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T HE HU M A N S

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Board of Trustees The Lion King Returns to Belk Theater This Summer........................... 4 Charlotte Squawks Is Back With O Fourteena!...................................... 6 Explore Dance at Charlotte Ballet This Summer.................................14 Summer With the Charlotte Symphony...............................................16 Opera Carolina's 2018/19 Season at a Glance......................................18

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Pride Rock Returns to Belk Theater This Summer Tickets for Disney’s The Lion King on sale now

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iraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. This is Disney’s The Lion King, making its triumphant return to Belk Theater Aug. 22-Sept. 9!

More than 90 million people around the world have experienced the awe-inspiring visual artistry, the unforgettable music, and the uniquely theatrical storytelling of this Broadway spectacular – one of the most breathtaking and beloved productions ever to grace the stage.

Winner of six Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, The Lion King brings together one of the most imaginative creative teams on Broadway. Tony Award-winning director Julie Taymor brings to life a story filled with 4

hope and adventure set against an amazing backdrop of stunning visuals. The Lion King also features the extraordinary work of Tony Award-winning choreographer Garth Fagan and some of Broadway’s most recognizable music, crafted by Tony Award-winning artists Elton John and Tim Rice.

There is simply nothing else like The Lion King.

Fun Show Facts: • The North American touring production (launched in April 2002) uses 18 trucks to transport puppets, set pieces and other materials from city to city. Fourteen of the trucks are 53-foot-long semi-trailers.

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Can’t Wait to Be King.” The two giraffes in “Circle of Life” are 14 feet high. Two actors trained in stilt-walking, climb 6-foot ladders to fit inside the puppets, mount stilts and enter stage left to cross the stage.

• The tour requires three days of advance prep and four days of on-site technical preparation at the respective venue to set up the physical production in each new city.

• The most complicated set piece is Pride Rock, which appears five times during each performance. On tour, Pride Rock is a battery-powered set piece that expands out like an accordion to 18 feet wide at its fullest position onstage and compresses to 8 feet when it is offstage in the wings.

• The largest and longest animal in the show is the elephant (nicknamed “Bertha” by the backstage crew when the show premiered in 1997). At 13 feet long and 9 feet wide, the puppet requires four actors to carefully walk her down the orchestra aisle. When not occupied by the actors, the puppet can collapse down flat for convenient backstage storage.

• The tallest animals in the show are the four, 18-foot exotic giraffes from “I Just

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Charlotte Squawks Is Back With O Fourteena!

A Q&A with show creators Mike Collins and Brian Kahn

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hat is Charlotte Squawks? It’s “Saturday Night Live” meets Broadway meets our beloved Queen City! Celebrating the 14th edition of Squawks, the creative team of Mike Collins and Brian Kahn collaborate with the area's most talented performers to make fun of pop-culture, sports, life and politics – both local and national.

Ahead of its return to Booth Playhouse May 31-June 24, we sat down with Mike and Brian for more on what they’re working on this year. can we expect/look forward Q:toWhat this year at Charlotte Squawks 14: O Fourteena!

Brian: Not sure what you should expect, but we expect nasty letters to the editor, scathing reviews from newspaper critics, and local politicians, athletes and business leaders squirming in their seats. I guess you should look forward to us ruining many of your favorite pop, rock and Broadways songs?

Mike: After all these years, you still have expectations? Shame on you.

Any new topics you’re trying to Q:work into this year’s lineup?

Brian: Nope. Nothing’s happened.

Except maybe … the impending Panthers sale, the hacking of Mecklenburg County, our failed Amazon bid, CMS buses catching on fire, the new (baby) faces on City Council, the unfolding Facebook scandal, Roy Cooper vetoing everything, the Me Too Movement, the gold statute missing from Providence and Providence, the opening of light rail to UNCC, bikes strewn everywhere, and whatever is going on in Washington, D.C.

Mike: Wow. Brian really keeps up with the news. I had no idea all those things had happened, but I can tell you what Victor Newman is up to on “The Young and the Restless.” has been around for Q:aSquawks treasured 14 years. Why do you think it resonates so well with Charlotteans?

Mike: It resonates because all of our songs are sung in the key of C – no sharps or flats – just right – so that everyone can sing along. Now, if they would just learn the words before they came to the theater, we’d be in business.

Brian: Well, we typically have the show in June and the theater is airconditioned, so that’s a big draw. We are also bitter sarcastic people who have a lot of pent-up anger from having to be polite all of the time – kinda like most of the folks that live here.

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What would you say to someone Q:who’s never been to Squawks, to convince them otherwise?

Brian: I’d like to say something like “Hey, they’re giving away free cars!” But if I have to say something that’s actually true, maybe I’d tell you that we aren’t your typical theater experience. If you like comedy and don’t offend easily, give us a shot. And we also sell liquor.

Mike: We’ve been doing this show for 14 years just so it would be good enough for you to finally give us a shot. You have nothing to lose because, as Brian says, the theater is air conditioned and it’s dark. You can always take a nap and, if you come to a matinee, you can avoid yardwork!

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CAST Erik Blake.......................................................................................................RICHARD THOMAS Aimee Blake..................................................................................................... THERESE PLAEHN Brigid Blake............................................................................................................ DAISY EAGAN Dierdre Blake.......................................................................................................... PAMELA REED Fiona “Momo” Blake............................................................................................ LAUREN KLEIN Richard Saad..................................................................................................................LUIS VEGA UNDERSTUDIES

Understudies never substitute for listed performers unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

For Richard Saad—ETHAN HOVA; for Dierdre Blake—DENISE LUTE; for Fiona “Momo” Blake—SUSANNE MARLEY; for Erik Blake—DALE PLACE; for Aimee Blake, Brigid Blake—ARIELLE YODER THE HUMANS WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.

The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device or such photographing or sound recording inside this theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for money damages.

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LUIS VEGA

ETHAN HOVA

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Thomas’s most recent stage appearance was in the Broadway revival of The Little Foxes, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. He also received a Drama Desk Award nomination for his performance in the revival of Arthur Miller’s Incident at Vichy Off-Broadway at Signature Theatre Company. Other recent performances include Iago in Othello at The Old Globe and Jimmy Carter in Lawrence Wright’s Camp David, as well as Broadway productions of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, David Mamet’s Race, and Michael Frayn’s Democracy. He created the roles of John-Boy on the CBS television series “The Waltons,” for which he won the Emmy Award, and Agent Frank Gaad on the FX series “The Americans.”

Thomas was last seen on tour in the hit revival of 12 Angry Men. PAMELA REED (Deirdre Blake).

Broadway: Fools, The November People.

Off-Broadway: Standing on My Knees, Getting Out (Drama Desk Award). At the New York Shakespeare Festival, Reed premiered Curse of the Starving Class (Drama Desk nomination), Aunt Dan and Lemon, Fen, Sorrows of Stephen, and All’s Well That Ends Well. Reed starred in the world premiere of Ezra Pound’s translation of Sophocles’s Elektra. Film credits include Kindergarten Cop, The Long Riders, Bean, Junior, Melvin & Howard, The Best of Times, Cadillac Man, Rachel River, Passed Away, Proof of Life, and The Right Stuff. Reed can currently be seen in a recurring role on “NCIS: L.A.” Other television credits include “Jericho,” “Grand,” “Home Court,” Robert Altman’s “Tanner ’88” (Cable Ace Award: Best Actress), and as Amy Poehler’s mom in “Parks and Recreation.” Reed received the Obie 9C

Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance in Theater.

DAISY EAGAN (Brigid Blake).

Broadway: The Secret Garden (Tony Award; Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Les Misérables (original Broadway production), James Joyce’s The Dead.

Off-Broadway and regional: James Joyce’s The Dead, The Secret Garden, Wit, Stoneface, The Wild Party (L.A. Weekly Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical), Be Aggressive, Caught in the Net, On the Mountain, A View from the Bridge. Film: Ripe, Losing Isaiah, Judgment. TV: “The Path,” “Girls,” “The Mentalist,” “Without a Trace,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “Numb3rs,” “The Unit.” Eagan is an award-winning writer.

She is a proud member of 30 Minute Musicals and has performed with them in Jurassic Park, The Craft, and Hook.

Eagan has written and performed three one-woman shows across the country.

With her writing partner Jordan Kai Burnett, she writes and performs Daisy and Jordan’s Sunday Brunch of Shame.

LAUREN KLEIN (Fiona “Momo” Blake). Broadway: The Humans (original cast), Other Desert Cities, Lost in Yonkers (original cast), and Broken Glass (original cast). Off-Broadway: Mr. Goldwyn, Death Defying Acts, and After the Fall. Regional: Death of a Salesman, Plainsong, Eventide, Big Love, People’s Temple, and Denial. National tours: Dirty Dancing, Broadway Bound, and I’m Not Rappaport. TV: “Law & Order” (Judge—recurring, 10 years). Film: My One and Only, A Price Above Rubies, and Then She Found Me. Video: Red Dead Redemption. Awards: Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for Big Love, Carbonell Award for Best Actress for Denial, 704.372.1000 | BlumenthalArts.org

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and Denver Ovation Award for Best Supporting Actress for Plainsong. She received her Master of Fine Arts from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College of Santa Fe, N.M. THERESE PLAEHN (Aimee Blake).

Broadway: The Heidi Chronicles.

Other N.Y. theater: A (radically condensed and expanded) Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again (after David Foster Wallace) (The Public Theater), Family Play (1979–Present) (CollaborationTown), Anna Christie (The Wild Project). Regional: Our Town (Huntington Theatre), Crimes of the Heart (TheatreWorks, Silicon Valley), Paradise Lost (American Repertory Theater), and summers at Gloucester Stage and Chester Theatre. TV: “Mr. Robot,” “Blue Bloods,” “American Odyssey,” and “Onion News Network.”

LUIS VEGA (Richard Saad). NYC/ regional credits: Tell Hector I Miss Him (Atlantic Theater Company); Where Storms Are Born, and A Streetcar Named Desire (Williamstown Theatre Festival); The Comfort Team (Virginia Stage Company); Dance for a Dollar (INTAR); The Tempest (Boomerang Theatre Company); (RUS) H (HERE Arts Center); The Knights (Target Margin Theater); ’Til the Break of Dawn (Culture Project); Alice in War (Summer Play Festival); Life is a Dream (South Coast Repertory); Cloud Tectonics (Out of Line Productions).

Film/TV/web: Another Earth (Fox Searchlight), Chinese Puzzle, Emoticon ;), “All My Children,” “Heirloom.”

Company member of Ubuntu Theater Project. He received his Master of Fine Arts from the University of California San Diego and his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University.

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ETHAN HOVA (u/s Richard Saad).

Theater credits include Guards at the Taj (Woolly Mammoth), Intelligence (Arena Stage), [Not] Water (New Georges/3LD), Water by the Spoonful (Premiere Stages), The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go! (Children’s Theatre Company/ LaMaMa), and Metrocards (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Film: Accepted. TV: “The Blacklist,” “ER.” Member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and Founding Member of Exit, Pursued by a Bear.

He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.

DENISE LUTE (u/s Deirdre Blake) Broadway: Monday After the Miracle.

Off-Broadway: The Government Inspector (Red Bull Theater), Middle of the Night (Keen Company), By the Water (Manhattan Theatre Club), and Bug (Barrow Street). Regional: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Communicating Doors, Mame, Anything Goes, Showboat, Copenhagen, Doubt, The Big Knife, and The Constant Wife. Film: Lucky Days, Whiskey School, The Dead of Winter.

Television: “The Path,” “The Tap,” “ED,” “The Guiding Light,” and guest spots on all three “Law & Order” series.

SUSANNE MARLEY (u/s Fiona “Momo” Blake) has been a part of The Humans from its Off-Broadway run through the run on Broadway. She covered and performed the roles of Violet and Mattie Fae Weston in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of August: Osage County. National tour: Hannah in Angels in America/ Perestroika. Off-Broadway: Balm in Gilead, Fool for Love, How the Other Half Loves, Other People’s Money, Romeo and Juliet, and God’s Daughter.

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in Santa Barbara, and at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre.

DALE PLACE (u/s Erik Blake).

Broadway: Heisenberg. New York: King Lear at New York Shakespeare Festival, Nikolai and the Others at Lincoln Center Theater. Regional: Huntington Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Boston’s Old State House, The Hanover Theatre, Northern Stage, New Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage, Greater Boston Stage Company, and The Barnstormers Theatre. Film: The Fighter, The Proposal, Joy, Gone Baby Gone, and What’s Your Number?

ARIELLE YODER (u/s Aimee Blake, u/s Brigid Blake). New York City and regional credits: soot and spit (New Ohio Theatre); The Mystery of Love and Sex (Shaker Bridge Theatre); Concrete Orange: An American Fable (Guthrie Theater); Three Sisters, Peter and the Starcatcher, 4000 Miles, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Love Alone, Metamorphoses, and The Tempest (PlayMakers Repertory Company). She is Co-Artistic Director of DreamStreet Theatre Company.

STEPHEN KARAM (Playwright).

Karam’s plays include The Humans (Tony Award for Best Play, Obie Award for Playwriting, New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, and Pulitzer Prize finalist), Sons of the Prophet (New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize finalist), and Speech & Debate.

His adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2016 season; his film adaptation of The Seagull, starring Annette Bening, will premiere in 2018. Recent honors include 9E

two Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama League Award, and the HullWarriner Award. Karam is a graduate of Brown University and grew up in Scranton, Pa. JOE MANTELLO (Director) received a 2016 Tony Award nomination for The Humans. Other directing credits: Blackbird, An Act of God, Airline Highway, The Last Ship, Casa Valentina, I’ll Eat You Last, The Other Place, Dogfight, Other Desert Cities, Pal Joey, 9 to 5, November, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony nomination), Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Design for Living, The Vagina Monologues, and Love! Valour!

Compassion! (Tony nomination).

Acting credits: Broadway productions of The Glass Menagerie, The Normal Heart (Tony nomination), Angels in America (Tony nomination); for HBO, The Normal Heart (Emmy and Critics’ Choice Award nominations). He is a member of Naked Angels, an Associate Artist at Roundabout Theatre Company, and has received Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie, and Joe A. Callaway Awards.

DAVID ZINN (Scenic Designer).

Broadway: set design for The Humans (Tony Award); set and costume design for SpongeBob SquarePants, Fun Home (Tony nomination), The Last Ship; costume design for A Doll’s House, Part 2 and Airline Highway (Tony nominations); Other Desert Cities; Good People; Xanadu; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (Tony nomination). Recent Off-Broadway: set design for Hamlet, Hir; and set and costume design for The Flick, Circle 704.372.1000 | BlumenthalArts.org

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Mirror Transformation, Choir Boy, and Dogfight. Regional: Steppenwolf, Guthrie Theater, Center Theatre Group, American Repertory Theater, Opera Philadelphia, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Santa Fe Opera.

Hewes, Lucille Lortel, and Drama Desk Awards, as well as an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design in 2014. Townsend is an assistant professor at Brooklyn College.

SARAH LAUX (Costume Designer).

Broadway: The Band’s Visit, The Humans, Fully Committed.

Off-Broadway/regional: On the Shore…

(Atlantic); Sacred Valley (New York Stage and Film); The Man in the Ceiling (Bay Street); The End of Longing (MCC Theater); Bad Jews (George Street Playhouse); Man from Nebraska (Second Stage Theater); The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater Company); Ultimate Beauty Bible (Page 73 Productions); Empathitrax (Colt Coeur); The Effect (Barrow Street Theatre); Thresh/Hold (Pilobolus Dance Theater); Come Back, Little Sheba (Huntington Theatre Company); Women or Nothing (Atlantic Theater Company); and Really, Really (MCC Theater). Feature film: Freakshow.

FITZ PATTON (Sound Designer).

Off-Broadway: Torch Song (Second Stage). Upcoming Broadway: Three Tall Women. Upcoming Off-Broadway: Dan Cody’s Yacht (Manhattan Theatre Club). Broadway: Meteor Shower, Present Laughter, The Little Foxes, The Humans, Blackbird, Our Mother’s Brief Affair, The Father, An Act of God, Airline Highway, Outside Mullingar, I’ll Eat You Last, Casa Valentina, The Other Place, The House of Blue Leaves, Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Broadway Bound. Off-Broadway: Yen, Napoli, and Brooklyn. 2010 Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Awards for When the Rain Stops Falling (Lincoln Center Theater) and 2016 Drama Desk Award for The Humans. He is the founding editor of Chance Magazine, a serialized art book on theater and design.

JUSTIN TOWNSEND (Lighting Designer). Broadway: The Little Foxes, Present Laughter, The Humans (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award), American Psycho (Tony nomination, Drama Desk), Fool for Love, Casa Valentina, A Night with Janis Joplin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Other Place, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Off-Broadway: 10 out of 12 (Soho Repertory Theatre); Pretty Filthy (The Civilians); Found (Atlantic Theater Company); Here Lies Love (The Public Theater, Royal National Theatre); Mr. Burns, a post electric play and Milk Like Sugar (Playwrights Horizons); A Man’s a Man, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Galileo, and Unnatural Acts (Classic Stage Company). He has received Henry

CARRIE GARDNER, C.S.A. (Casting) serves as senior casting director for the Roundabout Theatre Company. Selected credits: The Book of Mormon, Sunday in the Park with George, Significant Other, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Real Thing, Violet, Rocky, Machinal, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Picnic, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Up Here, If I Forget, Bad Jews, Ugly Lies the Bone, Indian Ink, Dinner with Friends, The Last Goodbye, Tom Durnin, Sons of the Prophet, Look Back in Anger, Tigers Be Still, Ordinary Days, and Speech & Debate. Her credits also include productions at Encores!

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WILLIAM JOSEPH BARNES (Production Supervisor). Production Stage Manager for more than 25 Broadway shows including the Tony Award-winning productions of Hello, Dolly!; The Humans; Boeing-Boeing; Glengarry Glen Ross; Assassins; Take Me Out; Art; Master Class; and Love!

Valour! Compassion!.

BRIAN J. L’ECUYER (Production Stage Manager). National tours include Fiasco Theater’s Into the Woods, La Cage aux Folles; Lincoln Center Theater’s South Pacific, The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; and Deaf West Theatre’s Big River. Most recently: Jersey Boys at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas.

DEVIN DAY (Stage Manager).

Broadway: 1984, The Humans, An Act of God, Skylight, The Audience, Disgraced, and I’ll Eat You Last. Off-Broadway: The Humans (Roundabout Theatre Company); My Perfect Mind (Brits Off-Broadway Festival); Breakfast with Mugabe (Two Planks Productions); and Lucy Loves Me, Pinkolandia, Adoration of the Old Woman (INTAR Theatre).

Regional and Washington, D.C.: John W. Engeman Theater, Summer Theatre of New Canaan, Source Festival, Capital Fringe, and Taffety Punk Theatre Company. She is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington.

AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). Current Projects: Anastasia; The Book of Mormon (Broadway and tour); Cats; Farinelli and the King; Frozen; Hello, Dolly!; School of Rock; Springsteen on Broadway; Stories By Heart; and The Last Match. Upcoming projects: Amy and the Orphans, Angels in America, Carousel, Children of a Lesser 9G

God, The Iceman Cometh, Skintight, Three Tall Women, and Travesties.

Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989.

ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press) is a full-service engagement management agency representing Broadway tours and other live touring events across North America.

Current tours: An American in Paris, The Book of Mormon, Bright Star, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Elf The Musical, The Humans, Kinky Boots, Motown The Musical, Rent, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

Upcoming tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Bandstand; Hello, Dolly!; and The Play That Goes Wrong.

SCOTT RUDIN (Producer). Theater includes Passion; Seven Guitars; A Funny Thing…; The Chairs; The Blue Room; Closer; Amy’s View; Copenhagen; The Goat; Medea; Caroline, or Change; The Normal Heart; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Doubt; The History Boys; Faith Healer; Stuff Happens; The Year of Magical Thinking; Gypsy; God of Carnage; Fences; The Book of Mormon; The Motherf**ker with the Hat; Jerusalem; Death of a Salesman; One Man, Two Guvnors; Betrayal; A Raisin in the Sun; This Is Our Youth; The Curious Incident…; A Delicate Balance; The Iceman Cometh; Between Riverside and Crazy; Fish in the Dark; The Audience; Skylight; The Flick; King Charles III; A View from the Bridge; The Humans; The Crucible; Blackbird; Shuffle Along; The Front Page; The Wolves; The Glass Menagerie; Hello, Dolly!; and A Doll’s House, Part 2. Films include 704.372.1000 | BlumenthalArts.org

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Lady Bird; Annihilation; De Palma; Ex Machina; Steve Jobs; Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened; Top Five; While We’re Young; The Grand Budapest Hotel; Captain Phillips; Inside Llewyn Davis; Frances Ha; Moonrise Kingdom; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; Margaret; Moneyball; True Grit; The Social Network; Greenberg; It’s Complicated; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Julie & Julia; Doubt; There Will Be Blood; Margot at the Wedding; The Darjeeling Limited; No Country for Old Men; Notes on a Scandal; The Queen; Closer; The Life Aquatic; Team America: World Police; The Village; School of Rock; The Hours; Iris; The Royal Tenenbaums; Wonder Boys; Sleepy Hollow; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; A Civil Action; The Truman Show; In & Out; The First Wives Club; Mother; Clueless; Nobody’s Fool; Addams Family Values; Searching for Bobby Fischer; The Firm; Sister Act; and The Addams Family.

Television includes “The Newsroom,” “Silicon Valley,” and “The Night Of.” BARRY DILLER (Producer) is chairman and senior executive of IAC and Expedia. During his career at ABC, Paramount, and Fox, he oversaw the creation of the ABC Movie of the Week, Saturday Night Fever, “Taxi,” Grease, Ordinary People, Raiders of the Lost Ark, “Cheers,” Terms of Endearment, Beverly Hills Cop, Die Hard, Home Alone, and “The Simpsons.” Most recently he produced Betrayal. In addition, through his foundation, he has supported projects for Roundabout Theatre Company, Signature Theatre Company, the Public Theater, and the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

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Roundabout has been recognized for its varied work on five stages, reaching more than 700,000 theatergoers and 18,000 students and teachers each year.

Roundabout Underground’s program for new playwrights was launched with Stephen Karam’s play Speech & Debate.

The Humans is his second play commissioned by Roundabout and was part of Roundabout’s 50th anniversary season.

FOX THEATRICALS (Producer) is the recipient of a 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical for Fun Home. Headed by Kristin Caskey and Mike Isaacson, it is part of Fox Associates in St. Louis, whose partners include Mary Strauss, Lisa Baudendistel Suntrup, and Julie Baudendistel Noonan.

JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer) is the president of the Nederlander Organization and son of the late James M. Nederlander. Producing credits include On Your Feet!, Escape to Margaritaville, The Elephant Man, Kinky Boots, Movin’ Out, West Side Story, and many others.

ROY FURMAN (Producer). Current productions: Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award); Hello, Dolly! (Tony); The Band’s Visit; The Book of Mormon (Tony); and Cats. Other Tony-winning productions include The Humans, The Color Purple, A View from the Bridge, Spamalot, War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Raisin in the Sun, and The History Boys.

Co-founded international investment firm Furman Selz; now Vice Chairman Jefferies LLC, Vice Chairman Lincoln Center.

JON B. PLATT (Producer).

Productions include Angels in America, Copenhagen, Clybourne Park, Wicked, The Book of Mormon, God of Carnage, 9H

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Death of a Salesman, A Raisin in the Sun, Venus in Fur, Skylight, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A View from the Bridge, The Front Page, and Sweat.

ELI BUSH (Producer). Theater includes Hello, Dolly!; The Book of Mormon; Death of a Salesman; Betrayal; A Raisin in the Sun; This Is Our Youth; A Delicate Balance; Fish in the Dark; Skylight; The Flick; A View from the Bridge; The Humans; The Crucible; Blackbird; Shuffle Along; The Front Page; The Wolves; The Glass Menagerie; and A Doll’s House, Part 2. Films include Lady Bird, While We’re Young, Top Five, Fences, De Palma, Steve Jobs, Ex Machina, Captain Phillips, Mistress America, Inherent Vice, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Frances Ha, Moonrise Kingdom, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Upcoming film includes Annihilation. Television includes “The Newsroom,” “The Night Of,” and “Five Came Back.”

THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION (Producer). This family of companies includes Broad­ w ay Across America and Broadway.com. It is under the supervision of 11-time Tony Award-winning producer John Gore, who also serves as Chairman and CEO. Productions include The Band’s Visit; Beautiful; Cats; Dear Evan Hansen; and Hello, Dolly!

JACK LANE (Producer). New York credits include The Humans (Tony Award), Fun Home (Tony), Peter and the Starcatcher (Tony nomination), The Play That Goes Wrong, Shear Madness, and The Prom (Fall 2018). He is the executive producer of Stages St. Louis.

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BARBARA WHITMAN (Producer).

Broadway credits include Fun Home, The Humans, Fully Committed, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Red, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and A Raisin in the Sun. Upcoming: Angels in America.

JAY ALIX & UNA JACKMAN (Producers). Credits include Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); A Doll’s House, Part 2; The Glass Menagerie; Indecent; Anastasia; The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Blackbird; Bright Star; A View from the Bridge (Tony); The Crucible; Fish in the Dark; Skylight (Tony); and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle Awards).

SONIA FRIEDMAN (Producer) is responsible for some of the most successful West End and Broadway theater productions in recent years including Farinelli and the King, The Book of Mormon, 1984, King Charles III, The River, Twelfth Night/Richard III, and Jerusalem. Upcoming Broadway includes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

AMANDA LIPITZ (Producer).

Broadway: A View from the Bridge, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, and The Performers. Off-Broadway: Brooklynite. She produced and directed the documentary Step, and was executive producer of MTV’s “Legally Blonde, the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods.”

She serves on the Board of Trustees at New York University.

PETER MAY (Producer) is the president and founding partner of Triam Partners and an avid lover of Broadway. He is a producer of Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); A View from the Bridge; The Elephant Man (2015); Cinderella; The Visit; Fortune’s Fool; Passing Strange; and many more.

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STEPHANIE P. McCLELLAND (Producer). Current Broadway: The Book of Mormon and Hello, Dolly! Upcoming: Angels in America and Carousel. As a producer she has been awarded 13 Tony Awards, 12 Drama Desk Awards, 10 Drama League Awards, one Olivier Award, and 10 Outer Critics Circle Awards.

THE SHUBERT ORGANIZATION (Producer) has produced and co-produced hundreds of plays and musicals.

Under the leadership of Chairman Philip J. Smith and President Robert E. Wankel, the Shubert Organization owns and operates 17 Broadway theaters and six Off-Broadway venues.

DIANA DiMENNA (Producer).

Executive producer of documentary film Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan.

Broadway: Waitress; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Bright Star; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly!; and the upcoming Mean Girls.

JOEY PARNES (Executive Producer).

Broadway: The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; 1984; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly!

(Tony Award); The Glass Menagerie; The Front Page; The Humans (Tony); Bright Star; Shuffle Along; The Crucible; Blackbird; A View from the Bridge (Tony); Skylight (Tony); Fish in the Dark; A Raisin in the Sun (Tony); A Gentleman’s Guide…

(Tony); Betrayal; Vanya and Sonia…

(Tony); Hair (Tony); among others.

SUE WAGNER (Executive Producer).

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JOHN JOHNSON (Executive Producer).

Broadway: The Iceman Cometh; Three Tall Women; Carousel; Meteor Shower; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Hello, Dolly!; The Glass Menagerie; The Front Page; The Humans; Bright Star; Shuffle Along; The Crucible; Blackbird; A View from the Bridge; Skylight; A Raisin in the Sun; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder; and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

He is a graduate of Fordham University at Lincoln Center.

SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE. Founded in 1963, Seattle Rep is led by Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. One of America’s premier not-for-profit resident theaters, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.

With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops, and special presentations.

STAFF FOR THE HUMANS SCOTT RUDIN PRODUCTIONS Garrett Basch Helena Budnik Patrick Wengler Tom Ishizuka Daniel Goldberg Daniel Unitas Sam Martinez Henry Cropsey Rachel Marc GENERAL MANAGEMENT JOEY PARNES PRODUCTIONS Joey Parnes Sue Wagner John Johnson Jillian Robbins Jesse Rothschild Aliza Wassner Kyle Bonder Allison Kupfer Katherine Barton ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Jillian Robbins COMPANY MANAGER Denny Daniello

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Assistant Company Manager David Haines PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AURORA PRODUCTIONS, INC. Ben Heller Chris Minnick Ryan Murphy Steven Dalton Anthony Jusino Isaac Katzanek Liza Luxenberg Geoff Quart Luke Ricca Hannah Cava Tor Rametta Mackenzie Whiting Cori Gardner Gene O’Donovan TOUR MARKETING & PRESS ALLIED TOURING Marya K. Peters Andrew Damer Jacqueline Smith Sarah Dahlberg Jennifer Gallagher Meghan Kastenholz Anne Dailey Meyer Scott Praefke Anne Waisanen ADVERTISING SPOTCO BLT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Francisco Anaya Dawn Baillie Mark Barnes Piers Boyce Grace Brescia Heather Bryant Rebecca Buhler Crystal Causey Damon Chin Jose Cruz Jane Dean Jeroen de Waal Kaz Dugandzic Jason Elvrom Dylan Feiner Manuel Gutierrez Sergio Gutierrez Gabriela Hanna Jose Hernandez Brian Hunkins Amy Hwang Marc Jackson Kristie Kam Junko Kimura Julianne LaMarche Jacqueline Lisinski Laura Mackey Lori Marchildon Mary Mattern David McGreavy Giovanni Negron Janelle Ricci Paul Rollens Chris Salamat Billy Stanek George Streicher Lisa Trublet de Nermont Emily Waizenegger Pen Williamson Evienne Zander TOUR BOOKING AGENCY THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair Kara Gebhart thebookinggroup.com CASTING CARRIE GARDNER, CSA ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR JOSHUA ALTMAN PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER........ Brian J. L’Ecuyer Stage Manager.........................................Devin Day Associate Scenic & Costume Designer............................ Jacob Climer Associate Lighting Designer................Chris Thielking Associate Sound Designer........................Ken Travis Assistant Sound Designer........................Sinan Zafar Props Coordinator................................Ray Wetmore Head Carpenter............................ David “Pfish” Terry Assistant Carpenter.............................. Sean Hulbert Production Electrician..................... Shannon January Head Electrician................................Matthew Rocha Assistant Electrician...................................Jada Cox

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Head Sound Engineer...........................Todd Higgins Assistant Sound Engineer............... Walter E. Shaffer Head Properties.................... Thomas “Scott” Gibson Wardrobe Supervisor................ Julian Andres Arango Production Assistants....... Kristi Hess, Jasmine Kurys Legal Counsel.......Grubman, Shire, Meiselas & Sacks Lawrence Shire, Esq.; Jonathan A. Lonner, Esq. Accountants................................ Marks Paneth LLP/ Mark A. D’Ambrosi, Patricia M. Pedersen, Petrina Bryan, Steven R. Bloom Banking........................................City National Bank Stephanie Dalton, Michelle Gibbons Insurance............................. Reiff & Associates LLC/ Regina L. Newsom Travel Agency............. Tzell Travel/Andi & Alan Henig Housing/Ground Transportation................Road Rebel Jana Leightly, Stephanie Hester, Jesse Cook Payroll Services....... Checks and Balances Payroll, Inc. Production Photographer................ Julieta Cervantes CREDITS Show portal by Show Motion, Inc. Scenery by Seattle Repertory Theatre. Lighting equipment from PRG Lighting. Audio equipment from Sound Associates.

Original props supervisor by Joshua Yocom. Select props by Jerard Studios and Jon Krust.

Dr. Valerie and Mr. Barton O'Kelley Drs. Elaine and Thomas Pacicco thehumansonbroadway.com Jack Page and Robert Myers Anne Patefield Mr. and Mrs. The Humans rehearsed at Edwin B. Peacock III DonnaYork, and Steve Pernotto BALLET HISPANICO—New N.Y. Joy Pinchback Kathy and Jerry Price Fidel and Laura Prieto The actors and stage managers in this proSally andemployed Russell Robinson duction are members of Actors’ Association, the WilliamEquity R. Rollins union of professional actors and stage managers in Carla and Ed Rose the United States.

Mikel Rogers Ryan Chryll and Wayne Salow Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Schneck Dr. Marvin Shapiro and Mrs. Anita Shapiro Emilie and Gene Sharbaugh Charles United Scenic Artists represents theShelton designers and sceJan and Scott Smith nic painters for the American Theatre.

Wayne B. Smith, Jr. and Indun Patrick All stage work performed by employees represented by Claire and Jim Talley the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Dr. Ben C. Taylor, III (or I.A.T.S.E.).

Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Thomas SandiThe andPress Ben Thorman The Theatre Managers, Agents, and Ellen and Jim Wade Company Managers employed in this production are Jacqueline and Rusty Wasco represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Margo and Dave Wehrung Agents & Managers.

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PRODUCER'S CIRCLE $25,000+ Peg and Jay Adamczyk Jacquie and Gary Bechtel Barbara and David Goodman* Laura and Jeff Hay Julianne Marley Mr. and Mrs. William B. McGuire, Jr.

Crandall C. Bowles Chris and Steve Brace Kristin and Buck Bradberry George Brooks Mary Catherine and Robert Chesney Nan and Hal Clarke Karin and Sean Davies Amy and Alfred Dawson $10,000+ Dr. Bryan Edmiston and Dr. Milton and Arlene Berkman Mr. Felipe G. Edmiston Philanthropic Fund Lou and Charlie Elberson Victoria and Porter Durham Carolyn B. Faison Beth and Jonathan Feit Erin Lavely Fisher Vickie and Tom Gabbard Karen Griffin and John Galloway Bob and Jena Gallagher Douglas R. and Sandra and Stephen Godofsky Elizabeth G. Goldstein Nancy and David Hauser Mrs. Gail Grim Rebecca S. Henderson and Patti and Mark Hawley* J. Michael Booe Nora and Thomas Hughes Renee and Chris Hobart Susan and David Jamison Julie and Howard Levine Ronald Kahn Christine and David Longo Janet and Neil Kaplan Michael, Jaime and Allie Monday Mary Jean and Howard L. Kushner Linda and Tony Pace The Leon Levine FoundationCarolyn and Robert Shaw Sandra and Leon Levine Joan Zimmerman Dr. Shannon Moran and Mr. Joseph Lovallo $7,500+ Anna and Tom Nelson Betsy and Alfred Brand Janet and Peter Nixon Dorlisa and Peter Flur Jeanne and Rick Puckett The Hertel Family Wendy and Frank Rosen Barbara and Josh Meeks Brenda and Bill Ryan Jean and Matthew Salisbury Jaye Salter and Daniel Brewster Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. Schmidly $5,000+ Gail Sharps Myers Anonymous Lisa and Glenn Sherrill Cathy and Jim Baily Norma and Rodney Short Mr. William M. Barnhardt and The Marc and Mattye Silverman Mrs. Nancy B. Thomas* Foundation Christine and Arthur Becker Dia and Paul Steiger The Blumenthal Foundation Patricia and John Stewart Amy and Philip Blumenthal Jennifer and David Teifer Robin and Lea Burt Carrie and Jeff Teixeira Hona Childers and Daniel Browne Jacqueline A. Tucker Mrs. Mary Anne Dickson Rita and Bill Vandiver Elizabeth and James Faulkner Ed Weisiger, Jr. and Betsy Fleming Michele and Walter Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. White Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Gibbs Karen and Edgar Whitener Belinda and Timothy Gunter Bob and Dara Whiting Dale Halton and Fred Wagner Lisa and Kenny Wilson Beverly and Jim Hance Amy Wooden and Joe Kolodziej Charles and Diane Harrington Anja and David Zimmerman Jane and Hugh McColl $1,500+ Kate and Mike McDermott Anonymous (2) Jared Mobley Holly and Jeff Atkins Robert H. Norville, Jr. Laura Baker and Family Mr. and Mrs. George Raftelis Randy and Nancy Baker Rose and Tom Sherard Bryan and Kristen Barboza Shana and Christopher Shivel Cheryl Barringer and Lori and Eric Sklut Mike Sherman Ann and Michael Tarwater Anne and John Barry Tracey and Scott Tozier Joanne and Steve Beam Melissa and Kevin White The Donald H. and Barbara K. $2,500+ Bernstein Family Foundation Anonymous Julie and Riaz Bhamani Becky and Michael Alcione Andrew Blumenthal and Elizabeth Austin Stephanie Baumann Kelly and Richard Battle Sam Blumenthal Shavonda and Reginald Bean Peggy and Ray Bouley Jeremy and Connie Blaney Bill and Robin Branstrom Doug and Shelly Bose Pat and Tim Brier Ben Bourne Kathleen Britton

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Mary and Frank Brown James Bullock Dr. Chris Burkett Sarah and Bret Busby Joy and Chris Butler Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Case, Jr. Karmen Cassell Delane and Walter Clark Brent Clevenger Steve and Martha Clifford Dr. Elaine and Steve Coats Lori and Derek Copeland Catherine Cordle Harvey and Muri Corzin Lorin, Erica, and Lydia Crenshaw Rose and Bill Cummings Joni and Aaron Davis Gloria and Peter De Arcangelis Gena DeChant Jennie Derby Pamela and Greg Dills Jim Donahue Claude Duet Michele Durkin Marcia and Bob Dynko Sidney and Andres Echevarria Kelli Enos Chad and Denise Everett Windy and Jef Fullagar Marilyn and David Furman Todd E. Gardner, MD Michael and Connie George Joseph and Carol Gigler Todd Glenham William Griesser Randy Griffin Debby and Mike Groenhout Robin and Blaine Hawkins Dr. Koh Herlong Eric, Lori, Halle and Casey Hillman Juliet and Brian Hirsch Sarah Hollar and Peter Macon Carol and Chris Horn Mr. and Mrs. William T. Houser Larissa and Ken Huber Peggy and Jim Hynes Beth Ipock Lynn Jeffrey Juanita and Lloyd Johnson Michelle Johnson Linda and Kerry Kenner Virginia A. Kern Sandy and John Kindbom Patty and Chris Lambert Eleanor Ehrhart and Dominick Landi Margie and Victor Lisciani Ashley and Scott Mattei Jill Maxwell Betsy and T. Bragg McLeod Suzy and Ed McMahan Karen and Robert Micklash Ms. Marie Mitchell Colin Mutter Anne and William Newcomb Brian and Rene Noonan Paul Norris Dr. Valerie and Mr. Barton O'Kelley Andrew Olah Jacob Palillo Susan and Dale Pond Gregory Price Jim Putnam

Dave and Mary Pylipow Nadine and Leif Rauer Dr. and Mrs. Richard S. Roberts Lisa and Robert Rollins William R. Rollins Ken Rothmel Chryll and Wayne Salow Anne and Steve Schmitt Vesime and Marty Schroering Michael Serulneck Anjali Shah Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Sherrill Deanna and Norman Shue Peggy and Pope Shuford The Skinkle-Tona Family Judith Smith Tom E. Smith Dr. Matthew Wheelock and Dr. Jill Smith-Wheelock Cindy and David Soliday Sara and Morgan Spencer Jeri Dianne Stancil Dia and Paul Steiger Sheri and Kelly Straub Suzanne and Michael Stritch Dr. and Mrs. Robert Sullivan David Thomason Ellen and Ron Vilas Sandy and Greg Vlahos Neya Warren and John Hartmayer Abby and James Warren Mary Ellen and Reid Wilkerson Johnnie Willis and Michael Green In loving memory of my Rip Cathey Winfield Nancy and Robert Wyatt $1,000+ Anonymous Keith Alyea and Fidel Montoya Trina Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Baum Aaron Beck Ralph Beck, in memory of Linda Scott Bengel Mr. and Mrs. Tony Bikhazi Laura and Sam Bowles Rachel E. Brackett Mona Brandon Susan and Greg Brouse Peter and Cynthia Buck Jesica Bullrich Caroline and Matt Chambers Karen and Kevin Chapman Charlotte Cochrane Linda and Richard Cook Chris Cope Lori and Roger Cuddy Bill Dantos Virginia A. Davis Donna and Al de Molina Tara DellaVecchia Dena R. Diorio Brigid and James Downs Bobby Drakeford Christine and James Drost Marcy and Fred Dumas Sandra and Eddie Edwards Rachel and Jonathan Ellis Elaine and Jeffrey Fagan Joyce Staley Ford Kayla Freeman Steven and Darcy Garfinkle Continued on next page

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PRODUCER'S CIRCLE (CONTINUED) Glenn and Krissa Gaston John R. Georgius Robin Gershen Robert W. Graf Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Mike Greene Molly and Robert Griffin Kathy R. Hairston Neil Handelsman Pamela Hanna, M.D. Leland Helms Donna and Randy Helton Jennifer Henry Sherri and Waddie Heyward James Hill Kathy and Ben Hill Michelle and Brian Howell Beth and Hytham Imseis Kathy and Charlie Izard David S. Jacobson Jerri Kallam

Charity Kates Lyndon W. Kennedy Joan Kirschner Tricia and Ryan Knatz Janice S. Ladley Zack Lansat Beverly and John Lassiter Chase and Ron Law James Ledbetter Richard and Anna Marriott Laurie and Kevin McCormick Dr. and Mrs. Alden Milam Shelley and Andy Misiaveg Amy Murphy Donna Nellis Jill and Ed Newman Marian M. Nisbet Wendy Oglesby and David Higbe Drs. Elaine and Thomas Pacicco Jack Page and Robert Myers

Anne Patefield Donna and Steve Pernotto Joy Pinchback Kathy and Jerry Price Fidel and Laura Prieto Cynthia Reece Irena and Lee Rimler Sally and Russell Robinson Carla and Ed Rose Mikel Rogers Ryan Beth Schleck In memory of Dr. Daniel Schneck Dr. Marvin Shapiro and Mrs. Anita Shapiro Emilie and Gene Sharbaugh Charles Shelton Jan and Scott Smith Wayne B. Smith, Jr. and Indun Patrick Rochelle and Peter Stewart

Claire and Jim Talley Dr. Ben C. Taylor, III Christine and Joseph Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Thomas Sandi and Ben Thorman Debi and Bill Timmerman Ellen and Jim Wade Jacqueline and Rusty Wasco Margo and Dave Wehrung Drs. James and Jackie Wheeler Teresa and Stick Williams Pat and Bill Williamson Krista and Thomas Wilson Members of The Legacy Society at Blumenthal.

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$2,500+ Managing Partners Adams Electric Company Ashley Furniture Baird Private Wealth Management BDO Bryan Cave Carolina CAT Charlotte Insurance Charlotte Paint Co. Inc.

Chicago Title Insurance Company Foundry Commercial Gray Dog Investments, Inc. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP McCracken & Lopez, PA McGuireWoods LLP McIlveen Family Law

$1,000+ Associate Partners BB&T Cabarrus Glass Company Inc. Carolina Labor Source Carousel Capital Charlotte Business Journal Crosland Southeast Curvature Donald Haack Diamonds & Fine Gems

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HOSPITALITY PARTNERS Our Restaurant Partners help make your Blumenthal experience even more special.

We gratefully acknowledge their generous support and hope you will patronize them frequently.

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Blumenthal Performing Arts receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

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Charlotte Ballet

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Explore Dance at Charlotte Ballet This Summer

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ummer is the perfect time to try something new or dive deeper into dance! Expert instruction is offered to students who are training for professional careers in dance, as well as to those who are interested in simply experiencing the joy and benefits of dance training. Charlotte Ballet offers camps and classes for children ages 3-13 and Adult Open Division classes for ages 14 and up.

Meet Our Academy Faculty LASZLO BERDO: ACADEMY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Laszlo was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he began dancing at the age of 5. He has danced with Ballet Austin, Louisville Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet and Boston Ballet. He was appointed artistic director and school director of Eglevsky Ballet in 2011.

ANITA PACYLOWSKI-JUSTO: ACADEMY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Anita has trained with the Columbia Conservatory Ballet, Reston Conservatory Ballet and The Washington School of Ballet. Her senior year in high school, she received the Princess Grace Award in Dance. She was a founding company member of now Charlotte Ballet – where she performed for seven years.

KATI HANLON MAYO: ARTISTIC CORRDINATOR Kati began her dance training at The Boston School of Ballet and went on to study as a scholarship student at The Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and The School of American Ballet.

In 1992, Kati began working as a principal dancer with Charlotte Ballet.

Charlotte Ballet Dance Camp and Classes Photo by Jeff Cravotta

Enroll today! A lifetime of poise and confidence starts now.

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Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

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Summer With the Symphony

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ack Pack up those picnic baskets and gear up for Summer Pops! The Charlotte Symphony’s summer season is filled with evenings at sunset at Symphony Park plus NEW indoor experiences, fun for everyone in your family.

The series kicks off on Wednesday, June 13, in Knight Theater with the Summer Pops programs, starting in June, take place at various locations North Carolinaincluding Symphony Park, above. based Kruger The Symphony then heads back to the Brothers, who park on Sunday, June 24, for a night of represent the core spirit of the American Broadway's best-loved show tunes. Hear musical tradition. The band’s unique selections from The Sound of Music, My fusion of folk, jazz and classical has Fair Lady, Les Misérables, Grease, Wicked thrilled audiences around the world. and The Phantom of the Opera.

On Sunday, June 17, celebrate Father's And of course, nothing rounds out the Day at Symphony Park with the sounds summer season better than Celebrate of all of your favorite John Williams movie America! Join the Symphony on Sunday, scores, including Jurassic Park, E.T., July 1, for a rousing salute to America Superman, Star Wars and more! with a night of patriotic favorites including Also new this year: Back to the Future Sousa marches, "America the Beautiful," live in concert at Belk Theater on Friday, and the Armed Forces Medley ... all topped June 22! Power up your DeLorean ... off by a spectacular fireworks finale. recharge your flux capacitor ... and get For the full event schedule and ready to experience this unforgettable for information on Symphony Park movie classic as you've never seen or GoPasses, Create Your Own packages, heard it before as your CSO performs Alan Silvestri's dazzling musical score live and Premium Club Seating, visit charlottesymphony.org/summerpops2018 in synch with the movie projected in or call 704-972-2000. high definition.

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Opera Carolina

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The 2018/19 Opera Carolina Season

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n the midst of what people are calling the new women’s movement, Opera Carolina chose three operas for the 2018/19 season that feature strong – even defiant – female characters. Opera is bursting with

this archetype. Not all heroines are tragic; many are independent and headstrong.

The upcoming season is significant in another way, too. It’s Opera Carolina’s 70th season.

Opera Carolina 2018/19 Season Single tickets will go on sale Aug. 1.

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