When blind date newbie Aaron is set up with serial-dater Casey, a casual drink at a busy New York restaurant turns into a hilarious high-stakes dinner. As the date unfolds in real time, the couple quickly finds that they are not alone on this unpredictable evening. In a delightful and unexpected twist, Casey and Aaron’s inner critics take on a life of their own when other restaurant patrons transform into supportive best friends, manipulative exes and protective parents who sing and dance them through ice-breakers, appetizers and potential conversational land mines. Can this couple turn what could be a dating disaster into something special before the check arrives?
First Date
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June/July 2017
Cast & Creative
Linda Whitney
In 27 seasons and 109 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Director / Scenic Designer) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Director) A Man for All Seasons (Scenic Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Director, Director/Scenic Designer) A Stardust Homecoming (Director) A Streetcar Named Desire (Director/Scenic Designer) American Buffalo (Set Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Director/Scenic Designer) Antony & Cleopatra (Scenic Designer) Arcadia (Director) Art (Director/Scenic Designer/Costume Designer) As You Like It (Scenic Designer) Assassins (Director/Scenic Designer) Billy (Director/Scenic Designer) boom (Director) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Director / Scenic Designer) Clybourne Park (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Streets (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Dracula (Scenic Designer) Dry Powder (Scenic Designer) Enchanted April (Director & Set Designer) End Days (Director, Scenic Designer) First Date (Director) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Scenic Designer, Costume Designer) Forever Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Frozen (Costume Designer) Gloucester Blue (Scenic Designer) Hamlet (Costume Designer, Scenic Designer) Hapgood (Scenic Designer) Henry V (Scenic Designer) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Director/Scenic Designer) Intimate Apparel (Director/Scenic Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Director, Scenic Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Director/Scenic Designer) Letters from Waldo (Scenic/Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Director) Mad in Craft (Scenic Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Director / Scenic Designer) Mauritius (Scenic Designer) Murder in the Cathedral (Scenic Designer) My Old Lady (Scenic Designer) Operation Stardust (Director) Operation: Stardust (Director) Or, (Scenic Designer) Orphans (Scenic Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Philadelphia Story (Director / Scenic Designer) Present Laughter (Director) Recent Tragic Events (Scenic Designer) Reckless (Scenic Designer) Richard III (Scenic Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Costume Designer) Rough Crossing (Director) Shining City (Costume Designer) Sixteen Words for Water (Scenic Designer) Sixties Chicks (Director) Sixties Chicks Too (Director) Sixties Kicks! (Director) Soul on Fire! (Costume Designer) Stardust for Christmas (Director, Scenic Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director) Summer in the Sixties (Director, Scenic Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Talking With (Co-Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Scenic/Costume Designer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Director, Scenic Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Director, Scenic Design) The Constant Wife (Director/Scenic Designer) The Dumbwaiter (Scenic/Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Director / Scenic Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Scenic Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Director/Scenic Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Director/Scenic Designer) The Last Five Years (Director / Scenic Designer / Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Director / Scenic Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Director) The Rainmaker (Scenic Designer) The Real Thing (Scenic Designer) The Seafarer (Set Designer) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Co-Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director/Scenic Designer) The Taming of the Shrew (Scenic Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) The Understudy (Scenic Design) The Winter's Tale (Scenic Designer) The Zoo Story (Scenic/Costume Designer) Time Stands Still (Scenic Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Scenic Designer) Waiting for Godot (Scenic Designer) What I Did Last Summer (Co-Director/Scenic Designer)
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)
Jeannie Beirne
Jeannie Beirne is the Resident Scenic Designer for Harlequin Productions. She has also enjoyed working with The Olympia Family Theatre, Saint Martin’s University, and South Puget Sound Community College. In Missouri, she has designed Urinetown and The Music Man with Missouri Western State University, and The Drowsy Chaperone, She Loves Me, and Damn Yankees for Tent Theater. In Arizona, Jeannie designed Mama and Jack Carew and the world premiere of Suocera by Hal Corley at the Theatre Artists Studio and Big Love with Kim Weild at Arizona State University.
In 10 seasons and 36 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Scenic Design) A Doll's House (Scenic Design) August: Osage County (Scenic Design) Building Madness (Scenic Design) Cabaret (Scenic Design) Every Brilliant Thing (Scenic Design) Falsettos (Scenic Design) Fighting Over Beverley (Scenic Designer) First Date (Scenic Design) Fun Home (Scenic Design) Hedda Gabler (Scenic Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Scenic Design) Hundred Days (Scenic Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Scenic Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Scenic Design) Little Shop of Horrors (Scenic Designer) Love and Information (Scenic Design) Man of La Mancha (Scenic Design) Middletown (Scenic Designer) Noises Off (Scenic Design) Present Laughter (Scenic Design) Pride and Prejudice (Scenic Design) Ruthless (Scenic Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Scenic Design) Sweeney Todd (Scenic Design) Tenderly (Scenic Design) The 1940s Radio Hour (Scenic Designer) The 39 Steps (Scenic Designer) The Highest Tide (Scenic Design) The Language Archive (Scenic Designer / Video Designer) Three Days of Rain (Scenic Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Scenic Designer) Until the Flood (Scenic Design)
Jocelyne Fowler
In 9 seasons and 16 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Costume Designer) Blackbird (Costume Design) Clybourne Park (Costume Designer) Cymbeline (Costume Design) Dry Powder (Costume Designer) First Date (Costume Design) Gloucester Blue (Costume Designer) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Costume Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Costume Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Costume Design) Middletown (Costume Designer) Sixties Chicks Too (Costume Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Costume Designer) The Highest Tide (Costume Design) The Language Archive (Costume Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Costume Designer)
Mark Thomason
Mark is a local lighting designer based in Tacoma and teaches technical theatre and design at Tacoma School of the Arts and occasionally at the University of Puget Sound, having spent most of the last 20 years as a lighting designer, production manager, and technical director; he also works with Zombie Orpheus Entertainment and much of his film work can be seen on The Fantasy Network. BA in Theatre Production from Bradley University.
In 11 seasons and 20 shows at Harlequin:
A Doll's House (Lighting Design) Dry Powder (Lighting Designer) Falsettos (Lighting Design) First Date (Lighting Design) Fun Home (Lighting Design) I Am My Own Wife (Lighting Design) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Lighting Design) Murder for Two (Lighting Design) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Lighting Design) Noises Off (Lighting Design) Richard III (Lighting Designer) Sweeney Todd (Lighting Design) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Lighting Design) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Lighting Design) The Glass Menagerie (Lighting Designer) The Lady's Not for Burning (Lighting Designer) The Language Archive (Lighting Designer) The Last Five Years (Lighting Designer) The Lonesome West (Lighting Designer) Until the Flood (Lighting Design)
Keith Jewell
In 21 seasons and 74 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Co-Sound Design) A Christmas Survival Guide (Sound Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Sound Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Sound Designer) A Stardust Homecoming (Sound Designer) Accomplice (Sound Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Sound Designer) August: Osage County (Sound Design) Baskerville (Sound Design) boom (Sound Designer) Cabaret (Sound Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Sound Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Audio Engineer) Deathtrap (Sound Design) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Sound Designer) Enchanted April (Sound Designer) Every Brilliant Thing (Sound Design) First Date (Sound Design) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Sound Designer) Fun Home (Sound Design) Hedda Gabler (Sound Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Sound Design) Hundred Days (Sound Design) Intimate Apparel (Sound Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Sound Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Sound Design) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Sound Designer) Let the Good Times Roll! (Audio Engineer) Little Shop of Horrors (Sound Designer) Love and Information (Sound Design) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Sound Design) Man of La Mancha (Sound Design) Mating Dance of the Werewolf (Sound Designer) Middletown (Sound Designer) Murder for Two (Co-Sound Design) Operation Stardust (Sound Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Sound Designer) Philadelphia Story (Sound Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Sound Designer) Ruthless (Sound Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Sound Design) Sixties Chicks (Sound Designer) Sixties Chicks Too (Sound Designer) Sixties Kicks! (Sound Designer) Soul on Fire! (Audio Engineer) Stardust for Christmas (Sound Designer) Summer in the Sixties (Sound Designer) Sweeney Todd (Sound Design) Tenderly (Sound Design) The 1940s Radio Hour (Sound Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Sound Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Sound Design) The Constant Wife (Sound Designer) The Elsinore Diaries (Sound Designer) The Highest Tide (Sound Design, Sound Designer) The Last Five Years (Sound Designer ) The Love List (Sound Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Sound Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Sound Design) The Taming of the Shrew (Sound Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Sound Designer) The Understudy (Sound Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Sound Designer) Until the Flood (Sound Design)
Jeff Leigh
In 7 seasons and 31 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Properties Designer) August: Osage County (Properties Design) Clybourne Park (Properties Designer) Dry Powder (Properties Designer) First Date (Properties Design) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Properties Designer) Gloucester Blue (Properties Designer) Hedda Gabler (Properties Designer) Henry V (Properties Master) I Am My Own Wife (Properties Design) Jesus Christ Superstar (Properties Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Properties Designer) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Properties Design) Or, (Properties Master) Philadelphia Story (Properties Designer) Present Laughter (Properties Design) Recent Tragic Events (Properties Designer) Ruthless (Properties Designer) The 39 Steps (Properties Designer) The Language Archive (Properties Designer) The Last Schwartz (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Properties Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Properties Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Properties Design) The Understudy (Properties Design) Three Days of Rain (Properties Design) Time Stands Still (Properties Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Properties Designer) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Properties Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Properties Designer)
Amy Shephard
A long time performer in the Pacific Northwest, Amy holds a BA in Performance from The Evergreen State College and a Master’s Degree in Applied Drama at The University of Exeter. Favorite roles include Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web (Olympia Family Theater), Maria in Twelfth Night or What You Will (Animal Fire Theater), The Mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Olympia Family Theater and Nell Gwyn in Or, (Harlequin Productions). Amy would like to thank everyone on the production team for being such wonderful people to share this experience with. Thanks finally to her family, friends, Andy & Alex, and the Olympia community for the continued support of the arts.
In 9 seasons and 17 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Ensemble) Cabaret (Rosie) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Choreographer) First Date (Choreographer) Hundred Days (Abigail Bengson) Little Shop of Horrors (Doo-Wop Girl, Choreographer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Vocalist, Choreographer) Or, (Nell Gwynne, Maria, Jailer) Sixties Chicks Too (Ensemble, Choreographer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Choreographer) The 39 Steps (Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Rosalie Denton, Choreographer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Choreography) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Rosalie Denton, Choreography) The Understudy (Choreographer)
Bruce Haasl
Other favorite roles include Roger in Rent, Claude in Hair and Jamie in The Last Five Years. Bruce also works behind the curtain. He has designed and built sets for over 300 productions, including some here at Harlequin. He is very proud and honored to be a part of this beautiful and significant show.
In 9 seasons and 22 shows at Harlequin:
Baskerville (Scenic Design) Blackbird (Scenic Design) Cabaret (Ernst Ludwig) Cymbeline (Scenic Design) Falsettos (Mendel) First Date (Aaron) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Tripp) Fun Home (Understudy Bruce and Roy/Mark/Pete/Bobby Jeremy) I Am My Own Wife (Scenic Design) Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Vocalist, Properties Design) Present Laughter (Hugo Lyppiatt) Sweeney Todd (Ensemble) Tenderly (The Doctor) The 1940s Radio Hour (Clifton A. Feddington) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Eddie Compton) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Eddie Compton) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Eddie Higgsby (Compton)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Eddie Higgsby) The Women (Scenic Design) This Flat Earth (Scenic Design) What the Constitution Means to Me (Scenic Design)
Kyle Henick
Kyle is a 2010 graduate of WWU and a Seattle based actor and musician. You may have seen him recently around town as Wednesday in Pellegrino Noir. Or maybe up in Seattle at Jet City Improv’s A Tribe Called Yes. Other credits include Adam in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, Brandon in Bordersongs, and Jamie in The Last Five Years.
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
First Date (Reggie / Man #2)
Will Lippman
Will is a graduate of Central Washington University’s acting program, as well as the 2016 cohort of the Intiman Emerging Artists Program. He has performed in numerous productions in and around the Seattle area, including Psycho Beach Party at Fantastic Z, The Fog Machine Play at Copious Love, and Wait Until Dark with Driftwood Players.
In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:
Cymbeline (Posthumus/Cloten) First Date (Gabe / Man #1)
Eleise Moore
Eleise is an Olympia native who is happy to return to the beautiful PNW and make it her home again. While not on stage, Eleise is a Civic Education Tour guide at the Capitol building. While not acting or giving civics lessons to school kids, Eleise likes to find incredible food and quiet campfires wherever she can. As a proud member of the Harlequin board, she would like to thank everyone for supporting theater and your Olympia community.
In 9 seasons and 12 shows at Harlequin:
A Bright Room Called Day (Zillah) Baskerville (Player) Every Brilliant Thing (self) First Date (Lauren / Woman #1) Fun Home (Medium Alison) Man of La Mancha (Assistant Director) Recent Tragic Events (Stage Manager) Ruthless (Miss Thorne / Miss Block) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Inspector Lestrade/Ensemble) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (self) The Women (Miriam Aarons)
Christie Oldright
Christie has been doing theater locally for many years, and after taking a brief break for Graduate school, she is excited to be back in the theater community. Favorite roles and performances include: Oklahoma! (5th Avenue Theatre), Nine, Musical of Musicals the Musical (Tacoma Musical Playhouse), Cathy in The Last 5 Years (Centralia Community College), Maureen in Rent, Jo in Little Women (Capital Playhouse), Ulla in The Producers, and Chrissy in Hair (UTEP Dinner Theatre). Christie played D1 volleyball at University of Texas at El Paso while receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance, then pursued a Masters of Arts in Education from Pacific Lutheran University. She currently teaches 8th grade Language Arts at Salish Middle School.
In 3 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:
First Date (Casey) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Vocalist) The 1940s Radio Hour (Ginger Brooks) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Amalie Jardin)
Evan Sullivan
Evan is a recent transplant to Washington State, having moved to Olympia from Kentucky. Since his arrival, Evan has appeared in several productions around the region, including on the Evergreen Playhouse stage as Danny in Grease, George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life, and Pa Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie. Olympia audiences may have also seen him in Olympia Little Theater’s production of Lion in Winter as Richard Lionheart. Back East, Evan has appeared on stages throughout the region in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Tennessee. He has also been seen in several music videos, independent films, and commercials. Favorite roles include Curly in Oklahoma!, Marius in Les Miserables, Harold Hill in The Music Man, and The Baker in Into the Woods. When he is not on stage, Evan is an avid board gamer, student of history, and outdoor enthusiast.
In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:
Cymbeline (Iachimo) First Date (Waiter / Man #3) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Denny)
Carolyn Willems Van Dijk
A Wisconsin native, Carolyn holds a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from the Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre at the University of Oklahoma. Local credits include: The Pajama Game (Carmen), The Sound of Music, Paint Your Wagon, Elf: The Musical, Oklahoma!, and Cinderella at The 5th Avenue Theatre; Peter Rabbit and Me (Peter), The Monster Under the Bed (Celine), and Cinder Edna (Edna) at Olympia Family Theater; The Secret Garden (Martha), Little Women (Meg), and Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife) at Capital Playhouse. Her choreography was seen most recently in the Olympia School District Player’s production of Annie. In addition to performing, Carolyn and her husband, Harrison, led a year-long children’s theater tour with Dakota Players targeted at rural communities in South Dakota and spent a summer in India working with Artists Striving to End Poverty.
In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:
First Date (Allison / Woman #2) The 1940s Radio Hour (Connie Miller)
David Broyles
David is a self-taught axeman who excels in a wide variety of styles and has been applying his craft in the Northwest music scene for over 35 years. He has played with funk groups Bump Kitchen, Sweatband, and Mother’s Friends; the improv jazz-rock group Jam Camp; and the swing group The Hot Five. Currently, he plays in the band Pontiac Alley, a diverse Americana outfit, and the 90’s tribute band Smelly Cat.
In 15 seasons and 18 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Guitar/Banjo) Cabaret (Guitar/Banjo) Dancin' in the Aisles (Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Guitar) First Date (Guitar) Forever Stardust (Dave Clapton, guitar) Fun Home (Guitar) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Jacek (Guitar)) Hundred Days (Guitar) Little Shop of Horrors (Guitar) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Guitar) Sixties Chicks Too (Guitar) Sixties Kicks! (self) Soul on Fire! (Guitar) Stardust for Emily Jean (Dave Clapton, guitar) Swingtime Stardust (Dave Clapton, guitar) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Guitar) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Dave Masters (Guitar))
Andy Garness
In 10 seasons and 21 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Drums) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Drums) Cabaret (Drums/Percussion) Falsettos (Drums and Percussion) First Date (Drums) Fun Home (Percussion) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Schlatko (Drums)) Hundred Days (Drums) Jesus Christ Superstar (Drums) Little Shop of Horrors (Drums / Percussion) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Drums / Percussions) Man of La Mancha (Pedro/Drums and Percussion) Ruthless (Drums / Percussion) Sixties Chicks Too (Drums) Tenderly (Drums/Percussion) The 1940s Radio Hour (Biff Baker, Drums) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Cosmo Ritchie, Drums) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums))
Rick Jarvela
Rick has been an active bass player in the Puget Sound area since 1978. He has performed with the Tacoma Symphony, Olympia Symphony, Olympia Chamber Orchestra, Sweatband, Mood Swing, Size 3 and The Hot Five. His Harlequin credits include Tenderly, Man of La Mancha, First Date, Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, Assassins, A Rock N’ Roll Twelfth Night, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dancin’ In The Streets, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sixties Chicks, Sixties Kicks! and so many Stardust shows that he has lost count! Rick currently performs with the Jazz Senators, teaches private lessons and performs as a freelance bassist. Rick wishes to thank his wife Kay, and kids Nicole and Aaron for their continued support.
In 26 seasons and 47 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Bass) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Dexter Brown / bass, Dexter Brown, Bass) A Stardust Homecoming (Dexter Brown (bass)) Arcadia (Acoustic Bass) Assassins (Bass) Cabaret (Bass) Dancin' in the Aisles (Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Bass) First Date (Bass) Forever Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Fun Home (Bass) Hundred Days (Bass) Jesus Christ Superstar (Bass) Let the Good Times Roll! (Bass) Little Shop of Horrors (Bass) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Bass) Man of La Mancha (Tenorio/Tuba) Operation Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass) Operation: Stardust (Private Dexter Brown, bass) Phantom of the Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) Sixties Chicks (Bass) Sixties Chicks Too (Bass) Sixties Kicks! (self) Soul on Fire! (Bass) Stardust for Christmas (Dexter Brown, Bass, Alber Jenson) Stardust for Emily Jean (Dexter Brown, bass) Stardust Radio Review (Dexter Brown, bass) Summer in the Sixties (Bass) Swingtime Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Bass) Tenderly (Bass) The 1940s Radio Hour (Bass) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Christopher Lyon, bass) The Rocky Horror Show (Bass) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Dexter Brown, Bass) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Albert Jenson) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass)
Brent Pendleton
A native of Texas, the focus of Brent’s life and career has been on music. He was writing songs on his grandfather’s piano at the age of four. He has toured the country with bands playing fairs and opening for such acts as the Beach Boys, Shelly West, and Louise Mandrel. Brent was also active in the recording circuit, producing over 150 sessions in Dallas recording studios. In 1994, he was the bandleader for 12-year-old LeAnn Rimes and returned to work for her in 1998, performing in all her concerts and television appearances, including The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, the CMA Awards, and Good Morning America. Brent composed and recorded three pieces of music for and appeared in the movie “What the Bleep Do We Know”. He was nominated for an Emmy award in 2007 for a musical interview show he produced and hosted titled “Northwest Notes.”
In 7 seasons and 7 shows at Harlequin:
First Date (Keyboards) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Skszp (Band Leader/Piano)) Hundred Days (Band Coordinator/Keys) Jesus Christ Superstar (Keyboard) Little Shop of Horrors (Piano) Sixties Chicks Too (Keyboards) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Cowtown Jimmy Smith, Band Leader)
Daven Tillinghast
In 7 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Guitar) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Buddy St. Clair / guitar) A Stardust Homecoming (Les Howard (guitar)) First Date (Keyboards / Guitar) Jesus Christ Superstar (Sax) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Bucky St. Clair, guitar) Summer in the Sixties (Guitar) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Bucky St. Clair, Guitar) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Bucky St. Clair (Guitar))
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)