South Laurel Choir

Presents:

SUDS

THE ROCKING 60’S MUSICAL SOAP OPERA

Created and Written by

Melinda Gilb, Steve Gunderson, Bryan Scott

Musical and Vocal Arrangements

Steve Gunderson Presented by arrangement with Brent Peek Productions in New York

September 19th & 2oth @ 7:00

The Music:

"A Little Bit of Soap" B. Russell by

permission of Screen Gems-EMI Music

"(THERE'S) Always Something There to Remind Me" B. Bacharach, H. David by permission of Uni Chappell Music, Ind.

"Anyone Who Had a Heart" B. Bachrach, H. Davidby permission of IAC Music Com-pany, Inc., Blue Seas Music, Inc. and Warn-er/Chappell Music, Inc.

Are You Lonesome Tonight" R. Turk, L. Handman by permission of Bourne Co. and Cromwell Music

"Baby It's You" B. Bachrach, H. David by permission of UniChappel Music, Inc.

"Be My Baby" J. Barry, E. Greenwich by permission of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

"Big Man" G. Larson, B. Belland by permis-sion of Beechwood Music Corporation

"Birthday Party" J. Madera, D. White by permission of Dandelion Music Company

"Chapel of Love" J. Barry, E. Greenwich, P. Spectorby permission of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

"Cindy's Birthday" H. Wynn, J. Hooven by

permission of Warner /Chappell Music, Inc.

"Color my World J. Trent, T. Hatch by permission of Northern Music

"Dedicated to the One I Love" L. Palling, R. Bass by permission of Dutchess Music Cor-poration

"Don't Make Me Over" B. Bacharach,

H. David It's My Party" W. Gold, J. Gluck, H. Wiener, S. Gottlieb by per-mission of Chappell & Co., Inc.

"Johnny Angel" L. Pockriss, L. Duddy by permission of SBK Unart Catalog, Inc.

"(The) Loco-Motion" G. Goffin, C. King by permission of Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc.

"The Letter" W. Thompson by permis-sion of Sebanine Music, Inc.

"Lollipops & Roses" T. Velona by per-mission of Leed Music Corporation

"The Look of Love" J. Barry, E. Green-wich by permission of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

"Mystery Date" J. Harvey by permis-sion of James Harvey

"Our Day Will Come" M. Garson, B. Hilliard by permission of MCA Music Publishing and Alamo Music Corpora-tion

"Please Mr. Postman" F. Gorman, R. Bateman, B. Holland by permission of Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Agate Music

"Respect" O. Redding by permission of Irving Music, Inc.

"Reach Out in the Darkness" J. Post by permission of Lowery Music Company, Inc.

"Round Every Corner" T. Hatch by permission of Dutchess Music Corpora-tion

"Secret Agent Man" J. Rivers by per-

mission of MCA Music Publishing

"Shout" R. Isley, B. Isley, O. Isley by permission of Wemar Music and ABZ Music Corporation

"Tell Him" B. Russell by permission of Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc.

"These Boots Are Made for Walking" L. Hazelwood by permission of Criterion Music Corporation

"Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Mar-ry" T. Powers, E. Greenwich, P. Spector-by permission of UniChappell Music, Inc.

"Town Without Pity" D. Tomkin, N. Washington by permission of SBK

Unart Catalog Inc.

Walk on By" B. Bacharach, H. David by

permission of JMC Music Company, Inc. and Blue Seas Music, Inc.

"We Can Work It Out" J. Lennon, P. McCartney by permission of SBK Black-wood Music, Inc. under license from ATV Music

"Where the Boys Are"H. Greenfield, N. Sedaka by permission of Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc.

"Wishing and Hoping" B. Bacharach, H. David by permission of JMC Music Company, Inc. and Blue Seas Music, Inc.

"Wonderful, Wonderful" S. Edwards, B. Raleigh by permission of Edward B. Marks Company

You Can't Hurry Love" L. Dozier, B. Hol-land, E. Holland by permission of Stone Agate Music (a division of Jobete Music Co., Inc.)

"You Don't Own Me" J. Madera, D. White by permission of Chappell & Co., Inc.

"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" P. Donaggio, V. Pallavicini, V. Wickman by permission of SBK Miller Catalog, Inc.

The Cast:

Cindy: Lindsay Lauber

Marge: Emilia Bustle

Dee Dee: Elise Boling

Mr. Postman, Washer Repairman, Mr. Right, Milt Dudman, Mrs. Halo and Johnny Angel: Matthew Herald

The Band:

Bill Berry and Donnie Feltner, lead guitar, Jordan Yaden, percussion, Mark Felts, keyboard, Steve Lawson, bass guitar

The Crew:

Haley Sizemore & Tanner Sibert & Gabe Fuson

Special thanks to: Tammi Chandler, Set and Mr. Mark Felts for being, Director, Producer, Lighting Technician, Sound En-gineer, Carpenter, Painter, Choreographer, (We can’t do this without you!)

Special Thanks to our Sponsors, Gary N Hudson, Attorney at Law, East Side Laun-dromat , Surplus Sales, & Kim & Kyle Brown.

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MELINDA GILB co-wrote Suds and orig-inated the role of "Marge". She played the role off-Broadway, as well as in the San Diego and San Francisco produc-tions. Her writing credits include Apple Pie for British television, sketch comedy for the stage revue When Friends Collide and two screenplays. She has appeared on Broadway in Singin' in the Rain, off-Broadway in The Robber Bridegroom, toured nationally in Joseph Papp's The Pirates of Penzance and appeared on the BBC-1 television series The Full Wax (with Mo Gaffney) and Ruby Takes a Trip. She starred in off-Broadway's Back to Bacharach and David and performed the title role in the musical Al-ways...Patsy Cline in several cities. Re-cently, Melinda joined old Suds co-horts Will Roberson and Steve Gunderson to star in their new musical Dixie Highway, which had its world premiere in San Die-go last summer.

STEVE GUNDERSON (co-author, ar-ranger) is an actor/writer/arranger/composer/director who has been the creative force behind many shows such as Two Rockin’ Gents (arranger), Back to Bacharach & David (creator/arranger), Dixie Highway (composer), A Christmas Carol (composer), The Brontes (composer), More Magic (co-author), At The Twilight (co-author) and many oth-ers. He has also done musical scoring for film, television and commercials. As an actor, he originated the role of “Everybody Else” in Suds Off Broadway, played “Sparky” in the hit Forever Plaid for over two years, and had major roles in revivals of Street Scene and Butley. He originated the role of Papa Who in How The Grinch Stole Christmas directed by Jack O’Brien at the Old Globe Theatre He has also played major roles in

regional productions at Laguna Play-house, Pasadena Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, Alex Theatre, La Mirada Theatre, Canon Theatre, San Diego Repertory Thea-tre, North Coast Repertory Theatre and many others. He has directed at the Golden Apple in Sarasota, Stage West in Canada and the Welk Resort Theatre in San Diego. He has also appeared in several films and done voice over work for Fox TV’s King of the Hill. For more credits check out www.SteveGunderson.net

BRYAN SCOTT (co-author) has enjoyed a career as a writer and producer in both television and the-ater. He created and executive pro-duced the reality series 'Kathy Grif-fin: My Life On The D-List ' (winner of two Emmy Awards and six nomi-nations for Outstanding Reality Se-ries), 'Savage U' (with Dan Savage), 'Sex With Mom and Dad' (with Dr. Drew), 'Running Russell Simmons' and 'Celebrity Poker Showdown' among others. Bryan also worked in the UK where he wrote and/or pro-duced many television programs including 'Tonight With Jonathan Ross', 'Accentuate The Positive' and 'The Full Wax.' He is proud of his TV and stage collaborations with Mo Gaffney, Caroline Rhea, Jennie Garth and Meera Syal. Bryan began his career in San Diego where he was a staff producer at the Old Globe Theatre and owned his own theater, Triteria, where he first met Steve Gunderson and Melinda Gilb which would lead to their creation of SUDS. Bryan currently lives and works in New York and dedicates this performance of SUDS to his late friend and first collaborator, Will Roberson..