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Musicals are sneaky.

Once upon a time I had a terrible attitude toward musicals. As a lover of political plays — the denser and more provocative the better — I’d relegated the musical form to the corner of my brain otherwise occupied by romance novels, action films and Cheetos. Good, fluffy stuff with negligible nutritional value. I had trouble willingly suspending my disbelief as lovers broke into song.

Then I sat in the back of the house, performance after performance, and watched The Color Purple transfix an audience as diverse as Atlanta. And something clicked. Here was a deeply subversive way to talk about the most complicated and thorny topics while adopting an entrancing stylistic language that kept people at the table. Brilliant. Brilliant like Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, who had the sheer audacity to take on the effects of mental illness in a family in this subversive, sneaky form — and to come out the other end of that journey with not only a few Tonys, but a rarely-given-to-musicals Pulitzer Prize for Drama for their breathtaking effort.

Talk about sneaky. Talk about brilliant. And, I think, in about two hours time, you’re going to be talking about Next to Normal.

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The harmony of life’s darkness and light program note by Vessela Warner

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tartlingly honest and chillingly beautiful, the story of Next to Normal swoops from the satirical triviality of a family’s daily routine to the personal chasms of yearnings and despair. Suburban mother Diana draws her surroundings into the highs of emotional frenzies and lows of weakening sadness. Beyond the clinical examination of a modern family dealing with a crisis, Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey’s musical adopts perspectives “next to” the realistic in order to explore the paradox of an almost impossible normalcy in a physically and psychologically polluted world.

Next to Normal looks critically at a society incapacitated by fast-paced living, high-reaching goals, simulated social contacts, compartmentalized identities, and stimulant-enhanced feelings.

Social environment affects Diana, the modern archetype of a grieving mother who has been denied the opportunity

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to grieve. Her troubled memories of the past and delicate psyche are medically treated, clinically classified, feared by her pensive husband, and ostracized by her attention-seeking daughter.

The precarious situation of Diana’s family places all characters in the margins of existence: “next to the

normal” and struggling to step into the light of self-understanding, acceptance of one another, and happiness.

The subject matter of Next to Normal resounds with the dramas of Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams. It voices the themes of soul-seeking and dream-chasing between the real and the metaphysical, where true emotional existence falls. It shares the somber storytelling and dark symbolism of two other recent musicals, Spring Awakening (2006) and Sleeping Beauty Wakes (2007), which also tackle the questions of humans' subjectivity and psychological inadaptability against societal barriers.

Next to Normal opened on Broadway in 2009 to much acclaim, following a fiveyear period of workshops and readings and two early professional productions.

Shying from the eye-pleasing choreographic and dramatic numbers typical of musicals, Next to Normal implicates a rock concert or modern opera, in which intricately orchestrated songs elevate the plot and convey octaves of stirring emotions. Critics have raved at the “grace and power” of this “feeleverything musical” (The New York

Times) that rocks and rolls “like thunder” (Rolling Stone) to [strike] a "blow for the American musical’s future" (The Washington Post).

After a successful two-year run on Broadway, extensive touring, and numerous local and international productions, Next to Normal brings to the Alliance stage the harmony of life’s darkness and light.

Vessela Warner is an Assistant Professor of Theatre History at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. alliancetheatre.org

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How Next to Normal came of age

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ext to Normal’s creators were in the Booth Theater one night while their new musical was in previews on Broadway.

A teenaged boy approached them.

“Are you Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt?” he asked.

They told him they were.

The boy had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder three months earlier, he told them, adding: “Now I have something to point to, to explain what I’ve been going through. I wanted to say thank you.”

Those kinds of moments are what make Next to Normal composer Tom Kitt, now 38 and the father of three, want to write musicals.

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“At the end of the day, I want people to leave the theater with new feelings or a new understanding in some way,” he says. He doesn’t care so much if the change is trivial or profound, whether he provokes a laugh, or inspires and comforts, as long as audience members are moved.

That moment in the Booth Theatre came some 11 years after Yorkey and Kitt first poked at the idea of a musical about mental illness.

They’d been accepted to the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, a New York testing ground for lyricists, composers and new shows. At the end of the first year, all participants were tasked with writing a 10-minute musical.

Yorkey, the lyricist, had seen a TV news report about electroconvulsive therapy and suggested they do a piece about a woman who struggled with depression and had to turn to ECT for help. Kitt agreed.

The piece was called Feeling Electric.

It was, Kitt says, a bit campy and satirical.

But the general plot and story arc were in place as were several songs — including the heartbreaking waltz “I Dreamed a Dance” and the angry “Aftershocks.”

Reaction was mixed. Some who’d seen it were moved. Others questioned whether a musical could really come from that subject matter.

“If you’re getting a reaction like that,” Kitt says, “you’re really onto something.”

The team spent the next nine years researching, writing and rewriting. They

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“At the end of the day, I want people to leave the theater with new feelings or a new understanding in some way." — Tom Kitt talked to doctors, including Yorkey’s father-in-law, a psychiatrist. They read Andrew Solomon’s The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression and Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania by Andy Behrman.

They worked to find the right tone.

“We got away from the camp and the satire,” Kitt recalls, “and to a truthful story of a family dealing with [mental health] issues.”

Then came readings, a concert version and another reading.

Kitt and Yorkey wanted to keep writing but also wondered if they could pull it off. Practical issues, like families and bills, tugged at them. Then, as luck would have it, a couple of producers stepped in. David Stone and Carole Rothman, Artistic Director of New York’s Second Stage Theatre, took the show and its creators “under their wing,” Kitt says.

The show, newly retitled Next to Normal, was done at New York’s Second Stage in 2008. A run at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., followed and then, finally, Broadway, where it opened on April 15, 2009, at the Booth Theatre on 45th Street. Although Next to Normal lost the best musical Tony Award to Billy Elliot, Yorkey and Kitt won Tonys for their score — and the show collected the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, only the eighth musical so honored in the award’s 95 years.

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Brian Yorkey, from left, and Tom Kitt.

It’s now being done in places like Israel, Norway, Australia and South Korea.

Next to Normal has been described as a rock musical, or a rock opera. Kitt, who grew up as a classically trained pianist, uses neither. He calls it “theatrical music,” with elements of jazz, classical, a number of waltzes and some driving rock.

“I tried to write songs that support the dramatic purpose of the moment,” he says.

Kitt and Yorkey are working on a new original musical, i.e., not from a movie, with the Normal team. It may or may not involve Wicked’s Idina Menzel. And that’s all Kitt will say about it.

Maybe that show, too, will reach Broadway and, like Next to Normal, play around the world. Kitt would like that.

“Hearing your songs sung in different languages and seeing audiences around the world respond to your show, there’s no feeling like it.”

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Music by Tom Kitt

Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey

Set Design by

Costume Design by

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Sydney Roberts

Mike Baldassari

Clay Benning

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Julie A. Richardson

Dramaturgy by

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Directed by Scott Schwartz Original Broadway Production Produced by David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whittman, Patrick Catullo, and Second Stage Theatre.

New York Premiere Produced by Second Stage Theatre, New York. February 2008.

Carole Rothman, Artistic Director Ellen Richard, Executive Director Next to Normal was subsequently produced by Arena Stage in November 2008.

Developed at Village Theatre, Issaquah, WA (Robb Hunt, Executive Producer, Steve Tomkins, Artistic Director) An earlier version was presented in the 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

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cast Setting: Diana and Dan Goodman’s suburban house.

THERE WILL BE ONE FIFTEEN-MINUTE INTERMISSION in alphabetical order *Jordan Craig...........................................................................................Henry *Bob Gaynor.............................................................................................. Dan *Catherine Porter.....................................................................................Diana Lyndsay Ricketson................................................................................ Natalie *Cary Tedder.............................................................................................Gabe Googie Uterhardt...............................................................Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine

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

Mary Nye Bennett ................................................................................... Diana Caroline Freedlund.................................................................................. Natalie Christopher Lewis......................................................................... Gabe & Henry Dustin Lewis....................................................................... Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine Googie Uterhardt.........................................................................................Dan *Liz Campbell...............................................................Assistant Stage Manager Jayson T. Waddell.......................................................Apprentice Stage Manager *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

MUSICIANS Boko Suzuki......................................................................Conductor/Keyboards Dan Baraszu.............................................................................................Guitar Scott Douglas....................................................................... Drums/Percussion Angele Lawless........................................................................................ Violin Elizabeth Murphy....................................................................................... Cello Joel Powell................................................................................................ Bass Andrew Fazackerley.................................................................Rehearsal Pianist Next to Normal Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com Musicians employed in this production are represented by the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

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Jordan Craig

Bob Gaynor

Catherine Porter

Lyndsay Ricketson

Cary Tedder

Googie Uterhardt

Mary Nye Bennett

Caroline Freedlund

Christopher Lewis

Dustin Lewis

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profiles JORDAN CRAIG (Henry) has been living and acting in Atlanta for a little over a year now and is excited beyond belief to be cast in Next to Normal! A recent graduate of Sewanee: The University of the South, Jordan was hired by Georgia Shakespeare (The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, The Jungle Book) and has been working here ever since. You may have seen him recently in Spring Awakening (Melchior) or Xanadu (Sonny) at Actor’s Express; The Wizard of Oz (Tin Man) at the Alliance Theatre; or in Legally Blonde (Kyle/Dewey/Grandmaster Chad) at the Atlanta Lyric Theatre. Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Amanda, Taylor, Keaton, Jenny, Greg, and Mary for all the love, support and friendship. Jordan would like to dedicate his performance in Next to Normal to his Uncle Steve. The example you have set for me will serve as a guiding star giving me purpose and direction. Thank you for being a source of light in my life.

BOB GAYNOR (Dan) A Southern California native, Bob has lived in New York for the last 13 years. Most recently seen in last season’s Leap of Faith and Catch Me If You Can. Other Broadway credits include Sweet Charity, Boy George’s Taboo (Leigh Bowery/Perf), and Elton John’s Aida (Radames). NY City Center: Bye Bye Birdie (Conrad), Applause and Stairway to Paradise. Regionally: First Wives Club, Smokey Joe’s Café (Michael), A Chorus Line (Zach). TV and film credits: “Blue Bloods,” “Law and Order,” “One Life to Live,” “As the World Turns,” Across the Universe, The Mask. Love to Dwayne and the pups!

CATHERINE PORTER (Diana) is thrilled to be making her Alliance Theatre debut. Credits include Next to Normal on Broadway (stood by/performed the role of Diana), Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard (London’s West End and opposite Hugh Jackman in original Australian production), John and Jen,

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and Cougar the Musical (off-Broadway) to name a few. She sang opposite Michael Crawford in the International tour of The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and was a featured singer in the Brian May Band, supporting Guns-N-Roses on their world tour. Catherine is a singer-songwriter with two albums; Something Good and Gems for Ruby (available at the Symphony Store and iTunes). catherineporter.com LYNDSAY RICKETSON (Natalie) is delighted to be back with the Alliance family. She understudied three roles in the Alliance’s Wizard of Oz this past spring. Other Atlanta credits include: Sweeney Todd (Johanna Barker) and Titanic: The Musical (Kate Murphey). Film: Sunday Morning Rapture (Supp.), Next of Kin (Supp. Lead), Diamonds Aren’t Forever (Lead), Der Greis (Lead). Education: B.A. Musical Theater, Berry College. Special thanks to my family for their ceaseless support and my friends for putting up with my outlandish schedule!

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CARY TEDDER (Gabe) is overjoyed to be making his Alliance debut in Next to Normal. Cary, a Marietta native, graduated from Pebblebrook High School in 2005, then continued on to acquire a B.F.A. in musical theatre from the University of Michigan (2009). Broadway: The Times They Are A-Changin’, Memphis. National tour: West Side Story (Tony). Regional: North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Music Theatre of Wichita and the St. Louis MUNY. Many thanks and much love to Mom, Dad, Erin, Mary, and all the teachers who helped me along the road to success. Go Blue!

GOOGIE UTERHARDT (Dr. Fine & Dr. Madden) Atlanta credits: Clyde ‘n Bonnie: A Folktale (Aurora Theatre); Love Jerry (Actor’s Express/Suzi Award winner, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical); Glimpses

profiles of the Moon and Suzi-nominated Forbidden Broadway (Georgia Ensemble Theatre); Rent, Little Shop of Horrors (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone, Burrs in The Wild Party (OnStage Atlanta); Bat Boy: the Musical (Dad’s Garage); Tuesdays With Morrie (ART Station); Tent Meeting (Theatrical Outfit). Googie also develops new works with Out of Hand Theater (Hominid, The Break Up, The Show!, One Day Play, Meds). Favorite color: purple.

CAROLINE FREEDLUND (US Natalie) is thrilled to join the cast of Next to Normal in her Alliance Theatre debut! Favorite Atlanta credits include Sweet Charity, A Chorus Line (Aurora Theatre), A Diva’s Christmas (Serenbe Playhouse) and Gypsy (Atlanta Lyric Theatre). Caroline is pursuing her B.A. in Dance at Kennesaw State University. Many thanks to Jody, Scott and the entire cast and crew! Love to Mom, Dad, Vicky and Valerie. Next up: The Gifts of the Magi at Theatrical Outfit. carolinefreedlund.com CHRISTOPHER LEWIS (US Gabe/Henry) is thrilled to make his Alliance debut with this amazing production! A native of Carrollton, Ga., Christopher has been seen around Atlanta, most recently: And Then They Came for Me (Young Ed) at Georgia Ensemble Theatre; Annie (Fred/ Dog Catcher/Ensemble) with Theater of the Stars; High Society (George Kittredge) at Stage Door Players; Gypsy (Yonkers), Legally Blonde (Aaron Schultz), Thoroughly Modern Millie at Atlanta Lyric Theatre; Titanic (Fleet) at Fabrefaction Theatre; Dames at Sea (Dick) and The 39 Steps (Clown 2) at The Prizery Theatre.

Much love to Dan, Penny and the rest of the wonderful family and friends. christopherdaniellewis.com DUSTIN LEWIS (US Doctor Fine/ Madden) Atlanta credits: Thief/Priest in See What I Wanna See (Actor’s Express/Suzi Bass

winner); Jason in Ordinary Days (Serenbe Playhouse); Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in Anything Goes, Bert Barry in 42nd Second Street (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Miss Great Plains in Pageant: The Musical Comedy Beauty Contest (14th Street Playhouse); Bobby in Company (Stage Door Players); Caleb in Spitfire Grill; Sparky in Forever Plaid/Plaid Tidings; John in John and Jen (Legacy Theatre); Joab in Kind David Oratorio. Other credits: Siegfried in Das Barbecu, Swing in Miss Saigon (Germany), Swing in Joseph…Dreamcoat (original German cast). Next: Bob Wallace in White Christmas (Atlanta Lyric).

MARY NYE BENNETT (US Diana) is excited to be working with the Alliance Theatre.

Mary has had a fun 2012 reprising the role of Kate Monster in Avenue Q at Horizon Theatre (2011 Suzi Bass nomination for Lead Actress in a Musical), Erato in Xanadu at Actor’s Express, and Paulette in Legally Blonde: The Musical with Atlanta Lyric Theatre. Other all-time favorite roles include Martha in The Secret Garden, Patsy in Always, Patsy Cline and Aldonza in Man of La Mancha. Thanks to Luke and Murphy!

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profiles composition and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Score. Tom is also responsible for the music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations for Green Day’s American Idiot on Broadway, and provided additional arrangements for their Grammy Award-winning album 21st Century Breakdown and their upcoming trilogy, ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! Tom is also the composer of High Fidelity (Broadway); The Winter’s Tale and All’s Well That Ends Well (The Public's NYSF); From Up Here (MTC); and The Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons.) As a musical director, conductor, arranger and orchestrator, his credits include Pitch Perfect (Feature Film), 13, Debbie Does Dallas, Everyday Rapture, Hair, Laugh Whore, Pippin (Deaf West), and Urban Cowboy.

BRIAN YORKEY (Librettist/Lyricist) received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the 2009 Tony Award for Best Score, for Next to Normal. Brian was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Next to Normal, and his work on the show earned him the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Score. Brian is currently at work on a new musical with Next to Normal composer Tom Kitt, director Michael Greif, and producer David Stone, slated for Broadway in the 2013-14 season, as well as a musical adaptation of The Visitor. Other theatre credits include Making Tracks, which has played off-Broadway and regionally; the musical adaptation of Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet; and the country musical Play It By Heart. Film projects in active development include Score! for Team Downey and Warner Bros., Time After Time for Summit/Lionsgate, Love Undercover for Pandemonium Films, and Chase for Anonymous Content and Rosenzweig Films. Brian has directed off-Broadway and regionally and for seven years was associate artistic director at Village Theatre in Washington state, one of the nation’s

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leading producers of new musicals. He’s a graduate of Columbia University, where he was artistic director of the Varsity Show, an alum of the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the WGA. SCOTT SCHWARTZ (Director) Broadway: Golda’s Balcony, Jane Eyre (co-directed with John Caird). Off-Broadway: Bat Boy: The Musical, Tick, Tick…Boom!, Rooms: A Rock Romance, The Foreigner starring Matthew Broderick, Franz Kafka’s The Castle, Miss Julie, No Way to Treat a Lady.

Golda’s Balcony also in London, on tour, in Los Angeles at the Wadsworth Theater, and in San Francisco at A.C.T. Recent credits include Séance on a Wet Afternoon at New York City Opera, A Room With a View at the Old Globe, the rolling world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s What We’re Up Against at the Alley Theatre, and Arsenic and Old Lace starring Tovah Feldshuh and Betty Buckley at Dallas Theater Center. Regional theaters include: Arizona Theatre Company, Asolo Rep, Berkshire Theater Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, PCPA, Prince Theater, Rubicon, Signature Theater, TheatreWorks, Virginia Stage Company, Westport Country Playhouse. Associate Artist at the Alley, member of SDC, and a graduate of Harvard University.

MICHAEL JENKINSON (Choreographer) is an actor, director, choreographer and teacher at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts Theaterfest. For PCPA he has choreographed and acted in more than 40 productions, including Les Misérables, Ragtime, The Hot Mikado, and the American premiere of Stephen Schwartz’s musical My Fairytale directed

by Scott Schwartz. As a director for PCPA, Mr. Jenkinson has staged The Music Man, West Side Story, Hairspray

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profiles and most recently, Legally Blonde. This past spring Mr. Jenkinson collaborated once again with Scott Schwartz on the world premiere of A Room With a View at the Old Globe in San Diego. Other theatre companies include: A Contemporary Theatre, Balagan Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Delaware Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, TheatreWorks, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Sierra Repertory Theatre and Sacramento Theatre Company. He has also been a part of the national touring companies of Fame, Grease, the Macau, China International Arts Festival tour of Grease and the Korean tour of Fame (choreographer and dance supervisor).

Mr. Jenkinson is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SDC. KEVIN RIGDON (Set Designer) returns to the Alliance Theatre Company where he designed A Question of Mercy. Other productions include The Grapes of Wrath, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Buried Child, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu, Our Town, Ghetto, The Caretaker, Speed-the-Plow, Glengarry Glen Ross (Broadway); Waiting for Godot, You Never Can Tell, Orphans (West End); Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, Man and Superman, Miss Julie, The Importance of Being Earnest (Peter Hall Company). Other theatres include: Lincoln Center Theater, Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Donmar Warehouse, Cameri Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Goodman Theatre, Playhouse in the Park, Alliance Theatre. Mr. Rigdon is the Associate Director of Design for Houston’s Alley Theatre and the Moores Professor of Theatre at University of Houston.

SYDNEY ROBERTS (Costume Designer) Alliance Theatre: I Just Stopped By to See the Man, Spoon Lake Blues, Hertz

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Stage; The Wizard of Oz, Honk!, and many other TYF shows with Rosemary Newcott.

Atlanta: Associate Artist at Georgia Shakespeare, Grey Gardens at Actor’s Express, Cotton Patch Gospel at Theatrical Outfit, The Colored Museum with True Colors Theatre Company, Women + War with Synchronicity Theatre, among others.

Regional: Swallowtale Dance Company, Chattanooga; Portland Center Stage, Ore.; Hairspray, the Musical at Red Mountain Theatre in Birmingham. Film: Ruthie.

Sydney will design The Cherry Orchard next spring with Theatre Emory. Member USA 829.

Mike Baldassari (Lighting Designer) Tony- and Emmy-nominated designer whose work has been seen in 25+ countries.

Theatrical lighting for movie musicals: Rock of Ages, Nine. Films: Joyful Noise, (shot in Atlanta), Sex and the City 2, Going the Distance. Co-designed Broadway hit revival of Cabaret, Tony and Drama Desk award nominations, received the Entertainment Design Award. Emmy nomination: Lighting Direction of “Garth Brooks In Central Park.” Collaborated on concert lighting for the film Neil Young Trunk Show. Family entertainment: Super Why!, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Madagascar. Through Europe: Beauty and the Beast. U.S. national tours: Spam-a-Lot, Ring of Fire, …La Mancha, Will Rogers…, Fame, Spider-Man, Grease.

Production designer for Alice in Chains, co-designed Neil Young’s “Chrome Dreams.” Lighting director for Neil’s “Harvest Moon” tour. Television designs: many digital shorts for “Saturday Night Live.” mike-o-matic.com Clay Benning (Sound Designer) has been the resident sound designer at the Alliance Theatre for 13 years and has designed more than 75 productions.

Recent works include Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Into the Woods, God of Carnage and The Fairytale Lives

profiles of Russian Girls. Associate artist at Georgia Shakespeare with more than 20 productions. Other designs include Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Theatre. Awards: 2006, 2007 and 2009 Suzi Bass awards for Outstanding Sound Design. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and a member of IATSE/USA829.

BOKO SUZUKI (Music Director/Keyboards) Boko has served as music director for both the 1st and 2nd national tours of the hit musical Wicked as well as the San Francisco production. He recently music directed the world premieres of A Room With a View at the Old Globe, And the Curtain Rises at the Signature Theatre and the new off-Broadway musical The Kid. Boko spent three years music directing Rent on Broadway after having music directed both national tours, as well as supervising the Australian production.

Other credits include Swing!, Mamma Mia!, Cats, Les Miserables, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, The Who’s Tommy and Sunset Boulevard.

Celise Kalke (Director of New Projects) joined the staff of the Alliance in 2005, where she works on the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition and oversees or performs dramaturgical activity for the theatre. Musical revivals include Jelly’s Last Jam, Sophisticated Ladies, Into the Woods, Sammy and Me, Two Gents (Public Theatre) and My Fair Lady (Court Theatre), while her work on new musicals includes Women of Brewster Place and Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. Before moving to the Alliance she was the Director of the Literary Department at the Public Theater in New York. She was also the Resident Dramaturg for Court Theatre in Chicago.

VESSELA WARNER (Co-Dramaturg) is an Assistant Professor of Theatre History at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.

She also serves as dramaturg of the experimental Overground Physical Theatre Company in NYC. Vessela has contributed articles and reviews to many academic publications. She is currently editing an anthology of foreign drama and a book on the alternative theatre in Eastern Europe.

Julie A. Richardson (Production Stage Manager) is delighted to be returning to the creative world of the Alliance Theatre.

She has worked as as the Artistic Director for Horn in the West in lovely Boone, N.C. for five seasons; production stage manager for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Seaside Music Theater, Orlando Shakespeare Festival, American Stage, The Lost Colony, Blue Jacket, Horn in the West and others; and has served as staff stage manager at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Alliance Theater, Actors Theater of Louisville, Flat Rock Playhouse, Theatre on the Square, Theater Emory and Dallas Theater Center.

New plays/premieres include: Stand

By Your Man, the Tammy Wynette Story (including the Ryman Auditorium and Bass Performance Hall), Tin Pan Alley Rag (2 Carbonells), Mrs. Klein, One Flea Spare, Moby Dick! The Musical, The Christmas Bus, Brave New Works and many more while she was working with the Humana Festival at Actors Theater of Louisville. Julie is a proud member Actors’ Equity Association.

LIZ CAMPBELL (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be working at the Alliance again this year. Alliance credits include A Christmas Carol, Into the Woods, Wizard of Oz, Honk!, Disney’s Mulan, Middle School the Musical, Class of 3000, Live! and Goodnight Moon. Local credits include Three Sistahs, True Love Lies, Charm School, The Bluest Eye and The Syringa Tree (Horizon Theatre), It’s a Wonderful Life, Confederacy of Dunces and Big River (Theatrical Outfit). She holds alliancetheatre.org

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Susan V. Booth (Jennings Hertz Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001, and has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, created local producing partnerships and has overseen regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; 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. 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 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 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 is a trustee of Denison University. Susan is married to Max Leventhal and is the proud mother of Moira Rose Leventhal. susan. booth@woodruffcenter.org

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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 Alvin McCraney, and world premiere musicals such as Aida, The Color Purple, Sister Act: The Musical and Bring 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 at 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.

profiles Synopsis We meet the Goodman family on a regular day — Dan, an architect, heads off to work; Natalie, the daughter, and Gabe, the son, head off to high school. Diana starts making sandwiches for lunch. A lot of sandwiches. A room full of sandwiches.

Something is not quite normal, or even next to normal, at the Goodman house. As Diana struggles with her inner demons, seeking various forms of help, we learn of the Goodman’s heartbreaking past. And Natalie finds in Henry, her first boyfriend, the first steps away from her family. After several attempts to seek medical help, Diana submits to electroconvulsive therapy causing short-term amnesia. In the end, Diana decides that her disease and her soul might have separate needs, and Dan realizes that Diana might not be the only family member desperately in need of help.

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Members of our community respond to the work on the Alliance Stage When I moved to Atlanta from Los Angeles, I was delighted to discover the richness of culture that Atlanta has to offer. The Alliance Theatre and its productions are a wonderful example of this. As a practicing psychiatrist, I see on a daily basis the impact of mental illness on our patients and their families. What draws me into Next to Normal is the humanity of the main character as she and her family struggle through life in a flawed but authentic and real way. Next to Normal is creative and thought provoking, leaving you inspired by the courage and resilience of its characters.

— Mark Hyman Rapaport, M.D., Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory www.psychiatry.emory.edu

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 Atlanta has 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, the 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 early-career playwrights through the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting 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 groundbreaking Theatre for the Very Young, creating interactive work for infants and toddlers.

The Alliance takes great pride in our multigenerational 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 citywide 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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Have you ever left a show and wanted more? Have you needed to know about the history that the play is steeped in, the politics of the time, how the designers arrived at their final concepts or maybe just a behind-the-scenes viewpoint of the actors’ rehearsal process?

The Alliance Theatre has just the ticket for you—and it’s free and open to the public. One hour before most Tuesday evening performances and immediately following most Saturday matinees, the Alliance presents an opportunity for our savvy audience members to get just a little more with our Before

Play and After Words Series

for Alliance Stage shows.

Our Before

Plays are moderated discussions led by Alliance Theatre

staff and tend to delve deeper into one aspect of the play, whereas the

After Words discussions are usually with select members of the cast and focus on the experience of performing and rehearsing the show.

For the Alliance’s production of Next to Normal, we are adding additional opportunities for our audiences to engage with our partners from Emory Healthcare’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences to explore

In addition to our Tuesday Before Plays and Saturday After Words, Emory Healthcare Faculty will also join us after the show on select Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons for an illuminating Q&A. the topic of mental illness and its effects on families.

By Alicia Quirk, Alliance Program Publication Editor

The Alliance Theatre posed a few questions to Faculty Members of Emory Healthcare’s Department of Psychiatry to learn about Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) which Diana, the central character in Next to Normal, is grappling with as a treatment option.

Q: What is ECT?

A: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) works by electrically stimulating the brain to improve the release of neurochemicals that aid in the treatment of certain types of mental illnesses.

Q: Why is ECT used?

A: Modern use of ECT is highly effective

for people with persistent mood disorders or manias, particularly those who have been non-responsive to traditional medications. It is also used as a treatment for people who are severely depressed and need to have quick and immediate treatment versus medications that may take weeks to take effect.

Q: Is ECT safe? How has ECT changed over the years?

A: Yes, ECT is quite safe, and

modern-day ECT is done with at least two doctors (an anesthesiologist and a psychiatrist) in the room monitoring the patient. ECT is performed under anesthesia and is painless. This was not always the case even up to thirty years ago, but around 1980 several advances in the ECT equipment and the treatments themselves made the procedure much safer. About the same time, the National Institute of Mental Health funded a series of landmark large, multicenter trials that provided the basis for the evidenced based procedures that serve as the protocols Emory doctors use in performing ECT. These protocols improved both the safety and efficacy of the acute treatment as well as addressing concerns for long-term side effects (such as memory problems).

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Victoria Palefsky Dan Reardon Patrick J. Gunning

Board of Directors Kristin R. Adams James L. Anderson Kenny Blank Mark C. Callaway Steven W. Chaddick Linda Davidson Bernice Dixon Philippa V. Ellis Daryl Evans Reade Fahs Howard L. Feinsand

Andrew Golde Virginia Hepner Lila Hertz Jocelyn J. Hunter Twyla Jackson Rosthema Viener Kastin John Keller Jim Kilberg Jeff Levy Cynthia Maloy Alan McKeon

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

George Goodwin Laura Hardman John Hays Mershon Helen M. Regenstein

Madelyn Adams Tracie Arnold Connie Austin Terri Bagen Candace Bell Mark Bell Barry Berlin Veronica Biggins Nancy Bistritz Melanie Boltax Sarah Robinson Borders Erin Brown Stephen Brown Donna Burchfield Catharine Burkett Susan Callaway W. Imara Canady James Cox Chambers Ron Clark Tony Conway Richard Cravey Jackie Cushman Sallie Daniel Debbie Dermer John Deushane Patricia L. Dickey

Chair: Ann W. Cramer Sally Dorsey Rosemary Magee Enid Draluck Kent Matlock Cydnee Dubrof Philip McAdoo Diane Durgin Reese McCranie Bob Eckardt S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Jo Roberson Edwards Penny McPhee Kathryn Farley Dori Miller Ellen Feinsand Dedi Mohr Valerie Ferguson Mary Moore Donna Fitzmaurice Starr Moore Barry Flink Cynthia Moreland Jay Freer Elena Mullican Margie Goheen Linda Newpot Lisa Greenberg Bill Nigut Patrice Greer Travis Reed Jennifer Hale Kathryn Richard Valerie Hartman Candace Rodriguez Stephanie Husk Bobby Rosenbloum Rita Izaguirre Jack Sawyer Pam Jenkins Christine Schneider Stacii Jae Johnson Alan Schreihofer Andrea Jones Sonny Seals Lauren Kiefer The Honorable David Kuniansky Leah Ward Sears Constance Lewis Linda Selig Kristie Madara Janece Shaffer

Hala Moddelmog Philip H. MoĂŻse Maureen Morrison Richard S. Myrick Scarlet Pressley-Brown Helen Smith Price Maurice Rosenbaum William B. Rowland Steve Selig Karen Shepherd Frank Ski

William D. Sleeper Spiegel Bronson Smith Karen Spiegel John Strom Charles E. Taylor Rosemarie Thurston Peter D. Weitzner P.J. Younglove Hovey Todd Zeldin

Lifetime Directors Robert E. Reiser, Jr. Debbie Shelton Jane E. Shivers Sally G. Tomlinson

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Jonathan Shapero Anne Sheehan Brian Shepler Cindy Shepler Linda Silberman Chandra StephensAlbright Charlita StephensWalker Veda Storey Todd Tautfest Susan Tucker Wayne Vason Lynda Walker Bob Walker Aaron Watson A. Penniman Wells, Jr. Rick Western Mary Williams Suzy Wilner Joni Winston Paul Root Wolpe

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

Kendeda Fund

Wells Fargo Foundation

John H. & Wilhelmina Harland Charitable Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

The Home Depot National Endowment for the Arts North Highland Company

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc U.S. Department of Education The Zeist Foundation

The Rich Foundation The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

Target David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

Bryan Cave Cartoon Network Duke Realty Emory Healthcare Impact Creativity/NCTF Georgia Council for the Arts

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appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency — the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major funding for this organization is

provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

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

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★★★★★ $50,000+ Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award Fulton County Arts & Culture

★★★★ $25,000+ AT&T City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Publix Super Market Charities, Inc.

★★★ $10,000+ American Intercontinental University Arby’s Foundation Atlanta Foundation Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles

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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.

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By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2012/13 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 44. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 44 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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James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Victoria & Howard Palefsky

Barbara & Steve Chaddick Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand

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DIRE C TOR ’ S C IR C LE The Director's Circle is comprised of individuals who have contributed a minimum of $10,000 to the Alliance Theatre's Annual Fund.

The Balloun Family Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Reade Fahs Doris & Matthew Geller Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Golde David & Carolyn Gould Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Andrea & Boland Jones Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier

Jeffrey C. Levy Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Moddelmog Phil & Carolie Moïse Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Linda & Steve Selig Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright

Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles & Delores Stephens Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Mr. & Mrs. David L. Thurston Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tome Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Amy & Todd Zeldin

For information on how to join either the Chairman’s Roundtable or the Director’s Circle, please contact Maya Robinson at 404.733.4710 or maya.robinson@woodruffcenter.org.

$50,000+ Victoria & Howard Palefsky

$35,000+ Barbara & Steve Chaddick

James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand

Dan & Garnet Reardon

The Balloun Family Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Ansley & Mark Callaway Ann & Jeff Cramer Linda & Gene Davidson Mr. & Mrs. Reade Fahs Doris & Matthew Geller Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Golde David & Carolyn Gould Mr. Patrick J. Gunning Doug & Lila Hertz Andrea & Boland Jones

John & Angie Keller James & Lori Kilberg Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Jeffrey C. Levy Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Moddelmog Phil & Caroline Moïse Mr. & Mrs. Angus Morrison Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Stephen & Marjorie Osheroff Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Mr. & Mrs. H. Bronson Smith

Sally G. Tomlinson

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John & Karen Spiegel Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles & Delores Stephens Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor

Mr. & Mrs. David L. Thurston Mr. & Mrs. Ramon Tome Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Suzy Wilner Amy & Todd Zeldin

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.8 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 September 1, 2012)

$7,500-$9,999 Jocelyn J. Hunter Helen Smith Price

Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum P.J. Younglove Hovey

$5,000-$7,499 Judy M. Anderson James Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin Bill & Peg Balzer

Cynthia & Alan Maloy Melanie & S. Alan McKnight, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Dedi & Julian Mohr Mr. and Ms. Hugh S. Ripps Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler

Kathy & Ken Bernhardt

Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Erin & John Heyman Paul & Rosthema Kastin Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Philip I. Kent Foundation

Gene G. Abel, M.D. & Nora Harlow Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Southern States LLC Ms. Susan Beallor-Snyder & Mr. Stuart Snyder Candace & Jeff Bell Ms. Beryl Bergquist Ms. Raluca Bighiu Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Sara & Alex Brown Dr. Thomas H. Callaway Frank & Mary Anne Chew Alan & Chi Colberg Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Russell & Sandra Dawson Douglas & Camille Duerr Diane Durgin Philippa & Burrell Ellis John & Cindy Ethridge Diane & Daryl Evans Kathryn T. Farley, PhD Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette

Mr. & Mrs. John D. Fuller Mr. & Mrs. David L. Geller Mr. & Mrs. Barry Goheen Greenberg Traurig,LLP Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Mrs. Carrie G. Hall John & Simone Hanson Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Mrs. Virginia A. Hepner & Mr. Malcolm S. Barnes David L. Kuniansky TAYLAR Development & Associates Leslie Leigh M.D. Dick Lyon Kristie L. Madara Mr. Alan B. McKeon & Ms. Evelyn Ashley Mr. William E. Michalewicz Mr. Walter W. Mitchell June M. Morrison Jodi & Henry Niden Kathleen Nixon & Gregory Berkey Susan & David Peterson Ms. Scarlet Pressley-Brown

JoAnne & Charles S. Ackerman Madelyn R. Adams Judge Gregory A. Adams & Wanda Adams Elaine & Miles Alexander Diane & Kent Alexander Theodore & Andrea Altholz Rita & Ted Anderson Ms. & Mr. Jody L. Andrade Elizabeth & John Bacon

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$2,500-$4,999 & Mr. Wendell Brown Bill & Rhonda Rowland Mr. & Ms. Michael Salyards Alan & Cindy Schreihofer Sonny & Jeanne Seals Kevin Seaway Mrs. Anne Sheehan Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton III Charlotte & Tom Shields Mr. Brian Shively & Mr. Jim Jinhong William & Margarita Sleeper Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Karen & Alex Stickney Mr. & Mrs. John R. Strom Mr. Todd Tautfest & Mr. Kevin Esch Balfour Beatty Construction Drs. Eldred & Ava Taylor Mr. James Thomas Michael & June Tompkins Susan & Tom Wardell Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. John & Kathy Zamer

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Mr. & Mrs. David Hardegree, Jr. Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky Linda & Richard Hubert Mr. & Mrs. James E Hugh, III Richard & Marcia Jacobson Mr. Robert A. Jetmundsen In honor of Carol Jones & the Alliance Theatre Education Department Mr. & Mrs. David E. Kiefer Lucy Kinnaird Steven & Sheri Labovitz Ms. Carolyn Lawson Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Lubo Fund Jim & Jo McLean Sally & Tom McNulty Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Metzger Nancy & Mike Millett

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Moseley Joyce & Michael Natbony Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Newport John & Helen Parker Mr. Solon P. Patterson Bill & Carey Peard Ms. Kathleen Pendergraft Peg Petersen Sam & Barbara Pettway Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Ms. Rebecca J. Reeves Mr. John Richard Dr. Susan Rifkin & Mr. David Rifkin Peter & Alice Rogers Dr. & Mrs. Charles Rosenberg Scott C. Satterwhite David & Sharon Schachter Ms. Christine Schneider The Honorable Leah W. Sears & Mr. Haskell Ward

Ellen Arnovitz Ms. Karen Beardslee Mr. George Boyd Mrs. Barbara Brady Ginny & Charles Brewer William & Norah Byrnes Brad & Sally Currey Mr. & Mrs. David E. Dermer Mrs. Elaine L. Hentschel

Ms. Diane Hockstader Mr. David Stockert & Ms. Cameron Ives Kay H. & Burke C. Jones Gordon L. Joyner, Esq. Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kruger Liz Levine in honor of Billy Levine Ron Grapevine & Rosemary Magee

Mr. Scott Shickler Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman Martin & Patricia Silbiger Dr. O. Kirsten Spraggins Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Steindel Dante's Down the Hatch, Buckhead Susan & Alan Stiefel Maria-Ruth Storts Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor J. Thomas Taylor, M.D. Dr. William Torres Kimberly S. Tribble & Mark S. Lange Mrs. Lynda Walker Bruce Westbrook Joan N. Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Zaban

$1,000-$1,499 William McDaniel Ann Starr & Kent Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Mrs. C. Preston Stephens Bob Sullivan Lynne Winship Holly & Marty York Lynne T. Zappone

$750-$999 Kristin R. Adams James L. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Arduino Cheryl & Ron Baer Dr. Deborah Baumgarten Carolyn & Al Byrd Ms. Patricia L. Dickey Cydnee Dubrof & Rob McDonough

Evern & Elze Epps Patrice & Ernest Greer Ms. Kathryn Harrison Bruce & Elizabeth Herman Ms. Catherine Hilton Sivan & Jeff Hines Mr. & Mrs. Gert Kampfer David Kuniansky

Michael & Dawn Adamson Peter & Sheila Anderson Anonymous (4) David Anthony Mr. & Mrs. Robert Arogeti Mr. Robert Avery Mr. & Mrs. Wayne S. Bailey Bassmarra Family Dr. Geoffrey Berlin In Memory of Sol Blaine Dr. & Mrs. Ted Brand Katherine Brokaw & Steve Russ

LeRoy & Polly Brownlee Ms. Shari Brunson Aubrey & Carol Bush Ms. Monetha Cobb Mitch & Jacky Collins Mr. David Collins B.J. Erb & Bruce I. Crabtree III Lisa Cremin & Bruce Harlan Richard & Linda Davis Carol Comstock & Jim Davis Mr. Philip Delanty Alexandra & Charlotte Dretler

Mr. Elmer Langham & Mr. Donald Bonar Monica & John Pearson Ms. Elise T. Philips Ms. Karen Porch Pasta da Pulcinella Mr. & Mrs. Gary Sayers Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer

Jane E. Shivers Mr. Allen B. Simpson & Mrs. Melody E. Mann-Simpson Ms. Martha B. Stephens & Ms. Linda B. August Mr. George M. Taylor William & Nancy Yang

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Drs. Bryan & Norma Edwards Mr. & Mrs. Barry R. Elson Dr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin Ms. Pat Fiorello Pat & Jerry Gardner Mr. Joe Gfaller Dr. Lisa A. Gillespie Louise Staton Gunn Mr. & Ms. Willie L. Hall, Jr. Mr. John Harber Mr. George & Ms. Penny Hart Mr. & Ms. Chester L. Hicks

Ms. Terry A. Hildebrand Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Hills Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hyman, Jr. Jason & Laurie Jeffay Mr. & Mrs. Frank Jefferson Eric & Carol Johnson Cathy & Jeffrey Korotkin Ms. Sandra Lanphear J. Bancroft Lesesne Eric & Marcia Ludgood Caroline Mayson Michael & Heather Miars

annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.8 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 September 1, 2012)

$500 - $749 (cont.)

Roger & Sue Morgan Janice & Tom Munsterman Mr. Daniel P. Murphy Norfolk & Southern Corporation Mr. Stephen J. Odom & Mrs. Ellen M. Coggeshall Mr. & Ms. Peter O'Hanlon Mr. Mark A. Pallansch Leonard Pallats Dr. Monica Parker Mr. & Mrs. John Payan

Chris & Mary Kay Payne Mr. & Mrs. Asif Ramji Greg & Kathy Reilley Harry & Anna Rinker James H. Rollins Kevin Ruhl John A. Sabine Brian & Cynthia Shepler Mindy & David Shoulberg Dr. Jay Singh & Dr. Gillian Sherbourne

Mr. & Mrs. Alfred G. Adams, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Randall Adams Mrs. Belinda Allen Mrs. Elena Allmeroth Marion Anderson Anonymous (2) Ansley Animal Clinic Norma & Don Appel Ms. Lauren Appel Warren Armistead Mr. & Mrs. James Bailey George T. Baker Foundation, Inc. Dr. Michael & Mary Baron Ms. Leslie Bassett & Family Mr. & Mrs. Roland Bates Patty Beem Ms. Mavourneem Bell Mr. Michael C. Berndt Ms. Donna Berry Geoff Bieger & John Altizer Gary & Nancy Bivins Mr. Bill Black Suzanne & Rob Boas Ms. Brenda K. Boyd Ms. & Mr. Lisa Brannen Sharon Brewer Dr. Harold J. Brody Merv & Schan Brown Ms. Deb Brudo Robin Canady Ms. Mary C. Cannon Gwen Carmack Mr. William Carroll Franklin & Dorothy Chandler Ms. Diane L. Chauffe Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cohn Kenneth Collins Lt. Col. & Mrs. Ralph W. Connell Mr. Bob Copeland Mr. Tim Couch Mr. Michael J. Crandall Mr. Terry Culp Mr. Clayton Davis Ms. Carol Dcruz

Dr. Paul L. Douglass, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Philip A. Dreger Ms. Leanne Dungan Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dunson Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Edge Gary & Elaine Elder Ilene Engel & Bob Arotsky Ms. Erin E. Evans Eliza & Bobby Ezor Mark & Martha Fair Mrs. Veronica S. Fink John & Eleanor Finley Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Fitzmaurice Mike Flueckiger Ms. Debbie Frank Ms. Shan Franklin Dr. & Mrs. Edward Gainer Mr. Andrew Gaines George Galloway, Jr. Drs. Stephen & Marianne Garber Ms. Christina Garcia Mr. Alexander Gdalevich Leah Gibson Dr. & Mrs. Donald M. Gilner Marsha & Richard Goerss Dan & Susan Graveline Mrs. Janice Graves Richard & Debbie Griffiths Mrs. C.J. Grimes Mrs. Bea H. Grossman Divida Gude Mr. James E. Guess Mr. Sidney L. Gullion & Ms. Christine MacKay Sherry & Ike Habif Lindsey E. Hardegree Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Haynes Ms. Bonnie K. Hebb Mrs. Cathy Hedrich Mr. Paul Hemrick Ms. Dawn Hereth Mr. Mario Hernandez, Jr. Mr. Edward Hewett Carole W. Hinton

Brenda J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jay Smith John & Sharlene Smith Alec & Donna Smythe Joe Sniezek Mr. Peter J. Stelling Judith & Mark Taylor Ms. Mona Temples Celia Till Katherine Tolliday Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Y. Tyler

The von Gal Family Ms. Elizabeth Wallace & Mr. Chris Scislowicz Bert & Stacey Weiss Dr. & Mrs. J. Michael West Ms. Penelope Woods Albert & Barbra Wright Jeannie Wynn Dawn M. Zachariah Dr. & Mrs. Howard Zaleznak

$250-$499 Mr. Mark A. Hobson Mr. & Mrs. L. Lynn Hogue Jeremy Hsieh Ms. Helen E. Huyler & Ms. Janice Huyler Ideal Care Technologies Intellectual Capital Consulting, Inc. Mary Ann Jackson Mr. Ron Jackson Mr. Charles Johnson Birgitta Johnson Mr. Jeff Jones Lee & Alyse Jones Mr. Jared Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Juliano Ms. Janice Karkula Mrs. Kenneth J. Kearney Madkin Kelly The Kelly Family Gary & Joella Kerber Dr. William Kiser Mrs. Jo Koch Mr. John W. Krausen Mr. & Mrs. Don Kuperman Carol & Paul Kurtz Ms. Mary E. Lang Randi & Sid Levy Mr. Benjamin Lewis Richard Lodise & Valerie Jagiella Ms. Gloria Logan Ms. Sarah Lyon & Mr. Matthew Hanna Sallee Macknik Mr. Eugene Martin Joey McCraw, Backstreet Boutique J. McDonald Ms. Susan McFall Wayne McGee/The McGee Group Mr. & Mrs. Michael T. McNamara Doug & Norma McNeill Birgit & David McQueen Ms. Louise A. Merlyn & Mr. Edward K. Addley

Jim & Deb Millette Dr. & Mrs. James H. Milsap The Mimms Family Mr. Michael Mitchell Traron Moore Vicki & Steve Morris William & Judy Mullen Dennis & Debra Murphy Patricia C. Nevius, M.D. & Lewis Stogner Dr. Brent Nixon Ms. Janis Orlins Ms. Scotty C. Pannell Ms. Dana Persons Ms. Sophia Brothers Peterman Mr. & Ms. Timothy A. Pollock Prefered Machine Works Ms. Kathy Prieto Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Quillian III Dale & Marnae Ranta Ron Reemsnyder Ms. Heather Rees Ms. Arina Reid-Martin Mr. Ed Rhein Hayward & Janice Richardson Ms. Reginia J. Riffey Ted J. Rikard Miss Lillie M. Robbins Mr. Lou Robinson & Mr. Bill Deloach In honor of Ms. Maya Robinson Maya Robinson Ms. Mary W. Rogers Ms. Ann R. Rollins & Mr. James Josie Dr. Jacqueline J. Royster Ms. & Ms. Theresa M. Schnider Amy Jeanne Rosenberg Schwartz Ms. Yveta Seise Kathleen Sheehan Mr. Mark O. Shriver, IV Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sides Mr. Mashaun Simon Fred B. Smith

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annual fund Alliance donors provide over $1.8 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 September 1, 2012)

$250-$499 (cont.)

Ms. Shawn O. Smith Mr. Lloyd Solomon Mr. & Mrs. Barry L. Spurlock Marilyn & Mickey Steinberg Michael Stevens Andrea Strickland & N. Jerold Cohen Ms. Susan Swanner Thomas Sweat & Ron Russell Dr. & Mrs. Michael Szikman Taproot Corporation Ms. Leslie M. Taylor & Mr. David Pratt

Johnie L. Teague Mr. Richard Thomas Mr. Kevin Todd Ms. Wanda Truesdale Mr. Robert Tynan Mr. Wayne R. Vason & Ms. Lee Harper Mr. Vern Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Vivona Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Voynich Mr. & Mrs. Steven Wakefield Gilbert & Genette Waldman John T. & Patricia Walsh

Charles Warren & Chris Hester Jaye Weiland Dr. Paul B. Weinberg Ms. Ann Westbrook Dr. & Mrs. Anon E. Westmoreland Mr. Peter White Mrs. Charlotte Wilen Mr. & Mrs. David M. Wilkinson Mr. Jason Williams Mr. & Mrs. Richard Williams Mialeeka Williams with No Other Council

Dr. & Ms. Wayman Duane Williams Willis Clinic Dr. Jane Wilkor & Mr. Bruce Winston Mr. Jorn Winter Sherry & Donn Wright Mr. David A. Yelich Mr. Charles L. Young Harold & Jane Yudelson Paul Zurawski & Rick Hengel

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.

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CIGNA Corporation Citigroup Foundation The Coca-Cola Company Equifax Inc. Federated Department Stores, Inc. GE Energy Home Depot Foundation IBM Corporation

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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 Yahoo!

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Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. UPS ★★★★★★★★★★ $300,000+ Cox Interests Atlanta Journal-Constitution James M. Cox Foundation, Cox Radio Group Atlanta, WSB-TV The Hon. Anne Cox Chambers Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Equifax Inc. & Employees The Home Depot Foundation PwC, Partners & Employees SunTrust Bank Employees & Trusteed Foundations Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund Greene-Sawtell Foundation SunTrust Foundation ★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Jones Day Foundation & Employees KPMG LLP, Partners & Employees The Sara Giles Moore Foundation The Rich Foundation, Inc. The David, Helen & Marian Woodward Fund

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★★★★★★★ $100,000+ Alston & Bird LLP Bank of America Delta Air Lines, Inc. Kaiser Permanente King & Spalding Partners & Employees The Klaus Family Foundation The Marcus Foundation, Inc. Novelis Inc. Southwest Airlines Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Wells Fargo

★★★★★★ $75,000+ Goodwin Group Kilpatrick Townsend Norfolk Southern The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Regions Financial Corporation RockTenn Siemens Industry, Inc. ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. Balch & Bingham Lisa & Joe Bankoff Crawford & Company GE Energy Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion IntercontinentalExchange PNC Primerica Troutman Sanders LLP

★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Atlanta Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III Invesco PLC Philip I. Kent Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Hellen Ingram Plummer Foundation, Inc. Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation Patty & Doug Reid Family Foundation Alex and Betty Smith DonorAdvised Fund at the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia Harris A. Smith Devyne Stephens Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP United Distributors, Inc. Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Julie & Jim Balloun BB&T Corporation Cousins Properties Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. DLA Piper Mike Donnelly Doosan Infracore International Georgia-Pacific Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund GMT Capital Corporation Grant Thornton LLP Harland Clarke

Beth & Tommy Holder The Imlay Foundation, Inc. Infor Global Solutions Sarah & Jim Kennedy Macy’s Foundation Mueller Water Products, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. David M. Ratcliffe SCANA Energy Selig Enterprises, Inc./The Selig Foundation Southwire Company Towers Watson Waffle House, Inc. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Carla & Leonard Wood Yancey Bros. Co. ★★ $15,000+ ACE Charitable Foundation Acuity Alvarez & Marsal Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Assurant The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Atlanta Marriott Marquis Susan R. Bell & Patrick M. Morris Bessemer Trust Laura & Stan Blackburn The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Boston Consulting Group Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch The Brand Banking Company George M. Brown Trust Fund of Atlanta Bryan Cave LLP

Mary Cahill & Rory Murphy Camp-Younts Foundation Center Family Foundation Mr. Charles Center Mr. & Mrs. Fred Halperin Ms. Charlene Berman The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Cornerstone Investment Partners Dewberry Foundation Duke Realty Corporation The Deborah Elkins Foundation Fifth Third Bank First Data Corporation Ford & Harrison LLP Robert L. Fornaro Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Georgia Natural Gas Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes 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 JWT The Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation Kurt P. Kuehn & Cheryl Davis Thomas H. Lanier Family Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Livingston Foundation, Inc. Karole & John Lloyd Mohawk Industries, Inc. & Frank H. Boykin

Katherine John Murphy Foundation Newell Rubbermaid Gail & Bob O’Leary Vicki & John Palmer The Sally & Peter Parsonson Foundation, Inc. Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. Post Properties, Inc. Mary & Craig Ramsey Smith Gambrell and Russell, LLP Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Sprint Foundation State Bank & Trust Company Staples Foundation Superior Essex Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Thompson Verizon Sue & John Wieland Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams The Xerox Foundation

*Annual Campaign Donors from June 1, 2011–May 31, 2012

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alliance theatre staff Administration

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 Associate..............DayRon J. Miles Artistic Assistant........................................................Margo Moskowitz Visiting Scholar................................................................... Jay Raphael Artistic Intern................................................................... Kathryn David Literary Interns........ Margot Manburg, Natasha Smith, Malcom Tariq Kenny Leon Fellow............................................................. JirĂŠh Holder

Education Director of Educational Programs........................... Christopher Moses Director of the Acting Program.......................................... Al Hamacher Director, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists.......................................... Michele Mummert Education Development Manager...................................Sharon Brewer Education Coordinator & Producer of Drama Camps .Christina Dresser 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 Teen Programs Assistant.................................................... Sarah Wallis Teaching Artists..............................Ricardo Aponte, Paul Armbruster, Denise Arribas, Olivia Aston, Corey Bradberry, Sharon Brewer, Daniel Brown, Jaehn Clare, Steve Coulter, Jessica De Maria, John Doyle, Marissa Druzbanski, Sharon Foote, Polly Garcia, Allison Gardner, Kimberly Geter, Holly Godwin, Neely Gossett, Erin Greer, Amy Handler, Angie Harrell, Betty Hart, Michael Haverty, Lesley Howe, BJ Hughes, John Jaramillio, Bernard D. Jones, Rachel Jones, LeeAnna Lambert, Amy Lucas, Barry Stewart Mann, Michele McCullough Hazard, Bryan Mercer, Marcie Millard, Tracy V. Moore, Kati Grace Morton, Jessica Muhammad, Sarah Lancaster Cave, Claire Ritzler, Manny Rivers, Kirk Seaman, Linda Sherbert, Sheri Mann Stewart, Clint Thornton, Shirnest Tolbert, Ebony Tucker, Davia Weatherill, Jeanene Williams

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 Special Events & Board Assistant..................................... Bryan Saxon Grants Manager...................................................Rebecca Levenberg Development Coordinator...................................... Janet Abercrombie Development Volunteer.............................................. Elaine Hentschel

Marketing Director of Marketing.......................................................... Gary Sayers Brand Manager............................................................ Caroline Tanner Public Relations Manager...................................... Kathleen Covington Digital Brand Manager..........................................................John Maley Creative Manager...........................................................Talia Bromstad Marketing Volunteer.................................................................Don Vann Group Service Coordinators................ Celeste Mercer, Kate McNeely Brand Coordinator.............................................................Emily Bryson Patron Services Manager........................................................Shana Orr Patron Services Coordinator.................................................Alicia Quirk 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

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Director of Production.................................................... Victor W. Smith

Assistant Technical Director..................................................Megan Kier Shop Foreman................................................................ Patrick Conley Carpenters...............................................Manny Abreo, Erin Canfield, Jonathan Fries, Michael Lyons Charge Scenic Artist..............................................................Kat Conley Scenic Artist................................................................. Christa Seekatz

Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers.................................................... Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw, Julie A. Richardson Assistant Stage Managers................ Liz Campbell, R. Lamar Williams TYF Stage Manager.....................................................Amy Radebaugh TYF Stage Management Production Assistant................. Barbara Gantt Hertz Stage Management Production Assistant.........Jayson T. Waddell Stage Management Apprentices................Erin Sanchez, Haylee Scott

Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager................................................ Scott Bowne Crew Chief........................................................................ Deb Maberry Flyman................................................................................ Willie Parks Properties Stagehand.................................................. Courtney O'Neill Stagehand......................................................................... Paul Arebalo

Electrics Electrics Manager..................................................................Pete Shinn Staff Electricians...................Steve Jordan, Steven Love, Jenn Trippe

Sound Resident Sound Designer..................................................Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops...............Holly Blakely, Hidenori Nakajo, Brian Smith

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Properties Properties Manager...........................................................Robert Elliott Props Lead Artisan........................................................Suzanne Morris Properties Buyer Artisan.......................................... Heather Schroeder Properties Artisan.......................................................Bruce Butkovitch

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

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