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PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

By Charles Dickens

Adaptation and Original Lyrics by Rick Lombardo Original Music by Anna Lackaff and Rick Lombardo Music Arrangements by Anna Lackaff

SEASON PRODUCERS Harold Goldstein & Carol Streeter Ronni Lacroute Phillip Terranova

PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE STAFF

DECEMBER 2–DECEMBER 24

BRIAN WEAVER

CAST

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Drew Harper*

Ebenezer Scrooge

Jen Rowe

Ghosts

MICHAEL WEAVER MANAGING DIRECTOR

ELENA HEIN

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

EMSEMBLE Ashley Williams, Brian Weaver, Vin Shambry*, Eric Little, Quinlan Fitzgerald, Andrea Whittle, Collette Campbell, Maeve O’Conner, Sellah Eberly, Serelle Simone Strickland, Atticus Salmon

Music Director

Meredith Matthews

Stage Manager Asst. Stage Manager Scenic Designer

Solomon Weisbard

Lighting Designer

Ashton Hull

Costume Designer

Rachel Schmerge Mary Devlin

RUN TIME: 85 MINUTES

AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER

ANNA MARIE BROWN, LATEVIN ELLIS

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Eric Little

Owen Walz

KARL HANOVER

THYRA HARTSHORN

Director

Elizabeth Bartz

EDUCATION DIRECTOR

FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGERS

CREATIVE TEAM Cristi Miles

NIKKI WEAVER

Properties Designer Choreographer

SETTING: 19th Century London

The photographic, video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is prohibited. *Appears Courtesy Actors’ Equity Association 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

Portland Playhouse receives support from the Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency funded by the State of Oregon and the National Endowment for the Arts.

OWEN WALZ

DESIGN & TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE

MIRIAM COOK, ASHLEY WILLIAMS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Harold Goldstein, Chair Angela Freeman, Vice-Chair Michelle Mark, Secretary Curt Janz, Treasurer Karol Collymore Michael Cowan Joan Hartzell Kimberly Howard Marge Kafoury George ‘Bing’ Sheldon Mary Swartz Andy Riccetti-Eberly Brian Weaver Mark Williams

APPRENTICE COMPANY Collette Campbell Alli Green Elizabeth Bartz Andrea Whittle Quinlan Fitzgerald PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE A CHRISTMAS CAROL | P1

DIRECTOR’S NOTE by Cristi Miles Why is it so important for us to experience Dickens’ A Christmas Carol year after year? As I try to answer this question I realize that I am living the answer.

Because I forget. I forget its lesson. With the fast, exciting pace of my modern, busy life, I forget to simply breathe and be. I forget to slow down, I forget that I am not alone on this journey, and that there is more to living than achieving and accumulating. I forget that, as Fred says,

“there are many things from which I have derived good by which I have not profited.”

Year after year, I crave to hear or read or see Dickens’ story because I need to remember. I need to remember that no matter how Scrooge-like I become, I can still change for the better. The holiday season, and this story, remind me that

“it is a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut up hearts freely, and to think of all men equally, as if we all are merely fellow passengers to the grave.”

And you, my fellow passenger, maybe you too are forgetful. May you consent to open your heart freely to this human tale of forgetting, learning and changing.

May it remind you to cherish the people, the moments, and the beautiful life that surrounds us all, not just during this time of year, but every day.

Happiest of Holidays!

WON’T YOU JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT PRODUCTION? YOU FOR ME FOR YOU

Photo courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

By Mia Chung Directed by Gretchen Corbett

From North Korea to China to the United States, YOU FOR ME FOR YOU follows two sisters who have nothing but each other left as they explore the worlds within these worlds. In the supernatural but emotionally visceral universe Chung creates, we follow Junhee as she races to the future at the pace of American culture, which is to her both alien in its language and customs, and excessive in its choices and responsibilities. Meanwhile, Minjee searches for hope in the twisted and terrifying labyrinth of modern day North Korea. Both learn the harrowing truth: that sacrifice is required for survival.

THIS PLAY IS PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNERS: Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) has worked for social justice for over 15 years, and continues to evolve as Oregon’s leading Asian and Pacific Islander grassroots advocacy organization.

The Korean American Coalition (KAC) is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan community advocacy organization. KAC’s mission is to foster a strong Korean American community in Oregon by promoting Korean American participation in civic, legislative and community affairs through advocacy, community service, leadership development and cultural education.

The Korean Student Association at Portland State University aims to promote reconciliation and harmony between Koreans and Americans and other international students at PSU. The KSA will support them by assisting new incoming students with housing, information on the job market and life around campus.

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WE ARE

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PLAYHOUSE The Playhouse is not just the actors on stage or the directors and designers behind the scene. It’s not just the people that work in the office or the volunteers and donors. It’s everyone in our community coming together to support our mission to produce intimate, quality performances that challenge and enliven us, making our community a better place to live.

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CAST & CREATIVE TEAM COLLETTE CAMPBELL (Ensemble)

is thrilled to be making her Portland stage debut with A Christmas Carol!

Collette hails from New York as an Acting Apprentice this season with Portland Playhouse. Recent stage credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie (Millie), The Winter’s Tale (Antigonus), Still Life With Iris (Mom/ Miss Overlook), Seussical! (Bird Girl/ Mrs. Mayor), and Jack and the Beanstalk (Giant’s Mother). She received a BA in Theater from Muhlenberg College and studied physical theatre at Accademia dell’ Arte in Arezzo, Italy. Many thanks to Brian, Nikki, Cristi, and the rest of the Playhouse community for this awesome experience!

SELLAH EBERLY (Ensemble) This is

Sellah’s second year as an ensemble member in the production of A Christmas Carol. She was in She is King with Boom Arts last spring. Sellah is a fifth grader at Ockley Green and loves to sing karaoke, dance, and play soccer.

QUINLAN FITZGERALD (Ensemble)

is a member of the Portland Playhouse Acting Apprentice company for the 2015-2016 season. Originally from LA, She recently obtained a BFA in Acting and a BA in Communication from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Past credits include Bloody Poetry (UCSB), The Importance of Being Earnest (UCSB), Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls (UCSB) and Spring Awakening: A New Musical (Out of the Box). Offstage, music and song-writing dominate her free time. She hopes to get herself and her guitar to a few open-mic nights while in Portland! Thanks to her parents, the other ¾ of her quadruplet, the Dean to her Frank, and the boy who forgot to leave his sweatshirt. Happy Christmas!

DREW HARPER (Ebenezer Scrooge)

is honored to return to his role as Scrooge in Cristi Miles’ Drammy Award-winning production of one of the greatest stories ever told, here at his beloved Portland Playhouse. “This is for Mom, who taught me to love this magical tale every perfect family Christmas, and for Dad, who always taught us the beauty of redemption by grace.”

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MAEVE O’CONNER (Ensemble) especially

wants a mini pig. The only thing that can beat that is returning to her favorite theatre family at Portland Playhouse, where she first appeared in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and was in A Christmas Carol all three years now.

Maeve sang (in French of course!) in Portland Opera’s Carmen. Prior roles: Ellen in Number the Stars (North End Players), Sorv in The Left Hand of Darkness (Hand2Mouth/Portland Playhouse collaboration), and a featured zombie in the film Zompocalypse: Dead End. Maeve is honing her skills this year in fencing, jazz dance and classical voice training.

JEN ROWE (Ghosts) has produced and

directed: Waiting, The Jewish Wife/ The Informer, The Unseen (Drammy Award), Mercury Fur, The Interview and Unda with The Quick and Dirty Art Project which she founded in 2010.

At Portland Playhouse, she directed Phaedra’s Love and the 2012–2013 apprentice solo showcase. As an Actor, she has appeared in Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, A Christmas Carol (Drammy Award), After the Revolution, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Twelfth Night (Portland Playhouse), Speech and Debate, Distracted (ART), JAW festival (5 years, PCS), Middletown (Third Rail), Labyrinth of Desire (Miracle), The Sweatermakers (Playwrights West), Romeo and Juliet (Willamette Shakespeare), Oh the Humanity, Vinegar Thom (OSAR/TPL), 4.48 Psychosis (PSU) and spent a year touring the show 1 1/2 to schools in Oregon and Washington (OCT).

ATTICUS SALMON (Ensemble) is a fifth

grader at King School. His passions include books, origami, and soccer.

He has a true love for all cephalopods —squid being a particular favorite.

His stage experience includes playing Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing as part of King’s Fall Festival of Shakespeare. He also appeared as Boy Scrooge the last two productions of Portland Playhouse’s A Christmas Carol.

VIN SHAMBRY (Ensemble) is a

professional actor from Portland. After getting a degree in musical theater, he performed on Broadway and in several national tours before moving back to The Rose City. Locally, he has won a couple Drammy awards for his acting, and, on the side, enjoys telling live

stories through BackFence PDX and The Moth. In his day jobs, Vin works with youth as an acting coach, choreographer, and director. He is also a dedicated Blazer fan and a new dad!

SERELLE SIMONE STRICKLAND

(Ensemble) is 6 years old and is excited to play Tiny Tim for the first time. She started dancing, singing and loving the stage at the age of 3 years old. She wants to thank all of her teachers thus far, especially Mr. Bobby Fouther. She plans to continue her studies in the arts so that one day she can be on Broadway.

She would like to thank Cristi Miles for believing in her to play this role. Serelle would like to thank God and her family for all of their support.

BRIAN WEAVER (Ensemble, Founder, Artistic Director) has directed at

Portland Playhouse: The Other Place, The Light in the Piazza, Detroit, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Angels in America, Gem of the Ocean, Dying City, The Missing Pieces, Radio Golf, bobrauschenbergamerica, Fiction, and After Ashley; and acted in Bingo with the Indians and Mauritius.

(Portland Playhouse); Regional credits include American Buffalo (Third Rail Repertory); Scapin and Titus Andronicus (Intiman Theatre); Ice Glen and Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare & Company); and Where has Tommy Flowers Gone? (Berkshire Theatre Festival). Brian is a founding member of New World Theatre.

ANDREA WHITTLE (Ensemble)

Andrea Vernae Whittle is from the Magic City of Miami, Florida and a recent graduate from Florida A&M University where she received her B.A. in Theatre Performance. Her favorite productions that she’s been in include: The Color Purple (ensemble), Since 76’ (Sage) and Home (Woman). So grateful to be apart of Portland Playhouse. Everything that I am is because of my university and my family and for them both I am so very thankful. Merry Christmas everyone!

ASHLEY NICOLE WILLIAMS (Ensemble)

is thrilled to be returning to work with this amazingly talented cast and crew of A Christmas Carol. She has most recently performed with Portland Playhouse in How We Got On and Jitney.

She has worked with Artist Repertory Theatre in Seven Guitars as Ruby, Profile Theatre with In The Next Room, or the vibrator play and Nothing But the Truth.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM You can look forward to seeing Ashley premiere in her first produced short film called Angela’s Sacred Heart. Ashley would also like to thank her friends and family for all of their continued support.

CRISTI MILES (Director) is a native Texan anglophile that has been obsessed with British literature since she was in high school. Her favorites include Jane Austen, Shakespeare and obviously, Charles Dickens. She has taught and directed at numerous local and regional theaters nationwide including The Berkshire Theatre Festival and PETE where she is a proud founding member.

ERIC LITTLE (Music Director, Ensemble)

is an actor and musician native to Portland, and returns for a second year in A Christmas Carol. Recent credits: Rocky Horror Show at Live On Stage (Riff Raff ), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at Broadway Rose (music director), and The Last Five Years at Portland Center Stage (pianist).

ELIZABETH BARTZ (Asst. Stage Manager)

is a member of the Portland Playhouse Apprentice Company for the 2015–2016 Season. She is a Michigander and earned her BA in Theatre and English Literature from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2013.

Past credits include Guys & Dolls, Spamalot, and Annie, and she is excited to dabble in stage management. Ellie would like to thank her mom for all her support, Nikki Weaver and everyone else at the Playhouse for this amazing opportunity, as well as Mikki and Steve Lipsey for their generous hospitality.

She also thanks her dad for always encouraging her to embrace hope.

OWEN WALZ (Scenic Designer) is the

resident design and technical associate at Portland Playhouse. Prior production work at the Playhouse includes his scenic design for King Hedley II and lighting for The Missing Pieces. He also designs promotional materials for the Playhouse in addition to maintaining its website.

Other local design credits include lighting for Or, (Third Rail), Nighthawks (Push Leg), and the Pickathon music festival (with Daniel Meeker).

SOLOMON WEISBARD (Lighting Designer) is Brooklyn-based and Portland-born.

At Portland Playhouse: Jitney and two previous versions of A Christmas Carol (Drammy Nomination). Other theaters: Equivocation, Macbeth (Arden); This Golden State (Magic); Rite of Spring

(Martha Graham); Soldier’s Tale (With Michael Cerveris-Yale/Carnegie Hall); Stones in his Pockets (Yale Rep); Men on Boats (Clubbed Thumb); The Homecoming, Cedars, Lion in Winter, A Class Act (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Christina Anderson’s Hollow Roots (Public/Under the Radar); The Pavilion (Barrow Group); The Film Society (Keen /Theatre Row). Numerous sound, light, and movement works with rising and established composers, choreographers and theater-makers. MFA: Yale School of Drama. Member: USA 829. www.solweisbard.com

MEREDITH MATTHEWS (Stage Manager) Last season at Portland Playhouse, Meredith had the pleasure of assistant stage managing The Other Place, How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes, and The Piano Lesson. Also at the Playhouse, she stage managed How We Got On, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, and A Christmas Carol. Meredith is a proud graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University.

ASHTON HULL (Costume Designer)

is fascinated by the art(s) of storytelling.

A hundred trips to Disneyland led her directly (paradoxically?) to the hallowed halls of Carnegie Mellon University and the study of creating complete worlds.

Graduated in 2007 with a BFA: next stop LA. Los Angeles took her into the worlds of television (Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men) and feature film production (My Sister’s Keeper). In 2009, she returned to her rich and verdant Northwest roots and began freelance collaborations with local Portland theaters. Today her freelance work continues to grow, and Ashton also manages the costume shop for the Lewis and Clark College Theatre Department.

RACHEL SCHMERGE (Properties Designer) is excited to join Portland Playhouse again as the Props Designer.

Other Playhouse credits include Mr. Burns, The Other Place, How to End Poverty, A Light in the Piazza, Jitney, Detroit, and The Left Hand of Darkness.

You can regularly see her work at Portland Center Stage where she’s the Lead Props Artisan, along with recent productions at Portland Opera. She received her degree in sculpture from Reed College, and continues to embark on various art and fabrication projects around town. www.PSrachel.com

PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE is dedicated to producing quality, intimate, performances in which the interaction between artists and audience is paramount. Our mission is to create a space where all people can come together to celebrate the complexity of our shared human experience.

We envision a world awakened by the wonder of theatre.

MARY DEVLIN (Choreographer) Leads English country and contra dancing across North America and in Europe.

She devises English country dances, contras and triplets. Mary taught dancing for productions of Pride and Prejudice in the Portland area and is thrilled to help the Fezziwigs and friends celebrate Christmas again this year. To join in the dance, go to portlandcountrydance.org for schedules and locations.

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THANK YOU

Portland Playhouse gratefully acknowledges our supporters. Their generosity allows us to activate surprise, delight and challenge in our lives. We envision a world awakened by the wonder of theatre.

This list represents contributions and pledges received from August 1, 2014 through July 31, 2015. We make every attempt to acknowledge your name accurately.

If you find a mistake, want to make a change, or think your name should be listed and want to inquire further, please don’t hesitate to call us at 971-533-8743.

We are more than happy to make changes for the next playbill.

CORPORTATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT BELL TOWER–$25,000+

James F. And Marion L. Miller Foundation Meyer Memorial Trust Playhouse on Prescott LLC

The Looker Foundation Lincoln Restaurant Multnomah County Cultural Coalition NW Natural Sharon M. Fekety Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Oregon Community Foundation

$10,000–$24,999

UNDER $1,000

Juan Young Trust National Endowment For The Arts Newman's Own Foundation Oregon Cultural Trust PGE Foundation Raymond Family Foundation The Boeing Company The Collins Foundation Willamette Week Give Guide Wrather Family Foundation

ROOF RAISER $7,500–$9,999

Herbert A. Templeton Foundation

SEAT RISER $5,000–$7,499

Regional Arts & Culture Council AT&T Foundation The Kinsman Foundation

SUPPORTING BEAM $2,500–$4,999

Autzen Foundation GRANTMAKERS of Oregon and Southwest Washington Multnomah County OCF Joseph E Weston Foundation Oregon Arts Commission RBC Wealth Management The Standard

STEPPING STONE $1,000–$2,499

Equity Foundation The Jackson Foundation

Adidas America, Inc. Black United Fund Of Oregon Cupcake Jones Fifty Licks LLC Hewlett Packard Fred Meyer Lincoln High School Stash Tea Urban Pacific Real Estate LLC

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT PRODUCERS $50,000+

Harold Goldstein & Carol Streeter

$25,000–$49,999 Ronni Lacroute Phillip Terranova

PLAYWRIGHTS $10,000–$24,999

Barry Bloom & Joanna Doris Bloom Ellyn Bye Jeff & Esther Clark Steve & Elsie Weaver

DIRECTORS $5,000–$9,999

Marge & Stephen Kafoury

DESIGNERS $2,500–$4,999

Ann Brayfield & Joe Emerson Elizabeth Carr & Kip Acheson Jess Dishman Erin & Kirk Hanawalt Katherine Immerman & Anthony Melaragno Karen & Dave Johnson Michelle Mark Sandy Polishuk

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Wendy & Richard Rahm Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation

ACTORS $1,000–$2,499

Kay & Roy Abramowitz Dale Bajema & Diana Coleman Barbara Bannister Mary & Don Blair Naomi Dagen Bloom & Ronald Bloom Brooks & Dorothy Cofield Michael Cowan In memory of Sandra Zickefoose Sharon M. Fekety Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Judith Kafoury Susan Knight & Glenn Lamb Roberta Lampert & James Piper Bonnie & Pete Reagan Mary & Richard Rosenberg Charitable Foundation Bing & Carolyn Sheldon Linda & Chet Skibinski Winston Weaver Greg & Valerie Weaver

STAR $500–$999

Kirby & Amy Allen Jonathan Betlinski Linda & Karl Boekelheide Ellen Brodersen Joseph Callahan Nathan Cogan Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Robert Conklin Diane Freaney Wendy Ware & Dan Gleason Kathleen Gleeson & Dave Young David Goldman & Merilee Karr Luke & Vicki Groser Paul Hart & Jan Jacobsen Tina & James Hein

Diane Herrmann Kimberly Howard Ramona Kearns Jeff Kilmer Mikki & Steve Lipsey Thomas & Nancy Lisicki Janet MacDonnell & Neil Falk Elaine Martin & Jay Hoover Craig Olson Brad & Trina Robertson Stephen & Kate Robinson Melissa Rockefeller & Minh Pham Stephen & Carol Scalpone Jane Schiffhauer Isabel Sheridan David Stout Mary & Ernie Swartz Jill & Michael Weier Carolyn & Dan Wieden Veronica Williams

CAMEO $250–$499

Sue Armitage & Bob Greene Elizabeth & George Barton Edward & Polley Bowen Alice Boyd Evelyn Brzezinski Duncan & Cindy Campbell of The Campbell Foundation MaryAnne Cassin & Ken Meyer Nancy Catlin Mary Devlin Ellen Donaldson Alison Ebbott & Bill Hasan Lori & Scott Eberly Norman Eder Ronnie-Gail Emden & Andy Wilson Leslye Epstein & Herman Taylor Angela Freeman & Matthew Moule Lynn Goldstein Corbett Gordon In Honor of Shandi Walnofer Muff Frederick & Cheryl Grossman Joan Hartzell

Maurice Horn & George Soule Bruce Murray & Valerie Ilsley Walter Jaffe & Paul King Phillip Margolin Patricia Perkins in memory of Russ S. Perkins Charlotte Rubin Pat Scheans Elizabeth Scully Richard Smith & Patricia Frobes Les & Elizabeth Stoessl David & Rosemarie Sweet Kim Thomas & John Morrison Julie & Ted Vigeland Laura & Andrew Watson Brian & Nikki Weaver Abel Weinrib & Carmen WeinribEgido Joyce White Mark Williams Lynn Youngbar

FRIEND $100–$249

Bonnie & Steven Altshuld Mary Andrews Jonathan & Deanne Ater Kimberly Bakken Thomas Balmer & Mary Louise McClintock Janet Bardossi Lisa Batey Kathleen Bauska John & Mary Bicknell Sarah & J Bills Dick & Renee Binns Gabe Bloom Rebecca Boenke Ron & Linda Borkan Patricia Bradley Dana Breashears Dania Caron Denise Carty & Roger Brown Tex Clark & Anna Campbell Kirsten Collins & Cody Hoesly Karol Collymore Liana Colombo

Shamus Cooke Gretchen Corbett Deborah Correa & Mark Wilson Laurie Cox & Robert Skall Linda S Craig Fran Daggett Marvin & Abby Dawson Louise Demetre William Deresiewicz & Aleeza Nussbaum The William Diebold & Deborah Freedberg Fund Patti Dobrowolski & Julie Boardman Howard Cutler & Pamela Echevero Vida Edera Zachary Edmonson Ken & Annie Edwards Alma Eib Steve & Sara Elgee Pamela Anne Fairchild & Ted Lamb Paul & Pat Ferguson-Steger Daniel & Melissa Fisher Gabrielle Foulkes Robert Gandolfi & Ron Bloodworth Karen Garber & John Desmarais Samuel Gaty William Giles Joshua Gilley Tracy Gratto Robyn Gregory & Tony Bornstein Gretta Grimala Andrew Gustely Delores Hall Paula & Robert Hamm Bruce & Kathleen Harder Georgia Harker James Harter Lynne Hartshorn Jan & Tom Harvey Jane Hatch Elizabeth Hawthorne & Lawrence Mohr Evan Hayashi Marjorie Hirsch Gretchen Holden Laurie Holland Garen Horgen Ruben & Andrea Iniguez

Kevin Irving & Nicolo Fonte Curt Jantz Alan & Dianne Johnson Elizabeth Joseph Maria Katzenbach Ruth Kauffman Frederick Kirchhoff & Ronald Simonis Krystal Klein Bill Kwitman & Monica Moriarty Theodore Labbe & Kelly Rodgers Rebecca Lacy Veronica Lawrence in memory of Penny O’Carroll Sally Leisure Richard Lewis & Margaret Larson Deborah Lockwood Jenny Logan Christine Mackert John & Renee Manson Steven Maser & Donna McElroy Shirley Mason Anne E McLaughlin Samuel Metz Jeannette & Bill Meyer Patricia Mizutani & Richard Rosenhaft Landry & Aino Molimbi Madeline Moore Nancy & Art Moss Adrienne Nelson Susan Newman & Phil Goldsmith Carlton Olson Christopher Ott Hugh Owens & Lauren Turner Jane Pansky Charlotte & Chris Perry Annie Popkin & David Parker Karen Pride Linda Purcell Mark Ramsby & Meg McGill Marj Reeves David Reingold

Betty & Jacob Reiss Forrest & Sharon Rae Richen Jeff Ring Joe Rodriguez Charles & Judy Rooks Rochelle Rosenberg Allison Rowden Rich & Joan Rubin Joanne Ruyle Jono Sanders Barbara & Juergen Schuetze Teresa Schultz Mary & KC Shaw Bert Shaw Carole Shellhart & Bob McGranahan Gail & Mark Sherman Hamilton & Francesa Sims Ann & Jon Sinclair Ann Sitomer Patricia Southard Martha Spence Karen Springer Gary Taliaferro Pan Thu Betsy Toll Misty Tompoles Kay Toran Michael Troyer Vanessa Usui & Kim Stafford Kaye Van Valkenburg & David Maier Gina Warren Amy Weaver Michael Weaver & Suzi Carter Tom Wells Emmett & Karen Wheatfall Priscilla Bernard Wieden & Dan Wieden Cynthia Williams Ann Wilson Mary Ann & John Wish Jan Woita Phyllis Wolfe Kathleen Worley Mary Beth Yosses & Fred Williams

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT HAROLD GOLDSTEIN & CAROL STREETER Why do you support theater and arts education?

CAROL: Theater and arts education are important in our culture. There used to be arts education through the schools, but there really isn’t much anymore. Arts education and performances can keep a community healthy.

HAROLD: Arts in America needs to be supported by donations, because with the exception of commercial art it won’t be sustainable. Art brings people the ability to express themselves in meaningful ways.

CAROL: It enriches people lives. Portland Playhouse performances have really enriched my life.

How does Portland Playhouse’s mission statement resonate with you?

CAROL: I love the inclusiveness of the mission statement. I don’t think they specifically used the world “inclusion”, but that’s what it’s all about, including everyone.

HAROLD: I’m just so pleased that the Portland Playhouse is a mission driven organization, and that we hold to that.

What is your favorite Portland Playhouse memory?

HAROLD: My favorite memory is when the community came out to City Hall to support our staying in the community and not being closed down.

CAROL: The apprentice shows. The first time I saw the apprentice shows I sat there and cried through the whole thing. And then I went again the next night and cried again. I’m just so amazed that people can get up there and open themselves up like that. It makes me feel like I know the apprentices.

What are your hopes for Portland Playhouse’s future?

HAROLD: Mine is that we can continue to put on the level of performances that we do, and that we can make our building into an attraction that will bring people into the neighborhood and make it a premier experience for people to attend performances.

CAROL: I love the apprentice program and the Shakespeare in the schools program, and I would love like to see those continue forever, because I think they offer unique opportunities to students.

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YOU FOR ME FOR YOU

By Mia Chung

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Directed by Gretchen Corbett

FEBRUARY 3 – FEBRUARY 28 As they attempt to flee the Best Nation in the World, North Korean sisters Minhee and Junhee are torn apart at the border. Each must race across time and space to be together again—navigating the perilous Land of the Free and the treacherous terrain of personal belief.

Photo courtesy of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company