Evoking the glamour, sensuality, and decadence of Manhattan in the roaring twenties, The Wild Party chronicles an evening in the life of Queenie and Burrs, lovers and fellow vaudeville performers. To test the limits of their fierce and hot-blooded relationship, Queenie throws the wildest, most hedonistic party New York has ever seen. However, as the reckless and alluring guests arrive - all with stories of their own - seduction gives way to unbridled passion, and what began as an evening of games and titillation ends in violence. The Wild Party, with a driving score by Andrew Lippa, blends contemporary music with the sounds of the Jazz Age.

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Based on the Poem by Joseph Moncure March
direction and musical staging by Rick Lombardo**
music direction by Todd C. Gordon
choreography by Kelli Edwards

Janie E. Howland***, scenic design
Frances Nelson McSherry***, costume design
Franklin Meissner, Jr.***, lighting design
Rick Lombardo, sound design
Erik D. Diaz, properties design
Carola Morrone*, production stage manager
Jennifer Braun*, assistant stage manager

CAST (in alphabetical order)
Betsy Adkins, Ensemble, Dance Captain
Ken Arpino, Ensemble
Leigh Barrett*, Madelaine True
Sarah Corey*, Kate, Ensemble
David Costa, Max, Ensemble
Brian DeLorenzo*, Phil, Ensemble
Michele A. DeLuca, Dolores, Ensemble, u/s Kate
Aimee Doherty, Ensemble, u/s Queenie
Paul Giragos, Oscar, Ensemble
Todd Alan Johnson*, Burrs
Perri Lauren, Nadine, Ensemble
Andy McLeavey, Sam, Ensemble
Marla Mindelle, Queenie
Jake Mosser*, Eddie, Ensemble
Maurice E. Parent*, Black, Ensemble
Ilyse Robbins*, Mae, Ensemble
Jeremy Amasa Towle, Jackie, Ensemble

ORCHESTRA
Todd C. Gordon, Keyboard/Conductor
Joshua Finstein & Scott Nicholas, Keyboard
Heather Katz, Reeds
Louis Toth, Reeds
Tim Cote, Trumpet
William Buonocore, Guitar
Kevin Grudecki, Bass
Zachary Hardy, Percussion

THE WILD PARTY is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019.
Tel.: (212) 541-4684 Fax: (212) 397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

Partially Developed and Received Readings at The O’Neill Theater Center During the 1997 National Music Theatre Conference

Originally Produced in New York City by The Manhattan Theatre Club

*member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
**member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union
***member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829