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PICT CLASSIC THEATRE At WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio

Adapted by Alan Stanford from the by Nov. 23 - Dec. 15, 2018 Directed by Alan Stanford explore PICT Classic Theatre presents examine experience Directed by Alan Stanford starring Martin Giles* Matt Henderson James FitzGerald* Calema Graham Karen Baum* Jordan Ross Weinhold Jonathan Visser* Sean Lenhart Ken Bolden* Patrick Conner Jeff Monahan* Kendra McLaughlin Caroline Lucas Kaitlin Kerr Jacob Epstein

Production Assistant Stage Scenic Artist Stage Manager Manager Deborah Thomas Cory F. Goddard* Catherine Kolos* Sound Designer Lighting Designer Master Electrician Kris Buggey Keith A. Truax Nicole White Technical Director Production Assistant Costume Designer Maggie Crockarell Anna Cunningham Joan Markert .. most of all expect the extraordinary Production Manager from WQED. Liam Nute

WQED is member supported. wqed.org/donate *Member of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

www.wqed.org Cast

Martin Giles*...... James FitzGerald* ...... Brass Karen Baum*...... Sally Brass Jonathan Visser*...... Showman 1/Short/Garland Ken Bolden*...... Showman 2/Codlin/Witherden Jeff Monahan*...... Single Gent Caroline Lucas...... Nell Jacob Epstein...... Kit Matt Henderson...... The Boy Calema Graham...... The Marchioness Jordan Ross Weinhold...... Sean Lenhart...... Fred/Boatman/Schoolmaster Patrick Conner...... Grandfather Trent Kendra McLaughlin...... Mrs. Jarley/Mrs Nubbles/ Old Woman Kaitlin Kerr...... Mrs. Quilp/Landlady

The Old Curiosity Shop takes place in 1850’s London, and the surrounding areas. This production will be performed in All Rise. 2 hours, 30 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors Jones Day is proud to support PICT Classic Theatre. Its commitment and Stage Managers in the United States. to the creation of high-quality, professional, thought-provoking theatre PICT Classic Theatre receives state arts funding support through a grant from the of substance deserves a standing ovation. Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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2500 Lawyers. 43 Locations. 5 Continents. www.jonesday.com PICT – The Old Curiosity Shop 3 Director’s Note

Theatre is a very special and unique art form. And so is literature. A novel can take you to places you never dreamed of and meet with people you mightnever have imagined on your own. And so can a play. But a novel and a play are two very different things, each with their own set of rules. A novel excites the reader simply with the use of words. A novel can color in the pictures it unfolds with all sorts of information and description. It can fill the mind with everything the writer wants the reader to know. And Charles Alan Stanford Dickens was the kind of writer who left nothing to the imagination. He wrote his in exquisite detail. And he wrote them, to a large degree, episodically. He could judge the readers reaction even as he was writing the story. The play is quite a different animal. Where a novel might have many thousands of words – and The Old curiosity shop has 127,490 words - a play is far shorter – this one has 24,046 including stage directions. Where the reader may enjoy a week or two of reading a novel, and audience member in the theatre needs to see and hear all in the space of a couple of hours. The process of adapting a novel into a play is therefore a process of metamorphosis, and of removing 103.000 words! Put quite simply, you cannot put a book on the stage. You must change it into a new form, a new being. When I was commissioned by The Gate Theatre in Dublin in 2007, to create this dramatization of The Old Curiosity Shop, I recognized at once that this would be no easy task. The story is so very rich, and so very beautiful; but the novel goes off into so many tangents that was like a jungle, and my task would be rather like hacking away all the undergrowth before I would see the pure story. And how pure that story is. Dickens always has a moral for us in all his stories and this one is no exception. The tale of Little Nell, a child who must become responsible for the adult who should be protecting her. The child who must flee from the threat of abuse. The child lost in a world of hunger and poverty and fear. Little Nell is the refugee at the door of all of us. Mansions on Fifth Hotel The staging such a piece is no easy task for the actors or the director. To tell such a tale simply and clearly and in only two and a half hours. However, a theme, found in the book, of a travelling Waxwork was the kind of literary tangent that Dickens always offers, and that adaptors and directors always love him for. This will be our third play from a Dickens novel in the space of five years. And we present them for a very good reason. At PICT we examine current social issues through the lens of classic tales. Charles Dickens was not only the greatest storyteller the world has ever seen but was also the most potent of social commentators. He spoke up for those without a voice. For those who, cry as they might, would not be heard. For the poor, the underprivileged, the abused, the lost. His novels brought a profound social awareness to the Victorian age; and it is true but sad to say that the same message he gave to Victorian England is just as valid in western, and particularly American society today. So, we leave you to read The Old Curiosity Shop at your leisure, but tonight we offer you “The Heartrending Tale of Little Nell”, which is probably what Dickens should have called it in the first place. Alan Stanford

PICT – The Old Curiosity Shop 5 Message from the Board President What the Dickens?

On behalf of the board of directors of PICT Classic Theatre, it is my pleasure The great English novelist Charles Dickens came to the very young to welcome you to our production of Jane Eyre. We are celebrating 21 years city of 170 years ago. of producing a broad range of classic plays and modern Irish theatre. We are BY RICK SEBAK honored to performing for you in the Fred Rogers Studio at WQED, site of One-hundred-and-seventy years ago, the great the famous children’s program. Here—inspired by Mr. Rogers—we hope to English novelist Charles Dickens was just 30 years create a compelling theatrical experience for you. old — but already internationally famous — when he, his wife, Kate, and her maid came to town in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is one of the most beloved novels of all time March 1842, surprising many locals. They were in and our production is an adaptation of her story by Alan Stanford, our the middle of a five-month visit, traveling around America via train, stagecoach, steamboat and Artistic and Executive Director. Alan’s plays have been produced all over the whatever means necessary. After a night in a tavern world. His Jane Eyre was originally produced at the Gate Theatre in Dublin in Torrance, Pa., the trio arrived here on a canal and broke box office records at the Guthrie Theatre. Our plays address boat, entering the city via the unusual suspended modern social issues through the lens of classic texts, which our production aqueduct over the Allegheny River. of Jane Eyre exemplifies. The play deals with the issues of personal integrity The Dickens spent three days in this young city and commitment and follows a young orphan girl as she develops into (with a population of 21,000) that he spelled womanhood. “Pittsburg” (although the “h” didn’t officially go away until 1890). Dickens’ travel memoir, American As most of you know, the price of a ticket does not cover all of the costs of Notes: For General Circulation, was candid and bringing wonderful theatre to the Pittsburgh community. We hope that you often snide: “Pittsburg is like in England; at least its townspeople say so. Setting will consider donating to PICT and becoming an integral part of the PICT aside the streets, the shops, the houses, wagons, family. factories, public buildings and population, perhaps it may be.” Ouch. So please—sit back, relax and enjoy our production of Jane Eyre. He didn’t seem to mind the accommodations, however, stating, “We lodged at a most excellent hotel and were admirably served.” Although he didn’t identify it, that was the Exchange Hotel Peter Smerd at the corner of Penn Avenue and Sixth Street downtown (at or near where Heinz Hall is now). Rooms were a steep $1.50 per night. The couple stayed in Room 12, where fans and PICT Board President prominent citizens came to call after the Morning Chronicle reported that Dickens was in town. Among the visitors was William Foster, mayor of Allegheny City (not yet absorbed as the North Side), and his 16-year-old son Stephen — as in the future “father of American music,” Stephen Foster. While he was here, Dickens visited the Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary and the Arsenal, and saw enough of the town to remark that “It is very beautifully situated on the Alleghany River, over which there are two bridges.” On all three evenings, Dickens and his wife dined with portrait painter George D’Almaine, an old friend from London who relocated to Pittsburgh. They left Pittsburgh on Friday, April 1 on the recommended steamboat “Messenger” and headed to Cincinnati. Charles and Kate left New York for England on June 7, 1842. Before December of the following year, Dickens would write , establishing many Victorian customs that are still followed today. Who knows if three days in Pittsburgh may have influenced or inspired any of that classic tale. God bless us, every one. Reprinted with special permission given by Pittsburgh Magazine (originally appeared in Dec. 2012 issue).

6 PICT – The Old Curiosity Shop PICT – The Old Curiosity Shop 7 Play With PICT at the Pittsburgh Glass Center Who’s Who in the Cast PICT Classic Theater celebrated a Karen Baum (Sally Brass) was last seen as Jane in PICT’S Jane Eyre. wonderful season kickoff party at PICT CREDITS: Shirley (Shirley Valentine), Rita (Educating Rita), Mena (Sive), Nurse (R&J), Nerissa (Merchant), Trassie Conlee (Sharon’s the Pittsburgh Glass Center this Grave), Mary Detweiler (How the Other Half Loves), Nancy (Oliver past September. Twist), Alais (Lion in Winter), Clarinda (For the Tree to Drop), Mrs. We extend a huge thank you to Joe/Biddy (), Sphinx (Oedipus), Hecate (), everyone who attended and Scarecrow (Woman & Scarecrow), Edith (Blithe Spirit), Don Juan Comes Back from the War, , The Shaugraun, and Boston Marriage. helped make our event a success! Pittsburgh Credits: Pittsburgh Public Theater (recentlyPoppy/Noises We are grateful to the following people and businesses Off), St. Vincent Summer Theatre, Off the Wall, Playhouse REP, for their sponsorship or in-kind donation: NoName Players, UnSeam’d Shakespeare, Bricolage, Squonk Opera, U.of Pitt’s Shakespeare Jones Day Dina Fulmer Eileen Clancy in the Schools, CMU Interactive, and the Games for Change conference in NYC. Regional: Public Theatre of KY, Theatre54 NY, and various Chicago venues.Film/TV: Promised Land, Boulevard Building, Inc. Sterling Events Theresa Donato The Outsiders, The Road, My Bloody Valentine 3D, KillPoint (Spike TV), The War that Made Pittsburgh Glass Center Hepatica Florist River City Swing America (PBS), pilot cast of Ghosthunters:PSI, The Magic Words and A Fancy Piece of Homicide. A BFA grad of Point Park, Karen is also a teaching artist for PICT, The Public, Hope Academy, Chuck & Karen Frank Furher Cat Aceto and Colfax. She would like to thank this fantastic team, family, and PICT audiences. Moellenberg Wholesaler Photographer Joe Parsons Karen Baum Staci Baukaukus, Ken Bolden (Showman 2/Codlin/Witherden) just finished a Haiku Ninja successful run with half this cast in Quantum’s Chatterton. Formerly Stay tuned for our Spring special event announcement. Hope to see you there. for PICT: (Mr. Sowerbury); Great Expectations (Pumblechook); (Lucky); The Crucifer Of Blood (Ross); and many others. He has worked extensively in the Pittsburgh theatre community at the Public, City Theatre, Barebones, Bricolage, Off the Wall, and Quantum. Film work includesLittle Evil; Fathers And Daughters; Sorority Row; Marshall and the award-winning short films,Sherlock Holmes And The Furtive Festivityand Lightheaded. He is a grateful member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA. For mom, who now has front row seats for everything I’m in.

Patrick Conner (Grandfather Trent) began acting regularly in 2011 following a career of teaching English literature which began in 1969. His most recent stage work includes multiple roles as the Doctor, Old Siward and others in Little Lake Theatre’s 70th anniversary production of Macbeth; Gaston, the amorous Frenchman with a bad prostate, in Throughline Theatre’s production of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile; Al Lewis, the George Burns role, in Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys for Morgantown’s M.T. Pockets Theatre; and Candy in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men for New York-based Empirical Theatre. Patrick also acts locally in film and was most recently named Best Actor at The Haunted Oak Film Festival, 2018, for his role of Grandpa in Carnegie Screenwriters’ short film, “Saving Grandpa.” Dramatic roles he would love to reprise someday in addition to Grandfather Trent are Serge in Yamina Reza’s Art, Dr. Gerald Lyman in William Inge’s Bus Stop, and Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

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Jacob Epstein (Kit) is excited to return to PICT after appearing in Matt Henderson (The Boy) is excited to return to PICT Classic Oliver Twist. He is a junior Theatre Major at Pittsburgh CAPA, where Theatre after appearing inRomeo and Juliet and The Lion in Winter.He some of his favorite roles include Enjolas in Les Miz, Rooster in Annie, has worked with many theatre companies throughout the Pittsburgh Chip in Beauty & The Beast and the upcoming Whose Life Is It Anyway? area, including 12 Peers Theater Stupid( F***ing Bird, Mythburgh, Mr. as Ken Harrison. Around town, Jacob has worked at the Pittsburgh Burns, a post-electric play, Thom Pain (based on nothing), White Rabbit Red CLO in Singin’ In The Rain and Gypsy, and he has participated twice as Rabbit, Colorado, the Pittsburgh Monologue Project), Bricolage (Bazaar, a finalist in the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Shakespeare Contest. Look B.U.S., Midnight Radio, Jr. - Mad Science Lab and Underwater Voyage, for Jacob next spring in The Great One, a film shot locally about teens Midnight Radio - Animated Holidaze, Speech & Debate, Weightless), in 1970’s Pittsburgh and the influence Pirates great Roberto Clemente City Theatre (the Young Playwrights Festival), Saint Vincent Summer has on their lives. Thanks to Alan, Liam and everyone at PICT for this Theatre (Suite Surrender), No Name Players (Fixing King John), Off wonderful opportunity! the Wall (boom), Throughline TheatreThe ( Farnsworth Invention), Prime Stage Theatre Walk( Two Moons, The Scarlet Letter, The Westing Game), TACT (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are James FitzGerald* (Brass) PICT credits: Didi, Waiting for Godot, Dead), Stage Right (Tink, The Little Mermaid), and Cup-A-Jo Productions (Unhinged II and Tieresius Oedipus, Thomasheen Sean Rua Sive, Shylock Merchant of Hospitality Suite). Venice, Dinzie, Sharon’s Grave, Fagin, Oliver Twist as well as 21 other PICT productions. Other Pittsburgh credits: Watson, Hound of the Kaitlin Kerr (Mrs. Quilp/Landlady) is very excited to be returning to Baskervilles (Kinetric Theater), Charles Ives inCharles Ives Take Me PICT after appearing as Bertha Rochester in Jane Eyre earlier this year. Home (City Theatre), End of the Affair, All the Names (Quantum Theatre), She was most recently seen as a Guide and various others in Quantum’s 1776, Royal Family, Born Yesterday, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Forum, Chatterton. Kaitlin is a local native and received her BA in Theatre Our Town (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Candide (Opera Theatre), Heads from Brandeis University. Favorite roles include Medea in Medea, Ani (Pittsburgh Playhouse). Chicago credits: Marriot’s Lincolnshire Theater, in Brainpeople, and Conchita in Anna in the Tropics. Other Pittsburgh Chicago’s Second City, ETC., The Royal George, Apple Tree, among credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Last Days of Judas other Chicago venues including sixteen seasons with Chicago Shakespeare Theater.Regional Iscariot, Iphigenia and Other Daughters, The Farnsworth Invention, and credits: Cape May Stage, Milwaukee Rep, the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, North Carolina Fahrenheit 451. Thank you to PICT and the cast and crew ofThe Old Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. Off Broadway: Rose Rage, directed by Curiosity Shop for making this experience so enjoyable. Edward Hall. Awards: Recipient of two Joseph Jefferson Awards (Best Supporting Actor), a Jeff Citation (Best Actor), and a Jeff nomination for Best Actor: an OE Award Nomination Sean Lenhart (Fred/Boatman/Schoolmaster) iis excited to return (Best Supporting Actor). James is a company member of PICT and to PICT. He is a graduate of Point Park University Conservatory of Featured Artist in 2014. He was also named Performer of the Year 2016 Performing Arts and has happily worked with many companies across by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh including PICT, the Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Savoyards, Resonance Works Opera, Undercroft Opera, Microscopic Opera, Stage Martin Giles (Quilp) is in his seventeenth season with PICT. This 62, Pittsburgh New Works Festival, and Front Porch Theatricals. Sean includes appearing in productions of “Great Expectations” and “Oliver has directed with the Savoyards and won an award for writing with the Twist.” His most recent appearance with PICT was in “Romeo And Pittsburgh New Works Festival. He has recorded over fifty audiobooks Juliet.” Most recently elsewhere, he was in “Translations” at Studio available on Audible, as well as played Dr. John Seward in the Dracula Theatre in Washington DC and in “Chatterton” at Quantum Theatre. Radioplay Experience. Stage: Jane Eyre, , The Abduction From He also teaches various theatrical skills and practices at COPA of Point the Seraglio, The Marriage of Figaro, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Fantastic Mr. Fox Park University. (World Premiere), Three Decembers, Riders to the Sea, Trial By Jury, Pirates of Penzance, Princess Ida, The Mikado, Patience, The Elixir of Love (America Prize Winner), The Medium, La Traviata, Calema Graham (The Marchioness) is excited to be making her PICT Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Don Giovanni, The Frogs, , Parade, Julius Caesar, The debut with the Old Curiosity Shop. Other Pittsburgh credits include Mystery of Edwin Drood, Sweeney Todd, Mary Shelly and Her Frankenstein, Company, Tick Tick Throughline Theater, New Renaissance Theater Company, CLO, Boom, Man of La Mancha, Super Smash Opera (World Premiere). Film: Deference, The Unsung, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, and UIF Shakes. Her favorite roles have Code Monkey. Twitter - @SeanLenhart www.SeanLenhart.com been Nerissa (Merchant of Venice) and Exeter (Henry V). She would like to thank the whole PICT team and everyone who comes out to see the show! www.calemagraham.com

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Caroline Lucas (Nell) is very grateful to return to PICT after Jonathan Visser (Showman 1/Short/Garland) Twas last seen on stage performing as Child Jane in last season’s production of Jane Eyre. She as the title role in Chatterton with Quantum; Jonathan is a proud is a junior at North Allegheny Senior High where her most recent graduate of the Masters program at the University of Tennessee, and the performance was The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee(Olive Bachelors program of Southern Methodist University. He has taught Ostrovsky). This past summer, she also performed in Carnival Theatric’s Acting, Audition Technique, Movement and Stage Combat at The The Bridges of Madison County (Carolyn). Other credits include University of Tennessee, The CLO Academy, Point Park University and Pittsburgh CLO’s Annie (Orphan), Prime Stage’s You Belong to Me PMT. Local Theatre Credits: The Public, The City Theater, Pittsburgh (Brooke), North Allegheny’s Legally Blonde (Serena) and Little Mermaid Musical Theatre, The Rep, PICT, Bricolage, TACT, Pittsburgh’s CLO, (Flounder), and Comtra’s Annie (Annie). In addition to performing, she and, Front Porch Theatricals. Regional Credits: The Dallas Theater is a student at CLO Academy and Donna Belajac Acting Studio, and Center, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, she also studies voice and piano. Caroline sends gratitude to her teachers, family, and friends Casa Manana, Clarence Brown Theater, Hope Summer Rep, and PCPA. Film Credits: The for their endless support and to the people of PICT for a truly delightful experience. Last Witch Hunter 2015, Into the Dark 2014, 5th Dimension 2012. Television Credits: Banshee 4th season, ep.4. Kendra McLaughlin (Mrs. Jarley, Mrs. Nubbles, Old Woman) worked in print and radio advertising for eighteen years. She obtained Jordon Ross Weinhold (Dick Swiveller) previous PICT credits include her Master’s Degree in Existential Phenomenology from Duquesne Great Expectations (Herbert Pocket), Lady Windermere’s Fan (Guy University and eventually became an Outpatient Therapist, handling Berkeley) and Oliver Twist (Magistrate). Other credits include Peter and hundreds of at-risk youth while also igniting her acting career. In the Starcatcher (Black Stache) Sweeney Todd (Pirelli), Hairspray (Corny 2011, she founded Playground Productions, a full-service, independent Collins), Into The Woods (Baker), My Fair Lady (Henry Higgins), The production company which allowed her to write, produce and star in her Producers (Roger DeBris), The Full Monty (Marty/Minister), The School own one woman show for which she won the Mary R. Lipple Memorial For Scandal (Sir Peter Teazle, dir. Alan Stanford), and Shear Madness Fund Award. Recently, she received the 2018 Pittsburgh New Works (Mikey Thomas). Education: Point Park University. Festival Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in Where the Star Fell, the www.jordonrweinhold.com true story of Ann Hodges, the only person to get hit by a meteorite and live. Other credits: Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, Terese Salieri in Amadeus (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Fraulein Schneider inCabaret and a woman dying of ovarian cancer in A Funny Thing Happened… (City Theatre). Kendra is an aunt of triplet boys and has gone hot air ballooning, sky diving, hang gliding over the Great Barrier Reef and white water rafted down the Rio Grande. Tonight, she is deeply grateful to PICT for the opportunity to perform for you. It is a dream come true!

Jeff Monahan (Single Gent) is an actor, screenwriter, producer and director, as well as an adjunct professor. He recently appeared as “Joynson/Flint/Maitland” in CHATTERTON with Quantum Theatre, as “Hiram” in the WGN series, OUTSIDERS, and as “O’Toole” in the Richard Linklater film, LAST FLAG FLYING. He’s just been cast in Eric Red’s thriller, WHITE KNUCKLE, and is starring in the educational series ACTORS ON as “Macbeth”. Other film roles include John Sayles’ LONE STAR and George Romero’s BRUISER. He’s acted with the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Pittsburgh Playhouse, and numerous shows with Quantum. Plays in New York include EMPTY SILOS with Sam Rockwell and DOWN THE ROAD, directed by Jeanne Blake. He’s taught acting and screenwriting at numerous universities from NYU to CMU and is the author of the book WRITE YOUR MOVIE. He’s very happy to be making his first appearance at PICT.

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Alan Stanford...... Director Cory F. Goddard (Production Stage Manager) Cory is in his 14th season with PICT. He Cory Goddard*...... Production Stage Manager also makes theatre with Quantum, Bricolage, The REP, Kinetic Theatre, The Kelly Strayhorn, Texture Contemporary Ballet and perhaps you someday. Catherine Kolos* ...... Assistant Stage Manager Liam Nute...... Production Manager Catherine Kolos (Assistant Stage Manager) is honored to return for her third PICT Anna Cunningham...... Production Assistant production, after last seasons’s Jane Eyre and Romeo & Juliet. Recent Credits include the world premiere of Chatterton with Quantum Theatre, The Burdens for City Theatre’s Momentum Maggie Crockarell...... Technical Director Series, Pittsburgh CLO’s Gallery of Heroes tour, and Hairspray at Interlakes Summer Theater Max Seel...... Master Carpenter (Tracy). Other Local Credits: The Great Gatsby and The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow for Prime Stage Theater, Cloud 9 for Throughline Theatre Company, andSister Act, Dreamgirls, Tarzan, Kris Buggey...... Sound Designer and the regional premiere of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame for Pittsburgh Musical Theater. Keith A. Truax...... Lighting Designer Training: Point Park University. A multi-faceted performer, stage manager and director, Catherine is also committed to training the next generation of theater artists as a teacher and Nicole White...... Master Electrician mentor. Grateful member of Actors’ Equity. Joan Markert...... Costume Designer Deborah Thomas...... Scenic Artist Liam B. Nute (Production Manager) is in his third season with PICT. PICT Credits: The Merchant of Venice, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Macbeth, Jacques Rikkilee Rose...... Wardrobe Supervisor/ Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Educating Rita, Sharon’s Grave, Oliver Twist, Great Properties Manager Expectations, and Shirley Valentine. Liam has found a family at PICT and is excited to be Helen Radkoff...... Box Office Manager working with these wonderful people. He would also like to thank his parents for all of their Marsha Mayhak ...... House Manager support.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Maggie Crockarell (Techincal Director) is thrilled to be starting her second season with PICT as Technical Director, after working on last season’s Jane Eyre and Romeo and Juliet. A recent Point Park University graduate, Maggie also continues to work with The Pittsburgh Who’s Who in Production Playhouse in her spare time. She would like to thank her friends Max, Steve, Nick, John, Drew, and Liam for all of their help and support. Alan Stanford* (Director) is Artistic & Executive Director of PICT Classic Theatre and has been a part of the PICT family for 10 seasons. Mr. Stanford’s professional career in theatre Kris Buggey (Sound Designer) is proud to be working with PICT once again as sound has spanned more than 50 years, as actor, director, and writer, of the stage and screen. He is designer after having designed PICT’s Jane Eyre, Romeo & Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, The the founder and former Artistic Director of Ireland’s Second Age Theatre Company, and for Lion in Winter and Jaque Brel. Kris’ previous works include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and more than 30 years, was a leading actor and principal director with the renowned Gate Theatre, A Soldier’s Heart for the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Yo Vikings! for Playhouse Jr, The LAB Project’s Dublin. Mr. Stanford had the honor of serving on the Arts Council of Ireland from 2003 The Gospel Singer, and Bricolage’s BUS10 and BUS11 as well as Saint’s Tour. Kris has also through 2008. He holds the privilege of directing in his own play, The Collection. worked regularly for G4’s Menopause the Musical! tour as head audio engineer. Thank you to Mr. Stanford has presented many of his own adaptations internationally, most notably Jane all the people who believe in what theatre is and what it does for everyone who is a part of it. Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, which he directed, most recently, at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2015. For more than 20 years, Mr. Stanford has played the role of Pozzo, Waiting for Godot, on the international stage. Known as Ireland’s leading exponent of the works of , Mr. Stanford performed in PICT’s The Importance of Being Earnest and directed and Lady Windermere’s Fan. Last season, he produced a three-part celebration of Wilde with “In the Company of Oscar Wilde”, “Wilde Fairy Tales” and “The Trial of Oscar Wilde”. Last on the PICT stage for PICT’s Wilde celebration and The Lion in Winter as Henry II, Mr. Stan- ford also produced and directed a World Premiere adaptation of Oedipus Rex, from Sophocles, to critical acclaim. With his own adaptation and direction of The Old Curiosity Shop,he com- pletes a trilogy of Dickensian classics for PICT, which included Oliver Twist (2015, adaptation and Director) and Great Expectations (2014, Director).

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Keith A. Truax (Lighting Designer) is excited to be joining the company of “Old Curiosity Deb Acklin, Rebecca Born, Paul Byers, Jacqui Thomas Shop”. Past credits include: PICT Classic Theatre selective credits: “Romeo & Juliet”, “Sive”, “The Lion in Winter”, “The Merchant of Venice”, “Oliver Twist”, “Sharon’s Grave”, and the WQED Staff & “Women and Scarecrow”. Pittsburgh CLO: “Up & Away”, “Xanadu”, “Pump Boys & Dinettes”, “First Date”, “Toxic Avenger”, and “Altar Boyz”. Lincoln Park: “Sweeney Todd”, Annabelle Clippinger and Pitt Arts, University of Pittsburgh “Ragtime”, “Big Fish” & “Mary Poppins”. Regional Credits: New London Barn Theatre “Murder for Two”, “Newsies”, “Godspell” & “Souvenir”, Seven Angels Theatre “Trav’lin The Dan Iddings, Classic Lines Books & Gifts Musical”. New York Credits: St. Luke’s Theatre “Friends The Musical Parody”, NYMF 2017 “Ben, Virginia & Me (The Liberace Story)”, John Engeman Theatre “Jekyll & Hyde”, NYC Maher Duessel Fringe Festival “Waken on Sunshine” The Westside Theatre Downstairs “: The Remix”. Keith holds a MFA in Lighting Design from Carnegie Mellon University. For additional Joan Markert information please visit www.keithtruax.com. Mona Rush Nicole White (Master Electrician), is glad to be returning to PICT for their 2018-2019 sea- son. Last season she designed Jane Eyre and this February she will be designing PICT’s Run Sara Steelman the Rabbit. A graduate from Point Park University with a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts, she interned with Front Porch on The Last Five Years and The Light in the Piazza and returned as Master Electrician for Violet and Big Fish. She also designs plays, musicals, concerts, and events. Her recent designs include The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival ft Amy Schumer, The City Music Festival, Carnegie Mellon’s Spring Carnival, The Adventures of Nate the Great at The Pittsburgh Playhouse, Presence by John Petrucelli at the New Hazlett Theater,All Shook Up and Singin’ in the Rain Jr. at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh. She would like to thank the cast and crew for making this another wonderful show to be a part of.

Joan Markert (Costume Designer) is in her 37th season with the Pittsburgh Playhouse and her 12th at PICT. Her designs and costumes have graced PICT Classical Theatre’s productions of Jane Eyre, The Lion in Winter, Sive, The Mask of Moriarty, The Crucifer of Blood, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Blithe Spirit, For the Tree To Drop, Sharon’s Grave, Oliver Twist and The School For Scandal. Her designs have been seen in for all four of the Playhouse companies including Uncle Vanya, The School For Scandal, Carousel, Parade, Assassins, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Nine, Anything Goes (twice), Contact, and Playboy of the Western World and The Drowsy Chaperone with the Conservatory Theatre Company;The Gift of the Magi, Kira, the Young Hunter, Kenah-Turtle Island, Yo, Vikings!, and The Wind In the Willows (twice) with Playhouse Jr.; Counter Pulse, Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella(twice) and Romeo and Juliet with the Conservatory Dance Company; and All My Sons, On the Beach, Riddley Walker, Breaker Morant, Three Penny Opera, Peer Gynt and Endless Lawns with the REP. Joan has also worked with various theatres in the Pittsburgh region including the Jewish Theatre of Pittsburgh and Prime Stage. A graduate of Grinnell College and with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Costume Design from Carnegie-Mellon University, Joan has lived in Pittsburgh since 1978. In her spare time, she grows orchids, enjoys her cats and is working on programs for inventorying and tracking costumes and props.

Deborah Thomas (Scenic Artist) is a local scenic artist and graduate of Point Park University, with a degree in Scenic Design. And has been working in the world of technical theatre for over 11 wonderful years, and counting! I am extremely excited to be working once again with the talented folks at PICT. Enjoy the show!

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Literary suggestions from our friends at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Did you know that throngs of Dickens fans stormed the piers in New York City when the ship bringing the final installment of the serialized The Old Curiosity Shop pulled into harbor? Now, you can storm the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and pick up one of these other riveting reads! The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens Read the original tale of Nell and her grandfather that was published in serial form from 1840 to 1841. It was an unprecedented literary phenomenon in the nineteenth century. by Charles Dickens In addition to The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge was the other novel that Dickens published in his short-lived (1840–1841) weekly serial, ’s Clock. In this story, a young man’s innocent involvement in a revolt serves as the basis for Dickens’s historical novel about the anti- Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman Bullied at school and left out at home, seven-year-old Elsa relies on her grandmother for love and attention. Granny sets up a quest for Elsa to undertake so that she will not be so alone after Granny, who has cancer, dies. This tale of the relationship between a grandmother and granddaughter is a tribute to the everlasting bonds of deep family ties. Flying at Night by Rebecca L. Brown Learning that her abrasive hero pilot father has sustained a debilitating brain injury at the same time her young son is confirmed on the autism spectrum, Piper embarks on a journey of devotion and self-discovery while watching her son and his grandfather start to connect in near-miraculous ways. The Double and The Gamblerby Fyodor Dostoyevsky In the two short novels by Dostoyevsky, the discovery of a mysterious doppelganger turns a minor official’s life upside down in “The Double,” while the psychological novel “The Gambler” describes two obsessions—the pursuit of an unattainable woman and the lure of roulette. Middlemarch by George Elliot A sensitive young woman marries a bitter, despotic scholar 30 years her senior, who lives just long enough to blight her spirit. She inherits his fortune, only to learn she will forfeit it if she marries her husband’s young cousin, whom she loves. When Dorothea tries to find happiness without Ladislaw, the intricate plots, subplots and character portraits lead to a satisfying conclusion in this masterpiece of 19th-century morals and social issues. How To Stop Time by Matthew Haig Although Tom Hazard looks like an ordinary 41-year-old, because of a rare genetic condition he has lived for centuries beginning with his birth in pre-Dickensian London. Enjoy some of the descriptions of England from hundred years ago as you follow Tom through his trials and tribulations. Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller After witnessing a murder in Olso, elderly former Marine sniper and watch repairman Sheldon Horowitz flees to safety with the newly orphaned son of the victim and becomes haunted by memories of his own son who died in Vietnam. A thrilling novel with an intergenerational pair at its center. Northern Borders by Howard Frank Mosher Spending the summer of 1948 with his grandparents on Vermont’s Canadian border, six-year-old Austen Kittredge finds a new home on their farm amidst the Lost Nation community of country fairs, game hunting, one-room schools, and family life. Book descriptions are taken from Novelist, copyright 2018 EBSCO Publishing

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Season Sponsors: We extend our deepest appreciation to the following donors who support The Heinz Endowments, Philip Chosky Charitable & Educational Foundation, The Shubert PICT programs on the stage and in the community. Foundation, Allegheny Regional Asset District, PA Council on the Arts, Richard E. Rauh, Joan Markert

Additional support for The Old Curiosity Shop is provided by: The Producer League ($2,500-$4,999) The Patron League The Heinz Endowments, Philip Chosky Charitable & Educational Foundation, The Laurel ($25,000+) Steven Alschuler ($500-$999) Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Allegheny Regional Asset District, PA Council Allegheny Regional Asset Pearl & David F. Figgins Francine D. Abraham for the Arts, Jack Buncher Foundation, James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation, District Arthur John Kerr Jr. Alan & Barbara Ackerman The Allegheny Foundation, The Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation, Bernita Buncher Donna & Lewis A. Patterson Catherine & Jason Adams Sophia Katsafanas Foundation, UPMC, Richard E. Rauh, Joan Markert Robert Levin & Kerry Bron Patricia Schroder Mark D. Barrett Philip Chosky Charitable Alan Stanford Vidyadhar Patil & Education and Enrichment Program Sponsors: Foundation Sharon Brady-Patil The Heinz Endowments ($1,000-$2,499) Marilyn& Howard Bruschi The Jack Buncher Foundation, Community Foundation of Greene County, The Fine Sophia Katsafanas Foundation Eileen Clancy Anne K.Curtis & Foundation, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of Saundra & Eugene O’Sullivan Steven D. Cuden Timothy F. Clark the Buhl Foundation, The Grable Foundation, Levin Furniture, The McKinney Charitable Richard E. Rauh Jamini Vincent Davies Judith & Robert Cunningham Foundation through the PNC Charitable Trust Grant Review Committee, Donna & Lewis A. The Grable Foundation Susan B. Campbell & Patterson Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker ($10,000-$24,999) Sean & Carol Hughes Patrick Curry Foundation, and UPMC Health Plan. Allegheny Foundation Peggy Hynes Todd & Michele Dominick Buhl Foundation Hazel Leroy Federated Investors Foundation For information on the benefits of sponsorship or to report an error on this page, please call Dina J. Fulmer Mallorca Restaurant Inc. 412-561-6000. Laurel Foundation Joan Markert Anne Louise Feeny James M. & Lucy K. Karen Adele & Heidi B. Fenton Contributions from May 1st, 2017 to Nov 15, 2018. For corrections or information about making Schoonmaker Foundation Richard Allan Miller Laryn & Moses Finder a tax-deductible gift to PICT, call 412-561-6000. Don’t forget to see if your employer has a The Shubert Foundation Barbara M. DeRiso & Carl B. Frankel gift-matching program! Susan & Peter Smerd Donald H. Newman Gary Friedman UPMC Michael Ramsay Cynthia C. Berger & Mary Russell Laurence Green ($5,000-$9,999) Annette R. & Preston W. Shimer William Guy Lee & Myrna Silverman Tom & Becky McGough Anne and Jim Burnham Sara & John Henry Steelman Sean Nolan The Fine Foundation PICT Classic Theatre is committed to the creation of high-quality, Ramona Baker & James Wingate Dolores Nypaver Gail Gerono Erika & Joseph Parsons professional thought-provoking theatre of substance. PICT Kathleen A. & Stephen L. Guinn Pittsburgh Ceili Club accomplishes its mission by investing in and promoting the greater Jones Day Mona Rush Charles and Karen Moellenberg Pittsburgh region dedicated solely to presenting classics and the Sharon E. & Robert Sclabassi The Opportunity Fund David Auel & “modern” classics of Irish and world theater. PNC Charitable Trust Erin Shannon-Auel Fred Steinberg Evelyn & Steven Silberman Lisa Simone Janet Kinnane & Conrad Smith Janet & Robert Squires Janie & Harry A. Thompson II Judy & John Woffington

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($250-$499) Tamera Sorco Robert Drombosky Fiona McGrath Ellen Viakley and James Walker Alice M. Hirsch Robin Bernstein Peter & Desiree Soteres Kerry and Robert Drombosky Rebecca McNeil John Webster Ann Jannetta Tracy Borak Rachel & Lowell Swarts D. Edwards John McSorley Dr. Jeanne M. Hanchett & David Knapp John Brady Pauline Taylor-Raiff Dr. & Mrs. Terry Evans Melvin Miller Dr. Phillips P. Wedemeyer Jill Leahy Louise & Rob Byer John & Nancy Traina Sherie and Gregory Evashavik Robert Mizwa Barbara E. Gengler & David Longstreet Barbara & John Carlin John & Irene Wall Janet K. Felmeth Beatrice Salazar Motles Randy S. Weinberg Betty Luff J. Stanton Carson Ray & Susan Werner Robert Earl and Marsha Fidoten Richard Munsch Margaret Van Wert Mary Mannion Nelson & Carol Craige Sandra D. Williamson Janet Frank Linda C. Murphy Brian & Kathleen White Carol S. Mills McCarthy Mary Ann & David Creamer Scott & Froimlee Wirtzman Darren Gailey Donald Hart Jr. and Devin Winklosky Patty McDermott Rachel Gilman & Tina Cutone WQED Multimedia William D. Ghrist III Dawn Nelson Jill Witherell Elizabeth McDevitt Ellen Doyle Tina & Terence Zuber Kevin Gieder Maeve Nolan Donald Wolbert Therese & James Moss Mary Ellen Droll David Gillis Lorraine Starsky & Howard Aikens & Daniel & Shiela Nery Suzanne Flood ($100-$249) Karin & Greye W. Glass Peter E. Oanes Christine Wolfe Mary Nute Harriet & Kenneth Franklin Sally & John Adkins Wim Schoonhoven & Margaret Patterson Linda & Gregory Wozniak Catherine Parham Therese & John Gallagher Mary Beth Aiello Caren E. Glotfelty Timothy Perkey Florence H. Zeve Robyne Parrish Alan Ginsberg Nancy & Christopher Baker Donald Green Mary Pisano Cindy Pfeifer Terri F. Gould John Bauerlein Donna and Jerrold Green PNC Foundation ($50-$99) Jackie Rooney Marjorie Greenberger Marjorie & Alan S. Baum Erin E. Guay Julie Potash Janet Ali Deborah Rosen Kate Guay Marilo & Barry Belknap Conroy D. Guyer Bonnie Resinski David Arisumi Linda Tuite & Donald Rosenthal Susan & Wilfred Hansen Gladys R. & Thomas Benedek Judith & Gerard Hamill Jo Ann Riley Linda Bamberg Donna Rosenwasser Maryanne Hugo & Dr. Alvin M. & Roger Haskett Judith Robinson Jay Barry Andree Ruth Patrick Hastings Mrs. Gloria Bodek Marlene & Charles Haus Carol Rosenthal Michelle Belan Thomas & Sheila Savits Fred Persi & Susan Hayden Classic Lines Books Gordon Haw Christine & James Rupp Edith Bell John Shepard Audrey & Fred Heidenreich Peter & Pamela Bower Joan and Thomas Hayden James R. Sahovey Samantha Bennett Rosalyn Sherman Gloria Kleiman William Bron Rosette & William Hillgrove Elizabeth Casman and Steve Blauser Francis B. Jr. Simko Starlit & Ronald J. Koshar Lois Bron Peter Hinks William Saunders Bernard & Joan Bloch Sterling Events Don Kosy Frank & Laurie Bruns Ann & Robert Colle Household Virginia A. Schick Paige Borak Jill & Myron Sussman Katherine & Lewis Lobdell Michael and Karen Burns Jacquelyn Thomas Household Jolie Schroeder Ann Boyd Mary Templeton Richard Lodi Donald Carson Daniel Iddings Urban G. Schuster Paula & Oliver Browne David Torrey Magdalena Loeber Maurice Cohill H. Vaughn and Eleanor Irwin Rita & Morton Seltman Patricia Butterfield Rosemary Trump Robert Luffy Thomas Collier Mark Puda & Carol Johnston Maureen Seuffert Rene Conrad Stuart Staley & Patricia Vergot Louise Mayo Michael Colligan Marilyn and Graham Johnstone Brandon Sink Cornelius & Joan Cosgrove Catherine Weisz Janet McCall Carole & Norbert Connors Foster & Barbara Jones Jay Silberblatt & Lori Sisson J. Kent Culley Rev. E. Philip Wilson Brigid McDevitt Peter Cooke Barbara Jucha Barry & Lainee Specter Brian & Barbara Cynamon Amy Yurko Devon McNamara Tom & Heather Crawford Paula Kelly Denee & Todd R. Stevenson Sharon Davis Carole Panno Susan Kelly & Bill Cullen Jack Brunner & Patricia Kelly Denee Stevenson Andrew DeStefano Philip Parr Joyce Culyba Catherine Kolos Timothy & Christine Stives Richard & Harvette Dixon Steven Pelusi Margaret Degnan Danny Kotcher Tina Stufft Joyce M. Rothermel & Christopher Liam Donohue & Delia & Victor J. DiCarlo Michelle Leibow Kimberly Szczypinski Michael Drohan Cynthia L. Pennington Matthew Divelbiss Toni Lozar Margaret Tarpey Jacqueline Foradori K. Oliver Rea Steven Doerfler Sheree and Lawrence Lucas Derrick Testa Mark Freeman Lisa Reilly Michelle and Frank Domeisen Joyce E. Magill Betty Thomas Marcia Frumerman Daniel & Lauren Resnick Michael Donadee Joanna Mangiapane Anthony Tomasic Anne Gordon Leon & Irene Skolnick Theresa Donato David D. Maxwell Todd Tomasic Mary Carroll & Bernard Grimes Janet and Robert McCartney Tammy Tsai Pattie Hazen ‘Burgh Vivant

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Board Officers Richard E. Rauh Honorary Board NEVER UNDERESTIMATE Peter Smerd, President Pauline Taylor-Raiff Congressman Mike Doyle Eileen Clancy, Charles Gray THE POWER OF A Vice President Advisory Board Thomas Kilroy Gail Gerono, Secretary D.L. “Larry” Brophy David Norris– GREAT PERFORMANCE. Paul Homick SeanadEireann Directors James Lamb Bingo O’Malley We are proud to support the PICT classic theatre. Mark D. Barrett Robert Levin Alan Stanford Laura Bunting Kristen Olson, PhD Artistic & Executive Theresa Donato Gene O’Sullivan Director Jacqueline Foradori Alberta Sbragia, PhD Margaret Hynes Wanda Wilson Dolores Nypaver Joseph Parsons PICT Staff

Alan Stanford, Pattie Hazen, Grant Writer Artistic & Executive Director Brian Edward, Rebecca McNeil, Marketing Consultant Arts Finance Cohort, CFO Delana Flowers, Marketing Assistant Carolyn Ludwig, Business Development Manager Yvonne Hudson, Development Consultant Liam Nute, Production Manager Arneie Greenwald, Finance & Development Volunteer Anna Cunningham, Production Assistant

PICT Classic Theatre PO Box 42360, Pittsburgh, PA 15203 • Phone: 412-561-6000, Fax: 412-561-6686 PICT Classic Theatre’s administrative offices and rehearsal space is located at 2403 Sidney St., Suite 285, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.

PICT is a Blue Star Theatre (for military personnel and their families), and a member of BoardsWork!

To order tickets, visit our website (www.picttheatre.org) or call 412-561-6000. Need help? Email [email protected].

Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC is ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

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