Proud to support The Little Theatre on the Square NOVA I ...P ...P - www.novadesk.com info@~~ovadesk.com 800- 730-6682 I 0 2003. Nova Solut~ons.Inc The Little Theatre On The Square Book By Todd Olson Original Production Directed by David Grapes Original Set Design by Musical Director Lighting Design by Tom Gleesen John C. Brown Matthew T. Gross Stage Manager Choreographer Production Manager Erin Joy Swank* John Fredo* Michael Heinicke Director David Grapes CAST Man #1 ................................................................................................................... John Fredo* Woman #1 ..................................................................................................... Kristin Huffman* Man #2 ........................................................................................................Douglas Kampsen* Woman #2 .........................................................................................................Nicole Fenstad* BAND Pianohiusical Director.................................................................................. John C. Brown Bass .................................................................................................................Jon Malmberg Percussion....................................................................................................... tee Adleman PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Director1 Production Manager........................................................ Michae1.Heinicke Stage Manager .................................................................................................E Joy Swank* Lighting ...................................................................................................... MawT. Gross Soundboard/Wardrobe............................................................................... Esabeth Sanders Costume Coordinator............................................................................................ Sharon White Technician............................................................................................................. Ben Edwards Follow Spot Operators................................................................ Robe Cole, Amanda Voegel *Members of Actors' Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Director is a memwof heSociety of Stage Directors and Choreo~raphrrs.Inc.. ssdc an independent national labor union. This program is partially supported by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Original pianolvocal arrangements by Vince di Mura Additional arrangements by Stephen Kummer and Donald Jenzcka Score conception and interpretive consultant Vince di Mura First worksltop production presented at Artpark at the Church. Lewiston. NY - May 1999. World Premiere at Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Nashville, TN - July. 2000. Presented by &angement with Summerwind Productions, 2251 Scott Dr., Franklin, TN 37067 1 CREATORS David Grapes (Co-Creator) is currently the Executive Producing Director of the Tennessee Repertory Theatre (LORT C), the largest professional theatre company in the state. Prior to his amval in Nashville, David worked for three years as the Executive Director and Producing Artistic Director for Artpark and Artpark at the Church, a large Equity theatre com- pany located in upstate New York where he produced a number of regional premieres. David is a member of Actors' Equity Association, the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, and is a graduate of the MFA Theatre Program at UNC-G A classically-tmined actor, David also has extensive experience in academic theatre, having served as the Department Chair and Master Acting Teacher at West Virginia University at Parkersburg (WV), Tarkio College (MO), and Moorhead State University (MN). A few recent credits include IlEvelve Angry Men, Romeo & Juliet, Cowgirls, Camelot, and The Little Foxes for Tennessee Rep and Always Patsy Cline for the Ryman Auditorium. He is the recipient of four 'Tennie" awards for best direction. His recent production of My Way at the Asolo Theatre in Sarasota, Fl shattered all previous box office records during its 35 performance sold-out run in May of 2001. During the fall of 2001, David staged West Side Story in a co-production with the Nashville Symphony and then trav- eled to Little Rock to direct I Love You, You 're Perfect, Now Change for Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Todd Olson (Co-Creator & Book) serves Tennessee Repertory Theatre as Associate Artistic Director and Director of Education. He received his MFA from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and is a graduate from the Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard. While there, Todd took classes with Anna Deveare Smith, David Mamet, Peter Sellars, Andrei Serban, Austin Pendleton, Jason Alexander, and Robert Brustein, among oth- ers. Todd has directed over 100 plays, musicals, and operas. A few recent credits include Wit. Cyrano de Bergerac, and An Ideal Husband (Tennessee Repertory Theatre, all winning Nashville 'Tennie" Awards for "Best Production"), world premieres of short plays by Steve Martin, Larry Gelbart, and Eric Bogosian (American Repertory Theatre), Hamlet (Boston), Moon Over Buffalo (Pennsylvania), Seven Deadly Sins (Huntington Theatre), The Winterk Tale, The Seagull, Betrayal, and Coriolanus (Harvard). Todd lives in Nashville with his wife Charlotte, their kids Jonas and Corinna, and their two dogs, Diana and Camilla 11 The Little House 111 On The Prarie 111 2003 - 13thYear! Congratulationsfor the upcoming 46111Seasonat The Little Theatre On TJZPSquare R.R. 2, Patterson Road, PO. Box 525 Sullivan, Illinois 61951 217-728-4727 Hosts and Inn Keepers Guy S. Little, Jr. - Kirk McNamer Offering Spacious Rooms, each with Private Bath and Hairdryer Cable TV & Refrigerator Private Telephone Line Coffee Maker & Supplies Private Entrance 204 E. 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