Season 2 – 2013

ABOUT EVITA

Opened: January 3, 2013
Closed: January 13, 2013
Location: Emmett Hook Center

Eva Perón used her smarts and charisma to rise meteorically from the slums of Argentina to the presidential mansion as First Lady. Adored by her people as a champion for the poor, she became one of the most powerful women in the world — while her greed, outsized ambition and fragile health made her one of the most tragic. EVITA tells Eva’s passionate and unforgettable true story, and features some of theater’s most beautiful songs, including “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina,” “Another Suitcase in Another Hall” and “High Flying, Adored.”

Music | ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Lyrics | TIM RICE

Direction | TYLER KRIEG
Choreography | KATIE DUPONT
Musical Direction | SETH TAYLOR
Scenic Design | SETH TAYLOR & JARED WATSON
Lighting Design | DAVID WHITE
Costume Design | JADENE DEEMS

ABOUT AVENUE Q

Opened: February 8, 2013
Closed: February 17, 2013
Location: Woman’s Department Club

Winner of the TONY® “TRIPLE CROWN” for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. It is a gut-bustingly hilarious modern musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named PRINCETON who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q, a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good and life lessons are learned. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.

Music & Lyrics | ROBERT LOPEZ & JEFF MARX
Book | JEFF WHITTY
Based on an Original Concept | ROBERT LOPEZ & JEFF MARX

Direction & Costume Design | MARISSA BROWN
Musical Direction | COSTAS DAFNIS
Puppet Design | RICKY LYON
Scenic & Lighting Design | AARON SCHINDEHETTE
Sound Design | LUKE LEE
Orchestrations | STEPHEN OREMUS
Animation Design | ROBERT LOPEZ

ABOUT MY SON PINOCCHIO

Opened: April 5, 2013
Closed: April 7, 2013
Location: Emmett Hook Center

The classic tale of an aging toymaker and his puppet, Pinocchio, takes on timely issues in this family-friendly mix of heartwarming fairytale and action-packed adventure from Grammy and Oscar Award-winning, master melodist Stephen Schwartz, who adds a compelling score of original songs to the beloved classics “When You Wish Upon a Star” and “I’ve Got No Strings.”  Join the Blue Fairy, Stromboli and a lively cast of characters as Geppetto journeys beyond the Toy Shop to discover what makes the “perfect child,” and the “perfect father.”

Music & Lyrics | STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Book | DAVID STERN

Direction & Design | JARED WATSON
Choreography | KATIE DUPONT LERCHIE
Musical Direction | SETH TAYLOR
Costume Design | TERRI FISHER & MISSY WISE
Lighting Design | DAVID WHITE
Sound Design | DAN KEELE

ABOUT 9 TO 5

Opened: June 28, 2013
Closed: July 7, 2013
Location: Marjorie Lyons Playhouse

Based on the hit 1980 movie of the same name, this outrageous, thought-provoking, and even romantic musical features 12 original songs by Dolly Parton, including that famous title tune. It is the story of three unlikely friends who conspire to take control of their company and learn there’s nothing they can’t do — even in a man’s world. Set in the late 1970s, 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL is a hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era.

Music & Lyrics | DOLLY PARTON
Book | PATRICIA RESNICK
Based on the 20th Century Fox Picture
Originally produced on Broadway by Robert Greenblatt, April 2009

Direction | JARED WATSON
Co-Direction & Choreography | ZHAILON LEVINGSTON
Musical Direction & Costume Design | MISSY WISE
Scenic Design | SETH TAYLOR
Sound Design | BARRY BUTLER
Lighting Design | DANIEL SALAZAR
Flying Effects | ALAN BERRY

ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR

Opened: August 1, 2013
Closed: August 3, 2013
Location: Emmett Hook Center

A landscape of the people, voices and sentiments of the American Civil War, this song-cycle is inspired by the words of Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln as well as the lives (as documented through letters, photographs and journals) of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Drawing from the American musical genres of rock, country, gospel, folk and rhythm and blues, The Civil War combines the stories of Union and Confederate soldiers, slaves, abolitionists and veterans in an unconventional musical composition. The production is staged in a concert-like setting with a live seven-piece band and vocalists who tell of freedom and patriotism. Stage Center is proud to debut our concert series in honor of the Battle of Gettysburg, 150 years later.

Music | FRANK WILDHORN
Book & Lyrics | GREGORY BOYD, JACK MURPHY, & FRANK WILDHORN

Produced & Directed | SETH TAYLOR & JARED WATSON
Musical Staging | ZHAILON LEVINGSTON
Musical Direction | COSTAS DAFNIS
Sound Design | WESLEY DAVIS
Costume Design | MISSY WISE
Lighting Design | DANIEL SALAZAR
Projection Design | TOM SERIO
Scenic Design | Eugen Crook

ABOUT WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Opened: September 6, 2013
Closed: September 15, 2013
Location: East Bank Theater

Pou and Cowles will face off as George and Martha, one of theatre’s most notoriously dysfunctional couples in Albee’s hilarious and provocative masterpiece. They will be joined by an unwitting young couple (Sexton and Magill) invited over to George and Martha’s for an unforgettable night of cocktails and crossfire.

Winner of three 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play.
Winner of the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play.
Written | EDWARD ALBEE

Direction | JARED WATSON
Scenic Design | SETH TAYLOR
Costume Design | MISSY WISE
Lighting Design | DANIEL SALAZAR
Sound Design | EMILY KITCHENS