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FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 29, 2020 29, 28 - MARCH FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 2020 DIRECTED BY RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON AS YOU LIKE IT | INDECENT | THE GREAT MOMENT | SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! | TRUE WEST | THE CHILDREN AUGUST WILSON'S JITNEY | THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST | LYDIA AND THE TROLL FEBRUARY 2020 Board of Trustees February 2020 | Volume 39, No. 7 CHAIR VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY Amy Bautista Karen Fletcher Juli Farris Kosmos Management Civic Leader Keller Rohrback LLP PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT PAST CHAIR Stellman Keehnel Becky Lenaburg John Keegan DLA Piper LLP (US) Microsoft Corporation Civic Leader VICE PRESIDENT/ TREASURER PRESIDENT-ELECT Kevin Millison Sandy McDade Boeing Commercial Airplanes Civic Leader ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Earle J. 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Hereford Terri Olson Miller Braden Abraham† Kutcher Hereford Bertram Civic Leader Seattle Rep Burkart Brown & Cashman PLLC TABLE OF CONTENTS Lisa Oratz Clodagh Ash‡ MANAGING DIRECTOR Perkins Coie About the Show ��������������������4 Civic Leader Jeffrey Herrmann† Seattle Rep Rebecca Pomering From the Artistic Director ����8 Susan Ashmun Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC Civic Leader Alyssa Hochman Meet the Cast ��������������������� 10 Point B Anita Ramasastry Matthew Bergman University of Washington Beyond the Stage ��������������� 17 Bergman Draper Oslund Winky Hussey Civic Leader Tim Rattigan Donor Recognition ������������� 19 Jarvis Bowers Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Holland America Bruce E.H. Johnson Anne Simpson EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GRAPHIC DESIGNER Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP Lynne Bush Civic Leader Noelle McCabe Sayed Alamy Civic Leader Deborah T. Killinger Civic Leader Richard B. Stead, M.D. COMMUNICATIONS CREATIVE DIRECTOR Debra A. Canales Bio-Pharma Consulting Services LLC DIRECTOR Angela Nickerson Providence Health & Services Gwenann Kroon Christian Barclay Civic Leader SRT FOUNDATION Oneika Cassanova REPRESENTATIVE U.S. Bank Mandy Leifheit Carlyn Steiner† Microsoft Corporation Civic Leader Elizabeth Choy, M.D. Civic Leader Marko Liias John Stilin Washington State Senator – Civic Leader Donna M. Cochener 21st District HomeStreet Bank Janice Tsai Charlotte Lin Mozilla SRO REPRESENTATIVE Civic Leader Diane Cody† Marisa Walker Civic Leader SRO PRESIDENT Baird Private Wealth Management Sandra Lucas† Jim Copacino Civic Leader Nancy Ward Copacino+Fujikado, LLC The World Justice Project Marcella McCaffray Tracy Daw Civic Leader Tom Wright Funko, LLC Filmmaker Rick McMichael Donte Felder Civic Leader Seattle Public Schools Carla Millage Scottland Glenn Civic Leader Kantor Taylor PC Trustees Jill Watkins Tricia Pearson SRT Emeriti Shauna Woods Andy Peet Foundation David Schneiderman Pam Anderson Board * An employee of 10 or more years. Advisory Paul Stamnes ** An employee of 20 or more years. Robert S. Cline Marty Taucher Bruce E.H. Johnson Bold Member of Senior Leadership Team Council Bill Gates, Sr. Savanna Thompson Chair John Hempelmann Dr. Laila Abdalla Moya Vazquez CHRIS BENNION Carlyn Steiner Toni Hoffman Kenny Alhadeff Jane Zalutsky Brent Johnson Marleen Alhadeff Vice-Chair Robert L. King, Jr. Virginia Anderson Amy Bautista† H.L. (Skip) Kotkins, Jr. Cindy Domingo Honorary Margaret Clapp Lynn Manley Joanne Euster Trustees Allan Davis Ilse Oles Carver Gayton Chap Alvord Stellman Keehnel† Ann Ramsay-Jenkins Tiffany Gorton Joan Cremin Terri Olson Miller Deborah Rosen Jerry Gronfein Bill Franklin Kevin Millison† Stanley Savage Mary Kay Haggard Phil McCune Elizabeth D. Rudolf Carlyn Steiner Nancy Iannucci Nancy Mertel‡ Janet True Janet True Nathan Ill Robin Nelson Shauna Woods Stephen Tyrone Williams and James F. Tune Chris Kevorkian Hal Strong James A. Williams in Fences (2010) Jean Viereck Jeff Payne Tammy Talman † ex-officio ‡ deceased encorespotlight.com 3 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Braden Abraham MANAGING DIRECTOR Jeffrey Herrmann SETTING A gypsy cab station in the Hill District of Eric Falkenstein and Ron Simons Pittsburgh, early fall, 1977. John Legend Mike Jackson Get Lifted Suzanne Grant C A S T Ania Czekaj Beth Dewoody Wendy Morgan-Hunter (in alphabetical order) IN ASSOCIATION WITH Booster ������������������������������������������������� Francois Battiste Manhattan Theatre Club Shealy ���������������������������������������������������������Harvy Blanks Youngblood �������������������������������������������