CAST CREW Percy ...... Laura Savage Director ...... Anna Hammonds Laura is beside herself to be a part of this show! credits include: Disney’s Beauty & the Beast, Anna has been a proud company member with BoHo Theatre for over two years. She made her BoHo Follies (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Legally Blonde, Guys and Dolls (); The Wizard debut in the critically-acclaimed Big River (Mary Jane, Miss Watson) and was last seen as Lizzie in The of Oz (Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook); and Urinetown (Broadway World Awards nomination, Circle Rainmaker. She served as Assistant Director for BoHo productions of Pippin and Floyd Collins. Other Theatre). Upcoming Productions: Singin’ in the Rain (Drury Lane) and Music Man (Paramount Theatre). Chicagoland credits include Hero and A Christmas Carol at the Marriott Theatre, Noises Off (Poppy) Laura received her BFA in musical theatre from Viterbo University and is a certified yoga instructor. at Theatre at the Center, It’s a Wonderful Life: Radio Play (Sally/Mary) at Fox Valley Repertory, and Whoopi Goldberg’s White Noise (Laurel U/S) at Royal George Theatre. Other theatres she has worked Hannah ...... Nancy Kolton with include Drury Lane Theatre, Emerald City Theatre, The Renaissance Repertory Theatre in Tennessee, Nancy marks her debut with the BoHo Theatre. Credits include: Violet (Bailiwick Chicago); Nunsense, A and Nebraska Theatre Caravan. This work of love is dedicated to all the spitfire women in her life who Christmas Carol (Metropolis); A Man of No Importance, Bare, and Jerry Springer: The Opera (Bailiwick encourage her to shoot the moon. Repertory); Blithe Spirit, Working (Steel Beam Theatre). Many thanks to all the loving hands and hearts that have combined their talents to to tell our story! Musical Director ...... Tom Vendafreddo Tom Vendafreddo is proud to be making his BoHo Theatre debut on The Spitfire Grill. An active and Shelby ...... Laura Lindahl passionate music director, actor, and educator, Tom has worked with Drury Lane Oakbrook, La Jolla The Spitfire Grill marks Laura’s first production in Chicago. Most recently, Laura was a member of Playhouse, The Old Globe Theatre, Roosevelt University, Metropolis Performing Arts Center, among the Salzburg Drama Group in Austria where she played Jennifer in Welfarewell. Other favorite roles many others. This past January, he was selected to attend Goodspeed Opera House’s Music Direction include Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Amalia in She Loves Me, Rosabella in The Most Happy Fella, Intensive, under the direction of Michael O’Flaherty. Tom is thrilled to be collaborating with the BoHo Mrs. Chevely in An Ideal Husband, Lily in The Secret Garden, Diane in Lend Me a Tenor and Cinderella Theatre in telling an authentic story of the human experience. BM: Eastman School of Music. MFA: San in Into the Woods. Diego State University.

Joe ...... Matt Keffer Set & Lighting Design ...... Diane Fairchild Matthew is excited to be returning to the BoHo stage, where he was last seen Past design credits with BoHo include Floyd Collins, The Rainmaker, and Icarus; as Starbuck in last season’s The Rainmaker. Other recent Chicago credits Other Chicago credits include shows at Rivendell, Next, TimeLine, North- include The 48 Hour Musicals (The Music Theatre Company), State Street light, , The Side Project, Fleetwood-Jourdain, (City Lit Theatre), and Facing East. More information available at Infamous Commonwealth, Noble Fool, Redmoon, , www.matthewkeffer.com. Thank you for supporting BoHo Theatre Pegasus Players, and Wheaton College. Diane is a proud and supporting ! member of Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, an Artistic Associate of Next Theatre, and adjunct faculty at The School of the Caleb ...... Jeremy Trager Art Institute. Ms. Fairchild holds an MFA in theater design Jeremy is titillated to return to BoHo after playing the The from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and she earned titular character in Tartuffe. Credits include Henry V her BFA in design and technology for the theater from (Promethean); Chess (Jeff Nom./Broadway World Wright State University in her hometown, Dayton, Award), (), Evita, Flora the Red Ohio. Much thanks and love to F.L., X-Box and Q-Ball. Menace (Jeff Nom./After Dark Award), The Fantasticks, Side by Side by Sondheim, Some Enchanted Evening, and Sound Design . . . . Peter Robel two long-running Jacques Brel revues (Theo Ubique); Spitfire Peter recently directed and designed the sound Boojum! (Jeff Nom.) (Caffeine Theatre); 1776 (Signal for BoHo’s Jeff-recommended Tartuffe, as well as Ensemble); Wind in the Willows (City Lit); Carousel (Light The Winter’s Tale. He also directed The Tempest, The Opera Works); Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Amadeus, and Merchant of Venice, and Yerma. BoHo audiences may Assassins (Porchlight); as well as work with Profiles, Bailiwick, also recall his Jeff-Nominated performance as Charlotte Circle, and many more. Jeremy is a Shakespeare addict and von Mahlsdorf (and 35 other characters) in I Am My Own opera lover. He thanks his parents, teachers, and BoHo. Music & Lyrics by James Valcq Wife. As an actor, Peter has appeared on many Chicago-area GrillBook & Lyrics by Fred Alley based on the Film by stages, and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. In Effy ...... Caron Buinis Lee David Zlotoff addition, he serves as BoHo’s Associate Artistic Director. Theatrical credits include: My Kind of Town (TimeLine Theatre); A Catered Affair (); Victor/Victoria, Annie, and Nunsense (Stage Costume Design ...... Th. eresa Ham Right Dinner Theatre); Show Tune, The Subject Was Roses, The Glorious Ones, and The Theresa is an Artistic Affiliate with BoHo and has been designing with the Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (); Cabaret and Roasting Chestnuts (Pheasant Run); company since 2005. Her work on BoHo’s The Glorious Ones received the 2010 Jeff Award The Flowers (About Face Theatre); Kabulitis (Polarity Ensemble Theatre). Caron is currently a member of for Outstanding Costume Design. Recent Chicago credits: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Chicago Acts of Kindness Cabaret, a cabaret group performing for various fundraising entities throughout the Shakespeare Theatre), The Sound of Music (Drury Lane Theatre), and The Cunning Little Vixen (DePaul Chicagoland area, and is a featured vocalist with the big horn band, Brass From The Past. Opera Theatre). Her work has also been seen at Northlight Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Theo Ubique, Ryan Opera Center, Theater on the Lake, Stage Left Theatre and First Folio. Upcoming projects The Stranger ...... Daniel Houle include Annie with Paramount Theatre and Sunset Blvd with Drury Lane. Theresa is an adjunct faculty Daniel received his BFA in acting from the University of Rhode Island in 2001, where he appeared in member at Wilbur Wright College. many shows. Some of his favorites include Eddie in Fool for Love, Sgt. Williams in Tracers, and Raul in Extremities. After graduation, Daniel toured for a year with The National Players out of Olney Theater Properties Design ...... Cassy Schillo Center in Olney, MD, where he appeared as Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, and Major Domo It is a pleasure to be joining the BoHo family on another talent-filled production! Since graduating with in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Daniel moved to Chicago in 2002 and has since worked with Arts Lane, a BFA from UW-Whitewater, Cassy has worked in various theaters throughout the Midwest including Speaking Ring Theater Company, Searchlight Theater Company, Polarity Theatre Ensemble Theatre, Chamber, Florentine Opera, Marriott Theatre, Remy Bummpo, the Verge, and Chicago American Theater Company, and, most recently, Timeline Theatre. Fusion. You may have recently seen her work as Maid Marian at the Bristol Renaissance Fair or on Marriott’s Sleeping Beauty.

Stage Manager ...... Meg Love Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the New Meg Love is so very excited to be back at BoHo as their newest company member! After stage managing The Spitfire Grill York Premiere of Off-Broadway in 2001. Songs for a New World in the runs at Theatre Building and Theatre on the Lake, Bernarda Alba, La Cage Aux Folles, The Glorious Ones, Hello Again, Dirty Blonde, Icarus, Tartuffe, and The Rainmaker, Meg is proud The Spitfire Grill received its World Premiere production by the to be part of another terrific BoHo production. She’d like to thank the wonderful production team and George Street Playhouse, November 5, 2000. David Saint, cast for a great experience, and many thanks to all the people named Peter, as well as the rest of the Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Managing Director. amazing company at BoHo. She also extends her deepest gratitude to her family, friends and Dan for all their love and support. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited. production manager ...... Arielle Augustyn Arielle has worked in various roles throughout Chicago’s theater scene for over ten years. She is a founding member of Red Tape Theatre Co., has worked with Theatre Co., The , and many others. She has also worked as the Outreach Coordinator at ShawChicago Theatre for over four years. She holds a BFA from the Chicago College of Performing Arts Theatre Conservatory as well as her Masters of Nonprofit Business from NorthPark University. Many thanks to Kaela Altman and her ever-patient Alex.

Shoot The Moon for BoHo! Donate Today! Even though BoHo Theatre is a critically-acclaimed BoHo is proud that a full 75% of our budget is spent arts organization, with 11 Jeff Awards and 40 nomi- on our productions, with 30% of our expenses going nations, we remain a small neighborhood theatre run to support our artists. Your donation to our Shoot The by an all-volunteer staff, and ticket sales make up less Moon Fundraising Campaign will help us continue de- than half of our operating budget. livering a rich theatrical experience to our community. Mission & Vision Company Reflections From BoHo Theatre’s mission is to create theatre that incorporates the arts as a whole — Artistic Director Art for art’s sake. Our vision is to challenge Peter Marston Sullivan the Artistic convention through literary originality Executive Director Director and eclectic expression while fostering an Kaela Altman ever-evolving artistic environment in which people are inspired to learn, think, dream, Assoc . Artistic Director FINDING FREEDOM and feel. To teach others and ourselves Peter Robel how to expand, create, and present art ifting through the memories of my own personal through theatre while reveling not only in Managing Director S past is, at times, a challenging journey. Ghosts the process, but also in the journey. Ryan Guhde from my past often haunt my present, and I catch myself being overly influenced by emotional Artistic Associate memories rather than relishing the possibility and Board Anna Hammonds hope that exists in the now. There is an inherent fear Media Dir ., Graphic Designer and danger in the past: the possibility of repeating President Charles Riffenburg IV it. And yet… finding freedom from a haunting past Stephen M. Genovese allows for something new and beautiful to emerge: Casting Associates the chance to start all over again. Steve Goodman Stephanie Sullivan Richard Maxen Rebecca Mauldin The characters in The Spitfire Grill are riddled with Thomas J. Samorian nightmares from their past. It is, in many ways, a Bob Turner Production Coordinator town cloaked in unspoken fear. When Percy enters Jean Zuiker Meg Love this shrouded world, carrying the greatest weight of them all, the protective barriers of the town begin to Board/Company Secretary crumble and the sun slowly begins to rise, bringing Mary Kate Robel with it a renewed sense of life and hope. Though Special Thanks shining the light on the past is difficult, the result New Works & is profound joy, friendship, and love. After all, the The Marriott Theatre: Terry James, Andy Hite, Aaron Thielen, Social Media Manager Margaret Newton, Rob Rahn; Peter Coombs Photography. Ariel Trocino greatest gifts in life and the ability to share those gifts are found when fear is overcome by freedom. The Illinois Arts Council; the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; the Al- Artistic Advisor phawood Foundation; the Arts & Business Council of Chicago; Stephen M. Genovese BoHo Theatre is proud to be back in its intimate ArtsWorks Fund for Organizational Development; The Saints, Heartland Studio to share this story. If you enjoy for their financial and artistic support. Executive Advisor what you see today, please consider making a

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