WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA
By JEFF AUGUSTIN
Music by THE BENGSONS
Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre
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WELCOME TO OUR 2025-26 SEASON! WE’RE THRILLED TO DIVE INTO an exciting new year of plays and musicals to entertain, challenge and inspire you.
This year, we begin our season in the Rosenthal Shelterhouse Theatre with Jeff Augustin’s Where the Mountain Meets the Sea – a moving and theatrical exploration of generational, cultural and emotional distance. Centered around a Haitian immigrant father and his American-born son, the play explores two road trips taken decades apart. Originally commissioned by the Actors Theatre of Louisville for the 2020 Humana Festival of New American Plays, it’s a deeply human story that trades spectacle for sincerity and invites audiences to reflect on the legacies we inherit, whether we realize it or not. With a lyrical, monologue structure, punctuated by live music, this play is both moving and profound in its simplicity and humanity.
Our production also marks the return of director Timothy Douglas, a Playhouse favorite for many years. His recent productions of Primary Trust and Clyde‘s were loved by audiences, and I’m confident you’ll feel the same way about Where the Mountain Meets the Sea
We are now in the midst of rehearsing and building Mythic – the new pop-rock musical opening the season in Moe and Jack’s Place – The Rouse Theatre in September. We’ve brought together an A-list creative team led by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall to bring this unique and entertaining new musical to life. Mythic is a U.S. premiere with Broadway ambitions, and Cincinnati audiences will get to see it first! That’s a benefit only the Playhouse provides to our community.
If you are a season ticket holder, thank you for your ongoing, loyal support. We couldn’t do it without you! If you aren’t, you may be surprised to know that you can join our season ticket family with as few as three shows. From intimate stories of connection and a playful adaptation of a beloved novel to a charming new mystery about Agatha Christie and more, I’m sure you’ll find plenty of options to entertain you in our coming season!
Enjoy the show!
Blake Robison Osborn Family Producing Artistic Director
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK
OSBORN FAMILY PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Blake Robison
MANAGING DIRECTOR Abby Marcus
WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA
BY JEFF AUGUSTIN
MUSIC BY THE
BENGSONS
DIRECTOR Timothy Douglas
CHOREOGRAPHER Dane Figueroa Edidi
MUSIC DIRECTOR Rob Morrison
SET DESIGNER Tony Cisek
COSTUME DESIGNER Moyenda Kulemeka
LIGHTING DESIGNER Harold F. Burgess II
CASTING DIRECTOR Stephanie Klapper, CSA
AUG. 30 — SEPT. 28, 2025
THE ROSENTHAL SHELTERHOUSE THEATRE
Production Sponsor Digi and Mike Schueler
Design Sponsor Marty C. Tomb
Artist Sponsor of Timothy Douglas Terri and John Byczkowski
Artist Sponsors Kathy Shell and Joetta Prost Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation
Season presented by The Vontz Family
Originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer), November 2, 2022. Where the Mountain Meets the Sea was commissioned by and premiered in the 2020 Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
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CAST
(In alphabetical order)
Jonah Isaiah Tyrelle Boyd*
Jean Robert Cornelius*
Musician Rachel Fobbs*
Musician Rob Morrison*
Stage Manager Shelby Scaffidi*
Assistant Stage Manager Tenley Pitonzo*
WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Sonjé M (Remember Me)
Everything to Me I Was Too Late Made to Warm Your Bed Oh My Love
This production is made possible in part by a generous gift from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees-Local No. 5.
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
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PARALLEL JOURNEYS
Where the Mountain Meets the Sea depicts the parallel cross-country journeys of a father and son, connected by memories and mountain music. Before Jonah was born, his parents took a trip from Miami to Los Angeles to explore America, their new chosen home. Years later, Jonah takes the trip in reverse to better understand his father’s life and legacy. The map above highlights the cities and landmarks mentioned throughout their travels.
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AS A STORYTELLER: AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT JEFF AUGUSTIN
How did you become interested in theatre and specifically in playwriting?
In Haiti, entire villages gather at night around fires and candlelight to hear a single storyteller bring folklore to life. These tales weave magical and fantastical elements together with human desire. In these stories, characters constantly run away from their family and their homeland in search of a new identity. But in a world where spirits, deities, and God put their thumb on the scales of life, these characters cannot outrun their destinies.
When my family made the journey to America, they carried these narratives and the Haitian tradition of oral storytelling with them. I am the youngest of seven, and my sister and I are the only two born in the states. Growing up, I heard these stories often. It’s where my journey as a storyteller began. In high school I did spoken word, and in college I found my way into the theatre.
In the first play I read, Lifetime on the Streets, Gus Edwards writes, “These are the stories behind the faces we see but never get to know. Their hopes, loves, dreams, and desires.” Growing up I rarely saw stories in popular culture about the Haitian and Haitian American experience or about queer men of color. The desire to tell the stories of my mom, my neighbors in Miami, the people in my parents’ village in Haiti inspired me to become a playwright. Ironically, as the world becomes more connected, there are so many worlds that are on the verge of being lost, so many people whose voices are not heard. I want to capture the beauty, ugliness, strength, and fragility of those worlds to show that at the core there is a similar drive and nature to create and destroy in us all.
How did you develop the idea and craft the story for Where the Mountain Meets the Sea?
My first play in New York was Little Children Dream of God, and it was a play heavily inspired by my mom. A literary manager was interested in a play about my dad, and that’s when the play began to take shape.
The first thing that came to mind was a road trip play, because I grew up in Miami and now live in LA and I don’t drive. My dad has worked at an airport since immigrating to Miami from Haiti and does not like to fly. As a first-generation kid, I have a very different relationship with America and the idea of the American Dream than my father who deeply believes in it. A cross-country road trip felt like a way for a father and a son to connect. A parent’s death can make us want a connection with them in a
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way that wasn’t possible when they were alive. At the same time, I began to think about how we as children never think of our parents’ lives outside of our own. It’s as if they didn’t exist before we came into the world.
Many of my plays come from a personal place. I have a very complicated relationship with my dad. We love to joke and talk about sports and politics and just rib each other. But if you dug deep, you’d realize that most of our conversations stay on the surface. And whenever we approach my sexuality, he sort of skirts around it.
The play began as a traditional family road trip, set after the father’s death, with scenes in cars and hotels. But that didn’t feel right. The first things I wrote were two monologues, one from the son and the other from the dad, and they felt like the heart of the play. (Versions of these monologues open the play.) So, I decided to make it a two-hander play composed of monologues.
Once the form started to take shape, I asked myself: What could bring these two men, who are worlds apart, together? Music was the first thing that came to my mind. Growing up, music was always playing in the house. Mainly Haitian music. Over time, I kept returning to folk music, which is a concept that spans many cultures. There’s Americana of course, but also Haitian folk music, both of which have roots in Africa — just think of the banjo. At that point, the play came alive.
This show brings two different styles of writing and music together in a unique and interesting way. What connected you to The Bengsons and what was the collaborative process like?
Annie MacRae, the associate artistic director at Atlantic Theater Company in New York City, had read an early draft of the play. I had elaborate stage directions where I thought music
should go with details regarding the music and lyrics. She thought The Bengsons would be a perfect fit. I listened to their music and just fell in love with their sound and vivid storytelling. Luckily, we had the same agent, who sent them the play. We had a meeting and clicked immediately on both a personal and an artistic level. We all felt like the play should feel like one of those magical intimate nights you have with a friend. Where you sit outside in your backyard looking up at the stars or in your living room with candles lit, sharing a bottle of rosé, finding yourself opening up in ways you never imagined and it’s cathartic and pulls you two closer. It’s someone singing a song that you both love or the radio pulling y’all into a dance. It comes out of the moment and pulls you into the next.
Before our first workshop, The Bengsons sent me a demo album with about 12 or so songs that could be in the play. And then from there we all made discoveries in workshops and rehearsals, and we felt that the whole play should have a score. New songs were written, and others were rearranged. It was such an organic and magical process. They’re two of the most beautiful and artistic souls I’ve ever had the fortune to work with.
What would you most like audiences to take away from this show?
I want them to feel optimistic, that it’s not too late, to reach out to that parent or loved one and say the hard words. I want them to feel like Jonah — seen and loved.
This interview originally ran in the program for the 2024 production of Where the Mountain Meets the Sea at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, (SigTheatre.org). Reprinted with permission.
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ISAIAH TYRELLE BOYD - JONAH
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: Debut. BROADWAY: The Book of Mormon. NATIONAL TOUR: The Book of Mormon. REGIONAL THEATRE: The Hot Wing King (Denver Center), Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera of Chicago), The Color Purple (Portland Center Stage) and Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Center Repertory Company). FILM/TELEVISION: She’s Gotta Have It (Netflix) and A Christmas Surprise (BET). INSTAGRAM: @isaiahtyrelleboyd.
ROBERT CORNELIUS (HE/HIM) - JEAN
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: Debut. NATIONAL TOUR: Two Trains Running and Comedy of Errors (The Acting Company, Rubicon Theatre and American Conservatory Theater). REGIONAL THEATRE: Jitney (Arkansas Repertory Theatre); Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Signature Theatre); Dreamgirls (Goodspeed Opera House and McCarter Theatre Center); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Huntington Theatre); Chicken and Biscuits (Front Porch Arts Collective); Her Honor Jane Byrne (Lookingglass Theatre); Lottery Day (Goodman Theatre); The Total Bent (Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for Best Performance by a Lead in a Musical at Haven Theatre and About Face Theatre); Rightlynd, Wheatley, Spiele 36 or the Fourth Medal and Takunda (Victory Gardens Theater); Hamlet (The Gift Theatre); Picnic (American Theatre Company); Wit (The Hypocrites); Aida (Drury Lane Oakbrook); Raisin (Court Theatre); Blues for an Alabama Sky (Madison Repertory Theatre); Spunk (St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre); The Rivals and You Can’t Take it With You (Milwaukee Rep); and Great Expectations (Indiana Repertory Theatre). FILM/TELEVISION: Shameless, The Chi, South Side, Chicago P.D., Turks and Hoodlum. OTHER CREDITS (music/variety shows): Robert Cornelius 7 (principal songwriter and vocals), Poi Dog Pondering (vocals) and Milly’s Orchid Show (dancer and vocals).
RACHEL FOBBS (SHE/HER) - MUSICIAN
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: Debut. BROADWAY (tour): Escape to Margaritaville. REGIONAL THEATRE: Goodspeed Musicals, Saint Michael’s Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, Sight and Sound Ministries and Virginia Musical Theatre. FILM/TELEVISION: Dopesick and The Good Lord Bird EDUCATION: BA from Christopher Newport University. AFFILIATIONS/ AWARDS: Roger Sturtevant Award presented by Actors Equity Foundation. WEBSITE: www.rachelfobbs.com. INSTAGRAM: @fobbsy.
ROB MORRISON (HE/HIM) - MUSIC DIRECTOR/MUSICIAN
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: the titular role in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. OFF-BROADWAY: Assassins and Frankenstein (Classic Stage Company) and Avenue Q , Nevermore and Pinkalicious (New World Stages). REGIONAL THEATRE: Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Signature Theatre), The 12 and Big River (Goodspeed), The Porch on Windy Hill (Weston Theater Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre and People’s Light), Working (Berkshire Theatre Group), Wild Fire (Denver Center), Nerds (Philadelphia Theatre Company) and Jesus Christ Superstar (North Carolina Theatre). FILM/TELEVISION: Unforgettable, Alpha House and Freedom . VOICEOVER: Doodle on Nickelodeon’s Sunny Day, and many characters on the Emmy-winning PBS series Peg + Cat. MUSIC: Frankenstein (stage score) and Sun Belt Express (film score). OTHER CREDITS: member of the folk bands the Booklights and the Hollows and cre-
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ates ambient music under the name Moonrooph. EDUCATION: BFA from Emerson College. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Music Direction for Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Signature Theatre). WEBSITE: www.therobmorrison.com. INSTAGRAM: @therobmorrison.
JEFF AUGUSTIN - PLAYWRIGHT
Jeff Augustin is a Haitian-American playwright. His plays include Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Manhattan Theatre Club, Humana Festival of New American Plays); The New Englanders (Manhattan Theatre Club); Little Children Dream of God (Roundabout Theatre Company); The Last Tiger in Haiti (La Jolla Playhouse and Berkeley Rep) , and Cry Old Kingdom (Humana Festival) He translated Our Town into Haitian Creole for Miami New Drama’s multilingual production. Jeff was the Shank Playwright-in-Residence at Playwrights Horizons and the inaugural Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at Roundabout. He is an alumni of the New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellowship; Rita Goldberg Playwright’s Workshop at the Lark; and The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm. Jeff is currently under commission from Manhattan Theatre Club and La Jolla Playhouse. TV Credits: Claws (TNT); The Morning Show (Apple); The Good Lord Bird (Showtime), and Saint X (Hulu). Current projects in development with Apple, Hulu, and Element Pictures. BA: Boston College, MFA: UC San Diego. www.jeffaugustin.com.
THE BENGSONS - MUSIC
Abigail and Shaun Bengson are a married composing and performing duo raising two children in Queens! They believe grief and joy are the same thing. They are interested in anything that gets us all free. Their video for “The Keep Going Song” has been viewed over 4 million times, and three of their singles have been featured on So You Think You Can Dance (FOX). The Bengsons’ theatre work includes Sovereignty Hymns (La Jolla Playhouse), The Keep Going Songs (LCT3, Actors Theatre of Louisville), My Joy Is Heavy (Arena Stage), Hundred Days (La Jolla Playhouse, New York Theatre Workshop, U.S. Tour), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova), Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (ATL’s Humana Festival; Manhattan Theatre Club), Anything That Gives Off Light (Edinburgh Theatre Festival), You’ll Still Call Me By Name (New York Live Arts, Jacob’s Pillow), and Iphigenia in Aulis (Classic Stage Company). They have received the Jonathan Larson and Richard Rodgers Awards and nominations for the Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel Awards.
TIMOTHY DOUGLAS - DIRECTOR
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: Primary Trust, Clyde’s , The Trip to Bountiful, the premiere of Keith Josef Adkins’ Safe House, Clybourne Park, Jitney, Two Trains Running, The North Pool, Buzzer, The Last Firefly and Mothers and Sons . INTERNATIONAL: The Great Theater of China (Shanghai), National Theateret (Oslo, Norway), NIDA (Sydney) and Downstage (New Zealand).
REGIONAL THEATRE: The Color Purple (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Award for Best Musical), the premiere of She Who Dared (Chicago Opera Theater), Blue (New Orleans Opera), the U.S. premiere of Natasha Gordon’s Nine Night (Round House Theatre), Champion (Boston Lyric Opera), the premiere of Something Happened in Our Town (Children’s Theatre Company), the U.S. premiere of Tristan Bernay’s adaptation of Frankenstein (Classic Stage Company), and the premiere of August Wilson’s Radio Golf (Yale Rep). Also, Arena Stage, Cleveland Play House, Denver Center, Folger Theatre, Guthrie Theater, The Juilliard School, Kennedy Center, Mark Taper
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Forum, Milwaukee Rep, Off-Broadway, Portland Center Stage, Red Bull Theater and Steppenwolf Theatre among many others. UPCOMING: Good Trouble: The Boy from Troy (Cincinnati Opera). WEBSITE: timothydouglas.org. INSTAGRAM: @timdirects.
DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI - CHOREOGRAPHER
NEW YORK: Shape (La Mama Experimental Theater Club) and Tarantella Spider Dance (Elegua track, Theater for the New City). REGIONAL THEATRE: cullud wattah (Mosaic Theater); Where the Mountain Meets the Sea and Spunk (Signature Theatre); It’s not a Trip It’s a Journey (Round House Theatre, movement and intimacy choreography); This Bitter Earth (intimacy choreography, Theater Alliance,); Klytmnestra: An Epic Slam Poem (Helen Hayes Award-winner for Best New Play), Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea (Helen Hayes nomination); Nina Simone: Four Women (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes nomination); The Color Purple (Signature Theatre, Denver Center and Portland Center Stage). AWARDS: The Helen Merrill Award, Helen Hayes Award and Princess Grace Honoria Award.
TONY CISEK - SET DESIGNER
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK (with Timothy Douglas): Primary Trust, Two Trains Running, Jitney, Clybourne Park, Safe House and The Trip to Bountiful. OFF-BROADWAY: Beyond Glory (Roundabout Theatre) and columbinus (New York Theatre Workshop). REGIONAL THEATRE (with Timothy Douglas): The Hot Wing King (Denver Center); Hospice/Pointing at the Moon (Alliance Theatre); Disgraced and King Hedley II (Arena Stage); Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Theatre); In the Blood (Guthrie Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun and Intimate Apparel (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Long Way Down (Kennedy Center); Two Trains Running (Milwaukee Rep); Fences (Pioneer Theatre); The Color Purple (Portland Center Stage); Gem of the Ocean, Father Comes Home From the Wars and Permanent Collection (Round House Theatre); A Feminine Ending (South Coast Repertory); The Crucible and Blues For an Alabama Sky (Syracuse Stage); Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea and Insurrection: Holding History (Theatre Alliance); and The Last Orbit of Billy Mars (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company). EDUCATION: MFA in Design from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. AFFILIATIONS/AWARDS: Member of USA829 and recipient of four Helen Hayes Awards, five Drammy Awards, two Barrymore Award nominations and the 2024 Anderson Hopkins Award for Excellence in the Theatre Arts. WEBSITE: www.tonycisek.com.
MOYENDA KULEMEKA (SHE/HER) - COSTUME DESIGNER
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: Birthday Candles . REGIONAL THEATRE: The Scenarios, The Colored Museum, Good Bones and John Proctor is the Villain (Studio Theatre); Akeelah and The Bee, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, and Tiny Beautiful Things (Baltimore Center Stage); Selling Kabul, Daphne’s Dive, and Detroit ’67 (Signature Theatre); Jump (Everyman Theatre); and A Jumping Off Point and Radio Golf (Round House Theatre).
FILM/TELEVISION: The AD-X2 Controversy. OTHER CREDITS: Mosaic Theater, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Theatre Alliance, Theater J and 1st Stage, among others. EDUCATION: BA from the University of Maryland. AFFILIATIONS: Member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829, IATSE. WEBSITE: moyendadesigns.com.
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HAROLD F. BURGESS II (HE/HIM) - LIGHTING DESIGNER
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: Clyde’s. INTERNATIONAL: The Happiest Man on Earth (Southwark Playhouse in London, UK). REGIONAL THEATRE: Magdalene, Kevin Kling: Unraveled and The Happiest Man on Earth (Contemporary American Theater Festival); Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (Signature Theatre); My Children! My Africa! (Studio Theatre); Radio Golf, Nine Night, Nollywood Dreams, A Boy and His Soul and A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Round House Theatre); Intimate Apparel and Broken Glass (Theatre J); A Doll’s House, Part 2 and Grounded (Northern Stage); Aubergine, Thurgood and Grounded (Olney Theatre Center); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe, Primary Trust, And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, Flyin’ West, Sweat, Grounded, Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire and The Brothers Size (resident designer, Everyman Theatre). TEACHING: Director at College Park Scholars Arts Program for University of Maryland. AWARDS/ AFFILIATIONS: 2020 Independent Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council and United Scenic Artists Local 829 member. EDUCATION: MFA from University of Maryland. WEBSITE: www.haroldburgessdesign.com.
STEPHANIE KLAPPER (SHE/HER) - CASTING DIRECTOR
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK (13 seasons): The Book Club Play ; English; Primary Trust; Stew; Clyde’s and Shane (world premiere). BROADWAY: A Christmas Story, The Musical and Dividing the Estate. OFF-BROADWAY (recent): Crooked Cross and Garside’s Career (Mint Theater); Distant Thunder (Amas Musical Theatre); Dig (Primary Stages); The Night of the Iguana (Off-Broadway); and All’s Well That Ends Well (New York Classical Theatre). REGIONAL THEATRE: Once (Capital Repertory Theatre); Seasons for Peterborough Players and The Cape Playhouse. AUDIO FILM: Elf Quest. FILM: Netuser; The Nature of the Crime; Ranked, the musical and HBO documentary; and many more. AFFILIATIONS/AWARDS: Casting Society Cares member; Casting Society member; multiple nominee and four-time recipient of the Artios Awards for Excellence in Casting; Advisory Board of Say Gay Plays; New York University Tisch School of the Arts Women’s Mentorship; Adjunct professor at NYU New Studio on Broadway; teacher and guest lecturer at numerous colleges and universities and a preliminary judge for the Jimmy Awards. WEBSITE: www.klappercasting.com.
SHELBY SCAFFIDI (SHE/HER)
- STAGE MANAGER
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: Rooted, English, A Christmas Carol, Vietgone and Dial M for Murder. CINCINNATI: Cincinnati Ballet and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. REGIONAL THEATRE: Goodman Theatre and Clinton Area Showboat Theater. Education: BA in Theatre and Sustainability from Miami University
TENLEY PITONZO (SHE/HER) - ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK: Rooted. REGIONAL THEATRE (selected): The Winter’s Tale, Sense and Sensibility (American Shakespeare Center); Trouble in Mind (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Murder Girl and The Garbologists (Forward Theater Company); Jane Eyre (The Alley Theatre); Public Obscenities (Theatre for a New Audience); Life is a Dream and Our Town (Baltimore Center Stage); seven methods of killing kylie jenner (The Public Theater and Woolly
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Mammoth Theatre Company); The African Company Presents Richard III (Great River Shakespeare Festival); Frankenstein: A Ghost Story, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Unreliable, Last Days of Summer, School Girls or the African Mean Girls Play and Sweeney Todd (KCRep).
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF
Dialect Coach Joshua David Robinson
Guitar Coach Taylor Iman Jones
Assistant Lighting Designer Malory Hartman
Props Artisan Kyle Tieman
Casting Assistants Gracie Guichard, Joe Piserchio
Assistant to Stephanie Klapper Claire Stancy
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Ohio, whose name originates from the Iroquoian word ohi-yo, meaning good rivers, is a testament to the deep connection between the land and the Indigenous peoples who have inhabited it for centuries. The Cincinnati region is ancestral land of many Nations, and Indigenous people are still here today. As a step toward honoring the truth and achieving healing and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, we recognize and honor the enduring connection these Nations have to this territory. May we reflect on our commitment to understanding, preserving, and celebrating the rich culture of Native Indigenous communities who have shaped and continue to contribute to these lands.
WHAT IS A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT?
It is the recognition of the Native Americans/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples who cared for these lands prior to removal. Our statement was created with guidance from our partners at the Urban Native Collective. For more information, visit urbannativecollective.org.
COMING NEXT
MC & TOM BRENNAN
THE DAVID C. HERRIMAN FUND OF GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION present
MYTHIC
Book and Lyrics By
MARCUS STEVENS
Music and Orchestrations By
ORAN ELDOR
By Special Arrangement With SHO PRODUCTIONS / SHOSHANA KOVAC PARETS
Directed and Choreographed By
KATHLEEN MARSHALL
MOE AND JACK’S PLACE – THE ROUSE THEATRE
SEPT. 20 – OCT. 19, 2025
A new pop-rock musical comedy with Broadway ambitions, Mythic makes its U.S. premiere in Cincinnati. The ancient Greek myth of Persephone is turned on its ear, with the gods reimagined as chart-topping pop stars, power hungry politicians and attention-seeking influencers. Starstruck by Olympian celebrity, Persephone rebels against her mother Demeter and sneaks into a party at the Acropolis. When she meets brooding bad-boy Hades, her life takes an unexpected turn into the Underworld. Mythic is directed and choregraphed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall. You’ll love this entertaining, coming-of-age tale.
THE HEART SELLERS
By LLOYD SUH
Directed By DESDEMONA CHIANG
ROSENTHAL SHELTERHOUSE THEATRE
OCT. 25 – NOV. 23, 2025
In this funny and moving new comedy, Luna and Jane meet at the supermarket on Thanksgiving Day in 1973 and discover they have much in common. They are both Asian immigrants new to America and are spending the day alone while their medical resident husbands work. As Luna and Jane attempt to cook a frozen turkey and drink a little too much wine, they share their hopes and fears for making a new home in a new land.
Sponsored by Ron Matson and Daniel Young
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Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the house manager, which may be as late as intermission. Latecomers may be denied admission depending on the demands or structure of a particular production. Please allow yourself adequate time to arrive, park and be seated. Should you need to leave the theatre during a performance, readmittance and seating will be at the discretion of the house manager so as not to disturb the audience and actors.
PARKING
The Park Board reminds you that Eden Park officially closes at 10 p.m. As a grace period to the Playhouse, the police will not ticket vehicles until one half hour following the end of a performance. The Playhouse assumes no responsibility for anyone receiving a ticket for illegal parking. Convenient parking is available in the Playhouse garage. Purchase parking in advance to secure a space. Parking can also be purchased from our parking attendant immediately before the performance if available.
Accessible parking for those with disabilities is located in the Playhouse parking garage. Parking for persons with disabilities is limited and must be reserved and paid for in advance. All vehicles using these spaces must display a valid disability placard.
PROHIBITION OF WEAPONS
The Ohio Revised Code (R.C. 2923.126) has established the privilege of carrying a concealed handgun to Ohio citizens who have obtained the proper license. The same law explicitly grants private employers in the state the right to prohibit their employees and visitors from possessing firearms on the employer’s premises. With this notification the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is informing
you that it prohibits weapons of any kind on its premises, and reserves the right to search persons, parcels and vehicles on the same. This policy applies to all employees, patrons and visitors to the facility.
RESTROOMS
There are four types of restrooms: women’s, men’s, all-gender and family. One of each type is available on each level. Restrooms are all wheelchair-accessible.
SMOKING/VAPING
Smoking/vaping is prohibited in the entire theatre complex.
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park acknowledges the following Partners and their employees who generously participate in the annual ArtsWave Community Campaign at the $100,000+ level.
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
Cincinnati Reds
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
The E.W. Scripps Company and Scripps Howard Foundation
The Enquirer | Cincinnati.com
Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Foundation
GE Aerospace
Great American Insurance Group
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee
The Kroger Co.
Messer Construction Co.
P&G
PNC
Western & Southern Financial Group
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OFFICERS
James C. Leonard President
TRUSTEES
Steve Bestard
MC Brennan
Julie A. Broadwell
Nirvani Head Vice President
Lucy Lane Broderick
Ron Bunt
Maurice E. Coffey, II
Virginia Copley
Mark Dawes
Timothy Douglas
LEGACY TRUSTEES
Victoria Buyniski Gluckman
Linda Greenberg
Thomas M. Keckeis
Jennifer Dorsey Powell
EMERITUS
Otto M. Budig, Jr.
Chuck Carothers
David Herriman
Andrew MacAoidh Jergens
James P. Conway, Jr. Treasurer
Judy Ellis
Vitaly Goldfeder
Ken Goldhoff
Chandra Gravely
Bernita McCann
Hightower
Susan Ingmire
Diane S. Jordan
Alina Khan
Jack Rouse
Margo K. Ross
Secretary
Jerry Thomas Shroat
Bet Koeninger
Digi F. Schueler
Chair
Terry Lemmerman
Jacqueline M. Mack
Danute Miskinis
Samuel Moore, Jr.
Dean A. Moulas
Patti Myers
Audra Rance
Robert Reifsnyder
Ellen G. van der Horst
Larry Vignola
Morse Johnson
Lois Rosenthal
Jack Rouse
Howard Tomb
The Summit Experience
KJ Sanchez
Julia Wesselkamper
Susan Whitman
Ronna K. Willis
Marcie Wright
Brian Yangyuen
Albert Vontz, III
Barbara Weyand
Susan Zaunbrecher
Albert Vontz, Jr.
Albert Vontz, III
THE MORSE JOHNSON SOCIETY
Thanks to your vision and commitment, we can set a bold course to secure the future of the Playhouse for generations to come. We are grateful to you for including the Playhouse in your estate plans. This list recognizes members of the Morse Johnson Society as of July 24, 2025.
Anonymous
Romola N. Allen
Roderick and Barbara Barr
Martha L. Bell
David and Elaine Billmire
Thomas J. Breed
Charlin Briggs
Rosemarie Brown
John and Peg Bruggeman
Susan and Burton Closson
Carol C. Cole
Jim Conway and Rick Robertson
Scott and Susan Cruse
Richard and Teddie Curry
Kelly M. Dehan and Richard J. Staudigel
Jan Denton
Marilyn Derfus
Jackie Dieckman and Mike Camery
Mrs. James M. Edwards
Barbara Fitch
In memory of Phyllis A. Followell, my heart
Allison Gerrety
Victoria Buyniski Gluckman
Madeleine H. (Mady)
Gordon J. Frederick and Cynthia Gossman
Carol Green
Gary Greenberg
Jan and Herman Groshoff
Mrs. Robert J. Hasl
Robert and Judith Heaton
Dave and Betsy Hendy
Andrea and Dr. Edward Herzig
Karlee L. Hilliard
Susan M. Ingmire
Andrew MacAoidh Jergens
Judith E. Johnson
M. J. Johnson
Jan and Jay Kalagayan
Winifred B. Kessler
David and Janice Klocke
Mike and Marilyn Kremzar
Randolph and Patricia Krumm
Ms. Abby E. Langdon
Donald W. Leedy
Terry Lemmerman
James C. Leonard
Mary V. Lierl
Cheryl Harden Love
Barbara Lyons
Jacqueline M. Mack
Dick and Sandy Manteuffel
James A. Markley, Jr.
David L. Martin
David Mason
Ron Matson and Daniel Young
Barbara and Kim
McCracken
Charles and Joann Mead
Becky Miars
Lauren and James Miller
David and Diane Moccia
William J. and Mary G. Moran
Patti Myers and Alan Flaherty
Ronald and Debi Nash
Julia Okenfuss
Charlotte and Robert Otto
Carolyn Parker
Charles and Tara Pease
Jenny and David Powell
Betty L. Prince
Rob and Gretchen Reifsnyder
Pamela Reising
Ellen Rieveschl
Richard Rosenthal
Jack and Moe Rouse
Robert and Dell Ann Sathe
Mark and Rosemary Schlachter
Carol J. Schroeder
Digi France Schueler
John L. Shields
Jerry and Betsy Shroat
Ann M. Simsic
Mrs. Paul G. Sittenfeld
Adrienne Angst Smith
Francis and Susan Stanton
Nancy M. Steman
Sidney Thomas
Diane D. Todd
Marty C. Tomb
Ellen and Ray van der Horst
Margaret and Albert Vontz III
Daniel G. Walker
JoAnn and Paul Ward
Dr. and Mrs. Nelson B. Watts
Jim and Jo Ann Weber
Irwin and Barbara Weinberg
Barbara M. Weyand
Ronna and Dr. James B. Willis
Susan and Don Zaunbrecher
POSTHUMOUSLY REMEMBERED
Anonymous
Mrs. Thomas Adler
Robert H. Allen
Henrietta Barlag
Peggy Barrett
Karen H. Bell
Frank and Rosemary Bloom
Peter Briggs
Jack G. Brown
Leland M. Cole
Eva Jane Romaine Coombe
John V. Crable
John F. Curley
Anne Elkins Didrichsen
Mrs. Elizabeth Easley
James M. Edwards
Felix and Weta Mae Elkins
Margaret M. Embshoff
Have you included Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in your estate plans? We would love to hear from you. Please reach out to Director of Individual Giving Kendra Struthers at kendra.struthers@cincyplay.com or (513) 977-2024 so we can properly recognize you for your gift and welcome you into the Morse Johnson Society.
Jerome A. Fey and Robert J. Schlafle
Stona Fitch
William A. and Susan S. Friedlander
Oliver M. Gale
Charles and Caroline Goering
Linda Greenberg
Peter and Mary Hainline
Carlyn G. Hamilton
Dr. Robert J. Hasl
Mrs. Morse Johnson
Stanley M. Kaplan, M.D.
Minor and Dan LeBlond
Keith Lemmerman
Ron Lyons
Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Morelli
Richard Okenfuss
Jack and Marilyn Osborn
Maurice E. Oshry
Dr. George Rieveschl
Launcey Roder
Lois Rosenthal
Gene F. Santoro
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Schiff, Sr.
Karl and Roberta Schlachter
Mary Louise Schroth
Marsha Shields
Paul G. Sittenfeld
Louise W. Spiegel
Rick Steiner
Jane K. Steinfirst
Thurza R. Sternberg
Charles and Sue Straus
Charles L. and Joan Thomas, Jr.
Lynda A. Thomas
Dr. Thomas Todd
Howard Tomb
Albert Vontz, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Waite
Stuart and Gladys C. Warshauer
Monte Witte
2025-26 LEADING LADIES
When amazing women come together, great things happen! Thank you to these 2025-26 season Leading Ladies. This list recognizes members as of July 24, 2025.
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Lucy Lane Broderick
Jenny Powell
GRANDE DAMES
Mei Mei Burr
Karen L. Carnahan
Kelly M. Dehan
Karlee L. Hilliard
Kelly Lyle
Danute Miskinis
Linda R. Muth
Catharina Toltzis Ph.D.
DIVAS
Janet G. Banks
Denise M. Esteves-Hicks
Patti Heldman
Betsy Hendy
Susan Ingmire
Molly Katz
Madelynn Matlock
Patti Myers
Karen Neyer
Jennifer Powell
Betty Prince
Digi France Schueler
Ronna K. Willis
STARLETS
Anonymous
Molly R. Barber
Jan Bartel
Sue K. Blaney
Linda D. Brink
Carol Campbell
Nancy B. Carrothers
Janet Castellini
Fran Christensen
April D. Davidow
Debora Del Valle
Mary Anne Frey
Nancy J. Gaffney
Nancy Gollobin
Barbara Hahn
Brenda Hausterman
Nirvani Head
Robin Henderson
Judy Tondi Herd
Meg Hilmer
Dr. Linda M. Huntress
Anne Jaroszewicz
Sarah Raup Johnson
Kimberly King
Rachel Kirley
Patricia Krumm
Lynn P. Larson
Terry Lemmerman
Glenda Lindsay
Nancy Lippincott
Sally A. Lloyd
Melisse May
Joann Mead
Kathy Merchant
Audrey Korn Miller
Diane Moccia
Mary G. Moran
Joy S. Nadler
Jeannie Niebuhr
Audra Rance
Margie Rennie
Sara Repenning
Buffie Rixey
Karina Rothzeid
Susan Brakers Schertzer
Jeanne Schmerler
Anita Schneider
Martha Steier
Dr. Susan R. Strick
Glenda Suttman
Linda Trebbi
Dionn Tron
Susie Tweddell
Ellen G. van der Horst
Mary Beth Young
Sue Zimmerman
INGENUES
Lucy Lane Broderick
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ANNUAL GIFTS
This list recognizes all annual gifts made by June 30, 2025 in support of the 2024–25 season. Contributions for the 2025–26 season will be acknowledged in playbills starting with Mythic
Thank you for your generosity!
VISIONARY CIRCLE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
($50,000+)
ArtsWave
Rosemary H. and Frank Bloom Special Fund*
MC and Tom Brennan
Fifth Third Bank
First Financial Bank
Linda and Gary Greenberg*
Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati
Kerry Automotive
L.I.F.E. Foundation
Terry Lemmerman
L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
The Robert and Adele Schiff Family Foundation
The Harold C. Schott Foundation
The Schueler Group
Digi and Mike Schueler
The Louise Taft Semple Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Nancy and Tim Sparks
Margaret and Albert Vontz III*
Barbara and Irwin Weinberg Fund*
PRODUCER
($30,000 - $49,999)
Eleanora C.U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee
The Charles H. Dater Foundation
Thomas J. Emery Memorial
Sarah and Tommy Evans
Johnson Investment Counsel
The Daniel and Susan Pfau Foundation
Rockwern Charitable Foundation
Moe and Jack Rouse
The Harold and Mimi Steinberg
Charitable Trust
U.S. Bank
Ellen and Ray van der Horst
ARTISTIC
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
DIRECTOR
($10,000 - $29,999)
Anonymous
Atkins & Pearce Inc.
BHDP Architecture
David and Elaine Billmire
Neil Bortz
CBRE
Chemed Foundation
Clark Schaefer Hackett
Richard and Teddie Curry
Nancy and Mark Dawes
Deloitte
Dinsmore & Shohl
eat well celebrations and feasts
Emerge Managed Solutions, LLC
Ernst & Young LLP
Frost Brown Todd
The Geiler Company
The Goldhoff Family
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Jeb and Nirvani Head
Heidelberg Distributing Company
Huntington Bank
Lightborne
Jacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. Silberstein
Dick and Sandy Manteuffel
The Markley Family
Ron Matson and Daniel Young
Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson Foundation
Charles and Joann Mead
Becky Miars
Millstone Fund
Diane and Dave Moccia
Arthur C. Morrissey and Janet M. Hayes
Jenny and David Powell
Amy and John Rosenberg
John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust
The Sheakley Group, Inc.
Rhonda and Larry Sheakley
Julie and Steven J. Shifman
Betsy and Jerry Shroat
John and Jennifer Stein
The Sutphin Family Foundation
Jennifer and Woody Taft
Marty C. Tomb
Towne Properties
Edward Trach
Randolph Wadsworth
Western & Southern Financial Group
Barbara M. Weyand
Mr. William J. Weyand
PLAYWRIGHT
($5,000 - $9,999)
Anonymous
1919 Investment Counsel
David and Traci Alexander
Ms. Henrietta Barlag
Ron Bates and Randy Lasley
Mark and Lindsay Bibler
Ruth and Tom Bobenread
Susan Brenner and Steven Mombach
Terri and John Byczkowski
Canary Floral & Event Design
Denise and Martin Chambers
Mr. Maurice and Lela Coffey, II
James P. Conway, Jr. and Richard D. Robertson, Jr.
Jack and Virginia Copley
Amelia and Thomas Crutcher
Richard and Lisa Ernst
Vickie Buyniski Gluckman
Vitaly and Samantha Goldfeder
Chandra and Mel Gravely
Mrs. Andrea and Dr. Edward Herzig
Karen and David Hoguet
Susan Ingmire and Lynn Hailey
Diane and Carl Iseman
Bill and Mary Jane James
Linda Busken Jergens and Andrew MacAoidh Jergens
Don and Frani Jones
Patti and Tom Keckeis*
Marilyn Kinne
Bet and Dave Koeninger
Mark and Karen Kremzar
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Kremzar
Asher and Kelsey Lanier
Jamie and Jenny Leonard
Craig and Anne Maier
Barbara and Kim McCracken
Kevin and Frances McMurray
Leon and Barb Meyer
Ms. Danute M. Miskinis
Samuel Moore, Jr.
Dean and Catherine Moulas
Patti Myers and Alan Flaherty
Karen and Bill Neyer*
Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission
Wayne L. Prim Foundation
Prudential - Matching Fund
Rob and Gretchen Reifsnyder
Dianne and J. David Rosenberg
Jennie Rosenthal
Richard Rosenthal and Kitty Strauss Rosenthal
Margo and Sam Ross
Susan and Jeffrey Routh
Mark and Rosemary Schlachter
Skidmore Sales & Distributing Co., Inc.
Elsa M. Heisel Sule Foundation
Robert D. Temple and Sue E. Auerbach
Barbara and Daman Turner
Lawrence and Maureen Vignola
Julia Wesselkamper and Julian Johnson
Ronna and Dr. James B. Willis
The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation
Susan and Don Zaunbrecher
PLAYHOUSE
INSIDER’S CIRCLE
PRINCIPAL
($2,500 - $4,999)
Anonymous 25th Hour
William P. Anderson Foundation
John and Kathy Bachman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Banks
Ed and Debbie Birck
Thomas J. Breed
The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
Jeff and Gay Bullock
Ron Bunt and Wei Sun
ANNUAL GIFTS
David and Sara Butler
Janet and Bruce Byrnes
Candace Carson
Kassy and Jeff Corken
The Crawford Family Foundation
Marjorie Davis
Scott X. Deters
George Fackler
Amy and Michael Fitzgibbons
Chris and Janet Gunn
Betsy and Dave Hendy
Karlee L. Hilliard
Homewood Suites by HiltonCincinnati Midtown in Oakley Station
Ellen and Garrett Jackson*
Sylvia Johnson
Dr. Robert Keith and Kathleen Thornton-Keith
Marvin Kolodzik
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Lett
John C. Ludy
Kay Lynch and Chuck Beckman
David Martin
Stan and Mary Morton
Kit and Jack Overbeck
Judy and Thomas Oxman
Stuart and Ildiko Pray
Betty L. Prince
Audra Rance
Mitch and Karen Rashkin
Richard Reis and Pamela Spangler
Diane and William Rumpke, Jr.
Ladislas and Vilma Segoe Family Foundation
Rick and Cathy Slack
Steven Smith and David Vanderpool
Sandra and Henry Spitz
Steiner Family Foundation
Joseph B. Steiner
Dr. Susan R. Strick
Nellie Leaman Taft Foundation
Thembi Speaks LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Tieke
Mark and Susan Whitman
Jo Ann Wieghaus
Jeff Zipkin and Shelly Gerson
ENSEMBLE
($1,500 - $2,499)
Anonymous (2)
Ms. Kathryn Allred Al-Lamadani
Gordon Allen and Linda Baas
Americana Arts Foundation
Thomas and Susan Anthony
Patricia J. Armstrong
Jan Bartel
Gale and Dave Beckett
John A. Berenberg
Jane and Gary Booth
Kyle and Lucy Broderick
John and Peg Bruggeman
Jacklyn and Gary Bryson
Eric Burgmann and Linda Vaccariello
Bonnie and Dick Buten
Robert S. Castellini
Rosalind Chaiken
Philip Clayton
Burton and Susan Closson
Leland M. and Carol C. Cole
Robert and Deborah Collins
Kelly M. Dehan
Florence and Tom DeWitt
Judy Ellis
Paul and Nancy Gaffney
Donn Goebel and Cathy McLeod
Eleanor and Richard Goering
Ms. Madeleine H. Gordon
David and Sheryl Harris
James and Susan Herman
Sherrie and Fred Heyse
Sue and William W. Hill III
Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors
Noel and Karen Hofmann
Timothy and Julie Driehaus Horton
Carolyn and Michael Hoyt
Patti and Keith James
Johnson & Johnson - Matching Fund
Arleene Keller
Judith and Ken Kenniston
Randolph and Patricia Krumm
Mark and Kymberly Kuenning
Jo Ann and George Kurz
Susan J. Lauf
Dr. Carol P. Leslie
Pattianne and Mark Menden
Mr. Roy A. Mitchell
Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.
Linda R. Muth
Phillips Family Fund*
Prolink
Gerald D. Rape
Mr. Richard H. Russell
Kathy Shell and Joetta Prost
Elizabeth C. B. and Paul G. Sittenfeld
Gerald and Sarah Skidmore
Skyline Chili
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Smith
Susan and David Smith
John and Merrie Stillpass
Tom and Keri Tami
JoAnn Stamper Thomas
Catharina Toltzis, Ph.D.
Water Tower Fine Wines
Sallie Westheimer
Anthony and Sally Woodward
ANNUAL FUND
BENEFACTOR
($750 - $1,499)
Anonymous (6)
Liz and Hank Alexander
James Anthony and Sarah Corathers
Eric and Brenda Armstrong Family Fund*
Bruce and Helene Ault
Michael and Shelia Becker
Mary Ann and Doug Bell
Judith and Louis Belli
Kit Berger
John Berninger
Jeff and Pam Bernstein
Randal and Peter Bloch
Sandra Bolek
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Borisch
Selena, James, and Justin Bowling
Linda D. Brink
Charlotte Brooks
David and Marybeth Brothers
Dr. Jane Brown and Mr. Paul Beck
Larry and Julie Chandler
James Cissell
Mr. Rick Coffey
Pearl J. Compaan, M.D.
The Cord Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Cruse
Susan Cummings
Anne Dagenbach
The Daley Family Foundation
Mark Dauner
Michelle de la Vega
Jeffrey and Sharon DeRossette
Kathryn Dierckes
Michael and Kathleen Doherty
Timothy Douglas
Emilie and David Dressler Fund*
Tim and Tina DuMont*
Saralou and Dave Durham
Allison and Rick Edwards
George Fabe Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Michael Federle
Matthew Feldman and Julie Baker
Mary and Bob Fitzpatrick
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Foster
Mr. and Mrs. John Freeman
Gregrick A. Frey
Edward Gemperle
Richard and Kathleen Glaser
Carl and Joyce Greber
Mary and Phil Hagner
Ham and Ellie Hamilton
Teri and Mike Haught
Louise Head
Patti Heldman
Bertie Hertz
Grace and Brian Hill
Linda R. Holthaus
Dr. Carol Hubbard
Mr. and Mrs. William Ivers
Mark and Sarah Johnson
James and Brenda Jones
Kyle and Sue Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Keenan
Peter and Sandy Keiser
Rosalynd Kendall
Beverly Kinney and Edward Cloughessy
Margo Kirstein
Larry and Kathleen Kissel
Mark and Nancy Kleespies
Mary Kay Koehler and Heather Apple
Kathleen B. and Michael C. Krug*
Michael and Paula Kunka
Sherwin Little
Sally A. Lloyd
Whitney and Phillip Long
Cheryl Harden Love
Ellen and Ward Maresca
Ms. Margaret E. Mathile
Raymond and Madelynn Matlock
Susan Matz
Mark McKillip and Amira Beer
Hope Earls McSwigan
Jill and Bruce Mitchell
Jim and Eileen Moon
Terry and Jannelle Moore
Michael Nordlund and Lisa Lee
Melissa and John Panzeca
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pardekooper
Carl Parrott and Molly Katz Fund*
Kathy and Bob Pellegrino
Diane and Jeff Pfaff
Mr. and Mrs. Don Popelar
Robert and Connie Reed
Alison and Rob Rice
Mr. and Mrs. Gates T. Richards
Ridgeway Foundation
Pete and Debbie Rizzo
Louise and Gary Roselle
Cathie Rothfuss
Jim Rubenstein and Bernadette Unger
Ann Saluke and Don Yelton
KJ Sanchez
Mark and Jan Rosenbaum Sass
Martha and Lee Schimberg
Pat and Paul Schlecht
Michael and Jeanne Schmerler
Roger and Glenda Schorr*
Linda Sears
Ivan and Karen Silverman
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Simon
Robin and Murray Sinclaire
Mary Stagaman and Ron Kull
Stephanie and Joseph Stitt
Elizabeth A. Stone*
Carol Striker
Gordon and Mary-Anne Thompson
Sneja H. Tomassian
Jovoni Trollinger
Robert Trusty
Gloria Uziel and Patrick Shea, M.D.
Catherine Valentine
Christopher and Nancy Virgulak
Patricia J. Wagner
Larry Weber
Jane Welling
Carol and Rich Wilson
SUPPORTER
($300 - $749)
Anonymous (13)
Essie Adams
Marjorie and Steven Adler
Admirals Cove Foundation
Shakila Ahmad
Nancy Aichholz
Drs. Gordon and Dorothy Air
Janice Amatulli
Mrs. Patricia Anderson
Victor and Dolores Angel
Elizabeth C. Armitage
Attiyah Community Team
Athena Avgousti-Bauer
Walter and Barbara Bailey
Barbara Banks
Kathy Barber
Molly R. Barber
Becky Beckstedt
Doug and Judy Betz
Mr. Thomas E. Blackburn
Sue K. Blaney
Phyllis Bossin and Robert Strauss
Mark Bowen
Barbara and Neal Bronson
Dr. Daniel T. Brown, DDS and Mr.
Mark Haggard
Mark and Diane Bunte
Douglas and Carol Burks
Jack and Marti Butz
Jane and Frank Caccamo
April A. Cain
Carol Campbell
Nancy B. Carrothers
In Honor of Carolyn Guild Carter
Chris and Jim Cartledge
Jo-Ann Casuto
Christine Christen
Fran Christensen
Mary Ellen Cody
Marjorie Compton
Loretta and David Cook
Douglas and Sarah Coons
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cotcamp
Robin Cotton and Cindi Fitton
Mrs. Martha S. Crafts
Cathy Crain
Mr. Guy Crocetti
Jean and John Croxton
Judy S. Dalambakis
Dr. and Mrs. Howard Deckter
Debora Del Valle
Marilyn J. Derfus
Diamond/Wolf Family
Thomas Donnelly
Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Donnelly, Jr.
William G. Dorward III
Marilyn Duke
Bob and Kitty Dunn
John and Liz Dye
Leslie R. Dye, M.D.
Jon and Tara Eaton
Kay Eby
Joyce Elkus
Sharon and Bill Emeigh
Ron and Kathleen Emery
Karla Epperson
Dr. and Mrs. Michael Farrell
Dr. and Mrs. William Faulkner
Barbara Ann Feldmann
Dr. Daniella Fisher
James K. and Susan A. Fitton
Missy and Brian J. Fox
Patricia Fraley
Mr. and Mrs. James A Fraser
Edward Freeman
Mary Anne Frey
Sharon Freyhof
Shirley Gallagher
Sharon and Dennis Geiger
General Electric
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gerber
Robert Gilmore
Frank and Karen Girolami
Daniel P. Goetz and Pattie Messmer
Jim and Elaine Goldschmidt
Nancy Gollobin
Goret Family Foundation
Mrs. Sharon Gorman
Pank and Wendy Goulet
Phillip Griggs
Barbara Hahn
Jan C. Hall
Margo Hall
Timothy and Barbara Haller
Joyce and Jim Hamberg
Jeff Hanna and Peggy Eberhard
Jerri and Dan Hanus
Christine Heatherman
Gwenn and Mark Heintzelman
Mrs. Betty H. Heldman
Jane E. Henney, M.D. and J. Robert
Graham, M.D.
Helene Herbert
Judy Tondi Herd
Bernita McCann Hightower
Wendy Hill
Meg Hilmer
Dale Hodges and David F. Logan
Daniel J. Hoffheimer
Daniel and Marcia Holden
Mark and Deanna Hollon
Kim Howland
Joseph Huber and Shelli Smith
Marty Humes
Pat Humphrey
Dr. Linda Huntress
Maite Iraolagoitia
Charlie and Janie James
Anne Jaroszewicz
Nathan and Vanessa Jenkin
Dr. Amy Johnstone
Lisa Kagan
Dr. Toni and Rabbi Ken Kanter
Amy J. Katz
Arlene Katz
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Keating
Msgr. Kurt H. Kemo
Dara M. Kendall
Alina S. Khan
Zofeen Khan
Mr. and Mrs. John Kmet
Judith A. Koch
Sandford and Nancy Kopnick
Heather Krombholz
Bill and Evie Landrigan
Mr. Edward Lanzit
Patricia Larsen
Lynn P. Larson
Mary Kay Levesay
Donna Lilley
Glenda Lindsay
Nancy Lippincott
Kevin G. Loesch
Dr. and Mrs. Louis B. Louis, IV
Mr. and Mrs. Damon Lynch, Jr.
Thomas and Jean Macejko
Dave and Lee MacKenzie
Kenneth T. Mahler
Mark Mallory
Lisi and Neil Marcus
Charles and Jennifer Margolis
Laurel Markley
Carolyn Ott Martin
Nancy C. Martin
Evi Banzhaf McCord
Kathy McCord
Maryanne McGowan
Jeff and Debbie McNaul
Kathy Merchant
Richard I. Michelman and Karen E. Meyer
Audrey Korn Miller
Steven and Jacqueline Miller Family Foundation
Joel Monteith and Barbara MustoeMonteith
Mary G. Moran
Scott and Barb Muhlhauser
Daniel Murphy
Joy S. Nadler
Jeannie Niebuhr
Andrew J. Nuckols
Bruce and Neda Nutley
J. Brett Offenberger and Douglas Duckett
Kelly O’Neill and Sue Aley
Ms. Monika Osborn
Nan Oscherwitz
The Patel-Curran Family
Debbie Pendl
Alice W. Perlman
Marcia C. Philipps
David Piatt Fund*
MaryAnn Pietromonaco
Ed and Jill Plageman
Jane Portman
James and Linda Pretz
Phil and Susan Price
Leo and Sarah Pulte
Michael and Nelda Purdon
Jennifer Ramage
Leslie and Bernie Reiss
Sherri Adams Remaklus
Margie Rennie
Carol Holland Rentschler
Sara Repenning
Carol Reubel
Danielle Revelson
Carole T. Rigaud
Buffie Rixey
Mary Ellen Roberts
Gigi Robison
Ashley Rothfuss
Karina Rothzeid
Barb and Rich Ruddy
Josie Russo
Karen Schilling
Carol J. Schroeder
William and Sandra Selvey
Carol Serrone
John L. Shields
Sue Showers
Dr. Tariq Siddiqi
Debbie Renick Sims
Robert and Linda Singer
Mary Lee and Louie Sirkin
Mary G. Skelly
Laura Skidmore
Adrienne Angst Smith
V. Clark Sole, Jr.
John and Sarah Spiller
Jeffery and Nancy Stambough
Jeff and Michele Starke
Tom and Dee Stegman*
Martha Steier
Robert L. and Christine J. Steiner*
Nancy M. Steman
Gunther and Sara Storjohann
Gary and Nancy Strassel
Kendra L. Struthers
Glenda Suttman
Lora Swedberg
Ms. Marie H. Sweeney
Carlos and Roberta Teran
Gretchen Thomas
Dr. Gary A. Thompson and Dr. Lisa E. Dunlap
Robert and Marcia Togneri
Torey and Tom Torre
Ann Marie Tracey and Daniel
Buckley
Linda Trebbi
Dionn Tron
James and Susan Troutt
Laura Turton
Susie Tweddell
Doug and Molly Tyger
Ms. Marlena Tyre
Geroge and Julia Wadih
Liz and Dave Wallingford
Sarella Walton
JoAnn Ward
Lea A. Ward
Dr. and Mrs. Barry W. Webb
Pann and Terry Webb
Joyce Jones Weinkam
Judy Wells
Dr. Donald R. and Patricia R. Welti
Steven and Heather Wesloh
Steve and Patty Wilken
Chris and Diane Williams
Mauri J. Willis
Rev. Anne Warrington Wilson
Mrs. Joan R. Wilson
Susan and Dean Windgassen
Jeannine Winkelmann
Nancy and David Wolf
Anne Marie Wolfer
Daniel and Jessica Woo
Laani A. Wuest
Dr. Linda Wulff
John M. Yacher
Linda Elam Young
Mary Beth Young
David and Cynthia Zink
*Denotes a fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
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INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS
$50,000+
THE DAVID C. HERRIMAN FUND OF GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
ROBERT AND ADELE SCHIFF FAMILY FOUNDATION
THE HAROLD C. SCHOTT FOUNDATION
$20,000 – $49,999
$10,000 – $19,999
As of July 2, 2025
$5,000 – $9,999
THE WOHLGEMUTH HERSCHEDE FOUNDATION
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David and Traci Alexander
Ron Bates and Randy Lasley
Mark and Lindsay Bibler
David and Elaine Billmire
Ruth and Tom Bobenread
Neil Bortz
Thomas J. Breed
MC and Tom Brennan
Susan Brenner and Steven Mombach
Mrs. L.L. Browning, Jr.
Terri and John Byczkowski
Wayne and Fran Carlisle
Denise and Martin Chambers
Joan Cochran
Mr. Maurice and Lela Coffey, II
James P. Conway, Jr. and Richard D. Robertson, Jr.
Jack and Virginia Copley
Richard and Teddie Curry
Nancy and Mark Dawes
Kelly Dehan and Richard Staudigel
Richard and Lisa Ernst
Sarah and Tommy Evans
Brooks and Beth Ewing
Ms. Victoria Buyniski Gluckman
Vitaly and Samantha Goldfeder
The Goldhoff Family
Ms. Madeleine H. Gordon
Linda and Gary Greenberg*
Jeb and Nirvani Head
Fred and Patti Heldman*
The David C. Herriman Fund*
Mrs. Andrea and Dr. Edward Herzig
Ms. Karlee L. Hilliard
Karen and David Hoguet
Susan Ingmire and Lynn Hailey
Diane and Carl Iseman
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
The Artistic Director’s Circle (ADC) members provide inspirational annual support for productions, artists, and community programming. In recognition of their contributions, members receive exclusive behind-thescenes private events hosted by Blake Robison, Osborn Family Producing Artistic Director, featuring artists and behind-the-scenes topics from the art of theatre making. We extend our sincere gratitude to the ADC members for their generosity!
Bill and Mary Jane James
Linda Busken Jergens and Andrew MacAoidh Jergens
Don and Frani Jones
Patti and Tom Keckeis*
Marilyn Kinne
Bet and Dave Koeninger
Mark and Karen Kremzar
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Kremzar
Asher and Kelsey Lanier
Terry Lemmerman
Jamie and Jenny Leonard
Jacqueline M. Mack and Dr. Edward B. Silberstein
Craig and Anne Maier
Dick and Sandy Manteuffel
The Markley Family
Ron Matson and Daniel Young
Donna and Neal Mayerson
Barbara and Kim McCracken
Kevin and Frances McMurray
Charles and Joann Mead
Leon and Barb Meyer
Becky Miars
Lauren and James Miller
Ms. Danute M. Miskinis
Diane and Dave Moccia
Samuel Moore, Jr.
David and Judith Morgan
Arthur C. Morrissey and Janet M. Hayes
Dean and Catherine Moulas
Patti Myers and Alan Flaherty
Karen and Bill Neyer*
The Marilyn J. and Jack D. Osborn Fund
Jenny and David Powell
Rob and Gretchen Reifsnyder
Amy and John Rosenberg
Dianne and J. David Rosenberg
The Rosenthal Family Foundation
Jennie Rosenthal
Richard Rosenthal and Kitty Strauss Rosenthal
Margo and Sam Ross
Moe and Jack Rouse
Susan and Jeffrey Routh
Austin Schiff
Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Schiff, Jr.
Mark and Rosemary Schlachter
Digi and Mike Schueler
Rhonda and Larry Sheakley
Eddie and Pat Sheppard
Julie and Steven J. Shifman
Betsy and Jerry Shroat
Nancy and Tim Sparks
John and Jennifer Stein
Steve and Sarah Steinman
Jennifer and Woody Taft
Robert D. Temple and Sue E. Auerbach
Marty C. Tomb
Edward Trach
Barbara and Daman Turner
Ellen and Ray van der Horst
Lawrence and Maureen Vignola
The Vista Foundation
Margaret and Albert Vontz III*
Randolph Wadsworth
Barbara and Irwin Weinberg Fund*
Barbara M. Weyand
Mr. William J. Weyand
Ronna and Dr. James B. Willis
Susan and Don Zaunbrecher
*Denotes a fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
List as of July 24, 2025
RECOGNITION GIFTS
With heartfelt gratitude, we recognize the following friends who have honored loved ones through a tribute gift to the Playhouse. These meaningful contributions were received between July 1, 2024, and July 24, 2025.
IN HONOR OF ABBY MARCUS
Lisi and Neil Marcus
IN HONOR OF BLAKE ROBISON
Ms. Madeleine H. Gordon
IN HONOR OF THOMAS W. AND JENNIFER TAFT
Kenneth T. Mahler
IN HONOR OF MAUREEN VIGNOLA
Anonymous
MEMORIAL GIFTS
We are grateful to the following friends who have chosen to remember a loved one through a memorial gift to the Playhouse. The following memorial gifts have been received from July 1, 2024, through July 23, 2025.
IN MEMORY OF KAREN BELL
Edward Lanzit
IN MEMORY OF MARLENE ELIZABETH CRABTREE
Judith Van Ginkel
Leigh M. Primack
IN MEMORY OF BRUCE E. COYLE
Rebecca J. Graham
IN MEMORY OF LINDA HELDMAN GREENBERG
Stephanie Albert
Mark and Marsha Barsman
Alexandra Belzley
Erica and Matt Biscotti
Randal and Peter Bloch
Nancy B. Carrothers
Edwina Cornelius
Amy Diamond and Eddie Wolf
Barry and Nancy Gibberman
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Shelley and Bill Greggs
Beth Hammerman
Zack and Ali Hardoon
Gwenn and Mark Heintzelman
Fred and Patti Heldman
Andrea and Edward Herzig
Daniel J. Hoffheimer
David and Karen Hoguet
Jenna Harris and Dillon Teske
Susan Ingmire and Lynn Hailey
Diane and Carl Iseman
Donald and Franchelle Jones
Laura Hoguet Leonard
Emily Marrero
Cheryl and Scott Mattis
Karen Meyer and Rick Michelman
Patti Myers and Alan Flaherty
Dianne and J. David Rosenberg
Moe and Jack Rouse
Linda and Douglas Sawan
Digi and Mike Schueler
Linda and Tom Senter
Matthew Senter and Rukmini Das
Jeffrey and Cindy Standley
Sneja H. Tomassian
The Townsend Family
Linda Trebbi
Lawrence and Maureen Vignola
Ronna and Jim Willis
The Crew of the Felix Locus
IN MEMORY OF CHRISTINE KINNAMAN
Jeanne Bauer
IN MEMORY OF BEVERLY KINNEY
Edward Cloughessy
IN MEMORY OF JUDGE ROBERT S. MARX
Daniel J. Hoffheimer
IN MEMORY OF LOU SCHRODER
Anonymous
IN MEMORY OF ED SHEPPARD
David Mentzel and Kate Burroughs
Mt. Adams Business Guild
Cathy and Stan Silverman
IN MEMORY OF HOWARD TOMB
Burton and Susan Closson
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
CORPORATE PARTNERS
For companies looking to make a smaller investment in the Playhouse, the Corporate Partner Program is just the ticket. A gift of $1,000 or more is recognized in our show programs, provides invitations to exclusive events, and entitles your employees to receive a 20 percent online ticket discount throughout the season!
$1,000 - $3,499
Hixson Architecture Engineering Interiors
Prolink
Skyline Chili
For more information about joining these individuals and organizations in support of the Playhouse, call Mary Kay Koehler, Director of Institutional Giving, at 513-977-2026.
IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS
The Blind Lemon Canary Floral & Event Design
eat well celebrations and feasts
Emerge Managed Solutions, LLC
Gallo
Heidelberg
Lightborne
Mt. Adams Bar and Grill
WKRC-TV, Local 12
WKRQ-FM
WOSL-FM
September 25, 26, 27, 28 September 25, 26, 27, 28 O ctober 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9, 10, 11, 12 October 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9, 10, 11, 12
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARK RECTOR
ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRODUCTION STAFF
DIRECTORS
Osborn Family Producing Artistic Director Blake Robison
Managing Director Abby Marcus
ADMINISTRATION
Executive Assistant/Board Liaison Marta Hyland
Associate Producer Suann Pollock
Company Manager A.J. Ford
Assistant Company Manager/Management Associate Remy Elton-Alexander
Director of HR, Equity and Inclusion Dawn Mundy
Finance Associate Brian Anderson
Accounting Services Clark Schaefer Hackett
Receptionist Kara Neumann
OPERATIONS
Director of Operations Bridget Siedlecki
IT Applications Specialist Scott Youger
Facilities Manager Brian Smith
DEVELOPMENT
Chief Philanthropy Officer Sneja H. Tomassian
Director of Institutional Giving Mary Kay Koehler
Director of Individual Giving Kendra L. Struthers, CFRE
Grants Manager Camryn Morrow
Development Associate, Giving and Stewardship
Jennifer Radisch
Events Manager Brianna Meinecke
MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS
Director of Marketing and Communications Kathy Neus
Audience Engagement Manager Piper N. Davis
Multimedia Designer Sean Martin
Digital Marketing Associate Tessa D’Errico
Marketing Data and Website Manager Jacob Krismanick
Content Marketing Producer Deja A. Shanks
Marketing Intern Maria Ramos Evans
Photographer Mikki Schaffner
PATRON SERVICES
Patron Services Director Don Wong
Assistant Patron Services Manager Julia Hasl Miller
House Managers Joellyn Goos, Kayden Hauke, Ethan Mann
Patron Services Associate Olivia Cremisio
Patron Services Staff Amanda Adams, Tommy Berninger, Grace Caccavari, Tessa D’Errico, Jenny French, Max Holman, Michelle LaMantia, Francis McGovern, Whitney Menser, Cyrus Newitt, Sarah O’Haver, Alexis Pinto, James Racster, Theresa Richmond, Charlie Rusk, Gina Serger, Jacqueline Smith, Logan Smith, LaCheryl Steele, Janis Tibbs, Catherine Trichell, Monica Williams-Mitchell, Kendall Young
Bar Manager Darren Cox
Bartenders Kathy Burr, Clint Collins, Justin Eckstein, Rachel Ellis, Julia Migliara, Lisa Porter, John Simpson, Niki Sherwood, Kathleen Thorman
ARTISTIC
Associate Artistic Director Joanie Schultz
Literary Manager Tatiana Godfrey
Associate Artists Wendy C. Goldberg, Karen Zacarías
EDUCATION/ENGAGEMENT
Education Director Ariana Moses
Artistic Engagement Manager Katie Baskerville
Education Associate John Llewellyn
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Production Stage Manager Andrea L. Shell
Stage Managers Brooke Redler, Brandon T. Holmes
Artistic Engagement Stage Manager Erin Speno-Stout
PRODUCTION
Director of Production Joshua Escajeda
Technical Director Sam Thompson
Assistant Production Manager Valerie Perez
Assistant Technical Director Ethan Ruhl
Scene Shop Administrative Assistant Quinn Morgan
SCENERY
Staff Carpenters Valerie Bramer, Timothy Fowler, Michael Lyons, Brandon Smith, Patrick Wellman
Charge Scenic Artist Jennifer Rhodus
Assistant Scenic Artist Carly Huff
Scenic Artist Payton Epperson
Rouse Run Crew Christopher Albaugh, Sam Devlin
PROPERTIES
Properties Manager Liz Lyons
Assistant Properties Manager Katie Kim
Properties Benjamin Adams, Jeff Fowee, Alicia Rhodus
Rosenthal Shelterhouse Properties Running Crew Lead
Debra Hildebrand
Rouse Theatre Properties Running Crew Lead Kara Trusty
COSTUMES/WARDROBE
Costume Shop Manager Gordon DeVinney
Costume and Design Administrative Assistant Joe Kovacs
Cutter/Draper Eileen Thoma
First Hand Bridget Kline
Wig and Makeup Artist Amy Whitaker
Wardrobe Lead Amira Rowe
Wardrobe Assistants Grace Hazlett, Lilly Levine
LIGHTING/SOUND
House Audio/Projection Supervisor Josh Brinkman
Lead Electrician Samuel Wilson
Rouse Theatre Light Board Operator Alec Schneider
Rouse Theatre Audio Engineer M. Adam Jacob
Rosenthal Shelterhouse Light Board Operator Jonathan Armstrong
Rosenthal Shelterhouse Sound Engineer Samuel Sadler
EMERITI
Managing Director Emeritus Buzz Ward
INVEST ENGAGE INNOVATE LEAD
Investing state and federal dollars, the Ohio Arts Council funds and supports quality arts experiences for all Ohioans to strengthen communities culturally, educationally, and economically.
Learn more about our grant programs and resources, find your next arts experience, or connect: OAC.OHIO.GOV.
Grantee Spotlight: INSPIRATION STUDIOS, INC.
Inspiration Studios, Inc., and Sonny Spot Too are two Southwest Ohio organizations serving people with developmental disabilities. In 2023, they collaborated to create a new mural for Sonny Spot’s computer and technology room. Image courtesy of the organization
