FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE DIANE AND HAL BRIERLEY RESIDENT ACTING COMPANY Welcomes You Back To LIVE PERFORMANCES With Blake Hackler Liz Mikel Alex Organ Christopher Llewyn Ramirez Molly Searcy Tiffany Solano Sally Nystuen Vahle July 7-18, 2021 // Strauss Square SCENIC/PROJECTION DESIGN John Slauson From the book by STUDS TERKEL COSTUME DESIGN Adapted by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ and NINA FASO Micheal Heath Waid with additional contributions by Gordon Greenberg LIGHTING DESIGN Nicole Iannaccone Songs by CRAIG CARNELIA SOUND DESIGN MICKI GRANT Kyle Jensen LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA DIALECT COACH Anne Schilling MARY RODGERS and SUSAN BIRKENHEAD STAGE MANAGER STEPHEN SCHWARTZ Devon Miller JAMES TAYLOR DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Localized format conceived by Daniel C. Levine for ACT of CT Bryan Anthony White PRODUCTION MANAGER Orchestrations by ALEX LACAMOIRE Andrew J. Brown Directed by TIANA KAYE BLAIR ARTISTIC PRODUCER Sarahbeth Grossman Choreography by DANIELLE GEORGIOU Music Direction by WORKING-2012 REVISED VERSION is presented CHERISH ROBINSON through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, New York, NY www.mtishows.com I HEAR AMERICA SINGING CONNECT ••• SHARE ••• ENJOY cast and characters BLAKE HACKLER* LIZ MIKEL* ALEX ORGAN* CHRISTOPHER I come from a blue collar family with Man wearing headphones in cubicle Woman in cubicle Ironworker LLEWYN RAMIREZ* a father in the HVAC business and Manager Receptionist Hedge Fund Manager Man in cubicle a mother as a school administrator. Tech Support Cleaning Lady Interstate Trucker Fast Food Worker Publicist Stone Mason You better not throw away a piece of Male Millworker Elder Care Worker Retiree Fireman food in my house, because if you did Student you would get a speech from Daddy about how he crouched in attics and crawled under houses so that you could not only have that food in your belly, those clothes on your back, just for our family lineage but the and this roof over your head, but community we live in. so that you won’t have to crawl or MOLLY SEARCY* TIFFANY SOLANO* SALLY NYSTUEN VAHLE* crouch anywhere unless you choose The year of 2020 certainly reminded to. Like Maggie Holmes, my parents us of the importance of human Woman in cubicle Project Manager School Teacher declared that we would have lives connection and community. We Flight Attendant Housewife Millworker that they did not have access to. began to call people “essential”, Waitress Nanny in acknowledgement of their Community Organizer Cleaning Lady I found my entry point into this show It’s something special to knowingly Ex-newsroom Assistant through a song called “Cleanin’ sow a seed, to watch it bare fruit contribution to a vulnerable society. Women”. This song captured me that you will never taste. We celebrate these people for the work they did in the pandemic as Stage Operations Manager .........................................SQUEAK HENDERSON because the character, Maggie BAND, CREATIVE SUPPORT, CREW What I love about this show is well as the work they do every day. Deck Crew ...............................................................................COLIN HANCOCK Holmes, based on a cleaning the universal notion that we are They’ve sown a generational seed Conductor, Keys 1 ....................................................................................JESSE FRY Wardrobe Supervisor..................................................REBECCA HOLT woman, is reclaiming her power within the American economy. She all, in some way, concerned with for the posterity of our communities. Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass ............................................. BENJAMIN BROWN Dresser .............................................................. EMILY NEWCOMB connects her occupation to prior legacy, posterity, ancestry and It’s only appropriate to thank them Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar, Nylon String Acoustic Guitar ..... AARON SUTTON Hair & Make-up Supervisor .................................................... NICOLE ALVAREZ generations of Black women only descendants. This act of Sankofa for the work that they do, with the Drums, Electric Keyboard, Percussion ..............................................KAMI LUJAN Hair & Make-up Technician .........................................LORENS PORTALATIN being allowed access to domestic is one that we can all identify work that we do. As we celebrate their work, we showcase ours. Music Contractor, Synth Programmer ....................................................JESSE FRY Light Board Programmer ............................................MEIKE SCHMIDT jobs in America. She says that she with as a community. No one works to stay in the same place. Bringing backstage on stage, and Assistant Director ..............................................LOGAN FREDERICK Light Board Operator ........................................................... CAROLINE HODGE will be the last of her bloodline to With the cognizance of ancestral behind the scenes to the front Assistant Lighting Designer ........................ JESSICA ANN DRAYTON Spot Operators ..... TROY CARRICO, CHRISTOPHER KING ROLLINS deal with the woes of such a job and that her daughter will be able contributions, we work to further of the curtain. We celebrate the Filmmaker .................................................................. RONALD S. GONZALEZ A1 .........................................................................EMILY SCHIDER to do whatever she chooses. Miss our own futures, our children’s transformation of the actor, and Dance Captain .......................................................................BLAKE HACKLER* A2, Mic Technician ...................................................DEVIN MULBERY Holmes does this job to provide her future, our community’s future. the work of the crew. This show is Stage Manager ........................................................ DEVON MILLER* COVID-19 Compliance Officer ................................. ANDREA SOMERS daughter with a future that looks The pride of being an American is a gift of gratitude to the folks who comprise the backbone of society Assistant Stage Manager .............................................. EMILY BURKE* COVID-19 Compliance Manager ...........................GABRIELA LEODIOU nothing like her ancestor’s past, or an ancestral pride. We honor the seeds they’ve sown and wish to sow from the folks who mirror it. We Production Assistant ............................................ MIKAELA BROOKS COVID-19 Safety Officer ..........................SAMANTHA HONEYCUTT her present reality. This reminded me of my parents. our own for our descendants. Not thank you. -Tiana Kaye Blair * Member of Actors’ Equity Dallas Theater Center’s Production Staff is responsible for the design, sets, Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the costumes, lighting, props, furniture, scenic painting, sound, special effects United States. and wigs used in this production. The scenic, costume, lighting sound and projection designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United EXECUTIVE PRODUCING PARTNER ASSOCIATE PRODUCING PARTNER Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. Jennifer Burr Altabef cHAIR Kevin Moriarty ENLOE / ROSE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 2020-2021 This theater operates under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Daniel R. Waldman PRESIDENT Jeffrey Woodward MANAGING DIRECTOR Managers in the United States. Dallas Theater Center is a member of the League of Resident Theaters; a constituent SEASON of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the nonprofit professional theater; and Visit Dallas. SPONSORS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! Original Studs Terkel audio recordings provided courtesy of the estate of Studs Terkel. ASSISTANT PRODUCING PARTNER (214) 522-8499 MEDIA Photography and the videotaping or other video or audio recording PARTNER of this production are strictly prohibited. DallasTheaterCenter.org Husch Blackwell | 1 2 | Man wearing headphones in cubicle Manager Tech Support Publicist Blake Hackler Retiree Dance Captain Blake has appeared in productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theaters throughout the country. In Dallas: Dallas Theater Center (Something Grim(m); In the Bleak Midwinter: A Christmas Carol for Our Time; A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Frankenstein); Dallas Opera; Dallas Symphony; Trinity Shakespeare Festival; Second Thought; Undermain Theatre and more. Blake currently serves as the Chair of the Theatre Division at Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the esteemed BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Program, and is an award-winning playwright. He has twice been named a Fulbright Scholar, to Bulgaria and Romania, and was a 2018 Macdowell Fellow. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama. BLAKE DALLAS THEATER CENTER HACKLER 4 | Woman in cubicle Receptionist Cleaning Lady Liz Mikel Stone Mason Liz is a member of DTC’s Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company, where her credits include: Something Grim(m); In the Bleak Midwinter: A Christmas Carol for Our Time; Little Women; penny candy; Twelfth Night; Sweat; Steel Magnolias; Public Works Dallas’ The Winter’s Tale; White Rabbit Red Rabbit; The Trials of Sam Houston; Miller, Mississippi; Inherit the Wind; Public Works Dallas’ The Tempest; Bella: An American Tall Tale; Romeo and Juliet; Medea; School for Wives; The Rocky Horror Show; A Raisin in the Sun; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor®