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I am over the moon to welcome you home after more than a year away from the theatre. We have missed you—we have missed sharing stories with you, we have missed conversing with you in the lobby, we have missed celebrating auspicious occasions with you and comforting each other in difficult times. Perhaps most of all we have missed the magical moment of sitting together in the theatre, house lights dimming, as we take a collective inhale in

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When I originally selected Mlima’s Tale by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage for The Rep’s 2020-21 Studio season, I could never have imagined how supremely relevant the story would feel one year later. Nottage’s powerful interpretation of Mlima’s story highlights the global human, environmental and spiritual impact of greed. The lyrical journey makes a case for each of us to consider more carefully how our consumption of our world’s resources affects us and one another—a question that has been thrown into stark relief over the past year.

The unprecedented challenges of this time have also given rise to a period of deep reflection. As we have reflected on The Rep’s history, mission and future, our profound gratitude for you, our community of patrons, donors, volunteers and artists, grows ever deeper. To The Rep’s subscribers, whether you have engaged with us through our virtual programming or whether you have been waiting in the wings, eager to sit in the theatre in-person, thank you for sticking with us. If this is your first visit to The Rep, we welcome you with open arms and hope that The Rep will become one of your artistic homes.

It is my fundamental belief that sharing in the collective experience of theatre elevates our humanity and makes our society a better, more empathetic and loving place to live. Thank you for joining us in this sacred practice, and please enjoy the show.

Hana S. Sharif AUGUSTIN FAMILY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

5 BIOGRAPHIESDRAMATURGY

A CONVERSATION WITH Lynn Nottage

Excerpted from A Conversation With Lynn Nottage and Mark Lamos, Artistic Director of Westport Country Playhouse, held on September 29, 2019, just prior to the Playhouse’s 2019 production of Mlima’s Tale. Westport Country Playhouse | Westport, Connecticut | westportplayhouse.org

MARK: Thank you so much for being here today. It’s a great pleasure for us to have Miss Nottage with us… Mlima’s Tale is about the ivory trade, among other things from Africa to China... It has been just thrilling to work on and still is thrilling to work on, I have to say. And I guess you got the idea from Kathryn Bigelow, or Kathryn Bigelow had suggested this to you?

LYNN: Yes, so director Kathryn Bigelow, she had come to me and she said, “I’m so profoundly upset about what’s going on with elephants and I want to do something immediately. And I want to do something that’s visceral. And something that’s going to move audiences.” And she’s a filmmaker; she’d never done a play. And we began talking about it and I said, “Let’s make a piece of theater!” She sent me just reams and reams of research, and in particular, an article by Damon Tabor, who is a journalist, called “The Ivory Highway.” And that sparked my interest, because it really is about the journey of a tusk, from an elephant to the marketplace. It traces all of the hands that touch that piece of ivory before it ends up as this shiny, bright thing in a glass case in China. And I thought, how do I take that story and put it on stage? And that’s how Mlima’s Tale came about. But then I began doing research and discovering just how smart and beautiful elephants are. I thought, I have to put the elephant on the stage because it’s not just about the ivory. It’s really about a soul, this beautiful soul that’s

6 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis been commodified. And that’s rare. And at the time we began working on the play, elephants were very, very much in jeopardy. I think there was one statistic that said if the ivory trade wasn’t stopped within 25 years, elephants would be extinct. That was not hyperbole at the moment. Since the play was produced, thankfully, China has stopped the import of ivory and the sale of ivory, unless it’s “antique.” But as we know, it’s very easy to age ivory, and to forge papers. But since many of these countries have ceased the ivory trade and ivory sale, we see that the elephant populations are beginning to come back. But at the moment, we felt like it was, you know, it’s like climate change. Like, this is the moment—if we don’t do anything, right now, there is no going back. And in fact, and this is a real statistic… right now, in Africa, there are only 25 big tuskers left. And most of them are in Kenya. And those elephants are in jeopardy because they have these large, immensely beautiful tusks that are greatly valued.

MARK: It’s extraordinary, [Mlima’s Tale] is played by four actors, one of whom plays Mlima. And then he plays the Tusk. And really the spirit of the Spirit. I was so intrigued by the play, partially because I share the very personal feelings about the tragedy of these animals, but also what it says about globalization and also, it has made me rethink about the soul of things. Yes, he’s in the ivory. But you look at the David. And then you look at the Michelangelo… slaves in stone.

LYNN: That was everything. When I was working on Ruined it made me hyper aware of the fact that this war is raging because of coltan, which is this very conductive metal that’s only produced in Congo and Poland. And it’s used to generate our cell phones in our computers. And so inadvertently, all of us were complicit in this war, unwittingly, and I do think we have to, and that’s in part why I wrote a play about mindfulness, is that I think we have to be much more mindful and intentional in the way in which we think about our world. Think about how we consume, how we move on a day-to-day basis through life.

MARK: That’s wonderful. I agree.

Full interview can be found here.

7 DRAMATURGY

“What price are you willing to pay for beauty?”

Elephant ivory has been considered a valued luxury material across continents for millennia, with artifacts found in Africa, Asia and Europe dating back 35,000 years. Prized for its beauty and its durability, ivory can be carved, engraved, sawed, polished, bleached, stained with dyes and paints, and shaped in a multitude of forms. Ivory is beautiful, malleable, but has come with high costs—to more than just the elephants it comes from.

The ivory trade between Africa and Asia is one of the most enduring trade partnerships between the two continents. Although Asian elephant tusks are used for crafting and trading, the longer, stronger tusks of the African elephant are more desirable, prompting these two continents to trade this mutually valued, prized material with cultural and religious significance.

As European colonization began to expand across Africa in the 17th century, so too did ivory trading expand across the oceans. The Portuguese started as the largest patrons of the ivory trade, with native African hunting tribes providing ivory to them. Organized European hunters began supplanting native African ones in killing elephants for ivory, and they did so on a much larger scale. Big game hunting by European colonists also became popular, further diminishing the elephant population.

Soon, an undeniable connection between the ivory trade and slavery developed; both ivory and enslaved people were sold through essentially the same distribution routes. In the 19th century as their populations depleted, elephants retreated from the coastal areas and into the forests of East Africa, unreachable through traditional modes of conveyance. Arab traders in turn led caravans farther into the African interior in pursuit of both enslaved people and ivory, which were then traded to Americans.

It became a cruel cycle—Americans would receive newly enslaved people and ivory, and then force the enslaved to carry the ivory from the dense forests back to the coasts. It is estimated that 1 in 4 of the enslaved forced to carry ivory died while on the journey. Indeed, ivory was considered among the most valuable resources, hence the moniker “white gold.” Ironically, enslaved people were known as “black ivory,” solidifying the parallel lives of these two most trafficked and traded cargo in the world. For the entire 19th century, ivory had the highest export value of anything from East Africa, including enslaved people.

8 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis In Europe and the US, ivory was used for piano keys, pool balls and many ornate carvings, but by the 20th century, movies, the phonograph and other modern amusements led to ivory’s decline.

Starting in the 20th century, the ivory trade started to gradually change from being about craftsmanship and commerce into a conservation issue. The elephant population had declined from an estimated 26 million in 1800 to 10 million in 1900, and was still dropping. Eventually, world governments from mostly Western countries decided to intervene.

One such intervention was The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), created to regulate trade of animal products and protect at-risk species. Officially implemented in 1975, it was in 1977 that CITES added a quota system whereby countries needed to regulate the amount of ivory allowed to be exported to member countries. Occasionally CITES also allowed certain countries to make one-time mass purchases in hopes of flooding the market with cheap, legal ivory and undercut the black market and therefore, cut poaching. These solutions have rarely panned out as intended, but conservation organizations have only intensified their demands for governments to crack down on illegal ivory trading and implement bans.

It is ironic that mainly Western countries—who for centuries were the primary killers of elephants for ivory—are now making demands for how African countries should regulate their ivory trade. Countries such as Kenya and Tanzania argued that a small, but highly regulated system of ivory trading would ultimately be more beneficial than an outright ban to curb poaching, preserve the value of ivory to the countries’ economics, and regulate the wild elephant population that encroach upon farmers. In many ways, the price of ivory has been the loss of autonomy for the people who are most affected by it.

—Aria Velz, Assistant Director

9 THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS

presents

By lynn nottage directed by shariffa chelimo ali

choreographer Kirven Douthit-Boyd Scenic Designer You-Shin Chen Costume Designer Helen Q. Huang Lighting Designer Jasmine Lesane composer and sound designer Avi Amon Dialect Coach (Vietnamese, Chinese) Julie Foh dialect coach (Kenyan, Somalian, Tanzanian) Barbara Rubin Casting by X Casting, Victor Vazquez, CSA assistant director Aria Velz associate Costume Designer Madison Booth associate lighting Designer Natali Arco Stage Manager Shannon B. Sturgis* Assistant Stage Manager R. Christopher Maxwell* production assistant Sammie Haas

10 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis CAST

mlima Kambi Gathesha* mumbi, rahman, wamwara, patience, hassan abdulla, chief mate, elephant #1, hua huynh, carver, alice Ezioma Asonye* Long ears, geedi, andrew, waiter, aziz muhammed, elephant #2, customers agent, angie, master yee, hong feng Will Mann* koko mkimbiaji, githinji, guoxi, captain ramaaker, elephant #3, thuy fan, mr. cheung, li jun Joe Ngo*

The play will be presented without intermission.

MAJOR SPONSOR

Based on the article “The Ivory Highway” by Damon Tabor Originally developed and produced by The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Patrick Willingham, Executive Director) MLIMA’S TALE is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

11 DIRECTOR’S NOTE

As artists, we are often tasked with examining our shared human experiences to help others imagine, dream and heal during a time of global crisis. Directing this show allowed me to dig deep into my own personal history, where as a child I would listen to the stories of my grandmother and other village elders throughout Kenya’s Nandi Hills. My community planted the seed of storytelling in my soul, and I am so grateful to everyone who has helped that seed blossom.

The Rep’s cast and crew – from all over the world – has created a production that brings to life the majestic gestures and expressive faces of my Motherland and beyond, as it boldly exposes the social issues that come with the greed of human desire in our global economy.

This is Mlima’s Tale: a ghost story, but one that is neither phantasmal nor transient. “Mlima” is the Kenyan-Kiswahili word for mountain. The set before you reconstructs this haunting world, our shared world, as a mountainous infrastructure of power.

To re-engage with Nottage’s work amid contemporary manifestations of anti-Black white supremacy is to recognize that racial capitalism is a globalized, neo-colonial formation. This mountain incentivizes human cruelty and predatory transactions from its base to peak.

The summit may at times appear “beautiful” and “pristine,” but let us be clear – it is no accident that the egregious brutalization of the natural world occurs exactly where societies all over have historically hunted and exploited Black people.

It is easy to particularize Mlima’s tragedy to individual bad actors in Africa and Asia. But the reality of our current world order, formed from the implementation and derivation of anti-Black chattel slavery, implicates all of us. The animalization of Blackness is a common parasitic relationship throughout our diverse ecosystems of globalized white supremacy, one that feeds off unsustainable extraction and outsourced exploitation.

Nottage, with Brechtian elegance, defamiliarizes us from the dehumanizing costs of our sanitized, aspirational desires. I revel in her nuanced and multidimensional portrayals and encourage you to laugh, smile, and celebrate whenever possible. We are so blessed to be able share this space with you and commune over Nottage’s incisive writing.

Ultimately, Mlima’s Tale challenges us to imagine what else our world could be. What kind of mountain do you wish to summit? How do we design and build infrastructures that truly empower everyone to climb? Should altitude even factor into the barometer of human dignity?

Welcome and Karibu! Thank you for taking this time to learn and reflect with us. Shariffa Chelimo Ali, Director

12 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis BIOGRAPHIES

CAST Night’s Dream (Classical Theater of EZIOMA ASONYE Harlem). Regionally, he has appeared is excited to be making in Big Love (Williamstown Theatre theatre at a time like Festival) and What To Send up When this. She is a recent it Goes Down (Woolly Mammoth;ART). graduate of The New He has a recurring role in the Amazon School for Drama’s prime series Big Dogs (Choice Films) MFA Acting program in NYC and has and is the 2019 recipient of the appeared in Love Life (HBO Max), Jerome Robbins Foundation’s Project School Girls; or The African Mean Springboard Fellowship for his original Girls Play (Pittsburgh Public Theater), musical A Nation Grooves: A People’s Human Again (Auburn Public History of Hip Hop. He thanks his team Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream at HCKR, his family and his partner, (Ovalhouse Theater, London), Plain Julia. Finally, he dedicates this run Brown Box, Nine Folds Make a Paper to the memory of his father Captain Swan, A & Z’s Escapades in Moonstruck Patrick Gathesha. City, Henry IV Part 1 (The New School), and others. As a first-generation WILL MANN is so grateful Nigerian American, she is honored to to be on stage again. be a part of telling this poignant and His last time on stage impactful story. was the Tony Award- winning and Grammy KAMBI GATHESHA Award-nominated is a Brooklyn-based revival of Oklahoma! on Broadway. actor, choreographer Other Broadway and touring credits and director. Born in include Memphis (Bobby), Billy Elliot Nairobi, Kenya and (Mr. Braithwaite), Joseph... (Judah, dir/ raised in Jeddah, Saudi chor by Andy Blankenbuehler), Elf and Arabia and Rockville, Maryland, Kambi’s Wonderful Town. He appeared in the work focuses on African and Diaspora filmRicki and the Flash (starring Meryl history and culture. He studied Acting Streep). Voiceover work includes Aflac, at Juilliard and African History at Chase, Doritos and Square Terminal. Columbia University. His Off-Broadway Thank you to CLA! @UUILLMANN credits include What To Send Up When it Goes Down (NY premiere; ARTNY; The Public); Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature Theatre Center, world premiere) and A Midsummer

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JOE NGO is elated to be DIRECTION & DESIGN making his debut at SHARIFFA CHELIMO ALI The Rep. As an actor, he (Director) is an is most notable for international creative originating/developing leader committed to the role of Chum in working with an open Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band, heart at the intersection with productions at South Coast of the performing arts and Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon humanitarianism. She works across Shakespeare Festival and Off-Broadway disciplines directing films, virtual reality at the Signature Theatre in NYC for experiences and plays. Originally from which he received an Obie Award for Kenya and raised in South Africa, his performance. Other notable Shariffa has been a New York resident regional credits include White Snake since 2013, working primarily as a (Baltimore Center Stage), King of the director, educator and administrator at Yees (ACT/Seattle, Baltimore Center The Public Theater and The New Group, Stage) and Vietgone (Studio Theatre, among others. She has lectured and DC). On television, he appeared in directed at NYU, Brooklyn College, Yale Crashing (HBO) and voiceover credits University and Princeton University, include Funan (GKids/Netflix). As a where her productions include Eclipsed, writer, his work is primarily geared Detroit ’67, Intimate Apparel and We towards solo performance/devised Are Proud to Present and an original theatre and includes Words, Words... new musical, We Were Everywhere. (Leviathan Labs, BarnArts/BarnFest Shariffa is an artist in residence at the NYC). Education: MFA (UW Seattle) Center of Creative Arts at the University www.Joe-Ngo.com of Miami and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) where she directed the critically acclaimed short filmAsh Land. Off-Broadway credits include Mies Julie (Classic Stage Company), and regional credits include School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play (Pittsburgh Public Theatre) and The Copper Children (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). She was honored as a New Frontier Fellow at Sundance Institute Lab and the Royal National Theater (UK); and received the POV/PBS Spark Grant.

14 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Education: BA with honors, Theatre and Design in 2020. Recent theatre credits Performance, University of Cape Town. include SKiNFoLK (the Bushwick Starr South Africa www.shariffa.com and National Black Theatre); Ugly (the feath3r theory and the Bushwick KIRVEN DOUTHIT-BOYD Starr, Washington Ensemble Theatre); (Choreographer) is the Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (ArsNova); Co-Artistic Director of Monsoon Season (AFO Theatre); Man Dance at the Center of of God (InterAct Theatre Company); Creative Arts (COCA) in Messiah (LaMama, Stonewall 50); Rock- St. Louis, Missouri. He A-Bye (BalletX) and Jazz Singer (Abrons earned his MFA in Dance from Hollins Arts Center). She was associate scenic University in Roanoke, Virginia. He designer for Moby Dick (A.R.T., Des. began his formal dance training at the Mimi Lien). You-Shin is a member of Boston Arts Academy in 1998 and Local USA829, IASTE. joined Boston Youth Moves in 1999. He www.youshinchen.com has also trained on scholarship at The Boston Conservatory and The Alvin HELEN HUANG Ailey School prior to performing with (Costume Designer) Battleworks Dance Company, Ailey II, has designed Off- and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Broadway for Classic Theater from 2004-2015. Stage Company and regionally at Oregon YOU-SHIN CHEN Shakespeare Festival, Guthrie Theater, (Scenic Designer) is Children’s Theatre Company, Seattle a New York based Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Taiwanese designer PlayMakers Repertory Company, who is committed to Milwaukee Repertory Theater, diversity and humanity. Philadelphia Theatre Company, George Trained as a theatre designer, she Street Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare centers the human experience in the Festival, Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, process of creating a three dimensional Studio Theatre, The Roundhouse space. Her scenic design for Eclipsed Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth (Lewis Center for the Arts) is part Theatre Company, Shakespeare of USA exhibition at 2019 Prague Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Quadrennial. She is the recipient of Signature Theatre Company and Disney the 2019 Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Entertainment. Ballet and opera credits Award at The Lilly Awards and Lucille include The Washington Ballet and Lortel Awards for Outstanding Scenic Boston Lyric Opera. International work

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includes set and costume design for AVI AMON (Composer National Opera House of China and the and Sound Designer) is Central Television of China. She is the a Turkish-American recipient of the Helen Hayes Award and composer, sound artist Ivey Award. Her work is featured in the and educator. Recent exhibition “Curtain Call: Celebrating credits include The a Century of Women Designing for Copper Children (Oregon Shakespeare Live Performance,” New York Public Festival), Stew (Soho Rep), The Library, Lincoln Center and the Prague Fisherman (HBO Films), The Black Quadrennial; “Costume Design at the History Museum (HERE Arts), Salonika Turn of the Century,” A. A. Bakhrushin (Berkeley Rep), and several sound Museum, Moscow. She is Professor installations in a 100-year-old grain silo of MFA Costume Design Program, in Buffalo, New York (Torn Space University of Maryland, College Park. Theater and Prague Quadrennial). Work Character Sketch: A Drawing Course in development includes Heroine’s for Costume Designers is available on Guide with Claire Kiechel (Spotify/ Amazon.com. www.helenqhuang.com Gimlet), Cupids ith Zoey Martinson (Tribeca Films), Rated Black with JASMINE LESANE Kareem Lucas (Woolly Mammoth) and (Lighting Designer) is Inshallah/Mashallah: a 3-D-audio opera thrilled to be making re-imagining of the 1,001 Nights (Target her debut at The Rep Margin Theater). He is a Jonathan with Mlima’s Tale. After Larson Grant and New Music USA graduating from Grant winner, a Dramatists Guild Fellow, Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama, and has been an Artist-in-Residence Jasmine was awarded the 2020 USITT with Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Barbizon Lighting Company Jonathan THEatre ACCELERATOR, Goodspeed Resnick Award. Now based in Los Musicals, Princeton, Exploring the Angeles, Jasmine is fortunate enough Metropolis at JCAL, Hi-ARTS, Judson, to design and assist in theatre, dance, New Dramatists and Weston Playhouse. film and live television. Her credits Avi is the resident composer at the include designing School Girls; Or, 52nd Street Project and teaches at NYU African Mean Girls Play at the Tisch. www.aviamon.com Pittsburgh Public Theatre, The Octoroon at the New Hazlett Theater and assisting on America’s Got Talent: The Champions at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. www.jasminelesane.com

16 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis JULIE FOH (Dialect My Africa!, The Blood Knot (Signature Coach: Vietnamese, Theatre) and My Name is Asher Lev Chinese) is a CT-based (Westside). Regional credits include voice, speech and Photograph 51, Chonburi International dialect specialist. Hotel and Butterfly Club (Audible/ Previous coaching Williamstown); A Raisin in the Sun, A credits include Sleuth (McCarter Human Being of a Sort, Dangerous Theatre Center), Mlima’s Tale (Westport House (Williamstown); Going to St. Country Playhouse), Wolverine: The Ives (Barrington Stage); Born Yesterday Lost Trail (Marvel podcast), As You Like (Pittsburgh Public) and Judgement It and King Charles III (Colorado Day (Bard SummerScape). Film and Shakespeare Festival), Sherwood television credits include Escape from (Cleveland Play House), Pygmalion Pretoria (Daniel Radcliffe), Official (BEDLAM), Familiar (Woolly Mammoth Secrets (Adam Bakri), Winnie (Jennifer Theatre Company), Trans Scripts and Hudson, Terrence Howard), Inventing Cardenio (American Repertory Theater), Anna (Julia Garner), Chicago Med, The Tallest Tree in the Forest (Tectonic The Americans and Blindspot. She is Theater Project), Charley’s Aunt and on faculty at American Academy of Shakespeare in Love (Shakespeare Dramatic Arts. Education: BADA (Hons), Theatre of NJ), Eurydice and An Ideal University of the Witwatersrand, School Husband (American Players Theatre), of Drama, Johannesburg. and others. She is currently on faculty at barbararubin.net the University of Connecticut. MFA, ART Institute at Harvard University. X CASTING, VICTOR VAZQUEZ, CSA (he/ him/his) is the founder and lead Casting BARBARA RUBIN Director of X Casting (www.xcastingnyc. (Dialect Coach: Kenyan, com), a member of the Casting Somalian, Tanzanian) is Society of America and a 2020 Theater thrilled to collaborate Communications Group (TCG) Rising with Shariffa Ali again Leader of Color. and honored to lend her ears to the cast of Mlima’s Tale. Broadway credits include The Road to Mecca, and Off-Broadway credits include Mies Julie (CSC); Boesman and Lena, Master Harold…and the Boys, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Train Driver, My Children!

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ARIA VELZ NATALI ARCO (Assistant Director) (Associate Lighting is a DC-area based Designer) is a proud director, dramaturg Cuban-American and teaching artist. lighting designer, Her directing work has associate and been seen throughout DC at Theater programmer based in New York City. Alliance, Keegan Theatre, Imagination She has experience designing and Stage, Spooky Action, Flying V Theater assisting for opera, theatre, modern and Mosaic Theater Company of DC, dance, site-specific venues, concerts, among others. Most recently, she was trade shows and award ceremonies associate writer for the episodic video nationwide. She is the Lighting Director game Dark City, now available on PC for Samsung’s flagship store in New and Mac. Aria was an Allen Lee Hughes York, Samsung 837. She is also an Fellow at Arena Stage. Organizing Member of La Gente: The Latinx Theatre Design Network, MADISON BOOTH lagentenetwork.com. As an alumni of (Associate Costume the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Designer) recently Webster University, she is excited to be earned her master’s in St. Louis working with The Rep once degree in costume again. nataliarco.com design at the University of Maryland, College Park. Since living SHANNON B. STURGIS’ in the DC, Maryland, Virginia area she (Stage Manager) has assisted with companies such as favorite theatrical Studio Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, experiences include Ford’s Theatre, and Wolf Trap Opera. Atlantic Theater Her professional design credits include Company, Shear Spy Academy and the Lost Treasure of Madness (Off-Broadway) and Altar Atlantis, Thumbelina, Zomo the Hip Boyz (Off-Broadway and in The Rep’s Hop Rabbit (Imagination Stage); Or Off-Ramp series). Other regional (Theatre Prometheus); Meet Me in St. favorites include Westport Country Louis, 42nd Street and Matilda Playhouse, Adirondack Theatre Festival, (Weathervane Playhouse). Her Totem Pole Playhouse, Victoria Theatre, academic credits include The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Revolutionists (2021), Machinal (2021), Theatre (in New York) and the Gretna and The Heidi Chronicles (2019) at the Playhouse. University of Maryland, College Park.

18 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis R. CHRISTOPHER MAXWELL LYNN NOTTAGE (Playwright) is the Pulitzer (Assistant Stage Prize-winning playwright of Ruined, Manager) hails from the which also received an Obie, the Lucille bustling southern Lortel Award, New York Drama Critics’ metropolis of Little Rock, Circle Award, Drama Desk Award and Arkansas and currently Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play resides in Harlem, New York. He (Manhattan Theatre Club, Goodman received a Master’s of Fine Arts in Stage Theatre). Other plays include Intimate Management from Columbia Apparel (New York Drama Critics’ Circle University’s School of the Arts. He Award for Best Play; Roundabout aspires to use his education and Theatre, Centerstage, South Coast experience to center the voices of Repertory); Fabulation, or the Re- marginalized communities and advance education of Undine (Obie Award; the work of other queer artists and the Playwrights Horizons, London’s Tricycle diaspora of colored people. Recently Theatre); Crumbs from the Table of Christopher joined the adjunct faculty at Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; Pace University and the University at Por’Knockers and Poof! Nottage is the Albany, SUNY. He is the Co-Founder of recipient of numerous awards, including the Black Theatre Caucus and a third the 2007 MacArthur Foundation year Stage Manager at Actor’s Equity “Genius Grant,” the National Black Association for which he serves as an Theatre Festival’s August Wilson Eastern Regional Delegate. He also Playwriting Award, the 2004 PEN/Laura serves as New York Metro Regional Pels Award for Drama and the 2005 Representative for the Stage Manager’s Guggenheim Grant for Playwriting, as Association. Off-Broadway credits well as fellowships from the Lucille include (ASM) Eco Village, Safeword– Lortel Foundation, Manhattan Theatre EBP Productions and American Moor– Club, New Dramatists and New York Red Bull Theater. Regional credits Foundation for the Arts. She is a include (ASM) Mojada, Dreaming member of The Dramatists Guild, an Zenzile and Black Like Me (PSM) at The alumna of New Dramatists and a Rep and Iron John: An American Ghost graduate of Brown University and the Story (PSM) at Manhattan School of Yale School of Drama, where she is a Music. He gives honor to God, his visiting lecturer. www.lynnnottage.net parents and his ancestors. His work is made available by the love of his partner Don and his furry goblins.

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HANA SHARIF organizational planning focused on (Augustin Family Artistic LORT market entry. During her decade- Director) has enjoyed a long tenure at Hartford Stage, Hana multi-faceted theatre served as the Associate Artistic Director, career, including roles as Director of New Play Development, and an artistic leader, Artistic Producer. Hana launched the director, playwright and producer with a new play development program, specialty in strategic and cross-functional expanded the community engagement leadership. She served for five years as and civic discourse initiatives, and Associate Artistic Director at Baltimore developed and produced Tony, Grammy, Center Stage, where she oversaw the Pulitzer and Obie Award-winning shows. day-to-day execution of all of the From 1997–2003, Hana served as the mainstage and studio productions, and co-founder and Artistic Director of Nasir was the architect of the innovative CS Productions, a theatre dedicated Digital program: a platform that pushes underrepresented voices to challenge the boundaries of traditional theatre and traditional structure. Her guest lecturer looks at the nexus point between art and credits include Spelman College, technology. Her other achievements at Sewanee University, UT Austin, UCSD, Baltimore Center Stage include Prairie View A&M, Emerson College, prototyping the Mobile Unit, Maggie Flanigan Studio, Towson strengthening community engagement, University, UMD, UConn, UMass and producing multiple world and regional University of Hartford, among others. premieres and helping to guide the Additionally, Hana has directed theatre through a multi-million dollar acclaimed productions of Porgy & Bess, building renovation and rebranding The Who & The What, Fun Home, Sense effort. In 2012, Hana served as the and Sensibility, The Christians, Les inaugural Program Manager of the Liaisons Dangereuses, Pride and ArtsEmerson Ambassador Program and Prejudice (DCArts: Best Director/Best launched ArtsEmerson Artist-In- New Play), The Whipping Man, Gem of Residency program featuring playwright the Ocean (six CCC nominations), Gee’s Daniel Beaty. In addition to her work at Bend (CCC Award Best Ensemble, two ArtsEmerson, Hana leveraged her nominations), Next Stop Africa, Cassie, regional theatre experience to freelance The Drum and IFdentity. Her plays produce for smaller theatre companies, include All the Women I Used to Be, The looking to expand and restructure their Rise and Fall of Day and The Sprott administrative teams. Hana served as Cycle Trilogy. Hana holds a BA from developmental producer and program Spelman College and an MFA from the manager for Progress Theatre in University of Houston. She is the Houston, where she consulted with the recipient of the 2009–10 Aetna Artistic Director on redefining the artistic New Voices Fellowship, EMC Arts vision and subsequent recasting of the Working Open Fellowship, Theatre ensemble company and lead strategic Communications Group (TCG) New Cast Follies 20 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Generations Fellowship, and is a committees. Before coming to St. Louis, founding member of The Black Theatre he spent six years at the Philadelphia Commons (BTC). She serves on the Drama Guild and taught financial board of directors for the TCG, BTC, management for nonprofit arts and the Sprott Foundation. institutions at Drexel University. He is a Sondheim fanatic, and travels the world in MARK BERNSTEIN search of the perfect Sweeney Todd, the (Managing Director) is a best goat cheese tarts and the best graduate of the Wharton chocolate desserts. School at the University of Pennsylvania and has AMELIA ACOSTA POWELL managed nonprofit (Associate Artistic professional theatres since 1982. He has Director) is a producer led The Rep since 1987, a period and director originally characterized by growth and stability, from Denver. Before she strong community support, and joined Hana S. Sharif’s responsible financial management. New team in St. Louis, Amelia was the Line programming initiatives have included Producer at the Oregon Shakespeare The Rep’s Off-Ramp series (produced Festival, and prior to that, the Artistic from 2005 through 2008), the Ignite! Associate and Casting Director at Arena New Play Festival (begun in 2012) and Stage in Washington, DC. She also has various educational programs. Favorite various credits as a freelance producer, shows from 30 seasons at The Rep director and casting director. She is a include Candide, The Voice of the Prairie, proud alumna of the Allen Lee Hughes Terra Nova, Six Degrees of Separation, Fellowship, a steering committee Young Rube, The Caine Mutiny Court member of the Latinx Theatre Commons, Martial, Arcadia, Sweeney Todd, An Ideal a member of the Casting Society of Husband, Into the Woods, Inherit the America, a founding member of Closer Wind, The Crucible, Take Me Out, The Look Arts Collective, and an inaugural Little Dog Laughed, Souvenir, Crime grantee of Theatre Communication and Punishment, Sunday in the Park with Group’s Rising Leaders of Color. She has George, Cabaret, One Man Two been an adjunct faculty member at Guvnors, Follies and the great Shaw Webster University Conservatory of plays: Saint Joan, Pygmalion and Man Theatre Arts and has taught master and Superman. In addition to work at The classes at The Growing Studio NYC, Rep, he teaches in Webster University’s Brown University/Trinity Rep, The Catholic Arts Leadership Program. He has been University of America, Howard University, active in the leadership of the League of The George Washington University, Resident Theatres for many years, having American University, The Actors’ Center, served as vice president, an executive Creative Acts and more. She holds her committee member and as a member of bachelor’s and her master’s degrees from numerous national negotiating Georgetown University.

21 BIOGRAPHIESBOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT Gwen Middeke* The Todd Organization VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT, Dedric A. Carter* Dan Jay* VOLUNTEERS Washington University Christner Architects Laurie Hiler* CBG Enterprise SECRETARY TREASURER Judi Scissors* Ven Houts* Community Volunteer Ernst & Young (retired)

Wendi Alper-Pressman Merri Jo Gillette Pat Schutte* Lathrop & Gage, LLP Edward Jones Community Volunteer

Margaret Augustin* Mark P. Hampton Ann Cady Scott* Community Volunteer Merrill Lynch Community Volunteer

Barbara Bridgewater Gina Hoagland Lisa Silverberg Community Volunteer Collaborative Strategies, Inc. Community Volunteer

Arlue Briggs* Luisa M. Loredo Ann Harris Straw Community Volunteer The Boeing Company Community Volunteer

Brian Clevinger* Susan Miller Elizabeth J. Stroble Prolog Ventures Community Volunteer Webster University

Brandon Evans Mark Mantovani Susan D. Tuteur Ernst & Young Mantovani Holdings, LLC Community Volunteer

Dotti Fischer* Jane M. Robert Community Volunteer American Friends Musée d’Orsay Linda M. Finerty Community Volunteer Ronald Roberts

*Executive Committee

22 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis VOLUNTEER BOARD

One of the most treasured and dedicated resources, The Rep’s Volunteer Board provides amazing support each season with donations of time, talent and skill throughout all facets of the organization. In the 2019-20 season, The Rep Volunteer Board donated a total of 3,100 hours to the theatre. Whether they are providing actor transportation, organizing community events or trekking to Jefferson City to lobby for government funding, this group of individuals is irreplaceable to The Rep. We are so grateful to the Volunteer Board for their continued dedication as integral members of The Rep family. If you are interested in serving on The Rep Volunteer Board, please contact Lori Moore-McMullen at [email protected] or (314) 687-4028.

PRESIDENT Laurie Hiler

VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER Vicki Helling Shirley Raitzsch Cindy Schnabel

Trish Alexandre Dotti Fischer Colleen Ritchie Mailing, Office Rescue Development Liaison, New Play Festival, Technology Immediate Past President Susan Barley Helen Sandifer Historian Bonnie Gibbs Costume Parade Docent Program, Production Ann Bronsing Events, Rep Ambassadors Carol Schreiner Event Liaison, Page to Stage, Mailing, Programs Special Events Glenda Hares Artistic Liaison, Programs Barbara Sprick Irene Clasen Office Rescue Volunteer Secretary Marcia King Backers Recognition Events Ann Straw Michaeleen Cradock Context Events, Rep Ambassadors, Story to Stage Margie Knapp Volunteer Newsletter Company Care Welcome, Dorothy Diehl Line Runners Linda Vandivort Costume Parade CAVORT, Company Care Driving, Linda Lowry Company Care Liaison Denise Eschenbrenner Company Care Apartments, Theatre Tours Imaginary Theatre Company, New Lynn Yearwood Play Festival Administrative Liaison, Hospitality, Vi Farmer New Play Festival Backers Recognition Events, Karen Miller Company Care Apartments Education Liaison, Imaginary Theatre Company, Mentors, Student SENIOR MEMBER Matinee Ushers Barb Mennell

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Hana S. Sharif Mark Bernstein Augustin Family Artistic Director Managing Director ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Amelia Acosta Powell ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Laura L. Wandersee PRODUCER OF NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT Becks Redman ATTORNEY Bradley G. Kafka, Polsinelli PC EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Anita N. Salley COMPANY MANAGER Cliff Hannon DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT COMPANY MANAGER Eleanor Robinson PLAYWRIGHT-IN-RESIDENCE Regina Taylor CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Lori Moore-McMullen CFRE learning & COMMUNITY engagement INDIVIDUAL GIFTS MANAGER Merritt McCarthy DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE Robert Kapeller DIRECTOR OF LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Adena Varner LEARNING PROGRAMS ASSOCIATE Brian Coats MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Sarah Brandt PRODUCTION DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR Daniel J. Ladd DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Lawrence Bennett scenic FINANCE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Nichelle Kramlich Williams FINANCE DIRECTOR Kevin Blansit ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Emilie Weilbacher- ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATE Suzanne Bodenstein McMullan CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST Scott Loebl AUDIENCE SERVICES SCENIC ARTISTS Stephen Pollihan, James Van Well BOX OFFICE DIRECTOR Ricki Marking-Camuto SCENIC SHOP FOREMAN Dave McCarthy ASSISTANT BOX OFFICE MANAGER Lin Joyce SCENIC CARPENTERS Tim McCarthy, Dan Roach, Jr. Rick Shetley BOX OFFICE ASSISTANTS Sharon Carey PROPS DIRECTOR Kelly Kreutsberg Michael Dorn PROPS CARPENTER Ralph Wilke Christian Hoffman costumes Eleanor Marsh Carl Wickman COSTUMES DIRECTOR Marci Franklin HOUSE MANAGER Megan Cahill ASSISTANT COSTUME SHOP MANAGER Susan Byrd HEAD CRAFTS ARTISAN Angel N. HEAD DRAPER Robert W. Trump EMERITUS DRAPER Elizabeth Eisloeffel ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS Steven Woolf FIRST HANDS Sandra Kabuye MAINSTAGE WARDROBE SUPERVISOR Theresa Loebl WIG SUPERVISOR John Metzner lighting MAINSTAGE HEAD ELECTRICIAN Christina Beck INTERIM STUDIO ELECTRICIAN Toby Beck sound SOUND SUPERVISOR Rusty Wandall MAINSTAGE SOUND ENGINEER Joshua Riggs STUDIO SOUND ENGINEER Sean Wilhite rentals RENTALS MANAGER Sheila Lenkman ASSISTANT RENTALS MANAGER Jennifer Horton stage management STAGE MANAGERS Shannon B. Sturgis R. Christopher Maxwell operations HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR Mack Finklea WEBSTER UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTING STUDENTS ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER Madeleine Reid AUDIO 2 Rex Hale DECK/PROPS Artez Gilmore, Sydney Leiser, Jordan Long, Joe Oliveri WARDROBE Aaliyah Burton, Lucy Garlich, Carlyn Roth 24 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis ABOUT THE REP

The Rep produces work year-round in both live and virtual series, all sharing the same high production values and commitment to presenting exciting live, professional theatre.

MAINSTAGE IMAGINARY THEATRE COMPANY Each season we produce six plays in Imaginary Theatre Company is The the Mainstage series, which draws The Rep’s touring ensemble for children. Rep’s largest audience. Performances Bringing theatre for young audiences are given in both the Virginia Jackson to schools and community centers Browning Theatre of the Loretto-Hilton throughout the bi-state area, ITC’s Center and the Catherine B. Berges productions value a well-told story while Theatre at COCA. The work presented supporting state learning standards in the Mainstage series is eclectic, and nurturing a respect and love for ranging from modern to classics to the arts. In addition to touring, ITC musicals, and benefits from the large presents select public performances space afforded by the Browning and each season. Berges Theatres. ABOUT THIS VENUE STUDIO THEATRE As the fourth largest community arts Three productions are mounted in the center in the country, COCA connects Studio series. Performances are given the St. Louis region to the arts through in the Emerson Studio, a 125-seat programs that emphasize social and “black box” theatre on the lower level artistic diversity, economic and cultural of the Loretto-Hilton Center. Studio accessibility, hands-on experience of the productions may be new plays, radical artistic process, and the highest quality interpretations of older works or faculty. COCA annually serves more experimental works. The performance than 50,000 area residents of all ages space and seating configuration through multidisciplinary, multi-cultural changes with each production, allowing arts programs that include educational the director, designers and actors classes, camps and workshops, both to craft work which requires a more on-site and in community venues; intimate environment. COCAbiz; COCAedu; COCA Presents; and exhibitions of contemporary art in the Millstone Gallery.

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The Leading Ladies are honored to continue their legacy of playing a major role in benefiting The Rep each season. We are grateful to the following donors, who have pledged their support for the 2020-2021 season. We invite you to join our amazing group of Leading Ladies!

ANGELA LANSBURY The Susan & Bruce Miller Lucy Schreiber $10,000+ Charitable Fund Lisa Easton Silverberg Ann P. Augustin & Jane M. Robert Judith Smart Margaret Augustin Ann Scheuer Ann H. Straw Lois Schultz Susan Warshaw KATHARINE HEPBURN Judi Scissors Kathleen Wood $7,500–$9,999 Ann Scott Pat Schutte Diane Sher CHERRY JONES Linda Lewin Stark $250–$499 DAME JUDI DENCH Susan Tuteur Vincenza Bellone $5,000–$7,499 Lynn Yearwood Cindy Belmont Crystal Beuerlein Helen D. Ziercher Block Family Charitable Fund Arlue Briggs CHITA RIVERA BERNADETTE PETERS Sally & Anne Dehner $1,000–$2,499 $500–$999 Rose Mary Dieckhaus Wendi Alper-Pressman Trish Abbene Joan D. Dougherty Christy Beckmann Pamela Belloli Sharon Dougherty Suzan Kelsey Brooks Barbara M. Bryant Margie Franz Samantha Davidson Terri Ciccolella Laura Greenberg Pamela Wing Dern Elaine Coe Shirley Haake Diane Buhr Engelsmann Roberta S. Frank Julie and David Hohman Dotti Fischer Bonnie Gibbs Joanne Iskiwitch Carolyn Gold Sara Kessler Karen S. Kalish, Paula Keinath Patricia Mantovani Estelle W. & Karen S. Kalish Nancy Kranzberg Merritt McCarthy Fund of the St. Louis Hannah Langsam Elizabeth Meteer Community Foundation Karen Miller Susan Knight

26 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Sylvia Manewith Jacqueline Ruthsatz Michelle Drabin Lynn Rawlings Melanie Ryterski Elaine Fedorchak Terry Thornton Carol Schreiner Beth Friedman Linda Vandivort Arlene Spector Rebecca Goldstein Kim White Barbara B. Sprick Judy Guerrero Jerrie K. Weith Linda Hensley AUDRA MCDONALD Lisa Zarin Margie Knapp $100–$249 Karen Levine Penny Bari SUPPORTING CAST Cheryl Martin Mike, Dan & Jodi Brooks $1-99 Mary McFarland Bette L. Bude Anonymous Yvonne Mossman E. Rebecca Case Ann Bronsing Barbara Rigby Robin Chervitz Victoria Chabot Kris Rinne Terry Coleman Jessica Ciccolella-Kahl Lou Ann Wilcox Jan Congdon Rhonda Coleman (Gifts 6/1/20–5/24/21) Myra Crandall Teresa Deshields Dorothy Diehl Where Carrie Eisenbeis Denise Eschenbrenner Karen L. Fairbank theatre Vi Farmer is for Kathleen Ferrell Judy Garfinkel everyone Glenda Hares Barbara Harris Vicki Helling Mary Beth Hennessy Jan Hermann Carolyn Hileman Jeane Jae Audio description Dorothy Lovelace Linda Lowry brings performances alive Cheryl Meier for audiences with vision loss Suzie Nall Lisa Nouss Susan A. Oefelein Marilyn Raphael Marcia Roentz WWW.MINDSEYERADIO.ORG

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CORPORATE & FOUNDATION PARTNERS

As a nonprofit organization, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis relies upon the support of corporate and foundation partners. The Rep gratefully acknowledges the following corporations and foundations whose generous support helps us to create the highest caliber of professional theatre for St. Louis, engage the next generation of theatregoers and provide opportunities for diverse artists. For information about how your business or organization can support The Rep, contact the Development Office at (314) 687-4028.

$100,000+ $5,000-$9,999 The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Enterprise Holdings Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation $50,000-$99,999 Dewitt and Caroline Van Evera Edward Jones Foundation Emerson Switch The Shubert Foundation Inc. $2,500-$4,999 $25,000-$49,999 Employees Community Fund of Boeing Bayer Fund Graybar Foundation Mary Ranken Jordan and Ettie A. Jordan Charitable Foundation $1,000-$2,499 Arts Consulting Group DCA Family Foundation Joy Waltke Fisher Fund of the St. Louis $10,000-$24,999 Community Foundation Louis D. Beaumont Fund No. 1 Lathrop & Gage LLP of the St. Louis Community Polsinelli Foundation The Trio Foundation of St. Louis UNDER $1,000 US Bank Commerce Bancshares Foundation

28 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Members of the Encore Circle have decided to share their passion for theatre with others by designating The Rep as a beneficiary of their estate plan. Through wills, life insurance and living trusts, or by establishing a life income gift, Encore Circle members have assumed a starring role to assure that The Rep continues to be an exciting artistic force in the region for many years.

Anonymous (4) Glenda Hares Ken & Garie Perry Robert A. Bilzing Marian W. & Maurice L.* Robert & Marilyn Raphael Milford* & Lee Bohm Hirsch, Jr. Carol Schreiner Nancy Forsyth Brossard* Dea Hoover Glenn Sheffield* Mr.* & Mrs. L.L. Browning, Jr. William Eager Howard III* Mr. & Mrs. Donald Sher Iva Jean Conerly* Charles & Catalina E. Jamieson* Lisa & Allan Silverberg Joseph Corrigan Mary Louise Kilmer* Gerald & Marjorie Smith Dr. Margaret Crumpacker* Jack & Ellen Lippard* Mary Strauss Selma S. Dennis* Stanley & Lucy Lopata* Yolanda Taylor* Larry Essmann Mary Ann Maritz* Judi Tomlinson Mr. & Mrs. David Gast Angela Davis Malles* Margaret Tumiati* Brad L. Graham* Elizabeth & Carroll* McMahon Mike & Barbara Willock Susan Gregg* Maurine Milligan* Robert C. & Bernice Williams Dr. Paul O. Hagemann* Dorothy R. Moog* Steven Woolf Sally Parriott Hailand* Mary Lee Morris* Dr. Richard D. Yoder* Tim Hampton Doris A. Murdoch* Judy & Lon Zimmerman Goldie Palkes* *In memoriam

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The Spotlight Society is an organization of donors who provide outstanding annual support to The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits, including Circle Drive parking, an invitation to the Spotlight Society Cabaret Dinner and much more. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis gratefully acknowledges members of the Spotlight Society for their commitment to sustaining and promoting the highest quality professional theatre at The Rep.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE SPOTLIGHT IMPRESARIO ATA Truesdale Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Fromm Patti Bauer James G. & Sally Johnston Debbie & Bill Bernskoetter Catherine* Berges Cindy Maritz Mark D. Bernstein David A. Blanton, III Catherine S. Bollinger Dotti & John Fischer SPOTLIGHT BENEFACTOR Barbara & Dolph* Bridgewater Juanita H. Hinshaw Barbara & Ernest Adelman Mrs. H. Pharr Brightman Ven & Cynthia Houts Susan Barley Patty & Kent Chapin Gwen & Paul Middeke Sam C. Bertolet & Vicki & Brian Clevinger Jane & Bruce Robert Helen D. Ziercher Dr. Kevin & Lisa Coleman Pat & Ken Schutte John & Crystal Beuerlein Bob & Becky Courtney Ann Cady Scott Leona Lee Bohm Myra & Gene Crandall Susan & Peter Tuteur Steve & Linda Finerty Michael Dern Dan Viehmann Marti & Bob Fowler Pamela Wing Dern Nancy & Kenneth Kranzberg Eileen Schneider Edelman SPOTLIGHT ANGEL Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Jim & Lionelle Elsesser Ted & Robbie Beaty Langsam Rosemary & Robert Emnett C.R. Davis Sally & Ned Lemkemeier Larry Essmann Dr. Stuart Kornfeld Mr. & Mrs. Chris Lewis Brandon & Lucy Evans Mark & Patty Mantovani Karen Miller Gretta Forrester, Mr. and Mrs. Salvadore Mrs. Jane Napier Gretta Forrester Family Fund Scarpinato, Cochran Terry & Sally Schnuck of the Greater Saint Louis Memorial Trust Fund of Stephanie A. Schnuck Community Foundation the St. Louis Community Jim & Stacey Weddle Judith Gall Foundation Bonnie Gibbs Robin & Tim C. Wentworth SPOTLIGHT SUSTAINER Anne Carol Goldberg & Trish & Michael Abbene Ronald Levin David & Melanie Alpers Dan & Chris Goodenberger

30 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Reginald & Stephanie Harwell Wendi Alper-Pressman & E.L. Green Mrs. Patricia G. Hecker, Norman Pressman Laura & Ted Greenberg Hecker Family Charitable Mary Atkin Mark & Stephanie Hampton Foundation of the Greater Ann P. Augustin Tim & Elizabeth Hampton St. Louis Community Margaret Augustin Kathleen Heimann Foundation Costas & Assimo Azariadis Margaret & Michael Heinz Vicki & Doug Hill Kathy Berg Bill & Linda Hentchel James & Sheila Hoffmeister Nancy Berg Laurie Hiler Dr. & Mrs. John W. Hubert Holly & Marc Bernstein Marian & Maurice Hirsch Joanne & Joel Iskiwitch Van Lear* & Marion Black David Hitz Nancy Koller Michael & Arlue Briggs Lee & Gina Hoagland Dr. Ronald & Toni Leidenfrost Drs. Dedric & Ebony Carter James & Natalie Hoffmann Dr. & Mrs. Frederick C. Lewis, Jr. Carolyn Cash Mark & Peggy Holly Kent A. Lewis Eileen Clarke & William Dodd Sam and Pat Hopmeier Luisa M. Loredo Elizabeth & Don Cobin Charitable Fund at McCallum Family Elaine Coe Youthbridge Community Charitable Fund Patti & J.B. Cohn Fund Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Messey The Preeti Dalawari & Craig Ingraham Susan & Bruce Miller John Vandover Charitable Kathy* & Bos Irvine Donna Moog & Fund Mike Isaacson & Leonard Landsbaum Dale Dendtler Joe Ortmeyer Andrew & Lori O’Brien Dr. Debbie A. Depew Daniel G. Jay & Steve & Karen Reese Doug & Betsy Domoto Mary Ann Lazarus Freda & Harry Rich Jim Donnelly & Dr. Theresa & Colleen Ritchie Tracey Temanson Zulfikar Jeevanjee John H. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dubinsky Robert E. & Carol G. Jones Cathy & Tom Sakiyama Dr. Jack & Carrie Eisenbeis Jeanne & Aron Katzman Steve* & Mary Schoolman Richard Engelsmann & Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kessler Margot Schwab Diane Buhr Engelsmann Judith Weiss Levy Janice & Steve Seele Jane & Chuck Ettelson Carol Martin Amy & Ben Smith John E. & Phyllis Evans C. Arden Mennell Linda Stark Judith Garfinkel Barbara & Lee Meyer Bill & Jarona Stevens Mr. & Mrs. David P. Gast Lori Moore-McMullen Gretchen Straub John & Keve Gialouris Jim & Merry Mosbacher Dr. & Mrs. Kurt A. Weisenfels Merri Jo Gillette Mrs. Rena Murphy Mike & Barbara Willock Ed & Julie Glotzbach Kim & Rick Nast Doug & Lynn Yaeger Judy & Al Goldman Garie & Ken Perry Lynn & Darrell Yearwood Laura & David Goldmeier, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond W. The Hulbert Charitable Trust Peters SPOTLIGHT PATRON Terri Goslin-Jones & Ruth Powell Mary Jo Abrahamson Bob Jones Judy & Paul Putzel

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Mike & Barb Quinn Dr. John Sopuch *In memoriam Ramona Powell & Pamela S. Statler David Rochlin Mary Strauss (Listings 6/1/20 – 5/10/21) Sam and Marilyn Ann & Jack Straw Fox Foundation Paul & Beth Stroble Helen Sandifer Deane & Fancine Thompson Dr. Paul & Lucinda Santiago Pam & Greg Trapp Paul & Cindy Schnabel In memory of Joyce Price LEVELS OF GIVING Steve & Marlene Schumm Trimble $10,000 + Angel Judi Scissors & Sam Broh Lynne & Jim Turley $7,500–9,999 Impresario Julian & Helen Seeherman, Bill & Linda Welborn $5,000–7,499 Benefactor $2,500–4,999 Sustainer The Seeherman Charitable B. Craig Weldon & $1,500–2,499 Patron Fund Terri Monk Joan & Paul Shaver Mei Chen Welland Every effort has been made to Rob & Alice Sherwood Jill & Dave Wenzel include accurate, up-to-date information in these listings. Kim & Steve Shirar Warren & Bonnie Wimmer To report an error or omission Lisa & Allan Silverberg Steve Woolf call (314) 687-4031. Dr. Raymond Slavin Susan & Stuart Zimmerman

TRIBUTE FUND

A tribute gift is a meaningful way to honor a special person or remember a loved one and support The Rep. To make a tribute gift, call the Donor Relations office at (314) 687-4030 or visit repstl.org.

HONOR In honor of Arlue Briggs In honor of Darryl & In honor of Hana S. Sharif & Autumn Briggs Lauren Sagel Asha Sharif-Jackson Judi Scissors & Sam Broh Sara Burke In honor of Ann Bronsing Susan & Peter Tuteur Vicki Helling In honor of Pat & Ken Schutte In honor of Susan & Peter In honor of Monty Cole Judi Scissors & Sam Broh Tuteur Anonymous Stephen Lefrak In honor of Ann Cady Scott In honor of Marsha Coplon Phoebe & Spencer Burke In honor of Steven Woolf Sima & Michael Oberlander Elise Cady Margaret Ruhe-Spencer The Rep Volunteer Board Margaret Cady In honor of Nick Fafoglia William & Barbara Macon MEMORIAL In memory of Bob Barley Sally Shwartz In honor of Hana S. Sharif Mike & Barbara Willock In honor of Merritt McCarthy Nancy Kranzberg Maura St. Jacques

32 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis In memory of Cathy Berges Steve LeClair Doug & Lynn Yaeger Anonymous (2) Judith Weiss Levy Jillian & J.L. Zrebiec Dianna & Joe Adorjan Talbot & Peter MacCarthy In memory of James Colby Doug & Anne Albrecht Barbi & Bill Macon Kevin D. Elden Dee Ammon Jean & Fallon Maylack Steve & Lori Angel Michael & Wanda McGarry In memory of Kitty Davis Tim & Dana Bacich McMillan Construction Group Lila Sullivan Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger II Cynthia & Walter Metcalfe In memory of Catherine Hanna Beautiful Rooms, LLC NAI Desco Peggy & Pat Behan Michael & Noémi Neidorff Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Barry H. Beracha Bob & Carol Ogrodnik Deb Hill-Jablonski & Patti & Mike Berni Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Laura Jablonski Michael & Maureen Boyle Dennis Payne In memory of Joan Hegedus Ruth & Tom Brouster Steven & Patricia Pisarkiewicz Loren R. Killebrew Jim & Karen Castellano PPG Industries Camelot Life Coach, LLC Steven & Patricia Pressler In memory of Sally O. Kopman College Bound Michelle Reagan Lee Streett Dee & Kevin Conway Paula & Rodger Riney In memory of Jean Lange Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cox Peggy & Jerry Ritter Linda & Robert Mahon Charles A. Dill Rombauer Vineyards Kim & Tim Eberlein Team Rubicon In memory of Wayne & Rita Eiseman Marsha & Bill Rusnack Tuck Loui Mark Ellebrecht & Liz Sale Susan Fluegel Alisse Camazine Terry & Sally Schnuck Mary Phelan Emerson Marlene Schumm Julia A. Walker David C. Farrell Pat & Ken Schutte Cheryl Wittenauer Ferring Family Foundation Ann Cady Scott In memory of Reta Madsen Steve & Linda Finerty Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Shaheen Keith E. Welsh John Frith & Will Mura, CBRE Jan Simons Nancy & Walter Galvin Nate & Carole Sleeper In memory of Vicki Gelber Patrick & Peggy Sly Kevin McMullen Dave & Barb Gifford Harley Smith Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Langsam Jeffrey D. Giles St. Louis Community Sima & Michael Oberlander Dennis & Mary Gipson Foundation Pat & Ken Schutte Jillian Griffiths & Jim Cusick Allen & Mary Beth Soffer Barbara Sprick Libby & Richard Guinan Linda Stark Linda Stark Barbara Harris Mary Strauss In memory of Jose Miguel Jennifer & Tom Hillman John & Ann Straw Mendez Becky & Jack Hood Chris & George Tamke Victor Isaiah Mendez The Huether Family Gene & Judy Toombs Tim Figge & Hussmann Bill Waltz & In memory of Peter E. Corporation Atkore International Sargent Mary Ellen & Richard Keyser K.W. Warnick Kimberly Perry Jo Ann Taylor Kindle The Weeks Lindee Family (Gifts received 1/11/20 – J.W. & Mary Kisling Mark Whittenburg 5/6/21) Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Krawll Patti Withers Mary & Mike Lamach Linda Wojciechowski 33 HONOR ROLL

Throughout its 55-year history, The Rep has gained a reputation for producing shows of exceptional quality. Creating productions uniquely designed for St. Louis audiences, making The Rep accessible to all and providing free or low-cost educational programs to young people cannot happen through ticket sales alone. In fact, ticket sales cover only 60% of the costs of producing our work. Every year we look to people like you— individuals who value the amazing, unexpected art of theatre—to lend a hand and bring our mission to life. Rep Backers play an integral role in making the show go on!

PLAYWRIGHT BACKER Laura & David Margolis Ms. Doris Drewry & Anonymous Jean & Stan Margul Mr. Baker Cunningham Bill Aitken Ms. Dorothy Martin Mike & Sue Darcy P.E. Belloli & Dave Shimek Dr. & Mrs. James A. Morrell Bill & Jane Doub David & Susan Byrd Jonathan Matthew Pantaleoni Mr. & Mrs. William Eckert Block Family Charitable Fund John & Lauren Rice Len & Heather Essig Donald & Marilyn Blum Joseph & Sammy Ruwitch Jane B. Evans Barbara M. Bryant Alice & Peter* Sargent Louise H. Flick & Betsy Gallop Dennis & Thomas Sehr & William R. True Joel Dennis, Gallop Family Margaret A. Wayne Margaret & Larry Harris Foundation Dixi & Ann Smith Gary & Phyillis Heifitz The Dunagan Foundation Donna & Howard Smith Steve & Jennifer Klostermann Mark Eddy James Tobin & Dot & Steve Larsen Sara Epstein Virginia Heagney Linda Lowry Gordon & Margaret Finley Beverly Wagner Joseph Martinich & Terry & Marjorie Franc, Hoyt W. Wallace Vicki Sauter Franc Family Fund of the Richard & Mary Weinstock Cheryl & Gregory Meier St. Louis Community S. LaVernn Wilson John Muller Foundation Origin Agency, Inc. Kirk & Alice Fritsch PRODUCER BACKER Rick & Chris Pennell Jerome & Catherine Gidlow Anonymous Timothy Pickering Brad & Phyllis Hershey Ernie-Paul Barrette Al Raplee Dr. & Mrs. David Holtzman Kyle Baxter & Alan Ratchford Jim & Diane Relleke Paul & Kathy Lacko Jacqueline Browde Ms. Mary Ellen Roth & Larry & Dot LeGrand Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Burgess Mr. Mark Chellevold Lanis & Lynn Lenker Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Cook Joyce & Joe Ruebel

34 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Jonell & Steve Safford John Carr & Kay Kaiser Patricia D. & Gary L. Gray Dr. & Mrs. E. Robert Schultz Christine & David Chadwick Mark & Chris Greenberg Christine Secorsky & Robin & David Chervitz Sharon Greenberg Greg Sacho Kelley & Tim Ciampoli Gerry Greiman & Stuart & Cindy Sweet Evelyn & Louis Cohen Susan Carlson Isabel & David Van Essen Lillian Collins Sidney Guller Paul & Linda Vandivort Susan & Richard Constance Gregg Hagerty David P. Weiss Bernie L. Corn & Barbara Harris Miriam Wilhelm & Michael Danzer John & Joan* Hegedus Eric Friedman Ann & Doc Cornwell Dr. & Mrs. Jay Henis Richard & Kathie Winter Lois F. Crampton Marjorie Hensley Dawna M. Zullo John Davis Dr. Michael & Robert & Jan Dawson Carolyn Hesterberg DIRECTOR BACKER Tom & Shirley DeGeare Luise N. Hoffman Anonymous Anne Dehner Mark Hubbert Thomas Abernathy Jay & Marsha Delano David & Marisa Human Gwen Adams Carl* & Jeanne Deutsch Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Hyers Susan E. Adams Kathryn DeVoto Mr. & Mrs. Jim Kaiser Robert O. & Susan F. Dorothy Diehl Nancy Kalishman Appleton Mike Doherty & Kathy Kane Donna Kebel Beverly & Philip Barron Margie Doolen Mr. Ernest H. Key Daniel & Ginny Beck Kay Drey Scott & Mary-Kay Kirchner Carolyn Becker Robert H. Duesenberg Susan & Jack Kissinger Diana Beckman Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Egan Susan Knight Barbara & David Bentrup Dorsey & Sondra Ellis Fran & Roger Koch Hui Hua & Keith Bernstein Boo & Walt Eversman Barbara Kohm June R. Bierman Vi Farmer Cheryl & Keith Kowalczyk Joyce & David Bishop Keith & Ann Fischer Jim & Mary Lou Krueger Kevin Blansit Carol* & David Fleisher Joan Krueger & Brian Betker Ruth Blundell Joanne & Bill Fogarty John & Christine Krueger Deborah Bobinette Mark & Elizabeth Fogarty Dr. James Laing & Drs. Nanci & James Bobrow Robert & Lisa Forsyth Dr. Margaret Weck Ben & Radine Borowsky Dr. Eva Frazer & John & Cindy Layman Cindy & Tom Bottini Steve Roberts Trish & Dick Lazaroff, Bob & Kay Boyd Helen Friedman Youthbridge Community Don Brinkman Keith H. Fulling & Foundation DeAnne & Gordon Brown Deborah J. Gersell Judy Leon Mr. & Mrs. George Brown Jerry B. Garrett Drs. Laurence & Edith Levine Joseph Brown Darla Gavin JoAnne Levy & John & Kathy Brugere Gail & Louis W.* Glaser Jim Thomeczek Jill Cacciabando Terry & Judy Gooding Bob & Susan Lewis

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Lonnie Link Mg Ratkin Family Fund Linda & F. Dale Whitten Jerri & Bill Livingston Drs. Robert & Sheryl Ream Jim Williams & Lisa Wood Kay & Gerry Love Patricia Redington Jim Wilson Cindy & Gregg Lueder Dr. & Mrs. Lester T. Reese Warren & Jo Lynn Winer Robert Lynch Marti Reichma Melissa Wohlwend Eleanor Mandel Linda Rellergert Susan Wolkertolfer Dr. & Mrs. Jerald A. Maslanko Don J. Riehn Claudia Wright Susan Matlof Dr. and Mrs. Leon Robinson Catherine Taylor Yank Wilma Matta Mr. & Mrs. Michael Roscow Dennis J. Zaretsky Melissa J. McClain Sam & Judy Rundell Nathan and Anna Zelinske Cat & Joe McCreary Tom & Kathy Ryan David & Ginny McDonald John & Mydie Sant STAR BACKER Stacey & Pat McMackin Mrs. Geraldine Schiller Anonymous (4) Robert & Heidi Meister Thomas & Marilyn Schultz Helen Allen Barbara B. Mennell Cady & Kevin Seabaugh Pamela & Kevin Anders Gary H. Miller & Mr. & Mrs. Wm G. Sedlacek Sally & Ken Anderson Mary Jo Hunter Bradley & Kay Shaw Joyce Armstrong Karen J. Miller Margaret Skouby Richard & Liz Aurbach Susan Mills John & Gloria Small Dr. Patricia Martens Balke Verla & Richard Mitchell Mr. Parks Smith & Maria Barnard Linnie Morgan Ms. Barbara Weber Marge & Bill Bergfeld John & Lucy Morris Andrew & Patsy Sobey Claude Bernard Marilyn & Geoffrey Morrison Barbara Sprick Ira & Janice Bernstein Dr. Julia K. Muller & Gary Stansbery Patricia & Robert Bernstein Mr. Earl K. Shreckengast Mr. & Mrs. R. Stover Dr. & Mrs. Rick Bernstein Nancy & Jim Murphy Tracy & Elizabeth Strevey Sally Best Mike Ness & Jenny Voelker Linda Strominger Jennifer Billhartz Neal & Pamela Neuman Holly Stumpf Richard M. Blaha Dr. Thomas & Mary Suddarth Carol & William Blasberg Mrs. JoAnn Nowotny Susan Sundermeyer Lorry & Richard A. Blath Sima & Michael Oberlander Dr. & Mrs. Leyland A. Thomas Marian & John Bleeke Robert C. Packman Mary Tillman Mr. & Mrs. William Elizabeth J. Parker Nancy & Richard Toole Blumenhorst Kimberly Perry Glen & Libby Travers Kenneth & Ann Bohm Gil Phon Helen Tryon Wendy & Les Borowsky Tim & Jodi Pierce Dr. Leslie & Dawn Tucker Noel Bortle Adrienne & David Piston John & Dea Vallina Betty Bowersox & Phil Powell Mr. & Mrs. Maury B. Poscover Steve & Tessa Wasserman Lary & Lynn Bozzay Drs. Bill & Betsy Powderly Jeffrey Webb Robert Bradley Donald & Jane Prahlow Margaret Wehrenberg Tim & Marianne Brady Elizabeth Pribor Larry & Kathleen West Mimi Brandt Marilyn & Bob Raphael James White & Cindy Payant Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Brasser

36 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Paul A. Brockland Gary & Christy Fox Janet Holloway Dennis & Ellen Brommelhorst Judy Frain Ann & Ed Imgrund The Honorable Bruce Linda Franklin Dominic & Karen Imgrund Buckland David R. Ganz Tony Indihar Chris & Matthew Burridge Agnes & Dave Garino Margaret & Martin Israel Alan Buxbaum Catherine Garner Vicki Jacoby Carol & Don* Carlson Holly Garrett Dennis Johnson Christina Carr Jane M. Geer Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Jones C. James Christy Dr. & Mrs. Edward Geltman Sydney Jumper Sal & Terri Ciccolella Dr. & Mrs. Jad M. Gennaoui Barbara & Barton Kemery Bill & Irene Clasen Ann Gerbin Steven King Deborah Clinebell Edes Powell Gilbert Kinney Giving Fund Marla Cocalis Mary Gioia Sheila & Ken Kleinman Emily Cole Jane Gleason Margie & Steve Knapp Ms. Susan Collins Stephen & Carolyn Golden Chris Knight Lucy Conley Linda Grabel Michael Knipp Tony & Patsy Conte Julia M. Gram Joanne Kohn Ms. Ann Corrigan Nancy & Randy Green Anne & Chuck Korr Carrie Costantin Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Gresick, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Ren Kozikowski Jeanette Craig Dr. Brenda Grossman & Randi Krantz Dr. & Mrs. James Crane Dr. Steven Brody Martha Kratzer Lew & Connie Crist Peggy Grotpeter Robert & Peggy Krause Mary K. Cullen & Pam & Chris Gumper Jim & Mary Lou Krueger Daniel Goldberg Noelle Gunter Jamie & Alan Kwiatek Conrad Damsgaard Claire Halpern & Paul & Martha LaFata Frank Dayton Michael Greenfield Dr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Laffler Theodore & Mr. & Mrs. David A. Hampton Cynthia Lamboley Deborah Dearing Frank Hamsher Joseph Lane Jay Delmez Glenda Hares Steve Leidholdt Diane DiTucci Judy & Harvey Harris Jerry & Lola Leland Rose Dowling Joann Hawkins Nancy LeMaster Dale J. Drape Pauline Hawkins Dr. Frances Levine Joann & Dave Dyroff Bernice Heavilin Jeanne Lewi Ernst Radiology Clinic William & Marsha Heine Jerry & Mary Jo Liberstein Denise & James Jacqueline Hermann Line Hardware Eschenbrenner Anne W. Hetlage Jana Lippard Dr. & Mrs. Elliott Farberman Matthew & Allison Hile Carol Lippman Jasmine Fazzari Cheryl Hill Dewey & Debby Long Barb & Tom Feiner Peggy Hindert & Michael & Mary Alice Long Jeffrey & Veronica Fernhoff Mary Lee Werner Sara & David Loyet Dr. Lewis C. Fischbein Patrick Hitpas Roy Luber Dave & Patty Fitzgerald Drs. Craig & Abby Hollander Mr. & Mrs. William Lukas

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Carl & Lynn Lyss Salome Reynolds James and Mary Walters Ann & Gary Maassen Pam & Michael Richards Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Waltman Neil & Ricki Marglous Henry Royal Gregory Warnusz Ricki Marking-Camuto Ann Marie Ruhlin David Wedlock Paul Marsh William Rynecki Ted & Yona Weinberg Dan Marshall Michael Sandheinrich Dr. Leonard & Joan Husch Mass Tina Saputo Mrs. Martha Weinstock Patrick & Rosanne Mathis Beth Schelske Patricia Wells Sharon & Stan McCaslin James & Joan Schiele Vicky Riback Wilson Julie McCoy Carol Schreiner Patricia Winchell James* & Diana McCracken Kathy & Doug Schroeder Jessica Winning Anthony & Joellen McDonald Dawn Schuessler Daniel Wofsey James McHugh Lois & Walter Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Fred Wolff Karen McKenna Ken and Mary Schuman Megan Wren Gary & Gale McKiddy Joel & Barbara Schwartz Bert & Bobbe Wunderlich James McMillan Mr. Gary Seeman & Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wunderlich Karen J. Miller Mr. Brad Abrams Kathleen Zorica Diane Monahan Theresa Sharp Monica Moore Rachel Slaugh PERFORMER BACKER William Morey Dr. & Mrs. L. Smith Anonymous (5) Dr. Mary Ann Morley Linda Smith Brenda & Joseph Ackerman James H. Myles Mort & Paula Smith Kathryn Akers Charles E. & Susan Niesen Hazel & Richard Sohn David Albright Lawrence Nolan Bart & Meg Solon Joseph & Trish Alexandre Michael & Judy Ogilvie John Sperino Joseph & Lauren Allen Carol K. Peck Lucie & Steve Springmeyer Patricia & Benjamin Allen Maury & Marianne Pepper Bob & Carol Stelmach Paul Allen & Heather Kelley Barb & John Perlmutter Ross Stroh Ken & Heather Amidon Joel & Sue Picus Greg & Brenda Teakert Linda Amundsen C. John & Sarah Pleban Mark & Leslie Temkin Ann Marie Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Poelker Arnold Tepper James Andris Harriet & Philip Polster Nancy & Robert Thomas Jane Anton Carol & Sam Powell Joan Tiemann Mary Ann Aubin Cathy Proffer Barbara Touchette Don Aulph Lois Quinn Chris & Kate Turner Don & Susan Bachmann Christine Raab Susan Vago Norman F. Badstebner Sue Rapp Jacques & Debbie Van Ryn Darla & Brad Baker Judith A. Rau Russ & B. Vanderbeek Gordon & Joan Ballam John & Lynn Rawlings Cynthia Voda Rhonda & David Banford Terry & Karen Reeves Jack Walbran Elizabeth Barack Edward Renner Dr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Wald Carolyn & Lynn Barnett Rep-aholic Mark & Donna Waldman Anne Barnstead-Klos

38 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Ruth Ellen & Jay Barr Michael & Mary Burke Pamela M. Triplett Bill & Angela Bay Donald & Karen Burr Carol DeVaughan Dan Bean Patricia Burrell-Standley Wallace & Mary Diboll Bruce & Karen Beard Samuel Burstein Paul & Brenda Dribin Virginia Beatty Donald & Margorie Buser Dan & Jamie Driemeyer E. Tracy Beckette Dr. Robert Buzzell Robert & Jamie Driver Nancy Bengtson Vicki & Joe Caligur Kevin & Nancy Droesch Jerry Benner Debbie & Tim Callihan James & Nancye Dunlap Herbert & Judy Bentley Thomas & Mary Ellen James & Marcia Eckrich Judith Benton-Klinger Campbell Karen Edwards Gregg & Sue Berdy Jeannie Canada Connie Emge Dr. David Bergmann & Jim Cannady Bettina Esser Dr. D. Dill-Bergmann Andrea Cannon Nick & Sherry Fafoglia Bob Berthold Debra & Kim Carmichael Karen Fairbank Keith Bester & Pat Maupin Gaibrielle Carrera Clyde & Phyllis Farris Cathy Bixler Dennis & Helen Carter James Faust Joyce Blackwell Victoria Chabot Bernard & Linda Feinberg Ann Blanchfield Patricia Chambers Bruce & Barbara Feldacker Jo Ann Blumenkemper Clare L. Chapman Joan & Juan Fernandez Janet Boesch Elliott & Mary Chubb Carla Feuer Kathy Borges Donald Claus Judie Filter Larry & Brenda Bosch Gwen Clopton Edward Finkelstein Mitchell & Kathryn Botney Ann Coleman John Finkenkeller Susan & Robert Bowman Elizabeth Cook Colleen Finnegan James Boxx Groves & Carol Cooke Debbie Fishwick Catherine Boyd Tom Cooper Jim & Judy Fisher Charles L. & Jane Brader Michaeleen & Bob* Cradock Phyllis Foster C. Larry & Judith Bradford Sandy Craft Mr. & Mrs. M. D. Fowler David Brinker Tanya Crews Bruce Frank & Ann Bronsing J. Michael Cummings & Enid Weisberg-Frank Sandra Browder Heidi French Mary Frank Barry Brown Charles Daniel & Lenore Albee Don Franke Mary Louise Brown Jean Daniel-Gentry & Mark Fraraccio Robert Brown William Gentry Aldene Fricks Andrea & B.H. Brownstein Ron & Pat Danzer Nancy Friedland Virgie Bruning Kathleen Danzo Gary & Janice Friedrich Stephen Brunkhorst Carol Davis Lynn Fullerton Eric & Ann Brunngraber Helen Davis Toni Gacka Carole Bryant Susan Dean-Baar Alice Galt John & Merrill Buettner David DeJean William Gamewell Carol Bullock Ronald & Sue Dellbringge Patricia & Bruce Garber Jeff Bunten Kenneth B. Denson & Deborah Gardner

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Michael Gedera Deanna Hasler Barbara Juettemeyer Laura Geiser Franklin & Rachel Haspiel Irene Kalnins Gary Gilbert Dorothy Hatch Tim & Beth Kastner John & Nicki Gillis Colleen Heelan Emory & Winnie Kesteloot Marianne Gillis Jeanne Heitman Margaret Keyes William Gilmore Vicki & Larry Helling Richard Kiefel James Gilsinan Paul Henry Marshall Kiel Deborah Gilula Joseph Herman Ann King Paul & Eileen Gmerek Nancy & Jim Hershey Julie Kirgo Karen Godar Mr. & Mrs. John Heskett Andrew Klein & Ellen Donovan Trish Goldberg Joyce Hesskamp Lloyd Klinedinst Jesse Goldner & Rick & Lynn Hill Dean Klohr Judy Cromwell Stuart Hines Lynn & Mark Kloss Rick & Edith Gordon Gregory Hoeltzel Kenton & Lina Knickmeyer Ron Gori Virginia Hoeper Robert Knickmeyer Susan Gould Pamela Hoffner Richard & Stephany Kniep Harvey Goz Julie & David Hohman Rose Knowles Emily & Michael Grady Gregory Holdener John & Sharon Koehler Mimi & Ralph Graff Aggi Hollifield Marcia Koenig Carol & Daniel Gravens Jeanette Hollmann Gerald Kolar Zelma Greathouse Maribeth Hollon Gregory Koppe Fran Grebel Michael Hope Roy Kramer Ronald & Jan Greenberg Judy & Ray Hubbs Claudia & Mark Krasnoff Alan Greenblatt Nicole Hudson Emily Krohn Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Greene Darrell Hughes Bonnie Kwentus Mary Susan Greenwalt John Hughes Gary & Rhonda Lamke Lowell & Erin Grev David & Patricia Hurst David Landau Ralph & Jennifer Grimm Victor Intag Mary Ann Landreth William Grivna Thomas Irish Steve Langhorst Nancy Grosse Deann Jacobs Ruby Lapin Myron & Carol Gruber Morry & Mary Joftus Susan Lauber Judy & Scott Guerrero Gregory Johnson Jeff Levine Hudson & Gayle Guthrie Paula Johnson John Lewington Cathleen Haar Robert & Sandra Johnson Michael G. Lewis Samuel Hack Virginia Johnson Margaret Liggett Angela Hahn Terry & Chris Johnston Jennifer Lindenmayer Nancy Hamilton & Jim Butler C. Norman Jones & James & Mary Lipsmire Judy Hamilton Barbara Fraser Michael & Leslie Litwack Catherine Hanna* Linda Wallace Jones Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Liyeos Myles & Clare Hansen Patricia Jones Dr. George A. Lodoly Ruth Hardin Amy Joseph Tim & Jan Long Janet Harvey Lana Juedemann Louise Losos

40 The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Melissa & Jonathan Losos Frederic J. Mohr Lynette Petruska Jean Lovati Mary Moody Holly Petti James Love Charles Morris Robert Pickard Linda Lutfiyya Nancy Morrison William & Rebecce Pierca Robert Lynch & Ellen Wood Bonnie Morse Ann Plunkett John MacCarthy Don & Julie Moschenross Bill & Jane Pohlman Pat Madras Jeanne Most Shawn Pohlman Judy Maffitt Mike & Pat Mueth Nancy Pope Marita Malone Joseph Mullaney Melissa Posten Ann Mandelstamm Scott & Karen Mullis Kathy & Joe Powers Court Mandrell Mary Murphy & Thomas Kibby Patricia Prager Patricia Manhart Charlie & JoAnn Nester Jordi & Joanne Prats Phil Mannhard Scott Nicholas Madelon Price Cathy Marek Cay Lynn Noble Carl & Marsha Ramey Jenny Marquart Kevin Noonan John & Susan Rava Jeffrey Marsh Lori Norman Sharon Reed Larry Marsh James & Marcia Nusz Daniel Reich David Marshall Mary Nygard Christopher & Jane Reid Charlotte Martin Diane O’Brien Douglas Reid Katherine Maxson Beverly Odell Penni Reinhold John & Martha McAlister Randall Odem Robert & Judy Rettke Dorothy & James McCalpin Anna O’Gara Sandy Riley Ann McCandless Marilyn Otto Judith M. Roach Kim McClure James Ottolini Donald & Beth Roberts Lynda McDowell Lisa Ottolini Thomas Rocco Teresa McDowell Kenneth Owens Janet Rodgers John P. McGuire David Parcell Joanne Roman Larry McLane Diane Parker Larry Ross Charles McManmon Nathan & Judy Paskal Cathy Rothstein Mary Ann Medler Jeffrey & Judy Pass Eugene Rubin Robert Medow Joyce Patton Nancy & Alex Rubin Elizabeth & Jim Meteer Kevin Patton Karen Ruecker Gary & Jan Meyer Leonard Patton Margaret Ruhe-Spencer Geralyn Meyer Lendon Payne Jo-Ellyn Ryall John Meyer Robert Peat & Melanie Ryterski Mary Meyer Cynthia Easterling Mark & Lynn Sableman Richard Meyer Craig & Martha Peters John Samet Denise Miller Jean Peters Dave Sarber Douglas Miller Kathy Petersen William Sasso John & Linda Minard George Peterson Richard & Dottie Schainker Rita Mitchell Ruth Peterson Ellen Schapiro Norm Moenkhaus Ann Petlin Drs. Phil & Mary Schenkenberg BIOGRAPHIESHONOR ROLL

Carol Schepers Lou Stemmler & Sarah Wilson Mr. & Mrs. James Wellman Catherine Schindler Marilyn & Layton Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Wells II Jackie Schirn Daniel Stokes Paul & K. Wentzien Bob & Sharon Schleinat Dr. Cary & Helen Stolar Ellen White Mark Schmelzel Marilyn Stroh S. William & Marcia Whitson Toni Schmidt Timothy Stroop Robert Wiegert Karen Schneider Julie Stuckmeyer Mr. & Mrs. William R. Wiese Perry & Sally Schoenecker Michael Sullivan Robert & Jacqueline Wills Bill & Harriet Scholle Martha Sumner Marilyn Wilton Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Schroy Mary Taylor Ronald & Dianne Winney Bill & Diane Schwab Kenneth Teasdale Dan Winters Benjamin Schwartz Liz Teasedale Wendy Wirkus Anne Marie Schweiss Linda Techner Jean M. Wood Robert Semon Jeff Teckman Thomas Wood Janette Seper Elaine & Marc Tenzer Scott Woods Mr. and Mrs. John B. Shaw Katherine Thomas Jason Wos Daniel Shelton W. Scott & Blair Thompson Diana Wubbena Diane Sher Lana Thompson Dr. Judy Yordon Rob & Maggie Sherwood Nancy Tongren Betsy & Stuart Zimbalist Barbara Shrauner Barbara Toumayan Peter Zimmerman Jaye Shyken Stephen Trampe *In memorium Kathy Siebert William Tucker Helene Siegfried John Tuley (Listings 6/1/20 – 5/24/21) Pat & Paul Simons Karen Tye David Singer Don Ulrich LEVELS OF GIVING Stephen Singer Richard & Gail Updegraff $1,000–1,499 Playwright Brenda & David Skillman Barbara C. Valdes $600–999 Producer $300–599 Director Donald & Kristie Skor Cheryl Van Hee $175–299 Star Michael & Frances Slusher Debra Victor $100–174 Performer Kim Smith Margaret Cohen Voss Lawrence Smith Charlene Wall Every effort has been made to John & Nancy Solodar Bob & Julie Wallace include accurate, up-to-date Carol Sosa Patricia & Richard Walters information in these listings. Lawrence Sosna James & Patricia Wamhoff To report an error or omission call (314) 687-4031. Lee & Diana Speicher George & Rose Wamser Cindy Spence Barbara & David Ware Terry J. Springmeyer Anita Waxman Janet Stacy Mark Weaver Kendall Stallings Marian Webb Patricia Stanton Sue Webb David Steinberg Grace T. Weber Paul Steinmann Joseph Weber

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JOIN THE REP IN SPONSORING THE PUBLICATION OF MLIMA’S TALE

The Rep takes pride in its world-class productions of timely thought-provoking stories and is thrilled to premiere Lynn Nottage’s Mlima’s Tale here in St. Louis. We believe the haunting story of this majestic elephant is one of hope that elevates our humanity and ultimately connects us all. It is a story that should be shared beyond the stage, so when The Rep was approached by Theatre Communications Group (TCG) to help share Mlima’s Tale by becoming a publishing sponsor of the play, we jumped at the opportunity.

TCG is the leading publisher of new work printed for mass distribution, and a partnership with TCG will provide exciting benefits including printed credit on the copyright page of the book, a playwright signed copy for each donor/ publisher and other perks. Our publishing sponsorship goal is $25,000.

If you would like to be recognized as a supporter of quality theatre art/written word from one of the most dynamic voices in contemporary theatre, we invite you to join us in this unique opportunity. To learn more about sponsor opportunities starting at $2,500, please contact Lori Moore-McMullen at 314-687-4028 or [email protected].