Sponsored in part by the City of Mission Viejo & the Angels for the Arts at Saddleback College

directed by Scott Farthing · musically directed by Lex Leigh · choreography by Deidre Cavazzi set design by Kent McFann · costume design by Lynn McQuown

lighting design by Tim Swiss · sound design by Mark Caspary & Matt Glenn

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Seymour ........................................................................................... Chris FineAudrey .................................................................................... Emma ChasseyAudrey II ........................................................................Paige VanderwarkerChiffon ........................................................................................ Kelly GarrettRonette .......................................................................................Ariel MurilloCrystal .........................................................................................Chloe TaylorAngel ....................................................................................... Devon WatsonCandee .......................................................................................... Justin BurkeMavis .............................................................................................Sean DarleyLupe.................................................................................. Michael CervantesGloria .............................................................................. Violette RemingtonMushnik ...............................................................................................Kyle RayOrin .................................................................................Zachary MittlemanEnsemble ...................................................................................Ricky Alleman

Daniel HardwickDanny Cristofaro

Alison GalvinCaitlin McFann

Cast of Characters

THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDINGOF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

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Michelle Macdougall JacksonTim SwissMichael McCormickMarc Jackson

Fine Arts & Media Technology StaffTheatre Production & Operation Manager: Lighting & Sound Designer:Technical Director:Senior Lab Tech/Carpentry:

Costume Designer: Acting Costume Supervisor: Scenic Artist:Sound Designer: Co-Sound Designer: Prop Master: Hair & Wig Design:Makeup Design:Choreography Director:Music Director: Director:Production CrewAudio Engineer:Video Operator:Light Board Operator: Follow Spot:Follow Spot: Lead Deck Crew: Set Construction:

Cutters/Stitchers: Photographer:Videographer:

Production Stage Manager: Matthew JacksonStage Manager: Ashley Hernandez Assistant Stage Manager: Megan Perez

WARNING!Strobe lighting effects will be used during this production.

Summer of Theatre Production Crew

Piper Hein, Chris Powers, Miranda Carpenter, Megan Perez, Olivia Coughlin, Eric Crider, Max Wilkinson, Lauren Cacace

Artistic and Production StaffLynn McQuownIneke PretoriusChris HolmesMark CasparyMatt GlennAmber CarasTrinidad CanoMeghan Riopelle Deidre CavazziLex LeighScott Farthing

Andrea AllmondChristopher PowersMiranda CarpenterPiper HeinLauren CacaceOlivia Coughlin

Mehran Kalantari Marisa Lowey-BallSteven McFann

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Chris Fine (Seymour) is a full-time Saddleback student with a major in Theatre. He attended Trabuco Hills

High School. Past roles include: Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast in Concert, Arpad Laszlo in She Loves Me, Gibbs in Dogfight, Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Horton in Seussical, Tommy Djilas in The Music Man, and Chuck in Footloose.

Paige Vanderwarker (Audrey II) is a full-time Saddleback student majoring in Theatre. She attended

Capistrano Valley High School. Past roles include: Jackie in Mauritius, Rose Fenny in Dogfight, Mrs. Clackett in Noises Off, and Ms. Flannery in Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Emma Chassey (Audrey) is a full time Saddleback student. She attended Aliso Niguel High School and spent last year

at San Francisco State University where she majored in Classical Voice. She plans to transfer to Cal State Fullerton. Favorite past roles include: Ilona Ritter in She Loves Me, Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical.

CAST

Kyle Ray (Mushnik) is a full-time Saddleback student majoring in Theatre. He attended Capistrano

Valley High School. Past roles include: Ensemble in Beauty and the Beast in Concert, Ladislay Sipos in She Loves Me, Pete/Lounge Singer/Sergeant in Dogfight, Roger in Grease, Ensemble in Guys & Dolls, and Phil in Almost, Maine. He also performed in the stage reading of Invisible at Saddleback College, and he worked backstage on Bonnie & Clyde.

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Ariel Murillo (Ronnette) is a student at the American Music and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). She attended

Trabuco Hills High School. Past Roles and Plays: Frenchy in Summer of Theatre’s Grease, Ensemble in Summer of Theatre’s Mary Poppins, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at Irvine Valley College, Footloose at Irvine Valley College, Godspell at Saddleback College, and Hair at Mysterium Theatre.

CAST

Zachary Mittleman (Orin). Past roles include: Keller in She Loves Me, Boland in Dogfight, Henry Barrow,

and various ensemble roles in Bonnie & Clyde in the McKinney Theatre. He plans to pursue a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre. Zachary attended Tesoro High School. Other recent shows include Lucky Stiff, Guys & Dolls, Chicago, and Anything Goes.

Kelly Garrett (Chiffon) is currently a student at Orange County School of the Arts. Previous roles include Marcy

in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Bonnie in Bonnie & Clyde, and Ensemble in Crazy for You at OCSA.

Devon Watson (Angel) is a part-time Saddleback student majoring in Drama/Musical Theatre. She

attended San Juan Hills High School and plans to transfer to UCI. Her past roles include: Ensemble in She Loves Me, 1st Faerie in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ensemble in Oklahoma!, Ms. Pennywise in Urinetown, Assistant Director for The Crucible, Smitty in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Ensemble in Candide,

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Violette Remington (Gloria) is a student at Corona del Mar High School. Past roles include: Sour Kangaroo

in Seussical, MacBeth and Shrew in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Peaseblossom in On the Edge, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Pink Lady in Grease.

CAST

Michael Cervantes (Lupe) is a full-time student at Saddleback College. Past plays include: Fector in Dogfight, Teen

Angel in Grease, Bye Bye Birdie, and Back to the 80s. His past Saddleback plays include: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Godspell, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Sean Darley (Mavis) is a full-time Saddleback student with a double major in Musical Theatre and Interior

Design and a minor in Dance. He attended Northwood High School and plans to transfer to USC or NYU. Past roles include: Ensemble in She Loves Me, Starveling in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Argante in Scapino, Simon Stimpson in Our Town, Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, Francis Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Chi-Fu in Mulan, the Mayor in The Wizard of Oz and Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music.

Chloe Taylor (Crystal) is a full-time Saddleback student. She just graduated from Dana Hills High School and

plans to transfer to UCLA. Past roles include: Musician/Slave in Aida at Dana Hills.

(cont. from p.5)and Ensemble in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

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Ricky Alleman (Ensemble)

Danny Cristofaro (Ensemble) attends Aliso Niguel High School. He will be attending Cal State Fullerton in

the fall majoring in Theatre Arts. Past roles include: Curly in Oklahoma!, Frank Senior in Catch Me if You Can, and John Proctor in The Crucible.

CAST

Justin Burke (Candee) is a cashier at Saddleback College. He attended Tesoro High School and plans to be

a Psychology major at Cal State Fullerton. Past roles include: Aaron Schultz in Legally Blonde (Tesoro High School), Juliet in The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged (Tesoro High School), Wood Nymph in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tesoro High School), and Ensemble in Me and My Girl (Tesoro High School).

Daniel Hardwick (Ensemble) is a full-time Saddleback student. He plans to transfer to UCLA. He

attended Aliso Niguel High School. Past roles include Frank Abignale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can, Jimmy Smith in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Reverend Parris in The Crucible.

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Alison Galvin (Ensemble) is a full-time Saddleback student majoring in Theatre. She attended San Juan Hills

High School and plans to transfer to Cal State Fullerton. Past roles include: student in Saddleback’s stage reading of Bare, Ann Putnam in The Crucible, and Margaret Ames in The Trouble with Summer People.

CAST

Caitlin McFann (Ensemble) is a student at Capistrano Valley High School and Saddleback College. Her

past roles include: Dáshenkasya and Nastásya Fyvódorovna Merchúkina in A Night of Chekhov, Sally in A Charlie Brown Christmas, Marci in Almost, Maine, Ann Putnam in The Crucible, Francis in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol, and Ensemble in Beauty and the Beast in Concert.

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Director’s Note

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SScott Farthing (Director) is proud to be working with the wonderful creative team that has created this production of Little Shop of Horrors. Past productions for Saddleback College include Legally Blonde, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Godspell, The Medium, The Telephone, The Goose Girl, Suor Angelica, Mitridate, Gallantry, and Beauty and the Beast In Concert, as well as ten years of choral and vocal concerts including Feast of Lights, The Armed Man, Carmina Burana, Seriously Sondheim, In Love with Rodgers and Hart, and numerous others. Dr. Farthing has had an incredibly diverse career as a performer, director, composer, conductor, and pianist. With national credits as a composer, his music has been performed at universities, high schools, and middle schools throughout the United States as well as international music festivals in Switzerland, England, Wales, France, Italy and Germany. He has also received commissions from the Kansas City Gay Men’s Chorus, the Grammy Award winning San Francisco Girl’s Chorus, the National Honor Chorus for the American Choral Director’s Association, and the University of Missouri, to name a few. As a pianist, he had the privilege of being a guest artist with several honor choruses from around the US in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Houston’s Jones Hall and All-State Choirs in ten states. He had the privilege of being a pianist for Phyllis Diller, Marilyn Maye, several Miss America’s, Richard White (the voice of the original Gaston), as well as numerous classical artists. As a musical director, favorite productions include Children of Eden, Naughty Marietta, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wiz, I Do! I Do!, Cottonpatch Gospel, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, A Little Night Music, Phantom!, Phantom of the Opera, Kiss Me, Kate, and Music Man. As an actor, favorite roles have been Beadle in Sweeney Todd, the Baker in Into the Woods, Papageno in The Magic Flute, and Jamie in The Last Five Years. Dr. Farthing is most proud of the accomplishments of his students throughout his twenty year career in academics. Former students are singing in churches, coffee houses, Broadway, Off-Broadway, and opera houses, as well as showers and subways throughout the world. Farthing holds degrees from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Friends University, and additional study at Catholic University and the University of Maryland.

Creative team

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Lex Leigh (Music Director/Piano) Past musical direction credits include: Bonnie & Clyde, Legally Blonde, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Cabaret, Snoopy, Urinetown, The Wiz, Bat Boy The Musical, Aida, Oklahoma!, 1940’s Radio Hour, and Les Miserables. Lex has played piano or violin in numerous pits including Man of La Mancha, West Side Story, Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate, Babes in Toyland, Guys & Dolls, and Once On This Island. In addition to musical theatre, Lex is an avid jazz musician, playing with many groups including the Lex Leigh Trio. These groups have appeared all around the country and beyond, including a tour of New Orleans, as well as appearances at the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Festival.

Deidre Cavazzi (Choreographer) is the chair of the Dance Department at Saddleback College, and the advisor for the students’ annual participation in the American College Dance Festival. Past theatre productions at the college include the choreography for Legally Blonde, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Godspell, and She Loves Me. She also creates concert and site-specific choreography for dance department productions and for ArchiTexture Dance Company. Deidre loves working with students and faculty from across the arts, and has also enjoyed being part of campus Happening/Unhappening events, creating choreography for the recent production of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, as well as designing several interdisciplinary campuswide projects, including a centennial celebration of The Rite of Spring and performances centered on quantum physics (Entangled States) and the Fibonacci numbers (Sequences & Spirals). Over the next year she is looking forward to multimedia arts projects for Banned Books Week (Bodies & Ink, Fall 2016), and Arctic Environments and Climate Change (Fall 2017) on the campus.

Creative team

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Little Shop of Horrors ............... Angel, Gloria, Mavis, Lupe, Crystal, Chiffon, Ronnette Skid Row ..........................................................................................................................EnsembleDa-Doo ............................................................................................... Crystal, Chiffon, RonetteGrow For Me ......................................................................................................................SeymourDon’t It Go To Show Ya Never Know ............Mushnik, Chiffon, Crystal, Ronette, SeymourSomewhere That’s Green ....................................................................................................... AudreyClosed For Renovations .................................................................. Seymour, Audrey, MushnikDentist! ...................................................................................Orin, Chiffon, Crystal, RonetteMushnik and Son .......................................................................................... Mushnik, SeymourFeed Me (Git It) .............................................................................................Audrey II, SeymourNow (It’s Just the Gas) ........................................................................................... Seymour, Orin

Call Back in the Morning ................................................................................... Seymour, AudreySuddenly Seymour ............................................................................................ Seymour, AudreySuppertime .......................................................................................................................Audrey IIThe Meek Shall Inherit .....................................................................................................EnsembleFinale (Don’t Feed the Plants) ..........................................................................................Ensemble

Guitar ....................................................................................................................... Ryan NavalesPiano ............................................................................................................................... Lex LeighKeyboards ............................................................................................................ Stephen HulseyBass .......................................................................................................................... Carlos RiveraDrums ......................................................................................................................... Robert Platz

Musical Numbers & Musician Credits

Act I

Act II

Musicians

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Kent McFann*, ChairWilliam Francis McGuire*, Head of Acting and Performance

Entertainment and Theatre TechnologyChris Holmes Tim Swiss* Mark CasparyLynn McQuown Marc Jackson* Jerold EnosMichelle Macdougall Jackson* Michael McCormick* Ineke Pretourius

Acting and PerformanceJonelle Allen David AnthonyBeverly Arrowsmith Trevor BishipHal Landon Lex LeighMaria Mayenzet* Robert PriorOlivia Trevino Karen KalenskyMark McQuown Scott Farthing*Maiya Murphy Joanne DeNautDeidre Cavazzi*

Appreciation and HistoryJody Berger

*Full Time

Division of Fine Arts and Media Technology Staff

Dean Bart McHenryDirector of Audience Development David Anderson, Jr.Ticket Office Operations Manager Elliot KlingeFront of House Assistant Stacy DeMoreFine Arts Public Information Officer Nina WelchAdministrative Assistants: Joyce Speakman Tracy McConnell Sandra Camarena

Department of Theatre Arts Faculty and Staff

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�e Department of �eatre Arts presents

2016-2017 Season

*SoT presale pricing: $30/4 shows or $45/6 shows. Regular admission $15 per show.

by Ray BradburyFahrenheit 451

October 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 at 7:30PM · October 16, 23 at 2:30PMStudio �eatre

By George S. Kaufman and Moss HartYou Can’t Take It With You

November 4, 5 at 7:30PM · November 5, 6 at 2:30PMMcKinney �eatre

by Michael John LaChiusaFirst Lady Suite

December 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30PM · December 3. 4, 10, 11 at 2:30PMStudio �eatre

By Timberlake WertenbakerThe Ash Girl

March 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 at 7:30PM · March 5, 12 at 2:30PMStudio �eatre

Music by Mary Rodgers · Lyrics by Marshall BarerBook by Jay �ompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer

Once Upon A Mattress

April 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30PM · April 9 at 2:30PMMcKinney �eatre

by Tennessee WilliamsTennessee Williams’ One ActsApril 29, May 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, at 7:30 PM · April 30, May 7 at 2:30 PM

Studio �eatre

Purchase your 2016/2017 season tickets during the Summer of �eatre presale & get 50% o� regular admission!* Visit the Fine Arts booth

at Summer of �eatre performances to get yours. Sale ends July 23rd.

only at Summer of TheatreNew season presale

Performances: December 2-11

Dance auditions will take place each night after general auditions from 9 to 10:30 pm. All who wish to be considered, must visit saddleback.edu/audition to fill out and download four audition forms.

Department Of Theatre Arts

August 29th – August 31stMcKinney Theatre – Saddleback College

Fall 2016 Auditions

Fahrenheit 451

You Can’t Take it With You

First Lady Suite

Performances: October 14-23

Performances: November 4-6

Additional information regarding each show can be found at www.saddleback.edu/arts.

Scripts for every show are available at the Performing Arts Office: FA 304.Contact 949-582-4763 for more information.

FOR �SIC�SBring sheet music in correct key (16-32 bars). Be familiar with the score.Accompanist provided.

FOR �SIC�S � �N-�SIC�SA one-minute monologue is required for all auditions. If you don’t have a preparedmonologue, one will be provided.