The Scranton Cultural Center’s Youth Theatre Program’s Production of
MEREDITH WILLSON’S “THE MUSIC MAN”
PERFORMANCES: Friday, May 10 at 7pm – Saturday, May 11 at 11am – Sunday,May 12 at 2pm
Book, Music and Lyrics By: Meredith Willson
Story By: Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
$5 Per Person | Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Theatre
Featuring Young Performers in PreK-12th!
Sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories, Gerrity’s Supermarkets, PenFed Credit Union and Lackawanna County ARTS Engage. Supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.
ABOUT THE SHOW!
By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best. Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 and is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation.
The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall.
THE MUSIC MAN is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized perofrmance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
Event Seating is General Admission, First-Come, First-Served, Held in the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Theatre on the First Floor of the Scranton Cultural Center. The Seating chart for the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Theatre reflects the general layout for this event, but specific seat locations are subject to change.
NO REFUNDS / NO EXCHANGES
UNDERGROUND MICROPHONE
Justin Padró, Host
Justin Padró is a musician, writer, educator, sound engineer, DJ, and producer from Brooklyn, NY who has performed throughout Europe, Africa, China, Canada, and the U.S. He is the first-ever recipient of the Louis Armstrong Foundation Jazz Scholars Award, Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University, New York, the founder of the Latin Jazz Hour radio show at 89.9 WKCR fm NY, has written about music, art and culture, contributing to books such as ‘The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records’ by Ashley Kahn, and was part of the Maybe Mars/D-22 Crew that founded the underground punk movement in Beijing, China.
Padró started his professional career playing timbales at weddings and clubs in Salsa bands at 13 years old in New York City under the tutelage of legendary timbalero Ralph Irizarry (Ray Barretto, Ruben Blades, Israel ‘Cachao’ Lopez, David Byrne, Harry Belafonte, Celia Cruz, Paul Simon, Wynton Marsalis, Paquito D’Rivera). Padró has played with a vast array of legendary artists in various genres including Carlos ‘Patato’ Valdez, Ray Vega, avant garde guitarist Elliot Sharp, 8-string bassist/guitarist Charlie Hunter, David Sanchez, and Coati Mundi of Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
He performed and toured with the award-winning, Smithsonian-recognized & recorded traditional Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba y Plena group Viento de Agua, the HIMALAYAS (led by Kenny Wollesen, drummer for Tom Waits and Bill Frisell), and many others. For a time, Padró was a founding member of the Original Stumblebum Brass Band, which fused New Orleans 2nd line Jazz with New York City Punk playing throughout the Subways and streets of NY in the format of sousaphone, trumpet and snare before leaving for Beijing, China to help run a punk rock venue, D-22, that would spark the foundation of the underground music scene in China (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXVLwNkw84Q). Upon returning to New York, Padró was a fixture in the NYC/Brooklyn DIY music and art scene, performing in, booking, organizing and running sound & lighting for various grass roots events at both underground and established venues.
Here in Scranton Padró has co-founded the monthly dance party ‘Electric City Boogie’, co-curates the visual and audio art for the First Friday event ‘Sound & Vision’, lends his hand as sound engineer, lighting tech, stagehand & rigger at various concerts and events at the Scranton Cultural Center, Montage Mountain/Live Nation stages, and Fringe Festival and plays in a handful of music groups spanning punk, jazz, country, rock and latin genres.
The Justin Padró Jazz TRIO features Justin Padró (drums), Ian O’Hara (double bass) and Nick Driscoll (tenor saxophone):
Ian O’Hara is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger who has performed in groups such as Lewis & Clarke, Coal Town Rounders, The National Reserve, and Bog Swing Group. He studied Classical and Jazz double bass and Jazz harmony with Marywood University faculty member Joe Cole.
Nick Driscoll is a multi-reedist and multi-instrumentalist and director of the WIlkes University Jazz Orchestra and Great Valley Chamber Music Society. Driscoll performs with The Indigo Moon Brass Band, The Doug Smith Ensemble, various traveling Broadway Musical ensembles, NEA grant recipient John Bromberg, Tony Costa and Lorne Clarke among others. He has appeared on WVIA Public Radio and Television in classical, reggae, folk and jazz ensembles. He has also performed with Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach) at Alice Tully Hall in New York City and with the NEPA Philharmonic. Nick graduated with a B.S. in Music Education from Wilkes College and a B.A. from the Manhattan School of Music.
LittleStarRun
LittleStarRun is the musical alias of Pennsylvania born musician and singer-songwriter Rachel Lucille Woodworth. She found her musical voice living abroad and working as an actress and studying international theater at the Theater of Change (Theatro Ton Allagon) in Athens Greece.
She formed the project LittleStarRun in 2010 inspired by the diverse music scene in Athens, a mix of indie rock, electronica, jazz, world music, and traditional greek artists. She attended Musical Praxis Conservatory in Athens and studied guitar and music theory under jazz guitarist and Berklee Alumnus Yiorgos Argyropoulos. In 2016 she returned to the US and released her single “Wilting” which earned her songwriting comparisons to Jenny Lewis, Feist and Beach House with its lush guitars, ethereal vocal layers and candid lyrics. Her music can be classified as indie dream pop rock with psychedelic, shoegaze and folk influences. The live project LittleStarRun has featured a rotating cast of musicians with the current lineup as a duo featuring Woodworth on guitar/vocals and Justin Padro (Justin Padro Jazz Trio) on drums.
LittleStarRun has been called “A modern Joan Baez” (Umano.gr) and recently contributed a track to Brazilian shoegaze indie electronic artist cellardoor’s 2018 collaborative album Seashores and Riversides. She was a member of the band Brian TV and appears on the albums Brian TV Quits and Animal Worship. She is a regular contributor to radio art program Troubadours and Raconteurs on WFTE and Radio Free Brooklyn. She has composed music and performed in theater works in The Scranton Fringe Festival and continues her involvement in theater locally as a composer, writer and performer. She works as a freelance songwriter/vocalist and collaborates with various artists in the US and abroad. She is currently working with Mexican psychedelic rock folk artist Galar on a theatrical piece/music album for release in 2019. Her debut album “The Heist” is due out in 2019.
https://littlestarrun.bandcamp.com/releases
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/littlestarrun/1098334909
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4u7swE85DslAZDTYdEkY5Q
Contact: littlestarrun@gmail.com.
ABOUT UGM:
Underground Microphone is NEPA’s premier LIVE performance series which features our region’s finest talent. Each week we bring you an exclusive up close and personal lineup of poetry, comedy, music and more! Voted 2017’s Best New Event by readers of Electric City, Underground Microphone offers the unique experience that honors the Weekday Warrior! Reward yourself with an evening out downtown or a quick drink and entertainment after work.
Located in the Lower Level, the Raymond Hood Room is transformed into a listening room café where artists and their work are respected and supported. This very special space is named after the architect who designed the Scranton Cultural Center in the 1920s. Hood is widely known for his Art Deco and Neo Gothic design style which is evident throughout the entire building. Nationally recognized works include 30 Rockefeller Plaza, American Radiator Building, Daily News, The Emporis, Tribune Tower and The Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach among others.
Doors open at 6:00 PM and entertainment starts at 7:00 PM!
No Cover – Cash Bar for 21+ – Valid ID required
Exceptional Entertainment — Classic Atmosphere
Artists: For anyone interested in performing: there are no rules. We encourage free form prose, poetry, stand up, improv and original music. It’s the perfect space to test out new material or projects. For information on how you can become involved, contact Maria at marias@sccmt.org or (570) 346-7369 x102.
Guests: Please be reminded that since this is a performance space, we do ask that you keep the conversation to a whisper. We recognize that this is a social setting, and there is ample lobby space for interacting and networking.
Sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories and LT Verrastro. Supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.
UNDERGROUND MICROPHONE
ABOUT UGM:
Underground Microphone is NEPA’s premier LIVE performance series which features our region’s finest talent. Each week we bring you an exclusive up close and personal lineup of poetry, comedy, music and more! Voted 2017’s Best New Event by readers of Electric City, Underground Microphone offers the unique experience that honors the Weekday Warrior! Reward yourself with an evening out downtown or a quick drink and entertainment after work.
Located in the Lower Level, the Raymond Hood Room is transformed into a listening room café where artists and their work are respected and supported. This very special space is named after the architect who designed the Scranton Cultural Center in the 1920s. Hood is widely known for his Art Deco and Neo Gothic design style which is evident throughout the entire building. Nationally recognized works include 30 Rockefeller Plaza, American Radiator Building, Daily News, The Emporis, Tribune Tower and The Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach among others.
Doors open at 6:00 PM and entertainment starts at 7:00 PM!
No Cover – Cash Bar for 21+ – Valid ID required
Exceptional Entertainment — Classic Atmosphere
Artists: For anyone interested in performing: there are no rules. We encourage free form prose, poetry, stand up, improv and original music. It’s the perfect space to test out new material or projects. For information on how you can become involved, contact Maria at marias@sccmt.org or (570) 346-7369 x102.
Guests: Please be reminded that since this is a performance space, we do ask that you keep the conversation to a whisper. We recognize that this is a social setting, and there is ample lobby space for interacting and networking.
Sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories and LT Verrastro. Supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.
Take a tour of the Scranton Cultural Center housed at the historic Masonic Temple and Scottish Rite Cathedral. Tours meet in the main lobby at 10:00am and take approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Tours are free, however donations to the Scranton Cultural Center are appreciated.
Can’t make the tour this week, try the audio tour via the SCC Tour Skill on your Alexa Device.
UNDERGROUND MICROPHONE
ABOUT UGM:
Underground Microphone is NEPA’s premier LIVE performance series which features our region’s finest talent. Each week we bring you an exclusive up close and personal lineup of poetry, comedy, music and more! Voted 2017’s Best New Event by readers of Electric City, Underground Microphone offers the unique experience that honors the Weekday Warrior! Reward yourself with an evening out downtown or a quick drink and entertainment after work.
Located in the Lower Level, the Raymond Hood Room is transformed into a listening room café where artists and their work are respected and supported. This very special space is named after the architect who designed the Scranton Cultural Center in the 1920s. Hood is widely known for his Art Deco and Neo Gothic design style which is evident throughout the entire building. Nationally recognized works include 30 Rockefeller Plaza, American Radiator Building, Daily News, The Emporis, Tribune Tower and The Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach among others.
Doors open at 6:00 PM and entertainment starts at 7:00 PM!
No Cover – Cash Bar for 21+ – Valid ID required
Exceptional Entertainment — Classic Atmosphere
Artists: For anyone interested in performing: there are no rules. We encourage free form prose, poetry, stand up, improv and original music. It’s the perfect space to test out new material or projects. For information on how you can become involved, contact Maria at marias@sccmt.org or (570) 346-7369 x102.
Guests: Please be reminded that since this is a performance space, we do ask that you keep the conversation to a whisper. We recognize that this is a social setting, and there is ample lobby space for interacting and networking.
Sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories and LT Verrastro. Supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.
Broadway Theatre League Subscriptions are onsale now through the Broadway Theatre League office or
Click Here to Purchase Season Tickets Online
For Broadway Theatre League Season Subscription Information Call 570-342-7784
Click Here to Visit the Tour Website
The winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical, this breathtaking smash “captures the kid-at-heart,” says TIME Magazine. Vogue cheers, “It’s a must-see you’ll remember for years to come!”
Directed by visionary Tony®-winner Diane Paulus and based on the critically-acclaimed Academy Award® winning film, FINDING NEVERLAND tells the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the boys’ enchanting make-believe adventures, he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers. With a little bit of pixie dust and a lot of faith, Barrie takes this monumental leap, leaving his old world behind for Neverland, where nothing is impossible and the wonder of childhood lasts forever. The magic of Barrie’s classic tale springs spectacularly to life in this heartwarming theatrical event. FINDING NEVERLAND is “far and away the best musical of the year!” (NPR).
Run Time: 2 hours and 28 mins including intermission
Audience: Recommended for 6+
Due to the nature of theatrical bookings all performances, dates, times and prices are subject to change without notice.
Broadway Theatre League Subscriptions are onsale now through the Broadway Theatre League office or
Click Here to Purchase Season Tickets Online
For Broadway Theatre League Season Subscription Information Call 570-342-7784
Click Here to Visit the Tour Website
The winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical, this breathtaking smash “captures the kid-at-heart,” says TIME Magazine. Vogue cheers, “It’s a must-see you’ll remember for years to come!”
Directed by visionary Tony®-winner Diane Paulus and based on the critically-acclaimed Academy Award® winning film, FINDING NEVERLAND tells the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the boys’ enchanting make-believe adventures, he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers. With a little bit of pixie dust and a lot of faith, Barrie takes this monumental leap, leaving his old world behind for Neverland, where nothing is impossible and the wonder of childhood lasts forever. The magic of Barrie’s classic tale springs spectacularly to life in this heartwarming theatrical event. FINDING NEVERLAND is “far and away the best musical of the year!” (NPR).
Run Time: 2 hours and 28 mins including intermission
Audience: Recommended for 6+
Due to the nature of theatrical bookings all performances, dates, times and prices are subject to change without notice.
Broadway Theatre League Subscriptions are onsale now through the Broadway Theatre League office or
Click Here to Purchase Season Tickets Online
For Broadway Theatre League Season Subscription Information Call 570-342-7784
Click Here to Visit the Tour Website
The winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical, this breathtaking smash “captures the kid-at-heart,” says TIME Magazine. Vogue cheers, “It’s a must-see you’ll remember for years to come!”
Directed by visionary Tony®-winner Diane Paulus and based on the critically-acclaimed Academy Award® winning film, FINDING NEVERLAND tells the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the boys’ enchanting make-believe adventures, he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers. With a little bit of pixie dust and a lot of faith, Barrie takes this monumental leap, leaving his old world behind for Neverland, where nothing is impossible and the wonder of childhood lasts forever. The magic of Barrie’s classic tale springs spectacularly to life in this heartwarming theatrical event. FINDING NEVERLAND is “far and away the best musical of the year!” (NPR).
Run Time: 2 hours and 28 mins including intermission
Audience: Recommended for 6+
Due to the nature of theatrical bookings all performances, dates, times and prices are subject to change without notice.
Broadway Theatre League Subscriptions are onsale now through the Broadway Theatre League office or
Click Here to Purchase Season Tickets Online
For Broadway Theatre League Season Subscription Information Call 570-342-7784
Click Here to Visit the Tour Website
The winner of Broadway.com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical, this breathtaking smash “captures the kid-at-heart,” says TIME Magazine. Vogue cheers, “It’s a must-see you’ll remember for years to come!”
Directed by visionary Tony®-winner Diane Paulus and based on the critically-acclaimed Academy Award® winning film, FINDING NEVERLAND tells the incredible story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the boys’ enchanting make-believe adventures, he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers. With a little bit of pixie dust and a lot of faith, Barrie takes this monumental leap, leaving his old world behind for Neverland, where nothing is impossible and the wonder of childhood lasts forever. The magic of Barrie’s classic tale springs spectacularly to life in this heartwarming theatrical event. FINDING NEVERLAND is “far and away the best musical of the year!” (NPR).
Run Time: 2 hours and 28 mins including intermission
Audience: Recommended for 6+
Due to the nature of theatrical bookings all performances, dates, times and prices are subject to change without notice.
UNDERGROUND MICROPHONE
Jason Brian Merrill of The Secret Reasons, Host
Jason Brian Merrill bandleader from The Secret Reasons, is a guitarist, singer, and songwriter from the Northeastern PA region. He is the former guitarist for the Gabby Borges band (featured on her latest album as producer and guitarist), and has fronted several acts over the years, most recently Rare Form. He is currently starting his project, The Secret Reasons, which can be found at www.thesecretreasons.com. He originally hails from Bellmore, NY and still visits there as well as performs back in his hometown area. He started with Clarinet, but he started listening to Nirvana in early 1994 (before the untimely death of Kurt Cobain) and then picked up a guitar in 1996. He is self-taught but has a degree in education and uses his experience with self-teaching to enable students to find their own voice, and own ability to self-teach. His influences range from the aforementioned Nirvana, The Beatles, Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, Gypsy Jazz, and Video Game soundtracks. He has also come to appreciate some 80’s alternative music lately. Jason is a strong believer in connecting through music of all types, and his eclectic style reflects his influences. He has a recording studio in Hawley, PA and works for Songbird Studios in Narrowsburg, and the Black Bear Conservatory of Music in Hawley, PA. He is eager to continue with his solo project and new band, which features Joey Aikens and Steve Kurilla, but as is his custom, will likely have some rotating members such as Mark Woodyatt and Stephen Faubel as well as guest drummers and bassists. He loves putting a new spin on old music, and taking extended solos and jams to see how far he can push his improvisational skills. He plans to do music for the rest of his life, and music is the main part of his income.
Joey Aikens
He didn’t play piano, but 15-year-old Joey Aikens had an ear for perfect pitch. When a family friend gave him a small console piano, he could hear it was out of tune. A hands-on kid who took his electronic toys apart, diagrammed them and put them back together for fun, Aikens went into his dad’s toolbox. He found a hex fitting and locking pliers, which he used as a makeshift tuning lever. After graduating from Mountain View High School in Kingsley, Aikens attended Berklee College of Music in Boston and traveled the country as a working, recording guitarist.
Twenty-five years later, Aikens is one of the few remaining piano tuners in northeast Pennsylvania. As pianos continue to remain a centerpiece of classical and modern music, opinions differ on whether piano tuning is reaching its swan song. Aikens remains true to his”scientific art” and spends most of his time in his thriving piano tuning business. In between finding that perfect pitch, the multi-instrumentalist plays with The Secret Reasons and is currently working on a solo album.
Owen Walsh
Owen Walsh has been performing music in PA and NYS for the past 7 years. He performs across genres, but folk, rock, and blues music is where he feels most at home. He has been in various bands— (Dead Tracks from Honesdale, PA and South Hill Revival from Ithaca, NY). His current group is called O&Co. He recently graduated from Ithaca College after studying journalism and music. Owen is now writing for the local River Reporter newspaper, and will be releasing his first solo EP in the next month. Hear his music on Instagram @music_by_walsh or on SoundCloud at https://m.soundcloud.com/user-598199740.
Robert Tellefsen
Bob was born in Brooklyn and has played with the likes of Bob Dylan and Richie Havens. Known for his Richie Havens style, he can take you back to the days in The Village, while also throwing in some modern touches, such as Dave Mathews.
https://www.reverbnation.com/roberttellefsen
Lighten Up!
Randy and Rose Light have been playing music together from the time that they first met in Athens Ohio over 30 years ago. Both Randy and Rose had experience as street musicians In cities such as Seattle, Austin, and New Orleans, among other places. Rose fingerpicks and strums guitar and has always been enamored with the swing music and vocal stylings of Ella Fitzgerald. Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt influenced Rose deeply, and their music is evident in her repertoire. Randy grew up in a house where his mother was a leader of a Dixieland band and he was exposed to swing and jazz music at an early age. Later Randy played in an electric bluegrass band and spent 10 years playing Americana and Irish fiddle tunes and mandolin (studying with Jethro Burns of Homer and Jethro and Kevin Burke). Playing acoustic and electric guitar, he opened concerts for John Hartford, Leo Kottke, Mickey Gilley, and Bobby Bare.
Randy and Rose got together and started a family while still playing as “Weekend Warriors “ at many night clubs, honky-tonks, social clubs, restaurants , weddings and a plethora of any location that would want music of varying styles.Since moving to the Poconos of Pennsylvania, Lighten Up shifted to playing the blues Playing gigs with local blues experts such as Clarence Spady, Slam Allen and Little Sammy Davis. Randy also plays currently with a Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute band called Green River.Lighten Up! recently reconfigured with Chip Forelli on bass, who is best known for his professional photography ( chipforelli.com) however he continues as an artist in many ways musically with Bob Tellifson, and Kat n Randy and others. Andy Pace has played percussion with Lighten Up! over the years and with the Hideout Blues Band. Andy played professionally with Gary US bonds and C&C Music Factory and toured with many national artists.
Lighten Up! places a heavy emphasis on tight vocal harmony and arrangements of the “Roots”-oriented blues, swing, rock-a -billy , light-rock , and bluegrass that is likely to be heard from this variety band. Find them on Facebook @lightenuppa
ABOUT UGM:
Underground Microphone is NEPA’s premier LIVE performance series which features our region’s finest talent. Each week we bring you an exclusive up close and personal lineup of poetry, comedy, music and more! Voted 2017’s Best New Event by readers of Electric City, Underground Microphone offers the unique experience that honors the Weekday Warrior! Reward yourself with an evening out downtown or a quick drink and entertainment after work.
Located in the Lower Level, the Raymond Hood Room is transformed into a listening room café where artists and their work are respected and supported. This very special space is named after the architect who designed the Scranton Cultural Center in the 1920s. Hood is widely known for his Art Deco and Neo Gothic design style which is evident throughout the entire building. Nationally recognized works include 30 Rockefeller Plaza, American Radiator Building, Daily News, The Emporis, Tribune Tower and The Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach among others.
Doors open at 6:00 PM and entertainment starts at 7:00 PM!
No Cover – Cash Bar for 21+ – Valid ID required
Exceptional Entertainment — Classic Atmosphere
Artists: For anyone interested in performing: there are no rules. We encourage free form prose, poetry, stand up, improv and original music. It’s the perfect space to test out new material or projects. For information on how you can become involved, contact Maria at marias@sccmt.org or (570) 346-7369 x102.
Guests: Please be reminded that since this is a performance space, we do ask that you keep the conversation to a whisper. We recognize that this is a social setting, and there is ample lobby space for interacting and networking.
Sponsored by United Gilsonite Laboratories and LT Verrastro. Supported by Lackawanna County and the PA Council on the Arts.