Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Cast of Characters
"Joseph"						Jim Lane, Caleb Murray
Narrator						Leah Reddy and Pam Werdin Stansbury
"Pharoh"						Jeff Werdin
"Jacob"						Bruce Seibel
Butler						Orin Mueller
Baker						Tom Yockey
"Potiphar"						John Emery
"Mrs. Potiphar"						Sara Lane
Ismaelites						Tony Casetta and Tom Yockey
Joseph's Brothers
"Reuben"						Jon Gilliland
"Simeon"						Nate Hebert
"Levi"						Bryan Michaels
"Napthali"						Matt Miller
"Isaachar"						Tom Otte
"Asher"						Jason Pucker
"Dan"						Tim Roltgen
"Zebulun"						Norbert Schmidt
"Gad"						Dan Zeleske
"Benjamin"						Ken Litscher
"Judah"						Paul Ziesmer
Men's Ensemble						Jarrod Lewis and Jason Nett
Wives (listed below in alphabetical order)
Ann DeWilde	Stacey Ewald					Kristi Gerner					Jaclyn Grahl
Jimmy Hackbarth	Marcia Hackbarth					Michelle LeBeau					Angela Otte
Barb Piatt					Emily Wagner		Alissa Zimmerman
Women's Ensemble (listed below in alphabetical order)
Katherine Gilliland		Laura Norton				Jenny Oestreich				Kim Zielieke
Children's Chorus (listed below in alphabetical order)
Clark Ausloos		Denae Austin				Kristin Buranich				Dan Colwin
Annie Fischer		Jason Fuller				Meagan Gilliland				Meaghan Harvey
Katie Kottke		Meredith Lichtenwald				Janis Manthey				Collie Moody
Nicole Moody		Tricia Moody				Teddy Mueller				Stacey Pucker
Emily Rebek		Jordan Santiago				Tara Santiago				Andy Schmidt
Gini Schmidt		Rebecca Schob				Jared Scholz				Keah Schuenemann
Val Shipe		Elise Thelen				Marjorie Trew				Julianne Woodrow
Aaron Zeleske				Adam Zeleske				Christopher Zielieke
Dreamcoat Dancers (listed below in alphabetical order)
Jennifer Allen			Emily Enders			Wendy Hicks			Sara Lane
Sandy Lichtenwald			Kati Litscher			Maureen Manowske			Polly Muthig
Rebecca Riedner			Megan Roehrig			Becky Schmidt			Paula Schneider
Amy Verbeten						Lisa Weinshrott

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" was presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Music Theatre International, 545 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018

By arrangement with The Robert Stigwood Organization and David Land.

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The Hat Tradition Begins, a reminisce by Pete Runde

Talking about ‘Joseph,” there are two things that I can remember. One was that Claudia Winland made a cap for me to wear, as Orchestra Director, with a gold pyramid on the top. And I felt really foolish about doing that. And so maybe the second night I put that on in the very last song and hoped nobody would notice. But a lot of people thought it was cool, so by the end of the show I was wearing it all the time. And I think we started a tradition that lasted maybe fifteen years, because I know Warren Larson also started wearing a cap when he would direct the high school plays. Like I think they did ‘South Pacific’ and he’d wear a Navy Captain’s cap. And I had caps for the rest of the ones that I directed as well. Some were sort of outlandish.

The other ‘Joseph’ thing that I remember was that Warren Larson directed the vocal, and he had so many changes to the music that I spent fully a third of our rehearsal time telling the musicians what to change in their music, where to cut, where to change key and all of the alterations. We spent seems as much time changing the music as we did actually playing it. It was really, really involved. But it was a great show.

Our Technicolor Dream -- a reminisce by John Silah

The show that seems to be the most universally acclaimed as the best musical that Fond du Lac Community Theatre has done is probably "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," which we staged in 1996. Many people told us that it was as good as productions they had seen in Milwaukee and Chicago.

It was a joyful play, with show-stopping, Andrew Lloyd Webber music, fine performances, magnificent costumes – everything that makes a show great. I had some adult volunteers to help with the lighting, and together we created some striking effects.

The "mega-mix" at the end had people clapping and dancing – even the “techies” were dancing at their technical stations. One of our crew, Tom Lanari, was helping out with sound. When one of our cords started to come loose, and threatened to ruin the music, Tom grabbed the connectors and held them together with his bare hand. Despite the fact that the malfunction was causing a painful electrical charge to go through his arm, Tom held the connection together throughout the entire mega-mix. I had my differences with Tom, but you can’t knock that kind of dedication.