F r o m t h e T h e at r e Welcome to Actors Theatre and our Bingham Signature Shakespeare production of Macbeth. We are excited to start October with one of Shakespeare’s most enthralling and bloody stories of the thirst for power. This riveting tale explores the question: How far would you go to achieve your greatest ambition? With Fifth Third Bank’s Dracula also currently running in the Bingham Theatre, Actors Theatre has many thrills and chills for you as we move toward Halloween. The 2016–2017 Season continues with a collection of stories that will entertain, provoke conversation and tug at the heartstrings. In November, we bring you the music of Motown in Dominique Morisseau’s Detroit ’67. This deeply felt drama explores the history of Detroit in the 1960s through siblings Chelle and Lank, who run an unofficial nightclub in one of the city’s black neighborhoods. After Lank offers shelter to an injured white woman, they must confront simmering racial tensions within their home and the escalating race riots in their community. An award-winning playwright, Morisseau is no stranger to Actors Theatre. Also an accomplished performer, she co-starred in our 2013 production of The Mountaintop, a tribute to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Morisseau’s Detroit ’67 is part of a three-play cycle she is developing, The Detroit Projects, focusing on her hometown. Her inspiration for this play cycle came from August Wilson’s acclaimed Century Cycle, an epic dramatization of the African American experience at different points in history. Next in our season, spirited holiday cheer will fill the theatre in our beloved production of Fifth Third Bank’s A Christmas Carol. Carol is the secondlongest continually running production in the country, and we are always delighted to bring back such a warm and joyous experience for the whole family each year. As we look forward to the holiday season, we hope that you will invest in imagination with us by giving the gift of theatre to your loved ones. A Season Ticket Package is an easy way for your friends and family to enjoy a unique Actors Theatre experience. Our Choose Your Own Season Ticket Package allows you to select flexible performance dates from the three to five plays remaining in the 2016–2017 Season. Please visit ActorsTheatre.org or call 502.584.1205 for details. Thank you again for joining us, and for supporting the arts in Louisville. Sincerely,
Les Waters, Artistic Director
Kevin E. Moore, Managing Director
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Les Waters Artistic Director
Kevin E. Moore Managing Director presents
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Macbeth by William Shakespeare directed by Les Waters October 4–26, 2016 Featuring Che Ayende*, Hunter Broyles, Michael Bulleit, Andres Nicolas Chaves+, Jessica Frances Dukes*, Michael Evans, Andrew Garman*, Jackson Griffee, Sam M. Hall, Gabe Holland, Nicholas Hormann*, Elijah Jones+, Kevin Kantor+, Emmett King, Eli Lucas, Gregory Maupin, David McElwee*, Laakan McHardy+, Jack Mikesell*, Mary Charles Miller, Irungu Mutu*, Charlie Norman, Chase Phillips, Adam Poss*, Austin Ramirez, Bailey Ramirez, Vaughn Ramirez, Lilly Rich, Brooks Roseberry, Conrad Schott*, Abel Sgro, Henry Stern and Rhys Thomas Scenic Designer Andrew Boyce† Costume Designer Kristopher Castle Lighting Designer Mark Barton† Original Music and Sound Design Christian Frederickson† Fight Director Ryan Bourque Production Stage Manager Paul Mills Holmes* Assistant Stage Manager Jessica Kay Potter* Dramaturg Amy Wegener Director underwritten by Mac and Jessica Thompson Production underwritten by Mrs. Harry S. Frazier, Jr. and Ms. Elizabeth Rounsavall Actors Theatre’s production is part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. 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. A U D I E N C E
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Production Credits The Cast of Characters (in order of speaking)
Duncan, King of Scotland/Siward Nicholas Hormann* Malcolm Adam Poss* Bloody Captain/Murderer/Young Siward Jack Mikesell* Lenox Irungu Mutu* Ross David McElwee* Witches Mary Charles Miller, Lilly Rich, Bailey Ramirez Macbeth Andrew Garman* Banquo Che Ayende* Angus/Murderer/Ensemble Andres Nicolas Chaves+ Lady Macbeth Jessica Frances Dukes* Messenger/Doctor/Ensemble Elijah Jones+ Fleance Chase Phillips Macduff Conrad Schott* Donalbain/Menteith/Ensemble Kevin Kantor+ Murderer/Apparition/Seyton/Ensemble Gregory Maupin Apparition/Son of Macduff/Ensemble Vaughn Ramirez Apparition/Ensemble Austin Ramirez Lady Macduff/Gentlewoman/Ensemble Laakan McHardy+ Ensemble Hunter Broyles, Michael Bulleit, Michael Evans, Jackson Griffee, Sam M. Hall, Gabe Holland, Emmett King, Eli Lucas, Charlie Norman, Brooks Roseberry, Abel Sgro, Henry Stern and Rhys Thomas
Intermission There will be a 15-minute intermission.
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Additional Production Credits
Dialect Coach D’Arcy Smith Casting Zan Sawyer-Dailey and Zachary Meicher-Buzzi Directing Assistant Lila Rachel Becker+ Assistant Dramaturg Bryan Howard+ Stage Management Apprentices Alexis Breese+, Michael Donnay+, Emily Pathman+, Katherine Thesing+ Child Talent Guardian Hannah Cava+
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Macbeth and the Supernatural Shakespeare’s Macbeth is the most haunted of his tragedies, filled with apparitions, strange visions, a fearsome ghost, and of course, the Weïrd Sisters. Thought to have been written in 1606, early in the reign of James I—the Scottish king of England who had recently reprinted Daemonologie, his own treatise on the diabolical power of witches—Macbeth was also penned in the wake of the thwarted Gunpowder Plot, a scheme to blow up Parliament and the royal family along with it. In this context of superstition and turmoil, Shakespeare imagined the treasonous murder of a king and a world saturated with supernatural visitations, where even the natural landscape seems, like the Macbeths’ troubled minds, to be turning upon itself. Listen to the exquisite language of the play, and you’ll hear of many strange phenomena—“dark night strangles” the day, the earth shakes, and horses turn wild and “eat each other.” The boundary between this world and some other dimension of horror seems to dissolve alongside the proliferation of Macbeth’s betrayals, raising the question of how supernatural encounters both give rise to the play’s ambitious misdeeds, and signal an increasingly fevered state of fear and paranoia. The rich and enigmatic possibilities surrounding this relationship between the dark side of human nature and the supernatural are one of the play’s most fascinating aspects. Here are several perspectives from Shakespeare scholars: The supernatural...is a source of mystery and power in Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies... In Macbeth there are, in unsurpassed degree, portents, hints of Doomsday, and references to angels, God, the Devil, and the immortal soul. But all of this is achieved without a descent into hell and without the appearance of the Devil onstage. The supernatural takes earthly embodiments... No fiends come to fetch away Macbeth; his terrible future is not commented upon, and instead, he suffers a hell on earth. The play, in short, achieves a remarkable expression of cosmic implications without leaving the stage of the world. No other tragedy has so many strange, disturbing phenomena that, like the Witches, “look not like th’inhabitants o’th’earth, / And yet are on’t.”
~ Paul A. Jorgensen, Our Naked Frailties: Sensational Art and Meaning in Macbeth
Macbeth provides chilling testimony to the existence of supernatural evil and the forbidden black arts... But, the play insists equally, Macbeth desires the crown before his first encounter with the witches. And when he later seeks them out on his own, they anticipate his arrival by saying, “Something wicked this way comes.” Clearly, the evil lives within Macbeth, within his human ambition; and his faith in the witches both evokes and sustains them. Their existence and power depend...on human credulity and weakness.
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~ Robert S. Miola, Introduction to Macbeth, Second Norton Critical Edition A U D I E N C E
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“That I may pour my spirits in thine ear”: Murder by Two The partnership of Macbeth and his Lady is a remarkable ingredient of this tragedy, as it’s not just one character’s ambition, but that of the two in tandem, that pushes them toward bloody treachery—and then threatens to destroy them. While Lady Macbeth’s persuasive powers surely play a key role, it’s the pair’s potent combination of their dark desires that sets the events in motion. Some commentators have described the synergy in the Macbeths’ relationship as a kind of shared imagination, or a state of mind that both characters inhabit until the spell is broken. In a similar vein, the term folie à deux, which translates as “a madness shared by two,” has also sometimes been invoked. Others point out that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth seem to cross in opposite directions as his murderous momentum takes hold and her influence fades. Layered together, how do the two characters’ experiences form the portrait of a psyche that overrides conscience and then is plunged into a nightmare? And what does the fact that Shakespeare gives this couple no children mean for their attempt to outsmart time and grasp “the future in the instant”—a future in danger of evaporating almost as quickly as it’s seized? This famous duo has been the subject of debate and reinterpretation for centuries. Here are a few intriguing views of the Macbeths and their deadly collusion: The focus of attention is consistently on the feelings, the states of mind, of the principal characters, and on the influence of one character on the mind of another.
~ John Wilders, Introduction to Macbeth, Cambridge University Press
The marriage at the center of the play is one of the scariest things about it, but it is worth observing that, as Shakespearean marriages go, this is a good one: intense, intimate, loving... Probably the most frightening thing in the play is the genuine power of Lady Macbeth’s mind—not just her powers of analysis and persuasion, but her intimate apprehension of her husband’s deepest desires, her perfect understanding of what combination of arguments will prove irresistible to the masculine ego... What she does is give voice to Macbeth’s inner life, release in him the same forbidden desire that the witches have called forth.
~ Stephen Orgel, “Macbeth and the Antic Round,” in Macbeth, Second Norton Critical Edition
– Written and compiled by Amy Wegener
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Biographies THE ACTING COMPANY Che Ayende (Banquo) At Actors Theatre: The Brothers Size. Regional Theatre: Ayende has appeared regionally in productions at Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Arena Stage, Portland Center Stage, Studio Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Great Lakes Theater and TheatreWorks Hartford, among others. In the early 1990s, he worked at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center with the late Lloyd Richards. New York Theatre: Performances at The Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, New York Theatre Workshop, MCC Theater, Signature Theatre, The Lion Theatre and many more. Television: Ayende has guest-starred in television shows on CBS, ABC, NBC and FOX. Jessica Frances Dukes (Lady Macbeth) is pleased to be making her Actors Theatre debut after her most recent productions of Detroit ’67 at Center Stage and Detroit Public Theatre. Off-Broadway: Bootycandy at Playwrights Horizons (Obie Award). Regional Theatre: King Hedley II and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Arena Stage; Beneatha’s Place and Clybourne Park at Center Stage; Stick Fly at Arden Theatre Company; A Raisin in the Sun and The Piano Lesson at Geva Theatre Center; The Piano Lesson at Indiana Repertory Theatre; The Trip to Bountiful at Cleveland Play House; Bootycandy, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, Full Circle, Eclipsed, Fever/ Dream, Antebellum and Starving at Woolly Mammoth Theatre (company A-8
member); The Conference of the Birds at Folger Theatre; Passing Strange and Caroline, or Change at Studio Theatre; The Trip to Bountiful and Permanent Collection at Round House Theatre; and Jitney at Ford’s Theatre; among others. Television: The Good Wife (CBS) and A Raisin in the Sun Revisited (PBS). Additional Credits: Dukes received her M.F.A. from The Catholic University of America and is a 2015 NBC Showcase alumna. For more information, please visit jessicafrancesdukes.com. Andrew Garman (Macbeth) At Actors Theatre: The Christians and The Glory of the World. Broadway: Salomé at The Actors Studio. Off-Broadway: The Christians by Lucas Hnath at Playwrights Horizons (Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominations); The Glory of the World by Charles Mee at BAM; Cymbeline at The Delacorte Theater’s New York Shakespeare Festival; Hamlet at The Public Theater; A Bright New Boise by Samuel D. Hunter at Partial Comfort Productions; Burning by Thomas Bradshaw at The New Group; The Bereaved by Thomas Bradshaw at The Wild Project; Ashville by Lucy Thurber at Cherry Lane Theatre and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater; Burnt Umber by Erik Ehn at La MaMa; Frail/Inglin by Erik Ehn and Uncle Vanya at Classic Stage; and The Water Project by Sheila Callaghan, Trueblinka by Adam Rapp and The Ugly One at Soho Rep. Other Theatre: The Merchant of Venice at American Repertory Theater; Under Milk Wood at Theatre Building Chicago; and American Buffalo at 14th Street Playhouse, Atlanta. Film: Julie & Julia, The Sisterhood of Night and Simple Revenge. Television: Mercy, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Conviction and All My Children. Additional Credits:
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Garman is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Partial Comfort Productions and The Actors Studio. Nicholas Hormann (Duncan/Siward) is making his Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Indiana Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, South Coast Repertory, The Old Globe, American Conservatory Theater. Broadway: The Visit, Love for Love, Execution of Justice, Saint Joan, The Member of the Wedding. OffBroadway: New plays at The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage Theatre. Favorite Roles: Cyrano de Bergerac, Abraham Lincoln, Laurence Olivier, Benedick, Henry Higgins, Atticus Finch. Television: The Wonder Years (Emmy nomination), Seinfeld (as Calvin Klein), Modern Family, Parks & Recreation, Girl Meets World, Frasier, Bones, Medium. Training: Yale School of Drama (Oliver Thorndike Acting Award and Scholarship). Gregory Maupin (Murderer/Apparition/ Seyton/Ensemble) is thrilled to return to Actors Theatre. He is a charter member of Brooklyn’s Under the Table Ensemble and, along with his wife, Abigail, co-founded Le Petomane Theatre Ensemble, co-wrote Robin Hood, produced at StageOne, and formed GrabBag Productions, performing Dido & Aeneas at The Kentucky Center. At Actors Theatre: Luna Gale, At the Vanishing Point, Our Town, 43 Plays for 43 Presidents, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, …Cop Show Parody. Other Theatre: Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hamlet and Henry V at Kentucky Shakespeare; Vaudeville at Dell’Arte Company; and Musical! The Musical at ImprovBoston. Additional Credits: Maupin is the dramaturg for Kentucky Shakespeare and a graduate of Dell’Arte International. David McElwee (Ross) At Actors Theatre: Our Town, Luna Gale. Other Theatre Credits: George Deever in All My Sons at Guild Hall; East Hampton (with Alec Baldwin and Laurie Metcalf); Phil in The Wayside Motor Inn at Signature Theatre (directed by Lila Neugebauer, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble); Blaise in Snow Orchid at Theatre Row; Ken in Red at Florida Repertory Theatre and B Street Theatre; Martin in Seminar at Kitchen Theatre Company; Zoo in Velocity at HERE in New York City. Television & Web: Boardwalk Empire (Season 4, HBO); various FUNNY or DIE exclusives. Additional Credits: McElwee is a guest teaching artist with Manhattan Theatre Club. He received his B.F.A. in acting from Florida State University. Jack Mikesell (Bloody Captain/Murderer/Young Siward) is excited to be making his debut with Actors Theatre of Louisville. Regional Credits: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots at La Jolla Playhouse, Our Town at the Without Walls Festival at La Jolla Playhouse, and Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. Television: How to Get Away with Murder, NCIS and Rizzoli and Isles. Additional Credits: Mikesell received his M.F.A. at the University of California, San Diego. For more information, please visit jackmikesell.com.
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Irungu Mutu (Lenox) is absolutely thrilled and blessed to be making his Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: The Language Archive at Bristol Riverside Theatre; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s production of The Convert at Wilma Theater; Stepping Out of the River at Dawn, Ruined, Hijab Tube at Mixed Blood Theatre; Henry V at Arkansas Repertory Theatre; A Raisin in the Sun at Crossroads Theatre Company; Peter and the Starcatcher and Memphis at La Jolla Playhouse. Off-Broadway: Our Lady of Kibeho at Signature Theatre; Bikeman at Tribeca Performing Arts Center; A King of Infinite Space at HERE and SummerStage; and several plays with Target Margin Theater. Television: Preacher, Elementary, The Blacklist and Boardwalk Empire. Film: Maanokobiyo (Sundance Directors Lab). Additional Credits: Mutu received his M.F.A. at the University of California, San Diego and his B.F.A. at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He also trained at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. Upcoming films include Oxalis, Bikini, Match.CON. For more information, visit Mutu at his website, irungumutu.com; Twitter, @irungum; or Instagram, @i.images. Adam Poss (Malcolm) Regional Theatre Credits Include: 2666, Teddy Ferrara, A Christmas Carol, The Magic Play, The Solid Sand Below and dark play or stories for boys at Goodman Theatre; Lot’s Wife at Kansas City Repertory Theatre; and The North Pool and The Lake Effect at TheatreWorks. Other Theatre: 1984 and Animals Out of Paper at Steppenwolf; Oedipus el Rey at Victory Gardens Theater; The History Boys at Studio Theatre; The Lake Effect and Scorched at Silk Road Rising; and The Beats at 16th Street Theater. Television: Shameless, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, A-10
Chicago PD, Crisis, The Chicago Code and The Mob Doctor. Film: The Middle Distance, The Drunk, The King of URLs and Speed Dating. Additional Credits: He holds his B.F.A. from The Theatre School at DePaul University. Conrad Schott (Macduff) At Actors Theatre: The Glory of the World (2015 Humana Festival), Dracula, Our Town, Remix 38 (2014 Humana Festival). Off-Broadway: The Glory of the World at BAM; 10 out of 12 at Soho Rep.; House Rules at Ma-Yi Theater Company. Additional Credits: Schott was a 2013–14 Acting Apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville and trained at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Theater Institute and BADA Midsummer in Oxford. He holds a B.A. from Vassar College and an M.F.A. from The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting.
THE Professional Training COMPANY Andres Nicolas Chaves (Angus/Murderer/ Ensemble) is a Colombian-born actor, writer and musician. Theatre Credits: Earthquakes in London; a staged reading of his bilingual adaptation Romeo y Julieta at the Guthrie Theater; King Lear and The Comedy of Errors at Door Shakespeare; Julius Caesar at The Backroom Shakespeare Project Chicago, among others. Additional Credits: Chaves recently graduated from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Program with a B.F.A. in acting. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and serves as the Junior Ambassador for the city of Minneapolis. Elijah Jones (Messenger/Doctor/Ensemble) is a 2016 graduate of Penn State University’s School of Theatre and has appeared in various Centre Stage and off-Centre Stage productions at his alma
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mater. Theatre Credits: Some of his favorite roles include Melvin in No Place to be Somebody, Benny in In the Heights and Tanner in Good Kids. Additional Credits: Jones also trained at Theatre Academy London. When Jones isn’t acting, he’s writing and recording original music. After his time in the Professional Training Company is complete, he plans to move either to New York, Los Angeles or Atlanta to continue pursuing both acting and music. Kevin Kantor (Donalbain/Menteith/ Ensemble) Regional Theatre: 4000 Miles at Cherry Creek Theatre; In The Closet at Historic Elitch Theatre; And Humbaba Came… at Iowa New Play Festival. Other Theatre: Picasso At The Lapin Agile, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Waiting Room, Once In A Lifetime and Woyzeck at the University of Northern Colorado; Antigone and Alice In Wonderland at the University of Iowa. Television/New Media: American Crime for ABC; People You May Know and PHASES for BuzzFeed Motion Pictures. Directing Credits: Hamlet, A Friday Night Trans-Am Ride, Anon(ymous) and columbinus for SOAPbox Productions; Assistant Director for The Skriker at the University of Northern Colorado. Additional Credits: Kantor is the founder and former artistic director of Greeley, Colorado’s SOAPbox Productions, a theatre company dedicated to furthering conversations that are politically engaged and culturally conscious through live performance art. Laakan McHardy (Lady Macduff/ Gentlewoman/Ensemble) Theatre Credits: Lysistrata in Lysistrata, Macbeth in Macbeth, Hector in Heartbreak House, Ligurio in The Mandrake, Orsino in Twelfth Night and Garcin in No Exit. She is also a winner of the 2014 Five College WORD! Festival of Staged Readings for her ventures in playwriting. Film: Coward and On the Edge of Desire (Jamaican short films) and Sharon Hayes’ Ricerche: Three, part of a video art installation. Additional Credits: McHardy is originally from Montego Bay,
Jamaica. She received a B.A. in theatre arts from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachussetts. McHardy has been the Vice Chairperson of the Western Junior Theatre in Jamaica since 2011.
DIRECTOR Les Waters Please see Executive Officers bio on page A-14.
DESIGNERS Mark Barton (Lighting Designer) At Actors Theatre: The Glory of the World, Dot and Girlfriend. Regional Theatre: American Repertory Theater, Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Huntington Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, L.A. Theatre Center/Kirk Douglas Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Asolo Repertory Theatre and Perseverance Theatre. Broadway: The Real Thing, Violet and The Realistic Joneses. Off-Broadway: Signature Plays, John and Paradise Park at Signature Theatre; The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence, Detroit, The Big Meal and Circle Mirror Transformation at Playwrights Horizons; Bad Jews and Look Back in Anger at Roundabout Theatre Company; Arguendo, The Select, The Sound and the Fury, Gatz and Fondly, Collette Richland at Elevator Repair Service; Uncle Vanya and Elective Affinities at Soho Rep; February House and Titus Andronicus at The Public Theater; Notes from Underground and Chair at Theatre for a New Audience; and The Shipment and Church at Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company. Additional Credits: Encores! Off-Center 2013–2016; This American Life and The Glory of the World at BAM; The Cunning Little Vixen at Juilliard Opera; and numerous productions with Curtis Opera Theater. Barton has also received an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.
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Ryan Bourque (Fight Director) has acted in and choreographed the violence for The Glory of the World at BAM and Actors Theatre. Acting Credits: Pilgrim’s Progress at A Red Orchid Theatre; Cyrano De Bergerac at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; and All Our Tragic, Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses and The Pirates of Penzance at The Hypocrites. Choreography Credits: Thaddeus and Sloccum at Lookingglass Theatre Company; Prowess at Jackalope Theatre; Appropriate and Oedipus El Rey at Victory Gardens Theater; 1984, Marie Antoinette and The Lord of the Flies at Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Hit The Wall at The Inconvenience; and All Our Tragic, Romeo and Juliet and Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses at The Hypocrites. He won the 2015 Joseph Jefferson Award for his fight design in All Our Tragic. Andrew Boyce (Scenic Designer) is a Chicago and New York City-based designer. At Actors Theatre: The Roommate, I Will Be Gone, The Whipping Man and The Mountaintop. Regional Theatre: American Conservatory Theater, American Players Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, California Shakespeare Theater, The Curtis Opera Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Geffen Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Westport Country Playhouse and Yale Repertory Theatre, among others. New York Credits: Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, Atlantic Theater Company, Primary Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and The Play Company. Additional Credits: Boyce is a member of Wingspace, a graduate of Yale School of Drama and an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University’s Theatre Department. For more information, please visit andrewboycedesign.com. Kristopher Castle (Costume Designer) At Actors Theatre: For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday, Wellesley Girl, Luna Gale, At the A-12
Vanishing Point, A Christmas Carol, Remix 38, The Ten-Minute Plays (2016, 2013 and 2014 Humana Festivals), Noises Off, Sleep Rock Thy Brain, True West, Death Tax, The Veri**on Play and The Edge of Our Bodies. Regional Theatre: For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday at Berkeley Repertory Theatre; [title of show] at Signature Theatre; Passing Strange and Jerry Springer: The Opera at Studio Theatre. Other Theatre: My Way Little Girl at The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage; Cinderella at North Shore Music Theatre; La Bohème and Die Fledermaus at Catholic University of America; The Shape of Things, Once Upon a Mattress, Castro’s Beard, Little Shop of Horrors and Eleemosynary at Barrington Stage Company; and The Secret Garden, Oklahoma! and Forever Plaid at Papermill Theatre. Christian Frederickson (Original Music and Sound Design) is a violist, composer and sound designer living in New York, and is delighted to return to Actors for another season. At Actors Theatre: Wondrous Strange, This Random World, Residence, Seven Guitars, The Glory of the World, Dot, At the Vanishing Point, Steel Hammer, True West, Romeo and Juliet, The Edge of Our Bodies and The Tempest. OffBroadway: Custodians of Beauty at New York Live Arts; The Glory of the World, Steel Hammer, Trojan Women and The Master Builder at BAM; The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois at Atlantic Stage 2. Additional Credits: Frederickson is a founding member of the Louisville bands Rachel’s and The Young Scamels, and is a graduate of The Peabody Conservatory and The Juilliard School.
DRAMATURG Amy Wegener is the literary director at Actors Theatre, where she heads the literary department and coordinates the reading and selection process for the Humana Festival. In sixteen seasons with Actors and four as literary manager at the Guthrie Theater, she has worked as a dramaturg on more than 100 productions
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and workshops of new plays and classics. Actors Theatre credits include Luna Gale and Long Day’s Journey into Night, as well as the Humana Festival premieres of For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday, The Glory of the World, I Will Be Gone, The GrownUp, Maple and Vine, Gnit, Eat Your Heart Out, The Veri**on Play and Elemeno Pea. She has co-edited 16 published anthologies of plays, and holds degrees from Princeton and Northwestern University.
PRODUCTION Paul Mills Holmes (Production Stage Manager) is in his twenty-fifth season at Actors Theatre. At Actors Theatre: Holmes has stage managed more than 120 productions in the regular season, including productions for 23 Humana Festivals. Regional Theatre: Girlfriend at Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles; The Glass Menagerie, Betsey Brown, Indians and Three Sisters at McCarter Theatre Center. Broadway: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Smile and Oh! Calcutta! Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Steel Magnolias and Oil City Symphony. Additional Credits: Directed Little Shop of Horrors in Tel Aviv and Tokyo. Thirty-eight seasons at Pennsylvania’s Totem Pole Playhouse. Jessica Kay Potter (Assistant Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: The 39 Steps, For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday, The Ten-Minute Plays, Peter and the Starcatcher, Seven Guitars, Luna Gale, The Glory of the World, At the Vanishing Point, The Last Five Years, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Christians, Noises Off, Appropriate, The Whipping Man, True West, Romeo and Juliet, The Veri**on Play, ReEntry, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The End, Fissures (lost and found), Heist!, A Christmas Carol, Dracula and Absalom. Other Theatre: Uncharted Realms at the Louisville Ballet; Much Ado About Nothing at Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Additional Credits: Potter holds a B.S. in theatre arts from the University of Louisville, where she graduated cum laude.
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.
PLAYWRIGHT William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, the third of eight children (five of whom survived to adulthood). He married in 1582, and after the birth of his three children, Shakespeare moved to London in the late 1580s to establish himself as an actor and playwright. By 1594, he was performing and writing for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and soon became a managing partner in the company. When Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603 and James I succeeded her to the throne of England, the troupe was renamed the King’s Men. Macbeth, written in 1606 for James (whose Scottish ancestor was thought to have been Banquo), was completed within the same year as King Lear and Antony and Cleopatra. Before Shakespeare’s death in 1616, he wrote 38 plays as well as poetry, including 154 sonnets. In 1623, two colleagues from his theatre company printed the First Folio edition of his collected plays, of which about half were previously unpublished.
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E x e c u t i v e Off i 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, Theatre Communications Group, and has served on several planning committees for bi-annual 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 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 Ketcham Robert Lutz Pennie Miller Nancy Mitchem Tom Morton Carol Pye Sheldon Rifkin Patti Slagle Val Slayton Beth Welch
‡ 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 Elizabeth Cooley 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 Mike’s Kentucky Kitchen National Arts Club Taxi 7 Vincenzo’s Restaurant
Legacy Circle 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 The 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 A d 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 d i v i d 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 Zachary Hench 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 A-19
I n d i v i d ua l S u pp o r t Christen and Mike Boone 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 Jim and Donna Costin 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 Brenda Whittaker 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 DONORS 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 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 vary, based on ticket cost. 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.
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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, paperand 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 artwork 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. A reception will be held during the Friday Night Gallery Hop on October 7 from 5:30 to 8:00 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 f f 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, Matthew 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................................................. 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 Alex Ackerman, 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, Candace Jaworski, Barbara Nichols, Teresa Nusz, Judy Pearson, Beth Phipps, Nancy Rankin, Bob Rosedale, Tim Unruh, Joshua Van Nort, 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).
Commissioned writers currently include: Jeff Augustin Sarah DeLappe Jackie Sibblies Drury Emily Feldman Sarah Gubbins A-24
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