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2 Pianos 4 Hands
"A crescendo of pleasure."
By Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
Directed by Bruce Sevy
Return engagement
Due to popular demand!
August 18-28, 2011
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Get ready for an interlude of riotous laughter as two actors, representing the show’s creators, take us
on a musical semi-autobiographical journey about their wouldbe
careers as concert pianists. The talented duo trade stories
about piano lessons, parents, teachers, and exams while playing
everything from Bach to Billy Joel. 2 Pianos, 4 Hands has had
audiences cheering around the globe.
“2 Pianos 4 Hands – an extended “two-hander” rich with banter, Bach and piano banging of the highest order”
San Diego Theatre Scene, Charlene Baldridge
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“It’s not every day you breakdowns as well as playing punishing piano pieces by Mozart, Bach, see two actors delectably adept at accents, dialects, comic timing and dramaticBeethoven – even Billy Joel! These are spectacular performances you must not miss.”
Pat Launer, Center Stage, Jazz88.org
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“2 Pianos 4 Hands tickles the ivory, amuses audiences”
Jean Lowerison, sdgln.com
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“intoxicating celebration of music …deft comic timing”
David Codden, sandiego.com
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by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
Ted Dykstra
Co-Writer
Ted has performed 2P4H over 750 times in 11 Canadian cities (including 4 Toronto runs) as well as New York, Washington, DC, London’s West End and Tokyo. He has directed productions of 2P4H across the US, in Australia and Hong Kong. He has received Dora Mavor Moore Award (Canada's Tony) nominations as an actor, director, writer, producer and composer, and was awarded Doras for Fire (Acting + Musical Direction) and 2P4H (Producing) as well as a Chalmers Award for writing 2P4H. As an actor, he has played leading roles on every major stage in Canada. Some of his favourite memories are title roles in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hamlet and Amadeus, Cousin Kevin in The Who’s Tommy (Dora nomination), Daffyd Llewellen in A Chorus of Disapproval (Dora Nomination), Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Ariel in The Tempest. He has acted in dozens of movies and TV shows, and received a Gemini Award for his performance in Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion. Ted is a founding member of Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre, where he has directed many shows, including Jitters, Billy Bishop Goes To War, Leaving Home (Dora nomination), Under Milkwood, Salt Water Moon, and Fool for Love. He has directed numerous other productions including Frost/Nixon (Canadian Stage), Tuesdays with Morrie (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company), Cinderella (Elgin Theatre), The Rocky Horror Show (Canadian Stage/MTC), Aladdin (National Tour/Elgin Theatre, Toronto Dora nomination) and To Kill a Mockingbird (Neptune Theatre, Halifax). Upcoming; he will reprise his acclaimed performance of his one man adaptation of Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata, and will direct The Glass Menagerie, both for Soulpepper Theatre.
Richard Greenblatt
Co-Writer
Richard Greenblatt trained as an actor at RADA in London, and has acted, directed, and written for theatres across Canada and abroad, as well as in radio, television and feature films. He has directed well over 100 productions, the vast majority being original Canadian plays, as well as many classical texts, including several plays of Shakespeare, The Cherry Orchard, and Mother Courage, amongst many others. He has also directed numerous award-winning plays for young audiences, including Danny, King of the Basement, Wrecked, Mirror Game, and The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh. As an actor, he has played leading roles across Canada and in Toronto, including Creon in Anouilh's Antigone, the Father in Enda Walsh's bedbound, and the tile role in Spinoza, amongst many others.He has been a co-writer of the award winning plays i.d., 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Letters from Lehrer, Care, and Sibs (which was also filmed for CBC Television). He performed 2 Pianos... a staggering 750 times, including four runs in Toronto, an extensive Canadian tour, The Promenade Theatre in New York, The Comedy Theatre in the West End of London, The Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C. and Theatre Ginza in Tokyo, Japan. Richard has been Resident Director at Young People’s Theatre, Deputy Artistic Director at Canadian Stage, and Artistic Director of The Hour Company. He has taught acting, directing and play creation at most of the theatre training institutions in Canada. He has won four Dora Mavor Moore Awards, two Chalmers Playwriting Awards, and received numerous other nominations. He lives in Toronto with his partner Tanya Greve and their one year old daughter, Amelia.
Carl Danielsen- NYC: Enter Laughing, York; The Big Voice: God or Merman?; Edgar, King Lear, Hudson Guild. Regional: A Marvelous Party; Northlight (Jeff Award); Cole!, San Jose Rep, LACLO, (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award, Dramalogue award); 2 Pianos, 4 Hands, 20 cities; Homer, Morning’s At Seven, Caldwell; World Goes ‘Round, TheatreWorks (BATCC award); Taming of Shrew, Oh, Kay!, SF Shakespeare (BATTC award); Oedipus Rex, Denver Center Theatre Company; Room Service, Barrington Stage; John Adams, 1776, Barnum, Barnum, Cat/Hat, Seussical, Cosmo, Singin’ in the Rain, Woodminster Amphitheatre; Don, Singing in Rain, Bobby, Crazy for You Shenandoah Summer Musical Theatre; I Love You, YPNC, Flordia Studio Theatre. Law and Order, ‘Quit Claim’. Webber Douglas Drama School, UK. BMI workshop, Harrington Award. Hear compositions at myspace.com/carldanielsen
Mark Anders (Ted - Week 1 August 18-21, 2011) - Mark Anders is delighted to be at North Coast Rep for the first time. He has been playing Mr. Sevy’s production of 2 Pianos 4 Hands with Mr. Danielsen since 2001, off and on – which is to say, long enough off between gigs for him to forget all his lines, so now that it’s on again, please be kind. He has devoted much of the last few years to performing a revue he co-devised with Mr. Danielsen, A Marvelous Party, in order to spread Noël Coward’s wit in a century that badly needs it. Without Mr. Danielsen, but like him, Mark has appeared in several incarnations of the Florence Foster Jenkins tribute, Souvenir. In his home town of Seattle, he just finished a production of The Scarlet Letter at Intiman Theatre, where he also has appeared in Irma Vep, Hay Fever, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Rivals, and Gross Indecency. Other favorite Seattle shows include Dirty Blonde, Old Wicked Songs and The Woman in Black at ACT; Murderers at the Seattle Repertory Theatre; a couple of Hardy Boys adventures and Sideways Stories from Wayside School at the Seattle Children’s Theatre; and Jeffrey Hatcher’s unjustly under-produced play Hanging Lord Haw-Haw at the Empty Space. Mark writes plays and lyrics, when left to his own devices, which is not very often, alas. His beautiful and talented daughter Gemma can no longer be considered his production, if she ever could – she’s a work of art all her own.
Jonathan Monro* (Ted - Actor Week Two August 24-28, 2011) A composer, lyricist, musician, and actor from Newfoundland, Canada, Jonathan made his first professional appearance at the age of 16 as a classical pianist at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York. As actor: featured in over 60 productions for stage, film and television, including Much Ado About Nothing and The Miser (Broadway), The Producers (Original Canadian Cast), Flashpoint (CBS), nine productions with the Stratford Festival, The Magic Flute Diaries (Sullivan Films), and Heyday (Triptych Media). As composer/lyricist: Written/co-written The Review, A Mother in Time, Dream Vacation, With a Twist, and the critically acclaimed Variations on a Nervous Breakdown (4 Betty Mitchell Awards) – recently published in German. Awards: Jonathan is the recipient of the Elliott Hayes Award for writing (awarded by the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas), 3 Tyrone Guthrie Awards, 2 Betty Mitchell Awards, and BMI's 2011 Harrington Award for outstanding musical theater writing. Recently: played Edward Knight in CBC's Republic of Doyle (with Russell Crowe), and the lead role of James in the Indie Feature The Last Interview; also finished work as musical associate on a musical in development by Charles Strouse and Richard Maltby, Jr. www.jonathanmonro.com.
Bruce Sevy (Director) Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Development
Denver Center Theatre Company
Bruce has directed such memorable Denver Center productions as Mariela in the Desert, The Voysey Inheritance, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Doubt, All My Sons, Master Class, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Christmas Carol, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Foxes, Molly Sweeney, Amy’s View, Valley Song, Pierre, Dinner With Friends, and The Cripple of Inishmaan.
As Director of New Play Development, he oversees both the artistic and practical components of DCTC’s successful Colorado New Play Summit, including commissions from outstanding American playwrights.
He has directed for Arizona Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Lark Play Development Center, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Northlight Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Empty Space and Intiman Theatre in Seattle, the Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque, and Utah Shakespearean Festival. His popular production of 2 Pianos, 4 Hands has been seen at more than twenty theatres nationally, including DCTC’s successful 2003 production.
Marty Burnett (Scenic Design) Designs for North Coast Rep are the last 129 shows. Mr. Burnett has designed sets for the Union Plaza, Sahara, and Hacienda Hotels and Casinos in Las Vegas; Harrahs Lake Tahoe; The Claridge Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ; The Grand Hotel in Anaheim; and The Drury Lane in Chicago. Mr. Burnett is the resident designer and technical director at North Coast Rep.
Don Darnutzer (Light Designer) He designed the lighting for Broadway’s It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues and Off-Broadway’s Hank Williams: Lost Highway, Almost Heaven and The Immigrant. He also worked for the American Conservatory Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Cleveland Play House, New Orleans Opera, Denver Center Theatre Company, Portland Opera, New Orleans Opera, Kansas City Repertory, Alley Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, BB King’s Blues Club, Palm Beach Opera, The Shakespeare Theatre, Saint Louis Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Coconut Grove Playhouse and Geva Theatre.
Chris Luessmann (Sound Designer) Chris' favorite NCR designs include: Dracula and A Christmas Carol, for which he won Patté Awards, Over the Tavern, Jacques Brel..., The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Voice of the Prairie. Off-Broadway: The Third Story. Miracle Theatre Productions: Das Barbecu, Too Old for the Chorus, and Forbidden Broadway SVU. Moonlight Stage Productions: Les Miserables, Little Shop of Horrors, The Magic Fire, Moon Over Buffalo. La Jolla Playhouse: Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays. Scripps Ranch Theatre: Red Herring. UCSD: Angels in America, Full Circle, Eurydice, Labyrinth of Desire, Cabaret, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, and The Skin of Our Teeth. Chris holds a BA in Theatre from UCLA, and an MFA in Theatre from UC San Diego.
Annie Bornhurst (Props and Set Dressing) North Coast Repertory Theatre: Gee's Bend, Becky's New Car, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Voice of the Prairie, Ghosts, Little Women, Glorious!, A Christmas Carol, Talley's Folley, I Love You Because, Don't Dress for Dinner, Over the Tavern, Old Wicked Songs, Rabbit Hole. Actors Circle Theatre: The View from Here. The Sanford Meisner Center: Frankie and Johnny, Babes and Brides.
John Finkbiner (Scenic Artist) John has been a member of the NCR staff for nearly two years. His favorite shows are Halpern and Johnson, SHIPWRECKED!, The Dresser and Jacques Brel. John received his BA degree at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television in 1991. John is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and performs with his band, The Stereotypes. His music has been featured on Showtime's Californication, Fox's Bones and NBC's Knight Rider, among others. John lives with his wife Judi and his son John Gibson in Leucadia, plus Ilene and Jerry (the NCR mascots). www.johnfinkbiner.com
Caren Heintzelman (Stage Manager) La Jolla Playhouse: Cankerblossom. Old Globe Theatre: Taming of the Shrew, Enter the Guardsman, Boswell Sisters. San Diego Repertory Theatre: Cookin' at the Cookery, City Ballet: Nutcracker. San Diego Opera Scenic Studio Office Manager since 2003.
Nathaniel Zwail - Crew
Amanda Johnson – Crew
Aaron Rumley - Production Manager
North Coast Repertory Theatre Presents
by popular demand- the return of the smash hit:
2 Pianos 4 Hands
By Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
Directed by Bruce Sevy
August 18 - 28, 2011
2 Pianos 4 Hands is the riotous tale of two boys in Canada, Ted and Richard, sharing the same goal: concert pianist stardom. They work fervently towards their dream amidst pushy parents, eccentric teachers, hours of repetitive practice, stage fright, the agony of competitions and the
dream of greatness.
Two actors, two pianos and many, many characters grace the stage as fifteen years of learning the art of piano playing unfolds. From classical to pops to jazz, the play provides the chance for two performers to give their all in a 120-minute virtuoso performance. Along the journey the actors/pianists portray a dazzling range of characters embellished with a show of piano wizardry featuring the music of Bach, Beethoven and Jerry Lee Lewis.
As they mature, Ted and Richard become more aware of the gap between the very good and the great, and come to the humbling realization that greatness may be out of reach. And there lies the universal plight of all those with an ounce of training and talent and the will to "be" a professional musician, or athlete, or actor, or dancer.
2 Pianos, 4 Hands captures the humor that comes with learning to play the piano, and the sense of loss of eventually learning to let go of the dream.
2 Pianos 4 Hands was originally produced in April 1996 by Tarragon Theatre (Toronto, Canada), in association with Talking Fingers Inc.,
and Produced Off-Broadway, in London and throughout North America by
Mirvish Productions, Toronto.
2 Pianos 4 Handsis produced by permission of Marquis Entertainment Inc.
(www.marquisent.ca).
PRODUCTION HISTORY
In 1994, Ted and Richard formed Talking Fingers, and under this company name first workshopped
2 Pianos 4 Hands at the Tarragon Theatre, with generous support from the Ontario Arts Council. Tarragon Theatre subsequently programmed the show as part of its 1995-1996 season, where it garnered rave reviews, played a sold-out run, received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production (Toronto's theatre awards) and the prestigious Chalmers Award (Canada's top playwriting award). Tarragon Theatre then toured the production nationally from May 1996 to September 1997.
In the fall of 1997, 2 Pianos 4 Hands was presented Off Broadway at The Promenade Theatre by a team of producers: David and Ed Mirvish, Ben Sprecher and William P. Miller. The production was widely acclaimed, and ran for six months before transferring to the Kennedy Centre in Washington (both productions featured Dykstra and Greenblatt). 2 Pianos 4 Hands has since played to sold-out houses at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto and at the Comedy Theatre in the West End of London.
In the fall of 2003, Ted and Richard reunited to perform in the greatly anticipated Toronto revival at the majestic Elgin Theatre, again playing to sold-out houses and spectacular reviews. And in the spring of 2004, Ted and Richard toured to Tokyo, Japan where they played for three weeks at prestigious Le Theatre Ginza, presented by Japan's largest theatre company, Shochiku.
In 2006, Marquis Entertainment's production of 2 Pianos 4 Hands, featuring Richard Carsey and Tom Frey, was awarded the 2006 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Touring Production (winning over Broadway touring productions of The Lion King and Wicked).
Since its humble Toronto premiere, 2 Pianos 4 Hands has had 5000+ performances at more 150 different theatres throughout North America, Europe, Asia (Japan and Hong Kong), Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa playing to more than 2 million people worldwide.
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| Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt. Courtesy Lydia Pawelka. |
Ted Dykstra (Co-Writer) Ted has performed 2P4H over 750 times in 11 Canadian cities (including 4 Toronto runs) as well as New York, Washington, DC, London's West End and Tokyo. He has directed productions of 2P4H across the US, in Australia and Hong Kong. He has received Dora Mavor Moore Award (Canada's Tony) nominations as an actor, director, writer, producer and composer, and was awarded Doras for Fire (Acting + Musical Direction) and 2P4H (Producing) as well as a Chalmers Award for writing 2P4H. As an actor, he has played leading roles on every major stage in Canada. Some of his favourite memories are title roles in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hamlet and Amadeus, Cousin Kevin in The Who's Tommy (Dora nomination), Daffyd Llewellen in A Chorus of Disapproval (Dora Nomination), Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream, and Ariel in The Tempest. He has acted in dozens of movies and TV shows, and received a Gemini Award for his performance in Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion. Ted is a founding member of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre, where he has directed many shows, including Jitters, Billy Bishop Goes To War, Leaving Home (Dora nomination), Under Milkwood, Salt Water Moon, and Fool for Love. He has directed numerous other productions including Frost/Nixon (Canadian Stage), Tuesdays with Morrie (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company), Cinderella (Elgin Theatre), The Rocky Horror Show (Canadian Stage/MTC), Aladdin (National Tour/Elgin Theatre, Toronto Dora nomination) and To Kill a Mockingbird (Neptune Theatre, Halifax). Upcoming; he will reprise his acclaimed performance of his one man adaptation of Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata, and will direct The Glass Menagerie, both for Soulpepper Theatre.
Richard Greenblatt (Co-Writer) Richard Greenblatt trained as an actor at RADA in London, and has acted, directed, and written for theatres across Canada and abroad, as well as in radio, television and feature films. He has directed well over 100 productions, the vast majority being original Canadian plays, as well as many classical texts, including several plays of Shakespeare, The Cherry Orchard, and Mother Courage, amongst many others. He has also directed numerous award-winning plays for young audiences, including Danny, King of the Basement, Wrecked, Mirror Game, and The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh. As an actor, he has played leading roles across Canada and in Toronto, including Creon in Anouilh's Antigone, the Father in Enda Walsh's bedbound, and the tile role in Spinoza, amongst many others.He has been a co-writer of the award winning plays i.d., 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Letters from Lehrer, Care, and Sibs (which was also filmed for CBC Television). He performed 2 Pianos... a staggering 750 times, including four runs in Toronto, an extensive Canadian tour, The Promenade Theatre in New York, The Comedy Theatre in the West End of London, The Kennedy Centre in Washington, D.C. and Theatre Ginza in Tokyo, Japan. Richard has been Resident Director at Young People's Theatre, Deputy Artistic Director at Canadian Stage, and Artistic Director of The Hour Company. He has taught acting, directing and play creation at most of the theatre training institutions in Canada. He has won four Dora Mavor Moore Awards, two Chalmers Playwriting Awards, and received numerous other nominations. He lives in Toronto with his partner Tanya Greve and their one year old daughter, Amelia.
Bruce Sevy (Director) Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Development
Denver Center Theatre Company
Bruce has directed such memorable Denver Center productions as Mariela in the Desert, The Voysey Inheritance, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Doubt, All My Sons, Master Class, Mrs. Warren's Profession, A Christmas Carol, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Foxes, Molly Sweeney, Amy's View, Valley Song, Pierre, Dinner With Friends, and The Cripple of Inishmaan.
As Director of New Play Development, he oversees both the artistic and practical components of DCTC's successful Colorado New Play Summit, including commissions from outstanding American playwrights.
He has directed for Arizona Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Lark Play Development Center, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Northlight Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Empty Space and Intiman Theatre in Seattle, the Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque, and Utah Shakespearean Festival. His popular production of 2 Pianos, 4 Hands has been seen at more than twenty theatres nationally, including DCTC's successful 2003 production.
Mark Anders (Ted - Week 1 August 18-21, 2011) - Mark Anders is delighted to be at North Coast Rep for the first time. He has been playing Mr. Sevy’s production of 2 Pianos 4 Hands with Mr. Danielsen since 2001, off and on – which is to say, long enough off between gigs for him to forget all his lines, so now that it’s on again, please be kind. He has devoted much of the last few years to performing a revue he co-devised with Mr. Danielsen, A Marvelous Party, in order to spread Noël Coward’s wit in a century that badly needs it. Without Mr. Danielsen, but like him, Mark has appeared in several incarnations of the Florence Foster Jenkins tribute, Souvenir. In his home town of Seattle, he just finished a production of The Scarlet Letter at Intiman Theatre, where he also has appeared in Irma Vep, Hay Fever, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Rivals, and Gross Indecency. Other favorite Seattle shows include Dirty Blonde, Old Wicked Songs and The Woman in Black at ACT; Murderers at the Seattle Repertory Theatre; a couple of Hardy Boys adventures and Sideways Stories from Wayside School at the Seattle Children’s Theatre; and Jeffrey Hatcher’s unjustly under-produced play Hanging Lord Haw-Haw at the Empty Space. Mark writes plays and lyrics, when left to his own devices, which is not very often, alas. His beautiful and talented daughter Gemma can no longer be considered his production, if she ever could – she’s a work of art all her own.
Jonathan Monro* (Ted - Actor Week Two August 24-28, 2011) A composer, lyricist, musician, and actor from Newfoundland, Canada, Jonathan made his first professional appearance at the age of 16 as a classical pianist at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York. As actor: featured in over 60 productions for stage, film and television, including Much Ado About Nothing and The Miser (Broadway), The Producers (Original Canadian Cast), Flashpoint (CBS), nine productions with the Stratford Festival, The Magic Flute Diaries (Sullivan Films), and Heyday (Triptych Media). As composer/lyricist: Written/co-written The Review, A Mother in Time, Dream Vacation, With a Twist, and the critically acclaimed Variations on a Nervous Breakdown (4 Betty Mitchell Awards) – recently published in German. Awards: Jonathan is the recipient of the Elliott Hayes Award for writing (awarded by the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas), 3 Tyrone Guthrie Awards, 2 Betty Mitchell Awards, and BMI's 2011 Harrington Award for outstanding musical theater writing. Recently: played Edward Knight in CBC's Republic of Doyle (with Russell Crowe), and the lead role of James in the Indie Feature The Last Interview; also finished work as musical associate on a musical in development by Charles Strouse and Richard Maltby, Jr. www.jonathanmonro.com.
Carl Danielsen (Richard) NYC: Enter Laughing, York; The Big Voice: God or Merman?; Edgar, King Lear, Hudson Guild. Regional: A Marvelous Party; Northlight (Jeff Award); Cole!, San Jose Rep, LACLO, (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle award, Dramalogue award); 2 Pianos, 4 Hands, 20 cities; Homer, Morning's At Seven, Caldwell; World Goes 'Round, TheatreWorks (BATCC award); Taming of Shrew, Oh, Kay!, SF Shakespeare (BATTC award); Oedipus Rex, Denver Center Theatre Company; Room Service, Barrington Stage; John Adams, 1776, Barnum, Barnum, Cat/Hat, Seussical, Cosmo, Singin' in the Rain, Woodminster Amphitheatre; Don, Singing in Rain, Bobby, Crazy for You Shenandoah Summer Musical Theatre; I Love You, YPNC, Flordia Studio Theatre. Law and Order, 'Quit Claim'. Webber Douglas Drama School, UK. BMI workshop, Harrington Award. Hear compositions at myspace.com/carldanielsen
MUSIC FEATURED IN 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS
ACT I
Concerto in D minor, 1st Movement (J.S. Bach)
Heart and Soul (Hoagy Carmichael)
The Birch Canoe (Lelia Fletcher)
By the Stream (Richard Greenblatt)
Our Band Goes to Town (arrangement J. B. Duvernoy)
Sonatina No. 6 in F Major (Beethoven)
Sonata Facile in C Major, 1st Movement (Mozart)
Sonata for One Piano, Four Hands in D Major, 1st Movement (Mozart)
In der Halle des Bergkonigs, Peer Gynt Suite 1 (Edward Grieg)
Concerto in D minor, 1st Movement (J.S. Bach)
ACT II
Prelude in D flat Major (Chopin)
Leyenda (I. Albeniz)
Rondo for Two Pianos, Four Hands in C Major (Chopin)
Fantasiestucke No. 2 (Schumann)
Pathetique Sonata No. 8 in C minor, 1st and 2nd Movements (Beethoven)
Ballade No. 2 in F Major (Chopin)
Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Franz Liszt)
A Medley of Pop Tunes
Impromptu in A flat (Schubert)
My Funny Valentine (Richard Rogers / Lorenz Hart)
Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Horowitz Recording (Mephisto Waltz)
Concerto in D minor, 1st Movement (J.S. Bach)
MUSIC CREDITS
"Heart and Soul"
Music by Hoagy Carmichael and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
BMG Music Publishing Canada Inc.
© 1938 by Famous Music Corp.
Copyright Renewed 1965 by Famous Music Corp. (ASCAP).
THE BIRCH CANOE
Music by LEILA FLETCHER
MAYFAIR MONTGOMERY PUBLISHING
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"Bennie and the Jets"
Words and Music by Elton John & Bernie Taupin
All rights owned and administered by
UNIVERSAL/DICK JAMES MUSIC LIMITED, ADMINISTERED BY UNIVERSAL-SONGS OF POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL, INC./BMI
"Imagine"
Written by John Lennon
Courtesyof Lennon Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, L.I.C.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"Linus and Lucy"
Written by Vince Guraldi
Courtesy of Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc. /
The Harry Fox Agency, Inc.
"Nadia's Theme"
Written by Barry Devorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr.
Courtesy of Screen Gems EMI Music, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"CHARIOTS OF FIRE"
Written by VANGELIS
CourtesyEMI ENTERTAINMENT WORLD, INC.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"Great Balls of Fire"
Words and Music by Otis Blackwell & Jack Hammer
© 1957 (Renewed ©1975) Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI), Mijac Music (BMI), Chappell & Co. (ASCAP) & Mystical Light Music (ASCAP).
Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI) administers all Rights on behalf of itself and Mijac Music (BMI).
Chappell & Co. (ASCAP) administers all Rights on behalf of itself and Mystical Light Music (ASCAP).
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"My Funny Valentine"
Music by Richard RoDgers and Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
© 1937 Chappell & Co. (ASCAP) & Williamson Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
All rights owned and administered by
Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"Piano Man"
Written by Billy Joel
© 1973 JoelSongs
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
"The Mephisto Waltz"
Performed by Vladimir HoroWitz
Used by Permission. Courtesy of RCA Red Seal/BMG Classics.
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FACT SHEET:
The writers of 2 Pianos 4 Hands are:
Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt
The Director of 2 Pianos 4 Hands is:
Bruce Sevy
(Director)
The cast of 2 Pianos 4 Hands includes:
Carl Danielsen* (Richard)
Mark Anders* (Ted week 1)
Jonathan Monro*(Ted week 2)
The Design Team for 2 Pianos 4 Hands includes:
Marty Burnett
(Scenic Design)
(Lighting Design)
Chris Luessmann
(Sound Design/Projection)
Kish Finnegan
(Costume Designer)
Annie Bornhurst
(Props and Set Dressing)
The Crew for 2 Pianos 4 Hands includes:
Caren Heintzelman*
(Stage Manager)
John Finkbiner
(Scenic Artist)
Aaron Rumley
(Production Manager)
*Member of Actors' Equity Association
FACT SHEET:
WHAT:
North Coast Repertory Theatre presents:
2 Pianos 4 Hands
By Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt
Directed by Bruce Sevy
FEATURING:
Featuring:
Carl Danielsen* (Richard)
Mark Anders* (Ted week 1)
Jonathan Monro*(Ted week 2)
WHEN:
August 18-28, 2011
WHERE:
North Coast Repertory Theatre
987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach, CA 92075
TICKET PRICES: $30 - $47
HOW TO BUY TICKETS: Tickets for 2 Pianos 4 Hands are available only at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach at 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite D, 92075. For ticket information or reservations call (858)-481-1055 or visit www.northcoastrep.org. Box Office hours are Noon to 4pm daily and Noon to Curtain day of shows.
Preview tickets are $30.00, Opening Night tickets are $47, Saturday evening and Sunday Matinee tickets are $41.00 and Wednesday - Friday evening and Saturday Matinees are $37.00. Student/Seniors and Military save $3.00 and Subscriber single tickets are $5.00 off.
SHOWTIMES: Show times are select Previews at 8:00pm, and select Saturday matinees at 2:00pm. Regular show times are Wednesdays at 7:00pm, Thursday - Saturday at 8:00pm with a matinee Saturday at 2:00pm and Sundays show times are at 2:00pm and 7:00pm.
LISTING: Get ready for an interlude of riotous laughter as two actors, representing the show's creators, take us on a musical semi-autobiographical journey about their would be careers as concert pianists. The talented duo trade stories about piano lessons, parents, teachers, and exams while playing everything from Bach to Billy Joel. 2 Pianos, 4 Hands has had audiences cheering around the globe.
Images/Photographs Photo credits go to Aaron Rumley. >>
If you would like a script or program to be sent to you electronically please contact Sandra@northcoastrep.org or directly at 858-481-2155 X 20. Script is only available to press and not for general distribution.
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About the North Coast Repertory Theatre: North Coast Repertory Theatre is a professional equity theatre founded in 1982. For over 30 years, North Coast Rep has received critical acclaim from media and audiences alike. With the fifth largest operating budget of non profit theatres and employing the third most Actors' Equity Association members (the union of professional actors and stage managers) in San Diego, North Coast Rep continues to produce high quality, award winning theatre and has evolved into one of the area's leading performing arts organizations. Located in Solana Beach, California, NCR not only draws its audience from the North County region but 50% of its audience base resides in metro San Diego and throughout Southern California. Recognized for the quality of its work and its commitment to quality, this season will be performed on the Blakistone Stage, newly dedicated to North Coast Rep founders Olive Blakistone and her recently departed husband Tom, who passed away in March of 2009.
David Ellenstein is now the Artistic Director and Leader of North Coast Repertory Theatre since 2003. His bio is as follows:
David Ellenstein (Artistic Director) A nationally recognized director and actor, David served as Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Repertory Company and the Arizona Jewish Theatre before joining North Coast Rep in 2003. Over 200 career productions include directing 22 shows at North Coast Rep, including MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, THE DRAWER BOY, BECKY'S NEW CAR, GHOSTS, THE TEMPEST, TALLEY'S FOLLY, THE DRESSER, OVER THE TAVERN, HALPERN & JOHNSON, THE CHOSEN, and ROMEO AND JULIET. Elsewhere; SONIA FLEW starring Lucie Arnaz, HALPERN AND JOHNSON starring Hal Linden and Brian Murray, and THE CHOSEN starring Theo Bikel and John Lloyd Young at the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Other venues include the Paper Mill Playhouse, Alabama, California, Nevada, Great Lakes, Southwest, and Kingsmen Shakespeare Festivals, Laguna Playhouse, Meadow Brook Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Portland Repertory Theatre, and Gaslamp Quarter Theatre Company. |
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