Junie B -- BLUE (updated 04/30/07, Spring ‘07)

Program Information

Theatreworks/USA

Barbara PasternackArtistic Director

Ken ArthurManaging Director

Presents

JUNIE B. JONES

Book and Lyrics by Music byMarcy Heisler Zina Goldrich

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

Published by Random House Books for Young Readers

Scenic Design by Costume Design byLuke Hegel-Cantarella Lora LaVon

Music Direction by Orchestrations by Stage Manager W. Brent Sawyer Scott Davenport Richards Corey M. Croughn

Originally Directed by Originally Choreographed byPeter Flynn Devanand Janki

Choreographed bySusan Ancheta

Directed byTracy Generalovich

CAST(alphabetical by role)

Herb & Others ..................................................................................................................................................... Charlie LevyJunie B. Jones.....................................................................................................................................................Aly FriedmanLucille & Others.................................................................................................................................................. Candy SmithMay & Others............................................................................................................................................... Kimberly FrancisMr. Scary & Others .............................................................................................................................................Ben SeidmanSheldon & Others ..................................................................................................................................................Sean Moton

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

Please check the houseboard for any program changes.

The activities of Theatreworks/USA are made possible in part with public funds fromthe National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

The actors and stage manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

PLEASE NOTE:

Theatreworks/USA is currently touring two companies of this production. Please contact Paula Marchiel at (212) 647-1100 x121 to ensure that your program information accurately reflects the cast appearing at your venue.

PLEASE NOTEthe following cast changes:

SEAN MOTONwill replace

J. Reesein the role of

SHELDON & OTHERSas of 5/9/07

CANDY SMITHwill replace

Laura-Love TodeIn the role of

LUCILLE & OTHERSas of 5/10/07

Please disregard previous program information.

JUNIE B. JONESWHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

(alphabetical by role)

CHARLIE LEVY (Herb & Others) is thrilled to be joining Junie B. Jones. He's a recent graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Credits include Ragtime, Sound of Music, Sweeney Todd, The Fantasticks, Zombie Prom, My Fair Lady, and Scarlet Pimpernel. Endless love to Stevie, Marcus, Dustin, Melynda, Paul, David, Ben, Mom and Dad.

ALY FRIEDMAN (Junie B. Jones) Aly is delighted to be joining the cast of Junie B. Jones. Favorite credits include: Chuckleball (Parody Writer/Performer), Into the Woods (Little Red), and Violet (Old Lady), BFA Musical Theatre from Ithaca College and proud member of AEA. "For my parents and my Aaron...the bestest."

Candy Smith (Lucille & Others) is a black and gold native of Pittsburgh, PA, who currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. Her credits include Streakin, Cinderella featuring Leslie Uggams, Sarafina, and Dreamgirls in Long Island. This is Candy’s second production with TheatreworksUSA as Lucille.

KIMBERLY FRANCIS (May & Others) Kim, originally from Gorham, ME, Kim is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Favorite roles include Mae (The Wild Party), Adelaide (Guys and Dolls), Nellie (South Pacific) and Bianca (Kiss Me Kate). Thank you to Mom, Dad Sammie and all my teachers who shaped the student and artist I am today!

BEN SEIDMAN (Mr. Scary & Others) is a recent graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. He was born and raised in Southampton, PA. Some of his favorite performances include A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, and Hart to Hart: A Tribute featuring Julie Andrews. “Thanks to Mom and Dad. Believing is all it takes.”

SEAN MOTON (Sheldon & Others) is a graduate of Augusta State University and The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He is returning to Junie B. Jones after playing Sheldon in Spring of 2006. Past roles include Paul in Kiss Me Kate, Smalls in A Soldier’s Play, and Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar.

MARCY HEISLER (Book, Lyrics) and ZINA GOLDRICH (Music) have been collaborating since 1993. They are currently working with director Doug Hughes, bookwriter Julia Jordan, choreographer Rob Ashford and producer Adam Epstein on Ever After, slated for Broadway in 2007. They are also working on original songs for the upcoming Pooh’s Learning Adventures DVD series for Disney Toon Studios. Ms. Heisler and Ms. Goldrich were the 2002 recipients of ASCAP's Richard Rodgers New Horizons Theatre Award. They have also co-authored the family musicals Dear Edwina and Dear Edwina Junior. In April 2000, they teamed with bookwriters Charlie Shanian and Shari Simpson to premiere Adventures in Love at St. Paul's Ordway Music Theatre. In 1998 they joined Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre as Joseph Papp Artists-in-Residence. As performer/writers, Goldrich and Heisler tour with their two-woman concert, The Marcy and Zina Show, throughout the country and Canada. They recently published 32 of their compositions in a songbook entitled Goldrich and Heisler, Songbook Volume 1. This

past year, Heisler worked as an adaptor for Disney Theatricals, penning new versions of 101 Dalmatians, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book for young audiences. Goldrich has played keyboards on Broadway for Avenue Q, Oklahoma, and Titanic, where she also conducted.

TRACY GENERALOVICH (Director) familiar to New York theatergoers as an actor, this tour of Junie B. Jones marks Tracy's directorial debut. She fell in love with Junie B. assisting on last year's successful production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Other credits include: Choreographer; BACI productions, Beauty and the Beast, Asst. Dir. of the Broadway concert, On the Twentieth Century, Asst. Dir. of Lincoln Center's 2005 Benefit with host Conan O'Brien, Dance Captain of the National Tour of Beauty and the Beast, Choreographer of Sharon High School “Tiger Kittens”, as well as associate on several productions at SHS. Many thanks to Peter Flynn and Sam Scalamoni to turning me on to the "other side" and Michael Raine whose help was indispensable.

SUSAN ANCHETA (Choreographer) Thanks Devanand Janki forbringing her on the JBJ creative team! She recently assisted himwith TheatreWorksUSA's Fall tour of Henry and Mudge and last year's NYC production of JBJ at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Other credits include Assistant Director/ Choreographer for The Happy Prince at the Beckett Theatre (1st NY Musical Theatre Festival); Sheldon Harnick's original musical Dragons (Choreographer and alsoplayed the role of Cat); Tin Pan Alley (Stamford Theatre Works);Cabaret, Pippin, Hair, Pump Boys & Dinettes at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Currently Directing/Choreographing Seussical for a verytalented fifth grade In Short Hills...love NJ now and always! Her credits as an actress include Broadway: Flower Drum Song (Asst. Dance Capt. for NY and LA premiere) and Miss Saigon (Mimi). B.F.A. from SMU. SSDC, AEA, AFTRA

COREY CROUGHN (Stage Manager) Corey graduated from Penn State with a BFA in Theatre – Stage Management. His recent projects include; George Furth’s new musical The End, The North Carolina Theatre, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, and The Thomas Kearns Memorial Theatre. Corey is glad to be working with such a great company. He also would like to thank his parents and friends for their support.

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

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. www.actorsequity.org.