Kurt Beattie Carlo Scandiuzzi Artistic Director Executive Director ACT – A Contemporary Theatre presents

Beginning Apr 17, 2015 • Opening Night Apr 23, 2015

CAST John Aylward* Big Daddy Kyle Ballard Buster Kai Borch Sonny Annika Carlson Dixie Laura Griffith* Maggie Frank Lawler Reverend Tooker Charles Leggett* Gooper Nina Makino Trixie Brandon O’Neill* Brick Marianne Owen* Big Mama Larry Paulsen* Doc Baugh Morgan Rowe* Mae

CREATIVE TEAM Kurt Beattie Director Carey Wong Scenic Designer Melanie Taylor Burgess Costume Designer Mary Louise Geiger Lighting Designer Dominic CodyKramers Sound Designer Alyssa Keene Dialect Coach Geoffrey Alm Fight Coach JR Welden* Stage Manager Michael B. Paul* Assistant Stage Manager Victoria Thompson Production Assistant/Child Supervisor Paul Arnold Assistant Lighting Designer

Running Time: This performance runs approximately two hours and 30 minutes. There will be one intermission. *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. on behalf of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

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Allan & Anne Affleck, Nancy Alvord, Linda Brown & Larry True, Katharyn Alvord Gerlich, Gregory & Diane Lind, Eric & Margaret Rothchild, Eulalie M. & Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi, Chuck Sitkin, Brian Turner & Susan Hoffman, David & Joyce Veterane, Anonymous

Audience members are cordially reminded to silence all electronic devices. All forms of photography and the use of recording devices are strictly prohibited. Please do not walk on the stage before, during, or after the show. Patrons wearing Google Glass must power down the device if wearing them in the theatre. encoreartsprograms.com 9 WELCOME to ACT Kurt Beattie

Tennessee Williams lived an extremely difficult life. Born to parents who were incapable of nurturing him in any meaningful way, he journeyed through his 72 years with a spiritual burden few of us can imagine. He nevertheless forged one of the greatest bodies of work for the American theatre any playwright has ever created. Fortunately for us, his stomach for the daily work of writing never deserted him, one of the few positive habits he had that enabled him to survive the despair, substance abuse, and lifelong stresses of a major career in the theatre. He left us with 38 full-length plays, 42 one-act plays, two collections of poetry, two novels, and a fistful of short stories and screenplays; a list all the more remarkable considering how hard he struggled to stay afloat throughout his adult life. Williams had a tantric daemon sitting on his shoulder. It drove him, an openly gay man in a closeted era, into a bold and often reckless sexual life. His need for the emotional continuity of a steady partner was unhappily matched with a highly neurotic internal weather, made ever more stormy by the heavy drinking and drugs, and ultimate satisfaction on this score constantly eluded him. The decades in which he lived didn’t help. In the ‘40s, during which he wrote The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, the Second World War caused the deaths of 50-70 million people, its aftermath ushering in an era of profound existential disaffection. The ‘50s followed with the grim realities of the Cold War, its nuclear arms race, and the seemingly endless brutality of its worldwide conflicts and violent ideological rhetoric, which created the feeling in many artists and intellectuals that there was no real way forward for civilization. And if idealism took a back seat to Realpolitik, the rising tide of middle-class economic progress in America had little to offer in its place: the gospel of materialist conformity, housing developments, and McCarthyism marched hand in hand. Like many in America at this time, Williams made a lot of money, but more getting and spending couldn’t fill the spiritual void. What was there left to believe in, except the honest pleasures of the body? “As the world grows worse it seems more necessary to grasp what pleasure you can, to be selfish and blind, except in your work,” he wrote to a friend The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, 1427, Masaccio in the ‘40s, and it became something of a lifelong mantra. A preoccupation with both the pleasures and torments of sex is never far from most of Williams’ plays. His major characters are driven by their libidos, while often being Mr. Williams is the man tormented by them. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof burns with this anguish. Maggie and Brick of our time who comes Pollitt are a married couple who have become outsiders in the society in which they were born. To sustain the obligations of their marriage to the Pollitt family and the rewards closest to hurling the of its enormous wealth means being something untrue to themselves. “Mendacity” is actual blood and bone Brick’s great word for this falsity, this gnawing cancerous condition of their Mississippi of life onto the stage. Delta society. But without the ability to solve this problem, without the ability to adapt and survive it, the only outcome for both of them is destruction. —WALTER KERR from the New York Herald Tribune CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 on the original 1955 production

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As a director, I have a peculiar and entirely idiosyncratic response to the “no-necked monsters” so memorably hated by Maggie. While they represent A CENSORSHIP something wholly repulsive about all children— their occasional meanness, violence, and utter HISTORY selfishness—I have always felt there is another aspect of them in Maggie and Brick as well. Maggie and of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Brick remind me of the first people in all the Abramic religious traditions: Adam and Eve, the first couple, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof won both the Pulitzer Prize whose sorrowful journey after the Fall must be an and the Drama Critic’s Circle Award for the 1954–55 attempt to reclaim their childhood innocence. And if season and ran for 694 performances on Broadway, Big Daddy fits in this iconography as God, he is a sick but performances of the play have ignited controversy and dying God, whose only real solace is a desire for in the United States and in England. the truth, no matter how terrible it might be. Longtime theater critic John Gassner wrote in In one of Williams’ last plays, A House Not Meant 1960 that he had little to say about Cat on a Hot to Stand, written a year before he died in 1982, three Tin Roof, “except to acknowledge that its vivid little ghosts come to the dinner table and cry out to characterizing power makes most playwrights look be fed. They are thinly veiled versions of Williams, his like anemic pygmies ...[but] if Williams had anything sister Rose, and his brother Dakin, at the table of their of consequence to say in his family drama he did not parents, desperate to be nurtured. It is indescribably manage to get it across.” Gassner described the play moving to me, this return of Williams, at the end of as “blatant with vulgarity,” yet approved that it “blares his life, to his childhood. It makes me think of Maggie out in praise of the vim and vigor of a healthy sex life.” and Brick as people mourning something originally Cat on a Hot Tin Roof contained subject matter good in them that they have lost in adulthood, of that and language that were risqué for the conservative time in some Eden when they might have lived in 1950s, and the dialogue is decidedly frank as the their bodies without guilt, able to hear once more the characters discuss homosexuality, greed, and sexual birds in Eden singing to them the music of their first desire. When the play was awarded the Pulitzer and best selves. Prize, many members of the theater establishment expressed shock and recalled the controversy that had emerged in 1925 when Hamlin Garland, the senior member of the Pulitzer Prize committee, had refused to recommend What Price Glory? because of its Kurt Beattie, Artistic Director earthy language, despite the support of two Pulitzer Prize jurors. He pressured them to vote instead for Sidney Howard’s They Knew What They Wanted. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is Mr. Although the Pulitzer Prize committee accepted the language of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, critics were less Williams’ finest drama. Always tolerant, and several suggested that the story could a seeker after honesty in his easily be told and the realism maintained without the rough dialogue. writing, Mr. Williams has not only In a review for the New York Daily News, critic found a solid part of the truth John Chapman condemned Williams’ dialogue and but found the way to say it with wrote, “the considerable amount of dirty talk in it was mere boyish bravado and rather pointless.” complete honesty. The language in the play led to difficulties with the authorities in New York City two weeks after the —BROOKS ATKINSON play opened. Edward T. McCaffrey, commissioner in an opening night review of the 1955 Broadway production

12 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre of licenses, received complaints from numerous individuals but took specific action only after the Children’s Aid Society lodged a complaint with his office that the children in the cast were being exposed to “vulgar language” and “unhealthy suggestions” in the play. The commissioner attended the play, then conferred backstage with directors to determine the impact of the language on the child cast members. Tennessee Williams, pictured with long-term McCaffrey identified specific passages that he partner Frank Merlo, “Having a drinky-pie at and the Children’s Aid Society had found to contain The Bamboo Room in Key West.” objectionable language, and the directors assured him that the children remained in their dressing rooms while the identified dialogue was spoken on stage. When you’re feelin sorry Although McCaffrey was assured that the when you start to sigh, children were protected, he demanded that directors honey what you’re needin cut one off-color joke from the play, claiming that is a little drinky-pie. it was gratuitous and added nothing to the action. Yes, honey, what you’re cravin The directors complied. The joke concerns a young is a little drinky-pie. married couple who take their son to the zoo on a Sunday to look at the animals. They see “this ole bull elephant” who is caged next to a female elephant in Two or three ain’t nothin, heat. The joke describes the manner in which the three or four won’t make you high, bull, which “still had a couple of fornications left in but the fifth drink is the number him,” begins to butt his head against the cage and that I call a drinky-pie! “there was a conspicuous change in his profile—very conspicuous!” When the little boy asks his parents …You’ll bust the sky wide open about the elephant’s physiological change, “His with a little drinky-pie. mama said, ‘Oh that’s—nothin’!’—His papa said, ‘She’s just spoiled!’” Drink a little drinky-pie, love, The play also ran into greater difficulty with drink a little drinky-pie. censors in London the following year, because public —TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ discussion of the subject of homosexuality was DRINKING ANTHEM still largely unacceptable, especially on stage. The Lord Chamberlain, still in control of the licensing of plays for performance on the public stage, refused to grant Cat on a Hot Tin Roof a license for performance, so the producers staged the play at club theaters, among them the Comedy Theatre in Piccadilly Circus in London, which opened in 1881 specializing in comic opera but became a private club in the 1950s to avoid the prevailing tendency toward censorship. Such clubs provided private performances for members only.

From Banned Plays, by Dawn B. Sova. (c) 2004 by Dawn B. Sova. Reprinted by permission of Facts on File, Inc.

encoreartsprograms.com 13 Barbara Bel Geddes in the original 1955 Broadway production Elizabeth Taylor in the 1958 film directed by Richard Brooks HISTORY OF SLIPS Elizabeth Ashley in the 1974 Broadway revival Countless productions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof have dressed Maggie in a slip, a visual that immediately aligns her with desire, intimacy, and womanhood ... but why a slip? Originally worn for practical purposes, such as protecting corsets from sweat and hiding the boning of a girdle beneath a dress, in the late 1940s the slip became a symbol of feminine sexuality. Descended from the chemise, the slip began as a muslin undergarment in the Victorian era. In the 1920s slips adapted to the flapper fashions, and were often worn for modesty beneath sheer dresses. It wasn’t until 1947, with Christian Dior’s introduction of the New Look in women’s wear, which emphasized an hourglass figure, that the slip took hold as a luxury undergarment. Slips, now primarily made from nylon, were adorned with lace, embroidery, rosettes, and other frills. The hem of the slip was usually most elaborate and was often used as a hint at sexuality. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was written in 1955, right in the middle of an era spanning from 1947 to 1963 known as the Golden Age of Slips. With nylon more readily available after

the end of World War II, factories were mass-producing durable and washable slips in © PHOTOFEST.JPG Kathleen Turner in the 1990 Broadway revival a variety of colors and patterns. When women’s wear began to more commonly include separates (blouses and skirts or pants) the need for the full slip waned, and instead companies produced half slips and camisoles to accommodate the changing fashions. Though most modern women’s clothing comes with built-in linings that eliminate a practical need for slips, they continued to be produced throughout the ‘70s and into the present. Additionally, slips made a comeback in the 1980s and ‘90s when artists like Madonna and Courtney Love popularized the trend of lingerie-as-outerwear, cementing the slip as synonymous with femininity and bold female sexuality. SOURCE FOR ALL PHOTOS WAS “CAT SCRATCH FEVER: A PRE-SCARJO MAGGIE RETROSPECTIVE” ON THEATERMANIA.COM © JOAN MARCUS Anika Noni Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival

There is a torment in this play, violence and horror—it is the under kingdom, all right! —that reflects what I was going through, or approaching, as I wrote it. Perhaps if I had not been so tormented myself it would have been less authentic. Because I could not work with the old vitality, I had to find some new ways and may have found some. —TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

in a letter to producer Cheryl Crawford about Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1954 © JOAN MARCUS Scarlett Johansson in the 2013 Broadway revival 14 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Who's Who in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof John Aylward (Big Annika Carlson (Seattle Public Theater), Twelfth Night (Seattle Daddy) I have worked (Dixie) Annika is a Shakespeare Company), and The Elephant in theatres across the seventh grader at Man (Strawberry Theatre Workshop). As a U.S. and Canada for Whitman Middle playwright, he co-authored Holiday of Errors the past 48 years. Of School. For the past and The Elsinore Diaries. Frank is a native of them all I consider four years she has Ottawa, Canada, a graduate of Harvard ACT my “home’’ been acting with University, and past president of the board of theatre. It was here, in 1967, that Greg Broadway Bound Children’s Theatre, where directors of Theatre Puget Sound. He lives in Falls gave me my first job as an actor, and she was Peter in Peter Pan: The Musical and Seattle with his beautiful wife, Ann, and their here where I got my Equity card. Since performed in five other musical productions. handsome son, Rowan. then I have trod ACT’s boards in over 40 When not acting, Annika sings, plays with productions and have had the chance to her corgi Tobey, and makes movies with her Charles Leggett play terrific parts in great plays. Some friends. She is thrilled to be performing with (Gooper) At ACT: highlights: Philadelphia! Here I Come; ACT and would like to thank her parents Victor Franz, The Marat Sade; When You Comin’ Back Red and grandparents, sister Erika, and brother Price; Ben, The Dumb Ryder?; Travesties; Man Of The Moment; Gunnar who have been her biggest Waiter; George A Chorus Of Disapproval; On The Razzle; supporters. She would also like to thank Brown, The Pitmen God’s Country; King Lear (as Lear); Nicki, Jimmy, and her friends for being Painters; Ray, Yankee Glengarry Glen Ross; Man And Superman; awesome! Tavern; Sheriff, The Trip to Bountiful; Joe, Death of A Salesman (as Willy Loman); Becky’s New Car; Spirit 2, A Christmas and First Class (as Theodore Roethke). Also Laura Griffith Carol (2002-06, ‘08, ‘14); Marshall Herrick, in 1967, I met my friend and colleague (Maggie) has The Crucible. Charles also just played Peter Kurt Beattie at the UW, and this appeared on in the ACTLab world premiere of Seven production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof marks Broadway in South Ways to Get There. A recipient (and three- the culmination of many wonderful years Pacific and The Light time nominee) of the Theatre Puget Sound of working together. in the Piazza (Lincoln Gregory Award for his work at Seattle Center), Sweet Smell Repertory Theatre, ACT, and Seattle Kyle Ballard (Buster) of Success and Oklahoma! Her Seattle Shakespeare Company, he has also is thrilled to be credits include Carousel, Spamalot, A appeared at Intiman Theatre (where he will making his ACT Room With a View, The Music Man, work this summer in John Baxter Is a debut after having Candide, and many others (The 5th Switch Hitter), Village Theatre, The 5th been in the recent Avenue Theatre). She performed in the Avenue Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, production of Europe tour of West Side Story and in the Book-It Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Carousel at The 5th national tour of The Light in the Piazza. Stage, Empty Space Theatre, and Avenue Theatre. Favorite past credits Regional credits include roles at the numerous smaller local companies. include Rising Star Project and Mainstage Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper productions of Carousel (The 5th Avenue Forum, Signature Theatre, Goodspeed Nina Makino (Trixie) Theatre) and his role as Jojo in Seussical Opera House, Utah Shakespeare Festival, is a fourth grader (CORE Theatrics). A big thanks to Mrs. and California Musical Theatre. On TV, she who is thrilled to be Hairston, for always pointing me in the was seen in the “Live from Lincoln making her ACT right direction, and thanks to my family Center” broadcast of The Light in the debut. Nina most and Sava for being my number one Piazza, Late Show with David Letterman, recently appeared as supporters. Col 3:23 and three Tony Awards broadcasts. Virginia in Yes, Virginia (EDGE Performing Arts). Nina is Kai Borch (Sonny) is Frank Lawler passionate about singing and loves playing really excited to be (Reverend Tooker) was her trumpet, too. A special thanks to working with ACT for last seen at ACT as Jordyn Meeker and Dad, Mom, and older the first time. He last Lyon in The Pitmen sis Iona, I love you guys! appeared onstage as Painters. Recent local Peter in Robin Hood credits include Zapoi! Brandon O’Neill (Anything Is Possible (Annex Theatre), The (Brick) Last seen at Theatre), and has been in several School for Lies (Sound Theatre Company), ACT as Hanuman in productions for Committee for Children’s Frankenstein (Book-It Repertory Theatre), the world premiere of Second Step curriculum. Offstage, Kai can Henry V (Harlequin Productions), Tartuffe Ramayana (Broadway be found wearing a variety of fun and (Taproot Theatre Company), The 39 Steps World Award, interesting costumes. (SecondStory Repertory), Arms and the Man Footlight Award) and

Scarlett Johansson in the 2013 Broadway revival encoreartsprograms.com 15 Who's Who in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Gabe in First Date (The 5th Avenue Theatre/ known at leading theatres nationwide, Drama Critics Award, Pulitzer Prize 1947), ACT co-production, Gregory Award acting with the Shakespeare Theatre in Summer and Smoke (1948), The Rose nomination). Brandon originated the role of Washington, D.C., the McCarter Theatre Tattoo (1951), Camino Real (1953), Cat on a Kassim in Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway. Center, the Huntington Theatre, Denver Hot Tin Roof (New York Drama Critics His voice can still be heard nightly on Center Theatre Company, Seattle Award, Pulitzer Prize 1955), Orpheus Broadway as The Voice of the Cave of Repertory Theatre, ACT, Intiman Theatre, Descending (1957), Sweet Bird of Youth Wonders and on the Grammy-nominated Alliance Theatre Company, La Jolla (1959), Night of the Iguana (1961), The Milk cast album. Select regional theatre: Billy Playhouse, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (1963), Bigelow, Carousel (The 5th Avenue and the Cleveland Playhouse, as well as Out Cry (1973), Vieux Carre (1977), A Lovely Theatre); The Pirate King, Pirates of South Coast Repertory, Milwaukee Sunday for Creve Coeur (1979), and Penzance (The 5th Avenue Theatre, Repertory Theater, Alliance Theatre Something Cloudy, Something Clear (1981). Gregory Award nomination); Sky Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Not About Nightingales, which he wrote in Masterson, Guys and Dolls (The 5th Avenue Mark Taper Forum, and Two River Theatre. 1947, was produced at the Royal National Theatre, Footlight Award). See him as the In addition, he was a company member at Theatre, London, and at the Alley Theatre, Queen’s Brother aka Crow in Bungie’s epic the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for seven Houston, in 1998 with great success. new video game franchise, Destiny. seasons, appearing there in dozens of productions. Off-Broadway, he has been Kurt Beattie (Director/Artistic Director) Marianne Owen seen in The Winter’s Tale (Classic Stage Please see below. (Big Mama) last Company), Julius Caesar (New York Carey Wong (Scenic Designer) Carey’s appeared at ACT in Shakespeare Festival), and Swansong (Lion theatre credits include the Berkeley Vanya and Sonia and Theatre). He is also a core member and Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Masha and Spike, director for Endangered Species Project, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s preceded by which presents a new staged reading Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Village Theatre, Middletown, Assisted monthly in The Bullitt Cabaret at ACT. Living, One Slight Hitch, and many more Tacoma Actors Guild, Arizona Theatre shows over the past 29 years in Seattle. Morgan Rowe Company, Syracuse Stage, Phoenix Theatre, She was most recently seen in Our Town (Mae) is thrilled to be Childsplay, Prince Music Theater, and Hey with Strawberry Theatre Workshop and a part of this amazing City Theater. He has been Resident Designer has worked at Seattle Repertory Theatre, company in ACT’s for Portland Opera, Opera Memphis, and Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle 50th Season. A Wildwood Park for the Arts. Opera credits Shakespeare Company, Seattle Children’s graduate of The include Seattle Opera, Spoleto Festival USA, Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Village Theatre School in New York’s Valhalla Wagnerfest, Pittsburgh Theatre, and Intiman Theatre. A founding Chicago, Rowe has acted around the Opera, Opera Carolina, Vancouver Opera, member of the American Repertory country but has called Seattle home-base and the San Francisco Opera Center. Theatre Company, she has also worked at for the last 18 years. You may have seen Carey is a graduate of Yale University N.Y. Public Theatre, Arizona Theatre Rowe in The Pitmen Painters, Female of and attended the Yale School of Drama. Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Repertory the Species, and nine years of A Christmas Previous designs for ACT include Vanya and Theatre of St. Louis, Playwrights Horizons, Carol here at ACT. She also works with Sonia and Masha and Spike, Bethany, Uncle Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, the other theatres like Live Girls! Theater, the Ho to Uncle Sam, The Pitmen Painters, First George St. Playhouse, and toured 14/48 Theatre Festival, and Seattle Class, The Underpants, A Number, Good nationally in The Real Thing (directed by Children’s Theatre. Morgan is developing a Boys, Going to St. Ives, Fish Head Soup, and Mike Nichols). She earned an M.F.A. from solo show with ACT’s Associate Artistic Holy Ghosts. the Yale School of Drama and is also a Director, John Langs, entitled Part of the Melanie Taylor Burgess (Costume weaver and fiber artist. Fiasco and setting off this year to do Designer) Highlight designs for ACT include: research for her first full-length Ramayana, Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in Larry Paulsen documentary, The Home Is ____ Project. (Doctor Baugh) is the New World, Eurydice, Wine in the delighted to be Tennessee Williams Wilderness, Flight and Vincent in Brixton. returning to ACT for (Playwright) was one Melanie has also designed costumes Cat on a Hot Tin of America’s most for Seattle Repertory Theatre, The 5th Roof, having prolific and important Avenue Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Seattle appeared here playwrights. His Shakespeare Company, New Century numerous times since the 1980s, as well prodigious output Theatre Company, Seattle Public Theater, as at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman included The Glass Empty Space Theatre, Taproot Theatre, Teen Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Menagerie (New York Drama Critics Award Advisory Group, Village Theatre, Seattle Seattle Shakespeare Company. He is well 1944), A Streetcar Named Desire (New York Children’s Theatre, and Seattle Opera. Additionally she has designed for Cincinnati

16 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Playhouse, Idaho Theatre for Youth, Oregon Cabaret Theatre. Dominic earned Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Children’s Honolulu Theatre for Youth, and Hawaii an M.F.A. from California Institute of the Theatre, University of Washington, San Jose Opera. Melanie is on the adjunct faculty at Arts and a B.A. from UNC-Asheville, his Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Cornish College of The Arts and received her hometown. He is a proud of member of Theater, The Alley Theatre in Houston, and M.F.A. from the University of Washington. United Scenic Artists USA-829. Ojai Playwrights Festival. As an actor, he has She is the recipient of the 2010 Gregory appeared in leading and major roles at ACT Award for Best Costume Design. JR Welden (Stage Manager) has stage (most recently as Ebenezer Scrooge in A managed The Invisible Hand, Uncle Ho Christmas Carol), Seattle Repertory Theatre, Mary Louise Geiger (Lighting Designer) to Uncle Sam, Mary Stuart, One Slight Intiman Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Local credits: Grey Gardens, Ramayana, Hitch, Eurydice, The Underpants, and A Seattle Shakespeare Company, as well as Mary Stuart, Lieutentant of Inishmore, Christmas Carol at ACT. He stage managed many regional theatres throughout the Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Pillowman, Intimate 10 seasons at Intiman Theatre, working on country. Beattie is a recipient of the Theatre Exchanges, The Women, Stuff Happens, productions including The Grapes of Wrath, Puget Sound Gregory A. Falls Sustained Betty the Yeti (ACT); All My Sons, Grapes Nickel and Dimed, and The Mandrake Root, Achievement Award, and the Outstanding of Wrath, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, with Lynn Redgrave. At Seattle Repertory Achievement in the Arts Award from The Royal Family, Dear Liar, Gross Theatre, his credits include Blue Door, The ArtsFund. Indecency, How I Learned to Drive, The Chosen, and Pygmalion. Glass Menagerie, Angels in America, Carlo Scandiuzzi Macbeth (Intiman Theatre); The Road to Michael Paul (Assistant Stage Manager) (Executive Director) is Mecca, You Can’t Take It With You, Blue Mr. Paul most recently stage managed Dear a founder of Agate Door, New Patagonia, The Real Inspector Elizabeth at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Films and Clear Hound (Seattle Repertory Theatre); For ACT he has stage managed First Date, Pictures, producing Sideways Stories from The Wayside First Class, and Miss Golden Dreams. such films as School, Midwife’s Apprentice, The Day Locally, he has stage managed for Intiman Prototype, Dark Drive, After Tomorrow (Seattle Children’s Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, and Outpatient, and The Flats, and Indieflix, a Theatre). New York credits: The Constant Seattle Children’s Theatre. National credits distribution company. In 1979, Scandiuzzi Wife (American Airlines Theatre); Bauer, include Guthrie Theater; Shakespeare started Modern Productions, bringing to The Morini Strad, Olive and the Bitter Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.; Seattle such legendary bands as The Police, Herbs, Buffalo Gal (Primary Stages); Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Actor’s Devo, Nina Hagen, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Kindness, Blue Door, The Busy World Is Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival; La John Cale, Robert Fripp, James Brown, Hushed (Playwrights Horizons); Violet Fire Jolla Playhouse; Baltimore’s Center Stage; Muddy Waters, and many more. He (Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Manhattan Theatre Club; and the late performed in several plays at The Empty Festival). Training: Yale School of Drama. Alaska Repertory Theatre. He has premiered Space, including Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Faculty: NYU Tisch School of the Arts. the works of August Wilson, Neil Simon, Return of Pinocchio, and Dracula. In the Joyce Carol Oates, and Cheryl West. early ‘80s, he collaborated with many Dominic CodyKramers (Sound Designer) Seattle performance artists, such as Norman Kurt Beattie Dominic is thrilled and honored to return Durkee, Alan Lande, and Jesse Bernstein. He (Director/Artistic to designing sound at ACT, where he also acted in various films including Bugsy, Director) has been was Master Sound Engineer and Sound The Public Eye, Another You, Casanova’s creating theatre for Designer for eight years, starting at the Kiss, and Killing Zoe. He graduated from the Puget Sound turn of the century! He is currently a Ecole Superieure D’Art Dramatique of audiences for over 40 faculty Instructor at Seattle University’s Geneva. Carlo currently serves as a member years as an actor, Performing Arts and Art Leadership of the Seattle Arts Commission. Department, and has continued to design playwright, and director. His productions at locally, his work being heard at Seattle ACT include Vanya and Sonia and Masha Children’s Theatre, Seattle Beckett Fest, and Spike; Grey Gardens; Ramayana (with Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Sheila Daniels); The Pitmen Painters; Double ACT operates under agreements with Repertory Theatre, West of Lenin, upstart Indemnity; In the Next Room, or the vibrator the following: crow collective, Strawberry Theatre play; The Lieutenant of Inishmore; Rock ‘n’ Workshop, Madcap Melodrama, and the Roll; Becky’s New Car; Intimate Exchanges; Flying Karamazov Brothers. Other west First Class; The Pillowman; Mitzi’s Abortion; coast design credits include Universal The Underpants; Bach at Leipzig; Vincent in Studios Hollywood Theme Park, PCPA Brixton; Black Coffee; Alki; Moon for the TheatreFest, Pasadena Playhouse, San Misbegotten; Fuddy Meers; Fully Committed; Via Dolorosa; and the holiday classic, A This theatre operates under an agreement between Luis Obispo Little Theatre, Santa Clarita the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Repertory Theatre, Hudson Theatre, and Christmas Carol. Elsewhere he has directed Association, the Union of Professional Actors and at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Empty Space Stage Managers in the United States

encoreartsprograms.com 17 PATRON INFORMATION Special Fund Donors ACT Endowment Donors Emergency Evacuation Procedures In the event of an emergency, please wait for ACT’s endowment is administered by A Contemporary Theatre Foundation. an announcement for further instructions. Buster & Nancy Alvord • Joan & Larry Barokas • Michael Corliss-Investco • Katharyn Alvord Gerlich • Ushers will be available for assistance. Becky & Jack Benaroya • Charles Blumenfeld & Karla Axell • Ron & Jan Delismon • The Ewert Family • Bruce & Dawn Goto • William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education & Outreach Programs • Emergency Number The theatre’s emergency number in the Union Kreielsheimer Remainder Fund • Doug & Nancy Norberg • Sally Pence • Katherine & Douglass Raff • lobby is 206.292.7667. Leave your exact seat Brooks & Suzanne Ragen • Herman & Faye Sarkowsky • David E. & Catherine E. Skinner • location with your emergency contact in case Kayla Skinner • Estate of Stuart Smailes • John & Rose Southall • David & Joyce Veterane • they need to reach you. The Peg & Rick Young Foundation • Anonymous

Smoking Policy Smoking is NOT allowed in any part of the theatre or within 25 feet of the entrance. The ACT Legacy Society Firearms Policy No firearms of any kind are allowed in any part The ACT Legacy Society honors those who remember ACT in their wills or of the theatre. other estate plans. Legacy Society members ensure ACT’s ongoing tradition of presenting the best of contemporary theatre for future generations. Investments Food Food is not allowed in the theatre. Tuxedos & of all sizes can make significant future gifts by using tax-advantaged estate Tennis Shoes is the exclusive caterer of ACT. and financial planning techniques. Notify ACT of your arrangements by calling ACT’s Development Department at 206.292.7660 x1330. Accessibility Wheelchair seating is available. The theatre Nancy Alvord • Laurie Besteman • Jean Burch Falls • Linda & Brad Fowler • Tal & Carol Godding • is equipped with the Sennheiser Listening Suzanne Howard • H. David Kaplan • Carolyn Keim & Connie Rinchiuso • David Mattson • System for the hard of hearing; headsets are Mike McCaw & Janet Westin • Catherine & Barry McConnell • Dr. Arnie & Judy Ness • Lisbeth Pisk • available from the house manager for use, Brooks & Suzanne Ragen • Teresa Revelle • Chuck Sitkin • GregRobin Smith • John & Rose Southall • free of charge, with a valid ID and subject to availability. ACT offers American Sign Judith Warshal & Wade Sowers • Dorothy E. Wendler Language interpreted and audio-described performances. For more information, email [email protected].

Lost & Found Special Thanks Call 206.292.7676 between 12:00pm and 6:00pm, Tues-Sun. ACT gratefully acknowledges the following professionals and organizations who have helped make this season a success: Address & Website Keith Johnsen, Daqopa Brands LLC • Seattle Children’s Theatre • AJ Epstein • ACT Theatre is located at 700 Union Street, Seattle, WA 98101. Seattle Repertory Theatre • UW Drama • Mike Dodge • Avast! Recording Co. • Serenza Salon & Spa • Ticket Office Phone: 206.292.7676. Intiman Theatre • Carlson Audio • David Anthony Lewis • Tim Gouran Administrative Office Phone: 206.292.7660. Fax: 206.292.7670. Website: www.acttheatre.org.

Theater Rental For information regarding booking, contact [email protected].

Group Sales Join us for Dinner! Groups of 10 or more can save. Supporting Partners join ACT’s Call 206.292.7676 or email [email protected]. Executive and Artistic staff and other guests for celebratory dinners on Fragrance Please be considerate and keep personal Opening Night of our Mainstage fragrance to a minimum. productions. This special benefit is one of the many ways we bring our friends closer to the art they love. In addition to Opening Night dinners, members giving $500 or more are invited to Tech Talks where they hear stories from behind the scenes and witness actors, technicians, and the director work through the first technical rehearsal for an upcoming show.

For information on these or other benefits of our Partner Program, please call Clare Hausmann Weiand at 206.292.7660 x1002.

18 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre 05.05.15 Be a champion and have your donation go further with Photo by: Sebastien Scandiuzzi Photo by: ACT Corporate, Foundation & Government Sponsors ACT gratefully recognizes the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies for their generous support of our 2015 programs. Without such tremendous community support, ACT would not be able to offer outstanding contemporary theatre, in-school educational programming, or community-based outreach.

THEATRE SPONSORS STAGE SPONSORS Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum† $100,000+ $5,000–$9,999 Inn at Langley† ArtsFund Charlie’s Produce La Spiga Osteria† Norcliffe Foundation* Fran’s Chocolates† Loulay Kitchen & Bar† Gordon Biersch Brewing Co.† Menashe & Sons Jewelers† SEASON SPONSORS Horizons Foundation Morrison Hershfield Corporation $50,000–$99,999 Nordstrom Palmer Chiropractic Clinic† 4Culture* Prop Gallery† Pike Brewing Company† The Boeing Company RealNetworks Foundation Sub Pop Records† Office of Arts & Culture, City of Seattle The Seattle Foundation True Fabrications† The Shubert Foundation, Inc. US Bancorp Foundation Wyman Youth Trust* Washington State Arts Commission MEDIA PARTNERS City Arts Magazine† SHOW SPONSORS † $25,000–$49,999 SUSTAINING SPONSORS Classical KING FM $1,000–$4,999 † John Graham Foundation KCTS9 Alaska Airlines† † Joshua Green Foundation* KEXP Alaskan Copper & Brass Company / Alaskan Copper † Nesholm Family Foundation KUOW Works † Tateuchi Foundation The Seattle Times BNSF Railway Foundation † Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes† The Stranger Butler Transportation LLC Carlson Audio Systems† EVENING SPONSORS * Denotes ACT for the Future Campaign Donor Cave B Winery† $10,000–$24,999 † Support provided through in-kind contributions. Daqopa Brands LLC Coffman Engineers Inc. Elizabeth George Foundation The Commerce Bank of Washington Microsoft Corporation DCI Engineers TEW Foundation The Dramatists Guild Fund, Inc Theatre Development Fund† E & J Gallo Winery† The Peg & Rick Young Foundation Foster Pepper & Shefelman

ACT gratefully acknowledges the following for their contributions to this production and season:

THE JOHN GRAHAM FOUNDATION

Theatre Development Fund

20 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre ArtsFund strengthens the community by supporting the arts through leadership, advocacy and grant making. Campaign 2014 Donors

Thank you to all our donors for sharing and supporting our vision of a community with a dynamic and world-class arts and cultural sector where the arts are accessible to all and valued as central and critical to a healthy society.

Pledges and donations made between 7/1/13 - 6/30/14 Visit www.artsfund.org for a full list of our donors and to learn more about ArtsFund $350,000 and up $250,000 - $349,999

$50,000 - $249,999

Support from The Boeing Company, Microsoft Corporation, POP, Sellen Construction and Starbucks Coffee Company includes employee workplace giving.

$25,000 - $49,999 $10,000 - $24,999 $5,000 - $9,999 ADP/Cobalt* Amazon.com Alaskan Copper & Brass Company and Jones Lang LaSalle Getty Images* Amgen Foundation Alaskan Copper Works Medical Consultants Network, Inc.* K&L Gates* BNY Mellon Wealth Management APCO Worldwide Nintendo of America Inc. KeyBank Comcast Clise Properties Inc. Raisbeck Engineering KING Broadcasting* The Commerce Bank of Washington* Columbia Bank RealNetworks Foundation King County Employees* Davis Wright Tremaine LLP* Ernst & Young LLP Sparling, Inc. Perkins Coie* Delta Air Lines Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle* Russell Investment Group Delta Dental of Washington Financial Resources Group Safeco Insurance DLA Piper* Fishing Company of Alaska Stoel Rives LLP* Dorsey & Whitney LLP* Foss Maritime Company Washington State Combined Fund JPMorgan Chase Gaco Western, Inc. Drive* Nordstrom, Inc. Gensler Architects Weyerhaeuser Company* R.D. Merrill Company Goldman, Sachs & Co. Union Bank *Includes employee workplace giving

Arts Benefactor Circle Toby Bright Bob and Clodagh Ash Tim Mauk and Noble Golden Gold Club Jim and Gaylee Duncan Matthew Clapp John H. Bauer Blanche and Stephen Maxwell $200,000 and up Ray Heacox and Cynthia Melanie Curtice Lisa Lawrence Beard Rachel and Doug McCall Raynier Institute & Foundation Huffman Mrs. Jane Davis and Dr. David Annette and Daniel Becker Bruce and Jolene McCaw R. Davis John and Shari Behnke Anthony R. Miles $100,000 - $199,999 Peter and Peggy Horvitz Glenn Kawasaki Kevin and Lynne Fox Sue and Artie Buerk Alison and Glen Milliman Neukom Family Patricia Britton and Stellman Heather Howard C. Kent and Sandra C. Carlson Douglas E. and Nancy P. Mary Pigott Keehnel Ann Ramsay-Jenkins and the Peter and Susan Davis Norberg $50,000 - $99,999 Deborah Killinger William M. Jenkins Fund Karl Ege Mary Ellen Olander Stephen P. and Paula R. Thomas and Gwen Kroon Ed Kim Lea Ennis Glenna Olson and Conrad Reynolds Charlotte Lin and Robert Porter Loeb Family Charitable Michael and Melanie Fink Wouters Foundations Pete and Julie Rose Moccasin Lake Foundation William Franklin Tyler Petri Douglas and Joyce McCallum $25,000 - $49,999 Norman Archibald Charitable Rod Fujita Kathleen Pierce in memory of Rosanne Esposito - Ross and Douglas Beighle William Beeks Foundation Lynn and Brian Grant Louis Ross Ms. Carol Powell Sandy and Chris McDade Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Maria Gunn Douglas and Theiline Scheumann Marlene Price Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Sequoia Foundation Darren Hamby Vijay and Sita Vashee Scott Redman Mary Ellen Hughes Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation Aya Hamilton Douglas and Margaret Walker Joanne Salisbury Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Mary Snapp Richard and Marilyn Herzberg Dr. Clyde and Mrs. Kathleen Stanley D. and Ingrid H. Savage Joshua Green Foundation, Inc. James and Katherine Tune Kevin and Eddy Hoffberg Wilson Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation John Graham Foundation Arlene Wright Mari Horita Ann P. Wyckoff Jane Simpson Conductor’s Circle First Chair Dan and Connie Hungate Lynn Hubbard and David Bonnie and Jim Towne $10,000 - $24,999 $5,000 - $9,999 Zapolsky Randle Inouye Joseph D. Weinstein Nancy Alvord Chap and Eve Alvord Janet Wright Ketcham Encore Gail and Bill Weyerhaeuser Judi Beck and Tom A. Alberg Casey Banack $2,500 - $4,999 Foundation Carl and Renee Behnke Steve Behnen and Mary Hornsby Jon Anderson James Kraft Allan and Nora Davis Michael and Anne Bentley Kim A. Anderson John and Tina Lapham encoreartsprograms.com 21 ACT Partners ACT’s mission is to raise consciousness through theatre—a mission made possible by generous contributions from people in our community. We would like to recognize and thank the many kind individuals who have partnered with A Contemporary Theatre this year. You inspire us all. Thank you.

THEATRE SPONSOR SHOW SPONSOR EVENING SPONSOR $100,000+ $25,000–$49,999 $10,000–$24,999 Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Peter & Fran Bigelow* Kermit & Danna Anderson* Heather & Grady Hughes Eric and Margaret Rothchild* Dr. Eric Bennett* Bill Kuhn & Patricia Daniels* Eulalie M. & Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi* Betty Bottler Allan & Nora Davis* Laurie Besteman & Jane W. & James A. Lyons* Jack Lauderbaugh* Betsy & Charles Fitzgerald* Dr. Arnie & Judy Ness* SEASON SPONSOR Colin & Jennifer Chapman* $50,000–$99,999 Richard Hesik & Dr. Barbara Johns* Linda & George Ojemann Trevor Cobb & Allan & Anne Affleck* Gary & Parul Houlahan* Katherine & Douglass Raff* Cecilia Cayetano* Nancy Alvord Marion B. Keen Teresa & Geoff Revelle* Linda Brown & Larry True James Degel & Jeanne May McCarthy & Don Smith* Berwick, Berwick Degel Family Ingrid Sarapuu & Gregory & Diane Lind* Yoshi & Naomi Minegishi* Foundation Michael Anderson* Chuck Sitkin* Brian Turner & Susan Hoffman* Don & Goldie Silverman* Jean Burch Falls Barry & Colleen Scovel* David & Joyce Veterane* Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Wilson* Linda & Brad Fowler* Margaret Stanley* Anonymous Anonymous (2) Ellen Hazzard

ASSOCIATE Rodney & Jill Hearne Craig Davis & Ellen Le Vita Laura Lundgren Jeffrey A. Sutherland $5,000–$9,999 James & Barbara Heavey Chris DeGracia Stephen & Ellen Lutz Tamzen Talman Sheena Aebig & Eric Taylor Ross Henry* Dottie Delaney Dan & Carol Madigan Timothy Tomlinson Melinda & Walter Andrews Stephanie M. Hilbert* Ben & Kathy Derby Meg & Jake Mahoney Jim & Kathy Tune Joan & Larry Barokas Karen Koon & Brad Edwards Mike Dey Alice Mailloux Dirk & Mary Lou Van Woerden Becky Benaroya Frances & Casey Mead Lonnie Edelheit Barbara Martyn Tom & Connie Walsh Benjamin & Marianne Bourland Sally Nelson Lori Eickelberg Peter & Kelly Maunsell Nancy Weintraub Sonya & Tom Campion Lee Ann & Randy Ottinger A.J. Epstein Joy McNichols Mary & Donald Wieckowicz Bob & Kristi Diercks* Marie Peters Jeannie M. Falls Gail & John Mensher George & Colleen Willoughby John & Ellen Hill Brooks & Suzanne Ragen Anne Foster Eugene & Donna Mikov Kathy & Chic Wilson Dr. Larry Hohm & Karen Shaw* Donald & Jo Anne Rosen Mrigankka Fotedar Lauren Mikov Maria & Michael Wolfe Linda & Ted Johnson Evelyne Rozner & Matt Griffin Richard & Mary Beth Gemperle Mark & Susan Minerich Kyoko Matsumoto Wright Lisa & Norman Judah David & Catherine Skinner Genevra Gerhart Dayle Moss & David Brown Ann P. Wyckoff Abha Khanna & Adam Porsch* John & Rose Southall Hellmut & Marcy Golde John Muhic Anonymous (8) McKibben Merner Family Ron & Carol Sperling Lawrence & Hylton Hard Bill & Mary Ann Mundy Foundation Garth & Drella Stein Nicholas Hart Nadine & John Murray SUPPORTING PARTNER Dr. Greg Perkins* Cathy & Ron Thompson Hashisaki/Tubridy Family* Mardi Newman $500–$999 Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Mark & Arlene Tibergien Phyllis Hatfield James Nichols Chase Anderson Eric and Margaret Rothchild Judith Warshal & Wade Sowers Arlene & Doug Hendrix Paul & Linda Niebanck Connie Anderson & Tom Charitable Fund Virginia Wyman Margot & Paul Hightower The Nordhoff Family Clement Herman & Faye Sarkowsky Anonymous Vaughn Himes & Martie Chris & BJ Ohlweiler Jane & Brian Andrew Lisa Simonson* Ann Bohn Kristin Olson Diane & Jean-Loup Baer Spark Charitable Foundation SUSTAINING PARTNER Nancy & Martha Hines Hal Opperman & JoLynn Kurt Beattie & Marianne Owen Robert & Shirley Stewart* $1,000–$2,499 Dale & Donna Holpainen Edwards Luann & Irv Bertram David & Shirley Urdal John Akin & Mary Stevens Cynthia Huffman & Ray Heacox Valerie D. Payne Cleve & Judith Borth Jean Viereck Monica Alcabin Dan & Connie Hungate John Peeples Wendy Bradbury Jean Walkinshaw Rhett Alden & Marcia Engel Joseph & Linda Iacolucci Pamela & Gilbert Powers Matthew Brantley Kären White* Richard Andler & Carole Rush Katherine Ann Janeway & H.S. Alan & Andrea Rabinowitz Margaret Bullitt Marcia & Klaus Zech Jason Astorquia Wright III Matthew & Linda Radecki Tina Bullitt Anonymous Akhtar & Alka Badshah Judith Jesiolowski & David Richard Rafoth Kathryn & Bill Carruthers Kendall & Sonia Baker Thompson Ken Ragsdale Martin Christoffel & Shirley FRIEND Marge & Dave Baylor Bill Johnson David & Valerie Robinson Fund Schultz $2,500–$4,999 June & Alan Brockmeier Clare Kapitan & Keith Schreiber William & Rae Saltzstein Clark Family Charitable Fund Richard & Constance Albrecht Dr. William Calvin & Dr. Lura & David Kerschner Barbara Sando Ellen & Phil Collins Peter & Jane Barrett Katherine Graubard Agastya & Marianna Kohli Terry Scheihing & Ben Kramer Kevin & Lisa Conner Marcia Bartholme Corinne A. Campbell Greg Kucera & Larry Yocom Frank & Leslie Schipper Jan & Bill Corriston Viktoriya Mya Berlyant Midge & Steve Carstensen Frank Lawler & Ann McCurdy M. Darrel & Barbara Sharrard Linda Crome Beth & John Brennen Dennis & Aline Caulley Candy Lee & Rocke Koreis John Shaw Chris Curry D.T. & Karen Challinor Donald Cavanaugh Ed & Barbara Lee Sheila Smith & Don Ferguson James M. Curtis III Dennis & Deborah DeYoung Clement Family Foundation Eileen Lennon Kathleen Sneden-Cook & Jack Richard & Nancy Davis Natalie Gendler Steven & Judith Clifford Steven & Anne Lipner Cook Timothy De Clue Rhonda & Jim Greer Patricia & Theodore Collins Jim Lobsenz & Elizabeth Choy Jen Steele & Jon Hoekstra Kathy & Don DeCaprio Thomas P. & Christine M. Griesa Steve Coulter D.W. & Shirley Logan Kim Stindt & Mark Heilala James & Amanda Devine

22 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Patrick J. & Lanie Dineen Craig & Melissa Reese Barb & Phil Cutler David Longmuir Pieter & Tjitske Van Der Meulen Eva & Gary Dines Stephen Reynolds & Paula Barbara & Ted Daniels Mark P. Lutz Mary & Findlay Wallace Shmuel El-Ad Rosput Reynolds Ruth Darden Kevin Lynch Mike & Judy Waring Joselynn & Randy Engstrom Cindy & Lance Richmond Dan & Esther Darrow Jeffrey & Barbara Mandula Jeff & Carol Waymack Joanne R. Euster Jeff Robbins & Marci Wing Emily Davis Shaula & Darrin Massena Bruce Weech Frank Ferrante Nicholas & Yvonne Roberts Clay & Karen Dawson Arthur Mazzola Randall Weers Carol Finn Bruce F. Robertson Ron & Jan Delismon Janet McAlpin Robin Weiss Rick Freedman Marc Rosenshein & Judy Paula Diehr & Frank Hughes Catherine & Barry McConnell Jim & Sharron Welch Eleanor & Jeff Freeman Soferman Patricia Dill Carol McDonald Martina Welke Ann & Donald Frothingham Beverly Rowe Darrel & Nancy Dochow Sarah B. Meardon Gregory Wetzel Dot Fuller Mike Scully Ellen Downey Bob & Sue Mecklenburg Leora Wheeler Gary J. Fuller & Randy L. Everett Darshana Shanbhag Luella & Harold Drevecky Mary Metastasio Rob Williamson Lucy Gaskill-Gaddis & Terry Michael C. Shannon Michael Dryfoos & Ilga Jansons John Mettler Peggy & Dennis Willingham Gaddis Peter Shattuck Vasiliki Dwyer Michael & Sarajane Milder Catherine Wilson Fernando Garcia Barbara & Richard Shikiar Glenn & Bertha Eades Robert Mustard Marianne & Arnold Wolff Sergey Genkin Jeff Slesinger & Cynthia Wold Amanda Ebbert & Kathryn Sarah Navarre Erin Wong Boyd & Ann Givan Mathew Smucker Johnson John Naye Kairu Yao Robert Greco Isabel & Herb Stusser Suzanne Edison Mari Osuna & Adam de Boor Sylvia Young Kelly & Jeffrey Greene Norm & Lynn Swick Karen Elledge & Gerald DJ Padzensky & Melissa Bloor Law Offices of Karen Zimmer Alexander Grigorovitch & Vera Franklin & Stephanie Thoen Ginander Susan Perkins Anonymous (4) Kirichuk Steven Thomas Eric & Polly Feigl Barbara Phillips Peter Hartley & Sheila Noonan Dr. Barbara Thompson Jude Fisher Judy Pigott *Denotes ACT for the Future Marjorie Kennedy Hemphill Kevin Tighe Rynold & Judge Fleck Joan Potter Campaign Donor F. Randall & Barbara Joan Toggenburger Jean Fleischfresser Darryn Quincey & Kristi Falkner Hieronymus Kim & Ann Torp-Pedersen Don Fleming & Libby Hanna Linda Quirk Gifts in Tribute Pat Highet Vijay & Sita Vashee Mary Fosse Carol Radovich Happy Birthday to ACT, and Stephen B. Hilbert Marianna Veress Penny A. Freedman Jeff & Pat Randall In honor of Clayton & Susan Jim & Linda Hoff Padmaja Vrudhula Jean Garber & Clyde Moore Charles & Doris Ray Corzatte: Anonymous Eric & Mary Horvitz Shanna Waite Jean Gardner Pamela Reed & Sandy Smolan In memory of Victoria D. Susan & Philip Hubbard Ellen Wallach & Tom Darden Bruce & Peggy Gladner Emily Riesser & Tom Sunderland Anderson: Kermit & Danna Peter & Winifred Hussey Janet Westin & Mike McCaw Ariel Glassman Randy & Willa Rohwer Anderson Dean M. Ishiki Dianne & Douglas Wills Sara J. Glerum Judy & Kermit Rosen In honor of Joan Barokas: Victor Janusz Rob & Becky Witmer Carol & Tal Godding Robert Rosner Carol & Bruce Backer; Frank David B. Johnson Susan Wolcott & George Debra Godfrey & Jeffrey Ivan Rouzanov & Jan Gonzalez; Susan & Ms. Joan E. Mathews Julnes Taniwaki Sconyers Richard & Nancy Rust Jim Powell; Lynn & Anthony H. David Kaplan Judith Wood Catherine Gorman M. Lynn Ryder Gross Wartnik Jerry Kenney Susan Yates* Claire & Paul Grace Werner & Joan Samson In honor of Kurt Beattie: Dawn Steven & Patricia Kessler Josette Yolo Dick & Jan Gram Harold Sanford Maloney; Jeff Robbins & David & Karen King Joyce & Christian Zobel Bernadine & Sean Griffin Marybeth & Jerry Satterlee Marci Wing Dr. Edward & Mimi Kirsch Igor Zverev & Yana Solovyeva Christian Gruye John Scearce & Nancy Buckland In honor of Laurie Besteman: George & Linda Lamb Anonymous (4) Nancy & Joe Guppy Lisa Schaures Gabriela Acero Sharon Lamm Paul & Sheila Gutowski Duane & Pat Schoeppach In memory of Clayton Corzatte: Max Langley CONTRIBUTING Cynthia Haboush Sandra & Kenneth Schwartz Anonymous Paul & Linda Larson PARTNER Robyn & David Hagel Ted & Patricia Scoville In honor of Emily Davis: Rhoda & Thomas Lawrence $250–$499 Kirsi Hall David & Elizabeth Seidel Stephanie Hilbert Loeb Family Foundation Bob Alexander & Kathleen Marja Hall Sarah & Bharat Shyam In honor of Jean Falls: Susan & Linda & Jason Lowry Devon Jean Henderson John Siegler & Alexandra Read, Patrick Dunn Alex & Lynn MacDonald Bob & Sarah Alsdorf Wanda Herndon MD In loving memory of Melissa Bill & Holly Marklyn Basil & Gretchen Anex Tula Holmes Susan Simons Hines: Martha Hines Tony Martello Bruce P. Babbitt Earl & Mary Lou Hunt Jeanne Simpson In memory of Carolyn Keim: Christopher Mathews & Robert Ronald & Marcia Baltrusis John Hynes Peggy O’Neill Skinner & John David & Marjorie Baylor; Lehman Carolyn Bechtel Weldon Ihrig & Susan Knox Skinner Sarah Nash Gates; Ken & Erika Michael Kathleen Bemis & Don Blair Joel Ivey & Sheryl Murdock Don & Kathy Smith-DiJulio Josie Johnson; Local 887 Michael Moody & Martha Ruth & Greg Berkman Wendy Jackson Jeanne Soule Theatrical Wardrobe Union; Clatterbaugh Dennis Birch & Evette Ludman Ann Janes-Waller & Fletch Helen F. Speegle Angela Owens; Braunell Price; Adam & Shellie Moomey Siggi Bjarnason Waller Gail & Robert Stagman Carl & Lonnie Price; Grant Aaron Moore Pirkko Borland Paula Jenson Lisa & John Stewart & Leigh Price; Jeff Robbins Ken Moore & Kali Sakai Jerome & Barbara Bosley Christine Jew Carol Stockton & Jeffrey & Marci Wing; Kevin Tighe; Wesley Moore & Sandra Walker Stanley & Barbara Bosse David Johansen & Patrice Robinson Claudine Trujillo Sallie & Lee Morris Karen Brattesani & Douglas McDermott Margaret Stoner & Robert In memory of Mrs. Louise Zack Mosner & Patty Friedman Potter Paul Kassen Jacobsen McKinney: Dr. John & Callie Jim Mullin Dr. James & Donna Brudvik Graciela Kawa Derek Storm & Cynthia Gossett Vassall Cynthia & Morris Muscatel Anne Buchinski & Marc John & Nancy Jo Keegan Stephen Strong & Lorri In honor of Judy Ness: James & Craig & Deanna Norsen Coltrera Laura Kolby Falterman Sheila Woodcock David Nyberg Carol & Jonathan Buchter Jim & Jean Kunz Sally Sullivan In honor of Carlo Scandiuzzi: John O’Connell & Joyce Latino Mr. R B Cairns Bob & Janet Lackman Bill & Pat Taylor Frank & Leslie Schipper Cynthia & Bruce Parks Rose Cano Kathleen F. Leahy Margaret Taylor In honor of Kyoko Matsumoto Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert John & Arlene Carpenter Elizabeth Leber & Andrew Dennis M. Tiffany Wright: Debra Corner Lisa & Cheri Perazzoli Mary Casey-Goldstein & Steve Coveler Arthur & Louise Torgerson In memory of Leda Yolo: Chuck Perry Goldstein Mary Reeves Leber Sarah & Russell Tousley Josette Yolo Donald Pogoloff Jack Clay Arni Litt Andrew Valaas Judy G. Poll Patrick & Jerri Cohen Megan & Greg Pursell Richard Conway & Susan Kate Purwin & Sergei Williams ACT works to maintain our list of donors as accurately as possible. We apologize for any misspellings or Tschernisch John & Catherine Crowley omissions. Should you find any, please contact our office so that we may correct any mistakes in future publications. Email [email protected] or call 206.292.7660 x1002.

encoreartsprograms.com 23 ACT A Theatre of New Ideas ACT Board A Contemporary ADMINISTRATION SALES AND AUDIENCE COSTUME DEPARTMENTS Susanna Pugh SERVICES Lisa A. Knoop Of Trustees Theatre Operations Manager Jessica Howard Costume Director Charles Sitkin Foundation Robert McDonald Director of Sales and Service Connie Rinchiuso† Chairman Facilities Maintenance Lynch Resources Costume Shop Foreman Kermit Anderson Telemarketing † Colin Chapman President AC/R Services Kim Dancy President Engineer Scott Herman Cutter Lucinda Richmond Customer Service Manager † Ross Henry Vice President Rica Wolken Sally Mellis Vice President IT Director Ada A. Karamanyan Wardrobe Master Katherine Raff Front Office Representative † Gary Houlahan Secretary Ashley Schalow Joyce Degenfelder Treasurer Database Manager Kelton Engle Wig Master Catherine Roach Ciara Pickering Bill Kuhn Treasurer Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes Secretary Catering Ben Perez SCENIC DEPARTMENTS Colin Chapman Gracie Loesser Bar and Concessions Steve Coulter† Joan Barokas Brad Fowler Ticket Office Representatives Technical Director Dr. Eric Bennett Gary Houlahan Jim Moran Laurie Besteman John Siegler FINANCE Derek Baylor Audience Services Manager Trevor Cobb Charles Sitkin Sheila Smith Assistant Technical Director Bob Diercks Jeremy Rupprecht Brian Turner Director of Finance Austin Smart† Charles Fitzgerald House Manager Sandi Hogben Master Scenic Carpenter Richard Hesik Acting Payroll Coordinator Kristi Quiroz Stephanie Hilbert Sean Wilkins ACT Staff Assistant House Manager Grady Hughes Can Jiang Lead Scenic Carpenter Libby Barnard Abha Khanna EXECUTIVE Accounting Intern Nick Murel † Katie Bicknell Diane Lind Kurt Beattie Scenic Carpenter Kyoko Matsumoto Wright Artistic Director DEVELOPMENT Ty Bonneville May McCarthy Ryan Higgins Jeff Scott Carlo Scandiuzzi Maria Kolby-Wolfe Lauren Mikov Monika Holm Scenic Charge Artist Executive Director Director of Development Naomi Minegishi Becky Plant Lisa Bellero† John Muhic Becky Witmer Clare Hausmann Weiand Robin Obourn Assistant Charge Artist Judy Ness General Manager Deputy Director of Development Luke Sayler Marne Cohen-Vance† George Ojemann Adam Vanhee Robert Hankins Sarah Guthu Properties Master Nina Yarbrough Teresa Revelle Executive and Board Grants Manager Audience Services Ken Ewert† Ingrid Sarapuu Relations Manager Barry Scovel Master Properties Artisan MARKETING AND Christine Jew Karen Shaw ARTISTIC COMMUNICATIONS Audience Services Affiliate Thomas Verdos John Siegler Lead Properties Artisan Goldie Gendler Silverman John Langs Kevin Boyer Rob Stewart Associate Artistic Director Director of Marketing and PRODUCTION Communications Joan Toggenburger† STAGE OPERATIONS Larry True Margaret Layne† Producing Director Nick Farwell† Director of Casting Aubrey Scheffel Stage Operations Supervisor Associate Director of Marketing Alyssa Byer Advisory Council Anita Montgomery† ACTLab Production Manager James Nichols† Literary Manager and Director of Karoline Nauss Daniel D. Ederer Master Stage Carpenter Education Marketing Coordinator Skylar Hansen Jean Burch Falls Production Office Manager Pam Mulkern Jeannie M. Falls Emily Penick Jillian Vasquez Master Electrician John H. Faris Artistic Associate Temporary Marketing Coordinator Megan Tuschhoff Production Runner Max Langley Brad Fowler Kenna Kettrick Marissa Stein Master Sound Engineer Carolyn H. Grinstein Education Associate Graphics and Email Coordinator Sara Comings Hoppin Michael Cornforth Nicky Davis Mark Siano STAGE MANAGEMENT C. David Hughbanks † ACTLab Technician Literary Intern Public Relations Manager Jeffrey K. Hanson Jonathan D. Klein Production Stage Manager Jane W. Lyons Sebastien Scandiuzzi FOR THIS PRODUCTION Gloria A. Moses Video Manager JR Welden Nadine H. Murray Erin B. Zatloka Holly Kipp Apex Media Stage Managers First Hand Douglas E. Norberg Advertising Kristin G. Olson Victoria Thompson Camille Funk Donald B. Paterson Chris Bennion Production Assistant and Lacee Hart Eric Pettigrew Production Photographic Services Child Supervisor Teresa O’Leary Pamela Powers Stitchers Christa Fleming Michael B. Paul Katherine L. Raff Graphic Design Assistant Stage Manager John Small Brooks G. Ragen Stage Carpenter Catherine Roach Jo Anne Rosen Dave Misner Faye Sarkowsky Sound Operator David E. Skinner Ron Darling Brian Turner Scenic Carpenter George V. Willoughby Jeanna Gomez David E. Wyman, Jr. Crafts Jane H. Yerkes Victoria McNaughton EMERITUS COUNCIL Directing Intern Richard C. Clotfelter Esther Schoenfeld

† Denotes staff member has worked at ACT for 10 years or more

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