Songs For A New World presents life as the way we regroup and figure out how to survive in a new set of circumstances – a new world – even against seemingly overwhelming odds. These are songs about that new world, a world in which the definitions of family, distance, money, technology, the very nature of human contact is changing everyday, a world in which the rules don’t apply as often as they do, a world in which the solutions our parents found don’t work for us, and a world in which today’s answers probably won’t apply tomorrow.
May 14-22, 2010
RLT Outdoor Stephenson Amphitheatre
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995 (Kyle Renick, Artistic Director)
Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown
Directed and Choreographed by Nancy Rich
View the photos by Byron Braswell
Cast
Dena Byers
Angie Davis
Jeff Enoch
Alexander Hunt
Ashley Nicole Morris
Jaret Preston
Staci Sabarsky
Robert Steinberg
Orchestra
Piano: Coty Cockrell
Bass: Jason Hedrick
Drums: Mike Rosado
Keyboard: Tom Hanks, Jr.
Auxiliary Percussion: Andrew Munger
Production Staff
Director and Choreographer: Nancy Rich
Music Director: Coty Cockrell
Scenic Designer: Rick Young
Costume Designer: Rose Higgins
Lighting Designer: Andrew Parks
Sound Designer/Engineer: Todd Housknecht
Prop Master: Ann-Marie Crosum
Technical Director: Jim Zervas
Stage Manager: Michael McGee
Assistant Stage Managers: Helen A. Barnes & Taylor Oglesby
Assistant to Director: Taylor Oglesby
Audition Coordinator: Marie Berry
House Manager Coordinator: Leon Sabarsky
Usher Coordinator: Adrienne Dyson
Concession Coordinator: Judy Wilkinson
Original Art Work: V. Cullum Rogers
Advertising and Graphic Design: Media Partners Inc & Scotty Cherryholmes
Playbill Design: Heidi M. Dragon
Production Crew
Audition Crew: Marie Berry, Amy Blackwell, Judy Jacobs-Carr, Rocky Carr, Julie Robinson & Chris Stigall
Box Office Crew: Janet Bodell, Patsy Clarke & Bill Stelzenmuller
Concessions Crew: David & Judi Wilkinson (Co-Crew Chiefs), Lee Baker, Chris Bayliss, Diane Beth, Tucker Bullock, Adrienne Dyson, Lynn Freeman, Catherine Lambe, Ray Parker, Dennis Poole, Denise Penven-Crew, Caitlin Penven-Crew, Jack Safron, Heather Shinpaugh, Scott Sutton, Judy Szustakowski, Margie Taylor, Rick Taylor, Julia Truelove, Barbara Wagoner, Pete Wood, Jon York & Jerry Zieman
House Manager: Mike Rumble
Light Crew: Colter Teague (Crew Chief), Ken Nyren & Lindsey Urena
Light Hang/Focus Crew: Thurmond Aaron, Keith Bugner, Angie Davis, Todd Houseknecht, Alex Hunt, Michael McGee, Nancy Rich, Leon Sabarsky, Tommy Tallis, Preston Taylor & Lindsey Urena
Public Relation Crew: Shirley Botkin, Scotty Cherryholmes, Patsy Clarke, Catherine Lambe, Carolyn LeRue, Martha Noyes, Stuart Wagner & David Watts
Set Construction Crew: Thurmond Aaron, Keith Bugner, Noel Butzke, Angie Davis, Dave Davis, Todd Houseknecht, Alex Hunt, David Langmeyer, Michael McGee, Nancy Rich, Leon Sabarsky, Dick Shirk, Tommy Tallis, Preston Taylor, Lindsey Urena & Dave Wray
Sound Crew: Todd Houseknecht (Crew Chief), Keith Bugner, Cliff Hamilton & Leon Sabarsky