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In 1987, the Rep moved to its current home, a renovated power plant complex which houses the 720-se.at Powerhouse Theater, the 198-seat Stiernke Theater, and the 112-seat Stackner Cabaret, in addition to complete support facilities. The Rep creates 14 productions each season. giving more than 570 performances to an audi­ ence of approximately 168,000. The mission of Milwaukee Repertory The.ater is to provide its audiences with plays which illuminate the human experience, while also functioning as an artistic home for the the­ ater artists who have affiliated themselves with the company. Founded in 1959, the Da.llas Center perfort11S annually to an audience of nearly I 00,000 orth Texas residents. The Theater's mainstage season of six productions is presented in two remarkable performance spaces. The Kalita Humphreys Theater (one of only three existing theaters designed and built by the legendary architect, Frank Lloyd Wright) opened in 1959. The unique Arts District Theater. built in 1984, was designed by Eugene Lee, and is one of the largest flexible performance spaces in the country. Dal las Theater Center is committed to creating theater of the highest artistic quality that reflects and illuminates the complex. exciting, and diverse country in which we live. It is com­ mitted to providing audiences with exhilarating theater by galvanizing and supporting the most exciting, daring, and imaginative theater artists; bringing people from diverse backgrounds together to share a common experience; and providing outreach programs that make theater available to all members of our society with a special emphasis on young people. The Theater Center's initiative to discover and develop thought-provoking new plays bas resulted in "The Big D Festival of the Unexpected," a festival of cutting-edge theatrical work, now in its sixth season. - 2 - Gavin Cameron-Webb Brian J. Wyatt Artistic Director Executive Director Presents at the Pfeifer Theatre The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years by Emily Mann adapted ftom the book by Sarah L. and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth Directed by Shirley Basfield Dunlap Set Designer Kent Dorsey Costume Designer Myrna Colley-Lee Lighting Designer Thomas C. Hase Assistant to the Lighting Designer John Frautschy Sound Designer Douglas H. Hillard Production Stage Manager David S. Stewart Stage Manager Lori Ann Zepp Assistant Director Tania Kirkman Casting Elissa Myers C.SA./ Paul Fouquet C.S.A. Originally produ=I on the New York Srage by Camille 0. Cosby and Judith Rutherford James. Originally produ=I by McCaner Theatre, Princecon, New Jersey, Emily Mann, Arristic Director; Jeffrey Woodward, Managing Director. This production of HAVING OUR SR/ is a co-production between Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Joseph Hanreddy, Artistic Director; Dan Fallon, Managing Director and the Dallas Theater Center Richard Hamburger, Artistic Director; Edith H. Love, Managing Director. - 3 - A Unique Valentine1 s Day Gift That Lasts Through May ~ Sponsored by the Women of Studio Arena Theatre Gift Certificates are available for an exciting opportunity to gain valuable cooking skills! Spend your Saturdays observing some of Buffalo's finest chefs demonstrate their favorite recipes. May 2 Caffe Aroma Chefs Jerry & Romola Celementi May 9 Enchante Chef Alain Jorande May 16 Fiddle Heads Chefs Paula Danilowica & Robert Curreri May 30 Warren's Restaurant Chef Mark Warren The classes will be held at Tops International Kitchen Maple Road & North Bailey in Amherst four Saturday mornings in May from 9 a.m. to Noon All four gourmet Saturdays - $ 100 One Saturday - $ 3 5 Name Phone Address City/State/ ZIP __ All Four Saturdays - $ 100 __ Single Saturdays - $35 Gift Certificates payable by check made out to: The WSAT Cooking School 710 Main Street A gift certificate will be Buffalo, NY 14203 sent upon receipt of check - 4 - THE CAST Miss Sadie Delany Brenda Thomas Dr. Bessie Delany Sharita Hunt Understudy Loma C. Hill PLACE The Delany family home in Mount Vernon, New York LENGTH Two hours and rwenry-five minutes including one rwenry-minuce inrerm1ss10n. 257th Production January 18 - March 8, 1998 Production Acknowledgments: The sec, costumes, and all props, ere., were produced in Milwaukee, WJSconsi.n, by Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Jennifer Tinch, for research and assistance Honorary Co-Producers: Studio Arena Theatre graceful!)' acknowledges the promotional assistance of: Adelphia BUFFALO NEWS The actors and stage managers in this production are members ofAdors' Equity Association, the Union ofProfessional Adors and Stage Managers- in the United States. The Director is a member of the Sociery Q/ Stage Directors and Ssd C Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League ofResident Theatres, a consortium ofregional theatres throughout the nation, Actors' Equity Association, and the Society ofStage Directors & Choreographers, Inc., an independent nation­ al labor union. - 5 - Enlightenment THE ARTS BRING SO MUCH TO OUR LIVES We are all richer because of the arts. For generations, the arts have provided entertainment, enrichment and enlightenment to each of us. Marine Midland is pleased to help preserve the special place the arts hold in our lives - now and for generations to come - and proudly supports Studio Arena Theatre. ~ Marine Midland Bank Banking for the real =rid.• Member HSBC Group ©1995 Marine Midland Bank Member FDIC - 6 - Welcome to the Pfeifer Theatre for Emily Mann's adap­ tation of the Delany sisters' best selling autobiography, HAV­ ING OUR SAY. This play quickly captured the public's heart and imagination, moving swiftly from its McCarter Theatre debut to Broadway for an immensely popular and successful run. One of the remarkable things about the play is that it reaches back to the theatre's very origins: the fundamental power of the story. The story in this case is a uniquely American one: the lifelong struggle of two exceptional African American women to live with dignity, imagination, courage and humour through a hundred years in this nation's history. This magnificent and fascinating tale is told both sim­ ply and intimately by the use of a simple and theatrical device. NOTES FROM In essence the audience is invited into the Delany's home. THE ARTISTIC Because the nature· of the play is so intimate I felt the DIRECTOR production would be much more effective if we moved over here to the Pfeifer.