1996-1997 Season

A Rock ‘n’ Roll Twelfth Night

Shakespeare June 5-28, 1997

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by Scot & Bruce Whitney with apologies to William Shakespeare

directed by Scot Whitney

Shakespeare June 5-28, 1997

Shakespeare’s most popular play gets an electric jump star in an original musical that finds a pair of Elizabethan twins shipwrecked on an island populated by rock icons. 26 original songs written by Bruce and Scot Whitney.

Cast & Creative

Director Scot Whitney

Scot Whitney

In 26 seasons and 76 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Director) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Director) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Director) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Director) American Buffalo (Director) Antony & Cleopatra (Director) As You Like It (Director) Baltimore Waltz (Director) Clybourne Park (Director) Cymbeline (Director) Cyrano de Bergerac (Director) Dancin' in the Aisles (Director) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Director) Dracula (Director) Enrico IV (Director) Fighting Over Beverley (Director) Frozen (Director) Gloucester Blue (Director) Hamlet (Director) Hapgood (Director) Henry V (Director) Let the Good Times Roll! (Director) Letters from Waldo (Director) Macbeth (Director) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Director) Measure for Measure (Director) Murder in the Cathedral (1st Tempter/1st Knight) My Old Lady (Director) Or, (Director) Orphans (Director) Recent Tragic Events (Director) Reckless (Director) Richard III (Director) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Director) Romeo and Juliet (Director) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Director) She Stoops to Conquer (Director) Shining City (Director) Sins of the Mother (Director) Six Hotels (Director) Sixteen Words for Water (Director) Soul on Fire! (Director) Talking With (Co-Director) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Director) The 39 Steps (Director) The American Pilot (Director) The Dumbwaiter (Director) The Elsinore Diaries (Director) The Lady's Not for Burning (Director) The Language Archive (Director) The Life and Death of King John (Director) The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci (Director) The Lonesome West (Director) The Love List (Director) The Misanthrope (Director) The Real Thing (Director) The Rocky Horror Show (Director) The Seafarer (Director) The Taming of the Shrew (Director) The Tempest (Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Director) The Understudy (Director) The Weir (Director) The Winter's Tale (Director) The Woman in Black (Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Director) Under a Mantle of Stars (Director) Unexpected Tenderness (Director) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Director) Waiting for Godot (Co-Director) What I Did Last Summer (Lighting Designer)

Musical Director/Composer Bruce Whitney

Bruce Whitney

In 26 seasons and 60 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Survival Guide (Vocal Director / Additional Arrangements) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Composer) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Composer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Musical Director/Composer, Keyboards/Guitar) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Music Director, Various) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Musical Director, Nikolai Feoderov / keyboards, Musical Designer, Nikolai Feodorov, Piano) A Stardust Homecoming (Musical Director, Nikolai Feyodorov (piano)) And a Nightingale Sang (George Stott) Antony & Cleopatra (Composer) As You Like It (Composer) Cymbeline (Composer, Sound Design) Cyrano de Bergerac (Composer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Musical Director, Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Musical Director, Keyboard/Conductor) Dracula (Composer) First Date (Musical Director, Keyboards / Guitar / Horns) Hamlet (Composer, Musician) Henry V (Composer / Sound Designer, Composer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical Director, Band Leader / Keyboards) Let the Good Times Roll! (Musical Director) Little Shop of Horrors (Keyboards) Macbeth (Composer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Musical Director, Keyboards / Guitar) Measure for Measure (Composer) Operation Stardust (Asst. Musical Director) Phantom of the Stardust (Musical Director, Nikolai, piano/conductor) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Musical Director, Conductor/Piano) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Sound Designer/Composer) Sixties Chicks (Musical Director, Conductor/Keyboard/Guitar) Sixties Chicks Too (Music Director, Guitar/Keys/Saxaphone) Sixties Kicks! (Musical Director, self) Soul on Fire! (Musical Director, Keyboards) Stardust for Christmas (Nikolai Feodorov, Music Director, Nikolai Feodorov, Piano) Stardust for Emily Jean (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano) Stardust Radio Review (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov , piano) Summer in the Sixties (Musical Director, Keyboard/Guitar) Swingtime Stardust (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Music Director, Keyboards/Conductor) The Elephant Man (Composer) The Misanthrope (Composer) The Rocky Horror Show (Musical Director, Keyboard, Music Director, Piano) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Musical Director) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Music Director, Nikolai Feyoderov (Piano)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Musical Director, Nicolai Feyoderov (Keys)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Musical Director, Nikolai Feyodorov (Keys)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Musical Director, Nikolai Feyoderov (Keys, Saxophone, Guitar)) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Musical Director, Nikolai Feodorov, piano/conductor) The Taming of the Shrew (Composer) The Tempest (Composer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Musical Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Composer) The Winter's Tale (Composer/Sound Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Sound Designer / Composer) Waiting for Godot (Composer)

Scenic Designer Benny McKonkey

Benny McKonkey

In 5 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer) Baltimore Waltz (Set Designer) Murder in the Cathedral (2nd Tempter/2nd Knight) The Rocky Horror Show (Scenic Designer) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Stage Manager)

Co-Costume Designer Monique Anderson

Monique Anderson

In 19 seasons and 29 shows at Harlequin:

A Long Day's Journey into Night (Costume Designer) A Man for All Seasons (Costume Designer) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Costume Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Co-Costume Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Costume Designer) Accomplice (Costume Designer) Antony & Cleopatra (Costume Designer) Arcadia (Costume Designer) boom (Costume Designer) Cymbeline (Robot Engineer, Costume Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Asst. Costume Designer) Dracula (Costume Designer) Henry V (Costume Designer) La Béte (Costume Designer) Macbeth (Asst. Costume Designer) Mad in Craft (Costume Designer) Mating Dance of the Werewolf ( Costume Designer) Or, (Costume Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Costume Designer) She Stoops to Conquer (Costume Designer) The Life and Death of King John (Costume Designer) The Lonesome West (Costume Designer) The Rainmaker (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Costume Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Costume Designer) The Tempest (Costumer Designer) The Weir (Costume Designer) Time Stands Still (Costume Designer)

Co-Costume Designer Mishka Navarre

Mishka Navarre

In 3 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Co-Costume Designer) Fun Home (Costume Design) Operation: Stardust (Costume Designer) Stardust for Christmas (Costume Designer) This Flat Earth (Costume Design)

Hair & Wig Designer Darren Mills

Darren Mills

Darren Mills is the Resident Costume Designer for Harlequin Productions. Additional regional credits: La Cage Aux Folles and Angels In America (SPSCC), Equivocation (SMU), and Murder Ballad (Sidecountry Theater). NYC hairdressing credits: Broadway: Phantom, Mamma Mia!, The Music Man. Film: The Stepford Wives, War of the Worlds, Lonesome Jim, The Notorious Bettie Page. TV: The Sopranos.

In 27 seasons and 68 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Costume Design) A Doll's House (Costume Design) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Wig/Makeup Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Hair & Wig Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Hair & Makeup Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Costume Co-Designer) As You Like It (Costume Designer) Assassins (Costume Designer) August: Osage County (Costume Design) Cabaret (Costume, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Costume Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Costume Designer) Deathtrap (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Enchanted April (Costume Designer) End Days (Costume Designer) Falsettos (Costume/Hair/Makeup Design) Forever Stardust (Costume Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Costume, Hair and Makeup Design) Henry V (Company Dresser) I Am My Own Wife (Costume Design) Intimate Apparel (Costume Designer) La Béte (Hair/Makeup Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Costume Design) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Costume Designer) Love and Information (Costume Design) Man of La Mancha (Costume Design) Murder in the Cathedral (Costume Designer) My Old Lady (Costume Designer) Noises Off (Costume Design) Operation Stardust (Costume Designer) Philadelphia Story (Costume Designer) Present Laughter (Costume Design) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Rough Crossing (Costume Designer) Ruthless (Costume Designer / Hair and Wig Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Costume Design) Six Hotels (Costume Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Costume Designer) Sweeney Todd (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Swingtime Stardust (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Sylvia (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Tenderly (Costume Design) The 39 Steps (Hair & Wig Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hair/Wig Design) The Constant Wife (Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Costume Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Costume Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Costume Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Costume Designer) The Love List (Costume Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Costume Designer) The Real Thing (Costume, Hair & Makeup Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Costume Designer) The Seafarer (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Costume Design) The Taming of the Shrew (Costume Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Costume Designer) The Understudy (Costume Design) The Women (Costume Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Costume Designer) Unexpected Tenderness (Costume Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Costume Designer)

Co-Lighting Designer Jill Carter

Jill Carter

In 20 seasons and 61 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Lighting Designer) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scenic Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Co-Lighting Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Lighting Designer) American Buffalo (Lighting Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Digital Image Designer) Antony & Cleopatra (Lighting Designer) Baltimore Waltz (Lighting Designer) Billy (Lighting Designer) boom (Scenic Designer, Video Designer) Cymbeline (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Scenic Designer) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Scenic Designer) Dracula (Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) End Days (Video Designer) Enrico IV (Lighting Designer) Frozen (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Hamlet (Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Lighting Designer) Inspecting Carol (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Macbeth (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Scenic Designer) Measure for Measure (Scenic/Lighting Designer) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Scenic Design, Video Design) Operation: Stardust (Scenic Designer) Orphans (Lighting Designer) Psychopathia Sexualis (Scenic Designer) Rabbit Hole (Scenic Designer) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Scenic/Lighting Designer) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Scenic Designer) Rough Crossing (Scenic Designer) She Stoops to Conquer (Lighting Designer) Shining City (Lighting Designer) Sins of the Mother (Scenic Designer / Lighting Designer) Six Hotels (Lighting Designer) Sixties Chicks (Lighting/Video Designer) Sixties Kicks! (Video Production) Stardust for Christmas (Lighting Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Lighting Designer) Summer in the Sixties (Video Designer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Lighting Designer) The Elsinore Diaries (A/V Designer) The Last Schwartz (Lighting Designer) The Life and Death of King John (Scenic Designer) The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci (Scenic Designer) The Love List (Scenic & Lighting Designer, Scenic Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Scenic Designer, Lighting Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Scenic Designer) The Taming of the Shrew (Lighting & Video Designer) The Tempest (Scenic & Properties Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Lighting Designer) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lighting Designer) The Woman in Black (Scenic Co-Designer) Under a Mantle of Stars (Scenic Director) Unexpected Tenderness (Scenic Designer) Waiting for Godot (Lighting Designer)

Co-Lighting Designer Nick Shellman

Nick Shellman

In 7 seasons and 19 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Co-Lighting Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Lighting Designer) Arcadia (Lighting Designer) Assassins (Lighting Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Lighting Designer) Dracula (Lighting Designer) Forever Stardust (Lighting Designer) Hapgood (Lighting Designer) La Béte (Lighting Designer) Operation: Stardust (Lighting Designer) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Lighting Designer) Rough Crossing (Lighting Designer) Sixteen Words for Water (Lighting Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Lighting Designer) Summer in the Sixties (Lighting Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Lighting Designer) The Misanthrope (Lighting Designer) The Real Thing (Lighting Designer) The Tempest (Lighting Designer)

Sound Designer Karl Welty

Karl Welty

In 11 seasons and 28 shows at Harlequin:

A Long Day's Journey into Night (Sound Designer) A Man for All Seasons (Sound Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sound Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Guitar) A Streetcar Named Desire (Sound Designer/Composer) Arcadia (Sound Designer) Assassins (Sound Designer) Building Madness (Sound Design) Cymbeline (Sound Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Sound Designer) Dracula (Sound Designer) Forever Stardust (Sound Designer) Henry V (Sound Designer) Inspecting Carol (Sound Designer) La Béte (Sound Designer) Mad in Craft (Sound Designer) Murder for Two (Co-Sound Design) Operation: Stardust (Sound Designer) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sound Designer) She Stoops to Conquer (Sound Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Sound Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Sound Designer) The Misanthrope (Sound Designer) The Real Thing (Sound Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Sound Designer) The Tempest (Sound Designer) The Weir (Sound Designer)

Choreographer Chris Traber

Chris Traber

In 4 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Choreographer) Forever Stardust (Choreographer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Esther Craig, Choreographer) Swingtime Stardust (Esther Craig, Choreographer)

Properties/Stage Manager Shannon Waindle

Shannon Waindle

In 3 seasons and 8 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Properties/Asst. Stage Manager) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Properties/Stage Manager) Arcadia (Properties Designer/Stage Manager) Henry V (Assistant Stage Manager) Inspecting Carol (Stage Manager) La Béte (Stage Manager) Operation: Stardust (Properties/Stage Manager) She Stoops to Conquer (Properties/Asst. Stage Manager)

Matt Lee Duke Orsino

Matt Lee

In 7 seasons and 14 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Duke Orsino) Forever Stardust (Jack Baldwin) Inspecting Carol (Kevin Emery) La Béte (Valere) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Orsino) Rough Crossing (Freddie) Stardust for Emily Jean (Jack Baldwin) Swingtime Stardust (Jack Baldwin) The Importance of Being Earnest (John Worthing) The Lady's Not for Burning (Nicholas Devize) The Life and Death of King John (Earl of Pembroke/Soldier) The Misanthrope (Philinte) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. James Throttle/Stage Manager) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Charlie)

Jason Levergood Sebastian

Jason Levergood

In 1 season and 3 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Richard Roper) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sebastian) Operation: Stardust (Private Joe Divitz)

Jesse Hinds Antonio

Jesse Hinds

In 6 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Richard Rich) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Antonio) Arcadia (Understudy, Asst. Stage Manager) Murder in the Cathedral (Fight Director) Operation: Stardust (Private Joe Divitz (Dec 4-7)) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Antonio/Captain/Guard) Stardust for Emily Jean (Fight Director) The 39 Steps (Clown) The Rainmaker (Noah Curry, Fight Director)

Kathleen Gallagher Clementine/Bouncer 1/Priest

Kathleen Gallagher

In 8 seasons and 11 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Clementine/Bouncer 1/Priest) Assassins (Emma Goldman/Ensemble) Billy (Chorus/Journalist/Nancy) Forever Stardust (Rosemary Wyatt) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Helen) Operation: Stardust (Rosemary Wyatt) Stardust for Christmas (Rosemary Wyatt) Talking With (Dragons) The 1940s Radio Hour (Ginger) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Rosemary Wyatt) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Rosemary Wyatt)

Karen Naughton Curio/Fabian

Karen Naughton

In 7 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:

A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Curio/Fabian) A Streetcar Named Desire (Rosa/Rose Vendor/Nurse) Forever Stardust (Barbara Simms) Operation: Stardust (Barbara Simms) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Fabian) Stardust for Emily Jean (Barbara Simms-Hamilton) Stardust Radio Review (Barbara Simmons Hamilton) Swingtime Stardust (Barbara Simms-Hamilton) The Constant Wife (Mrs. Bentley, Asst. Stage Manager)

Andy Gordon Sir Toby Belch

Andy Gordon

Andy has worked as a playwright, director, and actor in Olympia for over 35 years. Acting credits include Estragon in Waiting for Godot, Sir Toby Belch in A Rock and Roll Twelfth Night, Clark in Lewis and Clark at the End of the World (Harlequin); Richard and Garnet in Equivocation, (Saint Martin’s) and Lear in King Lear (guest artist, Olympia School District). Directing credits include: The Glass Menagerie, Sylvia, Inspecting Carol (Harlequin) and Into the Woods (Saint Martin’s). Writing credits include The Wind in the Willows, Fishnapped! (with Amy Shephard) and A Murder for Old Time’s Sake.

In 16 seasons and 39 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Cardinal Wolsey) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch) Arcadia (Ezra Chater) Assassins (Sam Byck) Billy (Company/Producer) Cymbeline (Philario/Belarius) Cyrano de Bergerac (Citizen/Poet/Sentry) Dracula (Renfield) Forever Stardust (Harry Hamilton) Hamlet (Polonius/Osric) Hapgood (Russian) Henry V (Exeter/Nym/MacMorris/Bates) Inspecting Carol (Director) La Béte (Elomire) Letters from Waldo (Buster/Stubb/Post Officer Clerk) Lewis & Clark & the End of the World (William Clark) Operation: Stardust (Harry Hamilton) Reckless (Doctors 1 through 6) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch) Rough Crossing (Ivor Fish) She Stoops to Conquer (Tony Lumpkin, Constance Lumpkin) Stardust for Christmas (Harry Hamilton) Stardust for Emily Jean (Harry Hamilton) Swingtime Stardust (Harry Hamilton) Sylvia (Director) Talking With (Co-Stage Manager) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Gustav Mahler/Fess Parker/Scott/Craig/Gussy/Burl Ives' Evil Twin) The 1940s Radio Hour (Clifton) The Glass Menagerie (Director) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Nick Cricker/Durdles, Client of Puffer) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Harry Hamilton) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Harry Hamilton) The Treasurer (The Son) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Panthino/2nd Outlaw/Sir Eglamour) The Winter's Tale (Polixines) The Zoo Story (Jerry) Unexpected Tenderness (Dialect Coach) Wait Until Dark (Roat) Waiting for Godot (Estragon)

Jeff Kingsbury Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Jeff Kingsbury

In 6 seasons and 12 shows at Harlequin:

A Man for All Seasons (Thomas Cromwell) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) Billy (William) Dracula (Requiem Jongleur) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Charlie) Letters from Waldo (Choreographer) Operation: Stardust (Ray Fontaine) Stardust for Christmas (Ray Fontaine) The 1940s Radio Hour (Neal, Choreographer) The Rocky Horror Show (Frank N. Furter) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Ray Fontaine) Waiting for Godot (Pozzo)

Russ Holm Malvolio

Russ Holm

Favorite roles elsewhere include: the dual roles of Richard Burbage and William Jaggard in The Book of Will (SPSCC), Edmund in King Lear, El Gallo in The Fantasticks (Electric City Theatre), Charlie in The Foreigner, Hines in The Pajama Game (Abbey Players), Kenickie in Grease, Arthur in Camelot (Summer Showcase), Mr. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (Capital Playhouse), Geppetto in Pinocchio (Olympia Family Theatre) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (TAO). Russ is grateful for the opportunities to share stories on stage and looks forward to what lies ahead.