ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE

March/May 2019
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 THE CAST MUSICAL NUMBERS

(in alphabetical order)

Larry Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVAN BULIUNG
Jared Kleinman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALESSANDRO COSTANTINI
Alana Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHAKURA DICKSON
Connor Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEAN PATRICK DOLAN
Zoe Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEPHANIE LA ROCHELLE
Evan Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ROBERT MARKUS
Cynthia Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAIRE RANKIN
Heidi Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JESSICA SHERMAN
Alternate Evan Hansen — ZACHARY NOAH PISER
(Wednesday and Saturday matinee performances)
VIRTUAL COMMUNITY VOICES
JORDAN BELL, KYLE CAMERON, ROBERT CREIGHTON, NICOLAS DROMARD,
GRAHAM SCOTT FLEMING, SAMANTHA HILL, KEELY HUTTON, BETHANY JILLARD,
CHILINA KENNEDY, LAURA LAING, JEIGH MADJUS, PAUL NOLAN,
SCOTT PIETRANGELO, ELIZABETH SAUNDERS, DANIELLE WADE, SAMANTHA WALKES
Act I
Anybody Have a Map? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heidi, Cynthia
Waving Through a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan, Company
For Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan
Sincerely, Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Connor, Evan, Jared
Requiem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoe, Larry, Cynthia
If I Could Tell Her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan, Zoe
Disappear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Connor, Evan, Alana, Jared, Cynthia, Larry, Zoe
You Will Be Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan, Company
Act II
Sincerely, Me (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connor, Jared
To Break in a Glove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry, Evan
Only Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zoe, Evan
Good for You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heidi, Alana, Jared, Evan
You Will Be Found (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company
Words Fail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan
So Big/So Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heidi
Finale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Company

UNDERSTUDIES Dear Evan Hansen has a running time of 2 hours and 35 minutes,
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Standbys and understudies never substitute for players unless a specific including a 15-minute intermission.
announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance .
Understudy for Jared Kleinman, Evan Hansen, Connor Murphy — DAVID JEFFERY, JOSH STROBL;
MUSICIANS
Understudy for Jared Kleinman, Connor Murphy — ZACHARY NOAH PISER;
Music Director/Keyboard — ELIZABETH BAIRD
Understudy for Cynthia Murphy, Heidi Hansen — ERIN BREEN, LAURA MAE NASON;
Associate Music Director/Keyboard — DAVID ATKINSON
Understudy for Alana Beck, Zoe Murphy — MALINDA CARROLL, KAITLYN SANTA JUANA;
Bass — PATRICK KILBRIDE; Guitar 1 — JUSTIN ABEDIN; Guitar 2 — DAVE GRAY
Understudy for Larry Murphy — JAY DAVIS
Violin — ALI RANEY; Viola — ALEKS GAJIC; Cello — AMY LAING
Drums — CHRIS SUTHERLAND
DANCE CAPTAIN
Contractor — LEVON ICHKHANIAN
LAURA MAE NASON
Additional Orchestrations — CHRISTOPHER JAHNKE
Keyboard Programmer — RANDY COHEN
The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs,
Associate Keyboard Programmers — JEREMY KING, SAM STAROBIN
either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited . Please turn off all electronic devices Ableton Programmers — ENRICO DE TRIZIO, SCOTT WASSERMAN
such as cellular phones, beepers and watches . Music Copying — EMILY GRISHMAN MUSIC PREPARATION

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 THE COMPANY
ROBERT MARKUS
Evan Hansen
Robert is thrilled to be
joining the Dear Evan
Hansen company . Recent
credits include: Riff
Raff in The Rocky Horror Show, Tommy
in Tommy, The Music Man, Fiddler on
the Roof (Stratford Festival), Our Town,
Sweeney Todd (Shaw Festival), Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(Theatre Aquarius), James and the Giant
Peach, Seussical, Jacob Two Two Meets the
Hooded Fang (Young People’s Theatre),
UnCovered: Queen and Bowie, UnCovered:
Simon & Garfunkel (The Musical Stage
Company), Dream a Little Dream, Shrek
(Grand Theatre), Chicago, Twist and
Shout (Drayton Entertainment), Next to
Normal (Citadel Theatre/Theatre Calgary
co-production), The Rocky Horror Show,
A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre),
Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago (Mayfield),
Hunchback (Catalyst Theatre) . Robert is
a graduate of the University of Alberta’s
BFA program . Follow him on Instagram
@rjbmarkus . Robert would like to thank
his family, friends, TH and Jen for their
constant support .
STEPHANIE
LA ROCHELLE
Zoe Murphy
Stephanie is absolutely
thrilled to be making her
Mirvish debut in such
a remarkably moving piece . Previous
theatre credits include: The Sound of Music
(Theatre Aquarius); A Different Kind of Job
(Theatre Aquarius Workshop) . Selected
TV/Film credits include: Heartland (CBC);
Backstage (Family Channel); 1st Runner
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Up–Over the Rainbow (CBC); In The Dark
(CW); Copper(BBC); The Preacher’s Sin,
Zombie@17 (Lifetime); Played (BlackPills);
Satisfaction (CTV) . Stephanie is a Canadian
Country Music Association Award
nominated singer-songwriter . Huge
thanks to the team at Dear Evan Hansen,
The Talent House, and Stephanie Gorin
for this incredible experience, and her
incredible parents for their outstanding
support . You will be found . Let’s erase
the stigma . www .stephlarochelle .com
@steph_larochelle
JESSICA SHERMAN
Heidi Hansen
Mirvish debut . A Toronto
native, Jessica studied
singing at UWO before
moving to England to
study acting at RCSSD . UK-based credits
include Rock ‘n’ Roll (Duke of York’s),
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Baracura
Gardens) Batman Live (World Tour), Lend
Me A Tenor (Vienna’s English Theatre),
John and Jen (Guildford Fringe Theatre),
The Stationmaster (Tristan Bates), and The
Sound of Music (UK Tour) . Since returning
she has had the honour to workshop
and perform Heart of Winter (Storefront),
Pollyanna (Yonge Street Theatricals),
Rumspringa Break (Next Stage), The Last
Party and The Preposterous Predicament of
Polly Peel (Toronto Fringe), Angel Street
(Perth Classical Theatre) and recently
filmed Le Dindon (Cinéfrance) . Huge
thanks to her family (chosen and born),
3G and the UK gang, Penny, Michael and
JBR, and especially M .R . for starting her
down this path .
CLAIRE RANKIN
Cynthia Murphy
At age 9, after seeing
her first musical at the
Charlottetown Festival,
Claire promptly told her
Mom “If I had some lessons, I could do
that .” At age 16, Claire was performing
on that very stage and subsequently
the national tour of Anne of Green
Gables . Four seasons with the Stratford
Festival followed, where she performed
Shakespearean roles, Miranda in The
Tempest, and a pas de deux, Louise
in Carousel . On screen, she’s worked
extensively with the likes of Aaron
Sorkin, Kevin Costner, Tony Shaloub
and Dick Van Dyke (whom she had the
pleasure of singing with between takes!)
Claire’s happy to get back to her roots
after a two-decade hiatus from the
theatre . And she wants to thank her Mom
and Dad for getting her those lessons .
Instagram/Twitter@iamclairerankin
SEAN PATRICK DOLAN
Connor Murphy
Sean is honoured to be
joining the Dear Evan
Hansen family . He is also
very excited to be a part
of his first Mirvish production . Sean
began performing at a young age with
the Stratford Festival’s productions of The
Sound of Music and Fiddler on the Roof and
the original workshop of Bartram and
Hill’s Something Wicked This Way Comes .
Aside from theatre Sean has spent the
past few years portraying a variety of
roles on television with credits including
Schitt’s Creek, The Detectives, Workin’ Moms
(CBC/Netflix), Wayne (Youtube Premium),
Taken (NBC), In The Dark (CBS) and
Trevor in No Tomorrow, MADD Canada’s
anti-impaired driving campaign . Love and
thanks to Bruce, Daniel and the Talent
House team, as well as to Mom, Dad and
Nick . Instagram: @heyimsean
EVAN BULIUNG
Larry Murphy
Evan has performed
across Canada and the
U .S . for the past 20 years .
He recently won the
Dora Award for his performance in Fun
Home for the Musical Stage Company .
12 seasons with the Stratford Festival,
highlights include Sky Masterson in Guys
and Dolls, Pericles, Mercutio, Petruchio,
Edgar in King Lear opposite Christopher
Plummer . 4 seasons at the Shaw Festival;
Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being
Earnest, Stanhope in Journey’s End, Man
and Superman, and Major Barbara . For
the Mirvish organization, Aragorn in The
Lord of the Rings, Khashoggi in We Will
Rock You and The Audience . Evan’s film
and television credits include Suits, the
new mini-series Departure, Bob Hobby in
Holly Hobby for Hulu in the US and the
family channel in Canada, Damnation for
Netflix among others . He was nominated
for a Canadian Screen Actors award for
The Adventures of Pericles . Evan is thrilled
and very proud to join the Dear Evan
Hansen family .
ALESSANDRO
COSTANTINI
Jared Kleinman
Born and raised in
Sudbury Ontario,
Alessandro is the
co-founder and Artistic Director of YES
Theatre in Sudbury, currently celebrating
its 10th anniversary . Select Credits
include: Hair, Rent, Spring Awakening,
Jesus Christ Superstar, Hairspray, Merrily
We Roll Along (YES Theatre), World
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Premiere of Prom Queen (SEGAL Centre,
META nomination Outstanding Lead
Performance), and the Canadian Premiere
of Pasek and Paul’s James and the Giant
Peach for YPT . Training: George Brown
Theatre School . We don’t all have the
privilege to do this as professionals .
Please support your local arts community
and youth! My Love and Thanks to my
family, YES, dear friends, Bruce and
TH . . . and legit anyone I’ve ever met .
What a tremendous blessing . Insta:
@alessandro1028
SHAKURA DICKSON
Alana Beck
Shakura would like
to extend her endless
gratitude to the DEH
team . She is honoured to
be making her Mirvish debut as “Alana
Beck” . Recent credits include: Jerusalem
(Outside the March/Crow’s), Girls Like That
(Tarragon), The Story (Common Boots/
Soulpepper) and Other Side of the Game
(Obsidian/Cahoots) . She also appears in
Season One of CBC’s Coroner . Shakura is
a graduate of the Sheridan College Music
Theatre program . She would like to thank
her Mom, Sandie, Yanick, the ancestors
and the universe for having her back .
Instagram: @badgalkooks
ZACHARY NOAH PISER
Evan Alternate,
u/s Jared Kleinman,
Connor Murphy
Words fail! Broadway:
Wicked . Off-Broadway:
Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street Theatre,
West End transfer), Mad Libs Live (New
World Stages) . Favorites: The Heart of Rock
& Roll (The Old Globe, world premiere),
Godspell (Marriott Theatre) . Workshops:
Tiananmen, The Heart of Rock & Roll, October
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Sky, Eastbound, Postcard American Town .
Zachary has performed at various NYC
venues including Feinstein’s/54 Below,
Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Green Room
42, Symphony Space, & Joe’s Pub . Zachary
is a Bay Area native and Northwestern
grad . Many thanks to the DEH team, Tara
Rubin Casting, The Mine, Dave, Adam,
and of course, Mom & Dad . @zach_piser
ERIN BREEN
u/s Cynthia, Heidi
Erin could not be more
excited to be joining
the Dear Evan Hansen
family . After graduating
with a Masters Degree in Musical
Theatre Performance from The Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland, Erin has
spent the last 10 years working around
the world . Canadian credits include:
Seussical (YPT), City of Angels (Theatre
By The Bay), Seussical (Alberta Theatre
Projects) A Christmas Carol, and Enron
(Theatre Calgary), Chariots of Fire (The
Grand Theatre), and [title of show] (Forte
Musical Theatre Guild) which earned
her a Betty Mitchell Award nomination
for Best Leading Female in a Comedy/
Musical . Erin has also had the pleasure of
workshopping new musicals in New York,
London and Glasgow . Thanks to Gina,
Anwyn and Jess for helping me along the
way . This one is for my Ma .
MALINDA CARROLL
u/s Alana, Zoe
Being part of Dear Evan
Hansen with such an
amazing and talented
team is a dream come
true for Malinda . Past credits include:
All Shook Up and Soul Sistas (Mayfield
Dinner Theatre), The Rocky Horror Show
(Lower Ossington Theatre), Pajama Game,
Oklahoma (St . Clair College) . Malinda
would like to thank her unshakable
support system of both family
and friends .
JAY DAVIS
u/s Larry
Jay is thrilled to be making
his Mirvish debut as part
of the Dear Evan Hansen
family . Toronto credits:
Next to Normal (Tarragon/Clearwater),
I Love You Because (Angelwalk), and
Assassins (Birdland) . West End credits:
Miss Saigon (Cameron Mackintosh) and
Jesus Christ Superstar (Really Useful
Group) . Selected Canadian credits:
Bittergirl–The Musical (Charlottetown/
Citadel), Floyd Collins (Talk Is Free/
Patrick Street), Mamma Mia! (Neptune) .
TV credits: Designated Survivor, The
Handmaid’s Tale, and Warner Bros . Titans .
Jay would like to thank The Talent House,
Stephanie Gorin Casting, and sends his
love to all his friends and family .
DAVID JEFFERY
u/s Evan, Connor, Jared
Mirvish debut! David is
beyond excited to join
the incredibly talented
company of Dear Evan
Hansen . Recipient of the “Outstanding
Achievement in Drama” Award, David
comes from Alberta, where he recently
finished his run as Jack Kelly in Newsies .
Alberta theatre credits include Roger
in Rent, Melchior in Spring Awakening,
Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors and
Gabe in Next to Normal . Joining Dear Evan
Hansen has been a dream come true
for him, and he is eternally grateful to
everyone involved who gave him this
opportunity . Hi Mom!
LAURA MAE NASON
u/s Cynthia, Heidi
Laura is so delighted
to be joining the Dear
Evan Hansen family!
Theatre credits include
Million Dollar Quartet (Mirvish, Drayton
Entertainment, Stage West Calgary),
Hairspray (Drayton Entertainment,
Charlottetown Festival, Mayfield &
Rainbow Stage), Anne of Green Gables,
British Invasion (Charlottetown Festival),
Sister Act, Marathon of Hope, Twist & Shout
(Drayton Entertainment), Legally Blonde
(Theatre Aquarius), The Wedding Singer,
Chicago, Top of the Pops (Mayfield), Cabaret,
Guys & Dolls (Stage West) . Thank you to
the DEH team, to Bruce and the Talent
House, family and friends for their
endless love and support . “This one is for
the two lights of my life, Gerrad & Elliott .”
Instagram: @lauramaenason
KAITLYN SANTA JUANA
u/s Alana, Zoe
Kaitlyn is beyond grateful
to be making her Toronto
debut with this cast of
Dear Evan Hansen . This
past year, she set sail in the Caribbean
and performed as ‘Jasmine’ in Disney
Cruise Line’s production of Aladdin: A
Musical Spectacular along with a few
of their other Broadway styled shows .
Originally from Langley, British Columbia,
a town just outside of Vancouver, Kaitlyn
moved to New York City to pursue an
education in the performing arts . She
recently graduated from the musical
theatre conservatory at the American
Musical and Dramatic Academy . Kaitlyn
would like to thank her family, friends
and everyone involved in Dear Evan
Hansen for providing an endless amount
of opportunities to chase her dreams .
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 JOSH STROBL
u/s Evan, Connor, Jared
Thrilled to be in beautiful
Toronto for the first
time! Attended the
University of Michigan .
Winner of the 2016 Jimmy Awards .
Many thanks to Tara Rubin Casting,
Sherry Kayne, the entire DEH family
and every teacher who helped on
this journey . “Special shoutout to
my family for always believing in
me!” Strobljosh .com @jstrobes77
CHRIS PORTER
Production Stage
Manager
Chris is thrilled to join the
Dear Evan Hansen family .
Also for Mirvish: Once, Les
Misérables War Horse, Ghost Stories, Rock
of Ages, The Sound of Music, Dirty Dancing,
The Lord of the Rings, Hairspray, The Lion
King, Beauty and the Beast and Miss Saigon .
Chris has spent the past five holiday
seasons with Ross Petty’s Panto at the
Elgin Theatre . Recently Chris was part of
the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s
opera, Hadrian for the Canadian Opera
Company, as well as Louis Riel and
world premiere of Pyramus and Thisbe .
Additionally, Chris has stage managed
King Charles III for Studio 180 Theatre,
Panamania at Nathan Phillips’ Square,
Theatre 20’s Company, Evangeline at the
Charlottetown Festival and Top Girls at
Soulpepper . His career has taken him to
many places across Canada as well as Las
Vegas, the Caribbean and London, UK .
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ERIN FITZGERALD
Stage Manager
Previous shows for Mirvish
Productions include Kinky
Boots, The Wizard of Oz,
The Secret Garden and
Dirty Dancing . Recent stage management
credits include Fun Home (Musical
Stage Company/Mirvish) and Life After
(Canadian Stage/Musical Stage Company) .
Other credits include shows for the Royal
Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Passe
Muraille, Cahoots, Theatre Aquarius and
Drayton Entertainment . As always, thank
you to Mike for the love and laughter .
BRADLEY DUNN
Assistant Stage
Manager
Bradley is overjoyed to
join the Dear Evan Hansen
team! Select credits
include: The Baroness and the Pig, Henry V
(Shaw Festival); King Charles III, My Night
with Reg (Studio 180/Mirvish); My Name
is Asher Lev (Studio 180/Harold Green);
The Comedy of Errors (Thousand Islands
Playhouse); The Wizard of Oz (The Grand
Theatre); The Heidi Chronicles, The Odd
Couple (Soulpepper); You Will Remember Me
(Studio 180/Tarragon); It’s A Wonderful Life
(Theatre Aquarius) . Many thanks to my
amazing friends and family for all their
love and support .
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 THE CREATIVE TEAM
STEVEN LEVENSON
Book
Steven Levenson is the Tony
Award-winning book writer of Dear Evan
Hansen . His plays include Days of Rage,
If I Forget, The Unavoidable Disappearance
of Tom Durnin, and The Language of Trees .
Honors include the Obie Award, Outer
Critics Circle Award, Drama League
Award, Drama Desk nomination,
Hull-Warriner nomination, Lucille
Lortel nomination and the Helen Hayes
Award . He worked for three seasons as
a writer and producer on Showtime’s
Masters of Sex and is a founding member
of Colt Coeur and an alumnus of MCC’s
Playwrights Coalition and Ars Nova’s
Play Group . His plays are published by
Dramatists Play Service and Playscripts .
A BOY WHO IS A graduate of Brown University, he is
REFLECTIVE
a member of the Dramatists Guild of
America, Inc . and the WGA . Upcoming
projects include the limited series Fosse/
IS A MAN WHO IS Verdon (FX) and the film adaptation of
Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…boom! .
S E L F A W A R E.
BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL
Music and Lyrics
At Crescent School, we understand that a man will ultimately be judged Benj Pasek & Justin Paul are the Tony,
by the content of his character. That is why we offer our students rigorous Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe
and challenging academics that are balanced with a unique emphasis Award-winning songwriting team behind
Dear Evan Hansen . Other Broadway: A
on character development. Core values of respect, responsibility, honesty
Christmas Story, The Musical (Tony, Drama
and compassion are woven into all we do from Grades 3 to 12, including Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations) .
Character-In-Action programs and mentor groups that give our boys Off-Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen (Second
ample opportunities to reflect on who they are. Stage; Obie, Drama Desk, Drama
League, Outer Critics Circle awards);
Dogfight (Second Stage; Lucille Lortel
Award and Drama League, Outer Critics
Circle, London Evening Standard Award
nominations) . Regional: James and the
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and Edges (Capital Repertory Theatre) .
Film: La La Land (2017 Academy Award
and Golden Globe Award), The Greatest
Showman (2018 Academy Award
Nomination, 2018 Golden Globe Award,
and 2019 Grammy Award Nominations),
Trolls . Upcoming film projects: Aladdin,
Snow White, Foster . Television: A
Christmas Story Live! (2018 Emmy Award
nomination), Smash, The Flash . The
Dear Evan Hansen Original Broadway
Cast Recording received the 2018
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater
Album, and The Greatest Showman
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
is certified Platinum in over a dozen
countries, including Double Platinum
in the US, Australia, and Taiwan, Triple
Platinum in Ireland and Singapore,
and Quadruple Platinum in the UK
and Korea . Additional honors: Richard
Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre
(American Academy of Arts and Letters),
ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons
Award, Jonathan Larson Award . Both are
graduates of the University of Michigan
musical theatre program and currently
serve on the Board of Directors for the
Dramatists Guild Foundation . Justin
thanks God, DEH cast and crew, Asher,
Emmie, Sully and the whole family . Benj
thanks family, friends, and everyone
who has worked tirelessly to bring DEH
to Broadway .
MICHAEL GREIF
Director
Michael Greif received his fourth Tony
nomination and a Helen Hayes Award
for his work on Dear Evan Hansen .
Other Broadway credits: Rent, Grey
Gardens, Next to Normal, Never Gonna
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Dance, If/Then, War Paint . Recent work
includes Our Lady of Kibeho and Angels
in America (NY’s Signature Theatre); The
Low Road, The Intelligent Homosexual’s
Guide… (The Public); and The Tempest, A
Winter’s Tale and Romeo and Juliet at The
Public’s Delacorte Theater . Off-Broadway,
he’s received Obie Awards for Machinal,
Dogeaters (The Public) and Rent (NYTW),
and has directed new plays and musicals
at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout,
MTC, MCC, New York Theatre Workshop
and at Second Stage, where he directed
Next to Normal and Dear Evan Hansen .
Regional work includes premieres and
revivals at Williamstown Theatre Festival
(ten seasons), La Jolla Playhouse (AD,
five seasons), Arena Stage, Center Stage,
Mark Taper Forum, Dallas Theater Center
and Trinity Repertory Company . Mr . Greif
holds a BS from Northwestern University
and an MFA from the University of
California, San Diego .
DANNY MEFFORD
Choreographer
Danny Mefford choreographed Fun Home
and Dear Evan Hansen, both of which
won the Tony award for Best Musical . His
other choreography credits include Bloody
Bloody Andrew Jackson (Lortel and Astaire
nominations), Love's Labour's Lost (Drama
Desk nomination), Miss You Like Hell,
February House, Much Ado About Nothing,
an international tour of The Sound of
Music, and Good Person of Szechwan . He
staged all the theatrical sequences for
Rise on NBC . He has an MFA in Acting
from Brown University and has degrees
in Theatre and Political Science from the
University of Evansville .
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ALEX LACAMOIRE
Music Supervisor/Orchestrator
Alex Lacamoire has won three Tonys
and three Grammys for his work on
the Broadway musicals Hamilton, Dear
Evan Hansen, and In The Heights . He
won his fourth Grammy producing the
soundtrack for The Greatest Showman,
and is the recipient of the 2018 Kennedy
Center Honors Award for his work on
Hamilton . As Music Director, Arranger
and/or Orchestrator on/off Broadway:
Bring It On; Wicked; High Fidelity; Annie
(2011 B’way revival); The People In
The Picture; 9 to 5 (Drama Desk and
Grammy noms .); Legally Blonde, Bat
Boy: The Musical . Film and television
credits include FX’s Fosse (Supervising
Music Producer), The Greatest Showman
(Executive Music Producer), Incredibles
2 (Arranger/Orchestrator), and Sesame
Street (Emmy-nominated composer) .
Other credits: Godspell (2001 National
Tour), orchestrations for The Rockettes
and for the Oscars .
DAVID KORINS
Scenic Design
Hamilton (Tony nom .), War Paint (Tony
nom .), Bandstand, Misery, Motown the
Musical, Vanya and Sonia…, Annie, Bring
It On, Magic/Bird, An Evening with Patti
LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Godspell,
Chinglish, The Pee-wee Herman Show,
Lombardi, Passing Strange and Bridge
& Tunnel . Opera: Norma, Bel Canto, The
Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Oscar . TV:
Grease: Live! Concert: Bruno Mars, Lady
Gaga, Kanye West, Sia, Mariah Carey,
Andrea Bocelli . Extensive Off-Broadway/
regional theatre, hospitality, event &
experience design . Recipient of an
Emmy Award, Drama Desk and Lucille
Lortel awards, three Henry Hewes
Awards and an Obie Award for Sustained
Excellence in Design . Dad: Stella & Vivian .
@davidkorins davidkorinsdesign .com
PETER NIGRINI
Projection Design
Broadway: The SpongeBob Musical; A
Doll’s House, Part 2; Amélie; An Act of
God; The Heidi Chronicles; The Best Man;
and Fela! . Elsewhere: Grounded and Here
Lies Love (The Public Theater), Wakey
Wakey (Signature Theatre), Notes From
Underground (TFANA), Grace Jones
Hurricane Tour, Don Giovanni and Lucia
di Lammermoor (Santa Fe Opera), Blind
Date (Bill T . Jones) . For Nature Theater
of Oklahoma: No Dice and Life & Times
(Burgtheater, Vienna) . Currently: Ain’t Too
Proud (pre-Broadway), Beetlejuice (National
Theatre, Washington), Dave (Arena
Stage) and The Orphan of Zhao (Beijing
International Music Festival) .
EMILY REBHOLZ
Costume Design
Broadway: Gettin’ the Band Back Together;
Indecent; Dear Evan Hansen; Oh, Hello On
Broadway; If/Then; Vanya and Sonia Masha
and Spike; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson .
Recent: Jagged Little Pill (A .R .T), The Low
Road (The Public), Winters Tale (TFNA),
Mary Jane (NYTW), Twelfth Night (CSC),
Brigadoon (Encores!), The Robber Bridegroom
(Roundabout), Lucia Di Lammermoor and
Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera), Orfeo ed
Euridice (Opera Theatre of St . Louis) . MFA:
Yale University .
JAPHY WEIDEMAN
Lighting Design
Broadway: The Visit, The Nance, Of Mice and
Men, Airline Highway and Dear Evan Hansen
were all Tony-nominated for Best Lighting
Design . Other Broadway: Lobby Hero,
Significant Other, Sylvia, Old Times, The Heidi
Chronicles, Macbeth (Drama Desk nom .),
Cyrano de Bergerac and The Snow Geese .
Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater,
Roundabout, The Public Theater, NYTW,
Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons,
MTC, MCC, and Labyrinth . West End: A
Nice Fish (Harold Pinter Theatre), Blackbird
(Albery Theatre) .
NEVIN STEINBERG
Sound Design
Recent Broadway: Bandstand, Bright Star,
Hamilton, It Shoulda Been You, Mothers and
Sons, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
(Tony nomination), The Performers,
Magic/Bird . Off Broadway: Smart People, The
Landing, Far From Heaven . Nevin is Audio
Consultant for Carnegie Hall’s Isaac
Stern Auditorium . Over 30 Broadway
productions with Acme Sound Partners
and five additional Tony nominations: The
Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at
the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair, In the Heights .
DAVID BRIAN BROWN
Hair Design
Broadway highlights: Moulin Rouge (2019),
Frozen, Come From Away (Canada & US
Tour), War Paint (Drama Desk Award),
She Loves Me, Curious Incident…, Gigi, The
Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth,
Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, A
Steady Rain, Shrek, Legally Blonde, Spamalot,
Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida,
The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Side Show, Steel
Pier . Film credits: Peter Pan Live! NBC, The
Sound of Music Live! NBC, It’s Complicated,
Angels in America (Emmy nominated),
To Wong Foo . . .
BEN COHN
Associate Music Supervisor
Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked, The
Woman in White, …Spelling Bee, Wonderful
Town, In My Life . Pre-Broadway: The
Book of Mormon, 9 to 5, Anastasia, Finding
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Neverland . MD for Clay Aiken, Lin-Manuel
Miranda’s 21 Chump Street, Stephanie J .
Block, BCEFA . Ben’s arrangements have
been heard on TV, albums, concerts,
theme parks and cruise lines . Ithaca and
NYU grad . Love to Sean and Allister .
ELIZABETH BAIRD
Music Director
Elizabeth has been nominated for three
Dora Mavor Moore Awards and three
Betty Mitchell Awards for Outstanding
Musical Direction . Theatre credits include
Musical Director: Kinky Boots (Mirvish),
Jersey Boys (Dancap), Mamma Mia!
(Mirvish) . Television credits include Music
Consultant for So You Think You Can Dance
Canada, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Over The
Rainbow Canada, Music Director/Composer
for Improv Heaven & Hell (TCN), Not to Be
Repeated (CTV), It’s Alive, PJ Katie’s Farm,
The Bittles, System Crash (YTV), Killerwhale
& Crocodile (BRAVO!), HBO Family 411 and
Who Knew? (HBO) . Conductor for Jann
Arden’s The Magic of Christmas (National
Arts Centre/Massey Hall) .
DAVID ATKINSON
Associate Music Director
Originally from Ottawa, David is a
Toronto-based music director, keyboard
programmer, and educator . As resident
music director with silent film-inspired
Keystone Theatre, his work on The Belle
of Winnipeg earned him a Dora Award
for Outstanding Original Sound Design/
Composition . Other theatre credits
include keyboards: A Little Night Music
(Stratford Festival); Kinky Boots/Wicked
(Mirvish); London Road (CanStage); West
Side Story (National Arts Centre) and
Jersey Boys (DanCap) . He is currently
the keyboard programmer at the Shaw
Festival, as well as a recurring member of
faculty at the Randolph College . Thanks
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and love to his wife Sarah Joy, and his
daughter Holly .
STEPHANIE GORIN
Casting Director
Stephanie Gorin, CSA, CDC, has been
casting for 25+ years and is thrilled
to join the Dear Evan Hansen team .
Additional credits at Mirvish theatres
include: Come From Away, Kinky Boots, Les
Misérables, War Horse, Jukebox Hero, The
Heart of Robin Hood, Rock of Ages, Mamma
Mia!, The Lion King . Features: Aladdin (lead
casting), IT & IT 2, Shazam, Rocky Horror
Picture Show, Saw II-VIII, Race . TV: Anne
with an E, In The Dark, V-Wars, Utopia Falls,
Private Eyes, Carter Files, Fargo . Awards:
2017 Ontario Premier Award, Emmy/
Artios winner for Fargo . Nominations
include: 5 Emmy, 4 CSA/Gemini, 7 Artios .
Many thanks to Holly, Brendan, Edie, and
my family, for their wonderful support
while working on DEH .
TARA RUBIN CASTING
U.S. Casting Director
Selected Broadway: King Kong, Summer:
The Donna Summer Musical, The Band’s Visit,
Prince of Broadway, Indecent, Bandstand,
Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan
Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos,
Disaster!, School of Rock, Les Misérables,
The Heiress, The Phantom of the Opera,
Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, …Spelling
Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey
Boys . Off-Broadway: Smokey Joe’s Café;
Jersey Boys; Here Lies Love; Love, Loss, and
What I Wore . Selected Regional: Berkeley
Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre,
La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Asolo
Rep . tararubincasting .com
JUDITH SCHOENFELD
Production Supervisor
Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, If/Then,
Next to Normal, Grey Gardens . Also many
other productions Off-Broadway and
regionally, including Dear Evan Hansen at
Second Stage Theatre and Arena Stage .
She is happy to be a part of the Dear Evan
Hansen family .
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS
Production Manager
Juniper Street Productions is Hillary
Blanken, Ana Rose Greene, Guy Kwan,
Joseph DeLuise, Sadie Alisa, Victoria
Bullard, Ross Leonard, Christopher
Batstone and Hannah Wilson . Over
the last 20 years, JSP has helped create
over 60 Broadway and Off-Broadway
productions, over 20 national tours, and
numerous Las Vegas productions . JSP is
proud to be a member of the Dear Evan
Hansen family on Broadway and on tour .
Other current and upcoming Broadway
and touring productions: Moulin Rouge,
King Kong, The Prom, The Band’s Visit, Harry
Potter and the Cursed Child, Waitress, Come
From Away, Beautiful and Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory .
TIMOTHY FRENCH
Resident Director
Tim is ecstatic to be part of Dear Evan
Hansen in Toronto, the city where he
grew up, and to be working again with
Mirvish Productions since being the
Resident Director for The Producers and
Dirty Dancing . Elsewhere he has directed
and/or choreographed at: Shaw Festival,
Soulpepper, Citadel, MTC, The Grand,
Drayton Entertainment, Musical Stage
Productions, Harold Green Jewish Theatre,
Stage West, and Angelwalk Theatre . Some
his most celebrated productions include:
Dreamgirls, Evita, Guys & Dolls, [title of
show], Caroline Or Change, Tick Tick Boom,
The Fantastics, Cabaret, The Wedding Singer,
Footloose, The Jazz Singer, Hair, The Mystery
of Edwin Drood, The Sound of Music, Camelot
and A Little Night Music . Over the years his
work has been nominated for Dora Mavor
Moore Awards, Betty Mitchell and Sterling
Awards, the Calgary Critics’ Awards and
Broadway .com . A big thank you to Talent
House and to my husband, Lee .
SASH BISCHOFF
Associate Director
Credits include Long Division (PCS), Flee
(NYSAF), FMK (New Ohio), Candyland
(Ars Nova), Shrek (National Tour),
Hunter John and Jane (Jack), The White
Party (Clubbed Thumb), Babs the Dodo,
Swept (Williamstown), Hotel (Civilians),
Flee (Colt Coeur), Mine (Chautauqua) .
Princeton University . sashbischoff .com
ADAM QUINN
Associate Director
NYC based director/writer . Quinn has
worked at The Public, 2econd Stage, 5th
Avenue, Paper Mill, Goodspeed and the
Asolo Rep, among others . Quinn served as
Associate Producer of RENT LIVE on Fox .
Endless love and gratitude to my family
and every teacher . BFA: University of
Michigan . www .adamquinn .net
DANNY SHARRON
Associate Director
Danny Sharron is a Brooklyn-based
director of new plays . Recent directing:
The Model American (Williamstown,
world premiere) . Associate: Public
Theater, MTC, Playwrights Horizons,
Old Globe, Huntington . Fellowships:
NYTW, Williamstown, Drama League .
BA/BS University of Florida . Full credits:
dannysharron .com
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JONATHAN WARREN
Associate Choreographer
Broadway/tour: Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked,
The Sound of Music, A Night With Janis
Joplin . International: Wicked (Mexico City) .
Regional: La Cage aux Folles, West Side
Story, A Night With Janis Joplin, Cats, The
Radio City Christmas Spectacular, The Hot
Mikado . Film: Outside Providence .
MARK MYARS
Associate Choreographer
Associate: The Cher Show, My Fair Lady,
SpongeBob Squarepants, War Paint, If/Then .
Supervisor: Wicked . Choreographer:
Dancin' Broadway! (Tour), Joseph . . . (Casa
Mañana) . www .markmyars .com
LIZ CAPLAN VOCAL STUDIOS, LLC.
Vocal Consultant
Broadway/Tours: Hedwig, Once, The Book
of Mormon, Disney’s Aladdin, Frozen,
Side Show, American Idiot, Motown, Rock
of Ages, 13, Fiddler on the Roof, Oh Hello .
Film: Shame, Les Misérables, The Greatest
Showman, Pixar’s Coco . TV: The Get
Down (Netflix); NBC’s The Wiz Live! and
Peter Pan Live!, The Colbert Report, Tony
Awards, Academy Awards, CNN, Reuters .
LizCaplan .com
BUIST BICKLEY
Production Properties Supervisor
Select Broadway: Harry Potter and
the Cursed Child: Parts 1 and 2,
SpongeBob SquarePants, Disney’s Frozen
(co-supervisor), Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory (and National Tour), Dear Evan
Hansen, It’s Only a Play, Act One, The Nance,
Other Desert Cities . Other Credits: Moulin
Rouge (Boston), Fun Home (National Tour) .
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RANDY COHEN
Keyboard Programmer
Cohen Keyboards has programmed over
70 Broadway shows including Hamilton,
Frozen, The Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots,
Anastasia, Summer: The Donna Summer
Musical, Once on This Island, Pretty Woman,
and Head Over Heels .
STACEY MINDICH
Producer
Stacey Mindich has treasured the
journey of developing Dear Evan Hansen,
taking this original musical from a
long-ago lunch with its composers
to workshops to D .C .’s Arena Stage
to Second Stage, and now to its Tony
Award-winning run on Broadway and
First National Tour across the United
States . The finest traveling companions:
Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Steven Levenson,
Michael Greif, Alex Lacamoire, three
superb casts, and the extended creative
team . Coming up next: a London
production at the Noël Coward Theatre,
opening in November . A two-time Tony
Award winner, Stacey has produced
more than 20 shows on and off
Broadway . Highlights include The Bridges
of Madison County, Hedwig and the Angry
Inch, Lucky Guy and The Lion . She is the
recipient of the 2016 Robert Whitehead
Award for Outstanding Achievement
in Commercial Producing and a 2018
Grammy Award winner for the Dear Evan
Hansen original cast recording . Stacey is
also the board co-chair of New York City
Center and a founding board member
of The Lilly Awards . Most beloved
productions, with husband Eric Mindich:
Russell, Danny, Charlie .
DAVID MIRVISH
Producer
David Mirvish is a theatrical producer
based in Toronto where he operates
four theatres: the Royal Alexandra, the
Princess of Wales, the Ed Mirvish and
the CAA . Mirvish Productions, founded
in 1986, is Canada’s leading commercial
theatre company and has produced plays
and musicals for these and other venues
throughout Canada, on Broadway and in
London’s West End . The Toronto theatres
have been home to many outstanding
productions including Miss Saigon, Les
Misérables, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!,
War Horse, Kinky Boots and Come From
Away, now playing at the Elgin theatre .
In addition, Mirvish Productions has
presented over 800 touring productions in
the city of Toronto .
ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD
CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER
Originating Theatre
Led by Artistic Director Molly Smith
and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie,
Arena Stage At The Mead Center For
American Theater is a national center in
Washington, D .C . dedicated to American
voices and artists . arenastage .org .
SECOND STAGE THEATRE
Originating Theatre
Under the artistic direction of Carole
Rothman, Second Stage produces a
diverse range of premieres and new
interpretations of America’s best
contemporary theater . 2ST recently
renovated the historic Helen Hayes
Theater making it the only permanent
home on Broadway dedicated exclusively
to living American playwrights .
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U.S. General Management
Partners Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M .
Wilson founded their company in 1994 .
Current Broadway productions: Tony
Award-winning Best Musical Dear Evan
Hansen (Broadway & tour), Pretty Woman:
The Musical, Burn This starring Adam
Driver and Keri Russell, and Frankie and
Johnny in the Clair de Lune starring Audra
McDonald and Michael Shannon . Special
Projects: “A Broadway Celebration: In
Performance at the White House” for
PBS and IBM’s Centennial Gala . General
Managers include Chris Morey, Ron
Gubin, Jeff Klein, and Rina Saltzman,
Associate General Manager .
BROADWAY CO-PRODUCERS
Originally co-produced on Broadway by
Mickey Liddell, Hunter Arnold, Caiola
Productions, Double Gemini Productions,
Fakston Productions, Roy Furman, Harris
Karma Productions, On Your Marks Group,
Darren Bagert, Roger & William Berlind,
Bob Boyett, Colin Callender, Caitlin
Clements, Freddy DeMann, Dante Di
Loreto, Bonnie & Kenneth Feld, FickStern
Productions, Eric & Marsi Gardiner,
Robert Greenblatt, Jere Harris and Darren
DeVerna, The John Gore Organization,
Mike Kriak, Arielle Tepper, David Mirvish,
Eva Price, Zeilinger Productions, Adam
Zotovich, Ambassador Theatre Group,
Independent Presenters Network, and
The Shubert Organization .
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 CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HEATHER BELLINGHAM, Dannaldson, Jerry Meaden, Jessie, Jessie Eastland, Jim Roberts,
TRAVIS COXSON, AMY STEINMAN, LUCY McPHEE Jim Scott, Joe Diaz, Joel Abroad, Joel Ackerman, John Loo,
Music Executive for Benj Pasek Jonathan Yao, Jorge Montiel, Jory, Julie Faist, Julie Jordan Scott,
and Justin Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JORDAN CARROLL julochka, Kamil Medryk, Karen Broz, Kendra Goering, Kevin
Assistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JESSICA CREAGER Assistant to Benj Pasek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ALY SOLOT Miller, Kim F, Kim Tairi, Kit, kittencakes, Kurt & Julie Faist, Lauren
STAFF FOR DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Assistant Lighting Designer (Canada) . . . . . . . . MIKAEL KANGAS Assistant to Justin Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ABBY FABER Vandevier, ljubaphoto, Loren Kerns, m-imagephotography,
STACEY MINDICH PRODUCTIONS Associate Projections Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAN SCULLY Assistant to Steven Levenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT STEINBERG Margarett Harrison, Maria Fernanda Aristizabal M ., Maria
Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAITLIN CLEMENTS Video Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANDREW BAUER, KATE DUCEY, U .S . Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WITHUMSMITH + BROWN, PC/ Morri, Massimo Ankor, Massimo Ankor, Matthew Glover,
Executive Assistant to the Producer . . . . . . . .LYNN MATSUMOTO ROBERT FIGUEIRA, DAN VATSKY ROBERT FRIED, KAREN KOWGIOS, Melissa Ingram, Mighty Mighty bigmac, Miguel Ariel Contreras
Office Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MILO SHUCAVAGE Associate Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JESSICA PAZ ANTHONY MOORE, CPAS Drake-McLaughlin, Mike F ., Mike Faist, Mike Gifford, miuenski
U .S . Casting Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XAVIER RUBIANO, CSA Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . GALBRAITH & CO ./SARAH GALBRAITH
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Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DAVID MIRVISH
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Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID MUCCI
Director of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAMILLO CASCIATO
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U .K . Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL ELLIOTT
Director of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCOT WHITHAM
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Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KELLY ROBINSON
Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LINDA INTASCHI
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Production Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DESIRÉE PROVEAU
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Press & Public Relations Manager . . . . . . . . . J . RANDY ALLDREAD
Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANTONIO TAN
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