Executive Producer: Krista Davies
Production Manager: Carynn Butler
Production Assistant: J.R. Moore
Director: Danny Inkley
Music Director: David K. Martin
Choreographer: Kristin Pettingill Callor
Assistant Choreographer: Anna Barlow
Technical Director: Derek Walden
Assistant Technical Director: Truxton Moulton
Stage Manager: Ashley Weller
Assistant Stage Manager: Amie Howell
Costume Designer: Rachel Lindsey
Lighting Designer: Michael Gray
Sound Designer: Derek Walden
Scenic and Projection Designer: Joshua Roberts
Scenic Charge Artist: Cynthia Klumpp
Scenic Artist: Janae Klumpp Gibb
Prop Master: Ashley Weller
Wig/Hair Designer: Shelly Swenson
Make-up Consultant: Kristen Alley
Costume Supervisor: Tammis Boam
Costume Stitchers: Ann Casper, Laura Miles, Stephanie Bruckman, Laurie Oswald, Janell Roundy, Brenda Roundy, Pam Lindsay, Shannon Page, Sydnie Howard, Tammis Boam, Kaitlyn Hurst, Raquel Davis, Jeanne Wagstaff, Jamie Taylor, Lynda Hamilton.
Shop Foreman: Truxton Moulton
Scenic Construction: Silas Stott, Randall Farrell, Truxton Moulton
Lighting Technicians: Josie Adams, Hannah Gibson-White, Dallin Alvey
Sound Technicians: Camille Chandler, Hillary Horne
Stage Crew: Emily Auton, Jill Howell, Chris Nelson, Mark Andrus, Bradley Howell, Dan Cook, Hailee Horne.
Spotlight Operators: Victoria Tolley, Madison Young, Blake Nelson, Kayley Turner.
Child Actor Attendants: Anna Barlow, Shanna Tripp
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Chair
James Ahlstrom Vice Chair
Shawn Beus
Jason W. Burningham
Ken Cutler
Paul Cutler Michelle Falk Tami Filmore
Cathleen Gilbert
Fred Hale
Kendalyn Harris
Jenny Lalli (Jen)
Dan Liljenquist
Clay Monroe
John R. E. Redd
Steve Terry
Clark Wilkinson
Jansen Davis, Executive Director
Krista Davies, Executive Producer Carynn Butler, Production Manager
Brian Hahn, Leishman Hall Producer
Shelley L. Davies, Director of Development
Amy R. Gapinski, Marketing Coordinator
Holly K. Reid, Asst. Marketing Coordinator
Danny & Wendy Inkley, Directors CenterPoint Academy
Keri Stewart, Staff Accountant
Diana Jensen, Box Office Manager
Laurie Hahn, House Manager, Volunteer Coordinator
Derek Walden, Technical Director
Truxton Moulton, Asst Technical Director/Shop Foreman
Tammis Boam, Costume Department Manager
Laurie Oswald, Costume Shop Supervisor
Cynthia Klumpp, Scenic Charge Artist
Marilyn Montgomery, Prop Manager
Box Office Staff: Janice Spencer, Rachel Jensen, Pam Christy, Beverly Cutler, Jenine Spencer, Chris Brown, Annette Houston, Debbie Cabezas, Nancy Johnsen.
Concessions Staff: Erin Stewart, Grace Boyce, Katelyn Stewart, Maclayne Inkley, Ruby Anderson, Drew Eversole, Lyla Miller, Xander Ferrin, Robyn Jacobson, Klara Doelling, Eva Van Orman, Tess Arbuckle.
IT Staff: Mark Wagstaff
“Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you’ve changed, by believing. Once you’ve changed, other things start to follow. Isn’t that the way it works?” – Diane Duane
Buddy the Elf is a believer, and Elf is a story about how he makes other people change by believing, too.
Elf is about believing.
At the beginning of rehearsals for this show, we made a “Believe” sign like the one on Ted Lasso. It hung at the front of the rehearsal hall, and now it lives on the wall
backstage to remind the cast and crew the big WHY of what we’re doing. We’re telling a story about the virtues of believing, and about how when we are changed by believing, other things start to follow.
Theatre, at the core, is about belief. A group of people pay money to come and sit in the dark and watch people up on a stage pretending to be somebody else. And when we do it right, this group of people has an experience of shared belief, and they leave at the end believing more than they did before.
So, I hope, amidst all of the singing and dancing and shouting and glitter and sparkle and ridiculousness and tenderness and heart and joy, I hope Elf helps you
believe something. And once you believe it, I hope other great things start to follow.
All of my thanks and praise to this production team, cast, crew, and the incredible CenterPoint Theatre family for helping me believe.
Merry Christmas!
Danny Inkley – Director
Elf, the Musical is a story about Buddy, an orphan who crawled into Santa’s sack at an orphanage and was mistakenly taken to the North Pole where he grew up believing that he was an elf despite his large stature and less than mediocre toy-making skills.
After finding out that he was actually a human, Buddy makes the long journey to a magical place called New York City to find
his birth father, who just happens to be on the naughty list. With the innocence and enthusiasm that only Buddy can provide, the true meaning of Christmas comes shining through.
Act 1
Prelude – Santa, Mrs. Claus
Scene 1 Happy All the Time – Santa, Elves, Buddy
Scene 2 Let’s Make Toys
Scene 3 Not Happy All the Time – Buddy
Scene 4 World’s Greatest Dad – Buddy, Kids, Adults
Scene 5 In The Way – Deb, Walter, Michael, Emily, Employees
Scene 6 Sparklejollytwinklejingley (Part 1) – Buddy, Store Elf, Jovie, Manager, Ensemble
Scene 6 Goodnight, Jovie (Part 2) – Buddy
Scene 7 I’ll Believe In You – Michael, Emily
Scene 8 In The Way (Reprise) – Emily, Walter
Scene 9 Just Like Him – Buddy, Walter, Deb, Ensemble
Scene 10 A Christmas Song – Jovie, Buddy, Ensemble
Scene 11 Back to the Office
Scene 12 World’s Greatest Dad (Reprise) – Buddy, Ensemble
Intermission
Act 2
Prologue – Santa, Buddy
Scene 1 Nobody Cares About Santa – Santa’s, Manager, Buddy
Scene 2 Never Fall In Love (With An Elf) – Jovie
Scene 3 There Is A Santa Claus – Michael, Emily
Scene 4 The Story of Buddy – Buddy, Walter, Employees
Scene 5 Nobody Cares… (Santa’s Reprise) – Santa
Scene 6 A Christmas Song (Reprise) – Jovie, Emily, Michael, Walter, Buddy, Santa, Ensemble
Epilogue – Santa, Mrs. Claus, Buddy
Finale (Part 1) – Buddy, Walter, Jovie, Emily, Michael, Santa
Finale (Part 2) – Company
Character | M/W/F | T/TH/S |
---|---|---|
Buddy | Addison Welch | Craig Williams |
Walter Hobbs | Scott W. Butler | Dan Frederickson |
Emily Hobbs | Jennifer Williams | Camille Williams |
Michael Hobbs | John Nelson Wakley | Mckay Clemens |
Jovie | Emily Woods Sparks | Jessica Oberg |
Deb | Taneesa Wright | Jenni Cooper |
Santa | Dave Hill | Randy Honaker |
Greenway | Darin J. Beardall | Robert W. Gibbons |
Manager | Andrew Bringhurst | Andy Leger |
Man 1 | Garrett Frazier | David McMullin |
Man 2 | Tom Rudd | Lucas Meyer |
Man 3 | Romney Mathewson | Jake Oaklyn |
Man 4 | Dylan Watson | Silas Stott |
Woman 1 | Jackie Ward | Michelle Clark |
Woman 2 | Samantha Millward | Jalyn Bender |
Woman 3/Charlotte Dennon | Emily Perry | Hailey Beecher |
Woman 4 | Krista Widdison | Mary Hampton |
Charlie | McGuire K. Bingham | James Leger |
Tiara | Bridget Maxwell | Ginger Anderson |
Elf 1 | Hannah Moody | Addison Monroe |
Elf 2 | Sarah Monson | Coraline Clegg |
Elf 3 | Zoe Duncan | Nora Despain |
Elf 4 | Lelini " Chubby" Iongi | Sam Akerlow |
Elf 5 | Alfie Welch | Ross Clemens |