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This production is made possible in part by contributions from
Production Sponsors Kevin White and Rossana Salvadori
A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dear friend of Olney Theatre Center, Before I came to Olney, I ran the National New Play Network (NNPN) out of a small office at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. NNPN is a consortium of new-play theaters that champions the development, production and continued life of new plays, and they do that via a variety of programs: connecting new plays and playwrights to producers is step one, and step two is encouraging those producers to take risks on new plays with generous grants. It was through one of those programs – the annual MFA Playwrights Workshop hosted by The Kennedy Center – that I met the extremely talented duo whose work you’re about to see: playwright Andrew Hinderaker and director Will Davis. They worked on Andrew’s play Colossal for a week with a full cast, and when they presented a semi-staged reading at the end of the workshop sessions, something happened that I’ve never seen before: the audience for the reading leapt to its feet with applause. Unless there’s a major star in the cast, audiences never give standing ovations at readings. Though as I think about it, Colossal’s workshop did have a major star in the cast, though one you’ve probably not heard of: Michael Patrick Thornton, who is also headlining our NNPN Rolling World Premiere production of the play. Mike and I knew each other years ago in Chicago. An extremely talented actor, Mike was struck with a spinal stroke in 2003 that left him comatose for three days, and paralyzed from the neck down. After years of grueling therapy, Mike regained some use of his upper body, and when he did, he returned to acting with a vengeance, forming his own theater company in Chicago, acting there and elsewhere, appearing on TV and in films, and becoming one of the theater industry’s best-known disability advocates. Andrew wrote this play for him, and though the story of the play isn’t Thornton’s story, once you see his performance you’ll understand why Andrew’s idea was so brilliant. I’m convinced that this play – and our production of it – will be one of the most talked-about new plays in the country this year. The best part of my job is getting the right artists together on the right project, and providing them with the resources to achieve new heights. I think we’ve done that with Colossal, and I hope the three upcoming stops in the play’s Rolling World Premiere – in Minneapolis, Dallas, and New Orleans – will benefit from our experience at Olney. But your responses to the production will play an enormous role in shaping the future of this play. So will you drop me a line at Jason@olneytheatre.org and let me know what you think of the show? I’ll pass your thoughts on to Andrew, Will, and Mike, so Colossal can soar to even greater heights. Onward!
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Opening Night: September 6, 2014
Jason Loewith,
Debbie Ellinghaus,
Artistic Director
Managing Director
presents
NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK ROLLING WORLD PREMIERE
By
Andrew Hinderaker featuring
Joseph Carlson Sam Faria Will Hayes Jeff Kirkman III Michael Litchfield Steve Ochoa Jon Hudson Odom KenYatta Rogers Michael Patrick Thornton Matthew Ward James Whalen Scenic Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Sound Design
Misha Kachman
Ivania Stack
Colin K. Bills
Chris Baine
Choreographer
Fight and Movement Choreographer
Christopher D’Amboise
Ben Cunis
Production Stage Manager
Director of Production
Josiane M. Lemieux
Dennis A. Blackledge
Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Education
Jason King Jones
Director
Will Davis This production is made possible in part by contributions from
Production Sponsors Kevin White and Rossana Salvadori and Artist Sponsor Patricia Woodbury and FTI Consulting Edgerton Foundation New American Play Program The NNPN Rolling World Premiere of COLOSSAL was produced by Olney Theatre Center in Olney, MD, on September 6, 2014. 301.924.3400
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CAST (ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Joseph Carlson*.......................................................................................................................Young Mike Sam Faria+......................................................................................................................................Player Will Hayes+.....................................................................................................................................Player Jeff Kirkman III+.............................................................................................................................Player Michael Litchfield*...........................................................................................................................Player Steve Ochoa....................................................................................................................................Damon Jon Hudson Odom*......................................................................................................................... Marcus KenYatta Rogers*..............................................................................................................................Coach Michael Patrick Thornton*.................................................................................................................. Mike Matthew Ward.................................................................................................................................Player James Whalen*..................................................................................................................................Jerry Production Stage Manager – Josiane M. Lemieux* *Member Actors’ Equity Association +Equity Membership Candidate
SCENES pre-game First Quarter Second Quarter
HALF TIME Third Quarter Fourth Quarter
COLOSSAL WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. The use of recording (audio and video) or photographic equipment during the show is strictly prohibited. Please silence all cellular phones and personal paging devices before the performance begins.
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SEPTEMBER 24 – OCTOBER 19 on the Mainstage
Hope. Sacrifice. Family.
directed by Serge Seiden Odets’ 1935 play follows the Bergers, a Jewish family from the Bronx trying to make ends meet during the Depression. The family’s matriarch Bessie – one of the most spectacular roles in the American canon – will stop at nothing to keep her family together… even if it means ripping her children’s dreams apart. Widely recognized as a classic of the American theater, AWAKE AND SING! is directed by Serge Seiden, Producing Director of Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. FEATURING
Recommended for ages 12 and up.
“…the play’s discordant notes continue to speak to the turbulent longing in our national soul.” – LA Times Rick Foucheux
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Paul Morella
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DRAMATURGICAL NOTES “I just want to make sure I could tell my story the way I want to tell it. I just want to own my truth.” – Michael Sam, defensive end for the St. Louis Rams “Playing football is like smoking a cigarette: This isn’t the 1960s; everyone knows the risks…The fortune, the fame. The thrill of the crowd. That’s a lifestyle they can’t get anywhere else. Live like a king at 30, hobbled at 50, dead at 65? Not sure I’d take it, but many would. And do.” – CNN columnist Gregg Doyel For the 30th year in a row, football has been ranked America’s most popular sport. It lives at the heart of the nation’s culture, dominating the media for months at a time, inspiring millions of fans to paint their faces funny colors and scream at their television sets. “Everyone,” as Mike, the former college star from Andrew Hinderaker’s play reminds us, “loves football, even if they don’t know it yet.” On its surface, the multibillion-dollar industry seems totally incongruous with the themes and aesthetics usually presented on the American stage, so perhaps it is no surprise that theater and football have seldom collided. But as Colossal explores, this sport is visceral, cathartic, stunningly theatrical—qualities that the onstage players underscore with every tackle and swerve. And like any major cultural cornerstone, football is more than a form of entertainment; when looked at critically, it is a sociological Petri dish, perpetuating values and norms that are emblematic of much larger cultural phenomena. Many of these ideas have been cracked open recently, re-examining the physical, psychological, and social challenges that football’s hyper-masculine industry presents. As an enormous 2012 lawsuit reminded us, football asks its participants to put their bodies at risk with every play, resulting in hundreds of injuries each season. Even the NFL had to acquiesce, settling with a $765 million pledge to provide medical exams and research on the physical damage that was, until then, simply considered part of the job. The image of masculinity that football so vehemently promotes has also been under particular scrutiny of late. Now the first professional NFL player to make such an announcement, Michael Sam’s public declaration last August—“I am gay”—sparked conversations about sexual orientation and gender in professional sports. His broadcast marked a major turning point in how, where, and when our culture talks about gender and sexuality, and for the first time in the sport’s history, football’s presentation of masculinity was challenged on a national scale. Hinderaker’s play dissects these cultural questions on a profound yet intimate level. Football is not a villain in this play— despite the challenges it presents in Mike’s life, the virtuosity of his beloved sport provides him and his teammates with a beautiful, physical language. Hinderaker explores what makes the sport so hypnotizing, why it continues to draw players and viewers into its inherently brutal world. Colossal is, as its name suggests, an enormous story, jumping into national conversations with the brute force of a finely tuned college football team. A distinctly human story, Colossal begins where many plays end, examining the aftermath of trauma and the painful road to recovery. As Mike navigates through and beyond the consequences of his on- and off-the-field choices, his journey becomes much larger than that of a recovering athlete: his is a story of forgiveness, redemption, and healing—or as Coach explains, “Only when our bodies are broken does our work begin.” For more insight into the rehearsal process and play, visit our dramaturgy blog at www.olneycolossal.wordpress.com or pick up a context guide from the lobby. – Maegan Clearwood, Dramaturg
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OPENS NOVEMBER 12
The Holiday Tradition Continues
A Christmas Carol A Ghost Story of Christmas
by Charles Dickens & performed by Paul Morella
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FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT I feel extraordinarily lucky to premiere this play in the D.C. area, because it was in Washington, DC that Colossal first took flight. In July 2012, I was invited by Gregg Henry and Jason Loewith to workshop Colossal at The Kennedy Center. The opportunity, co-sponsored by the National New Play Network (NNPN), came with a full week of rehearsal and the support of an extraordinary artistic team. But I had the audacity to ask for more. I told Gregg and Jason that I could only come to D.C. if two of my closest collaborators — Will Davis and Michael Patrick Thornton—came with me. To my delight and surprise, Jason and Gregg said yes. And then they kept saying yes. They said yes to helmets and pads. To full-contact football hits. To a huge cast, to a modern dance halftime show, to a play that was asking all of us to dream our definition of theater bigger. That week in D.C. was one of the greatest artistic experiences of my life. The point, I suppose, is this: Colossal only exists because so many people said yes when they had every reason to say no. Mike Thornton said yes to revisiting some of the most painful moments of his life. Will Davis said yes to stage directions like “Young Mike flies.” The NNPN said yes to a Rolling World Premiere of an “unproduceable” play. And all of you have said yes, just by being here tonight. It’s such a generous act, attending a play. Rarely these days do we turn off our phones, do we offer each other 90 minutes of our undivided attention. I thank you, and I promise you this: we will leave everything on the field, to honor your investment. – Andrew Hinderaker, Playwright
FROM THE DIRECTOR Colossal is an endurance sport. In this spare, stripped down, muscular world, we watch a battle of wills as they fight to the finish. We see Mike grapple with what it costs to lose his identity and attempt to forge a life in the wake of trauma. This push into the future and pull into the past is mapped on the bodies of all our players and timed and executed to a game clock ticking down the quarters play by play. Colossal is a play about fathers and sons, and collision and flight. A play about football, feats of strength, and fighting for every inch. This is a play about what happens when love knocks the wind out of you and tackles you to the ground. Our production speaks through the movement of the body. At every stage of the process we’ve made a commitment to developing this script in motion and up in space. The physical language is in meaningful dialogue with language of the text, it is a visceral kinetic feat of performance. It is my true pleasure to welcome you to this world premiere production with Olney Theatre Center. I’ve had the privilege of working on this piece for the last three years with Andrew Hinderaker, and in that time we’ve put a lot of different football gear on a lot of different bodies through the generous support of the folks and institutions who have championed us. It’s been a wild ride and we’re both deeply grateful to land here with Olney Theatre Center. I am immensely proud of our team who are bringing this piece to life with so much sweat and muscle and such virtuosic energy and grace. – Will Davis, Director
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT HISTORY Colossal was developed through a series of readings and workshops in 2012-2013. • In July 2012, Colossal was selected for the MFA Playwrights’ Workshop, a program presented by The Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Festival, the National New Play Network (NNPN), and Stanford University’s National Center for New Plays. • In October 2012, Colossal received a staged reading at Mixed Blood Theatre, as part of their Center of the Margins Festival. • In March 2013, Colossal received a workshop production at The Cohen New Works Festival at the University of Texas at Austin. • In November 2013, the Alliance Theatre and glo in Atlanta sponsored a week long workshop of Colossal at the Goat Farm Arts Center.
The playwright is profoundly grateful to these institutions, and to the following individuals: Mark Bly and Celise Kalke (dramaturgs); Aimee Hayes (director); Scott Harris, Jeff Ogden, Karon Riley, Jeff Simon, Brig Owens (football players); Andrea Beckham, Kelly Maxner, Lauri Stallings (choreographers); Gregg Henry, Jack Reuler, Suzan Zeder, Kirk Lynn, Steven Dietz, Will Brittain, and especially George Hornby and his staff at the Rehab Institute of Chicago.
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WHO’S WHO - CAST Joseph Carlson (Young Mike) is fired up to make his debut at Olney Theatre Center. REGIONAL: Firehouse Theatre: A Streetcar Named Desire (Stanley) [RTCC Award - Best Leading Actor], Boys Life (Jack), This is Our Youth (Dennis); VA Repertory Theater: Is He Dead? (Chicago), Grapes of Wrath (Tom Joad); The Conciliation Project: uncle tom: de-constructed (Uncle Tom, Ensemble), The PIC: Prison Industrial Complex (Criminal ensemble), Global Sexxxism: Unwrapped (Men’s Ensemble); Richmond Shakespeare: Henry V (Pistol), Hamlet (Laertes), Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), Henry IV II (Pistol, Wart, Duke of Clarence); Henley St. Theater: Bootleg Troilus and Cressida (Achilles), Bootleg Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio); Arkansas Shakespeare: Comedy of Errors (Dr. Pinch/ Movement Director); DC AREA: Synetic Theater: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Lord Henry), Home of the Soldier (Sarge), Genesis Reboot (Demon), Lysistrata (Magistrate, Men’s Chorus); Scena Theatre: Salome (Iokanaan), Mein Kampf (Himmlisch, Leopold); American Century Theater: Voodoo Macbeth (Macbeth); Perchance to Dream Theatre: Twelfth Night (Orsino). FILM: Lincoln, Antihero, The Doktor is In, Psychotria, Speak Now. TV: Turn, Killing Lincoln, Fatal Encounters. EDUCATION: MFA in Acting Directing Pedagogy specializing in the application of Ritual Poetic Drama within the African Continuum, BFA in Theatre Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University. Mr. Carlson is generously sponsored by Patricia Woodbury and FTI Consulting. Sam Faria (Player) is extremely excited to be working with Olney Theatre Center for his first professional theatre experience. DC Area: Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre: Fiddler on The Roof, Hairspray, Aida. Towson University: Die Fledermaus. EDUCATION: 2013 Alumni of Signature Theatre’s Overtures Program. Currently studying at Towson University.
Will Hayes (Player) DC AREA: Studio Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show (Rocky); Field Trip Theatre: Giant Box of Porn (Sherlock); Half-Mad Theatre: Julius Caesar (Caesar/Octavius); American Century Theatre: Voodoo Macbeth (Hecate); Wiseau Films: The Room the Play (Chris R/Michael); Arena Stage; Woolly Mammoth; Longacre Lea; WSC Avant Bard; Landless Theatre. FILM: Something Past in Front of the Light (currently in production), Reset, The Closet, Consequences. EDUCATION: BFA in Musical Theater from Point Park University. Jeff Kirkman III (Player) TV: House of Horrors: Kidnapped, DC Area credits include: The Fridge: White Noise; Mead Theatre Lab: We Fight, We Die; Ira Aldridge Theatre: Breath,Boom, Steppin’ Out the Negro Caravan, Our Lady of 121st Street, Miss Evers Boy’s, The All Night Strut, A Soldier’s Play, Thoughts of a Colored Man. EDUCATION: BFA, Theater Arts-Acting, Howard University.
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WHO’S WHO - CAST Chess, and JRB. Featured with: Dendy Dance and Theater, Feld Ballet, Nixon in China (Emmy Honoree) and with Zvi Gothiener Dance. Film: Object of My Affection, The Crucible. In Austin, Steve has worked with Ariel Dance Theater and Ballet East while practicing his precious energy healing art, Emergence Care. Jon Hudson Odom (Marcus) OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: The Piano Lesson. REGIONAL: The Goodman Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Ravinia Festival: West Side Story 50th Anniversary; Theatre Alliance Winston-Salem: Take Me Out. DC AREA: Rep Stage: Yellowman; Center Stage: Twelfth Night; Everyman Theatre: You Can’t Take It With You; Ford’s Theatre: Our Town; The Keegan Theatre: A Few Good Men; Studio Theatre: 2-2-Tango, Invisible Man (u/s); Theatre Alliance DC: Reals; Imagination Stage: BFG; Constellation Theatre: The Ramayana; National Gallery of Art: Framed. EDUCATION: University of North Carolina School of the Arts. KenYatta Rogers (Coach) is thrilled to return to Olney Theatre Center where he appeared in Venus. REGIONAL: Trustus Theatre: The Piano Lesson; Shakespeare & Company: Coriolanus. DC AREA: Round House Theatre: Two Trains Running, Glengarry Glen Ross [Helen Hayes Nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble], A Lesson Before Dying; Forum Theatre: Holly Down in Heaven; Everyman Theatre: A Raisin in the Sun, topdog/underdog; Woolly Mammoth: Fever/Dream; Theatre Alliance: Insurrection: Holding History [Helen Hayes Nomination for Outstanding Ensemble]; Ford’s Theatre: Jitney; Arena Stage: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Folger Theatre: Comedy of Errors; African Continuum Theatre: As You Like It, Spunk, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. EDUCATION: MFA in Acting, University of Pittsburgh. Michael Patrick Thornton (Mike) is the co-founding artistic director of Chicago’s The Gift Theatre, where he performed in the world premieres of Dirty and Suicide, Incorporated by fellow ensemble member and Colossal playwright Andrew Hinderaker. Mr Thornton has been in Colossal at The Kennedy Center, UT-Austin, and Playwrights Horizons. REGIONAL: Steppenwolf: Middletown, Of Mice And Men, The Elephant Man; Actors Theatre of Louisville: Our Town. Michael was an assistant director on Steppenwolf’s August: Osage County and played “Dr. Fife” on ABC’s Private Practice. Joseph Jefferson Award, The Tree of Life Award (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago), Northlight’s Springer Award; The Meier Foundation Award, The Second City Foundation’s Jim Zulevic Award, and induction into The University of Iowa Hall of Fame. Upcoming: King Richard in Richard III (Next Theatre) and Will Eno’s Title And Deed at Lookingglass. Mr. Thornton is generously sponsored by Patricia Woodbury and FTI Consulting. Matthew Ward (Player) is excited to make his Olney Theatre debut, having recently finished his Masters of Fine Arts at the Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University in 2014. Local acting credits: Synetic Theater: Beauty and the Beast (winter 2014), Three Musketeers, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, King Arthur, Antony and Cleopatra, The Fisherman and the Golden Fish, Home of the Soldier, Genesis: Reboot; Constellation Theatre: The Lieutenant of Innishmore (2015); Grain of Sand Theatre: Raising Caine, Tell-Tale; Shakespeare Theatre (ACA): The Winter’s Tale, The Dutchess of Malfi. James Whalen (James, Jerry) returns to Olney Theatre Center after playing Charlie in DA. Area credits include: The Argument, Race, and History of Invulnerability at Theatre J; Tribes, The Dresser, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Time Stands Still, Betrayal, and The Cripple of Inishmaan at Everyman Theatre; Boeing Boeing at Rep Stage; Hamlet for We Happy Few; Shear Madness at The Kennedy Center; STAY, and Two Bit Taj-Mahal for Theatre for the First Amendment; Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville. He has also worked with The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Open Circle Theatre, and St. Mark’s and the Chernukin Theatres in New York. His films include Money Matters and Raltat. He earned his MFA at The Catholic University of America and is a proud member of AEA. 301.924.3400
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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE Andrew Hinderaker (Playwright) is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, an ensemble member of The Gift Theatre in Chicago, and a member of the 2013-14 Playwrights Unit at the Goodman Theatre. His plays include: I Am Going to Change the World, Dirty, Kingsville, and Suicide, Incorporated, which premiered at The Gift Theatre in 2010 and was subsequently produced Off-Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre. Mr. Hinderaker’s newest play, Colossal, will receive a National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premiere in 2014-15, with productions at Olney Theatre Center, Mixed Blood, Dallas Theater Center, and Southern Rep. Collectively, Mr. Hinderaker’s plays have been produced/ developed by Manhattan Theatre Club, the Goodman, Steppenwolf, the Araca Group, the Alliance Theatre, No Rules, Rattlestick, Stage Left, and several others. Mr. Hinderaker holds an MFA in Playwriting from the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently at work on a commission for the Roundabout – a collaboration with a professional magician. Will Davis (Director) is a director and theatre-maker focused on physically adventurous new and devised work. Will has developed, directed and performed his work with New York Theatre Workshop and the 2050 Fellowship, The New Museum, The Alliance Theatre, The Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), Clubbed Thumb, The Lark Play Development Center, The Fusebox Festival, Salvage Vanguard Theater, The New Harmony Project, The Orchard Project, The Duplicates, The Gift Theatre, Red Tape Theatre, Performance Studies International at Stanford University, The Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights Workshop, and Fordham University. As part of the NNPN Rolling World Premiere, Mr. Davis is thrilled to be directing two productions of Colossal, for both Olney Theatre Center and Mixed Blood Theatre. Additionally, he dances with The Ballez, a Brooklyn based queer ballet company, and holds a BFA in Theatre Studies from DePaul University and an MFA in Directing from University of Texas at Austin. Christopher Baine (Sound Designer) recently designed Fetch Clay, Make Man at Marin Theater Company, Detroit at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Water By the Spoonful at Studio Theater, Yellow Face at Theater J, and Romeo and Juliet at the Folger Theater [Helen Hayes Award Nomination 2014] He has also designed for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity [Helen Hayes Award Nomination 2013], Gruesome Playground Injuries, and A Bright New Boise for which he won the 2012 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Sound Design with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Other credits include Heir Apparent with Shakespeare Theater, Taming of the Shrew [Helen Hayes Award Nomination 2013] with Folger Theater, and Jason Invisible at The Kennedy Center TYA . He has also designed for many regional theaters including; Olney Theater Center, Everyman Theatre, Forum Theatre, dog and pony dc, Adventure Theater, Children’s Theater Charlotte, Synetic Theater, and Theatre Alliance. He is also a guest artist with The University of Maryland, The Catholic University of America, and American University. He has been the Resident Sound Designer for Imagination Stage for the 2009-15 seasons. He was a Kenan Fellow at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2012. www.bainedesign.com @SoundsLikeBaine Colin K. Bills (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be back at Olney Theatre Center where his previous credits include: King of the Jews, Peter Pan, and Venus. He is a Company Member at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (over 35 designs), and a Conspirator with dog & pony dc (director: A Killing Game; production design: Beertown, Courage.) DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre, Imagination Stage, The Kennedy Center, Opera Lafayette, Round House, The Smithsonian, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theater J, The Washington Revels; REGIONAL: The Berkshire Theater Festival, Center Stage, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Dallas Theatre Center, Everyman Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Wilma Theater. INTERNATIONAL: Opéra Royal Versailles. AWARDS: Three Helen Hayes Awards, Princess Grace Fellowship in Theater. EDUCATION: Dartmouth. Ivania Stack (Costume Designer) is delighted to return to Olney Theatre Center. Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include: I and You, Rancho Mirage, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor ® Dreamcoat, and Farragut North. Regional: Center Stage: Stones in His Pockets; Contemporary American Theatre Festival: Lidless and Breadcrumbs; Berkshire Theatre Festival: Way Out West. DC Area credits include: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Studio Theatre 2nd Stage, Everyman Theatre, Theater J, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Metro Stage and Forum Theatre. She is a designer, deviser and Ring Leader for dog & pony dc. Education: MFA in Design Program, University of Maryland. 301.924.3400
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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE Christopher D’Amboise (Choreographer) Born into a family of dancers, Mr. D’Amboise has had many careers: dancer, choreographer, director, and playwright. As a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, he worked closely with both George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, originating works as well as performing major repertoire. On Broadway he earned a Tony nomination co-starring with Bernadette Peters in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Song and Dance. His television credits include two appearances on the esteemed Kennedy Center Honors, where he performed most recently in honor of his father, legendary ballet performer Jacques d’Amboise, and previously to honor his mentor, Jerome Robbins. His other television appearances include Live from Studio 8H, the solo Dr. Pepper commercial, and the Oscar and Emmy Award-winning documentary He Makes Me Feel Like Dancing. As a choreographer, Mr. D’Amboise works both in theater and ballet. He has created over 100 works seen worldwide in cities including London, Prague, Paris, Copenhagen, New York, Lisbon, and Istanbul. His ballets have been presented in over 30 companies including the New York City Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Pennsylvania Ballet, National Ballet of Amsterdam, and the San Francisco Ballet. His latest work, Volatizing the Esters, premiered with the Saint Louis Ballet in 2013. Ben Cunis (Fight and Movement Choreographer) is a Company Member at Synetic Theater, for whom his fight choreography credits include: Twelfth Night, The Three Musketeers [Helen Hayes Award 2013, - Outstanding Movement], King Lear [Helen Hayes Award 2011, - Outstanding Choreography], A Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Arthur, Antony and Cleopatra, Dante, Host and Guest, and many others. He also wrote and directed Synetic’s Genesis Reboot, and wrote, directed, and performed in Synetic Blackout Series’ Last Tango with Rosie. He will next be fight-choreographing The Island of Dr. Moreau as well as writing and directing Beauty and the Beast at Synetic. Training: The Catholic University of America. Misha Kachman (Scenic Designer) has designed for The Kennedy Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Signature Theatre, Maryland Opera Studio, Studio Theatre, Wilma Theater, Opera Lafayette, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Theater J, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, and Center Stage, among many other companies in the United States and abroad. Mr. Kachman is a Company Member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC and a recipient of the 2013 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Set Design. Mr. Kachman is a graduate of the Saint Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy. He serves as Associate Professor of Scene and Costume Design at University of Maryland. Josiane M. Lemieux (Production Stage Manager) Previous Olney Theatre Center credits include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Once On This Island, Sleuth, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Sound of Music, Witness for the Prosecution, Opus, and Dinner with Friends. She was the Production Stage Manager for the national tour and Off-Broadway production of The Acting Company’s Jane Eyre, as well as Stage Manager for their Murder By Poe and Richard III. REGIONAL: She has production stage managed for ten years at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, most recently Oliver Twist, The Taming of the Shrew, The Grapes of Wrath, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Other credits include The Huntington Theatre Company: Circle Mirror Transformation and Stick Fly; Crossroads Theatre Company:One Mo’ Time and Yo Soy Latina; In Actu Theatre: Murdering Marlowe; Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey: Whores; Shakespeare Festival/LA: Twelfth Night. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Jason Loewith (Artistic Director) directed the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of Steven Dietz’s Rancho Mirage for Olney Theatre Center last season as well as this season’s productions of Avenue Q and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Jason won Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Jeff Awards for Best New Musical for Adding Machine: A Musical, which he co-wrote with composer Joshua Schmidt (off-Broadway, 2008). His latest musical is Big Nate: The Musical which premiered in 2013 at Adventure Theatre-MTC, co-written with Olney’s Associate Artistic Director Christopher Youstra. Recent regional work as a director includes the world premiere of Broke (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta), Time Stands Still (Everyman, Baltimore), Crime and Punishment, and Working It Out (Center Stage, Baltimore), Adding Machine: A Musical (Studio Theatre, DC), and a dozen plays for Chicago’s Next Theatre Company, where he served as Artistic Director from 2002-08. Those credits include the Chicago area premieres of Dying City, Defiance, The Long Christmas Ride Home, and Fabulation. He conceived and directed the world premiere of The American Dream Songbook, wrote and directed the world premiere of War With the Newts, and produced Chicago premieres by Caryl Churchill, Suzan-Lori Parks, 301.924.3400
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WHO’S WHO - CREATIVE Carson Kreitzer, Sam Shepard, Dael Orlandersmith, and many more. He is a three-time grantee from the NEA for Artistic Excellence, a recipient of support from the Rockefeller MAP Fund and MacArthur’s International Connections Fund, and a TCG New Generations Future Leaders grant. Jason joined Olney as Artistic Director in 2013 after serving four years as Executive Director of the National New Play Network. Debbie Ellinghaus (Managing Director) joined Olney Theatre Center in August 2014. Prior to her appointment at OTC, she was Director of Development for the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she closed significant gifts that helped to advance student scholarship and academic programming. From 200511, Ms. Ellinghaus was the Senior Associate Director of Development at Yale School of Drama/Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT, where she was part of a university-wide campaign that raised more than $3.8 billion and included transformational gifts for Yale Rep from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Robina Foundation, which established the Binger Center for New Theatre. Additionally, she raised funds for scholarship, theatrical productions, and facilities. In her role at Yale, Ms. Ellinghaus provided mentorship to MFA candidates, many of who are now leading major theaters across the country. Previously, Ms. Ellinghaus was Director of Development at Off-Broadway’s Jean Cocteau Repertory Theatre. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Speech Communication from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is a graduate of New Actors Workshop, a professional theater training conservatory founded and led by Mike Nichols, George Morrison and Paul Sills. Ms. Ellinghaus currently chairs the Downtown Arts and Culture Commission in Columbia, MD, an organization that works closely with Merriweather Post Pavilion. She also sits on the boards of the Inner Arbor Trust and the Howard County Board of Health. A native of Columbia, MD, she lives in Fulton with her husband, Andrew, and two children, Madeline and Griffin. The National New Play Network (NNPN) is the country’s alliance of non-profit professional theaters that champions the development, production and continued life of new plays. Since its founding in 1998, NNPN has commissioned more than twenty playwrights, provided nearly thirty theater-makers with paid residences, and supported over 100 productions nationwide through its innovative Continued Life of New Plays Fund, which creates “Rolling World Premieres” of new plays. Hundreds of artists have gained employment through these efforts. In addition to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NNPN receives support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, and the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region. The Network is comprised of 29 Core Members, who pioneer and implement collaborative new play strategies and a growing group of Associate Members, who disseminate the Network’s programs and strategies nationwide. Visit www.nnpn.org.
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OLNEY THEATRE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President...............................................................................................................................Jennifer L. Kneeland Board Chair................................................................................................................................Susan Finkelstein Vice President......................................................................................................................Megan Davey Limarzi Treasurer..................................................................................................................................Patricia Woodbury Secretary...................................................................................................................................... Robert Mitchell President Emeritus.........................................................................................................................Gene Counihan
BOARD MEMBERS Nancy Nelson Ortiz Sandeep Saggar Nicole T. Totah Alan Wade
Arthur Holmes Stephen Kaufman Jason Loewith Helen Marshall Anthony Morella
Phyllis Bottegal Frances H. Glendening W. E. Gregory Robert E. Hebda
William H. Graham, Sr. (in memoriam)
AUDIENCE SERVICES Theater Policies Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager. Please do not bring food into the theater (beverages are allowed) and all buildings are smoke-free. The use of recording or photographic equipment during the show is prohibited. Olney Theatre Center is not responsible for any items left on our campus. All children, including babies, require a ticket. We will ask parents to take their children to the lobby if their behavior is disturbing patrons. Please turn off your cell phone in the theaters.
Post-Show Discussions Join the artistic staff and/or invited guests after Saturday matinees for AfterWords. Please call the Box Office at 301.924.3400 for more information on these events.
Sign-Interpreted Performances Sign interpretation is available for the fourth Thursday evening during a show’s run. The service must be reserved two weeks in advance and is based on the availability of qualified interpreters.
Audio-Described Performances Audio-described performances are offered on the third Wednesday evening during a show’s run, which include preshow program notes and descriptions of the action, scenery, and costumes during pauses in the dialogue.
Listening Assistance We offer devices that amplify sound free of charge in exchange for identification. Please ask the house manager for assistance. (This service is not available on the third Wednesday evening of a show’s run.)
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER THANKS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROSITY
CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION GIFTS
This list consists of Annual Fund contributions for the 12-month period ending May 31, 2014
Angel $100,000+
Director’s Circle $1,000+ America’s Charities Creative Floral Design Martha Washington Straus Harry A. Straus Foundation, Inc. Saggar & Rosenberg Verizon Foundation
Champion $50,000+
Artist’s Circle $500+ Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund The T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving
Leader $10,000+
Government Support
Edgerton Foundation New American Play Program
Enthusiast $5,000+
Morty Gudelsky Foundation, Inc.
Believer $2,500+
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER THANKS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROSITY
INDIVIDUAL GIFTS
This list consists of Annual Fund contributions for the 12-month period ending May 31, 2014
Angel $100,000+ Mr. Robert Dohmen Bob and Eveline Roberts
Leader $10,000+ Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Z. Kaufman Helen Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Mulitz - In honor of the Mulitz-Gudelsky Family Ms. Shirley S. Platt Kathleen Quinn Patricia Woodbury
Enthusiast $5,000+ Joan Elise Dubinsky and Craig N. Packard Susan and Jay Finkelstein Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gregory Robert E. Hebda Mrs. Reba Heyman Alan L. and Amy Meltzer The Honorable Karen S. Montgomery and Mr. Harry Montgomery Mr. Vernon L. Skinner, Jr. Kevin White & Rossana Salvadori - In honor of our parents, Anson & Marge, Dilvo & Dina
Believer $2,500+ Eleanor Clain-Stefanelli Ms. Winifred E. Herrmann Jennifer and Scott Kneeland Sidney Kramer Paul and Pat Mangus Tony and Connie Morella Elizabeth Moss James Pape and Nancy Newman-Pape Carol Trawick
Robert and Lelia Russell Mr. and Mrs. Sandeep Saggar Ms. Mita Schaffer and Ms. Tina Martin Sandy and Alan Wade
Director’s Circle $1,000+ Mr. and Mrs. David Bottegal Mrs. Melissa Collins Steve Danielson and Dr. Kenneth Hoyle M. Charlene Dorrian Edith L. Embrey Maureen and Tom Estrin Michael and Michelle Fannon Barry and Marie Fleishman Mrs. Frances Hughes Glendening Hal and Karen Gordon Mr. and Mrs. William H. Graham, Sr. Anonymous Max Jacobs Margaret and Jim Johnston Evlyn D. Latimer John and Kathy Lyons Charles S. Mack and Alice Barrett Mack Amy and Dean Marshall Maggie and Tico McCready Lester R. and Helaine G. Morss Mrs. Maggi Root
Artist’s Circle $500+
JoAnn and Dean Aulick Harold M. and Christine A. Bartlett Barbara Baumann Dennis and Holly Blackledge Robert Burk Eileen and Paul DeMarco Ms. Andrea Drimmer Scott D’Vileskis Matthew W. and Laura G. Fetters Friend $1,500+ Berdie and David Firestone Robert and Carole Fontenrose Jeanne Brush Hon. Gene and Mrs. Cindy Counihan Tom and Peg Gibian Anonymous - In memory Linda A. Dawkins of Kate Gibson Gordon and Margot Dibble Mr. John E. Going Bill and Senator Jennie Forehand The William H. Graham, Sr. Family Paul and Marilyn Henderson Jon and Michelle Hulsizer Nettie Horne Mr. and Mrs. Lane Jennings Mr. Bill Meekins Mr. Clayton Johnson Bob and Marlene Mitchell
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Sheldon T. and Audrey Katz Mr. and Mrs. Jason King Jones Jane Thérèse Larsen Timothy C. O’Hara Nancy and Hector Ortiz Osborne C. Parchment, PhD Daniel and Christine Powers Ms. Jacqueline Raymo Cokie and Steve Roberts Mrs. Lillian Roehl Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Johnson Gary Rosenthal Roger Schwarz Charles and Mary Solla Ms. Donna Spiegler In Loving memory of Dick and Nancy Thomas Don Washington George A. and Katherine C. Whitehouse Ms. Halo Wines
Advocate $250+ Ms. Louise G. Bargamian Petee Barnes Elaine B. Baugham-Young and James A. Young, Jr. Dr. Patricia Beaston Fran and Harvey Berger Weldon C. Brown Barbara and Martin Buzas Scott Dvileskis Mr. Brian Feit Lawrence and Joan Friend Ms. Annette Gage Tookie Gentilcore Robert J. and Liane A. Giardina Stuart and Vivian Goldman Ms. Amy Gonce Ann and Thomas Gooch Mr. Philip Graneto David and Eileen M. Haley Freddi and Dick Hammerschlag Susanne and Stephen Hardy Joshua and Ana Rita Hauge Ms. Elizabeth Henriksen Jim and Lynne Hensley Joannene Hudak Mr. Richard F. Hughes Edith M. Kirk Stephen and Katharine Kovarcik Paul and Susan Linz Mrs. Lillian Litowsky
Marina Lowen Amy Lowenstein Delmar and Dorothea Luce Ann Malekzadeh Betty and Frederick Marcell Linda and Tom McCabe Susan McCarthy Marie Lisa McKillop Bill Michie Frederick and Elizabeth Montgomery Joan Murray-Reynolds Mrs. Margaret R. Natof Stuart and Margaret Natof George and Maureen Nesbitt Mr. and Mrs. George Newett Clara Perlingiero Richard and Anita Peterson Fill and Linda Ruegg The Savada-Stevenson Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard Silbert Cora and Murray Simpson Carl W. Smith and Michael L. Burke Leslie F. Smith and Stacy P. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Sorensen Mr. Gary Sowers Ms. Barbara Starke Ms. Susan Stracquatanio Lois Taylor and Stephen Simpson Charlie and Deborah Thompson Peter Threadgill Kevin Townsend & Jane Pesci-Townsend Adolph Vezza Debby Vivari Ms. Helene R. Weisz Dr. and Mrs. Steven C. White
Patron $100+ Arthur Adams Ms. Jacqueline Adler Sarah Allen and John Anderson Sarah A. Anderson Rick and Susan Andrews Susan and MacDCG Andrews Dr. Gina Angiola Mr. Russell Antler Alan and Susan Apter Bill and Sandy Attick Howard G. Ausden Ms. Mary A. Austing Richard Banvard Mr. Stanford B. Barouh
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER THANKS THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROSITY Howard R. and Alice L. Baum Dan the Man Marian Bellama Barbara Bergmann Elyse and Jeffrey Bernstein Neil R. Bernstein Ms. Rhonda D. Best Ms. Nina Blecher Dr. Vera Borkovec Julius Bowen Ms. Karen Brandt Mr. Richard Brush Watson and Jane Bullock Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buscaglio Mr. and Mrs. William M. Butler Robert Calvert, Jr. Ms. Robin M. Cameron Valerie M. Campbell Rich and Sherry Carson Ms. Mary Champagne Mr. and Mrs. Sotiros Chaparas Stephen Charing and Bob Ford Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Chatlynne Howard and Rosie Chernoff Philip and Elaine Clarkin James Costrell and Helen Wood Mr. Leonard V. Covello Mr. Edward Cowan Kaye Craft Mrs. Clare W. Crawford - Mason Mr. and Mrs. Dale Crown Richard and Joan Curtis Margaret E. Cusack Mrs. Bernadine Dadey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Dadey Ms. Jerilyn Dali Martin and Belle Davis Keith and A. Eletheer Decker Hampton DeJarnette and Leslie England Mr. Donald DeLuca Ms. Kay Dildine Louis Dobies Ms. Ilona Dulaski Mr. David Dunn Mr. Samuel P. Edgerly Donald and Barbara Eisen Marilyn and Bennett L. Elisberg Ms. Leslie England Edith Epenshade Mr. Mark B. Epstein The Honorable Gail Ewing and Mr. Bob Ewing Mr. B. and Dr. N. Farrell Bob and Pat Fauver Wyn Fitzpatrick Ms. Carrie Fletcher
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Mrs. Roger J Folstrom Laurie and Arnold Foudin Leonard Friedman and Randi Passamaneck Mr. Richard Frome Mr. and Mrs. Edward Garzero Mr. Thomas P. Gaske Shad Ghozati Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Goldstein Ann L. Grau Mr. Jonah D. Green Randall Korman and Cheryl Gressani Pat Gross Sam Hack Bill and Ines Hackett Romayne A. Hagyard Marilee L. Hall Mr. Brian Heckler Delegate and Mrs. Hank Heller Charnay Henderson Mr. and Mrs. David Henderson Joseph Hess Saundra Hill Mr. and Mrs. Gordhan Hirani Robert Hirano Delegate Sheila Hixson Charles and Pamela Hofmann Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Arthur Holmes Alison Drucker and Tom Holzman Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Horman Mrs. Linda Horowitz John D. Horrocks Robert R. Hudson John F. Jameson and BJ Shorak Katherine Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jourdenais Mary and Larry Judge Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Kaplan Elizabeth S. King Ms. Barbara Kleinknecht Mr. and Mrs. John Koskinen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kunsman Ms. Nancy Laing M.C. Lang and G.H. Burkett John and Jeanine Lee Cindy R. Lefkowitz Suzanne Lillis Ms. Megan D. Limarzi Laurie Weker Lipton Marcia Litwack Betty Long Mr. Richard M. Loughlin Ann and Barry Lubin Mr. Robert Luskin Wes MacAdam Rosemary A. MacDonald Brent and Sharon Malcolm
Ms. Nancy M. Mann Ms. Pearl B. Marks Ms. Sandra Marks Ron and Ingrid Masi The Matathias Family Ms. Barbara Mayo-Wells Mr. and Mrs. Brent McIntosh John and Rita McKee Ms. Claire McLaughlin Ms. Bette Mercer Blanche Messerly Mr. Philip D. Micali Frances Michelsen Dr. and Mrs. Laurence Miller Nancy Cox Mills and Edward W. Mills Mr. William L. Mitchell and Mr. David A. Vignolo Vivian S. Montalban Bruce and Janet Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Forest Montgomery Dr. and Mrs. Roscoe M. Moore, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Muntifering Irva Nachlas-Gabin Robert W. Neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Nutting Robert O’Reagan Ms. Betty J. Palmer Ms. Rosemary Pardee Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Parker Mr. Fred T. Paul Evelyn and Peter Philipps Mr. and Mrs. Paul Picciotta Mr. Eric W. Pierpoint Mr. and Mrs. Edward Podhajsky Susannah F. Prindle Dr. Carole A. Rayburn Mrs. Elizabeth M. Read Barbara G. Resnick Mary and Robert Rich Caroline M. Rickerson Nancy Ricks Ms. Rose Ridgeway Mr. Randolph Rife Mr. Michael J. Rinaldi II Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ritter Anonymous Ruth R. Unterweger Mr. and Mrs. Howard Roseman Ms. Margaret Ann Ross Suzanne Rotbert and Jim Dawson In Memory of Philip L. Rothchild Ms. Jan Rothman Mrs. Ludmilla Sabatiuk Mr. Stanley Sachar Amy E. Schaffer E. Pat Schaffer
Charlie and Marie Schaub Elizabeth M. Schmidt Mr. Roger Schmidt Edwin and Sondra Schonfeld Mr. Jeff Schrager Dick Schreitmueller Dan Schwarz Alfred and Patricia Scipio Ms. Linda Scofield Richard Alperstein and Lenny Seliger Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shannon Allan Shapiro Victor Shargai and Craig Pascal Ms. Susan J. Shawhan Evelyn R. Shea Theda and Sholom Sheffermen Betty J. Shorak Mr. and Mrs. Sickel Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Slate Marshall and Deborah Sluyter Mr. Arnold Sperling Mr. and Mrs. David Stearman Ms. Carole Steele Ms. Mary A. Steele Mr. Harold Stein Kenneth and Christine Steinbruckner Mr. and Mrs. Duane G. Straub Mr. Calhoun Strawhand Donald and Mary Street Ms. Carol C. Stretmater Alicia and Marlin Taylor Ms. Serena Toro Mr. John D. Townsley Carrie and John Trauth George Tressel Ginny and Roy Van Brunt Chitra Verma Joy B. Vertel Mr. Michael Votaw John and Charlotte Walker Ms. Susan Walker and Mr. Harry Salwen Brad Watkins Professor and Mrs. Peter P. Weidenbruch, Jr. Susan Weisgerber Susan L. Wellman Iris Wilder Ms. Mary Beth Wise Ms. Frances Woodrow Philip and Shirley Yaffee Christopher Yates and Carolyn Pasquantino Thomas Young Chris Youstra Mr. and Mrs. Dan Zimmerman Mary Zmitrovich
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OLNEY THEATRE CENTER STAFF ARTISTIC Artistic Director Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Music Theater Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Education Artistic Apprentices
ADMINISTRATION Jason Loewith Christopher Youstra Jason King Jones Jenna Duncan, Clare Shaffer
PRODUCTION Director of Production Company Manager/ Associate Production Manager Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Carpenter Resident Scenic Artist Costume Shop Supervisor Assistant Costume Shop Supervisor Master Electrician Properties Master Resident Sound Engineers/ Projections Supervisors Production Management Apprentice Company Management Apprentices Production Apprentices
Dennis A. Blackledge Fred T. Paul Stephen M. Greene Matthew Robert Mills David Ash Fred Via Jeanne Bland Seth Gilbert Samantha Campbell Rachael Erichsen Elvin J. Crespo, Robert Garner Sarah Tomberlin Claire Kennedy, Corinne Jacob Lauren E. Chilton, Daniel Espy, Tatyana Goddard, Rachel Hamilton Christopher Tebo Hardin, Mollie LaTorre, Brandon Lively, Mercedes McCleary, Joseph Musgrove, Alex Stone, Ashley Wagoner, Kelsey Willis
SHOW STAFF Assistant Stage Manager Assistant Scenic Designer Sound/Lightboard Operator Wardrobe Projections Programmer
Managing Director General Manager IT Manager
Debbie Ellinghaus Valerie Campbell Elvin J. Crespo
FINANCE Director of Accounting and Financial Services Senior Accountant
Nene Keita Chyeslan Buso
Business Manager
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COMMUNICATIONS Sales Director Marketing and Public Relations Manager Graphic Designer Patron Services Manager Box Office Manager Box Office Supervisors House Managers Box Office Associates
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Heather Andrews JJ Kaczynski R. Wesley Meekins Henriette Mendo Shanna Chuenyane, Kara Fannon Lucirae Cooley, Kelly Craig, Lina Al Dajani, Barbara Scanlan, Desiree Ward Judy Abrams, Arash Bahari, Vince Constantino, Rachel Spory-Harper, Nicole Jennings, Leah Keilsohn, Andrew Majors, Chisomo Maluwa
DEVELOPMENT Director of Development Development Assistant Development Associate Marketing and Development Apprentice
Loretto McNally Maureen Estrin Lacey Burbage Kristina Erwin
Rachel Hamilton Lauren E. Chilton Ashley Wagoner Kelsey Willis Lauren Joy
EDUCATION National Players General Manager Dramaturgy Apprentice Education Apprentice
Kevin Hasser Maegan Clearwood Andy Germuga
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Olney Theatre Center for the Arts is a professional theater employing members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Actors’ Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.
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