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Tenderly

Musical October 21-November 20, 2021 The State Theater 1hrs 45mins PG-13

Tenderly

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by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman

Directed by Corey McDaniel

Musical October 21-November 20, 2021 The State Theater 1hrs 45mins PG-13

A fresh, personal, and poignant picture of the woman whose unparalleled talent and unbridled personality made her a legend. Beginning with Clooney’s simple Maysville, Kentucky childhood and following her rise to Hollywood stardom, Tenderly weaves her signature songs in and out. We learn both the story of her successes on film, radio, and TV, as well as her struggles in her personal life – with a career fading during the advent of rock-and-roll and her battles with addiction and depression. Featuring “Hey There,” “Sisters,” “Botcha-a-Me,” “Come On-a My House,” and many other favorites.

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Director Corey McDaniel

Corey McDaniel

Corey McDaniel is the Director of Development for Harlequin Productions. Mr. McDaniel served as the founder and producing artistic director of Seattle’s Theatre22 during their 10-year cycle. As an actor, he has worked throughout the US and internationally and his performance credits have placed him in such reputable arenas as the Fox Theatres, the Hollywood Bowl, Theatro Sistina in Rome, and the Metropolitan Opera House of NYC. Outside of Harlequin, Mr. McDaniel’s recent directing credits include White, Burn This, The Pride, Wizzer Pizzer, and The Hours of Life for Theatre22, The Merry Wives of Windsor with Wooden O/Seattle Shakespeare Company, Treasure Island with Book-It Repertory Theatre, Sister Act the Musical, Bonnie and Clyde, and Good Kids at Cornish College of the Arts, Julius Caesar with Island Shakespeare Festival and The Wild Party for Sound Theatre Company (Gregory Award for Best Musical).

In 7 seasons and 12 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Director, Choreographer, Player 1) Baskerville (Director) Dracula (Director) Falsettos (Director) I Am My Own Wife (Charlotte von Mahlsdorf) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Director) Murder for Two (Director) Noises Off (Director) Tenderly (Director) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Director)

Music Director Jeff Bell

Jeff Bell

A veteran of more than 30 years in musical theatre working as a music director, accompanist and keyboardist, Jeff is a graduate of The Eastman School of Music and Northwestern University. Other area credits include productions at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Auburn Community Players, Renton Civic Theatre, Broadway Olympia, Village Theatre and The 5th Avenue Theatre as well as productions at Cornish College of the Arts.

In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:

Fun Home (Music Director, Piano) Tenderly (Music Director, Piano)

Scenic Design Jeannie Beirne

Jeannie Beirne

Jeannie Beirne is the Resident Scenic Designer for Harlequin Productions. She has also enjoyed working with The Olympia Family Theatre, Saint Martin’s University, and South Puget Sound Community College. In Missouri, she has designed Urinetown and The Music Man with Missouri Western State University, and The Drowsy Chaperone, She Loves Me, and Damn Yankees for Tent Theater. In Arizona, Jeannie designed Mama and Jack Carew and the world premiere of Suocera by Hal Corley at the Theatre Artists Studio and Big Love with Kim Weild at Arizona State University.

In 10 seasons and 36 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Scenic Design) A Doll's House (Scenic Design) August: Osage County (Scenic Design) Building Madness (Scenic Design) Cabaret (Scenic Design) Every Brilliant Thing (Scenic Design) Falsettos (Scenic Design) Fighting Over Beverley (Scenic Designer) First Date (Scenic Design) Fun Home (Scenic Design) Hedda Gabler (Scenic Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Scenic Design) Hundred Days (Scenic Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Scenic Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Scenic Design) Little Shop of Horrors (Scenic Designer) Love and Information (Scenic Design) Man of La Mancha (Scenic Design) Middletown (Scenic Designer) Noises Off (Scenic Design) Present Laughter (Scenic Design) Pride and Prejudice (Scenic Design) Ruthless (Scenic Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Scenic Design) Sweeney Todd (Scenic Design) Tenderly (Scenic Design) The 1940s Radio Hour (Scenic Designer) The 39 Steps (Scenic Designer) The Highest Tide (Scenic Design) The Language Archive (Scenic Designer / Video Designer) Three Days of Rain (Scenic Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Scenic Designer) Until the Flood (Scenic Design)

Costume Design Darren Mills

Darren Mills

Darren Mills is the Resident Costume Designer for Harlequin Productions. Additional regional credits: La Cage Aux Folles and Angels In America (SPSCC), Equivocation (SMU), and Murder Ballad (Sidecountry Theater). NYC hairdressing credits: Broadway: Phantom, Mamma Mia!, The Music Man. Film: The Stepford Wives, War of the Worlds, Lonesome Jim, The Notorious Bettie Page. TV: The Sopranos.

In 26 seasons and 68 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Costume Design) A Doll's House (Costume Design) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Wig/Makeup Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Hair & Wig Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Hair & Makeup Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Costume Co-Designer) As You Like It (Costume Designer) Assassins (Costume Designer) August: Osage County (Costume Design) Cabaret (Costume, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Costume Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Costume Designer) Deathtrap (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Enchanted April (Costume Designer) End Days (Costume Designer) Falsettos (Costume/Hair/Makeup Design) Forever Stardust (Costume Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Costume, Hair and Makeup Design) Henry V (Company Dresser) I Am My Own Wife (Costume Design) Intimate Apparel (Costume Designer) La Béte (Hair/Makeup Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Costume Design) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Costume Designer) Love and Information (Costume Design) Man of La Mancha (Costume Design) Murder in the Cathedral (Costume Designer) My Old Lady (Costume Designer) Noises Off (Costume Design) Operation Stardust (Costume Designer) Philadelphia Story (Costume Designer) Present Laughter (Costume Design) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Rough Crossing (Costume Designer) Ruthless (Costume Designer / Hair and Wig Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Costume Design) Six Hotels (Costume Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Costume Designer) Sweeney Todd (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Swingtime Stardust (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Sylvia (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Tenderly (Costume Design) The 39 Steps (Hair & Wig Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hair/Wig Design) The Constant Wife (Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Costume Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Costume Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Costume Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Costume Designer) The Love List (Costume Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Costume Designer) The Real Thing (Costume, Hair & Makeup Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Costume Designer) The Seafarer (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Costume Design) The Taming of the Shrew (Costume Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Costume Designer) The Understudy (Costume Design) The Women (Costume Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Costume Designer) Unexpected Tenderness (Costume Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Costume Designer)

Lighting Design Olivia Burlingame

Olivia Burlingame

Olivia (Cowlitz Indian Tribe) is the Resident Lighting Designer at Harlequin. Olivia graduated from Central Washington University with a BFA in Theater Design and Technology. She has also worked with Tacoma Opera, Theater Artists Olympia, Olympia Family Theater, Tacoma Arts Live, SMU, SPSCC, and Seattle Children’s Theater.

In 12 seasons and 33 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Lighting Design) A Christmas Survival Guide (Lighting Designer) Baskerville (Lighting Design) Every Brilliant Thing (Lighting Consultant) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Lighting Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Lighting Design) Hundred Days (Lighting Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Lighting Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Lighting Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Lighting Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Lighting Design) Man of La Mancha (Lighting Design) Middletown (Lighting Designer) Philadelphia Story (Lighting Designer) Pride and Prejudice (Lighting Design) Ruthless (Lighting Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Lighting Design) Sovereignty (Lighting Design) Tenderly (Lighting Design) The Americans Across the Street (Lighting Designer) The Highest Tide (Lighting Design) The Revolutionists (Lighting Design) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Lighting Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Lighting Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Lighting Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Lighting Design) The Understudy (Lighting Design) The Women (Lighting Design) Three Days of Rain (Lighting Design) Time Stands Still (Lighting Designer)

Sound Design Keith Jewell

Keith Jewell

In 21 seasons and 74 shows at Harlequin:

Properties Design Gerald B. Browning

Gerald B. Browning

In 7 seasons and 25 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Properties Design) Building Madness (Properties Design) Deathtrap (Scenic Design) Fun Home (Properties Design) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Properties Design) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Properties Design) Love and Information (Ensemble) Murder for Two (Properties Design and Scenic Painting) Noises Off (Properties Design) Pride and Prejudice (Properties Design) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Properties Design) Sovereignty (Properties Design) Tenderly (Properties Design) The 1940s Radio Hour ("Pops" Bailey) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Scenic Design, Properties Design) The Highest Tide (Father/Ensemble) The Love List (Bill) The Women (Properties Design) This Flat Earth (Properties Design) Until the Flood (Rusty/Dougray, Properties Design) What the Constitution Means to Me (Properties Design)

Stage Manager Gina Salerno

Gina Salerno

In 20 seasons and 90 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Co-Sound Design, Stage Manager) A Christmas Survival Guide (Stage Manager) A Doll's House (Sound Design) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Asst. Stage Manager) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Stage Manager) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Asst. Stage Manager) And a Nightingale Sang (Asst. Stage Manager) Blackbird (Sound Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Stage Manager) Clybourne Park (Sound Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Asst. Stage Manager) Dry Powder (Sound Designer) Enchanted April (Stage Manager) Enrico IV (Sound Designer/Asst, Stage Manager) Fighting Over Beverley (Sound Designer) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Stage Manager) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Sound Design) Gloucester Blue (Sound Designer) Hedda Gabler (Stage Manager) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Stage Manager) I Am My Own Wife (Sound Design) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Sound Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Stage Manager) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Stage Manager) Let the Good Times Roll! (Asst. Stage Manager) Little Shop of Horrors (Stage Manager) Love and Information (Stage Manager) Macbeth (Asst. Stage Manager) Man of La Mancha (Stage Manager) Mauritius (Sound Designer) Measure for Measure (Prostitute, Asst. Stage Manager) Middletown (Stage Manager) Murder for Two (Stage Manager) My Name is Rachel Corrie (Sound Design) My Old Lady (Sound Designer) Noises Off (Sound Design) Operation Stardust (Asst. Stage Manager) Or, (Sound Designer) Philadelphia Story (Stage Manager) Present Laughter (Sound Design) Pride and Prejudice (Sound Design) Psychopathia Sexualis (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) Rabbit Hole (Sound Designer) Recent Tragic Events (Sound Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Citizen/Party Guest) Ruthless (Stage Manager) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Stage Manager) Shining City (Sound Designer) Sins of the Mother (Sound Designer) Six Hotels (Sound Designer) Sixties Chicks (Asst. Stage Manager) Sixties Chicks Too (Stage Manager) Soul on Fire! (Asst. Stage Manager) Sovereignty (Sound Design) Stardust for Christmas (Esther Bartoli, Asst. Stage Manager) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Stage Manager) Summer in the Sixties (Stage Manager) Sweeney Todd (Stage Manager) Tenderly (Stage Manager) The 1940s Radio Hour (Properties Designer / Stage Manager) The American Pilot (Sound Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Stage Manager) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (Sound Design) The Elephant Man (Sound Designer) The Elsinore Diaries (Stage Manager) The Highest Tide (Stage Manager) The Ladies of the Camellias (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) The Language Archive (Sound Designer) The Last Five Years (Stage Manager) The Last Schwartz (Sound Designer) The Life and Times of Leonardo da Vinci (Asst. Stage Manager) The Love List (Asst. Stage Manager) The Rocky Horror Show (Asst. Stage Manager) The Seafarer (Sound Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Stage Manager) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Stage Manager) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Asst. Stage Manager) The Woman in Black (Asst. Stage Manager) The Women (Sound Design) This Flat Earth (Sound Design) Three Days of Rain (Sound Design) Time Stands Still (Sound Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Stage Manager) Under a Mantle of Stars (Sound Designer/Asst. Stage Manager) Unexpected Tenderness (Sound Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Sound Designer)

Company COVID Safety Manager Edania Liptzin

Edania Liptzin

In 1 season and 8 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Carol (Company COVID Safety Manager) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Sensitivity Consultant/Company COVID Safety Manager) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Company COVID Safety Manager) Murder for Two (Company COVID Safety Manager) Sovereignty (Company COVID Safety Manager) Tenderly (Company COVID Safety Manager) This Flat Earth (Company COVID Safety Manager) Until the Flood (Company COVID Safety Manager)

Meg McLynn Rosemary Clooney

Meg McLynn

Meg is happy to return to Harlequin, last seen here as Rosemary Clooney in Tenderly. PNW acting credits include roles with Seattle Shakespeare Company, Idaho Shakespeare Company, Book-It Rep, Seattle Symphony, ArtsWest, Seattle Opera, Seattle Public Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, and Theatre22. You can see her in several feature films and the series, “The Girl in the Woods”, streaming on NBC/Peacock. Meg teaches Voice and Acting at Cornish College of the Arts, Freehold Theatre Lab, and Mighty Tripod Studios and is a member of the vocal trio, Blue Plate Special.

In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:

Falsettos (Trina) Tenderly (Rosemary Clooney)

Bruce Haasl The Doctor

Bruce Haasl

Other favorite roles include Roger in Rent, Claude in Hair and Jamie in The Last Five Years. Bruce also works behind the curtain. He has designed and built sets for over 300 productions, including some here at Harlequin. He is very proud and honored to be a part of this beautiful and significant show.

In 9 seasons and 22 shows at Harlequin:

Baskerville (Scenic Design) Blackbird (Scenic Design) Cabaret (Ernst Ludwig) Cymbeline (Scenic Design) Falsettos (Mendel) First Date (Aaron) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Tripp) Fun Home (Understudy Bruce and Roy/Mark/Pete/Bobby Jeremy) I Am My Own Wife (Scenic Design) Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Vocalist, Properties Design) Present Laughter (Hugo Lyppiatt) Sweeney Todd (Ensemble) Tenderly (The Doctor) The 1940s Radio Hour (Clifton A. Feddington) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Eddie Compton) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Eddie Compton) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Eddie Higgsby (Compton)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Eddie Higgsby) The Women (Scenic Design) This Flat Earth (Scenic Design) What the Constitution Means to Me (Scenic Design)

Jeff Bell Piano

Jeff Bell

In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:

Fun Home (Music Director, Piano) Tenderly (Music Director, Piano)

Rick Jarvela Bass

Rick Jarvela

Rick has been an active bass player in the Puget Sound area since 1978. He has performed with the Tacoma Symphony, Olympia Symphony, Olympia Chamber Orchestra, Sweatband, Mood Swing, Size 3 and The Hot Five. His Harlequin credits include Tenderly, Man of La Mancha, First Date, Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, Assassins, A Rock N’ Roll Twelfth Night, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dancin’ In The Streets, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sixties Chicks, Sixties Kicks! and so many Stardust shows that he has lost count! Rick currently performs with the Jazz Senators, teaches private lessons and performs as a freelance bassist. Rick wishes to thank his wife Kay, and kids Nicole and Aaron for their continued support.

In 26 seasons and 47 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Survival Guide (Bass) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Dexter Brown / bass, Dexter Brown, Bass) A Stardust Homecoming (Dexter Brown (bass)) Arcadia (Acoustic Bass) Assassins (Bass) Cabaret (Bass) Dancin' in the Aisles (Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Bass) First Date (Bass) Forever Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Fun Home (Bass) Hundred Days (Bass) Jesus Christ Superstar (Bass) Let the Good Times Roll! (Bass) Little Shop of Horrors (Bass) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Bass) Man of La Mancha (Tenorio/Tuba) Operation Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass) Operation: Stardust (Private Dexter Brown, bass) Phantom of the Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) Sixties Chicks (Bass) Sixties Chicks Too (Bass) Sixties Kicks! (self) Soul on Fire! (Bass) Stardust for Christmas (Dexter Brown, Bass, Alber Jenson) Stardust for Emily Jean (Dexter Brown, bass) Stardust Radio Review (Dexter Brown, bass) Summer in the Sixties (Bass) Swingtime Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Bass) Tenderly (Bass) The 1940s Radio Hour (Bass) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Christopher Lyon, bass) The Rocky Horror Show (Bass) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Dexter Brown, Bass) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Albert Jenson) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass)

Andy Garness Drums/Percussion

Andy Garness

In 10 seasons and 21 shows at Harlequin:

A Christmas Survival Guide (Drums) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Drums) Cabaret (Drums/Percussion) Falsettos (Drums and Percussion) First Date (Drums) Fun Home (Percussion) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Schlatko (Drums)) Hundred Days (Drums) Jesus Christ Superstar (Drums) Little Shop of Horrors (Drums / Percussion) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Drums / Percussions) Man of La Mancha (Pedro/Drums and Percussion) Ruthless (Drums / Percussion) Sixties Chicks Too (Drums) Tenderly (Drums/Percussion) The 1940s Radio Hour (Biff Baker, Drums) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Cosmo Ritchie, Drums) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Cosmo Ritchie (Drums))

Meg McLynn is a member of the Actors' Equity Association.

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