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Titus Andronicus at Young Shakespeare Workshop

The Young Shakespeare Workshop, a free program celebrating 25 How did you get involved with the years, is a Seattle-based non-profit that serves youth from Seattle and Young Shakespeare Workshop? regions beyond. The seven-week summer First Year program draws My love of Shakespeare began when I teenagers from all walks of life to study and perform Shakespeare — was a teenager in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is incredible to me that a city like Seattle, sonnets, speeches, scenes — giving them the opportunity to celebrate priding itself on the arts, has public high the power of the human voice to illuminate experience. YSW was schools without theatre programs. After awarded the nation’s highest honor for out-of-school youth arts training moving to Seattle I joined with Eric Ray in 2011, the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award. Anderson, a fellow working actor, and Kimberly White, to take up the mantle of the Young Shakespeare Workshop from Edward Payson Call who began the program. I was not thinking I would still We sat down recently with Darren Lay, a professional be at it 19 years later. actor, director and teaching artist, that has been What’s the demographic profile of those directing the program since 1998, to discuss kids you serve? Shakespeare’s power, the essential nature of art, and Kids of every description and stripe have participated in the program ways you can help. over the years — poor kids, rich kids, white kids, kids of color, straight kids, queer kids, religious kids, non- religious kids, kids with supportive parents, kids without parents, English language learners, immigrants, refugees,

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conservative, or liberal. It is astonishing which acts to nourish a more intelligent how wide a range of people Shakespeare and observant understanding of us all. can bring together. The safe remove of art engages teens’ empathy and thoughtful weighing of Our in-school academic year work human interaction, incredibly valuable focuses primarily on low income public to teenagers shaping their own identity schools where most all of the students and voice. Theatre is such a deeply are kids of color. Cleveland High School worthy and important human invention in the last several years has been the for examining the world and our place school we have devoted the most time in it. and energy too, providing after-school performance projects as well as in-class What are your favorite Young residencies for humanities classes. Last Shakespeare Workshop memories? year for the first time we offered a for- There are really too many to credit Performing Shakespeare class in choose from. Most revolve around the fall. We are hoping to do the same performances when students transcend Adding , a this coming year if we can find enough “the ordinary of Nature’s sale-work” new independent living option, funding. and we are all compelled to marvel at the Hearthstone offers a lifestyle Is selling Shakespeare to kids a hard Shakespeare’s brilliance. One should that matches the vibrant and sale? never mistake Shakespeare’s brilliance family-friendly neighborhood of for your own, but sometimes it is lovely Green Lake and the freedom to It can be hard sometimes, if the context to imagine it is yours for a while, and pursue what matters to you the and situation is not supportive, but once you do come away feeling as if some kids get up on their feet and perform most. of it might have rubbed off on you in Shakespeare with each other as opposed some way during the insane funniness to just reading it and have the time to of Midsummer’s rough mechanicals, or begin to own the words for themselves, the brutal and terrifying word induced and see Shakespeare as ‘their artist’ pindrop silences in Othello or the writing for them, then Shakespeare the hauntingly beautiful Richard II as either brilliant poet and truth-teller does all of performer or audience member. the work. Shakespeare’s work easily sells itself given the right environment. What can people do to help YSW?

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4 ENCORE STAGES John Langs Carlo Scandiuzzi Becky Witmer Artistic Director Executive Director Managing Director ACT – A Contemporary Theatre presents

Directed by John Langs

Beginning July 8, 2016 • Opening Night July 14, 2016

CAST Tré Cotten Clifford Lewis Bradford Farwell* Aaron Ehrlich Michael Gotch* Tony Schwartz Kirsten Potter* Louise Brown Connor Toms* Sid Myers R. Hamilton Wright* Bill Bernbach

CREATIVE TEAM John Langs Director Shawn Ketchum Johnson Scenic Designer Kimberley Korf Costume Designer Robert J. Aguilar Lighting Designer Robertson Witmer Sound Designer Tristan Roberson Video/Projections Designer Kyle Ahluwalia Assistant Lighting Designer Michaela Petrovich Assistant Costume Designer JR Welden * Stage Manager David Hartig Production Assistant Sally Ollove Dramaturg Jordan Bell Directing Intern

Running Time: This performance runs approximately two hours. There will be one intermission. *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. With support from Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Theatre, Sean Devine, Artistic Director, through assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts. Daisy was commissioned by Ensemble Studio Theatre through the Sloan Foundation, and was developed in part at the Icicle Creek New Play Festival, Allen Fitzpatrick, ICNPF Artistic Director, and at Studio 180 Theatre. The political commercials being used in this production are being used thanks to the Democratic National Committee. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited. SHOW SPONSOR:

THEATRE AND SEASON SPONSORS: A Contemporary Theatre Foundation

The Norcliffe Foundation

Katharyn Alvord Gerlich, Eulalie M. & Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi, Nancy Alvord, Linda Brown & Larry True ADDITIONAL SPONSORS:

Audience members are cordially reminded to silence all electronic devices. All forms of photography and the use of recording devices are strictly prohibited. Please do not walk on the stage before, during, or after the show. Patrons wearing Google Glass must power down the device if wearing them in the theatre.

encoreartsprograms.com A–1 A Note from Director JOHN LANGS

John Langs PHOTO BY TRUMAN BUFFET

When we chose to program Daisy over a year ago, nervous population to claim the nomination. On a more we had an inkling that the country would be dealing personal level, the tireless research of playwright Sean with issues that would make this story immediate in a Devine led to connections right here in Seattle as Anton contemporary context. This inkling in no way prepared Schwartz, a local Seattle jazz artist and son of “Daisy” us for how this pivotal election in 1964 and the sound engineer Tony Schwartz, was introduced to the campaign from which the ad “Daisy—Peace, Little Girl” creative staff. Anton provided remarkable insight into sprang, would become a major strategic theme that has the work of his father that enriched our experience and been referenced over and over again in the run-up to the had a profound impact on the personal side of the story. 2016 elections. It’s difficult to describe the feeling in the rehearsal This fascinating journey began with a posting of room as day by day, the world outside is reflecting the the 1964 commercial “Confessions of a Republican” relevance of a story you are creating, while you are on Facebook in April 2016. Many who viewed it creating it. found it so relevant, so immediate, that it had to be a To us, this is a story of technology and morality. 1964 cleverly disguised contemporary spot by our modern was the first time the incredible power of television was Democratic party. The video went viral and 2 million ready to be weaponized by the advertising industry to views later, Bill Bogert, the actor in the 1964 ad, ended influence a population, for better or for worse. This is a up on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. story of pioneers who were ready to test the limits. It is a As the rediscovery of this ad spread, many in journalism story about a pivotal moment in our national discourse; turned their attention back to 1964 to put our current a story about where we came from, and one that I hope election into political context. They found some of will inspire conversation about where we are going. the artists and pioneers who used television in 1964, This is the 46th world premiere that ACT has produced and brought them back into the spotlight. POLITICO on its Mainstage. We are so grateful that you support Magazine and CNN both invited “Daisy” art director a theatre that supports the vitality of new voices, new Sid Myers to interviews, which presented the story of stories, and worthy artistic endeavors. the creation of the ad to a national audience, as they probed him for strategic advice on the 2016 campaign. Then came the continual comparisons to the Republican frontrunners in both elections. Both candidates were party outsiders who defied the odds to claim the nomination. Both began their run as a long-shot—some would say, a joke—and both found a way to tap into the John Langs powerful dissatisfaction with the establishment from a Artistic Director

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ENDANGERED SPECIES PROJECT THE GREAT SOUL OF RUSSIA Jul 11, Aug 8 Sep 7 Explore the great plays you seldom see. Join Join The Seagull Project and members of ESP for its sixth year of 12 book-in-hand Seattle’s vibrant artistic community as they presentations, chosen and performed by explore how various Russian artistic roads, past dozens of Seattle’s best and bravest actors! and present, begin and end with Chekhov.

MEMBERS ONLY PARTY BAD APPLES Jul 29 Sep 7–25 Become an ACTPass member by July 15 for your Welcome to Club Abu, the darkest party in invitation to the summer party! A celebration Baghdad. An incendiary rock musical that pulls of theatre before the productions of Daisy and back the curtain of one of the greatest moral Things You Can Do. challenges we have faced as a nation and sets it to a wicked irreverent back beat. Photo by Hayley Young Photography

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encoreartsprograms.com A–3 The Forgotten History of On the Streets, the Women Who Shaped Discovering the Modern Advertising BY CIARA LAVELLE In 1964, women had long been working in the advertising industry. At the turn of the century, enterprising ad execs Voice of the City realized: who understood the modern female consumer better BY SAM ROBERTS than women themselves? This excerpt from Bitch Magazine explores the female ad pioneers of the early 1900s. AN EXCERPT FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

In the 1910s and ‘20s, women were slowly making their way into the advertising industry. Some of the biggest strides took place in the J. Walter Thompson agency’s “Women’s Editorial Department,” where a copywriting team of feminists led by Helen Lansdowne Resor changed the industry. Resor’s team came from the world of journalism, the suffrage movement, and retail sales. They created some of the most influential ad campaigns of the first half of the 20th century and multiplied sales for their clients. They invented new methods of appealing to consumers, many of which are still used today. Despite their limited progressiveness, Resor’s tactics worked. From Ponds to Crisco to Cutex, everything they touched seemed to turn to gold. By 1918, the revenue generated by the Tony Schwartz at work | COURTESY OF ANTON SCHWARTZ Women’s Editorial Department totaled more than $2.2 million out of a total of $3.9 million, or over half of the overall earnings Tony Schwartz was a good listener. Lugging a 14-pound portable at J. Walter Thompson, which was then the leading ad agency tape recorder that he developed, he overcame his agoraphobia in in the country. 1946, to venture into his West Side neighborhood and capture the Few women worked outside the home in the 1910s and 1920s, voice of New York. Thus began a career that seemed foreordained even those who had attended prestigious women’s colleges when a six-month bout of blindness as a teenager transformed like Barnard and Smith. When they did enter the workforce, him into an audiophile. they had more to prove—and more to lose—than their He would work on 15,000 commercial and political male coworkers. The all-female team at J. Walter Thompson advertisements—most famously, the devastating ad that Lyndon encountered common barriers faced by many professional B. Johnson unleashed against Barry Goldwater in 1964. The women at the time. The Women’s Editorial Department was television ad featured the voice of a little girl counting the petals kept separate from the rest of the male-dominated company, on a daisy. Her voice dissolved into a military-style launch a practice Resor herself enforced,believing that her team had countdown to nuclear apocalypse. more opportunity to “The content of a political commercial is not what’s in it; it’s the succeed at JWT when they resonance between what’s stored in the viewer’s mind and the weren’t being compared stimulus that evokes it,” he once said. “In the ‘Daisy’ commercial, to men in similar positions. we never mentioned Goldwater’s name. We just touched a chord, When they did mingle in something that was in a lot of people’s minds.” the office, male colleagues would often mistake Mr. Schwartz recorded tour guides, singing children, fire engines, the female copywriters fog horns, merry-go-round calliopes, cabbies and other urban for secretaries, asking folkloric sounds that produced the city’s collective voice now them to run errands or archived at the Library of Congress and collected in his albums. make coffee. The women He rarely left his house on 56th Street near 10th Avenue. He died handled the bulk of in 2008 at 84. the work at J. Walter Mr. Schwartz liked to point out that people were born without ear Thompson. In 1925, the lids, so “they listen to anything that concerns or interests them. company had 22 women I remember when I was looking for a mortgage, I heard every working on 65 accounts, mortgage commercial. The day I got my mortgage, they stopped while 19 male copywriters running them. I don’t know how they knew.” handled just 18 accounts.

A–4 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre A Conversation with Sean Devine Playwright of Daisy BY JOHN LANGS, ACT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ACT Artistic Director and Director of Daisy, John Langs, gives on something, when everyone, including the advertisement Canadian playwright Sean Devine a call at his home ... people themselves, were being deceived to a large extent. JL: I know that you are a thorough researcher of the material, John Langs: So tell me a little bit about why, from your from having worked with you before on a historically based comfort in Canada, you are picking on us here in the U.S. piece. What were some of the wonders and discoveries of [They both laugh] research on this play? SD: Sean Devine: It’s not the first time I’ve written about I’ve never had as much access to the real history of an American politics and American history, and I’ve had a lot event as I have with this one. As you know, I continue to of people ask me why. I’ve had to ask myself, too. I, like many have dialogue with some of the real people that created the Canadians, definitely pay very close attention to America. story. I met with and continue to talk to the real Sid Myers. Here in Canada, we’re living next to a giant. And when you I got to go and stand inside the basement of Tony Schwartz live next to a giant, you are constantly aware of what that where a lot of these ads were made. I have in my possession giant is up to. If the giant is angry, you pay attention. If the the actual tape recorder that the ‘Daisy’ ad was recorded giant gets drunk, you certainly pay attention. If the giant on. I have a copy of an audio tape that I’ve never listened to buys a big monster truck and wants to drive it through your which contains three alternate soundtracks to what everyone backyard, you play close attention. So that’s one reason. But now agrees is the most devastating piece of advertising the other thing is that everyone’s happiness and everyone’s ever created. And I partly feel like Indiana Jones saying, sadness affects everyone else. I’m very aware of just how “This should be in a museum!” but as someone who is really connected my own civilization is to yours. just trying to be a writer, the fact that I get to geek out and put my feet right into the actual history that I’m trying to JL: What inspired you to go after the story of the creation document is thrilling. of the ‘Daisy’ advertisement? I mean, clearly there are some JL: political echoes from one generation to the next, but why How do you think this audience is going to feel about did this particular ad, and this particular story, capture your Daisy? How do you hope it lands? imagination? SD: I almost feel as if the parallels to what is really SD: One thing that I’m always drawn to is the theme of what happening in today’s American politics are almost going happens when idealists have their ideals crushed. I’m also to take over what I thought the reaction might have been interested in how large institutional powers take advantage when I first started working on this project many years ago. of people. I’ve always been drawn to the David vs. Goliath I believe firmly that history is cyclical, and repeats itself, story. I was compelled by the fact that this election was about and people who feel that we can rise above the lessons that peace. On the surface, the Johnson administration’s motives history has taught us are fools. My hope was always that were good and altruistic. They hired this advertisement people see this play, and while they’re looking at a story team, the best and the brightest, to launch a campaign with from a generation ago, they think that they’re being just the onus of beating Goldwater, putting Johnson forward as manipulated by political machinery as their ancestors as the candidate for peace. But he went and brought the were. That was my hope. But what’s happening now with country further and further into a war that I believe, and Trump and Clinton, and how it’s being compared to the 1964 many people believe, he knew he was going to escalate election, I feel like we have lightning in a bottle, and that the all along. And so to me, it’s a bit of a tragedy of how these current election cycle is itself going to be placed right on top idealists were engaged to use their talents to sell the country of what we’re doing.

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1952 Eisenhower Answers

America 1964 Daisy­—Peace, Little Girl Conceived and created by the The most famous of all campaign agency behind the M&M “melts commercials ran only once as in your mouth, not in your hands” a paid advertisement on NBC. campaign, Eisenhower’s ads were Without any explanatory words, as bold in conception as they were the ad juxtaposes a scene of a little

simple in execution. The campaign girl happily picking petals off of a 1968 Laughter As the sitting vice president in an created 40 ads, each consisting of a flower, and an ominous countdown unpopular administration, it was question from an ordinary voter and to a nuclear explosion. The ad was easier, and safer, for Humphrey to a response from the candidate. The created by the agency Doyle Dane attack Nixon than to promote his answers were filmed with Eisenhower Bernbach, known for its conceptual, own accomplishments. Spiro Agnew reading off of cue cards, while the minimal, and modern approach to was unknown on the national stage questions were later read by tourists advertising. The frightening ad was when Nixon selected him as his scouted in front of Radio City Music instantly perceived as a portrayal running mate. ‘Laughter’ makes Hall. Eisenhower is filmed in the of Barry Goldwater as an extremist. fun of Agnew, but suggests that elevated position; the questioners Without mentioning Goldwater or his election would be no laughing all look up at him, keeping him in the citing any statements by him, the ad matter. The ad was created by Tony position of the hero. The campaign exploited the established public fear Schwartz, best known for his work spent nearly $2 million to saturate that he would start a nuclear war if on the “Daisy” commercial in 1964. the airwaves in 12 key states during a elected president. The Goldwater In the ad’s memorable soundtrack, three-week period. Adlai Stevenson’s campaign vigorously protested uncontrollable laughter at the notion campaign decried the effort to sell the ad, stating, “This horror-type of Agnew as vice president turns Eisenhower in the same manner as commercial is designed to arouse into a painful cough, serving as one soap. Stevenson was the first—and basic emotions and has no place in of the rare examples of humor in last—candidate to refuse to appear the campaign.” a campaign ad. Nixon (R) in TV ads. Results: Eisenhower (R) Goldwater (R) 38% vs. Results: Results: 43.4% vs. Humphrey (D) 42.7% 55% vs. Stevenson (D) 44% Johnson (D) 61% 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008

A–6 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Special thanks: time for playwrights to tackle revisions with support The playwright wishes to thank the following people and from a company dramaturg, and culminating in public organizations for their support, guidance, and contributions staged readings. to creating Daisy: Anton & Kayla Schwartz, Sid Myers, John The Festival was founded by Artistic Director Allen Carey, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Bill Geerhart, Robert Mann, Fitzpatrick in 2007. Sean Devine’s Daisy is the third Kathleen Gordon, The Democratic National Committee, play the Festival has developed which went on to be The Library of Congress’ Tony Schwartz Collection, produced on ACT’s Mainstage. Previously, audiences Ensemble Studio Theatre, Studio 180 Theatre, the Icicle have enjoyed Yussef El Guindi’s Pilgrims Musa and Creek New Play Festival, and to funders at the Canada Sheri in the New World (2011) and Steven Dietz’ Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Bloomsday (2015). ACT congratulates the Festival for City of Ottawa Cultural Office. Finally, a big thanks to John 10 years of nurturing new plays, and looks forward to Langs, a bold and determined collaborator. supporting many more.

1992 Arkansas 2 Because he trailed in the polls for the entire campaign, President Bush’s commercials were unusually 1988 Revolving Door defensive in tone for those of a This stark and unsettling ad sitting president. Although several from the Bush campaign doesn’t ads used news footage to illustrate mention the notorious escaped his success as commander in chief, convict William Horton by name. most of Bush’s commercials were (Although he went by William, attack ads portraying Clinton as a Kerry’s Coalition the Bush campaign referred tax-and-spend governor with little 2004 of the Wild-Eyed to him by the less respectable foreign policy experience. Exploiting The Internet became an important name “Willie”). However, with its controversy about Clinton’s evasion medium during the 2004 campaign. release just a few weeks after the of the draft and alleged extramarital In June, the Bush campaign issued independently financed ad “Willie affairs, several ads suggested a web ad which attempts to depict Horton” had generated controversy, that he was morally untrustworthy Kerry and fellow Democrats as the connection was clear. Dukakis and hypocritical. Bush’s 1992 ad being excessively angry, intercutting was linked with the case of the “Arkansas 2” used a horror-film images of Adolf Hitler. Links to African American felon who fled style to depict Arkansas under the the ad were e-mailed to six million Massachusetts during a weekend leadership of Governor Bill Clinton. supporters. In the face of strong furlough and attacked a young white Clinton fired back with an ad attack ads from the Bush campaign, couple in Maryland. Bush decided attacking Bush’s “worst economic Kerry’s TV ads became much more to make this a key issue in the record of any President in 50 years”, aggressive in tone, frequently campaign, attacking Dukakis in a stating “Nothing could be more attacking the President on Iraq and speech as “a tax-raising liberal who frightening than four more years.” the economy. Bush (R) 51% let murderers out of jail.” Bush (R) 37% vs. Clinton (D) Results: Results: Results: vs. Kerry (D) 48% Bush (R) 53.9% vs. Dukakis (D) 46% 43% 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008

encoreartsprograms.com A–7 Who's Who in Daisy

Tré Cotten (Clifford Michael Gotch (Tony dozens of vixens and evildoers in video games, Lewis) is a native of Schwartz) is honored to including the Queen of the Reef in Destiny; and North Carolina. Tré is make his ACT debut in has received numerous awards for her excited to be making his Daisy. He is currently a audiobooks. She has been honored by the debut with ACT and the core company member Audie Awards, the Garlands, LA Drama Critics Seattle community. He of The REP, a professional Circle, the Gregory’s, and the NFAA. She is a will be receiving his theatre-in-residence at proud member of ACT’s 2016 Core Company. M.F.A. in Acting at the The University of Connor Toms (Sid University of Washington School of Drama this Delaware, where he also teaches. He has Myers) is a proud upcoming year. Some of his previous work performed in 38 plays there over eight seasons, member of ACT’s 2016 includes: Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night (Virginia including leading or title roles in Hamlet, for Core Company. Most Shakespeare Festival); The Color Purple (City which he won a Broadway World Award, I Am recently seen in Stupid Stage Tour); Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Cape Fear My Own Wife and The Glass Menagerie, both Fucking Bird (ACT), he Regional Theater); Six Degrees of Separation directed by John Langs, The Homecoming, The was also in The Invisible (Wilmington, NC); A Chorus Line (Opera House 39 Steps, Red, Death of a Salesman, and The Hand and In the Next Theater Company); Ragtime (Thalian Elephant Man (2017) to name a few. Michael Room, or...the Vibrator Play (ACT). He has Association); and Five Guys Named Moe (Opera has worked at many of the country’s leading performed in Festen (New Century Theatre House Theater Company). His film and theatres in productions that include a world Company); Hound of the Baskervilles, Red television credits include: One Tree Hill (CW premiere of Jeffrey Hatcher’s Armadale and I Am (Seattle Repertory Theatre); The Cider House Network), East Bound and Down (HBO), and My Own Wife (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre). Rules (Book-It Repertory Theatre); Seattle Frat Brothers (BET Network). He would like to New York credits include the U.S. premiere of Shakespeare Company, Intiman, Seattle thank John Langs and everyone at ACT for this Sjvek (Theatre for a New Audience); Richard III, Children’s Theatre, Artists Repertory Theater, opportunity. Break legs everyone and God Murder By Poe (The Acting Company); Mercadet Arizona Theatre Company, New Victory Theater bless! (Culture Project). Other regional credits include Company, and more. Connor is married to the Bradford Farwell Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest talented and beautiful Hana Lass, a consistent (South Coast Repertory); Salieri in Amadeus (Aaron Ehrlich) has partner in life and art. Look for their upcoming (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Joseph Jefferson recently been seen in production, First Time Parents! this fall ... Award Nomination and After Dark Award for Worse than Tigers and Chicago premiere of Shakespeare’s R&J (Chicago R. Hamilton Wright Seven Ways to Get There Shakespeare Theatre); Julius Caesar, Timon of (Bill Bernbach) was last (ACTLab). He has also Athens, The Merchant of Venice, and Much Ado seen onstage at ACT as been seen in A About Nothing (American Players Theatre), for Ebenezer Scrooge in Christmas Carol, Mary which he received a Falstaff Award Nomination. Charles Dicken’s A Stuart, Jekyll and Hyde (ACT). Bradford is a Christmas Carol in the member of New Century Theatre Company’s Kirsten Potter (Louise fall of 2014. His first role Acting Company where he has performed in Brown) Previously seen at ACT was as Vince in My Name is Asher Lev and Festen. Other Seattle in: Rapture, Blister, Burn Sam Shepard’s Buried Child in the summer of credits include Photograph 51, You Can’t Take and Big Love (ACT); 1981. Some of his favorites between those it With You, The Imaginary Invalid, Twelfth Worse than Tigers and two: Red Noses, Bach at Leipzig, Chorus of Night, Noises Off, The Great Gatsby (Seattle Seven Ways to Get There Disapproval, Intimate Exchanges, Middletown, Repertory Theatre); John Baxter is a Switch (ACTLab); View from the Double Indemnity (Writer), End of the World, Hitter, All My Sons, Grapes of Wrath, Richard III, Bridge, Photograph 51 Souvenir (Director), Enchanted April, The A Thousand Clowns (Intiman); Breaking the and Or, (Seattle Repertory Theatre). Regional Revengers’ Comedies, The Pillowman, Assisted Code (Strawberry Theatre Workshop); Measure credits include: The Weir, The Heiress, Living (Director), The Odd Couple, Stuff for Measure, Cymbeline (Seattle Shakespeare Misalliance, Taking Steps (South Coast Happens, and Marrying Katie. Bob is a proud Company); and Seattle Children’s Theatre, The Repertory); Palestine, NM; Sex Parasite (Mark member of this season’s Core Company. His 5th Avenue Theatre, and Village Theatre. Taper Forum); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Geffen original play Sherlock Holmes and the American Bradford was a company member at The Playhouse); Honour, Bold Girls (Matrix Theatre); Problem received its world premiere this past Stratford Festival in Canada for three years and Major Barbara, Top Girls (L.A. Theatre Works); season at Seattle Repertory Theatre. regionally in the U.S. has been seen at Nebraska As You Like It (A Noise Within); King Lear, Shakespeare Festival, American Players Theatre, Tonight at 8:30 (Antaeus); The Constant Wife, Sean Devine and many others. Bradford received his theatre Red Herring (Laguna Playhouse). Prior to (Playwright) Sean Devine training from the Webber Douglas Academy of moving to Seattle, she appeared in over 20 is the Artistic Director Dramatic Arts in London and lives in West productions and three world premieres as a and co-founder of Seattle with his wife Kate and two daughters company member with Milwaukee Repertory Horseshoes & Hand Willa and Poppy. He is a proud member of the Theater; as well as shows with Geva, Arizona Grenades Theatre. Sean’s union of Actors’ Equity. In the fall/winter he can Theatre Company, Huntington Theater, Arena first play Re:Union be seen in Charles III at A.C.T. in San Francisco, Stage, American Conservatory Theater; and The premiered in Vancouver Seattle Repertory Theatre, and The Shakespeare Utah, California, Nebraska, and Santa Fe in 2011 (directed by John Langs), was published Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shakespeare Festivals. Ms. Potter has voiced in 2013, and was presented by the 2015

A–8 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Who's Who in Daisy

Magnetic North Theatre Festival, where it won Deadland, Hairspray in Concert (The 5th Avenue JR Welden (Stage Manager) has stage the Prix Rideau Award for Best Production. Theatre); The Children’s Hour, John Baxter is managed Stupid Fucking Bird, Cat On a Hot Sean’s second play Except in the Unlikely Event a Switch Hitter, Angels in America (Intiman); Tin Roof, The Invisible Hand, Uncle Ho to Uncle of War premiered in Vancouver in 2013. Daisy Trails (Village Theatre); Three Sisters (The Seagull Sam, Mary Stuart, One Slight Hitch, Eurydice, was commissioned by NYC’s Ensemble Studio Project); Next to Normal, The Yellow Wood, The Underpants, and A Christmas Carol at Theatre, and has had public readings with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, ACT. He stage managed 10 seasons at Intiman, TimeLine Theatre (Chicago), Studio 180 Theatre and Zanna, Don’t! (Contemporary Classics). working on productions including The Grapes (Toronto), Icicle Creek New Play Festival Regional: Full Gallop (The Old Globe), 7 Spots of Wrath; Nickel and Dimed; and The Mandrake (Leavenworth), and Horseshoes & Hand on the Sun (Cincinnati Playhouse). Root, with Lynn Redgrave. At Seattle Repertory Grenades (Ottawa). Sean is currently working on Robertson Witmer (Sound Designer) was Theatre, his credits include Blue Door, The When There’s Nothing Left to Burn, as a seen recently onstage at ACT as the musician in Chosen, and Pygmalion. commission for the University of Lethbridge, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play. His recent sound Sally Ollove (Dramaturg) is a freelance and Interregnum, loosely based on the design credits include The Mystery of Love director and dramaturg who splits her time controversial 1935 novel It Can’t Happen Here. & Sex, Stupid Fucking Bird, The Three Sisters between Philadelphia and Seattle. She is the Sean recently ran for office in the 2015 (ACT); Romeo & Juliet, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Associate Artistic Director of the Bearded Ladies Canadian federal election, as a candidate for Mother Courage (Seattle Shakespeare Cabaret and the Resident Dramaturg at Azuka the social democrat New Democratic Party. He Company); and The Flick (New Century Theatre. Formerly the Literary Manager at lives with his wife Alexa and their (almost) four Theatre Company). His onstage appearances Arden Theatre Company, she has also worked kids in Ottawa. include A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Intiman, with Theatre Exile, Gas & Electric Arts, Woolly John Langs (Director) See bio on this page. Berkeley Repertory Theatre); Fiddler on the Roof Mammoth, the Lantern Theatre, the Flea, and (Village Theatre), and West (On the Boards). Shawn Ketchum Johnson (Scenic Philadelphia Theatre Company among others, In 2013, Rob received the Gregory Award for Designer) is a visual artist whose commitment and has taught at the University of the Arts and Outstanding Sound Design. He is a member of to community engagement led him into the Rowan University. Sally is a graduate of the ART/ United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829. theatre as a scenographer, drawing on his MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training experience in installation art, environmental Kyle Ahluwalia (Assistant Lighting Designer) at Harvard and a member of the 2011 Director’s assemblage, and large-scale sculpture. His is thrilled to be working on his first production Lab at Lincoln Center. Thanks to John, Sean, work as a scenic designer and devised theatre- south of the border. Usually at home in Ottawa, and the ACT staff. maker is known primarily in the Midwest, Ontario, Kyle works in both English and French John Langs (Artistic where he has worked extensively with as associate artist with Horseshoes and Hand Director) John has been innovative socially-engaged ensembles such as Grenades, Production and Tour Manager for delighted to serve as Chicago’s preeminent public spectacle artists Théâtre la Catapulte, venue technician for the Associate Artistic Director Redmoon Theater, and the community-based Ottawa Fringe Festival, as well as freelancing of ACT for three years, ethnographic devising company, Working technical and design work. Daisy (ACT) is and is ACT’s Artistic Group Theatre, where he remains as an Artistic closing out Kyle’s 2015-2016 season which has Director in 2016. John’s Associate. Upcoming local projects include included: Mollyville (Théâtre Tremplin, Ottawa), 16-year freelance career Henry V (Freehold Engaged Theatre) and Ik Onkar (Catapulte, tour), Cinéma (Catapulte, has afforded him the opportunity to work with Bring Down the House (Seattle Shakespeare tour), Le Long de la Principale (Catapulte, many prestigious theatre companies across the Company). An alumnus of Northwestern Ottawa), The 8th Prix Rideau Awards Gala (Prix country. He has directed productions at University, Johnson holds the Scenic Design Rideau Awards, Ottawa), and festivals with Playwrights Horizons NY, Ensemble Studio faculty position at Seattle University. Ottawa Fringe Festival, Zones théâtrales, and Theater NY, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Contacts Ontarios. Other past productions Kimberley Korf (Costume Designer) is a Lookingglass Theater Company in Chicago, include 2015’s Re:Union (Horseshoes and Hand Seattle-based costume designer, who has Circle X in Los Angeles, The Resident Ensemble, Grenades), 2014’s The Railway Children (Ottawa worked in NYC, Los Angeles, San Diego, and New Century Theatre Company, Washington Little Theatre), and Le temps et la chambre (La Seattle. She is thrilled to be designing her Ensemble Theatre, and Seattle Shakespeare Licorne) in 2013. Thanks to the Canada Council first show at ACT. Some favorite shows she’s Company. John received his directing degree for the Arts for funding support, and much love designed include The Trial, the opera Eugene from UNCSA. Some of his favorite directing to my partner Danielle. Onegin, Holy Days, and Titus Andronicus. She credits include The Shaggs Philosophy of the holds a M.F.A. in Costume Design from UW Tristan Roberson (Video/Projections World (LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best School of Drama. Designer) is a lighting and projection designer Original Musical), and Brothers Karamazov based in Seattle. His work has been seen at (seven LADCC Awards including Best Production Robert J. Aguilar (Lighting Designer) Recent many theatres across Seattle, including Village of the year and Best Direction) and directing designs include: Luna Gale (Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book- Kurt Beattie in King Lear. John received the first Theatre); How to Succeed In Business Without It Repertory Theatre, ArtsWest, Washington annual Seattle Gregory Award honoring Really Trying (The 5th Avenue Theatre). Seattle Ensemble Theatre, and On the Boards. Recent excellence in direction for The Adding Machine. area: Little Shop of Horrors (ACT and The designs include Giselle Deconstruct (The Three Recent Seattle credits include NCTC’s Mary’s 5th Avenue Theatre), The Lady With All the Yells), The Things Are Against Us (Washington Wedding (NCTC), The Seagull Project’s The Answers (ACT); Buyer and Cellar, Lizard Boy, Ensemble Theatre), and Crimes of the Heart Three Sisters, and Othello (Seattle Shakespeare Dear Elizabeth, The Vaudevillians, Bo-Nita, I Am (Village Theatre). Tristan is the resident lighting Company). As a dedicated fan of original work, My Own Wife, Of Mice and Men, The K of D, designer at Washington Ensemble Theatre. John has shepherded over a dozen projects to and boom! (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Jasper in their premieres.

encoreartsprograms.com A–9 Special Fund Donors Carlo Scandiuzzi ACT Endowment Donors (Executive Director) is a ACT’s endowment is administered by the A Contemporary Theatre Foundation. founder of Agate Films and Clear Pictures, Buster & Nancy Alvord • Joan & Larry Barokas • Michael Corliss-Investco • Katharyn Alvord Gerlich • producing such films as Becky & Jack Benaroya • Charles Blumenfeld & Karla Axell • Ron & Jan Delismon • The Ewert Family • Prototype, Dark Drive, Bruce & Dawn Goto • William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education & Outreach Programs • Outpatient, and The Kreielsheimer Remainder Fund • Doug & Nancy Norberg • Sally Pence • Katherine & Douglass Raff • Flats, and Indieflix, a Brooks & Suzanne Ragen • Herman & Faye Sarkowsky • David E. & Catherine E. Skinner • Kayla Skinner distribution c ompany. In 1979, Scandiuzzi • Estate of Stuart Smailes • Rose & the late John Southall • David & Joyce Veterane • The Peg & Rick started Modern Productions, bringing to Seattle Young Foundation • Anonymous such legendary bands as The Police, Devo, Nina Hagen, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, John Cale, The ACT Legacy Society Robert Fripp, James Brown, Muddy Waters, and ACT patrons who continue to support and ensure the ongoing tradition of presenting the best many more. He performed in several plays at contemporary theatre for future generations through estate planning, wills, and living trusts. Empty Space Theatre including Aunt Dan and Investments of all sizes can make significant future gifts by using tax-advantaged estate and Lemon, The Return of Pinocchio, and Dracula. In financial planning options. Specific areas where ACT can benefit from your legacy are scholarships, the early ‘80s, he collaborated with many Seattle endowments, capital projects, or operating costs. Questions or arrangements can be discussed with performance artists such as Norman Durkee, our Development Department at 206.292.7660 x1330. Alan Lande, and Jesse Bernstein. He also acted ACT Legacy Society Members in various films including Bugsy, The Public Eye, Nancy Alvord • Laurie Besteman • Jean Burch Falls • Charles Fitzgerald • Linda & Brad Fowler • Tal Another You, Casanova’s Kiss, and Killing Zoe. & Carol Godding • Suzanne Howard • H. David Kaplan • Carolyn Keim & Connie Rinchiuso • David He graduated from the Ecole Superieure D’Art Mattson • Mike McCaw & Janet Westin • Catherine & Barry McConnell • Steven McCoy & Larry Dramatique of Geneva. Carlo currently serves as Henderson • Dr. Arnie & Judy Ness • Lisbeth Pisk • Brooks & Suzanne Ragen • Teresa Revelle • Chuck a member of the Seattle Arts Commission. Sitkin • GregRobin Smith • Rose & the late John Southall • Judith Warshal & Wade Sowers • Dorothy Becky Witmer E. Wendler (Managing Director) has been with ACT since 2011, serving as the Special Thanks General Manager (2014- ACT gratefully acknowledges the following professionals and organizations who have helped 2015) and also the make this season a success: Director of Marketing Keith Johnson, Daqopa Brands LLC • AJ Epstein • Seattle Eye Care & Optical, Grady Hughes, MD • and Communications Seattle Repertory Theatre • Village Theatre (2011-2014). Becky began her career in arts management through marketing and communications. She was the Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Intiman Theatre (2008-2011) and Opera Colorado PATRON INFORMATION (2006-2008). She was the Associate Director of Marketing with Central City Opera (2002-2005). Emergency Evacuation Procedures Sign Language interpreted and audio-described Becky is an advisory board member for TeenTix, In the event of an emergency, please wait for an performances. For more information, email announcement for further instructions. 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A–10 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre ACT for the Future Campaign Many thanks to the individuals and organizations helping ACT to invest in artistic vision, maximize our facility’s potential, deepen and broaden community connection, and assure sustainability. VISIONARIES $100,000+

Nancy Alvord Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Eric and Margaret Rothchild Charitable Fund Linda & Brad Fowler The Norcliffe Foundation State of Washington Department of Commerce True-Brown Foundation

$50,000-$99,999 Joshua Green Foundation May McCarthy & Don Smith Kären White 4Culture Naomi & Yoshi Minegishi Dr. Arnie & Judy Ness $1,000-$4,999 Allen & Anne Affleck Katherine & Douglas Raff Ingrid Sarapuu & Michael Anderson Bob & Kristi Diercks Gladys Rubenstein Don & Goldie Silverman Franklin & Karen Thoen Hashisaki /Tubridy Family Chuck Sitkin Steve & Diana White David & Shirley Urdal Ross & Kelsey Henry Brian Turner & Susan Hoffman Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Wilson Stephanie M. Hilbert David & Joyce Veterane $5,000-$9,999 Laurie Besteman & Jack Lauderbaugh Abha Khanna & Adam Porsch Wyman Youth Trust $10,000-$24,999 Kermit & Danna Anderson Colin & Jennifer Chapman Dr. Greg Perkins $25,000-$49,999 Joan & Larry Barokas Trevor Cobb & Cecilia Cayetano Teresa & Geoff Revelle Peter & Fran Bigelow Dr. Eric Bennett Natalie Gendler Dr. Larry Hohm & Karen Shaw Betty Bottler Richard Hesik & Barbara Johns Heather & Grady Hughes Robert & Shirley Stewart Allan & Nora Davis Bill Kuhn & Patricia Daniels Barry & Colleen Scovel Susan Yates Charles Fitzgerald Gregory & Diane Lind Lisa Simonson The Peg & Rick Young Foundation Gary & Parul Houlahan Jane W. & James A. Lyons Margaret Stanley Anonymous

ACT Golden Celebration Gala 2015 Donors SPONSORS: Boeing The Commerce Bank Foster Pepper Attorneys at Law Naomi & Yoshi Minegishi: Heike Ambassadors Laird Norton Wealth Management

IN KIND SPONSORS: Daqopa Brands LLC Fran’s Chocolates Lovely Events Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes Washington Holding

Gala Donors Linda & George Ojemann Tom Skerritt Deborah Killinger BaDi Fitness $20,000+ Judith Simmons David & Catherine Skinner Karen Koon & Brad Edwards Ben Bridge Ann Stephens Margaret Stanley Gerald Kroon & Roxanne Julie Briskman Linda & Brad Fowler Kate Purwin & Sergei Tschernisch Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes Shepherd Peter Bos Teresa & Geoff Revelle Brian Turner & Susan Hoffman David & Joyce Veterane Rachael & Phillip Levine Crane Jewelers $10,000-$19,999 Virginia Wyman Shanna & Ryan Waite Dan & Carol Madigan Cuisine by Suzanne Mark & Tammera Mason Chap & Eve Alvord $1,000-$2,499 George & Colleen Willoughby Bob & Kristi Diercks Elias & Karyl Alvord Anonymous Marcella McCaffray Four Seasons Hotel Kermit & Danna Anderson Leslie Ray & Michael Bernstein Lora-Ellen McKinney Gordon Biersch Dr. Eric Bennett $500-$999 Gary & Parul Houlahan Erika Michael Scott & Lisa Helker Debbie Devoto Jill Becker Eulalie M. & Gian-Carlo Lauren Mikov David Hewitt Jeannie M. Falls Becky Benaroya Scandiuzzi David & Penny Miller Inn at Langley Rhonda & Jim Greer Laurie Besteman & Jack James Nichols Inn at Laurel Point $5,000-$9,999 Ross & Kelsey Henry Lauderbaugh Dr. Greg Perkins Inn at the Market Sheena Aebig & Eric Taylor Stephanie M. Hilbert Luther Black Pamela Reed & Sandy Smolan Intiman Theatre Festival Boeing Sara Comings Hoppin Brian Branagan & Carissa Cindy & Lance Richmond J.A. Jance Allan & Nora Davis Beverly & Richard Johnson Sanchez Riddell Williams, P.S. Jepun Bali Villas Jean Burch Falls Abha Khanna & Adam Porsch Beth & John Brennen Jimmy Rogers Phillip Levine Dr. Arnie & Judy Ness Josef Krebs David & Joyce Brewster Eric and Margaret Rothchild Diane & Gregory Lind Brooks & Suzanne Ragen Bill Kuhn & Patricia Daniels Jim Cantu Charitable Fund Loulay Restaurant Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Laird Norton Tyee Dottie Delaney Mr. Michael Sack Nena Gifts Chuck Sitkin Stephanie Langs John Delo John Siegler & Alexandra Read, Judy & Arnold Ness Vijay & Sita Vashee Christopher Mathews & Robert Gale Devol MD Osteria La Spiga Jean Viereck Lehman Bob & Kristi Diercks Lisa Simonson Pacific Jazz Institute Leonard Lewicki Janice Dilworth & Greg Denton Sheila Smith & Don Ferguson $2,500-$4,999 Pacific Northwest Ballet Jane W. & James A. Lyons Kristine Donovick & Jim Daly John & Rose Southall Anne Allgood Pamela Reed Corrinne Martin Rayner D’Souza Robert & Shirley Stewart Chase Anderson Barry Scovel Eugene & Donna Mikov Joselynn & Randy Engstrom Susan Trapnell & Erik Muller Joan & Larry Barokas Seattle Seahawks Shelley Schermer Julie Faison Judith Warshal & Wade Sowers The Commerce Bank Karen Shaw & Larry Hohm Angela Owens Charles & Margaret Fitzgerald Martha Wyckoff & Jerry Tone Foster Pepper & Shefelman Donald Paterson Mrigankka Fotedar Goldie & Donald Silverman Natalie Gendler Katherine & Douglass Raff Ariel Glassman Auction Donors: The Pink Door Heather & Grady Hughes The Ruins Ingrid Sarapuu & Michael Linda Griffith The 5th Avenue Theatre Gregory & Diane Lind Trader Joe’s Anderson Sharron & David Hartman ACT Costume Shop Mark Mason Violets are Blue Shelley Schermer Rick & Cindi Hasselblad Alvin Goldfarb Jewelers Frank Lawler & Ann McCurdy Washington Ensemble Theatre Barry & Colleen Scovel E.F. Hayashi Mark Anders Yoshi & Naomi Minegishi David Williams Dr. Larry Hohm & Karen Shaw Richard Hesik & Barbara Johns John Aylward Charles & Eleanor Nolan Don & Goldie Silverman Cynthia Huffman & Ray Heacox

encoreartsprograms.com A–11 1st Annual ACT Corporate, Foundation Legacy & Government Sponsors Society ACT gratefully recognizes the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies for their generous support of our 2016 programs. Without such tremendous community support, ACT would not be able to offer outstanding contemporary theatre, Luncheon in-school educational programming, or community-based outreach. Join us Thursday, Sep 22 at Blue Acre Seafood THEATRE SPONSORS EVENING SPONSORS SUSTAINING PARTNERS for our 1st Annual $100,000+ $10,000–$24,999 $1,000–$4,999 ArtsFund Daqopa Brands Fales Foundation Trust Legacy Society Luncheon Elizabeth George Foundation McEachern Charitable Trust to honor our planned SEASON SPONSORS Harvest Foundation Morrison Hershfield Corporation $50,000–$99,999 Microsoft Corporation Seattle P-I The Boeing Company giving donors. Peg & Rick Young Foundation Wyman Youth Trust Office of Arts & Culture The Legacy Society is an extraordinary The Shubert Foundation Inc. STAGE SPONSORS MEDIA PARTNERS group of individuals who have $5,000–$9,999 City Arts Magazine† SHOW SPONSORS Bob & Eileen Gilman Family † provided a gift for ACT Theatre Classical KING FM $25,000–$49,999 Foundation KCTS9† 4Culture through either their estate or a Break-Away Tours KEXP† Doris Duke Charitable Foundation † structured planned gift. ACT is Gordon Biersch Brewing Co KUOW† John Graham Foundation pleased to honor these individuals Horizons Foundation The Seattle Times† MAP Fund Humanities Washington The Stranger† and is grateful for the opportunity to National Endowment for the Arts RealNetworks Foundation † Support provided through in-kind The Nesholm Family Foundation serve as a steward for these unique TEW Foundation contributions. legacies. As a small token of our North Carolina School of the Arts The Seattle Foundation Foundation gratitude, we will acknowledge our Treeline Foundation Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes† Legacy Society members at our 1st U.S. Bancorp Foundation Washington State Arts Commission Annual Legacy Society Luncheon in September.

If you have included ACT in your estate plans but are not a member of the Legacy Society, please let us know so we can extend an invitation to you to become part of this very special group. We would like to thank ACT gratefully acknowledges the you for your generosity, and include following for their contributions to this you in this and other Legacy Society events. Call Clare Hausmann Weiand production and season: at 206.292.7660 x1002.

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A–12 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre IS YOUR THEATRE

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A PART OF ACT PARTNERS THE ART In thanks for your gift, we are delighted to offer you benefits that recognize and reward the part you play in supporting the art of ACT.

PATRON PARTNER ($100–$249) ENCORE CIRCLE » First announcement of new Mainstage shows » Recognition in the ACT Annual Report SUSTAINING PARTNER ($1,500–$2,499) » A Christmas Carol pre-sale opportunity » All Supporting Partner benefits » An invitation for two to one Tech Talk, our exclusive behind-the-scenes look at a Mainstage » Invitation to the Sustainers Soiree, a celebration of our Encore Circle Members rehearsal, with a cocktail reception and presentation by ACT’s Senior Production Team. » Recognition on the ACT Donor Banner in the PONCHO Lobby CONTRIBUTING PARTNER ($250–$749) FRIEND ($2,500–$4,999) » All Patron Partner benefits » All Sustaining Partner benefits » An invitation to our Behind the Scenes Partner Party! You’ll be treated to a tour of the costume » Private behind-the-scenes theatre tour for you and 10 guests, shop, stage, green room, and more. Join us as we pull back the curtain at ACT’s historic building. to be arranged on a mutually agreeable date » Invitation for two to a full year of Tech Talks, our exclusive behind-the-scenes look at a Mainstage » Six complimentary beverage coupons* rehearsal, with a cocktail reception and presentation by ACT’s Senior Production Team. ASSOCIATE ($5,000–$9,999) » Recognition in one ACT Encore Program » All Friend Partner benefits SUPPORTING PARTNER ($750–$1,499) » Invitation to the Annual ACT Garden Party » All Contributing Partner Benefits » Opportunity to join one or more fellow donors to sponsor an evening or a show » Invitations for two to ACT’s exclusive Opening Night dinners, with remarks from related artists and ACT Leadership ($40.00 additional charge per person) » Priority invitation to the Annual ACT Gala » Recognition for one year in ACT Encore Programs *non-tax deductible benefit encoreartsprograms.com A–13 ACT Partners ACT is dedicated to producing relevant works on contemporary themes. This is made possible by generous contributions from people in our community. We would like to thank the many kind individuals who have partnered with ACT this year. You inspire us all. Thank you.

THEATRE SPONSOR SHOW SPONSOR EVENING SPONSOR $100,000+ $25,000–$49,999 $10,000–$24,999 Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Jean Burch Falls Elias & Karyl Alvord Nadine & John Murray Eulalie M. & Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi Linda & Brad Fowler Benjamin & Marianne Bourland Dr. Arnie & Judy Ness Gary & Parul Houlahan Trevor Cobb & Cecilia Cayetano Linda & George Ojemann SEASON SPONSOR Teresa & Geoff Revelle Allan & Nora Davis Susan & John Pohl $50,000–$99,999 Anonymous James Degel & Jeanne Berwick, Donald & Jo Anne Rosen Chap & Eve Alvord Berwick Degel Family Foundation David & Shirley Urdal Nancy Alvord Gregory & Diane Lind Jean Viereck Anonymous

ASSOCIATE $5,000-$9,999 Sheena Aebig & Eric Taylor Dennis & Deborah DeYoung Jane W. & James A. Lyons Herman & Faye Sarkowsky Allan & Anne Affleck Anne Foster Eugene & Donna Mikov Dr. Larry Hohm & Karen Shaw Melinda & Walter Andrews Natalie Gendler Yoshi & Naomi Minegishi Chuck Sitkin Joan & Larry Barokas James & Barbara Heavey Gloria & David Moses Vijay & Sita Vashee Leslie Ray & Michael Bernstein Ross & Kelsey Henry Katherine & Douglass Raff Judith Warshal & Wade Sowers Laurie Besteman & Jack Lauderbaugh John & Ellen Hill Brooks & Suzanne Ragen Marcia & Klaus Zech Sonya & Tom Campion Lisa & Norman Judah Eric and Margaret Rothchild Charitable Anonymous (3) Allan & Nora Davis Bill Kuhn & Patricia Daniels Fund

FRIEND $2,500-$4,999 Richard & Constance Albrecht Linda & Ted Johnson Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Robert & Shirley Stewart Marge & Dave Baylor Abha Khanna & Adam Porsch Evelyne Rozner & Matt Griffin Tamzen Talman Peter & Fran Bigelow Karen Koon & Brad Edwards Ingrid Sarapuu & Michael Anderson Nancy Thacher Lonnie Edelheit Kyoko Matsumoto Wright Barry & Colleen Scovel Brian Turner & Susan Hoffman Charles Fitzgerald Joy McNichols Don & Goldie Silverman George & Colleen Willoughby Thomas P. & Christine M. Griesa Mark & Susan Minerich Chuck Sitkin Virginia Wyman Richard Hesik & Barbara Johns Charles & Eleanor Nolan Sheila Smith & Don Ferguson Anonymous Dale & Donna Holpainen Douglas & Nancy Norberg Warren & Nancy Smith Heather & Grady Hughes The Nordhoff Family Rose & the late John Southall Katherine Ann Janeway & H.S. Wright III Nancy Parker Ron & Carol Sperling

SUSTAINING PARTNER $1,500-$2,499 A Michael and Pamela Adams Peter Hartley & Sheila Noonan Frances & Casey Mead Mark & Arlene Tibergien Kermit & Danna Anderson Ms. Amy Henry Dayle Moss & David Brown Jim & Kathy Tune Peter & Jane Barrett Stephanie M. Hilbert Sally Nelson Dirk & Mary Lou Van Woerden Dr. Eric Bennett Dan & Connie Hungate Pamela & Gilbert Powers Jean Walkinshaw Corinne A. Campbell Clare Kapitan & Keith Schreiber Richard Andler & Carole Rush Nancy Weintraub Jeffrey & Alicia Carnevali Alexander Grigorovitch & Vera Kirichuk Tove Ryman Mary & Donald Wieckowicz Frank & Denise Catalano Craig Davis & Ellen Le Vita William & Rae Saltzstein Anonymous (5) Patricia & Theodore Collins Alice Mailloux Darrel & Barbara Sharnard Todd & Sylvie Currie Peter & Kelly Maunsell Lisa Simonson Rayner D’Souza Frank Lawler & Ann McCurdy David & Catherine Skinner

SUPPORTING PARTNER $750-$1,499 John Akin & Mary Stevens Steve Coulter Sergey Genkin Joseph & Linda Iacolucci Rhett Alden & Marcia Engel Jeff & Allison Craggs Boyd & Ann Givan Willis Kleinenbroich Diane & Jean-Loup Baer Dottie Delaney Kelly & Jeffrey Greene Josef Krebs Kendall & Sonia Baker Debbie Devoto Lawrence & Hylton Hard Eileen Lennon & Barrie Carter Margaret Bullitt Bob & Kristi Diercks Rick & Cindi Hasselblad Leonard Lewicki Bruce Burger Patrick J. & Lanie Dineen Marjorie Kennedy Hemphill Steven & Anne Lipner Dr. William Calvin & Dr. Katherine Graubard Lori Eickelberg F. Randall & Barbara Hieronymus Loeb Family Foundation Dennis & Aline Caulley Kevin Wilson & Emily Evans Margot & Paul Hightower Stephen & Ellen Lutz Jim Lobsenz & Elizabeth Choy Jeannie M. Falls Vaughn Himes & Martie Ann Bohn Tony Martello Clement Family Foundation Mrigankka Fotedar Nancy & Martha Hines Corrinne Martin Kevin & Lisa Conner Eleanor & Jeff Freeman Sara Comings Hoppin Eric Mattson & Carla Fowler

A–14 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Gail & John Mensher Donald Paterson Barbara Sando Shanna Waite Jim & Cheri Minorchio Debbie Paul John Siegler & Alexandra Read, MD Ellen Wallach & Tom Darden Michael Moody & Martha Clatterbaugh Valerie D. Payne Tom Skerritt Tom & Connie Walsh Wesley Moore & Sandra Walker Dr. Greg Perkins Margaret Stanley Vreni Von Arx Watt Jim Mullin Chuck Perry Kim Stindt & Mark Heilala Jeff & Carol Waymack Bill & Mary Ann Mundy Alan & Andrea Rabinowitz Jeffrey A. Sutherland Eric Weber James Nichols Ken Ragsdale Margaret Taylor Dianne & Douglas Wills Chris & BJ Ohlweiler Craig & Melissa Reese Kate Purwin & Sergei Tschernisch Kathy & Chic Wilson Hal Opperman & JoLynn Edwards Cindy & Lance Richmond David & Joyce Veterane Ann P. Wyckoff Cynthia & Bruce Parks Randy & Willa Rohwer Paul G. & Mary Lou Dice Vibrans Anonymous (6) CONTRIBUTING PARTNER • $250-$749 Ann P. Wyckoff Allan Darr Jenefer Hutchins Russell Metz Darshana Shanbhag Shawn Aebi Dan & Esther Darrow Dean M. Ishiki Erika Michael Michael C. Shannon Mary Alberg Emily Davis Joel Ivey & Sheyrl Murdock Tami & Joe Micheletti John Shaw Bob & Sarah Alsdorf Clay & Karen Dawson Wendy Jackson David & Penny Miller Lynne & Bill Shepherd Jerry Anches Paul & Sandy Dehmer Ann Janes-Waller & Fletch Waller Phil Mitterling Barbara & Richard Shikiar Aaron Anderson James & Amanda Devine Michael Dryfoos & Ilga Jansons Tina Montana Sonia Siegel Vexler & Paul Vexler Connie Anderson & Tom Clement Paula Diehr & Frank Hughes Victor Janusz Aaron Moore Judith Simmons Renate & Croil Anderson Janice Dilworth & Greg Denton Susan & Fred Jarrett James Moore Jeff Slesinger & Cynthia Wold Sherri M. Anderson Darrel & Nancy Dochow Paula Jenson Sallie & Lee Morris Don & Kathy Smith-DiJulio Jane & Brian Andrew Lynne & Robert Dowdy Christine Jew Kathryn Mueller Gregory L. Snider Basil & Gretchen Anex Gary and Manya Drobnack David B. Johnson Annette & Gordon Mumford Jay Soroka & Jane Reisman Adel Assaad Kristin and Jeff Dubrule Ms. Joan E. Mathews Julnes Robert Mustard Helen F. Speegle Karl Banse Vasiliki Dwyer Bob Kakiuchi Sarah Navarre Gail & Robert Stagman Mark Barbieri Glenn & Bertha Eades Paul Kassen John Naye Jolanne & Jim Stanton Bob & Melisse Barrett Amanda Ebbert & Kathryn Johnson John & Nancy Jo Keegan Cindy & Ed Neff Jen Steele & Jon Hoekstra Tom Bayley Shmuel El-Ad Jerry Kenney Kristin Norberg Ann Stephens Kurt Beattie & Marianne Owen Carole Ellison Omie Kerr Craig & Deanna Norsen Nancy Stephens Kathleen Bemis & Don Blair Patricia Emmons Lura & David Kerschner John O'Connell & Joyce Latino Lisa & John Stewart Becky Benaroya Joselynn & Randy Engstrom Steven & Patricia Kessler Colette J. Ogle Robert Stokes Dr. & Mrs. Bensinger Joanne R. Euster Anthony Kidd Kristin Olson Margaret Stoner & Robert Jacobsen Neil & Bekki Bergeson Julie Faison Patricia Killam Angela Owens Derek Storm & Cynthia Gossett Ruth & Greg Berkman Karen & Bill Feldt Debbie Killinger DJ Padzensky & Melissa Bloor Isabel & Herb Stusser Luann & Irv Bertram Teresa Irene Ferguson Marjorie Raleigh & Jerry Kimball Molly Pengra Sally Sullivan Dennis Birch & Evette Ludman Tom & Maura Fitzmacken David & Karen King Susan Perkins James Bushyhead & Christina Siggi Bjarnason Maura Fitzmaken Dr. Edward & Mimi Kirsch Marie Peters Surawicz Luther Black & Christina Wright Rynold & Judge Fleck Cynthia Knoll Greg & Peggy Petrie Jill Harper and Rik Reppe Kathleen & Rupert Bledsoe Rick Freedman Weldon Ihrig & Susan Knox Judy Pigott Norm & Lynn Swick Gail & Randy Bohannon Mr & Mrs. Phillip Frink Jr Agastya & Marianna Kohli Donald Pogoloff Bill & Pat Taylor Pirkko Borland Micaela Fujita Susan Kunimatsu & Gary Epstein Judy G. 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encoreartsprograms.com A–15 ACT A Theatre of New Ideas ACT Board EMERITUS COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION SALES AND AUDIENCE COSTUME DEPARTMENTS Richard C. Clotfelter Chris DeGracia SERVICES Lisa A. Knoop Of Trustees Esther Schoenfeld Capital Projects and Operations Costume Director Jessica Howard Manager Charles Sitkin Director of Sales and Audience Renita Davenport Chair Hannah Schirman Services Costume Shop Foreman A Contemporary Events and Venue Manager Ross Henry Scott Herman Susanne R. Ferguson Vice President Theatre James Stone Customer Service Manager First Hand Facilities Maintenance Gary Houlahan Foundation Star Zatine Sally Mellis† Treasurer Board AC/R Services Telesales Manager Wardrobe Master Engineer Bill Kuhn Ada Karamanyan Joyce Degenfelder† Kermit Anderson Secretary Rica Wolken Front Office Representative Wig Master President IT Director Matt Aalfs Leicester Landon Lucinda Richmond Joan Barokas Ashley Schalow Laura Owens SCENIC DEPARTMENTS Vice President Eric Bennett Database Manager Ian Stewart Steve Coulter† Leslie Ray Bernstein Katherine Raff Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes Amelia Wade Technical Director Laurie Besteman Secretary Kathryn Wahlberg Catering Derek Baylor† Trevor Cobb Britt Coundiff Brian Turner Bar and Concessions Assistant Technical Director Rayner D’Souza Treasurer Ticket Office Representatives Bob Diercks Austin Smart† Jeremy Rupprecht Charles Fitzgerald Brad Fowler FINANCE Scene Shop Foreman Gary Houlahan Audience Services Manager Julia Herschensohn Sheila Smith Sean Wilkins† Catherine Roach Amanda Rae Stephanie Hilbert Director of Finance Master Scenic Carpenter Grady Hughes Charles Sitkin House Manager Sandi Hogben Nick Murel Abha Khanna Ty Bonneville Payroll and Accounts Payable Scenic Carpenter Diane Lind Specialist Assistant House Manager Kyoko Matsumoto Wright ACT Staff Jeff Scott Katie Bicknell Lauren Mikov Stephanie Golden Scenic Charge Artist Hana Christenson Naomi Minegishi EXECUTIVE Staff Accountant Ryan Higgins Lisa Bellero† James Minorchio John Langs Linnea Ingalls Assistant Charge Artist John Muhic Artistic Director DEVELOPMENT Michael McClain † Judy Ness Carlo Scandiuzzi Clare Hausmann Weiand Marne Cohen-Vance Robin Obourn George Ojemann Executive Director Director of Development Properties Master Becky Plant Teresa Revelle † Becky Witmer Robert Hankins Kyle Traver Ken Ewert Barry Scovel Managing Director Associate Director of Development Shane Unger Master Properties Artisan Karen Shaw Adam Vanhee Thomas Verdos† John Siegler Samie Detzer Jill Robinson Audience Services Lead Properties Artisan Goldie Gendler Silverman Literary and Executive Manager Development Officer Rob Stewart Andrew P. Storms Christine Jew Larry True ARTISTIC Development Associate Audience Services Affiliate STAGE OPERATIONS † Ryan Waite Kurt Beattie Nick Farwell Shanna Waite Ali el-Gasseir Stage Operations Supervisor Artistic Director Emeritus Gala Manager PRODUCTION † Margaret Layne† Alyssa Byer James Nichols ACT Advisory Production Manager Master Stage Carpenter Director of Casting MARKETING, SALES, † Council Angie Kamel AND COMMUNICATIONS Ruth Eitemiller Pam Mulkern Assistant Production Manager Master Electrician Sheena Aebig Artistic Engagement Manager Amy Gentry Daniel D. Ederer Emily Penick Director of Marketing and Skylar Hansen Max Langley Jean Burch Falls Literary and Artistic Manager Communications Production Office Manager Master Sound Engineer Jeannie M. Falls Kenna Kettrick Aubrey Scheffel John H. Faris Young Playwrights Program Associate Director of Marketing STAGE MANAGEMENT FOR THIS PRODUCTION Brad Fowler † Administrator Jillian Vasquez Jeffrey K. Hanson Brendan Patrick Hogan Carolyn H. Grinstein Production Stage Manager Video Programmer Sara Comings Hoppin Wiley Basho Gorn Marketing Manager C. David Hughbanks Videographer Dawn Schaefer JR Welden Ron Darling Stage Manager Scenic Carpenter Jonathan D. Klein Emma Bjornson, Spencer Hamp, Graphic Design Associate Jane W. Lyons Arica Jeffery Cati Thelen David Hartig Gloria A. Moses Literary Interns Marketing Intern Tori Thompson Nadine H. Murray Briana Kersten Douglas E. Norberg Andy Teye Production Assistants Kristin G. Olson PR Intern Donald B. Paterson Apex Media Eric Pettigrew Advertising Pamela Powers Chris Bennion Katherine L. Raff Production Photographic Services Brooks G. Ragen Catherine Roach Christa Fleming Jo Anne Rosen Graphic Design Services Faye Sarkowsky David E. Skinner Susan Trapnell Brian Turner George V. Willoughby David E. Wyman, Jr. Jane H. Yerkes

† Denotes staff member has worked at ACT for 10 years or more

A–16 ACT – A Contemporary Theatre Verdi Good Idea Bringing Classical Music to the Masses

A recent Opera on Tap performance at the Narwhal in Capitol Hill

Opera on Tap is pouring It’s a regular night at the dive bar that is support the artists who continue to the Blue Moon Tavern. Folks perched on keep the art form alive.” Drinking beers out opera locally. stools looking out at the Seattle gloom. with Berlioz and booze with Beethoven Folks arrayed in a booth, wooden tables is something Seattleites are now Photos by Shane Williams all scuffed and abused with graffiti. growing accustomed to because of the Folks standing around outside with city’s chapter growing event by event. cigarettes, trying not to get wet from the besotted sky. Or is it a regular Ksenia Popova, a proclaimed “co- night? For what’s happening on stage, managing diva” of the operation, is a exactly? A soprano is singing. A tenor, Russian-born, Seattle-based soprano. too, and they’re singing…opera? Here? This is to say, Popova is not just At the Blue Moon Tavern? Why can’t promoting opera locally, she’s singing opera stars be rock stars, too? They can, it. A frequent soloist for Seattle Opera thanks to Opera on Tap. Guild’s Preview Groups, she, along with other like-minded divas and Founded in Brooklyn, New York in 2005, divos, put together events around the Opera on Tap now has 19 chapters city with accomplished singers and internationally, bringing opera to the musicians. “We make opera,” she says, masses. It was founded, as their website “approachable and digestible. Also, it’s states, to “promote opera as a viable, rare that you’ll have a singer blasting living and progressive art form and to away just inches from you — it’s a

encoreartsseattle.com 5 visceral feeling you wouldn’t get going to a concert hall.” SENGA NENGUDI: This past April, at Naked City in Greenwood, they put together “Art IMPROVISATIONAL of War,” highlighting opera’s most GESTURES famous power struggles. In May, at the Blue Moon, Opera on Tap performed JULY 16 – OCT 9 “Much Ado about Opera,” focusing on Shakespearean opera. In June, they had a show at the tiki-themed bar, Hula Hula. The shows are a $5 suggested donation with the monies garnered distributed amongst the performers. HENRYART.ORG

HENRY ART GALLERY ART HENRY Senga Nengudi: Improvisational Gestures is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Gallery of Contemporary Art. The presentation at the Henry is organized by Nina Bozicnik, Assistant Curator, with support from 4Culture, ArtsFund, and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.

Senga Nengudi, studio performance of Mesh There’s a growing effort to showcase, in Mirage, 1978. Image courtesy of the artist and Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. Photo: Adam Avila. the city, classical music and its forms to communities who might not have access to it otherwise. Perhaps a ticket to Seattle Opera’s The Flying Dutchman is a little too much for some, but perhaps $5 and a couple of drinks at the bar to hear selections from La Boheme and The Marriage of Figaro isn’t as challenging. Perhaps one has never been exposed to opera at all and then, suddenly, one hears Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers in their local watering hole and it moves them. That’s what happened at a brewery in Ballard. Popova recalls, “At the end of our show, a woman – who was part of a motorcycle convention on the same street — came up to me with tears in her eyes. She’d never heard opera before and thought it was the most beautiful thing. That means a lot to me — when we make someone feel.”

That’s what the organization is hoping for — to expose new audiences to what opera is and to aid opera singers in their quest to do what they love doing — singing opera. What better feeling is there – than comfortably at a local haunt with friends, frosty pints in hand, and Pagliacci arias in one’s ears? <

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