BOOK BY
Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY
Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
CONCEIVED BY
Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick
ARRANGEMENTS
Glen Kelly
ORCHESTRATIONS
Larry Hochman
Originally produced by Kevin McCollum
Broadway Global Ventures CMC,Mastro/Goodman,Jerry & Ronald Frankel,Morris Berchard, Kyodo Tokyo, Inc., Wendy Federman, Barbara Freitag, LAMS Productions, Winkler/DeSimone, Timothy Laczynski, Dan Markley, Harris/Karmazin, Jam Theatricals, Robert Greenblatt, and Jujamcyn Theaters Developed in association with the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA, David Armstrong, Bernadine Griffin & Bill Perry
SCENIC DESIGNER
William Pierson
LIGHTING DESIGNERS
Andrew Carson and Nolan Thompson*
COSTUME DESIGNER
Jennifer Flitton Adams
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
Austin Huehn*
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Michael “Jonz” Jones
SOUND DESIGNER
Ethan Livers*
in partial fulfullment of a B.F.A. in Theatre Design & Production
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Patrick Brady
CHOREOGRAPHER
Shylo Martinez
DIRECTOR
Kevin Covert
October 3–6, 2019
Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre, Shenandoah Conservatory
Something Rotten! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
Act I
Overture
Orchestra
“Welcome to the Renaissance”
Minstrel, Jeremiah, Portia, Ensemble
“Right Hand Man”
Bea, Nick, Nigel “God, I Hate Shakespeare” (reprise)
Nick “A Musical”
Nick, Nostradamus, Ensemble
“The Black Death”
Nick, Men
“I Love the Way”
Portia, Nigel
“Will Power”
Shakespeare, Ensemble
“Shakespeare’s After Party”
Ensemble
“Bottom’s Gonna Be On Top”
Nick, Nigel, Bea, Lord Clapham, Shylock, Shakespeare, Ensemble
Patrick Brady – Conductor/Keyboard 1
Chris Pinder – Keyboard 2
Robert Lewis – Keyboard 3
Maura Campbell – Flute
Sam Harris – Clarinet
AJ Milligan – Alto/Tenor Saxophone
Caeley Niess – Trumpet
David Humbertson – Trombone
Jonathan Toomer – Violin
Denver Walker – Guitar
Jake McHugh – Bass
Michael Dolese – Drums
Assistant Director
BRENNA CONROY
Associate Music Director/Rehearsal Pianist
CHRIS PINDER
Assistant Stage Managers
MAYA BHATNAGAR, GAVIN SEXTON DANCE
Captain
ERISA SLOAN
Dialects Coach
KIRSTEN TRUMP
Sound Engineer
ETHAN LIVERS
Sound Assistants
JADE HARKEMA, CHRIS PINDER
Keyboard Programmers
CHRIS PINDER, ROBERT LEWIS
Sound Design Supervisor
GOLDER O’NEILL
Associate Costume Deisgner
MADELINE RIKHOFF
Properties
GAVIN SEXTON
Scenic Charge
HANNAH TILLERY
Master Electrician
GRAHAM HOGG
Costume First Hand
ALYSSA GAWEL
Costume Crew Heads
LYDIA CHAMBERLAIN, GABRIELLE KOON
Costume Crew
ALEX CLARK, MARYBETH MCNALLY, NICOLE ROLAND, JOSEPHINE VACCARO
Run Crew
JACOB AGUGLIA, BRAXTON COOPER, JULIA LIEBOWITZ, JULIET REID, BRIAN DUGAN, V CANGELOSI, SHELBY DAVILA, KATI FREEMAN, ABIGAIL GRONCZEWSKI, MARIE HAYES, DAKOTO MATOS, CASSIDY MYERS, LAUREN SCHULTZ, EVE STANLEY, KRISTINA TUCKER, KEVON CODY, CARA THOMAS
Construction Crew
MEMBERS OF THE TH.112 STAGE CRAFT COURSE AND SHOP WORK STUDY STUDENTS
Scene Shop Manager
MICHAEL “JONZ” JONES
Costume Shop Manager
SAMMI GEPPERT
Lighting Shop Manager
MIRIAH BORDEN
Production Manager
ELIZABETH ALBERT
Box Office Manager
MEGAN SMALLWOOD
Assistant Box Office Manager
KAITLYNNE DENNIS
We are so delighted to be the U.S. College and University premiere of this wonderfully hilarious Tony Award-winning musical!
The first time I saw Something Rotten! in New York City I was immediately taken with how much heart there was in the show, while still being a big, old-fashioned, dancing musical. Where else but in musical comedy could you create a world where Shakespeare is a rock star of Mick Jagger proportions, lords and ladies tap dance their way through the streets of London, a determined wife becomes the first crusader for equal rights for women, and two brothers with the unfortunate last name of Bottom search to make their mark on the top of the theatrical world? All with witty dialogue and show tunes that you will leave the theatre humming? I knew immediately that I wanted to do the show at Shenandoah.
Through some clever negotiations, calling in some New York favors, and hard work by the theatre division, we were able to secure the rights to be the first university to share this beautiful show with our patrons and the community!
As I begin my fourth year at Shenandoah and our national profile continues to flourish, it is vital that our students are given the opportunity to work with New York industry and Broadway-based professionals. To that end, during the rehearsal process we were lucky to have Steve Bebout join us to work with the company. Bebout was the Broadway Associate Director and the Director of the National Tours for Something Rotten!. Upon seeing a run of the show, he was incredibly complimentary of the talent and training that our students are receiving here in the musical theatre program. His insight was invaluable and we are grateful that he was able to join us!
We have an embarrassment of riches in the theatre division at Shenandoah. I must thank my incredible creative team for making this experience joyous from the very start. Our music director, Patrick Brady, is truly brilliant (and quite literally a Broadway icon), and the amazing new coordinator of musical theatre dance, Broadway veteran Shylo Martinez, has done wonderful work with all of the choreography (and there is LOTS of choreography). To have a team that collaborates with kindness, laughter and incredible knowledge of this industry is so refreshing and makes coming to rehearsal and work blissful every day.
Something Rotten! is a huge undertaking for the Shenandoah Conservatory season, requiring Elizabethan costumes with a modern flair, multiple sets that travel from the streets to inside a theatre to rock concerts, and lights that have to help us believe the Renaissance is coming to life. Many thanks to the brilliance of William Pierson (scenic designer), Jennifer Flitton Adams (costume designer), Andrew Carson (lighting designer) and Ethan Livers (sound designer). Senior Austin Huehn (production stage manager) and I have worked on three shows here at Shenandoah and he is the absolute best!
Finally, the dedication, hard work, and talent of this cast and crew have brought Something Rotten! to life in ways that I only imagined. I am beyond proud of their accomplishments.
Welcome to the Renaissance — Shenandoah Style!
– Kevin Covert, director
MEET THE DEAN’S CIRCLE
VISIONARY
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew U. Ferrari
Will & Libby Ingham
CREATOR
Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hoffman
Ms. Amy Fielder
Miss Stuart T. Greene
Marjorie & John Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Wurtzel
ENTHUSIAST
Col. & Mrs. Bernard E. McDaniel
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Hunter
Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Tanguay
MEMBER
Ms. Judith L. Britcher & Dr. Patrick P. McDermott
Doctors Laura Dabinett & Russell McKelway
Ms. Clare Monahan Dame
Kathleen Diamond & Robert Beckwith, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. William W. Ellis
Dr. Tracy Fitzsimmons & Mr. J. Knox Singleton
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Fox
Mark & Erika Francis
Ms. April A. Gannon
Mr. & Mrs. Hyung S. Hahn
Dr. Benjamin S. Hanson
Ms. Susanne S. Jackson
Dr. & Mrs. James C. Laidlaw
Melanie & Perry Mathewes
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas J. Mathews
Middleburg Concert Foundation
Eleanor Pendleton Monahan
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart A. Monroe
Mr. Kunduck Moon
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell L. Moore
Dr. & Mrs. William M. Murray
Dr. Kate Reed
Mrs. Jeannette K. Rinehart
Dr. Timothy J. & Carolyn Robblee
Dr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Roberts
Dr. Ryan D. Romine & Dr. Byron A. Jones
Rev. Richard Schempp & Mrs. Carol Schempp
Dr. Michael Stepniak & Dr. Anne Schempp
Col. & Mrs. Thomas D. Stouffer
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Wilkins, Jr.
To learn more about joining the Dean’s Circle and the other ways you can make a transformative gift to Shenandoah Conservatory visit www.su.edu/performs/support or contact:
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Shenandoah Conservatory Director of Development
mmathewe@su.edu
(540) 665-4733
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PRODUCER
($600+)
Barbara & Andy Ferrari
Marjorie & John Lewis
STAR
($400–599)
John & Bonnie Graney
Chip & Beth Herriott
Dr. Warren R. Hofstra
Col. & Mrs. Bernard E. McDaniel
BACKER
($250–399)
Charles & Joyce Casey
ANGEL
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Will & Libby Ingham
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PRODUCER ($600 and up) includes 2 tickets presented to the charitable organization of your choice, invitations to exclusive events, reserved VIP parking, acknowledgement in the playbill; STAR ($400–599) includes invitations to exclusive events, reserved VIP parking, acknowledgement in the playbill; BACKER ($250–399) includes invitations to exclusive events, acknowledgement in the playbill; ANGEL ($150–249) includes acknowledgement in the playbill.
Something Rotten! is made possible through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Something Rotten! collegiate premiere at Shenandoah Conservatory is enabled by a gift from an anonymous donor.
