Cast
The Grinch
Kevin Bailey
TTHE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06 & ’07), The Times They Are A-Changin’. Broadway: Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters, The Lion King (original cast and Los Angeles). Touring: Guys and Dolls, Falsettos, An Unfinished Song, Jesus Christ Superstar (Jefferson Award), Cabaret, The Phantom of the Opera, The Foreigner. Los Angeles: Miss Saigon (2008 LA Ovation Nominee, Best Actor), Annie Get Your Gun (2007 LA Ovation Nominee, Best Actor), Kiss Me Kate, Dorian (West Coast Premiere), Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel. ELSEWHERE: The Fantasticks, Ford’s Theatre. Film: The Dismissal. Mr. Bailey is the proud co-owner and Producing Director of the award winning NoHo Arts Center in North Holly-wood, California, with his spouse and partner, James J. Mellon. Kevin is prouder still of their beautiful twin children, William and Nora. Education: MFA, University of Virginia; BA in Theatre, Hope College.
Grownup Who Ensemble
Amy Biedel
THE OLD GLOBE: Dancing in the Dark (Assistant Director), Dr. Seuss’ How the GrinchStole Christmas! (’07), ELSEWHERE: Nine, Starlight Theatre; Yank!, Diversionary Theatre; Buddy:The Buddy Holly Story, Welk Resort Theatre; Guys and Dolls, The Full Monty, San Diego Musical Theatre; A Little Night Music, The Turn of the Screw, The Matchmaker, It’s a Wonderful Life, My Fair Lady, The Invention of Love, Cygnet Theatre (Resident Artist); A Bright Room Called Day, Backyard Productions/ Diversionary Theatre; Hecuba,6th @ Penn; Jersey Boys (understudy), La Jolla Playhouse; Talley’s Folly, Mt. Hood Rep; Gypsy,The Fitness Game, Sundance; The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Turn of the Screw, Actor’s Repertory Theatre Ensemble; Joseph… Dreamcoat, August Night Theatre Group; Big Holiday Broadcast, Provo Theatre Company; King Lear (understudy), Pioneer Theatre Company; The Voyage of the Little Mermaid, Disney/ MGM Studios; Godspell, Disney Story Theatre; Robert and Elizabeth, SCERA Theatre; Big River, Jackson Hole Playhouse. EDUCATION: BA in Theatre and Media Arts: Acting Emphasis, Brigham Young University.
Little Who Ensemble, Red Group
Hallie Bodenstab
The Old Globe: Debut. THEATRE/ MUSIC: Babes in Toyland, Stinky Cheese Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, San Diego Junior Theatre. Various concerts including Festival Singers and San Diego Children’s Choir.
Grandma Who
Eileen Bowman
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Eileen is thrilled to be back in Who-ville. This marks her 11th year in the cast. She is proudly the only original cast member to be here all ten years, and she could not be happier. Eileen has performed in many regional theatres across the country. Some of her favorite roles include Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Lena Lamont in Singing in the Rain and Agnes Gooch in Mame. She is best known for singing opposite Rob Lowe on the 61st Academy Awards telecast seen by over a half billion people. She would like to thank God for all his amazing blessings, to her wonderful and handsome husband Marc, and to her cherished family and friends who are always there for her.
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Dennis Clark
The Old Globe: Debut. NEW YORK: 365 Days, 365 Plays, Public Theater; The Player King Musical, Milk Can Theatre. TOURS: My Way, Singin’ in the Rain, A Chorus Line. ELSEWHERE: Crazy for You, Starlight CLO; White Christmas, Sierra Repertory Theatre; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Romance, Romance, Virginia Musical Theatre; The Fantasticks, Oldcastle Theatre Company; Singin’ in the Rain, The Full Monty, Venice Little Theatre; Baby, Broadway Palm; Beauty and the Beast, Arkansas Repertory Theatre; As Thousands Cheer, New Harmony Theatre; A Funny Thing...Forum, Crazy Love, Springer Opera House; Anything Goes (Revival), My One and Only, Broward Stage Door Theatre. EDUCATION: BA, SUNY Geneseo, GG-Gemological Institute of America.
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Courtney Corey
The Old Globe: Debut. BROADWAY/ NATIONAL TOURS:
Wicked, Rent. ELSEWHERE: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well, North Coast Rep; The Wiz, La Jolla Playhouse; Shear Madness, Ruthless!, Gilligan’s Island, MTP at Theatre in Old Town; Hello Dolly!, Hair, Starlight CLO; Camelot, Theatre League; States of Shock, Blue Trunk Productions; Australia, Lilies of the Field, The Fritz Theatre; No, No Nanette, Welk Resort Theatre. BA Theatre, SDSU. Ms. Corey is a lecturer at San Diego State University and maintains a private coaching practice. “This one’s for JACK!”
Boo Who, Red Group
A.J. Foggiano
A.J. Foggiano (Christopher) has previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06-’09). His other credits include Randolph McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie (San Diego Musical Theatre), the Coroner in The Wizard of Oz (Starlight Theatre), Michael in Peter Pan (Christian Youth Theater), and Harold Hill in The Music Man and the title role in Oliver! (F.A.M.E.). His film credits include Ready? Ok! by James Vasquez and The Legend of Pocahontas. A.J. extends his thanks to all of his friends, family and the Whisper House team for their support. He hopes to one day make his way to the bright lights of Broadway.
Mama Who
Melinda Gilb
The Old Globe: Suds and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Original Mama Who). Melinda is proud to be back at the Globe after a successful run in the West Coast premiere of The Receptionist at the Cygnet Theatre Company. Broadway: Singin’ in the Rain (Original Cast). Off Broad-way: Back to Bacharach and David, Suds (Original Cast and co-author). first National tour: The Pirates of Penzance. ELSEWHERE: Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett - Craig Noel Award), The Music Man, Starlight Theatre; The Smell of the Kill, Back to Bacharach and David, North Coast Rep; Miss Witherspoon, Always Patsy Cline, Six Women with Brain Death, San Diego Rep; Thoroughly Modern Millie, Welk Resort Theatre; American Rhythm, Lamb’s Players Theatre; Melinda and Steve Show (with Steve Gunderson), New York, Los Angeles and San Diego. TV: The Full Wax (BBC-1), Becker (CBS). Favorite role, Mama to her 5 year old son Knight.
Papa Who
Steve Gunderson
The Old Globe: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Suds (Co-Writer with Melinda Gilb and Bryan Scott), A Trip to Chinatown, Hadrian VII. OFF BROADWAY: Suds (original cast), Forever Plaid, Back To Bacharach & David (co-created with Kathy Najimy), Street Scene. ELSEWHERE: Memphis, La Jolla Playhouse; Romance, Miss Witherspoon, A Christmas Carol, San Diego Rep; An Ideal Husband, Lamb’s Players Theatre; and major roles at Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, North Coast Rep, La Mirada Theatre, Theatre In Old Town, Welk Theatre. NATIONAL TOUR: The Grapes of Wrath. CABARET: The Melinda & Steve Show. TELEVISION: King of the Hill. For more check out www.SteveGunderson.net.
Young Max
Logan Lipton
The Old Globe: Debut. BROADWAY: Wicked. REGIONAL/
TOURS: Wicked (national tour); Cupid & Psyche, John Houseman Studio Theatre; Kay Swift Project, Saved, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, No Boundaries, But I'm a Cheerleader, NY Workshops; The Great Ostrovsky, Prince Music Theatre; Beauty and the Beast, Casa Manaña Playhouse; Hello, Dolly!, Oklahoma!, Floyd Collins, An Ideal Husband, Weston Playhouse; ‘Compleat’ Female Stage Beauty, Merrily We Roll Along, Julius Caesar, University of Michigan. FILM: Dumping Lisa (out '09), The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island. TRAINING: BFA Musical Theatre, University of Michigan; Upright Citizens Brigade; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Little Who Ensemble, Red Group
Allison Ma
THE OLD GLOBE: Debut. THEATRE: The Wizard of Oz, Guys & Dolls, The Sound of Music, Annie, Oliver!, Coast Kids.
Little Who Ensemble, Red Group
Charisma McKorn
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2007) THEATRE: Let The Eagle Fly, Southwestern College; Bye Bye Birdie, William Virchis with VAPA; The Wizard of Oz, Starlight Theatre. FILM: Mr. Sadman. TV Commercials: Toyota, Sega. Charisma is in 5th grade and resides in Eastlake where she enjoys visiting with friends and writing in her spare time.
Danny Who, White Group
Dylan Mulvaney
The Old Globe: Debut, Celebrity Sonnet Presentation. THEATRE: High School Musical (Ryan), Lyceum Theatre; Easter Celebration, Sonrise Church. Dylan dedicates this show to Miss Leigh for all her support & guidance.
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Kürt Norby
THE OLD GLOBE: Debut. THEATRE: Zhivago, La Jolla Play-house; The Voysey Inheri-tance, Lamb’s Players; Urinetown, Starlight Theatre; Evita, Welk Resort; The Winslow Boy, Lamb’s Players; Beauty and the Beast, Moonlight Amphitheatre; Miss Saigon, Fullerton CLO; Sweeney Todd, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, And Then She Wrote, UC Irvine; The Desert Song, Bye Bye Birdie, Welk Resort; Fiddler on the Roof, The Scarlet Pimpernel, My One & Only, Me & My Girl, Starlight Theatre. FILM: 29th & Gay, U R Pre Approved, Rubix Cube Dinner. EDUCATION: BA Drama, UC Irvine. Much love to Joey and family.
Betty-Lou Who, White Group
Alison Grace Norwood
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06 & ’07 ). Alison is very excited to return to The Grinch again this year!! This young actress enjoys singing, dancing and playing the piano. Her most recent credits include voiceover performances in Disney on Ice/World of Fantasy; Little Einsteins (Annie) in Disney Playhouse Live; film Ready? OK!; guest vocal soloist at Bello Mondo Benefit Concert; A Dicken’s Christmas Carol (Tiny Tim) in Branson, Missouri (Silver Dollar City); Voiceover performance in Disney On Ice/Disneyland Adventure; and California Music Studio recitals; Love to Dance/Dance Moves recitals. Alison enjoys performing and hopes that she can use her talents for the enjoyment of others.
Little Who Ensemble, White Group
Dallas Perry
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’07). Dallas has been in 7 CYT shows, Annie Get Your Gun, Anne of Green Gables, Peter Pan, Narnia, Annie and Aladdin. Most recently he played Charlie Bucket for CYT's Willy Wonka at The East County Performing Arts Center. He is 12 years old and attends Lakeside Middle School; he would love to give a shout out to Wendie Ward and Susan DeLeon for being such amazing teachers!! Dallas would like to thank God for all of his many blessings.
Grown-Up Who Ensemble
Anise Ritchie
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (2007, 2008). NATIONAL TOUR: Ain't Misbehavin', Menopause The Musical. ELSE-WHERE: Beehive, The 60's Musical, Sierra Repertory Theatre; Showboat, Townsend Opera Players; Once on this Island, TheatreWorks; A Grand Night for Singing, Smokey Joe’s Café, California Conservatory Theatre; Little Shop of Horrors, Portland Civic Theatre; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; The Dance on Widow’s Row, Blue, Eubie and Ain't Misbehavin', Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, San Francisco. Workshop: San Francisco's Aftershock. EUROPEAN TOUR: Emmitt Powell and the Gospel Elites (Lead Singer). EDUCATION/ TRAINING: International Performing Arts Academy, San Francisco; Academy of Arts, San Francisco.
Grown-Up Who Ensemble;u/s The Grinch
Jeffrey Rockwell
THE OLD GLOBE: Debut. NEW YORK: The Fantasticks, New York Theatre Co; Richard III, Henry IV, Part One, Juilliard. ELSEWHERE: Anthing Goes, The Gondoliers, Lyric Opera San Diego; Camelot, Guys and Dolls, Welk Resort Theatre. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera; Old Wicked Songs, Sacramento Theatre Co; Muscial of Musicals, Gunmetal Blues, Laguna Playhouse; She Loves Me, Riverside Civic Light Opera; Show Boat, Fullerton Civic Light Opera; 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Into the Woods, My Fair Lady, Starlight Theatre; A Little Night Music, Moonlight Amphitheatre. NATIONAL TOURS: City of Angels (first natioanl tour), LA Shubert Theatre; Elton John’s Aida, Theatre League national tour. TV/FILM: Suddenly Susan, True Confessions, Green Plaid Shirt, Ally McBeal, Even Steven. TRAINING: Juilliard Drama Division, LA Civic Light Opera Workshop.
Danny Who, Red Group
Benjamin Shaffer
THE OLD GLOBE: Debut. ELSEWHERE: Nine, Starlight; The King and I, Welk Resort Theatre; The Daddy Machine (Original Cast), Diversionary Theatre; High School Musical (National Tour), San Diego Civic Theatre; Aida, Starlight. YOUTH THEATRE: Oliver!, The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz, Schoolhouse Rock, Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie, A Salute to Broadway, Star Theatre/ Coast Kids Theatre. FILM/RECORDINGS: The Daddy Machine (Original Cast Recording); SD Transit Department Public Safety Video. Love to sisters Carly and Hayley! www.benjaminshaffer.com.
Cindy-Lou Who, Red Group
Skylar Starrs Siben
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ('06 & ’07). ELSEWHERE: The Sound of Music (Gretl), Les Miserables (Young Cosette), Moonlight Stage. Four years ago, Skylar sat in the audience at The Globe and fell in love with this magical show. She is so happy to be Cindy-Lou Who! She enjoys swimming, reading and playing with her two little sisters. Skylar wants to send a huge “thank you” to Kevin (The Grinch); he makes her heart grow “three sizes” every performance!
Annie Who, Red Group
Madison Simpson
THE OLD GLOBE: Debut. THEATRE: Really Rosie,(Title Role) San Diego Junior Theatre, Hansel and Gretel, Rumplestiltskin, Henry and Ramona, J. Company youth Theatre. Madison is 10 years old and a 5th grader. OTHER: Del Mar Idol (awarded 1st Place) singer; American Girl fashion show, model; NBA Phoenix Suns, National Anthem Solo; Super Star Singing Competition (2nd Place), San Diego County Fair. Madison recently completed her first demo CD “Miracles". She was privileged to have worked with Hilary Duff's musical director!Madison would also like to thank Roy Mote for being such an amazing voice coach!
Annie Who, White Group
Kayla Solsbak
THE OLD GLOBE: The Women, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’07). Else-where: Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business, Really Rosie, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan, My Emperor’s New Clothes, Ramona “The Pest” Quimby, San Diego Junior Theatre; Seussical the Musical, Performing Lakeside Acting Youth; It’s a Wonderful Life, FC Players. Kayla is 11 and a 7th grader at Lakeside Middle School. Outside theatre she enjoys being a Girl Scout, writing and playing the violin with her school orchestra.
Teen Who, Red Group
Anna Strickland
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’03 - ’05). THEATRE: Annie (Annie), Alice in Wonderland, San Diego Junior Theatre; Snoopy the Musical (Sally Brown), Aladdin, Looking Glass Girl, Little Women, Christian Youth Theatre; Athens High, Lamb's Players Summer Intensive, The Pirates of Pensance, San Diego Lyric Opera Academy; Traditions of Christmas, Christian Community Theatre.
Little Who Ensemble, White Group
Issabela Tulalian
THE OLD GLOBE: Debut. THEATRE: Gypsy, Covina Center for the Performing Arts; The King and I (Princess Ying), Welk Theatre; The Sound of Music (Marta), Demme/ Bennett Productions; Weebee The Rappin' Bear (Rebecca), Complex Theater. TOURING: The King and I (Asian Tour -Princess Ying), Broadway Asia Entertainment/Richard Frankel Productions, NY. FILM: I Don't Mind with Ken Block/Sister Hazel (MTV & VH1); It's Your Love (music video VH1), Bud Billiken & Santa, Until The End.TV: HBO’S Entourage. COMMERCIAL: Disney Pool Safety (Disney Channel/Jetix/ Toon Disney). www.issabelatulalian.com.
Cindy-Lou Who, White Group
Issadora Tulalian
THE OLD GLOBE: Issadora is thrilled to make her debut at The Old Globe as Cindy-Lou Who. THEATRE: The King and I (Royal Princess), Welk Theatre; The Sound of Music (Gretl), Demme/ Bennett Productions. TOURING: The King and I, (Asian Tour - Princess Ying u/s), Broadway Asia Entertainment/ Richard Frankel Productions, NY. FILM: I Don't Mind - Ken Block/Sister Hazel (music video MTV & VH1), It's Your Love (music video VH1). PRINT: Samsung National Ad Print Campaign, Intel Worldwide Print Campaign. www.issadoraava.com.
Teen Who, White Group
Ashley Twomey
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’07). THEATRE: The Sound of Music (Louisa von Trapp), Annie Get Your Gun (Jessie Oakley), Moonlight Stage Productions; Disney’s Beauty & the Beast (Vocal/Dance Ensemble), Starlight Theatre; Evita (School Child/ Ensemble), Welk Resort Theatre; Rumpelstiltskin is My Name (Queen Prima Donna, 2006 NYT Outstanding Supporting Actress); The Music Man, Jr. (Marion Paroo); Beauty & the Beast (Silly Girl, Belle u/s); Oliver! (Bet); The King & I (Anna); The Wizard of Oz, Snow White, Snoopy!, Fiddler on the Roof, and CCT’s Traditions of Christmas Musical Spectacular. COMMERICAL: Intel Corporation, Mighty Max Films. TV: Veronica Mars.
Boo Who, White Group
Tommy Twomey
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06 & ’07). THEATRE: The King & I (Louis Leonowens), Welk Resort Theatre; Disney’s Beauty & the Beast (Chip), Starlight Theatre; The Music Man (Winthrop Paroo); CCT’s Traditions of Christmas Musical Spectacular (Woodstock & Dash); Beauty & the Beast (Chip) at J Company. Other
appearances include Disney’s Jungle Book (Baby Elephant); The Music Man, Jr. (Ensemble). Spring of ‘09 Tommy will be performing as Billy in Cygnet Theatre’s
production of Assassins.
Betty-Lou Who, Red Group
Bibi Valderrama
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06 & ’07). THEATRE: American Girl Revue, American Girl Place, LA; Night Sky, Zhivago (’05 & ‘06), La Jolla Playhouse; Restless Spirits, A Christmas Carol (’03 & ’04), San Diego Repertory Theatre; Roar of the Greasepaint, The Music Man, Starlight Theatre. FILM: Family Reunited, Ready, OK!, Bad Luck Bill, Bang!, The Balloon. Bibi has been a soloist at venues around Southern California, including the national anthem for the Anaheim Angels. She has appeared in commercials, voiceovers, and several independent films. Bibi is 11 years old and elated to be returning to Who-ville!
Old Max
Martin Van Treuren
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’07). He is extremely happy to be returning for his second year in this role at The Old Globe. He most recently played Merlyn & Pellinore in Camelot at The Pennsylvania Centre Stage. BROADWAY: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Me and My Girl, and the original casts of Singin’ in the Rain, A Christmas Carol and Jekyll & Hyde (also on HBO). NYC Opera debut as Voltaire/Pangloss in Candide. He played both Ruth and The Major General in the highly acclaimed Off-Broadway production of The Pirates of Penzance. Other Off-Broadway: Blessing in Disguise, The Miser, Anyone Can Whistle (Carnegie Hall) and Allegro (City Center Encores). The Barrow Group: Uncle Vanya, Sonnets for an Old Century and Medal of Honor Rag. He toured in Camelot starring Richard Harris, Grand Hotel directed by Tommy Tune, Jekyll & Hyde (pre-Broadway), and Joseph…Dreamcoat starring Jon Secada. TV: Law & Order: SVU.
Grandpa Who/Dance Captain/Choreography Restaging
James Vasquez
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!,The Boiler Room, If the Shoe Fits. OFF-BROAD-WAY: The Merry Wives of Windsor, NY Public Theater. REGIONAL: Oliver!, Alabama Shakespeare Festival; The Fantasticks!, Bristol Valley. LOCAL: Shear Madness, Pageant, Assassins. FILM: Co-founder, Daisy 3 Pictures. 29th and Gay (writer/lead), available on DVD from TLA Releasing. Ready? OK! (writer/director), currently winning awards on the national and international film festival circuits, and available on DVD from Wolfe Video Spring '09. Mr. Vasquez received his BFA in Drama from The Juilliard School.
Little Who Ensemble, White Group
Lucia Vecchio
THE OLD GLOBE: Debut. THEATRE: High School Musical, Lyceum Theatre; Stone Soup Feeds the World, San Diego Junior Theatre; Into the Woods, 100 Years of Broadway, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Carlsbad Community Theatre; A Christmas Story, Olive Tree Players; A Classic Christmas, A-List Academy; Culture Shock, Poway Performing Arts Center. FILM/TV: NowhereLand.
Little Who Ensemble, White Group
Roma Watkins
THE OLD GLOBE: Debut. THEATRE: Annie, Peter Pan, Arm-strong Theatre; Big River, Baldwin Park PAC; Annie, A Christmas Carol, Grease, CSUN; Bye Bye Birdie, The Wizard of Oz, Poway Center for the Performing Arts; Annie, College of the Canyons (Santa Clarita). TV: 2007 Kid’s Choice Awards. COMMERCIALS: Time Warner, National Grid, Key Bank.
Little Who Ensemble, Red Group
Sean Waters
THE OLD GLOBE: Debut. THEATRE: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Sideway Stories from the Way Side School, Peter Pan, How to Eat Fried Worms, San Diego Junior Theatre; Seven school plays at Francis Parker School. TV: Jimbo’s Naturally (health food store commercial).
Team
Book & Lyrics by
Timothy Mason
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! BROADWAY: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ELSEWHERE: Levitation, Only You, Bablyon Gardens (with Timothy Hutton and Mary-Louise Parker), The Fiery Furnace (starring Julie Harris), Circle Rep; THE YOUNG AMERICANS CYCLE: Ascension Day, The Less Than Human Club, Time on Fire, Mullen’s Alley and My Life in the Silents, A.C.T.’s Young Conservatory in San Francisco; Actor’s Theatre of Louisville; South Coast Rep; Seattle Rep; Victory Gardens; Portland Stage; Jungle Theatre in Minneapolis; Naked Eye in Chicago (Cannibals); the Guthrie Theatre Lab (Six). Many plays for young audiences at the Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company, including several musicals in collaboration with Mel Marvin, and the first Dr. Seuss musical, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, with composer Hiram Titus. Tim’s novel, The Last Synapsid, is being published by Delacorte Press (thelastsynapsid.com).
Music By
Mel Marvin
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Tintypes. ELSEWHERE: Mel's Broadway credits include Yentl, A History of the American Film, Tintypes (Tony Award® nomination), Fascinating Rhythm, and last season, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; Cymbeline, Lincoln Center Theater; he has had nine shows produced off-Broadway. Other credits include scores for many of America's best-known regional theaters, including Lincoln Center Theater, Arena Stage, The Guthrie, A.R.T., La Jolla Playhouse, and the Mark Taper Forum, where he was an associate artist and wrote the original music for Angels in America. CURRENT PROJECTS: Guest from the Future, an opera with libretto by Jonathan Levi, which had its premiere in the Summerscape program at the new Fisher Center for the Arts in July 2004; Buwalsky, an opera commissioned by Holland's Opera Spanga, which premiered in The Nether-lands in August, 2004 and subsequently toured the U.S., with performances in New Haven and New York City. He is working on a new opera with librettist Laura Harrington, and he wrote a new score for the Guthrie Theater's Hamlet in March, 2006. He is head faculty composer and producing director of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Dr. Seuss'How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is one of seven musicals for young audiences Mel has written for his daughter, Kate.
Original Production Conceived & Directed By
Jack O'Brien
Mr. O’Brien served as the Artistic Director of The Old Globe from 1982 through 2007. Recent Globe produc-tions: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Imaginary Friends, Twelfth Night, The Full Monty, The Seagull, The Magic Fire, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, the world premieres of Associate Artist A.R. Gurney’s Labor Day and Tina Howe’s Pride’s Crossing, as well as Time and Again, The Doctor Is Out (Getting Away With Murder) by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, plus productions of Henry IV, Much Ado About Nothing, Oleanna, Damn Yankees, King Lear, Ghosts, Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and world premieres of Terrence McNally’s Up in Saratoga, A.R. Gurney’s The Snow Ball and The Cocktail Hour, Tom Dulack’s Breaking Legs, Associate Artist Stephen Metcalfe’s Emily. WEST END: Hairspray (Olivier Award for Best Musical, Best Director nomination). BROADWAY: Creator/ Supervisor, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Coast of Utopia (2007 Tony Award® for Best Direction of a Play, which won a total of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Play), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nominations: Best Director and Musical), Henry IV (Tony Award), Hairspray (Tony Award), The Invention of Love (Tony nominations: Best Director and Play), The Full Monty (Tony nominations: Best Director and Musical), More to Love, Labor Day, St. Louis Woman, Pride’s Crossing, The Little Foxes, Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award for Direction, 1995), Damn Yankees (Tony nomination Best Musical Revival), Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nominations: Best Director and Play), Porgy and Bess for Houston Grand Opera and Broadway (Tony Award), as well as Radio City Music Hall. ELSEWHERE: The Magic Flute, San Francisco Opera; Tosca, Santa Fe Opera; Così fan Tutte and Aida, Houston Grand Opera; The Most Happy Fella, Michigan Opera and Broadway. TV: An Enemy of the People, All My Sons, I Never Sang for My Father, Painting Churches and The Skin of Our Teeth, all for PBS’s American Playhouse. RECENT AWARDS: 2008 Theatre Hall of Fam
Director
Benjamin Endsley Klein
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 2005 (Assistant Director) & 2007 (Director); As Assistant Director: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Compleat Female Stage Beauty . BROADWAY: The Coast of Utopia, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Barefoot in the Park. LONDON: West End Premiere of Hairspray (Associate Director). REGIONAL: Notes to MariAnne (Director), Eugene O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference; Company Manager at Hartford Stage Company. AWARDS: National Theatre Conference 2007 Paul Green Foundation Award; Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers 2005-2006 Mike Ockrent Fellowship. EDUCATION: BFA Degree in Directing from the University of Michigan. Benjamin lives in New York City and hails from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Original Choreography by
John DeLuca
Film: Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago, The Terminal. TV: Tony Bennett: An American Classic, 75th Academy Awards, Kennedy Center Honors. Broadway/NY theatre: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Minnelli on Minnelli, Broadway Sings Elton John, Deborah Voigt on Broadway, Sweet Adeline (Encores!), Two Gentlemen of Verona (the Public). National tour: The Boy Friend, Chita and All That Jazz, Music of the Night, Brigadoon. American Stage Co: Oedipus Private Eye, Lucky Guy, The Gig. American Musical Theatre Award, Choreography Media Honors, American Choreography Award, two Emmy Awards. Currently working on the film version of Nine.
Additional Choreography By
Bob Richard
Has been the resident choreographer for the
past ten years with the Sacramento Music
Circus, staging over twenty five productions such as the first ever Les Miz in the round, Frank Wildhorn’s 10th Anniversary production of Jekyll and Hyde, Hairspray and the World Premiere of the new Footloose. He staged the 50th anniversary production of
West Side Story for Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, and has worked regionally with North Shore Music Theatre and The Old Globe. Bob was nominated for a Bay Area Critics Circle Award for his work with the American Musical Theatre of San Jose, and won an Ivey for his Choreography in his 2008 tour of Cabaret, that he will stage again at TUTS in 2009.
Musical Director
Ron Colvard
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Women, Dancing in the Dark (Associate Conductor). Ron’s work spans all genres of music as a singer, pianist, arranger and orchestrator from stage to film and television. As a musical director, Ron has conducted staged events across the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe. NATIONAL TOURS: Assistant Conductor for the National Tour of the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical Hairspray. He has also played Wicked, Jersey Boys; Avenue Q; A Chorus Line, Movin’ Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Norbert Leo Butz, and The King and I starring Stephanie Powers. REGIONAL: A Chorus Line, Chicago, Into the Woods, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sophisticated Ladies, Once on this Island, Man of La Mancha. Ron is a 7-time ariZoni Award nominee and winner for Best Musical Direction for Chicago and Into the Woods. There’s more to see and hear at www.roncolvard.com.
Scenic Design
John Lee Beatty
THE OLD GLOBE: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Redwood Curtain. Broadway: The Color Purple, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Rabbit Hole, Doubt, The Odd Couple, Chicago, Wonderful Town, Dinner at Eight, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Mornings at Seven, Proof, Footloose,The Little Foxes, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, The Heiress, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Anna Christie, Redwood Curtain, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Most Happy Fella, Penn and Teller (twice), Burn This, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (twice), Talley’s Folly, Fifth of July, Crimes of the Heart. Off-Broadway: Sylvia, The Substance of Fire, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Road to Mecca, Song of Singapore, A Life in the Theatre, The Miss Firecracker Contest, 32 seasons at ManhattanTheatre Club and Circle Rep, 15 seasons at City Center Encores!. Credits also at major regional theatres, and in film, opera and TV. Recipient of the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards; member of the Theatre Hall of Fame. Graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama.
Costume Design
Robert Morgan
The Old Globe: Since 1977, designed scenery and/or costumes for 36 productions, among them: Last summer’s Hamlet and Measure for Measure, Moonlight and Mag-nolias, Vincent in Brixton, The Full Monty, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, A Mid-summer Night’s Dream ('78 & '85), Macbeth ('79 & '96), Twelfth Night ('83 & '01), Romeo and Juliet ('80 & '99), and King Lear ('81 & '93). Elsewhere: New York, on and off-Broadway; London’s West End; Maria Theresa’s private theatre at the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna; regional theatres across the United States. From 1987-1992, Mr. Morgan served as Director of the Theatre Division at Boston University’s School For the Arts. He lives with his wife and four children in Vermont’s rural Northeast Kingdom.
Lighting Design
Pat Collins
THE OLD GLOBE: Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. ELSEWHERE: Pat’s Broadway credits include Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Doubt, Sight Unseen, Proof, A Moon for the Misbegotten, A Delicate Balance, The Sisters Rosensweig, Conversations with My Father, The Heidi Chronicles, I’m Not Rappaport (Tony Award), Execution of Justice (Drama Desk Award), the original and 1988 revival of Ain’t Misbehavin’, Once Upon a Mattress, An American Daughter and many more. Lincoln Center credits include Third, Ten Unknowns, Death and the King’s Horseman, The Threepenny Opera, The Floating Lightbulb and Measure for Measure. Off-Broadway: The Foreigner, Doubt, Burn This, Quartermaine’s Terms, How I Got That Story and A Life in the Theatre. She has designed lighting at theatres throughout the country, including the Mark Taper Forum, the McCarter Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, Hartford Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Goodman Theatre, American Repertory and Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. She also designed Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and over 100 productions for opera companies throughout the world.
Sound Design
Paul Peterson
has designed over 75 productions at The Old Globe, including I Do! I Do!, The Savannah Disputation, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Cornelia, The Price, Kingdom, Six Degrees of Separation, Since Africa, The Women, Sight Unseen, The Pleasure of His Company, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Bell, Book and Candle, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Two Trains Running, Hold Please, Restoration Comedy, Pig Farm, The Sisters Rosensweig, Moonlight and Magnolias, Vincent in Brixton, I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Lucky Duck, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Blue/Orange, Time Flies, Pentecost, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, The Boswell Sisters and Crumbs from the Table of Joy. His regional credits include Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San Jose Repertory Theatre, CENTERSTAGE, La Jolla Playhouse, Sledgehammer Theatre (Associate Artist), Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, The Wilma Theater, LA Theatre Works, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Cape Fear Regional Theater, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Malashock Dance & Company, University of San Diego, San Diego State University and the Freud Theatre at UCLA. He received his BFA in Drama with an emphasis in Technical Design from San Diego State University.
Orchestrator
Anita Ruth
Anita Ruth is an orchestrator, arranger and musical director active in the Minneapolis/ St. Paul area. She has prepared over 150 musicals in the last thirty years. She was the musical director of the Chanhassen Dinner Theaters from 1968 to 1988. Since then she has been a freelance music director and orchestrator at the Guthrie Theater, the Children’s Theater, Bloomington Civic Theater and Theatre Mu among others.?She has been the arranger/music director for three Shakespeare productions at the Guthrie as well as music directing their production of Christmas Carol for the last seven years. In 2004 she orchestrated two operas composed by Mel Marvin — one presented in Holland and the other at Bard College.
Vocal Arrangements & Incidental Music
Joshua Rosenblum
Has conducted thirteen Broadway and off-Broadway shows, specializing in flying vehicles (Miss Saigon, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!). He is the composer/lyricist of the off-Broadway smash hit revue Bush is Bad, Fermat’s Last Tango, and Einstein’s Dreams. As a pianist, he has appeared with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, and in solo recitals at Symphony Space. Faculty member: Yale University Dept. of Music. Contributing writer: Opera News. Wonderful family: Joanne, Julian, Phoebe.
Dance Music Arranger
David Krane
Created the dance music and additional score adaptation for the Oscar-winning movie Chicago, and for many shows, including La Cage , Cabaret, Man of La Mancha, Oklahoma!, Spider Woman, The Music Man, Showboat, Victor/Victoria, Minnelli on Minnelli, Damn Yankees. Orchestrations: She Loves Me, The World Goes Round. Tv: Once Upon a Mattress , 2003 Oscars, Annie, Cinderella, Mrs. Santa Claus, Kennedy Center Honors. Upcoming: Nine—(The Film.) www.davidkrane.com.
Stage Manager
Leila Knox
THE OLD GLOBE: The American Plan, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Ace, The Violet Hour, Himself and Nora, Take Me Out, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘04 -‘08), 2004 Summer Shakespeare Festival, Resurrection Blues, Bus Stop, Much Ado About Nothing, Dirty Blonde. BROADWAY: Dirty Blonde, Amour, One Mo’ Time. REGIONAL: Production Supervisor of the National Tour and West Yorkshire Playhouse productions of Dirty Blonde; Observe the Sons of Ulster, Lincoln Center; Mislansky/Zilinsky or Schmucks, Red, The Memory of Water, Manhattan Theatre Company; All My Sons, The Mineola Twins, Roundabout Theatre; A Madhouse in Goa, Second Stage; Twilight, Los Angeles, 1992, Berkeley Rep; Alice’s Adventures Underground, Cabin Pressure, SITI; Demonology, Playwrights Horizons; The Woman Warrior, Huntington Theatre and Berkeley Rep; 11 seasons with the Williamstown Theatre Festival. EDUCATION: Northwestern University.
