presents DALLAS CHILDREN’S THEATER STUART LITTLE Dramatized by Joseph Robinette Based on the book by E.B. White Funded in part by the NEA Challenge Grant Fund and the Visiting Performing Artists Fund. Sunday, May 4, 2014 | 3 pm Spaulding Auditorium | Dartmouth College CREDITS Dramaturg..................................................................................................................... Joseph Robinette Based on the book Stuart Little............................................................................................... E. B. White Director.............................................................................................................................. K. Doug Miller Scenic Designer.......................................................................................................... H. Bart McGheeon Lighting Designer.................................................................................................................. Jason Lynch Sound Designer...................................................................................................................Marco Salinas Costume Designer.................................................................................................................. Laurie Land Properties Designer...........................................................................................................Anna Klawitter Stage Manager/Technical Director...................................................................................Ryan Tolzmann Lighting Director/ASM........................................................................................................Robert Molina Producer/Tour Director........................................................................................................ Sally Fiorello DCT Production Staff Production Manager........................................................................................................Melissa Cashion Technical Director....................................................................................................... H. Bart McGheeon Scenic Artist.......................................................................................................................Anna Klawitter Scene Shop Foreman/Master Carpenter................................................................................ Josh Smith Carpenters........................................... Kenneth Gardner, Jeffrey Stanfield, Luke Norton, Kenneth Hall Production Coordinator........................................................................................................John Moss II Special thanks to Sandy Clark Travel Produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing, Woodstock, Illinois National Tour presented through arrangements made by Holden & Arts Associates, Inc., Michael Holden, Director. Federal copyright laws prohibit the videotaping, photographing or audio recording of this production. CAST Mr. Little/Ensemble........................................................................................................ Nathanial P. Reid George/Snowbell/Ensemble...............................................................................................Justin Duncan Mrs. Little/Ensemble.................................................................................................. Kathryn Taylor Rose Margalo/Ensemble...................................................................................................................Jad Saxton Angie/Mrs. Morrison/Ensemble............................................................................................ Sky Williams Stuart Little......................................................................................................... Randall Scott Carpenter ABOUT THE DIRECTORS Robyn Flatt DCT founder & executive artistic director co-founded DCT in 1984 with start-up funds of 500 dollars. Under her artistic leadership, the theater’s creative and operational stature has grown over the past 24 years to reflect its current annual budget of more than 3 million dollars. Her theatrical career has brought her acclaim as a professional director, actor and lighting designer. During her tenure as a member of the Dallas Theater Center Resident Company, she served as assistant artistic director and director of MimeAct and Theater-in-the-Parks. She holds an MA from Baylor University and studied with Etienne Decroux, Juana Laban and Hanya Holm. Among Flatt’s many acting credits include two roles she created for award-winning world-premiere productions: Dewey Dell in Journey to Jefferson and Martha Ann Sickenger in Preston Jones’ The Oldest Living Graduate. Her directing credits at DCT include Coyote Tales; The Great Gilly Hopkins; the world premiere musical adaptation by Linda Daugherty and Danny Ray of Steven Kellogg’s The Three Sillies; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; The Miracle Worker; Island of the Blue Dolphins; and the critically acclaimed productions of And Then They Came For Me and To Kill A Mockingbird. She has served on the boards of AATE and ASSITEJ/USA and is a recipient of The 500, Inc.’s prestigious Ken Bryant Visionary Award, Dallas Historical Society’s 1999 Excellence in Community Service for Creative Arts, the 2002 Leon Rabin Standing Ovation Award, and the Excellence in Nonprofit Management Award. Flatt is an inductee into the College of Fellows of American Theatre and holds the honorary designation of American Theatre Fellow for life. She was recently nominated by The Dallas Morning News arts staff for the 2010 Texan of the Year Award, and received the Northwood University 2011 Distinguished Women’s Award. K. Doug Miller director has directed Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type, Giggle, Giggle, Quack (local and national tour), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and last season’s national tour of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! Miller was also the performance director for Barney & Friends (PBS) for several seasons. Favorite stage roles include: Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Sparky in Forever Plaid, Cosmo in Singin’ in the Rain, Rooster in Annie, and Jeffrey in Jeffrey. Roles for which he has received Dallas Theatre League’s Rabin Awards for acting include The Baker in Into the Woods, and Roger in A New Brain. He has also received Rabin Awards for direction for A Man of No Importance, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Aida, Love! Valour! Compassion! Other favorite shows that he has directed include Grease, Barefoot in the Park, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown and Valley of the Dolls. He has also received many Column Awards, and the prestigious Dallas/Fort Worth Critics Forum Award for Acting & Directing. Miller is the director of musical theater at Park Cities Dance/ The Dallas Conservatory for the Arts. Sally Fiorello producer/tour director began her association with Dallas Children’s Theater in 1984 and has since served as a director, designer, actor and consultant for numerous DCT productions. In 1998 she joined the staff as producing director of the national touring company. Stuart Little marks her sixteenth touring production in a distinguished line of shows that includes the nationally acclaimed And Then They Came For Me, Most Valuable Player and A Midnight Cry: The Underground Railroad to Freedom, which she also directed. Fiorello also spearheaded DCT’s inclusion in the 2006 Shanghai International Children’s Culture and Arts Expo in Shanghai, China. She has worked as a designer and/or performer with The Haymarket Theater Company, Pegasus Theater, The Dallas Symphony, The Dallas Opera, Bootstraps Comedy Theater and the Broadway ABOUT THE DIRECTORS touring production of Patio/Porch. As a master puppeteer and senior designer with the critically acclaimed Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts, she has performed throughout the country and CONTINUED served as art director for the award-winning children’s television pilot Discovery Outpost. Fiorello is a recipient of the Dallas Theater Critics Forum Award. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Nathaniel P. Reid Mr. Little/ensemble is making his first appearance with DCT in Stuart Little. His previous roles include S Bubba Little Joe in Hotel for Hollywood Has-Beens with Sam Bass Theatre Youth Organization, Pops in Babes OffBroadway with The Original Cast II, Pantalone in A Company of Wayward Saints with Sam Bass Theatre, Brighella in The Servant of Two Masters and TR in the musical Tintypes with Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Theatre. He was most recently seen as the titular Mother Goose in the 2012 panto Mother Goose with Dallas’ own Theatre Britain. Reid holds a BA in theater and English literature from Stephen F. Austin State University and dedicates his performance to the memory of Dallas Children’s Medical Center Funnyatrics clown Sarah “Dippity” Hale. Justin Duncan George/Snowbell/ensemble is thrilled to be making his debut with DCT’s national touring production Stuart Little. A native of Dallas, TX, his previous acting credits include Thaliard in Pericles with Shakespeare Dallas, Dayne in Yellow with Uptown Players, Geek in Sideshow with PFamily Arts, Old Soldier/Dorsey in Parade with Casa Manana, Bob McCaffrey in South Pacific with Garland Summer Musicals, and Father in Ragtime with Collin Theatre Center. “Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something.” Kathryn Taylor Rose Mrs. Little/ensemble is making her first appearance with DCT in Stuart Little. Her other acting credits include Ethel Toffelmier in The Music Man with Lyric Stage, Patricia in Crazy For You with Theatre Three, Dolly in Sideshow with PFamily Arts, Ferdinand in Ferdinand the Bull with Stages Repertory Theatre, and Ensemble member in Ragtime with Turtle Creek Chorale & Uptown Players. Rose is a musical theater graduate of Sam Houston State University. Thanks and love to family and friends! Caro mio! kathryntaylorrose.com Jad Saxton Margalo/company manager/ ensemble is incredibly excited to be making her debut with Dallas Children’s Theater! Her other theater credits include Avenue Q, Enron, Ragtime, Sideshow, Present Laughter, and The Great American Trailer Park Musical. She also has numerous Anime voice-over credits from FUNimation Entertainment. Saxton holds a BA in music from Texas Wesleyan University and is represented by Core Talent. Sky Williams Angie/Mrs. Morrison/ensemble is thrilled to be a part of DCT’s 2013-2014 National tour of Stuart Little. She is a recent Honors graduate from Stephen F. Austin State University where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in theater with a minor in educational ASL interpreting. Her most recent theatre credits include Gary Coleman in Avenue Q, Ronnette in ABOUT THE ARTISTS CONTINUED Little Shop of Horrors, Dina in Schoolhouse Rock Live, Collin in Puss in Boots, Thyona in Big Love, and Ruth in Blithe Spirit. Sing... Pray... Love... Work! Randall Scott Carpenter Stuart Little is simply ecstatic to be on tour with DCT’s Stuart Little! A recent graduate of KD Studios Actors Conservatory, Carpenter has been seen in numerous theaters throughout the Dallas and Houston areas, including Uptown Players, Garland Summer Musicals, Level Ground Artsts, Our Productctions, Co., Blackbox Productions, PFamily Artsts, and Stages Repertory Theatre. A few of his previous roles include Jack in Into the Woods, Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd, Man #1 in Songs for a New World, Jesus in Godspell, Troy Bolton in Disney’s High School Musical, Mortimer in The Fantasticks, Squeegee Man and others in Rent, Little Guido in Nine and Doody in Grease. Randall would like to thank his friends, family, and past instructors for helping him chase his dream. Caro Mio! Ryan Tolzmann stage manager/technical director/audio engineer has served as an audio engineer for numerous productions throughout the Western United States. His diverse credits include corporate conferences, arena concert tours and live theater. A twenty-three year-old native of Minnesota, this is his first national tour with Dallas Children’s Theater. He is excited to be a part of Stuart Little and eager to present the best show possible for audiences all around the country Robert Molina lighting director/assistant stage manager is very excited to be working with DCT for the first time. His regional credits include Clybourne Park and Raisin in the Sun with Dallas Theater Center, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for Wishing Star Productctions, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Songs for a New World, Hello Again, Broadway Our Way 2011 & 2013, Next to Normal, Victor Victoria and Yellow with Uptown Players, and Evita with Casa Mañana. Molina was the proud recipient of the Ben Berttell Youth Award at the 2013 Column Awards. Dallas Children’s Theater last performed The True Story of the Three Little Pigs at the Hopkins Center in 2013. CONNECTING ARTISTS TO THE COMMUNITY While at Dartmouth, Dallas Children’s Theater will perform for Upper Valley schools in the School Matinee Series. For more information on Hop Outreach & Arts Education, call 603.646.2010 or visit hop.dartmouth.edu/online/outreach. FREE ONLINE STUDY GUIDE In conjunction with its School Matinee Series, the Hop prepares study guides to enhance student learning prior to and following performances. The Dallas Children’s Theater study guide can be found on its performance page at hop.dartmouth.edu and on the Outreach and Arts Education section of the Hop’s website. FREE FAMILY PROGRAMMInG! BASH THE TRASH PART OF THE COMMUNITY VENTURE INITIATIVE Art meets recycling: invent, build and play musical instruments made from trash! Join in the free public workshops to make instruments and/or perform in mini-concerts at recycling centers throughout the Upper Valley. BASH THE TRASH WORkSHOPS Tue-Fri | May 6-9 | 6-8 pm | Studio 60A, Hop Lower Jewett Corridor TRASH MOB MInI-COnCERTS Sat | May 10 | 10 & 10:30 am | Thetford, VT Transfer Station Sat | May 10 | 1 & 1:30 pm | Hartford, VT Transfer Station Sun | May 11 | 10:30 & 11 am | Lyme, NH Fire Station Sun | May 11 | 1 & 1:30 pm | Lebanon, NH Green HOPSTOP FAMILY SERIES The HopStop Family Series offers FREE hands-on programs designed for ages 3 and up with accompanying adult, these hour-long interactive presentations are an engaging way to stimulate the curious minds of children. HopStops are offered one Saturday each month at 11 am throughout the school year. Don’t miss this summer’s announcement of the 2014-15 HopStop series. Subscribe to HopMail, a free week-at-a-glance email, at hop.dartmouth.edu. For tickets or more info call the Box Office at 603.646.2422 or visit hop.dartmouth.edu. 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