Program Information
Barbara Pasternack
Theatreworks USA
Artistic Director
Ken Arthur
Producing Director
Presents
CURIOUS GEORGE
The Golden Meatball
Original Music by John Kavanaugh
Book and Lyrics by Jeremy Desmon
Based on the books by Margret and H.A. Rey and the play owned by Universal Stage Productions
Scenic Design by
Michael Schweikardt
Casting by
Caroline Kaiser
Costume Design by
Tracy Christenson
Music Supervisor& Vocal Arrangements by
Sariva Goetz
Associate Director/ Choreographer
Stage Manager
Josh Walden
Michael J. Iannelli
Directed & Choreographed by
Marcia Milgrom Dodge
CAST
(alphabetical by role)
Chef Pisghetti & Others ........................................................................................................................................................... Kyle LeMaire
Curious George ...................................................................................................................................................................... Nick Piacente
Doorman & Others .................................................................................................................................................................. Taylor Janney
The Man With the Yellow Hat & Others ................................................................................................................................... Daniel Moser
Netti & Others ...................................................................................................................................................................... Carlyn Connolly
Phinneas & Others ................................................................................................................................................................. Joshua Downs
Copyright © 2014 by Universal Studios. Curious George and related characters, created by Margret and H.A. Rey, are copyrighted and trademarked by Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Publishing Company and used under license. Created and produced by special arrangement with Universal Stage Productions and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Original production of "Curious George Live!: The Golden Meatball" was produced by VEE Corporation in association with Universal Stage Productions and Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
The character Curious George, including without limitation the character’s name and any variations, translations or local versions thereof and the character’s likenesses, are
registered trademarks of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
“Curious George: The Golden Meatball” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International, New York, NY
Please check the houseboard for any program changes.
This program from Theatreworks USA is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a
state agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
The actors and stage manager employed in this production
are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of
professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the
STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS
SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
“Curious George Theme Song” ......................................................................................................................................................... Company
“Special Delivery” .......................................................................................................................................................................... Delivery Trio
“A Dash Of Joy” ................................................................................................................................................................... Chef, Netti, Cooks
“Who’s Got Time?” .............................................................................................................................................. Phinneas, Chef, Netti, Crowd
“Special Delivery Reprise #1” ...................................................................................................................................................... Delivery Duet
“Golden Meatball” .............................................................................................................................................Man With the Yellow Hat, Netti
“Special Delivery Reprise #2” ...................................................................................................................................................... Delivery Solo
“George Goes to Rome/Curious George Theme Song Reprise #1” .................................................................................................. Company
“That’s How You Know You’re in Rome”” .................................................................................................... Italian Painters/ American Tourist
“Go, Monkey, Go” .............................................................................................................................................................................. Company
“The Contest Part 1” .......................................................................................................................................................................... Company
“The Contest Part 2/ Keep Your Eye On the Ball” ............................................................................................................................. Company
“Judging (That’s A Meatball)” ............................................................................................................................................................. Company
WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
(alphabetical by role)
KYLE LEMAIRE (Chef Pisghetti & Others) Television/Film:
HBO's Girls, War. Theatre: Stuart Little and Pocahontas (NTL
Tour), The Lost Colony, Lè Ponde- A New Musical (Bryant
Park), Supreme Academy (59 East 59), Deployed- A New
Musical (Studio 353), title of show (Bayou City Entertainment),
SantaLand Diaries, The Producers (Theatre Baton Rouge),
Into the Woods (Acadiana Rep), As You Like It, The Ladder,
Eurydice (NSD). MFA Acting from The New School for
Drama.
Heart (Human Race Theater). Endless love to Mom, Dad,
Devin and Melissa! www.carlynconnolly.com
NICK PIACENTE (Curious George) is thrilled to be joining the
Theatreworks family! NY: Fox on the Fairway (Justin), Puppet
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo). Regional: A Midsummer Night's
Dream (Puck), Fox on the Fairway (Justin), Talking to
Westfield (Trevor), The Tempest (Ferdinand). He has worked
for WPPAC, Oldcastle Theatre Co., Premiere Stages, The
Hangar Theatre, AGT, and VSC to name a few. TV: Losing It
with John Stamos (Hamos). Narrator for Audible.com and
teacher of Movement at Stella Adler Studio in NYC. BFA: NYU
Tisch, Stella Adler Studio. www.tinyurl.com/nickpiacente
JEREMY DESMOND (Book & Lyrics) is an award-winning
musical theatre bookwriter whose stories have played to
audiences around the world. The Girl in the Frame, seen in
over a dozen productions, earned him the prestigious Edward
Kleban Prize as America’s most promising Musical Theatre
Bookwriter. Pump Up The Volume, his adaptation of the 1990
film, has been developed at Goodspeed Musicals and The
Human Race Theatre. He is also known for the high-school
jukebox musical, Cyrano de BurgerShack, the wildly
imaginative comedy I See London, I See France: The
Underwear Musical and the topical Virtually Me, recently on
tour with TheatreworksUSA. In addition, Jeremy has written
“family theatrical” touring arena shows for some of the world’s
most recognizable characters, including Disney Live’s
Mickey’s Music Festival!, Universal’s Curious George Live!
and Sesame Workshop’s Elmo Rocks! He’s written multiple
editions of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and
recently completed new adaptations of Disney’s Tangled and
Pixar’s Brave for Disney On Ice’s worldwide tour.
TAYLOR JANNEY(Doorman & Others) is thrilled to be touring
with Curious George! Recent graduate of Syracuse University.
A million thanks to everyone at TWUSA and much love to her
friends and family- this one's for Gmom and Pop. Check her
out: taylorjanney.com!
DANIEL MOSER (Man With The Yellow Hat), originally from
Turlock, California, has been curiously creative all his life;
exploring and discovering all sorts of artistic expression and
performing in numerous theatrical productions. Education:
California Institute of the Arts, School of Theater (BFA in
Theatrical Production and Design) Royal Conservatoire of
Scotland (MA in Musical Theatre Performance). Visit
dannydomore.com to discover more!
CARLYN CONNOLLY (Netti & Others) is thrilled to be making
her Theatreworks debut with Curious George! Regional
credits: Mary Poppins (Theatre By the Sea), Swing!, The
Sound of Music (Mill Mountain Theatre). Tour: Disney On
Classic: Dreams Come True (Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra).
Workshops: Searching for Romeo (NYMF), Play It By
JOSHUA DOWNS (Phinneas & Others) is a Seattle native
and graduated from Pepperdine University with a BA in
Theater and Classical Voice Performance. Since then, he has
been working in musical theater and comedy in CA, WA, and
NY. Favorite roles include Shrek (Shrek: The Musical), Collins,
(Rent), and Beadle Bamford (Sweeney Todd).
JOHN KAVANAUGH (Original Music) is currently serving as
songwriter/musical director for Disney’s brand new princess,
Sofia The First. He took home the Daytime Emmy Award for
“Outstanding Song: Main Title” for “Sofia The First”. His music
can also be heard in several animated features - Disney’s hit
Winnie The Pooh movie, Springtime with Roo, and the
Nickelodeon musical Globe Hunters, an Around the World in
80 Days Adventure which includes the song "Be Where You
Are" featuring Chaka Kahn. With lyricist Marcy Heisler, John
wrote "Joseph’s Lullaby" especially for Michael Crawford,
featured on Crawford’s album ON EAGLE’S WINGS for
Atlantic Records. He wrote music and lyrics to the theme for
the 2003 Special Olympics, "You’re The Dream" recorded by
the Walt Disney Records star Myra, and has written songs for
the award winning television show Sesame Street.
MARCIA MILGROM DODGE (Director/Choreographer) is a
highly acclaimed director & choreographer, whose work has
been seen throughout the United States, in Canada, England,
Asia, Denmark and the Middle East. Dodge’s celebrated 2009
Kennedy Center revival of Ragtime moved to Broadway after
its sold-out run in Washington, DC (Tony® Award Nomination
for Best Director of a Musical and she won the Helen Hayes
Award for Outstanding Direction of a Resident Musical.) Also
at the Kennedy Center: Concert versions of Children of Eden,
Camelot starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and My Fair
Lady starring Jonathan Pryce. Off-Broadway: Seussical The
Musical (Theatreworks USA/Lortel Award nomination/National
Tour), Venus Flytrap (The Active Theater), Cookin’ (Minetta
Lane), Radio Gals (John Houseman), Maltby & Shire's Closer
Than Ever (Cherry Lane; choreographed original production)
and William Finn's Romance In Hard Times (The Public
Theater.) Regional: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (Cabaret), Bucks County
Playhouse (Really Rosie), Denver Center Theatre Company
(Sense & Sensibility The Musical), Glimmerglass Festival (The
Music Man), many shows at Bay Street Theatre (A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum starring Peter
Scolari; Ain’t Misbehavin’; The Who’s Tommy; Once On This
Island; Hair; Fit To Print and Sherlock Holmes & The West
End Horror, co-written with her husband Anthony
Dodge/Edgar Award nomination for Best Play), Reprise
Theatre Company (Cabaret, How To Succeed…), Maltz
Jupiter Theatre (The King & I; Hello, Dolly!/ Carbonell Award
for Direction; Anything Goes/Carbonell Award for
Choreography and Master Class). Dodge is also a teacher, a
wife, a mother, a proud executive board member of the Stage
Directors & Choreographers Society and a published and
produced
playwright.
For
more,
visit
www.marciamilgromdodge.com.
JOSH WALDEN (Associate Director/Choreographer) was the
Associate Director/Choreographer for TheatreworksUSA's
production of Seussical, under the direction of Tony
nominated director Marcia Milgrom Dodge.
He
recently directed/choreographed The Rocky Horror Show for
The University of Buffalo in Buffalo, NY, Legally Blonde for
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY and A Chorus Line
for Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Jupiter, FL. On Broadway, Josh
was the Associate Director/Choreographer for the Tony
nominated revival of Ragtime. As a performer, Josh has been
in the Broadway revivals of 42nd St, La Cage aux Folles, A
Chorus Line and Ragtime.
SARIVA GOETZ (Music Supervisor/ Vocal Arrangements) has
played keyboards for and/or conducted over 17 Broadway
shows including 10 years as the assistant conductor and
keyboard player for the original Broadway production of Les
Miserables. Other Broadway credits include Aladdin, Sister
Act, Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, City of
Angels, The Secret Garden, Once On This Island, and the first
revival of Sweeny Todd. Off-Broadway and Regional credits
include Splendora, The Jerusalem Syndrome, and 2
productions of Really Rosie, one directed by Marcia Milgrom
Dodge and the other by Maurice Sendak. Sariva has
conducted shows at the Williamstown Theatre Festival,
Goodspeed Opera House, and Bucks County Playhouse and
served as pianist for many Broadway pops concerts, most
notably with the Long Island Philharmonic. She has coached
hundreds of musical theatre performers for auditions, shows,
and cabaret, including Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) and Holland
Taylor (2½ Men). As an educator, Sariva has taught at
American University in Washington, DC, and New Jersey City
University. She holds a masters degree from New York
University and a Bachelors of Music from the University of
Arizona.
MICHAEL J. IANNELLI (Production Stage Manager) is
thrilled to be joining the Theatreworks USA family for Curious
George: The Golden Meatball. Recent credits include: South
Pacific (Gateway Playhouse); The King and I, A Chorus Line,
Dial M for Murder and Doubt (Maltz Jupiter Theatre); West
Side Story (Ogunquit Playhouse); Les Miserables, George M!
and Sleuth (Surflight Theatre).
THEATREWORKS USA (Producer) founded in 1961, is
America’s foremost professional theatre for young and family
audiences. Its mission is to create imaginative and thoughtprovoking shows that are educational, entertaining and
thought-provoking. Their 2014-2015 touring repertoire
includes Charlotte’s Web; A Christmas Carol; Click, Clack,
Moo; Curious George; Fly Guy & Other Stories; Freedom
Train; Junie B. Jones; Skippyjon Jones; The Lightning Thief;
The Teacher From the Black Lagoon & Other Story Books and
We The People. Theatreworks’ honors include a Drama Desk
Award, Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Award, the Jonathan
Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the William M.
Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence given by the
Association of Performing Arts Presenters and the Medal of
Honor from the Actors’ Fund of America. www.TWUSA.org
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913,
represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in
the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions,
providing a wide range of benefits, including health and
pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as
an essential component of our society. www.actorsequity.org