PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENTS
The Producers
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Pioneer Theatre Company presents the Mel Brooks musical
The Producers April 25 through May 10, 2008. This
story of two shysters trying to make a buck on Broadway,
adapted from the classic movie by the same name, won more Tony
Awards than any other musical, including Best Book, Best
Score, and Best Musical.
Max Bialystock and Leopold Bloom have discovered a surefire
way to make a fortune on Broadway: raise millions from little
old lady investors, produce the worst play in a long history
of flops, and then run off with the money when the play closes
on opening night. They think they’ve found their play in
Springtime for Hitler – but anything can happen when the
lights go down on Broadway!
The two would-be producers Max Bialystock and Leopold Bloom
are played by AEA actors Kevin C. Loomis and Michael
Keyloun, respectively. Loomis makes his PTC debut
after appearing on Broadway in Inherit the Wind last
year. His television work includes
such shows as Law & Order:
CI, The Practice, Frasier, and The
X-Files. Loomis has
worked at many regional theatres, including Portland
Repertory, Montana Repertory, and ACT in Seattle.
Keyloun, also making his debut with PTC, has been seen
in New York in Five Wishes
at the Atlantic Theater Company, Her Majesty the King
at HERE Arts Center, and theAtrainplays for NYMF/Neighborhood
Playhouse. His regional credits include Taming of the Shrew
at Capital Repertory, Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, and
The Underpants for Actors Theatre of Louisville.
Ulla, the producers’ curvaceous assistant, is played by AEA
actress Elizabeth Clinard. In addition to appearances
on the PTC stage in Paint Your Wagon and Chicago,
Clinard has appeared at such theatres as The Hudson
Theater in New York City and the Chicago Symphony Center. She
also served as assistant director/choreographer for the Harlem
Gospel Singers 2006 International Tour.
Portraying the unstable playwright Franz Liebkind is AEA
member Max Robinson. Robinson
played Oscar Wilde in Gross
Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde at The Studio
Theatre in Washington, D.C., which earned him a Helen Hayes
Award nomination. His film credits include Other People’s
Money, Woody Allen’s Shadows and Fog and Disney’s
Pixel Perfect. He was most recently seen at PTC as the
weaver Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Portraying Roger De Bris, Springtime for Hitler’s hack
director, is Equity actor Dale Hensley. Hensley’s
many Broadway credits include The Drowsy Chaperone,
La Cage aux Folles,
Sunset Boulevard,
Guys and Dolls, Cats,
and Anything Goes. He
has also toured in The Full Monty,
Big, The Music of
Andrew Lloyd Webber, La
Cage aux Folles, Sugar
Babies, and was in the Las Vegas company of Hairspray. This
marks his first PTC appearance.
Portraying Carmen Ghia, the flamboyant assistant to Roger De
Bris, is AEA actor Scott Barnhardt. On Broadway,
Barnhardt was seen in Deaf West's Revival of Big River,
Bye Bye Birdie for City Center Encores!, and Behind
the Limelight in the 2006 New York Musical Theatre
Festival. He also toured nationally in The Boy Friend
directed by Julie Andrews. This marks his PTC debut.
Making up the large ensemble are AEA actors Scot Patrick
Allen, Philip Michael Baskerville, Ginger Bess,
Teresa Bramwell, Eric Lee Brotherson, Vanessa
Cheney, Mary Fanning Driggs, Erin Hiatt,
Justin Ivie, Mike Kirsch, Kelly Kohnert,
Susan Day Lewis, Jayne Luke, Thomas Marcus,
Janelle Neal, Katheryn Patton, Aaron Lloyd
Pomeroy, Ron Remke, and Daniel T. Simons.
Rounding out the ensemble are Jon Brady Copier,
William Richardson, and Rosie Ward.
PTC Artistic Director
Charles Morey directs the production. Morey
has directed more than seventy productions for Pioneer Theatre
Company, including Paint Your Wagon, The
Ladies Man,
Chicago, Pride and Prejudice, Humble Boy,
and Les Misérables. Regionally he has directed for
the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Asolo Theatre Company,
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Meadow Brook Theatre, American
Stage Festival, PCPA Theaterfest and the Utah Shakespearean
Festival. Morey is also a successful playwright whose works
have gone on to successful productions in theatres across the
country, and a fellow of the MacDowell Colony.
Patti D’Beck will choreograph the production. Her
Broadway credits include Annie Get Your Gun, starring
Bernadette Peters, and later Reba McEntire, Bells Are
Ringing, Grease! and The Will Rogers
Follies, working with people such as Jeff Calhoun,
Graciela Daniele, Tommy Tune and Michael Bennett. She has
appeared on Broadway in thirteen shows including A Chorus
Line, Evita and My One and Only. She is
currently a faculty member in the Theatre Department at
Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va.
Lawrence Goldberg
provides the musical direction for the production.
Goldberg’s
Broadway credits include
The Drowsy Chaperone, Thoroughly Modern
Millie, The Phantom of the Opera, Carousel,
Young Frankenstein, Guys and Dolls, and Gypsy.
He was also Conductor and Musical Director for both National
Tours of The Producers. His other musical direction
credits include National Tours of Les Misérables,
Sunset Boulevard, and Cats.
Assistant Musical Director is Eric K. Johnston.
Johnston’s off-Broadway productions include Shanghai
Lil's, Evil Dead the Musical and How to Save the
World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes. Regionally, he has
musically directed Hello, Dolly! with Arkansas
Repertory Theatre and assisted on Les Misérables at
North Shore Music Theatre.
Scenic design for The Producers is by resident
designer George Maxwell. Maxwell recently
designed the sets for The Foreigner and Paint Your
Wagon at Pioneer Theatre Company; his designs last season
included Chicago,
You Can’t Take It With You
and Les Misérables. A
member of United Scenic Artists, Maxwell has also designed
sets for Utah Opera Company and the Utah Shakespearean
Festival.
K.L. Alberts designs the costumes for the production
after designing last season’s Les Misérables.
Alberts’ designs have also been seen at SLAC in such shows
as SexSting, Skin in Flames, Kimberly Akimbo,
and Bad Dates. For the Utah Shakespearean Festival,
Alberts designed Hay Fever, The Matchmaker
and Ah, Wilderness!
Lighting design is by Karl Haas, who previously
designed Les Misérables,
West Side Story, and South Pacific among many
others at PTC. His New York design credits include productions
at Playwrights Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Brooklyn
Academy of Music, and Julliard. Haas has been Lighting
Supervisor/Designer for the Bolshoi Ballet/Opera, the Kirov
Ballet, the Spanish National Ballet, and the Joffrey Ballet.
Haas is currently the Architectural Western Regional
Manager for Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC).
Sound design is by
Joe Payne.
Payne
is in his eighth season as Resident Sound Designer for Pioneer Theatre
Company. He has designed sound and/or composed music for more
than 100 productions in theatres throughout the country.
Hair and Make-up Designer
Amanda French,
PTC resident designer, has worked for theatres all over the
west. She is a contributing writer in the ninth edition of
Stage Makeup by Richard Corson and James Glavan and is a
featured artist in The Costume Technician’s Handbook by
Rosemary Ingham and Liz Covey.
The Producers contains occasional strong language and
suggestive dialogue.
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MEDIA PHOTO SHOOT:
There will be a media photo shoot on Tuesday, April 15th,
2008. The shoot will be held at
7:00 P.M.
at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 E., SLC.
Please RSVP at (801) 581-7222.
TV
CAMERA FILMING:
Filming a short segment of the production during Preview or
Opening Night for press use can be arranged. Call (801)
581-6270.
INTERVIEWS:
Interviews with the cast and artistic staff are available.
Call (801) 581-7222.
PRESS
TOURS:
Tours of the set for the press are available. Call (801)
581-6270.
WHO: Pioneer Theatre Company
WHAT: The Producers Book
by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan;
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
WHEN: April 25 – May 10, 2008
TIMES: Mondays - Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.
Fridays and Saturdays, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday matinees, 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre
300 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City
PRICE: $25 - $49; Children K – 12 are half
price on Mon. and Tues.
MORE INFO: Box
Office (801) 581-6961. The Box Office is open 10:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday, and Saturdays when there are performances
www.pioneertheatre.org
NOTE: The
Producers contains occasional strong language and
suggestive dialogue.
CAST:
Scot Patrick
Allen*......................................................
Ensemble
Scott Barnhardt*.........................................................
Carmen Ghia
Philip Michael
Baskerville*..........................................
Ensemble
Ginger
Bess*...............................................................
Ensemble
Teresa Bramwell*........................................................
Ensemble/US-Ulla
Eric Lee Brotherson*...................................................
Ensemble/US-Roger DeBris
Vanessa
Cheney*........................................................
Ensemble
Elizabeth Clinard*........................................................
Ulla
Jon Brady
Copier........................................................
Ensemble
Mary Fanning Driggs*.................................................
Ensemble
Dale
Hensley*.............................................................
Roger DeBris
Erin
Hiatt*...................................................................
Ensemble
Justin Ivie*..................................................................
Ensemble/US-Max Bialystock
Michael Keyloun*.......................................................
Leo Bloom
Mike
Kirsch*..............................................................
Ensemble/US-Carmen Ghia
Kelly Kohnert*............................................................
Ensemble
Susan Day
Lewis*.......................................................
Ensemble/US-Hold Me-Touch Me
Kevin C.
Loomis*.......................................................
Max Bialystock
Jayne
Luke*................................................................
Hold Me-Touch Me/Ensemble
Thomas
Marcus*.........................................................
Ensemble/US-Leo Bloom
Janelle
Neal*...............................................................
Ensemble
Katheryn
Patton*........................................................
Ensemble
Aaron Lloyd
Pomeroy*...............................................
Ensemble
Ron Remke*...............................................................
Ensemble
William
Richardson......................................................
Ensemble
Max
Robinson*...........................................................
Franz Liebkind
Daniel T.
Simons*.......................................................
Ensemble/US-Franz Liebkind
Rosie
Ward.................................................................
Ensemble
ARTISTIC TEAM:
Director.......................................................................
Charles Morey
Choreographer............................................................
Patti D’Beck
Musical
Director..........................................................
Lawrence Goldberg
Assistant Musical
Director........................................... Eric K.
Johnston
Set
Designer................................................................
George Maxwell
Costume
Designer.......................................................
K.L. Alberts
Lighting
Designer.........................................................
Karl Haas
Sound
Designer...........................................................
Joe Payne
Wig and Make-up
Designer......................................... Amanda
French
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