The Playbill - Walnut Street Theatre

CRAIG BEYROOTI (Sound Design) hasdesigned more than 70 musicals on twocontinents, including: The Rocky Horror Show,Buddy, Joseph … Dreamcoat, Crazy for You,La Cage aux Folles, Beehive, The Fantasticks,Funny Girl, The Music Man, The Full Monty,The Producers, Guys & Dolls, Cagney!,42nd Street, Les Misérables, and MidnightClear (world premiere). Craig is head audiodesigner for installations and events at AtlanticProfessional Audio. He thanks the Riversideand Walnut producers for the opportunity.JULIE H. DURO (Associate Lighting Designer)Theatre: Paper Mill Playhouse, BrooklynAcademy of Music, Pennsylvania CentreStage, Kennedy Center Jazz Program, WestportCountry Playhouse. Opera: Palm Beach Opera,Santa Fe Opera, Opera International, Lyric Operaof Kansas City, Opera Illinois, Dayton Opera,Triangle Opera Theatre, Indiana UniversityJacobs School of Music, Florida State Opera,Houston’s Ebony Opera Guild, ConnecticutOpera. Dance: North Carolina Dance Theatre,Australian Ballet, Southern Ballet Theatre,Ohio Ballet (resident designer, 1996–99), TulsaBallet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.LORI AGHAZARIAN (Stage Manager) Thisis Lori’s seventh season here at the Walnut.Prior to joining WST, Lori spent seven seasonsas PSM at the Prince Music Theater. Freelancecredits include Wilma Theater, Opera Co. ofPhila., Pig Iron Theatre Co., 1812 Productions,PTC, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.In addition to stage managing, Lori spent fiveyears as the box office manager for the PhiladelphiaLive Arts Festival/Philly Fringe.Who’s WhoDEBI MARCUCCI (Stage Manager) A SouthPhilly native, Debi has worked her way upthrough the ranks here at WST over the past 21years and is now in her 15th season serving asMainstage SM. As a director, she’s directed NoWay To Treat A Lady (Alpine Theatre Project),The Ugly One, Lobby Hero, and Mr. Bailey’sMinder (WST’s Studio 3) and was assistantdirector on Good People and Buddy (Walnuttheir lives to the theatre and the Walnut, inMainstage). Love to her beautiful fiancé Chris.PLAYBILL.COM particular. Our theatre is a non-profit 501-C3JOEL MARKUS (Production Manager) This institution and we rely on contributed incomeis Joel’s second season at the Walnut Street to extend our reach into the community. LastPLAYBILLVAULT.COMTheatre. Other credits include ten years at theIndiana Repertory Theatre; four years at GevaPLAYBILLVAULT.COMTheatre Center in Rochester, NY; five summersat the Weston Playhouse in Vermont; AmericanPlayers Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin; andNorth Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts.Joel is a graduate of Indiana Universityand is originally from Miami, Florida.MARK D. SYLVESTER (Managing Director)Mark’s extensive career has spanned SummerStock to Broadway as an actor, stage manager,box office treasurer, theatre manager, marketingand public relations director, and generalmanager. This season he is celebrating his 19thseason at the Walnut. After several years workingwith commercial theatre he has devoted his careerto non-profit theatre companies since 1987. Todate, Mark has been associated with more than400 stage productions. An avid collector ofmusical theatre recordings, his collection containsnearly 3,000 cast albums from around the world.Widely regarded as a theatrical marketing expert,Mark lectures and consults with organizationsinternationally. He has served on many boardsincluding the Theatre League of South Floridaand the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia.He currently serves on the board of the NationalAlliance for Musical Theatre and the AdvisoryCommittee of Samuel French, the internationalplay publisher and licensing company. WithBernard Havard he co-authored the book WalnutStreet Theatre, published by Arcadia Publishing.Since he joined the Walnut in 1994 it has becomethe most subscribed theatre company in the world.He thanks you for being a part of our theatre!BERNARD HAVARD (President and ProducingArtistic Director) Vox Populi (The Voice of thePeople) was written on the Walnut Playbills inthe 1800s. Whenever the Walnut has strayedfrom a populist program, the theatre has gonebankrupt. When I came here 30 years ago, wehad no programs and no audience. Today weenjoy the largest subscription of any theatre inthe world. So, my thanks to our loyal audienceand a warm welcome to newcomers who enjoyand believe in what we do. I have tremendousadmiration for the artists who have dedicatedseason we reached more than 162,000 studentsin our city schools. We have 40 trustees who