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Folks need to celebrate. Every culture has special days of thanks. Even amongst the deepest disasters and the hardest times, we celebrate. The Cratchits sit together at a table on Christmas Eve with barely enough food to taste. Scrooge’s Ihappiest have a thing for singers. memories are wrapped up in celebration—particularly the Fezziwig party. Fred proclaims the season the time of “the It’s mix ofmen wonder and envy and down to appreciation yeara when and women seem bythrow one consent open their for whoever doles out such gifts.

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If there anyone reading who does know to raise the human experience to a superhuman emotional the story—don’t worry—the story seems to hold up under repetition—just like the celebrations of our life!is why. (Aristotle said so, and he wasn’t wrong much.) level Avenue X takes the idea holiday of the stage Have a beautiful, celebratory season!musical to both its greatest and its most human extremes. Eight voices are your band tonight. They will be your cellos and your drums and your keyboards for a story of tumultuous change in a neighborhood, a country and a way of life. And there are, I promise, no strings attached. It’s all them, and in my humble opinion, the eight of them are all that.

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Deep in the heart of Brooklyn Avenue X delivers a snapshot of urban street life, circa 1963

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venue X may have been accessible by subways, but in 1963, it cut through an Italian section of Brooklyn that was worlds away from the cosmopolitan life people enjoyed in Manhattan.

Audiences may be familiar with the disco-era Italian Brooklyn made famous by the John Travolta film Saturday Night Fever. And in 1989, Spike Lee beautifully documented a fictional clash of Italian, African-American and Puerto Rican cultures in Do The Right Thing. But few are privy to how these tensions developed, which is what Ray Leslee and John Jiler’s world premiere musical Avenue X explores.

After the Second World War, Italian immigration to the United States started to decline. Italy was recovering from a double invasion (fighting German troops in the north and Allied forces

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in the south) that left a crumbling economy and little to no infrastructure, not to mention land mines and a devastated landscape. Meanwhile, the residents of New York’s isolated Italian neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Manhattan became more attached to their Italian heritage. As Italy evolved into a fashionable, culturally vibrant and thoroughly modern civilization, Italian-Americans clung to traditional European culture and the way of life they remembered, but which no longer existed. Even though the last great immigration wave from Italy took place in 1960, Italian is still one of the six most common languages spoken in New York City.

In the 1960s, African-Americans started settling in Brooklyn, in public housing projects that were springing up in the midst of the old brownstone

“Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states ...

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

— Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Letter from a Birmingham Jail; April 16, 1963

homes. Some were fleeing the urban blight of Harlem, and some were simply looking for better opportunities than were available to them in the American South. They were joined by black Caribbean immigrants who brought with them a new kind of music, language and culture to add to New York’s AfricanAmerican Diaspora. Although intended to be symbols of progress, the housing projects soon became symbols of decay, contributing to the tension that was developing between the neighborhood’s older Italian community and its new black residents.

Avenue X illustrates what happens when the great American melting pot fails to gel (a problem with which Brooklyn neighborhoods still struggle) and asks the question: What happens when two young men find the courage to cross Avenue X?

New Work Alert!

Every fall, Alliance Theatre solicits plays from students in their final year attending the nation’s leading graduate playwriting programs for its Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition. From this body of work, the theatre picks four finalists and one winner. The winner’s play receives a world premiere production in the Alliance’s subscription season.

Come hear works by the finalists read on Feb. 1 and 2, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. each day.

Plus, get a chance to meet last year’s winner, Tennis in Nablus playwright Ismail Khalidi, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m.

THIS YEAR’S FINALISTS: The Small of Her Back by Dana Lynn Formby. A hilarious, timely and original take on workplace sexual politics. blu by Virginia Gris. A woman who discovers the love and support of another woman in the face of her husband’s incarceration and the death of her son in Iraq.

Splinters by Emily Schwend.

The gripping story of a family falling apart in the wake of a kidnapping.

No One But You by Paul David Young. An incredible primal love story between two men, both HIV-positive, who meet at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

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the vibrant street life of South East Asia.

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ALLIANCE THEATRE Presents

Book and Lyrics by

John Jiler Music by

Ray Leslee Set Design by Todd Rosenthal

Costume Design by Mariann Verheyen

Lighting Design by Ken Yunker

Sound Design by Clay Benning

Musical Direction by Darryl Jovan Williams

Production Stage Manager Pat A. Flora & lark hackshaw

Dramaturg Celise Kalke & Patrick McColery

Casting by Jody Feldman & Alan Filderman, CSA

Choreography by

Danny Pelzig Directed by

Susan V. Booth Avenue X is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, INC. The World Premiere of Avenue X was presented in New York by Playwright’s Horizons, Don Scardino, Artistic Director.

In addition to the support of these two theatres, the development of Avenue X was aided by: The 1992 Richard Rodgers Development Award and The 1993 Richard Rodgers Development award (both administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters) The 1992 National Music Theatre Conference at the O’Neill Theatre Center The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The Manhattan Class Company The Tennessee Repertory Theatre Based on an Original Concept by John Jiler

Additional Lyrics by Ray Leslee

In memory of Michael Philippi Sponsored by

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cast in alphabetical order

*Rebecca Blouin.........................................................................................Barbara *Lawrence Clayton...................................................................................... Roscoe *Jeremy Cohen.............................................................................................. Chuck *Steve French................................................................................................Ubazz *J.D. Goldblatt............................................................................................... Milton *Nick Spangler..........................................................................................Pasquale *Neda Spears...................................................................................................Julia *J.D. Webster............................................................................................. Winston S. Renee Clark ............................................................. Assistant Musical Director John Edwards................................................................ Assistant Musical Director *lark hackshaw.........................................Production Stage Manager (Dec. 8 – 27) Assistant Stage Manager (Dec. 29 – Feb. 7) *Pat A. Flora......................................Production Stage Manager (Dec. 29 – Feb. 7) *RL Campbell..............................................Assistant Stage Manager (Dec. 8 – 27) Amy Radebaugh............................................................ Apprentice Stage Manager Scot J. Mann......................................................................... Fight Choreographer Gary Yates...................................................................................... Dialect Coach Steve French.................................................................................... Fight Captain *Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Setting: Avenue X, Brooklyn, 1963 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 Company 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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musical numbers ACT I Prologue.......................................................................................The Company A Thousand Summer Nights.....................Chuck/Pasquale/Ubazz/The Company Scat........................................................................................ Pasquale/Milton Serves You Right..................................................................... Pasquale/Milton Command Me............................................ Roscoe/Julia/Chuck/Barbara/Ubazz Io Sono Cosi Stanco...................................................................Ubazz/Barbara Santa Cecilia................................................................................The Company She’s Fifteen.................................................................Chuck/Pasquale/Ubazz Stay................................................................... Roscoe/Milton/Ubazz/Winston Where Are You Tonight............Roscoe/Milton/Ubazz/Chuck/Winston/Pasquale Big Lucy.............................................Roscoe/Milton/Ubazz/Winston/Pasquale Why.........................................Roscoe/Milton/Ubazz/Chuck/Winston/Pasquale Follow Me................................................................................ Pasquale/Milton Follow Me (Reprise).....................................................................The Company ACT II Moonlight On Old Sicily..........................................................Pasquale/Barbara Woman of the World....................................................... Barbara/The Company Gloria............................................................................................The Company Palermo...................................................................................................Chuck Africa (Binadama Weusi)..............................................Winston/The Company Go There.............................................................................. Julia/The Company ’Til the End of Time............................................ Roscoe/Chuck/Winston/Ubazz Where is Love (Duet)......................................... Milton/Pasquale/The Company Epilogue.......................................................................................The Company Where is Love? (Finale)................................................................The Company

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REBECCA BLOUIN

LAWRENCE CLAYTON

JEREMY COHEN

STEVE FRENCH

J.D. GOLDBLATT

NICK SPANGLER

NEDA SPEARS

J.D. Webster

REBECCA BLOUIN (Barbara) grew up as the daughter of a southern Baptist minister of music singing classically in church for as long as she can remember. By the time she was 16, she had conducted her first choir and had been an accomplished ballet dancer. Shortly thereafter she owned and operated her own ballet studio.

Blouin studied vocal performance at Ole Miss and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She was also crowned Queen of Mississippi and went on to the Miss America Pageant where she placed in the top ten. Currently, Rebecca resides in Atlanta where she is a private vocal instructor for teenagers mostly from Paideia School and teaches yoga at Bikram Yoga Atlanta.

Representative roles Include: Jeckyl and Hyde (Lucy): Christmas Carol (Belle); Company (April/ Marta); Hansel & Gretel (Company/Hansel); Odd Couple (Gwendolyn); Gypsy (Louise/Gypsy); The Fantastiks (Louisa).

LAWRENCE CLAYTON (Roscoe) Lawrence’s most recent appearances include the role of the Tenor in Too Hot to Handel with the Baltimore Symphony under the direction of Marin Alsop.

He starred as Montel/Jesus in the NYC premiere of Jerry Springer the Opera with Harvey Kietel at Carnegie Hall. He reprised the role this spring

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at the Sydney Opera House. His Broadway appearances include Bells Are Ringing, It Ain’t Nothin but the Blues, The Civil War, Once upon a Mattress, High Rollers Social Pleasure Club and Dreamgirls. Off-Broadway he originated the role of the Man in Crowns at Second Stage. Other credits include: Saturn Returns and Romance in Hard Times at The Public Theater and Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Paramount Theater at Madison Square Garden. Regional audiences have seen him in productions of Big River, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Boys from Syracuse, Betsy Brown and Sophisticated Ladies.

JEREMY COHEN (Chuck) A native of New York, Jeremy is thrilled to make his Alliance Theatre debut in Avenue X. Other credits include West Bank, UK (La Mama, E.T.C. & Malibu Stage Company); Maccabeat (NY Music Theatre Festival); The Good War (Northlight Theatre); Fire on the Bayou (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre & Delaware Theatre Company); Grafton City Blues (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Grease (Marriott Theatre); Sisters of Swing (Pennsylvania Centre Stage); and The Last Five Years (Syndicate Productions). Film: 3 Words About New York and Hell’s Gate. Composer of The Bowery Boys (Marriott Theatre), a 2009 Chicago Jeff

profiles Award nominee for “Best New Work.” Proud Northwestern graduate. This coming spring, Jeremy will be seen in the Kennedy Center’s production of Master Class. Love and thanks to Antonette and family. jeremy-cohen.com STEVE FRENCH (Ubazz) is honored to make his Alliance debut with Avenue X. New York: Still the River Runs (NYIT Award nomination, Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role), Professional Skepticism, Zootopia Theatre Co.; A First Class Man, Alter Ego Productions; The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, The Alternate Theatre; Second Stage; TACT. Regional: Camelot and Big River, Goodspeed Musicals; Othello, A Christmas Carol, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Hartford Stage Company; A Moon For the Misbegotten, Long Wharf Theatre; Amadeus, Henry V, Tartuffe, No Man’s Land, Monomoy Theatre. Television: “All My Children.” For Allison.

J.D. GOLDBLATT (Milton) I am so stoked to be back at the Alliance. I love this theater and this city! Past productions include: Monstrosity (world premiere by Lucy Thurber) at The Connelly Theater in NYC, Lear DeBessonnet director; Venice (workshop co-written by Matt Sax and Eric Rosen) at The Kirk Douglas Theater in L.A., Eric Rosen director; A Civil War Christmas (world premiere by Paula Vogel) at The Long Wharf Theater in Conn., Tina Landau director; Iphigenia 2.0 (NYC premiere by Charles Mee) at the Signature Theater in NYC, Tina Landau director; Les Miserables (Broadway Revival Original Cast), John Caird director; Jelly’s Last Jam (Suzi Bass Award Best Lead Actor) at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Kent Gash director; The Turnover by Adam Kraar and Bleach by Michael Bassett at the Alliance Repertory Company in L.A. TV/Film: “Hawthorne,” “NUMB3RS,” The Last Spin, The Wood, BAQ-132. B.F.A. in drama from Carnegie Mellon.

NICK SPANGLER (Pasquale) comes directly to Atlanta from the Off-Broadway cast of The Fantasticks! where his performance as Matt was recognized by the Theater Hall of Fame with the Eileen and Jerry Orbach Musical Theater Fellowship Award. Recent Regional: Michael John LaChiusa’s GIANT (Signature Theater, world premiere); Fantasy Football: the musical?

(NYMF); La Cage (Arvada Center); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Gateway Playhouse). Reality TV buffs might recognize Nick from the 13th season

of the CBS reality series “The Amazing Race,” on which he and his sister won the million dollar prize. B.F.A. from NYU. nickspangler.com NEDA SPEARS (Julia) is so proud to be making her debut at the Alliance Theatre with Avenue X. For the past 15 years, she has been in Chicago performing in productions of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Tintypes, Nunsensations! and Schoolhouse Rock Live! (Drury Lane Oakbrook); Big River and Honk! (Mariott-Lincolnshire); Raisin (Court Theatre); Side Show (Northlight Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); The Who’s Tommy (Village Players Theatre); the Chicago premiere of Bingo! The Winning New Musical (Apollo Theater); and Could It Be Magic?, conceived and directed by Barry Manilow (Mercury Theater).

Neda also originated the role of Momma in The American Girl’s Revue. She was also a featured performer in the Navy Pier Players, an a capella singing group at Chicago’s most well-known tourist attraction, for over 3 years. Much thanks to Jody and Susan. Love to my amazing family.

J.D. Webster (Winston) returns to the Alliance, having been last seen as Annas in the premiere of Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. Broadway: Wonderful Town, Ragtime and Showboat. Regional: Sid in The Desert Song (Sacramento Music Circus), Nicely-Nicely in Guys and Dolls (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Howard in Finian’s Rainbow (Coconut Grove), Flick in Violet (Connecticut Rep), J.D. in Jam and Spice (Westport Playhouse), and Raymond in the world-premiere of An American in Paris (Houston Alley Theatre). Last season, he was a featured soloist with the Baltimore Symphony in Bernstein’s Mass at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center (Naxos recording). His other concert work includes appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Virginia Symphony Pops, the New York Ragtime Orchestra (Japan tour), Spring is Here (Rodgers Centennial @ Carnegie Hall), and the PBS broadcasts of South Pacific and Ira Gershwin at 100.

JOHN JILER (Author/Lyricist) received both the Richard Rodgers Award and the Kleban Librettists’ Award for Avenue X, his first musical.

His first full-length play, Sour Springs, won the Weissberger Prize from New Dramatists. His plays have been seen coast to coast, from the O’Neill Playwright’s Conference to the Kennedy

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profiles Center to Seattle Rep. His latest book, Sleeping With The Mayor was named a New York Times’ “Most Notable Book,” and his first, Dark Wind, was called by the Village Voice a classic. As a journalist he has written for the NY Times, The Nation and the Village Voice. His current theatrical projects are Big Red Sun (winner of the Harold Arlen Award from ASCAP) and Explicit Vows, a one-man show at Playwright’s Horizons and the Flea Theatre. He has acted at the Public Theatre, the Hartford Stage Company, and Chicago’s Body Politic, where he won the Chicago Drama Critic’s Best Actor Award.

RAY LESLEE (Composer) Standup Shakespeare (directed by Mike Nichols, with F. Murray Abraham, Alfred Molina and Alice Ripley); Avenue X, (Playwrights Horizons); A Good Man (The Vienna Chamber Opera); Educating Rita (Steppenwolf); Twelfth Night (Theatre For A New Audience); The Three Musketeers (national tour with The Acting Company); The Author’s Voice (with Philip Seymour Hoffman); The Common Pursuit (Simon Gray’s Pulitzer Prize); The Living Newspaper (Ensemble Studio Theatre); The Notebook of Trigorin (ACT); Romeo & Juliet For Orchestra & Actors (The Buffalo Philharmonic); to name a few. He was a 2009 artist in residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library; received a 2008 Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts; and was honored at Lincoln Center with the Gilman & Gonzalez Award for lifetime achievement in musical theatre. As a young pianist in New York in the 70s through the 80s, he appeared with The Platters, The Drifters, The Shirelles, The Capris, Jay & The Americans, Lesley Gore, Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham. rayleslee.com SUSAN V. BOOTH (Director, Artistic Director) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001. In the past eight seasons, she has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition and has produced projects including The Color Purple; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; SISTER ACT the Musical; Bring in Da’ Noise, Bring in Da’ Funk; and last season’s Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she

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has directed nationally for 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 University 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) 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.

DANNY PELZIG (Choreographer) Broadway: 33 Variations, starring Jane Fonda; A Year with Frog and Toad. Off-Broadway: Regrets Only, Newyorkers (MTC); Valhalla (NYTW); The New Moon (Encores!); Privates on Parade (Roundabout). Opera: La Sonnambula, Lucia di Lammermoor, Iphigenie en Tauride (Metropolitan Opera); Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera, L.A. Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre. Regional: Into the Woods (Kansas City Rep); As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet (Helen Hayes nomination), Dog in the Manger, Twelfth Night, Edward II (Shakespeare Theatre); Pericles (Goodman); Sweeney Todd (Kennedy Center, Sondheim Celebration); Don Juan (McCarter/Old Globe); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Seattle Repertory); The Mikado, Company, Iolanthe, A Christmas Carol (Huntington); My Fair Lady (Alliance); Guys and Dolls (Long Wharf); Ragtime (Pioneer). Selected directing credits: The Bartered Bride for Opera Boston, Iphigenie en Tauride in Valencia, Spain, Mary Zimmerman’s production of Philip Glass’ Akhnaten in Strasbourg, France, and Turandot for Ft. Worth Opera. Pelzig earned his degree in cellular biology at Columbia University.

TODD ROSENTHAL (Set Designer) Received 2008 Tony Award for August Osage County.

Designs at theaters in US and abroad, including: Steppenwolf, Arena Stage, Guthrie Theater, Alley Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory, Paper Mill Playhouse, CenterStage, Chicago Shakespeare, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cincinnati Playhouse, Atlantic Theatre,

profiles Chicago Opera, National Theatre, London, and others. Recent projects: Fake for Steppenwolf; Magnolia for The Goodman; A Delicate Balance for Arena Stage; Much Ado About Nothing for Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Current designs: August: Osage County North American Tour and Sydney Theatre; A Streetcar Named Desire for The Guthrie Theatre; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf for Steppenwolf and Arena Stage; A Parallelogram for Steppenwolf; and The Sins of Sor Juana for The Goodman. Set designer, New York’s Big Apple Circus. Exhibitor, 2007 Prague Quadrennial in Czech Republic. Only American designer to receive the Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Set Design. Todd teaches design at Northwestern University. Graduate, Yale School of Drama.

the Atlanta Opera and has also been Resident Lighting Designer for The Sarasota Opera since 2006. In Atlanta, since 1989, he has been a regular at Theatre in the Square, True Colors, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble, Atlanta Lyric, Ballethnic Dance Company, Gwinnett Ballet, Rotaru Ballet, Clayton State University, Brenau University and Six Flags over Georgia.

National credits include Lyric Opera of Chicago, Tulsa Opera, San Antonio Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Augusta Opera, Knoxville Opera, Florida State Opera, Nevada Opera Theatre, Bermuda Arts Festival, Utah Opera, Utah Shakespeare and Opera New Jersey in Princeton. In 2002, Mr. Yunker was nominated for the Abbey-Artist of the Year award, and has been featured in Creative Loafing’s Best of Atlanta.

MARIANN VERHEYEN (Costume Designer) has been designing for the Alliance since 1985, most recently for August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf. Other shows at the Alliance include Intimate Apparel (Suzi Bass Award winner for Best Costume Design, 200506), Day of the Kings, A Christmas Carol and Light Up the Sky. New York credits include Cathy Rigby’s Peter Pan, Everybody’s Ruby (Audelco Award Nomination), numerous off-Broadway productions and 10 years of commercial styling.

Regionally, her work has been seen at the Ford’s, Huntington and Studio Arena theatres; Missouri Rep; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; and also at the Chicago, Alabama, Oregon and Colorado Shakespeare theatres. She has designed costumes for Disney Cruise Lines and Disney World’s Animal Kingdom. Awards include three I.R.N.E.s in Boston, Villager Downtown Theater Award of NYC, two Best of Atlanta’s, Chicago’s 2002 Jeff Award and 2005 and 2007 Jeff Award nominations. She is a recipient of a Distinguished Achievement Award in Humanities from her undergrad alma mater St. Norbert College and a Distinguished Achievement Award from her high school. She is head of the Costume Design Program at Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Theater.

CLAY BENNING (Sound Designer) has designed more than 50 productions for the Alliance.

Memorable designs include Pacific Overtures, Saint Lucy’s Eyes, False Creeds, Bluish, Eurydice, Jelly’s Last Jam, King Hedley II, Five Guys Named Moe and Topdog/Underdog.

Georgia Shakespeare: All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Metamorphoses, Twelfth Night, A Streetcar Named Desire, Comedy of Errors, Pericles, Loot.

Atlanta Ballet: The Great Gatsby, big (featuring Big Boi). Regionally, he has designed for Cincinnati Playhouse, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Synchronicity Performance Group and National Black Theatre Festival. Awards: 2006 and 2007 Suzi Bass awards for Best Sound Design (Metamorphoses and False Creeds); 2003 St. Louis Post-Dispatch award for Best Sound Design (My Fair Lady).

Clay has mixed for such acts as The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Ralph Stanley, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and David Wilcox. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (B.A.), North Carolina School of the Arts (M.F.A.) and is a member of IATSE.

KEN YUNKER (Lighting Designer) Alliance Theatre: The Underpants, Go Dog, Go!, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Aladdin, Bluish, Einstein is a Dummy, Day of Kings, The Miracle Worker, Leap, Ferdinand the Bull. Mr. Yunker celebrates his 20th year as Resident Lighting Designer for

DARRYL JOVAN WILLIAMS (Music Director) began his career as a singer in the local churches of Jasper County, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., and later joined the Rev. James Cleveland Workshop. He has sung behind such artists as Shirley Caesar, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Dorothy Norwood, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Vicky Winans, Leslie Gore and Ann Nesby. Williams earned a $10,000 purse winning the Savannah

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profiles Onstage International Soloist Competition, which earned him an offer to sing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He later performed as choir director in the European Tour of The Harlem Gospel Singers and for Pope John Paul II in Bologna, Italy. Williams has performed in the National and European tours of Smokey Joe’s Café, which began a ten-year stint. There he met Mr. Louis St. Louis who encouraged him to perform with Gladys Knight and the original cast of Smokey Joe’s Café and to create background vocals for artists like Gladys Knight and Leslie Gore. Williams’ other credits include the offBroadway spoof of the 70s, Streakin, Mama I Want to Sing, Big Mama Stringbean (which won Williams a nomination for an AUDELCO Award), Dreamgirls, The Meeting and Once on This Island. Last season he played Judas and was vocal arranger for Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL here at the Alliance. lark hackshaw (Production Stage Manager Favorites include: Off-Broadway: Langston in Harlem; Hoopz (Disney); Mama, I Want to Sing.

Alliance Theatre: August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean & Radio Golf; Eurydice; Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies; Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; Jelly’s Last Jam; Five Guys Named Moe; Topdog/Underdog; King Hedley II; Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk; Wit; How I Learned to Drive. National Tours: Ain’t Misbehavin’ ; Noise/Funk national tour starring Savion Glover; Dreamgirls tour starring Jennifer Holiday. Regional: Rejoice!, True Colors Theatre Company; Soldier’s Play, Black Spectrum Theatre, NY; Blues in the Night, Arena Stage, Washington, DC; My Castle’s Rockin’, N.Carolina Black Repertory; Grease, Muny Theatre, St. Louis; DANCE: Urban Nutcracker; The Leopard Tale, Ballethnic Dance Company. Other credits: An Evening with Carol Burnett, Atlanta Symphony Hall; Line Producer/ Executive Assistant to Producing Artistic Director, North Carolina National Black Theatre Festival 1997 – present; Owner/Operator of Lark’s Production People, a labor agency for technicians.

PAT A. FLORA (Production Stage Manager) Pat Flora has been affiliated with the Alliance Theatre for 26 out of 30 years. A few favorite projects include: Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris, Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered

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Suicide/When the Rainbow Was Enuf, Julius Caesar, Driving Miss Daisy, Peter Pan, A Man for All Seasons, Angels in America, Falsettos, Romeo and Juliet, Woody Guthrie’s American Song, Pacific Overtures, Sleuth, In the Red and Brown Water and Doubt. International: Die Schöne und das Biest in Germany and three original musicals in England with David H. Bell. National: Camelot with Robert Goulet. Regional: King John at N.C. Shakespeare Festival; Othello and The Cherry Orchard at Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger Library; The Tempest at La Jolla Playhouse; Anthems: Culture Clash in the District and Book of Days at Arena Stage; Little Me at Northshore Music Theatre; and Crowns at the Goodman.

Atlanta: Madame Butterfly with Atlanta Opera, In Stitches with Candler Creative, Fiddler on the Roof with Theodore Bikel at the Fox Theatre, The Foreigner at Theatrical Outfit and Theatre du Reve. Ms. Flora is proud to be a member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1980.

RL Campbell (Assistant Stage Manager) A jack-of-all-trades, Ronnie primarily works behind the scenes. Alliance Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL, Eurydice, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Sleuth, Cuttin’ Up, SISTER ACT the Musical, A Christmas Carol, Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Horizon Theatre: A Cool Drink a Water, And her hair went with her..., Hallelujah Street Blues, The Clean House, Three Sistahs, The Perfect Prayer, Permanent Collection, Bad Dates, The Syringa Tree, The Big Bang. Utah Festival Opera: Showboat, Musica Magnifica. FHYEA: Soweto, Soweto… (Tour), Jekonni’s Song, Times, Colors of Love. Former Production Manager for Act-N-Up! Theatre, Inc. in Lithonia, Ga., where he is also the Co-founder. CEO/Founder of The Campbell Entertainment Organization, online at campbell-entertainment.com. Ronnie dedicates this and all performances in loving memory of his mother DGBC. Member of Actors’ Equity Association.

CELISE KALKE (Director of New Projects) joined the staff of the Alliance in 2005, where she manages New Play Development, the Kendeda Graduate Playwright Competition, and is a production dramaturg. She was asked by American Theatre to be one of 25 American Theatre leaders of the future, contributing to their 2009 Anniversary issue. She curated the Atlanta 365 Days/Plays project (the shared

profiles world premiere of the Suzan-Lori Parks epic) and worked as the co-hub network leader with Lisa Paulsen from Emory. From 2003-05, she was the Director of the Literary Department at The Public Theater (NYC) under George C. Wolfe. She maintains artistic relationships with the Actor’s Express (Atlanta), Next Theater (Chicago) and Independent Art HERE (NYC).

Patrick McColery (Co-Dramaturg) works full-time as an Artistic and Literary Associate with the Alliance Theatre, where he has directed (Taste of the Season, Delta Day, staged readings of Spoon Lake Blues and Dick Clark’s Ya Can’t Sit Down), assisted in producing the recent NYC Kendeda readings at New York Theatre Workshop, co-produced the 2009 Atlanta Kendeda readings, and produced the staged reading of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later in partnership with Actor’s Express and Tectonic Theater Project. He has been a freelance Atlanta theatre artist for 10 years working with Synchronicity Theatre, 7 Stages, The Center for Puppetry Arts, Horizon Theatre, Essential Theatre, Haverty Marionettes, Trinity Theatre and Habima Theatre.

JODY FELDMAN (Associate Producer) has had responsibility for Alliance Theatre casting since 1992, casting more than 70 Alliance, Hertz Stage and Theatre for Young Audiences productions including the world premieres of The Color Purple, Aida, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Blues for an Alabama Sky and Bluish.

Other favorites include Jelly’s Last Jam, Day of the Kings, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition readings each spring. Jody is also Casting Director for True Colors Theatre Company as well as various other regional theatres and commercial endeavors. She serves as line producer for artistic projects such as Taste of the Season and the 2005 August Wilson Tribute. Jody began her theatre career first as an actress and then as the Assistant General Manager of the Academy Theatre. More than anything, Jody would like to thank you for being here to share the joy of live theatre with her Alliance Theatre family.

Heart, Miss Evers’ Boys, A New Brain, A Beautiful Thing, Three Tall Women, From the Mississippi Delta, Song of Singapore, The Sum of Us. Many regional theatres across the United States. Film: Ice Age, Broadway Damage, Anastasia. Television: “Out of the Box” for Disney. Member: Casting Society of America.

ROSEMARY NEWCOTT (The Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth) has been directing, acting and teaching at the Alliance Theatre since 1988. Favorite Alliance Children’s Theatre directing credits include Middle School the Musical, Class of 3000 LIVE; Goodnight Moon; Seussical the Musical; Degas’ Little Dancer; Go, Dog. Go!; Disney’s Aladdin; The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; A Christmas Carol; Einstein is a Dummy (World Premiere); The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer; The Miracle Worker; Ferdinand the Bull; Merlin; The Music Lesson; Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse; Pinocchio 3.5; Androcles and the Lion; The Hobbit; The Book of Ruth; A Woman Called Truth; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Charlotte’s Web and the acclaimed high-school Collision Project. Newcott also has directed at the Horizon Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Center for Puppetry Arts, Academy Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Virginia Stage Company and Seaside Rep. She holds extensive stage and film acting credits. A recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace Foundation Award, Newcott was named PBA Lexus Leader of the Arts and Best Director by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for the 2001-02 season.

In 2005, she received the GTC Distinguished Career Award. Newcott is also the recipient of a 2008 Princess Grace Special Project Grant. This spring she will direct a brand new family musical — Knufflebunny by Mo Williams — at the Kennedy Center. rosemary.newcott@woodruffcenter.org

ALAN FILDERMAN, CSA (Casting) Broadway, off-Broadway and National tours: Grey Gardens, Marie Christine, Master Class, Once on This Island, Dessa Rose, Here Lies Jenny, Listen to My

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why we love the alliance Why Atlanta, now?

Avenue X is a celebration of the human voice raised in song. Eight actor-singers without an orchestra portray a story as small as two young men singing together and as vast as a cultural clash in America. It is a musical that celebrates the possibility of change present in the music and culture of the early 1960s, while bearing witness to the price change often exacts. Finally, this musical celebrates the musical theater singer’s power to hold the vast Alliance stage with only the vocal instrument!

Synopsis The scintillating sounds of Doo Wop and R&B collide on a Brooklyn street corner in 1963. In this revolutionary a cappella musical the Italian Americans stay on one side of Avenue X, and the African Americans on the other. Two young men from opposite sides of the street dare to bridge the divide and put together an act for a talent show at the legendary Fox Theater. In doing so, they search their segregated community for harmony in more than just their music.

Alliance Theatre MISSION: As the premier theatre of the Southeast, the Alliance Theatre sets the highest artistic standards, creating the powerful experience of shared theatre for diverse people.

Now in its 41st season, the Alliance Theatre, recipient of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, is the leading professional resident theatre of the Southeast, creating theatre on two stages for youth and adult audiences. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Susan V. Booth, the Alliance Theatre is a national theatre with a local address, reaching out annually to almost 200,000 patrons and members of the community. Known for its high artistic standards and national role in creating significant theatrical works, the theatre has premiered more than 60 works while launching three Tony Award-winning hits to Broadway: Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida and Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo. The Alliance Theatre is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Learn more about the Alliance at alliancetheatre.org or by calling (404) 733-4650.

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 the American Theatre.

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Coming January 29 on the Hertz Stage…

January 29 – February 21

Tennis in Nablus A World Premiere by Ismail Khalidi Directed by Lisa Portes Additional support provided by the Edgerton Foundation

Series on the Hertz Stage

Coming February 24 on the Alliance Stage…

February 24 – March 19

Mulan Music and Lyrics by Matthew Wilder and David Zippel, Stephen Schwartz, Jeanine Tesori and Alexa Junge Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle Book Adapted and Additional Lyrics by Patricia Cotter Based on the 1998 Disney® film “Mulan” and the story “Fa Mulan” by Robert D. San Souci Directed by Rosemary Newcott

Presented by

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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 The Goizueta Foundation

Kendeda Fund U.S. Department of Education

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

Fulton County Arts Council

Shubert Foundation, Inc.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Zeist Foundation

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation National Endowment for the Arts North Highland Company Publix Super Markets Charities

Target Theatre Communications Group (TCG) Frances Wood Wilson Foundation The Vasser Wooley Foundation

City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Edgerton Foundation

Georgia Pacific Foundation Wachovia Foundation

Harry Norman Realtors Jones Day mediaedge: cia Park Springs & Peachtree Hills Place

Sharp Electronics SunTrust WXIA-TV

★★★★★ $50,000+ Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Georgia Council for the Arts

★★★★ $25,000+ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Callaway Foundation, Inc. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation The Home Depot

★★★ $10,000+ The Atlanta Foundation American Intercontinental University

★★ $5,000+ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Duke Realty Corporation John and Mary Franklin Foundation

★ $2,500+ Digital Arts Studio

advocacy By attending our theatre, you have made a powerful statement about how important the arts are to you. With the 2009-10 Season, the Alliance Theatre turns 41. Help us celebrate the power of great theatre for 41 years by making another statement of support louder than any standing ovation.

Visit our Web site at alliancetheatre.org and click on Make a Donation.

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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, CocaCola 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.

Marketing Partners

Official Florist

Official Hotel

Media Partner

Foxgloves & Ivy

Restaurant Partners

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

Howard L. Feinsand Dan Reardon Robert Walker Steve Chaddick

Directors Madelyn R. Adams James L. Anderson Candace Bell Mark R. Bell Kenny Blank Sarah Robinson Borders Frank S. Chew Alan Colberg Linda Davidson Charles R. Edwards Robert W. Eickhoff Philippa V. Ellis Daryl Evans Jay B. Goldman Patrick J. Gunning Laura Hardman Kathy Harris

P. J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Booker T. Izell Andrea Jones Rosthema Viener Kastin Jeff Levy Cynthia H. Maloy S. Alan McKnight, Jr. John Hays Mershon Philip H. MoĂŻse Maureen Morrison Pratap C. Mukharji Kenyon W. Murphy Richard S. Myrick Victoria Palefsky William C. Pate

Helen Smith Price Travis Reed Douglas F. Reid Maurice M. Rosenbaum William B. Rowland Karl Sachsenmaier Alan Schreihofer Sonny Seals Debbie Shelton William D. Sleeper Karen Spiegel Charles E. Taylor June Tompkins Peter D. Weitzner A. Penniman Wells, Jr.

Life Directors Rita M. Anderson Kenneth L. Bernhardt Ann W. Cramer

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

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

Advisory Board J. Veronica Biggins James Cox Chambers

Richard Lee Cravey Diane Durgin Monica Kaufman Pearson

Kent Matlock Richard B. Western

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

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June Tompkins Valarie Lischer Charlene Barker Sarah Larson

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★★ $15,000-$24,999

★★★ $25,000+ James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation Sally G. Tomlinson

Barbara & Steve Chaddick Kathryn T. Farley, Ph.D.

Mr. & Mrs. Howard Feinsand Mr. & Mrs. Howard Palefsky

★ $10,000-$14,999 The Balloun Family Lisa & Joe Bankoff Susan V. Booth & Max Leventhal Alan & Chi Colberg Ann & Jeff Cramer Doug & Donna Curling Georgia Power Company Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Gunning

Doug & Lila Hertz Andrea & Boland Jones Mrs. J. Hicks Lanier Richard S. & Winifred B. Myrick Dan & Garnet Reardon Patty & Doug Reid Bob & Margaret Reiser Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton III

Chandra Stephens-Albright & Warren Albright Charlita Stephens-Walker, Charles & Delores Stephens Penn & Sally Wells Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin T. White Joni Winston

top billing Executive Producers ★★ $7,500-$9,999 The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Linda & Gene Davidson

Paul & Rosthema Kastin Phil & Caroline Moïse

John & Karen Spiegel

Executive Producers ★ $5,000-$7,499 Peg & Bill Balzer Candace & Jeff Bell Anne & Jim Breedlove Marcia & John Donnell Eve & Bob Eckardt Diane & Daryl Evans Matthew & Doris Geller Jay & Debbie Goldman Dr. & Mrs. Edmond I. Griffin Kathy Harris Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hostinsky

P.J. Younglove Hovey Jocelyn J. Hunter Wayne S. Hyatt Mr. & Mrs. James C. Kennedy Leslie Leigh M.D. Valerie & Jeff Levy Cynthia & Alan Maloy John & Lauren McColskey Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Carolynn Cooper & Pratap C. Mukharji Mr. & Mrs. Kenyon Murphy

Helen Smith Price Patricia & Maurice Rosenbaum Peter & Hope Schneider Mr. Sonny Seals Mr. & Mrs. S. Stephen Selig, III Ms. Kris M. Spain Chuck & Lisa Cannon-Taylor Robert & Sara Walker Mr. & Mrs. Edus H. Warren, Jr. Rick & Terri Western

Producers ★★ $3,500-$4,999 Mark & Pam Bell

Charles & Carol Edwards

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 Madelyn R. Adams Mr. Robert B. Allison James Anderson Kathy & Ken Bernhardt

Sarah & Jim Borders Bryan Cave-Powell Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. W. Kent Canipe Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Cegala

Frank & Mary Anne Chew John & Lucy Cook Robert W. & Nikki C. Eickhoff Eierman Foundation

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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 communitiy. We are deeply grateful for their support. *Gifts processed as of November 4, 2009.

Producers ★ $2,500-$3,499 (cont.)

Philippa & Burrell Ellis The Elster Foundation John & Cindy Ethridge Alan & Willa Fabian Andy Fisher & Cox Television Rick & Leslie Fuess Louise Staton Gunn Mr. & Mrs. Lance E. Hall Mr. & Mrs. Harold Itkin John & Angie Keller David L. Kuniansky

Mr. Walter W. Mitchell Jodi & Henry Niden Dr. Kathleen Nixon & Dr. Gregory Berkey John & Helen Parker Thomas Pechar & Ann Revell-Pechar Procore Solutions Mrs. Helen M. Regenstein Bill & Rhonda Rowland Tanya M. Rutledge Mr. & Mrs. John F. Schraudenbach

Charlotte & Tom Shields William & Margarita Sleeper Southern States LLC Dr. & Mrs. Dennis Lee Spangler Henry N. & Margaret P. Staats Karen & Alex Stickney James Taylor Michael & June Tompkins Susan & Thomas Wardell Bryan & Terri Weidner

Associate Producers $1,500-$2,499 Elaine & Miles Alexander Kent & Diane Alexander Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Allen Theodore & Andrea Altholz Herb & Myrtice Arnold John & Lynn Ayers Elizabeth & John Bacon Ms. Pamela L. Blackburn The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Ron & Lisa Brill Charitable Trust Richard & Jennifer Buyens Stephen & Elizabeth Carter In Memory of Mary A. Cipolla Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft III Brad & Sally Currey Mr. & Mrs. James L. Curry Dante’s Down the Hatch, Buckhead Marc & Kelli Davenport Mr. Richard Dickson Richard & Linda Diedrich Douglas & Camille Duerr Marcia & Mark Dunaway Diane Durgin Ralph & Ree Edwards Gail H. Evans Michael & Jody Feldman Dr. & Mrs. Arnoldo Fiedotin Melanie & Richard Fine Dr. Cynthia J. Fordyce & Sharon Hulette Ms. Brenda Freeman

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George Goodwin Mr. Dwayne E. Greene Mr. & Mrs. Jack K. Hale Rachel & Mike Hammer Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hardman Pearlann & Jerry Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. James E Hugh, III Richard & Marcia Jacobson In honor of Carol Jones & the Alliance Theatre Education Department James & Lori Kilberg Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kruger Lanier-Goodman Foundation Andrea & Mike Leven Conchita Heyn & Robert Lichtefeld Lubo Fund Dick Lyon Kristie L. Madara Mr. Kevin P. Madden Chip Mann Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Martin Matlock & Associates, Inc. M.C. Jackson, Sr., Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Millett June M. Morrison Mr. Kevin Moss Avery & Valerie Munnings Joyce & Michael Natbony North Georgia Investment Planning, LLC. Judy Trotochaud & William Pate

Bill & Carey Peard Ms. Sophia Brothers Peterman Peg Petersen Susan & David Peterson Don & Rosalinda Ratajczak Mr. & Mrs. John Richard Alice & Peter Rogers Emanuel & Peggy Roth David & Sharon Schachter Alan & Cyndy Schreihofer Michele & Glenn Shear Martin & Patricia Silbiger Mrs. Donna Smythe & Mr. Alexander Smythe Sara & Paul Steinfeld Jim & Janie Stratigos Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Taylor Judith & Mark Taylor Mr. James Thomas Joan N. Whitcomb J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper John & Kathy Zamer J.M. Wilkerson Construction Company Mr. & Mrs. D. Brent Wyper John & Kathy Zamer

annual fund Benefactors $1,000-$1,499 Mr. Ron H. Bell BG Search Associates Betty Blondeau-Russell Mr. & Mrs. George Boyd Mr. James D. Brock Mr. & Mrs. Sam Bronfman II Dick & Anne Game Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gillin Carolyn Gould Mr. & Mrs. Don W. Guffey Holder Construction Company

C. Tycho & Marie Howle Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hyman, Jr. Mr. Gordon L. Joyner, Esq. Mr. Michael A. Kahn Dr. & Mrs. Michael Kalson Mr. & Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich Dale & Elaine LaLonde Billy & Julie Levine Luxury Cars of Atlanta Kristen L. Melton Bob & Gail O’Leary

Mr. & Mrs. Markham D. Oswald Printpack Inc. & The Gay & Erskine Love Fdn. Ms. Mary W. Rogers C. Austin Stephens Bob Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. William L. Sutton, Jr. Celia Till Mr. & Mr. Marc D. Weinberg Lynne Winship William & Nancy Yang

Twenty-First Century Circle The following are members of the Twenty-First Century Circle who are ensuring the future strength of the Alliance Theatre through planned gifts to benefit the Theatre. The Twenty-First Century Circle 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, please contact Kristin Hathaway Hansen, Associate Director of Individual Support, at (404) 733-4611.

Rita M. Anderson Anonymous Betty Blondeau-Russell Jim & Anne Breedlove Ann & Jeff Cramer Mr. & Mrs. Edward S. Croft, III Sallie Adams Daniel Linda & Gene Davidson Laura & John Hardman

Glen E. & Nancy Hesler P.J. Younglove Hovey William C. Hyde Virginia Vann & Ken Large Mr. & Mrs. John Hays Mershon Mr. & Mrs. John McColskey Phil & Caroline Moïse Jan Pomerantz Helen M. Regenstein

Bob & Margaret Reiser Neal & Tricia Schachtel Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Shelton, III Jane E. Shivers Wayne & Lee Harper Vason Rick & Terri Western Ramona & Ben White Lynne Winship

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

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 four divisions – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Alliance Theatre, High Museum of Art and Young Audiences – these outstanding annual corporate campaign donors helped us raise more than $8.6 million in 2008–09. Thank you!

Chairman’s Council ★★★★★★★★★★★★★ $500,000+ The Coca-Cola Company ★★★★★★★★★★★ $450,000+ Georgia Power Foundation, Inc.

SunTrust Employees & Directed Funds Florence C. & Harry L. English Memorial Fund Harriet McDaniel Marshall Trust Woolford Charitable Trust Fund

★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★★★ $100,000+ $400,000+ Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. AirTran Airways Alston & Bird LLP ★★★★★★★★★★ Bank of America $300,000+ Holder Construction Company ING Cox Interests Cox Enterprises Kaiser Permanente (Atlanta JournalKing & Spalding LLP Constitution, WSB-TV, KPMG LLP, Partners & Cox Radio Group Atlanta, Employees James M. Cox Foundation) The Marcus Foundation, Inc. The Honorable Anne Tull Charitable Foundation Cox Chambers The Wachovia Foundation, Inc. The Sara Giles Moore The David, Helen & Marian Foundation Woodward Fund UPS ★★★★★★★★★ $200,000+ AT&T The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc. Deloitte LLP, its Partners & Employees ★★★★★★★★ $150,000+ Equifax Inc. & Employees Ernst & Young, Partners & Employees Jones Day Foundation & Employees Kilpatrick Stockton LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers Partners & Employees The Rich Foundation, Inc.

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★★★★★★ $75,000+ The Home Depot Foundation The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc. Macy’s Foundation Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Regions Financial Corporation Toshiba American Nuclear Energy Corp.

Westinghouse ★★★★★ $50,000+ AGL Resources Inc. The Partners & Employees of Atlanta Equity Investors Cisco Citi Foundation and Citi businesses of Primerica

Citi Smith Barney CitiFinancial Corporate Investment Bank Coca-Cola Enterprises The Delta Airlines Foundation Frank Jackson Sandy Springs Toyota and Scion GE Energy Kia Motors America, Inc. Kimberly-Clark Corporation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation, Inc. Sutherland Waffle House, Inc. The Zeist Foundation, Inc. ★★★★ $35,000+ Accenture & Accenture Employees Balch & Bingham LLP Lisa & Joe Bankoff Brysan Utilities Contractors, Inc. Drummond Company, Inc. INVESCO PLC J. Marshall & Lucile G. Powell Charitable Trust Siemens Harris A. Smith Spartan Constructors LLC Troutman Sanders LLP Gertrude & William C. Wardlaw Fund Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. ★★★ $25,000+ Assurant Atlanta Companies Assurant Solutions Assurant Specialty Property Atlanta Foundation BB&T Corporation BDO Seidman, LLP Bryan Cave Powell Goldstein Capital Guardian Trust Company

Woodruff Arts Center Alliance Theatre Atlanta Symphony Orchestra High Museum of Art Young Audiences A. D. Correll Crawford & Company DuPont Mr. & Mrs. Mike Garrett Gas South, LLC Genuine Parts Company Georgia-Pacific Jack & Anne Glenn Foundation, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP IBM Corporation The Imlay Foundation, Inc. IntercontinentalExchange JPMorgan Private Bank Philip I. Kent Foundation The Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Kelly Loeffler & Jeffrey Sprecher McKinsey & Company, Inc. Mueller Water Products, Inc. Noonan Family Foundation Norfolk Southern Foundation Mary & Craig Ramsey Rock-Tenn Company SCANA Energy Shaw Nuclear Services Southwire Company Towers Perrin Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ★★ $15,000+ 22squared, inc.

ACE Charitable Foundation Air2Web, Inc. Alcatel-Lucent Arcapita Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Atlanta Marriott Marquis Bain & Company, Inc. Julie & Jim Balloun Beaulieu Group, LLC Katharine & Russell Bellman Foundation Vicki & Gerry Benjamin

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Bovis Lend Lease Catherine S. & J. Bradford Branch Bradley-Turner Foundation, Inc. Buck Consultants Center Family Foundation Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin The Chatham Valley Foundation, Inc. Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Cousins Properties Incorporated Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Currey, Jr. DLA Piper Duke Realty Corporation Exposition Foundation, Inc. Ford & Harrison LLP John & Mary Franklin Foundation, Inc. Georgia Natural Gas Georgia Trane Companies, Inc. Mr. James B. Hannan Harland Clarke The Howell Fund, Inc. Hunton & Williams ICS Contract Services, LLC Mr. & Mrs. M. Douglas Ivester J. Mack Robinson Interests Mr. & Mrs. Tom O. Jewell Weldon H. Johnson Family Foundation David & Jennifer Kahn Family Foundation Sarah & Jim Kennedy Thomas H. Lanier Foundation Lanier Parking Solutions Barbara W. & Bertram L. Levy Fund Ron Lipham — UC/Synergetic Livingston Foundation, Inc. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Manulife Financial Morgan Stanley MWV Food & Beverage Northwestern Mutual Goodwin, Wright Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Tara Perry Pickard Chilton Piedmont Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Pizzuti Companies Printpack Inc./The Gay & Erskine Love Foundation David M. Ratcliffe Raymond James Financial, Inc. Restaurant Associates Spencer Stuart Karen & John Spiegel Staples Superior Essex Inc. Mark & Susan Tomlinson Family Fund Turner Construction Company United Distributors, Inc. US Foodservice/Atlanta Vertical Systems Group, Inc./ Atlantic Financial Services, Inc. WATL/WXIA/Gannett Foundation Watson Wyatt Worldwide Weswood Foundation John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods Mr. & Mrs. James B. Williams Sue & Neil Williams Carla & Leonard Wood The Xerox Foundation

*As of August 1, 2009

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Artistic Director............................................... Susan V. Booth The Sally G. Tomlinson Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth............................ Rosemary Newcott Associate Producer.......................................... Jody Feldman Director of New Projects......................................Celise Kalke Artistic & Literary Associate........................ Patrick McColery Community Engagement & Casting............. DayRon J. Miles Literary Intern..........................................................Jim Sarbh

Education

Director of Education.......................................Sharon Brewer 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 Program Assistant, Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists....................Padgett Ward Theatre for Youth Sales and Outreach Associate.......................... Elizabeth Neidel Associate Director of the Acting Program........Christopher Moses Acting Program Associate & Summer Camp Producer................... Christina Dresser Resident Teaching Artists.........................Kim Bowers-Rheay, Valetta Anderson Finance Assistant..............................................Rachel Jones Teaching Artists.............. Corey Bradberry, Enisha Brewster, Amy Cain, Jaehn Clare, John Doyle, Allison Gardner, Sharon Foote, Angie Harrell, Jennifer Hebblethwaite, Charlotte House, BJ Hughes, Pat Hurley, John Jaramillo, Bernard Jones, Carol Jones, Rachel Jones, Sherri Mann Stewart, LeeAnna Lambert, Barry Stewart Mann, Nancy Meyer, Michele Mummert, Sarah Onsager, Claire Ritzler, Mannie Rivers, Kirk Seaman, John Stephens, Randy Taylor, Ambondem Tazanu, Jeanene Williams, Allison Upshaw

Administration

General Manager.........................................Max Leventhal Company Manager.................................... Laura Thruston Management Associate...................................... Shana Orr Manager of Information Resources..................Jim Hubbert Management Intern.......................................Hillary Fixelle Management Intern............................. Lindsey Hardegree

Finance

Finance Controller.......................................... Brian Shively Accounting Coordinator........................................ Julie Hall Accounting Coordinator............................ Ashley Bradford

Development/Marketing

Director of Marketing and Advancement........................................ Scott Auer Associate Director of Development................... Kristin Hathaway Hansen Major Contributions Manager........................... Ann Wilson Patron Services Coordinator.................. Rebecca Bowden Marketing and Development Data Administrator.................................... Mary French Associate Director of Groups......................... Tony Lawson Grants Manager....................................... Davia Weatherill Associate Director of Marketing......................... Joe Gfaller Marketing Manager.............................. Andrea Gardenhire Graphic Designer...........................................Angela Smith Associate Director of Communications......... Robert Saxon Lead House Manager......................................... Shana Orr Development/Marketing Volunteer....................... Don Vann Marketing Intern...............................................Minka Wiltz Graphics Intern............. Derek Mckinney, Kristin Salmon, Emma Sugarman House Managers.............................. Dana Hylton Calabro, Lindsey Hardegree, Ken McNeil, DayRon Miles, Charles Swint, Lynn Vatter

Production Scenery Technical Director.............................................Victor W. Smith Assistant Technical Director.......................................Chad May Stage Management Alliance Stage Managers............. Pat A. Flora, lark hackshaw, Shop Foreman...................................................Patrick Conley R. Lamar Williams Carpenters................................... Manny Abreo, Jes Cottrell, Kevin Green, Megan Kier, Joseph Lazzari Children’s Theatre Stage Manager...................... Liz Campbell Stage Management Production Assistant......... Erica S. Porch Charge Scenic Artist................................................ Kat Conley Stage Management Apprentice.................... Amy Radebaugh Scenic Artist........................................................... Phillip Male Properties Stage Operations Stage Operations Manager..................................Scott Bowne Properties Manager............................................. Robert Elliott Crew Chief..................................................... Vincent Simons Lead Properties Artisan.......................... Dana Hylton Calabro Children’s Theatre Crew Chief............................. Deb Maberry Properties Artisan............................................Suzanne Morris Properties Stagehand....................................Courtney O’Neill Properties Buyer........................................ Heather Schroeder Production Management Production Manager..................................... Rixon Hammond

Flyman..................................................................Willie Parks Electrics Electrics Manager................................................... Pete Shinn Staff Electricians.................................................. Darin Carlton, Sean Hamilton, Steve Jordan, Sound Resident Sound Designer................................... Clay Benning Sound Engineers/Board Ops................................ Holly Blakely, Brian Smith, Lewis Rhodes

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Costumes Costume Shop Manager................................Carol Hammond Design Assistants........... English Benning, Elizabeth Rasmusson Draper..............................................................Cindy Lou Who Craftsmaster.................................................. Diana L. Thomas Stitchers/First Hands..................................Lyudmila Fesenko, Brittany Johnson, Maegan Robinson Wig Master.......................................................... Karin Craven Wardrobe.............. David Flores, Kate McNeely, Niki Traxler Additional Labor Pattern Maker........................................................ Lester Kiser First Hand...........................................................Pat McMahon Apprentice.........................................................Abigail Dupree

Play With Your Food Plan a full evening with dinner and show packages with our midtown restaurant partners. Dining packages are only $25 more per person than the price of the tickets and can be added to your shopping cart when buying online or can be requested with your phone order.* Three great packages to choose from:

Gordon Biersch Sundays Reservations begin at 5:30 p.m. each night.

South City Kitchen Tuesdays Reservations begin at 6 p.m. each night. (Reservations begin at 12 noon for the Sunday matinee during the run of A Christmas Carol)

Spice Market Wednesdays Reservations begin at 6 p.m. each night. * $25 three course dinner does not include tax, drink or gratuity.

Visit alliancetheatre.org or call the Box Office at 404.733.5000 to order by phone.