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Children of Eden is presented with support in part from theUniversity of Michigan Credit Union.

The School of Music acknowledges the generosity of McKinley Associates,Inc. whose support has helped make this production possible.

Mark MadamaKarl ShymanovitzBeth DuklethShana McKay BurnsGeorge BaconDavid NevilleGuy BeckAlix Malloy

Children of Eden is based on the first nine and a half chapters of the Book of Genesis.

There will be one intermission.

Children of Eden is presented by special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Music TheatreInternational, 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Tel.: (212) 541-4684 Fax: (212) 397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break or scene change. As a courtesy to others, please set pagers to silent mode. Cellularphones should be deactivated. Please deactivate your electronic watch alarm so it will not interrupt the performance.

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz • Book by John CairdBased on a concept by Charles Lisanby

Orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin and Martin Erskine

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CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of appearance)

ORCHESTRA

ABOUT THE CREATORS

Father ..................................................... Brian HissongAdam .........................................................Evan BryantEve ...................................................... Megan ReinkingSnake ...................... David Baum, Lori Brooke Cohan,

Kevin Hale, Lauren Molina, Tara SiesenerYoung Cain .................................... Spencer MacDonaldYoung Abel .......................................... Joseph SammourCain ............................................................ Jesse NagerAbel .............................................................. Paul Wyatt

Seth ............................................................ Justin KeyesNoah ....................................................... Jeremy LeinerMama Noah ........................................ Monique FrenchJapheth ...................................................... Chris PelusoHam........................................................... Greg BibensShem ........................................................ Justin StoneyAphra .................................................... Lauren HooperAysha ....................................................... Leslie FrankelYonah ......................................................... Toni Trucks

Storytellers .......................................................... David Baum, Tommy Berklund, Lori Brooke Cohan, Kevin Hale,Chelsea Krombach, Lauren Molina, Keewa Nurullah, Meghan Randolph,Michelle Ricci, Tara Siesener, Alexis Sims, Gene Swingle, Danny Taylor,

Children .............................................Christina Heilmann, Lacey Marsh, Casey MacDonald, Spencer MacDonald,Joseph Sammour, Olivia Songer, Garrett Weng, Tyler Weng

JOHN CAIRD (Book) is an honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. At the RSC he has directed classic andcontemporary works by playwrights including Shakespeare, Shaw, Brecht, Peter Flannery and May O’Malley. He won Best-Director Tony’s for his productions of Nicholas Nickleby and Les Misérables, both with Trevor Nunn, and directed the originalproduction of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance. Mr. Caird co-created the Siegfried and Roy Spectacular in Las Vegas withJohn Napier, and also wrote the book, lyrics, and co-directed the musical Jane Eyre on Broadway. Other credits include TheSeagull for the Royal National Theatre and television projects including his own adaptation of Henry IV for the BBC. In additionto Children of Eden, Mr. Caird published new versions of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera and J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. His adaptationsof Bernstein’s Candide, and Bulwer-Lytton’s Money are both currently in the repertoire of the RNT.

STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (Composer/Lyricist) With Godspell, Pippin, and The Magic Show, Stephen Schwartz was the first composer-lyricist to have three successful shows running simultaneously on Broadway. As composer-lyricist, Mr. Schwartz also wrote TheBaker’s Wife, and in 1991 he created the popular Children Of Eden, with a book by John Caird. His collaborations include theStuds Terkel musical Working, which he also directed, winning the Drama Desk Award for Best Director, the off-Broadway revuePersonals, and Charles Strouse’s musical Rags. Mr. Schwartz also wrote the lyrics to Leonard Bernstein’s MASS, which wascommissioned to dedicate the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. His greatest fame, however, may be from his AcademyAward-winning work on the Disney animated features Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with composer AlanMenken, and DreamWorks’ first animated feature, The Prince of Egypt. Other recent projects include the made-for-TV musical,Geppetto, seen on “The Wonderful World of Disney,” two CDs on which he performs his own songs, and developing a newmusical for the stage entitled Wicked.

Reed I ................................................... Carrie ThorsonReed II ......................................................... Fran NovakReed III ................................................... Tim MichlingCello .............................................................Chris WildBass ......................................................... Patrick SmithHorn ....................................................... Rachel Parker

Guitar ................................................... Cole DeVilbissKeyboard I .............................................. Adam WachterKeyboard II .......................................... Natasha UllmanPercussion ................................................ Jay BordeleauDrums ...................................................... Mike Buratto

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MUSICAL NUMBERS

ACT ONELet There Be .................................................................................................................................. Father, StorytellersThe Naming ................................................................................................................ Father, Adam, Eve, StorytellersGrateful Children ....................................................................................................................................... Adam, EveFather’s Day ................................................................................................................................... Father, StorytellersThe Spark of Creation ............................................................................................................................................EveIn Pursuit of Excellence ................................................................................................................................Snake, EveA World Without You....................................................................................................................... Adam, Father, EveThe Expulsion ................................................................................................................................ Father, StorytellersThe Wasteland ........................................................................................................................................... StorytellersLost in the Wilderness ...........................................................................................................................................CainClose to Home ........................................................................................... Adam, Eve, Abel, Young Cain, Young AbelA Ring of Stones ....................................................................................................................... Cain, Eve, Abel, AdamThe Mark of Cain .......................................................................................................................... Father, StorytellersChildren of Eden .................................................................................................................................Eve, Storytellers

ACT TWOGenerations ................................................................................................................................................ StorytellersA Piece of Eight ......................................................................................... Storytellers, Noah, Yonah, Japheth, FamilyThe Return of the Animals ............................................................................................................................ OrchestraStranger to the Rain............................................................................................................................................YonahIn Whatever Time We Have .................................................................................................................. Japheth, YonahThe Flood ...................................................................................................................................... Father, StorytellersWhat Is He Waiting For? ........................................................................................................................ Noah, FamilySailor of the Skies ...............................................................................................................................................YonahThe Hardest Part of Love ......................................................................................................................... Noah, FatherAin’t It Good? ........................................................................................................... Mama Noah, Family, StorytellersIn the Beginning .......................................................................................................................................... Company

2003 MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE

The Senior Showcase is a lively revue featuring the wide range of talents of the School of Music’s Musical Theatregraduating seniors. Now in its eighth year, and having outgrown the MacIntosh Theatre, the Showcase has becomean essential component in launching students into a professional career. The Showcase previews in Ann Arbor in lateApril before making its way to New York where it is performed before agents, who help actors get into the mostimportant auditions, and casting directors who control the auditions. Join the fun and wish our seniors good luckat this wonderful event!

2003 MUSICAL THEATRE SENIOR SHOWCASE

April 28, 2003 • 8 PM • Mendelssohn TheatreTickets go on sale January 6, 2003

Tickets $10 • Students $8 with ID • League Ticket Office 734-764-2538

The Cunning Little Vixen is one of the most curious andinteresting operas of the twentieth century. It’s an operaabout a female fox named Sharp-Ears and her journey

through childhood, captivity, escape, childbearing, old age, andeventually making way for a new generation. Few operas havean odder genesis than this show. Few shows, perhaps with theexception of today’s The Lion King, include so many interestingstaging challenges due to human performers playing animalroles. Even fewer opera presenters have the talent and know-how to perform this opera in its original language, Czech. Butwhen audiences come to the School of Music Opera Theatre’sproduction of Leos Janácek’s fairy tale opera, November 14-17, they will be treated to a show that is all of these things: abreathtaking opera, appropriate for the entire family, performedin its original language that seems to have been touched bymagic.

The tale of how The Cunning Little Vixen came to be createdbegins with Dr. Bohumil Markalous, the arts editor of the Brno,Czechoslovakia, newspaper Lidove noviny. Dr. Markalous’ jobwas to provide his paper with illustrations, which led him toPrague and a meeting with the painter Stanislav Lolek, whohad created a series of pictures in a serial format that told thestory of a forester and a sly fox. Markalous thought the imageswere charming and took them back to Brno. A reporter named

Rudolf Tesnohlidek was then assigned the task of writing versesto accompany the pictures. The pictures were originally titled“Liska Bystronozka,” or “Vixen Light Foot,” but Tesnohlidekmisread the title and wrote “Liska Bystrouska” which translatesto “Vixen Sharp-Ears.”

Tesnohlidek was unenthusiastic about the project until hemade a trip to the Adamov district, where he studied the dialectof lumberjacks, which inspired him to write a story about a slyfox and a bumbling, bucolic forester. In 1920 the cartoons werepublished in short segments, and composer Janácek most likelyread many of the strips. But it wasn’t until 1922 that Janácekwrote to his friend Max Brod, “I am writing out the libretto of‘Bystrouska’ up to where I’ve got roughly up to the last act.”

Tesnohlidek had written the verses for the cartoon strip,but Janácek used these only as a stepping stone for his project.He was enthusiastic about the way the writer could jumpnaturally from the human to the animal worlds, but strayedfrom Tesnohlidek’s story, instead using the relationship betweenthe two characters to create an opera about the most universalof all themes, the life cycle.

Premiering in 1924, the show has been a challenge to stagebecause of the opera’s juxtaposition of humans and animals. Itreally wasn’t until the 1956 staging of the opera by the KomischeOper, Berlin, that Janacek’s intentions received complete

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vindication. Although it was rumored that this productionrequired a lengthy preparation period from anywhere betweensix to eighteen months, the production’s guest visit to Paris ayear after the Berlin premiere was arevelation to those who saw theperformances. The work was performed over120 times in the four years following 1956with no diminution of the astonishingquality of the early representations.

Interest in The Cunning Little Vixen wasrevitalized in 1989. Following fifty years ofcommunist rule, the Velvet Revolution notonly brought freedom to today’s CzechRepublic, it reintroduced the world to thestrikingly original work of Czech composersand to the beauty of this Eastern Europeanlanguage. Many musicians and scholars werecaptivated by the cultural riches of the country. One of thosepeople was School of Music Assistant Professor Timothy Cheek.Cheek’s first notable exposure to the Czech language came whenhe was visiting a former schoolmate in the Czech Republic.His fascination with the language deepened when he and hiscolleague attended a performance of The Cunning Little Vixen.Cheek admits that he was interested in the music, but that itwas a particular Czech ballet dancer in the performance whoreally dropped his jaw. The dancer eventually became his wife,and the Czech language became a major part of his life. Cheekapplied his training as a vocal coach and diction instructor tothe complexities of the Czech language. The products of hiswork are his book Singing in Czech, a guide for singers, vocalcoaches, teachers, and other musicians, and a recently completeddiction guide for singers of The Cunning Little Vixen.

Every student in the show is studying Cheek’s book Singingin Czech (many of them since the show was cast in March), andCheek is coaching each student individually. In Singing in Czech,

Cheek systematically takes readers througheach sound of the Czech language. Hedescribes the formation of each sound and,when useful, compares Czech to English,Romance languages, German, and Russian.The book even includes a recording thatCheek created which allows readers to hearnative Czech opera singers perform in thelanguage.

“Everything [in this opera] is so boundto the words,” says Cheek. Cheek describeshow Janácek’s music incorporates traditionalCzech folk tunes, including folk texts thathe reset to his own music. Janácek also

includes what Cheek describes as “speech melodies,” sectionsin which the composer tries to capture the rhythm and emotionof natural speech patterns on pitches. “It’s like an expressiverecitative,” says Cheek, who goes phrase by phrase with thestudents to work both the words and the proper inflection.

Come see for yourself. The School of Music’s productionof The Cunning Little Vixen is one of the highlights of the 2002-2003 performing season. The show will be presented withEnglish supertitles. Ticket prices are $20 and $15 reservedseating with students only $8 with ID. Tickets are available atthe League Ticket Office, located within the Michigan League.The Ticket Office is open from 10am-6pm, Monday throughFriday and 10am-1pm on Saturday. Order by phone at (734)764-2538. All major credit cards are accepted.

— Joel Aalberts, Public Relations Director

The Cunning Little VixenMusic by Leos Janácek

Opera TheatreNov. 14-17, 2002 • Power Center

Don’t Dress for DinnerBy Marc Camoletti

Dept. of Theatre and DramaNov. 21-24, 2002

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HamletBy William Shakespeare

Dept. of Theatre and DramaDec. 5-8, 2002 • Power Center

Resonant RhythmsChoreography by Lubovitch and faculty

Univ. Dance Co.Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2003 • Power Center

A Streetcar Named DesireBy Tennessee Williams

Dept. of Theatre and DramaFeb. 6-9, 2003 • Mendelssohn Theatre

XerxesBy George Frederic Handel

Opera Theatre • Mar. 20-23, 2003Mendelssohn Theatre

A World PremiereBy Holly Hughes

Dept. of Theatre and DramaMarch 27-30 & Apr. 3-6, 2003

Trueblood Theatre

Oklahoma!By Rodgers and Hammerstein

Musical Theatre Dept.Apr. 10-13, 2003 • Power Center

Tim Cheek and his wife Bohuslava Jelínková

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THECUNNING LITTLE

VIXEN

❦Music and Libretto by Leos Janácek

An opera in three actsSung in Czech with English supertitles

Nov. 14 – 16 at 8pm • Nov. 17 at 2pmPower Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets $20 and $15 • Students $8 with IDLeague Ticket Office • 734-764-2538

The performers in this production are composed of undergraduate students pursuing a BFA in Musical Theatre and guest artists in the School ofMusic. The designers are composed of faculty and guest artists in the Department of Theatre and Drama. Scenery, costumes, properties, sound, andlighting were realized by the students and staff of University Productions, the producing unit of the School of Music.

ABOUT THE CAST

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

DAVID BAUM (Snake/Storyteller) junior, Cincinnati, OHTOMMY BERKLUND (Storyteller) sophomore, Madison, WIGREG BIBENS (Ham) senior, Springfield, VTEVAN BRYANT (Adam) junior, Bellevue, WALORI BROOKE COHAN (Snake/Storyteller) senior, Palm Beach

Gardens, FLLESLIE FRANKEL (Aysha) senior, Overland Park, KSMONIQUE FRENCH (Mama Noah) senior, Dakota, ILKEVIN HALE (Storyteller) junior, Los Angeles, CACHRISTINA HEILMANN (Storyteller) 5th grade, King Elementary,

Ann Arbor, MIBRIAN HISSONG (Father) junior, Adrian, MILAUREN HOOPER (Aphra) junior, Montclair, NJJUSTIN KEYES (Seth) sophomore, San Jose, CACHELSEA KROMBACH (Storyteller) sophomore, Brookfield, WIJEREMY LEINER (Noah) senior, Chappaqua, NYLACEY MARSH (Storyteller) K-1, George Long Elementary, Grass

Lake, MICASEY MACDONALD (Storyteller) 1st grade, Ann Arbor Learning

Community, Ypsilanti, MISPENCER MACDONALD (Young Cain) 4th grade, Ann Arbor

Learning Community, Ypsilanti, MI

LAUREN MOLINA (Snake/Storyteller) senior, Troy, MIJESSE NAGER (Cain) senior, New York, NYKEEWA NURULLAH (Storyteller) sophomore, Chicago, ILCHRIS PELUSO (Japheth) sophomore, Pittsburgh, PAMEGHAN RANDOLPH (Storyteller) junior, Madison, WIMEGAN REINKING (Eve) senior, Cedar Rapids, IAMICHELLE RICCI (Storyteller) junior, Topsfield, MAJOSEPH SAMMOUR (Young Abel) 3rd grade, home-schooled,

Ypsilanti, MITARA SIESENER (Snake/Storyteller) senior, St. Louis, MOALEXIS SIMS (Storyteller) sophomore, Bham, ALOLIVIA SONGER (Storyteller) 6th grade, Slauson Middle School,

Ann Arbor, MIJUSTIN STONEY (Shem) junior, Haslett, MIGENE SWINGLE (Storyteller) sophomore, Casper, WYDANNY TAYLOR (Storyteller) sophomore, Los Angeles, CATONI TRUCKS (Yonah) senior, Manistee, MIGARRETT WENG (Storyteller) 1st grade, Country Elementary,

Pickney, MITYLER WENG (Storyteller) 4th grade, Country Elementary,

Pickney, MIPAUL WYATT (Abel) junior, Denver, CO

GEORGE BACON (Costume Designer) Assoc. costume shopmanager for Univ. Productions, lecturer in the Dept. of Theatre& Drama. UM: Parade, West Side Story, Dancing at Lughnasa,42nd Street, Sunday in the Park with George, Brigadoon, QUILT:A Musical Celebration, Major Barbara. Regional Theatre:Resident costume designer, American Stage Festival, 1994-96:20 productions including 1776, Lost in Yonkers, Ain’tMisbehavin’, Private Lives, Forever Plaid, Laughter on the 23rdFloor; costume designer, The Rink and Olympus on My Mind,Univ. Summer Theatre, Madison, WI. Other: MFA in costumedesign, UM.

SHANA MCKAY BURNS (Scenic Designer) UM: Good News! NYC:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 42nd St. Theatre; The LarynxChalet, Plastic Flowers, LaMaMa, E.T.C.; The End of theBeginning, HERE Theatre; The Snow Maiden (Assistant ScenicDesigner), American Ballet Theatre. Regional Theatre: TheExact Center of the Universe, Boarshead Theatre; TitusAndronicus, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard II, Love's Labour'sLost, Virginia Shakespeare Festival; The Cherry Orchard(Assistant Scenic Designer), Guthrie Theatre. Film: (ScenicArtist) Going All the Way, A Brother's Kiss, The Substance of Fire.

BETH DUKLETH (Choreographer) is originally from Houston,TX and now resides in New York City. This is her fifth journeywith Children of Eden, her first was as assistant choreographerto Dawn DiPasquale at Paper Mill Playhouse. Regional Theatre:Performance: Radio City Rockettes, Music Theatre of Wichita,Houston's Theatre Under the Stars, North Shore Music Theatre,Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma;various concert dance companies in NYC, Asia, and Jacob'sPillow. Awards: Finalist, choreography, 2000 Jazz Dance WorldCongress. Other: BA in dance, Oklahoma City Univ.

MARK MADAMA (Director) is an asst. professor in the MusicalTheatre Department. UM: Nine, Good News!, Assassins.Regional Theatre: His work has been seen throughout theUnited States as well as England, Ireland, Poland,Czechoslovakia, Mexico and Canada. Resident director at theMusic Theatre of Wichita in Wichita, Kansas, for the past twelveyears. Awards: Best direction and best production honors,International Theatre Mosaic in Calgary, Canada; InternationalTheatre Festival in Dundalk, Ireland; numerous nominationsand awards for work in various regional theatres.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SCHOOL OF MUSICDean ........................................................ Karen Wolff

MUSICAL THEATRE DEPARTMENTChair ..................................................... Brent WagnerFaculty ......................... Jerry DePuit, Linda Goodrich,

Mark Madama, Chris Masters, Joan Morris,Melody Racine, Karl Shymanovitz

UNIVERSITY PRODUCTIONSDirector ................................................... Jeffrey KurasAdministrative Associate .................... Fatima AbdullahOffice Assistant III .................................. Shelda SmithMarketing Director ........................ Kerianne M. TupacPublic Relations Director ......................... Joel AalbertsComputer Administrator ................... Henry ReynoldsFacilities Manager .................................. Shannon RiceHouse Manager .............................. Dianne WidzinskiGraphic Design .................................. mktfolly designsBanner Artist ......................................... Janine WoodsOffice Assistants ...................................... Justin Keyes,

Aidan Ryan, Justin Tanis

PRODUCTION STAFFProduction Manager ....................... Amanda MengdenProduction Stage Manager ..................... Nancy UffnerTechnical Director (Frieze) ....... Richard W. Lindsay, Jr.Technical Director (Power) ............... Douglas EdwardsAssoc. Tech. Director (Power) ....... Donald C. WatkinsCarpenter ........................................... Robert Michael

Scenic Artist .......................................... Tim McDevittScenic Painter ....................................... Toni Y. AulettiProperties Master ................................... Arthur RidleyAsst. Properties Master .................... Bryan HuddlestonProperties Artisan ....................................... Dan TracyMaster Electrician .............................. Mark Allen BergCostume Shop Manager ............................ Julie MarshAssoc. Costume Shop Manager .............. George BaconDrapers ............ Virginia R. Luedke, Ginger RobertsonAssoc. Draper ........................................ Lea MarzonieCrafts Artisan/Stock Manager .............. Shawn De CouSound Engineer ...................................... Roger ArnettHouse Technicians ............ Ron Cypert, Mark Gordon,

Jim Haven, Barry LaRueOffice Assistants .................................. Jessica Lukasik,

Joanna Schuster-Craig

PRODUCTION CREWFirst Asst. Stage Manager ....................... Erin WhipkeyAsst. Stage Managers . Melinda Blake, Kellie DrinkhahnDance Captains .................... Justin Keyes, Tara SiesenerSound Coordinator ........................... Mihail ChiaburuScenery ...................................................... Alana TyauProps .... Cecilia Anderson, Stan Banorek, Grant Bates,

Monique French, Lindsay Nayler,Tara Siesener, students of Theatre 250 & 261

Paint ..... Shanti Akkineni, Liz Chisolm, Katie Conrad,Matthew Kaczynski, Ariella Kaufman, Lee May,

Jessica L. Miller, Bridget Murphy,Janine Woods, students of Theatre 250

Costumes ............... Linda Baldacci, Celibeth Donnely,Laurie Kantner, Marie Krull, Monica Prince, Diane Tuel,

Mikala Bierma, Adam Caplan, De’Lon Grant,Beth Hart, Heeyun Kim, Alex Michaels, Lorna McGee,

Taran Muller, Ester Neff, Mandy Richardville,Stephanie Sullivan, students of Theatre 250

Lighting ............................ Ellen Katz‡, Anup Aurora,Christian Deangelis, Amy Duffy, Andy Fritsch,

Dan Granke, Mandy Heuermann, Justin Hyatt,Edmund Jones, Heather Jones, Alex Mendiola,

Adam Metzger, Thom Omar, Monica Patel,Mary Roeder, Andrew Russell, Traci Ruthkoski,

John Sloan IV, Katie Van Horn,Angela Zuck, students of Theatre 250,

RUNNING CREWScenery ............................... Jason McClees, Greg PearlProps ............... Nicholas Gaswirth, Michael Mahoney,

Patrice Seibel, Kristen ShieldsSound ................................................. Nich KauffmanLight Board Operator ........................ Brian MazzaferriElectrics ....... Nick Blaemire, Jessica Lukasik, Eli ZollerWigs/Makeup ....... Bethany Heinrich, Lauren RosentalWardrobe ............... Alexandra Brock, Felipe Gonzalez,

Anne Horak, Stephanie Layton, Erin McGrath, Jen SeseChild Guardians ....... Alex Michaels, Jennifer Schaffert

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ALIX MALLOY (Stage Manager) is a BFA theatre design andproduction major focusing on stage management. UM: TheBalcony, assistant stage manager: Good News!, The Heiress; stagemanager: Chicago, Evita, MUSKET. Regional Theatre: UMFestival of New Works, stage manager: Wild Women of PlanetWongo, assistant stage manager: Broadway Joe, Jingles in a BrokenTongue, Love Songs, Divided.

DAVID NEVILLE (Lighting Designer) National Tours: Steel Pier,42nd Street, Art, The Rainmaker, A Christmas Carol, Five GuysNamed Moe and A Chorus Line. Regional Theatre: Worldpremieres of Knight Life, The Prince and the Pauper, Bingo, and

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the first regional theatre production of Miss Saigon; MusicTheatre of Wichita, Ordway Music Theatre, North Shore MusicTheatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Theatre Under the Stars,Portland Center Stage, North Carolina Theatre, Music TheatreWest, Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera, George StreetPlayhouse, York Theatre.

KARL SHYMANOVITZ (Musical Director) is a visiting lecturer inthe Musical Theatre Department and recent graduate of theUniv. of Michigan. Awards: UM School of Music, Earl V. MooreAward.

Special thanks to Aerial Sound, Debbie Mahoney, Brynn O’Malley, Hand Woven Textiles of Nepal, Kiwis Hand Crafted Sandals,Key West Sandals, Inc., Jessica Hahn, Dawn DiPasquale and Wayne Bryan.

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Gifts under $100Dr. & Mrs. Gerald D. AbramsBonnie AckleySusan C. AllenDr. & Mrs. Bruce W. ArdenGarry S. & Wanda BahlingMr. & Mrs. Harry BenfordDarlene & Gerald BinderDr. & Mrs.

Morris BornsteinRalph & Mary BozellGregg J. ButtermoreMichael & Debra CalabreseJean W. CampbellCarol A. CanavanEzra & Lucille CasselMr. & Mrs.

Nicholas G. Chapekis, Sr.Mr. & Mrs. Roger C. CraigJerry DePuitElizabeth B. DexterCarol FinermanFord Motor Company FundMillicent V. FossEnid & Bernard GallerJanice R. GeddesBeverly GershowitzIda GordonEnid M. GoslingVerna & James GossCozette T. GrabbJerry M. & Mary K. GrayRoberta &

Michael GutweinMr. & Mrs.

Robert HarringtonPatricia B. HessMarian V. HigginsAlan & Deborah Hitsky

Janet Woods HooblerDean S. JarrettEdward & Martha KimballJanet & John KnappPaul & Ruth LehmanLinda & Dale LeslieWayne &

Georgia LindstromMr. & Mrs.

Chandler W. MatthewsPatricia P. McFaddenSuzanne M. MeyerDoris L. MillerMr. & Mrs.

Edwin W. MillerKittie Berger MorelockColin & Nancy OatleyG. Elizabeth OngJenny & Louis OrlinDr. Donald C. PelzIrwin & Marcille PollackHenryk PolowniakDorothy R. &

Stanislav RehakJohn E. RhinehartJames E. & Sandra J. RiceIrving RitterJames & Ellen SaalbergMarilyn Kuperman ScottLeonard & Sylvia SegelHarriet C. SelinMarjorie & Andrew ShawMr. & Mrs.

Clifford G. SheldonMr. & Mrs. Jack B. SirotkinJulie & William SmigielskiBurnette B. StaeblerDavid StevensonLivia R. TurgeonElizabeth B. van den BoschDonald & Lea VanEveryRobert & Sandra WeitzMarian S. WestDr. & Mrs. James P. Young

For additional information about how to donate to the Friends of Musical Theatre please contactthe School of Music Development Office at 734-647-2035.

2001-2002 Friends of Musical TheatreJuly 1, 2001 - June 30, 2002

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