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Junie B. Jones

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2004/2005 Season sponsored in part by a generous grant from:

Barbara PasternackArtistic Director

Theatreworks/USA

Presents

Ken ArthurManaging Director

JUNIE B. JONESBook and Lyrics by

Marcy HeislerMusic by

Zina Goldrich

Based on the Junie B. Jones series of books byBarbara Park

Published by Randon House Books for Young Readers

Scenic Design by Costume Design by

LukeHegel-Cantarella LoraLaVonMusic Direction by Orchestrations by Stage Manager

Laura Bergquist Scott Davenport Richards Gregory Madera

Originally Directed by

Peter FlynnOriginally Choreographed by

DevanandJanki

Choreographed byNandita Shenoy

Directed by

David Coolidge

CAST(alphabetical by role)

Herb & Others Keith HallworthJunie B. Jones Kiera O'NeilLucille & Others Dianna LoraMay & Others Kirsten DayMr. Scary & Others Steve SparksSheldon & Others Jamaal Wilson

The taking of pictures and/or making of visual or sound recordingis expressly forbidden.

Please check the houseboard for any program changes.

JUNIE B. JONESWHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

(alphabetical by role)

KEITH HALLWORTH (Herb & Others) Theater:Footloose, Fame, A Little Night Music, La CageAuxFolles, Falsettos, Joseph..., Pippin: InConcert with Ben Vereen. Film/TV: "One Life toLive," "All My Children," "As the World Turns,""Ed," Mona Lisa Smile. Thanks to family,friends, Penny and crew for their endless loveand support.

KIERA O'NEIL (Junie B. Jones) graduated fromNYUffisch School of the Arts, where sheappeared in How To Succeed... (Hedy) andCarousel. Regional credits include Carousel,West Side Story, and George ML This fall, sheplayed Luisa in The Fantasticks and traveled toL.A. to perform in the Tisch Gala with JerrySeinfeld and Debra Messing. Love and thanks tomy family.

DIANNA LORA (Lucille & Others) is a recentgraduate of Ithaca College with a BFA degree inMusical Theater. Her proudest moments havebeen playing the Reverend Billy Hightower inBatboy and Princess Puffer in The Mystery ofEdwin Drood. Dianna would love to thank herfriends and family for their never-ending love andsupport. jSin ti soy nada!

KIRSTEN DAY (May & Others) is a recentgraduate from Ball State University, doublemajoring in Musical Theatre and Acting. Sherecently appeared in the Brooklyn HeightsPlayers' production of Anything Goes as Erma.Thanks to her friends, family, Kay, Sammy,Mom, and her late great father, Sam.

STEVE SPARKS (Mr. Scary & Others) is proudto be hitting the road again in his third tour withTheatreworksUSA. He is a grad of OtterbeinCollege. He was last seen in Ferdinand theBull as Alejandro, the big mean bull. Thanks toall of the great kids who see our shows!

JAMAAL WILSON (Sheldon & Others)National tours: Sundiata: The Lion King OfMall (Theatreworks/ USA), Olympic Spirit:The Jesse Owens Story (Artspower),Starstruck/Fast Forward (Royal CaribbeanEntertainment). Regional: TheNewJerseyTrapezoid, Othello, Once on This Island,Children of Eden, and many more.Choreography: Pippin, Godspell, TheFantasticks, Cabaret and Where's Charley?Vocalist: Performer for First Lady HillaryRodham Clinton and also the NAACP andmany more.

MARCY HEISLER (Book, Lyrics) and ZINAGOLDRICH (Music) have been collaboratingsince 1993. They were recently voted "BestKnocking on Broadway's Door SongwritingTeam" in the Village Voice Best of NYC edition,and were the 2002 recipients of ASCAP'sRichard Rodgers New Horizons Theatre Award.They co-authored the family musicals DearEdwina and Dear Edwina Junior. In April 2000,they teamed with bookwriters Charlie Shanianand Shari Simpson to premiere their full-lengthmusical Adventures in Love at St. Paul'sOrdway Music Theatre. In 1998 they joined Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre as JosephPapp Artists-in-Residence, where theyworkshopped Allison Under The Stars withbookwriter Susan Kim. Together and apart, theyhave provided original songs for Disney,Nickelodeon, PBS and others. As performer/writers, Goldrich and Heisler have appeared atCarnegie Recital Hall, The Kennedy CenterMillennium Stage, and The Ford Center of thePerforming Arts. They are 4-time MAC(Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs)and 2-time Bistro Award winners in thecategories of Outstanding Special Material,Outstanding Songwriters, and Song of The Year.This past year, Heisler worked as an adaptor for

Disney Theatricals, penning new versions of 101Dalmatians, Cinderella, and The Jungle Bookforyoung audiences. Goldrich has playedkeyboards on Broadway for Avenue Q,Oklahoma, and Titanic, where she alsoconducted. Their new songbook is available forpurchase at www.goldrichandheisler.com.

DAVID COOLIDGE (Director) is pleased to berecreating the direction of Peter Flynn, whom heassisted on the original Off-Broadway productionof Junie B. Jones. Other directing creditsinclude: Don't Tell Mama (NYC), The Duplex(NYC), The Gardenia (Los Angeles). AssistantDirector: Lily (Playwrights Horizons, HuntingtonTheatre), Dora (Second Stage). PersonalAssistant to the Director Rhapsody in Seth(Actors' Playhouse), Broadway by the Year 1953(Town Hall), The Happy Prince (The York),You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (InsideBroadway). David is a graduate of the CincinnatiConservatory of Music, has performed regionallyand in the Broadway National Tour of Parade(Hal Prince, Director). As a writer David wrotethe screenplay for the indy short film Your Hand,he was commissioned to write a new children'smusical for the Public Schools of Plainfield, NewJersey, and his one act play The SelFishies waspresented at The Strawberry One Act Festival inNew York City this fall, extended and due forpublication in the new year. David is a graduateof the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

NANDITASHENOY (Choreographer) isdelighted to join the Theatreworks team on such afun show and to be recreating the work ofDevanand Janki whom she has assisted onCupid and Psyche (Houseman Studio Theater),Babes in Toyland (Avery Fisher Hall) andnumerous benefits including Funny Girl (ActorsFund of America Benefit, New AmsterdamTheater), Gypsy of the Year 2001 (BC/EFABenefit, Palace Theater), and The Concert ofExcellence 2003 (Lincoln Center State Theater).Her work as a choreographer was seen at theDowntown Cabaret Theater in The King & /forwhich she was nominated for a ConnecticutCritics' Circle Award. Recently, Nandita madeher directorial debut at the Lark Theatre with areading of a new play, Tom, Dick & Harriet.

Nandita is a graduate of Harris Hill Elementaryand Yale University.

GREGORY MADERA (Stage Manager) is backat Theatreworks/ USA from a summer inTennessee at The Cumberland CountyPlayhouse. As a carpenter there, he took part inmounting Disney's Beauty and the Beast, NoisesOff, and his favorite, Smoke on the Mountain.Greg is looking forward to a great tour with thistalented and professional cast. Hugs and kissesto his 3-year-old daughter Khaki, his favorite girl.

This production is adapted from the books JunieB, First Grader (At Last!); Junie B, First Grader:Boss of Lunch; Top Secret Personal Beeswax: AJournal by Junie B. (and Me!); and Junie B, FirstGrader: One-Man Band by Barbara Park,published by Random House Books for YoungReaders (www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/).

ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in1913, represents more than 45,000 actors andstage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiateswages and working conditions, providing a widerange of benefits, including health and pensionplans. Equity seeks to foster the art of livetheatre as an essential component of our society.www.actorsequity.org.