Fifth Third Bank's DRACULA Program, 2016

F r o m t h e T h e at r e Welcome to Actors Theatre!

Thank you for joining us for a thrilling tradition. For 21 consecutive years, Actors Theatre has brought Dracula, our exhilarating, high-stakes vampire adventure, to Louisville audiences. Whether you are a seasoned attendee or visiting Actors Theatre for the first time, Dracula is the perfect blend of adrenaline-charged storytelling and exciting stagecraft—a rousing night of live theatre. Another unique aspect of this Louisville favorite is the opportunity for educational outreach it offers. This year, we’ll produce 67 performances, including 19 student matinees, and provide more than 100 classroom workshops, introducing the magic of live theatre to thousands of students across the Kentuckiana area. We wouldn’t be able to provide this great service without the longstanding support of our community; our production sponsor, Fifth Third Bank; and our student matinee series sponsor, YUM! Brands Foundation. Thank you for your generous investment in the power of imagination.

Dracula’s thrills and chills are just the beginning of what you can experience at Actors Theatre this fall. Journeying into a very different world of blood-soaked battles and supernatural forces, Les Waters will direct Shakespeare’s Macbeth this October. In this riveting tale of ambition and betrayal, a brave warrior and his wife murder to become monarchs, consumed by power’s dark temptation. In November, we switch gears to embrace the soul and rhythm of Motown in Dominique Morisseau’s deeply-felt drama, Detroit ’67, which follows the dreams of two siblings as they make ends meet by running a nightclub out of their basement amid rising turmoil in their community.

And as we head into December, the holiday season would not be complete without the cheerful tradition of Louisville’s beloved classic, A Christmas Carol.

There are so many stories to explore at Actors Theatre this fall, and if you become a Season Ticket Holder, you’ll have access to flexible dates and savings, making it easy to see live theatre at an affordable price. Visit ActorsTheatre.org or call 502.584.1205 for details. We hope you enjoy this performance of Dracula, and we encourage you to share your Actors Theatre experience by telling your friends and family, and by interacting with us on social media. You can also share your feedback by emailing Les_and_Kevin@actorstheatre.org.

Thanks again for joining us. Now brace yourself, because here comes Dracula!

Les Waters, Artistic Director

Kevin E. Moore, Managing Director

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Les Waters Artistic Director

Kevin E. Moore Managing Director presents

Dracula originally dramatized by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane from Bram Stoker’s world-famous novel, Dracula as adapted and directed by William McNulty September 9–October 31, 2016

FEATURING Emily Bennett*, Carter Caldwell+, Brylee Deuser, Ryan Didato*, Abby Leigh Huffstetler+, Howard Kaye*, Patterson Larkins, William McNulty*, Regan Moro+, Grace Palmer+, Benjamin Pelteson*, Jacob Sabinsky+, Nick Vannoy*, Sam Wisenden+

Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Media Designer Fight Director Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager

Paul Owen Lorraine Venberg Tony Penna† Benjamin Marcum Philip Allgeier Drew Fracher Stephen Horton* Katie Shade*

Presented by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com) The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers of the United States. † Designers that are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA – 829 of the IATSE. + Member of the Professional Training Company of Actors Theatre.

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P r o d u c t i o n C r e di t s The Cast of Characters (in order of appearance)

Count Dracula Howard Kaye*

Van Helsing William McNulty*

Ms. Sullivan Grace Palmer+ Renfield Benjamin Pelteson*

Dr. Seward Ryan Didato*

Mr. Briggs Nick Vannoy* Lucy Emily Bennett*

Jonathan Harker Jacob Sabinsky+

Undead Ensemble Brylee Deuser, Patterson Larkins, Abby Leigh Huffstetler+, Regan Moro+, Sam Wisenden+, Carter Caldwell+

Understudies

Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

For Van Helsing: Nick Vannoy*; For Renfield: Sam Kotansky+; For Ms. Sullivan: Alexandra Milak+; For Dr. Seward: Daniel Johnson+; For Mr. Briggs: Carter Caldwell+; For Lucy: Regan Moro+; For Harker: Sam Kotansky+

Set ting Dr. Seward’s sanatorium and environs in Purley, England.

Intermission There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Addi t i o n a l P r o d u c t i o n C r e di t s

Dialect Coach D’Arcy Smith

Associate Fight Director Jake Guinn

Associate Sound Designer Paul Doyle

Fight Captain Nick Vannoy Casting Zan Sawyer-Dailey

Directing Assistant Sammy Zeisel+

Production Assistant Codey Leroy Butler

Prosthetic Artisan Trevor Thompson

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D I RECTOR ’ S NOTE When is live theatre not live? When it’s undead. Once again, the undisputed King of Vampires lunges onto the Bingham Theatre stage to chill your blood and tingle your spine. In keeping with the vampiric tradition of longevity, this is Dracula’s twenty-first consecutive season at Actors Theatre, making it our second-longest-running production and the only Dracula to be seen annually at any theatre anywhere. For making this possible, I’d like to thank all the enormously talented and skilled artists and technicians who have contributed to our show over the years. And, of course, I am especially grateful to the thousands of bloodthirsty Louisvillians who have attended these dark proceedings and even dared to return for more of the same.

Welcome one and all and, to quote the eloquent and immortal Alfred Hitchcock: “Boo!” ~ William McNulty

Underwriter We are so pleased you chose to join us for this fright-filled performance of Fifth Third Bank’s Dracula. For over 20 years we have had the pleasure of bringing fun and fear to Actors patrons through the spirit of Dracula. Based on the show’s howling history, you are sure to find yourself on the edge of your seat with suspense and screaming for more. But don’t let us scare you away! We hope you and yours will join us soon to meet some other favorite spirits in the beloved Fifth Third Bank’s A Christmas Carol.

Thank you for allowing the Fifth Third Bank family to play a special role in your holiday traditions.

Sincerely, Michael K. Ash Kentucky Regional President Fifth Third Bank

S t u d e n t M at i n e e Sp o n s o r As part of the Yum! Family Series, the YUM! BRANDS FOUNDATION is honored to sponsor Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Student Matinee Series for the 2016–2017 season. Together, we bring the unique experience of live theatre to more than 15,000 schoolchildren from across the region. As a longtime supporter of Actors Theatre, we wish to thank you for joining us in celebrating 53 years of inspiring performances and live theatre excellence, all of which have enriched the lives of so many throughout the community.

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The Making of Dracula

Bram Stoker, author of Dracula (published in 1897).

Born Abraham Stoker in 1847 in a seaside town north of Dublin, Ireland, Bram Stoker suffered a mysterious ailment in his childhood which kept him unable to walk until he was seven. Both of his parents were storytellers: his father, a civil servant, told vivid tales about the theatre. His mother told him Irish folk tales as well as stories from her childhood—stories about drinking the blood of the family cow for nourishment during the Potato Famine and about the cholera epidemic of 1832, during which some victims were mistaken for dead and buried alive.

As a young man, fully recovered from his childhood illness, Stoker worked as a Clerk to the Registrar of Petty Sessions for the Irish government. (His first book, The Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland [1866], was significantly more exhaustive and less sensational than his most famous work.) Stoker filled his evenings with theatre, eventually volunteering as the drama critic for Dublin’s Evening Mail. During this time, he wooed Florence Balcombe from her other suitor, Oscar Wilde. After their marriage, Stoker published several short stories, including a volume of fairy tales based on the cholera outbreak of his mother’s youth.

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P l ay NOt e s When he was 29, Stoker met the famed British actor Henry Irving. The two became friends, and when Irving formed his own company soon thereafter, Stoker became his acting manager. He held the job for 28 years. Irving—known for his brooding and temper, as well as definitive performances of heroes and villains alike—would prove a powerful creative influence for Stoker, who is theorized to have crafted Count Dracula as a star vehicle for Irving (and to have based some of the Count’s less savory characteristics on Irving’s domineering personality).

Bram Stoker spent seven years plotting, re-plotting, researching and crafting the action and prose of Dracula. The novel is written in diary entries, letters and newspaper clippings, and Stoker’s research took him around England, plotting train and boat schedules with a diligence befitting a former civil servant.

Although it introduced one of the most famous vampires of all time, Stoker’s work met with mixed reviews and middling sales in his lifetime.

Perhaps more disappointing, after hearing the reading Stoker staged for his benefit shortly before the novel’s publication, Henry Irving called the work “dreadful.” Stoker never lived to see Dracula adapted for the stage, although it became a theatrical sensation relatively soon after Stoker’s 1912 death, and has gone on to inspire countless movies, television shows and novels in the 119 years since its initial publication.

A uniformed nurse was ready to administer smelling salts to fainthearted patrons at all London performances of Dracula (1927). At one performance, 39 audience members took advantage of the offer.

From the folk tales of his youth to the theatrics that saturated his daily life, Stoker crafted a character for the ages. Take a deep breath and enjoy the explosion of action and effects, passion and terror in this year’s production of Dracula.

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Biographies THE ACTING COMPANY Emily Bennett (Lucy) Regional Theatre: Private Lives at Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca; Shakespeare in Hollywood at New London Barn, N.H. Off-Broadway: Now I Ask You at Metropolitan Playhouse, Frankenstein at Radio Theatre NYC, Lines at Horse Trade Theater Group, Crimes of the Heart at Twin Tiers Theatre, N.Y., Orson in the Underground/Home Rule at Ensemble Studio Theatre, No Exit (AEA reading) at The Pearl Theatre Company.

National Tour: Hamlet/The Strange Cast of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for Aquila Theatre Company, NYC. Film: Heath Takes a Trip, Resurrecting McGinns, House of the Witchdoctor, Sour Girl, Diaries. TV: The Blacklist, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. Bennett received her training at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.

Ryan Didato (Dr. Seward) is beyond thrilled to be making his Actors Theatre debut alongside such an incredible group of actors. Regional Theatre: 12 Angry Men at Florida Repertory Theatre (Ft. Myers, Fla.); Red (Carbonellnominated, Best Supporting Actor); Cock and Casa Valentina at GableStage at the Biltmore (Coral Gables, Fla.); The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge and Becky’s New Car at Actors’ Playhouse (Miami, Fla.); The Irish Curse (Carbonell Award, Best Ensemble) at Mosaic Theatre; Enchanted April at the Waterfront Playhouse (Key West, Fla.).

Ryan received his B.F.A. from University of Florida/New World School of the Arts, and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association.

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Howard Kaye (Count Dracula) At Actors Theatre: Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure.

Broadway: Miss Saigon.

Off Broadway: Original cast of SILENCE! The Musical. Regional: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Alliance Theatre, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Long Wharf Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, West Virginia Public Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Syracuse Stage, Pioneer Theatre Company, Florida Studio Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Westport Playhouse, Signature Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, North Carolina Theatre, Ordway Theater, Gretna Theatre. Additional Credits: Original North American Company of Mamma Mia!, Disney Cruise Line (Broadway Guest Artist). A native Cincinnatian, Kaye is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and Juilliard Drama Division.

William McNulty (Van Helsing, Director, Adaptor) Please see Director biography on page A-10.

Benjamin Pelteson (Renfield) At Actors Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher, A Christmas Carol. Regional Theatre: King Lear, Cymbeline and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Angels in America at The Wilma Theater (Barrymore Nomination); Hamlet at Capital Repertory

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Theatre; I Hate Hamlet at Dorset Theatre Festival; The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare Theatre Company; Murder of Isaac at Center Stage; and Lady Windermere’s Fan (dir. Moisés Kaufman) at Williamstown Theatre Festival, among others. New York: Photograph 51 at Ensemble Studio Theatre; and Mines of Sulphur at City Opera/Lincoln Center. Television: Homeland, Law & Order, Unforgettable and Silly Little Game (ESPN).

Additional Credits: Pelteson received his B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon (Helen Wayne Rauh Award for Acting) and additional training at The Moscow Art Theatre School.

Nick Vannoy (Mr. Briggs) At Actors Theatre: Dracula, A Christmas Carol, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Oh, Gastronomy (2012 Humana Festival).

Regional Theatre: The Three Musketeers at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Peter and the Starcatcher at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Other Theatre: Frankenstein, Henry IV Part One, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at KCTC Summerfest. Film: Hitting The Cycle for Tall Tales Productions, Millennials of New York (short). Additional Credits: Member of the 2011–2012 Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Attended Northern Kentucky University.

YOUNG ACTORS Brylee Deuser (Undead Girl) is excited to be joining Actors Theatre for this production of Dracula. Deuser is nine years old and in the third grade at Pope John Elementary School in Madison, Ind. Her past experience includes Willy Wonka Jr. and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at Clarksville Little Theatre, as well as productions at Madison High School and the Jeffersonville RiverStage. Brylee enjoys riding horses, playing softball, singing and dancing.

Patterson Larkins (Undead Girl) is excited to join Actors Theatre for her first season in Dracula. Patterson is 11 years old and attending Crosby Middle School. Her past experience includes The Baker Goes to War and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Walden Theatre’s Summer Academy. She was also a member of the Hite Elementary Junkyard Hawks Percussion Band and played bass guitar in the Hite Jam Band.

Patterson additionally enjoys playing guitar and singing.

THE APPRENTICE COMPANY Carter Caldwell (Undead Ensemble) is happy to be returning to Actors Theatre.

At Actors Theatre: A Christmas Story. Other Theatre Credits: The Seagull, Peer Gynt, Vinegar Tom, Machinal and Marriage at the University of Evansville. While in Evansville, Caldwell served as the director for Peaches and the producer for Theatre Party, Generation Why and Lil’ Willies.

Additional Credits: Caldwell attended high school at Louisville’s Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS), took classes at Walden Theatre and received a B.F.A. in theatre performance from the University of Evansville.

Abby Leigh Huffstetler (Undead Ensemble) Theatre Credits: Huffstetler graduated with a B.F.A in performing arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2013. During her final year, Abby was honored with the Best Actress in a Graduate Thesis Film award for her role in Dirt. While at SCAD she obtained certifications in Rapier & Dagger and Single Sword, with recommendations in Unarmed Combat, from the Society of American Fight Directors, recognizing her achievements as an Actor Combatant. Film: She has extensive experience in film, and completed her SCAD stage career as Sabine in The Three Musketeers and SCAD Senior Showcase. Additional Credits: Since graduation, she has furthered her Meisner training at Pinch’n’Ouch Theatre in Atlanta, Ga., and was Brooke/Vikki in Noises Off at Rome Little Theatre.

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Regan Moro (Undead Ensemble) is from the New York/New Jersey area. Off-Broadway: The American Girls Revue and Circle of Friends. Other Theatre Credits: She recently participated in a reading of Keith Huff’s Up The Hill at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, served as an acting apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and played Kate Keller in the centennial production of All My Sons, directed by Wendy C. Goldberg at the University of Michigan.

Film: At Sunrise. Additional Credits: This past spring Moro graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.F.A. in acting. Moro is also a director and writer.

Grace Palmer (Ms. Sullivan) Theatre Credits Include: Understudy in Pilgrim’s Progress at A Red Orchid Theatre, Mountain Digby at MCL Chicago and How to Run for Mayor at the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. She is an active member of the Chicago improv community, regularly performing around the city and touring with her improv team, DAAANG Judi Dench. She has devised many shows with fellow comedians, including Table Manners at The Public House Theatre, and created her own web series, Don’t Fund Me, which can be found on YouTube.

Additional Credits: Palmer received her B.F.A. in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. She is also a graduate of both The iO Theater and The Second City improv training centers.

Jacob Sabinsky (Jonathan Harker) is a recent graduate of the Ohio University College of Fine Arts Division of Theatre.

Theatre Credits: Yasha in The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov, Jason in Only Good Things Happen At The Fair by Neal Adelman, Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and Davis in Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo at Ohio University. Additional Credits: He has spent the last few years focusing on new work, placing a great deal of time working with the Ohio University M.F.A. playwright candidates participating in the Seabury Quinn, Jr. Playwrights’ Festival.

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Sam Wisenden (Undead Ensemble) is an actor and singer/songwriter from Ball State University and a native of Saskatchewan, Canada. Theatre Credits: Curly in Oklahoma!, Danny in Baby, Clown 1 in The 39 Steps and an ensemble member/collaborator in a devised piece of Frankenstein. As a guitarist, Wisenden played in Spring Awakening at BSU, played and sang in the original play Kimball/Sedgwick, and collaborated and performed on an original mashup of Rodgers and Hammerstein songs with Broadway musical director Michael Rafter, directed by Sutton Foster, at Joe’s Pub in New York City.

DIRECTOR William McNulty Since joining the resident acting company of Actors Theatre in 1976, McNulty has been seen in over 150 productions, playing such diverse roles as Jamie in Moon for the Misbegotten, Charlie in The Foreigner, Roy Cohn in Angels in America, Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra and Danforth in The Crucible. During those 40 years, he has also directed over 30 productions, including Seascape, Skylight, Bad Dates, A Tuna Christmas and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Other theatres where he has acted and/or directed include New York’s Public Theater, Washington’s Arena Stage, the Alliance Theatre of Atlanta, Cleveland Play House and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Recently he played Marc Rothko in a critically acclaimed production of Red at Florida Repertory Theatre. His adaptation of Dracula has been produced at academic and professional theatres throughout the country and the world. It has been staged at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and the Chung Ying Theatre of Beijing, among others. In 2009, McNulty was awarded a Fox Fellowship Distinguished Artist Grant

by Theatre Communications Group, an award given to only three actors in any given year. Following Dracula, he will be portraying Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Actors Theatre for the fourteenth consecutive year.

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DESIGNERS Philip Allgeier (Media Designer) is a Louisville native who has performed multiple media-related duties for television networks and live events across the country.

Since starting with Actors in 2008, he has designed media for over 40 productions, including At the Vanishing Point, The Last Five Years, The Mountaintop, Gnit, Romeo and Juliet, The Hour of Feeling and The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. Additional Credits Include: Three Decembers at the Kentucky Opera, The Christians at the Mark Taper Forum and The Glory of the World at The Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Allgeier is a graduate of Western Kentucky University.

Benjamin Marcum (Sound Designer) A native of Louisville, Ky., Marcum has been designing sound for the past 14 years at Actors Theatre, where his work has been heard in numerous productions, including works in the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Marcum’s work also has been heard at other theatres around the country. Marcum is now operating a successful headshot and portrait photography studio and is a mentor in Peter Hurley’s Headshot Crew. For more information and to see his current work, visit BenMarcum.com.

Paul Owen (Scenic Designer) celebrated his 50th year as a theatrical designer in 2010. From 1960 to 1970 he served as resident designer for Nina Vance’s Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, designing sets, lights and costumes for the majority of the productions. Owen left the Alley in 1970 and joined the staff of Actors Theatre as resident designer in 1971. He continued in that capacity until semiretiring in 2009. During those 38 years, he designed approximately 1,500 productions, including all of the state, national and international tours, as well as a number of guest designs for other regional theatres.

Owen has designed several productions since his retirement, the most recent

being Atomic Bombers at the University of Louisville and the musical Honk for a venue in Marshaltown, Iowa. Owen was honored in 1993 with The Kentucky Governor’s Award for Artistic Achievement.

In 2005 he received the Eddy Award from Entertainment Design Magazine on behalf of Actors Theatre, and in 2010 he was awarded the Hanover College Medal for Excellence in the Arts.

Tony Penna (Lighting Designer) returns to Actors for his 17th year lighting Dracula.

Other Actors Theatre credits include four years as resident lighting designer, during which time he designed more than 50 plays and musicals. Regional Theatre: The Warehouse Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Baltimore Center Stage, Studio Arena Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Lean Ensemble Theater, South Carolina Repertory Company and the historic Shuler Theater in Raton, N.M. In New York his designs have been seen at La MaMa, Medicine Show, Culture Project and HERE. Additional Credits: Penna serves as director of theatre at Clemson University and is a member of United Scenic Artists. He is on the resident design staffs of The Warehouse Theatre, Lean Ensemble Theater and the Eleventh Hour Theatre Company in New York.

Lorraine Venberg (Costume Designer) At Actors Theatre: A Christmas Carol; The Delling Shore; Cry Old Kingdom; The Whipping Man; Long Day’s Journey into Night; The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity; In The Next Room (or the vibrator play); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; The Hour of Feeling; A Devil at Noon; BOB; Elemeno Pea; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; The Cherry Sisters Revisited; Crime and Punishment; A Christmas Story; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; A Raisin in the Sun; Glengarry Glen Ross; This Beautiful City; The Clean House; The Tempest; Spunk; The Underpants; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Nine Parts of Desire; Mary’s

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Wedding; The Chosen; Gem of the Ocean; Intimate Apparel; The Crucible; Twelfth Night; Love, Janis; Fences; Pure Confidence; and Memory House. Other Theatre: Studio Theatre, The New Victory Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Victory Gardens Theater, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, Arden Theatre Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Pittsburgh Public Theater (Dinner with Friends, Cyrano de Bergerac), City Theatre (Inventing Van Gogh, Blackbird, Red Herring, Side Man, The Pavilion, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Woody Guthrie’s American Song, Slavs!). Other Credits: Costume designer for Three Decembers (with Denyce Graves) and costume coordinator for Madame Butterfly, Abduction from the Seraglio, Macbeth, La Boheme, La Fanciulla del West and Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire with Kentucky Opera. Venberg is a member of United Scenic Artists.

CREATIVE STAFF Drew Fracher (Fight Director) At Actors Theatre: Tom Jones, The Whipping Man, Dracula, Othello, Peter Pan and many productions over the years for the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Regional Theatre: Numerous productions at theatres nationwide, including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Notre Dame Shakespeare, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Florida Stage, Cincinnati Opera and Atlanta Opera. Broadway: Company.

Additional Credits: Fracher is a fight master and past president of the Society of American Fight Directors. He is also a director and a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

Jake Guinn (Associate Fight Director) is an Atlanta-based fight director and movement artist. Blending martial movement and A-12

kinetic flow arts, Guinn is constantly flying back and forth between his own performances and directing scenes for the stage. You can see his performance work on truTV’s Fake/ Off (Season Two) as a member of On the Fly Productions’ aerial athletes. He is the program coordinator for the Imperial Opa Circus School based in Atlanta, Ga. This summer, Guinn completed the final part of his testing and is now recognized as a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors.

PRODUCTION Stephen Horton (Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: Dracula (2011–2016), Wellesley Girl, 4000 Miles, Dot, The Brothers Size, Tribes, brownsville song (b-side for tray), The Pirates of Penzance, Tom Jones, Cry Old Kingdom, The Whipping Man, True West, The Veri**on Play, ReEntry, A Devil at Noon, Barefoot in the Park, Sirens, Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas. Regional Theatre: Deathtrap, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Lion in Winter, Edith, In the Mood, The Who’s Tommy, A Delicate Balance, The Guardsman, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Faith Healer, Noël Coward in Two Keys, The Book Club Play, The Caretaker, Educating Rita, My Pal George and Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? at Berkshire Theatre Group; The Elephant Man, The Foreigner, Doubt, Bertrand Priest, Hello, Dolly! and The King and I at Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Other Theatre: The Hound of the Baskervilles at The Cape Playhouse and The Last Train to Nibroc at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.

Katie Shade (Assistant Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: Residence, The Roommate, The Grown-Up, Our Town, Dracula, Sleep Rock Thy Brain, A Christmas Story, Romeo and Juliet, The Hour of Feeling, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Sense and Sensibility, BOB, Barefoot in the Park, Heist!, Phoenix and A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatre: The Tempest at Notre

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Dame Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, A Winter’s Tale and Bad Dates at Shakespeare & Company; The Fabulous Lipitones and Carousel at Goodspeed Musicals. Additional Credits: Shade holds a B.F.A. in theatre management from Auburn University. She is also an alumna of the 2009–2010 Apprentice/ Intern Company at Actors Theatre.

CASTING Zan Sawyer-Dailey served as associate director at Actors Theatre from 1985 until June 2016. Her responsibilities involved coordinating artistic resources and personnel, including casting for all productions and readings. She also advised departments involved in education and community outreach, professional theatre training, casting and company management. She has been a master teacher for the Professional Training Company. She currently teaches a class in arts administration at Indiana University Southeast as well as advanced acting at University of Louisville. She teaches audition technique and business protocol, and holds a B.A. in theatre arts from Butler University and an M.F.A. in arts administration from Florida State University.

PLAYWRIGHTS John L. Balderston (1889–1954) was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his horror and fantasy scripts.

In 1927, after a career as a journalist during World War I, Balderston revised Hamilton Deane’s stage adaptation of Dracula for its U.S. production. The 1931 film version of Dracula launched his screenwriting career. In addition to Dracula, Balderston contributed to the screenplays for Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy and Dracula’s Daughter. He adapted many novels for the screen, including Gone with the Wind

(1939); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); and Gaslight (1944), which earned him his second Academy Award nomination (the first was for 1935’s The Lives of a Bengal Lancer). His 1929 play Berkeley Square was the basis for the musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.

Hamilton Deane (ca. 1880–1958) was an Irish actor, playwright and director whose stage career spanned forty years and included heading The Deane Theatre Company. Deane was also the first to adapt Dracula for the stage. His version opened in 1924 in Derby, England, with Deane assuming the role of Van Helsing.

When the production moved to London in 1927, Deane, as a publicity stunt, hired a nurse to be present at each performance to assist any audience members who reacted badly to the play by fainting or taking ill.

Deane also played Dracula during the play’s two-decade run, and his revamping of Bram Stoker’s title character, the suave gentleman vampire who lives on in the popular imagination, is actually Deane’s creation and remains his lasting legacy.

William McNulty (Van Helsing, Director, Adaptor) Please see Director biography on page A-10.

Bram Stoker (1847–1912), born Abraham Stoker, was a novelist, a short story writer and the business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London. Born north of Dublin, Stoker worked for the Irish government before becoming acting manager for Henry Irving’s theatre company. His novels include his most famous work, Dracula (1897), as well as The Primrose Path (1875), The Shoulder of Shasta (1895), The Man (aka: The Gates of Life) (1905), The Lady of the Shroud (1909) and The Lair of the White Worm (1911). He also published several collections of short stories. Stoker was a drama critic for Dublin’s Evening Mail in the 1860s and eventually served on the literary staff of London’s Daily Telegraph during the 1890s.

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E x e c u t i v e Offi c e r s Les Waters Artistic Director

Kevin E. Moore Managing Director

Obie Award winner Les Waters has directed Sarah Ruhl’s For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday, Charles Mee’s The Glory of the World, Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale, Naomi Iizuka’s At the Vanishing Point, Lucas Hnath’s The Christians, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, Will Eno’s Gnit, Todd Almond’s Girlfriend and Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night at Actors Theatre.

Waters also previously directed Big Love

by Charles Mee at the Humana Festival in 2000, and the site-specific production of Naomi Iizuka’s At the Vanishing Point at the 2004 Humana Festival. From 2003 to 2011, he served as associate artistic director at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. In the last 10 years, his shows have ranked among the year’s best in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time Out New York, Time Magazine, The Guardian and USA Today. His productions have been seen in New York at Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theatre Company, The Public Theater, Second Stage Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Connelly Theater, Clubbed Thumb and Soho Rep., and regionally at theatres such as the Mark Taper Forum, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse and American Repertory Theater. In 2009, he made his Broadway debut with In the Next Room, or the vibrator play. He led the M.F.A. directing program at University of California, San Diego, from 1995 to 2003.

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Moore joined Actors Theatre as Managing Director in July 2016.

Previously, he had been the Managing Director of Theatre Communications Group since 2010. Prior to joining TCG, Moore was with Arizona Theatre Company, where he worked for ten years in various capacities, ultimately serving as Managing Director. In addition to Arizona Theatre Company, Moore is also a founding board member and former Board President for Alliance for Audience/ShowUp.com in Phoenix, a service organization for the arts in the Valley. Moore has also served on panels for the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Theatre Communications Group, and has served on several planning committees for biannual meetings for the League of Resident Theatres. Moore has also served on the negotiating committee for contract negotiations between the League of Resident Theatres and United Scenic Artists, and has been on the Executive Committee for the League of Resident Theatres. He served on the inaugural board of the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Moore is a graduate of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

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A c to r s T h e at r e B oa r d s BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Elizabeth W. Davis Vice Presidents Gill Holland Elizabeth Rounsavall Treasurer Jaleigh White Secretary Laura Douglas

Alex Alvarez John Bajandas Nathan Bayne† Turney P. Berry Neville Blakemore iii Jeffrey P. Callen, MD Carolle Jones Clay William W. Crawford, Jr. Kirsten Ford Jan M. Grayson Lena Hamel Ingrid Johnson

Barbara W. Juckett Christopher Kay Mary Korfhage† Stewart Lussky Theodore H. Nixon Al Paradis Lindsey Ransdell† Theresa Reno-Weber Theodore S. Rosky‡ Marsha Beck Roth‡ Bob Saunders† Marilyn Schorin, PhD RD

Matt B. Schwartz John E. Selent Ken Selvaggi Wendy Sirchio Allan Tasman, MD‡ John L. Tate Mac Thompson Linda Valentine Roanne H. Victor‡ Karen Wunderlin

John J. Buchino, MD Mary Beth Clark Irwin H. Cutler, Jr. Gayle S. Dorsey Jane Driskell Douglass Farnsley Mrs. Harry S. Frazier, Jr. Clarence E. Glover Jack Guthrie

Ian Y. Henderson Frank B. Hower, Jr. Christine Johnson David M. Krebs Eleanor Bingham Miller Steven J. Paradis Donna King Perry Benjamin K. Richmond Donna Burks Sanders

Rev. Alfred R. Shands W. Kennedy Simpson Kathi Stearman Sherry Steinbock William M. Street Amanda Foard Tyler Ann C. Wells Jessica White

Vice President for Service Linda Gaines

Barbara Ketchum Robert Lutz Pennie Miller Nancy Mitchem Tom Morton Carol Pye Sheldon Rifkin Patti Slagle Val Slayton

‡ Sustaining Director † Ex-Officio

ADVISORY COUNCIL Carolee Allen James B. Appleberry Lynn Ashton Irving W. Bailey Stanley Bayersdorfer Karen Bearden Winfrey Blackburn, Jr. Neville Blakemore, Jr. Cornelia W. Bonnie

ACTORS ASSOCIATES BOARD President Mary Korfhage

Secretary Sharon Van Ornum

Immediate Past President Deb Riall

Vice President for Communication Rita Bell

President-Elect Caroline Martinson

Vice President for Fundraising Barbara Nichols

Treasurer Doris Elder Financial Secretary Bill Kuntz

Vice President for Hospitality Dana Cooley

Coordinator, Gift Shop Operations Pennie Miller Board Members Linda Cauble Jack Francis

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C o r p o r at e S u pp o r t President Circle Brown-Forman Corporation Producer Circle Yum! Family Series Director Circle Fifth Third Bank Benefactor Circle D.D. Williamson & Co., Inc. Delta Dental of Kentucky The Galt House Hotel

GE Appliances Hilliard Lyons LG&E and KU Energy Old Forester Theatre Forward Via Studio Guarantor Derby City Litho Republic National Distributing Company Tafel Motor Co. White Clay Consulting ZFX Flying Effects

Supporter AT&T Kentucky McCarthy Strategic Solutions, LLC Partner Bearno’s Pizza Cellar Door Chocolates Heine Brothers’ Coffee National Arts Club Taxi 7 Vincenzo’s Restaurant

L e g a c y Ci r c l e The Legacy Circle recognizes individuals who have made arrangements to support Actors Theatre in their estate plans.

Anonymous Michael and Rachel Adkins Bryan R. Armstrong, Esq. Nancy L. Doctor

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Peter M. and Sarah D. Fuller Todd P. Lowe and Frances C. Ratterman Robert T. and Eleanor N. Maddox Rose Mary Rommel Toebbe Roanne and Karl N. Victor, Jr.

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F o u n d at i o n a n d g ov e r n m e n t S u pp o r t President Circle Fund for the Arts Humana Foundation Producer Circle The Roy Cockrum Foundation The Shubert Foundation

Benefactor Circle Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Gheens Foundation Shakespeare in American Communities

Supporter The Elizabeth George Foundation Norton Foundation, Inc.

Partner The William E. Barth Foundation Guarantor Parking Authority of River City Edgerton Foundation Director Circle (PARC) Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd Kentucky Arts Council County National Endowment for the Louisville Metro Government Arts The Harold and Mimi Steinberg The Robert W. Rounsavall, Jr. Family Foundation, Inc. Charitable Trust

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Gheens Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports Actors Theatre of Louisville with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Special thanks to the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Actors Theatre of Louisville.

T e a c h e r Ad v i s o ry C o m m i t t e e Jenni Aberli, JCPS Literacy Specialist; Faith Anderson, Ballard High; Katie Blackerby Weible, YPAS; Hillary Boles, Louisville Collegiate School; Brent Braun, Pleasure Ridge Park High; Sylvia Bruton, Spalding University; Judy Chandler, Bullitt East High; Terrilyn Fleming, Central High; Jennifer Girardin, Oldham County High; Kevin Gose, Valley High; Amy Harpenau, New Albany High; Tom Hayes, Bardstown High; Kyrstin Johnson, KY School for the Blind; Kim Joiner, Noe Middle; Georgette Kleier, YPAS; Alison Lambert, Oldham County High; Tiffany LaVoie, Western Middle; Amanda McFarland-Smith, Southern High; Patti Miller, Jeffersonville High; Kate Nitzken, Louisville Archdiocese; Andy Perry, Atherton High; Steven Rahe, Western Middle; Marsha Roth, Board of Directors; Amanda Simmons, Mercy Academy; Patti Slagle, Louisville Writing Project; Tiffany Smith, Eastern High; Robbie Steiner, Floyd Central High; Carol Stewart, Bellarmine University; Frank Ward, Actors Associate/ Trinity High; Amy Zuccaro, Trinity High A U D I E N C E

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Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres.

Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to the following funders: THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000-$99,000) Bank of America* The Schloss Family Foundation♦ Wells Fargo*♦ BENEFACTORS ($25,000-$49,999) Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr*♦ BNY Mellon Steven & Joy Bunson*♦ Citi DeWitt Stern* Goldman, Sachs & Co. MetLife Morgan Stanley James S. & Lynne Turley*♦ Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP* PACESETTERS ($15,000‑$24,999) American Express* Bloomberg Cisco Systems, Inc.* The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. EY* Alan & Jennifer Freedman*♦

Frank & Bonnie Orlowski*♦ Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts♦ Pfizer, Inc. Southwest Airlines♦† Theatermania/Gretchen Shugart*♦ George S. Smith, Jr.*♦ UBS DONORS ($10,000‑$14,999) Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Epiq Systems* Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation Lisa Orberg♦ Presidio* Thomas C. Quick* RBC Wealth Management♦ Daniel A. Simkowitz*♦ S&P Global TD Charitable Foundation♦ Isabelle Winkles*♦ SUPPORTERS ($2,500‑$9,999) Mitchell J. Auslander*♦

Disney/ABC Television Group* Paula A. Dominick*♦ Dorfman and Kaish Family Foundation, Inc. ♦ Dramatists Play Service, Inc.* Kevin & Anne Driscoll John R. Dutt*♦ Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing*♦ Jessica Farr* Mason & Kim Granger*♦ Brian J. Harkins*♦ Gregory S. Hurst*♦ Howard and Janet Kagan♦ Joseph F. Kirk*♦ John R. Mathena *♦ Ogilvy & Mather† Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart*♦ Dina Merril & Ted Hartley* Newmark Holdings* Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. * John Thomopoulos*♦ Evelyn Mack Truitt* Leslie C. & Regina Quick Charitable Trust As of August 2016

* Theatre Forward/DeWitt Stern Fund for New American Theatre † Includes In-kind support ♦ Educating through Theatre Support Theatre Forward supporters are former supporters of National Corporate Theatre Fund and Impact Creativity.

For a complete list of funders visit theatreforward.org.

I n - K i n d D o n at i o n s Bearno’s Pizza Cellar Door Chocolates Derby City Litho The Galt House Hotel

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Heine Brothers’ Coffee Taxi 7 NFocus Magazine VIA Studio Parking Authority of River City (PARC) ZFX Flying Effects Ms. Elizabeth Rounsavall

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I n di v id ua l S u pp o r t WORLD PREMIERE CIRCLE Visionary Circle Anonymous Christina Lee Brown Mrs. Harry S. Frazier, Jr. Producer Circle Sandra Frazier Todd P. Lowe and Fran C. Ratterman Mary and Ted Nixon Jacqueline R. and Theodore S. Rosky Ms. Elizabeth Rounsavall Director Circle John and Natalie Bajandas Brooke and Matthew Barzun Turney P. Berry and Kendra Foster Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Mr. and Mrs. David Daulton Laura M. Green Douglas Augusta and Gill Holland Mary Gwen Wheeler and David A. Jones, Jr.* Michael and Elizabeth Keyes Bruce Merrick and Karen McCoy Thomas and Mary Jo Mueller Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Murphy* J. A. Paradis III Marsha and David Roth John E. Selent Bill and Lindy Street Mr. and Mrs. Mac Thompson Designer Circle Lynn Allen and Pete Walton Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Callen Sarah and Peter Fuller Roanne Victor Playwright Circle Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ballard Jr. Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Bonnie Meredith Wilson Brown Victoria and Paul J. Diaz Nana Lampton Fairleigh and Abby Lussky Paradis Foundation Carol and Charlie Pye Jonathan and Julie Roberts* Dr. Peter and Margaret Fife Tanguay Cathy and Allan Tasman, MD John L. Tate and Phyllis McMurry-Tate Linda and Chris Valentine Jim and Marianne Welch The Wunderlin Company Dramaturg Circle Jesse and Kim Adams Michael and Rachel Adkins Keith Auerbach, M.D. Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson Dr. Joseph J. Buchino COL. Ishmon Burks

Madelyn Buzzard Mees Heather McHold and Stephen P. Campbell Charles and Mary Beth Clark Ken and Carolle Jones Clay Ann and Stewart Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Costel Crawford Charitable Fund Nancy L. Doctor Mr. and Mrs. Donald Finney Ken and Judy Handmaker Bill and Joyce Holmes Dan and Lisa Jones Barbara and Bill Juckett Paul and Tracy Klein Ms. Stewart Lussky and Mr. Bob Jones Mr. and Mrs. Holland N. McTyeire IV Susan S. and Robert H. Means Dr. Catherine Newton and Dr. Gordon Strauss Rick and Becky Reed Matt and Cindy Schwartz Kris and Wendy Sirchio Habdank Foundation David and Melissa Weedman L. David Wilson Ed and Anne Wunsch Stage Manager 3 Anonymous Actors Associates Mr. and Mrs. Jon P. Arnold Dr. S.P. Auerbach Rita Jane Bell Sharon and Stephen Berger Robin Berrington Jody and John Bilney Neville Blakemore, Jr. and Gray Henry Maggie Brandt and Bert Lyons Norma B. Braver Dr. and Mrs. John J. Buchino William Burbank Dr. Phil Cochran and Ms. Marie B. Hertzman-Cochran Joan and Gregg Coleman Terry Conway Kevin and Mera Cossey Corlett Brad Asher and Susan Coventry Irwin and Carol Cutler Linda and Gordon Dabney Catherine Davidson and Hal Burgiss Dr. Richard Edelson and Donna Smith Fr. John G. Eifler Ewing Fahey Daniel and Kirsten Ford Nancy Forsha Randy and Ginny Fox Emily and Bob Gable Jan M. Grayson Mr. John R. Gregory Scott and JoAnn Haner Michelle and Michael Hanington Barbara B. Hardy A U D I E N C E

Jane Hardy and David Schmidt Arvida and Edward Harris Hood and Heather Harris Anna Hitron and Thomas Johnston Laura and Michael Jones Steve Knight Mary Korfhage David and Carol Krebs Mr. Robert E. Kulp, Jr. Melony J. Lane Susan McNeese and Phil Lynch Adam Jalil Maamry Memorial Fund Robert T. and Eleanor Maddox Mr. and Mrs. John Mann Jr. Miriam Spectre Marcus and Jerome Hutton Kauper Caroline Martinson Bill and Michelle Mudd Sean Muldoon Duane and Anne Murner Edmund G. Nasief Al and Jamie Paradis Chris Price George W. Rapp Jr. and Lynne Meena Adam and Lauren Rogers Jaewon and Sarah Ryu Barbara Sandford Mr. Robert S. Saunders Ken and Anne Selvaggi Kennedy and Sara Simpson Patti Slagle and Steve Zimmerman Mary Ann Smania Mrs. James W. Stites, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Bodley Stites Glenn and Ann Thomas Rose Mary Rommel Toebbe Terry and Amanda Tyler Patricia M. Varga Porter Watkins and George Bailey John Weeter, MD and Linda Weeter Sarina and Robert Weiss Will and Becky West Jaleigh and Michael White Paul and Carrie Widman Stephen and Coretta Wolford PRODUCTION CIRCLE Principal Artist Connie Back Tim and Kathy Hess Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Tindall* Supporting Role Anonymous Sarah Ahmad and James Wilson Dr. Frederick Albrink and Ms. Tanja Eikenboom Michael Alt Maureen Awbrey and Diane Kyle Chase Barmore and Jamie Isenberg Mr. and Mrs. W. Robinson Beard David and Regina Beckman Dale Boden and Ceci Conway Boden Ryan Bodman and Mary Clay Boland Stephen and Jeannie Bodney Christen and Mike Boone A-19

I n di v id ua l S u pp o r t Bethany Breetz and Ronald Loughry Tom and Sylvia Brite Kathy and Dean Bryan Stephen and Katie Bush Doug and Jamie Butler Charles and Robyn Kane Gail and Lawrence Caruso Paul and Karen Casi Helen Cohen Drs. Larry and Christine Cook Steve and Lynn Cooper Gayle and Earl Dorsey Tawana Edwards Susan E. Ellison Ron and Hulyn Farr Teresa Flynn and Philippe Glaude Jack E. Francis Daniel and Lisa Gunther Clark Sonya and Ara Hacet Hollie Hopkins Cindy and Dwayne Jarboe Dr. Surinder K. and Susan L. Kad Shannon and David Kisselbaugh Henry and Marty Kuehn Charles and Donna Lavelle Rabbi Laura Metzger and Cantor David Lipp Sally and Stanley MacDonald Steve and Martha Makela Boyce Martin III & Melea East Marty McClelland and Lori Warren Meredith McDonough Colin McNaughton and Anne Speed McNaughton Sally and Charlie Moyer Ellen Ballard, MD and Dennis Neyman, PhD Lue and John Peabody Donna M. Peak Laura Petry Melissa Richards-Person Janet and Richard Rink Bonnie and John Roth Kevin and Cheryl Sandefur John and Amanda Schriber Peggy and Phillip Shake*

Ellen and Max Shapira Darrell and Nancy Shelton Dr. and Mrs. Roger J. Shott Mrs. Yandell R. Smith Ilam E. Smith Jane O. Smith Dr. John Roberts and Dr. Janet L. Smith Vertner Smith and Barbara West Tom and Cara Solley Sarah and Wright Steenrod Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Cindi Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Bob and Margaret Walker David and Shiela Wallace Mr. and Mrs. James Ward Les Waters Beth Welch Lawson and Debbie Whiting Rev. and Mrs. James Wilson Mark F. Wood Ms. Ruth Wukasch Craft Artisan Anonymous Mary Alexander and John Downard Bill and Carlyn Altman Patricia Chervenak Richard and Barbara Conklin Vicki Coombs Dr. Keith P. Cross Drs. Michael and Anita Barbee Cunningham William Curley and Linda Huss Leonidas Deters and Penelope Shaw Mary Diebold David & Paulette Dubofsky Dr. and Mrs. Walter Feibes Bill and Kathy Fensterer Greg and Kristi Fiscus Drs. Karen and Brennan Fitzpatrick Mr. Douglas D. Ford Gregg and Leslie Fowler Clarence and Bettie Glover Dr. and Mrs. Richard Goldwin

Dr. and Mrs. Diller B. Groff Tony and Allison Hammons* Chris and Marcia Hermann Lawrence and Renate Herzog Louis Hettinger H. Edgar Hill and Karen R. Hill Fritz Hilton Joyce Smith Honaker Dr. Arthur H. Isaacs Breck and Rhonda Jones Donna Y. Kays Ed Kruger and Jeff Rodgers Dr. and Mrs. Forrest Kuhn Warner and Willie Ann Lansing Bob and Bo Manning Mary Lou and Bill Marzian Mr. Neil E. Mellen and Dr. Mavin H. Martin Claire Alagia and Creighton Mershon, Sr. Patrick and Pam Michael Guy E. and Elizabeth S. Montgomery Christopher P. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Richard Neumayer Tanya Parke Lindsey Ransdell Drs. Tiffany Rieser and Steven Heilman Scott Schaftlein Kurt Scharfenberger Paul Seigel Lee Smith Marian Spencer Dr. J. C. States and Ms. G. R. Russo Col (Ret.) Richard R. Stevens, Ph.D. Kirk Strack* Carrie Syberg John Tederstrom and Mark Cannon Alyssa Toerne Dr. Corazon Veza Mr. and Mrs. William W. Weber Don and Mary Wells Alice and Crawford Wells Deborah Wexler and John Nutt Carol and Bill Young Dr. Kenneth and Shelly Zegart

* This gift was made possible in part or in full through a Fund for the Arts Partnership Grant

STA F F D ONORS Sara Durham Allison* and Tony Hammons Melissa Hines Shannon* and David Kisselbaugh Steve Knight

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Liz Magee Meredith McDonough Erin Meiman Julie Roberts Ed Kruger and Jeffrey S. Rodgers*

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Peggy Shake Carrie Syberg Les Waters * Designates current staff member

Services & Amenities TICKET INFORMATION Box Office Hours (During Performances) Subject to change.

Monday: 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday - Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Thursday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturday: 12 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Sunday: 12 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Order by phone (502) 584-1205 ■ 1-800-4ATL-TIX Phone orders are subject to a $2 per ticket processing fee. All orders subject to a $1 per ticket Historic Landmark Fee. Online fees may apply.

Order Online: ActorsTheatre.org Address: 316 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202-4218 USA special offers Season Ticket Packages Discounted ticket packages are available, including a range of shows and benefits. Call our Box Office for options or visit ActorsTheatre.org/SeasonTickets.

Groups Discounts ranging from 5% to 20% are available to groups of ten or more. Call (502) 585-1210 for details.

Ages 60+, Military, Students and Patrons with Disabilities 60+, military, students (full-time with valid ID) and patrons with disabilities receive 10% off single tickets.

Day of Performance: Patrons with disabilities and students $24.

Gift Certificates Perfect for all occasions, gift certificates are available in any amount and can be purchased at the Box Office or online at actorstheatre.org.

Ticket Exchange Ticket holders may exchange their tickets either by phone or in person. As soon as possible after exchange needs are known, please call or visit our Box Office to make arrangements. Ticket exchanges may be made until 5 p.m. the day of the date on the tickets or one hour in advance of a matinee—only for another performance of the same play. Upgrade fees may apply.

PLEASE NOTE Ticket discounts subject to availability, cannot be combined with other discounts, and are not valid on previously purchased tickets. Historic Landmark and phone fees apply. Not valid during blackout performances. Seating restrictions may apply. Visit ActorsTheatre.org/TicketOptions for more information.

GALLERY HOURS (During Performances) Tuesday - Friday: 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Saturday - Sunday: 1 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Closed Mondays and non-performance days

FOOD & BEVERAGE Food is not permitted in the theatre.

Beverage Service Beverage service is available on the Mezzanine Level Tuesday–Sunday, one hour before all shows and at intermission. Post-performance beverage service is available at MilkWood. Beverages can be pre-purchased for intermission at the Mezzanine bar before all performances.

MilkWood Open Tuesday-Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

MilkWood, a restaurant operated by Chef Edward Lee, is located on the lower level of Actors Theatre.

Food is available at the bar in the restaurant without reservations; however, reservations are recommended for table service. For reservations, please call (502) 584-MILK (6455) or visit MilkwoodRestaurant.com.

Late Arrival Policy Late Seating in the Pamela Brown Auditorium or the Bingham Theatre is at the discretion of the House Manager, who can be located in the lobbies upon your arrival. Due to the intimate nature of the Victor Jory Theatre, latecomers will not be seated.

Parking Accessible parking is available on the Mezzanine Level of the Actors parking garage and on the Ground Floor Level for vans. There are additional marked spaces next to the Main Street elevators on Levels 3 through 6. The Actors parking garage elevators, located along Main Street, provide direct access to theatre lobbies. For information on discount parking for theatre events or traffic updates and alerts, please visit our website at ActorsTheatre.org or contact our Box Office at 502.584.1205.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURE In the event of a fire, a severe storm or an earthquake, you will be instructed by an announcement from the stage indicating the best method of exit. Please notice the multiple red exit signs in the theatre. For your safety, please exit in a calm and orderly manner.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES Please silence your phone or watch alarm so it will not disrupt the performance. Use of cellular phones, pagers, cameras, recording devices or any device that will light up the rows behind you are strictly prohibited in the auditorium. If you feel you may need to be contacted in case of an emergency, check your phone or pager with the house manager. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

NO Firearms Firearms are strictly prohibited on these premises.

CHILDREN

Children under age four are not permitted unless the production specifically appeals to very young children.

All children attending an event, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Because it can be distracting to others in the theatre, if your child is disruptive or excessively restless, you may be asked to step outside.

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Services & Amenities NO SMOKING

This is a smoke-free facility. Thank you for not smoking.

ACCESSIBILITY Accessible ramps, elevators, parking, restrooms, water fountains and wheelchair seating are available for patrons with disabilities. Parking is located on levels M and 3–6 of the garage. Accessible restrooms are located on the first floor and Mezzanine Level.

Sound Enhancement All theatres are equipped with an FM wireless system for hearing enhancement.

Lightweight receivers with earphones or magnetic induction loops are available free of charge, with a refundable deposit, at Coat Check (October–April) or the Box Office.

Audio-Described Performances Selected performances, generally during a weekend matinee, are audio described for patrons who are blind or have low vision.

Describers provide a live, objective, and descriptive delivery of the visual elements of the performance in between the dialogue. A schedule is available at the Box Office. Provided by The Kentucky Center.

Caption Theatre Caption Theatre is provided for selected performances for patrons who have hearing loss and may not benefit from hearing amplification. The audible elements are shown on an LED sign, in real time, as each line is spoken or sung. Reservations for this service should be made at the time of ticket purchase to ensure the best seating for this service. Provided by The Kentucky Center.

LARGE-PRINT PROGRAMS Large-print programs are available at the entrance to all theatres on both levels.

VOLUNTEERS Volunteer opportunities are available as a member of Actors Associates or the Usher Corps. Call (502) 584-1265.

RENTALS Looking for a unique space to hold an event?

Actors Theatre boasts a variety of different spaces for events ranging from meetings to conferences.

Call (502) 584-1265 for details.

BACKSTAGE TOURS Backstage Tours arranged by advance request. Call (502) 584-1265.

All programs, activities and services are provided equally without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

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Actors Theatre Gallery

Louisville Area Fiber and Textile Artists August 30–October 31, 2016

Founded in 1995, the Louisville Area Fiber and Textile Artists (LAFTA) is an organization of more than eighty local visual artists whose work encompasses an array of surface design and construction techniques, including hand- and machine embroidery, quilting, weaving, beading, batik and shibori dyeing, paper- and felt-making, and basketry.

Designed to provide a forum for general exchange of ideas and opportunities for networking, LAFTA is also active in the community, providing art-work to Home of the Innocents, The Family Place, and the Kosair Charities Child Advocacy Center.

The 2016 LAFTA Juried Exhibition will be displayed during the months of September and October in Actors Theatre’s galleries. The show opens to the public on Tuesday, August 30. Receptions will be held during Friday Night Gallery Hops on September 2 and October 7 from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Participating artists will be present at those times to discuss their work in a casual environment with both art and theatre patrons.

Visit Actors ActorsTheatre.org for more information.

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T h e at r e S ta ff Artistic Director, Les Waters • Managing Director, Kevin E. Moore ARTISTIC Associate Artistic Director...........................Meredith McDonough Arts Administration Coordinator...................Zachary Meicher-Buzzi Company Manager....................................Dot King Literary Director............................................. Amy Wegener Literary Manager.........................Jenni Page-White Resident Dramaturg..... Hannah Rae Montgomery Literary Associate................................Jessica Reese Education Director...............................................Jane B. Jones Education Manager................ Betsy Anne Huggins Education Associate........................... Lexy Leuszler Teaching Artists.............. Liz Fentress, Keith McGill, Talleri McRae, Letitia Usher ADMINISTRATION General Manager........................ Jeffrey S. Rodgers Human Resources Manager................... Marie Tull Systems Manager.................................Dottie Krebs Executive Assistant............................. Janelle Baker Administrative & IT Services Coordinator......................................Alan Meyer AUDIENCE SERVICES & SALES Ticket Sales Director.......................Kim McKercher Season Tickets Manager....................Julie Gallegos Box Office Managers............................. Steve Clark, Kristy Kannapell Customer Service Representatives..........................

Cheryl Anderson, LaShana Avery, Matthew Brown, Marty Huelsmann, Deva North, Chandler Smith, Veronica Thomas Volunteer and Audience Relations Director..........................................Allison Hammons House Managers..............Jeanne Becker, Tiffany Bush, Jordan Kelch, Betsy Ruck, Marianne Zickuhr Lobby Manager................................... Tiffany Walton DEVELOPMENT Director............................................... Julie Roberts Associate Director of Development...................Shannon Kisselbaugh National Philanthropy Manager................................. Justin Williamson Community Philanthropy Manager...........................................Carrie Syberg Annual Fund Manager.............................Liz Magee Donor Relations Coordinator............ Susan Creech FINANCE Director................................................Peggy Shake Accounting Coordinator....................... Jason Acree Accounting Assistant............................ Jillian Innes MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Director............................................... Steve Knight

Public Relations Manager................. Sara Durham Marketing Manager...........................Melissa Hines Festival & Events Manager.................Erin Meiman Marketing & Communications Coordinator................................ Laura Humble Graphic Designer...........................Mary Kate Zihar Assistant Graphic Designer................. Amie Villiger Group Sales Manager...........................Sarah Peters Group Sales Associate.........................Chris O’Leary OPERATIONS Director.............................Mike Schüssler-Williams Operations Manager............................... Barry Witt Building Services Supervisor..............Ricky Baldon Building Services.......... Joe Spencer, Jeramaine Spain Receptionist................................Amanda Marshbanks PRODUCTION Production Manager............................Paul Werner Assistant Production Manager...................................Michael Whatley Production Stage Manager........ Paul Mills Holmes Resident Stage Managers.............Stephen Horton, Katie Shade Resident Assistant Stage Manager....... Jessica Kay Potter Production Assistant..........................................Leah Pye Scenic Technical Director.......................... Justin Hagovsky Assistant Technical Director...........Braden Blauser Scenic Charge.................................Rachael Claxton Scene Shop Manager.............. Javan Roy-Bachman Master Carpenter....................................Alexia Hall Carpenters.....................Elliot Cornett, Eric Kneller, Matt Krell, Nikolas Mikkelsen, Pierre Vendette Scenic Painter............................................Liv Joyce Deck Carpenters........................... Caitlin McCarthy, Peter Regalbuto Costumes Director........................................ Kristopher Castle Costume Shop Coordinator........ Tamara Langman Crafts Master..................................... Shari Cochran Wig and Makeup Supervisor.......... Jehann Gilman Wardrobe Supervisors..................... Emily Astorian, Molly Herman Draper/Tailor........................................Jeffery Park First Hand.....................................Natalie Maynard Stitcher Captain..............................Elizabeth Hahn Stitchers......... Faith Brown, Christina Marcantonio Costume Design Assistants......................................

Maggie McGrann, Adrienne Nixon Wig and Makeup Assistant............. Tanner Pippert Lighting Supervisor........................................Jason E. Weber Assistant Lighting Supervisor............. Dani Clifford Master Electrician............................ John Newman Pamela Brown Lighting Technician............Jacqueline Malenke

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T h e at r e S ta ff Bingham Lighting Technician............. Carly Shiner Swing Lighting Technician........Oliver Kassenbrock Sound Supervisor.............................................. Paul Doyle Assistant Sound Supervisor.............. Jessica Collins Sound Technicians..... Rachel Regan, Rachel Spear Properties Director..............................................Mark Walston Assistant Properties Master...........Heather Lindert Carpenter Artisan..............................Karl Anderson Soft Goods Artisan...........................Jessie Combest General Artisan..................................... Brad Baute Props Artisans....................Rachel Wynne Dawson, Sidney Martin Video Media Technologist..........................Philip Allgeier Professional Training Company Director...............................................Michael Legg Associate Director............................... John Rooney Acting.......................................................................

Carter Caldwell, Andres Chaves, Andrew Cutler, Jenn Geiger, Abby Leigh Huffstetler, Daniel Johnson, Kelsey Johnson, Elijah Jones, Kevin Kantor, Sam Kotansky, Anna Lentz, Kathiamarice Lopez, Laakan McHardy, Alexandra Milak, Regan Moro, Grace Palmer, Jake Sabinsky, Anne-Marie Trabolsi, Sam Wisenden, Alice Wu Arts Administration............................Katie Foggiano Communications....................................Kate Leggett Company Management/ Hospitality................................... Chandler Smith

Development................................... Rachael Everson Directing..............Lila Rachel Becker, Sammy Zeisel Dramaturgy/Literary Management..... Bryan Howard, Paige Vehlewald Education/Teaching Artists...........Elliott Talkington, Victoria Marie Masteller Events and Festival Management.......................Allison Paige Gilman Lighting/Electrics.................................. Natasha Bray Marketing.................................................Jenny Wilde Production Management..................... Hannah Cava Scenic Painting................................ Hannah Allgeier Stage Management..............................Alexis Breese, Michael Donnay, Emily Pathman, Katherine Thesing Usher Captains Dolly Adams, Star Adams, Shirley Adkins, Marie Allen, Katherine Austin, June Blair, Libba & Chuck Bonifer, Tanya Briley, Maleva Chamberlain, Donna Conlon, Terry Conway, Laurie Eiden, Doris Elder, Reese Fisher, Joyce French, Carol Halbleib, LuAnn & Tom Hayes, Barbara Nichols, Teresa Nusz, Judy Pearson, Beth Phipps, Nancy Rankin, Bob Rosedale, Tim Unruh, David Wallace, Megg Ward Actors Theatre’s Company Doctor Dr. Andrew Mickler, F.A.C.S. Members of the Professional Training Company receive additional training at the Louisville Ballet School.

Actors Theatre of Louisville was founded in 1964 by Richard Block in association with Ewel Cornett. Jon Jory was Producing Director from 1969 to 2000.

Alexander Speer was Executive Director from 1965 to 2006.

Artists under Commission In addition to reading script submissions from around the country, Actors Theatre of Louisville builds relationships with playwrights and encourages the creation of new work by commissioning plays from artists whom we admire. A new play commission engages a writer to pen a piece specifically for Actors Theatre of Louisville and allows us to support the work’s development from the earliest stages of inspiration onward.

Some notable past full-length plays commissioned by Actors Theatre and produced in the Humana Festival of New American Plays include The Christians by Lucas Hnath, For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday by Sarah Ruhl, Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo, Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison (co-commission with Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Big Love and The Glory of the World by Charles Mee, and Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies (winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama).

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Cory Hinkle Lucas Hnath Rajiv Joseph & Bill Sherman Claire Kiechel Taylor Mac A U D I E N C E

Ramiz Monsef Molly Smith Metzler A. Rey Pamatmat Mark Schultz Naomi Wallace & Ismail Khalidi