SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 1 Milton’S Legacy Forever Helps Suffolk Students

SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 1 Milton’s Legacy Forever Helps Suffolk Students

For 36 years, Dr. Milton Liverman inspired Suffolk Public Schools students to excel. Starting his career as a math teacher, he retired after serving 10 years as Suffolk’s school superintendent. Although he passed away in 2017, Milton will forever help Suffolk Public Schools graduates through the permanent Dr. Milton R. Liverman Memorial Scholarship Fund at the community foundation.

Honor your loved one’s legacy of excellence by starting a charitable fund at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation today. Let us show you how easy it is.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 Virginia Stage Associates 5 About Virginia Stage 7 Blood Done Sign My Name 8 Accessibility at the Wells 9 Today’s Show 9 Show Sponsors 15 Cast & Creative Team Bios 19 Virginia Stage Company Staff 27 About the Wells Theatre 29 VSC Education and Community Engagement Programs 33 Board of Trustees 35 Corporate & Foundation Support 36 Contributors

SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 3 VIRGINIA STAGE ASSOCIATES Become a Volunteer! VIRGINIA STAGE ASSOCIATES provides volunteer support to Virginia Stage in many ways, including:

USHERING Host public performances and student matinees, assist patrons with seating

HOSPITALITY Prepare potluck meals for cast and crew 2019/2020 SPECIAL EVENTS EXECUTIVE BOARD Assist with a variety of projects designed to raise funds for President Virginia Stage Company Robin Thomas COMMUNITY EVENTS Vice President Raise public awareness of Virginia Stage Company at festivals Lar Stampe and other community events. Treasurer Chris Abbate Visit vastage.org/vsa for more information. Secretary ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP Joan Rhodes-Copeland (Contribution covers FY July 1-June 30) Member at Large Individual Membership $25 Lorenz Connelly, Jr. Family Membership (two or more in the same household) $40 Newsletter Student Membership (high school or college) $15 Carole Aitken Thanks to our Virginia Stage Associates Chris Abbate Judi Goodman Sue Leta John Stansell Sue Addair Deborah Gray Judy Lewis Marie Strang Carole Aitken Miriam L Hartman Sue Lonigan Mary Ann Thomas Jim Benson Lucia Herndon Jusy Luedtke Pat Thomas Deborah Breen Barbara Higgins Kim Maguire Robin Thomas Joseph Brunson Martha Holmes Dee Mills Emma V Truitt Jeanne Burger Mary Hormell Amelia Moore Kittie Whitaker Cydney Cavender Sara Hunter Beverly Ohagan Barbara Wiegand Susan Cebollero Azeb Jackson Dean Perry Frank Wiegand Rebecca Cederholm Tracey Johnson Sue Pigg Denise Willey Cora Collins Diane Kaidel Linda Richmond Chester Williams Leroy Collins Dwight Kane Joan Rhodes-Copeland Martha Williams Lorenz Connelly, Jr Janet Kane Nina Rountree Mary Williams Del Crawford Norma Keeping Joe Saveika Karen Wilson Jim Crawford Lisa Kendrick Joyce Savieka Catherine Witt Traci-Dale H. Crawford George Kenny Hannah Seay Robert Cummings Carol King Karen Shaffer Barbara Desler John Kingry Anne Shoaf Vicky Ferrell Andrea Lawson Helen Small Byron Fordham Ilene Leiss Lar Stampe Les Friedman Ron Leta Madge Stampe

4 BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME ABOUT VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY

Virginia Stage Company is Southeastern Virginia’s leading non-profit theatre, serving an audience of over 58,000 patrons annually, both at the Wells Theatre and throughout the community. Our mission is to enrich, educate, and entertain the region by creating and producing theatrical art of the highest quality.

Virginia Stage Company is one of the country’s foremost regional theaters. We are proud of our history of developing new plays and musicals. There have been 28 world premieres at the Wells in our 40 year history. We value collaboration, and have forged meaningful partnerships with many of the extraordinary arts, educational, and social service institutions in Hampton Roads. Virginia Stage productions are created on site and from the ground up – costumes to choreography, sound to lighting – working with a mix of local artists and artisans as well as some of the leading actors, directors, and designers from around the country to produce world class theatre for our Hampton Roads audience.

Virginia Stage Company connects the Hampton Roads community through initiatives that enrich lives and encourage artists and audiences for the future. Our education and community engagement programming strives to reflect the needs of the communities we serve and to advocate for arts integration and experiences that promote literacy, character development, and critical thinking in the next generation.

Virginia Stage Company uses theatre as a catalyst to foster public discourse. We believe that theatre is more than a play, place, or product - it is a living process that can expand thinking and offer fresh perspectives. Learning, critical thinking, and self-confidence all grow as we sit together in one space to experience and contemplate our shared world. Acknowledging and embracing differences in identity is essential to a dynamic cultural conversation - and theatre has just the tools to do that.

Virginia Stage Company is owned by our community and relies heavily on the generosity of individuals, corporations, municipalities and charitable foundations in reaching its mission. For their support and for the invested enthusiasm of our community, we are deeply grateful. To find more information on becoming involved and supporting professional theatre in our region, please visit us at vastage.org.

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6 BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME producing artistic director Tom Quaintance

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based on the bestselling memoir by TIM TYSON

adapted for the stage and performed by MIKE WILEY

with special guest musical artist MARY D. WILLIAMS

production manager stage manager/projections production coordinator TRACY FRANCIS MICHAEL GOOLSBY BRITTANY SANDFORD

directed by SERENA EBHARDT

Filmed during its run for NC Stage Company in September 2020.

Virginia Stage Company is funded in part by grants from The Business Consortium for Arts Support, Virginia Commission for the Arts, the City of Norfolk and the National Endowment for the Arts.

VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY The Wells Theatre | Norfolk, Virginia JANUARY 2021

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Virginia Stage is dedicated to serving all of our patrons with all accessibility needs. Below are a few of the accessibility programs we offer to make the Wells Theatre a welcoming and comfortable place for the citizens of Eastern Virginia and North Carolina.

Our new state-of-the-art Loop Listening System provides top of the line listening assistance either through headsets available at the box office or directly into personal hearing aids equipped with a t-coil. The loop listening system does not require you to remove your hearing aids, but if you do please take out the batteries due to potential feedback.

ADA Accessible Seating is available for all of our productions located at the rear of the orchestra with easy access for patrons with wheelchairs and walkers. Row M, the rear row of the orchestra, has been fully renovated with larger seats for patrons who may find this amenity more comfortable or suitable for their needs.

The Tazewell Lounge features a brand new Wheelchair Lift that can take patrons into the newly renovated education classrooms on the second floor. This allows us to hold classes, workshops, and performances for all members of our community.

The second Saturday evening performance of every production features a minimum of two ASL Interpreters who translate the entire show in American Sign Language. Made possible by The Language Group.

Open Captioning and Audio Description services are available at the second Saturday matinee of every production. Open Captioning features the dialogue of the play on a screen placed on the front of the stage and Audio Description is where a trained interpreter describes what is seen on stage through a headset for patrons with visual impairment.

Photos by Jeffrey Hewitt

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There WILL NOT be an intermission during today’s show.

Please help us and those around you stay healthy by following the COVID safety rules. If you do not follow the posted guidelines, you may be asked to leave.

Be courteous to your neighbor: Please silence your cell phone and all other electronic devices so that you, and those around you, can enjoy the show without distraction.

Please Note: No recording of any kind, audio or video. Recording is strictly prohibited without written permission. Video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is prohibited by law.

An AED defibrillator is available in the lobby near the restrooms in case of emergencies. For use, please contact the House Manager and a trained member of our team will use the device.

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14 BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

MIKE WILEY (Actor/ intertwined characters, with Wiley often Playwright) It is a significant portraying more than two dozen persons in a and distinctive credit to single “one-man” drama. Morphing from a North Carolina actor & young boy to a grieving grandmother, a white playwright Mike Wiley that slave owner to an African American sports hero audiences rarely leave a are tools of his well-honed trade. His venue after his curtain call. performances actively engage audiences, The experience they have repeatedly bringing surprising, unexpected just shared begs one’s elements of personal participation and further engagement, raising discovery to the theatrical experience. During questions to be voiced and emotions needing 2010, Mike Wiley was named Best Actor in film space for expression. The talented dramatist’s festivals for his one-man “ensemble cast” performances on stages across the nation portrayals in the acclaimed new short film continue to shape a new kind of inspired EMPTY SPACE by Rob Underhill, with the film blending of art and education. Formerly of also receiving multiple Best Film nominations. Theatre IV and Shenandoah Shakespeare Wiley has been honored as “Tar Heel of the Express, Wiley has more than twelve years’ Week” by the (Raleigh, NC) News and Observer, credits in professional theatre, plus film, has been profiled in OUR STATE Magazine, on television and educational drama for young NPR and in other media. Wiley is represented audiences. An Upward Bound alum and Trio by goingbarefoot. www.goingbarefoot.com Achiever Award recipient, he is an M.F.A. TIMOTHY B. TYSON (Author) Timothy B. graduate of the University of North Carolina in Tyson, author of the much-acclaimed BLOOD Chapel Hill. A gifted playwright and actor, DONE SIGN MY NAME and other award- Wiley’s overriding goal is expanding cultural winning books, is a Senior Research Scholar at awareness for audiences of all ages through the Center for Documentary Studies and dynamic portrayals based on pivotal moments Visiting Professor of American Christianity and in African-American history and, in doing so, Southern Culture in the Divinity School at Duke helping to unveil a richer picture of the total University. BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME, a American experience. Wiley currently offers a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle touring repertoire of seven original productions, Award and winner of the Christopher Award each with student adaptations and study and the North Carolina Book Award, was the guides available for educators. Productions 2005 selection of the Carolina Summer include BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME based Reading Program at the University of North on the best-selling memoir by Tim Tyson, DAR Carolina at Chapel Hill, assigned to all new HE: THE STORY OF EMMETT TILL, and LIFE IS undergraduate students. Tyson’s previous SO GOOD, adapted from the book by the same book RADIO FREE DIXIE: ROBERT F. WILLIAMS name by Richard Glaubman and George AND THE ROOTS OF BLACK POWER (UNC Dawson. Recently named the Lehman Brady Press, 1999) won the James Rawley Prize and Visiting Professor at Duke University’s Center was co-winner of the Frederick Jackson Turner for Documentary Studies, Wiley now performs Prize, both from the Organization of American from coast to coast -- Oregon to Florida, Historians. He also co-edited, with David S. Mississippi to Idaho. Sought by performing arts Cecelski, DEMOCRACY BETRAYED: THE centers large and small and by educators from WILMINGTON RACE RIOT OF 1898 AND ITS middle schools to universities, Wiley’s work LEGACY (UNC Press, 1998), which won the was showcased with multiple performances 1999 Outstanding Book Award from the in the 2009 National Black Theatre Festival. He Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human has been jury-selected for professional Rights in North America. Tyson was a John industry showcases by both Midwest Arts Hope Franklin Senior Fellow at the National Federation and Southern Arts Federation. His Humanities Center in 2004–05. He is a North expanding rich theatrical repertoire display his Carolina native and a graduate of Duke. acclaimed ability for bringing to life multiple

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MARY D. WILLIAMS (Vocalist) With a voice Viewpoints and Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. reminiscent of Mahalia Jackson, her dynamic In 1994, Serena wrote, produced and directed vocals soothe troubled minds and lift the heavy BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION, a one- hearts of those who witness her awesome man show featuring Mike Wiley. The two artists performances. Powerhouse psalmist Mary D. found similar philosophies and working styles Williams is truly that - "power in the house". A which lead to partnerships on a multitude of native of Raleigh, NC, Mary is no stranger to projects including DAR HE: THE STORY OF the gospel scene. She has been ministering EMMETT TILL, TUSKEGEE, BLOOD DONE solo at local churches, festivals and various SIGN MY NAME and LIFE IS SO GOOD. Serena events for many years, developing a strong is a Paul Green Scholar with a B.A. in Dramatic following from performances with such artists Art from UNC-Chapel Hill. Her training includes as Bobby Jones, Sister Cantaloupe, Lee Master Classes at Hedgerow Theatre and The Williams & the Spiritual QC's, Luther Barnes, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Keith "Wonder Boy" Johnson, as well as Arts: Artists as Educators. She is a member of appearances on the Trinity Broadcasting Actors’ Equity Association and Canadian Network (TBN). Other performances include Actors’ Equity Association. ministering at the National Council of Negro TRACY FRANCIS (Production Manager) Women, Inc. in Washington, DC, the Walnut Tracy Francis is an Instructor of Reading and Creek Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC, Duke Drama at Durham Technical Community University Chapel, Bobby Jones Gospel College. A native North Carolinian, he has Recording Retreat in Las Vegas, traveling with stage-managed in North Carolina with such Duke Divinity Professor Dr. Timothy Tyson and companies as PlayMakers Repertory Company, the United Methodist Western Conference. Theatre Previews, Broadway Preview Series, She received Female Vocalist of the Year at the Carolina Ballet, and Long Leaf Opera. He was NC Gospel Announcers Guild's Prestige stage manager for the Red Clay Ramblers in Awards ceremony. Mary keeps herself very their productions of KUDZU and THE MERRY busy ministering the word of God throughout WIVES OF WINDSOR, TEXAS. Tracy was the eastern half of the United States. She is a Production Manager for The World Expo and specialist in ministering to women who are Lotto World Theme Parks in Korea, Discovery struggling with marital challenges. Mary D. World in Taiwan, the American Gladiators, and Williams is not only an anointed psalmist, she Fiesta Texas Theme Park in the US. He is a is a devoted wife and a loving mother of three member of Actors’ Equity Association, with a young men. Mary is also in the process of Masters Degree in Communication Studies writing her first novel and owns her own from the University of North Carolina at Chapel women’s apparel business, Mrs. WMS Hill. He is married to a beautiful Carolina Accessories. graduate (Stephanie) and is a devoted daddy SERENA EBHARDT (Director) Serena to his beloved baby girl Alexa Lee. Ebhardt is the co-founder of EbzB Productions MICHAEL GOOLSBY (Stage Manager/ (www.EbzB.org) An award-winning actress, Projections) Michael Goolsby is a native of Ms. Ebhardt has performed in Europe, Canada, Roanoke Va. He began his acting career in OffBroadway, on national tours, upon regional Ferrum, VA at Ferrum College with Jack Tales stages and in television and film. Her production Children’s Theatre Group. At Ferrum, Michael of WAR BONDS: THE SONGS AND LETTERS has acted in roles as Musnik the shop keeper OF WORLD WORLD II, which she co-wrote in the musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. He and performs, is featured on public broadcasting has done voice over work for the University Of stations across the United States. Her North Carolina’s Theater and Law School. professional performance career began at the Michael’s most recent role was in August age of six, and has grown to include many Wilson’s JITNEY and David Mamet’s other aspects of the art including writing, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS for Deep Dish teaching, producing, theatre administration Theatre. Michael currently serves as production and directing. Serena’s directing work is manager for Mike Wiley Productions and has influenced by the theories of Overlie’s worked diligently behind each and every scene SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 17 CAST & CREATIVE TEAM for the past four years. from King Lear to The Devil With Boobs. A member of the Stage Directors and TOM QUAINTANCE (Producing Artistic Choreographers Society, Tom is a graduate of Director) is the sixth Artistic Director and the Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT) with a first Producing Artistic Director in Virginia Stage B.A. in Theatre and Economics, and the Company’s 42 year history. At the Wells, Tom University of California, San Diego MFA has directed Pride and Prejudice and The directing program, where he was the assistant Santaland Diaries, and Matilda The Musical. director on the original production of The Tom just returned from Minneapolis, where he Who’s Tommy. Tom and his wife Wallis are the directed Twelfth Night at the Guthrie Theater. proud parents of Mireille Julia and Annika Previously as Artistic Director of Cape Fear Christine. Regional Theatre (CFRT), Tom produced over 35 plays and directed the World Premiere of Downrange: Voices from the Homefront, a ADDITIONAL SHOW STAFF . play based on interviews with military spouses from Fort Bragg. Tom is an Associate Artist at Sound Engineer ...... J.C. Nigh PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill Electrician ...... Katie French where he directed An Enemy of the People, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and The Little Prince. He also directed The Little Prince at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As the founder of FreightTrain Shakespeare in Los Angeles, he earned a Drama-Logue Award for his direction of Pericles. Other Los Angeles credits range

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LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS Producing Artistic Director Graphic Designer & Social Media Tom Quaintance Coordinator Crystal Tuxhorn SENIOR MANAGEMENT Box Office Coordinator Director of Development Samantha Topping April Le Box Office Supervisor Director of Public Works Jonathan Belka Patrick Mullins Box Office Associates Director of Finance Aila Castane, Scott Crissman, Holly Rice, Jennifer Pinkos Sara Schaefer Interim Associate Artistic Director House Manager Jeni Schaefer Sharon McDonald Director of Marketing Bartenders Maris Smith Brittany Agrillo, Brooke Warner, Erin Pretlow, Jesse Brady, Kate Thurston, Interim General Manager Patricia Thurston, Satora Rome Carolyn Thatcher EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT

ADMINISTRATION Public Works Coordinator Philip Odango Accounting Coordinator Shawn Cotton Lead Resident Artist Ryan Clemens Development Manager Kandis Hyde PRODUCTION Company Manager Connor Norton Cutter/Draper Meg Murray Properties Manager Tiara Dimond Electrician Katie French Sound Engineer J.C. Nigh Scenic Charge Shawn Crawford Production Coordinator Brittany Sandford

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The arts make us think, make us feel, and make us wonder. And being able to support The Virginia Stage Company today makes us proud.

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26 BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME The historic WELLS THEATRE

Designed by the New York firm of E. C. Horn and Sons, the Wells Theatre is significant both as a representation of early 20th-century popular culture and as an outstanding example of Beaux Arts theatre architecture. The Wells was built in 1913 and served as the opulent flagship for Wells Amusement Enterprises, a string of forty vaudeville theaters owned by Jake and Otto Wells throughout the South.

On August 26, 1913, the Wells opened to a full house with The Merry Countess, a Schubert musical. In 1916, Jake Wells installed a movie screen and projector, making the Wells the most dazzling, first- run movie house in the Southeast, although theatrical bookings continued to occupy most of the theatre’s schedule. Many of America’s leading performers appeared at the Wells including John Drew, Maude Adams, Otis Skinner, John Philip Sousa, Billie Burke, Fred and Adele Astaire, and Will Rogers, among many others. Throughout the Great Depression, the Wells continued to stage vaudeville shows and movies, with burlesque being added during World War II to attract the thousands of sailors stationed in Norfolk. In the 1960s, the Wells shared in the general decline of downtown Norfolk by converting to an X-rated movie house and occasionally staging live burlesque shows. The stage itself became the Jamaican Room, one of Norfolk’s infamous gin mills and brothels.

The Theatre originally had 1,650 seats spread over three balconies. The top balcony served as a segregated balcony “For Negro Audiences Only,” and had it’s own entrance and box office. The downstairs lobby facing Tazewell Street housed the original Doumar’s Cones and BBQ.

Shortly after Virginia Stage Company took over the Wells in the late 1970s, the theatre was named to the National Register of Historic Places. Over the last 40 years the Wells has been renovated three times, housed dozens of World Premieres, and hosted more than one million visitors. Virginia Stage Company is proud to have been part of the magnificent revitalization of Downtown Norfolk through its stewardship of the Wells, which is now one of Norfolk’s distinguished Seven Venues. more pictures and information at wellstheatre.org

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We applaud Virginia Stage Company for its commitment to enrich, educate and entertain the region by creating and producing theatrical art of the highest quality. Thanks to all of the volunteers, including our associates, who make this important work possible.

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28 BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME Virginia Stage Company’s Education initiatives provide life-enriching experiences that grow and enliven young artists and audiences-both now and for the future. Our programming reflects the makeup and needs of the communities we serve and advocate for arts integrations to promote literacy, character development, and critical thinking in citizens of the next generation. Through classes, performances, and workshops, people of all abilities are able to experience the power of theatre. More than 20,000 students each year experience age- specific professional performances and participate in acting classes, drama camps and in- school initiatives through Virginia Stage Company’s Education and Community Engagement department. Said initiatives include: Student Matinees Playwright Residencies In-school tours The Comedy of Errors Healthy Fixin’s with Apples and Oranges - sponsored by CHKD and Kroger The Tortoise and the Hare Meet Mark Twain Shakespeare Workshops In-School Residencies After-School Residencies Technical Internships Black Light Puppet Theatre The Urban Theater Project Dramatically Abled with Access Virginia and Arts Inclusion Company Summer Theatre Camp with Governor’s School for the Arts Study Guides And many more programs custom built for schools and community groups across Hampton Roads. Visit vastage.org/education or follow @vsceducates on twitter for more information about VSC Education.

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32 BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ANN B. BROGAN CAROL MUELLER President TOM NICHOLSON, III XANDRA PENDERGRASS ANN P. STOKES BARRY POLLARA President Elect SCOTT REED, M.D. LESLIE SHROYER RICHARD A. BOYKIN, PHD Secretary PHILIP SHUCET JAY STECHER KAREN DZUPINKA ROBIN THOMAS Treasurer JUSTIN TOPPING EUGENE WINSTON DONNA BAUSCH THOMASINA WRIGHT DENNIS CESTRA, JR ROBERT WOJTOWICZ SARAH "SALLY" CLARKSON LYNN COBB LAUREN CONNER EX-OFFICIO GIOVANNI DONATELLI TOM QUAINTANCE BETTY HARMON EDWARDS Producing Artistic Director SUSAN EINHORN DAVID B. BYRD LESLIE FRIEDMAN Managing Director STEVE FUSCHETTI C. ARTHUR ROBINSON, III JAN GOLDRICH General Counsel JACKIE KING ROB HENSON PAGE LAWS City of Norfolk SUNSHINE LEINBACH CAROLE AITKEN CATHY MASTON Honorary Trustee

ADVISORY COUNCIL Thomas Botts Carroll Godwin Frohman Emily Washington Philip E. Campbell Thomas G. Johnson, III Lawrence E. Waters Beth Diamonstein Charles V. McPhillips Beth Williams Marynell R. Gordon William L. Rueger Rolf A. Williams Stephan H. Gordon John M. Ryan, Jr. Arlene B. Wright Henry U. Harris Nancy Ryan Norman Hoffmann Edward W. Ware, III

PAST PRESIDENTS OF VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY

ROBERT E. BROWN, 1974-1981 FOUNDING PRESIDENT

PAMELA D. ETHERIDGE, 1981-1983 PHILIP E. CAMPBELL, 2001-2003 STEPHEN C. LAMPL, 1984-1986 CHARLES V. MCPHILLIPS, 2003-2005 JOHN R. TURBYFIL, 1986-1988 BARRY POLLARA, 2005-2007 NANCY MOORE STANLEY, 1988-1990 THOMAS M. BOTTS, 2007-2009 DONALD E. CHAPMAN, 1990-1992 BETTY H. EDWARDS, 2009-2011 SIDNEY N. ASKEW, JR., 1992-1995 STEVE FUSCHETTI, 2011-2013 A. W. VANDERMEER, JR., 1995-1996 TYLER LEINBACH, 2013-2015 DENVER F. HICKS, 1996-1998 SARAH B. CLARKSON, M.D, 2015-2017 PATRICK M. BARBERICH, 1998-1999 LAUREN CONNER 2017-2019 MICHAEL B. DIVARIS, 1999-2001 SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 33 34 BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT

VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF OUR SPONSORS: DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE

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Thank you for helping keep theatre LIVE in Norfolk and beyond.

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE The Perry Family Foundation Chesapeake Fine Arts ($50,000+) Hampton Roads Community Commission Foundation H. Lee Kanter Fund of the BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Hampton Roads Community & MUNICIPALITIES LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Foundation Batten Educational Achievement LifeNet Health Fund of the Hampton Roads ($10,000+) Community Foundation INDIVIDUALS Newport News Arts Commission Business Consortium Anonymous Nicholson AAAA Charitable for Arts Support Foundation Thomas & Nancy Botts The Sunshine T. Williams Trust Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Mrs. Joan Brock Anonymous Foundation Hampton Roads Lynn Cobb & Warren Richard WELLS SOCIETY Community Foundation David and Susan Goode ($2,500+) Norfolk Southern Charles and Lucy Quaintance INDIVIDUALS Atlantic Dominion Louis & Prudence Ryan Distributors/Hoffman Clay Barr Beverages Mrs. Barbara Stokey Mr. Dennis Cestra Bank of America BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Leroy & Cora Collins Patricia and Douglas Perry & MUNICIPALITIES Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Conner Accounting Executive Services Birdsong Corporation Betty Harmon Edwards The Capital Group Companies Kaufman & Canoles Marty & Susan Einhorn Virginia Natural Gas, INC. Charitable Foundation Ron Flenner Wells Fargo Foundation Cherry Bekaert CPAs Advisors Lawrence & Jan Goldrich Wilbanks, Smith Franklin Southampton Charities and Thomas Asset Alan Gollihue & Lane Killiam Management, LLC Helen G. Gifford Foundation Franklin L. Greene, Jr. BM Stantion Foundation The Language Group Brian & Jackie King Willcox & Savage, P.C. National Endowment for the Arts Davenport & Company, Gill & Stephen Leaman LLC Norfolk Economic Development Brian and Patty Maddox The Dragas Companies Authority Dixon Hughes Goodman PNC Bank Foundation Cathy Coleman Maston Palladium Registered Special Fund #5 from the Mrs. Oriana McKinnon Investment Advisors Hampton Roads Community Susanne Mozley & Randy Southern Bank Foundation Wisswell TowneBank Tom and Carol Mueller Williams Mullen CENTER STAGE Wall Einhorn Chernitzer, ($5,000+) Xandra Pendergrass P.C. Drs. Scott & Sharon Reed INDIVIDUALS City of Norfolk C. Arthur & Shirley Robinson Ms. Donna Bausch Norfolk Southern Foundation Mike and Leslie Shroyer Richard & Anna Boykin The Shubert Foundation Jason Wallace Patrick & Ann Brogan Virginia Commission for the Arts Bruce & Holly Weber Drs. Sarah B. Clarkson & John Eugene & Brenda Winston THEATRE CIRCLE Herre Mr. Robert Wojtowicz ($25,000+) Norman & Sue Hoffmann Mr. & Mrs. Kenny Wright Tyler & Sunshine Leinbach INDIVIDUALS Barry & Peggy Pollara BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Anonymous & MUNICIPALITIES Mr. & Mrs. John S. Shannon Mr. Leslie Friedman Curtis Family Foundation Ms. Ann P. Stokes BUSINESSES & FOUNDATIONS Decorum Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Thurmond Goode Family Foundation Norfolk State University BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Marathon Development Group & MUNICIPALITIES O’Connor Brewing Company

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PMAT, Inc. Meredith & Cindy Rose Gerard & Linda Brunick Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Audrey Settle Andrea S. Clontz Commission Mrs. Marian D. Shadrick David J. Cook Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Mrs. Kay Shiflett Don & Sue Comer Management, Inc. Conrad Shumadine Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Dederick PATRON ($1,000+) Mr. Lawrence L. Steingold Mr. & Mrs. Richard Essenmacher INDIVIDUALS Emily Washington Carroll G. Frohman Robert Alemany & JoAnn Falletta Jane & Larry Waters Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fuller Avraham Ashkenazi Doug & Janis Wood Harold Goode Dr. & Mrs. J. Sumner & Susan Bell Mr. Thomas Young Isabelle L. Hallam Bruce T. & Sarah Bishop BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Claude & Carolyn Hesselman & MUNICIPALITIES Dr. Jeanne Burger Dan & Trish Heflin Benevity Impact Fund Norman & Bernadette Carrick Dr. & Mrs. Edwin B. Hodge Decorum Furniture Greg & Carie Cutter Patty & Tom Hostutler The Jennifer Lynn Gray Fund Dianne Epplein & John Patton Dr. Sylvia C. Hudgins of the Hampton Roads Brian H. & Maria T, Fallin Community Foundation Connie Jacobson Mrs. Jaunita G. Felton E.T. Gresham Dan & Gayle Lemieux Steve and Nancy Fuschetti Lee and Helen Gifford Fund Amanda M. Loessin Mr. Henry Garrity Morgan Stanley Global Impact Mark & Lillian Maland Mr. Mark Gilkey Fund James & Kathryn Markey Gay Goldsmith and John Brush Keith and Carol Naumann Steven & Karen McCurdy Charitable Gift Trust – Donor Stephan & Marynell Gordon Jonathan Miller & Barbara Advised Fund of The US Chapman Paul & Carolyn Gottlieb Charitable Gift Trust Ms. Siobhan Miller John F. Griffing Nederlander Organization W. Reynolds & J.A. Monach Sandy and Eleanor Harris Portsmouth Museum & Fine Arts William L. & Sharon K. Nusbaum Jacqueline Herst Commission Rouse-Bottom Foundation The Honorable & Mrs. Norman Martha G. Hortenstine Olitsky Shealy-Hodges Michael & Gene Hubbard Dale and Susan Oller T. Hubbard & Christy Hamlin Target Circle - The Goodcoin Foundation Mrs. Emily Brown Phillips Donna and W. Edward Hudgins Virginia Stage Associates Mr. & Mrs. William A. Prince Dr. Page Laws Warden Family Foundation Allan & Harriet Reynolds Dr. & Mrs. Edward L. Lilly Dana & Jeff Rosen Dr. & Mrs. Donald Lipskis ENSEMBLE ($500+) Dr. & Mrs. Ivan R. Schiff Renee Liverman INDIVIDUALS Win & Jane Short Mr. Chris Luebbers Anonymous Francie & Brett Siegfried RADM Peter Marshall & Diane Chris Abbate Jacqueline and Carroll Smith Horowitz William & Carole Aitken Mr. & Mrs. George Staudter Mrs. Ann Mauer Helen & Warren Aleck Mr. & Mrs. John R. Stephens Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Mary Helen McCoy Richard & Jane Austin Richard Stephenson Dr. Raymond McCue, III Ann Baldwin David & Becky Sterling Mr. & Mrs. Colin M. McKinnon Ms. Kate Baldwin Mr. & Mrs. John Stewart Penny & Peter Meredith Mr. & Mrs. Dave Baran Mr. & Mrs. William Swartz Arthur Nacht Robert Barker Larry & LaRetta Trower Gayle V. Nichols Bruce T. & Sarah Bishop Estate of Susan G. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Gary Philbin Wendy and Ron Brodsky Elemuel Watts Mr. Kevin & Dr. Giniene Pirkle Jared and Whitney Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Webster Mr. & Mrs. George H. Brown William & Christine Westendorf SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 37 CONTRIBUTORS

Ashlin and Wayne Wilbanks Mr. Tom Gustin & Dr. Phyllis Stanley & Linda Samuels Hope Steven and Lynne Winter Dr. & Mrs. Robert Seeherman Mrs. Alison Hall Byron & Chris Work Dr. & Mrs. James Schneider Mr. H. Wroton Ms. Teresa Hammons Ms. Fran Scott Deborah & John Wyld Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hartshorn Mrs. Laurie Hasten Tyler and Mary Beth Sherwin Mr. & Mrs. Harry Shock BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Joel and Kathleen Heaton & MUNICIPALITIES Judy Homsher Dr. Robert Singleterry, Jr. The Barr Foundation Patty and Tom Hostutler Larry & Greta Stallings Alan & Esther Fleder Foundation Raymond & Katherine Kallman Mr. & Mrs. Lar Stampe Network for Good Heather Jordan Khan Sandy & Dale Stanley Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts John and Stacey Klemenc John and Martha Stewart Williamsburg Area Arts Captain and Mrs. Gilbert Kraine Commission Drs. Jayne and Missy Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. John Kropcho Drs. Brant and Laura Thomas APPLAUSE ($250+) Dr. & Mrs. Willette LeHew Pat Walsh INDIVIDUALS Ms. Toni Lohman William and Sandra Warden Eloise Adams Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Lucas Lanny Warkentien John & Gladys Allen Debra Major Ms. Donna Watkins Anonymous James and Shelley Marrion Dr. & Mrs. Armistead Williams Robert & Elise Balcom Eleanor J. Marshall Mr. & Mrs. Gary Baum Sandra & Kenneth Matthews Barclay and Janet Winn John & Jeanne Bowers Mr. Wallace Maybery & Mrs. Norman Zwahlen Gale Nicholson Ms. Laura F. Calvert BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Drs. Kurt & Carol McCammon & MUNICIPALITIES Mrs. Willia Campbell David & Sharon McDonald Alan and Esther Fleder Angela Carlisle Ms. Majorie McLemore Foundation Charlotte & Joe Carriker Sean Meehan Edward and Ruth Legum Family Peter Collins Foundation of the Hampton Mr. & Mrs. Ray Moses Roads Community Foundation Carl Commons Ed & Joy Murray York County Arts Commission Ms. Lorraine Connaughton Dr. & Mrs. Gunther Oberlechner Toni & Jackie Corletto Vincent & Patricia Olivieri Tim & Betty Wade Coyle Mr. David Paige & Ms. Jane Dr. Mona Danner Nohava Paul Davidson Mr. & Mrs. James Noonan Stuart & Connie Davis Ms. Lisa Oliver Raymond DeFrank Ms. Concetta Pagley Michael Desplaines Mr. & Mrs. Mike Pampalone Blaine $ Mary Denny Mr. Richard G. Parise Stanwood & Harriet Dickman Ms. Emily Pease Mr. & Mrs. Jack Doyle Ms. Kari Pincus R. Thomas and Mary Edwards Alfred Ponce & Alice Clay This listing reflects gifts of $250 or more as of January 27, Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Epplein Jane Puckett 2021. If there are any errors in Ed & Bette Estes Mr. & Mrs. George Raiss your listing or should you wish Jeff and Diane Fine Ms. Robin Reeves to become part of the Virginia Dennis & Marketa Fudala Ms. Christine Reid Stage Company donor family, please contact Kandis Hyde at Mrs. Kathy Gadams Anne Roesch 757-627-6988 ext 315 or go to Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Glick Dennis & Susie Rowley www.vastage.org/donate.

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IN HONOR OF IN MEMORY OF GREG & CARIE CUTTER GILL LEAMAN LYN H. HURWITZ Beth Curry Stephen Leaman Sue Hurwitz SUSAN EINHORN JUDITH ANN LEWIS Marty Einhorn Steve Lewis PAMELA ETHRIDGE CHRISTINA GOODE John and Mary Ann Eure Win & Jane Short CHERYL LYALL Constance & Calvin Jones NEIL WALSH BANK STREET MEMORIAL Pat Walsh BAPTIST CHURCH & MR. KAREN LOUISE WILCOX MARCUS SCRIVEN Clyde Wilcox Sharon Doggett DAVID THOMAS TOM QUAINTANCE AND DAVID Patrick and Mary Ann Thomas BYRD DORIS KOCHER Eitan Stern and Susan Fite Chesapeake Newcomers and Social Club

SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 39 Did you know you can double your contribution by having it matched by your company’s matching gift program? It is an easy way to double the impact of your contribution.

The following companies participate in an employee matching gift program:

Abbott Laboratories Dominion Virginia Power Pfizer ACS Xerox Dow Jones & Co. Pitney Bowes Aetna ExxonMobile Polaroid Amerigroup (Wellpoint) Ford Motor Company PRA Group, Inc. Allstate Gannett Price Waterhouse Coopers ARA Services Geico Procter & Gamble Avon General Electric Raytheon AT&T General Motors RJR Nabisco Baltimore Gas & Electric Hewlett-Packard Reynolds Metals Bank of America Howmet Turbine Scientific Atlanta BASF HSBC Shell Bell Atlantic IBM Sony Bell South Ingersoll-Rand Southland Boeing Johnson Control State Farm BP Oil- Amoco Johnson & Johnson Sun Microsystems Campbell Soup Lockheed Martin Tenneco Capital One (HSBC) LTD Management Texaco Caterpillar MBNA America TowneBank Chesapeake Corp. Merck Universal Leaf & Tobacco Cisco Systems Monsanto Co. Citicorp Nationwide USAA Coca-Cola Northrup-Grumman UPS Colgate Palmolive Norfolk Southern Virginia Natural Gas Delta Airlines Phillip Morris Dominion Resources Pepsico

Don’t see your company on this list? Inquire with your Human Resource Manager if your company has an employee matching gift program. If you have questions or need assistance please contact Kandis Hyde, 757.627.6988 ext 315.

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