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Show Information
Beverly's Terrace Plaza Playhouse's Production of
Tuck Everlasting
Book by: Claudia Shear & Tim Federle
Music by: Chris Miller
Lyrics by: Nathan Tysen
Based on the novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babitt
Directed By: Kate Rufener
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
Presented by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals
Production Team
In loving memory of Blaine and Beverly Olsen
Executive Producer: Jacci Olsen Florence
Director/Music Director: Kate Rufener
Music Director: Karlie Ady
Choreographer: Megan Call
Production Assistant: Stacy Ronnow
Stage Manager: Brittney Rae
Dance Captains: Ian Beyer Wellisch, Terran Nagel
Music Captains: Beck Montgomery, Tracie Price
Set Construction: Nathan Fawcett
Set Design: Kate Rufener, Nathan Fawcett
Props: Mikelle Shupe
Costume Design: Stephanie Bruckman
Costumes: Jamila Holt Lowe, Jim Tatton, Stephanie Peterson
Wigs: Jamila Lowe
Assistant to the Producer: Tara Payne
Technical Directors: Miland Palmer & Mark Ellis
Sound Designer: Emma Palmer
Lighting Designer: Miland Palmer
Sound & Light Operators: Dani Loveland, Emma Palmer, Gabe Hall, Matthew Burt
Building/Scene Room Manager: Nathan Fawcett
Prop Manager: Lindy Combe
Box Office: Lisa Stratton, Tara Payne, Linda Palmer, Chad & Tani Lynch, Angie Winter, Brenda Smith, Stacy Ronnow
Concessions: Jim Stratton
House Manager: Stacy Ronnow
IT Specialists: Chad Lynch, Colton Lynch, Steve Petersen
Marketing Director/Playbill: Brady Stratton
Sponsorship Coordinator: Lindsay Stratton
Playhouse Photographer: Cassie Gallegos
Director's Note
"Life is a series of losses." --Gayle Hayes
My friend Gayle said this to me just a few short months before she lost her battle with cancer. I've been obsessed with the word "loss" ever since - obsessed with asking, "Why would knowing that life is a series of losses help me have a better or different life?" Gayle's normally chipper-yet-pragmatic approach to life didn't seem to match with this seemingly 'heavy' pronouncement.
In preparing to direct "Tuck Everlasting", I decided to take on this concept of loss. I wanted to provide a magical, positive experience for the cast, so first sought to position loss across from the many gains life gives us. Yes, there's death and loss, but there's also birth and reunion, right?
"Yes, there's death and loss, but there's also ____" became a spiritual fight, of sorts. No matter how hard I tried to allow the gains to take over, I kept coming back to why Gayle would say that about life and losses.
While reading the Tuck script, I came across the Wheel song and realized that loss isn't material or a pattern, it's not "stuff" that life is somehow made of. No. Loss is what moves us forward in our lives. Loss drives our motivation and our intention, like a ripple. Life is temporary. Loss is temporary. The two are just as much a part of each other as breathing and oxygen. Loss is a force of life.
As a cast, we've talked about loss. How it's presented in this beautiful story. Why Winnie chooses the path she chooses. We talked about the primary throughline of our show: "For life is the greatest wonder on Earth."
We dedicate this show to all those we've lost...
And we invite you to see the losses you've suffered as the true wheels they are. This journey of ours is difficult - nothing we present here can change that. But this story has taught us that when we find the awe and wonder of life, the losses align to create a life well-lived. We hope you take that message and grant yourself the beautiful moments time has to give. Enjoy the show.
Producer's Note
This season we are producing 3 new productions to our stage, Tuck Everlasting, Bye Bye Birdie and Big Fish. These are sure to please and add to the variety of productions we offer for the viewing pleasure of both young and old alike. We
are pleased to bring back Singin’ In the Rain, Beauty and the Beast and expect both to be outstanding entertainment followed by our holiday favorite, Scrooge, A Christmas Carol.
It is our privilege to offer a community theatre experience where we can relax and enjoy the arts through song, dance, drama, comedy and be entertained and even enlightened as we present tonight’s production. We hope that you will share the word with friends and neighbors to come and take advantage of all that we have to offer here at the Playhouse.
Enjoy tonight’s performance, we so appreciate your patronage.
Jacci and Kim Florence
Scene List
Act 1
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“Opening”
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“Live Like This”
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“Live Like This Playoff”
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“Good Girl Winnie Foster”
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“Join the Parade”
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“Good Girl Winnie Foster (Reprise)”
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“Jesse at the Spring”
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“Top of the World”
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“Hugo's First Case”
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"Hugo's First Case (Reprise)”
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“Story of the Tucks”
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“My Most Beautiful Day”
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“My Most Beautiful Day, Part 2”
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“From Attic to Porch”
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Join the Parade” (Reprise)
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“Partner in Crime”
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“Partner in Crime, Part 2”
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“Seventeen”
Act 2
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“Everything’s Golden”
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“Everything’s Golden, Part 2”
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“Seventeen (Reprise)”
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“Time”
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“Time (Reprise)”
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“Everything's Golden (Reprise)”
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“You Can’t Trust a Man”
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“The Wheel”
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“Story of the Man in the Yellow Suit”
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“Everlasting”
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“The Wheel” (Finale)
Cast List
Friday Cast | Saturday Cast
Winnie
Jenna Francis | Campbell Miller
Jesse
Jace Fawcett | Cooper Merrill
Miles
Max Fawcett | Jefferson Teeples
Angus
Sheldon Cheshire | Larry Bohne
Mae
Hailey Jasper | Chelsea Nelson
Man in the Yellow Suit
Josh Curtis | David Hales
Constable
David Storm | Josh Curtis
Hugo
Ian Wellisch | Terran Lowe
Betsy
Tracie Davies | Becky Montgomery
Nana
Juliene Snyder
Ensemble
Shelby Jasper
Lena Bailey
Anna Larsen
Flash Kiernan
Kysa Ronnow
Ethan Montgomery
Clark Jasper
Dallin Page
Beckett Ronnow
Boyad Hollingshead
Jack Sorrell
Ian Young
Reagan Miller
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