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One has grown to 6-foot-3. One is on Broadway.

All agree that playing the role was a very big deal.

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When my dad was in his 60s, he called me at college and told me he was taking a new job in a faraway city and selling our family home. My first response was, “Wow ... how great that my dad and mom and sister, still in high school, are starting on this new adventure.” I hung up the phone and burst into tears, realizing my childhood home would no longer be a place to which I would return. I did not realize until that moment that I had established such a strong attachment to that “place.” When I went home on winter break and saw the new house, I found it absolutely lovely and far easier for my mother to keep up and navigate. The move was a good one.

The home quickly became the new destination for family celebrations.

Change is not easy. Scrooge’s journey proves that over and over. He finally realizes that humans have a huge capacity to do good ... and that THAT can bring great pleasure to those who receive and those who give. The places in which we work and play significantly affect our quality of life, but it is the caliber of the human interaction anywhere we linger that sustains us. The connections between the artists who create this world and the connections between the audiences and actors are always the heart and soul of our production of A Christmas Carol.

Thank you again and again for making us a part of your holiday. I wanted to end this letter to you this year by recognizing a human whose spirit will always remain a part of this production. Pete Shinn, who for many years maintained and built upon Diane Ferry Williams’ beautiful A Christmas Carol lighting design, passed away this past season, but his light shines on.

Wishing you safe and happy life changes, the warmth of friends and family, and great joy this holiday season!

Rosemary Newcott Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families

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Tiny Tims Christmases Past

Catch up with 8 Tims from Alliance Theatre stagings.

One has grown to 6-foot-3. One is on Broadway.

All agree that playing the role was a very big deal.

By Julie Bookman

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“God bless us, everyone!”

Tiny Tim, the sweet but sickly Cratchit boy, delivers perhaps the most memorable line in A Christmas Carol.

The 1843 story by Charles Dickens centers on the redemption of nasty old Ebenezer Scrooge, but Tiny Tim is its beating heart, representing the goodness that Scrooge so seriously lacks.

The role of the 6-year-old Tiny Tim isn’t huge. But it’s a big deal for the parade of young actors who’ve carried his signature crutch and spoken his memorable lines on the Alliance Theatre stage.

When Nicholas Sanders won the role in 2011, “he absolutely thought it was the biggest role in the show,” his mom, Courtney Sanders, says with a laugh.

It’s a role that not just any kid shy of 4-foot-4 can play. Tim is emotionally mature for his age and size, which is why the boy chosen is often older than 6.

When casting the role, director Rosemary Newcott says she seeks a certain “quality.” She looks for a small person with “soulful” eyes, someone able to “understand the journey that is Tim’s journey.”

At auditions, she questions potential Tiny Tims so she can learn “about the heart standing” in front of her, and the child’s understanding of giving.

This year — the Alliance’s 27th A Christmas Carol and Newcott’s 17th — 9-year-old Marco Schittone plays Tim. He was in the Alliance’s world premiere of Tuck Everlasting in 2015, and went with the show to Broadway.

He “has a radiance and intelligence about him that belie his years,” Newcott says.

Follow us now to Christmas Carols past and get reacquainted with a Tiny Tim or two you may remember.

Tiny Tims then (from left): Chas Crawford (2002), Bryce Golden (2003), Tendal Mann (2007), Royce Mann (2008), Nicholas Sanders (2011), Morgan Gao (2012) and Jaden Robinson (2013 and 2015).

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SCHAFER GRAY | 1997-98 • Then: Schafer was 7 when he first played Tim and didn’t realize the weight of the role until he saw a newspaper story headlined: “Alliance Theatre has found its Tiny Tim.” He’ll never forget those words.

• Now: He’s 26 and a graduate of the University of Georgia, where he majored in religion. He lives in Mableton, works as an anesthesia technician at Northside Hospital and plans to become a physician’s assistant. Years ago he swapped acting for music. He’s the drummer for an alt-rock-folk band called Amsterdam Station, which plays around metro Atlanta.

• On playing Tim: “It brought confidence to me at such a young age, to know that I have something that could bring people a lot of joy. It was impressed upon me that it was an important role and I took it seriously at the time — as seriously as a 7-year-old could.”

• A highlight: “I loved experiencing the inner workings of a large theater. A backstage technician showed me the big caldron full of hot water and dry ice used to fill the stage with fog. I was mesmerized.”

EVAN O’REILLY | 2000 • Then: Evan, 6-foot-3 today, in second grade when he played Tiny Tim, comes from a family of actors. His parents, Teresa DeBerry and Allen O’Reilly, met in the 1980s as Alliance Theatre interns.

• Now: Evan, 23, graduated from Drew University in New Jersey with a psychology major and theater minor. He waits tables to pay bills and although his theater focus has shifted to writing and directing, his goal is a music career.

• On playing Tim: “I think I was a pretty cute kid. I had big eyes and a big head. I liked being part of such a big production at a young age. It made me want to learn how everything else in the theater works.

“Once you have the theater bug, it’s hard to shake,” he says.

The desire to act has never left, but “adult pressures can get in your way. When you’re a kid, you don’t begin to understand the obstacles. At 7 and 8 years old, it was the easiest thing in the world, with girls wanting my autograph. I wish I could be as carefree now about it as I was when I was as a little kid.”

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CHAS CRAWFORD | 2002 • Then: Chas had a tiny role in a play about Julius Caesar while in third grade at Pace Academy and caught the eye of the school principal, who knew the Alliance needed a Tim. No one in his family had ever done theater. “Gosh, I was so nervous,” he recalls. “I had never auditioned before, and my mom kept telling me to relax. I had to sing ‘Away in a Manger.’ ” • Now: Chas, 23, graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a degree in theater performance. He lives in Denver, where he sells computer software to earn a living and saves so he can concentrate on acting later. He’s done commercials and film work, including a role as the evil leader of a street gang in an hourlong independent film called The Restless. He considers that his best work to date.

• On playing Tim: “It helped me learn how to be present in the moment.” That year, Kenny Leon played Scrooge and Chris Kayser was Marley. A powerful memory for Chas: observing Leon going over his lines. “I watched him from the sidelines as he repeated them over and over. It was a great lesson and the image never left me.”

• K ids will be kids: Kids in the show liked to go underneath the trap door onstage right before Marley’s entrance. “I’ll never forget goofing off down there and watching Chris take a drag on a cigarette because he wanted smoke to come out of his mouth as he came up.”

BRYCE GOLSEN | 2003 • Then: Bryce had never auditioned before. “I was very, very scared because I was never a very social kid. I was small, shy, not confident.” He remembers other kids being “overly enthusiastic, while I was this quiet, level-headed kid, small and meek. And I think they needed small and meek.”

• Now: Bryce, 22, is a pre-veterinarian biology major at Emory University, hoping to attend vet school at the University of Georgia. His dream job: to work with pandas.

“I did some more acting and dancing after I played Tiny Tim,” he says. “I saw it as an unusual hobby as a kid and liked the attention, but as I got deeper into the industry, I realized it wasn’t for me. It’s not all puppies and rainbows.”

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TENDAL MANN | 2005-07 • Then: Tendal played Tim for three years, succeeded by his younger brother, Royce. At 9, Tendal earned praise as Dill in Theatrical Outfit’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The Mann brothers, the sons of theater pros Sheri Mann Stewart and Barry Stewart Mann, continue to act in theater, film and commercials.

• Now: Tendal, 18, is taking a gap year and traveling before he enters Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., where he plans to continue acting and study psychology and philosophy.

• On playing Tim: “I always thought I got the role because I was a cute kid, and because I went into it without pressure or expectations. I was just natural. I liked the attention I got as one of the stars of the show, but looking back, I also think the fact that Tiny Tim comes from an impoverished background and has a disability helped open my eyes at a young age — to not always just be thinking of myself.”

ROYCE MANN | 2008-10 • Then: Royce’s acting career began at age 7 with Tiny Tim, and has never let up. “I remember jumping up and down and screaming when we got the call that they were casting me. Like all younger brothers, I wanted to do what my older brother did.”

• Now: Royce, 15, is a student at Atlanta’s Paideia School and also loves sports (especially baseball), writing and filmmaking. The role represents “the heart, the soul, the overall meaning and spirit of the show,” he says. “It’s a wonderful character — someone I hope to embody.”

• On playing Tim: He rehearsed “God bless us, everyone” over and over because he wanted to do it a little different than his brother. “I liked playing someone who has gone through so many setbacks that I haven’t but always seems to find the bright side of things. Tiny Tim is so young, but he already knows about empathy, love and compassion and has so many wonderful qualities that many adults don’t even have.”

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NICHOLAS SANDERS | 2011 • Then: Nicholas gives his mom partial credit for winning the role — she sent him into the audition dressed as Tiny Tim. “I was not going for it. I thought that was just going to make me look crazy,” he says. But it turned out to be his lucky charm.

“After I sang for them, we walked back to our car, but they were already calling us back into the theater to see if I was light enough for the older Cratchit boy to carry me.”

• Now: Playing Tim at age 10 “put me on my career path,” says Nicholas, who’s 15 and a sophomore at the DeKalb School of the Arts. He’s most recently played multiple roles in Shuddersome: Tales of Poe, one-acts prepared for high school theater competitions. He plans to study acting in college.

• A Tiny Tim memory: Nicholas began each show by entering with the actors playing his parents. At one performance, the trap door they crossed over had not been properly closed.

“But my mother noticed, and she grabbed me and led me around it, keeping me safe. That’s what it was like. We were like a family. I have your back, you have my back.”

MORGAN GAO | 2012 • Then: When Morgan auditioned for A Christmas Carol, he didn’t have a resume or know what a headshot was, but playing Tiny Tim sparked his acting career, he says. In short order, he had an agent and a manager.

• Now: Morgan, now an 11-year-old sixth-grader at The Lovett School, is on Broadway in Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical, playing Charlie Winslow, whom he describes as “precocious, straightforward, smart and practical, but oddly charming.” Morgan’s the only kid in the show, with his own spacious dressing room.

• On playing Tiny Tim: “It was my favorite Christmas season ever!” Even though Tiny Tim has it tough, “he keeps believing,” says Morgan, “and always sees the good side of his surroundings. He makes everyone around him joyous.” A

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ith hundreds of adaptations over a span of almost 200 years, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has become timeless. While 19th-century London is far removed from 2016 Atlanta, the story’s holiday ethos still rings true today. Despite our worst circumstances, we take the holidays to celebrate good times and good people. We look forward to the year ahead, and set resolutions on how we can be our best selves. We give back to those who have given to us, and give to those who are unable to give at all. Much like the people in Ebenezer Scrooge’s life, we find there is much happiness to experience and share.

I first saw the Alliance production of A Christmas Carol last December. It was reminiscent of other film and TV adaptations, focusing on the whirlwind adventure through time, and the spectacle of the ghosts.

What I found striking was how our version delves into

the characters who surround Scrooge. Like us, they struggle with money and their health.

They lament about getting through a harsh winter. They sing, dance and laugh. They love fervently, even when their world may not love them back.

By digging deeper into the lives of London’s impoverished and working-class heroes, we find that despite running a business and owning a spacious home, Scrooge is the poorest person in the story.

He has ultimately bankrupted himself by isolating his heart from the wealth found in love, family and the holiday spirit.

Yet, this does not rob Scrooge of redemption.

His reaction to his personal hardships is very human and modern. Even today, we have our Scrooge moments. We stress over how to make ends meet and fret about the future.

We miss family members who have passed on. All of this can lead to frustration, despair and a negative worldview.

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was that most of us are ultimately similar to those trying to uplift and accept Scrooge.

Some of us are Fred, Scrooge’s nephew, trying our best to be open and endearing to those who are guarded and unpleasant.

Some of us are Bob Cratchit, working long, tough hours to provide for loved ones, while also being of good cheer.

Some of us are Tiny Tim, dealing with chronic illness or pain, and still finding relief with hope and eternal optimism.

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not be good enough. We are Scrooge’s neighbors, scraping together what we can for gifts and feasts, and for what we can’t give or receive in material things, we make up for in love and appreciation.

This season, it’s important to encourage the Scrooges in our lives and to honor our Cratchits and Freds, the people who keep us in good spirits year-round. In turn, we can spread our own joy and compassion, both of which are found in abundance in the immortal characters of A Christmas Carol.

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CAST * CYNTHIA D. BARKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble, U/S Mrs. Dilber * LOWREY BROWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Young Scrooge/Ensemble, U/S Fred/Ensemble STEPHEN BROWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dick Wilkins/Ensemble, U/S Bob Cratchit/Ensemble * DAVID DE VRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ebenezer Scrooge SHELLI DELGADO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fan/Martha/Ensemble, U/S Peg CALEB EICHNER-BAUMANN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel/Ensemble, U/S Wyatt/Ignorance/Turkey Boy/Ensemble * JE NIE FLEMING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Fezziwig/Mrs. Dilber/Ensemble *NEAL GHANT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Cratchit, U/S Jacob Marley/Ensemble * ANN MARIE GIDEON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belle/Ensemble, U/S Christmas Past * BART HANSARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Fezziwig/Christmas Present/Ensemble JEREMIAH PARKER HOBBS. . . . . . . . . . . Peter/Ensemble, U/S Young Scrooge/Ensemble KAITLIN HUNTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melinda/Ensemble, U/S Belinda * CHRIS KAYSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Marley/Ensemble * JOE KNEZEVICH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred/Ensemble, U/S Ebenezer Scrooge SOPHIE LYMAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belinda/Ensemble, U/S Melinda/Want/Ensemble J. KOBY PARKER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble, U/S Topper/Ensemble * COURTNEY PATTERSON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christmas Past/Ensemble * BRAD RAYMOND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Topper/Ensemble, U/S Christmas Present/Mr. Fezziwig JADEN ROBINSON. . . . . . . Wyatt/Ignorance/Turkey Boy/Ensemble, U/S Daniel/Tiny Tim MARCO SCHITTONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiny Tim/Ensemble NOA MIRYAM TSUR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Want/Ensemble * LAURIE WILLIAMSON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bess/Ensemble, U/S Mrs. Cratchit * MINKA WILTZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peg/Ensemble, U/S Mrs. Fezziwig/Bess UNDERSTUDIES JOSHUA JONES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dick/Peter/Ensemble CHLOE KAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belle/Fan/Martha/Ensemble STAGE MANAGEMENT * LIZ CAMPBELL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Manager * R. LAMAR WILLIAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Stage Manager BRITNEY DeROSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Management Production Assistant MAARIYAH ESPINOZA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Young Performer Supervisor MUSICIANS MICHAEL FAUSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Player/Conductor DIEDRE HENSON AGUSTIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harp BUTCH SIEVERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percussion

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PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ASSISTANCE FREDDIE ASHLEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dialect Coach ASHLEY CHASTEEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dance Coach EMILY KLEYPAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting Assistance STEPHEN LOVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Lighting Designer

FOR THIS PRODUCTION NICOLE CLOCKELL, HAUZIA CONYERS, KATY MUNROE, NIKI TRAXLER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe GABBY IDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lead Spot Operator STEVE JORDAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting Programmer EMMA LIPSITT & KRIS MEYER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound Engineers JENN NAKAHARA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fog Technician COURTNEY O’NEILL, WILLIE PALMER PARKS, JAMES SCHLACHTER, HAYLEE SCOTT, VINCENT SIMONS, JON UNDERWOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stage Operations MICHAEL REED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spot Operator

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profiles CYNTHIA D. BARKER (Mrs. Cratchit/Ensemble, U/S Mrs. Dilber) Regional credits: Uprising (Metro Stage). Atlanta credits: Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Project, Women+War (Synchronicity Theatre); Uprising, Elemeno Pea, Third Country and Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery (Horizon Theatre); Macbeth (Georgia Shakespeare); Flyin’ West (Theatre in the Square); A Raisin in the Sun, Lakebottom Proper, Hamlet (Springer Opera House); A Christmas Carol, Honk! the Musical (Alliance Theatre); for colored girls who considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Black Nativity (True Colors). Film/ TV: “Rectify” (Sundance TV), Ir/Reconcilable (short film), Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne” (TBS).

LOWREY BROWN (Young Scrooge/Ensemble, U/S Fred/ Ensemble) is happy to return for another year of A Christmas Carol.

Other Alliance credits include Edward Foote and The Wizard of Oz. Atlanta theater credits include Company (Actor’s Express), Les Miserables (Aurora Theatre) and A Wrinkle in Time (Theatrical Outfit). TV/film credits include “Revolution,” “Halt and Catch Fire,” “TURN,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Finding Carter,” “Vampire Diaries,” “HindSight.” Thank you to my family and friends for their love and support and most of all to my favorite person in the world, Lyndsay. Enjoy the show.

STEPHEN BROWN (Dick Wilkins/Ensemble, U/S Bob Cratchit/ Ensemble) is thrilled to be back on the Alliance stage. He was recently seen as Orsino in Twelfth Night at the Warehouse Theatre. Other Atlanta credits: Choir Boy, Tell Me My Dream (Alliance); Ghost: The Musical (Georgia Ensemble); Romeo and Juliet (Atlanta Shakespeare); Romeo and Juliet (Georgia Shakespeare). Other regional credits: A Thousand Circlets (Detroit Repertory Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth (Michigan Shakespeare Festival). He enjoys volunteering at his local youth center when not acting. He thanks you for supporting live theater.

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DAVID DE VRIES (Ebenezer Scrooge) Broadway: Beauty and the Beast (Lumiere). National tours: B&B, Wicked (Dr. Dillamond).

Regional: TOTS — The Producers (Roger de Bris). Alliance credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Carapace, Sleuth, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Shrek, Arcadia, The Sisters Rosensweig, Dancing at Lughnasa, Laughing Wild, Spinning Into Butter and Glengarry Glen Ross. Film: The Founder, The Accountant, Billy Lyn’s Long Halftime Walk, Kill the Messenger, Lila & Eve. TV: “Shooting Christmas,” “Killing Reagan,” “Halt and Catch Fire,” “Nashville,” “Devious Maids,” “Reckless,” “Necessary Roughness.” Audiobooks: more than100 titles (Audie Award winner for “Echo”).

Director: Pancakes, Pancakes! (Alliance), Smart People (True Colors), I’m Not Rappaport (Aurora, Suzi Bass Award), Buckminster Fuller (Theatrical Outfit). www.daviddevries.net SHELLI DELGADO (Fan/ Martha/Ensemble, U/S Peg) is thrilled to be back at the Alliance Theatre. Alliance credits include Tiger Style! and Little Raindrop Songs, a TVY production. Other recent Atlanta credits: Into the Woods, Don’t Dress for Dinner, 4000 Miles, Mary Poppins, Les Misérables (Aurora Theatre); Rent (Actor’s Express); Ghost the Musical, STEAM Team, And Then They Came for Me (Georgia Ensemble Theatre); Miss Saigon (Serenbe Playhouse). TV: “The Vampire Diaries.” Love to Mom, Papa and Travy.

CALEB EICHNER-BAUMANN (Daniel/Ensemble, U/S Wyatt/ Ignorance/Turkey Boy/Ensemble) is thrilled to make his debut on the Alliance Stage. Caleb, a sixth-grade honor student at Flat Rock Middle School, was most recently seen in Around Atlanta on $80 (Alliance Theatre Youth Players). When not performing, Caleb enjoys playing trumpet, filmmaking, and being with family. Caleb thanks his wonderful teachers at the Alliance Theatre, the Legacy Theatre, and Flat Rock. He is most

profiles grateful to his family for all their love and support. Special thanks to Rosemary Newcott and Jody Feldman for giving him this opportunity.

Peace on Earth and Merry Christmas!

JE NIE FLEMING (Mrs. Fezziwig/ Mrs. Dilber/Ensemble) The Atlanta native is overjoyed to return to the Alliance stage. Alliance credits: Bike America, The Wizard of Oz, Crumbs From the Table of Joy, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. True Colors Theatre: The Colored Museum and Stick Fly. Seattle Repertory Theatre: Valley Song. New York theater credits include Abyssinia, Master Class and No Exit. TV/film: Acrimony with Taraji P. Henson (upcoming), backup singer for Mary J. Blige on the VH1 Music Awards and “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” “Law & Order,” “Dark Angel,” Last Days of Disco and Marvin & Tige. Love to family and friends on this journey. www.jeniefleming.com NEAL GHANT (Bob Cratchit, U/S Jacob Marley/Ensemble) is excited to once again hit the Alliance stage in another wonderful year of A Christmas Carol! Alliance credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Native Guard, Glengary Glenn Ross and Shakespeare’s R&J. Other regional credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Our Town and One Man, Two Guvnors.

Neal received Suzi Bass awards as best featured actor and best actor for his role in Race. Happy holidays to all!

ANN MARIE GIDEON (Belle/ Ensemble, U/S Christmas Past) is delighted to return to the Alliance stage. Alliance credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Edward Foote and The Geller Girls. Ann Marie has also performed at Horizon Theatre, Serenbe Playhouse, Pinch’n’ Ouch Theatre, the Springer Opera House and Georgia Shakespeare.

Happy first Christmas to my son, Jack!

BART HANSARD (Mr. Fezziwig/ Christmas Present/Ensemble) is pleased as Christmas punch to return for his 15th season in A Christmas Carol. Other Alliance credits: August: Osage County, Tennis in Nablus, The Grapes of Wrath, A Death in the House Next Door to Kathleen Turner’s House on Long Island. Favorite recent credits: Lombardi (Aurora Theatre), Spamalot (Atlanta Lyric Theatre), Dividing the Estate (Theatrical Outfit), Urinetown (Fabrefaction). TV/ film: Banshee, The Red Road, “Army Wives,” many “House of Payne” and “Good Eats,” Trouble With the Curve, Déjà Vu, Parental Guidance , Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, “The Quad.” Many thanks to Rosemary and my sweet Anne. Happy holidays to all!

JEREMIAH PARKER HOBBS (Peter/Ensemble, U/S Young Scrooge/ Ensemble) is so thrilled to be back at the Alliance. 2016 credits: Peter and the Starcatcher (GET); Into the Woods, Hansel and Gretel, 1776 (Legacy); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Complete Works Abridged (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse); Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical (Dad), Ugly Lies the Bone (Alliance). Writer of The Last Time We Were Here, which premiered at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Love to Mom, Dad and Abigail. For Juli, always.

KAITLIN HUNTER (Melinda/ Ensemble, U/S Belinda) is a triple threat who sings, dances and acts.

She is an 11-year-old honor student in the fifth grade at Robert J. Burch Elementary School. She thanks Rosemary Newcott and Jody Feldman for this amazing opportunity to perform in her first professional production. Kaitlin also thanks Margo Moorer for her support and guidance. She sends her love to Mom, Dad, Joey, Gran, Gran Pat, Papo, her Freeman family, Burch Elementary, Cascade UMC and, of course, her best friends.

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profiles CHRIS KAYSER ( Jacob Marley/ Ensemble) It’s always such a treat to return to A Christmas Carol — the Alliance, the all-star cast, the wonderful singers. I’m grateful.

Next up is Dr. Faustus at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse in January, then The Little Prince for Théâtre du Rêve in February.

JOE KNEZEVICH (Fred/ Ensemble, U/S Ebenezer Scrooge) Alliance Theatre: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Cheswick), August: Osage County (Steve), Glengarry Glen Ross (Williamson), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Nick). Georgia Shakespeare: Hamlet (Hamlet), Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), The Glass Menagerie (Tom), Shrew: The Musical (Petruchio), Richard III (Gloucester, Suzi Bass Award) and Metamorphoses (Midas, Suzi Bass Award). Theatrical Outfit: Storefront Church (Reed, Suzi Bass Award). True Colors: Smart People (Brian). Film: Hidden Figures, 42, Parental Guidance, The Change-Up. TV: “Halt and Catch Fire,” “Nashville,” “Under the Dome,” “Bessie,” “Revolution,” “Teen Wolf,” “The Vampire Diaries,” “The Librarian.”

Training: B.F.A., Florida State University. www.joeknezevich.com SOPHIE LYMAN (Belinda/ Ensemble, U/S Melinda/Want/ Ensemble) is ecstatic to participate in A Christmas Carol for the first time. She attended Alliance Theatre Drama Camp for the past three summers, but this is her first acting role in a professional production. Sophie is seventh-grader at the Paideia School and, while there, plans to immerse herself in all things theatrical. She sends her love to McCoy, Lizzie, Mommy and Daddy (and Nola, Otis and Olive, of course).

J. KOBY PARKER (Ensemble, U/S Topper/Ensemble) could not be more excited to make his Alliance debut.

Favorite credits: A Chorus Line, Cats, The Full Monty, Chicago and Sophisticated Ladies (Atlanta Lyric); Strong for Life (Telltale Children’s Theatre); and James and the Giant Peach U/S (Alliance Theatre).

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He thanks his wonderfully supportive family and friends, and his husband, Troyseph. Enjoy the show!

COURTNEY PATTERSON (Christmas Past/Ensemble) returns to the Alliance after appearing in such productions as Disgraced; The Geller Girls; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; August: Osage County; andWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Elsewhere in Atlanta, she has appeared on the stages of Georgia Shakespeare, Theatrical Outfit, Aurora Theatre and Synchronicity Theatre. TV/film: “Stuff You Should Know,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Good Eats,” Life of the Party, Anchorman 2, Let’s Be Cops.

Much love to Nick, Javier, Susan, Mom and Dad. www.courtneypatterson.net BRAD RAYMOND (Topper/ Ensemble, U/S Christmas Present/Mr. Fezziwig) is excited to be back at the Alliance Theatre after having a wonderful time playing the role of Ronald Winans in Born for This: The Bebe Winans Story. This is Brad’s sixth year in A Christmas Carol. He has performed as an actor, singer and conductor at some of the art world’s most esteemed institutions, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Light Opera Works of Chicago, the Ravinia Festival, the Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Lyric Theatre, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre, Theater Emory, Horizon Theatre and Spivey Hall. Brad’s favorite roles include Homer in Lilies of the Field, Fetch in Fetch, Clay Make Man and his Suzi Bass Award-winning performance as Blue in Chasin Dem Blues. Be sure to get your DVD copy of the motion picture Joyful Noise to see Brad “bust-a-move” alongside Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton.

JADEN ROBINSON (Wyatt/ Ignorance/Turkey Boy/Ensemble, U/S Daniel/Tiny Tim) is truly blessed to be back in A Christmas Carol for the fourth time, moving on after playing Tiny Tim for three seasons. Jaden, 12, is a seventh-grader at DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts, where he maintains a 4.0-4.1 GPA. He’s also a Duke University TIP Participant. Theater credits: A Christmas Carol (Alliance); Uprising

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profiles (Horizon Theatre); Moxie (Theatrical Outfit). Suzi Bass Award nominee. Film/TV: The Bridge, Now What, Wonder (Clubhouse), “Supernatural” and several commercials. Thanks to his mom, Adrian Robinson, and Rosemary Newcott and Jody Feldman for giving him this opportunity to be a part of the Alliance Theatre.

MARCO SCHITTONE (Tiny Tim/Ensemble) is thrilled to return to the Alliance Theatre after making his Broadway debut in Tuck Everlasting (Thomas Tuck/ensemble) this year.

Other notable theater work includes the Alliance Theatre’s Tuck Everlasting (ensemble), and MJCC’s Les Misérables (Gavroche). TV/film: NBC’s “Today Show Live” and “Sleepy Hollow.”

Marco is a fourth-grader in DeKalb County and is part of the Atlanta Boys Dance Troupe. He’s also a proud junior member of the Children Helping Children Foundation. He thanks his family for all their love and support and wishes everyone a very happy and healthy holiday season!

NOA MIRYAM TSUR (Want/ Ensemble) is thrilled to make her professional acting debut in A Christmas Carol. Noa, 9, has trained with the Alliance, Atlanta Children’s Theatre and Get Scene. Credits include Cruella de Vil and Sally Brown. She loves art, piano, singing, guitar, tennis, gymnastics and writing, and is a second-degree tae kwon do black belt. Noa hopes to explore film, television and commercials next. She sends love and gratitude to her parents, Orli, Ilana, the Tsurs, the Donigers, Leslie, her friends, AJA, Catherine Holly, Jennifer Bliss, Rosemary, Jody and the rest of her amazing A Christmas Carol family!

LAURIE WILLIAMSON (Bess/ Ensemble, U/S Mrs. Cracthit) recently performed in Horizon Theatre’s ’Da Kink in My Hair (Novelette). Theater: Sophisticated Ladies, Jelly’s Last Jam, Bel Canto.

Broadway/tour: Singin’ in the Rain, King David, Ragtime, Wonderful Town, Whistle Down the Wind, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

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Dreamcoat, Phantom of the Opera, the Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert: Music of the Night. Concerts: Stockton Symphony; Night of 1000 Voices at London’s Royal Albert Hall; Baltimore Symphony, Bernstein Mass; Urban Arias, Photo Op; Holder’s Music Festival, Barbados; New York City Center Encores!

Television: Judge Harold in “Drop Dead Diva,” Ms. Flood in “Meet the Browns,” Show Boat, South Pacific, commercials and voiceovers. Glory to God! MINKA WILTZ (Peg/Ensemble, U/S Mrs. Fezziwig/Bess) has 15-plus years in theater and 20-plus years in operatic and concert singing. She is a five-time Suzi Bass Award nominee. She began training at 6 years old and toured the world tour with the Young Singers of Callanwolde at age 14. Her work has taken her to Paris, London, Athens, Edinburgh and all over the United States. Atlanta: Horizon Theatre, Actor’s Express, Alliance Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre. Atlanta Opera: chorus of Madame Butterfly under maestro William Fred Scott; featured soloist in the Atlanta premiere of Porgy & Bess (2005) under maestro Stefano; Dido in Dido and Aeneas under maestro Scott in Gainesville. In 2015, Minka presented the first installment piece of her one-woman trilogy Shaking the Wind (2015) and Breathing Fire Moving Earth (2016) at Emory University’s Breaking Ground series.

JOSHUA JONES (U/S Dick/Peter/ Ensemble) is extremely excited to be a part of the Christmas Carol family this year, and thrilled to be making his Atlanta theater debut with the Alliance. Favorite credits include Snoopy!!! (Old Creamery Theatre), Freya (ArtSpot, int’l tour), The Drowsy Chaperone, Les Misérables and Sweeney Todd. A 2014 graduate of Western Carolina University. Endless love and thanks to family and friends for their constant support.

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profiles CHLOE KAY (U/S Belle/Fan/ Martha/Ensemble) is incredibly grateful and excited to make her Atlanta theater and professional debut on the Alliance stage. She is a recent B.F.A. performing arts graduate from the Savannah College of Art and Design. SCAD credits include The Three Musketeers, She Kills Monsters, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Two Gentleman of Verona. Always grateful for the love and support of family and friends.

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ROSEMARY NEWCOTT (Director) is the Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families and has directed dozens of Alliance productions, including, A Christmas Carol; Slur (premiere); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Pearl Cleage’s Tell Me My Dream (premiere); Courage! (premiere); The Wizard of Oz; Seussical; Class of 3000 Live! (premiere); Go Dog Go!; Einstein Is a Dummy (premiere); The Book of Ruth; The Hobbit; and more. She directed the Alliance Palefsky Collision Project for its first 10 years and pioneered the Alliance’s innovative Theatre for the Very Young. Other favorite directing experiences include Jason Invisible and Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical for the Kennedy Center and Frida Libre for La Jolla Playhouse. Rosemary was named an Atlanta Lexus Leader of the Arts in December 2001 and received the prestigious Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship. The Atlanta Journal-Constituion named her best director of the year in 2002 and, in 2005, she won the GTC Distinguished Career Award. She is a 2009 recipient of the Princess Grace Special Projects award and several Suzi awards, including the 2010 Spirit of Suzi Bass Award. She has served on the boards of TYA/USA

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and Kennesaw State University’s theater department. Rosemary has an M.A. in theater from Northwestern University and a B.A. in English and theater from New Jersey City University. Love to Tom. LIZ CAMPBELL (Stage Manager) is so happy to spend the holiday season with A Christmas Carol again this year. Recent Alliance credits include Ugly Lies the Bone; Pancakes, Pancakes!; Tiger Style!; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical; James and the Giant Peach; Shrek; Charlotte’s Web and The Wizard of Oz. Atlanta credits include Dreamgirls, Peter Pan, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Ragtime and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); True Love Lies, Charm School, The Bluest Eye and The Syringa Tree (Horizon Theatre); Dividing the Estate, It’s a Wonderful Life, A Confederacy of Dunces and Big River (Theatrical Outfit). She holds a B.F.A. in theater from Niagara University. Member of Actors’ Equity Association. Love to Ali and Maggie. Thanks to Rosemary, Rodney and Britney. Happy Holidays to all!

R. LAMAR WILLIAMS (Assistant Stage Manager) is an Atlanta native who studied theater at Florida A&M University’s Essential Theatre.

His 16-year tenure at the Alliance has included stage managing such shows as Steel Magnolias, In Love and Warcraft, Choir Boy, Bike America, The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, Carapace, Sammy & Me, Tennis in Nablus, The Second City: Peach Drop Stop & Roll, The Second City: Miracle on 1280 Peachtree Street and Broke. He assistant stage-managed Zorro: The Musical, What I Learned in Paris, August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean & Radio Golf, Doubt, Jelly’s Last Jam and the world premieres of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Sister Act: The Musical and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. B.L.M. and Justice for All. D MARTYN BOOKWALTER (Set Designer) is proud to have shared this 27-year journey of A Christmas Carol with David Bell and the Alliance Theatre, having designed the original production.

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profiles winning Talley’s Folly at the Pasadena Playhouse for Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles; Like Jazz, QED (and the subsequent Lincoln Center Theater production); The Wood Demon; Hunting Cockroaches; Passion Play; Frankie & Johnnie in the Clair De Lune; A Perfect Wedding (inaugural production at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, Calif.); and Barbara Cook’s Mostly Sondheim at the Ahmanson Theatre. He has designed for Geffen Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Playhouse Theatre in London, San Diego Rep, San Jose Rep, Pittsburgh CLO, Colorado Shakespeare Festival and the Colorado Festival of World Theatre.

He was the art director of the Fox TV show “MADtv,” receiving eight consecutive Emmy nominations. Other awards include the 2001 Angstrom Lighting Lifetime Achievement Award from the L.A. Drama Critics Circle, four Drama Critics Circle awards and a Sarah Siddons Award for Design Excellence.

MARIANN VERHEYEN (Costume Designer) has been designing for the Alliance since 1987, most recently for Good People and August: Osage County. Other Alliance shows include Avenue X (Suzi nomination for costume design); August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf; Intimate Apparel (Suzi winner for costume design, 2005-06); Day of the Kings; and Light Up the Sky. New York credits include Cathy Rigby’s Peter Pan, Everybody’s Ruby (Audelco Award nomination), numerous Off-Broadway productions and 10 years of commercial styling.

Regionally, her work has been seen at Ford’s, Huntington and Studio Arena theaters; Missouri Rep; and the Chicago, Alabama, Oregon and Colorado Shakespeare festivals. She has designed costumes for Disney Cruise Lines, Disney World’s Animal Kingdom, SeaWorld San Antonio and Viking Cruise Lines. Mariann has received design awards in New York City, Chicago, Boston and Atlanta, and received distinguished achievement awards from her undergrad and high school alma maters. She leads the costume design program at Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theater.

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beloved friend, Pete Shinn. Pete and his colleagues Steve Jordan and Steven Love, along with many talented crew members, have remounted this design for the past 15 years. Thanks to them for making the lighting look better and better with each passing year.

CLAY BENNING (Sound Designer) has been the resident sound designer at the Alliance Theatre for 16 years, designing more than 90 productions. The list includes 26 world premieres, 30 musicals and 23 Theatre for Young Audiences shows. Recent work includes Disgraced; Pancakes, Pancakes!; Edward Foote; and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Other design work has included Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Geva Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre and the Georgia Aquarium. Awards: Six Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design, with 14 nominations. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), the North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and a member of IATSE/USA829 and TSDCA. MICHAEL FAUSS (Music Director/Conductor) Alliance Theatre: Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; tick, tick ... BOOM!; A Christmas Carol; Chess; The Grapes of Wrath; Pacific Overtures; Little Me; The Robber Bridegroom; Oliver; The Music Man; Guys and Dolls; The King and I; Brigadoon; Cotton Patch Gospel; Falsettos; A Little Night Music; Candide; Peter Pan; Annie Get Your Gun; Forever Plaid; Once on This Island; An American Song; The Boys From Syracuse; Up on the Roof; Not Just Kidstuff. Broadway: Quilters, Peter Pan. Atlanta Lyric Theatre: Gypsy, Music Man, ... Forum, Smokey Joe’s Café, Evita, Man of La Mancha, Secret Garden, Twas the Night Before a Broadway Christmas. Theatrical Outfit: Cotton Patch Gospel, Pump Boys and Dinettes.

Regional: Falsettos, Quilters, Forever Plaid, Sweet and Hot in Harlem. Waterfront Playhouse of Key West: Putnam County Spelling Bee, Urinetown, Reefer Madness, Naked Boys Singing, Musical of Musicals, The Full Monty, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Spamalot, The Producers.

National tours: Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby, Heartstrings 1989; the world premieres of Casper, The Mask, Spider-Man, Dream Machine, England.

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profiles Music director and conductor of 2012 and 2013 Shuler Hensley High School Musical Theater awards.

JODY FELDMAN (Producer & Casting Director) began her theater career as an Atlanta actress before moving into administration as assistant general manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Jody is the producer and casting director at the Alliance, where she started in 1991. With the Alliance she has cast and produced more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions, encompassing a wide range of world premieres including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, What I Learned in Paris by Pearl Cleage, Broke by Janece Shaffer, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin McCraney and more than 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays, plus such world and regional premiere musicals as Tuck Everlasting, Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, Bring It On: The Musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and Harmony, A New Musical. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

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SUSAN V. BOOTH ( Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/ Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, local producing partnerships and regional collaborations as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Tuck Everlasting; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away With Me; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in ’ da Noise, Bring in ’ da Funk and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she has worked at the Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others. She holds degrees from Denison and Northwestern universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation. She has held teaching positions at Northwestern, DePaul and Emory universities and serves as adjunct faculty at Emory University. She is a past president of the board of directors for the Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for the field, and is a trustee at Denison University. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal.

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The annual tradition of revisiting A Christmas Carol is shared throughout the world, but our telling of this classic tale is wonderfully unique in the way it reflects the beauty of the Atlanta community. Welcome to “Dickensian ATL”! Traditional carols with a hint of gospel fill your soul, a multiracial Cratchit family reminds you of true love, and old Scrooge’s journey of redemption is framed by his elaborate warehouse of goods containing treasures from years of theater at the Alliance. As I don my bonnet for another year and prepare to help tell this story, I feel a great sense of joy and responsibility in being a part of such a special tradition for so many.

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synopsis:

Ebenezer Scrooge, a stone-hearted Victorian accountant and money lender, learns the true meaning of Christmas after he is visited on Christmas Eve by four fantastic spirits: the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former partner in the counting house; the Ghost of Christmas Past; the Ghost of Christmas Present; and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The specters reveal to Scrooge the seeds of his loneliness in his youth, opportunities for happiness still within his reach, and his dire future if he continues in his mean and miserly ways.

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about the alliance theatre The Alliance Theatre is Atlanta’s national theater, expanding hearts and minds on stage and off. Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre is the leading producing theater in the Southeast, reaching more than 165,000 patrons annually. The Alliance delivers powerful programming that challenges adult and youth audiences to think critically and care deeply. Under the leadership of Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance Theatre received the Regional Theatre Tony Award® in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education, and community engagement.

Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the Alliance has premiered more than 100 original productions including Tony Award® winners The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice, and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

The Alliance has developed and premiered important American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring, and subsequent productions, including the world premieres of Sister Act: The Musical, Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away, Bring It On: The Musical, Stephen King and John Mellencamp’s Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, the world premiere of the new musical Tuck Everlasting, and most recently, Born for This: the BeBe Winans Story. The Alliance also creates and nurtures the careers of artists through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, producing the world premiere for the competition winner as part of the regular season, and the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, providing developmental support and production resources for three performing arts projects each year.

The Alliance’s dedication to providing access to the arts is reflected in its commitment to creating new work for all ages, and to bringing that work into classrooms and communities across Atlanta and throughout the region. More than 50,000 students each year experience age-specific professional performances and participate in acting classes, drama camps, and in-school initiatives through the Alliance Theatre Acting Program and Education Department. The Alliance’s groundbreaking Kathy and Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young performances offer professionally-produced, fully interactive theater for infants and toddlers; the Palefsky Collision Project invites high school artists to create and perform new civic-minded theater based on a classic text; and community acting classes and skill-building workshops engage professional artists, young actors, business leaders, and curious learners of all ages. Twice recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for leadership in arts education, the Alliance Arts for Learning Institute equips classroom teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum and have been empirically proven to improve student learning. These programs include Georgia Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts and Dramaturgy K–12, in which students create research material that informs Alliance productions and prepares peer audiences.

The work produced by the Alliance allows locally based artists the chance to create on a nationally watched stage, building and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community. The vision of the Alliance Theatre is to be a beacon of leadership for the national field, while remaining deeply rooted in and reflective of our local Atlanta community.

MISSION Atlanta’s national theater, expanding hearts and minds on stage and off.

VISION The Alliance will lead the national field by deeply engaging with its local community, modeling radical inclusion and catalytic experiences on our stages, in our classrooms, and throughout Atlanta. alliancetheatre.org or 404.733.4650

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board of directors officers

Chair Reade Fahs Immediate Past Chair Victoria Palefsky Treasurers Steve Chaddick Fran Rogers

lifetime directors

Rita Anderson Ken Bernhardt Frank Chew Ann Cramer* Linda Davidson Laura Hardman* Hays Mershon Richard S. Myrick Helen Regenstein Bob Reiser Jane Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Ben White

directors

Kristin R. Adams* James Anderson* Kenny Blank Laura Brightwell Peter Carter Jeffrey S. Cashdan Steve Chaddick* Tena Clark Leigh Ann Costley Allison Dukes Fred Ehlers Daryl Evans Reade Fahs* Howard Feinsand* Andrea Freeman Richard Goerss* Pat Gunning Virginia A. Hepner^* Lila Hertz* Jocelyn Hunter* Erika James Christopher M. Jones

Anne Kaiser* John Keller Lauren Kiefer* Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Malinda Krantz Alan McKeon* Dori Miller Hala Moddelmog* Phil Moise* Jane Morgan^ Maureen Morrison Victoria Palefsky* Paul Pendergrass Scott Pioli Helen Smith Price Sean Reardon Patty Reid Margaret Reiser* Fran Rogers* Maurice Rosenbaum Bobby Rosenbloum Surishtha Sehgal Steve Selig Pam Sessions Mark Silberman Chris Sizemore Bill Sleeper Bronson Smith E. Kendrick Smith Karen Spiegel Chandra Stephens-Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker Jill Thomas Rosemarie Thurston Benny Varzi Rebekah Wasserman Brad Watkins Cynthia Widner Wall Jill Wilson Paul Wrights Todd Zeldin

advisory board Advisory Board Chair Laura Hardman* Vice Chair Phil Moise*

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Joel Alvarado Shean L. Atkins Maurice Baker Shana Basnight Danny Blumenfeld Keith Arthur Bolden Donna Bowman Heidi Boykin Kristen Wood Burke Tarsha Whitaker Calloway Madison Cario Andrew Chang Greg Changnon Caren Cook Emily Decker Makeba Dixon-Hill Angela Edmond Lisa Ramirez Ellinger David Felfoldi Ashby Fox Patsy Garrett Matt Geller Karen Gentry Barbara Goldman Henry Gonzalez September Gray Lauren Linder Grunberg Nancy Halwig Janet Stovall Harrell Michael Kaluzny Rachelle Kuramoto Mark Lee Carolina Margarella Santiago Marquez Carol Meadows Ryland McClendon Darryal McCullough Liza McSwain Marjorie Mitchell Dedi Mohr Michelle Morgan Valerie Mosley Joan Netzel Gail O’Neill Michael Parver Kendrick Heather Phillips Kathy Portnoy

Almeera Jiwa Pratt Jennifer Schwartz Ron Segal Jibran Shermohammed Nancy Silverboard Robert D. Simmermon Susan Stiefel Chuck Taylor Natasha Trethewey Alexandra Tucci Shawn Tylka Nse Ufot Leanne Van Dyk Avril Vignos Charmaine Ward Amanda Watkins Ellen Adair Wyche * Executive Committee Member ^ Ex-officio

volunteer leadership

President, STARS Jane Morgan Chairman, Theater Advocates Joan Milsap Chairman, Theater Educators Myra Medlin & Faye Windham Chairman, Theater Ushers Mary Wellington Chairman, Hospitality Susan Stiefel

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sponsors Alliance Sponsors are businesses, corporations and institutions that have supported the work of the Alliance Theatre. We thank them for their generosity and support.

★★★★★★★ $250,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Anonymous

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation

★★★★★★ $100,000+ The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation AT&T Delta Air Lines, Inc. The Edgerton Foundation The Home Depot

The Kendeda Fund The Shubert Foundation Spray Foundation, Inc. Turner

★★★★★ $50,000+ Carter’s Fulton County Board of Commissioners MAP Fund North Highland

PNC R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation Wal-Mart Foundation The Zeist Foundation

★★★★ $25,000+ Atlanta Foundation Camp-Younts Foundation City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Georgia Power

Oscar G. & Elsa S. Mayer Family Foundation Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc. The Rich Foundation The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

★★★ $10,000+ The Abraham J & Phyllis Katz Foundation Accenture Allstate Foundation Alston & Bird Cartoon Network CKKO Foundation

Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Natural Gas Georgia-Pacific Corporation Greenberg Traurig Hire Profile National Endowment for the Arts

State Bank & Trust Company Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP The Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

Jones Day King & Spalding The Rockdale Foundation Rotary Education Foundation Theatre Communications Group

Theatre Forward Thompson Hine United Distributors

★★ $5,000+ Aon Risk Solutions Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia DeepStream VR William and Eva Fox Foundation John and Mary Franklin Foundation

By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2016/17 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 48. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 48 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation. Visit our website at alliancetheatre.org and click on Donate.

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customers each year. With an industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 319 destinations in 57 countries on six continents. Delta is an active partner in supporting community organizations, museums and exhibits that enlighten and inspire people to better themselves and better their world. For more information about Delta, please visit our website at delta.com.

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government

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.

GCA also receives support from its partner agency the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support is provided by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

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annual fund Individual donors contribute more than $2 million to the Alliance Theatre so that we are able to present exceptional theater and educational programming to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/donate or call 404-733-4710.

Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and special events for the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons from June 1, 2015 through November 1, 2016. $100,000+ Dean DuBose & Bronson Smith Spray Foundation, Inc. $50,000+ Katie & Reade Fahs Starr Moore & the James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky $25,000+ Ms. Kristin Adams Barbara & Steve Chaddick Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. Fredric M. Ehlers & Mr. David Lile Ellen & Howard Feinsand David & Carolyn Gould Jocelyn J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer Hala & Steve Moddelmog Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Dan & Garnet Reardon Patty & Doug Reid Linda & Steve Selig; Kathy & Steve Kuranoff Sally G. Tomlinson Mr. & Mrs. Bradford L. Watkins Paul Wrights $15,000-$24,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Stephanie Blank Susan Booth & Max Leventhal Laura Brightwell LeighAnn & Chad Costley Linda & Gene Davidson Doris & Matthew Geller Marsha & Richard Goerss Doug & Lila Hertz Anne & Mark Kaiser John C. Keller David & Mary Jane Kirkpatrick Malinda Krantz Jane & Hicks Lanier Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Phil & Caroline MoĂŻse Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Bob & Margaret Reiser Waffle House Mark & Linda Silberman Dr. & Mrs. Robert Simmermon Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles* & Delores Stephens Rosemarie & David Thurston Mark & Rebekah Wasserman Mr. & Mrs. Monte Wilson Amy & Todd Zeldin $10,000-$14,999

Mr. & Mrs. William Dukes Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Evans Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Andrea & Boland Jones Mrs. Leslie Joyce James & Lori Kilberg L. Paul Pendergrass Mr. & Mrs. Sean Reardon Travis Reed & Michael Kriethe of Harry Norman Realtors Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Bobby & Debra Rosenbloum Dr. & Mrs. R. K. Sehgal Pam Sessions & Don Donnelly Mr. & Mrs. Chris Sizemore William & Margarita Sleeper Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Karen & John Spiegel Tim & Maria Tassopoulous Carol & Ramon TomĂŠ Family Fund Benny & Roxanne Varzi Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner $7,500-$9,999 James Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Adam Fuller Mr. Christopher M. Jones & Mr. Roger J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. $5,000-$7,499 Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow John & Lynn Ayers Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Frank Buonanotte Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Ezra Cohen Charitable Trust Eve & Bob Eckardt Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott John & Cindy Ethridge Diane & Daryl Evans Karen & Andrew Ghertner Erin & John Heyman Mrs. Erika James Paul & Rosthema Kastin David L. Kuniansky Anna & Hays Mershon Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Mr. & Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Scott, Dallas, & Mia Pioli Bill & Rhonda Rowland Sharon & David Schachter Alan & Cyndy* Schreihofer Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton III Mr. & Mrs. Sandeep Soni Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Lynne & Steve Steindel Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Susan & Tom Wardell

The Balloun Family Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Mr. & Mrs. Peter Carter Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Cashdan

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Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Anonymous Arcus Capital Partners Ellen Arnovitz Karen Beardslee & Susie McGinnis Ariana L. Hargrave Sara & Alex Brown Frank & Mary Anne Chew Mark & Ruth Coan Susan & Ed Croft Ann & Jim Curry Mr. & Mrs. C. Edward Dobbs Marcia & John Donnell Bo & Eileen DuBose Diane Durgin Eierman Foundation Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Michael & Jody Feldman Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Viki & Paul Freeman Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Heidi & David Geller John Vaught & Karen Gentry Tuvy Guss in Memory of Pete Shinn Mrs. Carrie G. Hall Burch & Mark Hanson Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Henry & EttaRae Hirsch Foundation Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Linda & Richard Hubert Mr. Wayne S. Hyatt Jason & Laurie Jeffay Samuel B Kellett, Sr. Foundation Leslie D. Leigh M.D. Kristie L. Madara Daniel Marks & Keri Powell Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Dedi & Julian Mohr June M. Morrison Susan & David Peterson Sam & Barbara Pettway Helen M. Regenstein Nancy & Charlie Rigby Peter & Alice Rogers Sonny & Jeanne Seals Charlotte & Tom Shields Brian Shively & Jim Jinhong Nancy & Gerald Silverboard Mr. & Mrs. E. Kendrick Smith Linda & Mason Stephenson Karen & Alex Stickney Susan & Alan Stiefel Russell B. Still in honor of Carol Jones Maria-Ruth Storts Michael & June Tompkins Cynthia Widner Wall & James A. Wall J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Sue S. Williams Lynne Winship The Zaban Foundation John & Kathy Zamer

Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda C. Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Theodore & Andrea Altholz Mr. & Mrs. Brian Anderson Mary Allen Arnold Elizabeth & John Bacon Mr. & Mrs. Roland L. Bates Candace & Jeff Bell Mark & Pam Bell Mr. & Mrs. John Benator Jeff Bergstrom Shirley Blaine Mrs. Lucinda W. Bunnen Aubrey & Carol Bush Susan & Tom Callaway Candace Carson Melodie H. Clayton Rita & Ralph Connell Brad & Sally Currey Bill Damaschke Richard & Linda Davis Phil Delanty Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dermer Ralph & Ree Edwards The Robert S. Elster Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Tim Eyerly Andrew & Wendie Fisher Linda M. Garrett Mr. & Mrs. Taylor Glover Lynne & Jack Halpern Valerie Hartman John Haupert & Bryan Brooks Richard & Dorothy Hines Stephen & Taylor Horne Dr. Joyce F. Houser Adrienne Hudson Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Mark Keiser Dr. William A. Kiser Steven & Sheri Labovitz Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh, III Raymond & Penelope McPhee Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Janice & Tom Munsterman Debbie & Lon Neese Bill & Carey Peard Peg Petersen Karen Porch Erin Quinn Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Dr. Denise Raynor Rebecca & John Reeves Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Dr. & Mrs. Fredric Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Mark Rosenberg Sam Schwartz & Lynn Goldowski Dr. and Mrs. Robert Simmermon Smith, LLC Mr. Scott Sorrels Ms. Martha B. Stephens & Ms. Linda B. August Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Alan Sunshine

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$1,000 - $1,499 Dr. & Mrs. Marshall Abes Sharon Adams Michael & Andrea Barrett Mr. & Mrs. Billy Bauman Mr. & Mrs. Francis S. Blake Thomas Brown Family Charity Dean & Tarsha W. Calloway David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin Julian Dejuan Bryan & Barbara Fields Mr. & Mrs. William C. Fowler Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Goodman Mr. Kevin Greiner & Mrs. Robyn S. Roberts James & Vicki Griffiths Warren M. Gump Mr. Lucas Hathaway Mr. Walter Henderson Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel Bruce & Elizabeth Herman Benjamin & Allison Hill in Memory of Pete Shinn Mark Hobson The International Council of Fine Arts Deans Suzanne & Thad King Lucy Kinnaird Mrs. Bobbi Kornblit Elizabeth Levine In honor of Billy Levine Richard Long & Sheri Easton-Long Lubo Fund William McKay Jim & Jo McLean Carol & Dart Meadows Susan L. Nardelli Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Joan Netzel & John Gronwall Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ollinger Mr. Thomas Pinckney Dr. Jerry & Mrs. Linda Richman Roger & Lynn Ritvo in honor of Ken McNeil Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Neil & Susan Sandler Chris Schneider Elizabeth Wallace & Christopher Scislowicz Rochelle Barker Shinn in Memory of Pete Shinn Jane E. Shivers Philip Slaughter Mr. Richard Thomas Laura Thruston in Memory of Pete Shinn Mrs. & Mr. Velma C. Tilley Ms. Avril Vignos Vogel Family Foundation Mr. Kevin Warren Adrienne Whitehead John Williamson Melody Wilder Wilson Ms. Amy Winokur William & Nancy Yang P.J. Younglove Hovey

$500 - $749 Mr. Thomas G. Abrams & Mr. Britt Wood Joe Arnold Dr. Evelyn R. Babey Dr. Gordon Baker Barbizon in Memory of Pete Shinn Michael & Mary Baron Ms. Mary Bergh Thomas & Wendy Betenia Betty Blondeau-Russell Judge JoAnn Bowens Bonny Breuer Helen Brown Thomas Brown Mr. James Clements Mr. & Mrs. Charles Conover Ms. Celestine Cookson Darryl Cooper Rosalie & Max Cooper B.J. Erb, M.D. & Bruce I. Crabtree III Lisa Cremin & Bruce Harlan Celeste Davis WMLB, AM 1690 Dr. Julia Emmons Leonard Epley Ms. Gail H. Evans Angeline Fife Debbie Frank Pat & Jerry Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Edward T.M. Garland Matty L. Garrett Ed Gentle George T. Baker Foundation, Inc. Martin & Doris Goldstein Dan & Susan Graveline Julie Hadden Nancy & J. Michael Halwig MD Tyson Harper Dawn & Jack Hereth Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Hermann Mr. Edward Hewett James A. Hill Mr. & Mrs. David E. Homrich Darlene & Lonnie Jenkins William Kendall Christopher Kettrey in Memory of Pete Shinn Carol & Paul Kurtz Liz Lee & Liz Brock in Memory of Pete Shinn Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell Lippman Michael Lipsitt

Guidian Healthcare Consulting Doug & Norma McNeill Stacia Minton Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Dennis & Debra Murphy Margaret H. Murphy Ellen & George Nemhauser Mr. & Mrs. Peter O’Hanlon Anna & Richard Pare John & Helen Parker Jana Stein-Payan Mike Peck LP Pendergrass Physical Therapy Pros LLC Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pollock Deborah Chasin & Dennis Renyi Douglas & Reginia Riffey Carol Riggs Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Rothberg Dr. Susan E. Shapiro David & Virginia Sjoquist Brenda J. Smith Chantel Taylor Herman & Jasmine Taylor Lanie Taylor & Evan Pontz Johnie L. Teague Mr. & Mrs. Norman Thomas Wanda & Robert Truesdale Leanne Van Dyk Dan & Jennifer Van Horn Mr. & Mrs. Ted Verren Mr. Bradlee C. Ward Mark & Dara Wassersug Amanda Watkins Caitlin Way Greg & Teresa Wellborn The Westminster Schools Mr. & Ms. Jonathan Wilfong Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Williamson Joyce Smith Wilson Ms. Kristen Wood Burke & Mr. Adam Burke Sherry & Donn Wright $250 - $499 Alfred G. & Sarah H. Adams Howell E. Adams Jr. & Madeline Adams Veronica Alfieri Kim Amato Mr. Brandon Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Anderson Cyndae Arrendale Darlene Badger Tammy & Chad Bagwell Salma & Heath Bailey Maurice Baker Mr. Paul L. Benkeser Stephen & Candy Berman Jay Bernath Tracy Berry Mr. Tom Blakely Judith Lyon & Ron Bloom Mr. & Mrs. Brett Boatright Nana Boone Heidi Boykin Dr. Harold J. Brody Michael & Amanda Brown Carol Cook Bryant Mr. Paul Bumblauskas Rosalyn & Stephen Bush Paxton Caldwell Joseph Cantwell Lewis Carr Shonda Cheekes

Mr. William T. Clewell Mr. & Mrs. Peter Cobb Kitty & Ezra Cohen Liz & Charlie Cohn Julianne Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Cole Kenneth Collins Janeen Cook Mr. & Mrs. Greg D. Cook Jean & Jerry Cooper Ms. Lindy Crase Mr. & Mrs. James B. Crew, Jr. Gray & Marge Crouse Shelley Danzy Thomas & Ella Dasher Carol Comstock & Jim Davis Mark Demers Mary Grace Diehl & Michael Jablonski James & Dorinda Dorsett Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Dreger Alexandra & Charlotte Dretler Cydnee & Rob McDubrof Mr. & Mrs. Scott Duncan Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dyson Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Sonnet Edmonds Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Dr. Kenneth Mark Ellner Bill Everett Jane Fahey & Emmet Bondurant Mr. & Mrs. Faulkenberry Laura Federspiel John & Cam Fenton Mrs. Eleanor H. Finley Mr. & Mrs. Jackson C. Floyd, Jr. Daniel & Simone Forbes Dixil Francis Steve & Peggy Freedman Ms. Ronni French Kamieka Gabriel Dick & Anne Game Mr. Joe Gantt Shelley & Bruce Gaynes Alexander Gdalevich Mr. & Mrs. Chris Gentry Derrick & Rachel Gervin Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Goldman Mitchell Goodman & Wendy Orent-Goodman Mary C. Gramling Mr. Joshua Gray Ms. Kimberly Gresh Edward & Erika Gross James & Andrea Grubiak Bruce & Alison Hagen Mr. Alan H. Halpern Mr. & Mrs. Howard I. Halpern Mr. Alfred Hanner JD & Teresa Hatten Sarah Hawbecker & William Fuller Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Haynes Carole Hays Tim Heard Chauntina Hill Eboni Holliday Mr. David Hooker Ms. Fredricka Horne Mr. & Mrs. Jim Hubbert Mitchell & Pam Hughes Mr. & Mrs. Randolph Hutto Lealani Irby Sherman & Alyce James Mr. Amil & Rhea Johnson Eric & Carol Johnson

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annual fund Individual donors contribute more than $2 million to the Alliance Theatre so that we are able to present exceptional theater and educational programming to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. To find out more about the benefits of giving or to make your gift, visit us at alliancetheatre.org/donate or call 404-733-4710.

Listed below are pledges and gifts to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and special events for the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons from June 1, 2015 through November 1, 2016.

Lee & Alyse Jones $250 - $499 (cont’d) John & Shelly Kacergis Drs. Sharon Neulinger & Richard Kaplan Carolyn L. Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich Maureen P. Kiely Kittner Associates Mr. Matthew Klein Mr. Charles R. Kowal Elaine LaLonde Ms. Leslie Lambert & Ms. Jacki Moore Ms. Cynthia Landis J. Bancroft Lesesne Mr. Joel Lobel & Ms. Debbie A. Smith Amie Locicero Heather Love Kenneth & Molly Lynch Mr. James M. Macknik Sarah Macknik Renita Mathis Ronald McCauley Kirkland McGhee Ms. B. E. Minga & Mr. Walter Smith Ms. Diane Moldenhauer Chris & Brittany Moses Jennifer Motley Mr. & Mrs. Ali Muhammad Clair & Thomas Muller Kathleen Murphy Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Murray Ms. Renee Najour-Payne Ms. Darlene Nazaire Arthur Orekyeh Mr. & Mrs. Michael Orr Leonard Pallats Dr. Jesse R. Peel, M.D. Mrs. Martha Pentecost Sophia Brothers Peterman Dr. James L. Powell Michael Quinlan Sinead Quinn Rosemary Rausch Dr. Edna Rawlings Candace Ray Ms. Connie R. Reed Dr. Cecil Reeves & Mr. Alonzo Daniel, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Reeves Leslie Resnik Ed & Sandy Rhein Jean Rich Divida Gude Douglas & Reginia Riffey Mr. & Mrs. Ted J. Rikard Jose Rivera Miss Lillie M. Robbins Brian & Lynn Roberts Marlene M. Robertson Vicie A Rolling James H. Rollins & Jillian S. Kaechele Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Ross Dale Royal Turkessa Rudder Scot Safon & Rebecca Leary Safon Ms. Olga S. Satterfield

Mr. & Mrs. Andy Sayles Amy Jeanne Rosenberg Schwartz The Robbins Scourtis Family Ronald & Jill Segal Deena Serafin Bennie & Yvonne Shaw Ms. Elizabeth A. Shiavo Naponisha Sivad Mr. & Mrs. Sam Sligar Victoria Sloan Fred B. Smith Putnam & Carmen Smith Shawn O. Smith Tate & Paige Smith Will Smith Amy Steelman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Steiner Dennis Stevens Jennifer Stone Frank & Anne Strickland Arlene & David Taylor Ms. Laura E. Thruston Mr. & Mrs. Dave Tolman Mr. & Mrs. William H. Townsend Amanda Tucker Chris & Marcie Tuten Ms. Stephanie Van Parys & Mr. Robert A. Cleveland Mr. & Mrs. Wayne R. Vason Willie & Joyce Vasser Mr. & Mrs. Jerel Verner Kevin & Alexandra Ward Mia Warlick in Memory of Pete Shinn Brooke Weinmann In Honor of Winston Weinmann Ed & Connie Whittington Carissa Williams Mr. & Mrs. Richard Williams Kiki Wilson L. Lamar Wilson Mr. Jorn Winter Alice & Blake Wood Honey & Howard Workman Ann Wrightson in Memory of Pete Shinn Kareem Yearwood David Yelich Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Young Dorothy Zujkowski $150 - $249 Kendra & Jeffrey Adams Rev. & Mrs. Lawrence C. Adams Marjorie J. Adler Obinna Agbo Ms. Shoshana Agichtein Delton & Edith Allen Ms. Tamaya Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Lee Asher Deleana Badger James Ball Wayne & Patricia Barker Ms. Margaret Beasley Drs. Mark & Laura Beaty Tom & Betty Beberg Dr. Annette Bernard Gifford Berry

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Mr. Paul F. Bianchi Nancy & Gary Bivins Ms. Sandra Blair Mr. & Mrs. Greg Blount Peter Boedy Ms. Janet Bogle William & Elizabeth Borland Claire Broadwell Miriam Brodkin Merv & Schan Brown Neysa Brown Benjamin Bryan Mrs. & Mr. Carol B. Buhler Deborah Butler Mack & Linda Butler Merrell & Connie Calhoun Jamila Canady Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Catalfano Rick Chambers Gardner & Peggy Chambliss Mr. & Mrs. Andy Childers Dr. Kimberly Christmas Helena Cochran-Jones Andrea Strickland & N. Jerold Cohen David Collins Bill & Jennifer Combs Jessica P. Corley Sandra M. Cortner Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. Cowart Dr. Bryan Crafts Benjamin Crawford Ms. Latosha Crawford Dr. & Mrs. George W. Daneker, Jr. Hal & Laurie Daniel Glenda G. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Davis Mr. Michael Dawkins Robert A. DeMetz John Demicco III Mr. & Mrs. Phillip M. Dial Kirk Diamond Karen A. Diehl Ray Dingledine Steve Dix Thomas Doran Barbara R. Dorsey Ms. Andrea Dresdner Ms. Jennifer Roxanne Eady Dr. & Mrs. S. Boyd Eaton Celia Ebert Holman & Lee Edmond Sherri D. Ekers Mrs. Nancy Elsas John & Suzanne Ernst Mr. Richard Evans Ashley Filip Stella & Stan Firestone Rand Fisher Julie Fishman & Terry Pechacek Ms. Catherine Fletcher David Foster Dr. & Mrs. Richard D. Franco Mr. Keith Franklin Mr. Henry Frazier Homer S. French May Gourrier French

Lance Gatlin Mr. Richard Gelting Sander & Marina Gilman Judith & Robert Golomb Amina Grant Ms. Peggy S. Greer Ellen Griffith Dr. Irina Grigoriev & Mrs. Galina Grigoriev Lou Grill Bob & Bea Grossman Lisa Grove Mr. Michael Grover David Guy Mr. & Mrs. Garrett Hale Lakeysha Hallmon Melinda S. Hamm Ms. Quincy Hammond Raluca Hanea Mr. & Mrs. Mark Hansil Ms. Carly D. Harrington Kenyon Harris Connor & Heather Harrison Laurie Hart Mr. & Mrs. Mark Haughland Regina Haynes James & Susan Heerin Ms. Karen A. Hegtvedt & Mr. Patrick Flinn Mary Margaret Hendrix Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Heyer Glenda Hicks Kathy H. Hitchcock Mrs. Barbara Horowitz Mr. Robert J. Hulsey Susan Hurst Michelle Hylton Mr. & Mrs. George Ickes Dr. Gary K. Iskol Annette Janowitz Rebecca Jarvis Mr. & Mrs. Lee Jenkins Lisha Hocking & Scott Johnson Tiffany Johnson Mr. Wendell L. Johnson Ms. Anjo Jones Jennifer Jones Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kalista Mavis Kalmback Mr. Barnabas Kane Annette & Paul Kersting Robert & Jane Kibler Mr. & Mrs. Robert Klein Jason Klomp Mr. & Mrs. Loren Koch Rachelle Kuramoto Mr. Peter B. LaHatte & Ms. Cyndy Woodrow Mrs. Karen Lakin Mr. & Mrs. Bernard and Edwina Lee Mr. & Mrs. John Lee Mr. Richard Lee Mr. Scott Levere Fred & Ann Levin Allan & Vivian Levine Ms. Janice E. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Bert Lewyn

annual fund $150 - $249 (cont’d) Ms. Brenda J. Lighter Weihua Liu Lawrence Schall & Betty Londergan Ms. Carolanne Lott Al Lurey Mr. Anthony Majersky Ms. Natalie Malin-Davis Ms. Sasha Davis Mr. & Mrs. Christopher W. Marinac Sonya Matchan Terry & Elaine McClean Donna & Robert McCoy Velda McCoy Laura McLain Ms. Jessica Mecklenburg Shelley Milakofsky Richard Millman & Sandy Clague Burt & Ruth Mirsky DonnaMarie Mitchell Nancy J. Moore Dr. & Mrs. R. Stephen Morgan Dr. & Mrs. Terry R. Morris Esther Nelms Rosemary Newcott Mr. J. Paul Newell & Ms. Susan A. Andresen Stuart & Fiona Norris Deborah Olson Gabriela Oprea Meghan Paine Ms. Patricia Parrish Darvin & Nikita Patterson Vance Patton Scott Pearson Phylis Preston Brenda Pruitt Elizabeth Ralston McGowan Bill Ransom & Donna Woodruff Mr. & Mrs. Bob Reardon Susan H. Reinach Emil Risby Mr. & Mrs. William Roberts Gloria J. Rodgers Darkenia Rogers Ami Rosen Mr. & Mrs. Roger Rupnow Fred & Carol Salmons

Jane & Rein Saral The Sawyer Family Mr. & Mrs. William Schnitzer Steve & Stephanie Schramm Bruce B. Schultz Zakiyyah Shaheed Glenn Sherman Ms. Jacqueline R. Sherman Ms. Mary Sherman Eve Shulmister Elaine Harris Emily Silberman Morrie & Mimi Spang Jack Spencer Robert Sperry Kelly Loeffler Barry Spurlock Atlanta Workshop Players Ms. Harriette Staton Samantha Storey Mr. & Mrs. Kenard G. Strauss Mr. & Mrs. Mani Subramanian Mr. Sean P. Sullivan & Dr. Alicia A. Diaz Patricia & James Sykes Francoise Szikman Vicky Tabor & Kenny Atha Drusilla Talley Beverly D. Thomas Donald Thompson Mr. Dwight A. Thompson Vernon Tullos Debra Turner Susan Turner Ms. Kathleen Tylka Mr. Brian Valdez Jill Von Grey Ms. Loretta Walker Mr. Marcus Washington Larry & Laura Weiner Tucker Weinmann Jamie Weisman & Victor Balaban Reverend & Mrs. John Westerhoff Dr. & Mrs. Anon E. Westmoreland Kim Boldthen & Carolyn Wheeler Laura Whitlock Glynda Whitlow Ms. Janice Wilbanks Janie Wilburn Angela Williams

Timothy Williams Alfred Wilson Mr. Steve Wilson Christin Woods Tim & Mary Yoder Nancy Young * Deceased

Alliance Theatre Staff Giving We would like to thank the following Alliance Theatre & Woodruff Arts Center staff members who have contributed to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund and Transformation Campaign.

Emika Abe Brooke Beall Jessica Boatright Susan V. Booth Scott Bowne Kristin Buckley Jamie Clements Kat Conley Patrick Conley Megan DeWitt Christina Dresser Jody Feldman Collins Goss

Danielle Hicks Jim Hubbert Rachel Jones Megan Kier Kyle Longwell Liz Lyons Michael Lyons Suzanne Morris Victor Mouledoux Leora Morris Christopher Moses Margo Moskowitz Patrick Myers

Rosemary Newcott Mary Alice Nichols J. Noble Courtney O’Neill Elisia’ Parker Willie Parks Thomas Pinckney Rebecca Pogue Melissa Rose Mike Schleifer Amy Schwartz Brian Shively Vincent Simons

Paige Smith Matthew Tanner Bret Torbeck Laura Thruston Caitlin Way Cindy Lou Who Jackalyn Williams Jennifer Williford Michael Winn

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annual fund legacy society The following are members of the Legacy Society who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The Legacy Society is the special recognition group for those who have included the Theatre in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, please contact Caitlin Way, Associate Director of Development, Board/Major Gifts at 404-733-4757 or caitlin.way@alliancetheatre.org.

Rita M. Anderson Anonymous Betty Blondeau-Russell Jim & Anne Breedlove Ezra Cohen Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft, III Sallie Adams Daniel Linda & Gene Davidson Howard & Ellen Feinsand Laura & John Hardman Glen E. & Nancy Hesler

P.J. Younglove Hovey William C. Hyde Lauren & David Kiefer Virginia Vann* & Ken Large Anna & Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Phil & Caroline Moise Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Victoria & Howard Palefsky Jan Pomerantz Helen M. Regenstein Margaret & Bob Reiser

Neal & Tricia Schachtel Mr. & Mrs.* Charles B. Shelton, III Jane E. Shivers Roger J. Smith & Christopher M. Jones Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White

* deceased

matching gift companies We would like to thank the following companies who have matched contributions to the Alliance Theatre Annual Fund. Please visit alliancetheatre.org/match to find out if your employer will match your contribution.

American Express AIG Corporation Aon Risk Solutions AT&T Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Chubb Corporation The Coca-Cola Company Deloitte Equifax, Inc.

GE Energy Georgia Power Home Depot Foundation Honda Motor Co. IBM Corporation JPMorgan Chase Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation Microsoft Corporation Neiman Marcus

Norfolk Southern Corporation Plum Creek Prudential Financial Publix Super Markets Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. Verizon Corporation Yahoo!

Wells Fargo

Do you appreciate live theatre, enjoy meeting new people and trying new things? If so, then get involved with one of the largest volunteer forces in the arts. The Alliance Theatre volunteer STARS program offers a wide range of opportunities, which includes advocating for live theatre, ushering for Alliance productions, participating in and staffing fundraising & hospitality events, and assisting Alliance staff members with daily office tasks. STARS is composed of three committees working together on fundsaving and fund-raising projects to benefit the theatre. The three committees are the Theatre Advocates, the Theatre Educators, and the Theatre Ushers.

For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Michael Winn at Michael.Winn@ alliancetheatre.org.

THE WOODRUFF CIRCLE Woodruff Circle members each contribute more than $250,000 annually to support the arts and education work of the Woodruff Arts Center, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art. We are deeply grateful to these 38 partners who lead our efforts to ensure the arts thrive in our community.

$1 MILLION+

$500,000+ A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (2) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Bank of America Chick-fil-A Foundation / Rhonda and Dan Cathy Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. The Home Depot Foundation The Marcus Foundation, Inc.

Spray Foundation, Inc. SunTrust Foundation SunTrust Bank Teammates and The SunTrust Trusteed Foundations: Florence C. and Harry L. English Memorial Fund Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust

Terra Foundation for American Art Wells Fargo

$400,000+ Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Foundation The Douglas J. Hertz Family PwC, Partners & Employees

Patty and Doug Reid The Rich Foundation The Sara Giles Moore Foundation

$300,000+ Mr. and Mrs. C. Merrell Calhoun The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte, its Partners & Employees Forward Arts Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Keough King & Spalding, Partners & Employees UPS Mr. and Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wood

$250,000+ EY, Partners & Employees Invesco Ltd. KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees

Turner wish Foundation

Woodruff Circle & Patron Circle donations made: June 1, 2015 – May 31, 2016 Beauchamp C. Carr Challenge Fund Donors

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THE PATRON CIRCLE $200,000+

A Friend of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra AT&T Georgia-Pacific Corporation Estate of Jeannie Hearn Beth and Tommy Holder Jane and Clayton Jackson Jones Day Foundation & Employees Sarah and Jim Kennedy Lucy R. and Gary Lee, Jr. Estate of Amy Norman Louise S. Sams and Jerome Grilhot Margaret and Terry Stent Tull Charitable Foundation

$150,000+

1180 Peachtree A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center Alston & Bird LLP The Antinori Foundation / Ron and Susan Antinori BB&T Joe and Alexis Best III The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund-Atlanta Equifax, Inc. Fulton County Arts Council The Howell Fund, Inc. Victoria and Howard Palefsky PNC Estate of Shirley Rivers The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation Mrs. Sue Williams

$100,000+

A Friend of the Alliance Theatre HerbertAllen / Allen & Company AmericasMart Atlanta The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Atlanta Foundation Sandra and Dan Baldwin Lucinda W. Bunnen Barbara and Steve Chaddick City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Ann and Jeff Cramer Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation / Dan W. Boone III First Data Corporation Sally and Carl Gable Carol and Paul Garcia Helen C. Griffith Kaiser Permanente Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Emily and Carl Knobloch Morgens West Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Northern Trust Company The Pittulloch Foundation Margaret and Bob Reiser The Richman Family Foundation Southern Company Gas

Carol and Ramon Tomé Family Fund WestRock Company Woodruff Arts Center Employees

$75,000+

Alexander Babbage, Inc. Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Kathy and Ken Bernhardt Frances B. Bunzl Cisco Edgerton Foundation New American Plays The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Starr Moore and the James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation North Highland Publix Super Market Charities Mrs. Ruth Magness Rollins Triad Foundation, Inc.

$50,000+

Akris ALPLA Susan and Richard Anderson Assurant Atlanta Braves Birch Communications Kenny and Nancy Blank Bloomberg The Carter’s Charitable Foundation Carolynn Cooper and Pratap Mukharji Crawford & Company Katie and Reade Fahs Ellen and Howard Feinsand The Frances and Beverly DuBose Foundation, Inc. Paul and Kate Gaffney Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III General Electric Company Genuine Parts Company The Graves Foundation The Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton H. Howell, Jr. Karen and Jeb Hughes Isdell Family Foundation Mr. Michael Kaufmann John C. Keller The Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation Massey Charitable Trust NCR Foundation Norfolk Southern Corporation One Museum Place Primerica, Inc. R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation Razorfish Regions Bank Mr. and Mrs. Fred Richman Mr. Ferdinand C. Seefried Chip and Sharon Shirley The Shops Buckhead Atlanta

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The Patron Circle includes donors who generously made contributions to our FY16 annual funds and/or long-term special projects and endowment funds.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Bronson Smith Sara and Paul Steinfeld Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Target Stores United Distributors, Inc. voestalpine Waffle House Susan and Tom Wardell Elizabeth and Chris Willett Joni Winston

$25,000+

A Friend of the High Museum of Art Kristie and Charles Abney Accenture LLP Ms. Kristin Adams Madeline and Howell Adams, Jr. Allstate Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Arby’s Foundation, Inc. Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Spring and Tom Asher Atlanta Marriott Marquis AVYVE Axiall Corporation The Balloun Family Juanita and Gregory Baranco Anna and Ed Bastian Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Blackney BNY Mellon Wealth Management Mr. Charles Brady John and Mary Brock John and Rosemary Brown Camp-Younts Foundation The Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. Bert and Cathy Clark Cobb EMC Community Foundation Cousins Properties Inc. Sherri and Jesse Crawford Creative Industries Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. Elaine and Erroll Davis Marcia and John Donnell Catherine Warren Dukehart Lynn Eden Brooke and Rod Edmond Emory University Peggy Foreman Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Charlotte R. Garson Georgia Natural Gas Gertrude and William C. Wardlaw Fund GMT Capital Corporation David and Carolyn Gould Grant Thornton LLP Nancy and Holcombe Green Joy and Tony Greene Judah S. Gudelsky Robert Hall Gunn, Jr. James B. Hannan The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Heineken USA Virginia Hepner and Malcolm Barnes

Allison and Ben Hill Holder Construction Infor Global Solutions Jim Cox, Jr. Fund JLL Katie and West Johnson Lori and Bill Johnson Andrea and Boland Jones Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keough The Klaus Family Foundation Malinda and David Krantz Lisa & Ron Brill Charitable Trust Karole and John Lloyd Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Mr. and Mrs. Forrest McClain Sally and Allen McDaniel Mr. Harris N. Miller and Ms. Deborah A. Kahn Mueller Water Products, Inc. Terence L. and Jeanne P. Neal Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Newell Brands Novelis, Inc. Barbara and Sanford Orkin Oscar G. and Elsa S. Mayer Family Foundation Oxford Industries, Inc. John R. Paddock, PhD and Karen M. Schwartz, PhD Vicki and John Palmer Beth and David Park Sally and Pete Parsonson Mrs. Martha Pentecost Mr. and Mrs. Michael Plant Porsche Cars North America Inc. Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund Printpack PulteGroup, Inc. Quikrete Mr. and Mrs. Peter Quinones Mr. and Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe The Ray M. and Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Dan and Garnet Reardon Richard Gray Gallery, LLC Rocket Camp Phyllis and Sidney Rodbell Alyson and Greg Rogers Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. Phil Sadler Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. SCANA Energy Bill and Rachel Schultz Mrs. William A. Schwartz Joyce and Henry Schwob The Selig Foundation: Linda & Steve Selig and Cathy & Steve Kuranoff ServiceNow Siemens Smith & Howard, P.C. Mrs. Lessie Smithgall Southwest Airlines Southwire Company

$25,000+ Continued

Karen and John Spiegel Jeffrey Sprecher and Kelly Loeffler State Bank & Trust Company Mr. David Stockert and Ms. Cameron Ives Swarovski Greer and Alex Taylor Sally G. Tomlinson Total Wine & More Transwestern TriMont Real Estate Advisors Troutman Sanders LLP The Vasser Woolley Foundation, Inc. Vontobel Swiss Wealth Advisors AG Walter Clay Hill and Family Foundation Rebekah and Mark Wasserman Rod Westmoreland Joan N. Whitcomb Ann Marie and John B. White, Jr. Susan and John Wieland Loraine P. Williams Wilmington Trust Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Diane Wisebram and Edward D. Jewell Estate of Dorothy M. Yates Ellen and John Yates Amy and Todd Zeldin

$15,000+

A Friend of the Alliance Theatre A Friend of the High Museum of Art (3) A Friend of the Woodruff Arts Center ABM Acuity Brands, Inc. Keith Adams and Kerry Heyward Alice S. Powers Irrevocable Trust Alvarez & Marsal Amec Foster Wheeler Yum and Ross Arnold Neal K. Aronson Atlantic American Corporation/Delta Life Insurance Company/ Gray Television Atlantic Capital Bank Atlantic Trust Company Barbara and Ron Balser Bank of North Georgia/ Synovus Financial Corp Lisa and Joe Bankoff Susan R. Bell and Patrick M. Morris Kelly O. and Neil H. Berman Nancy and Phil Binkow Stan and Laura Blackburn The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Stephanie Blank BlueCross BlueShield of Georgia Missy and Roland Boney Susan V. Booth and Max Leventhal

The Boston Consulting Group Jim and Lisa Boswell Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Boykin Breman Foundation, Inc. Brown & Brown Insurance, Inc. Janine Brown and Alex J. Simmons, Jr. Bryan Cave Burr & Forman LLP Ms. Mary Cahill and Mr. Rory Murphy The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation The Casey-Slade Group, Merrill Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Jefrrey S. Cashdan Wright and Alison Caughman CBH International, Inc. Center Family Foundation The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Chubb Susan and Carl Cofer Brian and Melinda Corbett Barbara and Lee Coulter Ann and Tom Cousins W. Scott Creasman Marjorie and Carter Crittenden Michelle and David Crosland Charlene Crusoe-Ingram and Earnest Ingram Russell Currey and Amy Durrell Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. Harry and Wendy Cynkus Mr. and Mrs. James C. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Jay M. Davis Cari Katrice Dawson and John Martin Sparrow Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Denny, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Dixon Margaret and Scott Dozier Mr. W. Daniel Ebersole and Mrs. Sarah A. Eby-Ebersole L. Franklyn Elliott, M.D. Nick Franz The Fred and Sue McGehee Family Charitable Fund Betty Sands Fuller Gas South, LLC Doris and Matthew Geller Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Crown Distributing Company Greg and Lillian Giornelli Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Goerss Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goodsell Sara Goza Graphic Packaging International, Inc. Jason and Carey Guggenheim/Boston Consulting Group Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Mr. Kenneth Haines

Harry Norman Realtors Sara and Jeff Hehir Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Hohlstein Mr. and Mrs. Jack K. Holland Catherine and Rob Hutchinson Ida Alice Ryan Charitable Trust Roya and Bahman Irvani Mrs. Maribeth M. Jameson and Mr. L. Norwood Jameson Liza and Brad Jancik Lou Brown Jewell John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Foundation Mary and Neil Johnson Robert and Sherry Johnson Mr. Baxter P. Jones and Dr. Jiong Yan James F. Kelly Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. David E. Kiefer James and Lori Kilberg Kimberly-Clark Corporation Joel Knox and Joan Marmo Wendy and Scott Kopp Kurt P. Kuehn and Cheryl Davis L & C Wood Family Foundation James H. Landon Donna Lee and Howard Ehni Elaine L. Levin Mr. and Mrs. Bertram L. Levy Livingston Foundation, Inc. Macy’s Meghan and Clarke Magruder Chip Mann and Bill Gilmore Larry and Lisa Mark Mr. and Mrs. John S. Markwalter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mike McCarthy Margot and Danny McCaul Ken and Carolyn Meltzer Merrill Lynch—Buckhead Anna and Hays Mershon MGM Resorts International Hala and Steve Moddelmog Phil and Caroline Moïse Morgan Stanley-Atlanta Private Wealth Management Northwestern Mutual/ Northwestern Benefit Caroline and Joe O’Donnell Lynn and Galen Oelkers Stephen and Marjorie Osheroff Sunny Park Karen and Richard Parker Mr. and Mrs. Solon P. Patterson Perkins & Will, Inc. Susan and David Peterson Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Piedmont National Family Foundation Post Properties Inc. PRGX Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rawson

Raymond James Financial, Inc. Travis Reed and Michael Kriethe of Harry Norman Realtors Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reeves Regal Entertainment Group Betsy and Lee Robinson Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rogers, Jr. Rooms To Go Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Arnold B. Rubenstein Jack Sawyer and Dr. Bill Torres Mark and Linda Silberman Skanska USA Inc. The Slumgullion Charitable Fund Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Elise and Nick Spina Staging Directions Loren and Gail Starr Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles and Delores Stephens Les Stumpff and Sandy Moon Michelle and Stephen Sullivan Surya Hugh M. Tarbutton, Jr. G. Kimbrough Taylor and Triska Drake Judith and Mark Taylor Lisa Cannon Taylor and Chuck Taylor Thomas H. Lanier Foundation Lizanne Thomas and David Black Alison and Joe Thompson Rosemarie and David Thurston Trapp Family The Trillist Companies, Inc./ YOO on the Park Mr. and Mrs. Rhett L. Turner US Bank John and Ray Uttenhove Veritiv Verizon Wireless Paul E. Viera and Gail O’Neill Patrick and Susie Viguerie Reggie and Kim Walker Kathy N. Waller Leigh and Tim Walsh Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation Adair and Dick White Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Williams James B. and Betty A. Williams Richard Williams and Janet Lavine Willis Towers Watson The Winstead Group Dina Woodruff Mike Wright - Harry Norman, Realtors Yancey Bros. Co Mary and Bob Yellowlees

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alliance theatre staff ARTISTIC Jennings Hertz Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary Newcott Producer & Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Feldman Director of New Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Celise Kalke Playwright in Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pearl Cleage Yale Directing Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leora Morris Artistic Support Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Kleypas Kenny Leon Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Matthews Spelman Interns . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ciara Jones, Maya Lawrence, Janerica Smith Yale Theater Management Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa Rose Reiser Lab Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Anderson, David De Vries, Patricia Henritze, Matt Huff, Derreck Kayongo, Hank Kimmel, Vynnie Meli, Mary Lynn Owen, Naima Carter Russell, Kendall Simpson

Properties Properties Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Liz Lyons Master Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suzanne Cooper Morris Props Artisan and Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kimberly Townsend Props Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Butkovich Scenery Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle Longwell Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Kier Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Conley Lead Welder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Lyons Lead Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Victor Mouledoux Jr. Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manny Abreo, Cassie Garner Charge Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kat Conley Scenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Beall

Production Management Director of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Victor W. Smith Sound Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margo Moskowitz Resident Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clay Benning Production Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Jarvis Costumes Sound Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kris Meyer, Emma Lipsitt, Holly O’Reagan Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Cone Stage Management Assistant Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Andrew Resident Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bret Torbeck Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Jaked Carrier Alliance Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lark hackshaw, Liz Campbell, Barbara O’Haley, R. Lamar Williams Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diana L. Thomas Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jayson T. Waddell Stitchers/1st Hands . . . . . . . . . . Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Brett Parker Stage Management Production Assistants . . . . Skylar Burks, Britney DeRosa, Kara Procell Wig Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsay Ewing Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hauzia Conyers, Katy Munroe, Niki Traxler Stage Management Apprentice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shawanna Hall Stage Operations Electrics Staff Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gabby Ide, Steve Jordan, Stage Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Rachel Jones Theresa Davis, Shelli Delgado, Jorge Donoso, John Doyle, Rachael Endrizzi, Jessica Espinoza, Sharon Foote, Daryl Funn, Allison Gardner, Trevor Goble, Database & Content Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christina Dresser Neeley Gossett, Al Hamacher, Robert Hindsman, Jeremiah Parker Hobbs, Family Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Olivia Aston Bosworth Catherine Dee Holly, BJ Hughes, Rachel Jones, Ameenah Kaplan, Adam King, Early Childhood Program Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Buckley David Kote, LeeAnna Lambert, Clayton Landey, Bethany Lind, Nicole Livieratos, Teen & Adult Programs Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Wallis Cara Mantella, Gloria Martin, Marielle Martinez, Tiffany McGettee, Bryan Mercer, Institute Program Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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