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WHO'S HOLIDAY!

Nov 27, 2024 - Dec 22, 2024

Greer Cabaret Theater

This Cabaret of WHO’S HOLIDAY! by Matthew Lombardo
is strictly R-rated, so don’t bring your kiddo.
Cindy Lou’s now a grown-up, with all that it brings
cocktails and cursing and jokes are her things.
By the ending we’re left with the thinks that we thought
which underscores all of the laughter she wrought.
Just like us all, Cindy Lou just needs kindness
it’s good that WHO’S HOLIDAY! is here to remind us.

 

CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT
This show is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17. This show contains crude indecent language, depictions of alcohol abuse, depictions of substance abuse, and intensely suggestive dialogue. 

ACCESSIBILITY
Pittsburgh CLO welcomes all audience members and strives to make everyone’s visit as comfortable and accessible as possible. Please CLICK HERE for specific information on accessibility at the Benedum Center, Byham Theater, and Greer Cabaret Theater. 

ENHANCE YOUR VISIT WITH THE CINDY LOU WHOOP-D-DO PACKAGE 

HOW TO PURCHASE

  • Click BUY TICKETS
  • Select your desired DATE and TIME
  • Click "SELECT YOUR OWN SEAT"
  • Click any seat in the "STAGE DRINK RAIL A" section
  • Complete your purchase!

Cast

LARA HAYHURST (Cindy Lou Who) is one thrilled Lou Who to be back for year two! She was most recently seen as Dusty in POTUS with Pittsburgh’s City Theatre. She has Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Tour and numerous regional credits, including 14 productions of Legally Blonde the Musical at various theaters across the country. Other PCLO credits include The Sound of Music, Sister Act, Legally Blonde the Musical, A Musical Christmas Carol, Xanadu, and An Untitled New Play by Justin Timberlake. Mark and Billy, thanks for embracing the Christmas Chaos and saying “yes, and.” Love to the dream team of Tim, Lu, the folks at the Greer, and Trey, her favorite collaborator on and off-stage. BFA Pace University NYC. Lots of stuff you want and probably some you don’t at larahayhurst.com and @larahayhurst (IG only I’m a millennial).

LU ZIELINSKI she/her (u/s Cindy Lou Who, Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to PCLO and the Greer Theater! As of September, Lu has become a married woman and will be sure to show you photos of the wedding that you didn't ask to see. Most recently, Lu was the Teenage Greek Chorus/ Lil' Bit u/s in How I Learned to Drive. Other featured credits include Matilda (Forestburgh Playhouse), Into The Woods (PCLO), and That Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody (Theater Row). Thank you to Ian and my family for all of your constant love and support. I am the luckiest woman alive. | @itsluzielinski

Creative Team

TREY COMPTON (Director) A Pittsburgh native, Trey is thrilled to return for Who2.0. A New York City based director, regional directing credits include: The Fulton, Riverside, Engeman, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Millbrook, Sierra Repertory, The Herb Strauss, Mac-Haydn, and Cortland Repertory (SALT Award- 2019.) As an assistant or associate director, Off-Broadway credits include Yank! (The York) and White's Lies (New World Stages.) Also, multiple credits regionally at Seattle 5th Avenue, Goodspeed, and The Ogunquit Playhouse. He has directed at various Universities and Colleges including Penn, Georgetown, Stephens, Nazareth, and his alma mater, Pace University. Most recently, Waitress at Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Upcoming, The Play that Goes Wrong at Fort Peck Theatre in Fort Peck, Montana. Is very thankful for, and madly in love with….well, you know Who. |  treycompton.com @treycompton

BRYCE CUTLER (Scenic & Projection Designer) Previous designs include Grand Horizons on Broadway; 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist Soft Power at The Public Theater; along with Samsung’s virtual reality television series Interpretation of Dreams; Feel The Pride, an AI powered audio-visual installation with St. Vincent; and a virtual reality arcade for Muse’s 2019 World Tour. Co- founder of the political theater collective Third Space, winner of the 2017 USITT Rising Star Award and is a 2019 L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Finalist.
| brycecutler.com

CAT WILSON (Lighting Designer) is pleased to be remounting Who's Holiday! with Pittsburgh CLO. Lighting Design credits include work with City Theatre, People's Light, Quantum Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, TheatreSquared, Portland Stage Theatre of Maine, Peninsula Players Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, The Joffrey Ballet Academy, and many other wonderful collaborators around the country. She currently teaches Lighting Design and Theatre Production at Point Park University.  She is a proud member of USA 829 and received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. | catwilsondesigns.com

ALEXANDER RIGHETTI (Costume Designer) has been designing costumes in the Pittsburgh Area for over a decade, working predominantly with local high schools, as well as other locally based theater groups. Most recently he costumed Pittsburgh CLO's production of Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein, Who's Holiday!, and has worked on immersive Theater Experiences with Bricolage Production Company. He is a part of the Pittsburgh CLO’s Education Department where he works in an administrative capacity at the CLO Academy of Musical Theater. | @costumes_by_alex

BOB BOLLMAN (Sound Designer) as been a sound designer, consultant, and engineer in the Pittsburgh area for over twenty years, working with numerous professional, community, and high school theater productions. His many regional credits include the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, the Palace Theater, Stage Right, and Attack Theatre. Mr. Bollman holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Duquesne University in music performance, technology, and composition. He also is a busy music arranger for many performing ensembles and music groups throughout the region when he is not mixing sound. Bob has been the houseman and house sound engineer at the Greer Cabaret Theater since 2008.

TRAVIS D. KLINGER (Hair & Make-Up Designer) credits:  Pittsburgh  CLO, CLO Cabaret, Minnesota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Public Theater, and Front Porch Theatricals. Travis is the hair swing for the Hamilton National Tour and Wicked National Tour. His work has been published in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Glamour Magazine and has been seen on the MTV Video Music Awards, HGTV and Netflix. | Instagram: @travismakeuandhairartb, travismakeupart.com

MARTY SAVOLSKIS (Props Designer) has been designing and coordinating props with CLO since 2002. Memorable past productions include Anything Goes, Once On This Island, Natasha Peierre & The Great Comet of 1812, The Drowsy Chaperone, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins, Disney's Newsies, In the Heights, Aida, Hairspray, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Producers, Oklahoma!, Sunset Boulevard, West Side Story and A Musical Christmas Carol. When not at CLO, you can find Marty teaching at his family's dance studio in Munhall, Fran’s School of Dance, designing, choreographing, or directing locally. Thank you to mom, dad, my husband Sam, and Colby for everything!  Enjoy!

MATTHEW LOMBARDO (Playwright) Broadway: High (w/ Kathleen Turner) at the Booth Theatre and Looped (w/ Valerie Harper in a Tony-nominated performance) at the Lyceum Theatre. Off-Broadway: Who's Holiday! at The Westside Theatre (Lucille Lortel Award Nomination for Outstanding Solo Show); Tea At Five (w/ Kate Mulgrew) at the Promenade Theatre (IRNE Award for Best Solo Play) Mother And Child (w/ Ann Wedgeworth) at Second Stage and Guilty Innocence at The Actors' Playhouse. Television: "Another World" (WGA nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Writing). Regional: Hartford Stage, American Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Seattle Rep, and others. Upcoming: When Playwrights Kill, and Conversations With Mother.

TIM BRADY (Production Stage Manager) returns for his 16th season for the CLO Kara Cabaret Series. As an actor, he has appeared in 11 productions of A Musical Christmas Carol and various Summer Season and CLO Kara Cabaret productions with Pittsburgh CLO – most recently Xanadu. Other local theaters that Mr. Brady has performed with 
include The Pittsburgh Pops, Starlight Productions, The New Pittsburgh Jewish Theatre, Stage Right and The Theatre Factory. Mr. Brady was also the managing director of the Conley Inn Dinner Theater in Irwin for 17 years. Tim starred in the Jason Coll television pilot, “Munhall.”

BROADWAY PLAY PUBLISHING INC (Licensing) was established in New York City in 1982 with a mission to publish and license the stage performance rights of the finest contemporary American plays. Our growing catalog consists of over 1,200 plays and over 400 authors, among them such theatrical luminaries as Constance Congdon, María Irene Fornés, A R Gurney, Tony Kushner, Neil LaBute, Richard Nelson, Eric Overmyer, José Rivera, Naomi Wallace, and many others. Our authors have been produced on Broadway and Off, in London’s West End, and in theaters across the United States and around the world. They have won Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, Tony Awards, Obie Awards, the MacArthur Genius Grant, Guggenheim Fellowships, and National Endowment for the Arts grants. From the delirious hilarity of The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (ABRIDGED) to the extravagantly imaginative On The Verge Or The Geography Of Yearning to the epic brilliance of Angels In America, our catalog is distinguished by intellectually and theatrically adventurous works. We are proud to make all of the plays in our catalog available to you.

MARK FLEISCHER (Executive Producer) serves as the artistic and administrative head of the Pittsburgh CLO producing the company’s Summer Season, Kara Cabaret Series and its annual production of A Musical Christmas Carol. Mark’s passion for developing new musicals led to the creation of CLO’s SPARK Festival initiative to develop new small musicals – a program made possible by the CLO’s Next Generation Capital Campaign. Prior to joining the CLO, Mark was the Producing Artistic Director of Adirondack Theatre Festival from 2007–2014 where he was named the Region’s Best Artistic Director by Metroland in 2009. From 1993–2002 he served as the Managing Artistic Director of Plano Repertory Theatre in suburban Dallas. With a passion for new plays and musicals, he has directed readings and world premiere productions for theatres across the country. He is a Board Member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), chairing the organization’s Educational Resources Committee and is also a member of The Broadway League where he serves on the Intra-Industry committee. Mark holds a BA in English Literature and Communication Arts from Austin College and MFA in Directing from the Theatre School at DePaul University.

PITTSBURGH CLO (Producing Company) has been the driving force for 78 years behind the preservation, creation and promotion of live musical theatre since 1946. Founded in the years following WWII as a way to bring Pittsburgh together for a community experience, the company has grown to become one of the largest regional musical theatre organizations in the country. The organization's commitment to preserving, creating, and promoting live musical theatre is evident in its diverse programming, which includes beloved Broadway classics as well as the development of new works. PCLO's dedication to nurturing emerging talent is commendable, with numerous artists (Billy Porter, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rob Marshall, Kathleen Marshall, Shirley Jones and many more) launching their careers under its wing.  The mission extends beyond the Summer Series with other ongoing initiatives such as the Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical Theatre, the Construction Center for the Arts, the acclaimed Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater and The National High School Music Awards (The Jimmys). Every ticket purchased impacts our own hometown, Pittsburgh, in a variety of ways beyond the stage performance. Pittsburgh CLO has always been a proud economic generator, hiring local theatre professionals to bring the best musical theatre to life. Since 1946, loyal Patrons, Subscribers, and Donors have stood beside our organization to ensure production of Broadway caliber shows right here in our hometown.  Pittsburgh CLO is excited to continue creating magical musical memories that are by Pittsburgh, for Pittsburgh and partnered with Pittsburgh all year long!  For more information, please visit PITTSBURGHCLO.ORG

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WHO'S HOLIDAY!

Nov 27, 2024 - Dec 22, 2024

Greer Cabaret Theater

This Cabaret of WHO’S HOLIDAY! by Matthew Lombardo
is strictly R-rated, so don’t bring your kiddo.
Cindy Lou’s now a grown-up, with all that it brings
cocktails and cursing and jokes are her things.
By the ending we’re left with the thinks that we thought
which underscores all of the laughter she wrought.
Just like us all, Cindy Lou just needs kindness
it’s good that WHO’S HOLIDAY! is here to remind us.

 

CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT
This show is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17. This show contains crude indecent language, depictions of alcohol abuse, depictions of substance abuse, and intensely suggestive dialogue. 

ACCESSIBILITY
Pittsburgh CLO welcomes all audience members and strives to make everyone’s visit as comfortable and accessible as possible. Please CLICK HERE for specific information on accessibility at the Benedum Center, Byham Theater, and Greer Cabaret Theater. 

ENHANCE YOUR VISIT WITH THE CINDY LOU WHOOP-D-DO PACKAGE 

HOW TO PURCHASE

  • Click BUY TICKETS
  • Select your desired DATE and TIME
  • Click "SELECT YOUR OWN SEAT"
  • Click any seat in the "STAGE DRINK RAIL A" section
  • Complete your purchase!

Cast

LARA HAYHURST (Cindy Lou Who) is one thrilled Lou Who to be back for year two! She was most recently seen as Dusty in POTUS with Pittsburgh’s City Theatre. She has Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Tour and numerous regional credits, including 14 productions of Legally Blonde the Musical at various theaters across the country. Other PCLO credits include The Sound of Music, Sister Act, Legally Blonde the Musical, A Musical Christmas Carol, Xanadu, and An Untitled New Play by Justin Timberlake. Mark and Billy, thanks for embracing the Christmas Chaos and saying “yes, and.” Love to the dream team of Tim, Lu, the folks at the Greer, and Trey, her favorite collaborator on and off-stage. BFA Pace University NYC. Lots of stuff you want and probably some you don’t at larahayhurst.com and @larahayhurst (IG only I’m a millennial).

LU ZIELINSKI she/her (u/s Cindy Lou Who, Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to PCLO and the Greer Theater! As of September, Lu has become a married woman and will be sure to show you photos of the wedding that you didn't ask to see. Most recently, Lu was the Teenage Greek Chorus/ Lil' Bit u/s in How I Learned to Drive. Other featured credits include Matilda (Forestburgh Playhouse), Into The Woods (PCLO), and That Golden Girls Show: A Puppet Parody (Theater Row). Thank you to Ian and my family for all of your constant love and support. I am the luckiest woman alive. | @itsluzielinski

Creative Team

TREY COMPTON (Director) A Pittsburgh native, Trey is thrilled to return for Who2.0. A New York City based director, regional directing credits include: The Fulton, Riverside, Engeman, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Millbrook, Sierra Repertory, The Herb Strauss, Mac-Haydn, and Cortland Repertory (SALT Award- 2019.) As an assistant or associate director, Off-Broadway credits include Yank! (The York) and White's Lies (New World Stages.) Also, multiple credits regionally at Seattle 5th Avenue, Goodspeed, and The Ogunquit Playhouse. He has directed at various Universities and Colleges including Penn, Georgetown, Stephens, Nazareth, and his alma mater, Pace University. Most recently, Waitress at Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Upcoming, The Play that Goes Wrong at Fort Peck Theatre in Fort Peck, Montana. Is very thankful for, and madly in love with….well, you know Who. |  treycompton.com @treycompton

BRYCE CUTLER (Scenic & Projection Designer) Previous designs include Grand Horizons on Broadway; 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist Soft Power at The Public Theater; along with Samsung’s virtual reality television series Interpretation of Dreams; Feel The Pride, an AI powered audio-visual installation with St. Vincent; and a virtual reality arcade for Muse’s 2019 World Tour. Co- founder of the political theater collective Third Space, winner of the 2017 USITT Rising Star Award and is a 2019 L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Finalist.
| brycecutler.com

CAT WILSON (Lighting Designer) is pleased to be remounting Who's Holiday! with Pittsburgh CLO. Lighting Design credits include work with City Theatre, People's Light, Quantum Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, TheatreSquared, Portland Stage Theatre of Maine, Peninsula Players Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, The Joffrey Ballet Academy, and many other wonderful collaborators around the country. She currently teaches Lighting Design and Theatre Production at Point Park University.  She is a proud member of USA 829 and received her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. | catwilsondesigns.com

ALEXANDER RIGHETTI (Costume Designer) has been designing costumes in the Pittsburgh Area for over a decade, working predominantly with local high schools, as well as other locally based theater groups. Most recently he costumed Pittsburgh CLO's production of Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein, Who's Holiday!, and has worked on immersive Theater Experiences with Bricolage Production Company. He is a part of the Pittsburgh CLO’s Education Department where he works in an administrative capacity at the CLO Academy of Musical Theater. | @costumes_by_alex

BOB BOLLMAN (Sound Designer) as been a sound designer, consultant, and engineer in the Pittsburgh area for over twenty years, working with numerous professional, community, and high school theater productions. His many regional credits include the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, the Palace Theater, Stage Right, and Attack Theatre. Mr. Bollman holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Duquesne University in music performance, technology, and composition. He also is a busy music arranger for many performing ensembles and music groups throughout the region when he is not mixing sound. Bob has been the houseman and house sound engineer at the Greer Cabaret Theater since 2008.

TRAVIS D. KLINGER (Hair & Make-Up Designer) credits:  Pittsburgh  CLO, CLO Cabaret, Minnesota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Public Theater, and Front Porch Theatricals. Travis is the hair swing for the Hamilton National Tour and Wicked National Tour. His work has been published in Cosmopolitan Magazine, Glamour Magazine and has been seen on the MTV Video Music Awards, HGTV and Netflix. | Instagram: @travismakeuandhairartb, travismakeupart.com

MARTY SAVOLSKIS (Props Designer) has been designing and coordinating props with CLO since 2002. Memorable past productions include Anything Goes, Once On This Island, Natasha Peierre & The Great Comet of 1812, The Drowsy Chaperone, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins, Disney's Newsies, In the Heights, Aida, Hairspray, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Producers, Oklahoma!, Sunset Boulevard, West Side Story and A Musical Christmas Carol. When not at CLO, you can find Marty teaching at his family's dance studio in Munhall, Fran’s School of Dance, designing, choreographing, or directing locally. Thank you to mom, dad, my husband Sam, and Colby for everything!  Enjoy!

MATTHEW LOMBARDO (Playwright) Broadway: High (w/ Kathleen Turner) at the Booth Theatre and Looped (w/ Valerie Harper in a Tony-nominated performance) at the Lyceum Theatre. Off-Broadway: Who's Holiday! at The Westside Theatre (Lucille Lortel Award Nomination for Outstanding Solo Show); Tea At Five (w/ Kate Mulgrew) at the Promenade Theatre (IRNE Award for Best Solo Play) Mother And Child (w/ Ann Wedgeworth) at Second Stage and Guilty Innocence at The Actors' Playhouse. Television: "Another World" (WGA nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Writing). Regional: Hartford Stage, American Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Seattle Rep, and others. Upcoming: When Playwrights Kill, and Conversations With Mother.

TIM BRADY (Production Stage Manager) returns for his 16th season for the CLO Kara Cabaret Series. As an actor, he has appeared in 11 productions of A Musical Christmas Carol and various Summer Season and CLO Kara Cabaret productions with Pittsburgh CLO – most recently Xanadu. Other local theaters that Mr. Brady has performed with 
include The Pittsburgh Pops, Starlight Productions, The New Pittsburgh Jewish Theatre, Stage Right and The Theatre Factory. Mr. Brady was also the managing director of the Conley Inn Dinner Theater in Irwin for 17 years. Tim starred in the Jason Coll television pilot, “Munhall.”

BROADWAY PLAY PUBLISHING INC (Licensing) was established in New York City in 1982 with a mission to publish and license the stage performance rights of the finest contemporary American plays. Our growing catalog consists of over 1,200 plays and over 400 authors, among them such theatrical luminaries as Constance Congdon, María Irene Fornés, A R Gurney, Tony Kushner, Neil LaBute, Richard Nelson, Eric Overmyer, José Rivera, Naomi Wallace, and many others. Our authors have been produced on Broadway and Off, in London’s West End, and in theaters across the United States and around the world. They have won Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, Tony Awards, Obie Awards, the MacArthur Genius Grant, Guggenheim Fellowships, and National Endowment for the Arts grants. From the delirious hilarity of The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (ABRIDGED) to the extravagantly imaginative On The Verge Or The Geography Of Yearning to the epic brilliance of Angels In America, our catalog is distinguished by intellectually and theatrically adventurous works. We are proud to make all of the plays in our catalog available to you.

MARK FLEISCHER (Executive Producer) serves as the artistic and administrative head of the Pittsburgh CLO producing the company’s Summer Season, Kara Cabaret Series and its annual production of A Musical Christmas Carol. Mark’s passion for developing new musicals led to the creation of CLO’s SPARK Festival initiative to develop new small musicals – a program made possible by the CLO’s Next Generation Capital Campaign. Prior to joining the CLO, Mark was the Producing Artistic Director of Adirondack Theatre Festival from 2007–2014 where he was named the Region’s Best Artistic Director by Metroland in 2009. From 1993–2002 he served as the Managing Artistic Director of Plano Repertory Theatre in suburban Dallas. With a passion for new plays and musicals, he has directed readings and world premiere productions for theatres across the country. He is a Board Member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), chairing the organization’s Educational Resources Committee and is also a member of The Broadway League where he serves on the Intra-Industry committee. Mark holds a BA in English Literature and Communication Arts from Austin College and MFA in Directing from the Theatre School at DePaul University.

PITTSBURGH CLO (Producing Company) has been the driving force for 78 years behind the preservation, creation and promotion of live musical theatre since 1946. Founded in the years following WWII as a way to bring Pittsburgh together for a community experience, the company has grown to become one of the largest regional musical theatre organizations in the country. The organization's commitment to preserving, creating, and promoting live musical theatre is evident in its diverse programming, which includes beloved Broadway classics as well as the development of new works. PCLO's dedication to nurturing emerging talent is commendable, with numerous artists (Billy Porter, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rob Marshall, Kathleen Marshall, Shirley Jones and many more) launching their careers under its wing.  The mission extends beyond the Summer Series with other ongoing initiatives such as the Pittsburgh CLO Academy of Musical Theatre, the Construction Center for the Arts, the acclaimed Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater and The National High School Music Awards (The Jimmys). Every ticket purchased impacts our own hometown, Pittsburgh, in a variety of ways beyond the stage performance. Pittsburgh CLO has always been a proud economic generator, hiring local theatre professionals to bring the best musical theatre to life. Since 1946, loyal Patrons, Subscribers, and Donors have stood beside our organization to ensure production of Broadway caliber shows right here in our hometown.  Pittsburgh CLO is excited to continue creating magical musical memories that are by Pittsburgh, for Pittsburgh and partnered with Pittsburgh all year long!  For more information, please visit PITTSBURGHCLO.ORG