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THE THANKSGIVING PLAY

BY LARISSA FASTHORSE (SICANGU LAKOTA)

Dámaso Rodríguez, Artistic Director/Interim Managing Director

CAST Caden..................................................................... Chris Harder^* Logan..................................................................... Sarah Lucht^* Jaxton..................................................................... Michael O’Connell* Alicia...................................................................... Claire Rigsby+ CREATIVE TEAM Director.................................................................. Luan Schooler Scenic Designer....................................................... Megan Wilkerson^# Costume Designer................................................... Emily Horton Lighting Designer.................................................... Kristeen Crosser# Sound Designer....................................................... Ed Littlefield Fight Choreographer............................................... Jonathan Cole~ Stage Manager....................................................... Carol Ann Wohlmut^* Props Master........................................................... Katrina Lind Production Assistant............................................... Charlie Capps Board Op................................................................ Alan Cline Cultural Consultant................................................. Phillip Hillaire The Thanksgiving Play was commissioned and originally produced by Artists Repertory Theatre Dámaso Rodríguez, Artistic Director; Sarah Horton, Managing Director, Portland, OR The Thanksgiving Play was originally written during the Joe Dowling Annamakerrig Fellowship from The Guthrie Theater. It received a finishing commission from Artists Rep’s Table|Room|Stage program in Portland, OR. The play has been developed with support from the Playwrights Horizons/Clubbed Thumb SuperLab, Lark Playwrights’ Week, Baltimore’s Center Stage and The Playwright’s Center.

TIME: Now SETTING: High school drama room, 3:08pm RUN TIME: Approximately 90 minutes with no intermission The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Actors’ Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. www.actorsequity.org ^ Artists Repertory Theatre Resident Artist # The scenic, costume, lighting, projection and sound designers are represented by United Scenic Artists + Equity membership candidate ~ Member of Stage Directors & Choreographers Society This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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gratefully acknowledges our theatre rests on traditional lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River.

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A MESSAGE FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DÁMASO RODRÍGUEZ “I ASSURE YOU MY STUDIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY GO DEEPER THAN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL.” –Caden, in Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play Welcome to the World Premiere of playwright Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play. This production is the second full production born of Table|Room|Stage, Artists Rep’s new play development program, which we boldly established in 2015 with start-up funding from the Oregon Community Foundation. The Thanksgiving Play is one of seven projects that we commissioned over the course of the program’s first two years. We set the goal of supporting as many of these new plays as possible through to their full productions, and committed to helping the plays find future life at theatres around the country.

Thanks to FastHorse’s wickedly smart writing and use of comedy to call out the woeful lack of representation of Indigenous people on U.S. stages, in classrooms, and across our culture, The Thanksgiving Play has caught the attention of theatre producers around the country. Following our premiere, The Thanksgiving Play will receive its Off-Broadway premiere in the fall by the famed Playwrights Horizons, and the Cincinnati Playhouse just announced that The Thanksgiving

Play will be part of its 2018/19 season.

We couldn’t be more thrilled for Larissa and are proud to know that Artists Rep’s commission and original production will be acknowledged in the playbills of all future productions. It’s our hope that this national visibility for Table|Room|Stage will inspire both local and national support to help fund our continued efforts in new play development.

Thank you for being a part of our audience today! I hope you enjoy The Thanksgiving Play and will join us in May for the Portland premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s funny, tender, and surprising I and You, which wraps up our 2017/18 season.

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PLAYWRIGHT’S BIO

LARISSA FASTHORSE (SICANGU LAKOTA) Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota) is an award-winning playwright, director, and choreographer. Larissa’s produced plays include What Would Crazy Horse Do? (KCRep, Relative Theatrics), Urban Rez (Cornerstone Theater Company, ASU Gammage, NEFA National tour 2019/20), Landless and Cow Pie Bingo (AlterTheater), Average Family (Children’s Theater Company of Minneapolis), Teaching Disco Squaredancing to Our Elders: a Class Presentation (Native Voices at the Autry), Vanishing Point (Eagle Project), and Cherokee Family Reunion (Mountainside Theater).

The Thanksgiving Play will also be produced by Playwrights Horizons and Cincinnati Playhouse next season. Larissa directed the critically acclaimed play, Our Voices Will Be Heard (Perseverance Theater Company).

Additional theatres that have

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commissioned or developed plays with Larissa include History Theater, Kennedy Center TYA, Baltimore’s Center Stage, Arizona Theater Company, Mixed Blood, Perseverance Theater Company, The Lark Playwrights’ Week, the Center Theatre Group Writer’s Workshop, and Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor. Larissa was awarded the PEN USA Literary Award for Drama, NEA Distinguished New Play Development Grant, Joe Dowling Annamaghkerrig Fellowship, AATE Distinguished Play Award, Inge Residency, Sundance/Ford Foundation Fellowship, Aurand Harris Fellowship, the UCLA Native American Program Woman of the Year, and numerous Ford, Mellon, and NEA Grants. She is a current member of the Playwright’s Union, Director’s Lab West 2015, and Playwright’s Center Core Writers. She is represented by Jonathan Mills at Paradigm NY. www.hoganhorsestudio.com www.indigenousdirection.com

PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTE History is a tricky thing. Even when it is recorded in the moment, we need to ask, “Who is recording this?” “How does their past experience lead them to interpret this moment?” “What are they showing us?” “What are they leaving out?” “Who isn’t being heard?”

That last question is at the heart of my life, career, and this play. As an Indigenous person of this country, ninety-nine percent of what is given to me as history is not only missing millions of voices but is blatantly

do they want to. I don’t have a choice because my history isn’t written in those books.

But that’s not a fun play to watch, so I wrote a comedy. A comedy about nearly everyone, including myself, because laughter is good for us and one of the funnest ways to sit in the dark with strangers.

Just to be clear, I love Thanksgiving.

I love the food and time with family. I love a whole day set aside to focus on gratitude. When I started this play I had the same reservations about BUT AS AN INDIGENOUS PERSON OF the traditional Thanksgiving story that many of us share, THIS COUNTRY, NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF WHAT IS GIVEN TO ME AS HISTORY but I had no idea how deeply complicated it is. Which IS NOT ONLY MISSING MILLIONS OF brought me back to history VOICES BUT IS BLATANTLY WRONG. and believing what we are told without question. I hope this wrong. That which was recorded and play gives you many laughs, but when reproduced was often an intentional the laughter stops, I hope you ask a lot choice to support governmental policies of questions and never ever stop. of Manifest Destiny and genocide. I am constantly surprised at the people I Pilamaya ye, meet who have never questioned what Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota) they read in their history books nor

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DIRECTOR’S NOTE

BY LUAN SCHOOLER In one of my earliest conversations with Larissa FastHorse, she told me that she sometimes finds it easier to deal with straightup racists than wellmeaning progressives. That’s because while racists’ beliefs are deplorable at least they’re very clear. Progressives, on the other hand, can get so tangled in convoluted and paralyzing thoughts that it’s hard to know what they really think.

She wasn’t talking about me specifically, but she could’ve been. I’m a white, liberal, progressive person. I try to approach all people as individuals with value, intelligence, and dignity. I try to use words sensitively and correctly. I try to be an ally. I try to recognize my privilege and not take up too much space just because I can. I think about all these things. I think about them a lot. And while I really can’t claim to be “woke,” I can claim to be trying. I hope my good intentions will shine through.

But, two things: 1) the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and 2) the fallacy of good intentions. The first is probably clear, but the second, less so. I don’t know who originally coined the phrase, but “the fallacy of good intentions” speaks to the mistake of equating meaning well with doing well.

Having good intentions does not actually do a thing.

My road to hell has a lot of potholes to fall into. Just yesterday, I was excitedly describing a play about courageous women, who I described as “ballsy.”

Later, I realized that I’d equated courage with manliness (as in, testicles = good) but where does that leave women who aren’t fearless? They’re just…women?

Oy! (But I’m not Jewish, can I say “oy?”)

I’d like to wear the turquoise earrings

my mom gave me but I think she bought them at a roadside stand in New Mexico forty years ago, and if I wear them without knowing anything about who made them, am I being disrespectful?

Maybe I just shouldn’t wear them…

You see? It’s possible to get so tangled up in thoughts and good intentions that it seems best to keep quiet and stay still.

Because that way, I won’t make any mistakes.

The Thanksgiving Play puts characters onstage that are just like me. Earnest, sincere, thoughtful, trying. Really trying.

Perhaps you’ll see a bit of yourself, too.

The beauty of Larissa’s play is that she shows us our foibles, lets us laugh at ourselves and (gently, sneakily) dares us to do better.

But the play is not actually about me.

The heart and soul of this play are the characters who aren’t onstage, whose absence is palpable, whose voices are not heard. These are the ones to whom we owe a debt of acknowledgement and respect. I am grateful to Larissa FastHorse for walking with me down this path. Through Larissa and this play, I’ve been introduced to Portland’s dynamic, generous, and deeply engaged Indigenous community. I was not sufficiently aware of this large and gloriously diverse community, but it turns out, they’ve been here all along.

We are gathered here on the traditional lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River. We thank the people who were here before us, and their descendants who share their land with us today.

Welcome to the World Premiere of The Thanksgiving Play. Thank you for coming!

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LEADING WITH TRADITION: NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA Portland’s Native community is diverse, vibrant, and growing; it has grown by nearly 16% in the last 10 years and outpaced the Portland regional population growth and is nearly 70,000 strong (MSA, U.S. Census 2010). We live here and we thrive here. We are numerous.

The Portland urban Native community is descended from over 380 tribes and many of us are multi-tribal and multi-ethnic. We represent varying degrees of tribal affiliation: some of us are tribally enrolled and some of us are not, but we all have ancestral ties to our tribes. Some of us are enrolled citizens of local tribes with reserved treaty rights to fish and gather in the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, but many of us are citizens or descendants of more geographically distant tribes. We come to this city for as many reasons as there are clans and people, and our stories are powerful.

The Portland Metro area rests on traditional village sites of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other tribes who made

their homes along the Columbia River, creating communities and summer encampments to harvest and use the plentiful natural resources of the area.

After European contact, what followed for the Indigenous people of the Portland area was a series of territorial and then federal policy decisions designed to eliminate and later assimilate Native people. The 18th and early 19th centuries brought diseases that decimated populations, often killing 9 out of every 10 people (Boyd: 1999). The federal Boarding School Era policies, which lasted from the mid-1800s through the 1960s, marked the beginning of a long campaign to integrate Indigenous people into the Western culture. “Kill the Indian and save the man” summarized the philosophy that underlay most government policies of the era (Pratt: 1879). Federal Relocation Policy, which began in the 1950s, forced over a third of the Native population to relocate to seven major cities, including Portland (Fixico: 2002).

Termination of federal recognition of

“She who watches,” by Lillian Pitt.

Photographed by Dennis Maxwell.

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many tribes began in 1954. Under the Western Oregon Termination Act (1954) and the Klamath Termination Act (1954) a large number of Oregon tribes had their governments abolished, lands taken, and social services revoked. In 1977, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians would be the first Oregon tribe to regain its federally recognized tribal status; the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Klamath Tribes have subsequently had their Termination repealed by an act of Congress, and other tribal communities have been federally recognized after decades of struggle. There are still tribes in Oregon for whom termination remains a bitter reality, and even for tribes who have been reinstated, its effects are still felt. In response, thousands of our Native families came to Portland to seek jobs, a place to live, and community.

In the 2010 U.S. Census, the Portland MSA — a census bureau defined metropolitan region that includes Multnomah County and parts of three other counties — reported that there were 20,857 Native Americans of one race and an additional

48,107 multiracial Native Americans living in the Portland Metro area.

Currently, Native people count disproportionately among the urban poor. We experience the highest rates of homelessness, poverty, and unemployment of all ethnic groups; depression, addiction, and diabetes impact us in numbers far exceeding the norm. We constitute 24% of all children in foster care in Multnomah County, and only 37% of our high school students living in Portland graduate on time (Portland Schools Foundation: 2006).

Even with our large population and the strong evidence of need, resources have not been equitably distributed to our community. There are false perceptions that we no longer exist and chronic undercounts, inaccurate data, and stereotypes about what we look like perpetuate this misconception. It is commonly believed that our education, health care, and other social support systems are fully paid for by government funding or gaming/casino revenues. These misunderstandings lead to policies and decisions that limit

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our access to social services and other community resources in the city where we live.

Despite the barriers, we continue to foster our culture and celebrate our heritage.

We are successful, contributing members of the city of Portland. We pay taxes, we volunteer, we vote, we share our heritage, and we care about the collective future of our children and of this community. There are well over 20 Native organizations in the area, run by and staffed with Native people, and our combined resources represent over 200 million dollars in revenue that go to local taxes, businesses, and services. Our population is young and growing; over 40% of our community is under the age of 25 (U.S. Census 2000). Some of our most important work revolves around preparing our youth to become the future leaders of this city, their tribes, and our community.

We are passing on our many strengths and assets. We serve the community and we help each other. As distinct and urban tribal peoples may be, we have a collective vision of what we want for our children and families. We work to connect with other urban Native people; to create a common place to meet and reconnect to each other, our ceremonies, and cultures. We want to be recognized and treated with respect.

We want our cultures and religions to be valued. We want safe, affordable housing, access to employment options, and equal opportunities to build community. We have important and diverse indigenous values and worldviews that contribute to the livability and uniqueness of Portland, and we see ourselves as part of its future.

For more information and to support Portland’s Native American community, please see the list of contributing organizations.

Reprinted with permission from the contributing organizations on the following page.

All additional photos, unless noted, are from NAYA photo archives.

“River Guardian,� by Lillian Pitt, photographed by Dennis Maxwell.

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CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS AFFILIATED TRIBES OF NORTHWEST INDIANS www.atnitribes.org • 503.249.5770 AFFILIATED TRIBES OF NORTHWEST INDIANS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION www.atnitribes.org/edc • 503.249.5770 ALASKA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD– CAMP 49 COLUMBIA RIVER www.anbansgc.org/local-camps/camp-49 503.481.7533, 503.775.9400 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION TRIBAL AFFAIRS (BPA) www.bpa.gov/corporate/About_BPA/tribes BOW AND ARROW CULTURE CLUB 503.984.7303 CENTER FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES –OREGON PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER AT OHSU www.oregonprc.org • 503.494.1126 CONCERNED INDIAN CITIZENS 503.285.4474 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF GRAND RONDE* www.grandronde.org • 800.422.0232 CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF SILETZ INDIANS* www.ctsi.nsn.us • 503.238.1512 COWLITZ INDIAN TRIBE* www.cowlitz.org • 360.577.8140 COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION (CRITFC) www.critfc.org • 503.238.0667 GOOD SPIRIT chuckhunt@yahoo.com • 503.515.2053 NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION (NICWA) www.nicwa.org • 503.222.4044 NORTHWEST NATIVE AMERICAN CENTER OF EXCELLENCE AT OHSU http://bit.ly/2jPmeYF • 503.494.9905 NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM, LEGAL AID SERVICES OF OREGON (NAPOLS) 503.223.9483

NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER (NAYA FAMILY CENTER) www.nayapdx.org • 503.288.8177 NORTHWEST INDIAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION www.nivavets.org • 360.696.4061 x 33413 NORTHWEST PORTLAND AREA INDIAN HEALTH BOARD (NPAIHB) www.npaihb.org • 503.228.4185 ONE SKY CENTER www.oneskycenter.org • 503.970.7895 OUR NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL NETWORK (ONABEN) www.onaben.org • 503.968.1500 OREGON NATIVE AMERICAN CHAMBER www.onacc.org • 503.894.4525 PORTLAND INDIAN ELDERS ASSOCIATION ravart@pacifier.com, mizzbuckie@comcast.net • 503.349.5187 PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY INDIGENOUS NATIONS STUDIES PROGRAM www.pdx.edu/nas • 503-725-9098 PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR TRIBAL GOVERNMENT www.tribalgov.pdx.edu • 503.725.9000 PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS TITLE VI INDIAN EDUCATION www.indianed.pps.k12.or.us 503.916.6499 PORTLAND TWO SPIRIT SOCIETY www.portlandtwospiritsociety.org 971.231.4999 TRIBAL LEADERSHIP FORUM www.tribalgov.pdx.edu/forum.php 503.647.7734 WISDOM OF THE ELDERS www.wisdomoftheelders.org 503.775.4014 *A Tribal Nation with Offices in the Portland Area

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TABLE|ROOM|STAGE A HOME FOR NEW PLAYS Table|Room|Stage is Artists Rep’s new play development program. Our mission is to create an effective, welcoming environment where playwrights can write their most urgent, tender, and shimmering worlds into existence.

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THE THANKSGIVING PLAY A TABLE| ROOM | STAGE COMMISSION Moving from table to room to stage The journey of The Thanksgiving Play at Artists Rep began in May 2016, when we commissioned Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota) to finish the play that she had started writing a few months earlier. We brought her to Portland for a couple of days so that she could see the theatre and meet our staff.

While she was here, we gathered around a table for an in-house reading.

A few months later, Larissa returned to Artists Rep for a weeklong workshop of the play, and on September 24, 2016 we had a studio reading for an audience of about sixty people. At the conclusion of that reading, we decided to produce the play in the 2017/18 season.

A few months later, Artists Rep partnered with the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis to provide additional development. DĂĄmaso RodrĂ­guez, Larissa, and a group of actors worked together there for a week.

At each stage of development, The Thanksgiving Play has become tighter, funnier, and richer. In addition to the support Artists Rep has given the play, Larissa has also had workshops at The Lark and Playwrights Horizons/Clubbed Thumb in New York.

The Thanksgiving Play is the second commission of Table|Room|Stage to receive its World Premiere at Artists Rep. It will go from our stage to its New York Premiere at Playwrights Horizons in Fall 2018.

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E E P L AYS ” N K “ G IN IV G S K THAN orse tH s a F a s is r a L h it w

PRE-SCHOOLERS: Samantha Bills, Miles Taylor, Jackson Bills

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Dámaso Rodríguez, Noah Hackett, Lucy Wohlmut, Sky Martin, Alexa Papadopoulos, Eva Rodríguez, Riley Carroll

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MIDDLE SCHOOL: Grace Malloy, Sophia Stoeber

HIGH SCHOOL: Lily Gleason, Jacob Skidmore, Sami Yacob-Andrus, Sydney Heim, Celia Straub

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ACTOR BIOS CHRIS HARDER Caden Chris Harder is honored and delighted play here.

Theatre credits include: Caught, Marjorie Prime, The Skin of Our Teeth, We Are Proud to Present..., Intimate Apparel, Ten Chimneys, The History Boys, Chasing Empires Soul (Artists Rep), The Yellow Wallpaper, Fool For Love (CoHo Productions), Cyrano, Othello, The Receptionist, Antigone, JAW (Portland Center Stage), Mother Teresa is Dead, Angels in America, Twelfth Night (Portland Playhouse), The Turn of the Screw (Portland Shakespeare Project), 26 Miles (Profile Theatre), Head. Hands. Feet. (Shaking the Tree Theatre), The Snowstorm (Many Hats/CoHo Productions), One Day (Sojourn Theatre), Shining City (Third Rail Repertory Theatre), Fishing For My Father, The Centering (original solo shows). Film/TV credits include: Restless, Extraordinary Measures, Everyman’s War, Rid of Me, Recovery, Music Within, The Librarians, Leverage and Grimm.

Chris was a member of the Sowelu Theatre Ensemble for seven seasons, he is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and trained with Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, MA. He is a faculty member with Portland Actors Conservatory and offers private classes and coaching here at Artists Rep, where he is also a Resident Artist. www.chrisharder.com

SARAH LUCHT Logan A Resident Artist since 2013, Sarah first appeared at Artists Rep in The Artificial Jungle some 25 years ago. Since then, she has appeared in numerous productions including most recently The Importance of Being Earnest, Trevor, The Skin of Our Teeth and Ten Chimneys. Other Artists Rep credits include Liz in Present Laughter, Mrs. Bob Cratchit in Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, Beth in Dinner With Friends, Rose in Enchanted April, Gilda in Design for Living, Emilia in Othello, and Dolores/Gloria in And So It Goes. Sarah has also performed at Portland Center Stage (Bus Stop, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gypsy) as well as Profile Theatre (Bananas in The House of Blue Leaves) and Lakewood Theatre (God of Carnage, Noises Off, Inspecting Carol). She currently teaches for the Portland Actors Conservatory and also teaches Shakespeare, playwriting, and scene study in area high schools. She is a founding member of the Portland Shakespeare Project and is a faculty member at the Haven Institute in British Columbia where she co-leads acting workshops for business professionals with Jane Geesman.

MICHAEL O’CONNELL Jaxton Artists Rep: House and Garden, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, An Owen Meany Christmas Pageant, Art, The Weir, and Three Days of Rain.

Third Rail Repertory Theatre: The Nether, The Realistic Joneses, The Night Alive, Middletown, Sweet and Sad, That

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ACTOR & CREATIVE TEAM BIOS Hopey Changey Thing, Penelope, Last of the Boys, The Lying Kind (Drammy), A Skull in Connemara, Shining City, Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Number Three, The Pavilion, The Lonesome West, Dirty Story, and Recent Tragic Events (Drammy). Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble: Three Sisters. Portland Center Stage: Much Ado About Nothing and Another Fine Mess. Portland Playhouse: Telethon and The Huntsmen. CoHo Productions: Year of the Rooster and The Few. Profile Theatre: The Homecoming.

Clackamas Repertory Theatre: The Odd Couple. New York: Leir Rex. La Mama: Pentecost. Five Points Theatre: The Middle Watch, Theatre Outrageous, and Lovers at the Players Club. Regionally: Suburbia, The Unicorn Theatre and The Taming of the Shrew, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival. Michael is a certified Fitzmaurice Voicework Associate Teacher, teaches at Portland State University and privately throughout the community. MFA, University of Missouri at Kansas City. Actors’ Equity member.

CLAIRE RIGSBY Alicia Claire Rigsby is thrilled to make her Artists Rep debut in The Thanksgiving Play. Originally from Atlanta and a graduate of Emory University, Claire traveled out west five years ago. Previous Portland theatre credits include shows with Portland Playhouse, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Broadway Rose, Enlightened Theatrics and Live Onstage!, and readings with Artists Rep, Proscenium Live Reading

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Project, and Profile Theatre. Outside of Portland, Claire has performed with The Alliance Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare Company, Synchronicity Theatre, Georgia Ensemble Theatre in Atlanta, and B Street Theatre and Barnyard Theatre in Sacramento.

Thanks so much to Luan, Larissa, Dámaso, Vonessa, and the rest of the cast and crew.

LUAN SCHOOLER Director Luan Schooler was born in West Texas, where she trailed her big sister into dance classes and community theatre. When she was 12, the family packed up and moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where play practice and recitals continued to consume her.

After being kicked out of high school, she was eventually accepted into the theatre program at CalArts. One thing led to another and a life in theatre was launched. Over the years, she morphed from acting, directing, and writing, into dramaturgy and literary management. She has worked with many theatres around the country, most notably with Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska (where she met and married the marvelous Tim), Denver Center Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Berkeley Rep, and developed new plays with exceptional artists including David Edgar, Naomi Iizuka, Salman Rushdie, Dominique Serrand, Leon Ingulsrud, Lisa Peterson, Paula Vogel, and Molly Smith. In the Mid-Aughts, she took a sabbatical from theatre to open a cheese shop, but happily left it behind to return to theatre. In

2015, she joined Artists Rep to launch Table|Room|Stage, the theatre’s new play development program. Here, she is developing work with Yussef El Guindi, Larissa FastHorse, Andrea Stolowitz, Linda Alper, Dael Orlandersmith, Hansol Jung, Steve Rathje, Anthony Hudson, and Susannah Mars. She also does production dramaturgy on most of Artists Rep’s shows, and keeps her thumb in a variety of other pies (including working with Lisa Peterson on her translation of Hamlet for Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! Project).

MEGAN WILKERSON Scenic Designer In her five seasons at Artists Rep, Megan has designed scenery for: The Humans, Caught, The Importance of Being Earnest, American Hero, Feathers and Teeth, The Understudy, and Xmas Unplugged, scenery and projections for Exiles and The Skin of Our Teeth, and most recently projections for Magellanica. Her upcoming projects include scenic design for The Secretaries at Profile Theatre and Tiny Beautiful Things at Portland Center Stage. An Artists Rep Resident Artist, Megan is also a member of the women’s theatre company The Rivendell Theatre Ensemble in Chicago and a founding member of the artistic collective Bad Soviet Habits.

Since arriving in Portland, Megan has had the pleasure of working with Teatro Milagro (Óye Oyá, American Night), Third Rail Repertory Theatre (The Realistic Joneses, Lungs, The Events), Profile Theatre (The Blue

Door), defunkt theatre (The Children’s Hour), Theatre Vertigo (Jekyll & Hyde, The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents), and Northwest Classical Theatre (Wait Until Dark, Mary Stuart). Prior to Portland, Megan spent 10 years in the Midwest where she had the pleasure of working for Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Next Act Theatre, The Skylight Opera, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Michigan Opera Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. As Design Assistant, Megan spent two seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (American Night, The Music Man, Ruined) and has long-running relationships with designers Marjorie Bradley Kellogg and Michael Ganio that have led to work on diverse national projects such as Kenny Leon’s production of the modern opera Margret Garner to Bill Rauch’s Pirates of Penzance here in Portland. Megan is a proud member of United Scenic Artist Local 829. www.meganwilkerson.com

EMILY HORTON Costume Designer Emily happily returns to Artists Rep for her third production (American Hero and Grand Concourse). Credits also include seven seasons with Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Michael Curry Design Inc. (fiber artist), and multiple productions with Oregon Children’s Theater and Portland Playhouse. Emily holds a BFA in Costume Design and Construction from Webster University in St. Louis, MO and a certificate in technical theatre from PCPA Theatrefest.

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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS KRISTEEN CROSSER Lighting Designer Kristeen received her BA from Centre College in Danville, KY and received her MFA in lighting design from Wayne State University, Hilberry Company in Detroit, MI. Previously, she designed lights for several Artists Rep productions, including The Humans, Feathers and Teeth, American Hero, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Miracle Worker, The Understudy, Tribes, Foxfinder, The Cherry Orchard, and Eurydice. She designed the set for Between Riverside and Crazy, Marjorie Prime, We Are Proud To Present…, Broomstick, 4000 Miles, and Foxfinder. She has designed scenery and/or lighting for several area theatres including Northwest Children Theatre’s Shrek The Musical; Profile Theatre’s True West and Master Harold And The Boys (2013 Drammy), and Thief River; CoHo Productions’ Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune and The Outgoing Tide; Miracle Theatre’s Oedipus El Rey (2012 Drammy) and Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s The Aliens, A Bright New Boise (2014 Drammy), and Gideon’s Knot (2014 Drammy). As always, she is grateful to her husband, Mike, for all of his love and support.

ED LITTLEFIELD Sound Designer Ed is a freelance percussionist, educator, and composer based out of Seattle, WA. He is Tlingit from Sitka, Alaska and has released three albums featuring traditional native melodies with the Native Jazz Quartet called Walking Between

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Worlds, NJQ: Stories and most recently NJQ: Southeast: Northwest. Ed has played K’alyaan in the premiere of Battles of Fire and Water and written and performed an original score for Eurydice for Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. He has done sound design and composition for the World Premieres of Our Voices Will Be Heard and composition and cultural advising for They Don’t Talk Back at Native Voices at the Autry, La Jolla Playhouse, and Perseverance Theatre.

Most recently he was the composer and sound designer for Off the Rails at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Sovereignty at Arena Stage.

JONATHAN COLE Fight Choreographer Jonathan has worked throughout the northwest as a director, actor, and fight director, and is a tenured faculty member of the Theatre Department at Willamette University. He is one of two Society of American Fight Directors Certified Teachers of stage combat in Oregon, and co-owns Revenge Arts, one of the largest stage combat consortiums in the United States. His choreography is most often seen on Artists Repertory Theatre’s stage, where he recently choreographed fights for An Octoroon, Feathers and Teeth, The Talented Ones, Trevor, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Miracle Worker, and The Liar.

Jonathan’s choreography has also been seen at Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland Shakespeare Project, Clackamas Repertory Theatre, and Profile Theatre. He is proud to be a Full Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

CAROL ANN WOHLMUT Stage Manager Carol Ann studied theatre arts at the University of Northern Iowa. However, most of her education comes from working in all areas of theatre for over 30 years. She has been the Stage Manager for 32 plays at Artists Rep, where she is a Resident Artist: The Weir, Art, The Shape of Things, Copenhagen, Top Dog/Underdog, The Lobby Hero, Mercy Seat, Enchanted April, The Seagull, Assassins, Mr. Marmalade, Mars on Life – The Holiday Edition, Rabbit Hole, Blackbird, Three Sisters, Design For Living, Othello, Ah, Wilderness!, Mars on Life-Live!, The Cherry Orchard, God of Carnage, Red Herring, Ithaka, Mistakes Were Made, The Playboy of The Western World, Blithe Spirit, The Invisible Hand, The Liar, Broomstick, Mothers and Sons, Grand Concourse, Feathers and Teeth, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Octoroon, and The Humans. In addition, Carol Ann has stage managed for many theatres in the Portland area, including Portland Center Stage, Portland Rep, Stark Raving Theater, New Rose Theatre, triangle productions!, Musical Theater Co, Metro Performing Arts, Northwest Children’s Theatre, and Carousel Co. Carol Ann also guest lectures on the topics of Stage Management and making a living in theatre arts at various educational facilities.

KATRINA LIND Props Master Katrina Lind is a freelance theatre artist who grew up in the rural Pacific

Northwest. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southern Oregon University and has since been creating art for theatre companies across the west coast. Some of her previous Artists Rep credits include Props Master for The Humans and Scenic Artist for Magellanica.

CHARLIE CAPPS Production Assistant Charlie is excited to return for his third season at Artists Rep, where he has moved up from an intern to both a carpenter and production assistant for Caught, The Skin of Our Teeth, Feathers and Teeth, and many other shows without ‘teeth’ in the title.

Other notable credits in Portland include working as production manager on The Gun Show with CoHo Productions and as production assistant for Profile Theatre’s Bright Half Life. Charlie finished the summer working on the stage crew at the Santa Fe Opera, opening the World Premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, and running four other operas. He hopes you enjoy the show!

ALAN CLINE Board Op Alan is an artist and technician working in Portland since 2010. He is thrilled to be part of Artists Rep’s season.

PHILLIP HILLAIRE Cultural Consultant Phillip is a Native American community member, Lummi Nation citizen, and a supporter of the arts.

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STAFF Artistic Director/Interim Managing Director: Dámaso Rodríguez

Concessions: Jennifer Zubernick, Geraldine Sandberg, Paul Jacobs

ARTISTIC

DEVELOPMENT

Artistic Producer: Shawn Lee

Development Director: Sarah Taylor

Associate Producer: Kristeen Willis Crosser

Individual Giving & Sponsorship Manager: Molly Moshofsky

Director of New Play Development & Dramaturgy: Luan Schooler ArtsHub Director: Jerry Tischleder Company Manager & Casting Director: Vonessa Martin Resident Artists: Linda Alper, Ayanna Berkshire, Bobby Brewer-Wallin, Chris Harder, Michelle Jazuk, JoAnn Johnson, Kevin Jones, Val Landrum, Sarah Lucht, Susannah Mars, Gilberto Martin Del Campo, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Michael Mendelson, Allen Nause, Amy Newman, Vana O’Brien, Rodolfo Ortega, Sharath Patel, Gregory Pulver, John San Nicolas, Vin Shambry, Andrea Stolowitz, Joshua J. Weinstein, Megan Wilkerson, Carol Ann Wohlmut Literary Intern: Logan Starnes

ADMINISTRATIVE

PRODUCTION Production Manager: Kristeen Willis Crosser Operations & Sound Technician: David Petersen Resident Stage Managers: Michelle Jazuk, Carol Ann Wohlmut Interim Technical Director/ Scene Shop Foreman: Nathan Crone Master Carpenter: Eddie Rivera Master Electrician: Ronan Kilkelly Scenic Charge: Sarah Kindler Voice & Text Director: Mary McDonald-Lewis Resident Fight Choreographer: Jonathan Cole Costume Shop Manager: Clare Hungate-Hawk Operations Specialist: Sean Roberts

Director of Finance & Administration: Jim Neuner

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Finance & Administrative Associate: Vonessa Martin

Jeffrey Condit, Vice-Chair

Management Associate: Allie Rangel

Mike Barr, Chair Cyrus Vafi, Treasurer Patricia Garner, Secretary

MARKETING + BOX OFFICE

Marcia Darm, MD, Past Chair

Director of Marketing & Audience Development: Kisha Jarrett

Tom Gifford

Julie Ball

Graphic Designer & Marketing Associate: Jeff Hayes

Blake Johnson

Audience Development & Marketing Associate: Mary Beth Leavens

Michael Parsons

Patron Services Manager: Christina DeYoung Sales Analyst & Ticketing Manager: Jon Younkin

Erik Opsahl Pancho Savery Andrea Schmidt

Box Office Systems Associate: Jack Ridenour Box Office Associates: Stephanie Magee, Miranda Russ

FOR THIS PRODUCTION

Publicist: Nicole Lane

Carpenters:

Marketing Intern: Jen Bigoness

Ben Serreau-Raskin, Tyler Buswell

AUDIENCE SERVICES

Electricians:

Director of Education & Audience Services: Karen Rathje

Molly Gardner, Alan Clien, Claire Zaro, Kevin Young

Music Events Specialist: Susannah Mars

Special Thanks:

House Managers: Deborah Gangwer, Valerie Liptak, Tara McMahon, Miranda Russ, Shelley Matthews, Joe Myhra, Andrea Vernae

Dan Hays, PCC Sylvania

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GAME CHANGERS ($100,000+)

Anonymous (1) Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation Renaissance Foundation

VISIONARIES ($50,000–$99,999)

The Collins Foundation Ronni Lacroute Meyer Memorial Trust Oregon Community Foundation Creative Heights The Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County and the Arts Education & Access Fund David & Christine Vernier

PRODUCERS ($25,000–$49,999)

Edgerton Foundation Arthur & Virginia Kayser The Shubert Foundation Ed & Rosalie Tank The Estate of David E. Wedge

PATRONS ($10,000–$24,999)

Anonymous (2) Ausplund Tooze Foundation The Boeing Company Ginger Carroll, In memory of J. Michael Carroll Margaret Dixon The Kinsman Foundation The National Endowment for the Arts - ArtWorks Rafati’s Catering Charlotte Rubin Arlene Schnitzer

Marcy & Richard Schwartz John & Jan Swanson Darci & Charlie Swindells William Swindells Work for Art, including contributions from more than 75 companies & 2,000 employees

STAGEMAKERS ($5,000–$9,999)

Anonymous (1) Julia & Robert S. Ball Mike Barr Karl & Linda Boekelheide Marcia Darm MD & Bruce Berning Jeffrey G. Condit Robert & Janet Conklin Dark Horse Wine Steve Fenwick & Martha Wilson Denise & Robert Frisbee Patricia & Bennett Garner Dan Gibbs & Lois Seed Tom Gifford & Patti Fisher Hotel deLuxe Intel Matching Gift Program The Jackson Foundation Romy Klopper Hugh & Mair Lewis Charitable Fund of the Southwest Washington Community Foundation Lynn & Jack Loacker Mentor, a Siemens Business Kristine Olson Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency Lorraine Prince Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust

Standard Insurance Company US Bank Foundation OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999)

Anonymous (3) Molly Butler & Robin Manning Kitt & Butch Dyer Stephen Fuller Diane Herrmann Drs. Dolores & Fernando Leon Allen & Frances Nause Bob & Linda Palandech Michael Parsons & Katelyn Randall Patricia Perkins Alan Purdy Leonard & Susan Magazine Charles & Miriam Rosenthal Steve & Trudy Sargent Norm & Barb Sepenuk James G. & Michele L. Stemler Lora & Andy Woodruff

BACKSTAGE PASS ($1,000–$2,499)

Anonymous (3) Ruth Alexander F. Gordon Allen & Janice M. Stewart Rachael & Scott Anderson Phyllis Arnoff The Autzen Foundation Bruce Blank & Janice Casey Nita Brueggeman Denise Carty & Roger Brown Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Richard & Nancy Chapman Michael & Lynne Chartier Nathan Cogan Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation

The Collier Smith Charitable Fund Barbara & Tom Cooney Allison Couch & Tom Soals Susan Dietz Betty & Richard Duvall Marc Franklin & Mary Lou Moriarty Carol Fredlund & John Betonte Free Geek Jane & Howard Glazer Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Polly Grose Jan & Dave Halsey Curtis Hanson Marlene & Clark Hanson Pam Henderson & Allen Wasserman Higgins Restaurant Cody Hoesly & Kirsten Collins Dr. Kathleen P. Holahan Barbara Holisky & Gary McDonald Mark Horn & Mark Wilkinson Sarah & Alan Horton Jessie Jonas Juan Young Trust Kristen & Michael Kern Jody Klevit Bruce & Cathy Kuehnl Leslie R. Labbe Ann Laskey Kirsten & Christopher Leonard Jim & Eva MacLowry Carter & Jenny MacNichol Susannah Mars & Gary Johnson James Mast Dr. Robert & Kimberly Matheson Laurie & Gilbert Meigs Deanne & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin Megan Murphy Erik & Raina Opsahl Pacific Power Foundation

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OUR SUPPORTERS CONTINUED Joan Peacock, In Loving Memory of Ben Buckley Kay Parr Duane & Corrine Paulson David Pollock Gregory Pulver & Rick Woodford Richard & Wendy Rahm Julia Rea & Jim Diamond Bonnie & Peter Reagan Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Robert Reed John Ridenour Richard & Mary Rosenberg Joanne & James Ruyle Marilynn & Richard Rytting Dianne Sawyer & Pete Petersen

Drea Schmidt & Emilee Preble Roy Schreiber & Carole Heath Bert Shaw & Liana Colombo Elizabeth Siegel Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, In Honor of Marcia Darm Faye & Lucille Stewart Foundation Marilyn & Gene Stubbs Tonkin Torp LLP Marcia Truman & Allen Tooke U.S. Bank Matching Gifts Elaine & Ben Whiteley Carole Whiteside

SUPERSTARS ($500–$999)

Anonymous (2) Kay & Roy Abramowitz

Kip Acheson & Elizabeth Carr Adventure Connection Amelia Albright & Aaron Woldrich Kirby & Amelia Allen Bakersfield Cotton Warehouse Cheryl Balkenhol Dennis Bash Leslie & Richard Bertellotti Lesley Bombardier Michele Bowler-Failing & Bill Failing Dan Brook & Teresa St. Martin Charles & Barbara Carpenter Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation Sherrill Corbett & Scott Pillsbury Marie-Jose & Martyn Corden Patsy Crayton Berner

Jim & Vicki Currie Edward & Karen Demko Cheri Emahiser Leslye Epstein & Herman Taylor Peg & John Espie Kyle & Charles Fuchs Don & Judy Fuller Susan & Dean Gisvold Jason Glick & Kristen Kyllingstad Lynn Goldstein Melissa & Bob Good Penny & Alan Greenwood Dick Hamlet & Corinne McWilliams Richard L. Hay Kirk Hirschfeld Mike & Judy Holman Lois Hrella John & Judy Hubbard Joan Jones Judith & Gregory Kafoury

OUR THEATRE CANNOT EXIST ON TICKET PURCHASES ALONE. We depend on you to pick up the mantle of funding art in our community.

Ticket sales alone only cover 40% of what it takes to keep this theatre running.

Your donations are essential to making great art possible.

Questions? Contact Molly Moshofsky at mmoshofsky@artistsrep.org or 503.241.9807 ext. 129. There are many ways to make your gift including monthly donations, gifts of stock, and IRA rollover distributions.

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Beth & Chris Karlin Keeton Corporation Carol Kimball PJ Kleffner Elisa & Steven Klein Leslie Kolisch & Roland Haertl Susanne Dziepak Kuhn Linda & Ken Mantel Dan McKenzie Robert & Jessica McVay Dolores & Michael Moore Don & Connie Morgan Katherine Moss Verne & Aki Naito Chris & Tom Neilsen Barry & Jane Newman David & Anne Noall Marcy Norman Northwest Film Center Ted Olson, Linda Nelson & Roz Babner, In Loving Memory of Madeline Nelson Alfred & Eileen Ono Patrick Lumber Company Matching Gift Program Olliemay Phillips John Ragno Brennan P. Randel & Matthew Corwin Scott & Kay Reichlin Vernon Rifer & Linda Czopak DĂĄmaso RodrĂ­guez & Sara Hennessy The Carol Schnitzer Lewis Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Wayne D. Schweinfest Peter & Jeanette Scott Jinny Shipman & Dick Kaiser Nick & Sandra Snell Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Wendy Sternberg & Winhard Bohme Greg & Martha Struxness Donald & Roslyn Sutherland Julia Tank & Jim Prihoda Paul Thompson & Portia Sipes Trew Gear Karen Whitaker Andrew Wilson & Dr. Ronnie-Gail Emden

Pam Whyte & Ron Saylor Cynthia Yee

INSIDERS ($250-$499)

Anonymous (3) Meg & Chuck Allen Bob Amundson & Sully Taylor Linda Apperson F. Blair Batson Eric Beach Jane Bergin Earle & Kathleen Bevins Ann Brayfield & Joe Emerson Sonia Buist, M.D. Cambia Health Foundation Don Caniparoli & Sarah Rosenberg Cecile Carpenter Chuck Carpenter & Carl Brown Valri & Vince Chiappetta Elaine & Arnold Cogan Deborah Correa Priscilla & Nick Cowell Debbie Cross & Paul Wrigley Robert Daasch & Linda Schaefer Nancy & John Decherd Wolfgang Dempke & Alise Rubin Linda Dinan Steven Dotterrer Norma Dulin & James Barta Kari Easton Carmen Egido & Abel Weinrib Elizabeth & John Ehrsam Marilyn Kay Epstein George & Donna Evans Jim & Betty Ferner Donna Flanders & Carl Collins, In honor of Cody Hoesly Larry & Marilyn Flick Don & Marlys Girard Roswell & Marilynn Gordon Barbara & Marvin Gordon-Lickey Paul & Theresa Graham Allan Griffin Candace Haines Paul Harmon Edward & Leah Hershey Stephen Hillis

Eric & Keena Hormel Lynnette & Don Houghton Icenogle Family Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of Renaissance Charitable Foundation Joni & Bill Isaacson Blake Johnson & Mara Krinke Janice & Benjamin Isenberg Philanthropic Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Marianne KeddingtonLang & William Lang Edward & Elaine Kemp Karen Kemper Carol & Jeff Kilmer Ted Labbe & Kelly Rogers Barbara LaMack & Jim Kalvelage Bill & Shelley Larkins Literary Arts Roger Leo Peter & Janice Linsky Steve Lovett & Connie Sullivan Dorothy Lyman John Lynch Mary Lyons Ralph Maiano Earlean Marsh Stacey Martinson & Brad Sealey Ruth Medak Judy & Steven Miller Paul Miller Scott & Jane Miller David & Anne Munro Evelyn & Tom Murphy Robert Nimmo & Linda Jensen Stephanie Oliver Pacific Power Matching Gift Program Sue Pickgrobe & Mike Hoffman Andrew & Peggy Recinos Helen Richardson & Don Hayner Jane Robinson & Michael Sands Rebecca Ross Ms. Cara Rozell Natalie Sue Schmitt Luan Schooler & Timothy Wilson Erika Schuster & Clay Biberdorf Mary Ann Seth-Wish & John Wish

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OUR SUPPORTERS CONTINUED Mary Beach Anne Becklund Alan & Sherry Bennett William Bennington Pamela Berg Dr. Dana Bjarnason Catherine Blosser Joe Blount Dawn Bonder Betty & Fred Brace Lauretta Burman Marlene Burns & Jon Dickinson Thomas A. Burns Ida Rae Cahana Douglas Campbell Robin Carpenter Michael Carter & Teresa Ferrer

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Harriet Cormack Gerald Corn Linda Crane Fran & Roddy Daggett Joel Datloff & Linda Wiener Elaine & Earl Davis Marvin & Abby Dawson Carolyn DeLany-Reif Barbara & George Dechet Tonya DeCroce & Gary Weiss Jewel Derin Deschutes Brewery Elaine & Bill Deutschman Lisa Dodson Jeanne & Lauren Donaldson Ed Doyle & Judy Posey Anne Driscoll K. Eaton The Ellermeiers Laury Ellis & Kathy Fode Jim & Joan English Nevill Eschen David Evans Jeff Feiffer Sherry Fishman Greg & Carol Flakus Heidi Franklin Patricia Frobes & Richard Smith John & Chris Gardner Vanessa & John Gebbie Susan GendeinMarshall & Lee Marshall Andy Ginsburg & Danielle L. Erb Linda Gipe Nick Giustina & Patricia Brewer George Goodstein Gretta Grimala Kathleen Haley & Steven Wax John Hall & Jean Jensen Hall Gail & Irvin Handelman Ulrich Hardt Kimberly Harrison Meredith Hartley & Jeremiah Pyle Andrea Heid Thomas Hellie & Julie Olds Joe & Diana Hennessy Sarah Hershey Charles & Margaret Hickman John Hirsch Hot Diggity Pet Sitting

Kristine & Steve Hudson Carol & T.A. Hull Deborah Indihar Constance Jackson & Xavier Le HÊricy Chris Jacomino Jeri Janowsky & John Crabbe Katharine Jansen Kay & Steve Jennings Betsy & Jerold Jeronen Colleen & Jeff Johnson Phyllis Johnson Erika & Tom Kane Nancy G. Kennaway Karen Kervin Heather Kientz Shawn Kilburn Doris & Eric Kimmel Larry King & Daniel Hutchison Frederick Kirchhoff Anneliese Knapp Tom & Judy Kovaric Norman Krasne Elyse & Ron Laster Kelly & Brenda Lawrence Mary Lawrence Mary Lou & Ross Laybourn Mark J. Lee Nathan B. Leverenz Eli Levine Richard Lewis & Meg Larson Scott Lewis Literary Arts Little Red’s Bakeshop Ralph London Leslie Louderback Henry C. Louderbough Jane Luddecke & Robert Anderson Dr. Christine Mackert Sheila Mahan Michelle Maida & James Hager Jim & Midge Main Michael & Deborah Marble Sara Marchus John & Renee Manson Ellen Margolis Ms. Nancy Matthews Lynn Mayer Debra Mazer Robert McAdams Carla McKelvey Meg McGill & Mark Ramsby Anne & Kathy McLaughlin Kathy McLaughlin

Andy C. McNiece & Nancy L. Haigwood Katie McRae Mariellen Meisel Michael Mendelson & Tim Thompson Libby & Miles Merwin William Meyer JJ Miner Susan & Greg Miner Monique’s Boutique Michael Morgan & Nancy Babka Nancy Moss Diane Morris Patrick Mulcahey Molly Jo Mullen, Alternative Dispute Resolution Multnomah Whiskey Library New Deal Distillery Terry O’Brien Kevin O’Donnell Patricia Oldham Oregon Ballet Theatre Oregon Symphony Nancy Park Kathy Parker Katherine Patricelli & Dennis Reichelt Gordon & Sondra Pearlman

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