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BJ Jones Timothy J. Evans ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR presents

BY LAUREN GUNDERSON

DIRECTED BY JESSICA THEBUS

Scenic Design Richard & Jacqueline Penrod, USA Costume Design Janice Pytel, USA Lighting Design Paul Toben, USA Original Music & Sound Design Rick Sims, USA Casting Director Lynn Baber, CSA Production Stage Manager Kimberly Ann McCann, AEA

OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 17, 2017 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

Originally commissioned and produced at the Denver Center Company, a division of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Kent Thompson, Artistic Director. COLOR COLOR

SPONSORSHIP CAST & PRODUCTION

CAST PRODUCTION SPONSORS Rengin Altay* ...... Rebecca Heminges/Anne Hathaway NICK & MARCIE ALEXOS Dana Black ...... Alice Heminges/Susannah Shakespeare McKinley Carter* ...... Elizabeth Condell/Emilia Lanier/Fruit Seller/Marcellus Thomas J. Cox* ...... Ralph Crane/Compositor/Barman/Francisco William Dick* ...... /Sir Edward Dering/Barman 2/Horatio OPENING NIGHT SPONSOR Sam Hubbard ...... Marcus/Boy /Crier/Bernardo Gregory Linington* ...... Jim Ortlieb* ...... Luigi Sottile* ...... Ed Knight/Isaac Jaggard Austin Tichenor* ...... /

Understudies: Tony Bozzuto (Henry), Will Crouse (Ed), Jason Goff (Ralph), SEASON SPONSORS Julie Stevens (Rebecca), Peter Vamvakas (John), Brenna Welsh (Alice/Elizabeth), John Wilson (Richard/Ben), Sam Woodhull (Marcus)

Understudies will not substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

*Member of the Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

Setting NORTHLIGHT THEATRE IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY: 1619-1623 London, England

The Book of Will will be performed with one 15 minute intermission.

THE OFFIELD FAMILY ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF FOUNDATION

Understudy Casting ...... Paskal Rudnicke Casting THE SULLIVAN FAMILY THE DAVEE FOUNDATION Assistant Directors ...... Nate Cohen, Sarah Gitenstein, Danielle Roos FOUNDATION Properties Master ...... Amanda Herrmann Production Assistant ...... Katy Garcia Production Dramaturg ...... Lauren Shouse Assistant Dramaturgs ...... Kristen Osborn, Matthew Stein, Sophie Hamm Wigs...... Kyle Pingel Second Wardrobe...... Kristin Ginther THE ELIZABETH F. CHENEY Dialect Coach ...... Adam Goldstein FOUNDATION

THE HAROLD AND MIMI STEINBERG SPECIAL THANKS CHARITABLE TRUST

Full Circle Foundation || Modestus Bauer Foundation || Sanborn Family Foundation || Tom Stringer Design Partners || Dr. Scholl Foundation Mark Roe and The Furniture Shop Edelman Leather

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Playwright Lauren Gunderson gave us the glowing Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley last season, along with her co-author Margot Melcon, and you loved it as much as we loved performing it for you. Lauren’s sense of authenticity and entertainingly fresh language bounces off the page and around the theatre, uplifting our spirits and challenging our intellect.

Inspired by a true story, The Book of Will is her next venture into the past, celebrating the theatre and the inextricable link between literature and the stage. How did ’s work survive through the ages, and who were the heroes who fought to preserve Shakespeare’s language and his theatrical genius? John Heminges and Henry Condell, as well as Shakespearean star actor Richard Burbage, spring to life through Lauren’s lively dialogue. Truly the preservation of Shakespeare’s work is, along with the Bible, one of the most important and profound publishing events in history.

Gunderson resurrects these amazing real-life characters, whose love of their friend Will and their passion to keep his stories alive is both hilarious and deeply moving. What I love most about the lens Lauren fixes on this little-known struggle is the role women played in the preservation of Shakespeare’s work—goading, inspiring, and challenging the acting troupe to scour their memories to preserve the past in order to secure the future of the theatre. There’s something genuine in a neighborhood of possibilities. SomethingThere’s something true to one’s genuine spirit in and a neighborhood character. Where of possibilities. experiences The Book of Will is a love letter to the theatre, and based as it is on the sharedSomething make true life toricher. one’s A spirit wholeness and character. and harmony Where thatexperiences allows truth, a fascinating slice of historical life with both political and social There’s something genuine in a neighborhood of possibilities. context. The glimpse of 17th Century publishing and the religious and a sharedfreedom make to be life yourself. richer. A To wholeness explore andand loveharmony and learnthat allows with a SomethingThere’s something true to one’s genuine spirit in and a neighborhood character. Where of possibilities. experiences political pressures on the theatre and literature are fascinating. And as purposea freedom that to comes be yourself. from the To heart.explore and love and learn with a sharedSomething make true life to richer. one’s A spirit wholeness and character. and harmony Where that experiences allows always with Lauren Gunderson, it feels fresh as well as authentic. purpose that comes from the heart. ashared freedom make to belife yourself.richer. A Towholeness explore andand loveharmony and learn that allowswith a Experiencea freedom to retirement be yourself. Toliving explore at Threeand love Crowns and learn Park with a Lauren Gunderson is one of America’s most produced playwrights Experiencepurpose that comesretirement from the living heart. at Three Crowns Park thanks to Miss Bennet and now The Book of Will. We are proud to have inpurpose one of that America’s comes from best the neighborhoods. heart. in one of America’s best neighborhoods. introduced her work to . Our continued collaboration with her is a Experience retirement living at Three Crowns Park joy for us and we’re sure, for you. inExperience one of America’s retirement best living neighborhoods. at Three Crowns Park in one of America’s best neighborhoods. . BJ Jones, Artistic Director

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I wrote that line of Rebecca’s because, like her, I need comedy the older I get. I need the surprise of it, the energy it gives me, the perspective, the endurance, the joy and the community. Shakespeare’s plays were full of comedy; even the darkest plays are mottled with clowns and jokes and jest. He taught me well. ON EVERY NEW GET % FOR 63 MONTHS OUTBACK & I hope this play makes you laugh – not just at the play but with it. I hope FORESTER this play makes you feel like you’re one of Shakespeare’s sharing NO MONEY DOWN Finance on approved credit score Subject to vehicle insurance and availability. Monthly payment of $15.87 per $1,000 stories in the bar after a day’s work on the boards of the . 0 borrowed. Offer ends January 2, 201 8 In that way this play will have done some theatrical magic before your eyes; the magic of time traveling to a bygone era just to realize that the ALL WHEEL DRIVE relationships, the revelations and the laughter would fit right in with our own time. Things might change, but people don’t change as much as we think they do. People love like they did 400 years ago, they mourn, they celebrate, and they laugh. Do so with us tonight and defy death for another day. Lauren 2018 Subaru Crosstrek 2018 Subaru Legacy October 2017

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THE PLAYERS Henry Condell BY LAUREN SHOUSE Born in Norfolk as the son of a fishmonger, Condell could have been acting as early as 1590, but his first certain stage appearance was in 1598 in Ben Johnson’s The Book of Will play is true to . He performed with the Lord the facts as we know them and Chamberlain’s Men/The King’s Men until he retired around based on in-depth research. 1623. He joined as a co-owner of the Globe Theatre in However, there are places where 1605 and later as a co-owner of the Blackfriar’s playhouse the historical record is silent, and in 1608. He, along with John Heminges, was a leader in this is where Lauren Gunderson’s the sponsoring and preparation of the First of Shakespeare’s work imagination takes flight. For published in 1623. He died only four years later in 1627. example, we know that John Heminges had a daughter named Elizabeth Condell Alice, but we don’t know if she Elizabeth Smart married Henry Condell in London on October 24, 1596 at took part in the creation of the St. Laurence Pountney. She was the only child of John Smart, a gentleman . Many scholars think that of the Strand. Elizabeth and Henry settled in St Mary Aldermanbury. She Emilia Bassano-Lanier was “the The First Folio had nine children, but only three survived to adulthood. Elizabeth died in Dark Lady” of the sonnets, but we don’t know whether she actually helped 1635. fund the legacy of Shakespeare. Here are some facts we do know about the major players in The Book of Will. Richard Burbage Richard was the son of James Burbage, who built the John Heminges Theatre in Shoreditch. Burbage was a famous and John was baptized in 1566 in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, and at the successful actor before the age of 20. He is known for age of 12 he was an apprentice of a London grocer. A significant member having originated many of the major leading characters of the King’s Men, he appeared in a number of plays including Every Man in Shakespeare’s plays, including Hamlet, Lear, , in His Humour and and was probably the first to perform the role , , Romeo and Richard III. He and of Falstaff. His most important role in the company, however, was that of his brother, also a famous actor at the time, led the business manager. He held this position for over 25 years and after 1611 he disassembling of the Theatre and the construction of the rarely acted. Heminges was one of the original shareholders of the Globe Globe in 1599. Burbage died in 1619, and his life was honored by many and in 1608 the Blackfriars theaters. He owned the house attached to the writers who appreciated the lasting contribution he made to their work. Globe Theatre that was probably used as an Ale House. He died in 1630. Ben Johnson Rebecca Heminges Johnson wrote what is considered his first great play, Rebecca was born in 1571. Her first husband, William Knell, was a famous Every Man in His Humor, in 1598; a 1616 production player in the Queen’s Men. This marriage was cut short when Knell died featured William Shakespeare in one of the lead roles. in a duel, leaving Rebecca a widow at the age of 15. She remarried shortly Shortly after the play opened, Johnson killed Gabriel after in 1588 to John Heminges, who along with his work in the theatre was Spencer in a duel and was tried for murder but was also a wholesale grocer. It is very likely that Rebecca helped to manage the released by pleading “benefit of clergy” (i.e., by proving grocery business and sold concessions at the Globe Theatre. Rebecca died he could read and write in Latin, he was allowed to face in 1619 and 11 years later her husband asked in his will to be buried in St. a more lenient court). Shortly after his release he was Mary Aldermanbury so he could remain close to her in death. again arrested for failing to pay an actor. Under King James I, Johnson received royal favor and patronage. Many of his most famous satirical Alice Heminges plays, including Volpone (1606) and (1610), were produced John and Rebecca Heminges had fourteen children between 1590 and for the London stage and he also wrote for the court. He is often identified 1613, with three of them having likely died as infants. We don’t know many as England’s first Poet Laureate. Within his own lifetime and the century specifics, thus the character of Alice Heminges is largely created from after, Johnson was more popular than Shakespeare. the playwright’s imagination. But it is true that many women at the time functioned as alewifes and brewed beer to sell in local establishments.

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Emilia Lanier the Jaggards’ shop in 1622, but got interrupted several times to continue Born Emilia Bassano, she was the daughter of a Venetian efforts on other large book orders. Isaac was appointed Printer to the city musician who served Queen Elizabeth. Lanier published of London after his father’s death, then died four years later in 1627. her first volume of poems, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum [Hail, God, King of the Jews], in 1611 and it is considered Anne Hathaway Shakespeare the first major collection of poems in English by a Born around 1556, Anne grew up in the Stratford area female writer. She entered into an affair with Queen where the Hathaway family was well-esteemed. She was Elizabeth’s cousin Henry Carey, but he left her when she 26 when she married William Shakespeare, who was 18 at became pregnant with his child. Lanier’s legacy today the time. Anne and Will entered a rushed marriage while is mainly in her proto-feminist visions and writing, but she also is one of pregnant with their first child. Due to these circumstances the candidates for “the Dark Lady” in Shakespeare’s sonnets because of and the age difference, some scholars have theorized her Italian-Jewish heritage, her musical skill, and her reputation in court. that both parties might have been reluctant to go Scholars find the Dark Lady myth an unwelcome detraction from Lanier’s through with it. Another theory is that Will pursued her own considerable literary achievements. hand due to her family’s high society status. Anne and Will had three children: Susanna in 1583 and the twins Hamnet and Judith in 1585. Ed Knight While Shakespeare was off establishing his theatre career in London, Knight was the prompter or bookkeeper of the King’s Men. This means Anne and her children remained in Stratford, living in the house of John that he prepared the company’s play texts for production, adding stage Shakespeare. After Will’s death in 1616, Anne Hathaway lived in The New directions, cues for offstage sounds, and other necessary information to Place until she died in August 1623. turn an author’s or scribe’s manuscript into a promptbook. When issues involving censorship came up, he was the one that resolved them. Susannah Shakespeare Susannah Hall, daughter of William Shakespeare, was born in 1583 and Ralph Crane died in 1649, buried next to her parents. She married John Hall, a local Crane began his career as a law clerk and then became a professional physician and well-regarded Puritan. Her brother Hamnet died in 1596 scribe working for attorneys. Later in his life he turned to writing verse. By and her sister Judith was given very little in Shakespeare’s will because of 1618 he was working for the King’s Men, producing multiple transcripts for her husband’s poor reputation. Thus Susannah was the main inheritor of their plays. He published a collection of his own poems in 1621 called The her father’s estate, the property passing down from her to whatever male Works of Mercy, Both Corporeal and Spiritual. He died in 1630. offspring she had. She had none, giving birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1608. Elizabeth died in 1669, the last descendent of William Shakespeare, William Jaggard leaving no heirs. William Jaggard developed one of the largest print shops of his generation. In 1599 Jaggard published the Passionate Pilgrim and claimed that the entire collection was by William Shakespeare (though only five of the twenty poems actually were). A 19th century critic characterized Jaggard as an ‘infamous pirate, liar, and thief,’ yet Jaggard held a lot of power. In 1604 a Royal warrant ordered that all parish churches in England display copies of the Ten Commandments published exclusively by William Jaggard. He was also the only one with the right to publish playbills and thus dealt a lot with the professional theatre companies. In 1613 he began to go blind, likely a symptom of syphilis or mercury poisoning, and died in 1623.

Isaac Jaggard Isaac was given full membership to the Stationer’s Company in 1613– as the son of a publisher he didn’t have to serve an apprenticeship to receive the position. In 1619 the Jaggards teamed up with to publish a collection of Shakespeare’s plays in , but the King’s Men objected and the Lord Chamberlain ordered that none of the plays could be printed without their consent. Work on the First Folio began in

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PROFILES “Fascinating...audacious “As Quixote, [Henry] Godinez and ambitious. [A] very wows, commanding the stage RENGIN ALTAY upcoming POP TV series Hot Date. She is (Rebecca Heminges/ represented by Grossman & Jack Talent rich 90 minutes!” [with] masterful storytelling and Anne Hathaway) is and as always, thanks Baude for his love very happy to be and support. …unexpected physical feats!” returning to Daily Herald Northlight. Some of MCKINLEY CARTER her many Chicago (Elizabeth Condell, et credits include Mosque al.) is pleased to return Alert (); Women at War to Northlight where (Rivendell); Awake And Sing she last appeared in (Steppenwolf); Gypsy, Macbeth, and The [title of show]. Recent Merchant Of Venice (Chicago credits include Fun “[Henry] Godinez…a masterful “ Shakespeare); Prelude To A Kiss Home (Victory ! (Wellington Theater); The Iceman Gardens), Parade (Writers), My Way comedian [and] actor…is Cometh, , High (Theatre at the Center), Deathtrap (Drury Brilliant! [Henry] Godinez is Holidays, and Jolly (Goodman); Float Lane Oakbrook), The Man Who Murdered worth the ticket price (About Face) and numerous staged Sherlock Holmes (Mercury), and The all by himself.” absolutely stunning.” readings with “The Bernie Sahlins Merry Widow and (Lyric Opera). Players.” Regional credits include two Other Chicago credits include Road Around the Town Chicago seasons with Peninsula Players, Galway Show, Sunday in the Park with George, Arts Festival, Trinity Repertory Company, , A Midsummer Night’s Huntington Theater, Madison Repertory Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, and Henry Theater, and Milwaukee Rep. Film credits IV Parts 1 & 2 (Chicago Shakespeare); include Stranger Than Fiction, Crush, A Putting It Together (Porchlight); The Piece Of Eden, and Light It Up. Television Sound of Music and (Drury “Be prepared to be and Voice Over credits include Chicago Lane); Turn of the Century, The Visit, and awestruck and moved!” Fire, Sirens, ER, Cupid, The Human Floyd Collins (Goodman); Winesburg Factor, and Yeesha in the MYST Ohio (Steppenwolf); Into the Woods Conversations with Ed Tracy computer game series. (); James Joyce’s The Dead, and Pericles (Court). DANA BLACK (Alice Heminges/Susannah THOMAS J. COX Shakespeare) is (Ralph Crane, et al.) is thrilled to be making happy to be returning “Energetic [and] engaging! her Northlight debut to Northlight, where

PICTURED: HENRY GODINEZ. PHOTO BY MICHAEL BROSILOW. MICHAEL BROSILOW. GODINEZ. PHOTO BY PICTURED: HENRY and to work with he last appeared in A 90-minute tour-de-force!” Jessica Thebus once The Outgoing Tide Third Coast Review again. Chicago credits with John Mahoney include The Few (Steep), Rolling and Rondi Reed, (Jackalope), Tell Me What You directed by BJ Jones, which also traveled Remember (Erasing the Distance), to the Galway Arts Festival. Other Abraham Lincoln Was A F@gg@t (About Northlight productions include Pride and Face; nomination for Best Prejudice and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. As a Supporting Actress), Hank Williams: The founding ensemble member with Lost Highway (American Blues; Equity Lookingglass Theatre, he has appeared in Jeff for Best Musical), Miss Marx many productions since 1988, including (Strawdog), Rabbit (Stage Left), After Nelson Algren: For Keeps and a Single The Revolution (Next), The Count Of Day (Joseph Jefferson Nomination, Solo Monte Cristo (Lifeline), Baal (TUTA), and Performance), Old Curiosity Shop NOW PLAYING This Happy Breed (Timeline). Dana has (Joseph Jefferson Nomination, understudied at Steppenwolf, Goodman Supporting Actor), as Winston Smith in 847-242-6000 | WRITERSTHEATRE.ORG and Victory Gardens and is a graduate of 1984, and as Hook in Peter Pan (A Play). The School at Steppenwolf. She has also He has appeared regionally at Goodman, 2017/18 SEASON SPONSOR OFFICIAL LIGHTING SPONSOR appeared on NBC’s Chicago Med and the Steppenwolf, Court, House, Gift, and

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Milwaukee Rep . Film/TV: Film/TV: Oz the Great and Powerful, The is also a freelance fight director with Scapin (American Blues), Picasso at the Chicago Fire (NBC), Brotherhood Merry Gentleman, Fred Claus, Stranger credits at Court, Victory Gardens, Lapin Agile and Man Who Came to (Showtime), Since You’ve Been Gone Than Fiction, The Break-Up, The Steppenwolf for Young Adults, Steep Dinner (Steppenwolf). Jim is an (Miramax). Company, Chicago P.D., Empire, The and Teatro Vista. Sam is a proud Independent Reviewers of New England Exorcist, Crisis, Chicago Fire, Mob Strawdog Ensemble Member and (IRNE) Best Actor nominee. TV and Film WILLIAM DICK (Ben Doctor, and Leverage. graduate of Columbia College Chicago. credits include Masters of Sex, Bones, Jonson, et al.) most You can see him next in Strawdog’s The Closer, CSI, Grey’s Anatomy, The recently appeared at SAM HUBBARD world premiere of Damascus. Shield, Felicity, Roswell, Magnolia, A Northlight in The Odd (Marcus, et al.) Mighty Wind, Flatliners, Latter Days, Couple. Other favorite happily returns to GREGORY Drunkboat, Contagion, The Crash, and Chicago plays include Northlight after fight LININGTON (Henry Inheritance (2017). House and Garden, directing White Guy Condell) is very happy The Goat or Who is on the Bus and to be beginning his LUIGI SOTTILE (Ed Sylvia and Moonlight and Magnolias understudying The Chicago career at Knight/Isaac Jaggard) (Goodman); The Merry Wives of Whipping Man and Northlight! New York The Book of Will is Windsor, Cyrano de Bergerac, Henry VII, 4000 Miles. Recent credits include credits include Throne Luigi’s Northlight and The Madness of George III (Chicago Cymbeline and The Long Christmas Ride of Blood at BAM and debut! Other Chicago Shakespeare); We All Went Down to Home (Strawdog), A Loss of Roses and The Unfortunates at Joe’s Pub. Regional credits include The Amsterdam (Steppenwolf); The Hammer Playboy of the Western World (Raven), credits include Ford’s Theatre, Arena Tempest, Othello, Trinity Marathon (House Theatre); and The Diary of Anne Frank (Writers), Stage, Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Shakespeare In Love The Pitmen Painters (TimeLine). William Hamlet and Cymbeline (Michigan Kennedy Center, Theater J, Round (Chicago Shakespeare); and Buena Vista was recently a member of the Asolo Shakespeare Festival), as well as House Theatre, Seattle Rep, Berkeley (Steppenwolf). Regional credits: Sex Repertory company in Guess Who’s productions with Jackalope, The Rep, Shakespeare Center of Los With Strangers (Signature Theatre DC); Coming to Dinner, The Little Foxes (both Factory, Oak Park Festival Theatre and Angeles, CTG, PCPA, Yale Rep. Gregory Zombie: The American (Woolly directed by ), All The Way, various understudy credits with Writers was a 12-Year Company Member of the Mammoth); The Three Musketeers, Much The Great Society, and Ah Wilderness!. and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Sam Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a Ado About Nothing (Utah Shakespeare 5-Year Company Member of Misery Festival); Angels In America Parts I & II, Loves Company in Prague, Czech In the Next Room Or The Vibrator Play, Republic. Film and Television credits Leaving (Wilma Theater); The Three include Innocent Sleep, Persuasion, Sisters, Cyrano (Arden Theatre); A Harrison’s Flowers, Grey’s Anatomy, Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Rep); The Shameless, Major Crimes, The West Two Gentlemen Of Verona, Troilus And Wing. He was a teacher at the Cressida (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Shakespeare Theatre (DC) and Festival); An Ideal Husband (Walnut Georgetown University. Training includes Street Theatre); Seminar (Philadelphia The Groundlings, SITI Company and the Theatre Company); Nathan the Wise, Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Cherry Orchard (People’s Light & Arts. gregorylinington.com Theatre); The Lonesome West, Hothouse, The School For Wives, The JIM ORTLIEB (John Government Inspector (Lantern Heminges) returns to Theater); and The Mystery Of Irma Vep Northlight after (Act II Playhouse). previously appearing in All In The Timing. AUSTIN TICHENOR Select credits include (Richard Burbage/ Farnsworth Invention, William Jaggard) is Of Mice and Men, thrilled to make his Guys and Dolls (Broadway); Billy Elliot Northlight debut. (1st National); Tartuffe, (Weston Chicago credits: In Playhouse); Grapes of Wrath (Ford’s The Garden Theatre); Hughie, The Homecoming (Lookingglass), (Gare St. Lazare Players, Paris); and Merchant of Venice (Back Room Marriage Play (Merrimack Rep). Chicago Shakespeare) and The Liar (Writers; u/s). credits include M the Murderer (Organic As co-artistic director of the Reduced Theatre), Life Sucks (Lookingglass), Shakespeare Company, he’s appeared

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off-Broadway, in London’s West End, member. She is from Atlanta, GA and PAUL TOBEN (Lighting Design) is a Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, the lives in San Francisco. Lighting Designer of theater, live events White House, and theaters across the LaurenGunderson.com and @ and unique spaces. Paul’s designs for country. TV credits include The West LalaTellsAStory the stage have been seen in New York Wing, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Felicity, City, at regional theaters nationally, and Gilmore Girls, Alias, 24, and The X-Files. RICHARD & JACQUELINE PENROD in Canada and England. Recent New Co-author of the illustrated children’s (Scenic Design) return to Northlight York credits include: The Story of My book Pop-Up Shakespeare, Austin also having previously designed The Legend Life (Broadway, with Ken Billington), co-wrote and starred in William of Georgia McBride, Miss Bennet: Electra in a One Piece (The Wild SEPTEMBER 23, 2017–MARCH 11, 2018 Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play Christmas at Pemberley, Gee’s Bend, Project), Saturn Nights (The Incubator), (abridged) (Folger Theatre, 2016), nine Pride and Prejudice, Tuesdays with The Realm (The Wild Project), Romeo other “Complete (abridged)” comedies, Morrie, The Mystery of Irma Vep, At and Juliet (Columbia Stages), Futurity and produces and hosts the weekly (since Wit’s End and Over the Tavern. Recent and Too Little, Too Late (HERE Arts 2006) Reduced Shakespeare Company designs include: Pygmalion, Northanger Center), When in Disgrace (Examined Podcast. Twitter: @austintichenor Abbey, Love and Information and The Man), The Redheaded Man (Fringe Importance of Being Earnest (Remy Encores). Regionally, Paul has designed JESSICA THEBUS (Director) is a director Bumppo); Apartment 3A and Stick Fly an array of plays and musicals for of theater and an educator based in (Windy City); Nice Work If You Can Get theaters including Actors Theatre of Chicago. Past Northlight credits include It, Big Fish and All Shook Up (Theatre Louisville, TheatreWorks, Kansas City Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, at the Center); Richard III (Gift Theatre Repertory Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Shining Lives: A Musical, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. at Steppenwolf); Luck of the Irish and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Hyde, Inherit the Wind and Red Herring. Welcome Home Jenny Sutter (Next); Cleveland Playhouse, Arizona Theatre At Steppenwolf, she has directed Sex Hank Williams: Lost Highway (American Company, The Magic Theatre, and many with Strangers, Intimate Apparel, Dead Blues); Barnum and The Christmas others. Man’s Cell Phone, No Place Like Home, Schooner (Mercury) and Around the When the Messenger is Hot (also at 59 World in Eighty Days (Lookingglass). RICK SIMS (Original Music & Sound E 59th in NYC) and Sonia Flew. Other Design) has composed and designed favorite projects: Richard III (Gift); In the JANICE PYTEL (Costume Design) sound for numerous Chicago-area Garden by Sarah Gmitter (Lookingglass); Broadway credits include 33 Variations, theaters, including Steppenwolf, Buzzer by Tracy Scott Wilson (Goodman); and I Am My Own Wife. Chicago credits Lookingglass, Congo Square theatre, Welcome Home Jenny Sutter (Next); As include The Long Red Road (Goodman); Writers, Lifeline, Griffin, Chicago You Like It (Oregon Shakespeare); The The Seafarer, Sonia Flew, The Last of Children’s Theatre, The Hypocrites, Feast: an intimate Tempest (Chicago the Boys, The Pain and the Itch, and House, Court, ATC, Victory Gardens, Shakespeare with Redmoon). She is The Drawer Boy (Steppenwolf); The Raven, Steep, Northlight and About Director of the Graduate Directing Caretaker, The Detective’s Wife, A Face. Regional credits include Arena Program at . Streetcar Named Desire, and Picnic Stage and Roundhouse Theatre in (Writers); Our Town (Lookingglass); Washington D.C., Alliance Theatre LAUREN GUNDERSON (Playwright) is Fences and Who’s Afraid of Virginia in Atlanta, South Coast Rep in the most produced living playwright Woolf? (Court); Pulp (About Face). Southern California, The Getty, Boston in America for 2017, the winner of the Regional: The Farnsworth Invention Playwrights’ Theatre, Arden Theatre Lanford Wilson Award and the Steinberg/ (Alley Theatre); Winesburg, Ohio, The Company in Philadelphia, Playwrights ATCA New Play Award, a finalist for the Glass Menagerie (Kansas City Rep); Horizons in New York City, Actors Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and John 33 Variations (Arena Stage and La Theatre of Louisville and Portland Gassner Award for Playwriting, and a Jolla Playhouse); Lombardi: the Only Playhouse. Sims won a Jeff Award recipient of the Mellon Foundation’s Thing, Rembrandt’s Gift (Madison for sound design for Moby Dick and 3-Year Residency with Marin Theatre Rep); and Agnes of God (Indiana Rep). Hepheastus (Lookingglass), and a BTA Co. She studied Southern Literature and Los Angeles: The Seafarer (Geffen award for Brothers In the Dust (Congo Drama at Emory University, and Dramatic Playhouse). Multi Media: Catherine Square). He is an artistic associate Writing at NYU’s Tisch School where Sullivan’s Triangle of Need (Walker Art of Lookingglass, and artistic affiliate she was a Reynolds Fellow in Social Center, Vizcaya Musuem and Gardens, with American Blues. Sims also wrote Entrepreneurship. Her work is published Metro Pictures Gallery). the book, music and lyrics for Hillbilly at Playscripts (I and You, Exit, Pursued By Antigone (Lookingglass). FREE AND OPEN TO ALL A Bear, and Toil And Trouble), Dramatists (Silent Sky, Bauer) and Samuel French blockmuseum.northwestern.edu (Emilie). She is a proud Dramatists Guild

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KIMBERLY ANN MCCANN (Production Politic). Regional: Glengarry Glen Ross Stage Manager) is excited to be (Suzie Bass Nominee – Best Director, returning to Northlight Theatre. Her Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre), Enchanted Northlight credits include Miss Bennet: April (Asolo Theatre), and productions Christmas at Pemberley, You Can’t Take at Cherry Lane Theatre NY, Galway It With You and Civil War Christmas. Arts Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Chicago credits: A View from the and Utah Shakespeare Festival. As Bridge, Objects in the Mirror, Gloria, and a performer, Mr. Jones is a two-time at Joseph Jefferson Award winner and and Million Dollar Quartet. Broadway: has appeared at Northlight, Goodman, Curtains. Off-Broadway credits: Bill W. Steppenwolf, Court, and other theatres and Dr. Bob, How to Save the World, throughout Chicago. Film/TV credits John Ferguson. Regional: Tuacahn include The Fugitive, Body Double, Law Center for the Arts, Skylight Music and Order: Criminal Intent, Early Edition, Theatre, and Milwaukee Rep. Other Cupid, and Turks, among others. credits include: Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, TIMOTHY J. EVANS (Executive Director) and numerous productions at The leads Northlight Theatre’s overall Juilliard School. Kimberly is a proud strategic, management and long- member of Actors Equity. range initiatives. Prior to his arrival at Northlight, Tim spent over 20 years BJ JONES (Artistic Director) is in his at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 20th season as Artistic Director of management and producing positions. Northlight where he commissioned He created, curated and produced and directed the world premieres of Steppenwolf’s acclaimed TRAFFIC Faceless, Charm, White Guy on the Bus, Series including a partnership with Stella & Lou, The Outgoing Tide (Jeff Chicago Public Radio for subsequent Nomination – Best Director), Better broadcasts. Tim founded Steppenwolf Late, and Rounding Third. Notably he Films, of which he is still a partner with has directed productions of Outside Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry, Mullingar, Grey Gardens, The Price (Jeff to develop film and television projects. Nomination- Best Director), A Skull in He has served on the Board of Trustees THE U.S. PREMIERE Connemara, The Cripple of Inishmaan, of the League of Chicago Theatres and and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. As on the theater selection panel for the a producer he has guided the world Princess Grace Foundation Awards. NOVEMBER 9 - DECEMBER 17, 2017 premieres of Shining Lives, The Last He also serves on the USA selection Five Years, The Gamester, and Studs committee for The Eisenhower Fellows, Written by CANDACE CHONG Terkel’s ‘The Good War’. From Second Philadelphia, PA. Previously, Tim served City to Shakespeare, BJ has directed on the board of the Independent Film Chinese to English Translation by JOANNA C. LEE and KEN SMITH Pitmen Painters (Jeff Nomination – Project (IFP) and was a charter member Best Director, TimeLine), A Number of the Governor’s Task Force for Media Adapted by DAVID HENRY HWANG | Directed by HELEN YOUNG (Next), 100 Saints You Should Know Development. (Steppenwolf), and The Dresser (Body In this turbulent thriller by one of Hong Kong’s most acclaimed playwrights, fake news tests friendships while old flames reignite. Use code FOOTLIGHTS for $5 discount @ www.WildBoarPlay.org The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers or call 312.857.1234 x201 in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

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BJ Jones Jasmine Henri Jordan Christy Callahan LEAVE YOUR LEGACY Artistic Director Tuesdai B. Perry Julie Chernoff Will Quam Timothy J. Evans Timothy J. Evans Wilfredo Ramos Jr Mark Falcone Executive Director Christopher Salveter J. Douglas Gray Alejandro Tey BJ Jones “Show me someone who doesn’t dream about the future and ADMINISTRATION Emily Wills Susan Karol* I’ll show you someone who doesn’t know where they are going.” General Manager Paul Lehner Janet Mullet PRODUCTION Matthew J. Magnuson —William Shakespeare Director of Advancement Production Manager Sarah McGill Kim Hoopingarner Scott Miller Susie McMonagle Kathleen Okrent Northlight’s dreams for the future need a solid foundation. Advancement Manager/ Technical Director Dan Peterson* By joining our Legacy Society, you help ensure our ability to continue Special Events Daryl Pauley Rahul Roy Sarah Mitchell Master Electrician/ Evelyn Salk,* Trustee Emeritus providing intensely entertaining theatre for generations to come. Institutional Relations Manager Light Board Operator James West Morgan Ulyat Cory Drewry Dr. Harvey Young Alan M. Zunamon Northlight has big plans for the future and we invite you to play a role Director of Marketing & Audio Visual Engineer/ Michael Pauken, ex officio in making our dreams a reality! Consider making a planned gift to Communications Sound Board Operator Norman Rosen, ex officio Mara Mihlfried Jennifer Udoni-Sharp Northlight Theatre and join the Legacy Society today. Marketing Coordinator Costume Supervisor/Wardrobe ADVISORY COUNCIL Francisco Lopez Robin Feltman Susan Karol*, Chair Steven J. Bernstein For more information about estate gifts and the benefits of membership, Director of Finance Floor Manager Karl Berolzheimer contact Kim Hoopingarner, [email protected] or 847.324.1614. Lisa Stern Victoria Fox Gerhard Bette Associate General Manager/ Scenic Charge Margo Brown Company Manager Christine R.X. Bolles Michael R. Callahan* Victoria Martini-Rosowicz Joe Cappo Scenic Artist Marcia Caulkin Finance Administrator/ Eileen Rozycki Josh Chernoff

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Artistic Assistant Public Relations Marcia Mead Stillerman Kristen Osborn Cathy Taylor PR, INC. Steve Mullins* Phil Palmer EDUCATION Graphic Design Nicki Pearson Director of Education Bridget Schultz Merril Prager Mara Stern Sandra Rosenbloom Usher Coordinator Vicki Weisberg, The Saints Toby Sachs Education Associate Esther Saks* Andrew Marikis Insurance Sara Schastok Intern Robert Nichols Ralph Segall Jonathan Toussaint David Seidman* Jill Soderberg Teaching Artists BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trimmy Stamell* Jessica Alldredge Thomas D. Stringer, Claire Sucsy Peter Andersen Chair Bob Silverman, Timothy P. Sullivan* Kaylyn Carter President Donna Frett, Greg Taubeneck Kelsey Chigas Vice Pres. Robert S. Silver, Matthew Udoni Jazmín Corona Vice Pres. Craig M. Smith, AIA, Susan Van Dusen Charlotte Drover Vice Pres. Mark McCarville, Bernice Weissbourd Matt Farabee Treasurer Freddi Greenberg, Tiffany Fulson Secretary Carole Cahill *Past President/Chairperson Jewel Hale 20 | NORTHLIGHT THEATRE Tiffany Topol, Jess Godwin,NORTHLIGHT Johanna McKenzie THEATRE Miller, Bri | Sudia21 COLOR COLOR

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