By Jeffrey Hatcher And Mitch Albom From The Book By Mitch .
SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSEby Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albomfrom the book by Mitch AlbomDirected by L. Flint EsquerraTuesdays with Morrie will be performed withNO intermissionTuesdays with Morrie is presented by special arrangement withDramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.Original New York production produced byDavid S. Singer, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Joey Parnes,Amy & Scott Nederlander, Harold Thau, Moira Wilson, ShadowcatcherEntertainment.Originally presented by New York Stage and Film Company and thePowerhouse Theatre at Vassar, 2002.Tuesdays with Morrie was supported by a playwright’s residencyand public staged readings at the 2001 O’Neill National PlaywrightsConference of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT.“The Very Thought of You” Words and Music by Ray NobleCopyright 1934 by Range Road Music, Inc. and Quartet MusicAll rights in the USA administered by Range Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP) All rightsin Canada administered by Redwood Music Ltd. (PRS)Season UnderwritersWard & Louise Calaway and Maggi & David GordonThe videotaping or other video or audio recording of thisproduction is strictly prohibited.No food or beverages (other than water) are permitted in theseating areas.Please turn off all electronic devices.
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORWelcome to the first show of the 2019 Season! Ihave a feeling this is going to be a banner year forSMP – we have so many exciting things going onthat I’m looking forward to telling you about asthey year goes on, but first our season What a wonderful and varied mix of plays we havefor you this year: starting with our Rep ofTuesdays with Morrie and Stuart Little. Two showsthat are linked in spirit – both Morrie and Stuartencourage us to really live our lives, be open toadventures, and relish the love we feel for others. We have more than3,100 school kids coming to weekday matinees of Stuart Little!Dames at Sea, opening June 15, is a tap dancing-homage to a bygone era– when dreams of Broadway stardom were as simple to fulfill as being inthe right place at the right time. This will be a show the entire family canenjoy. Joshua Finkel will bring this one to life.The Joy Luck Club, opening August 24, looks at the sometimestempestuous relationships between four Chinese mothers and theirAmerican daughters, but this show will speak to all mothers and daughtersand children of immigrants. We are thrilled that Tim Dang will be returningto direct it.Little Women, opening October 10, is our first co-production with CaliforniaSchool of the Arts – San Gabriel Valley. They have been using our theaterto stage some of their shows. I’ll be directing this one in my ownadaptation of the book and SMP favorites, Andrea Stradling (Mother in AChristmas Story) and Allison Kalmus (AKT Academy), will play Marmeeand Aunt March and students from the school will be the March girls.Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then Some!) is a fun and joyousromp through Christmas traditions and stories all mashed into onebreakneck-paced evening – with music! Patrick Towne will bring his ownzany sense of humor to this one.There is no space left to tell you about the new Passports we arelaunching, or the reading series, or the plans for movies nights, or themusic series we are restarting, or the news about remounting The GinGame we do all of this with you in mind – do let me hear what you thinkat: ArtisticDirector@SierraMadrePlayhouse.orgChristian Lebano
FROM THE DIRECTORThank you very much for coming to Tuesdays with Morrie.As you will soon hear Mitch say, it is a play with a profound subject – TheMeaning of Life. Topics covered – love, work, aging, family, community,forgiveness and death.Kind of serious stuff, right?Don’t worry. Professor Morrie Schwartz is an experienced teacher. He willguide us through.You should also know that you are an important part of this journey, too.There’s a wise observation that the authors make in the notes to this play.They say: “Everyone who comes to Tuesdays with Morrie brings someexperience of death, illness, and loss.” We’ve tried to remember this aswe’ve prepared this work for you.Thank you for bringing your experiences. We look forward to sharing thoseof Morrie and Mitch.We’re all in this together. Let us ever remember.For PK and H and FR.L. Flint EsquerraSMP is proud to support the Golden West Chapter of theALS Association by donating a 1 from every ticket purchasedand one special performance’s take of Tuesdays with Morrie.
FEATURINGMorrie Schwartz .Larry Eisenberg*Mitch Albom . Jackson Kendall*Member Actors’ Equity Association,the Union of Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.PRODUCTION TEAMDirector. L. Flint EsquerraStage Manager.Elizabeth EichlerAssistant Stage Manager .Matthew RaymondProducer . Christian LebanoSet Designer . Amanda KnehansCostume Designer. Michael MullenResident Lighting Designer. Derek JonesSound Designer. Christopher MoscatielloProperties Master . Jen GiesProduction Manager .Owen LewisTechnical Director . Todd McCrawSet Builder.Steven Barr,Trifecta SceneryCarpenter . John DimitriScenic Artists. Marina Bellizzi, Marine WaltonElectricians. David Campfield, Christian ShenLobby and Special Events Curator . Diane SiegelProgram . Christian LebanoProduction Photography .Gina LongPoster & Graphic Design . Ricardo MesinaPublicist. Phil Sokoloff
CASTLarry Eisenberg (Morrie) is an Actor,Writer, and Director. He wrote and directedthe short film, “David Proshker,” which hasbeen broadcast on KCET and scripted thefeature film, “Fish Don’t Blink,” starring LeaThompson. Originally from New Jersey, hefirst came to California to play Antonio inComedy of Errors with the LA FreeShakespeare Company. Some of hisfavorite roles have included Kit Carson inTime of Your Life, opposite LonnyChapman, Edgar in King Lear oppositeGeorge Coulouris and the Conductor in theLos Angeles premiere of Terence McNally’s Prelude and Liebestod. Hecurrently serves as one of two Co-Artistic Directors at the LonnyChapman Group repertory Theatre where he has directed numerousproductions including The Poor of New York by Dion Boucecault, TheChinese Wall by Max Frisch and Neil Simon’s Lost In Yonkers for whichhe received the Broadway World Regional Best Director Award for LocalProduction.Jackson Kendall (Mitch) is so happy tobe back at SMP! He is so grateful to be apart of this wonderful show, working withsuch amazing talents as Larry and Flint.At SMP, Jackson played Ralph in AChristmas Story (2017 & 2018), Jim inThe Glass Menagerie, Homer inCharlotte's Web, and numerous Off thePage readings. Other recent creditsinclude Ash in Evil Dead: The Musical,Zach in A Self Help Guide to Killing YourBoss (originated, LATC), and Jake inSnowed Inn (originated, El Portal). He isalso the co-founder and vice president ofBoomStick Theater. For news and information please visitjacksoncskendall.com and boomsticktheater.com. As always - thanks tomy parents, Bruce and Sara, for their incredible support; my dog Deltafor reminding me that treats are the most important thing in life; and toChristian Lebano, Estelle Campbell, and the entire SMP family for givingme a theater home away from home.
AUTHORSMitch Albom (Author, Playwright) is a best-selling author, a nationallyacclaimed newspaper columnist, a radio host, and a televisioncommentator. Tuesdays With Morrie is now the best-selling memoir of alltime, with over ten million copies sold worldwide. Albom, along withplaywright Jeffrey Hatcher, adapted the book into a hit play, whichopened Off-Broadway in late 2002 and has been performed in regionaltheaters throughout North America. Albom’s first novel, The Five PeopleYou Meet in Heaven, was published in 2003 and was on the New YorkTimes best-sellers list for two years. With a screenplay by Albom, FivePeople was adapted into an ABC movie that starred Jon Voight, EllenBurstyn, and Jeff Daniels. Albom has founded three charities in Detroit:“The Dream Fund,” “A Time to Help,” and “S.A.Y. Detroit,” which helpsDetroit’s homeless. He serves on numerous charitable boards aroundthe country and makes his home in suburban Detroit.Jeffrey Hatcher (Playwright) Broadway: Never Gonna Dance (book).Off-Broadway: Three Viewings, A Picasso, The Government Inspector;Scotland Road, The Turn of the Screw, Lucky Duck (book w/ BillRussell), Tuesdays with Morrie (w/ Mitch Albom), Murder By Poe, AConnecticut Yankee at King Arthur’s Court, Ten Chimneys, Neddy, andFellow Travelers. Other theatre credits include: Compleat Female StageBeauty, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Mercy of a Storm, Smash, Armadale,Korczak’s Children, Work Song (w/ Eric Simonson), To Fool the Eye,Sherlock Holmes and the Suicide Club, Jeffrey Hatcher’s Hamlet, TheScarecrow and His Servant, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Critic, Holmesand Watson, and others at major theaters across America and abroad.Film/TV: Stage Beauty, Casanova, The Duchess, Mr. Holmes, The GoodLiar, Columbo, Murder at the Cannes Film Festival, and The Mentalist.Grants/Awards: NEA, TCG, Lila Wallace Fund, Rosenthal New PlayPrize, Frankel Award, Charles MacArthur Fellowship Award, McKnightFoundation, Jerome Foundation, Barrymore Award (Best New Play), andthe 2013 Ivey Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a member and/oralumnus of the Playwrights’ Center, the Dramatists Guild, the WritersGuild, and New Dramatists.
PRODUCTION TEAMElizabeth Eichler (Stage Manager) is very happy to be returning to SierraMadre for another project. Her past SMP credits are The Gin Game and AChristmas Story (2018). Her next show will be keeping busy through thesummer with an immersive project with Just Fix It Productions in LosAngeles called The Willows. She would like to thank her friends, her firstfamily (the Eichler family), and her second family (the Corti family) for theirlove and support.L. Flint Esquerra (Director) is excited and thankful to be working at thewonderful SMP for the first time. Previously, he has directed twoTennessee Williams’ classics – A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on aHot Tin Roof at The Group Rep; the Los Angeles premiere of The LastWife at Theatre 40; the Jonathan Larson musical Tick, Tick.Boom! forDOMA Theatre; and the world premieres of Savage World by Steve Fife;California Dreamin’ by Jill Charlotte Thomas; Bones Of Lesser Men byYves Lola St. Vil; On Holy Ground by Stephanie Liss; Western Big Sky byRob Tobin; Head: ‘The Brain That Wouldn’t Die’ Musical by Kevin Fry;Psychosexual: A Love Story musical by Samuel Warren Joseph; andTwilight In Venice; Heydrich/Hitler/Holocaust; and Aphrodite II byCornelius Schnauber, all at The MET Theatre. Thank you, SMP and allour cast and crew! For PK and H.Jen Gies (Properties Master) did a ton of tech theater as a Northwesternundergrad. She has previously worked at SMP as production manager(The Glass Menagerie) and ASM (A Little House Christmas, Bee-lutherhatchee). These days, her creative energy is being channeled intoresearching and writing a screenplay with Rami Malek in mind for one ofits lead roles.Derek Jones (Resident Lighting Designer) For SMP: Bee-lutherhatchee, The Marvelous Wonderettes, A Christmas Story (2017, 2018),Nothing Is the Same, The Immigrant, Pump Boys and Dinettes, and TheGin Game. He has worked as a lighting designer at Long Beach CityCollege, Los Angeles City College, Pepperdine University, REDCAT,Rockwell Table and Stage, Playwrights' Arena, and Mixed eMotionTheatrix. Highlights outside of LA include New York Fashion Week,Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, the Virginia Opera,The George Washington University, and the Capital Fringe Festival. Derekhas an MFA in Lighting Design from Indiana University and a BA inTheatre and a BS in Physics from The George Washington University. Heis the lighting design professor at Long Beach City College and LosAngeles City College. www.derekjonesdesignarts.com
PRODUCTION TEAMAmanda Knehans (Rep Scenic Designer) is a Los Angeles basedScenic Designer. Recent credits include Gloria, Blueberry Toast, and Oneof the Nice Ones (The Echo), Bliss or Emily Post is Dead! (MovingArts), The Willows (Bootleg Theater), Ripe Frenzy (Greenway CourtTheatre), An Undivided Heart (Circle X/The Echo), Dry Land (Kirk DouglasTheatre), Welcome to the White Room and Year of the Rooster (Theatreof Note), and ICU (Circle X). Recent film credits include Art Director on"The Wedding Year" (Lakeshore Entertainment), "East Los High" Season4 and 5 (Hulu) and "Sing It!" Season 1 (YouTube Red).Owen Lewis (Production Manager) A graduate of Arizona StateUniversity in Drama, Owen has worked in all aspects of production onhundreds of projects, including as tour manager for the Martha GrahamDance Company and Todd Rundgren, and as technical support onBroadway with Bob Fosse’s Chicago and Tom O’Horgan’s SergeantPepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He studied acting with Uta Hagen inNew York City and Ron Sossi in Los Angeles, performing off-Broadwayand at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Recently retired as productionmanager for UCLA’s Center for the Performing Arts in Royce Hall, Owenjoined SMP to manage the 2017 production of A Christmas Story and ispleased to serve as Resident Production Manager and Associate Artist forthe Playhouse.Todd McCraw (Technical Director) moved here from NYC where hespent 28 years working in all aspects of theater tech, in nearly everytheater in NYC. He is head rigger for Fly-By-Night Dance Theater. He rigsfor many other silk acts & trapeze acts & other theatrical productions.Todd spent four years in Big Apple Circus, assisting world-famous horsetrainer & performer Katja Schumann. Other horse work: riding horsesonstage at Lincoln Center for La Boheme, Aida & Manon Lescaut. Toddbrings to LA his production company Sounds Like Art Inc. SLA supportslive music, festivals, & corporate events. Regular clients: World MusicInstitute, Irish Arts Center, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, & Korean Arts. AsSMP’s Technical Director, Todd is responsible for all aspects of thetechnical demands for each show. This is his eleventh production at SMPsince The Glass Menagerie.Christopher Moscatiello (Rep Sound Designer) Recipient of the 2015Stage Raw award and multiple Ovation nominations for Sound Design,Moscatiello is also a composer, music editor/mixer and music director fortheater, television and film. TV credits include The Walking Dead (AMC),Psych (USA), Eureka (Syfy), Human Target (Fox), The Cape (NBC),
PRODUCTION TEAMCaprica (Syfy), Trauma (NBC), and he has scored full series, specials andpromos for HBO, BBC, NBC, National Geographic and others. Othertheater credits include The Kennedy Center, The Folger ShakespeareTheatre, Antaeus Theatre, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, The FountainTheatre, and he served as assistant conductor on the national tour of ThePhantom of the Opera. Other shows at SMP: A Wrinkle in Time, A LittleHouse Christmas (both times), and Charlotte’s Web.Michael Mullen (Rep Costume Designer) is a costume designer andactor. Among his theatrical design credits currently playing are: StuartLittle, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Hype Man. Recent creditsinclude: Dreamgirls, The Boy from Oz, Siamese Sex Show, Fugue, WhenJazz Had the Blues, Burners, Cabaret, Year Of The Rooster, Fixed,Sweeney Todd, and American Idiot. He has received several awards andnominations for his work both onstage and off from such organizations asOvation, L.A. Drama Critics Circle, L.A. Weekly, N.A.A.C.P., Scenie, StageRaw, Robby, Broadway World, Ticket Holder, Eddon, and Desert TheatreLeague. He would like to thank his family, friends, and everyone involvedwith this show for being awesome! :)Matthew Raymond (Asst. Stage Manager) Matthew is a theatre major atPasadena City College with seven years of experience in stage managing.His passion for technical theatre started when he was given theopportunity to assist on the production of Hairspray while in high school.Since then he has helped manage fourteen major shows at ArcadiaPerforming Arts Center, Pasadena City College, and Sierra MadrePlayhouse (The Gin Game). Matthew hopes to achieve a career in theatreproduction upon graduation.Diane Siegel (Lobby and Special Programming Curator) I had a seniorEnglish teacher in high school who arranged for me to visit her alma materwhen I got a last minute scholarship offer and had to decide between astate university and Syracuse University. Thank you, Miss Parsell! This isDiane’s 22nd lobby design for SMP: Battledrum, 6 Rms Riv Vu, A Walk inthe Woods, The Odd Couple, Einstein/Putting it Together, Always PatsyCline, A Christmas Memory, Deathtrap, Charlotte’s Web, The GlassMenagerie, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Little HouseChristmas, Bee-luther-hatchee, Belle of Amherst/Wrinkle in Time, TheMarvelous Wonderettes, A Christmas Story, Nothing is the Same, TheImmigrant, Pump Boys and Dinettes, The Gin Game, and 2018’s AChristmas Story.
THE SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSEArtistic Director . Christian LebanoManaging Director . Estelle CampbellOperations Director . Ward CalawayProduction Manager .Owen LewisTechnical Director . Todd McCrawCompany Manager . Brett MooreAssociate Artistic Director. C. Julian WhiteDigital Marketing Director . Vanessa SilbermanBox Office Manager.Mary BavilleVolunteer Coordinator,Lobby and Special Events Curator . Diane SiegelAssociate Artist - AKT Youth Workshop. Alison Eliel KalmusEducational Programming Coordinator . Christa BackstromOff the Page Readings Coordinator. Roxanne BarkerAccountant . Louise CalawayPublicist.Philip SokoloffOrganizational Consultant .Tim DangBoard Members . David Gordon (President)Louise Calaway (Treasurer), Estelle Campbell, Christian LebanoVanessa SilbermanAdvisory Board . Tim Dang, Susanna Guzman, Lynda JennerGeorgie Kajer, Alison Eliel Kalmus, Liza Kerrigan, John SparksThe Unexpected Portrait – 626.372.7539 – GinaLong.Smugmug.com
Thanks the following for their contributions to this production:Center for Living Independence for Multi-Handicapped Blind (CLIMB)for so generously donating rehearsal space.Dave Kalmus and Axiom Printing for his good-humor and patience withall of our last-minute requests.The Only Place in Town for providing our delicious coffee.Bridget Shinnerer and the staff at Vroman’s Book Store in HastingsRanch for hosting our “Tuesdays with Morrie - Friday with Friends” and“The Little Things That Matter – Tiny Speakers’ Corner and Celebration ofStuart Little” events.Jerry Siegel for being indispensable and generous with his time.SMP Volunteers Adrienne Bass, Don Bergmann, Elaine Marshall, andDorn Trask for their assistance with the installation of the lobby andLuiggi Ochoa, Jen Mueller, and Lisa Krause for their creative touches tothe lobby.SMP Teen Council members, especially Vibha Venkataraman, formaking Valentine booklets for our Tuesdays with Morrie Vroman’s event.The Volunteers of the Sierra Madre Playhouse for contributing theirtime and talents as ushers, marketers, assistants at public programs andso many other tasks that help the Playhouse.How to Support the PlayhouseWithout Writing Us a Check!You must renew yearly – in September – please do.Sign up your Ralphs’ Rewards Card and up to 4% of your grocery bill willbe donated to Sierra Madre Playhouse.1. Visit Ralphs.com and sign-in or register for a Ralphs’ online account.2. Click the My Account button and select Account Settings.3. Scroll to Community Rewards and search for Sierra MadrePlayhouse or enter our group number 839424. Select us under Organization Name. Click Save!And that’s all there is to it!
2019 SMP SeasonMarch 11 – April 27Stuart Littleadapted by Joseph Robinettefrom the book by E.B. Whitedirected by Artistic Director, Christian LebanoOur 6th Annual Theater for Young Audiences offering – perfect for kidsaged 4 to 10! The classic tale of Stuart, the mouse-sized boy, who setsoff on adventures in a human-sized world.“Stuart Little is high on energy and laughs and tells a delightful, relatablestory for kids of all ages.” – Theater GuideJune 15 – July 21Dames at Seabook and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Millermusic by Jim Wise.directed by Joshua Finkelmusic directed by Sean Paxtonchoreographed by Jeffrey Scott ParsonsWill Ruby go out there a chorus girl, but come back a star? The answeris a resounding yes! Dames at Sea is an hilarious homage to theglamorous and hopeful musicals of the 1930s.“A winner! A gem of a musical!" - The New York TimesAugust 23 – September 29The Joy Luck Clubby Susan Kimadapted from the novel by Amy Tandirected by Tim DangFour Chinese-American mothers, four American-born daughters and therich complexities of family ties and history as the eight women reachacross a seemingly unbridgeable divide.“Blending hilarity and heartbreak, the play has moments both sidesplitting and shattering.” – LA Times
October 10 – October 27Little Womenby Louisa May Alcottadapted and directed by Artistic Director, Christian LebanoA co-production between SMP and California School for the Arts- SanGabriel Valley. The classic story of the March sisters which has inspiredwomen and girls for 150 years.“Even contemporary girls who can't imagine wearing silk dresses orbeing too ladylike to run will identify with the March sisters' strong bondsand earnest efforts to overcome their faults.” – Common Sense MediaNovember 30 – December 29Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!)by Michael Carleton, Jim FitzGerald, and John K. Alvarezwith original music by Will Knappdirected by Patrick TowneAn outrageous holiday romp for the whole family (except those who stillbelieve in Santa!)“Takes the audience on a high energy romp through a variety ofChristmas traditions, holiday classics and songs. It's incredible anddifficult to describe, so get your tickets to experience it for yourself!” –Broadway WorldSpecial OfferingsApril 5, 6, 13, & 14Doris and Me: One Man’s Obsession with Doris Daycreated and performed by Scott Dreier“If you are a Doris Day fan, this show is a Must! If you aren’t, you will beone by the end of this heartwarming and memorable evening!”– Broadway World Critic’s PickApril 7 – (2:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.)Wiesenthalwritten and performed by Tom DuganAs Holocaust survivor and the world’s most renowned hunter of Nazi warcriminals, Simon Wiesenthal, is about to retire, he recounts the stories ofhis most famous cases of bringing wrongdoers to justice.Winner- Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.
The Marquee Circle*The Sierra Madre Playhouse thanks the following members of theMarquee Circle for their generous contributions in support of our work.Foundations, Grants, & UnderwritersCIGNA FoundationLos Angeles County Arts CommissionRotary Club of Sierra MadreSierra Madre Civic ClubSierra Madre Community FoundationSpero FoundationSeason UnderwritersWard & Louise CalawayDavid & Maggi GordonAngels ( 5,000 and higher)Estelle CampbellChristian LebanoProducers ( 2,500 - 4,999)AnonymousBackers ( 1,000 - 2,499)Caplin FoundationCarolyn DasherJill & Patrick HollandKehrer Family FoundationKathy McCormickPaul ScrantonVanessa Silberman &Joseph WidmanPaul Van Dorpe &Jill MaglioneYing Jianhui (Jimmy) &Ying JunPromoters ( 500 - 999)Brian & Delna AbernathyFrancis CostelloRodney & Joan SpearsGlenda & Greg VanniRobbie & David Zeidberg
Patrons ( 250 - 499)Jeanne AdamsJohn CappociaMartha DenzelNancy DornDon & Helen HorwitzIn Honor of the GordonsBeth SmithBob & Sue SpearsFans ( 100 - 249)Chris AdamsShirley & Ken AnhaltRick & Shirley ArthurBarbara BarbaricsJ&P Barron Family TrustAdrienne BassSue BeallLinda & Chuck CollierJulia Ann CollinsSusan DayMichael & Maggie EllisGeorge & Barbara GarciaRuth GieseIn memory of Wilma Doris WardRuth GoldsteinMindy & Jim HallsMichael HegemanDorothy KeaneSheila LamsonStacy & Stuart MillerIrene & Shinji NakagawaDavid RamboSierra Madre Woman’s ClubKenneth Masao TakemotoJoan TenedinePearl TyreeJane ZamanzadehFriends ( 50 - 99)Adrienne AlegreDorothy BilajiwNicole GarciaPaula JohnsonErnest & Mary KopkaAndrea Stradling MarshiAnne Scott-PutneyLois StueckLaurie & Stan Whitcomb*The gifts listed above were received betweenFebruary 28, 2018 and January 31, 2019.Your gift is deeply appreciated by all of us here at SMP, to report amisspelling or omission, please contact Info@SierraMadrePlayhouse.org.
Monthly Reading SeriesSelected Mondays@ 7pm at SMPFebruary 25Intimate ApparelBy Lynn NottageDirected by Michael T. KachingweMarch 25Sly FoxBy Larry GelbartDirected by Artistic Director Christian LebanoApril 22Side ManBy Warren Leight.Directed by Richard Van SlykeMay 20Coastal DisturbancesBy Tina HoweDirected by Stasha SurdykeJune 17Book of DaysBy Lanford Wilson.Directed by Artistic Director Christian LebanoJuly 29Light Up the SkyBy Moss HartDirected by Barbara Schofield
Dames at Sea to Sail into PlayhouseBy Fran SyversonIt’s 1930 and Ruby steps off the bus in New York City with both thenaiveté and starry-eyed dreams of Broadway stardom that many ayoung girl from “back home” has done. Will she find it? Will theleading lady not be able to go on? Will she go out there a dancerand come back a star? Will she find love along the way?This paean to the musicals of the 30’s was first performed in 1966and was the show that made Broadway legend, Bernadette Peters,a star. Dames at Sea is often played with a bit of a wink and as aparody of musicals of the period. Director Joshua Finkel, however,plans for it to be an evocation and not a send-up of the period. Hesays it is both a charming and hilariously funny story filled withcharacters that you’ll recognize from countless films of the time. Ithas had many revivals through the years and, in fact, was the 100thproduction here at SMP 25 years ago!Dames at Sea will have you tapping your toes right along with theactors. For tap they do, LOTS of tap dancing, in Dames at Sea,with choreography by Jeffrey Scott Parsons and music direction bySMP’s Associate Artist, Sean Paxton.Although he is directing at SMP for the first time, Josh brings withhim a career that spans from Broadway (where he starred oppositeChita Rivera in Kiss of the Spiderwoman) to Los Angeles. He is anacclaimed actor, director, choreographer, producer, and teacherand he has garnered numerous awards for his work.And this is a reunion for Josh and SMP Artistic Director ChristianLebano who were in Conservatory together at the University ofWisconsin-Milwaukee and are working together for the first time inmany years.Dames at Sea opens June 17 and plays through July 21 – ticketsare on sale now at SierraMadrePlayhouse.org or 626.355.4318.
4 Performances OnlyFriday, April 5 @ 8pmSaturday, April 6 & 13 @ 8pmSunday, April 14 @ 2:30pmTickets: SierraMadrePlayhouse.org / 626.355.4318Adults: 35, Seniors: 30, Youth: 25
Be a part of a vibrantcenter of the arts at thebeloved SMP. You canusher, inform peopleabout our plays andprograms, or interactwith people at creativeoutreach events. Weneed people with allkinds of interests andskills.Come “Play” with us!More information at our website or email Diane atDiane.Siegel@SierraMadrePlayhouse.org
SMP is recruiting new members to its board. If you are interested,please contact David Gordon at david@gordonadvisory.comBOARD of DIRECTORSLouise Calaway, TreasurerLouise – and her husband Ward - have been involved with thePlayhouse for many years. They are excited by its recentproductions (while keeping a close eye on their costs!). She lives inSierra Madre.Estelle Campbell, Managing DirectorEstelle is a former interior designer and an architectural projectmanager when she joined the board of the Sierra Madre Playhousein 2010. Shebeen the MD since 2013. She lives in Pasadena in an artistcomplex she developed from obsolete warehouses.David Gordon, PresidentDavid is a former art museum director and consultant whodiscovered the Playhouse and became an enthusiast. He lives inSierra Madre.Christian Lebano, Artistic DirectorChristian has been AD since 2014 and joined the Board in 2012.He has produced, directed or acted in over 35 shows
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