MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director/CEO | DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director
GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director
IRA PITTELMAN & TOM HULCE
STEPHEN GABRIEL AND BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE
SONY/ATV PUBLISHING EMI ENTERTAINMENT WORLD, INC JOSH BERGER KEN SCHUR RON SIMONS STEPHEN BYRD ALIA JONES-HARVEY RUTH & STEPHEN HENDEL CHERYL WIESENFELD HARRIET NEWMAN LEVE JEFFREY FINN GABRIEL CREATIVE PARTNERS DARREN BAGERT WENDY FEDERMAN SUSAN QUINT GALLIN MICKEY LIDDELL ROBERT AHRENS CHRISTOPHER MARING DAVID MIRVISH STACY JACOBS MARIANNE MILLS LORAINE ALTERMAN BOYLE DEROY-WINKLER KARMAZIN-MCCABE ZELL-KIERSTEAD DEBORAH BARRERA ROBYN & LARRY GOTTESDIENER THE ARACA GROUP RASHAD V. CHAMBERS MIKE EVANS JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION MIKE KARNS WILLETTE & MANNY KLAUSNER GABRIELLE PALITZ NO GUARANTEES WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS UNIVERSAL MUSIC THEATRICAL
AND
JOHN LEGEND/MIKE JACKSON/TY STIKLORIUS
Book By
Dominique Morisseau
Based on the Book Entitled
THE TEMPTATIONS BY OTIS WILLIAMS with PATRICIA ROMANOWSKI
Music and Lyrics From
THE LEGENDARY MOTOWN CATALOG
Music by Arrangement with
SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING
JALEN HARRIS HARRELL HOLMES JR. MARCUS PAUL JAMES JAMES T. LANE ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS MICHAEL ANDREAUS GREGORY CARL BANKS JR. BRIAN C. BINION REED CAMPBELL LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE SHAYLA BRIELLE G. TRESTON J. HENDERSON NAJAH HETSBERGER DEVIN HOLLOWAY JAMARI JOHNSON WILLIAMS TRACI ELAINE LEE BRETT MICHAEL LOCKLEY OMAR MADDEN DWAYNE P. MITCHELL AMBER MARIAH TALLEY CHRISTIAN THOMPSON ANDREW VOLZER NAZARRIA WORKMAN
Scenic Design
Robert Brill
Costume Design
Paul Tazewell
Lighting Design
Howell Binkley
Sound Design
Steve Canyon Kennedy
Production Design
Peter Nigrini
Hair and Wig Design
Charles G. Lapointe
Fight Director
Steve Rankin
Associate Choreographer
Edgar Godineaux
Music Coordinator
John Miller
Production Supervisor
Molly Meg Legal
Production Stage Manager
Nicole Olson
Music Direction/Conductor
Jonathan "Smitti" Smith
Associate Director
Logan Vaughn
General Management
Work Light Productions
Company Manager
Arthur J.M. Callahan
Casting
Tara Rubin Casting
Merri Sugarman, C.S.A.
Executive Producers
Otis Williams
Shelly Berger
Associate Producer
Linda J. Stewart
Technnical Supervisor
Port City Technical
Orchestrations by
Harold Wheeler
Music Supervision and Arrangement by
Kenny Seymour
Choreographed by
Sergio Trujillo
Directed by
Des McAnuff
Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones and watch alarms. The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, is strictly prohibited.
CAST
(in order of appearance)
Otis Williams . . . . . MARCUS PAUL JAMES
PAUL Williams . . . . . JAMES T. LANE
Melvin Franklin . . . . . HARRELL HOLMES JR.
Eddie Kendricks . . . . . JALEN HARRIS
David Ruffin . . . . . ELIJAH AHMAD LEWIS
Slick Talk Fella . . . . . LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE
Straight Talk Fella . . . . . DWAYNE P. MITCHELL
"Gloria" Soloist . . . . . DEVIN HOLLOWAY
Al Bryant . . . . . BRETT MICHAEL LOCKLEY
Mama Rose . . . . . SHAYLA BRIELLE G.
Johnnie Mae . . . . . TRACI ELAINE LEE
Berry Gordy . . . . . MICHAEL ANDREAUS
Smokey Robinson . . . . . LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE, OMAR MADDEN
Diana Ross . . . . . AMBER MARIAH TALLEY
Florence Ballard . . . . . SHAYLA BRIELLE G>
Mary Wilson . . . . . TRACI ELAINE LEE
Josephine . . . . . NAJAH HETSBERGER
Tammi Terrell . . . . . SHAYLA BRIELLE G.
Shelly Berger . . . . . REED CAMPBELL
Norman Whitfield . . . . . BRETT MICHAEL LOCKLEY
Delivery Man . . . . . DEVIN HOLLOWAY
Dennis Edwards . . . . . DWAYNE P. MITCHELL
Richard Street . . . . . DEVIN HOLLOWAY
Damon Harris . . . . . LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE, OMAR MADDEN
Lamont . . . . . GREGORY CARL BANKS, JR.
Ensemble
MICHAEL ANDREAUS, GREGORY CARL BANKS, JR., REED CAMPBELL, LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE, SHAYLA BRIELLE G., NAJAH HETSBERGER, DEVIN HOLLOWAY, TRACI ELAINE LEE,
BRETT MICHAEL LOCKLEY, DWAYNE P. MITCHELL, AMBER MARIAH TALLEY
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for the listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.
For Otis Williams
MICHAEL ANDREAUS, LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE,
OMAR MADDEN, JAMARI JOHNSON WILLIAMS
For Paul Williams
BRIAN C. BINION, BRETT MICHAEL LOCKLEY, CHRISTIAN THOMPSON
For Melvin Franklin
MICHAEL ANDREAUS, LAWRENCE DANDRIDGE,
OMAR MADDEN, JAMARI JOHNSON WILLIAMS
For Eddie Kendricks
DEVIN HOLLOWAY, DWAYNE P. MITCHELL, JAMARI JOHNSON WILLIAMS
For David Ruffin
BRIAN C. BINION, DEVIN HOLLOWAY, DWAYNE P. MITCHELL
SWINGS
BRIAN C. BINION, TRESTON J. HENDERSON, CHRISTIAN THOMPSON, ANDREW VOLZER, JAMARI JOHNSON WILLIAMS, NAZARRIA WORKMAN
DANCE CAPTAIN
BRETT MICHAEL LOCKLEY
ASSISTANT DANCE CAPTAINS
TRESTON J. HENDERSON, TRACI ELAINE LEE
There will be one 20-minute intermission
Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of management. Patrons with disabilities: wheelchair seating is available in a variety of theatre locations. When ordering tickets, please indicate any special needs. For our hearing-impaired guests, the theatre is equipped with listening devices; please contact an usher for assistance.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
(in alphabetical order)
“Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”
“Baby Love”
“Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World is Today)”
“Cloud Nine”
“Come See About Me”
“Don’t Look Back”
“For Once in My Life”
“Get Ready”
“Gloria”*
“I Can’t Get Next to You”
“I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)”
“(I Know) I’m Losing You”
“I Want a Love I Can See”
“I Wish It Would Rain”
“If I Could Build My Whole World Around You”
“If You Don’t Know Me by Now”**
“I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”
“In the Still of the Night”***
“Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)”
“My Girl”
“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
“Runaway Child, Running Wild”
“Shout”
“Since I Lost My Baby”
“Speedo”
“Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)”
“The Way You Do the Things You Do”
“War”
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”
“You Can’t Hurry Love”
“You’re My Everything”
By arrangement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
*“Gloria” courtesy of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. on behalf of Leon Rene LLC.
**“If You Don’t Know Me by Now” courtesy of Warner/Chapell Music, Inc.
***“In the Still of the Night” courtesy of LLEE Corporation.
ORCHESTRA
Music Director/Conductor/Keyboard 1 . . . . . JONATHAN “SMITTI” SMITH
Associate Conductor/Keyboard 2 . . . . . DARRYL G. IVEY
Music Coordinator . . . . . JOHN MILLER
Music Preparation . . . . . STEVEN M. ALPER
Keyboard Programmer . . . . . RANDY COHEN
Associate Keyboard Programmer . . . . . TIM CROOK
Los Angeles Contractor . . . . . ROBERT PAYNE
Reeds . . . . . JEFF DRISKILL
Trumpet . . . . . DAN FORNERO
Trombone . . . . . WENDELL KELLEY
Violin 1 . . . . . MARK CARGILL
Violin 2 . . . . . LESA TERRY
Percussion . . . . . LANCE LEE
Percussion 2 . . . . . JOEY DE LEON
Guitar . . . . . CARL BURNETT
Bass . . . . . LEO SMITH
Drums . . . . . ZACK ALBETTA