Jane Austen's Emma

Jane Austen's Emma
A Musical Romantic Comedy

Music, Lyrics and Book by Paul Gordon
Directed and Choreographed by Jeff Calhoun
January 15, 2011 - March 6, 2011
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage
Old Globe Theatre

Emma, a timeless love story from one of the most widely read writers of all time, is now a musical and will once again entice modern audiences to fall in love with one of Jane Austen's most adored characters. Emma, a beautiful and clever young woman who prides herself on her matchmaking ability, is preoccupied with romance yet is clueless to her own feelings of love. When she takes on a young friend as her latest project, her well-intentioned efforts misfire, leading to a whirlwind of complications. Deliciously charming, this new romantic comedy from Tony Award nominated composer Paul Gordon and directed by Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun brings Jane Austen's masterpiece to musical life.

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Adam Monley as Mr. Knightley and Patti Murin as Emma Woodhouse in Jane Austen's Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Patti Murin stars as Emma Woodhouse in Jane Austen's Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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Richert Easley as Mr. Woodhouse, Patti Murin as Emma Woodhouse and Adam Monley as Mr. Knightley in Jane Austen's Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

The cast of Jane Austen's Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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Adam Monley as Mr. Knightley in Jane Austen's Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Will Reynolds as Frank Churchill and Patti Murin as Emma Woodhouse in Jane Austen's Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Adam Daveline as Robert Martin and Dani Marcus as Harriet Smith in Jane Austen's
Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Patti Murin as Emma Woodhouse and Adam Monley as Mr. Knightley in Jane Austen's
Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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Will Reynolds will star as Frank Churchill, Patti Murin as Emma Woodhouse and Adam Monley as Mr. Knightley in Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Joan Marcus.

Patti Murin stars as Emma Woodhouse in Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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Patti Murin will star as Emma Woodhouse and Adam Monley as Mr. Knightley in Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy directed by Jeff Calhoun with music, lyrics and book by Paul Gordon, at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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Paul Gordon's Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy will be performed at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.

Jeff Calhoun will direct Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.

Jeff Calhoun will direct Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy at The Old Globe Jan. 15 - March 6, 2011. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.

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CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM (click on a photo to download image)
	Adam Daveline (Robert Martin) recently made his Old Globe debut as The Shepherd in The Winter’s Tale. Some of his regional credits include Bruce in Finding Nemo – The Musical (Walt Disney Creative Entertainment), Javert in Les Misérables, David in Company, Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar, Carl in Bus Stop, Zoser in Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, Adam in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Smudge in Forever Plaid and Baker in Into the Woods. His film work includes Fire Creek (Lifesong Productions). His recordings include the concept albums of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Savior of the World. He has also performed as a featured soloist in Carnegie Hall with the National Alliance for Excellence.
	Richert Easley (Mr. Woodhouse) is happy to return to this role, having played him previously at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. He is a veteran of regional theaters throughout the U.S. including Studio Arena Theater, Stage West, Riverside Theatre and The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, to mention only a few. He has appeared on Broadway in Jack O'Brien's acclaimed revival of Porgy and Bess and Oh! Calcutta! He has appeared on “Law & Order,” and his film credits include the Canadian film Outrageous.
	Suzanne Grodner (Miss Bates) created the role of Miss Bates at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto and has performed Jane Austen’s Emma at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Festival of New Musicals in New York. Her Broadway credits include Bye Bye Birdie (Roundabout Theatre Company) and The Rose Tattoo (Circle in the Square Theatre). Her Off Broadway credits include Sarah, Sarah (Manhattan Theatre Club), Cakewalk and Death Defying Acts (Variety Arts Center), Appelemando’s Dreams (Vineyard Theatre) and Waiting for the Parade (A.W.E.). She has appeared in the National and International Tours of The Phantom of the Opera and Brighton Beach Memoirs. She has appeared regionally in Wintertime (ACT—A Contemporary Theatre), Angels in America (Actors Theatre of Louisville), The Smell of the Kill and Much Ado About Nothing (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), I’m Not Rappaport (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Distracted, Twentieth Century, Living Out, The Fourth Wall and Into the Woods (TheatreWorks), Enchanted April (Pioneer Theatre Company), The Plexiglass Slipper, Tartuffe and Broadway Bound (Asolo Repertory Theatre), The Sisters Rosensweig and The Importance of Being Earnest (Indiana Repertory Theatre), The Princess and the Pea (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), Lost in Yonkers and Backsliding in the Promised Land (Syracuse Stage) and Red Herring (Florida Stage), among others. Grodner’s television credits include “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Ed” and HBO’s “Hidden Signs.”
	Brian Herndon (Mr. Elton) originated the role of Mr. Elton in the very first staged reading in 2006 and has performed the show in Mountain View, Cincinnati, St. Louis and New York City. Herndon makes his Old Globe debut with Jane Austen's Emma. His favorite roles include Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, Charlie in The Foreigner and Leo Bloom in The Producers. Next summer he will be performing as Iachimo in Cymbeline with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival.
	Kelly Hutchinson (Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Elton) has appeared on Broadway in Desire Under the Elms, Major Barbara and Macbeth. Off Broadway she has appeared in Or (Women’s Project), The Voyage of the Carcass (Soho Playhouse), Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul (New York Theatre Workshop) and Romola and Nijinsky at (Primary Stages). Her regional credits include The Understudy (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Penelope of Ithaca (Hangar Theatre), How Shakespeare Won the West (Huntington Theatre Company), The Unmentionables (Yale Repertory Theatre, directed by Anna D. Shapiro), Touch(ed) (Pioneer Theatre Company), Rocket to the Moon (directed by Daniel Fish), CENTERSTAGE, Barrington Stage Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre and others. On television Hutchinson has been seen on “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Hack” and “The Jury,” as well as a recurring role on “Strangers with Candy.” Her films include Catch Me If You Can, Slippery Slope, Hysterical Psycho and the upcoming The Sea Is All I Know with Melissa Leo.
	Dani Marcus (Harriet Smith) is making her Old Globe debut. Her regional credits include Harriet Smith in Jane Austen’s Emma (TheatreWorks, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (San Jose Repertory Theatre), Beggar’s Holiday (Marin Theatre Company, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award) and The Musical of Musicals the Musical! (Center REP Theatre). Marcus’ New York credits include the Drama Desk-nominated The Pirates of Penzance (The National Yiddish Theatre), River’s End (New York Musical Theatre Festival) and Civil War Voices (2010 Midtown International Theatre Festival).
	Adam Monley (Mr. Knightley) was last seen at The Old Globe in Working. He has appeared on Broadway in the original cast of Mamma Mia!, and his National Tour credits include Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera and Mark Twain and Voice of Huck in Deaf West's production of Big River, directed by Jeff Calhoun. He has appeared Off Broadway as Will Plenty in Fanny Hill (York Theatre Company) and Harley in A Gingerbread House (Playwrights Horizon). His regional credits include Paul in Carnival! (Goodspeed Musicals, directed by Darko Tresnjak), Curly in Oklahoma! and Romeo in Romeo and Bernadette (Paper Mill Playhouse) and Henrik in A Little Night Music (North Shore Music Theatre).
	Patti Murin (Emma Woodhouse) recently played Euterpe and understudied Kira/Clio in Xanadu on Broadway. Her other recent credits include playing Lysistrata Jones in Douglas Carter Beane's new musical, Give It Up! (Dallas Theater Center), Waverly in Next Thing You Know by Josh Salzman and Ryan Cunningham (Berkshire Theatre Festival) and Nicole in Band Geeks! (Goodspeed Musicals). Murin’s other favorite credits include Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Theatre of the Stars), every production of David Zippel's Princesses (Goodspeed Musicals and 5th Avenue Theatre), Amber in Hairspray (Cape Playhouse) and originating the role of Sharpay Evans in the premiere professional production of Disney's High School Musical (Theatre of the Stars, directed by Jeff Calhoun).
	Amanda Naughton (Mrs. Weston) has previously appeared at the Globe in Lost in Yonkers, The Women, The Constant Wife, Loves and Hours and Paramour. Her Broadway credits include Into the Woods (2002 revival) and The Secret Garden (also the National Tour, Jefferson Award nominee). She has appeared Off Broadway in Romance in Hard Times, Hundreds of Hats, 3 Postcards and Mr. President. Regionally she has been seen in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (La Jolla Playhouse), A Little Night Music (Goodspeed Musicals, LA Opera and South Coast Repertory), Amour and O. Henry's Lovers (Goodspeed Musicals), On the Town (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera), Gypsy, Tartuffe, The Waves, Misalliance, Bedroom Farce and The Threepenny Opera (Hangar Theatre), Anything Goes, Hello, Dolly!, The Sound of Music, The Foreigner, Lend Me a Tenor, Steel Magnolias and Barefoot in the Park (Forestburgh Playhouse),The Royal Family (Caldwell Theatre Company), The Betrayal of Nora Blake (Cuillo Centre For The Arts), Another Kind of Hero (Walnut Street Theatre) and Edith Stein (Geva Theatre). Her television credits include the role of Betty Roberts on AMC's original series “Remember WENN,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Payne” (with John Larroquette) and “Chappelle's Show.”
	Don Noble (Mr. Weston) played Sam Carmichael in Mamma Mia! (National Tour) and has appeared Off Broadway in That Other Woman's Child and Perfect Crime. Recent regional credits include Dr. Winston in Cactus Flower, Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird and Gabriel Conroy in James Joyce's The Dead (Capital Repertory Theater). In Canada his many credits include Nicky Arnstein in Funny Girl, Lord Goring in An Ideal Husband, Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest, Reverend Morell in Candida, Captain Bluntschli in Arms and the Man and The Narrator in Blood Brothers, as well as The Long Weekend (Theatre Aquarius), Anne of Green Gables (Drayton Festival Theatre), The Last Resort (Stage West), Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (Western Canada Theatre), Elizabeth Rex (Arts Club), The Tempest and Henry IV Part 1 (Bard on the Beach), A Christmas Carol (Carousel Theatre) and The Diary of Anne Frank (Chemainus Theatre Festival).
	Allison Spratt Pearce (Jane Fairfax) was recently seen in the Old Globe/USD M.F.A. production of The Winter’s Tale. Her Broadway and Off Broadway credits include Cry-Baby, Curtains, Good Vibrations and Enter Laughing. She has appeared in the National and European Tours of Cabaret, Grease and Jekyll & Hyde. Her New York and regional credits are Barnum, Footloose, Singin' in the Rain, Plane Crazy, My Fair Lady (Capital Repertory Theater), The Girl in the Frame (Goodspeed Musicals and Manhattan Theatre Club), Cinderella (Arkansas Repertory Theatre), Oklahoma! (Casa Mañana) and Thoroughly Modern Millie and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Flat Rock Playhouse). Pearce’s film and television credits include The Smurfs (spring 2011) and He Got Game.
	Will Reynolds (Frank Churchill) is making his Globe debut. Previous credits include the North American Tour of Mamma Mia!, Curly in Oklahoma! and the title role in Candide (Chicago Light Opera Works), Jean-Michel in La Cage Aux Folles (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Frankie in Forever Plaid (Cape Playhouse), Jason in Ordinary Days (Adirondack Theatre Festival) and Gerald in A Woman of No Importance (Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre). Reynolds was nominated for a Connecticut Critics Circle Award as Huck Finn in Big River (Goodspeed Musicals). His film credits include The Good Shepherd. As a writer, Reynolds’ was honored to be selected by ASCAP for the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, and his musical The Greenwood Tree (with text by Shakespeare) was featured in the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival and most recently at the Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage festival.
	Paul Gordon (Music, Lyrics and Book) premiered Jane Austen’s Emma at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto in September 2007. Gordon’s musical has since had successful regional productions at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. In 2001, Gordon was nominated for a Tony Award for composing the music and lyrics to the Broadway musical Jane Eyre directed by John Caird and Scott Schwartz. Daddy Long Legs, also written with John Caird, had its world premiere at Rubicon Theatre Company in the fall of 2009 and has gone on to play TheatreWorks, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Broad Stage in Los Angeles and will receive productions at Northlight Theatre, La Mirada Theatre and Laguna Playhouse. His other works include Lucky Break, written with Jay Gruska and Seth Friedman, based on the 1976 film The Front, Death: The Musical and Analogue and Vinyl. Gordon is currently working on Little Miss Scrooge, a contemporary retelling of the Dickens classic. He has written several number-one pop songs and is the recipient of nine ASCAP Awards.
	Jeff Calhoun (Director and Choreographer) is delighted to return to The Old Globe where he co-directed Himself and Nora with Joe Hardy. Calhoun directed the Broadway-bound production of Bonnie & Clyde at the Asolo Repertory Theatre following an award-winning run at La Jolla Playhouse (Craig Noel Awards for Outstanding New Musical and Outstanding Director of a Musical). He directed and choreographed the First National Tour of the stage musical adaptation of the hit Dolly Parton Film 9 to 5. Calhoun also directed the world premiere productions, domestic and international tours of Disney’s High School Musical: On Stage and Disney’s High School Musical 2: On Stage. He directed and choreographed the Deaf West Theatre production of Pippin at the Mark Taper Forum. Calhoun directed and choreographed the award-winning Deaf West Theatre production of Big River (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Best Revival; Drama Desk nomination for Best Director of a Musical; Ovation and L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards for Direction and Choreography). Calhoun was a producer as well as director/choreographer for the Broadway production of Brooklyn the Musical and the director/choreographer of the 1994 Broadway revival of Grease! (Tony nomination, Best Choreography). He co-choreographed the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun (Tony Award, Best Revival). Calhoun’s Broadway directing debut was Tommy Tune Tonite!, and his collaboration with Tune led to the 1991 Tony for Best Choreography for the Will Rogers Follies. Calhoun is an Associate Artist at Ford’s Theatre.
	Brad Haak (Music Supervisor) has served as music director and conductor for Mary Poppins, now in its fourth year on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include music direction and arrangements for Elton John's Lestat, music direction for Chance and Chemistry: A Centennial Celebration of Frank Loesser (featuring Sir Paul McCartney) and orchestrations for Children and Art , a75th birthday celebration for Stephen Sondheim. As music supervisor and orchestrator for Paul Gordon, he has worked on Jane Eyre in Tokyo, Japan, and Daddy Long Legs (currently playing regionally in the U.S.), as well as Lucky Break (based on Woody Allen’s The Front) and Little Miss Scrooge, both currently in development in New York. His other international credits include Honk! in Singapore and Manilla, Philippines. He served as assistant conductor for the First National Tour of The Lion King. He has numerous regional credits include Gypsy (Muny in St. Louis), Children of Eden (Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C.) and Les Misérables (Marriott Theatre In Lincolnshire, Jeff Award nomination for Music Direction). Haak is a graduate of Northwestern University and a native of Chicago.
	Tobin Ost (Scenic Design) has worked on the Broadway productions of The Philanthropist (costume design and associate scenic design) and Brooklyn the Musical (costume design and associate scenic design). His selected Off Broadway credits include Nightingale (scenic design, Manhattan Theatre Club), Grace (scenic design, MCC Theater), The Overwhelming (costume design and associate scenic design, Roundabout Theatre Company), Zanna, Don’t! (co-scenic and costume design), Almost Heaven: Songs of John Denver (costume design) and Fighting Words (scenic design). His selected regional credits include Bonnie & Clyde (costume and scenic design, La Jolla Playhouse and Asolo Repertory Theatre), Pippin (Mark Taper Forum), The Civil War and Shenandoah (Ford’s Theatre), Nightingale (Mark Taper Forum and Hartford Stage), Sleeping Beauty Wakes (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Elegies (Barrington Stage Company), Himself and Nora (The Old Globe), Richard II and Romeo and Juliet (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Indoor/Outdoor (Portland Stage Company), Rice Boy (Yale Repertory Theatre) and Breaking Up is Hard to Do and 33 Variations (Capital Repertory Theater). Ost is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
	Denitsa Bliznakova (Costume Design) is happy to return to The Old Globe where she has previously designed The Whipping Man, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Opus. Her design work elsewhere includes productions at Falcon Theatre, A Noise Within, New Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival and others. Her previous work also includes touring shows for Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theater Program and projects for The Santa Fe Opera, San Diego Opera and “Law & Order.” Her design and stylist credits for other media include music videos for Switchfoot, Bigg Steele and John Mayer; the short films Midgetman, Sleep in Heavenly Peace and La Cerca; and the feature films Johnny Got His Gun and Undercover Kids. Bliznakova is currently an Assistant Professor at San Diego State University where she leads the M.F.A. Costume Design program. For more information visit www.denitsa.com.
	Michael Gilliam (Lighting Design) has designed for the Broadway productions of Brooklyn the Musical, Big River and Stand-Up Tragedy. On the West End he has designed George Gershwin Alone, and Off Broadway he has designed Striking 12, Blue, End of the World Party, Zooman and the Sign and Menopause The Musical. His National Tour credits include Brooklyn the Musical, Guys and Dolls and Big River. Regionally he has designed for Arena Stage, The Alley Theatre, The Old Globe Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Pasadena Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Prince Music Theater, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Arizona Theatre Company. He has received Los Angeles Ovation Awards, Dramalogue Awards, Garland Awards and the 1999 Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.
	David Patridge (Sound Design) recently designed Robin and the 7 Hoods, Sammy and Ace at The Old Globe. His other sound design credits include Mentiras in Mexico City, Angels in America and Needfire in Toronto along with regional productions of Singin’ in the Rain, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Ace, Sweeney Todd and Miss Saigon. Credits as associate sound designer on Broadway include Come Fly Away, 9 to 5, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, Tarzan, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and In My Life. Over the past 10 years, Patridge has been responsible for multiple US and international productions of Mamma Mia! and We Will Rock You and has worked for over 25 years as a mixer and production sound engineer.
	John H. Shivers (Sound Design) has sound designed the Broadway productions of 9 to 5 (for which he received a 2009 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Sound Design and a 2008/2009 Ovation Award nomination for Best Sound Design), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, In My Life, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays and Julia Sweeney’s God Said “Ha!” He is also credited with associate sound design for the Broadway and worldwide productions of The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Producers, Hairspray, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Big: The Musical, The Who’s Tommy, Guys and Dolls and The Buddy Holly Story. Other credits include the sound design for Leap of Faith, work with Savion Glover and extensive concert touring with Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach and Gregory Hines. Shivers is happy to return to The Old Globe where he has previously sound designed productions of Robin and the 7 Hoods, Sammy and Ace. He is married to singer/songwriter Catherine Porter with whom he has a gem of a daughter, Ruby.
	Laura Bergquist (Musical Director) conducted National Tours of The King and I, Titanic and Miss Saigon. She is a frequent guest conductor in regional theaters and a clinician in universities and churches. An ASCAP Awards recipient for composition, her personal catalogue includes more than 60 works in print and several recordings. Her other Paul Gordon collaborations include the world premieres of Jane Eyre and Daddy Long Legs plus Jane Austen’s Emma at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Additional regional work includes Rubicon Theatre Company, Northlight Theatre, Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma, Music Theatre of Wichita, Stage One and Atlanta’s Theatre of the Stars, as well as New York Stage and Film, Julliard, New York Musical Theatre Festival, Midtown International Theatre Festival and National Alliance for Musical Theatre. She has been on the teaching faculties of Friends University and NYU at Playwrights Horizon. Bergquist resides in New York City with her husband, Joe, and works as a music director, pianist, performer and vocal coach. For Ed Stern.
	Robert Barry Fleming (Voice and Dialect Coach) has served as vocal and dialect coach for The Old Globe productions of Sight Unseen and Whisper House. His other representative coaching credits include A View from the Bridge and Death of a Salesman (Arena Stage) and the La Jolla Playhouse productions of Ruined (Huntington Theatre Company and Berkeley Repertory Theatre co-production), The Adding Machine, Most Wanted, The Wiz and Bonnie & Clyde,also directed by Jeff Calhoun. Fleming, a Bay Area Critics Circle Award-winning director, will helm the upcoming productions of Stick Fly for Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company and Blues in the Night for Center REP Theatre.
	Thomas J. Gates (Stage Manager) is very pleased to be working once again with Jeff Calhoun. His Broadway credits include Finian’s Rainbow, Hairspray, High Fidelity, Brooklyn the Musical and Noises Off. His tours include White Christmas (Boston), Chicago, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Brooklyn the Musical and Grease. Off Broadway he has stage managed The Screwtape Letters, Departure Lounge, Hamlet, Guardians, The Normal Heart, The Exonerated and The Irish…and How They Got That Way. His regional credits include Radio Girl (Goodspeed Musicals) and Hairspray (Paper Mill Playhouse). Gates is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.
	Erin Gioia Albrecht (Assistant Stage Manager) has regional stage management credits that include Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, The Madness of George III, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Cyrano de Bergerac, Twelfth Night, Coriolanus, Working and Bell, Book and Candle (The Old Globe) and Creditors, The Third Story, No Child… and a workshop of The Weathermen (La Jolla Playhouse). Her New York credits include The Third Story (MCC Theater), Marvin’s Room (T. Schreiber Studio), The Great American Desert (78th Street Theatre Lab) and The Chekhov Dreams (Manhattan Theatre Source). Her UC San Diego credits include The Misanthrope, Surf Orpheus, Medea, Red State Blue Grass, Twelfth Night and The Labyrinth of Desire. Albrecht received her M.F.A. in Stage Management from UC San Diego.