The Stardust Club Christmas 1944
Ticket Information
November/December 1994
Cast & Creative
Linda Whitney
In 27 seasons and 109 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Director / Scenic Designer) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Director) A Man for All Seasons (Scenic Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Director, Director/Scenic Designer) A Stardust Homecoming (Director) A Streetcar Named Desire (Director/Scenic Designer) American Buffalo (Set Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Director/Scenic Designer) Antony & Cleopatra (Scenic Designer) Arcadia (Director) Art (Director/Scenic Designer/Costume Designer) As You Like It (Scenic Designer) Assassins (Director/Scenic Designer) Billy (Director/Scenic Designer) boom (Director) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Director / Scenic Designer) Clybourne Park (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Streets (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Dracula (Scenic Designer) Dry Powder (Scenic Designer) Enchanted April (Director & Set Designer) End Days (Director, Scenic Designer) First Date (Director) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Scenic Designer, Costume Designer) Forever Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Frozen (Costume Designer) Gloucester Blue (Scenic Designer) Hamlet (Costume Designer, Scenic Designer) Hapgood (Scenic Designer) Henry V (Scenic Designer) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Director/Scenic Designer) Intimate Apparel (Director/Scenic Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Director, Scenic Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Director/Scenic Designer) Letters from Waldo (Scenic/Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Director) Mad in Craft (Scenic Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Director / Scenic Designer) Mauritius (Scenic Designer) Murder in the Cathedral (Scenic Designer) My Old Lady (Scenic Designer) Operation Stardust (Director) Operation: Stardust (Director) Or, (Scenic Designer) Orphans (Scenic Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Philadelphia Story (Director / Scenic Designer) Present Laughter (Director) Recent Tragic Events (Scenic Designer) Reckless (Scenic Designer) Richard III (Scenic Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Costume Designer) Rough Crossing (Director) Shining City (Costume Designer) Sixteen Words for Water (Scenic Designer) Sixties Chicks (Director) Sixties Chicks Too (Director) Sixties Kicks! (Director) Soul on Fire! (Costume Designer) Stardust for Christmas (Director, Scenic Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director) Summer in the Sixties (Director, Scenic Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Talking With (Co-Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Scenic/Costume Designer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Director, Scenic Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Director, Scenic Design) The Constant Wife (Director/Scenic Designer) The Dumbwaiter (Scenic/Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Director / Scenic Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Scenic Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Director/Scenic Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Director/Scenic Designer) The Last Five Years (Director / Scenic Designer / Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Director / Scenic Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Director) The Rainmaker (Scenic Designer) The Real Thing (Scenic Designer) The Seafarer (Set Designer) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Co-Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director/Scenic Designer) The Taming of the Shrew (Scenic Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) The Understudy (Scenic Design) The Winter's Tale (Scenic Designer) The Zoo Story (Scenic/Costume Designer) Time Stands Still (Scenic Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Scenic Designer) Waiting for Godot (Scenic Designer) What I Did Last Summer (Co-Director/Scenic Designer)
James L. This
In 4 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:
She Stoops to Conquer (Stingo/Sir Charles Marlow) The 1940s Radio Hour (Pops) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Michael Harrigan, Co-Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Launce/3rd Outlaw) What I Did Last Summer (Co-Director)
Troy Fisher
In 4 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:
Billy (Doug Clark, Vocal Director) Operation: Stardust (Musical Director/Choreographer, Tommy Fox, piano) Stardust for Christmas (Musical Director, Tommy Fox) The 1940s Radio Hour (B. J., Music Director) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Tommy Fox, Music Director)
Suzy Star
In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:
Billy (Costume Designer) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Costume Designer)
Raoul Berman
In 3 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:
Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Sound Technician) Swingtime Stardust (Sound Designer) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Sound Designer)
Carol Cozby
In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:
The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Stage Manager) What I Did Last Summer (Stage Manager)
Ronna Smith
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Properties/Asst. Stage Manager)
Kat Armstrong
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Lucille Bartoli)
George Dougherty
In 5 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:
Forever Stardust (Sidney Wilson) Stardust for Christmas (Sidney Wilson) Swingtime Stardust (Sidney Wilson) The 1940s Radio Hour (Stanley) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Sidney Wilson)
Troy Fisher
In 4 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:
Billy (Doug Clark, Vocal Director) Operation: Stardust (Musical Director/Choreographer, Tommy Fox, piano) Stardust for Christmas (Musical Director, Tommy Fox) The 1940s Radio Hour (B. J., Music Director) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Tommy Fox, Music Director)
Heidi Fredericks
In 4 seasons and 7 shows at Harlequin:
Billy (Company/Cocktail Waitress) Hamlet (Ophelia) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Sally) Stardust for Christmas (Irene Gordon, Choreographer) The Rocky Horror Show (Columbia) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Alice Andrews) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Julia)
Kathleen Gallagher
In 8 seasons and 11 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Clementine/Bouncer 1/Priest) Assassins (Emma Goldman/Ensemble) Billy (Chorus/Journalist/Nancy) Forever Stardust (Rosemary Wyatt) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Helen) Operation: Stardust (Rosemary Wyatt) Stardust for Christmas (Rosemary Wyatt) Talking With (Dragons) The 1940s Radio Hour (Ginger) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Rosemary Wyatt) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Rosemary Wyatt)
Andrew Gordon
In 14 seasons and 37 shows at Harlequin:
A Man for All Seasons (Cardinal Wolsey) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch) Arcadia (Ezra Chater) Assassins (Sam Byck) Billy (Company/Producer) Cymbeline (Philario/Belarius) Cyrano de Bergerac (Citizen/Poet/Sentry) Dracula (Renfield) Forever Stardust (Harry Hamilton) Hamlet (Polonius/Osric) Hapgood (Russian) Henry V (Exeter/Nym/MacMorris/Bates) Inspecting Carol (Director) La Béte (Elomire) Letters from Waldo (Buster/Stubb/Post Officer Clerk) Lewis & Clark & the End of the World (William Clark) Operation: Stardust (Harry Hamilton) Reckless (Doctors 1 through 6) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch) Rough Crossing (Ivor Fish) She Stoops to Conquer (Tony Lumpkin, Constance Lumpkin) Stardust for Christmas (Harry Hamilton) Stardust for Emily Jean (Harry Hamilton) Swingtime Stardust (Harry Hamilton) Sylvia (Director) Talking With (Co-Stage Manager) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Gustav Mahler/Fess Parker/Scott/Craig/Gussy/Burl Ives' Evil Twin) The 1940s Radio Hour (Clifton) The Glass Menagerie (Director) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Nick Cricker/Durdles, Client of Puffer) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Harry Hamilton) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Harry Hamilton) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Panthino/2nd Outlaw/Sir Eglamour) The Winter's Tale (Polixines) The Zoo Story (Jerry) Unexpected Tenderness (Dialect Coach) Waiting for Godot (Estragon)
Russ Holm
Favorite roles elsewhere include Edmund in King Lear, El Gallo in The Fantasticks (Electric City Theatre), Charlie in The Foreigner, Hines in The Pajama Game (Abbey Players), Kenickie in Grease, Arthur in Camelot (Summer Showcase), Jesus in Godspell (May Carol Theatre Productions), Mr. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera (Capitol Playhouse), Mr. Nobody and the Tooth Fairy in Good Night Moon, Geppetto in Pinocchio (Olympia Family Theater) and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (Theater Artists Olympia).
In 24 seasons and 49 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Christmas Past, Player 4 (Jacob Marley, others)) A Doll's House (Dr. Rank) A Man for All Seasons (Sir Thomas More) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Snug/Lion) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Malvolio) Arcadia (Bernard Nightingale) As You Like It (Duke Frederick/Duke Senior) August: Osage County (Beverly Weston) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Big Daddy) Cymbeline (Cymbeline, Cornelius) Cyrano de Bergerac (de Guiche) Deathtrap (Sidney Bruhl) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Utterson, Hyde 1) Dracula (Dr. John Seward, John Seward) Enrico IV (Doctor Dionisio Genoni) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Jim) Hamlet (Ghost/Player/Priest/Soldier) Henry V (Ensemble) Measure for Measure (Duke Vincentio) Murder in the Cathedral (3rd Priest) Operation Stardust (Sgt. James Avery) Operation: Stardust (Sergeant James Avery) Philadelphia Story (William Tracy) Psychopathia Sexualis (Dr. Block) Richard III (Hastings) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Officer/Priest) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Lead Player) She Stoops to Conquer (Servant/Inn Customer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Watson/Ensemble) Stardust for Christmas (Salvatore Mantolini, Simon Mantolini) The American Pilot (Captain) The Elephant Man (Pin Man/L. Police/Lord John/Porter/Will) The Ladies of the Camellias (Gustave-Hippolyte Worms) The Language Archive (Resten / Baker / Zamenhof) The Misanthrope (Oronte) The Real Thing (Max) The Rocky Horror Show (Riff Raff) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Sam Hart) The Taming of the Shrew (Gremio) The Tempest (Sebastian) The Winter's Tale (Leontes) To Kill a Mockingbird (Bob Ewell) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Eglamore / Panthino / Outlaw #2)
Jodi Hooper
In 2 seasons and 2 shows at Harlequin:
Letters from Waldo (Betty/Older Woman/Jane) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Madeline Ames)
Jeff Kingsbury
In 6 seasons and 12 shows at Harlequin:
A Man for All Seasons (Thomas Cromwell) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) Billy (William) Dracula (Requiem Jongleur) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Charlie) Letters from Waldo (Choreographer) Operation: Stardust (Ray Fontaine) Stardust for Christmas (Ray Fontaine) The 1940s Radio Hour (Neal, Choreographer) The Rocky Horror Show (Frank N. Furter) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Ray Fontaine) Waiting for Godot (Pozzo)
Linda Morris
In 9 seasons and 16 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Olivia) A Streetcar Named Desire (Dramaturge/Asst. Stage Manager) Billy (Chorus/Reporter/Young Woman/Woman) Cyrano de Bergerac (Roxanne) Forever Stardust (Nadine Owens) Hamlet (Palace Guard/Player/Priestess) Henry V (Pistol/Montjoy/Orleans/Grey/Isabella) Inspecting Carol (Betty Andrews) La Béte (Catherine De Brie) Operation: Stardust (Nadine Owens) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Olivia) Stardust for Christmas (Nadine Owens) Stardust for Emily Jean (Nadine Owens) Swingtime Stardust (Nadine Owens) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Doris Palocek) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Sylvia)
Matthew Slinger
In 6 seasons and 10 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Feste) Cymbeline (Iachimo) Dracula (Jonathan Harker) Forever Stardust (Buddy Schwartz) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Feste) She Stoops to Conquer (Servant/Inn Customer) Stardust for Christmas (Melvin Mantolini) Swingtime Stardust (Buddy Schwartz) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Buddy Schwartz) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Speed)
James L. This
In 4 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:
She Stoops to Conquer (Stingo/Sir Charles Marlow) The 1940s Radio Hour (Pops) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Michael Harrigan, Co-Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Launce/3rd Outlaw) What I Did Last Summer (Co-Director)
Jana Tyrrell
In 15 seasons and 24 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Player 2 (Christmas Past, others), Player 2) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Mary Tyrone) A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche) Assassins (Sara Jane Moore) Baltimore Waltz (Anna) Billy (Billy Tipton) Deathtrap (Myra Bruhl) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Wendy) Forever Stardust (Frankie Malone, Choreographer) Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Bennet/Charlotte Lucas) Stardust for Christmas (Frankie Malone) Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman) Sylvia (Kate) The 1940s Radio Hour (Ann) The Constant Wife (Mrs. Culver) The Glass Menagerie (Amanda) The Importance of Being Earnest (Lady Bracknell) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Miss Angela Prysock/Princess Puffer) The Real Thing (Charlotte) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Frankie Malone) The Tempest (Voice of Juno) The Winter's Tale (Hermione) The Women (Mrs. Morehead / Sadie)
Tom Bain
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Dexter Brown)
Alan Fuller
In 6 seasons and 6 shows at Harlequin:
Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Biff) Inspecting Carol (Phil Hewlit) Operation: Stardust (Biff Baker, woodwinds) Stardust for Christmas (Biff Baxter) The 1940s Radio Hour (Biff, Musician) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Biff Baker)
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)