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03-14 Earnest_LIVE.indd 1 2/24/17 4:00 PM Welcome to Walnut Street Theatre! I am thrilled you have joined us for Oscar Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest.
Our creative team has built a luxurious set and beautifully lush costumes to transport us to Victorian London and the glorious countryside for an evening full of mistaken identities, quick proposals and hilarious misunderstandings. With a wonderful cast, my good friend and director Bob Carlton and I are extremely excited to share this production with you. I hope you enjoy Wilde’s handsomely witty comedy as much as I do.
Next up on our Mainstage, we’ll have one of the most loved dance stories of all time, Saturday Night Fever. The film that starred a very young John Travolta became a cultural phenomenon around the world. The musical is even more fun live on stage. The electrifying score, filled with classics from the legendary Bee Gees, made the show Broadway’s hottest disco musical. So, put on your
“disco shoes” and get ready to dance! I hope to see you there. Photo: Mark Garvin I’d also like to invite you to see Jerry’s Girls, a tribute to the all- American master of song, Jerry Herman. Our Independence Studio on 3 will burst with glamor, optimism, love and women as this all-female cast gives voice to some of Broadway’s best ballads and show-stoppers. You’ve heard Herman’s music in Hello Dolly!, Mame, Mack and Mabel, Dear World and La Cage Aux Folles, some of which we’ve had on our stage. But, you’ve never experienced his music like this before. It’s just an elevator ride away to our intimate 80-seat theatre and entirely worth the trip.
The fun continues during our 209th anniversary season including Stephen Sondheim’s hilarious Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. During the holiday season we’ll look to a brighter “tomorrow” with Annie. I am thrilled to produce, and direct, The Humans. We are the first regional theatre to receive the rights to the 2016 Tony Award-winning Best Play about a Pennsylvania family at Thanksgiving. Next up, the laughter is “on” with Noises Off. Lastly, the season ends when we’re dancing in the aisles with ABBA and MAMMA MIA! Join our Walnut family as a subscriber and don’t miss out on the excitement.
For tonight, sit back and enjoy as things get “Wilde” on stage with The Importance of Being Earnest.
Sincerely,
Bernard Havard, President and Producing Artistic Director
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03-14 Earnest_LIVE.indd 2 2/24/17 4:00 PM BERNARD HAVARD President and Producing Artistic Director
MARCH 14 – APRIL 30, 2017
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
By OSCAR WILDE
Scenic Design Costume Design ROBERT KOHARCHIK MARK MARIANI
Lighting Design Sound Design STUART DUKE ELIZABETH ATKINSON
Production Manager Stage Managers JOEL MARKUS LORI AGHAZARIAN ANGELA CUCCO
Directed by BOB CARLTON
MARK D. SYLVESTER Managing Director
Director of Director of Director of Marketing Education Development and Public Relations THOMAS P. QUINN BONNIE S. STEVENS RALPH WEEKS
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Algernon Moncrieff...... DANIEL FREDRICK* Lane (Manservant)...... KEVIN BERGEN* John Worthington...... JAKE BLOUCH* Lady Bracknell...... MARY MARTELLO* Gwendolen Fairfax...... LAUREN SOWA* Miss Prism...... ELLIE MOONEY* Cecily Cardew...... ALANNA J. SMITH* Rev. Canon Chasuble...... PETER SCHMITZ* Merriman (Butler)...... H. MICHAEL WALLS*
UNDERSTUDIES IAN AGNEW (Merriman), VIRGINIA BARRIE (Lady Bracknell), KEVIN BERGEN* (Rev. Canon Chasuble), RACHEL BRODEUR (Miss Prism), RAFAEL MARTINEZ-SALGADO (Lane), CONNOR McELWEE (John Worthington), IAN MONACO (Algernon Moncrieff), FAITH SACHER (Cecily Cardew), JACOB SCHRIMPF (Algernon Moncrieff, 2nd cover), KATIE STAHL (Gwendolen Fairfax), AUSTIN TURNER (John Worthington, 2nd cover)
* Denotes membership in Actors’ Equity Association, the professional union of Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Time: The End of the 19th Century Place: London
Act I: Algernon Moncrieff’s Flat in Half Moon Street, W.
THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION.
Act II: The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton.
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited
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Kevin Bergen Jake Blouch Daniel Fredrick
Mary Martello Ellie Mooney Peter Schmitz
Alanna J. Smith Lauren Sowa H. Michael Walls
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KEVIN BERGEN (Lane, Rev. Canon Harvey (Myrtle Mae), Laughter on the 23rd Chasuble U/S) is pleased to return to the Walnut Floor (Helen), Sister Act (Mary Martin-of- stage having previously appeared in another Tours), A Christmas Story (Miss Shields), Mary Oscar Wilde play, An Ideal Husband. Kevin is Poppins (Mrs. Corry), Amadeus (Constanze). a member of the Resident Ensemble of Artists Love and gratitude to Walnut Street Theatre at People’s Light where he has appeared in and Basile family. Up next at WST: Jerry’s Girls over twenty productions, including Man from (Director/Choreographer). elliemooney.com Nebraska , for which he was nominated for a PETER SCHMITZ (Rev. Canon Chasuble) Sense and Barrymore Award, and most recently Happy to be back home at WST! (And Then Sensibility. He is a graduate of the American There Were None, Arsenic & Old Lace, Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Amadeus, Curtains, Oliver!, Hairspray, Les Theatre Training at Harvard. Misérables, Carousel, Windy City, et al.). JAKE BLOUCH (John Worthington) is Many thanks to Bob, Bernard, and Mark for thrilled to be making his Walnut Theatre the opportunity to be Wilde again! Dedicated debut. Philadelphia: See What I Wanna See to the memory of the late great Richard (Julio) (11th Hour Theatre Co., Barrymore Award); Iglewski, who himself played this role so Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Theater Exile); wonderfully. Emma As You Like It Henry V The Liar , , , ALANNA J. SMITH (Cecily Cardew) Three Sisters Superior (Lantern Theater Co.); , Honored to be back at the Walnut! WST: The Donuts A Little Night Music , (Arden Theatre Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Story. Regional: Assistance Mauritius Co.); (Wilma Theater); , Gypsy, James and the Giant Peach (Hangar Unnecessary Farce Man of La Mancha , (Act II Theatre). BFA Ithaca College. Many thanks to Playhouse). Lots of love to Sophie. Bob, Bernard, Brian, and my family! For Jakie. alanna-smith.com DANIEL FREDRICK (Algernon Moncrieff) Red, Mickle Street (Walnut); Mrs. Warren’s LAUREN SOWA (Gwendolen Fairfax) is Profession, Hound of the Baskervilles, Arcadia thrilled to return to the Walnut! In Philadelphia: (Lantern Theater); Explorers Club (Delaware Harvey, Private Lives (Walnut); Emma Theatre Co.); Shoplifters (1812 Productions) (Lantern); Othello and Much Ado About Nothing Othello, Diary of a Madman (Quintessence). (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre). Other Regional: Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night recent credits: Cymbeline (Opera House Arts); (Trinity Shakespeare); Winter’s Tale, Hamlet and All’s Well That Ends Well (Alabama Midsummer Night’s Dream (Heart of America Shakespeare Festival); Romeo & Juliet (NC Shakespeare); Something Intangible, Picasso… Shakes). Film: 42 Seconds of Happiness, Café Lapin Agile (Circle Theatre); Laughter on Artist, The Rainbow Experiment. Upcoming the 23rd Floor (Watertower Theatre). Film/ film: The Devil’s Well. Proud member of AEA. Commercial: Comcast, ABC, Herr’s, Optimum, laurensowa.com Treehouse on Hulu. BFA: Texas Christian University. H. MICHAEL WALLS (Merriman) is delighted to return to WST after appearing in MARY MARTELLO (Lady Bracknell) More last year’s production of Harvey. His credits Sister than 20 shows at WST! Most recently: include the Arden, the Wilma, Theatre Exile, Act Harvey Memphis 9 TO 5 Mrs. , , , (WST); Delaware Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Warren’s Profession The Carols (Lantern); and Orlando Shakespeare Festivals, DC’s
(1812). A Philadelphia actor for almost 20 years, Studio Theatre and Arena Stage. He has Mary is always thrilled to be working with the worked with Greg Doran, Artistic Director of WST family! Please visit marymartello.com for RSC, playwright Tom Stoppard, Pulitzer Prize more information. This Lady B is in honor of winner Jason Miller, and Nobel Laureate Derek John Peakes, the founder of the feast. Walcott. Many thanks to Bernard and Bob. As ELLIE MOONEY (Miss Prism) WST always, for Janice. Highlights: Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch),PLAYBILL. COM
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OSCAR WILDE (Playwright) (1854–1900) directed. He has also been nominated for two was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet Outer Critics Circle awards in NYC and two and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest Barrymore Awards here in Philadelphia. Bob playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime has directed Emmerdale, Brookside and the he wrote nine plays, one novel, and numerous BAFTA winning children’s series Streetwise for poems, short stories and essays. Wilde was a British Television. His writing includes Return proponent of the Aesthetic movement, which to the Forbidden Planet, From a Jack to a King, emphasized aesthetic values more than moral Keep on Running and four record breaking or social themes. This doctrine is most clearly Christmas shows for The Everyman Theatre, summarized in the phrase “art for art’s sake.” Liverpool. He comes from having directed Mephisto BOB CARLTON (Director) is a British Theatre his own adaptation of Klaus Mann’s director who, as a freelancer, has had the good at London’s Academy of Live and Recorded fortune to direct productions in London’s West Arts, for whom he is currently working on an The Third Man End, New York, Japan and Australia, as well adaptation of Graham Greene’s . as theatres across the U.K. Bob has served as Bob is the father of screenwriter Emily Carlton Associate Director at The Dukes Playhouse, and stepfather of rapper Jake Emlyn. He lives in Lancaster, The Theatre Royal, York; was London with his wife Sally who is a behavioral Artistic Director of London’s Bubble Theatre, specialist, looking after dysfunctional children, and for 17 years served as Artistic Director of (which is probably why they get on so well). the acclaimed Queen’s Theatre in East London. ROBERT KOHARCHIK (Scenic Design) Bob was honored with an Olivier Award for lives in Indianapolis where he has designed for the West End production of his own Return to Indiana Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, the Forbidden Planet as well as two Off West and Lilly Theatre at Indianapolis Children’s End Awards for two subsequent plays which he Museum. Additional credits include: The
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Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (MO), The LORI AGHAZARIAN (Stage Manager) This Cleveland Playhouse (OH), Geva Theatre is Lori’s eleventh season here at the Walnut. (NY), The Weston Playhouse of Vermont (VT), Prior to joining WST, Lori spent seven seasons Contemporary American Theatre of Columbus as PSM at the Prince Music Theater. Freelance (OH), and American Players Theatre (WI). credits include Wilma Theater, Opera Co. of Rob received a Lilly Endowment Creative Phila., Pig Iron Theatre Co., 1812 Productions, Renewal Fellowship from the Arts Council of PTC, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Indianapolis (1999, 2011). He is an Associate In addition to stage managing, Lori spent Professor in theatre design at Butler University. five years as the box office manager for the MARK MARIANI (Costume Design) Most Philadelphia Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe. recently: WST: Laughter on the 23rd Floor, For Daisy. Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Always… Patsy ANGELA CUCCO (Stage Manager) is Cline, Harvey, Private Lives. Lantern Theater celebrating her 7th Walnut season by moving Co: Taming of the Shrew. Philadelphia Theater to the Mainstage! Prior to this move, she Co: Disgraced. Baystreet Theater, NY: Mystery stage managed for six seasons upstairs in Of Irma Vep. The Broad Theater, L.A: Freud’s the Independence Studio on 3. Other stage Last Session. Off-Broadway: Marjorie Dean management credits include Mary Poppins on Theater and New World Stages, Freud’s Last the Walnut Mainstage, Williamstown Theatre Session. BSC: Brel in the Berkshires and Festival, George Street Playhouse, Vineyard See Rock City & Other Destinations. UAE: Playhouse, Skyline Theatre Company, New Ambassador Satch. Many thanks to the costume York International Fringe Festival and Philly shops beautiful work! Fringe. Many thanks to Mom, Dad, Laurie and the WST family. Love forever to David. STUART DUKE (Lighting Design) For Walnut Street: Private Lives, Harvey. New JOEL MARKUS (Production Manager) This is York: Orwell in America, The Rothschilds, jon Joel’s sixth season at the Walnut. Other credits: & jen, Cast of Characters, Frankie, directed by ten seasons at the Indiana Repertory Theatre; George Abbott; The Matchmaker. Other credits: four years at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, The Night Seasons, written and directed by NY; five summers at the Weston Playhouse in Horton Foote; Rags for Paper Mill Playhouse; Vermont; American Players Theatre in Spring Conrack at Ford’s Theatre; Christopher Lloyd Green, Wisconsin; and North Shore Music in Death of a Salesman. Recent designs: Round Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. He is a & Round the Garden for Weston Playhouse; graduate of Indiana University and originally Disney’s Beauty & the Beast for Alabama from Miami, Florida. Shakespeare Festival, Living Together at MARK D. SYLVESTER (Managing Northern Stage. Director) Mark’s extensive career has spanned ELIZABETH ATKINSON (Sound Design) Summer Stock to Broadway as an actor, stage as a relative newcomer to Philadelphia, is manager, box office treasurer, theatre manager, delighted to return to WST. Regional credits marketing and public relations director and include Pittsburgh’s City Theatre Company general manager. This season he is proud to (Resident Designer, 12 years), The Wilma, be celebrating his 23rd season at the Walnut. Simpatico Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company, After several years working with commercial People’s Light and Theatre Company, Yale theatre he has devoted his career to non-profit Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, Repertory theatre companies since 1987. To date, Mark Theatre of St. Louis, Merrimack Repertory has been associated with more than 400 stage Theatre, and Pittsburgh Irish and Classical productions. An avid collector of musical Theatre. Named “Sound Designer of the Year” theatre recordings, his collection contains over by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2003, 2006, 2007) 3,000 cast albums from around the world. and had the honor of exhibiting at the 2007, Widely regarded as a theatrical marketing 2011, and 2015 Prague Quadrennials. expert, Mark lectures and consults with
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organizations internationally. He has served on tremendous admiration for the artists who have several boards including seven years with the dedicated their lives to the theatre and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre where Walnut, in particular. Our theatre is a non-profit he now holds the honorary position of Board 501-C3 institution and we rely on contributed Emeritus and the Advisory Committee of income to extend our reach into the community. Samuel French, the international play publisher Last season we reached more than 172,000 and licensing company. With Bernard Havard students in our city schools. We have 30 trustees he co-authored the book Walnut Street Theatre. who give their time, wisdom and contributions Since he joined the Walnut in 1994 it has to help guide this historical treasure. I came to become the most subscribed theatre company the Walnut in 1982, and I am as excited now in the world. about our future as I was in the beginning. My heartfelt thanks to all who enter this theatre. BERNARD HAVARD (President and For my biography, go to About Us on our web Producing Artistic Director) Vox Populi (The site at WalnutStreetTheatre.org. Voice of the People) was written on the Walnut Playbills in the 1800s. Whenever the Walnut has strayed from a populist program, the theatre has gone bankrupt. When I came here 34 years ago, we had no programs and no audience. Today we enjoy the largest subscription of any theatre in the world. So, my thanks to our loyal audience and a warm welcome to newcomers who enjoy and believe in what we do. I have
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COMING ATTRACTIONS Your AT THIS THEATRE! MAINSTAGE: Also coming this season: Saturday Night Ticket To Fever, May 16–July 16, 2017. Don’t miss our upcoming 2017-18 season! Three musicals and two plays include: A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum; Annie; The Humans; Noises Broadway Off; and Mamma Mia! For Mainstage subscriptions, call 215-574-3550, ext. 6 (7 playbillclub.com days a week, 10am–10pm). WST FOR KIDS: Skippyjon Jones, March 31–April 22, 2017. Junie B. Jones The Musical, June 2–11, 2017.
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03-14 Earnest_LIVE.indd 10 2/24/17 4:00 PM WALNUT STREET THEATRE EDUCATION 825 Walnut Street, 215-574-3550 Director of Education...... Thomas P. Quinn Assistant Director of Education...... Ashley Kerns BOARD OF TRUSTEES Education Programs Associate...... Pat Shane Chair...... Richard A. Mitchell, Esq. Education Production Associate...... Angie Confredo Immediate Past Chair...... Denise Daher Hodgson Resident Teaching Artist...... Jasmine Hammond Chairman Emeritus ...... Louis W. Fryman, Esq. Education Apprentice...... Amanda Pasquini Chairman Emeritus ...... Matthew Garfield Acting Apprentices...... Anne Bragg, Alexa Cepeda, Chairman Emeritus ...... John D. Graham Joslynn Cortes, Rafael Martinez-Salgado, Dana Orange, Vice Chair ...... David S. Blum Austin Turner, Faith Sacher, Jacob Schrimpf Vice Chair...... Ramona Gwynn Theatre School Faculty...... Marissa Barnathan, Sarah Biddle, Vice Chair...... Francis J. Mirabello, Esq. Chris Burcheri, Mary Carpenter, Jeffrey Coon, Sharon Geller, Vice Chair...... Scott Rankin Nate Golden, Jasmine Hammond, Renee Hansberger, Secretary ...... Lauren A. Harrington Melissa Joy Hart, Heidi Hayes, Jerrell Henderson, Treasurer...... Robert L. B. Harman Noah Herman, Jesse Jones, Ashley Kerns, Brian Kurtas, Meghan Malloy, Mary Martello, Emily Mattison, Christina May, Ronald E. Bowlan Cedric Rockamore Drucie McDaniel, Ellie Mooney, Nick Parker, Susan Quinn, Ira Brown Edward Satell Thomas J. Coultes A.J. Scamuffa Tom Quinn, Amina Robinson, Peter Schmitz, Susan Riley Jeffrey Ferro Keith D. Schneck Stevens, David Stradley, Tara Tagliaferro, Ellen Tobie, Christopher Franklin Jennifer Toll Schulman Bill Van Horn, Leah Walton, Greg Wood, Holly Yokley Jack R. Garfinkle, Esq. Jon C. Sirlin MARKETING Albert A. Giagnacova, ChFC, CLU Ellen Tobie Director of Marketing Gerald T. Hathaway, Esq. Todd C. Vanett and Public Relations...... Ralph Weeks Bernard Havard Gloria Watson Communications Manager...... Amy O’Connell Audrey Merves Richard Woosnam Marketing Assistant...... Meghan Coppola David Montgomery Marketing Apprentice...... Chelsea Pedano ALUMNI TRUSTEES Public Relations Apprentice...... Christopher Lee Tutolo Box Office Treasurer...... Rick Dougherty Ashok N. Bakhru, Valli Baldassano, Bruce Belzak, Maureen Breakiron-Evans, George M. Chamberlain, Jr., Assistant Box Office Treasurer...... Tom Brzozowski Ticketing Services Manager...... Mandy Targoff Rebecca R. Clark, Louis J. D’Ambrosio, Allan M. Dabrow, Joseph E. Ellis, Sr., Barry Genkin, Donald Gleklen, Bruce Associate Ticketing Services Manager...... Krissy de Groot Goldberg, Terry Graboyes, Michael Hagy, Joanne Marie Ticketing Services Associate...... Matthew Morrell Harmelin, Jeremy D. Johnson, Ira L. Kamens, Kenneth Ticketing Services Apprentice...... Carrie Williams E. Kirby, Robert A. Korn, Ann M. Liacouras, Ben Lipitz, Senior Ticketing Service Agents...... Liz Childs, Megan Jones, Theresa E. Loscalzo, Esq., Craig R. MacQueen, James E. Liam Mulshine, Amanda Robinson, Zech Thompson Marks, Kyle Anne Midkiff, George W. Murphy, Ann Marie Tele-Sales Manager...... Andy Burr Richter, Renee H. Rollin, Dolly Beechman Schnall, Martin Assistant Tele-Sales Manager...... Santina Marie Andretta W. Spector, James M. Tholey, Philip J. Webster Senior Tele-Sales Agents...... William Burgess, HONORARY MEMBERS Omar Cameron, Shirley Carter, Jeff Dienes, John Eichinger, Carman Fields, Kareemah Ferron, Maria Guiana, Mr. Charles Fuller, Ms. Carole Haas Gravagno, David Harlem, Jonathan Kincy, Joseph Kramer, Ms. Anne Jackson, Mr. Neil Simon, Mr. Stephen Sondheim, Andre Mack, Adam Markind, Aliyah Martin, Jill Owens, Hon. Mark Squilla, Ms. Lily Tomlin Keith Porter, Kevin Rawls, Marie Riccuiti, Sal Testa, WALNUT STREET THEATRE STAFF Rob Waldman, Elliot Waters, Hardie Wedeen ARTISTIC PRODUCTION President and Producing Production Manager...... Joel Markus Artistic Director...... Bernard Havard Assistant Production Manager...... Siobhán Ruane Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director/ Production Management Apprentice....Hannah Drew Trachy Casting...... Brian Kurtas, CSA Stage Managers...... Lori Aghazarian, Angela Cucco Casting/Literary Apprentice...... Rocco Praderio Stage Management Apprentices...... Rachel Gerrity, ADMINISTRATION Amanda Klute Managing Director...... Mark D. Sylvester Studio 3 Stage Manager...... Meg Lydon Technical Director...... Brian Froonjian Assistant to the Managing Director/ Assistant Technical Director...... Kyle Amick Company Manager...... Kathryn McCumber Shop Management Apprentice...... Laura Revelt General Management Apprentice...... Cara Frisina Head Carpenter...... Eric LaValley Controller...... Michael S. Armento Carpenters...... Jacob Goddard, Zachary Laska, Assistant to the Controller...... Rita Sirianni Kevin Isenberg, Joseph Downey Financial Assistant...... Loi Dang Carpenter Apprentices....Davis Caramanico, Jeremy Vreeken Audience Services Manager...... Angelia Evans Scenic Charge...... Leslie Curd Assistant Audience Services Manager...... Peter Marshall Assistant to the Scenic Charge...... Sarah Ganek Audience Service Apprentices...... Talvick Hook, Scenic Artists...... Radha Vakharia Caitlin McCarthy Scenic Apprentice...... Leighann Westermeyer Refreshment Services Manager...... Dan Ludwig Properties Manager...... Scott Groh Facilities Manager...... Bruce Myers Properties Management Apprentice...... Greer Duckworth Assistant to the Facilities Manager...... Tony Sample Head Props...... Charles Margies Environmental Services...... Purnell Autry, Keisha Bailey, Props Artisan...... 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The mission of the Walnut Street Theatre Company is to sustain the tradition of professional theatre and contribute to its future viability and vitality. It does so through the production and presentation of professional theatre; the encouragement, training and development of artists; the development of diverse audiences; and the preservation and chronicling of its theatre building, a National Historic Landmark.
Walnut Street Theatre is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the League of Historic American Theatres and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
Walnut Street Theatre receives support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Walnut Street Theatre acknowledges with appreciation Bryce’s Catering Company (Wynnewood, PA) for their elegant catering of theatre events.
Accessibility Equipment, Training and Marketing provided by Independence Starts Here, the statewide cultural accessibility program of VSA PA/Amaryllis Theatre Co., jointly led in different regions in PA by cultural partners in that region. In Greater Philadelphia, Independence Starts Here is jointly led by Art-Reach, Inc.
Support for Walnut Street Theatre’s general operations provided in part by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.
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Forrest Society ($25,000+) Anonymous Louis and Bessie Stein PNC Arts Alive Buford Alexander & Pamela Farr* Foundation Fund #2 Scott & Sharon Rankin American Airlines M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust The Schloss Family Foundation* The Arcadia Foundation METRO Philadelphia/City Paper The Shubert Foundation Steven & Joy Bunson* Mix 106.1 Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP Courier Post NBC 10 Syde Hurdus Foundation Sylvia & Harold Farrey PECO James S. & Lynne Turley* Bernard Havard & Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Wells Fargo* Judy Capuzzi Havard^ The Philadelphia Inquirer William Penn Foundation Philly Weekly WRTI
Booth Society ($10,000+) 12th Street Gym Lincoln Financial Group The Rebecca Capuzzi Anonymous Foundation Memorial Fund AIG Richard A. Mitchell Ed & Cyma Satell Aqua National Endowment for the Arts Salem Shuchman & The ARAMARK Charitable Fund Lisa Orberg* Barbara Klock Enertex Marketing, Inc. Frank & Bonnie Orlowski* Daniel A. Simkowitz* Jeff & Janie Ferro Philadelphia Cultural Fund George S. Smith, Jr.* Alan & Jennifer Freedman* Philadelphia Insurance Companies Southwest Airlines* Matt Garfield PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Theatermania/Gretchen Shugart* The Hamilton Family Foundation Progressive Business Publications Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co. Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation RBC Wealth Management* Isabelle Winkles* Independence Foundation Barrymore Society ($5,000+) Anonymous IMC Charitable Foundation The Mutual Fire Foundation Drs. James Byers & Stephanie Chuipek R. Todd Ireland Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Anna Darby-Matteoda & Jane James Insurance Company Terrance Darby Janet & Lew Klein Daniel & Wendi Ruddy Mr. Peter R. Denton & The Louis W. Fryman Scholarship Fund James D. Scully, Jr. & Marlene Stoczko Mrs. Audrey J. Denton Macy’s Foundation Theatre Forward The Dow Chemical Company John & Janet Marsella, Jr. Jennifer Toll Schulman Gerald & Helga Finsen Philip & Margaret Masters, Consultants Dr. & Mrs. Alan and Edye Twer Glenmede Chase & Susan McDaniel James & Rose Vendetti Bob & Louise Harman Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Mirabello Walter & Gretel Hellendall PLAYBILL.COM Herman Goldner Company Maureen E. Molloy Education Fund
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03-14 Earnest_LIVE.indd 13 2/24/17 4:00 PM Cushman Society ($2,500+) Anonymous (3) Dorfman & Kaish Family Jack Miller Family Foundation Robert Peter Miller Matthew & Megan Abbott Foundation, Inc.* Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Johnson David & Lyn Montgomery Susan Adamczyk John R. Dutt* Howard & Janet Kagan* Network for Good Mitchell J. Auslander* Bruce R. & Tracey Ewing* Sonya & Joseph Kelly Stephen & Lucy Paccione Dan & Reeva Benau Marilyn J. Faust & Keith Faust Ken & Elaine Kirby Ann & Lanny Patten Gene & Joann Bissell John & Elizabeth Gontarz Joseph F. Kirk* Michael T. Piotrowicz David S. Blum & Mason & Kim Granger* Joseph & Peter Lomax Ronald, Leslie & Amanda Shur Mark B. Woodland Steven I. & Genevieve Gross Louis N. Cassett Foundation Roger & Kathi Smith Joseph & Suzanne Calabro Brian J. Harkins* Christopher & Michele Mahle TD Charitable Foundation Bob & Cheryl Carfagno The Hassel Foundation Edward & Roberta Martin John Thomopoulos* Connelly Foundation The Haverford Trust Company John R. 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03-14 Earnest_LIVE.indd 14 2/24/17 4:00 PM Producing Angels ($500+) Anonymous Dr. Todd & Wendi Cohen Bill & Clare Higgins Tinker Lonergan & Dave Johnson Christopher Ritchie Howard Aaronson Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Cook Tom & Paula Hollencamp Terry Loscalzo Ann Robinson Drs. Ronald & Marcia Abraham Christine & Kenneth Coulter Stephen & Mary Holt Alexander & Jennifer Macleod Drs. Brad & Elizabeth Robinson Edward & Roseann Adamczyk Mr. & Mrs. Alan Craig Jerry Hook & Jacqueline Smith Lee & Lauri MacMinn Sally & Edwin Rosenthol Mr. & Mrs. James Ahlum Karen Crane Tom & Joyce Howley Kenneth Mallin Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Roush, Jr. Mr. Winfield E. Akeley^ Kimberly & Walter Cwietniewicz Bruce & Alice Hudson Lana & Linda Marcinek Dr. & Mrs. Walter Rubin Ron & Daryl Albury John & Christine D’Alessandro Mr. Lee H. Hudson Joseph & Margaret Martelli Mary & Paul Rutter Ms. Margaret M. Alford Mr. & Mrs. William P. and Susan Mike & Betty Hummel McDowell Posternock, PC Stephen M. Sader Mr. & Mrs. Raymond and Mary P. Degler Jim & Carol Hunsicker Jill & Shawn McGlinchey Mr. & Mrs. R. Sampson Alimenti Susan Dornstein & Gary Deutsch Emeline T. Hunter Paul & Karen McTamney Ann Seiberlich Marylee & Stuart Alperin Richard Dougherty Thomas & Karen Hyers Rick & Daria Meehl David & Joanne Shafter Mr. & Mrs. Richard Anthony Sam Driban & Marilyn Neuhauser Mr. & Mrs. Peter Iannotta Miriam & Stan Meltzer Mr. & Mrs. Alex D. Shalaway Albert & Patricia Antrobus Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Duffy Charles Intenzo^ Ms. Kyle Anne Midkiff Mr. & Mrs. C.A. Sherman Bank of America Edelstein-McKinstry Family Kevin & Fran Jardine Miller & Flink Families Rowland & Elaine Smith Lynda Barness Marie & James Ely Tom & Joann Jordan Dr. James Miller Bill Spencer Rena & Sam Barnett Paul & Janet Engstrom Ginny & Len Karabell Rick Moog & Pat Martin Mr. & Mrs. Joseph St. Georges Mary R. Barry Mr. & Mrs. N. Fenimore, Jr. George Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. and Dorothy Steinbiss Family Thorir & Erna Bjornsson Kalman & Suzan Fine Elizabeth Kennedy Morse Jr. Al & Mary Ann Stevens John & Linda Braceland Josie Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kennedy Kenneth Morton Sherryl & Ted Strand Tim & Mary Ann Bramhall Gerald & Jean Frank Alan & Henrietta Kiel Gerry & Brenda Mullane Marlene & Joe Testa Mark D. Braverman Rick & Julie Frost Walter Kissel Christine Mundt Bill & Pat Turbett George & Nancy Brodie Ms. Susan M. Garber Gerhart & Anne Klein Lisa & Tom Murphy John & Victoria Turlik Michael J. & Alice L. Brown Valerie & David Gladfelter Charitable Fund Francis & Loretta Nichols Meryl Udell & Kelci Francis J. Brzozowski Don & Carol Gleklen Sherrie & Nelson Klein Donna & Seymour Nowicki Raymond Vivacqua Thomas F. Brzozowski Gail & Samuel Goldstein Peter & Joyce Klugherz Harvey & Lisa Ostroff Donna Votto Bob & Treva Burger Janis & Stephen Goodman George F. Koch, Jr. & Deborah Ott & Angel Macasieb James & Kathleen Walters Yvonne & Bruce Burgess Radha & Hari Gopal Santo A. DiDonato Mr. & Mrs. Frank Palopoli Beau & Valerie Walton Stephen & Susan Bush Edward V. Grattini Dr. & Mrs. Sylvester Kohut, Jr. Daniel & Michelle Peel Brian Watterson Mr. & Mrs. Bransby and Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Talbot & Charlotte Kramer Ms. Pamela Phelan Raymond & Elizabeth Weddington Margaret Bushey David R. Griscom & Brian Kurtas & Jason Ketelsen Lucy Pierre Alan Wender Daniel Bussinger Berminna Solem Ms. Mary H. Ladd Marcia & Don Pizer West Chester Friends C & M Novelties and Mr & Mrs Joseph and Otti Hallinan Christine & Oscar Laskin Dorothy Haas Praiss Mr. & Mrs. Jack Whittaker Joseph J. Morgan Sondra & Joel Haness Todd Levin & Andre Beckett Prudential Foundation The William Goldman Foundation Joseph & Angelina Candelore Noel Harbist Philip E. Lian & Joan L. Mueller Wayne & Karen Ranbom Mr. & Mrs. G. V. Willman and “Great” Elizabeth F. Casmas Barbara R. Hartenbauer Rafael & Carol Lissack Bruce & Cindy Rangnow David & Kathleen Wojcik James Chapman Lynda & David Herendeen Carol & John Little Beth & Jim Reber Faith & David Wolford John T. Chumbley & Carol Chumbley Louis & Eileen Hermans Mr. William A. Loeb Juanita & Pete Ricchiuti Gina T. Zegel
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Uschold Theresa Brennan Mr. & Mrs. John and Barbara Gericke Earl W. Laney Mary Prychka Warren Uzialko David & Janet Breskman Cathy Gettis Dr. Howard R. Levy Anna Simpson Pullar Sarah & John VanBuren Shelley & David Brietling Chris & Margie Giles^ Linn One Hour Cleaners, Inc. Joseph & Jan Quill Joseph & Sandra Vasta Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Brightman Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Giordano Patricia Lukaszow Thomas Quinn & Gary & Barbara Vernick Carol E. Brown Arlene Goldberg Reaves & Francis Lukens Susan Nicodemus Quinn Lew & Hella Volgenau Mr. & Mrs. James Brown Nana Goldberg Dominic & Marian Macchione Mr. & Mrs. Thaddeus Raczkowski Michael Wacey & Elaine Jenkins-Wacey Jim & Mary Brown Jeffrey & Janis Goldman Boyd & Judith Mackleer Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Rapuano Thomas Wadas Jessica M. Bullion George & Jackie Goldstone in memory Julia Maguire Kurt Reichert Margot Waitz & Gordon Manin Wanda M. Bullion of Dina Michelle Goldstone Theodore & Kathleen Malpezzi Kevin & Jane Roach Jeff Walsh & Mark Klingensmith Marilyn R. Burgin Mr. & Mrs. Robert Goodman Tony & Lori Mannino Paul V. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Walsh C & M Novelties and Joseph J. Morgan Mrs. Dorothy J. Graham Mr. Robert Marcinkowski Deborah Rodia Joseph R. Waters Mayor & Mrs. Edward Campbell Dr. Marcia & Dr. Alexander Grande, III Laura Markowitz & Steven Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rosenbaum Richard & Patricia Webster Ms. Susan Carducci Michael & Dawn Grasso Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Maseychik Mr. Arnold Rovner Dania Welchoff Betsy Carlson Francis R. Grebe Mr. Vincent Massimiano Janet Rush Roy & Sharon Wells Edward & Dorothy Carter Ina & Earl Gross Mr. & Mrs. Steve Mazda Dr. Ronald Saffar Mr. & Mrs. Howard White Leslie Cassoff Dr. & Mrs. Hammer Regenia McAden Phyllis Sambar Russ & Carol Whitman Ms. Nancy L. 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03-14 Earnest_LIVE.indd 15 2/24/17 4:00 PM Benefactors ($200+) Anonymous (13) Thomas Delle Donne— Sandon Herzlich Frank & Carolyn McIntosh Joyce Scarfo Mr. Gerald Abelson Optima Cleaning System Connie L. Hewitt Ms. Ellyn McMullin Edward Scharnikow Virginia & Louis Ackler In Memory of Richard P. DiCamillo Nancy Hobbie Donna McNelis Mr. Gerald Schatz Mr. & Mrs. Donald Alderfer Gail Dillon Ms. Michele Howard Dr. & Mrs. James Meadowcroft Dr. & Mrs. Ira Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. John Annand Lisa & Donald Dissinger Sam Howe & Dodi Fordham Jeffrey Melton Carol & Gregory Scott Barbara & Leonard Aquilino David Dondero Clara Huntzinger Stacy & Richard Merkin-Eden Eddy & Sallie Seger Elizabeth Avery Mr. Randy Donovan Harold Hurwitz Kenneth & Connie Merritt William & Nancy Seibert Jr. Jacqueline Axilbund Henry Doran Kathy & Dave Hychalk Rev. & Mrs. Raymond and Deborah Lela B. & Don S. 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Bruce & Toby Eisenstein Homi Kapadia Stephen & Maria Mockbee Robert Shumelman Patricia & Joseph Beach Jean Berg Eselgroth Kathryn Keithley & Jill Ditton Munchkins of Oz Nancy & Alan D. Silverman Caoimhe Beil William Evans Dennis Keleshian & Chris Dostal Kyle Musal Arlene Glenn Simolike, Esq. Phyllis F. Belzak Ms. Joan M. Farkas John & Barbara Kelly Jerry A. Naessens Gail & Larry Simon Elaine & Edward Benoff Anne M. Farrington Mr. & Mrs. John W. Kemble Jr. Mr. Stephen Negro Susan Sjostrom Ruth Ann Bice Judy Featherman, Ed.D. John Kennedy, Jr. C. Raymond Nelson Bonnie & Steven Snyder Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Bierl Maria & William Feeley Paul Keuerleber Gene & Sally Nicholls Erma Cocci Sobol David & Deana Binder In memory of Mary Blair Fields Lois Khatchadourian Harvey & Sylvia Nisenbaum Sara & Carly Sokoloff Barbara & Brian Binney Leona Fierszt Kathy Kingston Suzanne V. Norris, Realtor John & Christine Sommer Ken & Marie A. Bishop Ellen Slott Fisher Wayne Klotzbach Mr. Walter Norris Dorothy Sopp Ron & Anita Block Mark & Fay Fisher Charles S. Knothe Thomas Nowakowski Robert & Nancy Spalding Kerry Bluestein Patricia & Kevin Fisher Marie Knup Mr. & Mrs. R. Lynn Oakes Joseph & Patricia Spampinato Mr. Harris Bock Mr. & Mrs. Philip W.J. Fisher Mrs. Sandra Koch Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Ockman Eric Spare in honor of Denise Hodgson Mr. Jim Fitzgerald Michael Kolczynski Jeremy & Sandy Oliver John Spielberger Bonnie Bozek Cheryl & John Foff Don & Diane Kolodziejski Rick Osman Ms. Anna M. Sprows Barbara Brady Mr. & Mrs. C. D.Forney Janet & Michael Kott Sharon Otto Letitia Squillaro Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Brajkovich Sandi Foxx-Jones Bruce & Jean Kraeuter Dr. Arelyne B. Pacho Joan S. Stafford Paul & Susan Brenman Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Frank Joseph & Kathryn Kraher Drs. Steven & Catherine Parrillo Mary Ann & Bill Stanczak Marion & Francis P. Brennan Drs. 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Dr. Paul & Kathleen Steinberg† Chuck & Jill Brownawell Mary Gallagher Andrew & Rebecca Lamborn John & Judith Peakes Marge & Ty Steinberg Mr. & Mrs. Ed Burdsall and Sons Mr. Robert Garrett Mary Landherr Susan Peck Mr. Raymond Stephano Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Burks William & Alice Garvey Karen & Robert Landman Dr. & Mrs. Bernard and Joy Pekala Mrs. Cynthia Stewart Dr. & Mrs. Carl Byck Kathleen F. Gender Charles & Lucinda Landreth Penn Jersey Building Maintenance Mr. & Mrs. Elbridge F. Stockwell, Jr. Pam & Rick Byrd Deborah Giacomoni^ Daniel Lee and Window Cleaning Edward & Joyce Stoeber Gerard & Nancy Callan Bill & Gini Giambatista Tom & Judy Leidy Mary Lynn Penn Alice Stoll Donnamae Camm Ellen Gifford Harry & Carol Leopold Mr. David B. 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Deckard Douglas Hawley Harriet McGraw Arthur & Marie Salvagno Eileen & Don Zolotorofe John & Merrilee Henley Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McHugh Alan & Linda Sanders Walnut Street Theatre graciously acknowledges additional supporters online at WalnutStreetTheatre.org/support/ways-to-give For more information regarding Walnut Street Theatre’s annual fund, affectionately called our ‘Angels Campaign,’ please contact the Development Office at (215) 574-3580 or [email protected]. In addition to Playbill listings, benefits associated with each level of giving can enhance your experience when you attend the Theatre! ^Includes a donation made to The Rebecca Capuzzi Memorial Fund † Includes a donation made to The Ani Fiordimondo Scholarship Fund *Donation made to Theatre Forward’s Educating Through Theatre program
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