August 31 – September 8 Crimes of the Heart 3 Welcome Welcome to the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre Welcome to our 59th Season! Though much has changed about The Lyceum since its founding in 1960, our mission remains the same: to develop, enrich and engage our audience through professional theatre. We know you will enjoy the exciting work of our exceptionally talented company of actors, directors, designers, stage managers and technicians throughout the year. We hope the 2019 Season will renew your delight in this remarkable theatre, set within the charming ambiance of the historic Village of Arrow Rock. Everything you see and hear on stage today is made possible by our sponsors, backers, volunteers, board of directors and most of all you, our wonderful audience. We are grateful for your support as The Lyceum continues our second half century. If you are a newcomer to The Lyceum, welcome! Please join our mailing list so we can keep in touch. If you are a returning audience member, welcome back to what we hope you think of as YOUR theatre! Your continuing friendship inspires and sustains us. Table of Contents Leadership ....................................................................................... 7 Board of Directors ..............................................................................11 About The Lyceum .............................................................................13 About This Performance .......................................................................15 Lyceum Staff ....................................................................................37 Heritage & Producers Society .................................................................40 Lyceum Backers ................................................................................44 Season Sponsors Gold Star Sponsor August 31 – September 8 Crimes of the Heart 5 6 lyceumtheatre.org Leadership QUIN GRESHAM PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 2019 marks Mr. Gresham’s fifteenth season in Arrow Rock. Earlier this season, he directed Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. During the 2018 season, Mr. Gresham directed the 5th annual production of A Christmas Carol, which he also adapted. In previous seasons, Mr. Gresham has directed The Hound of the Baskervilles, Stand By Your Man: The Tammy Wynette Story, Around the World in 80 Days, Cotton Patch Gospel, Love Letters (starring Tab Hunter and Joyce DeWitt), The Wizard of Oz, The Music Man, Camelot, To Kill A Mockingbird, Run For Your Wife, The Fantasticks, The Producers, Hairspray, Sleuth, West Side Story, Little Women the Musical, Into the Woods, Misery, 1776, Tuesdays with Morrie, Dracula, Peter Pan and Driving Miss Daisy. Also an actor, Quin has been a frequent company member, having appeared in 50 productions at The Lyceum since 1999. Quin’s favorites include James Leeds in Children of a Lesser God, Felix Ungar in Oscar and Felix, A New Look at the Odd Couple, Bud Frump in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Tom in The Glass Menagerie, Arles etc. in Greater Tuna, A Tuna Christmas, Red, White and Tuna, and Tuna Does Vegas, Matthew in Cotton Patch Gospel, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Sydney in God’s Favorite, Ernst in Cabaret, the Tinman in The Wizard of Oz, and Sam in Shenandoah. In 2011, the production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at his alma mater, Webster University, was named the 2011 Best Musical in St. Louis by The Riverfront Times. Quin’s work has also been seen at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Totem Pole Playhouse, The Riverside Theatre, The National Arts Club, Stephens College, Providence College, Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre and The Texas Shakespeare Festival. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for L.E.A.D. Institute, a non-profit organization committed to providing services to deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the state of Missouri. Like his two predecessors, Quin is a proud graduate of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University. STEVE BERTANI MANAGING DIRECTOR Mr. Bertani is in his 14th season as Managing Director. Originally from St. Louis, Steve came to The Lyceum in 2006. Previously, he was a Division Manager for Citigroup’s Primerica Financial Services earning much recognition for team leadership and client development. He spent 12 seasons at Stages St. Louis theatre company (1991-2003), ending his tenure as General Manager, and was a firefighter/EMT at Eureka Fire Protection District in St. Louis County (1998-2005). Steve has experienced all aspects of the theatre business from front of house operations to backstage, and has appeared onstage at the Mule Barn Theatre and Post Playhouse in productions of Working, The Nerd, Dracula, A Day in Hollywood–A Night in the Ukraine and Gypsy. He made his Lyceum Theatre stage debut in the 2007 production of The Sunshine Boys followed by cameo appearances in You Can’t Take It With You, and The Man Who Came To Dinner. Having been a drummer for over 30 years, Steve played one of the Bodacious Bobcats in Always…Patsy Cline, the role of Jerry Allison (one of The Crickets) in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, and played drums for Little Shop of Horrors (2014) and most recently Beehive–The 60’s Musical (2017). A few of his favorite Lyceum productions include 1776, Tuesdays With Morrie, Into the Woods, Cats, Proof, Arsenic and Old Lace, On Golden Pond, The Diary of Anne Frank, Run For Your Wife, Buddy…The Buddy Holly Story, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Tuna Christmas, Rumors, and the Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol. Steve worked as a stage manager for numerous pop artist concerts in St. Louis, including C & C Music Factory, Michael Damian, Donny Osmond, Belinda Carlyle; and most recently, Sawyer Brown at The Lyceum. His community involvement included service on the Saline County League of Emergency Planning Commission (2012-2017), and district chief with the Saline County Fire Protection District (retired in 2017). He is a graduate of Tarkio College in Tarkio, MO. Steve and his wife Elizabeth live in Saline County along with her children Noah and Lauren, and their son Jack Anthony Bertani. Steve gives a heartfelt thanks to each of you for making every year possible at The Lyceum. August 31 – September 8 Crimes of the Heart 7 8 lyceumtheatre.org August 31 – September 8 Crimes of the Heart 9 10 lyceumtheatre.org Board of Directors OFFICERS/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Doug Crews • President Columbia Marilyn Gordon • First Vice President Columbia John Fletcher • Second Vice President Marshall John Landrum • Treasurer Columbia Bea Smith • Secretary Columbia Nancy Blossom • Member-at-Large Marshall Donna Huston • Member-at-Large Marshall Dick Malon • Immediate Past President Columbia DIRECTORS Ronnie Alewel Kirk Isenhour Bill Riggins Sedalia Kansas City Marshall John Ashford (Emeritus) Brad Jones James Roller Alexandria, VA Jefferson City Columbia Patricia Cowden Michael Kateman Vicki Russell Columbia Columbia Columbia Rebecca Early Robert Lamm Katie Shannon Marshall Sedalia Marshall Nikki Fahnestock Rich Lawson Stacey Thompson Marshall Warrensburg Marshall Dave Griggs Edward Milbank Jennifer True Columbia Chillicothe Arrow Rock Marti Hodge Hank Waters Kansas City Columbia August 31 – September 8 Crimes of the Heart 11 About the Lyceum If Walls Could Speak... What a story they would tell! More than half a century ago, an amazingly committed group of dreamers set out to create the unlikely theatre that we continue to enjoy today. And what a dream! In 1961, Arrow Rock lacked its current picturesque environs. According to Founding Artistic Director, Henry Swanson, “The town was essentially in the last stages of decay and disrepair...” The Lyceum’s first home was in an abandoned church dating back to the 1870s, the lobby through which you entered into the theatre today. With the hope of keeping it from being torn down and salvaged for lumber, two Arrow Rock couples, the Lawrences and the Argubrights, purchased the church and began thinking about starting a theatre. Swanson, a professor at Christian College in Columbia was engaged as the theatre’s first Artistic Director. Swanson said, “I have always felt that good plays, well-acted, could draw an audience anywhere so I told them I would take a crack at it.” Swanson produced the first season for $3,500, $1,800 of which went toward a new roof. When Mr. Swanson retired from the Theatre in 1979, Michael Bollinger was named The Lyceum’s second Artistic Director. During Mr. Bollinger’s 25 year tenure, he expanded The Lyceum’s reach by introducing 20th century musicals to the repertoire, increasing attendance dramatically. In 1983, The Lyceum became the first theatre in Missouri to receive an award from the Missouri Arts Council (MAC). By 1990, thanks to increasing attendance and with the help of state income tax credits granted under the Missouri Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) and generous supporters, The Lyceum was able to raise several hundred thousand dollars to expand the theatre from 200 seats to the new 416-seat auditorium that you sit in today. In 2004 The Lyceum’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Philip Coffield, a Lyceum veteran actor, director and 20 year Associate Artistic Director, as the theatre’s third Artistic Director. Mr. Coffield made plans for his first season, cast the shows and hired the many company members, but regrettably, due to mounting health issues, was unable to complete his first season as Artistic Director. Quin Gresham, a fellow Lyceum veteran and recently appointed Associate Artistic Director, stepped in as Artistic Director and went on to produce the 2005 Season. Sadly, Mr. Coffield passed away in early 2006, a loss felt deeply not just at The Lyceum, but throughout the entire theatre community. At the end of 2005, the Board of Directors asked Mr. Gresham to remain in Arrow Rock as The Lyceum’s fourth Artistic Director. Quin immediately proposed changing the theatre’s rotating repertory schedule to a stock season and, with the enthusiastic support of The Lyceum’s Board of Directors, restructured the theatre’s management approach. In 2006, Steve Bertani joined The Lyceum team as the theatre’s first Managing Director.