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Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Howard Ashman
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Performance Dates:  January 9-12, 2003, Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sat. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Location:  Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Directed and Choreographed by Ron Baumanis

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SYNOPSIS:   SMILE is a hilarious musical send-up of beauty pageants and teenage angst...while 16 contendors are battling it out for Young American Miss, pageant-coordinator (and ex-Pageant loser) Brenda is facing her own 30something demons. Considered by most critics to be the "best musical to come out of the 80's" it features music by Marvin Hamlish and book and lyrics by Howard Ashman.
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CAST LIST:
Robin Gibson – Antalope Valley – KRISTINA THOMPSON
Doria Hudson – Yuba City –.KRISTIN RITTER
Sandra-Kay MaCaffee – Bakersfield –. ALEXIS MERTE
Maria Gonzales – Salinas – LORNA COLON
Shawn Christianson – La Jolla – ANGELA JOHNSON
Valerie Sherman – Sacramento – SHANNON KANTNER
Heidi Anderson – Anaheim – CHELSEA PICKENS
Patti-Lynn Bird – El Centro – ADRIANNE CLARK
Debralee Davis – Eureka – LIZ JAFFE
Kate Gardner – Fresno – MELISSA HELLER
Linda Lee – San Francisco – BECKY ROBERTS
Kimberly Lyons – Palo Alto – JANENE SAWERS
Gina Minelli – San Louis Obispo – MARIT ROGNE
Dana Simpson – Sausalito – AUBREY DONNELL
Connie-Sue Whipple – Visalia –.LILLIAN COLLINS
Cookie Wilson – Carson – SARAH LENORE WIERCIOCH
Joanne Marshall – Last Year’s Winner – ALLISON PEARLMAN
THE ADULTS
Brenda DiCarlo Freelander – ELISE STEMPKY
Big Bob Freelander – DAVID ANDREWS
Tommy French – KEVIN GILL
Dale Wilson-Shears – YAEL HOFFMAN
Ted Farley – JORDAN ST. JOHN
Carol – FRANCYN CHOMIC
Toni – ALIX BERNEIS
Robin’s Mom/Judge/Volunteer – NANCY NICHOLSON
KIDS
Little Bob Freelander – ALAN CARROLL
Freddy – SMITTY ATWOOD
Micky – ZACK PEARLMAN
First rehearsal/read through WEDNESDAY NOV 6th at 7:30 in the rehearsal studio…please bring a pencil and your A2CT dues if not a member ($10 participant minimum)…Congratulations to all! To those not cast, please audition again in the future!

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Director & Choreographer- Ron Baumanis
Producer - Deborah Mahoney
Musical Director - Jaunelle Celaire
Stage Manager - Martin Contreras
Choreographer -  Ron Baumanis
Set Design - Ron Baumanis
Lighting Design - Christian DeAngelis
Costume Design - Susan Pearlman
Hair Design - Carla Garcia
Sound - Bob Skon
Band:  Jaunelle Celaire - Keyboards
Gene Gaunt - Keyboards
Keith Orr - Upright Bass
- Drums
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THE PREVIEW: Appeared in the Ann Arbor News on January 5, 2002

THE REVIEW: Appeared in the Ann Arbor News on January 10, 2002
This review appeared in the Michigan Daily on January 15, 2002