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DIFFERENT STAGES’ REPERTORY Begun as Small Potatoes Theatrical Company 1981: August Strindberg’s Creditors and The Stronger. 1982: William Shakespeare’s The Tem- pest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 1983: George Bernard Shaw’s Candida; Anton Chekhov’s The Brute, Swan Song, and Celebration. 1984: Luigi Pirandello’s Right You Are (If You Think You Are); Jane Martin’s Talking With… 1985: Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9; William Shakespeare’s As You Like It; Carl Sternheim’s The Underpants; Michael Weller’s Moonchildren. 1986: Amlin Gray’s How I Got That Story; William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale; Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon. 1987: Michael Weller’s Loose Ends; Aristophanes’ The Wasps; Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart; Arthur Schnitzler’s Anatol. 1988: Wallace Shawn’s Aunt Dan and Lemon; Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood; Moss Hart’s Light Up the Sky; Jean Racine’s Phaedra; Jean-Baptiste Molière’s The Misanthrope. 1989: Caryl Churchill’s Fen; Charles Ludlam’s The Artificial Jungle; William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. 1990: Eric Overmeyer’s On the Verge; Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night; Milan Kundera’s Jacques and His Master; Tom White’s The Trouble with Tofu; William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. 1991: George Kelly’s The Show- Off; George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Keith Reddin’s Life and Limb; Mozart/ Lorenzo da Ponte’s Così fan Tutte; Jean-Baptiste Molière’s The Learnèd Ladies. 1992: Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind; Carlo Gozzi’s The Raven; Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck; Charles MacArthur’s Johnny on a Spot; George Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer. 1993: Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good; Charles Ludlam’s The Secret Lives of the Sexists; Tennessee Williams’ Orpheus Descending. 1994: Constance Congdon’s Tales of the Lost Formicans; William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline; George M. Cohan’s The Tavern; Marlayne Meyer’s Etta Jenks. 1995: Pierre Marivaux’s The Triumph of Love; Tom Stoppard’s Travesties; Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of Me; Alexander Ostrovsky’s The Diary of a Scoundrel. 1996: Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest; Agatha Christie’s Black Coffee; William Congreve’s The Way of the World. 1997: Terrence Mc- Nally’s A Perfect Ganesh; Dorothy Parker’s Here We Are; Alan Ayckbourn’s Drinking Companion; Terrence McNally’s Noon; George M. Cohan’s Seven Keys to Baldpate; Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock. 1998: Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia; Aeschylus’ Agamemnon; Giles Havergal’s Travels with my Aunt; Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. 1999: Edit Villareal’s My Visits with MGM; Jean-Baptiste Molière’s The Hypochondriac (tr. Martin Sorrel); Edward Percy and Reginald Denham’s Ladies in Retirement; Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. 2000: Peter Parnell’s The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket; Ann Ciccolella’s Fruits and Vegetables; George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly’s Merton of the Movies; Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan. 2001: Milcha Sanchez-Scott’s Roost- ers; George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple; J. B. Priestly’s Dangerous Corner; Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke. 2002: Ann Ciccolella’s Madame X; David Linsay-Abaire’s Fuddy Meers; Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest; Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba. 2003: Christopher Durang’s Betty’s Summer Vacation; Horton Foote’s The Traveling Lady, William Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona; Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband; Moliere’s The Miser. 2004: John Patrick’s The Hasty Heart; Tom White’s The Misses Overbeck; Brian Friel’s Molly Sweeney, George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man. 2005:William Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Edit Villareal’s Marriage is Forever; Agatha Christie’s Appointment with Death; John Millington Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World. 2006: Two into War (The Gifts of War and The Retreating World); Amy Freed’s The Beard of Avon; Agatha Christie’s The Hollow; Christopher Durang’s Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge. 2007: Edward Albee’s The Goat or Who is Sylvia?, Peter Shaffer’s Lettice and Lovage, W. Sommerset Maugham’s The Constant Wife; Moliere’s The Miser. 2008: Tennessee Williams’ Garden District: Something Unspoken & Suddenly Last Summer, Diana Son’s Stop Kiss; Tom White’s What I Want Right Now; George Ber- nard Shaw’s Getting Married. 2009: Christopher Durang’s Miss Witherspoon; Caryl Churchill’s A Number; J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls; Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth. 2010: Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice; Horton Foote’s The Carpetbagger’s Children; Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web; Paul Osborn’s Morning’s at Seven. 2011: Charlotte Jones’ Humble Boy; Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana; W. Somerset Maugham’s Too Many Husbands; Lisa Kron’s Well. 2012: Lillian Hell- man’s The Children’s Hour; Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile; Lennox Robinson’s Is Life Worth Living?; George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart’s You Can’t Take it With You; Doug Wright’s Quills Different Stages presents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND SPECIAL THANKS Tom White for use of paintings, Royce Gehrels for use of furniture, Mat- thew Ing, CORT Furniture Rental, Lisa Scheps, Robert Faires, and KOOP Good People Radio by David Lindsay-Abaire FUNDING AND DONATIONS Director Level $5000+ Director...... Karen Jambon Assistant Director...... Rebecca Haynes The City of Austin Stage Manager...... Michelle Symons Actor Level $1000 - $5000 Set Design...... Ann Marie Gordon Karen Jambon & Jennifer Underwood, Bobbie & Larry Oliver, Light Design...... Bill Peeler Jack Grimes, Ameriprise Financial Costume Design...... Jamie Urban Stage Manager Level $500-$999 AMD Foundation/Paul Arndt, Ann Bower, Craig Kanne, CAST Connie McMillan Margaret...... Rebecca Ann Robinson Designer Level $250-$499 Stevie...... Porter Gandy Irene Dubberly, Emily & Kent Erington, Royce Gehrels, Dottie...... Jean Budney Harvey Guion, Bruce McCann, Sarah & David Seaton Jean...... Anne Hulsman Stage Hand Level $100-$249 Mike...... Tom Chamberlain Pamela Bates, Marla Boye, Andy & Renee Brown, Bonnie & Frank Cahill, Melanie Kate...... Kera Machelle Blay & Travis Dean, Diane Herrera, Roy & Leona Kaskin, Bill Kemp, Steven Kinslow, Guest Bingo Callers...... Craig Kanne, Andy Brown, The Pfizer Foundation, Annette Sherman, David Smith, Keith Yawn, Tom White, ...... Tyler Jones, Joe Hartman, Barry Pineo, Betty Wood, Brian Graham-Moore, Anonymous ...... Justin Scalise, Jonathan Urso, and Norman Blumensaadt Audience Level $20-$99 Patricia Bennett, Cecilia Berg, Charles Ramirez Berg, Mary Alice Carnes, Paula Gilbert, Reba Gillman, Dianne & Donna Le Roy, Cade & Al Minder, Gerald The play is set in South Boston’s Lower End and Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Moore, Rebecca Robinson, Miriam & Larry Rubin, Kelly Slupek, Brian Graham- Moore Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. In-Kind Donations Karen Jambon, Bill Peeler Good People was originally commissioned by the Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadows, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) with This project is funded and funds provided by Bank of America and recieved its world premiere there supported in part by the on February 8, 2011. City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at: NowPlayingAustin.com PRODUCTION STAFF ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT David Lindsay-Abaire is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Rabbit Hole, Webmaster...... Martina Ohlhauser which was made into a feature film. He is the author ofFuddy Meers, Wonder Photography...... Bret Brookshire of the World, A Devil Inside and Kimberly Akimbo, as well as the book and lyrics Graphic Artist...... Mayra Vacaflor to Shrek, the Musical. He has written the screenplays for Rabbit Hole, Rise of Program Design...... Emily Erington the Guardians, and Oz: The Great and Powerful. Born in South Boston, he now Publicity...... Carol Ginn, Norman Blumensaadt lives in Brooklyn. Different Stages produced the Autin premier of Fuddy Meers in 2002.

ABOUT DIFFERENT STAGES CAST BIOGRAPHIES Different Stages, Inc. has been a community-based organization since its in- ception in 1981 and incorporation in 1984. It produces works by playwrights KERA MACHELLE BLAY (Kate) is pleased to be working with Dif- whom we believe to be defining forces in theatre. We seek to entertain with per- ferent Stages again. A recent graduate from St. Edward’s University, her formances that reveal life in all its comedy, tragedy and intensity; and we hope work includes Slapdash 7,8, and 9 with the Loaded Gun Theory and work as to educate by choosing plays that provide exceptional insight into the human an understudy for Different Stages production of The Children’s Hour. She condition. By challenging ourselves as artists, and our audiences as participants, would like to thank Karen and her fellow actors for their wonderful direc- we endeavor to provide the community with vigorous and exciting live theatre. tion and advice.

Producing Artistic Director JEAN BUDNEY (Dottie) is happy to be working with Different Stages Quills Norman Blumensaadt once again. You may have seen her this past year as Renee Pélagie in , Grace in Bus Stop, Annie Twohig in Is Life Worth Living? A graduate of Bos- Board of Directors ton Conservatory of Music, Jean is pleased and relieved to have landed in this creative haven called Austin. Jean wishes to extend a loving thanks to Karen Jambon, T.J. Moreno, Norman Blumensaadt Jennifer Underwood and Karen Jambon.

Operating Board TOM CHAMBERLAIN (Mike) is happy to be home at Different Stages Norman Blumensaadt, Sarah Seaton, Royce Gehrels, Paula Ruth Gilbert with its talented cast and crew for this production. He has played many dysfunctional married men for Different Stages starting with his appearance as Frank Hyland in the 1991 production of The Showoff through his B. Iden Payne award-winning performance as Martin Gray in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia in 2007, with Frank Sweeney from 2004’s Molly Sweeney, Dr. Bill Wind- sor from 1992’s Woman in Mind, Lt. Ralph Clark from 1993’s Our Country’s Good, and George Tessman from Hedda Gabler, sprinkled in-between. He is also proud of his work in The Learned Ladies, Johnny On a Spot, Secret Lives of the Sexists, The Tavern, Mother Courage and Her Children, Checkmate, Etta Jenks, Travesties (as Henry Carr) and most recently as the defrocked Rev. Shannon in Night of the Iguana. You can also see him online as Detective Richard Pan- celiss in his ongoing noir comedy webseries, The Pantsless Detective at www. pantslessdetective.com. PORTER GANDY (Stevie) is making his Austin theatrical debut in Good People. He recently was featured in a web commercial produced by Broken Records Studios. He has been acting since he was a teenager and went on to acquire his BFA in Theatre Arts from The University of Texas at Arlington. He is proud to be a part of this production and thanks his cast and crew members for their hard work and support, as well as his friends and family.

ANNE HULSMAN (Jean) is thrilled to be working again with Different Stages and such talented people. She was previously seen in Different Stages productions of Morning’s at Seven and The Carpetbagger’s Children. Anne is a member of Shrewd Productions, Refraction Arts Project, and ONSTAGE Theatre Company. Other talented theater companies she has worked with include the State Theatre Company, Iron Belly Muses, Public Domain, The Company, Austin ScriptWorks, and many more. Anne has received many numerous awards and nominations and received a Critics’ Table Award for her performance in Where Are They Now? (Shrewd). Some of her film and television credits include She Fought Alone and A Mother’s Gift for ABC Tele- vision. She received a Communication degree from The University of Texas at Austin and studied Theatre at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

REBECCA ANN ROBINSON (Margaret) is excited to be appearing again with Different Stages. She last appeared with Different Stages in Night For truly remarkable steaks served with a generous of the Iguana, and prior to that, played the role of the volatile Stevie in Ed- helping of Austin attitude, visit Austin Land and ward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? which garnered an Austin Circle of Cattle Company. Serving great steaks and good Theatre’s Best Actress award. Rebecca is a company member of Hyde Park friends for 15 years. STEAKS Theatre and her credits over the past year include Hyde Park Theatre’s production of Middletown, Austin Playhouse’s production of Room with a View, 512- 472-1813 Open daily at 5:30 Downtown at 1205 N. Lamar Blvd. www.austinlandandcattlecompany.com Doctah Mistah’s production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Tutto The- atre Company’s Twelfth Labor. She has also appeared in Capital T productions of Sick, Hunter Gatherers, and A Lie of the Mind, which prompted an Austin Circle of Theatre’s Outstanding Featured Actress award. Rebecca lives, acts, and dances in Austin. She’d like to give a shout to her best friends and biggest fans, Robert & Maryann Robinson and to her continual source of inspiration, MM. DIRECTION AND DESIGN BIOGRAPHIES

KAREN JAMBON (Director) Good People is Karen’s 15th collaboration with Different Stages as either a director or actress. Most recently she has directed Children’s Hour, Morning’s at Seven, and Eurydice for Different Stages. She has also worked with the Vortex, Paradox Players, Loaded Gun Theory, Austin Shakespeare, Sam Bass, and Scottish Rite Children’s Theatre. Next up for Karen is Next Fall with Paradox Players. Karen wants to thank the cast and crew for their trust and commitment.

REBECCA HAYNES (Assistant Director) Rebecca’s first Different Stages production was The Children’s Hour. She is very excited to be learning, again, from her mentor, Karen Jambon.

BILL PEELER (Light Design) is a faculty member of the Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance. He has over 30 years’ experi- ence as a lighting designer, holding both national and international credits, including Uncle Vanya with the National Theatre Company of Costa Rica, a 4-year stint lighting the International Bluegrass Music Awards Show, in addi- This tion to Trying and Men of Tortuga for the Asolo Rep in Sarasota, Florida, and Summer the 2009 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. Among his Austin area credits are the world-premier productions of Sonny’s Last Shot at the State Theatre, Austin, Texas; A Ride With Bob featuring Grammy Award- Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams winning Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel; and 13 shows for Different June 21-July 13 2013 The Vortex Stages. In a bungalow in a forest in Essex lives Mrs. Bramson, a fussy hypochondriac. She pays her niece, Olivia, a small JAMIE URBAN (Costume Design) is thrilled to be working with the salary to act as her companion and the household also in- Different Stages team once again! Since moving to Austin in the fall of 2010 ludes her cook, Mrs. Terence, and her maid, Dora. When she has designed costumes for a number of companies including Ballet Aus- Dora gets pregnant, Mrs. Bramson is determined to get tin, Hidden Room, Breaking Strings, Palindrome, and the Exchange Artists. Dora’s boyfriend to marry her. Meanwhile, a woman dis- She would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support. appears from a nearby hotel. The police begin investiga- tions and, when Dora brings home her boyfriend Dan, Olivia immediately notices that his behaviour is not quite ANN MARIE GORDON (Scenic Design) is pleased to be working again normal. He is perpetually putting on an act and soon he with Different Stages. Her recent work with Different Stages includes Is Life worms his way into the affections of Mrs. Bramson, leaves Worth Living?, The Children’s Hour and A Number, which was nominated for a his job as a page boy at the hotel and moves in. Then the Critics Table Award. She is a member of the VORTEX Repertory Company woman’s body is found - headless..... where she designed the sets for Oceana, The Inbetweeners and The Dragonfly Queen, all premiere works recently presented by the VORTEX. MICHELLE SYMONS (Stage Manager) is very pleased to be working on her first show with Different Stages. Recent credits include stage man- agement for Elizabeth: Heart of a King, VORTEX’s WATER, and Cleavage Chronicles presents..Everybody Loves Boobs! She wants to thank the cast and crew for their amazing work.