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From the Theatre.......................................................... 4

PROGRAM A Doll’s House, Part 2................................................ 7

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

Biographies...................................................................12

Staff and Support. ..................................................... 20 Theatre Services.......................................................... 29

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F R O M T H E T H E AT R E Thank you for joining us for Actors Theatre’s production of A Doll’s House, Part 2! We’re delighted to welcome Lucas Hnath’s work back to our stage with this inventive sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House. Audiences may remember when Hnath was last with us in 2014 with the world premiere of The Christians during the 39th Humana Festival of New American Plays. Actors Theatre has also produced Hnath’s nightnight (part of Sleep Rock Thy Brain, 2013 Humana Festival) and Death Tax (2012 Humana Festival).

In A Doll’s House, Part 2, fifteen years have passed since Nora slammed the door on her life as a wife and mother. Now she’s back, with an urgent request—one that leads to long-overdue reckonings. What does a woman owe her family? What does she owe herself? Hnath examines marriage and motherhood, love and law—asking questions that are as resonant today as they were when Nora first appeared in Henrik Ibsen’s groundbreaking masterpiece more than a century ago.

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Thanks again for joining us, and we hope you enjoy A Doll’s House, Part 2!

Kevin E. Moore, Managing Director

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presents

A Doll’s House, Part 2

by Lucas Hnath directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh October 2 – November 4, 2018 FEATURING Zuleyma Guevara *, Nikhaar Kishnani, Socorro Santiago * and Kim Sullivan *

Scenic Designer Reid Thompson †

Costume Designer Valérie Thérèse Bart †

Lighting Designer Cecilia Durbin †

Sound Designer Kate Marvin †

Media Designer Philip Allgeier

Stage Manager Katie Shade * Dramaturg Jessica Reese Originally produced on Broadway by Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner and John Johnson.

Commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory.

A Doll’s House, Part 2 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 c tio n Credit s The Cast of Characters (in order of appearance)

Anne Marie Socorro Santiago * Nora Zuleyma Guevara * Torvald Kim Sullivan * Emmy Nikhaar Kishnani

Setti n g Norway. Inside the Helmer house, 15 years since Nora left Torvald.

I n termi s s io n There will be no intermission.

A dditio n a l P rod u c tio n Credit s

Directing Assistant Assistant Dramaturg Casting by Dialect Coach Production Assistant Wardrobe Assistant

Shareef Elkady + Susan Yassky + Judy Bowman, CSA Rachel Hillmer Margaret Rial Madison Weber

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“I Do” … Or Do I? Perspectives on Marriage The characters in A Doll’s House, Part 2 profoundly disagree about the institution of marriage. What do you think? Below, find a sampling of additional perspectives—some more cynical than others.

“No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were.” ~Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in the majority opinion for Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide “[W]e have to recognize that for most of history, marriage was not primarily about the individual needs and desires of a man and woman and the children they produced.

Marriage had as much to do with getting good in-laws and increasing one’s family labor force as it did with finding a lifetime companion and raising a beloved child.” ~Stephanie Coontz, author of Marriage, a History “The institution of marriage is still the cornerstone of patriarchal power.” ~Iris Marion Young, feminist scholar “[W]e always marry the wrong person. We never know whom we marry; we just think we do. Or even if we first marry the right person, just give it a while and he or she will change. For marriage, being what it is, means we are not the same person after we have entered it. The primary problem morally is learning how to love and care for this stranger to whom you find yourself married.” ~Stanley Hauerwas, Christian theologian “With marriage rates falling and social sanctions against cohabitation falling away, why would a feminist choose to take part in such a retro, potentially oppressive, bigotedly exclusive institution? Well, there are a lot of reasons, actually. Foremost are the emotional ones: love, companionship, the pure joy that meeting your match brings with it. … Because of the women’s rights movement, we can maintain our own bank accounts; we can make our own health care choices; we can refuse sex with our husbands and prosecute them if they don’t comply. … Marriage, now, is potentially what we make it.” ~Lisa Jervis, co-founder of Bitch magazine 10

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What About Part 1? About Ibsen’s A Doll’s House A Doll’s House, Part 2 is a sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 play A Doll’s House. Part 2 stands on its own, but if you’re curious about what happened in “Part 1,” read on for a brief summary.

Nora and Torvald Helmer seem to be the perfect couple, with a lovely middle-class home and three young children. Nora, however, has a secret: years ago, she forged her father’s signature to help secure a loan from a man named Krogstad, and she’s been laboring to pay it back ever since. The money was needed for a long trip Torvald had to take for health reasons. Essentially, Nora saved Torvald’s life, but he has no idea; he thinks Nora inherited the money from her father.

When Krogstad uses Nora’s forgery to blackmail her and later Torvald, Nora is both anxious and hopeful that Torvald will do the chivalrous thing and take responsibility for her crime, sacrificing himself to save her honor. Instead, when he finds out about the forgery, he berates her, vows to cover up the scandal in any way he can, and forbids her from raising their children.

Torvald ultimately forgives Nora after Krogstad has a sudden change of heart and drops his threats. But Nora has discovered how little her husband respects her. To Torvald, she’s only a child or a doll—his pet, not his partner. In the last scene, Nora confronts him about their marriage, and the play ends with a resounding door slam as Nora leaves her family in search of independence and her own identity.

Lucas Hnath on A Doll’s House A Doll’s House, Part 2 is set fifteen years after the end of A Doll’s House. Discussing the origins of Part 2 in an interview last year, playwright Lucas Hnath reflected on why Ibsen’s work remains powerful: “[T]he action that takes place at the end [of A Doll’s House] was a shock when it was first produced, and it’s still a shock today. The way that it’s built is it’s a couple that actually is failing to talk to each other for most of the play. Then you hit that final scene where Nora says, ‘We need to talk.’ That is such a resonant moment, and it’s such a familiar moment too. It cuts to the heart of a problem in all intimate relationships. Also, Ibsen is trying to define what freedom is and is identifying the ways in which we are not as free as we think we are. Fears about reputation and how we’re viewed in the world, and anxieties about money and social standing—I think those are all shackles that remain today.” ~ Play notes compiled by Jessica Reese A U D I E N C E

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B io g raphie s THE ACTING COMPANY Zuleyma Guevara (Nora) marks her first time at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Theatre Credits: De Novo at New York Theatre Workshop; the world premiere of Uncommon Sense for Tectonic Theatre Project; the New Jersey premiere of Water by the Spoonful at Premiere Stages; La Paloma Prisoner and The Hour of the Star for Columbia Stages; the world premiere of Seven Spots On The Sun at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; and La Ruta for Working Theatre.

Television Credits Include: Sonia’s Choice for the #imhere campaign, Legend of the

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13 Suns for Kraft, as well as Law & Order, the CBS pilot Limitless, Fox’s Gotham (“Red Queen”) and various commercial credits. Film Credits Include: Rope Art, Danny Boy, New York State of Mind and the soon-to-be-released Third Trinity.

Nikhaar Kishnani (Emmy) is making her Actors Theatre debut.

Off-Off Broadway: world premiere of Veil’d at Astoria Performing Arts Center. Other Theatre: Twelfth Night, The Women Eat Chocolate (world premiere), Prospero’s Storm (world premiere), The Children’s Hour and The Qualms at DePaul University; The Rimers

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of Eldritch at Rutgers University. Film: Sama, Him&Her&Him. Television: Brown Nation, Code Switched, Geeta’s Guide To Moving On, Nepotism. Additional Credits: Kishnani received her M.F.A. from The Theatre School at DePaul University. She is a recipient of the iO Chicago Diversity Scholarship and Upright Citizens Brigade Diversity Scholarship. She is represented

by Innovative Artists. For more information, please visit www.nikhaar.me.

Socorro Santiago (Anne Marie) is making her debut at Actors Theatre.

Regional Theatre: Santiago recently completed the national tour of Small Mouth Sounds at Long Wharf Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Broad Stage and Philadelphia Theatre

Company. She has also worked at the Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Old Globe Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Huntington Theatre Company (IRNE award), Victory Gardens Theater (Jeff Award) and Denver Center for the Performing Arts, among others. Broadway: The Bacchae at Circle in the Square.

Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, INTAR, Roundabout Underground, BAM, New York Theatre Workshop, The Playwrights Realm, Ars Nova, among many others.

Film: iGilberto!, The Other Woman, All Good Things, Devil’s Advocate, Heaven’s Prisoners and the soon-to-be-released film Widows, directed by Steve McQueen.

Television: Blue Bloods, Characters, The Good Wife, 7 Seconds, Mozart in the Jungle and all the Law & Orders. Santiago received the ALMA award for her work as Isabella Santos on All My Children.

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Kim Sullivan (Torvald) is honored to return to Actors Theatre after a 30-year hiatus. At Actors Theatre: Does anyone remember Treasure Island? Or Oldtimers Game before that? More Recent Credits Include: Familiar at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, where he proudly performed for Michelle Obama; The Little Foxes at Cleveland Play House; You Can’t Take It with You at Geva Theatre; The Clean House at Milwaukee Repertory Theater; and The Royale and August Wilson’s ten-play Century Cycle at American Stage in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Television: Sullivan spent two years as Judge Runyon on One Life to Live, the soap opera.

DIRECTOR Pirronne Yousefzadeh (Director) At Actors Theatre: 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

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Company. Regional Theatre: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Geva Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Perseverance Theatre, InterAct Theatre 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 a co-founder of Maia Directors, a consultancy group for artists and organizations engaging with stories from the Middle East and beyond. She received her M.F.A. from Columbia University.

Additional Training: New York University/The Public, SITI Company. She is a proud member of SDC. For more information, please visit pirronne.com and/or maiadirectors.com.

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DESIGNERS Valérie Thérèse Bart (Costume Designer) is making her Actors Theatre debut.

Regional Theatre: Vietgone at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; You Are Here at Goodspeed Musicals; The Great Leap* at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Seattle Repertory Theatre; The Invisible Hand at Cleveland Play House; Too Heavy for Your Pocket* at Roundabout Underground; The Servant of Two Masters at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company and Yale Repertory Theatre; POP! (sets) at Yale Repertory Theatre. Off-Broadway: Vanity Fair* at Pearl Theatre; The Servant of Two Masters at Theatre for a New Audience; Twelfth Night and What You Will at Bedlam; Macbeth at The Acting Company; Tina Packer’s Women of Will (sets/costumes).

Opera: Rocking Horse Winner**/ Vinkensport at Opera Saratoga; Rigoletto at Minnesota Opera; Fidelio and Butterfly at Heartbeat Opera; Listen, Wilhelmina!* at Wolf Trap; She, After* (sets/costumes) at Urban Arias. Additional Credits: Bart received her M.F.A. in design from Yale School of Drama. For more information, please visit valeriebart.com. (*World premiere; **American premiere)

Cecilia Durbin (Lighting Designer) Regional Theatre: Sense & Sensibility, Love Alone at PlayMakers Repertory Company; South Pacific at Triad Stage; Disgraced at Portland Stage Company and Hangar Theatre; Sex and Other Disturbances at Portland Stage Company.

Other Credits: The Taming of the Shrew at Chautauqua Theatre; 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; In the Blood at Theatre Horizon (Barrymore nomination); The Little Red Fish at New York City Children’s Theatre/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.

Kate Marvin (Sound Designer) is making her Actors Theatre debut. Regional Theatre: Indecent at the Guthrie Theater; Babette’s Feast and Sotto Voce at Portland

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Stage Company; Crossing Delancey and Ugly Lies the Bone at the Alliance Theatre; Grounded at Westport Country Playhouse; Happy Days and Elevada at Yale Repertory Theatre. Off-Broadway: [Porto] with WP Theater; Somebody’s Daughter with Second Stage Uptown; Happy Days at Theatre for a New Audience; Daybreak with Pan Asian Rep. Other Theatre: Wilder Gone with Clubbed Thumb; Don Giovanni and Fidelio with Heartbeat Opera; The Tempest, Uncle Vanya and Second Language with Target Margin Theater; Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet with Trinity Shakespeare Festival.

Additional Credits: Marvin received her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama.

Reid Thompson (Scenic Designer) is making his Actors Theatre debut!

Regional Theatre: Gloria and Disgraced at Asolo Repertory Theatre; A Streetcar Named Desire at Yale Repertory Theatre; Too Heavy for Your Pocket at Alliance Theatre and Roundabout Theatre Company. New York: A Delicate Ship at The Playwrights Realm; House Rules and Among the Dead at Ma-Yi Theater Company; Empathitrax at Colt Coeur.

Other Credits: Up & Away at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera; A Little Night Music, Bells Are Ringing and Little Shop of Horrors at the Berkshire Theatre Festival; Speech and Debate at Barrington Stage Company; Into the Woods at Princeton University/McCarter Theatre; Merrily We Roll Along with Yale Dramat; The Seagull and Mad Forest at Columbia University; The Electric Baby at Fordham University.

Opera Credits Include: Fidelio, Butterfly, Dido and Aeneas and Lucia at Heartbeat Opera; Lucretia at Stony Brook Opera; Erismena at Yale Baroque Opera.

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received his M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. He is a member of Wingspace and USA-829. For more information, please visit reidthompsondesign.com.

PRODUCTION Katie Shade (Stage Manager) At Actors Theatre: Do You Feel Anger?, I Now Pronounce, Residence, The Roommate, The Grown-Up, Our Town, Dracula, Sleep Rock Thy Brain, A Christmas Story, Romeo and Juliet, The Hour of Feeling, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Sense and Sensibility, BOB, Barefoot in the Park, Heist!, Phoenix and A Christmas Carol.

Other Theatre: Othello, Much Ado About Nothing and The Tempest at Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, A Winter’s Tale and Bad Dates at Shakespeare & Company; The Fabulous Lipitones and Carousel at Goodspeed Musicals. Additional Credits: Shade holds a B.F.A. in theatre management from Auburn University. She is also an alumna of the 2009–2010 Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre.

DRAMATURG Jessica Reese is in her fourth season as the literary associate at Actors Theatre.

Actors Theatre dramaturgy credits include You Across from Me, Skeleton Crew, The Many Deaths of Nathan Stubblefield, The 39 Steps and Wondrous Strange. Prior to 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.

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Theatre as the Humana Festival literary assistant during the 2013, 2014 and 2015 Festivals. She is a proud alumna of Davidson College and Actors Theatre’s Professional Training Company.

CASTING Judy Bowman, CSA (Casting) Actors Theatre Credits Include: O Guru Guru Guru…, Death Tax, The Hour of Feeling, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, BOB, Strike/Slip and dark play or stories for boys. Recent Regional Theatre: The Invisible Hand at Cleveland Play House; Smart People at Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Familiar at Woolly Mammoth; Cry it Out at Dorset Theatre Festival and Studio Theatre D.C.; Skeleton Crew at Dorset Theatre Festival; Native Gardens at Merrimack Repertory Theatre.

New York: Greg Keller’s Dutch Masters at Partial Comfort, Dan McCoy’s Perfect Teeth at TheaterLab, Arden/Everywhere at Baruch Performing Arts Center. Television: Big Dogs. Film: Block Island, Hurricane Bianca, Lost Cat Corona, Gold Star. Bowman was an Artios Award nominee for Best Webseries Casting and a PT Barnum Award recipient. For more information, please visit judybowmancasting.com.

Playwright Lucas Hnath’s plays include From the Words and Writings of Dana H., The Christians (2014 Humana Festival), Red Speedo, Hillary and Clinton, A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney, nightnight (2013 Humana Festival), Isaac’s Eye and Death Tax (2012 Humana Festival). His work has been produced at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, Royal Court Theatre, Soho Repertory Theatre, South Coast Repertory and Victory Gardens Theater, among many others. Hnath has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists since 2011, is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and is a New York Theater Workshop Usual Suspect. He has received the Kesselring Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Whiting Award, two Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Citations, an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Play, a WindhamCampbell Prize and an Obie Award. A Doll’s House, Part 2 was nominated for the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play.

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E x e c u ti v e O ffi c er 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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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 i n d D o n atio n 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 n di 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. Todd P. Lowe and Fran C. Ratterman Mary Gwen Wheeler and David A. Jones, Jr. Bruce Merrick and Karen McCoy The Mitchell/Rushing Family Foundation Inc. Thomas and Mary Jo Mueller Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Murphy J. A. Paradis III John E. Selent Alfred Shands Mr. and Mrs. Mac Thompson Jaleigh and Michael White The Wunderlin Company Designer Circle Lynn Allen and Pete Walton Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Callen Sarah and Peter Fuller Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Rounsavall III Jim and Marianne Welch Playwright Circle Anonymous (2) Ms. Patricia W. Ballard Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ballard Jr. Eleanor Bingham Miller Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Bonnie Meredith Wilson Brown 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 Dramaturg Circle Jesse and Kim Adams

KJesse and Kim Adams Keith Auerbach, M.D. Sarah and Campbell Brown Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson Dr. Joseph J. Buchino Madelyn Buzzard Mees Heather McHold and Stephen P. Campbell Tanya Carrico and John Higgins 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 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 A U D I E N C E

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 Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Tindall 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 Carol Anne Edwards Sally and Charlie Moyer Beth Welch 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 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 Chris and Kathelen Ferlita Drs. Karen and Brennan Fitzpatrick Daniel and Lisa Gunther Clark Sonya and Ara Hacet Ms. Maria Hardy-Webb 25

I n di v id ua l S u pport Allen Harris and Alexis Rich Mrs. Kristen Hawley Hollie Hopkins Cindy and Dwayne Jarboe Charles and Robyn Kane 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 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

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Meredith McDonough Erin Meiman Kevin E. Moore and Mike Porto

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Jeffrey S. Rodgers Peggy Shake Carrie Syberg

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, Stephanie Minotti, Abigail Rogers Lobby Manager.....................................Tiffany Walton DEVELOPMENT Director of Development................ Mark D. Warner Director of Community Partnerships... Carrie Syberg Director of Individual Giving.......... Katherine Lander Grants Manager.................................... Allie Summers Development Coordinator............. Matthew Brown FINANCE Director................................................. Peggy Shake Accounting Coordinator.........................Jason Acree Accounting Assistant............................ Jamila Childs MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Director................................................. Steve Knight Marketing Manager............................ Melissa Hines Festival & Events Manager.................. Erin Meiman Public Relations Manager....... Elizabeth Greenfield 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, Cedrick Yelder PRODUCTION Production Manager............................. Paul Werner Associate Production Manager................................ Michael DeWhatley Production Stage Manager.......... Paul Mills Holmes Resident Stage Managers...............Stephen Horton, Jessica Kay Potter, Katie Shade Resident Production Assistants.................Margaret Rial, Katherine Thesing Scenic Technical Director............................Justin Hagovsky Associate Technical Director............ Braden Blauser Scenic Charge Artist........................ Rachael Claxton Scene Shop Manager................Javan Roy-Bachman Master Carpenter..................................... Alexia Hall Scenic Carpenters........................... Hannah Allgeier, Josh Blum, Daniel Cutler, Pierre Vendette Assistant Scenic Charge........................Colleen Doty Deck Carpenters.....Gracie Lawson, Peter Regalbuto Costumes Costume Director.....................................Mike Floyd Crafts Master.......................................Shari Cochran Wig and Makeup Supervisor............Barbie McCann Draper/Tailor..........................................Jeffery Park First Hands...........Rachel Gregory, Natalie Maynard Stitchers....................... Faith Brown, Katie Leonard, Christina Marcantonio Costume Design Assistants................. Isabel Martin, Isabelle Tabet Wig and Makeup Assistant..............Rebecca Traylor Wardrobe Manager.................................Anna Jenny Wardrobe Assistant.............................. Chloe Hixson Wardrobe Technician............................Kathryn Vest Lighting Supervisor......................................... Jason E. Weber Associate Lighting Supervisor...............Dani Clifford Electrics Shop Manager..................... Steve Burdsall Lead Lighting Technician..................Wylder Cooper Lighting Technicians.......... Ellen Reid, Tyler Warner Sound Supervisor................................................ Paul Doyle Assistant Sound Supervisor............Lindsay Burdsall Sound Technicians.............................. Marion Ayers, Victoria Campbell Properties Director............................................... Mark Walston Associate Properties Master.............Heather Lindert Assistant Properties Master.............Katelin Ashcraft Carpenter Artisan................................ Ryan Bennett Soft Goods Artisan............................ Jessie Combest Video Media Technologist............................Philip Allgeier

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T heatre Staff Professional Training Company Director................................Christine Albright-Tufts Artistic Coordinator.............................Jonathan Ruiz Acting.........................................................................

Amber Avant, David Ball, Silvia Daly Bond, Laura Lee Caudill, Avery Deutsch, Rebby Foster, Josh Fulton, Ashley N. Hildreth, Rasell Holt, Emma Maltby, Kevin O’Connell, Jonathan Moises Olivares, Ashley K. Patlan, Kayla Peters, Angelica Santiago, Brett Daniel Schultz, Julian Socha, Seun Soyemi, Russell Sperberg, Reagan Stovenour Communications................................ Laura Mullaney Company & Artistic Management.............. Ben Otten Costumes.................................................. Jessica Land Development................................................ Kelly Carr Directing.........................Shareef Elkady, Emily Moler Dramaturgy/Literary Management..........Alonna Ray, Susan Yassky Education/Teaching Artist..................Rachel Bischoff, Emma Leff Festival & Events Management............ Henrietta Key Lighting.......................................................Seth Torres Marketing.......................................Charlotte Stephens Producing & Casting Management.............................. Rebecca Redman

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

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

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

Alexander Speer was Executive Director from 1965 to 2006.

Artists under Commission In addition to reading script submissions from around the country, Actors Theatre of Louisville builds relationships with playwrights and encourages the creation of new work by commissioning plays from artists whom we admire. A new play commission engages a writer to pen a piece specifically for Actors Theatre of Louisville and allows us to support the work’s development from the earliest stages of inspiration onward.

Some notable past full-length plays commissioned by Actors Theatre and produced in the Humana Festival of New American Plays include The Christians by Lucas Hnath, Cry it Out by Molly Smith Metzler, For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday by Sarah Ruhl, Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo, Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison (co-commission with Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Big Love and The Glory of the World by Charles Mee, and Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies (winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama).

Commissioned writers currently include: Jeff Augustin Jackie Sibblies Drury Tasha Gordon-Solmon Sarah Gubbins

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

Ser v i c e s & A me n itie s TICKET INFORMATION Box Office Hours (During Performances) Subject to change.

Monday: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday – Thursday: 12 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Friday – Saturday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Sunday: 12 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Order by phone (502) 584-1205 ■ 1-800-4ATL-TIX Phone orders are subject to a $3 per ticket processing fee. All orders subject to a $2 per ticket Historic Landmark Fee. Online fees vary, based on ticket cost.

Order Online: ActorsTheatre.org Address: 316 West Main Street Louisville, KY 40202-4218 USA special offers Season Ticket Packages A range of ticket packages are available, including incredible benefits. Call our Box Office for options or visit ActorsTheatre.org/SeasonTickets.

Groups Discounts ranging from 5% to 20% are available to groups of ten or more. Call (502) 585-1210 for details.

Ages 60+, Military, Students and Patrons with Disabilities 60+, military, students (full-time with valid ID) and patrons with disabilities receive 10% off single tickets.

Day of Performance: Patrons with disabilities and students $24.

Gift Certificates Perfect for all occasions, gift certificates are available in any amount and can be purchased at the Box Office or online at actorstheatre.org.

Ticket Exchange Ticket holders may exchange their tickets either by phone or in person. As soon as possible after exchange needs are known, please call or visit our Box Office to make arrangements. Ticket exchanges may be made until 5 p.m. the day of the date on the tickets or one hour in advance of a matinee—only for another performance of the same play. Upgrade fees may apply.

PLEASE NOTE Ticket discounts subject to availability, cannot be combined with other discounts, and are not valid on previously purchased tickets. Historic Landmark and phone fees apply. Not valid during blackout performances. Seating restrictions may apply. Visit ActorsTheatre.org/TicketOptions for more information.

GALLERY HOURS (During Performances) Tuesday - Friday: 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Saturday - Sunday: 1 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Closed Mondays and non-performance days

FOOD & BEVERAGE Food is not permitted in the theatre.

Beverage Service Beverage service is available on the Mezzanine Level Tuesday–Sunday, one hour before all shows and at intermission. Post-performance beverage service is available at MilkWood. Beverages can be pre-purchased for intermission at the Mezzanine bar before all performances.

MilkWood Open Tuesday-Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

MilkWood, a restaurant operated by Chef Edward Lee, is located on the lower level of Actors Theatre.

Food is available at the bar in the restaurant without reservations; however, reservations are recommended for table service. For reservations, please call (502) 584-MILK (6455) or visit MilkwoodRestaurant.com.

Late Arrival Policy Late Seating in the Pamela Brown Auditorium or the Bingham Theatre is at the discretion of the House Manager, who can be located in the lobbies upon your arrival. Due to the intimate nature of the Victor Jory Theatre, latecomers will not be seated.

Parking Accessible parking is available on the Mezzanine Level of the Actors parking garage and on the Ground Floor Level for vans. There are additional marked spaces next to the Main Street elevators on Levels 3 through 6. The Actors parking garage elevators, located along Main Street, provide direct access to theatre lobbies. For information on discount parking for theatre events or traffic updates and alerts, please visit our website at ActorsTheatre.org or contact our Box Office at 502.584.1205.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURE In the event of a fire, a severe storm or an earthquake, you will be instructed by an announcement from the stage indicating the best method of exit. Please notice the multiple red exit signs in the theatre. For your safety, please exit in a calm and orderly manner.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES Please silence your phone or watch alarm so it will not disrupt the performance. Use of cellular phones, pagers, cameras, recording devices or any device that will light up the rows behind you are strictly prohibited in the auditorium. If you feel you may need to be contacted in case of an emergency, check your phone or pager with the house manager. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

NO Firearms Firearms are strictly prohibited on these premises.

CHILDREN

Children under age four are not permitted unless the production specifically appeals to very young children.

All children attending an event, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Because it can be distracting to others in the theatre, if your child is disruptive or excessively restless, you may be asked to step outside.

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Ser v i c e s & A me n itie s NO SMOKING

No smoking of any kind is permitted within the facility.

ACCESSIBILITY Accessible ramps, elevators, parking, restrooms, water fountains and wheelchair seating are available for patrons with disabilities. 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.

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.

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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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