A Christmas Carol by Triad Stage

Charles Dickens

a Christmas Carol

A Holiday Ghost Story adapted by Preston Lane original music composed by David E. Smith

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When Rich Whittington and I founded our theater company over 13 years ago, we named it Triad Stage with the idea that it would be the premier regional professional theater serving the Piedmont Triad. We strive to honor the Triad in our name and welcome this opportunity to deepen our commitment to the region by creating professional theater especially for Winston-Salem audiences in one of the region’s premier performance venues, Hanesbrands Theatre. For our first year in Winston-Salem, Triad Stage is presenting a diverse sampling of what we do best. First, the old and new collide in a reimagined production of Triad Stage’s classic holiday ghost story, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. In February, we present John Logan’s Red—a glimpse into the life of artist Mark Rothko set in his studio in the late 1950s. Finally, Brother Wolf will wrap up our inaugural season in Winston-Salem. This was the first collaboration between myself and Laurelyn Dossett, and we cannot wait to share this brand new take on a Triad Stage favorite with our new friends in the twin cities. We named our 13th season The Lucky Season. Little did we know how lucky we would become.

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THE LUCKY SEASON / 2013 – 2014

Triad Stage began as a dream... Co-founders Preston Lane and Richard Whittington forged their artistic partnership as graduate students at the Yale School of Drama. After managing a theater in Connecticut for two years, they undertook the three-year task of opening their own theater in the heart of historic Greensboro. In September 1999, Triad Stage purchased the former Montgomery Ward building, which had been built in 1936 and sat vacant for almost 40 years. Renovations transformed the five-story building into a world-class theater center now called the Pyrle Theater, complete with a 300-seat theater and thrust stage, rehearsal hall, offices, two spacious lobbies and other audience amenities. Photo courtesy of Greensboro Historical Museum

The Grand Opening took place in January 2002 with Tennessee Williams’ modern classic Suddenly Last Summer.

In 2008, Triad Stage finished a second round of renovations to the Pyrle. A scene shop annex was added in the basement. The top floor underwent major construction to create the 90-seat UpStage Cabaret performance space, the Sloan Rehearsal Hall, and the studio and office facilities of WUNC Public Radio’s new Greensboro Bureau. In 2011, Triad Stage purchased a 30,000 square foot building near the Greensboro Coliseum Complex to serve as the theater’s new production facility, relocating its scene, costume and properties shops as well as its warehouse. In 2013, with significant support from The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, Triad Stage announced a major expansion of programming to be produced at the Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem.

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Now in its 13th season, Triad Stage has over 3,000 Season Passholders and more than 400 annual donors. The company has received accolades on national, state and local levels, including being named “One of the 10 Most Promising Emerging Theatre Companies” by the American Theatre Wing and “One of the Best Regional Theaters in America” by the Drama League of New York. Triad Stage has been voted the Triad’s “Best Live Theater” by the readers of the News & Record’s Go Triad ten years in a row and named “Professional Theatre of the Year” by the North Carolina Theatre Conference in 2003 and 2011. Its production of Tobacco Road was listed among the “Best of 2007” by The Wall Street Journal, its production of The Glass Menagerie was named “Best North Carolina Production of 2010” by Triangle Arts & Entertainment, and 2012’s production of Reynolds Price’s New Music trilogy was named among the “Best Productions” of the year in Triangle Theatre by Independent Weekly. 6

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by Charles Dickens Adapted and Originally Directed by Preston Lane Original Music Composed by David E. Smith Directed by Bryan Conger Scenic Design by John Coyne

Costume Design by Kelsey Hunt

Lighting Design by Roz Fulton

Sound Design by David E. Smith

Projection Design by Nicholas Hussong

Musical Director Justin P. Cowan

Choreographer Sara Ruth Tourek

Casting by Cindi Rush Casting

Stage Manager Geoff Boronda

A Christmas Carol was commissioned by and received its world premiere at Triad Stage in 2010. The play is performed without an intermission. Triad Stage • 232 South Elm Street • Greensboro • North Carolina 27401 8

Cast (in alphabetical order) Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble ........................................................ Miranda Barnett◊ Fred/Young Scrooge/2nd Businessman/Ensemble .......... Wilson Bridges* Topper/Dick Wilkins/Undertaker/ 1st Businessman/Ensemble ......................................................... Alex Cioffi◊ Martha Cratchit/Ensemble ................................................. Allyson Feldmann Fan/Want/Ensemble .................................................... Amy Claire Feldmann Youngest Scrooge/Tiny Tim/ Ghost of Christmas Future/Ensemble.............................. Isaac Feldmann Bob Cratchit/Ensemble ................................................................... Josh Foldy*◊ Charity Woman/Belle/Edwina/ Young Wife/Ensemble ................................................... Emily Gardenhire◊ Belinda Cratchit/Ensemble ....................................................... Kendall Harris Child Scrooge/Peter Cratchit/Ensemble.................................. Steele Howell Jacob Marley/3rd Businessman/Ensemble ............................. Michael Huie* Mr. Fezziwig/Old Joe/Ensemble..................................................... Rob Kahn* Mrs. Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present/Ensemble...... Rosie McGuire* Charity Man/Young Husband/Ensemble ................................... Alan Miller◊ Edward Cratchit/Ignorance/ Boy on the Street/Ensemble ............................... Richmond Henry Parris Ghost of Christmas Past/Hortence/ Charwoman/Ensemble .............................................. Tara-Whitney Rison◊ The Beggar Woman/Ensemble ..................................................... Beth Ritson* Ebenezer Scrooge .......................................................... Gordon Joseph Weiss* Stage Manager ............................................................................. Geoff Boronda*

Setting The play takes place in London on Christmas Eve in 1843 with visions of the past and the future. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association

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Student or Faculty Member with the UNCG Theatre Department

Miranda Barnett ◊ (Mrs. Cratchit / Ensemble) Triad Stage: My Fair Lady. Regional/Local: Twelfth Night (The Distracted Globe); Whose Wives Are They Anyway?, Sweeney Todd, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Centre Stage); Cabaret, Metamorphoses, Lamplight & Shadow, Screwtape, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (The Warehouse Theatre). Educational: Quake, God of Carnage, Hot ‘n’ Throbbing, At Home, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (UNCG). Education: MFA Acting Candidate, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; BA Music, Florida State University. Wilson Bridges * (Fred / Young Scrooge / 2nd Businessman /Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. New York: JACK (The York), The Silver Cord (Peccadillo Theater Co), Legacy Falls (NYMF), Death For Five Voices (Prospect Theater Co). National Tours: La Cage Aux Folles (NetWorks), My Fair Lady (Cameron Mackintosh). Regional: Mousetrap (FlatRock Playhouse), Academy (DIMF, Maltz Jupiter Theater). Education: BM, Baldwin Wallace University. Alex Cioffi ◊ (Topper / Dick Wilkins / Undertaker / 1st Businessman / Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Education: Junior BFA Actor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Bachelorette ( Joe); NCTYP Tour of Charlotte’s Web (Narrator/Gander).

Allyson Feldmann (Martha Cratchit / Ensemble) is a 13-year-old home-schooled 8th grader. Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2010, 2011, 2012). Local: Violet in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gallery Players); Young Eponine in Les Misérables (Arts Alive); Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty (HPCT); General’s Daughter in Pirates of Penzance (Alamance County Arts Council); Guard of Oz in The Wizard of Oz, Wickersham Brother in Seussical Jr., and Scarecrow in Dorothy Meets Alice (CTG). Film: Princess Cut. Amy Claire Feldmann (Fan / Want / Ensemble) is a 10-year-old homeschooled 4th grader. Triad Stage: Gloria in Wait Until Dark, Emmy in A Doll House, A Christmas Carol (2010, 2011, 2012) and Young Lucky in Providence Gap. Local: Young Tommy in The Who’s Tommy (OSCT); Gavroche in Les Misérables (CTG); Goon in Sleeping Beauty (HPCT); Wickersham Brother in Seussical Jr., Munchkin and Poppy in The Wizard of Oz (CTG); Townsperson in Beauty and the Beast (Gallery Players). Film: Princess Cut. Isaac Feldmann (Youngest Scrooge / Tiny Tim / Ghost of Christmas Future / Ensemble) is an 8-year-old home-schooled 3rd grader and the youngest of four siblings. Triad Stage: Ivar in A Doll House, and A Christmas Carol (2011, 2012). Local: Gavroche Gang Kid in Les Misérables (Arts Alive); Young Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty (HPCT); That Kid in Ebenezer’s Trailer Park Christmas (OSCT); 10

Munchkin and Monkey in The Wizard of Oz; Dalmatian in 101 Dalmatians (CTG), Baker’s Son in Beauty and the Beast (Gallery Players). Josh Foldy * ◊ (Bob Cratchit / Ensemble) Triad Stage: The Woman in Black (Director), Dial “M” for Murder, Billy Bishop Goes to War, A Christmas Carol (2010, 2011, 2012), Doubt. Off-Broadway: Urban Stages, The Drilling Company. Regional: Paper Lantern Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Perseverance Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, Caldwell Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Players Theatre Columbus, Idaho Repertory, Playwrights Center, Alaskan Shakespeare Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, New Theatre. Television: As the World Turns. Josh is a member of the theatre faculty at UNCG. Education: Northern Kentucky University, Yale School of Drama. Emily Gardenhire ◊ (Charity Woman / Belle / Edwina / Young Wife / Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Regional Credits include: North Carolina Theatre: Grease, Dreamgirls, High School Musical 1 & 2. Theatre Raleigh: Dames at Sea (Ruby), Oh, What a Night! City Stage: Always…Patsy Cline (Patsy Cline). Educational Credits at UNC Greensboro include: Spamalot (Lady of the Lake), Top Girls (Nell/Jeannine/Griselda) and Stage Door (Terry Randall). Kendall Paige Harris (Belinda Cratchit / Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Regional/Local: The Music Man (Community Theatre of Greensboro), Sleeping Beauty (High Point Community Theatre), NC Honors Chorus (2013). Education/Other: 4th grade Honor Roll student, Jazzy Jumper NC Demo Team, Student Council, Chorus, Gymnastics (Tumblebees), Dance (DCG). Steele Howell (Child Scrooge / Peter Cratchit / Ensemble) is eleven years old and attends Jefferson Middle School in Winston-Salem. He loves to act, dance and sing, and has been in numerous theatrical productions across the Triad. His favorite roles include The Gatekeeper in CTG’s mainstage production of The Wizard of Oz, Flounder in Little Mermaid Jr., The Genie in Aladdin Jr., Sid in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, LeFeu in Beauty and the Beast Jr., Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, and Rooster in Annie Kids. He is thrilled to be making his debut performance with Triad Stage, and he is so excited to be working with such a talented group of people!

Michael Huie * (Jacob Marley / 3rd Businessman / Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Regional/Local: The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Exact Center of the Universe, The Foreigner (Festival Stage), A Christmas Carol (NCShakes), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Paper Lantern Theatre Company), Death of a Salesman (Barksdale Theatre). Film/TV: The Broken Chain, The Patron Saint of Liars, Wesley. Education: MA, Wake Forest University. Other: adjunct faculty, High Point University. www.MichaelHuie.net 11

Rob Kahn * (Mr. Fezziwig / Old Joe / Ensemble) Triad Stage: Wait Until Dark, My Fair Lady. National/Regional: Picasso at the Lapin Agile (National Tour & Chicago); Geffen Playhouse; Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Second City Chicago; Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte; Charlotte Shakespeare; Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre; Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival; Interact Theatre Company Los Angeles (former Artistic Director); Maples Repertory Theater; The Mercury Theater; Royal George Theater; EgoPo Classic Theatre; Act II Playhouse; Odyssey Theatre; Gangbuster’s Theater; Temple Repertory Theatre; Bailiwick Repertory; Apple Tree Theater. TV: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Numb3rs; The District; Turks. Film: National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze; The Unlikely’s; Chronicles of an Exorcism; Perfect Timing; Callers; The Fifth. Education: MFA Acting, Temple University; BFA Musical Theater, Syracuse University. Rosie McGuire * (Mrs. Fezziwig / Ghost of Christmas Present / Ensemble) Triad Stage: My Fair Lady (Mrs. Pearce), A Christmas Carol (2010, 2011, 2012), Tartuffe (Dorine), The Night of the Iguana (Maxine Faulk), Tobacco Road (Sister Bessie). Broadway: Cyrano (Mother Superior), Cats ( Jennyanydots). Off-Broadway: A Home Without (Lincoln Center Theater); Up in the Air (Theater for the New City); Radiant Baby (The Public Theater); Troilus and Cressida, King Lear (Riverside Theatre); The Enchanted Cottage (Primary Stages); Sheba (Playhouse 91). Regional/Local: King of Hearts, The Chocolate Soldier (Goodspeed Opera House); Joyful Noise (Seven Angels Theater); Candide (Huntington Theater Company); Man of La Mancha (Barter Theatre); Sylvia and Color Me Neurotic (Heritage); Lizzie Borden (American Stage); Breathe and Dr. Sex (Raw Space). Film/TV: The Undeserved (Cathy Hunler); Happy Birthday (Mother), featured in over 40 international film festivals; Bittersweet (Susan); The Immaculate Misconception (Anne); East of Acadia (Brenda). Alan Miller ◊ (Charity Man / Young Husband / Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2012). Regional: Christmas Past (Island Farm). Quake, Judith of Bethulia, God of Carnage, Metal Children, reasons to be pretty (UNCG). Film: Up from Slavery (Lion Heart Films). Alan is a second year Master in Fine Arts Acting Graduate student at UNCG and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications from Elizabeth City State University. Richmond Henry Parris (Edward Cratchit / Ignorance / Boy on the Street / Ensemble) Triad Stage debut. Regional/Local: Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, Jr. (Community Theatre of Greensboro) Education: Jones Spanish Immersion Elementary, 2nd Grade.

Tara-Whitney Rison ◊ (Ghost of Christmas Past / Hortence / Charwoman / Ensemble) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2012). Regional/Local: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf, KidsWrite Play Festival, I am the Raven — staged reading (Burning Coal Theatre); Harriet Jacobs, MiddleTown (ManBites Dog Theatre); Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson (UNCG). Education: Current MFA Acting Student, UNC Greensboro. Beth Ritson * (The Beggar Woman / Ensemble) is pleased to be back performing with Triad Stage where she was last seen as M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias. Prior Triad Stage productions include: Night of the Iguana, Picnic, Bus Stop, Brother Wolf, Tobacco Road and The Rainmaker. Currently, she works as the Managing Director of Paper Lantern Theatre Company which performs at Triad Stage’s UpStage Cabaret; she recently appeared as Lorraine in their production of This Wide Night. Beth is also an Associate Professor at Bennett College. Gordon Joseph Weiss * (Ebenezer Scrooge) Triad Stage: My Fair Lady (Doolittle / Mrs. Higgins), A Christmas Carol (2010, 2011, 2012), Tartuffe (Tartuffe), Tobacco Road ( Jeeter Lester). Broadway: Sly Fox, The Life, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Visit, Ghetto (NY Drama Desk Award and Tony Award® nominee), Raggedy Ann, King of Hearts, Goodtime Charley, Jumpers. Off-Broadway: The Undertakers, God in Bed, Tourists of the Mindfield, Walk on the Wild Side, Ragtime Blues. Regional: Principal roles at Baltimore’s Center Stage, Ford’s Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Virginia Stage Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Film: Awakenings, Reversal of Fortune, All the Vermeers in New York, Lustre, The Undeserved, All is Bright. TV: Law & Order, Third Watch, Spin City, Law & Order: SVU, NYPD Blue. Preston Lane (Adapter) is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Triad Stage. See Preston’s full bio on page 35. Bryan Conger (Director) is the Artistic Associate at Triad Stage. Triad Stage directing credits include: My Fair Lady; tick, tick . . . BOOM!; A Christmas Carol (2011, 2012); The Mystery of Irma Vep; Billy Bishop Goes to War; Associate Director for New Music (2011); Assistant Director for A Christmas Carol (2010); Around the World in 80 Days and Ghosts. UNCG: Sister Mary Ignatius . . . (THTR 232); Oklahoma!; Balm in Gilead and Blind Date. Education: MFA, UNCG. Bryan is currently on faculty at UNCG. David E. Smith (Composer / Sound Designer) David is director of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts theatre sound design program. David spent eight years with the Royal National Theatre in London, England. Triad Stage: Snow Queen, Tennessee Playboy, Trouble in Mind, The Illusion, A Doll House, Dial “M” for Murder, Masquerade, A Christmas 13

Carol and The Glass Menagerie among others. Regional: Arena Stage, North Shore Music Theatre, Trinity Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Cape Fear Regional Playhouse. Local: Paper Lantern Theatre Company, Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. David was recently selected as a finalist in World Stage Design 2013 held in Cardiff, Wales, with music for four of the productions he composed for Triad Stage: Dial “M” for Murder, Oleanna, A Christmas Carol and A Doll House. John Coyne (Scenic Designer) Triad Stage: Wait Until Dark, Trouble in Mind. Regional: Charley’s Aunt (Guthrie Theater); Macbeth (Shakespeare Theater); Rough Crossing (Old Globe Theatre); You Never Can Tell, First Lady (Yale Rep); 3 Tall Women (Center Stage); Henry IV, Pride & Prejudice, Moonlight & Magnolias, My Fair Lady, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Front Page, Of Mice and Men, The Real Thing, Tartuffe (Dallas Theater Center); Hamlet (The Public Theatre); Boston Commonwealth Shakespeare; California Shakespeare Festival; Juilliard; Bard College; Goodspeed Musicals; TheaterWorks Hartford; Barrington Stage; Sante Fe Stages. Education: Yale School of Drama. John is currently the director of scenic design at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Kelsey Hunt (Costume Designer) Triad Stage: The Glass Menagerie, Tobacco Road, Ghosts, Brother Wolf, Black Pearl Sings, Educating Rita. Regional: Body Awareness (Theatre J); Pride & Prejudice (Chesapeake Shakespeare); Skin Tight (Studio Theatre); Sandwalk (Kogod Theatre); One Flea Spare (Elsewhere Artist’s Collaborative). Assistant Designer: Taming of the Shrew (Folger Theatre); The Sun Also Rises (The Washington Ballet); The Convert (Woolly Mammoth). Kelsey received her BFA from UNCG and is completing her MFA at the University of Maryland, College Park. She served six seasons as Resident Costume Designer at Triad Stage and is a two-time recipient of Marian A. Smith Award. www.KelseyHuntDesign.com Roz Fulton (Lighting Designer) Broadway: Video assistant, Sinatra Live. Regional: Lighting design – Amadeus, Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, A Soldier’s Tale, New Burlington (Chautauqua Theater Company); Video design – North Carolina Opera’s Les Enfants Terribles. International: Video design – Growing up Linda and He Do the Police (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Television: Assistant video design – Handel’s Messiah Rocks (PBS). Awards/ Other: Lighting Design, Beatification of Area Boy (Duke University, Triangle Award, best lighting). Instructor of Theatrical Lighting & Technology at UNCSA. Nicholas Hussong (Projection Designer) Nicholas previously served as Artistic Associate of Design at Triad Stage, where his credits include The Mountaintop, The Illusion, The Glass Menagerie, Providence Gap and The America Play. Nicholas Hussong is a third year MFA candidate in Design at the Yale School of Drama, concentrating in Projection Design. While at Yale, Nicholas served as Associate Artistic Director of the Yale Cabaret’s 45th anniversary season. Last year, he designed projections for Sunday in the Park with George, two new songs for The Baseball Music Project, Palmer Hefferan’s Forming the Year’s First Sky, and collaborated with Lauren Dubowski, Cole Lewis and Masha Tsimring, creating a new piece, Ain’t Gonna Make It. Also at Yale, he designed projections for Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and collaborated on Basement Hades. He is beginning work on These Paper Bullets at Yale Repertory Theatre. 14

Justin P. Cowan (Music Director/Assistant Director) Triad Stage debut. NY Regional: West Side Story, The Producers, Hairspray, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun. Other Regional: Legally Blonde, How To Succeed... (Theatre By The Sea/Ocean State Theatre), [Title of Show], The Fantasticks (Florida Repertory Theatre), Little Shop Of Horrors, Something’s Afoot, A Grand Night For Singing (The Schoolhouse Theatre), Monty Python’s Spamalot, A Year With Frog And Toad (UNCG School of Music Theatre and Dance), Church Basement Ladies, Winter Wonderettes (Prather Entertainment Group), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Das Barbecü, Songs For A New World, The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee (BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theatre). Megan Chang (Dialect Coach) Triad Stage: Dial “M” for Murder. UNCSA: Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, Deadly Sins, La Dispute, The Dragon, The Cherry Orchard, Hoodoo Love, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Blood Knot, August: Osage County, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, 1776. Education/Other: MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University; guest artist and instructor, University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Sara Ruth Tourek (Choreographer) holds a Master of Fine Arts in Dance/Choreography from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance Technique from Ohio Universtiy. Sara is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dance at Elon University. Before residing in North Carolina, Sara lived and worked in New York City. She has choreographed and performed in many states including: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Sara has a wide range of teaching experience including classical ballet, pointe, contemporary dance, choreography and dance appreciation. Sara also serves as the Lead Dance Instructor at Governor’s School West and is the active Secretary of the North Carolina Dance Alliance board. Cindi Rush, C.S.A. (Casting Director) New York: Silence! The Musical, My Mother’s Jewish Lesbian Wiccan Wedding (NYMF Winner 2010), Jay Alan Zimmerman’s Incredibly Deaf Musical, Bonnie and Clyde, Rooms, Jacques Brel, Six Dance Lessons, The Thing About Men, Urinetown, The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival. Regional: Penguin Rep, Triad Stage, Act II Playhouse, Arena Stage, Goodman, Humanafest. Film: Ghoul, The Woman (Top 9 Sundance 2011), In the Family, Offspring, Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door, Headspace. Tours: “Barney”, “Curious George”, “Kidz Bop”. Consultant for National Alliance for Musical Theatre (2004–2008), Consultant for NYU Graduate Program for Musical Theatre Writing. Geoff Boronda * (Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to Triad Stage this holiday season. His favorite credits include Hamlet, Dear Elizabeth and A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Yale Repertory Theatre); Beautiful Star and The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead (Triad Stage); Fox Play, Much Ado About Nothing, Eurydice, BlackTop Sky and Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika (Yale School of Drama). He is currently a freelance Stage Manager in New York City. He received his Masters degree in Stage Management from the Yale School of Drama. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States ◊ Student or Faculty Member with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Theatre Department

Charles Dickens: A Literary Giant Charles Dickens’ rags-to-riches life encapsulated the best and worst Victorian London had to offer. He was born in 1812 to John and Elizabeth Dickens in Portsmouth, England, but they later moved to London. The family of ten was of humble means, and this was made worse by John Dickens’ poor management of the family’s money. In fact, when Dickens was just twelve years old his father was imprisoned for bad debts. Young Dickens was then sent to work in a shoe factory instead of attending school, an experience that informed his social criticisms in books such as Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens worked in Warren’s Blacking Factory alongside other children pasting labels on bottles of shoe dye. He became intimately aware of the long hours and horrible working conditions of child labor. Dickens later recounted feeling neglect, shame, and hopelessness during that time of his life. His works often deal with children trapped or lost in the urban world of industrialized London. Reading was a necessary escape during that time in his childhood, and Dickens tore through the pages of books such as Robinson Crusoe and The Arabian Nights. These books kept his imagination alive and laid the foundation for his own literary genius. 16

from Sketches by Boz

Natural literary talent eventually allowed Dickens to rise out of the workhouses and become a writer, but not before working in a number of other fields. He first worked as a journalist at The Morning Chronicle and The Mirror of Parliament, creating connections that helped him break into publishing. He also pursued jobs as a court stenographer and a sketch artist, publishing the successful Sketches by Boz (1836). His second publication of sketches, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1836-1837), launched Dickens to fame and led to the start of a busy literary career. He often wrote multiple novels at once and worked right up to his deadlines. Dickens’ personal relationships were not as successful as his literary career. His 1836 wedding to Catherine Hogarth marked the beginning of a long and unhappy marriage, complicated by his close relationships to Mary and Georgina Hogarth, two of Catherine’s sisters. But Dickens’ illustrious writing career allowed him to live abroad in Italy and Switzerland for periods of time. He even embarked on an 1842 reading tour of America that was met with hoards of fans. In 1856, Dickens finally bought a long-desired country home in Gadshill, where he lived until his death in 1870.

Program Notes by Price Felker, Dramaturgy Intern 17

The Other Father Christmas Christmas as we currently know it began in London during the Victorian Era. The holiday was not a big celebration before the nineteenth century, but was widely celebrated with many enduring traditions by the end of the century. Dickens’ encapsulation of new Christmas traditions in A Christmas Carol played a huge role in reviving the holiday. He helped reframe Christmas as a time of tradition and celebration.

“Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

— A Christmas Dinner, Charles Dickens

The Christmas Tree The marriage of German-born Prince Albert to Queen Victoria introduced many traditional German Chrismas practices to England. One of these traditions included having a Christmas tree to place presents under — a practice made popular in England after a picture of the royal family around their own tree ran in the Illustrated London News in 1848.

The illustration caught on in America, too. Godey’s Lady Book, a popular periodical in America during that time, ran a copy of the illustration with a simple caption: “The Christmas Tree.” The picture was spread by other publications and the Christmas tree became a fixture in American tradition. President Franklin Pierce soon erected the first Christmas tree in the White House, and Christmas became a federal holiday in 1870. 18

Seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greetings In 1843, Henry Cole commissioned the creation of one of the first Christmas cards, a convention that soon replaced the more intensive tradition of writing letters to friends and family with seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greetings. The cards cost one shilling each, which was prohibitive for most people, and raised eyebrows for featuring a child drinking from a wineglass. But the distribution of Christmas cards caught on and became widespread in the 1860s after the invention of a cheaper color printing method.

Holiday Gifts The giving of holiday gifts traditionally happened on New Years, but the Victorians moved this tradition to the increasingly important Christmas. They gave small gifts at first, such as sweets or homemade trinkets that could hang on the tree. Presents moved under the tree as they became larger and more central to the holiday. Tom Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation of the Christmas cracker in 1848 introduced another enduring tradition. The small packages snapped when pulled by their ends to reveal sweets and small presents.

Wassail The Christmas tradition of wassailing involves the drinking of warm spiced cider or ale, a tradition that began in the villages of Southern England as a ritual to promote good apple tree harvests. 19

A COMPELLING PORTRAIT by John Logan

February 11 - 23, 2014

COMING SOON TO WINSTON-SALEM

A N A P PA L A C H I A N A DV E N T U R E by Preston Lane with music by Laurelyn Dossett

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Triad Stage is proud to be a member of the following organizations. ARTS NC is North Carolina’s statewide advocacy organization for the arts. ARTS NC calls for equity and access to the arts for all North Carolinians, unifies and connects NC’s arts communities, and fosters arts leadership. We speak for the arts wherever there is need.

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Annual Campaign Contributors Triad Stage wishes to thank the following individuals, corporations and foundations who have contributed generously to our 2013-2014 Annual Campaign. Annual Campaign contributors as of November 20, 2013.

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Anonymous Sylvia Samet Linda & Tom Sloan Martha & Harrison Turner Ruthie & Alan Tutterow Legacy Donors have made bequests in support of Triad Stage.

SUPPORT TRIAD STAGE Triad Stage is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. To learn more about donating or sponsorship, please contact Cedric Blue, Development Assistant, at cedric@triadstage.org or 336.274.0067 ext. 214

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor union. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

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FABLE: My ticket price covers the cost of the production. FACT: Ticket sales and services account for only 55% of our total budget;

we depend on contributions for the remaining 45%. Your ticket price essentially covers just half of what you experience when you come to a Triad Stage production. If we had to survive on ticket sales alone, every seat to every performance would be at least $50 (our current average ticket price is $25).

FABLE: The productions at Triad Stage are touring shows created elsewhere. FACT: Each and every set, costume and prop is created at our home base in

Greensboro or right here in Winston-Salem. Triad Stage employs 16 full-time and 16 part-time professionals who see the show from inception to the stage. We also hire 247 actors, directors, designers and technicians during the season. These artists are both local talent and nationally recognized leaders in their field. Triad Stage owns and operates two buildings in Greensboro — the theater and administrative offices at 232 South Elm Street and the Scene Shop on Holbrook Street. Triad Stage will continue to build, create and perform in these spaces as well as our new space in Winston-Salem at the Hanesbrands Theatre.

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Triad Stage Co-Founders Richard Whittington (Managing Director/CoFounder) has served as Managing Director of Triad Stage since its inception. Rich earned an MFA in Theatre Management from the Yale School of Drama and has a BFA in Acting and Directing from Marymount Manhattan College.

Preston Lane (Artistic Director/Co-Founder) is in his 13th season at Triad Stage where he has directed over 35 productions. Preston is the recipient of the 2008 Betty Cone Medal of the Arts and is in his fourth year as the Artistic Partner for Theatre for An Appalachian Summer Festival. He was formerly Artistic Associate at the Dallas Theater Center, where his productions included the US premiere of Inexpressible Island (Dallas Observer Best of Dallas Awards: Best Director, Best Production) and The Night of the Iguana (Dallas Morning News: 2002 Top Ten Theatre List).

In 2007, Rich was appointed by the Governor to serve on the board of the NC Arts Council, where he is currently a member of the Executive Committee. He has previously served on the boards of ArtsNC and Downtown Greensboro, Inc. and has served on numerous grant panels throughout the state as well as for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.

As a playwright, Preston’s adaptations have been produced at Triad Stage, Dallas Theater Center and Sonoma Rep. His work with musician Laurelyn Dossett includes Brother Wolf (Triad Stage, An Appalachian Summer Festival, The Human Race Theatre Company and St. Olaf College), Beautiful Star (Triad Stage and WaterTower Theatre), Bloody Blackbeard and Providence Gap. Preston is a recipient of an NC Arts Council Playwright Fellowship.

Rich has taught Theatre Management at Greensboro College and NC A&T University and has guest lectured at UNC Chapel Hill, UNC School of the Arts, Wake Forest University and UNCG. A native of Dallas, Texas, Rich previously served as Artistic Administrator for the Dallas Theater Center and Associate Producer of Dallas’ The Big D Festival of the Unexpected. Experience also includes work at the Roundabout Theatre in New York and StageWest in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Preston has taught at UNCG, NC A&T, UNCSA, Greensboro College, SMU, and the Professional Actors Workshop at the Dallas Theater Center. He is an alumnus of the Drama League of New York’s Director’s Project. A native of Boone, NC, Preston received his BFA from NCSA and his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

In 2010, Preston and Rich were honored with Downtown Greensboro, Inc.’s J. Edward Kitchen Leadership Award. In 2013, they received the Adelaide F. Holderness/H. Michael Weaver Award from UNCG for distinguished public service.

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Audience Services Sherry Barr, Director of Audience Services Justin Nichols, Box Office Manager Amanda Waterhouse, Assistant Box Office Manager Teresa Clifton, House Manager Joseph Rollins, UpStage Cabaret House Manager Bonnie Pachasa, Ainsley Patterson, Joseph Rollins, Rachel Rutz, Box Office Associates Jenna McMillan, Carrie Miller, Bar Staff Janita Colbert, UpStage Cabaret Bartender

Officers Kathy E. Manning, Chair Mindy Oakley, Vice Chair Susan Schwartz, Vice Chair Tom Styers, Treasurer Holly Chambers, Secretary Alan Tutterow, Immediate Past Chair Linda Sloan, Founding Chair Preston Lane, Artistic Director Richard Whittington, Managing Director

Production Tim Kottyan, Production Manager Nick Rutz, Technical Director Emily J. Mails, Resident Stage Manager Eric Hart, Properties Master Kathleen Ludwig, Costume Shop Manager Liz Stewart, Master Electrician Jonathan Fredette, Sound Supervisor Amanda Warriner, Lead Carpenter Andrew Landon Cutler, Wardrobe Supervisor Mary Beth Pazdernik, Stitcher / Rentals Coordinator Ariel Magno, Lisa Bledsoe, Props Assistants Najaya Ruffin, Sound Assistant

Members at Large Kate Barrett, Jeb Brooks, Linda Carlisle, Craig Carlock, D. Hayes Clement, Lynda Clifford, Jim Fisher, Chris Hobson, Tomasita Jacubowitz, Christina Johnson, John Kelly, Dan McAlister, Donna Newton, Julie Olin, Cissy Parham, Todd Rangel, Debby L. Reynolds, Paul Russ, Dabney Sanders, Tom Sloan, Kathleen Smith, Amy Speas, Ernestine Taylor, Margaret Thompson

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Jennifer Ackland, Wardrobe Supervisor Geoff Boronda, Stage Manager Jim Caddy, Dave Early, Jamie Hunter, Jason Korff, Carpenters Martin Campbell, Master Electrician Justin P. Cowan, Assistant Director Mary Crockett, Scenic Assistant Jessica Holcombe, Scenic Artist Abigail Matey, Andrew Scheer, Assistant Stage Managers Cory Raynor, Sound Engineer Kate Reinlib, Props Assistant Christina Santarelli, Costume Coordinator Tina Stevenson, Props Coordinator Thomas Williams, Technical Coordinator

Triad Stage Staff Artistic Preston Lane, Artistic Director Bryan Conger, Artistic Associate William Gwyn, Artistic Intern Price Felker, Dramaturgy Intern

Administrative Richard Whittington, Managing Director Jason Bogden, Business Manager Robin Campbell, Company Manager Megan Mabry, Marketing & Social Media Manager Melanie Soles, Fundraising Consultant Cedric Blue II, Development Assistant Kim Doty, Marketing Assistant Anna Lowe, Marketing Intern

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