Blithe Spirit - Bag&Baggage

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES by Scott Palmer NOËL COWARD wrote Blithe Spirit in just five days, during the darkest, deadliest heart of the Second World War. It was an unrepentant success; running for nearly 2,000 performances in London where it broke all ticket sales records for the London Theatre, a record that it held for more than 30 years. But Coward was already enormously popular in both the UK and the United States by the time Blithe Spirit premiered, and his fame attracted other London celebrities, characters, and wannabes to him like moths to a flame. Among those drawn in

by Coward’s gravity was one remarkable character that played an enormously important role in the creation of Blithe Spirit: Radclyffe Hall.

Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe-Hall was born on the 12th of August 1880 at West Cliff, Bournemouth. At the age of twenty-one she inherited a large sum of money left in trust by her grandfather Charles Radclyffe-Hall. Radclyffe was a lesbian and she lived with the singer Mabel Veronica Batten, who was twenty-five years her senior, until Mabel’s death in 1916.

Soon afterwards Radclyffe began a relationship with Una Elena Troubridge, a talented sculptor and high society staple. Although she had enough money to live in leisure, Radclyffe decided to take up writing and published several popular novels. In 1928 Radclyffe published her most controversial work, The Well of Loneliness, a tragic novel about the life of a lesbian, which conveys the message that lesbians cannot help being what they are and are unfairly persecuted by society.

In the early years of Radclyffe’s affair with Una Troubridge, the two women began to develop a deep interest in the occult and, specifically, with American spiritualism – a psychic fad that had traveled to the UK from the United States in the early 1900s. (These infamous American mediums, with their brash person-

alities, uncouth accents, and theatrical styles are the inspiration for our portrayal of Madame Arcati!) Radclyffe and Troubridge believed that they were able to communicate with Mabel, and receive messages from her from the “other side.” The two women trained in psychic practice for more than 8 years and there was something serious and weighty in these experiences for Radclyffe.

Coward spent time with Radclyffe starting in late 1923 or early 1924, and the two writers were ghostly influences on each other throughout their careers – with Radclyffe basing a number of her male characters after Coward, and Coward giving nods to Radclyffe in a number of his plays and one-acts. They shared a huge circle of friends, and Coward and Radclyffe spent time together at Coward’s country house, Goldenhurst, beginning in 1928 – at the height of the public furor over The Well of Loneliness, and during the height of Radclyffe’s training as a medium. It was during these visits that Radclyffe would provide Coward with the details of her supernatural exploits, of her hits and misses in seeking to contact the dead, and of her deep hunger for knowledge about the truth of life after death.

Although it would be more than a decade before Coward turned his attention to Blithe Spirit, his own recollections indicate that he had been contemplating a play about super-naturalism, séances, and ghostly visitations for a long time. It wasn’t until the Second World War that he felt it time to return to the idea.

And he did - with a vengeance.

Underneath all of Blithe Spirit’s froth is a darkness, a bitterness, and a contempt that cannot be ignored. Coward despised convention: the conventions of heterosexual marriage, which are mercilessly lampooned in Blithe Spirit;

contempt for the restrictions of social norms and niceties, which are so brilliantly ridiculed in Blithe Spirit through an unashamedly frivolous disregard for the dead and their memory; contempt for fads like super-naturalism and the occult through the skewering of Madame Arcati, and by assuring us, at the end, that she is a sham. His contempt for gender stereotypes and his dismissiveness of the possibility of love between the sexes, shown so brilliantly in Charles’ complete lack of interest in his second wife, and his pronouncement to Madame Arcati that, although he is fond of his wives, he by no means ever loved them.

Noël Coward also had great contempt for his own “friends,” their depth of feeling, their experiences, their styles of dress and speech, and their forced social interactions. He mocked their pain, and the ways they approached dealing with grief. He used Blithe Spirit to lampoon Radclyffe Hall, to mock her desire to reconnect with her dead lover, her professions of love, her desire to be accepted, and her yearning to be connected to the broader world. Coward himself said, “It is my considered opinion that the human race is cruel, idiotic, sentimental, predatory, ungrateful, ugly, conceited and egocentric to the last ditch and that the occasional discovery of an isolated exception is as deliciously surprising as finding a sudden brazil nut in what you know to be five pounds of vanilla creams.”

There is a cruelty in Blithe Spirit, and a focus on the mockery of the frailties of human nature.

Coward himself puts it perfectly and distinctly: “To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy; to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures is.”

Scott Palmer Founding Artistic Director

DRAMATURGICAL NOTES by Carlee Whalen BLITHE: (ADJ.) SHOWING A CASUAL AND CHEERFUL INDIFFERENCE CONSIDERED TO BE CALLOUS OR IMPROPER...

In early May, 1941, at the seaside in the Welsh resort town of Port Meirion, actress Joyce Carey sat across from actor and playwright Noël Coward. As World War II raged on across Europe, they were lost in a discussion about his idea for a new play involving ghosts, a boozy British couple, and a seance. Just a few hours later they had come up with a title: Blithe Spirit.

Coward went on to spend the rest of his holiday working tirelessly in front of his typewriter. Within just five days, he had a finished product — a product that would go on to grace stages all over the world for many years to come.

“May ninth, the play was finished and, disdaining archness and false modesty, I will admit that I knew it was witty, I knew it was well constructed, and I also knew that it would be a success…” - Noël Coward Coward’s supernatural farce Blithe Spirit first premiered in London’s West End in the summer of 1941. Written as a distraction from the Sec-

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ond World War, many wondered if it was appropriate to be producing a play about ghosts when so many were being haunted by the loved ones they were losing in the war. This didn’t stop Coward; in fact, it emboldened him. By design, the characters in Blithe Spirit are superficial and crass, undercutting any sense of tragedy surrounding death.

From Coward’s perspective, you can’t feel sad for anyone in the story because none of the characters are redeemable in anyway.

“You can’t sympathize with any of them. If there was a heart it would be a sad story.”

Blithe Spirit was hailed as “one of [Coward’s] funniest gambadoes, completely unrelated to the world in which he is living,” providing a comical distraction from the surrounding horrors of the time. And though we no longer live under the constant threat of air raid sirens, Coward’s quite hilarious play is still enjoyed around the world today.

Carlee Whalen Dramaturg

Bag&Baggage Productions presents

Blithe Spirit

by Noël Coward Scott Palmer Founding Artistic Director Beth Lewis Managing Director Cassie Greer Associate Artistic Director Arianne Jacques Patron Services Manager Alec Lugo Marketing and Development Assistant

ACT I

INTERMISSION

SCENE 1: Before Dinner On A Summer Evening At The Condomine House In The English Countryside

SCENE 2: Late The Following Afternoon

SCENE 2: After Dinner

SCENE 3: Early Evening, A Few Days Later

ACT III

ACT II

SCENE 1: After Dinner, A Few Days Later

SCENE 1: The Next Morning

SCENE 2: Several Hours Later

THE CAST

Juliana de Paula Event Manager Jim Ricks-White Technical Director, Resident Lighting Designer, The Vault Theater Facilities Manager Melissa Heller Resident Costume Designer Board of Directors Carol Beauchamp Mori Mirashrafi Linda Morrisson Julie Case Karl Citek Gayle Nachtigal (chair) Elka Eastly Scott Palmer Kathy Gaona Segun De Silva John Jacques Jan Simmons Beth Lewis Donna Swanson Eric Lewis Patricia Logan K. Marie Tyler Liz Manser Aditi Vyas

Charles Condomine ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Andrew Beck‡ Ruth Condomine ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Cassie Greer Elvira Condomine ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Jessi Walters‡ Madame Arcati.................................................................................................. Kymberli Colbourne‡ Dr. Bradman................................................................................................................ Peter Schuyler‡ Mrs. Bradman �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Jessica Geffen† Edith, a Maid............................................................................................................Arianne Jacques‡

CREW/PRODUCTION TEAM Director............................................................................................................................Scott Palmer Lighting Designer & Technical Director ��������������������������������������������������������������������Jim Ricks-White Costume Designer ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Melissa Heller Scenic Designer �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Tyler Buswell Stage Manager................................................................................................ Ephriam Harnsberger Assistant Stage Manager ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Tiffany Rousseau^ Sound Designer ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Renée Zipp^ Props Master............................................................................................................. Grant Thackray^ Marketing Assistant ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Carlee Whalen^ Dramaturg....................................................................................................................Carlee Whalen^ ‡ = member of the Bag&Baggage Resident Acting Company, generously sponsored by David and Shirley Woodford † = Bag&Baggage Associate Artist ^ = member of the Bag&Baggage Emerging Artist Program, generously sponsored by Linda & Brad Needham and the Reser Family Foundation

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AT TH E P E R FO R M A N C E

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ACTOR & CREW BIOS ANDREW BECK (CHARLES CONDOMINE) Andrew holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oregon. This is Andrew’s third year as a member of Bag&Baggage’s Resident Acting Company.

You may have seen Mr. Beck in Bag&Baggage’s Spinning into Butter (as Ross Collins); Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol (as a bushel of characters); Our Country’s Good (as Ralph Clark); Dial “M” for Murder (as Tony Wendice); and in Love’s Labour’s Lost (as The King of Navarre). Other companies Andrew has worked for include the Oregon Contemporary Theatre, The Great American Melodrama & Vaudeville Theatre, Willamette Stage Company, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, and The Ludlow Festival (England). Other Favorite roles include: The Great Gatsby (as Jay Gatsby); The Seagull (as Trigorn); In the Next Room (as Dr. Givings); and Frankenstein’s Bride (as The Monster). Andrew is a current member of No Filter Improv, Long Con Improv, and works as a Financial Advisor in his family’s practice when he is not making loud noises in front of paying audiences. Andrew is lucky to have such great family, friends, and wife.

KYMBERLI COLBOURNE (MADAME ARCATI) Kymberli earned a BA in Theatre Performance from Scripps College. Although the 2017-18 season marks her first year as a member of the Bag&Baggage Resident Acting Company, she is grateful to have had so many opportunities to be seen onstage for Bag&Baggage from Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol (as Scrooge), Spinning Into Butter (as Sarah Daniels), The Graduate (as Mrs. Robinson), to Moby Dick, Rehearsed (as Ahab/Father Mapple).

Kymberli has also performed with The National Theatre of the Deaf, The Oregon and Seattle Children’s Theatres, Book It Rep, Seattle Shakespeare Festival, The Broadway Rose Theatre Company, and The Oregon Cabaret just to name a few. When not on-the-boards, you can find her behind the microphone working as a voice over actor. Kymberli is thankful to friends and family for their unending love and support, her husband and colleague Jim Ricks-White for his vital contributions to the work at B&B, and to the entire Bag&Baggage family for giving her such a generous, joyful, and challenging artistic home.

JESSICA GEFFEN (MRS. BRADMAN) Jessica is a proud graduate of Southern Oregon University, where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre and studied with professionals from the world-renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Jessica is excited to be returning this season as an Associate Artist with Bag&Baggage. Her work with the company includes: Charles Dickens Writes A Christmas Carol (as Actor 4); The Drowning Girls (as Margaret Lofty); The Crucible (as Elizabeth Proctor);

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and It’s a (Somewhat) Wonderful Life, Miracle on 43rd Street, and A KBNB Kristmas Karol (as Lana North-Berkshire). Locally, Jessica has worked with PDX Playwrights, Well Arts, Public Playhouse, Portland Actors Ensemble, and Lunacy Stageworks. When not on stage or in front of the camera, Jessica works behind the mic as a voice over artist and audiobook narrator. She also stays busy playing her favorite role to date, mommy to her best friend and daughter, Margot.

She extends a special thanks to her husband and other best friend, Tim, and her family and friends for their ongoing support and encouragement.

She also thanks Scott for continuing to challenge her with such exciting roles.

CASSIE GREER (RUTH CONDOMINE) Cassie received her training in the MFA Acting program at Florida Atlantic University and the BA theatre program at Goshen College in Indiana. She has appeared with a number of companies around the country, some favorite shows being with New World Arts: Hello and Goodbye (as Hester) and Lysistrata (as Lysistrata); Shared Space: David’s Redhaired Death (as Jean); Festival Rep. Boca Raton: Company (as Sarah) and Twelfth Night (as Olivia); and Oregon Children’s Theatre: Gathering Blue (as Katrina) and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (as Unicorn).

Cassie has appeared in over twenty shows with Bag&Baggage since the 2011/12 season.

Favorites include Brontë (as Charlotte Brontë); Coriolanus (as Coriolanus); Our Country’s Good (as Duckling/Tench); The Great Gatsby (as Daisy Buchanan); and Julius Caesar (as Mark Antony); she currently serves as B&B’s Associate Artistic Director. Passionate about theatre training and education, Cassie is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, and actively teaches acting and voice students in the Portland area, in addition to coordinating B&B’s education and Emerging Artist programs. She wouldn’t be here without Danny, and is incredibly grateful to her family and friends for their continual love, support, and energy.

ARIANNE JACQUES (EDITH) Arianne holds a Bachelor’s in Theater Arts from Oregon State University. Favorite roles from the last decade with Bag&Baggage include: The Importance of Being Earnest (as Gwendolen); Twelfth Night (as Viola); Crimes of the Heart (as Babe); Julius Caesar (as Cassius); The Great Gatsby (as Jordan); Private Lives (as Sibyl); Our Country’s Good (as Mary Brenham); Moby Dick, Rehearsed (as Stage Manager/ Elijah); The Graduate (as Elaine Robinson); Romeo & Juliet (Layla & Majnun) (as Juliet/Layla); and most recently The Farndale Ave...Murder at Checkmate Manor (as Gordon). Arianne has been box officer for the company since 2011, and is now the Patron Services Manager for B&B. When she is away from the theater, Arianne spends her time reading, watching nature documentaries, helping out at Basilisk (her part-

ner’s awesome restaurant), and snuggling with her cats (Zoë & Ripley). Arianne would like to thank Jason and her mom & pop for their endless love and support.

PETER SCHUYLER (DR. BRADMAN) Peter is a proud member of the Bag&Baggage Resident Acting Company. He holds a Bachelors of Theatre Performance from Northern Arizona University and apprenticed at AZTheatreWorks and the Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival in Arizona. Bag&Baggage roles include Charles Dickens Writes a Christmas Carol (as Dickens, Tiny Tim); Spinning Into Butter (as Dean Burton Strauss); Brontë (as Patrick, Nichols, Rochester, Heger) - 2017 Drammy Award Best Play; Moby Dick, Rehearsed (as Starbuck, Serious Actor) - BroadwayWorld Portland Best Featured Actor in a Play 2016; KBNB Kristmas Karol (as Arthur Adams); Richard III (as Richard III) - BroadwayWorld Portland Best Actor in a Play 2015; Our Country’s Good (as Phillip/Wisehammer); The Crucible (as John Proctor); Rough Crossing (as Ivor Fish); Of Mice and Men (as George Milton); Crimes of the Heart (as Doc Porter); and director of The Velveteen Rabbit. He is a founding member of No Filter Improv (nofilterimprov.com) and has performed for numerous PDX companies including Artists Repertory Theatre, triangle productions!, Lakewood Theatre, Northwest Classical Theatre Company, and Northwest Children’s Theater. In NYC, he worked with La Mama E.T.C., Immediate Theater, Dysfunctional Theatre, DMTheatrics and more. When not on stage, he cooks Indian food, reads voraciously, plays ukulele poorly, and spends time with his amazing wife and brilliant daughter.

JESSI WALTERS (ELVIRA CONDOMINE) Jessi holds a BA in Theatre, Film, and Dance from Humboldt State University, and has also received training from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PETE), and the Actor’s Academy in Southern California. Jessi is a proud member of Bag&Baggage’s Resident Acting Company, and has been delighted to call B&B her artistic home since 2014. Previous Bag&Baggage performances include Charles Dickens Writes a Christmas Carol (as Christmas Past & Mrs. Crachit); Brontë (as Anne Brontë); The Drowning Girls (as Bessie Mundy); Moby Dick, Rehearsed (as Ishmael); A KBNB Kristmas Karol (as Laverne North-Berkshire); The Best of Everything (as Mary Agnes Russo); The Six Gentlepersons of Verona (as Launce, Silvia, Lucetta); Lear (as Regan); Our Country’s Good (as Dabby Bryant, Meg Long); The Crucible (as Ann Putnam); Love’s Labor’s Lost (as Maria); Julius Caesar (as Lucilius & Soothsayer). In Portland, Jessi has been seen on stage with Post5 Theatre and Northwest Classical Theater Company, and behind the camera in Potty Talk, a feminist sketch comedy series. Currently, she can be found in the cheeky, ongoing sketch comedy show,

Spectravagasm, helmed by Sam Dinkowitz.

When she isn’t performing, Jessi enjoys watching scary movies, spending quality time with her sweetie Phillip, and spoiling their kitty, Cheri.

CREW TYLER BUSWELL (SCENIC DESIGNER) Tyler Buswell is a set designer, actor, and drag performer based in Portland, Oregon. He was last seen at Bag&Baggage in Murder at Checkmate Manor (as Felicity Fortesque).

He has worked as a scenic painter and carpenter for Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, and Oregon Children’s Theatre. Recent design credits include Karate Kid The Musical at Mister Theater, Willy Wonka, ...Charlie Brown, and Grease at Camp Manitou, Assistance with Theatre Vertigo (BroadwayWorld Portland Nomination- Best Set Design), Bomb-itty of Errors with Post 5 Theatre (BroadwayWorld Portland Nomination- Best Set Design), The Maids at Shaking The Tree, Hawthorne with Action/Adventure Theatre, Stupid Kids with Post 5 Theatre, Nesting at The Shoebox, and Gruesome Playground Injuries at Action/Adventure Theatre, among others.

NOËL COWARD (PLAYWRIGHT) Born in 1899, Noël Coward was raised as a working class boy in the London suburb of Teddington.

His father was an unsuccessful piano salesman with little personal ambition, often resulting in poor family finances. From a young age Coward possessed a natural intelligence; he was an avid reader and instinctive performer with an insatiable ambition to learn and succeed. Encouraged by his mother to attend a dance academy in London, Coward entered into the professional world of theatre at the age of 12. From this point on, his writing and acting career swiftly flourished and he gradually became acquainted with a different class of people. Coward’s presence in the public eye turned him into a celebrity in his own right across both the UK and USA. The media avidly followed and reported on Coward’s plays and public appearances, elevating his celebrity status significantly as his career continued to develop. Despite his high-profile persona and arguably lavish lifestyle, Coward was fundamentally a man who loved all artistic forms and possessed a work ethic like no other. He immersed himself in work from the age of 10.

Consequently, Coward became known as ‘The Master’ by many of his contemporaries and fans. He was hugely prolific; his final verse was written only days before he died. A quote from Lord Louis Mountbatten on Coward’s 70 th birthday perhaps best sums this up: ‘There are probably greater painters than Noël, greater novelists than Noël, greater librettists, greater composers of music, greater singers, greater dancers, greater comedians, greater tragedians, greater stage producers, greater film directors, greater cabaret stars, greater TV stars. If there are, they are 14 different people. Only one man combined all 14 labels – The Master.’

EPHRIAM HARNSBERGER (STAGE MANAGER) Ephriam completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Omaha, Nebraska at Creighton University.

This is his thirteenth production with Bag&Baggage. Productions include: Death and the Maiden (SM); Charles Dickens…Carol (SM); Farndale…Checkmate Manor (SM); Spinning Into Butter (SM); Romeo & Juliet/Layla & Majnun (SM); Brontë (SM); Parfumerie (SM); The Drowning Girls (SM); The Graduate (SM); Coriolanus (SM); Emma (ASM); The Best of Everything (ASM); The Lady Aoi (SM); Othello (SM); The South Omaha Stories (SM/AD); The Spitfire Grill (SM/AD); The Tempest (ASM); Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] (ASM); Titus Andronicus (ASM); Twelfth Night (ASM); Phantom (AD); Dames at Sea (SM); Almost, Maine (SM); Julius Caesar (ASM); and Comedy of Errors (ASM). Although he is usually found backstage he has also appeared onstage in Cabaret (as Emcee); Noises Off! (as Selsdon); and Urinetown (as Bobby). Ephriam is honored to work alongside the stunning company members of Blithe Spirit. When he is not wandering about the stage Ephriam also enjoys cooking, camping, hiking, and singing silly songs with his sisters. He would like to thank Bag&Baggage, Nik, Rosemary, and his parents.

MELISSA HELLER (COSTUME DESIGNER) A ten year Portland Resident, Melissa splits her time between heading the costume shop and designing costumes at Pacific University and designing for local area theater companies.

Melissa holds a B.S. in Apparel Design from Oregon State University which is where her interest in costumes for theater began. She worked in the costume shop until she graduated in 2008 and moved to Portland to pursue her career in the apparel industry. Melissa reignited her passion for costume design in 2010 when she began work with Oregon Ballet Theater. Since then she has designed for numerous production companies including Mt. Hood Community College; Broadway Rose Theater Company; St. Mary’s Academy; Oregon Children’s Theater; Portland Actor’s Ensemble; and is the Resident Costume Designer for Bag&Baggage Productions and for Pacific University. Her recent works include Romeo & Juliet, March of the Falsettos; with Pacific University; Farndale Ave...Murder at Checkmate Manor; Romeo & Juliet: Layla & Majnun; and A Christmas Carol with Bag&Baggage Productions. Melissa thanks Bag&Baggage Productions for this engaging partnership.

BETH LEWIS (MANAGING DIRECTOR) Beth has over ten years of experience in theatre administration and management.

She most recently served as Managing Director of Curious Comedy Theater, Portland’s only nonprofit comedy theater.

She moved back home to the Portland area in 2013, after being in Los Angeles for five years working at The Pasadena Playhouse, where she ended her tenure there as their Annual Giving Manager. Before that, she lived in New

York City, where she served as the Director of Development for The Looking Glass Theatre, and the Associate of Special Events for Sonnet Repertory Theatre. In addition to her work at Bag&Baggage, she is currently the President of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance. She also holds a BA in Theatre from Connecticut College and is a Core Company Member of the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival.

SCOTT PALMER (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR) Scott received his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Oregon, his Master’s Degree from Oregon State University, and completed his PhD Coursework in Theatre, Film, and Television studies at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Over the past 20 years, Scott has developed an international reputation for his approach to classical dramatic literature, and more specifically his work with major literary adaptations of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Scott has adapted and directed critically acclaimed shows for Glasgow Repertory Company, Toi Whakkari (the National Drama School of New Zealand), Salem Repertory Theatre, Oregon State University, and Bag&Baggage Productions. Scott was the Founding Artistic Director of Glasgow Repertory Company, Scotland’s only Shakespearededicated theatre company, as well as the Bard in the Quad Outdoor Shakespeare summer event at Oregon State University. Scott is a Hillsboro native and has served on the Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council and the Westside Cultural Alliance, and previously worked as the Trust Manager of the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Thanks and love to his husband Brian.

JIM RICKS-WHITE (LIGHTING DESIGNER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR) With over 30 years in theatre, Jim is pleased to be part of the staff here at Bag&Baggage, adding Vault Facilities Manager to his duties as Technical Director and Lighting Designer.

Jim has worked professionally as a Production Stage Manager and Stage Manager (Civic Light Opera Seattle, Spokane Interplayers, Stumptown Stages); Technical Director, Lighting and Set Designer (Innovation Theatreworks, Tower Theatre, Portland Actors Ensemble); Properties Artisan and all-around Theatre Tech (the list goes on and on...) — in venues as small as 99-seat black box theatres, and as large as the Olympic Stadium for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics as well as lighting the World’s Largest Building, the Burj Kahlifa in Dubai, for New Year’s Eve 2018.

Basically, he has yet to meet a theatre tech job he didn’t like — or at least enjoy! Jim has also taught technical theatre at PCC Sylvania and has held numerous administrative positions in theatre during his career. In his free time, Jim loves to travel, explore great food and enjoys working off steam swinging a German longsword or Military saber at his local HEMA gyms, Indes Western Martial Arts and NW Armizare. Jim looks forward to being able to help nail down some good storytelling and bring the 2017-2018 B&B season to light!

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Richard B. Siegel Foundation* Tom Tiernan David & Jann Weber PORTER $500 AND ABOVE Anonymous Dale & Julie Case Tom Chau & Jessica Chou Carole Cotten-Figueiredo & John Figueiredo Eric & Dagmar Dickey Art & Sandy Diederich Diane Ditmer Michael Fox & Debby Garman Bonnie Gilchrist David Heath Scott & Sonya Hoatson Tom & Gayle Hughes Intel Volunteer Grant Program Tom & Laura Lillegard Carolina Malmedal Fran & Corky McReynolds Vikki Mee & Steve Cox Mark & Patricia Mueller Susan Norwood Erik Opsahl Sandy Palmer Don & Linda Sinclair Sunderland Anesthesia Nursing Associates Corp.

William Swindells Carla Velders, in memory of G. Coulson-Velders STEWARD $250 AND ABOVE Jeri Alcock, in honor of Scott & Brian Palmer Anonymous (4) Tina Arth Alice Bartelt Pamela Bearce Mark Brumley & Joyce Woods John & Cheryl Burnor Carla Caesar & Nora King Steve & Joan Callaway Patricia Collins Rick & Jan Cook Catherine Crooker & Griff O’Brien Alison Ebbott & William Hasan Christine Edgar & Nathan Johnson Chuck & Leah Hagele Bruce & Kathy Hanna Kimberly Higgins Mark & JoAn Hudson Clint & Rhonda Kaiser Heather & Eric Mash Ruby Ann McLafferty Len Miller Robyn Parnell & Mark Waggoner John E. Ryan Alan & Meaghan Schmaltz Lael & Forrest Seitz Joe Story Delbert & Donna Swanson Technical Marketing Specialists, Inc.* Theatre Vertigo Bruce Ulrich Ginny & Mark Watson Mary Weber David & Shirley Woodford Mike & Nadine Zimmerlund BELL CAPTAIN $100 AND ABOVE Beverly Anderson Anonymous (6) John Bakum Mary Jo & Jim Bartels Mark Bates* Mick & Pauline Beard Brenda & Jeff Beck Linda Becking Jim & Betsy Biller Kay & Brian Blachly

John & Suzanne Brooks Jeff Bull & Tania Perry Launie Carlin Stephanie & Morgan Chase Kenny Chinn Mark Clemons The Congdon Sisters Martin Conley Katy Cooper Kristina DeShazo Margaret Devereaux Patti Duthie Skip Farmer Marsia Fergusson* Liz Fischer Sandra & John Foreman Ron & Sharon Forrester, in honor of Casey Forrester Campbell Andrew & Susan Franklin Nan Frederick Joyce Gabriel Gimre’s Shoe Store Andrew Glew & Rhonda Patten Beth Godfrey Annette & Martin Granum Marilyn Grendele* Mary Michelle Hamm Gregory & Laurie Hannon John & Sherry Hayes Richard & Sue Hertel Grant Hilden Ellen Hinds Keren Hoover Arianne Jacques & Jason Myers Alan Jones/North Country Productions Brenda Jose Jeff Kishlock & Anne Brennan Joyce Kreuscher Bernie & Karen Kuehn Laurel Lahmers Sherry Lamoreaux & Paul Duchene Beth & Evan Lewis Sandra Little Carol Loughner Gene & Judy Lynch James MacKay Una Maher Ellen Margolis, in honor of Scott & Brian Palmer Amanda Martin, in memory of Lorelle Browning Lynn Martin Trisha Meeker Anna Metz Vickie J. Miller Mori Mirashrafi Montinore Estate Dietrich Neuman Anita Osterhaug & Job Rabinowitz Scott & Brian Palmer Antoinette Plunkett Brennan Randel & Matthew Corwin Sandy Reeser Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals Gary, Tina, & Caitlin Richard Bob Rineer & Debbie Thomas Lisa Rowley Winston Saunders & Sara Stamey Peter Schuyler Silverna & Raymond Scott Bryan & Paula Seid Richard Siegel Nes Simon-Dutro Irvine & Sherril Smith Judith Snider Olivia A. Solomon Pamela South Thomas Stefanek & Norman Wilson Dick & Doreen Stenson Janica Stewart

William Sullivan, in honor of Karl Citek Gerda Sylvie Gary Taliaferro Testech, Inc.* Grant Thackray Ermine & Susan Todd Kail & Amanda Walker Ward/Davis Associates* Jerry & Judy Willey Lisa Williams William Wuertz BELL HOP $25 AND ABOVE Lynn Adamo Danielle Anderson Enrique Andrade Anonymous (2) Philip J. Berns & Jessi Walters Cynthia Biggs Don & Bonnie Blish Kathleen Boehme Casey Campbell Candace Chinick Margaret Collins Dawn Corliss Dave Danell Katie Davis Ted & Lynne Desel Paula DiNovo Barbara Duerden Deb & Bruce Duffe Eddie Evans Robert Falconer Barbara Finnie Kari Fredheim Michael & Jayne Gallagher Bernadette Goodroe Elizabeth & Tallack Graser Marcia Hamley Chris Harrington Gloria Hatrick Charlotte Headrick Karen Hershey & Roark Berkey Lynn Ironside Janette Kilgore Michael & Pam Kitkoski Bruce & Maureen Klein Mark Larsen Christine Legler Fay Littlefield Sandy Lucas Bianca McCarthy Ricki McIlwraith Phil & Heather McKnight Amy Mihelich Sabra Mischel Anne Mueller & Lars C. Larsen Michele & John Mudd OneOC Hillary & Kjell Ostlund Harriet Ottaviano Nick Otting Glenda Peters Carol Reich John Schrag & Karen Torry Beth Rietveld & Sam Stern Michael & Elizabeth Smith The Standard Rob & Diane Stone Heather Taylor K Marie Tyler Kristen Van Kranenburgh Amanda & Kail Walker Lori Wallner Larry White Jennifer Yamashiro Deborah Zita & Maryka Biaggio Bob & Kris Zorko

2018 BURNS NIGHT SUPPER DONORS Thanks to all of our donors who generously supported our operating fund at our 2018 Burns Supper. $1000 & ABOVE Eila Chisolm Karl Citek & Patricia Logan $500 & ABOVE Andrew Hoffmann & Linda Morrisson Ashley McMullen $250 & ABOVE Rae Knowles

2017 GALA DONORS Our unique PASSPORT free ticket program enables Bag&Baggage to provide free tickets to any student from any high school in Washington, Columbia, Tillamook, and Yamhill Counties…on demand. As long as there is a seat available, B&B pledges to never turn away a student who wants to see our shows. Very special thanks to our donors who have generously supported this important program through our 2017 Gala and Auction. $2500 & ABOVE Karl Citek & Patricia Logan Andrew Hoffmann & Linda Morrisson $1000 & ABOVE Sara Behrman & F. X. Rosica Kymberli Colbourne and Jim Ricks-White Carole Cotten-Figueiredo & John Figueiredo Ken & Anne Jackson R. Scott Smith $500 & ABOVE Dan Bergsvik & Don Hastler Kay & Brian Blachly Kenny Chinn Luke Dixon Jeff Kishlock & Anne Brennan Eric & Diane Lewis Carol Loughner Lynee Pestka Jan Simmons Don & Linda Sinclair Peter & Sherry Sunderland $250 & ABOVE Carla Caesar Steve & Marilyn Gray Ralph & Marilynn Helzerman Sherry Lamoreaux & Paul Duchene Fred & Gayle Nachtigal Linda & Brad Needham Helen Noonan-Harnsberger Sandy Palmer K. Marie Tyler Ginny & Mark Watson Mary Weber $100 & ABOVE Andrew Beck

*All or a portion of this gift is directed to PASSPORT

$100 & ABOVE Carol A. Beauchamp Sara Behrman & F.X. Rosica Janet & Michael English Sheila French Andrew Glew & Rhonda Patten Tiffany Rousseau Kimberly Stevens Tom Wharton Lisa Williams $25 & ABOVE Ellen Hinds

Morgan Cox Diane Ditmer Steve & Maggie Dixon Alison Ebbott & Bill Hasan Chuck & Leah Hagele John & Sherry Hayes Pete & Sue Harris Kevin Hoover & Nita Brueggeman Annemarie & John Jacques Alan Jones/North Country Productions Darell & JoAnn Lumaco Leonard A. & Susan Magazine Carolina Malmedal Elizabeth Manser Barbara Mason Len Miller Erik Opsahl Mike Plunkett Eric Quon Silverna & Raymond Scott Kimberly Skach Karen Stratton Bruce Ulrich Carla Velders Patricia Vice Jack Whitehead Dave & Shirley Woodford $25 & ABOVE Phil Cayton Tom Chau & Jessica Chou Katie Davis Cassie Greer & Danny Palmer Arianne Jacques & Jason Myers Beth & Evan Lewis Susan Norwood Kari Parkinson Antoinette Plunkett John Shorb Kail & Amanda Walker

SUSTAINING SUPPORT The names listed below are our very first ever Bag&Baggage Sustaining Supporters - and you can join them! You probably know the model from OPB: these are monthly donations, in smaller amounts, that provide a nonprofit like Bag&Baggage with ongoing, consistent, and predictable support year-round. Donations like this mean that we can plan better: they help eliminate cashflow challenges, and they allow us to leverage larger donations and grants from trusts and foundations.

Enrique Andrade Alice Bartelt Mick & Pauline Beard Thomas Bearden Steve & Joan Callaway Dale & Julie Case Stephanie & Morgan Chase Tom Chau & Jessica Chou Karl Citek & Patricia Logan Matthew Corwin & Brennan Randel Nancy Cullers Julian Gray & Barb Epstien Nan Frederick Kari Fredheim Kathy & Ted Fuller Kathy Gaona Marilyn Grendele Cassie Greer & Danny Palmer Sue & Pete Harris John & Sherry Hays Keren Hoover Tom & Gayle Hughes Arianne Jacques & Jason Myers Annemarie & John Jacques Bruce & Maureen Klein Laural Lahmers Sherry Lamoreaux & Paul Duchene

Beth & Evan Lewis Eric & Diane Lewis Tom & Laura Lillegard Vicki Lollis Montinore Estate Corky & Fran McReynolds Vikki Mee & Steve Cox Gayle & Fred Nachtigal Scott & Brian Palmer Anita Osterhaug & Job Rabinowitz Carol Reich Gary, Tina & Caitlin Richard Bryan & Paula Seid Richard Siegel Jan Simmons Don & Linda Sinclair Winston Saunders & Sara Stamey Janica Stewart Clint & Rhonda Kaiser Fred Wallace & Dana Sweet Dr. Elizabeth Tavares Susan & Ermine Todd K. Marie Tyler Kristen Van Kranenburgh Carla Velders Kail & Amanda Walker Jessi Walters Ginny & Mark Watson Mark Brumley & Joyce Woods Bob & Kris Zorko

For more information, or to become a B&B Sustaining Supporter, email Associate Artistic Director Cassie Greer at cassie@bagnbaggage.org.

2018 GALA DINNER & AUCTION JUNE 23, 2018 • 5:00PM

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