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Director Kent Gash on bringing the Tony Award速winning play to the Alliance.

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What are you capable of?

I don’t mean that in the superhuman feats of physical derringdo sense, I mean that in the “oh NOW you’ve gone and ticked me off and I am rolling up my sleeves/taking off my earrings” sense. Anger is a human universal, but how it manifests can be deeply revealing of the individual. And watching it manifest at close range can make for both great sport and vivid theatre.

It’s a wildly reductive reading of his philosophies, but I always thought Hobbes (the thinker, not the tiger) was spot on with his assessment of human nature as essentially self interested. And absent the existence of a functional social contract, we might all act like a bunch of — well, tigers. Part of the brilliance of God of Carnage is how handily and delightfully it blows up those social contracts. Those graceful and unspoken agreements we usually abide by. Until we don’t. And the sleeves roll up and the earrings come off and the throwing down begins. The chardonnay sipper turns into the gladiator and we all lean forward. With what? Fear? Delight? Relief that it’s them and not us? Or maybe envy that it’s them and not us…?

I’ve loved this play for a long time. We did a reading of it several years ago when it was first translated, but by the time we tried to secure the rights, it had been fast tracked for the West End and then Broadway. But the good news about the wait is that now we have the opportunity to offer you a production helmed by a dear Alliance friend and former colleague, the inestimable Kent Gash. It’s lovely to have him back and he will, I think, appreciate a final sentiment from no less a champion of deeply primal throwdowns than Bette Davis: Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.

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pending an evening with the two couples at the heart of God of Carnage is a little like having drinks with George and Martha, the battling couple who set the gold standard for marital melt downs in Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? We immediately sense that all is not well with the Raleighs and the Novaks. What takes a minute longer for us to realize is that maybe all is not as well with us as we hoped it might be.

To our surprise, we may see something of ourselves in their earnest efforts to respond appropriately to a playground conflict between their children that escalated into physical violence. We watch nervously, maybe even laughing a little, as their carefully cultivated civility quickly degenerates into escalating psychic violence that pits one against the other in an ever shifting landscape of attacks and alliances where no one can be sure from which direction the next barb might be launched. By the end of the play, when the two exhausted

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by PEARL CLEAGE

couples are about to go their separate ways, a good whack in the face with a playground stick seems perhaps the lesser of two evils.

With dialogue as brittle as it is familiar, playwright Yasmina Reza captures the deep sense of alienation and unease that lies just beneath the carefully controlled surfaces of the character’s lives. These are people who can chatter on and on about the secret ingredient that makes an unforgettable clafouti, but who seem

clueless about what it takes to be a good parent, a good husband, a good wife, a loving son or a responsible, engaged citizen of the planet. The play draws its characters slowly into the terrifying realization that they are not who they thought they were, or even who they wanted others to believe they might be. Their most intimate relationships are shown to be hollow, poisoned by things unsaid and conflicts unresolved.

The idea that their children, spoken about but never seen, are independent creatures who form gangs and fight for status and position among their peers as ruthlessly as any adults, seems not to have occurred to either set of parents until the moment we see them arguing passionately that the kids are savages or saints, with no possible shades of grey in between.

With increasing desperation, Veronica Novak argues for “the possibility of improvement,” as the four turn on each other with an unexpected ferocity that leads finally to the drowning of a cell phone that is practically a fifth character and the destruction of an innocent bouquet of tulips, bought from the Korean deli down the street with such high hopes and then dashed to the living room floor with a watery splash and the shattering of glass. We listen to a last-ditch attempt to reassure

a heartbroken child that life is not as cruel as she suspects it may be after the death of her pet hamster under suspicious circumstances. But after watching Yasmina Reza’s brilliant play, we may find ourselves suspecting that in the face of “the god of carnage,” the child may be closer to the truth than we would like to admit.

I have only experienced this play in the pages of the printed script. The voices of these desperate people have only existed inside my head, so I have awaited this production with great anticipation. I have admired the work of Crystal Fox and Jasmine Guy over many years, including their amazing performances in three of my own plays. Keith Randolph Smith and Geoffrey Darnell Williams are among the most talented actors working in the American theatre today. I have no doubt that the members of this ensemble will push each other, and those of us who are privileged to watch them, as close to the truth as we can stand. And then just a little closer.

Pearl Cleage is the Alliance Theatre’s Artist in Dialogue and author of several novels and plays, including What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, Flyin’ West and The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years. alliancetheatre.org

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god of carnage Director Kent Gash on bringing the Tony Award®-winning play to the Alliance by bret love

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he Alliance Theatre’s production of Yasmine Reza’s God Of Carnage has some mighty big shoes to fill.

The original Broadway production had an all-star cast featuring Hope Davis, Jeff Daniels, James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden. All four were nominated for 2009 Tony awards, with Harden winning Best Leading Actress, Matthew Warchus winning for Best Direction, and the production taking home honors for Best Play.

Fortunately, director Kent Gash — the Alliance’s former Associate Artistic Director and current director of NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ New Studio on Broadway: Music, Theatre & Acting — is more than up to the challenge. His version of the play uses an all African American cast that includes Jasmine Guy, Keith Randolph Smith, Crystal Fox and Geoffrey Darnell Williams, providing a unique cultural lens through which to view Reza’s potent

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story. Encore Atlanta spoke with Gash to get his take on God of Carnage.

What do you think it is about playwright Yasmine Reza that people respond to in such a powerful manner?

I think both this play and [her breakthrough play] Art speak to the surface challenges of life; in this case, the ongoing adventure of parenting and responsibility for our actions. God Of Carnage is seductively entertaining while always testing who we are, who we think we are and what primal instincts lurk beneath the veneer of civilization.

At our core, are we really that evolved as a species? There are big, complex questions explored, but the exploration is always on a human scale, engaging our hearts and our heads.

What was it about God Of Carnage’s story that resonated with you as a director?

What I find powerful is that no one is what they seem to be on the surface. So often in life we’re put in situations that call into question who we are, what we’re made of and what’s important to us.

What lengths will we go to when our family is threatened? How quickly do we become territorial, tribal or clannish? Is that instinct, impulse or both? What do our faces look like when we remove the mask of civilization and good manners? I began my career as an actor, and any play that features four extraordinarily complex characters is a feast for consummate actors. The opportunity to bring this work to Atlanta audiences with this glorious cast was too good to refuse.

The topic of violence and bullying in schools has become increasingly sensitive. Do you feel the show taps into our cultural zeitgeist in some way?

I definitely think that the play has become more timely now than when it was originally written. Sadly, bullying (and its tragic aftermath) is a greater problem now than ever before. But the play is less about the bullying and brutality among children and more about how much the adults may become animals, or children, when trying to act calmly and rationally on behalf of their offspring.

Your production of the play is the first to use an all African American cast. Why was that important, and what dimensions do you think your approach adds to the show?

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I think the all African American cast is important simply because there are four consummate African American actors who will be giving bravura performances. We will not change the text; we will simply tell the story through this cultural lens. I think there will be unique nuances brought to this production by virtue of the cultural context. Atlanta is a rich and diverse cosmopolitan city with a thriving African American population that’s as educated, successful and diverse as the four characters on stage. People will see themselves, or their friends and neighbors. Sometimes the best theatre reflects its audience and the community that receives the work. This seemed like a wonderful way to present God Of Carnage to all of Atlanta.

In the end, what do you hope audiences will take away from this production?

I hope that the audience is sore from laughing uproariously and moved from getting a glimpse of themselves. Most of all, I hope that we continue to act in ways that bring our idea of ourselves at our best, more in line with our behavior, our actions and how we treat each other.

Bret Love is the founder of GreenGlobal Travel.com; the national managing editor of INsite magazine; and music editor for Georgia Music Magazine. He freelances for national and international publications, and performs on numerous improv teams with Jackpie at Relapse Theatre.

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CANCER INSTITUTE

ALLIANCE THEATRE presents

Written by

Yasmina reza Translated by CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON Set Design by

Costume Design by

Lighting Design by

Sound Design by

Edward E. Haynes, Jr.

Kara Harmon

Liz Lee

Clay Benning

Production Stage Manager

Casting by

Amy L. Gilbert

Jody Feldman, CSA

Directed by Kent Gash GOD OF CARNAGE was produced on Broadway by Robert Fox, David Pugh, & Dafydd Rogers, Stuart Thompson, Scott Rudin, Jon B. Platt, The Weinstein Company and The Shubert Organization.

GOD OF CARNAGE is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Season Sponsored by:

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cast in alphabetical order

*Crystal Fox.......................................................................... Annette Raleigh *Jasmine Guy..........................................................................Veronica Novak *Keith Randolph Smith.............................................................Michael Novak *Geoffrey Darnell Williams........................................................... Alan Raleigh

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

Danyé Brown............................................. US Veronica Novak/Annette Raleigh Jon Chaffin...................................................... US Michael Novak/Alan Raleigh David Koté.......................................................................... Assistant Director Jiréh Holder.............................................................. Dramaturgical Assistance *Amy L. Gilbert.......................................................Production Stage Manager *Libby Mickle........................................................... Assistant Stage Manager Barbara Gantt.........................................................Apprentice Stage Manager *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Partial support for open captioning provided by the Theatre Development Fund.

There will be NO intermission.

Setting:

A living room. Present day.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited, is a violation of United States Copyright Law and is an actionable Federal Offense.

Cameras and recording devices are absolutely prohibited in the theatre. Cell phones and pagers are extremely disturbing and should be silenced before the performance begins.

The Alliance Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union.

The Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young Audiences (ASSITEJ/USA), The Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Midtown Alliance.

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Crystal Fox

Jasmine Guy

Keith Randolph Smith

danyÉ brown

Jon Chaffin

Geoffrey Darnell Williams

The Alliance Theatre, is proud to partner with the Atlanta University Center (Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College) on this production.

The apprentice understudies have participated in the rehearsal period and have studied an assigned role in the show.

TERRI ABNEY

ZURI ADELE

MYRICK MITCHELL

CHRISTIAN WILSON

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profiles CRYSTAL FOX (Annette Raleigh) is delighted to return to her home theatre, the Alliance stage, after enjoying a "back by popular demand" performance of 3 Sistahs last summer at Horizon Theatre Company. She recently completed a successful run of Two Trains Running at Penumbra Theatre Company, in St. Paul, Minn., her seventh August Wilson play. She received a 2009 IRNE (Independent Reviewers of New England) Award and the 2010 Elliot Norton Award for best/ outstanding actress for her work in Fences, directed by Kenny Leon. Other credits include: Every Tongue Confess (Arena Stage); For Colored Girls (Portland Center Stage and True Colors Theatre); and Antony & Cleopatra, Comedy of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Film and TV credits include “In the Heat of the Night,” “House of Payne,” “Law & Order,” “Sopranos,” Old Settler, Mama Floras’ Family, When We Were Colored and Driving Miss Daisy.

JASMINE GUY (Veronica Novak) Broadway: The Wiz, Leader of the Pack, Grease and Chicago, starring as Velma Kelly. Regional: Fool for Love opposite Kenny Leon. Television: Created the iconic Southern belle Whitley Gilbert on “A Different World,” for which she won six consecutive NAACP Image Awards and numerous other honors; “Queen,” with Halle Berry; Anne Rice’s “Feast of All Saints”; “America’s Dream,” with Wesley Snipes; “Touched by an Angel”; “Fame”; “NYPD Blue”; “Melrose Place”; “Drop Dead Diva”; “Vampire Diaries”; and Showtime’s “Dead Like Me.” Film: Spike Lee’s School

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Daze, Eddie Murphy’s Harlem Nights, Klash, Diamond Men, Guinevere and The Heart Specialist. Jasmine’s stage directing credits include productions of For Colored Girls, with Nicole Ari Parker and Robin Givens; The Bluest Eye at Spelman College; I Dream, the world premiere musical/opera about the life of The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Brownie Points at Theatrical Outfit; and The Colored Museum, for Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company. Jasmine wrote Evolution of a Revolutionary (Atria Books) about the life and journey of Afeni Shakur, and released her debut album (Warner Bros. Records) in 1990.

She is Producing Director of Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, where she resides with her daughter.

KEITH RANDOLPH SMITH (Michael Novak) Alliance: King Hedley II. Broadway: Fences; King Hedley II; Piano Lesson; Come Back Little Sheba; Salome. Off-Broadway: Jitney; Fabulation; Midsummer Night’s Dream; First Breeze of Summer; Holiday Heart; Before It Hits Home; A Soldier’s Play. Regional: Looking Over the President’s Shoulder; Seven Guitars; Le Trois Dumas; The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove; Cobb; The Heliotrope Bouquet; Resurrection; Three Sisters; Death of a Salesman. Film: Malcolm X; Girl Six; Three Windows; Backstreet Justice; Warrior Class; Journeymen; Path to Paradise. Television: “Onion Sports Network”; “Cosby”; “NY Undercover”; “Law & Order”; “Law & Order: SVU”; “Law & Order: CI”; “I’ll Fly Away”; “One Life to Live”; “All My Children.”

profiles GEOFFREY DARNELL WILLIAMS (Alan Raleigh) most recently appeared in the Horizon Theatre production of Tree by Julie Hebert. Happy to be returning home, Alliance Theatre audiences may remember Geoffrey from False Creeds, King Hedley II, A Question of Mercy, A Raisin in the Sun and six seasons of A Christmas Carol.

Geoffrey has enjoyed performing on various regional stages thoughout the years and would like to thank Kent Gash for this wonderful opportunity.

DANYÉ BROWN (US Veronica/Annette) a native of Detroit, holds a master of fine arts in acting from UCLA. Her acting abilities and performance skills were further developed through such characters as Marta in Sorrows and Rejoicings, Lady Ann in Macbeth, Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew and Inez in Our Lady of 121st, to name a few. While in Atlanta, she has been fortunate enough to work with directors such as Freddie Hendricks, Kenneth Green (In the Midnight Hour), Hilda Willis (In Her Defense: Afeni Shakur) and Tom Jones (Holler!). Danyé’s interests also lie in the hearts of young artists. She teaches theatre at Clark Atlanta University and the Southwest Arts Center where she is also on staff.

She thanks God for His unconditional love and appreciates her family and friends near and far for their continued love and support.

JON CHAFFIN (US Michael Novak/ Alan Raleigh) A Stone Mountain native, Jon began his professional acting career in 2008 with supporting roles

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in the indie films Jack Squad (2009) and Dirty Martini (2009). That same year, he had guest-starring roles on “Atlanta Homicide” and the Lifetime series “Army Wives.” Jon’s most recent credits include Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne” (2011); Embree Perry’s “No Mo’ Games” (2012); “Life.

Less” (2011); “Altered” (2012); and “96 Minutes” (2012). Jon is also an accomplished writer, having authored six screenplays. In 2010, he co-wrote, produced and starred in the thriller, Eros. Jon is a graduate of Fort Valley State University and a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. He lives in Atlanta.

TERRI ABNEY (Apprentice Understudy) is extremely excited to be blessed with the opportunity to apprentice understudy Annette alongside this incredibly talented and amazing cast.

Hailing from Washington, D.C., Terri is a senior theatre arts major at Clark Atlanta University. She recently finished portraying Angel/Simone in Cheryl L. West’s Before it Hits Home, directed by Eric J. Little. Terri has worked alongside Aunjanue Ellis as the lead character Money in Ryan Richmond’s film Money Matters. Terri has also been seen in Go Ask Alice as Jill and Delia /Girl/Missie Mae in Spunk, directed by Freddie Hendricks on Clark Atlanta University’s stage.

ZURI ADELE (Apprentice Understudy) A senior drama major at Spelman College, Zuri recently spent her junior year performing and training with the British American Drama Academy

profiles in London. Her most recent shows allowed her to star in Antigone and Jane Eyre at London’s Oval House Theatre, as well as The Bluest Eye, directed by Jasmine Guy. Zuri has just returned from South Africa where she spent her summer assisting with acting workshops at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. She is elated to kick off her return to Atlanta with the opportunity to understudy at Alliance Theatre!

MYRICK MITCHELL (Apprentice Understudy) Born and raised in Miami, Fla., Myrick attended the New World School of the Arts for stage managing and starred in several plays such as Chicago, Angels in America, Metamorphoses and The Elephant Man. During his final year at NWSA he helped to bring home a Superior for the State Theatre Competition in Orlando.

Currently, Myrick is a senior drama major at Morehouse College with an accumulative 3.5 GPA. He remains active in the Morehouse Business Association, Americorps, Hands on Miami, Miami Dade Chamber of Commerce and the collegiate chapter of the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. CHRISTIAN WILSON (Apprentice Understudy) is currently a junior at Morehouse College, majoring in drama with a concentration in performance, and a minor in music with a focus in performance. Throughout his matriculation, Christian worked as creative director of Playwright’s Workshop, and served both artistically and logistically for their festival of new

plays entitled Unbound. Christian has performed in: Emory’s Brave New Works 2011 cycle, Spelman’s Fabulation, Jiréh Holder’s Rain Drops, and Playwright Workshop’s depiction of Lost for Words. In February, Christian can be seen in Emory's production of The Book of Joe. YASMINA REZA (Playwright) is a French playwright and novelist, based in Paris, whose works have all been multi-award-winning, critical and popular international successes, produced worldwide and translated into 35 languages. She has written seven plays Conversations After A Burial, The Passage of Winter, "Art," The Unexpected Man, Life x 3, A Spanish Play, God of Carnage and How You Talk the Game; and 6 novels Hammerklavier, Une Desolation (Desolation), Adam Haberberg, Dans la Luge d'Arthur Schopenhauer, "Nulle Part and L'Aube, le Soir ou la Nuit (Dawn Dusk or Night.

Films include: Le Pique-Nique de Lulu Kreutz, directed by Didier Martiny and Chicas, written and directed by the author.

KENT GASH (Director) is director of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ New Studio on Broadway, where he has directed Assassins and The Who’s Tommy. Mr. Gash is co-author and director of Langston in Harlem, winner of an NYC Audelco Award for best musical. New York: Broke-ology at Julliard; the premiere of Miss Evers' Boys for the Melting Pot Theatre Company; Duke Ellington’s Beggar’s Holiday; and the first revival of Home.

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profiles Mr. Gash is the former associate artistic director of the Alliance Theatre, where he directed and choreographed 26 Miles (world premiere); Wilson’s Radio Golf; Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies; Sleuth; Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue; Jelly’s Last Jam; Tick, Tick… Boom; Five Guys Named Moe; Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog (with Trinity Repertory Company and New Repertory, winner of Boston Critics Circle Elliot Norton Award for best director, 2004-05); Wilson’s King Hedley II; Shakespeare’s R&J; and Pacific Overtures (with Cincinnati Playhouse and North Shore, Elliot Norton Award for best musical and nine IRNE Awards including best musical and best director of a musical).

Productions in Atlanta: Actor's Express' premiere of Love Jerry as well as Some Men and Steel Magnolias for Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company.

Regional productions: Seven Guitars at Marin Theatre Company; the Cleveland Playhouse production of Mahalia; Crowns, Gee’s Bend and Pure Confidence for the Denver Center Theatre; The Brothers Size for the McCarter; Wig Out at Sundance; adapting and directing the Intiman Theatre’s Native Son; and nine productions of Ain’t Misbehavin.’ For Shakespeare Santa Cruz: Private Lives and Coriolanus. As associate artistic director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival: The Negro of Peter the Great (Southern Writers' Project — world premiere), Guys and Dolls, Godspell, Beehive, A Night in Tunisia (SWP — world premiere), Troilus and

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Cressida, Twelfth Night and Five Guys Named Moe. EDWARD E. HAYNES, JR. (Set Designer) is excited to be returning to the Alliance Theatre where he previously designed Gem of the Ocean, Radio Golf and Sleuth. Regional credits include: The Mark Taper Forum (School for Scandal, Having Our Say, Carpa Clash); The Kirk Douglas Theatre (Solomania, All Wear Bowlers); The Intiman Theatre (Native Son); The Geffen Playhouse (Emergency!); Trinity Rep. (Voir Dire, From The Mississippi Delta); Berkeley Rep (Having Our Say, All Wear Bowlers); South Coast Rep. (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill); The Alley Theatre (Having Our Say); The Hollywood Bowl (My Fair Lady); Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Tunisia, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Aaronville Dawning); and many he can no longer remember. Television credits include “MTV’s Spring Break 2011,” “Hip Hop Harry” for Discovery Kids/ TLC and “Culture Clash” for Fox TV. Ed is the proud father of 17-year-old twin boys, Denis and Wesly, and husband to director Elizabeth Bell-Haynes.

KARA HARMON (Costume Designer) Credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); Assassins, The Who’s Tommy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and St. Joan (NYU); They Call Him Young Lou (The Cherry Pit); The Trouble With Doug (Cap 21); The Music Man and A Muse in Love (STONC); Stretch, a fantastia (New Georges); Office Sonata (Impetuous Theater); The Life …

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profiles Pasolini (Act French Theatre Festival); and multiple productions with the OC Theatre Company. Ithaca College: Chicago, The Waiting Room, Seussical the Musical and Our Country’s Good.

Film credits include With You, Without You; The Roe Effect (ABFF winner); How to Rock a First Date; and Esquinero.

Kara’s assistant credits include: The Illusion (Signature Theatre,) White Noise (Chicago), Compulsion (Public Theatre), American Idiot (Berkeley Rep), Memphis (Schubert Broadway) and multiple productions at the Juilliard School. Kara is an alumnus of Ithaca College and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

LIZ LEE (Lighting Designer) always enjoys her work at the Alliance. Her previous designs include Sleuth, Cuttin’ Up, Tick, Tick … Boom!, and Top Dog/ Under Dog. Based in Atlanta, she is producer and resident lighting designer for the Center for Puppetry Arts, where her most recent projects include Space! and Ruth and the Green Book.

Other recent designs include Shrew the Musical for Georgia Shakespeare.

Clay Benning (Sound Designer) has been the resident sound designer at the Alliance Theatre for 12 years. He has designed more than 70 productions, including Pacific Overtures, Class of 3000, Jelly’s Last Jam, August: Osage County, Five Guys Named Moe, Eurydice and Topdog/Underdog. He is also an associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare with designs for more than 18 productions including King Lear, Metamorphoses, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Antigone and

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Pericles. Other work includes the Atlanta Ballet: The Great Gatsby, big (featuring Big Boi). Regional work: Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre. Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2009 Suzi Bass awards for best sound design (Metamorphoses, False Creeds and Titus Andronicus).

Production sound engineer for the world premieres of The Color Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL and Bring It On: The Musical. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (BA), North Carolina School of the Arts (MFA) and a member of IATSE/ USA829.

AMY L. GILBERT (Production Stage Manager) National Tour: Dora the Explorer, Live! Dora’s Pirate Adventure.

Regional Theatre: A Chorus Line, Arizona Broadway Theatre, Peoria, AZ; The Sun Serpent, Childsplay, Inc., Tempe, AZ; Torture Team, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT; The Nerd, Madison Repertory Theatre, Madison, WI; Forever Plaid, Connecticut Theatre Festival/Kennesaw Summer Stage; Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN. Atlanta Theatre: Gut Bucket Blues, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company; Voir un Ami Pleurer, L’Evanouie, Theatre du Reve; The Disputation, Jewish Theatre of the South; Time of Your Life, Spring Awakening, Brave New Works, Theater Emory; Season’s Greetings, Something's Afoot, Scotland Road, The Lion in Winter, Georgia Ensemble Theatre; Frame 312, Moon for the Misbegotten, Christmas Carol (ASM

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LIBBY MICKLE (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be making her debut with the Alliance Theatre.

She has been working at Theatre in the Square, most recently stage managing Sanders Family Christmas, Mount Pleasant Homecoming, and Circle Mirror Transformation. She has also worked as an ASM at Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock and the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. Libby is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.

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Jody Feldman (Associate Producer) has been the head of casting for the Alliance Theatre since 1991. She has cast more than 200 LORT B, D and TYA productions for the Alliance including a wide range of classical, contemporary and world premiere dramas and musicals. She has worked with such directors as Susan V. Booth, Kenny Leon, David H. Bell, Kent Gash, Doug Hughes, Gary Griffin, Molly Smith and Andy Blankenbuehler. Since the Alliance is a center for new play development and productions, Jody has been privileged to cast a large number of new plays including The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, Flyin’ West and Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell McCraney, and world premiere musicals such as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical, and Bring

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It On: The Musical. Jody also serves as casting director for Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company and worked as Atlanta casting director for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Tribute in Washington, D.C., and the feature film Charming the Hearts of Men. Jody began her theatre career as an actress and then as assistant general manager of the Academy Theatre with Frank Wittow. More than anything, Jody would like to thank you for being here to share the joy of live theatre with her Alliance Theatre family.

Susan V. Booth (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) Susan joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001. Over the past 10 seasons, she has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Aliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, created local producing partnerships and overseen regional collaborative productions, as well as commercial partnerships on projects including The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in Da’ Noise, Bring in Da’ Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL, which she also directed. As a director, she has worked nationally at theatres including 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

profiles Denison and Northwestern Universities and was a fellow of the National Critics Institute and the Kemper Foundation.

She has held teaching positions at Northwestern and DePaul Universities, and serves as adjunct faculty with Emory University. She is the immediate past president of the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group

(the national service organization for the field), is on the artistic board of the Steinberg Charitable Trust in New York, and serves on the board of the Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal. susan.booth@ woodruffcenter.org

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profiles Synopsis Two sets of parents, Alan and Annette visiting Michael and Veronica, meet for a dinner to discuss a playground conflict: Alan and Annette’s son has hit Michael and Veronica’s son with a stick, breaking two teeth. The parents have gathered to amicably discuss how to deal with the boys, but the evening quickly descends into discord and a ruined coffee-table book. Class fissures within the upper middle class milieu emerge. The discussion soon melts down into each adults’ relationship with “the god of carnage” as opposed to “the art of coexistence.”

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According to Webster’s dictionary, the word “carnage” is defined as a great slaughter or injury. I start off with this definition, as what I find in the play, God of Carnage, is that the interaction between these two families, that were brought together to have a “civilized” discussion about how to handle an accident amongst two children, actually results in the severe “slaughtering” or “injuring” of their civility and humanity. I found that the play explores the concept of civility, and how we as human beings, can get so enraptured in the superficial barriers of race and class, that we lose sight of what connects us … our humanity. I think this play allows us the wonderful opportunity to go back to the core meaning of the old saying, “Treat others as you would want to be treated” and to embrace that in our daily lives.

— Imara Canady, Vice President of Programming and Strategic Partnerships, National Center for Civil and Human Rights

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 four separate organizations working together on fund-saving and fund-raising projects to benefit the theatre. The four volunteer groups are the Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild, Alliance Theatre Guild, the Direct Volunteers and the Usher Corps.

For more information on becoming a volunteer, please contact Shana Orr at shana.orr@woodruffcenter.org or call 404.733.4761.

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about the alliance theatre Founded in 1968, the Alliance Theatre remains closely tied to the cultural identity of Atlanta, growing as the city has grown. The theatre has gained national recognition and prominence as we have become a leading international city. In 1977, the Alliance merged with the Atlanta Children’s Theatre (founded in 1929) in order to include Atlanta’s youngest audiences in fully produced theatrical experiences. In 1979, the Alliance created the Theatre School (now the Acting Program and Education Department) in order to strengthen the relationship with our community. In 2007, under the leadership of Susan Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director, the Alliance received the Regional Theatre Tony Award®, in recognition of sustained excellence in programming, education and community engagement.

Realizing that our audience and the national field supports plays developed in Atlanta, the Alliance has created a large body of new work. The Alliance produces world premiere American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent regional productions. The theatre creates and nurtures the plays and careers of earlycareer playwrights through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwright Competition, providing a premiere for the winner as part of our regular season and national networking opportunities for four finalists. Locally based artists create work on a nationally watched stage, launching and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community. Finally we create and produce original plays for young audiences at every age level: from the Collision Project, which creates opportunities for high school artists to collide with classic texts, to the ground-breaking Theatre for the Very Young, creating interactive work for infants and toddlers.

The Alliance takes great pride in our multi-generational educational programming. Believing that the same excellence found on our stage must be found in our education programs, the Alliance created the Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists. A collaborative partnership between the Alliance and partner schools, the institute programs equip teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum, align with the Georgia Performance Standards and increase student learning. These innovative programs include GA Wolf Trap, a nationally recognized professional learning program that focuses on literacy skills for children in pre-K – 2nd grade, Dramaturgy K-12, a unique program that empowers student scholars to create research material that both informs Alliance productions and prepares their peer audiences; and Collision Plus, which takes the creativity and collaboration of the Collision Project into our high school classrooms. The Alliance also offers community education, including classes for all ages and abilities of theatre interest; and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development (working with local writers and playwrights from the National Graduate Playwriting Competition). Twice recognized by the Federal Department of Education as leaders in the field of arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to city-wide arts access.

The Alliance Theatre strives to set the highest artistic standards and create the powerful experience of shared theatre for a diverse audience. Above all else, we value excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration.

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board of directors Officers Board Chair Vice Chair Immediate Past Chair Treasurer

Dan Reardon Victoria Palefsky Howard L. Feinsand Patrick J. Gunning

Directors James L. Anderson Joe Bankoff Kenny Blank Mark Callaway Steve Chaddick Alan Colberg Linda Davidson Philippa V. Ellis Daryl Evans Reade Fahs A.D. Frazier Andrew Golde Laura Hardman Lila Hertz

Jocelyn Hunter Rosthema Viener Kastin John Keller James Kilberg Jeff Levy Valarie Lischer Cynthia H. Maloy Alan McKeon S. Alan McKnight, Jr. John Hays Mershon Hala Moddelmog Philip H. MoĂŻse Maureen Morrison Richard S. Myrick

Rita M. Anderson Kenneth L. Bernhardt Frank S. Chew Ann W. Cramer

George Goodwin Helen M. Regenstein Robert E. Reiser, Jr. Debbie Shelton

Life Directors

Scarlet Pressley-Brown Helen Smith Price Maurice M. Rosenbaum William B. Rowland Stephen Selig William D. Sleeper H. Bronson Smith Karen Spiegel Charles E. Taylor Robert Walker Peter D. Weitzner P.J. Younglove Hovey

Jane E. Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson Benjamin T. White

Advisory Board Madelyn Adams Tracie Arnold Terri Bagen Neil Barclay Candace Bell Mark Bell Barry Berlin Veronica Biggins Melanie Boltax Sarah Robinson Borders Erin Brown Stephen Brown Donna Burchfield Susan Callaway James Cox Chambers Ron Clark Tony Conway Richard Cravey Jackie Cushman Sallie Daniel Debbie Dermer John Deushane Patricia L. Dickey

Advisory Board Chair: Ann W. Cramer David Kuniansky Sally Dorsey Constance Lewis Enid Draluck Kristie Madara Cydnee Dubrof Rosemary Magee Diane Durgin Kent Matlock Bob Eckardt Philip McAdoo Charles Edwards Penny McPhee Jo Roberson Edwards Dedi Mohr Randi Emerman Cynthia Moreland Kathryn Farley Elena Mullican Ellen Feinsand Linda Newport Valerie Ferguson Bill Nigut Barry Flink William Pate Jay Freer Monica Pearson Margie Goheen Travis Reed Lisa Greenberg Harrison Rohr Patrice Greer Paul Root Wolpe Jennifer Hale Bobby Rosenbloum Valerie Hartman Levy Jack Sawyer Virginia Hepner Christine Schneider Stephanie Husk Alan Schreihofer Pam Jenkins Sonny Seals Stacii Jae Johnson Andrea Jones

Volunteer Leadership President, STARS/Alliance Children’s Theatre Guild President, Alliance Theatre Guild

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Valarie Lischer Sarah Larson

The Honorable Leah Ward Sears Linda Selig Janece Shaffer Anne Sheehan Brian Shepler Cindy Shepler Linda Silberman Chandra StephensAlbright Charlita StephensWalker Veda Storey Todd Tautfest Susan Tucker Wayne Vason Lynda Walker A. Penniman Wells, Jr. Rick Western Mary Williams Suzy Wilner Joni Winston

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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

Kendeda Fund

U.S. Department of Education

Fulton County Arts Council The Shubert Foundation

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

North Highland Company Target

Zeist Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Georgia Council for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Publix Super Markets Charities Rich Foundation

Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Wilmington Trust David, Helen & Marian Woodward Foundation

Georgia Power John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Foundation Premiere Global Services, Inc.

Price Gilbert Jr. Charitable Trust Frances Wood Wilson Foundation

John and Mary Franklin Foundation Harry Norman Realtors Jones Day mediaedge: cia Plum Creek

Sharp Electronics SunTrust Wells Fargo Foundation WXIA-TV

★★★★★★ $100,000+ Delta Air Lines, Inc.

★★★★★ $50,000+ Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles The Home Depot

★★★★ $25,000+ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution AT&T Callaway Foundation, Inc. City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

★★★ $10,000+ American Intercontinental University Atlanta Foundation Cartoon Network Georgia Pacific Foundation

★★ $5,000+ AON Bryan Cave Diversified Trust Duke Realty Corporation GV Financial Advisors

★ $2,500+ Digital Arts Studio

The Suzuki School

By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2011-12 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 43. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 43 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation.

Visit our website at alliancetheatre.org and click on Donate.

Alliance Theatre is a participant in the New Generations Program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for American theatre.

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sponsors The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company, refreshing consumers at a rate of 1.5 billion servings a day with more than 450 sparkling and still brands in more than 200 countries. Along with Coca-Cola, recognized as the world’s most valuable brand, the Company’s portfolio includes 12 other major brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid and Georgia Coffee. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources, and enhance the economic development and cultural experiences of the communities where we operate. For more information about our Company, please visit our website at www.thecoca-colacompany.com.

Cast and company flowers sponsored by

Official Hotel

Official Pizzeria

Official Staffing Consultant

Foxgloves & Ivy

Research Partner

Marketing Partner

Digital Marketing Partner

Restaurant Partners

Midtown and Candler Park Atlantic Station

government

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly.

GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support is provided by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

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DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE A L L I A N C E

T H E AT R E

★★★★ $35,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick

Victoria & Howard Palefsky

Sally G. Tomlinson

★★★ $25,000-$34,999 Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand

James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation

Dan & Garnet Reardon

★★ $15,000-$24,999 David & Carolyn Gould James & Lori Kilberg

Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Patty & Doug Reid

The Balloun Family Lisa & Joe Bankoff Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Ansley & Mark Callaway Alan & Chi Colberg Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. Tony L. Conway Linda & Gene Davidson Mr. & Mrs. A. D. Frazier, Jr. Matthew & Doris Geller

Doug & Lila Hertz Jocelyn J. Hunter Andrea & Boland Jones Paul & Rosthema Kastin John & Angie Keller Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Jeff Levy Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Moddelmog Maureen & Angus Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Bob & Margaret Reiser Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Linda & Stephen Selig Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton III

Joni Winston

★ $10,000-$14,999

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Gunning Valerie Hartman Levy

Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith John & Karen Spiegel Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles & Delores Stephens Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tomé Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Amy & Todd Zeldin

top billing Executive Producers ★★ $7,500-$9,999 James Anderson The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. P.J. Younglove Hovey

Executive Producers ★ $5,000-$7,499 Jay & Debbie Goldman Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Kathy Harris Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Philip I. Kent Foundation Cynthia & Alan Maloy

Peg & Bill Balzer Candace & Jeff Bell Sarah & Jim Borders Frank & Mary Anne Chew Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Kenyon Murphy Helen Smith Price Mr. & Ms. Hugh S. Ripps Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler

Producers ★★ $3,500-$4,999 Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Mr. Stephen Brown & Dr. Bayley Royer

Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Mr. Dick Dickson & Ms. Yin Lo Philippa & Burrell Ellis

Mr. & Mrs. Rick Fuess Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein William & Margarita Sleeper

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 Balfour Beatty Construction Mrs. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Ms. Beryl Bergquist

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Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Dr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Callaway John & Lucy Cook Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III

Richard & Linda Diedrich Douglas & Camille Duerr Diane Durgin Charles & Carol Edwards

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of December 1, 2011

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 (cont.)

David L. Kuniansky Leslie Leigh M.D. Dick Lyon Kristie L. Madara Dedi & Julian Mohr Jodi & Henry Niden Dr. Kathleen Nixon & Dr. Gregory Berkey John & Helen Parker Monica K. Pearson Susan & David Peterson Procore Solutions Ms. Lynne Ragan Mr. Travis Reed Bill & Rhonda Rowland

Eierman Foundation The Elster Foundation Diane & Daryl Evans Alan & Willa Fabian Mr. & Mrs. Reade Fahs Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Ms. Beryl Farris Mr. & Mrs. Barry Goheen Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mr. & Mrs. Lance E. Hall Joan & David Herskovits Mr. & Mrs. James E. Hugh, III Mr. Clay Jackson Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Jungers

Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Michele & Glenn Shear Charlotte & Tom Shields Jane E. Shivers Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Southern States LLC Karen & Alex Stickney TAYLAR Development & Associates Michael & June Tompkins Troutman Sanders LLP Susan & Tom Wardell Penn & Sally Wells John & Kathy Zamer

Associate Producers $1,500-$2,499 JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Madelyn R. Adams Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Diane & Kent Alexander Elaine & Miles Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Rita & Ted Anderson Judy M. Anderson Herbert & Myrtice Arnold Elizabeth & John Bacon Mark & Pam Bell Mr. & Mrs. Ted R. Benning Ms. Ann B. Bishop Ms. Pamela L. Blackburn Mr. Ron L. Clark, Jr. Akbar Cojoe Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Ms. Sallie Adams Daniel Dante’s Down the Hatch, Buckhead Ms. Diana DePinto Ms. Patricia L. Dickey Ms. Cydnee Dubrof & Mr. Robert McDonough Ralph & Ree Edwards Dr. & Mrs. Norman Elliott Ms. Elizabeth R. Etoll Ms. Gail H. Evans Michael & Jody Feldman Ms. Valerie Ferguson Dr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin Melanie & Richard Fine

Andy Fisher Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Mr. Craig Garrett Mr. Joe Gfaller Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Dale R.F. Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Seth Greenberg Louise Staton Gunn Rachel & Mike Hammer John & Simone Hanson Ms. Kristin Hathaway Hansen & Mr. Norman Hansen Etta Raye Hirsch Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation Jocelyn J. Hunter Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hurley Mr. & Mrs. Harold Itkin Richard & Marcia Jacobson Ms. Caroline John In honor of Carol Jones & the Alliance Theatre Education Department Veronique & Baxter Jones Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kruger Lanier-Goodman Foundation Ms. Carolyn Lawson Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Lubo Fund M.C. Jackson, Sr. Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Mr. & Ms. Michael J. Millett June M. Morrison

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Joyce & Michael Natbony Mr. Joseph Northington Mrs. & Mrs. Solon Patterson Bill & Carey Peard Peg Petersen Sam & Barbara Pettway Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Mr. & Mrs. John Richard Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg David & Sharon Schachter Ms. Christine Schneider Mr. Kevin D. Seaway Mr. & Mrs. Timothy E. Sheehan Mr. Brian Shively & Mr. Jim Jinhong Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman Martin & Patricia Silbiger Paul V. Spiegl, Sr. MD Jim & Janie Stratigos Mrs. & Mr. Otha Sydnor Ms. Victoria Sylvain Drs. Eldred & Ava Taylor Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Chad Thornhill Lynda & Richard Walker Mr. Alex & Mr. Marc D. Weinberg Joan Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. John A. Williams Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Zaban

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annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.2 million to the Annual Fund and Annual Fundraising events so that we can continue to present exceptional theatre and educational programs to our community. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of December 1, 2011

Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Mr. & Mrs. Howell Adams, Jr. Ms. & Mr. Jody L. Andrade Ellen Arnovitz Mr. & Mrs. Robert Arogeti Ms. Karen Beardslee Mr. & Mrs. George Boyd Ms. Barbara Brady Ms. Erin A. Brown & Ms. Regine Clement Mr. Michael J. Coles Alice J. Cunningham Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dermer Ms. Jo R. Edwards Ms. Diane Hockstader Linda & Richard Hubert Mr. Robert A. Jetmundsen

Gordon L. Joyner, Esq. Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer Mark & Brenda Lichtenstein Printpack Inc. & The Gay & Erskine Love Fdn. Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Jim & Jo McLean Sally & Tom McNulty Avery & Valerie Munnings Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Newport Dr. & Mrs. Stephen I. Oppenheimer Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Mr. & Mrs. John Reeves Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin

Mr. John A. Sabine Kevin Sangston Mr. & Mrs. Ross W. Schiavo Simon Schwob Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Brian Shepler Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Silverboard In honor of Marquita Spraggins Dr. Odessa K. Spraggins Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Maria-Ruth Storts Mr. Todd A. Tautfest & Mr. Kevin Esch Dr. William Torres Ms. Kimberly Tribble & Mr. Mark S. Lange Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Y. Tyler Lynne Winship

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 or any component of the Woodruff Arts Center in their estate plans. For more information about making a planned gift to benefit the Alliance Theatre, Maya Robinson, Major Contributions Manager at 404.733.4710 or Maya.Robinson@woodruffcenter.org.

Rita M. Anderson Glen E. & Nancy Hesler Neal & Tricia Schachtel Anonymous P.J. Younglove Hovey Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton, III Betty Blondeau-Russell William C. Hyde Jane E. Shivers Jim & Anne Breedlove Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Rick & Terri Western Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft, III Phil & Caroline Moïse Ramona & Ben White Sallie Adams Daniel Jan Pomerantz Lynne Winship Linda & Gene Davidson Helen M. Regenstein Laura & John Hardman Bob & Margaret Reiser

Matching Gift Companies We would like to thank the following companies who have donated matching gifts to the Alliance Theatre’s Annual Fund. Please check to see if your employer will match your contribution.

American Express Company American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Aon Corporation AT&T Bank of America Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. Chubb & Son, Inc. CIGNA Corporation Citigroup Foundation

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The Coca-Cola Company Equifax Inc. Federated Department Stores, Inc. GE Energy Home Depot Foundation IBM Corporation JPMorgan Private Bank Kimberly-Clark Foundation Macy’s Foundation McDonald’s Corporation

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc NDCHealth Norfolk Southern Corporation Prudential Financial Sprint SunTrust Foundation Time Warner, Inc. UPS Verizon Corporation

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Patron Circle of Stars By investing $15,000 or more in The Woodruff Arts Center and its divisions — the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences — these outstanding Annual Corporate Campaign donors helped us raise more than $8.9 million last year. Thank you!

Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS ★★★★★★★★★★★ $450,000+ Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution James M. Cox Foundation, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, WSB-TV Hon. Anne Cox Chambers ★★★★★★★★★★ $300,000+ Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees The Home Depot Foundation Jones Day Foundation & Employees PwC Partners & Employees Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund Greene-Sawtell Foundation SunTrust Foundation Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

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★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Delta Air Lines, Inc. Equifax Inc. & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo

Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion Beth & Tommy Holder Newell Rubbermaid Primerica Devyne Stephens Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

★★★★★★★ $100,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Bank of America Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding Partners & Employees The Klaus Family Foundation The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore Foundation Novelis Inc. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

★★★★ $35,000+ Katharine & Russell Bellman Foundation Bryan Cave LLP Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. GE Energy Georgia-Pacific The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Invesco PLC Norfolk Southern, Employees & Foundation Siemens Industry, Inc. Harris A. Smith Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc.

★★★★★★ $75,000+ AirTran Airways Holder Construction Company Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Regions Financial Corporation ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Lisa & Joe Bankoff Cisco Ann & Jay Davis Doosan Infracore International Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta

★★★ $25,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Air Serv Corporation Atlanta Foundation Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T Corporation Laura & Stan Blackburn CIGNA Foundation Cousins Properties Incorporated Crawford & Company Ford & Harrison LLP Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc. GMT Capital Corporation Infor Global Solutions ING

Sarah & Jim Kennedy Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. LexisNexis Risk Solutions The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Macy’s Foundation Katherine John Murphy Foundation Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation RockTenn SCANA Energy Southwire Company Sprint Towers Watson Troutman Sanders LLP Waffle House, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund ★★ $15,000+ A. E. M. Family Foundation ACE Charitable Foundation AlixPartners Alvarez & Marsal Arnall Golden Gregory LLP The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Atlanta Marriott Marquis Beaulieu Group, LLC Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Boston Consulting Group Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Roxanne & Jeffrey Cashdan

Center Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman Chartis Chick-fil-A, Inc. CornerCap Investment Counsel Duke Realty Corporation Egon Zehnder International Eisner Family Foundation Feinberg Charitable Trust Fifth Third Bank First Data Corporation Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Georgia Natural Gas Dolores & Javier C. Goizueta Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke HD Supply The Howell Fund, Inc. ICS Contract Services, LLC Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester Jamestown Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation Ingrid Saunders Jones The Jones Day Foundation in honor of James H. Landon Mr. & Mrs. Muhtar Kent Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis Lanier Parking Solutions The Latham Foundation Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund Livingston Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Marsh-Mercer

Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Frank H. Boykin Mueller Water Products, Inc. Gail & Bob O’Leary Vicki R. Palmer Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation Mary & Craig Ramsey Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe Emily Winship Scott Foundation Skanska USA Building Inc. Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Superior Essex Inc. Sysco Atlanta United Distributors, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation John F. Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation Yancey Bros. Co. Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Yellowlees *Annual Campaign Donors from June 1, 2010 - May 31, 2011

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alliance theatre staff Artistic Jennings Hertz Artistic Director...................................... Susan V. Booth Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth.......................................... Rosemary Newcott Associate Producer......................................................... Jody Feldman Director of New Projects.....................................................Celise Kalke Artist In Dialogue............................................................... Pearl Cleage Community Engagement & Casting..............................DayRon J. Miles Artistic Assistant....................................................................William Illg Artistic Intern............................................................ Margo Moskowitz Literary Intern..................................................................... Jirèh Holder Kenny Leon Fellow..............................................................Elliott Dixon Education Director of Educational Programs................................Christopher Moses Director of the Acting Program...............................................Al Hamacher Director, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists............Carol T. Jones Assistant Director, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists...............................Michele Mummert Education Development Manager....................................... Sharon Brewer Education Coordinator & Producer of Drama Camps . ..Christina Dresser Institute for Educators & Teaching Artists Assistant...............Padgett Ward Education Assistant...............................................................Rachel Jones Theatre for the Very Young Coordinator.................................Olivia Aston Resident Artist in Education............................................ Patrick McColery Resident Teaching Artists.............Kim Bowers-Rheay, Valetta Anderson Teaching Artists.................................Ricardo Aponte, Paul Armbruster, Denise Arribas, Olivia Aston, Corey Bradberry, Sharon Brewer, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, John Doyle, Sharon Foote, Allison Gardner, Kimberly Geter, Holly Godwin, Amy Handler, Bart Hansard, Angie Harrell, Michael Haverty, Laura Heckman, Lesley Howe, BJ Hughes, John Jaramillio, Bernard D. Jones, Rachel Jones, LeeAnna Lambert, Amy Lucas, Barry Stewart Mann, Morgan McCrary, Michele McCullough Hazard, Bryan Mercer, Tracy V. Moore, Kati Grace Morton, Jessica Muhammad, Sarah Lancaster Cave, Karen Ramps, Claire Ritzler, Manny Rivers, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Don Slaton, Sheri Mann Stewart, Clint Thornton, Shirnest Tolbert, Allison Upshaw, Jeanene Williams

Administration General Manager.................................................................Max Leventhal Company Manager.............................................................Laura Thruston Management Assistant............................................................. Alicia Quirk Manager of Information Resources..........................................Jim Hubbert Finance Director of Finance & Administration.......................................Brian Shively Accounting Coordinator.................................................................Julie Hall Accounting Coordinator.................................................... Ashley Bradford Development Director of Development..................................Kristin Hathaway Hansen Corporate Relations Officer.....................................................Paige Smith Major Contributions Manager...........................................Maya Robinson Special Events & Board Manager...............................Lindsey Hardegree Grants Manager........................................................Rebecca Levenberg Development Coordinator...........................................Janet Abercrombie Special Events & Board Assistant..............................................April Case Development Volunteer...................................................Elaine Hentschel Marketing Director of Marketing............................................................... Gary Sayers Brand Manager..................................................................Caroline Tanner Public Relations Manager...........................................Kathleen Covington Digital Brand Manager.............................................................. John Maley Marketing Volunteer......................................................................Don Vann Group Sales Manager..................................................... Quidana Bosman Group Sales Coordinator.................................................... Laura Peacock Brand Coordinator..................................................................Emily Bryson Patron Services Manager.............................................................Shana Orr House Managers.............................. Olivia Aston, Dana Hylton Calabro, Christina Dresser, Lindsey Hardegree, Ken McNeil, Alicia Quirk, Lynn Vatter Assistant Manager Season Tickets...................................... Danielle Hicks Senior Ticket Agents..........................................Chad Martin, Ken McNeil

Production Production Management Production Manager........................................................ Rixon Hammond Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers.......................... Pat A. Flora, Amy L. Gilbert, R. Lamar Williams Assistant Stage Manager.......................................................... Libby Mickle TYF Stage Manager..................................................................Liz Campbell TYF Stage Management Production Assistant.................. Amy Radebaugh Stage Management Apprentices.................. Barbara Gantt, Erin Sanchez Hertz Stage Management Production Assistant............ Jayson T. Waddell Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager...................................................Scott Bowne Crew Chief....................................................................... Vincent Simons TYF Crew Chief.....................................................................Deb Maberry Flyman....................................................................................Willie Parks Electrics Electrics Manager.......................................................................Pete Shinn Staff Electricians................... Sean Hamilton, Steve Jordan, Jenn Trippe Sound Resident Sound Designer...................................................... Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops...............Holly Blakely, Hidenori Nakajo, Brian Smith

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Scenery Technical Director................................................................ Victor W. Smith Assistant Technical Director.......................................................Megan Kier Shop Foreman..................................................................... Patrick Conley Carpenters....... Manny Abreo, Jes Cottrell, Kevin Green, Jessica Rohde Charge Scenic Artist...................................................................Kat Conley Scenic Artist.......................................................................Christa Seekatz Properties Properties Manager...............................................................Robert Elliott Props Lead Artisan........................................................... Suzanne Morris Properties Buyer Artisan..............................................Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan.................................................................. Brian Marino Additional Properties Staff.................................................Bruce Butkovich Costumes Costume Shop Manager................................................. Carol Hammond Design Assistant....................................English Benning, Emily Kramer Draper.....................................................Julie Kennedy, Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster.................................................................. Diana L. Thomas Stitchers/First Hands.......Laury Conley, Lyudmila Fesenko, Maegan Robinson Wig Master.........................................................................Robert Navarre Wardrobe............................................................. John Hardy, Niki Traxler