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Originally produced on Broadwayby Pace Theatrical Group and Dodger Productions
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Director Sam Woodhouse
Choreographer Javier VelascoMusical Directior Steve Gunderson
Orchestra Conductor Tamara PaigeScenic Designer Mike BuckleyCostume Desiger Jennifer Brawn GittingsLighting Designer Trevor Norton*
Projection Designer Victoria Petrovich*Sound Designer Tom Jones
Wig Designers Missy Bradstreet. Louticia GrierStage Manager Amy Blatt'Casting Director Jessica BirdAssistant Musical Director Korrie Paliotto
Assistant Costume Designer Valerie HendersonAssistant Projection Designer Dominic AbbenanteAssistant to the Director Ali Viterbi
Assistant Stage Manager Jennifer Kozumpllk'Stage Management Intern Marygian RebullarTI
CAST
Tommy B.Slade™'
Mrs. Walker Carey Rebecca Brown'Captain Walker Zachary Harrison'Uncle Ernie Victor Hernandez'Cousin Kevin Louis Pardo'
Gypsy/Specialist Assistant/Ensemble Anise Ritchie'Minister/Mrs. Simpson/Ensemble : Michelle Pereira'Officer #l/Judge/Hawker/Ensemble James Newcomb'Officer #2/Specialist/Ensemble Javier Garcia§Harmonica Player/Mr. Simpson/Ensemble Victor Chan'Lover/Pinball Lad #l/Ensemble Joseph AlmohayaNurse/Psychiatrist/Ensemble Parnia AyariSally Simpson/Lass/Ensemble Megan Barrow
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Pinball Lad #2/Ensemble ········ Dylan HoffingernLads/Ensemble Kevin BUffoughsn
Matt Maretz
Carson McCalleynOla Olasehinden
Lasses/Ensemble Dayna AustinnRosalie Celestial
Deja FieldsnDanielle LevinnErica Malachowskin
Io-year-old Tommy Davina Van Dusenn4-year-old Tommy Ethan Estrada...................................................................... Jayden Genece
MUSICIANS
Lead Guitar Joshua Vasquezn
Rhythm Guitar Kalani Mojica-Donezan, Michael AngelesnBass Martin Martiarenan
Keyboards Chans Valdezn, Alec HamiltonnDrums Sebastian BucionTenor Sax/Percussion ·········· John AverynHorn Elijah DeslouchesnViolin 1. Jesus Cervantesn, Juliet SangalangnViolin II Benjamin Goniean, Stella FroniusnViolas Erika Taylorn, Brianna SchwerlingnCellos Lilly Petersenn, Angelica Quichochon
UNDERSTUDIES
Parnia Ayari, Roger Ellis, Dylan Hottinger, Celeste LanuzaErica Malachowski, Kahlil Nash, Michelle Pereira, Dave Rivas
PLACE
In and Around London
There will be one Is-minute intermission.
San Diego REPertory Theatre wishes to thank ourhonorary prod ucers of this prod uction
cricketDarlene Shiley
The Patricia and Chris Weil Family Foundation
" 'Members of the Actors' Equity Association. the Union of~~~JfJ.·Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
*Member of United Scenic Artists,
Local USA-82g of the IATSE.d The Choreographer is a member of the SocietySS C of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Inc.,
an independent national labor union.
§ Former student of The San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
"Current student of The San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
THEWHO'STOMMY
is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.421 West 54th Street. New York. NY 10019
Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684www.MTIShows.com
The Rock Opera TOMMY. which was first performed by The Who in 1969. was originally conceived by Peter Townshend and Kit Lambertwith contributions to the development by John Entwistle. Keith Moon and Roger Daltrey.
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
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artist profiles
Commandments opposite Val Kilmer (BCBG).Television credits: "Law & Order" and the last
episode of "Friends." Michelle recorded her first
album, In My Life / Na Minha Vida (Album of
the Year) which received National and Interna
tional recognition. BFA The Boston Conserva
tory of Music. myspace.com/lusoamericana
JAVIER GARCIA
(Officer #2, Specialist,
Ensemble) is makinghis debut with San
Diego REP. Other rolesand shows include Les
Miserables (Jean Valjean,
Javert), Side Show (Bearded Lady), HONK!
(Bull Frog), RENT(Tom Collins), Thoroughly
Modern Millie (Trevor Graydon), Ain't Misbe
havin', URINETOWN, Purlie, Smokey Joe's
Cate, and South Pacific. He is currently studyingMusical Theatre at The American Musical and
Dramatic Academy. He would like to thank
San Diego REP for giving him this opportunity,
his family/friends for always being there and
supporting him and God for all his blessings. NoPare, Sigue, Sigue!
JAMES NEWCOMB
(Officer #1, Judge,
Hawker, Ensemble)
Chicago ShakespeareTheatre: Dr. Willis in
The Madness Of George
III, Brooklyn Academy
of Music: Throne Of Blood directed by Ping
Chong, Old Globe Theatre: Feste in Twelfth
Night, Brutus in Coriolanus, Utah Shakespeare
Festival: Iago in Othello, Coriolanus in Coriola
nus, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (14 seasons):
Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, Richard
in Henry The VI and Richard III, Thersites in
Troilus and Cressida, Bolingbroke in Richard II,
Dr. Jekyll and Hyde in The Strange Case of Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Denver Center Theatre
Company, Berkeley Rep, The Public Theatre,
Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Intiman Theatre,
South Coast Rep and many others.
LOUIS PARDO (Cousin
Kevin) is honored to be
joining the cast of TheWho's TOMMYat San
Diego REP. National
f~ Tour: Jesus Christ Su\~.JI/I perstar. Readings: The
Weathermen (La Jolla/Joe's Pub-NYC), The
Water. Regional: The Who's TOMMY(Ovation
nom.), Evita (Che), miXtape (world premiere),
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Altar
Boyz, Peter Pan, The Full Monty, All Shook Up,
Ragtime, Lucky Stiff. Thank you for supporting
live theater. "Life's a garden, dig it." -Joe Dirt
ANISE RITCHIE
(Gypsy, Specialist
Assistant, Ensemble)is excited to work with
Sam Woodhouse in
The Who's TOMMY.
Regional credits: Center
Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, Leap of
Faith. Geffen Playhouse, Nightmare Alley.
Starlight Musical Theatre as Marge, Suds.
Old Globe Theatre: Sammy, How the Grinch
Stole Christmas! (Auntie Who 07, 08, 09, 10)Lambs Players: Boomers, TheatreWorks: Once
on This Island (Euzlie), Caroline or Change
(Moon), Sparks, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre:
Dance On Widows Row, (Simone), "Blue"
(Peggy), Woodmeister Theatre: Sophisticated
Ladies (Phyllis Hyman), Townsend Light Opera:
Showboat (Julie), California Conservatory: "A
Grand Nightfor Singing," "Smoky Joe's Cafe
(BJ), Sierra Repertory Theatre: Beehive, San
Francisco Workshop: "AfterShocks," Portland
Civic Theatre, "Little Shop of Horrors." National
Tours: Ain't Misbehavin', Menopause The
Musical. European gospel tour: Emmitt Powell
and the Gospel Elites (lead vocalist), New
Beginnings Gospel (lead vocalist). She has ap
peared in many television commercials and has
recorded many radio spots. Anise is proud to be
a member of Actors' Equity Association.
MICHELLE PEREIRA
(Minister, Mrs. Simpson,
Ensemble) finished a
year long run with
miXtape (Horton Grand).National and interna
tional tours of TOMMY,
Fame, Nunsense I v II, Grease, and The Music
Man with William "Greatest American Hero"
Katt. World Premieres: Isabella Rico with Betty
Buckley; Just So (Cameron Mackintosh); Fas
cinating Gershwin (Florida Repertory); Some
Kind of Wonderful (Florida Stage); The Ten
VICTOR HERNANDEZ
(Uncle Ernie) Made
his San Diego REP
debut as Corny Collins
in Hairspray. Additional
regional credits include:
Sweeney Todd (Jonas
Fogg, Musical Theatre West), Scarlet Pimpernel
(Farleigh, Welk Resorts). SUDS (Everybody
Else, Bellingham, WA), Bye Bye Birdie (Maude,
SBCLO), Anything Goes (Moonface Martin,
Candlelight Pavilion), and A Funny Thing Hap
pened On The Way To The Forum (Hysterium,
Performance Riverside). He is thrilled to
announce that his Broadway debut will be thisDecember in Frank Wild horn's new musical,
Bonnie v Clyde (Henry Barrow, World Pre
miere, La Jolla Playhouse/Asolo Repertory).
CAREY REBECCA
BROWN (Mrs. Walker)
Broadway/Off - Broad
way: Ragtime (2009
original revival cast).
Candide (NYCO), Green
willow (York Theatre).
Regional credits include Little Shop of Horrors
(La Mirada), Once On This Island (Sacramento
Music Circus & Bay Street Theatre), West Side
Story (Portland Center Stage), Take Flight
(McCarter), Man of La Mancha (Engeman
Theatre), Master Class (Maltz Jupiter Theatre),
Stormy Weather (Prince Music Theater),
The Sound of Music (Paper Mill Playhouse),
Jam and Spice and A Christmas Carol (West
port Country Playhouse). Carey has also been
involved in numerous readings and workshops.
careyrebecca brown.com
, B. SLADE"" (Tommy)
is an eight-time Stellar
Award winning, two
time Grammy Awardnominated artist. He has
been known to blend a
smorgasbord of styles
including pop, R&B, jazz, soul, funk, hip hop,
rock, Latin, electro, punk and trance. He has
starred on stage in Alice in Wonderland, Bye
Bye Birdie, Guys v Dolls, Something's Rotten
in the State of Denmark, Black Nativity and
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. His theatrical Awards include a Patte Award For Theatre
Excellence 2008 Outstanding Performance
in Dreamgirls as James 'Thunder" Early (San
Diego Musical Theatre) and the San Diego Crit
ics Circle Craig Noel Award 2008 OutstandingFeatured Performance in a Musical for Dream
girls and the world premiere of The Princess
and the Black-Eyed Pea (San Diego REP). His
new album "Diesel" is available in the lobby.
For more info log on to www.bsladenow.com.
ZACHARY HARRISON
(Captain Walker) is
thrilled to take the stagewith such an elaborate
group of artists. Zachary
is a recent M FA gradu
ate of UC San Diego's
School of Theatre and Dance in conjunction
with La Jolla Playhouse. Credits include The
Threepenny Opera, Revengers Tragedy, AsYou Like It, Kasamir v Karolin, Camino Real,
Danton's Death. Off-Broadway: Angry Young
Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High Class Is
sues (Players Theatre). Regional credits include
A Midsummer Night's Dream (LJPH). Richard
III (Intiman Theatre, Seattle). This is Zachary's
first production since graduating school this last
Spring. Grateful thanks to my family, and the
UCSD united front helmed by Kyle Donnelly.
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JAYDEN GENECE
(4-year-old Tommy)
makes his professional
stage debut in this pro
duction. He likes dancing
to Michael Jackson and
Jennifer Lopez; he also
loves Tae Kwon Do, zebras, astronomy and the
color green. He thanks everyone at San Diego
REP, and looks forward to turning six next year.
PETE TOWNSHEND (Music, Lyrics, Book)
was a member of The Who from 1962-82; the
group's first recording was in 1964. He has
written hundreds of songs, many of whichhave been chart hits. He has written and
composed several major collections that have
won international recognition; Tommy is thebest known. Awarded the Ivor Novello Award
by his songwriter peers in 1981 and the British
Phonograph Industry Award in 1983 for service
to the British music industry. In 1990, he wasinducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He
has been nominated for two Grammys and an
Academy Award (for the Tommy film score).
He has most recently been honored with the
1993 Tony Award for Best Original Score for
Tommy on Broadway. Recordings with The
Who (1965-82): My Generation; Who's Next;
Tommy and Quadrophenia (rock operas). Solo
(1980-89): Empty Glass, Chinese Eyes, White
City (with long-form video), Iron Man (songs for
a musical based on Ted Hughes' original story.
Publications: The Story of Tommy (with Richard
Barnes) and Horse's Neck. Active as a song
writer, performer and producer, he continuesto work as an editor at Faber and Faber, which
ETHAN ESTRADA
(4-year-old Tommy)
From three years old,Ethan has been in
various sports: soccer,
basketball, parkourand karate. His main
interest has always been gymnastics in which
he competed competitively at Toby Wells
YMCA. Ethan's true passion is performing and
entertaining people. Ethan has performed in
several dance shows: Mickey Mouse Club, Crazy
Frog and the school Spring Sing events. Ethan
enjoys taking drama classes, hip hop dance
classes and is currently studying piano at the La
Jolla Piano Institute. Ethan recently started his
own website (www.djelectroboy.com) where he
has posted the most recent songs that he has
created via Garage Band. He has a true passion
for being creative whether it is drawing, paint
ing, dancing, singing, or simply making people
laugh.
The Odyssey later this year. She loves to read,
draw, sing, go outside and explore.
ROSALIE CELESTIAL
(Lass, Ensemble)
graduated from San
Diego State Universitywith a B.A. in theatre
performance. She waslast seen in Flower Drum
Song (San Diego Asian American Repertory
Theatre). Favorite credits include Dear Miss
Breed (Asian Story Theatre), Nickel & Dimed
(SDSU), and Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible,
No Good, Very Bad Day (SDSU Theatre of the
World Festival).
DAVINA VAN DUSEN
(lO-year-old Tommy) is
13 years old and attends
The San Diego School of
Creative and PerformingArts. She is a musical
theater major and also
studies Irish dance. Davina is beginning to
learn ballet at Visionary Dance Theater. She
has performed in many shows with The Kroc
Kids and Visionary Dance Theater. Some of
the shows she has performed in are The Yellow
Boat, A Christmas Carol. Scrooge the Musical,
Once on This Island, Les Miserables and
The Sound of Music. She will also be perform
ing in the Old Globe Theatre's production of
MATTMARETZ(Lad,
Ensemble) is thrilled todebut at the REP in
The Who's TOMMY
under the direction of
Sam Woodhouse. He has
appeared on the Lyceum
stage before with ACT-San Diego as Troy Bolton
in High School Musical. Roger in RENT, and
Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie. He received aNational Youth Theatre award for best actor in
a musical for his performance as Radames in
Aida at the J*Company. Matt is currently pursu
ing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Syracuse
University.
San Francisco where
she attended SF State
University to study
vocal performance. A
few of her Bay Areatheater credits include
Peter Pan (Wendy) at
Berkeley Playhouse, Rent (Maureen) with Royal
Underground, Chess (Florence) and City of
Angels (Mallory) at SFSU. Megan also played
Jeannine in the original San Francisco musical
Insignificant Others at Pier 39. Last summer,
she participated in a musical theater intensive
with Broadway conductor Paul Gemignani. and
is a recipient of the 2009 National Association
of Teachers scholarship in Musical Theatre.
PARNIA AYARI (Nurse,
Psychiatrist, Ensemble)
is very excited to be
joining San Diego REPin her hometown. She
is a recent graduate of
the Ray Bolger Musical
Theater Program at UCLA and made her debut
performance as Woman 2 in Songs For A New
World at the International City Theatre in
Long Beach. She comes back to San Diego to
continue working and touring with her Persian
Dance Academy, and continues to travel back
and forth to Los Angeles expanding her artistic
journey working on her short film and working
alongside famous hip hop choreographers.
Parnia plans to transfer to New York to make
her way onto the Broadway stage.
MEGAN BARROW (Sally Simpson, Lass,
Ensemble) is thrilled to have the opportunity
to work with San Diego REP and be a part
of the Tommy cast. She recently moved from
JOSEPH ALMOHAYA
(Lover, Pinball Lad #1,
Ensemble) is a native
t San Diegan, and is
_happy to be making hisSan Diego REP debut!
. Under the direction of
Michael Michetti, he was last seen in the criti
cally acclaimed production of Kiss Me, Kate at
Reprise! in Los Angeles. Other recent produc
tions include: The Producers (Cabrillo Music
Theatre), Rent in New York, and Jesus Christ
Superstar (North American tour). Joe holds aBachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, and
an M.F.A. in Musical Theatre from San Diego'
State University. He would like to thank his
family and friends for their unending love and
support. Many thanks to KSR.
VICTOR CHAN
(Harmonica Player,
Mr. Simpson, Ensemble)
San Diego REP: Celebra
tion of the Lizard, I Love
You, You're Perfect
Now Change. Starlight
Theatre: Miss Saigon, Engineer. Lamb's
Players: Godspell, All Good Gifts. Judas, Jesus
Christ Superstar. Regional: Les Miserables in
concert, Jean Valjean; Disney's Aladdin-A
Musical Spectacular, Peter Pan. Finding Nemo
the Musical (original cast), Crush (cast album
available on iTunes), composed by Bobby Lopez
(Tony Award, Avenue Q, Book of Mormon)
and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Along the Way).
Other shows: Baby, Grand Hotel. Man of La
Mancha. He has performed in Carnegie Hall,
Notre Dame in Paris, and the Sydney Opera
House. Proud member of Actors' Equity.
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THE WHO'S TOMMYSCPA ENSEMBLE
Front row left to right: Deja Fields,Danielle Levin
Second row left to right: Dylan Hoffinger,
Dayna Austin, Erica Malachowski
Back row left to right: Kevin Burroughs,
ala S. Olasehinde, Carson McCalley
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THE WHO'S TOMMY ORCHESTRA
Front row left to right: Benjamin Goniea, Juliet Sangalang, Brianna Schwerling, Lilly Petersen,
Angelica Quichocho, Erika Taylor, Stella Fronis, Jesus Cervantes
Second row left to right: Tamara Paige, Elijah Deslouches, Alec Hamilton, John Avery, Chans Valdez
Third row left to right: Michael Angeles, Martin Martiarena, Sebastian Bucio, Josh Vasquez,Kalani Mojica-Doneza
he joined in 1983. Married, with three children,
he lives in Twickenham, England.
DES McANUFF (Book) is serving his fourthseason as artistic director of Stratford Shake
speare Festival (2011: Twelfth Night, Jesus
Christ Superstar); two-time Tony, Olivier and
Dora Award-winning director, McAnuff was
part of Toronto's burgeoning theatre scene in
the 1970s. For nearly 25 years he was artistic
director of La Jolla Playhouse, directing over
30 productions of Shakespeare, other classics,
new plays and musicals. Broadway: Guys VDolls, Aaron Sorkin's The Farnsworth Inven
tion, Jersey Boys (Tony and Olivier awards: best
musical), Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays (Tony
Award), How to Succeed ... , The Who's Tommy
(Tony and Olivier awards: best director; Olivier:
best musical), A Walk in the Woods, Big River
(Tony Awards: best director and musical).Film: "Cousin Bette" and "The Adventures of
Rocky and Bullwinkle" (director), "Iron Giant"
(producer) and "Quills" (executive producer).
Stratford's "Caesar and Cleopatra" and "The
Tempest" with Christopher Plummer were alsofilmed for wide Canadian theatrical release to
sold-out houses across the country. Australia:
New musical Doctor Zhivago premiered in
Sydney (February 2011). Opera: Faust (NY's
Metropolitan Opera, 2011, and English Na
tional Opera, 2010). Training: Attended Ryer-
son University (honorary doctorate June 2011).
2005/2006 recipient of the Drama League'sJulia Hansen Award for lifetime achievement.
Is currently adapting Yoshimi Battles the Pink
Robots for the stage with Wayne Coyne of the
Flaming Lips.
SAM WOODHOUSE (Director) Please see
Mr. Woodhouse's bio on pg. 11.
JAVIER VELASCO (Choreographer) At San
Diego REP: directed Suds, Cabaret, A Christ
mas Carol. Choreorgaphed Hairspray, The
Threepenny Opera, Corridos Re-Mix, Zoot Suit,
Bandido, and many others. He is responsible for
the original musical staging and choreography
of Suds in New York, San Francisco, San Diego,Toronto and Actors Theatre of Louisville. As
artistic director of the San Diego Ballet, he has
choreographed over 80 ballets for the company
since its inception. His production of The Tough
est Girl Alive will premiere at the New York
International Fringe Festival in August of 2011.
Mr. Velasco's daily tribulations as the artistic
director of a not-for-profit dance company can
be read at dance-to-the-piper.blogspot.com.
STEVE GUNDERSON (Music Director) was
music director, arranger and co-creator (with
Kathy Najimy) for Off Broadway's Back To
Bacharach and David, recently revived at
the Music Box Theatre in Hollywood with the
participation of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
He arranged the score for Off Broadway'sSuds which broke box office records at The Old
Globe Theatre and has had dozens of productions worldwide and he co-wrote the book with
Melinda Gilb and Bryan Scott. He composedthe score for Javier Velasco's The Brontes, sev
eral versions of A Christmas Carol at San Diego
REP, and he wrote the award-winning score for
the musical Dixie Highway. He co-created andstarred in The Melinda and Steve Show with
Melinda Gilb in New York. His produced plays
include More Magic and At The Twilight (Stage
West in Toronto and Calgary).
TAMARA PAIGE (Orchestra Conductor) earnedher Bachelor of music education from Arizona
State University in 1999. Currently in her 10th
year as instrumental music director at SCPA,
she teaches a program with over 250 stu-dents. Under her direction, SCPA's advanced
performance ensembles have made numerous
appearances on local television and continue
to earn national recognition and top honors
at festival competitions. Tamara is a two-time
recipient of the California Music EducatorsAssociation's "Orchestra Educator of the
Year Award" (200612009). In 2007 she was
selected SCPA's "Teacher of the Year," voted
"Most Inspirational Teacher" (middle school)
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and runner-up (high school). Tamara conducted
numerous musicals on SCPA's stage: The Music
Man, Bye-Bye Birdie, Purlie, 42nd Street, and
West Side Story.
TREVOR NORTON (Lighting Design)
San Diego REP: The Threepenny Opera, Doubt,
Nuevo California, Working, Celebration of the
Lizard, The Illusion (Garland Award winner), A
Christmas Carol 1997 through 2000, Picasso
at the Lapin Agile, Marriage is Forever, Avenue
X, and The Buddy Holly Story. Regional designs
with San Jose Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, The
Old Globe, Shakespeare Festival LA. and
numerous industrial and architectural designs.
Trevor teaches design and stage managementat University of Redlands, owns Cleverco
Designs, designs and sells PV solar systems, is
a private pilot, and proud parent of Lillian and
Reid with his with lovely wife Jennifer. This is
dedicated to his friend Chris Parry.
MIKE BUCKLEY(Scenic Design) is pleased
to be working with the REP again, having de
signed sets for Three Tall Women and Bad Dates
(Patte Award) and lights for The Beauty Queen
of Leenane. He has designed at nearly every
theatre in town, including the Old Globe/USD
MFA program, Cygnet Theatre, Moonlight,
Starlight, the Welk Resort Theatre and the
Laguna Playhouse. Mike is an associate guest
artist at Lamb's Players Theatre, where he
has designed sets and/or lights for more than
150 productions, including recent favoritesThe Book of the Dun Cow, The Music Man and
miXtape at the Horton Grand.
JENNIFER BRAWN GITTINGS (Costume De
sign) San Diego REP: In The Next Room or the
vibrator play, boom, The Seafarer, The Three
penny Opera, The Princess and the Black-eyed
Pea, The Good Body, The Clean House, Don
Quixote, Miss Witherspoon, Intimate Apparel,The Goat, Crowns. Local credits include La Jolla
Playhouse, The Old Globe, MOXIE Theatre
(Design Ambassador), Diversionary Theatre
(Associate Artist), North Coast Rep. Regional:
A Noise Within, The Western Stage, Shake
speare Theatre of New Jersey, Crossroads
Theatre. Ms. Gittings' has been honored with
a Craig Noel Award, Patte Award, NAACP
Theatre Award, and Stage Scene LA Award.
Love and gratitude to Chris and Ollie.
www.icostumedesign.com
TOM JONES (Sound Design) is proud to be on
staff as the resident sound designer and audio
supervisor for San Diego REP. Previous SD
REP design credits include In the Next Room
or the vibrator play, Superior Donuts, Storyville,
The Road to Mecca, Hairspray, boom, The
Seafarer, The Threepenny Opera, The Princess
and the Black-Eyed Pea, The Good Body, and
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Sweet 15. Other shows include Jazz Queens
Cast Blue Shadows (Common Ground Theatre),
The Listener (MOXIE Theatre), Prelude to a Kiss
(New Village Arts), Humble Boy (NVA), Seussi
cal the Musical (J*Company, Lawrence Family
JCe), Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat
(J*Company).
VICTORIA PETROVICH (Projection Design)
is production designer specializing in scenic,
costume and video design for theater, opera,
film and TV. She's worked with many California
cultural groups including East West Players,Culture Clash, Asian American Theatre, Latino
Theater Co., and El Teatro Campesino. Her
work has been produced throughout California.
New York, Minneapolis, Mexico and Singapore.
She teaches design in the Theatre & Dance De
partment at UCSD. Current research work is in
cross-disciplinary collaboration in telematic and
multimedia performances. Recent productions
include the scenic design for In the Next Room
or the vibrator play and projection design forA Weekend with Pablo Picasso at LATC.
MISSY BRADSTREET (Wig Design) is very ex
cited to be a part of this project. She previously
designed hair and makeup for The Threepenny
Opera, The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea
(San Diego REP), No Exit and Yank (Diversion
ary Theatre), Wet, Pulp, Blue Bonnet Court,
Bleeding Kansas, and Or, (MOXIE Theatre).
Thanks to the REP for having me back.
LOUTICIA GRIER (Wig Design) previously
designed wigs for Storyville. She has taken hair
replacement to another dimension, as founderand owner of A Diva's Hidden Hair. As a hair
care specialist for over 35 five years, Louticia
has mastered and redefined the art of wig mak
ing. Her passion is working with women who
have lost their hair from cancer, hypertension,
menopause, medications or harsh chemicals.Louticia strives to restore women's inner
beauty and inspire them to be as beautiful as
they truly are.
AMY BLATT(Stage Manager) has been teach
ing acting at The School of Creative and Per
forming Arts for the past three years. She holds
a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State
University. This is her first production with San
Diego REP. Her stage managing credits include
Hoover Comes Alive! at La Jolla Playhouse,
Into the Woods at Starlight Theatre, The Cherry
Orchard at San Diego State University, The
Laramie Project'and The School for Scandal at
Grossmont College. Her assistant stage manag
ing credits include Hello Dolly!, The Pajama
Game, Beauty and the Beast, Aida and
Urinetown at Starlight Theatre.
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particularly dedicated to the idea of theatre as
education and has created special collections
for younger performers. The MTI Broadway
Junior Collection® includes "JR." titles, 60-min
ute musicals for performance by middle school
children; and "KIDS" titles, 30-minute musicals
for performance by elementary school children.MTI School Editions ™ are musicals that have
been annotated for performance by high school
students, and the Theatre For Young AUdi
ences (TYA) Collection are 70-minute musicalsdesigned for adults to perform for children.
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