. Roger“Light My Candle” ..................................................................................................Roger, Mimi“Voice Mail #2” ...................................................................................... Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson“Today 4 U” ....................................................................................................................... Angel“You’ll See” .......................................................................Benny, Mark, Collins, Roger, Angel“Tango: Maureen” ................................................................................................. Mark, Joanne“Life Support” ................................................................................ Paul, Gordon, The Company“Out Tonight” ..................................................................................................................... Mimi“Another Day” ................................................................................Roger, Mimi, The Company“Will I?” ................................................................................................................ The Company“On the Street” ...................................................................................................... The Company“Santa Fe” .......................................................................................... Collins and The Company“I’ll Cover You” ...................................................................................................Angel, Collins“We’re Okay” ................................................................................................................... Joanne“Christmas Bells” .................................................................................................. The Company“Over the Moon” ............................................................................................................Maureen“La Vie Bohème/I Should Tell You” .................................................................... The Company
ACT TWO“Seasons of Love” ................................................................................................. The Company“Happy New Year/Voice Mail #3” .................................Mimi, Roger, Mark, Maureen, Joanne,
Collins, Angel, Mrs. Cohen, Alexi Darling, Benny“Take Me or Leave Me” ...................................................................................Maureen, Joanne“Without You” .........................................................................................................Roger, Mimi“Voice Mail #4” ..................................................................................................... Alexi Darling“Contact” ............................................................................................................... The Company“I’ll Cover You” (Reprise) .......................................................................Collins, The Company“Halloween” .........................................................................................................................Mark“Goodbye, Love” ...................................Mark, Mimi, Roger, Maureen, Joanne, Collins, Benny“What You Own” ...............................................................Pastor, Mark, Collins, Benny, Roger“Voice Mail #5” ..................................Roger’s mom, Mimi’s mom, Mr. Jefferson, Mrs. Cohen“Your Eyes/Finale” ....................................................................................Roger, The Company
Film by Tony Gerber
“White Christmas” used by arrangement with the Irving Berlin Music Company; “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, used by permission of Casa David and New Hidden Valley Music. “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells, used by permission of Edwin H. Morris & Company, a division of MPL Communications Inc. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” written by Johnny Marks, used by permission of St. Nicholas Music Inc.
WHO’S WHO in the CASTDEVINRÉ ADAMS (Swing, u/s Benny, Collins) is a theater, dance and musical artist from the D.C./Maryland area. Alma maters include Duke Ellington School of the Arts and The University of the Arts, B.F.A. ’17. He is happy to start his first touring experience with the 20th anniversary Rent tour!
AARON ALCARAZ (Angel) is so thankful to be spreading love with this show! Favorite credits include Aladdin in Disney Dreams (Disney Cruise Line) and Paul in A Chorus Line (Ithaca College). B.F.A. in musical theater, Ithaca College. “Thank you to my family, friends, Hudson Artists Agency, Joy Dewing Casting and the Rent team.”
ALANA CAUTHEN (Ensemble/Seasons of Love Soloist, Mrs. Jefferson, u/s Joanne) is thrilled to be joining the 20th anniversary tour of Rent! Recent credits include Smokey Joe’s Cafe (BJ), Beehive at Theatre By The Sea; Big River (Alice) at The Old Castle Theatre. Alana would like to thank her bril-liant cast, family and friends for their continued sup-port! Jude 1:2.
ASHLEY DE LA ROSA (Swing, u/s Mimi, Joanne, SoL) is a swing for the tour. Born in New York, but raised in Florida, she recently graduated from AMDA New York. This is her first professional theater experience. Recent credits include Top 12 contestant on NBC’s “The Voice,” where she was mentored by Christina Aguilera.
JORDAN DUNN-PILZ (Ensemble, Gordon, Mr. Grey, The Man, u/s Mark). National tour debut! Recent credits include Spring Awakening and I Carry Your Heart (Hangar Theatre). Love to all the people. Ithaca College B.F.A. 2017.
JASMINE EASLER (Joanne Jefferson). Favorite credits include Rose in Fences (WSU) and Velma in Crowns (Human Race Theater). With a B.F.A. in musical theater from Wright State University, she’s thrilled to travel with this incredible show. She thanks her family for love, friends for sup-port and Joy Dewing Casting for this opportunity. @JasmineEasler
LOGAN FARINE (Swing, u/s Roger) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Rent! Logan was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa., where his dream of per-forming changed from a hobby to a passion by 10th grade. He attended Montclair State University for a short time before leaving to try to begin his career. “^..^meow?”
SAMMY FERBER (Mark Cohen) is thrilled to be back on the tour after playing Gordon last year. Previous credits include The 25th Annual...Spelling
Bee (Leaf), Assassins (Byck) and Company (Robert, nominated for an Illinois High School Musical Theatre Award). B.F.A. in progress at NYU Tisch’s Experimental Theatre Wing. sammy-ferber.com.
DEVIN J. HALL (Paul, u/s Angel). National tour debut! Training: The American Musical Dramatic Academy (AMDA). Regional: Hair (Hud), Hairspray (Seaweed), Sister Act (TJ), Rent (Angel), Dreamgirls (C.C. White). “To God be the glory! No Day but Today. Matthew 6:33.” Instagram: @devin_hall.
AARON HARRINGTON (Tom Collins) is a native of Durham, N.C., and a Shaw University graduate. This is Aaron’s second year touring with Rent and he’d like to dedicate each performance to his late father Gary Harrington. You can find Aaron on all social media platforms under the username Doubbleayye.
PAOLA HERNANDEZ (Swing, u/s Maureen, Mimi, SoL). Born and raised in Puerto Rico. Proud Circle in the Square Theater School alumna. Recent: Rent 20th anniversary tour (Swing), Twelfth Night (Viola), Rent (Joanne), Spring Awakening (Martha), Legally Blonde (Vivienne), Hairspray (Dynamite), Godspell, Hair. “Gracias to everyone who helped in the process. To those starting, keep fighting.” Follow: @phtanon.
MARCUS JOHN (Benny Coffin III). B.F.A.: University of the Arts. Nat’l tour: Mamma Mia! fare-well tour. Favorite regional: iLLA (NYMF), Kill Move Paradise (Interact Theatre Co.), The Jungle Book (Arden Theatre Co., Mowgli u/s). “I love you today. Pray often, worry not!” MarcusJohn.weebly.com.
JORDAN LONG (Ensemble, Steve, The Waiter, Squeegee Man, u/s Mark and Roger). “Happily returning to Rent because this show is far too important to me to only do it once!” Proud Belmont University graduate. Favorite roles: current role in this show, West Side Story (Big Deal), Joseph… nat’l tour (Swing, Joseph u/s), All Shook Up (Chad), Oklahoma! (Will Parker). IG: jordantimothylong.
FELIX MARCHANY (Swing, u/s Angel, Dance Captain) is thrilled to join the Rent family on the road. Select regional credits: Spanish language pre-miere of In the Heights (Piragua Guy), WSS (Pepe), Priscilla...Dessert (Farrah) and more! Proud gradu-ate of the University of California, Irvine: B.F.A. in musical theater and B.A. in dance performance. IG: @felix_the_fierce.
LYNDIE MOE (Maureen Johnson) is over the moon to be making her national tour debut with the 20th anniversary production of Rent! She just com-
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pleted her freshman year at Rider University pursu-ing a B.F.A. in musical theater. Huge thanks to her parents, family and friends for the endless amount of support they provide.
CAMERON MULLIN (Swing, u/s Collins, Benny). National tour debut! New York credits: Young Charles Dickens (NYCCT). Regional: Sister Act (Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts), American Idiot (Phoenix Theatre), Seussical (IFT). “Many thanks to JDC, my professors, family and friends for their continued support.” Indiana University grad! MT ’16 love! cameronmullin.net.
CHRISSY NARUO (Ensemble, Alexi Darling, Mrs. Davis) is very excited to be part of the Rent national tour! Her most recent credits are production cast prin-cipal at Norwegian Cruise Lines and an equity stage performer at Walt Disney World. She would like to thank God and her family for their love and support!
YAEL REICH (Ensemble/Mrs. Cohen, u/s Maureen and Mimi) is honored to share this art! B.F.A.: University of Florida. National tours: Mamma Mia! ’15–’16 and farewell. Regional: West Side Story (Anita), Man of La Mancha (Aldonza), Annie (Lily St. Regis). Endless gratitude to ATB, JD Casting and the most incredible support system! “Spread love and light.” yaelreich.com.
SKYLER VOLPE (Mimi Marquez) is honored to be returning to Rent. She has performed at La Mama etc., The Signature Theater, The Mint Theater and others. Recent credits include Passing Strange, Devil and the Deep, Cherchez la Femme. Connecticut College Graduate. skylervolpe.com. Instagram: @svulpes. As always, for Uncle Alan.
KALEB WELLS (Roger Davis) is honored to be keeping the spirit of Rent alive. Originally from New Hampshire, Kaleb has since performed in various projects around the U.S. and internationally. Recent credits: Rock of Ages, Burn the Floor, Jesus Christ Superstar. B.F.A. acting, Pace University. Kaleb-wells.com. Insta: @kalebwells. “Thank you, Jonathan Larson.”
JONATHAN LARSON (Book, Music, Lyrics) received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Rent. Rent received four 1996 Tony Awards (including Best Musical and two to Mr. Larson— Best Book of a Musical and Best Score of a Musical); six Drama Desk Awards (including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Music and Best Lyrics); Best Musical Awards from the New York Drama Critics Circle and the Outer Critics Circle (Off-Broadway); and three Obie Awards (including Outstanding Book, Music and Lyrics). Previously, he received the Richard Rodgers Award, the Richard Rodgers Development
Grant, the Stephen Sondheim Award and The Gilman & Gonzales-Falla Theatre Foundation’s Commendation Award. Earlier work includes Superbia; tick, tick...BOOM!; the score of J.P. Morgan Saves the Nation; and selections of Sitting on the Edge of the Future. He also wrote music for “Sesame Street,” and the children’s book-cassettes An American Tail and Land Before Time, as well as for Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner. He conceived, directed and wrote four original songs for Away We Go!, a children’s video. Rent had its world premiere on February 13, 1996, at New York Theatre Workshop and opened at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996. Mr. Larson died unexpect-edly of an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm, believed to be caused by Marfan Syndrome, on January 25, 1996. It was 10 days before his 36th birthday. His semi-autobiographical musical tick, tick… BOOM! (which he wrote previous to Rent) had a successful run off-Broadway at the Jane Street Theatre.
MICHAEL GREIF (Original Broadway Director) most recently directed Dear Evan Hansen at the Music Box and War Paint at the Nederlander. Additional Broadway credits: Rent, Grey Gardens, Next to Normal (Tony noms.); Never Gonna Dance; If/Then. Recent work includes A Parallelogram (Second Stage); Our Lady of Kibeho and Angels in America (NY’s Signature Theatre); The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… (Public); and The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale and Romeo and Juliet at The Public’s Delacorte Theater. Off-Broadway, he’s received Obie Awards for Machinal, Dogeaters (Public) and Rent (NYTW), and has directed new plays and musicals at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout, MTC, MCC, New York Theatre Workshop and at Second Stage, where he directed Next to Normal and Dear Evan Hansen. Regional work includes premieres and revivals at Williamstown Theatre Festival (10 seasons), La Jolla Playhouse (AD, five seasons), Arena Stage, Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Dallas Theater Center, Trinity Repertory Company. Mr. Greif holds a B.S. from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego.
EVAN ENSIGN (Director). As Director: Rent (U.S. 20th anniversary tour, Montreal and Far East), Richard Thomas’ Wrong Songs for Christmas (National Theatre—London), Avenue Q (two U.K. tours), Wrong Songs for Summer (London), Womyn In Three, Out of the Reach of Children and Simone at Town in NYC. Associate: Avenue Q (Broadway, Vegas, London and U.S. tours), Rent (Broadway and U.S. tours), Les Misérables (U.S. tour), Elf (London), Shrek (Broadway and U.S. tour). As resident: The Phantom of the Opera (London and U.K. tour),
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White Christmas, Strangers on a Train (London). Other: Chicago, Exit the King, Annie Get Your Gun, Barbara Cook—Mostly Sondheim, Julie Andrew’s The Gift of Music—London, workshops of The Book of Mormon. Film/TV: “The Late Show staring Joan Rivers” and Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.
MARLIES YEARBY (Choreography) is the Tony-nominated and Drama League Award-winning cho-reographer of Rent. Her work was licensed for the film adaptation. She is a recipient of the New York Dance Performance Bessie Award and nominations for the Helen Hayes Award and Joe A. Callaway Award. Theater commissions include the American Music Theatre Festival and Penumbra Theatre. Ms. Yearby is the founder/artistic director of the Movin’ Spirits Dance Theater and has toured with her com-pany both nationally and internationally. Company commissions include Lincoln Center, American Dance Festival, Harlem Stages, Kansas Lied Center for the Performing Arts, Jacob’s Pillow and American Festival of Theatre and Dance in France.
TIM WEIL (Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements). As musical director: Broadway: Jonathan Larson’s Rent, Tom Stoppard’s Jumpers, Jeanine Tesori’s Shrek The Musical; Off-Broadway: Patti Griffin’s Ten Million Miles, Stephen Schwartz’s The Baker’s Wife; Regional: South Pacific (Guthrie Theater, dir. Joe Haj). As composer: Broadway: Sally Marr and Her Escorts staring Joan Rivers; Off-Broadway: Susan Lori Parks’ F***ing A. As arranger/orchestrator: Broadway: Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill starring Audra MacDonald (also for HBO), Rent, Shrek The Musical. Film: Todd Graff’s Camp, Chris Columbus’ Rent, The Mark Pease Experience starring Ben Stiller and Anna Kendrick. Also, Tim has served on the board of the Jonathan Larson Foundation, which provides grants for upcoming composers and lyricists.
PAUL CLAY (Set Design) is an award-winning artist and designer. Projects include scenic design for Rent (Broadway, NYTW, tour). Recent projects include In Water I’m Weightless (National Theatre Wales, the Southbank Centre, London), Commedia (Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam), Forgetful Snow (The Kitchen, NYC). Clay has also worked with Mabou Mines, La MaMa, David Dorfman (at BAM) and many more in the N.Y. theater and dance com-munity. He has received the MAN Theatre Awards “Best Design,” Municipal Arts Society Times Square Spectacular Award, Drama-Logue Award, NEA/TCG Fellowship and the Bessie Award, among others.
MATTHEW MARAFFI (Touring Set Adaptation) is proud to return to Rent for the 20th anniversary. As a member of IATSE Local 829 and Local 74,
he has worked on projects large and small around the world. Some projects include Ring of Fire, La Bohème, Buried Child, How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying, Side Man. In the film indus-try he is noted for his production design for π (Pi), (1998 Sundance Directors Award). He has been the director of operations at Global Scenic Services since in fall 2007, while continuing his passion for live entertainment as the production manager for the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra. Outside work, he enjoys fishing with his three sons, Luke, Will and Mark, and serves on the board of both his town youth soccer program and the SWD Connecticut Junior Soccer Association.
ANGELA WENDT (Costume Design) received the American Theatre Wing Design Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Costume Design for Rent. Her theater credits include the Off-Broadway and studio productions of Rent (NYTW); All My Sons by Arthur Miller (50th anniversary production at the Roundabout Theatre); the American premiere of Play with Repeats by Martin Grimp; Lysistrata by Barry Edelstein; Twelfth Night (Tennessee Rep.); The Great Pretenders (Juilliard); Marisol by Jose Rivera (Public Theatre). Feature film: Childhood’s End directed by Jeff Lipsky. Dance: Tilliiboyo and Regions by Molissa Fenley; Savanna by Peggy Baker. She has also designed numerous music videos in the United States and Europe.
JONATHAN SPENCER (Lighting Design) designed the lighting for the first national tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Off-Broadway produc-tions include Middle of the Night by the Keen Theater Company, The Ohmies at DRT and Playwrights Horizons, Who Is Floyd Stearn? and Squeeze Box. John Moran’s Book of the Dead Second Avenue at NYSF Public Theater. Re-Lights for Legally Blonde at the Star Theater in Sydney, Wicked at Universal Studios Japan and Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses at St. Louis Rep, Missouri Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse and Hartford Stage. Associate/Assistant Broadway credits include Cabaret, Pippin, A streetcar Named Desire, Sister Act, Finian’s Rainbow, Wicked, Legally Blonde, White Christmas and Metamorphoses. Jonathan teaches a summer Master’s program in lighting design at Southern Oregon University, lives in New York City and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. VisitJSpencerDesign.com.
KEITH CAGGIANO (Sound Design) has worked across the country and internationally, from musicals on Broadway, London’s West End and Australia to spectacles in Las Vegas. Recent credits include New York: Holiday Inn (in production), Himself and Nora, The Radio City Spring Spectacular,
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Cabaret, Disenchanted. Tours: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes. Regional: American Idiot, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
STEVE SKINNER (Arrangements) worked with Jonathan Larson as arranger and recording producer for 12 years. He received the 1996 Drama Desk Award for Best Arrangements for Rent. Broadway: Doonesbury (keyboards and assistant conductor). Recording/arranging for Bette Midler, Taylor Dayne, Billy Mann, Chaka Khan, Bebe & Cece Winans and Michael Crawford.
BILLY ARONSON (Original Concept and Additional Lyrics). His plays have been honored with publication in Best American Short Plays ’92–93 and are frequently performed at Ensemble Studio Theatre. His lyric writing includes the libretto for an opera being developed by American Opera Projects, and first draft lyrics for “Santa Fe” and “I Should Tell You.” His new play, The Art Room, will premiere at Washington, D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre this spring. His true love is Lisa Vogel.
LYNN M. THOMSON (Dramaturg) is a dramaturg, director and teacher. She brought nearly 20 years of new play dramaturgical experience to her months of work with Jonathan Larson on the script of Rent. She was associate artistic director for the Philadelphia Theatre Company where she created and admin-istered a new play festival. She was dramaturg at Circle Repertory Company. She has directed more than 100 productions of both new plays and revivals at regional and New York theatres, and many more workshops and readings of new plays. She is cur-rently head of the M.F.A. program in dramaturgy at Brooklyn College.
ALEXANDER PIERCE (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be exploring the country with Rent! National tours: Mamma Mia!. Regional: Diner The Musical (Delaware Theatre Company); Mary Poppins, Memphis, 9 to 5 The Musical, Private Lives (Walnut Street Theatre); Disgraced (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Billy Elliot, Grease (Ogunquit Playhouse). Becoming Cuba (Huntington Theatre Company). Graduate of Emerson College.
JON SATROM (Company Manager) is thrilled to be joining the Rent touring family! He comes directly from serving as asst. company manager of the Mamma Mia! tour, also with Work Light Productions. Onstage credits include national tours of A Year with Frog and Toad and The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley. NYU grad.
KATY HERMAN (Production Stage Manager). Tours: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Cinderella,
Saturday Night Fever, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast international and Man of La Mancha. Corporate: Sea Lion High at SWO; Deck the Halls and Night Beats at BGW. Regional: Cleveland Play House and Two River Theater Company. B.F.A.: stage management from CCM.
MATTHEW DEMARIA (Conductor/Keyboard 1) is ecstatic to be a part of the Rent family. Most recently, he assisted the music department on the Broadway production of Come from Away. Thanks to Tim Weil for this opportunity, to his family for their endless support and to Kate for being his sanity. mcdemaria.com.
ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency repre-senting Broadway tours and other live touring events across North America. Current tours: An American in Paris, The Book of Mormon, Bright Star, Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf The Musical, The Humans, Kinky Boots, Motown the Musical, RENT, School of Rock, Something Rotten! and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Upcoming tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Groundhog Day and The Scenario.
JOY DEWING CASTING (Casting Director) is thrilled to join the Rent family! Casting credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, dance companies and about 525,600 tours. Recent tours: 42nd Street, Annie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (starring Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young), Mamma Mia!, The Wizard of Oz and the upcoming Cheers Live on Stage. Past tours: In the Heights, Cats, Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar (starring Ted Neeley), Movin’ Out, West Side Story, Catch Me If You Can, Bring It On.
WOJCIK | SEAY CASTING (Additional Casting). Tours: Kinky Boots, Motown, Vocalosity, Flashdance, Dreamgirls, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Jekyll & Hyde, Joseph…Dreamcoat and A Chorus Line. Off-Broadway: Othello: The Remix, Church & State, The Portal, Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play, Handle with Care, Triassic Parq and more! Regional: Multiple seasons/shows for Riverside Theatre, Fla.; The Engeman Theatre, N.Y.; Theatre Raleigh, N.C.; Stages St Louis, Mo.; Theatre Aspen, Colo.; Gretna Theatre, Pa.; The Arvada Center, Colo.; and Tuacahn PAC, Utah. wscasting.com.
WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Dedicated to creating and producing live enter-tainment. In addition to Rent, productions include Motown, Something Rotten!, Cinderella, Mamma Mia!, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and Crazy for
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Sarah Dahlberg Jen Gallagher Scott Praefke Jacqueline Smith Anne Waisanen
Company Manager ............................. Jon SatromProduction Stage Manager .................Katy HermanAssistant Stage Manager .............Alexander PierceDance Captain ...............................Felix MarchanyHead Carpenter ............................. Shelby DamronAssistant Carpenter ................................Chee LeeHead Electrician .................................James LeesAssistant Electrician .................Chrissi McCulloughHead Audio ..................................... Chris RansomSecond Audio.......................... Ashley OttensmeierHead Props........................................ Noah SmithHead Wardrobe .................................. Cat LovejoyHead Hair and Makeup .............................Lily VolleProduction Photography................... Carol Rosegg
General Management Consultant .........John CorkerLegal Counsel ................ Levine Plotkin Menin, LLP
Loren Plotkin, Hailey FerberAccounting ...........................WithumSmith+Brown
Robert Fried, CPA, Karen Kowigos, CPA, Anthony Moore, CPA
Controller ..................................... Galbraith & Co Kenny Noth & Jill Johnson
Merchandising .................Broadway MerchandisingMerchandise Supervisor....................Christa ArzonInsurance ........................Maury, Donnelly and Parr
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Tomas Kasulka, Margaret MoniganPayroll .................................. PEOPLE/Kim MerharTravel Agent .......................................Road RebelTrucking & Hauling .......................... Janco Limited
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CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSSound Equipment by Masque Sound ®
Lighting Equipment by Christie Lites
INGLOT is the Official Make-Up Provider of the RENT 20th Anniversary Tour
Backstage and Front of the House Employees are repre-sented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
WHO’S WHO in the CAST
You. Created the new a cappella group Vocalosity with Deke Sharon and is developing a new stage play based on the Paramount movie Clue. Produced Julie Andrews—The Gift of Music with performances at The Hollywood Bowl and London’s O2 Arena. Other recent touring productions include the Tony Award winners American Idiot, In the Heights and Avenue Q. WLP is led by founding partner and President Stephen Gabriel and Vice President Nancy Gabriel. worklightproductions.com.
STAFF FOR RENTORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN BY BLAKE BURBA
GENERAL MANAGEMENTWORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONSStephen Gabriel Nancy Gabriel
Scott Seay Anièle Fortin Kevin Greene Courtney King Emily Miller Carolyn Smith
TECHNICAL SUPERVISIONPORT CITY TECHNICALRhys Williams Mike East
Mackenzie Foster Rossella Human Tom Klonowski Susie Prueter
PRODUCTION TEAMFilm Designer .................................... Tony GerberProjection Consultant ........................Bruno IngramAssociate Costume Designer ........... Sarafina BushCostume Assistant ......................Maddie PetersonWardrobe Consultant ............................ Molly WalzAssociate Lighting Designer .............Mike Megliola,
Aaron TacyLighting Programmer ....................... Dustin AdamsHair & Make-Up Design Associate .............Lily VolleProduction Electrician .........................James LeesProduction Assistant ......................... Abigail MateyCreative Services ........Allied Integrated Marketing/
Debbie Allamong, Doug Blemker, Eric Stormoen
CASTINGJOY DEWING CASTING
Joy Dewing, CSA, Kevin Metzger-Timson
ADDITIONAL CASTINGWOJCIK | SEAY CASTINGScott Wojcik Gayle Seay
Holly Buczek Kevin Metzger-Timson
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About Gertrude Castellow Ford
With an ever-inquisitive mind, Gertrude Castellow Ford fully embraced the arts. As a patron, an observer and a
practitioner, Mrs. Ford engaged in a lifelong exploration of all things of beauty and inspiration. Exceedingly well-read in po-etry and classic literature, Mrs. Ford was often at the center of spirited discussions about the merits of all manner of literary works. Always at the very foundation of her spirit was a great and sincere love of the arts and letters.
In keeping with a generations-old family tradition of philanthropy, Mrs. Ford established the Gertrude C. Ford Foundation in Jackson, Mississippi, with a very generous gift in 1991 to sup-port the arts in Mississippi. In addition to the donation for the construction of the Ford Center, the Foundation supports the USA International Ballet Competition, the Mississippi Opera, Mis-sissippi Museum of Art, University of Southern Mississippi Orchestra and many others.
Mrs. Ford died in September of 1996. She and her husband, Aaron Lane Ford, who was an Ackerman attorney and U.S. congressman representing what was Mississippi’s 4th District, are buried in Cuthbert, a small town in southwest Georgia.
FORD CENTER STAFFDirector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julia Aubrey Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Zerangue Marketing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate Meacham Senior Administrative Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janie Chambers Senior Staff Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leah Hanks Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Max McDonaldsonAssistant Technical Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitley O’NealHouse Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Moss Development Officer to the Ford Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Brown
UM BOX OFFICE STAFFSupervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Pardoe Ticket Office Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Beth Oswalt
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