Parade: A Musical

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Mark Taper Forum

FirST SeaSon ProducTion

Pippin

a co-production with deaf West Theatre Book by roger o. Hirson

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz directed and choreographed by Jeff calhoun January 15 – March 15, 2009

Second SeaSon ProducTion

Lydia

by octavio Solis

directed by Juliette carrillo april 2 – May 17, 2009

THird SeaSon ProducTion

oleanna

by david Mamet

directed by doug Hughes May 28 – July 12, 2009

FourTH SeaSon ProducTion

Parade

The donmar Warehouse Production Book by alfred uhry

Music and Lyrics by Jason robert Brown co-conceived by Harold Prince

directed and choreographed by rob ashford September 24 – november 15, 2009

FiFTH SeaSon ProducTion

Palestine, new Mexico

by richard Montoya for culture clash directed by Lisa Peterson

World Premiere december 3, 2009 – January 24, 2010 USA USA USA W alker

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cenTer THeaTre GrouP Board oF direcTorS 2009/2010 oFFicerS Honorary cHairMan Lew r. Wasserman† cHairMan richard Kagan PreSidenT Martin Massman Vice PreSidenTS William H. ahmanson ava Fries Patricia Glaser

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SecreTary Martin c. Washton aSSiSTanT SecreTary amy r. Forbes TreaSurer dr. Steven nagelberg aSSiSTanT TreaSurer Brian Hargrove PaST PreSidenTS Lew r. Wasserman† Marshall Berges† armand S. deutsch† Walter Mirisch Henry c. rogers† richard e. Sherwood† J. david Haft† Lawrence J. ramer* Stephen F. Hinchliffe Jr. Phyllis Hennigan richard Kagan Board MeMBerS Harold applebaum ronald J. arnault* Pamela Beck Judith Beckmen norris J. Bishton, Jr. Marcy carsey Gordon davidson* cástulo de la rocha charles dillingham Barbara Fodor eric r. Garen

Brindell roberts Gottlieb Susan Grode Phyllis Hennigan Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Leonard Hirshan* Samuel X. Kaplan* darell L. Krasnoff edmond Lelo

nancy olson Livingston* o. Kit Lokey carol Mancino antonio Manning dale S. Miller Walter Mirisch diane Morton* Jo Muse edward B. nahmias Lawrence J. ramer* Timothy a. regler Michael ritchie Laura rosenwald dr. J. nathan rubin Marilyn Stambler eva Stern Louise Taper James a. Thomas corina Villaraigosa Frederick r. Waingrow *director emeritus †deceased

The elements could hardly have been more volatile. on confederate Memorial day, 1913, a 13-year-old child laborer named Mary Phagan was strangled to death in the atlanta, Georgia, pencil factory where she worked. The last person to admit seeing her alive was the plant superintendent, Leo Frank, a cornell-educated northerner and, of vital importance, a Jew. Local newspapers led by William randolph Hearst’s atlanta Georgian ran wild with the story, setting the stage for a sensational, month-long trial during which Jim conley, a black man with an extensive criminal record, accused Frank of murdering the Phagan girl after she repulsed his sexual advances. astonishingly in the Jim crow South, an all-white jury believed conley’s testimony, convicting the factory boss. The presiding judge sentenced Frank to death, instigating one of the 20th century’s most memorable cause célèbres.

in the aftermath of Frank’s conviction, dr. david Marx, rabbi of the Temple – atlanta’s great, reform synagogue – traveled to new york to alert the leading lights of american Jewry to his belief that the plant superintendent had not been so much prosecuted as persecuted. The degree to which anti-Semitism played a role in Frank’s trial is a matter of debate. So, too, was the issue of how to respond. Louis Marshall, president of the american Jewish committee, believed it would be best to work behind the scenes. But Marx was a forceful advocate. Soon, a group that included adolph ochs, publisher of The new york Times, advertising magnate a.d. Lasker, and various Jewish capitalists and lawyers joined the fray. during an appeals process that ultimately led to the united States Supreme court, these men spent in today’s dollars untold millions in an attempt to exonerate the factory superintendent.

The efforts of Frank’s wealthy northern allies sparked a backlash across the South, particularly in atlanta. in a region that during the teens was still bridling from defeat in the civil War and reeling from the depredations real and imagined inflicted by the union army, any hint of what was known as “outside interference” risked inspiring violent resentment. a fierce Georgia demagogue and future united States senator named Tom Watson gave voice to this opposing view. in the pages of his influential weekly newspaper, The Jeffersonian, Watson attacked the plant boss’s supporters. as he saw it, northern Jews were trying to subvert the judgment of the Georgia courts to free a “lecherous Jew” who had raped and slain a child laborer who toiled in a dehumanizing setting for pennies an hour. Watson,

The Leo Frank case

By Steve oney

nearly one

hundred years later,

the Leo Frank case

remains fascinating,

perplexing and

disturbing.

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Presents

THe donMar WareHouSe ProducTion oF

September 24 – november 15, 2009

Mark Taper Forum

SeT and coSTuMe deSiGn

Christopher Oram

LiGHTinG deSiGn

Neil Austin

Sound deSiGn

Jon Weston

WiGS and Hair

Carol F. Doran

aSSociaTe Producer

Neel Keller

caSTinG

Erika Sellin

ProducTion STaGe ManaGer

David S. Franklin

This production of Parade is generously supported in part by artistic director’s circle members Judie Stein and Ira Friedman and Stein Family Foundation.

direcTed and cHoreoGraPHed By

Rob Ashford

MuSic and LyricS By

Jason Robert Brown

co-conceiVed By

Harold Prince

BooK By

Alfred Uhry

caST (in alphabetical order)

Brad Anderson Michael Berresse Will Collyer Charlotte d’Amboise

Karole Foreman Davis Gaines Laura Griffith P.J. Griffith Curt Hansen Deidrie Henry

Christian Hoff Sarah Jayne Jensen T.R. Knight Lisa Livesay Hayley Podschun Lara Pulver

David St. Louis Rose Sezniak Phoebe Strole Josh Tower Robert Yacko

MuSicaL direcTor

Tom Murray

orcHeSTraTor

David Cullen

London Sound deSiGn

Nick Lidster & Terry Jardine

for Autograph

aSSociaTe cHoreoGraPHer

Chris Bailey

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, Pdas, beepers and watch alarms.

caST

young Soldier, Frankie epps, Guard ... Curt Hansen old Soldier, Judge roan, Guard ... Davis Gaines Lucille Frank ... Lara Pulver Leo Frank...T.R. Knight Governor Slaton, Britt craig, Mr. Peavy ... Michael Berresse Lila, Mary Phagan ...Rose Sezniak officer Starnes, Tom Watson ... P.J. Griffith Minnie McKnight, angela... Deidrie Henry officer ivey, Luther rosser, Guard ... Brad Anderson newt Lee, Jim conley, riley ... David St. Louis Mrs. Phagan, Sally Slaton ... Charlotte d’Amboise Hugh dorsey ... Christian Hoff iola Stover ...Hayley Podschun Monteen ... Lisa Livesay essie ... Phoebe Strole ensemble ... Brad Anderson, Michael Berresse, Will Collyer,

Charlotte d’Amboise, Karole Foreman, Davis Gaines, Laura Griffith, P.J. Griffith, Curt Hansen, Deidrie Henry, Christian Hoff, Sarah Jayne Jensen, Lisa Livesay, Hayley Podschun, David St. Louis, Rose Sezniak, Phoebe Strole, Josh Tower, Robert Yacko

underSTudieS

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Michael Berresse – Brad Anderson;

For curt Hansen, T.r. Knight, Brad anderson – Will Collyer; For deidrie Henry – Karole Foreman;

For Lara Pulver, charlotte d’amboise – Laura Griffith;

For Hayley Podschun, Lisa Livesay, Phoebe Strole – Sarah Jayne Jensen; For rose Sezniak – Hayley Podschun;

For david St. Louis – Josh Tower;

For davis Gaines, P.J. Griffith, christian Hoff – Robert Yacko. Stage Managers

Michelle Blair Susie Walsh

dance captain

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MuSicaL nuMBerS

acT one

Prologue: “The old red Hills of Home” ...young Soldier, old Soldier and company “The dream of atlanta” ...company “How can i call this Home?” ...Leo Frank and company “The Picture Show” ...Frankie epps and Mary Phagan “What am i Waiting For?” ...Leo and Lucille Frank Funeral: “it don’t Make Sense” ...Frankie epps and company

(incorporating “There is a Fountain” – traditional Hymn by William cowper, melody by Lowell Mason [1771])

“Somethin’ ain’t right” ...Hugh dorsey “real Big news” ... Britt craig and company “you don’t Know this Man” ...Lucille Frank The Trial (Finale act one):

“Hammer of Justice” ... Tom Watson and company “Twenty Miles from Marietta” ...Hugh dorsey “The Factory Girls/come up to My office” ...iola Stover, essie, Monteen and Leo Frank “My child Will Forgive Me” ...Mrs. Phagan “That’s What He Said” ... Jim conley and company “it’s Hard to Speak My Heart” ...Leo Frank

acT TWo

Prelude ...Tom Watson and company “a rumblin’ and a rollin’” ...riley and angela “do it alone” ... Lucille Frank “Pretty Music” ...Governor Slaton “The Glory” ...Judge roan and Hugh dorsey “This is not over yet” ... Leo and Lucille Frank “Blues: Feel the rain Fall” ...Jim conley and company “Where Will you Stand When the Flood comes?” ...Tom Watson, Hugh dorsey and company “all the Wasted Time” ... Leo and Lucille Frank Finale ... Leo and Lucille Frank, Frankie epps and company

The action takes place in atlanta, Georgia, 1913–1915. (Prologue – Marietta, Georgia, during the civil War 1861–1865.)

orcHeSTra

conductor/Piano/Percussion – Tom Murray; accordion/Piano – Mike Watts; drums/Percussion – Bernie dresel; Bass – dave Stone; French Horn – Joe Meyer;

clarinets – Phil o’connor; Violin – Sid Page; Viola – Pam Jacobson; cello – erika duke-Kirkpatrick

Parade in rehearsal

1. Jason robert Brown and Lara Pulver. 2. (L To r) rob ashford, Jason robert Brown and T.r. Knight. 3. Brad anderson and

charlotte d’amboise. 4. (L To r) Lara Pulver, T.r. Knight and alfred uhry. 5. rose Sezniak. 6. Hayley Podschun and christian Hoff.

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8. L To r: (STandinG) david St. Louis, deidrie Henry, T.r. Knight, Michael Berresse, curt Hansen, Brad anderson, Will collyer, P.J. Griffith,

Lara Pulver, davis Gaines, robert yacko, christian Hoff and Josh Tower; (SeaTed) Hayley Podschun, Phoebe Strole, charlotte d’amboise,

rose Sezniak, Lisa Livesay, Sarah Jayne Jensen, Laura Griffith and Karole Foreman. 9. (L To r) Will collyer, P.J. Griffith and curt Hansen.

10. rob ashford and christopher oram. 11. deidrie Henry and david St. Louis. 12. (L To r) Josh Tower, david St. Louis,

BRAD ANDERSON (Officer Ivey, Luther

Rosser, Guard).

Broadway credits include A Chorus Line (don Kerr), All Shook

Up (chad), The Boy From Oz (Mark Herron), Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate (Gremio), Fosse. national

Tours: Starlight Express, Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis (rocky), South Pacific at d.c.’s arena Stage (Lt. cable – Helen Hayes nomination for Best Supporting actor in a Musical), Aida (radames) and

Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Brad) at northshore

Musicial Theatre, Actor, Lawyer, Indian

Chief at Goodspeed opera House (red

rock). Film/TV: Whirlwind (desmond),

Ed, All My Children, As the World Turns, General Hospital, Guiding Light and the

Tony awards. This is for discovering one’s true meaning!

MICHAEL BERRESSE (Governor Slaton, Britt

Craig, Mr. Peavy) was

most recently seen scaring the bejeezus out of russell crowe as robert Bingham in State of Play. Broadway: [title of

show] (director/choreographer), Kiss Me, Kate (Tony, outer critics

circle, astaire award nominations),

The Light in the Piazza (outer

critics circle nomination), A Chorus

Line, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Carousel, Guys & Dolls, The Gershwin’s Fascinating Rhythm, Fiddler

on the Roof, A Wonderful Life

(concert). London: Kiss Me, Kate (olivier nomination). off-Broadway:

[title of show] (obie award, Lucille

Lortel nomination), Forever Plaid, The

Cocoanuts. encores!: No, No, Nanette, One Touch of Venus, Call Me Madam, Chicago. national Tours: Busker Alley, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof.

regional: The Dybbuk,

A Majority of One, Annie, Funny Girl,

among others. TV: Law & Order, Law

& Order: SVU, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Great Performances, Live from

Lincoln center. Film: A.I.: Artificial

Intelligence, State of Play.

WILL COLLYER (Ensemble). cTG:

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Kirk douglas

Theatre). other Los angeles: Big (West coast ensemble), Gulls (Theatre@Boston court), Unfinished

American Highwayscape (Theatre@

Boston court), Town Without Pity (Lyric), Eric Larue (elephant), Hair (reprise!) and Once Upon a Mattress (ucLa, directed by carol Burnett). regional: Conversations With My Father (TheatreWorks). TV: Melrose Place,

Pushing Daisies, NUMB3RS, Las Vegas, Charmed, Jack & Bobby, Judging Amy, CSI: Miami, Christmas Carol (MoW) and Boston Public. He has sung on several

film soundtracks, including Earth,

Dance Flick and Bad Santa. ucLa,

Theatre B.a. Love and thanks to Mom, dad, colin, calvin, Mar and Steven. willcollyer.com.

CHARLOTTE d’AMBOISE (Mrs.

Phagan, Sally Slaton)

is thrilled to be back in Los angeles for the first time since 1998 when she won the L.a. ovation award and the L.a. drama critics circle award as Best actress in a Musical for her performance as roxie Hart in the national tour of

Chicago at the ahmanson Theatre.

Most recently, she played cassie in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line for which she received a Tony award nomination. She is also featured in the

A Chorus Line documentary, Every Little Step. other leading Broadway roles

include Contact, Chicago, Company,

Carrie, Damn Yankees (Fred astaire

award), Jerome Robbins Broadway (Tony nomination), Sweet Charity (Fred astaire award), Song & Dance, Can Can and

Cats. other credits include Tonight at 8:30 (Williamstown), Speed-the-Plow

(actors Theatre of Louisville) and On

the Town (Goodspeed opera House).

off-Broadway includes Red Eye, Tennis

Game, Prairie Avenue, Dolphin Position

and Italian American Reconciliation. TV and Film: Law & Order, One Life to Live (recurring), Neon Jungle, Beyond the

Bermuda Triangle and The In Crowd.

KAROLE FOREMAN (Ensemble). recent Shows: Muzzy in

Thoroughly Modern Millie at Sacramento

Music circus, Mary Magdalene in South Bay cLo’s Jesus Christ Superstar, and

Hangin’ Out, The Good Body and Norman’s Ark. other Shows: Josephine Tonight! (Josephine Baker), Jelly’s Last Jam (anita-Suzi Bass award) and the

Las Vegas premiere of Mamma Mia! (Tanya). other Theatres: denver center, alliance Theatre, oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, San Jose rep aMT of San Jose, northshore Music Theatre, Goodspeed opera House and Pasadena Playhouse. TV: Medium, Third Watch,

Law & Order, Strong Medicine, The Bold and the Beautiful, Becker and numerous

commercials. awards: richard rodgers’ award, Jonathan Larson Foundation grant, an edgerton Foundation grant and three naacP nominations for her musical The Princess and the

Black-Eyed Pea. Member of actors’ equity

association.

DAVIS GAINES (Old

Soldier, Judge Roan, Guard). The Phantom

in The Phantom of the

Opera with over 2,000

performances on Broadway, Los angeles and San Francisco and remains L.a.’s longest-running Phantom. Broadway/ national Tours: The Phantom of the

Opera (raoul), Whistle Down the Wind, Camelot (w/richard Burton), Hello, Dolly! (w/carol channing), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (w/alexis

Smith). off-Broadway: The Death of

Von Richthofen as Witnessed from Earth

(The Public), One Two Three Four Five (Manhattan Theatre club), Assassins (Playwrights Horizons), The Boys from

Syracuse (encores), The New Moon (new

york city opera), She Loves Me and

Forbidden Broadway. regional: Side by Side by Sondheim (Pasadena Playhouse), Damn Yankees (George abbott, dir.), Arsenic and Old Lace (w/Kate reid), The Rink (w/Lainie Kazan), Two Into One (w/Tony randall). other: Sweeney Todd (reprise, ny Philharmonic, San

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Francisco Symphony). Film: Warlock:

The Armageddon. TV: Desperate Housewives, Charmed, Chicago Hope, Veronica’s Closet, Bodies of Evidence and Murder, She Wrote.

LAURA GRIFFITH (Ensemble). Broadway:

South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, Sweet Smell of Success and Oklahoma! national

Tour: The Light in

the Piazza at the ahmanson Theatre

and the Kennedy center (Helen Hayes award nomination). europe: West Side

Story at the deutsche opera in Berlin.

Washington, d.c.: Songs for a New

World with Jason robert Brown for the

Signature Theatre. Seattle: 7 Brides for

7 Brothers, A Little Night Music and The Rocky Horror Show. other regional: Les Misérables at the california Musical

Theatre, Camelot and Oklahoma! at the Music Theatre of Wichita, Road to

Hollywood at the Goodspeed opera

House and Beauty and the Beast at the Pioneer Theatre. Graduate of columbia university. LauraGriffith.net.

P.J. GRIFFITH (Officer

Starnes, Tom Watson).

recent theatre credits include Sky in Mamma

Mia! (first national

tour), cousin Kevin in The Who’s Tommy (Flickerhouse Productions, L.a.), Jan in Setup and Punch (The Blank Theatre company), Malcolm in Macbeth (Will & co.), Jared in But I’m a Cheerleader, The

Musical (nyMF), Sven/russell in One Way Ticket to Hell (Strasberg Theatre)

and the pre-Broadway workshops of

The Flunky and Ataria. Film/TV: Without a Trace, House, September 12th, The Weathered Underground and Days of Our Lives. P.J. has fronted several

bands, sharing stages with a strange cornucopia of musicians including neil diamond, Biohazard, Lonestar, The Misfits, deborah Gibson, Jello Biafra and Vanilla ice. Graduate of nyu’s Tisch School of the arts.

CURT HANSEN (Young Soldier,

Frankie Epps, Guard). cTG debut!

curt is a Wisconsin native, and

attended the university of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. Broadway:

Hairspray (Sketch and

understudy for Link Larkin). Television:

Brand New Day (pilot for nickelodeon).

He would like to thank his new york family, the guys at BrS, and his actual family for their continuous love and support.

DEIDRIE HENRY (Minnie McKnight,

Angela). regional: Ballad of Emmett Till

(Goodman Theatre);

Yellowman (Berkeley

repertory Theatre);

Crowns (intiman Theatre, Prince Music

Theatre); As You Like It, Oo-Bla-Dee,

Three Sisters, Wit, Hamlet, Seven Guitars, Much Ado About Nothing

(oregon Shakespeare Festival); Closer (Portland center Stage); Blues for an

Alabama Sky (alliance Theatre, Hartford

Stage, arena Stage – Helen Hayes nomination), Huntington Theatre. Los angeles: Coming Home, Yellowman (Fountain Theatre – Best actress award: ovation, Backstage Garland, Los angeles drama critics circle, naacP Theatre award); Small Tragedy (odyssey Theatre), McReel, Relativity (La Theatre Works). TV: Three Rivers, Southland, Lie

To Me, Brothers & Sisters, The Riches, Shark, NCIS, Commander-in-Chief, Without A Trace and ER.

CHRISTIAN

HOFF (Hugh Dorsey) is proud to return to the L.a. stage in

Parade after winning

a Tony award for his performance as Tommy deVito in Broadway’s Jersey

Boys as well as drama desk, drama

League and outer critics circle award nominations. entertainment Weekly named him “The Master of Mimicry” for his record-breaking voice-over accomplishments. recorded Grammy-winning, original cast albums for

The Who’s Tommy and Jersey Boys.

Screen credit: Ugly Betty (d.a. richard Blackman), Law & Order: CI (Federal

Prosecutor Thomas Grady), Encino Man,

Star Trek IV, Honor Thy Mother, In Love and War, ER, JAG, Party of Five, Millennium, The Commish. other

Theatre: cohan in George M!, Will rogers in The Will Rogers Follies, Huck in Big River, Frank-n-Furter in The

Rocky Horror Show, King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar and Sky Masterson

in Guys & Dolls. Broadway debut was in the Tony award-winning The Who’s

Tommy. Visit www.christianhoff.com

for christian’s recordings and tour dates. He is the national spokesperson for the Bachmann-Strauss dystonia and Parkinson Foundation and proud husband and father of four.

SARAH JAYNE JENSEN (Ensemble) is honored to be working with rob ashford and Jason robert Brown once again. She was recently seen as Suzanne Von Stroh in Sony Pictures’ Center Stage:

Turn it Up with Peter Gallagher. She

also appeared as Shelley in new Line cinema’s Hairspray starring John Travolta, in columbia Pictures’ Across

the Universe, as anita Grey on aBc’s Pushing Daisies, and Punk’d, produced

by ashton Kutcher. Broadway shows include Gypsy with Bernadette Peters,

Wonderful Town with Brooke Shields

and donna Murphy, Oklahoma! with Patrick Wilson and the first national tour of Fosse. regional: Princesses with rob ashford and Urban Cowboy with Jason robert Brown. Sarah Jayne fell in love with improv, studying and performing at upright citizens Brigade in new york city and recently at the ucB here in Los angeles. Grateful to my parents for their endless guidance and support. For Michael.

T.R. KNIGHT (Leo

Frank). Broadway: Noises Off, Tartuffe.

off-Broadway: Boy,

Scattergood (drama

desk nomination), The

Hologram Theory, This Lime Tree Bower, Macbeth. regional: Amadeus; Ah, Wilderness!; Racing Demon; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Philadelphia, Here I Come! (all at the

Guthrie Theater). Television: Charlie

Lawrence, Grey’s Anatomy (emmy

nomination).

LISA LIVESAY (Monteen). Theme Park: Belle in The

Golden Mickeys;

lead singer of High

School Musical: LIVE (Hong Kong

disneyland). regional: Peter in Peter

Pan (Performance riverside), Belle in

disney’s Beauty and the Beast (redlands Bowl), Gertie cummings in Oklahoma! (downey cLo), and antonia in Man

of La Mancha (redlands cLo). other:

dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, zaneeta Shinn in The Music Man, Star-to-be in

Annie, and ensemble in Les Misérables.

Voiceover: special event announcer (Hong Kong disneyland). Much gratitude to the entire production team for this incredible opportunity, and to nolan – you are brilliant and beautiful, and everything i am not. i love you. Soli deo Gloria! Proud member of actors equity. www.lisalivesay.net

HAYLEY PODSCHUN (Iola Stover). cTG debut! Broadway: roundabout Theatre company’s Pal Joey and Sunday in the Park

with George, Hairspray

and The Sound of Music. national Tour:

Hairspray (Penny Pingleton/Tammy).

regional: Sacramento Music circus’

Hairspray (Penny Pingleton). Film/

Soundtrack: Hairspray (Tammy). Thank you to The Gage Group and always Mom and dad. www.hayleypodschun. com.

LARA PULVER (Lucille

Frank). Film: The Special Relationship

(written by Peter Morgan), Legacy (Black camel Productions). TV: Robin Hood (BBc). For the donmar Warehouse: Parade (olivier-nominated). London: Everything

Must Go! (Soho Theatre), Beau Jeste

(uK premiere), Into the Woods (The royal opera House), The Last Five Years (uK premiere), Honk! (royal national Theatre uK tour), Grease (Victoria Palace Theatre), Miss Saigon (national

tour), High Society (national tour), A

Chorus Line (Sheffield crucible Theatre), The Boy Friend (national tour), Chicago

(national tour), 42nd Street (national tour), The Wizard of Oz (oldham coliseum Theatre).

DAVID ST. LOUIS (Newt Lee, Jim Conley,

Riley). Film: At Your Convenience, Trigger Effect, Temptation.

T.V.: Third Watch,

Law & Order, Law & Order S.V.U., A Royal Birthday, The Jury, One Life To Live, Homicide Life on the Streets, America’s Most Wanted and The Secret Path. Broadway: Harlem Song, Rent, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Scarlet Pimpernel. regional: The Life (Jaxx Theatricals) Ragtime (PcPa

Theatre), Porgy And Bess (zach Scott Theatre), Raisin (court Theatre), Once

On This Island (center Stage), From My Hometown (american Heartland

Theatre), Me & Mrs. Jones (Prince Musical Theatre), Golden Boy (Long Wharf Theatre), Henry V (Shakespeare Theatre), Candide (arena Stage), and

Bessie’s Blues (Studio Theatre) for which

he won a Helen Hayes award for most outstanding supporting actor.

ROSE SEZNIAK (Lila,

Mary Phagan) is elated

to be making her L.a. debut as a part of this incredible cast! rose could last be seen playing the role of Sophie Sheridan in the national tour of

Mamma Mia! She is a graduate of The

catholic university of america’s rome School of Music, and a proud member of aea. Thanks and love to her parents, Geoffrey, and all of her incredibly supportive family and friends!

PHOEBE STROLE (Essie) is proud to be part of a revival of this beautiful musical. Film:

Hamlet 2, My One and Only. TV: Sorority War

(TV movie), 30 Rock,

Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Rescue Me, Stella. Broadway: Spring Awakening.

off-Broadway: Spring Awakening, Mourning

Becomes Electra (The new Group).

Thank you dad, estelle, Genn and Stephanie.

JOSH TOWER (Ensemble). cTG debut! recent credits: Flick in Violet at MTG Los angeles, Judas in South Bay cLo

Jesus Christ Superstar

and Prince Gallant in The Princess &

the Black-Eyed Pea at San diego rep.

other joints include Simba in disney’s

The Lion King (Broadway and original

Gazelle Tour), Ragtime (Broadway and chicago), John in Miss Saigon, enjolras in Les Mis, Dreamgirls, Chess, The Bubbly

Black Girl…, The Alchemist, Leap of Faith, Langston in Harlem, The Times, Josephine’s Song, As You Like It, Once on This Island, Joseph…, Godspell, Baby, Avenue X, Threepenny Opera, Cymbeline,

some of this, a bit of that, some T.V., some film. MFa, unc chapel Hill and B.a., Temple university. Proud equity Member. Live, Love, Laugh!!

ROBERT YACKO (Ensemble). Broadway and national Tour:

Fiddler on the Roof (w/

Herschel Bernardi). off-Broadway: Oh,

What A Lovely War!, The Miser. cTG: A Little Night Music

(doolittle Theatre), Undiscovered

Country, Wild Oats, Moby Dick Rehearsed

(Mark Taper Forum repertory company). regional: Distracted, Bernstein’s Peter

Pan, Splitting Infinity, Sylvia, Can Can

(revised), Five Course Love, The Real

Thing, Company (w/carol Burnett), Into the Woods (w/Leslie uggams), Fiddler on the Roof (w/ Theodore Bikel), The Grave White Way, The Secret Garden, Chess, Sunday in the Park with George (L.a.

premiere), Romance, Romance (West coast premiere), Lies and Legends, Marry

Me a Little. Film: Raising Helen, Life in a Perfect World. TV: The Closer, General Hospital, Picket Fences, Golden Girls, Get A Life.

ALFRED UHRY (Book) is distinguished as the first american playwright to have won a Pulitzer Prize, an academy award and a Tony award. a graduate of Brown university, Mr. uhry began his professional career as a lyric writer under contract to the late

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Frank Loesser. His first major success came when he collaborated with robert Waldman on a musical adaptation of eudora Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom which opened at the Mark Taper Forum in 1976 and went to Broadway, winning Mr uhry his first Tony nomination. He followed that with five recreated musicals at the Goodspeed opera House. His first play, Driving Miss Daisy, opened at Playwrights Horizons in new york in 1987. it moved subsequently to the John Houseman Theatre, where it ran for three years and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. The film version, starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman, won the academy award for Best adapted Screenplay in 1990. The film was also chosen as Best Picture. His next play, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, was commissioned by the cultural olympiad for the 1996 atlanta olympics. it opened on Broadway the next year where it ran for 550 performances and uhry won the outer critics circle award, The drama League award and the 1997 Tony award for Best Play. next came the original production of Parade in 1998, for which uhry won his second Tony award for Best Book of a Musical. in 2007 a revised Parade opened at the donmar Warehouse in London, where it garnered rave reviews and an olivier award nomination for Best Musical. uhry’s next play, Without Walls, starring Laurence Fishburne, played the Taper in 2006. He is honored to be back for the third time. He is currently adapting Marie Brenner’s memoir, Apples and

Oranges, for the Manhattan Theatre

club.

JASON ROBERT BROWN (Music and

Lyrics) has been hailed

as “a leading member of a new generation of composers who embody high hopes for the american musical” (The new york Times), and his “extraordinary, jubilant theater music” (chicago Tribune) has been heard all over the world in his musicals and his live performances. His four major musicals as composer and lyricist include 13, written with robert Horn and dan elish, which opened at the Taper in 2007 and on Broadway in 2008; The Last Five Years, which was cited as one of Time Magazine’s 10 Best

of 2001 and won drama desk awards for Best Music and Best Lyrics; Parade, written with alfred uhry and directed by Harold Prince, which premiered at Lincoln center Theater in 1998, and won both the drama desk and new york drama critics’ circle awards for Best new Musical as well as garnering Jason the Tony award for original Score; and

Songs for a New World, a theatrical song

cycle directed by daisy Prince. Jason was a Tony award nominee for his contributions to the score of Urban

Cowboy the Musical. His next project

is Honeymoon In Vegas, a musical adaptation of the 1992 film, written with andrew Bergman. an orchestral adaptation of e.B. White’s novel The

Trumpet of the Swan, written with

Marsha norman, premiered last winter at the Kennedy center. Jason’s first solo album, Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes, featuring his band The caucasian rhythm Kings, was named one of amazon.com’s best of 2005 (Sh-K-Boom records). His collaboration with singer Lauren Kennedy, Songs of Jason

Robert Brown, is on PS classics. Jason

teaches performance and composition at uSc School of Theatre. He lives with his wife and daughters in Los angeles. www.jasonrobertbrown.com.

HAROLD PRINCE

(Co-Conceivor) directed the

original productions of Cabaret, Sweeney

Todd, A Little Night Music, The Phantom of the Opera, She Loves Me, Company, Follies, Candide, Pacific Overtures, Evita, Parade and LoveMusik. Before becoming a director,

Mr. Prince’s productions included The

Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello!

and A Funny Thing Happened on the

Way to the Forum. among the plays he

has directed are Hollywood Arms, The

Visit, The Great God Brown, End of the World, Play Memory and his own play, Grandchild of Kings. He prepared a new

version of Phantom, which is running in Las Vegas at the Venetian Hotel. He is currently working on a glamorous new musical, Paradise Found, with richard nelson, ellen Fitzhugh, Jonathan Tunick and Susan Stroman, and music by Johann Strauss ii. His opera productions have been seen at Lyric

opera of chicago, the Metropolitan opera, San Francisco opera, Houston Grand opera, dallas opera, Vienna Staatsoper and the Theater colon in Buenos aires. He served as a trustee for the new york Public Library and on the national council of the arts of the nea. recently, he became an officer with the order of arts and Letters from the French Government for “contributing significantly to furthering the arts in France and throughout the world.” He is the recipient of a national Medal of arts for the year 2000 from President clinton for a career spanning more than 40 years, in which “he changed the nature of the american musical.” The recipient of 21 Tony awards, he was a 1994 Kennedy center Honoree.

ROB ASHFORD

(Director and

Choregrapher). Broadway: Thoroughly

Modern Millie (Tony

award - Best choreography),

Cry Baby (Tony award nomination,

drama desk award, Fred astaire award, outer critics circle award – Best choreography),

Curtains (Tony nomination – Best

choreography), The Wedding

Singer (Tony and drama desk

nominations – Best choreography). London: A Streetcar Named Desire starring rachel Weisz at The donmar Warehouse, Parade at The donmar Warehouse (olivier nominations for direction and choreography), Guys and

Dolls (olivier nomination), Evita (olivier

nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie (olivier nomination), A Funny Thing

Happened…, Once in a Lifetime (royal

national Theatre), Candide (The english national opera, La Scala, Milan and Theatre du chatelet, Paris). Film and Television: Beyond The

Sea directed by and starring Kevin

Spacey (choreographer). The Kennedy center Honors – Tributes to andrew Lloyd Webber and Barbara Streisand (choreographer), The 81st annual academy awards – Production number, starring Hugh Jackman and Beyonce Knowles, directed by Baz Luhrmann (2009 emmy award for outstanding choreography). He is on the executive committee for The Society of Stage

directors and choreographers and Board of Trustees for The Joyce Theater. CHRISTOPHER ORAM (Set and

Costume Design). For the donmar: Hamlet (also elsinore/Broadway), Madame de Sade, Twelfth Night, Ivanov (Wyndhams season), Othello, Parade, Frost/Nixon (also Gielgud/

Broadway/u.S. tour), Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly/australian Tour), Don Juan in

Soho, Grand Hotel – The Musical, Henry IV, World Music, Caligula –evening

Standard award, The Vortex, Privates

on Parade, Merrily We Roll Along, Passion Play, Good, The Bullet. Theatre

includes A View from the Bridge (duke of york’s), King Lear/The Seagull (rSc),

Evita (adelphi), Power – olivier award

costume design, Summerfolk, Finding

the Sun/Marriage Play (national).

NEIL AUSTIN (Lighting

Designer) works

extensively in the uK for the donmar Warehouse, national Theatre, royal

Shakespeare company, royal opera House and in the West end. currently on Broadway: Hamlet starring Jude Law. Previously on Broadway: The

Seafarer, Frost/Nixon (outer critics

circle nomination). u.S. Tours: King Lear and The Seagull starring ian McKellen,

Frost/Nixon. He has been nominated

for three Laurence olivier awards for Best Lighting design – twice in 2009 for

Piaf at the donmar Warehouse and No Man’s Land in the West end and once in

2007 for Therese Raquin at the national Theatre. He won the 2008 Knight of illumination award for Parade at the donmar Warehouse and is nominated twice in the 2009 awards for Piaf at the donmar Warehouse and Twelfth Night in the donmar West end season. JON WESTON (Sound Designer). Broadway: 13, Les Misérables, The Color

Purple, The Glass Menagerie, Caroline, or Change (audelco award), Nine, Imaginary Friends, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Green Bird, It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, On the Town, Company

in concert at Lincoln center and Man of

La Mancha. off-Broadway and regional

credits include The First Wives Club,

Rooms, Family Guy Sings! at carnegie

Hall, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Little

Night Music (L.a. drama critics award), Himself & Nora, The Thing About Men, tick, tick…BOOM! and Bright Lights, Big City.

TOM MURRAY (Musical Director).

A Little Night Music (West end,

London), Sunday In The Park With

George (Broadway), Parade (donmar,

London), Pacific Overtures (donmar, London), The Last Five Years (world premiere, new york, London), The

Glorious Ones (ahrens/Flaherty – world

premiere), Loving Repeating (Stephen Flaherty – world premiere), Parade (u.S. national tour), Saturday Night (u.S. premiere), My Fair Lady (Mccarter Theatre – Princeton, nJ), Putting It

Together (court Theatre – chicago), A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures

(chicago Shakespeare), Sweeney

Todd, A Little Night Music, Passion, Sunday In The Park With George, Anyone Can Whistle (ravinia Festival

– chicago). recipient of four Joseph Jefferson awards (chicago) and one Barrymore award (Philadelphia) for music-direction. Future Projects: A

Little Night Music (nyc), Honeymoon in Vegas (Jason robert Brown – nyc).

DAVID CULLEN (Orchestrator). Broadway: Cats, Starlight Express, Song

and Dance, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Shogun, The Phantom of the Opera, The Woman in White, Jesus Christ Superstar (revival), Swan Lake (Tony

nomination). London: By Jeeves, Whistle

Down the Wind, Beautiful Game, Can-Can (revival), Parade (revival), Piaf. Film: Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar. Television: Relative Strangers, Surgical Spirit, The Bretts.

NICK LIDSTER and TERRY JARDINE for autograph (Original London Sound

Design). Terry joined autograph,

the world-renowned sound design/ equipment supply company, in 1989 and is the Managing director. nick joined in 1991 and is a senior designer. Together they have designed the productions of A

Model Girl (Greenwich), Sinatra (London

Palladium and uK tour), Cinderella (old Vic), Candide (eno), and Parade (donmar), for which they received an olivier nomination. nick Lidster: Many worldwide productions of Miss Saigon,

Tonight at Eight Thirty and Nicholas Nickleby (chichester), On the Town

and Kismet (eno), Chitty Chitty Bang

Bang (two uK tours), Simply Heavenly

(young Vic), Sweeney Todd (roH), Les

Misérables (concert tour and Berlin), Mother Courage (national Theatre), and Pacific Overtures (donmar), for which

he received an olivier nomination. Terry Jardine: Many worldwide productions of Les Misérables and Cats, Crazy for

You (Prince edward Theatre), She Loves Me (Savoy), Grand Hotel (donmar), Romance Romance (Gielgud), The Secret Garden (rSc and aldwych), Fame

(cambridge Theatre), Follies and On

Your Toes (Festival Hall), and Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly), for which he received

an olivier nomination. autograph.co.uk. CHRIS BAILEY (Associate

Choreographer). as choreographer – Dancing Shadows (Seoul arts centre,

Korea; won Korean national Theatre award for choreography), Snow White (new Theatre cardiff), Guys and Dolls (australia), Guys and Dolls (uK Tour),

Thoroughly Modern Millie (uK Tour), The Wedding Singer (u.S. national

tour). as consultant – Broadway: Shrek

the Musical (Broadway). as associate

choreographer – Broadway: Cry Baby (Marquis). uK West end: Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly Theatre), Evita (adelphi). u.S. regional: Cry Baby (La Jolla Playhouse). other: Candide (Théâtre du châtelet, Paris, and eno, London),

Once in a Lifetime (royal national

Theatre). Film: Beyond the Sea.

Television: The 2009 Tony awards, 2008 Kennedy center Honors. Workshops:

Leap of Faith, Brigadoon, Marty.

STEPHEN SPOSITO (Assistant Director).

Shrek The Musical (The Broadway

Theatre – assistant director), Jerry

Springer The Opera (carnegie Hall

– assistant director), Speech And

Debate (roundabout Theatre company

– assistant director), The Dreams of

Sarah Breedlove (The Goodman Theatre

– assistant director), Crowns (arizona Theatre company – assistant director), The 81st annual academy awards (Production coordinator), Factory Girls

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(ars nova, Joe’s Pub – director), Angels

Twice Descending (director).

CAROL F. DORAN (Wigs and Hair). cTG: over 40 productions, most recently Pippin. other L.a.: Mask,

Sister Act, the Musical, Stormy Weather

(Pasadena Playhouse); Creature from

the Black Lagoon (universal Studios,

Hollywood) and several shows for the Geffen and deaf West Theatre. Broadway: Big River, King Hedley II,

Seven Guitars. national Tours: Big River. regional: resident hair and

wig designer, seven years, South coast repertory; Wig Mistress, three years, La Jolla Playhouse; also The Goodman Theatre, the actors Theatre of Louisville, acT in San Francisco, and the Ford’s Theatre, Washington, d.c. internationally: england and South africa. Film: The Irishman, Bart

Got a Room, Eagle Eye, Borat, For Your Consideration, Spider-Man 3, Mission Impossible III, The Alamo, Bad Santa, Adaptation, and many more. Television: The Company, Comanche Moon, One Tree Hill, Grey’s Anatomy, House, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Six Feet Under

and others. carol is a member of the Board of directors of deaf West Theatre.

ERIKA SELLIN, cSa (Casting) is delighted to reunite with Mr. urhy and Mr. Brown and to work with Mr. ashford and Mr. Murray. Six seasons with cTG, credits include 13, The Black

Rider, Dead End, The House of Blue Leaves, Nighthawks, Pippin, Pyrenees, The School of Night, Water & Power, Without Walls and new Theatre for

now 2005. other credits include film and regional theatre. Proud member: casting Society of america, actors’ equity association, Stage Managers’ association. artios award: The History

Boys. education: MFa/university of

california, San diego. Special Thanks to: audition readers – Selby Brown, Leah curney, rob nagle, Virginia Louise Smith; audition Pianists – Brent crayon, Brian Kennedy, Jason Loffredo, david o; Health/Wellbeing assistants – Steve edlund, Bonnie Grisan, Jared Pascoe; casting directors of past productions of Parade – anne Mcnulty, Beth russell, Mark Simon; audition

Studio: chelsea/TheatreworksuSa. To the brilliant company (team/cast/stage management/crew) – thank you.

DAVID S. FRANKLIN (Production Stage Manager). center Theatre Group: Highlights – Bandido!, Gross Indecency, Like Jazz, Nickel and Dimed, Intimate Apparel, The Goat, An Enemy of the People, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, Art, 3hree, A Perfect Wedding, Romance, The Cherry Orchard, Curtains, Nightingale, Distracted, The History Boys, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet,

Kirk douglas in his solo show, Before I

Forget, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. other Los

angeles: Los angeles Theatre center in its heyday from 1985-1990, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse. regional: Seattle rep, intiman Theatre. new york: Public Theater. Tours: europe – Quotations from a Ruined City, Law

of Remains (with reza abdoh’s dar a

Luz company); north america - ann Magnuson’s You Could Be Home Now. MICHELLE BLAIR (Stage Manager). cTG: Lydia, The School of Night, Bloody

Bloody Andrew Jackson, Distracted, Nightingale, Without Walls, Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates, all wear bowlers (also at the Barbican Theatre,

Berkeley rep., La Jolla Playhouse and Studio Theatre), Flight, Nothing But The

Truth, Stones In His Pockets, Topdog/ Underdog and “QED” at Lincoln center

Theater. new and very happy mom to Liam askew.

SUSIE WALSH (Stage Manager) has worked in Los angeles as a stage manager for 18 years during which time she has worked on over 100 shows, stage managing over 30 at center Theatre Group, including Flower Drum

Song, Like Jazz, The Drowsy Chaperone

and Minsky’s. other Los angeles theatre credits include Pasadena Playhouse, the Geffen Playhouse, the Brentwood and Kodak Theatres. in new york, Susie was stage manager on Putting It Together which originated at the Mark Taper Forum. Go Bears.

The DONMAR WAREHOUSE, one of London’s leading producing theatres,

has garnered critical acclaim at home and abroad for its unparalleled catalogue of work. donmar-generated productions have received 35 olivier awards, 20 critics’ circle awards, 19 evening Standard awards and 14 Tony awards. The donmar has a long and successful history of presenting its work outside of its home in covent Garden. Productions in the West end include

Ivanov, Twelfth Night, Madame de Sade

and Hamlet in the donmar West end season at the Wyndham’s Theatre, as well as Piaf, Frost/Nixon, A Voyage Round

My Father, Mary Stuart, Guys and Dolls

and The Real Thing. Productions in the uSa include Hamlet, Parade, Mary

Stuart, Frost/Nixon, Cabaret, Electra, Blue Room, The Real Thing,

True West, Nine, Take Me Out.

MICHAEL RITCHIE

(CTG Artistic Director) is in his fifth season

as center Theatre

Group’s artistic director, and has led over 60 productions to the ahmanson, Taper and douglas stages since his arrival. From 1996 to 2004 Michael was the Producer of the Williamstown Theatre Festival and prior to that he was a Production Stage Manager in nyc. in his first

four seasons at cTG, he premiered

the musicals The Drowsy Chaperone and Curtains (both of which moved to Broadway and received a total of 21 Tony award nominations), 13 (which was subsequently presented on Broadway) and 9 to 5: The Musical, which opened on Broadway in april 2009. He has produced 18 world premieres including the musicals Bloody Bloody Andrew

Jackson and Sleeping Beauty Wakes, and

the plays Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad

Zoo, Water & Power and Yellow Face;

and he presented a broad range of plays and musicals ranging from Dead

End to Romance to The Black Rider to

blockbusters such as Jersey Boys, The

Color Purple and Edward Scissorhands.

in addition, Michael inaugurated

cTG’s new Play Production Program,

designed to foster the development and production of new work.

CHARLES DILLINGHAM (CTG

Managing Director) for the past 18

marketing, administrative and financial aspects of center Theatre Group. Prior to cTG, he was ceo of The entertainment corporation uSa, presenting the

Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi opera, Kirov

Ballet, Kirov opera and royal Ballet

at the Metropolitan opera House and

on u.S. tours. He was executive director

of american Ballet Theatre when Mikhail Baryshnikov was artistic director, managing director of the Brooklyn academy of Music Theatre company, general manager of the american conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and general manager of the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He has served on the board of La Stage alliance and on theatre advisory panels at the california arts council and the

national endowment for the arts.

He is a member of the Board of

councilors of the uSc School of

Theatre, the Board of arts for L.a.

and the executive committee of the

League of resident Theatres.

DOUGLAS C. BAKER

(CTG General Manager) is now in his 20th

season at cTG.

Previously, he managed Broadway and touring productions including

Tru, Born Yesterday, The Gospel at Colonus, Annie, A Chorus Line, Working, The Wiz and Legends! star ring Mary

Martin and carol channing which

premiered at the ahmanson Theatre in 1986. Baker is a graduate of albion

college, is an active member of the

Broadway League, the independent

Presenters network and is a proud

member of the association of Theatrical Press agents and Managers. He is a longtime sufferer…er…supporter of the cleveland Browns.

NEEL KELLER (Associate Producer).

For cTG neel has directed Pyrenees,

Stones in His Pockets

and Good Thing. He has also directed and produced plays and musicals at theatres

across the country and served, in wildly varying capacities, on the staffs of La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, remains Theatre, Lincoln center Theater, the american national Theatre and Jerome Robbins’

Broadway.

GORDON DAVIDSON

(CTG Founding Artistic

Director) led the Taper

throughout its first 38 sea sons, guiding over 300 pro ductions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre — including the Tony award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones award, The Gover nor’s award for the arts and a Guggenheim fellowship. The

Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America

(Part one) won the Pulitzer in

con-secutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). in 1989 Gordon took over the ahman son and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk douglas Theatre.

Additional Staff for Parade

assistant to Mr. Brown ...cat davis Music associate ...evan englezos Music Preparation associate ...Brian Kennedy assistant director ... Stephen Sposito associate designers ...andrew edwards,

richard Kent associate Sound designer ... Jason Strangfeld assistant Sound designer ... Sean Luckey assistant costume designer...elizabeth a. cox resident assistant

Lighting designer ...Heather Graff assistant Lighting designers ... rob Halliday,

Pamela Kupper Moving Light Programmer ... Jason Badger additional Prop Staff ... Mara Holland,

Kis Knekt, Merrianne nedreberg dialect coach ... errol Guidry ii Production assistants ...T. J. Kearney,

Samantha Gallardo rehearsal Pianist ...david o Hair & Make-up Supervisor ...Vanessa dionne dressers ... ada akaji, Kalb Kip,

Gary Marthaler, Michael Pahlow

Credits

Set construction by F&d Scene changes, Ltd; audio equipment from PrG audio; Lighting equipment from PrG Los angeles, ron crume; rehearsal and production photography by craig Schwartz; Piano rental from Keyboard concepts; costumes provided by center Theatre Group

costume Shop and additional staff: Tailor – Swantje Gragert-Tuohino; First Hand – Heather Vandergriff; crafts – ilona Muschenetz; Stitchers – ophelia Brown, Sally Blankfield, Lisa Hill, rachael

Leathers, Tara Leigh, Leonardo Lopez; uSc intern – Michelle Goulart; intern assistant to the assistant costume designer – Kimberley newton;

and Western costume company, costume rental corporation, united costumes

corporation, Warner Bros. Studios.

Special Thanks

daniel Savant, robert Payne, Gill Townend, Suzanne Tara, Kate West, Kate Mcdowell

Staff for the Donmar Warehouse

artistic director ... Michael Grandage executive Producer ... James Bierman General Manager ... Jo danvers Pa to the executive ... Miriam Green casting and creative associate ...anne Mcnulty resident casting assistant ... Vicky richardson development director ...Kate Mitchell development Manager ...deborah Lewis development officer ...rosie dalling development administrator ... Fraser anderson Marketing Manager ...Jonathan aplin Press representative ...Kate Morley for Blueprint Pr Marketing & Press assistant ... Kim Savage office administrator ...Frankie Bridges General assistant ... nina Segal deputy Production Manager ...Kate West Head of Wardrobe ...Tansy Blaik-Kelly deputy Head of Wardrobe ...Morag Pirrie associate directors ...Jamie Lloyd, rob ashford resident assistant director ... Paul Hart education associates ...dominic Francis, Sophie Watkiss

Website

www.centerTheatreGroup.org

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.

The musicians employed in this pro-duction are members of the american Federation of Musicians.

The following employees are repre-sented by the international alliance of Theatrical Stage employees, Moving Picture Machine operators, artists and allied crafts of the united States, its Territories and canada, aFL-cio, cLc: Stage crew Local 33; Local Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Local 857; Wardrobe crew Local 768; Make-up artists and Hair Stylists Local 706; The managers and press agents of this theatre are members of the association of Theatrical Press agents and Managers.

united Scenic artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the american Theatre.

The director/choreographer is a member of the Society of Stage directors and choreographers, inc., an independent labor union.

center Theatre Group is a member of the american arts alliance, the League of resident Theatres (LorT) independent Producers’ network, League of american Theatres and Producers and LaStage alliance, and is a constituent of Theatre communications Group (TcG), the national service organization for the non-profit professional theatre.

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the embodiment of the unreconstructed Southerner, despised industrialization, loathed Wall Street, and, resorted to anti-Semitism in the battle. “Jew money has debased us, bought us, and sold us – and laughs at us,” he wrote. “in the name of God, what are the people to do?” Such were Watson’s rhetorical gifts that he inflamed many readers with his dark passions.

From 1913 to 1915 – the time it took for Frank’s appeals to wend their way through the courts – america was transfixed by the case. not only was it regularly on the front page of The new york Times and featured in weekly magazines, but it was the topic of news reels and a documentary film. There were petition drives, mass meetings and public protests. Through it all, a stoic and largely silent Frank sat in an atlanta jail, supported by his wife, Lucille, and a close circle of friends. in June of 1915, on the eve of the execution date, Georgia Governor John Slaton, long plagued by doubts about Frank’s guilt, came to the conclusion that he was innocent and commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. This action, far from tamping down hostilities in Georgia, brought them to a hideous climax, destroying Slaton’s political career and inspiring the worst outburst of anti-Semitism in american history.

Today, nearly one hundred years later, the Leo Frank case remains fascinating, perplexing and disturbing. Most scholars are now skeptical of the account advanced by the state’s star witness. Jim conley was in the factory the day

of Mary Phagan’s murder, and suspicion could have easily fallen on him. Scared but cunning, he sold himself to the authorities and later to the jury as “their negro,” making the racism that would have normally worked against him work for him. Frank, the Jewish outsider, provided the perfect scapegoat. nonetheless, legitimate questions about the plant superintendent’s behavior remain unanswered. He was exceedingly nervous at the time of his arrest, told conflicting tales, and came across at his trial as cold and unfeeling. He seemed to value profit above the welfare of his workers. The expensive campaign on his behalf by ochs and others only underscored the negative view. Like many old crimes that still captivate us, the murder of Mary Phagan is shrouded in ambiguities.

There is, however, no ambiguity when it comes to why the story matters and why it merits continued attention. The issues that came into play in the Frank case – class anxiety, yellow journalism, the exploitation of labor, anti-Semitism and the ways in which the efforts of well-meaning people can backfire – are of enduring significance. indeed, the Frank case resonates with some of the polarities that still divide america. a terrible miscarriage of justice occurred in atlanta. The mystery intrigues us. The horror serves as a warning.

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MicHaeL riTcHie, artistic director cHarLeS diLLinGHaM, Managing director douGLaS c. BaKer, General Manager

ARTISTIC

neeL KeLLer . . . associate Producer KeLLey KirKPaTricK . . . associate Producer diane rodriGuez . . . associate Producer/director of new Play Production Pier carLo TaLenTi . . . resident dramaturg/Literary Manager MiKe SaBLone . . . Literary associate roBerTo aGuirre-SacaSa, annie BaKer, Tanya BarFieLd, THe ciViLianS, STeVe cuiFFo, KriSToFFer diaz, eLLen FiTzHuGH, KaTe Fodor, MeLiSSa JaMeS GiBSon, JeSSica GoLdBerG, STePHen adLy GuirGiS (Fadiman award), danai Gurira, raJiV JoSePH, LiSa Kron, MicHaeL JoHn LacHiuSa, craiG LucaS (Fadiman award), Trey LyFord, ricHard MonToya (for culture clash), Louie Perez, Ken roHT, eric roSen, MaTT SaX, GeoFF SoBeLLe, PHiL SoLTanoFF . . . commissioned artists Boni aLVarez, JoSePH FiSHer, MicHaeL GoLaMco, ruTH McKee,

BreTT neVeu, SiByL o’MaLLey, Janine SaLinaS. . . cTG Writers’ Workshop Members PERFORMING FOR LOS ANGELES YOUTH (P.L.A.Y.)

LeSLie K. JoHnSon . . . director of education and outreach deBra PiVer . . . associate director of education Traci cHo . . . interim director of School Partnerships PaTricia Garza . . . department Manager dan HarPer . . . educational Programs associate SHaunTÉ caraBaLLo. . . educational Services coordinator Janine SaLinaS . . . assistant to the director of education CASTING

eriKa SeLLin . . . director Bonnie GriSan . . . associate director Jared PaScoe. . . assistant eLizaBeTH zereBKo . . . intern MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION

nauSica STerGiou. . . associate General Manager JeFFrey uPaH . . . associate General Manager LindSay aLLBauGH . . . executive assistant to Mr. ritchie aLana BeideLMan . . . executive assistant to Mr. dillingham Suzanne Hee MayBerry . . . associate Manager (Taper) daVid BarnaTHan . . . assistant to the General Manager eric SiMS . . . operations Manager (douglas) ToM BurMeSTer . . . Performance Manager (douglas) MiKe KindLe . . . Facilities assistant (douglas) KaTie Bruner SoFF . . . company Manager (douglas) Sondra Mayer . . . concessions Manager (douglas) PRODUCTION

aLyS e. HoLden . . . director of Production ceLeSTe SanTaMaSSino . . . Production Manager (douglas) JaMie THoMa . . . assistant Production Manager (douglas/P.L.a.y.) SHannon nicKerSon . . . Technical director (douglas) ricHard PeTerSon . . . Master electrician (douglas) adaM PHaLen . . . Head audio (douglas) dana VaSQuez-eBerHardT . . . assistant Production Manager (ahmanson) SHaWn anderSon . . . Master carpenter (ahmanson) andreW W. arnoLd . . . Flyman (ahmanson) Terry caLLaWay . . . Master electrician (ahmanson) STan STeeLMon. . . Master Propertyman (ahmanson) roBerT SMiTH . . . Master Soundman (ahmanson) MicHaeL Gardner . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (ahmanson) MicHeLe arVizo . . . Hair Supervisor (ahmanson) cHriSTine L. coX . . . House Manager (ahmanson) JonaTHan BarLoW Lee . . . Production Manager (Taper) Joe HaMLin. . . Technical director (Taper) JeSSe aaSHeiM . . . associate Production Manager (Taper) HoWard doLan . . . Master carpenter (Taper) roBerT ruBy. . . Master Propertyman (Taper) WiLLiaM Morner . . . Master electrician (Taper) BoneS MaLone . . . Master Soundman (Taper) denniS SeeToo . . . Wardrobe Supervisor (Taper) Linda WaLKer . . . House Manager (Taper) JenniFer acHTerBerG . . . Stage door (Taper) caSey K. cLarK . . . .Production operations Manager aFLaMu JoHnSon. . . driver JuLio a. cueLLar . . . driver/custodian MeLody MaTToS . . . .Production Business Manager daWn HoLiSKi . . . Prop director andreW THieLS . . . Prop Manager KriSTina GranT . . . Props artisan candice cain . . . costume Shop director dian caMariLLo . . . costume Shop coordinator KaTHy cHriSTianSen . . . draper dianne K. GraeBner . . . Milliner/crafts/dyer FINANCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HUMAN RESOURCES

MicHaeL F. THoMPSon . . . director of Finance dana KeLLy . . . controller JaniS BoWBeer. . . assistant controller FeLiciSiMa LaPid . . . accounts Payable Supervisor aLeGria Sena . . . Staff accountant danny LaMPSon. . . Staff accountant SaraH VenuTi yaTeS. . . Payroll Manager yuen Ki “annie” LaW . . . Payroll Specialist

daVe aLTon. . . chief information officer STan GruSHeSKy. . . director of information Systems Sean PinTo . . . Patron database administrator Jeanine KoLKMan . . . Human resources Generalist aLLiSon MorreLL. . . Facilities and Safety Manager daMon JoSePH . . . office Services SinGer LeWaK, LLP . . . auditor MicHaeL c. donaLdSon, LiSa a. caLLiF . . . Legal counsel GiBSon, dunn & cruTcHer . . . Legal counsel DEVELOPMENT

yVonne carLSon BeLL . . . director of development PaTricK oWen . . . deputy director of development naTaLie BerGeSon . . . director of donor contributions Jean LaMBorn KLinG. . . director of institutional Support Liz Lin. . . director of donor communications Bruce W. riSe . . . director of Major Gifts cHariTy Wu. . . director of individual Giving BecKy BirdSonG . . . associate director of donor relations KiM La Tour . . . associate director of corporate Giving STeFanie aBraMSon . . . Special events Manager Sandra eBeJer. . . Grants and corporate Fund Manager Mandy raTLiFF . . . development database Manager aLLiSon Feder . . . development assistant caiTie Hannon . . . Grants Writer donaLd JoLLy. . . .donor relations assistant anna LaM . . . donor relations associate ana roSe o’HaLLoran . . . communications coordinator Mandi or . . . Special events assistant HeLen oTa . . . executive assistant to the development director BiLL WaLTon . . . donor contributions Supervisor erin ScHLaBacH . . . donor contributions assistant JenniFer ryen . . . Major Gifts coordinator JaSon BaSS, aL BerMan, Gina eaST, VaLenda GiLL,

TiM GuLan, Laura JoHnSon, ricK Lee, HoLLy raMoS,

BarBara roBerTS, aLi roBLan, PaTricK Varon . . . donor advisors adaM BurcH, KarLa GaLVez . . . donor Services associates MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

JiM royce. . . director of Marketing and communications nancy HereFord . . . Press director PHyLLiS MoBerLy . . . Senior Press associate JaSon MarTin . . . Press associate deLPHine VaSKo . . . Press associate cHriSToPHer KoMuro . . . art director irene KaneSHiro . . . Senior designer cHariTy caPiLi, niSHiTa doSHi, HaruKa HayaKaWa . . . Graphic designers MicHaeL anderSon. . . advertising & Promotions director aMeLia HeaPe. . . associate director of Marketing JereMy GoLdSTein . . . interactive Production Manager roSe Poirier . . . Webmaster KiM VarHoLa, MicHaeL SiLVerSTein . . . associate Managers, events & Promotions KriSTen BardWiL. . . advertising associate MicHaeL BuLGer. . . Marketing coordinator TICKET SALES AND SERVICES

SHaWn roBerTSon . . . Ticket Sales director SKyPP caBanaS . . . Ticket operations coordinator Sandy czuBiaK . . . audience and Subscriber Services Manager JenniFer BaKer, cHeryL HaWKer,

ScoTT TayLor. . . audience Services Supervisors aLice cHen . . . audience Services asst. Supervisor SaM aaron, carrie Bradac, rJ canTu,

carLoS d. cHaVez, Jr., PeTer coLBurn, HeSPer coLoHan, MicHaeL corBeTT, donaLd crandaLL, eMiL Lin, Kay LocHard, JuSTine Perez, ricHard raGSdaLe, deBoraH reed,

LeX SaVKo, TraViS Wood . . . audience Services representatives danuTa SieMaK . . . Subscriber Services Supervisor cHriSTina GuTierrez . . . Subscriber Services asst. Supervisor LiGia PiSTe, ceLia riVaS . . . Subscriber Services Senior representatives irene cHuanG, PeTer STaLocH . . . Subscriber Services representatives SaraH K. GonTa . . . Box office Treasurer KiSHiSa roSS, GiSeLe Frazeur. . . assistant Treasurers yuLiza Barraza, anGeLica carBaJaL, MicHaeL KeMPiSTy,

Leroy PaWLoWSKi, daVid Lee PerKinS,

MicHaeL SaLTzMan, GeorGe SoViaK . . . Box office Staff Linda FonSeca . . . Group Services Manager niiKa TaniGucHi . . . Senior Group Services agent nadJaH daBney . . . Group Services/outreach Sales agent Kerry KorF . . . Priority Services director SuSan F. TuLLer. . . Priority Services Manager PauL cuen. . . Priority Services Supervisor Jay BurnS . . . assistant Priority Services Manager caroLe BaXTer, JenniFer “nicoLe” BoKocH, Lynn BoMMer, Jen cain,

Marc “Byron” droTMan, caroLyn “danieLLe” dyer, Lou GeorGe, KaTe HaLL, Sean HoWSe, Jerry JoHnSTon, edWin KLein, SHeP KoSTer, JenniFer “MiMi” Lynn, PauL “JoSePH” MarcouX, caroL “coLeTTe” PoreTz, MaTT PeLFrey, edWard “MaX” razor, Ken SaLLey, BoBBi Lynne ScoTT,