HaiRsPRaY - Hopkins Center - Dartmouth College
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and<br />
dePaRtMent of tHeateR<br />
present<br />
<strong>HaiRsPRaY</strong><br />
the Broadway Musical<br />
Book by Mark o’donnell & thomas Meehan<br />
Music by Marc shaiman<br />
Lyrics by scott Wittman & Marc shaiman<br />
Based on the new Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters<br />
Carol dunne director<br />
Keith Coughlin choreographer<br />
Joel Mercier music director<br />
georgi alexi-Meskhishvili set designer<br />
Laurie Churba Kohn costume designer<br />
nancy schertler lighting designer<br />
Ben Blier ’13 sound designer<br />
veronica Haakonsen ’12 stage manager<br />
Post-performance discussion, friday, february 24<br />
You are invited to remain in the theater immediately following the performance on Friday,<br />
February 24. There will be an informal discussion with the director and members of the cast.<br />
Hairspray is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All<br />
authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, 421 West 54h Street, New York, NY 10019<br />
Tel: 212.541.4684, Fax: 212.397.4684, MTIShows.com<br />
This performance is made possible in part by generous support by the Drew Dudley 1933 Memorial<br />
Endowment, the Michael Ellis 1939 Fund, the George E. Frankel 1931 Fund, the Frank L. Harrington<br />
1924 Fund No. 4, the Goddard Lieberson Memorial Fund, the A. Robert Towbin 1957 Fund and the<br />
Samuel C. Harned 1952 Student Theater Production Fund.<br />
february 17, 18, 23-25 | 8 pm<br />
february 19, 25 & 26 | 2 pm<br />
2012 | The Moore Theater | <strong>Dartmouth</strong> <strong>College</strong>
CAST<br />
Tracy Turnblad .............................................................................................................. Amber Dewey ‘12<br />
Corny Collins (on 2/17, 2/19, 2/24, 2/25 at 2 pm) ......................................................Danny Freeman ‘13<br />
Corny Collins (on 2/18, 2/23, 2/25 at 8 pm, 2/26) ...................................................Sterling C. Beard ‘12<br />
Edna ............................................................................................................................... Max Samuels ‘15<br />
Penny Pingleton ....................................................................................................... Talene Monahon ‘13<br />
Velma Von Tussle ................................................................................................Carol Yvonne Brown ‘12<br />
Amber Von Tussle ..................................................................................................... Katelyn Onufrey ‘15<br />
Link Larkin .....................................................................................................................Daniel Calano ‘15<br />
Seaweed J. Stubbs .......................................................................................................... Xavier Curry ‘14<br />
Little Inez .......................................................................................................................Felicia Wilkins ‘15<br />
Motormouth Maybelle ........................................................................................................ Mary Tate ‘12<br />
Wilbur Turnblad................................................................................................................... Evan Ross ‘13<br />
Prudy Pingleton ............................................................................................................Olivia Baptista ‘12<br />
Mr. Pinky ............................................................................................................................Jack Coster ‘13<br />
Gym Teacher ................................................................................................................Olivia Baptista ‘12<br />
Harriman F. Spritzer ..........................................................................................................Jack Coster ‘13<br />
Matron ..........................................................................................................................Olivia Baptista ‘12<br />
Dynamites ...............................................Kayla Davidson ’12, Daraiha J. Greene ‘12, Serena Nelson ‘12<br />
Duane .............................................................................................................................. Clark Moore ‘13<br />
Stooie ...........................................................................................................................Joe Ramsawak ‘14<br />
Cindy Watkins .......................................................................................................... Kemi W. I. Mugo ‘15<br />
Lorraine .................................................................................................................. Daraiha J. Greene ‘12<br />
CounCiL MeMBeRs<br />
Tammy ............................................................................................................................ Kara Hedges ‘14<br />
Brad (on 2/17, 2/19, 2/24, 2/25 at 2 pm) ..................................................................Sterling C. Beard ‘12<br />
Brad (on 2/18, 2/23, 2/25 at 8 pm, 2/26) ...................................................................Danny Freeman ‘13<br />
Fender .........................................................................................................................Max Gottschall ‘15<br />
Brenda ......................................................................................................................... Meredith Shaw ‘15<br />
Sketch ....................................................................................................................Hector L. Lopez Jr. ‘12<br />
Shelley ............................................................................................................................ Emily Lacroix ‘15<br />
IQ .......................................................................................................................................Tomo Berry ‘12<br />
Lou Ann ......................................................................................................................Sophia Vazquez ‘14<br />
Ensemble ...................................................................... Bobby Arao ‘13, Matthew Her Many Horses ‘15,<br />
Vero Lecocq ‘13, Emma Orme ‘15, Nate Reznicek ‘14<br />
Dance Captains ...............................................Tomo Berry ‘12, Daraiha J. Greene ‘12, Emily Lacroix ‘15<br />
oRCHestRa<br />
Joel Mercier conductor & piano<br />
Dennis Perriccio trumpet<br />
Dave Sporny trombone<br />
Rob Daisy reeds<br />
Michael Blum ‘15 guitar<br />
Don Baldini bass<br />
Andrew Cusano percussion<br />
Pit singeRs<br />
Kaitlin Blancke ‘13<br />
Charlotte Cipparone ‘12<br />
Ben Ferguson ‘15<br />
Maria Isabel Francisco ‘14<br />
Reba Gillis ‘12<br />
Max Moran ‘12<br />
Stefan Uddenberg ‘11<br />
Margot Yecies ‘15
MUSiCAL NUMbERS<br />
aCt i<br />
GOOD MORNING BALTIMORE .................................................................................. Tracy & Company<br />
THE NICEST KIDS IN TOWN .......................................................................... Corny Collins & Company<br />
MAMA, I’M A BIG GIRL NOW ............................Edna, Tracy, Penny, Prudy, Velma, Amber & Company<br />
I CAN HEAR THE BELLS .............................................................................................. Tracy & Company<br />
MISS BALTIMORE CRABS ............................................................................................................... Velma<br />
IT TAKES TWO ............................................................................................................. Link, Tracy & Men<br />
VELMA’S REVENGE ........................................................................................................................ Velma<br />
WELCOME TO THE 60’s .................................................................................... Tracy, Edna & Company<br />
RUN & TELL THAT ............................................................................... Seaweed, Little Inez, & Company<br />
BIG, BLONDE & BEAUTIFUL ........................................................Motormouth, Tracy, Edna & Company<br />
• 15 mINUtE INtErmIssIoN •<br />
aCt ii<br />
THE BIG DOLLHOUSE ................................................................................................................. Women<br />
YOU’RE TIMELESS TO ME .................................................................................................Edna & Wilbur<br />
WITHOUT LOVE .......................................................................Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed & Company<br />
I KNOW WHERE I’VE BEEN ............................................................................. Motormouth & Company<br />
(IT’S) HAIRSPRAY ............................................................................................. Corny Collins & Company<br />
COOTIES .......................................................................................................Amber & Council Members<br />
YOU CAN’T STOP THE BEAT .........................................................................................Entire Company<br />
Videotaping or other video/audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.<br />
UPCOMiNg DEPARTMENT OF THEATER PRODUCTiONS<br />
MaR 2 & 3<br />
8 PM<br />
MaR 4<br />
2 PM<br />
BentLeY<br />
MaY 18 & 19<br />
8 PM<br />
MaY 20<br />
2 PM<br />
BentLeY<br />
dead Man’s CeLL PHone by sarah Ruhl<br />
Maria Carolan ’12 director | Serena Nelson ’12 set design | Virginia Roach ’12 costume design<br />
Charlyn Brea ’12 lighting design | Jocelyn Duford ’11 sound design<br />
Admission: $2 at the Hop Box Office, on sale February 27.<br />
tHe afRiCan CoMPanY PResents RiCHaRd iii by Carlyle Brown<br />
A VOICES production, directed by Baron Kelly.<br />
Free Admission
gUEST ARTiSTS<br />
Keith Coughlin choreographer has worked as<br />
a singer, dancer, actor, choreographer and<br />
master class teacher across the country. Some<br />
choreography credits include: The Toxic Avenger<br />
Musical, Outer Critics Circle Best Off-Broadway<br />
Musical, 2009 (New World Stages, New York City,<br />
Assoc. Choreographer), Pirates of Penzance (NH<br />
Theatre Award, Best Choreography), Guys<br />
and Dolls, The Drowsy Chaperone, South<br />
Pacific, Thoroughly Modern Millie! (New London<br />
Barn Playhouse, Choreographer), The Drowsy<br />
Chaperone (Cape Repertory Theatre, Director/<br />
Choreographer), The Wizard of Oz,<br />
TheatreworksUSA National Tour of Click Clack<br />
Moo (Director/Choreographer), Radio City<br />
Christmas Spectacular (Detroit Company, Asst.<br />
Director/Dance Captain), Footloose, High School<br />
Musical, The Pajama Game. Some performance<br />
credits include: Radio City Christmas Spectacular<br />
starring The Rockettes (The Grand Ole Opry,<br />
Fox Theatre), US National Tour of Victor/Victoria,<br />
Goodspeed Opera House, Papermill Playhouse,<br />
North Shore Music Theatre, Sacramento Music<br />
Circus. Keith also serves as a regional director for<br />
the national dance competition and convention,<br />
Dancer’s Inc.<br />
Joel Mercier music director, a New England<br />
based music director, composer and actor, is a<br />
graduate of the Hartt School of Music. He is<br />
currently the Artistic Associate and Resident<br />
Music Director of the New London Barn<br />
Playhouse where he has musically directed over<br />
25 musicals and reviews in the past four seasons.<br />
Prior to relocating to New Hampshire, Joel’s<br />
work in New York City comprised of assisting<br />
numerous shows, readings, and concerts,<br />
including Off-Broadway, as music director, AMD,<br />
music copyist and supervisor. Joel was a regular<br />
accompanist at the Duplex and supervised<br />
several concerts at the Nokia Theatre Times<br />
Square. Recent Music Direction credits include:<br />
Crazy For You, The Wizard of Oz, Hairspray, The<br />
Pirates of Penzance, The Drowsy Chaperone, The<br />
Producers, Falsettos, Secret Garden, Songs For a<br />
New World, Full Monty, Les Miserables, and The<br />
Hot Mikado. Joel is also a private voice and<br />
piano teacher, arranger, and an award-winning<br />
composer. Locally, Joel’s most recent work<br />
includes Annie at the Northern Stage in Vermont<br />
where he will return to musically direct Chicago<br />
this spring. Luv2M&Q! joelmercier.com.<br />
nancy schertler lighting designer credits<br />
include: State of the Union at Fords Theatre.<br />
Broadway: Bill Irwin’s Largely New York (Tony<br />
Nomination) and Fool Moon. Off-Broadway:<br />
Hilda (dir. Carey Perloff), Texts for Nothing, A<br />
Flea in Her Ear, The Regard Evening, (dir. Bill<br />
Irwin) and Falsettoland (dir. James Lapine).<br />
Regional theater: The American Conservatory<br />
Theatre: Scapin, Boleros for the Disenchanted,<br />
After the War, The Gamester, Levee James,<br />
Seattle Repertory Theatre: The Three Musketeers<br />
and The Sisters Matsumoto and Milwaukee<br />
Repertory Theater: A Christmas Carol. Nancy<br />
enjoys a decade’s long association with the<br />
Arena Stage where she has collaborated with<br />
directors Zelda Fichandler, Douglas C. Wager,<br />
Kyle Donnelly, Liviu Ciulei, and Molly Smith.<br />
Opera credits include the world premieres of<br />
The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, Shadowboxer,<br />
Clara, and Later the Same Evening, an opera<br />
inspired by five paintings of Edward Hopper, a<br />
joint project commissioned by the University of<br />
Maryland and the National Gallery of Art.
PRODUCTiON STAFF<br />
director of theater ...........................................................................................................Jamie Horton<br />
Production Coordinator ..........................................................................................Laurie Churba Kohn<br />
technical director/sound advisor .......................................................................................Scott Silver<br />
assistant technical director/Master Carpenter .............................................................Jason Merwin<br />
Master electrician/Carpenter ............................................................................................ Joel Giguere<br />
Costume shop Manager .............................................................................................. Carla D. Richters<br />
Master dyer/seamstress ......................................................................................................Joan Morris<br />
Cutter/draper .......................................................................................................... Sycha Spengemann<br />
Costume technician ...............................................................................Will Cleland, Jeanne Compton<br />
electricians ...................................................................................................... Will Cleland, Steve Hayes<br />
assistant director..............................................................................................Veronica Haakonsen ’12<br />
assistant set designers .....................Serena Nelson ’12, Nicholas O’Leary ’14, Gabriel Rodriguez ’13<br />
assistant Lighting designer .................................................................................... Stacey Derosier ‘12<br />
sound engineer ...................................................................................................................Ben Blier ‘13<br />
stage Management advisor .....................................................................................Kathleen Cunneen<br />
assistant stage Managers .........Cristy Altamirano ’15, Victoria Fox ’15, Luke Katler ’15, Erin Klein ’13<br />
Props Manager ...........................................................................................................William Calder ’12<br />
Costume Crew .................................. Christian Brandt ’12, Maggie Flanagan ’13, Meghan Hassett ’15,<br />
Susie Kim ’15, Alexander Lopez ‘15, Kemi W. I. Mugo ‘15,<br />
Virgina Roach ’12, Wei Wu ’14, Students in THEA 10*<br />
Wigs and Hair ................................................................................ New England School of Hair Design<br />
set/Prop/Light Crew ......................................... Marissa Allen ’14, Tomo Berry ’12, William Calder ‘12,<br />
Catherine Darragh ’13, Stacey Derosier ‘12, Whitney Fu ’13, Bill Garfield,<br />
Martin Gatens ’15, Veronica Haakonsen ’12, Susan Hakes ’12, Ellian Liche ’14,<br />
Kemi W. I. Mugo ’15, Serena Nelson ’12, Nicholas O’Leary ’14,<br />
James Palano ’15, Lucas Sanford-Long ’12, Students in THEA 40**<br />
Light Board operators .............................................. Stefan H. Defregger ’15, Christopher Munoz ’12,<br />
Samantha K. Parker ’15<br />
sound Board operators ................................................................. Marissa Allen ’14, Shloka R. Kini ’13<br />
followspot operators ................................................Ziru Liu ’15, Amber Porter ’14, Stewart Towle ’12<br />
Running Crew .................................................................Carla M. Galarza ’13, Bradley H. Jacobson ’13,<br />
Kevin O’Brien ’12, Jake Nevola ’14<br />
department administrator for Production .....................................................Maggie Devine-Sullivan<br />
*students in tHea 10 .................................Shanee Brown ’12, Maggie Flanagan ’13, Emilyn Leiva ’12,<br />
Serena Nelson ’12, Emily Patsouras ’13, Ran Sun ’12<br />
**students in tHea 40 .............................. Xavier Curry ’14, John DeChiaro ’12, Stefan Defregger ’15,<br />
Victoria Fox ’15, Carla Galarza ’13, Bradley Jacobson ’13, John Mensah ’12,<br />
Christopher Munoz ’12, Jake Nevola ’14, Kevin O’Brien Jr. ’12,<br />
Amber Porter ’14, Stephen Preefer ’11, James Smith ’12,<br />
Harold Strunk ’12, Stephen Wetherill ’12, Ryan Williams French ’12<br />
sPeCiaL tHanKs<br />
The New England School of Hair Design, Merry Go Round Playhouse, New London Barn Playhouse.
DEPARTMENT OF THEATER FACULTY AND STAFF<br />
Peter Hackett ................................................................. Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities<br />
Daniel Kotlowitz ............................................................................................. Professor of Theater, Chair<br />
Laura Edmondson .................................................................................... Associate Professor of Theater<br />
Jamie Horton ...........................................................Associate Professor of Theater, Director of Theater<br />
Mara B. Sabinson ..................................................................................... Associate Professor of Theater<br />
Laurie Churba Kohn .......................................... Assistant Professor of Theater, Production Coordinator<br />
Irma Mayorga ............................................................................................ Assistant Professor of Theater<br />
Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili ............................................................................Visiting Professor of Theater<br />
Ford Evans ...................................................................................................Adjunct Professor of Theater<br />
Joseph Sutton ............................................................................. Visiting Associate Professor of Theater<br />
Carol Dunne ......................................................................................................................Senior Lecturer<br />
James Goodwin Rice.........................................................................................................Senior Lecturer<br />
Kathleen Cunneen .......................................................................................................................Lecturer<br />
Scott L. Silver.................................................Technical Director, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theater<br />
Jason Merwin ..................................................................Assistant Technical Director/Master Carpenter<br />
Joel Giguere ................................................................................................Master Electrician/Carpenter<br />
Carla D. Richters .................................................................................................Costume Shop Manager<br />
Joan Morris ........................................................................................................ Master Dyer/Seamstress<br />
Sycha Spengemann ............................................................................................................ Cutter/Draper<br />
Maggie Devine-Sullivan .........................................Department Administrator, Theater/<strong>Hopkins</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
Effie Cummings .................................................................Academic Assistant, Theater/<strong>Hopkins</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
The <strong>Dartmouth</strong> Dance Theater Ensemble in partnership<br />
with the Office of the President and the Sexual Abuse<br />
Awareness Program (SAAP), presents<br />
UNDUE INFLUENCE<br />
foRd evans director & choreographer<br />
A repeat engagement of the DDTE’s original dance-theater<br />
work examining the impulse, incidence and implications of<br />
sexual assault in a college social environment. The culminating<br />
performance event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.<br />
aPR 25-28 | 8 PM & aPR 29 | 2 PM<br />
tHe MooRe tHeateR<br />
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Marga Rahmann Associate Director/General Manager Joseph Clifford Director of Audience Engagement<br />
Jay Cary Business and Administrative Officer Bill Pence Director of <strong>Hopkins</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Film<br />
Margaret Lawrence Director of Programming Joshua Price Kol Director of Student Performance Programs<br />
Please turn off your cell<br />
phone inside the theater.<br />
HoPKins CenteR ManageMent staff<br />
Jeffrey H. James Howard Gilman Director<br />
Assistive Listening Devices<br />
available in the lobby.<br />
DARTM OUTH If you do not wish to keep your playbill, please discard<br />
RECYCLES it in the recycling bin provided in the lobby. Thank you.