MUSIC & LYRICS BY STUART MATTHEW PRICE BOOK & ADDITIONAL LYRICS BY TIMOTHY KNAPMAN BASED ON AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT BY STUART MATTHEW PRICE

DIRECTED BY SUZANNE WITHEM

DIGITAL PLAYBILL APRIL 2021 BLUEBARN | 32 | Season of the Unknown

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

Susan Clement-Toberer Producing Artistic Director

— 2 — TRUBLU MEMBERSHIP SEASON HAPPENINGS:

Holiday Hootenanny | Music, song, Bonfire Series | Five Extraordinary dance, story. For the longest nights, Works of Theatre. Dozens of the warmest of fires… and joy to us Extraordinary Artists. all! | Dec 17th-20th The Shape of Things to Come. Marjorie Prime | The great pause ———————— began March 17th. Our set still stands R33 | Sarah Brown after ready on our stage. We’ll premiere as Shakespeare soon as it’s safe. Three actors. One monster. What Digital Access | Live-streamed would you sacrifice to overcome shows. Virtual Tours. Special events. tyranny? The best seats in the house. Your own. For Black Trans Girls… | Radical Hospitality | Arts access is Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi a human right. BLUEBARN will offer A choreopoem. A fantasia. Love and pay-what-you-wish attendance for justice for a new generation. those facing economic barriers. Escaped Alone | Caryl Churchill Artists Fund | BLUEBARN is the only One of the most revered living professional contemporary theatre in playwrights. A most deranged tea Omaha committed to a living wage party. for all its artists. Before After | Knapman & Price Out of the Blue | A new path. What if you had a second chance Education. Touring. On the road. to get it right the first time? A new Online. Only from the BLUEBARN musical. Buffalo Women | Beaufield Berry Juneteenth. Newfound freedom. New lives. A Black cowgirl musical comedy.

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— 4 — DIRECTOR’S NOTES

How does a memory get made and why do we keep or not keep certain ones? What is the difference between a moment that becomes a memory and one that just passes? Often, exceptionally consequential or deeply emotional moments are seared into our memory. But what about those trivial things that also manage to secure a space on the register of our personal history? Why do simple things like sunsets or unbuttoned blouses or bad jokes find a place alongside first kisses and final goodbyes? Maybe they’re not trivial at all. Perhaps it is the memory of all the little things that make up a life. In Before After, we see the importance of the big and little memories that make up a life when we learn in the first scene that Ben has lost his memory. Ami, given the choice to tell him the truth or not, takes advantage of the clean slate and attempts to start again. As the musical progresses, each scene alternates between the memory of their first relationship (Before) and the progress of their second relationship (After). In the “before,” Ben and Ami meet, fall in love, and create a life full of memories together. In the “after,” Ben believes he’s meeting Ami for the first time, but she is using her memories of their first relationship to correct their mistakes from before. Alissa Hanish, Elizabeth Stinman, Scott Van Den Top, and I have had the pleasure of working together twice before on creative projects, and I couldn’t be happier for the opportunity to collaborate with them again. And this time, we’ve added Chloe Fulbright as stage manager to our team. In the past, we’ve dealt with themes of love, humor, heartache, seduction, wars, and giants. Now, we’re approaching this story which focuses in on art and memory. As artists ourselves, we’ve really enjoyed crafting a story in which art plays such a central role in creating memories and fostering healing. We hope you enjoy the story as much as we’ve enjoyed telling it.

Suzanne Withem

WELCOME FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

Greetings BLUEBARNers! Welcome BACK. Who knew that one year ago, it would be this long before I would have the pleasure, the relief, of saying that? The inimitable actress Lynn Redgrave once said “I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.” I have to agree, but can also relate to this on a more personal note. Prior to the pandemic, I knew that theatre was a critical part of my life and my heart. But a few months in, it became clear that my need for live theatre - beauty, community, creativity, art - approximated my need for water. A basic need that could not quite be fulfilled by livestreams and podcasts. So, here we are dipping a toe in, and hoping this is the beginning of a path back to full scale production in this venue and all others where we can share community, love, emotion, and growth. Together, in person, once again. And here’s to the amazing minds that came together to design and construct the space that is the BLUEBARN. A space with such amazing adaptability that allows us to begin this journey back... around a bonfire. Enjoy this wonderful series - I really can’t wait to see you all again.

Devin — 5 — PRESENTS

B O N F I R E SERIES Before After A Musical Love Story Music & Lyrics by Stuart Matthew Price Book & Additional Lyrics by Timothy Knapman Based on an original concept by Stuart Matthew Price

Directed by Suzanne Withem

April 16th-25th, 2021 This performance runs approximately 90 minutes. There will be no intermission.

PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES AND PAGERS. The use of video, still or sound recording devices is strictly prohibited.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR MASKS ON

— 6 — COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

Safety Procedures for BLUEBARN Patrons At the BLUEBARN we are working to reopen as safely as possible. We are following CDC and State guidelines, and measures are being taken to ensure our Patrons, Artists and Staff’s safety. We reserve the right to cancel any in person performance if the Douglas County COVID numbers exceed 10%. Upon Arrival Masks are required to be worn at all times including when inside the theater. Each patron will be temperature checked upon entry. Cleaning Procedures Hand sanitizer dispensers are available throughout the buildings. The theatre, lobby and bathrooms will be thoroughly cleaned before and after each performance for your safety. Doorknobs, railings, counter tops, and other common touch points are sanitized with increased frequency. Fewer Audience Members Indoor seating will be limited in capacity to 20 people. Patrons will be seated together with empty seats between groups allowing a distance of 6’ apart. Social Distancing Patrons are asked to stay six feet from other patrons. It may be necessary to form a line outside of the building to maintain this distance. The theatre will be opened 20 minutes prior to the start of the show. Please head straight to your seat after checking into the box office. Digital Playbill Digital playbills will now be available prior to opening night. Printed playbills will no longer be provided. Concessions Concession items may be preordered and will be ready at your seat when you arrive. No orders will be taken on the day of your performance. Shield guards are installed in areas where guests and staff come into close contact such as the box office and bar. Additional Time for Seating We realize these precautions may mean that it will take additional time to be seated. We will be opening the auditorium doors 20 minutes before showtime.

If you have any additional questions, please reach out at (402) 345-1576, or bluebarn.org/contact.

— 7 — ACCESS Due to the extraordinary circumstances and restrictions at play during the ongoing pandemic, many elements of our access initiatives are currently suspended or altered. These adjustments are reflected initalics below.

BLUEBARN Theatre is committed to ensuring that our boundary-breaking theatre is accessible to everyone. We are committed to easing cost barriers for young professionals and students. We are committed to providing low-cost, last-minute opportunities for anyone to see a show. We are committed to recognizing those that give the most in service to our community. BLUCrew Program for Young Patron Development Anyone 35 or under is eligible. Members receive rush pricing for most Sunday and Thursday shows throughout the season with no upfront cost. Due to capacity restrictions, BLUCrew members will receive special pricing for digital access to our productions. Rush Tickets Every unsold seat. Every show. $20. Available only at the box office, 45 minutes before cur- tain. If we’re not sold out, you have a new way in. Rush tickets are unavailable this season. Nebraska Educators, Healthcare Workers, and Military Personnel $5 off all tickets. All the time.

Captioning will be available for virtual performances upon request. To request captioning, please contact Barry at [email protected]. A sign-language interpreted performance is offered for every mainstage production on the second Friday show, generously supported by the Nebraska Arts Council. For pandemic impacted performances, ASL services will be provided upon request. Audio enhancement devices are available for the hearing impaired for mainstage productions. Bonfire Series productions will be miked and amplified. The BLUEBARN Theatre offers an Audio Description Service for the blind and visually impaired. Audio description provided by Outlook Nebraska. These performances fall on the third Thursday of each run, when requested. Audio description will be unavailable for the Bonfire Series. To request additional accommodation or for more information, please call (402)345-1576 or email Barry at [email protected].

BLUEBARN THEATRE is an Associate Member of the National New Play Network. NNPN is an alliance of professional theatres across the country who are evolving and exploring the frontiers of the American theatre. BLUEBARN has long been Omaha’s home for professional contemporary theatre, bringing diverse perspectives, new voices, and provocative work to our community. The National New Play Network has become the most powerful, growing force in new play development, production, and promotion in the nation. BLUEBARN is committed to seeking out collaborative relationships with other NNPN member theatres, producing and supporting the work of the most dynamic emerging voices in contemporary playwrighting, and promoting local artists on a platform with national reach. To support New Play Development at the BLUEBARN contact Barry at [email protected]. To learn more about NNPN and their programs visit www.nnpn.org

— 8 — Engagement ENGAGE events are free and available A BLUEBARN CROSSROADS EVENT to stream. Musical Theater: A Love Story An Interview with Hal France April 21st @ 7pm via our YouTube Channel and Facebook Page

A BLUEBARN CROSSROADS EVENT PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNO’S DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE Join Suzanne Withem, director of Before After, for a fascinating conversation with maestro Hal France. Former Artistic Director of Opera Omaha and no stranger to the BLUEBARN stage, Hal France now is now Instructor of Musical Theater for UNO Theatre in the School of the Arts. He is currently building a Musical Theater program for aspiring young talent across the state. Join us as he talks about his love of this most iconic American theater form. This event will be pre-recorded, but please contribute your thoughts in the comments section.

CROSSROADS EVENTS and CREATIVE CONVERSATIONS are all available via our YouTube Channel:

Shakespeare, Sages, and Seers expert young artists discuss R33

The Prime of Life with the cast and crew of Marjorie Prime

Being Human featuring Susie Collins, Jannette Davis, and Dan Whelan

Imagining New Ways of Being featuring Dane Figueroa Edidi and Kat MacHolmes

Creative Conversations: For Black Trans Girls… featuring Dominique Morgan and Dane Figueroa Edidi

Escaped Together featuring the playwrights of GPTC Commoners Program

A special thanks to our Bonfire Series Community Partners: Black and Pink, k+r strategies, UNO Theatre, Great Plains Theater Commons, and the Out of the Blue Program

— 9 — LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The BLUEBARN invites you to join us in practicing an acknowledgement of the land, a baseline step in recognizing the effects of colonization and anti-Indigeneity. We invite you to draw your awareness to your physical relationship to the earth, from wherever you are joining us today, if possible by making direct contact or grounding yourself in whatever way is accessible to you in this moment. We acknowledge that the land on which we find ourselves is occupied territory. This is true of anywhere we find ourselves or gather in the United States. It is the traditional land and ancestral home to Native American, Indigenous, and First Nations peoples. The BLUEBARN is located on the unceded territory of the Umonhon (“umAHhah”) and Ochéthi Šakówin, in colonized Omaha, NE. We invite you give focus to and honor the people whose lands were forcibly taken from their stewardship. (Use this website, www.native-land.ca, to discover the occupied native land on which you reside or currently find yourself.) We also invite you to draw your awareness to the way we are connecting in these times, virtually, digitally. The BLUEBARN recognizes that our internet-based activities use technology and equipment not available to many Indigenous communities and communities of color today. This technology and equipment have a negative impact on the environment. Climate change has a disproportionately negative impact on indigenous communities and communities of color worldwide. We invite you to join us in recognizing these truths, and the tensions they bring up, as well as our shared power and responsibility to radically re-imagine and boldly co-create a different world. As we recognize our collective participation in the ongoing process of colonization, we invite you to take a step within the next week that furthers your education about the Indigenous peoples of your region and how you can combat anti-Indigeneity… and share it with another person.

This acknowledgement was developed in community with our partners k+r strategies, a local anti-racism and anti-oppression firm, and is rooted in their practice whenever they gather. BLUEBARN will continue to refine and build on this practice as we all collectively journey toward equity and justice. Below please find further resources for exploration and ways to connect with the peoples of the native lands where the BLUEBARN is located.

RESOURCES A guide to Indigenous land acknowledgment nativegov.org/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/ A Truthful Indigenous Peoples’ Day usdac.us/news/indigenouspeoplesday Make Connections with People facebook.com/omahatribeofnebraska facebook.com/IllumiNativeOrg facebook.com/nuihc Omaha Tribe of Nebraska: www.omahatribe.com Ponca Tribe of Nebraska: www.poncatribe-ne.org

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

Anonymous Foundation Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation, Inc. Vernie & Carter Jones Mammel Foundation Fred & Eve Simon Charitable Foundation Taos Community Foundation – Esperanza De Corazon Fund The BLUEBARN Theatre 2020-2021 seasonSHOW is generously SPONSORS: supported by:

Anonymous FoundationRich and Fran Juro The BLUEBARN Theatre 2020-2021 season is generously supported by: Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation, Inc. The BLUEBARNVernieThe & CarterBLUEBARN Theatre Jones 2020-2021 Theatre 2020-2021 season is season generously is generously supported supported by: by: SEASON SPONSORS:Anonymous Foundation Mammel Foundation Paul and Oscar Giger Foundation, Inc. Fred &The Eve BLUEBARN Simon Charitable Theatre FoundationAnonymous 2020-2021Anonymous Foundationseason is Foundation generously supported by: Vernie & Carter Jones Taos Community Foundation – EsperanzaPaul and Oscar DePaul Corazon and Giger Oscar Foundation,Fund Giger Foundation, Inc. Inc. TheThe BLUEBARN BLUEBARN Theatre Theatre 2020-2021 2020-2021AnonymousVernie & CarterVernie season season Foundation Jones & isCarter is generously generously JonesMammel supported supported Foundation by: by: Paul andMammel Oscar Giger FoundationMammel Foundation, FoundationFred & Inc. Eve Simon Charitable Foundation Fred & EveAnonymousAnonymousFred VernieSimon & Eve &Charitable Carter FoundationSimon TaosFoundation CommunityJones Charitable Foundation FoundationFoundation – Esperanza De Corazon Fund

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Marjorie PrimeBonfire Sponsors: Series Sponsors: A Chorus Line Sponsors: Virtual Programming Sponsor: Sara Foxley Bruce Reneaud & Kerry Dobson James & Susan Tracy Charitable Foundation Devin Fox Jannette Davis Rich & Fran Juro Bonfire Series Sponsors: A Chorus Line Sponsors: Ace Rent-To-Own National New Play Network Sara Foxley Bruce Reneaud & Kerry Dobson Bonfire Series Sponsors: A Chorus Line Sponsors: Whitmore Charitable TrustBonfire Series Sponsors: James & Susan Tracy CharitableA Chorus Foundation Line Sponsors: Devin Fox Sara Foxley Bruce Reneaud & Kerry Dobson Sara Foxley Rich & FranBruce Juro Reneaud & Kerry Dobson Marjorie Prime Sponsors: James & Susan Tracy Charitable Foundation Devin Fox James & SusanBonfire Tracy CharitableSeries Sponsors: Foundation Virtual ProgrammingNational NewSponsor: Play NetworkA ChorusDevin Line FoxSponsors: Rich & Fran Juro RichSara & Fran Foxley Juro Whitmore CharitableBruce Reneaud Trust & Kerry Dobson Jannette Davis National New Play Network JamesNational & Susan TracyNew PlayCharitable Network Foundation Devin Fox Ace Rent-To-Own BonfireBonfire WhitmoreSeries Series Sponsors: Sponsors: Charitable TrustMarjorie Prime Sponsors:A AChorus Chorus Line Line Sponsors: Sponsors: WhitmoreRich Charitable & Fran Juro Trust Virtual Programming Sponsor: SaraSara Foxley Foxley BruceBruce Reneaud Reneaud & & Kerry Kerry Dobson Dobson National NewMarjorie Play Network Prime Sponsors: JamesJames & & Susan SusanMarjorie Tracy Tracy Prime Charitable Charitable Sponsors: Foundation Foundation Jannette Davis DevinDevinVirtual Fox Fox Programming Sponsor: Whitmore Charitable Trust Virtual Programming Sponsor: RichRich & & Fran Fran Juro Juro Ace Rent-To-Own NationalNationalMarjorie New New Prime Play Play JannetteSponsors: Network Network Davis Jannette Davis WhitmoreWhitmore Charitable CharitableAce Rent-To-Own Trust Trust Virtual Programming Sponsor: Ace Rent-To-Own MarjorieMarjorieJannette Prime Prime Sponsors: DavisSponsors: Ace Rent-To-Own THANK YOU!VirtualVirtual Programming Programming Sponsor: Sponsor: JannetteJannette Davis Davis — 11 — AceAce Rent-To-Own Rent-To-Own CAST OF CHARACTERS

Alissa Hanish...... Ami Scott Van Den Top...... Ben

BAND

Liz Stinman...... Keyboard and Musical Director Ben Eisenberger...... Guitar

PRODUCTION CREATIVES

Director...... Suzanne Withem Musical Director ...... Liz Stinman Producing Artistic Director ...... Susan Clement-Toberer Stage Manager...... Chloé Fulbright Director of Production & Props Designer...... Amy Reiner Technical Director & Sound Designer...... Bill Kirby Lighting Designers...... Amy Reiner & Bill Kirby

STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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

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CAST

Alissa Hanish – She/Her – Ami Alissa is thrilled to be back on stage working with her dream team after an almost two year hiatus! She was last seen in Papillion La Vista Community Theatre’s production of Into the Woods as The Baker’s Wife, during which she found out she was pregnant with twins! She had her identical twin girls, Juniper and Weslie, a little over a year ago. During daytime hours, Alissa is a Preschool Special Education teacher with Papillion La Vista Community Schools and the Lead Teaching Artist for Disney Musicals in Schools with Omaha Performing Arts. In her free time, Alissa likes to go on adventures with her family, watch movies, and continuously rearrange the furniture in her house. Scott Van Den Top – He/Him – Ben Scott is making his BLUEBARN debut with Before After. Over the past 5 years Scott has worked in several theaters in the Metro area. Some of his favorite productions include Into The Woods at the Papillion La Vista Community Theater, Little Women at Chanticleer Community Theater, and Rock of Ages at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Scott is very excited to be bringing this story to the BLUEBARN!

BAND

Liz Stinman – She/Her – Musical Director and Keyboard Liz is thrilled to be making her BLUEBARN debut! Since 2009, Liz has been active as a music director, vocal coach, and/or keyboardist around the Midwest. She has also worked as a music director and teaching artist at Stagedoor Manor - a performing arts training center in New York - and has participated in the highly-selective Goodspeed Musicals Music Direction Intensive in Connecticut. Currently, Liz is the full-time staff accompanist at Peru State College where she accompanies the choral ensembles and also collaborates with students in the vocal and instrumental studios. Professionally, Liz is a proud member of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society (IKCAS). Ben Eisenberger – He/Him – Guitar Ben Eisenberger is a guitarist, songwriter, software developer, and amateur podcaster from Omaha, Nebraska. His sophomore album of pensive folk songs was released in December 2020 on Brooklyn, NY label Plastic Miracles. Ben is a graduate of the classical guitar pro- gram at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and has played in the pit orchestra for many local productions, most notably at the Rose Theater and the Omaha Community Playhouse. Ben also plays guitar in Omaha rock group Hussies, and his free-improvisation quartet Screaming Plastic received a New Music USA project grant for their debut album, released in January of 2019.

— 15 — PRODUCTION CREATIVES

Suzanne Withem – She/Her - Director Suzanne is an Omaha based director, educator, actor, and writ- er. Her most recent work at the BLUEBARN was onstage as The Ingénue in Indecent. Previous directing projects include Much Ado about Nothing at the Bellevue Little Theatre, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Ozark Actors Theatre (Rolla, MO), Goosbumps, the Musical at The Rose Theater, and Stupid F@#%ing Bird at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Having grown up the child of activists and educators, Suzanne has always been committed to advocacy. That has led her to pursue work in the area of healthy theatrical intima- cy, organize workshops and panel discussions centered around theatre and social issues, and develop a “Safe Stages” initiative, which she uses to guide creative projects. Suzanne earned both her Bachelor’s Degree in The- atre and Master’s Degree in English from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. www.suzannewithem.com

Chloé Fulbright – She/Her - Stage Manager This is Chloé’s sixth show with the BLUEBARN Theatre. She currently holds a bachelor’s degree in Theatre with a focus in technical theatre from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is union certified in technical theatre through the apprenticeship program at the Omaha Com- munity Playhouse. Her next project will be with Nebraska Shakespeare for their 2021 Shake- speare on the Green this summer as the Scenic Charge Artist. ckfulbright.wixsite.com/mysite

RESIDENT CREATIVES

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

Barry Carman - He / Him / His - Resident Dramaturg and Director of Engagement Barry’s affiliation with the BLUEBARN began in 2002, as production dramaturg for Arcadia. He has since served as dramaturg for a host of BLUEBARN productions, counting The Pillow- man, The Christians, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Hir, and Venus in Furs among his favorites. In 2004, he co-founded BLUEBARN’S Witching Hour, a collaborative ensemble for which he wrote,

— 16 — performed, and directed for five years. In 2009, Barry joined Out of Hand Theater in Atlanta where he conceived and directed The SHOW!, and developed Without Which Nothing. In 2017, he joined the BLUEBARN staff as Resident Dramaturg and Director of Engagement. He directed BLUEBARN’s productions of Wakey, Wakey and I and You, Natural Shocks and The Trump Card for BLUEBARN’S Out of the Blue Series, and 8 Songs for a Mad King for the Omaha Under the Radar Festival. He was most recently onstage in the BLUEBARN’s production of The Woodsman. He holds a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Emory University.

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

Bill Kirby – He / Him / His - Resident Creative and Technical Director Bill joined the BLUEBARN staff as the Resident Creative and Technical Director in 2019, after working as a freelance designer for the two previous seasons. Favorite BLUEBARN productions include Venus in Fur, Wakey, Wakey, Indecent (OEA Award for Outstanding Sound Design), and Red Summer. Before relocating to Omaha in 2017, Bill spent 10 years as the resident sound designer and head sound engineer at Princeton University’s McCarter Theatre Center. Bill’s favorite McCarter productions include sound designing the original workshop production of Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed and serving as the production sound engineer for the world premier of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which would go on to win the 2013 Tony Award for best play. Kirby has worked nationally and internationally, including productions at the New York Fringe Festival, LA’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, and the Wuzhen Grand Theatre in China. Bill is a graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

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— 17 — WRITERS

Stuart Matthew Price - He/Him - Music and Lyrics Stuart began writing at the age of 14 and in 1999 his first full length musical, Searching, won him the Stoll Moss Theatres Award for Most Promising Under 18 Writer as part of the Vivian Ellis Awards. In 2014, Stuart wrote ‘Before After’ a musical love story written with Timothy Knapman, which premiered in the studio space at The Other Palace (then known as The St. James Theatre) and continues it’s sold out productions in Tokyo, Japan. Also with Knapman, Stuart wrote his previous musical ‘Imaginary’ which premiered at The Other Palace in August 2017 and was commissioned by the National Youth Music Theatre. The musical is available for licensing through TRW (Theatri- cal Rights Worldwide). Previously, Stuart has written four other musicals including The Diary of Me, (represented at the Perfect Pitch Musicals 2008 West End Showcase), ‘Earth 3001’ - A Sci-Fi Musical, ‘Piper’ and an ad- aptation of Daphne Du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’. Stuart won the fourth annual Tim Williams’ Award for his song ‘Stories Of Heroes’ which featured in the Mercury Musical Developments’ show ‘Beyond The Gate’, and soon afterwards his song ‘If Nobody Knows Your Name’ was featured in the show ‘A Song Cycle For Soho’ (also MMD). Other projects currently in development are an adaptation of the Netflix documentary Man‘ vs. Snake’ with Daniel Fletcher, and an adaptation of the best-selling novel ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’ by Jonathan Safran Foer. Stuart is also releasing a two part album of original work called ‘Melodies & Motion’ coming later this year. Stuart is also Creative Director for UNITED THEATRICAL (previous productions include ‘The Add- ams Family’ UK Tour and ‘A Spoonful of Sherman’ UK Tour), but is also a well-known performer who featured in such productions as the critically-acclaimed ‘Parade’ (Donmar Warehouse), ‘The Sound Of Music’ (Regent’s Park), ‘Shrek The Musical’ (Drury Lane) and ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ (European tour). @stuartmprice www.stuartmatthewprice.co.uk

Timothy Knapman - He/Him - Book and Additional Lyrics Timothy Knapman is a musical theatre bookwriter, lyricist, playwright and children’s author. Theatre includes: with Stuart Matthew Price, Before After (Musical-za, Tokyo; Southwark Playhouse, London), Imagi- nary (Commissioned and first performed by the National Youth Music Theatre UK; The Other Palace, London; licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide); with Laurence Mark Wythe, Danni Hero (Perfect Pitch Musicals; Corby Cube UK; licensed by Broadway Licensing); Midnight (Debunk Theatre Company; Union Theatre, London and Seoul, South Korea); Growl: The True Story of the Big Bad Wolf (Commissioned and first performed by the National Youth Music Theatre UK; national tour; concert performance Beijing, China); with Alex Silverman and Ed Jaspers, Hamlet! The Musical (Edinburgh Fringe and national tour); Gilbert and Sullivan: All At Sixes and Sevens (King’s Head, London). Children’s books include: Dinosaurs in the Supermarket; Superhero Dad, Mom and Gran; Time Now To Dream. www.timothyknapman.co.uk

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— 19 — — 20 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – February 8, 2021

INSTITUTIONAL GIFTS INDIVIDUAL GIFTS

$15,000+ Visionaries ($15,000+) Anonymous Kate and Roger Weitz Douglas County Holland Foundation MasterMinds ($10,000-$14,999) KETV Omaha Devin Fox Mammel Foundation Amy Haddad and Steve Martin Nebraska Arts Council (NAC) Carter and Vernie Jones Peter Kiewit Foundation Bruce Reneaud and Kerry Dobson The Sherwood Foundation Shubert Foundation Innovators ($5,000-$9,999) The Fred and Eve Simon Charitable Foundation Jannette Davis State of Nebraska DHHS Sara Foxley Weitz Family Foundation Annette and Paul Smith James and Susan Tracy Charitable Foundation $10,000-$14,999 David Yudowitz Humanities Nebraska Immanuel Communities Renegades ($2,500-$4,999) Kiewit Companies Foundation Sandi and Bill Bruns Omaha Steaks International Rich and Fran Juro $5,000-$9,999 Don and Maureen Mangan First National Bank James and Kathy McKain Mutual of Omaha Ablan and Ariel Roblin National New Play Network Rea Charitable Trust Rebels ($1,000 - $2,499) Valmont Industries, Inc. Leanne Carlson Whitmore Charitable Trust Laura Peet Erkes and Cory Erkes Shannon and Mike Walenta $1,000-$4,999 Carolyn Owen Anderson Anonymous Team Hesse Bluestem Prairie Foundation Sara McClure & Dave Steadman Centris Federal Credit Union Ethan and Susan Bondelid FrantNet of the Heartland Mark and Caroline Hinrichs McGill, Gotsdiner, Workman & Lepp, P.C., L.L.O. Karen and Michael Markey metroMAGAZINE Robert and Barbara Peters Security National Bank Alan Meyer Warren Distribution Richard and Mary Parrish Mogens Knudsen $999 and Under Steve and Jeanne Miller Kinaara Indian Cuisine Lou and Pat Lamberty US Bank James Ogden

— 21 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – February 8, 2021

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

— 22 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – February 8, 2021

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

— 23 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – February 8, 2021

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

— 24 — BLUEBARN Theatre Season Contributors July 1, 2019 – February 8, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUPPORT

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— 28 — BLUEBARN CARETAKERS

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

Tim and Phyllis Adams Bill Gaus Wayne Markus Carolyn Owen Anderson Dan Gallagher and Jeff Grinnell Stephanie Miske Barb Becker Kristine Hull James and Bobbie Montequin Katie Blesener and John Royster Anonymous Lynne Mytty Amy Bones Durell Kidd and Ray Hogan Gail and Nancy Nielsen Eddith Buis Steve Kenyon and Mary Stolinski Sandy Nogg Leanne Carlson Mogens Knudsen Patty and Steve Nogg Kara Dalen and Rosey Higgs Lynn and Maria Knudtson Grant Pedersen John and Carol Dennison Deborah and Steve Krambeck Don Westling and Jo Bartikoski Marty and Helen Desilets Michael Kreikemeier George Wimmer and Ann Dan Dixon Karen Levin Beckenhauer Peggy Dunn Don and Maureen Mangan Dave Wingert Krista Freimuth Karen and Michael Markey

1989 2021

NEW YORK BORN – OMAHA RAISED

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

Emily Andres David Corbin Jacobson Steven Martin Todd and Betiana Dean Arkfeld Raydell Cordell Mary Johnson Janna Mattingly Simon Susan Awender Mindy Cotner Carol Johnson Marie Mayer Sandy Smiley Steven Baker Connie Crawford Anna Jordan Kaitlyn McClincy Ann Smolsky Barbara Bakhit Kara Dalen Gary Kalis Sara McClure Ashley Spessard Elizabeth Banset Ryan Daly Howard and Gloria Betsy McDaniel Eileen Stark Kevin Barratt Dustin Davidson Kaslow James McKain William Steinke Angela Barry David Davies Nanci Kavich Sheila McNeill jeffrey stormberg Jo Bartikoski Susan P Davies Don Keelan-White Lauren Medici Thomas Stratman Kathryn Bass Jeff Day Sonia Keffer Jeanne Miller Joseph Sullivan Richard Beam Jeff Dickinson Mary Keitel Stephanie Miske Janet Syslo TOM BECKA James Douglas Justin Kemerling ruth muchemore Paul Ternes Ann Beckenhauer Linda Duckworth Elizabeth Kendall david murphy Molly M Toberer Heather Belt Marguerite Dunn Weisser duncan murphy Jerry Toll Jonathan Lori Ecklebe Mary Kerr Lynne Mytty Judy Torrens Benjamin- David Evans Jimmy Gail and Nancy Dorothy Tuma Alvarado Elizabeth Feltus Khandalavala Nielsen Roxanne Wach Robert Bennett Adrian Ferguson Elizabeth Kimball Roxanne Nielsen Pat and Judd Karen Benson Sherry Fletcher Melissa and Amy Niles Wagner Samuel Bertino Betty Foster Stephen King Katie Otten Shannon Walenta Doug and Liz Bisson Terry and Mollie William Kirby Robert Patterson Matt Walker Kathryn Blesener Foster George Kleine Laura Peet Erkes Hughston Karen Bluvas Devin Fox Mogens Knudsen Judy Pfeifer Walkinshaw Amy Boesen Angela Frey Lynn Knudtson M. Michele Phillips Paula Wallace Amy Bones Bill Gaus Ashley Kobza Joseph pittack Diane Watson Meghan Boucher Susan Goldsmith Deborah Krambeck Francie Prier Tom and Sue Allison Brown Eric Green Michael Kreikemeier Stephanie Purcell Weidner Sarah Brown Bill Grennan Jennifer Kreitz- Erik Quam Sarah Wengert Jean Burggraf Jeffrey Grinnell Couch Benjamin Theodore Wheeler Kristalynn Busskohl Haley Haas Mary Kuhlman Rasmussen Nancy Williams Diana Byrd Jeremy Hatch Leslie Kuhnel Sydney Readman M E Williams Katie Cameron Chris Hawkinson Andrea Lang Leslie Regan Philip and Sara Kim Carlson Colleen Heavican Andrew Lang Georgiann Regan Willson Leanne Carlson Cass Dale Larsen Kim Reiner Corey Wilson Barry Carman Timothy Held Josie Laurent Amy Reiner Jim Winner Debbie Carman Kasey Hesse Sue Lawson Katherine Roberts Jonathan Wood Kyle Cartwright Denise Hill Patricia Leamen Ariel Roblin Casey Wood John Cavanaugh Andrea Hoig Connie Lee Christina Rohling Scott Working Brenda Chambers BONNIE HORWICH Lynee Liermann Eileen Sawyers Nick Zadina Debra Christensen Jacob Houser Alice Lindsay Susan Schonlau Brian Zdan Kim and Anthony Heather Hoyt Maureen Mangan Mark Schulze Clark-Kaczmarek Jackie Hoyt Moira Mangiameli Kathleen Susan Clement Kristine Hull Jill Manhart Schwarting Diane Coffin AUDREY HULSEY Martin Marchitto Daena Schweiger Susan Collins Laura Iliff Mike Markey Jeffrey Seiken Kathryn Colon Taylor Jackson katherine Chris Shonka Michael Combs Stephanie martikainen Peter Silberstein — 30 —

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