
DALLAS THEATER CENTER
Kevin Moriarty, Executive Director
Jonathan Norton, Interim Artistic Director
PRESENTS
WAITRESS
Book By JESSIE NELSON
Music and Lyrics by SARA BAREILLES
Based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly
WITH
Nova Kay Aguilar | Ayanna Edwards Ian Ferguson | Tiffany Solano Esteban Vilchez |
SCENIC DESIGN | FIGHT & INTIMACY |
COSTUME DESIGN | PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER |
LIGHTING DESIGN | PRODUCTION MANAGER |
SOUND DESIGN | ASSISTANT STAGE |
WIG, HAIR & | DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Andrew J. Brown |
PROPERTIES DESIGN | CASTING Eisenberg Casting |
CHOREOGRAPHY BY
Amy Reynolds-Reed
MUSIC DIRECTION BY
Vonda K. Bowling
DIRECTED BY
Ashley Wells
Orchestrations by
Sara Bareilles & The Waitress Band
Music by Arrangement with Sony Music Publishing
Originally Produced on Broadway by
Barry and Fran Weissler
Norton and Elayne Herrick
David I. Berley Independent Presenters Network A.C. Orange International - Peter May Michael Roif, Ken Schur, Marisa Sechrest - Jam Theatricals 42nd.club/Square I Theatrics - Benjamin Simpson & Joseph Lonthorne/Shira Friedman Alecia Parker, Executive Producer
Waitress is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Original motion picture produced by Michael Roiff/Night & Day Pictures. World Premier produced by the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, August 2, 2015 Diane Paulus, Artistic Director and Diane Borger, Producer Peter Duchan, Script Consultant for A.R.T. Production
Turn Off all electronic devices. Any photo, video, and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
Jenna | .......... | Tiffany Solano*+ |
Cal | .......... | Brian Gonzales* |
Becky | .......... | Ayanna Edwards* |
Dawn | .......... | Christina Austin Lopez*+ |
Earl | .......... | Ian Ferguson* |
Joe | .......... | Bob Hess*+ |
Dr. Pomatter | .......... | Jonathan Bragg* |
Nurse | .......... | Liz Mikel*+ |
Ogie | .......... | Blake Hackler*+ |
Ensemble | .......... | Julio Agustín* Kally Duncan^ Esteban Vilchez*+ Zachary J. Willis*+ Bri Woods^ Alexandra Zeto* |
Lulu | .......... | Nova Kay Aguilar/Piper Harris |
BAND
Conductor/Keys | .......... | Vonda K. Bowling |
Keys 2 | .......... | Vicky Nooe |
Bass | .......... | Benjamin Taylor Brown |
Guitar | .......... | Dennis Langevin |
Drums/Percussion | .......... | Kami Lujan |
Cello/Guitar | .......... | Bill Zauner |
Waitress will be performed with a 15-minute intermission.
Setting: A small town in the American South
Assoc. Music Director | .......... | Vicky Nooe |
Assoc. Costume Design | .......... | Micheal Heath Wilhelm-Waid |
Assoc. Lighting Design | .......... | Caroline Hodge |
Assoc. Sound Design | .......... | Noah Voth |
Production Assistant | .......... | Maddie Collins |
Child Supervisor | .......... | Malaisian A. Parker |
Dance Captain | .......... | Zachary J. Willis |
Fight Captain | .......... | Esteban Vilchez |
Carpenters | .......... | Garrett Brannan Kiki Chavez Craig Elam Colin Hancock George Meek Wyatt Niemietz Emir Price Nate Scheffel |
Stage Ops Manager | .......... | Squeak Henderson |
Run Crew | .......... | Craig Elam Colin Hancock |
Painter | .......... | Laurence Boyles |
WHAM Technicians | Maggie Donald Lorens Portalatin Sanchez Alexis Pouncy Levi Richey | |
Wardrobe Supervisor | Rebecca Holt | |
Dressers | Catherine Garrett Gabrielle Treviño | |
Programmer | .......... | Dalyn Kvapil |
Light Board Operator | .......... | Wesley Martinez |
Electricians | .......... | Garrett Brannan Dean Coburn CaitLyne Martin Oso Padilla Leo Thomas |
Spotlight Operators | .......... | Allie Cianelli Noel Hawthorne |
A1 Audio Engineer | .......... | Amadeo Fonseca |
A2 Audio Engineer/Band Tech | .......... | Clarissa Guajardo |
A3 Audio Engineer | .......... | Jesse Humphreys |
Audio Technicians | .......... | Marc-Claude Kidwell, Charles Seals |
+ Member of Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company.
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
^ Student, SMU Meadows School of the Arts
This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Dallas Theater Center is a member of the League of Resident Theaters; a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the nonprofit professional theater; and Visit Dallas.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the
STAGE DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union
The scenic, costume, lighting, sound and projection designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
Dallas Theater Center’s Production staff is responsible for the sets, costumes, lighting, props, furniture, scenic painting, sound, special effects and wigs in this production.
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