THEATREWORKS USA THE TEACHER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON & OTHER STORYBOOKS. Sunday, March 30, pm Spaulding Auditorium Dartmouth College.

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1 presents THEATREWORKS USA THE TEACHER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON & OTHER STORYBOOKS Funded in part by the NEA Access to Artistic Excellence and the Visiting Performers Artists Fund. Sunday, March 30, pm Spaulding Auditorium Dartmouth College

2 CREDITS Artistic Director... Barbara Pasternack Producing Director... Ken Arthur Music...David A. Austin, Sam Carner & Derek Gregor, Kevin Del Aguila & Eli Bolin, Eric March, Tommy Newman, Laurence O Keefe & Nell Benjamin, Michael Ogborn Scenic Designer... Rob Odorisio Costume Designer... Lora LaVon Music Director...Matt Castle Stage Manager...Natalie King Assistant Director...Avital Asuleen Choreographer...Nancy Renée Braun Director... Jeremy Dobrish The taking of pictures and/or making of visual or sound recording is expressly forbidden. Please check the houseboard for any program changes. The activities of Theatreworks USA are made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The actors and stage manager employed in this production are members of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The Director/Choreographer is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. CAST Alphabetical by Role Female 1...Laura Barbiea Female 2... Laura Melchiorre Male 1... Andrew Miller Male 2... Dakota Dutcher Male 3...Kane Prestenback

3 MUSICAL NUMBERS All You Need Is A Book...Tommy Newman The Teacher From The Black Lagoon...Adapted by Michael Ogborn Based on the book by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee, published by Scholastic 1989 The Grasshopper And The Ant... Adapted by Eric March Based on the fable by Aesop Lilly s Purple Plastic Purse... Adapted by David A. Austin Based on the book by Kevin Henkes, published by Harper Collins Children s Books 1996 I Want My Hat Back... Adapted by Laurence O Keefe & Nell Benjamin Based on the book by Jon Klassen, published by Candlewick Press 2011 Dogzilla...Adapted by Kevin Del Aguila & Eli Bolin Based on the book by Dav Pilkey, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2003 Love, Splat; Splat the Cat... Adapted by Sam Carner & Derek Gregor Based on the book by Rob Scotton, published by Harper Collins Children s Books 2011 Grumpy Bird... Adapted by Kevin Del Aguila & Eli Bolin Based on the book by Jeremy Tankard, published by Scholastic 2007 All You Need Is A Book (Reprise)...Tommy Newman ABOUT THE ARTISTS (ALPHABETICAL BY ROLE) Laura Barbiea female 1 is so excited to play Lilly, her favorite storybook mouse! Off- Broadway: Tilly the Trickster (World Premiere); Other favorite credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Enigma: The Show (Marilyn Monroe/swing), and Bright Room Called Day (Paulinka). Laura holds a BFA in Theater from NYU. Proud AEA member. Laura Melchiorre female 2 is proud to be joining the Theatreworks family with this show. A recent graduate from Point Park University, Laura was most recently seen in Pittsburgh CLO s production of Kopit and Yeston s Phantom. Love to her family and friends for constant support. Andrew Miller male 1 hails from Cleveland, OH: a magical land filled with pierogies and rock n roll. He just graduated from Ithaca College last May with a degree in acting. Favorite things: The Food Network, puppies, Sriracha, Adventure Time and boat shoes. Thanks to Theatreworks, Natalie and the rest of the cast! Dakota Dutcher male 2, Regional: A Christmas Carol (Hartford Stage); Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln and Greenbriar Ghost

4 ABOUT THE ARTISTS CONTINUED (Spirit of Broadway Theater); Urinetown (BAC Summerstock Theater). Staged Reading: Come From Away (Goodspeed Opera House). Concert: NEO 9 (York Theatre Company); Celebrate America (HSO). Training: B.F.A musical theater, The Hartt School. Kane Prestenback male 3 has been seen in Halo/ Titanic (Old Vic, London, TS Eliot Fellowship); Cloned! (NYMF); Thrill Me (Orlando Fringe regional premiere); Snail in A Year with Frog and Toad (Orlando Rep, post-broadway premiere); Tallest Building in the World (Luna Stage, world premiere); Bobby in Urinetown (Westside Theatre). Training: Circle in the Square Theatre School. AEA Member. Jeremy Dobrish director. Other Theatreworks USA: Curious George and Paul Revere, Clifford the Big Red Dog and Tilly the Trickster. Recent NY: Rated P (Westside theatre), Baby Case (NYMF award for excellence in directing), Date of a Lifetime (NYMF), Spain (MCC), Election Day (Second Stage). Regional: Barrington Stage, Goodspeed, Hangar, North Shore, NY Stage and Film, Old Globe, O Neill, Village. Jeremy is the co-artistic director of MDR has served as an artistic associate at Second Stage, and was the artistic director of Adobe Theatre Company for thirteen years. Nancy Renée Braun choreographer is thrilled to return to TheatreWorks USA, where she has worked on Junie B. Jones and If You Give A Pig Pancake. Favorite credits include: the resident director/choreographer for Off- Broadway s Berenstain Bears: Family Matters, Fantasy Football: The Musical (NYMF Best of FestRunner-Up), Godspell Broadway Flash Mob (100,000 YouTube hits), Altar Boyz (TriArts Sharon Playhouse), Pippin (William Daniels Award for Best Choreography), The Wild Party, Urinetown, and the associate choreographer for Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout Theatre workshop), and Fat Camp (NYMF Choreography Award). Nancy is currently the associate choreographer for the Broadway National Tours of Elf, performing at the Kennedy Center. Avital Asuleen assistant director. Favorite directorial projects include assistant directing and choreographing Nymph Errant for Prospect Theater Company, directing for the Writopia Play festival, and directing regional productions of Kiss of The Spiderwoman, Fiddler on the Roof, and Anything Goes. Avital choreographed the NYC revue Ratpack Undead, Rags for Beautiful Soup Theater Company, and observed choreographer Randy Skinner on Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at Encores!. She has presented concert dance at Steps on Broadway, Dance New Amsterdam, Green Space Studios, and in the Undertoe Dance Festival. Avital has also performed at Westchester Broadway Theatre, Surflight Theater, La Comedia Theater, The Broward Stage Door, and at Reagle Music Theater. Upcoming projects include choreographing Ragtime (Westchester Broadway Theatre), and creating Ephemera, a new site specific piece of dance theater. Natalie King stage manager is pleased to be coming back to Theatreworks USA after touring with Bunnicula in the fall of She received her BA in dance from Oberlin College and has performed with a variety of fledging and professional choreographers including Pat Graney, Xiao Yu and Calder Singer. She is currently a performer with the international children s touring company the Hudson Vagabond Puppets.

5 ABOUT THE ARTISTS CONTINUED Theatreworks USA producer, founded in 1961, is America s foremost professional theater for young and family audiences. Its mission is to create imaginative and thought-provoking shows that are educational, entertaining and thought-provoking. Their touring repertoire includes Bunnicula; Charlotte s Web; A Christmas Carol; The Civil War; Click, Clack, Moo; Freedom Train; Henry & Mudge; Junie B. Jones; The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe; Peter Pan; Seussical; Skippyjon Jones; and The Teacher From the Black Lagoon & Other Storybooks. Theatreworks honors include a Drama Desk Award, Off-Broadway s Lucille Lortel Award, the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the William M. Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence given by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and the Medal of Honor from the Actors Fund of America. Theatreworks USA last performed at the Hopkins Center in 2013 with The Civil War and Junie B. Jones. Actors Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. FREE ONLINE STUDY GUIDE In conjunction with its School Matinee Series, the Hop prepares study guides to enhance student learning prior to and following performances. The Teacher from the Black Lagoon & Other Storybooks study guide can be found on its performance page at hop.dartmouth.edu/online/ and on the Outreach and Arts Education section of the Hop s website. DALLAS CHILDREN S THEATER STUART LITTLE SuN MAy 4 3 PM SPAuLDINg AuDITORIuM Generations of young readers have been moved by E.B. White s 1945 tale of a mouse of small stature but large inner life. His story comes to the stage in a new theatrical version by the acclaimed Dallas Children s Theater. Leaving his New York home, this sensitive adventurer encounters challenges, both heart-pounding and comic, in the super-sized world of humans while discovering the true meaning of family and friendship. Recommended for ages 5 and up. For tickets or more info call the Box Office at or visit hop.dartmouth.edu. Sign up for weekly HopMail bulletins online or become a fan of Hopkins Center, Dartmouth on Facebook

6 R HOPSTOP FAMILY SERIES Introducing young audiences to the wonders of the performing arts IMANI WINDS Sat apr 5 11 am Grammy-nominated wind quintet plays music that makes children s imaginations soar! FREE for the whole family! No tickets or registration required DARTMOUTH NATIVE DANCE SOCIETY & THE OCCOM POND SINGERS Sat May 3 11 am A preview of the annual Dartmouth Powwow includes Fancy, Shawl, Round and Jingle dances. For tickets or more info call the Box Office at or visit hop.dartmouth.edu. Sign up for weekly HopMail bulletins online or become a fan of Hopkins Center, Dartmouth on Facebook Marga Rahmann Associate Director/General Manager Jay Cary Business and Administrative Officer Margaret Lawrence Director of Programming HOPKINS CENTER MANAGEMENT STAFF Jeffrey H. James Howard Gilman Director Joseph Clifford Director of Audience Engagement Bill Pence Director of Hopkins Center Film Joshua Price Kol Director of Student Performance Programs HOPKINS CENTER BOARD OF OVERSEERS Austin M. Beutner 82 Kenneth L. Burns H 93 Barbara J. Couch James W. Giddens 59 Allan H. Glick 60, T 61, P 88 Barry Grove 73 Caroline Diamond Harrison 86, P 16 Kelly Fowler Hunter 83, T 88, P 13, P 15 Richard P. Kiphart 63 Robert H. Manegold 75, P 02, P 06 Nini Meyer Hans C. Morris 80, P 11, P 14 Chair of the Board Robert S. Weil 40, P 73 Honorary Frederick B. Whittemore 53, T 54, P 88, P 90, H 03 Jennifer A. Williams 85 Diana L. Taylor 77 Trustee Representative Please turn off your cell phone inside the theater. Assistive Listening Devices available in the lobby. DARTM OUTH If you do not wish to keep your playbill, please RECYCLES discard it in the recycling bin provided in the lobby. Thank you.