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The show will run for approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes including one 20-minute intermission.

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers, and watches prior to the beginning of the performance.

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From the President
Rick Trietley

Dear Arts Patrons,

Welcome to the Viterbo University 2022–23 performing arts season. Whether it be for a Bright Star, Conservatory for the Performing Arts, or Weber Center series event, we are very pleased to have you join us for what surely will be an outstanding production.

The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have always cherished the arts, and we are proud to continue the legacy of our founders. Viterbo is truly blessed to have incredibly talented Conservatory students, faculty, and Fine Arts Center staff. Every show is painstakingly crafted and selected to offer the highest quality and culturally enriching entertainment possible to our community.

To all Viterbo arts patrons, benefactors, sponsors, volunteers, and artists, allow me to express my sincere gratitude for your support. Enjoy the show!

“Pace e Bene”
Peace and all good
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Viterbo University President

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Cast
(in order of appearance)

Tracy Turnblad: NIKI METCALF
Corny Collins: BILLY DAWSON
Amber Von Tussle: RYAHN EVERS
Brad: CRAIG FIRST
Tammy: KELLY BARBERITO
Fender: TOMMY BETZ
Brenda: CARLY HAIG
Sketch: MICKEY WHITE
Shelley: HELENE BRITANY
I.Q.: CLINT MADDOX THOMPSON
Lou Ann: ANNIE GAGEN
Link Larkin: NICK CORTAZZO
Prudy Pingleton: EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN
Edna Turnblad: ANDREW LEVITT
Penny Pingleton: EMERY HENDERSON
Velma Von Tussle: ADDISON GARNER
Harriman F. Spritzer: GREG KALAFATAS
Wilbur Turnblad: RALPH PRENTICE DANIEL
Principal: GREG KALAFATAS
Seaweed J. Stubbs: CHARLIE BRYANT III
Duane: NICHOLAS DION REESE
Gilbert: SAGE
Lorraine: LAUREN JOHNSON
Thad: KYLE KAVULLY
The Dynamites: SYDNEY ARCHIBALD, MELANIE PUENTE ERVIN, JADE TURNER
Mr. Pinky: GREG KALAFATAS
Gym Teacher: EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN
Little Inez: JOI D. McCOY
Motormouth Maybelle: SANDIE LEE
Matron: EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN
Guard: GREG KALAFATAS
Pearl: MELANIE PUENTE ERVIN
Peaches: SYDNEY ARCHIBALD
Cindy Watkins: JADE TURNER

Swings: CAROLINE EISEMAN,
ALEX FULLERTON, SABRINA JOSEPH,
MATTHEW J. KELLY, McLAINE MEACHEM,
FAITH NORTHCUTT, MICAH SAUVAGEAU

Understudies:
Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Tracy Turnblad—CAROLINE EISEMAN, FAITH NORTHCUTT; for Edna Turnblad—GREG KALAFATAS, MICAH SAUVAGEAU; for Wilbur Turnblad—GREG KALAFATAS, MICAH SAUVAGEAU; for Penny Pingleton—HELENE BRITANY, CARLY HAIG; for Amber Von Tussle—KELLY BARBERITO, CARLY HAIG; for Link Larkin—TOMMY BETZ, MICKEY WHITE; for Corny Collins—TOMMY BETZ, CRAIG FIRST, MICKEY WHITE; for Velma Von Tussle—ANNIE GAGEN, EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN; for Motormouth Maybelle—MELANIE PUENTE ERVIN, LAUREN JOHNSON; for Seaweed J. Stubbs—NICHOLAS DION REESE, SAGE; for Little Inez—SYDNEY ARCHIBALD, McLAINE MEACHEM; for Female Authority Figure—KELLY BARBERITO, CAROLINE EISEMAN; for Male Authority Figure—ALEX FULLERTON, MICAH SAUVAGEAU.

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Orchestra

Musical Director/Keyboard: JULIUS LaFLAMME
Associate Conductor/Keyboard: CHARLIE YOKOM
Keyboard: NATHANIEL ZEMBRUSKI
Reeds: MICHAEL BRINZER
Trumpet: DUSTIN CIANO
Trombone: JON DOWD
Guitar: MATT PATTON
Bass: RYAN CRUM
Drums: MAX BRAUNSTEIN

Musical Coordinator: JOHN MEZZIO
Electronic Music Design: STRANGE CRANIUM
Music Preparation: EMILY GRISHMAN

Dance Captain

FAITH NORTHCUTT

Assistant Dance Captain
MATTHEW J. KELLY

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Biographies

Edna Turnblad

ANDREW LEVITT

ANDREW LEVITT
is proudly from Columbus, Ohio and thrilled to be returning to Hairspray. He has performed as drag queen Nina West since 2001 and competed on the 11th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, for which he was named Miss Congeniality. On stage, he starred in regional premiers of Buyer and Cellar (Alex Moore) and Peter and the Starcatcher (Betty Bumbrake) and also appeared in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Ursula) in 2019. Other TV credits: RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race, Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch (Alice, Paramount+), This is Me: Pride Celebration Spectacular (Disney+), Say It With Pride: Celebrate Pride 365 (Disney+), The Blue’s Clues Pride Parade Sing Along and The Meaning of Pride, both for Nickelodeon. He provided the voice for the animated short Coaster, as well as being featured on NickJr’s Baby Shark’s Big Show as Gail Whale. He has 3 Billboard-charting EP’s, including the critically acclaimed Drag is Magic, an EP of music for children. Levitt is featured as Divine alongside Daniel Radcliffe in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. His new children’s book, The You Kind of Kind is available now. Thank you Mom and Dad, KR, EML, ALE. For PT. ninawest.com, @ninawest

Tracy Turnblad

NIKI METCALF

NIKI METCALF
is thrilled to be taking on a role she’s dreamed of playing since she first saw the original Broadway production! As a New York–based actress from Saugerties, N.Y., and graduate of Montclair State University with a degree in musical theatre, some of her favorite credits include The Little Engine that Could Earns Her Whistle (Little Red, ArtsPower National Tour) and ...Spelling Bee (Olive). Beyond grateful to my friends and family for their constant support, and to the team for this incredible opportunity to “eat some breakfast then change the world!” For my angel, Mammie. @nikimetcalf

Motormouth Maybelle

SANDIE LEE

SANDIE LEE
is a native of Columbus, Miss. She holds a master’s degree in performing arts, from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). She has appeared in the national tour of The Color Purple (Shug Avery), Norwegian Cruise Line’s After Midnight, opening act for Frankie Beverly and Maze, and American Idol season 13. She’s also a songwriter. Her music can be found on all major music streaming platforms. She is ecstatic and grateful to hit the road with the cast Hairspray. She gives thanks to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for all her accomplishments and her parents, Carol and Sandy Lee, for their unwavering support. @sandieglee Philippians 4:6-7

Seaweed J. Stubbs

CHARLIE BRYANT III

CHARLIE BRYANT III
is a native of Birmingham, Ala. Charlie is excited to be making his national tour debut in the role of Seaweed. The latest credits include Spelling Bee (Mitch), Once on This Island (StoryTeller), and Company (Peter). Charlie gives thanks to all his friends and family for their fantastic support. Instagram: @iamcharliebryant Facebook: @Charlie Bryant

Link Larkin

NICK CORTAZZO

NICK CORTAZZO
is thrilled to be back with the Hairspray family! Pittsburgh native, New York transplant. Regional credits include: Kinky Boots, The Wizard of Oz, and A Musical Christmas Carol (Pittsburgh CLO); Sister Act (Kansas City Starlight); Grease and Catch Me If You Can (New London Barn Playhouse); and Joseph...Dreamcoat (Joseph). Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre Class of ‘21. Many thanks to Matt, Robbie, and the whole Hairspray team, CTG, Sandy Simon, Billy, and his friends and family–especially Mom and Dad! For Matthew. @ncortazzo

Wilbur Turnblad

RALPH PRENTICE DANIEL

RALPH PRENTICE DANIEL
National tour debut! International: Universal Beijing Resort (opening cast) Regional: Oliver! (Fagin), Assassins (Guiteau), It Shoulda Been You (Albert), Tuck Everlasting (Man in Yellow), Seussical (Mr. Mayor), Elf the Musical (Walter Hobbs), The Best Christmas Pageant Ever-the Musical (Reverend Hopkins), Newsies (Pulitzer), Mary Poppins (George Banks), Footloose (Rev. Shaw), 9 to 5 (Hart). Love to friends, family, Gabe, and The Hell’s Kitchen Agency.

Corny Collins

BILLY DAWSON

BILLY DAWSON
Billy is thrilled to return to Hairspray as Corny Collins! International: Universal Studios Japan. Regional: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Quasimodo), The Last Five Years (Jamie), Jekyll & Hyde (Jekyll/Hyde), The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio), Cabaret (Emcee), The Rocky Horror Show (Dr. Frank-N-Furter). Love and thanks to Mom, CF, Big Mouth Talent, and the Hairspray family. @dawsonbilly, www.billydawson.net

Amber Von Tussle

RYAHN EVERS

RYAHN EVERS
is thrilled to bring this bratty blonde to stages across America! Originally from Denver, Ryahn is an alumna of the University of Northern Colorado. Select regional/collegiate roles include Xanadu (Kira), Chicago (Roxie), First Date (Casey). She is forever grateful to her dad, stepmom, sisters, and her team at Ann Steele Agency for supporting her endlessly. She’d like to thank Stewart/Whitley and the entire team at Hairspray for thinking she is talented and funny. Instagram: @ryahn

Velma Von Tussle

ADDISON GARNER

ADDISON GARNER
a southern gal from Alabama, is ecstatic to be back on tour with Hairspray. A musical theatre graduate from the University of Mobile, favorite credits include Damn Yankees (Lola), Crazy for You (Irene), Singin’ in the Rain (Lina), and RCCL’s Hairspray. Forever grateful for her family, friends, Sharp Studios, and ATB Talent for their endless encouragement, support, and love. Philippians 4:13. @addisongarner

Penny Pingleton

EMERY HENDERSON

EMERY HENDERSON
waited in line for nine hours to audition for this show. Then, there was a global pandemic. She grew up in Massachusetts with a bunch of ducks.

Little Inez

JOI D. McCOY

JOI D. McCOY
is a recent graduate of UCLA’s musical theatre program. She grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. training in ballet, jazz, modern, as well as vocal studies. Regional: Bring It On: The Musical (Eva), Spamalot (Patsy), Once on This Island (Little Ti Moune), Mamma Mia! (Ali). Joi is excited to travel the country in her dream role with her dream cast.

Peaches, Dynamite

SYDNEY ARCHIBALD

SYDNEY ARCHIBALD
National tour debut! Regional: Ain’t Misbehavin’, Dreamgirls, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. New York Conservatory graduate. Endless gratitude to fam, friends, and entire Hairspray team! Trinidad & Tobago jump up!

Tammy

KELLY BARBERITO

KELLY BARBERITO,
a proud native of New Orleans and a graduate of UATD, is so excited to be returning to the cast of Hairspray! National tour: Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Swing, Assistant Dance Captain). Kelly would like to thank her About Artists, NETworks, Matt, and her family for their continuous love and support. She dedicates this performance to her beloved grandmaw.

Fender

TOMMY BETZ

TOMMY BETZ
is thrilled to be joining the Hairspray company! National tour: The Sound of Music. Regional: North Shore, Fulton, Engeman, Forestburgh. Special thanks to Matt, the entire creative team and everyone at NETworks. Love to my family for their undying support. @tommyfbetz

Shelley

HELENE BRITANY

HELENE BRITANY
is making her national tour debut but has been working in entertainment all her life. Credits: Hairspray Live! (Shelley, NBC), "Ain’t Your Mama" (Jennifer Lopez music video), etc. She has been signed to two major record labels and her song was featured in a Ford Fusion national commercial. Her released songs are on all streaming platforms. She is grateful for her family and friends for their love and support, ecstatic for Hairspray coming back into her life, and thankful for all those involved.

Swing

CAROLINE EISEMAN

CAROLINE EISEMAN
National tour debut! Regional: The Muny, Stages St. Louis, Studio Tenn, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre. Favorite Credits: 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Charlotte), Bright Star (Lucy Grant). Proud Belmont University musical theatre alum. Endless love to the Hairspray team, Stewart/Whitley, BUMT and her incredible family. For Patti, Judie, and Jane. @caroline.eiseman

Pearl, Dynamite

MELANIE PUENTE ERVIN

MELANIE PUENTE ERVIN
National tour debut! Melanie is an Afro-Latinx actor/singer from Voorhees, N.J. who is passionate about expanding empathy through performance, while gaining a better understanding of our world. Mel is extremely grateful for everyone who has supported and guided her to where she is now. Training: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, NYC. Credits: Aida (Aida), Footloose (Rusty), Theory of Relativity (Caroline). www.melaniepuenteervin.com, IG: @mpuervin

Brad

CRAIG FIRST

CRAIG FIRST
is making his national tour debut, but this marks his fourth production of Hairspray! Regional: Newsies (Morris Delancey), Singin’ in the Rain (Production Tenor), A Chorus Line (Tom). University of Alabama alum. Thanks to his family, friends, and the Movement Talent Agency for their love and support. Check out Spotify for original music. Instagram: @CraigFirst

Swing

ALEX FULLERTON

ALEX FULLERTON
National tour debut! Favorite credits: Singin’ in the Rain (Don Lockwood), Sh’Boom (Denny), Crazy for You (Custus). Alex has also performed at sea with Disney Cruise Line. Thanks Mom & Dad! BFA: Boston Conservatory, rep: HKA, IG:@AlexFullerton28

Lou Ann

ANNIE GAGEN

ANNIE GAGEN
originally from Cleveland, Ohio, is thrilled to be making her national tour debut! BA Dance, minor in musical theatre, Point Park University. She has performed 15+ productions with Norwegian Cruise Line. Favorite credits: Beauty and the Beast (Paper Mill Playhouse), Burn the Floor: My Revolution, Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Thanks to Stewart/Whitley for this opportunity and to my family for their constant support! @AnnieGagen

Brenda

CARLY HAIG

CARLY HAIG
is elated to be continuing her Hairspray journey as the fun-loving, free-wheeling Brenda! National Tour: Anastasia, Hairspray (Swing). Regional credits: Beauty and the Beast (La Mirada/Moonlight), Holiday Inn (MTW), West Side Story (5-Star), Matilda (La Mirada). Cruise Ship: Grease (RCCL). Love and gratitude to the Hairspray team, Stewart/ Whitley, FSE, and her family and friends. Thank you, thank you, thank you. @carly.haig

Lorraine

LAUREN JOHNSON

LAUREN JOHNSON
is excited to be making her national tour debut. Credits: Into the Woods (The Witch), Godspell (“Turn Back O’ Man” soloist), Kinky Boots (Pat). Proud alum of Viterbo University. Go V-Hawks! Thanks to her parents and brother for their unending love and support, and her team at FSE for being in her corner from the beginning. Instagram: @laurenjohnsononstage

Swing

SABRINA JOSEPH

SABRINA JOSEPH
is making her national tour debut in Hairspray! DeSales University ‘19. Regional: Ragtime, Evita (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). Teaching artist with Broadway for Arts Education. She would like to thank her beautiful friends, family, and mentors for their love and guidance. Hugs and kisses! This is for Andrea. Instagram: @sabrina_j97

Harriman F. Spritzer,
Mr. Pinky, Principal, Guard

GREG KALAFATAS

GREG KALAFATAS
Previous national tours: Something Rotten (Nostradamus), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (The Big Bopper), The Drowsy Chaperone. Endless thanks to family, friends, and the entire Hairspray team for making this possible. gregkalafatas.com, @gregkala

Thad

KYLE KAVULLY

KYLE KAVULLY
Professional debut. Kyle is a New York-based performer and student at Brown University. He has performed in over 15 productions in his hometown and trains at Ultimate Dance Academy under Anthony Borello. Thank you Stewart/Whitley Casting for this opportunity and to my family for their support! @kylekavully

Swing, Assistant Dance Captain

MATTHEW J. KELLY

MATTHEW J. KELLY
National tour debut! Proud UAB Music Theatre Alum. Credits: Kinky Boots, The Addams Family, and American Idiot at Weathervane Theatre. I would like to thank Stewart/Whitley and the creative team, my wonderful agents HellsKitchen Agency, and the support from my friends and family. I dedicate this show to my Mom, Dad, and brother! @MatthewJ.Kelly

Swing

McLAINE MEACHEM

McLAINE MEACHEM
(Mac) is originally from Fort Worth, Texas. She studied and trained in dance and musical theatre at Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. Her previous credits include Mamma Mia! (Ali), Hairspray (Lil Inez), A Chorus Line (Bebe).

Swing, Dance Captain

FAITH NORTHCUTT

FAITH NORTHCUTT
is so excited to be returning to Hairspray! Select credits: A Chorus Line (Maggie) at The Wick, Freaky Friday (Gretchen), Grease (Jan), and Newsies (Buttons) at MTWichita. Recent FSU Music Theatre graduate. Sending thanks and love to the whole Hairspray team and to her family and friends. IG: @faithnorthcutt, faithnorthcutt.com

Duane

NICHOLAS DION REESE

NICHOLAS DION REESE
is from Enterprise, Ala. and is excited to be making his national tour debut in Hairspray! To God, family, and friends, much love and gratitude.

Gilbert

SAGE

SAGE
is so excited to be making their national tour debut! Sage is currently a rising BFA junior at University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. Credits: Spring Awakening (Moritz), Pippin (Berthe), The Muny’s Camelot (Ensemble), and The Color Purple (Ensemble). Sage would like to thank their amazing family, friends, ancestors, and creative team of Hairspray! @theeonesage

Swing

MICAH SAUVAGEAU

MICAH SAUVAGEAU
is an Alaska native originally from Chugiak. Credits: Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Chairman), Saucy Jack & the Space Vixens (Booby), Guys and Dolls (Nicely Nicely). Thank you to the cast, creatives, production team, and the audience for bringing joy back to the theatre!

I.Q.

CLINT MADDOX THOMPSON

CLINT MADDOX THOMPSON
is thrilled to be joining Hairspray! Select credits: The Wizard of Oz (National Tour), A Chorus Line (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival), A Bronx Tale (Axelrod Performing Arts), Mamma Mia! (Virginia Musical Theatre), Elf the Musical (Gateway Playhouse). Follow his journey as an entertainer and model highlighting his southern roots @clintmthompson. Endless love and thanks to his mentors, Matt, Benton, NETworks, and most of all his family.

Cindy Watkins, Dynamite

JADE TURNER

JADE TURNER
is so excited to be joining Hairspray! National tour: Escape to Margaritaville. Regional: Asolo Rep’s Ragtime, Roe, and The Music Man directed by Jeff Calhoun. Film: Ben Platt’s “Temporary Love” music video. University of Tampa ‘17. Thanks to Avalon Artists Group, Stewart/Whitley, friends and family! @jayglotay

Sketch

MICKEY WHITE

MICKEY WHITE
Tour debut! Kinky Boots (Charlie Price), Newsies (Jack Kelly), Pippin (Pippin), The Who’s Tommy (Tommy), The Little Mermaid (Prince Eric). Various roles with Disney Cruise Lines. Huge thanks to Mom, Dad, Raegan, Rylee and Edna. Rep:FSE. Boston Conservatory BFA ‘19. @MickeyTWhite.

Prudy Pingleton,
Gym Teacher, Matron

EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN

EMMANUELLE ZEESMAN
is a proud Canadian and thrilled to be part of this magic! National tours/ Off-Broadway: Finding Neverland, The Wizard of Oz, Guys and Dolls, Passion, Blood Brothers (CCC Best Actress Award), and five seasons with symphony orchestras across four continents. Thanks to the creative team and to Stewart/ Whitley Casting! Love to Mamaman, Papa, and all my family and friends! @emmanuellezeesman

Book

MARK O’DONNELL
Plays: That’s It, Folks!; Fables for Friends; The Nice and the Nasty (all produced at Playwrights Horizons), and Strangers on Earth and Vertigo Park (both produced by Zena Group Theatre). He wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Tots in Tinseltown. O’Donnell collaborated with Bill Irwin on an adaptation of Moliere’s Scapin, and he co-authored a translation of Feydeau’s A Flea in Her Ear, both for the Roundabout. For Manhattan Theatre Club, he translated Jean Claude Carriere’s La Terrasse. He has published two collections of comic stories Elementary Education and Vertigo Park and Other Tall Tales (both Knopf), as well as two recent novels, Getting Over Homer and Let Nothing You Dismay (both now in Vintage paperback). His humor, cartoons, and poetry have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Spy, The New Republic, and Esquire, among many others. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lecomte du Nuoy Prize, and the George S. Kaufman Award.

Book

THOMAS MEEHAN
won the 2003 Tony Award for co-writing the book for Hairspray, after having won the 2001 Tony Award for co- writing the book of The Producers. In 1977, he received his first Tony Award for writing the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show, and he has since written the books for the musicals I Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Annie Warbucks, Bombay Dreams, and Cry-Baby. In addition, he is a long-time contributor of humor pieces, including “Yma Dream” to The New Yorker, an Emmy Award-winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, including Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs, To Be or Not to Be, and the film version of The Producers. He is also the co-author for the libretto of 1984, an opera composed by Lorin Maazel and based on George Orwell’s classic novel of the same name, which had its world premiere in the spring of 2003 at London’s Royal Opera House and was performed at La Scala in Milan. Mr. Meehan is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild.

Music and Arrangements, Lyrics

MARC SHAIMAN
is a composer/lyricist/arranger/performer working in films, television, musical theater, and recordings. He has won several honors, including a Tony, an Emmy, a Grammy, plus seven Oscar nominations. Film: Mary Poppins Returns (Two Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, Grammy noms.), Sleepless in Seattle, Patch Adams, The First Wives Club, The American President, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (all Oscar noms.), Beaches, When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers, The Addams Family, Sister Act, A Few Good Men, Hocus Pocus, The Bucket List, Hairspray, and The Star (Golden Globe nom. with Mariah Carey). Broadway (with co-lyricist Scott Wittman): Hairspray (Tony and Grammy), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Catch Me If You Can (Tony nom.), Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, this fall a new musical version of Some Like It Hot, and next year, Smash (based on the TV show). TV: Saturday Night Live (Emmy and Golden Globe noms.), Smash (Emmy and Golden Globe noms.), The Oscars with Billy Crystal (Emmy), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (with final guest Bette Midler), and countless appearances with Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Lane, Jennifer Hudson, Jack Black, and Will Ferrell, among others. He has produced/arranged recordings and performances for Bette Midler, Harry Connick Jr., Peter Allen, Eric Clapton, Diane Keaton, Patti LuPone, Steve Martin, Barbra Streisand, Robin Williams, and many more. Recent projects include Rogers: The Musical for Marvel/Disney+’s Hawkeye, incidental music for Plaza Suite, and the score for Universal’s Billy Eichner romcom Bros. His online opus Prop 8 - The Musical was a Webbie Award winner.

Lyrics

SCOTT WITTMAN
Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award winning lyricist, director, writer, and conceiver. He co-wrote the lyrics for the hit musical Hairspray (Tony, Grammy, Olivier Award) with creative partner Marc Shaiman. Wittman served as an executive producer on the hit film starring John Travolta. Nominated for a Golden Globe, Grammy, and two Emmy Awards for the original songs on NBC’s musical drama Smash. Shaiman and Wittman’s original score for the Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell was released by Sony Records. Wittman and Shaiman's Broadway writing credits include Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, which Wittman also directed, Catch Me If You Can (Tony nom. for Best Musical), and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway and the West End. And the new Broadway musical of Some Like it Hot at the Schubert Theatre. Wittman has created and directed concerts for Patti LuPone. He has created solo shows for Christine Ebersole and Nathan Lane, as well as writing for Bette Midler’s 2015 Divine Intervention World Tour. Off-Broadway, he conceived and directed Jukebox Jackie starring Justin Vivian Bond at La Mama, and Bridget Everett’s Rockbottom at the Public Theatre. His notorious and legendary Downtown shows are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Shaiman and Wittman also wrote the score to Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns starring Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Meryl Streep. The song “The Place Where Lost Things Go” was nominated for an Oscar.

Original Director

JACK O’BRIEN
has won three Tony Awards for his direction of Hairspray, Henry IV, and The Coast of Utopia. His other recent Broadway credits include Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, Carousel, The Front Page, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, It’s Only a Play, Macbeth, The Nance, Dead Accounts, Catch Me If You Can, Impressionism, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nom.), Imaginary Friends, The Invention of Love (Tony nomination and Drama Desk winner), The Full Monty (Tony nom.), More to Love, Getting Away with Murder, The Little Foxes, Damn Yankees, Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nom.) and Porgy and Bess (Tony nom.). Off-Broadway credits include Tom Stoppard’s The Hard Problem, Pride’s Crossing, and Hapgood (Lucille Lortel Award). Other productions include Il Trittico at the Metropolitan Opera, Guys and Dolls at Carnegie Hall, Much Ado About Nothing for The Public’s Shakespeare in the Park, Love Never Dies and Hairspray (Olivier nom.) in London, which saw a revival at the Coliseum in London last summer. O’Brien was the artistic director of the Old Globe Theatre from 1981 till 2007. He has directed six programs for PBS’s American Playhouse. His book, Jack Be Nimble, is published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux and his next volume, Jack in the Box: or, How to Goddamn Direct, will also be published by FSG.

Director

MATT LENZ
Broadway: Hairspray, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Catch Me If You Can, The Velocity of Autumn (Associate Director on original productions), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Resident Director). Off-Broadway: Pageant: The Musical (Drama Desk nom.), The Irish Curse, Idaho! The Comedy Musical, The Great Daisy Theory, Fingers and Toes, and Alan Ball’s Tense Guy. National Tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Sound of Music, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Cheers: Live on Stage, Catch Me If You Can, The Who’s Tommy, and Hairspray. International: Productions of Hairspray in Australia, South Africa, the UK, Toronto, and Germany. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Australian tour. Regional: Numerous plays and musicals at Paper Mill Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, the MUNY, Ogunquit Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theater, Forestburgh Playhouse, Zach Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse and Casa Manana. Matt is the founding Artistic Director of In The Works~In The Woods, a festival of new plays and musicals. Member SDC. www.mattlenzdirector.com.

Original Choreographer

JERRY MITCHELL
received the Tony Award for Best Choreography twice—for the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Kinky Boots (also Tony nom. for Best Director), and the revival of La Cage aux Folles. Most recent Broadway: Pretty Woman (Director/ Choreographer), now playing on tour across the U.S. and on the West End. He directed the Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet! (also international tour, London’s Coliseum Theatre), and was nominated for an Olivier Award for his choreography in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which he also directed and co-produced in London. In the 35 preceding years, Mitchell has been involved with more than 50 Broadway, West End and touring productions, starting as a dancer for Agnes de Mille in Brigadoon and thereafter assisting Michael Bennett and Jerome Robbins. His Broadway debut as choreographer, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, was followed by The Full Monty (Tony nom.), The Rocky Horror Show, Hairspray (Tony nom., NBC Live), Gypsy, Never Gonna Dance (Tony nom.), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nom.), La Cage aux Folles, Imaginary Friends, Legally Blonde (Tony nom., which he also directed on Broadway and in London), Catch Me If You Can, and Kinky Boots. He is currently developing a new musical, Becoming Nancy. He also choreographed the Off-Broadway productions and films of Hedwig & The Angry Inch and Jeffrey. Mitchell conceived and created Broadway Bares, a comedy burlesque show performed annually in NYC for the past 30 years and raising over 24.5 million dollars for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to date.

Choreography

ROBBIE ROBY
has been part of the Hairspray family for 18 years, originally as the dance captain for the Broadway and Las Vegas productions. Select choreography credits include: Joseph… Dreamcoat (staring David Archuleta), Sister Act (Kansas City Starlight, Pittsburgh CLO), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Tuacahn, Ordway Theatre, and Pittsburgh CLO), Little Shop of Horrors (Sacramento Music Circus), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (The 5th Avenue Theatre), Shrek (Walnut Street Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus), and Broadway Backwards (New Amsterdam Theatre; NYC). As a performer, Roby was the dance captain for Broadway/touring productions of Billy Elliot, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and Monty Python’s Spamalot.

Scenic Design

DAVID ROCKWELL
Broadway: Into the Woods; Take Me Out; Tootsie; Kiss Me, Kate; Lobby Hero; She Loves Me (Tony, Drama Desk, and OCC awards); On the Twentieth Century (Tony nom.); You Can’t Take It With You (Tony nom.); Kinky Boots (Tony nom.); Lucky Guy (Tony nom.); Hairspray (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC noms.); and the upcoming production of A Beautiful Noise. Off-Broadway: Into the Woods; Seven Deadly Sins; Soundtrack of America; A Bright Room Called Day; and Shakespeare in the Park. Founder and President of Rockwell Group, an architecture and design firm based in New York with offices in Los Angeles and Madrid. He is the author of four books on architecture and design, including Drama (Phaidon 2021). Honors: AIANY President’s Award, Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, Presidential Design Award.

Costume Design

WILLIAM IVEY LONG
Credits: The Producers, Seussical, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Music Man, Contact; Swing!, Epic Proportions, The Civil War, Annie Get Your Gun, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Cabaret, Chicago (New York, London, Melbourne, Vienna, Stockholm, Amsterdam), Steel Pier, 1776, Smokey Joe’s Cafe (New York, London, Las Vegas, tours), Crazy For You (Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Dora awards), London, Toronto (Dora Award), Tokyo; Guys and Dolls (Drama Desk Award); Madison Square Garden’s annual A Christmas Carol; Six Degrees of Separation; Assassins (1991 Obie Award for outstanding achievement); Lend Me a Tenor (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle awards); Nine (Tony, Drama Desk, Maharam awards); Robert Wilson’s Hamletmachine; Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place and Trouble in Tahiti (Vienna State Opera, La Scala, Houston Grand Opera, Kennedy Center); The Lost Colony; Mick Jagger for the Rolling Stones’ Steel Wheels tour; Siegfried and Roy at the Mirage Hotel; Paul Taylor; Twyla Tharp; Peter Martins; David Parsons; Susan Stroman.

Lighting Design

KENNETH POSNER
designs extensively Off-Broadway, for resident theatres and touring productions throughout the United States, as well as internationally. He began his design career in the early 1990s s the lighting designer for the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Mass. Selected Broadway credits include Mr. Saturday Night, Beetlejuice, Pretty Woman, Mean Girls, War Paint, Tuck Everlasting, Disgraced, On Your Feet, If/Then, Kinky Boots, Pippin, Cinderella, Hairspray, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, Catch Me If You Can, The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck, Other Desert Cities, The Merchant Of Venice, The Little Foxes, The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer, Finding Neverland, and Wicked.

Tour Lighting Design

PAUL MILLER
Broadway: Ruben & Clay’s Christmas Show, Amazing Grace, The Illusionists, Legally Blonde, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only. National Tours: The Illusionists, Elf the Musical, The Producers, Hairspray, Nunsense. Many commercial Off-Broadway productions and City Center Encores! Regional: The Old Globe, Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Ontario), DC Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare, Idaho Shakespeare, Great Lakes Theatre Co, Asolo Rep, American Conservatory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, The Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh CLO, and Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, among others. Ballet: The New Jersey Ballet, Eglevsky Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet. Television: Live from Lincoln Center, Netflix, Showtime, Comedy Central. International: Productions in São Paulo, Toronto, London, Vienna, Milan (Teatro alla Scala), Manila, Johannesburg, Beijing, Slovenia, Canada, and Mexico. Paul has been the Lighting Director for the internationally televised New Year’s Eve Celebration from New York’s Times Square for the last 20 years. He is originally from Chicago and trained at The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Sound Design

SHANNON SLATON
has designed many national tours including Shrek; Once on this Island; The Producers; Kiss Me, Kate; Noise/Funk; The Full Monty; Contact; A Chorus Line; Tap Dogs; Sweeney Todd; The Wizard of Oz; The Drowsy Chaperone; and The Wedding Singer. He was production sound for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and national tour, and advance sound for Wicked. Shows he has mixed on Broadway include Springsteen on Broadway, Man of La Mancha, Bombay Dreams, A Christmas Carol, Sweet Charity, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy Chaperone, Spring Awakening, Fela!, Anything Goes, Annie, Legally Blonde, and Cabaret.

Video Design

PATRICK W. LORD
is a projection and video designer, whose work has been seen across the county. He has designed the national tours of Hairspray and the new tour of On Your Feet, and was on the video team for the first tour of Mean Girls as the animator. In addition, he has had the privilege to design critically acclaimed world premieres at theaters like Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts with playwrights like Lauren Gunderson, Finegan Kruckemeyer, Robert Schenkkan and others. His career also includes extensive work at regional theaters across the country like Shakespeare Theatre Company, Olney Theatre Center, Flatrock Playhouse, Croswell Opera House, Skylight Music Theatre and many more, especially in the Washington DC area, which he calls home. Outside of his theatre work, Patrick has designed for Grammy award winning musicians and creative directed projects for numerous NBA and NHL teams’ special events. patrickwlord.com

Wigs & Hair Design

PAUL HUNTLEY
London born and is a special Tony Award Winner as well as a Drama Desk recipient. Huntley has worked on hundreds of Broadway projects since arriving in this country in 1972. His projects have included Cats; Amadeus; Kiss Me, Kate; The Producers and Hairspray. He has also worked with some of the most talented leading ladies of the American Cinema. They include Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, Mae West, Glenn Close, Angela Lansbury and Jessica Lange. Movies are Christopher Plummer in “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” and Willem Dafoe in “Cirque Du Freak.”

Wigs & Hair Design

BERNIE ARDIA
is a California native with a 40-year career starting in print and television. He has designed for over 75 productions including: Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Misérables and Oliver, Kiss of the Spider Woman with Chita Rivera, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express (Las Vegas), Cinderella with Eartha Kitt, and Hairspray (recreating Paul Huntley’s designs). He is also the author of Barbra Streisand in New York City, and presenting the upcoming At Sea with Patrick Dennis, My Madcap Mexican Adventure with the Author of Auntie Mame (pub. Ratteling Good Yarns).

Orchestrations

HAROLD WHEELER
From the time he conducted the Broadway musical Promises, Promises to the year Dreamgirls won six Tony Awards, Wheeler has been in the front ranks of entertainment as a conductor, composer, arranger and performer. Additional theatre credits as orchestrator and music supervisor include CoCo, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Wiz, Little Me (Tony nom.), A Chorus Line, The Tap Dance Kid, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, Fame, The Life (Tony nom.), Side Show, Swing! (Tony nom.), The Full Monty. He acted as musical director for the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and composed the score for the film Love! Valour! Compassion! He is married to actress/singer Hattie Winston.

Music Supervisor

KEITH THOMPSON
is an award-winning musical director, arranger, and composer. He created, directed and produced The Cocktail Cabaret which enjoyed a successful year-long run at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Thompson is the founder and host of The Composers Showcase, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides a platform for composers to share their original musical creations at The Smith Center in Las Vegas. Professional credits include musical director for Jersey Boys, The Producers, Hairspray, and We Will Rock You, the QUEEN musical, as well as first national tours of Mamma Mia! and Cabaret.

Music Coordinator

JOHN MEZZIO
has conducted national tours including State Fair starring John Davidson, Victor Victoria starring Toni Tennille, and Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson. Additionally, Mezzio was associate conductor for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express at the Las Vegas Hilton. National tours: Oklahoma!, The Producers, Spring Awakening, Memphis, Beauty and the Beast, and Elf the Musical.

Conductor/Keyboard

JULIUS LaFLAMME
is a music director, arranger, and composer based in Boston. Regional: Passing Strange, West Side Story, Tommy, Xanadu, Spring Awakening, Songs for a New World, A New Brain, Rocky Horror Picture Show. He studied musical theater writing and direction at Berklee College of Music.

Casting

STEWART/WHITLEY
Duncan Stewart CSA and Benton Whitley CSA. Broadway/NY: Hadestown (Artios Award), Chicago, Paradise Square, Rock of Ages, The Lightning Thief, ...the Great Comet of 1812, Elf the Musical, On the Town, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. TV/Film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/UK: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: Hadestown, Hairspray, Waitress, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You. Regional: ART, Berkeley Rep, Alley, Bay Street, For the Record, TUTS, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature, RCCL. @stewartwhitley, stewartwhitley.com

Production Stage Manager

EMILY KRITZMAN
studied Stage Management at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She is honored to be a part of the national tour of Hairspray. Former credits include Waitress and Anastasia. She would like to thank her family and friends for their support

Assistant Stage Manager

MEGAN BELGAM
is thrilled to be joining the Hairspray team! National Tour: Waitress (Lulu), To Kill a Mockingbird. Regional: Escape to Margaritaville (Ogunquit), Frozen Jr. (Ogunquit), Winter Wonderland (American Music Theatre), Aladdin (Fulton). Proud graduate of Penn State University. Thanks for supporting the arts!

Company Manager

LUKE MEYER
is thrilled to be joining the Hairspray family and returning to NETworks. He has toured extensively over the past decade as both a musician and company manager. Past management credits: Friends the Musical Parody (off-B’way/tour), The Office! A Musical Parody (tour), Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors (US tour), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (tour), Love, Actually? A Musical Parody (off-B’way), Emojiland the Musical (tour).

General Management

GENTRY & ASSOCIATES
has managed nearly 250 national and international touring theatrical productions over the past 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include 1776, Anastasia, Blue Man Group, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Elf the Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, Les Misérables, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird.

Tour Press and Marketing

BROADWAY BOOKING OFFICE NYC
is a leading theatrical tour booking, marketing and press company representing award-winning musicals and plays. Currently: Jersey Boys, Beautiful–The Carole King Musical, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Hairspray, To Kill a Mockingbird, Potted Potter, The Crown Live!, world premiere new works Designing Women and Here You Come Again, and a new Broadway-bound production of The Secret Garden. BBO serves as consultant for Transcendence Theatre Company in Sonoma and the North American tour of Les Misérables. bbonyc.com

Tour Booking Agency

THE BOOKING GROUP
has represented 27 Tony Award® winning Best Musicals and Plays. Current tours include: Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, The Book of Mormon, 1776, Hadestown, Mean Girls, MJ The Musical, Pretty Woman, Six, Tina, To Kill A Mockingbird, Anastasia, Chicago, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, My Fair Lady, R.E.S.P.E.C.T; and Tootsie. Future tours include: Almost Famous, Funny Girl, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire, A Strange Loop, The Devil Wears Prada, and The Wiz.

Executive Producer

TRINITY WHEELER
Broadway: 1776 (dirs. Diane Paulus and Jeffrey Page), Les Misérables. National Tours: The Sound of Music (dir. Jack O’Brien), Finding Neverland, Once on This Island, Waitress, The SpongeBob Musical, Chicago, Dirty Dancing, Elf the Musical, The Producers, The Wedding Singer, Oklahoma!, Funny Girl, The Wizard of Oz, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein starring Roger Bart, and Rent starring Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp. Current projects: Les Misérables, Hairspray, 1776, Peter Pan (dir. Lonny Price). Host of Rhapsody Radio (Apple Podcasts, Spotify). Love to Alan, Colin, Richard, Sawyer, Huck, Curry and Alfie. @trinityonbroadway

Producer

NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
is an industry-leading producer of touring theatrical productions, committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide for more than 25 years. Current and upcoming productions include 1776, Anastasia, Blue Man Group, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Elf the Musical, Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, Les Misérables, Peter Pan, and To Kill a Mockingbird. networkstours.com

Mid-West Family
Altra Financial Advisors
HAIRSPRAY STAFF

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
 Trinity Wheeler

GENERAL MANAGEMENT:
Gentry & Associates
Gregory Vander Ploeg, Pearce Landry-Wegener
Steven Varon-Moor, Madeline McCluskey
Heather Moss

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT:
NETworks Presentations
Jason Juenker, Hector Guivas, Shelby Stark
Walker White, pesci

TOUR PRESS AND MARKETING:
Broadway Booking Office NYC
Steven Schnepp, David Freeland
Kent McIngvale, N. Meredyth Davis
Deb Fiscella, Allison Engallena

CASTING:
STEWART/WHITLEY
Duncan Stewart, CSA & Benton Whitley, CSA
Joey Montenarello, CSA
Micah Johnson-Levy
Afsheen Misaghi, Samantha Walsh

TOUR DIRECTION:
THE BOOKING GROUP
Meredith Blair
Rich Rundle and Brian Brooks
thebookinggroup.com

Production Stage Manager: Emily Kritzman
Assistant Stage Manager: Megan Belgam
Company Manager: Luke Meyer
Associate Company Manager: Kyle Hess
Associate Director: Leonard Sullivan
Assistant Choreographer: Gabi Stapula
Associate Scenic Design: Dick Jaris
Costume Coordinator: Kurt Alger
Assistant Costume Coordinator: DJ Plunkett
Assistant Lighting Design: Wheeler Moon
Moving Lighting Programmer: Parker Conzone
Associate Sound Design: Marisa Barnes
Assistant Video Design: Paul Deziel
Video Programmer: Alex Gendal
Head Carpenter: Tom Willson
Assistant Carpenter: Kyle Radabaugh
Flyman: Aaron Graham
Head Electrician: Sid Cory
Assistant Electrician: Tristan Rhoades
Head Audio: Tanner Elker
Assistant Audio: Nicolas Kunkel
Head Props: Sara Sharos
Head Wardrobe: Elizabeth Howard
Assistant Wardrobe: Adrianna Covone
Hair/Makeup Supervisor: Cheyenne Hart
Assistant Hair/Makeup: Michael Roman
Swing Tech: Thomas Gilman
Production Electrician: Scott Barnett
Assistant Production Electrician: Olliver Young
Production Sound: Travis Johnson
Production Video: Lorenzo Lagola
Dance Captain: Faith Northcutt
Assistant Dance Captain: Matthew J. Kelly
Physical Therapy: NEURO TOUR Physical Therapy, Inc.
Production Assistants: Ryan Buchholz, Kathleen Carragee, Cheyenne Oliver
Poster Photography: Norma Jean Roy
Production Photography: Jeremy Daniel
Video Services: HMS Media
Creative Services: Allied Global Marketing, Emmy Ann Design
Website Services/Design: AKA
Merchandise: Araca
Merchandise Manager: David Hersh
Accounting: NETworks Presentations LLC
Legal Services: David F. Schwartz, Esq., Gray Schwartz LLP, F. Richard Pappas, Esq.
HR Services: Global Solutions, Inc.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Strategy: Production on Deck
Housing: Road Concierge, an ALTOUR Company
Travel Agency: Janice Kessler, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Trucking: Clark Transfer

FOR NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS
Chief Executive Officer: Orin Wolf
Chief Financial Officer: Scott W. Jackson
Chief Operating Officer: Jennifer Ardizzone-West
Chief Producing Officer: Seth Wenig
Executive Producers: Mimi Intagliata, Trinity Wheeler
Associate Producer: Hannah Rosenthal
Executive Assistant: Isabella Schiavon
Health and Safety Director: Kayla Rooplal
Sr. Director/Finance: John Kinna
Controller: Jennifer Gifford
Director of Tour Accounting: Laura S. Carey
Tax Director: Pat Guerieri
Associate Tax Accountant: Kim Ngan Tran
Finance and Administrative Assistant: Elizabeth Olabosipo
Sr. Director/Booking and Engagements: Mary K. Witte
Director, Booking and Engagements: Colin Byrne
Engagement Manager: Stacey Burns
Director of Sales: Zach Stevenson
Director of Marketing: Heather Hess
Sr. Director/General Management: Gregory Vander Ploeg
Sr. General Manager/Operations Director: Pearce Landry-Wegener
General Manager: Steven Varon-Moore
Associate General Managers: Madeline McCluskey, Heather Moss
Operations Manager: Catherine Logan Blanar
Sr. Director/Production Management: Jason Juenker
Sr. Production Manager: Hector Guivas
Production Managers: Shelby Stark, Walker White
Technical Director: pesci
Music Coordinator: John Mezzio
Warehouse Manager: Joseph Spratt
Warehouse Costume Manager: Bobby Maglaughlin

CREDITS
Scenery built by Show Motion. Scenic Services by Proof Productions. Soft goods provided by iWeiss. Prop Services by Proof Productions. Sound Equipment from Masque Sound. Lighting Equipment from Christie Lites. Costumes by Euro Co Costumes, Arel Studio, Colin Davis Jones Studios, Timberlake Studio, Bethany Joy Costumes, Larry Vrba, Worldtone Shoes, LaDuca Shoes, Dersh Feather, Brock Viering, Matthew Carlson, Kathryn McGaughey, Raul Luna, Kriss Bicking. Special thanks to Bra*Tenders for hosiery and undergarments. Video Equipment by PixelFLEX.

Rehearsed at Baryshnikov Arts Center; New York.

Special Thanks to:
The Carson Center, Paducah, Ky.
Mary E. Katz, Executive Director
Insurance Broker Services: Maury Donnelly and Parr, Inc.
Robert B. Middleton, Sr., and Meghan Coleman
Financial Services and banking arrangements by Signature Bank
Hairspray is presented through special arrangement with MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL
New York, N.Y.
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