STAGES REPERTORY THEATRE PRESENTS

Presented with special support from The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts

by Lucy Kirkwood

February 13 - March 3, 2019

[NSFW: Not Safe For Work – online material which the viewer may not want to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting such as at work]

For Mature Audiences - contains adult themes, strong language and partial nudity. COMING SOON Kenn McLaughlin Artistic Director Mark Folkes Managing Director

Directed by LESLIE SWACKHAMER

STARRING NSFW DEBORAH HOPE* STANLEY ANDREW by Lucy Kirkwood JACKSON III* DAYNE LATHROP DONNA BELLA LITTON DAVID MATRANGA* THOMAS PRIOR* Properties Designer JODI BOBROVSKY LIGHTING DESIGNER DEVLIN BROWNING SCENIC DESIGNER RYAN MCGETTIGAN book and lyrics by Howard Ashman COSTUME DESIGNER music by Alan Menken KRISTINA MILLER SOUND DESIGNER/ ASSISTANT DIRECTOR March 6 – April 28, 2019 PETER TON DIALECT COACH [NSFW: Not Safe For Work – online material which the viewer may not JIM JOHNSON want to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting such as at work] This smash sci-fi musical has devoured bloom offers the promise of fame and ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HANNAH MEADE the hearts of theatre-goers for over 30 fortune, but Seymour soon discovers years! A nerdy flower shop clerk named that the mysterious “Audrey II” also has PRODUCTION STAGE February 13 - March 3, 2019 MANAGER Seymour stumbles across a new breed a taste for blood, ominous origins and STAGES’ ARENA THEATRE JAMIE L. CEGELSKI of plant which he affectionately names an insatiable appetite for power! after his secret crush, Audrey. The exotic * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and For Mature Audiences - contains adult themes, strong language and partial nudity. Stage Managers in the United States

First performed at The Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Sloan Square, London, on 25 October 2012

GENEROUS SUPPORT PROVIDED BY: LEAD PRESENTING SPONSOR The Brown Foundation, Inc. The Humphreys Foundation Houston Endowment, Inc. The Wortham Foundation, Inc. The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts

Stages is funded in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance. TICKETS START AT $25 Call 713.527.0123 or visit stagestheatre.com FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR I have a Facebook profile that I haven’t visited in six years. I am not on Twitter or Instagram or Snapchat or any other such thing that could be named. It’s not that I don’t see wondrous value in the advances in communication. And I fully admit that when I am shown a Facebook post or page, I LOVE seeing the adventures of my friends as they discover this or that, grow their families, vote or protest or whatever it is that they want to broadcast. But if I’m being honest, I don’t experience any of this media as “connecting” me to anyone else. And I never forget that it is all commerce—a host of platforms that fuel corporate profit by exploiting the human desire to connect. But long before the social media revolution, print media empires were built from the same commercial cloth. Magazines selling visions of a better world, a better life, a better self have been the staples of grocery store check-out lines for decades. Generations of us have grown up bombarded by marketing images of an ideal life; images of beauty, power, fame, money, sex and prosperity that are richly seductive. What is the price of this century-long immersion in media for profit? Lucy Kirkwood is a brilliant writer who knows there is no simple answer to this question. In NSFW (a social media acronym for material that is “not safe for work”) Kirkwood weaves a host of threads about media influence, the economics of contemporary culture, and the desperation of modern youth into a complex commentary on today’s world. She is writing about the environment that has given us Brexit, the Arab Spring, protests in France, division in America and she is brave enough to make us laugh as we consider it all. I first read NSFW six years ago just after it was published. I instantly loved the play and knew PROVIDING ENERGY. that one day, if the fates were on our side, we’d produce it here at Stages. I feel this is the most incredible moment to consider the paradoxical brilliance of this story. On a basic level, this play IMPROVING LIVES. deals with the objectification of women in media. There are layers, however, that take us much deeper into the mechanics of a society that has for so long advanced—and profited—from Phillips 66 is committed to improving lives in the such behaviors. Both Charlotte and Sam, the youth in the story, face impossible choices in order to find work. They are displaced and underemployed. And the promises they have been communities where we live and work. That’s why Phillips 66 sold have all been falsehoods. Yet the engine of media exploitation grinds on and their very is proud to support Stages Repertory Theatre. survival depends on their support of a failing system. Will they comply and perpetuate a toxic social structure or will they rebel and change the world? And if there is to be a cultural revolution, how will the young warriors spread the word? I hear tell social media platforms are good for that. Who cares if they make a few bucks helping out? Phillips66.com

© 2017 Phillips 66 Company. All rights reserved. CM 17-0615 Kenn McLaughlin STAGES REPERTORY THEATRE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR Founded in 1978, Stages advances theatre Dear Stages friends, and enlivens culture to make a more vibrant Houston. We present a broad scope of plays and This year, Stages will complete construction musicals in an intimate setting, creating powerful on our new home, The Gordy, that will officially connections between plays and people. Our open less than a year from now in January 2020. theatre experiences range from jukebox musicals This $32 million venue will house three unique and family entertainment to world premieres and new plays by emerging writers. The common link performance spaces ranging from 135 to 251 seats, throughout Stages’ work is a focus on sharing not only preserving the intimacy that Stages artists compelling human stories in intimate performance and audiences have come to admire, but actually spaces that allow audiences to connect with both amplifying it, creating unparalleled theatrical the art on stage and the people who help create it. experiences unique in our region. Stages has grown to become Houston’s leading mid-sized theatre company, the city’s sixth largest nonprofit performing arts producer overall, and the largest outside of Houston’s downtown In the months ahead, the Board, staff and artists of this company will continue theatre district. Stages is one of the region’s leading artistic employers, producing an average of 12 preparations to better understand our new reality. We prepare for a future that strives productions per year totaling more than 380 performances and welcoming 65,000+ visitors each to preserve the culture and spirit that has lifted Stages to where we are today, but season. also leverages the new tools and resources we’ll have available to do our work to Almost all of Stages’ shows are rehearsed and constructed on-site in Houston, brought to life by the fullest extent possible. We have dreamed about this moment for many years. an exceptional community of locally-based artists and craftspeople along with occasional guest Thank you for being part of this transformation by being with us here today. Your directors, actors and designers from around the world. For more than a decade Stages has made participation as audience members, subscribers, donors, volunteers and general a strong investment in nurturing emerging artists and administrators who have now become field leaders and working professionals in companies around the country. all-around cheerleaders has lifted us to new heights. Stages’ learning opportunities include our student matinee series, performance and production In February, Stages hosts our annual fundraising gala, this year themed The Night internship programs for college students and a conservatory each summer for middle and high Garden, honoring Glenda and Russell Gordy with the Theodore Award for Visionary school students. Through our community engagement initiatives, during the 2018-2019 Season Leadership in celebration of their leadership gift to Stages capital campaign, Staging nearly 20% of Stages audiences will experience our work free of charge through programs like free Our Future: A Transformational Campaign for Stages. The Gala is Stages’ most performances at Miller Outdoor Theatre and our Sin Muros Theatre Festival, a celebration of Latinx voices and stories reflecting Texas’s diverse communities. significant annual fundraiser, providing critical funds that support our $4.1 million annual operating budget. We are on track to make this Stages’ most successful Stages began life in the historic Magnolia Ballroom building in downtown Houston, led by Founding Artistic Director Ted Swindley and building on the passion and commitment of a talented group of fundraiser in our 41-year history, generating over $450,000 in support of artistic and artists. In 1985, we moved to our current two-theatre facility in the historic Star Engraving Building education programs. Sincere thanks to Chairs Judy and Jim Nicklos, Underwriting on Allen Parkway, and became Houston’s second Equity theatre in 1988. Chairs Brenda and Bradley Jones, and Auction Chair Alicia Gordy for their leadership Artistic Director Kenn McLaughlin joined the company in 2001, serving as managing director for in making this year’s event a success, as well as lead supporters Glenda and Russell five years before becoming the theatre’s longest-tenured artistic leader. Current managing director Gordy, Midway Companies and Isla and T.R. Reckling, III. Mark Folkes arrived in 2015, positioning us for a new era of transformational growth. Stay tuned in the months ahead as we begin to share more about The Gordy. With In December 2014, Stages achieved a landmark goal with the purchase of our longtime Allen Parkway home from the City of Houston. That facility includes our two theatre spaces along with costume and concrete poured and steel up across the street at our new home, I’m more confident scene shops, entertainment spaces and administrative offices. Each theatre contains fewer than than ever that you’ll be thrilled with what this venue is able to do for this organization 175 seats, so no seat is ever more than 25 feet from the stage. that we all hold so close to our hearts. The 2018-2019 Season marks Year Four of an ambitious five-year strategic plan outlining a bold Sincerely, vision for Stages’ future, including major investments in facility infrastructure, artistic programming, human resources and education and community engagement initiatives. With sustained investment from philanthropic and community partners, construction is now underway on The Gordy, our new three-theatre venue funded through a $32 million capital campaign and slated to open during the Mark D. A. Folkes 2019-2020 Season. With a design unlike any other in our region, this unique campus is poised to bring Managing Director audiences and artists closer to each other than ever before. Join the next generation of arts FROM THE DIRECTOR supporters and leaders! Leslie Swackhamer The great French dramatist, Moliere, believed that he could have no higher occupation than to “attack the vices of my age by making them ridiculous.” With NSFW, Lucy Kirkwood takes up Moliere’s mantel in the 21st century. Her prescient satire, written five years ago, is perhaps even more timely now. The #metoo movement is a global reckoning of the culture of Members of our new Young Patrons Circle represent the future of Stages misogyny and sexual violence that has infected every and get to know each other as well as other key supporters and Board members level of society. Kirkwood is going after the root of through special events throughout the year. Young Patrons are 45 and under and this toxic mess through her focus on the machine of donate at least $1,000 each season to our Annual Fund. media, which commodifies and monetizes the human body. How does objectification lead to dehumanization, Benefits include: and what is the toll of that trend? Our media promote YOUNG PATRONS damaging images of women and men that perpetuate beauty standards and gender Invitations for you and a guest to exclusive Young STEERING norms that are full of toxic levels of insecurity and self-loathing. And, the proliferation of Patrons events, including happy hours, previews of COMMITTEE Stages productions and behind-the-scenes experiences representations on the internet has only upped the ante for print journalism. Once clear with Stages artists Lauren Hagerich limits of propriety have been irrevocably breached. Chair Special Young Patrons pricing on season subscriptions Krish Arora We live in a complex world, in which images in media cannot help but affect us. and Gala tables / tickets Liz Cavenaugh Listen and watch, as Kirkwood skillfully expands her lens to encompass the concomitant All the benefits of being an Impresario Bronze level Kristi Gollwitzer issues of personal integrity, privacy, consent, and even capitalism. The kids in this play represent the first generation in modern times faced with diminishing economic prospects. donor (gifts of $1,500 or more) for a donation of $1,000 Martin Gollwitzer as a Young Patron: When paying one’s rent becomes difficult even for someone with a university degree, what Kaitlyn Merz • Invitations to private receptions before each Opening is the world coming to? This is another kind of climate change. Cameron Springer Night performance (show tickets not included) I am always looking to engage my audience in some sort of public discourse that will cause • Invitation to join members of the Board of Directors a deeper examination of the world we live in, and our ability to change it. and other Stages supporters at our annual holiday celebration After all, we are all sitting together in the theatre, the original sacred “seeing space”. • Invitation to an exclusive annual season launch event Hopefully what we experience is something that challenges our notions of who we are, • Invitation to Stages’ annual end-of-season celebration where we have come from, and what we can become. And, ideally, our engagement will with the artists who make it all possible have a sense of sharing, and our most potent instigator of insight—laughter. Some of our • Personal concierge for all ticketing and subscription needs most insightful “aha’s” happen amidst the “haha’s”. Enjoy! • Print recognition in the program for every Stages production Leslie Swackhamer Director QUESTIONS? Contat Jordan Smith at 346.571.3200 or [email protected] ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

David Matranga Actor David - let’s start at the beginning. Where are you from? I’m from Houston, TX, born and raised. I grew up here, did my K-12 schooling here, then went off to college at Texas State in San Marcos, then to NYC, then to Yale School of Drama, then back to NYC, until I landed back in good ol’ Houston. You’ve been a part of the Houston theatre scene for over 15 years. How has it changed? What’s exciting about NSFW? Well, it’s changed in so many great ways, it’s almost hard to Lucy Kirkwood’s words are very exciting to wrap narrow those down, but I think the two largest changes I’ve your head around and live inside of. The rhythm and seen are, first, the sheer amount of work that’s being produced punctuation that she uses are akin to a musical score in Houston now. There are so many great theatre companies and give you great clues as you approach the role. I here now that are producing wonderful, challenging and love words and I love punctuation and how they are engaging work. It really gives Houston theatregoers an both constructed to convey meaning and intention. amazing palette of stories to see. Secondly, the talent pool of This play has that in spades. The content and themes theatre artists has increased exponentially over the last 15 years. I can’t say enough about the that this play illuminates also make it very exciting to stellar talent I’ve come across since moving back here 8 years ago. From designers, to actors, to get to work on. theatre artistic and management staff, the bar has been raised very high. This cast and creative What’s challenging about acting in NSFW? team are a perfect example of that. Haha! All the same things as the above question! The You have a long history on stage at Stages. Out of all of your work at Stages, what stands out as characters are complicated and human and full of the one that you’re most proud of? Why? contradiction. They all live in the grey area that makes Wow, that’s a really hard question to answer. Stages has been an artistic home to me for at being a human being challenging as we navigate our least 10 years now. I did my one of my first professional productions out of undergraduate here world. I’m fascinated and genuinely interested in what back in 2002, prior to leaving for NYC, and then returned in 2009 to work on Grey Gardens. In drives people to make the choices they make and addition to feeling supported in my artistic growth, I have always felt that I was treated as a take the actions that they take. As the actor, I feel a true collaborator at Stages. I can’t say enough about how valuable that is to a career. Honestly, responsibility to tell their story in the most authentic I would have to say that my overall body of work here is what makes me most proud. From Grey way possible, while navigating all the twists and turns Gardens to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, to the one man show, Mistakes Were Made, that a character might go through. That’s always the and everything in between, I’ve been given opportunities to play against type and challenged to challenge of the work. And the fun. step out of my comfort zone, and that makes all the difference. What do you hope audiences take away from NSFW? What’s been your most memorable moment on stage? I hope audiences can see the humanity in these I think the final moments of In the Next Room… or The Vibrator Play would be at the top of the characters and walk away with more questions about list, although when asked this question many moments come to mind. But there was something how sexual objectification and the endless search about those final moments, the music, the vulnerability and connection of the husband and wife for more separates us and keeps us from finding and their new understanding of each other made that really special. true connection with each other; that the way we get You have a long history working with director Leslie Swackhamer. What makes your socialized as men and women and people impacts our collaboration so successful? true understanding of one another. I think this play, like Leslie and I speak the same artistic language and both our instincts fire together in a pretty any good play, in my opinion, shows you people living seamless way. It’s not an easy thing to describe, but I felt that from the very first time I met her their lives in a certain context and space in time and and auditioned for her for the Stages production of Man From Nebraska. I knew right then, after allows you to have your own unique response to it. being in the room for 3 minutes, that I wanted to work with her. She knows what works and I love talkbacks for that reason. I love to hear how a what doesn’t and isn’t afraid to express that and make those changes. She respects her actors story impacts the individuals watching it. and collaborators and demands the best. I trust her eye, her intelligence, her aesthetic and her instincts about how best to tell the story, and that allows me to focus on doing my part in crafting that story. Those are just a few reasons! Stages’ productions of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (top), In the Next Room... (second), Mistakes Were Made (third), Man from Nebraska (bottom). Photos by Amitava Sarkar and Bruce Bennett. WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO

CLUB: Two Cats and a Kid (Evalina Bell); AC- STARRING TORS’ THEATRE WORKSHOP: Preacherosity (Christine). FILM/TV: Law & Aorder, America’s Deborah Hope* Miranda Most Wanted, Walker: Texas Ranger, Sons of Stanley Andrew Jackson III* . Sam Thunder, Space Cowboys, Without Warning: The James Brady Story, The Face of the Ser- Dayne Lathrop ...... Rupert pent, Twisted Fear. Trained at the American Donna Bella Litton . . . .Charlotte Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York and with such luminaries as Uta Hagen, Edward Albee, David Matranga* Aidan Annalee Jefferies, Michael Shurtleff and Cecil Thomas Prior* . . . Mr. Bradshaw Pickett, to name a few.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the DEBORAH HOPE* (Miranda) A.D. PLAYERS: DAYNE LATHROP (Rupert) Stages: My Manana United States God’s Favorite (Rose Benjamin); 4TH WALL: Reckless (Doctors 1-6); STAGES: Who Am I Comes, Panto Goldilocks (Shame’s Blond), This Time? (Doris/Gloria), Shear Madness (Mrs. The Catastrophic Theatre: Everything Will be Shubert), Searching for Eden (Eve), Communi- Different (Freddie) Buried Child (Vince), Stark PRODUCTION CREDITS cating Doors (Ruella), Company (Amy), Memory Naked Theatre: Ho Ho Humbug (Actor 3). BA: Show Control Programmer/ of Water (Violet), Fit To Be Tied (Nessa), Jack Sam Houston State University. Light Board Operator and Jill (Jill), Heart of a Woman (Mary Alice/ Antonio Lopez Hotel Mgr./Darla), Three Viewings (Mac), The Maiden’s Prayer (Cynthia); NOBLE MOTION Deck Crew DANCE THEATRE: L’Dor Vador (Rader); KAPLAN Samuel Newton THEATRE: Cabaret (Kit Kat Girl); CELEBRATION Wardrobe Crew THEATRE: Love, Loss & What I Wore (Various STANLEY ANDREW JACKSON III* (Sam) Stages: Swimming While Drowning (Mila) David Jezek Women); MAIN STREET THEATER: A Piece of My Heart (MaryJo), Marisol (June); HOUS- International—New Zealand/Australia—Pop- TON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: A Midsummer up Globe Theatre Company: Romeo & Juliet Night’s Dream (Titania/Hippolyta), Measure for (Mercutio), Twelfth Night (Malvolio), Henry NSFW will be performed with no Measure (Mistress Overdone); THEATRE LaB: V (Dauphin), As You Like It (Celia); London— intermission. Any taping, filming, The Kathy & Mo Show, Dark Rapture (Julia); Embassy Theatre:The Suicide (Artistarkh), recording or broadcast of this play NEW HEIGHTS THEATRE:The Glass Mendaci- Webber Douglas Theatre: Revengers’ Tragedy is strictly prohibited. Please turn off ty (Maggie), Me & Jezebel (Elizabeth); BAYOU (Lussurioso); Regional—Baltimore Center Stage: A Wonder In My Soul (Andrew); Source CITY CONCERT MUSICALS: A Little Night Music DONNA BELLA LITTON (Charlotte) Houston, TX: phones and other electronic devices Theatre Company: Dontrell, Who Kissed the (Charlotte); THE ACTORS’ THEATRE: Inspecting Dirt Dogs Theatre Co: Talk Radio (Debbie/June/ as a courtesy to other patrons and to Sea (Dontrell); National Gallery of Art: Forward Carol (Zora Bloch); THE ACTORS’ WORKSHOP: Julia). Queensbury Theatre: Elf (Ensemble). the actors. 54th! (Alex), GALA Hispanic Theatre:Thoughts Rumours (Chris), A Girl’s Guide to Chaos (Cleo); Santa Fe, NM: Littleglobe Inc: Firerock: Pass of a Colored Man (Passion). TV/Film—Power NATIONAL TOUR: Whatever Happened to Black the Spark (Ana). Greer Garson Theatre: Red Rangers Ninja Steel. Education—MA:Royal Love? (Jessica Adams); EDINBURGH FRINGE Light Winter (Christina), Side By Side By Central School of Speech and Drama; FESTIVAL: The Kathy & Mo Show; NEW YORK/ Sondheim (Ensemble), The Threepenny Opera BFA:Howard University. OFF-BROADWAY: THE PRODUCER’S CLUB: (Lucy Brown), Heathers: The Musical (Veronica Drummers, Dreams & Family Matters (Millie); Sawyer), Wild Talk (Emma Elbaz), String of VITAL THEATRE: The World’s Longest Kiss (Lily), Pearls (Amy/Jitters/Abby), The Cave Dwellers Politics & Bedfellows (Tillie Luck), Voices Car- (Girl). BFA: Santa Fe University of Art and Design. ry (Cabaret Performer); ABINGDON THEATRE: Donna Bella spends time off with her cat Minnie, About Face (Marilyn); SKIRBALL CENTER FOR partner Richard, and his dog Khan. THE PERFORMING ARTS: Home for the Holi- days (Mrs. Spencer); MANHATTAN THEATRE WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO

Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville). Film and Do, I Do!, Death of a Salesman, Three Sisters, Hole, In The Next Room Or The Vibrator Play, TV: Dropa, Be Not Afraid, Occupy Texas, Law Philadelphia, Here I Come, Deathtrap. Film/ Straight White Men, Failure: A Love Story, & Order, All My Children, As The World Turns. Television: Warning: Parental Advisory, Law Amy’s View, The Man From Nebraska, Lady, David has also voiced over 150 animated and Order. Numerous commercials, voice-overs The Andrews Brothers, and The Great American characters including the smash new Anime hit, and industrials. Education: MFA, University Trailer Park Musical. Other productions: ACT My Hero Academia, where he voices the role of of Houston, BFA, Carnegie-Mellon University. Theatre (Seattle. Where she was associate Todoroki, Bertholdt Hoover in Attack on Titan, Proud to have worked / studied with the artistic director): A Christmas Carol, Going To Wave in Akame Ga Kill, Harlock (streaming following artists: Sir Peter Hall, Edward Albee, St. Ives (world premiere),Old Wicked Songs, on Netflix),Halo Legends and Sony’s Starship Stuart Ostrow, Sidney Berger, David Costabile, The Nina Variations (world premiere), Avenue Troopers: Invasion. Training: Yale School of Ron Van Lieu, Slava Dolgachev, Bobby Lewis, X, LaterLife. The Cleveland Play House (where Drama. Follow him on Twitter @davidmatranga1 Elizabeth Orion, Mel Shapiro. Mr. Prior is she was also artistic associate): The Baltimore & IG @matrangadavid currently a Professor of Theatre at Sam Houston Waltz, Japanese Ghost Stories, The Butcher’s State University and is a proud 31-year member Daughter, Reckless, The Dwarfs, The Nung DAVID MATRANGA (Aidan) is excited to be of Actors’ Equity Association. He dedicates this Kua Ma, Elegies For Angels, Puns And Raging returning to Stages where he was last seen in show to his wife, Katie. Queens, Why There Are No Tigers In Borneo, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance switching Aesop’s Fabulous Fables, Talk To Me Like LUCY KIRKWOOD (Playwright) In 2009, her between the roles of Ransome Foster and The Rain, Love And Science, Our Town/Your play It Felt Empty When the Heart Went at First Liberty Valance. He spent the better part of last Town, Mix & Match, What About Me?, Country but Is Alright Now was produced by Clean season at the Alley Theatre where he played Beyond Tears. The Last Schwartz (Florida Studio Break Theatre Co. at the Arcola Theatre. It was multiple roles in The Great Society before Theatre), Wit (Madison Repertory Theatre) nominated for the Evening Standard Award for traveling to Dallas Theater Center with the What Corbin Knew (Madison Repertory Best Newcomer and made Lucy joint winner same production. Other recent productions Theatre, world premiere), Much Ado About of the John Whiting Award. NSFW premiered include: Alley All New reading of Amerikin, Nothing (Seattle Shakespeare Festival, Seattle at the Royal Court Theatre in 2012. Chimerica Holmes & Watson (Alley Theatre), Harvey (AD Times Best Shakespeare), The Psychic Life Of premiered at the Almeida Theatre in 2013 and Players) Alley All New workshop production of Savages (Empty Space Theatre, Seattle Times subsequently transferred to the West End, Rob Askin’s The Carpenter. Straight White Men Award: Best Bravura Performance), Mrs. Klein winning Best New Play at the 2014 Olivier and (Stages), A Coffin In Egypt starring Frederica THOMAS PRIOR* (Mr. Bradshaw) Stages: Panto (American Stage Company, U.S. Premiere), Lost Evening Standard Awards, the Critics Circle von Stadt at Lincoln Center, Marie Antoinette Cinderella, Xanadu, Road Show, Searching In Yonkers (American Stage), Whales Of August Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. (Stages), Macbeth/Merchant Of Venice for Eden, The Spitfire Grill, I Love You, (Tacoma Actors Guild), Driving Miss Daisy In 2016 The Children premiered at the Royal (Houston Shakes) Failure: A Love Story, (Stages) You’re Perfect, Now Change, Convenience, (Tacoma Actors Guild), Yerma (Grex), Escape Court. Mosquitoes, presented by special Dollhouse (Stages), You Can’t Take It With You Syncopation (Houston Press Best Actor Award), From Happiness (Dobama), Alien Victems arrangement with Manhattan Theatre Club, (Alley Theatre), The Hollow (Alley Theatre), Romance, Romance, Elizabeth Rex, Company, Tell All (Seattle Repertory Theatre, world opened at the National Theatre in 2017. Showboat (Houston Grand Opera), Miss Julie The Memory of Water. Theatre Under the Stars: premiere), Some Things That Can Go Wrong (CTC), Comedy Of Errors/Hamlet (Houston 110 in the Shade. Classical Theatre Company: LESLIE SWACKHAMER (Director) is delighted At 35,000 Feet (Eldred Theatre), The Curious Shakespeare Festival), In The Next Room or An Enemy of the People, A Christmas Carol, to be directing her lucky thirteenth show at Savage (New Harmony Theatre), Leonardo The Vibrator Play (Stages), Uncle Vanya (CTC), The Merchant of Venice, Tartuffe, Antigone. Stages, which she considers her artistic home. Haiku (Slovakia International Theatre Festival), Mistakes Were Made (Stages) A Christmas Prague Shakespeare Company: The Merchant A passionate advocate of new work, and work Lysistrata Project (Seattle Town Hall), The Red Carol (Alley Theatre) Yankee Tavern, Auntie of Venice, King Lear, As You Like It. Houston by women, she is also the Executive Director Room (Richard Hugo House, world premiere). Mame, Complete History of America Abridged, Shakespeare Festival: Cymbeline, Julius of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the oldest Opera companies where she has directed Man From Nebraska and Grey Gardens (Joe Caesar, Romeo & Juliet, Love’s Labours Lost, and largest international prize specifically include the San Francisco Opera, Washington Kennedy Jr./Jerry), Lobster Alice, all at Stages Hamlet, As You Like It. Unity Theatre: Becky’s recognizing women playwrights. She has National Opera (Kennedy Center), Opera pa Repertory Theatre. The Armageddon Dance New Car, Shooting Star, You Never Can Tell, workshopped, directed or produced over 100 Skaret (Sweden), Vancouver Opera, Opera Party (World Premiere, NYC Fringe), Ophelia: The Philadelphia Story. University of Houston/ new works at theatre and opera companies Carolina, Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Opera In Blue (Hamlet). Other Regional theatre Alley Theatre: All My Sons. Main Street Theater: across America. The Houston Press honored Opera Omaha, Madison Opera, Dayton Opera, include: originating the roles of Patrick in 110 My Wonderful Day, Copenhagen, Three- Leslie as “Best Director, 2015” for her extended and Opera in the Heights. She is currently Flights and General Longstreet in General Cornered Hat. A.D. Players: The Winslow Boy, and sold-out run of David Adjmi’s Marie developing a new opera based on Khaled Desdemona at the 1st Annual Proctors New Play The Importance of Being Earnest, The Sanders Antoinette at Stages. Other Stages productions: Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, slated Festival, Pride and Prejudice (Dallas Theater Family Christmas. Barnstormers Theatre The Revisionist, My Mañana Comes, Rabbit for productions in 2020. She is also working Center), The King Stag (Yale Rep), A Christmas (Tamworth, NH) Over 80 productions including I WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO with HGOco on a new opera commission based Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson. For Classical KRISTINA MARIE MILLER (Costume Designer) (Assistant Director), Mack and Mabel (Assistant on female rodeo riders, titled Turn and Burn. Theater Company, costume designs for: Ghosts, is a theatrical designer and Assistant Lecturer Projection Designer); Main Street Theater: Upcoming productions: Constellations (Alley Tartuffe, and Antigone. Her scenic design in the Department of Performance Studies at (Projection Designer) Daisy, Junie B. Jones is Theatre) and Cinched and Strapped (Theatre models have been exhibited at the American Texas A&M University. Past designs for Stages Not a Crook, The Wizard of Oz, Copenhagen, 3, Dallas), Madame Butterfly (Opera Omaha). Institute of Architecture. She has been featured include End of the Rainbow, Girls Night: the Bunnicula, Mockingbird, RFK, Red-Hot Patriot; Also an educator, Ms. Swackhamer has taught in The Houston Press’s “Top 100 Creatives” blog. Musical and Sexy Laundry. Most recently, her (Projection Engineer) Shrek, the Musical, Silent theatre and guest-directed at the University work was seen at The Landing Theatre Company Sky; Horse Head Theatre Company: (Sound\ DEVLIN BROWNING (Lighting Designer) of Washington, University of Texas (Austin), in Houston, TX where she received a Laura Video Designer) The Flick; The Sonic Life of For Stages Repertory Theatre, Devlin has lit Oklahoma City University, Cornish College of the Award for artistic excellence in both scenic and a Giant Tortoise; 4th Wall Theatre Company: productions of Ann, My Manana Comes, The Arts, Rice University, University of Houston and costume design for the world premiere of Exit Reckless (Video Designer); Gravity Players: The Book of Maggie (World Premiere), Marie Sam Houston State University. She holds an MFA 27. Scenic design credits include TH3 B3GGARS Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Video Designer); Antoinette, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator in Directing from the University of Washington OP3RA (A&M); Exit 27 (The Landing Theatre Mildred’s Umbrella: (Director) Pretty Little Play), Panto Mother Goose, Auntie Mame, The School of Drama and is a member of the Company); All in the Timing (Renegade Theatre White Girls (short), The Bake Sale (short); Great American Trailer Park Musical, Honky professional unions AGMA, SDC, and Canadian Festival); Measure for Measure (Blueprint Misnomers: (Director) Glen or Glenda (reading) Tonk Angels, and Cinderella. Devlin also lit The Actor’s Equity. www.leslieswackhamer.com Theatre Company). Costume design credits Rice Players: (Director) The Glass Menagerie. Designated Mourner for Catastrophic Theatre, include The Yeomen of the Guard (The Ohio Light Film / TV: (Director) “Trial Three Seven”, “BLUE” JODI BOBROVSKY (Properties Designer) As The Noblest of Drugs and Edmond for Infernal Opera); Exit 27 (The Landing Theatre Company); (2018), “eumenides” (Cannes Film Festival, 2013); resident Properties Master at Stages Repertory Bridegroom Productions, What the Butler Saw RENT (MSU); Trojan Women (MSU); Leading Education: B.F.A., Sam Houston State University, Theatre, and a freelance artist and designer with Main Street Theater, The Guardian (World Ladies (Summer Circle Theatre Company); Theatre – Acting\Directing. in Houston over the last 25 years, she has Premiere) for I’m Ready Productions, and Tartuffe (A&M); Bus Stop (A&M); The Tempest collaborated with a host of regional arts Medea for dAdA Productions. Devlin has also JIM JOHNSON (Dialect Coach) has coached (Blueprint Theatre Company). Lighting design organizations, designing scenery, props, and provided lighting for An Evening of Art Songs & many productions at Stages Repertory, including credits include Far Away and This is a Chair costumes for: Main Street Theater, Generations Arias by Sing for Hope benefiting Avenue 360 The Whipping Man, Veronica’s Room, and The (MSU); No Exit (A&M). Design awards include Theater, The Ensemble Theatre, Infernal (formerly Bering Omega) from 2006 until 2015. Language Archive. He has also coached at Pulsar Award for best lighting design (Far Away Bridegroom Productions, The Catastrophic He is a graduate of the School of Theatre and Prague Shakespeare Company, Houston Grand and This is a Chair, 2009) Lansing MI; Pulsar Theatre, Unity Theatre, Mildred’s Umbrella, 4th Dance at the University of Houston. Opera, Alley Theatre, American Shakespeare, Award for best costume design (Trojan Women, Wall Theater, Houston Grand Opera, Houston and many others. He is a founder of AccentHelp. RYAN MCGETTIGAN (Scenic Designer) Stages: 2010) Lansing MI; Laura Award for excellence in Ballet, Moore’s School of Opera, and The com, which offers over 45 different accent Marie Antoinette (Best Set Design Award - scenic design (Exit 27, 2013) Houston TX; Laura University of Houston School of Theatre. Her materials. Jim is a Professor at the UH School of Houston Press), Straight White Men, Failure: A Award for excellence in costume design (Exit scenic designs include: Stages Repertory Theatre & Dance, and this summer he will return Love Story, The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps 27, 2013) Houston TX. Kristina holds an M.F.A Theatre: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, to Prague Shakespeare for his fourth summer and Gowns, The Language Archive, Next to in theatrical production design from Michigan The Whipping Man, which won a Best of teaching and coaching, where he will perform Normal; Theatre Under the Stars: The Rocky State University and B.F.A in theatre from Houston award for Scenic Design, Yankee as Prospero in The Tempest, directed by his Horror Show, Million Dollar Quartet, Smokey Tarleton State University. Tavern, A Picasso, An Infinite Ache, and wife, Carolyn Johnson. When he’s not working Joe’s Cafe. TUTS Underground: The Sweet Elizabeth Rex. Unity Theatre: The Fantasticks, PETER TON (Sound Designer/Assistant on productions, he’s traveling and recording Potato Queens, Striking 12, Bonnie & Clyde Scotland Road. Main Street Theater: The Director) Alley Theatre: The Carpenter accents. First Date, LMNOP, Reefer Madness; Classical Coast of Utopia, The House of Spirits, Intimate (Assistant Director); Stages: Panto Star Force Theatre Company: The Birds, Christmas Carol, HANNAH MEADE (Assistant Director) This is Apparel, and The Weir which a Best of Houston (Assistant Projection Designer), Swimming Doctor Faustus, Ubu Roi; Glimmerglass Festival: Hannah’s Stages Debut! Sam Houston State award for production design. For Houston Ballet, While Drowning (Sound\Video Designer), Trouble in Tahiti, The Odyssey (World Premiere), University: Actually (Director), Clybourne properties design for the new Stanton Welch We Are Proud to Present… (Sound\Video Wilde Tales (World Premiere); New Orleans Park (Assistant Director), The Lonesome West ballet, The Nutcracker, in collaboration with Designer) Alma en Venta (Video Designer), Opera: Die Fledermaus, Le nozze di Figaro, (Assistant Stage Manager). Hannah recently international designer Timothy Goodchild. For My Mañana Comes (Assistant Director\Sound Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor; Houston Grand received her BFA from Sam Houston State The Ensemble Theater, scenic designs include: Designer), Straight White Men (Assistant Opera: Bound, From My Mother’s Mother, and University. Gee’s Bend and Sty of the Blind Pig, which won Director\Sound & Video Designer), Miss Teen Your Name Means the Sea (World Premieres); honors at the African American Theater Festival (Sound Designer), The Elaborate Entrance of Houston Ballet and Asia Society Texas: Tsuru in Winston Salem. For Generations Theater, the Chad Deity (Video Designer), Marie Antoinette (World Premiere). www.RyanMcGettigan.com. regional premieres of Spring Awakening and WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO

JAMIE L. CEGELSKI (Production Stage has directed over 30 shows for Stages and has Executive Non-Profit Leaders program through December 2017, Stages publicly announced The Manager) Other Stages Credits: Panto Star written or co-written three. Kenn recenbly the Graduate School of Business at Stanford Gordy, a $32 million new home for Stages that Force (Assistant Stage Manager), Ring of Fire brought his American premiere production of De University and holds a BFA in acting from The will open during the 2019-2020 Season. Prior to (Deck Crew), The Great American Trailer Park Kus to Houston in a co-production with Upstream Theatre School, DePaul University. joining Stages Repertory Theatre, Mark served Musical (Show Control), Replica (Deck Crew), Theatre and directed the Regional Premiere of as Senior Director, Development, for the Ann (Deck Crew), Shear Madness (Deck Crew). The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Beyond MARK FOLKES (Managing Director) Mark Houston Symphony, where he was second-in- Alley Theatre: Twelfth Night (Deck Crew). Cedar Houston, Kenn’s musical, I’ll Be Home for Folkes joined Stages Repertory Theatre as command of a department of 17 responsible for Point: Midnight Syndicate Live! (Stage Crew). Christmas received its World Premiere Managing Director in the 2015-2016 Season, raising over $16 million annually in support of The Santa Fe Opera: Die Fledermaus (Props production at the Arvada Center for the Arts and expanding the organization’s executive operations, sustainability and endowment. Mark Run Crew), The Golden Cockerel (Assistant Humanities in Denver and was nominated for a leadership structure to increase artistic and has worked for a variety of performing arts Run Crew Chief), The Revolution of Steve Jobs Henry Award for Best New Play/Musical. Kenn administrative capacities and position the organizations including Canada’s National Arts (Props Run Crew), Apprentice Scenes- Night recently directed The Three Penny Opera for The theatre for a new phase of growth. Mark leads Centre, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the 2 (Assistant Run Crew Chief). Education: BFA Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Prior to his Stages’ administrative functions with a focus on College-Conservatory of Music at the University in Theatre from Sam Houston State University. arrival at Stages, Kenn spent eleven years at financial management, fundraising, marketing of Cincinnati, as well as Houston Grand Opera. Jamie would like to thank her family and friends Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland. At and strategic planning. During the 2015-2016 Mark is a Certified Fund Raising Executive for all their love and support. Great Lakes, Kenn helped to build the largest Season, Stages implemented a new (CFRE) and holds Master of Arts and Master of theatre-based education program for a five-year strategic plan,Staging our Future, that KENN MCLAUGHLIN (Artistic Director) The Business Administration degrees from the performing arts institution in the state of Ohio. He seeks to transform our organization 2018-2019 season marks Kenn McLaughlin’s University of Cincinnati. He studied theatre as an directed the company’s award-winning School by strengthening infrastructure—facilities, thirteenth season as Stages’ artistic leader, undergraduate at the University of Waterloo and Residency Program and commissioned several technology, human and financial resources. As following five successful years as the theatre’s the Canadian College of Performing Arts. new theatre works including Brother Can You part of the implementation of this plan, in Managing Director. Under Kenn’s leadership, Spare a Dime: The Social Conscience of the Stages has strengthened its commitment to American Musical, The Way You Look Tonight, sustainable innovation through projects such as Straight on ‘til Morning, and a new adaptation of producing the first American regional theatre Lorraine Hansberry’s To Be Young, Gifted and production of Stephen Sondheim’s latest musical, Black. Kenn also co-founded The Wallpaper Road Show; re-envisioning classics like Auntie Project, an annual oral history performance Mame and Veronica’s Room with bold new program in rural Ohio. Kenn was a three-time TONY MANDOLA’S GULF COAST KITCHEN productions; commissioning and developing a nominee for the Ohio governor’s award for series of Panto holiday musicals for family excellence in the arts; a two-time winner of audiences; and presenting the annual “Get Northern Ohio Live’s award for community Talking” series showcasing the talents of outreach; winner of the Ohio Historical Society’s America’s most fascinating contemporary award for excellence in history education and an playwrights, including Aaron Posner, David arts educator of the year for Young Audiences of Adjmi, Will Eno, Sarah Ruhl, Yasmina Reza, Greater Cleveland. Kenn has taught workshops Michele Riml, Kristopher Diaz, Young Jean Lee, for the Center for Literature and Medicine and Philip Dawkins, Matthew Lopez, Johnna Adams, has twice presented workshops at the National Julia Cho and Rebecca Gilman. During his tenure Council of Teachers of English. In Houston, Kenn DESSERT WITH ENTRÉE at Stages, Kenn has produced more than 100 has taught classes in creativity at Rice University productions, including record-breaking hits like and in directing at Sam Houston State University, The Marvelous Wonderettes and Late Nite as well as teaching diversity awareness to BRING YOUR PLAYBILL TO TONY MANDOLA’S GULF COAST KITCHEN Catechism series; The Great American Trailer cadets at the Houston Police Academy and AFTER THE SHOW AND RECEIVE ONE FREE DESSERT WITH ENTRÉE Park Musical (and its recent Christmas sequel!); serving as a guest lecturer for Harris County’s and revivals of the theatre’s landmark original Department of Education CASE program. He is musical Always…Patsy Cline; as well as pivotal chair of the stewardship committee of First world and U.S. premieres such as Black Pearl Congregational Church of Houston where he has WWW.TONYMANDOLAS.COM Sings, An American Brat, Elizabeth Rex, seven also served on the long-range planning and original Panto-style musicals and The Great 1212 WAUGH DRIVE, 77019 / 713.528.3474 education committees. Kenn completed the American Trailer Park Christmas Musical. He BE A VIP IN THE IMPRESARIO CIRCLE

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Watson James Connor Brandie Frye Peggy and Alex McDonald Patti and Daniel Altman Michael Contreras-Cheatwood Heather and Randall Gallagher Deirdre McDowell Anne and German Amador Shirley Cook Andrew Gamson Terence Mcmahon Leslie Amann Susan Cooley Larry Gana Lynn Morstead and Kip Krause Peggy Amante John Cooper Regina and Ray Garcia Carol Novick STAGES CONTRIBUTORS STAGES CONTRIBUTORS Andrew Gardener Sam Jacobson and Carl Josehart Ron Misrack Sandra Scurria Karen Garrett Terri Jeter-McAvoy Debbie Moffett Andrea Shannon Emily George Thomas Johnson Barbara Moore Dr. and Mrs. Julian Silverblatt Marysia and Colin Gillan Carolyn and Jim Johnson Bonita Moore Joe Boyd and Bob Singleton Amy Gilmore Sandra Johnston Kevin Mulvaney Jordan O’Hara Smith Kate Glywasky Marilyn Karr Kim and Andy Mytelka Michael Sparkman Mary Frances Gonzalez Chris and Walter Kase Geoffrey Newton Steve Hanrahan and Susan Speert Letty Gonzalez Hillery Keith Leslie and Lee Nirider Louise and William Spindler Sue Gorman Jeff Kenworthy Arlene Novick Jackie and Ray St. Germain W. Clarke Gormley Kathleen F. Kern Annette L. Novominsky The Rev. Stephen Stine Gail Graves Robin and Daniel Klaes Peggy O`Connor Diane and David Stotz Ms. Rachel Greene Terry Knell Ludmilla Orelup Mimi Swartz and John Wilburn Rita & Mike Grogan Lucinda Kontos Barbara Ostdiek Gaylene Taylor Lana Hadlock Linda Koppenhaver Kathleen Packlick Castine Theriot Katherine Hale Marlene Kroll and David Drapeau Helena Hippard Joseph and Romaine Tierney Julie and Fred Halperin Lacy Largent Michael Paramore Theresa Toerner George Hamm Robert & Rebecca Leblanc Richard Pearce Valerie and Davis Tolman Karen Hardin DeeDee and Nicholas Leschke Jimmy and Steven Nancy Tusa Michael Harris Jane Levering Karen and Keith Pikett David Uthe Terry Hausner Candace and Robert Levy Elizabeth Plaster Karen Valdez Kate and Malcolm Hawk Marylu and Bernard Levy David Pomerantz Allan Van Fleet Kathy and John Hawkins Dolores and Frank Lopez Cassie Poulos Jeffrey Wacaser Michele Hedderman Kim Lowes Venu and Elsie Rao Richard Walker Lee Heller Andrea Lussier Mike Reckles Jan Purzer Wallace Pamela Henjum and Wendell Mendell Martha MacDonald Ann and John Redmon Gail and Michael Walsh Hilda Herzfeld Kathie and Milton Magness Robin Reed Ilene Warnke Richard Heustess Diane Martinez Eunice Reiter Leslye Lucas Weaver Suzanne and Thomas A. Hill John C. Matejka Debbie and Tom Rhodus Sheila Webber The Chris Hiller Real Estate Team Jaqueline and Donald Maus Patti Richards Mary Beth Weikerth Jane and Clarence Holland Alan May and Alex Lopez Jan Rodwell Carolynne and Douglas White Linda Holter Angela and Ron McCauley Sonya Rojas Don Whittle Janet Little Horton Rebecca and R. Scott Mccay Mary Ann Ryerson Joanne Wilton Susan Horton William and Molly McComas Jay Rypma Barbara B. Winn Susan Huff and Paul Menzel Betty Mcconnell Martha Schaffert Robert Wise Madeleine Hussey Jack McCoy Eddie and Nell Schell Gary Wood Judy and Vance Hutchison Mary Fae McKay, M.D. Julie Schweers Anonymous Lauren and Wade Hyatt Holly and Lawrence McTague Judy and Alejandro Inclan Darlene and Jose Mendez This listing represents total operating support by season (July 1 - June 30). Ticket purchases are not included. Emily Jackson Wanda Meyer Stages extends its sincere thanks to those contributors whose donations arrived after January 15, 2019. Sharon Jacobs Mickey Meyers Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our lists. To request changes or corrections, or to make a tax-deductible contribution, please contact Lise Bohn at 346.701.8862 STAGES BUSINESS COUNCIL The Business Council brings together business STEERING leaders, influencers and arts-lovers in a COMMITTEE Living a long life is dynamic group that offers: Hans Roth, Chair about looking forward, • engaging theatre experiences for corporate Executive Director, entertainment and personal enjoyment Russell Reynolds Associates being happy… it’s all in

• opportunities to create and deepen professional Stacy Feltham the way you think. connections Associate General Counsel, • Unique behind-the-scenes interaction with BHP Billiton artists and Stages leaders Phillip Vogelsang Business Council member companies support Stages Executive Director, Ernst & Young annually at the $5,000 level or above and have the opportunity to designate one or more employees as individual representatives on the Council.

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DIRECTORS Kenn McLaughlin Mark Folkes Artistic Director Managing Director George Lancaster Kay Brazelton Bruce Alexander Lazar, MD / PhD Chairman Community Leader Professor, UT MD Anderson Lise Bohn Todd Molesky Senior Vice President of Cancer Center Development and Communications Director Operations Director Corporate Communications, Dominic Cellitti Hines Certified Financial Planner, Roland Maldonado, MD Joel Burkholder Josh Morrison Morgan Stanley Smith Principal, Midtown Family Production Manager/Technical Director Associate Artistic Director Steven Owsley Barney Medicine Mandi Hunsicker-Cooper Debra A. Yeang President Marketing and Sales Director Finance Director Partner, Owsley & Mike Dishberger Mary Moore Associates CEO & Co-Owner, Independent CPA Sandcastle Homes ARTISTIC Sally Edmundson Mauri Oliver Abbie Garrison Secretary Duke Ensell President, Advancing Joseph Blanchard Production Intern Actor President, Admiral Transfer Communications & Learning, Master Carpenter & Rigging Inc. Jodi Bobrovsky Mitchell Greco Phillip Vogelsang Vice President, More Than Properties Master Artistic Associate Treasurer / Chair, Finance Stacy L. Feltham You Can Imagine, Inc. David Jezek Executive Director, Associate General Counsel, Trevor Boffone Costume Shop Associate Ernst & Young BHP Billiton Thomas Paul Sin Muros Festival Coordinator Of Counsel, Norton Rose Travis Doucett Xiao Shun Li Jo Furr Cynthia Guill Fulbright Master Electrician Production Intern Chair, Development Community Leader Tiffani Fuller Bonds John Moore Community Leader Angela Haraka Ramm Joanna Handel Costume Shop Manager Assistant Technical Director Community Leader Raymond Messer Sales, Tootsies Ryanne Fury Chair, Strategic Planning Hans Roth Neal Hirsch Production Intern Senior Principal, Managing Director, Walter P. Moore Managing Partner, Richard, Russell Reynolds Associates ADMINISTRATIVE (Retired) Wayne and Roberts (Retired) Ted Swindley* Eboni Bell Analia McEnelly Jim Nicklos Founding Artistic Director Venue and Events Manager Patron Services Associate Chair, Audit Myrtle Jones Stages Ryan Bentsen Rachael Niederhauser President, Nicklos Drilling Senior Vice President, Tax, Administrative Coordinator Special Events and Company Halliburton Sheryl Tucker de Vazquez Registered Architect Irma M. Carrillo Stewardship Manager Jane Crowder Schmitt Cindy Sparkman Langham Adjunct Professor, University Patron Systems and Benefits Manager Rene Rodriguez Chair, Nominating & Head of Human Resources, of Houston David Greiss Associate Controller Governance Sheridan Patron Services Associate Christa Ruiz SVP, Human Resources, Charles Walker Harriet C. Latimer Audience Development Cameron International Head of IP Disputes, US, Dino Hall Principal, Harriet Latimer & Assistant Manager (Retired) Norton Rose Fulbright Facilities Operator Associates Jack Ivy Jordan O’Hara Smith Randel R. Young *ex officio Patron Services Assistant Manager Development Associate Member-at-Large Greg Warrington Partner, Practice Are Mark Ivy Patron Services Manager Leader Energy, Patron Services Associate Infrastructure & Resources, In addition to the Board of Directors, Stages Repertory Theatre relies Elizabeth Keel Tevyn Washington on over 150 volunteers, who contribute over 3,000 hours annually, as Patron Services Associate K&L Gates an essential part of the theatre’s daily function. Patron Services Associate GOOD TO KNOW GOOD TO KNOW LISTENING SYSTEM CHILDREN TALK TO US Assisted listening devices are available upon We’re big fans of little people! In fact, we have We’re here to help, and we value your feedback! BOX OFFICE request and free of charge. Please ask at the a range of programs just for them. But when it Here’s how you can reach us: Call: 713.527.0123 Patron Services when you pick up your tickets. comes to performances a few ground rules do Online: www.stagestheatre.com apply: Children aged 5 years and older who are Email: [email protected] LATE SEATING & Comments: [email protected] Fax: 713.527.8669 capable of sitting quietly through up to three UNCLAIMED SEATS hours of performance are welcome at regular Out of consideration for other patrons and for the performances when accompanied by an adult. performers, we regret that we are rarely able to ADDRESS REFUNDS & EXCHANGES All children must be ticketed for their own seat. Stages Repertory Theatre Tickets are non-refundable except in the event of seat ticket-holders once the performance has Should a child become restless, our ushers may 3201 Allen Parkway, Suite 101 error or cancellation on our part. begun. Due to the intimate size and arrangement direct adult and child to the lobby until the child Houston, Texas 77019 Need to change to a different date? Ticket of our theatre spaces there’s just no such thing as exchanges are subject to availability and must an unobtrusive entrance! Unclaimed seats will be is calm again. Children will be welcome to resume PARKING be made at least 24 hours prior to your scheduled released at show time and may be used to seat their seats at the discretion of our House Manager Valet is available for $10 at the Box Office entrance performance. For subscribers and members of our other patrons. and/or at intermission. on Rosine. Designated parking for Stages is available Impresario Circle, exchanges are free, unlimited, PHOTOGRAPHS & RECORDINGS For designated family productions, children at 3113 D’Amico Street on the Southwest corner and are not subject to price differences. A $5 should be at least 3 years old and accompanied of D’Amico and Waugh and is $5 per car, payable The plays you experience in our theatres, including fee will be charged for all other exchanges, and by an adult. While the environment in family by cash or credit card. All other parking is at your price difference charges may apply. Exchanges are the sets, lights, costumes, music and sounds, productions is more relaxed, we may still ask very discretion and is in no way affiliated with Stages. based on availability and we cannot guarantee the represent the creative work of many artists. Out of agitated children (and their adults) to take a break same seats for another performance. respect for that work and consideration for fellow PATRON SERVICES in the lobby if they are distracting fellow audience audience members and performers, we ask that Please contact our Patron Services for reservations members and performers. Q&A THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS you please refrain from taking any photographs, and show information. Visa, Mastercard, American Informal discussions with the artists and staff are videos or other recordings during performances. Express and Discover are accepted, along with cash held following the first and second Sunday and SHOWS MAY CONTAIN and checks. The box office is open Monday-Saturday Patrons who attempt to operate any type of second Thursday performances of each show. ADULT CONTENT 12:00pm–6:30 pm, Sunday 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm, and recording device during a performance may be These events are free and open to the public, and Some shows may contain graphic language, until curtain times on performance days. asked to leave the theatre. With that said, many do not require tickets or reservations to attend. violence, sexual situations and other content of our actors are delighted to greet fans in the Please join us! that some parents and sensitive viewers may GENERAL SHOW TIMES lobby after performances and may be happy to Wednesdays & Thursdays 7:30p find uncomfortable. If you have questions about USHERS take a quick picture with you at their discretion. Fridays 8:00p the content of a specific show, please contact our We’re so grateful to all our volunteer ushers! For Please respect their preferences and ask before Saturdays 2:30p & 8:00p Patron Services team ahead of time so that we more information about joining the Stages usher snapping! Sundays 2:30p can provide you with detailed information before team, please email [email protected]. FOOD & DRINKS you purchase tickets. GROUPS & EVENTS WHEELCHAIR SEATING & Our friends from A Fare Extraordinaire provide Special pricing is available for groups of 6 or more FIREARMS SPECIAL NEEDS wine, beer, cocktails and light bites in our lobby Wednesday–Saturday matinee and groups of 10 Pursuant to section 30.06, penal code (trespass Both of our theatre spaces include designated before performances and during intermission. or more Saturday evening. Groups are invited to by license holder with a concealed handgun), a accessible areas for wheelchairs and companion Please feel free to take your beverages with you take advantage of our private reception space, the person licensed under subchapter H, chapter 411, seats. Please reserve wheelchair tickets in into the theatres, but we ask that you limit food Donor Lounge for pre-show receptions. For more government code (handgun licensing law), may advance by calling our Patron Services team consumption to the lobby areas. information about hosting an event at Stages, email and requesting wheelchair seating, and for your not enter this property with a concealed handgun. [email protected] or call Christa Ruiz at convenience please plan to arrive at least 30 SMOKE-FREE FACILITY 346.701.8861. minutes prior to your show’s start time. Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside the Pursuant to section 30.07, penal code (trespass by license holder with an openly carried handgun, GIFT CERTIFICATES If you have other mobility issues or special seating building, and is allowed outside only in designated needs, please discuss your needs with our Box smoking areas. a person licensed under subchapter H, chapter Stages Gift Certificates are perfect for birthdays, Office before you purchase tickets. 411, government code (handgun licensing law), holidays, anniversaries, Mondays…you name it! Gift SPECIAL EFFECTS may not enter this property with a handgun that Certificates can be mailed or emailed to you or to the Our shows occasionally use haze, fog, strobe and is carried openly. recipient, along with information about our current other effects. If you have any concerns about these season. Please visit Patron Services or website for special effects please contact our Patron Services details. team for details prior to purchasing tickets. COMING SOON

Stages Repertory Theatre operates under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage A New Musical Comedy Managers in the United States. book and music by Joe Kinosian Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of book and lyrics by Kellen Blair the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, April 24 - June 16, 2019 dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across The hit show that is selling out across the other plays all 13 suspects, and both the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the the country is now coming to Houston! play the piano throughout! A zany blend theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Everyone is a suspect in Murder for of classic musical comedy and madcap Two, a hilarious murder mystery with a mystery, this whodunit is a highly Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide twist. One actor plays the investigator, theatrical duet loaded with killer laughs. range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production.

AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.

For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

Stages Repertory Theatre 3201 Allen Parkway Houston, TX 77019 Box Office 713.527.0123 Fax 713.527.8669 Email [email protected] www.stagestheatre.com

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by Lucy Kirkwood February 13 - March 3, 2019

book and lyrics by Howard Ashman music by Alan Menken

[NSFW: Not Safe For Work – online material which the viewer may not want March 6 - April 28, 2019 to be seen accessing in a public or formal setting such as at work]

A New Musical Comedy book and music by Joe Kinosian Sex with book and lyrics by Kellen Blair April 24 - June 16, 2019 Strangers

by Laura Eason May 22 - June 9, 2019

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