TCR Playbills Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Page 27

up on the wheeled goat he rode around
on stage; hurriedly spray-painting G, O, G,
O, G, O, J and O on the chests of eight of
our twelve brothers backstage before our
football/cheerleader/superfan-themed
“Go, Go, Go, Joseph”; and getting
permission to costume ourselves in
anything hip and cool (and maybe
even a little bit sexy) that we felt
comfortable wearing—as long
as it was white—for our “Joseph
Megamix” finale.
But we were any-dream-will-
doing at the very dawn of the
Internet age—before it was customary to
exchange email addresses with people
and long before new theater friendships
were instantly enshrined in Facebook
connections—so after our final bows, we
dispersed as people do and kept in touch
mostly by happenstance (I randomly ran into
our Mrs. Potiphar at a Chicago fundraising
event years later) or being cast in other shows
together.
To our delight though, this TCR revival of Joseph/
Dreamcoat (see how efficient that is?)—along
with the now-well-established world of social
media—has reunited so many people from our
production to share stories and photos (and
marvel at how impossibly young we were)
and make plans to see this show together.
The overarching themes of Joseph/
Dreamcoat—love, self-assurance and the
promise of joyful reunion—have inspired
people and audiences since well before
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
brought them to musical life 50 years
ago. And as our 1999 cast and crew
celebrate our newfound connections—
and tons of lost photos—almost two
decades later, we wish the same joys
and lifelong connections to everyone
in this production. So go, go, go to
your show!
 THE 1999 PRODUCTION OF JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR ®
DREAMCOAT, pictured here, was co-directed by Damon Cole and Alison Shafer, with
Joshua Casteel and Christy (Demeulenaere) Cohee in the leading roles of Joseph and the
Narrator, respectively. It was also produced at TCR in 1985 and directed by Richard Barker.
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