How The Grinch Stole Christmas! Press Page

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!

November 19, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Old Globe Theatre
Conrad Prebys Theatre Center

Book and Lyrics by Timothy Mason
Music by Mel Marvin
Original Production Conceived and Directed by Jack O’Brien
Directed by James Vásquez
Original Choreography by John DeLuca
Additional Choreography by Bob Richard
Musical Direction by Ron Colvard
Scenic Design by John Lee Beatty
Costume Design by Robert Morgan
Lighting Design by Pat Collins
Sound Design by Paul Peterson
Orchestrator, Anita Ruth
Vocal Arrangements and Incidental Music by Joshua Rosenblum
Dance Music Arranger, David Krane
Stage Manager, Leila Knox

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a wonderful, whimsical musical based upon the classic Dr. Seuss book. Back for its 14th incredible year, the family favorite features the songs “This Time of Year,” “Santa for a Day” and “Fah Who Doraze,” the delightful carol from the popular animated version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Celebrate the holidays as the Old Globe Theatre is once again transformed into the snow-covered Whoville, right down to the last can of Who-hash.

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Remy Margaret Corbin as Cindy-Lou Who and Steve Blanchard as The Grinch in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Steve Blanchard stars as The Grinch in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Caitlin McAuliffe as Cindy-Lou Who and Steve Blanchard as The Grinch in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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Steve Blanchard as The Grinch and Logan Lipton as Young Max in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Logan Lipton as Young Max and Steve Blanchard as The Grinch in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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Cindy-Lou Who (Caitlin McAuliffe), The Grinch (Steve Blanchard) and all of Whoville celebrate the gift of Christmas in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

The citizens of Whoville in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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Steve Blanchard as The Grinch and Remy Margaret Corbin as Cindy-Lou Who in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

(from left) Steve Gunderson as Old Max and Logan Lipton as Young Max in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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(from left) Amanda Naughton as Grandma Who, Kelsey Venter as Mama Who, Geno Carr as Papa Who and Phil Johnson as Grandpa Who in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

(from left) Logan Lipton as Young Max, Steve Blanchard as The Grinch, Kelsey Venter as Mama Who and Geno Carr as Papa Who with the citizens of Whoville in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Steve Blanchard as The Grinch with the citizens of Whoville in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical runs Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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(from left) Steve Gunderson appears as Old Max, Remy Margaret Corbin as Cindy-Lou Who, Steve Blanchard as The Grinch, Caitlin McAuliffe as Cindy-Lou Who and Logan Lipton as Young Max in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Steve Blanchard stars as The Grinch in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

(from left) Remy Margaret Corbin and Caitlin McAuliffe star as Cindy-Lou Who and Steve Blanchard as The Grinch in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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Remy Margaret Corbin stars as Cindy-Lou Who and Steve Blanchard as The Grinch in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Steve Blanchard stars as The Grinch and Caitlin McAuliffe as Cindy-Lou Who in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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(clockwise from left) Steve Gunderson appears as Old Max, Steve Blanchard as The Grinch, Logan Lipton as Young Max and Caitlin McAuliffe and Remy Margaret Corbin as Cindy-Lou Who in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

(from left) Remy Margaret Corbin and Caitlin McAuliffe star as Cindy-Lou Who in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

(from left) Steve Gunderson appears as Old Max, Steve Blanchard as The Grinch and Logan Lipton as Young Max in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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Remy Margaret Corbin stars as Cindy-Lou Who in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Caitlin McAuliffe stars as Cindy-Lou Who in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Logan Lipton appears as Young Max in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

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Steve Gunderson appears as Old Max in the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

The cast and creative team of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe: (back row) musical director Ron Colvard, actors Logan Lipton and Steve Gunderson and director James Vasquez and (front row) actors Remy Margaret Corbin, Steve Blanchard and Caitlin McAuliffe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

James Vasquez directs the 2011 production of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! at The Old Globe. The annual holiday musical will run Nov. 19 - Dec. 31, 2011. Photo by Henry DiRocco.

Cast and Creative Team

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	AARON ACOSTA (Danny Who) has previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’09 and ‘10). His other theater credits include Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin (La Jolla Playhouse), Ringleader in My Son Pinocchio (San Diego Junior Theatre) and Young Daniel in Once on This Island, Young Fool in Big River, Gavroche in Les Misérables and Wickersham Brother in Seussical the Musical (California Youth Conservatory Theatre). Acosta received the 2009 National Youth Theatre Award for Outstanding Featured Actor (13 and under) for his portrayal of Gavroche in Les Misérables.
	LUKE BABBITT (Boo Who) is an 11-year-old fifth grader at Murray Manor Elementary School in La Mesa. This is his fist time performing at The Old Globe. He has been a part of several productions with Kroc Kids at the Ray and Joan Kroc Center. Some of his favorite roles have included Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol, Kurt in The Sound of Music and Benjamin in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Babbitt would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and he hopes that you enjoy the show.
	STEVE BLANCHARD (The Grinch) has appeared on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast, Camelot, The Three Musketeers and A Christmas Carol. His National Tours include Little House on the Prairie, Camelot, The Phantom of the Opera, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Hans Christian Andersen. His Off Broadway credits include Johnny Guitar, Frankenstein, Treasure Island and Moby Dick. His television credits include “Law & Order,” “Third Watch,” “Cupid,” “Ed,” Sunset Beat, “Police Story,” Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card, “Guiding Light,” “One Life to Live” and “Another World.” He can be heard on the original recordings of Johnny Guitar, Sundown, Frankenstein and Northbound Train.
	LIAM JAMES BRANDT (Little Who Ensemble) is pleased to return to Whoville and The Old Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘10). His other theater credits include The Comedy of Errors and The Jungle Book (North Coast Repertory Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (Actors Alliance of San Diego), The Music Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Princess and the Pea, Beauty and the Beast, Annie and The Wizard of Oz (Coast Kids Theater) and The Little Red Hen (San Diego Junior Theatre). Brandt had a voice-over role in Somewhere (The Old Globe). He studies dance at The Carlsbad Dance Center and is a student at The Nativity School in Rancho Santa Fe. His favorite Dr. Seuss book is What Was I Scared Of?
	ANNIE BUCKLEY (Annie Who) is a 12-year-old sixth grade student at Murdock Elementary in La Mesa. She recently appeared as Duffy in Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions). She played Lily in An American Christmas and understudied Sydney in Christmas on the Edge (Lamb’s Players Theatre). She has also performed in The Music Man and Peter Pan under the direction of Dr. A (Peter Pan Junior Theater). She enjoys playing soccer, creating art (honored three times at the county-level Reflections program), singing lessons with Cris O’Bryon and dancing. Buckley is honored and excited to be performing at The Old Globe this holiday. She would like to thank her family, friends and recent directors for always believing in her, and she wishes everyone a warm holiday.
	JACOB CALTRIDER (Grown-Up Who Ensemble) previously appeared at the Globe in The Rocky Horror Show. His local credits include Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd and The History Boys (Cygnet Theatre Company), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (North Coast Repertory Theatre) and Twist, Yank! and the original cast of The Daddy Machine (Diversionary Theatre).
	GENO CARR (Papa Who) is thrilled to make his Old Globe debut. Since moving to San Diego, he has been seen as Truffledino in The Servant of Two Masters, Jacey Squires in The Music Man and Jake in miXtape (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Orin in Little Shop of Horrors, Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd and upcoming Parade (Cygnet Theatre Company), New York Man in I Love You Because and Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (North Coast Repertory Theatre) and Count Lothar in A Waltz Dream (Lyric Opera San Diego). Carr has appeared Off Broadway in Bush Wars, on the National Tours of Phantom, The Buddy Holly Story and Grease, and his favorite regional credits include Leo Bloom in The Producers, Harold Nichols in The Full Monty, Sparky in Forever Plaid, Bat Boy in Bat Boy: The Musical, Younger Brother in Ragtime, Smee in Peter Pan, Feste in Twelfth Night, Buddy Fidler in City of Angels, Luther Billis in South Pacific, Applegate in Damn Yankees, Underling in The Drowsy Chaperone, Man #2 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie. He has an M.F.A. in Acting and Directing from Sarah Lawrence College, a dual B.A. in Music and Theatre Arts from Hartwick College and serves on the theater faculty at Grossmont College.
	NANCY SNOW CARR (Grown-Up Who Ensemble) is honored to make her Old Globe debut with her husband Geno Carr. Carr’s most recent project was creating the role of Smeraldina in the world premiere of the new musical The Servant of Two Masters at Lamb’s Players Theatre. She has been seen on the National Tours of Phantom as the understudy for Christine and The Buddy Holly Story. She also appeared as Dorothy in the Washington, DC premiere of Hunter Foster and David Kirshenbaum’s Summer of ‘42 (Round House Theatre). Some of her favorite regional credits include Julie Jordan in Carousel, Eve and Mama Noah in Children of Eden, Babe in Crimes of the Heart, Sunny in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Nellie in South Pacific, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and Bobbi and Gabby in City of Angels. Carr received her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Elon University and her M.F.A. from San Diego State University. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. In addition to performing, Carr operates a private studio where she offers voice and acting lessons, monologue coaching and audition preparation. She feels truly blessed and duly grateful to have the opportunity to make a living in the arts.
	NIKKI CASTILLO (Little Who Ensemble) made her Globe debut last year in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She was more recently featured in Odyssey at the Globe and was seen as July in Annie at Moonlight Stage Productions. Her other theater credits include The Fantastic Mr. Fox, My Son Pinocchio and Seussical the Musical (San Diego Junior Theatre) and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Annie Jr. (Arts Off Broadway). As part of Leigh Scarritt Productions, she was featured in A Night of Divas at Lyric at the Birch and at the San Diego Shakespeare Student Festival and Celebrity Sonnets Festival. She also had the honor of singing both the Philippine and the U.S. national anthems at a recent Philippine Independence Day festival. Castillo is 12 years old and in seventh grade at Good Shepherd Catholic School. She feels delighted and blessed to be back in Whoville this Christmas and is grateful to God, to her family and friends for all their love and support and to Walker and Scarritt Leigh for their guidance and encouragement.
	REMY MARGARET CORBIN (Cindy-Lou Who) made her Old Globe debut last year as Cindy-Lou Who and is delighted to be back in Whoville for another holiday season. She recently appeared as Molly in Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions) and other theater credits include Annie Jr. and Disney’s Cinderella Kids. Corbin has danced in San Elijo Dance and Music Academy’s Nutcracker at California Center for the Arts, Escondido (‘08,’09) and is always seen twirling and tapping. A second grader, she enjoys doing projects on her classroom Smart Board, playing with friends, writing stories and cuddling with her dog.
	KEVIN DAVISON (Little Who Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his debut at The Old Globe and thanks the artistic team for an amazing experience. He was most recently seen as Jojo in Seussical the Musical (Pickwick Players). Some of his other favorite roles have been The Mayor of Munchkinland in The Wizard of Oz, Bashful in Snow White (CYT) and Michael Darling in Peter Pan (Christian Youth Theater – San Diego). Davison, who is 11 years old, is an outstanding student at Horizon Christian Academy. He loves singing and dancing and writing music. When he isn't on stage he likes to create scripts for plays and television shows (complete with theme music) and play with his crazy beagle, Shrek. He enjoys watching old television shows like “The Addams Family” and “The Cosby Show.” He also likes all kinds of movies ranging from Bye Bye Birdie to Transformers and everything in between. Davison hopes to be on Broadway someday but knows that wherever life takes him he will always have a song in his heart.
	DANIELLE DAWSON (Little Who Ensemble) is excited to be celebrating the holidays in Whoville. Her prior favorite roles include Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (Sycamore Ridge Drama Club) and Annie in Annie (CYT@school). She dances at the California Ballet School and has performed in The Nutcracker (‘05-‘10) and Alice in Wonderland (‘09, ‘11) with California Ballet Company. She also studies and performs at San Diego Junior Theatre, most recently dancing and singing in A Year with Frog and Toad. She is a Girl Scout, is learning piano and cello and plays in the Carmel Valley Middle School orchestra.
	JULIA DAWSON (Little Who Ensemble) is an aspiring triple threat who is ecstatic to join the Grinch cast this year. She studies dance at the California Ballet School and has performed in The Nutcracker (‘07-‘10) and Alice in Wonderland (‘09, ‘11) with California Ballet Company. Julia has also performed with San Diego Junior Theatre in A Year with Frog and Toad and with Broadway Bound Youth Theatre, where her favorite role was Duffy in Annie. She enjoys Girl Scouts and creating improv theater with her Drama Girl friends at Sycamore Ridge Drama Club. Happy Grinchy holidays.
	MADI RAE DIPIETRO (Little Who Ensemble) made her musical theater debut this year at La Jolla Playhouse as a pageant girl in Little Miss Sunshine and just finished appearing at the Lyceum in San Diego Musical Theatre’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as part of the ensemble cast. DiPietro is thrilled to be joining the cast of Grinch at The Old Globe. She is an accomplished dancer at the age of 11 trained in ballet, jazz, tap and lyrical dance as well as musical theater and is an avid choreographer. She has appeared in numerous commercials for Disney, LEGOLAND and Wal-Mart and made her television debut in the NBC soap opera “Days of our Lives.”
	RANDALL DODGE (Grown-Up Who Ensemble) previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06, ’07 and ‘10). His regional credits include The Light in the Piazza, Annie, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Sound of Music, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, Company, Annie Get Your Gun, Crazy for You, The Secret Garden, Beauty and the Beast, The Pirates of Penzance, The Fantasticks, Children of Eden, The Most Happy Fella, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Promises, Promises, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, She Loves Me, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and the West Coast Premieres of No Way to Treat a Lady and Pete ‘n’ Keely. Dodge is a proud graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts New York City..
	A.J. FOGGIANO (Teen Who) is thrilled to be back for a fifth year. His theater credits include Christopher in Whisper House and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’06-’09 and ’11, The Old Globe), Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor (The Old Globe Summer Shakespeare Intensive), Randolph MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie (San Diego Musical Theatre), Coroner, Ozian and Monkey in The Wizard of Oz (Starlight Musical Theatre), Frog in A Year with Frog and Toad and Dan Dad and Jesus in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (San Diego Junior Theatre), Horton in Seussical the Musical (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego), Eddie and Rabi in 13 (American Rose Theatre) and Michael Darling in Peter Pan (Christian Youth Theater). His film and television credits include Drug User in an Oxycontin PSA (KUSI), Anthony in Ready? OK! (Daisy 3 Pictures) and Young Keokum in The Legend of Pocahontas (I Can Fly Pictures).
	STEVE GUNDERSON (Old Max) has previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘99, ‘00, ‘03, ‘05, ’07-‘10), Suds: The Rocking ‘60s Musical Soap Opera (also co-writer/arranger), A Trip to Chinatown and Hadrian VII. His Off Broadway credits include Suds (original cast), Forever Plaid, Back to Bacharach and David (original cast, co-created with Kathy Najimy), Butley and Street Scene. His recent roles include the Baker in Into the Woods (New Village Arts) and Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre Company). His additional credits include Memphis (La Jolla Playhouse), Romance, Miss Witherspoon and A Christmas Carol (San Diego Repertory Theatre), An Ideal Husband (Lamb’s Players Theatre) and major roles at Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, North Coast Repertory Theatre, La Mirada Theatre, Theatre in Old Town and Welk Resorts Theatre. He played multiple roles in the National Tour of The Grapes of Wrath with Ed Harris and in the popular revue The Melinda & Steve Show with Melinda Gilb. His television credits include various voices on “King of the Hill” and the new “Beavis and Butt-Head.” In 2010 Gunderson won the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Craig Noel Award for Actor of the Year and for his performance as Wilbur in Hairspray (San Diego Repertory Theatre).
	MEREDITH INGLESBY (Grown-Up Who Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her debut at The Old Globe. Her Broadway credits include Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. Her National Tour credits include Little House on the Prairie and Disney's On the Record. Regionally she has appeared as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Diana Morales in A Chorus Line, Guinevere in Camelot, Polly in Crazy for You and Roxie Hart in Chicago. Her television credits include “Law & Order.” She can be heard on the cast recordings of On the Record and The Little Mermaid.
	KYLE J. JACKSON (Grown-Up Who Ensemble) is thrilled to back at the Globe for his second year of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! He acquired a B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State University, Fullerton, and he classically trained in voice at California State University, Long Beach. He has previously worked as a principal singer for Celebrity Cruises. His theater credits include the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Roger in Grease, Young Fool in Big River, Horton in Seussical the Musical, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado and Pirates of Penzance (Performance Riverside), The Gondoliers directed by Richard Sheldon and La Fille du Regiment directed by Nicola Bowie.
	PHIL JOHNSON (Grandpa Who) has appeared on Broadway in Les Misérables and in the National Tours of Sunset Boulevard and Miss Saigon. His San Diego credits include Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (The Old Globe), Little Shop of Horrors (Cygnet Theatre Company), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Leading Ladies and Pageant (North Coast Repertory Theatre), The New Century (Diversionary Theatre), A Christmas Carol (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Forever Plaid (Theatre in Old Town), True West (Sledgehammer Theatre), Nemesis and Travis & Phil (2006 Actor’s Fest—Best of Fest). His original comedies include Nemesis with Mike Sears, True Lounge and Say Cheese (San Diego, Los Angeles and Chicago) and Casa del HaHa, an original sketch show. His television credits include “Notes from the Underbelly” (ABC), and he is a member of Acme Comedy Theatre, L.A.
	GABI LEIBOWITZ (Betty-Lou Who) is proud and excited to be making her debut appearance at The Old Globe. She is 13 years old and has been performing in dance, musical theater and film throughout San Diego since the age of four. She recently played Shprintze in Fiddler on the Roof at Lyric at the Birch and has been fortunate to train and perform with local community theater companies including Lyric’s Summer Academy, San Diego Junior Theatre, JCompany Youth Theatre and Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego. Some of her favorite roles include Grandmother Fa in Disney's Mulan* and Miss Sandra in All Shook Up. Leibowitz has studied jazz, ballet and tap for as long as she can remember and has danced locally in The Nutcracker for eight consecutive years. She is also passionate about singing and is extremely grateful for her voice coach at ProVoce Studios. Highlights of her vocal achievements in 2011 include San Diego Superstars Finalist, San Diego’s Got Talent Finalist and Carlsbad Community Talent Finalist. She is currently the opening performer at Clean Comedy Live in San Diego. Leibowitz has been blessed with a wonderful community of family, friends, coaches and mentors and appreciates all of their love, guidance and inspiration.
	LOGAN LIPTON (Young Max) is pleased to return for his fourth season as Young Max at the Globe. He originated the role of Boq in the First National Tour of Wicked and joined the Broadway company soon thereafter, where he performed the role for close to two years. Off Broadway he has performed in Cupid & Psyche. Regionally, Lipton has appeared in Cy Coleman’s Great Ostrofsky (Prince Music Theater), Beauty and the Beast (Casa Mañana) and as Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Weston Playhouse). His New York readings include Office Space and Extraordinary Ordinary with Jason Danieley and Lisa Howard (Dreamlight Theatre Company), Saved (Playwrights Horizons), Bernice Bobs Her Hair and No Boundaries (Manhattan Theatre Club) and The Kay Swift Project directed by Casey Nicholaw with Beth Leavel. His film credits include Dumping Lisa directed by John Oliver and The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island starring Ernest Borgnine. Lipton’s television credits include “Medium.” He is a proud graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of Michigan. He also co-developed and produces the electronic-pop musical immersion experience Walker in Babylon with production company New Make Do.
	CAITLIN MCAULIFFE (Cindy-Lou Who) is so excited to be making her professional acting debut as Cindy-Lou Who in this year’s production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She is an eight year old who has been dancing on stage since the age of four. She is passionate about performing in jazz and tap dance competitions and loves spending time with her friends and teachers at the San Diego Dance Centre. She enjoys singing in the church choir and especially loves performing with Miss Leigh. As part of Leigh Scarritt Productions she has performed at the Shakespeare Sonnet Festival and A Night of Divas and has sung in group performances at the Birch North Park Theatre, Starlight Musical Theatre and the Manchester Grand Hyatt Ballroom. In her free time, she loves hanging out with her three brothers and snuggling with her two dogs. She feels very blessed to be a part of this wonderful production.
	JONAS MCMULLEN (Danny Who) is honored to be returning to The Old Globe this holiday season. He had the pleasure of playing Boo Who in the Globe’s 2009 season and is thrilled to be back in Whoville. Most recently, McMullen performed the role of Patrick in Lyric Opera San Diego’s 2011 production of Mame. Also, he performed with the San Diego Opera in their 2011 season in Turandot and Der Rosenkavalier. Additionally, he appeared in the 2011 National Tour of The Wizard of Oz at the San Diego Civic Theatre. He has been fortunate to work with other community theater groups in San Diego such as J*Company Youth Theatre and California Youth Conservatory. A special thank you to Miss Leigh for her love and guidance. Most importantly, he is grateful for the love and support from his family and friends.
	DYLAN JAMES MULVANEY (Teen Who) is a freshman at Cathedral Catholic High School and is excited to rejoin the Grinch cast this holiday season. His theater credits include Danny Who in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ('08 and '09, The Old Globe), Celebrity Sonnets (San Diego Shakespeare Society), Ernst in Spring Awakening, Snoopy in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Albert in Bye Bye Birdie and Ryan in High School Musical (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego) and Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Canyon Crest Academy). Mulvaney won Best Child Broadway Singer in Hollywood's Best New Talent Awards 2009. He has had the pleasure of working with mentors such as Roy Mote and Leigh Scarritt. When he is not on stage, he can be found singing and dancing in Cathedral's glee club directed by Katie Wilson.
	DYLAN NALBANDIAN (Boo Who) has previously appeared at the Globe in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (’09 and ’10) and is thrilled to return again this year as Boo Who. His other theater credits include Michael in Peter Pan, Chip in Beauty and the Beast, White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, Mowgli in The Jungle Book and many others (Broadway Theater Arts Academy). He is on the competition dance team for Georgia’s School of Dance. He is 11 years old and in fifth grade. He has been a huge fan of The Grinch at the Globe since he first saw it when he was three years old. Nalbandian is very excited to be back in Whoville with his Who family this holiday season.
	AMANDA NAUGHTON (Grandma Who) has previously appeared at the Globe in Jane Austen’s Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy, 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.” She received her B.F.A. from Ithaca College.
	CARLY NYKANEN (Grown-Up Who Ensemble) is excited to be back at The Old Globe where she was last seen as a Who in 2006. Her regional credits include Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin and Bonnie & Clyde (La Jolla Playhouse), Harvey (Lamb's Players Theatre), Urinetown, Into the Woods, Oklahoma and Sweeney Todd (Starlight Musical Theatre) and Fiddler on the Roof and Twice Upon a Time (Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities). Nykanen has been seen in several commercials and TLC's medical reenactment show “I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant.” She would like to thank Dr. Seuss for creating the strange and beautiful Whoville. She received her B.A. from UC Irvine. She is a proud member of AEA.
	NATASHA PARTNOY (Betty-Lou Who) is thrilled to be making her Globe debut. This past summer she appeared in the title role in Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions). She has also played Tina Denmark in Ruthless! (The Broadway Theater in Vista). Her other favorite past credits include Fiddler on the Roof (JCompany Youth Theatre), The Sound of Music* (Pacific Children’s Theatre) and Bye Bye Birdie (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego). She loves to sing and has enjoyed performing at PETCO Park, the California Center for the Arts, Lyric Opera San Diego, San Diego Shakespeare Society, Starlight Musical Theatre and many other venues. Partnoy is a sixth grader at Francis Parker School. She is excited to celebrate Christmas with her friends in Whoville.
	MADISON PYLE (Annie Who) is thrilled to be in this production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She is an 11 year old who is passionate about reading, creative writing, tap dancing and musical theater. Most recently, she performed in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre in The Globe’s musical theater event Odyssey. Her other theater credits include Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions) and Beauty and the Beast, Junie B. Jones and Pinkalicious (San Diego Junior Theatre). Pyle has been enjoying The Grinch with her family since she was 5 years old. Now she is excited to be part of the magic of Whoville this holiday season.
	EMMA RASSE (Little Who Ensemble) is thrilled to be back in Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for the second time. She was recently seen as Bielke in Fiddler on the Roof (San Diego Lyric Opera) and in Annie (Moonlight Stage Productions). In the past, she played Molly in Annie with Melinda Gilb and Hello, Dolly! (Starlight Musical Theatre). Her other credits include Bye Bye Birdie, Fame and High School Musical (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego) and The Sound of Music (J*Company Youth Theatre). As part of Leigh Scarritt Productions, she has performed at The Shakespeare Sonnet Festival that was held in the Old Globe Theatre as well as at San Diego Repertory Theatre, the San Diego Shakespeare Student Festival, the Celebrity Sonnet Festival and the Balboa Theatre. Rasse is turning 10 during the run of this show and is in fifth grade at Kate Sessions Elementary School.
	BLUE SCHROEDER (Little Who Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Globe debut in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! She recently appeared in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (San Diego Musical Theatre). Her favorite previous credits include Young Cosette in Les Misérables (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego) and Lucy Pevensie in Narnia (Peninsula Youth Theatre). Her other credits include Seussical the Musical and High School Musical (Actors’ Conservatory Theatre – San Diego) and Willy Wonka, Seussical the Musical, Annie and Aladdin (Peninsula Youth Theatre). Schroeder dreams of being on Broadway, but when not pursuing that goal, she is also penning her first novel.
	KELSEY VENTER (Mama Who) is thrilled to be making her Globe debut with Grinch. Venter was last seen by San Diego audiences in the critically acclaimed production of Trying (Lamb’s Players Theatre). Her other San Diego credits include Marcy in I Love You Because (North Coast Repertory Theatre) and Beehive, The ‘60s Musical and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Miracle Theatre Productions at Theatre in Old Town). Her Bay Area credits include Nancy in Oliver! (Woodminster Amphitheatre), Amalia in She Loves Me and Gloria in Boeing-Boeing (Center REP Theatre), Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera and Nina in Seagull in the Hamptons (Shotgun Players), Philotis in ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore and Martha Cratchit and Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (American Conservatory Theater). Venter earned her B.A. in Theatre from San Diego State University and her M.F.A. in Acting from American Conservatory Theater.
	TIMOTHY MASON (Book and Lyrics) has been represented at the Globe and on Broadway with Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! His other theater credits include Levitation, Only You, Bablyon Gardens with Timothy Hutton and Mary-Louise Parker, The Fiery Furnace starring Julie Harris (Circle Repertory Company), his five-play The Young Americans Cycle, comprised of Ascension Day, The Less Than Human Club, Time on Fire, Mullen’s Alley and My Life in the Silents (American Conservatory Theater’s Young Conservatory in San Francisco), Cannibals (Naked Eye Theatre in Chicago), Six (Guthrie Theater Lab), Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, Portland Stage Company and Jungle Theatre in Minneapolis. Mason has created many plays for young audiences at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, including several musicals in collaboration with Mel Marvin, and the first Dr. Seuss musical, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins with composer Hiram Titus. Mason’s novel The Last Synapsid is published by Delacorte Press and he's at work on a new one, The Real Inspector Bucket. Mason’s novel The Last Synapsid comes out in paperback February 2011, published by Random House.
	MEL MARVIN (Composer) has composed at the Globe for Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Tintypes. His Broadway credits include Yentl, A History of the American Film, Tintypes (Tony Award nomination), Fascinating Rhythm, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Cymbeline (Lincoln Center Theater). He has also had nine shows produced Off Broadway. Other credits include scores for many of America's best-known regional theaters, including Arena Stage, The Guthrie Theater, American Repertory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Lincoln Center Theater and Mark Taper Forum, where he was an associate artist and wrote the original music for the premiere of Angels in America. Marvin’s other projects include 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, and Buwalsky, an opera commissioned by Holland's Opera Spanga, which premiered in The Netherlands in August 2004 and subsequently toured the U.S., with performances in New Haven and New York City. His new musical, EDEN, set in New Orleans the week after Katrina, was done at the O'Neill Music Theater Conference in July 2010. Marvin 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 he has written for his daughter, Kate.
	JACK O’BRIEN (Conceived and Directed Original Production/Artistic Director Emeritus) served as the Artistic Director of The Old Globe from 1982 through 2007. Broadway: Catch Me If You Can, Impressionism, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination), Henry IV (Tony Award), Hairspray (Tony Award), Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Love (Tony nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony nomination), More to Love, Getting Away with Murder, Pride’s Crossing, The Little Foxes, Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award, Best Director), Damn Yankees, Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nomnation), Porgy and Bess (Tony Award). Metropolitan Opera: Il Trittico. London: Love Never Dies, Hairspray (Olivier nomnation), National Theatre: His Girl Friday. Six movies for PBS’s “American Playhouse.” Awards: 2008 Theatre Hall of Fame Inductee, 2005 John Houseman Award, ArtServe Michigan 2008 International Achievement Award, Honorary Doctorate, University of Michigan. Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of San Diego. Film (actor): Sex and the City 2.
	JAMES VÁSQUEZ (Director) has recreated the original musical staging of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! since 2003. Recently at the Globe he directed Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, served as Associate Director on Jane Austen's Emma – A Musical Romantic Comedy and provided musical staging for Boeing-Boeing. He won the 2010 Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Direction for Sweeney Todd (Cygnet Theatre Company). His recent directing credits include the West Coast Premieres of [title of show], Fair Use and Twist (Diversionary Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (choreographer), A Little Night Music (choreographer) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Cygnet) and Into the Woods (New Village Arts). Along with his partners Mark Holmes and Carrie Preston, Vásquez is co-founder of Daisy 3 Pictures. Their first two feature films, 29th and Gay (TLA Releasing, Here TV) and Ready? OK! (Wolfe Video, LOGO) have played national and international film festivals, with Ready? OK! taking top honors in Seattle, North Carolina and San Diego. Daisy 3 recently completed its latest feature, That’s What She Said starring Anne Heche. As an actor, Vásquez has appeared on film, television, Off Broadway and regional and local stages. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School.
	JOHN DELUCA (Original Choreography) has worked on the films Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Nine, Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago and The Terminal. His television credits include “Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” “The 75th Annual Academy Awards” and “The Kennedy Center Honors.” His Broadway and New York theater credits include Minnelli on Minnelli, Broadway Sings Elton John, Deborah Voight on Broadway, Sweet Adeline (City Center Encores!) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Public Theater). His National Tours include The Boy Friend, Chita, All That Jazz, Music of the Night and Brigadoon. At American Stage Theatre Company he choreographed Oedipus Private Eye, Lucky Guy and The Gig. He has received an American Musical Theatre Award, Choreography Media Honors, American Choreography Award and two Emmy Awards. He is currently producing The Thin Man starring Johnny Depp.
	BOB RICHARD (Additional Choreography) has credits including Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Broadway and National Tours), “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Today Show,” Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Music Circus (Resident Choreographer for 13 years, staging over 29 productions), The 5th Avenue Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, The Old Globe, Theatre Under The Stars and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Richard’s work won a Bay Area Critics Circle Award with American Musical Theatre of San Jose and an Ivey and Houston Area Theatre Award for Choreography for his tour of Cabaret. He has danced, taught and choreographed all over the world encompassing 30 years in show business. Love to Diane and Robert Henry.
	RON COLVARD (Musical Director) has worked in all genres of music as a singer, pianist, arranger and orchestrator, from stage to film and television. Mostly recently he played for Heather Headley (Tony and Grammy winner) at an event for the PGA. As a musical director, he has conducted staged events across the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe. He was the conductor for the L.A. premiere of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! starring John Larroquette at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood and is happy to be returning to The Old Globe for the fifth year. Also at the Globe, Colvard was the associate conductor for Dancing in the Dark starring Scott Bakula. He was the assistant conductor for the National Tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Hairspray. His National Tours include Legally Blonde, A Chorus Line, Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, Wicked, Movin’ Out, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with Norbert Leo Butz and The King and I starring Stephanie Powers. His regional theater credits include A Chorus Line, Chicago, Into the Woods, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sophisticated Ladies, Once on This Island and Man of La Mancha. Colvard is a seven-time Arizoni Award nominee and winner for Best Musical Direction for Chicago and Into the Woods.
	JOHN LEE BEATTY (Scenic Designer) has designed the Globe productions of Cornelia, Dancing in the Dark, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Redwood Curtain. His Broadway credits include Good People, Venus in Fur, Other Desert Cities, Times Stands Still, A View From the Bridge, The Royal Family, The Color Purple, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Rabbit Hole, Doubt, Chicago, Dinner at Eight, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Morning’s 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 and Crimes of the Heart. His Off Broadway credits include The Whipping Man, 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, 35 seasons at Manhattan Theatre Club and Circle Repertory Company and 17 seasons at City Center Encores! He has also designed at major regional theaters and in film, opera and TV. Beatty is the recipient of the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards and is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama.
	ROBERT MORGAN (Costume Design) has designed the Broadway productions of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Full Monty, Imaginary Friends, I'm Not Rappaport and Sherlock's Last Case. His Off Broadway credits include Pride’s Crossing and Saturn Returns (Lincoln Center Theater) and The Loves of Anatol (Circle in the Square Theatre). His television credits include American Playhouse, The Skin of Our Teeth and A Christmas Carol. He has designed internationally for the West End and Maria Theresa’s Schönbrunn Palace Theater in Vienna. His regional credits include Ahmanson Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, American Players Theatre, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, The Old Globe (Associate Artist), Guthrie Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, McCarter Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena Theater and Williamstown Theatre Festival. He has received two Drama Desk nominations, 12 Drama-Logue Awards Prague and has exhibited at Prague Quadrennial. He is the former Director of Boston University’s Theatre Arts Division, School for the Artss.
	PAT COLLINS (Lighting Designer) has designed the Globe productions of Twelfth Night, Cymbeline and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Her Broadway credits include Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Doubt (Tony nomination), 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. Her Lincoln Center Theater credits include Third, Ten Unknowns, Death and the King’s Horseman, The Threepenny Opera (Tony nomination), The Floating Lightbulb and Measure for Measure. Her Off Broadway credits include The Foreigner, Doubt, Burn This, Quartermaine’s Terms, How I Got That Story and A Life in the Theatre. Collins has designed lighting at theaters throughout the country, including the Mark Taper Forum, McCarter Theatre Center, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, CENTERSTAGE, Long Wharf Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, American Repertory Theater 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.
	PAUL PETERSON (Sound Design) has designed over 90 productions at The Old Globe, including Odyssey, Engaging Shaw, Life of Riley, Rafta, Rafta…, Plaid Tidings – A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid, Welcome to Arroyo’s, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, The Last Romance, Boeing-Boeing, Alive and Well, Lost in Yonkers, 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, Trying, 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 designs for Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San Jose Repertory Theatre, CENTERSTAGE, La Jolla Playhouse, Sledgehammer Theatre (Associate Artist), Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, The Wilma Theater, L.A. Theatre Works, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Cape Fear Regional Theatre, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Malashock Dance, University of San Diego, San Diego State University and Freud Playhouse at UCLA. Peterson received his B.F.A. in Drama with an emphasis in Technical Design from San Diego State University.
	ANITA RUTH (Orchestrator) is an orchestrator, arranger and musical director active in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. She has prepared over 150 musicals in the last 30 years. She was the musical director of the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres from 1968 to 1988. Since then she has been a freelance music director and orchestrator at Guthrie Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, Bloomington Civic Theatre 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 A 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.
	JOSHUA ROSENBLUM (Vocal Arrangements and Incidental Music) has conducted 13 Broadway and Off Broadway shows, specializing in flying vehicles (Miss Saigon, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!). He is the composer/lyricist of the Off Broadway smash hit revue Bush is Bad, as well as the musicals Fermat’s Last Tango, Einstein’s Dreams and Garbo and Me. As a pianist, he has appeared with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and in solo recitals at Symphony Space. He is a faculty member at the Yale University Department of Music and a contributing writer for Opera News. Rosenblum is the founder and music director of the Pit Stop Players and the recent recipient of a grant from Signature Theatre Theatre in Washington, DC as part of the American Musical Voices Project: the Next Generation.
	DAVID KRANE (Dance Music Arranger) created the dance music and additional scoring for the Oscar Award-winning Chicago and the film of Nine and produced new arrangements for the just-released My Week with Marilyn starring Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe. He composed Aspire with Stephen Cole, the first American musical produced in the Middle East, and their musical comedy about that incredible experience, The Road to Qatar!, was produced in Dallas and New York. The CD, recorded by jayrecords.com, is available on iTunes.
	LEILA KNOX (Stage Manager) has previously worked on the Globe productions of Cornelia, The American Plan, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Ace, The Violet Hour, Himself and Nora, Take Me Out, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (‘04-‘10), the 2004 Summer Shakespeare Festival, Resurrection Blues, Bus Stop, Much Ado About Nothing and Dirty Blonde. Her Broadway credits include Dirty Blonde, Amour and One Mo’ Time. Her regional credits include production supervisor of Dirty Blonde (National Tour and West Yorkshire Playhouse), shows at Lincoln Center Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, Second Stage Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, SITI Company, Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theatre Company and 11 seasons with the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She received her education at Northwestern University.
	ANNETTE YÉ (Assistant Stage Manager) recently was the Stage Manager for The Old Globe’s Groundswell and the 2010 production of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! Her other Globe credits include Boeing-Boeing, The First Wives Club, Opus, Dancing in the Dark, Hay Fever and the 2008, 2010 and 2011 Summer Shakespeare Festivals. Yé’s regional credits include Peter and the Starcatchers, Tobacco Road and ¡Salsalandia! (La Jolla Playhouse). Her other credits include 9 Parts of Desire (Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company), Honky Tonk Angels, Baby and No Way to Treat a Lady (North Coast Repertory Theatre) and Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (Theatre in Old Town).