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Oklahoma! programme

This is Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen it before, re-orchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Daniel Fish's bold interpretation transfers to the Young Vic, direct from an acclaimed run on Broadway and a U.S. tour.

This is Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen it before, re-orchestrated and reimagined for the 21st century. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Daniel Fish's bold interpretation transfers to the Young Vic, direct from an acclaimed run on Broadway and a U.S. tour.

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‘GENTLEMEN<br />

– SHUT UP!’<br />

AUNT ELLER ACT 2 SCENE 1


THE BARD SUMMERSCAPE PRODUCTION OF<br />

CREATIVE TEAM<br />

IN ASSOCIATION WITH EVA PRICE, SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS, MICHAEL HARRISON<br />

MUSIC BY RICHARD RODGERS<br />

BOOK AND LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II<br />

BASED ON THE PLAY “GREEN GROW THE LILACS” BY LYNN RIGGS<br />

ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY BY AGNES DE MILLE<br />

CAST<br />

Ado Annie Carnes Marisha Wallace<br />

Ali Hakim Stavros Demetraki<br />

Andrew Carnes Greg Hicks<br />

Aunt Eller Liza Sadovy<br />

Cord Elam Ashley Samuels<br />

Curly McLain Arthur Darvill<br />

Gertie Cummings Rebekah Hinds<br />

Jud Fry Patrick Vaill<br />

Laurey Williams Anoushka Lucas<br />

Mike Raphael Bushay<br />

Will Parker James Davis<br />

Lead Dancer Marie-Astrid Mence<br />

Book, Music & Lyrics<br />

Rodgers &<br />

Hammerstein II<br />

Original Book<br />

Lynn Riggs<br />

Original Choreographer<br />

Agnes de Mille<br />

Director<br />

Daniel Fish<br />

& Jordan Fein<br />

Orchestrations &<br />

Arrangements &<br />

Co Musical Supervisor<br />

Daniel Kluger<br />

Choreographer<br />

John Heginbotham<br />

Co-Set Designer<br />

Laura Jellinek<br />

& Grace Laubacher<br />

Costume Designer<br />

Terese Wadden<br />

Lighting Designer<br />

Scott Zielinski<br />

Sound Designer<br />

Drew Levy<br />

Projection Designer<br />

Joshua Thorson<br />

Co Musical Supervisor,<br />

Vocal Arrangements<br />

Nathan Koci<br />

Musical Director<br />

Tom Brady<br />

Associate<br />

Choreographer<br />

Shelby Williams<br />

Associate Costume<br />

Designer<br />

Rachel Townsend<br />

Associate Lighting<br />

Designer<br />

Fiffi Thorsteinsson<br />

Associate Sound<br />

Designer<br />

Sam Lerner<br />

Associate Musical<br />

Director<br />

Huw Evans<br />

Dialect Coach<br />

Sam Lilja<br />

Assistant Director<br />

Nimmo Ismail<br />

Orchestral Manager<br />

David Gallagher<br />

Casting Director<br />

Jacob Sparrow<br />

Theatrical Handgun<br />

Consultant<br />

Ruth Cooper-Brown<br />

of Rc-Annie Ltd<br />

Singing Coach<br />

Mary King<br />

Company Stage<br />

Manager<br />

Kate Watkins<br />

Deputy Stage Manager<br />

Luke Chambers<br />

Assistant Stage<br />

Manager<br />

Catriona McHugh<br />

Assistant Stage<br />

Manager<br />

Leelah McEvoy<br />

Production Manager<br />

Sarah Barton<br />

Assistant Production<br />

Manager<br />

Esme Driscoll<br />

Production Assistant<br />

Maciek Zdobylak<br />

Original New York<br />

Consulting Producer<br />

Tamar Climan<br />

Production Electrician<br />

Sam McLeod<br />

Automation<br />

Programmer<br />

Craig Tye<br />

Automation Operator<br />

Ben Dootson<br />

Lighting Programmer<br />

Tamykha Patterson,<br />

Sam Ohlsson<br />

Very Special Thanks to Barbara Maier Gustern, 1935 – 2022<br />

Lighting Operator<br />

Luke Jackson<br />

Lead Production<br />

Sound Engineers<br />

Aidan Jones &<br />

Kyle MacPherson<br />

Production Sound<br />

Engineers<br />

Michael Paver,<br />

Joe Green,<br />

Callum Wills,<br />

Simon France,<br />

Dave Sorrell<br />

Sound No. 1<br />

Mat Williams<br />

Sound No. 2<br />

Mhairi Howison<br />

Sound No. 3<br />

Dylan Marsh<br />

Copyist<br />

Colin Rae<br />

Stage Crew<br />

Ben Dootson &<br />

Ryan Underwood<br />

Production<br />

Video Engineer<br />

Jake Stebbings<br />

Video Programmer<br />

Daberechi<br />

Ukoha-Kalu<br />

Costume Supervisor<br />

Zoë Thomas-Webb<br />

Costume Buyer<br />

Ellen Rey de Castro<br />

Hair and Makeup<br />

Supervisor<br />

Dominique Hamilton<br />

Assistant Costume<br />

Supervisor<br />

Annette Herold<br />

Maintenance Hair<br />

and Make Up Artists<br />

Fanny Burgos<br />

& Paul Burke<br />

Running Wardrobe<br />

Manager<br />

Maddie Bevan<br />

Dresser<br />

Anuccia Botto<br />

Laundry Technician<br />

Martina Porjesova<br />

Costume Makers<br />

Ann Sparks,<br />

Hilary Wili,<br />

Janna Bannon,<br />

Karen Smith,<br />

Laura Lejeune,<br />

Mai Fox<br />

Costume Maker<br />

and Alterations<br />

Edith Webb<br />

Textile Breakdown<br />

Artist<br />

Ysanne Tidd<br />

Head of Stage<br />

Craig Tye &<br />

Rhodri Sion Evans<br />

Deputy Head of Stage<br />

Rhodri Sion Evans<br />

& Jack Tosney<br />

Production Carpenters<br />

Rachel MacLoughlin,<br />

Nick Aldrich,<br />

Harvey Barker,<br />

Tom Salmon<br />

Prop Supervisor<br />

Lizzie Frankl<br />

for Propworks<br />

Associate Prop<br />

Supervisor<br />

Zoë Wilson for<br />

Propworks<br />

Prop Assistant<br />

Sophie Haliburn<br />

for Propworks<br />

Props by<br />

Propworks<br />

London Workshop<br />

Audio Described by<br />

Eleanor Margolies<br />

Audio Described<br />

and Captioned by<br />

Miranda Yates<br />

Set built by<br />

Bower Wood<br />

Production Services<br />

Scenic art by<br />

Richard Nutbourne<br />

Scenic Studio<br />

Rigging services by<br />

Rigging Team<br />

Tech equipment<br />

suppliers:<br />

LX:<br />

PRG<br />

Sound<br />

Orbital Sound Ltd.<br />

Communication<br />

Creative Technology<br />

Automation<br />

TAIT<br />

Video Equipment<br />

supplied by<br />

Universal Pixels<br />

Special Effects<br />

Bloody Stuff<br />

Special Effects<br />

Consultant<br />

J&M Special Effects<br />

Transport provided by<br />

Paul Mathews<br />

Transport and React<br />

Transport Services<br />

Ltd.<br />

Special thanks to: Despina Tsatsas, Holly Aston, Donna Munday, Rebecca Gold, Diane Benjamin, David Nock, Josh Altman, Jake Hine, David Richards, Rachel Wingate,<br />

Danielle Karliner Nash, Jennifer Weber, Ted Chapin, Victoria Traube, Sean Flahaven, Lili Giblin-McGrady at ENO, London Embroidery Studio.<br />

This production was originally developed, produced, and premiered at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College (Jeanne Donovan Fisher,<br />

Chair; Leon Botstein, President; Gideon Lester, Artistic Director; Bob Bursey, Executive Director; Caleb Hammons, Senior Producer) in July 2015.<br />

This production of <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! was subsequently developed and produced by St. Ann’s Warehouse and Eva Price at the Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Theater,<br />

Brooklyn, NY, Fall 2018.<br />

Stock and amateur rights for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! are represented by Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization<br />

www.concordtheatricals.co.uk<br />

Cover image: Art direction by Emilie Chen. Photography by Mads Perch.<br />

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Poster from the 1945 Boston Production of Carousel<br />

50 YEARS OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S<br />

GROUNDBREAKING MUSICALS<br />

After long and highly distinguished careers with other collaborators,<br />

Richard Rodgers (composer) and Oscar Hammerstein II (librettist/<br />

lyricist) joined forces to create the most consistently fruitful and<br />

successful partnership in American musical theatre. Between them,<br />

their stage shows and respective film adaptations have earned them<br />

42 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, 2 Pulitzer Prizes, 2 Grammy<br />

Awards and 2 Emmy Awards Tony Awards, ushering in a new era<br />

of Broadway musicals.<br />

1943 CARMEN JONES<br />

OKLAHOMA! Rodgers & Hammerstein’s partnership<br />

begins with their first musical, <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

1944 Awarded Pulitzer Prize for <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

1945 CAROUSEL<br />

1947 ALLEGRO<br />

1949 SOUTH PACIFIC<br />

1950 Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama, South Pacific<br />

1951 THE KING AND I<br />

1949 Broadway production of South Pacific<br />

1953 Broadway production of Me and Juliet<br />

1952 Winner of Best Musical at Tony Awards, The King and I<br />

1953 ME AND JULIET<br />

1955 PIPE DREAM<br />

1957 CINDERELLA<br />

1958 FLOWER DRUM SONG<br />

1959 THE SOUND OF MUSIC The last musical before Hammerstein’s passing<br />

1965 Film adaptation of The Sound of Music won 5 Oscars, including Best Picture and Director<br />

1990 Broadway’s 46th Street Theatre renamed The Richard Rodgers Theatre<br />

1959 Broadway rehearsals of The Sound of Music<br />

1999 Rodgers & Hammerstein awarded a United States Postal<br />

Service stamp commemorating their partnership<br />

4<br />

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.<br />

All images: (from the R&H Archives). Courtesy of The Rodgers<br />

& Hammerstein Organization / A Concord Company, www.rnh.com.<br />

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6<br />

Photography by Anne Tetzlaff<br />

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THE COMPANY<br />

RAPHAEL BUSHAY<br />

MIKE<br />

Theatre includes: Red<br />

Riding Hood (Theatre Royal<br />

Stratford East); The Tempest,<br />

Henry V (Shakespeares<br />

Rose Theatre); Don Quixote<br />

(Royal Shakespeare Company); As You Like It (The<br />

Lamb Players); Peter Pan (Regents Park Open Air<br />

Theatre); Queen of Chapletown (West Yorkshire<br />

Playhouse); Roald Dahl’s ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ (UK /<br />

UAE Tour) (NST / Lyric Hammersmith / Leicester<br />

Curve); Henry V (Regents Open Air Theatre);<br />

Kampala (The Miniaturists / Arcola Theatre)<br />

Television includes: Holby City (Series XVII).<br />

ARTHUR DARVILL<br />

CURLY McLAIN<br />

Previous Young Vic: Been<br />

So Long (Composer/MD).<br />

Theatre includes: Rare<br />

Earth Mettle (Royal<br />

Court); The Antipodes,<br />

Treasure Island (National Theatre); Sweet Charity<br />

(Donmar); Once (Broadway and West End);<br />

Genesis INC. (Hampstead); Hir (Bush Theatre);<br />

Elevenses/Beginning To End (Somerset House);<br />

Our Boys, Swimming With Sharks (West End);<br />

Marine Parade (Brighton Festival); Doctor Faustus<br />

(Globe); White Rabbit Red Rabbit (Gate); Is<br />

Everyone OK? (Nabokov); Stacey (Arcola); Terre<br />

Haute (Edinburgh Fringe/West End/Tour).<br />

Television includes: Grace (ITV); DC’s Legends of<br />

Tomorrow (CW); World on Fire (BBC), Danny &<br />

the Human Zoo (Red Prod), Broadchurch (Kudos/<br />

ITV), Dr Who (BBC); The White Queen (BBC),<br />

The Paradise (BBC), Little Dorrit (BBC), He Kills<br />

Coppers, The Verdict.<br />

Film includes: Fairytale Sect; Robin Hood;<br />

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll; Pelican Blood.<br />

Short Film includes: Crazy for you; Captcha;<br />

In Wonderland; Bertie; People You May Know.<br />

Radio/Audio includes: Burning Both Ends,<br />

Gulliver’s Travels, The Sandman, Frankenstein,<br />

The Tales of Max Carrados, Good Omens.<br />

Music credits include: Been so Long (Young Vic/<br />

Traverse/Netflix); I want my hat back (National);<br />

Frontline, Lightning Child (Globe); Artefacts<br />

(Bush); Stoopud Fucken Animals (Traverse).<br />

JAMES DAVIS<br />

WILL PARKER<br />

Young Vic and UK debut.<br />

New York theatre includes:<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (Theatre<br />

World Award recipient for<br />

“breakthrough performance”<br />

on Broadway, also at St. Ann’s Warehouse & Bard<br />

Summerscape); The House of Blue Leaves<br />

(Broadway); We Are Proud to Present a<br />

Presentation...(Soho Rep); The Mother of<br />

Invention (Abingdon); The More Loving One<br />

(La MaMa ETC); and others.<br />

US regional theatre includes: Juliet Capulet<br />

in Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Theatre<br />

Company); King Richard II in Richard II,<br />

Long Day’s Journey into Night, As You Like It<br />

(Quintessence Theatre Group, ensemble member);<br />

Clybourne Park (Long Wharf Theatre); American<br />

Buffalo (Studio Theatre); and others.<br />

Television includes: Search Party (HBO Max),<br />

The Tony Awards (CBS).<br />

Recording: The Grammy nominated cast album<br />

of <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

Training: The Juilliard School.<br />

STAVROS DEMETRAKI<br />

ALI HAKIM<br />

Theatre includes: Peter Pan<br />

(Birmingham Repertory<br />

Theatre); The Vote<br />

(Donmar Warehouse);<br />

Timon of Athens, Antigone,<br />

She Stoops To Conquer, The Kitchen (National<br />

Theatre); Adventures In Wonderland, Supermarket<br />

Shakespeare (Teatro Vivo); As You Like It<br />

(Dash Arts / Curve); Blood Wedding (Liverpool<br />

Everyman); By The Way (Chopped Logic);<br />

Gilgamesh (Belgrade Theatre / National Tour);<br />

Birds Without Wings (Eastern Angles).<br />

Television includes: Miss Scarlett & The Duke;<br />

Doctor Who; Tyrant; White Van Man; Doctors.<br />

Film includes: The Phantom Warrior; Hampstead;<br />

Risen; Dracula Untold; The Hope Rooms; Blush<br />

Furiously; The Simple Equation.<br />

Video Games includes: Assassins Creed Origins and<br />

Assassins Creed Odyssey.<br />

Rehearsed reading / workshop includes: Unknown<br />

Warriors (National Theatre Platforms); Breaking<br />

The Code (McCabe / Smith); Upstairs, Hamlet<br />

(National Theatre).<br />

REBEKAH HINDS<br />

GERTIE CUMMINGS<br />

Rebekah trained at Royal<br />

Central School of Speech<br />

and Drama.<br />

Theatre includes:<br />

What’s New Pussycat?<br />

(Birmingham Rep); Paradise (Hampstead); Much<br />

Ado About Nothing (Watford Palace); Grotty<br />

(The Bunker); Humble Boy (Orange Tree); Anita<br />

& Me (UK Tour); The Government Inspector<br />

(Birmingham Rep/Ramps on the Moon UK Tour<br />

– Olivier Award Nominated); Billy Liar (Royal<br />

Exchange); Around the World (Sadler’s Wells &<br />

Mint Theater, New York); The Little Prince –<br />

Concert (Savoy); Sondheim Prom (Royal Albert<br />

Hall).<br />

Television includes: Scarborough, Inside No. 9,<br />

The Syndicate (BBC); Trollied (Sky1); Shameless<br />

(Channel 4); Aunties, Stains of Staines (Pilot).<br />

Film includes: Who Fired That Cannon? (Collab<br />

Films); Shandyland (Northern Stage); The Public<br />

Benefits (Zoom Films); Woman of the Night<br />

(Badgerboy Productions).<br />

Radio includes: I heart Amy, Omega (Wireless);<br />

Animal Instinct (Audible); The Phlebotomist (BBC<br />

Radio 3).<br />

Rebekah won the Audience Favourite Award in the<br />

Musical Comedy Awards 2019 as half of comedy<br />

duo Maris Piper.<br />

GREG HICKS<br />

ANDREW CARNES<br />

Theatre includes: The<br />

Oresteia (NT); The Open<br />

House (Bath/Print Room);<br />

Richard III, The Kreutzer<br />

Sonata, Clarion (Arcola);<br />

Play Strindberg (Ustinov Studio); All’s Well<br />

That Ends Well, Hamlet, Little Eagles, Anthony<br />

& Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, A Winter’s Tale;<br />

King Lear (All for the RSC); Angels in America<br />

(Headlong); Venice Preserved (Citizens);<br />

Coriolanus (Old Vic); Critics Circle Award &<br />

Olivier nomination Best Actor.<br />

TV includes: Domina; Citizen Charlie; Burton<br />

& Taylor; The Bible; Midsomer Murders.<br />

Film includes: The Mercy; Snow White & the<br />

Huntsman.<br />

ANOUSHKA LUCAS<br />

LAUREY WILLIAMS<br />

Theatre includes: Henry<br />

V (Donmar Warehouse);<br />

After Life (National<br />

Theatre); Jesus Christ<br />

Superstar (Regent’s Park<br />

Open Air Theatre); Chiaroscuro (Bush Theatre);<br />

Faces in the Crowd (Gate Theatre); Sparks<br />

(Edinburgh Fest / Vault Festival).<br />

Radio includes: U.Me (BBC World Service).<br />

Film includes: Murder On The Orient Express<br />

(Dir. Kenneth Branagh); Been So Long (Dir.<br />

Tinge Krishnan).<br />

Recording work includes: Dark Soul (debut album).<br />

Composing work includes: Sparks (BBC Radio 4<br />

/ Edinburgh Festival / Vault Festival); The Ballad<br />

of Klook and Vinette (Park Theatre / NAMT<br />

Festival NYC); The Etienne Sisters (Theatre<br />

Royal Stratford).<br />

MARIE-ASTRID MENCE<br />

LEAD DANCER<br />

Theatre includes: Then<br />

Or Now, Table Talk, The<br />

Waiting Game, Courage,<br />

Like Water, Click,<br />

Pendulum, Captured,<br />

Washa, Ingoma, House Of Dream, The Suit,<br />

Red Riding Hood, Storyville, A Dream Within<br />

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dépouillement,<br />

Tearfall, Melt, Mapping, Until Without Enough,<br />

Undivided Love.<br />

Television includes: Find me in Paris, L’Opera.<br />

Short films includes: The Uncomfortable Truth<br />

of Being a Black Ballerina, Like Water, Rising,<br />

The Waiting Game, Eightfold, Oranges.<br />

LIZA SADOVY<br />

AUNT ELLER<br />

Previous Young Vic: Annie<br />

Get Your Gun, The Good<br />

Soul of Szechuan, Six<br />

Characters Looking for<br />

an Author.<br />

Other theatre includes: Cabaret (KitKatClub<br />

at The Playhouse Theatre); Living Newspaper<br />

(Royal Court); Present Laughter (Old Vic); I’m<br />

Not Running, Absolute Hell, Tales from the<br />

Vienna Woods, The Heiress (National Theatre);<br />

Fiddler on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre);<br />

Pygmalion (Headlong); Wicked (Victoria Apollo);<br />

Oliver! (Sheffield Crucible); A Separate Reality<br />

(Royal Court); Mrs Klein (Northampton Theatre<br />

8<br />

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THE BAND<br />

Royal. Winner of TMA Best Supporting Actress);<br />

La Bête (Comedy Theatre and Music Box Theatre<br />

New York); Sunday in the Park with George<br />

(West End and Menier Chocolate Factory); Secret<br />

Rapture (Bristol Old Vic); Richard II (Berkoff<br />

Productions); The Dresser and the British<br />

Premiere of Into The Woods (West End); Alice<br />

(RSC); The Slow Drag (Whitehall Theatre);<br />

Broken Glass (Manchester Library Theatre);<br />

Company (Donmar and West End); Sugar Hill<br />

Blues (Hampstead Theatre). Winner Olivier<br />

Award: best supporting actress in a musical.<br />

Television includes: Outlander, Ridley Road, Vera,<br />

Doctors, Babylon, EastEnders, The Honorable<br />

Woman, Emma, The Sarah Jane Adventures,<br />

Extras.<br />

Film includes: Kativta & Teresa, Disobedience,<br />

The Knot, Sweeney Todd.<br />

ASHLEY SAMUELS<br />

CORD ELAM<br />

Previous Young Vic:<br />

Fun Home.<br />

Other Theatre includes:<br />

Hairspray (London<br />

Coliseum); Sunset<br />

Boulevard (Royal Albert Hall); Taboo: 20th<br />

Anniversary (London Palladium); A Killer Party<br />

(Streamed Online); Cruel Intentions (Palais du<br />

Variété Spiegeltent, Assembly George Square<br />

Gardens); Night of the Living Dead – Live<br />

(Pleasance Theatre); Motown: The Musical<br />

(Shaftesbury Theatre); The Book of Mormon<br />

(Prince of Wales Theatre); The Toxic Avenger<br />

(Southwark Playhouse); The World Goes Round<br />

(Stephen Joseph Theatre); The Olivier Awards<br />

(Royal Opera House)<br />

Workshops: The Time Travellers Wife (Dominion<br />

Studios); The Monster Bride (Crazy Croqs); The<br />

Osmonds, Zombies, Pattie Shop Diaries (The<br />

Other Palace); Back to the Future: The Musical<br />

(American Church); Cult (Southwark Playhouse).<br />

Television includes: Sing On!; This Morning.<br />

Short film includes: FiveTwoSix.<br />

PATRICK VAILL<br />

JUD FRY<br />

Young Vic and UK debut.<br />

US Theatre includes:<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (Broadway,<br />

St. Ann’s Warehouse, Bard<br />

SummerScape; (Drama<br />

Desk and Grammy Award Nominations); Macbeth<br />

(Lincoln Center Theatre); Peter Pan (Bedlam);<br />

Cabaret (National Tour, Roundabout Theatre<br />

Company); Edward II (Red Bull); Camelot,<br />

Othello, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Henry V, Richard<br />

II, As You Like It, Mrs. Warren’s Profession<br />

(Shakespeare Theatre Company, DC); also work<br />

with Bay Street Theatre, Capital Rep, and others.<br />

Television includes: Dash & Lily.<br />

Film includes: Bleecker, Xmas In July, and short<br />

films The Lovers and Research.<br />

Voice includes: the Audible podcast series Hot<br />

White Heist.<br />

Education: MFA, NYU Graduate Acting Program<br />

(Laura Pels Award for Acting); BA from Bard<br />

College where he originated the role of Jud in<br />

Daniel Fish’s <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! as a student in its first<br />

iteration.<br />

MARISHA WALLACE<br />

ADO ANNIE CARNES<br />

Theatre includes:<br />

Hairspray (West End);<br />

Waitress (West End);<br />

Dreamgirls (West End &<br />

Broadway); Something<br />

Rotten! (Original<br />

Broadway Cast); Aladdin (Original Broadway<br />

Cast); Sistas! (Off Broadway); The Book of<br />

Mormon (National Tour); Aladdin (Toronto);<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>!, One Night with Janis Joplin, RENT,<br />

Hair (US Regional).<br />

Television includes: Feel Good; Almost Never;<br />

Strictly Come Dancing; Dancing on Ice; The<br />

Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance;<br />

The Royal Variety Show; Good Morning Britain;<br />

This Morning; Songs of Praise; Lorraine; The<br />

Tony Awards; Good Morning America.<br />

Film includes: Jingle Jangle; Aladdin: Live Action<br />

Movie; Disney’s Frozen Fever.<br />

Recording work includes: Tomorrow (debut<br />

album).<br />

RICHARD COLLINS<br />

BANJO<br />

Previous Young Vic: A Winter’s Tale.<br />

Other Theatre includes: The Round House (Chalk<br />

house Green), The Royal Shakespeare Theatre<br />

(Stratford-Upon-Avon).<br />

Recordings include: The Newgrass Cutters<br />

(Mowing down the groove); The Mandolinquents,<br />

Dance of the Comedians (The Mandolinquents);<br />

A Band Like Alice.<br />

History:<br />

Richard Collins has been a multi instrumentalist<br />

for over 20 years. Having played in many different<br />

musical genres from Bluegrass to Classical to Rock<br />

n Roll. Recently been touring with Jo Brown, The<br />

Newgrass Cutters and the Mandolinquents. Also<br />

recorded in Nashville and toured the USA playing<br />

the Banjo.<br />

NICKI DAVENPORT<br />

DOUBLE BASS<br />

Theatre includes: South Pacific (CFT); Dick<br />

Whittington (NT); Les Mis in Concert (Gielgud);<br />

Flowers for Mrs Harris (Sheffield Crucible and<br />

CFT); Hadestown (NT); Translations (NT);<br />

Pinocchio (NT); Twelfth Night (NT); Fiddler<br />

on the Roof (CFT); This is My Family (Minerva<br />

at CFT).<br />

Theatre deputy credits include: Cabaret<br />

(Playhouse); Les miserables (Sondheim);<br />

Phantom of the Opera (Queens); Aladdin<br />

(Price Edward).<br />

Orchestras include: BBCCO, RPO, Aurora, LCO,<br />

Mozart Players.<br />

SHANE FORBES<br />

DRUM KIT<br />

Shane Forbes is a session musician/composer.<br />

He is the co-founder of the multi award-winning<br />

group Empirical (MOBO, Urban Music Awards,<br />

Parliamentary Jazz Awards, Jazzwise) who tour,<br />

perform and record original music in the jazz<br />

idiom. The ethos of Empirical is about taking<br />

musical risks while keeping interaction as pure<br />

and as in the moment as possible. Shane is also an<br />

Educator at Middlesex University and Trinity and<br />

Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.<br />

Previous Young Vic: Nina (A story about Nina<br />

Simone).<br />

Other Theatre includes: Nina (A story about Nina<br />

Simone) (Sweden Tour, Edinburgh Fringe, UK<br />

Tour); The Legend of Mike Smith (The Albany<br />

Theatre, Birmingham Rep); Guys and Dolls (Royal<br />

Exchange Theatre); King (Hackney Empire);<br />

The American Clock (The Old Vic); Blues in the<br />

Night (Kiln Theatre); Guys and Dolls (Crucible<br />

Theatre); The Visit (National Theatre); NHS the<br />

Musical (Theatre Royal Plymouth); A Chorus Line<br />

(Leicester Curve Theatre).<br />

Television includes: BBC Proms 34 and 57;<br />

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans.<br />

Film includes: Diana.<br />

TOM GREEN<br />

MANDOLIN AND<br />

ELECTRIC GUITAR<br />

Previous Young Vic: The Scottsboro Boys.<br />

Other Theatre includes: Carousel (Regents Park<br />

Open Air Theatre); As You Like It (National<br />

Theatre Public Acts/Queens Theatre Hornchurch);<br />

Violet (Charing Cross Theatre); Chicago, Evita<br />

(Phoenix Theatre); In The Heights (Kings Cross<br />

Theatre); The Scottsboro Boys (Garrick Theatre);<br />

Cabaret (Savoy Theatre); Blood Brothers, Evita,<br />

Cabaret (UK Tour).<br />

Deputy Theatre credits include: Come From<br />

Away (Phoenix Theatre); Only Fools and Horses<br />

(Theatre Royal Haymarket); Cinderella (Gillian<br />

Lynne Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Royal Opera<br />

House); The Prince Of Egypt (Dominion Theatre);<br />

Half A Sixpence (Noel Coward Theatre); Whisper<br />

House (The Other Palace); RENT (St James<br />

Theatre); The Pajama Game (Shaftesbury<br />

Theatre); Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre); Cabaret<br />

(Lyric Theatre).<br />

Recordings include: Speakeasy (TAG productions);<br />

Em the Musical (Benjamin Till); The Scottsboro<br />

Boys (Original Westend cast recording); Broken<br />

Strings (TAG productions);Mandolin Swarm<br />

(Spitfire Audio).<br />

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CREATIVE TEAM<br />

KATHRYN JAMES<br />

VIOLIN<br />

DAVINA SHUM<br />

CELLO<br />

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN II<br />

BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS<br />

LYNN RIGGS<br />

ORIGINAL BOOK<br />

DANIEL FISH<br />

DIRECTOR<br />

JORDAN FEIN<br />

DIRECTOR<br />

Theatre includes: South Pacific, This is my Family<br />

Flowers for Mrs Harris, Caroline, or Change<br />

(Chichester Festival Theatre); The Bridges of<br />

Madison County (Menier Chocolate Factory);<br />

Young Frankenstein (Garrick Theatre); Much Ado<br />

/ Love’s Labour’s Lost (Chichester Festival Theatre<br />

& Haymarket Theatre); Showboat (Sheffield<br />

Crucible & Gillian Lynne Theatre); West Side Story<br />

(Sadler’s Wells); Love Story (Chichester Festival<br />

Theatre & Duchess Theatre).<br />

Deputy theatre credits include: The Phantom of the<br />

Opera, Cinderella, Moulin Rouge, Pretty Woman,<br />

Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Last Five Years,<br />

The Book of Mormon, Aladdin, Motown, Joseph,<br />

An American in Paris, Evita, On the Town and<br />

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.<br />

JP RUGGIERI<br />

PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, ELECTRIC/<br />

ACOUSTIC GUITAR<br />

Theatre includes: <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (Circle In The Square<br />

Theatre, Broadway, NYC).<br />

JP has toured and/or recorded with such notable<br />

acts as: Charlie Hunter, Viktor Krauss (Robert<br />

Plant, Bill Frisell), Oliver Wood (The Wood<br />

Brothers), Jano Rix (The Wood Brothers), The<br />

Waterboys, Jools Holland, and David Ford. JP is<br />

also a touring singer/songwriter and is set to release<br />

his second album later this year. JPRuggieri.com<br />

Theatre includes: Spring Awakening (Almeida<br />

Theatre).<br />

Opera includes: The Silver Lake, Il Seraglio<br />

(English Touring Opera); Madame Butterfly (Iford<br />

Arts); La Traviata (Devon Opera); Il Trovatore<br />

(Winslow Hall Opera).<br />

Session and tour work: with ABC, Tony Hadley,<br />

Trevor Horn, Max Richter, Becky Hill, Celeste,<br />

Kate Simko and London Electronic Orchestra.<br />

Orchestra includes: Bournemouth Symphony<br />

Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,<br />

Manchester Camerata, Heritage Orchestra,<br />

Novello Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, Auckland<br />

Philharmonia Orchestra.<br />

After long and highly distinguished<br />

careers with other collaborators,<br />

Richard Rodgers (Composer,<br />

1902-79) and Oscar Hammerstein<br />

II (Librettist/Lyricist, 1895-1960)<br />

joined forces in 1943 to create<br />

the most successful partnership in<br />

American Musical Theatre. Prior to<br />

joining forces, Rodgers collaborated<br />

with lyricist Lorenz Hart on musical<br />

comedies that epitomized wit and<br />

sophistication (Pal Joey, On Your<br />

Toes, Babes In Arms, and more),<br />

while Hammerstein brought new life<br />

to operetta and created the classic<br />

Show Boat with Jerome Kern.<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>!, the first Rodgers &<br />

Hammerstein musical, introduced an<br />

integrated form that became known<br />

as “the musical play.” Their shows<br />

that followed included Carousel,<br />

South Pacific, The King and I, and<br />

The Sound of Music. Collectively,<br />

the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals<br />

have earned Tony, Oscar, Grammy,<br />

Emmy, Pulitzer, and Olivier Awards.<br />

The Rodgers & Hammerstein<br />

Organization is a Concord Company,<br />

www.rnh.com.<br />

(1899 -1954). Riggs was born in<br />

Claremore, <strong>Oklahoma</strong>, was the author<br />

of Green Grow the Lilacs, originally<br />

produced by the Theatre Guild in<br />

1931. Riggs, whose father was once<br />

a cowboy and whose mother was part<br />

Cherokee, often set his work in the<br />

Southwest, vividly depicting life in the<br />

Indian territory. He worked on several<br />

Hollywood films (The Plainsmen, The<br />

Garden of Allah and Sherlock Holmes<br />

in Washington) and wrote about 30<br />

plays (Roadside, Russet Mantle and<br />

The Cherokee Night). Riggs’ mother<br />

died when he was young and he was<br />

raised by his aunt and older sister. His<br />

beloved characters of Aunt Eller and<br />

Laurey were modeled after them.<br />

AGNES DE MILLE<br />

ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHER<br />

De Mille achieved fame both as a<br />

dancer and choreographer. Among<br />

her masterpieces are Rodeo, in which<br />

she danced, Fall River Legend and<br />

Three Virgins and a Devil. Miss<br />

de Mille changed the face of the<br />

American musical theatre with her<br />

choreography for <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!, which<br />

enjoyed a hit Broadway revival in<br />

1979, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer<br />

Girl, Carousel, Brigadoon, Gentlemen<br />

Prefer Blondes, Paint Your Wagon<br />

and other memorable shows. Miss<br />

de Mille directed and choreographed<br />

Allegro, The Rape of Lucretia, Out of<br />

This World and Come Summer, and<br />

she choreographed the film version<br />

of <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!.<br />

Daniel Fish is a New York-based<br />

director who makes work across<br />

the boundaries of theatre, film, and<br />

opera. He draws on a broad range of<br />

forms and subject matter including<br />

plays, film scripts, contemporary<br />

fiction, essays and found audio.<br />

His 2019 production of <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

transferred to Broadway from St.<br />

Ann’s Warehouse and won the Tony<br />

Award for Outstanding Musical<br />

Revival.<br />

Recent work includes: El Amor<br />

Brujo and The Diary 0f One Who<br />

Disappeared (Opera National du<br />

Rhin); White Noise (Ruhrfestspiele,<br />

Theater Freiburg, Skirball<br />

NYU); Michael Gordon’s opera,<br />

Acquanetta (Prototype Festival/<br />

Bard Summerscape); Don’t Look<br />

Back (The Chocolate Factory); Ted<br />

Hearne’s The Source (BAM NEXT<br />

WAVE, L.A. Opera, San Francisco<br />

Opera).<br />

His work has been seen at theatres<br />

and festivals throughout the US<br />

and Europe: The Walker Arts<br />

Center, Mass MOCA, Festival<br />

TransAmériques, Teatro Nacional D.<br />

Maria, Lisbon/Estoril Film Festival,<br />

amongst others. He is graduate<br />

of Northwestern University’s<br />

Department of Performance Studies<br />

and the recipient of the 2017 Herb<br />

Alpert Award in the Arts for the<br />

Theater. www.danielfish.net<br />

Jordan Fein is a London based<br />

Theatre and Opera director.<br />

Theatre includes: Rags Parkland<br />

Sings the Songs of the Future<br />

(Ars Nova Theatre: New York<br />

Times Best of 2018 and Lortel<br />

award for Outstanding New<br />

Musical); Singlet by Erin Markey<br />

(The Bushwick Starr); Indecent<br />

(Weston Playhouse); A Ride on<br />

The Irish Cream (Abrons Arts<br />

Center, ART); The Dixon Family<br />

Album (Williamstown Theatre<br />

Festival); Dracula, Or The Undead<br />

(Williamstown Theatre Festival);<br />

War Lesbian (Harunalee); Die<br />

Tote Stadt (Bard Summerscape);<br />

Dialogues of the Carmelites (Opera<br />

Philadelphia); The Skin of our<br />

Teeth (Bard College); The Rape of<br />

Lucretia (Curtis Opera Theater);<br />

The Marriage of Figaro (Curtis<br />

Opera Theatre).<br />

Associate Director and Director of<br />

The Prologue for Cabaret (The Kit<br />

Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre);<br />

Associate Director for <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

(Bard Summerscape & Circle in<br />

the Square Theatre on Broadway).<br />

jordanfein.net<br />

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DANIEL KLUGER<br />

ORCHESTRATIONS<br />

& ARRANGEMENTS<br />

& MUSIC SUPERVISION<br />

Broadway theatre includes: The<br />

Sound Inside, Seawall / A Life, revival<br />

of Marvin’s Room, world premiere of<br />

Significant Other.<br />

Off-Broadway theatre includes:<br />

premieres of I Was Most Alive With<br />

You, Animal, The Village Bike, Man<br />

From Nebraska, Tribes, and Women<br />

or Nothing.<br />

Film scores include: A Chrismas Carol<br />

(2021), The Courtroom (2021), Duolo<br />

(2017), Health to the King (2020),<br />

Hello Again (2017, Orchestrations).<br />

In 2021 Kluger launched the music<br />

label Archie & Fox Records. www.<br />

danielkluger.com [danielkluger.com]<br />

JOHN HEGINBOTHAM<br />

CHOREOGRAPHER<br />

Born in Lakenheath, England and<br />

raised in Anchorage, Alaska, USA,<br />

John Heginbotham graduated from<br />

The Juilliard School (1993), and was a<br />

member of Mark Morris Dance Group<br />

(1998-2012). In 2011, he founded<br />

Dance Heginbotham, a contemporary<br />

dance company based in Brooklyn, NY.<br />

John is the Director of the Dartmouth<br />

Dance Ensemble and is on faculty at<br />

Dartmouth College. He is a founding<br />

teacher of Dance for PD®.<br />

Other Theatre includes: <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

(Bard Summerscape, St.Ann’s<br />

Warehouse, Broadway, US National<br />

Tour).<br />

Opera includes: John Adams’ Girls<br />

of the Golden West (San Francisco<br />

Opera, Dutch National Opera);<br />

Candide (Orlando Philharmonic,<br />

Ravinia Festival); The Magic Flute<br />

(Opera Theatre of St. Louis); Maria<br />

de Buenos Aires (Cork Opera House).<br />

Commissions include: The Juilliard<br />

School, The Washington Ballet,<br />

Atlanta Ballet, Ballet X, Works &<br />

Process at the Guggenheim, Vail<br />

International Dance Festival, The<br />

John F. Kennedy Center for the<br />

Performing Arts, Bard Summerscape,<br />

Lincoln Center Out of Doors,<br />

The Hopkins Center for the Arts,<br />

NCCAkron, Jacob’s Pillow Dance<br />

Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music,<br />

Baryshnikov Arts Center.<br />

LAURA JELLINEK<br />

CO SET DESIGNER<br />

Broadway theatre includes:<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (Tony & Drama Desk<br />

Nominations, Obie award); Sea Wall /<br />

A Life; Marvin’s Room.<br />

Off-Broadway theatre includes:<br />

The Antipodes, Everybody (Signature<br />

Theatre); Buzzer (The Public); Mary<br />

Page Marlowe (2ST); Mary Jane<br />

(NYTW); Rags Parkland (Ars Nova);<br />

The Wolves, Queens (LCT); Heroes<br />

of the Fourth Turning, The Treasurer,<br />

Marjorie Prime (Playwrights<br />

Horizons); A Life (Playwrights<br />

Horizons, Lortel Award, Hewes<br />

Design Award); Small Mouth Sounds<br />

(Ars Nova, Signature Theatre,<br />

National Tour); The Debate Society,<br />

The Mad Ones.<br />

Opera includes: Opera Theatre of<br />

St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera<br />

Philadelphia, Atlanta Opera.<br />

Other: Obie for Sustained Excellence<br />

in Design.<br />

Education: MFA, NYU.<br />

GRACE LAUBACHER<br />

CO SET DESIGNER<br />

Theatre includes: The Sound of<br />

Music (Virginia Opera / Virginia<br />

Arts Festival); La Bohème (Santa<br />

Fe Opera); The Barber of Seville<br />

(Opera Columbus); Glory Denied and<br />

Enemies, A Love Story (Kentucky<br />

Opera); Trayf (New Rep Theater,<br />

Boston); Four Woke Baes (Edinbugh<br />

Fringe); Dido and Aeneas (Juilliard<br />

/ Opera Royal, Versailles); Riders to<br />

the Sea and Empty the House (Curtis<br />

Institute, Philadephia).<br />

Television includes: Manifest<br />

(NBC); The Greatest Beer Run Ever<br />

(Skydance Media), Jigsaw (Netflix);<br />

Prodigal Son (Fox).<br />

Associate set design includes: KPOP<br />

(Broadway); <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (Broadway<br />

& First US tour); Sea Wall / A Life<br />

(Broadway); Hans Zimmer Live<br />

European Tour (various); Merrily We<br />

Roll Along (Huntington Theater Co.,<br />

Boston).<br />

TERESE WADDEN<br />

COSTUME DESIGNER<br />

Theatre includes: <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

(Broadway, Touring, and St. Ann’s<br />

Warehouse); Cosi fan Tutte (Santa<br />

Fe Opera); Peter Pan (Bard<br />

Summerscape); A Quiet Place (Curtis<br />

Institute of Music), Acquanetta<br />

(Bard Summerscape and Prototype<br />

Festival); The Wake World (Opera<br />

Philadelphia).<br />

Opera includes: Il Farnace (Spoleto<br />

Festival USA); Dr. Atomic (Curtis<br />

Institute of Music); The Little Match<br />

Girl Passion (Perez Museum, Miami<br />

and Jack Shainman Gallery at The<br />

School, Kinderhook, NY); In The<br />

Penal Colony (Boston Lyric Opera);<br />

Pyramus and Thisbe (Canadian<br />

Opera Company); Orlando and<br />

Alcina(WhiteBox Art Center)<br />

Other: Glimmerglass Festival,<br />

Tanglewood, Lyric Opera of Chicago,<br />

Chicago Opera Theater, New<br />

York City Opera, Opera Colorado,<br />

Central City Opera, Portland Opera,<br />

Baryshnikov Arts Center, the Mark<br />

Taper Forum, Brooklyn Academy of<br />

Music, National Sawdust, LA Opera at<br />

RedCat, and the San Francisco Opera.<br />

Rome Prize Fellow at the American<br />

Academy in Rome 2020-2021.<br />

SCOTT ZIELINSKI<br />

LIGHTING DESIGNER<br />

Scott Zielinski lives in the U.S. and<br />

designs lighting for theater, dance,<br />

and opera throughout the world. In<br />

London his work has been seen at<br />

English National Opera, Institute of<br />

Contemporary Arts, LIFT Festival at<br />

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Lyric Theatre<br />

Hammersmith, National Theatre,<br />

Royal Court Theatre, and Royal<br />

Opera House. His designs at home<br />

include the Broadway productions of<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>! and Topdog/Underdog as<br />

well as numerous other productions in<br />

New York as well as throughout many<br />

other cities in the United States.<br />

Productions outside the US: Adelaide,<br />

Amsterdam, Avignon, Beijing, Berlin,<br />

Edinburgh, Fukuoka, Gennevilliers,<br />

Hamburg, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Linz,<br />

Ljubljana, London, Lyon, Melbourne,<br />

Orleans, Oslo, Paris, Rennes,<br />

Reykjavik, Rotterdam, St. Gallen,<br />

Seoul, Singapore, Shanghai, Shizuoka,<br />

Stockholm, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto,<br />

Vienna, Vilnius, and Zurich.<br />

DREW LEVY<br />

SOUND DESIGNER<br />

Broadway theatre includes: A Strange<br />

Loop; <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (Tony nom., Drama<br />

Desk nom.); Honeymoon in Vegas<br />

(Drama Desk nom.); Chaplin (Drama<br />

Desk Award); The Winslow Boy; The<br />

Importance of Being Earnest; Present<br />

Laughter.<br />

Off-Broadway theatre includes:<br />

Judgment Day (Park Avenue<br />

Armory); <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (St. Ann’s);<br />

Cleopatra; One Day the Musical;<br />

The Weir; Why Torture is Wrong...;<br />

Emergence-See!; Rainbow Kiss;<br />

Dutchman (AUDELCO Viv nom.).<br />

Regional theatre includes: The Old<br />

Globe, Heartbreak Hotel (Chicago),<br />

ART, Williamstown, Huntington,<br />

Westport Country Playhouse, Two<br />

River Theater, McCarter Theater,<br />

Arena Stage, Long Wharf.<br />

Other: Reconfiguration – An<br />

Evening with Other Lives at<br />

BAM; Drama Desk Awards 2014<br />

& 2015; Metropolitan Opera<br />

125th Anniversary Gala; Holiday<br />

installations for Saks 5th Avenue,<br />

Cartier, and others.<br />

JOSHUA THORSON<br />

PROJECTION DESIGNER<br />

Joshua Thorson is a Brooklyn-based<br />

artist and writer. His video work has<br />

screened at MoMA NYC, Rotterdam<br />

International Film Festival,<br />

Rencontres Internationale (Paris/<br />

Berlin), MIX NYC, Anthology Film<br />

Archives, among others.<br />

Theatre includes: Signature Theater,<br />

American Repertory Theater,<br />

Crossing the Line/New Settings<br />

Festivals, Bard SummerScape<br />

Festival, St. Ann’s Warehouse,<br />

Broadway and Broadway National<br />

Tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

Education: BA in Film and Cultural<br />

Studies from the University of<br />

Minnesota, an MFA in Film/<br />

Video from Bard College, a PhD<br />

in Electronic Art from Rensselaer<br />

Polytechnic. He is an Associate<br />

Professor in the School of<br />

Photographic Arts and Sciences<br />

at RIT.<br />

NATHAN KOCI<br />

CO MUSICAL SUPERVISOR,<br />

VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS<br />

Nathan Koci is a musician, conductor<br />

and collaborative artist working<br />

across multiple disciplines including<br />

folk music, jazz, contemporary<br />

classical music, dance, and theater.<br />

Theatre includes: <strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

(Broadway, US Tour, St. Ann’s<br />

Warehouse, Bard Summerscape);<br />

Hadestown (Broadway, US Tour,<br />

Citadel Theater); Most Happy in<br />

Concert (Bard Summerscape);<br />

Brimstone and Glory (Wordless<br />

Music); The Head and the Load<br />

(Tate Modern, Ruhr Triennale, MASS<br />

MoCA); The Source (BAM Next<br />

Wave, SF Opera, LA Opera); The<br />

Principles of Uncertainty (BAM Next<br />

Wave); War Horse (US Tour).<br />

Nathan also records and performs<br />

with The Solomon Diaries and The<br />

Hands Free. nathankoci.com<br />

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TOM BRADY<br />

MUSICAL DIRECTOR<br />

Tom studied Music at Oxford<br />

University before training at the Royal<br />

Academy of Music, where he is a<br />

recipient of the ARAM award.<br />

Theatre includes: Pinocchio, The<br />

Light Princess (National Theatre);<br />

Show Boat, Caroline or Change<br />

(West End); Flowers for Mrs Harris,<br />

Fiddler on the Roof, Forty Years<br />

On (Chichester Festival Theatre);<br />

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie<br />

(Sheffield Crucible); The Magician’s<br />

Elephant (RSC); Romantics<br />

Anonymous (Wise Children, Bristol<br />

Old Vic); Anything Goes (Sheffield<br />

Crucible & UK Tour); Floyd Collins<br />

(Wilton’s Music Hall); The Empress<br />

(RSC & Kneehigh); Wah! Wah!<br />

Girls (Sadler’s Wells & Kneehigh);<br />

Abomination: A DUP Opera (Lyric,<br />

Belfast); A Tale of Two Cities<br />

(Royal & Derngate); Evita (Festival<br />

Ljubljana, Slovenia); Have A Nice<br />

Life (Edinburgh, NYC Fringe and<br />

Philadelphia).<br />

Concerts include: The Music of<br />

Rodgers & Hammerstein with the<br />

Orchestre Nationale d’Lille.<br />

Tom teaches on the Musical Theatre<br />

postgraduate course at the Royal<br />

Academy of Music.<br />

SHELBY WILLIAMS<br />

ASSOCIATE<br />

CHOREOGRAPHER<br />

Theatre includes: As a dancer with<br />

Matthew Bourne: Cinderella, The<br />

Car-Man, Nutcracker!, Highland<br />

Fling, Edward Scissorhands, and<br />

Swan Lake; Ballet Work 1020<br />

(Martin Creed).<br />

As Choreographer/ Director/<br />

Associate: Company (Mountview);<br />

Georgiana (Buxton Festival); Twilight<br />

Zone (Ambassadors); Little Women<br />

(Stanix); London Road (Mountview);<br />

Wind In The Willows (UK and<br />

Palladium); Bend It Like Beckham<br />

(Phoenix); Made in Dagenham<br />

(Adelphi); Turandot (ENO); Magical<br />

Night (ROH); Sweet Charity (Royal<br />

Exchange); Speech and Debate<br />

(Trafalgar Studios); Merchant of<br />

Venice (Almeida); Anna Nicole – The<br />

Opera (BAM); Idomeneo (Grange<br />

Park); Carmen (Salzburg Opera);<br />

Dido and Aeneas, La Voix Humane<br />

(Opera North); Midsummer Night’s<br />

Dream (Opera Lyon, La Scala, Opera<br />

Philadelphia).<br />

Film includes: The Danish Girl;<br />

The Theory of Everything; Collette;<br />

WWZ; Great Expectations; The Car-<br />

Man; Nutcracker; Swan Lake 3D.<br />

RACHEL TOWNSEND<br />

ASSOCIATE COSTUME<br />

DESIGNER<br />

Young Vic debut.<br />

Select Assistant Theatre includes:<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (Broadway,St. Ann’s<br />

Warehouse); West Side Story<br />

(Broadway); Network (Broadway);<br />

Lazarus (NYTW).<br />

Assistant Film includes: Better Nate<br />

Than Ever.<br />

Recognition includes: Co-Winner<br />

2020 Drama Desk, 2020 Lucille<br />

Lortel, 2020 Outer Critics Circle<br />

Honoree for Outstanding Costume<br />

Design for The Confession of Lily<br />

Dare (Primary Stages, NYC).<br />

FIFFI THORSTEINSSON<br />

ASSOCIATE LIGHTING<br />

DESIGNER<br />

Previous Young Vic: <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! is<br />

Fiffi’s first production at the Young Vic.<br />

Other theatre includes: The<br />

Intelligence Park (Music Theatre<br />

Wales & The Royal Opera House);<br />

The Lady of the Camellias (The<br />

Shanghai Ballet); Hadestown<br />

[associate] (The National Theatre);<br />

Spine (The Soho Theatre); Under<br />

the Umbrella (The Belgrade<br />

Theatre); This Flesh is Mine (Border<br />

Crossings); Fidelio (Operudagar);<br />

Benedikt Bualfur (Akureyri Theatre<br />

Company); The Blood Soaked Rabbit<br />

(Fimbulvetur).<br />

Other creative output: Architectural<br />

Theatre Consultant to over 50 venues<br />

worldwide, including theatres, opera<br />

houses, concert halls, arenas, museums<br />

and purpose built halls of spectacle;<br />

various catwalks at London, Paris<br />

and Milan fashion weeks; various<br />

events including for John Lewis,<br />

NBC/Universal and WPP; passionate<br />

educator and regularly lectures,<br />

mentors and designs at drama schools<br />

including The Royal Central School of<br />

Speech and Drama, Guildford School<br />

of Acting, Rose Bruford College and<br />

Mountview Academy of Theatre<br />

Arts, and has furthermore been<br />

commissioned to create a production<br />

lighting pathway within the Icelandic<br />

educational system. Fiffi also sits<br />

on the professional practitioners<br />

committee at the Icelandic Centre<br />

for the Performing Arts.<br />

SAM LERNER<br />

ASSOCIATE SOUND<br />

DESIGNER<br />

As Sound Designer: Hatuey: Memory<br />

of Fire (Kasser Theatre); In the Body<br />

of the World (Manhattan Theatre<br />

Club); Crossing: A New American<br />

Opera (Brooklyn Academy of Music).<br />

As Associate Sound Designer: Plaza<br />

Suite (Hudson Theatre); Rattlesnake<br />

Kate (Denver Theatre Center);<br />

Disney’s Aladdin (Teatro Telcel);<br />

Chicken & Biscuits, <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (Circle<br />

in the Square); Natasha, Pierre and<br />

the Great Comet of 1812 (Imperial<br />

Theatre); Moby-Dick (American<br />

Repertory Theater); Tea At Five<br />

(Huntington Theatre).<br />

Sam served as the Manager of the<br />

American Repertory Theater’s Sound<br />

Department from 2013-2020. Prior to<br />

coming to ART, he headed the Sound<br />

Department at South Coast Repertory<br />

(Costa Mesa, CA) and served as<br />

the lead sound engineer at La Jolla<br />

Playhouse.<br />

Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic<br />

Art, the Royal Central School of<br />

Speech and Drama.<br />

HUW EVANS<br />

ASSOCIATE MUSICAL<br />

DIRECTOR<br />

Musical Director credits include:<br />

The Ruling Class (Trafalgar Studios).<br />

Associate / Assistant Musical Director<br />

credits include: Come From Away<br />

(Phoenix Theatre); Big Fish (The<br />

Other Palace); Funny Girl (UK Tour);<br />

Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory);<br />

Evita (Dominion Theatre & UK Tour);<br />

Oliver! (Sheffield Crucible).<br />

Keyboard / Cover Conductor credits<br />

include: Chicago (Phoenix Theatre);<br />

Cats (UK Tour); The Lion King<br />

(Musical Theater, Basel).<br />

SAM LILJA<br />

DIALECT COACH<br />

Theatre includes: Ava: The Secret<br />

Conversations (Bush Theatre);<br />

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Theatre<br />

at St. Clements, NYC); Terms<br />

of Endearment (59E59, NYC);<br />

Assassins (Encores! Off-Center,<br />

NYC); Sundown, Yellow Moon (Ars<br />

Nova & WP Theater, NYC); Spill<br />

(Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC);<br />

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<br />

(US National Tour).<br />

Television includes: Tinkertown;<br />

Django; Interview with a Vampire;<br />

New Amsterdam; Grant; Blindspot;<br />

Madam Secretary.<br />

Film includes: Little Women; Boston<br />

Strangler; The Hustle; Humor Me;<br />

The Sunlit Night; UFO.<br />

Acting credits include: The<br />

Inheritance (Broadway); The<br />

Iceman Cometh (Broadway);<br />

Romeo & Juliet, The Winter’s Tale<br />

(Shakespeare Theatre Company,<br />

DC); Measure for Measure (The<br />

Acting Company, NYC); All Our<br />

Children (Sheen Center, NYC);<br />

Acolyte (59E59, NYC); Django<br />

(Sky); Billions (Showtime); Almost<br />

There (DirecTV). samlilja.com.<br />

NIMMO ISMAIL<br />

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR<br />

Nimmo is a Sky Arts Artistic<br />

Associate Artist at Theatre Royal<br />

Stratford East 2022/2023 and was<br />

named as one of The Stage 25 in<br />

January 2022.<br />

Previous Young Vic includes:<br />

Fragments by Cordelia Lynn as part of<br />

Five Plays and My England as part of<br />

Fresh Direction and as Boris Karloff<br />

Trainee Assitant Director on Wings by<br />

Arthur Kopit.<br />

Theatre work as a director includes:<br />

Two Billion Beats (Orange Tree<br />

Theatre); Holding Space, Glee & Me,<br />

The Christmas Star (Royal Exchange<br />

Manchester); a meal (Poleroid<br />

Theatre); SNAP as part of Connect<br />

Now (Old Vic); Two Palestinians Go<br />

Dogging (Sparkhaus Theatre); The<br />

Other Day (Camden People’s Theatre);<br />

Television Guide; The Displaced/We<br />

Came In a Tiny Red Boat, I Actually<br />

Have a Son (Guildhall School of Music<br />

& Drama with Squint Theatre).<br />

Theatre work as a staff/assistant<br />

director includes: The Antipodes<br />

(National Theatre); Shedding A Skin<br />

(Soho Theatre); Our Town (Open<br />

Air Theatre); A Very Very Very<br />

Dark Matter (Bridge Theatre); The<br />

Prudes, Goats (Royal Court); The<br />

Phlebotomist (Hampstead Theatre).<br />

JACOB SPARROW<br />

CASTING DIRECOR<br />

Theatre includes: <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (Young<br />

Vic); Black Love (Kiln Theatre);<br />

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Leeds/<br />

Home Manchester); Anna Karenina,<br />

Much Ado About Nothing (Sheffield<br />

Crucible); Curious Incident of the<br />

Dog in the Night-Time (2021 tour);<br />

Jitney (Old Vic/Headlong/Leeds<br />

Playhouse); Burn It Down (Theatre<br />

Royal Stratford East); Carousel, Our<br />

Town (Regents Park); LOVE, Faith,<br />

Hope and Charity (European 2021<br />

tour), Perspectives (New Views);<br />

2021 Roundabout Season (Paines<br />

Plough); City of Angels (Garrick);<br />

Hadestown, Pericles, Follies,<br />

Amadeus (all Olivier Theatre); LOVE<br />

(Dorfman/International Tour/Film);<br />

Queer Season, Rutherford and Son,<br />

Faith Hope and Charity, Mr Gum,<br />

Downstate (National Theatre).<br />

Jacob worked in the NT Casting<br />

Department from 2015 to 2019<br />

before becoming a freelance Casting<br />

Director. Prior to working at the<br />

National Theatre, Jacob worked with<br />

Pippa Ailion Casting and Telsey and<br />

Company in New York, as well as<br />

alongside James Orange.<br />

DAVID GALLAGHER<br />

ORCHESTRAL MANAGER<br />

Theatre includes: Come From<br />

Away (Phoenix Theatre); Matilda<br />

(Cambridge Theatre); 42nd Street<br />

(Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Girl<br />

from the North Country (Noel<br />

Coward & Gielgud Theatre); Queen<br />

Anne (Theatre Royal Haymarket);<br />

From Here to Eternity (Shaftesbury<br />

Theatre); Spring Awakening (The<br />

Almeida); A Christmas Carol ,The<br />

American Clock, Sylvia, Fanny and<br />

Alexander, The Divide, The Lorax,<br />

Groundhog Day, Future Conditional,<br />

The Bridge Project, Cinderella (Old<br />

Vic); She Loves Me, Guys and Dolls<br />

(Sheffield Crucible); NHS The Musical<br />

(Plymouth Theatre Royal); The Wizard<br />

of Oz (Leeds Playhouse); Local Hero<br />

(Edinburgh Lyceum); Matilda, Jackie<br />

the Musical, Bernadette Peters, Crush,<br />

Play Without Words (UK tours); Wolf<br />

Hall recordings (Broadway); The<br />

National Symphony Orchestra, Various<br />

projects, amfar Gala Cannes Film<br />

Festival 2014 and 2015, Robin Hood<br />

film (Universal 2010).<br />

David was Music Manager at the<br />

National Theatre 2000 – 2010, and<br />

Music Manager at the RSC 2010 –<br />

2011 where he currently provides<br />

consultancy.<br />

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FISHER CENTER AT BARD<br />

Fisher Center at Bard is a leading<br />

professional performing arts producer<br />

and research/education hub in a<br />

landmark Frank Gehry building<br />

on Bard College’s Hudson Valley<br />

NY campus. Presenting more than<br />

200 events and welcoming 50,000<br />

visitors each year, the center supports<br />

artists, students, and audiences in<br />

the development and examination of<br />

artistic ideas, offering perspectives<br />

from the past, present, and visions<br />

of the future. Its commissioned<br />

productions have been seen in more<br />

than 100 communities around the<br />

world. In 2019 the Fisher Center<br />

won the Tony Award for Best Revival<br />

of a Musical for this production of<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>! which began life in 2007<br />

as an undergraduate production at<br />

Bard and was produced professionally<br />

in the Fisher Center’s SummerScape<br />

Festival in 2015 before transferring<br />

to New York City.<br />

fishercenter.bard.edu<br />

ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE<br />

“A bastion of adventurous theater”<br />

(The New York Times), St. Ann’s<br />

Warehouse plays a vital role on<br />

the global cultural landscape as<br />

an artistic home for international<br />

companies of distinction, American<br />

avant-garde masters and talented<br />

emerging artists. For over four<br />

decades it has brought some of the<br />

world’s most imaginative theater to<br />

America’s shores, and emerged as<br />

a key partner in the development of<br />

the Brooklyn waterfront, activating<br />

found spaces through preservation<br />

and adaptive re-use. Bolstered by<br />

a sense of sacred mission and an<br />

endless capacity for reconfiguration,<br />

St. Ann’s programming sits at the<br />

intersection where theater meets<br />

rock and roll.<br />

EVA PRICE<br />

CO-PRODUCER<br />

Eva Price is an NYCLU/ACLU<br />

honoree and three-time Tony Award<br />

winning producer.<br />

Broadway includes: Jagged Little Pill<br />

(2 Tony Awards), <strong>Oklahoma</strong>! (2 Tony<br />

Awards; National Tour); Tina – The<br />

Tina Turner Musical (Tony Award);<br />

What the Constitution Means to Me<br />

(Tony nominated; National Tour);<br />

Angels in America (3 Tony Awards);<br />

Dear Evan Hansen (6 Tony Awards;<br />

3 Olivier Awards); On Your Feet!;<br />

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on<br />

Broadway!; Peter and the Starcatcher<br />

(5 Tony Awards); Colin Quinn Long<br />

Story Short; Annie; The Merchant<br />

of Venice starring Al Pacino (Tony<br />

nom.); Carrie Fisher’s Wishful<br />

Drinking; The Addams Family.<br />

Off-Broadway/Touring: Cruel<br />

Intentions: The ’90s Musical; Found<br />

(LA/NY Premieres); The Lion (Drama<br />

Desk Award); Small Mouth Sounds;<br />

Sanctuary City (NYTW); and The Hip<br />

Hop Nutcracker (Emmy Award for<br />

PBS Special Live Capture).<br />

SONIA FRIEDMAN<br />

PRODUCTIONS<br />

CO-PRODUCER<br />

Sonia Friedman Productions (SFP) is<br />

a West End and Broadway production<br />

company responsible for some of the<br />

most successful theatre productions in<br />

London and New York.<br />

Current productions include: To Kill<br />

A Mockingbird at the Gielgud, The<br />

47th at the Old Vic, Jerusalem at the<br />

Apollo Theatre, The Book of Mormon,<br />

West End and UK & European Tour,<br />

Dreamgirls UK Tour, Harry Potter<br />

and the Cursed Child in London, New<br />

York, Melbourne, San Francisco and<br />

Hamburg, Funny Girl on Broadway and<br />

the Mean Girls US Tour.<br />

Forthcoming productions include:<br />

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in<br />

Toronto and Tokyo.<br />

MICHAEL HARRISON<br />

CO-PRODUCER<br />

Michael Harrison’s West End musicals<br />

include The Drifters Girl at the<br />

Garrick, two seasons of Joseph and the<br />

Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the<br />

London Palladium, Mel Brooks’ Young<br />

Frankenstein at the Garrick, Annie<br />

at the Piccadilly, Mrs Henderson<br />

Presents at the Noel Coward, Gypsy at<br />

the Savoy and The Bodyguard at both<br />

the Adelphi and Dominion Theatres.<br />

Michael’s current UK Touring<br />

productions include Disney’s Bedknobs<br />

& Broomsticks, Joseph and the<br />

Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and<br />

Singin‘ in the Rain.<br />

Michael’s London Palladium<br />

pantomimes – Cinderella, Dick<br />

Whittington, Snow White, Goldilocks<br />

and the Three Bears and Pantoland<br />

have proved to be huge popular hits<br />

with Dick Whittington winning the<br />

Olivier Award for Best Entertainment<br />

and Family.<br />

He is Chief Executive of Crossroads<br />

Pantomimes responsible for many of<br />

the major number one pantomimes<br />

across England, Northern Ireland,<br />

Scotland and Wales.<br />

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Photography by Anne Tetzlaff<br />

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THE YOUNG VIC<br />

THE YOUNG VIC COMPANY<br />

OUR SHOWS<br />

We produce new plays, classics, musicals,<br />

adaptations of books, short films, digital projects<br />

and game changing forms of theatre. We tour and<br />

co-produce within the UK and internationally.<br />

OUR ARTISTS<br />

We foster emerging talent and collaborate with<br />

some of the world’s finest directors, performers<br />

and creatives, creating productions that say much<br />

about the world we live in.<br />

OUR AUDIENCES<br />

We attract large audiences from many different<br />

backgrounds and forge deep connections in our<br />

neighbourhood, where we provide extensive free<br />

activities. For many years, the Young Vic has been<br />

synonymous with inclusivity, accessibility and<br />

creativity. We keep our prices low and give 10% of<br />

our tickets to young people, schools and neighbours<br />

irrespective of box office demand.<br />

GET MORE FROM THE YOUNG VIC ONLINE<br />

Sign up to receive email updates at youngvic.org/e-newsletter<br />

@youngvictheatre<br />

@youngvictheatre<br />

/youngvictheatre<br />

/youngviclondon<br />

OUR PARTNERS NEAR AT HAND<br />

Each year we engage with over 15,000 local people –<br />

individuals and groups of all kinds including schools and<br />

colleges – by exploring theatre on and off stage. From<br />

time to time we invite our neighbours to appear on our<br />

stage alongside professionals.<br />

OUR PARTNERS FURTHER AWAY<br />

By co-producing with leading theatre, opera, dance,<br />

film and TV companies from London and around<br />

the world, we create shows neither partner could<br />

achieve alone.<br />

‘The most exciting theatre in Europe’ Cush Jumbo<br />

‘A theatre with a global outlook and an<br />

extraordinary record of nurturing talent’<br />

Financial Times<br />

‘The Young Vic is where theatre<br />

magic happens’ Time Out<br />

‘Cool, creative, edgy Young Vic’ iNews<br />

‘London’s most essential theatre’ The Guardian<br />

‘Young Vic is London’s most lovable theatre.<br />

The building welcomes; the programming dares.<br />

It offers danger in a safe place.’ The Observer<br />

The Young Vic is a company limited by guarantee, registered<br />

in England No. 1188209. VAT registration No. 236 673 348<br />

Programme design: Eureka! Design Consultants Ltd<br />

Artistic Director<br />

Kwame Kwei-Armah<br />

Executive Director<br />

(incoming)<br />

Lucy Davies<br />

Interim Executive Director<br />

(outgoing)<br />

Sarah Nicholson<br />

Associate Artistic Director<br />

Sue Emmas<br />

Genesis Fellow /<br />

Associate Director<br />

Jennifer Tang<br />

Creative Associate<br />

Teunkie Van Der Sluijs<br />

Lead Producer<br />

(maternity leave)<br />

Holly Aston<br />

Lead Producer<br />

(maternity cover)<br />

Nisha Modhwadia<br />

General Manager<br />

(Maternity Leave)<br />

Robyn Keynes<br />

General Manager<br />

(Maternity Cover)<br />

Christabel Holmes<br />

Executive Assistant<br />

to the Artistic Director<br />

Olivia Nwabali<br />

Administrator<br />

(Producing Team)<br />

Lucy Steward<br />

Creators Program<br />

Administrator<br />

Tia Begum<br />

Channel 4 playwright<br />

Lulu Raczka<br />

Young Vic Artistic<br />

Associates<br />

Glenn Davis<br />

Alfred Enoch<br />

Anna Fleischle<br />

Marcus Gardley<br />

Kate Hewitt<br />

Afua Hirsch<br />

Kirsty Housley<br />

Alex Basco Koch<br />

Doña Kroll<br />

Gregory Maqoma<br />

Prema Mehta<br />

Duncan McLean<br />

Chinonyerem Odimba<br />

Wendell Pierce<br />

Caitriona Shoobridge<br />

Charles Randolph-Wright<br />

Charlotte Sutton<br />

XANA<br />

Associate Companies<br />

Belarus Free Theatre<br />

Crying In The Wilderness<br />

Productions<br />

Regional Theatre Young<br />

Director Scheme<br />

The What If Experiment<br />

Development<br />

Deputy Executive Director<br />

Alex Tonetta<br />

Head of Corporate<br />

Partnerships & Events<br />

Elisha Owen<br />

Trusts and Foundations<br />

Manager<br />

Bernadette Witham<br />

Individual Giving Manager<br />

Cameron Henderson-Begg<br />

Development Operations<br />

Manager<br />

Lewis Hammond<br />

Producing & Development<br />

Young Associate<br />

Megan Tze Ern Khor<br />

Finance<br />

Finance Director<br />

Ivor Stockdale<br />

Finance Officer<br />

Janine Carter<br />

Finance Administrator<br />

Hannah Turk<br />

Financial Planning and<br />

Analysis Assistant<br />

Fahim Uddin<br />

Marketing & Audiences<br />

Director of Marketing<br />

and Audiences<br />

Beatrice Burrows<br />

Interim Head of Press<br />

and Communications<br />

Kate Hassell<br />

Marketing Manager<br />

Steph Cullen<br />

Interim Social Media and<br />

Digital Marketing Manager<br />

Haniya Bhatty<br />

Social Media and Digital<br />

Content Manager<br />

(incoming)<br />

Florence Bell<br />

Ticketing Manager<br />

Zoe Fitzpatrick<br />

Marketing Officer<br />

Ella Kilford<br />

Press Officer<br />

Karl-Lydie Jean-Baptiste<br />

Press, Marketing &<br />

Audiences Young Associate<br />

Chamekir Hunte<br />

Operations<br />

Operations Director<br />

Rathi Kumar<br />

Senior IT Projects Manager<br />

Luke Taylor<br />

Digital Systems Analyst<br />

Damilola Senbanjo<br />

Company Administrator<br />

Isobel Ford<br />

Head of Theatre Operations<br />

Bryan Lewis<br />

Facilities Manager<br />

Samuel Hailey-Watts<br />

Interim Front of House<br />

Manager<br />

Ryan Melish<br />

Administration Assistant<br />

(Operations)<br />

Beth Fisher<br />

Duty Managers<br />

Coral Tarran<br />

Lauren Holden<br />

Maryam Shofowora<br />

Max Puplett<br />

Sebastian Houillon<br />

Ushers<br />

Aisha Edwards<br />

Albert Graver<br />

Alykhan Merali<br />

Andre Da Silva-Jenkins<br />

Anna-May Wood<br />

Benjamin Clarke<br />

Cassiopeia Berkeley-<br />

Agyepong<br />

Charlotte Micalef<br />

Chenta Mariqueo<br />

Daniella Connor<br />

Debbie Burningham<br />

Dynzell Muguti<br />

Eboni Dixon<br />

Francesca De Sica<br />

Glenn Mortimer<br />

Grace Kayibanda<br />

Gracjana Rejmer-Canovas<br />

Grainne PC<br />

Hana Jennings<br />

Isaac Vincent<br />

Jess James<br />

Joanna Selcott<br />

Josh Hitchman-Pinnock<br />

Julie Patten<br />

Kanishka Gupta<br />

Kitti Wells<br />

Lethaniel Stacey-Coombe<br />

Linden Sloan<br />

Luke Garner-Greene<br />

Lynn Knight<br />

Malika Sandover<br />

Maurice Chung<br />

Melina Morris<br />

Michael Asiamah<br />

Molly-Rose Curran<br />

Newton James Thomas<br />

Oliver Byng<br />

Owen Haslegrave<br />

Paula Shaw<br />

Rosemarie Akwafo<br />

Sahana Rackal<br />

Simone Bell<br />

Starr Ballard<br />

Susan Harrold<br />

Taz Munyaneza<br />

Thea Sandall<br />

Theo Hung<br />

Tia Wingate<br />

Tobi Oludipe<br />

Tom Sparkes<br />

Urielle Klein-Mekongo<br />

Production<br />

Technical Director<br />

(outgoing)<br />

Jaz Sandalli<br />

Production Manager<br />

Sarah Barton<br />

Head of Sound<br />

Kyle MacPherson<br />

Head of Stage<br />

Craig Tye<br />

Head of Costume<br />

Sarah Hamza<br />

Head of Lighting<br />

Sam McLeod<br />

Deputy Head of Stage<br />

Rhodri Sion Evans<br />

Deputy Head of Sound<br />

Jet Sharp<br />

Deputy Head of Lighting<br />

Faye Hetherington<br />

Workshop Carpenter<br />

Rachel MacLoughlin<br />

Lighting Technician<br />

Saul Richardson<br />

Production Administrator<br />

(Interim)<br />

Kate Jones<br />

Production Young Associate<br />

Leelah McEvoy<br />

Production Assistant<br />

Maciek Zdobylak<br />

Taking Part<br />

Director of Taking Part<br />

Shereen Jasmin Phillips<br />

Neighbourhood Theatre<br />

Producer<br />

Alisha Artry<br />

Participation Producer<br />

Lorna McGinty<br />

Learning Producer<br />

Melanie Anouf<br />

Taking Part Administrator<br />

Vicky Olusanya<br />

Taking Part & Creators<br />

Program Young Associate<br />

Jordi Carter<br />

Taking Part Administration<br />

Assistant<br />

Charlotte Micalef<br />

Welcome Team<br />

Jo Keane<br />

Max Puplett<br />

Edd Soper<br />

Edward Jones<br />

Eimear Griffin<br />

Eleanor Kumar<br />

Joel Oladapo<br />

Julie Patten<br />

Kathy Bolt<br />

Lethaniel Stacey-Coombe<br />

Sofia Sousa<br />

Tia Wingate<br />

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YOUNG VIC – COMING SOON<br />

OF THE CUT<br />

30 JUL – 6 AUG<br />

A magical realism promenade performance<br />

piece which shines a light on the many lives<br />

lived on and around The Cut and explores what<br />

the next 25 years has in store. Written by<br />

Yasmin Joseph and the Company, directed by<br />

Philip J Morris. A Taking Part production from<br />

Young Vic and TEA films.<br />

THE<br />

SECRETARIES<br />

1 – 11 JUN<br />

Deirdre McLaughlin, Genesis<br />

Future Directors Award<br />

recipient, directs a murderously<br />

dark comedy that splits open<br />

gender stereotypes. Written by<br />

The Five Lesbian Brothers.<br />

CHASING<br />

HARES<br />

16 JUL – 13 AUG<br />

An epic tale about a father’s<br />

resistance and dignity in the<br />

face of global exploitation, set<br />

in West Bengal and the UK.<br />

Written by Sonali Bhattacharyya<br />

and directed by Milli Bhatia. A<br />

Young Vic and Theatre Uncut<br />

co-production.<br />

YOUNGVIC.ORG 020 7922 2922 #YoungVic<br />

WHO KILLED<br />

MY FATHER<br />

7 – 24 SEP<br />

An anger-soaked letter from<br />

a son to his father, telling<br />

the story of a life marked by<br />

social deprivation in the north<br />

of France. Adapted by Ivo van<br />

Hove from the book by Édouard<br />

Louis. An International Theater<br />

Amsterdam production in<br />

association with Young Vic<br />

MANDELA<br />

28 NOV – 4 FEB 2023<br />

A revolutionary new musical<br />

and world premiere that tells<br />

the story of Mandela the man<br />

and Mandela the movement.<br />

Developed in proud partnership<br />

with Nandi Mandela, Luvuyo<br />

Madasa and the Mandela<br />

family.<br />

COMMUNITIES OF RESISTANCE<br />

JUN – JUL<br />

Following the success of Sundown Kiki, a group of young Queer<br />

and Black or Global Majority artists will travel to the US to<br />

explore the political heritage of ballroom. A Taking Part and<br />

Hetrick-Martin Institute Project.<br />

YV UNPACKED: I WONDER IF...<br />

TOURING 10 – 21 OCT<br />

THE YOUNG VIC 24 – 29 OCT<br />

Fusing dance, music and dialogue to explore the human<br />

relationship in its many forms, I Wonder If... is a dazzling new<br />

play directed by Daniel Bailey and devised by the company.<br />

JOURNEYS THE PODCAST<br />

25 JUL – 25 DEC<br />

A six-part podcast series celebrating local heroes in Lambeth<br />

and Southwark and uncovering stories from the Young Vic<br />

community.<br />

THE TWENTY THRIVE EXHIBITION: CELEBRATING<br />

25 YEARS OF CREATING, EXPLORING AND<br />

TAKING PART IN OUR COMMUNITY<br />

14 – 21 OCT<br />

An immersive and interactive exhibition that celebrates the<br />

last 25 years of the Young Vic’s outreach and engagement work.<br />

A Young Vic Taking Part project<br />

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ACCESS AND INCLUSION PERFORMANCES<br />

TAKING PART AT THE YOUNG VIC<br />

Audio Described<br />

performances<br />

BSL<br />

performances<br />

Captioned<br />

performances<br />

Relaxed<br />

performances<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

Chasing Hares<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

<strong>Oklahoma</strong>!<br />

Tue 24 May, 7.30pm<br />

Fri 29 Jul, 7.30pm<br />

Thu 9 Jun, 7.30pm<br />

Fri 10 Jun, 7.30pm<br />

Chasing Hares<br />

Mandela<br />

Chasing Hares<br />

Chasing Hares<br />

Tue 2 & Tue 9 Aug, 7.30pm<br />

Tue 13 Dec 2022 &<br />

Thu 4 Aug, 7.30pm<br />

Wed 3 Aug, 7.30pm<br />

The Secretaries<br />

Thu 12 Jan 2023, 7.30pm<br />

The Secretaries<br />

The Secretaries<br />

1 – 11 Jun<br />

1 – 11 Jun<br />

1 – 11 Jun<br />

Audio description is<br />

integrated into every<br />

performance.<br />

Mandela<br />

Mon 19 Dec 2022,<br />

Tue 10 & Tue 24 Jan<br />

2023, 7.30pm<br />

Creative captioning is<br />

integrated into every<br />

performance.<br />

Mandela<br />

Thu 15 Dec 2022 &<br />

Thu 5 Jan 2023, 7.30pm<br />

All performances<br />

are relaxed.<br />

Mandela<br />

Wed 4 Jan 2023, 7.30pm<br />

Taking Part is our creative engagement department that works with young people,<br />

adults, schools, and our local community for 25 years. We engage with over 15,000<br />

people a year, providing free tickets to all our shows and free creative and artistic<br />

opportunities to our participants.<br />

If you would like to book an induction loop, require someone to look after your<br />

assistance dog during a performance, or have any other access requirements,<br />

please let us know in advance so we can make your visit as enjoyable as possible.<br />

For more information call: 020 7922 2922<br />

Textphone 18001 020 7922 2922<br />

Our three strands, Learning, Participation,<br />

and Neighbourhood Theatre, create<br />

work that is the beating heart of the<br />

organisation. Each year Taking Part’s<br />

<strong>programme</strong> responds to a shared theme.<br />

Last year we responded to the provocation<br />

‘Freedom of Expression’. This year the<br />

theme is Culture and Displacement.<br />

Last autumn the Young Vic went back<br />

to school with a new project called<br />

INNOVATE. This project has embedded<br />

six artists into our two partner secondary<br />

schools – South Bank University Academy<br />

and Dunraven school. Working across<br />

the year 7 and 8 curricula, they are<br />

collaborating with teachers and students<br />

to explore the role of artists and arts<br />

organisations in teaching the curriculum,<br />

and more broadly the Young Vic’s civic<br />

responsibility as a local theatre.<br />

We think of the Young Vic as ‘the home<br />

you didn’t know you had’ – come in<br />

and join us. To find out more about our<br />

projects and how you can get involved,<br />

please visit youngvic.org/taking-part or<br />

follow @yvtakingpart on Twitter.<br />

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2022 SEASON SUPPORTERS<br />

THE YOUNG VIC BOARD<br />

Board of Trustees<br />

Development Board<br />

Public Support<br />

Season Support<br />

Hotel Partner<br />

Varun Chandra<br />

Nicky Dunn OBE<br />

Glenn Earle (Chair)<br />

Robert Easton<br />

Farah Ramzan Golant CBE<br />

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith MBE<br />

Ali Hossaini<br />

Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE<br />

Ebele Okobi<br />

Abigail Sewell<br />

Fiona Shaw<br />

Sita Thomas<br />

Steve Tompkins MBE<br />

Anna Williams<br />

Beatrice Bondy<br />

Rachel Conlan (Co-Chair)<br />

Gerard Crichlow<br />

Glenn Earle<br />

Sophie Hale<br />

Will Meldrum<br />

Ebele Okobi (Co-Chair)<br />

Barbara Reeves<br />

Sarah Thorpe Scott<br />

The Young Vic gratefully recognises<br />

the following Trustees who retired from<br />

board service between March 2020<br />

and April 2021:<br />

The Young Vic’s 2022 season is also supported by the Genesis Foundation and IHS Markit.<br />

We gratefully acknowledge Ian Burford and Alec Cannell for generously supporting the Young Vic’s mission.<br />

Sean Egan<br />

David Fletcher<br />

Rory Kinnear<br />

Rita Skinner<br />

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YOUNG VIC SUPPORTERS<br />

£10,000 – £19,999<br />

Young Vic supporters realise our mission of creating extraordinary theatre, sharing<br />

the joy of creativity with our community and investing in the artists of tomorrow.<br />

They make everything we do possible, and we are deeply grateful to them all.<br />

For their recent support we thank:<br />

£100,000+<br />

£20,000 – £49,999<br />

Anonymous<br />

Lionel Barber &<br />

Victoria Greenwood<br />

Sandra Cavlov<br />

Ian & Caroline Cormack<br />

Lin & Ken Craig<br />

Manfred & Lydia Gorvy<br />

Patrick Handley<br />

The Boris Karloff<br />

Charitable Foundation<br />

Jack & Linda Keenan<br />

Adam Kenwright<br />

Kidron Hall Charitable Trust<br />

Tracey, Eloise & Max Mayerson<br />

Richenthal Foundation<br />

Jon & NoraLee Sedmak<br />

Dasha Shenkman<br />

United St Saviour’s Charity<br />

Dominic Wallington<br />

The Harold Hyam<br />

Wingate Foundation<br />

Arts Council England<br />

Bloomberg*<br />

Ian Burford & Alec Cannell<br />

Culture Recovery Fund, DCMS<br />

Glenn Earle<br />

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation<br />

Garfield Weston Foundation<br />

Genesis Foundation<br />

IHS Markit<br />

Patrick & Sholpan McKenna<br />

£50,000 – £99,999<br />

The Charlotte Aitken Trust<br />

Backstage Trust<br />

Bank of America*<br />

Jo Braun<br />

Robert Easton & Elza Blankenburgs<br />

Sea Containers London<br />

Southwark Council<br />

Anonymous (1)<br />

Sarah & Tim Bunting<br />

Cockayne – Grants for the Arts<br />

The London Community Foundation<br />

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation<br />

H&M Foundation<br />

Sophie Hale & Roland Rudd<br />

Paul Hamlyn Foundation<br />

Jerwood Arts<br />

Lambeth Council<br />

Sarah & Dominic Murphy<br />

Karl-Johan Persson<br />

The Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust<br />

Clive & Sally Sherling<br />

Rita & Paul Skinner<br />

*Young Vic Corporate Member<br />

Listing current as of 1 March 2022.<br />

£1,000 – £9,999<br />

Anonymous (8)<br />

The 29th of May 1961<br />

Charitable Trust<br />

AKA*<br />

Andor Charitable Trust<br />

Jennifer Bailey<br />

Jack Bamberger<br />

Chris & Frances Bates<br />

Lady Primrose Bell<br />

Sarah Billinghurst Solomon<br />

Adrian & Lisa Binks<br />

Tony & Gisela Bloom<br />

Beatrice Bondy<br />

The Charlotte Bonham-Carter<br />

Charitable Trust<br />

Simon & Sally Borrows<br />

The Boshier-Hinton Foundation<br />

The Martin Bowley Charitable Trust<br />

Katie Bradford<br />

CJ & LM Braithwaite<br />

Dr Neil & Sarah Brener<br />

Sylvie & Leon Bressler<br />

Clive & Helena Butler<br />

Monkey Chambers<br />

Chapman Charitable Trust<br />

Cleopatra Trust<br />

The John S Cohen Foundation<br />

Rachel Conlan<br />

James & Victoria Corcoran<br />

Noël Coward Foundation<br />

Lord Mervyn Davies<br />

Miel de Botton<br />

Roger & Alison De Haan<br />

Scott M Delman<br />

Annabel Duncan-Smith<br />

Robyn Durie<br />

Marielle Ednalino & Ken Lamb<br />

Jennifer & Jeff Eldredge<br />

Sir Vernon & Lady Ellis<br />

Don Ellwood & Sandra Johnigan<br />

Vanessa Johnson-Burgess<br />

Embassy of Spain<br />

David Fein & Liz Oestreich<br />

Finsbury Glover Hering*<br />

Adam Freudenheim<br />

Gillian Frumkin<br />

The Golden Bottle Trust<br />

The Golsoncott Foundation<br />

Alan & Ros Haigh<br />

Sarah Hall<br />

Katherine Hallgarten<br />

Frances Hellman & Warren Breslau<br />

Suzy Hester<br />

Madeleine Hodgkin<br />

Jacob Holt<br />

Nik Holttum & Helen Brannigan<br />

Mike & Caroline Howes<br />

The Hoxton Southwark<br />

Peter Hughes<br />

Tom & Caron Ilube<br />

Melanie Johnson<br />

Jones Day*<br />

John & Gerry Kinder<br />

Carol Lake<br />

Ben Langworthy<br />

Victoria Leggett<br />

Clive Lewis<br />

The Lowy Mitchell Foundation<br />

Frances Lynn<br />

John Lyon’s Charity<br />

Jill & Justin Manson<br />

Memery Crystal*<br />

Barbara Minto<br />

Carole Neuhaus<br />

Newcomen Collett Foundation<br />

Ebele Okobi<br />

Rob & Lesley O’Rahilly<br />

Bernadette O’Sullivan<br />

Simon & Midge Palley<br />

Sarig Peker<br />

Pi Capital*<br />

Richard Radcliffe Charitable Trust<br />

Heather & Julia Randall<br />

The Red Hill Trust<br />

Barbara Reeves<br />

The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg<br />

Foundation<br />

Corinne Rooney<br />

Sue Roy<br />

The Royal Victoria Hall Foundation<br />

Sir Paul & Lady Ruddock<br />

Carol Sellars<br />

Dr Bhagat Sharma<br />

Jenny Sheridan<br />

Justin Shinebourne &<br />

Laurence Chaussinand<br />

Florian Simm<br />

Deborah E Mali Smith<br />

Demola Soremekun<br />

The John Thaw Foundation<br />

TowerBrook Foundation*<br />

Nick Tsatsas<br />

U+I Group Plc<br />

Bill Updegraff & Aliza Bartfield<br />

Valentino England Ltd. *<br />

Katleen van Roost<br />

Walcot Foundation<br />

Rob & Gillian Wallace<br />

Edgar & Judith Wallner<br />

Alice Whitaker<br />

Bill & Anda Winters<br />

Chavah Yentl<br />

Jill Hackel Zarzycki<br />

Julia Zilberman & Maxim Seltzer<br />

and all our members and supporters,<br />

whose generosity strengthens and<br />

sustains our work.<br />

*Young Vic Corporate Member<br />

Listing current as of<br />

1 March 2022.<br />

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the power to<br />

imagine, illuminate and inspire<br />

After an extended intermission, we are thrilled<br />

to join you at the Young Vic once again.<br />

As a major partner of cultural organizations,<br />

Bank of America believes in the power of the arts.<br />

What would you like the power to do?<br />

Learn more at bankofamerica.com/Arts<br />

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