Side Show

	Side Show Fall 2000 Historic Playmakers Theater

CAST DAISY HILTON - Meredyth Whitford VIOLET HILTON - Cassie Cherney TERRY CONNOR - Carl Fisher BUDDY FOSTER - Jason Lord JAKE - Corey Campbell THE BOSS - Wade Dansby 3 FORTUNE TELLER - Brandi Childers BEARDED LADY - Carrie Jacobsohn REPTILE MAN - Brett England GEEK - Brooks Leonard SNAKE LADY - Becca Mainor 6th EXHIBIT - Emily Harville HALF AND HALF - Dayci Brookshire DOLLY DIMPLES - Katie Brennan SHEIK - David Doll HIS HAREM - Sofia Vallilla & Kindl Shinn TATTOOED LADY - Sydney Cooke CONTORTIONIST - Mary Catherine Willse ROUSTABOUTS - Jacob Ashworth, Anker Bell & Amanda Moffat JUGGLER - Karen Master STAFF Director: David Lorenc Assistant Director: Chris Hudson Musical Director: Jeff Foarde Choreographer: Sofia Vallila Set Design: David Lorenc and Wade F Dansby 3 Master Carpenter: Wade F Dansby 3 Orchestra Director: Jeremy Boomhower Producer: Lorene Atkins Stage Managers: Megan Gregory and Edie Weichert Costume Designer: C. Hawkins Assistant to Costume Designer: Robert Summerous Wigs: Valeda Hood Props: Elena Toski
Side Show Press Release October 3, 2000 UNC-CH PAUPER PLAYERS PRESENTS SIDE SHOW NOVEMBER 30- DECEMBER 3 The UNC-CH Pauper Players is making its return to historic Playmakers Theater after a two year absence with its production of the critically acclaimed musical Side Show. The musical features music by Henry Krieger and book and lyrics by Bill Russell, the same creative team behind Dreamgirls. Side Show will run from November 30 through December 3 at 8pm. There will be a matinee on December 2 at 3pm. Side Show is based on the life of Siamese twins, Daisy and Violet Hilton, who leave a carnival freak show to perform in Vaudeville during the Great Depression. The musical portrays the sisters' attempt to be accepted as real people once they leave the safety of the side show. Through the course of the play the twins come to know that they will always be on display, that their life will always be a side show. Their experiences bring them to the tragic realization that they can rely only on each other. Side Show opened on Broadway on October 16, 1997 and closed on January 3, 1998 after only 91 performances. Despite its short run, Side Show received tremendous praise from critics, a loyal fan following, and four Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical and a joint Best Actress nomination for Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley's performances as Daisy and Violet. Pauper Players' production of Side Show is directed by David Lorenc. Featuring some familiar Pauper Players faces and a wealth of new talent, the cast is led by Meredyth Whitford and Cassie Cherney as Daisy and Violet. Tickets for University patrons are $5 and all non-University tickets are $10. Tickets can be purchased at the door, or reserved by calling 962-8481 or by e-mailing UNCCHPP@hotmail.com. Pauper Players is a student-run organization founded in 1989. It is a non-profit organization devoted solely to musical theatre. For more information about the show or Pauper Players, call 962-8481, or visit the organization's website at http://www.unc.edu/student/orgs/pauper.
from The Daily Tarheel Pauper Players Tell Story of ‘Side Show’ Adam Farabee (Staff Writer) December 01, 2000 “Come look at the freaks,” the opening number of Pauper Players’ new musical “Side Show” invites. Those freaks include Siamese twins, a fortune teller, a bearded lady and a reptile man. The play, directed by senior David Lorenc, is based on the life of Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton. Using the setting of a 1930s carnival freak show, “Side Show” forces the audience to explore its apprehensions, inadequacies and desire to be accepted. “The story is really touching and sad, but I think the audience will come away with something very deep,” said junior Lorene Atkins, the play’s producer. The plot centers on the twins’ departure from the carnival and their attempts to be accepted as normal human beings. “It is very different from most musicals,” Lorenc said. “It presents an odd story, but deep down it is beautiful and everyone can identify with it.” The musical opened on Broadway in 1997. Pauper Players’ production, which has been in rehearsal since September, boasts two especially strong female roles in Daisy and Violet. The twins will be portrayed by sophomore Meredyth Whitford and junior Cassie Cherney. Whitford, the new discovery of the show, is co-starring in her first principal role in a Pauper Players production as Daisy. She said the cast “has had to come across challenges doing such a difficult show, but it has definitely been a worthwhile experience.” Cherney, a drama major, is performing the other half of the twins, Violet. During the rehearsal process, Whitford and Cherney were joined at the hip with a tie, but in the actual show there will be nothing physically connecting the two. “Side Show” boasts an acclaimed score that includes songs such as “Come Look at the Freaks” and “Who Will Love Me as I Am?” While the musical is filled with odd characters, everyone involved with the production insists that “Side Show” is much more than a simple freak show at which the audience can gape. As Lorenc said in his director’s notes, “‘Side Show’ is a poignant musical that dismisses our desire to be normal in favor of simply being human.”