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TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 Virginia Stage Associates 5 About Virginia Stage 7 A Note From Tom & David 9 A Christmas Carol 10 Accessibility at the Wells 11 Today’s Show 11 Show Sponsors 13 Cast & Creatives 18 Dramaturgy 21 Cast & Creative Team Bios 35 About the Wells Theatre 37 VSC Education and Community Engagement Programs 39 Virginia Stage Company Staff 41 Board of Trustees 43 Corporate & Foundation Support 44 Contributors

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

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

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

4 A CHRISTMAS CAROL ABOUT VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY

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

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

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

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

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

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6 A CHRISTMAS CAROL A NOTE FROM TOM & DAVID

We cannot tell you how meaningful and moving it is to be working with this group of artists and artisans to bring a holiday tradition back to Hampton Roads, here at the end of the most challenging year in our memory. The entire crew is masked and distanced, the cast is always ten feet away from each other, and the work is stunning.

We hope you enjoy this year’s production, reimagined by the incomparable Patrick Mullins, who after years of directing and adapting Dickens’ classic, is finally taking a turn as Scrooge. A Christmas Carol is made possible by the generous support of PNC Bank, who got behind the idea that we should make this available for the entire community. If you are here in person, where we are seating at 18% capacity, with rigorous cleaning protocols in place, welcome! If you are joining us virtually, I suggest you dim the lights get ready for a great ghost story. Either way, A Christmas Carol is a great way to ring out 2020, a year we are all looking forward to showing the door.

In a year like no other, we bring you A Christmas Carol like no other. Enjoy!

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David B. Byrd Managing Director [email protected]

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

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8 A CHRISTMAS CAROL producing artistic director managing director Tom Quaintance David B. Byrd

producing artistic director Anthony Stockard

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scenic design consultant costume designer lighting designer DAVID SHUHY JENI SCHAEFER AKIN RITCHIE

sound designer music director choreogeapher J.C. NIGH JO’SIAH SHAN TREZURE COLES

associate director production stage manager TREY CLARKSON BRITTANY SANDFORD

directed by PATRICK MULLINS

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

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SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 9 ACCESSIBILITY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A Christmas Carol is made possible, in part, by:

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There WILL NOT be an intermission during today’s show. Please be aware that the aisles are considered playing space for our actors once the show begins. Please remain in your seat.

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

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

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

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

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SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 11 12 A CHRISTMAS CAROL CAST Bob/Ensemble ...... RYAN CLEMENS Tiny Tim/Ensemble ...... TREZURE COLES Musician/Ensemble ...... JO’SIAH SHAN Scrooge ...... PATRICK MULLINS Fred/Ensemble ...... MEREDITH NOËL CREATIVES

Director ...... PATRICK MULLINS Production Stage Manager ...... BRITTANY SANDFORD Music Director ...... JO’SIAH SHAN Choreographer ...... TREZURE COLES Dialect Coach ...... ERIC HARRELL Scenic Design Consultant ...... DAVID SHUHY Costume Designer ...... JENI SCHAEFER Lighting Designer ...... AKIN RITCHIE Sound Designer ...... J.C. NIGH Puppet Designers ...... SAM FLINT, DONOVAN ZIMMERMAN Associate Director ...... TREY CLARKSON Assistant Stage Manager ...... CONNOR NORTON

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Dickens and the Theatre

Most people readily classify Dickens as a novelist, a few more add journalist, and fewer still would consider him a playwright. But the theater was Dickens’ first love. He once wrote, “I was an actor and a speaker as a baby.” With no television to watch or radio to listen to, Dickens greatly enjoyed the family nights of amateur theatrical productions. As a schoolboy he formed a small dramatic company of his friends.

At the age of twenty, he applied for and was granted an audition at one of the leading theaters in London, the Covent Garden theater. Fortunately for his future literary fans, he was not able to make his audition having suddenly come down with a bad cold, combined with a tootheache. He never applied again.

However, Dickens did not forget his love for the theater. Though a committed journalist, he dabbled in theater whenever he had an opportunity. At the age of 24, while on his honeymoon, he wrote his first play as entertainment for his bride. The Strange Gentleman was a farce that eventually went on to be peformed at the St. James Theatre for a long run, despite mixed reviews. His next theatrical venture was an operetta called The Village Coquettes for which he wrote the book, lyrics and music.

After years away from the stage, Dickens agreed to direct and perform in three plays while in Montreal, Canada in 1842. The success of the Montreal plays provided the spark that rekindled Dickens’ love of the footlights. Back home in London Dickens gathered friends to perform Ben Jonson’s Every Man in his Humour for charity, which was a huge success.

Throughout his career as a novelist, Dickens continued to write plays, direct and act in his spare time. While most famous for staged readings of his own Dickens as Captain Bodadill, a boastful but cowardly soldier, in a work (primarily A Christmas production of Every Man in His Humour by Ben Jonson. Dickens acted Carol), Dickens wrote and directed the part in amateur productions he organized in 1845, 1847, 1848, and 1850. three other farces, A Roland for an Oliver, A Good Night’s Rest, and Deaf as a Post, which received high-quality amateur productions.

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Beginning in 1850 Dickens’ amateur acting troupe performed Edward Bulwer- Lytton’s Not so Bad as We Seem for the benefit of the Guild of Literature and Art, founded by Lytton and Dickens to help support indigent and deserving artists and writers. In London they performed before Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, afterwards taking the show on the road in the north of England, where the troupe performed at the newly built Lyceum Theatre in Sunderland on August 28, 1852 under anxiety that the entire new building would collapse under the cheers of the crowd (Perdue, “Dickens on Stage”).

These amateur theatricals continued throughout the middle years of Dickens’ career as a world famous author. He worked tirelessly as actor and stage manager and, as his friend John Forster remarked, often adjusted scenes, assisted carpenters, invented costumes, devised playbills and generally oversaw the entire production of the performances. This close association with the theater had an important impact on Dickens the author. Theatrical characters abound in the novels and the stories are told in such a visual

way that they easily lent themselves first to Charles Dickens at his last Public reading, illustrations in the novels, stage dramatizations, 1870. Image Source: Leighton, George C.: and finally to film. “Illustrated London News Vol 56” (1870)

Later in his career Dickens’ theatrical training contributed to the success of public readings of his works.

Dickens’ often performed public readings of A Christmas Carol in England as well as America. These readings helped to sustain interest in old Christmas stories and traditions. Dickens pared down A Christmas Carol for his public readings to one that can be read in a single sitting!

His original prompt book contains a significant number of handwritten words and phrases in the margins, intended to remind him of the tone he should take on when reading a particular passage. Audiences at these readings reported that the first few minutes of the performances were somewhat dull and unenergetic, but that Dickens transformed when the character of Scrooge began to speak. They were amazed at his ability to transform himself into each of his characters.

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RYAN CLEMENS (Bob/ JO’SIAH SHAN Ensemble) is proud to work (Musician/Ensemble/Music with VSC on the main stage Director) is a rising senior at and in the Education Norfolk State University Department's touring where he will graduate this shows, classes, and upcoming May with a workshops. Patrons may degree in Drama & Theatre. remember Ryan from During his time at Norfolk various VSC productions: State, he has had the Mr. Wormwood in Matilda; privilege to serve as Music Trinculo in The Tempest; Lieutenant Brannigan Director for such productions as Once on this in Guys & Dolls; Vinnie in The Odd Couple; Island, The Color Purple, A Tribute to Motown, Mortimer in The Fantasticks; Bob Cratchit, Old and many other productions for which he has Joe, Charity Man or Fezziwig in previous years' been awarded Excellence in Music Direction. versions of A Christmas Carol; or as his famous Under the direction of Professor Anthony relative Sam Clemens in his one-man show Stockard, he recently had the pleasure to serve Meet Mark Twain. Originally from Wyoming, as the first Student Director of the theatre Ryan began his career in a travelling Wild West company's annual hit musical Black Nativity. show. He has worked at theaters around the In addition, he has performed as Headmaster country, including several seasons locally with Marrow in Choir Boy at the historic Attucks the Virginia Shakespeare Festival and Tidewater Theatre for the inaugural Norfolk Theatre Stage Company, and he regularly performs Festival. Tyree is no stranger to the Virginia with Plan B Comedy at Zeider's American Stage Company. He has served as a musician Dream Theatre. Ryan holds a BA in Theatre for The Tempest, A Starry Night Gala, and from Western Washington University and an Santaland Diaries, and most recently in MFA in Acting from Regent University. He also Beneath the Surface at the Hermitage Museum teaches at ODU. (Many thanks and a huge heap and Gardens. He is so ecstatic to be a part of of love to his wonderful wife.) www. this annual production of A Christmas Carol clemensistwain.com and he wishes everyone a wonderful holiday season and New Year! God Bless us! Everyone! TREZURE COLES (Tiny Tim/Ensemble/ PATRICK MULLINS Choreographer) is a senior (Scrooge/Adapter/ Drama and Theater student Director) is the Director of at Norfolk State University. Public Works at Virginia This will be her second time Stage Company. Recent doing the production of A directing and adaptation Christmas Carol with VSC. projects include The Some of her other works Tempest with music by include, The Color Purple, Jake Hull and puppetry by Eclipsed, Once on This Island, Gem of The Paperhand Puppet Ocean, and Motown the Musical. In 2020, she Intervention; The Taming of the Shrew, a received an award for best actress in a musical synth-pop fantasia mixing Shakespeare’s text for the musical Motown. with the music of Jacki Paolella; Beneath the Surface, an immersive performance event at the Hermitage Museum and Gardens; The Tempest with music by Jean Sibelius performed with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra at Chrysler Hall; Swingtime Salute, a 1940's music revue on the deck of the USS Wisconsin; and Midsummer Fantasy Festival – an immersive

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Shakespearean festival/visual art installation/ Christmas Story at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, performance event in Town Point Park. Patrick Hound of the Baskervilles at The Hangar and has directed work across the country, is a White Heron Theatre, Always...Patsy Cline professor at Old Dominion University, and is a PCPA Theatrefest, World premiere of Tom frequent collaborator with Norfolk State Jones for Florida Studio Theatre, Wit for University Theatre Company. He holds an MFA Playmakers Repertory Theatre and over 50 VSC in acting from the University of South Carolina. pmull.com productions including: Guys and Dolls, Matilda, Secret Garden, Fun Home, Always Patsy Cline, MEREDITH NOËL (Fred/ Crowns,The Hound of the Baskervilles, Pride Ensemble) Regional: For and Prejudice, The Wiz, A Streetcar Named Colored Girls (lady in Desire, Oliver, The Tempest, Grounded, Peter yellow) (KC Rep), Crowns (Jeanette), A Christmas and the Starcatcher, All my Sons,The Great Carol (Mrs. Crachit) The Gatsby,The Fantasticks, Death of a Salesman, Parchman Hour (Mimi Red, Around the World in 80 days, Crowns, Real), The Wiz (Addaperle), Billy Bishop Goes to War, Hank Williams Lost Oliver Twist (Nancy), The Highway. and A Christmas Carol. Jeni Schaefer Hampton Years (Samella holds a MAC in Theatre/Costume Design from Sanders) (Virginia Stage Company) Lady Day Wichita State University. Thank you to my at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Billie Holiday) family Tony, Sara and Ethan for being my (Zeiders American Dream Theatre) For Colored inspiration and for always believing in me. Girls…(Lady in Red) (National Black Theatre Festival) University Theatre: The Color Purple AKIN RITCHIE (Lighting Designer) Regional: (Shug Avery), Ruined (Salima), Ma Rainey’s The Legend of Georgia McBride; A Christmas Black Bottom (Dussie Mae), A Raisin in the Sun Carol; The Tempest; The Santaland Diaries; (Ruth Younger), Jitney (Rena), Tambourines to Our Town; Disgraced (Virginia Stage Company); Glory (Laura), Black Nativity (Mary), Fences For Colored Girls Who Have Considered (Rose) (Norfolk State University), Discovering Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf (Kansas Hamlet (Marcellus, Clown, Hamlet), Experience City Repertory); Choir Boy (Zeiders American Othello (Othello) ( UMKC Theatre). Education: Dream Theater). Other credits: Rhythm Live BA in English with concentration in Theatre (Virginia Arts Festival); Frankenstein (Core Norfolk State University, current third year MFA Theatre Ensemble); The Lost Comedies of Acting candidate, University of Missouri Kansas William Shakespeare (Annie Russell Theatre). City. EMC J.C. NIGH (Sound Designer) is the resident DAVID SHUHY (Scenic Design Consultant) sound engineer at the Virginia Stage Company. is Lecturer of Scene Design at Christopher Usually you can find him mixing musicals at Newport University in Virginia and received his the Wells such as The Wiz, Ring of Fire, Always... Ph.D. in Theatrical Design Aesthetics and Patsy Cline, and the newest version of A Theory from the Union Institute. Dave has Christmas Carol. His past designs at Virginia designed lights and scenery throughout the Stage Company include Native Gardens, A East Coast, and worked as a lighting consultant Streetcar Named Desire, Santaland Diaries, and in the region. Prior to CNU, Dave taught at Pride and Prejudice. He is happy to be working Regent University and worked as a designer with his cast and production staff to put and CAD engineer in the special events another production together. industry for clients such as NATO, the White TREY CLARKSON (Associate Director) Trey House and Bud Light. Dave is a proud member is excited to be returning to VSC after being an of United Scenic Artists. assistant to the director on The Tempest and JENI SCHAEFER (Costume Designer) is the acting in previous productions of A Christmas Resident Costume Designer and Costume Carol as well as The Dream Clinic. Trey is the Shop Manager at the Virginia Stage Company director of the Barry Robinson Theater and Fine Arts Center at Bishop Sullivan Catholic in her 18th season. Regional credits include: A 22 A CHRISTMAS CAROL CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

High School. He is also an adjunct theatre Stockard was one of four national finalists for instructor at ODU, TCC, and Regent University. Male Faculty Member of the Year. He is an Trey has directed local productions at Bishop inaugural recipient of the 50 Under 50 Award Sullivan, TCC, and the Chesapeake Fine Arts at his alma mater, Alabama State University, is Commission's Shakespeare in the Grove as a presidentially appointed NSU Honors College well as published a series of plays through Senior Fellow and is the recipient of the Eldridge Publishing. He is very proud to be College of Liberal Arts’ 2015 Certificate of acting with his sons Aidan and Ethan in this Achievement, NSU Theatre Company’s 2016 production and would like to thank Carrie, Outstanding Dedication & Service Award and Phyllis, Brant, and Patrick. NSU Student Government Association’s 2016 Honor & Appreciation Award. He is the former BRITTANY SANDFORD (Production Stage Producing Artistic Director of Aldridge Manager) is so excited to be returning as a Repertory Theatre in Birmingham, Alabama. Production Stage Manager after The Legend The Kennedy Center American College of Georgia McBride, previously spending the Theatre Festival has honored him with multiple last five years acting as an Assistant Stage Meritorious Achievement Awards for Manager, Wardrobe Supervisor, and Production Excellence in Directing for his productions of Assistant at Virginia Stage Company. Regional Topdog/Underdog, The Brothers Size, Black Stage Manager Credits: Guys and Dolls (VSC), Nativity, Broke-ology, and The Color Purple. Santaland Diaries (VSC), Disgraced (VSC), Other Anthony has directed more than 60 Regional Credits in Wardrobe and Makeup productions for professional and university Artistry: Hamilton (Chrysler Hall) The Color stages. He holds memberships and affiliations Purple (Norfolk State University), Always Patsy with Stage Directors & Choreographers Cline (VSC), Les Misérables (Chrysler Hall), Society, Actors Equity Association, Screen Book of Mormon (Chrysler Hall) and countless Actors Guild, The Association for Theatre in weddings in the Hampton Roads and Honolulu Higher Education and The Society of American area. Fight Directors. He currently sits on the boards ANTHONY MARK STOCKARD of Region IV of the Kennedy Center American (Producing Artistic Director, Norfolk State College Theatre Festival, Cloverdale Playhouse University Theatre Company) Professor in Montgomery, Alabama and Virginia Theatre Anthony Stockard proudly serves as director Conference. He holds a M.F.A. in Theatre Arts of Virginia’s most nationally recognized from Brandeis University and a B.A. in Theatre collegiate theatre program and America’s #1 Arts from Alabama State University. www.nsu. Most Nationally Recognized HBCU Theatre edu/drama Program of the last five years, NSU Theatre TOM QUAINTANCE (Producing Artistic Company. Since his arrival to NSU, drama and Director) is the sixth Artistic Director and the theatre has gained historic national recognition first Producing Artistic Director in Virginia Stage and acclaim and record-breaking audience Company’s 42 year history. At the Wells, Tom attendance. He is the Founding Director of the has directed Pride and Prejudice and The brand new BA in Drama & Theatre Program at Santaland Diaries, and Matilda The Musical. Norfolk State University. Recent honors Tom just returned from Minneapolis, where he received were national awards from the directed Twelfth Night at the Guthrie Theater. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Previously as Artistic Director of Cape Fear Festival for Distinguished Production & Regional Theatre (CFRT), Tom produced over Performance Ensemble and Distinguished 35 plays and directed the World Premiere of Performance by an Actor in a Play for the Downrange: Voices from the Homefront, a production The Brother’s Size. The production play based on interviews with military spouses beat out more than 1,300 productions that from Fort Bragg. Tom is an Associate Artist at were entered in the festival and involved more PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill than 200,000 students nationwide. In July of where he directed An Enemy of the People, 2017, the company won Best Fine Arts Program Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Life and at the HBCU Awards in Washington, D.C. where Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and The Little Prince. He also directed The Little Prince at the SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 23 24 A CHRISTMAS CAROL CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As the founder Adjunct Professor in the UT-Knoxville of FreightTrain Shakespeare in Los Angeles, he department of theatre. Additionally, David has earned a Drama-Logue Award for his direction held posts on the McClung Museum Academic of Pericles. Other Los Angeles credits range Programs Advisory Board and the Great from King Lear to The Devil With Boobs. A Schools Partnership Advisory Council. David member of the Stage Directors and has been a grants panelist for the National Choreographers Society, Tom is a graduate of Endowment for the Arts, Tennessee Arts Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT) with a Commission, Virginia Commission for the Arts B.A. in Theatre and Economics, and the and United Way of Greater Knoxville. He has University of California, San Diego MFA served on the union negotiating team and directing program, where he was the assistant various committees for the League of Resident director on the original production of The Theatres (LORT). David was a 2016 Knoxville Who’s Tommy. Tom and his wife Wallis are the Business Journal 40 Under Forty Honoree and proud parents of Mireille Julia and Annika has guest lectured at Greensboro College, Christine. UNC-Greensboro, Virginia Wesleyan University and Christopher Newport University, among DAVID B. BYRD (Managing Director) Virginia others. He currently serves on the Board of Stage’s 2020/2021 Season marks David’s Downtown Norfolk Council. fourth season as Managing Director of Southeastern Virginia’s largest producing ADDITIONAL SHOW STAFF . theatre. Prior to landing in Norfolk, David served as Managing Director at Clarence Wardrobe Supervisor ...... Meg Murray Brown Theatre in Knoxville, TN. He has also Light Board Operator ...... Candunn Jennette held leadership positions at Westport Country Sound Board Operator ...... J.C. Nigh Playhouse, Triad Stage, Yale Repertory Theater, Fly Operator ...... Katie French the Dwight/Edgewood Project, and the Spotlight Operator ...... Corey Edward Guthrie Theater. David received an MFA Craig Lindsay degree in Theater Management from Yale ASL Interpreters ...... Debbie North, School of Drama and a BA degree in Drama Sabrina Smith, Elena Stuffel from UNC-Greensboro in his native North Carolina. During his tenure at the Clarence . Brown Theatre, David also served as an

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34 A CHRISTMAS CAROL The historic WELLS THEATRE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 37 38 A CHRISTMAS CAROL VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY STAFF

LEADERSHIP House Manager Sharon McDonald Producing Artistic Director Tom Quaintance Bartenders Brittany Agrillo, Brooke Warner, Erin Managing Director Pretlow, Jesse Brady, Kate Thurston, David B. Byrd Patricia Thurston, Satora Rome SENIOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT

Director of Development Public Works Coordinator April Le Philip Odango Director of Public Works Lead Resident Artist Patrick Mullins Ryan Clemens Director of Finance Jennifer Pinkos PRODUCTION Interim Associate Artistic Director Cutter/Draper Jeni Schaefer Meg Murray Director of Marketing Properties Manager Maris Smith Tiara Dimond Production Manager Electrician Carolyn Thatcher Katie French Sound Engineer ADMINISTRATION J.C. Nigh Scenic Charge Accounting Coordinator Shawn Crawford Shawn Cotton Development Manager Kandis Hyde Company Manager Connor Norton

COMMUNICATIONS Graphic Designer & Social Media Coordinator Crystal Tuxhorn Box Office Coordinator Samantha Topping Box Office Supervisor Jonathan Belka Box Office Associates Aila Castane, Scott Crissman, Holly Rice, Sara Schaefer

SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 39 thank you 2019-20 members for building a secure future for local arts.

Pacesetter chamPion Wells Fargo Foundation The Dragas Companies

Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Atlantic Dominion Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas O’Connor Brewing Distributors/Hoffman Asset Management, LLC Company Foundation Beverage (anonymous) Willcox & Savage, P. C. Palladium Registered Bank of America Investment Advisors Hampton Roads advocate Community Patricia & Douglas Perry Southern Bank Foundation Foundation Davenport & Company, LLC Wall Einhorn Norfolk Southern Leader & Chernitzer, P.C. Foundation Dixon Hughes Goodman Birdsong Corporation Wealthway Financial Advisors Gold Key | PHR PAST PRESIDENTS OF VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY Williams Mullen Kaufman & Canoles Arts Ally level contributors Virginia Natural Gas, Inc at www.bcartsupport.org

The businesses and foundations listed here have helped provide $25 million in reliable support to the local arts. For over 30 years, the BCAS has been there when they needed us. You can be, too. | 757-383-6047 | [email protected] www.bcartsupport.org

40 A CHRISTMAS CAROL VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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

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

PAST PRESIDENTS OF VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY

ROBERT E. BROWN, 1974-1981 FOUNDING PRESIDENT

PAMELA D. ETHERIDGE, 1981-1983 PHILIP E. CAMPBELL, 2001-2003 STEPHEN C. LAMPL, 1984-1986 CHARLES V. MCPHILLIPS, 2003-2005 JOHN R. TURBYFIL, 1986-1988 BARRY POLLARA, 2005-2007 NANCY MOORE STANLEY, 1988-1990 THOMAS M. BOTTS, 2007-2009 DONALD E. CHAPMAN, 1990-1992 BETTY H. EDWARDS, 2009-2011 SIDNEY N. ASKEW, JR., 1992-1995 STEVE FUSCHETTI, 2011-2013 A. W. VANDERMEER, JR., 1995-1996 TYLER LEINBACH, 2013-2015 DENVER F. HICKS, 1996-1998 SARAH B. CLARKSON, M.D, 2015-2017 PATRICK M. BARBERICH, 1998-1999 LAUREN CONNER 2017-2019 MICHAEL B. DIVARIS, 1999-2001 SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 41 42 A CHRISTMAS CAROL CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT

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

THE PATRICIA AND DOUGLAS PERRY FOUNDATION THE BATTEN EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FUND OF THE HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

THE LAW BUILDING METRO ON GRANBY ICON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON CHARITIES HELEN G. GIFFORD FOUNDATION THE LANGUAGE GROUP

CENTER STAGE CIRCLE

WELLS FARGO LIFENET HEALTH MCGUIREWOODS WELLS SOCIETY CIRCLE

TITO'S VODKA DECORUM FURNITURE WILBANKS, SMITH & THOMAS ASSETT MANAGEMENT, INC.

SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 43 CONTRIBUTORS

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

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Marathon Development Group & MUNICIPALITIES ($50,000+) The Perry Family Foundation Chesapeake Fine Arts Commission BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Hampton Roads Community & MUNICIPALITIES Foundation H. Lee Kanter Fund of the Hampton Roads Community Batten Educational Achievement Foundation Fund of the Hampton Roads LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Community Foundation ($10,000+) LifeNet Health The Robert & Roslyn Brown Trust INDIVIDUALS Newport News Arts Commission Business Consortium Anonymous Nicholson AAAA Charitable for Arts Support Foundation Thomas & Nancy Botts The Sunshine T. Williams Trust Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Mrs. Joan Brock Anonymous Foundation Hampton Roads Lynn Cobb & Warren Richard WELLS SOCIETY Community Foundation David and Susan Goode ($2,500+) Norfolk Southern Charles and Lucy Quaintance INDIVIDUALS Atlantic Dominion Louis & Prudence Ryan Distributors/Hoffman Clay Barr Beverages Mrs. Barbara Stokey Mr. Dennis Cestra Bank of America BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Leroy & Cora Collins Patricia and Douglas Perry & MUNICIPALITIES Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Conner Accounting Executive Services Birdsong Corporation Betty Harmon Edwards The Capital Group Companies Kaufman & Canoles Marty & Susan Einhorn Virginia Natural Gas, INC. Charitable Foundation Ron Flenner Wells Fargo Foundation Cherry Bekaert CPAs Advisors Lawrence & Jan Goldrich Wilbanks, Smith Franklin Southampton Charities and Thomas Asset Alan Gollihue & Lane Killiam Management, LLC Helen G. Gifford Foundation Franklin L. Greene, Jr. BM Stantion Foundation The Language Group Brian & Jackie King Willcox & Savage, P.C. National Endowment for the Arts Davenport & Company, Gill & Stephen Leaman LLC Norfolk Economic Development Brian and Patty Maddox The Dragas Companies Authority Dixon Hughes Goodman PNC Bank Foundation Cathy Coleman Maston Palladium Registered Special Fund #5 from the Mrs. Oriana McKinnon Investment Advisors Hampton Roads Community Susanne Mozley & Randy Southern Bank Foundation Wisswell TowneBank Tom and Carol Mueller Williams Mullen CENTER STAGE Wall Einhorn Chernitzer, ($5,000+) Xandra Pendergrass P.C. Drs. Scott & Sharon Reed INDIVIDUALS City of Norfolk C. Arthur & Shirley Robinson Ms. Donna Bausch Norfolk Southern Foundation Mike and Leslie Shroyer Richard & Anna Boykin The Shubert Foundation Jason Wallace Patrick & Ann Brogan Virginia Commission for the Arts Bruce & Holly Weber Drs. Sarah B. Clarkson & John Eugene & Brenda Winston THEATRE CIRCLE Herre ($25,000+) Norman & Sue Hoffmann Mr. Robert Wojtowicz Tyler & Sunshine Leinbach Mr. & Mrs. Kenny Wright INDIVIDUALS Barry & Peggy Pollara BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Anonymous & MUNICIPALITIES Mr. & Mrs. John S. Shannon Mr. Leslie Friedman Curtis Family Foundation Ms. Ann P. Stokes BUSINESSES & FOUNDATIONS Decorum Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Thurmond Goode Family Foundation Norfolk State University BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, 44 A CHRISTMAS CAROL CONTRIBUTORS

O’Connor Brewing Company Audrey Settle Andrea S. Clontz PMAT, Inc. Mrs. Marian D. Shadrick David J. Cook Virginia Beach Arts & Humanities Mrs. Kay Shiflett Don & Sue Comer Commission Conrad Shumadine Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Dederick Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Mr. Lawrence L. Steingold Mr. & Mrs. Richard Essenmacher Management, Inc. Emily Washington Carroll G. Frohman PATRON ($1,000+) Jane & Larry Waters Mr. & Mrs. David C. Fuller INDIVIDUALS Doug & Janis Wood Harold Goode Robert Alemany & JoAnn Falletta Mr. Thomas Young Isabelle L. Hallam Avraham Ashkenazi BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Claude & Carolyn Hesselman & MUNICIPALITIES Dr. & Mrs. J. Sumner & Susan Bell Dan & Trish Heflin Benevity Impact Fund Dr. Jeanne Burger Dr. & Mrs. Edwin B. Hodge Decorum Furniture Norman & Bernadette Carrick Patty & Tom Hostutler The Jennifer Lynn Gray Fund Greg & Carie Cutter Dr. Sylvia C. Hudgins of the Hampton Roads Dianne Epplein & John Patton Community Foundation Connie Jacobson Brian H. & Maria T, Fallin E.T. Gresham Amanda M. Loessin Mrs. Jaunita G. Felton Lee and Helen Gifford Fund Mark & Lillian Maland Steve and Nancy Fuschetti Morgan Stanley Global Impact James & Kathryn Markey Mr. Henry Garrity Fund Steven & Karen McCurdy Mr. Mark Gilkey Keith and Carol Naumann Jonathan Miller & Barbara Charitable Gift Trust – Donor Chapman Gay Goldsmith and John Brush Advised Fund of The US W. Reynolds & J.A. Monach Stephan & Marynell Gordon Charitable Gift Trust William L. & Sharon K. Nusbaum Paul & Carolyn Gottlieb Nederlander Organization The Honorable & Mrs. Norman John F. Griffing Portsmouth Museum & Fine Arts Olitsky Commission Sandy and Eleanor Harris Dale and Susan Oller Rouse-Bottom Foundation Jacqueline Herst Mrs. Emily Brown Phillips Shealy-Hodges Martha G. Hortenstine Mr. & Mrs. William A. Prince Michael & Gene Hubbard Target Circle - The Goodcoin Foundation Allan & Harriet Reynolds T. Hubbard & Christy Hamlin Virginia Stage Associates Dana & Jeff Rosen Donna and W. Edward Hudgins Warden Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Ivan R. Schiff Dr. Page Laws Win & Jane Short Dr. & Mrs. Edward L. Lilly ENSEMBLE ($500+) Francie & Brett Siegfried Dr. & Mrs. Donald Lipskis INDIVIDUALS Jacqueline and Carroll Smith Renee Liverman Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. George Staudter RADM Peter Marshall & Diane Chris Abbate Mr. & Mrs. John R. Stephens Horowitz William & Carole Aitken Richard Stephenson Mrs. Ann Mauer Helen & Warren Aleck David & Becky Sterling Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Mary Helen McCoy Richard & Jane Austin Mr. & Mrs. John Stewart Dr. Raymond McCue, III Ann Baldwin Estate of Susan G. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Colin M. McKinnon Ms. Kate Baldwin Elemuel Watts Penny & Peter Meredith Mr. & Mrs. Dave Baran Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Webster Arthur Nacht Robert Barker William & Christine Westendorf Gayle V. Nichols Bruce T. & Sarah Bishop Ashlin and Wayne Wilbanks Mr. & Mrs. Gary Philbin Wendy and Ron Brodsky Steven and Lynne Winter Mr. Kevin & Dr. Giniene Pirkle Jared and Whitney Brooks Byron & Chris Work Meredith & Cindy Rose Mr. & Mrs. George H. Brown Mr. H. Wroton Gerard & Linda Brunick Deborah & John Wyld SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 45 CONTRIBUTORS

Raymond & Katherine Kallman John and Martha Stewart BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, Heather Jordan Khan Drs. Jayne and Missy Sullivan & MUNICIPALITIES John and Stacey Klemenc Drs. Brant and Laura Thomas The Barr Foundation Captain and Mrs. Gilbert Kraine Pat Walsh Alan & Esther Fleder Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John Kropcho Network for Good William and Sandra Warden Dr. & Mrs. Willette LeHew Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Ms. Donna Watkins Mr. & Mrs. Brian R. Lucas Williamsburg Area Arts Dr. & Mrs. Armistead Williams Commission Debra Major Barclay and Janet Winn James and Shelley Marrion APPLAUSE ($250+) Eleanor J. Marshall Norman Zwahlen INDIVIDUALS Sandra & Kenneth Matthews BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, & MUNICIPALITIES John & Gladys Allen Mr. Wallace Maybery & Mrs. Gale Nicholson Alan and Esther Fleder Anonymous Foundation Drs. Kurt & Carol McCammon Robert & Elise Balcom Edward and Ruth Legum Family Mr. & Mrs. Gary Baum David & Sharon McDonald Foundation of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation John & Jeanne Bowers Ms. Majorie McLemore York County Arts Commission Ms. Laura F. Calvert Sean Meehan Mrs. Willia Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Ray Moses Angela Carlisle Ed & Joy Murray Charlotte & Joe Carriker Dr. & Mrs. Gunther Oberlechner Peter Collins Vincent & Patricia Olivieri Mr. David Paige & Ms. Jane Ms. Lorraine Connaughton Nohava IN HONOR OF Dr. Mona Danner Mr. & Mrs. James Noonan GREG & CARIE CUTTER Paul Davidson Ms. Lisa Oliver Beth Curry Stuart & Connie Davis Ms. Concetta Pagley SUSAN EINHORN Raymond DeFrank Mr. & Mrs. Mike Pampalone Marty Einhorn Michael Desplaines Ms. Emily Pease CHRISTINA GOODE Blaine $ Mary Denny Ms. Kari Pincus Win & Jane Short Mr. & Mrs. Jack Doyle Alfred Ponce & Alice Clay BANK STREET MEMORIAL R. Thomas and Mary Edwards Jane Puckett Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Epplein BAPTIST CHURCH & MR. Mr. & Mrs. George Raiss MARCUS SCRIVEN Ed & Bette Estes Ms. Robin Reeves Sharon Doggett Jeff and Diane Fine Ms. Christine Reid Dennis & Marketa Fudala TOM QUAINTANCE AND Anne Roesch DAVID BYRD Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Glick Dennis & Susie Rowley Eitan Stern and Susan Fite Mr. Tom Gustin & Dr. Phyllis Hope Stanley & Linda Samuels Mrs. Alison Hall Dr. & Mrs. Robert Seeherman Ms. Teresa Hammons Dr. & Mrs. James Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Hartshorn Ms. Fran Scott This listing reflects gifts of $250 Mrs. Laurie Hasten Tyler and Mary Beth Sherwin or more as of December 1, Joel and Kathleen Heaton 2020. If there are any errors in Mr. & Mrs. Harry Shock your listing or should you wish Jo Ann and Buzzy Hofheimer Dr. Robert Singleterry, Jr. to become part of the Virginia Dr. David and Merry Holt Stage Company donor family, Larry & Greta Stallings Judy Homsher please contact Kandis Hyde at Mr. & Mrs. Lar Stampe 757-627-6988 ext 315 or go to Patty and Tom Hostutler Sandy & Dale Stanley www.vastage.org/donate.

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IN MEMORY OF CHERYL LYALL PAMELA ETHRIDGE John and Mary Ann Eure Constance & Calvin Jones

KAREN LOUISE WILCOX NEIL WALSH Pat Walsh Clyde Wilcox

DAVID THOMAS Patrick and Mary Ann Thomas

DORIS KOCHER Chesapeake Newcomers and Social Club

LYN H. HURWITZ Sue Hurwitz

SEASON 42 | 2020/2021 47 Did you know you can double your contribution by having it matched by your company’s matching gift program? It is an easy way to double the impact of your contribution.

The following companies participate in an employee matching gift program:

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

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

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