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September 2018

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PROGRAM The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time........................................... 7

Play Notes.................................................................. 10

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F R O M T H E T H E AT R E Thank you for joining us for the 2018–2019 Season! If you’re a subscriber, we happily welcome you back to another exciting lineup of shows. Thank you for choosing to spend your theatre season with us this fall. Presently, we’re thrilled to have you at Actors Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. This Tony Award-winning play based on the novel of the same name follows Christopher, an autistic teenager who sets out to find the real culprit after he’s wrongly accused of a crime—all while struggling to navigate a world that’s stubbornly out of sync with how his mind works. This thrilling adventure, directed by Actors Theatre’s associate artistic director, Meredith McDonough, is one that you’re sure to enjoy.

In telling this story, Actors Theatre has received ongoing support from the Kentucky Autism Training Center and has learned from several Louisville-based autistic self-advocates, members of the Kentuckiana Autistic Spectrum Alliance (KASA). In solidarity with our KASA colleagues, we would like to invite all audience members to respond to this performance in ways that are most comfortable for you. While attending this performance, you might see a variety of behavior: Stimming: A physical or verbal response to over- or under-stimulation that can provide self-regulation and self-expression. This might be repeated hand-wringing, rocking or clapping.

Echolalia: Some patrons may use repetitive speech to repeat phrases, quotes and speech.

Sometimes, this aids comprehension, and sometimes, this can be a calming or relaxing activity.

Tics: Involuntary movements or sounds (please note: tics and stimming are separate behaviors).

Touch Sensitivity: Some patrons may be very uncomfortable with physical touch from others, and/or aware of the sensation of materials on their skin.

Alternative Communication: Some patrons might use non-verbal forms of communication like sign language, and others may communicate in other non-traditional ways.

Fidgets: Some patrons may bring small objects with them to a performance—like stress balls, drawing pads or putty. Using these objects can relieve stress, aid relaxation and increase focus.

Sensory-Intense Moments: The ushers at each performance will have a list of sensory-intense moments throughout the play. For example, the list may note lights, sound effects or other sudden changes that could be overwhelming to some patrons.

If you would feel more comfortable attending a performance that is specifically designed to be sensory friendly, you can exchange your ticket for the public sensory-friendly show on October 7, 2018, at 1 p.m. For more information on this and any of the information we’ve discussed in this letter, please visit ActorsTheatre.org/Accessibility.

Thanks again for joining us and enjoy The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time!

Kevin E. Moore Managing Director 4

Talleri A. McRae Access, Inclusion & Education Consultant

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time a play by Simon Stephens based on the novel by Mark Haddon directed by Meredith McDonough September 18 – October 10, 2018 FEATURING Tina Chilip *, Sherman Fracher *, Sunny Hitt *, Maya Jackson *, Luis Moreno *, Trevor Salter *, Brian Slaten *, Seun Soyemi +, Alexander Stuart * and Jessica Wortham *

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

Kristen Robinson † Kathleen Geldard † Paul Toben † Christian Frederickson † Philip Allgeier Sam Pinkleton * Drew Fracher * Paul Mills Holmes * Jessica Kay Potter * Jenni Page-White

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was first presented by the National Theatre, London, at the Cottesloe Theatre on August 2, 2012, and transferred to the Gielgud Theatre, West End, London, on March 12, 2013.

The play opened in the U.S.A. at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 5, 2014.

This play is presented by kind permission of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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. A U D I E N C E

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P rod u ction C redit s The Cast of Characters (in order of appearance)

Christopher Alexander Stuart *

Mrs. Shears/Mrs. Gascoyne/ Woman on Train/Shopkeeper/Voice One Maya Jackson * Siobhan Tina Chilip *

Policeman 1/Reverend Peters/

Uncle Terry/Station Policeman/

Station Guard/Voice Four Trevor Salter *

Roger Shears/Duty Sergeant/

Mr. Wise/Man behind Counter/

Drunk One/Voice Two Luis Moreno *

No. 40/Lady in Street/Information/

Punk Girl/Voice Five Sunny Hitt * Mrs. Alexander/Posh Woman/Voice Six Sherman Fracher * Ed Brian Slaten *

Mr. Thompson/Drunk Two/

Man with Socks/London Policeman/

Voice Three Seun Soyemi + Judy Jessica Wortham *

Settin g Swindon and London, Great Britain.

I ntermi s s ion There will be one 15-minute intermission.

A dditiona l P rod u ction C redit s

Movement Captain Fight Captain Casting by Dialect Coach Stage Management Apprentices

Sunny Hitt * Trevor Salter * Kelly Gillespie, CSA Rachel Hilmer Andie Burns, Annalise Fosnight

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Adapting a Beloved Book British novelist Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time became an international bestseller after it was published in England in 2003. It’s written entirely from the perspective of an autistic teenager named Christopher, and it’s filled with diagrams, pictures and formulas that reveal the unique imagination of its central character with surprising nuance and clarity.

When Haddon approached his friend, celebrated dramatist Simon Stephens, about adapting the story for the stage, he wasn’t actually sure his novel could be adapted.

Stephens explains, “I think he assumed that a book based on the interior world of a boy who never interacted with strangers could never be active and so never dramatic.

How do you dramatize that remarkable inner voice without just having him speak it?”

Stephens agreed to adapt Haddon’s book, inspired by the challenge of how to handle Christopher’s captivating narration. Both Haddon and Stephens felt strongly that Christopher would never share his innermost thoughts with a room full of strangers, so the possibility of having Christopher address the audience directly seemed dishonest.

The original conceit of Haddon’s novel is that it is a book written by Christopher, and only two other people—his father, Ed, and his teacher, Siobhan—read it. Adhering to that concept, Stephens toyed with the idea of Ed reading parts of the book to the audience. Ultimately, however, he found a better narrator in Siobhan—who, in Stephens’s adaptation, not only reads Christopher’s book, but also encourages him to turn it into a play.

For Stephens, the approach of having Christopher’s words read aloud by Siobhan was both theatrically and conceptually satisfying. He explains: “I think [Siobhan] reads Christopher’s book in the same way we read Mark’s novel: with a sense of awe and wonder at Christopher’s remarkable mind; with a sense of dramatic irony (we understand things in Christopher’s writing which Christopher doesn’t understand himself); and with a sense of detachment...

Because of [her] capacity to see the things about Christopher [that] are ridiculous, she can see more readily the things [that] are magical.”

“I knew that the key to it was the relationship between Christopher and his teacher. I knew this, although it’s not that central in the novel—what struck me was that everybody in life has a favorite teacher. Even people who hated school, even people who found school a miserable experience, had that one teacher who they loved more than others and thought got them in a way that other teachers didn’t. And I knew if I could get that relationship right then we could make an evening in the theatre that people would recognize themselves in.”

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P l ay N Ote s In interviews conducted by the National Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Company, Simon Stephens shared more thoughts about his work on the play, and his affection for Christopher’s imagination. Below are excerpts from those interviews.

On creating the play “It’s distinct from the novel. It’s a fascinating thing; novelists and playwrights deal with different subjects, fundamentally we deal with consideration of what humanity is, but I think novelists can deal with the consideration of what human beings think, feel, remember, or observe. The playwright doesn’t deal with those things, or if the playwright does deal with those characteristics or those elements of human identity, they’ll release them through the things that people do. So the difference between the book and the play is the play concerns itself with behavior, and the novel with observation or thought. In that sense necessarily the play is not just about Christopher but about the combination of people who surround Christopher, who are affected by the things he does to them. So the play becomes about two things; more than the novel, I think the play is about family and raising children.”

On the appeal of Christopher Boone’s perspective “He sees with remarkable clarity the oddities that we normalize. When I see those oddities too I feel like I am seeing the world like him and that makes me very happy.”

“I think characters are sympathetic not because of what they say but because we recognize within them desire. What breaks our heart in drama is when a character’s desire is clear and specific and the pursuit of that desire is determined and brave. What’s legible in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is Christopher’s pursuit of what he wants; he’s fearless and brave and tenacious and we recognize ourselves in that.” ~ Written and compiled by Jenni Page-White A U D I E N C E

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B io g raphie s THE ACTING COMPANY Tina Chilip (Siobhan) is making her Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: after all the terrible things I do (IRNE nomination, Best Actress) at Huntington Theatre Company; All The Roads Home at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Kodachrome, Our Town at Portland Center Stage; tokyo fish story at The Old Globe; Chinglish at Portland Center Stage and Syracuse Stage; The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… at Berkeley Repertory Theatre; M. Butterfly at Guthrie Theater; Yellowface at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Off-Broadway: Fiasco Theater’s Twelfth Night at Classic Stage Company; House Rules, Flipzoids at Ma-Yi Theatre; Golden Child at Signature Theatre; A Dream Play at National Asian American Theatre Company; The Joy Luck Club at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. Television: Deception, Elementary, Madam Secretary, Royal Pains, The Mysteries of Laura.

Additional Credits: Chilip is a graduate of Brown University/Trinity Rep M.F.A. Acting Program.

Sherman Fracher (Mrs. Alexander/Posh Woman/ Voice Six) At Actors Theatre: 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 12

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.

Sunny Hitt (No. 40/Lady in Street/Information/ Punk Girl/Voice Five) is making her Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: Soft Power (Associate Choreographer) at the Ahmanson Theatre and Curran Theater. Real AD Show (Movement Director) at New York University Abu Dhabi. Off-Broadway: The Tempest at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park (The Public Theater).

Television: Appearances with Reggie Watts and The Dance Cartel on Conan and The Late Late Show with James Corden. Additional Credits: Hitt received her B.A. in dance from Marlboro College.

She is an SDC Associate member.

Maya Jackson (Mrs. Shears/Mrs. Gascayne/ Woman on Train/ Shopkeeper/Voice One) is making her Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: Shipwrecked! and The Comedy of Errors at Great River Shakepeare Festival; Jar the Floor at The Arkansas Repertory Theatre; Simon Dawes Becomes a Planet with Time Shared; Mr. Burns, A PostElectric Play at The Unicorn Theatre; The Winter’s Tale at Heart of America Shakespeare Festival; Full Circle at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Holly Down

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in Heaven at Forum Theatre Company; Swampoodle with Solas Nua; All’s Well That Ends Well at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Additional Credits: Jackson received her B.A. in theatre from the University of Maryland, College Park, and her M.F.A. in acting from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Luis Moreno (Roger Shears/Duty Sergeant/ Mr. Wise/Man Behind the Counter/Drunk One/ Voice Two) At Actors Theatre: we, the invisibles (Humana 2018). Regional Theatre: Ropes at Two River Theater; Seven Spots on the Sun at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Arabian Nights at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Arena Stage; Peer Gynt at La Jolla Playhouse and Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Anna in the Tropics at Capital Repertory Theatre. Off-Broadway: The Government Inspector with Red Bull Theater, The Age of Iron at Classic Stage Company. Other New York Theatre: Three Sisters with Nature Theater of Oklahoma; Distant Star and Open Up, Hadrian with Caborca; so go the ghosts of mexico, part one at La MaMa; Fetes de la Nuit at The Ohio. Film: Home, Zzzzzzz. Television: The Good Fight, Mysteries of Laura, Daredevil, Madam Secretary, Person of Interest.

Trevor Salter (Policeman One/Reverend Peters/ Uncle Terry/Station Policeman/Station Guard/Voice Four) Regional Theatre: Soft Power at the Ahmanson Theatre and Curran Theatre; Here Lies Love at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love at The Public Theater; Revolting Rhymes at The Lucille Lortel Theatre.

Other Theatre: to the left of the pantry… at La MaMa; The Loon at Abrons Arts Center; Wake Up! at Cherry Lane Theatre; Cabaret at The Secret Theatre. Additional Credits: Salter received his B.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of The Arts.

Brian Slaten (Ed) is honored to return to Actors Theatre after last year’s Angels in America.

Regional Theatre Credits Include: Straight White Men at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Bent at Mark Taper Forum, Hayfever at The Old Globe, Paris Commune at La Jolla Playhouse and the world premiere of Rachel Bonds’ Five Mile Lake at South Coast Repertory. Film Credits: Murder Bury Win, Happy 40th, Uggs for Gaza and Deception. Television Credits: Masters of

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Sex, Rizzoli & Isles, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: SVU and Army Wives. Additional Credits: Slaten is a member of Chalk Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles.

Additional Credits: Wortham received her M.F.A. in acting from Brown University/ Trinity Rep.

Alexander Stuart (Christopher) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time marks Stuart’s Actors Theatre and regional theatre debut. Chicago Credits: Joan of Arc at Abaisses Theatre, Foxfinder at Interrobang Theatre Project, Romeo and Juliet at Citadel Theatre Company and Perfect Arrangement at Oakton Community College. Additional Credits: Stuart graduated from Columbia College Chicago last year with a B.A. in acting (stage combat minor). Columbia credits include The Tempest, Mud, Doctor Faustus, As You Like It, Peter Pan, Bent and Superheroes in Love.

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Jessica Wortham (Judy) is a native Louisvillian and is thrilled to be working on her eleventh production with Actors Theatre. At Actors Theatre: Crime and Punishment, Twelfth Night, A Christmas Story and the Humana Festival premieres of Marginal Loss, The Ruby Sunrise, Backstory and No. 11 (Blue and White). Regional Theatre: Outside Mullingar at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (BATCC Nomination); The Second Girl at Contemporary American Theater Festival; A Servant to Two Masters and Othello at Pittsburgh Public Theater; Henry VIII at Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey; Informed Consent at Cleveland Play House and Geva Theater Center; and The Understudy and Black Pearl Sings! (BATCC Award) at San Jose Repertory Theatre.

Off-Broadway: Green Girl at The Public Theater and Bone Portraits at Soho Rep/ Walkerspace. Television: The Americans.

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Seun Soyemi (Mr. Thompson/Drunk Two/ Man with Socks/London Policeman/Voice Three) is excited and so grateful to be a part of the 2018–19 Professional Training Company! Born in Lagos, Nigeria, and raised in Atlanta, Ga., Soyemi graduated from Southern Methodist University with a B.F.A. in acting. Recent Theatre Credits: King in Love’s Labour’s Lost with Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Nathan in the world premiere of Ontario Was Here at Aurora Theatre, Father Comes Home from the Wars… at Actor’s Express, Oshoosi Size in The Brothers Size (nominated for the BWDA for Best Actor) and A Raisin in the Sun at Dallas Theater Center.

DIRECTOR Meredith McDonough is the associate artistic director at Actors Theatre, where she’s directed Angels in America, The Santaland Diaries, Marginal Loss, Airness, Circle Mirror Transformation, Peter and the Starcatcher, This Random World, Dot, The Last Five Years, Noises Off, The Whipping Man, brownsville song (b-side for tray) and The Delling Shore. Previously, McDonough was the director of new works at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, California, where she directed the world premiere musical Triangle, as well as Upright Grand, Auctioning the Ainsleys, Silent Sky, Now Circa Then, [title of show] and Opus (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards: Best Director and Best Production). Other San

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Francisco credits include the premiere of Miss Bennett—Christmas at Pemberley and A Steady Rain at Marin Theatre Company, and The Lily’s Revenge and Another Way Home at Magic Theatre. Regionally, favorites include the U.S. premiere of NSFW, Fair Use (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Eurydice (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Book Club Play (Dallas Theater Center) and the Washington, D.C. premiere of the musical Summer of ’42. In New York City, McDonough has developed work with Roundabout Theatre Company, Atlantic Theater Company, Keen Company and Ars Nova. She was the associate artistic director of The Orchard Project, was the new works director for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and currently serves on the board of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

McDonough received her B.S. from Northwestern University and her M.F.A. from University of California, San Diego.

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.

Christian Frederickson (Sound Designer) is a violist, composer and sound designer living in New York City. At Actors Theatre: Recent Alien Abductions, We’re Gonna Be Okay, Macbeth, Wondrous Strange, This Random World, Residence, Seven Guitars, The Glory of the World, Dot, At the Vanishing Point, Steel Hammer, True West, Romeo and Juliet, The Edge of Our Bodies and The Tempest. Off-Broadway: Custodians of Beauty at New York Live Arts; The Glory of the World, Steel Hammer, Trojan Women and The Master Builder at BAM; The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois at Atlantic Stage 2. Additional Credits: Frederickson is a founding member of the Louisville bands Rachel’s and The Young Scamels, and is a

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graduate of The Peabody Conservatory and The Juilliard School.

Kathleen Geldard (Costume Designer) At Actors Theatre: Marginal Loss and Evocation to Visible Appearance (2018 Humana Festival); I Now Pronounce and Cry it Out (2017 Humana Festival); Circle Mirror Transformation; Residence and This Random World (2016 Humana Festival); Peter and the Starcatcher; The Roommate and I Will Be Gone (2015 Humana Festival). Regional Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors at Portland Center Stage; Misery, Shakespeare in Love, All the Roads Home, Mad River Rising at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Macbeth at Shakespeare Theatre Company; The Year of Magical Thinking at Arena Stage; A Raisin in the Sun, Invisible Man and Ruined at Huntington Theatre Company; Kid Victory (world premiere), Brother Russia, Really Really, The Boy Detective Fails (world premiere), Walter Cronkite Is Dead (world premiere), Chess and Les Misérables at Signature Theatre; La Jolla Playhouse; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Center Stage; Studio Theatre; Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Florida Studio Theatre; Round House Theatre; Imagination Stage; Folger Theatre; Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse; and Children’s Theatre of Charlotte; Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. Awards: 2012 Bay Area Critics Circle Nomination for Ruined, Berkeley Repertory Theatre; 2012 IRNE Nomination for Ruined, Huntington Theatre Company; 2009 Helen Hayes Nomination for The Neverending Story, Imagination Stage; named Artistic Associate for Signature Theatre, 2011.

Kristen Robinson (Scenic Designer) is a New York City-based set designer. Her work ranges from site-specific installations to outdoor Shakespeare.

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Westport Country Playhouse; Ethel at Alliance Theatre; Love’s Labour’s Lost at Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival; [PORTO] at WP Theater; Company at Barrington Stage Company; Heart of Darkness at Baryshnikov Arts Center; and Minor Character at Under the Radar Festival. Her design for Westport Country Playhouse’s Nora has been featured in Chance Magazine Issue 4, and her design for Rapture Blister Burn at The Wilma Theater won the 2015 Barrymore Award for Best Set Design. A Princess Grace Fellow, she holds her M.F.A. from Yale University. You can see her work at kristenrobinsondesign.com, USA 829.

Paul Toben (Lighting Designer) At Actors Theatre: Evocation to Visible Appearance, Marginal Loss, Angels in America, Parts One and Two: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, Airness, Circle Mirror Transformation, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, This Random World, Residence, Wondrous Strange, Peter and the Starcatcher, 4000 Miles, The Roommate, I Will Be Gone, That High Lonesome Sound, The Last Five Years, The Grown-Up, Partners and Noises Off. Regional Theatre: Electra at Court Theatre; The Book of Will at Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Silent Sky, Upright Grand, Auctioning the Ainsleys and others for TheatreWorks; Medea, School for Wives, The Book Club Play, Fly

by Night at Dallas Theater Center; Caravan Man and Demon Dreams for Williamstown Theatre Festival; Daddy Long Legs at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Play House, Arizona Theatre Company and more; designs for Magic Theatre, Walker Arts Center and Flat Rock Playhouse, among others.

Broadway: The Story of My Life. OffBroadway: Side Street at Theaterlab; Saturn Nights at Incubator Arts Project; Electra in a One-Piece and The Realm at the wild project; Romeo and Juliet at

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Columbia Stages; Futurity at HERE; When in Disgrace at Examined Man; and The Redheaded Man at Fringe Encores.

London: Daddy Long Legs at St. James Theatre. Additional Credits: For more information, see paultoben.com.

CREATIVE STAFF Drew Fracher (Fight Director) At Actors Theatre: Tom Jones, The Whipping Man, Dracula, Othello, Peter Pan and many productions over the years for the Humana Festival of New American Plays.

Regional Theatre: Numerous productions at theatres nationwide, including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati,

Florida Stage, Cincinnati Opera and Atlanta Opera. Broadway: Company.

Additional Credits: Fracher is a fight master and past president of the Society of American Fight Directors. He is also a director and a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

Sam Pinkleton (Movement Director) is a New York City-based director and choreographer. At Actors Theatre, he’s choreographed Peter and the Starcatcher and I Promised Myself to Live Faster (Humana Festival 2016). His work on Broadway includes Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Tony Nomination); Significant Other; Amélie; Machinal; and Heisenberg. Other work includes Soft Power (Ahmanson/Curran); Runaways at The Public Theater/ Shakespeare in the Park and City Center

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Encores!; Dave at Arena Stage; Trouble in Tahiti for the Dutch National Opera; Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play at Playwrights Horizons; Burn All Night at American Repertory Theater/Oberon; Kansas City Choir Boy (with Courtney Love) at American Repertory Theater, Center Theatre Group and Art Basel; and new work at BAM, Soho Rep., Manhattan Theatre Club, Theatre For A New Audience, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center and Kansas City Repertory Theatre. He is a collaborating artist with Pig Iron Theatre Company, The Civilians and The Dance Cartel.

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.

Jessica Kay Potter (Assistant Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: The Santaland Diaries, Angels in America Parts One and Two, We’re Gonna Be Okay, Circle Mirror Transformation, The 39 Steps, For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday, The Ten-Minute Plays, Peter and the Starcatcher, Seven Guitars, Luna Gale, The Glory of the World, At the Vanishing Point, The Last Five Years, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The 18

Christians, Noises Off, Appropriate, The Whipping Man, True West, Romeo and Juliet, The Veri**on Play, ReEntry, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The End, Fissures (lost and found), Heist!, A Christmas Carol, Dracula and Absalom. Other Theatre: Uncharted Realms at the Louisville Ballet; Much Ado About Nothing at Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Additional Credits: Potter holds a B.S. in theatre arts from the University of Louisville, where she graduated cum laude.

DRAMATURG Jenni Page-White is the literary manager at Actors Theatre. Dramaturgy credits at Actors include Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches and Part Two: Perestroika, and the Humana Festival premieres of Do You Feel Anger?; we, the invisibles; We’re Gonna Be Okay; I Now Pronounce; Wellesley Girl; and This Random World. Previously, she was the literary associate at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where she helped select and develop new plays for First Look and coordinated post-show discussion programming. In Chicago, she has developed plays with American Theater Company, Sideshow Theatre Company and LiveWire Chicago Theatre. She holds a B.F.A. from the University of Oklahoma and an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa.

CASTING Kelly Gillespie’s credits include Angels in America, Residence, Eat Your Heart Out, The Roommate, Dot and Seven Guitars at Actors Theatre of Louisville; What We’re Up Against, Stuffed, Ironbound, Bright Half Life and Dear Elizabeth at WP Theater; Good Person of Szechwan at The Foundry Theatre and The Public Theater; Melancholy Play, A Map of Virtue, The Zero Hour and Monstrosity at 13P; and

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She was the resident casting director for TACT (The Actors Company Theatre) for seven seasons and for Off-Broadway’s Keen Company for six seasons. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

AUTHORS Mark Haddon (Novelist) is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling novel,

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, was published simultaneously

by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003. It won seventeen literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. His poetry collection, The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea, was published by Picador in 2005, and his last novel, The Red House, was published

by Jonathan Cape in 2012. He lives in Oxford, England.

Simon Stephens (Playwright) has written many plays that have been translated into more than 30 languages and produced all over the world. He is a professor of playwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University, an associate playwright at the Royal Court Theatre, the artistic associate at the Lyric Hammersmith in London and the Steep Associate Playwright at Steep Theatre in Chicago.

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E x ec u ti v e O fficer 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

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

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A ctor s T heatre B oard s BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Elizabeth Rounsavall* Vice President Gill Holland* Treasurer Jan Grayson Secretary Karen Wunderlin

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

Gill Holland Barbara W. Juckett Christopher Kay Stewart Lussky Jennifer Mackin Caroline Martinson † Theresa Reno-Weber Theodore S. Rosky ‡ Marsha Beck Roth ‡ Elizabeth Rounsavall Bob Saunders †

John E. Selent Seema Sheth Wendy Sirchio Allan Tasman, MD ‡ Mac Thompson Robbie Tindall Karen Wunderlin

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

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

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

Vice President for Communication Rita Bell

Vice President for Service Linda Gaines

Vice President for Fundraising Barbara Nichols

Coordinator, Gift Shop Operations Pennie Miller

Vice President for Hospitality Dana Cooley

Board Members Linda Cauble Wanda Cundiff

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

‡ Denotes Sustaining Director † Denotes Ex-Officio * Denotes Executive Committee

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

Le g ac y C irc 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 A U D I E N C E

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C orporate S u pport President Circle Brown-Forman Corporation Director Circle Fifth Third Bank Yum! Family Series Benefactor Circle BB&T D.D. Williamson & Co., Inc. The Galt House Hotel GE Appliances Hilliard Lyons LG&E and KU Energy Old Forester Theatre Forward

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Guarantor Derby City Litho Republic National Distributing Company The Voice-Tribune White Clay Consulting ZFX Flying Effects Supporter AT&T Kentucky Churchill Downs, Inc. McCarthy Strategic Solutions, LLC

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Partner Bearno’s Pizza Cellar Door Chocolates Falls City Brewing Company Heine Brothers’ Coffee Mike’s Kentucky Kitchen National Arts Club Vincenzo’s Restaurant

F o u ndation and g ov ernment S u pport President Circle Fund for the Arts Humana Foundation Producer Circle The Roy Cockrum Foundation The Shubert Foundation

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 Norton Foundation, Inc.

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

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

The Shubert Foundation

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Gheens Foundation

Jennifer Lawrence arts fund at the fund for the arts

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 ommittee Jenni Aberli, JCPS Literacy Specialist; Faith Anderson, Ballard High; Katie Blackerby Weible, YPAS; Hillary Boles, Louisville Collegiate School; Brent Braun, Pleasure Ridge Park High; Kelly Capps, Meade County High School; 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; Shelby Steege, 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; Robbie Steiner, Floyd Central High; Frank Ward, Trinity High; Amy Zuccaro, Trinity High A U D I E N C E

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Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres.

Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to the following funders: THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000-$99,000) Bank of America* The Schloss Family Foundation♦ Wells Fargo*♦ BENEFACTORS ($25,000-$49,999) Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr*♦ BNY Mellon Steven & Joy Bunson*♦ Citi DeWitt Stern* Goldman, Sachs & Co. MetLife Morgan Stanley James S. & Lynne Turley*♦ Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP* PACESETTERS ($15,000‑$24,999) American Express* Bloomberg Cisco Systems, Inc.* The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. EY* Alan & Jennifer Freedman*♦

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

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

* Theatre Forward/DeWitt Stern Fund for New American Theatre † Includes In-kind support ♦ Educating through Theatre Support Theatre Forward supporters are former supporters of National Corporate Theatre Fund and Impact Creativity.

For a complete list of funders visit theatreforward.org.

I n - K ind D onation s Alltrade Service Solutions Actors Associates Actors Education Bearno’s Pizza Bourbon Barrel Foods Boxcar PR Brown-Forman Cellar Door Chocolates Churchill Downs Clearwater Fine Foods Derby City Litho Elements Massage Westport Village Elite Packaging, LLC Farm to Fork Catering

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The Galt House Hotel Heine Brothers’ Coffee Hilliard Lyons Hyland Glass Katie and Fred Ryser-Cycle The Kentucky Center for the Arts J.B. Speed Art Museum Chris and Julie Kay Kentucky Shakespeare Kentucky Space LLC Louisville Ballet Louisville Marriott Downtown Mike’s Kentucky Kitchen Ted and Mary Nixon

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Parking Authority of River City (PARC) The Paw Zone, LLC Pawsitively Dogs Grooming Rabbit Hole Distillery Republic Bank Ms. Elizabeth Rounsavall SCOUT Wendy and Kris Sirchio Taxi 7 Mac and Jessica Thompson VIA Studio Virginia Gray Henry White Clay Consulting ZFX Flying Effects

I ndi v id ua l S u pport Visionary Circle Anonymous 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 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 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 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 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 Jaleigh and Michael White Dramaturg Circle Jesse and Kim Adams Keith Auerbach, M.D. Sarah and Campbell Brown Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson Madelyn Buzzard Mees Heather McHold and Stephen P. Campbell Tanya Carrico and John Higgins Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson Michael and Gina Del Negro Nancy L. Doctor Mr. and Mrs. Donald Finney Ken and Judy Handmaker Barbara and Bill Juckett Paul and Tracy Klein Ms. Stewart Lussky and Mr. Bob Jones Mr. and Mrs. Holland N. McTyeire IV Susan S. and Robert H. Means Dr. Catherine Newton and Dr. Gordon Strauss Al and Jamie Paradis Rick and Becky Reed Kris and Wendy Sirchio Habdank Foundation David and Melissa Weedman Jane Welch Will and Becky West Ed and Anne Wunsch Stage Manager Anonymous (2) Mr. James B. Appleberry Sharon and Stephen Berger Mr. and Mrs. Neville Blakemore III Neville Blakemore, Jr. and Gray Henry Maggie Brandt and Bert Lyons Norma B. Braver Dr. and Mrs. John J. Buchino William Burbank In Memory of Catherine Davidson Ms. Kathleen Chalfant Ms. Erika Chavez-Graziano Dr. Phil Cochran and Ms. Marie B. Hertzman-Cochran Terry Conway Drs. Larry and Christine Cook Kevin and Mera Cossey Corlett Brad Asher and Susan Coventry Irwin and Carol Cutler A U D I E N C E

Dr. Richard Edelson and Donna Smith Fr. John G. Eifler Jack E. Francis Emily and Bob Gable Jan M. Grayson Mr. John R. Gregory Scott and JoAnn Haner Michelle and Michael Hanington Jane Hardy and David Schmidt Arvida and Edward Harris Hood and Heather Harris Jim Haynes Anna Hitron and Thomas Johnston Jonathan and Janet Hodes Mr. Richard Hoskins Steve Knight Mary Korfhage David and Carol Krebs Mr. Robert E. Kulp, Jr. Rabbi Laura Metzger and Cantor David Lipp Susan McNeese and Phil Lynch Robert T. and Eleanor Maddox Mr. and Mrs. John Mann Jr. Caroline Martinson John and Cindy McCarthy Bill and Mim McKenzie Rishab and Lopa Mehrtora Claire Alagia and Creighton Mershon, Sr. Duane and Anne Murner Mr. Scott Neff Joanne and Joseph Oldham Jessica and Lance Owens Donna M. Peak Chris Price Theresa and Ben Reno-Weber Mr. Robert S. Saunders Darrell and Nancy Shelton Patti Slagle and Steve Zimmerman Larry Fleischer and Les Stanfield Mr. Sam Stewart Charlotte and John Clay Stites Mrs. James W. Stites, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Bodley Stites Dr. Brandon Sutton and Karen Thomas Rose Mary Rommel Toebbe Terry and Amanda Tyler Porter Watkins and George Bailey Dr. Melissa L. Weaver Stephen and Coretta Wolford Kimberly and Michael Wood Phoebe A. Wood Principal Artist Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Tindall Beth Welch 25

I ndi v id ua l S u pport Supporting Role Michael Alt Bill and Carlyn Altman Alejandro and Carol Alvarez Maureen Awbrey and Diane Kyle Stephen and Jeannie Bodney Tom and Sylvia Brite Stephen and Katie Bush Charles and Robyn Kane Helen Cohen Mr. Curtis R. Conlin and Mr. Chris Welsh Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Costel Dr. Keith P. Cross Dr. Thalia Dorwick David & Paulette Dubofsky Carol Anne Edwards Chris and Kathelen Ferlita Drs. Karen and Brennan Fitzpatrick Daniel and Lisa Gunther Clark Sonya and Ara Hacet Ms. Maria Hardy-Webb Allen Harris and Alexis Rich Mrs. Kristen Hawley Hollie Hopkins Cindy and Dwayne Jarboe Shannon and David Kisselbaugh Dr. and Mrs. Forrest Kuhn Charles and Donna Lavelle Matt Linville and Kelly Will Sally and Stanley Macdonald Mr. Joseph and Dr. Janine Malone Sally and Charlie Moyer Christopher P. Murphy John Neichter Lue and John Peabody

Laura Petry Erik Prentice Sean Riley and Adam Neff Janet and Richard Rink Bonnie and John Roth Kevin and Cheryl Sandefur Brian and Molly Schaffner Jeremy and Suzy Shepherd 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 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 Seema Sheth and Andreas Wokutch 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 Melany Wessels Brenda Whittaker Mitzie and Jim Wittliff Carol and Bill Young David and Bonnie Zepka

* This gift was made possible in part or in full through a Fund for the Arts Partnership Grant.

S TA F F D O N O R S Allison and Tony Hammons Melissa Hines Steve Knight Meredith McDonough

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Erin Meiman Kevin E. Moore and Mike Porto Jeffrey S. Rodgers Peggy Shake

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Carrie Syberg Les Waters

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, Jammie Howard, Marty Huelsmann Volunteer and Audience Relations Director........................................... Allison Hammons House Managers...........................................Tiffany Bush, Elizabeth Cooley, Rachel Downs, Jan Hubert, Jordan Kelch, Abigail Rogers Lobby Manager.....................................Tiffany Walton DEVELOPMENT Director of Development.................... Mark 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 Marketing & Communications Coordinator.................................. Laura Humble 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, Cassandra Smith, Jeramaine Spain 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 Scenic Painter........................Stephanie Warrington 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

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T heatre Staff Video Media Technologist............................Philip Allgeier 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, Oluwaseun 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, Bob Rosedale, Tim Unruh 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).

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

Ser v ice s & A menitie 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. All purchases subject to 6% sales tax.

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 ice s & A menitie s NO SMOKING

No smoking of any kind is permitted within the facility.

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ACCESSIBILITY Accessible ramps, elevators, parking, restrooms, water fountains and wheelchair seating are available for patrons with disabilities. Parking is located on levels M and 3–6 of the garage. Accessible restrooms are located on the first floor and Mezzanine Level.

Sound Enhancement All theatres are equipped with an FM wireless system for hearing enhancement.

Lightweight receivers with earphones or magnetic induction loops are available free of charge, with a refundable deposit, at Coat Check (October–April) or the Box Office.

Audio-Described Performances Selected performances, generally during a weekend matinee, are audio described for patrons who are blind or have low vision.

Describers provide a live, objective, and descriptive delivery of the visual elements of the performance in between the dialogue. A schedule is available at the Box Office. Provided by The Kentucky Center.

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

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

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

RENTALS Looking for a unique space to hold an event?

Actors Theatre boasts a variety of different spaces for events ranging from meetings to conferences.

Call (502) 584-1265 for details.

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

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

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