CANDY BARR's LAST DANCE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jae Alder JUL 25

2014· 2015 SEASON C T3 PEOPLE C ON OTHER STACiES BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CHAIR David G. Luther AUG 6 -24 The Phantom ofthe Opera LIAISON, CITY OF DALLAS CULTURAL COM MISSION CIRCLE THEATRE Lark Montgomery AUG 21 • SEPT 20 Stella e[Lou BOARD MEMBERS Jae Alder, Marion L. Brockette, Jr., Suzanne Burkhead, Raymond J. Clark. Katherine DALLAS THEATER CENTER C. Eberhardt, Laura V. Estrada, Sally Hansen, JUN 13. AUG 17 Les Miserables Victoria McGrath, David M. May, Margie J. Reese, POCKET SANDWICH THEATRE Dana W. Rigg, Elizabeth Rivera, Eileen Rosenblum, Ju L 3 • AUG 30 Herbbits, Wizards, and Bork ... Oh My! D Ph.D., Scott Williams TH HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Virginia Dykes, Gary STAGE WEST NORMA YOUNG ARENA STAGE 201 -201 W. Grubbs. John & Bonnie Strauss JUL 10-AUG 10 Heroes ADMINISTRATION UPTOWN PLAYERS CANDY BARR'S LAST DANCE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jae Alder JUL 25. AUG 10 The Boyfrom Oz > Aug. 7 -31 MANAGING DIRECTOR Marty Van Kleeck DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS G(COMMUNICATIONS WATERTOWER THEATRE e:::: a world premiere comedy by Ronnie Claire Edwards Kimberly Richard JUL25 ·AUG 17 Dogfight LU IT MANAGER Nick Rushing <( CPA U HANDS ON A HARDBODY Ron King z Sept. 25 - Oct. 19 IN·HOUSE ACCOUNTANT Joe Watts - Z a musical by Doug Wright, Amanda Green, & Trey Anastasio HOUSEKEEPING Kevin Spurrier PRODUCTION 0 TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Dane Tuttle � A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS RESIDENT ARTISTS Bruce Richard Coleman, e:::: Nov. 20 - Dec. 14 JeffreySchmidt, & David Walsh a festive musical by Paula Vogel PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER/ APPRENTICE & LU INTERN SUPERVISOR 0 Stew Awalt LLTRU APPRENTICE STAFF Jan. 8 -Feb. 8 Alex Benningfield,Madeleine Morris <( LL SUMMER INTERN STAFF e:::: - a play by Jay Presson Allen Sam Bell, Jerry Berger, Calvin Pierre, Bianca Vigil, & Garrett Williams Q YEAR LONG INTERN I HOT MIKADO Kat Edwards Mar. 12 - Apr. s x CUSTOMER SERVICE LU <(a musical adapted from Gilbert & Sullivan by David H. Bell and CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER Rob Bowman Darius Warren • • HOUSE MANAGER Chapman Locke DAYTIME BOX OFFICE MANAGER THE LIAR Tony Banda z z EVENING BOX OFFICE MANAGER MaY7- 31 Fred Faust - a classic comedy adapted by David Ives BOX OFFICE AGENTS 0 � Sally Cole, Chris Sanders V,

BRIEFLY... ARTISTIC STAFF CAST Exotic Dancing of marijuana possessiom THE becoming a "gangster's moll" DIRECTOR TRICKSY DEAN with Ronnie CAST BIOGRAPHIES NORMA when she b�an dating the Cindy Beall TRICKSY DEAN YOUNG Rene Moreno Cindy Beall Claire Edwards & infamousMickey Cohen (and then having to testify Ms. Beall makes her second SET DESIGN CORKY LATRELLE } Candy Barr appearance on the Thealre ARENA JacAlder Mary Lang against him in comt); and the STACE Like most of Ronnie Claire friendshipwith Jack Ruby that Tliree stage, having debuted COSTUME DESIGN DANCER Edwards' characters, the got her interviewed by the FBI in 2006 in the roleon Mrs. Ronnie Claire Edwards *Lydia Mackay women in Candy Barr's after Ruby killed Lee Harvey Wire in Vieux Carre. She is a Last Dance have colorful graduate of the University of LIGHTING DESIGN FLUTTER lives, have seen their share Oswald. Houston with a BA in tl1eatre, Kenneth Farnsworth '�Marty Van Kleeck of troubles, and exist at the and of Antioch University edges of"polite society." They: This is where Ronnie Claire SOUND DESIGN Edwards foundher inspira.tion. with. an MA in psychology. Graeme Bice SCENE SYNOPSIS pique our interest because we don't oftenhear directly from Dul'.to herpenchant_for: the CHOREOGRAPHER TIME denizens of the demi-monde, MaryLang coRKY LATRELLE characters like these-they're Ms. Lang is making her debut Sara J Romersberger January 2006, all action takes more oftenthe supportin what attracted her notice � amongst all the material with Theatre Three in this place in one day characters who add theatrical production. however, she to stories about their produced i:n recognition of the PRO DUCTIO N STAFF fl.air 50th annivw;ary of Kennedy's has theatrical credits with more conventional sisters. Amphibian Stage Productions AEA STAGE MANAGER PLACE However, Edwards' gift is assassination last year was *StewAwalt A house outside a small Texas town the tidbit about the strippers in Julia Pastra11a;One·Thirty that she does not allow us to in Jack Ruby's life who were Productions in Eq"ally TECHNICAL DIRECTOR come to her plays simply to rounded up and interrogated Divided and The Last Romall�; Dane Tuttle ECDYSIAST 'gawk at the exotic'; time spent in the aftermath of the tragedy. Shakespeare Dallas in Richard with them leaves us as aware //I and Comedy of Errors;and ASSOCIATE SET DESIGNER 1. To shed. of their humanity as their She kept wondering whal Lhat David Walsh 2. A striptease artist. experience was like for them; Undermain Theatre in the eccentricities. Candy Barr's Last Dance is the award winning The Birthday ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGNER Party. Bruce Richard Coleman Although the trio we actually result of her musings. PRODUCTION ASSISTANT meet in the play are 6ctio1,al, If you'd like to know more Lydia Mackay DANCER Candy Barr herself was a Ms. Mackay received her Madeleine Morris real person. Born Juanita about Ronnie Claire Edwards' PRODUCTION CREW Dale Slush r, she left her plays, please visit the trafaing at both SMU and Theatre Three website {www. TWU, debuted with us in Sam Bell, Alex Benningfield, small Texas town, Edna, to 2009 as Dona Ana iu 'Ji,ysls escape abuse and wound theatTe3dallas.com) for a more Garrett Williams, Jerry Berger, in.depth article on her work. in Toltdo, and is in her eighth Julie Sivostill and Kenzie Osborne. up in Dallas, where she show on our stage. Prior eventually became one of the shows i11clude Otltu Duert most famous burlesque and Candy Barr retired quietly back to Edna in the 1990s, Cities, Preseni Laughter, and s'lripteasedancers in the city. 33 Variations. However. She started out as a cigarette and she died in 2005. She girl at Baraey Weinstein's left behfod a daughter, a Lydia has appeared in many granddaughter. and a book of Metroplex venues including: Theatre Lounge at the age of Amphibian Stage Productions, 17, gav exotic dancing a try poems she'd written in prison. on amateurnight. and was There are YouTube videos on Dallas Theater Center. Echo soon a headliner at both of the internet of he{ dancing, Theatre, Second Thought and I will confess to having Theatre, Shakespeare Weinstein's clubs under her Dallas- all in Dallas; Stage ·new name: Candy Barr. A watched them (in the name of true Texan, Candy Barr's .research, mind you!). In the West and Trinity Shakespeare costume was cowboy bo·ots, interest ofpropriety, I doubt Festival in Fort Worth. and two pearl.handled six-shooters my bosses at Theatre Three WaterTower Theatre, Addison. in a holster around her hips ... will sanction my providing the and not much else. link foryou. so in this case. Marty Van Kleeck FLUTTER you're just going to have to do Ms. Van Kleeck is the new Candy Barr's scandalous life your own... ahem ... dirty work. Managing Director of Theatre included posing formany of Three and i making her the famouspin·up 1nagazines In the meantime, please enjoy debut on the . onna Young of the era (including PTayboy); the world premiere of Candy Arena Stage. Most recently, shooting one of her four Barr's Last Dance. Marty directed the bit husbands (when he b(Oke production Shear Madness in the Theatre Too space. down her apartment door); Brandi Andrade, Ph.D., being arrested twice and spending time in prison near dramaturg Read full biographies on Huntsville.Texas on charges Theatre Three's website, LEFT TO RIGHT: Lydia Mackay, Cindy Beall, MartyVan Kleeck and Mary Lang www.theatre3dallas.com. THIS WORLD PREM IERECO M EDYIS MADE PO SSIBLE BY... To learn more about the artistic staff and cast see more photos and watch videos about the ' Theatre Three is supP,orted by its Board o�D�rectors, by subscribers, by funds from the City of Dallas show, visit the Candy Barr's Last Dance page on Officeof Cultural Affairs,The Texas Comm1ss1on on the Art.s,and The National Endowment forthe Arts. Theatre Three's web site atwww.theatre3dallas. Su[?por.ters also m�ude TACA. Sp_e?al !�-kind support for Theatre Three's web sile is provided by com. There will be one 15 minute intermission. Qu1ckS1lver Interactive. Dr. Delphinium rs Theatre Three's florist. A major contribution from the estate of Marlel'!eytebb. a long i�e subscriber, has establish d the Theatre Tl1ree E1;1dowme11tFund in support of Please silence your cell phones and all * indicates members working under Actors' the build mg and its equipment. electronic devices. No photography or Equity Association contracts in this production. W'W% videography is allowed without the consent of ** indicates a performerenrolled in the AEA �,,TACA T ��°'.C..AI�� =mtutan the theater. membership candidate program. �-;:� * cm 1N:Am ARTWORKS.- C ABOUT THE PLAYWRICHT Pool, When frery Day Was is co-author of the musical the Fourth ofjuly, UFO Cafe, Cowboy based on the life of and 8 Seconds. Western painter, Charles Russell; Idols of the King, An Oklahoma native, based on the life of Elvis Miss Edwards began her Presley, and The Last of the career at the Margo Jones Honky Tonk Angels, and is Theatre where she won a author of a cookbook, 5..u.gar_ Protegee Award. She has and Grease (paint). Most distinguished herself on recently Ronnie Claire stage in appearances at Edwards is a co-author of Ronnie the Cleveland Playhouse, the play Wedding Belles, with Washington, D.C.'s Arena Alan Bailey (author of Smoke Stage, San Diego Old On the Mountain). Wedding Claire Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Belles was nominated foran Actor's Theatre of Louisville, American Theatre Critics Edwards Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Forum Award for2008 as Park, Los Angeles Theater best new play produced PLAYWRIGHT Center, Los Angeles' Mark outside New York City. She Ronnie Claire Edwards is an Taper Forum, Williamstown also authored and performed accomplished actress, author Theater, and the Berkshire in the one woman show The and playwright. She is Summer Festival. Metroplex True Story of the Incarceration perhaps best known for her residents will recall her of Little Egypt which portrayal of the unforgettable stellar performances at premiered at Theatre Three. Cora beth Godsey on The Dallas' Theatre Three. She Her new play The Mystery Waltons which ran for ten is the recipient of three Los of Miz Arnette recently years on television. She was Angeles Dramalogue Awards premiered at the Bath House also a regular on a number forexcellence in acting. Cultural Center and is now of television series and she available through Samuel Her playwriting credits had a recurring role on French, Inc. Designing Women, as well as include her one woman To learn more about the artistic staff guest appearances on major show The Knife Thrower's Assistant, forwhich she won and cast, see more photos, and watch television series. Her film videos about the show, visit the Candy credits include All the Way the Best of Fringe Award Barr's Last Dance page on Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Three's web site, Home, Nobody's Fool, The www.theatre3dallas.com. 34th Star, Perfect, The Dead (Scotland) and which also played at Theatre Three. She • IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO SUBSCRIBE FOR T3'S 2014-2015 SEASON STEP 1: Pick a series (please put checkmark in brackets). Great savings whichever seats or performance you choose! 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