Berkeley Rep presents the World Premiere of Paradise Square: A New Musical, based on the songs of Stephen Foster, as conceived by Larry Kirwan
Roda Theatre
2025 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704-1103 USA
8:00 PM, Friday, January 4, 2019

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[8:06 PM lights down, announcements]
[Tunes NOT written by Stephen Foster are denoted with a *]

1. [8:07 PM] Premonitions *
2. [8:13 PM] Some Folks Do
3. [8:n PM] Was My Brother in the Battle?
4. [8:n PM] the Five Points *
5. [8:32 PM] Camptown Races
6. [8:n PM] We Will Keep a Bright Lookout
7. [8:n PM] Ah! May the Red Rose Live Always
8. [8:n PM] Nelly Was a Lady
9. [8:55 PM] Oh, Susanna
10. [9:n PM] Gentle Annie
11. [9:03 PM] I Will Not Die in Springtime
12. [9:05 PM] I’d Be a Soldier
13. [9:n PM] Someone to Love *
14. [9:n PM] Angelina Baker
15. [9:n PM] Hard Times Come Again No More
    [Act One ends 9:29 PM]

[9:49 PM lights down]

1. [9:51 PM] We Are Coming Father Abraham
2. [9:n PM] Janey With the Light Brown Hair
3. [9:n PM] I’m Not That Man *
4. [10:n PM] Ring, Ring de Banjo!
5. [10:n PM] I Will Not Die in Springtime (reprise)
6. [10:n PM] Angelina Baker (reprise)
7. [10:n PM] Paradise Chorale *
8. [10:n PM] Let It Burn *
9. [10:n PM] Beautiful Dreamer
   [show ends 10:40 PM; bows and applause; house band continues playing until 10:43 PM]

• Kennedy Caughell: Janey Foster, ensemble;
• Kevin Dennis: Mike Quinlan;
• Bernard Dotson: Camp Butler, ensemble;
• Sidney Dupont: William Henry Lane;
• Jacob Fishel: Stephen Foster/Milton Moore;
• Jacobi Hall: Levi Butler, ensemble;
• Daren A. Herbert: Rev. Samuel E. Cornish;
• Gabrielle McClinton: Angelina Baker;
• Ben Michael: Provost Marshal, ensemble;
• Christina Sajous: Annabelle “Nelly” Freeman;
• A.J. Shively: Owen Duignan;
• Madeline Trumble: Annie O’Brien;
• Mark Uhre: Elmer Woods;
• Brendan Wall: Willie O’Brien, ensemble;
• Chris Whelan: Patrick Murphy.

• Tiffany Adeline Cole;
• Erin Lamar;
• Celia Mei Rubin.

• Karen Burthwright;
• Garrett Coleman;
• Colin Cunliffe;
• Chloé Davis;
• Jamal Christopher Douglas;
• Sam Edgerly;
• Shiloh Goodin;
• Jason Oremus;
• Bridget Riley;
• Clinton Roane;
• Erica Spyres;
• Lael Van Keuren;
• Sir Brock Warren;
• Hailee Kaleem Wright.

• Derek Brooker: guitar 1;
• Steve Danska: guitar 2;
• Daniel Fabricant: bass, contrabass;
• Greg Messa: percussion;
• Christina Owens: violin;
• Kevin Ramessar: conductor, keyboard 1;
• Lane Sanders: drums;
• Ryan Touhey: assistant conductor, keyboard 2.

• Matthew B. Armentrout: hair/wig designer;
• Kennedy Caughell: fight captain;
• Garrett Coleman: Irish & hammerstep choreographer;
• Chloé Davis: dance captain;
• Thulani Davis: dramaturg;
• Marcus Gardley: book;
• Donald Holder: lighting designer;
• Jason Howland: music arrangements, music director, musical supervision and orchestrations;
• Dell Howlett: associate choreographer;
• Bill T. Jones: choreographer;
• Moisés Kaufman: director;
• Larry Kirwan: conceiver, book, music arrangements;
• Toni-Leslie James: costume designer;
• Craig Lucas: book;
• Crystal MacDonell: production stage manager;
• Allen Moyer: scenic designer;
• Betsy Norton: assistant stage manager;
• Jason Oremus: Irish & hammerstep choreographer;
• Bridget Riley: dance captain;
• Duncan Stewart: casting;
• Nathan Tysen: lyrics;
• Chris Waters: stage manager;
• Jon Weston: sound designer;
• Benton Whitley: casting.

Wow! What a great show. If this doesn't end up as a Broadway smash, I'll be really surprised. My timing notes are kind of illegible (sometimes that happens when I'm writing in the dark!), but I'll get them deciphered eventually. I probably should have tried using the new Gala Pro closed captioning system … next time!

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Program Notes or program notes

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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