T R I B E S By Nina Raine
Directed by Dave Steakley
Photos: KirkTuck.com
L-R: The X Files star Mitch Pileggi • Babs George • Aaron Johnson • Ava L’Amoreaux • Stephen Drabicki • Iris McQuillan-Grace
Find your voice. Find true connection.
Photo: KirkTuck.com.
Dave Steakley, Producing Artistic Director | Elisbeth Challener, Managing Director presents
TRIBES
By NINA RAINE Directed by
DAVE STEAKLEY
Set Design........................................................................................................................................ Michelle Ney Assistant to Scenic Designer........................................................................................ Nicolas E. Castenon Costume Design........................................................................................................................... Carl J. Booker Lighting Design......................................................................................................................... Sarah Maines** Lighting and Stage Ops Supervisor......................................................................................Melissa Baglio Sound Design.................................................................................................................................... Craig Brock Properties Design...............................................................................................................................Scott Groh Stage Manager..........................................................................................................Catherine Anne Tucker* Assistant Stage Managers.................................................................Megan Barrett* and Megan Smith Assistant to Director...............................................................................................................Natalie Novacek Dialect Coach............................................................................................................................. Melissa Grogan ASL Consultant.......................................................................................................Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins ASL Interpreter Coordinator................................................................................................. Sharon Ploeger *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ** Member of IATSE 829.
January 27 - February 28, 2016 • Topfer Theatre There will be a 20-minute Intermission. Drinks are welcome in the theatre. Kathleen and Harvey Guion Presenting Sponsor
Executive Producers
This project is supported in part by an award from The National Endowment for the Arts.
Acknowledgements TRIBES was commissioned and first presented by English Stage Company at the Royal court Theatre on 14 October 2010. TRIBES was presented by Barrow Street Theatre, New York, NY in 2012.
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tribe
Pronunciation: /trĘŒÉŞb/ A social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect... Source: oxforddictionaries.com
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your family your friends
your community your connection
your patriotism
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Tribes Cast
Stephen Drabicki *
Aaron Johnson
Babs George *
Iris McQuillan-Grace *
Mitch Pileggi
Ava L’Amoreaux
Stephen Drabicki*..........................................................................................................................................Billy Aaron Johnson........................................................................................................................................... Daniel Babs George*..................................................................................................................................................Beth Iris McQuillan-Grace*.................................................................................................................................Sylvia Mitch Pileggi.................................................................................................................................... Christopher Ava L’Amoreaux..............................................................................................................................................Ruth
*Member 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 49,000 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. actorsequity.org
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production and the taking of photographs, with or without flash, or by camera phone, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices – such as cell phones, pagers, etc. – and refrain from texting and/or tweeting during the performance.
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Tribes Director’s Notes
Tribes Model Set Design - Set Designer, Michelle Ney
When I saw Tribes Off-Broadway, I was unable to get up from my chair at the conclusion, because I was so profoundly moved by this remarkable and emotionally complex family drama. Amidst the realism, playwright Nina Raine underscores her play with a heightened theatricality comprised of transformative musical selections, poetic passages, the creative implementation of visual projections, and the use of sign language throughout.
comprised of many small pieces, due to the special angles, undulating curves, and custom cuts required by the unique design.
Consequently, I couldn’t imagine ZACH’s production of Tribes happening in a realistic home set. Instead I encouraged our scenic designer Michelle Ney to dream for us a nonliteral space that we could tell this story in. In our initial meeting I said that I would like to place the play inside the ear if I could, because I think the play is about the ways that we selectively choose to listen and to whom. Each character experiences deafness in their own way.
On a personal note, I am delighted to welcome actor Mitch Pileggi back home to ZACH Theatre. When I interviewed to work at ZACH, it was Mitch’s performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally that was the linchpin in my decision to take this job. Now 25 years later, Mitch is back, and a dream comes true, as we work together for the first time in my silver anniversary.
I want to invite you to join us on stage for an up-close tour of this design collaboration at the conclusion of this performance. If you’d like to explore the set and hear more about how it was created, please move to the front of the stage at the end of the play and our stage crew will be happy to escort you onstage for a brief tour.
Michelle was already exploring spiral shapes in nature and architecture, and in her artistic process began to think about soundwaves and other sonic forms. The result is the set design you see onstage. ZACH’s expert technical staff and craftspersons embraced the challenge of this living “art installation”,
DREAM BIG. SHARE THE DREAM!
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Why I wrote Tribes A Note from the Playwright Nina Raine Originally published online by Royal Court Theatre in September 2010
I first had the idea of writing Tribes when I watched a documentary about a deaf couple. The woman was pregnant. They wanted their baby to be deaf. I was struck by the thought that this was actually what many people feel, deaf or otherwise. Parents take great pleasure in witnessing the qualities they have managed to pass on to their children. Not only a set of genes. A set of values, beliefs. Even a particular language. The family is a tribe: an infighting tribe but intensely loyal. Once I started looking around, tribes were everywhere. I went to New York and was fascinated by the orthodox Jews in Williamsburg, who all wear a sort of uniform. They were like an enormous extended family. And just like some religions can seem completely mad to non-believers, so the rituals and hierarchies of a family can seem nonsensical to an outsider.
Nina Raine - Playwright, Tribes
I learnt some sign language. I found it immensely tiring. Sign demands that you heighten your facial expressions – ‘like’ –you stroke your neck downwards and smile beatifically, ‘don’t like’ you stroke your neck upwards and make a face almost as if you are throwing up. I felt like I was being made to assume a personality that didn’t fit me. I realised how much we express our personality through the way we speak. I didn’t like having to change my personality. And sign has a different grammar. I felt stupid, slow, uncomprehending. Was this what it might be like to be a deaf person trying to follow a rapid spoken conversation? But I was also envious. I loved the way sign looked when used by those fluent in it. It could be beautiful. Wouldn’t it be great to be a ‘virtuoso’ in sign? They must exist, like poets or politicians in the hearing world... Finally, I thought about my own family. Full of its own eccentricities, rules, in-jokes and punishments. What if someone in my (hearing, garrulous) family had been born deaf? All these things went into the play, which took a very long time to write. All I knew was that at the beginning we would be plunged into a family dinner. The first scene was easy to write. I wrote it with no idea of the characters’ names, or of how many siblings there were. But oddly, it is one of the scenes that has hardly changed during the writing of the play. It sat there for a very long time. And then, slowly, I wrote the rest. The crazy family was born fully formed. I just had to work out what happened to them.
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Tribes Cast STEPHEN DRABICKI (Billy) is thrilled to join ZACH for this production of Nina Raine’s award winning Tribes. He received critical acclaim as Billy in the Canadian premiere at Canadian Stage in Toronto, and has since performed the role with Theatre Aquarius (Hamilton, ON), Capital Stage (Sacramento, CA), Artist’s Repertory Theater (Portland, OR), and Salt Lake Acting Company (Salt Lake City, UT). Off-Broadway: According to Goldman (Theater Breaking Through Barriers), The Merchant of Venice (TBTB), the premiere of A.R. Gurney’s The Interview (Theatre Row, The Kennedy Center), and The Public Theater’s reading of Sound is Vibration opposite Emmy Award winner Uzo Aduba. Other New York City credits include The Lincoln Center Songbook Series, New York Deaf Theater, Blessed Unrest, The Drilling Company, Nicu’s Spoon, and The Association of Musicians with Hearing Loss. Regional: Signstage on Tour, Flat Rock Playhouse, Goodtimes Theater. A native of Asheville, NC, he holds a double B.A. in Theatre and Studio Art from Berea College (KY) and is an alumnus of the ABC/Disney Television Diversity Casting Showcase. He is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and is represented by Abrams Artists Agency and KPA. Stephen sends his love to his family, friends, and Casey, y’all! www.stephendrabicki. com
BABS GEORGE (Beth) ZACH: Mad Beat Hip and Gone, Becky’s New Car, and Sister’s Rosensweig. REGIONAL THEATRE: Gun Shy at Portland Center Stage; Night of the Iguana and Charley’s Aunt at Pioneer Theatre. FILM: Sin City, and Blue Sky. TELEVISION: War of the Worlds, PBS, The Lying Game, Friday Night Lights and My Generation. OTHER THEATRE: Other Desert Cities at Austin Playhouse (just one of dozens of plays as a company member); Much Ado About Nothing at Austin Shakespeare; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at St. Edward’s; Ghosts at Penfold Theatre; The Cherry Orchard at Breaking String Theatre; All My Sons at Palindrome; The Glass Menagerie at TexArts. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: M.F.A. in Classical Acting from The Shakespeare Theatre and The George Washington University. Creator and director of The State Theatre School of Acting, now The Actor’s School. Has instructed in Theatre Departments at Texas State, Southwestern, St. Edward’s University, and The University of Texas at Austin. IRIS MCQUILLAN-GRACE (Sylvia) is an actress and teaching artist. She has a degree in theater from Emerson College and an M.F.A. in acting from the New School for Drama. She lives in New York and has performed with EST/ Youngblood, NYTW, HERE Arts Center, Naked Angels, New Georges, Ivoryton Playhouse, Long Wharf theater, Elm Shakespeare, Shakespeare on the Sound, and with Pipeline theaters production of Clown Bar (*NY Times critic pick). As a teaching artist she has worked with Yale University, and The Great Books Summer Program (Stanford University and Amherst College). She also served for two years as the Drama Director for the North American Family Institute, a maximum security group home facility for young women. She is thrilled to be doing this play, and wants to thank her family for their endless support, Dave for the tremendous opportunity, and to Jacob F+A. www.irismcg.com
AARON JOHNSON (Daniel) ZACH: Debut. REGIONAL: Skylight (Edward) at Hyde Park Theatre/Street Corner Arts, The Real Thing (Billy), and The Explorer's Club (Lucius) upcoming at Austin Playhouse. OTHER CREDITS: Red (Ken) with Light in a Jar Productions, and Troilus and Cressida (Aeneas) at the Great River Shakespeare Festival. Aaron has spent several years working with The New Harmony Project in Indiana, dedicated to serving writers and new play development. ADDITIONAL CREDITS: B.F.A. Theatre Performance from the University of Evansville. AaronRichardJohnson.com
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Tribes Masthead Cast MITCH PILEGGI (Christopher) “I had the very good fortune of beginning my acting career in the early 1980’s performing in The Lark on the ZACH Scott Theatre Center Kleberg stage. After that they were unable to get me to leave the building (and at that time it was only one building). I took on every job they would give me from doing a horrible job on the bookkeeping to doing an exceptional job (I think) keeping the theatre clean as the janitor. In the afternoons I would help build sets and in the evenings I participated in performances of such plays as The Price, 110 Degrees in the Shade, Rashoman, Buried Child, Chicago, Lone Star and returned to ZSTC in 1991 to do Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. I also performed in Bent at Center Stage and Jesus Christ Superstar at Zilker Park. Television credits include The X-Files, Sons of Anarchy, Dallas, Supernatural and some other stuff.”
AVA L’AMOREAUX (Ruth) has been acting since the ripe old age of seven. She made her stage debut with the skit Who’s on First? where she played Lou Costello opposite her dad’s Bud Abbott, and they brought the house down. A recent graduate from Texas State’s BFA Acting Program, Ava has studied under Lauren Lane (The Nanny) and Michael Costello (Temple Grandin), and has done character work with Theresa Rebeck on her play Seminar where Ava played Izzy. Other roles Ava has been seen in are Daphna in Bad Jews, Fabiana Aziza Cunningham in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Dr. Eve Bolinger in Sordid Lives, and her favorite, Dotty in Noises Off! The role of Ruth is Ava’s debut on the Topfer stage. Ava resides here in Austin and is currently represented by Collier Talent. She would like to thank and send SO MUCH LOVE to her Dad, her ever-present supporter and mentor.
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The Artistic Staff
Dave Steakley
Michelle Ney
Carl J. Booker
Craig Brock
Scott Groh
Megan Smith
Sarah Maines**
Catherine Anne Tucker*
Melissa Grogan
Eliot Haynes
Megan Barrett*
Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins
UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS LOCAL 829
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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ** Member of IATSE 829.
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About the Artistic Staff MICHELLE NEY (Scenic Designer) is a scenic and costume designer based in Austin. ZACH: Mothers and Sons; A Christmas Story; and Harvey. REGIONAL THEATRE: Gulls at The Theatre at Boston Court; The Glass Menagerie; at The Colony Theatre: Measure for Measure, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Comedy of Errors, and The Merry Wives of Windsor at Illinois Shakespeare Festival; La Pietra del Paragone and La Boheme at Austin Lyric Opera; Two Booths & A Lincoln, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Tartuffe at Idaho Repertory Theatre; Macbeth and An Ideal Husband at Austin Shakespeare; Cymbeline, Henry IV Part I, and Shenandoah at Texas Shakespeare Festival. Film: Heathens. Michelle is a Professor of Theatrical Design at Texas State University. To see more of her work, visit: www. michelleneydesigns.com.
K. ELIOT HAYNES (Video Design) is an awardwinning designer from Austin. ZACH: Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, RENT, August: Osage County, The Santaland Diaries, and Doubt. Other design credits include The Head, Riddley Walker, and The Crapstall Street Boys for Trouble Puppet Theater; The Importance of Being Earnest, Blood Wedding, Tartuffe, and Hamlet for Mary Moody Northen Theatre; The Orchid Flotilla and Once There Were Six Seasons for Glass Half Full Theater; Switch Shift Go, Flush, and Everything Between for Ariel Dance Theater. Part of the ZACH family for years, Eliot is the Assistant Technical Director of The Mary Moody Northern Theatre at St. Edward’s University and a technical consultant for Fusebox Festival. CRAIG BROCK (Sound Design) is ZACH’s Resident Sound Designer, and has worked as a recording engineer and music producer since 1989. ZACH: Sophisticated Ladies; Mothers and Sons; All the Way; Peter and the Starcatcher; A Christmas Carol; The King and I; The Who’s Tommy; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; The Gospel at Colonus; A Christmas Story; Les Misérables; Sandra Bernhard in Concert; 33 Variations; One Night with Janis Joplin; Megan Hilty in Concert; Harvey; Tru; Ragtime; Mad Beat Hip & Gone; White Christmas; Xanadu; The Laramie Project; The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later; Next to Normal; RENT; Metamorphoses; The Drowsy Chaperone; Becky’s New Car; Our Town; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Love, Janis; The Grapes of Wrath; Let Me Down Easy; Shooting Star; Caroline, or Change; The Clean House, and Porgy and Bess.
CARL J. BOOKER (Costume Designer) is excited to join ZACH Theatre for this production. He currently works at Texas State University as the Cutter/Draper after working in the industry as a freelance costume technician and designer. Other theatrical experiences include designing for Zilker Theatre and working with The Pioneer Theatre, The Santa Fe Opera, The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Alley Theatre, and Sky Candy Aerial Studio. Carl holds a BFA in Theatrical Design and Technology from Baylor University and a MFA in Costume Technology from The University of Texas at Austin. He’d like to thank his parents and Scott for their continuous support. SARAH MAINES (Lighting Design) - ZACH: A Christmas Story, God of Carnage. BROADWAY: Associate/Assistant Lighting Designer for Jersey Boys (nine productions including Broadway, Las Vegas, Toronto, and the Netherlands); Sarah Jones’s Bridge And Tunnel; Gypsy with Patti Lupone (also at NYCC). FIRST NATIONAL TOUR: In the Heights; Jersey Boys. OTHER THEATRE: Illinois Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing, Antony and Cleopatra, Elizabeth Rex, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, Failure: A Love Story; Texas State University: Anything Goes, Richard III, The Cherry Orchard, As You Like It, All Shook Up; Florida State Opera: The Mikado, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. OTHER: M.F.A. from The University of California, San Diego; Professor at Texas State University. Member of USA 829-Lighting.
SCOTT GROH (Properties Design) is ZACH Theatre’s resident Properties Designer and has designed props for numerous shows including Mothers and Sons, All the Way; Peter and the Starcatcher; A Christmas Carol, A Year with Frog and Toad; This Wonderful Life; The Who’s Tommy; Pinocchio; The Gospel at Colonus; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; A Christmas Story; Les Misérables; and One Night with Janis Joplin. REGIONAL THEATRE: Tuacahn Amphitheater, The Lost Colony, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, SeaSide Music Theatre, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Porthouse Theatre. NATIONAL TOURS: Blast!, All Shook Up, Fiddler on the Roof, and Arthur Live! 46
About the Artistic Staff MELISSA GROGAN (Dialect Coach) received her M.F.A. in Acting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is certified as an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, is trained in Knight Speechwork, and pursuing her certification as a Somatic Movement Educator in Body Mind Centering. She works as an Associate Professor of Voice and Speech at Texas State University and runs her own business, Austin Vocal Empowerment. In the Fall of 2012 she worked with Kyle Chandler, of Friday Night Lights and the movie Super 8, for his role in The Wolf of Wallstreet. In the Spring of 2014 she was hired by Rooster Teeth to help on their soon to be released film, LazerTeam with Gavin Free. And in the Summer of 2014 she worked with Juston Street on several roles, including his portrayal of James Street in My All American and for his role in the upcoming Linklater film Everybody Wants Some. She’s worked as Vocal/Text Assistant at the Tony Award Winning Utah Shakespearean Festival, for their productions of King Lear, Coriolanus, and Twelfth Night. And is delighted to be coaching for ZACH once again. Past shows she’s Dialect Coached at ZACH include Ragtime, In the Next Room, and Doubt.
CATHERINE ANNE TUCKER (Stage Manager) ZACH: Stage Management for Evita, Sophisticated Ladies, All the Way, Peter and the Starcatcher, A Christmas Carol (2015, 2014), The Gospel at Colonus, Les Misérables, One Night with Janis Joplin, Mad Beat Hip & Gone, White Christmas, Next to Normal, and Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins as well as many special events. OFF BROADWAY: Lapsburgh Layover and Be a Good Little Widow with Ars Nova; I Never Sang For My Father with Keen Co.; and Sparkling Object with Canal Park Playhouse. REGIONAL THEATRE: Much Ado About Nothing at Austin Shakespeare Festival and Cyrano de Bergerac at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. OTHER CREDITS: Production Assistant for The Daily Show with John Stewart, Special Events Manager for NAAP, Dusty Film Festival and Ars Nova Benefit. MEGAN BARRETT (Assistant Stage Manager) ZACH: A Christmas Carol; Evita; In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play; The Who’s Tommy; A Year with Frog and Toad; The Three Little Pigs; All the Way; Gospel at Colonus; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. OTHER THEATRE: The Invention of Love at Austin Shakespeare; Blood Brothers, The Merry Wives of Windsor at Texas Shakespeare Festival; Into the Woods, The Fantasticks at Western Playhouse; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie, Cinderella, at Jenny Wiley Theatre; Much Ado About Nothing at AMDA, LA. OTHER: Megan holds an M.F.A. in Stage Management from CalArts, a B.S in Theatre from Lamar University, and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
DR. BOBBIE BETH SCOGGINS (ASL Consultant)
was born into a deaf family in Texas. She played the lead in the Dallas Theatre Center production of Children of a Lesser God and the Broadway production as an understudy with 13 regional productions as Sarah. She participated in the 1973 World Games for the Deaf now known as Deaflympics. She received her B.A. degree in pyschology & her M.A. degree in administration and supervision from California State University, Northridge and Ed.D. from Pepperdine University. From 19972005, she was the first female president of the USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF) bringing US Deaflympics Teams to Deaflympics. As the executive director of the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; she was instrumental in the licensing of interpreters; and development of a program to provide telecommunication devices statewide. She has served as President of the National Association of the Deaf from 2006 - 2012. Presently, Bobbie Beth lives in Austin, TX, currently as the Director of Educational Resource Center on Deafness at the Texas School for the Deaf.
MEGAN SMITH (Assistant Stage Manager) ZACH: Stage Management for Winnie the Pooh, Cenicienta, A Christmas Carol, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Cat in the Hat, Sciencetricks, A Christmas Story, Holiday Heroes, and HCA’s The Little Mermaid. REGIONAL THEATRE: Guys and Dolls at TexARTS, The Taming of the Shrew and The Invention of Love at Austin Shakespeare, Plaza Suite and To Kill a Mockingbird at Judson Theatre Company in Pinehurst, NC, and numberous productions at The Theater Barn in New Lebanon, NY, and Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury, CT. Hailing from Lenexa, KS, Megan hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre from the University of Kansas. 47
American Sign Language American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete, complex language that uses signs made by moving the hands combined with facial expressions and poses of the body. It is the primary language of many North Americans who are Deaf; it is one of several communications options used by people who have hearing loss. No one form of sign language is universal. Different sign languages are used in different countries or regions. For example, British Sign Language (BSL) is different from ASL; Americans who know ASL may not understand BSL. The exact beginnings of ASL are not clear, but some suggest that it arose more than 200 years ago from the intermingling of a local sign language and French Sign Language (LSF), or Langue des Signes Francaise. Today ASL includes some elements of LSF that over the years have melded and changed into a rich, complex and mature language. The French believe Abbe Charles Michel de L’Apee invented sign language while the Americans credit the Deaf community on Martha’s Vineyard. In spoken language, words are produced by using the mouth and voice to make sounds. For Deaf people, the sounds of speech are unheard, and only a fraction of speech sounds can be seen on the lips. Sign languages are based on the premise that vision is the most useful tool a Deaf person has to communicate and receive information. ASL is completely separate and distinct from English; it has its own rules for pronunciation, word order, and complex grammar. For example, “adjectives follow nouns as in Romance languages. In sign, one says ‘house blue’, establishing a picture
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of what is being described and then embellishing on that. (—)The movement of the shoulders, the speed of the hands, the facial expression, the number of repetitions of a sign combine with actual signs to give meaning to the language.”1. Just as with other languages, specific ways of expressing oneself in ASL vary as much as ASL users do. In addition to individual differences in expression, ASL has regional accents and dialects. Parents are often the source of a child’s early acquisition of language, but for children who are Deaf, additional people may be models for language development. A Deaf child born to parents who are Deaf and already using ASL will begin to acquire signing as naturally as a hearing child picks up spoken language from hearing parents. However, for a Deaf child with hearing parents who have no prior experience with ASL, language may be acquired differently. In fact, nine out of ten children who are born Deaf are born to parents who hear. Some hearing parents choose to introduce sign language to their Deaf children. Hearing parents who choose to learn sign language often learn it along with their child. Surprisingly, children who are Deaf can learn to sign quite uently from their parents, even when their parents might not be perfectly uent themselves. Parents should introduce a child who is Deaf or hard of hearing to language as soon as possible. The earlier any child is exposed to and begins to acquire language, the better that child’s communication skills will become. Research suggests that the first few years of life are critical for establishing successful communication.
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is studying AlSayyid Bedouin Sign Language, a sign language used over the past 75 years by both hearing and non-hearing people in an isolated Bedouin
village in Israel. Because it was developed among a small group of people with little to no outside influence and no direct linguistic input, ABSL offers researchers the opportunity to document a new language as it develops and evolves.
Sources: Denver Center for the Perofrming Arts; Walker, Lou Ann. A Loss for Words: the Story of Deafness in a Family. New York, NY: Harper Perennials, 1987; www. start-american-sign-langusge.com./who-invented- sign-language.html.; http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/pages/asl.aspx; Artists Repertory Theatre, Vertigo Theatre, Encyclopedia Britannica, Wikipedia.
American Deaf Culture “The Deaf Community comprises those Deaf and hard of hearing individuals who share a common language, common experiences and values and a common way of interacting with each other and with hearing people.” 1.
• Perpetuation of Deaf culture through a variety of traditions, including films, folklore, literature, athletics, poetry. • Inclusion of unique strategies for gaining a person’s attention such as touch, waving, or flicking a light switch. 2.
American Deaf culture centers on the use of American Sign Language and identification and unity with other people who are Deaf. The Deaf community has specific values, behaviors and traditions which include:
Deaf individuals can be found at every level of state, public and private enterprise within our communities. Sources: Denver Center for the Perofrming Arts 1. Ladd, p.41. 2. www. Gallaudet.edu.
• Promoting an environment that supports vision as the primary sense used for communication at school, in the home and in the community.
Ladd, Paddy. Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. Toronto: Multilingual Matters Ltd., 2003. http://www.galludet.edu./clerc-center/information- and-resources/ info/including-Deaf-culture/about-american-Deaf-culture.htm.
• Valuing Deaf children as the future of Deaf people and Deaf culture. Deaf Culture therefore encourages the use of ASL, in addition to any other communication modalities. • Support for bilingual ASL-English education of Deaf children so that they are competent in both languages. 49
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ZACH Theatre 2015-16 Season
ANN
April 6 - May 15 Written by and Starring Emmy-winner and Tony®Award-nominee Holland Taylor
Tough as nails. Funny as hell. Ann brings our brassy blue Governor Ann Richards back to vivid life in a tour-de-force performance.
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
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MARY POPPINS
June 1 - 26
July 20 - September 4
Written by Richard Bean Songs by Grant Olding Directed by Abe Reybold Starring Martin Burke
A musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film Original music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Book by Julian Fellowes New songs and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe Directed by Dave Steakley Musical Direction by Allen Robertson Choreography by Robin Lewis Starring Jill Blackwood and Matthew Redden
It’s the Swingin’ Sixties and the easily-confused Francis Henshall attempts to keep his two employers from meeting and learning of his dual-employment. This Tony Award®-winning comedy is a laugh-out-loud satirical romp.
BUYER AND CELLAR
June 8 - August 14
The practically perfect nanny, Mary Poppins, soars into the Topfer Theatre. Dave Steakley and the creative team who brought you A Christmas Carol reinvent this beloved musical into a new production packed with unforgettable theatrical magic!
Written by Jonathan Tollins Directed by Nat Miller Starring J. Robert Moore (Black Stash) Peter and the Starcatcher
Alex, a struggling Hollywood actor, takes an outrageous job working in Streisand’s Malibu Barbra dream house in an underground mall housing her showbiz collections. This giddily hilarious one-man play will have you doubledover laughing, proclaiming “it’s like butta!”
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Theatre For Families 2015-16 Season
TOMÁS AND THE LIBRARY LADY
January 15 - February 14 Written by José Cruz González Based on the book by Pat Mora
A chance encounter brings Tomás, the son of migrant farm workers, to a local library where he meets a librarian who recognizes his thirst for knowledge and encourages him to read.
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
February 19 - April 10 Book by Timothy Allen McDonald Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Based on the book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Directed and Choreographed by Abe Reybold
Based on Roald Dahl’s beloved book, James and the Giant Peach is a charming, family musical ripe for the picking.
THEATRE IS FUN
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
March 4 - May 15
Acting ❘ Dance ❘ Voice Ages 3.5 -18
Written and Directed by Gabrielle Reisman and Katie Bender
Pre-Professional Company Grades 4-12
Go down the rabbit hole and travel to Wonderland! In ZACH’s unique adaption, the audience starts in the theatre and then follows Alice around ZACH’s campus on an adventure, meeting familiar characters, and helping to defeat the Red Queen.
Classes begin January 19. zachtheatre.org/education 512- 476-0594 x236
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
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ZACH Leadership DAVE STEAKLEY (Producing Artistic Director) is now in his 25th season, and is dedicated to creating a theatre of, by and for Austin – a place where our entire community gathers to share an intimate and extraordinary theatre experience. Led by Dave’s vision, the creation of the Topfer Theatre came to fruition, opening in October 2012 with the acclaimed musical Ragtime. Anna Deavere Smith says, “Dave is the future. The YES in his theater’s walls is as palpable as the walls themselves. That YES, I believe, will lead to something brand new, to connect with a broader, more global audience.” With Dave as artistic leader, ZACH has produced multiple World Premieres by Anna Deavere Smith, Steven Dietz, Jaston Williams, Everett Quinton, John Walch, Allen Robertson and The Flaming Idiots. ZACH served as the Central Texas hub of the nationwide 365 Plays/365 Days Festival by Suzan-Lori Parks. Dave created the first bilingual adaptation of Webber and Rice’s musical Jesucristo Superstar, and set The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans with a jazz/R&B reinvention, which received national acclaim from The New York Times and about which Todd Gershwin says, “It was Dave’s creative production of Porgy and Bess that really opened my eyes to the need to finally allow a creative team to interpret the opera in a fresh manner, which led to the recent Broadway production.” Dave has directed many ZACH productions, and some favorite experiences include: Mothers and Sons, All the Way, A Christmas Carol: A Rockin’ New Musical, The Who’s Tommy; The Gospel at Colonus; Harvey; 33 Variations; Ragtime; Next to Normal; Hairspray; August: Osage County; RENT; Metamorphoses; Our Town; Caroline, or Change; The Clean House; Take Me Out; I Am My Own Wife; Urinetown; Crowns; Omnium-Gatherum; Hedwig; Jelly’s Last Jam; The America Play; Dreamgirls; Angels In America and the first professional repertory production of The Laramie Project, and The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. His regional directing credits include Actors Theatre of Louisville, New Stage Theatre, American Heartland Theatre, WaterTower Theatre, and Pittsburgh’s City Theatre. He is the playwright of ZACH’s A Christmas Carol, Rockin’ Christmas Party, and Keepin’ It Weird, featured on CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and American Theatre. Dave serves as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. City of Austin Mayors Kirk Watson and Lee Leffingwell declared, respectively, May 18, 2001 and October 22, 2011 as “Dave Steakley Day” on the occasion of his 10th and 20th ZACH Anniversaries. He is the recipient of the 2015 First Tee of Greater Austin Courtesy Award, the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Austin Visibility Award, 2010 Kick Ass Award, 2005 Austin Circle of Theaters’“Outstanding Contribution to Austin Theatre” Award, seven Austin Chronicle “Best of Austin Best Stage Director” awards, the 2000 Austin Under 40 Outstanding Arts and Entertainment Award, and multiple Austin Critics’ Table and B. Iden Payne Awards for “Outstanding Director/Choreographer.” In 2009, he was crowned Austin Dancing with the Stars Champion, and he has a cameo in Richard Linklater’s 2012 film Bernie with Jack Black.
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ZACH Leadership
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ELISBETH CHALLENER (Managing Director) joined ZACH Theatre as Managing Director in June of 2007, with responsibility for strategic planning, management, finances, marketing, and fundraising for the organization. Under Elisbeth’s leadership, ZACH successfully designed, built and opened the new Topfer Theatre, which has won significant awards and widespread aclaim completing the largest capital campaign in ZACH’s history. In August 2014, ZACH celebrated the successful conclusion of the $23.5M campaign! Other accomplishments during her eight years at ZACH include creating a new multi-year strategic plan that will move the organization into the next phase of its significant expansion, increasing revenue from single ticket sales by 79 percent and increasing revenue from season ticket sales by 139 percent. At a time when many arts organizations in Austin and around the nation have been struggling, ZACH has grown its operating budget from $3 million to $8 million dollars and has operated “in the black” throughout Elisbeth’s tenure. Elisbeth has led her team in developing innovative new offerings on ZACH’s expanded campus including full-service bars and nightly pre-show entertainment; an exclusive skyline lounge in the Topfer Theatre for donors; and making the theatre available as a red-carpet venue for SXSW, The Daily Show, as well as other major community events. Last year, ZACH proudly launched The Dave Steakley Dream Fund designed to enhance the artistic vision of ZACH’s Producing Artistic Director and to maintain production quality and the facility needs of ZACH’s Topfer Theatre and campus. Before moving to Austin, Elisbeth was Executive Director of Montalvo Arts Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. She led Montalvo’s growth from a small, community-based organization into a major presenting venue and home to an internationally acclaimed artists’ residency program. During nearly two decades at Montalvo, her other accomplishments included increasing ticket sales from less than $500,000 to more than $4 million, expanding the patron base from 6,000 to 80,000 and raising more than $20 million for capital projects. Earlier in her career, Elisbeth served as Administrative Director for the San Francisco Boys Chorus, Education/Outreach Director of the Fairmount Theatre of the Deaf and as department chair and faculty member of the performing arts department of The Purnell School in New Jersey. Elisbeth graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts in Drama and Musical Theatre. She attended the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program, The Center for Excellence in Nonprofit Management Leaders Institute in San Jose, California and served in leadership roles for the American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley, Saratoga Rotary Club and the Arts Council of Silicon Valley. Elisbeth currently serves on the Board of Directors and is Development Committee Chair of the National Alliance of Musical Theatre in New York, and has served on NAMT’s Festival of New Musicals Committee and Executive Committee. She has been a panelist for The Houston Arts Alliance, City of Austin, National Alliance of Musical Theatre, and Theatre Communications Group. Elisbeth has always had a passion for the theatre and performed for many years in summer stock, dinner theatre and semi-professional productions on the East Coast and in California. 55
Tribes Production Crew Costumes Stitchers..................................................................................Emily Eoff, Jennifer Ball, Regina Lewis, Brandy Lee Harris Drapers.........................................................................................................................................................................Wayne Fowks Lead Dresser......................................................................................................................................................................Sally Hall Assistant Costume Shop Manager............................................................................................................Brandy Lee Harris
Scenic Carpenters.................................................................................Justin Cole, Erin Collopy, Chris Dominguez, Kyle Etzel, Oliver Freeman, Tom Lucenti, Dennis J. Riley
Properties Properties Artisan.................................................................................................................................................Marshall Tosko
Electrics Lead Electrician....................................................................................................................................................... Nick Swanson Light Board Operator................................................................................................................................................ Ryan Logue
Sound Lead Audio Engineer............................................................................................................................................ Pete Martinez Audio Technician.......................................................................................................................................................Ashlee Lanzi
Stage Operations Automation Operator.............................................................................................................................................. Taylor Novak Deck Crew...................................................................................................................................Justin Cole, Chris Dominguez Stagehands.........................................................................................Oliver Freeman, Chris Dominguez, and Kyle Etzel Rehearsal Sign Interpreters.................................... Sharon Ploeger, Kristi Kallina, Barbara Beggs, Mindi McCarty
Special Thanks Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins • Gabrielle Nocciolino • Sharon Ploeger • Kristi Kallina Barbara Beggs • Mindi McCarty • Anton Nel
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ZACH Staff Artistic and Production
Producing Artistic Director...................................................................................................................................... Dave Steakley Associate Artistic Director..........................................................................................................................................Abe Reybold Director of Production........................................................................................................................................................Paul Flint Assistant Production Manager.............................................................................................................................Lesley Fairman Production Coordinator........................................................................................................................................T. Scott Wooten Technical Director.................................................................................................................................................... Robert Richoux Assistant Technical Director................................................................................................................................ Austin Manning Lighting and Stage Supervisor..............................................................................................................................Melissa Baglio Stage Crew Chief............................................................................................................................................................Taylor Novak Audio Supervisor..............................................................................................................................................................Craig Brock Lead Electrician............................................................................................................................................................ Nick Swanson Properties Master...............................................................................................................................................................Scott Groh Scene Shop Foreman.......................................................................................................................................................Luke Wenz Scenic Charge................................................................................................................................................................... J. Aaron Bell Costume Shop Manager................................................................................................................................................. Blair Hurry Assistant Costume Shop Manager................................................................................................................ Brandy Lee Harris Wardrobe Supervisor................................................................................................................................Christina Montgomery Draper.............................................................................................................................................................................. Wayne Fowks
Administrative
Managing Director.............................................................................................................................................Elisbeth Challener Executive Coordinator..............................................................................................................................................Renelle Bedell Chief Development Officer.....................................................................................................................................Charlie Frasier Associate Director of Development...............................................................................................Kimberly Theodore Sidey Special Events Manager......................................................................................................................................Cathleen Berdan Individual Giving Manager................................................................................................................................................Jess Valle Individual Giving Assistant................................................................................................................................. Brittney Woolley Development Assistant..............................................................................................................................................Liana Putrino Education Director..............................................................................................................................................................Nat Miller Associate Director of Education....................................................................................................................................Chad Dike Pre-Professional Manager.................................................................................................................Jennifer Young Mahlstedt Education Associate.............................................................................................................................................Kate Shaw-Nappi Education Assistant...................................................................................................................................................... Shannon Fox Office Assistant.............................................................................................................................................................. Shannon Fox Finance Director.............................................................................................................................................................Linda Wilson Accounting and Budget Specialist.............................................................................................................Lakeisha Van Buren Accounting and Budget Specialist................................................................................................................................Jeff Taylor Accounting and Human Resources Assistant......................................................................................................... Christi Zay Tessitura Database Administrator and IT Support..............................................................................................Greg Garcia Chief Marketing and Community Engagement Officer........................................................................Rachel Applegate Senior Marketing Manager....................................................................................................................................... Rick Sanchez Art Director.......................................................................................................................................................................... Rona Ebert Public Relations Manager..........................................................................................................................................Lauren Lovell Digital Media and Marketing Communications Specialist..............................................................Michael Ferstenfeld Director of Facility Operations and Patron Services.................................................................................. Amanda Adams Lead Events Manager......................................................................................................................................... Keri-Dawn Solner Box Office Manager......................................................................................................................................................... Daryl Jones Assistant Box Office Manager.........................................................................................................................................Ali Jaynes Group Sales Associate................................................................................................................................................. Alyson Mintz Box Office Associates.......................................................................Olivia Faires, Shannon Fox, Daniel Lonzo, Kim Stacy Priority Seating Manager................................................................................................................................. Bette O’Callaghan Priority Seating Representatives..................................................................Alyson Mintz, Cory Powell, Danielle Bower, Josie Pardo, Leigh Anne Smith, Troy Milstead Patron Services Manager.............................................................................................................................................. Kyle Sigrest House Managers..............................................................................................Dee Castillo, Kendra Dobson, Kathy Garrett, Terri Housworth, Ernestina Martinez, Janie Paez, Kim Stacy Food and Beverage Manager................................................................................................................................... Adam Swank Bartenders.......................................................... Chris Smith, Will Phillips, Ben Grimm, Nate Bortmas, Jessica Hovind, Hannah Hagar, Iggy Mwela, Matt LeMond, James Taylor Facilities Manager..........................................................................................................................................................Steve Woods Assistant Facilities Manager...................................................................................................................................Andrew Clarke Facilities Crew...................................................................................................Brian Bodkin, Scotty Mominee, Leon Presley
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ZACH Theatre Board of Trustees Executive Committee
Trustees
Mindy Ellmer, President Legislative Consulting
Sergio Alcocer, Trustee Janet K. Baxter, Janet K. Baxter Oil & Gas Larry Connelly, Trustee Eric Copper, Austin Portfolio Real Estate Aaron Day, Texas Land Title Association Derrick Evans, Freescale Semiconductor Jay Fox, Baylor Scott & White Health Donn Gauger, Falcon Insurance Agency Inc. Deborah Green, Trustee Cindy Greenwood, Cindy Greenwood Residential Kathleen Guion, Trustee Wendy Harvey, The Arbor Michael Heidler, Vinson & Elkins LLP Nestor Ho, Silicon Labs Dan Jackson, Trustee Barbara Krings, Trustee Carmen Luevanos, Texas Gas Service Bruce McCann, The University of Texas Jon McElhaney, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. Eric Natinsky, Quick Technologies, Inc. Bettye Nowlin, Trustee Deborah O’Connell, Trustee Mike O’Krent, LifeStories Alive, LLC Candace Partridge, Psychologist Hiten Patel, Balefire Consulting Mike Peterson, AT&T The Honorable Jim Pitts, Texas State House of Representatives, District 10 Annette Renaud, Trustee Lesa Rossick, Market Ambassador Mari Ruckel, Texas Oil and Gas Association Joy H. Selak, PhD, MINDPOP Samantha L. Slate, Rackspace Inc. Robert A. Stoltz, Trustee Mary Herr Tally, Trustee Tom Terkel, FourT Realty Bobbi Topfer, Trustee Nelda A. Treviño, Trustee Kevin D. Witcher, The Chubb Corporation Stacey Zoll, Visa Inc.
Dr. Gary Goldstein Immediate Past President Helphen Consulting LLC Brian McCall, Vice President Texas State University System Carl Stuart, Treasurer Carl Stuart Investment Advisor Inc. Will Coombes, Secretary Visa, Inc Adam Schramek, Development Committee Chair Norton Rose Fulbright Laura Merritt, Membership Committee Chair Boulette Golden & Marin, L.L.P. Carolyn Seriff Education Committee Chair Trustee A. Robert Fischer, General Counsel Jackson Lewis P.C. Candice Hunter Corby, At-Large Cobra Legal Solutions, LLC Kathy Hutto, At-Large Jackson Walker L.L.P. Dennis Karbach, At-Large Karbach Consulting Dave Steakley Producing Artistic Director ZACH Theatre Elisbeth Challener Managing Director ZACH Theatre
Distinguished Fellows Alice Kleberg Reynolds Melvin Pape Ex-Officio Sara Hensley Mayor Lee Leffingwell
Honorary Life Members Marla Bommarito-Crouch Alvin J. Golden Kenneth O. Johnson Susan Longley Philip K. Maxwell Sue Maxwell
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Edmund L. Nichols Elota Patton Charles T. Sikes Tom Terkel Johanne Ibsen-Wolford Alice Wilson
Business and Community Partners ZACH Theatre would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Business and Community Partners who support our productions, education and community outreach programs and operations through cash and in-kind contributions. Sponsorship of ZACH Theatre provides an opportunity to align your business with one of our city’s most innovative arts organizations. As a business and community partner, you will not only receive first-class entertainment for your clients and employees, but also enhance your brand and reach new customers, gaining valuable recognition among audiences who are eager to support our sponsors.
$100,000+
$10,000-$14,999
$2,500-$4,999
City of Austin Cultural Arts Division
Almar Furs Broadway Bank, Chris Cheever Dagar’s Catering/DNA Events The Junior League of Austin Kirk Tuck Photography Kurant Events Marquee Event Group Pink Avocado Catering Samsung Topfer Family Foundation Wells Fargo Advisors
Clean Scapes Do512 Family El Alma Restaurant Frost Bank Southwest Airlines Texas Gas Service Toasties Sub Shop
$50,000-$99,999
H-E-B Tournament of Champions Holiday Inn Lady Bird Lake $25,000-$49,999
AT&T Austin Catering Baylor Scott & White Health David Kurio Designs Mercedes-Benz of Austin National Endowment for the Arts Schlotzsky’s The Shubert Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts Univision $15,000-$24,999
Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation Austin Community Foundation Dollar General Literacy Foundation OnRamp Access Rackspace Silicon Labs VISA
$5,000-$9,999
34th Street Catering 3M The Burdine Johnson Foundation Castle Hill Fitness Castleview Productions Cord Shiflet, Realtor Creative Consultants Eric Copper, Austin Portfolio Real Estate IGT J Squared Services LatinWorks Norton Rose Fulbright Pierce Runnells Foundation Steam Team Texas Coffee Traders Whole Foods Market
$1,000-$2,499
The Marv and Joyce Kaiser Foundation The Pacey Family Foundation The Tecumseh Foundation $1-$999
Barton Springs Saloon Bearing Financial Advisors, LLC Cowgirls & Flowers Native American Seed Uber
Special thanks to the following organizations who match the gifts of their employees: Ameriprise • Apple • Applied Materials • AT&T • Bank of America • Chevron • Dell ExxonMobil • General Electric • Google • Home Depot • Hospira • Humana • IBM Michael and Susan Dell Foundation • Microsoft • National Instruments The Pew Charitable Trusts • Silicon Labs • Topfer Family Foundation • Visa This list reflects contributions made from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, from businesses, foundations and public agencies to support ZACH’s annual activities. Thank you again for your generous support. For more information on how your business or organization can get involved at ZACH, please contact Kimberly Theodore Sidey, Associate Director of Development, at 512-476-0594 x232 or ksidey@zachtheatre.org.
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Individual Contributors ZACH Theatre thanks the following individuals and family foundations for their generous gifts to support the work on our stages and in the community. This list reflects individual contributions to our Annual Fund from January 1, 2015 to January 1, 2016. To join our family of supporters, please contact Jess Valle at 512-476-0594 x234, or email jvalle@zachtheatre.org. The Great Scotts are an exclusive group of individuals and couples who substantially support ZACH Theatre with annual operating gifts of $1,200 or more. The enhanced financial commitment made by the Great Scotts enables ZACH to bring important culture opportunities to the youth and adults of Central Texas, and in turn through year round social events and behind-the-scenes activities, the Great Scotts have a tremendous amount of fun! We deeply appreciate and thank our current Great Scotts. Laura Merritt and J.P. Kloninger* Robert Stoltz and Eve Michaels Executive Producer’s Plus Circle Bettye and Bill Nowlin Trisa Thompson and Jack Jacobi ($12,500+) Deborah O’Connell and Billy Wilkinson and John Kerrigan James Armstrong and Larry Connelly William Stassen The Winkelman/Zeplain Families Carolyn and Marc Seriff* Candace and Michael Partridge Kevin Witcher and Rick O’Donnell Claire and Carl Stuart The Honorable James R. Pitts Leslie and David Wolff Carla Tyson* Tom and Glenda Rhyne Stacey and Mitch Zoll* Anonymous Lesa and Bill Rossick John Dalrymple and David Soza Stage Manager’s Circle ($1,200+) Executive Producer’s Circle Mary Herr Tally and Rusty Tally Anonymous* ($10,000+) Tom and Colleen Terkel Anonymous* Chris Cheever Mort and Bobbi Topfer Anonymous Bill Dickson Nelda Trevino* Linda Aaker Mindy Ellmer Jan and Neile Wolfe Carol and Chris Adams Eric and Maria Groten John and Diana Argersinger Kathleen and Harvey Guion Designer’s Circle ($2,500+) Richard Atkin Anonymous* Kathy Akin - Akin Business Service John C. & Carolyn Noonan Thomas D. Barrett Jade and Greg Ausley Parmer Foundation Becky Beaver and John Duncan Rick and Fadya Bennett Dennis Karbach and Robert Brown Phillip L. Berry and Susan Landers Nester Ho and Heather Bland-Ho Lee Manford and Casey Blass Sinclair Black Frances and Martin Blank Phyllis Parmer and Mark Plummer Allen Boger Paul Boudreaux and Craig Davis Pamela and Scott Reichardt Julianna and Malcolm Borgendale Maria Garza Brown* Annette Renaud Anne Boyd Faye Chandler Jim and Terry Whorton Jean Cheever Boyd Family Diane Ireson and Rowland Cook Russell Bridges and Ralph Salinas Producer’s Circle ($7,500+) Beryl Crowley Jeff and Pam Brown* Jeff and Marcy Carpenter* Kristen and Aaron Day Lynda and Tim Brown Maxx Judd and Donn Gauger Kim Eckert and Gil Cantu Charles Buerschinger and Dr. Gary and Karen Goldstein Derrick Evans Mary Anne Rickhoff Deborah Green and A. Robert Fischer Dan Bullock and Annette Carlozzi Clayton Aynesworth Jay Fox Linda Bush Cindy Greenwood Michael and Sarah Heidler Daniel and Darlene Byrne Justin and Wendy Harvey Andrew and Meg Ann Heller Marianne Carroll Brian McCall Brian Hencey and Chuck Ross Christina Carson Jeanne and Van Hoisington Elisbeth Challener and Brett Bachman Mitchell and Janna Jacobson Director’s Circle ($5,000+) Shelton K. Coleman Dana and Dennis Jakubowicz Beau and Val Armstrong Mary Lockwood Crouch Adam and Kimberly Levinson Jamie Barshop Robert F. Dailey Lana Macrum and Jeffrey Craig Carolyn Bartlett and Jesus Fraire Drs. Roseann Mandziuk and James Studer JoAnn Dalrymple and Regan Ellmer Michelle Bourianoff and Juan Zalles Bruce McCann James Dammann and Sharon Vaughn Will Coombes and Brian Luna Jon and Heather McElhaney Darrell S. David Ken and Candice Corby Louis and Christine Messina Camille Cook and Siri Hutcheson Lori Dennis and Karen Verser Gail and Tommy Morgan Deb and Tom Feo Deborah K. Dobbs Michelle and Eric Natinsky* Jacque and Jay Forrest Sharon Doerre and David Myren Robert Nutt III Ronda and Kelly Gray Dr. Harvey and Gloria Evans Hiten and Melissa Patel Rick and Karen Hawkins In Memory of Mary Margaret Farabee Michael Peterson and Doug Pogemiller Dr. and Mrs. Lacy H. Hunt Steven and Judy Franden Faith Roberts Kathy Hutto and Allen Beinke Brian Gleason and Shawn Chapman Jim and Trish Roberts-Miller Dan Jackson III and Iris Groten Mari and Grant Ruckel M. Jeremy Guiberteau Cass Haecker and Larry Steinman Berny and Sarah Schiff Mike and Suzanne Kennedy Susan B. Hammer Anonymous* Barbara Krings Don Hammill Chari and Adam Schramek Joan and Jeffrey S. Lava Nyla Harper and Tobi Taub Joy and Dan Selak Susan and Craig Lubin Richard Hartgrove and Gary Cooper Deanna and Jeff Serra* Phil and Sue Maxwell Catherine and George Hessler Samantha L. Slate Jack and Carla McDonald* Stephanie and Jody Hooten Sadi Sparks John and Marcy Melanson Marjorie and David Hunter
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Individual Contributors Johanne Ibsen-Wolford and Steve Wolford Jo and Jon Ivester Dirk and Betty Jameson William E. Jones, MD Chad and Kim Jowers* Suzanne and Keith Kaminsky Ron and Stephanie Kincheloe* Olgica and Steven Klindworth Pat Koen Phil and Ruth Kohlhaas Hank and Nancy Kojzarek JR and Jill Kraft* Margaret Kress Doug and Debbie Lackey L’Aiglon Foundation Rebecca and Jackson LeMond Myra Leo and Billy Atkins Tommy and Penny Lichenstein Dr. Emma Linn Tom and Alaire Lowry Bob Luther and Clint Phillips Skipp Manson Julia Marsden Tom Mays and Orlando Zayas Stephen and Sherry Maysonave Linda McDonough Lynn E. McNeill and Torbin McEwen Julie Moore Pat Muller and Stacey Hebert* Sondra Murray* Elizabeth and Reuel Nash Elizabeth and Jerele Neeld Dr. Nona Niland Mike and Linda O’Krent Linda and Mike Osborn Kathleen and Martin Otto Philip Parker* James and Kristy Peters Tracy Rawl Carol and Andrew Reifsnyder Joe and Patty Rotunda Beatrice Sager Nancy Scanlan Quata and Jerry Schoolar Peter Schram and Harry E. Ullmann Cord and Anne Shiflet Michael Smothers and Sergio Durante Laura and Mike Snavely Beth and Jack Stockton Lonnie Karotkin-Taub and Albert Taub Mr. and Dr. Christopher Thomas* Brenda Thompson Cathy and Dwight Thompson Vincent Thompson and David Thomas Mark and Ledi Trutna Doug Powell and Karen Tuel The Van Den Berg Family Lanny Vickery and Kim Greene Ching and Man-Li Yew Stanford Young
Leading Role - Membership ($600+)
Cynthia Work and Gregory Abell David and Janice Abrams Adrian and Julie Acevedo Laura Agnew and Hill Abell David Aronofsky* Larry and Cheryl Audette
Donna Ayala Brent and Amee Baker* Deborah Beilman Dr. Charles Bell Susan Benz Jill and Tim Blackwood Ted Blaylock John and Fleur Blazier Barbara Bobb Sue and Dewey Breland Pei-San and Daniel Brown Marco and Michelle Camacho Robert L. Camp* Ruth Casarez Randy Cavazos* Ann Chao Bill and Suzanne Childs Jimmy and Kathy Clark Scott Branson and Tina Coverman Diana and Charles Cox Dr. Garry and Tracy Craighead Robert Cratchit Fund Anna Crawford Elaine Crockett John Crow and Marcus Loy Judith and Michael Crowley Mrs. Gayle R. Cullington Adam Curry and Tina Snider* The Honorable Drew Darby and Clarisa Darby Payton and Dan Davenport James and Jan Demetri Joanne Debyah Carl and Laura Dobbs Sharon Doerre and David Myren Susan Donaldson Claude and Susan Ducloux Joe and Karen Draker Anonymous Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson Dr. Bill and Pat Evans David and Pam Frager Deborah Gabor* Victoria and Nef Garcia* Friedel Family Foundation by Lynne and Steve Gellman Dr. James E. Gilliam and Judith M. Gilliam Fred and Betty Glosser Glenda Goehrs The Natural Epicurean Academy Graham/Walker Family* James Griffin* Alan Grimes and Phillip Salazar Dr. Ellen M. Grimm and Dr. Michael J. Grady Jim and Corinne Grimes* Dr. Juan Guerrero, MD Tim and Dorothy Hald, CPA James and Brandy Hammack Michele Haram Sue Ellen Stavrand and John Harcourt Kenneth Heydrick and Larry Stephens Carisa Herweck and Valerie Esparza Robert and Frances Hieronymus Jim and Linda Holcombe Peggy and Leon Holland David Honeycutt* Shirley and Doug Hudson William and Marilyn Ingram Bobby and Nancy Inman
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John Ireland Coleman A. and Lola H. Jennings Andrew and Christina Johnson The Jowers Family* Dr. H. Daviss King Jr. Judith Knotts* Laura Lee and Joseph Kozusko Ken and Diane Kramer Babette and Robert Laibovitz Carey Leva and Elizabeth Danon-Leva Clay and Katy Levit* James Linville and Lina Husodo Melvin and Brian Hamburg-Maas Pamela Mathison Carolyn Mann and Jesse Gutierrez Kimberly and Alan McCollum Paul McGill* Gil and Christy McQuillan Lynn Meyer and Rick Clemens Paola Moore* Cheryl Mutschler Coach Nakumbe Terry and Patrick O’Daniel Larry and Angela Parsons Connie and Samuel Pate Sue Patrick The Pearson Family Constance Pechal Doug and Sally Pendergras Phillip and Randy Pensabene Alberta Phillips and Gary Bledsoe Timothy Pickering* Wiliam Pratt* Maria and Erik Pronske* Tom and Kit Randall Joe and Karen Rascati Jim Raup Patrick and Lily Reznik Karin Richmond Regina Rousseau Ryan, LLC Ellar Salmon Michael Scully and Doreen Lorenzo Christopher Shonk Delbert and Joan Smith Larry and Susan Smith David and Penny Snider Donna Snyder and Richard Donahue Don and Anna Sorensen Scott and Carol Stine Ryan and Bryna Stryker John and Cynthia Theodore Becky Tomblin Donald Tompkins Carrie Trabue* Patricia and William Uhls Lakeisha and Andraé Van Buren Retta Van Auken* Thomas and Karen Vaughn Mark and Mary Venghaus Craig Wallace Jessica Weaver Brooke and Chris Wilbratte* Jay Willems and Dennis Nauert Robert P. Wills* Linda Wilson Jan and Lois Wood Stan and Hilary Young *Friends of Education contributor
At Your Service Purchase Tickets Online: zachtheatre.org Phone: 512-476-0541 x1 In person: 202 South Lamar, Austin, TX 78704 Monday-Saturday, Noon-7 p.m. during performances (Noon-5 p.m. all other times) Sundays, Noon-2:30 p.m. during performances
Group Sales Groups of 8 or more receive discounts and may place advance ticket orders based on availability. We can assist you in everything from planning your pre-show cocktail hour to arranging caterers for a post-show gathering in one of our beautiful spaces. For more information and to schedule you groups, please contact Alyson Mintz, Group Sales Associate, at 512-476-0594 x245 or email groupsales@zachtheatre.org.
Latecomers and Seating At show time, all empty seats are released back to the house to seat those patrons on stand-by. If you are running late to your performance, phone the Box Office so that we are aware that you are on your way and can hold your seats. Any patron arriving after curtain will be seated at the discretion of House Management. Our ushers will show you to your seat, if it’s easily accessible. If the seat is not accessible, you will be shown to an available seat at a break. At intermission, you’re welcome to relocate to your ticketed seat location.
Special Needs A Box Office Associate will be pleased to assist you with any special seating needs when you purchase your tickets. We have wheelchair and limited mobility seating in all of our theatres, and provide accessible restrooms, entry doors, and walkways. To access the second-level Serra Skyline Lounge in the Topfer Theatre, you many use the elevator located in the lobby. Assisted listening devices are available at the Box Office free of charge. For more information about any of these services, please contact the Box Office at 512-476-0541 x1.
Drinks and Dining ZACH’s bars and lounges open 90 minutes prior to show time. The Topfer lounge remains open post-show for an opportunity to meet and mingle with the cast. Pre-order your drinks at the bar, and they will be waiting for you at intermission and post-show. Our bars accept all major credit cards, and you may run a tab during your visit. ZACH’s lounges and bars offer a selection of wines, cocktails, and craft beers. Our Kleberg and Topfer bars offer a wide range of liquor selections including our popular wells and single malt scotches. Gourmet appetizer plates and small bites are also available.
Transportation ZACH’s Box Office staff will happily assist you in arranging a taxi for post-show. ZACH also recommends Uber as an alternative transportation option. There is a dedicated Uber pick-up and drop-off location in the Topfer Theatre parking lot.
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ZACH Theatre’s 2015-16 Season O cial Healthcare Sponsor
Will create if not povided by Monday.
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH COMMITTED TO IMPROVING HEALTH CARE IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE NATION
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