A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline

January 10, 2003 — January 25, 2003

Civic Auditorium

MUSICAL TRIBUTE
From Crazy to Walkin’ After Midnight, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline celebrates one of the most influential voices of our time. Featuring over 20 of Patsy’s best-loved songs, this toe tappin’ foot stompin’ tribute traces her career from the early days of singing in honky tonks, through her rise to fame at the Grand Ole Opry, to her triumph at Carnegie Hall. Patsy was one of the first country stars to effortlessly-if not intentionally-cross over to the pop charts. And like her music, this production has an appeal that reaches more than country music fans. Thirty years old when she died in a plane crash in 1963, Patsy remains a vivid character, whose popularity continues to soar. You’ll love takin’ this closer walk with the down-home girl who became a country music legend.

CAST
Stage Manager/Owen – GARY ALLEN
Leroy/Grim Reaper – KEITH FULLER
Patsy Cline – LANA HAWKINS
Lurleen – STEPHANIE JASS
Leonard – PRESTON MISNER
Lulu – CORLYN LONGER-SCHRECK
Disk Jockey (Little Big Man/Jiltin’ Joe) – DAVID CHAMBERLAIN
Grand Ole Opry/Vegas/Carnegie Hall Comic – BEN ZYLMAN

CREW
Assistant Stage Manager – TOM PAAUWE

PRODUCTION TEAM
Director – ARTHUR NEMITZ
Musical Director – AARON J. CASSETTE
Scenic Designer – DAVID KYHN
Costume Designer – BARBARA B. STONE
Hair/Make-up Designer – LEE BEHYMER
Lighting Designer – DARYL CALLAN
Sound Designer- BILL HUNTER
Special Effects Designer – DARYL CALLAN
Properties Designer – SHELLEY BARISH
Technical Director – FRED GILLETTE
Stage Manager – GARY ALLEN
Production Manager – KRISTEN CHESAK