Yule Be Sorry You Asked Program

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Hello and Welcome to Yule Be Sorry You Asked!

Thank you for choosing to spend part of your holiday season with us! We know this time of year can be full of demands on your time and energy, and we’re truly grateful you’re here. Your reward is a heartwarming, funny, and thoroughly enjoyable afternoon!

It’s been a real treat for the Narrators to work on a holiday show – and what’s better than doing one with kids? Especially the phenomenally talented kids from CFCArts Youth Theatre! Watching these young performers bring humor, honesty, and heart to every scene has been a joy, and the collaboration has been a wonderful cross-generational experience. We recommend that every senior connect with someone from a younger generation whenever you can – you definitely won’t be sorry you asked!

Many thanks to Leah Porrata, Youth Theatre Artistic Director, and Hayden Patterson, the Youth Theatre Program Manager, for facilitating this partnership, and to Justin Muchoney for encouraging it.

And, of course, no list of acknowledgements would be complete without mentioning Anthony Francis and Sara Breitfelder – my partners in crime, hilarity, and theatre expertise. The show would certainly not be the same without them!

Yule Be Sorry You Asked celebrates the chaos, comedy, and connection of the holidays – the moments that make us laugh, roll our eyes, and remind us why we gather together. We hope today’s performance brings a little light and laughter to your season, and we invite you to join us again for future CFCArts concerts, plays, and youth programs, all designed to bring our community together through the arts. We’d love to see you at a future production – and maybe even on stage with us one day!

Happy holidays!

Christine Hicks
Associate Artistic Director, Narrators

Hello and Welcome to Yule Be Sorry You Asked!

Thank you for choosing to spend part of your holiday season with us! We know this time of year can be full of demands on your time and energy, and we’re truly grateful you’re here. Your reward is a heartwarming, funny, and thoroughly enjoyable afternoon!

It’s been a real treat for the Narrators to work on a holiday show – and what’s better than doing one with kids? Especially the phenomenally talented kids from CFCArts Youth Theatre! Watching these young performers bring humor, honesty, and heart to every scene has been a joy, and the collaboration has been a wonderful cross-generational experience. We recommend that every senior connect with someone from a younger generation whenever you can – you definitely won’t be sorry you asked!

Many thanks to Leah Poratta, Artistic Director of CFCArts Youth Theatre ,and Hayden Patterson, the Program Manager for Youth Theatre, for facilitating this partnership, and to Justin Muchoney for encouraging it.

And, of course, no list of acknowledgements would be complete without mentioning Anthony Francis and Sara Breitfelder – my partners in crime, hilarity, and theatre expertise. The show would certainly not be the same without them!

Yule Be Sorry You Asked celebrates the chaos, comedy, and connection of the holidays – the moments that make us laugh, roll our eyes, and remind us why we gather together. We hope today’s performance brings a little light and laughter to your season, and we invite you to join us again for future CFCArts concerts, plays, and youth programs, all designed to bring our community together through the arts. We’d love to see you at a future production – and maybe even on stage with us one day!

Happy holidays!

Christine Hicks
Associate Artistic Director, Narrators

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Scenes

Cast

Production Team & Special Thanks

Upcoming Events

The People Behind CFCArts

Sponsors & CFCArts Giving Society

The CFCArts Narrators present

Yule Be Sorry You Asked

Act 1

“Support Group” Pt. 1

• ​Kathy Spence and PJ Storm

  • by EB Lee
    from The Other Side of Christmas

“Passing Santa”

• ​Jeff Milligan and Leo Holzenthal

  • by EB Lee
    from The Other Side of Christmas

“Support Group” Pt. 2

• ​​Ellen Foster and Marilyn Withrow
  

  • by EB Lee
    from The Other Side of Christmas

“Into The Light”

• ​​Laura Firtel
  

  • by Betsy Brantley and Chris Hicks
    

“The Film Buffs”

• ​​Steve Princiotta and Chase Kensington
  

  • by EB Lee
    from The Other Side of Christmas
    

“One Tupelo Saleswoman”

• Jenny Summers
  

  • by Luigi Jannuzzi
    from All the King’s Women
    

“At the Kids Table”

• Betsy Brantley, Jadalyn Beck, Hannah-Kate Garrett, and Deklan Jacobi
  

  • by EB Lee
    from The Other Side of Christmas
    

Intermission

Act 2

“Generation (Language) Gap”

• Jean Witherington and Deklan Jacobi
  

  • by Susan Jackman
    

Manny and a girl

• Steve Princiotta and Shirley Brown
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Donna and a guy

• Betsy Brantley and Paul Witherington
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Jackie and a guy

• Laura Firtel and Keith Walls
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Lyle and a girl

• ​​Leo Holzenthal and Vicki Alley
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Eddie and a girl

• ​​Paul Witherington and PJ Storm
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Brooke and a guy

• ​​Candy Dawson and Jeff Milligan
  with Vicki Alley as the waiter
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Celeste and a guy

• ​​Susan Jackman and Steve Princiotta
  with Jeff Milligan as the waiter
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Garret and a girl

• ​​Keith Walls and Joan Carter
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Sara and a guy

• ​​Paula Burke and Jeff Milligan
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Melanie and a guy

• ​​Jenny Summers and Leo Holzenthal
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Mary and a guy

• ​​Sharon Dentler and Steve Princiotta
  

  • by Jonathan Rand
    ​excerpts from Check, Please; Check, Please Take 2; Check, Please Take 3
    

Yule Be Sorry You Asked Cast

* Member Ambassador

Narrators

Vicki Alley
Betsy Brantley
Shirley Brown
Paula Burke
Joan Carter
Candy Dawson
Sharon Dentler
Laura Firtel
Ellen Foster
Jerry Hicks
Leo Holzenthal *
Susan Jackman
Jeff Milligan
Steve Princiotta
Juanita Riley
Vaughn Riley
Kathleen Spence
PJ Storm
Jenny Summers *
Keith Walls
Jean Witherington
Paul Witherington
Marilyn Withrow

Youth Theatre

Jadalyn Beck
Mila Chun
Hannah-Kate Garrett
Deklan Jacobi
Chase Kensington *

Special Guest

Hayden Patterson

Production Team

Director – Christine Hicks
Assistant Director – Anthony Francis
Stage Manager – Sara Breitfelder
Assistant Stage Manager – Jackson Boyce
Technical Director – Joshua McKinney
Audio Designer – Veronica Santana
Audio Assistant –  Demetri Rath
Lighting Designer – Ethan Patalano
Teleprompter Operator – Kyle Cartee
Front of House Manager – Tommy Mendoza
Narrators Personnel Manager – Sara Breitfelder
Youth Theatre Personnel Manager – Hayden Patterson
Youth Theatre Artistic Director – Leah Porrata
Script Writers – Christine Hicks and Jamie Kerr

Special Thanks

Megan Taylor and First Congregational Church of Winter Park
Randy Parson, Jacob Rivera, and St. John Lutheran Church
Chris Shepard and One Senior Place for community support
Lindsay Taylor, Amy Orr, and Cambridge Planning Group for community support
Julie Gargotta and Spectrum News 13 for for the wonderful feature on the Narrators
David Greene for audio tech support
Trisha Houlihan (SnapsbyTrish) for production photography

Up Next With CFCArts

CFCArts Board of Directors

Chad Faulkenberry, Chair, Journey Strategic Wealth
Dr. Meghan Brand, Vice Chair, Community Leader
Sara Osborne, Secretary, Orlando Health
Tom Clements, Treasurer, Katmai Government Services and Ouzinkie Native Corporation

Dr. Glenn Dym, Florida Cardiology, P.A.
Rep. Anna Eskamani, Florida House of Representatives
Jack Feivou, High Angle Productions
Kris Gault, Samba Safety
Jessica Guthrie, Immediate Past Chair, One Compass Consulting
Dr. Briyanna Jenkins, Seminole State College
Jason Locker, Orange County Public Schools
Rob A. Lott, Blue Trumpet Creative
Esu Ma’at, Orlando Magic
Jeffrey Moore, University of Central Florida
Mark Morales, Attorney, State of Florida, Dept of Children & Family Services
Gary Moss, Retired / Simon Malls
Dr. Jeffery Redding, University of Central Florida

CFCArts 2025-2026 Member Ambassadors

Marlana Antifit, Big Band
Lauren Blake, Community Choir
Courtney Verna Burns, Community Choir
Courtney Coil, UpBeat! Theatre Troupe
Stephanie A. Daugherty, Community Choir
Chantel Eubanks, Symphony Orchestra
Elaine Evans, Symphony Orchestra
Chris Gillespie, Youth Theatre
Diane Giordano, Community Choir
Leo Holzenthal, Narrators
Ken Ingraham, Symphony Orchestra
Chase Kensington, Youth Theatre
Evelyn Ortiz-Tatarka, Youth Theatre
Rachel Reinhardt, Symphony Orchestra
Jamaal K. Solomon, Community Choir
Jessica Stein, Symphony Orchestra
Jenny Summers, Narrators
David Theisen, Big Band
Judy Thomas, Community Choir
Amanda Vidal, Symphony Orchestra
Keith Walls, Symphony Orchestra
Mackenzie Wood, UpBeat! Theatre Troupe
Kyle Young, Big Band

CFCArts Staff

Sara Breitfelder, Community Choir, Narrators, UpBeat! Program Manager
Randi Clark, Operations Administrator
Allison Cothran, Instrumental Programs Personnel Manager
Caroline Del Rey Diaz, MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT, NMT, UpBeat! Jr. Associate Artistic Director
Brandon Fender, Community Choir Artistic Director
Christine Hicks, Narrators Associate Artistic Director
Olivia Knight, Manager of Marketing & Communications
Justin Muchoney, Executive Director, Artistic Director
Sara Myers, Managing Director
Hayden Patterson, Youth Theatre Program Manager
Leah Porrata, Youth Theatre Artistic Director
Rose Purdy, Manager of Donor & Patron Services
Ashley Samuels, CFRE, Grants Administrator
William Tayek, UpBeat! Associate Artistic Director
Juan Torres, Production Director

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Central Florida Community Arts is funded in part by United Arts of Central Florida, your local agency for the arts, and by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Central Florida Community Arts is funded in part by United Arts of Central Florida, your local agency for the arts, and by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Central Florida Community Arts is funded in part by United Arts of Central Florida, your local agency for the arts, and by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.

CFCArts Giving Society Members

This list includes all individual donations from 10/1/24 through 11/25/25. We value your gifts, but sometimes mistakes happen – if your name is not listed the way you’d like to see it or you notice any other errors, please let us know so we can update it!

$10,000 +

Russ and Cindy Airington in honor of Stephanie Daugherty
Jim and Barbara Caldwell
Tom Clements
Glenn Dym
David Greene
Anonymous
Frank and Winn Merritt Fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation

$5,000 – $9,999

Carlos and Cathy Barrios
Arne Haak
Clark Morris
Carol Ann Pohl
John and Anne Pucci
Frank Santos

$2,500 – $4,999

Jane Berg
Anette and Randall Boughner
Jessica and Vance Guthrie
Edmund and Barbara Greenwell
Elisabeth Hurckes
Alyssa Noll and Jesse Kreger
Arum Lansel
Diane Sandquist
Prof. Stephen Summers

$1,000 – $2,499

David Andrade
Tessa and Roland Anodide
Gary Baumgarten
Caridad Bergnes
Rachel Bond
Steven & Nikki Botwinik
Stephen Brannon
George Bridges
Don Chancy
J. Gene Chen
David and Carol Cowan
Eric Eliason
Marcia Enos
Brandon Fender
Matthew Frederick
Matt Gay
Priscilla Greenough
Grant Gribble
Frances Guthrie
Paul Harmon
Laverne Herzog
Eduard Hoffmann
Jay Hood
Gerald Keane
Denise Lamwatt
Katie Leatherman
Rita Lowndes
Teresa Lucchese
Deb McCrary
Deborah Mead
Jeffrey Moore
Julie Muchoney
Jessica Needham
Mark Neidig
Ted Nelson
Donna Nickel
Renee Pancoast
Shirley Piercy
Diane Rinkes
Catherine Scott
Nancy Shutts
Richard Stevenson
Mark Thomason
Hardy Vaughn
Larry Watchorn
Doug Whitehead
Katy Reinsel Willis
Bickley Wilson

$500 – $999

Peggy Albu
Andrew Ayoob
Ken Bays
Christina Bianchi
Tom Bissell
Ann Black
Alan Blythe
Bryan Blythe
Meghan Brand
Karen Buchan
CFCAR
Inge Clay
Marlene Conley
Melissa Deschamps
Nancy Deskins
Vicky Diaz
Joseph DiMaio
Carolyn Dymond
Andrea Ellis
Rizwana Fareeduddin
Jack Feivou
Alissa Forde
Martin Glickstein
Warren Gordon
Christopher Grant
Crystal Hernandez
Patricia Houlihan
Erica Huffstodt
Mimi Hull
Dr. Briyanna Jenkins
Shelly Lanham
Olivia Lee
Anne Lee
Travis Lefke
Tim Lentine
Mary Lo
Jason Locker
Rob & Kate Lott
Andrea Menendez
Justin Muchoney
Lettie Myers
Aurelia Nugent
Dw Perkins
Cindy Price
Mary Recchia Brown
Christine Rieck
Maria Rubin
Meredith Sauls
Jeana Smith
Kimberly Soto
Marcia Starcher
Shannon Thompson
Lizzie Tricker
Karen van Caulil
Haylee van Dalen
Margaret Vives-Austin
Larry Winchowky

$250 – $499

Marlana Antifit
Carlos Aquino
Natisha Asbell
Susan Barack
Michele Bell
Julie Bilinski
Carmen Bilinski
Sara Brady
Tad Branham
George Bridges
Sarah Brooks
Lennie Burke
David Chivers
Elizabeth Conklin
Val Cronk
Susan Crowe
Catherine Davey
Lisa Doolittle
Joan Dougan
Laura Dray
Gerald E Dooley
Tom Emling
Chad Faulkenberry
Steve Fessler
Laura Firtel
Martin Folk
Susan Forster
Kristin Gault
David and Joanne Halloran
Jennifer Harden
Suzanne Herin
Fraser Howe
Timothy Hurley
Martha Kirby
Vicki Landon
Carolyn Litwin
Lisa Lopez
Esu Ma’at
Nancy Matherly
Carole Mayback
Karalyn Moss
Gary Moss
Sherry Mulvaney
Kenneth Ng
Daniele Pagenkopf
Brian Paster
Rachel Reinhardt
Angie Roman
Christopher Scocco
Janet Scott
Christi Searls
Richard Smith
Jennifer and Eric Smith Johnson
Pamela Spears
Alexa Stone
Marty Sullivan
Brooke Van de Houten
Kay and Mike Van Der Heyden
Keith Walls
Hannah Weilminster
Jennifer Whitman
Trudy Wild
Michael Wilson
Jennifer Zanmiller
Ashley Zirkle
William Zoon

$100 – $249

Keith Albright
Zac Alfson and Bryan Henley
Ray Alger
Rachel Allen
Joao Almeida
Katrina Anarumo
Anonymous
Stephen Bacallao
Candice Bailey
Paula Barnett
Ann Barretta
Joel Baumgarten
Cheryl Belfay
Johan Bergh
Kyle Bergman
Joanne Bolemon
Scott Boyce
J. Joseph Brann
Kellie Brinker
Stephen Brook
Marcia Buie
Dale Burket
Elisabeth Butler
Kerri Byrd
Candice Calhoon
Sandra Carbone
Joan Carter
Joseph Casalese
Susie Cheatham
Paul Chisholm
Carolyn Christena
Rebecca Clancy
Kent Cooper
Allison Cothran
Diane Culler
Paul Daugherty
Sandra Daum
Alan and Susan Davis
Vanessa De La Vina
Maxine Derington
Megan Derryberry
Richard Dreggors
Christine Dudding
Mary Edwards
Anna Eskamani
Kalex Espinosa
Maria Frasca
Lindsay Fraser
Scott Galbraith
Kathleen Gallagher McIver
Victoria Garcia Retterath
John Gehrig
Rick Gibbs
Diane Giordano
Anita Gomer
Michael Gore
Scott Greenwood
Keith Gridley
Carisa Groomes
Susan Harris
Gail Hill Smith
Danielle Holstine
Leo Holzenthal
Jill Hughes
Ken Ingraham
Thomas Karastamatis
Claudia Kasen
Vicki Katsarakes
Bethany Kelly
Robert Kirby
Sylvia Kirkendoll
Michelle Klein
Vadim Klochko
Olivia and Micah Knight
Deborah Labonge
Paul Lartonoix
Laurie Lesher-Lockcuff
Marilyn Logan
Kathleen Londergan
Sandi M Miller
Grace M.
Heather Mahoney
Wendy Mammino
MaryDell Mattingly
Timothy McCann
Pamela McCoy
Pamela McLaughlin
Scott Meltz
Tommy Mendoza
Danny Meneses
Pamela Midboe-Penn
Pamela Miller
Carolyn Minear
Geoffrey Moehl
Mark Morales
Deborah Mork
Alan Morris
Heather Mount
James Munoz
Bruce Mylrea
Dana O’Neill
Nichole Oxley
Arty Pagan
Mary Palmer
Karen Payton
Emily Peterson
Michelle Purdy
Robert Radovich
Helene Rasmussen
Jeffery Redding
Jayne Reynolds
Jim and Karen Ripperger
Wideline Rislin
Bradley Roberts
Arnetta Rodgers
Jane Rodriguez
Thomas Roten
Aaron Rowe
Patricia Russell
Mark Sajeski
Ashley Samuels
Kathleen Sanborn
Richard Sandler
Azela Santana
Danny Seigler
Edmund Short
Peter Sieviec
John Sirounis
Marion Skilling
Jennifer Smith
Diana Smith
William Smitherman
Alice Southworth
Kim Spradlin
Rich Starcher
Becki Stauber
Amber Steckel
Joyce Stefancic
Eloise Stiglitz
Jenny Summers
Thomas Swalby
Charyl Tabscott
Mary Tench
Richard Thurston
Mary Thurston
Jennifer Tyndall
Linda Van Der Heyden
Margie Vicente
Adam Walker
Lisa Walters
Charisse Walton
Jen Weaver
Blake Weber
Madison Weinberg
Tyler Whipple
Charna Wiese
Ariane Williams
Alan Wilson
Thom Winter
Allyson Wise-Bird
Jean Witherington
Julie Wolf
Linda Wolf

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