presents
Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Music by Jimmy Roberts
Orchestrations by Doug Katsaros
Directed by Erica Abrahamson
Music Direction by Matt Mattei
Originally produced in New York by James Hammerstein, Bernie Kukoff and Jonathan Pollard; Original direction by Joel Bishoff
Originally produced by the American Stage Company, James N. Vagias, Executive Producer
I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
Video or Audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
Special Thanks:
Sara Steppe, Beach Hut Deli, Portola Piano, Musson Theatrical, Pro Piano Inc., and our incredible volunteers and ushers.
Performance Dates: April 21st – May 8th
Hillbarn Theatre, 1285 East Hillsdale Boulevard, Foster City, CA 94404
The performance lasts approximately 2 hour and 10 min (Including a 15-minute intermission)
Please note the location of all exits. Please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices. Photography, videotaping, or other recordings of this production is strictly prohibited. No food or drink will be allowed in the theatre. Masks, covering your nose and mouth, must be worn at all times while in the building. Enjoy the show!
1285 E. Hillsdale Blvd.,
Foster City, CA
650.349.6411
boxoffice@hillbarntheatre.org
www.hillbarntheatre.org
Randy O’Hara
Artistic Director
Pam Lampkin
Interim Managing Director
Adrienne Kaori Walters
Conservatory Director
River Bermudez-Sanders
Resident Stage Manager and Dramaturge
Brigitte Losey
Social Media Associate and Box Office Lead
Eric Olson
Technical Director
Alan Hafter
Box Office Associate
Eve Cheney
Box Office Associate
Kevin Low
Facilities and House Manager
Judy Gee
Front of House Manager
Lisa WolfKlain
President
Craig Courtin
Vice President
David Grisham
Treasurer
Jan Pickering
Secretary
Paul Reagan
Past President
Michelle Ayoob
Liz Buljan
Doris Duncan
Saili Gosula
Anthone Jackson
Robert Sloss
Gary Stanford Jr.
Sara Steppe
Mark Watson
T. Jack Foster Jr.
Honorary Chair
Mary Moore
Gary Harris
Rosemary Rodd
Nancy Lee Jalonen
Rich Biederman
Norm Book
Christine Krolik
Regina Quigley
Lori Silverstein
Judy Waterman
*Actors appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
Samantha Rose Cardenas* – Woman #1
Hayley Lovgren – Woman #2
Jack O’Reilly – Man #1
Keith Pinto* – Man # 2
Catherine Rieflin – Understudy
Erica Abrahamson – Director
Matthew Mattei – Music Director
Danielle Santana-Combs – Stage Manager
Ron Ho – Lighting and Sound Design
Matt Owens – Set Design
Ashley Garlick – Costume Design
Javi Harnly – Scenic Artist
Xandra Nemchik – Props Designer
Eric Olson – Crew
Adria Olson – Crew
Alex Rosenberg – Dresser
Chloe Levadoux – Dresser
Pam Lampkin – Interim Managing Director
River Bermudez-Sanders – Resident Stage Manager
Brigitte Losey – Box Office/ Social Media Manager
Eric Olson – Technical Director
Eve Cheney – Box Office Assistant
Alan Hafter – Box Office Assistant
ACT I
Cantata for a First Date – Company
Not Tonight, I’m Busy, Busy, Busy – Woman #2 and Man #2
A Stud and a Babe – Man #1 and Woman #1
Single Man Drought – Woman #1 and Woman #2
Why? ‘Cause I’m a Guy – Man #1 and Man #2
Tear Jerk – Man #2 and Woman #2
The Lasagna Incident – Woman #1 and Man #1
I Will Be Loved Tonight – Woman #1
And Now the Parents – Company
Hey There, Single Gal/Guy – Company
Satisfaction Guaranteed – Company
He Called Me – Woman #1 and Company
Cantata Reprise #1/Wedding Vows – Company
ACT II
Cantata Reprise #2 – Man #1 and Woman #1
Always a Bridesmaid – Woman #2
The Baby Song – Man #2
Marriage Tango – Man #1 and Woman #2
On the Highway of Love – Company
Waiting Trio – Woman #2, Man #1 and Woman #1
Cantata Reprise #3 – Man #2 and Woman #1
Shouldn’t I Be Less In Love With You? – Man #1
I Can Live With That – Woman #2 and Man #2
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Finale) – Company
*Actors appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
Woman #1
Samantha (she/her) is a critically-acclaimed bicoastal actress in the Bay Area and New York City. Most recently seen as Anne Egerman in 42nd Street Moon’s A Little Night Music. Favorite roles include Peggy Sawyer (42nd Street; BATCC Nomination), Olive Ostrovsky (The 25th Annual…Bee; TBA Nomination), Nina (In the Heights; TBA Award), Millie (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Maria (West Side Story), Ariel (The Little Mermaid), Mallory/Avril (City of Angels), Emily Webb (Our Town), and Heather Duke (Heathers: The Musical; TBA Award). Samantha is also a private voice teacher and performance/audition coach. samantharosecardenas.com
IG: @samantharosecardenas. For Mom
Woman #2
Hayley (she/her) was born and raised in the Bay Area. Most recently she appeared as Ensemble in A Gentleman’s Guide… (42nd Street Moon), Kiki in *Significant Other (*SF Playhouse), Drood in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (3Below) and got all dolled up to play King Herod in the all female production of JC Superstar at Ray of Light which earned her a TBA award. She also screamed her head off in the west coast premiere of Silence! The Musical, a musical parody of Silence of the Lambs *(*Ray of Light/Cloud 9), and Lizzie (City Lights Theatre Company. Hayley has also performed in SF Sketchfest and Chicago Sketchfest in 3 Woman, 1 Woman Show. She received a BA in Theatre Arts from Santa Clara University, and an MFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory.
Man #1
Jack (he/him) is delighted to return to the Hillbarn stage, where he was last seen in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Bay Area: A Little Night Music, Titanic in Concert, Saturday Night (42nd Street Moon), Violet, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, La Cage Aux Folles (Bay Area Musicals), Man of La Mancha (Custom Made Theater Co.). Washington, D.C. area: Jesus Christ Superstar (McClean Community Players), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Dominion Stage), 13 Men (DC Fringe). Jack spent a year touring the world with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale University and is a vocal harmony enthusiast. He’s grateful to his family, friends, and all supporters of theater in the Bay.A
Man #2
Keith (he/him) is so happy to be back on the Hillbarn stage after appearing in Sweeney Todd as “Sweeney” and Cabaret as “The Emcee” (TBA Award). He received Critics Circle awards for his role as “Bill” in Me and My Girl (42nd Street Moon) and his choreography of Colossal (San Francisco Playhouse) as well as a TBA award for his choreography of Altar Boys (CenterRep). Other favorites include 1776 (American Conservatory Theater), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (San Jose Stage), Company (San Francisco Playhouse), The Underpants (CenterRep) and Dames at Sea (42nd Street Moon)
Stage Manager
Danielle (she/her) stage-managed the award-winning production West Side Story at Hillbarn Theatre in 2019, as well as the TBA-award-winning production of Cabaret in 2018. She’s also stage managed for PBT, Broadway By the Bay, and many other companies since 2002. Some favorite shows include Peter Pan, Cabaret, Sweet Charity, La Cage Aux Folles, Into the Woods, & Thoroughly Modern Millie. Danielle enjoys working with youth theatre groups training the theater community of the future in the Bay Area. She currently works with Borel Middle School Dream Theatre and Charles Armstrong school SMing their spring musicals. Thanks to Brian, Ollie, & Fia for loaning me to the theatre for the last couple months.
Sound & Lighting Designer
Ron (he/him) has served as a technical director, lighting and sound designer for many local community theaters in the Bay Area. The shows are too numerous to list. He is thrilled to be working for Hillbarn, there are many wonderful people that he gets to work with and he feels privileged to be working with these folks.
Costume Designer
Ashley (she/her) is an actress and costume designer in the Bay Area. You might have seen her most recent costume designs onstage in A Little Night Music and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill at 42nd Street Moon.
Violin Player
Paula is delighted to be back at Hillbarn for I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. She has played violin/viola in many Bay Area theater productions over the past two decades, including for Hillbarn, Palo Alto Players, Broadway by the Bay, San Jose Children’s Musical Theatre, and City Lights Theater Company, as well as for several bands in the Pacific Northwest, including Goodnight Suzie and Steel River Junction.
Props Designer
Alexandra (Xandra) is thrilled to be back at Hillbarn. While working on getting her teaching credential, Xandra has been putting on zoom musicals and open mic nights. She also just began this year a theatre based podcast cohosted with Noah Bender, Theatreworld Podcast. Check it out on Spotify and Apple podcast.
INVESTMENT PRODUCER ($10,000+)
City of Foster City
Sara & Steve Steppe
Matthew & Lisa WolfKlain
PRODUCER ($5,000+)
Rotary Club of Foster City Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Margot & David Cookson
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Pickering
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ($2,500+)
David & Ann Gahagen
George Vail
Pam Lampkin & Bob Zipkin (In honor of Dan Demers)
PLAYWRIGHT ($1,000+)
Mr. Stuart Abrahamson
John & Jeri Blatt
Andrew Cope
Craig Courtin
Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee
Ms. Doris Duncan
Nancy & Ron Garret
Art & Janis Kiesel
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Eve Lerman
Phyllis & Steve Moore
Victoria Plock
Ms. Regina Quigley
Paul & Barbara Regan
Jean Sebring
Katherine & Robert Sharp
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sullivan
Mr. & Mrs. Jack & Judy Warner
DIRECTOR ($500+)
Ms. Elizabeth (Liz) Allison
Mr. Richard Ames
Mrs. Michelle Ayoob
Mr. Rich Biederman
Mr. Norman Book
Richard Carlstrom
Richard & Anita Davis
John Flynn
Carin Fradin
Rod Hsiao
Jay & June Jordan
Dr. James Kleinrath DDS
Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Anita Kramer
Robert Leupold
Susan Lindstrom
Thomas Miller
Wendy Miller
Mr. George Montgomery
Bruce Mussell
Ms. Gail O’Brien
Pamela Pfotenhauer & Peg Rybicki
Catharine Riggs & John Witte
Heather Sanders
Frank Seebode
Robert Sloss
Gerald & Margaret Stevenson
Gerald & Marguerite Wallace
Mrs. Diana Witzel
Gerald Yaffee
SUSTAINER ( $250+)
Benevity Community Impact Fund
Jill Benitez
Diana Campagna-Pinto
Cindy & Tito Canas
Lisa Chin
Rachel Chinn
Sharon Chortack
Mrs. Mary Dahlquist
Arnold Duncan
Carol Emmons
Lois Almen Everett
Mr. Ralph Garcia
Ms. Saili Gosula
Bernie & Helen Hamel-Dolling
Donna Herzog
Mr. Steven Hibshman
Kathie Hillier & Bob Boen
Rebecca Howland
Nancy Jalonen
Marsha Kane
Ms. Alexa Knight
Barbara Lewis
Elizabeth Marr
Mr. Dalton Martin
Nancy Morris
Charles Ogburn
Mary Anne Payne
Chris Reber
William Regan
Andrew Rosenberg
Ray Ross
Lori Silverstein
Dinah Sloan
Catherine Thermond
Jim & June Tilton
Dr. Helena Ting
Ms. Nancy Tuck
CONTRIBUTORS ($100+)
Scott & Pamela Abramson
Mrs. Tiffany Alexander
Sonia Apfelblum
Karen Arimoto-Peterson
Mrs. Mary Artoux
Ms. Loretta Baines
Barbara Boccaleoni
Joan Bodenlos
Ginny Brooks
Robert Brush
City Of Burlingame
Mr. Louis Caputo
Lynn Chan
Steven & Karin Chase
Eve Cheney
Suzette Clay
Emily Cooke
Ellyn Corey & Tom Sartor
James & Nina Demers
Dan Demers
Michael Dominguez
Richard & Deborah Dubois
Pat Duvall
Hon. & Mrs. Vickii Ellis
William & Elizabeth English
Ms. Blair Fingerhut
Mrs. Ruth M Finkelstein
Jean Flanagan
T. Jack Foster
Mr. Dennis Fulton
Richard Gardella
Mrs. Barbara Gardyn
Meg & Tom Geitner
Mr. Breton Hanville
Charles Harb
Angela Harrington
Pat Hawkins
Lois & Sanford Heisler
Ben Hemmen
Judy Hisaka
Bailard Inc.
Mr. David Jew
Jennifer & Tim Kardos
Larry Kavinoky
Christine & Jeff Krolik
Ms. Frances Krug
Helen Lamkin
Bernie LaPedis
Mr. Dennis Lickteig
Margaret & Michael Liffmann
Alfred & Jane Lim
Mr. James Main
Mr. Thomas Major
Rosanna Malatesta
Carol & Paul Malfatti
Susan Martinez
Carol McMahon
Valerie McNease
Mrs. Marietta Mentz
Ms. Valerie Mersh
Ed Messinger
Karen Moen
Norlene Mooney
Taj Morton
Ms. Fran Mottie
Regina Neu
Ms. Greena Ng
Karen & Michael Ogush
Mark Olbert
Donna Ornitz
Clara Padilla
Barbara Patzner
Ramona Perrin
Ms. Pat Reynolds
Wendy Richards
Alfred & Josephine Romine
William & Sherrean Rundberg
Yavuz Sahin
Lynn Sanford
Ms. Renate Schmidt-Hargrave
John Scott
Dennis Setlock
Ms. May Seto
William Spain
Mrs. Pat Swallow
Pat Terman
Sandra Tilch
John Trewin
Mary True
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Van Huystee
Michael Venturino
Vivian Wang
Patti & Tim Warner
Beth & Alan Weiss
Ms. Linda Whitley
Mrs. Judy Williams
Weyman & Yvonne Wong
Petra Wulff
Peggy Clifford
FRIENDS
Mark Allen
Marion Bailey
Tommy & Nancy Balestreri
Ms. Laurel Barklow
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Bechtel
Joan Bornstein
Angela Braconi
Susan Rabin Buchanan
Jennifer Buckley
Jean Bucks
Ms. Donna Campi
Tom Cappels
Ms. Diane Caradeuc
Eithne Clarke
Mrs. Susan Cleaver
Ms. Kathi Cohen
Ms. Caroline d’Aquino
Mr. & Mrs. James & Judy Davis
Bettie Davis
Brian & Marylee Delehanty
Marilyn Dobbs Higuera
Laura Downs
LaVonne Drager
Mrs Colleen Duazo
Ms. Donna Eghbal
Jeffrey Essex
Ursula Esteves
Michael & Candy Farbstein
Laura Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Kathryn Forsyth
Ms. Janae Frischer
Ms. Cathy Gawne
Ms. Barbara Gilkeson
James & Lily Golding
Ms Poornima Gopi
Gary Harris
Rick Herb
Alexander Holzer
Jeanne Hsu
Candice Jaboneta
Beverly Johnson
Ms. Linda Keith
Merle & Jean Kohr
Mrs. Katie Krabbenschmidt
Philip Kurjan
Mr. & Mrs. Cynthia Larson
Emilyn Lee
Vicki Legion
Linda Leong
Robert Lillo
Lorraine Loye
Manuel & Ana Lucas Lucas
Mary Maher
Mrs. Marilyn Mangelsdorf
Sonia Marcus
Mrs. Pat Marsala
Melody Marshall
Jenny Maupin
LaRae Mays-Hardy
Loretta McClurg
Joanne McMahon
William Miller
Diana Mitchell
Ms. Charlene Miyashita
Karen Nelson
Linda Neville
Susan Newton
Ms Rotem Peñaloza-Bluvstein
Lori Perri
Penny Petre
Carol Pex
Aditi Prakash
Peter Przybyla
Chuck Rategan
Sharon Safrin
Ms. Julie Sagoo
Beverly Sanders
Ms Diane Savage
Sharon Schwartz
Cassandra Siggins
Ginger Silverman
Joan Smith
Helen Stevens
Carol Tompkins
Keysa Truell
Christina Vaccarino
Lisa & David Valkenaar
Vanessa Vinyard
Ms Lily Ward
Ms. Jessika Welcome
Gloria Zahnd
Patrons who include the Hillbarn Theatre in their estate plan create a legacy that reflects their passion for the theater company that gave them a lifetime of pleasure and a gateway to a wider world. Hillbarn Theatre recognizes patrons who have included the theater in their estate plans, ensuring the Hillbarn continues to delight and challenge audiences for generations to come.
To learn more or to share your plans, please contact Pam Lampkin at 650.349.6411 or pam@hillbarntheatre.org
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