Actors Theatre | January 2020 | The Wolves

JANUARY 2020

THE

WOLVES

by Sarah

DeLappe directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh

Jan. 8 – Feb. 1, 2020

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F R O M T H E T H E AT R E

Happy New Year and welcome to Actors Theatre of Louisville!

I’m delighted to have you join us for a bold celebration of athleticism and grit with Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves. This Pulitzer Prize finalist offers an unfiltered look at the lives and challenges of modern teenage girls as they drill for their weekly soccer matches.

We’re excited to welcome back Pirronne Yousefzadeh to direct this action-packed play. You may remember her as the director of last season’s A Doll’s House, Part 2. However, Yousefzadeh has been a familiar face at Actors Theatre since she was part of the 2003-2004 Professional Training Company, and her work has been featured in numerous Humana Festivals and PTC shows. Yousefzadeh is not the only Professional Training Company alumna joining us for The Wolves. Onstage and off, this production welcomes home more than eight alumni from our very own PTC, and we’re so pleased to have them back with us.

For this production, we’re pleased to welcome Louisville Youth Group as our Transformative Community Partner. This group is committed to empowering LGBTQIA+ youth and providing the resources for these young people to become leaders and activists. With those identifying as LGBTQIA+ considering suicide or self-harm at disproportionately high rates, Louisville Youth Group performs lifesaving work by creating safe spaces. It’s a fitting partnership as The Wolves is so invested in unpacking the complex struggles of today’s teens. We hope you come back to join us on January 24 when Louisville Youth Group’s Executive Director Jason Peno will join me for our post-show discussion.

Immediately following The Wolves, we step into an enchanting, Caribbean-infused tale with Once on This Island. I am thrilled to be making my directorial debut at Actors Theatre with this hopeful and uplifting musical. It’s a story of combating and overcoming oppression that is profoundly resonant right now. As part of this production, we will be holding our annual Community Conversation, using the show as a springboard for a wider discussion of issues facing our region.

Finally, beginning in March, the Humana Festival of New American Plays brings the future of American theatre straight to Louisville and to you. We are proud that Actors Theatre is an internationally acclaimed launchpad for groundbreaking, world-premiere plays and extraordinary talent, and we’re so glad to have your support for this new work. To learn more about how you can experience this year's fantastic lineup of shows and special events, visit ActorsTheatre.org or stop by the Box Office.

Thank you again for joining us and enjoy the show!

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The Wolves

by Sarah DeLappe directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh January 8 – February 1, 2020

F E AT U R I N G Angela Alise *, Avery Deutsch *, Ashley N. Hildreth *, Gabriel Elizabeth Kadian •, Alex Lin +, Regan Moro *, Mollie Murk +, Sushma Saha *, Angelica Santiago * and Jessica Wortham *

Scenic Designer Yoon Bae †

Costume Designer Brooke Cohen Brown †

Lighting Designer Cecilia Durbin †

Sound Designer and Composer Pornchanok Kanchanabanca †

Movement Director Rocío Mendez

Stage Manager Kelsey Brennan York * Dramaturg Jessica Reese

Casting by Emily Tarquin The Wolves is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. World premiere produced by The Playwrights Realm (Katherine Kovner, Artistic Director; Roberta Pereira, Producing Director) on September 8, 2016 and remounted on December 5, 2016 by special arrangement with Scott Rudin and Eli Bush.

Originally presented by New York Stage and Film and Vassar in the Powerhouse Season, summer 2016.

Playwrights Horizons Theater School produced a workshop of The Wolves in 2015 in association with Clubbed Thumb, where the play had been developed previously.

Winner of the 2016 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize at Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA. Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director; Keri Kellerman, Managing Director.

Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2017.

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. • Equity Professional Theatre Intern + Member of the Professional Training Company of Actors Theatre of Louisville.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS THE CAST OF CHARACTERS (in order of speaking) #11................................................................................. Alex Lin + #25...........................................................................Regan Moro * #13............................................................... Ashley N. Hildreth * #2.........................................................................Avery Deutsch * #8........................................................................... Mollie Murk + #46.........................................................................Sushma Saha * #14................................................... Gabriel Elizabeth Kadian • #7.................................................................. Angelica Santiago * #00.......................................................................... Angela Alise * Soccer Mom.....................................................Jessica Wortham *

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

For #11 and #2: Alex Might +

SETTING An indoor soccer field. Winter. Saturdays.

INTERMISSION There will be no intermission.

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION CREDITS

Production Assistant Dialect Coach Movement Captain Movement Associate Casting Consultant Directing Assistant Assistant Dramaturg Stage Management Apprentice Soccer Coach Physical Therapist

Margaret Rial Rachel Hillmer Angela Alise Alex Might + Charlie Hano Julia Rufo + Kathryn de la Rosa + Maggie Hoffecker + Sophia Traub Kevin Brown, KORT Physical Therapy

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Q&A WITH PIRRONNE YOUSEFZADEH & ROCíO MENDEZ

Pirronne Yousefzadeh

Rocío Mendez

The soccer prowess on display in Actors Theatre’s production of The Wolves is the result of weeks of rehearsal and a strong collaboration among the actors, director Pirronne Yousefzadeh and movement director Rocío Mendez. The production’s dramaturg, Jessica Reese, spoke with Yousefzadeh and Mendez about how it all comes together.

Jessica Reese: Rocío, how would you describe your role as a movement director?

Rocío Mendez: What I’m doing is developing a vocabulary with the cast and Pirronne, so that we’re all united about what we want the movement in the show to be. For example, is the movement more stylized, or is it more

realistic? Of course, those choices are made within the context of the play.

I use all the tools I have, including the agility of the actors, to create a common language as soon as possible—but the work never ends, until opening night! It can always be clearer and more specific.

JR: Pirronne, how do you prepare to collaborate with a movement director? What are you thinking about in advance?

Pirronne Yousefzadeh: I’m always trying to push myself to understand what movement options or ideas are available to us. I do research into the world of the play—and in the case of The Wolves, the particular sport—so that I have context.

When I’m aware of what the possibilities

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B E H I N D T H E S C E N E S O F T H E W O LV E S could be, I can communicate with Rocío not only about the story we want to tell in a particular moment, but also about how to enhance that story through the details of the world we’re occupying. In terms of technical details, I often defer to Rocío, but I try to walk in with a bank of knowledge so that I can be precise about what we’re looking for.

JR: For both of you, what’s your working relationship like once rehearsal starts?

RM: I love working with Pirronne.

We’re good at observing rehearsal from different sides of the room and seeing different things, and then getting super-specific together. That specificity with what we want and what we see is

important, and Pirronne and I bounce ideas back and forth really well, like a tennis match.

PY: We can get nitty-gritty together, and there’s also a kind of trial and error that requires a lack of preciousness, which is something I appreciate in Rocío.

Rehearsal is a laboratory for ideas.

We try them and see how a hypothesis lands and what it does to the story, and then we try something else in light of the information we gathered from the first experiment. To me, that’s the joy of rehearsal. It requires preparation, but it also requires listening, flexibility and being present to what’s happening in the room. We’re creating as we go, with this particular ensemble of actors and with the blueprint that the playwright, Sarah

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physically. They’re all really good at what they do, and we have to show that.

JR: Finally, speaking of the actors, what are some of the things you’re thinking about or trying as you work with them in rehearsal?

RM: Part of the work is getting the cast in sync, and then discovering those moments when—because of what’s happening in the play—they should get off-sync or back in sync with their stretching, ball-handling and drills.

It comes up multiple times in the script that some of the characters have been playing together for years, and this team is like their second family. That means that they all have to be on the same page

PY: I often participate in warmups with Rocío and the company. It’s about teambuilding in the room, as well as giving myself a chance to understand what I’m asking of the actors in a firsthand way—experiencing what happens to my breath and what happens to my whole physical, emotional and intellectual self. That informs how I look at our movement options and harness those for storytelling moments. Every once in a while as a director, I need to get up and break a sweat too, because directing is actually much more of a physical and visceral experience when theatre is good.

It’s about finding the rigor, and finding the things in the play that the language doesn’t explain, but the body does.

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BIOGRAPHIES THE ACTING COMPANY Angela Alise (#00) Regional Theatre: The Good Book (u/s) at Court Theatre; The Wolves at Goodman Theatre; The Second City’s Almost Accurate Guide To America: Divided We Stand at the Kennedy Center.

Film: Monuments. Other Theatre: The Killing Game at A Red Orchid Theatre; The House That Will Not Stand at Victory Gardens Theater; The MLK Project at Writers Theatre; The Second City’s Black Side of the Moon and Nothing to Lose But Our Chains at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Additional Credits: Alise received her B.A. from Loyola University Chicago. She is a recipient of the 2018 NBC Universal/Second City Bob Curry Fellowship and a two-time Joseph Jefferson Award Winner. For more information, please visit angelaalise.com.

Avery Deutsch (#2) is so happy to be back in Louisville at Actors Theatre after being a member of the 2018–2019 Professional Training Company. At Actors Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Miss Forest/ Marigold Fezziwig), Same Time, Same Place (The Bartender), The Tens and Solo Mio Round Two. Other Theatre: The Wolves (#2) at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati; 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. Deutsch is a graduate of Muhlenberg College with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre and English.

In addition to acting, Deutsch is a playwright and a member of Project Y Writer's Group. To learn more, please visit averydeutsch.com.

Ashley N. Hildreth (#13) At Actors Theatre: Everybody Black and We’ve Come to Believe in the 2019 Humana Festival, And We’re Live and Poor Shem.

Regional Theatre: Ghost at StageOne Family Theatre; Or, What She Will at Hangar Theatre; Platonov at the New Ohio Theatre. Additional Credits: Hildreth was an Acting Apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville during the 2018–2019 season. She received her B.F.A. in acting from Texas State University. For more information, please visit ashleynhildreth.com.

Gabriel Elizabeth Kadian (#14) is making her Actors Theatre debut!

Regional Theatre: The Golem of Havana, Romance in Hard Times and Kiss Me, Kate at Barrington Stage Company. OffBroadway: Beardo at Pipeline Theatre Company. Other Theatre: Sisters on the Ground at Clubbed Thumb. Additional Credits: B.F.A. in acting and English/ American literature from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

For more information, please visit gabrielkadian.com.

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BIOGRAPHIES Alex Lin (#11) At Actors Theatre: Dracula (Undead Trio). Regional Theatre: Julius Caesar (Portia, Cassius u/s) at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Henry VI Part III (Margaret) at Commonwealth Shakespeare, The Crucible (Abigail) and Pippin (Leading Player) at Princeton Summer Theatre.

Off-Broadway: Maverick at The Connelly Theatre (world premiere), [title of show] (Heidi) at Playwrights Horizons Downtown. Additional Credits: Lin is a recent graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a Jersey native. She is also a big fan of space exploration and works as a content writer for A24 Films’ new space media outlet, Supercluster.

Regan Moro (#25) At Actors Theatre: The Many Deaths of Nathan Stubblefield and Home Invasion (2017 Humana Festival), Dracula.

Regional Theatre: The Humans (Brigid Blake) at Geva Theatre Center and Syracuse Stage.

Selected Workshops/Readings: Playwrights Horizons, La Jolla Playhouse, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Mad Ones, New Georges and the Drama League.

Additional Credits: Moro received a B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Michigan and is a proud alumna of the 2016-2017 Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville. She is also a writer.

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For more information, please visit regan-moro.com.

Mollie Murk (#8) At Actors Theatre: Dracula (Mina, u/s Lucy), I Would Give You Some Violets (Louise Abbéma).

Other Theatre: Titus Andronicus (Lavinia), Macbeth (Banquo/Porter), Twelfth Night (Viola) and A Midsummer Night's Dream with Kentucky Shakespeare; Rapunzel and The Velveteen Rabbit at Derby Dinner Playhouse; and productions at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, Louisville Fringe and Suspend Aerial Arts. Additional Credits: B.A. in theatre and dance/ choreography, Hope College; internships at Seattle Children’s Theatre and Lookingglass Theatre; training at Shakespeare & Company; Michigan WILDE Award Nominee and KCACTF Irene Ryan Acting Finalist. Proud Member of Ring of Keys Network: RingofKeys.org/ mollie-murk.

Sushma Saha (#46) Off-Broadway: Interstate (New York Musical Festival 2018, Dramatists Guild Foundation 2019, National Alliance for Musical Theatre 2019). Other Theatre: The Naked Cross (Pride Plays 2019), Little Shop of Horrors (first site-specific production at Bool's Flower Shop in Ithaca, NY), Dance Nation (New Voices Festival 2019). Additional Credits: Saha is currently a senior at Ithaca College pursuing a B.F.A. in musical theatre. They won Outstanding

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BIOGRAPHIES Performance in a Leading Role at New York Musical Festival 2018.

Angelica Santiago (#7) At Actors Theatre: Dracula (Vampire Bride), The Electric Harvest (Emma), A Christmas Carol (Belle u/s), We’ve Come to Believe in the 2019 Humana Festival and Hype Man: a break beat play (Peep One). Other Theatre: As You Like It (Phoebe), Henry IV Part II (Tavern Mistress and Davy) and King Lear (Doctor) with Kentucky Shakespeare. She received her B.F.A. in acting from Montclair State University.

Jessica Wortham (Soccer Mom) is a resident Louisvillian and thrilled to be working with Actors Theatre again this season. At Actors Theatre: Measure for Measure, Pipeline, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Crime and Punishment, Twelfth Night, A Christmas Story, Dracula 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 The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Informed Consent at Cleveland Play House and Geva Theatre 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.

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

DIRECTOR Pirronne Yousefzadeh At Actors Theatre: A Doll’s House, Part 2; That High Lonesome Sound (2015 Humana Festival); Winter Games (2014 Humana Festival); The Tens (2004, 2006, 2014) and Solo Mios (2006), among others. Proud alumna of the 2003–2004 Professional Training Company. Regional Theatre: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Geva Theatre Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, Milwaukee Repertory

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BIOGRAPHIES Theater, Perseverance Theatre, InterAct Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company and Hangar Theatre. New York Credits: The Public Theater, Soho Rep, Ars Nova, New York Theatre Workshop, Noor Theatre and Woodshed Collective, among others. Other Theatre: Guest director at Juilliard, Fordham University and Yale.

Additional Credits: Usual Suspect, New York Theatre Workshop; Affiliated Artist, New Georges; alumna of the Emerging Artist Fellowship at NYTW, Drama League Directors Project, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab and SDC’s Denham Fellowship. Yousefzadeh is Associate Artistic Director and Director of Engagement at Geva Theatre Center, and a co-founder of Maia Directors, a consultancy group for artists and organizations engaging with stories from the Middle East and beyond. She received

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her M.F.A. from Columbia University and additional training from New York University/The Public and SITI Company.

She is a proud member of SDC and is represented by Ben Izzo at Abrams Artists Agency. For more information, please visit pirronne.com and/or maiadirectors.com.

DESIGNERS Yoon Bae (Scenic Designer) is making her debut at Actors Theatre. Regional Theatre: Once and Once on This Island (Pioneer Theatre Company, Utah); House of Joy and Oedipus El Rey (San Diego Repertory Theatre); Disconnect (San Jose Repertory Theatre, Winner Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for best set design); The Great Gatsby, The Importance of Being Earnest, Emma and The Sunshine

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BIOGRAPHIES Boys (Arizona Theatre Company); Evita, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Anything Goes (Phoenix Theatre). London West End (with John Napier): Gone with the Wind; Birdsong; Skellig; Equus (featuring Daniel Radcliffe). International Credits: Don Giovanni (Welsh National Opera); Candide (Tokyo); Three Thousand Troubled Threads (Edinburgh International Festival); The Full Monty, Music in My Heart and Closer (Seoul); the world premiere of Archipelago by Caridad Svich; the world premiere of Wounds to the Face by Howard Barker (U.K.). Additional Credits: She is an award-winning designer and a member of Local USA 829. She is an Assistant Professor of Scenic Design at the University of Kentucky. For more information, please visit yoonbae.com.

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Brooke Cohen Brown (Costume Designer) is making her Actors Theatre debut. Off-Broadway: Must (Theatre at St. Clement’s), Catch the Butcher (Cherry Lane Theatre). Additional Credits: Martyrs (La MaMa E.T.C.), Mad Forest (Columbia University), Circle Mirror Transformation (University of Rochester), The Glass Menagerie (University of Scranton), Vinegar Tom (Atlantic Acting School), Snow Orchid (Miranda Theatre Company). M.F.A., New York University/ Tisch Department of Design for Stage and Film. For more information, please visit brookecohenbrown.com.

Cecilia Durbin (Lighting Designer) At Actors Theatre: A Doll’s House, Part 2.

Regional Theatre: Kid Prince and Pablo (Kennedy Center Family Theatre); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Kansas City Rep); Sense & Sensibility, Love Alone at PlayMakers Repertory Company; South Pacific at Triad Stage; Disgraced at Portland Stage and Hangar Theatre; Sex and Other Disturbances at Portland Stage. Other Credits: The Taming of the Shrew at Chautauqua Theater Company; Birthday Candles, Marie and Rosetta, Murder Ballad at Detroit Public Theatre; Martyrs, Amy Surratt’s FIRST AND LAST (show), Don’t Feed the Indians, Hyena (also Edinburgh Fringe, United Solo [Best Lighting]) at La MaMa E.T.C; In the Blood at Theatre Horizon (Barrymore nomination); The Little Red Fish at New York City Children’s Theater/Puppet Kitchen; Dick Pix and Perfect Teeth at Theatrelab; Circle Mirror Transformation at the University of Rochester; Little Women, All Shook Up at New London Barn Playhouse; Numb at Goat in the Road, JACK; We Are Proud to Present… at InterAct Theatre. Durbin received her M.F.A. from New York University; she is a member of USA829.

For more information, please visit durbinlighting.com.

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BIOGRAPHIES Pornchanok (Nok) Kanchanabanca (Sound Designer/Composer) is a Thai artist, sound designer, musician and composer. Recent productions include Skylight (McCarter Theater Center), Cymbeline (Yale Repertory Theatre), The Great Leap (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), As You Like It (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) and Be Here Now (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park).

Kanchanabanca has worked with theatre companies across the United States including Lincoln Center Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Geva Theatre Center and Milwaukee Repertory Theater, among many others. She has also collaborated with performing groups and theatre companies in Thailand including B-Floor Theatre, Babymime, Crescent Moon and Democrazy Theatre Studio since 2008. Kanchanabanca graduated from the Yale School of Drama and is a member of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) and a member of USA Local 829. For more information, please visit wishnok-music.com.

CREATIVE STAFF Rocío Mendez (Movement Director) Regional Theatre: Love in Hate Nation (Two River Theater), On the Grounds of Belonging (Long Wharf Theatre), The

Bandaged Place (Powerhouse Theater), The Royale (Kitchen Theatre Company/ Geva Theatre Center). New York: Fur (Boundless Theatre/New York Theatre Workshop), Hercules (The Public Theater), No One Is Forgotten (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), The Secret Life of Bees (Atlantic Theater Company) and Good Friday (The Flea). Mendez is also an actor, fight director and intimacy director. For more information, please visit rociomendez.com.

PRODUCTION Kelsey Brennan York (Stage Manager) is making her Actors Theatre debut.

Regional Theatre: Welcome to Fear City, Of Mice and Men, Sex with Strangers, A Raisin in the Sun, The Fantasticks (Kansas City Repertory Theatre). Additional Credits: King Lear and A Streetcar Named Desire (Kansas City Actors Theatre) Love’s Labour’s Lost (Kingsmen Shakespeare Company), 24 Hour Musicals: LA, Grease (Casa Mañana), West Side Story and Newsies (The Lexington Theatre Company), Four Chords and a Gun (Broadway in Chicago). York received her M.F.A. in stage management from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. For more information, please visit kelseyyorksm.com.

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BIOGRAPHIES DRAMATURG Jessica Reese’s Actors Theatre dramaturgy credits include A Doll’s House, Part 2 and Skeleton Crew, as well as the Humana Festival premieres of How to Defend Yourself, You Across from Me, The Many Deaths of Nathan Stubblefield and Wondrous Strange. Reese was Actors’ literary associate for four seasons and had previously worked as the Humana Festival literary assistant during the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Festivals. Before arriving in Louisville, she was a Chicago-based freelance dramaturg and a company member with The Ruckus. Chicago dramaturgy credits include Matawan, Heist Play and Facing Angela with The Ruckus, and Mnemonic and The Skriker with Red Tape Theatre. Reese is a proud alumna of Davidson College and Actors’ Professional Training Company.

CASTING Emily Tarquin is the Artistic Producer at Actors Theatre. Their casting credits here also include Hype Man: a break beat play, Pipeline, God Said This, Dracula and A Christmas Carol. Prior to Actors, Tarquin was the Artistic Producer at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, where they co-developed, produced and curated the non-traditional

programming arm, Off-Center; was the in-house casting director; and produced the Colorado New Play Summit. They have also held the titles of Director of Theatre and New Works Festival Producer for the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp. Tarquin was part of the Innovation Lab and Continuing Innovation funding platforms from Doris Duke and co-produced the 16,000-sq ft. immersive experience Sweet & Lucky by Third Rail Projects as part of The Wallace Foundation’s Build Audiences for Sustainability Grant.

PLAYWRIGHT Sarah DeLappe’s play The Wolves (Pulitzer Prize finalist; Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play/Emerging Playwright; Relentless Award; Sky Cooper New American Play Prize; Susan Smith Blackburn and Yale Drama Series Prize finalist) premiered at The Playwrights Realm, following an engagement with New York Stage and Film and development with Clubbed Thumb. Fellowships and developmental support include The MacDowell Colony, The Ground Floor, LCT3 Playwright in Residence, Ars Nova Play Group, Page One Fellowship at The Playwrights Realm, SPACE on Ryder Farm, and Sitka Fellows Program. DeLappe received her M.F.A. from Brooklyn College.

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A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R Robert Barry Fleming Fleming served as Associate Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House from 2016-2019. Prior to Cleveland Play House, he served as the Director of Artistic Programming at Arena Stage; world premieres he commissioned, developed and championed during this tenure include the 2017 Best Musical Tony Award winner Dear Evan Hansen, Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Sovereignty, John Strand’s The Originalist, Katori Hall’s Blood Quilt, Karen Zacarías’ Destiny of Desire, and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, Sweat, by Lynn Nottage. Fleming

was an Associate Producer for the Off-Broadway premiere of The TwoCharacter Play by Tennessee Williams, starring Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif. He was also an Associate Professor (tenured) and Chair of the University of San Diego Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Department.

His most recent directing and choreography credits include Next To Normal (Tantrum Theater), The Royale (Cleveland Play House), Destiny of Desire (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Caroline, or Change (Tantrum Theater) and Between Riverside and Crazy (Cleveland Play House). As part of the 2018 Cleveland Play House New Ground Theatre Festival, Fleming directed a reading of the new musical Minton’s Place by acclaimed contemporary music composer Nolan Williams, Jr., with libretto by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Nikkole Salter.

His professional acting credits include stints on Broadway (Ragtime directed by Frank Galati, Stand-Up Tragedy directed by the late Ron Link), Off-Broadway (the leading role in Insurrection: Holding History by Robert O’Hara at The Public Theater), joining Actors’ Equity Association with the national tour of Cats (Original Bus and Truck), playing major regional theatres (The Old Globe, the Guthrie Theater, A Contemporary Theater, The Mark Taper Forum with the world premiere of George C. Wolfe’s Jelly’s Last Jam as Young Jelly) and appearing on television (Emmy-winning Disney Channel series Adventures In Wonderland, Family Matters, The George Carlin Show) and in films (Academy Award-winning L.A. Confidential and Twilight Of The Golds).

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A C TO R S T H E AT R E B OA R D S BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Mac Thompson * Vice President Karen Wunderlin * Treasurer Todd Lowe * Secretary Kirsten Ford *

Alex Alvarez * Turney P. Berry Colin Crawford William W. Crawford Jr. Angie M. Evans * Kirsten Ford Linda Gaines † Layla George Jan M. Grayson Lena Hamel Aaron Jahn

Barbara W. Juckett Jonathan Lowe Todd Lowe Stewart Lussky Jennifer Mackin Theresa Reno-Weber Theodore S. Rosky ‡ Marsha Beck Roth ‡ Bob Saunders † Scott Schaftlein * John E. Selent

Seema Sheth Wendy Sirchio Allan Tasman MD ‡ Mac Thompson Robbie Tindall * Karl N. Victor, III 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

Coordinator, Gift Shop Operations Pennie Miller Service Coordinator Mary Korfage

Melanie Knight Tom Morton Lu Peabody Val Slayton, M.D. Sue Terdan

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

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 Linda Gaines Immediate Past President Caroline Martinson Financial Secretary Bill Bolte Treasurer Doris Elder Secretary Barbara Ketcham

Vice President for Communication Rita Bell Vice President for Fundraising Barbara Nichols Vice President for Hospitality Patti Slagle Vice President for Service Robert Lutz

Cast of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 2018. Photo by Jonathan Roberts.

Board Members Linda Cauble Terry Conway Wanda Cundiff Lew Ketcham

TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE THEATRE THAT ENRICHES LIVES.

Make your tax-deductable donation by calling 502.584.1265 or visiting ActorsTheatre.org.

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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*

Pfizer, Inc.

The Schloss Family Foundation♦

Theatermania/Gretchen Shugart*

Gregory S. Hurst* ♦

Wells Fargo*♦

George S. Smith, Jr.*♦ UBS

Howard and Janet Kagan ♦

DONORS ($10,000‑$14,999) Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Epiq Systems* Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation

John R. Mathena *♦ Ogilvy & Mather† Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart*♦ Dina Merril & Ted Hartley* Newmark Holdings* Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. *

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♦

Mason & Kim Granger* ♦ Brian J. Harkins* ♦

Southwest Airlines † ♦

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Lisa Orberg♦ Presidio* Thomas C. Quick* RBC Wealth Management♦ Daniel A. Simkowitz*♦ S&P Global

Joseph F. Kirk* ♦

John Thomopoulos*♦ Evelyn Mack Truitt* Leslie C. & Regina Quick Charitable Trust Isabelle Winkles*♦

TD Charitable Foundation♦ 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*

As of November 2019

* 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 I N D D O N AT I O N S Alltrade Service Solutions Actors Associates 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 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 Parking Authority of River City (PARC) The Paw Zone, LLC Pawsitively Dogs Grooming

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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

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C O R P O R AT E S U P P O R T PRODUCER CIRCLE Brown-Forman Corporation Fifth Third Bank

GUARANTOR D.D. Williamson & Co., Inc. Derby City Litho Glenview Trust Hardscuffle, Inc. Republic National Distributing Company The Voice-Tribune White Clay Consulting

DIRECTOR CIRCLE Yum! Family Series BENEFACTOR CIRCLE Churchill Downs, Inc. GE Appliances Hilliard Lyons LG&E and KU Energy Theatre Forward

SUPPORTER AT&T Kentucky Cellar Door Chocolates Highland Cleaners McCarthy Strategic Solutions, LLC River City Distributing PARTNER Bearno’s Pizza Falls City Brewing Company Heine Brothers’ Coffee KORT Physical Therapy Mike’s Kentucky Kitchen National Arts Club

LEGACY CIRCLE 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 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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F O U N D AT I O N A N D G O V E R N M E N T S U P P O R T PRESIDENT CIRCLE Fund for the Arts Humana Foundation PRODUCER CIRCLE The Roy Cockrum Foundation The Shubert Foundation DIRECTOR CIRCLE Kentucky Arts Council National Endowment for the Arts The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Jennifer Lawrence Arts Fund at the Fund for the Arts GUARANTOR Edgerton Foundation Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County

PARTNER Clifton Foundation Louisville Metro Government Parking Authority of River City (PARC) The William E. Barth Foundation

THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION

THE HAROLD AND MIMI STEINBERG CHARITABLE TRUST

DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE 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.

TEACHER ADVISORY COMMIT TEE Jenni Aberli, JCPS Literacy Specialist; Faith Anderson, Ballard High; Katie Blackerby Weible, YPAS; Brent Braun, Pleasure Ridge Park High; Judy Chandler, retired Bullitt County; Terrilyn Flemming, The Brown School; Kevin Gose, Valley High School; Jennifer Girardin, Oldham County High; Amy Miller, New Albany High; Kipp McDaniel, Seneca High School; 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; Steven Rahe, Western Visual and Performing Arts Middle School; Hannegan Roseberry, Community Montessori; Amanda Simmons, Mercy Academy; Patti Slagle, Louisville Writing Project; Tiffany Smith, Eastern High; Shelby Steege, Atherton High School; Robbie Steiner, Floyd Central High; Frank Ward, Trinity High; Amy Zuccaro, Trinity High.

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I N D I V I D UA L S U P P O R T VISIONARY CIRCLE Christina Lee Brown Crawford Charitable Fund Mrs. Harry S. Frazier, Jr. Caroline Martinson Ms. Elizabeth Rounsavall John E. Selent Anonymous (2) PRODUCER CIRCLE Sandra Frazier Mary and Ted Nixon Mr. and Mrs. Mac Thompson DIRECTOR CIRCLE John and Natalie Bajandas Brooke and Matthew Barzun Turney P. Berry and Kendra Foster Mrs. Edith S. Bingham Lena and Matthew Hamel Augusta and Gill Holland, Jr Mary Gwen Wheeler and David A. Jones, Jr. Todd P. Lowe and Fran C. Ratterman Bruce Merrick and Karen McCoy Thomas and Mary Jo Mueller J. A. Paradis III Jacqueline R. and Theodore S. Rosky Marsha and David Roth Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall III Alfred Shands The Wunderlin Company DESIGNER CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. David Daulton Sarah and Peter Fuller Jim and Marianne Welch PLAYWRIGHT CIRCLE Alejandro and Carol Alvarez Ms. Patricia W. Ballard Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ballard Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Bonnie Bruce Broussard Meredith Wilson Brown Dr. Joseph J. Buchino Victoria and Paul J. Diaz Bill and Joyce Holmes Barbara and Bill Juckett Michael and Elizabeth Keyes Nana Lampton Fairleigh and Abby Lussky Kevin E. Moore and Mike Porto Dr. Catherine Newton and Dr. Gordon Strauss Al and Jamie Paradis Carol and Charlie Pye Linda and Chris Valentine Anonymous 26

DRAMATURG CIRCLE Jesse and Kim Adams Keith Auerbach, M.D. Adam Beam Madelyn Buzzard Mees Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Callen Heather McHold and Stephen P. Campbell Mark B. Carter Ken and Carolle Jones Clay Michael and Gina Del Negro Nancy L. Doctor Mr. and Ms. Donald Finney Ken and Judy Handmaker Michelle and Michael Hanington Dan and Lisa Jones Jennifer Fortner Letcher Holland and Sherry McTyeire Susan S. and Robert H. Means Rick and Becky Reed Jonathan and Julie Roberts Kris and Wendy Sirchio Habdank Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Tindall Selden Y. Trimble V David and Melissa Weedman Jane Welch Will and Becky West L. David Wilson Phoebe A. Wood Anonymous (2) STAGE MANAGER CIRCLE Michael Alt Phillip Anderton Mr. James B. Appleberry Mr. and Mrs. Jon P. Arnold Rita Jane Bell Sharon and Stephen Berger Neville Blakemore, Jr. and Gray Henry Mr. and Mrs. Neville Blakemore III Christen and Mike Boone Maggie Brandt and Bert Lyons Norma B. Braver Tom and Sylvia Brite Dr. and Mrs. John J. Buchino William Burbank John Burger Dr. Phil Cochran and Ms. Marie B. Hertzman-Cochran Larry Combs Kevin and Mera Cossey Corlett Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Costel Brad Asher and Susan Coventry Sherri and Chuck Crosby A U D I E N C E

Irwin and Carol Cutler Jeffrey Eckmann Dr. Richard Edelson and Donna Smith Fr. John G. Eifler Daniel and Kirsten Ford Jan M. Grayson Mr. John R. Gregory Scott and JoAnn Haner Arvida and Edward Harris Mrs. James C. Hennessy Dennis Hillen Anna Hitron and Thomas Johnston Jonathan and Janet Hodes Georg and Benita Hofstetter Koman Steve Knight Mary Korfhage David and Carol Krebs Mr. Robert E. Kulp, Jr. Rabbi Laura Metzger and Cantor David Lipp Jonathan Lowe Ms. Stewart Lussky and Mr. Bob Jones Susan McNeese and Phil Lynch Robert T. and Eleanor Maddox Mr. and Mrs. John Mann Jr. Sally and Charlie Moyer Duane and Anne Murner Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Murphy John Poole Chris Price George W. Rapp Jr. and Lynne Meena Walter and Susan Sales Scott Schaftlein and Andrew Newton Dr. Marilyn Schorin Venkat Sharma Darrell and Nancy Shelton Kennedy and Sara Simpson Patti Slagle and Steve Zimmerman Larry Fleischer and Les Stanfield Mr. Sam Stewart Charlotte and John Clay Stites Mrs. James W. Stites, Jr. John L. Tate and Phyllis McMurry-Tate Kelly Terlau Rose Mary Rommel Toebbe Porter Watkins and George Bailey Dr. Melissa L. Weaver Theresa and Ben Reno-Weber John Weeter, MD and Linda Weeter Sarina and Robert Weiss Thomas and Susan Wobbe Stephen and Coretta Wolford Anonymous (2)

I N D I V I D UA L S U P P O R T PRINCIPAL ARTIST Teresa Bridgewaters Beth Welch SUPPORTING ROLE Maureen Awbrey and Diane Kyle Mr. and Mrs. W. Robinson Beard Stephen and Jeannie Bodney Stanley Bond Charles and Robyn Kane Linda W. Cauble Helen Cohen Mr. Curtis R. Conlin and Mr. Chris Welsh Gayle and Earl Dorsey Susan E. Ellison Philip and Mary Eschels Ron and Hulyn Farr Robert Gable Vincenzo and Pat Gabriele Bill Goetz and Karen Williams Deborah Greenwald Sonya and Ara Hacet Cindy and Dwayne Jarboe Carol Jones Robert Knapp Henry and Marty Kuehn Charles and Donna Lavelle Matt Linville and Kelly Will Mr. Joseph and Dr. Janine Malone Grodon McLeod Guy E. and Elizabeth S. Montgomery Mary J Oberst Patrick Owen and Norman P. Dixon Lue and John Peabody Laura Petry William A. Pierce Erik Prentice Russell and Betty Prough Janet and Richard Rink Arthur Shechet and Marilyn Robie Ed Kruger and Jeff Rodgers Bonnie and John Roth Ron Rubin, in honor of Jeff Rodgers and Actors Theatre leadership Kevin and Cheryl Sandefur Beth Sarkar Mr. Robert S. Saunders

Peggy and Phillip Shake Ellen and Max Shapira 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 Bob Sokoler Sarah and Wright Steenrod Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Stewart Jay Trumbo Brittany Vencill Melany Wessels CRAFT ARTISAN Imram Aslam Rebecca Begley and Robert Weekly Daniel Briscoe Rebecca S Brown Erin Burke and Chris Klein Ashley Novak Butler Tiffany Ramos Cardwell Tich Changamire Richard and Elizabeth Clay Melanie and Rowan Claypool Vicki Coombs Jane Cornett Thomas and Paige Cox Colin Crawford William Curley and Linda Huss Conrad Daniels Matt and Emilie Delahanty Leonidas Deters and Penelope Shaw Dr. and Mrs. Walter Feibes Bill and Kathy Fensterer Gregg and Leslie Fowler Layla K. George and Mike Clark Salem and LuAnn George Jr. James and Grace Giesel Mary Jane and Peter Glauber Jeffrey Goldberg Dr. and Mrs. Richard Goldwin Tyson and Suzanne Gorman Tara and Mike Guenthner Carrie Hagovsky Barbara B. Hardy Kathy and Shaun Herbig Louis Hettinger

Hollie Hopkins Rhonda and Steve Houghland Nick and Mica Jochim Donna Y. Kays Todd and Kim Kennedy Rob King Kevin Klein Melanie Knight Warner and Willie Ann Lansing John Littig Karen Long Joe Lyons John Maltby Alex Marti Stephen and Virginia Mattingly Mr. Neil E. Mellen and Dr. Mavin H. Martin Claire Alagia & Creighton Mershon, Sr. Mike and Lauren Minor Susan Moremen Joanna and Robert Myers Patrick and Natalie Oster Mr. G Paul Owen Jr. Dustin Page and Bryan Miller Patrice E. Paton Lisa Petry David Gerald Polston Dr. Trudi Rash Mr. C. Glenn Reid Taylor Rich Benjamin K Richmond Alex Roma Seema Sheth and Andreas Wokutch Ted and Rae Shlechter Mary Ann Smania Matthew and Amy Smith Dr. J. C. States and Ms. G. R. Russo Paul Stropkay and Katherine Firth Dr. Wayne Villanueva and Janet C. Witzleben Craig and Kelley Welch Mitzie and Jim Wittliff Ms. Ruth Wukasch Carol and Bill Young David and Bonnie Zepka Kelly Zullo

S TA F F D O N O R S Norman P. Dixon Justin Hagovsky

Steve Knight Erin Meiman

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Jeff Rodgers Peggy Shake

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T H E AT R E S TA F F ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Robert Barry Fleming ARTISTIC

PRODUCTION

Artistic Producer .................................................Emily Tarquin Artistic Manager .................................. Zachary Meicher-Buzzi Company Manager ......................................................Dot King

Production Manager ............................................. Paul Werner Assistant Production Manager .............................. Bryn Weiler Production Stage Manager .............................Stephen Horton Resident Stage Managers .............................Jessica Kay Potter, Katherine Thesing Resident Production Assistants ... Andie Burns, Margaret Rial

LITERARY Literary Director ................................................. Amy Wegener Literary Manager ...........................................Jenni Page-White Resident Dramaturg .......................Hannah Rae Montgomery

LEARNING & CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT Director of Learning & Creative Engagement......Erica Denise Learning & Creative Engagement Associates......Janelle Renee Dunn, Abigail Miskowiec Teaching Artists ............................. Liz Fentress, Claire Hagan, Alyssa Rae Hendricks, Keith McGill, Talleri McRae, Morgan Younge

ADMINISTRATION General Manager .......................................... Jeffrey S. Rodgers Human Resources Manager .................................... Marie Tull Systems Manager ......................................................Dot Krebs Executive Assistant ........................................... Norman Dixon

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, Leah Boruff-Bodoin, Kristine Farley, Marty Huelsmann

VOLUNTEER & AUDIENCE RELATIONS Director of Volunteer & Audience Relations..Allison Hammons Lobby Manager.................................................Greylyn Gregory House Managers .........................Jesse Barfield, Tiffany Bush, Ellen Greetham, Jan Hubert, Hilary Jones, Steve Renner, Abigail Rogers Audience Services Associates....................... Michaela Barczek, Matthew Dryburgh, Will LaRue, Sujotta Pace

SCENIC Technical Director ........................................... Justin Hagovsky Associate Technical Director ............................Braden Blauser Scene Shop Manager ...............................Javan Roy-Bachman Master Carpenter ......................................................Alexia Hall Scenic Carpenters ................Hannah Allgeier, Pierre Vendette Deck Carpenters ...............Gracie Lawson, Brooke McPherson Scenic Charge Artist .............................................. Colleen Doty

COSTUMES Costume Director .................................................... Mike Floyd Crafts Master ....................................................... Shari Cochran Draper/Tailor .......................................................... Jeffery Park First Hands ................................ Faith Brown, Allison McCann Stitchers ...............................Celeste Collado, Maureen Strobel Costume Design Assistant .................Isabel Martin, Tiffany Yu Wig Supervisor ......................................................... Katie Ward Wig & Makeup Assistant ................................. Rebecca Traylor Wardrobe Manager ................................................ Anna Jenny Wardrobe Assistant... Camila Benencia Courreges, Chloe Hixson

LIGHTING Lighting Supervisor ...........................................Jason E. Weber Associate Lighting Supervisor .............................. Dani Clifford Lead Lighting Technician ........... Wylder Cooper, Tyler Warner Lighting Technician ....................... Blake Anderson, Will Blair, Andy Glischinski, Troy Johnson, Lindsay Krupski, Steven York

SOUND

Manager of Community Partnerships..........Mary Bainbridge

Sound Supervisor .....................................................Paul Doyle Assistant Sound Supervisor ........................... Lindsay Burdsall Sound Technician .................Marion Ayers, Victoria Campbell

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DEVELOPMENT

Finance Director ....................................................Peggy Shake Accounting Manager .............................................. Jason Acree Accounting Assistant ....................................Christine England

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Marketing & Communications Director ............. Steve Knight Associate Director of Marketing .........................Melissa Hines Festival & Events Manager ..................................Erin Meiman Public Relations & Communications Manager...............Elizabeth Greenfield Marketing & Communications Coordinator...Charlotte Stephens Graphic Designer ......................................... Mary Kate Grimes Assistant Graphic Designer ........................Sheyenne Santiago Group Sales Manager ............................................Sarah Peters Outbound Customer Service Representative .David Meredith

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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

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COMPANY Director ................................................ Christine Albright-Tufts Artistic Coordinator ............................................ Jonathan Ruiz Acting.............Michael Allyn, Kaitlyn Boyer, Aizhaneya Carter, Zoë DePreta, Christopher Garofalo, Jen Jarnagin, Noah Keyishian, Teresa Langford, Germainne LeBron, Alex Lin, Gabriela Llarena, Alex Might, Mollie Murk, Kat Peña, Andrew G. Rodriguez, Patrick Steadman Taylor, Ashtonn Thompson, Isaiah J. Williams Communications..................................................Austin French Company & Artistic Management....................Ellen Greetham Costumes.................................................................. Emily Brod Directing.................................................. Cara Hinh, Julia Rufo

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T H E AT R E S TA F F Dramaturgy & Literary Management.......Kathryn de la Rosa, Liam E. Gibbs Festival & Events Management............................ Abby Tauber Learning & Creative Engagement............... Michaela Barczak, Matthew Dryburgh Lighting......................................................................Siena Wise Marketing......................................................... Sarah Jae Leiber Producing & Casting..............................................Sujotta Pace Production Management....................................Carol Almonte Properties........................................................Peter deGuzman Scenic................................................................ Patrice J. Nelms Sound................................................................... Joshua Brown Stage Management...................... Sophie Antovel, Julia Bregy, Connor Feagin, Maggie Hoffecker

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, Ella Cullen, Laurie Eiden, Doris Elder, Joyce French, Carol Halbleib, LuAnn & Tom Hayes, Candace Jaworski, Holly Kissel, Natalie Koch, Yvonne Mead, Barbara Nichols, Teresa Nusz, Beth Phipps, Nancy Rankin, Tim Unruh, Peyton Weihe, Lily Wobbe.

ACTORS THEATRE’S COMPANY MEDICAL PROVIDER Dr. Andrew Mickler, F.A.C.S. Kevin Brown, MEd, ATC, CKTP, FMT

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 and The Thin Place 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, Vivian Barnes, Lisa Sanaye Dring, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Sarah Gubbins, Jane B. Jones, Rajiv Joseph & Bill Sherman, Jonathan Norton, Gab Reisman, and Alexis Scheer

TICKET INFORMATION Box Office Hours (During Performances) Subject to change.

Monday: Tuesday-Thursday: Friday-Saturday: Sunday:

10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

12 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

12 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

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 (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 are 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 or special programming. 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

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SERVICES & AMENITIES FOOD & BEVERAGE Food is not permitted in the theatre.

NO SMOKING No smoking of any kind is permitted within the facility.

Beverage Service Beverage service is available at the lobby bar TuesdaySunday, 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 bar before all performances.

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 the Box Office with a refundable deposit. Parking is located on levels M and 3–6 of the garage. Accessible restrooms are located on the first floor and Mezzanine Level.

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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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, from the House Manager or 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 Kentucky Performing Arts.

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 Kentucky Performing Arts.

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

A schedule of sensory-friendly and relaxed performances is available at the Box Office.

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 ext. 3072 or visit actorstheatre.org/volunteer.

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.

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See Loose Nuts: A Rapsody in Brown, an illustrated and handwritten story set in the West End,

by African American artist Bert Hurley.

December 13, 2019 – April 19, 2020

Bert Hurley (American, 1898–1955) Loose Nuts: A Rapsody in Brown, 1933 Pen and black ink, crayon, watercolor, and graphite on wove paper, Gift of Dr. Wade Hall and partial purchase 2001.6 Support for this exhibition provided by:

Additional support provided by members of the Art on Paper Society

Exhibition season support provided by: Dav Fam Art Fund Cary Brown and Steven E. Epstein Paul and Deborah Chellgren Debra and Ronald Murphy Eleanor Bingham Miller