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1Young Frankenstein | Overture Center

The Frankel • Baruch • Viertel • Routh Group and NETworks Presentations, LLCJames D. Stern and Douglas L. Meyer Jon B. Platt

present

Based on the story and screenplay by GENE WILDER and MEL BROOKS and on the original motion picture by special arrangement with TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

Featuring

NOAH ABERLIN PURDIE BAUMANN ERIN WEGNER BROOKS DON DANIELSZAK EDWARDS BILLY GRIFFIN ALLISON PAIGE HENNING LEAH HOFMANNKRISTIN MARIE JOHNSON DANIELLE KELSEY MATTHEW WARNER KIERNAN

DIONNA THOMAS LITTLETON ERIC JON MAHLUM JILLIAN OWENSALEX PUETTE DAVE SCHOONOVER MATTHEW J. VARGO

ERICK R. WALCK MARGUERITE WILLBANKS

Scenery Designed byROBIN WAGNER

Costumes Designed by WILLIAM IVEY LONG

Lighting Designed byPETER KACZOROWSKI

Sound Designed byJONATHAN DEANS

Wigs & Hair Designed byPAUL HUNTLEY

Make Up Designed byANGELINA AVALLONE

Casting byTARA RUBIN CASTING

Associate Directorand ChoreographerJAMES GRAY

Assistant Directorand ChoreographerJEFF WHITING

Production Stage ManagerJOHN M. ATHERLAY

Music Supervision andVocal Arrangements by

PATRICK S. BRADYOrchestrations by

DOUG BESTERMANMusic Direction by

ROBERT BILLIGMusic Coordination by

JOHN MILLER

General ManagementGREGORY VANDER PLOEG

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES

NY General ManagementFRANKEL GREEN

THEATRICAL MANAGEMENTProduction Manager

HECTOR GUIVAS

Original Music Supervision and Arrangements byGLEN KELLY

Direction & Choreography bySUSAN STROMAN

TUE, FEB 22 – SUN, FEB 22 | Overture Hall

www.YoungFrankensteinTheMusical.com

Book by MEL BROOKS and THOMAS MEEHAN Music and Lyrics by MEL BROOKS

“Puttin’ on the Ritz” by Irving BerlinOriginal Cast Album available on

JANINE DIVITA JOANNA GLUSHAK SYNTHIA LINK

CHRISTOPHER RYAN PRESTON TRUMAN BOYD CORY ENGLISH DAVID BENOIT

National Marketing and Press DirectorMOLLY HAYDON

Exclusive North American Tour DirectionON THE ROAD

Company ManagerJAMEY JENNINGS

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CAST(in order of appearance)

Herald .....................................................................................................ERIC JON MAHLUMZiggy ................................................................................................................ DON DANIELSInspector Kemp ..............................................................................................DAVID BENOITMedical Students ...........................................NOAH ABERLIN, DAVE SCHOONOVER Senior Student ............................................................................................. ERICK R. WALCKFrederick Frankenstein ......................................................................CHRISTOPHER RYANTelegraph Boy ..................................................................................................BILLY GRIFFINElizabeth .........................................................................................................JANINE DIVITAShoeshine Man ................................................................................................ DON DANIELSIgor .................................................................................................................CORY ENGLISHEquines ............................................................... ALEX PUETTE, DAVE SCHOONOVERInga ....................................................................................................................SYNTHIA LINKFrau Blucher ..........................................................................................JOANNA GLUSHAKVictor ............................................................................................................. ERICK R WALCKThe Monster ............................................................................ PRESTON TRUMAN BOYDTransylvania Quartet ................................... DAVE SCHOONOVER, ERICK R WALCK,

ERIC JON MAHLUM, ALEX PUETTE Hermit .............................................................................................................DAVID BENOITSasha.................................................................................................................. ALEX PUETTEMasha .............................................................................................ERIN WEGNER BROOKSBasha .........................................................................................MARGUERITE WILLBANKSTasha .........................................................................................................DANIELLE KELSEYBob .................................................................................................................NOAH ABERLINRitz Specialty .................................................................................................... ALEX PUETTEThe Count ........................................................................................DAVE SCHOONOVER

THE ENSEMBLENOAH ABERLIN, PURDIE BAUMANN, ERIN WEGNER BROOKS, DON DAN-

IELS,BILLY GRIFFIN, ALLISON PAIGE HENNING, DANIELLE KELSEY,

MATTHEW WARNER KIERNAN, DIONNA THOMAS LITTLETON,ERIC JON MAHLUM, JILLIAN OWENS, ALEX PUETTE, DAVE SCHOONOVER,

ERIK R. WALCK, MARGUERITE WILLBANKS

UNDERSTUDIESFor Inspector Kemp/Hermit: ERIC JON MAHLUM, ERICK R. WALCK; For Freder-ick Frankenstein: NOAH ABERLIN, DAVE SCHOONOVER; For Elizabeth: ERIN WEGNER BROOKS, DANIELLE KELSEY; For Igor: NOAH ABERLIN, MATTHEW J. VARGO; For Inga: LEAH HOFMAN, DANIELLE KELSEY; For Frau Blucher: ERIN WEGNER BROOKS, MARGUERITE WILLBANKS; For The Monster: ALEX PUETTE, ERICK R. WALCK

SWINGSZAK EDWARDS, LEAH HOFMANN,

KRISTIN MARIE JOHNSON, MATTHEW J. VARGO.

DANCE CAPTAINSKRISTIN MARIE JOHNSON, MATTHEW J. VARGO

ORCHESTRAConductor: ROBERT BILLIG

Assistant Conductor/Keyboards: TOM WHIDDONDrums/Percussion: BRAD FLICKINGER

Keyboards: EDGAR WILLIAM “TREY” COX, IIISynthesizer Programming: RANDY COHEN


MUSICAL NUMBERSACT ONE

Scene 1: A Village in Transylvania, 1934 “The Happiest Town” .............................................................................VillagersScene 2: Medical School, New York City “The Brain” ............................................................................ Frederick, StudentsScene 3: Hudson River, Pier 57 “Please Don’t Touch Me” ............................................Elizabeth and VoyagersScene 4: A Railroad Station in Transylvania “Together Again” ..........................................................................Frederick, IgorScene 5: A Hay Wagon “Roll in The Hay” ................................................................. Inga, Frederick, IgorScene 6: Castle FrankensteinScene 7: The Grand Hall of Castle Frankenstein “Join the Family Business” ................................... Victor, Frederick, AncestorsScene 8: The Laboratory “He Vas My Boyfriend” ...................................................................Frau BlucherScene 9: The Town Hall “The Law” ..............................................................................Kemp and VillagersScene 10: The Laboratory “Life, Life” ...............................................................................................FrederickScene 11: The Courtyard of Castle Frankenstein “Welcome to Transylvania”.............................................. Transylvania Quartet “Transylvania Mania” ...................... Igor, Frederick, Inga, Kemp and Villagers

THERE WILL BE A 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

ACT TWOScene 1: The Forest “He’s Loose”...........................................................................Kemp and VillagersScene 2: The Laboratory “Listen to Your Heart” .................................................................................... Inga “Surprise” ....................................................Elizabeth, Igor, Frau Blucher, Sasha,

Masha, Basha, Tasha and BobScene 3: A Remote Cottage in the Forest “Please Send Me Someone” ......................................................................HermitScene 4: The Dungeon of Castle Frankenstein “Man About Town” .................................................................................FrederickScene 5: A Theatre in Transylvania “Puttin’ on the Ritz” Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin ..................... Frederick, The Monster, Inga,

Igor, Frau Blucher, EnsembleScene 6: A Cave in the Forest “Deep Love” ............................................................................................ElizabethScene 7: The LaboratoryScene 8: The Village Square “Deep Love” (Reprise) .................................................................... The Monster Finale Ultimo ..................................................................................The Company

Please be advised that strobe lights are used in this production.


CHRISTOPHER RYAN (Frederick Fran-kenstein) is thrilled to be part of Young Frankenstein and to step into the role of Dr. Frankenstein! He was in the Las Vegas company of Monty Python’s Spamalot (u/s Lancelot), and has toured with My Fair Lady, Music Man, and Camelot (starring Robert Goulet). Regional credits include Snoopy in the revival version of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Jennie Award – Theatre in the Square), and Johnny Can-tone in The 1940’s Radio Hour (Theatre in the Square), Evita (Maltz Jupiter), Beauty & the Beast (TOTS), Annie (Casa Mañana), Chess (Alliance Theatre). Film/TV: Run Ronnie Run, In the Heat of the Night. Love and gratitude to Merri, Tara, James, Stro, Mel, my loving family, friends & Moriah! Proud Actors’ Equity member.

PRESTON TRUMAN BOYD (The Mon-ster) Preston is thrilled to rejoin the tour as the Monster! NY Credits: Republic (Liam). NY Readings/Workshops: On A Clear Day, Wallenberg, Hilltop House. Regional: Les Misérables (Grantaire), Singin’ in the Rain (Production Tenor), Oklahoma! (Slim), The Muny; KC Starlight. Working (the Mason) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland. NFAA winner with Placido Domingo, Coral Gables. TV: “Guiding Light.” Preston is a 2008 grad of CCM. Thanks to God, the Gage Group, Tara and Merri. Love to Mom, Dad, Haley and the Fam! Love to Sydney. Proud AEA Member. www.pres-tontrumanboyd.com

CORY ENGLISH (Igor) most recently appeared on Broadway as Igor in Young Frankenstein. After 12 years of living in New York City and performing in Broadway shows including Forum, Barnaby in Hello Dolly , Damn Yankees, Guys and Dolls and Gypsy with Tyne Daly, Cory moved to London to study acting at Drama Stu-dio London where he met his wife, British actress Eva Alexander. UK credits: Corpus Christi, Our Father and Comedy of Errors as both Dromios. British television credits include work for the BBC and channel 4. West End credits: Mary Sunshine in Chi-cago, Benny Southstreet in Guys and Dolls and starred as Max Bialystock in The Pro-ducers at Theatre Royal Drury Lane before touring the same production around the

UK winning the Evening Standard’s award in Manchester for Best Actor in a touring company. coryenglish.com

DAVID BENOIT (Inspector Kemp) is thrilled to join the tour of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein. Broadway: Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie), Dance of the Vampires, Les Miserables. National: Avenue Q, Les Miz (Thenardier), All Shook Up (Sheriff Earl), Forbidden Broadway. Off -Broadway: Forbid-den Broadway 92, Forever Plaid (Sparky), Forbidden Broadway: Summer Shock!, The Big Bang, Forbidden Hollywood (Chicago). Regional: Adding Machine: a musical (Mr. Zero) (Helen Hayes nom.). Special thanks to Pete and Jed. For: Mom and Dad.

JANINE DIVITA (Elizabeth). Broadway: Grease (Rizzo, 2007 Revival). Regional highlights: Sophisticated Ladies, starring Maurice Hines (Terri, Arena Stage), Oli-ver! (Nancy, Walnut Street Theatre), Grey Gardens (Young Little Edie Beale, Portland Center Stage). University of Michigan alum (BFA Musical Theatre). Much thanks to Nicolosi, Tara Rubin casting, the YF team, mom, dad, family, friends and Sean. www.janinedivita.com

JOANNA GLUSHAK (Frau Blucher) Broadway: Hairspray, Urinetown, Sweet Smell Of Success, Les Misérables, Sunday In The Park With George, After The Night and the Music, Conversations With My Father, Rags, Etc. NYC Opera: A Little Night Music, The Most Happy Fella. National tours: Xanadu, Evita. Joanna has worked extensively off-Broadway and regionally. She is a graduate of the Yale school of Drama.

SYNTHIA LINK (Inga) is thrilled to be joining the cast of Young Frankenstein! Favorite Credits include: NYC Radio City Rockette, A Chorus Line (Maggie), No No Nanette (Flora), ...Forum (Tintinabula), The Producers and Funny Girl. Thanks to my incredibly supportive parents for always encouraging me to follow my dreams.

NOAH ABERLIN (Ensemble). Three previous national tours: The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow), The Producers and Con-tact. Other credits include Candide (NYC Opera), Annie Get Your Gun (Goodspeed),

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST


Carnival (Paper Mill); Damn Yankees, The Producers & Contact (North Shore), Grease (KS Starlight). He is a Brooklyn, NY native and a BFA graduate of Syracuse University.

PURDIE BAUMANN (Ensemble) has been seen as the center Rockette in NYC for so many years she cannot count. She owes her fame and fortune to Mom and Dad’s studio, “Stairway of the Stars.” Let’s help them recover and rebuild. Maywood-FineArts.org. Mr. Cool Pop Preen, I WILL marry you one day!

ERIN WEGNER BROOKS (Ensemble). National Tour: Cirque Dreams, Off-Broad-way: A Stoop On Orchard Street, Pinkali-cious, Las Vegas: Jubilee! Terrorized the high seas performing the roles of Cruella De Ville and Lady Tremaine for Disney Cruise Line. Love to Duncan, her amazing family, Kimberly Vaughn, and KTA for their contin-ued support. www.erinwegner.com

DON DANIELS (Ensemble) is on the road again! Favorite credits include: Bright Lights, Big City (Prince Music Theatre), Of Thee I Sing, She Loves Me (Papermill Playhouse), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Westchester), Big River (National Tour). Thanks to Tara Rubin Casting. Love to my girls: Sara, Mar-ley and Piper. You are my world!

ZAK EDWARDS (Swing) is thrilled to join this spectacular cast! New York: Mela-nie (yes, Melanie) in Yank! the Musical Off Broadway and No, No, Nanette (with Rosie O’Donnell and Beth Leavel) at City Center Encores. Plus, a bunch of regional credits. Thanks to his family, the YF family, and Jon.

BILLY GRIFFIN (Ensemble) BFA NYU’s CAP 21. National Tours of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and A Few Good Men Dancin’. Episodes of The Electric Company on PBS. Check out animated Billy in the recently released “Dance On Broadway” for Nintendo Wii. Love and thanks to MSA, Tara Rubin Casting, YF Creative Team, family and friends. For Mom and Dad.

ALLISON PAIGE HENNING (Ensemble) is delighted to be cast in her first national tour! She’s a recent graduate of American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has studied ballet, tap and jazz. Allison thanks The Kras-ny Office and sends love to her family, Ms. Lynette and her best friend and sister Laura.

LEAH HOFMANN (Swing) loves Lulule-mon, LaDuca Shoes and Levain Bakery cookies. Since watching Contact perform on the 2000 Tony Awards, she has dreamt of working with Susan Stroman. Thank you to everyone along this journey, including: Merri Sugarman, Dustin Flores, TomBurkeVoice.com, Darin Adams, Jen Waldman, and God for making her 5’10!”

KRISTIN MARIE JOHNSON (Swing/Dance Captain) Broadway: Young Franken-stein (original cast). National tour: 42nd St.. Radio City Rockette (3 yrs NYC). B.A. in theatre (Florida State University). Love and thanks to my family and friends for their support. Thank you Stro for turning my dreams into reality.

DANIELLE KELSEY (Ensemble) . National tour debut! Regional: The Produc-ers (Ulla), A Chorus Line (Cassie). NYC/Other: Radio City Rockette, Rod Stewart World Tour. TV/Film: Zombie Prom (w/ RuPaul), American Dreams, MTV Movie Awards. Sometimes you just have to look fear in the eye and say, “I feel you fear, but I’m going to do it anyway.”

MATTHEW WARNER KIERNAN (Ensemble). NYU grad. Credits include: B’way; Hot Feet. Tours: All Shook Up, 42nd Street, Cats. Regionally: NMST, Gateway Playhouse, Huntington Theatre, Atlanta’s TOTS. Thank you to Tara Rubin Casting, wonderfully supportive friends and fam-ily, and Patricia Kiernan, the most amazing mom a guy could ask for! Love you!

DIONNA THOMAS LITTLETON (Ensemble) is ecstatic to join Young Fran-kenstein in her first national tour! Other credits: Grease (KC Starlight), The Wiz (Yale University), Yaledancers. Training: The Ailey School, Yale University, HTDC. Thanks to Tara Rubin, and Stro for making my dream come true. Love to God, Kevin, and my Dad. For my Mom.

ERIC JON MAHLUM (Ensemble) is thrilled to be part of such a fantastic show! Broadway: Wicked. Off Broadway: Plane Crazy, The Yard. National Tours: Joseph... Dreamcoat, The Wizard of Oz. Regional: Papermill Playhouse, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Tennessee Repertory, Kansas City Starlight, Atlanta Theatre of the Stars, Dal-las Summer Musicals. Much love to Mom


and Gary!

JILLIAN OWENS (Ensemble). Tours: The Will Rogers Follies; Regional: Carnival! (Ken-nedy Center); NYC: Dahlia (The Actors Studio, The Gerald W. Lynch Theater), CTFD Gala choreographed by Mercedes Ellington (City Center), Company (Skir-ball Center); Film: The Quiet Room (13bit); BFA from NYU’s CAP 21.

ALEX PUETTE (Ensemble) is elated to be a part of the Young Frankenstein family! National Tours: Legally Blonde (1st Nation-al). Regional: 42nd Street, The Producers, The Muny; A Chorus Line (Greg), West Virginia Public; Fiddler… , Kansas City Star-light. Proud grad of the University of Michi-gan. Love and thanks to family and friends, Tara Rubin, and Stewart Talent!

DAVE SCHOONOVER (Ensemble) is delighted to be a part of Young Franken-stein. Tour: Cats (Rum Tum Tugger). NYC: That Other Woman’s Child. Regional: Pirates!, West Side Story, A Chorus Line, Hello, Dolly!. BFA Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Huge thanks to Family, The Mine, as well as Merri and everyone at Tara Rubin.

MATTHEW J. VARGO (Swing/Dance Captain) B’way: Cats (Tugger & Munkus-trap u.s.), Christmas Carol (Original Cast Recording). Tours: White Christmas (Phil Davis u.s.), The Producers (Carmen Ghia u.s.), Kiss Me, Kate (Gremio). Regional: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (World Premiere), TUTS, Sacramento Music Cir-cus, PCLO, LA Music Center Opera. Proud member Actor’s Equity since 1988. CSUF 1991.

ERICK R. WALCK (Ensemble) leaves Las Vegas to join the touring company of Young Frankenstein. Last seen in Hello Dolly! with Leslie Uggams and The Producers with David Hasselhoff. Erick is celebrating his 38th year in the entertainment industry and would like to acknowledge the Waldo Foundation for their support throughout the years.

MARGUERITE WILLBANKS (Ensem-ble). Broadway: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. National Tours: The Secret Garden, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Marguerite has also worked in many Regional Theatres across the U.S., performed in concerts with

various Symphony Orchestras and can be heard on several film sound tracks including The Producers.

MEL BROOKS (Book, Composer & Lyri-cist, Producer) Director, producer, writer and actor, Mel Brooks is the creator of the 2001 smash hit Broadway musical The Producers—winner of a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards. Three of those Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Musical) went to Mel Brooks himself, as well as two Gram-my Awards (Best Musical Show Album and Best Long-Form Music Video). Mr. Brooks began his distinguished career during televi-sion’s Golden Age as a writer for Sid Caesar on “Your Show of Shows” in 1951. In 1955 and in 1957, Brooks received Emmy Award nominations (with others) for Best Comedy Writing for “Caesar’s Hour,” and in 1956 he was nominated (with others) for Best Writing for a Variety or Situation Comedy. In 1952, Brooks wrote sketches for Leonard Sillman’s Broadway smash-hit revue, New Faces of 1952, and in 1957, together with Joe Darion, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical Shinbone Alley, which starred Eartha Kitt. In 1962, he wrote the book for the Broadway musical All American, starring Ray Bolger. In the ‘60s, Brooks teamed up with Carl Reiner to write and perform The 2000 Year Old Man albums, which became immediate best-sellers. In 1960 and 1961, Brooks and Reiner received Grammy Award nominations for Best Spoken-Word Comedy for 2000 Years and for Best Comedy Performance for 2000 and One Years, respectively. In 1997, Brooks and Reiner teamed up again for The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000. Both a book and CD were released, the CD winning a Grammy Award in 1998 for the Best Spo-ken-Word Album, Comedy. Brooks wrote and narrated The Critic, a short satire on avant-garde art films, which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject in 1964. In 1965, he teamed up with Buck Henry and created “Get Smart,” the long-running television show starring Don Adams as Agent 86. Brooks, along with others, received an Emmy Award for Out-standing Writing Achievement in Com-edy-Variety in 1967 for “The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Mor-ris Special.” In 1968, he wrote and directed his first feature film, The Producers, starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.


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He then went on to create a remarkable string of hit comedies: 1970, wrote, directed and acted in The Twelve Chairs; 1974, co-wrote, directed and acted in Blazing Saddles and was nominated, along with John Mor-ris, for Best Title Song, “Blazing Saddles”; 1974, co-wrote and directed Young Franken-stein; 1976, co-wrote, directed and starred in Silent Movie; 1977, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in High Anxiety; 1981, wrote, directed, produced and starred in History of the World, Part I; 1983, produced and starred in To Be or Not to Be; 1987, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in the hit sci-fi spoof, Spaceballs; 1991, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Life Stinks; 1993, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Robin Hood: Men in Tights; 1995, co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in Dracula: Dead and Loving It; 2005, co-wrote and produced The Producers, the film version of his Tony Award-winning 2001 Broadway musical and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, “There’s Nothing Like a Show on Broadway.” For three successive seasons, Brooks won the Emmy Award for his role as Uncle Phil on the hit comedy show, “Mad About You.” His visionary film company, Brooksfilms Limited, founded in 1980, has produced some of America’s most distin-guished films, among them David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, David Cronenberg’s The Fly, Frances, Richard Benjamin’s My Favorite Year and 84 Charing Cross Road, starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft.

THOMAS MEEHAN (Book) won the 2003 Tony Award for co-writing the book for Hairspray after having won the 2001 Tony Award for co-writing the book of The Producers. Earlier, in 1977, he received his first Tony Award for writing the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show, and he has since written the books for the musicals I Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Annie Warbucks, Bombay Dreams and Cry-Baby. In addition, he is a long-time contributor of humor pieces, includ-ing “Yma Dream,” to The New Yorker; an Emmy Award-winning writer of television comedy; and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, including Mel Brooks’ Space-balls, To Be or Not to Be and the film version of The Producers. He is also the co-author of the libretto of 1984, an opera composed by Lorin Maazel and based on George Orwell’s classic novel of the same name, which had

its world premiere in the spring of 2003 at London’s Royal Opera House and was per-formed last year at La Scala in Milan. Mr. Meehan is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild. Finally, his latest musical, “Elf,” for which he co-wrote the book with Bob Martin, will be opening on Broadway this fall.

SUSAN STROMAN (Director/ Chore-ographer). Ms. Stroman directed and cho-reographed The Producers, winner of a record-making 12 Tony Awards including Best Direction and Best Choreography. She co-created, directed and choreographed the groundbreaking musical Contact for Lincoln Center Theater, winning the 2000 Tony Award for Best Choreography, as well as Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards and a 2003 Emmy Award for “Live at Lincoln Center.” Other Broadway credits include The Frogs, Okla-homa! (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Olivier Awards), Thou Shalt Not, The Music Man (Outer Critics Circle Award), Steel Pier, Big, Show Boat (Tony, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Picnic and Crazy for You (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Olivier Awards). Off-Broadway credits include The Scottsboro Boys (Lucille Lor-tel Award), And the World Goes ’Round (Outer Critics Circle Award), Flora the Red Menace, and Happiness. For ten years she choreographed Madison Square Garden’s annual spectacular event A Christmas Carol (Outer Critics Circle Award), directed by Mike Ockrent. For New York City Opera: A Little Night Music, 110 in the Shade, and Don Giovanni. Ms. Stroman created Double Feature, a full-length ballet for New York City Ballet featuring the music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson. She has cre-ated the ballets Blossom Got Kissed for New York City Ballet’s 50th Anniversary season, But Not For Me for the Martha Graham Company, and Take Five…More or Less for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Her choreography received an Emmy nomination for the HBO presentation Liza – Stepping Out at Radio City Music Hall, starring Liza Minnelli. Other TV credits include co-conceiver/choreog-rapher for PBS’s Sondheim – a Celebration at Carnegie Hall and An Evening with the Boston Pops – a Tribute to Leonard Bernstein. She received the American Choreography Award for her work in Columbia Pictures feature film Center Stage. Ms. Stroman directed and choreographed The Producers:


The Movie Musical, nominated for 4 Golden Globes. She is the recipient of the George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achieve-ment in the Theatre and the winner of a record four Astaire Awards. In January 2011 Ms. Stroman will premiere a new ballet com-missioned by New York City Ballet.

ROBIN WAGNER (Set Designer) Broad-way designs include the new production of A Chorus Line; The Producers (Tony Award); The Boy From Oz; Kiss Me, Kate; Saturday Night Fever; Side Show; Angels in America; Victor/Victoria; Jelly’s Last Jam; City Of Angels (Tony Award); Crazy for You; Jerome Robbins’ Broadway; Chess; 42nd Street; Dreamgirls; On the Twentieth Cen-tury (Tony Award); A Chorus Line; Jesus Christ Superstar; Lenny; Promises, Promises; The Great White Hope; and Hair. Other work includes operas: the Metropolitan, Swedish Royal, Vienna State, Royal Opera Covent Garden. Honors also include Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and other awards. He is a trustee of the Public Theater and a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame.

WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Designer). Young Frankenstein marked Mr. Long’s ninth Broadway collaboration with Susan Stroman. Previous collaborations include The Frogs, Thou Shalt Not, The Pro-ducers (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), The Music Man, Contact (Hewes Award), Steel Pier, Big, Picnic, Crazy for You (Tony, Outer Critics Circle Awards), also A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, Double Feature at New York City Ballet as well as The Producers: The Movie Musical (2005). Other Broadway includes Nine to Five, Pal Joey, Grey Gardens (Tony Award), Hairspray (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Chicago, Sweet Charity, La Cage aux Folles, The Boy From Oz, Swing, Guys and Dolls (Drama Desk Award), Lend Me a Tenor (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards), Nine (Tony, Drama Desk, Maharam Awards). Mr. Long also designed costumes for the Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour and for Siegfried and Roy at the Mirage Hotel. He is a 5 time Tony Award winning designer and was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2005.

PETER KACZOROWSKI (Lighting) Broadway: 40 plays and musicals including the revival of Driving Miss Daisy, A View

From the Bridge, Time Stands Still; Wait-ing for Godot; Curtains; Grey Gardens; The Producers; Contact; Kiss Me, Kate; Steel Pier. Recent Off-Broadway: Venus in Fur, The Brothers/Sisters plays, Twelfth Night, Ruined, Saturn Returns, Wig Out! Resident companies: NY Shakespeare Festival (both downtown and at the Delacorte), MTC, Roundabout, Lincoln Center Theatre, Play-wright’s Horizons, City Center Encores! Regional: The Goodman, Guthrie, Geffen, Seattle Rep, La Jolla, Berkeley, CTG, Long Wharf, Centerstage, Hartford. Opera: The Met, NYCO, San Francisco, Houston, Santa Fe, Seattle. Abroad: Royal Opera, Scot-tish Opera, Opera/ North, Edinburgh Fes-tival, Maggio Festival Florence, L’Arena di Verona, La Fenice, OperBonn, Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Dramalogue and Hewes Design awards.

JONATHAN DEANS (Sound Designer). Recent Broadway credits include La Cage aux Folles, Young Frankenstein, Pirate Queen, Lestat, Taboo, Follies, Seussical, Music Man, Fosse, Parade. His work with Cirque du Soleil includes Viva Elvis, OVO, Love, Ka, Zumanity, O, Mystere, La Nouba, Corteo. He was nominated for a Tony award in 2010 and has been presented with a USITT award for “Distinguished Career in Sound Design.” Some of his work while living in England included Time, Mutiny, Marilyn, On your Toes, Jumpers and The Real Thing.

PAUL HUNTLEY (Hair and Wig Design) London born Paul Huntley is a special Tony Award Winner as well as a Drama Desk recipient. Paul has worked on hundreds of Broadway projects since arriving in this country in 1972. His projects have included Cats; Amadeus; Kiss Me, Kate; The Produc-ers and Hairspray. He has also worked with some of the most talented leading ladies of the American Cinema. They include Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, Mae West, Glenn Close, Angela Lansbury and Jessica Lange. Movies are Christopher Plummer in “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” and Wil-lem Dafoe in “Cirque Du Freak.”

ANGELINA AVALLONE (Make-up Design). Most recent projects include: The Addams Family, A Little Night Music, Memphis, A Behanding in Spokane, The Royal Family and Collected Stories. Broad-


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way credits include West Side Story, Rock of Ages, 9 TO 5, Happiness, 33 Variations, Waiting For Godot, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Accent on Youth, The Little Mermaid, Com-pany, The Coast of Utopia, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Sweeney Todd, The Times They Are A-Changin’, Curtains, The Pirate Queen, Company, The Color Purple, The Pajama Game, Grey Gardens, Awake and Sing!, Fame Becomes Me, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sweet Charity, The Light in the Piazza, The Pillowman, Wonderful Town, Seascape, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lestat, Dance of the Vampires, Dracula the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors and Our Leading Lady for MTC.

TARA RUBIN CASTING (Casting). B’way/tours: Promises, Promises, A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, Billy Elliot, Shrek, The Country Girl, Rock N’Roll (US casting), The Farnsworth Invention, …Young Frankenstein, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Pirate Queen, Les Misérables, History Boys (US Casting), Spamalot, Jer-sey Boys, …Spelling Bee, Producers, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma!, Happiness, Flower Drum Song, Imaginary Friends, Metamorphoses, Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not, Man of No Importance. Yale Rep.B’way/tours: Promises, Promises, A Little Night Music, Guys and Dolls, Billy Elliot, Shrek, The Country Girl, Rock N’Roll (US casting), The Farnsworth Invention, …Young Frankenstein, Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Pirate Queen, Les Misérables, History Boys (US Casting), Spamalot, Jersey Boys, …Spelling Bee, Pro-ducers, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma!, Happiness, Flower Drum Song, Imaginary Friends, Metamorphoses, Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not, Man of No Impor-tance. Yale Rep.

JAMES GRAY (Associate Director/Cho-reographer) has a long association with Susan Stroman and Mel Brooks, serving as Dance Captain for both Young Fran-kenstein and the Original London Produc-tion of The Producers. As a performer in Young Frankenstein, he understudied and performed the role of Igor on Broadway as well as the National tour. His history with The Producers was three fold — Origi-nal London Company (understudied and performing the role of Carmen Ghia with

Nathan Lane), on Broadway, and appeared as a little old lady in the Movie Musical version. Other productions include 42nd Street, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Jubilee (Las Vegas), and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Pantages LA). Originally from Bristol, England his West End credits include Me and My Girl, the original com-panies of Mack and Mabel and Beauty and The Beast. James thanks Susan and Mel for this amazing opportunity. This one is for Dad, Marg, Bill, Joe and Vera.

JEFF WHITING (Ass’t. Director/Chore-ographer). Broadway: The Scottsboro Boys, Young Frankenstein, Hair, Wicked (5th Anniv.). Off-B’way: Happiness (Lincoln Center); The Scottsboro Boys (Vineyard). London: Jersey Boys. National Tours: Hair-spray, The Producers. Opera: Kiss Me, Kate (Glimmerglass). Member of The Walt Dis-ney Company’s creative staff (writer, direc-tor, choreographer). Artistic Director of Open Jar Productions, dedicated to the development and direction of new plays, musicals and The Open Jar Institute, dedi-cated to quality actor training. www.openjar-productions.com

STEVEN ZWEIGBAUM (Broadway Asso-ciate Director) Production Stage Manager for the original companies of Shenandoah; 42nd Street; Steaming; Singin’ in the Rain; Me and My Girl; City of Angels; Crazy for You; A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Gar-den; The Life; High Society; The Producers; Young Frankenstein and the revivals of Room Service, Whoopee!; The Iceman Cometh, Kiss Me, Kate, The Music Man; and Blithe Spirit.

CHRIS PETERSON (Broadway Associate Choreographer) Broadway: Young Franken-stein, Contact, Steel Pier, On Your Toes, Crazy for You. Also, four international com-panies of Crazy for You; national tours of Contact, Crazy For You, Anything Goes, 42nd Street, Sugar Babies with Ann Mill-er and Mickey Rooney; Jubilee at Carn-egie Hall; for Ten seasons Chris mounted Madison Square Garden’s production of A Christmas Carol. Television: “Celebrating Gershwin with Mikhail Baryshnikov,” “The Kennedy Center Honors,” “In Performance at the White House,” “The Today Show,” “David Letterman Show,” “An Evening With The Boston Pops.” Film: The Producers and recently choreographed Evening starring


Meryl Streep.

JAMEY JENNINGS (Company Manager) has served as company manager on several National and International tours, including Cinderella starring Lea Salonga, Hairspray, Oklahoma!, Fosse, Seussical the Musical, Contact, and most recently The Wizard of Oz.

JOHN M. ATHERLAY (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Xanadu, Beauty and the Beast, A Small Family Business, The Seagull. National Tours: The 101 Dalmatians, Fiddler on the Roof with Topol, Little Shop of Horrors, The Producers, Stardust with Betty Buckley, Almost Like Being in Love with Dia-hann Carroll. Regional: Peter Pan, Seven Guitars, Dreamgirls with Jennifer Holiday and Sweet Charity with Donna McKechnie.

SARAH A. TSCHIRPKE (Stage Manager) Broadway: The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Jer-sey Boys, Phantom of the Opera. National Tour: 101 Dalmatians, Little House on the Prairie, Jersey Boys, Little Shop of Horrors, Porgy & Bess, Momix, Adventures of Huck Finn, Living History and more. Selected Off-Broadway/NY: Irish Repertory The-atre, Best Little Whorehouse… Dr. Sex. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Denver Center Attractions, Denver Center The-atre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, National Theatre Conservatory, Northern Stage, Colonial Theatre. Member, Actors Equity Association. Ms. Tschirpke’s work has also spanned producing, directing, technical direction, production management, design, and dramaturgy.

PATRICIA L. GRABB (Ass’t. Stage Man-ager) Tours: Swing! (Japan), 101 Dalmatians, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Evita, Miss Sai-gon, A Christmas Carol. Regional: Peter Pan (Papermill Playhouse); Fences, Broadway Bound, The Taffetas (Pennsylvania Centre Stage); Fame! (Jersey Shore Entertainment); Hamlet (Brooklyn Gallery Players); 2 sea-sons, over 10 musicals with Surflight Theatre; Workshops: Tribeca PAC, NYC. Proud graduate Penn State University, BFA Stage Management and AEA member. Love to her family.

GLEN KELLY (Music Arrangements and Supervision) Music supervisor and arranger for Broadway’s The Producers. Other Broad-way credits: Spamalot, The Drowsy Chaper-

one, Beauty and the Beast, The Frogs, High Society, Steel Pier, Dance a Little Closer and A Christmas Carol. For New York City Bal-let, he arranged the music and co-wrote the libretto (with Susan Stroman) for Double Feature. Other ballet credits include Thou Swell (for NYCB) and But Not for Me for the Martha Graham Company.

PATRICK S. BRADY (Music Supervision and Vocal Arrangements) was the musical director and vocal arranger for the Broadway production and film version of The Produc-ers. He also served as musical supervisor for two national tours and international com-panies in London, Toronto and Melbourne. Other Broadway shows include The Will Rogers Follies, Nick & Nora, Crazy for You, King David, Big, Triumph of Love, Fosse. Off-Broadway credits: Pete ‘n’ Keely, Closer Than Ever and St. Louis Woman. He has arranged and conducted albums for Sally Mayes (The Comden & Green Songbook, The Story Hour), Judy Kaye (Diva by Diva) and Rebecca Luker (Anything Goes). He most recently served as the musical director and conductor for Young Frankenstein on Broadway.

DOUG BESTERMAN (Orchestrations) Three-time Tony Award winner. Broadway: Tarzan, Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony/Drama Desk Awards), The Produc-ers (2001 Tony/Drama Desk), Fosse (1999 Tony), The Music Man, Seussical, Big, Damn Yankees, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Dracula. Also King David, A Christmas Carol and the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacu-lar. West End: Sister Act, Guys and Dolls. Regional: Calvin Berger, I Sent a Letter to My Love, Paramour. Ballets: Take Five (More Or Less), But Not for Me and Double Feature. Film/television: Nine, The Producers, Chica-go, Mulan, Anastasia, Pocahontas, Superstar, Lincoln, Cinderella, Annie, Geppetto, South Pacific and Scrubs. Arranged for Christine Andreas, Toni Braxton, Beyoncé Knowles, Barry Manilow, Mandy Patinkin, Barbra Stre-isand and the Boston Pops. As a composer, Doug’s music has been heard in the films The Punisher, Out of Step and Exit Speed; the TV shows “Summerland” and “One Life to Live;” and the musical “Hats.”

ROBERT BILLIG (Music Director/Con-ductor). Broadway: Wicked, Never Gonna Dance, Man of La Mancha, Chicago, …Whorehouse Goes Public, Miss Saigon,


Les Misérables, Song And Dance, Sing-ing’ In The Rain, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. National tours: The Drowsy Chaper-one, Wicked, Barnum, Seesaw and No, No Nanette. Off-Broadway and film: Little Shop of Horrors. He has conducted for major stars for television and concerts as well as interna-tional symphony orchestras.

JOHN MILLER (Music Coordinator) Recent Broadway: La Cage Aux Folles; A Little Night Music; Ragtime; Rock of Ages; Burn the Floor; Young Frankenstein; Xanadu; Les Misérables; Grey Gardens; The Drowsy Chaperone; Beauty and the Beast; Hairspray; Coram Boy; Threepenny Opera; Sweeney Todd; The Producers; Movin’ Out; Caroline, or Change; Little Shop of Horrors; Hot Feet; Thoroughly Modern Millie; 42nd Street; Uri-netown; Nine; La Bohème; Oklahoma!; Jekyll & Hyde; The Rocky Horror Show; Seussical; The Music Man; Fosse; The Civil War. Studio musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Frank Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Tommy Flanagan, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. His album Stage Door Johnny – John Miller: takes on Broadway is available on PS Classics Records. www.JohnMillerBass.com

MOLLY HAYDON (National Market-ing and Press Director) began her career in entertainment marketing in Canada promot-ing concerts and touring theatre. For more than a decade now, she has specialized in marketing Broadway and arena tours across North America and in London. First national tours include: The Producers; Wicked; Kiss Me, Kate; Copenhagen; Dame Edna’s The Royal Tour; The Sound of Music and Annie. For the last three years Molly has overseen the hugely successful arena tour of Walking With Dinosaurs. Molly has had the distinct privilege of working with the industry’s finest and funniest. Special Thanks to Tom Viertel and Laura Green.

ON THE ROAD (Tour Direction) is a full-service theatrical booking agency providing booking and contract services for touring shows throughout North America. Found-ed in 1997, On The Road is proud to have served as tour director for such Tony Award winning shows as The Producers – the new Mel Brooks musical, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, Sweeney Todd, and Spring Awakening as well as The Rat Pack – Live at the Sands,

Little Shop of Horrors, Golda’s Balcony, Burn The Floor, and Young Frankenstein. Simma Levine, an industry veteran, joined On The Road in 2002 and has been President since September 2004.

SETH C. WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the International tours of Fosse starring Ben Vereen/Ruthie Henshall as well as the UK regional tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Seth served as executive producer of a forty week UK/US tour of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady. He is currently serving as Execu-tive Producer on Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, Young Frankenstein and The New 25th Anniversary Tour of Les Misérables. He is most proud of his greatest productions, Marlo and Camden.

THE FRANKEL • BARUCH • VIERTEL • ROUTH GROUP (Producer) have pro-duced and managed productions for over 25 years. Currently: A Little Night Music, Burn the Floor Tour, Hairspray (on tour in the UK) and Stomp. Previously: The Nor-man Conquests, Gypsy, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd, Company, Little Shop of Horrors, The Weir, The Sound of Music, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Angels in America, Oleanna, Love Letters, Driving Miss Daisy, Frankie and Johnny ..., Penn & Teller, many others. Upcoming: Leap of Faith with music by Alan Menken on Broadway in Spring 2011 and Flashdance in London in Fall 2010. Awarded 36 Tonys, 47 Drama Desk Awards, 38 Outer Crit-ics Awards, four Grammys, eight Olivier Awards and two Pulitzer Prizes. They have the rare distinction of having won Tony Awards in all four “Best” categories – play, musical, play revival and musical revival.

NETworks PRESENTATIONS, LLC (Producer) Founded in 1995 by Kenneth Gentry, Seth Wenig and Scott Jackson, NETworks has produced and managed over 70 national and international touring produc-tions. Previous productions include Oliver!; Little Women starring Maureen McGov-ern; Jekyll & Hyde; Kiss of the Spiderwoman; Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Debo-rah Gibson; Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall; The Light in the Piazza; My Fair Lady co-produced with Cameron


Mackintosh; Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!; Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake; Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Annie and Hairspray among many others. Joining returning hits The Wizard of Oz, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, and the Lincoln Center’s pro-duction of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific this season are Joyful Noise’s pro-duction of Handel’s Messiah Rocks, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Blue Man Group National Tour and Les Misérables.

JAMES D. STERN (Producer) An Award-winning theatrical producer, filmmaker and CEO of Endgame Entertainment, he has produced over 50 Broadway shows and films, including the Tony-Award-winning musicals, The Producers and Hairspray; the Tony-nominated Legally Blonde; and the international hit, Stomp. In film, he has directed and produced the critically acclaimed documentary Every Little Step. As producer, his films include “Proof,” “Hotel Rwanda,” “I’m Not There” and “An Educa-tion.”

DOUGLAS L. MEYER (Producer) ful-filled a dream by winning a Tony as co-producer of The Producers and Hairspray! Other broadway credits: Swing!, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wedding Singer, Irving Ber-lin’s White Christmas, Legally Blonde. His greatest creation: his Abby-Normal son, David “the Brain” Meyer. Doug is a Certified Financial Planner and Managing Director of Investments with Wells Fargo Advisors in Deerfield, Illinois. Doug has deep love for his wife Stacey, desserts and the Cubs.

JON B. PLATT (Producer). Tony Awards: Angels in America; Millennium Approach-es (Pulitzer Prize for Drama); Perestroika; Copenhagen; God of Carnage. Tony nomi-nations: Damn Yankees; Peter Pan; Hello, Dolly!; The Diary of Anne Frank; Lonesome West; Man of La Mancha; Wicked; You’re Welcome America. National: The Sound of Music; Sunset Boulevard; Hair; Jesus Christ Superstar; Fiddler on the Roof; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; A Chorus Line; The Graduate; Blue Man Group “Tubes.” Current: Wicked: New York, San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Sydney, Stuttgart. Driving Miss Daisy starring James Earl James and Vanessa Red-grave.

FRANKEL GREEN THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management) is currently general managing A Little Night Music and Rock of Ages in New York; Stomp in New York and on tour; and Burn the Floor on tour. Richard Frankel and Laura Green have managed more than 90 productions over the past 20 years in New York and on tour in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Previous productions: Smokey Joe’s Café, The Sound of Music, The Weir, Swing!, The Producers, Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweeney Todd, Company, Gypsy, The Norman Con-quests and Finian’s Rainbow.

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STAFF FOR YOUNG FRANKENSTEINExecutive Producers

Tom ViertelKenneth H. Gentry

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mentGregory Vander Ploeg, Hector Guivas

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Richard Frankel Laura Green Joe Watson Leslie Ledbetter

Company ManagerJamey Jennings

Assistant Company ManagerKristin Stewart

National Marketing and Press DirectorMolly Haydon

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Tara Rubin CastingTara Rubin, CSA, Merri Sugarman, CSAEric Woodall, CSA, Laura Schutzel, CSA, Paige Blansfield, Dale Brown, Kaitlin Shaw

Production Stage Manager ...John M. AtherlayStage Manager ....................... Sarah A. TschirpkeAss’t. Stage Manager ............... Patricia L. GrabbAss’t. Director ................................... Scott BishopAss’t. Director/Choreographer ....... Jeff WhitingAssoc. Director/Choreographer ...... James GrayBroadway Assoc. Director ... Steven ZweigbaumBroadway Assoc. Choreographer Chris Peterson

Tour Ass’t. Choreographer/Dance Captain............................................. Kristin Marie JohnsonDance Captain .........................Matthew J. VargoAssoc. Set Designer .................... David PetersonAss’t. Set Designer .............................. Atkin PaceAssoc. Costume Design ............. Scott TraugottAss’t. Costume Designer .......... Robert J. MartinAss’t. Costume Designer ............... Cathy ParrottAss’t. to William Ivey Long ........ Donald SandersAssoc. Lighting Designer ................. John ViestaAss’t. Lighting Designer ..............Keri ThibodeauMoving Light Programmer ......... Josh WeitzmanAssoc. Sound Designer/Programmer ......... Brian

HsiehAss’t. Wig Designer ............Giovanna CalabrettaManagement Assistant ........................ Ed BrooksFrankenstein Puppet.........Michael Curry DesignProsthetic Design ................................John DodsHead Carpenter .......................Michael ReiningerAss’t. Carpenter ...................Frank. J. Ferraro, Jr.Flyman ...........................................Chris MattinglyProduction Electrician .......... Brian GF McGarityHead Electrician ....................................Billy Paton

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Ass’t. Electrician .............................. Nicole LaegerAss’t. Electrician ..................Jeffrey “Swing” HoltzHead Audio ............................................. Matt NallAss’t. Audio ....................................... Ben MaddenHead Props .................................Austin RodriguezHead Wardrobe .................Molly Yoder-WilliamsAss’t. Wardrobe .................................Kristina MayHead Make-up .................................. Kelly MeurerHead Wigs .............................................Judi JewellProduction Wigs/Make-up ................Jeff KnaggsDialect Coach .... Deborah Hecht, Jessica DrakeProduction Assistants .............................Allie Roy,

Zdenka Kalina, Bruno NarchiAss’t. to Mr. Brooks ................... Shelby Van VlietAss’t. to Mr. Routh............................ Katie AdamsAss’t. to Mr. Viertel .................Tania SenewiratneAss’t. to Mr. Baruch ............................Sonja SoperAdvertising .......................................... Spotco, Inc.

Drew Hodges, Jim Edwards, Tom McCann,Tom Greenwald, Aaliytha Davis;

Creative GroupWebsite ............................. Mammoth AdvertisingProduction Photography .................... Paul KolnikMerchandising ....................................... DewyntersMusic Preparation ...............Anixter-Rice ServicesAccounting .....Fried and Kowgios Partners, LLP

NETworks Presentations, LLCLegal ...Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.CPayroll Services ...............................................ADPInsurance ...............................DeWitt Stern GroupTravel Agency ..........Road-Rebel TransportationTax Consultant ......Brent A.Turner, One Source,

PSG IT Services .......George W. Wilson, One Source,

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For Frankel Green Theatrical ManagementFinance Director ......................Michael NaumannAss’t. to Mr. Frankel ........................... Heidi LibbyAss’t. to Ms. Green ..................Joshua A. SaletnikAss’t. Finance Director .........................Sue BarteltFinance Associate ........................... Heather AllenIT Manager ...................................Roddy PimentelDirector of Business Affairs ..........Michael SinderBusiness Affairs Ass’t. ..................Dario DallalastaBooking .................... On the Road Booking, LLC

Simma LevineOffice Manager ................................Emily WrightReceptionists ...Christina Cataldo, Allison Raines

For NETworks PresentationsChief Executive Officer ..................... Ken GentryChief Operating Officer .......... Scott W. JacksonExecutive Producers .....................Seth C. Wenig,

Kary M. WalkerAssoc. Producer .............................Angela RowlesAss’t. Producer ................................Mary K. WitteSenior General Manager Gregory Vander PloegAssoc. General Manager ..................... Kim ReiterProduction Manager ......................Jason JuenkerAss’t. Production Manager ........... Hector GuivasProduction Coordinator ..............Kaitlin CiccarelliMarketing/PR ...................................Heather HessPlaybill Creation & Maintenance ..Tuckey Requa

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Music Coordinator ........................... John MezzioController ...................................... Paula L. JenkinsAssistant Controller .....................Jennifer GiffordAccounts Payable .............................. Laura CareyAccountant ..............................................Lisa BlankOffice Manager ...........................Buddy PiccolinoOffice Assistant ................................... Nancy KerrOffice Intern .........................Jessica Tramondozzi

CreditsScenery provided by Hudson Scenic Studio. Additional scenery provided by Showroom, Inc and F&D Scene Changes. Painted drops pro-vided by Scenic Art Studios. Lighting equip-ment provided by PRG Lighting. Sound equip-ment provided by PRG Audio. Stage properties provided by Cigar Box Studios, Rabbit’s Choice and Costume Armour. Additional props built by Showman Fabricators. Frankenstein puppet provided by Michael Curry Design. Hand props by Moon Boots - Jennie Marino. Costumes by Carelli Costumes, Inc.; David Quinn; EuroCo Costumes, Inc.; Jennifer Love Costumes, Inc.; John David Ridge, Inc.; Scafati Tailoring, Inc.; Tricorne, Inc. Shoes by T.O. Dey, J.C. Theatri-cal and LaDuca. Millinery by Carelli Costumes, Inc.; Rodney Gordon; Inc.Rehearsed at the New 42nd Street Studios

Special Thanks toProvidence Performing Arts Center;

Norbert Mongeonand Orange County Performing Arts Center

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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

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UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

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