DIGITAL PLAYBILL DECEMBER 2020 BLUEBARN | 32 | Season of the Unknown

eason 32 marks a profound shift in perspective. This year we give focus to Sbuilding on BLUEBARN’s transformative programming and services, seeding the fires that will light our way for years to come. A different kind of season awaits us. A different kind of membership awaits you… In these extraordinary times, we invite you to become caretakers of BLUEBARN’s mission. We invite you to provoke thought, emotion, action, and change in our community. Your BLUEBARN membership is a commitment, not to a certain number of productions or nights of theatre, but to the BLUEBARN’s essential work on and off the stage, our values, our art, and our artists. Incomparable theatre and incandescent storytelling remain at the core of our work. For these wild times, we have imagined adventurous new ways to bring the power of story back into all our lives. We have also dreamed up better ways to harness your BLUEBARN membership to “The future is in disorder. extend the reach of our art and sustain A door like this the lives of artists. has cracked open BLUEBARN is proud to announce a host five or six times since we got up of programs and programming that we on our hind legs. It hope will ignite and inspire you. We is the best possible must acknowledge as we do so the very time to be alive, when real uncertainty of the coming year. almost everything you Our season accepts disruptions and thought you knew was adaptations to shifting circumstances as wrong.” givens. — Tom Stoppard, Arcadia The mission stands. The work continues. Join us in lighting the fires that will guide us through this Season of the Unknown and into the future. With gratitude,

Susan Clement-Toberer Producing Artistic Director

— 2 — TRUBLU MEMBERSHIP SEASON HAPPENINGS: Holiday Hootenanny | Music, song, Bonfire Series* | Six Extraordinary dance, story. For the longest nights, Works of Theatre. Dozens of the warmest of fires… and joy to us Extraordinary Artists. all! | Dec 17th-20th The Shape of Things to Come. Marjorie Prime | The great pause ———————— began March 17th. Our set still stands All That Fall | Samuel Beckett ready on our stage. We’ll premiere as An auditory masterpiece unlike soon as it’s safe. anything you’ve never seen. Digital Access* | Live-streamed Blindfolds optional. shows. Virtual Tours. Special events. Before After | Knapman & Price The best seats in the house. Your own. What if you had a second chance Radical Hospitality | Arts access is to get it right the first time? A new a human right. BLUEBARN will offer musical. pay-what-you-wish attendance for Buffalo Women | Beaufield Berry those facing economic barriers. Juneteenth. Newfound freedom. New Artists Fund | BLUEBARN is the only lives. professional contemporary theatre in A Black cowgirl musical comedy. Omaha committed to a living wage Escaped Alone | Caryl Churchill for all its artists. One of the most revered living Out of the Blue | A new path. playwrights. Education. Touring. On the road. A most deranged tea party. Online. For Black Trans Girls…* | Only from the BLUEBARN Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi A Chorus Line | The music. The A choreopoem. A fantasia. Love and mirror. justice The magic. We’re cast. We’re for a new generation. committed. R33 | Sarah Brown after The show will go on. This summer. Shakespeare *some rights pending Three actors. One monster. What would you sacrifice to overcome tyranny?

Anti-Racist Ethos | BLUEBARN owns that systemic racism is real and must be fought against wherever and however it shows up–in our community, in our theatre, in ourselves.

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“I maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

— G.K. CHESTERTON

DECEMBER 2020 You Beautiful People,

2020 is coming to a close. This has been awful… ‘full of awe, inspiring wonder and a year of trials and uncertainty. So many reverence’. have lost so much. No one has emerged You’ve given us a great gift this year. unscathed. Our lives have been upended, You’ve given us the strength to persevere all of them. And though there is a great through these crazy times. You’ve called, deal of hope to come in the new year, the e-mailed, sent notes. You’ve checked in. pandemic is far from over and will have a You gifted us the unused value of last lasting impact in so many ways. season’s membership. Without being ‘The unknown’ has taken on many layers asked, you gave more. You donated early, of meaning here at the BLUEBARN. It was some of you more than once, you made chosen as the theme of our 32nd season sure we weathered the storm. You let us long before the pandemic hit. Now it has know in no uncertain terms, that theatre a depth we never imagined. We started matters, that artists are essential. You’ve this year with a kind of naiveté about how ensured that our artists will survive and it would unfold. Our assumptions were thrive, and we are in awe of all of you. wrong. The knowns became unknowns. BLUEBARN is made of artists. Artist We now know in a visceral way that we founded. Artist driven. Artist focused. absolutely can’t know what tomorrow will The BLUEBARN’s Artists Fund will support bring. The unknown has always been a countless working artists and essential defining feature of our lives, and we’re all art this season and for many, many years just getting to know it a little better. to come…because of you. We have With our Season of the Unknown finally unshakeable faith in this, as you have underway at the BLUEBARN, I wanted shown your faith in us. We know this. to reach out to express my gratitude for You are the known in this Season of the you all. We haven’t been able to gather Unknown. and celebrate in the ways we’re used to. Theatre has also been missing, of course, With peace, health, love, and joy to you, and like all of you, the resident creatives at and always, gratitude… the BLUEBARN and our extended family of artists have been grieving that and other losses. This has been an awful year. But Susan Clement-Toberer there’s that older meaning to the word Producing Artistic Director

YOUR YEAR-END GIFT WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE ARTISTS’ FUND. THANK YOU!

— 5 — BLUEBARN is proud to continue our 13th year in partnership with Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging(ENOA) this holiday season. This year, you can become an elf for the elderly by fulfilling holiday gift needs for seniors in the region. Donors who give $20 or more will receive a virtual Christmas Ornament as a thank you. Help us reach our goal of $7,000 by the end of the year. Click on the Giving HeARTS banner on bluebarn.org or visit ENOA’s ShareOmaha.org page to give. (use Donation Code: BLUEBARN to help us track our progress). In this year of ‘the Covid’, seniors need our support now more than ever. Thank you.

— 6 — The BLUEBARN Theatre 2020-2021 season is generously supported by:

The BLUEBARNSEASON Theatre 2020-2021 SPONSORS seasonAnonymous is generously Foundation supported by: The BLUEBARN Theatre 2020-2021 season is generously supported by: The BLUEBARN Theatre 2020-2021Paul and season Oscar is Giger generously Foundation, supported Inc. by: Anonymous FoundationVernie & Carter Jones Anonymous Foundation Paul andAnonymous Oscar Giger Foundation Foundation,Rich & Fran Inc. Juro Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation, Inc. Paul andVernie Oscar &Giger Carter Foundation,Mammel Jones Foundation Inc. Vernie & Carter Jones VernieRichFred & &and CarterFran Eve Juro JonesSimon Charitable Foundation Rich & Fran Juro Taos CommunityMammelRich & FranFoundation Foundation Juro – Esperanza De Corazon Fund Mammel Foundation Fred and EveMammel Simon CharitableFoundation Foundation Fred and Eve Simon Charitable Foundation Taos CommunityFred and FoundationEve Simon Charitable – Esperanza Foundation De Corazon Fund Taos Community Foundation – Esperanza De Corazon Fund Taos Community Foundation – Esperanza De Corazon Fund

Bonfire Series Sponsor: A Chorus Line Sponsors: Sara Foxley Bruce Reneaud & Kerry Dobson Marjorie Prime Sponsor: Devin Fox Bonfire Series Sponsor:Jannette Davis A Chorus Line Sponsors: BonfireSara Series Foxley Sponsor: Bruce ReneaudA Chorus Line & Sponsors: Kerry Dobson BonfireSara Series Foxley Sponsor: Bruce ReneaudA Chorus Line & Sponsors: Kerry Dobson MarjorieSara Prime Foxley Sponsor: VirtualBruce Programming ReneaudDevin Sponsor: & Fox Kerry Dobson MarjorieJannette Prime DavisSponsor: Devin Fox MarjorieJannette Prime DavisSponsor: Devin Fox Jannette Davis Virtual Programming Sponsor: Virtual Programming Sponsor: Virtual Programming Sponsor:

THANK YOU!

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CAST

Dennis Collins Dennis has appeared in bits of stuff, in many places, but is thrilled to be with the Blue Barn. It’s an honor.

Jon Van Horn-Hickerson

Jon is thrilled to be making his debut with Bluebarn for this very special holiday show! Jon was most recent- ly seen in “Mamma Mia” with PART Theatre (OEAA nomination) as well as “World Goes Round”, “Ring of Fire - The Johnny Cash Story”, and “Christmas My Way - Sinatra” with PART. Omaha Playhouse au- diences may remember Jon as Potiphar in “Joseph...Dreamcoat” and Nathan in “Guys and Dolls”, and he was slated to appear there in “Bright Star” this past spring prior to it getting can- celled due to Covid-19.

Jon earned his BFA in Theatre from Roosevelt University in Chicago and spent many years performing professionally there. Chicagoland credits include “Promises, Promises” and “Sweeney Todd” (Porchlight Music Theatre), “The Fantasticks” (Metropolis Performing Arts), “Mikado 2.005” (Noble Fool), “Once Upon A Mattress” (Emerald City), “Great Amer- ican Trailer Park Musical” (Kokandy Productions), and a season with Wagon Wheel The- atre in Indiana including “A Funny Thing... Forum”, “Annie”, “Inherit the Wind”, “Phantom!”, and “Christmas Carol”. Jon can also be seen as the Park Ranger in the TV commercial for South Dakota Lottery and was recently a featured singer on “Quarantine Tonight” for NCN.

Moira Mangiameli Moira is a familiar face to area theatergoers, appearing in numerous plays and musicals over the years. Most recently, Moira performed the title role in Mother Courage with Nebras- ka Repertory Theatre, as well as the roles of Antonia in Much Ado About Nothing and Queen Elinor in King John for Nebraska Shakespeare. Although Moira appeared in several shows at the BLUEBARN’s former location, including Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town, Stevie in The Goat (Omaha Entertainment Arts Award: Best Actress) and The Writer in Cruelties, she is thrilled to be making her debut on the new BLUEBARN stage with this production. Moira is the former Theatre Program Chair at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, IA, and served as Director of Education for Ne- braska Shakespeare and the Ocala Civic Theatre in Ocala, FL. She currently works as an Adjunct Professor for the University of Nebraska at Omaha Theatre department.

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Mark T Nelson Mark, 66, guitar & piano, is of pure Swedish descent which means he’s prone to sitting and grumbling if he’s not playing music or doing art, etc... Born on the muddy banks of the Mis- sissippi, Mark migrated west over the next major river to Oma- ha some 42 years ago and just never left. He currently performs occasionally with the Linoma Mashers, Shastaz’ Blastaz, and is also happy to be part of this upbeat ‘hootenanny’ ensemble!

Tiffany White-Welchen Tiffany is thrilled to be back at the Blue Barn. Her last performance at the Blue Barn was in 2007 for the Blue Barn Music Festival with Hal France. Tiffany has performed in the Omaha area for many years and was inducted into the 2019 Hall of Fame for her role as Tina Turner in Beehive. Tiffany’s very first production was Jesus Christ Superstar at in high school Duchesne Academy. Since, she has performed in many other productions with one of her most memorable as “Billy Holiday” in Emerson’s Bar and Grill. Other roles include “Dorothy” in Wiz,“Cindy Lou” in The Marvelous Wonderettes, “Muzzy” in Thoroughly Modern Millie and roles in Smokey Joe’s Café, Aint’ Misbehavin and The World Goes Round. In addition, Tiffany was also a featured artist in the 2009 Aksarben Coronation and on a national level, played the role of “Calypso” in the CBS Saturday morning cartoon “Horseland.” On a personal note, Tiffany works in the behavioral health care industry as licensed mental health practitioner and received her Bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Drake University and Master’s degree in human services from Bellevue University. She is happily married to Tony and is the mother of two and most recently added a son-in- law into her family.

Wai Yim Wai Yim is an Actor, Director, Choreographer, a proud mem- ber of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. Originally from Hong Kong, immigrated to Omaha, NE and started his acting career there. He now resides in Chicago and splits his time between both cities. He’s the Artistic Director of aetherplough, a performance art company in Omaha. He’s also the Director of Development for Token Theatre in Chicago. He’s toured na- tionally with The White Snake directed by Mary Zimmerman. In Chicago, he’s worked with: The Goodman Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theater, and Silk Road Rising. He was last seen as Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Rose Theatre in Omaha, NE. TV credits: Chicago PD (NBC), neXt (Fox), Patriot (Amazon) and The Chi (Showtime). He recently shot an indie movie: Fatal Influence. Social Media: @whyyim. YouTube channel: On The Cusp Tarot.

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Melanie Walters This is Melanie’s second production with the BLUEBARN Theatre, having served as choreographer for the 2017 produc- tion of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Her work has been seen in productions such as Shrek, Mamma Mia!, Spamalot, Young Frankenstein, Legally Blonde, Altar Boyz, Evil Dead, The Produc- ers, and Sister Act. As a performer, Melanie has appeared on numerous stages around the Omaha metro. Favorite roles include Eva Peron (Evita), Aida (Aida), Velma Kelly (Chicago), Lucy Harris (Jekyll and Hyde), Mary Magdalene (Jesus Christ Superstar), Adelaide (Guys and Dolls), The Narrator (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), and the Lady of the Lake (Spamalot). She was thrilled to receive both the 2015 Theatre Arts Guild Award and Omaha Entertainment Awards for Outstanding Choreography and Best Actress in a Musical role for her work in Spamalot, as well as the 2016 TAG Outstanding Chore- ography award for her work on The Producers. By day, Melanie serves as Community Engagement Manager for the Omaha Conservatory of Music and the String Sprouts program. Melanie is also looks forward to both playing the character of Cassie and choreographing A Chorus Line at the Bluebarn!

RESIDENT CREATIVES

Susan Clement-Toberer (Producing Artistic Director) Susan has served as BLUEBARN’s Producing Artistic Director since 2002. She has directed numerous productions at the BLUEBARN, beginning with The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me in 1993 and most recently Indecent, Act of God, and Circle Mirror Transformation, The City in the City in the City and Every Brilliant Thing. Awards include TAG Award – Best Director: Our Town (2015), Spring Awakening (2012), Three Tall Women (2011), The Goat or Who is Sylvia (2009), A Piece of my Heart (2003); Best Drama: Indecent (2019), The Christians (2016), 33 Variations (2014), Bug (2012), Rabbit Hole (2010), The Dresser (2006); OEA Awards – Best Director: Our Town (2015), 39 Steps (2013), Spring Awakening (2012), Seascape (2008); Best Play - Our Town (2015), Red (2013), The Pillowman (2006). Other recent award-winning shows include The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Silent Sky. As director of the BLUEBARN, Susan alongside Shannon Walenta (Managing Director at the time) spearheaded the capital campaign that enabled the BLUEBARN to build its own stand-alone theater, and saw the dream fulfilled when BLUEBARN moved into its new home at 10th and Pacific in 2015. Susan holds a BFA in Theatre/Film from the State University of New York at Purchase Conservatory.

Barry Carman (Dramaturg) Barry’s affiliation with the BLUEBARN began in 2002, as production dramaturg for Arcadia. He has since served as dramaturg for a host of BLUEBARN productions, counting The Pillowman, The Christians, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Hir, and Venus in Furs among his favorites. In 2004, he co-founded BLUEBARN’S Witching Hour, a collaborative ensemble for which he wrote, performed and directed for five years. In 2009, Barry joined Out of Hand Theater in Atlanta where he conceived and directed The SHOW!, and developed Without Which Nothing. In 2017, he joined the BLUEBARN staff as Resident Dramaturg and Director of Engagement. He

— 11 — directed BLUEBARN’s production of I and You, Natural Shocks and The Trump Card for BLUEBARN’S Out of the Blue Series, and 8 Songs for a Mad King for the Omaha Under the Radar Festival. He was most recently onstage in the BLUEBARN’s production of The Woodsman. He holds a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Emory University.

Amy Reiner (Director of Production and Propmaster) Amy Reiner joined the BLUEBARN in 2012 as Production Manager and Properties Master. Amy previously worked for 12 years as Properties Master at The Omaha Community Playhouse. Prior to that, she freelanced in Los Angeles in the fields of film and television. She holds a BFA in technical theatre with an emphasis on Scenic and Lighting Design from The University of Nebraska Lincoln.

Bill Kirby (Sound/Projection Designer and Technical Director) Bill Kirby recently joined the BLUEBARN staff as the Resident Creative and Technical Director, after working as a freelance designer for the past two season. Previous BLUEBARN designs include Venus in Fur, The City in the City in the City (OEAA nomination for Outstanding Sound Design), An Act of God, and Indecent. Before relocating to Omaha in 2017, Bill spent 10 years as the resident sound designer and head sound engineer at Princeton University’s McCarter Theatre Center. Bill’s favorite McCarter productions include sound designing the original workshop production of Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed and serving as the production sound engineer for the world premier of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which would go on to win the 2013 Tony Award for best play. Bill is a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and is an adjunct faculty member at Midland University.

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— 12 — STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Susan Clement-Toberer Dr. Devin Fox, President Producing Artistic Director Amy Reiner Carolyn Owen Anderson Director of Production Ethan Bondelid Propmaster Jannette J. Davis Barry Carman Sara Foxley Community Engagement Kasey Hesse, Secretary Dramaturgy/Rentals Mark Hinrichs Heather Hoyt Sara McClure Development Director Jim McKain Bill Kirby Bob Peters, Treasurer Resident Creative and Technical Director Laura Peet Erkes Tricia Cottrell Bookkeeper Mike Walenta Susan Clement-Toberer, ex-officio

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— 13 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – December 15, 2020

INSTITUTIONAL GIFTS INDIVIDUAL GIFTS

$15,000+ Visionaries ($15,000+) Anonymous Kate and Roger Weitz Douglas County Holland Foundation MasterMinds ($10,000-$14,999) KETV Omaha Devin Fox Mammel Foundation Amy Haddad and Steve Martin Nebraska Arts Council (NAC) Carter and Vernie Jones Peter Kiewit Foundation Bruce Reneaud and Kerry Dobson The Sherwood Foundation Shubert Foundation Innovators ($5,000-$9,999) The Fred and Eve Simon Charitable Foundation Jannette Davis State of Nebraska DHHS Sara Foxley Weitz Family Foundation Annette and Paul Smith

$10,000-$14,999 Renegades ($2,500-$4,999) Humanities Nebraska Sandi and Bill Bruns Immanuel Communities Rich and Fran Juro Kiewit Companies Foundation Don and Maureen Mangan Omaha Steaks International James and Kathy McKain Ablan and Ariel Roblin $5,000-$9,999 First National Bank Rebels ($1,000 - $2,499) Mutual of Omaha Carolyn Owen Anderson Rea Charitable Trust Ethan and Susan Bondelid Valmont Industries, Inc. Mary and Kurt Davey Whitmore Charitable Trust Thatcher Davis Jeff and Danielle Gordman $1,000-$4,999 Team Hesse Anonymous Mark and Caroline Hinrichs Bluestem Prairie Foundation Julie Huff Centris Federal Credit Union Joyce and Gus Johnson McGill, Gotsdiner, Workman & Lepp, P.C., L.L.O. Kim Jubenville metroMAGAZINE George Kleine and Tom Knox Security National Bank Mogens Knudsen Warren Distribution Lou and Pat Lamberty Karen and Michael Markey $999 and Under Sara McClure & Dave Steadman Kinaara Indian Cuisine Alan Meyer US Bank Steve and Jeanne Miller

— 14 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – December 15, 2020

James Ogden Dean Arkfeld and Peggy Marilyn Fox Richard and Mary Parrish Reinecke Christopher and Lisa Fox Laura Peet Erkes and Cory Tony and Susan Awender Dave Fox Erkes Jeanne Baber Duane and Christopher Fox Robert and Barbara Peters Anne and Scott Barker Renee and Douglas Fox Ruth Rath Khalid Bashir Leslie Frederickson Shannon and Mike Walenta Amy and Tom Becker Darlene and David Greer Amy and Tim Zweiback Thomas and Lee Belford Bobby and Allison Grennan Paul Bennett M. Kathlyn Gross Trailblazers ($500-$999) Katie Blesener and John Wayne and Mary Grupe Duane and Clare Baylor Royster Cynthia Hadsell Stephen and Anne Bruckner Rob Block Howard and Carol Hahn Leanne Carlson Amy and Dennis Boesen Sharon Hair Jim and Anne Carroll Amy Bones Mary Hamilton and Jack White Charitable Fund Linda Bors Ellen Hargus John Christensen and Stacie Megan Brady John Hartigan Lamb Linda Duckworth and Lori Jeremy Hatch Dustin Davidson Bruckner Nancy Hawekotte Tony and Claudia Deeb Arlene Burianek Nancy Hemmingsen Dr. Linda Ford Daniel and Diana Byrd Denise Hill Dan Gallagher and Jeff Debbie Carman Dr. Joseph Hoagbin and Todd Grinnell Jeff Carstens DDS Fossum Daniel Hamann Debra Christensen Gerald Hoberman Chalice Harvey Clark Christensen Shari Hofschire Mary and Doug Johnson Susan Clement-Toberer Durell Kidd and Ray Hogan Fumiyo Kaneko Babe Cohn Mike and Stephanie Holcomb Chris Vogt and Julie Larsen Susie and Dennis Collins Kathy Howland Stephanie Miske Janice Cooklin Jacqueline Hoyt James and Bobbie Montequin Josh Cox and Josh Point Cindy and Christopher Huerter, Duncan Murphy Scott and Krista Daly M.D. Don and Rita Otis Susan and David Davies John and Nancy Hurley Robert Ottemann and Kim Jeffrey Day Sheri and Steve Idelman Kalkowski Steve and Tippi Denenberg Carol Johnson Pegeen Reilly John and Carol Dennison Coulter Jones Kathleen Rettig Marty and Helen Desilets Howard and Gloria Kaslow Stuart Schlanger Benjamin Dey Pamela and Matthew Kayl Suzanne Titus George and Barbara Douglas Ruth Keene Jim and Susan Tracy Jim and Sherry Douglas Mary Keitel George Wimmer and Ann Tiffany Dunagan Steve Kenyon and Mary Beckenhauer Peggy Dunn Stolinski Jay Worden and Timothy Held Rochelle Eigsti Mary Kerr Christine and David Evans William and Maureen Kessler Groundbreakers ($100-$499) Brenda and Thomas Evans Jimmy Khandalavala Jane Alseth Kelly Farrell Elizabeth Kimball John St. Angelo Adrian and Kim Ferguson Julia and Joseph Knezetic Anonymous Betty Foster Merlyn Knudson and James

— 15 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – December 15, 2020

Davis Therese Rennels Lucia Williams and William Lynn and Maria Knudtson Eric Rice Dittrick Susan Ann Koenig W. Eric Riley Philip and Sara Willson Karen Krall-Murphy Anne and David Rismiller Jonathan Wood David and Vicki Krecek Todd Robinson Scott Working Michael Kreikemeier Carol and Rick Russell Damian Zuerlein Marie and Jack Kubat Steven Ryherd Leslie A. Kuhnel Larry Salinas Radicals ($10-$99) Barbara and Marshall Kushner Erin Santiago Laureen Ackermann Kathy Larimer Kelli Saucerman Tim and Phyllis Adams Dale and Toni Larsen Eileen Sawyers and Jim Deb Ady Lyn and Natalie Leach Grassmeyer Ann Allen Alice Lindsay Mark Schulze Cathleen Amdor Patricia Lontor Gene and Kathleen Jan and Gail Andersen William and Constance Schwarting Daryl Anderson Lowndes Richard Scott Emily Andres James Luyten Aaron Shaddy Anonymous Moira J. Mangiameli Laura Shiffermiller David and Jilla Arthur Mark Manhart and Bonnie Gill Chris Shonka Steven Baker Valrie Massemgale Michele and Peter Silberstein Barbara Bakhit Gerry and Christy McAndrew Todd and Betiana Simon Elizabeth Banset Deb and John McCollister Todd and Betiana Simon Kevin Barratt M E McDaniel Foundation Angela Barry Amy McGaha Sandra Smiley Brian Barton Martin McGuire Laurie Smith Camp Kathryn Bass Jill and Todd Moeller Susie and Stuart Smoler Richard Beam Steve Mohr Shane Sobotka Katie and Mitch Bean Lee and Kathryn Morrow Amy Sorensen Sabrina Beck William and Patricia Munro John and Sandy Spessard Tom Becka Lynne Mytty Sandra Squires Tamra Becker Karen and Larry Nelsen Joan Squires Barb Becker Mary Newman Mary Eileen Stark Kelli Bello Christy Nielsen Joseph Sullivan Heather Belt Patty and Steve Nogg Tony and Christine Swerczek Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado Thomas Obrien Judy Torrens Bob Bennett Mary Olig Katie Twit Karen Benson Eric Pearson & Lorraine Chang Jenny Pullen and Karol Ulmer Sam Bertino Bruce and Deanna Plath Ann M. Van Hoff Doug and Liz Bisson Jerry and Elizabeth Powell Gail and Irv Veitzer Marvin J Bittner Thomas Purcell Judd and Pat Wagner Bryan and Kristen Blum Elizabeth and Robert Recker Errol Waits Karen Bluvas Thomas and Audra Redington Kim Walker Meghan Boucher Leslie Regan Diane and Julie Walker Dr. Diane Bowley James and Jan Reinert Tom and Sue Weidner Sarah Brown Brett Render Don Westling and Jo Bartikoski Pat Bruening

— 16 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – December 15, 2020

Eddith Buis Wengert Taylor Jackson Jean Burggraf Lori Ecklebe and Tom Taylor Jackson Kristalynn Busskohl Shomaker Joanie Jacobson Katie Cameron Stephen Ellefson Richard Jensen Larry Carlson, Helen Epstein Dick and Linda Johnson Barry Carman Myrna Esluer Susan Johnson Bill Cartwright Beth Feltus Ann Johnson Kyle Cartwright Teri Fender Cheri Jones Bette Case Sherry Fletcher Anna Jordan John Cavanaugh Janice Fonda Gary Kalis Brenda Chambers Jesse and Eileen Fonseca Renee Kasner Tim and Donna Chard Terry and Mollie Foster Cathy Katzenberger Fred and Melanie Clark Angela Frey Michael Kavan Anthony and Kim Clark- Kay Friesen Deborah J. Keating Kaczmarek Lingli Gan Sonia Keffer Dale Clifton Michelle Garrity Justin Kemerling James Coburn Suzanne Gates Elizabeth Kendall Weisser Andrew and Mary Helen Bill Gaus Austin Kershner Cockle Kristine and Jared Gerber Bill Kirby Diane Coffin Shara Goff Ashley Kobza Ezra Colon and Katie Becker Wendy and David Goldberg Debbie and Steve Krambeck Colon Susan Goldsmith Neal Krauss Michael Combs Marsha Graesser Jennifer Kreitz-Couch Pam Cope Eric Green Mary Kuhlman David Corbin DeWayne Greim Andrew and Shannon Lang Raydell Cordell William Grennan Andrea Lang Mindy Cotner Haley Greve Josie Laurent Tricia Cottrell Haley Haas Sue A. Lawson Kerri Coughlin Judith Hancock Patricia Leaman Connie Crawford Chris Hawkinson Connie Lee Diane Crouch Colleen Heavican Cass Karen Levin Kara Dalen and Rosey Higgs Shari Hess Ryan Lewis Ryan Daly Mark Hewett Lynee Liermann Janey Dann Patricia and Harold Hollins John and Renee Lillard Pamela Davis Nancy Hornstein Sherryl Lilley Mary Deak Bonnie Horwich Marc Lowe Stephen and Susan DeCamp Gail Houghton Gary Luckert Todd DeFreece Jacob Houser Linda Mack David DeMarco Andrea Howard Anna Maio Catherine DePriest Laura Howell Nicole Malone Jeff Dickinson Heather Hoyt Ross and Jill Manhart Jaclyn DiGiacomo Oltmans Kristine Hull Martin Marchitto Dan Dixon Audrey Hulsey Doug and Laura Marr Maguerite Dunn Andrea Hunter Katherine Martikainen Jay Durmaskin John and Laura Iliff Janna Mattingly Pete Eckerman and Sarah Catherine Ingalls

— 17 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – December 15, 2020

Marie Mayer Jill Reiner Matt Walker Kaitlyn McClincy Kim Reiner Hughston Walkinshaw Patricia McGuire Butch and Kathy Roberts Kerby Wallace Cathy McManus Jossy Rogers Paula Wallace Sheila McNeill Christina Rohling Angela Waples Denise McNitt Marti Rosen-Atherton Diane Watson Lauren Medici John Rosman and Rod Carlson Josh Weible Barbara Motes Julie Ryan Theodore Wheeler Ruth Muchemore Jeanne and Pat Salerno Eloise White Joshua Mullady Susan Schonlau Mary Wiedman David Murphy Jeffrey Schweid Deb Wiese-Righter Courtney Mustoe Daena Schweiger Jonathan Wilhoft Lee Myers Melissa Seffens Tammy and John Williams Carrie Nath Betty Segell M. Eugene Williams Howard and Lee Needelman Jeffrey Seiken Nancy Williams Roxanne R. Nielsen Margaret Semin Peggy Wilmes Gail and Nancy Nielsen Theodore Sewell Ron Wilson Amy Niles Aelita Shats Ashley Spessard Sandy Nogg Blackmutt Consulting Dave Wingert William and Susan Oakes Katie Skorpinski Jim Winner Jim Othuse Jill Slupe Keith and Lisa Winton Katie Otten Shannon Snow Casey Wood Scott Parker Ashley Spessard Sheila Wrobel Tanya Patry Michael Steere Pam Yenko Helga Patterson William and Kathleen Steinke Charlotte Young Robert Patterson Randall T. Stevens Ryan Youtz and Veronica Wolf Alex Pearson Judy and Ted Stilwill Nick Zadina Pauline Pechnik Jeffery Stormberg Kathy Zaloudek Lilliana Petersen Thomas Stratman Fernando Zarate Deb Peterson Joni and Jason Street Brian Zdan Judy and Randy Pfeifer Mary Stultz M. Michele Phillips Janet Syslo Katie Pierce Paul Ternes Jim and Kathleen Piper Doug and Lori Thompson Joseph Pittack Mary Thomsen Ryan Pivonka Molly Toberer Bradley and Sara Point Jerry Toll Regi Powell Wendy Townley The BLUEBARN thrives Francie Prier Dorothy and Dean Tuma thanks to the generous financial support of our Priesman Stephen The Vallier Family friends and contributors. Stephanie Purcell Scott Van Den Top If you would like to make a Erik & Sara Quam Sally Vandeberghe donation, contact Heather Hoyt at 402-345-1576 ext. 6 or Stephanie Readman Christopher Violett [email protected] Georgiann Regan Roxanne Wach . Amy Reiner Madeline Wahl

— 18 — IN MEMORY OF… (DONOR) IN HONOR OF… (DONOR) Aaron Cass Amy Reiner Colleen Heavican Cass Chris Hawkinson, Ann Soderland Jennifer Kreitz-Couch Julie Huff Bob Benzel and Blanche Gerry Sullivan Kara Dalen Kyle Cartwright Doris Van Bibber Elizabeth Stinman Bill Gaus Brenda Chambers Judge Smith Camp Heather Hoyt McGill, Gotsdiner, Jonathan Wood, Workman and Lepp, P.C., L.L.O. Mary Keitel Jack Fox Brenda and Thomas Evans Kasey Hesse Jan and Gail Andersen Heather Belt Julia and Joseph Knezetic Louella Brown Laura Peet Erkes and Cory Erkes Allison Brown Marilyn Fox Purchase Mary and Kurt Davey Susan Clement Jerry Grassmeyer Eileen Sawyers Rooney Gray Judith Stoewe Francie Prier Randall T. Stevens Susan and Matthew Kamprath David Davies Anonymous Jerry Toll Pam Carter Will Stratman Daena Schweiger Thomas Stratman Jean Burggraf Sheri A. Johnson Janice Cooklin Joyce and Gus Johnson Mary and Doug Johnson Travis Halsey Georgiann Regan

We’d like to recognize the following gifts to the Bluebarn made in memory of a friend or loved one or in honor of a person or event. If you’d like to make memorial or tribute gift, contact Heather Hoyt at 402.345.1576 x6, [email protected], or include a notation with your mailed gift.

— 19 — At BLUEBARN we believe that artists should be honored for their work not only with applause but with a paycheck. We believe that every theatre artist deserves to be paid fairly for their work, and we are committed to providing payment to every actor or artist working in our theatre. To honor this commitment, BLUEBARN has established The Artists’ Fund to support the creative spirits who help continue and propel the life of the BLUEBARN. We recognize the following donors who have made contributions to The Artists’ Fund, and we’d like to add your name to this list! If you would like to contribute, please email Heather Hoyt at [email protected], or donate online at www.bluebarn.org.

Deb Ady Jeffrey Day John and Laura Iliff Vicki and Steven Allely Mary Deak Catherine Ingalls Judy Archer John and Carol Dennison Joanie Jacobson Dean Arkfeld and Peggy Marty and Helen Desilets Stephanie Jacobson Reinecke Jaclyn DiGiacomo Oltmans Lynette Anthony and Donna Tony and Susan Awender Tiffany Dunagan James Betty L. Beach Peggy Dunn Chris Janicek Thomas and Lee Belford Myrna Esluer Kay Johnson Bob Benzel and Gerry Sullivan Teri Fender Mary and Doug Johnson Sam Bertino Liz Fleissner Cheri Jones Katie Blesener and John Royster Sherry Fletcher Kim Jubenville Rob Block Jesse and Eileen Fonseca Sissy Silber Bluestem Prairie Foundation Betty Foster Mary Kerr Karen Bluvas Christopher and Lisa Fox George Kleine and Tom Knox Amy and Dennis Boesen Marilyn Fox Mogens Knudsen MaryLee Brock Weitz Family Foundation Merlyn Knudson and James Stephen and Anne Bruckner Sara Foxley Davis William Bucy Leslie Frederickson Susan Ann Koenig Arlene Burianek Darrel Frisch Karen Krall-Murphy Larry Carlson Bill Gaus Debbie and Steve Krambeck Leanne Carlson Susan Goldsmith Michael Kreikemeier Debbie Carman Jeff and Danielle Gordman Marie and Jack Kubat Jim and Anne Carroll Charitable DeWayne Greim Leslie A. Kuhnel Fund Dan Gallagher and Jeff Grinnell Andrea Lang Jeff Carstens DDS M. Kathlyn Gross Kathy Larimer Pamela Chase Haley Haas Dale and Toni Larsen John Christensen and Stacie Howard and Carol Hahn Sue A. Lawson Lamb Daniel Hamann Connie Lee Anthony and Kim Clark- Ellen Hargus Karen Levin Kaczmarek Michael and Leslie Harsh Alice Lindsay Babe Cohn Nancy Hemmingsen Patricia Lontor Susie and Dennis Collins Team Hesse Marc Lowe Bruce and Marsha Congdon Mark Hewett Marya Lucca-Thyberg Tricia Cottrell Denise Hill Mammel Foundation Curb Appeal Salon and Spa Shari Hofschire Don and Maureen Mangan Janey Dann Jacqueline Hoyt Moira J. Mangiameli Mary and Kurt Davey Julie Huff Ross and Jill Manhart Susan and David Davies Debra & Richard Humble Mark Manhart and Bonnie Gill Thatcher Davis Richard A. Hunt Karen and Michael Markey Philip Dawson John and Nancy Hurley Doug and Laura Marr

— 20 — Mele Mason Francie Prier Judy Torrens Gerry and Christy McAndrew Thomas Purcell Jim and Susan Tracy Deb and John McCollister Ruth Rath Dorothy and Dean Tuma M E McDaniel Elizabeth and Robert Recker Kent and Linda Tyler George and Carolyn McDonald Pegeen Reilly Jenny Pullen and Karol Ulmer James and Kathy McKain Bruce Reneaud and Kerry The Vallier Family R & D Nicklin Memorial Charity Dobson Bill Van Deest and Carol Wisner Fund Drive Therese Rennels Scott Van Den Top Alan Meyer Barbara Rennert Ann M. Van Hoff Steve and Jeanne Miller The Fred and Eve Simon Gail and Irv Veitzer Steve Mohr Charitable Foundation Christopher Violett James and Bobbie Montequin Anne and David Rismiller Judd and Pat Wagner Barbara Motes Marti Rosen-Atherton Paula Wallace Ruth Muchemore John Rosman and Rod Carlson Diane Watson Marie Murphy Susan Rothholz Tom and Sue Weidner Karen and Larry Nelsen Carol and Rick Russell Janet West Diana Nevins Deborah Savadge Lucia Williams and William Mary Newman Jeffrey Schweid Dittrick Gail and Nancy Nielsen Judy Schweikart Tammy and John Williams Roxanne R. Nielsen Richard Scott M. Eugene Williams Amy Niles Greg Searson Nancy Williams Thomas Obrien Margaret Semin George Wimmer and Ann Anonymous of BlueBarn Chris Shonka Beckenhauer Theater Ronda Simpson Dave Wingert James Ogden Sandra Smiley Keith and Lisa Winton Carolyn Owen Anderson Annette and Paul Smith Jackee Wise Richard and Mary Parrish Laurie Smith Camp Casey Wood Pauline Pechnik Susie and Stuart Smoler Jay Worden and Timothy Held Gail and Mervin Peck Brent Spencer and Jonis Agee Scott Working Grant Pedersen Joan Squires Robert Yazowski Laura Peet Erkes and Cory Erkes Mary Eileen Stark Charlotte Young Peter Kiewit Foundation Tony and Christine Swerczek Damian Zuerlein Deb Peterson Jeff and Sherry Taxman Amy and Tim Zweiback Jim and Kathleen Piper Suzanne Titus

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— 21 — BLUEBARN CARETAKERS

BLUEBARN celebrates its “BLUEBARN Caretakers” for Unknown, our 32nd year of kick-ass theater! “BLUEBARN Caretakers” are patrons who have made contributions in addition to their TRUBLU memberships. The donations we receive above and beyond our ticket sales and subscriptions are vital to BLUEBARN’s artistic success, and to the livelihoods of the artists responsible for that success. Thank you for believing in our work and supporting professional theatre in Omaha.

Barb Becker Dan Gallagher and Jeff Grinnell Stephanie Miske Katie Blesener and John Royster Kristine Hull James and Bobbie Montequin Amy Bones Anonymous Lynne Mytty Eddith Buis Mogens Knudsen Sandy Nogg Leanne Carlson Deborah and Steve Krambeck Patty and Steve Nogg Kara Dalen and Rosey Higgs Michael Kreikemeier Carolyn Owen Anderson Marty and Helen Desilets Karen Levin Don Westling and Jo Bartikoski Dan Dixon Don and Maureen Mangan George Wimmer and Ann Peggy Dunn Karen and Michael Markey Beckenhauer Bill Gaus Wayne Markus Dave Wingert

1989 2021

NEW YORK BORN – OMAHA RAISED

— 22 — THANK YOU to the following donors who contributed to the BLUEBARN during OMAHA GIVES in 2020. Thanks to you BLUEBARN raised $18,383 in one day!

Emily Andres David Corbin Jacobson Steven Martin Todd and Betiana Dean Arkfeld Raydell Cordell Mary Johnson Janna Mattingly Simon Susan Awender Mindy Cotner Carol Johnson Marie Mayer Sandy Smiley Steven Baker Connie Crawford Anna Jordan Kaitlyn McClincy Ann Smolsky Barbara Bakhit Kara Dalen Gary Kalis Sara McClure Ashley Spessard Elizabeth Banset Ryan Daly Howard and Gloria Betsy McDaniel Eileen Stark Kevin Barratt Dustin Davidson Kaslow James McKain William Steinke Angela Barry David Davies Nanci Kavich Sheila McNeill jeffrey stormberg Jo Bartikoski Susan P Davies Don Keelan-White Lauren Medici Thomas Stratman Kathryn Bass Jeff Day Sonia Keffer Jeanne Miller Joseph Sullivan Richard Beam Jeff Dickinson Mary Keitel Stephanie Miske Janet Syslo TOM BECKA James Douglas Justin Kemerling ruth muchemore Paul Ternes Ann Beckenhauer Linda Duckworth Elizabeth Kendall david murphy Molly M Toberer Heather Belt Marguerite Dunn Weisser duncan murphy Jerry Toll Jonathan Lori Ecklebe Mary Kerr Lynne Mytty Judy Torrens Benjamin- David Evans Jimmy Gail and Nancy Dorothy Tuma Alvarado Elizabeth Feltus Khandalavala Nielsen Roxanne Wach Robert Bennett Adrian Ferguson Elizabeth Kimball Roxanne Nielsen Pat and Judd Karen Benson Sherry Fletcher Melissa and Amy Niles Wagner Samuel Bertino Betty Foster Stephen King Katie Otten Shannon Walenta Doug and Liz Bisson Terry and Mollie William Kirby Robert Patterson Matt Walker Kathryn Blesener Foster George Kleine Laura Peet Erkes Hughston Karen Bluvas Devin Fox Mogens Knudsen Judy Pfeifer Walkinshaw Amy Boesen Angela Frey Lynn Knudtson M. Michele Phillips Paula Wallace Amy Bones Bill Gaus Ashley Kobza Joseph pittack Diane Watson Meghan Boucher Susan Goldsmith Deborah Krambeck Francie Prier Tom and Sue Allison Brown Eric Green Michael Kreikemeier Stephanie Purcell Weidner Sarah Brown Bill Grennan Jennifer Kreitz- Erik Quam Sarah Wengert Jean Burggraf Jeffrey Grinnell Couch Benjamin Theodore Wheeler Kristalynn Busskohl Haley Haas Mary Kuhlman Rasmussen Nancy Williams Diana Byrd Jeremy Hatch Leslie Kuhnel Sydney Readman M E Williams Katie Cameron Chris Hawkinson Andrea Lang Leslie Regan Philip and Sara Kim Carlson Colleen Heavican Andrew Lang Georgiann Regan Willson Leanne Carlson Cass Dale Larsen Kim Reiner Corey Wilson Barry Carman Timothy Held Josie Laurent Amy Reiner Jim Winner Debbie Carman Kasey Hesse Sue Lawson Katherine Roberts Jonathan Wood Kyle Cartwright Denise Hill Patricia Leamen Ariel Roblin Casey Wood John Cavanaugh Andrea Hoig Connie Lee Christina Rohling Scott Working Brenda Chambers BONNIE HORWICH Lynee Liermann Eileen Sawyers Nick Zadina Debra Christensen Jacob Houser Alice Lindsay Susan Schonlau Brian Zdan Kim and Anthony Heather Hoyt Maureen Mangan Mark Schulze Clark-Kaczmarek Jackie Hoyt Moira Mangiameli Kathleen Susan Clement Kristine Hull Jill Manhart Schwarting Diane Coffin AUDREY HULSEY Martin Marchitto Daena Schweiger Susan Collins Laura Iliff Mike Markey Jeffrey Seiken Kathryn Colon Taylor Jackson katherine Chris Shonka Michael Combs Stephanie martikainen Peter Silberstein — 23 — Maybe it’s time for a change. If you’ve been home alone lately, you may be feeling a little less than yourself. At Immanuel Communities, you’re supported and empowered to live your best life. Here, we’re strong. And so are you. Schedule a visit today at Immanuel.com

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