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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 1 12/27/16 12:33 PM Dear Theatregoer,

Happy New Year! We’re delighted to begin the New Year with laughter at every turn. The past 12 months have been eventful at the Walnut, and we look forward to even more in 2017 at America’s Oldest Theatre beginning with tonight’s performance. Laughter on the 23rd Floor has been called ’s funniest play, and I couldn’t agree more. No writer makes me laugh harder than Simon; I hope you enjoy the show as much as I do.

Next on our Mainstage is Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. This classic comedy is filled with Wilde’s and style as the story unfolds artful duplicity, mistaken identities and secret affairs. This show continues to charm audiences around the world and I’m thrilled to produce it right here on our stage. We have a wonderful cast, including Mary Martello as Lady Bracknell. You won’t want to miss it!

Upstairs in our Independence Studio on 3 we have another of Photo: Mark Garvin Simon’s hilarious plays, Last of the Hot Lovers. This is our seventh Walnut production that will set out on a national tour following performances in our theatre. You can see it here before it hits the road to delight audiences in 12 states across the country. The Studio 3 season will continue with The Gift, a story of loyal friendship that made its debut at the Walnut in 1998. The season ends with Broadway’s loving tribute to an all-American master of song, Jerry Herman. We’ll have music from Hello, Dolly!; Mame; Mack and Mabel and La Cage Aux Folles as we celebrate the Tony, Grammy, Olivier and Drama Desk Award-winning composer. I invite you to join us just two floors up for these intimate stories in an intimate space.

We’re delighted to have just announced our 209th anniversary season including ’s comical Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Broadway’s dream- come-true musical Annie; the 2016 Tony Award-winning Best Play about a Pennsylvania family’s Thanksgiving dinner, ; and the rip-roaring backstage comedy, Noises Off. Next season ends a spectacular musical that will have you dancing in the aisles, Mamma Mia!

For now, sit back and get ready to laugh with Laughter on the 23rd Floor. We love having you at the theatre and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Sincerely,

Bernard Havard, Producing Artistic Director

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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 3 12/27/16 12:33 PM BERNARD HAVARD Producing Artistic Director

JANUARY 17 – MARCH 5, 2017 LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR

By NEIL SIMON Scenic Design Costume Design DAVID P. GORDON MARK MARIANI Lighting Design Sound Design J. DOMINIC CHACON CHRISTOPHER COLUCCI Production Manager Stage Managers JOEL MARKUS ANGELA CUCCO LORI AGHAZARIAN

Directed by FRANK FERRANTE

Sponsored by Laughter on the 23rd Floor Community Partner

MARK D. SYLVESTER Managing Director

Director of Director of Marketing Education and Public Relations THOMAS P. QUINN RALPH WEEKS

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Lucas...... DAVY RAPHAELY* Milt...... STEVE PERLMUTTER* Val...... TONY FREEMAN* Brian...... ANTHONY LAWTON* Kenny...... JESSE BERNSTEIN* Carol...... LEAH WALTON* Max Prince...... FRANK FERRANTE* Helen...... ELLIE MOONEY* Ira...... SCOTT GREER*

UNDERSTUDIES DOUG CASHELL (Kenny), ALEXA CEPEDA (Helen), JOSLYNN CORTES (Carol, 2nd u/s), BRANDON TYLER HOLCOMB (Lucas), THOMAS-ROBERT IRVIN (Max Prince), JENNA KUERZI (Carol), WILLIAM R. McHATTIE (Brian), DAVID NIKOLAS (Milt), WILL POOST (Val), ERIC RUPP (Ira)

Assistant Director: Noah Herman

* Denotes membership in Actors’ Equity Association, the professional union of Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Special thanks to Karen Caesar for her support.

Cover photo: Frank Ferrante

SCENE: An office on the 23rd floor of a building on 57th Street, City

ACT I: March, 1953

THERE WILL BE ONE 20-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

ACT II: Scene 1: Seven months later Scene 2: Christmas Eve

Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Neil Simon) is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

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Jesse Bernstein Frank Ferrante Tony Freeman

Scott Greer Anthony Lawton Ellie Mooney

Steve Perlmutter Davy Raphaely Leah Walton

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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 6 12/27/16 12:33 PM WHO’S WHO JESSE BERNSTEIN (Kenny) Walnut: Eugene He produces solo versions of C.S. Lewis’ The in , Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters. For and ; director, Shipwrecked! info, go to Anthonylawtonactor.com. Regional: Handle With Care (Montgomery ELLIE MOONEY (Helen) WST Highlights: Theater), Diary of Anne Frank (Rubicon Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch), (Myrtle Theatre), Enter Laughing (Berkshire Theatre) Mae), Sister Act (Mary Martin-of-Tours), A and more. TV: Law and Order, Veronica Mars, Christmas Story (Miss Shields), Mary Poppins Days of Our Lives. Jesse is also a writer and (Mrs. Corry), (Constanze). Love and teaching artist. gratitude to Walnut Street Theatre and Basile FRANK FERRANTE (Director/Max Prince) family. Up next at WST: The Importance of debuted Off-Broadway at 23 in the title role Being Earnest (Miss Prism). elliemooney.com in Groucho: A Life in Revue followed by a West End run. He earned New York’s Theatre STEVE PERLMUTTER (Milt) is thrilled to World Award, Outer Critics Circle nomination be returning to WST where he previously and London’s Laurence Olivier nomination. appeared in Lost in Yonkers and Laughter on the On the Walnut Mainstage, Frank directed 23rd Floor. Other credits include: Dinner with (and performed) 1997’s Laughter on the Friends, Luv, The Sisters Rosensweig, Picasso 23rd Floor, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi at the Lapin Agile, The Show-Off and numerous Blues, Broadway Bound, , radio and television commercials. Thanks, Lost in Yonkers and Groucho. At Walnut’s Frank and Bernard! Love to Quinn, Amelia. Independence Studio, Frank played the solo DAVY RAPHAELY (Lucas) is proud to be role in By George (about playwright/director back at the Walnut. (Last season, Peter and the George S. Kaufman) and directed the world Starcatcher). Some other credits include: 4,000 premiere of Old Wicked Songs - a subsequent Miles (PTC); Other Desert Cities (Hudson Pulitzer finalist. Since 2001, Frank performs his Stage, NY); All My Sons (Weston Playhouse, comic creation ‘The Caesar’ in cirque/cabaret VT); Bad Jews, (Walnut); History of venues worldwide. On television, Frank played Invulnerability (Theatre J, DC); The Bomb-itty a talking mime in Emmy-winning Childrens of Errors (11th Hour). davyraphaely.com. Love Hospital and is heard on animated series to Allison. Garfield and SpongeBob SquarePants. LEAH WALTON (Carol) Off-Broadway: Ars TONY FREEMAN (Val) Broadway: The Lion Nova with Berzerker Residents. : King. Walnut Street: Laughter on the 23rd Walnut Street Theatre, Arden, InterAct, Floor (1997), (Barrymore Lantern, Pig Iron, Montgomery Theatre, Nomination), Grand Hotel (Barrymore 11th Hour, Azuka, EgoPo, People’s Light. Nomination), Triumph of Love, Lost in Barrymore Award 2015: Best Supporting Yonkers. Arden Theatre: Merrily We Roll Along Actress in a Musical. Training: National (Barrymore Award), Into the Woods (The Theatre Institute, Moscow Theatre, Michael Baker), Winesburg, Ohio. Law and Order and Chekhov Association, MFA Temple University. Law and Order, SVU. leah-walton.com SCOTT GREER (Ira) Favorites at the NEIL SIMON (Playwright) American Walnut: Laughter... (‘97!), Buddy, Of Mice playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon is and Men, Brighton Beach Memoirs. NY: The widely regarded as one of the most successful, Pearl Theatre. Regional: Milwaukee Rep., prolific and performed playwrights in the world. Arizona Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville. He has been represented on Broadway by shows 5 Barrymore Awards. 2014 “Best of Philly,” including ; ; Philadelphia Magazine. Thanks to Frank, Mark ; ; Sweet and Bernard. Love to Jen and Lily. Charity; The Star-Spangled Girl; ; ANTHONY LAWTON (Brian) has acted in Promises, Promises; The Gingerbread Lady; Philadelphia for 25 years. Favorite roles include The Prisoner of Second Avenue; The Sunshine George in Of Mice and Men (Walnut Street)PLAYBILL. and Boys;COM ; God’s Favorite; Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (Arden). ; ; They’re Playing PLAYBILLVAULT.COM 8 PLAYBILL

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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 8 12/27/16 12:33 PM WHO’S WHO Our Song; I Ought to Be in Pictures; ; McCarter, Westport, Williamstown, Chicago Brighton Beach Memoirs; Biloxi Blues; The Shakespeare, Kennedy Center. Opera: L.A. Odd Couple (female version); Broadway Opera, Lincoln Center, Juilliard Opera, Seattle Bound; ; Lost in Yonkers; Jake’s Women; Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Theatre of The Goodbye Girl; Last of the Red Hot Lovers; St. Louis, Berkshire Opera, Sarasota Opera. ; ; and 45 Seconds Awards: Five Barrymore Awards, the 2003 from Broadway. Off-Broadway: Elliot Norton Award. Professor of Set Design and Hotel Suite. Additionally, Simon has at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of written books, films and series, teleplays and the Arts. motion pictures for television. He has received more Academy and Tony nominations than any MARK MARIANI (Costume Design) Most other writer. Additionally, he has been awarded recently: WST: Last of the Red Hot Lovers, the Pulitzer Prize for Lost In Yonkers, Emmy Always… Patsy Cline, Harvey, Private Lives. Awards for The Show and The Lantern Theater Co: Taming of the Shrew. Phil Silvers Show, for The Odd Philadelphia Theater Co: . Baystreet Couple, Biloxi Blues, Lost In Yonkers and a Theater, NY: Mystery Of Irma Vep. The Broad special Tony Award For Overall Contribution Theater, L.A: Freud’s Last Session. Off- To The Theatre. In 1999, the Walnut produced Broadway: Marjorie Dean Theater and New the world premiere of Hotel Suite. World Stages, Freud’s Last Session. BSC (Brel in the Berkshires and See Rock City & Other DAVID P. GORDON (Scenic Design) WST: Destinations); UAE: (Ambassador Satch). Brighton Beach Trilogy. New York: Public Proud to be a three-time Barrymore nominee! Theater, TFANA, CSC, EST, Women’s Project, Pearl. Regional: Arden, Wilma, PTC, J. DOMINIC CHACON (Lighting Design) is People’s Light, Hartford Stage, Old Globe, Long very happy to be back at the Walnut this Wharf, Williamstown, Goodspeed, Huntington, season! Thanks to the entire Artistic and

01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 9 12/27/16 12:33 PM WHO’S WHO Production team for everything. A graduate of The University of Iowa and Temple University, he currently teaches at Drexel University and is the Lighting Coordinator at the Lang Performance Arts Center. Favorites: Peter and the Starcatcher, Red, Proof, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (WST); Ordinary Days (11th Hour); Aladdin (People’s Light); Dave and Aaron Go to Work (1812). CHRISTOPHER COLUCCI (Sound Design) is a sound designer, composer and guitarist. Recent work: When The Rain Stops Falling (Wilma Theater); (Arden Theatre Company); Disgraced (Philadelphia Theater Company); The Carols (1812 Productions). This is his 28th show at the Walnut! Christopher has received a 2016 Pew Fellowship in the Arts, 7 Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Original Music and Sound Design. MA, Philosophy; Western Kentucky University. Visit http://soundcloud.com/cmsound and youtube.com/user/cmsound. LORI AGHAZARIAN (Stage Manager) This is Lori’s eleventh season here at the Walnut. Prior to joining WST, Lori spent seven seasons as PSM at the Prince Music Theater. Freelance credits include Wilma Theater, Opera Co. of Phila., Pig Iron Theatre Co., 1812 Productions, PTC, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. In addition to stage managing, Lori spent five years as the box office manager for the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe. For Daisy. ANGELA CUCCO (Stage Manager) is celebrating her 7th Walnut season by moving to the Mainstage! Prior to this move, she stage managed for six seasons upstairs in the Independence Studio on 3. Other stage management credits include Mary Poppins on the Walnut Mainstage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, George Street Playhouse, Vineyard Playhouse, Skyline Theatre Company, New York International Fringe Festival and Philly Fringe. Many thanks to Mom, Dad, Laurie and the WST family. Love forever to David. JOEL MARKUS (Production Manager) This is Joel’s sixth season at the Walnut. Other credits: ten seasons at the Indiana Repertory Theatre; four years at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY; five summers at the Weston Playhouse in Vermont; American Players Theatre in Spring

01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 12 12/27/16 12:33 PM WHO’S WHO Green, Wisconsin; and North Shore Music Since he joined the Walnut in 1994 it has Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. He is a become the most subscribed theatre company graduate of Indiana University and originally in the world. from Miami, Florida. BERNARD HAVARD (President and MARK D. SYLVESTER (Managing Producing Artistic Director) Vox Populi (The Director) Mark’s extensive career has spanned Voice of the People) was written on the Walnut Summer Stock to Broadway as an actor, Playbills in the 1800s. Whenever the Walnut stage manager, box office treasurer, theatre has strayed from a populist program, the theatre manager, marketing and public relations has gone bankrupt. When I came here 34 years director and general manager. This season he ago, we had no programs and no audience. is proud to be celebrating his 23rd season at Today we enjoy the largest subscription of any the Walnut. After several years working with theatre in the world. So, my thanks to our loyal commercial theatre he has devoted his career audience and a warm welcome to newcomers to non-profit theatre companies since 1987. who enjoy and believe in what we do. I have To date, Mark has been associated with more tremendous admiration for the artists who have than 400 stage productions. An avid collector dedicated their lives to the theatre and the of musical theatre recordings, his collection Walnut, in particular. Our theatre is a non-profit contains over 3,000 cast albums from around 501-C3 institution and we rely on contributed the world. Widely regarded as a theatrical income to extend our reach into the community. marketing expert, Mark lectures and consults Last season we reached more than 172,000 with organizations internationally. He has students in our city schools. We have 30 trustees served on several boards including seven years who give their time, wisdom and contributions with the National Alliance for Musical Theatre to help guide this historical treasure. I came to where he now holds the honorary position of the Walnut in 1982, and I am as excited now Board Emeritus and the Advisory Committee of about our future as I was in the beginning. My Samuel French, the international play publisher heartfelt thanks to all who enter this theatre. For and licensing company. With Bernard Havard my biography, go to About Us on our web site he co-authored the book Walnut Street Theatre. at WalnutStreetTheatre.org.

COMING ATTRACTIONS AT THIS THEATRE!

Mainstage: Also coming this season: Oscar Independence Studio on 3: Neil Simon’s Last Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, of the Red Hot Lovers, Now–February 5, 2017. March 14–April 30, 2017. Saturday Night The Gift, February 21–March 19, 2017. Jerry’s Fever, May 16–July 16, 2017. For Mainstage Girls, April 4–July 2, 2017. For tickets, call 215- subscriptions, call 215-574-3550, ext. 6 (7 days 574-3550, ext. 1 (7 days a week, 10am–10pm). a week, 10am–10pm).

WST for Kids: Garfield: The Musical with Walnut Street Theatre School: For more Cattitude, February 3–February 18, 2017. information on the Summer 2017 semester or Skippyjon Jones, March 31–April 22, 2017. Camp Walnut, call 215-574-3550, ext. 510. Junie B. Jones The Musical, June 2–11, 2017. For tickets, call 215-574-3550, ext. 1 (7 days a week, 10am–10pm).

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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 13 12/27/16 12:33 PM WALNUT STREET THEATRE EDUCATION 825 Walnut Street, 215-574-3550 Director of Education...... Thomas P. Quinn Assistant Director of Education...... Ashley Kerns BOARD OF TRUSTEES Education Programs Associate...... Pat Shane Chair...... Richard A. Mitchell, Esq. Education Production Associate...... Angie Confredo Immediate Past Chair...... Denise Daher Hodgson Resident Teaching Artist...... Jasmine Hammond Chairman Emeritus ...... Louis W. Fryman, Esq. Education Apprentice...... Amanda Pasquini Chairman Emeritus ...... Matthew Garfield Acting Apprentices...... Ann Bragg, Alexa Cepeda, Chairman Emeritus ...... John D. Graham Joslynn Cortes, Rafael Martinez-Salgado, Dana Orange, Vice Chair ...... David S. Blum Austin Turner, Faith Sacher, Jacob Schrimpf Vice Chair...... Ramona Gwynn Theatre School Faculty...... Marissa Barnathan, Sarah Biddle, Vice Chair...... Francis J. Mirabello, Esq. Chris Burcheri, Mary Carpenter, Jeffrey Coon, Sharon Geller, Vice Chair...... Scott Rankin Nate Golden, Jasmine Hammond, Renee Hansberger, Secretary ...... Lauren A. Harrington Melissa Joy Hart, Heidi Hayes, Jerrell Henderson, Treasurer...... Robert L. B. Harman Noah Herman, Jesse Jones, Ashley Kerns, Brian Kurtas, Meghan Malloy, Mary Martello, Emily Mattison, Christina May, Ronald E. Bowlan David Montgomery Drucie McDaniel, Ellie Mooney, Nick Parker, Susan Quinn, Ira Brown Cedric Rockamore Tom Quinn, Amina Robinson, Peter Schmitz, Susan Riley Thomas J. Coultes Edward Satell Stevens, David Stradley, Tara Tagliaferro, Ellen Tobie, Jeffrey Ferro Keith D. Schneck Bill Van Horn, Leah Walton, Greg Wood, Holly Yokley Christopher Franklin Jennifer Toll Schulman MARKETING Jack R. Garfinkle, Esq. Jon C. Sirlin Director of Marketing Albert A. Giagnacova, ChFC, CLU Ellen Tobie and Public Relations...... Ralph Weeks Gerald T. Hathaway, Esq. Todd C. Vanett Bernard Havard Gloria Watson Communications Manager...... Amy O’Connell Audrey Merves Richard Woosnam Marketing Assistant...... Adrian Anderson Marketing Apprentice...... Chelsea Pedano Public Relations Apprentice...... Christopher Lee Tutolo ALUMNI TRUSTEES Box Office Treasurer...... Rick Dougherty Ashok N. Bakhru, Valli Baldassano, Bruce Belzak, Assistant Box Office Treasurer...... Tom Brzozowski Maureen Breakiron-Evans, George M. Chamberlain, Jr., Ticketing Services Manager...... Mandy Targoff Rebecca R. Clark, Louis J. D’Ambrosio, Allan M. Dabrow, Associate Ticketing Services Manager...... Krissy de Groot Joseph E. Ellis, Sr., Barry Genkin, Donald Gleklen, Bruce Ticketing Services Associate...... Matthew Morrell Goldberg, Terry Graboyes, Michael Hagy, Joanne Marie Ticketing Services Apprentice...... Carrie Williams Harmelin, Jeremy D. Johnson, Ira L. Kamens, Kenneth Senior Ticketing Service Agents...... Liz Childs, Megan Jones, E. Kirby, Robert A. Korn, Ann M. Liacouras, Ben Lipitz, Liam Mulshine, Amanda Robinson, Zech Thompson Theresa E. Loscalzo, Esq., Craig R. MacQueen, James E. Tele-Sales Manager...... Andy Burr Marks, Kyle Anne Midkiff, George W. Murphy, Ann Marie Assistant Tele-Sales Manager...... Santina Marie Andretta Richter, Renee H. Rollin, Dolly Beechman Schnall, Martin Senior Tele-Sales Agents...... William Burgess, W. Spector, James M. Tholey, Philip J. Webster Omar Cameron, Shirley Carter, Jeff Dienes, Carman Fields, HONORARY MEMBERS Kareemah Ferron, Maria Guiana, David Harlem, Mr. Charles Fuller, Ms. Carole Haas Gravagno, Jonathan Kincy, Joseph Kramer, Andre Mack, Ms. Anne Jackson, Mr. Neil Simon, Mr. Stephen Sondheim, Adam Markind, Aliyah Martin, Jill Owens, Keith Porter, Hon. Mark Squilla, Ms. Lily Tomlin Kevin Rawls, Marie Riccuiti, Barbara Simons, Sal Testa, WALNUT STREET THEATRE STAFF Rob Waldman, Elliot Waters, Hardie Wedeen PRODUCTION ARTISTIC Production Manager...... Joel Markus President and Producing Assistant Production Manager...... Siobhán Ruane Artistic Director...... Bernard Havard Production Management Apprentice....Hannah Drew Trachy Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director/ Stage Managers...... Lori Aghazarian, Angela Cucco Casting...... Brian Kurtas, CSA Stage Management Apprentices...... Rachel Gerrity, Casting/Literary Apprentice...... Rocco Praderio Amanda Klute ADMINISTRATION Studio 3 Stage Manager...... Meg Lydon Managing Director...... Mark D. Sylvester Studio 3 Stage Management Apprentice...... Karyn Bohli Assistant to the Managing Director/ Technical Director...... Brian Froonjian Company Manager...... Kathryn McCumber Assistant Technical Director...... Kyle Amick General Management Apprentice...... Cara Frisina Shop Management Apprentice...... Laura Revelt Controller...... Michael S. Armento Head Carpenter...... Eric LaValley Assistant to the Controller...... Rita Sirianni Carpenters...... Jacob Goddard, Luis Vargas, John Shiner, Financial Assistant...... Loi Dang Justin Wyatt, Zachary Laska Audience Services Manager...... Angelia Evans Carpenter Apprentices....Davis Caramanico, Jeremy Vreeken Scenic Charge...... Leslie Curd Assistant Audience Services Manager...... Peter Marshall Assistant to the Scenic Charge...... Sarah Ganek Audience Service Apprentices...... Talvick Hook, Scenic Artists...... Rodha Vakharia, Bridget Willingham, Caitlin McCarthy Raven Buck, Katie Woodward, Natalie Reichman Refreshment Services Manager...... Dan Ludwig Scenic Apprentice...... Leighann Westermeyer Facilities Manager...... Bruce Myers Properties Manager...... Scott Groh Assistant to the Facilities Manager...... Tony Sample Properties Management Apprentice...... Greer Duckworth Environmental Services...... Purnell Autry, Keisha Bailey, Head Props...... Charles Margies Denise Edwards, Victoria Robinson, Garry Savage, Props Artisan...... Kyle Hanahan Bernette Sawyer, Warren Stokes Properties Apprentices...... Mariah Ganek, Mark Williams DEVELOPMENT Costume Shop Manager...... Mary Folino Associate Director of Assistant Costume Shop Manager...... Rebecca Dwight Institutional Advancement...... Iain Campbell Costume Apprentices...... Aidan John Miller, Abigail Stenner Campaign Manager...... Laura Van Tassell PLAYBILL.LeadCO DresserM ...... Deb Holloway Development Assistant...... Melissa Hoke Stitchers...... Kayla Speedy, Gretchen Ellis, Sarah Mitchell Development Apprentice...... Daniel Ebert Wig Designer...... Dave Bova

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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 14 12/27/16 12:33 PM Stage Crew Head Carpenter...... Cornelius de Groot Stage Crew Apprentice...... Ryan George Head Electrician...... Frank Garcia III Wig/Wardrobe Apprentice...... Aria Durso Head Properties...... Bill Lloyd Costume Stock Coordinator...... Stephanie Muntone Head Flyman...... Aaron Wilson Assistant to the Scenic Designer... Sonoka Fukuma-Gozelski Head Sound Engineer...... Ryan Peavey Doctors...... Jeff. Fam. Med. Assoc., Jeff. Otolaryngology

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in BACKSTAGE EMPLOYEES AND SCENE SHOP 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and EMPLOYEES ARE REPRESENTED BY THE stage managers in the United States. Equity INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL seeks to advance, promote and foster the STAGE EMPLOYEES. (I.A.T.S.E.). art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS REPRESENTS for its members, including health and pension plans. AEA DESIGNERS FOR THE AMERICAN THEATRE is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. actorsequity.org

PROUD MEDIA PARTNERS FOR THE 2016–17 SEASON NBC10 is proud to support the work and mission of Walnut Street Theatre, the oldest theater in America. For more than 200 years, Walnut Street Theatre has been bringing families together to celebrate arts and culture in Philadelphia, all while remaining committed to local artists, talent and training. From your proud partners at NBC10, “Bravo!” Metro, Philadelphia’s #1 newspaper, is proud to partner with Walnut Street Theatre, now in its 208th season, in supporting Philadelphia’s artists and promoting art education in the local communities. Pick up Metro every Thursday for our Going Out section or read it online at metro.us.

The mission of the Walnut Street Theatre Company is to sustain the tradition of professional theatre and contribute to its future viability and vitality. It does so through the production and presentation of professional theatre; the encouragement, training and development of artists; the development of diverse audiences; and the preservation and chronicling of its theatre building, a National Historic Landmark.

Walnut Street Theatre is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the League of Historic American Theatres and the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.

Walnut Street Theatre receives support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Walnut Street Theatre acknowledges with appreciation Bryce’s Catering Company (Wynnewood, PA) for their elegant catering of theatre events.

Accessibility Equipment, Training and Marketing provided by Independence Starts Here, the statewide cultural accessibility program of VSA PA/Amaryllis Theatre Co., jointly led in different regions in PA by cultural partners in that region. In Greater Philadelphia, Independence Starts Here is jointly led by Art-Reach, Inc.

Support for Walnut Street Theatre’s general operations provided in part by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.

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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 15 12/27/16 12:33 PM Walnut Street Theatre wishes to express gratitude to the following individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies for their contributions to the Annual Fund:

Forrest Society ($25,000+) Anonymous M&T Bank/Wilmington Trust The Schloss Family Foundation* Buford Alexander & Pamela Farr* METRO Philadelphia/City Paper The Shubert Foundation American Airlines Mix 106.1 Stradley Ronon Stevens & The Arcadia Foundation NBC 10 Young LLP Steven & Joy Bunson* PECO Syde Hurdus Foundation Courier Post Pennsylvania Council on the Arts James S. & Lynne Turley* Bernard Havard & The Philadelphia Inquirer Wells Fargo* Judy Capuzzi Havard^ Philly Weekly William Penn Foundation Louis and Bessie Stein Foundation PNC Arts Alive WRTI Fund #2 Scott & Sharon Rankin

Booth Society ($10,000+) 12th Street Gym Lincoln Financial Group The Rebecca Capuzzi AIG Foundation Memorial Fund Aqua Richard A. Mitchell Ed & Cyma Satell The ARAMARK Charitable Fund National Endowment for the Arts* Salem Shuchman & Barbara Klock Enertex Marketing, Inc. Lisa Orberg* Daniel A. Simkowitz* Sylvia & Harold Farrey Frank & Bonnie Orlowski* George S. Smith, Jr.* Jeff & Janie Ferro Philadelphia Cultural Fund Southwest Airlines* Alan & Jennifer Freedman* Philadephia Insurance Companies TD Charitable Foundation* Matt Garfield PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Theatermania/Gretchen Shugart* The Family Foundation Progressive Business Publications Vulcan Spring & Mfg. Co. Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation RBC Wealth Management* Isabelle Winkles* Independence Foundation Barrymore Society ($5,000+) Anonymous IMC Charitable Foundation Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Drs. James Byers, III & R. Todd Ireland Insurance Company Stephanie Chuipek Jane James Daniel & Wendi Ruddy Anna Darby-Matteoda & Janet & Lew Klein James D. Scully, Jr. & Terrance Darby The Louis W. Fryman Marlene Stoczko Mr. Peter R. Denton & Scholarship Fund Theatre Forward Mrs. Audrey J. Denton Macy’s Foundation Jennifer Toll Schulman The Dow Chemical Company Chase & Susan McDaniel James & Rose Vendetti Gerald & Helga Finsen Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Mirabello Walter & Gretel Hellendall Glenmede Maureen E. Molloy Education Fund PLAYBILL.COM Bob & Louise Harman The Mutual Fire Foundation

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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 16 12/27/16 12:33 PM Cushman Society ($2,500+) Anonymous (3) John R. Dutt* Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Johnson Robert Peter Miller Matthew & Megan Abbott Bruce R. & Tracey Ewing* Howard & Janet Kagan* David & Lyn Montgomery Mitchell J. Auslander* Marilyn J. Faust & Keith Faust Sonya & Joseph Kelly Network for Good Dan & Reeva Benau John & Elizabeth Gontarz Ken & Elaine Kirby Stephen & Lucy Paccione Gene & Joann Bissell Mason & Kim Granger* Joseph F. Kirk* Ann & Lanny Patten David S. Blum & Steven I. & Genevieve Gross Joseph & Peter Lomax Michael T. Piotrowicz Mark B. Woodland Brian J. Harkins* Louis N. Cassett Foundation Ronald, Leslie & Amanda Shur Joseph & Suzanne Calabro The Hassel Foundation Christopher & Michele Mahle Roger & Kathi Smith Bob & Cheryl Carfagno The Haverford Trust Company John & Janet Marsella, Jr. TD Charitable Foundation Connelly Foundation Kathryn S. Hayes & Edward & Roberta Martin John Thomopoulos* Stephen & Sandy Daukaus Victor J. Tortorelli John R. Mathena* Charles & Clarice Thum Paula A. Dominick* Herman Goldner Company Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mattia UPS Dorfman and Kaish Family Gregory S. Hurst* Jonathan Maurer & Marion M. Walter Foundation, Inc.* Jack Miller Family Foundation Gretchen Shugart* Gloria Watson Jefferson Society ($1,500+) Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. John D. Graham Steven & Deborah Mongiardo Mr. & Mrs. Frank Stearns Susan Adamczyk Jerry & Kate Hathaway Dr. Jonni S. Moore Jesse W. & B. Lois Stuart Blaine Applegate The Hellendall Family Foundation Mario & Rosemarie Nicolais Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Tantum Dr. Sucha & Mr. Michael Asbell Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hellendall Alan Jay Ominsky, MD & Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Taylor Ash Family Foundation The Herman & Jerry Finkelstein Judge Marlene F. Lachman Mr. & Mrs. Jim Tholey Bruce C. Belzak Foundation Frank Plateroti & Dr. John Mully Dr. & Mrs. Alan and Edye Twer Dolores & Ronald Bowlan Charles W. Horn, III & Linda Ralls Lori & Robert Scott Uhl George M. Chamberlain Patrick M. Rumaker Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Redes and Jim & Stephanie Ward John & Mary Conlon Karen & Joseph Israel Morgan Joseph & Eileen Wawrzynek Sandy & Joanne D’Orazio Tony & Jane Lane Robert & Marilyn Rubin Carolyn Bunny Welsh & Anthony & Laura Fiorenza Ginny & Gordon Lapinski Joyce Seewald Sando Harry McKinney Sylvan & Sybil Freedman Liacouras & Smith, LLP Rebekah Sassi & Kirk Berlenbach Joann White Rhoda & Louis Fryman Rosalie & Ben Lipitz Kathy & Don Shannon Rachel & Brian Wilner Gary & Terri Fulwider Stephen E. Lore Bud & Betty Shapiro Forrest & Kathy Worrell Al & Luci Giagnacova Jeanette & Richard Merion Rita A. Silvestri Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Ginder Evalind Minor William R. Snell, Esq. Ron & Sandy Gould Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Mitchell Harry E. Springfield, Jr. Kemble Society ($1,000+) The A Capella Project - Ray & Ruth Fausak James Introcaso & F. P. Slack & P. Henrigues Philadelphia† Rose Anne & Louis A. Fiore Bonnie MacDonald Manning & Virginia Smith Anonymous (2) Michelle Franklin Julie & Jerry Jacobs Martin & Cindy Spector Actors’ Equity Foundation Melvyn Freid Ron & Sandy Johnson Steven & Lynne Spencer Paul M. & Mary Lee Anderson Jack & Ellie Garfinkle James T. Johnston, Sr. The Sprocket Foundation The Ani Fiordimondo Walter & Jayne Garrison Bowen J. Knarr, Jr. & Kate Sheldon in honor of Rowland Smith Scholarship Fund James & Wendy Gerber Joan & Marc S. Lapayowker, MD Scott & Jennifer Sullivan Lori K. Belton Aileen Gergely LMC-Plasticsource Mark D. Sylvester The Benevity Community Impact Dr. & Mrs. Herbert I. Goldberg Maureen Lord-Benson TE Connectivity Employee Fund, a fund of American Charles & Dr. Mindy Goldberg Rose Frank & Darlene Lordi Engagement Fund Endowment Foundation Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin & Mr. & Mrs. Marchioli Ellen Tobie Bradford White Corporation David O. Smith Paul J. Marcotte John & Barb Ungerman Brandywine Realty Trust Terry Graboyes James E. Marks USLI Tracy A. 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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 17 12/27/16 12:33 PM Producing Angels ($500+) Anonymous Dr. Todd & Wendi Cohen Lynda & David Herendeen Mr. William A. Loeb Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Roush, Jr. Howard Aaronson Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Cook Louis & Eileen Hermans Tinker Lonergan & Dave Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Walter Rubin Drs. Ronald & Marcia Abraham Christine & Kenneth Coulter Bill & Clare Higgins Terry Loscalzo Mary & Paul Rutter Edward & Roseann Adamczyk Mr. & Mrs. Alan Craig Tom & Paula Hollencamp Alexander & Jennifer Macleod Stephen M. Sader Mr. & Mrs. James Ahlum Karen Crane Stephen & Mary Holt Lee & Lauri MacMinn Mr. & Mrs. R. Sampson Mr. Winfield E. Akeley^ Kimberly & Walter Cwietniewicz Jerry Hook & Jacqueline Smith Kenneth Mallin Ann Seiberlich Ron & Daryl Albury Vic & Eva Dawson Tom & Joyce Howley Joseph & Margaret Martelli David & Joanne Shafter Ms. Margaret M. Alford Mr. & Mrs. William P. and Bruce & Alice Hudson McDowell Posternock, PC Mr. & Mrs. Alex D. Shalaway Mr. & Mrs. Raymond and Susan P. Degler Mr. Lee H. Hudson Jill & Shawn McGlinchey Mr. & Mrs. C.A. Sherman Mary Alimenti Susan Dornstein & Gary Deutsch Mike & Betty Hummel Paul & Karen McTamney Rowland & Elaine Smith Marylee & Stuart Alperin Richard Dougherty Jim & Carol Hunsicker Rick & Daria Meehl Bill Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Anthony Sam Driban & Marilyn Neuhauser Emeline T. Hunter Ms. Kyle Anne Midkiff Mr. & Mrs. Joseph St. Georges Albert & Patricia Antrobus Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Duffy Mr. & Mrs. Peter Iannotta Miller & Flink Families Steinbiss Family Lynda Barness Edelstein-McKinstry Family Charles Intenzo^ Dr. James Miller Al & Mary Ann Stevens Rena & Sam Barnett Marie & James Ely Kevin & Fran Jardine Rick Moog & Pat Martin Sherryl & Ted Strand Mary R. Barry Paul & Janet Engstrom Tom & Joann Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Paul E. and Marlene & Joe Testa Thorir & Erna Bjornsson Mr. & Mrs. N. Fenimore, Jr. Ginny & Len Karabell Dorothy Morse Jr. Bill & Pat Turbett John & Linda Braceland Kalman & Suzan Fine George Kelley Gerry & Brenda Mullane John & Victoria Turlik Tim & Mary Ann Bramhall Josie Fischer Elizabeth Kennedy Christine Mundt Meryl Udell & Kelci Mark D. Braverman Gerald & Jean Frank Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kennedy Lisa & Tom Murphy Raymond Vivacqua George & Nancy Brodie Rick & w Frost Alan & Henrietta Kiel Mr. & Mrs. Francis Nichols Donna Votto Michael J. & Alice L. Brown Ms. Susan M. Garber Walter Kissel Donna & Seymour Nowicki James & Kathleen Walters Francis J. Brzozowski Valerie & David Gladfelter Gerhart & Anne Klein Harvey & Lisa Ostroff Beau & Valerie Walton Thomas F. 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Genkin Cheryl Lane Porreca Family Wayne Tobolski Sidney & David Biddle Mr. & Mrs. John and Barbara Gericke Earl & Mary Laney Joan B. Prewitt H. Selwyn & Judith S. Torrance Beaty Bock & Jonathan Miller Cathy Gettis Dr. Howard R. Levy Robert & Anne Pritchard Mr. & Mrs. Scott and Jane Uhr Janet, Dan & Jacob Boris Chris & Margie Giles^ Linn One Hour Cleaners, Inc. Pat Proudman Dr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Uschold Mary Jane Breen Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Giordano Patricia Lukaszow Thomas Quinn & Warren Uzialko Theresa Brennan Arlene Goldberg Reaves & Francis Lukens Susan Nicodemus Quinn Sarah & John VanBuren David & Janet Breskman Nana Goldberg Dominic & Marian Macchione Mary Prychka Joseph & Sandra Vasta Shelley & David Brietling Jeffrey & Janis Goldman Boyd & Judith Mackleer Joseph & Jan Quill Gary & Barbara Vernick Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Brightman George & Jackie Goldstone Julia Maguire Mr. & Mrs. Thaddeus Raczkowski Lew & Hella Volgenau Carol E. 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01-17 Laughter 23_LIVE.indd 18 12/27/16 12:33 PM Benefactors ($200+) Anonymous (11) George Drach Bert & Connie Jones Kyle Musal Erma Cocci Sobol Mr. Gerald Abelson Mr. & Mrs. Dragone Mr. Jay B. Jones Jerry A. Naessens Sara & Carly Sokoloff Virginia & Louis Ackler Gary & Marlene Dworkin Homi Kapadia Mr. Stephen Negro John & Christine Sommer Mr. & Mrs. Donald Alderfer Gail Ehrlich Dennis Keleshian & Chris Dostal C. Raymond Nelson Dorothy Sopp Mr. & Mrs. John Annand Steve Eisenstein & Lisa Longo John & Barbara Kelly Gene & Sally Nicholls Robert & Nancy Spalding Barbara & Leonard Aquilino Jean Berg Eselgroth John Kennedy, Jr. Harvey & Sylvia Nisenbaum Joseph & Patricia Spampinato Elizabeth Avery Arthur & Eileen Etchells Jonathan, Kathleen & Stacy Ketcham Mr. Walter Norris Eric Spare Jacqueline Axilbund Ms. Joan M. Farkas Paul Keuerleber Thomas Nowakowski John Spielberger Arthur & KC Baldadian Anne M. Farrington Lois Khatchadourian Mr. & Mrs. R. Lynn Oakes Ms. Anna M. Sprows Michael & Mary Barbee Judy Featherman, Ed.D. Kathy Kingston Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Ockman Letitia Squillaro Kimberly & Kara Barker Maria & William Feeley Wayne Klotzbach Jeremy & Sandy Oliver Joan S. Stafford Dr. Michael Barnett In memory of Mary Blair Fields Charles S. Knothe Rick Osman Mary Ann & Bill Stanczak Neal & Sandy Barnett Leona Fierszt Marie Knup Sharon Otto Mrs. Allie F.B. Stanford Charles E. Barton, Jr. Ellen Slott Fisher Mrs. Sandra Koch Dr. Arelyne B. Pacho Glenn & Megan Stanton Andrew Baumbach Mark & Fay Fisher Michael Kolczynski Drs. Steven & Catherine Parrillo Drs. Arthur & Sherry Starr Ronald & Joyce Bayer Patricia & Kevin Fisher Don & Diane Kolodziejski Mark & Eileen Parsonage Billie Stein Madeline Bayliss Mr. & Mrs. Philip W.J. Fisher Janet & Michael Kott Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Pasquarello Dr. Paul & Kathleen Steinberg† Phyllis F. Belzak Cheryl & John Foff Bruce & Jean Kraeuter Mr. & Mrs. David C. Pate Marge & Ty Steinberg Elaine & Edward Benoff Mr. & Mrs. C. D.Forney Joseph & Kathryn Kraher Elizabeth & Jeffrey Paul Mr. Raymond Stephano Ruth Ann Bice Sandi Foxx-Jones Vivienne & Charles Kramer PCA Industrial & Paper Supplies, Inc. Mrs. Cynthia Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Bierl Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Frank Mrs. Suzanne Kratz John & Judith Peakes Mr. & Mrs. Elbridge F. Stockwell, Jr. David & Deana Binder Drs. Barbara & Len Frank Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Kriebel Susan Peck Edward & Joyce Stoeber Ken & Marie A. Bishop Elizabeth Freeman Mrs. Esther Kurtz Dr. & Mrs. Bernard and Joy Pekala Alice Stoll Ron & Anita Block Margaret Fretz & Gerald Heckmann Howard & Pat Kyser Penn Jersey Building Maintenance Paul Stolpen Kerry Bluestein The Friedenthal Family Andrew & Rebecca Lamborn and Window Cleaning Bruce & Sue Stone Mr. Harris Bock Martin & Jane Friedman Mary Landherr Mary Lynn Penn Mr. & Mrs. Richard Stoudt in honor of Denise Hodgson Stephen & Marian Galer Karen & Robert Landman Mr. David B. 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Ricks Kenneth Watson Christopher & Jeff Carver Francis R. Grebe Joe & Elena Maloney Christopher Ritchie Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Lucinda Weiner Wendy & Joseph Casillo Rae Greenberg Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Mannings Joan C. Roberts Joseph & Carol West Jennie Castaldo Jessica Greenfield Mr. Robert Marcinkowski Carl & Donna Robinson Ms. Ann J. Williams John & Marguerite Celani in memory of Helen M. Powers Susan & James Marinello Janice Robinson Rick & Sandy Williams Dr. Barbara Chamberlain Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Linda Greg & Kathy Martin Mr. & Mrs. Albert Rohrman Marian M. Wolfert Marylou Chappel Greenstein Judith Martin Bill Rose Ms. Linda S. Wynne Nelly & Scott Childress Eleanor Gribok Mary Beth Martino Thomas Rose Sheryl T. Zigon Mr. & Mrs. Philip Claxton Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Griffith Debbie & Elliott Maser Mr. & Mrs. David Rosen Gloria Zingaro & Todd M. Welch Elaine M. Clay Steve Griffith Marvin Mashner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rosenbaum Mr. & Mrs. Leon Zmroczek Mr. Ralph Clemmer Judith Guise John & Mary Mattioni Leonard M. Rosenfeld Eileen & Don Zolotorofe Mr. & Mrs. Peter and Jane Cohen Duane & Bernie Gustad Karen V. Matz James & Aldona Rubillo Robert & Deborah Cohen Mr. Robert Hafter Janet May Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ryan Stephen D. Cohen Mr. Harry Hannigan Jim McCaffery John & Peggy Sabo Allan & Rose Coletta Judy A. Hansen Nora McErlean Hopson & Ken Cenci Joe Sacchetti & Family Lori Corbett Dr. John A. Harman John & Erma McEwen Phillip Sager Robert & Ginna Cranston Susan M. Harmon, Esq. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. 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