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FEBRUARY 16, 2022 Reserve Oil & Gas
RIGHT ANGLE ENTERTAINMENT, QUATRO ENTERTAINMENT INC.
AND MAPLE TREE ENTERTAINMENT
Present
SHOW DIRECTOR
DEAN ELLIOTT
MUSIC SUPERVISOR GENERAL MANAGER COMPANY MANAGER
DEAN ELLIOTT RALPH SCHMIDTKE AARON QUINTANA
PRODUCTION MANAGER (NON TOURING) SOUND ENGINEER
BRIAN RICHARD JEFF GOOD
LIGHTING OPERATOR VIDEO DESIGN
JAMES GATELY Z FRAME
PRESS
JOHN TELLEM/ANDY COSCARELLI - TELLEM GRODY PR
LIGHTING DESIGN
MIKE BERGER DESIGN
STAGE MANAGER/MONITORS
ERIC ‘KACZ’ KACZMARCZYK
CAST
Paul Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAYLOR BLOOM
Paul Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GEORGE CLEMENTS
Art Garfunkel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BEN COOLEY
Art Garfunkel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRENDAN SMITH
Art Garfunkel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAMUEL-VINCENT AUBUCHON
BAND
Keyboards and background vocals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZACH KAMINS
Drums and background vocals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOB SALE
Bass guitar and background vocals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARC ENCABO
Guitar and background vocals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSH VASQUEZ
SYNOPSIS
The Simon & Garfunkel Story chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock
duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom
& Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best- selling music groups of the ‘60s to
their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous “The Concert in Central Park”
reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance.
Using state of the art video projection, photos and original film footage, the show also
features a full live band performing all of their hits, including “Mrs. Robinson” (featured in
the 1967 film The Graduate), “Cecilia,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Homeward Bound”
and many more.
With more than 100 million album sales since 1965, Simon & Garfunkel’s perfect harmonies
and songs that poignantly captured the times made them one of the most successful folk-rock
duos of all time. Over the years, they won 10 Grammy® Awards and were inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1977, their Bridge Over Troubled Water album
was nominated at the 1977 Brit Awards for Best International Album. In 2003, Simon and
Garfunkel were awarded a Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award and the following year
saw their “The Sound of Silence” awarded a Grammy® Hall of Fame Award.
WHO’S WHO
TAYLOR BLOOM (Paul Park, Junie B Jones Jingle Bells Batman Smells
Simon) Taylor Bloom is an (Sheldon) White Plains Performing Arts
actor and musician based Center. This is also his first tour and he is
out of NYC. He is utterly excited for all the challenges it will bring!
thrilled to be back on the
road with THE SIMON BRENDAN SMITH (Art
& GARFUNKEL STORY Garfunkel) Brendan Jacob
for another tour, and to be Smith is a singer, actor and
bringing this music to so many communi- songwriter from Brooklyn,
ties around the US. Born and raised in the New York. He’s a recent
Shenandoah Valley, Taylor attended Shenan- graduate of Ithaca College,
doah Conservatory where, in addition to where he studied music
sharpening his skills on stage, he caught the and theatre. Brendan was
bug for film, writing and directing. To round recently seen on America’s Got Talent with
out his creative pursuits, he writes music for his vocal trio, T.3. Composed of three tenors,
himself, as well as for his band, Coastline. T.3 gained a following on TikTok by posting
covers throughout the pandemic. Brendan
GEORGE CLEMENTS was previously seen as Frankie Epps in Parade
(Paul Simon) George is a (The Rev Theatre Co.), Ben in Happily The
Boston based guitarist and Musical(NYMTF), and spent two summers
singer/songwriter steeped in as a member of Hyannis Sound, Cape Cod’s
the folk music traditions. He professional a cappella group. Brendan grew
graduated from Berklee Col- up harmonizing to Simon and Garfunkel
lege of Music in 2014 where songs and could not be more thrilled to be
he was an active member in telling their story.
the American Roots Music program. For the
past 5 years, he has been touring nationally SAMUEL-VINCENT
and internationally as the frontman and lead AUBUCHON (Art
singer for the modern acoustic group, Lonely Garfunkel) Based in
Heartstring Band. The group has released New York City, Samuel-
two albums with Rounder Records out of Vincent Aubuchon is a
Nashville and has received critical acclaim for devoted singer/songwriter
their innovative approach to songwriting and and actor. He’s appeared
string-band arrangements. onstage in concert settings
with Phillipa Soo, Stephanie J. Block, and
BEN COOLEY (Art Gar- backup for Casi Joy of NBC’s ‘the Voice.’
funkel) Benjamin Cooley The Q Review describes SVA as a “talented
is an actor based in NYC. modern day balladeer” with an “old world
Born and raised in Queens, association with his voice, matched alongside
NY, he couldn’t be more ex- a modern day sensibility and approach to
cited to tell the story of two music” . In the spring of 2020, he conceived
young men from Queens the nationwide Living Room Songwriter’s
who wrote the music of Competition to spark creativity in the midst
their generation. Recent Credits: Polkadots: of a worldwide pandemic, working closely
The Cool Kids Musical (SKY) Playhouse on with industry professionals Anson Seabra,
WHO’S WHO
Natalie Weiss, and Andrew Barth Feldman. MARC ENCABO (Bass
Samuel-Vincent also serves on the coaching guitar and background
staff of the Music Career Mastermind artist vocals.) Marc Encabo is
development program. a multi-instrumentalist,
composer, songwriter, and
ZACH KAMINS (Keyboards arranger born and raised in
and background vocals) Zach San Diego, CA. Between
is a composer and multi- growing up in church, piano
instrumentalist from Los lessons at the age of 7, and a fondness for Top
Angeles. He graduated from 40 radio, he was led to pursue music through
Berklee College of Music middle school and high school as a violinist.
and plays keyboards for a Through the influence of YouTube and
progressive rock band called, playing at church, he taught himself how to
The Flower Kings. Zach created another play guitar and bass. He would later further
band called, An Endless Sporadic, which has his studies and complete his undergraduate
music featured in video games such as Tony degree in Jazz Studies in 2016 at the re-
Hawk’s American Wasteland and several nowned Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at
Guitar Hero games. He tours internationally California State University, Long Beach. As
with The Flower Kings and has also toured a sideman, Marc has performed and record-
playing keyboards for Paul Young and Midge ed with various groups across the US, UK,
Ure (Ultravox). and Europe. As a composer and songwriter,
he has works that have been performed and
recorded in the US and in the Philippines.
BOB SALE (Drums and
background vocals) Bob
Sale was born in Oakville, JOSH VASQUEZ (Guitars
ON, Canada, eventually and background vocals)
moving to Toronto, then to Joshua Vasquez is a guitarist
Chicago, and currently lives from San Diego, CA. At the
in San Diego. He’s married age of 12 he was inspired
and has two children. He by classmates at the time
has had the honor of playing with many to pick up the guitar and
excellent artists including, Eric Johnson, eventually decided to pur-
Albert Lee, Peter and Gordon, Vince Martel, sue it as a career. His pursuit brought him
Ben Vereen, Mary James, and Rick Elias. Bob first to the San Diego School of Creative
also played drums on the soundtrack to the and Performing Arts and upon graduation
Tom Hanks movie, “That Thing You Do!” began attending Berklee College of Music in
He has toured North America with PFX: The fall 2013. At Berklee he studied with some
Pink Floyd Experience for past 5 years. He of the most renowned teachers in contem-
freelances in Southern California playing gigs porary guitar education. Teachers such as
and doing studio work, as well as playing jazz Rick Peckham, Tim Miller, Mike Williams
and other music festivals around the United (once a teacher to John Mayer), and Mick
States. He also recently had the opportunity Goodrick. Since graduating from Berklee in
to do some shows playing drums for: Amer- 2017, Josh has been working as a freelance
ica, Juice Newton, B.J. Thomas, Stephen player in the Southern California area. Doing
Bishop and Billy Ray Cyrus. everything from wedding gigs to big band to
musical theater and everything in between.
WHO’S WHO
His accolades include improvisation awards QUATRO ENTERTAINMENT (Producers)
from several jazz festivals and being a semi- Quatro Entertainment produces live enter-
finalist in Guitar Center’s King of the Blues tainment and promotes national Broadway
competition in 2011. touring shows. With offices in Calgary and
Victoria they present hundreds of events
RIGHT ANGLE ENTERTAINMENT across North America each year. Recent
(Producers) Right Angle Entertainment Broadway touring shows include: Dirty
specializes in the production, marketing, Dancing, Kinky Boots, Rock of Ages and The
management and distribution of live Illusionists.
theatrical, digital and concert events.
RAE’s proud roster includes: America’s Got DEAN ELLIOTT (Show Director, Musical
Talent Live!, The Price is Right LIVE!, The Supervisor) Dean Elliott rose to fame as the
Masked Singer National Tour, The Simon lead role of Buddy Holly in the Olivier Award
& Garfunkel Story, The Office! A Musical nominated musical Buddy - The Buddy Holly
Parody (New York City and National Tour), Story. In this role he had the honour of
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (National opening the 2008 West End Revival at the
Tour and Grand Old Opry), Together Live Duchess Theatre, London, West End and af-
with Abby Wambach and Glennon Doyle, ter much media praise was asked to open and
Sasha Velour’s Smoke & Mirrors Tour, perform in the show in Buddy’s hometown
among many others. Recently, Right Angle of Lubbock, Texas, in front, and with, Bud-
Entertainment have been trailblazers in the dy’s immediate family before taking the role
theatrical space producing safe, outdoor and around Europe and Canada. Before ‘Buddy’,
immersive productions including the Art Dean trained at the prestigious Sir Paul Mc-
Heist Experience,The Office! – A Murder Cartney’s ‘Liverpool Institute for Performing
Mystery Parody and the upcoming iconic Arts’ (LIPA) and other notable theatre work
board game experience, CLUE Live! – A includes Over The Rainbow - The Eva Cas-
Walking Experience. sidy Story (UK No1 Tour), Release The Beat
(Arcola Theatre, London) and the multi
MAPLE TREE ENTERTAINMENT award winning Ed - The Musical (Edinburgh
(Producers) Maple Tree Entertainment Ltd is a Festival). Notable TV and radio appearances
theatrical production company that specialize include “Richard and Judy,” “BBC London
in creating, presenting and producing high Tonight,” “The Jonathan Ross Show” and
quality music, drama and musicals both in BBC Radio 2’s “Elaine Paige Show.” Dean
the UK and across the world. Maple Tree has always been a fan of Simon and Gar-
Entertainment’s flagship show THE SIMON funkel and is thrilled to be able to bring the
& GARFUNKEL STORY has been seen by music and story together with this fantastic
hundreds of thousands of people across the team and tour it around the world!
world and is still today the leading theatrical
show concerning Simon & Garfunkel.
The company is committed to extremely
high quality work and will always have
the satisfaction of the audience as it’s main
driving goal.
The name “Nederlander” has been synonymous with great entertainment since
1912. A show business dynasty began when David T. Nederlander, a smart young
businessman living in Detroit Michigan, purchased a 99-year lease on the Detroit
Opera House. In 1964, his son James M. Nederlander came to New York City and
purchased the Palace Theatre on Broadway. His hard work, pioneering spirit and
vision enabled him to build one of the largest privately held live entertainment
companies in the world, including theaters in 32 cities across the United States
and theaters in London.
Nederlander National Markets, a Nederlander Presentation based in Chicago, is
one of the largest presenters of Broadway series and engagements across North
America. Currently, they oversee subscription seasons in more than 20 cities
throughout the country.
Nederlander continues the tradition of operating historic theatres, producing and
presenting the best in theatrical and concert events, and innovating new ways to
engage future generations of theatergoers.
– S TA F F –
Senior VP........................................................................................ Suzanne Bizer
VP of Programming........................................................................ Scott Sampson
VP of Operations............................................................................ Michelle Bjelke
VP of Marketing................................................................................. Brian Vogler
Director of Programming.................................................................... John McCall
Director of Accounting............................................................................... Jill Hilty
Staff Accountant............................................................................. Marsha Pickens
Operations Manager.................................................................... Deanna Gonzalez
Manager of Business Operations........................................................ Bob Lukanich
Regional Marketing Manager.......................................................... Ashley Birdsell
Marketing Manager....................................................................... Micah McDade
Marketing Associate...................................................................... Emma Faulkner
Operations & Event Associate............................................ Sophia Danielle-Grenier
Operations & Event Associate........................................................ Elizabeth Blevins
Graphic Designer/Web Developer...................................................... Steven Crissey
On-site Management.......................................................................... John Bowen,
Harold Hanson, Jim Holly, Kathleen Mason, Josh Weckesser
www.nederlandernationalmarkets.comDiscover a world of music, theater, art and science! In addition to co- presenting the Broadway in Charleston series, the Clay Center presents performances by music stars, time-honored and emerging bands, hilarious comedians and award-winning dance and theater groups through the Clay Center Presents and Sound Checks series. Find yourself in a whimsical world of discovery in the Clay Center’s Avampato Discovery Museum. Enjoy hands-on excitement in the popular science galleries, examine world-class artwork in the Juliet Art Museum, then sit back in the Caperton Planetarium & Theater and explore the universe like never before! For tickets and a complete listing of upcoming performances, events and activities, visit www.theclaycenter.org. Al Najjar President & CEO Rebecca Gillispie Chief Operations Officer Kathy Bush Vice President of Development Morgan Robinson Vice President of Museum & Marketing Zack Bogan Director of Theaters & Guest Services Leah Dunmyer Fundraising Events & Sponsorship Manager Aaron Nelson Senior Graphic Designer Rudi Arrowood Marketing & Communications Manager Trey Harris Performance Booking Coordinator Claire Butler House Managers Dawn Martinez Kari Preslar LeeAnne Rheinlander
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