presents
Lyrics by
Music by
STEPHEN FLAHERTY
GERTRUDE STEIN
Adapted & Originally Directed by
FRANK GALATI
The World Premiere of “Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein” was produced by About Face
Theatre and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois Eric Rosen, Artistic Director; Gregory
Copeland, Executive Director - About Face Theatre Peter Taub, Director of Performance Programs;
Greg Cameron, Associate Director - Museum of Contemporary Art.
Direction by
ALLISON HENDRIX
Music Direction by
KORY DANIELSON
Choreography by
ANDREA LOUISE SOULE
Running Time is 75 minutes with no intermission.
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. Please
turn off all cellphones and other electronic devices at this time
Loving Repeating is produced through special arrangement with Music Theater International (MTI)
www.mtishows.com
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D I R E C TO R ’ S N O T E
In a radio interview, when blatantly insulted on the public’s ability to understand her opera Four Saints
in Three Acts, Gertrude Stein replied: “If you go to a football game, you don’t have to understand it in any
way except the football way...Don’t you see what I mean? If you enjoy it, you understand it, and lots of
people have understood it. You see, that is what my lectures are to be. They are to be a simple way of
telling everybody this thing, that if you enjoy it you understand it.”
Stein’s work was consistently concerned with the creation of possibility; with the new ways words could
mean and be used, with play, humor, and romance. Free of convention and even meaning, words could
be used in new forms. The gift Frank Galati and Stephen Flaherty have given us in this adaptation of
Stein’s life and works is an exquisite and accessible entry point into this use of language - itself a new
form. We do not see here a musical with a meet-cute plot and a happy ending; we see an abstract and
lyrical celebration of music, love, and creation.
Loving Repeating is about language. About play. About music. And, above all, about love, emotional and
erotic. And “when these lives are over - as all lives must be over someday - we have learned to understand
passion, feeling, and thought - which we seldom recognize in ourselves, much less in others.”
We ask that you celebrate with us while you’re here. That you relax and open to the possibilities of
repetition, of loving, and of joy.
“...if you enjoy it you understand it...”
Allison Hendrix
F R O M T H E C O - A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R S & E X E C U T I V E P R O D U C E R
Thank you so much for spending time with Kokandy Productions this season, an exciting year made
possible by your generous support of our work!
Throughout 2015, our goal has been to explore the warmth and beauty of humanity with vulnerability
and delight. To find hope in stories from the recent and not-so-recent past and contemplate how they can
illuminate a path for the future.
As part of our mission to expand our impact into the broader Chicago community, we’ve begun
to partner with local nonprofits to create a ticket-and-donation package, beginning with Loving
Repeating. Kokandy’s ‘Supporter Ticket’ program allows audiences to include a donation at the time of
ticket purchase. The proceeds from Loving Repeating’s Supporter Tickets will be given to Project Fierce
Chicago, whose mission is to reduce LGBTQ youth homelessness in Chicago by providing transitional
housing and support services to homeless LGBTQ young adults. Learn more about Project Fierce
at projectfiercechicago.org.
We hope you’ll join us as we move forward into our coming season. We’ll continue our celebration of
music and joy with our first ever holiday show in December: A Kokandy Christmas will honor (and poke fun
at) holiday television specials of the past, with laugh tracks, jingle bells, and favorite songs both new and
old. In the new year, we’ll use broad comedy and satire to explore the perils of contemporary life with the
midwest premiere of Heathers: The Musical and a hilarious revival of Gutenberg! The Musical.
Thanks for sharing your time with us, and we hope to see you at the theater again soon!
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Allison Hendrix
Co-Artistic Director
Kokandy Productions
John D. Glover
Co-Artistic Director
Scot T. Kokandy
Executive Producer
THE CAST
CARON BUINIS
(Gertrude) is delighted
to be working with
Kokandy Productions
again, having recently
played “Jeanette” in The
Full Monty. Other
credits include: A Funny Thing Happened
on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd,
Anyone Can Whistle, and A Catered Affair
(Porchlight); Juno and My Kind Of Town
(TimeLine); The Language Archive (Piven);
Making God Laugh (Fox Valley); The Music
Man (Paramount); and Kiss of the Spider
Woman and The Spitfire Grill (BoHo). Caron
is also a performing member of Acts of
Kindness Cabaret, a cabaret group that
provides entertainment for various fund
raising entities throughout the
Chicagoland area.
AMANDA GILES
(Young Gertrude) is
thrilled to be making
her Kokandy debut in
such a uniquely
beautiful show! Recent
credits include: The
Sound of Music and The Hot Mikado (HSRT);
A Midwinter Night’s Tale (Duplicity
Ensemble); Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
(Emerald City & First Stage); and Spring
Awakening at Roosevelt University, where
she graduated from the BFA Musical
Theatre Program. When not performing,
you can find her on the yoga mat, cooking,
or climbing trees. Love to Kevan, always.
amanda-giles.com
EMILY GOLDBERG
(Alice) is incredibly
grateful to make her
Kokandy debut in this
beautiful show. Recent
Chicago credits include:
City of Angels
(Porchlight); One Came Home (Lifeline);
Sisters of Swing (Fox Valley); Alice In
Wonderland (Marriott); Oliver (Light Opera
Works); and Evita (Jedlicka). Up next, you can
see her as “Rose” in Dogfight at Boho Theatre.
Emily received her BFA in Musical Theatre from
The Boston Conservatory. “A show is a show is
a show.” emilygoldbergchicago.com
SARAH HAYES (Ensemble)
is excited to be making her
debut with Kokandy
Productions! She’s an
Artistic Associate with
Porchlight Music Theatre,
where her credits include:
Bells Are Ringing (“Ella”), How to Succeed
(“Krumholtz”), Candide (“Paquette”), and
Ragtime (“Emma Goldman”). Other Chicago
credits: The Addams Family (Mercury), Comedy
of Errors (u/s, Chicago Shakespeare), Playboy of
the Western World (Raven), Evita and Man of La
Mancha (Theo Ubique – Jeff Nomination), and
recent co-host of the 2015 Non-Equity Jeff
Awards ceremony.
ANDREW LUND
(Ensemble) makes his
Kokandy debut! Chicago
credits include: Avenue Q
(Mercury); A Funny Thing…
Forum, Double Trouble, City
of Angels, Fade Out - Fade
In, and Anyone Can Whistle (Porchlight); The
Nutcracker (The House); Lysistrata, 50 Shades of
Shakespeare ((re)discover); Godspell (Brown
Paper Box); and Shakespeare’s R & J (Idle Muse
- Jeff Nomination). Andrew regularly performs
improv with Storytown and ANARCHY: A Rock
Opera. andrew-lund.com
CHELSEA MORGAN (u/s
Female Swing) is a Chicagobased actor, singer, and
artist. She was most
recently seen in
Paramount Theatre’s
critically acclaimed
production of Les Misérables. Other Chicago
credits include: Golden Boy and The Gifts of the
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BIOGR APHIES
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Magi (Porchlight); A Christmas Carol (Drury
Lane); and Alice in Wonderland (Marriott).
Chelsea obtained her BFA in Musical
Theatre Performance from Western
Michigan University. When she is not
performing, she is also an avid painter and
decorator. All her love and gratitude to
Mom, Dad, and Trevor. chelseamorgan.com
JAKE MORRISSY
(Ensemble) was last
seen with Kokandy
attempting the splits in
The Full Monty! A
graduate of Millikin
University, Jake most
recently performed in Capital City Theatre’s
Violet (“Virgil/Ensemble”). Other Credits:
“Motel” in Fiddler on the Roof (Tent) and
“Bud Davenport” in Gutenberg! The Musical
(Pipe Dream). Jake has also performed in
two new musicals: “Ensemble” in Adam
Gwon and Sarah Hammond’s String, and
“Patrick” in Joshua Salzman and Ryan
Cunningham’s The Legend of New York.
Cheers to the cast and crew!
MAISIE ROSE
(Ensemble) is thrilled to
make her Chicago
debut in Loving
Repeating! Maisie, a
rising senior at
Northwestern
University, is double majoring in Theatre
and Psychology and pursuing a Certificate
in Music Theatre. Favorite roles at NU
include: “Mary” in Merrily We Roll Along,
“Alice Beane” in Titanic, “Peggy” in The
Hundred Dresses, and “Sheila” in Hair. Many
thanks to Allison and Kory for the
opportunity, and to her family for their
unending support.
SPECIAL THANKS
Marian Theater Guild, Towle Theater
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NEIL STRATMAN (u/s Male
Swing) is pumped to make
his Kokandy debut with
Loving Repeating! Previous
favorite Chicago credits
include: “Mr. Simpson” in
Tommy and “Waiter” in Rent
(Paramount); “Pegasus/Icarus” in Myths and
Hymns (BoHo); “Motel” in Fiddler on the Roof
(Light Opera Works); and “Snail u/s” in A Year
With Frog and Toad (CCT). He is also a proud
member of Circle Theatre. neilstratman.com
STEPHANIE STOCKSTILL
(Ensemble) was last seen
with Kokandy Productions in
the staged reading of FLIGHT
and is excited to return for
her first fully realized
production with this
company! Recent credits include: “Tilly” in
Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical (Piven) and
“Johanna” in Sweeney Todd (Porchlight).
Stephanie is a graduate of the opera program at
Northwestern University. stephaniestockstill.
weebly.com
GEORGE TOLES (Ensemble)
is so excited to be working
with Kokandy Productions
again having just appeared
as “Malcom” in The Full
Monty. Other Chicago
credits include: “Stokes” in
Carrie: The Musical (Bailiwick). Regional credits
include: “Mary Sunshine” in Chicago
(Masonstreet Warehouse); “Claude” in Hair (Circle
Theater Grand Rapids); and “Jeff” in [title of show]
and “Otto” in Spring Awakening (Actors Theater
Grand Rapids). So much love to this cast, the
Kokandy family for this awesome opportunity,
and to my friends and family for the constant
love and support.
THE ORCHESTR A
KORY DANIELSON......................................................................................................................................Keys
MIKE MATLOCK..........................................................................Reeds (Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax)
KYLE McCULLOUGH............................................................................................Guitar/Banjo/Mandolin
DESIREE MILL..............................................................................................................................................Cello
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JOHN BURANOSKY (Props Designer)
designed props for Kokandy’s Jeffrecommended Assassins and Jeffnominated Sweet Smell of Success and has
also worked with The Den Theatre, Hell
in a Handbag, and Three Cat Productions
in property design. John has acted and
directed in many productions throughout
Chicagoland as well. Some companies
include: Marian Theatre Guild, Towle
Theater, and Three Cat Productions. John
continues to design sets as well. John
received a NIETFF award for his set design
for The Man of La Mancha at the Towle
Theater. He continues to flex his creative
side with Kokandy Productions.
KORY DANIELSON (Resident Musical
Director) is a Chicago-based music director,
pianist/conductor, and vocal coach. As
Resident Music Director, Kory has served
as the MD/Conductor for Kokandy’s The
Full Monty and Assassins. He is currently
the Associate Conductor at Paramount
Theatre in Aurora (The Who’s Tommy, Les
Miserables). Kory is also Resident Music
Director at Haven Theatre (Hedwig and
the Angry Inch, The Wedding Singer), and
has worked as MD/pianist/conductor
for Porchlight’s How to Succeed…,Theo
Ubique’s Passion (for which he won the
2014 Jeff Award for Outstanding Music
Direction); pianist/conductor for Smokey
Joe’s Café (Royal George transfer); and has
served as the AMD under Roberta Duchak
at Drury Lane Oakbrook (Xanadu, Singin’
in the Rain). Kory frequently works with
The Music Theatre Company (Young Artist
Program, 48-hour Musicals, Zanna Don’t,
Lucky Stiff, Triumph of Love) and has also
worked with Chicago Children’s Theatre,
Bailiwick, Broadway in Chicago, National
Pastime Theatre, Hell in a Handbag, and
Street Tempo Theatre. Some of his other
Chicago credits include: Bernarda Alba, Hello
Again, and LaChiusa’s Wild Party.
JESSICA FORELLA (Stage Manager) is
delighted to be working with Kokandy
Productions again. Recent credits include:
Sondheim on Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
(Porchlight); Melancholy Play: a chamber
musical, Tusk Tusk, The Language Archive,
Ivanov (Piven); Under a Rainbow Flag, At the
Flash (Pride Films and Plays); Our City, Ourselves
(Red Orchid); Sweet Smell of Success (Kokandy
Productions); Why Not Me?, Having Our Say,
Gee’s Bend (Fleetwood-Jourdain).
K. HANNAH FRIEDMAN (Assistant Director)
is thrilled to return to Kokandy Productions!
Previous directing and assistant directing
credits include: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,
The Last Five Years (Kokandy), Melancholy Play:
a chamber musical, Encores: After the Theatre
and other Stories (Piven), and Letters, Home
(devised with Allison Hendrix). She has also
curated Oracle Theatre’s Radio Movement
Program from 2012-2014, and collaborated
with Jenniffer Thusing to produce Refuge of
Violence, an interactive art installation.
GORDON GRANGER (Technical Director) is a
lover, a fighter, and a late night hustler. He is
also a freelance TD and scenic carpenter in the
Chicago area. He has worked for scenic shops
such as Chicago Scenic, Ravenswood Studios,
and Crosstown Scenic as well as some the
city’s largest theaters including Steppenwolf,
The Goodman, Chicago Shakes, Drury Lane,
and The Marriott. His recent storefront TD/
ATD credits include: Crumble (Jackalope),
Methtacular (About Face), All Our Tragic
(Hypocrites), and Principle Principal (Stage
Left). He often works large scale production/
event campaigns such as NYC Fashion Week,
Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (No, he didn’t
meet the models), The Bud Light Hotel, The
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World Science Festival (he did meet Neil
DeGrasse Tyson), and the Bruce Rauner
Gubernatorial Campaign (…I needed
the money). He is excited to be working
with Kokandy on this fun and powerful
production. He holds a BFA from the
University of Michigan.
ALLISON HENDRIX (Director, Kokandy
Co-Artistic Director) is a founding member
of Kokandy Productions and serves as
director and dramaturg of Kokandy’s New
Musical Staged Reading Series. Previous
Kokandy credits include: Assassins (“Lynette
‘Squeaky’ Fromme”), The Last Five Years
(“Cathy,” Jeff Nomination – Principal Actress
in a Musical), and The Great American Trailer
Park Musical (Music Director). Other credits
include: “The Baker’s Wife” in Into the Woods
(Hypocrites), “Jimmi” and Music Director
in Cities of Light (Piven), Associate Music
Director/Conductor for Floyd Collins (BoHo),
Music Director for Zanna, Don’t (Bailiwick),
Director of The Inevitable Heat Death of the
Universe (The Ruckus), Music Director of
The Full Monty (Village Players), and Music
Director and recipient of NIETF Award
for Best Vocal Direction for Floyd Collins
(Towle). Allison also works as a vocal coach
and accompanist for the Music Theatre
program at Northwestern University.
allisonhendrix.com
PATRICK O’BRIEN (Sound Engineer) is a
multidisciplinary theater artist working in
sound and glad to be back with Kokandy
following his subliminal work on The
Full Monty. Selected designs: Deathtrap
(Citadel); Dog Sees God, Love Kills (Pipe
Dreams). Technical experience: Sense
& Sensibility (Chicago Shakespeare,
internship); The Nutcracker (The House);
The Wild Party, Carrie (Bailiwick). BA Theatre
Arts, Minor in Music, Millikin University ‘14.
pjobsound.wix.com/patrickobrien.
KATE SETZER-KAMPHAUSEN (Costume
Designer) is delighted to design costumes
for Loving Repeating. She is a longtime fan
of Gertrude Stein and the Surrealists and
last worked with Kokandy Productions on
their critically acclaimed production of
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Assassins. Kate has recently designed for
The New Colony, Chicago Folks Operetta,
Harper College under director Elizabeth
Margolius, and Dan Savage’s Miracle! with
Hell in a Handbag, where she is a company
member. She is a Jeff Award winner and the
proud possessor of fifty-eight bright pink
dreadlocks.
JENNA MORAN (Sound Designer) Recent
Chicago credits include: A Funny Thing…,
Sondheim on Sondheim, Sweeney Todd,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Double Trouble,
Pal Joey, A Class Act, tick, tick…Boom!, and
A Catered Affair (Porchlight), All Our Tragic
(Hypocrites), Native Son (Court), Rose
and the Rime, The Nutcracker, Death and
Harry Houdini (The House Theatre), Rent
(American Theatre Company). She is a
graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul
University with her BFA in Sound Design
and also studied at The Royal Central
School of Speech and Drama in London.
Jenna is an exhibit sound designer for the
Prague Quadrennial in The Czech Republic
summer of 2015. Jenna is a proud Artistic
Associate of Porchlight Music Theatre.
jennamoransounddesign.com
ANDREA LOUISE SOULE (Choreographer)
is ready to emerge and debut her first piece
of choreography with Kokandy Productions.
She is a proud graduate of Columbia
College Chicago where she received her
Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theater. Andrea
has created physical movement for works
such as: Equus directed by Cody Estle; RENT
directed by Ashton Byrum and Courtney
Hischke-Ring; The Space Between written by
Andrew Swanson including collaboration
with Jeff Ginsberg and Susan Padveen; The
Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui directed by Susan
Padveen (CCC). Andrea is a designated
and certified stage combatant with The
Stage of American Fight Directors and the
The British Academy in rapier & dagger,
broadsword, small sword, knife, unarmed,
quarter staff, hollywood single sword, and
sword & shield. Credits include: Camelot
(Drury Lane); Mary Poppins, All Shook
Up (The Fireside Theatre); Faust (Stage
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773); An Evening of Dance and Chicago
(Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago);
Beautiful; A Cirque Tale (The Rosza Center).
I would like to thank Sheldon Patinkin,
the Soule Family, and Stephen Tyler.
“Romance is everything” -Gertrude Stein.
andrealouisesoule.com.
CAT WILSON (Lighting Designer) is a
Chicago-based lighting and projection
designer and is pleased to be working with
Kokandy again. She recently worked with
Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Joffrey Ballet
Academy, Chicago Children’s Theatre, The
Den Theatre, 16th Street Theatre, Jackalope
Theatre, PICT Classical Theatre, Point
Park University, Lucky Plush Productions,
the Hanger Theatre, and many other
companies around the country. She received
her MFA in lighting design from Carnegie
Mellon University. catwilsondesigns.com
ASHLEY ANN WOODS (Scenic Designer) is
a freelance scenic designer in the greater
Chicago area and is thrilled to be back with
Kokandy Productions, having previously
designedThe Full Monty. Most recently, you
may have seen her work on Collaboraction
(Crime Scene: The Next Chapter), Strawdog
(Desperate Dolls), Pride Films & Plays, The
Side Project, and Polarity Ensemble among
others. Ashley is currently the charge
painter at Means of Production scene shop
as well as a Company Member and the
Marketing Director for 20% Theatre Chicago.
ashleyannwoods.com
ABOUT KOK ANDY PRODUCTIONS
Founded in 2010, Kokandy Productions seeks to leverage the heightened reality of
musical theater to tell complex and challenging stories, with a focus on contributing
to the development of Chicago-based musical theater artists, and raising the profile of
Chicago’s non-Equity musical theater community.
Visit kokandyproductions.com for more information.
K O K A N D Y P R O D U C T I O N S S TA F F
Executive Producer........................................................................................................ SCOT T. KOKANDY
Co-Artistic Director....................................................................................................... ALLISON HENDRIX
Co-Artistic Director...........................................................................................................JOHN D. GLOVER
Resident Music Director............................................................................................... KORY DANIELSON
Production Assistant / House Manager.................................................JONATHAN GOLDTHWAITE
Technical Consultant......................................................................................................................BEN HINC
Casting Associate......................................................................................................... JOHN BURANOSKY
Public Relations.............................................................................................................DAVID ROSENBERG
Marketing, Webmaster, Graphic Design..............................................................................JEFF MEYER
A S S O C I AT E P R O D U C E R S
Corky Bellile
Dell and Susan Bellile
Don and Ann Bellile
James DeNuccio
John D. Glover
Peter Janssen
James Johnson
Bob and Pat Kokandy
Tom and Jan Kokandy
Jeff and Amy Losh
Alan Maltenfort
Babs W. Maltenfort
Michael Maltenfort
Frank Meccia
Stephen M. Stanko
Cole Stolman
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