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Deathless | 11Cast of Characters | 12Song List | 13Who’s Who | 14Author's Notes | 18About Goodspeed Musicals | 19History of The Terris Theatre | 20The Goodspeed Opera House Foundation | 21Corporate Support | 22Foundation & Government Support | 22Looking to the Future | 23Memorial and Tribute Gifts | 25Goodspeed Musicals Staff | 26For Your Information | 39

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withKELLI BARRETT JENNIFER DAMIANO SEAN ALLAN KRILL JESSICA PHILLIPS JOHNNY SHEA

A Non-Profit Arts Organization

MICHAEL GENNAROExecutive Director

Book, Music, and Lyrics byZACK ZADEK

First Performance: June 2, 2017 at The Terris Theatre

Marquee Producing Partners: LUKE and STEPHANIE WILLIAMS

Deathless was the recipient of the Weston Playhouse’s 2017 New Musical Award and was developed at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley 2016 Writers’ Retreat and the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival PiTCH Series.

Founding DirectorMICHAEL P. PRICE

Production ManagerR. GLEN GRUSMARK

Production Stage ManagerDANIEL S. ROSOKOFF

Casting byPAUL HARDT STEWART/WHITLEY CASTING

Scenic Design byDANE LAFFREY

Costume Design byTILLY GRIMES

Lighting Design bySCOTT ZIELINSKI

Projection Design byLUCY MACKINNON

Sound Design byJAY HILTON

Orchestrations byJUSTIN GOLDNER and ZACK ZADEK

Music Direction byJULIE McBRIDE

Directed byTINA LANDAU

Associate ProducerBOB ALWINE

Line ProducerDONNA LYNN COOPER HILTON

General ManagerRACHEL J. TISCHLER

Sponsored by:


(In order of appearance)Hayley Serling ................................................................................................... JENNIFER DAMIANOKevin Serling .......................................................................................................SEAN ALLAN KRILLJustin Lartny ................................................................................................................ JOHNNY SHEAMichelle Serling .....................................................................................................JESSICA PHILLIPSSamantha Serling ...................................................................................................... KELLI BARRETT

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORKENNETH FERRONE

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERERIC H. MAYER

DANCE CAPTAINJOHNNY SHEA

MUSICIANSConductor/Keyboard JULIE McBRIDE; Percussion MARTY WIRT; Guitar JEFF CARLSON/DANIEL HARTINGTON; Trumpet/Synth JOHN HELMKE

This Goodspeed production is presented in memory of Martha Lavey, former Artistic Director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

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The development of Deathless has been generously supported bySUSAN GONSALVES


SONG LIST

Deathless will be performed without an intermission.

Please turn off your cell phone, beeper, watch alarm or anything else that might make a distracting noise during the performance. Unwrap any candies, cough drops, or mints before the performance begins to avoid disturbing your fellow audience members or the actors on stage.

Out of respect for our actors and your fellow theatergoers, we ask that you remain seated until the curtain calls are over and the house lights have come up.

We appreciate your cooperation.

Audio and video recording and photography are prohibited during the performance.

PLACE: A house in a suburb of Kansas City, MO and various locations on the road to Niagara Falls.

TIME: The Present, and the Past

Live Forever .....................................................................................................................................HayleyNiagara ..................................................................................................................................Hayley, KevinGone I .....................................................................................................................Michelle, Hayley, KevinOn We Go .............................................................................................................................Justin, HayleyFor A Moment I ............................................................................................................................. MichelleThe License Plate Game .............................................................................................Justin, Hayley, KevinSisters .............................................................................................................................................HayleyMartin Luther King Jr. Day ................................................................................................................JustinGone II ................................................................................................................ Samantha, Hayley, JustinA Life ................................................................................................................. Kevin, Michelle, CompanyUp and Away ............................................................................................................................. SamanthaFor A Moment II ...........................................................................................................................Company


KELLI BARRETT* (Samantha) Goodspeed debut! Most recently Kelli starred as Eliza Doolittle in Bay Street’s acclaimed production of My Fair Lady, directed by Michael Arden. Broadway: Doctor Zhivago (Lara Guishar/album available), Wicked (Nessa), The

Royal Family (Gwen), Baby It’s You! (Mary-Jane/album available). Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages (original Sherrie), On Your Toes (Frankie) Encores!. Other Regional: York, Williamstown, NYS&F, Westchester Broadway, Old Globe, Cincy Playhouse, STL Rep, Prince. Film/TV include The Switch, Remember Me, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Blue Bloods, A Gifted Man, Chicago Fire, NCIS, Law & Order: SVU, Person of Interest, Ugly Betty, The Good Wife, Blacklist: Redemption, and you’ll see her recurring on a new Netflix show this fall. She’s also a writer and coach and travels the country performing her award-winning concerts This is Dedicated and Look At It My Way with her Tony-nominated husband Jarrod Spector. UARTS alumna. Thanks to God and my J.

JENNIFER DAMIANO* (Hayley) is best known for originating the role of Natalie Goodman in Next to Normal on Broadway. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in 2009 at age 17. Her career began two years prior in the original cast of

Spring Awakening on Broadway. Jenn originated the role of Mary Jane Watson in Bono and The Edge’s infamous Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. She was most recently seen in her fourth Broadway show, American Psycho, in which she originated the role of Jean. Off-Broadway: Next to Normal (Second Stage in NY, Arena Stage in DC), Venice (The Public Theater). TV: The CW’s Gossip Girl, mini-series It Could Be Worse. Film: B-Side, Emily & Tim, American Dresser, and recent LA Outfest winner 4th Man Out. In July 2016, at age 25, Jenn debuted her first solo cabaret. Love you Mom, Dad, Elizabeth, Pat, and Mikey. jennifer-damiano.com

SEAN ALLAN KRILL* (Kevin) Broadway: Honeymoon in Vegas, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Mamma Mia!. Off-Broadway: Joan of Arc: Into the Fire, The Brother/Sister Plays (Public); A Civil War Christmas (New York Theatre Workshop); Hit The

Wall (Barrow Street). Regional: Sense and Sensibility (Colonel Brandon, Old Globe & Chicago Shakespeare; Craig Noel Award recipient and Jeff Award nomination); Sideways (La Jolla); Hot L Baltimore (Steppenwolf); The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties (Court); The Comedy of Errors (Chicago Shakespeare); Sunday in the

Park with George (Skylight); Brigadoon (Tommy Albright, Marriott Theatre; Jeff Award nomination). Tours: Mamma Mia! (Sam Carmichael; Outstanding Leading Actor, broadwayworld.com), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Trevor Graydon; Leon Rabin and Carbonell Award nominations). TV: Mr. Robot. www.seanallankrill.com

JESSICA PHILLIPS* (Michelle) Broadway: Last seen as Sheriff Marla opposite Raul Esparza in Alan Menken’s Leap of Faith, Jessica originated the role of Marian in Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (Toronto and Broadway), and appeared in the original Broadway

casts of Next To Normal (2nd Stage and Broadway), Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Scarlet Pimpernel (versions 1, 2 & 3). Other stage credits include Unknown Soldier (Ellen) at Williamstown Theatre Festival, It’s Only Life directed by Daisy Prince for Rubicon Theatre Company, and featured vocalist for ASCAP’s 100th Anniversary celebration of new music at The Kennedy Center. Film & Television: La Vida Inesperada (2014), The Impostors (Stanley Tucci, Dir), Elementary, Royal Pains, Unforgettable, The Ordained, Bronx Warrants, and 4 seasons as A.D.A. Pippa Cox on Law & Order: SVU.

JOHNNY SHEA* (Justin) is a Connecticut native and is honored to be making his Goodspeed debut! New York: Forest Boy (NYMF), Pip’s Island. Regional: Spring Awakening (Hangar Theatre). Recent graduate of Ithaca College, BFA Musical Theatre. Conservatory credits include Parade

(Leo Frank), As You Like It (Orlando), Spring Awakening (Moritz). Love and gratitude to my family for all their support.

ZACK ZADEK (Book, Music, Lyrics, Orchestrations) has been named by Playbill as “A Contemporary Musical Theatre Writer You Should Know” is the winner of the 2017 Weston New Musical Award and a 2017 MacDowell Fellow in Theatre. His work has been developed at major American theatres, including The 5th Avenue Theatre, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Goodspeed Musicals, The Civilians, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Legacy Theatre, and NYMF and in the UK at The London Theatre Workshop and Edinburgh Fringe. His songs have been performed by some of Broadway and West End’s biggest names in performances at The Kennedy Center and across NYC, including Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub, (le) Poisson Rogue, and 54 Below. Zack is a founding member of Musical Theatre Factory, Johnny Mercer Writers Colony alum, SigWorks Finalist, 2017 Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist, and winner of the inaugural “Got Musical!” award from Disney Creative Entertainment.

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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

http://jennifer-damiano.com/


Upcoming musicals include The Crazy Ones (directed by Sam Buntrock), The Role of a Lifetime (directed by Jerry Mitchell), and a commission from CREO, as well as a play about a supermarket, and various TV/film writing. This play is for his parents, who are happily alive and well.

TINA LANDAU (Director) is a writer and director whose work includes directing/conceiving The Spongebob Musical (in Chicago ahead of its upcoming Broadway run), Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes (Public Theater, Mark Taper Forum), Wig Out! (Vineyard), In the Red and Brown Water (Public), Bill Irwin and David Shiner’s Old Hats (Signature Theatre), and, at Steppenwolf Theatre Company where she’s an ensemble member, over 20 productions including The Wheel, Hot L Baltimore, The Brother/Sister Plays, The Tempest, The Time of Your Life, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Cherry Orchard, and her own play Space (also at Public and Taper). On Broadway, Tina directed Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts and the revival of Bells Are Ringing. Other Off-Broadway work includes Chuck Mee’s Big Love and Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature), Paula Vogel’s A Civil War Christmas (New York Theatre Workshop), and her musical Floyd Collins (also bookwriter/additional lyrics, Playwrights Horizons). Tina has co-authored, with Anne Bogart, The Viewpoints Book. This is for Martha.

JULIE McBRIDE (Music Director) holds degrees from the Cincinatti College-Conservatory of Music and the Mannes College of Music. She most recently worked on The SpongeBob Musical (Music Director). Broadway credits: Amazing Grace (Associate Conductor) and Finding Neverland (Assistant Conductor); she has played with the Broadway orchestras of Lion King, In the Heights, The Addams Family, Side Show, Big Fish, If/Then, American Idiot, Sunday in the Park with George, and Matilda. Off Broadway/Regional: Next to Normal (Second Stage), These Paper Bullets! (Yale Rep, Geffen Playhouse, Atlantic Theatre Company), Miss You Like Hell (La Jolla Playhouse), Daddy Long Legs (Northlight, La Mirada, Laguna Playhouse, ATC, St. Louis Rep, Skylight, PCPA, Royal Manitoba), LMNOP (Goodspeed), CHIX 6 (Queens Theatre in the Park). Ms. McBride has served on the faculties of the Juilliard School (Drama Division) and Syracuse University (Tepper Semester). DANE LAFFREY (Scenic Design) Goodspeed: set and costume for The Theory of Relativity. Broadway: set and costumes for Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, set for Fool For Love and the upcoming revival of Once on This Island. Recent off-Broadway: set and/or costumes for Rancho Viejo, Indian Summer, The Christians, Iowa (Playwrights Horizons); Sell.Buy.Date (Manhattan Theatre Club); Homos, or Everyone in America (Labyrinth); The Harvest (Lincoln Center); The Glory of the World (B.A.M. Harvey); Cloud 9 (Atlantic);

and other work at Roundabout, Second Stage, Vineyard Theatre, Lincoln Center, MCC, SoHo Rep, Rattlestick, Transport Group, and many others. Regional work at The Humana Festival, Mark Taper Forum, Shakespeare Theatre, The Old Globe, Huntington, Wallis Annenberg Center, Denver Center, Woolly Mammoth, Center Stage, Dallas Theater Center, New York Stage & Film, others. International work in Tokyo, Oslo, Osaka, and throughout Australia. Nominations for a Drama Desk Award and four Henry Hewes Awards, as well as numerous regional accolades.

TILLY GRIMES (Costume Design) is an English theatre designer based in New York. Recent Credits: Lightning Rod Special’s Underground Railroad Game, Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth, Sounds (directed by Rachel Chavkin), Kingdom Come (written by Jenny Rachel Weiner, directed by Kip Fagan). New York work includes Roundabout, Ars Nova, The Foundry, Red Bull Theatre, Cherry Lane, The Pearl, Clubbed Thumb, Here Arts Centre, The Barrow Group, The Pearl, New Georges, and La Mama Theatre. Regional work includes The Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Alley Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Wilma, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Two Rivers Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, and Westport Country Playhouse. Guest artist credits include Juilliard, NYU, DUKE, Fordham, Rutgers, and University of Rochester. She has taught at Brown University. MFA from NYU. tillygrimes.com instagram: mistygrimes #TeamCostumes

SCOTT ZIELINSKI (Lighting Design) is based in New York and has created lighting designs for theatre, dance, and opera throughout the world. His work in New York includes productions for Broadway, Lincoln Center, and The Public Theatre, among many others, and his designs have also been seen extensively at theatres throughout many other cities in the United States. Work outside the US includes productions in Adelaide, Amsterdam, Avignon, Berlin, Bregenz, Edinburgh, Fukuoka, Gennevilliers, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Linz, Ljubljana, London, Lyon, Melbourne, Orleans, Oslo, Ottawa, Paris, Reykjavik, Rotterdam, Rouen, St. Gallen, Seoul, Singapore, Shanghai, Shizuoka, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Vienna, Vilnius, and Zurich. Upcoming projects include Trojan Women for Singapore International Festival of Arts and Julius Caesar for Theatre National de Bretagne (France). scottzielinski.com

LUCY MACKINNON (Projection Design) is a motion graphics artist, illustrator, and projection designer. Broadway credits include Six Degrees of Separation and Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening, for which she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. Other recent credits include Yen (MCC Theater), The Rose Tattoo (Williamstown Theater Festival),

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I Was Most Alive With You (Huntington Theater Company), Unknown Soldier (Williamstown Theater Festival), and Macbeth (Greek National Opera). She has contributed artwork to multi-media exhibits at The New York Historical Society and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.

JAY HILTON (Sound Design) is pleased to continue his long association with Goodspeed Musicals. Jay has designed countless productions at both The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre in Chester. His work has also been heard on Broadway, National Tours, and at Regional Theatres from coast to coast. In addition to being Goodspeed’s Resident Sound Designer, Jay also serves as their Audio Supervisor. He and his wife, Goodspeed Line Producer Donna Lynn Hilton, make their home (and garden) in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

JUSTIN GOLDNER (Orchestrations/Synthesizer Programming) As music producer, arranger, bandleader and session musician, Justin Goldner has been privileged to make music with Sting, Ricky Martin, Macy Gray, Hugh Jackman, Donald Glover, Matisyahu, Steve Martin, Jason Robert Brown, Audra McDonald, and a host of others, including his mentor, Meshell Ndegeocello. As house guitarist in Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen and house bassist on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, he plays nightly for audiences in New York and across the US and is still bewildered to have been allowed onstage at such storied venues as Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, and the Apollo Theater. A restless traveler, peripatetic New Yorker, and “language junkie,” music has taken Justin to 36 countries including Iran, Latin America, South Africa, and three of the seven “-stans,” where he has performed and engaged with local cultures, conducted workshops in three languages, and exchanged experiences and music with others from across the world. www.FunkyButter.com

R. GLEN GRUSMARK (Production Manager) is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and is in his 25th season at the Goodspeed. In addition to Goodspeed’s two stages, Glen has overseen technical management of two Goodspeed National Tours and Goodspeed’s By Jeeves! on Broadway, as well as transfers, construction, and installation work on Goodspeed’s behalf, including Brooklyn Academy of Music, Variety Arts Theatre (NYC), New World Stages (NYC) and The Ford’s Theatre (DC).

DANIEL S. ROSOKOFF* (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back at Goodspeed, where he’s worked on 19 productions since 1992. Broadway: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas, By Jeeves, Swinging on a Star. Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Once, Sister Act, The Addams

Family, 9 to 5: The Musical, Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Barry Manilow’s Copacabana, Jolson: The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Off-Broadway: Mr. Goldwyn (starring Alan King). Encores! at City Center: Strike Up the Band, Babes in Arms. Regional: Old Globe Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Long Wharf Theatre, Geffen Playhouse.

KENNETH FERRONE (Associate Director) is thrilled to make his Goodspeed debut working with Tina, Zack, and this incredible team. Associate directing credits include the World Premieres of The SpongeBob Musical, Maltby & Shire’s Waterfall, and In Transit. Recent Broadway/Off-Broadway: Love Letters, Wonderland, Colin Quinn: The NY Story, Sistas. Regional: 5th Ave Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Alley Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street. TV/Film: Grease Live (Emmy Award), Smash, Deception, Ironside, Poor Behavior, and the upcoming NBC series Rise. Northwestern Alum. Thanks, Tina!

ERIC H. MAYER* (Assistant Stage Manager) Tours: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (1st National), Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (2014), Sister Act (1st National), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (North American Tour). Off-Broadway: 39 Steps, Strawberry and Chocolate, North. Regional highlights: The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company); Five Guys Named Moe, The Story of My Life (CATCO); The Secret Garden (CAPA). Graduate of The Ohio State University. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. Love to John, Zoey and Emma.

PAUL HARDT, STEWART/WHITLEY (Casting) is happy to continue his 14-year relationship with Goodspeed and pleased to join the casting office of Duncan Stewart CSA & Benton Whitley CSA. Broadway/NY: The Great Comet (Josh Groban), On the Town, Pippin, Chicago The Musical, La Cage aux Folles, August Osage County, West Side Story, Come Fly Away, Hot Feet, Grey Gardens (Betty Buckley), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Carnegie Hall: West Side Story, The Band Wagon, Carnegie Hall Sings, Pageant; West End/UK: West Side Story, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, The Bodyguard, Once, Shrek, Elf, Flashdance, Anything Goes, Bullets Over Broadway, The Duck Commander Musical, We Will Rock You. Upcoming: View From The Bridge (Alley Theatre), Sondheim on Sondheim (Gustavo Dudamel – Hollywood Bowl/LA Phil), Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz), Hadestown (Rachel Chavkin), Man in the Ceiling (Andrew Lippa), As You Like It (John Doyle), Waterfall (Maltby/Shire), August Rush (John Doyle). CSA Artios Awards Winner. stewartwhitley.com

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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BOB ALWINE (Associate Producer) joined the Goodspeed producing team in 2002. He established the Goodspeed National Touring initiative featuring productions of Pippin and The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews. Previously, he worked as the Associate Managing Director of The Old Globe in San Diego, CA, and the Director of Programming for The Ordway Center in St. Paul, MN. Bob holds an MFA in Theater Management and Producing from Columbia University and was a recipient of an NEA Award in musical theater producing. He is a theater panelist for the Princess Grace Awards in theater, a former board member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and currently serves on their festival selection committee.

DONNA LYNN COOPER HILTON (Line Producer) celebrates her 30th season with Goodspeed in 2017, serves as Line Producer for all projects at The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre, and has led Goodspeed’s development efforts on many new musicals. She led the creation of the Johnny Mercer Writers Colony and is a past president of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Donna Lynn and her husband Jay make their home in Hadlyme with Cookie.

RACHEL J. TISCHLER (General Manager) looks forward to seeing a full season at Goodspeed from the GM’s chair. After only 8 months back, she feels like she never left theater! Prior to Goodspeed, Rachel practiced law in Manhattan, specializing in employment litigation and counseling. Before her brief law career, she was Trinity Repertory Company’s General Manager up in Providence, RI. Rachel and her partner, Owen, both Amherst College grads, have been settling in to the “country” life, eating their way through Middletown’s restaurants and enjoying an occasional mail art practice.

MICHAEL P. PRICE (Founding Director) Under the direction of Michael Price for 47 years commencing in 1968, Goodspeed Musicals became internationally recognized for its dedication to the advancement and preservation of the American Musical. For Goodspeed, Mr. Price produced over 250 classic and forgotten musicals, 100 new musicals, and transferred 19 shows to Broadway, earning 13 Tony Awards. Goodspeed itself was honored with two special Tony Awards. Mr. Price is the founder of the League of Historic American Theatres and a founding member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. He serves on the Executive Committee of the American Theatre Wing, is a board member of ASCAP, and is a member of the Tony Management

Committee. His board memberships include the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Johnny Mercer Foundation. He received his BA from Michigan State University, MA from Minnesota, MFA from Yale, and holds honorary doctorates from Wesleyan University, Connecticut College, and The University of Hartford. He is married to Jo-Ann Nevas Price; they are the proud grandparents of Ezra.

MICHAEL GENNARO (Executive Director) comes to Goodspeed from Providence, RI, where he served as Executive Director at Trinity Repertory Company for seven years. Prior to Trinity, he served as Managing Director at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC; Executive Director at Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia; Producing Director at Paper Mill Playhouse in NJ; and for eight years as Executive Director at the prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. During his tenure at Trinity, Michael was instrumental in leading a coalition of nine Rhode Island performing arts organizations to secure a $35 million bond referendum providing state funding to private organizations, the first of its kind in the State. While at Steppenwolf, the theatre received the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton and transferred numerous productions to London’s Barbican Centre, the Dublin and Galway Arts Festivals, and Broadway, where One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest won the Tony Award for Best Play Revival. Michael has served on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Group, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Rhode Island Foundation. He received a Fellowship from the RI Foundation in 2012 and received the 2015 Pell Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts. Michael is a licensed attorney in New York, where he practiced for several years as a litigator and entertainment attorney, and has appeared as an actor at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Off-Broadway, and in the Broadway production of Godspell. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received a JD from Fordham University. Michael’s wife, Donna Lee, is a special events coordinator and his son, Brendan, lives in Chicago.

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I have always been obsessed with death.

I don’t mean that I was a teenager who wore all black and chains and listened to Metallica, but rather like so many of us, I’ve long had a preoccupation with what would happen once we approached the inevitable.

I can recall this memory vividly: of lying in my childhood bedroom, of first forming the question of what would happen past our eighties, our nineties—something that I had never fathomed before. Of my mother putting her hand on my shoulder and telling me that I would someday die, that she and my father would someday die, and that nobody really knew what happened afterwards. Of her trying to comfort me, saying it was so very far off that I didn’t need to worry myself about it, that my parents and I would be around for as long as I could possibly imagine. Of crying as I realized what this all meant.

Because as a child of a secular family, I quickly drew the bone chilling conclusion as to what life probably was: an infinitesimally short period of existence between two infinities of nothingness. I didn’t exist once already, and someday in the not-too-distant future, I wouldn’t exist again.

Sounds like happy subject matter for a musical, eh? Bear with me for a moment…

From this realization came an existential crisis that would flare up during the benchmarks of which we measure our lives—first kisses, first driver’s license, high school graduation, college graduation, etc. We might not always realize it consciously, but we measure our lives on a timeline—always aware of time’s relentless march forward. Think about it for a moment, the decisions we make every day are aware of our progress along this path—the things we want in our twenties are different than that of our forties for the simple reason that we are measuring how much time we have left.

But what if forever wasn’t just an expression. What if forever was real?

What began as a personal escape from my own fears quickly formed into the world of Deathless—a world where living forever, of not aging, of stopping time’s relentless forward motion…was as simple as swallowing a pill.

As a writer, one of my primary interests is creating high concept worlds within which small intimate stories that examine aspects of the human condition can be told. This play is a perfect example of that; while it may sound like science fiction or speculative fiction on the surface, the show is not that concerned with miracle pills or the near future world in which it takes place. Rather, Deathless is a simple family story of living in the wake of loss, of family dynamics after a major event, and of understanding what it means to be alive in a world where death is still present.

Axis Mundi refers to the intersection of Heaven and Earth, or even more broadly, to the boundary between our world and something just beyond. This show, when it is all said and done, explores that idea. Can a family in a Subaru on the Interstate can be an Axis Mundi? Niagara Falls? Family memories? Deathless is a musical that takes place in the world of the profane, but ever so slightly brushes against a world beyond the veil.

Collaborating with director Tina Landau is a writer’s dream: she is thoughtful, inventive, and above all—precise. And Goodspeed is a collaborator itself, and a supportive and dedicated one at that. It is an unbelievable privilege to be working with a theatre that is so committed to supporting and executing our specific vision for this brand new musical.

It’s my hope that Deathless will be first and foremost an emotional story about a family. About a group of characters facing the same questions of what to eat for breakfast, what to play on their iPods, and the big questions of life and loss that will ultimately brush against all of our lives.

I thank you for taking the road trip with us!

AUTHOR'S NOTESby Zack Zadek


Where We’ve BeenGoodspeed’s beginnings date back to 1963 when we opened our doors as a professional musical theatre in an historic building on the banks of the Connecticut River in East Haddam. Under the direction of Michael Price from 1968 to 2014, Goodspeed transformed from a struggling entity into a non-profit arts organization with a mission. At first, Goodspeed’s commitment was to discover rarely produced musicals from the repertoire, reworking them and bringing them to life. We were also intent on adding to the repertoire by discovering and nurturing promising new musicals presented at both The Goodspeed and The Terris Theatre in neighboring Chester.

In our history, we have produced over 250 musicals, including over 70 world premieres, and exported 21 productions to Broadway. Goodspeed stands as the first regional theatre in America to earn two special Tony Awards, one in 1980 for outstanding contributions to the American musical and a second in 1995 for distinguished achievement for a regional theatre.

Who We Are TodayGoodspeed Musicals mounts both new and newly revived musicals each year on our main stage at The Goodspeed in East Haddam and on our second stage, The Terris Theatre, in Chester–a total of more than 400 performances during the April to December season, attracting 130,000 patrons to the Connecticut River Valley. We stand at the forefront of producing and preserving the American musical, simultaneously reinventing the classics and inventing new ones. We attract well-known icons of the theatre world and foster emerging talent among composers, lyricists, and librettists. Each year, thousands of actors, directors, choreographers, and technicians aspire to come to Goodspeed to practice their craft. Among millions who know and love this art form–and those who appreciate its history and enduring appeal–Goodspeed is widely recognized as “The Home of the American Musical.”

Throughout the year, and intensively during the winter months, Goodspeed addresses issues unique to the field by offering innovative and highly-sought after programs through our Max Showalter Center for Education in Musical Theatre, including the celebrated Musical Theatre Institute providing programs for aspiring musical theatre professionals. The Arts Education Collaboration provides art-education programs for underserved Connecticut youth. The Festival of New Musicals features students from The Hartt School and the Boston Conservatory performing staged readings of three brand-new musicals, industry-related seminars, a symposium, and cabaret performances. Each winter, Goodspeed also hosts the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony that invites musical theatre writing teams to retreat from daily life for a four-week residency and concentrate solely on writing new musicals. In addition, Goodspeed serves as a resource for the preservation of the art form through our Scherer Library of Musical Theatre, the second most extensive musical theatre research library in the United States.

The Future We EnvisionThe Goodspeed campus will continue to serve as a thriving artist colony where the creative process informs the work on our stages and expanding educational programs. We aspire to serve as a safe haven where a singular commitment to discovery and innovation will enrich the field with the next generation of musical theatre artists.

A complete listing of past Goodspeed Musical productions can be found at www.goodspeed.org

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The mission of Goodspeed Musicals is to be the leader in preserving and producing musical theatre of the highest quality by:

• Rethinking, restoring, and producing works that are valued and significant in the history of musical theatre; • Developing new musical theatre works; • Nurturing the talents of new composers, lyricists, and librettists; • Encouraging and developing the talents of artists, technicians, and administrators; • Inspiring future audiences through education programs and outreach efforts; • Preserving and expanding the archival collections of its Scherer Library of Musical Theatre and making them available for professional use; • Maintaining the Goodspeed Opera House, a national historic landmark.

The Terris Theatre was inaugurated in 1984 by Goodspeed Musicals for the development of new musicals. The theatre is named in honor of the actress Norma Terris, star of Jerome Kern’s Show Boat and devoted patron and trustee of the Goodspeed Opera House during her later years.

Miss Terris began her stage career as a young vaudeville performer, which led to her first major role in George M. Cohan’s Little Nellie Kelly. She gained immortal acclaim as the creator of the roles of Magnolia and Kim in the original Florenz Ziegfeld 1927 production of Show Boat. After making two films for Fox, Married in Hollywood and Cameo Kirby, she starred for 10 seasons at the Municipal Opera Company in St. Louis.

Miss Terris first performed for Goodspeed audiences in the 1970 production of Little Mary Sunshine. She presided over the dedication of The Terris Theatre, and in 1987 she established the Norma Terris Fund to expand the talents of individuals and to foster the vitality, excellence, and diversity of musical theatre at The Terris Theatre. A beloved friend of Goodspeed Musicals, Norma Terris is remembered for enriching the art of musical theatre with her beautiful voice, fine acting, and generous spirit.

The Terris Theatre formerly was a factory built in the early 1900s for Susan Bates, Inc., which became one of the largest manufacturers of knitting needles and needlework accessories. In 1982, after relocating to a larger facility, Susan Bates, Inc., donated its abandoned factory in Chester to the Goodspeed Opera House Foundation. An intimate 200-seat performing space, The Terris Theatre was fully renovated, opening its doors on July 10, 1984 with the new musical Harrigan ‘n’ Hart.

HISTORY OF THE TERRIS THEATRE

OUR MISSION


OfficersFrancis G. Adams, Jr.

ChairmanAlvin Deutsch

General CounselMichael Gennaro

Executive DirectorRobert A. Landino

First Vice-PresidentSusan Link

TreasurerDannel P. Malloy

Ex Officio Honorary Chairman

Mark Maselli Vice-President

Hila Rosen Secretary

John F. Wolter President

Timothy ArborioJay BenetMyron R. Bernstein*Jennifer BrownJ. Robert Buchanan*Anthony CacaceTheodore S. ChapinKay Knight ClarkeChristopher DoddMuriel FleischmannJohn H. HambyJeffrey HoffmanChandler HowardLynde Selden KarinMary Ellen KlinckJulie Godbout LeBlancLawrence McHughRobert Roy Metz*

Linda MorasuttiRobert F. Neal*Eric D. OrtMichael P. Price*Jeffrey RichardsJefferson B. RileyKristen RobertsSusan SchererH. William Shure*Joseph SmithPeter E. Strniste, Jr.Leonardo H. SuzioDeRoy C. Thomas*Stephanie Stiefel WilliamsDona D. Young*

*Emeritus Trustee

Carol AdamsSandra AnagnostakisRichard T. Cersosimo and

Valerie J. KoifCatherine Ladnier and

J.M. Robinson

Mrs. Charles R. LindbergAndrew and Bonnie Lee

McKirdyAnthony and Chelsea MichaudChuck and Dianne RamseySaul Rosen

Dr. Anne L. Rothstein and Ms. Jane Hellman

Edgar E. ShirleyCarl and Jessica ThompsonMeghan Young

Ken BloomTheodore S. ChapinAlvin DeutschChristine Donohue

Brian DrutmanMichael A. KerkerRobert KimballBruce Pomahac

Bill RosenfieldHenry S. Scherer, Jr.Steven Suskin

Amy Campbell President

Diane Rottmann Vice President

Dale Ferris Recording Secretary

Goldie Liverant Corresponding Secretary

C. William Stamm Treasurer

2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

GOODSPEED COUNSELORS

THE SCHERER LIBRARY OF MUSICAL THEATRE ADVISORY BOARD

GOODSPEED GUILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gordon GreenbergRobert R. Metz

Jane PercyPeter Walker

Nancy Wolf

THE MAX SHOWALTER CENTER FOR EDUCATION IN MUSICAL THEATRE ADVISORY BOARD

THE GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION


Amica InsuranceAqua Compliance SpecialistsArborio CorporationAshlawn Farm CoffeeBecker’s Diamonds & Fine JewelryC. Sherman Johnson Co., Inc.Chester Village WestCollins Medical Associates 2, P.C.ComcastConnectiCareCreative Endeavor OfficeCreative Transportation & ToursEssex Savings BankEversource EnergyHartford Business JournalHoffman AudiJensen's Inc.Julia Balfour, LLCThe Lane Construction CorporationLAZ ParkingLiberty BankMG Electric & Construction, Inc.Quinnipiac University

R.A. Parady & Sons, Inc.Reynolds Subaru & Reynolds BoatsRisCassi & Davis, P.C.The Riverhouse at Goodspeed StationRobinson + Cole LLPSennheiser Electronic CorporationShipman's Fire EquipmentThe Shops at Mohegan SunSima Drilling Co., Inc.Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc.The Suzio York Hill CompaniesTower Labs, Ltd.TravelersUnited AirlinesUnited Mechanical Resources, Inc.Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.Webster BankWebster Private BankWells Fargo BankWithum Smith + Brown, P.C.WSHU Public Radio GroupYoung's Printing

Acorn Alcinda FoundationActors' Equity FoundationThe Aeroflex FoundationThe ASCAP Foundation Irving

Caesar FundCase Graber FoundationCommunity Foundation of

Middlesex County/ Ann T. D'Addario Family Foundation Fund, York Butler Fund

The Frederic R. Coudert Foundation

Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Foundation

The Aldo DeDominicis FoundationEIS FoundationBurry Fredrik FoundationHoward Gilman FoundationThe Mabel F. Hoffman

Charitable TrustKitchings Family Fund at the

Community Foundation of Middlesex County

The George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation

Lucille Lortel FoundationThe Johnny Mercer FoundationThe William & Alice

Mortensen Foundation

The Christine E. Moser Foundation

National Alliance for Musical Theatre's National Fund for New Musicals

Public Welfare FoundationRodgers & Hammerstein

FoundationSBM Charitable Foundation, Inc.Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher

Foundation, Inc.The Max Showalter

Foundation, Inc.The Shubert Foundation

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

FOUNDATION SUPPORT

CORPORATE SUPPORT

FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT


BEQUESTSGoodspeed Musicals fondly remembers those who left a bequest or in whose honor a memorial fund was established. Their love of musical theatre and our institution is an example to us all.

The Milon Barnes Memorial FundCynthia Kellogg BarringtonDavid A. BeldenLeonard N. BlakeRalph DavidsonFellner Family FoundationAlbert D. FirestoneBurry FredrikNorwick and Elizabeth

GoodspeedHenry Sage Goodwin

Memorial FundJudith Halevi

The Edith O. Haynes TrustMartha C. HinkelThomas W. Holton

Memorial FundMarjorie W. JolidonThe Adrienne I. Koch

Revocable TrustWilliam J. Kotchen

Memorial FundDorothy LiepertzEvan S. McCordAlice Hammerstein MathiasEdith L. Nyman

Muriel Selden ParisRochelle RichilsonBarbara V. RossBertha L. RottmannEdward RousseauMarco S. SavonaRichard SchnellerLucille Lortel SchweitzerMartha ShattuckJohn F. Single, IIIMary Sargent SwiftMark A. Wainger

WILLIAM H. GOODSPEED LEGACY SOCIETYGoodspeed Musicals thanks the members of the William H. Goodspeed Society who have included a future bequest to Goodspeed Musicals in their wills or estate plans.

Anonymous (8)Dolores L. AndrewFrank & Amy Campbell Edward CapeMichael ChaiklinJack and Bertie ChuongDonald Yale Church &

Anthony O’Grady SchillaciAmy Lee Crockett, DVMStephen B. Crowley, IIIJohn M. DarceyCharles M. EricsonMuriel FleischmannDavid F. Frankel

Richard GoodmanMrs. Harry J. GrayLynde Selden KarinRuth KatzMrs. Charles LindbergMrs. Carmela MarzanoAndrew C. McKirdyPeter J. MustoLeslie & Lynne NathanJane E. OndovcsikJanet OttoBarbara A. PetersenB. A. PomaricoMichael & Jo-Ann Price

Mary Jane RichilsonDr. Anne L. Rothstein &

Ms. Jane HellmanDr. & Mrs. Gerald SandlerDr. Benjamin SevitchCarol L. SirotDr. & Mrs. David SnydermanC. William StammSheila L. TomlinsonMark & Roberta VelezJessica WaldmanJerry & Linda WanoskyChristopher Weed

Since its inception, Goodspeed Musicals has particularly benefited from the unique advantages of planned gifts and bequests. Because such gifts provide financial support over time, they have been essential to Goodspeed Musicals’ ability to consistently move from strength to strength, plan for the future with confidence, and ensure millions more will enjoy award-winning productions for generations to come.

Won’t you support the future of the finest musical theatre by making a planned gift to Goodspeed Musicals today?

For more information, please contact: Gloria Gorton, Director of Major Gifts, at 860.873.8664 x366 or [email protected]

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE


NAMED FUNDS AND ENDOWMENTSThese funds and endowments listed below were established during lifetime, by bequest, or in memoriam with an outright gift to Goodspeed Musicals.

The Dr. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Dr. & Mrs. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Frederick A. & Justine Millspaugh Catlin Family Fund

The Rochelle Dauenheimer Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Arthur & Elizabeth Godbout Fund for the Support of the Music Department

The George S. & Charmian A. Goodspeed Memorial Fund

The A. Nicholas Groth, Ph.D. Charitable Gift Annuity*

The Charles R. Lindberg Family FundThe Lucille Lortel Fund

The Maryann & Jane E. Ondovcsik Fund for the Preservation of the Victorian Goodspeed Opera House

The Salvatore Marzano, Jr. Memorial Student Scholarship Fund

The Elaine McKirdy Intern/Apprentice EndowmentThe Michael P. Price Endowment Fund at

Goodspeed MusicalsThe Charlotte & Gerald Sandler

Educational EndowmentThe Scherer Library of Musical Theatre FundThe Max Showalter Center for Education in

Musical TheatreThe C. William Stamm Charitable Gift AnnuityThe Ashton M. Tenney, Jr. Memorial Annuity Fund*The Zachs Family Endowment

*The donors receive a tax advantaged income stream during their lives and a named fund or endowment will be created when the annuity reverts to Goodspeed Musicals.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE


In memory of Robert Kursman: Michael Chaiklin

In memory of Norwick and Elizabeth Goodspeed: Mr. and Mrs. Roger Goodspeed

In memory of William K. Walton: Nancy Marikar

In memory of James N. Donaldson: Wilma C. Donaldson

In memory of Margaret Carter: Janet Marsh

In honor of Brian and Susan Piper: Mr. and Mrs. Craig Piper

In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Cacace: Colonel and Mrs. Wm. R. Jones

In honor of Neil Epstein’s 75th birthday: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smoler, Monroe and Anita Rackow, Dr. and Mrs. Barry Sachs

In honor of Babs Wilkinson and Shannon Robbins: William Scales

In memory of Ron Brennan: Dr. Timothy F. Denison, Charles Farrow, Dorothy Lavezzoli, Jacob & Marjorie Rosenbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Calamari, East Haddam Democratic Town Committee

In memory of Bonnie M. Grey: Heidi and John Niblack, Maureen O’Gorman

In memory of Ann Staples: Kate F. Lee

In memory of Ellen Bell: Christine Robinson, Kristine Sauter, Marcia Nye, Joanne Dubusque

In memory of Martha D. "Pepper" Hitchcock: Sheila Tomlison, Ted Earl

Goodspeed Musicals gratefully acknowledges the following gifts made to honor a special occasion or in memory of a loved one.

*for period July 12, 2016 to May 10, 2017

SPECIAL GIFTSGoodspeed Musicals is grateful to those who have made a special gift during the 2017 season. They include:

Denise Bernardo and Edwin Muentes

Edward BlaschikFrank and Amy CampbellDon and Terri CoustanAlvin DeutschBeverly and Jerry DickinsonWade DooleyStephen EcclesNeil and Trudi EpsteinSusan F. GonsalvesJanice GrowerJohn and Joanna HambyPeter HoyleMonica KangleyStu and Ellen KazinLouise Korder

Benjamin B. Liveten Charitable Grand Nephew Trust

Dr. and Mrs. Koen LoevenJon Lukomnik and Lynn DavidsonCarmela MarzanoLinda Marasotti and Robert LeeKenneth and Paula MunsonJonathan ParsonsJoan PereraMark PlannerJeff Riley and Mary WilsonRichard RobinHila and Saul RosenDr. Anne Rothstein and

Ms. Jane HellmanDr. and Mrs. Gerald SandlerMary Schneller

Carol L. SirotDonna and Bill StammMegan and H. William StineRuss Tait and Lee AndersonNatalie TenneyJessica and Carl ThompsonTim and Kathi ThrockmortonRichard and Mary Ann ValinskiCathy Velenchik and Chris JoyGeorge Vinick and Margaret SaxeTracy and Christopher WeedLuke and Stephanie WilliamsE. Marie Wilson and Colette TrohanJef and Kate WolterZachs Family Foundation, Inc.

MEMORIAL AND TRIBUTE GIFTS


ARTISTIC

Michael Gennaro............................................ Executive DirectorBob Alwine ...................................................Associate ProducerDonna Lynn Cooper Hilton ....................................Line ProducerJorge Lopez .......................................Assistant to the ProducersMichael O’Flaherty .................................Resident Music Director ADMINISTRATION

Rachel J. Tischler ............................................General ManagerDonna Tafel ..........................................Assistant to Mr. GennaroLiz Ottone ............................................................... ReceptionistDavid Campbell ......................................... Administrative Intern

BUILDING SERVICESEdward C. Blaschik ..........................................Theatre ManagerKarin Nickel ......................................Building Services AssistantJonathan Cubeta, John Sola, Paul Zajac ........................................................Building ServicesBurgess Cleaning ...........................................Custodial Services

COMPANY MANAGEMENTKristan McLaughlin ............................ Senior Company ManagerJen Levine ................................................... Company ManagerAmanda Paulick ............................. Assistant Company ManagerJason Sedgwick ................... Company Management Apprentice

DEVELOPMENTNancy Altschuler ...................................Director of DevelopmentGloria Gorton ........................................... Director of Major GiftsMichele R. Baumann ..................................Membership DirectorMary Miko ........................................Special Events CoordinatorKatie Wasserman ............................ Institutional Giving ManagerDavid Mai .............................................. Development Associate

EDUCATION & LIBRARYJoshua S. Ritter ...............Education Manager & Library DirectorErin Lafferty ...............................Education & Outreach ManagerElizabeth Boucher, Victoria Holloway, James La Bella ................................ Education & Library InternsHannah Martin ............Producing and Education & Library Intern

FINANCEWilliam F. Nivison .......................................... Director of FinanceStacy Booth ..................................... Accounts Payable ManagerJoanne D’Amato .............................................. Payroll ManagerWithumSmith+Brown, PC; Karen Kowgios ........................................................ Accountants

HOUSE MANAGEMENTAmanda Michaud ............................Supervising House ManagerKathy Raczka, Beryl W. Thorpe,Leigh Beatty, Alison Harris, Diane Rottmann ................................ Assistant House ManagersBob Bennett, David Loffredo, Paula Moriarty, Joe Kaminski .....................................Bartenders

MARKETINGDan McMahon ..........Director of Marketing and Public RelationsElisa G. Hale .......................................Public Relations ManagerLori A. Cartwright ......................................... Marketing ManagerKatherine Desjardins .......................... Creative Content ManagerDiane Sobolewski ......................................Official PhotographerGiuliana David, Kaylee Moran ....................Marketing/PR Interns

TECHNOLOGYJeffrey Mays ............................................Systems Administrator

TICKETINGCinda Abercrombie Barbuto ........................ Box Office ManagerShanna Lisitano ............................Assistant Box Office ManagerShannon Robbins, Barbara Wilkinson ..........Box Office Managers

on DutyMollie Carey, Dominique A. DeLuca, Maddy Evans, Stephanie Garvey, Kailee A. Goodine, Kelly E. Johnson, Megan Ouelette, Jennifer A. Roberts, Daniel G. Varghese, Katey Williams ...Box Office RepresentativesKathryn Micari-Miller ................................Group Sales ManagerWilliam Addison ......................... Subscription Services ManagerKim Kane, Linda Misarski, Judy O’Mara ................... Subscription Services Representatives

PRODUCTION

R. Glen Grusmark ....................................... Production ManagerErica Gilroy .................................. Assistant Production Manager

COSTUME RENTALMark Adam Rampmeyer ..................... Costume Rental ManagerDawn Barlow, Breeanna Korcak, Felia Williams, Stephanie Wooley ...... Costume Rental Assistants

COSTUMESCindy Kubala ...................................................Costume DirectorAnna Blankenberger ................. Costume Shop/Design AssistantStephanie Taff ...........................................Draper/Craft ManagerEmilia Corbin ...................................................................DraperMaureen Wynne ..........................................................First HandRobert Crowley, Amy Gawthrop, Amanda Rose Smith .....................................................StitchersJohn Riccucci .........................The Goodspeed Wardrobe MasterAmber Kuennen, Corrinne Bottelsen ..............The Goodspeed Wardrobe Run CrewErica Layman .......................Terris Theatre Wardrobe SupervisorAllison Burkholder............................. The Goodspeed Wig Stylist

LIGHTING Will Johnson .................................................Lighting SupervisorL. Clay Little.....................The Goodspeed Production ElectricianLacey Barkhurst ..................Terris Theatre Light Board Operator

PROPSRyann D. Lee ......................................................Props ManagerTroy A. Junker ...................................................... Master ArtisanCrystal Gonzalez ................................................... Props ArtisianWillow Watson .................................................. Props CarpenterSam Williams ........................... The Goodspeed Props Run Crew

SCENERYMatt Francis ...................................................Technical DirectorJohn Cincioni ...................................................Master CarpenterJason Wadecki ................................Assistant Technical DirectorDaniel Goodwin, Eric Hansen, Andy Smith .......................................................Shop CarpentersMichael Siddell ....................................... Journeyman CarpenterSean McConaughey ................. The Goodspeed Stage Carpenter Valerie Drake ............................. Terris Theatre Stage Carpenter

GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFF


GOODSPEED MUSICALS STAFFSCENIC ARTISTSCarla Tiezzi ................................................. Charge Scenic ArtistMiranda Casler ...............................................Lead Scenic ArtistGina Smothers ................................................Staff Scenic ArtistPatti Lizotte ...............................................PT Staff Scenic Artist

SOUNDJay Hilton ........................................................ Audio SupervisorBecca Stoll ...............The Goodspeed Production Audio EngineerMarisa Olson .............. Terris Theatre Production Audio Engineer

FOR THIS PRODUCTIONKenneth Ferrone ............................................ Associate DirectorTroy Anderson ................................................Directing ObserverCaity Mulkearns ..............................Assistant Costume DesignerAbigail Hoke-Brady .......................... Assistant Lighting DesignerIdo Levran ............................................ Projections ProgrammerEric Mattingly .............................................Production AssistantJustin Goldner ....................................Synthesizer Programming

Matt Meckes...................................................... Music AssistantJoseph Trefler ................................................................. CopyistDan Pardo ...............................................................TranscriptionWilliam J. Thomas ...........................................Music ContractorBruce MacLeod, James Carter Pianos.............Piano Technicians

Anthony Cacchione, Megan Cole, Olivia Denison, Cat Foley, Payton Gobeille, Savannah Hamiter, Rosalind Isquith, Ally Olinyk, Theo Pinnow, Elizabeth White .................................. Apprentices

Special Thanks: Bank Street Cobbler; Costume Rental volunteers Donna Lee Gennaro, Lenore McLean, Owen McLean; and Karen Wiswell

Special Thanks to Megan and Bill Stine

Did you know that Goodspeed has the only library dedicated solely to musical theatre in the country?

Make an appointment to stop by and peruse the unique collection by contacting Education Manager & Library Director Josh Ritter at

860.873.8664 ext. 522 or by email at [email protected].

The library is located a few minutes up the street from The Goodspeed at 20 Norwich Rd, East Haddam, CT 06423.

TTo learn more about the library, please visit www.goodspeed.org/education-library/library.


COMING NEXT

Meet fun-loving jingle composer Harry. In modern Manhattan, his charmed life with girlfriend Louise, brother Paul and beloved Labrador Retriever (also Paul!) sparkles with the fizz of romantic comedies and the whimsy of MGM musicals. But will it all go flat when reality interrupts Harry’s tenderly orchestrated fantasia? A rich contemporary score explores the friction between romance and reality, bitter and sweet, high and low. Raise a glass to a musical serving something magical, moving and boldly new.

AUG 18 - SEPT 17


THIS FALL

Some of the most beloved storytellers in Connecticut history come alive for a yuletide gathering you won’t forget. Famed actor and local legend William Gillette leaves his castle on the Connecticut River to adapt Dickens’ holiday classic in the 1920s. Local heroes Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and P.T. Barnum make spirited appearances opposite Gillette’s Scrooge in a highly theatrical twist on a family favorite. Custom-made for Goodspeed with all-original music, here’s a tuneful, heartfelt confection spiced with enough Nutmeg State flavor to sweeten your season.

NOV 17 - DEC 24





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NOW PLAYINGTHE GOODSPEED

In 1922 New York, all the modern girls are sporting bobbed hair and heightened hemlines! Newcomer Millie is no exception, jumping headlong into a makeover and a dizzy plan to marry rich—until she falls for a penniless charmer. Her jazz-kissed adventures are crowded with a flurry of flappers, a runaway heiress, a nefarious landlady and more. A mix of madcap mistaken identity, high-spirited show tunes and tap-happy dance has more kick than bootleg gin in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical.

NOW - JULY 2

Come. Have. Fun.

The cast of Goodspeed’s Thoroughly Modern Millie. ©Diane Sobolewski.


COMING NEXTTHE GOODSPEED

The Rodgers & Hammerstein classic that changed American musicals forever dawns at Goodspeed for the very first time. Cowboy Curly and farm girl Laurey are taking their sweet time falling in love. Can these stubborn romantics admit their feelings before it’s too late? Passion, laughter and high-kicking choreography blossom in a land where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain. A legendary score—including “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’,” “The Surrey With the Fringe on Top” and the rousing title tune—will put you in a brand new state!

JULY 14 - SEPT 23



Box OfficeThe Goodspeed6 Main Street, East Haddam, CT 06423-0392860.873.8668 • [email protected]

HoursMonday & Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Wednesday & Thursday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.Friday & Saturday: 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.Sunday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Please note: The Terris Theatre Box Office is only open 1 hour before performances. Tickets for shows at this theatre can be purchased at the The Goodspeed Box Office, online, or by calling 860.873.8668

Box Office closing times may vary due to performance schedules. Please call 860.873.8668 for exact hours.

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Infra-red Hearing System:The Terris Theatre offers the Sennheiser infra-red hearing system to assist hearing-impaired patrons. Free headsets are available from the Box Office. Goodspeed Musicals gratefully acknowledges the Carol L. Sirot Foundation for underwriting.

Goodspeed Guild:The Goodspeed Guild is a volunteer organization dedicated to supporting Goodspeed Musicals’ operations and productions. Since 1975 it has provided services to artists, patrons, and staff on a year-round basis, while offering its members the opportunity to become part of the behind-the-scenes activities at Goodspeed. To find out about volunteer opportunities that fit your interests and schedule, visit our website at goodspeed.org or contact Amy Campbell at 203.494.7328.

Sets, costumes and props are designed especially for The Terris Theatre and are built in Goodspeed Musicals’ shops.

Goodspeed Musicals is a professional theatre operating under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Goodspeed Musicals is a member of The League of Resident Theatres.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

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