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WHO’S WHO in the CAST

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BARBARA BROCCOLI JOHN N. HART JR. PATRICK MILLING SMITH FREDERICK ZOLLOBRIAN CARMODY MICHAEL G. WILSON ORIN WOLF PRODUCTIONS

ROBERT COLE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERin association with

NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOPpresent

book music and lyr ics

ENDA WALSH GLEN HANSARD & MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁbased on the motion picture writ ten and directed by

JOHN CARNEYstarr ing

STUART WARD DANI DE WAALSARAH McKINLEY AUSTIN MATT DEANGELIS JOHN STEVEN GARDNER EVAN HARRINGTON RYAN LINK

BENJAMIN MAGNUSON ALEX NEE ERICA SPYRES TINA STAFFORD ERICA SWINDELL SCOTT WAARA scenic and costume design l ighting design

BOB CROWLEY NATASHA KATZ sound design dialect coach casting

CLIVE GOODWIN STEPHEN GABIS JIM CARNAHAN, CSA/STEPHEN KOPEL associate director associate movement director resident music super visor

SHAUN PEKNIC YASMINE LEE FRED LASSEN associate associate associate production set designer l ighting designer sound designer manager

FRANK MCCOLLOUGH PETER HOERBURGER ALEX HAWTHORN AURORA PRODUCTIONS production stage manager tour press representative company manager general manager

DANIEL S. ROSOKOFF ALLIED LIVE CHRIS DANNER LISA M. POYERmusic super visor and orchestrations

MARTIN LOWEmovement by

STEVEN HOGGETTdirected by

JOHN TIFFANYOnce was originally developed at the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in April 2011,

Diane Paulus, Artistic Director, Diane Borger, Producer


STUART WARD

DANI DE WAAL

SARAH McKINLEY AUSTIN

MATT DEANGELIS

JOHN STEVEN GARDNER

EVAN HARRINGTON

RYAN LINK

BENJAMIN MAGNUSON

JOSHUACARTER

MAGGIE HOLLINBECK

STEPHEN MCINTYRE

ZANDER MEISNER

RACHELPRATHER

CASSIDYSTIRTZ

ALEX NEE

ERICASPYRES

TINASTAFFORD

ERICA SWINDELL

SCOTTWAARA


CAST(in alphabetical order)

Ivanka ................................................................................................... SARAH McKINLEY AUSTINGirl .............................................................................................................................. DANI de WAAL

PianoŠvec ......................................................................................................................MATT DeANGELIS

Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Drum Set, PercussionEamon .................................................................................................... JOHN STEVEN GARDNER

Piano, Guitar, Percussion, Melodica, HarmonicaBilly...................................................................................................................EVAN HARRINGTON

Guitar, Percussion, UkuleleEmcee ................................................................................................................................RYAN LINK

(5/6) JOSHUA CARTERGuitar, Banjo

Bank Manager ...........................................................................................BENJAMIN MAGNUSONCello, Guitar

Andrej .................................................................................................................................ALEX NEEElectric Bass, Ukulele, Guitar, Percussion

Ex-Girlfriend .............................................................................................................ERICA SPYRESViolin, Percussion

Baruška .................................................................................................................. TINA STAFFORDAccordion, Concertina

Réza ...................................................................................................................... ERICA SWINDELL Violin

Da ................................................................................................................................SCOTT WAARAMandolin

Guy ............................................................................................................................ STUART WARDGuitar

DANCE CAPTAIN—ERICA SWINDELL

MUSIC CAPTAIN—JOHN STEVEN GARDNER

Stuart Ward is appearing with the support of Actors’ Equity Association pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity.

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches.

For Eamon—JOSHUA CARTER, ZANDER MEISNER For Andrej—JOSHUA CARTER, ZANDER MEISNER For Réza—ERICA SPYRES, CASSIDY STIRTZ For Guy—RYAN LINK, ALEX NEE For Da—STEPHEN McINTYRE For Girl—RACHEL PRATHER, ERICA SWINDELL

For Baruška—MAGGIE HOLLINBECK For Švec—JOSHUA CARTER, ZANDER MEISNER For Bank Manager—STEPHEN McINTYRE For Ex-Girlfriend—CASSIDY STIRTZ For Billy—JOSHUA CARTER, STEPHEN McINTYRE For Emcee—JOSHUA CARTER, ZANDER MEISNER

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies and standbys never substitute for listed performers

unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.


MUSICAL NUMBERSACT ONE

“Leave” ........................................................................................................................................... Guy

“Falling Slowly” ..................................................................................................................Guy & Girl

“North Strand” ..................................................................................................................... Ensemble

“The Moon” ..................................................................................................... Andrej (as Ensemble)

“Ej, Pada, Pada, Rosicka” .................................................................................................. Ensemble

“If You Want Me” .............................................................................................. Guy, Girl, Ensemble

“Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy” ............................................................................ Guy

“Say It to Me Now” ....................................................................................................................... Guy

“Abandoned in Bandon”............................................................................................. Bank Manager

“Gold” ....................................................................................................................... Guy & Ensemble

ACT TWO

“Sleeping”....................................................................................................................................... Guy

“When Your Mind’s Made Up” ......................................................................... Guy, Girl, Ensemble

“The Hill”.........................................................................................................................................Girl

“Gold” (A capella) ................................................................................................................Company

“The Moon” ...........................................................................................................................Company

“Falling Slowly” (Reprise) ............................................................................... Guy, Girl, Ensemble

STRANAHAN THEATER STAFF

Steve Hyman ............................... Executive DirectorCherie Byrne ............................. Box Office ManagerLaura Contos .................................Finance ManagerSheila Wonders ......................... Executive AssistantJoyce Roling ...................... Event Services ManagerSarah Beavers .................................. Sales ManagerManny Littin ........................Back of House ManagerNathan Hagemeister ......... Front of House ManagerRhonda Marion ..................... Concessions ManagerHank Keyes ................. Lead Operations SupervisorGabe Miron ........................... Operations SupervisorVictor Levesque .................... Operations SupervisorAl Gaston ........................................Head of Security

Theater League thanks the following fine people and companies, without whom our Broadway series would not be possible.

STRANAHAN THEATER STAFFStephen Hyman Cherie Byrne Laura Contos Sheila Wonders Joyce Roling Sarah Beavers Manny Littin Nathan Hagemeister Rhonda Marion Hank KeyesGabe Miron Victor Levesque Susan Malone Lorrie Starkey Kim Vogus Alan Gaston

Executive Director Box Office Manager

Controller Administrative Assistant Event Services Manager

Sales Manager Back of House Manager Front of House Manager

Concessions Manager Facilities Facilities Facilities

Box Office Box Office Box Office

Security

William R. FosterJohn H. BoggsDonald E. BreeseJames A. HoffmanAdele M. Jasion, CPA

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Susan Rollins, Nancy Trager

THEATER LEAGUE STAFFAdministration

Mark Edelman..........................................President/CEODebbie Davis....................Sr. Director of Business AffairsCatherine Cone................................Director of Ticketing Laura Faust......................................Box Office Manager Ian York.............................Assistant Box Office Manager

Amy Hamm................Senior Director of MarketingReida York...........................Director of Advertising

& Public RelationsCraig Aikman........................Group Sales DirectorRhiannon Gilland..........................Website & Email

Marketing DirectorBethany Nesbitt...........Season Marketing DirectorBrett Schlaegel........................Online & Interactive

Marketing Manager Quincy Kreps..............Marketing Comm. ManagerRachel Schultz...............Sr. Marketing Comm.Mgr.Jesse Hoffman......Graphic Design & Content Mgr. Heidi Hurtig........Marketing Comm. Assistant Mgr. Patrick Lewallen......Print & Online Marketing Mgr.

Marketing and Communications

ProductionChris McCoy........................Director of ProductionPete Weber.........................Presentation Manager

Richard P. AndersonDonald H. KincadeEdward J. ReiterJan F. Skunda








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WHO’S WHO in the CASTSTUART WARD (Guy) is an English actor who studied at LIPA in Liverpool. He is a passion-ate singer-songwriter; his debut EP Pictures is available for purchase at the merchandise stand in the theater lobby. More info at www.stuart-ward.net. West End: Once, The Recruiting Officer (Donmar), Dreamboats and Petticoats. NYC: The Hired Man. UK theater: The Go-Between, The Mayor of Zalamea. Television: “Downton Abbey,” “Holby City” and “Anthem for Doomed Youth.” Film: Our Girl.

DANI de WAAL (Girl). Broadway: Picnic. West End: Mamma Mia! (Sophie Sheridan). Edinburgh Fringe: Just So. Workshops: The Last Ship, LIFT, Defect. Film: Non-Stop. Dani trained at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London. “Thank you Stone Manners Sal-ners. Love to the Support System, near and far.”

SARAH McKINLEY AUSTIN (Ivanka), of Sugar Land, Texas, is thrilled to be making her Broadway tour debut! She recently portrayed Young Cosette in Les Misérables and wishes to thank her friends, family and Nancy Carson.

MATT DeANGELIS (Švec). Broadway, West End, and first national tour of Hair (Woof) and the first national tour of Green Day’s American Idiot. He’s humbled to be performing with this clan of wonderful people and musicians. He believes in optimism, kindness, marriage equal-ity, Actors’ Equity Association and the Boston Red Sox! Twitter: Mattdeangelis22.

JOHN STEVEN GARDNER (Eamon). NYC: Under the Greenwood Tree (Flea Theater). Regional: Shakespeare Theatre of N.J., Hope Summer Reper tory Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland). B.F.A.: Ithaca Col-lege. “Thank you Jim Carnahan and Stephen Kopel, creative team, cast and crew! Love to Mom and Dad.”

EVAN HARRINGTON (Billy) is grateful to be a part of this amazing show! Broadway: ONCE (Billy), Peter and the Starcatcher (Alf), Avenue Q (Brian), The Phantom of the Opera (Piangi). Regional: Assassins (John Hinckley, Jr.), Swee-ney Todd (Beadle/Pirelli), Into the Woods (Baker), The Full Monty (Dave). TV: “30 Rock” (Roy). evanharrington.com. @EKHarrington24.

RYAN LINK (Emcee, u/s Guy). New four-song EP Reverberations out 3.3.2015! Touring with Once since Sept. 2013. Broadway: Wonder-land (Knight/Rabbit u/s), Hair (Berger/Woof u/s), Rent (Roger). Tours: Hair (Woof), Aida (Radames s/b). Hometown: Seattle. Trained at Matthew Corozine Studio (NYC), Berklee (Bos-ton). For Granny and Grandpa. @ryanlinkmusic and ryanlink.com.

BENJAMIN MAGNUSON (Bank Manager). Broadway/tour: Sweeney Todd (2005 revival and tour), Guys and Dolls (2009 revival), Les Misérables (25th anniversary). Regional: Ameri-can Conservatory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Human Race Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane. Film/television: The Other Guys, “30 Rock.” Training: CCM. For Em. benjaminmagnuson.com.

ALEX NEE (Andrej, u/s Guy). Credits include international tour of American Idiot (Johnny), Rent (Roger), Spring Awakening (Melchior) and The Who’s Tommy (Hawker). Proud North-western alum. He can’t believe that he gets to chill in a pub and jam with such beautiful people. “Thank you for everything, I have no complaints whatsoever.” @alexnee42.

ERICA SPYRES (Ex-Girlfriend, u/s Réza) is overjoyed to join the Once tour! Regional: Tribes (Elliot Norton Award), Avenue Q, Time Stands Still, Pirates!, The Light in the Piazza, Camelot. Ozarks native residing in Boston. B.A. Voice, Drury University. Love to Andrew & family! ericaspyres.com.

TINA STAFFORD (Baruška). New York: Ionescopade (York Theatre), I Married Wyatt Earp (59 E. 59), Illyria (Prospect Theatre Co.). Regional: Westport Country Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Denver Center, Arena Stage, Paper Mill, Goodspeed Musicals, Shake-speare Theatres of New Jersey, Maine, Utah and Texas. Equity!

ERICA SWINDELL (Réza, u/s Girl). Broad-way: Once (Girl u/s, Réza u/s, Ex-Girlfriend u/s). Off-Broadway: Mary Broome (Mint The-ater Company). NYC theater: Romeo and Juliet (American Globe Theatre), The Lady Drug Dealer (Fringe NYC). Regional: Much Ado About Nothing (Penn Shakes). “Love to family. For Gdawg.” Twitter: EricaSwindell.

SCOTT WAARA (Da) won the Tony and Drama Desk awards for The Most Happy Fella on Broadway. He is thrilled to join this cast of amazing actors, and delighted to be a part of this beautiful show!

JOSHUA CARTER (u/s Andrej, Švec, Eamon, Emcee, Billy) is thrilled to be out with Once. Seattle: ACT, Intiman, 5th Avenue, Village, Seat-tle Children’s Theatre. Josh is also a playwright, a teacher, and pursuing a degree in medicine. Thank you to his family, Billie and the bears.

MAGGIE HOLLINBECK (u/s Baruška). National tour: Annie (Connie Boylan, u/s Grace). Regional favorites: Utah Shakespeare Festival, New Helvetia Theatre, B Street



Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House. Thanks to Mom + Dad for piano lessons and endless support. Gratitude like whoa and magic everywhere!

STEPHEN McINTYRE (u/s Da, Bank Man-ager, Billy). Shenandoah 1989 Broadway debut. Sweeney Todd 2006 Broadway and national tour (Jonas Fogg and Upright Bass/Cello). Broadway pit orchestras with tuba: Chicago, Chitty…. “Thank you Janet for 25 years of love and encouragement.”

ZANDER MEISNER (u/s Andrej, Švec, Eamon, Emcee) is elated to be a part of Once. National tours: Annie (Rooster), Cats (Rum Tum Tugger). NYC/regional: FringeNYC, Drilling Company, Northlight among many more. Graduate: IU Music. Thanks to Stephen Kopel, Jim Carnahan, SpotCo and all who led him to this.

RACHEL PRATHER (u/s Girl). National tour: Peter and the Starcatcher (u/s Molly and oth-ers). Regional: Fiddler on the Roof (Tzeitel); Nine (SpeakEasy Stage); Alpine Theater Proj-ect. B.F.A., The Boston Conservatory. Rachel is honored to join the Once company. Thank you to my family, friends and CGF Talent.

CASSIDY STIRTZ (u/s Réza, Ex-Girlfriend). Credits include Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Notre Dame Shakespeare and Lifeline Theatre. Cassidy was honored to study abroad in Lon-don at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and with Punchdrunk. B.F.A.: Millikin University. End-less thanks to Paonessa Talent and to all my supportive families.

ENDA WALSH (Playwright) is an Irish play-wright living in London. He is the winner of numerous international awards, and his work has been translated and produced worldwide. Recent plays: Misterman (Landmark, Ireland); Penelope, The New Electrical Ballroom, The Walworth Farce (all Druid Theatre, Ireland). Other plays: Chatroom, The Small Things, Bedbound, Disco Pigs. Shorter plays: How These Desperate Men Talk, Lynndie’s Gotta Gun, Gentrification, My Friend Duplicity, Room 303. Film: Hunger. Walsh was awarded the Tony Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for his work on Once.

GLEN HANSARD (Music and Lyrics). Film: The Commitments, Once. Albums: Strict Joy, the soundtrack of Once (Academy Award, Best Original Song, “Falling Slowly”), The Swell Sea-son, The Cost, Burn the Maps, Set List: Live in Dublin, For the Birds, Dance the Devil, Fitzcarraldo, Another Love Song.

MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ (Music and Lyrics). Film: Once. Albums: The Swell Season, the

soundtrack of Once (Academy Award, Best Orig-inal Song “Falling Slowly”), Strict Joy, Anar.

JOHN CARNEY (Writer and Director of the Film, Once) is a Dublin-based writer-director who came to the world’s attention following the box office hit and critically acclaimed musical feature film Once, which garnered multiple Independent Spirit, Sundance and Raindance awards. Previously, John was a bassist in the Irish rock band the Frames, where he met Glen Hansard. These musical roots continue to be evident in John’s work with his latest production, Can a Song Save Your Life?, heading into production in NYC. Other upcoming projects include Dogs of Babel for David Heyman and Nathan Kahane starring Steve Carell and a feature adaptation of M.R. James’s Casting the Runes for Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.

JOHN TIFFANY (Director) won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his work on Once. Recent work: The Glass Menag-erie (Broadway and A.R.T.); Let the Right One In; Macbeth (also Broadway); Enquirer; The Missing; Peter Pan; The House of Bernarda Alba; The Bacchae; Black Watch (Laurence Olivier Award for Best Director, Critics’ Circle Award for Best Director); Elizabeth Gordon Quinn; Home: Glasgow (all National Theatre of Scotland); Jerusalem (West Yorkshire Play-house); Las Chicas del Tres y Media Floppies (Granero Theatre, Mexico City; Edinburgh Festival Fringe); If Destroyed True, Mercury Fur, The Straits (Paines Plough); Gagarin Way (Traverse, Edinburgh). Education: University of Glasgow (M.A. in Theatre and Classics). Asso-ciate Director (National Theatre of Scotland, 2005–2012). Radcliffe Fellow (Harvard Univer-sity, academic year 2010–2011). Associate Direc-tor (Royal Court).

STEVEN HOGGETT (Movement). For Once, Steven won the Obie, Lortel and Calloway awards. Broadway: The Glass Menagerie (also A.R.T.), American Idiot, Peter and the Starcatcher (Lortel Award). West End: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. International: Rocky the Musical (Stage Entertainments), Rigoletto (Met Opera), The Full Monty (Sheffield), Let the Right One In, Black Watch (Olivier Award, Best Choreogra-pher) (National Theatre of Scotland), The Light Princess (Royal National Theatre), What’s It All About (NYTW), Lovesong, Beautiful Burnout, Othello (TMA Award, Best Director) (Frantic Assembly, founding Artistic Director).

MARTIN LOWE (Musical Supervisor, Or ches trations and Additional Material) was awarded Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk and Obie awards for his work on Once. Theater:



Once (NYTW); Jedermann (Salzburg Festi-val); The Light Princess; War Horse; Caro-line, or Change; Jerry Springer: The Opera; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Nation (National Theatre); An Appoint-ment with the Wicker Man; The Wolves in the Walls (National Theatre of Scotland/Improb-able); Mamma Mia! (London, Tokyo, Seoul, international tour, Stockholm, Shanghai); The Full Monty; Once on This Island; Cats; Les Misérables (West End). Recordings: Once, Mamma Mia! (original London cast and movie soundtrack), Jerry Springer: The Opera. Mar-tin was musical director for Mamma Mia! the movie (Universal).

BOB CROWLEY (Scenic and Costume Design). Theater includes The History Boys (National Theatre; Broadway, Tony Award); Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Plantagenets (RSC, Olivier Award); Don Carlos (Met); Pavane and Anastasia (Royal Ballet); La Traviata (ROH); Alice in Wonderland (ROH, Canada). Broadway: The Coast of Utopia (Tony), Carou-sel (Tony), Disney’s Aida (Tony), Tarzan, Mary Poppins (Tony), The Year of Magical Think-ing. Crowley won a Tony Award for his work on Once. Recipient of the Royal Designer for Indus-try Award and the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design.

NATASHA KATZ (Lighting Design) won a Tony for her work on Once. She has designed extensively for plays, musicals, dance, opera and architectural installations in the U.S. and throughout the world. Recent Broadway: Motown, Follies, Hedda Gabler, Sister Act, The Addams Family, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, Aida and Beauty and the Beast. Awards: Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Broadway League Touring Award, Whatsonstage, The Lucille Lor-tel and The Ruth Morly Design Award. Natasha is thrilled to be working on Once again.

CLIVE GOODWIN (Sound Design). Broadway: The Glass Menagerie, Once (Tony Award, Best Sound Design of a Musical). London West End: Once. Off-Broadway: Once (Lortel nomination for Outstanding Sound Design), What’s It All About. American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), Cambridge, Mass.: Pippin, The Glass Menag-erie, Once, Prometheus Bound, The Blue Flower (IRNE and Elliot Norton awards for Best Sound Design of A Musical), Cabaret with Amanda Palmer. Worldwide: Sound designer/engineer for Radiohead, Underworld, Pulp. Film/television: Greetings from Tim Buckley, “Dancing with the Stars” (BBC), “Later with Jools Holland” (BBC), “The Sound of Musicals” (BBC).

STEPHEN GABIS (Dialect Coach). Selected Broadway/Off-Broadway: Tribes, Magic/Bird, Look Back in Anger, Man and Boy, Bluebird,

Through a Glass Darkly, Lombardi, The 39 Steps, A View From the Bridge, Lend Me a Tenor, Port Authority, Memphis, Jersey Boys, Coram Boy, Brief Encounter, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Doubt. Regional: Educating Rita (Huntington); Shirley Valentine, The Train Driver (Long Wharf). Selected film/TV: “Prime Suspect,” “Boardwalk Empire,” Salt, Across the Universe, “Bernard and Doris.”

LIZ CAPLAN VOCAL STUDIOS, LLC (Vocal Supervisor). Broadway: Motown: The Musical, The Book of Mormon, American Idiot, Rock of Ages, 13 (JRB). Off-Broadway: Once (NYTW), Voca People. Consultant: Dogfight (2nd Stage), Chaplin, Bring It On, Wicked, Godspell, Next to Normal, In the Heights, Rent. Film: Shame, Les Misérables. Television: “The Colbert Report,” “Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell.” Recording artists: The Bedingfield, The Donnas, Goo Goo Dolls, Lily Allen, Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun, Pnau), Chantal Claret (Morningwood), Eric Hutchinson. Tony Award-winning students: Nikki M. James, Steve Kazee and Patina Miller. Lizcaplan.com.

JIM CARNAHAN (Casting). Roundabout’s director of artistic development. Shows cast for Roundabout: Harvey, Anything Goes, The Road to Mecca, The Importance of Being Ear-nest, Sondheim on Sondheim, Bye Bye Birdie, Sunday in the Park…, 110 in the Shade, The Pajama Game, Twelve Angry Men, Assas-sins, Twentieth Century, Nine, Big River, Cabaret. Other Broadway: The Mountaintop, On a Clear Day…, Jerusalem, Arcadia, The Scottsboro Boys, La Bête, American Idiot, The Seagull, Spring Awakening, Boeing-Boeing, Curtains, The Pillowman, La Cage, Chitty…, Democracy, Fiddler on the Roof, …Millie. Film: A Home at the End of the World, Flicka. TV: “Glee” (Emmy nom.).

SHAUN PEKNIC (Associate Director). Broad-way: Once (Associate Director). West End: Once (Associate Director). Select directing credits: Pageant Princess (Bleecker Street Theatre), The Girl With the Red Balloon (The Tank), Must Be the Music (Ars Nova), Pieces (Gene Frankel Theatre), Chaser (NYC Fringe Festival), Aim-less (Theatre Row), A Streetcar Named Desire (New York University). Education: NYU (B.F.A.), Lincoln Center Directors Lab.

YASMINE LEE (Associate Movement Direc-tor). Tender Napalm, Once (A.R.T., NYTW, Broadway, West End); Rent (Broadway); Momix; Brown Butterfly; The Dunham Tech-nique; Across the Universe; Malcolm X; Renato Zero Fonopoly; Canale 5 AMICI Di Maria De Fellipi; opening Guggenheim Bilbao; opening ceremonies 2014 winter Olympic Games.

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FRED LASSEN (Resident Music Super-visor). Broadway: Porgy and Bess, South Pacific, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Cabaret, 42nd Street. Television: NBC’s “The Sound Of Music Live,” “Peter Pan.” Concerts: Laura Osnes, Ramin Karimloo, Lea Salonga, Sierra Boggess, Paulo Szot.

PAUL DOBIE (Associate Director) has been either Associate or Assistant Director on the Broadway and touring productions of Caba-ret, Wicked, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Glengary Glen Ross, Thoroughly Mod-ern Millie, and Patti LuPone on Broadway. He staged the musical numbers for Sweeney Todd at the New York Philharmonic. Paul has directed productions of Miss Saigon, Rated M for Mature, Tragedy, Holes, Kitty Hawk, Great Joy, and others.

KATIE SPELMAN (Associate Movement Director). New York: Associate Director, What’s It All About? (NYTW) and Associate Choreogra-pher, Brooklynite (Vineyard Theatre). Chicago: Court Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Timeline Theatre Company, Redmoon, The New Colony, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Inconve-nience, Northwestern University. Graduate of Northwestern University.

FRANK McCULLOUGH (Associate Scenic Designer) has contributed to the designs for more than 25 Broadway shows including Once, War Horse, The Book of Mormon, The Addams Family, The Coast of Utopia and others. Frank is originally from Evansville, Ind. and trained at Webster University in St. Louis.

PETER HOERBURGER (Associate Light-ing Designer). Recent Broadway ALD Credits: Betrayal (Barrymore Theater); Once (Broad-way and West End); Scandalous (Neil Simon Theater); Bring It On (St. James Theatre); The Mountaintop (Jacob’s Theater); GhettoKlown (Lyceum Theatre); Elf (Al Hirschfeld Theatre); faculty at Purchase College.

ALEX HAWTHORN (Associate Sound De -signer). Brooklyn-based sound designer and engineer for theater and live music. Broad-way, Associate: Aladdin, A Christmas Story, Chaplin, Newsies, Memphis, A View From the Bridge, Hair. Alex has designed and engineered concerts, live events and theater both nationally and internationally.

AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Man-agement). Current projects: The Book of Mor-mon (Broadway and national tours), Matilda, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Curious Inci-dent of the Dog in the Night-Time, Blithe Spirit national tour, Honeymoon in Vegas, Into the Woods, On the Twentieth Century, Skylight, Wolf Hall, The Flick and The 39 Steps. Aurora

has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989. auroraprod.com.

DANIEL S. ROSOKOFF (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, By Jeeves, Swinging on a Star, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Tours: Sister Act, The Addams Family, 9 to 5: The Musical, Legally Blonde, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Barry Manilow’s Copacabana, Jolson: The Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Regional: many.

AARON ELGART (Stage Manager). Broadway: Newsies, Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It, Wit, Bonnie and Clyde, Wonderland, La Cage aux Folles (2010). Off-Broadway: The New York Idea. National tours: Sister Act, The Addams Family, 9 to 5 The Musical. Regional: Cutman (Goodspeed Musicals). A graduate of University of Colorado Boulder.

TRISHA HENSON (Assistant Stage Man-ager). Broadway: Orphans, Soul Doctor, The Road to Mecca, Harvey. Off-Broadway: Nev-ermore; Tail! Spin!; Water by the Spoonful; Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812; The Tribute Artist; Olive and the Bitter Herbs; The Divine Sister.

ALLIED LIVE (Marketing and Press) is a full-service marketing and advertising agency representing Broadway shows, national tours, performing arts institutions and experiential entertainment entities. Current clients include: Blue Man Group, The Book of Mormon, A Christmas Story, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf, Ghost, Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Motown, Once, Peter and the Starcatcher, Stomp, We Will Rock You, West Side Story and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

CHRIS DANNER (Company Manager). When not on the road, Chris calls Puerto Vallarta home. He has enjoyed touring around the world for the past 15+ years as company manager for 50 Shades! The Musical, The Addams Fam-ily, 9 to 5, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, My Fair Lady, Blue Man Group, The Light in the Piazza, Annie, Oliver!, Cover Girls, Blue’s Clues Live!, The Magic of David Copperfield. My love to Gabriel and Maddox.

CANDACE HEMPHILL (Assistant Company Manager). National tours: Sister Act, Avenue Q (PSM), Young Frankenstein, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Rent. Regional credits: Chautauqua Theater Company, Bar-rington Stage Company. M.F.A. Wayne State University, B.F.A. Drake University.

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LISA M. POYER (General Manager). Broad-way includes: Once, Orphans, That Champi-onship Season, A Steady Rain, A Raisin in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Crucible, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Moon for the Misbegotten, The Price, Death of a Salesman, Freak, An Ideal Husband, Having Our Say, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, A Streetcar Named Desire, Lend Me a Tenor, Fences. Graduate: Harvard College and Law School, admitted to practice law in N.Y.

BARBARA BROCCOLI (Producer) has been part of the James Bond world all of her life. The daughter of Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, who turned 007 into the longest-running series in movie history, Barbara began working on the Bond films at the age of 17. With Michael G. Wil-son, she produced the past seven Bond films, including the most recent, Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig. Theater includes Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London, Broadway), A Steady Rain starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman.

JOHN N. HART JR. (Producer). Mr. Hart has produced more than 15 Broadway shows, including the current revival of The Glass Menagerie, Once, Seminar, Chicago, Annie Get Your Gun, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Hamlet, The Who’s Tommy and the Nathan Lane revival of Guys and Dolls. Mr. Hart’s productions have gar-nered him four Tony Awards. His feature films include Boys Don’t Cry, You Can Count on Me, Home at the End of the World, Proof and Revo-lutionary Road.

PATRICK MILLING SMITH (Producer) co-founded, with Brian Carmody, the bicoastal and international production house Smuggler Inc., an industry leader in music videos, film and commercials. In 2011 Smuggler was awarded the Cannes Lions Palme d’Or along with Clio and British Arrows awards for Production Com-pany of the Year. Patrick served on the Board of Trustees of the NY Theatre Workshop and was among this year’s six honorees of the Made in NY Awards presented by Mayor Bloomberg. Pat-rick most recently produced the film Greetings from Tim Buckley and the Broadway produc-tion of Seminar featuring Alan Rickman.

FREDERICK ZOLLO (Producer). New York productions include Orphans; Lucky Guy; A Steady Rain; That Championship Season; The Farnsworth Invention; Ma Rainey’s Black Bot-tom; ’night, Mother; King Hedley II; On Golden Pond; The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel; Death and the Maiden; Hurlyburly; Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Per-estroika; Private Lives; Caroline, or Change;

Frozen; The Goat; Our Country’s Good; But-ley; The Hairy Ape; Buried Child; Talk Radio; Marvin’s Room; Oleanna; Goose and Tomtom; Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll; Aven’U Boys. London productions include Les Liaisons Dangere-uses, Glengarry Glen Ross, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Breaking the Silence, Camille, The Cryp-togram. Films include Mississippi Burning, Quiz Show, The Paper, Ghosts of Mississippi, Naked in New York, The Music of Chance, Res-urrecting the Champ, In the Gloaming, Lan-sky and the just-completed Sweet Lorraine and Greetings From Tim Buckley. Mr. Zollo and Robert Cole are producing partners in Grey Matter Theatre Productions.

BRIAN CARMODY (Producer). An Irish native from Skibbereen, County Cork, Brian co-founded, with Patrick Milling Smith, the bicoastal and international production house Smuggler Inc., an industry leader in film, the-ater and commercials. In 2011 Smuggler was awarded the Cannes Lions Palme d’Or along with Clio and British Arrows awards for Pro-duction Company of the Year. Also in 2011, Brian served as the chairman of AICP’s 20th annual awards show. He served on the jury of the Cannes Lions Festival and was among that year’s six honorees of the Made in NY Awards presented by Mayor Bloomberg. He’s presently producing the upcoming film Flat Lake directed by Kevin Allen, which is set in Ireland. Passions: his wife’s cooking, Liverpool football club, golf and being home in Ireland as often as possible.

MICHAEL G. WILSON (Producer) began his producing career in 1976 working with Cubby Broccoli on The Spy Who Loved Me, and they co-produced the next six Bond films, five of which he co-wrote. He then went on to produce the hugely successful Golden Eye with his sister Barbara Broccoli, followed by the next five 007 releases. Together they produced the 23rd Bond adventure, Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig. Michael was awarded the OBE in Her Majesty the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in 2008. Theater includes Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London, Broadway), A Steady Rain starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman.

ORIN WOLF PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Broadway: That Championship Season and A View From the Bridge, both directed by Gregory Mosher. Off-Broadway: Groundswell directed by Scott Elliott, Robert Wuhl’s Assume the Position (Ars Nova), History of the Word (Vineyard). Producing partner Styles Four (John Styles and Dave Clemmons) credits on Broadway: Driving Miss Daisy, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Talk Radio, Spring Awaken-ing (Tony Award). Orin is the recipient of the T-Fellowship for Creative Producing at Colum-



bia University in conjunction with Hal Prince. Orin, with partners John Styles and David Schwartz, produced Judy Gold’s 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother and run OBB/Off Broadway Booking (obbbnyc.com).

ROBERT COLE (Executive Producer) made his Broadway producing debut in 1984 with August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He is the recipient of four Tony Awards. Other cred-its include That Championship Season (2011); A Steady Rain (Daniel Craig and Hugh Jack-man); The Crucible (Liam Neeson and Laura Linney); Death of a Salesman (Brian Dennehy); Angels in America; Horton Foote’s The Young Man from Atlanta; Redwood Curtain (Lanford Wilson); Elaine Stritch: At Liberty; Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll (Eric Bogosian); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Gary Sinise); Freak (John Leguizamo); and Emily Mann’s Having Our Say. Mr. Cole produced the film Tape (Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke).

NYTW (Producer) is an Off-Broadway theater dedicated to supporting theater artists at all stages of their careers. The Workshop is repre-sented on Broadway this season with Once and Peter and the Starcatcher and is renowned for a long list of acclaimed work, including Jona-than Larson’s Rent, Tony Kushner’s Homebody/ Kabul, Caryl Churchill’s Far Away and A Num-ber, Doug Wright’s Quills, Claudia Shear’s Dirty Blonde, Will Power’s The Seven and Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s Aftermath. NYTW’s productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, four Tony Awards and assorted Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel awards.

A.R.T. (Workshop Producer) at Harvard Uni-versity in Cambridge, Mass., is one of the coun-try’s most celebrated regional theaters and winner of numerous awards, including the Tony and the Pulitzer Prize. It was founded by Robert Brustein in 1980. Diane Paulus became artistic director in 2008 and continues A.R.T.’s mission to expand the boundaries of theater with inno-vative work such as Sleep No More, Prometheus Bound and the recent production of The Gersh-wins’ Porgy and Bess, winner of the 2012 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and work-ing conditions, providing a wide range of ben-efits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of perform-ing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org.

PRODUCTION STAFF FOR ONCEGENERAL MANAGEMENT

ROBERT COLE PRODUCTIONSLisa M. Poyer

Steven Rowe Hallie Bowen

COMPANY MANAGEMENTCompany Manager ............................. Chris Danner Assistant Company Manager ........Candace Hemphill

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENTAURORA PRODUCTIONS

Gene O’Donovan, Ben HellerChris Minnick, Liza Luxenberg, Isaac Katzanek,

Anthony Jusino, Katie Hesketh, Andrew McCarthy, Helen Jones, Melissa Mazdra, Kelly Levy, & Rob Ward

EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTIONTHE ROAD COMPANY

Stephen Lindsay Brett SirotaMagaly Barone Shawn Willet Jenny KirlinJustine Spingler Garrett Holtz Allie Beik

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TOUR PRESS & MARKETING REPRESENTATIVEALLIED LIVE

Laura Matalon Marya PetersJennifer Gallagher Andrew Damer

Doug Blemker, Mary Alyce Blum, Sarah Dahlberg,John Gilmour, Meghan McDonald, Anne Dailey Meyer,

Jacqueline Smith, Anne Waisanen

CASTINGJim Carnahan, CSA Stephen Kopel

Carrie Gardner, Jillian Cimini, Lain Lunin,Logan Reid, Heather Washburn

Production Stage Manager .......... Daniel S. RosokoffStage Manager ...................................Aaron ElgartAssistant Stage Manager .................. Trisha HensonStage Mgmnt. Production Assistant ... Amy RamsdellAssociate Director ............................. Shaun PeknicAssociate Movement Director .............. Yasmine LeeResident Music Supervisor ................... Fred LassenAssociate Music Supervisor for Mounting the U.S. Tour ................. Jim HensonAssociate Director ................................. Paul DobieAssociate Movement Director ............ Katie SpelmanAssociate Scenic Designer ........... Frank McCulloughAssociate Lighting Designer ..........Peter HoerburgerAssociate Sound Designer ................ Alex HawthornMoving Light Programmer .....................Sean BeachProduction Carpenter ................. Jonathan WildesenProduction Electrician ........................Michael PitzerAssistant Production Electrician .......Jeremy WahlersProduction Sound .................................. Phillip LojoAssistant Production Sound ............Jason ChoquetteProduction Prop Coordinator ..........Matthew HodgesNYTW Costume Liason..................... Jeffrey Wallach



Dialect Coach ..................................Stephen GabisCzech Dialect Consultant ....................Pavel ZustiakVocal Coach ........... Vocal Studios, LLC / Liz CaplanAssistant to John N. Hart, Jr .........Maximillian TraberAssistant to Patrick Milling Smith ... Catherine Waage

TOURING CREWHead Carpenter .......................... Jonathan WildesenFly Carpenter ................................. Christian YoungHead Electrician .............................. Steve LaPlanteAssistant Electrician ................Stephanie McFarlandHead Propsman ................................. Jillian BartelsHead Sound Engineer ..............Walter “Wes” ShafferAssistant Sound Engineer ................... Kevin McCoyInstrument Tech ................................ Tim BjorklundWardrobe Supervisor ................... Marcia VanKuikenChild Wrangler ................................... Leah Osborn

Tutoring Services ................. On Location EducationAlan Simon, Jodi Green

Touring Teacher ................................. Leah OsbornAdvertising ..................................................... AKAWebsite Design ............................................... AKAProduction Photographer .....................Joan MarcusLegal ......... Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C.

Jonathan LonnerImmigration Counsel ........Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP

Mark D. KoestlerAdditional Immigration Counsel .................................... Shannon K. SuchAccounting .................... FK Partners / Robert FriedComptroller ........................... Anne Stewart FitzRoyInsurance ......................................DeWitt Stern Inc.Banking .........City National Bank / Anne McSweeneyPayroll .............................. Castellana Services, Inc.Merchandising ....The Araca Group / Meghan RhoadsMerchandise Manager ......................Emily FontenotHousing Services ................................. Road Rebel

Kate Hawn, Kendra SmithFlights ....Tzell Travel / Andi Henig & Alan BraunsteinBussing Services ......... Road Rebel / Jeremy DeckerTrucking .......................................... Clark TransferRental Car Services ..... Enterprise / Natalie CordovaPhysical Therapy ....Neuro Tour Physical Therapy, Inc.

Carolyn M. LawsonTheater Displays ........................ King Displays, Inc.

International Booking Inquiries ..........................National Artists Mgmnt.

Alecia Parker

CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSScenery and scenic effects built, painted, and electri-fied by Show Motion, Inc., Milford CT. Lighting equip-ment from PRG Lighting. Video equipment from PRG Video. Sound equipment by Masque Sound®. Banjo built by Nechville Musical Products. Cellos and vio-

lins provided by Samuel Kolstein & Son; Hosiery and undergarments supplied by Bra*Tenders; Cosmetics provided by M•A•C Cosmetics; Emergen-C Health & Energy Drink Mix supplied by Alacer Corp.

SPECIAL THANKSSusan Keappock and David Grindrod

MUSIC CREDITS“On Raglan Road” by Patrick Kavanagh is performed

by kind permission of the Trustees of the Estate of the late Katherine B. Kavanagh, through the Jonathan Williams Literary Agency.

“Gold” composed by Fergus O’Farrell, published by Yell Music Ltd.

“Abandoned in Bandon” composed by Martin Lowe, Andy Taylor and Enda Walsh.

Once on Tour rehearsed at Chelsea Studios, New York, NY

Original cast album now available onSony Masterworks

Souvenir merchandise designed and created by:The Araca Group

araca.com or 212-869-0070

C.F. Martin and Company is theOfficial Guitar of Once on Tour, LLC.

Once on Tour equipment is transported on a carbon-neutral basis in partnership with

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The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and sce-nic painters for the American Theatre.

The Press Agents, Company and House Managers employed in this production are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.

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

The musicians employed in this production are mem-bers of the American Federation of Musicians.


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