Grand Hotel, The Musical
Book by Luther Davis
Songs by Robert Wright and George Forrest
Based On the Novel By Vicki Baum
Additional Music and Lyrics By Maury Yeston
Directed and Choreographed By Thomas DeFrantz
February 19-21, 1998
February 26-27, 1998
Poster (17"x11")
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| Wernst, electrician | - | Oreoluwa Adeyemi ’00 |
| Jean-Luc Merninod, doorman | - | Isaac Akyuz ’98 |
| Hildegarde, telephone operator | - | Rachael Butcher ’98 |
| Countess | - | Yuying Chen G |
| Jimmy #2 | - | Janet Chieh ’99 |
| Jimmy #1 | - | Peter Cho G |
| Baron Felix von Gaigern | - | Seth Jacob Cooperman ’99 |
| Sonja Henneg, telephone operator | - | Teresa DiGenova ’99 |
| Erik, front desk | - | L. Dolio Durant ’98 |
| Victoria Witt, ballet company manager | - | Dina Finan ’99 |
| Alfred Zinnowitz | - | Ira F. Gerhardt ’99 |
| Trudy Holtz, maid | - | Rachel Gianfortune ’00 |
| Gunther, chef | - | Andrew A. Grimm ’00 |
| Prudy Walker, maid | - | Shan Shan Huang ’00 |
| Elizaveta Grushinskaya, prima ballerina | - | Deborah S. Hyams G |
| Keller Hauptmann, chauffeur | - | Ryan Kershner ’98 |
| Otto Kringelein, bookkeeper | - | Youngmoo Kim G |
| Hans Bittner, bellboy | - | Jeff Klann ’01 |
| Trudy, Tootsie #1 | - | Lee Knight ’00 |
| Mrs. Anna Anderson | - | Nicole Krumrei ’99 |
| Raffaela Ontonio, assistant to Grushinskaya | - | Sarah McDougal ’00 |
| Frederick Kovacs, gigolo | - | Lajos Molnár G |
| Madame PeePee, lavatory attendant | - | Thando Moutlana ’99 |
| Katrina, telephone operator | - | Seema Nagpal ’99 |
| Lady Astor | - | Tuknekah Noble ’99 |
| Rudy Schmidt, maid | - | Julie Park ’99 |
| Detective von Ewer | - | Julie Park ’99 |
| Barmaid | - | Welkin Pope ’00 |
| Greta, Tootsie #2 | - | Joylette L. Portlock ’99 |
| Willibald, bellboy captain | - | Aditya Prabhakar ’00 |
| Flaemmchen, typist | - | Stacy J. Pruitt ’99 |
| Prince Obolensky | - | Andrew Russell G |
| Ernst, plumber | - | James Szabo G |
| General Director Preysing | - | Erick Tseng ’01 |
| Colonel-Doctor Otternschlag | - | Patrick Wang ’98 |
| Count Wolfgang Rhona, hotel manager | - | Lukasz A. Weber ’98 |
| Sandor, theater impresario | - | Steven Yang G |
| Kurt Kronenberg, bellboy | - | Boris Zbarsky ’01 |
Stacy Pruitt ’99
Lajos Molnár G, Yuying Chen G
L. Dolio Durant ’98
Deborah S. Hyams G, Seth Jacob Cooperman ’99
Erick Tseng ’01, Stacy Pruitt ’99
Youngmoo Kim G, Stacy Pruitt ’99
Ira F. Gerhardt ’99, Seth Jacob Cooperman ’99, Janet Chieh ’99, ?
Production Staff
| Director and Choreographer | - | Thomas DeFrantz |
| Set Designer | - | William Fregosi |
| Costume Designer | - | Leslie Cocuzzo Held |
| Lighting Designer | - | Richard Marcus |
| Technical Director | - | Edward Darna |
| Co-Producers | - | Jeremy Butler ’98 Vanessa Thomas ’98 Andrea Zengion ’99 |
| Assistant Director | - | Joseph “Jofish” Kaye ’99 |
| Production Stage Manager | - | Natalie Garner ’99 |
| Assistant Stage Managers | - | Becky Landsberg G Jeanne Sun ’01 |
| Assistant Set Designer | - | Jane Woo G |
| Student Technical Assistant and Master Carpenter | - | Jason Carrillo ’99 |
| Properties Manager | - | Adriane Stebbins ’01 |
| Assistant Costume Designer | - | Diane Brainerd |
| Costume Construction | - | Tanisha Lloyd ’99 Mary Tsien ’01 Susan A. Lucas ’98 |
| Assistant Lighting Designer | - | Scott Uebelhart ’98 |
| Master Electrician and Board Operator | - | Jon Gonda ’01 |
| Assistant Master Electrician | - | Guy Fisher ’98 |
| Follow-Spot Operators | - | Guy Fisher ’98 Christopher Jones ’99 |
| Program and Poster Design | - | Eddie Kohler G |
| Poster Photograph | - | Ramses Agustin G |
| The Orchestra | ||
| Music Director | - | Matt Hanna ’98 |
| Conductor | - | Steve Tistaert ’98 |
| Piano | - | Matt Hanna ’98 |
| Synthesizers | - | Matt Hanna ’98 Candice McElroy ’99 |
| Reeds | - | Asher Davison G Joshua Goldberg James Li G |
| French Horns | - | Petra Chong ’99 Patrick Trapa ’98 |
| Trumpets | - | Janis Stipins ’98 Megan Cooney Harlan Feinstein |
| Trombones | - | Dave Allmon ’01 Rob Geary ’01 |
| Bass | - | Pedro Verdugo |
| Drums | - | Diego Cutin Scliar |
| Percussion | - | Jeremy Nimmer ’00 |
Dramashop Officers
| President | - | Jeremy Butler ’98 |
| Vice President | - | Vanessa Thomas ’98 |
| Box Office Manager | - | Andrea Zengion ’99 |
| Publicity Director | - | Eddie Kohler G |
| Social Chair | - | David Montgomery ’98 |
| Secretary | - | Ira F. Gerhardt ’99 |
| Officers-at-Large | - | Julie Park ’99 Kevin Simmons ’98 Jeanne Yu ’98 |