MURDER BALLADA NEW MUSICAL

AN EDGE THEATER FIRST

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SHANNAN STEELE

KENT RANDELLROBERT MICHAEL SANDERS

MARY McGROARY

BOOKS AND LYRICS BY

JULIA JORDANMUSIC LYRICS BY

JULIANA NASHDIRECTED BY

RICK YACONIS

MUSIC DIRECT ION BY JASON TYLER VAUGHN

CHOREOGRAPHY BY MARQUETTE LIA CARRINGTON

SHOW SPONSOR

PRESENTS

BY DAVID ADJMIDIRECTED BY ROBERT KRAMER

October 14th, 2016 THROUGH

November 13th, 2016By Arthur MillerDirected By John Ashton

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december 2nd, 2016through january 7, 2017

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WELCOME TO THE EDGE

Dear Edge Patrons, The key to improvement in life is to keep challenging yourself with things that scare you. Welcome to MURDER BALLAD, The Edge Theater’s first endeavor into musical theater. It’s not The Sound of Music, Brigadoon, or West Side Story....that’s not our style. This musical is simple and sexy and ask one question, “What would drive you to kill for love?” Take a look around the audience. GUARANTEED, one of you would....or maybe even ALREADY HAVE. You never know...... Four friends play a game of pool, have a drink, and decide to tell you a story of passion, desire, anger, lust, love, insecurity, self-loathing, desperation, obsession, elation, and fear of loss. Fasten your seat belts and enjoy the rollercoaster ride you’re about to experience for the next 90 minutes. For the remainder of the 2016 season, The EDGE will continue to challenge ourselves with a new, edgy version of Marie Antoinette and the classic A View From the Bridge. We’ve just announced our exciting 2017 season. We hope you’ll

continue to join us for daring, original, and edgy entertainment.

Rick YaconisExecutive and Artistic Director of The Edge TheaterDirector of Murder Ballad

The Edge Board of Directors* and Staff

Don PatarinoPresident

Patty YaconisVice President, Managing Director

Warren SherrillAssoc. Artistic Director & Production Manager

Katherine MartinezSecretary

Samara Bridwell Manager of Customer Experience

DerrickDobbin Treasurer

Elizabeth GrisardBoard Member

Leigh Ann KudloffBoard Member

Jane McDonaldBoard Member

David RickliBoard Member

*The Edge is seeking two additional Board Members to join us in 2017.

Krista LewisBoard Member

Katie EspinozaResident Stage Manager

Remington FangBoard Member

Shelley Fleetwood Volunteer Coordinator

Proud Members of the Colorado Theatre Guild ● 3039317241 www.coloradotheatreguild.org

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Rick Yaconis, along with his wife Patty, founded The Edge Theater in 2010 and has been the Executive/Artistic Director since opening the doors. He has directed eight productions at The Edge, including this year’s Getting Out and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for which he received a CTG Henry Award nomination. Rick has also appeared in ten Edge productions, including The Motherfucker With the Hat, A Steady Rain, Orphans, and Glengarry Glen Ross. Next up, Rick will appear as Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge opening December 2. He will also direct The Nance in March 2017.

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CREDITS & SHOW INFORMATIONCREW BIOS Cont.

Books and Lyrics Julia Jordan

Music Juliana Nash

Show Sponsors Rick and Patty Yaconis Westfax Brewery

Director & Producer Rick Yaconis

Music Director Jason Tyler Vaughn

Choreographer Marquette Lia Carrington

Stage Manager Katie Espinoza

Assistant Director Kristin Honiotes

Fight Choreography Seth Maisel

Sarah Shannan Steele*

Tom Kent Randell

Michael Robert Michael Sanders*

Narrator Mary McGroary

Set Design Justin Lane

Lighting Design Kevin Taylor

Sound Design Kenny Storms, Tom Quinn

Master Carpenter Emeritus Rich Munoz

Set Build Assistant Jeff Jesmer

Costumes Rick, Shannan, Kent, RMS, and Mary

Props Kristin Honiotes

Photography RDG, Rachel Graham

Publicity Gloria Shanstrom

Poster/Cover/Program Tim Ovesen, Raven Print Design & Production & Marketing

SETTINGWelcome to King’s Club, the hottest nightclub in NYC. Four friends tell you a story that is now only a memory.The play is less than 90 minutes with no intermission

SPECIAL THANKS Westfax Brewery (show sponsors), SCFD, Colorado Creative Industries, 40 West Arts District and especially to all of our sponsors, donors, and season pass holders.

Murder Ballad presented in association with Music Theater International and with permission from Actor’s Equity Assocation

*Ms. Steele and Mr. Sanders appear courtesy of Actor’s Equity Association

2015/2016 SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

Rick & Patty YaconisLes Crispelle & Glenn Tiedt

Production Sponsors

The Law Firm of Remington FangCol(ret) John & Nancy Ionoff

Diana & Mike KinseyKathy Martinez Carol Wolf

Directors Club

Robert & Abby AngellVera BuffaloeMarla CorwinJeanne CraneDerrick and Rheka DobbinsMarian & Peter DownsShelley Fleetwood & Jim GusekElizabeth GrisardMonica HeydariRoscoe HillMarlene HillerRhonda HopkinsKevin & Devra KeyesRobert and Veronica KramerLeigh Ann KudloffKrista LewisWilliam & Jane MarinoCarol MarsalaJane McDonaldPam & Bob McDonaldAnna MortensonAnn NortonPhil & Sue ParillaDon & Michele PatarinoKent PenleyRaven Print & MarketingDavid Rickli

Lee & Robert RoperCheri & Alan RubinBecky SkougstadBea & Paul Slingsby

Friends of The Edge

Abby Apple BoesDoug BlondinCarol BloomErica & Paul BorilloBernie CardellRachel ClarkKirsten CollinsMark CollinsBrian ColonnaRobert CzechSusan EckertRobert & Felice Fenwick-SmithMary Anne & Harvey FleetKaren Goldman (family)Kathryn GrayArmin GuentherKatherine GulliverMartha Pardee HarmonJosh HartwellElizabeth HeppSarah HoldrenJim Hunt

Ernest JacksonCarol KornreichJune & William KrantzJoel LobueCheryl LoetscherLara MaerzJohn MatheyJason MaxwellBill McCallJanet McDonaldNancy McMahonRon MediatoreChristopher H. MerrillMills FamilyDan MundellJeffrey NeumanJohn NowowiejskiRebecca O’NeillAdam PaulCarrie PrintzAlexandra RadcliffeCarol & Neil RickliSusan RivedalLia RomeroPat SalasBrian SpillaneEmma & Chris SwitzerSusan & Scott TurboxRoberta & David Turner Cate Wiley

TOM QUINN (Sound Design) Tom is excited to be making his Edge Theater debut with Murder Ballad! Past design favorites include Bright Ideas and Tell me on a Sunday (The Avenue), Sondheim on Sondheim and Driving Miss Daisy (Cherry Creek Theatre), RENT, Next to Normal, American Idiot (Ignite Theatre). Thanks to Katie for all you do, Rick and Patty for the opportunity, and to the cast and band for this beautiful show! He hopes you enjoy it!

MARQUETTE LIA CARRINGTON (Choreographer) Marquette graduated from the University of Kansas with a BFA in dance performance. During that time she danced and choreographed with numerous companies. She is the winner of Denver’s 2015 “Westword Best” for her dance class “TwerkShop”. She has also choreographed and danced for Rogue Co., Hornitos Tequila, BET, Starkey Productions, Denver’s AXS Group, All-Star Rodeo, National Jewish, Damsels Dance Company, Miss Gay America Pageant, Pole Theater USA, and music videos for Jessica Martindale and Ancient Mith. Theater choreography productions include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Grease, A Christmas Carol, and the amazing Murder Ballad. Marquette is currently the owner and choreographer for “Hard Candy Dance”, a dance and aerial company.You can find her teaching aerial and dance classes all over Colorado.

MARY McGROARY(Narrator)

ROBERT MICHAEL SANDERS(Michael)

KENT RANDELL(Tom)

SHANNAN STEELE(Sarah)

THE CAST CAST/CREW BIOS

DESIGN AND TECHNICAL TEAM

KATIE ESPINOZA (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working on her first production in her new role as the Edge Theater’s Resident Stage Manager. A Chicago native, she attended Bradley University where she received a B.A in Theatre Arts and Leadership Studies and held the position of Production Stage Manager for the BU Theatre Department. She is proud to call the Edge Theater her artistic home, where she has stage managed thirteen shows. Her most recent Edge credits include: Getting Out and Casa Valentina. She has also stage managed productions for ScreenPlays (Reservoir Dogs, Breakfast Club, Goonies, Clueless), The Athena Project (Draper’s Eye, Companions LLC), Spark Theatre (Dot Gone) and The Avenue (Santa’s Big Red Sack, Bakersfield Mist). When not in the theatre she can be found making latte art, playing the piano, or baking delicious treats. She would like to thank the cast and production team for such a stellar experience. KEVIN TAYLOR (Lightng Design) Kevin Taylor has been involved in the theater since he was 9, playing Lennox in a production of MacBeth. He switched to technical theater in college and rarely looks back, working primarily with lights in productions like Medea and Jerusalem at The Edge Theater, Taming of the Shrew at The Bug, and A Happy End at Buntport Theater. He is always happy to work with the talented folk at The Edge!

KRISTIN HONIOTES (Props) Kristin is extremely excited to be back working with The Edge. She has previously been seen behind the scenes in The Mother Fucker with The Hat & Casa Valentina to name a few. When not working with the Edge, Kristin runs The Wit Theatre Company and appears on and off stage with other companies around Denver. Most notable is the Wit’s current endeavor ShakesBEER. A Shakespearean show, performed at local breweries with intoxicated actors. Thank you to Rick, Katie, Patty & the Edge Family. Working with you is always such a wonderful experience.

KENNY STORMS (Sound Design) Kenny Storms is a freelance sound designer, DJ, and theatre director, working at multiple theatres and performance venues around the Denver metro area. He has been a teaching artist and Children’s Coordinator for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and served as the Artistic Director for the Denver Repertory Theatre Company. He has directed and self-produced productions both regionally in Denver, CO and abroad in Baltimore, Ireland. Most recently he was worked as a resident Sound Designer for The LIDA Project. He received his B.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of Northern Colorado with an emphasis in Acting, Directing, and Theatre Education. He has been working with The Edge for over three years.

THE BAND

JASON TYLER VAUGHN (Music Director) Jason is very excited to be a part of this production, his first at The Edge. Jason has Music Directed and played in orchestras from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. He would like thank Rick and Shannan for their faith and trust with this show. His band for their consistent awesomeness and his wife for teaching him everything he knows.

ELI ACOSTA Born and raised in Denver, Eli grew up playing ragtime guitar and started playing bass in high school when East High School’s production of Pirates of Penzance didn’t have a guitar book. He graduated with a degree in Jazz Bass and Commercial Music from Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver and has proudly studied under Ken Walker, Susan Cahill, and Chris Wood. Outside the pit, Eli can be seen playing jazz at The Brown Palace accompanying John Kite, in the house band at the Drunken Bachelor Talk Show at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret with the East Colfax Trio, or in a funk/soul cover band “Honeycomb”. Eli just finished an apprenticeship repairing, restoring, and building stringed instruments; when he isn’t playing a bass, he is most likely fixing one.

DUSTIN ARNDT Dustin is a professional percussionist from the Denver – Metro area. He received a bachelors degree in percussion performance from the Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2006. For over 18 years, he has worked steadily as a freelance percussionist specializing in musical theater. Dustin has performed around the world, most notably in the US, Canada, and Singapore. Also a highly regarded educator, Dustin is the Director of Percussion Studies at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. He teaches concert, marching, and world percussion as well as composing and arranging music for his students. When not performing or teaching, Dustin enjoys fly fishing and archery. He lives in Castle Rock with his wife Erin, twin daughters Lily and Molly, dog Ripley, and a very spoiled cat named Ivan. Dustin is a proud endorser of Vic Firth Sticks and SJC Drums.

S PARKER GOUBERT S Parker Goubert is a guitar teacher (Takelessons.com) and freelance musician. He got his start playing music theater in Grease (Country Dinner Playhouse), at age 17. Recent favorites include Dogfight!, American Idiot, Heathers, Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party (Ignite Theatre), Legally Blonde (CVHS), and Godspell (D.L. Parsons Theatre). He’s an active member of classical/jazz guitar quartet Onsombley, and co-founder of Strumbystrum.com. Parker would like to thank the cast, crew, and band for making his first show with The Edge such a wonderful experience!

Mary is absolutely thrilled to be making her debut at The Edge Theater. She was last seen on stage over 3 years ago in the title role of The Unsinkable Molly Brown at Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, and she is honored to be coming out of “retirement” to join this unbelievably talented cast and amazing production staff for this incredible show. Mary’s career as a local theater performer began some 20 years ago as a Barnstormer at the late Country Dinner Playhouse. Over the years, some of her favorite roles have included Betty in White Christmas, Molly Brown in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Town Hall Arts Center); Schwartzy in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof, Erma in Anything Goes (Boulder’s Dinner Theatre); and Frenchy in Grease (Country Dinner Playhouse). Mary would like to thank you, the patrons of The Edge Theater, for supporting local, live theater. Many thanks also to Rick Yaconis for taking a chance, and to Steve for, well, everything.

Robert has worked successfully in the entertainment industry for over 25 years in theatre, film, music and television, and is an award winning songwriter, actor and director, and is excited to be back at The Edge for his second show! Some favorite credits include; Forever Plaid, Tell Me on a Sunday, Getting Out, The Love List, Man Of LaMancha, Skin of Our Teeth , I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change, Ragtime, Wizard Oz, The Wedding Singer, The Full Monty, Memphis, A Christmas Carol. Robert is a member of ASCAP, AEA, CTG and the Recording Academy.

This is Kent’s 4th show here at the Edge! Other Edge shows are The Mother Fucker with The Hat, Getting Out and By The Waters Of Babylon. Murder Ballad has been one of the best theatrical experiences he’s ever had! He loves the challenging and artistically rewarding roles and shows The Edge Theater continues to do. “The cast and crew of Murder Ballad have been a pure joy to work with.” Other favorite roles include Matt in Dog Sees God, Picasso in Picasso At The Lapin Agile, and Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense A-Men! He would like to thank Todd and Tammy for which he could not live his dreams without! Ear tug, peace and love!

Shannan was most recently seen as Roxie Hart in Chicago for Breckenridge Backstage Theatre Company. Other credits include over 20 productions with The Arvada Center including Kala in Tarzan (True West Award), Ginger Brooks in The 1940s Radio Hour (Denver Post Ovation Award, Colorado Theatre Guild Henry nom), Saturday Night Fever, Cabaret, Les Miserables, Violet, On the Town, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Guys and Dolls, Pippin, Aida, Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, Memphis, and Sweet Charity. Also, Pam in Baby the Musical (True West nom) for Cherry Creek Theatre; Church with Theaterworks; Woman #1 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (CTG Henry nom), The Last Five Years, and My Way all at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Galleria theater; and Sweeney Todd and A Christmas Carol with The Denver Center Theatre Company. Shannan is thrilled to be joining The Edge family.