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Feb. - Mar. 2024 Issue No. 102

2023-2024 PROGRAM IN THIS ISSUE:

February 15 | 10:30 AM

February 17 | 7:30 PM

One Week Silent Metropolis Silent Celebrate THE WAVE Film with THE WAVE Film with THE WAVE February 18 | 2:30 PM

Drum Tao February 22 | 7:30 PM

Emmet Cahill: Songs of Ireland March 1 | 7:30 PM

Come From Away

February 29 | 7:30 PM

Johnny Cash: The Official Concert Experience March 2 | 7:30 PM

TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Curtain Raisers

65 Board of Trustees

Marquee Society

65 Administration and Staff

RiverCenter Members

66 Important Information

64 Volunteers

68 Ticket Information 1

A MESSAGE from our Director

Our highly anticipated 2023-24 season continues with the variety and quality of programming for which RiverCenter is known. Our season includes everything from a graphic novel on film to classical ballet, Renée Fleming, Amy Grant, Foreigner, and more! Broadway titles include the heartwarming, and what some call transformational Come From Away, and the exuberant, no holds barred On Your Feet! An old favorite— Mannheim Steamroller Christmas—returns, followed by a newly discovered, talented Irish Tenor—Emmet Cahill. We have added two silent pictures to our series featuring THE WAVE, making three in all—Phantom of the Opera (1925), Metropolis (1927), and Wings (1927). And what would the holidays in Columbus be like without the RiverCenter Gingerbread Village? RiverCenter has been serving the Columbus region for more than twenty years and we are rapidly approaching our 25th anniversary. RiverCenter has been steadfast in supporting the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Youth Orchestra of Greater Columbus, in presenting varied programs with many free opportunities for the community to experience the finest concerts and touring entertainment, and in providing affordable topquality services to the performing arts. As a key factor in the economic development of our region, RiverCenter contributes millions of dollars to the local economy supporting jobs, household incomes, and other ancillary enterprises and services—all procured from local businesses. As we approach our twenty-fifth year, we hope that you will look forward to more great seasons of entertainment. We also hope you will explore ways to help us upgrade and maintain aging mechanical systems to refresh this magnificent facility for generations to come. We appreciate you taking the time to visit us. Thank you for your continuing support of RiverCenter and thank you for helping Columbus be the best that it can be through your support of the arts community! Here’s to warming hearts and lifting spirits!

Norman S. Easterbrook, Executive Director 2

eason S 2024

The 2023 Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse in Concert August 26

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas November 25

Forbidden Broadway September 22

2023 Gingerbread Village November 29December 19

The Adventures of Tortoise and Hare—The Next Generation October 1 & 2 STOMP October 22 & 23 The Phantom of the Opera Silent Film with THE WAVE October 28 The Four Phantoms in Concert November 4 Foreigner: The Historic Farewell Tour November 8 American Ballet Theatre Studio Company November 12

Christmas with THE WAVE December 2 The Life and Music of George Michael January 13 Giraffes Can't Dance February 13 One Week Silent Film with THE WAVE February 15 Metropolis Silent Film with THE WAVE February 17 Celebrate THE WAVE February 18

Emmet Cahill: Songs of Ireland March 1

Johnny Cash: The Official Concert Experience March 2 360 ALLSTARS March 22 On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan March 29 Renée Fleming April 5 & 6 Disney Princess: The Concert April 11 Amy Grant April 16 Voctave: The Corner of Broadway & Main Street April 25

Drum Tao February 22

Wings Silent Film with THE WAVE May 4

Come From Away February 29

Pretty Woman May 15 3

Curtain Raisers

Thank you to our Curtain Raisers! As a 501(c)3 organization, RiverCenter depends on the generosity of corporations to help present world-class artists and offer varied educational opportunities. RiverCenter for the Performing Arts offers one-of-a-kind, tailor-made opportunities for businesses and organizations to invest in the arts and arts education, while increasing visibility as a philanthropic leader in the Columbus region. Performances at RiverCenter would not be possible without the goodwill of our sponsors. A wide range of sponsorship opportunities are available, including theatre productions, events, special projects, education and outreach initiatives and can be customized to meet sponsors’ specific interests and needs, beginning at $1,500. We would love to hear from you and discuss becoming a partner with RiverCenter. Please contact our Director of Development, Denise Dowdy at development@rivercenter.org or call 706-256-3653. Our sponsors help us impact and transform thousands of lives through the arts and education. Based on donations as of January 16, 2024:

SEASON SPONSOR

B R O A D WAY O N B R O A D WAY S P O N S O R

PRESENTING SPONSOR

SHOW SPONSOR

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DIAMOND SPONSOR

P L AT I N U M S P O N S O R

GOLD SPONSOR

GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT

Thank You to Our Supporters! RiverCenter for the Performing Arts would not be possible without the help and generosity of our wonderful community. We are so thankful for all of the donors and members who have helped us grow and bring amazing talent to our region for over 20 years! We greatly appreciate each gift given in support of RiverCenter and have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing, which was based on donations made as of January 16, 2024. Please notify the Development Office of any inaccuracies or omissions by contacting us at 706.256.3653 or development@rivercenter.org. We regret any errors.

RIVERCENTER

Marquee Society

The Marquee Society is comprised of donors who invest a minimum of $1,000, each season, to the mission of RiverCenter. Members receive distinct benefits to include an annual dinner, members-only events, and advance notification before the general public to purchase single tickets to shows added to the season. Marquee Society members, and their guests, have exclusive admission into the Marquee lounge, pre-show and at intermission, for a private bar and complimentary hors d’oeuvres created by Valley Hospitality.

Every aspect of the Marquee Society emblem has a special meaning. The gears represent our mill history and the collaboration of the Columbus Challenge. The bee in its hive is a powerful symbol of the workers who built the city and RiverCenter. The blue represents our connection to the mighty river and the creative flow of the arts. The gold represents your annual investment and commitment to quality. Each Marquee Society member embodies the spirit and sentiment of this design. To join the Marquee Society, visit rivercenter.org, email development@rivercenter.org, or call 706.256.3653.

MARQUEE SOCIETY MEMBERS —————————————– D I R E C TO R ——–——————————— Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Butler

Steeplechase at Callaway Gardens

———————————— C U RTA I N C A L L ———————————— Ray M. and Jane R. Wright Foundation

Mrs. Clifford J. Swift, III

———————————— B E N E FAC TO R ———————————— Bernard and Sylvia Witt Foundation James G. and Kathryn A. Hillenbrand Dr. and Mrs. David Levine Mr. and Mrs. John C. Martin, II

Katherine and Wright Waddell Wade and Adrianne Wallace Mrs. Janice M. Watson

————————————– D I A M O N D ————–———————— Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Goldsmith Mr. and Mrs. Roderick C. Hunter Akitoshi and Etsuko Kan Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. Pease, III David and Linell Pringle Dr. and Mrs. Richard Robbins

Stephen M. Sawyer Mr. and Mrs. William P. Scarbrough Judy W. Thomas Rick and Jan Ussery Mr. and Mrs. M. Troy Woods

————————————– P L AT I N U M ————————————– Fred and Catalina Aranas Family Foundation Maria Luisa Aranas Ms. Betty L. Auten Susan Berry Bernice and Mansfield Bias Mr. and Mrs. Walker R. Bickerstaff Mrs. Doris Black Mr. and Mrs. James H. Blanchard Ms. Lucy H. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Richard Y. Bradley Kay Broda Mrs. Charles W. Burgin Mrs. Forrest L. Champion, Jr. Creek Stand Partners, LP Danny and Sandra Dawson Mr. and Mrs. Norman S. Easterbrook Suzanne and Joel Fine Loretta and Tom Flowers Gardiner and Nora Garrard Cindy and Spencer Garrard

GB & Charlotte A. Saunders Foundation Inc Mrs. Richard Hallock The Hecht Family Fund, Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Henson, Jr. Helen J. Hobbs The June and Bruce Howard Family Charitable Gift Fund Dr. William P. Kendall Ashok and Mary Kumar Mr. and Mrs. John T. Laney, III Kayron and John Laska Elaine and John Laughbaum Hank and Mary Lewis Dr. Robert and Jane Marcus Ben and Annelle McCosh Chris and Wendy Miller Jimmy and Barbara Motos John and Sam Newton Edwin and Pam Page 7

————————– P L AT I N U M (Continued) ————————– Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson C. Reed The Honorable and Mrs. William C. Rumer Dr. Carole Rutland and Col. (Ret) Robert D. Offer Marnie Salter The Honorable Julia Willcox-Lumpkin Sando and Colonel Donald Mark Sando, U.S. Army, Retired Mr. Claude Scarbrough Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sears Len and Glenda Sexton Alex and Willette Shalishali Mr. and Mrs. John A. Shinkle Mollie Smith

Jay and Cindy Sparks Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Staples Susan Stephenson Patty Kimbrough Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Steve Taylor Chip and Audrey Tillman Tom and Jackie Titus Mr. and Mrs. Philip Tomlinson Martha S. Tubb Mr. and Mrs. Brad Turner Dr. Joan and Lt. Col. (R) Darryl Verrett Dr. Linda L. Walker and Dr. Steven E. Reissman Chris Weaver

RIVERCENTER MEMBERS G O L D L EV E L

Regina Satlof and Neil Block Bob and Linda Carter Ed and Lana Helton Mrs. Stephen C. Hunter Pam and Charlie Johnson Charlyn Kerr

Dr. Ronald and Judy H. King Mr. and Mrs. Anthony D. Link Gene and Meg Perkins Dr. Angela Sims and John Sims Murray and Celia Solomon

B RO N Z E L EV E L

Anonymous Revs. Taylor and Grace Burton-Edwards Don and Bobbie Dakin Mr. and Mrs. Steven Daknis Mr. and Mrs. David Hay

Jo Ann and Ernie Kirk Mr. and Mrs. William R. Peek Joyce and Henry Schwob CH (COL) and Mrs. Thomas Waynick, USA, Ret. Jim and Ann White

F R I E N D S O F R I V E RC E N T E R

Anonymous Elizabeth A. Bloodgood Jim and Iveta Boyanchek Dr. and Mrs. Philip L. Brewer Marie Anita Brooks Frank and Jo Ann Brown Ann Burr Butch and Eva Chappelle Kelly and Martha Dimon Ken Hamill 8

Linda and Seth Harp Dr. and Mrs. Steven Henslee Rem and Leila Houser Mike and Patty Kelley Kevin and Donna Kelly LTC Patricia A. Krause USA Ret. Marv and Vicki Lieberman Dr. Barbara and Leon Minsky Frank Postle Sally Rotunno

F R I E N D S O F R I V E RC E N T E R (Continued) Mr. and Mrs. James Kimbrough Sheek, IV Guy Ashton and Marianne Smith Mr. and Mrs. Jim Trotter

Lois M. Tryon Dr. Thomas A. and Sherry F. Wade Dave and Jane Wilson

H O N O R A RY A N D M E M O R I A L G I F T S

In memory of Dr. Davis Ronald Watson, Sr. Mrs. Janice M. Watson In honor of Michael and Susan Silverstein Mike Burns

In honor of Jacquie Rawls Mike Burns In honor of Marjorie and Jerry Newman Mike Burns

VIRGINIA NORMAN CLASSICAL MUSIC FUND (Gifts January 1, 2023 tp January 16, 2024)

Ms. Lucy H. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Richard Y. Bradley Ann Burr Dr. Bonnie Ellis and William Ellis Gardiner and Nora Garrard Cindy and Spencer Garrard Robert and Susan Hiers Mr. Michael and Dr. Betty Hipps Helen J. Hobbs

Mrs. Stephen C. Hunter Jean Kent Mary Dana Knight Jimmy and Barbara Motos Dr. and Mrs. Richard Robbins Dr. and Mrs. Hugh I. Rodgers Ms. Christina Stavitski Mrs. Clifford J. Swift, III Mrs. Janice M. Watson

B R I C K S O N B ROA D WAY

(Purchases and donations since February 2023)

Ms. Renee Beam Mr. and Mrs. Robert Benson Ms. Sherida Brannan Dr. and Mrs. William J. Bullock Mrs. Jodi Capan Mr. Paul Cluverius Mr. and Mrs. Billy Daniels Ms. Jane Del Gobbo Ms. Jennifer Dunlap Mr. Phil Evers Ms. Lisa Gainey Ms. Adelita Greeson Mrs. Nancy Hallman Mr. Aric Jackson Mr. Rick Jones Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kirk, II Ms. Brigitta Meyer-Green

Mr. Joel Moore Ms. Marcia Morris Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Moultrie Mr. Noah Parker Ms. Irene Alexich Pate Mr. Judson W. Patten Ms. Regina Ridgley RiverCenter Ushers Christian Sanchez Ms. Camilla Sheppard Mr. and Mrs. John A. Shinkle Mr. and Mrs. Art Thomason Ms. Kyera Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ussery Dr. Linda Walker and Dr. Steven E. Reissman Mr. Mark Weitzel Ms. Latisha Wells

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list; however, it is possible that errors have been made. If so, please accept our sincere apologies and bring them to the attention of our Development Office, development@rivercenter.org or 706.256.3653.

BECOME a RIVERCENTER MEMBER Ticket sales meet only a fraction of RiverCenter’s operating expenses. The balance is covered by members, donations, and sponsorships. The generosity of many individuals and corporations enables RiverCenter to bring nationally touring Broadway shows and world class artists to the Columbus region. For a full list of benefits, visit rivercenter.org.

MEMBERS' VALUE TO RIVERCENTER:

HIGHLIGHTS OF MEMBER BENEFITS:

» Increases the exceptional programming offered

» Complimentary donors-only events

» Maintains modern facilities that are home to the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Ballet, Schwob School of Music and community events like the annual Miss Georgia Competition, the Maneuver Center of Excellence Band’s holiday concert, the Georgia Thespian Conference and many more

» Recognition on RiverCenter website

» Impacts and inspires diverse communities by providing access to the arts

» Complimentary beverage coupons » Distinguished in Applause Program » Exclusive access to box office liaison » Courtesy backstage tour of theatre with the Executive Director (by appointment only) » Ticket insurance for lost or stolen tickets » Early notice of new season announcement » Access to presales for single tickets or season subscriptions » Ticket exchange privileges (within the same Broadway show)

*benefits vary based on level of membership *benefits subject to availability or deadline, restrictions may apply

RiverCenter’s Capstone Society, founded by the late Wendell Lewis, is our planned giving program. For over 20 years, families have enjoyed programs and productions at RiverCenter. Through a planned gift, members of the Capstone Society are creating a lasting legacy for future generations so they can enjoy the same magical experience of the theatre. When you include RiverCenter in your estate plans, you will be included into our Capstone Society of donors, and we are pleased to recognize your generosity. If you would like to let us know about your planned gift, or to learn how your planned gift can help RiverCenter in its artistic and educational mission, please contact our Director of Development, Denise D. Dowdy, at 706.256.3653 or development@rivercenter.org. 10

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Organist, Ron Carter Ron Carter is a sought-after theatre organ concert and silent film accompanist playing in theaters throughout the southeast. He is the theatre organ consultant for Allen Organ Studios of Atlanta, and the House Organist for the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta, Ga. He has been a member of the Strand Theatre Board of Trustees since its inception in 2003 and served as Board Secretary for 13 of those years. He is past Chairman of the Board for Marietta’s Pops Orchestra, Symphony on the Square. Ron is also the former President of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society and a recipient of its 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Theatre Organ Society’s 2009 Honorary Member award, and was recognized by the Cobb County Ga. Cultural Arts Board as Cobb’s 2010 Outstanding Instrumentalist. Recently, Ron was honored by the Mayor of Marietta as he proclaimed February 12, 2023 as Ron Carter Day in the City of Marietta for his contributions to the Strand Theatre and the Marietta community. Ron has served five churches in a part time capacity as organist/Choir Director for over 50 years and is currently part of a team of organists who play for worship services at Marietta First Baptist Church. He is a retired Commander of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation after serving 38 years in public law enforcement. Ron and his lovely wife of 55 years, Donna, live in Marietta, Georgia and have one son, John, daughter-in-law Julie and two precious grandchildren, Abby and Jake!

About the Film Starring comedy great Buster Keaton, One Week is the hilarious 1920 short film about a newlywed couple who receives a kit house as a wedding gift. The instructions describe how to construct the house by assembling materials in numbered packing crates. The house arrives in the crates, but what the newlyweds don’t know is that a rejected suitor has renumbered them! All manner of shenanigans ensue, immersing the audience in laughter! Organist Ron Carter will provide the soundtrack for the film, as well as performing a selection of familiar tunes from various genres and eras.

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Clark Wilson, Organist Clark Wilson is one of the most prominent and recognized scorers of silent photoplays in America today. He works exclusively with the Organ in developing accurate and historic musical accompaniments as they were performed in major picture palaces during the heyday of the silent film. Clark was personally influenced by, and subsequently became close friends with Chicago area organist John Muri, who was an original master of picture accompaniment and practiced his art well into the 1980s. His (and Wilson’s) historic style was that of utilizing fine music as a basis for developing a score of musical value. If the original score is no longer extant, a new one is prepared from the organist’s library and is normally transferred to a cue sheet – somewhat of a “road map” of suggested themes and notated screen actions which keep the organist fully on course. The development of themes in serious pictures is obtained exclusively in this way, and it must be considered the truest way to properly underscore screen action. Nothing is left to chance and wholesale improvisation is not relied upon. Further, the musical style of the time remains intact; no attempt is made to distract from the picture by using themes or styles that entered the musical scene years later. Most important of all, the film remains the focus and star of the performance. Wilson began his scoring career in 1980 and has successfully toured North America with hundreds of film presentations at schools and universities, performing arts centers, theatres, film festivals, and conventions. His work has led to performances for UCLA, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, where, in addition to other pictures, he has repremiered Wings for Paramount Studios’ 100th Anniversary, the Chautauqua Institution, Cinequest and San Francisco film festivals, the Los Angeles Conservancy, the Packard Foundation’s Stanford Theatre film series, the Atlanta premier of the restored Metropolis, and annual presentations at the Atlanta Fox Theatre and for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Society at the Walt Disney Concert Hall organ. He is the organist of choice for many of the American Theatre Organ Society’s international convention silent film presentations, and he has scored pictures for Kino International for public DVD release. His performances have received the highest marks from colleagues and professionals, one commenting that his was “the finest use of a theatre pipe organ that I have ever heard.” Clark has been organ conservator and Resident Organist at the Ohio Theatre for the Columbus Associate for the Performing Arts since 1992 and is responsible for all music during the annual classic movie series, which also features one or more major silent films each season. In addition, he has led courses in theatre organ styling and silent film accompaniment at the Indiana University School of Music. He has now developed curriculum and has been appointed to the organ faculty at the University of Oklahoma's Organ Department, where he teaches applied theatre organ lessons, silent film scoring, and the history of the American theatre organ, the first such program to exist since 1929. In addition to several articles published in Theatre Organ Magazine, he has recently authored an article on film scoring for The American Organist magazine, periodical of the American Guild of Organists. Wilson has been named in numerous Who’s Who and Men of Achievement editions and was presented with the ATOS Organist of the Year award in 1998. An acclaimed organ technician and consultant, he has also been professionally involved with over 200 pipe organ installations to date and has earned the ATOS Technician of Merit award, the only person to receive both ATOS distinctions. 18

About the Film Metropolis is a 1927 German science-fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang from von Harbou's 1925 novel of the same name. The film is regarded as a pioneering science-fiction movie, being among the first feature-length movies of that genre and influencing many future directors and films. Filming took place in Germany over 17 months in 1925–26 at a cost of more than five million Reichsmarks, the equivalent of about $27 million today. The film is set in a highly stylized, futuristic city, where a beautiful utopian society exists above a bleak underworld of mistreated workers. Freder, the wealthy son of the city master discovers the grim scene under the city and becomes intent on helping the workers. He befriends a rebellious teacher, Maria, a saintly figure to the workers, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes in their city and bring the workers together with Joh Fredersen, the city master. The film's message is encompassed in the final inter-title: “The Mediator Between the Head and the Hands Must Be the Heart.” Upon its release, Metropolis met with a mixed reception. Critics found it visually beautiful and powerful. The film's art direction by Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, and Karl Vollbrecht draws influence from opera, Bauhaus, Cubist, and Futurist design, along with touches of the Gothic in the scenes in the catacombs, the cathedral and Rotwang's house. While critics lauded its complex special effects, they accused its story of being naive. H.G. Wells described the film as “silly,” and The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction calls the story “trite” and its politics “ludicrously simplistic.” Its alleged communist message and the film’s long running time were also subjects of criticism, and the film was cut substantially after its German premiere. In March of 1998, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times revisited the film: “Generally considered the first great science-fiction film, Metropolis fixed for the rest of the century the image of a futuristic city as a hell of scientific progress and human despair.” Ebert concluded: “Metropolis does what many great films do, creating a time, place and characters so striking that they become part of our arsenal of images for imagining the world.” Metropolis is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made, ranking 67th in Sight and Sound’s 2022 critics’ poll. In 2001, the film was inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, the first film thus distinguished. The film version of Metropolis that Lang completed was lost for years. Edited by distributors, censors and exhibitors, key footage was lost and, only by referring to the story by von Harbou could story gaps be explained. Many attempts have been made since the 1970s to restore the film. In 1984, Italian music producer Giorgio Moroder released a reconstructed version adding footage gathered from Germany and Australia to existing prints. With a soundtrack by rock artists including Freddie Mercury, Loverboy, and Adam Ant, this is the version most often seen today. In 2001, a new reconstruction of Metropolis was shown at the Berlin Film Festival. In 2008, a damaged print of Lang's original cut of the film was found in a museum in Argentina. To quote the opening explanation in the restored film: “The material was heavily damaged and, because it had been printed on 16mm film stock, does not have the full-aperture silent picture ratio. In order to maintain the scale of the restored footage, the missing portion of the frame appears black. Black frames indicate points at which footage is still lost."” After a long restoration process that required additional materials provided by a print from New Zealand, the film was 95% restored and shown on large screens in Berlin and Frankfurt simultaneously on February 12, 2010. 19

Film Plot In the future, wealthy industrialists, business magnates, and their top employees reign over the city of Metropolis from colossal skyscrapers, while underground-dwelling workers operate the machines that power it. Joh Fredersen is the city’s master. His son, Freder, idles away his time at sports and in a pleasure garden, but is interrupted by the arrival of a young woman named Maria, who has brought a group of workers’ children to witness the lifestyle of their rich “brothers.” Maria and the children are ushered away, but Freder becomes fascinated by her and goes to the lower levels to find her. In the machine halls, he witnesses the explosion of a machine that kills and injures numerous workers. Freder has a hallucination that the machine is a temple of Moloch and the workers are being fed to it. When the hallucination ends, and he sees the dead workers being carried away on stretchers, he hurries to tell his father about the accident. Grot, foreman of the Heart Machine, brings Fredersen secret maps found on the dead workers. Fredersen fires his assistant Josaphat for not being the first to bring him details about the explosion or the maps. After seeing his father’s cold indifference towards the harsh conditions faced by the workers, Freder secretly rebels against him by helping the workers. He enlists Josaphat’s assistance and returns to the machine halls, where he trades places with a worker who has collapsed from exhaustion. Fredersen takes the maps to the inventor Rotwang to learn their meaning. Rotwang had been in love with Hel, Freder’s mother, who left Rotwang to marry Fredersen and later died giving birth to Freder. Rotwang shows Fredersen a robot he has built to “resurrect” Hel. The maps show a network of catacombs beneath Metropolis, and the two men go to investigate. They eavesdrop on a gathering of workers, including Freder. Maria addresses them, prophesying the arrival of a mediator who can bring the working and ruling classes together. Freder believes he can fill the role and declares his love for Maria. Fredersen orders Rotwang to give Maria’s likeness to the robot so that it can discredit her among the workers but is unaware that Rotwang plans to use the robot to destroy Metropolis and ruin both Fredersen and Freder. Rotwang kidnaps Maria, transfers her likeness to the robot, then sends the robot to Fredersen. Freder finds the two embracing and, believing it is the real Maria, falls into a prolonged delirium. Intercut with his hallucinations, the false Maria unleashes chaos throughout Metropolis, driving men to murder and stirring dissent among the workers. Freder recovers and returns to the catacombs, accompanied by Josaphat. Finding the false Maria urging the workers to rise up and destroy the machines, he accuses her of not being the real Maria. The workers follow the false Maria from their city to the machine halls, leaving their children behind. They destroy the machines, triggering a flood in their city deeper underground. The real Maria, having escaped from Rotwang’s house, rescues the children with help from Freder and Josaphat. Grot berates the celebrating workers for abandoning their children in the flooded city. Believing their children to be dead, the hysterical workers capture the false Maria and burn her at the stake. A horrified Freder watches, not understanding the deception, until the fire reveals her to be a robot. Rotwang becomes delusional, seeing the real Maria as his lost Hel, and chases her to the roof of the cathedral, pursued by Freder. The two men fight as Fredersen and the workers watch from the street, and Rotwang falls to his death. Freder fulfills his role as mediator by linking the hands of Fredersen and Grot to bring them together.

Cast

Alfred Abel as Joh Fredersen, the master of Metropolis Gustav Fröhlich as Freder, Joh Fredersen’s son Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Rotwang, the inventor Fritz Rasp as The Thin Man, Fredersen’s spy Theodor Loos as Josaphat, Fredersen’s assistant and Freder’s friend Erwin Biswanger as 11811, a worker, also known as Georgy Heinrich George as Grot, guardian of the Heart Machine Brigitte Helm as Maria / The Machine Man Heinrich Gotho as Master of Ceremonies in Pleasure Gardens (uncredited) 20

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Ken Double, Organist A former radio and television sportscaster who started taking organ lessons as an 8-year-old in Chicago, Ken Double has enjoyed a second career focused on his love of the music of the theatre pipe organ. As a sportscaster, Ken broadcast NBA and major college basketball, NHL, IHL and AHL hockey, the worldwide broadcast of the Indy 500, and more. But since retiring in 2008, Ken has performed concerts on the great theatre pipe organs around the world. He also helped establish the Long Center Theatre Organ Society in Lafayette, Indiana; spent ten years as the President of the American Theatre Organ Society; and currently is one of the two organists who perform on Mighty Mo, the iconic 4/42 Möller pipe organ at the Atlanta Fox Theatre. Ken Double performed his first concert in 1978; has more than 20 recordings to his credit; has toured Australia and New Zealand 8 times; and in June of 2022 will celebrate his 40th anniversary concert at Long Center in Lafayette, IN. Ken has been thrilled to not only perform many times on some of the greatest theatre organs across the United States, but to also have the honor of assisting the chapters and groups that stage the concerts in marketing the fundraising; enjoyed helping grow the ATOS Summer Youth Adventure, the camplike event that has provided more than 80 young people the opportunity to learn to play (including at least 6 new concert artists who have grown from the program). He has also played a part in finding new homes for theatre organs, thus introducing the art form to new audiences in many locations. 26

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F E B RUARY 29 | 7:30 PM

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Book, Music and Lyrics by

IRENE SANKOFF and DAVID HEIN Featuring

DANNY ARNOLD KATHLEEN CAMERON TREY DeLUNA ADDISON GARNER ANDREW HENDRICK HANNAH KATO KRISTIN LITZENBERG STANTON MORALES CANDACE ALYSSA RHODES MOLLY SAMSON JASON TYLER SMITH SHAWN W. SMITH ANDREW HARVEY CHELSEA LeVALLEY MIRANDA LUZE NATHAN DAVID SMITH DEKONTEE TUCRKILE ANDRE WILLIAMS

Scenic Design

Costume Design

BEOWULF BORITT

TONI-LESLIE JAMES

Lighting Design

Associate Lighting Design

GARETH OWEN

Hair Design

RYAN O’GARA

Orchestrations

Sound Design

HOWELL BINKLEY DAVID BRIAN BROWN

Arrangements

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Music Coordinator

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IAN EISENDRATH

WENDY BOBBITT CAVETT

JOHN MEZZIO

Casting

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Company Manager

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Production Stage Manager

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Executive Producer

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IAN EISENDRATH MUSICAL STAGING BY

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MUSICAL STAGING RESTAGED BY

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DIRECTED BY

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY Come From Away was originally co-produced in 2015 by La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre and presented in 2016 by Ford’s Theatre Come From Away (NAMT Festival 2013) was originally developed at the Canadian Music Theatre Project, Michael Rubinoff—Producer, Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada and was further developed at Goodspeed Musicals’ Festival of New Artists, in East Haddam, Connecticut. The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington, also provided development support.

CAST

(in order of appearance) Bonnie and others...................................................................................................... KATHLEEN CAMERON Oz and others........................................................................................................................DANNY ARNOLD Beverley/Annette and others.............................................................................................ADDISON GARNER Janice and others..................................................................................................................... HANNAH KATO Bob and others............................................................................................................. JASON TYLER SMITH Claude and others.......................................................................................................... ANDREW HENDRICK Kevin T./Garth and others................................................................................................... SHAWN W. SMITH Nick/Doug and others....................................................................................................STANTON MORALES Kevin J./Ali and others............................................................................................................. TREY DeLUNA Hannah and others............................................................................................ CANDACE ALYSSA RHODES Beulah and others........................................................................................................KRISTIN LITZENBERG Diane and others................................................................................................................... MOLLY SAMSON STANDBYS Standbys never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. Hannah, Janice, Bonnie and Diane—DEKONTEE TUCRKILE Beverley, Diane, Beulah and Hannah—MIRANDA LUZE Bonnie, Beulah, Janice and Beverley—CHELSEA LeVALLEY Claude and Oz— NATHAN DAVID SMITH Nick, Kevin T., Claude and Oz—ANDREW HARVEY Bob, Kevin J., Nick and Kevin T.—ANDRE WILLIAMS DANCE CAPTAIN CHELSEA LeVALLEY

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DANNY ARNOLD

KATHLEEN CAMERON

TREY DeLUNA

ADDISON GARNER

ANDREW HENDRICK

HANNAH KATO

KRISTIN LITZENBERG

STANTON MORALES

CANDACE ALYSSA RHODES

MOLLY SAMSON

JASON TYLER SMITH

SHAWN W. SMITH

ANDREW HARVEY

CHELSEA LeVALLEY

MIRANDA LUZE

NATHAN DAVID SMITH

DEKONTEE TUCRKILE

ANDRE WILLIAMS

MUSICAL NUMBERS “Welcome to the Rock”......................................................................................................................... Company “38 Planes”............................................................................................................................................ Company “Blankets and Bedding”........................................................................................................................ Company “28 Hours/Wherever We Are”*............................................................................................................ Company “Darkness and Trees”............................................................................................................................ Company “Costume Party”.......................................................................... Diane, Hannah, Kevin T., Kevin J., Company “I Am Here”............................................................................................................................................. Hannah “Prayer”**............................................................................................................................. Kevin T., Company “On the Edge”....................................................................................................................................... Company “Screech In”*...........................................................................................................................Claude, Company “Me and the Sky”..................................................................................................... Beverley, Female Company “Stop the World”..............................................................................................................Nick, Diane, Company “Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere”.............................................................................................. Company “Something’s Missing”......................................................................................................................... Company “Finale”................................................................................................................................................. Company COME FROM AWAY WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. THE BAND Conductor/Keyboard/Accordion/Harmonium—HARRY COLLINS Whistles/Irish Flute/Uilleann Pipes—LOGAN MITCHELL Fiddle—GIOIA GEDICKS Electric/Acoustic Guitars—AZANA HIGHTOWER Acoustic Guitar/Mandolins/Bouzouki—McKINLEY FOSTER Electric/Acoustic Bass—ISAIAH SMITH Bodhran/Percussion—SPENCER INCH Drums/Percussion—BRANDON WONG Music Director—HARRY COLLINS Associate Music Director—SARAH POOL WILHELM Music Coordinator—JOHN MEZZIO Electronic Music Design—Billy Jay Stein, Jason Howland, Hiro Iida and Adam Wiggins for Strange Cranium Productions, Inc. Music Preparation—ZACH REDLER, RYAN DRISCOLL *“My Heart Will Go On” words and music by Will Jennings and James Horner. ©IRVING MUSIC, INC. on behalf of BLUE SKY RIDER SONGS (BMI). Used by permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. All rights reserved. **“Prayer of St. Francis” dedicated to Mrs. Frances Tracy. ©1967, OCP, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 97213. All rights reserved. **“Osseh Shalom” written by Nurit Hirsh. ©1972, Nurit Hirsh. All rights reserved Please be aware that a camera flash effect will be in use at this performance.

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DANNY ARNOLD (Oz and Others). National

tour: Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye). Regional: Titanic (Swing), Jekyll & Hyde (Archibald Proops), Hands on a Hardbody (Mike Ferris), Guys & Dolls (Harry the Horse), and Newsies (Theodore Roosevelt/Morris Delancey). TV/Film: “Law & Order” (NBC). Much gratitude to Brian at Hell’s Kitchen Agency, Rachel Hoffman and the entire CFA creative team. Infinite love to Mom & Dad. danny-arnold.com @dannyarnold24

KATHLEEN CAMERON (Bonnie and Others). Grateful to be here! Regional: Sister Act, Grease, Beauty and the Beast. Writer/Performer on Characters Welcome at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Proud graduate of NYU Tisch Drama. Many thanks to the entire CFA team. Dedicated to her favo(u)rite Canadian, Jim. KathleenCameron.com

TREY DeLUNA (Kevin J. / Ali and Others) is excited to bring this beautiful story to life on the road. Chicago credits: A Chorus Line (Al DeLuca), Drury Lane Theatre; Sons of Hollywood (Ramon Novarro), Windy City Playhouse; Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Matt/Scratchy), Theater Wit. Regional: The Sound of Music (Rolf), and You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Linus), Parallel 45; West Side Story (Chino), Hope Repertory Theatre. Trey is represented by Gray Talent Group.

ADDISON GARNER (Beverley and Others). Addison Garner, a southern gal from Alabama, is thrilled to be in the captain’s seat. National tour: Hairspray (Velma Von Tussle). Regional: Crazy for You (Irene), Marvelous Wonderettes (Misty), Singin’ in the Rain (Lina Lamont)and the inaugural cast of Hairspray (RCCL).Proud University of Mobile Musical Theatre Alum. Endlessly grateful for family, friends, ATB talent and Sharp Studios for their never ending love and support for this crazy kid. Thisone’s for you, Pawpaw. Philippians 4:13 @addisongarner

ANDREW HENDRICK (Claude and Others) has been a fan of this show since its inception and is thrilled to be joining the Come From Away family! National tour credits include nearly 600 performances of Fiddler On The Roof (Lazar Wolf), Kinky Boots, Bullets Over Broadway (1st Nat’l), Jekyll & Hyde. Andrew is a co-producer of the popular musical Be More Chill (Bway & West End) and The Secret Garden (Los Angeles revival). Thanks to the CFA creative team, NETworks, Rachel Hoffman/Telsey and Co, About Artists Agency. For Dad, whom I am eternally grateful came home from work that day. @andrewbhendrick HANNAH KATO (Janice and Others) (she/her) is ecstatic to be making her national tour debut in Come From Away. Other credits: Fishing for the Moon (Lucy), Sunflowered (u/s Frankie/Jackie) at Northern Sky Theater, and A Christmas Carol (Fan/Belinda) at Drury Lane Theatre. Lots of love to her wonderful agents at Big Mouth Talent and her family. Soli deo gloria. @hannah.kato 42

KRISTIN LITZENBERG (Beulah and Others). National/International tour: Sister Act. Regional: Escape to Margaritaville (Arizona Broadway Theatre), The Sound of Music (Gateway Playhouse). Kristin holds a BFA from AMDA College of the Performing Arts. Many thanks to Rachel Hoffman and the CFA team. Love to my husband Kevin, my family, and the cats! @kristinlitz STANTON MORALES (Nick and Others). National tour: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (George, u/s Wonka/Salt), The King & I (Capt. Orton/Sir Edward). Select regional credits: The Secret Garden (Archibald Craven), She Loves Me (Georg Nowack), The Scarlet Pimpernel (Percy Blakeney), Jesus Christ Superstar (Pontius Pilate), and … Spelling Bee (William Barfée), LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Award winner. Special thanks to Nicole, Arbender and Tiera at FireStarter. For The Moms! CANDACE ALYSSA RHODES (Hannah and Others) is thrilled to make her Broadway tour debut in Come From Away! Special thanks to Mikey & The Collective, Telsey & Company, my incredible teachers, and friends for their endless support. Extra love to my family and pups. Psalm 37:3. candacerhodes.com @candace.roseee. MOLLY SAMSON (Diane and Others) is overjoyed to share this beautiful story across North America. Select Regional: Engeman Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Axelrod PAC. Recent NYC: Sugar, Surviving the Rosenthals (Theatre Row), The Jury, Soundbites (Theatre Now), Safe Hands (Connelly Theatre), Funny Face Developmental Reading (Alchemy Production Group), and shows at 54 Below. Touring: Clifford LIVE, Monster Who Ate My Peas, Encore!! Forever grateful to the CFA Team, Rachel Hoffman, ATB, Mom, and Chuka (my luh!). www.mollysamson.com @biggymollz

JASON TYLER SMITH (Bob and Others) is so excited to be back on the road, this time with Come From Away! Born and raised in Montclair, NJ, his previous credits include RENT 20th Natl tour, Passing Strange (Youth), HARLEM (Amazon Prime). Jason would like to thank NETworks, About Artist, BP, J&C, his amazing Mother, and his incredibly loving friends and family @jasontyler_smith SHAWN W. SMITH (Kevin T. / Garth and Others) honored to join Come From Away and tell such an important story. Recent credits: Rogers: The Musical (“Save the City”), Marvel Studios/ Disney/D23 Expo; Stranger Sings: The Parody Musical (Hopper and others), Off-Broadway; Waitress (Earl), National tour; Escape to Margaritaville (Tully), Arizona Broadway Theatre. Follow his band ‘Stray and the Soundtrack’ (Spotify, iTunes). Thank you to my friend and agent, Brian, my parents, Rachel Hoffman and the team over at Telsey, and my friends for their endless support and love. @shawnwsmith

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ANDREW HARVEY (Standby) is an actor, musician, and voice actor based in New York City, where he lives surrounded by various string instruments and house plants. He is best known for his work in recent productions of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story and is truly honored to be a part of the Come From Away family. Other regional credits include Ring of Fire (Ernie) and Oklahoma (Ensemble).

CHELSEA LeVALLEY (Dance Captain, Standby). Delighted to return to this beloved show after standing by for the Seattle Rep/La Jolla Playhouse co-production in 2015. Recent favorites: Jane Eyre (Jane), A Proper Place (Mary), Newsies (Katherine), Big Fish (Sandra). BFA Elon. God is faithful. ChelseaLeValley.com @chelsealevalleyactor MIRANDA LUZE (Standby) (she/her). Past credits: Kinky Boots (Norwegian Cruise Line), The Office: A Musical Parody (Off B’Way), and Little Women (The Palace Theatre). Recordings: Ryan Scott Oliver’s Past Demons and Ethan Carlson’s Her Sound available on all streaming platforms. Special thanks to my husband Nathan and my family, both biological and chosen. @miranda.luze

NATHAN DAVID SMITH (Standby) (he/him). Off-Broadway: The Office! A Musical Parody, Friends! The Musical Parody (The Theater Center). Regional: American Idiot (American Stage), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Arizona Broadway Theatre), Legally Blonde (Palace Theatre), Jersey Boys (Millbrook Playhouse). Endless love to my family and to get to tour with my wife, Miranda, on this production! @nathan.david.smith DEKONTEE TUCRKILE (Standby) is so excited to be a part of this incredible cast! Recent theatre credits: Wizard of Oz, Ragtime, Addams Family, A Little Night Music, and She Loves Me. Dekontee is a musical theatre Tiktoker and has been featured in Musicnotes’ blog and BroadwayWorld.com. Thank you to God, Natalie and the team at LA Talent, Ally Taylor, family + friends, and Joseph for all the support. Tiktok: Dekontee2Clay | DekonteeTucrkile.com

ANDRE WILLIAMS (Standby) is overjoyed to be making his National tour debut in Come From Away! Previous theatre credits: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph), Sherlock Holmes Returns (Inspector Lastrade), The Little Mermaid (Sebastian). Much love to friends and family for their constant support, and the entire CFA team. @andreewillaimss

IRENE SANKOFF & DAVID HEIN (Book, Music & Lyrics) are a Canadian married writing team. They won the 2019 Olivier Award and were nominated for the 2018 Grammy Award and the 2017 Tony Award for their book and score for Come From Away, with the show itself winning the 2019 Olivier Award for Best Musical, three 2017 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, four Helen

Hayes Awards, five Outer Critics Circle Awards and three Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical. David and Irene were also the recipients of the 2017 Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards for Best Book. Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (based on David’s mother’s true story) was produced by Mirvish Productions in Toronto and played and won best musical awards across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in most productions. They are currently working on projects with Disney, Warner Bros. and Netflix. Irene and David are the recipients of the Good Neighbour Award from the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy and the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada. They are proud members of the Dramatists Guild, Writer’s Guild East and ASCAP. “Immeasurable thanks to everyone who helped us on this journey and to our extraordinary friends from Away and in Newfoundland for inspiring and trusting us to tell your story.” @sankoffandhein.

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (Director). Artistic Director, La Jolla Playhouse. Director of the Apple TV+ film of Come From Away and the Netflix release of Diana: The Musical. Recipient of 2017 Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Craig Noel and Helen Hayes awards; Drama Desk and Dora Award nominations for Come From Away. Other Broadway credits include Diana: The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Memphis (Tony Award nomination), Xanadu, Leap of Faith, All Shook Up, The Rocky Horror Show (Tony Award nomination). West End: Come From Away (Olivier Award nomination), Memphis. New York: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award). Kennedy Center: Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lisbon Traviata. La Jolla Playhouse selected credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Darrell Hammond Project, Hollywood, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, Restoration. TV/film: Lucky Stiff, Jeffrey; American Playhouse, PBS: Blown Sideways through Life. DANIEL GOLDSTEIN (Direction Restager). Broadway: Godspell. Off-Broadway: Tamar of the River, Lower Ninth, Indoor/Outdoor. Regional: Huntington, Williamstown, Goodspeed, O’Neill, among others. Japan: A New Brain, Gekido, Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Studios Japan). Writing: Unknown Soldier (original cast album available on Ghostlight Records), Row, Orange Crush. 2016 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Librettist. Children: Gracie and Ezra. danielgoldsteincreative.com. KELLY DEVINE (Choreographer). Broadway: Diana, Come From Away (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Rocky (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Rock of Ages, Dr. Zhivago, Escape to Margaritaville. 43

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Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages, Fat Camp, Toxic Avenger. International: Come From Away (London, 2019 Olivier Award: Best Choreography), Glory Ride (Director, London), Rocky (Germany), Dr. Zhivago (Australia and Korea), Rock of Ages (London, U.K., Toronto and Australia), Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). Opera: Faust(Metropolitan Opera and London ENO), Wozzeck (SD Opera). Regional: Diana, Peter and the Starcatcher, Come From Away (La Jolla Playhouse). TV: “Pretty Little Liars”, “Katy Keene”, “Modern Love”, “Mozart in the Jungle”, “Wormwood”. Film: Detroit, The Upside, Happy Texas. Kelly is the director/choreographer of Enter the Dragon, with music by Danny Elfman and a world premiere slated for Las Vegas. Kelly is developing several projects, including a new musical with David Foster. RICHARD J. HINDS (Musical Staging Restager). Broadway: Company, Come From Away, Newsies, Jekyll & Hyde, Il Divo: A Musical Affair. West End: Elf, Come From Away. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love. National/ U.K. tour: 9 to 5, High School Musical. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The REV, Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse. TV: “Encore!” (Disney+), “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”, “America’s Got Talent”, “The Bethenny Show” and “Good Afternoon America”. @richardjhinds.

BEOWULF BORITT (Set Designer). Broadway: Act One (Tony Award); New York, New York; The Scottsboro Boys; and Therese Raquin (Tony nominations). Additional Broadway credits: Come From Away, The Piano Lesson, Freestyle Love Supreme, Be More Chill, The New One, Bernhardt/ Hamlet, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince of Broadway, Hand to God, Sondheim on Sondheim, …Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock of Ages, Chaplin. Broadway Revivals: On the Town , Sunday in the Park…. Off-Broadway: 100 shows, including The Last Five Years, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, Sleepwalk With Me and Miss Julie. He has designed for The NYC Ballet and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and around the world in England, Russia, China, Australia and Japan. 2007 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence. His book about Broadway set design, Transforming Space Over Time, is available wherever books are sold.

TONI-LESLIE JAMES (Costume Design). Broadway: Jitney; Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The Scottsboro Boys; Finian’s Rainbow; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Angels in America; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last Jam. Ms. James is the Head of Design at the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Theatre. HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design). Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Tempations, Summer: The Donna Summer 44

Musical, Come From Away (2017 Tony nom.), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony winner/2018 Olivier Award winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nom.), How to Succeed… (2011 Tony nom.), West Side Story (2009 Tony nom.), In the Heights (2008 Tony nom.), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nom./ Olivier and Dora award winner). Co-Founder/Resident Lighting Designer (19872020), Parsons Dance. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and Hamilton. hemsleylightingprograms.com/howell-binkleyfellowship

GARETH OWEN (Sound Design). Olivier Awards for Come From Away, Memphis and Merrily We Roll Along; nominations for Back to the Future, Bat Out of Hell, and Top Hat. Tony Award winner for MJ: The Musical; nominations for & Juliet, End of the Rainbow, and A Little Night Music. Currently: Back to the Future, MJ: The Musical, & Juliet, and Mamma Mia! The Party in London’s West End, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Come From Away worldwide. More than 280 other commercial musicals around the world.

DAVID BRIAN BROWN (Hair Design). Broadway highlights: Moulin Rouge, Travesties, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, War Paint (Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me (Drama Desk nomination), The Curious Incident…, Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, Shrek, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Sideshow, Steel Pier. Film/TV credits: Peter Pan Live (NBC), The Sound of Music Live (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy nominated), Too Wong Foo…. AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Orchestrations). Broadway orchestrations: Bright Star (Tony nomination), Gigi, First Date, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway (additional orchestrations), The Addams Family (dance arrangements, additional orchestrations), Memphis (dance arrangements), Million Dollar Quartet (associate music supervisor), Ring of Fire (associate MD), All Shook Up (MD), Rent (associate conductor). OffBroadway: Bare, Romantic Poetry, Walmartopia, Imperfect Chemistry. Other: Disney’s Descendants (Andrew Lippa’s “Evil Like Me”), 2011 Billboard Music Awards, I Am Harvey Milk, I Am Anne Hutchinson, James and the Giant Peach.

IAN EISENDRATH (Music Supervisor & Arrangements) is the Olivier Award-winning, Grammy-nominated music supervisor, music producer arranger and music director for theatre, film and television. Film & Television: Executive Music Producer for Disney’s Snow White; K-POP: Demon Hunters (Sony); Only Murders In The Building Season 3 (Hulu); Spirited (Apple); Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (Sony); Diana (Netflix); Fox TV’s A Christmas Story Live; and Come From Away

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(Apple TV+). Selected Theatre: Music Supervisor and Arranger for the Broadway, Toronto, North American, Australian and U.K. companies of Come From Away, Diana (Broadway), A Christmas Story (Broadway & National Tour), and multiple projects at La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Symphony, ACT, TUTS, Ordway, Casa Mañana, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. University of Michigan graduate.

WENDY BOBBITT CAVETT (Associate Music Supervisor). Broadway and Off-Broadway credits: Come From Away. Hamilton, Mamma Mia!, The Scarlet Pimpernel, A Year with Frog and Toad, The Most Happy Fella, and A Tale of Two Cities. National and International credits: The Who’s Tommy, Mamma Mia!, and A Chorus Line. Coming soon is SuperYou, a breathtaking contemporary rock musical about a woman who rediscovers her true voice in life and in art when her comic book superheroine creations come to life. Wendy is on the theatre faculty of Wagner College. HARRY COLLINS (Music Director)is a conductor and pianist from Sydney, Australia. He completed his MM in orchestral conducting at Sydney University, followed by an MFA in music direction from Penn State University; where he completed his thesis project on Into the Woods. Most recently, he was associate and replacement music director on the Australian tour of An American in Paris (GWB/TAB). JOHN MEZZIO (Music Coordinator) has conducted national tours including State Fair starring John Davidson, Victor Victoria starring Toni Tennille, and Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Debbie Gibson. Additionally, Mr. Mezzio was Associate Conductor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton. National Tours: Oklahoma!, The Producers, Spring Awakening, Hairspray, The Book of Mormon, A Bronx Tale, Beauty and the Beast, and Fiddler on the Roof.

THE BOOKING GROUP (Tour Booking Agency) has represented 28 Tony Award® winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include The Book of Mormon, Chicago, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Funny Girl, Hadestown, Hairspray, Hamilton, Mamma Mia!, Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, Mrs. Doubtfire, My Fair Lady, Pretty Woman, Six, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, To Kill A Mockingbird, Waitress and The Wiz. Future tours include: A Wonderful World, How to Dance in Ohio, The Karate Kid, Parade, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Some Like It Hot and Sweeney Todd.

THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy. www.thetelseyoffice.com

ERIC BRICKING (Company Manager) is thrilled to be a part of this amazing production! A seasoned arts professional, Eric has worked in many aspects of live entertainment for over 25 years. Some favorite touring projects include: A Christmas Carol, Route 66, Paw Patrol Live, and The Fantasticks. Eric is a Northern Kentucky University graduate, and would like to give a big thanks to Liz and Auggie who support all of his artistic endeavors! JACOB AMBROSIA (Assistant Company Manager) is thrilled to be making his National Tour debut with Come From Away! Regional: Hangar Theatre Company. Ithaca College alum. A huge thank you to NETworks, and to all of the friends, family, and educators who’ve helped him reach the sky.

ABBY BOBB (Production Stage Manager) (she/ her). From Richmond, VA, is so honored to be sharing this incredible story across North America. Tour Credits: Fiddler on the Roof, A Chorus Line (Tokyo, Japan), South Pacific, An American in Paris, Legally Blonde the Musical. Regional/Dance Highlights: Bright Star, Last 5 Years, Private Lives, Richmond Ballet’s: The Nutcracker, American Dance Festival (Durham, NC), Chita Rivera Awards. Much love to my family, Weston, and our pups. GLORIA BONTRAGER-THOMAS she/her (Stage Manager) is from St. Louis, MO. and is so excited to join the CFA family! Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Notre Dame Shakespeare, Death of a Salesman, The Light, Skeleton Crew, EUBIE!, St. Louis Black Repertory Company.

ARTHOUSE (Digital Marketing and Advertising), is a full-service digital agency that partners with forward-thinking advertisers in the strategy and design of innovative brand campaigns. Services include branding, content creation, social management and media buying with a focus on how creativity & connection drives campaign success. We work with our clients to create campaigns that are beautiful and strategic, converting users into active and engaged customers. arthousenewyork.com. GENTRY & ASSOCIATES (General Management) has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

MIMI INTAGLIATA (Executive Producer) (she/ her) has spent 30+ years working in theatrical production as a Stage Manager, Production Manager, and Producer. Credits: Director of Production Operations, Disney Theatrical Group Beauty and the Beast (Shanghai Disneyland Resort), Frozen (Broadway), Newsies the Musical (national tour, theatrical film), The Lion King (Rafiki tour), developmental productions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Shakespeare in Love. Director of Production, Paper Mill Playhouse – over 45

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST 40 productions including the World Premiere of Newsies the Musical, the North American premiere of the 25th Anniversary tour of Les Misérables (in partnership with NETworks). Production Manager, The Dodgers - 42nd Street (Broadway/ Tour), Urinetown (Broadway/Tour), and Bare: A Pop Opera (original off-Broadway), among others. She and her wife, Alicia Duran, are proud parents of their two children, Celeste and Lucas. NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS (Producer) is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Come From Away, Funny Girl, Les Misérables, Mean Girls, Peter Pan and To Kill a Mockingbird. STAFF FOR COME FROM AWAY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Mimi Intagliata GENERAL MANAGEMENT Gentry & Associates Gregory Vander Ploeg Madeline McCluskey Steven Varon-Moore Heather Moss PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT NETworks Presentations Jason Juenker Hector Guivas Walker White pesci TOUR MARKETING AND PRESS REPRESENTATION ANITA DLONIAK & ASSOCIATES, INC. Anita Dloniak Melissa A. Hazek CASTING THE TELSEY OFFICE Rachel Hoffman, CSA TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair Rich Rundle and Brian Brooks Jonathan Pearson and Maryruth Grabez thebookinggroup.com COMPANY MANAGEMENT COMPANY MANAGER Eric Bricking ASSISTANT COMPANY MANAGER Jacob Ambrosia Production Stage Manager .......................................... Abby Bobb Assistant Stage Manager ....................Gloria Bontrager-Thomas Dance Captain...................................................... Chelsea LeValley Assistant Director...................................................Kevin McAllister Assistant Choreographer/Intimacy Coordinator...Jane Bunting Associate Scenic Design........................................Jenna E. Carino Associate Costume Design................................Devario Simmons Assistant Costume Designers..........Alexyz Kemp, Neno Russell Associate Lighting Design................................................ Joel Britt Assistant Lighting Design........ Amara Payton McNeil, Kat Zhou Moving Lights Programmers..........Jonah Camiel, Alyssa Eilbott Associate Sound Design..................................... Chris Luessmann Associate Hair Design.................................. Matthew Armentrout Marketing/Promotions Consultant......................Beth Rohlmeier Production Carpenter............................................................... pesci Head Carpenter.........................................................Blake Shepard Assistant Carpenter...........................................McKenna Brennan Production Electrician........................................... Zach Alexander 46

Head Electrician..............................................Jameson Bernhagen Assistant Electricians.................Jacob Grebber, Hannah Kramer Production Sound Engineer................................. Mason Wisecup Head Sound.....................................................................Skye Eiman Assistant Sound...............................................................Rachel Hall Head Props......................................................................Mak Jordan Head Wardrobe............................................................. Jeri Meador Head Hair and Makeup.........................................Shannon Dolinar Dialect Coach..................................................................Heather Hill Production Assistants....Kate Friesen, Hope Jewell, Morgan Randall Electronic Music Design.............. Billy Jay Stein, Jason Howland and Hiro Iida for Strange Cranium Productions Inc Physical Therapy................NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc. Safety Consultant................................................. Bryan Huneycutt Production Photography....................................Matthew Murphy Video Services.................................................................HMS Media Creative Services......................................................Arthouse, AKA Digital Marketing & Advertising...................................... Arthouse Merchandise.......................................................... The Araca Group Merchandise Manager.................................................Erin Baldwin Accounting....................................... NETworks Presentations LLC Legal Services...........................................David F. Schwartz, Esq., Gray Schwartz LLP HR Services.................................................... Global Solutions, Inc. K+K Reset, LLC Housing............................................................................Road Rebel Travel Agency........................................................... Janice Kessler, Carlson Wagonlit Travel Trucking............................................................................. Janco Ltd. FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS Chief Executive Officer..................................................... Orin Wolf Chief Financial Officer...........................................Margaret Daniel Chief Operating Officer.......................................Scott W. Jackson Chief Producing Officer.................................................Seth Wenig Executive Producers..................Mimi Intagliata, Trinity Wheeler Associate Producer............................................Hannah Rosenthal Executive Assistant..............................................Isabella Schiavon Sr. Director/Finance.......................................................John Kinna Controller..................................................................Jennifer Gifford Director of Tour Accounting....................................Laura S. Carey Tax Director.................................................................... Pat Guerieri Associate Tax Accountant......................................Kim Ngan Tran Sr. Director/Booking and Engagements................ Mary K. Witte Director, Booking and Engagements.........................Colin Byrne Engagement Manager................................................ Stacey Burns Director of Sales..................................................... Zach Stevenson Director of Marketing.................................................Heather Hess Sr. Director/General Management...........Gregory Vander Ploeg General Managers...Madeline McCluskey, Steven Varon-Moore Associate General Manager...................................... Heather Moss Sr. Director/Production Management...................Jason Juenker Sr. Production Manager............................................Hector Guivas Production Managers................................................Walker White Technical Director..................................................................... pesci Director of Operations...........................Pearce Landry-Wegener Resource Director......................................................Kayla Rooplal Operations Manager.................................Catherine Logan Blanar Office Assistant........................................................... Lisa Loveless Music Coordinator.........................................................John Mezzio Warehouse Manager.................................................Joseph Spratt Warehouse Costume Manager......................Bobby Maglaughlin CREDITS Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group, LLC. Sound equipment from Sound Associates. Lighting and rigging equipment provided by PRG. Cod by Gerard Studios. Additional props by BB Props. Special thanks to Bra*Tenders for hosiery and undergarments. Selected costumes by John Kristiansen New York Inc. Millinery by Arnold Levine. Leather wear by David Samuel Menkes. Official rum partner: Newfoundland Screech Rum. Piano courtesy of Yamaha. “Mr. Michael’s” underscore arranged by Alec Berlin.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Rehearsed at Gibney Studios in New York. Special Thanks to Carl Pasbjerg, Alchemy Productions; Russell Godwin, Matt Peploe, Clint Bond, Jr., Nate Putnam. Savannah Civic Center, Savannah, GA, Monty Jones, Jr., General Manager; and John McCall, Director of Programming, Nederlander National Markets Insurance Broker Services Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc. Robert B. Middleton, Sr and Meghan Coleman Financial Services and banking arrangements by Flagstar Bank N.A. Originally produced by Junkyard Dog Productions, Jerry Frankel, Latitude Link, Smith & Brant Theatricals, Steve & Paula Reynolds, David Mirvish, Michael Rubinoff, Alhadeff Productions, Michael Alden & Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Sam Levy, Rodney Rigby, Spencer Ross, Richard Winkler, Yonge Street Theatricals, Sheridan College, Michael & Ellise Coit, Ronald Frankel, Sheri & Les Biller, Richard & Sherry Belkin, Marlene & Gary Cohen, Allan Detsky & Rena Mendelson, Lauren Doll, Barbara H. Freitag, Wendy Gillespie, Laura Little Theatricals, Carl & Jennifer Pasbjerg, Radio Mouse Entertainment, The Shubert Organization, Cynthia Stroum Tulchin, Bartner Productions, Gwen Arment/Molly Morris & Terry McNicholas, Maureen & Joel Benoliel/Marjorie & Ron Danz, Pamela Cooper/Corey Brunish, Demos Bizar/Tanninger Entertainment, Joshua Goodman/Lauren Stevens, Adam

Blanshay Productions/Judith Ann Abrams Productions, Bill & Linda Potter/Rosemary & Kenneth Willman and La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Repertory Theatre. GANDER AND AREA SPCA INC. Thank you for coming to the show today! The real Oz Fudge reached out to us on behalf of the Gander SPCA. They have outgrown their space and are in need of funds for a new building. If you are so inclined, please scan the QR below to help this worthy cause. Every little bit helps.

CONNECT WITH US! ComeFromAway.com Facebook and Youtube: @ComeFromAway IG and X: @WeComeFromAway #ComeFromAway #WeComeFromAway All stage work performed by employees represented by IATSE. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

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ABOUT EMMET CAHILL Emmet Cahill, star of PBS phenomenon Celtic Thunder, has been widely hailed as Ireland’s most exciting young tenor. News of his sold-out debut concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall has turned heads with audiences throughout North America, and he is quickly building a reputation for being the gold voice of this generation. His performances of the Irish classics, in particular, have compared him with the great Irish Tenor, John McCormack. He signed a major recording deal with Sony Music in 2017, and his debut album release went straight to #1 on the World Music Billboard charts, Amazon charts, and iTunes World Music. Emmet takes the audience on a musical journey, allowing them to connect with their most cherished memories through beautiful songs like Danny Boy, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, and My Wild Irish Rose, to name but a few. His powerful, classical voice really comes to the fore when performing Broadway hits such as Bring Him Home and Music Of The Night, as well as tender nostalgic favorites such as Moon River and Some Enchanted Evening. This evening’s selections will be announced from the stage.

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F E AT U R I N G Eric Hofmanis • Adam Pope Debbie Horton • Brittany Grove Jonathan Schneider • Peter Michaels, Jr. C R E AT I V E D I R E CTO R Dean Elliott TOUR MANAGER Graeme Cooper STAG E M A N AG E R/BAC K L I N E T E C H Peter Molnar SET DESIGN Sam Roseman

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MUSICIANS Guitar / Vocals ............................................................................................................................Eric Hofmanis Guitar / Vocals .................................................................................................................................Adam Pope Electric Guitar .............................................................................................................................Debbie Horton Keyboards / BG’s......................................................................................................................... Brittany Grove Drums / BG’s......................................................................................................................Jonathan Schneider Bass Guitar / BG’s.................................................................................................................Peter Michaels, Jr.

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Eric Hofmanis

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ABOUT THE CONCERT JOHNNY CASH – THE OFFICIAL CONCERT EXPERIENCE brings songs and stories from the “Man in Black” to the stage in a way that audiences haven’t seen or heard before. With video of Johnny from episodes of The Johnny Cash TV Show projected on a screen above the stage, a live band and singers will accompany him in perfect sync. This concert experience will showcase iconic performances from the TV show and highlight the spirit of the legend by revisiting some of his memorable words and anecdotes. Cash will perform some of his biggest hits, including “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Ring of Fire,” and “I Walk the Line,” and share stories of people he met along the way whose causes he championed – the working man from all walks of life. Plus, onstage male and female singers will split vocal duties performing their own takes on Cash hits. The music never stops in this concert event!

WHO’S WHO ADAM POPE (Guitar/Vocals) Adam Pope is an entertainer/ songwriter born in Winston-Salem, NC. At the age of 15 Adam learned to play guitar and a few years later he purchased Johnny Cash’s “San Quentin” album. Pope credits this album for changing his life. In early 2006, Adam moved to Nashville, TN to pursue a career in song writing and performing. He quickly met folks, got gigs, and put together a band. In 2007, Adam got a meeting with John Carter Cash, which resulted in Adam’s original song “I Was The Train” being recorded and released by artist Vince Mira, whom John Carter was producing at the Cash Cabin Studio. Adam would go on to meet Johnny Cash’s long-time drummer WS “Fluke” Holland and guitarist Bob Wooten. Months later “Fluke” joined Adam on a snare-drum at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe, and the two would work together often on shows throughout the next decade, including on a recording project together at Sun Studio in Memphis and on the “Music City Roots” show. Adam wrote a song with Robyn Collins called “Old Fashioned” that ended up being recorded and released by IBMA (multiple) award-winning Bluegrass duo, Darin and Brooke Aldridge. Their album “This Life We’re Living” went #1 on the Bluegrass charts. The duo has performed “Old Fashioned” multiple times on the iconic Grand Ole Opry radio show. “Old Fashioned” was also featured on RFD TV’s “My Bluegrass Story,” on the Mike Huckabee (TV) Show (TBN), and more. As an artist Adam has hosted Ernest Tubb’s “Midnight Jamboree” radio program (WSM radio) multiple times, he’s been a regular “In the Round” at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe, and he has toured regularly, working stages across the US and Canada as an artist and 58

in multiple bands, (also with Debbie Horton’s “Branson On The Road” show.) With a Sponsorship from Music Ranch Montana, Adam and his wife Amy (along with their 2 kids) have traveled and performed as a duo from coast to coast across the US in recent years. The couple’s song “Memories Worth Making” (penned by Mike Astracan and Adam Pope) made it to the first-round ballot of Grammy Award consideration in 2023. Adam Pope is honored and thrilled to be a part of Johnny Cash - The Official Concert Experience and he looks forward to carrying on the sound of the Man in Black; the music that inspired Adam to chase his dreams at such an early age. DEBBIE HORTON (Electric Guitar) The lead guitarist for the 2023/24 Johnny Cash The Official Concert Experience international tour, Debbie holds the distinction as the only woman to have played lead guitar for the Great Cash himself. Debbie first met Johnny Cash when she was a child, and the two maintained a friendship for more than twenty years. Photos of Debbie and Johnny, and a recording of them performing together, can be found on her website, www.DebbieHorton.com. Debbie says of Johnny, “He was the most charismatic person I have ever met, but with the humblest way about him. What a blessing it was for me to have been around him as much as I was. This show is not a “tribute” show, but it is as close as you will ever get to attending a Johnny Cash concert, which was a truly magical experience. It is a thrill and honor to be a part of this talented team.” Born in Newport News, Virginia, Debbie is a multi-talented musician, performer and show producer. She was the first

WHO’S WHO female radio disk jockey, interviewer, and concert MC in Norfolk, working with people like Hank Williams, Jr. and Kenny Rogers. She is an accomplished songwriter whose songs have been recorded by the likes of rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson and Grand Ole Opry star, “Pretty Miss” Norma Jean. She hosted her own show at the Boxcar Willie Theater in Branson, Missouri, and has performed on the legendary Grand Ole Opry, the Louisiana Hayride, the Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree and recently had a show residency at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. Debbie created the successful traveling show, Branson on the Road (seen nationally on RFD-TV), and for the last 20 years the production has been booked into performing arts centers, dinner theatres and historic venues throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. ERIC HOFMANIS (Guitar/Vocals) A New York native, Eric has garnered an incredibly eclectic musical career. A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist whose worldwide experience spans studies in traditional Classical Guitar to decades of touring his own original experimental music. Though having strong ties to his Spanish and Latvian heritage, his musical and personal Wanderlust often leads him back to a lifelong obsession with the origins of American Country music. He found at a very young age that this unique blend of hymnals, folk tunes, and ballads naturally suited his deep baritone voice. Eric is also the singer and founder of “A Man Named Cash” - a touring group that pays tribute to the lifelong careers of Johnny Cash and June Carter. To be a part of Johnny Cash - The Official Concert Experience comes as an absolute honor for him. BRITTANY GROVE (Keyboards / BG’s) is a bicoastal actor and musician based in New York City. She was granted the joyous opportunity to play Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical this past summer and recently traveled with Virgin Voyages performing the whimsical folk music of Pigpen Theatre Co.’s Phantom Folktales. Brittany also worked with Clothespin Ensemble in their staged presentation of Paranoia: A New Musical at Harrisburg Fringe Festival and can be seen in a leading role in the upcoming independent film Bye 4 Now. Additional past credits include The Marvelous Wonderettes and The Winter Wonderettes (Betty Jean), and She Stoops to Conquer (Kate Hardcastle). Everlasting thanks to her loving family for their support, and special thanks to Jim.

JONATHAN SCHNEIDER (Drums / BG’s) is a professional drummer/percussionist born February 2001 and based out of New York City. He began drumming at the age of 8 with instructor and mentor Jim Toscano and would eventually study under Carl Allen, Dom Famularo, Dave Clive, Stephane Chamberland and Zack O’Farrill. Jonathan had the opportunity to play with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall in middle school as part of the kids on stage program and attended and achieved high honors at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts. It was here, he would develop his love for music and explore many different styles such as Rock, Country, Jazz, and Latin. He would go on to play with many local bands and performed in several local productions such as The Who’s Tommy, Tick Tick Boom, Grease and perform several times in Havana, Cuba with the Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats. After graduating from LaGuardia High School, Jon attended The City College of New York where he was a member of the Jazz Studies program directed by Steve Wilson. This is where he furthered his skill sets under his mentors Carl Allen and Adam Cruz and went on to lead his first jazz trio: Jazz Division. Jon has always been extremely focused and consistently works on his craft and in December 2022 Jonathan earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz performance. He currently performs throughout New York City and is known for having strong versatility, creativity, musicality, and passion. PETER MICHAELS, JR. (Bass Guitar / BG’s) is a multiinstrumentalist, songwriter, and producer from the NYC area making his touring debut playing bass for the Johnny Cash Concert Experience. A former student at the New School for Jazz, Peter’s musical training is diverse and deep-rooted, playing in local theatre productions as a pit musician as well as in numerous bands around the NYC area. Along with performing, Peter is a prolific composer, releasing music on platforms since 2018, his latest album being a quirky release titled “Angry Oranges for Lunch”. QUATRO ENTERTAINMENT produces live entertainment and promotes national Broadway touring shows. With offices in Calgary and Victoria they present hundreds of events across North America each year. Recent Broadway touring shows include: Dirty Dancing, Kinky Boots, Rock of Ages and The Illusionists. Quatro co-produces Johnny Cash – The Official Concert Experience, The Simon & Garfunkel Story, The British Invasion, The Life and Music of George 59

WHO’S WHO Michael as well as offering General Management services for North American tours. GEALIVE Since its inception in 2003, GEAlive has produced and delivered live entertainment projects in over 40 countries worldwide. Many of the productions and artists that the company started working with in its early years are still part of its diversified portfolio today. In its early years GEAlive mainly acted as a producer of international theatrical tours for titles such as De La Guarda, Cirque Mechanics Bounce, Fuego! – The Spanish Dance Spectacular, The Official West End Production of the Blues Brothers, Hair – The Musical and the massively successful French rock-opera Notre Dame De Paris. The cooperation with the late Maestro Ennio Morricone, which began in 2012 and the phenomenal success that followed, saw a shift in the company’s focus to film music as a genre. In recent years GEAlive has produced and still produces touring live screenings with orchestra and choirs of major motion pictures such as The Godfather, Titanic, La La Land (Germany), The Hunger Games and Paddington. In later years, GEAlive produced the first ever concert tour of Hollywood composer James Newton Howard, which toured 15 European countries. The company also put together the first ever live tour of legendary music producer and pioneer of electronic dance music Giorgio Moroder and outside the realm of film music, GEAlive partnered with Graceland and Sony Music Entertainment on producing Elvis Live on Screen, which was hosted by Priscilla Presley. GEAlive is currently producing the

tours of Dirty Dancing in Concert, Space Station Earth, Exhibition Imagine Monet, Ennio Morricone - The Official Concert Celebration and Our Planet for 2023, with more live entertainment coming soon. MAPLE TREE ENTERTAINMENT (Producer) Headed by Dean Elliott, Maple Tree Entertainment Ltd is a theatrical production company that specialize in creating, presenting and producing high quality music, drama and musicals both in the UK and across the world. Maple Tree Entertainment’s flagship show The Simon & Garfunkel Story has been seen by hundreds of thousands of people across the world and is still today the leading theatrical show concerning Simon & Garfunkel. The company is committed to extremely high quality work and will always have the satisfaction of the audience as its main driving goal. ‌ SANDBOX SUCCESSION a division of Sandbox Entertainment, provides comprehensive estate management services in all areas, with a focus on name and likeness licensing. Led by Josh Matas, President, the company’s mission is to provide best-inclass partnerships and strategic planning to further the sustainability and preservation of our client’s legacy. The division’s full scope of services includes brand development and partnerships, merchandising and licensing, hospitality, exhibitions, live performances, and entertainment development across film, television, music, content, gaming, and books.

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——–—— TICKET INFORMATION ——–—— The RiverCenter box office has tickets available for these series and events: Broadway on Broadway, Center Stage, RiverCenter ArtsReach, ArtsReach Matinees, The Wave Theatre Organ Series and the Family Series. Tickets also are available for programs presented by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, CSU Schwob School of Music, and various third-party presenters. The box office accepts cash, and all major credit cards: VISA, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. SEASON TICKETS: Season tickets may be purchased at the box office, by telephone 706.256.3612 or with order forms in RiverCenter publications and mailings. Season subscriptions can be purchased with savings up to 30% off single seat prices. MY SERIES PACKAGE: Tickets to RiverCenter events may be purchased at a 20% savings as a My Series Package. A My Series Package consists of at least one ticket to at least five events per patron. GIFT CERTIFICATES: Available yearround in any dollar amount at the RiverCenter box office.

SINGLE TICKETS: Single tickets to individual RiverCenter events may be purchased without a service charge at the box office at the corner of Broadway and Tenth Street. For a service charge, tickets also may be purchased online at rivercenter.org TICKETS AT THE DOOR: Tickets to events that are not sold-out may be purchased at the box office beginning two hours before the start of the event. GROUP DISCOUNTS: Most RiverCenter events offer discounts on individual tickets sold to groups of 10 or more. For information call 706.256.3612. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS: Patrons must come to the box office to take advantage of most special promotions and discounts with presentation of appropriate ID. Military, Public Service, Educator and Senior discounts are available on single ticket purchases to most events. Student Rush prices are available all day on the day-of-show at most events. Patrons using vouchers or gift certificates should note deadlines and restrictions that apply. No refunds are given for ticket price variances or special offers.

Applause, the program guide for RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, is published periodically by RiverCenter, Inc. and distributed to patrons of season shows. Each issue includes program and performer information for a group of contemporaneous performances and general information about RiverCenter programming, facilities, donor members, sponsors and staff.

—–——— COMMUNITY IMPACT —–——— NUMBERS GENERATED FROM 2022-2023 SEASON

Economic Impact

ECONOMIC IMPACT

ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME GENERATED 4.3M 3 START UP $ $ TOURS 471,731 5.8M GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC

Generating

1.5M REVENUE SHARE

IMPACT

(Taxes and Licenses)

Community Influence

674,154

EveryVisit Counts

25,025

ANNUAL GIVING

SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS

(includes sponsors and grants)

241

DONORS

185,700 PATRONS IN ATTENDANCE

660,000+ WEBSITE VISITS

At the Theatre

7,200 619 EVENTS VOLUNTEER HOURS

Each season, several touring shows launch their first national performance from RiverCenter, bringing in more than $1.5 million to the Columbus economy. These shows arrive several weeks prior to the performance dates, to conduct pre-tour activities. The City of Columbus receives an enormous economic benefit from travel, hotels, restaurants, parking, and other businesses patronized by both cast and crew. Aside from providing great entertainment, performance space, and support services for several area arts organizations, RiverCenter plays an important role in our local economy. As calculated by the Americans for the Arts Economic Impact Calculator, RiverCenter activities result in more than $5.8 million in economic activity. This supports 189 full-time equivalent jobs, represents over $4.3 million in local household income, and generates $471,731 in state an local government revenue. If you are interested in strengthening the impact of RiverCenter, please contact our Director of Development, Denise Dowdy, at 706-256-3653 or development@rivercenter.org, or visit our website at rivercenter.org.