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Written by Jeanie Linders, Menopause The Musical debuted March 28, 2001 in Orlando, Florida. The Off-Broadway production officially opened at Theatre Four on April 4, 2002, logging more than 1500 performances. A Las Vegas produc-tion has been running since 2006. It is the Longest running scripted musical in Las Vegas history. International productions have been seen in 11 countries and counting. “Menopause The Musical came out of my standing in front of the freezer singing the words “Hot Flash” to Rod Stewart’s “Hot Legs.” Said Linders, “I was dressed for a formal evening … the local NAACP was honoring Jesse Stone, and I was ready to walk out the door and the dripping started. Then in the summer of 1998 I went to San Francisco and saw Beach Blanket Babylon, another parody show in its 30+ year by now. Everyone was screaming with laughter around me and I was kind of angry. I had this voice in my head that kept saying, “Well you could do this…” So, I went back home … and did it.”“It is said that a writer writes what he/she knows. And I realized… that I am my characters … all of them. The Professional Woman who bought into Gloria Steinem’s “you can be it all” routine in the early ‘80s; the aging Soap Star, the diva personality who cringes at the sight of the wrinkles in the mirror, but still walks into the room with a “look at me” attitude; the lost in the ‘60s Earth Mother, who has ALWAYS worn long skirts … and Birkenstocks and feels very much at home at a Left Coast poetry reading; and, of course, the nurturing Iowa house-wife. I was raised to get married and have four kids. I just forgot along the way and there is a part of me that knows something is missing … And the irony is that the women in the audience identify in the same way. They too have the personality traits of

all of the characters … and can relate to what each is experiencing.” Due to the huge success of Menopause The Musical, she founded the Jeanie C. Linders Fund to empow-er women all over the world. The Fund has pro-duced and presented the Menopause The Musical Out Loud Tour twice – each tour visiting over 50 cities. A portion of the proceeds from each tour was designated for local and regional ovarian cancer chapter. The Fund supports women worldwide in areas of business development, arts and culture, personal growth, health issues and education. The Foundation has encouraged and assisted women to start small businesses using the skills they know best to raise their families out of poverty. Through the JCLF program, There’s No Place Like Home National, homes are built for women and their fam-ilies who have lost theirs due to natural disasters.“The show is about WOMEN … not about theatre” Said Linders. “And there are more than 38 million baby boomer women in America alone who under-stand the embarrassment of “Gotta go, Gotta go,” and laugh at ourselves; we understand the feeling of wanting to shake the doctor by his/her lapels and scream, “YOU HAVE TO HELP ME. I CAN’T SLEEP ANYMORE!”; we understand the feeling of thinking we are alone with the memory loss and wrinkles and everything else that comes with aging and love being able to share the feeling with hun-dreds of women in the audience. The musical start-ed out as an experience. Our audiences throughout the country … and now the world … are making it a women’s movement.”Excerpts from an interview with Jeanie Linders by Staness Jonekos in “The Menopause Makeover.”

– PIA HAAS

ABOUT “MENOPAUSE THE MUSIcAl”

cAST(Cast In Order of Appearance)

Professional Woman .......................................................................................... DONNA J. HUNTLEY*

Soap Star .............................................................................................................. DEBBY ROSENTHAL*

Earth Mother .......................................................................................................MEGAN CAVANAGH*

Iowa Housewife ...................................................................................................... ROBERTA B. WALL*

The entire action of the play takes place in Bloomingdale’s, NYC.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the only professional union for Actors and Stage Managers.

The ProjectMenopause The Musical is a celebration of women who are on the brink of, in the

middle of, or have survived The Change. It was created to be a grassroots movement that deals with life after age 40, with all the challenges that result in the mental,

physical and spiritual freedom of over 75 million baby boomer females.

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THE MUSIcMusic Parodied With Great Appreciation

SONGS WORDS/MUSIC/PUBLISHER (Used by Permission) COPYRIGHT DATE

Chains Of Fools Don Covay 1967 Pronto Music, Spring Time Music, Fourteenth Hour Music (BMI)

The Lion Sleeps Tonight Hugh Peretti, Luigi Creatore 1961 George David Weiss, Albert Stanton

Good Vibrations Mike Love, Brian Wilson – Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) 1966

New Attitude Sharon Robinson, Jon Gilutin, Bunny Hull 1985 Songs of Universal, Rockomatic Music, Brass Heart Music (BMI) Universal Music Corp., Robinhill Music, Buchu Music (ASCAP)

I Heard It Through Norman Whitfield, Barry Strong 1967The Grapevine

A Sign Of The Times Tony Hatch – Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) 1966

Stayin’ Alive Maurice Gibb, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb 1977 Crompton Songs (BMI) and Gibb Brothers Music (BMI)

Heat Wave Irving Berlin 1933

Wishin’ and Hopin’ Hal David, Burt Bacharach 1963 New Hidden Valley Music Co., Casa David Music (ASCAP)

I’m Sorry Ronnie Self, Dub Allbritten – Songs of Universal (BMI) 1968

The Great Pretender Buck Ram 1956

Lookin’ For Love In All Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison, Patti Ryan 1980The Wrong Places

What’s Love Go To Terry Britten, Graham Lyle 1984Do With It WB Music Corp. (ASCAP), Good Single, LTD. (PRS)

Only You Buck Ram, Ande Rand 1955

Don’t Make Me Over Hal David, Burt Bacharach 1962 New Hidden Valley Music Co., Casa David Music (ASCAP)

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield 1966

YMCA Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Victor Wills 1978

The Shoop Shoop Song Rudy Clark 1965

Don’t Say Nothing Bad Gerry Goffin/Carole King 1962About My Baby

My Guy Smokey Robinson 1961

I Got You Babe Sonny Bono – Cotillion Music, Inc. (BMI) 1965

Help Me Rhonda Mike Love, Brian Wilson – Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) 1965

California Girls Mike Love, Brian Wilson – Irving Music, Inc. (BMI) 1965

Puff, The Magic Dragon Peter Yarrow, Leonard Lipton 1963 Silver Dawn Music, Honalee Melodies (ASCAP)

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MEGAN CAVANAGH(Earth Mother) is most recognized as Marla Hooch, from the movie, “A League of Their Own”. Other film credits

include: Mel Brooks’ “Robin Hood: Men In Tights” (Broomhilde) and (Essie) “Dracula: Dead and Loving It.” She starred with Tim Allen in “For Richer or Poorer” (Levinia Yoder). Megan voiced Judy Neutron in the Academy Award nominat-ed animated feature “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” and in the Nickelodeon TV series. Other TV credits include: recurring character Trudy (who married Al) on “Home Improvement.” She was a series regular (Chris) on “Bob” with Bob Newhart and Betty White. She guest starred on “Friends,” “Will & Grace,” “Just Shoot Me,” “ER,” “Roseanne” and many others. She has performed in Menopause The Musical® since 2004. Noted regional credits include: Blithe Spirit (Madame Arcati), A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Pseudolus), Jubilee (Queen/Butch), High Spirits (Madam Arcati). Megan is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1987, and a SAG-AFTRA member since 1988. Visit her website: megancavanagh.com

WHO’S WHO

DONNA J. HUNTLEY(Professional Woman) has enjoyed playing PW and Soap Star across the nation off and on since 2004, after completing

world tours as a guest entertainer with RCCL. With numerous regional commercials and TV appearances to her credit, some favorite Broadway, off-Broadway and regional theatre credits include: Lena Horne: The Lady And Her Music, Shadow Box (Beverly), Our Lady Of 121st Street (Inez), Hairspray (Motor Mouth Mable), Chicago (Matron Mama Morton), Barnum (Joyce Heth) and of course Nunsense (Sister Herbert). Winner of a Presidential Award For Best Overseas USO Tour, Donna worked with Richard Pryor “Here And Now,” co-wrote and recorded with Atlantic Records as a member of Company B and solo with Sleath Records in Holland. She performed with The Platters, Ben Vereen, Mary Wilson, Latin superstars El Puma and Chayanne to name a few. A proud member of AEA, Donna is delighted and grateful to rejoin her Menopause family.

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DEBBY ROSENTHAL(Soap Star) is based in Phoenix, but spends several months a year in New York where she is represented by Atlas

Talent Agency. Regional Equity theatre high-lights include: Donna in Mamma Mia, Judy Denmark in Ruthless, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Betty in White Christmas, Mrs. Webb in Our Town & Mother in Ragtime. In addition to theatre, Debby was the opening act for Bob Newhart at Wild Horse Pass Casino, is a recurring soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, had a supporting role in the film “Ingenious” starring Jeremy Renner (now on Netflix), principal roles in over 100 TV commercialsn – currently airing are a Cliff Castle Casino & 2 national commercials for Funeral Advantage & Samsung Powerbot. Debby and her husband Tom celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary this year and they are incredibly proud of their 2 children, Tommy & Abby. For more information check out her web site: www.debbyrosenthal.com

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ROBERTA B. WALL(Iowa Housewife) Original Broadway casts - Sister Act, Leap of Faith. First national tours - Sister Act (SM Lazarus), Beauty and

the Beast (Mrs. Potts). Ms. Wall has been per-forming in Menopause The Musical since 2003 as both Iowa Housewife and Earth Mother in cities across the country. Other regional roles include : Sadie - I Love A Piano (Lawrence Welk Theatre), Jo - Swingtime Canteen (La Mirada Clo), Frieda - Sunday in the Park with George (Long Beach CLO), Tisbe - Cinderella (Falcon Theatre), Clementina - Desert Song (Pasadena Civic ), Housekeeper - Man of La Mancha. She has performed with such stars as Shirley Jones, Robert Goulet, Joanne Worley, Dorothy Lamour and was a special guest on the “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. She can be heard on the Roxbury Records (the Gershwin family label) recordings of “Oh, Kay!,” “Pardon My English” and “Lady Be Good.”

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A stunning combination of classic music, a timeless story and

breathtaking dance!