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OF THEE I SING

Steven Jones, Founding ProducerPresents

Music by George GershwinLyrics by Ira Gershwin

Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind

Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennet, William Daley and George GershwinVocal Arrangements by George Gershwin

FeaturingDrew Shafranek* Kristen Lassiter Andy Baldwin* Samantha McHenry

Daron Cockerell Mitchell Ferguson Brian Hathaway*

Neil Rogers Doug Jackson* James Williams Mark Oristano Trevor Martin

withJohn Avant III, Jill Baker, Stephen Bates, Christine Chambers,

Shannon Conboy, Audrey Davis, Hope Edrenyl, Doug Fowler, Stan GranerHaven Briann Isom, Jeremiah Johnson, L. Gregg Loso, Jonathan McInnis, Susan Metzger

Haley Nettleton, Ben Phillips, Colin Phillips, Brigitte Reinke, R. Bradford Smith, Dana Taylor Jay Taylor, Tina Thompson-Boussard, Jacie Hood Wenzel, John Wenzel

IN CONCERT

Lighting DesignScott Davis

Sound DesignBill Eickenloff

Production Stage ManagerBonnie Hanvey*

This version of OF THEE I SING is produced by special arrangement withMusic Theatre International, 421 W. 54th Street, 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10019, (212) 541-4684

*Member, Actor’s Equity Association

DirectorDick Monday

Music Director/ConductorJay Dias

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(in order of appearance)Louis Lippman ............................................................................................................ Mark OristanoFrancis X. Gilhooley .................................................................................................... Doug Jackson*Chambermaid ....................................................................................................... Jacie Hood WenzelMatthew Arnold Fulton ................................................................................................... Neil RogersSenator Robert E. Lyons ..............................................................................................James WilliamsSenator Carver Jones .....................................................................................................Trevor MartinAlexander Throttlebottom ...........................................................................................Andy Baldwin*John P. Wintergreen ................................................................................................. Drew Shafranek*Sam Jenkins ............................................................................................................ Mitchell FergusonDiana Deveraux .................................................................................................. Samantha McHenryMary Turner ................................................................................................................Kristen LassiterMiss Benson ..............................................................................................................Daron CockerellThe Chief Justice ................................................................................................................. Jay TaylorThe French Ambassador ...........................................................................................Brian Hathaway*Senate Clerk .................................................................................................................. Colin PhillipsGuide .......................................................................................................................... Brigitte ReinkeBeauties ..................................................................... Audrey Davis, Brigitte Reinke, Haley Nettleton................................................................................. Shannon Conboy, Jacie Hood Wenzel, Jill Baker................................................................................................... Haven Briann Isom, Hope EndrenylJustices ...................................................Stephen Bates, John Wenzel, Stan Graner, Jeremiah Johnson............................................................Ben Phillips, L. Gregg Loso, R. Bradford Smith, Doug FowlerSoldiers ........................ John Avant III, Stephen Bates, Jonathan McInnis, Ben Phillips, John WenzelSightseers ....................Christine Chambers, Susan Metzger, Dana Taylor, Tina Thompson-Broussard

PRODUCTION TEAMDirector ........................................................................................................................Dick MondayMusic Director/Conductor ..................................................................................................... Jay DiasProduction Stage Manager.........................................................................................Bonnie Hanvey*Rehearsal Pianist...............................................................................................................Don PowersSound Designer ............................................................................................................ Bill EickenloffLighting Design ................................................................................................................Scott DavisLyric Stage Interns .......................................................................... Chapman Blake, Courtney White.................................................................................................................. Camilla Cox, Preston Page

Special thanks to Tiffany Riley for contributions to stage movement.

*-Member, Actors’ Equity Association

C A S T O F C H A R A C T E R S

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S Y N O P S I S O F S C E N E S

ACT ISCENE 1: Main Street – A Campaign Parade “Wintergreen for President” ...............................................................................................Ensemble

SCENE 2: A Hotel Room

SCENE 3: The Boardwalk In Atlantic City“Who Is the Lucky Girl To Be?” ..................................................................Diana Devereaux & Girls “The Dimple On My Knee” ..................................................... Sam Jenkins, Photographers & Girls “Because, Because” .............................................................................Sam Jenkins & Photographers

SCENE 4: A Parlor Of An Atlantic City HotelFinaletto: “Never Was There a Girl So Fair” ...................................................................................... Company “Some Girls Can Bake a Pie” .........................................................John P. Wintergreen & Company

SCENE 5: Outside Madison Square Garden “Love Is Sweeping the Country” .........................................Sam Jenkins, Emily Benson & Ensemble

SCENE 6: Inside Madison Square Garden “Of Thee I Sing” ..................................................... John P. Wintergreen, Mary Turner & Company

SCENE 7: Washington - The Steps Of The Capitol On Inauguration DayFinale Act One: Entrance of Supreme Court Justices “Here’s a Kiss for Cinderella” .........................................................John P. Wintergreen & Company “I Was the Most Beautiful Blossom” .......................................................................Diana Devereaux “Some Girls Can Bake a Pie” (Reprise)” ........................... Wintergreen, Diana Devereaux, Company “Of Thee I Sing” (Reprise)” ......................................................... John P. Wintergreen and Company

Act IISCENE 1: The White House “Hello, Good Morning” ....................................................Sam Jenkins, Emily Benson & Secretaries “Who Cares?” .......................................................... John P. Wintergreen, Mary Turner & EnsembleFinaletto: “Garçon, S’il Vous Plait” ...........................................................................................French Soldiers Entrance of French Ambassador “The Illegitimate Daughter” ...........................................................French Ambassador & Ensemble “Because, Because” (Reprise) ...............................................................Diana Devereaux & Ensemble “Who Cares?” (Reprise)” ........................................................... John P. Wintergreen & Mary Turner

SCENE 2: A Corridor In The Capitol

SCENE 3: The Senate Chamber “The Roll Call” ......................................................................Alexander Throttlebottom & SenatorsFinaletto: “Jilted” ...............................................................................................Diana Devereaux & Ensemble “Who Could Ask for Anything More?” ................................Mary Turner Wintergreen & Company

SCENE 4: A Corridor In The White House – Months Later

SCENE 5: The White House Finale Ultimo .........................................................................................................Entire Company

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O R C H E S T R A

JAY DIAS, Conductor

VIOLINSStephen Beall, ConcertmasterRandy LyleJames AndrewesLucia NeagaBecki HowardChanning HooperRachel BundyThane IsaacMary HavenstriteDan GolleherJessica EmeryJana Powers

VIOLASMiguel Cantu IVEthan RouseRuben Balboa IIIMichael Moore

CELLOSKourtney NewtonAngela HarveyDaniel Chilton

DOUBLE BASSESMarco RetanaPhilip Friend

REED I(Flute, Piccolo)Mary Kerr

REED II(Oboe, English Horn)Matthew Hudgens

REED III(Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax)Bobby Lapinski

REED IV(Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax)Kristen Thompson

REED V(Clarinet, Tenor Sax)Connor O’Meara

FRENCH HORNChristopher Fortenberry

TRUMPETSMiles JohnsonAbel SanchezDenise Stitzel

TROMBONEPaul Birk

PERCUSSIONMegan Von DreauJeff Keane

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JOHN AVANT III (Ensemble) One Flew Over…, (Issachar/Joseph) Joseph and The Amazing…, (Frank-n-Furter/Riff-Raff ) The Rocky Horror…,

(Berger) Hair, (Hamion) Antigone. John is blessed to be performing his first show with Lyric Stage with the support of family and friends.

JILL BAKER (Beauty) is thrilled to be back on the Lyric stage, having previously appeared in Show Boat in Concert. She received her B.M.

in Musical Theatre from Oklahoma City University and teaches Theatre in Mansfield ISD.

ANDY BALDWIN*(Alexander Throttlebottom) Andy’s work at Lyric includes Show Boat, The Desert Song, Annie Get Your Gun, Into The Woods,

The Golden Apple, Grand Hotel and Anything Goes. Andy studied at Circle in The Square on Broadway and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity.

STEPHEN BATES (Justice/Ensemble) was last seen as Uncle Fester in Mainstage’s production of The Adams Family. Previous Lyric

credits include Titanic (Wallace Hartley), The Music Man (Jacey Squires), The Most Happy Fella (Doc), Kismet (The Bangle Man), Rags (Big Tim) and Evita.

CHRISTINE CHAMBERS (Ensemble) is so happy to be working at Lyric Stage, Irving again. Past roles at lyric were Widow Corney in

Oliver! and Shandel in Fiddler on The Roof. She is battling Breast cancer and winning! Love and Light to all!

DARON COCKERELL (Miss Benson) is happy to be back at Lyric! Previous Lyric shows include: Anything Goes (Reno Sweeney), The

New Moon (Clotilde), Into the Woods (Lucinda), Annie Get Your Gun (Annie Oakley), The Desert Song (Susan), Too Many Girls (Eileen). Other recent shows: Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Plaza Theatre Company), Les Miserables (Casa Mañana), Bonnie & Clyde (WaterTower), Assassins, (Theatre Three). TCU graduate.

SHANNON CONBOY (Beauty), a vocal performance graduate from SMU, is thrilled for her Lyric Stage debut! Residing in Dallas, her favorite

roles range from operatic (Papagena) to Musical Theater (Elle Woods). She also has extensive training in dance.

AUDREY DAVIS (Beauty) is pursuing a M.M. in Vocal Performance at TCU studying with Angela Turner Wilson. Recent

performances: Die Zauberflöte (Die Königen der Nacht) and Il Matrimonio Segreto (Carolina). Upcoming performances: Gianni Schicchi (Nella) and Suor Angelica (Suor Genovieffa).

HOPE ENDRENYI (Beauty) is thrilled to be debuting in her first show with Lyric Stage! As a dance major at SMU, she performed works

by Adam Houghland, Bob Fosse, Danny Buraceski, Jose Limon and has also performed with local companies PrismCo. and Bruce Wood Dance Project.

MITCHELL FERGUSON (Sam Jenkins) Regional: The Last Five Years (Jamie), Dancing at Lughnasa (Michael), Oklahoma! (Curley), Rock

of Ages (Dennis), Fantastic Mr. Fox (Mr. Fox), Julius Caesar (Brutus). Mitchell is a songwriter. Tour dates/music available at mitchellferguson.info. Instagram: mitchell_ferguson

DOUG FOWLER (Senator/Ensemble) Previous Lyric Stage work includes Kismet, Pleasures and Palaces, Oklahoma! , The Golden Apple, and

Annie Get Your Gun. Other local work includes Aida and The Drama Department with Uptown Players, and Light Up the Sky at Theatre Three.

STAN GRANER (Justice/Ensemble) Sixth Lyric show. DFW Theater Critics Forum award winner, multiple The Column awards. Theaters include

Amphibian Stage Productions, Casa Mañana, Circle Theatre, Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, Garland Summer Musicals, Kitchen Dog Theatre, One Thirty Productions, Stage West, Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Theatre Three, Uptown Players, and WaterTower Theatre.

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BRIAN HATHAWAY* (The French Ambassador) Brian is happy to be returning to Lyric Stage, last seen in Rags. Past favorite roles at Lyric Stage include

Migaldi Evita and Og Finian’s Rainbow. He’s been seen elsewhere in productions at Theatre Three, WaterTower Theatre, Uptown Players, and DCT, among others. Proud member of Actor’s Equity.

HAVEN BRIANN ISOM (Beauty) is thrilled to be making her Lyric Stage debut. Favorite past roles include Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls,

Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz and Molly in Peter and the Star Catcher. Isaiah 43:18-19

DOUG JACKSON* (Francis X. Gilhooley) Lyric: South Pacific, Fiorello, Pajama Game. Elsewhere: A Christmas Carol (Scrooge), The

Odd Couple (Oscar). TV/Film: The Last Stand, Carried Away, Mississippi Burning, Friday Night Lights. Directing: Down a Long Road – Lamb’s Theatre (NYC), Children of Eden – Theatre Three.

JEREMIAH JOHNSON (Justice/Ensemble) Recent credits: The Tempest, She Stoops to Conquer, King Lear (Shakespeare Dallas) The

New Moon, Annie Get Your Gun (Lyric Stage) Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live. Currently works as a Therapeutic Clown at Children’s Health Medical Center.

KRISTEN LASSITER (Mary Turner Wintergreen) seen at Lyric Stage as Marianne (The New Moon), Penelope (The Golden Apple), and Margot (The

Desert Song). Also seen in local performances with Uptown players, FW Opera, and ICT Mainstage, with accolades including winning the Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

L. GREGG LOSO (Justice/Ensemble) moved to Dallas from Omaha, NB in 1980. Since then, he’s been an active member of our theater community,

including Dallas Summer Musicals, Dallas Repertory Theater, and Theatre Three.

TREVOR MARTIN (Senator Carver Jones) was most recently seen as an Apprentice Artist with the Fort Worth Opera. He has worked with Houston

Grand Opera,Des Moines Metro Opera,

Virginia Opera, Madison Opera and Opera in the Heights performing both operatic and musical theater roles.

SAMANTHA McHENRY (Diana Devereaux) Junior BFA Musical Theatre Major at TCU. Regional: Hairspray (Penny Pingleton), Legally

Blonde (Brooke Wyndham), South Pacific, Catch Me If You Can, Marvin Hamlisch Tribute. TCU: Brighton Beach Memoirs (Laurie), Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Eloise), Everyman (Family). Psalm104:33!

JONATHAN McINNIS (Ensemble) is excited to be returning to Lyric Stage! Recent credits include The New Moon (Lyric Stage), Fiddler on the Roof

(Garland Summer Musicals), Billy Elliot (The Firehouse Theatre), The Drowsy Chaperone and Les Misérables (Collin Theatre Center).

SUSAN METZGER (Ensemble) Some previous Lyric credits: The New Moon, The Mother – Nine, Pleasures and Palaces, Ragtime. Susan was last

seen as Dolly Levi at The Granbury Opera House. Susan will soon reprise her role as Patsy in Always, Patsy Cline, Plaza Theatre, Cleburne. Love to Rob and Madeline and Susannah!

HALEY NETTLETON (Beauty) Haley, a former music student at SFA, is pleased to debut with Lyric Stage. Some of her favorite past roles

includes Cosette: Les Miserables, Margaret: Much Ado About Nothing, and Rapunzel: Into the Woods.

MARK ORISTANO (Louis Lippman) Recently seen at Lyric in Anything Goes and Grand Hotel. Look for Mark’s new book, SURGEON’S

STORY, written with pediatric heart surgeon Kristine Guleserian, in January online at Amazon and at better bookstores.

BEN PHILLIPS (Justice/Ensemble) Roles with Lyric Stage: Besac, The New Moon; Sandor, Grand Hotel; Marcellus, Music Man; Radbury,

Pleasures and Palaces; McKean, 1776. Others: Gandalf, Fellowship! ; Lloyd, Noises Off !; Harry, Company ; Baker, Into the Woods. Voiceover: Mikagura School Suite; High School DxD; Code:Breaker.

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COLIN PHILLIPS (Clerk/Ensemble) Previous work includes Sam the Snowman in Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical! (National

Tour), Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Collin Theatre Center), Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (Dallas Young Artists).

BRIGITTE REINKE (Beauty) received her Master’s in Voice Performance and Pedagogy from TCU and Bachelor’s in Voice Performance

from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Recent roles include Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Just Jeannette in Too Many Sopranos.

NEIL ROGERS (Matthew Arnold Fulton) has appeared at Lyric in Grand Hotel, Titanic, 1776, The Golden Apple and others. Recent

credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Lazar), Evita (Peron), and Les Miserables (Javert). He’s worked locally at Theatre Three, Shakespeare Dallas, Garland Summer Musicals, Casa Manana and others. More at www.neil-rogers.com

DREW SHAFRANEK*(John P. Wintergreen) His favorite credits include Riff in West Side Story, Claude in Hair, and Camelot, South Pacific

and Titanic at Lyric Stage. He received his B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Elon University. He is a proud new AEA member! Thank you to my amazing family for the love and support!

R. BRADFORD SMITH (Justice/Ensemble): first appeared with Lyric Stage in Carnival 20 years ago. Also, The Most Happy Fella, Titanic, and

Evita. Favorite area shows: Greater Tuna and Red, White, and Tuna ; Hairspray; Romeo and Juliet ; See How They Run; and Noises Off.

DANA TAYLOR (Ensemble) is forever grateful to Lyric Stage (and good casting) for meeting her handsome husband in the 2003

Titanic ! Other Lyric shows include: She Loves Me, The Most Happy Fella, Sweeney Todd, Carousel, My Fair Lady, Show Boat, Pleasure and Palaces and The Sound of Music.

JAY TAYLOR (The Chief Justice) is thrilled to be back at Lyric Stage! Other Lyric shows include: Sundown, Cinderella, Allegro, A Christmas to

Remember, Sweeney Todd, Carousel, My Fair Lady, Show Boat, Pleasure and Palaces and Titanic. Thanks to Steve and Jay D!

TINA THOMPSON-BROUSSARD (Ensemble) Dallas debut! Recent roles in the southeast: Merry Widow (Hannah), Into the Woods (The

Witch), The Magic Flute (Queen), The Music Man (Marian), The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess). Back in the day—The Phantom of the Opera (Carlotta), conducted by Jay Dias!

JACIE HOOD WENZEL (Beauty) A graduate of Texas Tech and three time Lyric Stage veteran, some of Jacie’s favorite DFW credits include

Raffaela in Grand Hotel (Lyric), Chris in Dancing at Lughnasa (CTD), Kathy in Company (ONSTAGE), and Elizabeth in Laundry & Bourbon (Runway).

JOHN WENZEL (Justice/Ensemble) John is excited to appear in his seventh Lyric production! A masters Vocal Performance graduate of Texas

Tech, some of John’s other DFW credits include Jekyll & Hyde (ONSTAGE), Jean Valjean in Les Miserables (OhLook), Urinetown (Theatre Arlington) and Phantom (MILC).

JAMES WILLIAMS (Senator Robert E. Lyons ) Recently seen as Squire Dap in Camelot. Lyric favorites include Grand Hotel, Into The Woods,

Annie Get Your Gun, and Titanic. Love to Jake, sidekick Connor, and Kristen Beth, in the national tour of Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.

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DICK MONDAY (Director) Dick’s film and television credits include ABC’s Into the Night with Rick Dees, Brain Donors, My Life, Love and Greed, Saved by the Bell, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Rosie O’Donnell Show and Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown. This year he began producing, directing and writing a monthly cabaret show titled Hopped up on Goofballs at the Pocket Sandwich Theater in Dallas. Additionally, Dick has been a featured act with The Big Apple Circus, Circus Sarasota, Circo Atayde in Mexico, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and The Lone Star Circus. Dick also teaches clowning worldwide to clowns, actors, CEOs, Pastors and Health Care workers. You can see Dick’s comedy writing and directing in many of the shows at Sea World in San Antonio. In 2015, he made his Dallas Children’s Theatre directing debut with Balloonacy, which was brought back by popular demand in 2016. Next spring, he will be directing the Premiere of Blue at DCT. Prior to all of this, Dick was the Director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s Clown College, where he trained and directed all the clowns for The Greatest Show on Earth. While with Feld Entertainment, he created the comedy roles and starred in Madhattan at the NY NY Hotel in Las Vegas, and directed Feld Production Barnum’s World nationally. In New York, Dick wrote and directed seven physical comedy shows Off-Broadway at the Flea Theater. He also created and directed shows at the Walter Reade and Alice Tully Hall with the Little Orchestra Company. Along with partner Tiffany Riley, he helped create Funnyatrics, a full-time medical clowning program at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and Plano, Parkland Hospital Burn Unit and Cook Children’s Medical Center in Ft. Worth. Through their non-profit organization, Foundation for Laughter, they continue to bring Science and Math shows to school children, and clowning to underserved communities and chronically sick children.

JAY DIAS (Lyric Stage Music Director/Conductor) for Lyric Stage: Camelot (music restoration), Anything Goes (1934 version; music & libretto restoration), The New Moon (music & libretto restoration), Grand Hotel, South Pacific, Lady in the Dark, Annie Get Your

Gun in concert, The Golden Apple (music & libretto restoration; award winning complete recording on PS Classics), Fiddler on the Roof, Titanic (also scene work), Blue Roses, The Desert Song in concert (1926 version; music & libretto restoration; direction & musical staging), Nine at Dallas City Performance Hall, The Sound of Music, The Music Man, Too Many Girls, Pleasures and Palaces (restoration), 1776, The Most Happy Fella (complete version restoration), Oklahoma!, Kismet in concert (restoration), Rags, Gypsy (restoration), Oliver!, My Fair Lady, Bye Bye Birdie (restoration), Show Boat in concert (1927 version; music & libretto restoration), Funny Girl (restoration), The King and I, West Side Story, Carousel, Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd in concert at Meyerson Symphony Center, and two concerts with the Irving Symphony Orchestra: programs of works by Rodgers & Hammerstein, and the music of Jule Styne and Harold Arlen - all featuring the original Broadway orchestrations.

BONNIE HANVEY (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to Lyric Stage for the 2016-2017 season! She received her Theatre & Arts Administration degree from Texas Christian University and then began her professional career working as a DFW-based freelance stage manager. Other local credits include: Present Laughter, Crazy for You, and I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change (Theatre Three, Dallas); Division Avenue and Wait Until Dark (Contemporay Theatre of Dallas); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Wishing Star Productions, tour); Show Boat (The Dallas Opera); and 5 seasons with the Trinity Shakespeare Festival in Fort Worth. In 2015 she also completed a 7 month contract with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as Stage and Lighting Staff based in the Northern Mediterranean Sea. Soli Deo Gloria.

SCOTT DAVIS (Lighting Design) Scott has been designing lights for the entertainment industry since 1986. Theatre shows include Cabaret, Spring Awakening, Pippin, Grease, Gigi, Naughty Marietta, The Full Monty, Waiting for Godot, Hamlet, The Grapes of Wrath, Pantomime, Fences, A Raisin in the Sun, A Kwanza Song, Celebrations, The Importance of Being Earnest, Twelfth Night, Do Black Patten Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up, and the World Premiere of

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A Piece of my Heart. Scott toured for years doing jobs all the way from Vari Lite Tech to Production Designer. The concerts and touring shows either designed for or toured with include Marillion, Lou Rawls, Jeffry Osbourne, WAR, Cameo, Pat Green, Journey, Big Daddy Weave, World Wrestling Federation Tour, Lysistrata Tour, Singing in the Rain Tour, Dr. Oz’s Real Age Tour, Sylvia Brown’s If You Could See What I See Tour, Hay House Publishing’s I Can Do It Tour, and Kirk Franklin with Yolanda Adams tour. Scott’s had the pleasure of working with some of the greatest companies in the US including Cleveland Playhouse, The Ohio Ballet, E.J. Thomas Hall, Richfield Coliseum, The Scope and Chrysler Hall, Carousel Dinner Theatre, The Kenley Players, Cain Park, Lyric Stage, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage Company, Virginia Opera, Virginia Summer Musicals, Dallas Theater Center, Media Theatre, Newgate Theatre, Trinity Repertory Theatre, ART at Harvard University, The Runway Theatre, Greater Lewisville Community Theatre, Musical Theatre of Denton, The Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre, The Providence Black Repertory Theatre, AART, and The Black Academy for Arts and Letters.

Scott attended the University of Akron and finished his degree in Theatre Arts at Trinity University. Mr. Davis is currently the Artistic Director of the Daum Theatre Company in Grand Prairie, Texas.

BILL EICKENLOFF (Sound Design) is the resident Sound Designer for Lyric Stage, as well as an adjunct professor at TCU’s Theatre Dept. in Fort Worth. He is also the resident sound designer for Theatre Arlington and works for Casa Manana, Wishing Star Productions, Prism Theatrics and the Trinity Shakespeare Festival. He is a proud graduate of Texas A&M University. See his complete bio at www.linkedin.com.

DON POWERS (Rehearsal Pianist) Don is very pleased to be involved with Lyric Stage. A graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in theatre and a Master’s degree in music. After moving back from Hawaii where he played keyboard for the Don Ho Show, he acted as resident music director for Theatre Arlington from 1982 until 2014. He enjoys retired life mainly because it gives him more time for music and theatre!

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Paula FlatleyElyse & David Fleming*Dr. Mary Forrest*Carol Galloway*Donna & Woodrow

Gardner*Hallie Garner*Liz Garrett*Maura Gast*Denise & Howard Gottlieb Kyle HallJudith Hanson*Paula M. HarrisonAngela Harvey*Susan & Chuck HeatherTena Hehn*Mrs. Mary E. Hicks*Donna Hill*Rachael HilstDavid HinesSam HolmanDr. Steven HoltzmanDiane & David Hott *Katherine & Clint HowardNina & Ben Howell *Lori Hunphreys #Cheryl JamesPatty Jantho*Sally K. Johnson*Sheryl Kelley*Joseph KilgorePam Knott*Carolyn & Joseph KobosKenton Kravig

JoAnn & Jack Leavitt*Linda M. Lee & Jay IshamLois LeftwichDianne & Larry Lester*Joan LyonsAllen LondonEllice Lovelady*Vianey Mansoori*Kate & Steve MarshallRaymond MartinAndrea McDanielSharmila & Justin

McDonald*Christopher McGee*Jane McGinnis*Carol MeerPatrice & Chris Miller#Minuteman Press*Susan Jackson Moore &

Will Moore*Wade Moran, CPATootsie & Ed MortonMardi MyersJoe Mullins*Chris NewberryCharles E. Norwood*Gene & Bill Olafsen*Virginia Orr*Gail PayneRobert Peters*Leonard Pfluger*Mrs. Sonia Philipson*Don Powers & Rob Berg*Priscilla & John Promise

Dorothy H. Pustejovsky*Dr. & Mrs. Richard

Ridgway*Connie RileyNelson Ringmacher*Deborah Rothermel*Sue RouthPatsy & Walter RobinsonLaura & Duane Sanner Monta Scaggs*Ronnie ScaggsSharon & Barry Schuller*Sam & Bob Schultz*Deborah Deering SchwartzKathryn Sheeler*Betty Sue SheinbergMary A. Smith*Nancy SheltonEvelyn & Brad SimmonsMary A. Smith*Matt Stepan*Mr. & Mrs. Don Stevenson*Charles Robert Sullivan*Francis R. SwietekJune T. TaylorMichael TitusNorman ToothakerDotty VerettMichael WaldJohn WigginsEric Willborn*James Williams*Jane Willingham*Michael York

Memorials and TributesKyle F. Kerr

In Memory of Gaston C. MaurinLyric Stage League in memory of Paula Fuller Flatley

Ed JabenBill Watts

Joe & Diann Contestabile In Memory of Dan O’ReillyIn Memory of Mark Benigno

Fran and James Cassels in memory of Sharry Hay’s Brother-In-LawNorman L. Westerfeld, Sr.

Sharry Hay in memory of Karen BrandesMurray & Bobbie Berger

In honor of Jo & Jerry Zeffren

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*North Texas Giving Day Donation, 9/22/2016#Cabaret on Stage Donation, 2/27/2016

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Susan Bartlett & Edward deLimburg

Robin & Clyde BeggsLinda & William BrownDorothy CateMarisa C. ChristieKyle CoffeyBetty & Wayne CummingsDr. & Mrs. Loc Gee Ding(Orange County Chinese

Culture Club)Ladorna & Robert EickenbergIn Memory of: Robin

Redmond GarstOneida & Robert GibsonLillie HindePhyllis & Don Harper

Lois Sonnier & Bill HartSandra & Jack HickeyKathy & Clinton HowardRosalie & Donald JensenBarbara & Larry JonesDr. Donna KieselSally & Olin LancasterFaye LeeperKathryn LewisRuby & Jonathan LloydJacklyn & Frank MuellerElaine O’Rourke & Jerry

AdamMarge & Morris ParrishPeggy PattersonMartin PerryJan & Gordon Purcey

Katherine ReamerGlenn SaylesMyrna & Bob SchlegelGerry & Walter SchroederMargie & Thomas SiemsGeorgine & Ralph SmithDr. Kenneth & Shelley

SmithsonNancy & Ross SpicerTricia & Eric StammbergerSheri & Bobby StatenBillie & Gillis ThomasMarsha & Bob TokerudMelody TynerFrances & Charles Winikates,

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Dr. Steven Jones, Producer and President

Sharry Hay, Chairperson

Karen Boozer, Secretary

Hunter L. Lewis, Treasurer

Fran Cassels, Ex Officio

Bill Hart, Past Chairperson & Advisor

Dan Killingsworth

Brad LaMorgese

June Parker, Marketing

Tom Trotter, Non-Profit Governance

Steven Jones, Founding Producer and President

Jay Dias, Music Director Sally Soldo, Company Manager

Shane Peterman, Associate Producer

Katie Moyes Williams, Schmidt & Jones Awards Coordinator

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L Y R I C S T A G E B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

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Funded in part by the city of Irving though the Irving Arts Board

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