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4 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE A Note from Courtney Sale

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the fourth show of our 44th season, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, adapted by Dwayne Hartford and based on the book by Kate DiCamillo. This beautiful story launches us into the New Year as we celebrate ideas of love, empathy, and connection.

For many years, I have been a super-fan of Kate DiCamillo’s writing. Her stories hold qualities that I am on the hunt for as a theatre maker: invention, facility with language, supreme curiosity, and rich characters. Dwayne Hartford’s adaptation ignites her spirited writing with bold theatricality and meaning. It has been an honor to spend weeks in rehearsal ruminating on these ideas with the cast. To share them with you, our audience, pleases me from hair-tip to toe follicle!

With this production, we welcome new collaborators on and behind the stage. Thank you to the tremendous cast and creative team for their generosity and artistry. Early in the process, I knew I wanted the creation of the play to be as expansive as the story’s message. I love when we are able to lift up multiple layers in our storytelling and with Tulane, we are fortunate to incorporate live music composed by the wonderful Rob Witmer. Annett Mateo has enlivened playful and inspiring puppets for the story. The creativity of Trevor Bowen, Carey Wong, and Connie Yun round out this dream team. And we welcome six dynamic young actors to the SCT stage. Many of the young people you see today have been part of the SCT family for a long time through our Drama School and Education programs. We are overjoyed to collaborate with them on this production.

In the book DiCamillo writes, “Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane asks us to stay open and ready for possibility. In this New Year, let us greet each other with that hope.

Happy 2019! Sincerely,

Artistic Director

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6 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE SYNOPSIS

Be warned: this synopsis has spoilers.

Based on Newbery-winner Kate DiCamillo’s beloved book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane follows the story of a china rabbit, Edward, who finds friendship, himself, and his way home.

With his handmade silk suits, wide array of hats, and tiny gold pocket watch, Edward Tulane is the most exceptional toy in a young girl’s room. An expensive gift from her grandmother, Abilene loves him, but Edward thinks only of himself and his finery. One night before a big family journey, Abilene’s grandmother tells a story about a princess who, like Edward, shuns love. A witch transforms the princess into a warthog. The story ends badly for the princess, and after a private admonishment to Edward for his self-obsession, grandmother kisses Abilene good night.

The next day Abilene’s family sets sail on an ocean liner. Two mischievous boys play catch with Edward and accidentally propel him over the rail and into the ocean. Edward, helpless and unable to move, sinks deeper and deeper to the ocean floor. He is trapped at the bottom of the ocean for many days. He wonders if this is how a china rabbit dies. During an intense storm, the ocean waters churn him up and he is captured in a fisherman’s net. The fisherman takes him home to be a companion to his wife, Nellie. She takes great comfort in Edward and talks to him about her loneliness and loss. Her daughter, Lolly, appalled at how her mother’s relationship to a toy rabbit looks to the townsfolk, grabs Edward and takes him to the town dump. He spends months there buried in garbage but is eventually discovered by a dog named Lucy and a traveler named Bull.

The three share many happy years together. They ride the rails and attempt to make a comfortable life with their limited means. Bull makes Edward simple clothes out of found objects. He tells Edward about the beloved family he had to leave behind to go in search of work, asking Edward to remember them in case he cannot get back home. Other travelers find relief by telling Edward their stories of family and longing. One night, a watchman finding Bull on the train berates and bullies him, telling him he will be thrown off at the next stop. But before Bull or Lucy can stop him, the watchman throws Edward off the moving train. He is alone again.

An old lady finds Edward, and deciding he would make a good scarecrow, ties him to a pole in her vegetable garden where the crows relentlessly

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attack him. Bryce, a young boy working in the garden, rescues him. He brings Edward home and gives him to his sister Sarah Ruth who is in very ill health. That night their father returns home and wakes the children with questions about Edward. Bryce stands up for the gift to Sarah Ruth, and their father strikes him on the face. Edward sees their home life is not safe. As Edward spends time with Sarah Ruth, he feels a profound change come over him. He no longer laughs at the thought of love but begins to understand its power. He can feel his heart breaking as Sarah Ruth grows frailer. Too fragile to recover, Sarah Ruth passes away. Edward is devastated. Bryce and Edward journey to Memphis where they search for food and shelter. Bryce strings Edward like a marionette to make him dance, and they perform on the street to earn money. The two enter a diner to grab a bite to eat. When Bryce is unable to fully pay for his meal, the angry restaurant owner shatters Edward’s china head into many pieces. Bryce makes a difficult sacrifice and gives him away to a doll maker to be repaired.

Edward, restored but determined to never feel the pain of lost love again, meets an old doll in the toy shop. She has incredible wisdom, having lived through a long journey of her own. She shares with Edward that part of her adventure was becoming a new person all along the way, and that loving takes courage. After Edward has spent many years sitting alone on a shelf, an adult Abilene happens to enter the shop looking for a doll for her daughter. The two recognize one another. Abilene’s love for Edward opens his heart and renews his hope as they are happily reunited.

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10 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE The CREATIVE TEAM

COURTNEY SALE (Director/Artistic Director) town Playhouse, Denver Center Theatre Company’s Courtney Sale currently serves as the Artistic Summit New Play Festival, The New Harmony Project, Director of Seattle Children’s Theatre where she Write Now, and The Orchard Project. Other awards directed last season’s The Little Prince. Up next, included Indianapolis Business Journal’s Forty Under she will direct the world premiere of Steven Dietz’s Forty Designation. She has taught at Summer at The Ghost of Splinter Cove at Children’s Theatre Cornish, Seattle Children’s Museum, Temple College of Charlotte and Tiny Beautiful Things at Seattle and the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Sale holds Repertory Theatre. Prior to SCT, she spent three years a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts, and an MFA as Associate Artistic Director at Indiana Repertory in Directing from the University of Texas at Austin. Theatre, where directing credits include the world premiere of April 4, 1968: Before We Forgot How JESSICA C. BOMBALL (Stage Manager) to Dream by James Still, The Mountaintop, The Jessica is thrilled to be returning to SCT having Mousetrap, Jackie & Me, And Then They Came For previously worked on Wizard of Oz. Regional Me, The Giver, and two iterations of A Christmas credits include: Mac Beth, The Great Leap, Pride Carol. Other credits include The Cake, Wild Horses, & Prejudice, King Charles III, A Raisin in the Sun, Not Medea (Contemporary American Theatre Buyer & Cellar, Of Mice and Men, God of Carnage Festival), Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play, On Clover (Seattle Repertory Theatre); The Secret Garden, Road (The Phoenix Theater), Twelfth Night and The Rent, Disney’s Aladdin, and A Christmas Story: The Tempest (HART Theatre), and Zen Prayers & Songs Musical (The 5th Avenue Theatre); A Christmas Carol, (Fusebox), written and performed by Kirk Lynn. With The Education of Randy Newman (ACT Theatre); the Duplicates, she has co-created The Fictional Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, and Life of Historical Oddities, September Play, The Perestroika (Intiman Theatre Festival); As You Like It, Man with the Dancing Eyes, and The Poison Squad The Tempest, and Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Santa (Austin Critics Award). She has developed new work Cruz); Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Comedy at New Plays for Young Audiences at NYU/Province- of Errors (Seattle Shakespeare Company).

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KIERA KRIEG (Production Assistant) TREVOR BOWEN (Costume Designer) Kiera is returning to SCT after having previously Trevor is proud and excited for his first production worked on The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen at SCT. Credits include: I Come From Arizona, Last 13559 and FireStation 7. Other local credits include: Stop on Market Street, Corduroy (Children’s Theatre In the Heights (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Aida Company); Fellow Travelers (Minnesota Opera); Five (Seattle Opera); The Government Inspector (Seattle Points, All is Calm, (Theatre Latte Da); Good Person Shakespeare Company); Baskerville: A Sherlock of Szechuan, Electra, Pericles, Henry IV Part 1, (Ten Holmes Mystery, and 2017’s Road Company (Taproot Thousand Things); In The Heights (Ordway Center Theatre Company). She has also worked in the for the Performing Arts); Choir Boy, We Are Proud Spokane/Coeur d’Alene area with Coeur d’Alene to Present… (Guthrie); Girl Shakes Loose (Penumbra Summer Theatre and Opera Coeur d’Alene. Kiera is a Theatre); The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin (History graduate of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Theatre); An Octoroon, Pussy Valley (Mixed Blood Theater Company); The Gospel of Lovingkindness, CAREY WONG (Scenic Designer) (Pillsbury House); Ragtime (5th Ave Theatre); Sweat (Asolo Rep); BLKS (Steppenwolf); Thirst, Welcome to Carey has designed 34 shows for SCT. He has also Fear City, pen/man/ship, (Contemporary American designed for the Seattle Rep, Berkeley Rep, Portland Theatre Festival). Center Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, ACT Theatre, Intiman, Village Theatre, Childsplay, Phoenix Theatre, Mixed CONNIE YUN (Lighting Designer) Blood Theatre, Hey City Theater, and Prince Music Connie is a freelance lighting designer for the stage Theater. Carey has been Resident Designer for and is based in Seattle, WA. She is pleased to be Portland Opera, Opera Memphis, and Wildwood Park making her SCT design debut with Edward Tulane. for the Arts, and has designed for Seattle Opera, Most recently, local designs include The Turn of the Pittsburgh Opera, Vancouver Opera, the Spoleto Screw, Beatrice and Benedict, and An American Festival USA, the Macao and Beijing Music Festivals, Dream for Seattle Opera, and Skylight for ACT. Other and Nearco Producciones in Spain. He is the Artistic recent designs include Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci Advisor/Designer of the new Portland Chinatown for Madison Opera; The Magic Flute for Kentucky Museum. Carey received his B.A. from Yale University, Opera, and Orfeo ed Euridice and La Cenerentola for and thereafter attended Yale School of Drama. Portland Opera. She has also designed for Seattle Repertory Theatre, On the Boards, Tacoma Opera, ANGIE LOUISE (Musician/Conductor) Pacific Musicworks, The Cabiri, Cornish College, Bellevue College, University of Puget Sound, San Angie last appeared at SCT as Hattie the pink poo- Francisco Conservatory of Music, Arizona Opera, dle in 2017’s Go, Dog. Go! More at SCT: 2011’s Go, Minnesota Opera, and Canadian Opera Company. Dog. Go! (again as Hattie); Pero. A singer, actress, Upcoming projects include As One and La Finta writer and musician, Angie’s appeared at The 5th Giardiniera for Portland Opera. Avenue Theatre (Kost, Cabaret; Vi, Buddy; Electra, Gypsy); Village Theatre (Molly, Unsinkable Molly Brown; Sally, Cabaret; Rosalie, Carnival; Billie, ANNETT MATEO (Puppet Designer & Coach) Babes In Arms), and regionally at Theatre Under Anything can be a puppet! Annett has made The Stars (Houston); Ordway (St. Paul); and Amer- puppets out of all kinds of materials for people, ican Musical Theatre of San Jose. She’s penned projects, and theatres both locally and nationally. the songs and screenplays for two award-winning In her career as a professional puppet designer feature films and is a winner of the Academy and builder she has built marionettes, Muppet of American Poets Prize. Angie is the longtime type puppets, rod puppets, large body/costume frontwoman and songwriter for The Love Markets, style, modified Banraku, shadow, and pretty much whose record releases include Beauty Factory and every other kind of puppet. She has attended the World Of Your Dreams. www.angielouise.com O’Neill Theatre conference for Puppetry a number of years. She is thrilled to be working with Seattle Children’s Theatre for her sixteenth season. She has done custom puppets, puppets for parades, corporate events, theatre performances for adults, and is a regular participant of regional puppet slams. You can view her work at Puppetlandia.com.

12 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE AMY JURKIEWICZ (Youth Cast Supervisor) Amy is thrilled to be joining the team at one of her favorite places in Seattle! Previously, Amy has worked as a Child Supervisor on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Brooklyn Bridge at SCT, as well as productions at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Opera, and ACT Theatre. She holds a Masters degree in Theatre Education from the University of Northern Colorado and also works as a Teaching Artist specializing in Creative Drama.

SPECIAL THANKS

BALLET Seattle Children’s Theatre is a member of TTA/USA, the national center of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People. SCT is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre. SCT is a member of International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY). ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 professional actors and stage managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions, and providing a wide range of benefits (health and pension included). Member: AFL-CIO, FIA. #EquityWorks. Lighting, sound, staging, property, scenery, scentic art, and costume work is performed by employees represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Mov- ing Picture Technicians, Artists, ad Allied Crafts of the US and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers society, a national theatrical labor union. The designers at this theatre are represented by United Scenic Artists (Local USA 829) of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

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KALIA ESTES – Abilene 13-year-old Kalia was excited to be in SCT’s Summer Shows: Lion King Jr. (Lioness), and Madagascar, (Marty) but being in SCT’s Mainstage, Edward Tulane is beyond rewarding. Kalia played Elizabeth Cratchit in ACT’s A Christmas Carol in 2017 with her brother, Keagan, who played Tiny Tim, and was Ngana in South Pacific at SMT in 2016. She has been in several shows at Village Theatre Kidstage, but her ultimate favorite role was playing Oliver in 2017. Kalia is thankful to God for her abilities and to her family and friends for supporting her in all avenues of her life. “Someone will come for you but first you must open your heart.”– EDWARD TULANE

ZOE PAPADAKIS – Abilene Zoe is ecstatic to be playing Abilene in her first SCT Mainstage production! SCT Summer Season credits include: Seussical Jr. (Jojo) and Mario and The Comet (Pink Duck). Regional: Annie (Duffy/5th Avenue Theatre); Jane Eyre (Adele/Book-it Repertory Theatre); It’s a Wonderful Life (Zuzu Bailey/Theater Anonymous); The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Gladys/Seattle Public Theater); Wait Until Dark (Gloria/Edmonds Driftwood Players); and The Brothers K (Freddy/Book-it Repertory Theatre). Music credits: vocalist for “Echoes of the First Dreamer” (Highwire Games) and Disney’s “It’s a Small World” 50th anniversary video. A 12-year-old from Magnolia, Zoe has studied piano, performed with Seattle Girls Choir since age six, and recently joined Vocalpoint. Zoe thanks her many SCT educators, Tulane cast, and her family for bringing music and theater into her life!

LUCAS OKTAY – Bryce Lucas is thrilled to be back at SCT, after appearing in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 2015. Other regional favorites include: The Music Man at CDA Summer Theatre, A Christmas Carol at ACT, and Shenandoah at Showtunes. Film and television credits include: The Librarians, Language Arts, The Parish, BizKid$, The Son, the Father, and Haskell. When not on stage or in front of the camera, Lucas can be found playing ultimate frisbee, hip hop dancing, or singing and playing guitar for the indie-pop band Nightloops. Love and high fives to the amazing cast & crew, Angela DiMarco & David Hogan, Jeannette d’Armand, Sam Picart, and Mom, Baba, Owen and Leo.

ESTEBAN ORTIZ-VILLACORTA – Bryce Esteban Ortiz is a high school sophomore who loves theatre as much as he loves writing, singing, and playing guitar with his rock band Not Alone. He has been acting since he was 10 years old and has participated in various SCT Summer Season productions: as Paul in Rent, Male in Humor Games, A Parody, and as Rapunzel’s Prince in Into the Woods Jr. He has also appeared in professional productions such as Latino Theater Projects’ Mariela in the Desert and Seattle Opera’s Katya Kabanova. Esteban is excited to debut in his first SCT Mainstage play and would like to thank his family and friends for being so supportive throughout this process.

MIKA KITA WELLINGTON – Sarah Ruth Mika is 11 years old and thrilled to be appearing in her first professional production. She has enjoyed performing in SCT Summer Season the last three years, appear- ing in Seussical Jr., Madagascar Jr. and Lion King Jr. She has also appeared in pro- ductions with Youth Theater Northwest and Broadway Bound. She is a member of the International Thespian Society and regularly sings The National Anthem at sporting events around the greater Seattle area. Mika also plays the cello, has tak- en up the ukulele, and loves to play volleyball. She has been inspired by this story to open wide our hearts and appreciate those people in our lives whom we love, and whom we miss. She sends a huge thanks to this incredible cast and crew. 14 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE NATALIA ORTIZ-VILLACORTA – Sarah Ruth Natalia is a 12-year old girl who loves theatre and music. She has appeared in the following Summer Season productions at SCT: Through the Lookingglass (Alice); Mario and the Comet (Mario); and The Lion King (Shenzi). She has also participated in the Village Theatre KIDSTAGE production of Seussical (Jojo). Currently in 7th grade, Natalia has studied at SCT’s Drama School, plays piano, keeps working on her singing technique, and studies ballet at Pa- cific Northwest Ballet. She is delighted to be making her debut in a Mainstage production at SCT.

LORENZO ROBERTS* – The Man Lorenzo holds a BFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Regional Credits: Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Santa Cruz Shakespeare); As You Like It (Folger Shakespeare Theatre); Julius Caesar, Pericles, Henry IV Part 1, Othello (Seattle Shakespeare Company); Dangerous Liaisons, The Royale, The Mystery of Love and Sex (ACT Theatre); Blues for Mr. Charlie (The Williams Project). Lorenzo is a Core Company Member at ACT Theatre in Seattle.

PORSCHA SHAW* – The Woman Porscha recently completed her 3rd year in the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Washington. She is a native of Richmond, Texas, and a graduate of Santa Fe University of Art and Design where she majored in Drama under the training of Jon Jory. Her recent credits include: And in this Corner: Cassius Clay, Richard III, By The Way, Meet Vera Stark; Sound Theatre’s Hoodoo Love, As You Like It; Anne Washburn’s The Octavia, Iphigenia and Other Daughters; Wooden O’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Force Continuum. Porscha is excited to start her next project with Seattle Children’s Theatre!

RAFAEL MOLINA* – The Musician Rafael is a performer, composer, and director. He is thrilled to be making his SCT debut! Recent stage credits include: ZM and Into the Woods (Village Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing (Seattle Shakespeare Company); and Lydia (Strawberry Theatre Workshop). As a composer and director, he has collaborated with Seattle Shakespeare Company, 18th and Union, Cornish College of the Arts, YPTMTC, and University of Washington, among others. Rafael received his BFA from Cornish College of the Arts.

RHONDA J. SOIKOWSKI* – The Traveler Rhonda is an actor, director, and generative theater artist with an MFA in Contemporary Performance from Naropa University. As a teaching artist, she has worked locally with SCT’s Young Actor Institute, Seattle Film Institute, Red Eagle Soaring, and is currently on faculty at Cornish College of the Arts. Soikowski is honored to be making her SCT performance debut in The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Local acting credits include work with Seattle Public Theater (Christmastown: A Holiday Noir); NCTC (Bright Half Life); Strawberry Theatre Workshop (FROST/NIXON, Accidental Death of an Anarchist); Book-It Repertory Theatre (Little Women, Peter Pan, Pride & Prejudice); Village Theatre (Crimes of the Heart); upstart crow collective (Titus Andronicus); Cherry Manhattan Presents (The Beebo Brinker Chronicles), and many others.

encoremediagroup.com/programs 15 ROBERTSON WITMER – Composer & Music Director Rob was seen last year onstage at SCT playing the accordion in Go, Dog. Go! Regionally, he has performed with Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Childsplay, and Tantrum Theater. His recent sound design credits include The Wolves, Skylight (ACT Theatre); Richard III, Bring Down the House, (Seattle Shakespeare Company); Matilda (Village Theatre); Ironbound, Hand to God (Seattle Public Theater). His sound designs have also been heard at Seattle Rep, Spectrum Dance Theater, West of Lenin, and Teatro ZinZanni. Rob plays with several bands, including The Love Markets and the Toucans steel drum band.

MATTHEW SYTHANDONE – The Man Understudy Matthew us a native Seattleite, and a senior graduating from Cornish College of the Arts this spring with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Matthew is a performer, arts administrator, and teaching artist. He is thrilled to be back at SCT after previously working in their Development and Patron Services departments. Instagram: @msythandone #mattyactor. Recent credits include: 7 Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Fantastic Z); What She Means (Matcha Theatre Works); and Suessical (Cornish College).

GLORIA ALCALÁ – The Woman Understudy Gloria Alcalá is a Latinx actor/singer/instrumentalist currently training in the Theatre department at Cornish College of the Arts and is delighted to be making their Seattle Children’s Theatre debut working on The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Last seen at Cornish in Lift: A Musical (French Teacher), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), and The Sins of Sor Juana (The Novice). Other credits include Native Gardens (Landscape Technician, Intiman Theatre); Disenchanted! (Belle/Little Mermaid/Rapunzel, Mamches Productions), The Pirates of Penzance (Kate, The Core Ensemble). Next, catch Gloria in Bright Star at Taproot Theatre Company as Lucy! Thank you to Carol, mom, Vicki, and Bill.

SARA GLAUSER – The Musician Understudy Sara hails from Saint George, a small town in southern Utah, and is so excited to be making her debut at Seattle Children’s Theatre! Her recent credits include A Winter’s Tale (Perdita/Gaoler) with Freehold Engaged Theater Tour; Pirates of Penzance (Kate ‘16, Ruth ‘17) with The Core Ensemble; and Vinegar Tom (Alice), The Clown Show (Gretchus Gatchi), O-fest (Actor/Director/ Playwright), Spring Awakening (Wendla), O Beautiful (Gwen), and The Myth Projects 2016 with Cornish College of the Arts. There she will receive her BFA with a concentration in Original Works in the Spring of 2019.

CASEY KITZMAN – The Traveler Understudy Casey is currently finishing up their final semester in the Musical theater program at Cornish College of the Arts. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Casey had the opportunity to work with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in their annual production of A Christmas Carol for eight years. They also worked with First Stage Children’s Theater on Shrek: The Musical (Pinocchio), Big Fish, Anatole, BIG: The Musical, and Baker Street Irregulars (Tiny) as well as spending several years as a student and intern for First Stage’s summer theater academy. Most recently they have appeared in Seussical (Mayzie), Spring Awakening (Georg), and Urinetown (Tiny Tom) at Cornish. Casey would like to thank all of their mentors and loved ones who have always supported them.

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16 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE ROBERTSON WITMER – Composer & Music Director Rob was seen last year onstage at SCT playing the accordion in Go, Dog. Go! Regionally, he has performed with Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, Childsplay, and Tantrum Theater. His recent sound design credits FIND YOURSELF IN A GOOD BOOK! include The Wolves, Skylight (ACT Theatre); Richard III, Bring Down the House, (Seattle Shakespeare Company); Matilda (Village Theatre); Ironbound, Hand to God (Seattle Public Theater). His sound designs have also been heard at Seattle Rep, Spectrum Dance Theater, West of Lenin, and Teatro ZinZanni. Rob plays with several bands, including The Love Markets and the Toucans steel drum band. FOR CHILDREN FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS MATTHEW SYTHANDONE – The Man Understudy Matthew us a native Seattleite, and a senior graduating from Cornish College of the Arts this spring with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Matthew is a performer, arts The Underneath Survivors: Extraordinary Tales from administrator, and teaching artist. He is thrilled to be back at SCT after previously Kathi Appelt the Wild and Beyond working in their Development and Patron Services departments. Instagram: David Long @msythandone #mattyactor. Recent credits include: 7 Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Fantastic Z); What She Means (Matcha Theatre The Velveteen Rabbit, Or, How Toys Works); and Suessical (Cornish College). Become Real F is for Feelings Margery Williams Goldie Millar and Lisa Berger

GLORIA ALCALÁ – The Woman Understudy Love Gloria Alcalá is a Latinx actor/singer/instrumentalist currently training in the Matt de la Peña Theatre department at Cornish College of the Arts and is delighted to be making their Seattle Children’s Theatre debut working on The Miraculous WEBSITE Journey of Edward Tulane. Last seen at Cornish in Lift: A Musical (French Toys Come Home: Being the Early Teacher), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), and The Sins of Sor Juana Experiences of an Intelligent Stingray, (The Novice). Other credits include Native Gardens (Landscape Technician, a Brave Buffalo, and a Brand-New Kate DiCamillo’s official website Intiman Theatre); Disenchanted! (Belle/Little Mermaid/Rapunzel, Mamches www.katedicamillo.com Productions), The Pirates of Penzance (Kate, The Core Ensemble). Next, Someone Called Plastic catch Gloria in Bright Star at Taproot Theatre Company as Lucy! Thank you to Emily Jenkins Carol, mom, Vicki, and Bill.

SARA GLAUSER – The Musician Understudy Two Bobbies Sara hails from Saint George, a small town in southern Utah, and is so excited Kirby Larson to be making her debut at Seattle Children’s Theatre! Her recent credits include A Winter’s Tale (Perdita/Gaoler) with Freehold Engaged Theater Tour; Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Pirates of Penzance (Kate ‘16, Ruth ‘17) with The Core Ensemble; and Vinegar Tom (Alice), The Clown Show (Gretchus Gatchi), O-fest (Actor/Director/ Grace Lin Playwright), Spring Awakening (Wendla), O Beautiful (Gwen), and The Myth Projects 2016 with Cornish College of the Arts. There she will receive her Winnie-the-Pooh BFA with a concentration in Original Works in the Spring of 2019. A. A. Milne

CASEY KITZMAN – The Traveler Understudy Red Ted and the Lost Things Casey is currently finishing up their final semester in the Musical theater program Michael Rosen at Cornish College of the Arts. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Casey had the opportunity to work with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in their annual production of A Christmas Carol for eight years. They also worked Killer Whale Eyes with First Stage Children’s Theater on Shrek: The Musical (Pinocchio), Big Sondra Simone Segundo Fish, Anatole, BIG: The Musical, and Baker Street Irregulars (Tiny) as well as spending several years as a student and intern for First Stage’s summer theater academy. Most recently they have appeared in Seussical (Mayzie), Spring Awakening (Georg), and Urinetown (Tiny Tom) at Cornish. Casey would like to thank all of their mentors and loved ones who have always supported them.

* Indicates members of the Actors’ Equity Association

encoremediagroup.com/programs 17 A RABBIT'S JOURNEY In The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, everyone who meets Edward makes him into what they need him to be. By helping them through different challenges, he is rewarded with new experiences and learns to love others. Here is a china rabbit of your very own, waiting to go on a journey. Dress it however you want and give it a name. Then give it to a friend or mail it to someone you know far away and ask them to take your rabbit on an adventure to meet new people. Maybe your rabbit can join them to help the community or do a good deed. Ask them to tell you what your rabbit is doing and take pictures to send you. We’d love to hear the stories and see the pictures of your rabbit’s journey, too! Post your photo with #shareyourjourney

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18 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE A RABBIT'S JOURNEY In The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, everyone who meets Edward makes him into what they need him to be. By helping them through different challenges, he is rewarded with new experiences and learns to love others. Encore's Encore Here is a china rabbit of your very own, waiting to go on a journey. Dress it however you want and give it a name. Then give it to a friend or mail it to someone you know far away and ask Edward Tulane has lost his way. them to take your rabbit on an adventure to meet new people. Maybe your rabbit can join them Complete the maze to help Edward finish ENCORE to help the community or do a good deed. Ask them to tell you what your rabbit is doing and #44 take pictures to send you. his journey and find his home! We’d love to hear the stories and see the pictures of your rabbit’s journey, too! Post your photo with #shareyourjourney

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connecting arts, culture and community encoremediagroup.com/programs 19 DON’T MISS OUR OTHER GREAT SHOWS SCT STAFF THIS SEASON! ARTISTIC Trick Danneker Executive Assistant & Casting Associate Rita Giomi Artistic Associate O Courtney Sale AO NAY Artistic Director B EDUCATION PROGRAMS Meredith Berlin BY BARRY ORNAUSER Arts-Based Learning Program Administrator Laura Knote RITA IOI DIRECTED BY Associate Director of Education Scott Koh Arts-Based Learning Program Manager Rachel Lee Education Registrar Sarah Lloyd Education Specialist Tiffany Maltos Associate Director of Education Johamy Morales Director of Education & Summer Season Laura Shearer Education Fellow

DEVELOPMENT/SALES & MARKETING Jose “Jojo” Abaoag Marketing & Community Partnerships Manager Beth Baker Graphic Designer Caitlin M. Bell Institutional Giving Heather Gautschi Communications Manager Clare Hausmann Weiand Development Director Carolyne Holcomb Director of Sales & Marketing Marisa Iliakis Graphic Designer Sofie Kline Special Projects Associate THE DIARY OF Deanne Liu Manager of Development Events Carly Mungovan ANNE RAN Digital Marketing Manager Rachel Whalen BY Major Gifts Officer

AND A ADMINISTRATION Eric Bischoff ADAPTED BY ENY ESSEAN IT Administrator JANET AEN DIRECTED BY Braden Catt Facilities & Rentals Manager Lesley Fox PURCHASE A PACKAGE FOR $110 AT Finance Director Kevin Malgesini SCT.ORG OR BY CALLING 206.441.3322 Managing Director SCT STAFF

Sue McAllister Accounting Manager Kanani Reichlin Data Operations Manager Kristina Roy Business Office Associate Beth Spencer Set Sail for High Adventure General Manager & EDI Steward

PATRON SERVICES Katherine Ballard Patron Services Associate Stephanie Couturier Patron Services Manager Echo Davidson Patron Services Associate Aimee Filippi Gift Shop & Concessions Manager Kali Greenburg Customer Service Representitive Tammy Hase Volunteer Coordinator/Board Liason/Office Assistant Rachel Henderson Patron Services Associate Emily Huntingford Customer Service Representitive Daniela Hernandez Patron Services Associate Whitley Lewis Ticket Office Manager Katherine Oberg Patron Services Associate

PRODUCTION Jordan Kelly Andrews Associate Production Manager Elizabeth A. “Fried” Friedrich Prop Shop Manager Sarah Gordon Costume Shop Manager Michael K. Hase Technical Director Eric Koch Assistant Technical Director Laura Karavitis Production Coordinator Michael Wellborn Now Enrolling Production Manager Beginner thru BACKSTAGE CREW Advanced Classes Craig Bradshaw 18 months to adult Master Electrician Christine Brauch Lead Electrician Mariah Brougher Lead Sound Engineer Nick Lauris Master Stage Carpenter & Crew Chief

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Nick Koester Eric Bradler Lead Electrician Stacey Bush Emily McLaughlin Ann Marie Caldwell Wardrobe Assistant Rachel Carlson Erin Perona Keni Cohen Wardrobe Master Megan Collins Laura “Bunny” Seagraves Stephanie Couturier Lead Stagehand Nathan Cox Haley Parks Josh Darby Lead Dresser Samie Detzer Joe Swartz Chris DiStefano Master Sound Engineer Maria Dogero Kyle Thompson Kate Drummond Lead Sound Engineer Karissa Elliott Alex Trewin Karina Garcia Lead Stage Hand Meme Garcia Matt Giles COSTUME SHOP Alex Hagen Laura Girardot Drew Highlands Cutter & Draper Lauryn Hochberg Kelsey McCornack Andrea Ichikawa First Hand Eric Johnson Rose Hope Gillian Jorgensen Stitcher & Crafts Assistant Amy Jerkiewicz Cheyenne Smith Tara Kaine Master Crafts Artisan Danny Kam PROPERTIES SHOP Marc Kenison Daphne Maurides Laura Knote Master Properties Artisan Anita Kuroiwa Todd Peacock-Preston Jessica Low Lead Properties Artisan Tiffany Maltos Alaji Marie PUPPETRY SHOP Rob Martin Annett Mateo Dana Mitchell Master Puppet Artisan Maddie Napel Maia Nowack SCENIC SHOP Pilar O’Connell Dave Baldwin Beth Pollack Scenic Shop Foreman Dave Quicksall Jeff Cook Bobbin Ramsey Charge Scenic Artist Samip Raval Zach Danneker Alex Reed Scenic Carpenter Angela Rinaldi John Lammon Marisol Rosa-Shapiro Scenic Carpenter Carol Roscoe Clark Sandford Christie Rotarius Master Scenic Carpenter Clark Sandford Kevin Wilson Jasmine Sim Assistant Charge Artist Katy Tabb Julia Thornton TEACHING ARTISTS Alex Ung Anne Allgood Kendall Uyeji Hattie Andres Kathryn van Meter Lauren Appel Markeith Wiley Nicole Beerman Andrew Wilkes Zoey Belyea Madeleine Winward Meredith Berlin Amber Wolfe Kiron Blackwood Gen Zoufal 22 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE

INDIVIDUAL DONORS Seattle Children’s Theatre recognizes the generosity of the following individuals who have contributed to our Annual Fund, Capital Campaign, Gala Raise the Paddle, Special Fundraising, or Education programs in the last year. The listed contributions of $1,000 or more were received between July 1, 2017 and December 27, 2018. Listed contributions of up to $500 were received between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018 Your gifts have allowed SCT to continue changing the lives of thousands of children and families in our region by creating access to the world of live theatre and arts education. Thank you!

To learn more or to make your tax-deductible donation, please visit www.sct.org/support or call 206.443.0807.

PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE Matt and Amy Eyler $50,000 and above Eliza Flug and Chris Coburn Stacie Foster and Laurence Cock Eve and Chap Alvord Tiffany Gilbert and Ken Efta Alice and Tracy Forsythe PRODUCER’S CIRCLE Masha and Glenn Hart $25,000 - $49,999 Richard and Marilyn Herzberg Elias and Karyl Alvord Linda Hartzell and Mark Perry The Ballmer Family Ruth and William Ingham Steve Davis and Bob Evans Linda and Ted Johnson Gladmar Trust Karl and Anne Korsmo Pat and Mary Ellen Hughes David Landau and Tanya Bruhner Keith and Mary Kay McCaw Family Foundation Myra and Mike McCoy Eleanor and Charles Nolan Alexander Oki Valorie and Larry Osterman Andrew and Carin Parcel ARTIST’S CIRCLE Louise Pietrafesa and Anna Kaminski $10,000 - $24,999 Judy Pigott Ashley Andrew and Adam Crowley Carrie D. Rhodes Shari Bitcon and Paul Donnelly Laura and Jim Smith Bobbe and Jon Bridge Heather Wilde and Jim Gierman Donna Cochener and Family Rosemary and Kenneth Willman Lara and Peter Constable Wanda Wong and Mark Masterson Marie Farrelly and Jeremy Griffin The Bruce Wylie Story Fund Tracy and Alice Forsythe Alan and Jennifer Heuberger DISTINGUISHED CHAMPIONS Michael and Laura Larson $2,500 - $4,999 Joy Thal and Chai Mann Zoey and Jordan Minkove Rene Alkoff Mary Pigott Ed and Heather Blahous Nicolas and Elizabeth Richardson Susan Leavitt and William Block Erin and Greg Coomer Kate Forsyth PATRON’S CIRCLE Mimi Gan and Everett Billingslea $5,000 - $9,999 Debbie and Dave Grant Mollie and Carl Albrecht Jerome Greene Jennifer Berger Shelly Heier Aiko Bethea Kristen Hoehler Ryan and Danielle Boone Mimi and Edward Kirsch Laura Buckland Elizabeth and Brian Matsubara

24 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE Natalie and Keith Matthews Laurie and Scott Oki M.J. and John McDermott Ron Pederson and Jeff Sakuma John and Lauren McGuire Dinny and Alex Polson Mimi and Todd Menenberg Mary Pugh William and Sally Neukom Dan and Cecelia Regis Evelyn Bundesmann and Craig Peeper Kerry Richards and Jan Arntz Sally Rampersad Kate and Matt Riley Scott and Danielle Ruthfield Natasha Rivers Warren and Nancy Smith Catherine and Thurston Roach Betty Lou Treiger Amy and Laurent Rotival Jared and Amanda Van Kirk Barb Larimer and Bob Royer Sharon Sale CHAMPIONS Lee-Norah Sanzo $1,000 - $2,499 Cathy Sarkowsky Margaret Schaaf and Stuart Dunwoody Suzanne Allen Petra Schindler-Carter and Dean Carter Perry and Christine Atkins Jennifer and Nicholas Seibert Jesse and Toni Bennett Haeryung Shin and Andrew von Nordenflycht Elizabeth and Neil Bergquist Jonas and Jillian Simonis Inez Noble Black Colette Stallbaumer and Warren Stickney Cindy and Bob Blais Heidi and Patrick Turner Meghan Brown Shirley and David Urdal Joanna Callahan Julie and David Ward Jennifer and Phil Carter Walter Weber and Teri Kopp Barbara and Ken Christoferson Nancy Weintraub Kirk and Deborah Clothier Alexander Williams Miller Terry and AnnaLisa Danysh Carol and Bryan Willison Mark Sherman and Jennifer Daves Russell Wilson Allan and Nora Davis Anonymous – 6 Priscilla Dickert Eaton Skinner Family DIRECTORS Teresa and Peter Engrav Miya and Joe Ferguson $500 - $999 Rebecca and Chad Fischer Kathleen Albrecht Deborah and Robert Fleming The Anderson Family Cynthia Foster Phoebe and Lucius Andrew Jacqueline Borges and Craig Hajduk Jan and Maria Beck Adam and Quyen Hamilton The Blais Family Caroline and Peter Hauge Marshall Booker Lisa Henry Jarvis and Michelle Bowers Lisa Hewson Kendall and Jay Cammermeyer Melinda and Bob Hord Susan and Craig Chambers Joan Hsiao-Bromley and James Bromley Betti Fujikado and Jim Copacino Tami Hurwitz Barbara and James Crutcher The Jandl Family Trea and Benjamin Diament Karin and Scott Jones Toby Diamond Tom Lennon and Patricia Keegan Holly Dunlap Karen Koon Nancy Elliott Mascha Kroenlein and Charles Peterson Bruce Easter and Cynthia Faubion Lena and Daniel LeCheminant Jana Goode Edmond and Barbara Lee Ken Dunkelberg and Laurie Hammack Jackie and Peter Mansfield James O. Hanlon The McGanney Family Cynthia Huffman and Ray B. Heacox Mitzi Morris Richard and Betty Hedreen Ann and Terry Mix Susan and Matthew Hillman

encoremediagroup.com/programs 25 Susan Trainer Holt and John Holt Suzette and James Birrell Holly Nguyen and Doug Holtzman Jenifer Carter and Chad Bitzer Jane and Randall Hummer Erik and Donna Bjarke Claudia Hung Trevor Blanarik The Jarvik Family Sarah Blohm Rebecca Lally Jennifer Bloom Erika and Dave Larimer Linda Bloom Joanne and Nicholas Lee Jean Withers and John Booker Francine and Donald Loeb Amy and Mark Bosch Cat and Brent Mason Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Brake Rachel McCall Matthew Bricker-Mounts Hillary K McNeill Laura Jean and Val Brustad Cheryl McQuiston Beverly Bunzel Pamela and Donald Mitchell Erin Rance and Scott Bush Angela Finney and Robert Mumford The Callahan-Simonsen Family Carla Nichols Arlene and John Carpenter Norberg Family Foundation Laura-Mae Baldwin and Carl Chew Lisa and Keith Oratz Nancy Chou Andrew Jessup and Heidi Powell Tero Collin Lynn Prunhuber Combined Federal Campaign Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Karen Copp Steven and Frederica Rice Philip Cosand The Sedgley Family Elizabeth Leber and Andrew Coveler Jennifer Jocelyn Sill Kathy and Brad Cowles The late Dorothy Simpson Duane and Lisa De Luca The Sing and Stewart Family The deAlteriis Family Jenny Pang and Jeffrey Sullivan Ethan and Erica Delavan Aimee and Gregory Vaughan David Dichek Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wilson Marilyn Dillard Jay Hereford and Margaret Winsor Roberto and Cynthia Dondisch The Hert and Wohl Family Rebecca Dunne Anonymous – 1 Deborah A. Dwyer Adam Edwards FRIENDS OF SCT Mike Egan $100 - $499 Lisa Elliott The Erickson Family Alyssa Aimette Florence and R. F. Evans Alan Alhadeff Elizabeth Fleming Christy Allen K. Denice Fischer-Fortier and James Fortier Mary Ann Allen Cynthia Foster Lorraine Amman Blau Catharine and Heath Foxlee Shannon Anderson Noreen Frink and Phillip F. Frink, Jr. Brian Atwater Susan and Albert Fuchs Allison Augustyn Campbell Gerrish Patty and Randy Austin Susan Lowance and Mike Gaebler Nancy Baggott Stephen Gilbert The Bailey Family Shirley Gnojek The Balter Family Kathleen Golden The Bankowski Family Stephen Goldman Tonie and Carlos Basulto Laura B. Gowen Susan Bauer Sheree Miller and Ben Greer Joesph Bellio Jim Greer Suzanne Benson Janet Allen and Joel Grynheim Margaret Berman Linda Haas Michelle Birdsall

26 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE Margot and Drew Hackleman Rosemary O’Neil Mimi and Tom Hackleman Marjon O’Neil-Dunne Erika and Brian Hardy Alison Overseth Jennifer Harris Louise and Peter Pathe Camille Heinen Catherine and Matt Pederson Danise and Jeremy Heisey Kristina Peterson Melissa Hensley Eron Huenefeld and Wayne Pishue Renee and Joshua Herst Donna and Kenny Pittman The Higgins Family Peter Londborg and Nancy Plunkett Carol and Tom Hogan Kevin Proctor Bob Horvath Megan and Greg Pursell Kimberly Howell Andrea Rabinowitz Lynn and Pat Hughes The Ranney and Edlefsen Family Wendy Hutchins-Cook Tahirah Razak Samantha and Steven Inks Soklinh Khoi and Andy Rebele Wendy Jacomme Kanani and Max Reichlin Tanya Bednarski and Craig Johnson Kay and Scott Reichlin Kristina and G. Ted Johnson Nancy Renkiewicz Portia Jones Bob and Peggy Rinne Christine Kakos Jim Roberts Deborah Kartin Jeannine Rogel Martha Noerr and Jeff Keane Carla Saulter Nancy and Ken Keiter Karen Selboew Karen Kelleher The Siebrecht Family Kristen and Brad Kelln Sonia Siegel Vexler Kim and Doug Killgore Margee Sigley King County Employee Giving Program Erika Sigmon The Kirkman Family David Silverman Bonnie L. Kirkpatrick Ron Sim Kathryn Klosky The Smith Family Mary Kollar Maya Smith Eileen Kulman Evette Gee and Mitchell Smith Laura and John Kvasnosky Gail Solomon Mary Lou and Bill Laprade Bobbie Wallinger and Dennis Sorensen Yvette Latchman Jeff Stokes Margaret Levin Wayne Storer Liza Levine Jennifer Streun Micki Lippe Strickland Family Elizabeth and Otto Loggers Eunhee and Robert Sumner The Maifeld Family The Swenson and Thurston Family Kevin Malgesini and Johnathan Luster Doug Moll and Annie Thenell Michelle Downey-Magee and Dail Magee Jr. Nadine Thompson Courtney Sale and Sean Manning Richard Tutor Mary Anne Martin Mandy and Michael Upton John McLaughlin Judith Van Nice Laurie Andres and Sharon McNamara The Vangelos and Schneidmiller Family Matthew Messina The Vaughn and Dobel Family Dee Mulford Amelie von Saint Andre Andrea Myers Joan Watson Angela Neal Kimberly Watson and Glen Draper Marjorie and Ken Neil Chris Weber Cassandra Newell The Wells and Worswick Family Christopher Nichols Kayla Weiner Kate O’Brian Ken Whelan

encoremediagroup.com/programs 27 Taletta Wibmer Seeyourimpact.org Jason and Carrie Wilcox In honor of Carol Williams Laura Smith Becky and Rob Witmer Carol Wolfe Clay James O. Hanlon Christine Woskett In honor of Cheri Yonich Paul and Farley Bartelmes George Zaima Genevieve Zoufal Dalia and Antonio Zuniga MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Anonymous – 3 Adobe Boeing TRIBUTE GIFTS Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Thank you for the gifts made in honor or memory Goldman Sachs Google of the following patrons. Joshua Green Foundation In honor of Lake Partners Strategy Consultants Stacie Foster Microsoft Shannon Anderson Weyerhauser Giving Fund Susan Bauer Carolyn Brodsky Duncan Cock Foster Griffin Cock Foster Terri Conner Dorsey Davidge Cynthia Foster Dori Gillman Kristin Hahn The Higgins Family Rebecca Hoch Nicci Jasmin Liza Levine Kevin Malgesini Julie Merchant Kate O’Brian Alison Overseth The Pollard Family Liliana Retelny Chaim Rosenbaum Courtney Sale and Sean Manning Caroline Thelen

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Dan Dyer Dave Dyer Katie Frisbie James O. Hanlon Deborah Horvath Justin Yaeger Chris Yingling

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28 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Seattle Children’s Theatre is pleased to acknowledge the generosity of the corporations, foundations, and government agencies that have supported SCT in the last year. The listed contributions were received between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018. Thank you!

$100,000 and above SEASON SPONSORS Charlotte Martin Foundation The Shubert Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999 ArtsFund Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Microsoft

$25,000 - $49,999 Keith & Mary Kay McCaw Family Foundation IN-KIND PARTNERS Nesholm Family Foundation Affordable Custodial Supplies, Inc. Safeco Insurance Fund Airclean Energy The Boeing Company DCG ONE The Seattle Foundation Encore Hales Ales $10,000 - $24,999 KCTS9 Adrienne Coons Memorial Fund Mangetout Moccasin Lake Foundation Pacific Science Center Robert B. McMillen Foundation SKIS Painting The Morgan Fund at Seattle Foundation The Snap Bar The Reed Foundation The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation USI GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

$5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Jubilation Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation Treeline Foundation U.S. Bank

$2,500 - $4,999 Fales Foundation Trust Horizons Foundation Stoel Rives, LLP The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Wells Fargo

$1,000 - $2,499 John E. Manders Foundation Poncho Legacy Fund Tulalip Tribes Charitable Contributions Wyman Youth Trust

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ALL ABOUT LOVE

Love in our lives makes us better people. In affirmations and positive feedback are The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, meaningful ways to show love. Edward comes to understand the many active There are times when love feels challenging. forms love takes. Fred Rogers described love Sometimes love gets buried under feelings this way, “Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. of overwhelmingness, exhaustion, and It is an active noun like struggle. To love worry. In those moments it is important to someone is to strive to accept that person know that even when stress surfaces, love exactly the way they are, right here and remains. As we grow, thinking about the now.” Throughout Edward’s journey he sees ways we offer self-compassion or self-love who has that ability and in turn, learns how will bolster our ability to share love with to reciprocate. other people, reminding ourselves even in moments of difficulty that we have choices. There are many ways love shows up in our We can choose to treat ourselves with lives. Parents and caregivers demonstrate kindness. We can choose to interact with love through caring for our well-being, talking others wholeheartedly. through challenges, teaching us, and offering direct expressions of love. In pre-school and Love creates a physiological response in early elementary years, loving friendships help the body. We are literally wired to give and us develop social and emotional skills that receive love. Doing something nice or an increase our sense of belonging. Friendships act of caring releases endorphins, which can also allow us to grow in self-esteem, are hormones that help relieve pain. Even leading to better performance in school. One simply watching someone extend kindness profound way to show love to our friends to another can produce this effect. Stud- is to inspire confidence in them. Genuine ies have shown those who have more

30 SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATRE NEXT ON STAGE AT SCT... love in their lives through friends and NEXT ON STAGE AT SEATTLE family live longer! CHILDREN’S THEATRE...

Love and kindness are truly healthful. Though there are many benefits to practicing love beyond health. People who express and accept MARCH 14–MAY 5, 2019 love every day in their lives are on the whole happier humans. The need for love in our lives lies at the very foundation of our species. Love promotes our connectedness and interdependence with one another. It makes us safer and more generous. Those qualities can extend to larger communities helping to make our world better.

Edward’s journey teaches him not only about what love is, but what it means to him when he accepts and receives the love of others. Early on, Abilene’s grandmother tells him a Illustration by Bagram Ibatoulline story about a vain princess who cares nothing about those who love her in hopes that it would help him to understand. Later, while he is on his journey, the fisherman’s wife, Nellie, also tries to explain what love means. But when Edward sees the effects of true love during his time with Bull and Lucy, and then with the children Bryce and Sarah Ruth, it brings it all together and he finally accepts what love is and what it means to him. It can be joyful, comforting, and, yes, sometimes even heartbreaking.

As Fred Rogers said, “Deep within us — no matter who we are — there lives a feeling of wanting to be loved, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.” Content from SCT’s Active Audience Guide OONA BA Y

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