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K STEEP THEATRE COMPANY ENSEMBLE MEMBERS James Allen Peter Dully Caroline Neff Julia Siple Jonathan Berry Jonathan Edwards Jim Poole Sasha Smith Lucy Carapetyan Nate Faust Egan Reich Kendra Thulin George Cederquist Alex Gillmor Joel Reitsma Robin Witt Matthew Chapman Nick Horst Melissa Riemer Brendan Melanson Brad DeFabo Akin Lauren Lassus Brandon Rivera in memoriam Maria DeFabo Akin Ashleigh LaThrop Michael Salinas Thomas Dixon Cynthia Marker Amber Sallis Patricia Donegan Peter Moore Joanie Schultz

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES Catherine Allen Jon Ravenscroft Simon Stephens Brandon Wardell Kristin Leahey Alison Siple Assoc. Playwright Chelsea M. Warren Emily McConnell Dan Stratton Ellen Willett

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Doug Passmore Anne Marie Mitchell Kelly Fitzgerald Shawn Sackett President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Dave Bartusek Sonya Dekhtyar Ted Lowitz Anne Puotinen David Bock Ian Galleher Cooper Melgreen Jessica Schrey Kelly Carpenter Stu Kiesow Elizabeth Moore

STAFF Peter Moore Caroline Neff Lee Miller Sophiyaa Nayar Artistic Director Casting Director Photographer Program Coordinator Kate Piatt-Eckert Lucy Carapetyan Gregg Gilman Ryan Kling Executive Director Casting Associate Photographer Bar Manager Julia Siple Egan Reich Brad DeFabo Akin THE BOXCAR Managing Director Literary Manager Bartender Thomas Dixon Lisa Troi Thomas Stu Kiesow Alyssa Ratkovich Artistic Curator House Manager Graphic Designer Bartender Sasha Smith Artistic Curator

FRIENDS OF STEEP Heidi Brock Sara Foster Molly Johnson Jon Putnam Reid & Jennifer Diane Galleher Katie Kett Christine Rousseau Quinn Broda Barry Grant Jennifer Collins Craig Steadman John Dunnigan Neil Jain Moore John C. White

Steep Theatre Company is supported in part by a CityArts Grant from the City of Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, the Arts Council Agency, the Arts Work Fund, the Alphawood Foundation, the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Sol R. Kaufman Family Foundation, the A.L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation, the Rothman Family Foundation, and the Jordan & Jean Nerenberg Family Fund. Steep is a member of the League of Chicago Theatres and Theatre Communications Group.

STEEP THEATRE COMPANY 1115 West Berwyn, Chicago, IL 60640 www.steeptheatre.com · [email protected] · (773) 649-3186 Steep Theatre Company proudly presents the World Premiere of Red Rex by Ike Holter CAST Nicole ...... Jessica Dean Turner Greg ...... Chris Chmelik Tori ...... Aurora Adachi-Winter Lana ...... Amanda Powell Max ...... Nate Faust* Adam ...... Joel Reitsma* Trevor ...... Debo Balogun

UNDERSTUDIES Nicole ...... Jeri Marshall Greg/Adam ...... Jack Miggins Tori ...... Jin Park Lana ...... Morgan Lavenstein Max ...... Ben Kaye Trevor ...... Kris Downing

PRODUCTION STAFF Director...... Jonathan Berry* Stage Manager ...... Jon Ravenscroft** Scenic Designer...... Joe Schermoly† Lighting Designer...... Pete Dully* Costume Designer...... Stefani Azores-Gococo Sound Designer...... Sarah D. Espinoza Props Designer...... Emily Hartig Violence & Intimacy Designer ...... Christina Gorman Dramaturg...... Kendra Miller Assistant Director ...... Lyonel Reneau Production Manager...... Ellen Willett** Technical Director...... Greg Williamson Assistant Stage Manager...... Anthony Harden *Steep Theatre Ensemble Member ** Steep Theatre Company Artistic Associate †Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829

Steep salutes the sponsors of this production of Red Rex: Ken Burlington, Kassie Davis & Bruce Beatus, Jessica & Christoph Schrey, Lisa & Randy White The video and audio recording of this show is strictly prohibited. You may take photos of the stage before or after the show, but not when actors are present. If you post these photos online or elsewhere, please credit the production’s designers listed above. Red Rex was originally commissioned through the Literary Development Initiative of with the generous support of David and Mary Winton Green. DIRECTOR’S NOTE There’s a moment in the second half of Red Rex where Trevor, a young man from the Rightlynd neighborhood, actively questions the motivations of the theater company that has taken up residence on his block. He is witness to the late nights, the long days, the constant flow of company members in and out at all hours, and he can’t figure out why. Why does this group of people work so hard just to put on a play? And why, with all this effort towards make-believe, has no one taken the time to notice the real people, the real community that they could see all around them should they ever just deign to look. Working on a play in a Chicago storefront theater that’s about working on a play in a Chicago storefront theater has had, for sure, its meta moments. But more importantly, working on this play has made me feel very seen – in both the good and terrible ways. Among Ike’s many talents as a playwright is his ability to authentically inhabit different people and wildly different points of view. And when he touches on the theme of ambition and how it can twist and obscure your good intentions, or how the theater community can create its own center of focus, obscuring, entirely, the actual world just outside the door, I start to feel very uncomfortable – as though some of my most secret inner thoughts have been suddenly made visible. And the problem with something becoming visible, is that, once it’s out in the open, then you have to actually deal with it. For all the late nights of painting the set, or the early weekend mornings heading to rehearsal instead of breakfast, for the hours spent getting a light cue just right, or missing the family wedding to be in tech, the question that is perhaps most terrifying to the theater artist is: “Does it matter?” I am so glad to be in the Chicago theatrical community with Ike and to be finally working together with him on this play for my home company. Ike’s plays don’t pull punches on calling out the systemic racism and hypocrisy inherent, not just in our nation and our city, but in our theatrical processes as well. It can be uncomfortable for sure, but thankfully, alongside that, he writes with a great deal of compassion and humanity and, maybe most importantly, humor to support the people, on all sides, who are making an effort to improve the situation. Ike believes that making plays can matter, and that act, when done with intentionality and authentic equity and inclusion, can make a real and lasting change. And he’s committed to doing that in Chicago – where he continues to make his home and where this seven-play saga proudly takes place. I’m thrilled by that belief and the opportunity to make this play with him. Tori, the stage manager who witnesses it all says, at the end, that there’s still good work to be done. There is. And in the attempt, we’ll fail, and we’ll fuck it up, and we’ll apologize and we’ll try again and hopefully learn something from our mistakes. Thank you for being here and supporting the attempt. jb THE RIGHTLYND SAGA By Playwright Ike Holter and Dramaturg Kendra Miller Rightlynd Setting: Winter 2011 - Summer 2014 Premiere: Victory Gardens Theatre, Fall 2018 Rightlynd is Chicago’s 51st Ward, a once thriving neighborhood now populated with vacant storefronts and abandoned apartment buildings. Alderman Nina Esposito embarks on a one-woman crusade to stop an outside real estate redevelopment project seeking to usher in a new age of gentrification that threatens the heart of Rightlynd’s identity. Exit Strategy Setting: Summer 2014 - Summer 2015 Premiere: Jackalope Theatre, Spring 2014 Tumbldn High School, a now crumbling cornerstone of Rightlynd, is slated for an unceremonious shut-down by the city (aided by Alderman Esposito.) A grassroots campaign of teachers and students emerges under the leadership of a fast-talking administrator, willing to risk it all in a city-wide clash to save their careers, future, and safety. Sender Setting: Summer 2016 Premiere: , Spring 2016 Over a year after his sensational death, a young man returns to his former Rightlynd apartment: alive, well, and with a new found ambition to fix what went wrong. A miracle reunion turns into a catastrophic disaster as the past catches up with the present and old debts return, expecting payment in full. Prowess Setting: Summer 2016 Premiere: Jackalope Theatre, Spring 2016 Temperatures flare, shootings spike, and Rightlynd is stuck in status quo. Enter a mixed bag of underdogs ready to save whatever’s left of the day. As Nina Esposito cozies up to city hall, her assistant uses her turned eye (and vacant office) as headquarters for a rebellion against Nina and the powers that be. Completely powerless but sky-high on passion, they fight back. But as broken bones multiply and alliances splinter, the team is forced to draw the line between well-meaning heroism and vigilante justice. The Wolf at the End of the Block Setting: February 2017 Premiere: Teatro Vista, Winter 2017 After the heat of Sender and Prowess, a bitterly cold Chicago fall seeps into Rightlynd. A dimly lit bar deep in the neighborhood is the scene of a terrifying and bewildering crime. New witnesses and startling facts emerge over the following 48 hours over sandwiches at Nunley’s Grocery and Meat Counter, flipping a personal horror story into a destructive and thrilling political maelstrom that defies containment, while the resident at the center struggles for control of his narrative and his life. Red Rex January - April 2018 Premiere: Steep Theatre, Winter 2019 The dead of winter in Chicago. You are here to see this play. Lottery Day Setting: Fall 2019 Premiere: , Spring 2019 No Spoilers! CAST Jessica Dean Turner (Nicole) Theater, company member); good friday Jessica is excited to be (Oracle Productions); M. Butterfly (Court making her Steep debut in Theatre); Mutt: Let’s All Talk About Race Red Rex! Her onstage credits (Stage Left Theatre); and Ghost Bike (Buzz22 include The Light Fantastic Chicago). TV credits include Chicago Med and (Jackalope Theatre), Letters Amazon’s Electric Dreams. Aurora has Home (Griffin Theatre), Fear and Misery in the performed three consecutive years in The Fly Third Reich (Haven Theatre), the remount of Honey Show (The Inconvenience) with the United Flight 232 and Season on the Line (The drum group Adachi Taiko. She holds a BFA House Theatre of Chicago), Fall of Heaven from the University of Illinois at Urbana- (Congo Square Theatre), A Kid Like Jake (About Champaign and is represented by Gray Talent Face Theatre), Pink Milk and The America Play Group. This spring Aurora will play Tori in Ike (Oracle Productions). TV credits: NBC’s CRISIS. Holter’s Lottery Day at the Goodman. Jessica is represented by Paonessa. Amanda Powell (Lana) Chris Chmelik (Greg) Chris is Amanda is very happy to be a founding member of The working with Steep. She has Inconvenience, a previously worked with Griffin multidisciplinary arts group Theatre, Rivendell Theatre, here in Chicago. As an actor Sideshow Theatre, Step Up and performer, Chris has Productions, Teatro Vista, Redtwist Theatre, appeared in The Inconveniences’ productions Urban Theatre Company, and 16th Street of The Earl, Chicagoland, Our House, Strapped Theatre. Past productions include London and The Fly Honey Show. Some of his other Wall, Men Should Weep, Crimes of the Heart, Chicago credits include The Merry Wives of Wrens, The Electric Baby, 9 Circles, Happy, The Windsor and Short Shakespeare! The Comedy Art of Disappearing, Our Lady of the of Errors, King Lear (Chicago Shakespeare Underpass, and Brainpeople. She has recently Theater); Lela & Co., Motortown, The Hollow appeared in NBC’s Chicago P.D and will appear Lands (Steep Theatre); Reverb (Redtwist in CBS’s upcoming The Red Line. Theater); Coriolanus (The Hypocrites); Letters Home, On The Shore Of The Wide World, The Nate Faust (Max) Nate Hostage (Griffin Theater); The Sea (Theater earned his MFA from The Mir); Wuthering Heights (Lifeline Theater). New School for Drama in Television Credits include; Sirens (USA); and trained at Double Cross (ID); Chicago Fire (NBC). Chris The School at Steppenwolf. received his BFA in Acting from The Theatre Recent credits include: Young School at DePaul. He is represented by Robert, Earthquakes in London (Steep Paonessa Talent. Theatre); Man, The Blue Room (59E59); Ferd, American Royal (Samuel French Play Festival); Aurora Adachi-Winter (Tori) and as Max, in Gabe McKinley’s Extinction. He Aurora is very glad to be has also been seen in Chicago P.D., Empire, back with the rad people at and the upcoming feature filmAn Acceptable Steep Theatre after Loss. Nate is a proud ensemble member of appearing in Hinter last year. Steep Theatre Company and represented by Chicago credits include Paonessa Talent Agency. www.natefaust.com Vietgone (Writers Theatre); Bull In A China Shop (About Face Theatre); Ike Holter’s Put Your House In Order (The Roustabouts); The Burials, u/s Linda Vista (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); peerless, Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, Two Mile Hollow (First Floor CAST, continued Joel Reitsma (Adam) Joel is member of SAG-AFTRA. Jeri is represented by so grateful to continue to Gray Talent Group. work in his theatrical and artistic home of Steep. He Jack Miggins (Greg/Adam has previously been seen on Understudy) Jack is glad to this stage in Birdland, The be back at Steep, having last Invisible Hand ( Nomination), been seen here in The Bobbie Clearly and Motortown (Jeff Award Vandal, directed by Shade Nomination). Other credits Murray. Past credits include include By the Water (Northlight) A Loss of Midnight Cowboy (), Balm in Roses and Vieux Carré (Raven); Lisbon Gilead (Griffin Theatre), The Peacock Traviata (Eclipse); Ecstasy (Cole Theatre); and (Jackalope Theatre), Woman in Mind (Eclipse The Brig (Mary Arrchie). He is also acting in Theatre), and Cyrano (The House) to name a film and has just wrapped a feature-length few. Thanks to EB, NL, and the gang at FGMT. indie film. To keep up on Joel-related news, visit JoelReitsma.com. He is represented by Jin Park (Tori Understudy) Paonessa Talent Agency. He thanks his family Jin is grateful to be working for their endless support and his wife, Laura, with Steep for the first time! his everything. Past credits include: Spirits To Enforce (The Passage Debo Balogun (Trevor) Theatre); This Is Not A True Debo is thrilled to be back at Story (SR) (Artists at Play); Speaking As Then Steep after appearing in (SR) (); You For Me For You Zϋrich. Chicago credits (Sideshow Theatre Company); and Don’t Look include Fair Maid of the Back/Must Look Back (Pivot Arts). She is a West, You Can’t Take It With graduate of The School At Steppenwolf and You (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Mary’s Columbia College Chicago. @jin.zza Wedding (), Moon Man Walk (Definition Theatre Company), and Bobby Pin Morgan Lavenstein (Lana Girls (Nothing Without a Company). All the love Understudy) Morgan trained in the world to his friends, family, and mentors at Ithaca College and the for their undying support. He is an Artistic Patrick Page studio in NYC. Associate of Oak Park Festival Theatre and is She attended The School at proudly represented by Gray Talent Group. Steppenwolf and is now a resident of the great city of Chicago. Steep’s Jeri Marshall (Nicole Linda was her Chicago debut and she couldn’t Understudy) Jeri is excited be happier to be a part of Red Rex! She also to be a part of the Red Rex recently shot a short film in Hyde Park called cast at Steep Theatre. When the Leaves Fall. Some of her other past Originally from Maryland, roles include: Dawn in I Am Not I, Electra in Jeri is now a Chicago-based Electra, Cassie in Eigengrau, and Loud Stone actress. Theatre Credits included You Can’t in Eurydice. A big thank you to the cast, crew, Take it With You (Oak Park Theatre Festival), mom, dad, Slothy, DD, and PD. Also thank you The Tin Woman (Theatre at the Center), A to Ike for writing words that feel almost more Christmas Carol (Children’s Theatre of at home in my mouth than my own. Madison) and A Midsummer Nights Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre). Jeri has also Ben Kaye (Max Understudy) appeared on Chicago Med (NBC) as well as Ben is thrilled to be making several commercials for The Onion and his Steep Theatre debut with various voiceovers. She holds an MFA from this stellar team! Chicago The Theatre School at DePaul, and is a proud credits: Indecent (Victory Gardens, U/S), Fear and Newcity Stage’s Players 2019: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago

The Boxcar is proving to be the next hub for new work. Curators and Steep ensemble members Sasha Smith and Thomas Dixon are working their tails off to feature new talent from interdisciplinary perspectives. The Boxcar boasts “innovative and diverse forms of performance,” enriching and offering platforms to art and presentations that deepen thought and considerations within our community. Smith and Dixon honor Steep’s mission by featuring visual artists, new musicals, stand up and poetry. CAST, continued Misery in the Third Reich (Haven Theatre, U/S independent film,4 Corners, as well as few performed), Little Me, Side Show (Porchlight ads for Woodford Reserve. He received his BFA Music Theatre). As a director, Ben has worked in acting from Northern Illinois University and with companies including Bittersweet Arts Co., his collegiate credits include: Romeo, Captain Dandelion Theatre, Nothing Without a Baseboard (King Ubu), Mickey (The Normal Company, and The New Colony. More info at Heart), and Haemon (Antigone). Kris is thebenkaye.com. honored to collaborate with Steep along his artistic journey through Chicago. Kris Downing (Trevor Understudy) This is Kris’s first professional theatre project. He also has interest in film, recently appearing in Andre Muir’s award-winning

PRODUCTION STAFF Ike Holter (Playwright) Ike Holter is a 2017 Peace, and the world premiere of Melinda winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize, one of Lopez’s Gary for First Look. He was also the the highest awards for writing in the world. Assistant Director for Anna D Shapiro’s Resident playwright at Victory Gardens, Broadway productions of Of Mice and Men commissioned by The Kennedy Center, South and This is Our Youth. Jonathan is an Artistic Coast Rep and The Playwrights’ Center, his Associate with Griffin Theatre, where his work has been produced around the country productions include Samuel D Hunter’s The in spaces like New York’s Barrow Street and Harvest and Pocatello, Anderson’s Winterset, Cherry Lane theaters, The Center in Odets’ Golden Boy, Miller/Tysen’s The Burnt Los Angeles, and A Red Orchid, The Inconve- Part Boys, Sheik/Sater’s Spring Awakening, nience, Jackalope, and Steppenwolf in the North American premieres of Simon Chicago. He’s the Artistic Director of The Stephens’ Punk Rock (Jeff award Director, Roustabouts, and a writer for the new FX Lead Actor, and Ensemble), Port, and On the television show, Fosse/Verdon. Shore of the Wide World, Stephen Sondheim’s Company, William Inge’s Picnic, JB Priestely’s Jonathan Berry (Director) Steep Ensemble Time and the Conways, Sidney Kingsley’s Member Jonathan Berry is a director and Dead End, Brendan Behan’s The Hostage and teacher in Chicago and is an Artistic Producer R.C. Sheriff’s Journey’s End. At the Gift at Steppenwolf Theatre and the Director of Theatre, he has directed the world premieres The School at Steppenwolf. His Steep of both Dirty and Suicide, Incorporated by productions include Simon Stephens’ Andrew Hinderaker, as well as Shakespeare’s Birdland, Mike Bartlett’s Earthquakes in Othello and Will Nedved’s 6. His Goodman London, Laura Wade’s Posh, Ross Dungan’s Theatre productions include The Solid Sand The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle, Nick Below and The World of Extreme Happiness Payne’s If There Is I Haven’t Found it Yet, John for their New Stages Festival. Other work: Donnelly’s The Knowledge, David Eldridge’s Redtwist; Look Back in Anger and Reverb, Festen, Deirdre Kinahan’s Moment, Howard ; I am Going to Change the Korder’s The Hollow Lands and Brecht’s The World, Jackalope Theatre; The Casuals, Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. For Steppenwolf, Strawdog; Conversations on a Homecoming, he directed Clare Barron’s You Got Older, Nick Remy Bumppo; The Marriage of Figaro, Payne’s Constellations, the SYA productions of Theatre Mir; The Sea and Brecht’s Caucasian The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Chalk Circle, and Lifeline Theater’s The Piano Nighttime, The Crucible, and A Separate Tuner (Afterdark Award – Best Production). PRODUCTION STAFF, continued Jon Ravenscroft (Stage Manager) Jon is an Naperville, The Watson Intelligence, Mr Burns, Artistic Associate at Steep, and loves being Seven Homeless Mammoths, Completeness behind the table here. Red Rex is Jon’s (Theatre Wit); Pocatello, Titanic, Spelling Bee, seventh collaboration with Steep; previous Flare Path, Punk Rock, Port, Constant Wife Steep shows include Birdland, Earthquakes in (Griffin); Stupid Fucking Bird, Idomeneus, The London, The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Ugly One (Sideshow); The Seafarer, Lay Me Argyle, Moment, Pornography and Harper Down Softly (Irish Theatre of Chicago). Joe Regan. Jon’s other theatrical homes include studied scenic design at Northwestern Griffin Theatre Violet,( London Wall, Pocatello, University, has received one Equity Jeff Award, Balm in Gilead, Golden Boy, Flare Path, The two After Dark Awards and five Jeff Nomina- Burnt Part Boys, Spring Awakening, Port and tions. www.joeschermoly.com Company) and work with Haven, Caffeine, Theater Seven and Strawdog among others. Pete Dully (Lighting Designer) Pete is thrilled and grateful to work with the talented cast, Joe Schermoly (Scenic Designer) Joe is playwright, director, designers, stage manager, thrilled to be working with Jon and Ike on this and crew of Red Rex at one of his favorite great new play. Previous Steep designs places on earth, Steep Theatre. Pete is the include Linda, Birdland, Wastwater and Lela & Production Manager of Columbia College Co. Other Chicago credits: Yasmina’s Chicago’s Theatre Department and of Necklace (Goodman Theatre), Constellations Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre. Pete’s favorite (Steppenwolf Theatre), Hand to God, Samsara lighting design credits include: Hinter, (Victory Gardens); Puff: Believe it or Not, Piran- Hookman, Posh, The Life and Sort of Death of dello’s Henry IV, Travesties (Remy Bumppo); Eric Argyle, The Knowledge, Luther, Lakeboat

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claremonttile.com PRODUCTION STAFF, continued and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot all at Borealis (The House Theatre), The Displaced Steep, 12th Night at Piccolo Theatre, and The (Haven), Damascus (Strawdog), Future Echoes Maids at Writers Theatre. (WildClaw), Another Jungle (Cloudgate), Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea (First Floor Stefani Azores-Gococo (Costume Designer) Theatre), Epic Tale of Scale (Chicago Chil- Stefani is a recent Loyola University Chicago dren’s), Fear and Misery in the 3rd Reich grad and is thrilled to make her debut (Haven), Little Red Cyrano (Red Theatre), Two costume design with the incredible team at Mile Hollow (First Floor Theatre), The Steep Theatre. Past credits include The 25th Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Red Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at LUC Theatre), Going to a Place You Already Are (costume design) and Radio Golf at Court (Red Twist), Night In Alachua County and The Theatre (assistant costume design). Recent Woman in Black (WildClaw), Romeo and Juliet wardrobe credits include Frankenstein at (Loyola University Chicago), Firebirds Remy Bumppo and Bull in a China Shop at (Rivendell), Diamond Dogs (The House About Face. Theatre), Thumbelina (Lifeline), You On the Moors Now (The Hypocrites), Farewell My Sarah D. Espinoza (Sound Designer) Sarah is Friend ((re)-discover), Douglass (American an award-winning Chicago-based sound Vicarious), Dating and Dragons (The Factory), designer. In 2015 she won the Non-Equity Jeff Midnight Cowboy and Mr. Popper’s Penguins award for sound design for The Arsonists (Lifeline), The Revel (The House Theatre), (Strawdog) and in 2018 she won the ALTA Motel 666 (WildClaw), Midsummer Night’s Award for Outstanding Sound Design for The Dream (Two Pence), and The Last Defender Displaced (Haven). Her productions include (The House).

PRODUCTION STAFF, continued Emily Hartig (Props Designer) Emily is thrilled to be working on her first props design for Steep Theatre! A graduate of University of British Columbia’s Design and Production program, she completed her internships in props and paint at Florida Studio Theatre, and in scenic design and production at Titusville Playhouse. A recent Chicago transplant, her recent props credits include Frankenstein (fall 2018) at Lifeline Theatre, Dancing at Lughnasa and True West (summer 2018) at Gloucester Stage Company, and 3 Americanisms (spring 2018) at Harvard University. You can see her upcoming work at Lifeline Theatre (The One and Only Ivan, January 2019) and Theater at the Center (Million Dollar Quartet, February 2019)!

Christina Gorman (Violence & Intimacy Designer) Christina is an actor and fight/intimacy choreographer, originally from the Hudson Valley region of upstate New York. Selected violence/ intimacy credits include Victims of Duty, 33 to Nothing, and The Nether (A Red Orchid Theatre); BLKS, Visiting Edna, and The Crucible (Steppenwolf Theatre Co); Lela & Co., Wastwater, Posh, and Brilliant Adventures (Steep Theatre); Ragtime (Griffin Theatre); andCrime and Punishment, In the Heat of the Night, Our Country’s Good, and The Whaleship Essex for Shattered Globe Theatre where she is an ensemble member. You can catch her onstage in Shattered Globe Theatre’s upcoming Hannah and Martin this spring.

Kendra Miller (Dramaturg) Kendra is a dramaturg, director, and performer based in California. She recently appeared in and dramaturged A Story Told in Seven Fights at the Neofutura- rium. Select dramaturgy credits include Lottery Day (Goodman Theatre), Put Your House in Order, (The Roustabouts), Wolf at the End of the Block (Teatro Vista), Loom (Nothing Without a PRODUCTION STAFF, continued Company), OOH-RAH! (LiveWire Theatre), and Greg Williamson (Technical Director) Greg is The Wild (Walkabout Theater Company). excited to be back as a Technical Director for Kendra is a former Chicago Performance Lab Steep Theatre. New to the Chicago theatre resident artist, artistic director and ensemble scene, he has made a solid reputation for his emeritus, and current artistic associate of creative builds, set safety, and problem-solv- Walkabout Theater Company, and served as ing. He is a company member of Wildclaw associate producer on Redmoon’s inaugural Theatre, Chicago’s premier horror theatre Great Chicago Fire Festival in 2014. company. His most recent work includes Zϋrich with Steep Theatre, Arcadia with Lyonel Reneau (Assistant Director) Lyonel is Promethean Ensemble, Second Skin and a Chicago based actor, and a graduate of The Future Echoes with Wildclaw Theatre, and School at Steppenwolf. He is so thankful for Airline Highway with ChiArts. the opportunity to be a part of this amazing team of artists bringing this work to life. Some Anthony Harden (Assistant Stage Manager) Credits: Rent (Benny), Wild (Vin) Nominated Anthony is a recent graduate of Illinois State best supporting actor (IRT), The Taming of the University with a dual degree in Acting and Shrew (Petruchio), Topdog/Underdog (Booth), Theatre Management and is excited to be Shrek (Donkey), Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), working with Steep Theatre! Anthony is and Proven Innocent premiering on FOX. currently working at Steppenwolf Theatre Thankful to JB for this opportunity and Ike for Company as the Production Management this brilliant piece. Lyonel is repped by the Apprentice and Fellow, where he is expanding team at Gray Talent Group. his knowledge of the Chicago theatre industry and different production management styles Ellen Willett (Production Manager) Ellen is and techniques. Thank you to Steep Theatre proud to be an Artistic Associate and to have for this amazing opportunity. worked on 10 productions with Steep. She is also a Company Member with The Inconve- nience, an Artistic Associate with Sideshow Theatre Company, and an Associate Artist with Remy Bumppo Theatre. She regularly makes theatre and events with the talented folks at Definition Theatre Company, About Face Theatre, Timeline Theatre Company, E.D.G.E. Theatre, the Grant Park Music Festival, and many more. For fun, she plays hockey with the South Side Storm and fosters hound dogs with Houndsong Rescue.

SPECIAL THANKS Jason Akemann Rainee Denham Elisa Miller Adrienne Smith Charlotte Berry Diane & Ian Galleher Lee Miller The School at The Blackstone Hotel Elaine Glusac Gabe Morrison Steppenwolf Mary Brennan Jerry Goodman Alderman Harry Alderman Mary Ann Ally Brisbin Jane Hollinger Osterman Smith The House Theatre Kelly Parker Patrick Shanahan Amber Calderon Kosmo Music John Paulun Ben Thielm Deb Clapp Deirdre Kinahan David Raino-Ogden Bart Vivian Columbia College Kurt Kolar David Reed Jack Wallace Chicago Eileen LaCario Jeff Riemer Ernst Walter Kimberly Corrigan Leo Mendoza Beth Rohlmeier Erica Daniels Liz McGarry Meaghan Schneider STEEPING AROUND TOWN Steep’s ensemble is busy making theatre around Chicago and across the country.

Caroline Neff will appear in Ashleigh LaThrop has a Robin Witt will direct A Doll’s Linda Vista at the Mark Taper in recurring on CW’s The 100 and House Part 2 by Lucas Hnath at LA in January/February and on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Steppenwolf with sound design then The Haunted Life at by Thomas Dixon, and Kendra Krisin Leahey is an assistant Merrimack Rep March/April. Thulin will understudy Nora. professor at Boston University She has a recurring role in The Robin will also direct Caryl and is dramaturging the world Red Line on CBS, scheduled to Churchill’s A Number at Writers premiere of Kate Hamill’s Little come out in March. Theatre with sound design by Women at the Jungle Theatre, Thomas Dixon and lighting George Cederquist recently which Chelsea Warren is design by Brandon Wardell, directed Paul Hindemith and designing. who will also design Cardboard Thornton Wilder’s opera The Pete Moore will be appearing in Piano at Timeline and The Long Christmas Dinner for Writers Theatre’s production of Father with Remy Bumppo. Chicago Fringe Opera, where he August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s is Artistic Director. He continues Black Bottom, directed by Ron to host Opera Box Score, OJ Parson, from February 6th America’s Talk Radio Show through early spring. He will About Opera, heard Mondays at appear in The Red Line on CBS, 9 pm CT on WNUR 89.3 FM. scheduled to come out in JR Edwards is a writer on Alan March. Ball’s HBO series Here, Now. Steep Theatre is profoundly grateful to the following supporters for their generous contributions. DONORS This list reflects operating gifts received between January 1 and December 31, 2018. Production Sponsors Shana Lowitz & Pamela Monaco & Peter & Margaret Ken Burlington William Swaim, M.D. Don Kehne Morris Kassie Davis & The Lunt Family Anne & Richard Moore Frank Newell Bruce Beatus The PAV Fund of Kate L. Moore Susan A. Payne Jessica & Christoph the John D. Colleen & John Mueller Lyle Pepin & Schrey and Catherine Kaye & Bob Passmore David Dzurinda Lisa & Randy White T. MacArthur Pepsico Foundation Melissa & Jeff Riemer Foundation Anne Puotinen Dr. Edward O. Riley Steep Producers Jen & Peter Moore Robert & Barbara Eugene Rinaldi ($5,000 and up) The Jordan & Jean Richards Miriam Rosenbush The Alphawood Nerenberg Family Karen & Frank Nancy Schaefer Foundation Fund Schneider Julia Siple & Arts Work Fund for James T. O’Neill Hope & Jeff Sheffield Kelly Carpenter Organizational The Pauls Foundation Susie Stephenson Holly & Tony Storck Development Debra & Alan Sylvia & Joseph Stone Mark Woodward Julie & Roger Baskes Rosenberg Ann & Richard The City of Chicago Steep Circle The Rothman Family Tomlinson Department of (up to $249) Foundation The University of North Cultural Affairs & Anonymous Jessica & Christoph Carolina at Charlotte Special Events Rita & Lloyd Allison Schrey Laura & Robert Watson The Robert D. Collins Karen Anderson Barbara & Randy Kate Welborn & Fund Aon Foundation Thomas Ann McGill The Gaylord & Joseph & Ann Marie Anna Wermuth & Joseph Zambrano Dorothy Donnelley Arden Alex Gillmor Foundation Steep Contributor Andersonville Chamber Lisa & Randy White The MacArthur Fund ($250 to $499) of Commerce Dr. Jan Willer & for Arts and Culture Anonymous Peggy Bagley & Rabbi Mark Osing at the Richard Bank of America Douglas Goldhamer Martha Anne & H. Driehaus Kay Berkson & Larry Baldacci & Stephen Yandle Foundation Sidney Hollander Ray Cunha The Illinois Arts Council Steep Patron Susan Bowen & Rollie Batten Agency ($500 to $999) Larry Grimm Walter Bay Ted Lowitz Marlys Akin Karen A. Callaway Jennifer Beachell A.L. and Jennie L. Luria Stacy Bosma & Jan Chattler Bindy Bitterman Foundation James Allen Vincent DiFruscio & Dana Black John Bistolfo Neil Averick Cathy & Trip Blair, Steep Benefactor David Bock Alice & Ed Dubose in honor of Kelly ($1,000 to $4,999) Reid & Jennifer Quinn Deanna Dunagan Fitzgerald Susan Burland & Broda Sallie Gaines & Joan & Hank Bliss George Plumb Lawrence DelPilar Mark Richardson Noelle Borge Ken Burlington Lisa Donovan & Lee Glazer Michael Boyd Ann & Richard Carr Bradford Smith Vicky Gordon & Meg & Matt Breslin Holly & David Collins Kelly Fitzgerald Donald Martin Charles Brookover Kassie Davis & Diane & Ian Galleher Carol & Alan Greene Dean & Caroline Bruce Beatus Deborah Garber & Joe Hartness & Browell Suzanne Deveney & John Tielsch Troy Baresel Arch Bryant Bob Isaac Mary & Charlie Gofen Nancy & John Janet Burroway Gregg Gilman Nancy & Bob Goldin Hoffmann Jorge L. Camacho Elaine Glusac & John Hahm Stu Kiesow Carol Cann Dave Bartusek Dorothy Harza Cynthia Kirk Sharon Carr Denise Hazaga & Thad King Laura & Brad Kroc CDW Lisa Vandermark Carolyn T. Kirk H. B. Lottero Margarita Chavez Leigh & John Kerry & Kenny Lassus Ricki & Joshua Lowitz Nancy Chmell Hourihane Gregory Lewis & Gregory Mancuso & Chubb Charitable The Illinois Tool Works Mary Strek Laurie Breitkopf Foundation Foundation Fran & Chuck Licht David E. Miller Johnny Clark Sara & Adam Levy Susan & Alvin Marr Andrea F. Mitchel DONORS, continued Heather Colburn & Mary Alice Hope Lori Montana Susan Ringel Segal & Steve Kane Linda Horwitch Patricia Moody Gary Segal Rebecca Collins Holly E. Humphreys Elizabeth Moore Laurie Shaman & Alison Conlon Katherine Hutchison Joseph Moore Ed Hinkley Frederica & Andrew Judith & Tony Iacuzzi Jen & Jim Murphy Karen Shankman & Conroy Donna Jaggard Susan & Patrick Nash James Fruehling Ann & Russ Covode Tamara & Neil Jain Patricia Nedeau Carol Borden & Stephany Creamer Stasha Jain Eva Niewiadomski Joel Shapiro Ann Cunniff Gary Johnson Susan Noel Peggy & Don Shearn James Kirby Molly Moore Johnson Nick Obis Lauren Simon Cunningham Edye Kamensky Gay Byrne Olk Norm Sloan Andrew de Funiak Pam Kaul & Maria Palermo Audrey Smilgys Sonya Dekhtyar Andy Berman Amanda & Doug Toni Smith Lisa Disch Charlotte & David Passmore Mary Solt Bruce Doblin Kempner Rahnee Patrick Charles & Barbara Jacob Drummond The Kenney Family Alice Perlin & Spaulding David Dunnington Ralla Klepak Ray Bacon Gail & Bob Spiel Sylvia Dybiec & Elizabeth & Gregory David & Becky Perry Dariel Stack Mike Bayard Knapp Jane Peterson Lisa Stebbins Kenneth East & Jean Marie & Anne Phillips Lesley Stone & Timothy Thurlow Robert Koon Hao Phung Ed Furman Phil Eckert & Pat Dean Eugene Koprowski Margaret Piatt & Jeffrey Strayer Ruthann & Richard Peg & David Kritzler Jim White Jim Swanson Edwards Brian Kulaga Kate Piatt-Eckert & Janet Taylor Kristina Entner Nada Kuzmanovic Tony St. Clair Alexander Timberg Jennifer & Craig Chris LaMorte Angela & Charles Platt Doris Timmen Erdmann Tony Lance Andy Polacek Dylan Toropov Edith I. 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Sackett Deborah Witt Deborah Granite Robert Mattaliano Hunter Sanders & Robin Witt, in memory Judy Green Barbara McCaffrey Jason Proper of Howard Witt Glenn Grzonka Mary Kay McCaw Elizabeth Santana Jennifer Wolff Xiyu Guan Kelsey McGrath Paul & Ann Scher Sarah Yawn Susan Haimes Mary & Harris McKee Renee Schleicher James Young Marilyn Heckmyer & Cooper Melgreen Kara Schoenhofer Loretta Yurek Gerald Landy The Melior Group Paul Schoenwetter Tague Zachary Angeline Heisler Nora Mendler Hugh & Melissa Yevgenia Zaltz Sandra Hewlett Ingrid Michaels Schulze Brian Zias Donna Higgins Brooke Miechel Cindy Schwarz Charlotte Ziporyn Phyllis Hill Vivian Mitchel Brian Scott James & Lois Hobart Anne Marie Sharon Seeder Robert Holliday Dumas Mitchell STEEP INTO 1113: BERWYN EXPANSION CAMPAIGN DONORS The Boxcar was made possible by the generosity of these extraordinary members of the Steep Theatre community. Campaign Leaders James T. O’Neill Rachel Birnbaum Ed Dumas ($1000 and up) Doug & Amanda Larissa & Matt Bishop Pat & Al Dumas Anonymous Passmore Bindy Bitterman Tim Dumas Casey Blass & Pepsico Foundation Cathy & Trip Blair Kenneth East & Lee Manford Catherine & Jon Joan & Hank Bliss Timothy Thurlow David Bock Putnam Marsha Bock Jonathan Edwards Reid & Jennifer Quinn Melissa & Jeff Riemer Michael Bock Brian Ellison Broda Ted Ries Theresa Boland Joyce & Jim Elmes Dean & Caroline Alan & Debra Bingo Bronson Erdmann Family Browell Rosenberg Karen A. Callaway Suzanne Faber Susan Burland & Gregory Rothman Lacy Katherine Connie Fairbanks George Plumb Mike J. Salinas Campbell Clay & DJ Ken Burlington Karen & Frank Lucy Carapetyan & Fenstermaker Carpenter Financial Schneider Josh Bell Fierce Productions City of Chicago Jessica & Christoph Bruce Caris Steve Fiffer Holly & David Collins Schrey Sharon Carr Barbara Figgins Robert D. 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Johnson Rainee Denham Cruz Gonzalez-Cadel James Allen Rita & Jim Knox Suzanne Deveney & Estefania Gonzalez Aon Foundation Kerry & Kenny Lassus Bob Isaac Solveyra Anne Marie & Joseph Sara & Adam Levy Raphael Diaz Anne & Douglas Arden Shana Lowitz & Alyssa Dickman Gordon Peggy Bagley & Rabbi William Swaim, M.D. Vincent DiFruscio & Prudy & Jacques Douglas Goldhamer Ted Lowitz Neil Averick Gourguechon Larry Baldacci & Susie & Tom MacLean Natasha Dimitrienko Deborah Granite Ray Cunha Cooper Melgreen Lisa Disch Carol & Alan Greene Jeff Baldassarra Barbara & Ed Mills Thomas Dixon Thomas Greene Katrina Balog Anne Marie Dumas Brian Donegan The Greenlee Family Hannah Basil & Mitchell Patricia Donegan Jason & Tina Gross Caleb Bryant Anne & Richard Moore Lisa Donovan & Alex Gudding Rollie Batten Jen & Peter Moore Bradford Smith John Hahm Carlos Bekerman Kate L. 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UP NEXT AT STEEP... First Love is the Revolution by Rita Kalnejais, directed by Devon de Mayo

Basti is having a rough go of it without his mom and Rdeca is struggling just to make her first kill. But when this 14 year-old boy and this young fox connect, the world just seems to make a whole lot more sense. Rita Rita Kalnejais’ First Love is the Revolution is a wild take on the timeless tale of star-crossed lovers - from different sides of the animal kingdom.

April 18 - May 25, 2019