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A New Jazz Opera by Dan Plonsey & Harvey Pekar

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Credits

Leave Me Alone!

A Jazz Opera In Two Acts

Music by Dan Plonsey
Libretto by Harvey Pekar
Additional Music by Josh Smith
Additional Words by Mantra Ben-ya'akova Plonsey and Joyce Brabner

Josh Smith, Musical Director
Daniel Michalak, Musical Director
Jonathon Field, Stage Director
Robert Katkowski, Set Designer
Barry Steele, Lighting Designer
Victoria Vaughan, Stage Manager
Michael Roesch, Technical Director
Dan Michalak, Vocal Preparation
Elizabeth and Orville Zharoff, Choreography
Jimmy Lybarger, Set Construction
John Perovsek, Lighting Equipment
Rachel Beck, Props Designer
Paul Eachus, Live Web Stream Producer
Michael Lynn, Associate Dean of Technology and Facilities
Peter Weiss, Director of Photography
Alexander Overington, Assistant Director of Photography
Francis Wilson and Ben McFadden, Camera Operators
Sean Mair, Live Sound Engineer
Emma Dayhuff, Derek Tuttle, Evan Ku Master, Audio Assistants
Michael McGee, Electrician
Mike Rauscher, Lighting Crew
Eric Cowley, Facilities Manager
Paul Eachus, Director of Audio Services
Barron Hulver, Director of Networking
Todd Brown, Technology Consultant
Charlotte Landrum, Media Relations
Paul Schick, Executive Producer, Real Time Opera

CAST

Dan Plonsey
Harvey Pekar
Mantra Ben-ya'akova Plonsey
Joyce Brabner
Joanna Lemle '10
Christopher Rice '10
Kate Rosen '11
Patty Stubel '09
Josh Smith
Gerard Michael D'Emilio
David Schwartz

Telephone appearance by Robert Crumb

BAND

Noah Hecht '10 (drums)
Aaron Salituro '11 (trombone)
David Schwartz '12 (saxophone)
Gregory Zilboorg '13 (trumpet)
John Schott (guitar)
Josh Smith (saxophone)
Joe Karten (trumpet)
Shaquille Harry-Tisdell (bass)
Dan Michalak (piano)

DANCERS

Cree Carrico
Mark Muthersbaugh
Elizabeth Zharoff
Orville Zharoff

SPECIAL THANKS

Oberlin Conservatory Departments of: Voice, TIMARA, Jazz, Concert Productions; Winter Term Committee; Don Scipione, Melvin Price, Acme Express, Inc.

This production is made possible in part through generous contributions from

Bonnie Baker, Ted and Sally Brown, Doug Bunker, Millie Burke, Shirley Dawson, Becky Elliott, Harry Fisher, Cavour Hauser, Henry Hawley, Mary K. Holmes, Bob and Gloria Janson, Jodi Kanter, Helene S. Love, Sheldon and Marilyn MacLeod, Stephen Mahoney, Debbie Neale, Lauren Oshman, Doug Perkins, Larry Polansky, Alga Schloss, Josephine and Don Scipione, Donald Singer, B.F. St. Angelo, Michael Valinis, George Vassos, Marlene Voinov, Larry G. Ward

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