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SUMMER PROGRAM 2013
Monday evening performances are interpreted for the hearing impaired by
Loretta Freeman and Dan Betzler. Visual descriptive services for the blind
and visually impaired are also provided for Monday evening performances.
This theatre is equipped with an assistive listening system. Assistive listening devices
are available at the souvenir window and at select concession stands.
Dawson’s Creek, Everwood, One Tree Hill
and
Brothers and Sisters
. Jason has a BS in performance
studies from Northwestern University.
MIKE ISAACSON
(
Executive Producer
) is
thrilled you are here tonight. Last summer,
Isaacson became the third Executive Producer in
The Muny’s 95-year history. After his first season,
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch named Isaacson
“Theatre Artist of the Year,” writing that “Staging
one impressive production after another, he made
The Muny simultaneously hip and – believe it
– important to our community’s cultural life.”
Isaacson also co-heads Fox Theatricals with
Kristin Caskey, and they have produced more
than 20 Broadway musicals and plays, national
tours, Off-Broadway plays, and London shows.
Last season on Broadway they produced
Grace
at
The Cort Theatre, starring Michael Shannon and
Ed Asner, and
Bring It On – The Musical
at The St.
James Theatre.
Bring It On
received a 2013 Tony
nomination for “Best Musical.” Other highlights
include
Red
(2010 Tony Award, Best Play);
Legally Blonde: the Musical
(2011 Olivier Award,
Best Musical);
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(2002
Tony Award, Best Musical);
You’re a Good Man,
Charlie Brown
;
The Seagull
starring Kristin Scott
Thomas;
Caroline, or Change
by Tony Kushner
and Jeanine Tesori;
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest
starring Gary Sinise, and
Death of a Salesman
(1999 Tony Award). For the Independent
Presenters Network, he served as producer for the
Broadway productions of
Spamalot
(2005 Tony
Award, Best Musical),
Ragtime
and
The Color
Purple
. All told, his productions have received
more than 82 Tony Award Nominations, and 24
Tony Awards. Upcoming productions include
Fun Home
by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron, and
If/Then
by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, starring
Idina Menzel. He has served on the board of
governors and executive committee of The
Broadway League and was its youngest recipient
of the Samuel J. L’Hommedieu Award for his 14
years at St. Louis’s glorious Fabulous Fox Theatre.
But back to what really matters: He’s thrilled to
share tonight’s performance with you. Enjoy! And
thanks, Joe.
2013 ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN
Tova Braitberg
CONCERTMASTER
Nancy Chow
Beth Hoffman
Julie Leonhardt
Nathan Banks
VIOLA/VIOLIN
Susanna Woodard
PRINCIPAL
Wendy Lea
CELLO
Antonio Innaimo
PRINCIPAL
James Perretta
BASS
Terry Kippenberger
PRINCIPAL
Frederick DeVaney
WOODWINDS
Mike Buerk
PRINCIPAL
Elsie Parker
Robert Hughes
Nancy Summers
Richard Smith
TRUMPET
Bob Ceccarini*
PRINCIPAL
Vicky Smolik
FRENCH HORN
Nancy Schick
PRINCIPAL
Steven Hanrahan
TROMBONE
Tom Vincent
PRINCIPAL
Robert Miller
TUBA
David Unland
PERCUSSION
Jerry Bolen
PRINCIPAL
DRUMS
John Brophy
HARP
Cherilyn Trusty
GUITAR
Steve Schenkel
*
Orchestra Personnel Manager
The Musicians of the Muny orchestra are members of
Local 2-197 of the American Federation of Musicians.
