JAMES LAPINE
Book
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James Lapine is a playwright and director. On Broadway he has worked with Stephen Sondheim on Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Passion. He also conceived and directed the musical review Sondheim on Sondheim. With William Finn he created Falsettos, recently revived by Lincoln Center Theater; Little Miss Sunshine; Muscle; and directed Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other Broadway credits include his play based on Moss Hart's memoir, Act One (also Lincoln Center Theater), Amour, The Diary of Anne Frank, Golden Child, and Dirty Blonde. He has written the plays Table Settings, Twelve Dreams, The Moment When, Fran's Bed, and Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing. Lapine has been nominated for eleven Tony Awards, winning on three occasions. He has also been the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Stage Directors Choreographers Foundation's Mr. Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater, and inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Music and Lyrics
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Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for Saturday Night (1954), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into The Woods (1987), Assassins (1991), Passion (1994) and Road Show (2008) as well as lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959) and Do I Hear A Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Anthologies of his work include Side By Side By Sondheim (1976), Marry Me A Little (1981), You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983), Putting It Together (1993/99) and Sondheim On Sondheim (2010). He composed the scores of the films Stavisky (1974) and Reds (1981) and songs for Dick Tracy (1990) and the television production Evening Primrose (1966). His collected lyrics with attendant essays have been published in two volumes: Finishing the Hat (2010) and Look, I Made A Hat (2011). In 2010 Broadway's Henry Miller's Theatre was renamed The Stephen Sondheim Theatre in his honor; in 2019, London's Queens Theatre was also renamed the Sondheim.
SARNA LAPINE
Director
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Sarna is a New York-based director of musicals, operas, and plays. She is currently focused on developing new work as well as radically re-imagined revivals.
Recent credits include: Fiddler on the Roof performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra; Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine (Spotlight on Plays); the world premiere of Kate Hamill’s Dracula (Classic Stage Company); the New York premiere of Kate Hamill’s Little Women (Primary Stages); as well as The Rape of Lucretia (Boston Lyric Opera), named Best Opera of 2019 by the Boston Globe.
Sarna directed the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford, which reopened the Hudson Theatre on Broadway.
In addition to working on Broadway, Sarna has worked regionally, Off-Broadway and internationally, including the Japanese premiere of Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51. Touring productions include: the North American tour and Japanese premiere of The National Theatre’s War Horse; Dirty Dancing North American tour; and the second national tour of Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony Award winning revival, South Pacific. Concerts include: 4-Stars in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan; two Sondheim concerts with the Boston Pops starring Ruthie Ann Miles, Carmen Cusack and Phillip Boykin; as well as Sondheim on Sondheim at The Hollywood Bowl, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jonathan Groff and Vanessa Williams.
Sarna has been a guest artist at Juilliard, Fordham University, the Hartt School at University of Hartford, and BMI. She has been a guest speaker at Rutgers University, CalArts, and Mountview Academy, and has taught at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. She holds an MFA in film from Columbia University.
Her first documentary short film My Saraab, about a political refugee from Iraq, won best short film at the Northwest Film Forum in 2005 and was accepted at the Big Sky Documentary film festival, Beverly Hills Shorts Festival, Arab & Iranian Film Festival, and Northwest Folklife.
Sarna served as Bartlett Sher’s assistant and associate director on Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway productions of The Light in the Piazza; South Pacific; Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown; and Awake and Sing!.
Before a career in theater, Sarna worked in arts and outdoor education in Seattle, WA. She was a mountaineering and rock-climbing guide for the Pacific Northwest Outward Bound School, as well as Program Director for a nonprofit called Powerful Voices, designed to teach sex education to girls in the juvenile justice system. Sarna transformed the latter program through a new curriculum promoting self-expression through the arts. In conjunction with a researcher at the University of Washington, she helped address teen motherhood, addiction, and sexual assault issues.
ANDY EINHORN
Music Director
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Broadway (Music Director/Conductor): Carousel, Hello, Dolly!, Holiday Inn, Bullets Over Broadway, Cinderella, Brief Encounter, Sondheim on Sondheim. Tours: Sound of Music; Hello, Dolly!; Sweeney Todd; The Light in the Piazza; The Lion King. Music director and conductor for Audra McDonald, including two albums. Concert appearances include New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Boston Pops, Philadelphia Orchestra. Pasadena Playhouse/92Y: You, I Like. TV: The Oscars, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Six by Sondheim. Honors Graduate: Rice University. Upcoming: Extrapolations (Apple Plus) and Cabrini (Jonathan Sanger).
ALISON SOLOMON
Choreographer
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Recent/Upcoming Credits: Fiddler on the Roof (featuring the Philadelphia Orchestra), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2nd National Tour, Swing!, Sweeney Todd (Signature Theater), Into the Woods (Guthrie Theater). Associate Choreography Credits include: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Broadway, Australia, 1st National Tour); Gigi; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Smokey Joe’s Cafe; I Married an Angel (City Center); Sweet Charity with Sutton Foster; The Honeymooners; In the Heights (The Kennedy Center). She had the honor of choreographing a spot for Acer Electronics featuring Lauren Froderman (So You Think You Can Dance), Gillian Murphy (American Ballet Theatre), and Ashley Bouder (New York City Ballet). She also assisted on the NFL Super Bowl LII “Dirty Dancing" commercial featuring Odell Beckham Jr. Eli Manning, and the NY Giants. Visit alisolomon.com for more.
BEOWULF BORITT
Scenic Design
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29 Broadway designs include: the Tony Award-winning set for Act One, the Tony nominated sets for The Scottsboro Boys, Therese Raquin, Potus, and Flying Over Sunset. Also on Broadway, Sarna Lapine’s production of Sunday in the Park with George, The Piano Lesson, Come From Away, freestyle love supreme, Be More Chill, The New One, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince Of Broadway, Hand To God, Sondheim On Sondheim, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Love Musik, Rock Of Ages, Chaplin, On The Town, Bronx Bombers, Grace, and The Two And Only. His book about Broadway set design, Transforming Space Over Time, is available wherever books are sold.
CLINT RAMOS
Costume Design
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Clint is a designer, advocate, and creative producer. He has designed over two hundred theater, opera, and dance productions. Recent designs for the stage include: KPOP, Slave Play, The Rose Tattoo, Eclipsed, Once On This Island, Sunday in the Park with George, Torch Song, Here Lies Love. Film credits include: Production Design for Lingua Franca by Isabel Sandoval for Netflix; and costume design for RESPECT, the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson for MGM. Clint's lifelong advocacy is for an equitable landscape in theater and film for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and for the rights of immigrants. @clintramos
KEN BILLINGTON
Lighting Design
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Ken has over 100 Broadway shows to his credit, including the original Sweeney Todd, Waitress, Sunday in the Park with George (2008 & 2017) Act One, The Drowsy Chaperone, and Footloose. His Tony-Award lighting for Chicago has been seen in 36 countries. This winter season includes: The Secret Garden at the Ahmanson Theatre; the new Broadway musical New York, New York; and the West End Production of Crazy for You. Other Projects: Hugh Jackman in Concert, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Fantasmic! at Disneyland, and award winning architectural lighting for work NYC’s Tavern on the Green. Ken is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame.
DANNY ERDBERG
Sound Design
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Danny is thrilled to return to Pasadena Playhouse where he designed Head over Heels. New York: The Public Theater, New York City Opera, 92Y, Roundabout Theatre Company, City Center, Atlantic Theater Company, and 59E59 Theaters. Regional: Arena Stage, Arizona Theater Company, Geva Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Geffen Playhouse, ACT Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Saratoga Opera, Virginia Stage, and Long Wharf, as well as productions in Korea, Japan, China, Canada, and Cuba. Broadway Associate: The Iceman Cometh (Tony Nom), Significant Other, Violet, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Heiress, and The Nance (Tony Win). Danny is a member of IATSE, USA829, SDC and the Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. Graduate of Northwestern University.
URSULA KWONG-BROWN
Sound Design
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Ursula is excited to return to Pasadena Playhouse following last year’s production of Head Over Heels. Previous designs include: Holiday at Arena Stage, King Lear at the Wallis Annenberg, The Wickhams at Arizona Theatre Company, Native Gardens at Merrimack Repertory Theatre, and the world premiere of Stonewall with NYC Opera. As a composer, her work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Miller Theatre, Le Poisson Rouge, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery in London, as well as by festivals and ensembles across the country and around the world. Ursula received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and her B.A. from Columbia University. More info at www.ursulakwongbrown.com.
TAL YARDEN
Projection Design
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Broadway: Network, The Waverly Gallery, Indecent, Sunday in the Park with George, The Crucible. Off-Broadway: Becky Nurse of Salem, Hamlet, Enemy of the People, Antigone, The Damned, Kings of War, The Fountainhead, Roman Tragedies, King Lear, Distracted, Lazarus, Liberty City, The Misanthrope. Regional: A Walk on the Moon, Ocean Filibuster, Passing Strange, Frost/Nixon. London: Get Up, Stand Up, Anna X, My Brilliant Friend. Opera: Exterminating Angel, Between Worlds, Mahagonny, Salome, Brokeback Mountain, Macbeth. Video: Pat McGrath, Rick Owens, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, James Brown, Patti Smith. Awards: Molière Award, Lucille Lortel Award. Nominations: Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award.
CHRISTOPHER ENLOW
Wig Design
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Christopher is an IATSE hairstylist with Local's 706, and 798. Before returning to Los Angeles in 2020, Christopher was in New York City refining his skills as a production hairstylist. He worked with incredible Broadway designers such as David Brian Brown, Charles Lapointe, and Josh Marquette to name a few. With 14 Broadway credits and several in film/tv, he returned to the west coast to be closer to family. Christopher happily returns to Pasadena Playhouse after his Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Award nomination for the design of last season's production of Head Over Heels. Broadway Credits: Mama Mia, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots, Lion King, Gigi, On Your Feet, War Paint, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Waitress, Anastasia, The Prom, The Inheritance, and Diana: The Musical.
LISA ANN CHERNOFF
Stage Manager
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Most recently worked on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in San Francisco. Broadway: The Great Society, My Fair Lady, Oslo, The King & I, The Bridges of Madison County, Golden Boy, Catch Me If You Can, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Ragtime, Shrek. Off-Broadway: Unknown Soldier; Pocatello; Detroit; Rapture, Blister, Burn, Prayer for My Enemy (Playwrights Horizons), Mary Jane (New York Theatre Workshop), Kingdom Come (Roundabout Theatre Company), The Model Apartment (Primary Stages), King Lear (The Public Theater). Regional: Once Upon a One More Time (Shakespeare Theatre Company). National Tour: Spamalot. UK: My Fair Lady.
KALEIGH BERNIER
Assistant Stage Manager
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Broadway: True Crime Obsessed on Broadway, A Christmas Carol, Mrs. Doubtfire, Be More Chill. Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center, Atlantic Theater Company, Irish Repertory Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Regional: The Notebook (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Soft Power (Center Theatre Group), Title of Show (Warren Miller Performing Arts Center) and various shows at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Fordham University Graduate. All my love to my parents, Nick and Granny! @blockislandcharcuterie
MIKAYLA BETTNER
Assistant Stage Manager
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Mikayla is excited to be at Pasadena Playhouse for the first time. Recent credits include Metamorphoses (Assistant Stage Manager) at A Noise Within, A Christmas Carol 2022, Animal Farm (Deck Crew/Carpenter) at A Noise Within. She would like to thank her family and friends, and Lisa for everything.
THE TELSEY OFFICE
Casting
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With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy.
MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL
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Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theaters from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theater as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theaters in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theater, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior™ shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE PRODUCTION STAFF
Stage Manager | Lisa Ann Chernoff
Assistant Stage Manager | Kaleigh Bernier, Mikayla Bettner
Assistant Director | Brian Eckert
Associate Scenic Designer | Romello Huins
Associate Costume Designer | Camille Benda
Assistant Costume Designer | Edurne Fernandez
Associate Lighting Designer | Jared A. Sayeg, Ed McCarthy
Wig Design | Christopher Enlow
Associate Wig Design | Jenni Gilbert
Associate Projection Designer | Elizabeth Barrett
Production Assistant | Mikayla Bettner
Deck Chief | Matt Petosa
Production Electrician | Chris Osborne
Head Electrician | Vsev Krawczeniuk, Keannak Parvaz
Lead Audio | Christian Lee
Lead Audio Engineer | Corey Charness
A2 | Marcos Friedman
Video Supervisor | David Patrick
Video Programmer | Jason Thompson
LX Programmer | Chris Osborne
Light Board Operator | Keannak Parvaz
Follow Spot Operators | Kyle Gundlach, Charity Lindsay
Wardrobe Supervisor | Liz Rose
Stitcher | Michele Young, Katy Kincade, Francesca Palizzi, Jameson Carey, Lilia Zurick, Mary Elizabeth Still
Dressers | Amber Pegler, Orlando Cordova
Assistant Costume Design | Michele Young
Wigs Assistant | Chloe-Nil Acerol
Props Head | Douglas Puskas
Lead Scenic Painter | Johnny LeBlanc
Head Carpenter | Sean Lewellyn
Carpenters | Dwight Ortiz, Isa Mistuharu, Marcos Friedman, Nicolas Chamberlin, Jason Maradiaga, Charity Lindsay, Nelson Aranda, Kenny Arincon, Jacob Nava, Alexis Garduno
Electricians | Matt Petosa, Charity Lindsay, Kyle Gundlach, Keanu Ross-Cabrera, Evan Drane, Charles Millican, John Povilaitis, Vanessa Rodriguez, Fiona Jessup
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Equity Association, the Union of
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