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F R O M T H E T H E AT R E Happy holidays and welcome to Fifth Third Bank’s A Christmas Carol! For more than four decades, Actors Theatre has warmed the hearts of countless Louisvillians with the classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s redemption. Brimming with joyous music and visual splendor, A Christmas Carol is beloved in this community as an indelible family holiday tradition. From the graceful Ghost of Christmas Past to the warmhearted Tiny Tim, we are delighted to bring back all of your favorite characters to the Pamela Brown Auditorium. Many familiar performers have returned to our stage, such as the wonderful John G. Preston as Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Bukowski as Tiny Tim. We also welcome back Sherman Fracher, last seen in this past fall’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, as the Narrator. Additionally, we’re happy to say hello to some new faces, such as Robert Ramirez as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Darren Matthias as Jacob Marley. We’re so pleased to be able to say that A Christmas Carol happens year after year because of you. This show shines brightly because you choose to invest in the wildly entertaining stories on our stages. As we draw closer to the new year, we hope that you continue to keep Actors Theatre in your hearts. If you have not already done so, we encourage you to consider contributing to our Annual Fund, or treating your friends and family to an Actors Theatre Gift Certificate or a flexible Platinum or Gold Pass. Your gifts as ticket buyers and donors help us to bring world-class artistic programming to this community. We are incredibly thankful for your dedication to our work, and we are honored that you have chosen to make Actors Theatre part of your holiday tradition. From our Actors Theatre family to yours, we wish you the best for this season and many blessings for the new year.

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A Christmas Carol based on the book by Charles Dickens adapted by Barbara Field directed by Drew Fracher November 20 – December 23, 2018

FEATURING Taylor Abels *, Olivia C. Allen, Amber Avant +, David Ball +, Jacob Bukowski, Nathan Bukowski, Celina Dean *, Avery Deutsch +, Cadence Diggs, Annalise Finch, Rebby Yuer Foster +, Sherman Fracher *, Josh Fulton +, Kate Hall, Peter Hargrave *, Lauren Hirte *, Whit K. Lee *, Darren Matthias *, Jonathan Moises Olivares +, Ash Patlan +, John G. Preston *, Lexi Rabadi *, Austin Ramirez, Bailey Ramirez, Robert Ramirez *, Vaughn Ramirez, Brett Schultz +, Julian Socha +, Reagan Stouvenour +, York Walker *, Clark Worden

Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Media Designer Music Director Movement Director Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager

Antje Ellermann Kristopher Castle Thomas C. Hase † Matt Callahan † Philip Allgeier Tim Murner Cheryl Turski Paul Mills Holmes * Katie Shade *

Casting by Kate Lumpkin, CSA Produced by special arrangement with Plays for Young Audiences The Director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers of the United States. † Designers that are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA – 829 of the IATSE. + Member of the Professional Training Company of Actors Theatre of Louisville. A U D I E N C E

P ro d u ct i o n C re d i t s The Cast of Characters (in alphabetical order) Mrs. Fezziwig, Mrs. Dilber Taylor Abels * Caroler, Party Guest, Belinda Cratchit Olivia C. Allen Caroler, Party Guest, Dorothea Amber Avant + Pallbearer, Puss in Boots, Party Guest, Wreath Seller, Cecil David Ball + Party Guest, Tiny Tim, Ignorance Jacob Bukowski Urchin, Schoolboy, Basil Fezziwig, Artful Dodger Nathan Bukowski Mrs. Cratchit Celina Dean * Miss Forrest, Petunia Avery Deutsch + Caroler, Want, Marjoram Cadence Diggs Fan, Caroler, Party Guest Annalise Finch Sophia, Mother, Party Guest Rebby Yuer Foster + Narrator Sherman Fracher * Graspers, Robin Hood, Party Guest, Toy Seller, Topper Josh Fulton + Caroler, Fezziwig Maid, Urchin Kate Hall Fred Peter Hargrave * Ghost of Christmas Past, Mrs. Blakely Lauren Hirte * Fiddler, Krookings, Townperson Whit K. Lee * Marley, Old Joe Darren Matthias * Poulterer, Dick Wilkins, Snarkers Jonathan Moises Olivares + Caroler, Marigold, Gwendolyn Ash Patlan + Ebenezer Scrooge John G. Preston * Belle, Mrs. Fred Lexi Rabadi * Schoolboy, Party Guest, Tom Cratchit Austin Ramirez Martha Cratchit, Party Guest Bailey Ramirez Ghost of Christmas Present, Fezziwig Robert Ramirez * Simon, Young Scrooge, Party Guest Vaughn Ramirez Young Ebenezer, Caroler, Pallbearer Brett Schultz + Caroler, Robinson Crusoe, McFezzi, Edwards, Undertaker Julian Socha + Mrs. Grigsby, Cook Reagan Stouvenour + Bob Cratchit York Walker * Schoolboy, Party Guest, Peter Cratchit Clark Worden

UND E R S T UD i e s Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance.

For Ebenezer Scrooge: Jon Huffman For Narrator/Mrs. Cratchit: Silvia Daly Bond + 8

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Sett i n g Christmas Eve in London.

I n term i s s i o n There will be one 15-minute intermission.

A d d i t i o n a l P ro d u ct i o n C re d i t s Associate Lighting Designer Gordon Olson Associate Sound Designer Paul Doyle Directing Assistant Emily Moler + Dialect Coach D’Arcy Smith Stage Management Apprentices Annalise Fosnight +, Lizzy Gordon +, Em Hornbeck + Previous Casting Contributions by Geoff Josselson, Zan Sawyer-Dailey, Emily Tarquin

Spec i a l T ha n k s Merry Christmas! We are delighted you are joining the Fifth Third team as we haul out the holly this holiday season! Fifth Third Bank’s A Christmas Carol is sure to fill your heart with happiness and a new sense of compassion for those around you. Thank you for allowing us to share this favorite holiday tradition with you and yours. Happy Holidays, Mike Ash Kentucky Regional President, Fifth Third Bank

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Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas When Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843, Christmas wasn’t a major holiday in England. It had become somewhat unfashionable among the middle and upper classes, and the working-class families who did celebrate it barely had time to do so—Ebenezer Scrooge’s reluctance to give Bob Cratchit a day off was no exaggeration! Other grim aspects of life in Dickens’s England may have blunted any seasonal cheer: up to one-third of Londoners lived in poverty, tuberculosis was rampant, and child mortality was high. Celebrating Christmas in England had also occasionally been Charles Dickens. controversial, and it was even briefly illegal in the mid1600s, when Oliver Cromwell and his fellow Puritans mandated that December 25 be dedicated to fasting and repentance—no extravagant English traditions in sight. Dickens, however, loved those traditions. His son Henry remembered that at Christmastime, Dickens “was always at his best, a splendid host, bright and jolly as a boy and throwing his heart and soul into everything.” But having spent part of his childhood working in a factory, Dickens was keenly aware that not everyone was well-off enough to enjoy Christmas. And so for him, the day wasn’t just about indulging and merry-making; it was also a time for generosity and self-reflection. His perspective struck a chord: A Christmas Carol was an instant hit, not only in England but also throughout Europe and the United States, and it popularized many holiday customs, including eating turkey and saying “Merry Christmas.” That said, it’s perhaps a stretch to call Charles Dickens “the man who invented Christmas,” as scholar F. G. Kitton did in 1903. Though the nickname has stuck, it so happens that the publication of A Christmas Carol coincided with a broader reemergence of the holiday in Victorian England. English-language carols exploded in number and popularity during Dickens’s time, and the same year that A Christmas Carol came out, the first commercial Christmas card was introduced. Christmas trees became a fad in England and the United States a few years later, thanks largely to Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, who brought the custom from his native Germany. In other words, Dickens’s writing both inspired his fellow Victorians to rediscover Christmas and reflected how they were already doing so. But Dickens also pressed his readers to keep the season’s spirit of compassion alive year-round—an idea that remains powerful today. ~ Jessica Reese

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P l ay N Ote s “Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many— not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Fill your glass again, with a merry face and contented heart. Our life on it, but your Christmas shall be merry, and your new year a happy one!” ~ Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz, 1836

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their Christmas tree, 1848.

Charles Dickens’s Reflections on Christmas Charles Dickens’s most famous Christmas story is, of course, A Christmas Carol. However, Dickens wrote insightfully about the holiday in short stories, essays, and novels throughout his career. If you’re looking for reading recommendations this season, consider the selections listed below. Vivid, sharply observed, and heartfelt, these pieces are perfect for reading while curled up by a fire or with a glass of eggnog in hand.  “A Christmas Tree,” 1850  “What Christmas Is As We Grow Older,” 1851  “The Seven Poor Travelers,” 1854  “The Holly-Tree,” 1855 All of these pieces are in the public domain and can easily be found online. There are also several printed collections of Dickens’s holiday-themed writing, including A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings (Penguin, 2003). A U D I E N C E

B i o g raph i e s THE ACTING COMPANY Taylor Abels (Mrs. Fezziwig, Mrs. Dilber) At Actors Theatre: That High Lonesome Sound, A Christmas Carol and At the Vanishing Point. Other Theatre: The Last Five Years, Next to Normal, The Light in the Piazza, Master Class, [title of show] and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at StageWorks Fresno; (T.I.C.) Trenchcoat in Common, The Tempest and It’s a Wonderful Life: The Live Radio Play at California State University, Fresno; and Ordinary Days at Organic Theater Factory. Additional Credits: Abels graduated with a B.A. in theatre from California State University, Fresno. Celina Dean (Mrs. Cratchit) At Actors Theatre: A Christmas Carol. Regional Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing at Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival; 45 Plays for 45 Presidents at Merrimack Repertory Theatre; The Christians (choir member) at Center Theatre Group; ZM at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; The Change at Dad’s Garage Theatre Company; The Dazed and the Restless at The Second City L.A.; Lobster Telephone at iO West Theater; Winter’s Tale Project at Village Theatre. Canada: Going, Going, Gone at Teatro La Quindicina; Little Fish and Lucky Stiff at Fringe Theatre Adventures; Grease and Little Shop of Horrors at the Citadel Theatre. Additional Credits: Dean toured the U.S. with the band No Way North, after opening for Kenny Loggins. She does voice-over work for NBC’s Blindspot and on the upcoming ABC show The Rookie with her incredible husband, Josh Dean.

Sherman Fracher (Narrator) At Actors Theatre: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Christmas Carol. Additional Theatre Credits: August: Osage County, The Glass Menagerie at Marin Theatre Company; A Christmas Story, Macbeth at Georgia Shakespeare; String of Pearls, Sight Unseen, Three Days of Rain, Private Eyes, Side Man at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; Bug at Actor’s Express; The Grapes of Wrath, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Lion in Winter, Much Ado About Nothing, The Seagull, An Ideal Husband, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Arcadia, The Beard of Avon, Shakespeare’s Will with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Steel Magnolias, Anton in Show Business with The Human Race Theatre Company. Peter Hargrave (Fred) is making his Actors Theatre debut! Regional Theatre: Shakespeare in Love, The Diary of Anne Frank and The Invisible Hand at Cleveland Play House; South Pacific at Musical Theatre West; Beauty and the Beast at The Gateway; Twelfth Night, Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice at Texas Shakespeare Festival. Off-Broadway: The First Annual Trump Family Special at The Triad. Hargrave holds an M.F.A. in acting from Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House and a B.F.A. from Abilene Christian University. For more information, please visit peterhargrave.com and @peteyhargrave.

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Lauren Hirte (Ghost of Christmas Past, Mrs. Blakely) is thrilled to be returning to Actors Theatre of Louisville for her third production of A Christmas Carol, having performed in 2011 and 2016. Regional Theatre: Lookingglass Alice, The Little Prince, Icarus, Fedra: Queen of Haiti, Hephaestus and Hard Times with Lookingglass Theatre Company; Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates at Arden Theatre Company; The Diary of Anne Frank at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. She has also been seen at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, McCarter Theatre Center and the New Victory in New York. Additional Credits: Hirte is a proud artistic associate at Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago, as well as a company member at The Echo Theatre in Los Angeles, where she now resides. Hirte “learned to fly” at The Actors Gymnasium and studied theatre at Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanston, Ill., but can now be found teaching aerial and circus arts in Los Angeles at Kinetic Theory Theatre and TSNY LA. Whit K. Lee (Fiddler, Krookings, Townsperson) Regional Theatre: Wen Xiaoping in The Doppelgänger (an international farce) at Steppenwolf Theatre Company (dir. Tina Landau). Off-Broadway: Rev. Moo in Attack of the Elvis Impersonators, dir. Don Stephenson; Chase in Shanghai Lil’s and Kenji in No-No Boy at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. Off-Off Broadway: The Artful Dodger in Oliver! with Baayork Lee’s National Asian Artists Project; Joshi in Evergreen at Prospect Theater Company. Film: Shen Li in Wall Street English (80-episode international sitcom with 14

Pearson Education/EUX Media). Television: Orange Is the New Black (costarring role, Netflix). Other Theatre: Miss Saigon and Ching Ho in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Additional Credits: Lee received a B.M. and Musical Theatre certificate from Northwestern University and an M.A. from New York University. For more information, please contact CBU Management at CBUmgmt@gmail.com or JCWilliamAgency.com. Darren Matthias (Marley, Old Joe) Regional Theatre: Another Time, Stepping Out and The Song of Jacob Zulu at Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Riverview and Never the Sinner at Goodman Theatre; Richard II and Henry V at Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Wizard of Oz at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Equus, Carnival!, Candide and The Rocky Horror Show at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Lizzie Borden and Fiddler on the Roof at Goodspeed Opera; The Spitfire Grill, Sweeney Todd, Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III at Idaho Shakespeare and Great Lakes Theatre; Arcadia at Clarence Brown Theatre; Aida at Actors’ Playhouse and Drury Lane Theatre; Of Thee I Sing at Remains Theatre; 90 North at The Kennedy Center; Illyria, Henry V, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Man of La Mancha, Measure for Measure and The Winter’s Tale at Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. Tours: Macbeth (London, Antibes, Nice, Valbonne), The Sound of Music, The Who’s Tommy, Seussical and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Off-Broadway: Harold Clurman, York, Manhattan Theater Source and Prospect. Film & Television: The Definite Maybe, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal

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Intent, Law & Order: SVU, Oz and Chappelleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Show. Additional Credits: B.F.A. from CCM/University of Cincinnati. John G. Preston (Ebenezer Scrooge) Regional Theatre: Rough Crossing at Yale Repertory Theatre; Measure for Measure at Utah Shakespeare Festival; Peter and the Starcatcher at La Jolla Playhouse; Race at Philadelphia Theatre Company; The Constant Wife at Asolo Repertory Theatre; Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Syracuse Stage; Pure Confidence at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; As You Like It at Shakespeare in the Park; The Taming of the Shrew at Denver Center Theatre Company; The Morini Strad at Portland Stage; and Othello at Georgia Shakespeare. Off-Broadway: Binge with Slant Theatre Project; So Help Me God with Mint Theater Company; Taboos (U.S. premiere) at SoHo Playhouse. Film & Television: Ready? OK! (feature), Feet of Clay (short), Law & Order and As the World Turns. Additional Credits: Preston received his B.F.A. from Florida State and his M.F.A. from Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Lexi Rabadi (Belle, Mrs. Fred) is making her Actors Theatre debut! Regional Theatre: Belle in Beauty and the Beast at The Fulton Theatre and Maine State Music Theatre, Chava in Fiddler on the Roof at Maine State Music Theatre. Other Theatre: Adela in Bernarda Alba and Mae in The Pajama Game at Pace University. Additional Credits: Rabadi received her B.F.A. in musical theatre with Honors from Pace University in Manhattan. A U D I E N C E

Robert Ramirez (Ghost of Christmas Present, Fezziwig) is making his Actors Theatre of Louisville debut. Theatre: Actor at New York, Alabama, Utah, Notre Dame, Illinois, Great River, Wisconsin, Baltimore and Austin Shakespeare Festivals. Additional Credits: Director: Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, Austin Shakespeare, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Voice and Text Direction: Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Players Theatre. Ramirez is the head of the Acting Program at the University of Texas at Austin, and is a proud member of Actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Equity and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. York Walker (Bob Cratchit) At Actors Theatre: Dracula; A Christmas Carol; Heist! and Let Bygones Be (2010 Humana Festival). Regional Theatre: A Raisin in the Sun at Two River Theater; The Mystery of Love and Sex at the Mark Taper Forum; One Night in Miami at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts;

Napoli! at American Conservatory Theater; A Raisin in the Sun at California Shakespeare Theater; As You Like It and Everything Is Ours at Chautauqua Theater Company; Hairspray at Gateway Playhouse. International: The House of Bernarda Alba at the Moscow Art Theatre. Film: Green. Additional Credits: Walker received his M.F.A. from American Conservatory Theater.

YOUTH ACTORS Olivia C. Allen (Caroler, Party Guest, Belinda Cratchit) is excited to make her debut with Actors Theatre. Other Theatre: Guys and Dolls at Noe Middle School (Sarah Brown), The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at StageOne (Beth Bradley), The Brown-Forman Nutcracker at Louisville Ballet (Party Child, Soldier, Angel). Additional Credits: Olivia is a student at Noe Middle School.

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Jacob Bukowski (Party Guest, Tiny Tim, Ignorance) is thrilled to be Tiny Tim for the second year in Actors Theatre’s A Christmas Carol. Other Theatre: The King and I at Trinity Theatre; Over the Rainbow, Becky & Dinah in Wonderland and Mystery on Aesop’s Island at Commonwealth Theatre; and Christmas shows at St. Margaret Mary, where he is in second grade. Jacob loves ALL video games and enjoys playing soccer, swimming and making movies backstage with his A Christmas Carol friends. Nathan Bukowski (Urchin, Schoolboy, Basil Fezziwig, Artful Dodger) is excited to be returning to Actors Theatre for his fourth season in A Christmas Carol. Other Theatre: The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and Mystery on Aesop’s Island at Commonwealth Theatre; and Christmas shows at St. Margaret Mary, where he is in fourth grade. Nathan is an avid reader; loves roller coasters; and enjoys playing soccer, competitive swimming on the Louisville Triton Team, and making

movies backstage with his A Christmas Carol friends. Cadence Diggs (Caroler, Want, Marjoram) is excited to be back at Actors Theatre! Recent Credits: Hairspray at CenterStage (Lil’ Inez); Kids, They Say the Darndest Things (Lola) and Little Bunny Foo Foo (Field Mouse) at Actors Theatre; The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Aladdin Jr. at StageOne; School of Rock at New Albany Riverstage; Lion King Kids at Young Actors Institute (Young Nala); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Commonwealth Theatre; Once on This Island, The Color Purple and The Wizard of Oz at CenterStage. Additional Credits: A fourth grader at Brandeis Elementary, she enjoys reading, singing, dancing, acting and everything Harry Potter. Follow her on Instagram @the_cadeanna.

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Annalise Finch (Fan, Caroler, Party Guest) is excited and humbled to return to Actors Theatre for her third season in A Christmas Carol. Other Theatre: She is also

known for her roles of Marjoram Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol (2016) at Actors Theatre and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird at AthensWest Theatre. Film: Play the Flute (2018). Additional Credits: The Wizard of Oz; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Fiddler on the Roof; Cinderella; and The Music Man at her school, Christian Academy of Louisville. She also enjoys piano, singing and her nieces (Kenzli and Willow) and nephew (Quentin). Kate Hall (Caroler, Fezziwig Maid, Urchin) is honored to work with Actors Theatre for a third year in a row. Other Theatre: Gretl in The Sound of Music at CenterStage, Pam Tills and Friends with Gary Musick Productions, and Baby Angel in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at StageOne. Additional Credits: The Hallmark Channel’s A Christmas Melody, City on a Hill’s Acts of God, and several commercials regionally and nationally, including a national Girl Scout Cookie campaign. Kate is also an accomplished dancer with the Dancers Center for Training. Kate is a level 7 student at Sacred Heart Model School. Austin Ramirez (Schoolboy, Party Guest, Tom Cratchit) is thrilled and honored to be back for his fourth season with Actors Theatre. At Actors Theatre: Dracula, Little Bunny Foo Foo, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol. Additional Credits: Curious George at Derby Dinner Playhouse. Austin enjoyed meeting and performing Shakespeare for Jennifer Lawrence this summer. When he is not singing and dancing, he enjoys playing with Legos and superheroes. 18

Bailey Ramirez (Martha Cratchit, Party Guest) is ecstatic to rejoin the cast of A Christmas Carol for her seventh season. At Actors Theatre: Macbeth. Other Theatre: Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Kentucky Shakespeare; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at StageOne. Television: Samoas’ Birthday Bash, Cookies Across America. She has also appeared on several commercials and stars in a PBS Emmy Award-winning children’s show, The Mother Goose Club. Additional Credits: Louisville Magazine’s 2015 Super Kid. She has also received several regional and national awards in solo dance. Vaughn Ramirez (Simon, Young Scrooge, Party Guest) returns to Actors Theatre for his sixth season. At Actors Theatre: Dracula, Little Bunny Foo Foo, Macbeth, A Christmas Carol. Other Theatre: Fidelio at Kentucky Opera; Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Kentucky Shakespeare. Television: Mother Goose Club Playhouse, multiple commercials and educational videos. Additional Credits: Awards include 2015 Louisville’s Got Talent 1st Place, 2018 Mr. Junior Dance America, 2014 Broadway World’s Best Performance by a Child Actor and the national title “2014 Mr. Petite Dance America.” He is a Cub Scout at St. Patrick’s School and enjoys soccer and learning.

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Clark Worden (Schoolboy, Party Guest, Peter Cratchit) is honored to join Actors Theatre for the first time. He last performed in Guys and Dolls, Jr. (Nathan Detroit)

at Noe Middle School. Favorite Credits Include: Big Fish (Young Will) and Oliver (Charlie Bates) at CenterStage, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Charlie) at StageOne. Clark is a student at Noe Middle School.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COMPANY Amber Avant (Caroler, Party Guest, Dorothea) At Actors Theatre: Same Time, Same Place; Solo Mio Round 2. New York Theatre: APLOMB with The Habitat Theater Company; Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at Chinatown Soup; Come Back Up with Sanguine Theatre Company at The Gym at Judson Church. Select Academic Credits: Tommy’s Girls, What You’ve Done and You Remind Me of You with the Primary Stages/Fordham University M.F.A. program; What of the Night? co-produced by INTAR Theatre and Fordham. Summer Stock: Orpheus in the Berkshires by Lucy Thurber and Warm Gentle Fuzzy Cold Prickly at Williamstown Theatre Festival. New Media: Barely Adults with Crown Hill Productions. Additional Credits: Sugar in Our Wounds readings with The

Playwrights Realm and Manhattan Theatre Club. Awards: Denzel Washington Scholarship 2014–2015 and Department Honors in Theatre at Fordham. David Ball (Pallbearer, Puss in Boots, Party Guest, Wreath Seller, Cecil) At Actors Theatre: Dracula (Monster). Theatre Credits: Hamlet (ensemble; performed in a barn in Portsmouth, N.H.) and Romeo & Juliet: a Shakes-BEERience (Romeo; performed in a bar called the Way Station in Brooklyn) with Seven Stages Shakespeare Company; Constellations (Roland; performed with Namron Players at Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery in Norman, Okla.); 2016 acting apprenticeship and 2017 Professional Training Company internship at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Additional Credits: Ball received a B.F.A. in acting from the University of Oklahoma. He is an Actors’ Equity Membership Candidate, has an SAFD basic pass in single sword and is SAFD recommended pass in unarmed combat.

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Avery Deutsch (Miss Forrest, Petunia) At Actors Theatre: Deutsch has appeared in the Solo Mio she wrote (“The Cardio Kickboxing Play”) and the New Play Project Same Time, Same Place. New York Theatre: Cosmicomics, Noir Town! and Calamity’s End at The Flea; Lucky! workshopped with the Orchard Project and performed at Dixon Place; A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Shakespeare on the Sound; The Biography of Angela B. Moon Landing at the PIT Loft. Other Theatre: Still Life with Iris, Passion Play, Agamemnon and Three Bedrooms at Muhlenberg College. Additional Credits: Deutsch graduated from Muhlenberg College in 2016 with a bachelor of arts in theater and English, and has also trained at the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Shakespeare and Company and The Humanist Project. She also was a member of The Bats, the resident acting company at The Flea, up until her move to Louisville. Rebby Yuer Foster (Sophia, Mother, Party Guest) At Actors Theatre: Dracula (Bride). Theatre Credits: The Wolves with Bellingham TheatreWorks; Come to the table, Mike Pence with Shaking the Tree Theatre; Tartuffe, Appropriate, Iphigenia and Other Daughters, Mad Forest and She Kills Monsters at the University of Portland; Self-Composed at Driftwood Theatre. Additional Credits: Foster is a graduate of the University of Portland, class of 2018, where she earned her B.A. in theatre and English literature. She studied at the Young Actors Professional Intensive at Studio East in 2014. She is from Mukilteo, Washington. 20

Josh Fulton (Graspers, Robin Hood, Party Guest, Toy Seller, Topper) Theatre: The Skin of Our Teeth, Force Continuum, The Luck of the Irish, The Mojo and the Sayso, The Nether and Bent at Fordham University (FCLC); A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Summit Rock; and a reading of Death of the Republic, a new play by Craig Lucas. Web Series: Rachel Unraveled. Additional Credits: Fulton recently graduated from Fordham College at Lincoln Center in the spring of 2018 with a bachelor of arts in theatre performance. He also studied abroad at the London Dramatic Academy in the fall of 2016. Right before coming to Actors Theatre, he shot the pilot for his web series Extra that he conceived and wrote in the summer of 2017. Jonathan Moises Olivares (Poulterer, Dick Wilkins, Snarkers) is a Salvadoran-American actor. At Actors Theatre: Dracula. Regional Theatre: PlayMakers Repertory Company, Actor’s Theater of Charlotte, Peppercorn Theatre. Educational Theatre: Original play, Trial 9, performed in PlayMakers Repertory Company’s inaugural “Making Tracks” Series; In the Heights with Pauper Players; Ordinary Days with Company Carolina. Additional Credits: Olivares has a B.A. in drama from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attended NC School of the Arts High School Program for Acting.

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Ash Patlan (Caroler, Marigold, Gwendolyn) At Actors Theatre: Amanda/ Dorothy in And We’re Live! (world premiere). Regional Theatre: u/s Judy and Voice One in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (regional premiere) at Pioneer Theatre Company. Other Theatre: The Two Noble Kinsmen (as part of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! Series); Up, Arcadia, The Three Sisters and As You Like It at the University of Utah. Additional Credits: Patlan received her B.F.A. in the Actor Training Program at the University of Utah. She served as apprentice for Pioneer Theatre Company in the fall of 2017. Brett Schultz (Young Ebenezer, Caroler, Pallbearer) is thrilled to be making his regional theatre debut in A Christmas Carol! Theatre Credits: Peter and the Starcatcher (Captain Scott); Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice (Orpheus); The Diary of Anne Frank (Peter). Film: The Convergence Series; Student Life. Julian Socha (Caroler, Robinson Crusoe, McFezzi, Edwards, Undertaker) hails from St. Paul, Minnesota. Other Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare Dallas; Henry VI and The Comedy of Errors (u/s) at Great River Shakespeare Festival; We Are Proud to Present, Shakespeare’s Other Women and Love’s Labour’s Lost at the University of Oklahoma. Additional Credits: Socha recently received his B.F.A. in acting from the University of Oklahoma Helmerich

School of Drama and has served as an apprentice at the Great River Shakespeare Festival. Reagan Stovenour (Mrs. Grigsby, Cook) graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2018 with a major in theatre and a minor in performing arts administration. At Actors Theatre: Dracula (understudy Miss Sullivan). Other Theatre: Our Town (Mrs. Webb), Bob: A Life In Five Acts (Chorus Three), 9 to 5 (Roz), The Yellow Boat (Mother) at Western Kentucky University. Directing Credits: Three More Sleepless Nights by Caryl Churchill and The Magic Tower by Tennessee Williams at Western Kentucky University. She is a co-founder of Bada Bing Bada Boom Burlesque that debuted at the university’s New Works Festival. She co-produced the Plays in a Day Festival for three semesters and is proud to say she assisted in the creation and production of 20 new plays written by her peers.

DIRECTOR Drew Fracher is thrilled to be back at Actors Theatre directing this season’s production of A Christmas Carol. Also at Actors, he has directed the most recent production of Dracula, A Christmas Carol (seven seasons) and A Christmas Story. Regional Theatre: Henry IV part 1, Macbeth and One Man, Two Guvnors at Georgia Shakespeare; Sense and Sensibility, A Streetcar Named Desire and The Tempest at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company; Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter’s Tale at Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival; and Opus and When We Were Young and Unafraid at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. Additional Credits: Productions at Florida

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Stage, American Stage Theatre Company, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, The Human Race Theatre Company, and the Alabama and Kentucky Shakespeare Festivals. As a fight master of the Society of American Fight Directors, Fracher has choreographed fight scenes and violence in productions at Actors Theatre of Louisville and more than 50 theatres nationwide, most recently staging fights for Treasure Island at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

DESIGNERS Philip Allgeier (Media Designer) became the Media Technologist for Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2008. Since joining the company, he has designed media for over fifty productions, including many world premiere productions in the Humana Festival of New American Plays, such as The Christians, The Glory of the World and The Hour of Feeling. Additional Credits at Actors Theatre Include: The Mountaintop, At the Vanishing Point, The 39 Steps, The Last Five Years, Peter and the Starcatcher, Angels in America (Parts One and Two) and The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. Allgeier has also designed media for productions at Playwrights Horizons, Mark Taper Forum, Brooklyn Academy of Music, SyracuseStage and others. Allgeier is a graduate of Western Kentucky University. Matt Callahan (Sound Designer) served as the resident sound designer at Actors Theatre of Louisville for seven seasons (2004–2011) and for more than 50 productions, including the world premieres of BOB, Elemeno Pea, Ground, Sirens, Slasher, The End, Rock and Roll: The Reunion Tour, dark play or stories for boys, This Beautiful City, The Scene, The Unseen, Six Years, Pure Confidence and Hazard County. Regional Theatre: Recent credits include Fly By Night, Hedwig and the Angry 22

Inch and This Random World at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; A Long Day’s Journey into Night and Animal Crackers at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Informed Consent at Cleveland Play House; Noises Off at Milwaukee Repertory Theater; and The Pavilion at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Additional credits at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Arizona Theatre Company; Philadelphia Theatre Company; Walnut Street Theatre; Prince Music Theater; and Steppenwolf Theatre Company Garage and Studio. Other Credits: Resident sound designer at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2008 and 2009. Kristopher Castle (Costume Designer) At Actors Theatre: Macbeth, For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday, Wellesley Girl, Luna Gale, At the Vanishing Point, A Christmas Carol, Remix 38, The Ten-Minute Plays (2016, 2014 and 2013 Humana Festivals), Noises Off, Sleep Rock Thy Brain, True West, Death Tax, The Veri**on Play and The Edge of Our Bodies. Regional Theatre: For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, [title of show] at Signature Theatre; Passing Strange and Jerry Springer: The Opera at Studio Theatre. Off-Broadway: For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday at Playwrights Horizons. Other Theatre: My Way Little Girl at The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage; Cinderella at North Shore Music Theatre; La Bohème and Die Fledermaus at Catholic University of America; The Shape of Things, Once Upon a Mattress, Castro’s Beard, Little Shop of Horrors and Eleemosynary at Barrington Stage Company; and The Secret Garden, Oklahoma! and Forever Plaid at Papermill Theatre. Antje Ellermann (Scenic Designer) At Actors Theatre: Gnit, Appropriate and Long Day’s Journey into Night. Regional Theatre: Hartford Stage, Two River Theater, Kansas City Repertory Theatre,

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Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, New York Stage & Film, Trinity Repertory Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Denver Center Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, MoMA, Bard Summerscape, Long Wharf Theatre and Pittsburgh Opera Center. Off-Broadway: Building the Wall; Stuffed; The Belle of Amherst; The Open House by Will Eno at Signature Theatre; The Broken Heart and Hamlet at Theatre For a New Audience; Dancing at Lughnasa at Irish Rep; Liberty City at New York Theatre Workshop; 9 Parts of Desire at Manhattan Ensemble Theater; Dear Elizabeth and Stuffed at WP Theater. Additional Credits: CT Critics Circle Nomination for The House That Will Not Stand; Helen Hayes Nomination, Ovation Nomination and Lucille Lortel Nomination for 9 Parts of Desire; and Emmy Nomination for Becoming American. For more information, please visit antjeellermann.com. Thomas C. Hase (Lighting Designer) Selected credits from over 35 years include: Company on Broadway, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Alliance Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Maine State Music Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Los Angeles Opera, New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, BAM/Next Wave Festival, Seattle Opera, Staatsoper Vienna, Malmö Opera (Sweden), Barbican and Sadler’s Wells (London), Abbey Theatre and RIVERDANCE (Ireland), Helikon Opera (Moscow, Russian Federation), Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), Finnish, Dutch and Columbian National Operas, Opéra de Marseille (France), Theater Erfurt and Bayerische Staatsoper (Germany), Canadian Opera Company and Luminato Festival

(Toronto), Singapore Arts Festival and Tokyo Metro Arts. Additional Credits: Hase has been resident lighting designer and lighting director for Cincinnati Opera for 23 years. Further information at Haseltd.com. Cheryl Turski (Movement Director) At Actors Theatre: A Christmas Carol. Regional Theatre: The Pirate Princess, The Light Princess (assistant), Trojan Barbie and Alice v. Wonderland at American Repertory Theater; Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale at Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival; and Troubled Water at Guerilla Opera. Off-Broadway: The Light Princess (assistant) at The New Victory Theatre. Additional Credits: Turski received her M.F.A. from the A.R.T. Institute at Harvard University and is currently on faculty at Wayne State University.

PRODUCTION Paul Mills Holmes (Production Stage Manager) is in his twenty-seventh season at Actors Theatre. At Actors Theatre: Holmes has stage managed over 130 productions in the regular season, including every production of A Christmas Carol since 1993 and 25 Humana Festivals. Regional Theatre: Girlfriend at Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles; The Glass Menagerie, Betsey Brown, Indians and Three Sisters at McCarter Theatre Center. Broadway: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Smile and Oh! Calcutta! Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Steel Magnolias and Oil City Symphony. Additional Credits: Directed Little Shop of Horrors in Tel Aviv and Tokyo. Thirty-eight seasons at Pennsylvania’s Totem Pole Playhouse. Katie Shade (Assistant Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: A Doll’s House, Part 2; Do You Feel Anger?; I Now Pronounce; Residence; The Roommate; The Grown-Up; Our Town;

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Dracula; Sleep Rock Thy Brain; A Christmas Story; Romeo and Juliet; The Hour of Feeling; The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity; Sense and Sensibility; BOB; Barefoot in the Park; Heist!; Phoenix; and A Christmas Carol. Other Theatre: Othello, Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest at Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, A Winter’s Tale and Bad Dates at Shakespeare & Company; The Fabulous Lipitones and Carousel at Goodspeed Musicals. Additional Credits: Shade holds a B.F.A. in theatre management from Auburn University. She is also an alumna of the 2009–2010 Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre.

CASTING Kate Lumpkin, CSA (Casting Director) Regional Theatre: Endlings at American Repertory Theater, West Side Story at the Kennedy Center, Evocation to Visible Appearance at Actors Theatre, We Are Here (Las Vegas), Reunion ’69/Reunion ’85 at the Newman Center. New York Theatre: We Are Here (dir. Steven Hoggett), We Are The Tigers, Safeword, Afterglow, Cleopatra, The Bad Years, Unraveled, Single Rider, Diaspora, The Other Side of Paradise, Counting Sheep, The Excavation of Mary Anning, Agent 355, Emma: A New Musical, Love in Hate Nation, Five Points, Hart Island, Eastbound, Interstate, Honey Dipped Apocalypse Girls, Fefu and Her Friends. National Tour: PBS Live! Tour: Lumpkin is the resident casting director for the Musical Theatre Factory and US/Canadian Casting team for Celebrity Cruises. As a casting professional, Lumpkin has collectively worked on over 40 TV/film productions and 80 theatrical productions across the country. She is a proud educator with The Broadway Collective.

AUTHORS Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1812. His father, John, worked as a clerk in the Navy Payroll Office. In 1822, he was transferred and the family moved to London, where they lived in Camden Town. When John Dickens was locked up in a debtors’ prison in 1824, the 12-yearold Charles was forced to leave school and go to work in a boot-blacking factory. Although ultimately John Dickens was released and Charles returned to school, his personal experiences of poverty and factory work marked him indelibly and would later inform his writing. The bestknown works of his prolific career include Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations and, of course, A Christmas Carol. Barbara Field (Adaptor) has had her works performed across the U.S. and in Europe. At Actors Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Camille and Neutral Countries (1983 Humana Festival, Great American Play Contest winner for Best Play). Regional Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Pantagleize, Marriage, Monsieur de Molière, Great Expectations, Camille and Playing With Fire at the Guthrie Theater. Credits also include The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company (Minneapolis), Child’s Play Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Pennsylvania Stage, Arden Theatre Company, Kennedy Center Theater for Youth and Family, A Noise Within, Alabama Shakespeare Festival and many more. Additional Credits: Field is a co-founder of the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, where she makes her home.

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E x ec u t i v e O ff i cer Kevin E. Moore Managing Director Moore joined Actors Theatre as Managing Director in July 2016. Previously, he had been the Managing Director of Theatre Communications Group since 2010. Prior to joining TCG, Moore was with Arizona Theatre Company, where he worked for ten years in various capacities, ultimately serving as Managing Director. In addition to Arizona Theatre Company, Moore is also a founding board member and former Board President for Alliance for Audience/ShowUp.com in Phoenix, a service organization for the arts in the

Valley. Moore has also served on panels for the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Theatre Communications Group, and has served on several planning committees for bi-annual meetings for the League of Resident Theatres. Moore has also served on the negotiating committee for contract negotiations between the League of Resident Theatres and United Scenic Artists, and has been on the Executive Committee for the League of Resident Theatres. He served on the inaugural board of the National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Moore is a graduate of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Alejandro Alvarez John Bajandas Adam Beam Turney Berry Neville Blakemore III William W. Crawford Jr. Angie Evans Kirsten Ford Layla George

Lena Hamel Barbara W. Juckett Christopher Kay Stewart Lussky Jennifer Mackin Caroline Martinson † Theresa Reno-Weber Theodore S. Rosky ‡ Marsha Beck Roth ‡

Bob Saunders † John E. Selent Seema Sheth Wendy Sirchio Allan Tasman, MD ‡ Mac Thompson Robbie Tindall

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

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

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

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Vice President for Fundraising Barbara Nichols

Coordinator, Gift Shop Operations Pennie Miller

Wanda Cundiff Barbara Ketcham Lew Ketcham Melanie Knight Robert Lutz Tom Morton Patti Slagle Val Slayton, M.D. Sue Terdan

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

ACTORS ASSOCIATES BOARD President Caroline Martinson Immediate Past President Mary Korfhage, PhD Financial Secretary Bill Bolte Treasurer Doris Elder

Vice President for Hospitality Dana Cooley

Board Members Linda Cauble Elizabeth Cooley

Le g ac y C i rc l e The Legacy Circle recognizes individuals who have made arrangements to support Actors Theatre in their estate plans. Anonymous Michael and Rachel Adkins Bryan R. Armstrong, Esq. Nancy L. Doctor Peter M. and Sarah D. Fuller

Todd P. Lowe and Frances C. Ratterman Robert T. and Eleanor N. Maddox Miriam Spectre Marcus and Jerome H. Kauper Rose Mary Rommel Toebbe

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Benefactor Circle Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Gheens Foundation Jennifer Lawrence Arts Fund at the Fund for the Arts Shakespeare in American Communities

Louisville Metro Government The Robert W. Rounsavall, Jr. Family Foundation, Inc. Supporter The Elizabeth George Foundation

Partner Director Circle Parking Authority of River City Guarantor Kentucky Arts Council (PARC) Edgerton Foundation National Endowment for the Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd Arts County The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

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The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports Actors Theatre of Louisville with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting Actors Theatre of Louisville.

T eacher A d v i s ory C omm i ttee Jenni Aberli, JCPS Literacy Specialist; Faith Anderson, Ballard High; Katie Blackerby Weible, YPAS; Brent Braun, Pleasure Ridge Park High; Judy Chandler, Bullitt County; Terrilyn Flemming, The Brown School; Kevin Gose, Valley High School; Amy Harpenau, New Albany High; Tom Hayes, Bardstown High; Kyrstin Price, KY School for the Blind; Kim Joiner, Noe Middle; Georgette Kleier, YPAS; Alison Lambert, Oldham County High; Tiffany LaVoie, Western Visual and Performing Arts Middle School; Amanda McFarland-Smith, Southern High; Patti Miller, Jeffersonville High; Kate Nitzken, Louisville Archdiocese; Andy Perry, Atherton High; Steven Rahe, Western Visual and Performing Arts Middle School; Hannegan Roseberry, Community Montessori; Amanda Simmons, Mercy High; Patti Slagle, Louisville Writing Project; Tiffany Smith, Eastern High; Shelby Steege, Atherton High School; Robbie Steiner, Floyd Central High; Frank Ward, Trinity High; KeNiesha Zell, Jeffersonville High; Amy Zuccaro, Trinity High. A U D I E N C E

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

Disney/ABC Television Group* Paula A. Dominick*♦ Dorfman and Kaish Family Foundation, Inc. ♦ Dramatists Play Service, Inc.* Kevin & Anne Driscoll John R. Dutt*♦ Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing*♦ Jessica Farr* Mason & Kim Granger*♦ Brian J. Harkins*♦ Gregory S. Hurst*♦ Howard and Janet Kagan♦ Joseph F. Kirk*♦ John R. Mathena *♦ Ogilvy & Mather† Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart*♦ Dina Merril & Ted Hartley* Newmark Holdings* Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. * John Thomopoulos*♦ Evelyn Mack Truitt* Leslie C. & Regina Quick Charitable Trust As of August 2017

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I n d i v i d ua l S u pport WORLD PREMIERE CIRCLE Visionary Circle Anonymous (2) Christina Lee Brown Mrs. Harry S. Frazier, Jr. Producer Circle Ann and Stewart Cobb Sandra Frazier Mary and Ted Nixon Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham Jacqueline R. and Theodore S. Rosky Ms. Elizabeth Rounsavall Director Circle Anonymous John and Natalie Bajandas Brooke and Matthew Barzun Turney P. Berry and Kendra Foster Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Crawford Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. David Daulton Lena and Matthew Hamel Augusta and Gill Holland, Jr. Todd P. Lowe and Fran C. Ratterman Mary Gwen Wheeler and David A. Jones, Jr. Bruce Merrick and Karen McCoy The Mitchell/Rushing Family Foundation Inc. Thomas and Mary Jo Mueller Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Murphy J. A. Paradis III John E. Selent Alfred Shands Mr. and Mrs. Mac Thompson Jaleigh and Michael White The Wunderlin Company Designer Circle Lynn Allen and Pete Walton Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Callen Sarah and Peter Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall III Jim and Marianne Welch Playwright Circle Anonymous (2) Ms. Patricia W. Ballard Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ballard Jr. Eleanor Bingham Miller Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Bonnie Meredith Wilson Brown Dr. Joseph J. Buchino Victoria and Paul J. Diaz Daniel and Kirsten Ford Bill and Joyce Holmes Barbara and Bill Juckett Chris and Julie Kay Fairleigh and Abby Lussky Kevin E. Moore and Mike Porto Carol and Charlie Pye Jonathan and Julie Roberts

Ken and Anne Selvaggi Cathy and Allan Tasman, MD John L. Tate and Phyllis McMurry-Tate Linda and Chris Valentine

Michelle and Michael Hanington Jane Hardy and David Schmidt Arvida and Edward Harris Hood and Heather Harris Jim Haynes Dramaturg Circle Anna Hitron and Thomas Johnston Jesse and Kim Adams Jonathan and Janet Hodes Keith Auerbach, M.D. Mr. Richard Hoskins Sarah and Campbell Brown Steve Knight Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson Mary Korfhage Madelyn Buzzard Mees David and Carol Krebs Heather McHold and Stephen P. Mr. Robert E. Kulp, Jr. Campbell Rabbi Laura Metzger and Cantor Tanya Carrico and John Higgins David Lipp Michael and Gina Del Negro Susan McNeese and Phil Lynch Nancy L. Doctor Robert T. and Eleanor Maddox Mr. and Mrs. Donald Finney Mr. and Mrs. John Mann Jr. Ken and Judy Handmaker Caroline Martinson Paul and Tracy Klein John and Cindy McCarthy Ms. Stewart Lussky and Mr. Bob Jones Bill and Mim McKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Holland N. McTyeire IV Rishab and Lopa Mehrtora Susan S. and Robert H. Means Claire Alagia and Creighton Mershon, Sr. Dr. Catherine Newton and Duane and Anne Murner Dr. Gordon Strauss Mr. Scott Neff Al and Jamie Paradis Joanne and Joseph Oldham Rick and Becky Reed Jessica and Lance Owens Kris and Wendy Sirchio Donna M. Peak Habdank Foundation Chris Price Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Tindall Theresa and Ben Reno-Weber David and Melissa Weedman Mr. Robert S. Saunders Jane Welch Darrell and Nancy Shelton Will and Becky West Patti Slagle and Steve Zimmerman Ed and Anne Wunsch Larry Fleischer and Les Stanfield Mr. Sam Stewart Stage Manager Charlotte and John Clay Stites Anonymous (4) Mrs. James W. Stites, Jr. Mr. James B. Appleberry Dr. and Mrs. Bodley Stites Sharon and Stephen Berger Dr. Brandon Sutton and Karen Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Jon P. Arnold Rose Mary Rommel Toebbe Mr. and Mrs. Neville Blakemore III Terry and Amanda Tyler Neville Blakemore, Jr. and Gray Henry Porter Watkins and George Bailey Maggie Brandt and Bert Lyons Dr. Melissa L. Weaver Norma B. Braver Stephen and Coretta Wolford Dr. and Mrs. John J. Buchino Kimberly and Michael Wood William Burbank Phoebe A. Wood In Memory of Catherine Davidson Ms. Kathleen Chalfant PRODUCTION CIRCLE Ms. Erika Chavez-Graziano Principal Artist Dr. Phil Cochran and Ms. Marie B. Carol Anne Edwards Hertzman-Cochran Sally and Charlie Moyer Terry Conway Beth Welch Drs. Larry and Christine Cook Kevin and Mera Cossey Corlett Supporting Role Brad Asher and Susan Coventry Anonymous Irwin and Carol Cutler Michael Alt Dr. Richard Edelson and Donna Bill and Carlyn Altman Smith Alejandro and Carol Alvarez Fr. John G. Eifler Maureen Awbrey and Diane Kyle Jack E. Francis Stephen and Jeannie Bodney Robert Gable Tom and Sylvia Brite Jan M. Grayson Stephen and Katie Bush Mr. John R. Gregory Helen Cohen Scott and JoAnn Haner Mr. Curtis R. Conlin and Mr. Chris Welsh A U D I E N C E

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Brian and Molly Schaffner Jeremy and Suzy Shepherd Seema Sheth and Andreas Wokutch Dr. and Mrs. Roger J. Shott Mrs. Yandell R. Smith Ilam E. Smith Dr. John Roberts and Dr. Janet L. Smith Vertner Smith and Barbara West Dr. Peter and Margaret Fife Tanguay Mr. and Mrs. James Ward Les Waters Rev. and Mrs. James Wilson Thomas and Susan Wobbe Ms. Ruth Wukasch Craft Artisan Anonymous Mary Alexander and John Downard Rebecca Begley and Robert Weekly Rebecca S. Brown Dr. Deb Patterson Burdsall Ms. Madeline Carey Grant Linda W. Cauble Vicki Coombs Dawn and Robert Croft Leonidas Deters and Penelope Shaw Dr. Edward Dunn Dr. and Mrs. Walter Feibes Bill and Kathy Fensterer Gregg and Leslie Fowler Kerry Francis James and Grace Giesel

Clarence and Bettie Glover Dr. and Mrs. Richard Goldwin Louis Hettinger Mr. Nick Hormann Allison Jenkins Donna Y. Kays Ed Kruger and Jeff Rodgers Boyce Martin III & Melea East Mary Lou and Bill Marzian Erin and Chris Meiman Guy E. and Elizabeth S. Montgomery Janessa and John Moran Mindy Murphy Dustin Page and Bryan Miller Patrice E. Paton John and Nancy Reed Mr. C. Glenn Reid Drs. Tiffany Rieser and Steven Heilman Ms. Sarah Dart Ruhl Darla and Donald Shaffer John & Shiao Shaw-Woo Ted and Rae Shlechter Mr. Val Slayton Dr. J. C. States and Ms. G. R. Russo Kelly Terlau Alyssa J. Toerne Mr. and Mrs. William W. Weber Don and Mary Wells Brenda Whittaker Mitzie and Jim Wittliff Carol and Bill Young David and Bonnie Zepka

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Peggy Shake Allie Summers Carrie Syberg Mark D. Warner

T heatre Staff Managing Director, KEVIN E. MOORE ARTISTIC Associate Artistic Director....... Meredith McDonough Artistic Producer.................................Emily Tarquin Artistic Manager................... Zachary Meicher-Buzzi Company Manager..................................... Dot King Literary Director............................................... Amy Wegener Literary Manager...........................Jenni Page-White Resident Dramaturg....... Hannah Rae Montgomery Literary Associate..................................Jessica Reese Education Director................................................ Jane B. Jones Education Associate.........................Janelle R. Dunn Teaching Artists................Liz Fentress, Keith McGill, Talleri McRae, Letitia Usher ADMINISTRATION General Manager.......................... Jeffrey S. Rodgers Human Resources Manager..................... Marie Tull Systems Manager.................................. Dottie Krebs Executive Assistant............................ Norman Dixon Administrative Services Coordinator................................Bianca Unzueta AUDIENCE SERVICES & SALES Ticket Sales Director.........................Kim McKercher Season Tickets Manager......................Julie Gallegos Patron Services Managers......................Steve Clark, Kristy Kannapell Patron Services Associates................ LaShana Avery, Sophia Bierman, Kristine Farley, Marty Huelsmann Volunteer and Audience Relations Director........................................... Allison Hammons Lobby Manager.....................................Tiffany Walton House Managers............Tiffany Bush, Elizabeth Cooley, Rachel Downs, Jan Hubert, Jordan Kelch, Stephen Minotti, Abigail Rogers, Bryn Weiler Audience Services Associates.....Kelly Carr, Matt Dalton, Hillary Jones, Rebecca Redman DEVELOPMENT Director of Development................ Mark D. Warner Director of Community Partnerships... Carrie Syberg Director of Individual Giving.......... Katherine Lander Grants Manager.................................... Allie Summers Development Coordinator............. Matthew Brown FINANCE Director................................................. Peggy Shake Accounting Coordinator.........................Jason Acree Accounting Assistant............................ Jamila Childs MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Director................................................. Steve Knight Marketing Manager............................ Melissa Hines Festival & Events Manager.................. Erin Meiman Public Relations Manager....... Elizabeth Greenfield Graphic Designer............................ Mary Kate Zihar Assistant Graphic Designer.........Sheyenne Santiago Group Sales Manager............................ Sarah Peters Outbound Customer Service Representative............... David Meredith

OPERATIONS Director of Operations........................Carlo Stallings Operations Manager................................. Barry Witt Building Services Supervisor............... Ricky Baldon Building Services......................................Deonta Burns, Kevin Burns, Cedrick Yelder PRODUCTION Production Manager............................. Paul Werner Associate Production Manager................................ Michael DeWhatley Production Stage Manager.......... Paul Mills Holmes Resident Stage Managers...............Stephen Horton, Jessica Kay Potter, Katie Shade Resident Production Assistants.................Margaret Rial, Katherine Thesing Scenic Technical Director............................Justin Hagovsky Associate Technical Director............ Braden Blauser Scenic Charge Artist........................ Rachael Claxton Scene Shop Manager................Javan Roy-Bachman Master Carpenter..................................... Alexia Hall Scenic Carpenters........................... Hannah Allgeier, Josh Blum, Daniel Cutler, Pierre Vendette Assistant Scenic Charge........................Colleen Doty Deck Carpenters.....Gracie Lawson, Peter Regalbuto Costumes Costume Director.....................................Mike Floyd Crafts Master.......................................Shari Cochran Wig and Makeup Supervisor............Barbie McCann Draper/Tailor..........................................Jeffery Park First Hands...........Rachel Gregory, Natalie Maynard Stitchers....................... Faith Brown, Katie Leonard, Christina Marcantonio Costume Design Assistants................. Isabel Martin, Isabelle Tabet Wig and Makeup Assistant..............Rebecca Traylor Wardrobe Manager.................................Anna Jenny Wardrobe Assistant.............................. Chloe Hixson Wardrobe Technician............................Kathryn Vest Lighting Supervisor......................................... Jason E. Weber Associate Lighting Supervisor...............Dani Clifford Electrics Shop Manager..................... Steve Burdsall Lead Lighting Technician..................Wylder Cooper Lighting Technicians.......... Ellen Reid, Tyler Warner Sound Supervisor................................................ Paul Doyle Assistant Sound Supervisor............Lindsay Burdsall Sound Technicians.............................. Marion Ayers, Victoria Campbell Properties Director............................................... Mark Walston Associate Properties Master.............Heather Lindert Assistant Properties Master.............Katelin Ashcraft Carpenter Artisan................................ Ryan Bennett Soft Goods Artisan............................ Jessie Combest Video Media Technologist............................Philip Allgeier

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T heatre Staff Professional Training Company Director................................Christine Albright-Tufts Artistic Coordinator.............................Jonathan Ruiz Acting......................................................................... Amber Avant, David Ball, Silvia Daly Bond, Laura Lee Caudill, Avery Deutsch, Rebby Foster, Josh Fulton, Ashley N. Hildreth, Rasell Holt, Emma Maltby, Kevin O’Connell, Jonathan Moises Olivares, Ashley K. Patlan, Kayla Peters, Angelica Santiago, Brett Daniel Schultz, Julian Socha, Seun Soyemi, Russell Sperberg, Reagan Stovenour Communications................................ Laura Mullaney Company & Artistic Management.............. Ben Otten Costumes.................................................. Jessica Land Development................................................ Kelly Carr Directing.........................Shareef Elkady, Emily Moler Dramaturgy/Literary Management..........Alonna Ray, Susan Yassky Education/Teaching Artist..................Rachel Bischoff, Emma Leff Festival & Events Management............ Henrietta Key Lighting.......................................................Seth Torres Marketing.......................................Charlotte Stephens Producing & Casting Management.............................. Rebecca Redman

Production Management..........................Bryn Weiler Properties................................................ Kayla Carroll Scenic Painting.......................................Petra Stoppel Sound...............................................Cheyenne S. Zuck Stage Management.................................Andie Burns, Annalise Fosnight, Elizabeth Gordon, Em Hornbeck Usher Captains Dolly Adams, Shirley Adkins, Marie Allen, Terryl Allen, Katherine Austin, Libba & Chuck Bonifer, Tanya Briley, Judy Buckler, Brenda Cease, Maleva Chamberlain, Donna Conlon, Terry Conway, Laurie Eiden, Doris Elder, Joyce French, Carol Halbleib, LuAnn & Tom Hayes, Candace Jaworski, Holly Kissel, Barbara Nichols, Teresa Nusz, Dalen Payton, Beth Phipps, Nancy Rankin, Tim Unruh, Peyton Weibe Actors Theatre’s Company Doctor Dr. Andrew Mickler, F.A.C.S.

Members of the Professional Training Company receive additional training at the Louisville Ballet School.

Actors Theatre of Louisville was founded in 1964 by Richard Block in association with Ewel Cornett. Jon Jory was Producing Director from 1969 to 2000. Alexander Speer was Executive Director from 1965 to 2006.

Artists under Commission In addition to reading script submissions from around the country, Actors Theatre of Louisville builds relationships with playwrights and encourages the creation of new work by commissioning plays from artists whom we admire. A new play commission engages a writer to pen a piece specifically for Actors Theatre of Louisville and allows us to support the work’s development from the earliest stages of inspiration onward. Some notable past full-length plays commissioned by Actors Theatre and produced in the Humana Festival of New American Plays include The Christians by Lucas Hnath, Cry it Out by Molly Smith Metzler, For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday by Sarah Ruhl, Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo, Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison (co-commission with Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Big Love and The Glory of the World by Charles Mee, and Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies (winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama).

Commissioned writers currently include: Jeff Augustin Kara Lee Corthron Jackie Sibblies Drury Emily Feldman Tasha Gordon-Solmon 36

Sarah Gubbins Lucas Hnath Rajiv Joseph & Bill Sherman Basil Kreimendahl Taylor Mac AA UU DD I I E E NN CC E E

Mara Nelson-Greenberg Matthew Paul Olmos A. Rey Pamatmat Naomi Wallace & Ismail Khalidi

Ser v i ce s & A me n i t i e s TICKET INFORMATION Box Office Hours (During Performances) Subject to change. Monday: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Tuesday – Thursday: 12 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Friday – Saturday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. Sunday: 12 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Order by phone (502) 584-1205 ■ 1-800-4ATL-TIX Phone orders are subject to a $3 per ticket processing fee. All orders subject to a $2 per ticket Historic Landmark Fee. Online fees vary, based on ticket cost. Order Online: ActorsTheatre.org Address: 316 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202-4218 USA special offers Season Ticket Packages A range of ticket packages are available, including incredible benefits. Call our Box Office for options or visit ActorsTheatre.org/SeasonTickets. Groups Discounts ranging from 5% to 20% are available to groups of ten or more. Call (502) 585-1210 for details. Ages 60+, Military, Students and Patrons with Disabilities 60+, military, students (full-time with valid ID) and patrons with disabilities receive 10% off single tickets. Day of Performance: Patrons with disabilities and students $24. Gift Certificates Perfect for all occasions, gift certificates are available in any amount and can be purchased at the Box Office or online at actorstheatre.org. Ticket Exchange Ticket holders may exchange their tickets either by phone or in person. As soon as possible after exchange needs are known, please call or visit our Box Office to make arrangements. Ticket exchanges may be made until 5 p.m. the day of the date on the tickets or one hour in advance of a matinee—only for another performance of the same play. Upgrade fees may apply. PLEASE NOTE Ticket discounts subject to availability, cannot be combined with other discounts, and are not valid on previously purchased tickets. Historic Landmark and phone fees apply. Not valid during blackout performances. Seating restrictions may apply. Visit ActorsTheatre.org/TicketOptions for more information. GALLERY HOURS (During Performances) Tuesday - Friday: 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday - Sunday: 1 p.m. - 10 p.m. Closed Mondays and non-performance days

FOOD & BEVERAGE Food is not permitted in the theatre. Beverage Service Beverage service is available on the Mezzanine Level Tuesday–Sunday, one hour before all shows and at intermission. Post-performance beverage service is available at MilkWood. Beverages can be pre-purchased for intermission at the Mezzanine bar before all performances. MilkWood Open Tuesday-Sunday at 5:30 p.m. MilkWood, a restaurant operated by Chef Edward Lee, is located on the lower level of Actors Theatre. Food is available at the bar in the restaurant without reservations; however, reservations are recommended for table service. For reservations, please call (502) 584-MILK (6455) or visit MilkwoodRestaurant.com. Late Arrival Policy Late Seating in the Pamela Brown Auditorium or the Bingham Theatre is at the discretion of the House Manager, who can be located in the lobbies upon your arrival. Due to the intimate nature of the Victor Jory Theatre, latecomers will not be seated. Parking Accessible parking is available on the Mezzanine Level of the Actors parking garage and on the Ground Floor Level for vans. There are additional marked spaces next to the Main Street elevators on Levels 3 through 6. The Actors parking garage elevators, located along Main Street, provide direct access to theatre lobbies. For information on discount parking for theatre events or traffic updates and alerts, please visit our website at ActorsTheatre.org or contact our Box Office at 502.584.1205. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE In the event of a fire, a severe storm or an earthquake, you will be instructed by an announcement from the stage indicating the best method of exit. Please notice the multiple red exit signs in the theatre. For your safety, please exit in a calm and orderly manner. ELECTRONIC DEVICES Please silence your phone or watch alarm so it will not disrupt the performance. Use of cellular phones, pagers, cameras, recording devices or any device that will light up the rows behind you are strictly prohibited in the auditorium. If you feel you may need to be contacted in case of an emergency, check your phone or pager with the house manager. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. NO Firearms Firearms are strictly prohibited on these premises. CHILDREN

Children under age four are not permitted unless the production specifically appeals to very young children. All children attending an event, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Because it can be distracting to others in the theatre, if your child is disruptive or excessively restless, you may be asked to step outside.

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Ser v i ce s & A me n i t i e s NO SMOKING

No smoking of any kind is permitted within the facility.

ACCESSIBILITY

Accessible ramps, elevators, parking, restrooms, water fountains and wheelchair seating are available for patrons with disabilities. Booster seats are available for check-out at Coat Check with a refundable deposit. Parking is located on levels M and 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 of the garage. Accessible restrooms are located on the first floor and Mezzanine Level.

Sound Enhancement

All theatres are equipped with an FM wireless system for hearing enhancement. Lightweight receivers with earphones or magnetic induction loops are available free of charge, with a refundable deposit, at Coat Check.

Audio-Described Performances

Selected performances, generally during a weekend matinee, are audio described for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Describers provide a live, objective, and descriptive delivery of the visual elements of the performance in between the dialogue. A schedule is available at the Box Office. Provided by The Kentucky Center.

Caption Theatre

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

Sensory Friendly

Sensory-friendly items such as noise-reducing headphones, fidgets and stress balls are available for check-out at Coat Check with a refundable deposit.

Large-Print Programs

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

VOLUNTEERS

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

RENTALS

Looking for a unique space to hold an event? Actors Theatre boasts a variety of different spaces for events ranging from meetings to conferences. Call (502) 584-1265 for details.

BACKSTAGE TOURS

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

All programs, activities and services are provided equally without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. 38

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