CCMOnStage MUSICALS Presents

XANADU

Book by Douglas Carter Beane 
Music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar 

Based on the Universal Pictures film with a screenplay by Richard Danus & Marc Rubel 
Originally produced on Broadway by Robert Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Tara Smith/B. Swibel, Sara Murchison/Dale Smith & Cari Smulyan

Oct. 21-24; Oct. 28-31, 2021, Patricia Corbett Theater

  • Director and Choreographer Diane Lala
  • Musical Director Ian Axness*
  • Assistant Director August Bagg*
  • Assistant Choreographer/Dance Captain Jenna Bienvenue*
  • Scenic Designer Mark Halpin
  • Lighting Designer Alaina Pizzoferrato*
  • Media Designer Jason Bowden*
  • Costume Coordinator Brittannie McKenna Travis*
  • Sound Designer Alex Brock*
  • Wig & Make-Up Designer Kelly Yurko
  • Production Stage Manager Emma Heath*
  • Prop Masters Noam Denenberg*, Maddy Byrnes*
  • Dialect Coach Sarah Summerwell

*CCM Student

XANADU is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Ashton Francis and our Skate Coaches — Elizabeth Payne, Joshua Castillo and Ada Gee.

Time and Place

Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California, 1980.

Xanadu will last approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.

The Company

  • Clio, Kira | Cassie Maurer
  • Sonny | Leo Carmody
  • Danny Maguire, Zeus | Tyler Martin
  • Calliope, Aphrodite | Chesney Mitchell
  • Melpomene, Medusa | Kassi McMillan
  • Thalia, Siren, Young Danny, ‘80s Singer, Cyclops | Eli Owens
  • Euterpe, Siren, ‘40s Singer, Thetis | Haley Root
  • Erato, Siren, ‘40s Singer, Eros, Hera | Alloria Frayser
  • Terpsichore, Siren, ‘80s Singer, Hermes, Centaur | Jamal Stone
  • Featured Skater | Jenna Bienvenue
  • Featured Skater | Madison Mosley
  • Cover/Swing Calliope/Euterpe | Sarah Jane Nelson
  • Cover/Swing Thalia/Terpsichore | Michael Lee Jr.
  • Cover Erato | Madison Mosley
  • Standby Clio/Kira | Alli Bossart
  • Standby Sonny/Swing Young Danny | Andrew Burke
  • Standby Danny | Tate McElhaney

Musical Numbers

  • “I’m Alive” | Clio/Kira and the Muses
  • “Magic” | Kira
  • “Evil Woman” |Melpomene, Calliope, and the Sirens
  • “Suddenly” | Kira and Sonny
  • “Whenever You’re Away From Me” |Danny and Kira
  • “Dancin’ “ | Danny, Sonny, and the Muses
  • “Strange Magic” |Melpomene, Calliope, and Kira
  • “All Over The World” | Sonny, Danny, and the Muses
  • “Don’t Walk Away” | Sonny, Danny, and the Muses
  • “Fool” |Kira and the Muses
  • “The Fall” |Sonny and the Muses
  • “Suspended In Time” |Kira and Sonny
  • “Have You Never Been Mellow” |Kira and the Greek gods
  • “Xanadu” | Kira, Sonny, Danny, and the Muses

“Xanadu,” “All Over The World,” “The Fall,” “I’m Alive,” “Evil Woman,” “Don’t Walk Away” and “Strange Magic” written by Jeff Lynne, published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc.

“Magic,” “Suddenly,” “Dancin’,” “Suspended In Time,” “Whenever You’re Away From Me,” “Fool” and “Have You Never Been Mellow” written by John Farrar, published by John Farrar Music.

Orchestra Roster

  • Ian Axness, conductor/keyboard 1
  • Matt Welsh, keyboard 2
  • Maxwell Shirley, guitar
  • Alex Merk, drums
  • Brooks Salloum, bass

Production Staff

  • Technical Director | Stephanie O’Rear
  • Assistant Stage Managers | Haileigh Warren, Indy Caramelli, Rachel Ledington
  • Production Assistant | Hannah Kate Hawver
  • Assistant Production Managers | Leah Berry, Emma King
  • Assistant Scenic Designer | Abigail Heyd
  • Assistant Lighting Designers| Baron Leon, Natalia Carlson
  • Assistant Wig and Make-Up Designer| Collin Gallaher
  • Wardrobe Supervisor| Iris Harmon
  • Costume Running Crew| Peggie Dona, Brady Smith, Macay Smith 
  • Master Electrician| Dionte Mercado
  • Assistant Master Electrician | Sydney Riddle
  • Lighting Programmer | Sydney Hunt
  • Board Operator | Abby Fluck
  • Followspot Operators | Arcadia Paff, James Allison
  • Media Programmer | Paige Baumann
  • Media Tech/Operator | Rama Van Gils
  • Deck Electrician | Roza Gavriilidis
  • Assistant Technical Director | Logan Vanderpool
  • Master Carpenter | Hunter Lee
  • Automation Programmer/Operator | Hunter Lee
  • Set Construction Crew| Mia Adrian, Shelby Allred, Annalee Crosser, Peggie Dona, Izzy Dillon, Abby Fluck, Sophia Gamble, Hannah Kate Hawver, Ashton Karp, Bri Kelley, Benji Lookatch, Emily Mallendick, Nat Miller, Liz Mitan, Arcadia Paff, Meredith Randall, Ryan Rasko, Melanie Reitman, Anika Shirvaiker, Brady Smith, Cassie Smith, Macay Smith, Lucia Thill, Sam Verba, Lauren Wooten
  • Scenic Charge Artist| Anna Campisano
  • Scenic Artist’s Assistant| Amber Szpak
  • Paint Crew| Suzanne Barnes, Ali Flanagan, Sami Tamulonis, Amber Szpak
  • Scene Shop Assistants| Mckenna Brennan, Maya Eberhardt, Aaron Graham, Thomas Iodice, Grace Mayo, Stephanie O’Rear, Janay Sukkarieh, Logan Vanderpool
  • Set/Props Running Crew| Mia Adrian, Shelby Allred, Izzy Dillon, Emily Mallendick, Meredith Randall, Melanie Reitman, Cassie Smith
  • Assistant Sound Designer | Corbin Hopkins
  • Production Sound Engineer | Christopher Berger
  • Mic Crew | Brenden Friedel, Frank Jernigan, Bri Kelly
  • Sound A1 | Geoffrey Mintz
  • Sound A2 | Alec Group
  • Sound Board Operator| Kayla Chen
  • Sound Load in/Out| Christopher Berger, Alex Brock, Kayla Chen, Alec Group, Corbin Hopkins, Ryan Hurt, Geoffrey Mintz, Aaron Woodstein
  • Sound Shop Graduate Assistants| Alex Brock, Ryan Hurt, Patrick Kiernan, Aaron Woodstein
  • Wig and Make-Up Running Crew| Sophia Gamble, Liz Mitan
  • Wardrobe Heads | Amira Rowe, Savannah Brooks, Corey Cochran
  • Props Construction Crew| Suzanne Barnes, Paige Baumann, Benjamin Beardon , Hannah Buford, Maddy Byrnes, Indy Caramelli, Noam Denenberg, Madisen Frazier, Brian Haak, Sean Haffey, Alex Henry, Rachel Ledington, Quinn Morgan, Sarah Patisaul, Katherine Reus, Sage Shepard, Amber Szpak, Samuel Wilson, Vincent Vandeleest, Natalie Zimmerman
  • Stage Management Office Assistant| Jie Min

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Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust
Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship Sponsor
The Corbett Endowment at CCM
Dance Department Sponsor
All-Steinway School Sponsor
Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation, Inc.
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Visiting Artists & Thinking About Music Sponsor
Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer 
Greg Mathein 
Gary & Barb Cummins 
Jim & Linda Miller 
George & Carroll Roden
Musical Theatre Department Sponsors
Genevieve Smith
Opera Production Sponsor
Rafael and Kimberly de Acha
Opera D’Arte Sponsor
An Anonymous Donor
Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander
Mrs. William A. Friedlander
Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth
Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen
Elizabeth C.B. Sittenfeld
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman
Mrs. Theodore W. Striker
Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer
Ariel Quartet Sponsors
Jan Rogers
Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation
Choral Studies Sponsors
Anonymous
  Classical Guitar Sponsor

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn
Orchestral Sponsor
Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation
Starling Pre-Collegiate Sponsor
Starling Strings Sponsor
Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson
Thom Miles and Roberta Gary
Organ Department Sponsors
Keyboard Club of Cincinnati
Louis and Susan Meisel
Piano Department Sponsors
Kevin and Nancy Rhein
   Wind Studies Sponsor
Buddy Rogers Music
LINKS Sponsor
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