The Spitfire Grill Program

The Umbrella Stage Company
presents

Music and Book by James Valcq
Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley
Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Ilyse Robbins**
Music Director: Jack Cline
Stage Manager: Shauwna Dias Grillo*
Assistant Stage Manager: Leanna Niesen
Lighting Designer: Karen Perlow+
Sound Designer: Alex Berg
Costume Designer: Kelly Baker
Scenic Designer: Janie E. Howland+
Properties/Set Dressing Designer: Julia Wonkka
Stage Crew: Zoe Pepin
A1: Sarah Hobbs Butler
A1: Chris Brousseau
Lighting Programmer: Kaitlin Smith
Wardrobe Supervisor: Tree Brock
Scenic Design Assistant: Sarabeth Spector
Scenic Charge: Page Evett
EDI Consultant: Ariel Welch, Art & Soul Consulting
EDI Consultant: Kira Troilo, Art & Soul Consulting
Company Manager: Cathie Regan
Producing Artistic Director: Brian Boruta

* Appearing through an Agreement between this theater and Actor's Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
+ Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE
** Member, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Runtime: 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission

CONTENT ADVISORY: The Spitfire Grill contains mention and discussion of sexual assault, violence, and loss of a child. If you need more guidance about this content, please reach out.

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Catherine Lee Christie......Effy Krayneck
Sean Donnelly......Sheriff Joe Sutter
Kerry A. Dowling*......Hannah Ferguson
Liza Giangrande......Percy Talbott
Cristhian Mancinas-Garcìa......The Visitor
Shonna McEachern*......Shelby Thorpe
Anthony Pires, Jr.*......Caleb Thorpe

UNDERSTUDIES

John Breen.....u/s Sheriff/Visitor
Cristhian Mancinas-Garcìa......u/s Caleb Thorpe
Kara Chu Nelson......u/s Percy Talbott/Shelby Thorpe
Katie Pickett......u/s Hannah Ferguson/Effy Krayneck
Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

BAND

Conductor: James Haupt
Piano: James Haupt
Guitar/Mandolin: Brooks Clarke
Guitar/Mandolin: Robert Draper
Accordion: Erica Risti
Violin: Ellie Monaco
Cello: Paul Alperin

SET LIST

Act I
A Ring Around the Moon - Percy
Something’s Cooking at the Spitfire Grill - Company
Out of the Frying Pan - Percy
When Hope Goes - Shelby
Ice and Snow - Caleb, Joe, Effy
The Colors of Paradise - Percy and Shelby
Digging Stone - Caleb
This Wide Woods - Joe and Percy
Forgotten Lullaby - Hannah
Shoot the Moon - Hannah and Company

Act II
Come Alive Again - Hannah and Company
Forest for the Trees - Joe
Wild Bird - Shelby
Shine - Percy
Way Back Home - Hannah
Finale - Company

Related to our mission of enriching lives and building a vibrant, inclusive community through the arts we would like to acknowledge that the land we use for classes and events and the land on which The Umbrella is built on the Musketaquid area, original homelands of the Nipmuc and Massachusett peoples. We acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory, and we honor and respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land on which we gather.

  *The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

  +The scenic designers are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

   **The Director-Choreographer of this production is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

 The Umbrella receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to everyone who has made this production possible, in particular: The Concord Players, Katie Cimet, Carl Luedeke, and Wendy Page

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