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- 1 - Studio Arena Theatre's production of '5fauino~ oui'Juay
The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years By Emily Mann Based on the best-selling book by Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth is a co-production with Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Dallas Theater Center, Dallas, Texas.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater was founded in 1954 as the Fred Miller Theater, and in the 1960s reorganized as the Milwaukee Repertory Theater to create a resident acting company and expand its repertoire to include major classics and premieres of new works. The Rep moved its facility downto,'"11 to the Performing Arts Center in 1968, where it experienced considerable growth in attendance. In 1987, the Rep moved to its current home, a renovated power plant complex which houses the 720-se.at Powerhouse Theater, the 198-seat Stiernke Theater, and the 112-seat Stackner Cabaret, in addition to complete support facilities. The Rep creates 14 productions each season. giving more than 570 performances to an audi ence of approximately 168,000. The mission of Milwaukee Repertory The.ater is to provide its audiences with plays which illuminate the human experience, while also functioning as an artistic home for the the ater artists who have affiliated themselves with the company.
Founded in 1959, the Da.llas Center perfort11S annually to an audience of nearly I 00,000 orth Texas residents. The Theater's mainstage season of six productions is presented in two remarkable performance spaces. The Kalita Humphreys Theater (one of only three existing theaters designed and built by the legendary architect, Frank Lloyd Wright) opened in 1959. The unique Arts District Theater. built in 1984, was designed by Eugene Lee, and is one of the largest flexible performance spaces in the country. Dal las Theater Center is committed to creating theater of the highest artistic quality that reflects and illuminates the complex. exciting, and diverse country in which we live. It is com mitted to providing audiences with exhilarating theater by galvanizing and supporting the most exciting, daring, and imaginative theater artists; bringing people from diverse backgrounds together to share a common experience; and providing outreach programs that make theater available to all members of our society with a special emphasis on young people. The Theater Center's initiative to discover and develop thought-provoking new plays bas resulted in "The Big D Festival of the Unexpected," a festival of cutting-edge theatrical work, now in its sixth season. - 2 - Gavin Cameron-Webb Brian J. Wyatt Artistic Director Executive Director Presents at the Pfeifer Theatre
The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Emily Mann adapted ftom the book by Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth
Directed by Shirley Basfield Dunlap
Set Designer Kent Dorsey Costume Designer Myrna Colley-Lee Lighting Designer Thomas C. Hase Assistant to the Lighting Designer John Frautschy Sound Designer Douglas H. Hillard Production Stage Manager David S. Stewart Stage Manager Lori Ann Zepp Assistant Director Tania Kirkman Casting Elissa Myers C.SA./ Paul Fouquet C.S.A.
Originally produ=I on the New York Srage by Camille 0. Cosby and Judith Rutherford James. Originally produ=I by McCaner Theatre, Princecon, New Jersey, Emily Mann, Arristic Director; Jeffrey Woodward, Managing Director. This production of HAVING OUR SR/ is a co-production between Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Joseph Hanreddy, Artistic Director; Dan Fallon, Managing Director and the Dallas Theater Center Richard Hamburger, Artistic Director; Edith H. Love, Managing Director. - 3 - A Unique Valentine1 s Day Gift That Lasts Through May ~ Sponsored by the Women of Studio Arena Theatre Gift Certificates are available for an exciting opportunity to gain valuable cooking skills! Spend your Saturdays observing some of Buffalo's finest chefs demonstrate their favorite recipes.
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257th Production January 18 - March 8, 1998
Production Acknowledgments: The sec, costumes, and all props, ere., were produced in Milwaukee, WJSconsi.n, by Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Jennifer Tinch, for research and assistance
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The actors and stage managers in this production are members ofAdors' Equity Association, the Union ofProfessional Adors and Stage Managers- in the United States.
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- 6 - Welcome to the Pfeifer Theatre for Emily Mann's adap tation of the Delany sisters' best selling autobiography, HAV ING OUR SAY. This play quickly captured the public's heart and imagination, moving swiftly from its McCarter Theatre debut to Broadway for an immensely popular and successful run. One of the remarkable things about the play is that it reaches back to the theatre's very origins: the fundamental power of the story. The story in this case is a uniquely American one: the lifelong struggle of two exceptional African American women to live with dignity, imagination, courage and humour through a hundred years in this nation's history. This magnificent and fascinating tale is told both sim ply and intimately by the use of a simple and theatrical device. NOTES FROM In essence the audience is invited into the Delany's home. THE ARTISTIC Because the nature· of the play is so intimate I felt the DIRECTOR production would be much more effective if we moved over here to the Pfeifer. This theatre is about half the size of the M&T mainstage and while it has the same design with the audience seating wrapping around the stage, it just feels a lot more cozy. Something, I think, that is important with this play. The last hundred years of this country's history have been tumultuous. They were tumultuous enough \vith two world wars and life-changing inventions like the automobile and the telephone. But African Americans have seen even more upheaval during these hundred years in their continued struggle for equality. The Delany sisters tell their story in domestic tones - the occasion for the play is a ritual cooking of a particular dinner. But they also embrace the immense changes in the nation at large and gracefully manage to link these larger changes to events in their own personal lives. So the play represents both a personal and a national history, and it is from this particular marriage that the play derives its strength and universality: we can see the general mirrored in the particular, the nation shown in the personal lives of these two inspirational women. Buffalo ranks well in the top ten most segregated cities in the nation, and given today's climate of separatism, it seems especially important that we understand one another. I think this play goes a long way towards making that possible. For many years the media have been dominated by the main stream and the majority view. Entertainment that was devoted to the minority experience was often condescending and fre quently crude and offensive. It allowed stereotypes to prosper so much, that minority life in this country became hidden from the mainstream populace. It is just this sort of peculiar arrangement that allows fear and suspicion to flourish. I am proud that Studio Arena Theatre is producing the inspirational and revelatory story of the Delany sisters. I hope you enjoy the show. - 7 - My grandmocher, Fannie \fae Irving Mansfield, died ac the age of 92. She may have cold people she was much older than that because it seemed that every six months or so she would jusc go co the next year. (You know how you did when you were a teenager and you wanted to be older so quickly!) Well, Grandma was not the typical woman. She was not ashamed to let people know her age. She would even stand up in church testimony and announce it. I real ly think that she wanted people to know how good she looked for her age. She can possibly attribute this to nor let ting things worry her - "Just leave it in God's hands." Like the Delany Sisters, she lived a clean life and I would com pare her to the feistiness and genuine compassion of Dr. Bessie if I had to do so. This is why HAVI GOUR SAY is DIRECTOR'S so meaningful to me. le is another way of keeping the mem NOTES ory of Grandma alive. The centenarian sisters, Dr. Bessie (A Elizabeth) and Miss Sadie (Sarah L.) Delany, make clear that the life of African Americans has not been the easiest co bear, but being at one with the bad rimes, along with the good, is the key. Finding good in the center of adversity makes it all the more bearable. You, as the audience, swallow the pill with greater ease when Dr. Bessie and Miss Sadie proclaim, while preparing Papa's birthday celebracion dinner, that the jaws of racism clamped down hard on their Norch Carolina hometown. Bue, you also see how, through it all, they were survivors and by faith, along with pride and love, these women were constant stalwarts. The scories of over a century of memories chronicle more vividly than any American history textbook - Dr. Bessie and Miss Sadie's personal recollections of life after the "surrender" to Ji m Crow; the Harlem Renaissance to the Vier Kam War; opinions on interracial unions to not get ting married ac all. Some tales are warm, sweet, and gentle; some are not. These two women show that there was more than one way to handle these issues. Miss Sadie's more pas sive approach works best for her. Or. Bessie, on the ocher hand, finds this tactic too unnerving. Even though she serves it, Dr. Bessie does not " ... take tea for the fever." Neither one of chem tries to cover up mistakes made. The Delany Sisters only share their opinions in hopes that America will learn from some foolish choices. And when you are 100 years young, you have the right to say what you want. You have earned it. Enjoy. Peace and Blessings,
- 8 - A GAVIN Studio Arena: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF; TWELVE CAMERON-WEBB ANGRY ME ; SEASON'S GREETINGS; A PENNY Artistic Director FOR THE GUY; THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG; INSPECTING CAROL; AH, WILDERNESS!; I HATE HAMLET; A SHAYNA MAIDEL; THE GA.ME OF LOVE AND CHANCE; and MAN OF THE MOMENT. Regional Theatre: HENRY V, JULIUS CAESAR SEA SON'S GREETINGS (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), ROSENCRANTZ AND GUil..DENSTERN ARE DEAD, HAMLET, OTHELLO (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), TWELFfH NIGHT (Shakespeare Theatre), THE IMPOR TANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Philadelphia Drama Guild, McCarterTheatre), CHARLEY'S AUNT, DRACU LA (Indiana Repertory Theatre), and LOVE AND INTRIGUE (Roundabout Theatre). Other: THE WOMAN IN BLACK, I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES, (Vienna's English Theatre), THE ART OF CONVERSATION (Manhattan Punch Line), and GIGI (Harlequin Theatre). Teaching: The Juilliard School, State University of New York at Purchase.
BRIAN J. WYATT Brian is in his third season at Studio Arena Theatre. He Executive Director previously served as General Manager of Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California. He has also worked as Senior Administrative Analyst of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Associate Manager of the Mark Taper Forum/Center Theatre Group at the Los Angeles Music Center, and as Co-Producer/Assistant Project Manager of the Olympic Arts Festival for the Games of the XXlII Olympiad in Los Angeles. Mr. Wyatt holds an MBA in Arts Administration from the City University of New York and a BA in Theatre Education from California State University, Fullerton. He has also served as a field author for the New York State Council for the Arts and has lectured on Arts Administration at numer ous college and university campuses. Brian served as Vice President of the Theatre District Association of WNY, Inc. for Curtain Up! 1997.
- 9 - l l FES IYl E ADV I CE FROM THE A M ER IC. A i:\ ~~&-- 5600 Main St. , Williamsville• 634-2796 Holiday Hours: M·F 10-9, Sot. 10-6, Sun. 12-5 In the hustle of our days, Studio Arena Theatre would like to welcome the following groups* it's so easy to tune out the symphonies, to a performance of overlook the beautiful. .. 5/auin!fc~ our-- uay simply forget to en joy. Our advice: Amherst Senior Center Bethel Ave. A.M.E. Zion Church Take more time to do Cora P. Maloney College - CfSTEP just what you're doing right now. Program - UB Emanuel Senior Elite's Jewish Center of Greater Buffalo Merck Pharmaceuticals lippes, Silverstein, Moot Senior Center Mathias &Wexler HP NAACP - ACT-SO Program ATTORNEYS Research Foundation -SUNY College 716-853-5 100 at Buffalo St. John's Christian Academy - 10 - The Artistic Company Ms. Hunt has performed on and off Broadway and at regional theaters in FOR COLORED GIRLS ... , YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, IPHEGINIA AT AULIS, COLORED MUSEUM, and her one-woman show A HOUSE IS BUILT, and JUST DESSERTS; and most recently in JULIUS CAESAR, directed by Trazana Beverley. She bas recorded extensively for the American SHARITA HUNT Bible Society's FAITH COMES BY HEARING, and has Dr. Bessie Delaney worked as director, actor, and writer for the drama ministry of Cavalry Baptist Church. "To God be the Glory!" Ms. Thomas began her acting career 25 years ago in Minneapolis and bas performed in numerous regional, stock, and Off-Broadway theaters, including The Guthrie, St. Louis Repertory, Syracuse Stage (Baltimore), Shakespeare & Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and the nationally-recognized black theater company, Crossroads. Just prior to HAVING OUR SAY, Ms. BRENDA THOMAS Thomas was seen at Indiana Repertory Theatre as Miss Sadie Delaney Calpurnia in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Other roles include: Nurse in ROMEO AND JULIET, Lady Wishfort in THE WAY OF THE WORLD, Ruth in A RAISIN IN THE SUN, Solo Performer in FIRES IN THE MIRROR, Amanda in THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Florence in THE ODD COUPLE and Writer!Performer in womenswords, a tribute to black women. Ms. Thomas has also appeared in commercials, television, and film, most recently in CITY HALL. Loma C. Hill is the founder and executive director ofUjima Company, Inc. She has appeared in other Studio Arena Theatre productions as Nurse Flynn in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, Lucienne in A FLEA IN HER EAR, and Mrs. Cratchit in A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Ms. Hill received the following ARTVOICE Theater Awards: Outstanding Director (for COMING OF THE HURRI LORNA HILL CANE, 1996-97); Outstanding New Play (for MEDIA, co Understudy playwright, 1993-94); Outstanding Overall Production (for SPUNK, producer, director); and Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, 1991-92). - 11 - You Direct. We Perform. Martin C. Lougen, Jr., Office Managing Director Lawrence D. Joseph, Partner Kenneth M. Hoffman, Partner Carolyn D. Valenti, Partner Keith R. Bookbinder, Partner Daniel B. Weintraub, Partner BDO Seidman, LLP IBDO Accountants and Consultants University Corporate Centre 300 Corporate Parkway. Suite 200N Amherst, NY 14226 • (716) 831-9333 • www.bdo.com FREED MAXICK SACHS &. 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Her ISU Minority Theatre Workshop performs summer tours throughout the state of Iowa presenting such treasures as RIKKI-TIKKI-TAVI and THE DANCING SPIDER. Her favorite production? ....Sta cie and Wesley Dunlap!! KENT DORSEY Mr. Dorsey designed scenery and lighting for Studio Set Designer Arena Theatre's productions of MOON OVER BUFFALO and LAST LOVE. His New York theater productions include ALLIGATOR TALES, ABOUT TIME, THE COCKTAIL HOUR, YANKEE DAWG YOU DIE, SUDS and ANOTHER ANTIGONE. Mr. Dorsey made his Washington, D.C. debut with his Lighting for THE COCK TAIL HOUR at the Kennedy Center. He has designed scenery and/or lighting on over 80 productions for San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. He also has designed for most of the major resident theater companies, including La Jolla Playhouse, The Ahmanson, Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Theatre Club, American Conservatory Theater, Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, and the Philadelphia Drama Guild. MYRNA COLLEY Ms. Colley-Lee previously worked with Shirley Basfield LEE Dunlap at Mi lwaukee Repertory Theater when she Costume Designer designed FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. Recently, she designed costumes for SEVEN GUITARS at Arizona Theatre Company; THE AMEN CORNER and THE SCREENED-IN PORCH for Crossroads Theatre - 13 - 1-888-REHAB-03 (1-888-734-2203) GASPORT Village Park Health care Center ORCHARD PARK Park Shore Health care Center Orchard Park Health care Center EAST AURORA WESTFIELD Aurora Park Health care Center Westfield Health care Center EDEN SALAMANCA Arbor Park Health care Center 'Noooland Park Health care Center ',t Step Closer fo Home" - 14 - Company; BETWEEN THE LINES for Actors Theatre of Louisville; NIGHT OF THE IGUANA for Alabama Shakespeare Festival; JAR THE FLOOR for South Coast Repertory Theatre; LOVE LANGSTON for Seattle Repertory; and FENCES for Oregon Shakespeare Festival. THOMAS C. HASE Mr. Hase is pleased to be making his debut at Studio Arena Lighting Designer Theatre. In the U.S. his work includes LUCIA DI LAM MERMOOR & CARMEN at the Cincinnati Opera; THE TAVERN, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, and 4AM IN AMERICA at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, FENCES at Center Stage, Baltimore; and THE GOOD TIMES ARE KILLING ME (Jeff Award nomination) in Chicago. As production designer at the Stadttheater Glessen iri Germany he has created more than one hundred designs for operas and ballets over the past 5 years. Mr. Hase is Ping Chong's lighting designer with designs including DESHIMA (American Theater Wing Design Award nomination), CHINOISERIE featured at the BAM's Next Wave Festival in 1995, and AFTER SOR ROW, now touring worldwide. Mr. Hase is the resident designer for the Cincinnati Opera and one of the principle designers for Peoples Light Theater Company in Philadelphia. DOUGLASH. Mr. Hillard is a graduate of the Professional Theater HILLARD Training Program (PTTP) at the University ofWisconsin Sound Designer Milwaukee. Doug recently designed sound for Milwaukee Repertory Theater's productions of PRIVATE EYES, NIXON'S NIXON, INSPECTING CAROL, BENITO CERENO, NEW ENGLAND, and WOMAN IN MIND. Last season, Doug also designed sound for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's productions ofTRIP TO BOUNTIFUL and VOICE OF THE TURTLE. Other recent designs include A CHRISTMAS CAROL and HEIDI CHRONI CLES for New American Theater in Rockford, Illinois; and ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, PETER PAN, and ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHIN for First Stage Milwaukee. - 15 - by RosaOnd Cramer & J~ Giambra Set in Buffalo; a musical about romance, deception the music & dance ofthe 1950's and broken dreams! 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The Civil War begins. 1792 1862 •Joseph Hodge, a frontier pioneer, is one of che ear 'President :'vlcKinley is assassinated in Buffalo. liest African-American settlers in Buffalo. 1863 Harriec Tubman, a major force in che Underground 1817 Railroad, leads Union croops in a raid along the NYS law was passed ro gradually abolish slavery by Combahee River in South Carolina. requiring all male slaves ro be granted freedom at age 28 and all females ac age 25, buc ic cook 10 years 1865 co officially and finally end sla,•ery. The Civil War ends. The 13ch Amendment declares slavery illegal in che US. 1831 •Bethel Al'vlE Church, che fim African-American 1872 congregacion in Buffalo is organized. "The parents of 13 year old Aletha G. Dallas, sue John Fosdick, Superintendent of Buffalo schools, for 1835 che righc of cheir daughcer co anend rhe white public Oberlin College becomes cbe firsc US college co school in cheir districc rarher rhan the segregaced admit scudents wichouc regard co race or sex. school. •William Wells Brown, an escaped slave. and one of 1885 the narion 's leading abolitionists, moves co Buffalo Sara E.. Goode is the first African-American woman and uses his position as a crew member on a steamer co receive a US parent, for her folding cabinet bed. to help slaves escape co Canada. 1889 1836 Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany is born on September •Michigan Avenue Baptise Church is organized. The 19ch. church has a long history of activism, serving before the Civil War as a scop on the Underground Railroad. 1891 Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany is born on 1839 September 3rd. 'JC Wilson opens Buffalo's African School. 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson: The US Supreme Court rules 1843 that "separate but equal" public accommodacions are Sojourner Truth leaves NY and begins abolirionisc legal, paving rhe way for Jim Crow laws. work. "The National Convention of Colored Citizens 1899 meets in Buffalo. "Phyllis Wheatley Club is fou nded in Buffalo by Mary Burnell Talberc. Susan Evans is the first presi 1850 dent of the club. Lucy Sessions earns a literary degree from Oberlin College. becoming the first black woman in the US 1900 co receive a college degree. Scientists rransmic human spec.ch by radio waves for the first ci me. 1851 James Weldon Johnson writes "Life Every Voice and Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (''The Black Swan"). Sing" which becomes the Black ational Anthem. che firsc African-American concert singer, makes her •Ida Fairbush becomes the first African-American debuc in Buffalo, ::siY - 22 - 1900 black community and m promote sociability among Buffalo public school reacher. the members. ·~·lrs. John Dover meets with groups m plan a suate '{;f m prates! the lack of African-American exhibit, ac 1923 the Pan American exposition. Bessie (32) graduates from Columbia Dental School •Mrs. Fannie Smith is the first African-American 1903 woman appointed policewoman by the City Council. The firsc powered airplane is flown by che Wright brothers. 1925 Sadie (36) finishes her Master's Degree in Education 1905 ac Columbia. Bessie (34) opens her dental practice. *Civil rights leader, Mary Burnett Talbert hosts the 'The Buffalo Criterion newspaper is established by first meeting of the l\iagara i\fovement, founded by Frank Merriweather, Sr. WEB DuBois. The Niagara Movement eventually becomes che NAACP. Mrs. Talbert became a direccor 1926 and was evenrually elecccd vice-president of thac Blues singer, Bessie Smith is che highest paid African-American artist in the world. organization. 1927 1910 'The Buffalo Urban League Inc. is established. The NAACP is incorporaced. 1929 1912 The stock marker crashes. The Grear Depression The Ticanic sinks on its maiden voyage. begins. 1915 Francis E. Rivers is che firsc African-American admit • Buffalo branch of che ~AACP is founded. ted w NY Bar Association. 1916 1930 0 Mary Burnett Talberc launches che crusade for che Sadie (40) becomes the first black teacher of domes passage of chc Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill. tic science in . 'Y. 191 7 1934 The US enters WWI. President Franklin D. Roosevelt refuses to support a Marcus Garvey emerges as a suong voice for black bill IO prohibit lynching. nationalism. 1935 •The Colored Musicians Club is formed when "Dynamic teacher, orawr,.communiry activist, Mary African-American musicians were denied member (Crosby) Chappelle comes to Buffalo. She becomes ship in che whites--0nly local chapter of the American one of the most respected women in her community. Federation of Musicians. 1936 1918 Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in the Olympics; Sadie (29) graduates from Pratt lnscicuce and concin Adolf Hider refuses to shake his hand. ues her education at Columbia Universiry. •Eva . oles becomes the first African-American to 1919 be admitted and graduace from a school of nu rs ing in Dea ch of Madame CJ Walker, America's firsc self Buffalo. made African-American female millionaire. 1939 Commercial television sets are rested for the firsc 1920 rime in l\YC. Sadie (31) graduates from Columbia Teachers Marian Anderson sings ar the Lincoln Memorial after College. being denied by the Daughters of the American American women win the right to vote with che pas Revolution. sage of the 19th Amendment. "The Montgomery Oriental Billiard Parlor owned by J. Matilda Bolin is appoinced the first African American woman judge in US. Ann Montgomery, opens. She later became propri euess of Lirtle Harlem. 1941 Fallowing cbe attack on Pearl Harbor, the US 1921 declares war on Japan and enters WWII. °ᄉ Clara Payne is the first African-American appoinced to Social Welfare Agencies Department. 1944 •Frances K. Hall becomes che firsc professional 1922 African-American librarian. *Florence J. Lee founded The Lit-Mus Club - an "Bertha Diggs becomes che first African-American organizacion of women designed to imprO\'e the New York Stace Secretary of Labor. - 23 - Continuing in the tradition and inspiration ofwanting to help others, we now provide a wider variety ofcare to choose from. + Skilled Nursing Care + WoodBridge Subacute Care Units + Respite Care + Assisted Living Program ElderWood AFFILIATES, INC. 'J£e :Premier :Provider of!Residenlial 0/clerCare 7 Limestone Drive, Williamsville, New York 14221 Phone: 716/633-3900 + Fax: 716/633-1153 Jntroducing your way to escape. Infiniti's luxury sport utility vehicle: the QX.4. 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Theresa Greene l\1anhew becomes one of the che first African-American woman appointed co first African-Americans in WNY 10 receive a medical Buffalo Board of Education and acti,•e in pursuing degree. the formation of magnet schools. 1950 1963 Bessie (59) retires from her dental practice. Dr. Marcin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I Have A The Korean War begins. Dream" speech at che March on Washington. Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is the first African John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. American 10 win a Pulitzer Prize. •June Duell, Mariella Gentry and Edith Davis Mrs. E. Sampson is the first African-American appear in Srudio Theaue productions. appointed as representative m the United Nations. 1964 1952 Dr. Marcin Luther King, Jr. wins the Nobel Peace "Gloria Cannon is the first African-American woman Prize. m receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy *Captain Marian Bass becomes the first permanent from UB. female minority officer appointed to the Buffalo •or. Imogene Johnson, pathologist, becomes the Police Department_ She later becomes the first first African-American appointed m the house staff African-American woman lieutenant and the first at Buffalo General Hospital. African-American in Buffalo m attain rank of police 1953 captain. 0 Ruby Butts becomes the first to open a Black 1965 owned health food shop not only in Buffalo, but in Malcolm Xis assassinated in NY. the country. Selma 10 Montgomery protest march. "Thelma Hardiman becomes the first African 1954 American woman Assistant Principal in Buffalo Brown v. Board of Education: The US Supreme schools. Court rules segregation in public education uncon scicuciona l. 1966 Kwanzaa, an African-American celebration focusing 1955 on the family, community and culture, is established Jonas Salk develops the polio ,·accine. by Dr. Maulana Karenga. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public The Black Panther Party for Self Defense is found bus to a white man. A bus boycou follows as a result. ed by Huey P. 1 ewton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, "Barbara Sims is the first African-American woman CA. m graduate from UB Law School and the first !O •Mrs. Jessica Oudy) Johnson becomes the first teach in that same school. African-American appointed to Mayor's staff as his 1957 confidential aide. Ten years lacer, she becomes the The Civil Rights Ace of 1957 - protecting the right first African-American woman 10 head the 10 vote - becomes a law. Democratic Party in NY. •Lillie Stephens is the first African-American •or. Joan E. Clemmons becomes the first African woman m graduate from UB in Physical Education. American woman doctor to graduate from UB. •Marv Wood becomes the first African-American "Edith Robinson is appointed Assistant Deputy · YMCA Executive Direcmr. Commissioner of the Erie County Welfare 1958 Department. • Dr. Marie Coles Caldwell is che first African 1967 American Social Worker at Buffalo General Hospital. Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African · Pharmacist, Cora P. Maloney is the first woman and American Supreme Court Juscice. African-American woman elected to the Common *Mary Randolph writes proposal for the implemen Council. tation of the Head Stare program . "The African-American Cultural Center, Buffalo's "Sister Mary Trinira Balza, one of the first African first African-American educacional/culcural inscicu American nuns in Buffalo becomes principal of Sc_ cion is founded. 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'eil Armstrong sets foot on the moon. "JoAnn Peters is appointed Branch Manager of the •Ophelia 1\icholas is the first African-American American Red Cross Greater Buffalo Chapter. woman appointed principal of a Buffalo Public "Sarah Norat-Phillips is named Director of Station School. Programming for Channel 7. "Diane Perry becomes the first African-American to receive Occupational Therapy certification. 1980 •Ouida Clapp is the first African-American woman • Author, Lucille Clifton is nominated for the to serve as an adminisrrator in the school system as Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Director of Language Arts. •Women for Human Rights and Dignity is founded by Constance Eve. 1970 •Jacqueline Curry becomes air traffic controller at "Lucille Brown becomes Buffalo's first African the Greater Buffalo International Airport. American woman disc jockey. 1981 1972 Sandra Dav O'Connor becomes the first woman Shirley Chisolm is the first African-American woman Supreme Court Justice. to ru n for President. 1983 1974 Alice Walker wins the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, President :--.lixon resigns following the Watergate The Color Purple. scandal. "The Kensington Place, an eating/banquet restau •Beverly Johnson becomes the first African rant is established by Lill ian and George Scott & American woman to appear on the cover of Vogue family. magazine. 1984 1975 Rev. Jesse.Jackson runs as a candidate for the US •Florence Baugh is elected president of the Buffalo Presidency. Board of Education. She later becomes Director of Vanessa Williams becomes the first African the Community Accion Organization's Neighborhood American to be crowned Miss America. Service Department 1985 1976 •Nicole McCullough becomes the first African •Harambee Books and Crafts is founded by Sharon American Miss Buffalo. and Kenneth Holley. •or. Endesha Ida Mae Holland is appointed •Mary Hackney becomes the first African-American Professor of UB American Studies Program. Her woman to serve as President of Church Women play, From the Alississippi Delta was produced off United of Buffalo and Erie Councv. Broadway in 1987 and nominated for the Pulitzer •Alma McCurry Brooks, writer, author and colum Prize. nist, publishes Ams of Diamonds From illy Scrapbook •AJ-Nisa Banks becomes co-owner of The ofB lack Authors. Challenger and later serves as its editor for 18 years. 1977 1986 •Minnie Gillene becomes the first African-American Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday is celebrated woman elected to the Erie County Legislation. as a federal holiday. •Judge Barbara Sims is the first African-American •or. Parmalier Murphy re-opens her later father's woman appointed City Court Judge. dental practice. •Jan Peters becomes Executive Director of the •Lubertha L. Phillips becomes the first African Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers. American from the area appointed to the position of 1978 Court Clerk. "Pamela Shelton becomes the first African-American 1987 woman New York State Trooper. •or. Juanita K. Hunter becomes president of the NYS 1 urses Association - a first for a Buffalonian. - 27 - LOST: Buffalo's moving image history. FOUND: Waiting at the curb for the trash collection. WANTED: Your help in saving the living record of the past in Buffalo & W.N.Y. from extinction. 35mm, 16mm, Super-8mm, Reg-8mm W.N.Y. FILM ARCHIVE ® Western New York's Largest Historic Film Collection Multiple Format Transfer Archival Submissions Welcome (716) 888-2569 - 28 - 1987 1994 "Sharon Brunson Hanley is the first African •Joyce G. 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Barbara Harris, an African-American Episcopal •Muriel Moore becomes president of Buffalo State priest, becomes the fuse female bishop of the world College, and the first African-American woman to be wide Anglican church. president of any of the 15 State of ry colleges and universities. 1990 •Romance writer, Carmen Green publishes her first Nelson Mandela is released; the dismantling of novel, Nw, Or Never. apartheid begins. •or. Ellen Gram-Bishop becomes the first African "Judy Scales-Trent becomes the first African American Y State Association of Counties American to receive tenure at UB Law School and President. first African-American woman to be promoted to full professor at the university. 1997 O" illy ~n at 107: &factions On ufe nr,t/rout BtsSie, 1991 che follow-up book co HOf/ing Our Soy is published. Bessie celebrates her I 00th birthday. Tragic death of Dr. Berry Shabazz. 'Connie Porter publishes her first novel -All-Brig/rt Million Woman March - Philadelphia, PA. Court. 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Automobile Club of WNY M&T Bank International Alliance Of Allright Parking, Inc. Marine Midland Bank Theatrical Stage Emp. American Bureau of Penn Advertising Kavinoky & Cook Collections, Inc Russer Foods KPMG Peat Marwick American Express STAR Nova Casualty Company Balzers Tool Coating Inc. Pepsi-Cola Buffalo Bottling Co. Chef's Restaurant ($10,000 & up) Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine Chesapeake Packaging Co. AT&T & Huber City Mattress Bell Atlantic S.J. McCullagh, Inc. Conbow Corporation Cellular One Corey J. Hogan and Continental Airlines Science Kit Sevenson Environmental Associates, Attorneys at Law Fleet Bank Deloitte & Touche Independent Health Association Services, Inc. Erie & Niagara Insurance Key Bank of New York Target Association M&T Bank Tops Friendly Markets Freezer Queen Foods, Inc. Marine Midland Bank Westwood-Squibb Gernatt Asphalt Products Ou1okumpu American Brass, Pharmaceuticals Hudson & Associates/Public Inc. LEADING ACTOR Relations Penn Advertising ($500 - S999) Lauer & Mclaughlin Co. Women of Studio Arena Anonymous L.A. Woolley Electric Co. Theatre 3M/O-Cel-O Sponge Mader Construction Corp. PRODUCER Acme Electric Corporation Merchants Insurance Group National Health Care Affiliates ($5,000 • $9,999) Adelphia Cable New Era Cap Co., Inc. BDOSeidman Communications Niagara Investment Advisors Fisher Price, Inc. American Steamship Company North Americare Ingram Micro, Inc. Chase Manhattan Corporation Pearce & Pearce Co., Inc. Lockport Savings Bank Conax Buffalo Corporation Pella Window Store Lucent Technologies Desmon, Kohnstamm & Tyrpak, Perry's Ice Cream Multisorb Technologies, Inc. Inc. E.I. Dupont Praxair, Inc. Russer Foods DeNemours Printing Prep, Inc. Selective Insurance Eastman Machine Company Ecology and Environment, Inc. Quackenbush Co., Inc. PLAYWRIGHT FlexOvit USA, Inc. R.P. Adams Company, Inc. ($2,500 · $4,999) Freed, Maxick, Sachs & Rand Capital Corporation Buffalo News Murphy, P.C. Rigidized Metals Corporation CTG Thomas H. Speller, President, Scott Aviation Mclean-Thomas, Inc. GEMCOR Sonwil Distribution Center Graphic Controls Corporation Specific Solu1ions, Inc. D IRECTOR Hurwitz & Fine, P.C. T he Guardian life Insurance (S1 ,500 · $2,499) Matthews, Bartlett & Dedecker Co. Arvin/Calspan Corporation Merrill lynch, Pierce, Fenner & The Kreiner Co., Inc. Clover Management Smith, Inc. Thermo Mechanical Service Delaware North Companies, Price Waterhouse Corp. Inc. Resser Management/Burger Ticor Title Guarantee Eber Brokers Wine & liquor King The Trane Co. Graphic Controls Corp. RMF Business Forms, Inc. Collins & Co. Henry & Henry, Inc. Sheridan Day Care Center, Inc. Universal McKinley Pine Hill Materials Corp. SOFTBANK Services Group Warren-Hollman & Associates Premier Center The C.I.D. Group, Inc. Williams Gold Relining Ziller, Marsh & Galla · 45 - FOUNDATIONS Anonymous Buffalo Crushed Stone Hartford Insurance Group The Baird Foundation Edward H. Butler Foundation Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel Cameron Baird Foundation Fisher Price, Inc. James Management Company The Buffalo Foundation Kidder, Peabody & Co. Key Bank of New York Edward H. Butler Foundation Nicholas Patterson Perpetual Merchants Insurance Group, Children's Foundation of Erie Fund Inc. County Saperston Management National Fuel Gas Peter C. Cornell Trust Services NOCO Energy Corp. Ferguson Electric Construction The Women of Studio Arena Outokumpu American Brass Price Waterhouse, LLP Co. Foundation Theatre School Scholarships Robert J. & Martha B. Fierle Ronco Specialized Systems, The Buffalo Foundation Foundation Inc. Children's Foundation of Erie Gioia Foundation WSF Industries, Inc. Jacobowitz Family Foundation County WGRZ·TV NBC 2 Creative Empowerment Boris & Renee Joffe Foundation Program Bronze The Seymour H. Knox General Mills Foundation Foundation Barrister Information Systems Josephine Goodyear Messer Foundation Bell Atlantic Foundation Nicholas Patterson Perpetual BN Systems, Inc. Buffalo West Side Jaycees Fund GALA '97 Freed, Maxick, Sachs & Murphy, Ralph F. Peo Foundation Platinum The Rich Foundation PC The Shubert Foundation Kavinoky & Cook, LLP Russer Foods The Stovroff Foundation Lawley Service, Inc. M&T Bank Special Friends GOVERNMENT Mitchell, DeTine & Partners Adelphia Cable Communications City of Buffalo Servotronics, Inc. Gibraltar Steel Corporation Erie County Gold National Endowment for the Land Rover Amherst BOO Seidman, LLP Matthews, Bartlett & Dedecker Arts Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, U-C Coatings New York State Council on the Woods & Goodyear, LLP Arts Independent Health TAKE A SEAT! EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS KPMG Peat Marwick Kittinger Theatre School Marine Midland Bank Printing Prep Joan & Peter Andrews Silver 0102.5 Arvin/Calspan Corporation Fleet Bank INDIVIDUAL DONORS PRODUCER Audre Bunis James F. Anderson Anthony J. & Mary Cassetta Warren & Beverly Bartel (S5,000 & up) Dr. & Mrs. John L. DeBerry Ill Mr. & Mrs. Colin Black Anonymous Jeanne C. Eaton Mrs. W. Jackson Catt Mrs. Robert W. Colby Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Engel Mrs. Frances G. Churchill PLAYWRIGHT Mr. & Mrs. Peter B. Flickinger Dr. & Mrs. Sebastian G. Ciancio ($2,500 • $4,999) George & Bodil Gellman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Flickinger Frank J. Colantuono Mr. & Mrs. James P. Hooper Mr. Tom Fontana Mr. John S. Cullen II Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Krackow Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Freed Patricia H. Garman Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Kreiner, Jr. Arnold & Sue Gardner Eisler Foundation Ms. Barbara L. Laughlin Laree Hulshoff Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Hahn Mr. Bradford Lewis Mrs. Alvin M. Hyman Mr. & Mrs. Bruce McH. Kirchner Jerry & Barbara Mazurkiewicz Mr. Douglas Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Montgomery Mr. & Mrs. Welles V. Moot, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edwin M. Johnston, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. F.E. Munschauer Ill Mr. Burton & Dr. Patricia Mr. & Mrs. Luiz F. Kahl Eleanor & Gerard Murray Notarius/Premier Center The Gerald & Sandra Lippes Henry & Tricia Semmelhack Peter and Irene O'Brien Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Peter R. Travers Pal & CaMn Rand Randolph & Sally Marks Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Will Dr. & Mrs. Robert Scheig Mrs. Garfield L. Miller, Jr. Mrs. Harlan J. Swift Mrs. Eleanor V. Millonzi DIRECTOR Nancy & Donald Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Newman ($1 ,500 • $2,499) Dr. B. Dale Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Reginald B. Newman II Mr. & Mrs. Albert N. Abgott Kenneth E. Nicaise Mr. Clement Arrison DESIGNER Mr. & Mrs. Robert 0. Swados Charles & Margaret Balbach ($1 ,000 • $1,499) Eileen & Rupert Warren Charitable John & Barbara Bauers Anonymous (2) Fund · 46 · Mr. & Mrs. Max Becker, Jr. Mrs. Robert J.A. Irwin L EADING A CTOR Judy & Thomas Beecher, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Clifton F. Ivins, Jr. ($500 -S999) Catherine & Paul W. Beltz Dr. & Mrs. Donald Jacob James & Connie Arena Brenda B. Benzin Dr. & Mrs. Mel Stewart Jacoby Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Bezemer Thomas S. Bernick Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Juhasz The Rev. & Mrs. Peter W. Bridgford Ms. Ann P. Boland Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kahn Mary Ann G. Byers Ms. Catherine M. Burns Mr. & Mrs. Leif Karlsson Mr. & Mrs. James L. Cecchini Mr. & Mrs. John F. Canale Mr. & Mrs. Frank W. Keeney Nan & Wil Clar1 - 47 - Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Spaulding Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence A. Wade William & Joan Weir Mr. & Mrs. Raymond D. Stevens, Jr. James M. Wadsworth Mr. & Mrs. John R. Whiteman Mr. & Mrs. Kevin I. Sullivan Dr. & Mrs. John M. Wadsworth Mr. & Mrs. Wayne D. WISbaum Mr. & Mrs. Douglas G. Swift Ms. Fem K. Walls Mr. & Mrs. John Zarzecki Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Takats Ill Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Walser Mr. & Mrs. David M. Zebro Dr. & Mrs. Charles S. nrone Connie & Jack Walsh Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Zimmer Stanley & Sharon nrrell Mr. & Mrs. Samuel F. Ward Dr. & Mrs. C. Richard Zobel Mr. & Mrs. Martin E. Trossman Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Waver Mr. Paul B. Zuydhoek Mr. & Mrs. Charles Van Arsdale Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Weaver Ovation Campaign Srudio Arena Theatre would like 10 acknowl edge the following donors who are founding Ovation Endowment. Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Kreiner, Jr. members of the Theatres m /isling reflects those who has·e pledged Donald & Nina Kohnstam This Barbara L. Laughlin 52,000 or more to the campaign: M&T Bank Anonymous (3) The Marks Family Foundation The Baird Foundation Matthews, Bartlett & Dedecker Charles & Margaret Balbach Jerry & Barbara Mazurkiewicz BOO Seidman Mrs. Eleanor V. Millonzi Mrs. H. Wile Brock Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Montgomery The Buffalo Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Welles V. Moot, Jr. Audre Bunls Dr. & Mrs. F.E. Munschauer Ill Mr. & Mrs. Alvin C. Calderon Eleanor & Gerard Murray The Cameron Baird Foundation Patricia & Burton Notarius Cellular One Mr. Daniel C. Oliverio Frank J. Colantuono Outokumpu American Brass, Inc. Mrs. Robert W. Colby Mrs. Peter Paul Pfohl Comptek Research, Inc. Pat & Calvin Rand Mr. John S. Cullen II Estate of Natalie Kubera Roth John & Barbara Cummings Russer Foods Mrs. James A. Eaton Henry & Tricia Semmelhack Elring Estate Shuman Family Foundation Patricia H. Garman Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Spence Gioia Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Robert 0 . Swados Mr. & Mrs. Charles J. Hahn Mrs. Harlan J. Swift Mr. Thomas J. Hanifin The Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Heath Nancy & Donald Thomas Laree Hulshoff Mr. & Mrs. James L. Vardon KPMG Peat Marwick Albert B. Wende Mr. & Mrs. Bruce McH. Kirchner The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation The Seymour H. Knox Foundation Western New York Foundation TRIBUTE FUND The Tribute Fund has been established so that In honor of Joan Kane's birthday gifts may be given to honor or remember indi· Dr. & Mrs. Michael Genco viduals or to celebrate special events. This list In Honor of Jerry McGuire & Bonnie Northrop's reflects gifts received from March 1 , 1997 2Slh1osweddinsom,g Anniversary through December 22, 1997. 8 Cohan George & Lynn Malek In honor of Blossom Cohan of WNY In Honor of George & Lynn Malek Board of Young Audiences Mrs. Sophia Vetter Mrs. Harris McCarthy Mr. Ramsi Tick In memory of H.W. (Pelle) Brock In memory of Rachel K. Cain Mr. & Mrs. George Malek Mrs. Erna P. BuroJCk In memory of Albert AbQott Eleanor & Gerard Murray In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ellis' 50th Wedding Anniversary In memory of Irving Levick Helen & Bob Newman Mrs. Mildred Levick In honor Warren & Beverly Bartel's We greatly awreciate being notified of arry errors or omissions and hope that you will accept our sincerest ~:~fi~nt!'!~ianz apologies. Please direct any corrections to Robin In memory ol Gail L Johnson Elardo at 856-8025, ext. 1742. Mr. Douglas Johnson L ONDON & Paula Augspurger Patricia Garman James & Suzanne Grant, Jr. Audre Bunis Lindy Hause Eleanor V. Mmonzi PARIS TOUR Ross & Jeanette Cellino G. Fred & Suzanne Koch Eleanor & Gerard Murray (S200-S400) Jeanne Eaton Jerry McGuire & Bonnie Robert & Helen Formanek Northrup · 48 · '(JUI, tl,,e, ~ CJamibJ, and, ~ui.e,~ J ~iii,tl,,e, %a,u, of 93uflal,o,'s, 7;~ ~Wlud, * Cf;lw, * Since 1959 Serving W.N.Y.'s finest steaks aged & cut on premises along with * * tempting fresh seafood, veal, & other American favorites. 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The theatrical ingenuity of this fine comedy starts with the fact that the dog. Sylvia. is ployed by on actress. On the M&T Mainstage. 710 Main Street SI Our commitmem to our clients extends beyond routine compliance and recording of historical information. Our experts can hdp )'OU impro\'c your bottom li ne by providing advisory services for: • Valuations • Personal, • Information corporate & estate technology • Process tax planning reengineering • Fami ly-owned • Financing • S-Corporations businesses ~ Gaines, Metzler, Kriner ~ & Company LLP Certified Public A ccountants & Consultants 245 Main Street • East Aurora 14052 • 716/652-1042 Hilton at the Waterfront • 120 Church St. • Buffalo 14202 • 7161842-6600 Visit our Website: http://www.gaiocs-cpa.com - 56 - ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Executive Director ...... Brian J. Wyatt ARTISTIC Assistant to the Artistic Director . . .. Gavin Cameron-Webb Executive Director .... Kathleen M. Huotz Assistant to the Controller ...... James Gumulak Artistic Director ...... Jeffrey D. Lee Bookkeeper ...... Donna McGuinoess Payroll ...... Rose Coates PRODUCTION Accounting Clerk ...... Pat Wojciechowski Production Manager ... Jeffrey D. Schneider Network Administrator ...... Brian Conley Technical Director ...... Steve Rosenberg Receptionist ...... Rebecca Malek Assistant Technical DEVELOPMENT Director/Buyer ...... Michaela McCoy Director of Development .. . Marty Kirchner Master Carpenter ...... Erich Frank Annual Fund Director ...... Christine Heeg Carpenters ... Keith Carcich, Yancy Cooper, Special Projects Coordinator/ Scott D. Richardson Historian ...... Blossom Cohan Charge Scenic Artist ..... ·Marjorie Pantera Senior Development Assistant Scenic Artist ..... Michael Sprada Coordinator ...... Robin Elardo Development Support Properties Master ...... James C. Beaver Assistant ...... Kim M. Bonds Properties Apprentice ...... Joanne C. Kelly Costume Shop MARKETING Supervisor...... Deborah L. Shippee Marketing Director ...... Kathleen Black Costume Shop Associate ...... Ann R. Emo Playbill Representative ... Michael Baranski Staff Draper ...... Carol Cooley Public Relations Manager . . Jennifer M. Parker Staff First Hand ...... Vicky Avery Corporate & Group Sales Staff Stitcher ...... Kathleen LaBruna Manager ...... Dianne Giliforte Marketing Assistant ...... Karen Camloh Costume Interns ...... Shayla Benson, Community Relations Corinna Griffin Assistant ...... Jennifer Tinch Master Electrician ...... Randall Krautsack Box Office Manager .... Michael J. MiUman Assistant Lighting Designer ... Josh Moberly Assistant Box Office Resident Sound Designer/ Manager ...... Jennifer Stewart Technician ...... Rick Menke Ticket Service Representatives .. Leslie Burke, Sound Technician ...... Lou Giambrone Peter Da"is, Rochelle Franco, Stage Hand ...... Andrew Berdine Meg Freeman, Kathleen M. Buntz, James Janowski, Dava Jones STAGE MANAGEMENT Sales Manager ...... Mark D. Ryan Production Stage Manager . David S. Stewart Sales Representatives ..... Marjorie Hardy, Paul Martello, John W. Stiny, Stage Managers ...... Karen A. Wood, Noemi Tamoga, Richard Quick, Lori Ano Zepp Regina Evans, Erica Williamson, Stage Management Dolores Peckey, Alonzo Madison Interns ...... Jason R. Ackerman, Allison Burke, Anne Kurtis-McCormick GUEST SERVICES Director of Guest Services . .. Lee A. McCoy Guest Services Coordinator . Sean M. Puchta THEATRE SCHOOL Facilities Manager ...... Michael VanWie Education Director ...... Robert Rutland Building & Maintenance Theatre School Coordinator ...... Melvin Martin Administrator ...... Rochelle Franco Stage Left Lounge Supervisor .. T. J. Griffin Artist/Educator ...... Caitlin Baeumler Guest Services Staff ...... Brian Cavanaoh James H. Demmin, Timothy P. Finoeg:n: SPECIAL CREDITS . Janet E. Grimm, Matthew T. Mega, Photographer ...... Irene Haupt Lucille M.Orlando, Louise M. Ramunoo Pfeifer Theatre Facilities Coordinator ...... Adam Frankenstein - 57 - ~ li;i]liurri Ploral ~ppe AMANA We are proud & honored to support Studio Arena COLLECTS Theatre as the official visual & floral decorator. 2195 Kensington Avenue, Snyder 839-2033 Comprehensive Cost-Effective Receivables Management ~ Amana Capital Corporation Buffalo, New York 716-852-3500 800-441-6925 - 58 - INFORMATION FOR PATRONS INFORMATION FOR PATRONS MOB[LITY IMPAIRED: Address: Studio Arena Theatre and Pfeifer Theatre are Pfeifer Theatre accessible to the mobility impaired. Special 681 Main Street, Buffalo 14203 seating arrangements should be made in advance. Call the Ticket Services Office at 7 l 6- Pfeifer Theatre is managed by Studio Arena 856-5650. Theatre. Inquiries should be directed to the Pfeifer Theatre facilities manager at (7 I 6) 852- D OCTORS AND OTHER PATRONS ON CA.LL: Please leave your pager and seat location with 6638. the House Manager at the Box Office window STUDIO ARENA PHONE N UMBERS: so that we may locate you if you are called. Administration: 7 l 6-856-8025 Box Office: 716-856-5650 BAD WEATHER: Outside Buffalo area: 1-800-77-STAGE Studio Arena Theatre does not cancel or Fax: 716-856-3415 reschedule performances, or offer refunds, due Website: www.studioarena.org to inclement weather. Box OFFICE HOURS AT 710 MAIN STREET: SMOKING: Monday - Friday I lam - 8pm Smoking is prohibited in the building. Saturday & Sunday Noon - 8pm COAT CHECK: Pfeifer Theatre Box Office opens l hour prior Coat check service is available for a fee of to curtain. Sl.00 per item. Pfeifer Theatre and Studio TICKETS AND SUBSCRfPTION SALES: Arena Theatre are not responsible for articles Single tickets priced S13.00 to $37.50. Partial left in the coat check. subscription packages are available at discount DRAMA CLASSES: ed rates. Call 716-856-5650 to charge by phone. Studio Arena Theatre School, in its 71 st season of operation, offers year-round classes for ages PERFORMANCE TCMES : Tuesday & Wednesday 7:00 pm five to adult. For more information, call 856- 8025 ext. 1771. Thursday & Friday 8:00 pm Saturday 4:00 & 8:00 pm AUDIBNCE ENHANCEMENT WEEK: Sunday 2:00 & 7:00 pm A series of events during the week following Selected Thursdays at 2:00 pm previews of every production. Patrons can enjoy post-production discussions on Tuesday and Cameras, audio and video equipment, cellular Wednesday; a pre-performance lecture series on phones, paging devices, babes-in-arms, food Thursday and Sunday; and special theatre and drink are strictly forbidden in the theater. school classes for children (ages 5-12) of par PFElFER THEATRE LOUNGE: ents attending the first and second Sunday mati Beverages and snack items are available in the nee performances. lounge off the main lobby before the opening CEi,TER FOR THE ARTs/PFEJFER curtain and during intermission. Intermission THEATRE P ERSONNEL: beverage and snack orders may be placed William R. Greiner; President, University at before Act l. Buffalo FmsTAID Kerry S. Grant; Dean, Faculty of Arts & For first aid assistance, contact the house man Letters, University at Buffalo ager or the nearest usher. Thomas B. Burrows; Director, Center for the Arts LOST AND FOUND Jerry Kegler; Facilities Director, Pfeifer Theatre Located at the Box Office. EMERGENCY EXITS fhis production is made possible. in The red exit sign nearest the seat you occupy is part. "ith puhlic funds from the State the shortest route to the exterior of the building. of '\c\\ \ork. the '\e\\ \ork Statc In the event of a fire or other emergency, please ( ouncil on the \rts. Eric Count, and walk cautiously to that exit. the ( it~ of Buffalo. · - 59 - It takes an entire community to support the arts. Working together, we'll ensure that the performances - and applause - never stop. m1 M&rBank Corrections to the HAVING OUR SA Yplaybill: SHARITA HUNT BRENDA THOMAS REMEMBER WHEN ... Dr. Bessie Delany Ms. Sadie Delany Tbe Stadio Tlleatre Staged A RAISIN IN THE SUN? Ms. Hunt has performed on and off Broadway and at Ms. lbomas began her acting career 25 years ago in The man in the photo, misidentified as Ed Lawrence, regional theatres in FOR COLORED GIRLS ... , YOU Minneapolis and has performed in numerous regional, is Robert Costley who appeared in the production A CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, IPHEGINA AT stock, and Off-Broadway theaters, including The Guthrie, RAISIN IN THE SUN. Ed Lawrence, an actor living AULIS, COLORED MUSEUM, and her one-woman St. Louis Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Center Stage in New York City, is now known as Lawrence James, show A HOUSE IS BUILT, and JUST DESSERTS; (Baltimore), Shakespeare & Company, Berkshire Theatre not Lawrence Edward as noted. and ·most recently in JULIUS CAESAR, directed by Festival, and the nationally-recognized black theater com pany, Crossroads. Just prior to HAVING OUR SAY, Ms. Trazana Beverley. She has recorded extensively for the Thomas was seen at Indiana Repertory Theatre as American Bible Society's FAITH COMES BY Calpurnia in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Other roles include: Nurse in ROMEO AND JULIET, Lady Wishfon in HEARING, and has worked as director, actor, and THE WAY OF TI-IE WORLD, Ruth in A RAISIN IN TI-IE SUN, Solo Performer in FIRES IN THE MIRROR, Amanda writer for the drama ministry of Calvary Baptist in THE GLASS MENAGERIE, Florence in THE ODD COUPLE, and Writer/Performer in womenswords, a tribute to Church. "To God be the Glory! " black women. Ms. lbomas has also appeared in commercials, television, and film, most recently in CITY HALL.