Theater gigs are certainly not the only thing I play, but certainly the only thing I’ve ever kept track of. I suppose it’s easier to remember the shows I’ve done as opposed to great wind band pieces or orchestral pieces. I got serious about playing when I was 15 (rather, I suddenly got good), and played in wind bands and orchestras a lot in high school. But, as they say in A Chorus Line, “life really began” with my first pit.

I’ve done nearly 80 unique shows. Usually, gigs are shows I have done before, but my dream is to crack 100 before I give up my reeds. Shows that I have done (and the number of times, if more than once):

• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (4) – flute, oboe, clarinet, alto sax
• The Addams Family – flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax
• The Addams Family, Jr. – piccolo, flute, C clarinet, Bb clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax
• Aladdin, Jr. – flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, alto sax
• Alice in Wonderland, Jr. – piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto sax, bari sax
• Anne of Green Gables – piccolo, flute, oboe
• Annie – piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax
• Annie, Jr. (4) – piccolo, flute, Eb clarinet, C clarinet, Bb clarinet, A clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax
• Anyone Can Whistle – bass clarinet, bari sax, clarinet
• Anything Goes (2) – flute, oboe, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax
• Brigadoon (2) – clarinet
• Bye Bye Birdie (2) – piccolo, flute, clarinet, alto sax
• Cabaret (2) – piccolo, flute, clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax
• Carnival – clarinet, tenor sax
• Carousel (2) – clarinet
• Cats – piccolo, clarinet, bari sax
• Chicago (3) – piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax
• Cinderella, G2K – flute, oboe, English horn, C clarinet, Bb clarinet
• Company (2) – piccolo, flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn, Eb clarinet, C clarinet, Bb clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax
• Crazy For You – piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor sax
• Curtains (2) – piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, English horn, soprano sax, alto sax
• The Drowsy Chaperone (4) – piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano/alto/tenor/bari saxes
• Elf – piccolo, flute, clarinet, alto sax
• Fiddler on the Roof (3) – clarinet
• Footloose – flute, clarinet, tenor sax, bari sax
• Frozen, Jr. (2) – piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn, bass clarinet, bassoon
• Funny Girl – clarinet, oboe, tenor sax
• The Glorious Ones – piccolo, flute, alto recorder, Eb clarinet, clarinet
• Grease – tenor sax
• Guys and Dolls (2) – piccolo, flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax
• Hairspray (3) – flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax
  
• Hello, Dolly – flute, clarinet, alto sax
• HONK! – clarinet, alto sax
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2) – piccolo, flute, alto flute , Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, English horn, bass clarinet, alto sax
• If/Then – clarinet, tenor sax, oboe, English horn
• In the Heights (2) – piccolo, flute, clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax
• Into the Woods (2) – clarinet
  
• Into the Woods, Jr. – clarinets (A, Bb, C), bass clarinet, bassoon
• It’s a Wonderful Life, The Musical – clarinet
• Jekyll & Hyde – clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – piccolo, flute, clarinet
• Kiss Me, Kate (3) – clarinet, bass clarinet, bari sax
• The Last Five Years – bass clarinet (playing cello book)
• The Little Mermaid, Jr. (2) – piccolo, flute, clarinets (A, Bb, C)
• Legally Blonde (2) – flute, piccolo, clarinet, English horn, bari sax
• Legally Blonde, Jr. – flute, piccolo, clarinet, alto sax, bari sax
• Les Miserables – flute, clarinet, alto sax
• Lil’ Abner – flute, clarinet, alto sax
• Little Shop of Horrors – flute, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, bari sax
• Mack and Mable – flute, clarinet, alto sax
• Man of La Mancha – clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon
• Mary Poppins – clarinet, Eb clarinet, bass clarinet
• Mary Poppins, Jr.  – piccolo, flute
• Music Man (4) – flute, piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, bari sax, bassoon
  
• Musical Chairs – flute, piccolo, clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax
• My Fair Lady – clarinet, bass clarinet
• Oklahoma (2) – clarinet
• Oliver – clarinet, bass clarinet
• Once On This Island (2) – piccolo, flute, alto flute, clarinet, soprano sax
• Once Upon a Mattress (2) – bass clarinet, flute, oboe
  
• On the Town (concert style) – Bb clarinet, Eb clarinet
• Peter Pan (2) – clarinet, oboe, English horn
• Peter Pan, Jr. – oboe, English horn
• Pippin (4) – piccolo, flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet
• Pirates of Penzance – clarinet
• Ragtime – flute, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet
• The Secret Garden (2) – oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet
• Seussical (3) – piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax
• Seussical, Jr. (2) – piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinets (A, Bb, C), alto sax, tenor sax
• Shrek – piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax
• Singin’ in the Rain – flute, clarinet, alto sax
• Singin’ in the Rain, Jr. – piccolo, flute, clarinets (Bb, C), alto sax, tenor sax
• The Sound of Music – clarinet
• South Pacific – clarinet
• Spamalot – piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax
• Sweeney Todd (5) – piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet
  
• Sweet Charity – clarinet, alto sax
• Three Penny Opera – clarinet, tenor sax
• Thoroughly Modern Millie (2) – flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, bari sax
• Titanic, The Musical (2) – flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn
• Urinetown (3) – clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax
• West Side Story (9!) – piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, Eb clarinet, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax
• The Wedding Singer – flute, English horn, tenor sax, bari sax
• The Wizard of Oz (5) – flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn, tenor sax, bari sax
• You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (3) – flute, recorder, clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax

Upcoming:

• Young Frankenstein
• A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
• Anything Goes
• Urinetown
• The Little Mermaid Jr. (tentative)

Shows I really, really, really want to do (other than all of them):

• Any and all Sondheim shows
• Any Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty show
• Beauty & The Beast
• Evita
• Hair (the 2009 revival)
• West Side Story (can’t get enough of this show)

Technically, I have a music room, but I have so much sheet music, scores, Clarinet magazines, reed and reed making supplies, a piano, instrument stands, cds of repertoire, excerpt books, music that Kerri left behind, old lieder (I don’t sing anymore), and a binding machine, that I can barely move around my music room. But most importantly, I own lots of instruments! The ones I own are:

• Piccolo/Flute/Alto Flute
• Tin Whistles (C, D)
• Recorders (Soprano, Alto, Tenor)
• Oboe/English Horn
• Eb Clarinet/C Clarinet
• Bb Clarinet/A Clarinet
• Low C Bass Clarinet
• Saxophones (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bari )
• Bassoon

My instrument collection is complete! I now play all the woodwinds, from piccolo to bassoon (some better than others). I have done shows on the flute/piccolo book and the oboe/English horn book. My next goal is to do a show on the bassoon book. Of course, I’ll do any show with any book and any mixture of instruments.