WithPeter James Zielinski*, Brad Nacht*, Pamela Bob*, Geno Carr*,

Jennifer Swiderski*, Rob Barnes* & Diane J. Findlay*

Directed bySteve BeBout

Musical Director Choreographer Corinne AquilinA lori leShner

Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer Czerton lim Adam Frank travis lope

Production Stage Manager Hair and Make-Up Designer Patrick lanczki* rick Caroto

May 27 – June 17, 2009

Merry-Go-Round PlayhouseEd Sayles, Producing Director

presents

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Music and Lyrics by DAviD YAzBekBook by terrenCe MCnAllY

Based on the Motion Picture Released by Fox Searchlight PicturesWritten by Simon Beaufoy, Produced by Uberto Pasolini and

Directed by Peter Cattaneo

Musical synopsisThe Setting - Buffalo, NYThe Time - The Present

act iScene 1 – Giordano’s

Scene 2 – Union HallScrap .................................................................Jerry, Dave, Ethan, Malcolm

Scene 3 – Outside Giordano’s

Scene 4 – Men’s Room at Giordano’sIt’s a Woman’s World ................................... Georgie, Joanie, Estelle, SusanMan ............................................................................................. Jerry, Dave

Scene 5 – Back of Giordano’sMan cont’d .................................................................................. Jerry, Dave

Scene 6 – Outside Pam’s House

Scene 7 – ParkBig Ass Rock ............................................................... Jerry, Dave, Malcolm

Scene 8 – Malcolm’s House

Scene 9 – Dance HallLife with Harold ............................................................Vicki, Dave, Malcolm

Scene 10 –MillBig Black Man................................................... Horse, Jerry, Dave, Malcolm

Scene 11 – Dave’s Bedroom/Harold’s BedroomYou Rule My World .................................................................. Dave, Harold

Scene 12 – MillMichael Jordan’s Ball .................Jerry, Horse, Ethan, Malcolm, Dave, Harold

There will be a 15 minute intermission between Act I and Act II.

Act iiScene 1 – Mill

Jeanette’s Showbiz Number ..............................................Jeanette and Men

Scene 2 – Cafeteria at Pam’s Office

Scene 3 – Jerry’s ApartmentBreeze Off the River ...............................................................................Jerry

Scene 4 –Harold’s HouseThe Goods ................................................Jerry, Horse, Georgie, Pam, Vicki,

Estelle, Harold, Dave, Ethan, Malcolm, The Women

Scene 5 – Dave’s Bathroom

Scene 6 – Mill

Scene 7 – Malcolm’s House

Scene 8 – Police Station

Scene 9 – CemetaryYou Walk with Me ................................................................. Malcolm, Ethan

Scene 10 – Walking Home

Scene 11 – Harold’s Lawn

Scene 12 – Dave’s Bedroom/Harold’s Living RoomYou Rule My World (reprise) ...................................................Georgie, Vicki

Scene 12 – Giordano’sLet it Go ..........................................................................................Company

is underwritten by:

cast of characters

Jerry Lukowski ..........................................................Peter James Zielinski*Nathan Lukowski ........................................ Shane Humphrey/Ryan TerhunePam Lukowski ................................................................. Katie CunninghamTeddy Slaughter ....................................................................... Keith VarneyDave Bukatinsky ........................................................................Brad Nacht*Georgie Bukatinsky ................................................................. Pamela Bob*Harold Nichols ........................................................................... Geno Carr*Vicki Nichols ................................................................. Jennifer Swiderski*Malcolm MacGregor ...............................................................Collin LeydonEthan Girard ...........................................................................Anthony FestaNoah (Horse) T. Simmons ........................................................Rob Barnes*Jeanette Burmeister .......................................................... Diane J. Findlay*Buddy (Keno) Walsh ............................................................. Ralph MeitzlerReg Willoughby ........................................................................James CantuTony Giordano .......................................................................... Keith CollinsEstelle Genovese ......................................................................Lauren Fijol*Susan Hersey ......................................................................... Leah MonzilloJoanie Lish .......................................................................... Gabrielle Porter

ensembleAmber Carson, Kyle Johnson, Marty Austin Lamar

Dance Captain: Ralph MeitzlerEquity Asst. Stage Manager: Becky Lynn Dawson*

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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Meet the coMpany

AEA = Member Actors’ Equity Association

Pamela BobAEA

James Cantu Geno CarrAEA

Amber Carson Keith Collins Katie Cunningham

Anthony Festa

Lauren FijolAEA

Diane J. FindlayAEA

Shane Humphrey

Kyle Johnson

Marty Austin Lamar

Collin Leydon Ralph Meitzler Leah Monzillo

Rob Barnes AEA

Meet the coMpany

AEA = Member Actors’ Equity Association

Gabrielle PorterBrad NachtAEA

Jennifer Swiderski

AEA

Ryan Terhune

Keith Varney Peter James Zielinski

AEA

orchestra

Conductor/Keyboard I ........................................................ Corinne Aquilina

Assistant Musical Director/Keyboard II ....................................... Jeff Theiss

Guitar ..................................................................................... Tom Bronzetti

Percussion .............................................................................. Mike Cortese

Bass ....................................................................................... Mike Fittipaldi

Reeds .................................................................................... Jim SpadaforeMike Dubaniewicz

Trumpet....................................................................................... Paul BaronJohn Hines

Richard Schaffer

Trombone ............................................................................. Mark Anderson

Merry-Go-Round Playhouse is a professional theatre employing members of American Federation of Musicians.

Rob Barnes (Horse) Actor-Singer-Playwright, member of AEA, Broadway: original production of Hair, original cast Jesus Christ Superstar, Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope, and (Dick Clark’s) Rock n’ Roll. Film: The Good Shepard. Regional Theatre: The Persians, It Ain’t Nothin but the Blues, Fire on the Mountain, Fabulation, Crowns, and The Piano Lesson. TV: Guiding Light, America Most Wanted, Keenan and Kel, Parco P.I., and Clarisa. National Commercials: Loews, Kodak, Ford and Disney. He has written four new plays, Switch Seats (drama), Mama & Papa (dramedy), Solitude (comedy), and Holding (musical-dramatic-comedy).

Pamela Bob (Georgie) MGR debut! New York: How To Save The World and Find True Love... (New World Stages), NEO (York Theatre), People Like Us (NYMTF/York Theatre). Regional favorites: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Peterborough Players, Alpine Theatre Project, NCPAC/Bloomenthal Center, Capital Rep., Barter Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Barrington Stage Co. Talkin’ Broadway–Best Actress in a Musical for People Like Us. Metrolina Theatre Award, Best Actress for Wildwood Flowers: the June Carter Cash Story. TV: Good Ol’ Girls (UNC-TV/PBS). Proud member of AEA. Cincinnati College-Conservatory.

James Cantu (Reg) is thrilled to be returning to the MGR stage for the 2009 season! After working 6 years for the Merry-Go-Round Youth Theatre, as an actor and as the Youth Theatre Director, James retired in 2008 to pursue his Master’s in Education. In addition to school work, James has consulted regionally for Unto These Hills and locally as the West Middle School spring musical director. James thanks his wife, friends, family, and each of you for supporting the arts.

Geno Carr (Harold) is thrilled to return to MGR where he has been seen in The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Ragtime, Forever Plaid and many others. National Tours: Grease, Phantom and The Buddy Holly Story. Off-Broadway: Bush Wars. Since relocating to sunny San Diego last fall, Geno has appeared in A Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit) at North Coast Rep., Assassins (Guiteau) at Cygnet Theatre and A Waltz Dream (Count Lothar) at Lyric Opera San Diego. He has a M.F.A., a B.A., a beautiful wife and an adorable puggle.

The Full Monty Media Sponsors

Awards2001 Tonys:Best Musical (nominee) Best Book of a Musical: Book by Terrence McNally (nominee)Best Original Score: Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek (nominee)Best Actor in a Musical: Patrick Wilson (nominee) Best Featured Actor in a Musical: John Ellison Conlee (nominee) André De Shields (nominee) Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Kathleen Freeman (nominee) Best Choreography: Jerry Mitchell (nominee) Best Direction of a Musical: Jack O’Brien (nominee) Best Orchestrations: Harold Wheeler (nominee)

2001 Drama Desk AwardsOutstanding New Musical (nominee) Outstanding Book of a Musical: Book by Terrence McNally (nominee) Outstanding Actor in a Musical: Patrick Wilson (nominee) Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: John Ellison Conlee (nominee) André De Shields (nominee) Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical: Kathleen Freeman (nominee) Outstanding Choreography: Jerry Mitchell (nominee) Outstanding Director of a Musical: Jack O’Brien (nominee) Outstanding Orchestrations: Harold Wheeler (nominee) Outstanding Lyrics: Lyrics by David Yazbek (nominee) Outstanding Music: Music by David Yazbek (winner) Outstanding Lighting Design: Lighting Design by Howell Binkley (nominee)

2001 Theatre World Award Kathleen Freeman (winner)

Fun FactsThe Full Monty has been performed in twelve different countries, including South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Iceland, Sweden, Greece, Australia, Canada, Spain, the United Kingdom, Croatia and Mexico.

The World Premier of the musical opened at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego where it ran for 35 previews and then moved to Broadway on October 26, 2000. At the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Broadway, The Full Monty ran for 770 performances.

Originally a 1997 Independent British film, The Full Monty took nominations for Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay at the 1998 Academy Awards. With the success of the movie, Fox Searchlight Pictures’ producer Lindsay Law produced the musical himself after calling Jack O’Brien to direct and Terrence McNally (Ragtime) to write the book.

Differences in the movie version include changing the setting from Sheffield, England to our own Buffalo, New York, and adding the characters Jeanette, the rehearsal pianist, and the male stripper Keno.

The composer for The Full Monty, David Yazbek, had no previous musical composing experience. He was best known as the composer of the theme for the PBS television show Where In “The World is Carmen Sandiego?” Since then, Yazbek wrote the score for the popular musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

The title is a British slang phrase meaning “the whole thing.” Studio executives for the movie version were confused when they found out there was no character named Monty. Although there is no actual clarification of where the phrase derived from, the most popular explanation evolved from Sir Montague Burton’s tailoring shop where a complete three-piece suit would be called “The Full Monty.” The film’s working title was “Eggs, Beans, and Chippendales.”

Amber Carson (Female Cover) feels very grateful to be making her Merry-Go-Round debut, NOT serving tables in Times Square! She was last seen in NYC in the NYMF production of Cyclone. Some favorites include: The Taffetas (Donna) at Springer Opera House, Godspell (Herself) with PEG and the national tour of A Christmas Carol (Tessie). This production of The Full Monty is Amber’s 3rd round of the show, having performed Estelle with Phoenix Theatre and PEG. LOVE to the fam and friends.

Keith Collins (Tony/US Jerry) A former vocal performance major at the University of Southern California, Keith has performed in Japan and Canada, as well as at the Sydney Opera House, and (most importantly), Dodger Stadium, where he had the pleasure of singing the National Anthem. Past productions include The Wild Party (Burrs), The Full Monty (Jerry), The Secret Garden (Archibald), Cabaret (Emcee), and the west coast premiere of Everyman (Everyman). Much thanks to his family and friends, and to Taryn for all of her continued love and support.

Katie Cunningham (Pam) is thrilled to make her MGR debut. Selected credits: NY International Fringe Festival (title role, Merry Berry Presents); American Place Theatre; Northern Stage; PlayMakers Rep (US Premiere, A Prayer For Owen Meany). Education: UNC Chapel Hill; Gaiety School of Acting (Ireland). Katie recently received a full scholarship to the FSU/Asolo Conservatory and will soon begin working towards her MFA in Acting. Thanks to Ed and Steve for thinking of me, the amazing tech staff and crew, and my kayaking partner/best friend.

Anthony Festa (Ethan) is thrilled to be making his MGR debut! He is currently a musical theatre major at SUNY Cortland. Previous credits include: Guys and Dolls (Sky), The Who’s Tommy (Tommy), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Jimmy). Anthony would like to thank Ed, Steve, Kevin, Cindy, and Corinne. He also thanks Audra, Mom, Dad and his amazing sister Lisa.

Lauren Fijol (Estelle/US Pam) is ecstatic to be a part of The Full Monty here at MGR! Recent shows include Les Miserables (MGR), Shout! The Mod Musical (National Tour and Chicago company), 42nd Street (Atlantic City, NJ and Bridgeport, CT), and The Producers (Theatre at the Center). She is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. Lauren graciously thanks the cast and crew at MGR and her parents for their never-ending love and support.

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Diane J. Findlay (Jeanette) is currently on leave from the acclaimed Off-Broadway show, Flamingo Court and is delighted to be a part of The Full Monty and MGR. Encores, 70 Girls 70 & Follies, Featured film debut as Little Old Lady in The Producers, Broadway: Hello Dolly! Off-Broadway: Company, Gay Divorce and Minnie’s Boys. Tours include: Promises Promises and 42nd Street. Lead roles: Mame, Pajama Game, A Little Night Music, Spirtfire Grill, Busybody, Dear World. Credits: Law & Order, many Day Time Soaps. Diane received the Performer of The Year Award, Las Vegas for Hallelujah Hollywood. She also garnered unanimous praises for her newly released CD, A Bag of Popcorn And A Dream. Other CD’S include Broadway Scandals of 1928 and Through My Eyes.

Shane Humphrey (Nathan) is thrilled to have the opportunity to return to the MGR stage after his initial appearance as a Lost Boy in Peter Pan in 2007. He has enjoyed being part of numerous community and children’s theatre productions since the age of six. Shane is an 11 year old fifth grader at Eagle Hill Middle School in Manlius. Thanks to everyone at MGR for the chance to be a part of this production!

Kyle Johnson (Marty/US Malcolm) is ecstatic to be in his first Merry-Go-Round production, doing one of his absolute favorite shows! Previous credits include The Full Monty (Malcolm), Hello Again (The Writer), The Count of Monte Cristo (Albert) and Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour). BFA in Musical Theater from Ithaca College, Class of 2009! Love to family and friends. This is for Calvin Swanson and The Treehouse, for an unforgettable year.

Marty Austin Lamar (Ensemble/US Horse/Dave) is a 2008 MFA graduate of the University of Florida. Credits include- Miss Evers’ Boys (Hodman), College: The Musical (Jay), Dreamgirls (Jimmy), Hamlet (King’s Ghost), Exonerated (David), Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Godfrey), Black Nativity, A Funny Thing Happened...Forum (Miles Gloriosus). To the Lamar/Austin family and friends, I thank God for you and your unyielding support. Marty is represented by DDO Talent Agency and is a proud member of the AEA Membership Candidacy Program.

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Collin Leydon (Malcom) is stoked to be returning to the MGR stage! Last summer he played Dennis in All Shook Up. Recent Productions: Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, Urinetown. Next Fall he will enter his final semester at NYU’s TSOA. Thanks to Steve, Lori, Ed, cast, crew, and the whole MGR team! Love to Mom, Dad, Mac, and Li for your love and support, and to God for blessing me with the opportunity to do what I love!

Ralph Meitzler (Keno) is stoked to have Merry-Go-Round as his equity house debut! This Pennsylvanian recently returned home from the ‘Land of Oz’ doing Wicked in Japan. Prior to Nippon, Ralph rehabilitated a back injury to ‘Super Swing’ the National Tour of Hairspray. 42nd Street, Beauty and the Beast, Joseph…, and Holland America Cruise Ships round out his credits. Special Thanks to MGR, my dear friends and family, you know who you are, and Nana, my saving grace!

Leah Monzillo (Susan/US Vicki) is thrilled to be a part of Merry-Go-Round’s season. Originally from Ft. Lauderdale, FL, she now resides in Manhattan. She recently completed a 6 month contract touring the Mediterranean as a singer on the Azamara Quest. Some of her favorite roles include Domina (A Funny Thing...Forum), Narrator (Joseph...Dreamcoat), and Sally (Why Do Fools Fall In Love?) Leah has her BA in Performing Arts from the University of Tampa. God bless!

Brad Nacht (Dave) is thankful to be making his MGR debut! Originally from Damascus, MD, Brad is a graduate of Catholic University. TOURS: The Producers (Max, Roger), The Full Monty (Dave). Regional: Kiss Me, Kate; Glimmerglass Opera (Gangster #2), The Producers; Coastal Carolina (Max), Titanic; Virginia Music Theatre (Edgar Beane). Brad is very much looking forward to his upcoming role as GROOM this September. He is very excited to be marrying his best girl Happy McPartlin! Hail to the Redskins!

Gabrielle Porter (Joanie/Women’s World Feature) is ecstatic to return to MGR! A junior at NYU’s Tisch School CAP 21 Program and New Orleans native, favorite roles include Flora in Flora, the Red Menace, Rosie in Bye, Bye, Birdie, Dorothy in The Wiz, Smokey Joe’s Café, and Sour Kangaroo in Seussical. With the After the Storm Foundation, she performed Once on This Island Off-Broadway in July 2007. Later that year, she performed with “Rockers on Broadway” for Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS. Thanks to God, family, and friends for their support!

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Jennifer Swiderski (Vicki) Merry-Go-Round Debut! Jennifer recently traveled the United States in the Broadway National Tour of The Drowsy Chaperone where she performed as The Drowsy Chaperone, Mrs. Tottendale, and Trix (the Aviatrix). Other favorites: I Love You, You’re Perfect… Now Change, South Pacific (Nellie), Singin’ In The Rain (Lina Lamont), as well as receiving a Best Actress Carbonell Nomination or her portrayal of Patty Andrews in Sisters of Swing. Jennifer is an enthusiastic member of “Sing For Your Seniors” in NYC. Actors’ Equity Member.

Ryan Terhune (Nathan) recently appeared in a school production of Guys and Dolls (Nicely Nicely), appeared on Martha Stewart Living, was Louis in The King and I, and was seen in A Christmas Carol (Syracuse Stage). When Ryan is not entertaining friends and family, he is busy with his academics, sports or a good book. Ryan is very thankful to have this opportunity to work at the MGR.

Keith R. Varney (Teddy/US Harold) is originally from Underhill, VT. He has a BM in Vocal Performance from the Eastman School of Music. Recent Credits include the Titanic (National Tour), Forever Plaid, Frankenstein (CasinoRama) and The Awakening (New York Premier), as well as Les Miserables and The Producers at Merry-Go-Round.

Peter James Zielinski (Jerry) MGR debut. National Tour: Scrooge with Richard Chamberlain. (Young Scrooge) Regional: The Full Monty (Jerry), AIDA (Radames), Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Fiddler on the Roof (Fyedka), and HAIR (Berger). Television: Law & Order: SVU. Peter is also a staff photographer for BroadwayWorld.com and Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.

David Yazbek (Music/Lyrics) is a recording artist whose album The Laughing Man won the 1997 N.A.I.R.D. award for Best Pop Album. Other albums include TOCK and the upcoming Damascus! He won the Drama Desk Award for his work in The Full Monty. For theatre he has composed original music for Boy’s Life at LCT; Mojo, Atlantic Theatre; The Pope’s Nose, Promenade Theatre and over two others. Yazbek has done a lot of scriptwriting for TV, including a brief, Emmy Award-winning stint with Late Night with David Letterman and the co-creation of the ground-breaking yet cloying Puzzle Place for PBS. He’s composed scores for a wide range of films and shows for HBO, NBC, Fox, and Nickelodeon and is responsible for the unrelenting theme song to Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. As a songwriter and/or producer he has worked with such artists as XTC, Tito Puente, Space Hog, The Verve Pipe, Ruben Blades, Rockapella and the Persuasions.

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Terrence McNally (Book) is currently represented on Broadway as the book writer for the musical The Full Monty. He won his fourth Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Ragtime (music and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens). McNally won the Tony in 1996 for his play Master Class, in which Zoe Caldwell created the role of Maria Callas; the 1995 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play for Love! Valour! Compassion!; and the 1993 Tony for his book of the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman (music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb). His other plays include Corpus Christi; A Perfect Ganesh; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; The Lisbon Traviata; and It’s Only a Play, all of which began at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Earlier stage works include Bad Habits, The Ritz, Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?, and Things That Go Bump in the Night, Next and the book for the musical The Rink (music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb). For the Central Park opera trilogy presented at the New York City Opera in the fall of 1999 he wrote the libretto for The Food of Love, with music by Robert Beaser. In October, the San Francisco Opera presented Dead Man Walking with McNally’s libretto and music by Jake Heggie. He recently wrote the book for The Visit with score by Kander and Ebb. McNally has written a number of TV scripts, including Andre’s Mother for which he won an Emmy Award. He has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, a Lucille Lortel Award and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has been a member of the Dramatists Guild since 1970.

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All Merry-Go-Round Landlords who are kind enough to let us house our company in their homes.

2009 Season SupportersMerry-Go-Round would like to thank the following corporations,

businesses, foundations and individuals for their support of the 2009 Season.(Updates and corrections as of May 21, 2009)

IndIvIdual donors:

Choreographers$100 – $249

David and Paula HickeyMrs. Polly Hutchinson

Stage Managers

$50 – $99

Betty Walowsky