Created and  Originally Directed by
Ted Swindley
based on a true story

Musical Director
Charlotte Evans

Stage Manager
Margie Lake

Costume Designer
Larry Munsey

Properties Manager
Amy Vickers

Scenic/Lighting/Sound Design
Technical Direction by
Marc W. Smith

Directed by 
Eric J. Potter

This production of Always Patsy Cline is licensed by the family and estate of Patsy Cline.
All rights reserved | Original Cast Album available on MCA | Created and originally directed by Ted Swindley | Author’s Representative: Joan Kovats  |  Business Management: Melanie Clark | Original Music Director: Vicki Masters | Band and Vocal Orchestrations: August Eriksmoen, Tony Migliore | Legal Counsel: Clair G. Burrill, Richard Garmise, Sawnie R. Aldredge.
For licensing information on Always…Patsy Cline and all Ted Swindley shows, visit www.tedswindleyproductions.com or contact Joan Kovats, (203) 978-0102.
For merchandise, please visit www.alwayspatsycline.com

CAST

Patsy Cline | Tiffany Walker-Porta Burrows
Louise Seger | Maribeth Vogel

SETTING

The action of the play takes place in Louise Seger’s kitchen and variouslocations that were important in Patsy Cline’s career including, The Grand Ole Opry, The Arthur Godfrey Show, The Esquire Ballroom  and a Houston radio station.

TIME

The time is the past (1957 – 1963) to the present.

Musical Numbers

Act One

Honky Tonk Merry Go Round | Frank Simon/Stan Gardner  Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music
Back in Baby’s Arms | Bob Montgomery, Talmont Music, Inc.
Anytime | Herbert Happy Lawson, Unichappel Music, Inc.
Walkin After Midnight | Don Hecht/Alan Block, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music
I Fall to Pieces | Hank Cochran/Harlan Howard, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | JD Miller, Peer International, Co.
Come on In and Sit Right Down | VF “Pappy” Stewart, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Your Cheating Heart | Hank Williams, Sr., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music /Warner Chappell
Stupid Cupid | Neil Sedaka/Howard Greenfield, EMI Music Publishing
You Belong To Me | King/Price/Stewart, Ridgeway Music
Lovesick Blues | Irving Mills/C. Friend, EMI Music Publishing

(There will be a 15 minute intermission)

Act Two

Sweet Dreams | Don Gibson, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music
She’s Got You | Hank Cochran, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray | Eddie Miller/WS Stevenson, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music
Crazy | Willie Nelson, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Seven Lonely Days | Earl Schuman/Walden  Schuman/Marshall Brown Music Sales, Corp.
If I Could See The World (Through the Eyes of a Child) | Sammy Masters/Richard Pope, MCA Publishing
Just a Closer Walk | [Traditional]
Blue Moon of Kentucky | Bill Monroe/ Peer International, Inc.
Gotta Lotta Rhythm | Barbara Ann Vaughn/WS Stevenson, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music
Shake Rattle and Roll | Charles Calhoun / Unichappel Music, Inc.
Faded Love | John Wills/Bob Wills, Warner Chappell
How Great Thou Art | [Traditional]
True Love | Cole Porter, Warner Chappell
If You’ve Got Leavin’ on your Mind | Wayne Walker/Webb Pierce, Polygram International
Bill Bailey | [Traditional]
                                                                                                                                                                     

Who’s Who

TIFFANY WALKER PORTA BURROWS (Patsy Cline) returns to DCT after appearing in The Women and The Secret Garden.  She began performing on the DCT stage when she was 11 years old as a member of the Act I Children’s Theatre in productions of Li’l Abner, Anything Goes,and Pippin.  Other DCT productions include appearances as Maggie in A Chorus Line, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Electra in Gypsy, and Martha in The Secret Garden. Nationally, some of her credits include performing at the Aloha Bowl, Rocky Gap, and Carnegie Hall. Some of her favorite Regional credits include: Patsy Cline in Always, Patsy Cline (Toby’s Dinner theatre & Winters Lane Theatre), Rose in Gypsy (MAF), Mayzie in Suessical (Pumpkin Theatre), Fastrada in Pippin, Florinda in Into the woods (MTM), Jan in Grease (MAF), and herself in Smokey Joe’s Café (Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre)… just to name a few. Tiffany was the Director/Owner of Drama Kids International of Central Baltimore and Harford County. Currently, she is a Special Education and Health Education teacher at Hereford Middle School in Baltimore County. Tiffany holds two Master’s Degrees from Goucher College.  She is also the Director of the HMS Drama Program, as well as the faculty sponsor for HMS Best Buddies Chapter.

MARIBETH VOGEL (Louise Seger) has been performing onstage in the Baltimore area for over 35 years (yes, she started as an infant!) and is happy to return to the DCT stage after many years.  She was seen previously at DCT as Charlotte Hay in Moon Over Buffalo, Gorgeous in The Sisters Rosenzweig, Vera in Steppin’ Out and Betsy in The Octette Bridge Club.  Most recent productions include The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre, 9 to 5 and Noises Off with Silhouette Stages in Columbia, and A Tomb with a View at Bowie Community Theatre. Some favorite roles include Mama Rose in Gypsy, Betty in The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Meredith in Bat Boy, Marjorie in The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Truvy in Steel Magnolias, Dolly in Hello, Dolly!, Nancy Twinkle in Little Mary Sunshine, Maggie in Jake’s Women, and Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls.  Her greatest productions, however, are her children, Matthew (26) and Claire (24).

PRODUCTION STAFF

Artistic/Managing Director | Tom Colonna
Producer/ Dean, School of Liberal Arts | Dr. William Watson
Director, Performing Arts | Anne M. Lefter
Technical Director/Scenic/Lighting/Sound Design | Marc W. Smith
Set Construction | Marc W. Smith, Matt Norton, Brandon Sowden
Follow Spot Operators | Megan Millane, Vanessa Vincent
Light Board Operator | Brandon Sowden
Costume Construction | Della Lotman
Dresser | Joey Hellman
Hair Stylist | Barry Stairs
Production Photographer | Tom Lauer
Box Office Manager | Lisa L. Boeren
Box Office Staff | Eva Grove, Thom Purdy

ERIC J. POTTER (Director) returns to DCT after having directed Anything Goes, Blood Brothers, Forever Plaid (1999) and Company. Other regional credits include; Next to Normal, Sweeney Todd and Man of LaMancha at Vagabond Players, Sunset Boulevard, The Will Rogers Follies, Funny Girl, Baby at Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre and LaCage aux Folles at Tobys Dinner Theater. When not directing theatre, Eric is the Administrative Manager of the Krieger Mind Brain Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

CHARLOTTE EVANS (Musical Director) makes her DCT musical direction debut with Always Patsy Cline.  Local credits include Gutenburg: The Musical! (Epic Productions), Something’s Afoot (Vagabond Players), Crazy For You Junior (Children’s Playhouse of Maryland). Regional credits: Rocky Horror Show (Millbrook Playhouse, PA), Wizard of Oz (Surflight Theater, NJ), Gypsy (Festival 56, IL), Company (Gallery Players, NYC), Annie Get Your Gun (Crown Uptown, KS). Charlotte received her training in piano and theatre from Ithaca College. She is also a recent graduate of the pastry arts program s at L’academie de Cuisine.

MARC W. SMITH (Scenic/Lighting/Sound Designer/Technical Director)  has been involved in over 200 productions in the past 30 years.  A graduate of Towson University with a B.A. and M.F.A. in Theatre Production, Marc’s scenic and lighting designs and technical achievements have won him awards from the USITT.  In addition, Marc’s scenic and lighting designs for A Little Night Music, The Cemetery Club and Bus Stop have been displayed in juried expositions.  In 2005 his scenic and lighting designs for the CCBC Essex production of Zombie Prom were part of the finalists in the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

MARGIE LAKE (Stage Manager) is delighted to make her DCT debut with this incredibly talented cast and creative team. Prior Stage Management credits include Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd, Godspell  Company and Something’s Afoot at The Vagabond Players and The Wizard of Oz, Curtains, Sunset Boulevard and Peter Pan at Cockpit in Court. During the day Margie works as Treasurer and Business Manager for the Children’s Playhouse of Maryland.  Enjoy the show!

LARRY MUNSEY (Costume Designer) is pleased to be designing costumes for DCT for the first time.  He has over 35 years of experience on and off the stage. He is the Associate Artistic Director and resident costume designer for Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia MD.

AMY VICKERS (Properties Master) is thrilled to return to DCT having Stage Managed, Propped, or worked back stage on productions of, Anything Goes, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hello Dolly, 1776, Into the Woods, Visiting Mr. Green, Nunsense, Other People’s Money, Baby, Spelling Bee, Cinderella, Annie, Jane Eyre, Jekyll & Hyde, just to name a few.  By day Amy is the Administrative Assistant for the Psychology Department at Towson University and she is full time wife and mother to Glen and Timothy.

TED SWINDLEY (Author/Original Director) is internationally known as writer and director of the popular musical, Always, Patsy Cline.  He is the founding artistic director of STAGES REP in Houston, Texas.  He was also named to the Esquire Magazine’s register of outstanding Americans in arts and letters.  Mr. Swindley was the recipient of the Los Angeles Dramalogue award for outstanding direction of Carnal Knowledge by Jules Feiffer.  Currently, he is president of Ted Swindley Productions, Inc., a theatrical licensing and consulting company, and continues his 30 year career writing plays and musicals, consulting and mentoring playwrights, as well as directing plays for various theatres throughout the U.S. and abroad.  Mr. Swindley is an active member of The Dramatists Guild of America and Stage Directors and Choreographers.

ORCHESTRA

Charlotte Evans | Piano Conductor
Corey Chubb | Electric Guitar
Randy Austin Jr. | Steel Lap Guitar
Greg Bell | Bass
Alani Sugar | Fiddle
Joe Pipkin | Drums

SPECIAL THANKS

Dr. Sandra Kurtinitis | President, CCBC
Dr. Mark McColloch | Vice President of Instruction
Dr. William Watson | Dean, Liberal Arts/DCT Producer
Patti Crossman | Chair, Performing Arts & Humanities
Dr. Anne M. Lefter | Director, Performing Arts
CCBC Student Government Association
The Maryland State Arts Council
Fox 45 Television
Wells Fargo Bank
Pepsico Foodservice
BGE
Eileen Aubele
Larry Debauch
Kevin Ecker
Ken Ewing
Bill Lunner
Marge Ricci
The Children’s Playhouse of Maryland
Vagabond Players
Tammy Boltz Creations

THE DUNDALK COMMUNITY THEATRE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Artistic/Managing Director | Tom Colonna
Producer | Dr. William Watson
Technical Director | Marc W. Smith
President | Ken Ewing
Vice President | Lauren J. Lowell
Recording Secretary | Cheryl Vourvoulas
Corresponding Secretary | Sarah Chrzanowski

Lisa L. Boeren | Linda Ligner
Angelique Causey | Edward Peters
Kevin E. Ecker | Amy Sacks
Lynn Huber | Lauren Stuart
Wayne Ivusich | Nadine Haas Wellington

Board Member Emeritus
Luisa Amann | Brian Kane
Michael Amann | Dot Liadakis
Maribeth Eckenrode Vogel | Della Lotman
Carole Fogle | Peggy Spillane Moser
Deborah Goetzinger | Joyce Rice
Lou Grumbach | Rudolph Sacchetti
Charlotte Hayes | Barry Stairs
William Warnick

THE DUNDALK COMMUNITY THEATRE
THEATRE PATRONS ASSOCIATION

The Theatre Patrons Association of DCT is comprised of audience members
who want to share a “special” appreciation to the theatre experience.
A TPA gift is a demonstration of gratitude and encouragement
to our actors, directors, designers and volunteers.

BENEFACTOR

The Calini Family
Keith Ewancio
Virginia Foster
Jack & Sheri Goodman
Mrs. J. E. Grumbach
Dave Guy
Geno Langellotto
Richard Marriott
Phil & Diane Pucher
Nadine Wellington

ASSOCIATE

Ann Bonner
Carole Bousum
Janice Evans
Lula Mae & John Gray
Therese Iwancio
David & Carolyn Jones
Alberta McLaughlin
Barbara & Ed Meyer
Mary Morris

PATRON

Sally Fiske
Sandra Forman
Marie Gellert
Pat Lijewski
Walter Lutrey
Stephanie Meyer
Kathleen Patton
Ralph Ray
Annette Sussman
Joseph Thomas
Jillian Watts
John & Sharon Wuori

SPONSOR

Ruth Anthony                                    Juliana Kolar
Karen Bayne                                     Colleen Kuhn
Raymond Bochenek                          Sandra Lucas
Donna Buchanan                               Mary Lou Mansfield
Charlotte & Ted Byrd                         Sandra McQuade
Janet Coleman                                  Anita Passapae
Florence DeLibera                             Michelle Pendergast
Mildred Eshmont                               Amy Rynes
Dorothy Ey                                       Francis Scheidt
Carole H. Fogle                                 Gerry Schirmacher
Caroline Guth                                    Charles Schutz
Janet Helton                                     Gloria Scrivani
Ed & Barb Houseknecht                       Trevor Setvin
Nancy Hughes                             Dolores & Ted Skalski
Jeanette Jones                                  Mildred Smilko
Dolores Kesterson                                 Margaret Steers
George Kloid                                      Thomas Swift
Patricia Warnick