Theatre Three's THEATRE THREE'S MAINSTAGE SEASON: Board of Directors CHEERING THE UNDERDOGS! Enika Schulze, Chair; Jae Alder, D'Metria Benson, Roland The Fulf Monty by David Yazbek and Terrence McNally July 20-August 20 & Virginia Dykes, Gary W. Did you see it? •'fheunderf�ing theme is about gaining self-respect as well as earning some bucks, and director/choreegrapher Michael.Serrecchia slays firmly on-message here. Between the R-rated Grubbs, Jeannine Lee, David jokes and pelvic thrusts, there's genuine poignancy. 'r:ouwant these guys to be a hit." -- PerryStew- art, FortWorth srar-Telegram. G. Luther, Sonja J. McGill, Shanna Nugent, Elizabeth The Dream Cafe Vieux Carre bv Tennessee Williams .September14 -0ctober 15 , Rivera, Eileen Rosenblum, 2800 Routh Street Did you see it? �The firstof four Williams productions hereabouts over the next month establishes a Ph.D., Jeff Sanders, Janet Dallas, Texas 75201 high standard for the others to keep up." -- Lawson Taitte, The Dallas MorningNews. Spencer Shaw, Katherine Next door to Theatre Three 214-956-0486 Glorious!b Peter Quilter November 9-December 10 Ward, Karen Washington, Sam Did you see it "Connie Coit so 900d at being very bqd that Ilerperformance pays ttomage, r:iotonly Yang, Patsy P. Yung to the power of illusion over life, but also to the music she s.o skillfully slaughters. She makes you We gladly take reservations howl." -- Glenn Arbery, People Newspapers for theatre-goers in a hurry The playbill is a publication of Theatre Three, Inc. 2800 Routh Street, Suite #168 Dallas, Texas 75201. Democrac by Michael Frayn January 4 - February 4 This Theatre Three playbillis publishedfor: Did you see I ? "file performancesare excellent, and no actor achieves too much salience, as befits an ensemble piece like this one... Theatre Three deserves congratulations for giving this all-male play • The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, the sixth show of the 2006-2007 Theatre Three Mainstage Season. about power such an imaginative and lucid treatment." -- Glenn Arbery, People Newspapers • The True Story of the Incarceration of Little Egypt by Ronnie Claire Edwards, the fifthshow of the 2006-2007 Theatre Too Season. Talking Pictures by Horton Foote February22 -March 25 Cover artis by Jae Alder and Buzz Print. Show artworkby Susan Holden, and subscription brochure Did you see it? "Theyought to make a law requiring everytheater In Texas to pnxlueeat teasf one design by Joanna Holden of 214.526. 7356. Playbill editors: Jae Alder and KimberlyRichard Horton Foote script a year ...Theatre Three opened a nifty production of Mr. Foote's Talking Pictures ... 1]"'00''"''k The play seems simple, but its themes spread out in ripple after ripple." -- Lawson Taitte, The Dallas MorningNews The 2006 2007 Seas S on The Odd Couple by Neil Simon April 12 - May 13 WFAA Two mide(ife.New Yorkers Tas mismatched In roommate life as they had been in their marriages) a inspired Neil Simon to create America's favorite theatre couple. His play inspired a great television m�i taa:Jmc5jll{orntng Jtluc5 show. What's easy to forget, because of the beloved TV series about the underdogs, is just how DallasNews.com TACA r•i excruciatingly funny and on-target the original play is and how fresh its situation and one-liners are for ·� • .... any generation of actors to get to perform. And for audiences to rediscover! Theatre Three is supported by its Board of Directors, by subscribers, by funds from the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, and The Texas Commission on the Arts. Supporters also in clude TACA. Major corporate season sponsors include American Airlines, The Dallas Morning Caro/me, Or Change by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori May 31 - July 1 6((titing, complex, sometimes surreal and.always theatrical, this musical storyenters the world of a News, and WFAA Channel 8. For more information about Theatre Three's corporate sponsor- black maid working for a well-to-do Louisiana family. On the national stage, the era of civil rights is • ship program, please contact Jac Alder at 214-871-3300, #2. playing out: Dr. King, freedom rides, Supreme Court debates, and church bombings. But underdog Caroline is playing out the right and wrong of all that in the laundryroom of the nice people for whom she works. The young son of the family, estrangedfrom his new stepmother, relies on her. Can Caro IN MEMORIAM line square her dreams with the boy's as her own life changes with the times? A superb musical score Contributions have been made in memoryof, or from the estates of... floodsthe stage with allthe passion of those momentous times in this great new musical. Sam & Shirley Jones Catter, Margaret Hatcher Coit, Bill Dallas, William T.Dobson, Scott Everheart,Javad Fiuzat M.D., Paula Goodlet. Oliver Hailey, Lloyd W. Kitchens Jr. M.D., Anne Weeks Jackson, Jim Jackson, Lynn Mathis, Masha Porte, Carolyn Ryburn, Frank Rey, Mary Blanche Scales, Charlotte E. Schumacher, Lynn Townsley, May Tweed, Audrey B. Waite, Evelyn Wilke, MarthaRoselyn Wright, and Norma Young. IN HIS OWN WORDS ... Neil Simon is one of America's most prolific and expert comedic writers. Here in his own words, a few obseNations about writing, life,
"If you can go through life without experiencing pain, you haven't been born yet." "Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderfulmar riage. Like two out of every ten couples." "Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation -- an investigation of my own life." "If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor." by Neil Simon "New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it." Artistic Staff "I don't like writing forcomedians. I like writing foractors. The best comedians are the best actors." Director T.J.Walsh Set Design Jae Alder & Barbara Murrell "When it's 100 in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When it's 20 in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. However, Lighting Design Neil Robert Ingles there are six million interesting people in New York -- and 72 in Los Angeles." Costume Design Michael Robinson Sound Design Richard Frohlich "The way I see things, life is both sad and funny. I can't imagine a comical situation that isn't at the same time also painful. I use to ask myself: What is a humorous situation? Now I ask: What is a sad situation and how can I tell it Cast humorously?" Speed *Bradley Campbell Vinnie David Fluitt "I am most alive and most fulfilledsitting alone in a room, hoping that those words forming on paper in the Smith Cecily Pigeon Caitlin Glass Corona will be the first perfect play ever written in a single draft. I suspect that I shall keep writing in a vain search Gwendolyn Pigeon Ginger Goldman for the perfect play. I hope I will keep my equilibrium and sense of humor when I am told that I haven't achieved it. Felix Ungar *Bob Hess At any rate the trip is a wonderfulone!" Oscar Madison *Doug Jackson Murray Lonny Schonfeld "You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them Roy Elias Taylorson into schools the regular way. As a matterof fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy." Production Staff AEA Stage Manager *Kerry Cole The Staff of Theatre Three Master Scenic Artist Barbara Murrell Production Manager & Propmaster Linda Harrison Administration Production Assistant **Andrew Phifer Master Carpenter JeffreySchmidt Executive Producer-Director Jae Alder Company Manager TerryDobson Production Crew Evelyn Davis, **Mark C. Guerra, Danielle Director of Business Affairs Joan Sleight Pickard Computer Services Manager Nick Ruslling Director of Publications & Communications Kimberly Ricnard Webmaster Cun Sleight Scene Synopsis In-House Accountant Wendy K"wan Executive Administrative Assistant Adele Acrey Time: 1965 Production Place: Oscar Madison's Riverside Drive apartmentin New York. Director ol Design Jae Alder Musical Director Terry Dobson Act I Production Manager I Linda Harrison Scene 1 A hot summer day Master Carpenler JeflretSchmidt Scene 2 Two weeks later, about 11 PM. l(ltemStaff Marl(C . Guerra, Andrew Phifer, Danielle Pickard Act II Customer Service Scene 1 A few days later, about 8 PM Meeks. Scene 2 The next evening, about 7:30 PM Customer Service Director Amy MIiis Jackson Hospitality and concessions Nancy House Manager This play is performed in two acts with one fifteenminute intermission. Box Office Daytime Service Manager Darius Warren Box Office PerformanceService omce Manager Shanara Hollins Box Agents Fred Faust, Amy Mills Jackson, Tony Banda, Shanara *indicates members working under Actor's Equity Association contracts in this production Hollins Baab, Director of Telemar11eling Carol Crosby **indicates a performer enrolled in the AEA membership candidate program. Telemarketing Agents Donald Trinity Johannsen, Michael P. Marek, Roger Wllson T.J. Walsh (Director) Neil RobertIngles (lighting Design) T. J. Walsh (Director) directed MaryZimmerman's Metamorphoses at Theatre Three, for which he earned a Dallas/Fort Neil's previous Theatre Threel�hting design ass�nments include TheMousetrap, The Musical of Musicals(The Musical!) WorthTheatre Critics Forum award for best director. He also recently directed Richard Dresser's Rounding Third at Theatre and The Full Monty,for which he was nominated fora 2006Column Award. Other lightingdesign credits include Le Petit Three, Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart,and William Nicholson's The Retreat fromMoscow at Circle Theatre in Fort Theatre du Vieux Carrre's TheImportance of BeingEarnest and A streetcarNamed Desire,Southern RepertoryTheater's Worth. This past summer he performed his solo play, Pleading lnfinffy,at the New York International Fringe Festival. He is The Little Foxes, and Delta Festival Ballet's The Nutcracker. He is the production manager of the New Orteans Ballet an Associate Professor of Theatre at Texas Christian University. Association This season's presentations included AmericanBallet Theatre Savion Glover, and Houston Ballet. He Is the technical director of Tulane Little Lyric Theatre, a summer educationprogram at Tulane University. Neil is also a graphic Jae Alder (Co-Set Designer) designer and technicalwriter. "God save the Mahalia Jackson Theater.' Co-founder of Theatre Three with his wife, Norma Young. Alder has, since the theatre's beginnings, served in many capaci ties. Trained at Oklahoma University as an architect, he has servedthe theatre (and this production) as designer; has Neil Simon (Playwright) appeared in many roles in comedies, dramas, and musicals; has functioned as producer putting together the creative teams "If Broadway ever erects a monument to the patron saint of laughter, Neil Simon would have to beii," wrote Time maga associated with each production; has adapted and translated classics; has accompanied musicals as a pianist; has staged zine. The movies and television might consider America's mostprolific and popular playwright a patron saint as well. He and/or choreographed major productions in every season since the theatre's founding in 1961; and currently oversees the has written 28 plays and holdsthe record for the greatest number of hits in the American !healer. He has had more plays theatre's administrative and marketing staff as well as the production staff. adapted to filmthan any olher playwright, and additionallyhas written nearty a dozen original filmcomedies. He helped definetelevision comedyduring the medium's legendary eariydays. In lhe theater, al lhemovies, and al home he has kept Barbara Murrell (Co-Set Designer) Americalaughing for more lhan 40 yearsand has beenrewarded with four TonyAwards, two Emmys, a Screen Writers Guild Award, and a Pulilzer Prize. What's his secret?The ConciseOxford Companion lo American Theatreexplains: Ms. Murrellhas been a Masler ScenicArtist and Muralist workingin the Dallas area for the last 35 years. She has painted 'He is a shrewd observerof human foibles and a master of the one-line gag." Emanuel Azenberg, his long-time producer, on every1hingfrom church pageantsto operas,from localtheatre to Broadway. Designing and paintingstage scenery was an Ideaplanted in her froman early age,having grown up in Dallas and s�ing the artistryof Peter Wolf, who designed simply suggests, 'He genuinely loves the act of writing." sets for Dallas Summer Musicalsand various othersho1Vs. She began workingin his studio in 1975. f.san apprentice, Marvin Neil Simongrew up in Washington Heights,a productof a marriage lhal saw its share of turbulence. Aftergraduat she studied under some of thebest Scenic Artists and Designers of the lime learning the fineart of trompel'oeil and stage ing from public school,he enlisted in the Armyand beganhis career writing for an Army camp newspaper. A week later, design. Some of her painting credits inciudelhe Broadway reviVal of The King and I, wilh Yul Brynner, TheWiz, Broadway armisticewas declared. Afterdischarge, he returnedto New York and became a mallroomclerk for WarnerBrothers' East road showsIncluding, On theTwentieth Century withImogene Coco, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, West Side Story,Annie, Coast office.Soon he was writing comedy revues with his brother Danny in the Poconos, then for radio, providing material and many more. Notable Opera painting creditsInclude Peter Grimmes, Bi11yBudd, Hansel and Gretel, The Magic Flute, for the likes of Tallulah Bankhead, and finally, for television, where he helped make Phil Silvers, Jackie Gleason, Red BorisGodunov. Das Rheingold, and Eugene lee'sdesign of Girlof the Golden West, and many others. Previous Theatre Buttons, Garry Moore, Sid Caesar, and Imogene Coca funny. Three credits includeMetamorphoses, Candide, Taking steps, TheMusical of Musicals(The MusicaJI), a.nd many others. Caesar and Coca, of course, were the stars of ''Your Show of Shows,' the nation's weekly variety show addiction from Richard Frohlich (Sound Design) 1950-54, where Simon and his brother toiled alongside fellow budding talents Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, and Larry Gelbart. Previous Theatre Three assignments include Talking Pictures, Democracy, Glorious!, Vieux Carre, The Full Monty, The But the !healerwas his destiny and It was !here!hat he and his brother continued!heir partnership, contributingsketches Mousetrapand The Musfcalof Musicals(The Musical!). Richard has recorded and producedover 60 audio plays with to a coupleof Broadway musicalsIn the mid-fifties.Eventually he broke out on his own and, aftercountless drafts, the award-winning Texas Radio Theatre Company, produced CDs for many area storytellersand designed sound for ICT completeda comedy abouttwo brothers who don't want to lake over their father's fruit business. Come BlowYour Hom Mainstage, The Pocket Sandwich Theatre, Slappy's Puppet Playhouse and Bonnie Parker On-Stage at the John Houseman (1961) racked up 677 performanceson Broadway and hinted at a promising career.Two years later, Barefootin the Park Theatre Centre, New York. He produces a modern audio theater program that airs Sundays on KNTU-FM in Denton, Texas. fulfilledthe promise and launcheda legend. Kerry Cole (Equity StageManager) Throughout the '60sand 70s, Simon would turnout hi! afterhi! for !he stage and screen, mostof them depictinglife in and about New York City- Manhattan, BrightonBeach, Yonkers, Riverside Drive, SecondAvenue, Central Park West. Think Kerry Cole's prior stage managing experiences include Theatre Three's production of Democracy, Shakespeare Dallas, of the Simon canon - TheOdd Couple (1965), Sweet Charily(1966), Plaza Suite (1968), The Out of Towners(1970), Plano RepertoryTheatre & Wayside Theater in Virginia, where she served as Resident Equity Stage Manager. In addition Promises, Promises(1968), The Prisonerof Second Avenue (1971), TheGoodbye Girl (1993), Chapter Two(1977) ·· and to stage management, Ms. Cole's production history includes acting, directing, producing and writing credits. She most you get a clear, sharp,and very funny picture of the peoplecrazy and luckyenough lo callNew York home. recenHy directed Theatre Three's production of Talking Pictures. She currently teaches theatre at both the University of NorthTexas and Richland College and is represented by the Core Talent Agency. In the '80s Simonproduced his landmark autobiographicaltrilogy - BrightonBeach Memoirs(1983), BiloxiBlues (1985), Michael Robinson (Costume Design) and Broadway Bound (1986), which chronicled his stormychildhood, /vrny days, and entry into show business. Now Simon was not only getting the laughs, he was also gellinglhe awards. He crowned thisstreak with Los/ in Yonkers,which Michael's previous assignments al Theatre Three include Metamorphoses, The Imaginary Invalid, I'll Leave It to You, won the Pumzer Pricein 1991. Perhaps!he secret lo Simon's success is his ability, brilffanlly displayed In those four plays Children of Eden, The Mousetrap, The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!), The Full Monty, Vieux Carre, Glorious!, but evident from !he very beginning, lo show us - between,In, and around thefunny lines - lhepain, aspiration, and Democracy, and Talking Pictures. He has designed many shows for Waler Tower Theatre, Uptown Players, CrossRoads sheer panic behindall thoseunforge ttable. cha�ct.ers. His newest play, Lond?n Suffe, i� a h(t - naturally.-:. in New Y�rk. Theatre, Plano RepertoryTheatre, Garland Civic Theatre,Garland Summer Musicals,Lyric Stage, ContemporaryTheatre And the city whichhas figuredso prominently In his hie and work has honored him by ma.kinghun the only hvmg playwright of Dallas, KauffmanCivic Theatre, and Coppell Community Theatre. He has alsodesigned for ma.nyof our localcolleges for whom a Broadway theater is named. and Universities:University of North Texas Opera Theatre, Texas CMstianUniversity OperaStudio, University ofTexas at Dallas, Brookhaven College, and Richland College. His awards include "Best Costume Shop" (Dallas Observer2000), --From the Kennedy Center for the PerformingArts. 'Best Costumes" for Old Settler (Dallas-FortWorth Crites Forum Award 2003), the Leon Rabin Award for Best Costumes for42nd Street (2003), and the Column Awards forBest Costume in a Play or Musical (2001, 2002, and 2005 for Theatre Three's Metamorphoses). Bob Hess {Felix Ungar) Bradley Campbell (Speed) received his Equity card at Theatre Three for Infidelities in 1985 and Bob ls del�htedto be returningto the Theatre Three slage for thethird time In a year, having also hasn't been back since! He recently appeared in /Do/IDo! (Michael) at the Labyrinth Theatre, been seen as Paravicini in The Mousetrap and Mr. Nightingale in Vieux Carre. Dallas audiences have andDeath of a Salesman (Willy Loman) and EveryTrick in the Book (Monsieur Savine!) at Classi most recently seen him as Geronte in Scapino {SecondThought Theatre), Ben Weeks in The Normal cal Acting Company. He has also worked at Water Tower Theatre, Lyric Stage, FM PAT and Casa Heart(Uptown Players), Serge in Art(Flower Mo.und PerformingArts Theatre) and Father in Ragtime Maiiana,among others, and received the 2005 Leon Rabin Award for Best Actor in a Play for The (Lyric Stage); and direciing The Oldest LMng Graduate(ICT Mainslage) and The Rool
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THEATRE THREE presents the fifth show of ! Larry Randolph (Director) , Larryis happy to be reunited with Ronnie Claire Edwards and Theatre Three wherehe directed'her previous one the 2006-2007 Theatre Too Season woman show, TheKnife Thrower� Assistant or A Ufe on the CuttingEdge. The productionalso toured extensively By special arrangement with the playwright. in thestates and was awarded a 'FringeFlrsr at the Edinburgh FestivalFringe. The otherone·person directing experiencewas at theZach Theatre in Auslin with one of thefew regionalproductions of Tro starringJaslon \ Williams. Other regionaltheatres rnclude Virginia Shakespeare Festival (Coriolanusand LovesLabor� LosQ, i The AmericanStage Festival (SevenKeys lo Ba/dpate),UNLV (Sweet Charily), and Cinegrillin lhe Hollywood RooseveltHotel with the original musicalrevue, lhe GraveWhffe Way and many others. A resident of Dallas, Larry was oftena guestdirector at the GranburyOpera Housewith such productionsas TheTrip to Bountiful,Driving Miss Daisy, and Sabrina Fair. A proud member of ActorsEquity, he has appearedin theatres acrossthe country and performedfor three years and over 1200 performancesin the San Franciscocompany of GreaterTuna. A briefforay as a playwright produced,among others, The Crosspatch which has beenproduced in every Engfish speaking countryin the wortd! He wislieshe had written more like that one!
David Opper (Lighting Design) David beganhis professional theatrecareer al Theatre Threethirty plus years ago as the resident scenic, l�hting, and sound designer, hall swabber, and bathroomscourer. In the interveningyears, David has designedfor lhe touring music industry,corporate, and trade show presentations. He is currentlythe owner of thedesign company, Aurora Event Group and technicalAboutdirector Bette, al Tarrant County College Northwestcampus. Most recenllyhe served as lhe l�htingdesigner for A// lhe firstshow of Theatre Three'sLove Theatre You, TooYou'reseason Perfect, andNow the popularChange./
MartyVan Kleeck (Costume Design) Marty Van Kleeckis pleased to bemaking her TheatreThree debut with the costumedesign for TheTroe Story of thelncarceraUon of UtlfeEgypt. Marty is thenew Manager of the Bath House Cultural Center but has spentmany by Ronnie Claire Edwards years de,5igning costumes for theaters throughout the metroplex; most notably TheZlegfeld Follies, Hello Doi�, and Camelot, along with dozens of other shows al the Granbury Opera House. BestLittle WhoreHouse, Las Artistic Staff Vegas Folliesand Rf!ies,SixHes Revue were among her favorite designs for theShow Palace Dinner Theater in Director Larry Randolph Hudson, Florida where she has been the resident designer for the past two years. Set Design LarryRandolph Lighting Design David Opper Costume Design MartyVan Kleeck Sound Design Richard Frohlich Cast Prisoner#1818-99027 I *Ronnie Claire Edwards Production Staff AEA Stage Manager Sally Soldo Production Manager, Propmaster Linda Harrison Painters & Carpenters Barbara Murrell, ttMar1 *indicates members working under Actor's Equity Association contracts in this production **indicates a performerenrolled in the AEA membership candidate program. l Ronnie Claire Edwards (Prisoner #1818-9027, playwright) Enjoy a pre-theatre dinner Ronnie Claire Edwards began her career in Dallas at the Margo Jones Theater and at Theatre Three, where she played leads in The Miracle Worker, Little Foxes, Sister MaryIgnatius Explains It All For You, Patio Porch, and her one-woman show: The Knife 1 Thrower'sAssistant (directed by Larry Randolph), which had won a Fringe First at the YOURAD Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and later was made into a book. She appeared on and offBroadway and played leading roles at Washington D.C.'s GOES HERE! Arena Stage, Mark TaperForum, Princeton McCarterTheater,Cleveland Playhouse, 2800 Routh Street, Ste. 115 Put your company onstage in front Pasadena Playhouse, Milwaukee Rep, San Diego's Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre, Actor's Theater of Louisville, and Cincinnati Playhouse. Dallas, Texas 75201 Theatre Three's audiences and advertise' Reservations: 214-303-0881 in Theatre Three's playbill. Some leading roles include MaryTyrone in Long Days JourneyInto Night; Miss "It's one of the area's best Italian ea Adalaide in Guys & Dolls; Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire; Mrs. Patrick Campbell in Dear Liar, Ophelia in Hamlet, Desdemona in Othello; Kate in Taming of the Shrew; teries and one of the best new spots To learn more about advertising op to open this year:' -- TheDa llas Lady Macbeth in Macbeth; Kitty Duval in Timeof Your Life; Eliza in Pygmalian; Hephatia portunities, contact Trinity Johannsen at in Misalliance; Helena in Uncle Vanya; Madam Dubonet in The Boyfriend; Mrs. Man Mornin News g [email protected]. ningham in Angel Street, Truvy in Steel Magnolias; and Stepdaughter in Six Characters in Search of an Author. Please show your this playbill to re She has guest starred on many major TV shows, and has been a regular as Corabeth ceive 20% offof your foodpurchase on The Waltons for eight season; and reoccuring as Sara in Designing Women and at Riccardi's. Boone on The Torkelsons; plus leads in four other series. Her film credits include A//the Way Home, 8 Seconds, When Everyday was the Fourth of July,Inherit the Wind, Dead Pool, UFO Cafe, Perfect, The 34 Star, and Nobody's Fool. She has authored the musical Idols of the King, TheLast of the Honky-TonkAngels, and Cowboy, and a cookbook Sugar & Grease. She has just completed a play, co authored with Alan Bailey. She is the receipient of a Ford Foundation Grant and three Los Angeles Dramalogue Acting Awards. & Bonnie Vincent, Nancy & Leonard Volk, Neff, George Nilan, Jr., Barbara Noller, Mal Lolisa Laenger, Jerome and Brenda Levy, Kay & Harry Weaver, Jane Webb, Anony & Linda Noone, Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Norris, The Producer's Mona & Nick Magnis, Judy Meagher, Scot mous in honor of Hugh Feagin, Glenda Ellen Osburn, Pat Polk, Sue Prather, Wes & & Eileen Milvenan, Marion and Stewart Kemple, Mr. & Mrs. John & Lynne Wood Louise Putnam, Ms. Phyllis Putter, Ernest & Council Mitchell, June Speed Morgan, Jan Nimmo Dorothea Rajala, Charles & Susan Rami Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Altshuler, Mr. Bill Bond, In memory of Dan Nimmo, Mr. Patrick rez, Jeanne Rasco, Dr. & Mrs. Peter C. Mr. & Mrs. J. 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Steven & Jane Blair, Samford, June Saucer, Mr. & Mrs. Peter Shanna Nugent, Mr. & Mrs. Ross Perot S. Beck Weathers, Jim and Tammy White, Mr. & Mrs. Duncan Boeckman, Dr. Jo Schaar, Hal & Mary Jo Schneider, Ms. Ann Henriette & Leonard Rayburn, Wm W. Bill & Julie Wilkinson, Patsy Yung Ellen Bogert, Robert Boyer, Paul & Beth L. Schoeps, Drs. Richard & Roxanne Scott, Richardson, Deedie & Rusty Rose, Richard Braziller, Patti & Mack Castleberry, Mr. Donald W. Seldin, Jean & Rudy Seward, & Enika Schulze, Richard & Enika Schulze, & Mrs. Davis Chauviere, Doris Cheshier, William P. & Billie L. Sparks, Ms. Patricia Ms. Nancy S. Shamblin, Ms. Janet Spen The Author's Kim Cheshier, Art & Evelyn Cohen, Billie L. Stahl, Chuck & Debby Stein, Freda cer Shaw, Dr. Margie Sunderland, Peggy Gail Stern, Billie Stone, Mr. John Suther Benefactors Maxine Cook, Jeff & Wendy Cook, Cory Townsley, Laura & Charlie Weems Dr. & Mrs. Vincent Barr, Ms. Emily Beyette, Coons, Betty and Tom Cox, Mrs. Sarah G. land, Carole Trocchio, Alvena Unruh, Pam Venne, Mr. & Mrs. Don H. Waddington, Mr. Barbara & Paul Bierbrier, Joan & Edward Cramer, John & Zonneke Cross, John D. & The Director's Brodton, Martin Camp, T.A. & Susan Margaret B. Daigh, Mary E. Davis, Bob & & Mrs. Joseph P. Walker, Jr., Thomas E. & Charlotte Walker, Dr. & Mrs. Mark H. Wal Carnell, Bill & Frances Carter, Kay Cham Rosemary Deininger, Gene Diskey, Gwen Council pagne, Carol L. Croy, Ms. Lee B Cullum, Dixie, John & Harryette Ehrhardt, Laura ters, Mr. Ottis & Dr. Betty Ward, Charlotte Ida Jane & Doug Bailey, Lawrence & & HerbertWebb, Louise Wells, Virginia Cynthia M. Cummings, Michael L. Dailey, V. Estrada, Boyce & Pat Farrar, Frederick Elizabeth Barron, Michael Cochran, Paul A & P Denur, Olyarie Drummond, Ms. Delia & Pauline Fedri, Richard & Kay Fleming, Whitehill, Robert S. Williams, Mr. Richard Coggins & Regina Montoya, Brig. Gen & Wills, Jenna Vee Worthen, Ken & Anita Duson, Dr. & Mrs. James & Kathryn Erick Colleen Flickinger, Ms. Cecilia Flores, Ms. Mrs. H.J. Dalton.Jr., Harriet Halsell, Dr. & son, Wanda Farris, Gary & Edith Fritzsche Dawn �owler, Mr. & Mrs. John E. Garrett, Wrobel, Ms. Ellen Ogden Young, Jerry & Jo Mrs. Norman Kaplan, Arlene & Louis Na Zeffren Eileen & Joel B. Goldsteen, Bob & Barbar� Les Ge1ter, Mr. James M. Gerhardt, Doug vias, Eileen and Harvey Rosenblum, John Goodman, Philip & Gloria Gray, Elaina and & Linda Gilpin, Shirley Grannan, Mr. Fred McCafferty & Lorraine Sear, Miss Jeanne Gary Gross, Bob & Marilyn Halpin, Mark Grinnell, Fred J. & Harriet P. Gross, John & Donations were given as of March 31, F. Shelby, Mike & Anne Skipper, David & 2007. & Lynda Hamilton, Elsie M. Harris, Mary Jo Guittard, Robert & Janet Hadeler, Mark Elaine Smith, Brenda and Nelson Spencer, Anne Ingram & James Schachterle, Matt � Lanell Hadley, Mr. & Mrs. Gaylord Hall, Conni & Bill St. Angelo C. Jansha, Sue & Phil John, Bill & Elaine Jim & Ann Hambleton, Mrs. Nancy Ha Johnson, Milton & Ann Killen, Mary Kretz mon, Nick & Anne Harper, Mr. & Mrs. Jerry The Actor's inger, Peggy Ladenberger, Ph.D., James M. Haynes, Charles & Patricia Hayward, A. Lathim, Jr., Dr. & Mrs. S.O. Livingston, Robert & Barbara Herbison, Ennis & Donna Mr. & Mrs. Robert 0. & Patsy Magruder Hill, Mary Hill, Stan & Sheryl Hopkins, Benefactors Mr. & Mrs. Philip Askew, Susan E. Barkley, Wilson & Gwyn Mason, Marla McDonald Angela & John Howell, John & Rusty Jag Hild!3 S. McLaughlin, Ellis & Mary Minton', gers, Mitch Jericho, Dr. & Mrs. Warren C. & Mary S. Bienkowski, James Lee Black well, KEMB, Lee & Florence Buehrer, Teo LoU1s & Betty Moore, Erika & Joel Nannis Phyllis Johnson, Ms. Carolyn Kacena, Dan Bill & Elya Naxon, Petey Parker-Fite, Ann' and Susan Kasten, Dr. Sondra Kaufman, & Del Bumgardner, Tom Cornell, Linda & Bill Custard, The Cutshalls, George & Kim T. Reeves, Paul & Joan Ridley, Catherine Charlotte Kelly, Barbara Kemp, Lucy & Ritchie, Charlotte & Robby Robertson, Judy Roger J. King, Kitchen Dog Theater, Mrs. Dawson, Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Denker, Carol & Roger Eberhart, Joan Eschrich, Bobby & Colin Rorrie, John & Christina Rusnak, Gail Klaveness, Elaine Klobe in memory Mr. W. Richard L. Russell, Dick & Rita of Pat Snell, Joyce & Howard Korn, Caryn & Anne Fincher, Dorothy E. Fischer, David M. Forsythe, Lynn Frank, Richard & Arlette Sanderson, Mr. & Mrs. Luther & Ruth Sap Korshin, Mr. Steve Lamberti, Mrs. Peggy penfield, Laura B. Saunders, Jules & Hazel Learner, Arlene Leibs, Mrs. Susan Lichten Galland, W. John & Jane Glancy, Dr. & ' Mrs. Leonard & Pauline Graivier, Lisa Schoenberg, Judy Kinder Schwoch, Mr. Richard J. Lorenz in memory of Helen, & Mrs. Rex A. Sebastian, Grace & Roger Scott & Maureen Ludrick, Dr. & Mrs. P.E. Gabrielle Greene & Chris Westfall, Ed & LeAnn Greer, Dick & Jacqueline, Mr. Alex Secrest, Mr. Tom Shaw, Stephanie Simoni, Luecke, Jr., Cheryl & Glen Lumpkin, Dr. & J. Val & Sylvia Smith, Mr. Carroll Staton, Mrs. Richard Mabry, Carrol N. Magee, Sally Hamerman, Ms. Sarah M. Hansen, Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Hawkins, Christiane Hepfer, Ted & P;:itti Steinke, Gene & Marge Stock Magee, Barbara Materka, Kay Maxwell, Ms. ton_, Ms. Patsy A. Stodghill, Ms. Nancy H. Marcia J. McGoey, Joan Mirabal, Jim & Pat Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Ingalls, Mrs. Jo Kurth Jagoda, Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Kelly, Carol & Stnckland, Barbara Sudweeks, JoAnn & Mitchell, Bernice Catherine Moss, Carolyn Robert Tobey, Mr. & Mrs. Barry Uhr, Britt & Stewart Musket, The Nassifs,Pauline George Kondos, Steven A. Krant, Chuck & THEATRE THREE'S NEW THEATRE TOO! SEASON: World Premieres & World Class Entertainment! All About Bette: An Evening withBette Daws by Camilla Carr June 30-July 16 Did you see it? "You don't have to be a big Bette Davis fan to like this one. All About Bette is grand entertainment that transcends its genre." - Lawson Taitte, The Dallas MorningNews. Only Heaven by Ricky Ian Gordon August 25 -September 1 o Did you see it? "A Gast of six splendid singers dGes ample justice to the musical complexi ties of this haunting piece ... Harmonies come out of nowhere, sometimes with a bluesy spin. The voices chase each other in canons and rounds. The ear is forever being surprised. But what voices stage and musical director Terry Dobson has found... That's heaven, indeed." -- Lawson Taitte, The Dallas MorningNews. Frozen by Bryony Lavery October 20- November 5 Did you see it? 1'Theatre Three's production of Frozen begins with the mother of all panic attacks -- and that is by no means the emotional pinnacle of this riveting drama." - Perry Stewart, Fort WorlhStar-Telegram. The Big Bang by Boyd Graham and Jed Feuer March 30-April 15 Did you see it? "By the end of The Big Bang, it's hard to tell who's more exhausted -- the two actors from 80 minutes of nonstop singing and acting silly or the audience from constant laughter of the same duration." -- Lawson Taitte, The Dallas Morning News The TrueStory of The Incarcerationo f Little Egypt by Ronnie Claire Edwards . May 11 - May 27 The actress-playwright-memoire-writer Ronnie Claire Edwards began her theatre career at the famed Margo Jones Theatre in Dallas, and followed with roles on many stages including Theatre Three and Broadway. Her acting career has been a long one in films and in serial tel evision, too, most notably as Cora Beth in "The Waltons". The daughter of Oklahoma's most vivid prosecutor, she's returned (fancifully) to her father's criminal world to draw a hilarious portrait of the never-say-die con woman, whose lively criminal career started in the raucous dance halls of a bygone Galveston. PLUS! THE BRINGBACKS: Revivals of two Theatre Too! smash hits. A Christmas Memoryby Truman Capote December 14 -- December 23 Did you see it? "This is a lovely little one-act, just about 40 minutes long, that's as nice to listen to as it is to watch. Capote's elegant but unpretentious word choices caress the ear as Haynes reads them... A Christmas Memoryis the one worthremembering." -- Elaine Liner, Dallas Observer. I Love You You're Perfect. Now Change by Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts February 8 -- March 11 Did you see it? "The comedy holds up well -- particularly with a cast as funny as the one stage and musical director Terry Dobson has put together this time around... lf I Love You has changed, it has only come closer to perfect."